The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-21 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FED. 21. THERMuMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 50; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 30.2. WIND S.W., beautiful sunshiny weather. nun' WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Dinning .. 43 minutes after 8. I Evening .. 32 minutes after 9, Now ready, in 2 'cols. Svc, with Portrait, 28a. bound, SECOND EDITION of the DIARY AND MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA, CONSORT OF GEORGE I. Now first published from the Originals. " A work abounding in the romance of real life."—Messenger. " A book of marvellous revelations, establishing beyond all doubt the perfect innocence of the beautiful, highly-gifted, and inlvamauly treated Sophia Dorothea."—Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlboreugh-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Iramodlately, in 3 vols., post BTO., THE ROBER T S E S ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE, Authoress of " The Barnabys in America," " The Attractive Man," " The Vicar of Wrexhill," &c. Henry Colbnm, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in one vol. Bvo., with upwards of Sixty Illustrations, T HE MODERN COOK; Or, a Practical Guide to THE CI.T.LINARY ART IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Adapted as well for the Tables of the Nobility as for those of Private Families. By CHARLES ELME FRANCATELLI, Pupil of the celebrated Careme, and late Maitre d'lletel and Chief Cook to her Majesty the Queen. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, AND LAMOND, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours, con t ilning instructions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the procalls immediately disposed of according to instructions. 011 aces, Nall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. • THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be perlbrmed an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Strctton ; Camacho, Mr. King ; Rovedos, Mr. Horncastle ; 13asilius, Mr. Allen ; Quiteria, Miss Rainforth. After which, for the Sixth Time, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Maria, Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Ginbilei, &c., will appear. To conslude with a new grand Christmas comic Pfultomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarf)). Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Tragedy of lON. lon, Mss Cushman ; Clemauthe, Miss Susan Cushsnau ; and sup ported by Messrs. Stuart, Hudson, Bnndal, 11. Holl, Miss Telbin, &c. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Drindal, * and Miss P. Horton. After which a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Princlpa' Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr• Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, arid fire. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrmed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trails Principal charaders by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yatiss, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic an 1 Ma zourkaphobla. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHA NTOM BREAKFAST. supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " Tt s Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To be followed by the original REDOWA WALTZ, music c•nn posed by M. Julllen, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganz entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firm= Schuh of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Charadters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes dames Keeley. Wars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXF'ORT3-STREET. THIS EVENING W.ll be performal MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick Mr. Wallack ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton; Verges, Mr. Merry; Leonato, Mr. Cooper ; Beatrice, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and 3idlle. Duval will appear. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trinquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Murray ; Mar chioness D'Orvhlle, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanche, Miss Stanley ; Blan chette, Mrs. Stirling. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEESMYSTERIEUS ES Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who fin k to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his (trend Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Mornng, tt Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusin T Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Sewn to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s : ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Fevate Boxes, li. IL:and i/. its. 6.11. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. The present attractions surpass all previous snorts. Tremendous hit of the New Spectacle, Introducing the Wonderful Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, magnificent Brass Bond, gorgeous Costumes and Processions, and stupendous raoolianical effects. _ THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJAH OF NAOPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be brought into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of LOVE AND WAR. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Undeniable and continuous Attraction and Novelty. THIS EVENING Will be performed JESSIEHOLit Es; or, The Wild Horde of the Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, Mr. Fredericks. Mr. E. F. Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Higgie, Miss Vincent, Miss Terry, &c. After which, A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courci, Mr. Fredericks; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; 3fariette, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. II Utnin -... II -4 101:1t4 _ak ---- LONDON, SATURDAY, FE PRUARY 21, 1846. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Lord FEVEESHAM presented forty-six petitions from differ ent parts of Yorkshire against any repeal of the corn-laws, and complaining of the unconstitutional proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. Lord LTrraurox moved an address to the Crown for cer tain papers connected with the colonies.—Agreed to. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cork praying for the abolit ion of the ministers' money. The petition was of great extent, he had been charged 8/. by the Post-office for the postage of it; but which had been remitted by the kind ness of the Noble Lord at the head of the Post-office De partment. He trusted the object the petition had in view would be maturely considered by their Lordships. Earl ST. GERMANS admitted that the impost complained of by the petitioners was a grievance, but only one of prac tice and not of principle. He could not ray at the pre sent moment whether the Government intended to intro duce any measure on the subject. Lord STANLEY thought it would be impolitic to adopt the prayer of the petition. After some observations from Lord MONTEAGLE, the peti tion was ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of KINNAIRD gave notice of his intention, on Mon day next, to submit a question to the Government with respect to the proceedings of the Broad and Narrow Gauge Com missioners. Earl ST. GERMANS said he wished to introduce some verbal amendments into the Bill he had brought in the other night with respect to the pacification of Ireland. He believed that the proper course would be to move the reprinting of the Bill with the amendments. Lord CAMPBELL suggested that the proper course would be to withdraw the Bill and introduce a new one, containing the amendments. Earl ST. Gnulilacs adopted this suggestion, and the Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned till Dfonda: The SPEAHES took the a• m l'our o'clock. General Evarra took the oaths and his seat for West minster. Mr. Goom took the oaths and his seat for East Suffolk, and Mr. SEYMER and Mr. FLOYEE took the oaths and their seats for Dorsetshire. Several railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Petitions were presented for and against the Customs and Corn Importation measure. agreed On the motion of the O'C,owon Dow, it was that it should be an instruction to the Select Committee Petitions on Railway Bills, where parties had proved con o i n _ pliance with the standing orders, that they should have precedence. During the course of a somewhat desultory conversation on the subject of railway Bills, it was stated that on Monday the Committee would report on a large number of railway Bills, which had by them been arranged in groups, and it was suggested that Irish and Scotch railway Bills should have precedence. Mr. P. SCROPE suggested the appointment of a Commis sion to arrange preliminaries, and to sort ralway Bills in groups before the meeting of the House. In answer to Mr. GISBORNE, Sir G. CLERK said that he was not prepared to state at present whether the Government would introduce any pro position founded on the report of the Gauge Commissioners, There was an immense quantity of evidence not yet printed, which the Government must consider before they determined. Mr. Hobson proposed that the standing orders of the two Nooses with regard to railway Bills should be assimilated and that railwa 13111‘ generally should be permitted to ori g as*ell as in the Commons, which would Coat , and expense. ligEitit, "Otiteirthat he had rece i ve d a letter from 460Fron. Astsk UMW& stating that it was not his in • miptitii:lo,ll44o Ow Otittl for the boro ug h o f W igan. ) ''' ";•,;:e . _;',; , : : • / AI 11. S In answer to a question, Sir J. GRAHAM said it was intended to divide the duties of the office of Crown Solicitor in Ireland, vacant by the re cent appointment of the late Crown Solicitor to another office, and that by the new arrangement, which was merely an experiment, a saving would be effected of 1001. a year. On the motion that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday, being put, Mr. BROTHE,RTON moved that the House do sit to-morrow at 12, as it was not likely the House would divide to-night. Sir R. PEEL thought it would be extremely advantageous that an early decision should be come to on the question, yet he saw no advantage in acceding to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman. He knew bow impossible it was to limit discussion, but still he thought no advantage could be gained by acceding to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. STAFFORD O'BurErg said that several Hon. Gentlemen on that side of the House were desirous of addressing the House. No time would be lost in permitting them to ad dress the House on this question, as they would not have to address that House again in the future stages of the Bill. He hoped, therefore, the division would not be unnecessarily pres..Rd for this evening. Mr. ROEBUCK, who spoke in a very Indistinct tone, put a question as to the Post-office arrangements with Canada, in answer to which Sir R. PEEL stated that the matter was a very complicated one, and would better form the subject of official communica tion than of a question in the House. In answer to a question from Capt. OsnoaxE relating to the potato disease, Sir R. PEEL said that he had since received a communica tion from Dr. LINDLEY stating, that from experiments which he had tried, he was of opinion that potatoes propagated from diseased seed were themselves diseased, and that there fore the greatest care was necessary in the selection of pota toes from seed in order to guard against the propagation of the disease. Various petitions on the subject of the corn-laws having been presented, The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. CUMMING BRUCE, who denied that the Government measure would be considered a settlement of the corn-law question. It was a total sacrifice of the interests of an important class of the community, and if this sacrifice were to be made to agitation, it would only give rise to a new agitation for more dangerous objects. If the Government had been firm, the agitation would have been put down, but experience proved that con ceding to agitation only gave rise to fresh demands• He would not consent to sacrifice his feelings on behalf of the interests of his constituents, and his tenantry, and his neigh bours, to the unfeeling theories of political economy, which, in seeking the greatest happiness of the greatest number, set at naught the feelings and interest of some odd millions of agriculturists. The Government measure would be carried by the votes of the Opposition—not by those of the Minister's usual supporters. Although he agreed in opinion with the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool, and with the Hon. Member for Inverness, as to the impolicy and danger of the Ministerial measure, he would not follow their example by voting for it; and, if by throwing out the measure they should oust the Minister, although, perhaps, they might not find " Five hundred as good as he," they would find more than five as good as he to take his place. He denied that the farmers in Scotland were indifferent to .the corn-law—the great majority of them were opposed to the Ministerial measure. He considered that the with drawal of protection from agriculture would be ruinous to the best interests of the country. With regard to the con duct of the Noble Lord opposite during the recent attempts to form a Government, he thought that it was worthy of an English gentleman, honest and honourable; but with regard to his letter to the constituents of London, which seemed to have been adopted by the Home Secretary, he wished to ask how it was, that while the Noble Lord was formerly in office, he had not discovered that the corn-laws were the " bane of agriculture and the blight of commerce ?" He wished to know whether the refusal of the Right Hon. Baronet's colleagues to co-operate with him in November was a refusal to a proposition for a simple suspension of the corn-laws, or for a suspension coupled with a proposition for their ultimate removal? This question affected particularly the department of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; be should like to hear his opinion on the subject. He thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman had showed cause for his proposed modifications in the duties on manufactured arti cles, but he had utterly failed in showing that corn was in a similar category, or that there was any necessary connexion between a suspension of the corn-laws ani a repeal of the corn-laws, or that there was any justification for such a measure as that which he proposed. He regretted exceedingly the decision to which the Right Hon. Baronet had come, but could not see a shade of unfair ness in his conduct ; he entirely acquitted him of the charges which had been brought against him, and believed that he had acted from conscientious and honourable mo tives. He could see no connexion whatever between a po tato famine in Ireland and a suspension, much less a repeal of the corn-laws. If corn had risen in price, the law would have opened the ports, but they had not given the law a fair trial, and instead the Government proposed, at the bidding of the Anti-Corn-law League, to reverse the verdict of the constituencies of the empire. The recent. prosperity had been owing to the manner in which public credit had been renovated by the income-tax, and to the spirit of railway speculation. These afforded no reasons for giving up protection, and he for one could not consent to embark with the Right lion. Baronet on the unknown ocean of free trade. Mr. PouLETT SCROPE thought no atmosphere was so noxious as that of the forcing-house of protection, within which we had cooped up so much of our industry, under the mistaken idea of stimulating production. The free im portation of corn might greatly benefit the country without effecting any reduction of prices. There were some millions who, it was said, now re joiced in potatoes because the country did not produce a sufficiency of corn for their consumption. The burden of proof of the necessity of maintaining high prices rested with those who assumed that they were necessary, and he had heard no sufficient reason for their maintenance arti ficially, or for the continuance of protection. Now, the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire had drawn a picture of the misery produced by the introduction of foreign commo dities to the exclusion of the productions of our native in dustry. Now if he had stripped the Hon. Member of all foreign products which he had worn at that moment—of his coat of German wool, his shirt of American flax, his handkerchief of Italian or French silk—the Honourable Member could hardly have made his appearance in decent society. The Honourable Member for Kuaresborough, too, in his abuse of machinery, was guilty of the same fallacy. To carry out his theory he ought to come down to the House clothed in skins, to live in a °are, and to support himself on roots grubbed up with his nails. All these objections to free trade were most falla cious. The calm and convincing arguments which had year after year been urged by the Hon. Member for Stockport had convinced the country, and those arguments had never been answered by Members on the other side. Mr. NEWDEGATE denied that prohibition and protection were the same thing. He acknowledged that to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market was true as to trade, but he denied that it was true as to legislation. It would not be true as applied to the army employed for the national de fence, and protection was as necessary to secure our national industry as was an army to secure our national safety. The object of the corn-laws was to maintain steadiness of price, and the distress of 1841 and 1842 was an example of the danger of too great an extension of our foreign commerce with our present monetary system. He had foreseen the change in the policy of Government ever since 1844, and if this measure passed, we should be doubly dependent on foreigners; we should be dependent on them for our food as well as for money to buy our food. The course pursued by the Right Honourable Baronet was not con. stitutional ; be was not the Minister of his Sovereign's choice, but of her necessity. He was glad to see the determination of a broken party not to be awed by the threatenings of the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. BARELY supported the Government measure. He believed that the carrying of the measure would benefit not only the tenant-farmers, but the landlords themselves. Mr. P. %sneers., jun., opposed the motion. Mr. MUNTZ said that no man would be more happy than himself to see this measure carried, because he believed that by so doing a veil would be torn from the eyes of the people which had blinded them for years. He was glad that the Right Hon. Baronet had admitted that fer the last forty years he had been wrong in to:e. Mr. DISRAELI had pledged himself to meet this ques tion on its merits ; and though he might be unable for the task, be would not shrink from it. They did not complain of the Right Hon. Baronet changing his opinions, or that he had deferred too much to public opinion, but that he had outraged it, The people had now a Protection Cabinet and Free-trade Minister. The country was flourishing. Why? Recauso it had enjoyed a judicious and moderate protection, and the Right Hon. Gentleman's whole speech went to prove the a on Manchesterrs t w s e ? r o l f t advantage of such a protection. He would ask the Hon. etartabdeerri believed from Gentleman, could he fight hostile tariffs with free im thtiveoaseh Righte e most r u th e a n t . G qu e consistent e n s t t l i e o m n ed t h he e could, he need not trouble himself about commercial treaties; but if he did not, why Gentleman bn ? ut frlewfehh did he propose his measure ? They must have a clearn F s ru we a r sia to :atnhdat had shown sympt oms e' Francemanufacturing question. It might be pos sible that America, of being favourable t o f ree trade, but the population in the United States were protectionists, and in o to eightsed, as e e r , and 1840 the manufacturing population amounted h un dred thousand operatives It was the best nr st numerous interest in the United States.rg Ever id free trade had be come p o p ular in En g land, t he manufacturers in the United States had been warlike,because th ey considered war as the best protection of the manufacturers, and in pr o _ portion as they conciliated the western they would raise the dislike of the northern and eastern states, which were the most powerful. The N oble Lord the Member for the West Riding bad given them som e state ments of American social life; he wished the Noble Lord had spoken of the celebrated negro melody, which showed how gentlemen turned from one side of the table to the other. Then with regard to Prussia an author of high authority recommended that they should be more stringent in their prohibitions. The little states would, by this measure be forced to join the Zollverein. With re gard to France, with his knowledge of public men there, he did not bellow% with the =option of g ginister who would wish to conciliate an English Government, that there was an individual who was not in favour of a system of restric triction. All parties in that country were united against what they called the fatal cause of competition. He could conceive gentlemen who had from conviction joined the Anti-Corn-law League giving utterance to their senti ments somewhat warmly, but he could not understand the language made use of that evening by the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary at War and the Right Hon. Gentle man the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who were at best but late converts—although he believed the Secretary at War had been abstractedly a free-trader, but had not put his theories in practice, because at that time they came from the wrong side of the House. They were told that no great quantity of corn could be im ported. The manufacturers of Manchester would furnish capital, and the Hon. Member for Sunderland would find them with roads, and whatever they demanded would be supplied, and as the demand increased the prices would fell. This was proved by what had happened with regard to the cotton trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State had expressed fear for the failure of the potato crop. Every year he had brought forward some great measure, and every year he had abandoned it. Bold and not overscrupulous in opposition, since he had beon a Member of a Conservative C-bnet, he had been constantly acting front panic—in fact, the Members of the present Cabinet, were the children of panic. Now, with regard to protection, be did not find that what the Noble Lord opposite called the protective system had ever existed. The colonial system had existed to the great advantage of the country, but that was not what was called a protective system. During the eighteenth century our foreign trade was sacri ficed to our colonial system, and merchants were compen sated by secure markets and great profits. We lost our colonies, and Mr. Pirr brought forward a system of free trade, because we had lost our great colonies. The revolu tionary war interrupted tho system, which was again taken up by Lord LIVERPOOL and Mr. Husmssosr, and by the Right Hon. Gentleman—his Corn Bill of 1842, and his tariff ; that was, the system of free trade as contradistinguished from that which was now proposed, and which he would call free imports, the introduction of which system had been the ruin of Turkey, and which would pro duce the same effect in every other country. The Right Hon. Gentleman had announced that the principle of protec tion was renounced by his Cabinet. Ha thought it was bene ficial. The onus probandi lay upon those who ad vocated the doing away with competition. He found great difficulty in meeting the case of the Anti-Corn-law League, because it continually varied. They began by promising cheap bread to the labourer, they ended by promising high rents to the landlord. He did believe they were disin genuous, because he thought that all this time they were only instructing themselves. 1n1839, the Chamber of Man chester referred all the evils under which they laboured to the state of the currency ; and, having exhausted the cur rency, they afterwards turned to the corn-laws. The League said protection was a failure, because it could not feed the people, nor employ the people. He denied both propositions. The agriculture of no great country in the world was equal to that of England. The great bulk of capital collected by our settlers in our colonies were invested in land ; there was not an Englishman in India, riding upon an ele phant, and surrounded by slaves, who did not dream of quarter sessions, and place the svmmum bonum of life in being a justice of peace and a deputy-lieutenant. What would be the position of England, after the repeal of the corn laws, if she should be involved in a foreign war? It would be the same as it was at the rupture of the treaty of Amiens; and it would only be by securing the command of the seas, that supplies would be obtained. They would be obliged, as they were then, to raise loans with wheat at 1103., and to pay the interest of those loans with wheat at 555. Seeing that since that time we had supplied the popu lation with food, it could not be urged that the system had failed to feed the people. It had not failed to employ the people. The Secretary at War said, cultivate the hills of Wiltshire, and the population will be employed. Why were they not cultivated? The condition of the peasantry, bad as it was at present, was worse before the system of protec tion was introduced. The Goatacra meeting was much like the deputation from the nations of fu7ope, which was brought to the bar by the French Convention, by Anarchasis Clooty. But if these were ,to be taken as specimens of the agricultural Glass, he would produce greater instances of wretchedness from the manufacturing districts, but he would not condescend to do so because he kuew that they would not be a fair sample of the labourers in those districts, for he knew that generally speaking the manufacturers were honourable men, who endeavoured v promote the interests of their labourers to the best of their power. He would admit that the principle did its regulate wages, but if wages of labour did not depend on the price of corn, the importation of foreign corn must displace so much Bri tish corn, and so displace so much agricultural labour which must seek for employment in the manufacturing districts, and so bring down the rate of wages there. The House should consider the effect of sudden importations of corn on the monetary system. He admitted that if they had a regular trade they would have a regular supply ; but in the event of a deficiency there would be an extra demard, which it would he impossible to meet without deranging the monetary system. He did not vindicate protection on the ground of peculiar burdens. Land had great honours and must bear great burdens. The system could only be maintained by a system of high policy, by maintaining a due balance between the two great branches of national industry, and by giving a preponderance to the agricultural interest, because they had in England a territorial constitution, which was the only security for self-government as opposed to a system of centralization. He believed that the rca meaning of this movement was not the mere repeal of the corn• laws, but the transference of political power from the agricultural to the manufacturing classes. He could not consent to be rescued from the power of one class only to sink under the power of another. He protested against such an ignominious catastrophe; if they were to change the present system of politics, he would prefer falling under the thraldom of capital, to trust to the energies of an educated and an enfranchised people. The debate, on the motion of Mr. E. BULLER, was then adjourned till Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. Female Government has been the bane of Spain for the last fifty years, and as far as can be judged from late events and present prospects, is yet destined for some time to be the evil genius of the country. This is the more remarkable among people of a brave and manly character, that seem to delight in rude and cruel sports, that have little or no dislike to civil war, and to daring undertakings little suited to the habits and dispositions of the other sex. The Court and Government of CHARLES IV. were ruled by the QUEEN and her paramour, the Prince of Peace ; the beloved FERDI NAND was entirely controlled by MARIA CHRISTINA, who, in fact, changed the order of succession, brought on a bloody civil war, laid waste the country, and finally prevailed by placing her daughter on the throne. The influence of this intriguing and dangerous woman appears to be still undiminished. Her active, unscrupulous, and daring mind is engaged in some new plot, which in the first instance has discovered itself by breaking up the only Cabinet that has displayed anything like rational government in its plans, and which may excite some violent national commotion to end in a second civil war. Notwithstanding the unconstitutional means by which NARVAEZ expelled ESPARTERO, seized the en tire control of the army, and abrogated manyimportant pro visions of the Constitution, it cannot be denied that he re stored, though in a savage manner, a distracted country to outward peace and apparent security, and that such general tranquillity has not prevailed for many years. The Con stitution, it is true, was invaded ; and in an old established Government, like that of England, this would have justly been regarded as a great crime, but in Spain the case was different; neither the electors nor their representatives had acquired just notions of their duties, and the latter, in parti cular, displayed the most glaring inaptitude for public busi ness. In the Chambet of Deputies there was plenty of talking. The speakers delighted in long and inco herent, and often seditious harangues ; and, after motions and amendments, and votes without number, they generally ended as they began : the finances of the country remained in the same deplorable state, the taxes could not be collected, and the very elements of Government were on the brink of dissolution. Latterly, however, when this national rage for uttering vain speeches was much abated and the Cabinet obtained some control over the Cortes, busi ness has been more attended to, and the character of the Go vernment raised in the estimation of foreigners. MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, the principal member of the Cabinet, has, on the who!e, conducted himself with firmness and propriety, and removed many of the prepossessions entertained against him when summoned from Paris to his new post; he has shown a disposition to adhere to the main points of the Con stitution, and probably has mitigated, in a great degree, the military and sanguinary principles of his colleague Nauv.sEs But the Finance Minister Most has done more than them all together, and the loss of such a Minister at the present moment may be regarded as a national calamity. We have frequently had occasion to speak in his praise, and the more his plans have been manifested we have been the more confirmed in oar opinion. Per haps there is no country in the world where taxes till very lately have been levied with more difficulty, or been so little productive as in Spain. The political chiefs and other public functionaries, more especially those in the maritime provinces, reluctantly and imperfectly obeyed the orders from Madrid; they diverted funds intended for the Treasury to their private purposes—they bribed those under them to remain silent, or co-operate in their peculations. The rich landowners for the same reason never paid the full amount of their taxes, and the natural consequence was an empty exchequer. The Finance Minister, however, put a stop to suc h a ru i nous system . H e i ntroduced a l i last Chambersstetor tbudget,o f operationw pr et property-tax rttethtdyl exceeded dt opposition;a otn x hdee ß er fxiul expenditure, l , efn w a dchiit facility, tehyr Actpawan i s dt s h e wh d tahhs aet exception ixe througheaneyp: bei o bnotr carriedeol rdef • t g h a et u ere m e i nt le in hefe S re p i a g i n n, the de income , ht.,But a s that instated tcei n d i t n i m h e i s , ast miracle too, would have been brought into the Spain, if properly governed, is a bl e to macee:un ail t. demands upon her, a n d b a d this Minister e re mained in office for some years longer, the effects of his firm and honest policy would have reached the unfortunate credi tors of Spain at Paris and London. But all these bright prospects have been effaced by some vile intrigue respecting the QUEEN'S marriage, and Spain is yet doomed to a uffer for the dark purposes of the Camarilla. Another " adjournment " still continues to tagg the mam moth discussion ; nor can any conjecture be formed as to the arrival of the grand evening of the division. The per ception of any argument by the agricultural champions has proved to be a great stubborn impossibility : facts, which would long since have convinced the most arrant of all arrant dunces, are utterly invisible to them, hooded and muffled up as their intelle:,t is by self-interest. The pros pect which to everybody else is clear, and cloudless, and transparent, to them is bidden with dense fogs and impene trable mists—the former arising from the density of their selfishness, the latter in the impenetrable nature of their stupidity. Like the gentleman so often quoted from HOMER, they mount with the persuasion of the various free-trade orators, but directly they have reached the ultimatum—the "abolition of protection "—down tumbles the burden to its original post; the listeners are the same dull, pudding headed class as ever. With all possible candour, We cannot but regard the debating which has already transpired as nothingmore nor less than a voluntary self caricature of them selves by the agriculturists ; the speeches alternate like bullion and dross—now comes the trumpet of abolition, now comes the penny whistle of protection. In this manner we have already listened to the lamentations of the Member for Oxford, and the fury of Mr. SCOTT, and the big talking of the Member for Bristol, and been treated to a kind of tableau of the stag at bay" (not the railway, but the zoological stag) from the Member for Liverpool. It was a novel kind of recreation to the House ; it served to throw a certain piquancy into what might possibly have proved distasteful; repetition, however, upon repetition served at length to wear away the particular merit of the exhibition—namely, the novelty before mentioned. Personal recriminations at the Premier, cries of •` turpitude," and " dishonesty," and " in gratitude," become in the end so much a matter of course, that every person knew perfectly well the termination of a sentence immediately any one from the ➢Ministerial benches uttered its commencement. Last night, however, witnessed a change in the discussion, which, if it proved in reality un profitable, was by no means disagreeable, inasmuch as it afforded something like a variation frem the in tolerable monotony which had previously rung again and again and again upon every Member's ear. For this same variation of the old tune we are indebted to Mr. DISRAELI; but, unfortunately, like all variations upon old tunes, the original air is terribly distinct throughout. In deed, the Hon. Gentleman merely clothed the threadbare common-places of his party with his usual felicity and floweriness of language. He tricked out the meagre sayings of the previous supporters of the present commercial ;system in elegant phrases and meretri cious decorations of rhetoric. Those numerous and shallow " positions," the frequent usage of which his clique had slong rendered obnoxious to the Commons, sparkled as epigrams. The imagination which had evoked " Coniiagsby" could not, in fact, fail of adorning any topic, however hackneyed, or however; untenable. Besides these advantages, the oration uttered last night by Mr. DISRAELI bore about it a character more like dispassionate investiga tion than the one with which he had startled every body (and very possibly himself into the bargain) at the outset of the present session. He was judicious enough to abstain (at least to a very great extent) from those furious and rancorous onslaughts upon Sir ROBERT PEEL in which he formerly indulged with so much rashness. Indeed the Hon. Member declared in so many words " we do not complain of the Right Hon. Baronet having changed his opinions," following up the observation with the acknow ledgment that "opinion is not always in the power of the human will." This concession we regard as very creditable to Mr. DISRAELI, and doubly so because it has been tacitly gainsayed by all his colleaguesin theirungenerousand scurril ous vituperations on the Prime Minister. This is creditable to him, inasmuch as its very utterance must in some measure have estranged the sympathy of the Protectionists from the speaker; it is creditable, moreover, because it is an un paralleled instance of meekness among the rabid up holders of the Custom-House. When, however, in pursuance of his object Mr. DISRAELI thinks proper to assert that his party were the embodiment of public opinion and that those principles of anti-abolition which he himself together with the other members of that party, professed were in accordance with that public opinion—he fell back upon a most miserable fallacy. Sheer assumptions like these — mere figments in themselves— assertions based only on the wish that they were realities—words so mani festly wrong and idle may certainly elicit a cheer from the protectionist benches, but they can never gain a cause—they can never resuscitate a fallen faction—they can never answer any conceivable end for good in the wide world. If, therefore, Mr. DISRAELI had resorted, like other gentlemen in white waistcoats, to " facts and figures," as well as to reminiscences of " the good old times, the great old times, the grand old times "—and to the precedents of Messrs. Hus- KISBON and Parr, he would materially enhance the merits of his harangue, besides reducing it to a much smaller compass. His allusions likewise to crops in the Mauritius and the Havannahs are equally illusory, and unprofitable, and stale; they are the locum tenens of a rotten cause, and as such are scarcely adducible. In the subsequent chimeras—brilliant ones. no doubt—which the Hon. Member flashed before his hearers there is an appearance of terrible antiquity ; he appears to be scraping together mere chips and splinters, and then hurling them against his antagonists, forgetful, possibly, that from their very insignificance they must, by the natural law, float ofF upon the winds, arid fan most preposterously short of their mark. Of this description are his witticisms at the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and his sarcasms at the League, and his impassioned fribbles about the factories. The longer, indeed, the hours stole on, and the more he approached the peroration of his address, the more frivolous and petite became his arguments; it was the diminuendo which was to precede the last noisy bars ; it was " small by degrees and beautifully less." Still we cannot cavil at a speech which, with all its real fallacy, is the most moderate, if not the best maintained, which his party has given forth during this interminable discussion. From a Parliamentary paper, just issued by the House of Commons, and founded on returns made by the Poor-law Commissioners, it appears that the total amount levied for poor-rates in England and Wales, in the year 1845, was 4,474,2751., showing a large decrease, as com pared with the amount levied under the old poor-law, even after deducting all the moneys applied formerly to other purposes than the relief of the poor. But the paper is instructive in another respect. These returns were moved for by Mr. WODE HOUSE, in order to show the peculiar burdens on land, and according to them the agricultural interest can have no just reason to complain. In 1841, the total amount levied on land was 3 ,113,1801., while that on dwelling-houses and other property was 2,041,1721., making a difference of about one-third against the land; but, according to another part of the return, the amount levied on land since 1826 has been gradually decreasing, while that on other property has greatly increased. That increase is made still larger by the construction of every new line of railway, and possibly, at the present moment, the SUM are nearly equal. On what ground, then, can the landed interest contend that the poor -rates form a peculiar burden on land ? According to accounts from Madrid of the 13th, a report prevailed that the Infante Don HENRIQUE had secretly fled from Ferrol, whither he had been sent in disgrace for his foolish proclamation relative to the marriage of the Qt.'s's; and that he had thus sought safety in flight, as he had reason to believe that NARVAEZ intended to banish him to the Philippine Islands. The intelligence was said to be contained in a letter received at Madrid from the British Consul at Corunna. The other intelligence of importance had been anticipated by the telegraphic dispatch. On the 12th a royal decree was issued, in which the QUEEN forbids " time bargains" on the Bourse, after the exriration of those falling due on the 30th of April next, and declares that such pecuniary transactions shall not be enforceable by law in any civil action. On the 13th the Three per Cents. closed at 31 1 ,4 for cash , and 31% at 60 days ; and the Five pet Cents. at 23 5-16 at 60 days. _ The Paris papers, , with the exception of some additional accounts from Algiers, possess little interest. The Presse, which professes to be well informed respecting Spanish affairs, has an article on thenew Ministry, in which it asserts that ISTURITZ and NARVAEZ will soon quarrel, so incom compatible are there political principles and temper, and that the Ministry of MIRAYLORES can only be a provisional one. Of this, indeed, their can be little doubt. One brief extract from the Journal des Ddbats leads to the conviction that the whole scheme has been planned by the Queen-Mother and NARVAEZ. "It appears," save that paper, " that when General NARVABZ tendered his resignation, the QunEN sent for M. MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, and told him that the President of the Council having retired from office that step would naturally be followed by the re sig-nation of all the Ministers. To that intimation M. MAR mac- DE LA RosA is said to have replied, that he regretted not being able to concur in the opinion of her MAJESTY,' adding, at the same time, If General NARVAZZ thinks fit to retire, my colleagues and myself are of opinion that we shall be able to maintain ourselves in our position, by ap pointing another General to the post of Minister of War.' It is said that the intention of the remaining Ministers was to select General CoNcnA. a Member of the Moderate Opposi tion, and who is considered as the rival of General NAnvAEz. The QUEEN dismissed 111. ➢IARTINEZ Dr LA ROSA, telling him that she would consider of it. In the evening of the 12th M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA delivered his portfolio into the hands of the QUEEN. The four other members persisted in their determination, and were literally dismissed by royal ordinance." ....... The most ►inist.er reports were in circulation at Paris respecting the state of the army in Algiers. By an order of the day, issued by the Minister of War, each of the in fantry regiments forming the garrison of Paris is called upon to furnish 60 volunteers for recruiting the infantry of the army of Africa. Marshal BUGEAUD, it appears, has de manded large reinforcements, and the population of the city of Algiers are in a state of the greatest anxiety, owing to the want of troops and a threatened attack from ABU-xL-KAuxa. The .elkbar, of the 12th instant, cautioned the inhabitants from venturing in the direction of Fondouck, a place within three hours' march of Algiers, where it was reported the Elan had made his appearance. The cavalry of the civic 14 tc4 Iz been called upon to escort a convoy of provisions, as very few soldiers remained in the town. The postscript of a letter says :—" The rest of the military convicts have just marched out with arms and baggage. We have not a soldier in the place. The agitation is general. The cause of the alarm, however, is evidently exaggerated. Algiers has nothing to fear ; but our military operations wear an unfa vourable aspect." . The accounts from Berne also cause anxiety at Paris. A letter from that city, dated the 15th instant, contains the fallowing paragraph :—" The declaration of 61 members of the Grand Council, against the opinion expressed by nine members of the Executive Council, that the nomination of a council of the revision of the constitution would be, not only a violation of the constitution, but must lead to most disas trous results, has produced a vast sensation in the public mind." The Grand Council, on the 14th, it appears, passed a de cree regulating the formation of the Constituent Assembly. The election of Deputies is to be held on March 7. There is to be one Deputy for every 300 citizens, making 139 De puties for the whole canton. The qualifying age for voting has hitherto been twenty-three years, but on this cecasion those who have attained twenty are to be admitted to give their suffrages. The only exceptions are men of unsound mind, bankrupts, those who have receired charitable relief, and convicts condemned to Infamous punishments. To be eligible to become a Deputy, the candidate must be a citizen of Berne, be qualified to vote, and be of twenty-three years of age and upwards. The Constituent Body is to meet en March 16. On the Paris Bourse, on Thursday, the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents , 1231. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,310 f. ; Rouen, 1,0421. 60c, ; Havre, 752 f. 50c. ' • Avignon, 1,003 f. ; Vierzon, 720 f.; Bordeaux, 6531 . ; Boulogne, 555 1. ; Troyes and Montereau, 450 f, ; Basle, 252 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 771 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 553 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 590 f. ; Fampoux, 470 f. The following are the quotations for other lines Paris and Lyons, definitive, 6271'. boc.; Lyons and Avignon, de finitive, 665 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 604 f. ; ditto (Espe leta), 510 f.; Charleroi (Kysaen's), 4921. Lvons, FEB. 17.—Paris and Orleans, 1,300 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,025 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Fun. 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 12—East Indian, Ifi —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% —Great Western Canada, 23i—Luxem bourg, 214 2 —Orleans and Viorzon, 18M—Orleans and Bordeaux, 115 i —Paris and Orleans, bl Y. —Paris and Rouen, 40% —Rouen and Barre, 30 —West Flanders, 4%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a better demand for Cotton at Liverpool yester day, the sales being 6,000 or 7,000 bales. Prices were rather looking up. Shares were very dull. The accounts, per Tay steamer, from the West Indies, chiefly re-echo the sensation produced here by Sir Robert Peel's free-trade declarations, and which are felt to be the knell of all monopoly. The Legis lature of Jamaica having voted the introduction of 7,000 Asiatic labourers, all of whom, however, cannot arrive during the present season, and the railway system being likely to be extended throughout the island, together with improvements in the manufacture of sugar, what pusilla nimity does it not argue on the part of the West India colonists to be afraid of slave-grown sugar. The principal changes in the Bank of England assets and liabilities last week were these : Notes issued Increase Other Deposits Decrease ... 893,922 Seven-day and other Bills ... 945,332 Decrease Other Securities 22,251,906 Decrease ... . 656,755 Bullion .. 13,467,602 Increase The Funds are flat again this morning. Consols, 95% to 96% for next week, and 96 to ►% for the account day. Lx chequer-bills, 87s. to 395. premium. As usual, there are no official purchasers on the last day of the week. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents are 984 lA. Bank Stock has gone back to 209. The Foreign Bonds are rather firmer. Spanish Five per Cents., 27% ; the Three per Cents., 377 8 ; Mexican, 31; and Dutch Four per Cents., 95% to %. Shares generally are much the same as yesterday. Direct Northern have improved a little. North Staffordshire are firm. Trent Valley are rather unsteady. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. rIUCES. Bank Stock .. .. 209 209 Three per Cent. Annuities .. 96% 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 95% 96% 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98% % 98% India Stock .. •• 59 259 India Bonds, 1,000/. •.: 2 Ditto, under 1,0001. 42 Bank Stock for Account .. 209 Consols for Account 96% Exchequer Bills. 110. d. 1,0001... .... 39 37 pin. 6001. .... 39 36 pm. Ditto. Small .... 36 39 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. 3 %% 23 BRITISII FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 3% FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds .. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 38 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account 273 Ditto, Passive Bonds 631 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% % / 34 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95%34 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. • . .. 10 .. • • 10 •• .. 10 Amber., Notting., Boston and Eastern Junction .. 2% ...• 2% . . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 234 %%; ...... 2% Bristol and Exeter .. .. 70 -. ~ 86 ........ . 86 Ditto New .. .. 5 .. • • 11 1,4 .. • • 1114 Buckinghamshire 42e. . • N 1 1 • •••• • • • 34 p Caledonian .. .. 10 .... 13% • ..... 13% Ditto Extension .. 9% .... 2 1 4 Chester awl Holyhead .. .. 20 .... 21%% . • 21% Direct .31anchester (Remington's) 23 , 4 134 1 % Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 3%%.. ...... 334 Direct Northern .. 234 .... 2% ........ 2% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 5 .... G . 6 Dublin and Galway 4 .. 4% Eastern Counties 141. 16s. .... 21% .. Ditto New .. 8/. 16s. .... 6 i p .. 6% p Ditto, York Extension 1% .......... 1 % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 77 •• .. 77 Dit to 34 Shares .. .. 5 .. 15% .. Ditto 1 4 Shares .. . 1234••.. 19 .. 19 Ditto New 34 Shares- .. 10 .... 15 .. 15 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 21 .......... 21 Great Western 85 • • -15334 ex div. 15334 x d Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 86 ex div Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 17% ex div 1734 x d Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 33% ex div. 33% x d Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .• -106% 107 lO7 Ditto, llalt ,hares .. • • • • 7 .... 26% . 2 6 344 Isle of Axholme .. • • 234.... 1% .. 1 % Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2%. Liverp., Manch., & Ncwc. Junet. 234.... 3% 3% London awl Birmingham ~.. .100 .. 221 222 ex dlv.. 222 a. d. Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... • ......... 49% xlci Ditto Fifths .. .. 2 .... 2434 ex div. 2434 x d London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. • • ...• . • 9 London and Brighton .. .. 50 65 1 4 %ex div.. 6534 xd Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 40 .. •• 55 Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 2934 3O London awl South-Wes*.ern.. 411. 6s. 10d. • • Ditto, New . 1234.... 24 London and York .. .- • • • - 2. % •• • • ••••• • • • • • 3 3a London, Warwick, & Kiddcrmins. 2 .... Lynn and Derehain 5 .... 4X Manchester and Leeds 82 .... ...... Ditto, half Shares .. 38 .... 6934 . Ditto, Fifths .. • . • • • • 1 .... 12 ..... ..... 12 Ditto Extension .. 425. 334 p.... •• • • 3 % p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . „ „ Ditto, Quarter Shares (II) .. 2 .... 10% ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .• •• .. •. • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock. 425. .. • • 1% • . Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... Midland .. ..100 4 .'• Ditto, New .. .. 12 .... 2738 27 28.... Ditto, Birmingham and Detby 100 „ Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .... 45 Ditto, New .. I .... 11 10% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. 22 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 1% .. • • North British .. 17 27% 1 4 • • . Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134 .... 238 Ditto, Dalkeith 25 .... Ditto, ditto .. .. 5 .... 634 ......... 6% North Kent and Direct Dover • . 2 •• • • .... 2% North Staffordshire .. • • 425. •• .. 3% 4 p•• •• .. 4 p Norwich and Brandon .. 18 . Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptn. 1234 .... 13% l4 Perth and Inverness • • .. .... 1% Portsmouth Direct • • .. 3% .... 3%34...... • • 3% Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... ••• • • • 3434 "Rugby and Huntingdon .. 2 .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% 334 „„ „ „ 31 4 Shropshire Union .. .. 423..... 34 % die • • South Devon .. .. 35 .... 3634 South Midland 425. .... 2 1 4 p.. • Tean and Dove Valley.. 134 ••71, Trent Valley .. .. • . • . b .. • • 25% 25% Trent Valley and Ifolyhead June. 2% • .. 1% Wexford, Waterford, & Valontia 134 .. • West Cornwall - .. 2 .... 1 1 4 34 . . York and North Midland 50 ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 47 • • ........ Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... .„ „ Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 10% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens •. 10 .... II % .... • ... Bord., Tout., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... 234 . Ditto, ditto (Espcicte) 2 . • ••• Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 634 ••••• • • • • • Grt. North. of France Constituted 5. 15% Great Western Bengal ~ ss. .... . ..... „ „ Luxembourg Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 .... 4034 Rouen and Havre . .. 20 _ „ 30 , Sambre and Mouse .. 6 _ 514 West ElanderS .. • • • • • • 4 .... 4% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia • • .. Provincial of Ireland .. MINES. Real del 3foute, tinredstered .... 4 .... 10% 7% 1 % 1 ) 2% 150 26N 50 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY. DEAL, FEB. 20.—Arrd. from the river, Ganges, M'Donald, Sydney, New South Wales; Ariadne, Hildreth, Bombay. Sid. Antelope, Monti Video. SOUTHAMPTON, Fin. 20.—Arrd. Tay steamer, Sharp, West Indies; left St. Thomas's 31st ult.; on freight 4,842 ounces of gold dust, atilt 61b. 91 oz. silver. Skl. Oriental, Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Fr B. 19.—Sid. Simla, Cape of Good Hope. 20. Her Majesty's steamer Samson, Rio Janeiro; Dander, Jamaica. LivEttroor., FEB. 20.—S1d. Margaret, St. Thomas; Jupiter, Hayti; Penelope, Cayenne; Ironside, Tobasco ; Gossibium, New Orleans; Emma Watts, ditto; Manchester, ditto; Al bion, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, hope, Algoa Bay ; Crescent, Charente. Dursurt, FEB. 19.—SId. Nancy, Munro, Barbadoce. Coax, FEB. 17.—Sid. Bich ford, Jamaica. HULL, FEB. 20.—Arrd. Brunswick, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. ILFRACOMBE, FEB. 20.—The schooner Margaret Sanders., of Plymouth, has put in here with loss of bowsprit, top mast, &c., having been in contact last night off Ball Point, with a ship (name unknown), which received damage, and proceeded for Milford. CLYDE, FEB. 19.—Arrd. Trident, Miller, Demerara and Dublin; Norma, Cameron, Pictou and Halifax. 81d. 18th, Ann Harley, New York ; lath, Flora, Berbice; Rose, St. Kitt's. SHIELDS, FEB. 20.—S1d. Jalie, Rio Janeiro. Holmmix MURDER.—Uriah Deffett, of Meare, was committed, on the 9th instant, by G. parry, Esq., for murdering his wife whilst in a state of intoxication. On Sunday evening last Ow was upbraiding him with spendim, his Sundays in drunkenness, and not providing for her and his family of fire young children, for which he knocked her dowo, and then cut her across the forehead and tem t3les With a Lnife which caused her death.—Sherburne Journal. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. _ . _ _ Although the supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables were again large, the demand was steady, at our quotations : Potatoes from 3s 6d to 7s 6d per cwt ; Turnips, is 3d to 2s; Carrots, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Greens, 2s to 2s 9d; and Leeks, 10d to is 8d per dozen bunches; Onions, 2s to Se; Apples, is 6d to 4s; Pears, 53 to 7s; and Spinach, is 9d to 2s per ,half-sieve ; Forced Potatoes, 10d to is 6d ; Pine apples, 65 to 9s; and Filberts, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; Savoys, 10d to is 3d; and Cauliflowers, 2s to 63 per dozen; Celery, is to 2s 3d; Horse- radish, 2s to 4s 6d ; forced Asparagus, As to 6s; and forced Rhubarb, Is 6d per bundle; Oranges, 7s to 12s; and Lemons, 7s to 10s per 100; Seakale, Is 9d to 4s 6d per punnet; Turnip Greens, 2s; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4s to 4s 6d per bushel. , .. ... z, , ~,,,-,,, ~,..00• ,A i ) ... 4 * ! i r ' .. `,5 . .., ' 1:4 A : .., e( 1 " . - - 7 t`' --'- ) .b r •'- % , st. e ?‘ 4,.• > Alai •i. c , , , ~ a -, - 0 7:* V f4t, 1 4 ,: • 794744 ,=A ~..,.. - --'rio - Wiatkrz,,, THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1846. ZIE . I.VGATE AND MEADENNAX.X. For each kinds of Meat, the supplies of which on offer were by no means large, we had a sluggish demand, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 6cl to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 8s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 55; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs.—Turkevs, 3s 6d to 9s; Geese, 5s to 73; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 6d to Is 8d; wild ditto, 4d to 10d ; Pigeons, 8d to 13 2d; and roasting Pigs, Gs to 9s each ; Fowls, 4s to 8s per couple ; Pheasants, 4s to 55; Par tridges, Is 6cl to 2s 3d ; Leverets, 2s to 3s ; Hares, 3s. to 3s 6d ; Woodcocks, 2s 3d to 3s ; Grouse, ls 8d to 25; Snipes, 9d to is 3d; Wild Ducks, lb 6d to 2s; Widgeons, Is 3d to Is Gd; and Plovers, Gd to 9d each. lIUNGERPOED. Most articles were in limited supply, and heavy demand, at but little variation in the quotations. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2a Sd to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3a 6d to 45 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81b8. lIILLINGSGATE. Turbot, 7s to 163; Brills, 3s to 7s ; Cod Fish, 3s to 9s; Whitings, 4d to 10d; Mackarel, 6d to 10(1; Lobsters, Is to 3s; and Crabs, 8d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair; Smelts, is 6d to 3s; and Thames Flounders, 1s 6d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, ls 2d to is 9d ; Eels, 6d to Is 2d ; and Crimped &ate, 8d to Od per lb. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 35 6d ; Mutton, Ss 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 55; and Fork, 32 8d to 5s per Bibs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to Sid; of Household ditto, 6iel to Bid per albs loaf. HIDE MARKET. AfarketHides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d per 11. ; do. 6411, to 721 b, 3d to B%d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 / id to 3 3 / 4 d ; do. SOlb to 881 b, 3 1 ,0 to 3 3 / 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 3. 1 c1 to 4d ; do. 961 b to 1041 h, 4d to 4IAd ; Calf Skins, each, 4s to 7s ; Horn Hides, 135 ; Polled Sheep, 4s 4d to 55 9d; Half-breds, 3e 6d to 4s 6d; Downs, 3s to 45 ; Lambs, 3s to 4s. IXAT WIELRX,EICS. Ssirrnrumn.—Meadovr Hay, 3/ 53 to 4/ 83; Clever ditto, 41 5s to 51 10s; Oat Straw, 1/ lls to 11 13s; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per lead. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 8,3 to 41 101 ; Clover ditty, 41 is to 5/ 8s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s; Wheat Straw, 11148 to 11 165 per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 7s; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ Iss ; Oat Straw, II lls to I / 13s ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 153 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at late rates. BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO ACTS OF BANKRUPTCY.—An application was made to the Learned Commissioner to sign an affidavit of an act of bankruptcy against a person in the City, but whose name did not, transpire. The affidavit set forth that on the 18th inst. a creditor called at the ware house and made an inquiry for the party, and was told that he was out. On calling the next morning, deponent was in formed that he was out and had gone abroad, leaving word that he would not return for a fortnight or three weeks. It had, however, been ascertained that he was within when he was called upon the first time, and that a man was in pos session under an execution. It was contended that this amounted to an act of bankruptcy, and that the fact of an execution being put in alone was sufficient. The Learned ZjOJIMISSIONER went through a variety of cases, and after a consultation with the Registrar, said he did not consider the act of bankruptcy made out—the man be ing in possession was not in itself sufficient—it must be shown that at the very moment tte party left home to go abroad it was his intention to delay his creditors. In this case it was shown that he said he should not be back for a fort night or three weeks, which might be taken that he would return at that time, and he would not be prevented from taking his pleasure ; the intent to delay must be more clearly shown. (Before Mr. Commissioner FAxE.) THE COURTS OF BANKRUPTCY AND COURTS OF REQUESTS. —ln a case which came before this Learned Commissioner to enforce the judgment of the Brixton Court of Requests, he observed that the Act only gave him power where the other Court had competent jurisdiction. It was, therefore, necessary to prove before him that the debt was ens over which the Court had cognizance, that the defendant resided within the jurisdiction, and that all the forms had been duly observed. The production of a piece of paper proved nothing ; he must be in possession of all the facts, or he might be lay ing himself open to an action. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING RACES. The liberality of the Licensed Victuallers of London has enabled the Steward to increase the bonus to the Great Me tropolitan to not less than 3001. The horses must be named on the 2d of March. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. Handicap of the Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on the 2d of March. Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st Blb My Mary, 4 yrs, 7st Corranna, aged, 9st 31b Elemi, 5 yrs, 7st Discord, aged, Bst 131 b Laird O'Cockpen, 4 yrs, Inheritress, 6 yrs, oat 131 b Est 1 31b Trueboy, 6 yra, Bst 81b Best Bower, 5 yrs, Est 131 b Red Deer, 5 yrs, Bst 61b Javelin, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b William le Gros, aged, Bst 41b Nike filly, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Rowena, 5 yrs, Bst 3lb Frill colt, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Yardley, 6 yrs, Bst 21b Marian Ramsay, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Needful, 5 yrs, 8:t 21b Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 6st 81b Refraction, 4 yrs, Bst llb Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, 6st Queen of Tyne, aged, Set 'Lela, 5 yrs, 6st 81b Mosque, aged, Bst Slipshod, 4 yrs, Est 81b Miss Elis, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Arthur, 4 yrs, 6st 71b Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Stream, 4 yrs, Est 61b Godfrey, 5 yrs, ist Illb Dulcet, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Rose ofCashmere,4yrs, 7st 11th Nereus, 4 yrs 6st 51b Xanthus, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b Tirnbria, 4 yrs, 6st 41b Example, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib Secutor, 4 yrs, Est 41b Joe Lovell, 5 yrs ' ist 101 b. Jack Cade, 5 yrs, 6st 41b What, 6 yrs, ist 91b Dexterous, 3 yrs, 6st 41b Patriot, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Sir Harry, 4 yrs, Cat 31b Morpeth, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Wild Roe, 4 yrs, 6st 21b Extempore, 6 yrs, 7st 81b Correct Card, 4 yrs, 6st 21b h by 'Velocipede, out of Fair Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Jane, 5 yrs, ist 81b Mermaid, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb Roderick, aged, 7st 71b Astonishment, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Pugilist, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb Marquis of Conynghara, 3 yrs, Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, 7st 71b sst 81b Roper's Daughter,aged, 7st4lb Repeal, 3 vrs, sst 41b Dr. Husband, 5 yrs, ist 41b Outcast, 3'yrs, sst 41b Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs 7st 41b Camera Obscura, 3 yrs, sst 21b Fame, aged, 7st 41b Buttress, 3 yrs, sst Judex, 6 yrs, 7st 4lb Tit Bit, 3 yrs, sst Teetotaller, aged, ist 41b Red Leg, 3 yrs, sst Pythia ' 4 yrs, ist 21b Killi Krankie, 3 yrs, 4st Illb Mount Charles, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 1 Ilb Maynooth, 4 yrs, 7st llb Brother to _Beaumont, 3 yra, Giantess, 4 yrs, 7tit, llb 4st Illb Cataract, 6 yrs, ist llb Peasant, 3 yrs, 4st 1 llb Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7st Amazon, 3 yrs, 4st 81b Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, -7st HUNTING Al Lord Elcho's lids, Mon., Longri burn ; Sat., Ford Bridge-101. Albrighton hds., Mon., Little 01 Sat., llunnington, near Ilagley-1014 Mr. Drake's hits., Tues., Chesterton Village ; Thum., Charndon common ; Sat., Marston St. Lawrence-10},44. Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Witherston ; Tues., Clifton-wood. Ileythrop hits., Mon., Brueru ; Wed., Barton-gate; Fri., Eyford —lOl4. East Kent lids., Mon., Lidden ; Fri., Gorsley-101• Mr. Lushington's lids., Mon., Rainham-street ; Fri., Linsted-park Ludlow lids., Tues., Oaker ; Fri., Bucknall-wood— 10. Thanet harrs., Mon., Hale ; Wed., Mauston-wood-10. Hon. J. E. Elliot's bds., Mon., Linthill ; Wed., Mounthooly ; Sat., Grundstone-bridge— 11. Vale of White Horse hods., Tues., Mlnety-pound ; Thurs., Ampney park ; Sat., Folly-gate. Lord Parker's hits., Tues., Chequer's-court ; Fri., Gould's-heath —1 irN Seventh Hussars' stag lids., Tues., Alderton ; Thurs., Charsfleld -113. Suffolk lids., Tues., Cockfield Greyhound ; Thurs., Bournbridge -101,4 . Berkshire lids., Mon., Buckland ; Fri , Radcot Bridge. Oakley hits., Mon., Crandeld ; Thurs., Melchbourne ; Sat., Dangeo Corner-11 1 4 . Mr. 5. Lowndes's lids., Tues., Winslow; Sat., Beachampton-grove 1( York and Musty hits., Mon., Escrick ; Tues., Street-houses ; Thurs., Pill-moor (Mafferton); Sat., Brandatry Sinnington hits., Tues., Lund-court ; Fri., Morton-10. Bedale lids., Mon., Hornby Castle ; Wed., Camp-hill ; Fri., Con stable ittnton-101, . Cleveland lids., Mon., Roxby, 914 ; Thurs., Guisbro'-park. Norfolk Stag hds., Tues., 13arnharn Broom ; Fri., Cawston Wood roll —ll N. Baron Rothschild's Stag lids., Non, Dunham-tn ; Wed.. Lis combe-park--11. Mr. Brand's lids., Mon., Colnoy-heath ; Fri., Langley Broom. Decon hds., Mon., Dunsford-bridge ; Fri., Ford-house. F. B. lids., Mon., Stonemason's Arms ; Fri., Trewithen. Prudhoe and Derwent lids., Mon., Grcenside ; Fri., Dipton. ruckeridge hds., Mon., Farnham Green ; Tliurs., Great Halos ; Sat., Cumbelowe. Pytchley Hunt, Mon., Pytchley; Wed., Sibbertoft ; Fri., Spratton Bridge; Sat., ltaidwell-11q. Mr. Watson's lids., Mon., Willow Bridge ; Wed., Rotheley Village ; Fri., Netherwitton Northmoltou lids., Mon., Kensforn Water; Tues., Bish Mill; Wed., Romansleigh Village ; Thurs., Northmolton Kennels ; Fri., Brayford ; Sat., Frisheombe Plantation. Flndsle hits., Mon., Bewelay ; Fri., Shafton-10 1 ,4. Brushford hairs., Mon., Combe ; Wed., Langridge ; Fri., Gulland-10. Boroughbridge, Taes., Red House (Dishforth Road) ; Fri., Great oudebuni-104. Fowlescombe harrs., Tues., Hartford Moor ; Fri., Eastern Beacon-10. Glyndebonrne harm., Mon., Newhaven Bans ; Fri., Ringmer Green (a fox). Somerset subscription lids., Toes„ Willett Hill ; Fri., Woodland Brake, Cusborough-1014. Norfolk harrs., Tues., Guist-bridge ; Fri., Langor-hridge. Mr. Villebols's harrs., Mon., Swaffhain Raeo-course ; Fri Clayton :POINTMENTS. Ige ; Wed., Wastmains ; Fri., Cock. Luis ; Thurs., BelbroughtonVillago BETTING AT 111ANCIIESTElt, FRIDAY. Cifxrries Cur.-20 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (t) —22 to 1 agst Best Bower (t)-25 to 1 apt Mermaid-25 to 1 agst Whinstone-25 to 1 agst The Baron-30 to 1 agst Mias Burns-30 to 1 agst Fitzallen (t) —35 to 1 agst Mickey Free-40 to 1 agst Inheritress-40 to 1 agst Cataract-40 to l'agst Hope-50 to 1 aget Lady Wildatr. DERBY.-5 to 1 aget Sting-15 to I apt BrOcardo-22 I to 1 agst lago-27 to 1 agst Spithead-30 to 1 aget Malcolm (0-33 to 1 agst The Traverser. Business very slack. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—NEW REGULATION AS TO NEWSPAPERS.—In consequence of the great delay which has frequently taken place in the delivery of newspapers in the London district, an important notice has been issued by order of the Postmaster-General. The delay has been occasioned by several important towns and places adjacent being brought within the limits of the London district, namely, Rontford, Kingston, Croydon, 13arnet, Waltham Cross, &c., &c.; but newspapers being frequently put in at the general depart ment, have hithet to been transferred to the London district, causing much delay. The order now issued is, that in the evening sorting of letters, &c., for the country bags, all news papers directed for either of the above towns or places near, shall be made up in bags for the night mail, instead of being sent over to the London district. Persona sending papers during the day should be careful which box they put them into. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FEB. 20.—The arrivals of all grain are moderate this week. There is a good attendance of millers at to-day's market, but there is still a elisinelination to enter into stack, and a very limited business is transacte,.l in One wheats, at about last week's prices, attd column!' descriptions are positively unsaleable. Barley of heavy quality sells on filly as good terms ; no inquiry for inferior samples. Beans as before. Data and shelling each rather lower. Malt in demand, without alteration hi 'mine. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. ROCHESTER, FE13.19,-.Up to the present moment, all par ties here believed that both of our representatives leaned to the side of protection ; but Mr. Bodkin has addressed the fol lowing letter to his constituents : S it " Gentlemen,—The measures recently propounded by Robert Peel have now been sufficiently before the publieo enable you to understand and appreciate the policy by vrhiell it is proposed that the commerce of this country shall in , future be guided. I laave given to this great subjeet reyin°!‘ anxious consideration, sincerely desirous of adopting at 11 2 crisis the (-curse best calculated to promote the welfare of classes of the community. I have sedulously attended the, discussions which those propositions have occasioned , have withheld my decision until it could be fairly assuineo that the arguments in opposition to them were exhausted. With the experience of the last three years before me--looking also to the present condition of the country an d the steat° of parties---I feel it impossible to resist the conviction th the adoption of the principles of free trade is inevitable. When you did me the honour to elect me one of y our repo' sentatives in Parliament you exacted no pledge as to my Pc: litical conduct, but I nevertfieless feel that the c ircunestaoc i ." . under which that election took place impose upon me t" duty of thus informing you of my intention to give TRY Eg:. port to the Government upon this occasion, and of deeleri l ° that, if in don prep s, I shall act in opposition to your reficAP: opinions, I am ppared to return into your bands that toll which, highly as I estimate the distinction it confers, w" t i. , lose all its value in my eyes, if unaccompanied by a on,o nuance of the confidence in which it was bestowad. ---I the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your faithful servant,.,. " WILLIAM HENRY 130DICIAN 0 Mansfield-street, Cavendish-square, Feb. 18, 1846." NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Lord Henry Bentineei speeches to the farmers are as short as his address; Pr °l) , l ,i his Lordship thinks "the least said the soonest tuen t `ti ve about protection to native industry gullibility. minutes' space is the length of his sayings, and it is scarq.,;' . possible to hear a word he utters standing close by br an Perhaps he has a better voice for the foxhunting field gammoning farmers; but be that as it may, the dee e P,,'"el neither from his Lordship nor any one else—will 3t1 '" ,,,- at much longer; the farmers (many of them at least) ar• ting pretty well awake now, not only in Nottinghatosh"b; but in every other county. A free trade candidate ie brought out against his Lordship.—From a Cor r &spod e ' s " the f IA correspondent at Mansfield writes :—" Several of, Duke of Portland's tenantry, if not all of them, are eOlll , to know if Lord H. Bentinck will, if returned to Parliaolel) use his endeavours to materially ease them of th e tithe payments they are now bearing. This is a very n3' ea, anxiety, and on the day of nomination his LordshiP iket. not be astonished if several questions be put to biol. tingh am Review. t It is rumoured in Lincoln, as from authority , te h a not e agent of Mr. Collett, M.P., has relinquished his alio , p l e jor sequence of Mr. C.'s having refused to oppose sir 'Tf Peel's measure. The Conservatives pronounce tha.„ t i n re Collett does support Sir Robert Peel, he w ill be 0, raCt ic turned for Lincoln, as a Liberal in profession end would be preferable to a political chainelion."-'.- Mercury. ICORTHAMPTOX, FEB. 20.—T0-day is a large fair, d t o many agriculturists are in the town, it was expect, advantage would be taken of the opportunity of adilrq, them, but no one claims their attention. In group , 1 101- the market-tables to-day, farmers all agree that if free- or, doctrines are to guide the nation, thsy could never b e ried out with less injury to the farmer than at prose,' POOR-LAWRETURNS. 90, Mr. Wodehouse, Member for Norfolk, moved, on Po; for a " Return showing the population, the amount 0' l'oje levied for poor-rates, and the ratio which the amoun t un tie for poor-rates bore to the population in each of the c° L.4l in England and Wales during each of the years lauditg day, 1813, 1824, and 1844 ; also a return of the amoullticoo for poor-rates in England and Wales (exclusive of tl e wart ties of Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey) for each et . 1 ' 4 0 ; 0 0 ending Lady-day, 1826 and 1841, distinguishing the a, o p levied on landed property, dwelling-houses, and 81 . b tb kinds of property, with the proportion per cent. ,% amount levied on each description of property hear e , u nt o total amount levied." He also moved for an " the expenses of medical relief in each union and s r ,lsf England and Wales under the regulations of the Commissioners, ending Lady-dsy, 1843, 1844, and 0 6 '; together with the total cost of relief to the Poor union." By the first branch of the returns, it Eee,"; ) , irr in 1811 the total population of England and I N ti e , fo' 10,150,615 ; the total money levied for poor-rate, .4 the year ending Lady-day, .1813, was 8,646,8411, 'Toll. rate per head on the population was as much s B _, The population in 1821 was 11,978,875 ; the poor-racioo in 1824 amounted to 6,833,6301., and the rate Per m ostie r the population was then 118. sd. In 1831 the P ° Po was 13,897,187 ; the poor-rates, &c., 8,338,07 91 . ; rate per head on the population 12s. In 1841 the r 0,,,, was 15,906,741 ; the poor-rates, &c., 6,847,205/, an d , t •Ai °_f e per head on the population Bs. 7d. The ratio 1 """ f orli" amount levied for poor-rates bore to the population g bar c t very much. In 1813 the highest ratio was in Sab eej he' 0 5 it was as much as 365. Ild. • and the lowest in Crinotr where it was only 10s. ld. In 1844 it was the btor,; Wilts, where it was 12s. 11d.; and the lowest in oft r lead, where it was only ss. ld. In the second P ar 'iskl i ,` return a statement is made showing the amount lei; ?,lio , ; poor-rates in England and Wales (exclusive of Nle i li s i6 05 , dlesex, and Surrey), at certain periods—narnelY , j ro per, l 1841, distinguishing the amount levied on landed PZ it o '7, dwelling• houses, and all other property. In 182 ' 4 004 8,740,4361., and in 1841, 5,154,352/. The ePncjilo totals of Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey, not 1 6, ° 9 ,„1 in the above totals, were 1,225,7201. in "" isl3 o l o 1,197,476/. in 1841. The amount levied o n 30.4 property in 1826 was 4,404,529/. ; on dwelliVigio 1,057,2151., and on all ether property 278,6921. a!‘",o., I° o the sums respectively were 3,113,1801., 1,4051,'"„1es I' 589,8561., showing that in 1841 the amount levied °', dxef property was considerably larger than that levied or et ied i v e , ing-houses and other property. The total moun t ,130`,4 landed property being 3,113,180/., and on dwellinirefit and all other property 2,041,172/. The last braPc4, o 3, to the amount of money expended for medical relie s, 01 0 .4 7 . total cost of relief to the poor during the three yell li r e.;l. 1845. In 1845 there were 591 unions in England In 1843 the amount expended for medical relief vo 4 . cluu in which year the total cost of relief to the poor', lll %pen d de medical relief, was 4,626,356/. In 1844 the amosn‘," c i to ' AN for medical relief was 152,229/., when the total rei i d io 1 57 0 poor, including medical relief, was 4,455,017/. ; the amount expended for medical relief was 107 1 r which year the total cost of relief to the poor, isc itl dical relief, was 4,474,275/. BANK OF ENGLAND. A PI (From last Night's Gazette.) , to Aceonnt, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of VictorlA. O6,P the Week ending on Saturday, tho 14th day of February' ' liSCH DISPAUTMENT. er,o Notes issued •••• • • .. 26,800,328 Government debt • • $, F,',1 0 • ' Other securities • " I, 11‘ 4 1,11 Gold coin snot bullio n Sliver bullion ••• • •' o pr M. MARSHALL. Dated the 19th day of February, 1846. 26,800,3E5 BANKING DEPASTIONT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest •..• • • 3,474,577 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners, of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 5,738,573 Other deposits • • • • • . 18,018,533 Seven day and other bills.. • • • • . • • . 945,332 Government soenri . ,/ 6 4 1 ties (including De s, ' Wei g ht Annuity) • • -'66 15;10, Other securitle.i •• • 1 1 ' :Notes •• • • • • 1, Gold and silver coin.' 4% 13 o jet. M. MARSHALL, 1 1846. le 42,730,305 Dated the 19th day of rebrattry. Mr. Thomas Moore, the poet, has been P, mourning by the demise of his last surviving sister, g ig° Lower Bagot-street, Dublin, on Saturday last. CS, P ; BURGLARY AND ROBBERY AT ROCKINGO'itiOO"' lief :Od` ' —Yesterday information was forwarded to the 3letreP° SofAspj, courts that some thieves entered the Castle of Rockingis aa j,',o7o7, tonshire, and stole therefrom the following articles, made good their escape :—A round crystal box, set case, a mother-o'-pearl paper cutter, with gold, ht a . pieo.;di great coat with velvet collar, a dark green great coat, olive coat, a grey tweed coat, and several ether articles. behied them a hat of no value in exchange for one near' giSh they took with them, , 00 4 , pr", THE AGITATORS.—Certain of the land nc , I!,foii,„ now fairly claim the title of being "the great agitator s '„ it sw long and loudly exclaimed against agitation, but vil e u . o pgli tt t interest and ends, can blow the storm of agitation , s „" t 0 2 „ o f have had things "all their own way" so very long, teat, edl,/ out of . their course, is almost like taking their life. 00 ,40 Sir Francis Hopkins has written a letter t' at t. 1150 0 4.0 0 of the freeman, referring to the evidence given by hi l P, a t I st Seery. Ile says (irger alio) :—" It has been stated t " 0 0: rststog..nef commutation of the extreme punishment of death , was drawn therefrom that I had changed my I;n ll ''', t , the , o p, identity of my assailant. It is true that I did 00. o c ,'",ocas',i t ret, i et, of the Crown for the unhappy prisoner, who, on this 0 31/ - ,ei1 . ." lieve to have been the tool of others; but I most tole tee:rotiorty the shatiow of a doubt ever crossed my mind As L ig ° dec h l . - Itstsi my assailant, and notwithstanding the reported dP — t eet . ,,"; 0;0 innocence by Seery on the scaffold, I again aftlo a „ on t . '_..," person who fired at, and subsequently assaulted o'''' ttt el / the 18th of November last, and such is my posit il' conviction." t o of fe i 4, I)ETERMINED SUICIDE BY Mn. Bntrl(sl'o,o Cl to Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held as inquest i" .. „„1 of _ A idt College Hospital, on the body ofJohn C. BaddeleY,". et Gilbert's-imildings, Westminster. Mn.s BedcleleY, i doya• ',411 , 501 ceased, stated that he had been formerly an ago t , t . a .xiii„ t ,eeal it e, ° . extensive shipowner, but that latterly be was a c , % c „1 pb' Mr. Brunel, the engineer. For mouths he c,otnP la ''y his - 8 10 1 ' pressure of business in Mr. Brunei's office, and ''',, ot tol l l .o 0 0 0 4 perform his portion of it in consequence of his d i e t ' n ' ot gla 0 0 "; also could not sleep from a pain in his head. AI gore w pita 00°1 pressed in spirits when he left home on Fridaf ~. t te' I ,g, ;by' particular in his manner. She never afterWa i ldvor, °f ro , oft ei Mr. Cersvvell, a clerk to Mr. liornedge , th , co ter„ l Russell-street, deposed, that deceased 11 0 1 , 0,, r tlis Friday, to get renewed a la/. bill, due that day' Dr uoe 1 ,0 , of the great press of railway businees in 311 ao ure' . . at tees s oss he aaid quite unsettled his mind. IVitness havlng aske j pc' pi' Mr. llornedge would renew the bill, deeea s A e ', l ,, arric ed n ; e fs wait in the private office until Mr. Iletl' e ",„;eore v (i " . . - olOritf‘ 4 alowed to do so ; but was not long there .s - _,. 4 lgo ' w DO • el! formed that a gentleman was bleeding in 1ir.. 1 ° 0 .1 ts ee to going in, he found deceased slaing upen cut, his head resting upon a chair, and th. roor hat p • blO O .- ,_ wi , c , AO' po stat ol It . t t; legs. Several medical gentlemen were called I ".' nt the lt"' E tte' r it scant removal to the hospital. Sergeant Coil' to t ie carried the deceased, upon a pollce-stretc h tol was then alive, quite sensible, and coro Posed o ; for hi a „,,n rA r;f la'°' ; (°rl4 take care of the property he had about hi d lost 10,,e- :do tD , was an unfortunate matter, but that be ha ,__,, c orns. knowledge of his friends, and that as things be could not stand it any longer. Ile also beZ; "std djn• (s ce for a m aed hi d s o f s a tr in o l y ly ed of h l ii i , s se fa u te hi . aTinhoemjneuryt fl i ti nsanityv..otriith ,te rof ottic i o SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT „ t he e—el d r pb., the repeated prosecutions of va_rious parties ow ir for , d ir l i s c t r i e ll aa at e i , on a.a , t ii h o is leas con t. t h ra an ba t i e id . trade atui haarTeesbrse,t: spa rrbilds',.,"„oooooo.4eeed,7o. core in the course of the last three f loo_ i;4 l. , mation received, they proceeded to the psf o i %o lioxton, and having obtained admiesiom._?l_ a . rpett reet a c t x, ,, ,iof s o ot ( found a copper still, set in trick-work,:t_ff': w ore'," The.s recently used, a quantity of molasses, formes vest. t ee s'' - s distillation, and about 200 gallons el 1e , 72; ,ho a woman, with six children, ou the Pren''',„; n tly, the e ; pr 7ei•7 l Smith, but in consequence of her lat:F e _ npett es, i te t r h i: f l i t e (LC, , tl;ll o o u d s y e . take o, Cor r ection, -,,• Daritt 0 , offence a short time since. The etill -------- 000. do low conveyed to the warehouses o f the Ex BRIT/I S ' orA of xenric.l, tog:, ' ,o , we ., On the 7th itiat., the lady of G. w . i oap. are Mrs. _ 0 s the 11th inst., at Lloyd-squ or d , jut. On the 17th inst., at Tulsa the lie e• rister-at-law, of a daughter. br i 4ffu tre , i ,:3 o. prz.o. t j,hr t , hill, Xe n rt i I' 2 01 ' f 1 5 ' On the 12th inst., at Lewisham-1 wait& 0. age On the 15th inst., at Shacklewe ite v F ~,, the On the 17th inst., at Egland, ed 12. On the 18th inst., at Clapharn-o_. EFo., On the it Y 01 1 .„ the i r c po y , (1, E. sb lsa, itreovsi Mrs • --- 0 . 119 ' of the Savoy, In the 21, 1846. Lo s n t d r o a a n, ; , aatn(lTfil'euscbulottinher: mijc , ,5204orditio , fot It Inc 44, tov Pra ; Pr, . 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