The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-26 00:00:00

lion with the ialltV, and hrr e eed his el j ieve tl4; lie b h a reholders .- :: to that me et . to hear llie !! erroneous. if 111 r. nit . 01 in MO yi-e lie told the the shares be panic, bee!Or, limos' - 0 1° o f r i • ec i to oo .i e of a po und get that, f radial:o'z ! cheer!! 3oard than tOl3 of some besadPll, H e mestoe ti c ire e for the s • wore, bu t tes time to lis ived from done; bet I with it. ge that by* t he imself alone , o f 3 protecn e "; f is ph—there held A ill he .1 ct vi ntil the ly to rivards 0 p ' t he that weesre, to the toet. nt i on to ittee, nal Corl m ,. many shsj ;ol or ' is of 9 3 0 per :ecu te t! D er that 10 " stake 2 10 0 na l deposiptas :ouse of issh ei !tug w e , e s " u se of the no . 4 v the V il e c e rbs s the Pa u edt o b e o blig o o allotte d ' Be t ist course, th e n CO ue3tie Jr le other P" orf he's m e ni i e ttel / an the jo • had P o ste' led to dbs ranted , s our' le ( 141. ' 0 1Je ts Ist shard beep ition b P u ' tcsb l , 'ut 31 r%h r e ders of seriP• will il() for Y eu oa waite d 0 0 . 0 . OP ip 1 l e . onftis, i o o, ooo‘o l ) ton ° A res ; rd t y b e bea h a D r tion of ir iti f ..4 t i on soulkolf the sh arey,,,, also loo k ' tY leili appea r ' he wasp filed, the b u Cto adlerheers.)ro tri ie l iter saw - e Ir„)ed 1 r„ ) e d r of they ref s d not pee. ; at the cledl atte oO r) Board' to go tto mi te , (18 1 per t o , iP to h oe jll le S 'AOJ u p ti, „re o V s 1l 0 eV era l 6 0P A •oll' oO d C° oP i°l l ol fin 0j tlig h; ul bii 0, 0„, „ Iret i o l t go e , to i t. • A Y•oll 11 5 '0°1 pOSi t' ti tter 00 er °Sit tili i: a to be lis bl o; I b e A llie d h ° 9 ( • , 13 11- A to - d ot f eero vio ti , 8 11 tors t t , this A floo l! 1 positioro eddt I t P a l t f 1 bc il l ' tl ° P ° d e ed. ot P °l.o ' i[ns Lbe Oeet ) O 3" rtP°S„st.) cre ro had P Lble of such conduct as that attrilaited to them. They '' 4, l3ll e tli Power to alter the time. Let them come quietly and th e t the Directors. He would not advise them to postpone tbaniedirnaj‘(_eie;g..ecalluesev:a-orue,ll compromise his character b . y giving the y a7.l;:raiiished him to g d re o n s t o l . em i ei i i i , e w m ho ee w t - l e .n relabouring under In could not have a majority in that well e 11 meeting,knew tatrvteieoiarrvtemigillt to' ~ 1 1 portion of the shareholders were . present. 'could e threcteri would have no packtd meeting, they in order that the whole be I ° ai ' d e' before them. They should A r_ Plc financial and other st•ttemcnts. .ist linitEnoLDEtz—We shall be out of Court on the .. R e ,(:,4f Januarr if we do not pay the call. woul(j .l : l ._ n et Wean to say that the Directors th ey ti take an unfair advantgge of the subscribers . . Had bugi n ,, , • ,lie pr,st.t. cthimself 14 le P°" " if -r •t ' I ednijuire4acnankers' receipt for tl e said deposit, to refuse me Z%tr r . Bus e Ire u l d L. R.E said the advice he would give to the Directors id sig'' thls, that, scrip or no scrip, any man who la T r ,I,ne der ti should be admitted(Hear, hear piree'toTlltEnot.nEn said so far he was satisfied; but the ,r, House i si.sel2nocfh lens wh i s ,','" a PPcared, had the power to exclude those per vfoto d - had not paid the second deposit. He, for prudence, ill POSsiP: a "I pay up this call, but he should like to be put issip,„ - !aren r f this would do so getqlr°,ll--was it incumbent on 1 he shareholders to pay the Lord, 4 ; 1 , ace riling to the standing orders of the House of Ark' '‘oultl be this —not to go into Parliament unless they , Lo . r .s ds, i b l is itN ea rrY the Bill through all its stages in both H i‘ o l i r ise i‘ s. u _ . to llidn'l' l s r t lier : : n rit d i :ri t . * ( l B) o ( P H' ti r:l s o , sraetr fl ihd :r liw k s iiiti f h r p,r i ae t s i ssp i n l e l cg r t . t il thoe u t s Ch b e( e ) ttim ouBl ..n.r. I eaceek, the resolution was then cameo . una- R eso Y. • lax thicitors, Al empowering the meeting to take legal means the ,tiel,'.l'e further expenditure, and censuring the conduct of essrs. Bustle and Mullins, were then passed, e 'fleeting broke up. SP' ~ORTING IN rETTING .AT MAN( T HE cHE' ao to 1a t aa Whin stong—tak e to 1 ag 3 3 to 1 st Lest Bower. - letak en f.lv v • fre agst keY to 1 agst flope--taken 2 ° 4 to 1 agst Ould Ireland--(10. t ° 1 agst Warp —do. Free —do. TELLIGENC E. Fl ESTER. -FRIDAY. ;TER. CUP. 140 to 1 agst Fitz Allen—do. 50 to 1 agst Crim. Con.—do. 50 to 1 agst Mermaid—c.o. 150 to 1 agst Little Cassino—do. 150 to 1 agst Sweetmeat—do. 1000 to 15 agst Redstreak—do ([lOOO to 10 agst Javelin—do. Even on 30 agst the field. DERBY. 14 42 THE la to 448 t Sting -6 to It. tz ag3t aI °— Brotard t agd Igo l ' sl W ARIiTET HA. Th e f M N ide i °flowin i EE.] Stito 4nd gs a list o. un u to the r da ni P thariY c,ph t u k ki_ <11„Z The i 4lll. k ieit ato n t , L e . Pre e E ; ;:e a ' Wr et ce rMr scumltle PPle " 1 1 7(if tl i Wstp "the rbit i. ~t ha i , N I ''lB 1 41' 4 t r a ction Leorngichool Miss k 144 hot 4 h out Wh of Pair Jane b. - aio st ' lt t All 'k g; Li s , A N , , win ,al• oran teee en% D Th 47, \re_r_'s laughter ' "u" Neived.eelarations made at ARN ER 'S INVENTION. Wen Th THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. e experiments of last week at Portsmouth a the e„- t imed to second the efforts of Lord Ingestre h ) *ill -tilin session of Parliament, when, it is thought, he ~t4Tilt!aiu bring forward Captain Warner's inen v t e i n o Y ii,„,r3cPerituents at Portsmouth, conducted as p" t t e ' s how to some extent the destructive ca e . p e a t b h i a li o - Nly, 41111)!liarine engines. It is something 11 1 3 % the these days of ingenious appliances, w w a t o o r r :r a e_c_ko of n the 444 r comparatively dog -trot mode of truepon oe it ne• We should, if we are to be supremethorities tPpe ar e ttli, be wide awake. The higher t eati o t ° 4, upon the subject of Captain tur e 1181 naPPing profoundly ; the public s W ho aa u ru l a d e , r t ' h a f e ro r in e m - - tlieo,cit rest satisfied till they are fairy awakened that umbers fled for there is hardly a limit tothe m th is e e i h r i s e u fs . Pia '4Y arise to our naaratime interests from 4 4 4. 21, 18 46. A NAVAL OFFICER. 30 to 1 agst Malcolm !33 to 1 agst Fancy Boy 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot DIC A P.—CRAVEN :LNG. 'f the declarations of forfeit close, at twelve o'clock on King Cob Bow-I.a Tomacha Leopard Lairi o'Cockpen My Mary Maynooth Fuzbos As you like it Best Bower Plaudit Symmetry • Mongrel Hopsa, colt John Davis Eoline Correct Card Stoker Sister to Robert de Gorham Corolius Astonishment The Hero Petit Morceau rugnet ester to Ma Mie D. odara Ukraine Terrier Pr. stgirth Punch Chandalier Ohio Killie Krankie Gannymede, f Newmarket have not been - WAR. I tXPENDITURE OF t h `li the last three vvar-years, 1813, and eiri's expended for the servic e of the arm y, to 1(114a la e e of Great Britain amountedcona. 1814, n l a B v l y s : the t capital d - it,l3 expenditure Was so much na . 1 .ny:d. A few contractors might indeed have been Lltiehed by enormous profit s at a period of left to show for "41 corruption ; but there is nothing novy great jobbing thi, , outlay. The money was spent in victualling troops, is n. onraying extravagant prices for.provisions in foreign 7iatries in waste of the materiel of war ; and above ‘th'iliti the waste of human life. We are not touching or :ivlle4tion-whethef the cause of this expenditur e was, si re t :to .not, an tina . unavoidable necessity. We only de ft the very nature of the n ee hit allow, that . it 1., as thole that this destruction of the nation's capital byNetl have taken place. , d millions w , a sum nearly amounting to two hundred t oun of ' 44 % to every one as representin g a ver large am of what idPeoperty. But still the figures convey only a vague '.., tiol 44 5 L eB5 we can fix in our notionmindssomoefthiogs - tittit"4,edred millions will purchase, t o Y different from artillery, and P Pow der,, v I1 1 „ wder, and " food essen_ ,8% 713ar expenditure of the first of these years, 1813, Nh,,16,435/. i k ; t o are forty-seven railways. completed in Great enst I ,' ery fair contrast wit a h t :i,6t1(1):1,4.,ti,P, to the present time, and thesehave . 1147NeN'- , it. These, then, offer a the tille,lPf:nditure of one year, that war expenditure . , Art t,,"` espitll in handyear 1813. Again we b,XiDeil4itaet the actual pro exceed two thousa k d . - 3, 1 „ le o. - T il i r , e • The lines laid down with stations, wor property created by the railway I, lL ups rfs"o,e lines are covered ~hel,' FWelling_bouses for officers, bridges, viaducts. thousands of r,!11; it,114'411 Profitable t mployment eases a very "Lth' hey return a reasonable, and in some They have "kums-"`e'est for the capital employed.lose communica tt the villa and the town into c to all commodi ,4B;hx,Tih"Y ha r arted a new value Ittas'Nenll)l the cost, and increasing throughout the land. , t t it. The have equalised prices labour more easy. ng the rapidity if . '4 Y hav e , Y hange of ~ people more i y h etalered the i nter,. er and " s 41lellj te taade the country rich le krit• N eril 0 last two vvar-years of ordnance wars services ex ''t,„'4 12:(1„,4Pati the army, navy, ande with the "inikliti-;"°,8801. As was the case is left 1814, 1815, the amount 'reN., e °I 1813, nothing tit pr-'-oent th ort,„, is Outlay, Sheerness, "'Noe ;"„41,tii, Pl ymouth, and hiN4r-rim•trla a rsenal of Woolwich. of national property p te r w op s e h rt n y er. were, returns, there 1831 h u 1 If , i s , Ilt in "„ i nt to the last population years from 1 , se iy mi I B4i '-'l,ll,,land and Wales, in the ten igany ef t "! third NisN ti alt a and of new houses. number n rs t and second class houses, a larger But NtiT4 ' 11(1 a aril; l cottages. Iv 14 ,_ arger numbe r less than '250 "It i to "' ttvera,,e rice of a house at additional . ‘ ll l i tdd give a Total m expended for the people, of colt, topt.tiv_., SU 41...ht1ik1,7," ho use accommodation of the The houses are. we cannot l. for 'to ~ dye d and tw enty-fiv e millions. ision the rey labour em• po:::i.l4'erei,-ook at the increase of comfort, in- N 4 4 ,4 4:, raziang Population,. the profitable ion and the permanentoubt not th 4 tvtilhih the ho e pbro'vldis 8 well laid tillt, i- -Urtdred five millions were of 1814 , aoudse- tit era ' receive, and d 416, '4lqt at then twenY- war expenditure . Thattendiee if it p a rallelhf any traces but debt. and ord nuavy,. 11 p1 4 , 11 t t L I' Il i t th e :l its r tortkthe eeotstot. the army, e co ld hav kie tW e , tho " r ee years ~ and built half a 14 4 of b 148atal Miles of railroads 14, ousek Patti Z" supported expendit well k nown , was which we e corn iro fltii 41111 N t tlre .' as is by loans, for num iated ea taxe,i. ~,,alta:ii;n, partly the acc turink Z it o' N A 4110 loans representedfac ial and mann_ 0.. ver no- -"ustry I , Naged in commercial investment in G t n -ent stibelr' W " le a seeking _en 11 the 14a, r,.,--• The t:oseev lent to the beyond the 441044 ' -"e war. • --- . • 1815, We have heard Of debt redlears of 14 18 4805,41 a r is to eiNe it Rreat _, eemed, was 5 ruin that - en_ ter frotn ,I, ueal of the Pr new railway of le w.'" vast amount of j ets 4i5 , . it h`ait the mere of them to h e n Which w ool reference to the face - investment qe'l!red far )e l appear upon ‘, a safe or %Oita' , it a... Yontl the point ota. railways i n course 1 Vruetio i..PP,e_rrs that the . new r d liw / Acts of for which cost ti;,otoelit L...4_ have been Bri tap, _anare estimated to 4112p,a251. "4Y._. Ubtalned, e 118, in number then, tQehey are tO-I.elltse _ ratlways a3r miles. Thus, wh 114°441 Beekinxgel 7 er 3,54 i n n ' e l w railwas to the estiit:eeive the legilatireulseXtion, is not equal ef. Nrji: lent to overnroent. to%pend in the two yearsbe for tiite TA difficult • 1 and 1815. Let it not of tii 4 that the 3, 8114 11have all the advantages alone h/vitt LilwaYs wit? e will t .xthe shareholders _ 7,1)1 hear t,h,_? ri'lc. T any tX_the shareholders alone riSk Wa r loans of 1814-15 costta,x.. 4 ' °l l e - the da th two millions in . actual continued 1)4... an, day_ . m ore an show for this a. tioftliett?' }lle, .there to 4kw railroads of 1845 will enrich the n The NT • ‘ coste minnle nothing.- Penny Magazine. • lated in : 4tive indn;-t-•i::--s have been circa „Lith of __ ry pe 1 . 1 m . i our than success cnil„, Devoa With more v g the settle ,-N ~..ettl,,ll exists among the farmers that that g t i h ' If" qu.i.s'ti,m i s the only benefit to them DO: 1)414--4 i r () ; 4 1.," 4 1. 0 T 1 know that farmers have , e,. under; the 'ce,y.rn-laws, and that the labourer , e() , '',.‘,.. tile &pressed.- Western • • 44t,„ ...,,Att, r, Times. 0i says, it is ate - r,LECT/ON.--A correspondent nomination at the oppr to place Ur. Gladstone in Duke's no t4l4o:aeN't elzction, in opposition to the ° r ~ in order to giv e his friends - f an opportunity of to 'lin' their • ' . and if the elec• ri i „tie '4 otes i his favour ; . they , will beat the i hrcih,„ but be true tot hemselves, ma %- ner -`e• We heartily wish they 3 ' Nottingham CUry. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUAR\ 26. LITERATURE. BALLAD ROMANCES. By R. H. Horne. Apart from the eccentricity of its being a " farthing epic," Orion was sufficiently remarkable to engage oar sympathies with Mr. Horne as a poetical thinker of no mediocre capacity. There was a freshness and an un couth strength about many of its passages which cir culated swiftly through our perceptive faculties to our heart ; there was a clear manifestation that its writer, walking forth amidst the fruition or nature, was not wholly impervious to her divine influences; that he could estimate—and that to no ordi nary extent—the more celestial attribute s of humanity. The subtlest variations of character, the most shadowy phases of passion, were to him no inexplicable riddles. He could analyst , with considerable perspicacity the bosom impulses of his fellow-creatures, and could track with more than usual accuracy the devious labyrinths of opinion. In this combination of powers his intellect had something in it which p ecti . liary demanded our regard; and assuredly was sufficient to have warded off the terrible onslaught and malignant ridicule of Blackwood Mr. H. H. Horne was no marvel in the world of letters ; it is true there was nothing dazzling in his literary aspect, nothing start ling in his originality , nothing prodigious in the calibre of his intellect. But there was enough delicacy of sen timent, force of imagination, and propriety of style, to entitle him to our regard, and to disarm criti• cism of its barbed javelins. Hence it is that we derive much pleasure from his appearance in the character of one who would sing us seven good English ballads. The effort is not so vio lent as in his former volume of poetry ; and, possibly on this very account, more is achieved. Some of the stories are familar enough in themselves, such for instance as the legend of " Bedd Gelert," but even those are surrounded with such a newness of imaginary as to render them more than acceptable. One ballad in particular, a fine, bold narration in the manner of Walter Scott, and not inferior to some of his most successful poems. We utter this belief advisedly, after an attentive perusal, and we re peat the opinion in all truth of mind and candour of judgment. The tale in question is entitled " The Noble Heart," and excellently appropriate is the title. Sympa thy for the hero, " Ludolf," is aroused at the very com mencement ; from the moment King Ottocar thwarted his intentions of marriage, and the Knight h mself, troubled at the casualty, and " Bowing vaguely in the air, Went pausing down the marble stair." Nor is this sentiment diminished, when Hulda, the fair partner of his sorrows, participates in every gloomy anticipation:— " While something like a boding crept Into her heart—alone, she wept." The thoughtfulness and ingenuity with which the several personages in the story combat each others views is really something admirable ; and the many details which tend to heighten the vividness of the picture are cleverly managed, from the painting of the scenery to the mention of Hulda's variable countenance, and •' the pain that strayed across herface." For picturesqueness of description the account of the tournament is, perhaps, the most conspi cuous point in the composition, opening with a nerve of tone most characteristic. " The crimson banners stream and flare, The trumpets smite the brassy air; The war-steeds neigh, and romp, and sway, And snuff the exalting battle-day. . . A charger's hoofs with gusty bounds A moment beat redoubling sounds, His coal-black armour, thick inlaid With diamonds, cast a fretful shade," &c. And, again, what can be more simple, more emphatic, or - raore superbly poetic than the following little epi sode—With its great crushing climax. Ludolf is stand ing in a moody reverie ; his bride has been carried from him by a band of soldiers : a And while 'twas done, Three knights rode by at set of sun, They check'd their steeds, and thus said one— ' How changed is Ludolf—see ye there! Mute, passive, with a lingering stare, He suffers men to seize his bride, While standing fondly at his side; Then silent droops all pale and lone, And sits upon a boundary stone!' The second said, His spirit lost, Now, ghost-like, stroys round Lindenforst : It is not Ludolf that we see.' The third advanced right bitterly— ' fhou art a recreant knight,' he said ; And Ludolf rose, and struck him dead!" There are a hundred other beauties which we would will ingly particulatise in that single .‘ Legend of Bohemia," but it will suffice to say, that these " Ballad Romances," by R. H. Horne, (with the exception of the fantastic oddity at the end) are scattered among with excellencies; they are coloured with the tints of naturalness, and receive vitality from the heart. THE BARON'S YULE FEAST. A Christmas Rhyme. By Thomas Cooper. Recently we found ourselves under the necessity of animadverting very forcibly upon a prose composition by Thomas Cooper, which was tarnished with vulga rities and rife with solicisms. In uttering our condem nation, we divested it of all appearance of acerbity, by awarding due praise to its author as a very earnest and gifted poet. His Prison Rhyme had impressed our mind with this conviction, and his Christmas Rhyme, "The Baron's Yule Feast," only serves to fix this con viction more permanently and more strikingly. The " ambition to contribute towards the fund of Christmas entertainment," in which agreeable labour he perceived many popular names engaged, was an ambition north) , of commendation and triumph ; and charmingly has he embodied the reveries of his imagination. "Boz exqui site and heart-born stories for the season, when " a God was incarnardined in Galilee," evidently instigated Thomas Cooper to the present effort—a carol in the unshackled rhythm of " Christabel." In it the bard sings of the Yule festivities of the olden days : at his voice the miners start again into existence; the Master of Unreason is there with all his pristine antics; the boar's head reeks with a gustful odour upon the board; the wassail creams up once more beneath the dais; the hippocras, the flawns, the good brown ale is there in plenty, and so also are the baron and the knight, and the minstrel and the donz?l, and the losels without number. Nor is the spectacle delineated in feeble characters; the whole scene, with all its bluff and roaring adjuncts, stands out as crisply and as tangibly as the carved fruit and cherubims upon an old oak chest. But the most charming and fantastic feature in this little volume—with its right dainty title-page--is the exuberance and, sooth to say, the oppositeness of the different songs chaunted round the ingle in Torksey hall. Rife with the green glory of the forest, par exemple, is THE WOODMAN'S SONG. I would not be a crowned king, For all his gaudy gear ; I would not be that pampered thing, His gew-gaw gold to wear: But I would be where I can sing Right merrily all the year; Where forest treen, All gay and green, Full blythely do me cheer. I would not be a gentleman, For all his hawks and hounds, For fear the hungry poor shortie ban My halls and wide-parked grounds; But I would be a merry man, Among the wild wood sounds — Where free birds sing, And echoes ring, While my axe from the oak rebounds. I would not be a shaven priest, For all his sloth-worn tythe, But while to me this breath is leased, And these old limbs are lithe, Ere death bath marked me for his feast, And felled me with his scythe, I'll troll my song The leaves amo: g, All in the forest blythe. Such thoughts are the true wellings-up through the turf of dreamland; they smack of natural feeling. Thomas spontaneous Coop image nv e h . rg e a ep r pi t co thete tti s rr e ey e , hems lasths brimming he a were ketire sesndeoitender nlobvre ev otherwise, a ) c e ea rs,a the er "dreamy el is yd in k e never old plenitude of bli ss or an t epast o f woe ;"were it otherwise, he moonlight ; were it otherwise he could never pourtray l the brain as the " li m b er " o f tears. Resides already particularised, th ere are — a genuine, roysteersionegg old English ballad, called "The Mill er of R oc h e " - • several simple, but nervous, love-ditties—a comical °haunt of a Gosherd—another by a Swineherd, with a right jolly chorus—cum multis aliis. The book altogether is an original; it is just suited for the winter's fireside, over a posset and curds. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNEt—FREE-TRADE QUALIFICA- I noNs —The free traders of this district are most active in energypreparing e a t l h e d i i r spl q a u y a e l d i fi b ca y t t i o h n e s g . en S tl u e c m h e o h as been of m os s i t e h y e , that this village can boast of more free- trade qualifica tions than any other place in England, of the same mag nitude. The inhabitants of Mussley have also esta blished a freehold building society, which is now in a most prosperous state.—Manchester Guardian. SIR ROGER DE COVERLET , A TALE OF THE COURT OF CHARLES 11., by the Author Of " Maids of Honour," 3 vols. The above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works of fiction :-2. The Citizen of Prague, edited by Mary Howitt, 3 vols. 3. Contarini Fleming--Alroy—ro mances by B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P., author of " Coningsby" and " Sybil ;" the two romances comprised together in 3 vols. 4. The Queen of Denmark, edited by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. 5. The Attractive Man, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols. And 6. Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebellion, by J. T. Hew lett, M.A., author of "Peter Priggins," &c. 3 vols. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE GOVERNOR OF WAKE FIELD HOUSE OF CORRECTION.— On Friday night last a villain fired a pistol at Mr. Shepherd, the Governor of the House of Correction at Wakefield. About nine o'clock in the evening Mr. Shepherd was returning home down Back lane, and when passing a field which is divided from the lane by a wall, a pistol was presented and fired at him by some person in the field, who said, as he fired, " D—n thee, take that." Mr. Shepherd fell down, no doubt from fright, but happily received no injury, the shot having passed into and through the crown of his hat.—Doncaster Gazette. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, &C.—At a meeting of the Committee of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, it was announced that Sir Edward Paget had most kindly acceded to the wishes of the Committee, conveyed to him through the Duke of Richmond, to allow a bazaar, to be course oe un h re e sfie l t d oof i fnetrti erection R oun o i 1 3 d :a it n l r a of t urn . d n e pd n t oso,nf the a h n e (. 1 : n e t: , hwa i t n ht J ho u se p n e t au n le e e nn x o tw, had > n r t t IL sig nifiedee her intention to patronise the undertaking. POTATO DISEASE —A meeting of the parishioners of Liscarrol was held in the parish chapel on Sunday, the 13th inst., (at which the Rev. William Golden presided), for the purpose of ascertaining the probable amount of injury done to the potato crop in that locality; and to transmit the sub stance of the information derived to the proper authorities. The accounts given of the gradual progress of the disease were truly appaling, and, to judge from analogy, the pros pects are gloomy, desponding, and deplorable..—Cork Exam. THE COUNTIES! THE COUNTIES! ONLY SIX DAYS MORE ! • (From the League.) We are now come to the last time of asking • The Thirtieth of January is at hand. Another wcr . c.., and it will be too late. When we next address Lhe t .ublic, the campaign will be over, ar.d the watchword of struggle And victory—" Qualify I Qualify ! Qualify !—will have lost its meaning and power, for this season. Friday next, the thirtieth instant, is the latest day up to which county qualifications can be purchased in time for the registration of the year 1846. A week hence, and the books will be closed. Whoever is unqualified then, will be too late for the church-door lists in July, and the Revising Barristers' Courts in September —too late to bear a part in any general election that may take place between the Ist of December, 1846, and the Ist of De cember, 1847. We entreat our hitherto unqualified friends to lose not an hour that now remains to them, for arming themselves with the only one weapon that can avail in this warfare of right against might, and of a nation against an olig archy. We trust that no free trader possessed of the means of entering himself on the muster roll, will sub ject himself to the bitter mortification of being self doomed to stand by a passive and powerless spectator of the closing struggle. Let nobody dream that this question either will or can be settled without an appeal to the people—i. e., an appeal to those of the people who have got votes. Never mind about Sir Robert Peel and his " plan"—be that plan what it may. The assumption that Sir Robert Peel can carry the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the corn-law through the two Houses of Parliament, without an intervening general election, is one of the wildest of hallucinations. The people have done it all, thus far—and, rely on it, the people will have to do it all at last. The total, immediate, and unconditional repeal of the corn-law will, almost certainly, be the work of the next House of Commons ; and the next House of Com mons will, almost certainly (should the present one live long enough) be elected under the registration of 1846. The time is short—yet much may still be done in this short time. In the precious six days that now remain, there is time for thousands and thousands of the unen franchised to pay money, receive their conveyances, and take out their title to a freehold interest in the soil of their country, and a share in its Government. In those counties, more particularly in which most work has been already done, these few days may be invaluable. Where much has been accomplished, and the victory is all but won, a little more may make all the difference between a minority and a majority—or between a mere majority, and a majority so decisive and commanding, as to pre clude all possibility of defeat, or even of contest. Once more, then, with all the earnestness and emphasis prompted by the conviction that the time, though short, is yet long enough for great successes—that victory is within our grasp, if we will but grasp it —and that the exertions of the next six days may have much to do with making the Parliament that is to snake England free for ever from landlordism and artificial famine—we reiterate our fervent exhortation and entreaty to the free traders of every county in England, to QUALIFY, QUALIFY, QUALIFY. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECH. (From the Chronicle.) A deliberate reperusal of the singularly powerful speech in which, on Thursday night, Sir Robert Peel announced the principles of his policy for the present session, has fully con firmed our first impression of its extraordinary importance. We reserve for a fitter occasion all allusions to his public conduct in former years, and abstain from attempting to estimate the moral relations in which the free -trade Premier of 1846 stands with respect to the Conservative agricultural party of 1841. The present is no time for this sort of criti cism. Looking at the recent Ministerial manifesto, in con nexion with the all-absorbing question of thetime, we cannot but regard the speech in which a First Minister of the Crown—on an occasion both allowing and requiring the fullest previous deliberation, and the exactest choice of language—explicitly disowns the fundamental principles of a vast and extensively-ramified system of policy, and formally announces his conversion to new views of commercial legisla tion, as an event of first-class magnitude and most decisive significance. Of the merits of the speech itself, it were un just to Sir Robert Peel not to speak warmly and strongly. It is a speech remarkably devoid of his characteristic faults. There is litti (of himself in it. It is an infinitely more na tural and earnest speech than we have been accustomed to hear from Sir Robert Peel's lips. It is much less the speech of a Parliamentary tactician—and much more that of a statesman and a man—than he has accustomed us to ex pect from him. He speaks less in his own name than as the organ of great public facts and necessities ; as the re sponsible representative of the Crown and people of Great Britain. There is no Hansard in it ; no attempt at making out a case for his own " con sistency." The only consistency for which he seems solicitous is the consistency of his present convictions and policy with present realities. He takes great pains to show that his course during the late na tional crisis, from week to week and from day to day, has been in consistency with the requisitions of the grave and terrible emergency in which he has been called to act ; he is most anxious to satisfy us he is right now —but he evinces no desire to prove that he was right one, two, or five years ago. He has learned wisdom from experience, and he says so. He finds himself and his policy in collision with events and natural laws, and he declares plainly, "he can continue the contest no longer." He has discovered that Mr. Villiers is right, after all, and he must make that appear in his next vote. This time we really have a " frank and explicit " speech. The Premier disdains even to make the use which might have been made of the temporary and casual circumstances of the present season, to smooth over the transition, and reconcile a new policy with the old opinions. He does not throw it all on the potatoes. He was wrong, at any rate. It is not the potato pestilence. but " an enlarged experience" that has con vinced him. He "will not withold the homage due to the progress of reason and truth, by denying that his opinions on the subject of protection have undergone a change.' This is the true tone. This frank submission to the lessons of events—this unreserved surrender to the dictates of expe rience—this abstinence from all attempts to gloss over the real abruptness of his conversion, by connecting it with pre vious indications of opinion, or with unlooked-for casualties — is the part both of a wise statesman and a sincere man. It is as good in policy as in morality. Such a course at once disarms censure, arrests attention, and commands respect. Sir Robert Peel's best hope of convincing all those of his own party who are worth convincing, lies in taking this tone—in presenting to them, in the broadest and plainest way, the facts and considerations that have worked conviction i n him. He does not so much assume to teach his followers, as to assist them in learning for themselves. He brings them face to face with the great array of facts by which be has been humbled and subdued, and asks if they can defend the position which he has found untenable ? He recounts all that impressive experience of the last six years, which public discussion and agitation have rendered familiar to national intelligence, and which his official position and responsibilities have compelled him to master; and leaves the world to say, what else can he do ? In this view, the speech of Thursday night must tell with immense power. It is a statesman's exposition i f national policy, based on a large view of national experience, and addressed direct to the national intelligence. With commer cial public, in particular—with all, of e very class, who are ie whole of the capable of putting two ideas together, and are not blinded by the influences of an imagined pecuniary interest in the result—the effect must be irresistible. After reading the Premier's most lucid and powerful demonstration of the relations of cheapness and dearth of food, to wages, revenue, and public morality and order—and his terrible de tails of the potato failure in Ireland, from which we learn that on " a low estimate," at least " one-half of the actual potato crop in that country is either destroyed or remains in a state unfit for the food of man"—all the world will feel that Sir Robert Peel, in his position, with his means of knowledge, and his responsibilities, co:Suld not have come to any other than one conclusion. That he has come to this conclusion, despite every personal and every vulgar political inducement to the contrary; that he deliberately sacrifices his party to the empire, and his consistency with Hansard to consistency with the facts and responsibilities of his posi tion; that he stakes his official existence on obtaining a re • versal of a once favourite policy of his own, because that policy turns out to have been a mistake; this is about the most startling, decisive, and overpowering attestation that a political truth ever received from the word or deed of man. We have now only to express our most fervent and anxious hope, that the measure to be announced to the world on Tuesday night may be found, in its breadth fulness, and simplicity, worthy of the Ministerial declaration of principle. The superstructure will, we trust, be as wide as the foundation—the conclusion as large as the premises. We cannot believe, until we see it, that a confession of faith so broad and true will be narrowed and falsified in the per formance. Sir Robert Peel cannot have raised so high the hopes of the country merely to dash and disappoint them. He cannot, after rousing the bitter and implacable hostility of a powerful class, descend to the gratuitous meanness of seeking to re purchase their favour by concessions un worthy of himself, unjust to the country, utterly futile for any purpose of conciliation, and fit only for a Minister holding office on that servile tenure" which he has repudiated with so becoming a scorn. No man knows better than Sir Robert Peel the force of a Minister's words— especially of such words as those of Thursday night, spoken after months of• deliberation, to an eager and expectant country. He cannot be ignorant that he has broken the bridge behind him, and cut off all retreat on the past; that only two " courses" are now " open to him"—a great and splendid success, won with , by , and for the pe o ple, or a the shameful defeat at the hands of the " wretched remnant of bisberoproaofrtuYg 'he is without a pa r t y —and collapses House of Common s f or the populous into ' h of Tamworth. H e h as only the an expiring faction." He i s now the Free-Trade Minister of the Queen and the people —or he is noth ing. If he have not theandnation plain influential A f l o e r m h country to look to for support. That support h e has he knows. man fully invoked. He m a y have it—on conditions which THE QUEEN'S SFEECII.—A DIFFICULTY SOLVED. There is in her Majesty's speech a passage of great im port, the exact purport of which, however, has given rise to some discussion, and considerable speculation. Her Majesty, after an allusion to the failure of the po tato crop in Ireland, says, " I have adopted all such precautions as it was in my power to adopt for th', , pur pose of alleviating the sufferings which may be caused by this calamity." The nature of those precautions has, it is believed, now been ascertained here. There are off the port of Cork 30,000 quarters of Indian corn, which are understood to form a portion of 100,000 quarters which have been ord ered b y the British government for the relief of the Irish people—a proof that her M a j es ty and her ministers have not been alto g eth er insensible to the threatened destitution and starvation of the poor of Ireland.—Manchester Guardian. NEW WAREHOUSES IN LIVERPOOL.— There were no fewer than eighty-six warehouses erected in Liver pool during the past year, the majority o f them being of immense proportions, and on the fire-proof principle, —Manchester Guardian. ACCIDENT TO LORD MOSTVN.—This venerable and venerated nobleman me t, we deeply regret t o state, on Sa turday last, with a mos t serious acciden whilst engaged in that manly sport, of whic h his Lordship is well known to be a warm patron and active participator, lie was, as usual, amongst the foremast in the chase, and close at the death of poor Reynard, w h en the horse stumbled and p i tched his Lordship over head, roll in g over bim and kicking him se verely. We are, however, glad to state that no bones are broken, and that his Lordship, though much mangled, is, owing to the native vigour of his constitution, not only out of danger, but rapidly convalescent. The inquiries at Peng wern, of the neighbouring gen tr y , durin g th e course of the week', were most numerous.—Carnarvon Herald. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JAN. 23. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : Avrahire and Galloway Railway. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches) Railway. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and G , ole Railway. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. Epsom and Dorking Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Leeds and B ra df or d Railway (Alteration - of Levels in Bingley). Staines and Richmond Junction Railway. North Kent Railway. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway. Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. East Lincolnshire Railway. Belfast and Ballymoney Railway. Belfast and County- Down Railway. Irish Great Western Railway. North Staffordshire Railway (Potteries Line). North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line). North Staffordshire Railway (llarecastle to Sandbach). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 1). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend-• ment and Branches (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No 3). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 5). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 6). London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Romsey and Red bridge Junction). London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension). London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Salisbury Junction). London and South-Western Railway (London -bridge Ex tension). London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch). London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. FRIDAY, JAN. 23. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway ( Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches)—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. , North Kent Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Staines and Richmond Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. RETIREMENT OF DR. NICHOLL. The following explanation of his motives for retiring from the office of Judge•Advocate-General has been addressed by Dr. Nicholl to his constituents:— TO THE ELECTORS OF CARDIFF, COWBRIDGE, AND LLAN- TRISSENT. Gentlemen,—Having ceased to be Judge-Advocate- General, I hasten to lay before you the cause and circum stances of my retirement from an office which confers honour on all who hold it worthily. When suddenly driven to the south of Europe by the health of one deservedly dear to me, I foresaw that the same cause which forced me abroad would enjoin my residence out of this country during a longer period than I could properly be absent from the discharge of my official functions ; and on the 19th of October I most reluctantly made, in a proper quarter, a communication to that effect. An ffer was kindly made that I should not retire until I had a better opportunity of deciding on the necessity of re maining on the continent. I readily, though with faint hopes, accepted that offer. Those hopes having vanished, I announced that my duty to others forbad my constant residence in England throughout the spring,, and I begged that a successor might be given to me whenever that could be done most conveniently. Such, gentlemen, have been the cause and circumstances of my retirement. My political attachments and affections, and my confidence in Sir Robert Peel's Government, are as strong and as decided as ever. As a proof of this, I have sought and have been appointed to an unpaid seat at the Board of Trade. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful servant, 33, Belgrave-square, Jan. 23. JOHN. NICHOLL. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 471 p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2 p. Clitheroe Junction, v.p. c.—Eastern Counties, 224 —Grand Union, p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 4 p.—Leicester and Bedford, % p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, p.— London and Manchester (Rem.), % dis.—London and York, 2 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 77 4 —Ditto, New Quarters, 7% p. —Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, dis.—lanchester'and Bury Atmospheric, % p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 4%p.—Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, p. —North Staffordshire, 3% p..—North Western, 38s. p.—Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, &c., % p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., par— Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2 15-16 p. —Sheffield and Man chester, 130—Ditto, Quarters, No. 3, 4 p.— Shropshire Uniou Rail way and Canal, % p.—South Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Halves, 1 1 4 p. Week Last 2, ..., ...; ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. t ,7 0 '' .').g ) X £ Jan. 17 Arbroath * and Forfar •••••-• • •• • • •• 171 178 - Bristol and Birmingham - - 16 Chester ariA Birkenhead . ••- ••••• • • • • - 542 420 15 Dublin and Drogheda• •••••••• • • • - - • • 586 504 20 Dublin and Kingstown .. •••••• • • • • • • 606 552 18 Dundee and Arbroath .•••--• • • - • • • • 228 217 17 Durham and Sunderland ............. 644 736 17 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• • . • ... •• • 2,523 2,173 18 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 6,282 3,786 17 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 1,871 1,403 17 Glaispw and Greenock. •• ..... •• • • 726 687 - Grand Junction .. - - 17 Gravesend and Rochester.... - - Great North of England ............ - - 18 Great Western .• • 19 Hartlepool ~• •• • • - 1,166 - 17 London and Birmingham, &c.....• • • 30,586 25,872 18 London and Blackwall • ......• 727 733 17 London and Brighton. ••••••• • •• .. • • 3,362 3,074 20 London alld Croydon .. - London and Greenwich .• • 17 London and South Western .•• • • • ... 5,046 5,139 18 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ••• • • • 884 840 16 Manchester and Birmingham 3,858 3,250 17 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.• 5,256 5,318 17 Midland Counties. ••••• • • • • • 17 Newcastle and Darlington •••• • • • 17 Newcastle and Carlisle •• • • 1,661 1,417 18 Newcastle and North Shields. •••• • •• 387 341 18 Norfolk... •• • 197 1,369 - North Union and Bolton and Preston - - Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans •• • • • •••••••• 4 1-' 4 ° 5 6 : 4 3 : 9 08 2 5 i 19 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• - •• • • • • • " 416 337 17 17 s P o r u es th ton Eas an itni d W . Yr .. e . .. .. : : . . . ....... . . . . 4,823 3,582 17 Sheffield a . n . d . ....................... .... :.... .......... 11:513686 884608 17 Taff Vale ..•. Ulster . • .... ••••.••••• •• •• • • • • • ..... • - 574 - Yarmouth and Norwich •••• • • • ..... ..._ - 17 York and North Midland .•. • ..... .. 4,305 4,596 LErm.--The vessels in the wet docks are lying three and four tier deep at present, which speaks well for business, and is rather unusual at this season of the year. THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSITION WITH REGARD TO RAILWAY BILLS.—We understand that it is the intention of Sir Robert Peel to propose on Monday that a Committee should be formed of the Members of both Houses of Parlia ment, for the purpose of instituting a preliminary examina tion into all the proposed railway schemes, so as to select those projects which, either for local or general benefit, it would be most desirable to carry into execution, and that the Bills for the Mies so selected will alone be permitted to go before the Standing Orders Committee. The Barbadoes Globe, of the 18th of December, gives the following account of an accident to the Governor :—" It is with exrreme regret that we announce an accident which this day occurred to our esteemed and indefatigable Governo:. While walking in his gardens at Pilgrim, this afternoon, his Excellency, by some chance, tripped and fell, unfortunately b r eaking his right leg just above the ankle." It was said at the Clubs, on Friday night, that the free track party on both sides of the House have made a calcula tion of their joint strength, and that the odds in their favour, as against the protectionists, are about 300 to 250. Of course, there are waverers, and trimmers, and doubters, over and above. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 21. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. The order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the address. M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs—Gentlemen, the Chamber will allow me to request not only its usual kind ness, but its entire liberty of spirit, and its most considerate attention. The Hon. 'M. Thiers yesterday made an appeal to your first impressions --to your instincts; I shall appeal to your judgment, the surest fundament condition, in my opinion, of all good and great policy. What I ask of you I have practised myself in the examination of this question. I have telt all its gravity—l foresaw, long before I acted on the Texan question, all the objections that could be raised to our policy. It required my deepest conviction to determine the line of conduct which I felt it my duty to recommend to the Crown, and I am convinced that it is the only one suit able to the great interests of the country. I wished to point out in the first place, with some degree of precision, what I have done. I shall retrench nothing—modify nothing—that I have done. I wish only that it should be well explained. In concert with the Texan representative at Paris, and called on by his overtures, I advised Texas to preserve its in dependence, and I counselled Mexico to recognise that inde pendence—nothing more. From the first I set aside all idea of guaranteeing that independence. I declared, both in this tribune and elsewhere, from the very outset of the question that its solution depended entirely on the resolution of the Texan people; that when their determination should have been declared we should have nothing further to say. Con sulted by it while yet undecided, we gave our advice, we ex ercised our influence. Since then, the Texan people have declared themselves; the majority for the annexation is evi dent ; from that moment we abstained from further action, we neither used nor sought to use any kind of influence. In the course of the affair we had no communication on the ques tion ten with the Unit e d S tates ; we a dd resse d no note to t h em on lie subject ; t h e quest i on was entirely between the two independent states, France and Texas. I main tain the correctness of this ep°li v, but I considered it my duty to re-establish it in the terms in which it was practised ; nothing could be more candid, more cor rect, or more considerate of every right. In this state of things, when I met in the message of the President of the United States words whi c h I have already quoted in another Place, I could not but feel some surprise (the Hon. Minister then read the extract from the Message relative to the inter vention of European Powers in the affairs of the American continent, and continued)—that is to say, that we are for bidden to interfere or express our opinion on the affairs of any independent nation of North America. We ;have had with those nations relations and affairs in common, and nevertheless we are interdicted from exercising our moral in fluence over them. I ask the Chamber whether this is suit able to the dignity and grandeur of France. For my part I consider our dignity to be in a certain degree wounded by this pretension, and I do not hesitate to say that if any other Government had made use of the same expression, it would I have met with general censure in this assembly. I have J done nothing more than claim freedom of action for French 1 policy in North America. As to the interests of France in ' those countries, they are of two kinds—commercial and political. As to commercial interests, I shall be very brief in my remarks on them, although the Honourable Deputy (M. Thiers) has perhaps treated them with a little dis dain. We have a great general interest with the affairs of the New World. This general interest is this—it is, that there is not there a single mode of regulating the tariffs. Picture to yourselves the entire of the New World regulated by one con mercial law I Do you consider it would be for the interests of our commerce to have it governed in Ame rica by such a state of things.' So much for our general in terest. As to Texas, and to our superior interest in that affair, I cannot admit the disdain shown by the Hon. M. Thiers. In 1838 the recognition of Texas by France was based on the advantage of our commercial relations with that country. At that period it appeared desirable to have in that part of the world a great country which could supply us with raw materials, and purchase our productions on better terms than the United States, and it was this motive which determined the recognition of the independence of Texas by us. I shall now pass on to the political interests. M. Thiers made u of an expression which I accept. Yes, the question here ndoubtedly is one of the policy of the l it world. There ei re immense facts connected with it, which were inevitable the present state of the world; three great Powers—Russia, England, and the United States—were seeking to extend their territories. From circumstances which you are well aware of France was not pursuing the same course in so great a degree; it had undertaken a great task in Africa, which it is for its ho nour to bring to a successful termination. But with this exception France was not seeking terri torial aggrandisement; but it concerns her that the three great nations I have alluded to should observe a balance of power, that neither one of them should be exclusively pre ponderant. France has this great interest and she has also another—the maintenance of secondary and independent states. In Asia, Russia, and England had increased their possessious ; but they had now mutually stopped in thefr progress. In America, the United States were aggrandizing alone. I shall not here repeat what I said in another place of the sentiments with which the grandeur of the United States does and ought to inspire us; we applaud it both as regards the present and the future. It is necessary to us for the part which we are called on to perform in the affairs of the world. Ido not retract any of the expressions I have used, for no conviction can be stronger on the subject than what I feel. Is it to be supposed that in no case, whatever may be its progress, the greatness of America is not to be to us a subject of uneasiness, that she can never be for us a cause of umbrage, if, for instance, the whole conti nent of America were to fall into the same hands? (Murmurs from the Left.) It is sufficient for me to remind you of the words which I just now used. The language of the Presi dent excludes you from all participation in the affairs of America ; he forbids you to meddle with them, notwith standing the relations which you have with states there situated, or the treaties you may have concluded with them ; and it will be easy for me to convince you that the preten sion of M. Thiers is excessive. By the words balance of power, and counterpoise, I did not intend to make any assi milation between the New World and our own, although the experience of the one might well serve as a lesson to the other ; I said that we ought not to remain without thinking of the future, at the aspect of a great power, which I wel come as sincerely as any one. It has been said, that we sa crifice to this forethought our present relations with the United States. In a country like America, where things pro- ceed so rapidly, foresight cannot be distant and confused. Call to your recollections what this country, now so great and so powerful, was fifty years since. Who among you could have anticipated such a development of her power? • Who can foresee what that power will be fifty years hence? In the face of such facts, I repeat that forethought is not distant; it is wise and prudent. Neither is it true that we sacrifice to it our present good relations. Between intelligent nations good relations are not so easily broken, when the general interests and feelings of the countries are in their favour. Do not in the least believe that the affair of Texas will have so disastrous a result as has been repre sented ; our good relations will not be compromised ; they will surmount those momentary difficulties ' • we may there fore take thought for the future without fear and without danger. I can find in it sufficient motives to justify the po licy at once reserved and candid which we have followed. There is, however, another imminent and pressing interest to which I would direct all the attention of the Chamber. The United States are not alone on the American continent; they have, under the title of neighbours, frequent relations with England; relations which are at the present moment delicate and even perilous. I need not say that I allude to the Oregon question, and it is with regard to this point that the policy we have followed is excellent. The Chamber must permit me to say a word on the subject of our relations with England.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Those relations are easy and friendly. We wish to maintain them so; we consider that this intelligence between the two countries is necessary for the maintainance of peace; we are convinced that it is necessary to choose between real intimacy and that indifference, that coolness, which does not completely disturb peace, but which removes from it its real character, and we have made that choice.—(Marks of adhesion from the Centre.) I have to add, that this policy has taken nothing from the independence of France.—(Denial on the Left.) Gentlemen, . if I could put aside the solemnity of this discussion, and appeal to the familiarity of private conversations, there is not a single person to whom I could speak, who would not allow that the policy of France with respect to England has been completely independent.—(A loud burst of denial on the Left, met with counter-exclamations from the Centre.) Consider all the questions that have divided France and England for the last five years—Greece, Spain, Syria, Otahiete, and the Right of Search—and you will see that the independence of France has been complete, and that the results of the good feeling between the two nations have been reciprocal and equally to the advantage of each. M. Thiers told you yes terday that the two countries were discontented with each other—that England considered herself sacrificed to France. M. Thiers—No, no. . The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l shall read your very words.—( The Hon. Minister here read, from the Moniteur, the expressions of M. Thiers, on this point.) • M. Thiers—l cannot admit the interpretation given by the Hon. Minister to my words. The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l give no interpretation whatever—l merely read the words themselves. M. Thiers—Because 1 was yesterday impartial and true, the concessions which I made are now turned against ins. What I meant to say was, that in consequence of the manner in which the alliance was conducted, the two nations were exceedingly discontented with each other. And whilst im mense sacrifices have been made, and in particular the Prit chard indemnity—(‘ Oh, oh," from the Centres)—l repeat it that whilst one makes immense sacri fices, t h e other is not satisfied with what it has obtained. Yes, I repeat it with a profound conviction, it is a badly-conducted alliance which renders the two nations dissatisfied with each other. This state of things is due to events which have been unneces sarily brought about by the present Cabinet.—( Appl ause from the Left.) The Minister of Foreign Affairs.—l must beg leave to deny in the most positive manner that the two countries are in the least discontented with each other.—(Dissent on the Left.) I must demand pardon fro m the three lion. Gentle men wh o interrupt me if I do not recognize them as the country (A p p ro b a tion from the Centre), or take th e i r opinion as that — of the great majority of the nation. I re peat it, the two with each ' coun t r ies are not discontented o ther- they have not for a length of time been on _better terms. Call to mind in fact all the questions, all t he t incidents that have arisen to trouble their relation s durin g he last five years, and how, by the mutual confidence of the Cabinets, these diffi culties have been surmounted. Ota heite—of the Right of S earch ofMorocco.—(Violent Think,ex for instance, of clamations on the Left.). All t hese questions have been re solved in a manner conformable to the trae interests and honour of the t wo countr ies. And do you suppose that this would have been equally the case with every Cabinet—with every description of policy? Do you believe that if matters had been conducted in the two countries with less prudence, these relations would not have been altered? Do not ima gine any such thing, for you would fall into a great error ! The reason of matters having passed over so peaceably is, that in both countries there were men who placed general policy above all special questions; who comprehended that mere temporary incidents ought to be settled amicably— (Hear)— and that the flag of peace ought to float aloft, high above all passing differences.—( Loud cheers.) Such are the means by which good relations have been maintained, and I repeat it, that they- could not have been effected by every hand—(Renewed cheers.) But I leave aside this question of our relations with England, which I should not have alluded to, had I not been led to it by the Hon. Deputy opposite. I return to our relations with America. What line of conduct ought we to observe in the question pending between the United States and England? We ought to make every exertion to prevent a collision, but should it, notwithstanding our efforts, unfortunately take place, our part will be to guard between the two nations an absolute neutrality. Such is the line of conduct which we shall fol low, and I venture to say, that it will not be without an ad vantage and profit to France. As we acted with respect to the United States in the question of Texas, so should we have done With respect to Engand, if she wished to take pos session of that country. We wished to express the sentiraue of France in the future policy of the world—and w • e ed on acted precisely as General Washingto n de"riele rc of in 1794. That great man fou nded the po y neutrality for the United States, at o wed ao RISCA COLLIERY EXPLOSION. (From the lllonmoli4hslii7 e Merlin.) FURTHER. PARTICULARS. Since our last account of the appalling occurrence, the most commendable exertions, day and night, alma* without intermission, were continued, for the purpose of removing from the fatal pit, the seven remaining vic tims, who were known to be still in the workings. In the course of Friday the bodies of Isaac Bryant, George Barfield, and George Barfield, jun., were found, and the spectacle they presented was piteous and affecting in the extreme. The father, actuated by the feelings of paternal affection, strong even in the agonies of death, had firmly clasped his son in his arms, in which posi tion they were found. They had worked in different stalls, and at the first alarm of the direful explosion the poor ;lad ran to his father, who, alas, could afford him no succour ; and overcome by the noxious gas, they sunk in death together. "If he must die my life is wrapt in his I.'"fhe deplorable fate of this family, whose pious life and blameless conduct had gained them much respect, is one of the most melanchol) features of this dreadful calamity. The remains of Isaac Bryant were placed in a coffin, and laid between those which contained the bodies of his two sons—three dead in one cottage I The coroner, accompanied by the jury, that had been empannelled on the previous day, met again on Satur day, to view the bodies found up to that period. The spectacle was quite revolting. Decomposition had com menced its defacing ravages, whilst the wretched rela tives, in the anguish of almost broken hearts, were ut tt ring lamentatiuns. On Saturday night, during the solitary hours of which, distressing cries were occasionally heard, wildly and fearfully, on the winds, the corpses of Isaac Lovel, James Gullock, and James Lane, were brought up, but all fl'orts to find that of George Curtis failed, till Monday 4. , vning, when this, the last of the thirty-five sufferers, was brought to the top of the shaft, placed in a shell, and conveyed to the church, in order to be viewed by the coroner and jury, which duty took place on Tues day, and the inquest was then adjourned to the 4th of February next, The churchyard, prepared for the in terment of the numerous dead, presented an appearance somewhat resembling a ploughed field, so extensively lay the upturned sods; and on Saturday, the bodies of thirteen victims of the destroying blast were laid in their graves— one was borne to rest in his native town, New brdge. The many-coffined grave yard was sad to behold. We learn, from authority on which we place entire re liaace, that within the. last three months, pending an im pol taut business arrangement, the colliery in which so dreadful a loss of human life has just taken place, was carefully inspected by an eminent surveyor, and pro nounced by him to be proFerly and safely ventilated. THE PACHA OF EGYPT. The Semaphore of Marseilles publishes the following account of an interview with the Pacha of Egypt, com municated by M. Marmier, who is pErforming quaran tine at the lazaretto of that port ;—" Mehemet Ali pre serves in his old age all the habits of activity acquired in his younger days. He rises early, and as soon as he is up his doors are open to visitors. He takes plea sure in receiving foreigners, and more particularly the French. The public functionaries come in to him with out any previous demand of an audience, and the Con sul of France goes to him with the same freedom and ease as one friend calls upon another. We passed through a large hall simply furnished, in which there were persons attached to the palace, all of whom on the arrival of M. Barrett rose, and saluted him with great respect. One of these ushered us into a second room, still more spacious, lighted by vet y high windows, and having at the Jar end a divan which occupies the whole side. On this divan was seated the youngest so❑ of the Viceroy, a boy about twelve years old, already invested with the sabre, suspended from a belt round his waist. By his side was his governor, and both pre served the utnr tst gravity. Mehemet Ali lay half in clined in a corner, supported by a pile of cushions, and holding his ehibouck. Ou his head was the red cap called the Fez, which he has given to be worn by his soldiers instead of the turban, which is much heavier. He was dressed in a furred caftan of ample folds, and his fine white beard falling like flakes of silver upon his breast. In front of him was his di agoman, and by his side a do mestic, who was employed in fanning him with a bunch of palm leaves About half-a-dozen other servants stood at a respectful distance, with their eyes fixed steadily upon their master, watching to catch and execute the slightest signal he might make. All the arrangements of this apartment were very plain, but simply elegant. In this group, formed near a window, in the oriental attitude of this remarkable and noble old man, and, above ale in the expression of his animated and energetic countenance, there is wherewithal for a painter of eminence to pro duce a most striking picture. We drew near Mehemet, and, after the usual formalities of a presentation, he signified to M. Barrot to sit down by his side on the divan, and pointed out for me an arm-chair placed in front of him. Servants brought in coffee, and M. Barrett entered into conversation with the Pacha, who loves to discuss ques tions of European policy. He had just received news from Ibrahim Pacha, and spoke with delight of the accounts of his improved health, and of the reception given him at Marseilles. I have always loved France,' said the Pacha, and I shall never forget that it was a French man who first held out the hand to me, at a time when I was far from imagining the destinies which Providence had reserved to me.' He then related that when he was quite young, in his native town of Romella, one of his cousins was murdered. He and his father wished to ob taro justice on the murderer, but had not sufficient funds. A French merchant, named Lyons, who had known the deceased, gave them the necessary funds to proceed to Constantinople and accomplish their wish. always remembered,' continued he, with grati tude the conduct of M. Lyons, and when I was in vested with the dignity of Pacha, I wrote to him to come and see me. He was preparing to set out, when he died suddenly.' Whilst the dragoman translated to us this story, Mehemet fixed on us his brilliant eyes to see the effect it produced. I never saw more penetrating ones, except with Bernadotte. In those of the latter, how ever, there was more pride, and in those of Mehemet more keenness. Other visitors then arrived—the gover nor of the city, the English consul, and some of the chief officers of the army. M. Barrot, thinking he had given me sufficient time to see what I so much desired, took his leave, and I went away, bearing with me an indelible remembrance of the language and look of our host." EDUCATION AND GAOL DISCI- PLINE IN AMERICA. The following observations were last week addressed by Mr. G. H. Vernon, M.P., to the grand jury at the East Retford sessions:—" Gentlemen of the grand jury, —On the last occasion when it would have been my province to have presided here, I was disabled from doing so from my then being engaged in making a some what extensive tour in America. I was not there, how ever, as an idler, but as one seeking all the information I could obtain during the shortness of my stay. There is one subject which I think deserves our serious attention as members 0: the English community. This subject r,solves itself into two points; first, the manner in which education is conducted; and secondly, the method in which their gaols and penitentiaries are managed. It is strange, that, in a comparatively new country, education (to use a common phrase) has gone so much ahead of the mother country, and that particularly amongst the lower classes, where every man feels ashamed who has no education, and where every man who is educated feels ashamed of committing a crime. In our own country there is a pre judice against going ahead in Education ; and in this im inediat,, neighbourhood a foolish prejudice prevails amongst the middl e c l asses children e d ucate d w h ere the chi classes recei ve th e i r education. But in againstld of t h h av e in l g bou t r h i e n i g r totally different. I h a d , during my an opportunity of v i s i i ng one city, and I found that e a s li tab ol l a is s h se m s r n t o s t in un t l h y at in that city, but throughoutg largest h scholastic t r a i l t d e r l e n t h o de f whole state of Pennsylvania, were there con were all taking an education in com mon , not being asked what were the circumstances or situations in life of their respective parents, or what churches or chapels they at tended, but all seemed bent upon attaining the object for which they were sent, that of a sound and practi ca l education, to fit them for their respective stations in after life. I found many of these youths exceedingly acute, and put several questions to them, all of which were answered in a surprising manner ; and on an in quiry, after a lengthened examination, as to who the young man was who had acquitted himself the best in the establishment, I was answered that he was the son of the lamplighter of the city. With respect to the management of their gaols and penetentiaries, I find thatthey have established a system of discipline and correction which is working most ad mirably, and this is to be found in the decrease of the offenders under confinement. The prison I inspected is capable of holding 700 prisoners ; and a few years back the avenge number confined was about 600, but latterly these have dwindled down to about an average of 350. I inquired, in the various states which I visited, whether the same systetia was adopted, and was in variably told that it was, and that with the same results. Education, going hand in hand with proper discipline, must produce results which are not only highly desirable, but which must in time lead to a sounder and better state of society in general. There is one other benefit in America which cannot always be had here, and that is, plenty of labour. Now, when a prisoner gets out of gaol, and after having suffered that penalty for his crime which the law awards, he ultimately emi grates to another state where his former course of life and his crimes are unknown, and where he can redeem his character by folio ping a different course of life from what he had previously done where his crimes had found him out. WOUTH DEVON. —The incessant rains of the last few days have done considerable damage to the young wheats in hilly situations by washing the earth away from the roots. The extraordinary mildness of the weather has baffled the chronicle of that knowing re corder of rare occurrences, the oldest inhabitant. There is not a man in Devon who remembers such a mild season so long continued.—Western Times. THE LEAGUE QUARTER OF A MILLION FUN D ...— The subscriptions received since our last increase the total amount to 80,5361, This is exclusive of the amount subscribed at the fund meeting at Oldham, where 2,2651. was the aggregate amount of the subscriptions in the room. The subscriptions at Coalbrookdale. Salop, are 2,0671.; those at Preston, Lancashire, 2,3ool.—Manches ter Guardian. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN CLERKENWELL.—About half past two o'clock on Friday morning, a tire took place at the Hoop and Adze public-house, near Sutton-street, Clerken well. The persons residing on the premises were soon roused, and the engine soon reached the spot. By that time, such was the rapidity of the flames, that every floor was on fire. Water was instantly supplied from the New River mains, and several engines were set to work ; but notwithstanding this powerful aid, in about half an hour nothing of the property was left but the walls. An inquiry was made as to its origin, but nothing decisive could be obtained on the subject. LEEDS, Jew. 23 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 22% York and North Midland Extension (East and West Riding), 10% p. —East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 4% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 p Extensions, 16s. p.—lluddersfleld. and Sheffield, 22—Leeds and Bradford,: 52% —Leeds and Thirsk, ,11% Ditto, New, 3s. p.—Liverpool and Bury, New, 34 p.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3/. 6s.—London and York, 4%—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 y s —West Riding Union, 6% —An - thegate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. p.—Cli theme Junction, 31. 4s.—Grand Union, 12s. c. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ,18s. 6d. p.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, ss. dis.—Leeds and York, ss. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 17s. 6dp. —Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 13s. dis.—North Western, 3/. Is. 6d.—South Midland, 3 p.—York and Carlisle, 2 3 4. HULL, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Midland Extension, 39—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, ss. p,— Leeds and Thirsk, 11%— North British, Carlisle, 3 —Ditto, Dalkeith, 6 —Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, 3% p.—Axholme, 3 East Lincolnshire, 3—Grand Union, 38s. —Great North and South Wales and Worcester, ss.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 31. 3s Leicester and Bedford, 11. I7s.—Leicester and Tamworth, 21. 1 Is.— Liverpool and Leeds, 114 London and York, 4%—Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 41. 4s. 6d.—North Western, 21. 18s. Bd.—South Midland, 51. 4s. 6d. --Shropshire Union, 21. 9s. 6d. SHEFFIELD, Jaw. 23. STOCK ExcnexnE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21. 19s. —Goole and Doncaster, 44—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 3/. Is. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 4'—Manchester, ➢fidlind, and Great Grimsby, '2% —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Exten sion, 31. 4s.—South Yorkshire Canal Railway, 4/. NEWCASTI E-UPON-TYNE, JAL 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, Halves, Car- lisle, 375. p.—York and North Midland Extension (East and West Riding), 115. p. YORK, Jex. 23 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Darlington Ex tensions, 11 3 4—York and North Midland, Selby, 8732—Ditto, Ex tension, 3934—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 11% —Ipswich and Bury, 5 —Newcastle and Berwick, 21 3 / 4 —Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 10%—London and York, 4/. 10s. 6d.— Clitheroe Junction, 3—Grand Union, Ir s —Leicester and Bedford, 2/. Is. — London and York EXtension, 2% —Mallon and Driftleld Junction, 3 —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 41k —North Western, 3 EDINBURGH, JAN. 21. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 588. Ayr and Galloway, Vs.—British and Irish Union, 675. 6d.—Caledo nian Extension, 625. 6d.—Esst Coast of Scotland, 40s. —Edinburgh and Bathgate, 60s.—Edinburgh and Granton, Preference, 2114 —Edin burgh and Northern,. 73s.—Ditto, Newport, 255. 6d.—Ditto, Loch gelly, 31s. 6d.—Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 335. 6d.— Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 45s.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 595. 6d.—Scottish South Midland, 465. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 18s. 6d.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, New, 245. Stirling and Dunfermline, 505. ,7 Strathern Junction, 595. GLASGOW, JAN. 22. . , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are,—'Aberdean, Banff, and Elgin, 35s.—Airdrie and Bathgate, 58s.—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 43s.—Caledonian, New, 75s.—Ditto, Extension, 625. 6d. —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 515.—Cornwall and Devon Central, 41s.—East Indian Railway, 28s. 6d.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 45s.Glasgow General Terminus, 14— Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr,,731. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 635. 6d.—Glasgow, • Airdrie, •and 31onkland Junction, 575. 6d.— Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 375. 6d.—Great North and South Wales, 6s. 6d.—Great North of, India, 10s.—Lesinahagow, 60s.—Midland and Eastern Counties, 355. Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Junc tion, 44s.—South Midland, 965. 6d. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Tnernc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— 1846. curring such imminent dangerti‘ 'Washington acted wisely, and he has given us an admirable example to follow. Washington had to defend himself a strong popular clamour which urged him on to engage in the struggle. I foresaw, and I foresee still, that a similar movement may manifest itself in France, and I thought that it was both prudent and frank to intimate thus early what should be our conduct hereafter. Such was the meaning of our demonstration in the little question of Texas. We had no desire to manifest any hostile intention s towards the United States—we merely wished to announce what France would do—?namely, to adopt a policy of strict neutrality. It is by liberty of action that France will weigh most in the• bilance, and oblige the powers to think the more of her. Such was the object of our. eonduct with respect to Texas, and we shall persevere in the line of conduct that we have traced out to ourselves.—(Loud cheers,) M. Billault, who rose to reply, began by contesting the commercial advantages accruing to France from the inde pendence of Texas. The commercial relations between' the two countries in 1845 had been, he said, confined - to the ex change of two vessels ; the quantity of cotton imported from Texas had only amounted to 53,000 kilogrammes, whilst France annually drew from the United States 57,000,000 kilogrammes of that article. The proceeds of the trade with Texas had been under 200,000 francs, whilst the conimerce of France with the world exceeded 2,000,000,000 francs: M. Billault having asked M. Guizot what he should have done had Texas given herself to England ? Guizot replied that he should have held the same lan guage, followed the same conduct, giVen the same advice, and stopped at the same point. Billault then proceeded to 'describe the gigantic power of England, enumerating the military positions occupied by her in every sea and quarter of the world, and asked if the maritime balance of power was not actually destroyed by Great Britain. Ministers, however, were too desirous to preserve her alliance to venture a remonstrance on the sub ject. Al. Billault next showed the interests of England and France everywhere at variance. The power of England de pended, he said, on the development of her manufacturing, commercial, and maritime interests, and the day she found no markets for the production of her industry, there would be an end to her power. He next reverted to the conduct of the Cabinet in American affairs, and contended ttat it bad not exerted itself to reconcile the two parties, but had sided with England, to the great detriment of the interests of France. When M. Billault had concluded, the general discussion was closed. PROTECTION MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-On looking over the Mark-lane Express of this week I noticed the report of the Farehtim -protection meeting, held on the 12th instant, in which it is stated , that the place of meeting, the Institution Hall, which is capable ottolding 600 to 700 people, was literally crammed. Now, Sir ' - 1 hap pened to be a sp ec t ator at the above meeting, and I con fidently assert (and I appeal to the reporters of the public press, three or four of whom were present,) that at ne time during the meeting were there more than 200 to 250 persons present, including several boys. It is a pity these protection gentry will not confine themselves to the truth, this not being a solitary case, as at other meetings held in-the coun try the numbers who have attended have been greatly ez aggeratedA.—SlPTC,TSAirT, y o o ß ur A ob N e D dieut CONSTANT servant ' READER. Portsmouth, Jan. 22, 1846. THE LATE EARL SPENCER. Lord Althorp, who now became Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the House of Commons, was eighteen years younger than Lord Grey. His father, Lord Spencer, had joined Mr. Pitt in the first revolu tionary war, and held office under him, In returning to his old connexions, he had retained several of those opinions of Mr. Burke which first led to the schism. Accordingly, Lord Althorp, when he first sat in the House of Commons, was not friendly to Parliamen tary reform. He worked out his free principles by con stant observation and reflection, in the practical school of Parliamentary life. His diligence was indefatigable, his sagacity quick, his judgment seldom at fault. Or, if ever he fell into a mistake, it was from too unsuspi cious a confidence in the virtue of mankind—the error of a trusting, believing, hoping nature. He had im proved his understanding by extensive reading, and was accustomed to work out by reflection all the great pro blems of moral and political philosophy; -"so that his mind was easily brought to act upon any subject which events placed before it. His views were large and com prehensive, embracing the whole compass of improve ment in our laws, our commerce, and our constitution. But, above all, his opinions upon questions both specu lative and practical, were guided by a humble reliance or, the goodness of God; and a conviction that he was bound in whatever he might think or do,—whether in following or resisting his own inclination,—to follow the law of Christ. The state of public affairs led him to take an active part in the House of Com mons; and although no one was ever so free from the pharaisaical profession of purity, yet the sim plicity of his character soon made him under stood, beloved, and trusted beyond any man in' that assembly. This was the more remarkable, as his tongue was far from eloquent; and, although his arguments were sound and comprehensive, he was so often wanting in words as to be obscure, and unable to convey . ade quately his meaning. But the confidence of his friends, his party, and the country, supplied all deficiencies, and gave to his few and simple expressions as much influence over his audience as had ever been obtained' by the most admired eloquence of our greatest orators. He was plain in manner and in dress; but a short inter course disclosed the scholar, the, gentleman, and the statesman. For he possessed, with the entire absence of all artificial politeness, the most genuine courtesy of be havi )ur to all who approached him, His kindness of heart shone in the most casual, as in the most-cordial in tercourse ; and while the intimacy of his friendship was a treasure reserved for few, the equanimity of his temper and the charity of his judgments extended to all who ap proached him in the conduct of affairs, or were opposed to bim in political enmity. He had no jealous", no 'envy, and perhaps too little ambition. He often said, that he had hoped the many votes hj had given ire:fstepur of mo tions which were supported by small minorities,- would have prevented any proposal to him to accept office. But when he was told by Lord Grey, that the formation of the Ministry depended upon his decision, he felt' that ho could no longer hesitate.—Edinburgh Review. Mr. Robert John Bagshaw, .who seconded one of the resolutions at the Marylebone Anti-Corn-law meeting on Tuesday last, and who made a most excellent speech on the occasion, is the son of Mr. Bagshaw, so well known as a staunch reformer, and great supporter of the Liberal party in Blarylebone. The son bids fair to do honour to the name, and is a valuable acquisition to the cause. DEATH FROM MALARIA.—On Friday Mr: Wakley, M.P., held an inquest ar the Sun, Gate-streetZLincoln's Inn- fields, on the body of Frederick Kirkham, aged three months, whose parents reside in Baker's-court, Whetstone-park. It was proved that deceased, with its parents, and four other young children, occupied a small room in the above court. The room was ccnfined and ill ventilated; and the coroner and jury wondered how human life could be sustained in it. The Coroner said that Whetstone-park was a dreadful place. Its air was so bad as to be enough to kill anybody, yet the commissioners of sewers had reported on its drainage, and from their report it would appear quite a delightful place. Verdict—" That there was no evidence to show whether the child's death resulted from natural causes, or from having been accidentallysmothered." SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DURING THE HIGH WIND.-- During the night of Wednesday several very serious acci dente-oecurred in various parts of the metropolis during the storm, which raged with great violence for several hours. Shortly after nine o'clock, in Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, ftouth wark, a stack of chimneys fell on the roof of a small cottage' occupied by a family of poor Irish persons, and a large por tion of brickwork fell upon the head of the eldest child, caul- • ing a fracture of the skull and lacerating the scalp, whereby his life is placed in imminent danger. A second accident took place the same night to a female named Jane Tomlin- ' son, of New-street, Walworth-common. While 'passing through Panyer-street, Eastiane, a large piece of boardingt fell from the roof of a pigeon -house, and struck o r r w po i l l , l great violence across the shoulders and .head. t way, was thrown down, but fortunatelyonooteo. w Lion of a house, situated in White's-place, NenweiAnglsoninirtedse-.. The wind, at Several large trees were torn up by the r one period of the night , bec ame so e x ceedingly high that se veral large vestels b e l ow London-bri dge were torn from their moorings, and some considerable time elapsed before they could be made fast. SHNERNEss, FRIDAY, JAN. 23.—The Ferret, 10, will be undocked to-morrow, and is expected to be commissioned in the course of next week. Eight of the advanced ships of-the line at this port have had their topmasts and jib booms, which were only recently e pu o t th o n e s b o preservation:aarred ,} b a l y so,o A u r d t o m h i rheaaalvyt heavy t o h rd ei e r r s , returned sent. on s o h n or s e ho f r o e r , a b n e d t t e fh r frigates, it is reported, are to be put in an advanced state of commission at this port, and the Worcester and Chi chester, new 50-gun frigates, and the Cornwall, 50, and the Conquestador, 50, are mentioned as having been selected.. The whole of the guns for the old fortifications have now • " arrived They are 63 in number, and are of the following • description—viz., 4 are eight-inch guns, 98 cwt. each, and 11 feet long; 29 are eight-inch guns, 66 cwt. each, and 9 feet long ;26 have a 6i-inch bore, are 56 cwt. each, .and 9 feet 6 inches long ; and four are long 32-pounders. -The workmen now await the arrival of the carriages and plat forms from Woolwich, the beds for which are concreted, and the masonry on which they are to rest being all ready to bs laid down. The guns are to be placed as follows, viz.-20 on the Half-moon battery at the point ; 18 on the Admiral's platform ; overlooking the said battery ; and the remaining 30 along the works protecting the barracks. The new works continue to progress most rapidly ; the battery form ing opposite the docks and gate is now up to the height of the platform, its further progress has, however, been deferred till the formation of the deep ditch by which it is to be pro tected, and on which all the workmen are now concentrated. Wooden profiles are up for another battery, with whiph this is to be connected by a musketry wall, while to the -. east ward it will be continued into the bastions extending from the Thames to the Medway. ALTERATIONS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. -- The change of deans, four having held the appointment within a period of about two years, has tended to interrupt the anxious wishes of the chapter to devise means of accommodation for the very large increase of persons who throng this venerable church, especially on Sundays, when the rush to get in (until Dean Wilberforce caused the doors to be opened half an hour before the service began) was frightfully alarming. The choir will be enlarged by placing the beautiful oak screens back, so as to include the pillars within the choir; ta m els light will be obtained by filling the upper parts of tha with plate glass, like Canterbury Cathedral; : th e prebendal for the stall will be close to the screen, and two rows e seats in laity in front of them on the centre will be made to accotiironod, CO avoid con.- either side. ions, four on either side of div will be continued to fusion in passing each other ; these e.-ateTneight per he steps to the commu a convenient distance , ffromcoutrse, be removed ; the or.. neon ,• the pews formed into which will then . side of the loft, the edifice, gun al so will probably N%aci i r l yv h e en o ni r e ub zo b s e , ed r ft persons, the a a r gw o a h i Itl e he s z o t r . t acal either tpe aribnlge of a"m"m°da"ng a large of. the appearance or c be seen from east to west in one uninterrupted view, show ing the beautiful west window to very great advantage:, The Budder. Th e Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh e ani l Susan Innes Ker have arrived at Tho mas ' s H otel, from L ady Floors. Castle, Kelso,t telt, NB. Lord Lar yUnder Secr e t ary o f S tate f or th • n e Colonies, has left town for Brighton. T L e newly appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, Sir Thomas Hastings, has tab= a mansion it South Audley - street. 2 `_ ~~. ~.