The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-29 00:00:00

~~ THE CORN TRADE. BRITISH. Though the details of Sir Robert Peel's intended change in the corn-laws are not yet before the public, the,re is now no longer a doubt that the measure to be proposed by . the Ministry will be tantamount to a free trade in grain. Without in this place dwelling on the political bearings of the matter, it may not be amiss to consider what immediate effect is likely to be produced by a total repeal on the value of agricultural produce, - We say immediate, for that the ultimate result must be unfavourable to the British farmer there can, we think, be no question ; we are, however, of opinion, that ex isting circumstances will, in the first instance, prevent that fall in prices which would, in ordinary seasons, have followed so hazardous an experiment as that about to be tried. One of the principal reasons which have induced us to come to this conclusion, is the fact that last year's crop of wheat was deficient in all the chief corn-growing countries of Europe, whilst at the same time stocks of old corn are unimportant at most of the continental ports. The course adopted by the Dutch Belgian, and other Governments, viz., that of prohibit ing the export and allowing the free importation of grain, must have considerable influence indirectly on prices here ; for, instead of supplies reaching us from these places, a proportion of the small surplus more favoured countries may have to spare will be diverted from the British to other markets. It must also be borne in mind that the information which the Legislature have been enabled to collect respecting the yield of our o n har vest must have been of a very unsatisfactory, no w t to say alarming character, to have led them even to contemplate such an unusual expedient as that of opening the porst by an Order in Council. Such a step Sir Robert Peel and some of his colleagues, it appears, considered the state of affairs warranted two months ago ; from . thisit may be inferred the parties i n a position to obtain the very best information dee m that a large importation of grain will be necessary to make g ood the deficiency of food caused by the indifferent yield of wheat and the extensive failure of the potato crop. In addition to these reasons for supposing that prices cannot, until another harvest shall have beee secured, recede materially in this country, we may add that the public mind has been gradually prepared by political events to expect a great alteration in the laws by which the importation of corn is at present regulated, and that the effect has therefore already, in a great measure, been anticipated. Wheat is now at least 10s. per quarter lower than it would in all probability have been had there been no talk of a re peal ; hitherto no one has taken advantage of this im portant reduction to increase their stocks ; on the contrary, the utmost reluctance has prevailed for many weeks past to buy more than just sufficient for pre sent purposes, all parties being alike anxious to refrain from entering into extensive engagements, until the corn-law question shall have been been disposed of. tinder these circumstances, it is not unreasonable to believe that the value of grain will be but little influ enced. Indeed, we should not be surprised if an im petus were to be given to businese by the removal of the uncertainty which has so long hung as an incubus over the trade, and, instead of a fall, a rally were to take place in prices. The advices from the provincial markets are not of much interest this week ; there has as yet been scarcely , time to see how the news of the proceedings in Parlia ment, on Thursday, has been received in the country ; but at the few towns where the markets were held on Friday no material effect was produced thereby on quo tations. At Liverpool holders of free wheat remained firm, and bonded was generally held at enhanced rates; buyers appeared, however, at a loss how to act, and the business done was on a restricted scale. It would be useless to refer to other places, as business has been at a perfect stand in all parts of the kingdom, in expectation of positive information of the Ministerial intentions from London. At the leading markets in Scotland and Ireland affairs have been in much the same position; and the only in telligence of importance from the latter country is that respecting potatoes. The accounts on this important subject are decidedly of a less favourable character than they were a week or two ago ; and so much doubt was felt whether those in the pits would keep good, that shipments of oats and oatmeal had almost ceased, a notion prevailing that these articles would bring high prices as substitutes for the staple food of the poorer classes. We have again to report a very moderate arrival of English wheat into London, the quantity reported coastwise up to this (Saturday) evening, amounting to only 2,241 quarters. The show at Mark-lane by land carriage samples from the neighbouring counties has likewise been small ; indeed, beyond what was left over from Monday, scarcely anything has been exhibited on the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands. In the absence, however, of demand (the millers having adhered to their determination not to purchase until the mystery re specting the Corn-law alteration shall have been solved), the insignificance ef the supply has not been felt ; and so far from any improvement having taken place, the reverse has been the case, great difficulty having been experienced in placing the few parcels on sale at the reduced currency of Monday. Holders of foreign free wheat have generally refused to accede to a decline corresponding to the reduction which the prices of Eng lish have lately undergone, the transactions in the article have been very unimportant. Since Monday so little has been done in the article, that quotations can only be regarded as nominal at present. The inquiry for bonded wheat on Belgium account has continued; but the limits of the orders received from thence having been ls. to 2s. per quarter below the rates demanded, the actual trans actions have not been of consequence. In the early part of the week a cargo of Odessa wheat on passage was we believe sold at 475. per quarter, including freight and insurances; but for parcels on the spot 50s. per quarter has been general asked. On Friday wheat under lock was certainly held with more firmness than in the com mencement of the week, under the impression that the laws will undergo such an alteration as materially to reduce the duty. This opinion failed, however, to give rise to any inclination to enter into speculative invest ments, and few bargains were closed. Though the stock of flour in the hands of the metro politan bakers are greatly reduced, the sale for the article has continued as dull as ever, purchasers being appa rently not yet satisfied that prices have reached the lowest point. We are inclined to think that the slightest indication of a rise in wheat would be immediately fol lowed by a very active demand for flour, and, on the whole, there is not much prospect of the latter article being cheaper than at present; good Norfolk households having been sold in the river at 40s. to 425. per sack during the last week or two. - The arrivals of barley have been fair; having, in addi tion to 6,876 qrs. from our own coast and Scotland, 'received 720 quarters from abroad. This grain has been very difficult ef disposal, and the currency of 110- day last has bearly been supported; 38s. per qr. has be come an extreme quotation for even the best malting qualities, and secondary and inferior sorts have been re latively cheaper. Malt has likewise held heavily on hand. Only choice qualities have met attention, at former rates ; and, though the common descriptions have not been quoted lower, the turn has recently been in favour of the buyer. We are still without arrivals of oats from Ireland, and the receipts from our own coast and Scotland having rather fallen off than increased, whilst the supplies from abroad have been most amply landed in bond, the market has become very bare of good fresh corn. The dealers seem contented, however, to draw on their stocks to supply their customers, and have shown no anxiety to purchase; the trade has consequently remained in the same lifeless state as before, and, with the exception of a slight advance realised in partial instances from needy buyers, no change has occurred in prices. The con sumption of oats in London is at present very extensive, and unless increased supplies shortly reach us, an ad vance seems inevitable, The recent reduction in the value of beans has not hitherto caused any improvement in the demand ; in deed, it was rather difficult to make sales, at the close of the week, at Monday's currency. Peas of all sorts have also continued to be neglected, and the tendency of prices was still downwards on Friday. The duty rose a step on Thursday on the following articles::—wheat, oats, beans, and peas. FOREIGN. _ Nearly as much interest is felt respecting the settle ment of our corn-law question abroad as at home, and most of the continental letters received this week make some allusion to the subject. The belief that a great change was about to be made in the import duties by our Government had, we are informed, caused an almost total suspension of business; merchants having mani fested an unwillingness to enter into fresh engagements till news of the definite settlement of the question should be received. The latest accounts from Dantzic state that the trans !Actions in wheat had for some weeks been on an ex tremely restricted scale, the foreign demand having en tirely ceased; holders had, nevertheless, felt satisfied that Great Britain, as well as'llolland and Belgium, would sooner Or later require supplies, and bad consequently remained eceed' could not the ingly firm. Fine old high-mixed - wheat qr. free on board in have been bought below 565. to 575. per were held at e 'n to spring, and the better sorts of new At Konigebe i 4Bs. to 609. p e r qr . and purchases de r we" higher than at Dantzic, lower__ qualities of wheat had from time to time been mad e at the latter town for the supply of the former. The advices from the Lower Baltic rts . are very un interesting ; indeed, they are a mere repetition previ ously-received statements. Atßostock, W ismar , Stetti n, &c., quotations of wheat had become quite nom • o , ° ve. little business had been done ; and contracts fo i r nal go' s d qualities, weighing 61 to 621bs. per bushel been closed at 475. to 48s. per quarter free on board!' - Spring corn seems to become more scarce than wheat at the principal continental markets, and rye—the staple article of food with the poorer classes—has everywhere risen to an almost unprecedented high price. The latest accounts from Antwerp state that rye had for some time been, and then continued, in lively re quest at equal to 41s. to 41s. 6d. per quarter. For wheat a good demand has also ben experienced, and Polish Odessa had sold at 525. per quarter. Up to the present time the fact of a rather large stock of bonded wheat being held in England ready to be shipped immediately, it there should occur a prospect of a profit, has kept pricesof wheat more moderate in the Dutch and Belgian e they would otherwise have been ; and now that ath e r ethan is a certainty of an alteration being made here in the la ws , which will prevent us sending any portion of our bondeclvrhe whe at abroad , broad, we shall not wonder to s ee prices get up materially Rotterdam, Antwerp, &c. From Harabursh we have letters of Tuesday's date ; there was then no export demand demand for either wheat or spring corn, but all were fully as high as the previous week, say good wheat gos. to 535., Seale barley 245. 6d. and osfor s e • 18s, 6d. , to 20s. per qr. f b nt oar ap ring from outports) The advices from the Mediterranean are of even less THE interest at present than those from the Baltic, quota tions being relatively much too high in the southern and eastern markets of Europe to permit of shipments to this country, unless a material advance should occur bore. From Odessa we learn that the demand for wheat had slackened; still prices were high there, and as the avail. able stock was by no means large, no material fall in the value of the article was expected ; good qualities were then held at 31s. to 325., and fine parcels at 355. 6d. to 375. per qr. free on board.—Mark-lane Express. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PJBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDA.T EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. JOINT-STOcx zusiess. Dividend Amount of Paid. Price. Name of Company. per Annum. Share. --.... ------ £ s. d. £ s. d. 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 26% Australasia • ritshoo 00 20 50 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 4% c ß e e N r o ei r a th American 41. si. per per cent. eent. 1 5 0 0 0 colonial. • •••••• • • • • . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 l'.ondn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26% :',ondon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% Metropolitan ..... - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 Nat. Provncial of En. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35% Ditto, New. Union of Australia - 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Union of London.- • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount tme of Comrscny. per of I Paid. ' Price Annum. Share. X a. d. £ a. d. Albion • Affiance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 .Ditto Marine.- -.. 6/. per cant, 100 5 0 50 0 6% ••••• • • • • ..... •• 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7U Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 6 0 210 1 6% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .• ••• • • • ...... f .. i . .. a 3 9s. and 1 40 0 0 6 0 0 - b . bs. Eagle . Gs. 60 0 0 60 0 51A Economic Life... 1.& 30s.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .• •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 Globe •• . • - 138 Guardian ••-••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 60 0 0 240 Imperial Life •••. • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life •••.•• • • • • .. 3/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Firo .. ••• • .. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Marine -•••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. Palladium Life ...... Phcenix - - 205 Protector Life.. •.• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 II 1 0 0 11. 3s. Provident Life -••• • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life.. ••..•• • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 434 Royal Exchange .• • ... 5/. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Fire .•••. • • • • - - 210 Ditto Life . 1/. Gs. - - 49 Universal Life LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -- £ 3. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 160 0 0 162 British Linen Company 8P per cent. - 100 0 0 224 Commercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 160 National Bank- .... • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 15 L Union Bank of Scotland 73 1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 95 Western Bank •••• .• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 84% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 77i, 1 Clydesdale Bank - 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank -- - -5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 111% Caledonian Bank ....• 7%1. pr cent. - 2 10 0 5% Edinb.&Glasgew Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7%, City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 815 0 14% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 114 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of ScoUnd• • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Incur. • • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28% Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent.,loo 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% Edin. & Glasg. Railway 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 77 Ditto, IA Shares •• • . 6/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21 Glsgw & Ganikirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 ' Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. j 25 0 0 All paid. 35% Standard Life Assnrnce.l 51 per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 8 DOCKS. Dividend ; Amount , Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- X s. d. 1 X s. d. Commercial - East and West India - 1353( East Country ••.• • • • - 21 L mdon - 116 St Katharine • • • • • • .. ' 5 per cent. Stock. - 108% Southampton ••.• • • -4/. per cent. , 50 0 0 , 50 0 0 33 CANALS. .4 Dividend! Names of ~, Dividend t Names of . , r., , r Price. Companies. 2 per Companies. 2 Ann um. :/] Annum.' cn -- , £1 , X Ashtn ED Oldh 97 5/.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-21113{ 41. 72 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley - ..11601 121. 180 ,Macclestleld. 100 - 95 Basingstoke..lloo; - - Neath - • ... 100 201. 340 lirkiik&Abrg 1501 51. , 85 Nottingham. 150 121. 266 ' Cromford.... 'lOO 181. ] 150 Peak Forest . 78 31. 40 Dudley !100' 4/. i - Regent's - - 33 1/. , 263 Derby -•• • • ,190 i Si. 73 !Rochdale ...• 85 4/. 84 Ellsmre&Chs 133' 4/. 65 ?Shropshire • • 125 81. - Erewash • - !100 r 321. 300 i • Soinrset Coal 150 71.105. , 130 1 Forth & Clyd.loo . 4/. - 1 Do.Lk Ed St 12 61. p. c. 111 GrandJunctif 1001 71. 100 :Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 1 303 Grand Union 100: 1/. 10s. - 'Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. ' 230 Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 270 Glstr&Brkly, , 00' - - Strttsdon A.v 79 1/. 10s. - Grantham l5O 121. 100 Severn rtnd Huddersfield ' 571 - 20 Wye Rail. l 26 1/. Ss. 32 Kennt & AYH,' 39 7s. 6d. 22 Trnt & Mr-1 50 301. Lancaster .• • ' 471 11. 10. 40 sty, 1A sh. Leeds& Livrp 100 i 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - 10 Leicester .. •• , 140: 101. 105 rorcstr Bc.l 78 2/. 44 Leicstr &Nth B.li 41. 60 Binning. Loughborogh 142; 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 WATER-WORKS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of , Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. East London... • • • • • • • 81. Grand Junctien .. • • • • .. •••• • • • ••• • • 21. 10s. Vauxhall •.•.•• • • • • • • 57. per cent. West Aflddlesex .•• • • . 4/.165. pr ct. X P, d. IZ.O 0 • 46 13 4 180 o 0 109 63 12 9 ' AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTE Died, on Saturday morning last, on St. David's-hill, Exeter, Miss Catherine Mary Moore, a very eccentric old lady, who, for a great number of years until very lately, had lived in great seclusion. Regarding the last moments of the deceased a professional gentleman has sent us the following particulars:—" About one o'clock in the morning she sent for a solictor to make her will. She was found in a state of great debility, but gave her instructions very clearly. In these she had excluded her relatives—giving 2,0001. to two children of a friend, a dwelling-house to another, with the residue to a lady with whom she had for some short time past been on terms of intimacy. The solicitor asked her if she in tended wholly to exclude her nephews and nieces, and she replied in the affirmative. The solicitor declined making the will without the attestation of the medical gentleman who had attended her, and who was sent for. By the time the instructions were given, one of her nephews came to her house and into her bed-room; the old lady expressed great aversion to this gentleman, di rected a policeman to be called: she became highly ex cited, gave a violent shriek, and expired." From the Luminary we copy also their statement of this very extraordinary lady :—" The deceased was a member of a most respectable family, of long standing in the county, and formerly settled at Cadeleigh Court. She was most eccentric in her dress and manners, and was better known by her eccentricities than by any other point of her character. She bad a sister who was a great invalid, and who died about three years ago. For many years the two lived together, in the same house upon St. David's Hill, without any servant or attendant of any kind. The sister who first died was not seen out of doors for many years before her decease, and the one whose death we are now recording, not more frequently than was necessary to purchase the necessary supplies of the house. Though always reputed wealthy, they suffered the house in which they lived to fall into a most ruinous and dilapidated state, and the front shutters were invariably kept closed, so that the house, to the passers by, had all the appearance of being unin habited. On the death of the sister, Miss Catherine Moore hired a person to assist her in the house, who was in the habit of coming in the morning and leaving again at night. Within a comparatively recent period ber habits have become much more expensive than the:y had ever been before. Costly plate, and articles of dress have been purchased in, apparently, the most reckless way ; and she has been dashing about at racris and con certs, and other public places ; her attire, tt whatever cost procured, always maintaining its eccentricity of ap pearance. Her last illness was of short duration, for she had kept her bed only a very few days. Her property is understood to be large, and as she is believed to have died intestate, it will be divided awing her relations, none of whom are rich, There is a story, well authen ticated, about a will that was made but not executed, by which far the larger portion of her wealth would have devolved upon a lady who has manifested for soma time past the most anxious solicitude for her, and has been most assiduous in her endeavours to cheer her for lorn condition. The lady we mean was the , successful Party in a will cause of some consequence, not long since decided in the Ecclesiastical Court of t'ae Diocese. e ffi t e t ult F b e suu a Stp eosupported executed—th e xd rumour eiceu p the o ed i v n_t st bed—theh e i intended it—the tenl ad c w l e y dy i e n i ret g gw : i. r t o teh m e t a kh n ee , e pwi with inl gl Navalwriguard Lieutenant,overthedo ie or— hia th e e ni e f n or tr m a_nc a e nd ol fin e lrly " th b . un happye(ew'a her spirit, pos ri t, s e i s e s o rt the e f the midst coveted e f the inheritance a ar n c iv a l o j ui n h g e her— must fu: I must have been one of intense and most pam,' excite ment." ti ie r e, n in thedel d, Since the above was in type, we have been i t f on authority we can rely, that LieuteeneanntoMm friendly e nephew of the dec eased, who had b terms with his au n t , and had drunk tea with her on the y even ing of his leaving Exeter to join his ship, ,arrlyedon the night of t he late Miss Moore's decease. '.rho de ceased ha d inquired for him only two hours b :fore his arrival, a nd was informed by the nurse he I would be there in ;in hour. Being informed i that Miss 3, Bellew 's solicitor I lad been sent fo r and was n the house Lieute nant Mod )re presented himself at the door, a .nd (not withstani ling the means take n to prevent his en try), was at lengt' a admitted by the nurse. He followed Miss Bellew t. P the bed-room of the deceased, where his en trance ' gas again opposed—but by gently, yet ',firmly, SUN, LONDON, T pushing the door he overcame the resistance opposed to him. On his seeing his aunt she appeared too far gone to recognise him, and shortly after died in his arms. We feel called on to add, that the conduct of the soli citor referred to was throughout such as, from the re spectability of his standing, was to be expected.—Exeter Flying Post. CAUTION TO MOTHERS, NURSES, AND PERSONS DEALING IN " QUIETNESS," OR OPIATES. (From the Bolton Free Press.) As it is notorious that the lives of great numbers of infants are weekly sacrificed by the use of opiates, we consider that the dangers to which infants are exposed from the administration of such compounds cannot be too widely known. In the instance given below of the death of a child which occurred last week, an inquest on the same being held, the jury gave a verdict that the child's death was attributed to the use of drugs, to make it sleep or be " quiet." The child died on yesterday , evening week, but at the time, no apprehension was en tertained that it had come by its death by other than natural causes ; and the inquiry was merely instituted in consequence of the singular account of the death of the child, as given to the registrar of deaths for the district —Mr. Balshaw—who, in consequence thereof, gave information, which caused the inquiry to be made. The inquest was held on Saturday last, at the Three Tuns public-house, Moor-lane, before J. Taylor, Esq., borough coroner. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body of the infant, whose name was John Aldred. The body had a fine healthy appearance. The jury having returned, the coroner proceeded to take the evidence. Mary Davies, widow, deposed—She kept the house where deceased had lived. The child's mother was a weaver, and witness nursed the child while the mother was at work. The child had been subject to what wit ness called " chinks," or chinking fits (apparently con vulsions). He was a healthy child, but had the fits very often—sometimes twice or thrice a day. One of those fits lasted two or three minutes, and he would sleep after having one of them. Witness had never given him any medicine, as she did not consider he needed any. The child had a fit between six and seven o'clock on the pre vious (Friday) evening, and died in it. Never saw a child die in a " chink " before. Did not think he was five minutes from being seized to his dying. Never gave him any sleeping stuff. The CORONER here inquired if any juror wished to ask the witness any questions ? One of the jury said he did, which was—had she ever given the child any " quietness ?" Witness—Yes, they had given him " quietness," which bad been purchased from a woman named Taylor, at the }lash. They got a pennyworth at once, which was about five tea-spoonfuls. They had given him nearly a spoon ful at once, per day, till he got the master of it. Once since then he bad had it twice, so that the child had had one tea-spoonful and a piece, and two tea spoonfuls per day lately—morning and night. He did not sleep so well, but it kept him from being ill-tem pered. The last he had was given to him between five and six o'clock on the Friday evening previous. Wit ness had had nine children of her own, two of which were now living. Had only used similar stuff with two of them. Those were now dead, but they did not die from that. The woman from whom the composition had been purchased was immediately sent for by the coroner. Betsy Aldred, the mother of the child, deposed— Deceased would have been six months old the 25th of this month. She had come to live with Mary Davies about two months since. The child was then healthy, and quite well. They had always given him Mrs. Tay lor's stuff since he was better than three months old, as he had a bad belly, and it had been said it would do him good. It used to cry a deal. She last saw the child about half-past one o'clock on Friday at noon, when he appeared to be well. Had given Mary Davies four shil lings for lodging and nursing ; found money for the stuff from Mrs. Taylor's, and had given Mrs. Davies autho rity to buy it. Deceased was about four days old when he had the first " chink." Witness had never been sub ject to fits. The person (a police officer) who had been sent for Mrs. Taylor, had now returned, and produced some of the composition. Ann Taylor, a respectable-looking elderly female, de posed : She was a widow, and lived in Crook-street. She sold that mixture, and pills, &c., which she made, for a living. The mixture was called " infant's cordial."— [The Coroner asked her to tell the jury of what the mixture was composed, upon which she said she was not very willing to do so, but on being informed of the consequences of refusing she proceeded to comply.]— There was an ounce of laudanum to a pound of mixture. She made it of coriander seeds, Jamaica pepper, car roway seeds, anniseeds, and a small quantity of ginger. It was boiled up with loaf sugar, and made into a syrup. It was sold at the rate of 2d. per ounce, and she sold a middling quantity of it. Four pounds did not last quite a fortnight. She generally gave direc tions for children about five months old to have three fourths of a tea-spoonful at once, and a small tea-spoon ful if above six months old. It was generally bought for young children, but was used by grown-up people for the cramp at the stomach. Her husband had made the same article himself, and was the inventor of it. Parties buying the mixture were charged particularly that not more than she directed should be used at once, and were never told to give it to children more than once a day. The jury consulted an the matter, and the Coroner observed that laudanum was only tincture of opium, and the case, as brought before them, appeared to,him to be the natural consequences of taking opium, which no prudent surgeon would administer to any child under twelve months old, in any form whatever, as it was poi sonous. He belived a great many deaths were caused by the administering of it, and it was very desirable that such an extensive use of it should be stopped ; but in the present instance he was not of opinion that the evi dence would warrant a jury in giving a verdict of man slaughter against any one, though they might state what they believed had been the cause of the death of the child. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased had died from convulsions, brought on by the incautious ad ministration of laudanum." The mother, nurse, and Mrs. Taylor were again called into the jury room, and the Coroner strongly cautioned them against the use of such a mixture—ad vising the first, if she should have more children, to take them to a medical man, if able ; and if not, he would at any time give her a recommendation to the Dispensary. He advised the seller of the article to sell no more of it, lest she should be brought to stand her trial for manslaughter. GLADSTONE ON COLONIAL RAILWAYS. The most important business that has been transacted by Mr. Gladstone, since his accession to office, relates to colonial railways. On the 16th inst. a number of gentle men connected with railway projects for the colonies waited upon Mr. Gladstone, by invitation, to state their views, and respecting the best method of regulating rail way legislation in the colonies, and to learn the in tentions of Government on that head. The same parties were assembled, our readers will re collect, by Lord Stanley for a somewhat similar purpose on the Ist of December last. Or, more properly speak ing, they were assembled to hear his Lordship prescribe regulations for all colonial railways. These regulations were exceedingly objectionable ; and accordingly, strong representations against them were made by several gen tlemen, apparently with little effect. On Friday last, Mr. Gladstone, by a few questions, elicited the opinions of the deputations, and then intimated his own views. Ile did not Junk it expedient, he said, to attempt to dictate regulations to so many and so various countries, as what might be easily practicable and ad vantageous in one, might be the reverse in another. At the same time, he considered it his duty to impart to the Legislature of each colony the benefit of this country's experience. He, therefore, proposed to ad dress to the Governors of all the colonies a circular dispatch containing recommendatory suggestions. The draft of this dispatch Mr. Gladstone read to his visi tors ; it is a lucid communication, evincing a compre hensive acquaintance with the state of the colonies, and appears well calculated to serve as a guide to correct legislation, its leading suggestions are as follows: The ten per cent. shall be paid up on the capital to be employed previously to any Colonial Railway Bill re ceiving the Royal assent in this country ; that provision shall be made for the conveyance of the royal mails, and for the transit of troops, police, ordnance stores, &c. ; that where electric telegraphs are put up, the manage ment of them shall be under the control of Govern ment;' that a revision of tells shall be made periodically on the basis of a seven years' average at 15 per cent. maximum profit ; that the State shall have the option of purchasing at the end of twenty-five years, at the rate of twenty-five years of the current receipts of the Com pany. Some other clauses relate to the inspection of ac counts, provision for the public safety, and the notices required to be given in the colony. Mr. Gladstone evinced anxiety to impress on the minds of the deputations that it was his desire to give the freest scope to individual enterprise, and to leave matters as much as possible between the capitalists of this country and the Legislature of the colonies. At the close of the conference, Sir John Rae Reid, on be half of all the gentlemen present, expressed his hearty concurrence in the views of the Colonial Minister. These were not mere words of compliment. The assent given by the deputations was sincere, cordial, and un reserved. The contrast was remarkable, as it was gra tifying, between Downing-street on the 16th instant and Downing-street on the Ist of December, 1845.—Colonial Gazette. ROMANTIC STORY.—The Journal de Mazne et Loire of the 18th inst. relates the following tale, which may be true, but has certainly the air of invention :—" Two days ago a young milkwoman, of the environs of La Baumettee, newly married, was carrying the produce of her dairy to the market of Angers, when she found on her way a black cow fastened to a tree, and at a safe distance lay under an other tree a large bundle. Her curiosity was first attracted to the latter, which she found to contain a beautiful baby girl, wrapped in fine linen and warm flannels. On further examination she discovered a purse, c; ntaining twenty-five napoleons and an anonymous letter intimating that the mother of the child was driven by powerful consideration to part with it for several years ; that the 500 f. were for the per son who would humanely supply her place, and the black cow was to afford the child milk; adding, that every year the foster-mother should receive an ample sum for the maintenance and edu ca ti on o f th e c hild, un til c i rcums ta nc e s permitted its natural p aren t t o resume t h e c h arge. Th e young milkwoman i accepted the trust thus reposed in her, and instead of proceeding to the market, hastened home with the foundling, the cow, the purse, and the letter.— Galignani's Messenger. PONTEFRACT.—R is strongly reported in Pontefract, and we hope it is true, that John Gully, Esq., is to oppose the two monopolist Members for the borough of Pontefract, at the next general election, on free-trade principles. There is not the slightest doubt that the worthy gentleman would be elected by a large majority,—Leeds Times. URSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, I t-44 6. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, Wednesday, Jan. 28. RAILWAYS (STANDING ORDERS). Mr. GISBORNE (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—And yet the cases which came before even that great court of appeal, were decidedly of inferior importance in point of interest to the cases which came be fore the Standing Orders' Committee. Even the practitioners in the Committee were ignorant of the laws which guided their deci sions ; and how could it be expected that the country would respect then, of his motion was to give the their judgments ? The object , people an opportunity of having the reasons of the decisions of the Committee properly and fully stated, for at present it was a most anomalous and unheard-of tribunal. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Of course there had lately been a vast improvement in it. but at present, by reason of its seeress', a man was forced to part with his property without the slightest reason being assigned by the Committee. He could promise the House, that if they agreed to his motion the country generally, and those persons especially composing what was called " the railway world," would be highly satisfied. There was one very great objection in the constitution of the Stand ing Orders' Cominittee which he wished to redress, - and that was the decision of the Committee being given in secret. Not a syllable was allowed to be heard, unless by stealth, of the decision of these silent tribunals. He knew that the present way in which these Committees were conducted had been a cause of great dissatisfaction to those who were concerned in the carrying out ofrailwayschemes. Thebad odour in which the Standing Orders' Committee were held, might be easily dissipated if one counsel on eacti side were allowed the opportunity of being heard. By this means the suspicions which might attach to the decision of the Committee would be effectually destroyed. He felt satisfied that the Standing Orders' Committee on many oc casions would gladly avail themselves of the assistance of counsel in stating the various points of the case en which they had to adjudicate. It might, on the other hand, be argued, that if the decisions of these Committees were given in public it would lead to a great laxity in the application of the stand ing orders ; but he would maintain that, even if the stringent appli catien of the standing orders were relaxed, the issue would finally lead to the foundation of a system on a firmer and more substantial basis. In conclusion, he would only express the gratification he should feel if the House thought proper to adopt the motions he had proposed. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that he considered the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, if allowed to pass, would have a very injurious effect on the interests of the proprietors of land through whose property the lines of railway would pass. If counsel were to be admitted to be heard before the Standing Orders' Com mittee it would entail a considerable unnecessary expense on those whose property was interfered with, which would be a very great hardship for them. It was well known that the employment of counsel in railway matters was always attended with a very consi derable expense. He considered that the opinions which had been broached by the Honourable Gentleman opposite would be entertained by very few Members of the House. He said, under these circumstances, be would oppose any proposition for introducing counsel into the Standing Orders' Committee, as it was contrary to the opinion of that tribunal, and would impose a vast expense on persons whose Bills should be opposed in Committee. Mr. GISBORNE did not conceive that the introduction of counsel into the Standing Orders' Committee would in any manner remove any suspicions that might be attached to their decisions. They might be wrong in fact, but they w ere right in point of feeling, and he thought - they ought to alter the present Standing Orders' Com mittee, and was sorry that the motion was resisted. Mr STRUTT said that he would make one observation in reply. He would just remark that the Committees on Standing Orders were of a nature perfectly distinct from any other Committees, and he hoped the House would excuse him, while he showed they were different. Their business was transacted in private, the same as other Commit tees. The standing orders allowed that if the parties could show that they had been misled, and had not been guilty of culpable neglect, then the standing orders might be dispensed with ; but, on the contrary, should they have been guilty of such neglect the standing or ders should be enforced. The standing orders also stated that the datum line should be commenced from some certain fixed point, which, in the case of the railway mentioned by the Hon. Member, had not been complied with. The tendency of the Hon. Member's motion would be that of placing the Standing Orders' Committee and the Committee on Private Bills in opposition to each other. He therefore felt under the necessity of opposing the motion of his Honourable Friend. Mr. GISBORNE observed, in reply, that in the case which he adverted to he did not complain of the decision which the Com mittee arrived at—he merely brought it forward as a case which had fallen under his own observation. He would not, however, as he saw the feeling of the House, press his motion, and he would con sequently beg leave to withdraw it. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company. Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for returns made by Mr. Rickman for a period of ninety-one years, showing the ratio which highway rates, poor-rates, and county rates, bore to the public expenditure. Mr. ETWALL gave notice that he would move for a Select Com mittee, on the 10th of February, to inquire into the administration of the poor-law in the Andover Union, and as to how that union has been managed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the Public Works (Ireland) Bill should be read a second time, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite whether it was the intention of Govern ment to bring in a Bill to amend the system of valuation in Ireland ? Sir* T. FREMANTLE intimated his Intention to bring in a Bill for that purpose. Mr. HUME objected to the Bill altogether. He defied any man to say, with that Bill before him, what the law woald be. He thought they were come to that time of day when legislation should be a little intelligible. Everything should be as clear as possible; and he submitted that it was impossible to understand the present Bill on these grounds; therefore he should oppose the Bill. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE thought, that when extensive altera tions were proposed in any law, that the law should be consolidated. The simple object of the present Bill was merely to obtain a grant of money. There were certainly one or two alterations proposed, but they did not effect the principle of the law; merely the details. The first three pages of the Bill were occupied with mere recital, and the rest with the proposed alterations, which did not affect the law already existing. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the principle of the law was not affected by the present Bill. That was only a particular Act of Par liament regulating another particular Act. He did not intend to oppose it, though he reserved to himself the right of making some alterations in the Bill when it went into Committee. He hoped, however, that the Government would not suppose that they had done more than discharge a part of their duty in bringing forward the present mea sure. It was impossible to ever-estimate the distressing state of things which at present existed in that country. They could not conceal from themselves the fact that, in three or four weeks a vast number of the popalation would be subjected to the horrors of famine. The Government, therefore, were quite right in urging on the present measure, for it woald help to alleviate, even to a small extent, the miseries which were impending.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") He would, therefore, give his support to the measure under the pro test that the Government was not to consider that they were doing all that was necessary for Ireland in her present melancholy state. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON would support the general bearings of the Bill, but he would, when the provisions of that measure came before the House, suggest some amendments. He thought that the sth and 6th clauses required some amendment. These clauses referred to the sum to be expended on public works, and he was of opinion that the Bth clause gave sufficient powers. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD would beg to express his dissent to the 3d clause. Itprovided that two justices and three cess payers should be sufficient to carry out the powers of that clause. The Hon. Gentleman should remember the power of justices in appointing the cess payers who were to sit with them, and how very partially they might act on that power. Sir H. W. BARRON rose to call the attention of the Bight Hon. Baronet opposite, and of the Government in Ireland, to the fact that the paltry sum of 50,0001. could not, under existing circumstances, tend in any great degree to relieve the distress of the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the commission that was now sitting in Dublin had calculated that for three months in the pre sent year there would be feu r millions of people unemployed . He had no wish to exaggerate the amount of distress, but he had seen reason to believe that this calculation was rather under than over the mark. What, then, would be this 50,0001. divided amongst four millions of people? Why, it would be exactly threepence a head for three months.—(llear, hear.) And this was the sort of employment they were going to give the people of Ireland to enable them to support themselves, their children and families, for a period of three months.—(Hear, hear.) It would be like a drop of water to the sea. The Government ought to come forward more liberally, with the ample means they had at their command and give the people of Ireland employment, and not charity. That was the great principle which ought to guide all Governments in their legislation, no matter whether they were despotic or monarchical.—(Hear, hear.) The pressing calamity which had fallen upon the land called for active and urgent measures on the part of the Government. It was no comrsan case, that had fallen upon mere trade in some particular town or district. It was the visitation of an all-wise Providence that was impending over the nation, and no ordinary or common measures would avert it. The people of Ireland did not want charity; they wanted employment, and it was in the power of Government to give it them, and he was sure the landed interest would come forward and assist them in promoting public works. In his part of the country several of the landholders had already come forward to give employment to their fellow-men, and he had no doubt they would come forward in large numbers in ether parts of the country. There was plenty of employment for them, but the landed interest of this country was so poor that with out the aid, the liberal aid, of the Government, they could not distribute it amongst the people.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated both in that House and elsewhere, by Members whom he regretted not to see in their places, that England ought to be taxed for the benefit of Ireland. Tax the English people ! Why, did not the Irish people bear their fair proportion of the taxes of the whole kingdom ? Did they not pay enormous Excise and other duties ? Did not the landed proprietors of Ireland, resident in this country, pay their share of the income-tax out of the money de rived from their estates ? And had not the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the Irish people were taxed more than any other people on the face of the earth ? He (Sir H. W. Barron) believed that the people of that unhappy country were taxed more in proportion to their means than the inhabitants of any other country in Europe. Ireland did not ask for charity, but for her fair share of the taxes realised, and to be considered and treated as a portion of the kingdom. If they did not give them their fair Share of the taxes, in heaven's name let them have' the manage ment of their own affairs, and the levying of their own taxes. Let them not delude themselves with the belief that this measure would employ the people of Ireland. Before many weeks had passed they would have to adopt other and more enlarged measures to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES considered that the measure was quite inadequate to meet the impending evil of famine, and the consequent sufferings of the people.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the evil of the potato disease should have been met in a totally different manner. The landed proprietors of Ireland should go and reside amidst their unhappy tenantry and spend there every shilling they had, and if they had no money it was their duty to borrow it. He would not except dukes and other noblemen from doing this, as it was every man's duty to do all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the people of Ireland. He was sure the House of Commons would readily adopt 'any measure which should have for its ohject the improvement of the condition of that people, and to save them from the sufferings which the potato disease threatened. Mr. F. FRENCH did not object to the measure, and contended that the proprietors of the sell ought, for their own sakes, to take steps to alleviate all the impending evil which he was satisfied they would do if facilities were given to them. Colonel CONOLLY was very happy to find that the people of Ire land were to have this money on loan at a very reasonable interest. It was what ho had been striving for for years. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on the part of Sir Robert Peel, gave notice that the Right Hon. Baronet would to-morrow move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday next, Friday being a holiday usually observed, and no public business being down for that day. Mr. F. FRENCH said that Friday would be the last day for receiving petitions against certain private Bills. An adjournment, therefore, would be inconvenient to those Members who might have such petitions to present. Sir J. GRAHAM said the matter should be considered to-morrow. The House then adjourned at Two o'clock. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM LA PLATA. (From the Brazil Courier, Dec. 13.) DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTERIES OF ROSAS, IN THE PARANA, BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. On the part of the English there were the steamers Gorgon and Firebrand, Captain Hope ; corvette Comus, Captain Ingeltield ; th e brigs Philomel, Captain Sullivan, and the Dolphin, Captain Leving ; the brigantine Fanny, Captain Key. Captain Hotham, commander in -chief, on board the Gorgon. On the part of the French there were the steamer Fulton, Captain Mazeres ; the corvette Expeditive, Captain de Miniac ; the brigs Pandour, Captain Du Parc, St. Martin, and the brigantine Proceda, Captain de la Riviere. Captain Trehouart was the commander-in chief on board the St. Martin. On the 18th of November, the combined forces moored about three miles from Point Obligado. In the evening the captains of the Fulton and Philomel went in a boat to reconnoitre the frontiers of the enemy's forces. They found four batteries established on the right bank of the river. These batteries mounted about 24 pieces of artillery, mostly of heavy ca libre, besides several detached field-pieces. The river itself was barred by a stockade formed with 24 vessels, bound together tbe by three strong iron chains. This stoc kade was 'placed between third and fourth batteries. At one of the extremities on the right bank were 10 fire-ships ready to be let go; at the other ex tremity, on the left bank, was moored the Republicano (Rosas's brig), armed with many pieces of heavy calibre, and designed to take in en filade the opposing ships. Two of these batteries were nearly on a level with the river, and two others on peaks more or loss elevated. Lastly, about 4,000 men, infantry and cavalry, were posted so as to protect the shores, and oppose any landing. The works were very strong, and evidently under the direction of Euro pean engineers, well acquainted with the rules of art ; and the tenacity of resistance is to be attributed to the fact that the batteries were served by foreign deserters. On the morning of the 20th, as soon as forist cleared away, ack. the combined forces formed in three divisionsthe purpose of at The first, under the orders of Captain Sullivan, and composed of the Philomel, the Expeditive, and the schooners Fanny and Proceda, received orders to take position towards the south on the left bank, a little above the batteries, at above 700 metres distance, se as to take them en echarpe. This manceuvre succeeded perfectly, and firing commenced immediately on both sides.o The second division, under the command of Captain Trehonart, composed of the St. Martin, the Comus, the Pandour, and the Dolphin, took up a position towards the north, quite close to the stockade, and in front of the batteries, and at the same distance of 700 metres. This division was not only to attack the batteries, but also the Republicans, whose fire took it in en „filade, as before stated. Un fortunately, whilst the St. Martin was anchoring, the wind happen ing to fail the vessels which followed her, the brig was for a long time exposed to the lire of the batteries, and this tire was directed against her with a greater fury, because she was recognised as ono of the Buenos Ayrean squadron captured before Monte Video The, generous efforts, however, of the Dolphin to draw close, suc ceeded in effectually assisting the St. Martin by the diversion of her artillery, and by drawing on herself a part of the enemy's fire. The St. Martia I had already her two only officers and several of her seamen severely wounded. The Comus and the Pandour had, by this time, come to take positions as near as the bank permitted, as well as the Fulton and Precede, to both of which Captain Trehouart had made signal to join. The battle was then continued with spirit on both sides. Although the enemy distributed his shot pretty freely against all opponents, his especial fury was directed against the St. Martin throughout the engagement. This brig had 44 men placed hors de sombat, tvro pieces dismounted, her rigging destroyed, her masts ready to fall—the mainmast alone having received 11 balls. Notwithstanding all these disad vantages, she continued to fight vigorously, when another shot struck her chain-cable, and at length forced her to quit her position. A bomb-shell from the Dolphin at the same moment set fire to the Republican, which shortly after blew up. The fire-ships wore then launched by the enemy, but being turned by the current did not produce the intended effect. The third division, under the command of Captain Hotham, was composed of the Gorgon and Firebrand (the Fulton had joined the second division), had waited in observation at the distance of 1,500 metres from the farthest battery, throwing thence hollow projectiles in all directions. Captain Hope, of the Firebrand, went in his boat into the \ midst .of the fire to break the chains which united the stockade. His intrepidity was crowned with the most complete success. When once the chains were broken, the strong current opened the line of vessels forming the stockade, and the Fulton immediately took ad vantage to pass through and place herself in a position higher up, so as to cross her fire with that of the first division. It was at this period that Captain Trehouart, quitting the St. Mar tin, which was totally disabled for further service, went on board the Gorgon to concert with his colleague C apt . Hotham. Thence he passed to the Expeditive, and made the signal of union to the Pandour and Proceda ; he then ordered his three ships to run aground at pistol• shot distance from the batteries, upon which they threw a shower of grape. The corvette, Comus, came up quickly to sustain this intrepid manoeuvre. At the same time Captais Hotham disembarked with much skill and vigour 325 English soldiers. This determined con duct on the part of the two commanders, executed with equal bravery and success, overcame the last resistance of the enemy, and decided the day. The first English detachment, under the command of Captain Sullivan, had been received on landing by a heavy fire of musketry from the enemy in ambush in an adjoining wood, bat the arrival of the rest of the troops, under the orders of Lieutenant Hindle, quickly put the enemy to flight, notwithstanding the efforts of their cavalry, which were charging and ruthlessly slaughtering the English infantry. Captain Trehouart, having likewise landed with his men, shortly after joined the English, and took possession of the batteries, on which the enemy discontinued further resistance. On the morning of the 21st additional forces landed, and completed the destruction of the batteries. The gun carriages were destroyed, and the guns broken or cast Into the river. Ten bronzed cannon only were preserved, and shipped on board the combined squadron. All this day the allied forces remained ashore without being in the least disturbed. It was during the hottest part of this remarkable engagement that Captain Hotham wrote to his colleague, Captain Trehouart, the words underneath quoted—words equally honourable to the writer and to the party addressed—" If the title of brave' has ever been deserved, it is by you and your crews." "Si le titre de brave a ja male etc merits, c est par vous et vos equipages." The engagement with the batteries began at 10 a.m., and lasted till 5 P.M., during which time there was an incessant firing. From 5 to 7 P.M. the landing and the destruction of the works took place. The loss of the combined forces is—French, 18 dead and 70 wounded. Among the dead, Michaud, officer of the St. Martin. Among the wounded, the officers are—Hello, same ship ; Vemeix, of the Pandour; Simmonneu, Expeditive; and David, Fulton. The English lost-10 dead and 25 w•unded, and among the former are two officers, Lieutenant Brigdale, Firebrand ; and Andrews, Dolphin. The Fulton has received 104 shots, the Dolphin 107. The St. Martin has been literally drilled. Captain Trehouart had only one officer on board, and half the crew hors de combat, or 44 to 96. The loss of the enemy cannot be ascertained, carts being constantly employed to remove the dead and wounded : it must be considerable. In two batteries only there were found 408 dead, 250 in one and 150 in the other. Private letters state that the neighbouring woods contain many dead. The battle of Obliged° is the more honourable to the two servlCos in that it was not ships of the line and frigates, bat merely brigs, ana even smaller vessels, which advanced against batteries well served, well mounted, and well defended by retrenchments and works pre pared for three months previously, and which were fought bravely for seven consecutive hours. This victory will destroy the prestige which has hitherto favoured Roses, and will open to the two intervening Powers a great work of civilisation. The thoroughly cordial understanding which has uninterruptedly existed between the civil representatives and the naval and military chiefs of the allies, the energetic conduct of their squadrons, and the complete union and mutual loyalty with which, on this occasion, they co-operated, are certain guarantees of ultimate and early success. HADDIN GT ON. FICTITIOUS VOTES. (From the Berwick Advertiser.) The Town Council of Haddington having had under their consideration the system of fictitious voting, at present existing, unanimously appointed a committee to adopt measures for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the Legislature, electors, and the public in general, the unconstitutional and discreditable nature of such votes. As an address to the electors of the burgh of Haddington seemed to the committee one of the best means to further the above purpose, the following was submitted to the consideration of the Provost, Magis trates, and Council, who unanimously approved of and adopted it, and agreed that it should be printed and cir culated:— ADDRESS. When the Reform Bill extended the Elective Fran chise in: Scotland, it provided, that the electors of any city, burgh, or town, were to be the " true Owners," or occupants (see see. XL and throughout,) of premi• ses of the yearly value of 101. or upwards ' • and, ac cordingly, none but those who, bona fi de, held property, either as owners or occupants, in the city, burgh, or town, were to be registered as electors. Of late years, however, in order to serve political purposes, a system has sprung up in many other burghs of Scotland, as well as our own, which has for its aim, the fabricating or manufacturing of votes in a fictitious way, and not iu compliance with the plain and honest meaning of the Reform Bill, which specifies that " true owners or occu pants," are alone to be registered. It may be necessary to point out in this address the way which these fictitious votes aro manufactured:—A proprietor of a house, or other property in the burgh, willing to serve a political purpose, divides his property into lots, each of the value of 101. yearly rent; he makes over each lot to a person who will serve his political end; he gives him a disposition to the 101. lot; takes his bilf for the pretended value of it; but the voter is never in-, feft in the property, nor is the disposition, in general, delivered up to the party in whose favour it is made. It is, therefore, quite apparent that this system is not in accordance with the true spirit and honest meaning of the Reform Bill, as by means of the illusory' votes thus fabricated, it has already been employed tor swamp the votes of the real or bonz fide constituenoy.. In the burgh of Haddington a considerable number of such t votes exist, which have been frequently exercised at the municipal elections, to the prejudice, loss, and detri ment of the bona fide voters ; and in course of time, the: evil may be so much increased, that the Parlia mentary, as well as Municipal influence of burghs, mayi be s.3lely vested, not in the resident and true voters, but i in parties altogether strangers Co the burgh, and who can have no real or immediate interest in it at all. Connected with this system, attention is particularly requested to the nature of the oath, which the Reform Bill allows to be administered to voters, suspected 0 , holding fictitious votes. The oath is as follows A. 8., do solemnly swear, that I am the individual de scribed in the register for as A. 8., of , that I am still the proprietor (or occupant,) of the property for which I am so registered, and hold the same for my own benefit, and not in trust for, or at the pleasure of any other person, and that I have not already voted at this election. It may be said in justification of these fictitious votes, that they have been placed on the roll by the registering sheriff, and hence are legal votes, and this may be the way in which the holders of them soothe their consci ences, in taking the oath, but it was just because the Legislature foresaw that legal votes might be made, which yet ought to be excluded, that it has appealed to the moral and religious feelings of the voter, by interpos ing an oath ; for it must be evident, that an oath would not have been resorted to, had it been possible by the force of law to prevent such practices. If, then, the oath ought to have been taken in the plain sense in which it was enacted, and without any men• tal reservation, equivocation, or explanation, inconsistent with the purpose of its enactment, it is earnestly sug gested to all to whom the oath may be put, that they reconsider the grounds on which they are satisfied, they can, with a clear conscience, take the burden upon them selves of answering as before God, and that, in their case, the evident intention of the Legislature in im posing the oath, has been complied with. In the inde cency and irreverence with which the oath has been often taken—its solemnity, as the most sacred assevera tion a man can make, is entirely broken and disregarded; and a wholesale deterioration of public morals, as well as much moral guilt, is the natural and necessary conse quence of such a system. The Town Council of Haddington, therefore, feel it to be their duty to impress on every individual elector of this burgh, the necessity of lending a helping hand to prevent, if possible, the further increase of such a perni cious system, alike discreditable to those who are the means of making them. It is the intention of the coun cil to correspond with the other burgs of Scotland, in order to obtain their co-operation, in an application to Parliament, for a remedial measure ; and to request them to bring the subject particularly under the consi deration, both of their representatives, and of their con stituencies. In the meantime, however, much may be done by each individual elector, condemning the system as mush as possible, and bringing it, by the force of public feeling, into just and merited unpopularity and odium. WM. DODS, Provost. The above are the resolutions and address of the Town Council of Haddington on the subject of ficti tious votes in the burgh. We have only to mention Lion that the Council is composed of Conservatives as well as Whigs, and that the resolutions and address were unanimous adopted„ Several fictitious voters are reported, before the issuing of this address, to have re nounced their claims, and we should think that those who hold them after this " expose" by foe and friend, are destitute alike of intellectual and moral perception, and totally void of self-respect. BARBADOES COAL.—The following analysis of the bituminous coal found in ♦arious parts of the island of Bar badoes, has been made by Mr. Herapath, of Bristol : " The specimen of coal sent me for analysis contains, in 100 parts, as follows : Bitumen, resolvable by heat into tar and gas 61.6 Coke Ashes Sulphur...... none 100 The large proportion of bitumen, in comparison to the coke or carbon, will prevent this coal from being used as a com mon fuel, unless some means are taken to remedy the incon venience; it should be mixed with some substance more fixed in the fire, and consequently of longer endurance in the heat. Hard charcoal, more refractory coal, and even perhaps earthly substances, would be beneficial. If it could thus be made to give a more solid heat, there is nothing to prevent its being made use of gene rally, as the ashes are in very small proportion, and it contains r o sulphur, which is very injurious in several. manufactures. I should think it could advantageously be employed in the production of gas, of which it would furnish a large quantity, and of a very rich quality, even exceeding that of the cannel coal, the best for that purpose hitherto known. It is useless for me to give the number of thousand elbic feet to be obtained from a ton, as the quantity and quality varies according t o th e h ea t administered during the gas-making; but I can say with certainty, that a larger quantity can be made from this variety than from any known coal.— William Herapath."—Colonial Gazette. USEFUL POETESS.—MrS. Sigourney, the celebrated poetess, took the premium at the late fair of the American In stitute, for the beet pair of domestic pia atockhige. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jan. 28. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) MORSE •. TUCKER. His HONOUR delivered judgment in this case this morn ing. It appeared that Owen Edwards made a will in 1823, devising his estates to his wife for life, and to his daughters as tenants in common, making the wife his executrix. After Ithe testator's death. in 1826, it was found that he had granted a re-lease to Mr. Morse ef some property, but that his re-lease had not been properly executed. Morse was turned out of the property in 1831, and by him an action for mesne profits was instituted, in which he recovered costs against the repre sentatives of Edwards to the amount of about 2,0001. In 1837 a bill was filed urging payment of that sum, and in the month of May, 1845, the case came before his Honour, who directed an action by the representatives of Morse against Edwards, whereby Morse recovered damages to the amount of 1,4651. That sum was given by the verdict in consequence of his Honour's order in consideration of the value of the lease, and of the crops on the ground at the time of tke ejectment. The plaintiffs in the present suit claimed the sum recovered as damages, and the costs of the various suits in which they had been engaged, and interest on the same, resting their Claim against the real estates of the defendant as a debt within the will of the testator. His Honour went through the authorities quoted on both sides, and, after commenting on the cases cited, made an order in favour of the plaintiffs in the suit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Mr. Edward Bryant Carey, solicitor, of Southampton. buildings, Chancery-lane, was placed at the bar for re-exa minaticn, on the charge of forging a document purporting to be the office .copy of a certificate of the Accountant-General, acknowledging the payment into the Bank of England, to his account, of the sum of 2,5961.175., in pursuance of an order of the Court of Chancery, in the matter of the Rev. E. Franks, a lunatic, deceased; and also a further document, purporting to be the receipt of the Bank of England for the same amount. Mr. Clark (with Mr. Hayward, from the Treasury-office) attended on behalf of the Crown, and Mr. J. H. Parry (with Mr. Horsley, solicitor) appeared for the prisoner. The Learned Counsel for the prosecution referred briefly to the particulars deposed to at the last examination, when Mr. Bellamy, of Brighton, and Mr. C. J. Foster, of Lincoln's Inn, as co-trustees of the affairs of the deceased, explained the part taken by themselves in obedience to the orders of the Court, and the instructions given to the prisoner, as solicitor to the trust. The letters of the prisoner to the trustees, en closing the documents alleged to be forged, were then pro duced, and Mr. Clark now proposed to offer evidence as to the forgery. The cheque, signed by Messrs. Bellamy and Foster, and crossed to the Accountant-General, was altered after leaving the hands of the trustees, the words " Messrs. Gosling and Co." having been written across the cheque, and the words " the Accountant-General" erased therefrom. Mr. G. Strange. of the King's-road, Chelaa, clerk in the bank of Messrs. Gosling and Co., of Flee -street; deposed that the prisoner kept an account at their bank. On the 24th of June last witness received two cheques to the credit of Mr. Garey, the prisoner, one of them being for the sum of 2,5961. 17s. Witness endorsed the cheque, and it was the same as now produced, although he could not say if it was in the same condition. Mr. Frederick Strachan, another clerk in the same bank, deposed to having taken the cheque to Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, upon wham it was drawn, and it was paid in the usual course of business. Mr. J. Hayward, clerk to Mr. Maule, solicitor to the Trea sury;produced an office-copy of the order made by the Lord Chancellor in the matter of the Rev. E. Franks, and was examined as to its accuracy, &c. Mr. S. Parklnson, chief clerk at the Accountant-General's office, in Chance ,y-lane, inspected the document produced by the last witness, and after stating in detail the mode in which business was conducted in the Accountant-General's office, he deposed that within the last few days he bad exa mined the direction-book, the ledger, the journal, and the receipt-book, and there were no entries in either of them relating to any payment under the order in question. He had examined them from the sth of November, 1844 (the date of the order of the Lord Chancellor), up to within a day or two ago. Cross-examined by Mr. Parry—l have been in the Ac countant-General's-office upwards of thirty years, and have known the prisoner, as having business with the office, nearly the whole of that time. He is known also to every other clerk in the office. I know nothing of him beyond this. Mr. S. J. Smyth, a clerk in the Chancery-office of the Bank of England, where sums of money were received under the direction of the Accountant-General, and placed to the credit of the particular cause specified in the certificate, said, on the production of the certificate or direction of the Ac countant-General, with the sum of money mentioned therein, the clerk receiving it would make out a receipt, which, after being entered in the cash-book, would be handed to the per son paying the same, to take over to the cashier in another department. A memorandum of the payment would then be sent up to the Accountant-General's-office, and the certi ficate filed in the Chancery-office of the Bank of England. Witness had held his present situation for nine years, and was acquainted with all the cashiers in the Bank, and all the entry clerks in his department. There had not been, during that time, any cashier named " W. R. West," nor any entry clerk named "F. H. Ward." (These were the names signed to the document represented by the prisoner as an office copy of the receipt given at the Bank of England.) Mr. Clark was about to examine the witness upon the contents, or rather the non-contents of the cash and entry books, but Mr. Parry objected to any such statement being made in the absence of the books of which he was going to speak. Mr. Clark said he believed the Governors of the Bank of England did not allow the production of their books. Mr. Parry denounced this notion as a parcel of stuff, and observed that the Bank of England was as much bound by he laws of the land as a greengrocer. He stated that in the case of Barber and Fletcher the books of the Bank of England were produced at the Mansion-house and thoroughly examined. After some further discussion the point was deddel in accordanee with Mr. Parry's view of the matter. His Worship, therefore, ordered the production of 54 looeks, although Mr. Smyth stated that, if assented to, it might have the effect of stopping the entire business of the Bank of England. Mr. Smyth was subsequently cross-examined by Mr. Parry as to the payment of the cheque. If it had been crossed as it originally was, instead of bearing the words "Gosling and C 0.," it would not have been paid. The cheque, as drawn by Messrs. Bellamy and Foster, the trustees, would not have been received, unless previously cashed elsewhere. Mr. F. Reid, a clerk in the report-office, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Parkinson as to the furnishing of office copies of the Accountant-General certificates on payment of the usual fees, &c., and explained some other routine busi ness of his department. He was confident that the docu ment produced (the one sent by the prisoner to the trus tees) was not an office-copy, from the fact that it was not in the handwriting of any of the clerks, and was not drawn in the manner invariably adhered to in the office, there being nineteen lines to the page instead of twenty-six, and six words in the line instead of seven. The amount of the fee was also different. Cross-examined—He was certain that the handwriting was not that of either of the clerks in the office, because all the copies passed through his hands. There might be hun dreds of thousands of these copies in the course of the year; he could not speak within a thousand. Many writers out of the office were employed to furnish copies. A lad, who had been in the prisoner's service from No vember to Saturday last as a clerk, proved that the alleged office-copy was written by him, in obedience to his master's directions, on Saturday, the 17th instant, from a copy which the prisoner gave him. The prisoner desired him to be careful with it and not to spoil it, as he had no other paper folded in the same manner; he also explained the form in which he was to write it. On the same evening witness took a large letter to the Post-office, directed to Mr. Bellamy, of Brighton, The direction produced was the same. No further evidence was offered, and the case was conse quently adjourned, for the production of the Bank books,unti Wednesday week. Mr. TWYFORD refused, on application, to admit the pri sone r to bail, and he was accordingly remanded for a foe night. WORSHIP-STREET. A powerful fellow, named William Newcombe, apparently a journeyman shoemaker, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with the following scandalous outrage upon a poor woman named Anne Anderson, the wife of a waterman, and also with attacking and injuring two other women, named Jury and Ledger. Harriette Jury, whose head was bandaged and both of whose eyes were puffed up and contused, stated, that on the preceding afternoon she was told by a friend of hers that the prisoner wanted to see her, and she accordingly went to the house of Mrs. Anderson, where he lodged, to inquire for him. On ascending the first flight of stairs, the prisoner came out of an adjoining room and immediately accused her of at tempting to injure his character by spreading false rumours respecting him amongst his neighbours. She earnestly as sured him that she had not done so, but the prisoner, who was greatly excited, replied that he knew she had, and be fore she had an opportunity of inquiring what had been said of her, struck her such a violent blow between the eyes that she was felled backwards down the stairs into the bottom passage, and remained for a considerable time in a state of total insensibility. Ellen Ledger, the wife of a mechanic living in the house, gave an almost identical account of the commencement of the outrage with that of the preceding witness, and stated, that after the latter had been hurled down the stairs by the prisoner, Mrs. Anderson gently rebuked him for his conduct, and told him he eught to be ashamed of himself for so bru tally striking a woman, on which the prisoner instantly struck her down by a blow in the face, and kicked her violently several times in the side, although she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and on seeing that she was entirely motionless and insensible, declared, with an oath, that he should die perfectly happy if he could' only be sure that he had murdered both of the women. As the pri soner was then trying to escape from the house the witness attempted to stop him, but had no sooner placed her hand upon his shoulder for that purpose, than she was herself felled to the ground by a blow on the neck, and the prisoner rushed past her out of the house. A policeman deposed that, upon being made acquainted with the outrage the prisoner had committed, he went in search of him, and having succeeded in tracing him to a neighbouring public-house, in the tap-room of which he was sitting with the greatest coolness and indifference, took him into custody. The witness handed up to the bench a me dical certificate, signed by two surgeons who had been in attendance upon the injured woman Mrs. Anderson, and which stated that she was then confined to her bed with congestion of the brain, and suffering from such other alarm ing symptoms, that it was impossible, if she should recover, she could attend and prosecute the prisoner for a consider able time. _ _ _ Daniel Anderson, the woman's husband, said that his wife was in such a dangerous state, from the violence she had I sustained and her being so far advanced in pregnancy, that he bad next to no hopes but that it would result in her death. About a twelvemonth since his wife had been obliged to apply for a peace-warrant against the prisoner, in conse quence of threats he had uttered towards her, and he having been compelled in consequence to abscond and keep out of the way to avoid the service of it until very recently, the witness had uo doubt this was the cause of his having so brutally treated her, as she had offered him nothing that could be called provocation before he struck her. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was so ex asperated by the scandalous remarks that had been made about him that he had no recollection whatever of striking the woman Anderson, against whom he had not the'slightest animosity, as had been stated; and that if the other woman had sustained any injuries, they were caused by her own misconduct in making an unprovoked attack upon him, against which he had some difficulty in defending himself. Mr. BROUGHTON said, that as it appeared very problema tical from the surgeon's certificate whether Mrs. Anderson would recover from the effects of the violence inflicted upon 'her, he should order the prisoner to be brought up again next week, by which time the woman's condition would most :probably be ascertainable; and if a sudden change for the worse should take place, and it should be requisite for him to 'attend and receive her deposition, the constable must lose no ;time in apprising hire of the necessity of ao doing. ilo OUR HOME and FOREIGN T .- (From the Sentinel of Jan. 25, 1846.) „ fij o Mr. Porter, in his " Progress of the Nati t o, eigh und reJ the annual amount of our home tra de at millions, and that of our foreign tr ade at forty 0'4, 5 According to this estimate, the for mer is twentY more valuable than the latter, with this additlo.oswo, ie 0 1 0 vantage in its favour, that nothing but our bad Tn tion can prevent its expansion ; wh ile the f o rce, _ ce is alwas exosed to the jealousy or the igee i s ' el ! ne r. some hostile p tariff. The opening of Parliamen t i vPr tune for some remarks on this subject. Govern me nt t° We hold it to be the first duty of a 0 eel foster the home trade ; and we think the niesn s , r ire end eery simple, for they a re evolved ou t of t7 ite r s of ciples of human nature. 'The desires and aP.Pe`eatie men are, the true sources of nation al wealth, ' to o il they are the incentives to labour, wbioll ere ; t iAle. , wealth. Now, these desires and appetites are in Cons r since .we all crave for more than we have., uo ptioll , quently, there is• no assignable limit to c"n' O . ut oeoti and, therefore, in the sense and spirit of this ar7er co there can never be over-production ; for, whee e itsle nt sumes, must replace what he consumes bY eq of production ; and thus the balance between the t in t he may be perpetually preserved. Over-productio ail' sense of merchants and manufacturers, rests on naryi iic h ice ferent principles from those here indicated, en shall comment presently. wptingl All classes and grades of men, unde r the Ppaternall d of nature, desire to be consumers ; a wised o des (), Government should enable all classes ano3o 0, o r men to gratify that desire. Not a man' a nd Ne child, but ought to be well fed, well clothed d ones. housed. It seems strange, we had almos t 81 010 tural, to clothe foreigners, when our own cen t if are in rags. It is also curious to note, that, be e prove scarce in any country, and is about t 0 be ported, the people frequently resist the shiln n „ n e w whoever heard of the naked populace s t. t n yrns passage of a vessel out of port laden with t i t he calicoes, or broadcloth ? It may be said th the otb ii sistance in the one case and the passiveness i n "f coed' , are accounted for by the fact, that the desire n su cb o o l l more imperious than the desire of clothin' co nfo s „ answer may satisfy small philosophers, l'fb° With t ,p .' the degrees or modifications of a prieelltwtb" principle itself ; but it ought to have no weight enlightened statesman. A 6 10 111 r We have said that it seems strange, our c al ° natural, to send clothing to foreigners , svri n ade vo r r countrymen, perhaps the very persons v n i ° fore' , a l clothing, are in rags. If it be replied, that the 0 a nt can pay for the clothing, while our country of t hel pay for it, we must demur to the efficienei °Egliogai planation, for it cuts the knot, without ner e ;y far i j For we demand, why cannot our countrynlen e a 70 14 ,, t e - We presume they are capable of p r oducing eh - e e, 1 ",: e fact, that they have produced it. Whence , '„ incapacity to purchase ? If it arises from heti tO io r paid in wages, pay them more ; if from b e. wdiffic ti l i exempt them from taxes. No one can 6 01 , 11 . dif 6ctit here, unless he is one of that class who f ind eat in being just. tu rer is In what manner would the British reantsc,e css e ig these objections? He would probably state his somewhat the following terms:—" To c oroPe c te „,4 o , 4 // 4 tinental producers, I must reduce my cost ' ae lfs s Ze: to the continental evel. It is true Ihave " o p' of superior machinery, but that atone does ro e,' The food of the foreigner costs less than mi ne - vi f ' e l e i 4 0 his taxes are much lighter than mine. wo therefore, are less than mine ; and wag es "" cro o l , o o element in the cost of production. I n tl i tpee successful prosecution of my foreign trad e "" e " cheapness." h Id We may now understand why the Britisher i 5 of clothing may be in rags, while the foreig n e o. e pa with the hard labour of his unrequited 'TS t bl wages of our workman are reduced to the '"" ni oss' e il and are then taxed at the highest possi ble I' ° the Customs and Excise. Hence he is doomed hichlie us the reward for creating the wealth bY 1v " a ti surrounded. 'll °it t V Sir Robert Peel has boasted that he wilrio country the cheapest country in the wor ld ' he 10` ( ; benefit the working man ? If he thinks so, t"iBels'd! value his labour becomes, the better for hi m. he to sell ? Nettling but his labour. Is 1 1 e 5 0 0 G ° selling it for sixpence instead of a shilling r does acre labourers don't think so. But who res, llY ba ers , by the depreciation of labour ? Why t.e,,, 641 labour and of its produce, the fundholder, t", 1 30 tp ment pensioner and annuitant, the idle richh' s re d, , shilling's worth of labour for sixpence. .r:ve, ee parties whom Sir Robert Peel's scheme wol ' j t bsv,fr it will prostrate industry. It is cheap la ft bo h n p r women and children to the factory, for it t''"„ sib ceived sufficiently high wages, they might stye bet; and it is cheap labour that has extended t " toil from ten to fourteen hours. ribl e e s fr Now what is the remedy for this mos t b°,t'aile ,tr of thiags? A general rise of prices in the 1,,k i / ket, and such a currency as would permit that 1 ",, prices. High prices would give high vielifsc,` working-classes, and high profits to the twroe d The idle and rich consumer would of course 4001 Y,, these high prices, and thus, hi s propel d eely ; taxed, while industry would be untaxed. laide's annuity of one hundred thousand P . , e ." - ett e , be reduced iu purchasing power, and to nros°;o', that reduction, labour would gain. Lo rt- 5 ,0 1 ;1 1 pension would be diminished, as well as t he „ dio d rP the Judges, and the fundholder would ha ve ": a 6 ;t ° a large per tentage on his dividends. In fac" t ote ) rise of prices, in a proper currency, woul d ° P e indirect mode of direct taxation. Just as we increased the wages of ttl e , i seDe classes, who constitute the great body of ee n ", should we raise the value of our home manes, 00, had money, they could purchase commoditilvorry, more money they had, the more they we el" ;43 o , Their desires and appetites would grow 0 0 p ie' oe! fed. There would be no need to seek for a fl r yi " ittl? till our own population were fully supPlie„e. t; article they needed of domestic manufacw-orrl supply perfected, the surplus could be 1 t 0 , 40 foreign luxuries. Nothing more is requirl i ec e lfr i - e i , those results than enriching our own industry ()I to !, by giving them a larger share of the pro d Oily 'ff labour than they now receive, and this is - tbe done by charging that produce dearer t e ° consumer. o f When our merchants and manufacturer s production, they confound inability to P i t; t unwillingness to consume. A man Inai"Zot O. ;,,j . though he does not want appetite. Nature le - s oS by the state of the foreign exchanges or the ' D ie tz bullion in the Bank cellars. The desire 0 ' be ad clothing remains in full force,_ whatever WIZ ' 4. / 1 dition of Threadneedle-street or Capel-cenfroo we had wise laws and an honest Government , j, e would never be allowed to remain ungrati6e as industry was adding to national wealth. cl' e n The reason why we are compelled to 13 , e ',311 11 , foreigners, is because they will only deal k ith tY: 0'; cording to natural value. If any part of •° c i ; is embodied in the price of our commodities'eleT, not purchase them ; any portion of our national debt, or our re,t for why should a fe re ,. / 5 0i 1 6 , annuities ? They therefore deal with us in t ; ef f e; gold prices. But we cannot deal with ea c ; 0 5 ' these terms ; for if we sell as cheap at 1 10111- ‘ l3° abroad, all the taxes must necessarily fall 0 0 , 11 1 a Pc,,1 4 ducer. If the English consumer pays 'W ha t he merely pays the natural valueo f ' t he '" J 4 sums, but he escapes all that addition tO race s :, c 5 production which taxation demands and e,..,11'-faio",f, the home-trade, therefore, we require a c s ti`,,,t;r 4 rency, in which the nominal pound shall b e t depreciated as to be the exact measure of ~ „t " uld By that contrivance, the industrious class 4 1 7.0 il l " „c 0;; taxation ; for though they would, in the, fist still pay the customs and excise, they evoillt',; o 3lvol , : payment in the extra price charged to the ; 3 , - 0, their goods. This is the equitable adjusn c l e g l should forthwith be made between Labour P" As'ef9 l , ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURS a t HOLLOWAY'S PlLLs.—Patrick Casey, resitliag hr o" ai e r t ,bs place, Brunswick-square, had suffered from a c : s s oil for more than three years. This poor man, f o r Op) , ft' sufferer that he did not dare to go to bet`," -r lailuc t ° phlegm choking him : indeed, he could not el"` - b e so' illy upon a table for half an hour lest he should toorli:v Nevertheless this person is now labouring fr e td, i l,l l o l l ' night, sleeps as well as ever he did in his 1ife,,, 4 7 S°6 completely cured, by the use of Holloway's o f st ° Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Hollow",;',lollrs ment, 244, Strand, and by all respectable y e- oral' tine throughout the world. 5° t% CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS.—NOW that S.tivo nual festivity is about to terminate, and the rsin' schools be reinstated by the busy throng of youth w 'ota il re, personal comfort and attractions of whom become 10toilcoitiel4 with friends and relatives of great solicitude, 11°W , f 01 ,1 ,00' Oil, for accelerating the growth and f or ulf. no ocit the hair; Rowland's Kalydor, for improving the 6 r ,„1 . 3 and removing cutaneous eruptions ; and 1t0 , " 3- 01, e oe u 4 beautifying the teeth and preserving the gums, Ar e , t o el, ttleiro,l sidered indispensable in the requisite accomPanin)7wr c,4, tive repository. The august patronage conced e d io 141 ;,gro ct j1 0 ,14 reigns of Europe to these creative renovating v a s tion, by experience, of their infallible efricacY , , " b - r itY ;;;;1 them with perfection, and given them a ce.e , ie je Beware of Spurious Imitations 1 Sacb genuine "Rowland's" on the wrapper. 13° 4 4 oeljel of 0 . BIRTHS. C On the 11th ult at Madras, the wife of Lieuten ant ,041 Forster, of a daughter.l the if ~ -toPl e ' P On the 16th inst., at Bableigh, near Harm fir, / gustus H. Gilbert, Esq., R.N., of a son. on' 4 On the 23d inst., at King's Bromley Manor, th e ° rre; d zai jir Lane, of a daughter. '.• ' „.(li' On the 24th inst., at York-crescent, Lower Is ofe °4 lace t 4f. Samuel Smith, inst a daughter. ,to Cy On the 25th ,at Looseleigh, near PlY lll°° ` 4 " of pi' __,ley, te. Ellis, Esq., of a daughter. . Tot , '" ~j 1 On the 25th inst., the wife of Mr. Charles ..• „.,.gul o ot well-grove, of a daughter. ,frs. ;" On the 25th inst., at Maitland-place, Clapton, ,' 4 - 0 of C i e. min, of a son. the ~, o iirlitb t, lit" On the 26th inst., at Freshwater, Isle of ~,. os ~,cr mender Graham E. W. Hamond, R.N.,_nf a °° ;rsll ll6 ' 0, 1 On the 26th inst., at Bowden Hall, Giouces owl ' ,4 Brooke Hunt, Esq., of a son. gio pet On the 26th inst., at Mount Grove Ho use, son, of a son. n0 15. 4. 0 ' P ____.__..---------- c lr DIED- ald " 0 rtio 01 On the 25th inst., at Inverness, N. -- 11 .2„ 11. 1 3* r it ° ,...- 411 --", ii .nt •C°l°P On the 20th inst., at Stonehaven, N or. t op- Esq., Sheriff-Substitute of Kinsardineshire , jou „ ~ o ffs ''' t n • Is l* On the 21st inst., at Paris, Mary An." - ' . o f Fe 0% -ij ille Charles Warren, C. 13., of the 55th Reg of , witnei , , of On the 21st inst., Mrs. F lizabeth DolleY , c't s , wido" , i tf• On the 26th inst., at Blackheath -ha ° 1 • 11 ' o et, ' a...str Henry North, aged 73. On the 26th inst., Mr. Edward ingoldby, o f NV°° s 6 ' cf 1 4 ° 0 °C'---- rli tp° ,sl7llO o t oi d London : Printed and Published bY , 12 ,str • Strand, Printer, at 2'he Sun Offlee,..i3TVooo, of the Savoy, in the County of P, 29, 1846. r - tiE The on Tucasn) thin, T wo I k kete for "Y l5 wai 7- otieh ers Obtai ned on tt " Ti and p rn ,_ _ 8011/ 1 ,7 31 A 'Act rc Vf.p k y 1) 1 3'14 ou -ever ir n ",..,'QUZ A -.4up e Iltumlnt; t ( ;; In k it v the iveßsi:i pLy, .Lt bili ty 1 „t o r A ct. ) c Ch kri - e a4 o f wa Cot us' c hri Pr 4 C° Mr I ) 'ci s let r r e o t r : Read c 0 ,9 Oin , 114 b 4i -144 Y 4 oh 4 e k i . Min Dah ndle A l b ert Ij r ° ex t Will i °der h c0r 441 b cti Z 4 Willi ;lestlrt• Tl e : ° ,l l a -1, at N teur ttsag: T h l :tssra. Nr,l, t .D`Mitk of it . loos of tai a!ioh, tu n ed dis L O c l ths a, , t t n a t r l 'e coi Brooke Hunt, Esq., ot a son. On the 26th inst., at Mount Grove House, 14. ' t it.' son, of a son. % pia: MARRIED. e 1; fy MARRIED. 011 -111' oll ,° fl ei li l" On the 12th inst. at Jarrow, Newcastle-1' Bo Dius 05t 1 , 0 4 , " Callender, 8.A., of ' Cumberland, to Miss Jilli A ';_ce, 5t. ,d ' 1 ,04 0 .,.‘' On the 22d in t., at All Souls', Langhalo-Pna, sef ri disl , T.Pl,.€, Mr. John Banister, jun., of Brighton, to 3 1,01 t , CA' ' , lie f ')to r of Mr. C. P. Blackburn, of Great Portland-streeuso, t i. ij. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Ilanoverl. t i l e 11 cliffe, M.A., to Charlotte, Vicar of Ashwell, Herts. second daugh ter esi J itel if ,—.0 0 ,...i1e . ~"''