The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. " The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE hIE A E. tall: A FAIRY TALE OF HOM The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, del. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON TH Messrs. Ryder, Conto FIFA The Principal Characters by i, L µIT Murray, eonrtney, Mrs. , Stirling, Miss Marshall, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss reutnell, and Miss Somers. To be followed by a New Extravaganza, entitled JEAMES, THE RAILROAD FOOTMAN OF BERKELEY-7QUAR E. Jeames Plush, 4r. Compton. To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HAR , .EQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. II Harvey; Columbine, Miss 'Sullen ; Clown. Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon. Mr. T. UM. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. IMMENiE SUCCESS OF TI VENING IE NEW BURT.EsQUE. THIS E Will lad nerformed THE WILD BOY OF BOHEMIA. the Whl Boy, Mr. hiclercq. Atter which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. In which Mr. James Browne, Mr. Bonier, Mr. Cockrill, and Miss Kate Howard will appear. And concluding with the new Pantomime, unapproachable for glee end grandeur, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Fortunatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini ; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S WONDERS and incredible CHINESE DE LUSIONS will be repeated every Evening, doors open at a quarter fast -Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be varied by the Amusing Performances ot the ChWin' Family and astounding, Feats of the American Brothers. M. Phißippe will (by desire), and in consequence of the immense overflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give a Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Thursday Morning, commencing At Two o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ;Pit, Is. ; Gallery, Gd. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHFATRE OF ARTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF THE WONDROUS DOG EMILE. This livening, and during the week, the DOG of the_PYRENEES. In consequence of the many parties being disappointed of witness ing the Morning Performances on Thursday last, owing to the stop page of Westminster -bridge, on the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the Houses of Parliament, Mr. Batty is induced, in compliance with the wishes of several families of distinction, to announce a LAST GRANW DAY REPRESENTATION for THURSDAY next, January 29, when the celebrated Dog Emile will perform, commencing at 119.1f-past One precisely. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The immense attraction Fifthe present PerfUrmances nightly fill the Theatre to the ceiling. Week of the MENDICANT lON, and the Grand Comte Pantomime. TO-MORROW EVENING, JAN. 28, Will be performed THE MENDICANT SON Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, John oh© Rogers, 0.3we11, Maynard, Lewis, Heslep ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, a id Daly. After which LOVE IN HUMBLE LIFE. To conclude with a new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE OLD WITCH OF TEDDINGTON ; or, The Golden Days of Good Queen Bess. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; .;:olumbine, Miss Smithyss ; Clown, Mr. Paul Herring; Pantaloon, E r . Anderson ; sprite, Mr. Stilt. Places and Private Boxes to bo had of Mr. J. Kers,liner at the Box-office daily, fr.= 11 till 4. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FIRST WEEK OF THREE NEW AND ATTRACTIVE PIECES. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK, Supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks chardson, , Dale, Niggle,, Searle. Herbert, Misses Vin cent, Terry, Ri &c. To be followed by A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courci, Mr. Fredericks; Le Grange, Mr. Saville; Marlette, Miss Vincent. After which, Professor HEMMING and his SONS will give more unparalleled feats of Classical Gymnasia than ever yet has been ex and surpassing even the celebrated Risley himself. To conclude with WALTER BRAND ; or, A DUEL IN THE MIsT. ----- GREAT FOOT Race.—The foot race for 501. aside between Butler and East, two well-known pedestrians, came oil' yesterday at Hayes. In consequence of the presumed superiority of Butler, his backers gave East five minutes' start, in a distance of twenty miles, but notwithstanding these great odds, Butler was the favourite in sporting cribs. Both men had been in active training for the last month, and considerable sums were bet at sto 4 on Butler ; but In consequence of a report which had gained circulation on i3aturday night, that he had been taken ill, a change took plaee, and East enjoyed the favouritism at about the odds above quoted. The men appeared at the twelfth mile-stone on the tixbridge road, to walk to the thirteenth and back, at a little before two o'clock. Preliminaries having been arranged, East went away with his five minutes' start, at a smart rattling speed, and was followed after the stipulated interval by Butler, at an equal, if not superior pace, and he gained twenty s econds in the first mile. In the second and third miles, however, he lost ground, but then, with slight variations, began to mend again; and at the end of the tenth had reduced the five minutes' start to four. East continuedn to pursue his course in capital styl e, and so obvious wa s it t o men acquainted with such matters that Butler could not win, that 4 to 4 was freely offered on East : odds which increased in many . instances to t and 7 to 1. In each milesucceeding East improved his advantage, and at the end of the fig tim enth mile Butler resigned, his oppo nent being at the a mile a-head of him. East walked the remainder of t n a rl d y i t tance in order to claim, and completed the twenty miles in ee kours fourteen minutes ten seconds. Butler, it was stated, was attacked with cramp in the stomach two or three times during the race. CLOSE or HoTADAYs. —Nowth t a h t e the season of an nual f e stivity is about to terminate, and schools be reinstated by the busy thron g of youthful boarding personal comfort and attractions of whom become naturally an the .with friends and relatives of great solicitude, rtowcanrapi an object Oil, for accelerating the growth and for improvin g and beautifyin g llar the hair; Rowland's littlydor, for improving the skin and complexion gala removing cutaneous eruptions ; and Rowland's Odonto, or teAntitYing the to and preserving the gums, are universallyeo n _ slu,nell indisPensable In the re-Visite accompanhnenta of the decora- The a ugust patronage conceded by all tbc Sov tive 7epository. reigns ~y( ,urope to these crecat.i,ve renovating specifics, and • ' , e" tion, by et perience, of the.r Lifillible etlicsay, have' characterised thou, and given them a ceebrity unparalleled. them with zeware or Spurious imitations ! nick genuine articia has the word " Rowland';" on the wrapper. ;rue Fourics MAILS.—The followinx notice was isseei on Monday at tu na s l'or.t-otlice, St. Martin'a-le- Grand -;—" The next mails for Gi braltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India and China, will be dis patched 'from hence on the morning of tits V of February, to b e forwarded rid Southampton, By the overland mail to India, &c., via Marseilles, on the 7tlf February. Weat In , :l i i:s.—The next mails for the West Indies, Mexico, Hon- Ivirllast!,,eliavalialah, New Grenada, Venezuela, and Madeira, made up on the morning of the 2d of February, to be dispatched by the Forth steamer s . 'via Southampton. Net .mail due February 7th. British North America, Bermuda, r i ... tbe the caUmnbitg steamer,Sttes,onAhe evening of the 3 d February , Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. isietit ;wail due, the Hibernia steamer, February 15. Brazils, Buenos A7Ces, Madeira —Due on the ',Express, at Flthnosh. 74h February by her Majesty's/ 0ng 404 o lp F next mails will 4,4 e evening of the - be made up Prl Land, mails for SydneY, iii..ew South Wales, yiin February The aRI New Zealand, will be made up on the evegn M aV day erext, the 31st instant, to bs forwarded by - th e e Abel Alower, a eravesend." THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 50, BAROMETER, 29.58.—W1ND W.N.W., fine. GENERAL IVIONTHOLON'S NEW WORK. Now ready in 2 vols. Bvo, price 28s. bound, HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON, AT ST. HELENA. By GENERAL COUNT MONTIIOLON, The Emperor's Companion in Exile and Testamentary Executor. Now first Translated and Published, from the original Manuscript, with the sanction of the Anther. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroagh-street. THE NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " MAIDS OF HONOUR." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SIR ROGER DE COVERLE Y. A TALE OF THE COURT OF CHARLES 11. By the Author of " Maids of Honour," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. DISRRAELI'S WORKS. PUBLISHED BY MR. COLHURN. I. CONINGSBY; or, THE NEW GENERATION. Fourth Edition. 3. vols. SYBIL ; or, THE TWO NATIONS. Third Edition. 3 vols. CONTAWNI FLEMING—ALROY. Second Edition. Printed together, in 3 vols., with a Portrait of the Author. To be had of all booksellers. SECOND EDITION. NOW READY. 4ADY HESTER STANHOPE'S MEMOIRS. ■ln 3 vols., with Portrait, &c., 31s. Cal. bound. " Lady Hester Stanhope possessed a rapid and deep insight into huma character, and her remarks upon the distinguished persons with whom she was acquainted,• as well as of the many travellers who visited her at Joon,lare always pointed and searching, if not always just. All the passages relating to her uncle, Mr. Pitt, are of striking interest, and her strictures upon the character and conduct of the politicians and intriguants of the day an. irresistibly amusing and forcible."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlborough-street. NEW WORK ON RUSSIA Now ready, In 2 vols., small avo., with a Full-length Portrait of the Emperor, price 21s. bound, RUSSIA UNDER OLASHE AUTOCRAT, NICH T I. BY IVAN GOLOVINE, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT. " These volumes are to be regarded as the most authentic and copious exposition of Russia and her Government that has yet been given to the world.—Britannia. henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James's-street, in Piccadilly. _Notice. —Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and increased accommodation. Prixces' Club, James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the First Act of popular Opera of THE ENCHANTRE - . S. Don Sylvio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Doctor Matha nasius, Mr. Harley ; Ramir, Mr. Borrani ; Stella, Miss Romer. After the Act of the Opera Professor RISLEY and his SONS will go through a Series of their Classical and Popular Exercises. The whole to conclude with a New Grand Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle. Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear. To be followed by a new grand Christmas comic I antomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home. John Peerybingle, Mr. Stuart; Tackleton, Mr. Tilbury; Caleb Plummer, Mr. W. Farren; Stranger, Mr. 11. Holl ; Dot, Miss Fortescue ; Bertha, Mrs. Seymour ; May Fielding, Miss Telbin; Tilly Slowboy, Mr. Buckstone. Between the acts of the Drama the Band will perform the " Czarina Mazourk," the " Cricket Polka," and the Overture to Masaniello." After which the laughable Farce of UNCLE JOHN. Uncle John, Mr. W. Farren; Friend Thomas, Mr. Tilbury; Mrs. Hawk, Mrs. W. Clifford; Eliza, Miss Telbin. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET on the HEARTH. John Peery bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton, Mr. Culleuford ; Edward, Mr. Selby ; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha, Miss Woolgar ; May Fielding, Miss Taylor. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM PattAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, 31Iss Woolgar, &e. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas Pan tomime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG ILI BEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSICEEBANG; or, The King of the Cannibal Islamic. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss piercing ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson. THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JAl';(llArtY 27, 1846. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. A FULL REPORT of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SPEECH on the subject of the CORN-LAWS will be given in a THIRD and EXTLtAORDI - NARY EXPRESS EDITION of " THE SUN" of THIS EVENING, the 27Th INST. M A P THE RAILWAYS. IN A FEW DAYS, WE SHALL PUBLISH A "RAILWAY SUN," CONTAINING A MAP of the RAILWAYS in ACTION, in PROGRESS, and in PROMISE; executed in a style of surpassing Beauty and Correctness. In fact, it will be a Map of the greater portion of the Kingdom, with all the Lines so marked that he " who runs may read." PREPARED BY THE CELEBRATED JAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER TO XER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.: Orders received by all News•agents, and at The Sun Office, 112, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Apprentices are exempted from serving in the militia. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Simning .. 27 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 61 minutea after 1, • 41, . (vq - "- SINN ;--zuw4:! ,d,4* SECOND EDITION. 'UlDfititi • LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1846. The Lords met to-day at Half-past Four o'clock. Prayers were read by the Bishop of ELY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, praying that the duties on commerce with foreign states might be removed. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought up her MAJESTY'S answer to the Address. Her MAJESTY thanked their Lordships for their assurances of loyalty and attachment to the Crown, and relied on their continued desire to promote the happiness and contentment of the people. Lord CAMPBELL laid on their Lordships' table a Bill, for the purpose of promoting a general registration .)n land. The measure was read a first time, the Noble Lord observing that he would not move its second reading until the exciting measures now to be brought forward were disposed of. The Duke of RICHMOND, in presenting petitions in favour of the corn laws, expressed his hope that Parlia ment would not make any alteration with respect to those laws without an appeal being made to the people. He was convinced their Lordships would not be intimi dated by the hired emissaries of the Anti-Corn-law League. The Duke of RICHMOND then, in pursuance of the notice he had given, asked the Duke of WELLINGTON the causes that had led to the late resignations in the Ministry, and their reasons for accepting office again, pledged to carry out the same measures that bad caused (heir resignations ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he had received her MAJESTY'S permission to state what had occurred. Ile wished, however, to know whether the Noble Duke had any further questions to ask ? The Duke of RICHMOND was anxious to know the grounds which had lad to the late resignations. The Duke of WELLINGTON then went into a state ment of the causes which had led to the resignation of himself and Sir R. PEEL, and the rest of the Ministry; the calling upon Lord J. RUSSELL to form a Ministry, and the failure of that Noble Lord to accomplish the task. The Noble Duke confessed that at first he was strongly impressed with the conviction that the pro position to open the ports was not necessary, and that alterations in the corn-laws were not necessary. Upon the question being brought before the members of the Government, great differences of opinion existed, and the result was, the determination of Sir IL PEEL to resign—a course which he strongly advocated. That resignation, as was well known, took place. A Noble Lord had been sent for by her MAJESTY to form a Government, in which he failed; and upon Sir R. PEEL being sent for again, he (the Duke of WELLINGTON) considered it his duty to his Sovereign and his country, from whom he had received so many marks of favour, whatever his opinions might be, not to leave his SOVEREIGN in the predicament of meeting her Par liament without a Ministry. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM thought their Lordships ought to know why those who had been called upon to form a free trade Government had failed in their task. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not feel called upon to enter into all the reasons that had led to the failure of his Noble Friend, the Member for the City of London, to form a,Ministry, after the explanation that had taken placed elsewhere. He had, after great consideration been convinced that the retaining of the corn-laws in their.present shape was impossible. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that upon being asked whether he would form a Government upon the principle of maintaining the corn-laws as they at present existed, he declined doing so, believing it impossible. He trusted the House would wait till they had heard what the measures of his Right Hon. Friend were, and not at tempt to conjecture them. The Duke of RICHMOND, on presenting a petition from Wareham against any alteration of the corn-laws, stated that he trusted an inquiry would be made with reference to the burden on lands; because, if such an inquiry took place, he would pledge himself to prove that the landlord who paid 3001 . a - yea r r ent paid treble that which was paid by Mr. COBDEN, who made 30,0001. a-week. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE observed that if that was so, the fault that it had not been made public was not with the League, but the Noble Lords and Gentle men who upposed it. Mr. COBDEN had over and over again moved for returns of the burdens on land. The Duke of RICHMOND over and over again denied that the people of England had been made converts to the doctrines of free trade, and dared the present Go vernment to appeal to the country on the subject of free trade. Lord BEAUMONT believed with respect to Ireland that if they removed protective duties, they would take away all feeling of affection on her part to England. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he gave a cordial and ready assent to the proposal of his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R. PEEL) when he proposed his measures with respect to the corn-laws in November last. After some further observations from several Noble Peers, the subject then dropped, and the House ad journed. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock, and re ported to the House that her Majesty had been pleased to receive the Address, and had returned a most gra cious answer to the same. A new writ was moved for Ripon, in the room of Mr. T. B. C. Smith, who had accepted the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Several peti ions having been presented, among others, one by Mr. OCTAVIUS DUNCOMBE from the North Riding of Yorkshire, to prevent the wholesale manufacture of votes; and various notices of motion having been given, and certain unopposed returns having been moved for and agreed to, u s n otbe r Mr. Cotter, in reply to a que stion on the subject of t sufficient captains t o the naval retirement, said th at the number had accepted of the retirement W u a enable the Admiralty to carry out the plan, but that the subject was still under consideration. The House then resolved itself into Committee of Supply, for the purpose of voting a supply to her Ma jesty for the navy. The House having resumed, again resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, for the purpose of voting a grant of 513,0001. for public works is Ireland. In answer to Sir H. W. BARRON, • Sir T. FREMANTLE stated that it was his inten tion to brig; in a Bill in the course of the sseek for faeilitatin the building of harbours in Ireland and to propose an additional pat for that purpose. Colonel SIBTHORP asked if this 50,000/. was in addi- of these measures, and to lay down some principle of selection, so as to enable them to decide what schemes were entitled to priority. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the Ministry ought to state what would, in their opinion, be the inconveniences attending the construction of so many lines of railway , and what limits ought to be placed on railway specula_ lation. They ought to propose a plan, to be inquired into by the Committee, as the question was too great to be intrusted to any Select Committee composed of a small number of Members of the House. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. 11. Hinde, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Ricardo, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Morrison, Sir R. Peel, and several other Hon. Members. After which the Committee was appointed. Sir T. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for a vote of 50,000/. for the extension of public works in Ireland. The orders of the day being disposed of, the House adjourned at Nine o'clock. tion to what had been already voted, and if they were to have any more votes for that job of all jobs, the Shannon Harbour. Sir T. FREMANTLE said it was a vote in addition to the sums already voted, which were nearly exhausted. He begged the Hon. and Gallant Member not to confuse loans with grants. Mr. HUME asked the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government whether, by this grant, he admitted the principle that public money was to be voted to procure employment for the people. He protested against any money being given under the plea of employing the people when there were other causes in operation which prevented the people from being employed. If money were granted to Ireland, why not to Stockport or Paisley? He wished to know how the former grants had been employed. Sir R. PEEL would give every information with re spect to the appropriation of trust grants, and he assured the Hon. Gentleman that nothing was further from the intention of the Government than to expend this grant in the promotion of private interests. For several years grants had been proposed for public works in Ireland, and he should not think during this year of discontinuing ' the practice. A full account would be rendered by the expenditure of the grant. Mr. HuntE objected to the public money being appro priated to the payment of rents to the Irish landlords, as had been the case in former instances. Sir H. BARRON thought this was not a time to haggle about 50,0001., when famine was imminent in Ireland, and hundreds of thousands in that country were depen dent upon charity. Mr. WILLIAMS was as anxious as any one to alleviate the distress of Ireland, but that could only he done by doing justice to that country, and not by grants of public money. Lord CLEMENTS denied that England was taxed for Ireland. Many Irish proprietors resident in England paid the In.!ome-tax, their income being derived entirely from Ireland. Dr. BOWRING thought his Hon. Friends were misunder stood—they doubted whether the grant would relieve the misery of Ireland. The grant was then agreed to, and the House resumed. The friendly conversation (for it could not ba called discussion) which took place in the House of Lord 4, last evening, brought to light some facts of great import ance to the country at the present moment : one is, that the Duke of WELLINGTON is resolved to support Sir ROBERT PEEL in his plan for a material alteration of the corn-laws ; and another, that the landowners have at last yielded to Mr. COBDEN'S earnest entreaties, and are ready to go into an inquiry on the peculiar burdens on land. This is a great point gained. Hitherto much mystery has prevailed respecting the amount of taxes and rates paid by the agricultural inte rest, as compared with those paid by all other classes. The landlords were incessantly calling out that their burdens were enormous, that • the corn-law Bill even did not compensate them for the excess of rates levied on them in twenty or thirty shapes, but, strange to say, they never could point out where the unequal burdens lay, and still more, they would submit to no inquiry on the subject. Mr. COBDEN has, twice or thrice, brought forward specific motions for an investigation into these burdens, but the landed interest turned a deaf ear' to all his arguments and entreaties, wrapped themselves up in their virtuous intentions, and kept echoing the old cry—" The grievous burdens on land." This mode of smothering facts and resisting just demands however, it is found, will answer no longer. The aristocracy cannot enjoy exclusive privileges merely be cause they form the first branch of the Legislature, and some of them are descended from the " bold barons" of old. They are only subjects, like the rest of the com munity ; a large number of them, or their immediate ancestors, but half a century ago were commoners, and raised to their present eminence for the political pur poses of the Minister of the day ; and with a reformed House of Commons they will be allowed to lay claim to no such privileges as those which finally banished the French ncblesse and the French clergy from the soil of France. To their credit, the Peers of England begin to see that circumstances are changed, and that they can enjoy no peculiar exemptions without showing their grounds of exemption. The Duke of RICHMOND, to a certain extent, admitted something of the kind. In reply to brief remarks from the Earl of RADNOR as to the peculiar burdens on land, he joined with the Noble Earl in the hope that " before any change was made in the present law there would be an inquiry into that subject." These were the words of the Dulce, but they differ materially from those in which he professed to concur, and which were to this effect:—" He (the Earl of RADNOR) for one could not understand what were the exclusive burdens that were felt by the landed interest, and for which compensation was to be given to them. He hoped that that would not be given with out inquiry into the subject, and, when that in quiry was taken, he very much doubted whether any such compensation would be given." His Grace, however, thought otherwise, and pledged himself to prove that the farmer who paid a rent of 3001. a year was liable to treble the taxation that Mr. Cullom paid. " The members of the League," he added, " both in that House and out of it, were always making assertions, but never were able to prove them." Here, then, is a fair challenge to Mr. COBDEN, and, before any compensation is granted, he will have little difficulty of proving that, so far from the landowners being burdened with greater taxes than others, they do not pay their full share. Lord BEAUMONT also called out for inquiry into the burdens upon land, because he was con vinced it would be pro►ed that there were cer tain grievances of which the landlords had reason to complain. This is a lame conclusion, and though his Lordship stated, on the authority of the Poor-law Com missioners, that the land paid annually 12,000,0001., he 4411 probably find, en analysing the report, that a large proportioo is put down to tithes and poor-rates, which all :lasses pay. With regard to the other point, the explanation )1 the Duke of WELLINGTON, the public have also reason to be satisfied—that is, taking for granted that they are satisfied with the measures proposed by Sir R. PEEL. in most of the statements made by " the Duke" there is one striking feature in which he excels all other ipeakers. He conceals nothing for a sinister purpose; his assertions are rarely or never unintelligible ; le goes direct to the main question, and leaves no doubt as to his intentions. In a case of this importance the sentiments expressed by a speaker of such a character and weight, must, therefore, be looked to with deep interest. He candidly admitted chat he was at first opposed to the plans of the Minister for throwing open the ports and introducieg essential changes in the corn-laws, but, on ,inding that his Right Hon. Friend was resolved to 4dhere to his purpose, and would fight the battle alone, should all his comrades desert him, the veteran warrior could hold out no longer; he was overcome by the chi valry of the Minister, and generously - vowed to fight with nim to the last. his words are so characteristic, that they cannot be omitted. " Her MAJESTY," said he, having thought proper to write to my Right Hon. Friend, and to require him to resume the situation which he still held until another Government was formed, he wrote to me (I was in the country at the time), inform ing me of the circumstance, and stating that if he did re •ume office he had determined, happen what might, if he stood alone, that as the Minister of the Crown he would enable her MAJESTY to meet her Parliament. I highly applauded my Right Hon. Friend on that occasion, tad I determined that I for one would stand by him. 1 felt it my duty; and I did think the formation of a Government in which her MAJESTY would _ have confi dente was of greater importance than any opinions of any .ndividual upon the corn-law or any other law. My Right Hon. Friend wrote to me and desired me to attend the Cabinet that evening, which I did. I applauded the c induct of my Right Hon. Friend; I was delighted with it ; it was exactly the course which I should have followed myself under similar circumstancess ; and I determined that I would stand by him." And stand by him he will, for he is a man of his word, and possibly the rePractory Peers may find that it is better to go on still with WEL LINGTON and PEEL, than embark on an ocean of diffi culties and dangers in a crazy vessel, worn out with age, aryl steered by one in whose experience they can place no confidence. Agitation, at the present moment, appears to concen trate its energies upon those particular segments of taxa tion which hamper international commerce in grain rowards this central point all the political powers of the multitude converge ; it constitutes the pivot of popu • tar action. Nevertheless, although it is the grievance upon which the fulcrum of " appeal " is pressing more immediately than upon any other, it forms but the sec tional part of a gigantic whole. The present era is, in fact, one of mercantile agitation—an agitation which tends to relieve the people of the most grievous and op pressive imposts to which in this country they are more especially subjected ; and, by so doing, to enhance the facilities of intercourse in trade between the several principalities of the earth. To the ac complishment of this great principle, a more cffectual means could not possibly have been adopted, than that of a peaceable commotion for the removal of all duties upon corn. With these endeavours our sympatlies have been frequently and emphatically expressed ; the abolition of such intolerable burdens upon the principal article of sustenance among all nations appearing to us so manifestly politic, so ostensibly necessary, and so morally judicious. This was the arch f Macy of all our constitutional fallacies, and, as such, it required an i mme di ate modification : it was the most importunat e of all our " crying evils," and hence de manded the first attention. Now, however, that the victory appears to be absolutely achieved ; now that this most perniciou s of all restrictions has been sapped to its lowermost foundations, the interest of the public starts forward as it ware spontaneously to those various other i m p os ts which, though less in comparison with the monstrous injustice of the corn-laws, are yet in themselves of the most arduous and unjustifiable description. Foremost amongst these stands that general object of antipathy, the window tax, the obnoxious character of which cannot too often be insisted upon. At the present mo mentous juncture, and especially upon the very e vening upon which th e P r i me Mi n i s t e r w ill b r ing forward his "Commercial Policy," it is far from our intention to enter into the merits or demerits of this oft-mooted question, with any detailed minuteness. In making this particular allusion to a subject so repeatedly and so thoroughly dissected as this, we are simp l y desirous, first, to commemorate the demonstrations against it, made o”. 'Friday last in the Court Ho use , M ary l e b one ; I and, secondly, to impress upon the public mind the ne cessity of its destruction forming an integral portion of any plan for alleviating the pressure of impolitic taxa tion, before that plan can, by any possibility, be perfect in its form or in its application. Sir ROBERT PEEL, we have elsewhere observed, has evidenced a gradual pro gression towards the abolition of the duties upon corn ; his tariff, in several particulars, facilitated the importa tion of food, as, for instance, in foreign cattle. Upon this same principle, also, of drawing inferences from his previous conduct, we should be induced to believe the Premier but little opposed to the annihilation of a tax so invariably detested as the one upon windows—if we might regard his abolition of duty upon glass as a sufficient evidence. Without this sequence to his ori ginal concession, the matter in question will be a thing but half accomplished. It will be tantamount to ren dering the material cheaper, while the use of that mate rial will be still accompanied by the most burdensome ' demands—the material (glass) of a cheapness easily attainable by the people at large ; the use of that material (windows) being laden with an expense which must ever tend to render the atmosphere of our houses impure, to abstract from the beauty or symmetry of our streets, and in every respect to interfere with our architectural arrangements, while at the same time it continues an interminable clog upon the industrial classes. To speak in still more compre hensible and unmistakeable language--the abolitioa of duty upon glass, as it appears in Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ta riff, and the continuance of a tax upoi windows, constitute an anomaly which can scarcely be paralleled in any financial system upon record. For the eradication of this anomaly we look to the indomitable and impulsive voice of the people—to that voice which has carried forlyard to an issue so successful the great cause of legislative interference with the trade in corn. As the first demon stration against these duties upon air and light since the commencement of the preseut session, we regard the recent meeting at Marylebone with an inte rest more than ordinary; and, as the most persevering and consistent advocate for the abolition of the tax in question, we rejoice that Lord DUNCAN was present upon the occasion. Cordially do we coincide with the Noble Lord in saying that " the moment the public began to show their: feeling upon any particular subject, the next minute the Government was forced to bow to that opinion, or give way to others," and that " there was no other way of ruling in this country than by the force of public opinion." Diffused but potent, that " public opinion" is capable of accomplishing everything it undertakes with earnestness. It is the true Hercules, symbolised in the Pagan my thology the Hercules which can strangle the lion of despotism or cleanse the Augean stables of a bad Government. Let the present agitation, therefore, be persisted in, let advocates as sincere and energetic as Lord DUNCAN and Sir CHARLES NAPIER come forward and insist upon its impolicy, its injustice, and its actual immorality, and the incubus will succumb. The Madrid journals of the 19th contain no news. The discussior. in the Chamber of Deputies was still going en, and was expected to last for several days longer, as they had reached only the 7th paragraph of the Address. The Three per Cents. closed at 33 13-16 at 60 days; the Five per Cents., at 23i; and the shares of the Bank of Isabel 11., at 166 at 60 days. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, a spirited discussion took place relative to the conduct of the Government in the adjudication of railways. M. LIIERBETTE denounced the entire system, and blamed the Government especially for allowing high function aries in the state, and officers of rank in the army and navy, to advertise themselves as the heads of railway companies. He disapproved of the conduct of Peers and Deputies who had joined in the gambling operations on the Bourse, and made some strong remarks on the conduct of the Government in first encouraging the forma tion of the Receiver-General's Company for the Lyons line, and the subsequent dismissal of M. BAUDON, its chair man. He was supported in these attacks by M. RUNILLY , when the Minister of Public Works replied in a speech of great length. Me entered into a minute history of railway legislation, and contended that the adjudications made were on reasonable terms, both as regarded the State and the companies to whom the concessions were made, and he declared that France was advancing so rapidly, that more was done now in ten years for the improvement of the internal communications of the king dom than bad been done formerly in 200 years. " The result is," said he, " that the ' reseau' of railroads, such as are now fixed, includes not less than 41,998 kilometres- If the whole execution by the Government had been decreed, the country would now be engaged in an expense of between 1,600,000,000 f. and 1,800,000,000 f. From these figures it is evident that the State would have been obliged to concentrate its efforts on the execution of one or two principal lines, it is evi dent that, with the system of the execution by the State the reseau' in question could not have been executed to its whole extent. The inference is, that it was indis pensable to make private industry co-operate in the ge neral enterprise in question. It was my opinion, and that opinion prevailed ; and now, what is the conse quence of the law voted by you? It is that the reseau,' whose extent I have mentioned, is being actively pro• secuted ; that it will be completed in six years; that in six years France will have 5.000 kilometres of rail roads, at the cost of 407,000,000 f., borrowed of the State; and that in six years there will not be a province uncrossed by a railway line. Such is the case ; and in six years you will have executed what the old monarchy could not have accomplished in two centuries." A very confused and disorderly discussion ensued, which led to no result; as, on the ballot being called for, it was found that there was not a sufficient number Of Members present, and the division was adjourned till Monday. The Messager states that the report of the French frigate La Thetis having cannonaded Cape Haytien is quite unfounded. On the 22d La Thetis was at Port-au-Prince, and affairs were assuming an aspect which denoted au impending pacific issue. Most of the papers have comments on the QUEEN'S Speech. The Opposition, of course, are not satisfied with it. "It offers," says the Constitutionnel, " some cu rious comparisons to our discourse from the throne. That document made all possible advances to England — friendship, affection, mutual confidence, pacific assu rances, and amicable exchange, good and intimate rela tions, and cordial co-operation. To this display of ten derness, the Queen of ENGLAND replies by a convenient paragraph, but without any display of enthusiasm; it ex presses a wish that the present union and good under standing which so happily exists between the two nations may ever minister to the interests of humanity . We do not intend to say that the phrase is not friendly, but, in truth, after all the advances made by M. GUIZOT —after all the sacrifices he has made to the English alli ance—they could not well do less, and it will hardly be found that they have given him good measure." On the whole, however, they find little fault with this State document. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de I'Opera at 83f. 20e. • BUSINESS DONE IN FOREI‘;N RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 26. Ceylon, —Dutch Rhenish, B—East Indian, 1% Great Northern of France Constituted, 14% —Great Western Bengal, % —Lyons and Avignon, 2% Luxembourg, 2%—Mauritius, 4—Namur and Liege, 3%—Faris and Strasbourg (Ganneroa's), 2%—Rouen and Havre, 27%—Sambre and Meuse, 5% —West Flanders, sp. MARKET NE WS.—,THIS DAY.) 'RAY MARKETS. SKITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 5/ 12s ; Oat Straw, 11103 to 11 1:s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 4153 to e/ lOs ; Oat Straw, 11 10s to 1112 s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12a to 11 15s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. IVHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 316 s to 4125; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 51 15s; Oat straw, 118 s to I/ 10s ; Wheat Straw, 11 10s . to 1112 s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Nothing has been done in British Plantation worth reporting, but the market is firm, holders showing no anxiety to press sales, and purchases could therefore not be made at lower rates. The public sales have consisted prin cipally of 2,419 bags Bengal, and 406 bags Madras. Only about one-half of the Bengal found buyers, which was forced off at a decline of fully is to 1s 6d. Low to good middling white Benares selling only at 50s to 52s 6d, the remainder was taken in, being held for the previous value. The quantity of British Plantation landed last we ek at the East and West India Docks was 93 hhds 26 tierces 1 barrel ; and there were taken for home consumption 1,145 hhds 85 tierces 362 barrels. The stock in the same places is 6,819 hhds 635 tierces 847 barrels. cOFFEE —46 casks Berbice, 1,064 bags Ceylon, and 1 ,194 bales Mocha; the Berbice was chiefly taken in, there being no buyers at former rates. Only part of the Ceylon was sold at a reduction of 2s to 3s on British Plantation descriptions; comm on mixed low good ord was taken in at 495. Abou t one -h a lf of the. Mocha was dispo se d o f at 55s to 593, f o r common greenish mixed quality to good lo ng b erry clean garbled, being for the common sorts about previous rates, but the better descriptions must be quoted 2s to 3s cheaper. Pri vately 1,000 bags Padatig have been sold at 28s, being an advance of 2s upon previous rates. RICE.-598 bags and 995 pockets Bengal at auction sold at 15s 6d to 16s 6d for mid to good mid white and a f ew lots of yellow cargo at 14 3 6d , which are rather lower prices. Rm.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 206 puns 146 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 256 puns 76 hhds, and exported 156 puns 11 hhds. Th e stock in the same pla ces ' is 11,968 puns 1,067 hhds. SALTPETRE.-2,559 bags Bengal and 847 bags Madras only partly sold a t 25 s to 27s for 111,4 to 8 3 / 4 per cent. refraction Bengal, being barely the previous value; the RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Sir R. PEEL then rose to call the attention of the House to the number of railway plans, and to suggest to the House what the Government considered the best method of dealing with railway legislation. Considering the serious difficulties of the subject, he thought it best to move for a Select Committee to con sider the subject,the Government being ready to suggest to the Committee what they considered the best method to be pursued. In 1844,48 Railway Bills passed. In 1845 118 Railway Bills received the sanction of Parliament; and a capital of fifty millions was authorised to be raised, extending over a period of three years. Within the last two years there had been sanctioned the levy of a sum of nearly seventy millions for railway projects Thus, in 1846, a sum of twenty-six million: 1847, 23,000,000/., and 1848, 18,000,0001., would have to be raised fOr railway purposes, The sum of 23,.540,0001, to be applied in one year for railway purposes was a large drain on the capital of the country During the present year the number of English railway plans deposited were 606, of Scotch, 121, and of Irish, 88. Many were rival schemes, and many others could not be proceeded with; but the number which would be brought forward would far exceed the number brought forward at any former period. They involved the con struction of 20,687 miles of new railway, requiring a capital of 350,000,0001. sterling . It would be impossible to appropriate such an amount of capital without the greatest inconvenience. It was. therefore, necessary to lay down regulations for the guidance of railway legislation. Ho had the greatest objection to the interference of legislation with pri vate enterprise. After making every deductiot, for failures, he thought that there would be such a num ber of plans that it would be impossible for Parliament to consider the whole of them. It was also a matter ut consideration whether it was for the public advantage to devote so large an amount of capital to the pro motion of railway enterprise at once. The consequence of the serious competition would be that the estimates for those railways would be ex ceeded. He greatly doubted whether the power of the House would enable them to make proper inquiries into each scheme, and whether it would be for the public advantage to create such a great demand for labour, am such a great division of capital. That, however, was fot the consideration of the Committee. A map had beet( prepared showing the proposed lines, and the differ, , n( schemes had been classified under proper heads. These would be laid before the Committee. They had beet classified into direct metropolitan lines—lines require( for public purposes, and lines for defence or coast lines. He trusted the House would agree to the appointmen of a Committee to report from time to time, and than the matter would be left in their hands. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving for the appointment of the Committee. Mr. GISBORNE was not satisfied as to the grounds oi. which the Committee was moved for. The House would not be in a position to decide without better information . besides, what was to be done with regard to the standing orders ? Sir R. PEEL did not consider it necessary to propose any alteration in the standing orders, for he hoped tht Committee would make an early report. Sir G. GREY thought it would be better to suspend proceedings before the Standing Orders' Committet until this Committee should have made its report. H. thought it would be desirable to refer the investigation, as to matters of fact, such as traffic-tables, to soul, tribunal out of the House, reserving to the House tht power of coming to a final adjudication. Sir R. INGLis believed it physically impossible for th, Members of that House to give proper attention to thest Bills. He thought that an ambulatory tribunal should 134 appointed to investigate facts. Mr. C. BULLER considered that some better tribunal should be appointed than a Parliamentary Committee foi the consideration of railway matters. All influence wa: taken away from local Members, and Parliament, by tilt present system, delegated its authority to a Committee by the decision of which it was not bound. Why should not the same authority for inquiry be delegated to a commission? In that case an inquiry would be suffi dent, and it was preposterous that there should be tw( inquiries into facts before two Committees of two Houses. It was a waste of time for each House to go through that same process of inquiry into the Sarni facts. It would be much better that one inquiry should be out of the House by a commission. After a Member had served upon a railway Committee, and he acquired some knowledge of the subject, he was turned loose upon society, and other Mem bers employed who had again to learn their business. A commission, composed of men au fait in railway matters, would get through the busi ness in one third of the time. The House was now de prived of the advantage of the reports of the Board of Trade as to engineering matters. The objection to the Board of Trade was, that they could not inquire into other matters and he thought it would be much better to transfer those irquiries to a commission out of the House ; and if the salaries of those commissioners were to be paid by the promoters of railway Bills, he thought those promoters would be glad to accede to such a propo sition as a measure of economy. Col. SIBTRORP thought all commissions jobs, and he proposed that to avoid improper expenditure of public money, these commissions, if appointed, should be paid by the job, and not by the day. Mr. HUDSON suggested to the Right Hon. Baronet that there were two ordeals through which these railway pro jects ought to pass, before they were submitted to the Committee which he proposed. It should first be ascer tained that they bad made the necessary deposits, and secondly, that they were in a condition to comply with the standing orders.—(Hear, hear.) Hewes not under the same alarm as the Right Hon. Baronet as to the diffi culty of making the necessary deposits. -Wherever lines were required for the public he doubted not but the money would be found to complete them, provided the money was not sent abroad to purchase South American bonds or foreign grain.—(Loud cheers.) He thought there were defects in the composition of the Railway Committees of the House ; but he bad always respected their decisions, and was prepared to abide by them. He was quite certain that the business might be got through to the satisfaction of the public and the ho nour of the House. Mr. F. MAULE congratulated the House in having sccured the services of the Right Hon Member for Sun derland. He considered the Committee proposed to be one of the most impartial ever appointed by the House. He thought all portions of the empire should be fairly represented in that Committee, and he complained that there were not a sufficient number of Scotch Members in that Committee. The only Scotch Member repre senting a large constituency was the Hon. Member for Dumfries. He thought a record ought to be made up, which should be final, as far as all future proceedings went, and which would enable both Houses to arrive more easily at a correct decision. Mr. C. RUSSELL expressed his cordial concurrence in the motion for the appointment of the Committee. The object of that Committee he understood to be to con sider whether it might not be possible to postpone some Madras was all taken in at 25s to 26s for 6M to 54 per cent. refraction, being comparatively cheap. SPICES.-550 bags black Pepper, only part sold, at 2%d to 2 3 %d for good black sifted Sumatra, which are former rates. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 42s 6d to 43s per cwt on the spot, and Town 45s 6d. TEA.—The demand is more active, and prices are firmer. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 7,000 bales, all to the trade. The market though steady was dull. 900 Egyptian sd. to 7 3 Ad., 150 Pernams 6 1 / B d. to 6 1 %d., 700 Surat ad. to 3 1 Ad., and 5,250 American 30. to sV i d. There was a very quiet market for shares, but prices gene. rally'were steady. The ship William Stoveld furnishes papers of August 21, from Port Phillip. The squatting question was still that to which most attention was directed, and it was doubtful whether any regulation could be made satisfactory to the pastoral interest, if due allowance be not made for the privations they undergo in fostering the real advancement of the colony, while promoting their own. The revenue returns for 1844 appear to be lees than those of 1843, but this was met by a reduction of ex penditure. Wheat at Sydney had risen to 14/. per ton. Accounts of November 13 from Graham's Town state that it was found necessary to keep the troops up to a strong num ber in the Colesberg district, so disaffected were the tanners still. The Lieutentant-Governer of .Natal, it is stated, would soon have very few but natives to rule, for trekking bad commenced among the farmers. The American advices continue to be tolerably favourable in respect to trading matters; but no one seems to like the proceedings in Congress. It is true there are many of our merchants who still contend that " there will be no war." but it is quite impossible, we must contend, that all this furious declamation, and voting of precipitate measures, should go, on without leading to serious results. The Public Securities have not been affected to the extent anticipated by the American news, probably because some parties anticipated as much. The market, however, is not buoyant, and there is snore disposition to Bear than to spe culate for a rise. Consols have been 94% %, but are now 94 1 At ; Consols for the Account from 943 and 95, have dropped to 94 1 /. Exchequer-bills have been 20s. to 225. premium • Bank Stock has be en mar k e d 206 to 1/2. Spanish Three per Cents have been dull at 39, Mexican at 30k, Chilian at 99k, Brazilian at 83, aid Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents 59} to 60. The railway views of Government are all against new scrips, and they are generally lower. The registered shares will support their ground better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ _ _ Bank Stock .. • • .• .. • • .• • • 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 95% 94% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 904% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 96% 97% 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO% 7-16 5-16 India Stock .. .• 258 India Bonds, 1,0001. 28 South Sea Stock .. • . • . 106 Ditto, New Annuities • • 94 Bank Stock for Account • • .. 206% Consols for Account .. 94% 95 94% ExcLequer Bills. I%d. I%d, 1,0001. • • .. • - .. • • 20 22 —-- pm. 5001. • • .. • • • • 22 —— Ditto, Small •• .. 22 —— pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • B3 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 82 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 40 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. • • • • 99% • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent for the Account .. 3 0% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 4O Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Passive Bonds • . • • • • 6% Ditto, Deferred • . • • • • • • 17 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 39 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. .. 60 59% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SnARE. Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 2 3 .... to Buckinghamshire • • .. .• 428. % p.. to Caledonian • • .. • • • • •• 10 .... to Ditto New • • • • .. • • • • • • 2% .... to 4 Ditto Extension • • • • • .. 3 _ to Chester and Manchester .• • • • • 425. .. • • I dis ••to Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% l% .... to— Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • • 51 4 •• • • 3 %.... to Dublin and Belfast Junction. .. • • 5 •• • • 6% ••t) Eastern Counties .. 141. 16s. Od.• •• • 22% •• • • to 21% Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No.;1, 61. 13s. 4d % p .. to Ditto, ditto .• .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d % p.... to Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • •• 50 •• • - •• Ditto, Half Shares 5 .... 16% .... to Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth.. 425..... 1 dis.. • to tboole, Doncaster, and Shenlold,&c..• 425. .. 1% p.... to 1 p Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% 1% .... to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .. • • 21% .... to Ditto, Extension .. • • • • .. 12%... 18% .. ••to Great North of England .. • • ..100 ....21G .. •.to Great Western .. • . 85 —163 .... to Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • .. 50 .... 92 .. • to 91 Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. • • 5 .. • . 19%.... to Ditto, Fifths • . • . .. 20 .. •• 37 .• •• to 36% Hull and Selby • • • . 50 ....105 .. • • to Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth • • 2 •• • • 1% •• • • to Leicester and Birmingham • • • • 225. •• • • 4 dls 'to -- Leicester and Bedt.rd .. • . .. 225. % p.. to Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% .... 2 .... to 1 34, Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 21 / •• .• 3%.... to Londun and Birmingham • • • ..100 • • ..224 .... to Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 23% .... to London and Blackwall 161 13s. 4d. .. • • 9% .... to Loadon and Brighton .. 50 .... 67% to London and South •Westerti • 411. 63. 10d. •• • . 78 1 ,¢ ... to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 7% • • 18% .... to London and York • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 434 1 % lA' to Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. • • 77% •to Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. 4 .... 1114 .... to Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. .. 2 .. • . to 31anchaster, Buiv on, and Matlock 425. 1% 0% 114 pto % p Manch,ster and Southampton .. .. 2 .. • • 2% %• • to Midland Ditto, New .. .. 12 29 28% to 29% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 .. • .122% •• ••to Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .. .. 60 .... to 59 Newcastle and Berwick • . .. • • 10 • . 21% 21 to 22 Newark, Sheffield, and Bostoi . • 2% •• • . 2%% .. to North British .. .. .. • • • • 17% ••.• • • to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. • • l 3 .. • • to 2% Ditto ditto • . .. • • • • • • 5 .. • • 5%.... to North Kent and Direct Dover .. 3 .. • • to North Staffordshire ~ 425..... 3% p.. to 3 p Northern and Southern Connecting • • 2%.... 13 .... to Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .... 25% t .. to Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 ... 2ld . ... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% ...• 15 4 .. • • to Portsmouth I iirect ... 5.... to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • . 7 .. • . 14%.... to Scottish Midland • . •• _ • • • • ••• 5 534 to 2 3i • ••• 3' 3; to • • • • 425. p.. to 1 4 di s . .. .. .. 42s y . •• 2g i to l y<j p South Eastern and Dover • • • Ditto, New, No. 3 • • Ditto, New, No. 4 • • South Wales .. .. 38% .... .-... to .. 10 ••• 12 .... to • •• 23 .... 3%%% to to Taw Vale Extension • • . ... 2 .... to . .. 50 • ~. to • • •• .. 15 .. .. 39% .... to 38% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. East Indian .. • . ss. ....1%.... to Great tit:viten' of France Constituted 5 •• • • 14A 15 .• to 14% Jamaica South Midland June , ion 1 .... .... to Luxembourg .. .. • • .. .. 4 .... 2% •• • • to Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .. to Paris and Rtuen • • • • • • • . 20 .... 393 •• • • to Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) .. 2 .... VA.— to Waveney Valley Welsh Midland .. • Yore and North Midland .. Ditto, Extension MINES, .... 4 to DIED. • BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY' (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice Wit Liao.) l 0 The cases disposed of in this Court to -day Possess° feature of public interest. EXCITEQUER.—(THIS DAY (Sittings in Banco.) LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. —SIR JOHN DERESFORD AND OTHERS. Mr. SMITH moved the Court this morning to stn, to Prbe ceedings in this action until the plaintiff had delivered defendant a further and better particular of the notic2 u the demand. The plaintiff was the eminent engineer, n defendants the managing Directors of th e Leeds and Csflisl6 which line Railway, for preparing the necessary sur ve y s of whl gal the plaintiff claimed 12,8554 and had brought the 1 1 . 44 action to recover that amount. Now the defendantshythei to know how this amount was made up , in o _ l :t r „, t , spa ° might 4 submit the amount to some competent poi"— of judging whether it was fair or not. the ri° - Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Had you not better imier at or.ce, and save all further expenses? f e r Mr. Smrra said they were not in a position to refer, to the particulars of demand being of so general as 04 ' differo t and unless the Court were prepared to lay dow n t h e p arts' rule in the case of engineers, he was quite sure iiicient• culars which had been delivered in the cause were inst Has s t le Mr. Baron ALDERSON did not know tha t there e necessity for the Court to lay down a new r ule in Olt: bnl an engineer, because an engineer did his work in til t and could hardly be expected to make out his h"1 same way as a tradesman. tsi°ea Mr. SMITH would submit that the particular 'loll. one item 'of 8,9801., which ought to be given Mo re 1,0 It was for personally examining the count r y betwee o u nt ;be and Carlisle, making sundry trial sections, 13 ): i l so iicit erS main line, finding surveyors and levellers, m eetinl, and Directors, and arranging with them, with Wer, ling, and other expenses._ b e s ° Mr. Baron ALDERSON—WeII, how could be deliver dal e particular than that ? Mr. Sarrru replied that surely he couldsay how el,sligaril he was employed in the surveys, and how Dian, ' s ` ca be employed. vcs Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Then; in fact, y o u want d h eif an account of the number of fields he surveyed , a n heMr. was surveyin them. O hl SMITH sub g mitted that the particular aller4 tharevel. plaintiff had paid money out of pocket for tavern bills, e ` 101 4 ling expenses, and assistants; surely he mus t 13$1 some account of the money he paid. lan Od ~E Mr. Baron ALDERSON—You have already hnfito grid granted you at Chambers, calling upon the plan cha rges eget rate the money paid out of pocket from t he be ,a" the work and labour, and when that is done Y eu „'t l Po p possession of sufficient information to enable 3' o " to what the claim is for. Mr. SMITH apprehended not. Suppose a delivera particular in this general form, For building 1,000/., would that be sufficient ? The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—I think it would b e $ particular. Mr. ,„ ore le SMITH thought not. But suppose an attorn% woe' deliver his bill thus, To defending an action so rup—' that be sufficient? I The LORD CHIEF BARON—An attorney is a clu' tOs ti° , P‘ son altogether, because his charges are subjecte d to, to be j 1:0 Mr. SMITH contended that an engineer ough t not j tha t empted from the general rule, and he submit ted Court ought to call upon the plaintiff to deliver " him particular of the nature of his claim. hav e Mr. Baron ALDERSON—SureIy you would not - give you an account of every glass of wine el' brandy he used during the completion of the surveY; t io ' h e is a wide difference between particulars' for info rill- of iet o t " particulars for traps. The one gave a correct 1.0 t o plaintiff's claim, while the other betrayed the P" — „;si P r :4 an admission which might be used against him at :or; The LORD CHIEF BARON—The Court makes,ne of 710 to the general rule bearing upon particulars in Tiet,l°,,lifer tic gincers, and the Court requires the engineer to "" san i same description of particular as the shoeula kerl ostn re such a particular as will give a correct idea of tht, den',, s ! j oi the claim. Surely if a shoemaker stated that 0 : 00 0 , was so much for a pair of boots, you would not ea u ; to give a detailed account of the cost and prices ours reio rials with which the boots were made. The C° to make the order. 4/1 COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DP je COOKE V. WETHERELL. thi s Mr. Sergeant SEEK resumed the argument in tW° continuation of his address on Saturday, and aga;;; s e. sought for a new trial on the ground of Surf e' t . 5,0 Learned Gentleman, this morning, directed hi, lns i e e affidavits of Catherine Bull, Mary Potter, an d a rtie: 4 l,o contending that had it been supposed that the P str er„cs now made them were necessary on the trial to i.o . e LN IO the defence of Mr. Wetherell, they could easily id s produced. In answer to what was alleged on those,etioS, there was the clear evidence of Mary Hall, the wo h sl ; o f t? of Dorset street, and the Russells, which, if vi._° rt r l c one m et i , went far to establish the fact of the crimina l efi",,rtt charged. The Learned Gentleman here read th e s et ~" a of these witnesses, in answer to the allegations estwri in the affidavits, and denied with sen i ,, e ir scte r yi certain imputations cast on th e mo ral n"", ce Elizabeth Russell, in order t o d es t ro y the int lue- eith evidence, the same was also attempted to be dOne 5 ; Revel, Mary Langrage, and several other w itness e n d if $ 0 submitted without anything like good cause ; ;ILO then had they clearly proved criminal co nnexioth equ es? miscarriage of Mrs. Cooke had taken place in eon s d ied the time she was living with her father and sePa r .„, let 9 her husband. The Learned Gentleman, at Fe,f,', t se i jit combatted the imputations set up by the defenc, tO. the voracity of these witnesses, and, after reply t le 1 ; 41 affidavits of the two defendants, who set forth that, , e t n„c charge was a base conspiracy of the plaintiff to p r r er r j , the load of marriage" on account of disappointnietbeit iF ing Mrs. Cooke's fortune, concluded by calling on .4 ships to discharge the application. r t left (The argument had not concluded when our repo was expected to last all day.) :n0 0 , 0 1 , 0 # THE MILITIA.—The following are the cps for holding commissions in th e m ili t i a : —F o r `24,/ a-year landed property, or to be h e i r a pparent iie dt, a-year. For Lieutenant-Colonel, 600/. a year Fo r e perty, or to be heir apparent to 1,200/. a -year. t 400/. a-year landed property, or to be heir appare l ' o r t"d a-year. For Captain, 2001. a-year landed propertfi, p er heir apparent to 400/. a• year. One half of ou e ,„ 0 0 r ob must be in the county to which such regiment h i elv t ti A CAT BURIED ALIVE.—Last week a bin" ghe n t pt near Wooler, bad occasion to re-open a potato P i be lo": 0 0 his great surprise his lost c at came craw li n g from o d - te e straw, a mere living skeleton ! A month had e' 3 ,P or tun i the pit was ope ne d, at which time poor puss had n o ' entered and been covered up.—Tyne Mercury hn nef es i d COST OF CIT Y PAVEMENT.—At t h e M ar yle last Saturday, Sir P e t er L aur i e state d t h a t the I °./ r th e of wooden pavement, an d su b sequen t rem oval f granite, cost the City of London 40,000/. last Z,' riit/ REDUCTION IN THE P RICE OF BREAD. — Ye s ,p 4 quartern loaf underwent a red uc ti on o f one halfpe% bei 4o b POISON ON TWELFTHCAKES.—AII inquest "a of Tuesday lost, at the Town Hall, Derby, on the ini• ed )1 0 Ellen Woollatt, a girl of four years ' old, Wh,°„k i e..,/, 4 eating some of the ornaments from a twel 4 ,"`" BorOugh, a surgeon, stated that on a port mor e v tion, the symptoms presented were precisely eu vr c he ja r f o ttr, have been produced by carbonate of lead. vis,"(sP"o turned a verdict, The immediate cause of desti' t :iteo l p susception of the bowels, which appears to have .t. s e lrll lc deceased eating a portion of the ornaments of al" 'ee' —Derby Reporter. 0, .„ 0 th THE WANDSWORTH UNION.—At A 10- ill , court, yesterd a y, ano th er b atc h of fourteen oos,ll-o,4eb";;g', men and boys, were brought up from the Wands'i; charged with refusing to work arid tearing the" 01; They were sentenced to terms of imprisonment "r"" fourteen days to a month. WATERMEN'S STEAMERS AND THE NASl°. l ;h i e mrrrEx.—During the whole of yesterday, two 0 1 1 . - /) ° Ye' C : t o t'r men's steam-boats were stationed alongside the o°l4 to r" bet n 6 at Paul's-wharf, to prevent the barges from rlird again into the custody of the Water-b a iliff. s 04 1. RAILWAY STRIKE.—On Friday last the v v- n- ° l n otes` ir • of the Scottish Central line, from Pet er head to ts ed . ,,Do amounting to upwards of 3,000 sturdy labourers, filo shovels, assembled in front of the office at St ir o ,ee c ttt they demanded an advance of w ages o f 3s. pe r , e ; r, Robinson, the active and intelligent manager ot f considering the shortness of the day, the vitt. to C A ° ii present being 2s. 6d. per day, did not think pror', SIPA with what seemed to be an unreasonable &woo d l ice , " was feared that some disturbance might take P,,Ante t ti o at" precautionary measure was adopted, and the ~if/ now regretting their rash step, and.are resolved , their work. Some of the ringleaders have been r r 0 Stirling Observer. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM. YesterdaY li f i te! Court of the Governors and subscribers to the Dee ms° tutiun was held at the London Tavern, Bish °l lsef•ii° for receiving the annual report and the election 0. oe ily . and eighteen boys from a list of ninety-nit re po h rt i fil Alderman Thompson, M.P., in the chair. 15- zoll "A ; gratulated the subscribers on as act of incorporate e0",0",,, been obtained, and that the institution was P ,'" public favour. The life subscriptions a mount annual donations, 4,776/. 3s. ; donations, 254/. 1 ' bed o ec r gacies, 311/. Is. Bd. The routine business host tb° 4 ,1 cluded, thanks were voted to the Chairman, a m h 0 1 ,; ( ing separated. e nt f itii- _ t er CALAIS, JAN Marshall, the c-, P, o . here for the last twenty-four years, died et" e'lnPi l ea' morning after several days' illness. We has left s ve': - h re 0 a large family ' to regret his loss. He was much fro ' his situation. tire The Right Hon. Thomas Erskine, who re d d 1 1) his judicial functions some time s i nce , is ' , W ill : 101 0re in improved health, at his marine villa near Ch ris BIRTHS. Cu tts On the 16th inst , at Stutgard, the wife of Charles , Esq., of a daughter. E 0 On the 22d inst., at the Vicarage House, East O a " ' wife of the Rey. W. Streatfeild, of a daughter. , fa rto' ~rf On the 23d inst., at Plaistow, the lady of Charle s f a daughter. °f On the 23d inst., at Caledonia-place, Clifton, t a ' ifs ° Cormack, Esq., of a daughter. ii the w 5 f On the 23d inst., at Eton House, H avers tock-la fo e Mansse, Esq., of a son. go , d On the 24th inst., at Commercial-road, L a mbeth , off. Wheatley, of a daughter. d2 o , n g t or On the 24th inst., at Whetstone, Mrs. G. Bury, - o f s pit On the 24th inst., at Burton-crescent, Mrs. S. St" G.P On the 24th inst., in Mecklenburgh-street, worth, of a daughter. f On the 24th inst., in Chatham-place, the wife 0 of a son ----- ------ ------- j i p l MARRIED. . the ho d ' t,,i' On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sclu er. "o of '- Di" Rev. William Towry Law, Chancellor of the diel le pri toe Wells, to Matilda, second daughter of the late Sir -ifiP e oi gomery, Bart. b . De olif -0. , '" • On the 22d inst., at St. Mary's Church, DO OO3 br ,, t vie,'f ° Martin Corry, Esq., Straw Hall, Carlow, to Marg e L; ~ daughter of Mat. Forteseue, Esq., Belvidere, Du b " —. fl eP" Grenada, • sie Willi nevi io Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. Shropshire Union . South 311d1And Real del Monte, Unregistered LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 27.—Wind S.W., light airs and cloudy. OFF FOLKESTONE, JAN. 24.--JOhalll Frederick Wieting, Charleston. BRISTOL, JAN. 26.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Eliza Warwick, Calcutta. STUDWELL ROADS, JAN. 24.—Arrd. Ann, Hall, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Joshua Waddington (late Bottomly), Valparaiso ; Clio; Le Grene, Buenos Ayres ; Alice Jane, Bleasdale, Laguna ; Henry Clay, Nye, New York ; St. Laurence, Brown, New York ; Argimore, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Alexander Edmond, Carr, St. John's, New Brunswick. Md. Waterville, Mills, Hayti. . . _ OFF WILITEIIIVEN, JAN. M.—Scipio, Greggs, St. Andrew's. HULL, JAN. 24.—Sid. Atwick, Brewer, Patagonia ; Ann Seaton, Rio Janeiro. YARMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Flora, Pearce, of Tor quay, assisted in leaky, having struck upon a floating wreck off Seuthweld. The Larch of the Morell, Allen, from Middlesborough to Portsmouth, was in contact in the Roads 23d, with the Doris, Walker, (of South Shields, and, both received trifling damage. The Countess of Errol, Wright, of and fur Rye from Shields, was in con tact last night off the Dudgeon with the Novden and shortly after sunk ; crew saved. LYMINGTON; JAN. 24.—The Thetis, Barns, from Woodbridge to Liverpool, has arrived o ff thi s very leaky, an d ' with pumps choked, having encountered a strong gale off Portland ; will discharge. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 26.—1 t blew very hard last night from S.W. to W. and continues. The schooner Ann, of Jersey, with loss of three hands overboard, was spoken, 23d inst., by the Marie, Smith, arrived here. She reported having seen a French barque founder in lat. 8, lon. 10 W. JERSEY, JAN. 24.—The Neptune, Gander, of and from this port for Guernsey, missed stays and struck ou the rocks off the western point of St. Brelade's Bay yesterday, and sunk in deep water; crew saved. KIRKWALL, JAN. 22.—The Zephyr, Kirkpatrick, was stranded on the island of Stronsay, previous to 20th inst. ; crew supposed to be lost. One body has been picked. up. LONDON, JAN. 27.—A large vessel, drifting bottom up, was seen, 23d inst., about eight miles off the land, between Southwold and Aldborough, by the Prince of Wales, Jordan, arrived in the River from Leith. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. British Monarch, Prance, Jamaica. Arrd. from the river, Thomas IBlyth, Hay, Mauritius ; Thomas Henry, Jury, Mazatlan ; l'rincess Royal, Sewell, Cuba ; Anne Eliza Cook, Vera Cruz ; Tory, Mobile ; Eclipse, Davis, Madeira. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Helen, WFuller, Calcutta. JERSEY, JAN. 23.—Arrd. Pallas, Langlois, Newfoundland. CROOKIIAVEN, JAN. 23.—Wind S.S.W., light airs.—Arrd. Infanta, Frost, New York, for Liverpool, with part of cargo thrown over board. and having experienced heavy weather. DussiAt.x, JAN. 23.—Arrd. Sarah, St. John's, New Brunswick. ISLAM, JAN. 17.—Sid. Jean Blair, Rae, Savannah. DEAL, JAN. 26.—The British Monarch, Prance, arrived here from Jamaica ; experienced a severe hurricane 12th inst., lat 40 N., ion. 28 W.; had sails split, and bulwarks stove in ; laboured and strained heavily, and made much water. PORTLOGAN, JAN. 22.—A vessel's boat, 14 feet long, and painted black ; the cover of a skylight of a small vessel, painted lead colour ; an empty porter barrel, marked on the end, with red paint, " 2,088," and branded C. and G. ; also some pieces of bulwarks have washed on shore in the Bay of Luce. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MILN V. WALTON. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied the Lord Chancellor the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His LORDSHIP was occupied the whole day in hearing petitions, the greater number of which were unopposed and quite devoid of public interest. VI CE - CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) SUTER V. GRANT. The furthe r arguments in this part-heard motion occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole day. The Case, as we stated yesterday, came before the Court upon a motion to dissolve an injunction preventing the defendant from selling certain elementary copy-books. The principle of the invention consisted in diagonal lines drawn between the lines which served as a guide to the pupil. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wicaum.) , CHANDLER V. BRITTAIN. His HoNoun, in giving judgment, said that for the time at least no question rose out of the case, for out of whatever fund the annuity was directed to be paid, the residue would be the same. He therefore directed the annuity to be made up out of the residue, and ordered that the trustees should be at liberty to keep up the policy during the life of the an nuitant, with leave to apply to the (hurt at the annuitant's death. teTrnillis'ir'llirleool:tti .in the 19th of December last, at Latantc, Whiteman, Esq., aged 54. ill, Chur ch fer ejj. On the 17th inst., at Lambeth, Miss Sarah ,s P e t' fr daughter of the late B. Churchill, Esq. ....... Thon' ~t h sw On the 19th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, DI i - , lio'" S uoo o s airi n : ttn t hh h aee e , 22, 2 , 111 O ssdt t t h ornn s i s n tto. s f, t at h: ti eras West ere:th. the e slTih inas Vicarage, sik G e s uR shoro ii g ' " , o f ~ Dorchester-terrace, j. niag ri cl ° the late T. Gregory, Esq. the On the 22d inst., at Bath, Frances, relict of the la j e .,ces, - „d 0 On the 23d inst at Tudor Lodge, Brixton, r r'' , Jo' ~ of S'' . 8 - eptimus Wray, Esq., M.D. D.A. , ier Kent, ace,j3 On the 23d inst., the Rev. Thomas OsmondjaaYFlnsrlaS College, Cambridge. se, ° 4 ' 0 ° On the 23d inst., Agnes, the wife of Vincent Gre oo street, Southwark. .. ti o,..to o ' On the 23d Inst., in Fortress -terrace, Ne" v ijoi ( ' Rainford Bnsor, Esq. I , jjollu e ols° . , On the 24th inst., at Kensington, Mrs Deborah Kohn rood' 6 On the 24th inst., James Lynch, Esq., of l'-'''. -- I I l i ot ./0•0 ao' t o r_Tua i,ondon : Printed and Published by B id,MITRIa ill 4 1/. - 1 ~e o Strand, Printer, at ?US W,. Office, No. 112,disto of the Savoy, In the County . of Middlaeg , 27 , 1846. 4, HHALOCK V. PATCH. This case was brought on in Michaelmas term last by a bill filed by the plaintiff in reference to a will before th e Ecclesiastical Courts, alleging that the plaintiff was the next of kin to the testator, and that fraud had bee n use d t o ob tain the will, and praying an injunction to restrain tl e de fendant from wasting the assets pending the suit in the Ecclesiastical Courts. A demurrer and answer were put in by the defendant. But the bill having been purged of im pertinent matter without being amend e d, was left in m an y parts unmeaning, which deprived his Honour of the power to do more than overrule the demurrer, which was overruled without costs. ,) N a or 'ter4 . 4 1)0 ' 4 , 1