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

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Ij he Lord Chtitic ', llor and the deputat.tt . 4l from the m a '? of Peers arrived Et the Palo at half-past two (-oer., The Noble and Learvwd Lord wore his gold t r ,c 't he ' and 'as tt nde I hy \ir. John Wallet', Birch,.. Bart, a of ePar'llani. en ' t ; . Sir AugusLus .s k?lift s ? . rd t.: %ll' Gent! ant Uslic.r o 4 ' the Black god; the bi rgt . n ' 1 1 • 3 4 ,_, 1ns ; and ' a - Isf; by hisl'u l rse-n o ,r e r and .. St-cy_t a t l ti v r i ie , s. ro om, uepu:atiou was conducted to the gtv , -o ur "',. The ei Dilb ,I," 'cu''en was conducted to her seat on the throne ',l e " Ltd Cltainb. rlsin, the Lotd Steward, . and 'rthe e-Chauiberiain, Prince Albert bring by her side., - o Vi e ' e 'l of liueeleueb, Mistress of the Robes, and tie li-ic`lhnte's %sa Jocelyn, Lady . . , sto t ? t d i behind oincer 3 h her Stat e on her right ; the Ministers a iest. ll) °d on either side of the throne, cud 17__M nt_ z . 1- .. the.)l.% Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms , lined litcm,ito, eotomand:ed by th.:;ir Captain, Lord }: d )r_e i s , ,,... r . Wiii;„ de Ptatien fronl the Peers were conducted 13._ ,er i s is ik;'•!'t. 'la:tins and Mr. Ileneage, Gentlsmet, Us t t i,e ~ vst l / 4 a ,„ ltir g; to the door of the throne-room, where A 'the ,e'eeive by the Lord Chamberlain, who conducted ThePatatinn to the presence of her Majesty. 1 ) , th e Lord Chancellor advanced, supported on his right , Vir, en . e e ,,Ea, ..id,. of Home, mover of the address, and by awarden on his left, and followed by the e ta, juclu:lin g the Duke of Wellington, the Earl Noble ugh, and the Earl of Dalhousie. The . It ' 4llrl F i t if"b" er t ( l, to,..t,e.e4Led Lord read the address from the House of 4 ePtit l . r 7 a JestY returned a most grac i ous answer , and the : Th"" then retired with the usual reverences. l'itl ke e §Peake r of the House of Commons arrived at_ the a d erag a , ; l ' his state cold) and was accompanied b !!AtZ .l5 " of Members, and ' attended by the Serg o ea y tit- 11014-•:4 (be4ring the mace), and the Chaplain to the Sergeant- Tr Commons, and also by his Secretary wnre and Itat e ,Trer. Tho Right Hon. Gentleman _ an _ m d to tile • °O B of office. The deputation were conducted 4Pitea=tOre gallery. ‘ lt to r the P r esentation of the Address fromtheHiovuersee 11,,he.,rd5,• the deputation from the Commons, were %,,C, ‘ l to the entrance of the throne-room ; a tilte l.° hY het Lord Chamberlain to the presence ar. of ItheeTeign on he throne 11 ,4 •t,44.1,ght Hon. the Speaker . advanced, supported on g titi r s e l 7,' bY Lord Francis Egerton, the mover of the th e se e -- ) and on his left by Mr. E. Beckett Denison, , t) f . C o , °r lder ; and followed by Members of the House uur, etloos, including Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Thornely, I ltas °lv xt ril lr; Mr. Moffatt, Mr. W. H. Bodkin, Mr. W . il- . Trele',,4l'. Sharman Craw ' ford, Mr. Forster, Mr. J. _J r. asi'llYl Ur. T. C. Granger, Mr. Marsland; TheM °'o, c , ' Mr. Hu M B `field, Mr. Walker, m /4 11' r4bs r nie' r. us . p ..ii eni. bon, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Dennistoun, r. (l a. tr io r. Crompton Stansfield, Sir George Clerk, ttaete,Aenry Manners Sutton, Mr. Cardwell, ° . l4 litn n Mr. Ainsworth, Mr. Milner Gibson,Captain c ,l'h --t'Re, and Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wood. 0. ;, I:ll Oa t e l ;P . " 4 ,,.e . r e read e the Address from the House . f " T oad The Queen ti returned a most gracious an- -cd from the royal presence. 4 tids: felinwing Minis ° te li r r s e attended ' the reception of the the Fir 'The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, -a Lbi e r , Jt Tttird of the Treasury, the Commandereht ' " e eoret St te for the dome Departm , t -rd il‘ti r e "or ort Y he o Exchequer , the President of the F i e kl re Nte ' r, t Ct l.Ol ; the Chancellor of the Duchy of I , Chief Commissioner of the Woods s e e n: l'etatB:3:,t,,tt,e President of the Board of Trade, the . N. •-ci. 'Tar, and the Postmaster-General. 1 .11 it ' ' a i es tY gave audience to Sir Robert Peel. '''''tdeot4at was attended by the Lord Steward, the '),,,fthe eunberlain the Master of the Horse, the 11'1'1.4 0: 44- tirtT r el I ce ot f t ?r I t h P 1r Vi n' a i ee Albert, the Marquis of Anglesea , it 4e hnld, thf, ting ; the Vice Cnamberlam, ta . 3 _ Hou . sehol o d th on e de C , o L tu r t d r( i 4 n lle vv r art ; ni , trarqui , s of rdrririii Waiting to Prince Al aoift i ng the V Sir Ile nr ran li b tfi;* • n Lieutenant of the . Hon. Iti any 0 f th e Irit_i! ll tti a ti l i e l i : s r 4i r G l). l l o t. yon l e e er na ,t.) Y m e o n etnwai n A: a rcdm•e; ; Sir - Lee, - k ai :M hl a g rs ; hall, Ad . - Captain . Groom:theinCl q° l lel f i T e , ll . r, Groom in , Waiting to Prince Albert ; 'n Waiting ; Colonel l e ,,,,!°rie, t .. K jeY; Equerry t i t; Prince Albert ; Mr. t s ...7es 11 4 ,,r Yi n Wai d tift . oi rit l: of Curling,6entieraet Aiufa . nt of the Honourable Col-nel Knollys, Field Il litsrt1 1 ;" 1 .:' ti w nti aitin , !ISE!' Armsß- .. u 9 iin Smith, C. S. Mr. e i,,%tir i n .ti l o ' ll ,7 noura P h i l a e Mr. Forbes, Pages of , Th e 1 ., t , enin g . °Y the / 4 , totben „f the Guard were on duty, commanded , a N ''' f , x(4l in Waiting Sir Samuel Hancock. t - ' l ' d ed ' ee 'll's Guard' of the Grenadier Guards a - NT h 01 1 the lawn in front of the Palace. t up e a roYal dinner party at Buckingham Palace .on Zstee`taY included the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earto! - 1i0e,13;,' Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Viscount ott l e t !' rord and Lady Francis Egerton, the Right tio n . "1r Robert and Lady Peel, and Colonel the Right Royal, G saurday _inn thean 1 , P . .1.4 . bawso Da zurive__.perAinlheo rotfronde ournteorn. Saturday, attended by Col. Th e ri", Rquerry in Waiting. an d the o pe ltesa Alice were .i t ts e , ,h tl a i t e i P ai r r i i n h c g es o s h t t A ° 3 ; i ra I !_i eg s a i rr y cli e fte g s n t e e r a d r t dt yhe four Prince Alfred was taken i Royal . Family were taken their usual :ev t i e Tizi t r e i c i t 4 0 o f f .u i v e t u h s e t n Y kni a ng n d hr :r i i . :e i Albert, the Ladies and Gen -unit; and the domestic household, at cloulyrant:naolcia:ncineeesNis-aeshtpede.rday morning in the private_ tendedhi er RC Baron t aiace. The Hon. and Rev. C. of Cambridge, at- Knrsebeck and Mr. Edmond . tlitirrririved at her residence at I.c n ew u . e , h a e t ss seven ono'cloc M k, ildmaY Sa t,ly,evenii.g, ,the Duchess t Kew. an from Calais. Their Royal Highnesses It o u Ke of Cambrid e dP • George received the 4.14 buke de Sotomay El_ 44 55 . itrittlS, and or Spanish rince Minister, transacted tti .at the Fo reign-office on Saturday. °l 4- 414t ches were received yesterday at the Colonial- I L 'e from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, the Malta. • %Ai • 'earl Chairman of the Customs., Mr. John . Wood, h c 'f 41". of the Excise, and Mr. Wickham, Chairma !elle r „• 4 n 3 Ps and Taxes, had interviews with the Chan vi nTh`",_the Exchequer on Saturday. `'olotrrhes were sent off on Saturday evening from the The'lt-office for the Governor of Hong-Kong. Mended he of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench_ 1 1 t ue early service yesterday in the Chapel 4 tjt a h ' `3t. J ames':. The sermon was preached by the, 41,kif;‘,1%„_Wesley lAA the daily service the prayers were 1 ''.4(4. n 4 `no Rev - . C.Packe, the lessons by the Rev. J. C. '"), ti c i, - ,,' and th e communion service by the Bishop of i._ •4 tssi - , 1 4 , 11. 4 the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon " was 14 . "° 1 1 i - ' 3 O,Y the Bishop of London. The anthem The ' t): ll aeiZ ug" (Arnold) was sung l, by Messrs. Barnby, urle presided at the I. :ts . , r , and Bradbur; . Mr. I,t,Nat e e Marquis ot Winchester, the Earl of Wilton, "'lit „roost Bruce, and G. Paula NS ere among the no vresent. Olitr, DUTCH MAIL. ary;4..,QtrE, JAN. 21.—The celebratrd De K e y s er of hi•re dhe has brought his portrait o f hi s L west } liin an g, w hom he has represented as th e h ero Quaid to " O ' 'this p o rtrait, which is highly spoken of, -!en of intended as a present to her Majesty the . tngla n d. s'`te m)AS ; day a family here had a ahi c h 19.— T)- A y r. Bykmans, aged deserves mention. Mr. 8-7, celebrated the sixty *'44.llA4,l/11i,4rmiry owfit'lei'ira?Marriage, They are both in nealth and kik t ate ; are e highly re,pected. one of the effects the . t e ' l l lit t i c e t w lt c h ) (s'rtoe informed r i s e ll. ar 2 e o—As that on the 13th of this seen n ear Breda. This may be kttlh tint were 1 - . of an early spring, and may Nr:1 1 - ,.‘tnt t P o he farmers, to cwrinuence their agri titAks.l,:gours sooner than usual. 14:41( hours JAN 22. —We believe that we may y ' e - t authority that no negotiations whatever ,. tr t l utti " 14 ONTIed between the Government ol anti the Netherlands, for the conclusion of . a ,*4N t ees r A c i; fli ht m h erce, by which alone the . exihstairn(guydibfe ed th -e removed; meanwhile it can deB . 4 tlept e at anY chan ge i n th e measu r es that have tr vearr d will take place on our part without such a %ho e , th:t gt r, vent. v ell htr A , r u o t, , l Ati. 23.—The second bulletin published of 1, 4 . 150 1 ft p . itt rve to the illness of his Royal Highness W I% r tter e rl r n et William Frederick, left but little hope I t re r i egrrt 2% . ,'ele e k . announce that he died this morning at Th is An ' the Bth year of his age, being born on Nr k tl' l t, 183 8. l ' q n t A tlk ads, tu ,..l . only son of Prince Frederick of the 1 81, -1 43. 5, 1 "„".° has two daughters, Princess Louisa u tiett eh and Princess Mary born sth July, - ' s jest 'rota R, 411 44' the Ititi-‘attgard state that the health of his „In e, l „ 3 gaini n ! is improving, the cough has abated, Isj~r r ,'„ s trength. of a note of the Minister of the Colo- N.tlemin-814141 th e production of our West . Indian 41i i th; . _q f or e C oast of Guinea, part of which might be I4f ho of pexportation to the mother country, the tint e t . " (1 th 4 _ lna uce has by a resolution of Bth January,. clut..those u?llectors of the export and import duties, 1 8 4 givtrerpt,ictions will not enjoy the exemption Jan., tir er : !ale a ,' th °Y Ist of Act 3 of the law of 20th by th e „,, e Y are furnished with certificates of origin "tapetent authorities. %141 G.„ 41A14,„ combsOUTlAT.—Some weeks ago, aa wit' 4,1%,.,', t, between a lode and weasel ,w . t _ 444 tun the ) The l IPPer part of this (Ardelock district.) ! keenly an extra ‘Yel n . B • B first noticed hovering in the air, and k a I tlogriftw something below. Suddenly he made upwards dart Itp pill. ards, and then rose, bearing his prey to h s a: nt triumph. The weasel, however, not liking etcaperettioniously dealt with, struggled stout y to in tiSkrt of contest followed, and lasted nearly tumbling tio,,,lier of al hour. At length both came .r I 'll E , l ' ll len it was discovered that the weazle was victo r,: vk i , e( ode was killed in the contest, an issue quite u Niii,,, t4 ', 4 by the beholders of such an unwonted fight.- -- -.lin:e Mirror. 4lv , Bude, •'Aiii,., .onoay last a large brig was seen from . *6,4 up tiie channel, ah,)ut ten o'clock, A.m., %he'. the p e 2 was blowing f lesh from the south•west. She ap shrd to steer for the share ; but having a fair wind, M I , t,agairt pursued her course, which rather astonished etts,„"'lttelinlell ; but, fancying her a stranger, and not itc h,;noed to the coast, no more thought was taken abcut so, But about two o'clock, PAL, she was seen off ''.l.6 ` Nose Point, with her bows townrds th. wind. '..."r 1 . .,,1,:..i„ ;, . • ,„ , ,J.,0 t : ..,' :! :' i 1,41 1, 1.1110, EllO ' :,' - i-,ore It is re ,. i..)7. ; ,•., ..1 , ,,... . • , • • f . s ll,r-t • sfi- l u irAt• b . he i e th6.111-ittl.cd zikip foundered, krlci . b. AP , tit t I _ttl . tilt, 40 doubt succeeded in making Cloveliy 13a5i, where Witter was still go calm.-- W *stern Times. Titig SUN, LONDON, MON nAY EVEN ING JANUAR 26 1846.0 LATEST FROM AMERICA. L'lVEili)ool., SUNDAY.-By the arrival of the She nandoah, Captain West, at this port to-day, after a voyage of twenty-one days from I.cew York, we have received papers from that city to the 3d inst. inclu sive. The newis is therefore three days later than hcfore, and although not developing any new facts of political importance, yet the papers contain much comment of interest to English readers, chiefly aris ing from the course tak,n by , Mr. Calhoun in the Senate on the Oregon question, and in support of the following resolutions, which he proposed to the House : member of the body, and are ethitiehtly a§ an indieation that there acre Senators of the dominant party Who think that peace may yet be preserved with honour, and who are not, at any rate, disposed to incur the hazards and horrors of war until all efforts for a pacific and honourable adjustment of the dispute shall be exhausted. " fhe ground assumed by Mr. Calhoun, that by en gaging iti war for Oregon we shall lose the whole of the territory for the present and run the risk of losing it for the future, is so obviously in accordance with com mon sense that we cannot contemplate without surprise the warlike course recommended and adopted by the Senators on the other side. Of the adoption of the ex tt measures which have been brought forward in both Houses there is now, we presume, very little pro bability. " The demonstrations made by Mr. Calhoun and his friends, will prevent any imprudence on_ the part of our Government, but we are still to hear from England, and it is clearly therefore the duty of Congress to place the country in an attitude to meet every emergency. " The military preparations, as far as we can hear, that are contemplated for the prefsent, are an increase of the army by the addition of two whole regi ments, aed the raising of a bcdy of mounted riflemen either in Tennessee, Kentucky, or Texas This is a formidable d< wonstration indeed, and we doubt not will, when the . information reaches the other side of the water, produce as much effect upon the nerves of Sir Robert Peel and the Iron Duke as the re commendation of the Secretary of the Navy that that branch of the public defence be increased by the addi tion of—six acting boatswains I "Congress has now been in session forsome weeks and it seems to us that it is full time that the reports of the two secretaries—of war and of the navy—with their magnificent estimates for sustaining our present efficient peace establishment be considered at once, and sufficient measures taken to provide properly for the startling contingencies which may arise. " There is no better means of avoiding war, than to show that we are prepared to meet it, if it should come, and an expenditure of twenty millions or five times that amount, to secure peace, would be in our judgment, as economical, as it would certainly be a desirable appro priation of the public money." Resolved,That the President of the United States has power, "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senate present concur." Resolved,—That the power of making treaties em braces that of setting and fixing boundaries between the territories and possessions of the United States and those of other powers, in ea es of conflicting claims between them in reference to the same. Resolved,—That however clear their claims may be, in their opinion, to " the country included within the parallels of 42 deg. and 54 deg. 40 min. north latitude, anti extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known as the territory of Oregon," there now exists, and have long existed, conflicting claims to the possession of the same between them and Great Britain, the adjustment of which has been frequently the sub beet of n&gotiation between tho respectivo Govern ments. . Resolved, therefore,—That the President of the United States has rightfully the power, under the Con stitution, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided that two-thirds of the Members concur, to adjust by treaty the claims of the two countries to the said territory, by fixing a boundary between the respec tive possessions. Resolved,—That the President of the United States, in renewing the offer, in the spirit of peace and compro • mise, to establish the 49th degree of north latitude as a line between the possessions of the two countries to the said territory, did not " abandon the honour, the cha ,,racter, and the best interests of the American people," or exceed the power vested in him by the Constitution to make treaties. These resolutions, as our readers are aware, were proposed in opposition to those of Mr. riannegan, which were of the following warlike character : Resolved,—That the country included within the parallels of 42 and 54, North Latitude, and extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known as the territory of Oregon, is the property and part and parcel of the United States. Resolved,—That there exists no power in this Govern ment to transfer its soil and the allegiance of its citizens, to the dominion, authority, control and subjection of any foreign power, prince, state, or sovereignty. Resolved,—That the abandonment or surrender of any portion of the territory of Oregon would be an abandonment of the honour, character, and the best inte rests of the American people. Mr. Calhoun prefaced the introduction of his reso lutions by the following speech: — Mr. Calhoun said he did not rise to oppose this mo tion, but to request that the Senate would permit him to make a few prefatory remarks before submitting the amendments he intended to move to the resolutions now before the Senate. Mr. President (said he), though I cannot give my sup port to these resolutions, I am very much gratified that they have been moved by the Senator from Indiana. Whatever objections there may be to them, they have at least the merit of being direct, open, and manly. They deny, in direct terms, the authority of this Government to make a treaty in reference to the Oregon territory, and denounce, as I understand them, by imputation, the propositions that have been already made by our Government to settle the boundary by a division along the 49th parallel of north latitude. If the Senate should support these resolutions, it is clear that the question can only be settled thereafter by force of arms; and should this be the case, and a war be commenced between this country and Great Britain, no peace can ever take place between the two countries but by our dic tation at the cannon's mouth. Mr. President, the vote upon these resolutions will draw a broad line, which cannot be misunderstood, be tween those who are in favour of settling the question by an appeal to arms, and those in favour of settling the question by a pacific course. I myself am in favour of a more pacific course—of an adjustment if possible, by negotiation ; and under these views and impressions, Mr. President, I have prepared it series of resolutions antegonistical to those of the Senator from Indiana, and asserting the opposite principles, which I propose to move by way of amendment to the resolu tions of the Senator, and ask also that they be printed. I think it is a proper occasion for avowing the senti ments which I entertain upon this subject. I am for peace, if peace can be honourably preserved. lam in favour of adjusting the difficulty, if it can be adjusted, by negotiation ; if it cannot be adjusted by negotiation, I am in favour of that course to be pursued by this Go vernment which shall throw the onus of a war from our shoulders upon Great Britain. I approve of the course taken by this Government in offering the 49th parallel, under all the circumstances of the case, as the boun dary. I believe that the desire of the Executive is, like my own, for peace—for an honourable peace ; but if an honourable peace cannot be preserved, if we are to have war, I will stand by my country in every emergency. I shall never be found antagonist to her, though over , ruled by those who take an opposite view from my own. But should a war take place, it is not going to be an ordinary war ; .and while I will give every support to my country, I will hold those responsible who rashly precipitate the country into a war. Sir, on a deliberate view of the question, I hope that whenever it comes fairly before the Senate for discussion, we shall discuss it in the calmest manner, and when its true grounds are clearly seen and understood, we shall come to the con clusion to avert a war if possible ; but if not, that we shall be united as one man in support of the country. Mr. Calhoun, in again rising to reply, said he rose to allude to a single remark which applied to himself personally. The Senator from Indiana had endeavoured to draw a contrast between his (Mr. C.'s) course upon the Texas question, and his course upon this. The v i e ws which governed me (said Mr. C.) upon that ques tion, govern me also upon this. I pursued, in reference to T exa s, what I concei ve d t o b e th e b es t course . If I acted boldly and promptly on that occasion, it was be cause boldness and promptness were necssary to success. It was the golden opportunity ; and one year's delay would have lost Texas to us for ever. If lam for more deliberate measures on this occasion, it is not because I am not a friend to Oregon. On the contrary, Oregon has no better friend than myself ; there is no one who would venture more to save it. But it is asked why Ido not pursue the same course of action as in regard to Texas. If the gentleman will refer to my remarks in 1843, he will find that the views which governed me then are the same with those which govern me now. I believe that precipitancy will lose you Oregon for ever -no, not for ever ; but it will lose you Oregon in the first struggle, and then it will require another struggle hereafter, when we become stronger, to regain it. I will not go into this question now; I am prepared, when it comes up for discussion, to show, if argument iaonn c:),fatrhafrtotmhegapirtilnincgipleosr,ignovno,lvevld.illinforthtotse present e re s l u lose every inch of that territory ; and it is on that ac count, as much f rom t h e fear of losing Oregon as from the desire of avoiding war, that I have proposed amend ments to the Senator's resolutions. Sir, if my advice had been pursued we should never have been involved in this controversy at all. I now aetuponicrcumlsetaanncteos not produced by myself, and I will do the best save the territory of Oregon, which I hold as valuable as the Senator from Indiana himself can do. If you in stitute a comparison between Oregon and Texas, I would say that the former is as valuable to us as the latter, and I would as manfully defend it. If the Sena tor and myself disagree, we disagree only as to the means of securing Oregon, and not as to its importance. Sir, I intend to say nothing about censuring the Presi dent; I simply said that, by implication, a censure would be conveyed. Ido not suppose that the Senator intends to reflect upon the President; but there can be no dif ference, as far as this question is concerned, between the time when the proposition -for a division at the forty ninth parallel was made and now. It was as sensible then, as it would be to repeat the offer now. He (Mr. Calhoun) was no greater advocate for the acquisition of territory in the south than in the north. The Hon. Senator was perfectly aware of his sentiments upon this subject. Whilst he was a Member of Mr. Monroe's Cabinet he had always been averse to disturb the possession of Spain in Cuba ; he was so now ; he would be the last man to make such a movement. When the proper time should arrive, and this subject be brought up for discussion, he thought ho would be able to show, beyond all doubt, that the reasons which governed him upon the Texas question, governed him also upon this question ; and that if there was any dif ference between the Senator and himself, it was only as to the means to be employed in effecting the same result. He desired more particularly to make some remarks in reference to the observations of the Senator from Dela ware. He assured the Senator that he was as much averse to forcing a discussion as the Senator himself could be ; but he thought the Senator was entirely mis taken in supposiug that this was not a case in which the Senate was not called on to exercise the right of discus sion and of action. With great deference for the opi nions of the Senator, he thought there ought to be no doubt left upon this point, either here or before the world, as they were called upon to say yea or nay in good faith before the whole world. The debate was continued with great animation, and the resolutions were laid on the table to be taken up hereafter. On 31st December a Bill to regulate the trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes was reported from the Committee on Indian affairs, and referred to the Com mittee of the whole; and also a Bill to establish a line of stockade forts on the Missouri, through the Oregon ter ritory, was reported by Mr. Brinkerhoff, of Ohio, and referred to the Committee of the whole. We are glad to find that the speech of Mr. Calhoun has been hailed with lively satisfaction by a large and powerful party in the United States, who desire peace on any honourable terms. On this subject the ?Yew York Evening Post has the following:— " Mr. Calhoun has realised the hopes of the friends of honourable peace by the decisive step which he has taken in the Senate, and we congratulate the country that the powerful influence of sn distinguished a man has been thus openly and decidedly arrayed in opposition to the war rei.-:ohitirns.-- for • o '. in the House , raid Mr. Hann( • e is 7)3 , „:: ri . which appegro(! : - ,t (14.11 . uei,,re '.'-" CIF. Galhounn3 resolutions in the Serrate • are irn portant"—as the Aational Ltelligencer freely stis4 . aez"ess disclosing the views Of fJo distinguished la influential a by a measure to protect the tenant—(Hear, hear)—for if they allowed Sir Robert Peel once to pas a coercion Bill, such enactments, let him promise ever so much, would never be passed.--(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Under these circumstances he thought they might psss a resolution to the effect he stated; and he would also state that her Mjesty's" Ministers might get supp)rt they little anti..ipat?.d if they adopted the course he sug gestcd.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) 'For himself, he would say he would oppose a coercion Bill if not pro posed with other remedial measures, and he would there tore movg, " That the Irish Members going over to London do hereby pledge themselves to oppose to the utmost all Government coercive measures which shall be brought forward, if they are not accompanied by mea sures calculated to settle the differences as between land lords and tenants in Ireland."—(Cheers.) Mr. J. DILLON BROWNE, M.P., seconded the motion. After a few words from Mr. O'CALLAGHAN, Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said he would not consent to pledge himself to the support of a coercion Bill under any circumstances, or any measure to violate the principles of the Constitution—(Hear, hear)—and he considered that the resolution gave no pledge to do so, or he would not support it.—(Cheers.) The relief they wanted was relief between landlord and tenant, corpo rate, and registry reform, and•other important changes —Clear, hear, and cheers)—and if they got them, they would vote for the increased military and police forces to detect and put down crime ; but if they did not, he would oppose the Government to the utmost.—(Cheers.) Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL stated that his object was gained by drawing out the opinions of the gentlemen who had spoken ; and as he did not expect to have pro posed a resolution, he was not prepared with one care fully worded, perhaps ; and he wished to say that if it was supposed that he intended to pledge any gentleman to support a coercion Bill under any circumstances, he was very much mistaken, es his intentions were altogether in the spirit expressed by his father and Mr. Callaghan. The resolution having been then amended, was passed. Mr. S. O'BRIEN was called to the chair, and the meet ing separated at about one o'clock. SPECIAL COMMISSION IN WESTMEATH. RAILWAY DEPOSITS, The very proper observations made on Friday night by the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his reply to Lord John Rus sell, have thrown the parties connected with railway de posits, whether as owners or as keepers of the funds, upon their own resources, and it is already pretty obvious that matterS Will not be Made at all worse on that account, but the contrary.' A first consequence will be a more earnest endeavour to find out how much will actually be wanted, arid in this not only bankers but directers will find it good policy to lend their cordial assistance. When once the amount is ascertained, or an approximation made to it, private ar rangements may be adopted for distributing the payments to the Accountant-General over such a space of time as will preclude great pressure at any one period, which is the great point aimed at. How much it is the interest of rail way managers, as well as bankers, to establish this necessary degree of concert, is shown by the recent fact, adverted to on Friday, of the failure of the Leeds and West Riding Bank, which is since ascertained to have been brought on by a sudden demand for the deposits intrusted to them by one of the railway companies; and this company, it is understood, though prepared in all other respects for the ordeal of Parliament, is suddenly stopped in its progress by this cause alone. This bank was one of the oldest in Leeds, and was founded upon the private bank of Smith and Sons ; they have a branch at Bradford, and issued notes. The de mand in question, which is understood to have been the im mediate cause of their failure, is stated by some at 40,000/, others at 80,000 L, but it is said that they hold deposits for various other companies of large amount. The lesson it will convey to directors of railways will be that of great caution in pressing for sudden payment; for, unless this is observed. in the present psculiar state of the money-market, even" strong banks will give way, and the best and most legitimate schemes be frustrated. Hence the propriety of some general agreement, and if that is carried on iu good faith, the real amount wanted will soon be made known, and all further alarm dismissed from the minds of the City capital- • ists. The difficulty connected with these deposits is much aggravated by the antiquated practice of the • Accountant-General's Office, which is about a century behind all other establishments for banking business, to which cate gory it essentially belongs. The office was established about 1706, previously to which the money of the various suitors • was placed with the Masters in Chancery; but some frauds having been discovered, the Accountant-General's Office was established, and, for better security, hedged in with so many checks and restrictions, that any occurrence of that sort was effectually guarded against, though it produced a system of business than which nothing can be more annoying and per plexing to those accustomed to the smooth and even course of business in the City. No money ever passes through the Accountant-General's hands; the payments in and out of the Bank are uniformly by giving an order to receive a certain sum of money, or if a payment, by giving a cheque on the Bank, which must previously pass through other offices un connected with the Accountant, so as to furnish an effec tual protection against fraud; the trouble can only be understood by these who have encountered it. The Parliamentary rules, relating to railway and other• public companies have brought an immense increase of business to this department. With respect to those which have large payments to make within a short given time the practice is to leave at the Accountant's for one clear day the certificate of registration, or whatever the official evidence may be of the payment ; consequently, if put in on Monday, the order to the Bank to receive the money may be made out on Wednesday, and being then placedto account, the remain ing question is, if re-investment be desired, how soon an order to that effect can be obtained. We have heard it re marked that only gross negligence on the part of the Direc tors or secretaries of railway companies could allow the funds to be locked up with the Accountant-General more than two days, but it has been quite overlooked how much new busi ness will now be brought into an office thus clumsily organized ; and if the funds are very large, even the two days will do much mischief. One supposition we have heard, and that far from an unreasonable one, is, that compliance with the standing order by the railway companies will bereudered im practicable by the inabihty of this department to wade through such a mass of transactions. At present the rule is, with regard to purchases of stock under the direction of the Ac countant-General, that they take place by the Government broker for time—that is, he buys on Monday, Tuesday, or -Wednesday the stock to be paid for on Friday, which com pletely nullifies the supposed quick process of two days ; and seeing that the parties may not all exercise the extreme of diligence in such a case, it may be safely assumed on the average that a week will be lost with all moneys placed with the Accountant General as deposits for railways before they can be invested, while many persons in the uncertain state of the funds will decline investing at all. The question of where the money is to come from to pay up these deposits will depend to a certain extent upon the solvency of the re spective Railway Companies, or their capacity of borrowing it; but if some mutual understanding is not come to be tween them and the bankers, no degree of credit can weather the storm, and the whole trade of the City must be thrown for a few days into confusion. There ought to be some reform without delay in the office of the Accoun tant-General, which is utterly unfit for such business, and, if embarrassment does arise, will be easily shown to be one of the principal causes of it. If these deposits had been made payable at the Bank of England, though even there some oil might be applied to the wheels with benefit to the public— however great their amount, not the least difficulty would be experienced, and the absolute custody of the funds, if that -were thought a subject of risk, would be just the same as at present. In one hour the lodgment of any one railway would be made, and converted into stock or Exchequer-bills the next, without the rest of the moneyed world being cog nizant of the matter. To have only such a clumsy . machinery as we new possess for such an important purpose as a digrace to a commercial country. The parties in the City whose hopes in the Chancellor of the Exchequer have failed them, now rely upon disclosures to be made on Monday by Sir Robert Peel when settling the course to be taken by the House in regard to the railway companies. This must also, it is clear, end in disappointment. There is nothing left, as stated before, but to grapple fairly with the subject, and for each man in distress to assist and consult with the others. —Times. SECOND TRIAL OF BRIAN SEERY FOR SHOOTING AT SIR F. HOPKINS. MULLINGAR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.—At ten o'clock this' morning the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chief Baron took their seats on the bench, and the long panel was called over. The Court was very much crowded, and a great majority of the landed proprietors and ma gistrat(s of Westmeath were present. Prisoner's counsel challenged, as on the first trial, 20 jurors peremptorily. They thought to set aside others, assigning "cause," such as their having expressed opi• nions unfavourable to the prisoner, and being prejudiced against him ; but the Crown objected to this course. Brian Seery was then placed at the bar, and the Clerk of the Crown read the indictment, charging him with having discharged a loaded gun at Sir Francis Hopkins, on the night of the 18th of November, 1845. He pleaded not guilty. The following jury were then sworn to try the pri soner :—Charles Arabin, of Moyvoughly, foreman ; James Fetherstone, J.P., of Balrintober ; T. F. Le strange, of Lynn ; Wm. Bagnall, Rahue ; John Dud geon, Rostella ; Richard Magan, Rockfield ; John Rockford, Sidebrook ; Mark A. Levinge, Eniscoffy ; Wm. Perry, Ballnagore ; Wm. H. Magill, Littleton, J.P. ; Edward Hodgson, J.P., Twyford ; Samuel Reynell, J.P., Archerstown. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then stated the case to the jury. It is not necessary to recapitulate the facts; they have been already fully published. Sir Francis Hopkins was then examined. Having detailed all the facts of the case within his knowledge, he said, with regard to the identity of the prisoner, I caught the man who had attacked me by the throat, and I almost choked him; I immediately recognised a coml• tenance which I knew, and I was so astonished, that I felt it difficult to express my surprise that Seery was the man who assailed me; I forced his head into the air between me and the sky, to take his side face, and the man's countenance, even if I had never seen him before, was indelibly infixed upon my mind. I never had the least doubt of him. Mr. MURPHY, Q.C., cross-examined the witness at considerable length. Mr. MURPHY, at the close of the cross-examination, asked witness why it was that the name of Brian Seery was omitted from his information? Sir F. Hopkins said, in reply, that the Government did not pay the sti pendiary magistrates 6001. a year that ho should tell them their duties. Mr. MURPHY—Mr. French took the informations, and do you consider that he was ignorant of his duty? Sir F. Hopkins—l consider that the omission of the name was a very great omission; there were two or three other magistrates in the room, to all of whom I spoke, and they were all within hearing at the time I made the depositions. Mr. MURPHY—Sir Francis Hopkins, was not Mr. Fretch the person who was responsible for those infor mations ? Sir F. Hopkins—Yes. Mr. MURPHY—Did you read over the informations be fore you swore them ? Sir F. Hopkins—Yes. The jury retired to their box at eight o'clock, and at half past nine o'clock four constables were sworn to keep the jury. The JUDGE stated that if the jury agreed to their verdict before twelve o'clock, he would come down and receive it. At twelve o'clock the jury returned a verdict of guilty. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. At Maynooth quarter-sessions, on Tuesday, the Duke of Leinster presiding. 131 students of the Royal Col lege of Maynooth took the oath of allegiance to her Majesty. AWFUL EXPLOSION. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY EVENING.—ThiS afternoon, aboui four o'clock, alarming reports were spread through this town of an extensive explosion having taken place at Arnold, a village four miles distant, which had caused considerable loss of life. On repairing to the scene of the catastrophe, three houses, each three stories high, were so completely shattered as scarcely to leave two bricks firmly attached to each other. They are situated in Front-street, the principal street in Arnold, the first two being in the possession of Mr. E. Garratt, a grocer and druggist, and the third inhabited by a widow. The ground floor of the first house was used as a sale shop ; the ground floor of the second as a store room ; the second story of both houses as lodging rooms, the one in the second house being occupied by Mr. Edward Garratt, a lunatic invalid, who for a considerable period had been confined to his bed ; and the top rooms, or garrets, were also used as store-rooms for articles of a combustible nature. Abont three o'clock Mr. George Garrett was in a kitchen on ground floor, when he heard a tremendous explosion. Fearing the buildings might fall upon him, he ran from the kitchen through the shop into the street, when he saw the roofs of the houses flying into the air, the front walls falling, and amongst the general confusion, he observed his brother driven with violence through his bed-room window, and fall into the middle of the street, covered with scattered ruins. Wonderful to relate, Mr. George Garrett escaped without serious injury, and with considerable alacrity assisted his neighbours in rendering aid to his unfortunate brother. Mr. William Thompson, a framework-knitter, who was passing at the time, was knocked down, and partially buried. Other parties were also hurt, but not seriously. It was, however, deemed essentially necessary to convey Thompson and Gar ret to the General Hospital, and they were removed thither with as much speed as possible. The cause of the explosion is a complete mystery, and can only be guessed at. The store-room over Mr. Edward Gar ratt's bedroom—which, be it remembered, was in the middle house—was filled with large bottles of oil, turpentine, spirits . of wine, and two barrels of gunpowder. The combustion can only be accounted for by supposing that the unfortunate lunatic, by some means set fire to his bed, after his brother had left him, which would quickly find its way through the floor above, and ignite the powder, But the brother cannot bring his mind to this conclusion, as he says the sufferer was net in the habit of leaving his bed, and, to his knowledge, had not the means of striking a light in his chamber. That he did set fire to his own room first, however, there is but little doubt, as he was dreadfully burnt, besides being injured by being thrown from his bed, and buried iu the ruins in the street. He is so severely injured, as to be almost beyond the hope of recovery, His face, shoulder, and one hand, are horribly burnt, his head is cut, and he is otherwise much shattered and bruised. Thompson is very bad, but is not fatally injured, and being capable of speaking, was enabled to make a statement. He said— " Soon after half-past two-o'clock this afternoon, just as the omnibus which leaves at that time for Nottingham was pass ing me, I heard an explosion whilst walking by Garratt's house. I looked up and saw the roofs of the three houses flying in all directions, and the front walls appeared to be falling upon me. I ran into the middle of the road as fast as I could, but was soon knocked down by the bricks which fell upon me, and was partially buried. For a moment I was stunned, and lay still; but upon recovering, I drew myself from under the ruins, and lay on the opposite side of the road until my neighbours came to render me assistance. lam so were not extinguished for an , and loins, as to be in capable of working, and kno w n ot what my poor ch ildren will do, there being fi ve of them at hom e without a p arent, and the oldest not thirt een y ears of a g e. " much hurt on the head, shoulders few persons sho u ld have may be accounted for by the Place, the ruinous mass burstbeho A eu nrft. seriously the otis sli yn e rtxieoipmi injured; u o aa s rri n i ek o dea n s; l h bew a u d tht tca t hh a t k ss e o n greater part of the vi . llagers being at Nottingham at the timates his lo time, at the market, di x sp p o e s c i t n e g d o t f o th s e ur p v r i o N d .e uc l e on o g f t ; he a ir n f d ra p m o e o s r to the hosiers. Mr. Garratt ss at 400/. SUNDAY MORNING, TEN 0 CLOCK.—Garratt, although not yet dead, cannot be expected e was last night. a ever since daylight Great crowds of peopl have been wend. the catast their way to the scene of rophe, which appears; mg likely to render Arnold for some time to come " as crowded a fair. Thompson appears much wo . rse than h DRURY-LANE TITEATRE.--The juvenile night here, on Saturday last, was such a c9mplete bumper that the manager has arranged anot her for Friday next, that our young friends may enjoy the treat of seeing the pantomime at the early • hour of eight . o ' c lock. loot only will the Ri s l eys appear on thi s occasion, but Flora labb •ri will act and dance in the Devil to Pay, for the last time, as her own benefit and final appearance take place the . following night, Saturday next. , a P r o rl i v e e t d ie . rs 1)r. Beasley, of Uxbridge, had on Thursday last pre sented to him a very hatrdsome silver tea and coffee service, at the White Horse, by gentlemen who had been educated at his establishment, as a token of the regard and affection they entertained for his upright and amiable character, as also for the zeal and ability which he had manifested as their preceptor. A dinner wasg Uxbridge, ive n t a o n d th t e h D e numerous otor °t h p e a rt' occasion, assembled wer a extremely delighted at the feeling which had prompted so honourable a testimonial. guard-ship, the drew of which were on Thursday, the 22d inst., paiCdn:gaeAs, 74, ordinary The Rochester, Grandy, master, arrived on the 21st inst. ) with stores, from Woolwich. The Cressy, 80 guns : The timbers of the frame for this ship are being removed. to the first slip (from whence the Bulldog steam -ship was, launched), and the keel will be immediately laid dower. ' The Cumberland, 70 guns, M d o p,n JAN.to six 2 8: " - m — o rr n months, fitted for an advanced ship, is completed, and will be un docked next week. The Raleigh, 60 guns, is nearly com pleted, and is expected to be undocked next week. The ealvpso, 20 guns, captain, H. Worth, and the Scout, 16 ( i .....,,,, i \', ~,.0 , ~,,c,i...;, .i.(• progces,ing in their • ivi ,, , ,,,,,,, i5, k i tty lt, u6y 16 yet named fur their Waving the port. The Right Hon. the Speaker o the House of Com ;inns-Has-issued earls fbr his first gtatd Parliamentary entet tainment, which is fixed to take place on Saturday next. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S FINANCIAL (From the Votes and Pi oceedings of the House of Commons.) STA.TEMENT AND REPEAL OF THE WIN SATURDAY, JAN. 24. DOW-TAX. The following Petitidna fur Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : South-Eastern Railway (from the Waterloo-road, near Ilungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway). South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury, wit& Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek). South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and River head). Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Amendment and Branches). Kirkintillock and Kilsyth Railway. North British Railway (Hawick Branche , +). North British Railway (Carlisle Extension). North British Railway (Gretna Branch). Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction Railway. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway: NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY ' JAN. 24. London and South- Western (Chertsey and Eghamßranch) Railway-Committee on Petition, ISlanday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Romsey and Redbridge Junc tion) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Epsom Branch Railteay)-• Committee on Petition, Monday ' Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Salisbury Junction) Railway -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. . London and South-Western ( London-bridge Extension) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London - and South-IVestern (Hampton Court Branch) Railway-Committee on Petitien, Monday, Feb. 2. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on-Tyne Railway -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Manchester and Birmingham Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Lairne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. North Staffordshire (Chun - let Valley) Railway-Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2 . North Staffordshire (Hardcastle and Sandbach Line) Rail way-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 0 -Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 2)-Committee o n Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railwa y and Branches (No 3)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Brandies (No. 4)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 5)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches No. 6)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, 'eb. 3. Leeds and Bradford (Alterations of Levels in Bingley) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. East Lincolnshire Railway-Committee on Petition, Mon day, Feb. 2. Epsom and Dorking Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 1)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. North British Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. North British Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. North British Railway (No. 4)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Branches-Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Kirkintillock and Kiliyth Railway-Committee on Peti tion, Wednesday, Feb. 4. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway-Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY. MONDAY, JAN. 26. A very fully attended meetings of delegates from the several metropolitan parishes took place in the Court-house, Marylebone, vn Friday night last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best measures to be Adopted for ob taining a repeal of the window duties. Mr. W. Loveridge, of Marylebone, occupied the chair; and in addition to the delegates present, Lord Duncan,. ,M.P. for Bath, and Sir C. Napier attended. - The CHAIRMAN having briefly opened the business of She evening s • Mr. H. C. WiLsox, of St. Marylebone, read letters front Sir Robert Peel, Col. Fox, Col. T. Wood, and Capt. lions, M.P., in reply to letters sent to those gentlemen, enclosing a copy of a memorial agreed to at a former meeting of the delegates for a repeal of the window-tax. The Premier and Col. T. Wood merely acknowledged the receipt of the memo rial, Col. Fox " that he must wait until he saw what were the intentions of Ministers," and Captain Rous "that having, on a former occasion, secon ded Lord Dunean's motion with reference to these duties, his opinions remained un changed. Mr. iVilson then, at some length, entered into the question of the oppressive character of the window tax, and what course should be pursued with reference to ob taining a repeal of that tax. In his opinion he thought the best course to be pursued would be, if practicable, for one Member of Parliament to have an interview with the Premier, and suggest to him that some notice should be taken of this tax. He was well aware that It bad been said, some time ago, that Sir Robert Peel was a man, who, after he made his arrangements, was not to be Itioved by any representations; but he (Mr. Wilson) thought that Sir Robert Peel, having waited the. last few weeks to see the effect produced by the protection meetings on the one hand, and those of the Anti-Corn-law League coa the other, as to what course he should pursue, would gladly' receive any suggestion in favour of a large body of people, so , as to enlist on his side a larger amount of public opinion.— (Hear.) Sir Robert Peel had on former occasions admitted there were great objections to this window tax, and that when a general revision of the taxation of the people here after took place, this important tax should receive his best consideration.—( Hear.) Lord DUNCAN, M.P., said it gave him great pleasure to meet again those gentlemen from whom last year he had received so much valuable information with respect to the great work in which they were all engaged.—(Hear, hear.) He intended on Monday night to give notice of a mo tion, not as in the last session, for a Committee of the whole House to take the subject into consideration, but . for a total repeal of the tax.—(gear, hear.) He thought that the best course to be pursued. He could bring the motion on at any part of the session, or he could move it as an amendment to the financial statement ; but he thought they had better see what the statement was, as in his opinion some allusion would be made to the subject They had had a great many changes lately, but . he must say . that Sir Robe* Peel last year met this question „In a spirit of giVat fairness, and said that a great many things had been brought forward, And the que•dion bad been put before him in such a light as he hai. not looked at it before, and that it should receive his consideration, He pressed him (Lord Duncan) not to divide the House; but he, never taking counsel from an adversary, did—with what result they were all acquainted.—(Hear.) He was not going to enter into the whole question of the oppressive character of this tax; but in the course of the , debate he was struck with some remarks which fell from Lord Francis Egerton, with reference to the condition of the people. Coming from a party with whom he (Lord Dun can) diffiered, lie thought they were of the utmost importance. The Noble Lord said, "Let us give them other luxuries, air, water, drainage, comforts necessary to man, and yet of which man so frequently tasted nothing, and let us perform those offices of humanity by ridding the country of the angry disputes, the jealousies and heartbuming, by which it is torn asunder."—( Hear, hear.) Such opinions comirg front a man like Lord Francis Egerton, and representing so large and thickly populated a constituency, they would be doing well to ask his Lordship to turn his attention to the cha racter of this tax and its injurious effects,--(Heala hear.) From remarks made, in the course of his speech, by Sir Robert Peel, he (Lori Duncan) believed that some allusion would be made to this oppressive tax.—(Here the Noble Lord read an extract from the Speech.)—The tenour of the whole speech induced him to think that their cause stood in a much better position than they anticipated. They had seen lately the great change which had taken place in the actions of the Prime Ministt r, and all this had been done solely by public opinion. The moment the public began to show their feeling on any particular subject, the next minute the Governnent was forced to bow to that opinion or give -way to others. There was no other way of ruling in this country than by the force of public opinion.—(Hear, hear.) If they expected to carry this question there was no other way - than by directing public attention to it, as there were great num bers in the country strongly in favour of doing away with . window duties. Let them look at what had been done with the corn-laws. He was one of twenty-seven who went out on the corn-law question, and they were thought to be very radical people. What had public opinion done for that ques tion?—(Hear.) After some further remarks, the Noble Lord concluded by stating that he should feel much obliged to any gentleman present who could give him information with regard to the working of this tax, so that he might be prepared with data to go upon when he brought forward his motion.—(Hear, hear.) Sir C. NAPIER, M.P., said he almost entirely agreed with the Noble Lord in the observations which had fallen from him. He thought that by giving notice of motion for a repeal of the window duties on Monday night, it would call the attention of Government to that tax, and might be the means, if it was not one of the points to be touched upon in the financial statement of Sir. Robert Peel, of its being alluded to on Tuesday night.—(Hear) With respect to what bad fallen from Mr. Wilson, be (Sir (~. Napier) was of opinion that it would be perfectly useless for a single Member of Parliament to wait upon Sir Robert Peel upon the subject. It was not likely he would give him an au dience, and if he did they might rely upon it they would get nothing by it. He thought the Noble Lord (Lord Duncan) was perfectly right in the course he intended to pursue; but they might depend upon it, that without calling meetings • throughout the metropolis and petitioning for a repeal of the window taxes, they would do nothing. Agitation was now quite the fashion, for nothing could be obtained without it. —(Laughter.) Not: , ing could be more legitimate,. and why not agitate for the abolition of such an oppressive tax as the window duties?--(Hear, hear.) s s Lord Dususstst said that he certainly should put up his notice of motion on Monday, which would show them that those who for some time had been striving to obtaTh_' the abolition of those duties were not quite dead. Mr. E,IVELL, of St. James's. said that he thought his Lordship had taken a very proper course, for the moment the notice was put upon the books it would be made known through the medium of the press to all parts of the kingdom. Lord DUNCAN begged to state that he bad received com munications from Plymouth and other places, to the effect that in the event of a dissolution, of which there was every probability, the question of a repeal of the window duties would claim the attention of the electoral body.—(Hear.) After some further discussion, in which Messrs. Kennett, Savage, Wilkes, and other gentlemen took part, Mr. Witsola moved a resolution to the effect that a copy. of the memorial transmitted last week to - Sir Robert Peel, be sent, with the extract from Lord F. Egerton's speech, to the latter Noble Lord, so that they might be able to enlist the co-operation of his Lordship in obtaining a repeal of the window duties. This having been seconded and carried, votes of thanks were also carried to Lord Duncan and Sir Charles Napier, for their kindness in attending the meeting. Lord DUNCAN, in returning thanks, would advise them to take a leaf out of the book of the League, and care for no party rho was in power, or who was out, but support men only who would use their best exertions to obtain a repeal of this tax.—(Hear.) The usual compliment having been paid to the Chairman, ;he meeting adjourned. Motion for Supply—Committee thereupon. Public Works (Ireland), Grant from Consolidated Fund,— Committee thereupon. Sir Robert Peel—Select Committee to consider the mede in which the - House shall deal with the Railway Bills pro posed to be submitted to the House during the present ses sion :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Colquhoun Mr. Hodgson Hinds, Mr. Pakington , S ir Geor g e Clerk, Mr:Baring, The O'Conor Don, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Shaw. Mr. Gisborne—That it be an instruction to the Select Com mittee on Railway Bills to inquire into the functions of the Committee on the Petitions for Bills, and Standing Orders Committee, as far as the same refer to Railways, and to re port their opinion thereon to the House. Mr. Cardwell—To move the following Resolutions :- 1. Resolved, That the House do meet every Wednesday, at twelve at noon, for Private Business, Petitions, and Orders of the Day, and do continue to sit until six o'clock, unless the business be sooner disposed of. 2. R.-solved, That when such business has been disposed of, or at six o'clock precisely, not withstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, without putting any question. 3. Resolved, That whenever the House' shall be in Com mittee at six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, and ask leave to sit again, and that, wizen such leave has been given, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, with out putting any question. . 4. Resolved, That the House shall then stand adjourned until the next sitting day, at the usual hour, unless the House shall previously have resolved to adjourn, at its rising, to some ether time. 5. Resolved, That the business under discussion, at the time of such adjournment, do stand as an Order of the Day for the next day on which the House shall sit. 6. Resolved, That if the House be not formed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the chair and count the House, and if forty Members be not then present, or if at any time during the sitting it should appear that forty be not present, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House to the next day, unless the House shall have previously re solved to adjourn, at its rising, to some other day. REMARKABLE FACT.—COMPETITION.—The situation of secretary to the Manchester Athenveum having become vacant, no fewer than 440 applicants sent in their credentials! Salary only 150/. But what is most cut ions in the matter, is the fact, and it is stated on tho authority of one of the direc tors, that out of so large a number, there was not a single application from a resident of Manchester.—Manchester Courier. _ . _ The Duke of Newcastle has arrived in Portman square from his seat, Clumber Park, near East Retford.. Madame Charles Lafitte, the wife of th e and one . banker and railway projector, an English lady,.t the stag hounds in the vicinity o lately. She was out with the leading fashionables of Paris, has !net . TVI with an. accident shoulder was dislocated by the fall, amsuffers under Paris, when suddenly her horse reared, i shead a t i h s r o ewler. Her many severe bruises. JOURNEYMEN BAILERS PROVIDENET INSTITUTION.-- Last Saturday the annual general meeting of the members and supporters of this institution, which is established for de cayed members of the trade, their widows, and orphans, was held at 81, High Holborn, Mr. Appleton in the chair. The se cretary read the report, whi c h stated that the charity,l was progressingsteadily although in its infancy, success fully. The receipts for the last year which with the exception of a trifling gou w t e la r y e l w l as a. lo l d 6 g s. ed 4cl in ., the Commercial; Bank. The report was adopted,' and Mr. Thomas Dives Battersea was elected president, Mr. Thomas . 11. May, treasurer ; and Mr. James Good, sub-treasurer. The celebrated steeple-chase horse, Charles O'Malley, the property of John Henry Downes, Esq., of Harewood, near Leeds, died on Tuesday morning, the 20th instant, of tetanus, or lock jaw. He had been matched to run for 100 sovereigns a-side with Mr. Alexander Brown's horse, Jacob Faithful, at the next Wetherby Steeple Chase, which is to come off on the 6th of March next ; but about a fortnight ago Mr. Brown had declared off, and paid forfeit. The Marquis of Hertford and the Earl of Wilton are said to he among the Peers who have pledged themselves to support Sir Robert Peel's measures. CAUTION TO THE PURCHASERS OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS.—A fellow, dressed as a gardiner, is going round the metropolis selling, at good prices, apparently fine wholesome laund geraniums, which aro nothing but slips, totally devoid of root, and strongly girded by thick twine, so that should the dupe of a purchaser attempt plucking the slips they remain immoveable. The imposition is not detected for a few weeks, not until their drooping condition induces the owner to transplant them, when the fraud developes itself. The trick is novel, ingenious, and invariably successful. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUARTER OF A MILLION FUND.—While we congratulate our readers on the progress of the subscription to the Quarter of s Million Fund, and on the effect that they have obviously produced without and within the walls of Parliament, we must impress upon them the neces sity of not relaxing in their exertions , now that the crisis of our great struggle has arrived. .-1. the victory is not yet won ; all the resources, energies of the League, will be require_dution 1 battle com plete success can be achieved. A dis a so n ] , liament appears to be imminent ; ght inch by inch li tho of of free free trade will have to be an fo d r: ll only of subscribing friends the importance, early. The manifestation on the hustings. We arenoabtnexifoli to urge on our freely, but of subsri in the course of the wavering but, above all, our subscriptions are and the doubtful; are thoroughly in earnest, and the best proof that w of strength will often decide ix. labour until • that we shall not cease to every link of the • osed on British industry is struck off, of food to the people and fetters inn' - annihilated. — e T su h p e pl L y ea, eomP i t a ppears that Hyde-park is still infested at night everyiertecsit;icatni by thieves and other abandoned characters, who carry on their avocations with impunity, owing to the want of gas lights. Darkness favours crime. The Earl of Ellenborough held his first levee, for the reception of naval officers, yesterday, at the Admiralty. BIRD'S NEST IN WINTER.—There may be seen on the premisei of Mr. John Barrett, of Burton Joyce, farmer, a nest of young robins, nearly three weeks oil—Notting/to Journal. OFFICIAL RESIGNATIONS. 'We believe we may venture to state that the Marquis of Exeter has resigned his appointment as Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince Field-Marshal. The speech of the Earl of Ilardwicke, in the House of Lords, on Thursday evening, is understood to have made his Lordship's resignation, as a Lord of the Bedchamber, a mat ter of official necessity. The names of two other Noble Lords, holding important offices in the Royal Household, are currently mentioned as about to retire, and we believe on very good grounds; but, as the fact will provably transpire in a day or two, we think it best to await the formal announcement. In short, the " Peel-rot" is making such rapid progress, that almost every man connected with the Government is spoken of in turn ss about to swell the number of seceders. Even that most unlikely person of all others to throw up office, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie—the Lord of the Treasury with a convenient conscience—has been suspected of an intention to ' retire. These various rumours may be more or less founded in fact ; but of one point we believe there is not the slightest doubt amongst those who know anything of the state of parties— the Administration of Sir Robert Peel cannot last. —Post. TELLIGENCE. RESTER.—FRIDAY. ;TER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Fitz Allen—do. 50 to 1 agst Crim. Con.—do. 50 to 1 agst Mermaid—do. 50 to 1 agst Little Cassino--do. 50 to 1 agst Sweetmeat—do. 1000 to 15 agst Redstreak—do 1000 to 10 agst Javelin—do. Even on 30 agst the field. TIIE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Sting-6 to It. '3O to 1 agst Malcolm 13 to 1 agst Brocardo—t. 33 to 1 agst Fancy Boy ri to 1 agst lago 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—CRAVEN MEETING. • The following is a list of the declarations of forfeit made in London, up to the close, at twelve o'clock on Saturday night : Lothario Oakley Alarm Minotaur The Baron Mickey Free St. Lawrence Winasour Eboracurn Pine Apple Antler Needful Weatherbit Warp Miss Elis Pacha Refraction Boarding-school Miss Naworth Sorella Ruff Is h out of Fair Jane What Pugilist Fitz Allen Crim. Con. Venus Agis • Little John Anna Comnena Haitoe The Roper's Daughter Duc... au Durras SPORTING IN' BETTING AT MAN( THE CHES 30 to 1 agst Whinstou4s—take 33 to 1 33 to 1 agst Best Bower—taken freely 38 to 1 agst Mickey Free—do. 35 to 1 agst Hope—taken 35 to 1 agst Ould Ireland—do. 35 to 1 agst Warp—do. King Cob Bourra Tornacha Leopard Lair 3 o'Cockpen My M ary Maynooth Fuzbos As you like it Best Bower Plaudit Symmetry Mongrel Mopsa, colt John Davis Aoline Correct Card ,Stoker \ Sister to Robert de Gorham Corolius \ Astonishment The Hero Petit Morceau Tugnet Sister to Ma Mie Deodara Ukraine Terrier Prestgirth Punch Chandalier Ohio Lillie Krankie Gannymede, f FINAL DECLARATIONS AT NEWMARKET. Foremast Sharpshooter Clumsy. lance of sixty—very cons anticipated. Idleness Metal Dean Swift The above leaves an aceep dorably more than had been Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a select circle at dinner on Saturday evening, at their mansion on Carlton House-terrace. The guests included the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Minto, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Auckland, and the Hon. Misses Eden, Viscount Melbourne, the Ilon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, the lion. W. Cowper, &c. The Noble Viscountess subsequently had a soirée, which was attended by about eighty of the leading fashionables at present in town. Last night the Noble Viscount and Viscountess received the following com pany at dinner :—The Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Besborough, Lord Brougham, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir John Hobhouse, the lion. Mrs. Norton , M r. C. Wood, Mrs. Lamb, and Mr. Panizzi. Count D'Orsay has left London on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield. His Excellency the French Ambassador since his arrival in town has paid several visits to the Earl of Aber been. The Noble Count has also visited most of the members of the corp s chplonzatique. :no Countess is not expected at Manchester House from ram until the close of February. TERRIBLE DISASTER. The New Orleans papers of the 24th bring accounts of the loss, on the 18th, of the steamboat Belle Zane, Captain Brazier, by striking a snag in the Mississippi, by which about fifty lives were lost. The Picayune says that she struck at about twelve miles below the mouth•of White River, at twelve o'clock at night, and almost instantly turned bottom upward. There were about ninety on board, nearly all of whom were in their berths. Of those who reached the shore, great numbers were frozen to death, as the night was bitterly cold, and they had not been able in their en forced haste to secure any of their clothing. We copy the following from the Picayune :—The steam boat Diamond came along a short time after the accident, and discovered the wreck of the Belle Zane bottom up. The officers of the former boat picked up sixteen of the passengers of the latter at two different points on the Arkansas side. The unfortunates, after suffering incre dibly from the cold, were finally landed at Napoleon, where the balance of those saved on the Arkansas side had previously assembled. It seems that immediately after the accident the cabin separated from the hull, on which those who were saved floatod. The names of those lost could not be ascertained further than that of Mr; Bowen, lady and child, of Zanesville. There were five ladies on board, all of whom were fortunately saved ex cept Mrs. Bowen. Several of the unfortunate passengers came down on the Diamond to a point above, and six others came as far as this city. The names of the latter are John P. Nesle, of Albany, New York ; James Sheridan, John Mick, Robert H. Foster, J. Gibson, and Henry Platte. The feet of some of them are so badly frost-bitten that they are unable to use them. The Bulletin says, that so far as they can ascertain, not more than sixteen lives were lost. The Tropic says that sixty out of the ninety were saved. In any event the disaster is most deplorable. COMMERCIAL NEWS. The Ist of January being observed almost entirely as a holiday, we have little to report under this head, there was a fair amount of business doing in general goods on the 2d inst., and at the Stock Exchange a firmer tone in the market, accompanied by an advance in prices, was attributed to the effect of Mr. Calhoun's speech. EXCHANGE. Foreign.—We quote on London at 1081 a 109 ; Paris sf. 26* a sf. 25 ; Amsterdam 39f a 39i ; Hamburgh 354 a 35i ; Bremen 784 a 78k. IRELAND. CONFERENCE OF REPEAL MEMBERS. DUBLIN, JAN. 23.—The conference of Irish Members of Parliament was held this day in the large room of Radley's Hotel, College-green. There was no one pre sent to represent the Conservative party. At halt-past twelve o'clock, upon the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., seconded by Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, M.P., the chair was taken by Captain Seaver. Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., first came forward to state his views. He said that there were two objects combined in their meeting that day—namely, to form an Irish party, if possible, and also to devise measures for their guidance in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) A public invi tation had been held out by several Conservative papers, high in the confidence of the Conservative party, who were desirous of meeting other Irish Members upon mutual grounds—to form a party composed, in fact, of Repealers at one side, and Conservatives at the other — (Hear)—and it had been urged, powerfully and palpably, that there were the materials in Ireland to constitute such a union, which would work for the good of the country on all questions upon which they agreed.— (Hear.) Now, to effect that object, they should first see if there was any disposition, on the part of the Conserva tives, to meet them. The papers he alluded to had pledged themselves to the willingness of their supporters to such a connexion; and his object in making that ex planation was to say that he had come there hoping that some proposition would be made. He hoped that a Conservative would come forward and propose the for mation of an Irish party, and to state the basis on which he proposed to form it. If any one did so, he (Mr. O'Connell) would answer for the repealers that they would meet such an offer more than half-vvay.—(Hear, hear.) They did not want the Conservatives to give up their opinions, nor would they abandon theirs; they expected no sacrifices, and would make none; yet ho felt that they could all meet on neutral ground for the good of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would now sit down, in the hope that they should hear some gentleman come forward oh the Conservative side, and state his views for the formation of an Irish party. A considerable pause ensued, which was interrupted by Mr. Steele, who entered the room with a copy of the Queen's Speech, which he handed to the Chairnran. Mr. O'BRIEN—I move that Mr. John O'Connell read her Majesty's Speech aloed.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. J. O'CoNNELL then read the Speech. Mr. O'CoNNELL again proceeded to address the meet ing. He said, in rising for the second time to inquire if there was any gentleman present to support the sen timents expressed by the Conservative newspapers, be would beg for himself to say, that he should not wish to act as the leader of such a union ; and if any gentle man thought proper to propose its formation, there were plenty of men of Conservative principles to be found competent of leading—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) and his colleagues w ould be happy to act under such a leader if they could only establish the party—(Cheers.,The Learned Gentleman having sat down, and Waite for some time to hear if any proposition would be made, again rose, and said he was afraid that there was but little hope left that they would be able to succeed in this—the chief object of their meeting—(Hear, hear)— us there topic, here andwasno one present to represent the opinions of the Co a n d se a r s y s a e t m iv b e journals : he would, therefore, dismiss that led; proceed not w to i t t h h o e u to mentioning,ther plaject for however, which that if the Conservative party originated any meeting to form an Irish party, before he left for London, he would be most nappy to attend it—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Having said so much, he would now allude to the secondary matter for their consideration, and as an Irish Member state the course he felt bound to adopt during the session —(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was still of opinion that the bet part of the Irish business could be done in Conciliation-hall ; but still there were questions before Parliament in which they should take part. There were questions upon which, even amongst themselves, they entertained a d u i p v t e m rs w it h y ic o h f h o is pi i n n i d o i n v , id su u c a h l op a i s nli t ) h n e s ,N e .e o r r-w enklanolxqnu;esatniodn— aii such questions should be considered as open ones for the individual consideration of each gentleman and his con stituents.—(Hear, hear.) There was a question, how ever, upon which, he believed, they were all agreed, and that was as regarded coercive measures to repress crime in Ireland. Her Majesty's Speech, which they had just heard, distinctly menaced a coercion proceeding on the part of the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. O'Connell) was obliged to admit that the crime of as sassination was certainly increasing, but if so, he was afraid the cause which led to it was increasing also ; and he would not, therefore, consent to any alteration in the law until the Government first began to remove the cause of the miseries of the Irish people.—(Cheers.) That was the best method of following up the advice given in their gracious Sovereign's Speech.—(Applause.) The magistrates of Tipperary said, in their address, "that assassination was no longer to be traced to ques tions respecting the possession of land." Now that was an important admission, which showed that the recent mur ders through the country originated in a foul spirit of revenge, on account of the abuses which the landlords made of their privileges.—(Hear, hear.) This he sub mitted as the true state of the country, and he submitted it for the consideration of Irish Members, in order to call upon them to be punctual in their attendance in their places, if any measure of coercion was proposed, and to prevent its passing, if possible. He (Mr. O'Con nell) for one would attend the House upon every ques tion for procuring relief for the poor, and upon every question of landlord and tenant law, and with regard to it he would endeavour to carry out the recommendations contained in the reports of the Repeal Association. — (Hear, hear.) lie would not, however, move aay specific resolution on the point, but be satisfied with thus ex plaining his intentions. et . S. 0 ,a 'B s farE inexpedientbra s , t M i e .P o go . , wasov saidec over concerned, fo coe rr Londonn e d, himself he at he thro urpresent, wished sheti,itt, t w o o M s u t l a r d 't e W b , as he was not prepared,to support a total repeal of the corn-laws; independent of which, he felt that the strength of Ireland was in Conciliation-hall ; he would ilot, , • „ ; 't. • .‘` Air. J, tip tfu'i,NNELL said he dui not !,novv whether .there would be any objection to a resolution , pledging, the meeting to - oppose stay coercive measure tile? Goverfr not might propose, until that measure was accompanied RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 24. STOCK Exenanors.-The sales are-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 Scrip, 614-Leeds. Wakefield, and Midland, 21. 18s. 6d.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 214- Man chester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 2-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4-Ditto, Extension, 314-Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Portrnsh, and Crewe, 173. 6d.-South Yorkshire Canal Railway, 314. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Jaw. 24. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-Tlie sales are-Eastern Counties, York End x tension, 11. Ds. 6d.-Goole and Doncaster, 21 4 p.-ncashire a North Yorkshire, % p -North British, Halves, Carlisle, 38s. p.- Newcastle and Carlisle, 110%. LEEDS, JAN. 24. S TOC K EXCHANGE. - The sales are-London and Croydon, 22% - Manc h es ter and Leeds Extens ions, 4 % .p-York and North M and idl an and Extensibn (East and W est Ridin g ), 10% p.-Hudelers ‘: c bester, 7 p.-IlUddersfield and Sheffield, 22-Leeds and Bradford, 51 % - Newcastle and Berwick, 2031 -North British, New Carlisle Branch, 314 -London and York, 41. Bs. 6d. -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% -West Riding Union, 6% -Antbergate, No Grinattnd g ham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. p. - Clitheroe Junction, 314- Union, 95. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 17s. 6d. p.-Leeds an d York, ss. dis.-Manchester, Buxton , Matlock, and Midland, p.---Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 136.. dis.-North Staffordshire, 18s. 6d. p.-North Western, 21. 195.-Rugby and Hunt ingdon, 1% -Shropshire Union, 2s. 6d. p.-South Midland, p. HULL, JAN. 24. STOCK EICH .- ANGEThe sales are-North British, Carlisle, 31. ls. 3d -Axholine, 2% --East Coast, 1%-Goole, Doncaster, Shef- Yield, &c., 31. 14s. 6d.-Great North and South Wales and Wor cester, 4s. -Hull and Barnsley Junction, 395.-Leicester and Bedford, 1/. 165.-Leicester and Tamworth, 21. 84.-Liverpool, Ormsklrk, and Preston, 4% -Malton and Driffield Junction, 2%-South Midland, 4/. 175.-Sheffield and Macclesfield, % -West Riding Union, 6% - Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2. YORK, JAN. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and Darlington Ex tensions, 11-York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11-Ipswich and Norwich, 2014 -North British, New, Car lisle Branch, 3/. ls.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, .New, 10%- London and York, 4% -Grand Union, 11. 16s. EDINBURGH, JAN. 23. STOCK EXcIiANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen. 51. 10s.-Aberdeen, FFanfarff, and Elgin, o, V. Half Sh-Ai rdrie and Bathgate, 21. 18s.-Arbroath and orfar, 27/. -Dittares, 16/.-Armagh and Portrush, 11.155. -Ayr and Dui - riffles, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, V.-Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir, 2/.-Banffshire, 11. ,12s. -Belfast and County Down, 3/. -British and Irish' Union, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Caledonian, ex new, 14/. 55.-Ditto, New, X. 155.-Caledonian Extension, 31. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 2/. 10s.-Carnwath and West Linton, 11. and Bury, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 201.-Cornwall and De von Central, 21. 2s. 6d.-Decside Railway, 41. 155.-Direct Northern, 21. ss. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 41. 'ls. 6d. -Dudley, Madele 1/.y, Broselcy, &c., 21. 145.-Dundee and Arbroath, CU.-Ditto, New, 2 -Dundee and Forfar Junction, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, cx new, Si. 10s.-Ditto, New, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Eakt Coast of Scetland, 21. 135.-East India Railway, 1/. 63.-East of Fife, V-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 21. Is. Cal. -Edinburgh and Bath gate, 31.-Edinbugh and Gla s g ow, ex new, 771.-Ditto, Ralf Shares, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 181 . 10 s. -Ditto, ditto, New, 131. 10s.- Edinbargh, Glasgow and Dumbarto:i , 18 s . 6d. -Edinburgh a,nd Leith Atmospheric, 1/. 145.-Edinburgh arid Leith Atmospheric DitPct,l/. 15x. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton , 201.-Ditto, Preference, 2 U 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 3/. 1 ls.-Ditte, Newport, 1/. Me - Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. lls.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 1/. 155.-Edln burgh and Perth, 4/. 2s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mussel burgh, 11. 13s. 6d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 21.4x.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 261.-Ditto, Quarter : , hares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 21. Bs.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. 10s. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 2/. 5s, -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 42/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 19/.-Ditto, New Stock, IN.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junc tion, 11. 18s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 21. 17s. 6d -G ard LeSnla lasgow, marnock, and Ardrossan, 3/. U.-Glasgow, Strathaven, hagow, 21. 165.-OrantonJunction, 21.-Great County Down, 21. 128. Ed.-Great North of Scotland, 31. Great North and South Wales, 7s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, it. 155.-Lanark and Galloway, 21.- Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 12s. 6c1.-Larne and Ballymena, 27. 28.- London and Hounslow, 11. 10s.-London and Manchester (Rastriek), 41. ios.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 27. 55.-London and Wind sor, 11.-Landon and York, 41. ss. -Midland and Eastern Counties, IL }U. -Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick, 221.-Newcastle on-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 21.-Newry and Londonderry, 11. 175.-North British, 25/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 11. 55.-Ditte, lixten sion to Carlisle, 3/. Is.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 61. 5a.-North Wales, Mineral, New, 5/. IN.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 1/. 18s.- Perth and Inverness, It. 155.-Scottish Central, 151. 55.-Ditto, New, Si. 155.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 2/. ls.-Scottish Grand Junction, 2/. 55.-Scottish Midland, 6/. 105..-Scottish North Western, 1/. 175.-Scottish South Midland, 6d.-Scottish Southern, 1/. 18s. -Shrewsbury and llereford, 18s. 6d. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 17s. Gd.-Ditto, New, 11. 45.-South Mid land, 51. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 2/. 10s. 6d. -Stirling and Mid lnd, 17s. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 21. 19s. -Surrey Grand Junc taion, 1/.-Tean and Dove Valley, 11. 3s. 6d.-Wishuw and Coltness, 52/. 10s. GLASGOW, Jim 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrle and Bathgate, 605. Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 458.—British and Irish Union, 725. 61. — Caledonian, New, 795. 6d.—Ditto, Extension, 65s.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 565. 6d.—East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley, 47s.—East Indian Railway, 29s- dinburgh and Bathgate, 63s. —Edinburgh and Northern. Newport, 268. orth and Clyde Junction, 45sasgow General Carlisle, 1--Glaow and Belfast Union, 49s. —Glasgow, Dumfries, and sls. 6d.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossas, 68s. —Glasgow and Dundee Juridic], 44s.—Glasgeow Harbour bfineral, 408.—Great North of India, lis.—Kilmarnock, and .Ayr Direct, 41s.— Lesmahagow, 60s._ Manchester and Southampton, 708 . —North British, Extension to Carlisle, 605.—Perth and Cried; 40s.—Scottish South Midland Junc tion, 47s.—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 45s.—Shrews bury and Hereford, 225. 6d.—Slamannan, 261.—South Midland, Scottish Central, New, 8/. 10s.—Wishaw and Coltness, THE ROYAL BUCK Houtins.—ln eons equenee of the high floods, the water being out in all directions, from the late heavy ra i n s, very little sport has resseited during the two days hunting of the royal stag hounds_ The meet on Thursday, at Bedfont-gate, near Staines, was but thinly at tended. Beauty, its second appearance in public, having been hunted for the first time last season, upon being turned out in Bedfont-lane, took away to Stanwell, ,be a rding back to. Staines Union, on to Laleham, between Ashford and Staines. crossing the Thames into Surrey. The hounds were taken over Chertsey-bridge, and laid on near the town ; Beauty leading away to St. Ann's Hill, heading round by Thorpe Mill to the Green, and thence to Fox Hill, and was caught at Long Cross, Chobham Con - Mlon, after a run, from first to last, of two hours and a half. The meet took place on Fri day at Maidenhead Thicket, the rain descending in torrents. The deer was uncarted, it is true; - but as for hunting, with the land under water for miles, it was totally out of the question. The deer went away throlight the water and th e question. by some men in boats, after beingat large till nearly dark. ST. MARY'S, LAMBETH.—The Archbishop of Canter bury has nominated the Rev. Charles B, - own Dalton, M.A., i one of the Bishop of London's chaplains, tx.` th,l Etctory of St. 1 Mary t, Lambeth, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. D'Ovly. Mr. Dalton was formerly fellow of' Wadham College, Oxiord, and has up to the present time bee." reader of Lin coin's Inn: The Rev. Gentleman was sonh': weeks since married to the eldest daughter of the Bishop of 4,ondort.