The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

.....0 DAV) jury.) ;E. .4 Da . 4,, and, „„. Sect , ! t i - , imodated of he daughter r t.011 1, ' • rQs ~b o n the keY• I letters out. „ yarers e ha❑dn•rittng4 Iriedlar•lat:lll-altcr; ear ago , c. n e v'e'r is a gr c , t , s Is ~ like. ser .e it, but rat, obit of W , P I I I , 2, An d ) 43 A letter "1) 'y father rod :he writiq to [ nesting 1 1,th of th05e , .„,0,1 f iring 8 rr the e letters to cd thou op sen t l e terS god nsanl 1 011 1 t, ,CrOr e ,!,11YC I A ie ;1 °' COMPI7O Of 1 0 1 Le b 9ne n' e L t.' at fou rt ra 1 0 L with • • e to 1 1 A exist oPoott, f u nds 0 ,1,4'4 that pf,, gro iv ":00 P it ; nts, it Ilid ra f te 11(1 be to tlie 4 0 , oil t he the 4' 1115 1 rial? )110/VIPg 1, 6° rt v6 " O F : • prOY . '.4l oi t7 ; ratio , " fo r e I to bY st o ration., t oori t ili o the "d 0 0 they Itt.llo. plaig u i jod , An d tiO ef er pr rt L en coo t wo s itc )ur as to' *seAin a ift n~¢rc3lt 0 0 rowf , -S1 MIN STER ELECTION.-CAPTAIN ROTIS'S COMMITTEE site dail at the . British Hotel, Pur-th•eet. y 1 s.TVEnI JOSEPH CARTER WOOD, Chairmtak. ..1 , J be . comm l n N ,TE S E T e E N it ELECTION. 0 UCTINO te of Vt:tu- THE HON. H. J. ROHS, R.N., have the ELECTION pleasure to their numerous supporters that the result of their canvass Tod thereturn of the lion. Captain beyond a doubt. ;-°ni tni ttee express a hope . that their friends will continue 11,;•,rtiotii until Fo ur o'clock to-morrow, and crown their efforts 11' t r k f l ? 011.4 overwhelming majority. rt ,. m Sl ,teiti t o,":_rties c ie: }: s l ic a E.oi g gn t elito e ni n i t ti l )t e ,e m em e :T ki p h . ave requested that their names may be Forbes Bart 'll 'snlour, rt M.P. r 444 , % nett ~ t4tp:ta*ilx ~egor he Hon. Slr B. Capel aPtaiii Carnegie, R.N errnan, Esq MP. r ;ipt,4, 4 ,','T. S. Wortle P Wortley, ‘ l 4o: l .cr, 17 4 4 . " an' e land, Esq., m.p ley W.Cobbs, Esq. Dr. Colyer A. Arcedeckne, Esq. James Hunt, Esq. Robert Price, Esq., M.P. Vaughan Richards, Esq. Charles Harrison, Esq. W. D. Bruce, Esq. Col. T. Wood, M.P. R. H. WalpolS, Esq. Horace Twiss, Esq. G. Tomlin, Esq., M.P. H. A. Mereweather, Esq. T. Cotterell, Esq., M.P. H. S. Cafe, Esq. ' Edwd. Wyatt, Esq., R. H. Hicks, Esq. A. Montgomery, Esq. Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart. ‘ l,,q, , t L , ttin. YTECIIN IC IN .LO Li lIN ty m es on CIIEMISTRY,• with 13rilliant Experiments, ts . th a Ts, wij'allY at Half-pas: Three, and on the Evenings of 'unoildays and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. A Lecture ROsun u MC RAILWAY, by Professor Bachoffncr, a /1 1 . — vi of which, earryiyg several persons, is exhibited i„,additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DTS skePOSco;)}-ws. and CHROMATROPE are very effective. The • Submarine Experiments by means of the DIVER r ,st h - ` 1 is c c , I „ELL. Among the various additions to the Working l 'A.C'emilti - ;' rna a's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, ,Lly Of 1,6,,,a descending Inclined P/anes. A magnificent Ccl- N 4 .,, wn - t ",fCAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute r ,`, 4 " Part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open Ualf - past Five ' , and from Seven to Half-past Ten in 44g. Ittance. One Shilling. Schools. Half-price. 4,41 w A .r.,Ss L b —Y PROPRIETORS AND SHA.REHOLDERS. WICKHAAI and CO., Share ilralC A- A T,oneers, inform their friends and the public, that their OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every lit"N THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCE , Flu io ne, s „ s ireet, London, to which place, or to the office of the 1 4 Tbreadneedle-street, all favours and instructions are kt,eri: addressed. a s " : °me t 7. 1 share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited of Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding - ""c sale and advices of the result of the sales will be th e ' ,Bekt. " at x/st after the sale, and the proceeds imme- Nt structions. r M, 2, ~, ; , -•-171er 201., Is. per share; under 50/., 1 . 6d., and I 1(t s. for all above. t ' ll WALES RAILWAY. ttii,,,'l ~t GENRAL MEETING. ttr`rebY given that the Ordinary er Half-yearly GENE ktOY op ,`'G of the SVAREHOLDERS of the North W ales b,,! t ket, - :DanY will be , held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops vtry n el in th e City of London, on THURIMAY, the 26th day of Ottio t t , at One basin in the afternoon precisely, for lhe N or , of the o f tit in pursuance of ki t h ordinary ess Company, :At noti relating ltailwa3Act, 1545, eista of the other general Acts of 'Pie to railways. ?et,2 or hereby further ive, that the Books for the Regis `ransfers will bo- closed on and after the 16th day of 'll eid, 4el t , until Rich half-yearly general meeting shall haze By order of the Board, (1, 444 JOIIN MARINB, Secretary all C hambers, Basingball-street, Jan. R 29, E 1845. 114 4 N„„Itx. I a,,,,„ C LNDON and BIRMINGHAM. EX - 4 -1 4.,V,„" - '2i, and NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEA- '"u WARWICK RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE. loot e‘","tuers of this Company are informed that for the pur- Z4ll D :.' i sUall Y carrying out the original undertaking, and in 6 ,.., a rrangenients for amaloamation concluded witk other t'th,„ . " 4 lvi e f`,, 4 „of others still pending, the Directors find it neces 7 . , i '". ‘ ltti"Zii4fiVe capital into shares of 201. each in lieu of the exist and to increase the present deposit of five per cent. kbt -4 atit'43:, which is also necessary for the . purpose of complying ding orders of the Houses of Parliament. qt, Ye g-. °l‘ four existing 25/. shares will, therefore, be ent.ttled ttl nt„ ' elia r new shares of 20/. each. th,,,, l lera are required to pay on or before Monday the 231 ta r eliq that. sumss. on the shares respectively held by ' 4 t this t deposit with the Secretary at the ofr,_ purpose o tatt r , !he 'tt.:"ltiat —s- I , e, 15, Old Jewry Chambers, London, on or . before se -*- ap for the- same, together wills an application exchange in the annexed form. tC. 4.Lte order to one of the Company's bankers to receive the ''lbi ll i triD7 i t Will be issued within two days after the registry istry 41t A t t, 5i 1 , (1 4 . 'ld on the production of the bankers receipt new scrip 474.ip respe t .st e „„ cof which the Shhelders shall fail to take the ih t helj. t ilne7.?, r Payment of th . e required deposit, within the t . 4l th, t tect o ,: u l be absolutell forfeited. . 4 14 1 Peti t' have much pleasure in informing the Shareholders , 14 ki(1,0 ,1 for the requisite Act of incorporation has been pm 44 1 4 wet tj ed uting the same. isetlt,„. teY.are actively engag n prosecuting ":11 1 ,:h4 0 . - w - , e of the depression in the money market the Direct • Igerti s 'her t g, e t,t calling for th e e additional deposit until the latest 41 44,1 or a ,,,‘,. 15 Which they . could with safety do so • ah ''t: ligation for registry and exchange of . scrip may be vPileation to the Secretary at the Company's offices. 1 - 1 Y order, tJ. E DE BEAUVOIR, Bart., Chairman. o cheJOHN HERVEY, Secretary. t ee; C telna,•, FORM OF APPLICATION. I ttiii °4, of direction of the London and Birmingham Ex- Daventry, Leamington, and Warwick t „"lv ti .7lri an herewith transmit scrip for shares in the rualp ; a .. 4„ 41 respect of which I request you to issue me new '741 - `, tort ‘e e to pay the further deposit of IL ss. on each share " t4 s .wh e 23( 1 instant, and I undertake to execute the mud• en required '-'itteq this day of Fobruar3 ,1846. Nitate In full.. .. • • Description• ••• .. ...... . Address in fu11.....:.. ........ t Utibil y hit t ,lao \ „ MADELEY, BROSELEY, and "'Sint" - "RIDGE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO vity . Clo „_41 .1o„ NOTICE TO SEND IN SCRIP. „ of this Company with the Shrewsbury and t t i r ; l k 4,, e _hoide,„ 4 " . way Company, on the Terms stated in the circular 4, 1 1 ' A71'1111;1 axid public Advertisement, dated Jan. 10th, 1846, U of r t; c ° l npleted, parties still holding Dudley and Madelcy 4,obW r eil to forward it to me on or before MONDAY, the Ad en 'l'Y instant, or they will be ' deprived of all benefit in k h ,, 41 1 l IC „. ° TICE TO SEND IN ACCOUNTS. „ ""tin ' f:,. — Mig demands upon this Company are requested to 4) 4 , ` ,l %ith, that they may be examined and dischar4ed. No_ RY order, W. S. DARKIN, e b• 9, 1846. Secretary. N A TI `'• 111, 1.4 LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt ANCE 26, CORITHILL, LONDON. TAla Capital 2500,000. 1 . 4 ,„,,ut,„! 4 lPotvered by Act of Parliament. 4 t "'Ga 0 ,- irs important to sustantial adviurt i-z4 'Ltrt,l:3Pect both tr Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. Of ' , LIZ ,Iti 4 t,„ . " n all occasiens, the power to borr)w, without ex. ti t ,'); k s -4 7 of the two-thirth , of the premium paid, ' teNlt4st ' t ' x ' , the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion Of yeu Meet other corvcal,nce , necesFity. Assurances 00 , „. ars erected on the lowest possible rates. ut r „_, 4 -,31 3 „,_, DIVISION OF PUOFIT:. cos itoreasing prosperity of the Society has enabled ,Lch i'U, 84 the last annual investigation, te declare a third frorn ',30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on " e on the Pr,flt scale. ETA MPLES. r er „, • P '4 l P.onus Bonus in fi aid added. Cash. V' ES ;' I' l 4 4 00 ( i . 1E437 £l9l 13 5 EB7 13 5 1 E1317 1 1 t 3 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 1 1 8 6 1539 138 13 6( 61 14 3 9 210 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 is Fgri 5 P' £395 Il 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 " N V..?ion Of protlia is pretent year. annual, and the next will be made in De - F. FERGUSON CAMEOUX, See. ~,`MERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWMENT, and %CINTION, t 112 and 113, CHEAP:zIDE LONDON. hO t kia DIVIDENDS. te.Di l l hereby given, that the lIALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on 'iv tilt Stock of this Association, due In December last, at and Flea o t 'a te . ef 61. per cent. per annum, will be PAYABLE at the ci tl,o. s and following days, between the hoursof Ten and. 4 (Thursdays excepted). By order of the Board, FRED. I,AIVRANCE, Resident See. ' 4 and 113, Cheapslde. tc) ki 4l4' ats ~it r4ICIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS AN,t, ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWMENT, AND • t , , le A, 11 2 and 113, CIIEAPSIDE , LONDON. rti 4, 41 `- ) Nu ker e • AL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors' or as k ,„ rs tal and General Life Office, held at the Company's k t i%,ElirT e, en February 13th, 1846, 11. G. WARD, Esq., ALL, 14 4 `,,l)e r* di`,Was resolved unanimously port now read be adopted by this meeting. rho ~..Ned of 61 'tl) t „ n • • por cent. upon the paid-up capital for the he Ist of January, 1846, be declared. trkEsq., M.P., William Bestow, Esq., and T. Bush ; I N't Vir t i n re-elected Directors of this Company. st i k i, 't,33,irt„b,gtutt Cooper, Esq., be re-elected Auditor. ore be empowered to take such steps as they may 'N I , 1 116' Ut increasing the working capital of the Company, tok - vq:ue reserved shares. V oted to the Chairman and Directors, and the meet f)ll • (.‘, 4 order of the Board, FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Secretary. , 13, Cheaps 'ide. • .14 C i Ultk; ". COALNIERCE, NAVIGATION. TI IE CHURCh % Oti Nttt i l 11'1V°RY and SONS, Goldsmiths , 14, h g 111, t•onclon, opposite the Bank, have finished a few 4 . . t,;,..Y1ia,-4'vitTi of PLATE, suitable for presentation to Ge t n e l v ei h n i el eh i '" " l ao it, the either of the above pursuits or professions z 4 Nal, noon of Committees who are in sesn'ch f valuable 0 4 M I occasions. IV' . IS' --- f --- fl ------) . extra 4 i .t a „,, e Wa x kl rt 4 S CANDLES, Candles, Is. Ba. ; 5 . per . , ih: l 'm - ', 4 , 4 1 es j - Ivlck Moulds, GM. ; best Sperm _ s ; 4 ' 4 2. IY Et); ''' 2d • fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent, I • ba• : )I b . t r , l , - ;,' 41 13 . 6 .) ; 8 . 1d.% Hale's Composite, 9%adn•dt Yellow Soap, ~,''.. 1., _D a ,s: per 112Ibs ; Mottled, 6s. . Rose.s . ; W 2 s i n . . d s o A l r ~ ti ' ." ; .1‘ % '," ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ~ , 11 , ar .' , 1ar....' 4, allag Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.; si ll ash , , i , S, Gd . Sperm Oil, 7s. 6d. per i ' ‘" - - 12' & 0 1. b . AXLES 'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar -1 I n. '''-...!7ts Slaughter's Coffee-house. 4,,,.. 4 44 ---I t h I :ECT SUBSTITUTE FOR SII.`" , E T ,. shop 4 ivs a tio,.ost effective imitation is in the B s t po t Ts L and forks, Iti‘" , l e 411 ( 1, 1 ' 5 of real silver plated over the i . plate. So k ) th at 4 , . Ur able are these, that twenty years dear would not let. 'TY were not real silver, and they do n• ~t cost one Quarter •S. a til e : , fact is, the interest of the mo eithat iveuld be paid IN Of ti r ;ill buy titers thi ng s oftene: than they are wanted. 10, ,3i 5 4 1" , 5h plate covered with ree , .. silver :—Table spoons, per ki l l i orks,',u,ttdessert spoons, ditto, 'it. 7s. ; tea spoons, ditto, It. 88.; ; I sh al ' t, ' ,',„;_sati e :i., 3 , l . dessert ferix;, ditto, 2/. ss. ; sugar tongs, per 4 .•, i '' l y . a p, ig a. 7 4l ies, each, N. ; gravy spoons, each, 10s.; soup t 1„ ti , 04,, 0 r li tt al!li kni ves, each, 1/. They are manufacturhedeeesse ll,' tt plotl e li b e 1 . 4 _ ,1 , e l d .cadeuhall-street, nearth •,,ctect wiittohods, table el ... el 448°Mralurnt ofplatedtoany purchaser who . disapproves them. fruit s l a l n e d u e,..sert e k n n d i'es, real She/- N ether 1-natters ' i. L L h"sekee Ping, r AhiTh a cat - A lo 'e gt7e ' s may he haft, gratis. l a ' 'T ILE ' ttstbut, &e, anati_those who are 14 int,saDerilit for WATER i; r, *4,1 4 1 . rts i ts , preferab, , al" Iv .s. be r (le t tratien . to - any opening medicine whatever subjec t t h t e o indigestion, bile, suitable -41. i il t e a , 1 . 3 c l o e s: ts - instantaneous; neither attended by E y („ i l l eh res•.• ....., from purgatives leave that tendency to consti- I 1 ,ati','"tin ' 4 , -.its t -" lLuee . a " I :4l:l%l h , e _ i tTrm invalid and timid lady) to resort to this it,l I, Inve nt ;,,,"suY and conveniently, an elegant contrivance A ',Oti " tlOla 04 ; by Dr. Scott, called the APERITIVE VASE, sir', , '"Y at Llewellyn's Medical Repository, No. 30, Sfl e -I C.lFpro k `„ ‘ 04 41 Ite, I ; e. - 2 , to magnify voices to any degree . a deaf , person . o. „,,• ptions sent post-free, on receipt of too le ouu is the il 1•I h from F ,- eter-hall. . 41 ° Ii , 7------- " ,use —.. •,..Nti l Zt 4:4 ,,,,S S DE MULCENT COUG.9. . LO- Nt es - kit.' • b • h eke ugh , , Dis. best remedy ever discovered. Petrone altict-cd 4 4il i ~..,.3 .;,„ astinna 'fbeulty of breathing, consurr.r - don, or other ..(4,,tab i , s mer a .„... , 5.... the respiratory organs, will - experience ' , lt - tei ...venierit 0 , IN 0 ,reii et . . 0 4 der c • . permanent benefit s by ths use of ts°, , , 4414 t t., Afty r ~. 4,, i 6 Gi, LOZENGES, vralch are so eflica • , c.,, 41,. ley e.Eapp s. , 4 , the most violent iNitroxysm of cough t.,',4 at 4 so 'ill e, -t- - t ale palate that they may be eaten *;`' . ;•t e 'l by 41 04 a gre . ' l t slio, ec . i th, • ' 44 ble t ./. ' l ist: Dro pri 0 t.. ^nerative chemist, 11, Norton ei4l.etito'4o,4°p?„,,,st,or, p e , ' , es Is. 1%d., and in tins at l ' il l P e af: A il l u t t oc i za l tel r uZ . l e d, r e j°lle s! • -, iists and patent. meal . Chg , 44 4 , 4,1 1 ~,',a n d by' in b , .. ".e.et ; E.dw i ltyda, -- ‘rch.. 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Madrid papers of the 10th Were received by extraordinary express at Paris on Monday morning, announcing the resig nation of General NARVAEZ as President of the Council. The QUEEN bad accepted his resignation, and the Ministry consequently was dissolved. It was said that her MAJESTY had commissioned General . RONCALI and the Marquis of 3:IRAFLORES to form a new Cabinet. The affair altogEther is a complete mystery, and probably arises out of some secret intrigues respecting the QUEEN'S marriage, but we must wait for further information to unravel the plot. The resignation of Senor Mox, the Finance Minister, will be a great leas to the country. On the 9th the Three per Cents. were done at 32% at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days; and the Ma drid and Aranjuez Railroad Shares at 2,080 460 days. The Paris papers of Sunday are destitute of news. Peivate letters, however, state that Marshal BUGEAUD had bun recalled fram his Government of Algeria, on the ostensine ground that his presence would be necessary in the Chamber when the affairs of that colony came under discussion. The real cause, however, is his total incapacity fur the situa tion, which he has so king held to the disgrace of the French army and the ruin of French interests in Africa. The public voice is unanimously opposed to him, and the KING las been compelled to yield. "The faults committed," says the Courrier Francais, " or in other words, the disastrous results obtained by Marshal BUGEAUD, have rendered his incapacity so manifest that it was not in tile power of the Ministry any longer to struggle against puha,: opinion." Tile French Funds continued high. Three per Cents were done at 84f. 90c. On Sunday the BUSINESS DONE IN FOREDIN 'RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NEB. 16. - . . _ arluloes, I—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2 —Ditto (Espeleta), 24—Central of Spain, 134 7Fa —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15—Louvain and Jcniappe, 2 1 A —Madrid and Valentia, —Paris and Orleans, 49% —Rouen and Havre, 29. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family and the Court, are expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace about five o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont., RAI LW AY CO3I3IIrFEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Strait, chairman. The Committee called the parties in the EXETER, TEOWX., AND DORCHESTER• The CliAntlus said that the case had been postponed to onablo the Committee to consider whether the petitions against this Bill should or sho Id not be heard, they not having been got up in conformity with the standing order 111 A, which directs that all petitions shall contain the name of such Bill, or Bills as they are concerned in. The Committee were of opinion that, notwithstanding the standing order had not been complied with, the petition should be received, inasmuch as several other petitions which had been referred by the House to Committees were also heard. Mr. BURKE then proceeded with the allegations in the petitions against the Bill. The first allegation was that the notices served on the owners of property on the line proposed to go as far as Exmouth, whereas the petition for the Bill only asks power to go•as far as Bear. Mr. Mullett, a landowner at Exmouth, was called. He said that the notices stated the terminus of the railway was to be at the port of Exmouth, and it was to go on part of his property. The petition for the Bill, however, made the termini at quite a different paint. Mr. ELLICOMBE, for the promoters, contended that the standing rders did not require the exact termini of railways to be stated in the notices. The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the other lion. Members, said that the Committee were of opinion the standing order in this case was so very general that the allegation could not be maintained. It was the opinion of the Committee that the standing orders tNitit respect to the exact point of termini teing etated in the notices should be made more stringent. The allegation, Under the circum stances, could not he sustained. • Sub-Committee No. 2. Cloister 6. This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock. There were present Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Messrs. Kaable, Bramston, and G. Craig. RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND UTILE:WICK.. The petition stated that the line, which proposed to join the Bir mingham Railway at the parish of St. Mary, In the county of War wick, would be of great public utility. There was a petition aging' the Bill from the directors of the Worcester and Warwick Railway. The formal evidence was proceeded with. From the evidence, it appeared that the length of the lino wasl6 i c y miles, and the estimate 450,0001. It also appeared that this line would have the effect of shortening and rendering complete the communication from the eastern side of the kingdom to the western, bringing the ports of Yarmouth and Lynn Regis into direct commu nication with Bristol, the West of England, and South Wales. The allegation of the petition was, that the tunnelling of the Otis mile and 6th furlong was not marked on the section with a dotted line, which the Committee considered to be sustained. The Cliatatiats then announced that the Committee were of 'O nion that the standing orders had not been complied with. Engineer, It. Stephenson, Esq.; Solicitors, Messrs. Harris and Son, Rugby. AIRDRIE AND HILTEGATE SITNCTION. There were three petitions against the Bill, namely, from Mr. J. Graham, the Ballochney Company, and Mr. J. Ady, copplaining of non-compliance with standing orders. Xo one appeared for the two latter. Sub-Committee No. 3. The Committee resumed its sittings this morning, after an adjourn ment of four days. Some additions have been made to thc Committee since Its former sittings, and it now consists of Mr. Agllonby (Chad - man); Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Stanslield, Broaoley, and Mr. E. Buller. THE A.LPORD VALLEY RAILWAY. This was the petition of the Alford Valley Railway for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the construction of a line from Kinture to Alford, being a branch from the Great North of Scotland Railway. The length of the line is 15 miles, and the estimated rest of cm/trac tion, made by Mr. Alexander Gibb, is 100,0001. The Committee, after hearing the customary formal proofs, decided that the standing orders had net been complied with, on the ground that the heighths and depths of some minor embankments and out tings were omitted from the plans and sections. GREAT NORTH or SCOTLAND EASTERN _ -- EXTENSION. This was the petition of the Great North of Scotland F,aKcrn Extension Railway Company for leave to bring in a Bill to make a line from the Dyce Station of the Great North of Scotland_liadway , and to pass through Elton, Old Deer, Mintlaw, and Longidde, to Peterhead and Fraizerburg, with branches to Deeside, Inverary, and Macduff. The capital of the Company is 790,0001., in 14,000 shares of 501. each. The length of the line is thirty-three miles and 81121; furlongs. and the estimated cost is 400,0001, The Committee gave the same decision in this case as the last. Sub-Committee No. 4. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, when there were present, Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman; Mr. Evans, Mr. Aciand, Mr. Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. The consideration of this Bill, adjourned from yesterday, was re sumed at the meeting of the Committee. The object of the line to connect Gloucester with the mineral districts of the Forest et Dean, and also to extend the Monmouth and Hereford Railway (for which an Act was obtained last session) to the Great Western Rail %N ay at Gloucester. The cause of the postponement of the case yesterday was not (as was stated through mistake) the absence of the solicitor, but the absence of two witnesses,who had been served the usual Parliamentary notices. Those witnesses attended this morning, and the Committee agreed that the standing orders were complied with. SHItOPSHIRE 17NION RAILWAYS AND CANAL INEW TON TO CREWE, WITH ireZIND.. nominee, we would ColllLAtiritAdift one sentence by Lord LiNcoug, in theeorn-market of NOtingliam, on Saturday lust—we would ,ommemorate it, b , ttse of it. Nr. -picturesqueness, because of its emphasis, hecaule " Yoiftnight its well," said his Lordship, ' 4 - Iti , 'E ' ta i Vzi, it lz, ... ;0 10. the onward - progress of the .wind by th ,I) isii - -a - :- o w n feather, or to st p the flowing course of th _Wer tbneWbßisi!!-.`"' round tour town with the ,puny hand tf ; :an likriint,'4._‘- . {-7 to attempt to stop these measures Dv .. rejecting sn' =.:7-!,', , f,.. -- humble an individual as myself." This s' good, this , 3.5 ---, '- './ honest, this is plain spoken; it breathes of common sense,- T r '.-:•-- . and not less does it breathe of excellence of purpose.. Then is as wonderful a contrast between these two noble candidates in their dictiOn as in the policies of which it is the expo nent.. Lord HENRY BENIINCK is the supporter of principle which have been long exploded; Lord Lixcot.N is the up holder of the present comprehensive views. As such should they be estimated by the electors of North and South Not- ~., tinghamshire ;' and if in accordance with the opinion of• the . majority, the consequences of the contest are self-evideat. -BE.ANCHES). The object proposed is the conversion of the canal into a railwa) , as part of a system for the completion of which there are two other Bills before the Committees, one the Shropshire Un ion Railway awl Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line), which is before this Com mittee, and the other a Bill with the more comprehensive title 01 " Shropshire Union Railways and Canal" Bill, which is before another Committee. The length of the Newton and Crewe line is about 70 miles, and the estimated cost 1,125,0001. The engineers ari. Messrs. Cubitt, Stephenson, and Provitt, and the Parliamentary . . agents Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co. This line (with branches) wilt, commence at Newton, and at Crewe it will meet the several rail} ways by which a conununication is intended to be opened with the, interior of. Wales, and will form a link between Milford and Liver. pool and the great towns in the north of England. Standing orders complied with. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAYS AN ll' CANAL.-- (CHESTER AND WOLVERHAMI t TON LINE). This line, which is part of the system mentioned above, will con inence at Calverley, and proceeding to IVolverhanmpton, will ce.tr plete, by means of the present Chester and Crewe line, a dire, fr communication between Chester and Wolverhampton. The lengts; of this portion will be about 45 miles, and the cost is estimatedt 1,000,0001. Engineers, Messrs. Cubit t, Stephenson, and rro - ritt ; Bar liamen'ary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. Standing orders complied with. Sub-Committee No. 6. This Sub-Committee re-assembled this day At twelve o'clock. Present, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Childers, awl Mr. Decd s. The first business called on was the petition for THEE ENI'XELD, EDMONTON, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION. This was a postponed case from yesterday. The object oft at lie Is the continuation of a branch line from the Northern and Xastti Railway at Edmonton to the town of Enfield. The estimated cow is 36,0001., and the contract entepad into 27,000/. The Commiftt4 decided that the standing orders had been complied with. WILSONTOWN, DIOR,NrNGSIDE, AND COLTNESS (CALEDONIAN 3UNCTZON). This was also a postponed case from yesterday. The Committee decided that the standing orders had also been complied with in this case. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRA.INTREIL The length of this line is 12 miles, and is far the passage of goods and traffic. The estimated cost is 186,0001., and the amount sub scribed 150,0001, The engineer is Joseph Locke, Esq., and the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs. Blood and Douglas. The customary proof having been tendered, the Committee de ; tided that the standing orders had been complied with. THE MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.- FURTHER PARTICULARS THIS DAT.—The painful excitement CO' neeted with this tragical affair continues unabated. Vast numb. f of persons are assembled round the cottage, which is Mnior charge Sergeant Melville, of the 1' division, and two other constables. I unfortunate widow continues in a stupefied condition, refusing sustenance, but clasps to her bosom her remaining twin ofiltpri.:o The poor little boy who was wounded in the throat, buteneret.r eft, tually as to destroy life, is Lkely to recover ; is, lin wc ot c h of Mr. Pratt, the surgeon, as is also the unforBtruenacute tain 4 i upon whom a strict watch is kept, 25 f t e h e e " wretched man a that she will attempt suicide. The bodies of. . await resulttlt w o o f c t l h t children have coroner'shaN e ibnegeunopti,a,seedi c i t is he a . gpaciiinsihltdettswntejho:%avkaes pdlni,ace morrow (Wednesday) morning. The twi l rem _ e infant, as ern destitution, as it 9„ e l / 4d e ou b ld y al appeur that the u iu a s u u d n s d o a ra y e, t i b w e r lh gs l , e a n e a t ,p • ously e ys s i ntvaa,t,tenedrw- in n u s water-butt, h , r ,s,,enintoorttiodt.thiee pdmasaiel,eers. desperate td t ha family subsisted upon o exhibits the most palpable proofs of interior of the house at once trerne distress. j) t ot t t o o e l : well known in the neigtb b o , t a irr w od BANK OF ENGLAND. — Fr OIII returns issued yesterdp by direction of the House of Commons, it appears that during t year ending 5111 January last, equal amounts had been purchases , Exchequer-bills as other Government securities by the Batik ,Eunidgilfilida,rgaen,til i i , ) , aid th o e ff h o , r uids dischargedofitnheE Exchequer-bills in Governor r. b y i e al a lisi r cio re l e oo a ni Ni i iit ar g .63 n , 0 0 0v t f l e i ]tan sth went gAkt April, the balance liti4 s es t : l l : cli l oot i fh t , u s9e a uis t rl : ll : p l o a s s a t ession. It further appears that on I sl°sis.strtedLfroerilital:enedpai-nnitel7,thaonfddsiovfidtehnde lla Ittlid not demanded, and for the payment of lottery prizes or hello t which have not been claimed. On the sth July last yoar,•the halal was 99,995/. ; on the 10th October, 99,951. ; and on the sth J1'111(1111 167,6141. Mr. Ferranti is prevented attending the House e(4111M01111 by the death of a near relative, two 'r EZSI . LON DON, TUESDAY E V - - FE BR LTA RY 17 1840, PRICE 5r... - y No. 16,695. G RAVE:END STAR .AND I3LACKWALL . PACKETS. NOTICE.—ALTERATION OF TIME. On and after Thursday next, no, 18th instant, the last, Star and Blackwall Packets will leave the Brunswick Wharf at 5 P.M , in lien of !,‘ past 4, and the Terrace-pier, Gravesend, at 5, in lieu et 4, as at present. Star Office, Gravesend, Feb. 15, 1846. Pocket and Railway Pare included in one Payment. FROM NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 834, 931, 11% 1, 2)6, and 5. 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To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Brindal, ilbuiry; Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPLII. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trials Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Me - zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, MU Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANt 9 BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford , Mr. Wright, IJAis Woolgar, &e. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" crew Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. • The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr..Einety,lll: F. Vining', Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To he followed by the original REDOWA WALTZ, music posed by M. Jullien, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After whichwill be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravags entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Scloth of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Mes.s:s. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Ales lames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Gd. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Wll be pirfonnel MUCH AD' AZIOU T NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Wallack ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton; Verges, Mr. Oxlierry ; Beatrice, Mrs: Stilling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdllo. Duval will appear. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trlnquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Murray ; Mar chioness D'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanche, Miss Stanley ; Blan chette, Mrs. Stirling. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingu!shed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flo:k to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILIAPPE will give his 3rand Juvenile Entertainment on Saturday Morn ng, the 1 411' inst., and every Wednesday and Saturday following, of Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Ext el iments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusin Per formances of the Chlarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2 s. ; Pit , Is. ; G aller y , 6d. ; Prlvat Boxes, 11. Is., and I/. 1 Is. 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. The present attractions surpass all previous efliwts." Trernend , us hit of the New Spectacle, introducing the Wukdel ful Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, magnificent Brass Bend, gorgeous Costames and Processions, and stupendous meohaid,r :effects. TILES EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled E RAJAH OF NAGPORR ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the '.14'..1 1. Iu which the whole of the extensive resources of the Es: v. I. shment will be hriught into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the uns ed Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite 4 larpiece of LOVE AND WAR. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY T , ATRE. A Novelty on a surpassing scale of magniflce e, which hai been in preparation, for many weeks, introducini. new scenery, ballet dances, and combats, by One Hundred Fern • e Warriors, engaged expressly for this Grand Historical Spect , •le. Eighth Week of the ",Mendicant Son." " Nora Creina" al :rfect hlt. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE S ‘'OW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, Ht slop, Moason ; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, and Miss Mary Glover (her first appearance). After which a new Drama, entitled NORAII CREINA. Cha racterB by Messrs, Rogers, Johnson, Lewis; Mdmes. 11. Vining ind Daly. To conclude with THE MENDICANT SON ; or, The Jew of 'Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, )wcll, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin, aid Daly. ROYAL VICTORIA TIIEATIZE. Undeniable and continuator Attraction and Novelty. THIS EVENING Will ke performed JESSIE HOLMES ; or, The Wild Horde of the Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, Mr. Fredericks. Mr. E. F. Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. lliggie, Miss Vincent, Miss Terry, &c. After which, A NIGHT OF. EXCITEMENT. De Courei, Mr. Fredericks; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 17. THEItitIobIETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 50; Noon, 48, BAROMETER, 30.24.--WIND N.W., Cold. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 3S minutes after 5 V= .. 1: 4 . 7;-%- - -.:\, R . e. 4 -4* 4 ~,. if ~ k 4 " —•,, ' 46,--- 7 \ t s. : '' -"t'' ; 6 :...,..1.,•_.., 7 .- • •_, - . ow, ~ , 154 ,17.4 9t, , 'l ' ' *. C. - 111.0 , " ' b;i6IT. 1".... ..1 , I.: 11 , 'y - , . - WEIL---'--,. . , 'l'. '" • _Z,i- ' original Peor-law Act of Elizabeth, it w..s euseted that every man should be rated according to his ability, so that it was not intended that it should be exelu sively a tax . upon real property. He denied that the measures proposed by the Govern ment offered any compensation. With regard to the amount of protection, it was the difference between what the farmer would obtain for his corn under the present and under the system of free trade, which it would be impossible to calculate. With regard to the comparative taxation on the producing agriculturists of England and the Continent, he contended that the producing agricul turists of England were much higher taxed. Ile had always advocated protection, but if public opinion declared it was to be done away with, he would submit, and use his best endeavours to palliate the evils and the present angry contention between class and class. He trusted.that those who acted with him would, if beaten, submit, after a fair fight, and do their best to promote the prosperity of the country. If, however, the measure was carried in this Parliament it would not be the triumph of public opinion, but ef party tactics—a mea sure carried in opposition to the opinioni of the Lords and the majority of the Cabinet, by an able manoeuvre of party politics -1,-,ed BROUGHAM said that he retained the opinion which he had expressed in 1820, that there were bur dens pressing peculiarly on, land; and he went further than his Noble Friend, for he considered both tithes and land tax': as peculiar burdens upon land. but at the same time.ho denied that the proper way to compensate the landowners was to impose a duty on the importation of foreign corn. The recent law changes had saved immense sums to the agricultural interests, and the stamp duties had been thereby diminished. Yet he admitted that the landed merest had cause to complain of the stamp duties, and he should wish to see the tax changed from a tax on alienation into a tax on succession. Lord MONTEAGLE til '4 1 64 . .tel-move the addition to the motion of which he had given notice, viz., that the inquiry should extend to the peculiar exemptions en joyed by the agricultural interest. It was necessary that this addition should be made, in order to secure ar im partial inquiry, and therefore he did not antici pate any opposition to his proposition. The Noble Lord concluded by.moving the addition of which he had given notice. The Earl of ESSEX expressed his intention of voting for the Ministerial measure. Lord STANLEY rose to protest against the doctrine that allies and land•tax were not burdens on the land. The claim of the tithe owner was as sacred as that of the landlord, and the landowner had no right to complain of the tithe, pro vided he had purchased his land subject to tithe; but he denied that rent and tithe stood on the same footing. Rent was the surplus of profit. Tithe was to be paid undiminished, whether there was profit or not. and entered into the cost of production. The question was not whether a person had bought the property subject to 'a payment of the tenth of the produce, but whether the tithe added to the cost of production. This made no difference as long as all were protected, and all were subject to the same burdens ; but if the foreigner, whose land was not subject to tithe, were to be suffered to enter into competition with the British farmer, whose land was subject to tithe, he would ask, would they enter into competition on equal terms ? They would not. The House was sub.,equently addressed by the Duke of RICHMOND, Earl GREY, Lord ASHBURTON, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, after which the motion was agreed to. The Earl of ST. GERMANS brought in a Bill for the better protection of life and property in Ireland. Read a first time, and the second reading appointed for Monday. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. FINCH took the oaths and his seat for Rutland shire in the room of the Hon. Mr. DAWNAY. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A discussion took place upon the motion of Mr. GREENE, " That itbe an instruction to the Committee on Petitions for Private Bills not to hear parties on any petition hereafter to be referred to them, which should not be prepared and signed in strict conformity with the rules and orders of the House." Mr. ENTWISLE moved, as an amendment to the motion, to leave out the word " hereafter;" which, upon a division, was lost by a majority of 42. The original motion was agreed to. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice of his intention, to morrow week, to bring forward the petition on behalf of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion for the repeal of the window duties to the 26th of February. In answer to a question from Sir R. IttGus, Lord JOCELYN said that the GJvernment bad received no information with respect to the war in India, further than that which had appeared in the public papers. He had no doubt that in a few days the Government would be in possession of information which would show that the aggressions that had taken place had been properly and fully resented. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. S CRAWFORD, said he was in hopes the Government would be enabled,' during the present session, to intro duce a Bill relative to the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Mr. O'CoNNELL, in answer to a question, said it was his intention, if he possibly could tomorrow, to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, rela tive to the disease and famine existing in Ireland. Several petitions were presented for and against pro tection to agriculture and native industry. Lord WOESLEY presented petitions from Lincoln shire, praying that the House would not place any confidence in her MAJESTY'S Ministers. Lord J. RUSSELL presented petitions in favour of the total repeal of the corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Tamworth, signed by the Mayor, Corporation, Town Council, and a great portion of the inhabitants, in favour of the Go vernment measure for the removal of restrictive duties. The Right Honourable Baronet presented several other petitions to the same effect. The Earl of MARCH resumed the debate on the Customs and Corn Importation measure. He considered that the debate on this mea sure had been entirely on ono side. He be lieved that the taking away of protection to native in dustry in England would ultimately tend to the ruin of the country. He believed this measure would injure all classes, and therefore he gave it his deter• mined opposition. Mr. M. GIBSON agreed with the Noble Lord, that protection was not given to the growth of corn, none should be given to manufactures. Those with whom he was acting had always advocated the abolition of protection of every kind. The question now was, whether the corn-laws should be abolished er not. The parties who advocated protection in that House had led the tenant-farmers to believe that protection would be permanently adhered to. For those mis-statements they were now reaping the fruits of the agitation of this question. The protectionists had called on the Right Honourable Baronet, instead of the Noble Lord, to prescribe for them, and they were now suffering under the severe dose he had administered to them. The Right Honourable Baronet, in leaving a protective duty of ls. on foreign wheat, gave to the agriculturists more than an equivalent for the bur dens which they bore. The price of bread of late had increased, and could it therefore be said fiatsrme value rshad renewed ln that the repeal of the corn-laws was likely to reduce Suff t o h lk eir I n e o as t es l , e a s na less notth asankseidxtyfo-rtharnyee decrease of rent. Ho entreated of Hon. Members to put a stop to their futile oppositioq. Mr. LIALSEY opposed the Government proposition. Mr. DICKINSON Supported the Ministerial plan, be lieving the best course to pursue to prevent scarcity of food in this country would be to give every facility to its admission into England from foreign countries. Lord ALFRED Cnucninn opposed the measure. Sir W. CLAY supported the measure. The House was then addressed by Lord HARroc VANE, Sir J. TYRRELL, and M r. JAMES. Sir R. PEEL then rose to defend the course p ursued b y the G over nment in bringing forward the measures. The Ri g ht Hon. Baronet, hav i ng referred to what bad taken place with respect to the dissolution and re-formation of the present Ministry stated that he was sorry the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London had not taken office, because he believed if d he! had one so lie would have been successful. Though opposed to the Noble Lord in poli tics he had never said one word against him, and in his character of a private Member of the House of Commons, he should have given him his most cordial support. The Right Hon. Baronet then referred s t a ted that he to the letters had nothin written by him to her M AJEST Y, and g to comp lain of in th e conduct of the Noble Lord, or the statements he had made the other night. He hoped that the letter he had read would prove that he was not desirous of robbing others of the honour of settling this question. He declined to receive from the Noble Lord any statement of the details of his measure, because lie th ou ght that any a r ppeaane,e of concert might have jeopardised give thethe ettecess of the measure ; Noble he was pre same s upport to the Lord which It had been the Noble Lord's boast that he had given to the present Government. Then, with regard to the course he was pursuing, he had admitted that it was contrary to that usually pursued by party leaders, but he would ask, was not that a proof that he must be convinced that the measures he proposed were absolutely necessary for the safety of the country ? Knowing the party, the con there a patty actuated by more honourable considerations. But he was satis fi ed that the advice he had given was wise I faience of which ho had lost, be would Ba y, and good advice. To have hoisted the flag of protection would that never was liars conciliated temporary confidence, but the not have elapsed with month of May wou ld out showing that by se doing he should have betrayed his duty to Ireland to En 1 l and, to his SoVERedEIGN,the to the people, and to his party. Had he maintain doctrine of protection to that time, such a degree of odium would have attached to the landed interest, that it could not have stood against it. In one part of the empir. there was impossible to say what would be the extent of the ine On and pestilence, it was depending es a wfa a certain food. It their duty to provide against it. He could not conciliate vipoertaeto4,c"rop7bUtoiff theeoyplfeor support by any expressions of regret, for the day of his po litical life on which he looked back with the greatest pride was that Ist of November when he had proposed to opea the ports by an Order in Council for the free importation of food. Even if their anticipations had preyed 01193109U5i he belie* r Wigwag liaye in . demnified them. In December there was a temporary ces sation of the potato disease. He had entertained no faith in its permanent cessation, and now what was the fact? He had proposed a virtual repeal of all duties on food except wheat; and before they rejected that, let them listen to the state ments which the last two mails had brought from Ireland — one from Sir D. Rome, who had thought the fears of famine were exaggerated. Yet now Sir D. ROCHE wrote him a letter (which he read), stating that the potato disease was still fearfully progressing, and that he did not think that by the Ist of May, out of 100 acres of potatoes on his land, enough would be left him for seed, and that the rot was general in the county ofLimerick, and praying the Government to look to it in time. The state of grails in Queen's county was as bad. (The Right Hon. Baronet read letters describing the frightful extent to which the destruction of the crop had proceeded in the country, some of which were from Lord STUART DE DECIES, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, which stated that in one Union there were 300 persona whose stores of provisions were on the point of being exhausted.) The House was aware that a commission was sitting in Dublin on the subject, but since the commission had made its report the disease had reappeared. (The Right Hon. Baronet then read the report which represented the immense loss of the potato crop in all the electoral divisions in Ireland.) The Government were establishing stores of corn to giv in exchange for labour. To get seed for the s iteing year was next to impossible. It would take 10,000 tuns to do it, and that could not be obtained for Europe, and they must take measures to save it from the existing stock, in order to prevent famine next year. Now, if they had negected these measure, and had come down in May asking large grants of public money, would he hive proposed such votes, while at the same time be was main taining a duty of Ids. on the importation of corn ? Sappoie a famine should ensue, would it do flir the landed aristocracy to say, we throw upon the Government the responsibility of providing against it, but we will maintain our protection ? Had we encouraged them in such a course, they might, in deed, have accused him of treachery. In Belgium and Holland the parts were opened by the Government, and the Legis lature, the representatives of the-landed interest, had almost by acclamation voted them an indemnity. In former times, iu_this country, whenever scarcity had been apprehended, the duties on importation had been for a time removed. — (Cheers.) He rejoiced in that cheer, because it showed that the proper precaution to take-against impending famine was to remove the duties on the importation of food.—(Cheers.) If they were so, then, let them expedite the passing of this Bill, or move, as an amendment, that the duties be imme diately suspended. He would not say what they ou g ht to do after, he was only showing the face of the Irish case, and }moving that, to hoist the flag of protection or rouse the British lion, would have been bad policy in the present case. Would any one contend that, at the present moment no maize should be admitted, no oats should be ad mitted, and the duty on wheat should be sustained? From 1765 down to the present day, whenever scarcity was threatened, the duty on the importation of corn was suspended, and in all those cases the danger was less than it was at pre sent. The maintenance of the present law under these cir cumstances would have brought upon Parliament the greates odium. Now in all those cases the law provided that when corn wasabove . sBs. it should be admitted at a 6d. duty, and yet the law had been suspended in order to give a guarantee to the foreign importer that the high duty should not be imposed. Under these circumstances himself and three of his colleagues advised the suspension of the law. Parliament was now sitting, and it was not therefore fitting to do that by order in Council, which ought to have been done in November, but which it was now neces sary to do in February. He called upon Parliament either to pass his measure or • propose some thing to suspend the existing law. Admitting that the law was suspended, lie asked what did they propose to do with it? His conviction was that it would be impos sible, after suffering a free trade in corn for eight months, to revive the existing law; and he could not have advised it. No power could have revived the present law, when it had once suspended. It might be asked, could they not have proposed a modified corn-law? Public feeling would have been against it, and in matters of food public opinion could not be disregarded. Must not the law have been altered with regard to maize? Could they enact a new corn-law, admitting maize for the feeding of cattle and pigs, and keeping out the food for human beings? Would not the fear of the suspension of the law form a new element of consideration, and give a tenfold stimulus to agi tation. When they talked of submitting to the corn-law, let them look to the changes which had taken place in public opinion, let them look to ,Lord ASHLEY, Mr. STIJRT, Mr. WILSON PATTEN, Lord HENNIKER, and Mr. CHARTERIS, the young, promising, and clever Member for Gloucestershire. Did these gentlemen vacate their seats for any corrupt mo tive ? And even those who, during the present debate, had opposed the great measure, were not prepared to revise the existing corn-law. The Right lion. Member for Hunting don (Mr. T. Baniso) said the time was arrived for a com promise—that is, for a new corn-law, What security for per manency would there be in that. The Member for Rox burgh (Mr. Scow) who likened the Minister of the Crown to a learned advocate, and who was not perhaps aware that a Minister took an oath to freely and unreservedly deliver his opinion, which constituted a material difference between him and an ad vocate—even that Hon. Gentleman admitted that there had been such improvements introduced into agriculture that the time had come when the present corn-law must be altered; and when asked for whom he was counsel, he answered, like Anacharis Clooty, that he was Attorney- General of the human race. The Member for Newcastle under-Lyne (Mr. COLQUHOUN) had withdrawn his con fidence in him because he had not laid down a great prin ciple. If that were so, the Hon. Gentleman ought to be obliged to him, for he ( Mr. CoLgurrooar), an advocate for fixed duty, had been a strenuous supporter of the sliding-scale ; and if the Hon. Gentleman had shared in his misfortune, and read the pamphlets of JOHN CoLgunoux, Esq., of Kellermont, he would have judged that the writer of those was an advo cate for repeal—at all events, he was not an advocate for maintaining the present corn-law. Neither was the Noble Lord (John Manners) the Member for Newark. That Noble Lord was in favour of repeal, but the present Minister ought not to propose it. Now, he submitted that the real question was—is repeal of the law right or wrong ? If righ 4 , vote for it; if wrong, vote against it, let who will propose it. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire indeed was in favour of the maintenance of the existing law, but with regard to those who thought the alteration ought to take place, lie would say, pass the measure, and punish us afterwards if you think we deserve it. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire had last year stood out against grease, and said to' grease— " Hence avaunt !Ts holy grourd !" Now, the Hon. Gentle man had done great damage to the cause of protection by his defence of grease. Mr. MILES explained he was not present at the discussion. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought he had shown his discretion as a leader by being absent from the discussion. The Hon. Gentleman's argument, with regard to cattle, was a dan gerous one. He contended that price of meat was dear because the number of cattle brought to market was less by 250,000 this year, on account of the disease and the defici ency of food—was it not therefore right to bring in cattle from abroad to supply the deficiency ? Then, with regard to the Honourable Gentleman's argument, with regard to flax—he would like to know when the cultiva tion of flax in those parishes to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded was abandoned. Mr. MILES—On the last withdrawal of the last duty. Sir R. PEEL—That was sd. per cwt.—the protective duty of 10!. was removed in 1824. In Ireland, and other parts of the country, the withdrawal of protection had increased the culture of flax, which was more profitable than wheat; while the manufacture of flax had increased immensely year by year, since the protection had been withdrawn, so much that now three-fourths of the cambrics sold in London came from Ireland, and only one-fourth from France, whereas before the removal of protection the proportions were the r everse. The Government had proposed that the corn duties should not cease for three years, because he thought it would be more acceptable to the agriculturists, and because he thought the opportunity would be given to make improvements in drainage and other ar arrangements, and that it would also be more acceptable to Canada. Believing that proposition to be the best, it was his intention to adhere to it, but the Hon. Gentleman speak ing on behalf of the agricultural body had said that he should prefer immediate repeal. Now if the agricultural body thought that immediate repeal would be preferable to deferred repeal—if, by a union with gentlemen opposite, they should place him in a minority, the only consideration by which he would be actuated would be how best he could give effect to the law so amended. He would not say what he might do, or what effect the decision of this House might have elsewhere, but so decided was his opinion on the sub ject that he should feel bound to bring about the adjustment on the basis of immediate repeal, thus forced upon him, rather than leave the country to the anarchy and confusion which must result from leaving it unsettled. With regard to the price of corn tinder a free-trade system, it was impossible to draw any inferences without considering quality ; and the superiorityof English corn would always command a superior price. He did not consider the agricultural prosperity depended on the price of corn. During the lest few years the price of wheat had fallen, and agricul tural prosperity had increased, and these were the results of improvements. In 1815 the rental of England was 32,000,000!., and the price of wheat 1025., and in 1845, while the price of wheat had fallen to 645., the rental had increased to 37,000,000!. Then, with regard to the argument of the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire, and the pathetic picture he had drawn of an interview between a tenant farmer and his landlord, he would suggest a better speech for the land lord to make to his tenant, He would suggest that the land lord should say that it was to their interests that the land should produce five quarters instead of three, and that be e wou ld therefore approp riate his savings by me of the tariff, to the improvement of the farmer for the benefit alike of the landlord and the tenant. But then it was said it was a labourer's question. If they made the land produce five quarters, it would give increased employment to labour, and all parties would be alike fitted. They They had positively assured the Sovereign that they would consider whether the present policy of protection might,not be modified, and yet they now proposed for six mon ths to do nothing. To stand still in commercial policy was to retrograde, and he hoped this House, which had passed the tariff and Canada Corn Bill, would not pass such a censure on itself as was involved in this amendment. He had never said that it was the changes consequent on the alteration of the tariff that had induced him to alter his opi nions. He- had said that the:experience of the last three years had convinced him that cheapness and plenty were thefounda t ion of prosperity, and he would challenge his opponents to show one casein which the removal of prob ibitionhad not con tributed, not alone to the comfort of the consumer, but of the pro doter also. Why, there was the petition of the shipowners, he was ashamed of it; it wished the House to make no fur their rash experiments in the timber trade. Why the effect of that rash experiment of 1842, had been to increase the ton nage employed in the Canada trade from Liverpool, from 153,000 tons to 194,000 tons, and to increase the import from 5,700,000 to 6,837,000, and that was the result of the rash experiment. Now they had proposed to admit good Baltic timber, in order that good ships might be built, and this had increased the demand for Canada timber. Now, they had not in Liverpool a single log of Baltic timber fit for ship-building, and yet the shipowners, of all persons, ob jected to its being imported. He was laying the foundation for increased revenue by drawing the line between duties levied for revenue and for protection. They had been gradually diminishing coloni al and home pro tection, and that diminution had not injured the colonies. He proposed to proceed gradually in the same path, and not at once to, withdraw all colonial protection. Then with regard to paper hanging there was an excise dutty of p e r -yard, and he proposed a duty on foreign paper o f 2d. It was said our patterns were inferior, but competition would improve them. Whenever the removal of duties was pro posed; ruin to the protected Aid pee 4 layAriably proplaecied, and the prophecy had as invariably proved false. What had been the result of the removal of prohibition in the silk trade? An increase in the import of raw silk from 19,000,0001b5. to 51,000,0001b5., and a proportionate increase in our silk manu facture had taken place, so that we now exported mote silk manufacture to France alone than we had exported to the whole world under the protected system. The same result had followed in every instance. The removal of the duty on feathers had given a great stimulus to the feather manufac ture, and the quantity of Irish feathery conse quently had increased, and the price had risen—in concur rence with a large importation of foreign feathers. Oa these facts he grounded the challenge which he had be fore given, to produce an instance in which eitter consumer or producer had been injured. This was not a question of csnfidence in the Government—it was whether they would advance in their commercial policy or retrograde. This was the question they would have to decide by their vote. Let teem .consider the geographical position between Europe and America—their physical advantages—their mines of iron and stone—their acquired advantages—capital — their skill their energy their unshackled press their free constitution ; and with all these advantages, were they to dread competition ? Other countries were watching their example. Sardinia and Naples were prepared to follow their example. Russia was shaken. France was desirous of freedom of commerce. There was a large party in the United States in favour of free commercial inter course; and if no country should fellow their example, let them not punis'a themselves; and on the expe rience, not of three years, but of every reduction that had been made, his advice to them was to set a glorious ex ample by freeing commercial intercourse from its restrictions, and thus taking an additional guarantee for the continuance fr o a f ce l d B4 fr l om an h d is lB r 4 e 2 co , -; of prosperity and of peace. It was possible that times of llection one who heard him i d ati e s a t ar r si s tk hehfi might elyl,s, esthilefo: r iu e iel t f( eiuurri r t eturn, ld never hdr t e h bi o elao s if s ee t k e b d e any n c o consolation that they had relieved themselves from the heavy responsibi lity of regulating the supply of food, and that they should be ablo to say that in the time of prosperity they had removed every impediment to the free circulation of the food of the people, and to reflect that the dispensations of Providence bad not been aggravated by human institutions restricting the supply of food. On the motion of Lord J. MANNERS, the debate was ad journed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. The speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL, last evening may be said, without exaggeration, to be the most remarkable ever made within the walls of Parliament. It did not display ...—... ale high flights of eloquence and the delightful wit of CANNnio, nor the more stirring metaphorical figures and rich flow of language which distinguished BURKE. With PLuNKErr's splendid orations, so con- cise and comprehensive, every sentence embodying argument, and every thrust at his opponents fatal —it cannot be compared ; but it possessed far higher qualities—the discreet, the candid, and the liberal views of a ' Prime Minister who for once threw party to the winds, who defended his policy on principles intelli gible to the meanest capacity, and announced his determination to brave obloquy, submit to every offensive epithet, and all the howlings of disappointed fac tions, for the noble purpose of carrying out measures which he believed essential to the welfare of his country, and the best interests both of SOVEREIGN and people. He is, perhaps, the first Minister that ever openly declared that he would carry on his Government without the aid of party; and, on this ground alone, independent of the vastness and boldness of his commercial plans, he deserves the unqualified praise of every enemy of class-legislation, and every friend of an independent, impartial, and constitutional repre sentation of the great body of the people. His opponents have, in the most absurd manner, blamed him for deserting his adherents, and introducing measures opposed to those advocated by the House of Peers and a large proportion of the landed gentry, as if he thereby obtained some personal and selfish reward, and betrayed his friends only to obtain honours captivating to a low, a grovelling, and unprincipled mind. We are quite sure that every candid pro. teetionist (and there are many of that character op posed to him) will read his speech with very different feelings from those formerly entertained, and readily admit that, under all the circumstances of his position, such as the success of late commercial changes, the alarms of famine, and the anxiety of our gracious SOVEREIGN for the welfare of the lower classes, he could, as an honourable man, and a faithful adviser of the Crown, have pursued no other course. His statements on that head are so precise, clear, and unanswerable that they must carry conviction even to prejudiced minds. " I know," said he, "that I might have conciliated temporary confidence by underrating the danger in Ireland. I might have invited continued combination for the maintenance of the existing law—l might have talked of hoisting the flag of Pro tection for NatiVe Industry—l might have exclaimed that Agricultural Protection must be maintained in all its integrity. That is the course which would have con ciliated temporary confidence ; but the month of May would not have arrived without demonstrating that it had been my bounden duty towards my country—towards my SOVEREIGN —towards my party—to have acted otherwise." In fact, he showed that, but for the measures he proposed, such a degree of odium would have attached as would have done them the greatest disservice. his letter to the QUEEN, on Lord JOHN RUSSELL being called to her MAJESTY'S Councils, is only another proof of his candour and his thorough conviction. In that he admitted the full merit of the opposite party—he cordially concurred in the sentiments expressed by Lord Joux RUSSELL in:his address to the electors of London—and assured the SOVEREIGN that he would not only aid his politi cal opponents in carrying the repeal of the corn-laws, but also vote with them, under our present critical relations with America, for an increase in the army and navy. But we have not space for further comments, and they are not ne cessary. The speech will be read carefully and carefully studied by all interested in the good of the nation, and perhaps will not afford so great satisfaction to any as to our gracious QUEEN, who at this crisis has displayed a magnanimity and regard for ;her subjects befitting the SOVEREIGN of a free and intelligent people. The peroration of the speech deserves to be quoted at length. After alluding to former periods of distress and the extraordinary patience of the people under suffering, he thus concludes "If those times return upon us, if we must again sympathise with distress, and bestow our admiration upon fortitude, will it not prove a consolation to us that all has been done that wisdom could suggest to avert the misery that must fall upon us—will not our ex pression of sympathy be more consolatory—will it not be more just and thoughtful that, in times of prosperity, surrounded by no necessity, succumbing to no clamour, unopposed by difficulty, will it not be a lasting consolation to ii that the chastening of an all-wise and beneficent Providence, given for some good and wise end, perhaps to abate our pride, to convince us of our nothingness, to awaken in us a loftier sense of himself, and Of his powers; will it not, I ask, be indeed consolatory to ourselves in those moments to find that no dispensation of a merciful Creator I had been aggravated by our own obstinacy, or the faultiness of human institutions to prevent a supply of food to a famishing people':" Nottinghamshire has now an opportunity (not granted to any other county in the kingdom) of proclaiming its ad hesion to the cause of enlightenment, the cause of generosity, the cause of justice—Free trade. From the circumstances of Lord Lueconx's appointment as Secretary in Ireland and the demise of Mr. HENRY GAILY KNIGHT, both divisions are deprived of a representative, and hence the enfranchised inhabitants generally are in a position to prove themselves capable of appreciating the exigencies of the present extra ordinary crisis. It befits, however, all those who aresincerely interested in the advancement of commercial freedom to exhibit no tardiness in their movements; it befits them to remember that the upholders of a policy such as protection —a policy which has already received such a signal discom fiture—a policy which is now goaded on to the most fierce of all struggles, the struggle for existence—is straining every sinew to retard, if not entirely to suppress, the destruction with which it is threatened. It befits them, moreover, to reflect that if monopoly still possess a vast secretion of its old venomous spirit, and if, in the language of a great living orator, it has " lost the perforated tooth through which to squirt it"—that same pernicious spirit may still be scattered among the electors, if precautionary mea sures be not employed. Desperate as their case appears, candidates are not wanting to advocate the interests of the agricultural bugbear : in the southern divisionnder, we those have had occasion cf late to mention the appearance u m popular e e dv b . a n ti c e n d e r bys o his f a G M t r e . eHe ofNI- n E n w n , C — A t s L i l E e n e t s y e o n n e n n g t e g g e e n n t l i e s t to his Grace's fine-spirited and dauntless son—in the nor thern division we have now to direct attention to an address yesterday issued to the electors by Lord HENRY ENTINCK, wherein that nobleman offers himself to their suffrages as a backbone Anti-Ministerialist. This redoubtable epistle being dated from Welbeck, is im pregnated throughout o with that bias towards the perquisite s of a " protected ofLordm m landlord PORTLAND,i s ene commences withw imbued th which and e h ahnhi iA ckn at r e d e d. h ed k Of hackneyed 'f course,s conven tionalities father, the t e l Noble Duke e about partiality for " private life," and diffidence about " entering the arena," and all that sort of thing, of politics—passages which resemble the blustering modesty of PAROLLES, immediately before that gentleman is drubbed for a braggart. Of course, the Right Hon. Candidate is plen tiful in his magnanimity, and expresses his readiness (like a farming CunTrus) to " sacrifice all private considerations," to become what ? a philanthropist on a large scale— a whole sale HOWARD—a giver of food, and fuel, and clothes to man kind in the aggregate ? Far otherwise; this act of wonder ful self-forgetfulness is infinitely more disinterested—it is for " the maintenance of the protective system ; ' in other words, it is for the aggrandisement of his paternal estates, it is for the deterioration of national comfort, it is for bloating the pocket of the landlord and pinching the stomach of the tenant. So much for the personal sacrifice of Lord HENRY BENTINCK, so much for the average logic and benevolence of his party. With these dispassionate men can have not even the shadow of a shade of a sympathy : they are so unexplicit, so paramountly selfish, so completely and irreparably obsolete in principle. Let the constituency of North Nottingham tarry not another moment in selecting some proper personage to represent the more rational—the only rational policy of commerce. Let them give their proportion of impetus to push the proposition of ISir ROBERT through Parliament with yet greater triumph, and to oust for once and for ever these gor mandisers of exclusive protection. Let them, m..reoveer, meditate earnestly and copiously upon the oration uttered last night by the Premier—an oration of emphatic bold the tones of which were nerved with a consciousness o silent, recti tude and wisdom. Nor was the harecep tion—the address less Relent, cordial reception—of the consummation. For significant of what must prove einfinitely less proportion of South Nottingham we feel an representative, Lord LINCOLN, has anxiety ; its former uncompromising and so as sumed a deportment so man y, t . u now uncle; cl . - 1 independent upon the ques iscu „ Intense y sicm, y so me off-et to the political squeamishness of the „ PUBLICATIONS. 'IIIIIE GREAT B7EII OF ST. PAUL'S will strii'i OXE on the 22,1 of FEBRUARY. CHEAPWST EDITION OF ➢I. 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The Earl of RADNOR moved for returns relating to the export of grain from Ireland.—Agreed Lord MaximoNT then rose to move for the appoint ment of a Committee to consider the nature of the pecu liar burdens upon land, and also as to the manner in which the Excise duties pressed upon the landed interest. .He had always held that the subject of the peculiar burdens upon land, and the necessity of protection to agriculture, were so intimately Connected that if the one Wad tO femoved the other ought to be removed also. He should prefer the continuance of both to the removal of both, (vs the mobt etondmical bargain that the etiatenuttity at large could strike with the agriculturists. His Hi son - for his preference was; that it would make utt indeptndeht of fofeigii bbiintries) ebeotirafte indttstty at home; and enable us to favour our colonies by ad• witting, their corn at a loyrer duty. 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