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1$ il ef i ll yr usio v ;C i° l r, EStMINSTER ELECTION.-CAPTAIN ,-, IZOUS COMMITTEE sits daily at the British Hotel, oilispur-street. liutrmr.:<, • c 1: 0 N • S TER EL The e ELECTION of -CAP T AIN THE HON. H 1' . 4 1. RO S U E T lC R T .T., G h t a l v i e the pleasure to informa their numerous supp or t ers th a t th e re s u lt of their canvass Las Placed , the return of the Hon. Captain beyond a doubt. the Th e Conitn'ttee expr ess a h ope th a t th e i r f r iends will continue exertions until Four o'clock to-morrow, and crown their efforts 11 a h rge and overwhelming majority. The following gentlemen have requeded that their names may be A dded to th e C ommittee:— Lord lmite's Egertop, 31P . Col. W0,,,d, 31. P. 11!rCharles Forbes, Bart. g.,1'.11. Seymour, Dart., M.P. Hallett EA Lor.i A rthur Lennox ' -(1 ‘ A d re( man, Esq. p n t . ral the H on . Si r B. Capel on. Captain C arneg i e, R . N .2_04 Ma sterman, Esq , M.P. The lion J. S. 'Wortley, M.P. Meynell," M.P. 31 E q A,ldeprianlller Co'pelind, Esq., M.P. F• Collett Sr' , Ernest Bruce, M.P. Peel, • E Esq. 31ontagn, ILN nelh Alaeauley, Esq 'W.Cobbs, Esq. Dr. Colycr A. Arcedeckne, Esq. James Hunt, Esq. Robert Price, Esq., M.P. Vaughan Richards, Esq. Charles Harrison, E4q. W. D. Bruce, Esq. Col. T. Wood, M.P. R. H. Witlpolo, Esq. Horace Twiss, Esq: G. Tomlin, Esq., M.P. H. A. Mereweather, Esq. T. Cotten.ll, Esq., M.P. H. S. Cafe, Esq. Edwd. Wyatt, Esq., M.P. R. H. Hicks, Esq. A. Montgomery, Esq. Sir Wm. Somerville, Hart. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN STITC rioN br Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, itYan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of tu 1). 43.5, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o:Clock. A Lecture WerkT AT MOSPHERIC 'RAILWAY, by Professor Bachoffnp . , a a g,Model of which, earryieg several persons, is exhibited Mi:•6 ‘ ,The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, Dig- Pllys, o ,‘ l VIEWS, and CHROMATROPE are very effective. , The , 1) 1 ,7',.„0PE. Submarine Experiments by means of the D ''G BELL. Among the various additions to the Working fo r Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE , leetitsjendlng and descending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Col- Play e n r °f TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute 40 4 , • w ill take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open Th e t.47leven to . Half-past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in Admittance, One Shilling. Scheele, Half-price. Afgkiir s A Y I:t r O I I , c RLE I T I OB I AND an S i IIARI6OLDEg hare I.lTin Auctioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their 1 1 1 ON/j, SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every and THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCE, Alic4'needic street, London, to which place, or to the office of the e,r,Zeers, 2,‘Threadneedle-atrect, all favours and instructions are Alt . 63 to be addressed. tb Th e ' -c rip and Share Certificates mnst be forwarded to or deposited the ° ince of the Auctioneer ,as above at least the day preceding a rY of public sale, and advices B of the result of the sales will be btt~l dell by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds innne "'Posed of according to instructions. or CIIARGES.—Under ,I. per share ; under 501., is. fgt., 100 /., 2s. ; and ss. for all above. NI WALES RAILWAY. :N Oti GENERAL MEETING. F 41, is hereby given, that the Ordinary er Half7yearly GENE nsii,„"}-:TING of the SVAREHOLDERS of the North Wales C'otnpany will be held at the LONDON TAVERIsT, Bishops ttbru'reet, in the City of London, on TIIIIRSDAY, the 2bth day of l 'atia a n neat, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the the I. "ion of the ordinary business of the Company, in pursuance of htli a ° ,, rth Wales Railway Act, 1845, and of the other general Aces of ent relating to railways. tti t t i Z notice is hereby further given, that the Books for the Regis teht,4 of Transfers will be closed on and after the 16th day of 4 tell until such half-yearly general meeting shall have By order of the Board, Q.,„ JOHN MARRINER, Secretary. Nu dhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, Jan. 29, 1845: LONDON and BIRMINGHAM EX -11N0,- ENSIGN', and NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEA . ' () X, and WARWICK RAILWAY COI PANY. NOTICE. De% Sh areholders of this Company are informed that for the pur kir: eff ectually carrying out the original undertaking, and in Niq ) , -I ' t e of arrangements for amalgamation concluded with other I r 3 I. ,..'eSt and of others still pending, the Directors find it neces ivide the capital into shares of 20/. each in lieu of the exi , t- U , thW eg of 251., and to increase the present deposit of five per cent. /tith 11 lr cent., which is also necessary for the purpose of complying Th e Mantling orders of the Houses of Parliament. ree t C . 4) lder of four existing 251. shares will, therefore, be entitled efte five new shares of 20/. each. kit'''fareliolders are required to pay on or before Monday the 23d th e the f f o u r rth hi er is sum of U. ss. on the shares respectively held by purpose to deposit with the secretary at the 1f 3 . 8 afflec.s, 15, Old Jewry Chambers, London, on or . before redsfar z nsl. the scrip for the same, together with an application tr ht Y and exchange in the annexed form. bere, ;Plisite order to one of the Company's bankers to receive the ~ the e 4 dePosit will be issued within two days after the registry will s ." I P, and on the production of the bankers receipt new scrip All se 4 . s ued. 4te . a lf . P in respect of which the Shareholders shall fail to take the ,_l;4 3 . B fepspayment of the required deposit, 'within the b.`linc, will be absolutelf forfeited. :At ' r ectors have much pleasure in informing the Shareholders •ra,,,C Petition for the requisite Act of incorporation has been pre t, o4nel.that they are actively engaged in prosecuting the same. 4, 4B4 Nnenee of the depression in the money market the Direct. ek,Nt, delayed calling for the additional deposit until the latest l'cri t ; rn mnent to which they could with safety do.so. Italaed on aPplication for registry and exchange of scrip may be aPplication to the Secretary at the Company's offices. By order, J. E DE BEAUVOIR, Bart., Chairman. JOHN HERVEY, Secretary. t , , at Corte FORM OF APPLICATION. 'etc ° frnlttee of direction of the London and Birmingham Ex- Itaii, e ! !' and Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, and Warwick Company. 1e t "en --I herewith transmit scrip for shares In the 1 11, -1 any in respect of which I request you to issue me new 1 . b et ;agree to pay the further deposit of 1/. s s. on each share d eo 're the 23d instant, and I undertake to execute the neces 's When required. Dated this a. t • d i ' 4 6 4 6 4 10 ' ) 5 5 2 3 - i0 4 6 4 10 5 6 0 22 0 0 C' . 260 n o thermost t narke cult ° lough tor n the /ne in a has bee,g,are i i pop. 81, 4d Pe . .., f, n dishos d. s. d, to 3 . 1 0 '3 6 0 4 4 0 4 6 4 4 4 6 3 8 b 0 4 8 ves I 450 - 10 25° i 0 60 30 1° 30° " I S 19 ' 10 1, 530 350 70 t 3, 5 ° n soln e ee come fa° eada s ilG , 90 5 . t ° 755. i 508. t 0 • o f the 1 sere 13 ''IV 0 1461 )rt Cg s Irmo of 1)110 t Foreiool ARS-- Fe , frotr , pri- It. ; l : DI net CO' , e 0 VI! 3ter tuff . e the The the Ain onicy4 arr oo, P ,ctors• felt )eing s° ' e cur- th e .1,11 It f t he rn erit i ° lo , 9 . vrou'" ft io , ost 4tU lol ' 31`41,v;°1- , . bL of t l >' ll'f tli t e . ;er; ocgatit c( ;, ca . r, o ser rft d l :: ' 410 11°- ° Da 12.; day of Fobruar) ,1846. Natne in fu11........ • . . Description Address in full.. . - h ------ --------- 11 4 1 -i ii , i b „„LEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and —4 4: V""XBRIDGE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO SR URY. •hTli, NOTICE TO SEND IN SCRIP. oi,. arn w 114 ra are rieully t,, , T.tb g h l 'garnation of this Company with the Shrewsbury and b ei ' .tar e e l ,,, Railway Company, on the Terms stated in the circular 4 1 no v ,.. ) ."ers, and public Advertisement, dated Jan. 10th, 1846, completed, parties still holding Dudley and Madeley the t'f PebrZured to forward it to • me, on or before MONDAY, the .B,itine. ryinstant, or they will be deprived of all benefit in Da,,, s NOTICE TO REND IN ACCOUNTS. - "cith e ,`e n having demands upon this Company are requested to I forthwith, that they may be examined and dischargtd. d RY order, W. S. DARKIN, Ile, Feb. 9, 1846. Secretary. -- '-LOXAL LOAN FUND LIFE thSolt ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital. 6 .soo,ooo. Empowered by Act of Parliament. '11; ‘ ," offers important and suhstantial advatt asilu.r.: a sPect both Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. (s t , 43 e or has on all occasion*, the power to borr without ex. f ort oiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, a lso the option of zelectin g benefits, and the conveNior. 1 ' is to meet other conv , ml+nces or necessity. Assurance* The Yea rs are Kronted on the lowest possible rates. ss DIVISION OF PROP'IT.. ceeaa bir tet..o and increasing prosperity of trio Society has ..nabiec at the last annual investigation, to declare a third h poi;7tnirgcftromonistohtoe r i ro s at po s r e c al e e n . t. on the premiums paid on EXAMPLEB. -•,-----....."----------_ EX.AMPLE B. . 1 ! - - retnlu m ;7, Bonus Bonus in get la f 0 E 4 • it,' added. Cash. 6 o i t, Zg g 4 . 4- , ...... ., . ------- _ _ , soi t ,00t 8. d. 1837 .£l5l 13 514'67 13 5413 17 (6395 11 1 1 3 4 1 ," 165 13 () 74 13 10 11 8 61 346 'A, ; • 1 83 9 138 13 61 61 14 3 9 2 101 296 13 4 _1', 1 ,,,,,,_ _ 184 9 89 0 (') 41 13 4 6 0 01 247 4 6 twitr-of:ion of profita ls annual, and the next will be made in De -ht Prere.nt year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. MERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS- Lo'l~Nrc, A ni l 112 and 113, OREA::.zAMILY ASSOCIATtox" ENDOWMENT, and IDE LONDON. tt l' f , t 4ti tt,• l ) .° ita i l S h t e ee re k by o f DIVIDENDS. ,tt,hat the. lIAL-YEARLY DIVIDEND on 'r the rate ssociation , due in December last, at and of hi. per cent, per ant will be AYABLE at the turn, tisi t , ol l this and following days, between the lour sof Ten and s excepted). ° ek x:k (Thursday Dy order of the Board, ° tee FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Sec. r'•••,,-..;15212and 113, Cheapside. thk„)9a4,M.ERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS -44 -- 'ANC, ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWMENT, AND ' 4B SOCI AT lON, the , 112 and 113, CIIEAPSIDE, LONDON. ' II •TNUAL. GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors , of eleeiinereial and General Life Office, held at the Compan)? the iti)eve, on February 13th, 1846, 11. G. WARD, Esq., M.P., Th m ` , ‘4l_tir, it was resolved l b Unanimousy :- I,...rikrit.te report now read be adopted y this meeting. dividend of Cl, per cent. upon the paid-up capital for the h (14i,tuding the Ist of January, 1846, be declared. 44 •1,;1i1e t3 ' , ',, ( - 1 . Ward, Esq.,M.P., Will Bastow,,Esq., and T. Bush \v be re-elected Directors of this Company. de„ ,• Wellington Cooper, Esq., be re-elected Auditor. 4-4 t Directors be empowered to take such steps as they may Im s ,;Mide for increasing the working capital of the Company, Is h t , lin t „,. !Di the reserved hares. rek;,:ulere voted to the Chairman and Directors, and the meet- LY order of the Board, FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Secretary, 75:44211213, Cheapside. 40 tets u tl uitE, COMMERCE, NAVIGATION, THE CHURCH A .._, 4 1)40 ~,.. i. . 3 AV 0R Y and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14, t 'IS ;L il l 1) ( L n hill, London opposite the Bank, have finished a few ‘ite, L, .. teq ‘ .7:! . . , Of PLATE, suitable for presentation t 3 tot leme i n tsiLolvite-,II° either of the above pursuits or professions, wine i • -"aaalahl'ie a ttention of Committees who are in six - .l•ch of valuable for such occasions. AVI , E, 4 r -Z4S'S CANDLES, iiid. per lb. ; extra r it 4 h - „,ertT, e i l - ax- Vick Moulds, 6%d. • best Spenn Candles, lc 8 4 1. ; 1 1 / 3 a "',IIs \‘, (l, Is. 2d. • fine Wax, l ' s sd. • Transparent, ls. Bd.; Is:',''2.l * a l ,,"; 2 s. ld i • H.l ' ComPosite, 9%c1. • Yellow Soal), th0,'.,(1. 'i,,.--,,c6ti%. per ' 1121) e s . 8 Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Windsor, 144 1 241 ~,u3.eket ; Old Brown ' Windsor. Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Al ''', ; g 4d '"' Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d, per lb.; Sperm Oil, is. 6d. per % e ar ( .. , es ,.a , r, s a. Gd. ...„ . " - Ilta e,oD a p t n, d . ) . WIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar ffee-house. --- i; ..... ...........„, ! a ught ..,,,. 'tIitPECT that h, -- rh,,, , SUBSTITUTE FOR SILVER. 4 Cto. a lVe a r! ‘ °.,' en ° , ;:tve imitation is in the spoons and fork, vs --e ands ." ('-' P 4al silver plated over the British plate. So 4, 5 that they larat,,, f or Ark, , are these, that twenty years wear would not th do not cost one quarter 1,.., te al ;,_ Th . ,__. _not real silver, .a 'a=e3 lve., _.” , 1 Is, the interest of n t d he t e n y otsey that would be paid 6o rt 0 , 1 4 , . A ill buy these things oftener than they are Wanted. tl e n ' 4, 6'114111/late covered with real silver :—Table spoons, per hi- fosi„ '• dessert spoons, ditto 21.75. ; tea spoons, ditto, 11. es.; L 4-. ' ) '• • '; d li i n ti° . 3 /. • dessert ' fo ' s ' sugar tongs, per "4. elt ' el - ,s - , e inclle's each 6 ri' • ' gray ' spoons each, 10s. ; soup : f oes ' , each, s. I/ y They are manufactured ex -41. ',ateyr -tEC III, 4 Leadenhall- . street near the India •House. -el:3. I._zeßill be returned to fruit' who disapproves them. . 41111 e0 : 7:, fr.'; ( 1 ' ;;Ort fl a7: it ki t plated and dessert knives, real Shef -44-eted w'aokils, table cutlery - , small cutlery, and other matters -,,,„ I°lise keePing, of which catalogues maybe had, gratis. ..A . 1....,: i ., I, li ven IDerttit'''P-4 WATER is the most suitable :l4,p,, 4 ,. for those who are subject to indigestion, bile, cos, I °lt.a . :• u ell aa's. an d is preferable to any opening medicine whatever 4 2ats..!'ess nor", °Aeration is initantaneous ,• neither attended by t'An dt "' •ril t i e , _ debility ; nor do's it leave that tendency to consti 's.,44(ieeVe;:trolltlthletsinftiom p.urgatives. To enable members of every ss ~_ sent,, nrin Invalid and d lady) to regort to this Asi.." , en h i , " 3 ' easily and conveniently, an elegant contrivance 1 :t - ' 11 I 4 Lela"ted bY Dr ' Scott, called the ATTRITIVE VASE, and. only at Llewellin'sMedical ' RepOsitory, No. 369, InIIAYI.s?' B°lilnse. atimilrpire. 13 - ^n to magnify voices to any degree a deaf person IS'o. 36e9T'Iptions sent post-free, on receipt eft wo letter 3 MG third house front Exeter-hall. 4(117_,„S DEAIUICENT COUGH 1.0- Prit'7lsta, • • GES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted y;frugh, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, vetlia(t': cle,r.a.,genlent of the respiratory organs, will ..x,Pcuse of b e et. and derive permanent benefit, by ti e EXii./LCE'siT COUGIi LOZENGES, which. Or other and will cut short the most violent parox e eaten `c. Sold so agreeable to the palate that they may Sold 'gt,'c k ton. s a m re olf; so co efli ng e h a_ ;14, Droprietcr, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton ' l id. "'S;rPsaate-strlt, London, in boxes Is. 1%4., Gnu and by most chemist, and paten Inetli— and patent tins at 41411,D4Iclitgehet;tsar—dat. ..firclynta/Yi Fna, farringvion-street ; E_ l 7 4 . r 46? ___ .• .. ~ .- . ' .. • 4 , 4 Alir ' ',i t . • ' ' l +3' l : - . , tit),,.."; v , :. kr . / 4,•e-e.-11 - C----CL, , / 7" -- _ ,- •• - - 7 • • ..._. ii .wo • vie , .W . - . • • ~ ,, Z . , ••11 . 1 1.111111•11111011...... '`- 4- -, - ••••w• . -•-• „. r -.... • - 4 , i ., 4y , _ ' :::•( \ :*4-- . ~ i •,€ / „,.•y' j7 l i --. 27-. ill „ -,,. x _ l ,, es i r 7 :>" .....• \\ ~.; ~ 0. . . 4 7. 4 i; - _____ , liP• . - " n -°l-I •'‘ O f * '''`;N .., /- -... \ -•' ,. ‘4.; - .u. , , ,, ...: ,- - -- ..'' - `,- , • ' ('- ,- IORTLAND nominee, we would commemorate one sentence Meted by Lord LINCOLN, in the Corn-market of Nottingham, on Saturday last—we would ::ommemorate it because of its picturesqueness, because of its emphasis, because of its truth. " You might as well," said his Lordship, " attempt to stay_ the onward progress of the wind by the opposition of a feather, or to st,p the flowing course of the river that winds round your town with the puny hand of an infant, as breathes to attempt to stlip then measures by rejecting so I h it o i n m e b st le , t a h n is i i s nd p i l v a i i d n u s a p l oi a i s en Ty it self. T hi s o f is 3 commongood, sense, e i s and not less does it breathe of excellence of purpose. There is as wonderful a contrast between these two noble candidates in their diction as in the policies of which it is the expo nent. Lord Ihaniv BENTINCK is the supporter of principles which have been long exploded ; Lord LINCOLN is the up holder of the present comprehensive views. As such should they be estimated by the electors of North and South Not tinghamshire; and if in accordance with the opinion of the majority, the consequences of the contest are self-evident. Madrid papers of the 10th were received by extraordinary express at Paris on Monday morning, announcing the resig nation of General NAIWAEZ as President of the Council. The QUErN had accepted his resignation, and the Ministry consequently was dissolved. It was said that her MAJESTY had' commissioned General Roxcau and the Marquis of 511nAFLonES to form a new Cabinet. The affair altogether is a complete mystery, and probably arises out of some secret intrigues respecting the QUEEN'S marriage, but we must wait for further information to unravel the plot. The resignation of Senor MON, the Finance Minister, will be a great loss to the country. On the 9th the Three per Cents. were done at 32: 1 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days; and the Ma drid and Aranjuez Railroad Shares at 2,080 at 60 days. The Paris papers of Sunday are destitute of news. Private letters, however, state that Marshal 131:GE/LUD had been recalled fram his Government of Algeria, on the ostensible ground that his presence would be necessary in the Chamber when the affairs of that colony came under discussion. The real cause, however, is his total incapacity for the situa tion, which he has so long held to the disgrace of the Fiench army and the ruin of French interests in Africa. The public voice is unanimously opposed to him, and the KING Las been compelled to yield. "The rendered ofth ielis Ministry incapacity any so faults committed," says the Courrier Francais, " or in other words, the disastrous results obtained by Marshal BUGEAUD, have I lll on a g n e i r fes t t o t s h i a r t ug it gl l e v agasnatsiit the power public opinion." - - The French Funds continued high. On Sunday the Three per, Cents were done at 841. 90e. BusaTESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 16. Barbadoce, .I — Bordeaux, Toulouse, an d C e tt e (M ac k enz i e ) , 2!4 —Ditto —Great ( 21I—Central of Spain, 13,6 —Dutch Rhenish, 7!4 France Constituted, 15—L ouva i n an d J entappe, 2IA —Madrid and Valentia, 144 —Paris and Orleans, 49%—R ouen and Havre, 29. • .I.c E o sP rt ' i lel ieni a)' of 'Her llaje:ityntri.stgince, Royal Family and the Court; Buckingham Palace about five o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont. it+nied by the RAI LW AY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1 The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Mf..strutt, chairman. The Committee called the parties in the EXL TER, YEOVIL, AND DORCICESTER. The CHAIRNICC said that the ease had been postponed to enable the Committee to consider whether the petitions against this Bill should or sho Id not be heard, they not having been got up in conformity with the standing • order 111 A, which directs that all petitions shall contain the name of such 11111, or Bills as they are concerned in. The Committee were of opinion that, notwithstanding the standing order had not ...been complied with, the 'petition should be received, inasmuch as several other petitions which had been referred by the House to Committees were also heard. Mr. BunKE then proceeded with the allegations in the petitions against the Bill. The first allegation wai that the notices served on the owners of property en the line proposed to go as far as Exmouth, whereas the petition fur the Bill only asks power to go as far as Bear. Mr. llullett, a landowner at Exmouth, was called. He said that .he notices stated the terminus of the railway was to be at the port or' Exmouth, and it was to go on part of his property. The petition for s:te Bill, however, made the termini at quite a different point. 3tr, ,ELLICOMBE, for the promoters, contended that the standing erders ift:d not • require the exact termini of rail wa y s t o b e stated i n the notice,s• The Cmit.tamsx, after consulting with the other lion. Members, said that the Committee were of opinion the standing order in this ease w as so very general that the allegation could not be maintained. It was the opinion of the Committee that the standing orders with respect to the ea act point of termini being stated in the notices should be made inure stringent. The allegation, under the circum stances, could not sustained. . Sub-CoOmittee No. 2. Cloister 6. This Committee met to-Qay shortly after twelve o'clock. There were present Sir J. Y. Duller (Chairman), Messrs. Kemb Bramston, and G. Craig. RUGBY, LEAVIINGWON, AND WARWICK. The petition stated that the line, which proposed to join the Bir mingham Railway at the parish of St. Mary, in the'county of War wick, would be of great public utility. :,There was a petition against tlie Bill from the directors of the Worcester and Warwick Railway. formal evidence was proceeded with. c r o:n the evidence, it appeared that the length of the line was 16% dud the eqiniate 450,0001. • It also appeared that this line ion from the eastern side of the kingdom to the wester n , would have the effect of shortening and rendering complete th e t .sorts of Yarmouth and Lynn Regis into direct commu bcorimuginmuguitcte: nication with Bristol, the West of England, and South Wales. The allegation Of the petition was, that the tunnelling of the 9th mile and 6th fnr:Ong was not marked on the section with a dotted line, which the GoZnmittee Considered to be sustained. The CuentmaNt,lon announced that the Committee were of opi nion that the standingorders had not been complied with. Engineer, B. Step3lalsol l , Esq.;' Solicitors, Messrs. Harris and Son, Engin% ANTI* BELTHGATE 31TNCTION. There were three petitione against the Bill, namely, from Mr. J. Graham, the Ballochney Comps and Mr. J. Ady, complaining of .: I Y, non-compliance with standing orda.". one appeared for the two latter; Sub-Committee 21 - p. 3. The Committee resumed its sittings this itorning, after an adjourn ment of four,days. Some additions have been made to the Committee since its former sittings, and it new constStg'o? I.ll*. Aglionby (Chair man), Mr. Thornely, Mr. Banieby, Mr. Aldan, Stanslield, Mr. Broaoley, and Mr. E. Bu TIE .A.I.PORD VALLEY RAILWAY. This was the petition of the Alford Valley Railway for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the construction of a line from Kintore to Alford, being a branch from the Great North of Scotland Railway. The length of the line is 15 miles, and the estimated cost ot construc tion, made by Mr. Alexander Gibb, is 100,0001. The Committee, after hearing the customary formal proofs, decided that the standing orders had net been complied with, on the ground that the heightlis and depths of some minor embankments and cut tings were omitted from the plans and sections. 4 , • LON DON, T UES DAY 4.1 - zk,. 4 - 1« e FEBRUARY 17, 1846. _ No. 16,695. G RAVE!,END STAR AND BLACKWALL PACKETS. NOTICE.—ALTERATION OF TIME. On and after Thursday next, Vie 18th instant, the last Star and Blackwall Packets will leave the Brunswick Wharf at 5 pakt , in lien of 34 past 4, and the Terrace-pier, Gravesend, at 5, in lieu of 4, as at present. Star Office, Gravesend, Feb. 15, 1846. Packet and Railway Fare inclulet4 in one Payment. FROM NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.—At 834, 934, 1134 1, 214, and 5. SUNDAYS.—At 834, 11%, 234, awl 4. On Monday Mornings an extra Packet at half-past 7, calling at the four Piers. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of these times. WEEK DAYS.—At 934, 1034, 12, 134, 31i, and 5. SUNDAYS.—At 93Q, 11, 114, and 434 FARES : Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d. Saloon and First Class Railway, 9d. EXCHEQUER BILL OFFICE, 2, WHITEHALL-YARD, FER. 17, 1818. rrHE EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the JL month of MARCH, 1845, viz., per 7 Viet., cap 14, 18,407,3001., anno 1844; Also, The EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in JULY and NOVEMBER, 1 4 44, and MARCH, 1845, per 2 and 3 William IV., cap. 125, for Rel of of West India Islands ; 3 Vict., cap. 10, for Carrying on Pub lic Works, with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on the l'ith (lay of Mardi, 184 G, when the Interest will cease. Such Bills will he received daily from Half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until and in cluding the 6th day of Mardi, at this office, where Lists arc to be obtained, containing instructions for arranging the Bills. 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Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Ext cdments viii be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusin Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 18. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr' Ye Boxes, 1/. Is., and U. Ils. Gd. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, FEB. 17. THERMoNETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 50; Noon, 48. BAROMETER. 30.24.—W1ND N. W., cold. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 38 minutes after 5. 4 3 7A , ,,.::; \ :- ',, ,5 1 •I‘ . :#'7 '• ~t9-,.•, ; ',',:-.4.i ' -- ) 1 -r -cifk SECOND EDITION. original Poor-law Act of Elizabeth, it w;s enacted that every man should be rated according to his ability, so that it was not intended that it should be exelu sively a tax upon real property. Ile denied that the measures proposed by the Govern ment offered any compensation. With regard to the amount of protection, it was the difference between what the farmer would obtain for his corn under the present and under the system of free trade, which it would be impossible to calculate. With regard to the comparative taxation on the producing agriculturists of England and the Continent, he contended that the producing agricul turists of England were much higher taxed. He had always advocated protection, but if public opinion declared it was to be done away with, he would submit, and use his best endeavours to palliate the evils and the present angry contention between class and class. He trusted that those who acted with him would, if beaten, submit, after a fair fight, and do their best to promote the prosperity of the country. If, however, the measure was carried in this Parliament it would not be the triumph of public opinion, but of party tactics—a mea sure carried in opposition to the opinions of the Lords and the majority of the Cabinet, by an able maiunuvre of party politics. Lord BROUGHAM said that he retained the opinion which he had expressed in 1820, that there were bur dens pressing peculiarly on land; and he went further than his Noble Friend, for he considered both tithes and land tax: as peculiar burdens upon land. but at the same time he denied that the proper way to compensate the landowners was to impose a duty on the importation of foreign corn. The recent law changes had saved immense sums to the agricultural interests, and the stump duties had been thereby diminished. Yet he admitted that the landed interest, had cause to complain of the stamp duties, and he should wish to see the tax changed from a tax on alienation into a tax on succession. Lora MONTEAGLE then rose. to move the addition to the motion of which he had given notice, viz., that the inquiry should extend - t.. the peculiar exemptions en joyed by the agricultural interest. It was necessary that this addition should be made, in order to secure at• im artial inquiry, and therefore he did not antici pate any opposition to his proposition. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the addition of which he had given notice. The Earl of ESSEX expressed his intention of voting For the Ministerial measure. Lord STANLEY rose to protest against the doctrine that tithes and land-tax were not burdens on the land. The claim of the tithe owner was as sacred as that of the landlord, and the landowner had no right to complain of the tithe, pro vided he had purchased his land subject to tithe; but he denied that rent and tithe stood on the same footing. Rent was the surplus of profit. Tithe was to be paid undiminished, whether there was profit or not. and entered into the cost of production. The question was not whether a person had bought the property subject to a payment of the tenth of the produce, but whether the tithe added to the cost of production. This made no difference as long as all were protected, and all were subject to the same burdens ; but if the foreigner, whose land was not subject to tithe,_ were to be suffered to enter into competition with the British farmer, whose land was subject to tithe, he would ask, would they enter into competition on equal terms ? They would not. The House was subsequently addressed by the Duke of RICHMOND, Earl GREY, Lord ASHBURTON, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, after which the motion was agreed to. The Earl of ST. GERMANS brought in a Bill for the bettor protection of life and property , in Ireland. Read a first time, and the second reading appointed for Monday. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. FixcH took the oaths and his seat for Rutland shire in the robm of the Hon. Mr. DAWNAY. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A discussion took place upon the motion of Mt. GREENE, " That it be an instruction to the Committee on Petitions for Private Bills not to hear parties on any petition hereafter to be referred to them, which should not be prepared and signed in strict conformity with the rules and orders of the House." Mr. ENTWISLE moved, as an amendment to the motion, to leave out the word " hereafter;" which, upon a division, was lost by a majority of 42. The original motion was agreed to. Mr. T. DUNCOEIBE gave notice of his intention, to morrow week, to bring forward the petition on behalf of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion for the repeal of the window duties to the 26th of February. In answer to a question from Sir R. INGLIS, Lord JOCELYN said that the Government had received no information with respect to the war in India, further than that which bad appeared in the public papers. He had no doubt that in a few days the Government would be in possession of information which would show that the aggressions that had taken place had been properly and fully resented. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. S CRAWFORD, said he was in hopes the Government would be enabled, during the present session, to intro 7 duce a Bill relative to the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL, in answer to a question, said it was his intention, if he possibly could to•morrow, to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, rela tive to the disease and famine existing in Ireland. Several petitions were presented for and against pro tection to agriculture and native industry. Lord WORSLEY presented petitions from Lincoln shire, praying that the House would not place any confidence in her MAJESTY'S Ministers. Lord J. RUSSELL presented petitions in favour of the total repeal of the corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Tamwortb, signed by the Mayor, Corporation, Town Council, and a great portion of the inhabitants, in favour of the Go vernment measure for the removal of restrictive duties. The Right llonourable Baronet presented several other petitions to the same effect. The Earl of Miami resumed the debate on the Customs and Corn Importation measure. He considered that the debate on this mea sure had been entirely on one side. He be lieved that the taking away of protection to native in dustry in England would ultimately tend to the ruin of the country. He believed this measure would injure all classes, and therefore he gave it his deter mined opposition. Mr. M. GIBSON agreed with the Noble Lord, that if protection was not given to the growth of corn, none should be given to manufactures. Those with whom he had always advocated the abolition of protection every kind. The question now was, was whether the corn-laws should be abolished or not. The parties who advocated protection in that House had led the tenant-farmers to believe that protection would be permanently adhered to. For those mis-statements they were now reaping the fruits of the "agitation of this question. The protectionists had called on the Right Honourable Baronet, instead of the Noble Lord, to prescribe ,for them, and they were now suffering under the severe dose he had administered to them. The Right Honourable Baronet, in leaving a protective duty of Is. on foreign wheat, gave to the agriculturists more than an equivalent for the bur dens which they bore. The price of bread of late had increased, and could it therefore be said that the repeal of the corn-laws was likely to reduce its value ? In Suffolk not less than sixty-three farmer 3 had renewed their leases, and not asked for any decrease of rent. He entreated of lion. Members to put a stop to their futile opposition. Mr. lIALsEv opposed the Government proposition. Mr. DICKINSON supported the Ministerial plan, -be lieving the best course to pursue to prevent scarcity of food in this country would be to give every facility to its admission into England from foreign countries. ,Lord ALFRED CHUEuiLL opposed the measure. Sir W. CLAY supported the measure. The House was then addressed by Lord IlAnr,v VANE, Sir J. TYRRELT,, and Mr. JAMES. Sir R. Peer, the . i rose to defend the course pursued by the Government in bringing forward the measures. The Right lion. Baronet, having referred to what had taken place with respect to the dissolution and re-formation of the present Ministry stated that he was sorry the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London had not taken office, because he believed if hej had done so he would have been successful. Though opposed to the Noble Lord in poli tics he had never said one word against him, and in his character of a private Member of the House of Commons, he should have given him his most cordial support. The Right Hon. Baronet then referred to the letters written by him to her MAJESTY, and stated that he had nothing to complain of in the conduct of the Noble Lord, or the statements he bad made the other night. lie hoped that the letter he had read would prove that he was not desirous of robbing others of the honour of settling this question. He declined to receive from the Noble Lord any statement of the details of his measure, because lie thOught that any appearance of concert might hive jeopardised the success of the measure ; but he was pre pared to give the same support to the Noble Lord which it had been the Noble Lord's boast that he had given to the present Go vernment. Then, with re g ard to the course he was pursu in g , he had admitted that it was contrary to that usually pursued by party leaders, but he would ask, was not that a proof that he must be convinced that the measures he proposed were absolutely necessary for the safety of the country ? Knowing the party, the con fidence of which he had lost, he would say, that never was there a party actuated by more honourable considerations. But he was satisfied that the advice he had given was wise and good advice. To have hoisted the flag o f pro t ec ti o n would have conciliated temporary confidence, but the month of May would not have elapsed with out showing that by so doing he should have betrayed his duty to Ireland to England, to his SOVEREIGN, to the people, and to his party. Had he maintained the dcctrine of protection to that time, such a degree of odium would have attached to the landed interest, that it could not have stood against it. In one part , of the emp ir there peo ple depending on a cer t a i n food. It was sa y what would be th e ex tent of the were 4,,000 of potato crop, but if they foresaw famine and pestilence, it was their duty to provide against it. He could not conciliate support by any expressions of regret, for the day of his po litical life on which he looked back with the greatest pride was that Ist of Novemberen he had proposed to opea the ports by an in Council for the free importation of food. Evenif their anticipations dproyed erroneow, he believed Parliament would have in . demnified them. In December there was a temporary ces sation of the potato disease. He had entertained no faith in its permanent cessation, and now what was the fact? He had proposed a virtual repeal of all duties on food except wheat; and before they rejected that, let them listen to the state ments which the last two mails had brought from Ireland— one from Sir D. ROCHE, who had thought the fears of famine were exaggerated. " Yet now Sir D. ROCHE wrote him a letter (which he read), stating that the potato disease was still fearfully progressing, and that he did not think that by the Ist of May, out of 100 acres of pota toes on his land, enough would be left him for seed, and that the rot was general in the county ofLimerick, and praying the Government to look to it in time. The state of straits in Queen's county was as bad. {The Right Hon. Baronet read letters describing the frightful extent to which the destruction of the crop had proceeded in the country, some of which were from Lord STUART DE DECIES, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, which stated that in one Union there were 300 persons whose stores of provisions were on the point of being exhausted.) The House was aware that a commission was sitting in Dublin on ' the subject, but since the commission had made its report the disease had re-appeared. (The Right Hon. Baronet then read the report which represented the immense loss of- the potato crop in all the electoral divisions in Ireland.) The Government were establishing stores of corn to give it in exchange for labour. To get seed for the ensuing year was next to impossible. It would take 10,000 tuns to do it, and that could, not be obtained for Europe, and they must take measures to save it from the existing stock, in order to prevent famine next year. Now, if they had negected these measure., and had come down in May asking large grants of public money, would he have proposed such votes, while at the same time he was main taining a duty of 16s. on the importation of corn ? Suppose a famine should ensue, would it do for the landed aristocracy to say, we throw upon the Government the responsibility of providing against it, but we will maintain our protection ? Had we encouraged them in such a course, they might, in deed, have accused him of treachery. In Belgium and Holland the parts were opened by the Government, and the Legis lature, the representatives of the landed interest, had almost by acclamation voted thein an indemnity. In former times, in this country, whenever scarcity had been apprehended, the duties on importation had been for a time removed. — (Cheers.) lie rejoiced in that cheer, because it showed that the proper precaution to take against impending famine was to remove the duties on the importation of food.—(Cheers.) If they were so, then, let them expedite the passing of this Bill, or move, as an amendment, that the dutieS be imme diately suspended. He would nut say what they ought to do after, he was only showing the face Of the Irish case, and proving that, to hoist the flag of protection or rouse the British lion ' would have been bad policy in the present case. Would any one contend that, at the present moment no maize should be admitted, no oats should be ad.' mitted, and the duty on wheat should be sustained? From 1765 down to the present day, whenever scarcity was threatened, the duty on the importation of corn was suspended, and in all those cases the danger was less than it was at pre sent. The maintenance of the present law under these cir cumstances would have brought upon Parliament the greates odium. Now in all those cases the law provided that when corn wasabove 58s. it should be admitted at a 6d. duty, and yet the law had been suspended in order to give a guarantee to the foreign importer that the high duty should not be imposed. Under these circumstances himself and three of his colleagues advised the suspension of the law. Parliament was now sitting, and it was not therefore fitting to do that by order in Council, which ought to have been done in November, but which it was new neces sary to do in February. He called upon Parliament either to pass his measure or propose some thing to suspend the existing law. Admitting that the law was suspended, lie asked what did they propose to do with it? His conviction was that it would be impos sible, after suffering a free trade in corn for eight months, to revive the existing law ; and he could not have advised it. No power could have revived the present law, when it had once suspended. It might be asked, could they not have proposed a modified corn-law? Public feeling would have been against it, and in matters of food public opinion could not be disregarded. Must not the law have been altered with regard to maize? Could they enact a new corn-law, admitting maize for the feeding of cattle and pigs, and keeping out the food for human beings? Would net the fear of the suspension of the law form a new element of consideration, and give a tenfold . stimulus to agi tation. When they talked of submitting to the corn-law, let them look to the changes which had taken place in public minion, let them look to Lord ASHLEY ' Mr. ST UHT, Mr. W I LiON PATTEN, Lord HENNIKER, and Mr. CHARTER'S, the young, promising. and clever Member for Gloucestershire. Did these gentlemen vacate their seats for any corrupt mo tive ? And even those who, during the present debate, had opposed the great measure, were not prepared to revise the' existing corn-law. The Right Hon. Member for Hunting don (Mr. T. RARING) said the time was arrived for a com promise—that is, for a new corn-law. What security for per manency would there be in that. The Member for Rox burgh (Mr. Scorn) who likened the Minister of the Crown to a learned advocate, and who was not perhaps aware that a Minister took an oath to freely and unreservedly deliver his opinion, which constituted a material difference between him and an ad vocate—even that Hon. Gentleman admitted that there had been such improvements introduced into agriculture that the time had come when the present corn-law must be altered ; and when asked for whom he was counsel, he answered, like Anacharis Clooty, that he was Attorney- General of the human race. The Member for Newcastle under-Lyne (Mr. COLQUHOUN) had withdrawn his con fidence in him because he had not laid down a great prin ciple. If that were so the Hon. Gentleman ought to be obliged to him, for he( Air. ConQuiroux), an advocate for fixed duty, had been a strenuous supporter of the sliding-scale; and if the Hon. Gentleman had shared in his misfortune, and read the pamphlets of JOHN COLQUIIOUN, Esq., of Kellermont, he would have judged that the writer of those was an advo cate for repeal—at all events, he was not an advocate for maintaining the present corn-law. Neither was the Noble Lord (John Manners) the Member for Newark. That Noble Lord was in favour of repeal, but the present Minister ought not to propose it. Now, he submitted that the real question was—is repeal of the law right or wrong? If righ', vote for it; if wrong, vote against it, let who will propose it. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire indeed was in favour of the maintenance of the existing law, but with regard to those who thought the alteration ought to take place, he st t h ' o i. i n t l k d I s v a e y d , e p s a e s r v s e theit. .m e T as h u e r e, H a o n n d . A , p f u e n m i s b h e r u sfoafterwards Somersetshire had last year stood out against grease, and said to grease— ' " Hence avaunt !Ts holy ground!" Now, the Hon. Gentle man had done great damage to the cause of protection by his defence of grease. Mr. Minns explained he was not present at the discussion. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought he had shown his discretion as a leader by being absent from the discussion. The Hon. Gentleman's argument, with regard to cattle, was a dan gerous one. He contended that the price.of meat was dear because the number of cattle brought to market was less by 25 ,;000 this year, on account of the disease and the defici ency or ". food—was it not therefore right to bring in cattle from abroad to supply the deficiency ? Then, with regard tO t: with regard to flax —he te Honourable Gentleman's argument, :vould like to know when the cultiva to which the Hon. Gentleman lion of flax in those parishes , alluded was abandoned. ^f the last duty. . Mr. Minas—On the last withdrawal s.- nrotectivtreluty Sir R. Pmn--That was sd. per mg.—the,. p arts of of 10/. was removed in 1824. In Ireland, and ott. ' 7 •mas ed the country, the withdrawal of protection had ins—.. the culture of flax, which was more profitable than Idlest,' while the manufacture of flax had increased immensely' year by year, since the protection had been withdrawn, so much that now three-fourths of the cambrics sold in London carne from Ireland, and only one-fourth from France, whereas before the removal of protection the proportions were the reverse. The Government had proposed that the corn duties should not cease for three years, because he thought it would be more acceptable to the agriculturists, awl because he thought the opportunity would be given to make improvements in drainage and other ar arrangements, and that it would also be more acceptable to Canada. Believing that proposition to be the best, it was his intention to adhere to it, but the Hon. Gentleman speak ing on behalf of the- agricultural body had said that he should prefer immediate repeal. Now if the agricultural body thought that immediate repeal would be preferable to deferred repeal—if, by a union with gentlemen opposite, they should place him in a minority, the only consideration by which he would be actuated would be how best he could give effect to the law so amended. He would not say what he might do, or what effect the decision of this House might have elsewhere, but so decided was his opinion on the sub ject that he should feel bound to bring about the adjustment nahlbio ilniaaotoddeennrscoa. oft ni poHrn. caseino s which on the basis of immediate repeal, thus forced upon him, rather than leave the country to the anarchy and confusion which must result from leaving it unsettled. With regard to the price of corn under a free-trade system, it was impossible to draw any inferences without considering quality ; and the superiority of English corn would always command a superior price. He did not consider the agricultural prosperity depended on the price of corn. During the lest few years the price of wheat had fallen, aid agricul tural prosperity bad increased, and these were the results of improvements. In 1815 the rental of England was 32,000,000 f., and the price of wheat 1025., and in 1845, while the price of wheat had fallen ta 645., the rental had increased to 37,000,000/. Then, with regard to the argument oft the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire, and the pathetic pure he had drawn of an interview between a tenant farmer and his landlord, he would suggest a better speech for the land lord to make to his tenant. He would suggest that theland lord should say that it was to their interests that the land should prodUce fire quarters instead of three, and that he would therefore appropriate his savings by means of the tariff, to the improvement of the farmer for - the benefit alike of the landlord and the tenant. But then it was said it was a labourer's question. If they made the land produce five quarters,. it would give increased employment to labour, and all parties would be alike bene fitted. They had positively assured the Sovereign that they would consider whether the present policy of protection said a thatt tariffh itat that the ta w ht was ! eax t d l p t ie e vi c eu h ne a c ee n d g g e ifi s iitisth e alol e ei n tinp oo s ao e sat q nt cluettoleehlnnrtrsttehrteieoibststuohttteoh, yearsid might not be modified, and yet they now proposed for six months to do nothing. To stand still in commercial policy was to retrograde, and he hoped this House, which had passed the tariff and Canada Corn Bill, would not pass such a censure on itself as was involved in this amendment. lie never i e n o c hsr e aa d tiddh him that cheapness and plenty were thefounda ehriicthy,tahnedrelitielowvoalitlodfcplrioahlliebnigueonh not alone to the comfort of the consumer, but of the pro ducer also. Why, there was the petition of the shipowners, be was ashamed of it; it wished the House to make no fur their rash experiments in the timber trade. Why the effect of that rash experiment of 1842, had been to increase the ton nage employed in the Canada trade from Liverpool, from 153,000 tons to 194,000 tons, and to increase the import from 5,700,000 to 6,837,000, and that was the result of the rash experiment. Now they had proposed to admit good Baltic timber, in order that good ships might be built, and this had increased the demand for Canada timber. Now, they had not in Liverpool a single log of Baltic timber fit for ship-building, and yet the shipowners, of all persons, ob jected to its being imported. He was laving the foundation for increased revenue by drawing the line between duties levied for revenue ,and for protection. They had been gradually diminishing colonial and home pro tection, and that diminution had not injured the colonies. .11e proposed to proceed gradually in the same path, and not at once to withdraw all colonial protection. Then' with regard to paper hanging there was an excise dutty of 1 4(1. per yard, and be proposed a duty on foreign paper of 2d. It was said our patterns were inferior, but competition would improve them. Whenever the removal of duties was pro . posed, ruin to the protected had been invariably prophesied, PRICE .sv. and the prophecy had as invariably proved false. What had been the result of the removal of prohibition in the silk trade? An increase in the import ofraw silk from 19,000,0001h5. to 52,000,0001 bs., and a proportionate increase in our silk manu facture had taken place, so that we now exported more silk manufacture to France alone than we had exported to the whole world under the protected system. The same result had followed in every instance. The removal of the duty on feathers had given a great stimulus to the feather manufac ture, and the quantity of Irish feathers conse quently had increased, and the price had risen—in concur rence with a large importation of foreign feathers. On these facts he grounded the challenge which he had be fore given, to produce an instance in which either consumer or producer had been injured. This was not a question of confidence in the Government—it was whether they would advance in their commercial policy or retrograde. This was the question they would have to decide by their vote. Let them consider the geographical position between Europe and America—their physical advantages—their mines of iron and stone—their acquired advantages—capital — their skill their energy their unshackled press their free constitution ; and with all these advantages, were they to dread competition? Other countries were watching their example. Sardinia and Naples were prepared to follow their example. Russia was shaken. France was desirous of freedom of commerce. There was a large party in the United States in favour of free commercial inter course; and if no country should follow their example, let them not punish themselves; and on the expe rience, not of three years, but of every reduction that had been made, his advice to them was to set a glorious ex ample by freeing commercial intercourse from its restrictions, and thus taking an additional guarantee for the contin uanc e of prosperity and of peace. It was possible that times of distress might return, like those of 1841 and 1842, the me mories of which could never be effaced from his recollection ; and if they should return, he asked any one who heard him to ask himself, if it would not be a consolation that they had relieved themselves from the heavy responsibi lity of regulating the supply of food, and that they should be able to say that in the time of prosperity they had removed every impediment to the free circulation of the food of the people, and to reflect that the dispensations of Providence had not been aggravated by human institutions restricting the supply of food. On the motion of Lord J. MANNERS, the debate was ad journed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-to Two o'clock.. • The speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL last evening may be said, without exaggeration, to be the most remarkable ever made within the walls of Parliament. It did not display the high flights of eloquence and the delightful wit of CANNING, nor the more stirring metaphorical figures and rich flow of language which distinguished BURKE. With PLUNKETT'S splendid orations, so con cise and comprehensive, every sentence embodying argument, and every thrust at his opponents fatal —it cannot be compared ; but it possessed far higher qualities—the discreet, the candid, and the liberal views of a Prime Minister who for once threw party to the winds, who defended his poi s ;cy on principles intelli gible to the meanest capacity, and announced his determination to brave obloquy . , submit to every offensive epithet, and all the howlings of disappointed fac tion, for the noble purpose of carrying out measures which he believed essential to the welfare of krs country, and the best interests both of SOVEREIGN and people. He is, perhaps, ithe first Minister that ever openly declared that he would carry on his Government without the aid of party; and, on this ground alone, independent of the vastness and boldness of his commercial plans, he deserves the unqualified praise of every enemy of cl ass-legislation, and every friend of an independent, impartial, and constitutional repre sentation of the great body of the people. His opponents have, in the most absurd manner, blamed him for deserting his adherents, and introducing measures opposed to those advocated by the House of Peers and a large proportion of the landed gentry, as if he thereby obtained some personal and selfish reward, and betrayed his friends only to obtain honours captivating to a low, a grovelling, and unprincipled mind. We are quite sure that ' every candid pro teetionist (and there are many of that character op posed to him) will read his speech with very different feelings from those formerly entertained, and readily admit that, under all the circumstances of his position, suO, as the success of late commercial changes, the alarms of famine, and the anxiety of our gracious SOVISREIGN for the welfare of the lower classes, he could, as an honourable man, and a faithful adviser of the Crown, have pursued no other course. His statement& on that head are so precise, clear, and unanswerable that they must carry conviction even to prejudiced minds. " I know," said he, "that I might have conciliated temporary confidence by underrating the danger in Ireland. I might have invited continued combination for the maintenance of the existing law—l might have talked of hoisting the flag of Pro tection for Native Industry—l might have exclaimed that Agricultural Protection must be maintained in all its integrity. That is the course which would have con ciliated temporary confidence; but the month of May would not have arrived without demonstrating that it had been my bounden duty towards my country—towards my SOVEREIGN —towards my party—to have acted otherwise." In fact, he showed that, but for the measures he proposed, such a degree of odium would have attached as would have done them the greatest disservice. His letter to the QUEEN, on Lord JOHN RUSSELL being called to her MAJESTY'S Councils, is only another proof of his candour and his thorough conviction. En that he admitted the full merit of the opposite party—he cordially concurred in the sentiments expressed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in his address to the electors of London—and assured the SOVEREIGN that he would not only aid his politi cal opponents in carrying the repeal of the corn-laws, but also vote with them, under our present critical relations with America, for an increase in the army and navy. But we have not space for further comments, and they are not ne cessary. The speech will be read carefully and carefully studied by all interested in the good of the nation, and perhaps will not afford so great satisfaction to any as to our gracious QUEEN, who at this crisis has displayed a magnanimity and regard for [her subjects befitting the SOVEREIGN of a free and intelligent people. The peroration of the speech deserves to be quoted at length. After alluding to former periods of distress and the extraordinary patience of the people under suffering, be thus concludes : " If those times return upon us, if we must again sympathise with distress, and bestow our admiration upon fortitude, will it not prove a consolation to us that all has been done that wisdom could suggest to avert the misery that must fall upon us—will not our ex pression of sympathy be more consolatory—will it not be more just and thoughtful that, in times of prosperity, surrounded by no necessity, succumbing to no clamour, unopposed by difficulty, will it not be a lasting consolation to us that the chastening of an all-wise and beneficent Providence, given for - some good and wise end, perhaps to abate our pride, to convince us of nothingness, to awaken in us a loftier sense of himself, and of P t `* - ^rs ; will it not, I ask, be indeed consolatory to ourselves in his PT.- •nts to find that no dispensation of a merciful Creator those 16110 ' ~,rated by our own obstinacy, or the faultiness of had been itSIP., to prevent a supply of food to a famishing people ?" Minim Wilt Ution. now an opportunity (not granted to any other county in Ole ad hesion to the cause of enlietes? Nottingliamshirihas . kingdom) . of proclaiming its p l i eo p g n e o a nn me; oi a st - r , ot ment, the cause of generosity, the cause of justice—Free trade: .yrom the circumstances of in Ireland and the 2 , oth divisions are Lord Liscors's appointment as Serresi ar Y demise of Mr. HENRY GALLY KNIGHI; enfranchised deprived of a representative, and hence tbs: inhabitants generally are in a position to prove _themselves capable of appreciating the exigencies of the preseys: extr!'" ordinary crisis. It befits, however, all those who aresirtm: e 'Y interested in the advancement of commercial freedom . to exhibit no tardiness in their movements ; it befits them f to remember that the upholders of a policy such as protection —a policy which has already received such a signal discom fiture—a policy which is now goaded on to the most fierce of sinew to retard, if not entirely to suppress, the destruction with all struggles, the struggle for existence—is straining every which it is threatened. It befits them, moreover, to reflect that if- monopoly still possess a vast secrCtion of its old venomous spirit; and if, in the language of a oreat living orator, it has " lost the perforated tooth through of f now to d i " which to squirt it"—that same pernicious spirit ill'F'3' still be scattered among the etc:: candidates are not wanting to advocate the interests of the sures be not , employed. Desperate as i t r r u l agricultural bannersbu g b o e f a a r ; M i r n . t H h i e m so y u A t it h:r — r. a s i lent di v ision , w e have to his Grace's fine-spirited and dauntAlifesssT direct seccoaitarnsuacainaoitsintieaeanartat antagonist occasion of late to mention the appearance under those un popularyoung gentle manthernaddviavniceeiedebywheis Gracee e an address yesterday issued to the electors by Lord HENRY BENTINCK, wherein that nobleman offers himself to their suffrages as a backbone Anti-Ministerialist. This redoubtable epistle being dated from Welbeck is im pregnated throughout with th a t bias towards the tperquisit es of a " protected" l an dl or d w i t h which his Lordship Lordship's the Duke of PORTL AND , i s i m b ue d an d an i ma t e d. Of c o urse , the Noble Lord commences with the hackneyed conven tionalities about partiality for " private life," and diffidence about " entering - the arena," and all that sort of thing, of politics —pas. ',ages which resemble the blustering modesty of PAttouxs, immediately before that gentleman is drubbed for a braggart. Of course, the Right lion. Candidate is plen tiful iu his magnanimity, and expresses his readiness (like a farming Cnirrius) to " sacrifice all private considerations," to become what? a philanthropist on a large scale—a whole sale HOWARD—a giver of food, and fuel, and clothes to man• kind in the aggregate? Far otherwise; this act of wonder ful self-forgetfulness is infinitely more disinterested—it is for " the maintenance of the protective system ; ' in other words, it is for the aggrandisement of his paternal estates, it is for the deterioration of national comfort, it is for bloating the pocket of the landlord and pinching the stomach of the tenant. "So much for the personal sacrifice of Lord HENRY BrffrisicK, so much for the average logic and benevolence of his.party. With these dispassionate men can have not even the shadow of a shade of a sympathy : they are so unexplicit, so paramountly selfish, so completely and irreparably obsolete in principle. Let the constituency of North Nottingham tarry not another moment in selecting some proper personage to represent the more rational—the ,only rational - policy of commerce. Let them give their proportion of impetus to push the proposition of 'Sir lionnirr through Parliament with yet greater triumph, and to oust for once and for ever these gor mandisers of exclusive protection. Let them, m..reover, meditate earnestly and copiously upon the oration tittere d last night by the Premi er — a n oration of emp hatic bol d ne s s, the tones of which were nerved wit h a consc i ous ness of recti tude and wisdom. Nor was the reception—the :dlent, patient, cordial reception —of that addr . ess leSa significant of what must prove the consummat i on. For For South Nottingham we feel an tliin Lord ellY LINCO proportion of anxiety; its former representative, . pi, has as sumed a deportment so manly, so uncompromising, and so intensely iudepen dent upon the question now under discus sion. m ocuo Offp.et to the political squeamishness of the PUBLICATIOS. THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S will strike ONE on the 22,1 of FEIISUARY. ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER, Central Committee-room, Ship, Charing-cross, Feb. 17, 1846. rir.lE unexpected contest in which we are now engaged, and the shortness of time for preparation and canvass render it impossible for General EVANS to call upon you, or individually to ask your votes and interest. But Westminster never did require solication to do its duty, when the cause of con sistency—of public principle—and of the whole British people, was fairly placed before the electors. This is the case now. The cause in which General Evans stands forward, demands all your sympa thies, and claims all your energies. That cause, beyond all doubt, will be saccessfal on this occasion, and a large majority will pro claim ITS triumph, and YOUR freedom, from representatiom by a Placeman. Sti e call upon you to lose not a moment to record your votes for General Evans, and for the best interests of the community at Iarge—ENTIRE FREEDOM OF TRADE— CIVIL AND RE LIGIOUS LIBERTY—JUSTICE TO IRELAND —AND TOTAL ABOLITION . OF ALL PARTIAL AND CLASS LEGISLATION. For the Committee, EDWARD P. ROUVERIE, Chairman. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Thepreeent attractions surpass all previous eflOrt s. Tremendms hit of the New Spectacle, introducing the Woi.d.n ful Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, magnificent Brass Br thl, gorgeous Costumes and Processions, and stupendous mezhaiikr :effects. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled t: if E RAJAH OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of then; s.l 5. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Es: shment will be brought into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the tun= l.t • ed Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite -Lorpleee of LOVE AND WAR. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY T • ATRE• A Novelty on a surpassing scale of magniflee e, which has been in preparation for many weeks, introducim new scenery, ballet dances, and combats, by One Hundred Fem • c Warriors, engaged expr.ssly for this Grand Historical Speet•.. lc. Eighth Week of the " Mendicant Son." " Nora Creina" al .rfect hit. • THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE S'A KING'.i OW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, H slop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, and Miss Mary Glover (her first appearance). After which a new Drama, entitled NORAII CREINA. Cha racters by Messrs, Rogers, .Lihnson, Lewis; Mdmes. 11. Vining ind Daly. To conclude with THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, well, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop; Mesdames 11. Vining, Martin, A id Daly. ROYAL VICTOR IA THEATRE. • Undeniable and continuous Attraction and Novelty. THIS EVENING Will he performed JESSIE HOLMES; or, The Wild Horde of the Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, Mr. Fredericks. Mr. E. F. Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. niggle, Miss Vincent, Miss Terry, &c. After which, A NIGHT OF EXCITEMENT. De Courel, Mr. Fredericks; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. ..k - ktioniug -3"-Am3 LONDON, TUESDAY, EIi:BRUARY 17, 1846. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions were presented for and against a repeal of the corn-lass. The Earl of Emma moved for returns relating to the export of grain from Ireland.—Agreed to. Lord BEAuMoNT then rose to move for the appoint went of a Committee to consider the nature of the pecu liar burdens upon land, and also as to the manner in whirl' the Excise duties pressed upon the landed interest. lie had always held that the subject of, the peculiar burdens upon land, and the necessity of protection to agriculture, were so intimately eontleeted that if the one was to be removed the other ought to be removed also. lie should prefer the continuance of both to the removal of both, as the most economical bargain that the community at large could strike with the agriculturists. His rea son for this preference was, that it would make us independent of foreign countries, encourage industry at home ; And enable tis to favour our colonies by ad mitting their corn at a lower duty. He, however, now thought that they had no longer any chance, and he con sidered the removal of there duties as the consequence of the removal of protectior, and not as an irquiry to throw obstacles in the way of the passing of the Ministerial measure. Ire appealed to, the report of the Poor-law Commissioners to show that there were various rates levied exclusively on real pro perty—some of them, such as sewers' rates, drainage rates, and police rates, were merely local. He should not think of removing those to re lieve local districts, as the local interests alone profited by them. To these he thought the Committee ought to pay no attention, but to taxes for general pur poses, such as rates for the poor, the preservation of the country, and the administration of justice, which were imposed exclusively on land, he thought the. attention of the Committee ought to be directed. The maintenance of the poor was a general and national object, and the expense should be defrayed out of the national funds. The same argument applied to the militia rate and to the expenses of the administration of justice. 13y the GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND EASTERN EXTENSION. This was the petition of the Great North of Scotland Eastern Extension Railway Company for leave to bring in a Bill to make a line from the Dyce Station of the Great North of Scotland;Railway, and to pass through Ellon, Old Deer, Mintlaw, and Longside, to Peterhead and Fraizerburg, with branches to Deeside, Inverary, and Macduff. The capital of the Company is 780,0001., in 14,000 share► of 501. each. The length of the line is thirty-three miles and six, furlongs. and the estimated cost is 400,0001. . The Committee gave the same decisi . on in this case as the last. Sub-Connnittee No. 4. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, when there were. present, Sir W. Heatlicote, Chairman; Mr. Evans, Dir. Acland, Mrs, Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST. The consideration of this Bill, adjourned from yesterday, 1V8,5 re♦ sumed at the meeting of the Committee. The object of the line it to connect Gloucester with the mineral districts of the Forest , Dean, and also to extend the Monmouth and Hereford Railway (ft oi which an Act was obtained last cession) to the Great Western Rah. Nay at of h Gloucester. te The cause postponement of the case yesterday was not (:41 was stated through mistake) the absence of the solicitor, but tl absence of two witnesses,who had been served the usual Parliameutai fr notices. Those witnesses attended this morning, and the Conunitt. 4. agreed that the standing orders were complied with. SIKROPSIIIRE 'UNION RAILWAYS AN9 CANAL (NEWTON TO CREWE, WI'III sev vv er i a t l h ra ti l i l e - BRANCHES). The object proposed is the conversion of the canal into a rail wa y , as part of a system for the completion of which there are tw o other, will d z t n o e b e t e opened the Bills before the Committees, one the Shropshire U n i o n Railway amf Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line), which is before this Com+ . mittee, and the other a Bill with the more comp rehensive title or "Shropshire 'Union Railways and Canal" B ill, which is before another Committee. The length of the N ewton and Crewe hue is about, 70 miles, and the estimated cos t 1,125,000/. The engineers are. Messrs. Cubitt, Stephenson , and Provitt, and the Parliamentary agents Messrs, Burke, Pritt , an d Co. This line (with branches) will commence r. is w i e nt i e t nde i n t e rior of Wales, and wil l form a link between Milford and Liver pool and the great tow ns in the north of En g land. Stan ding orders complied with. ,mte,3li,ewehaicthNaceonrin,uaidnead a ti t o Cii szr rzorsitxnE UNION RAILWAYS AW CA NAL.- CCiiESTZR AND WOLVERHADIr... TON lawn). , r In; line, which is part of the system mentioned above, twill com-: mites. Calverley, and proceeding to Wolverlunimpton, will com plete, by zteatis of the present Chester and Crewe line, a dire' c t i l ot , if ;n \ between Chester and Wolverhampton. Th e ! env o7 n vill.be about 45 miles, and the cost is estimat e d . 1,00,0 g i t ie e ,'A, Messrs. Cnbitt, Stephenson, and Provitt ; liamemary agents, m,ssrs. Burke an.d Co. Standing orders contpliCci With. 0 :ini1: 0 11 01. rat E n Sob-Coznmittee No. 6, This Sub-Committee — re-assMbled this day at twelve o'cloel, Present, Captain Jones (in the chal,), Mr. Childers, and Mr. Deedeo: The first business called on was the petition for THE ENPIELD, EDMONTON, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION. m En t fi li e e ld Northern or l th h e e n e i s a ti n m d a ß ted ast c e c : This was a Postponed case from yesterday-. The object of the lb t ; I s ta t i t t e y ont a i t nn E at d Zp m n ono of is 36,0001., and the c ontract entered into 27,0001. The Committ, . decided that the standing orders had been complied with. n to i)ratnhcehtow line frriot? WILSCNTOIXTIT, IVIORNINGSZTIE, AND COLTNESS (CALEDONIAN JUNCTION). - was also a postponed case from yesterday. The Conanitt , decided Ihßt the standing orders bad also been complied with this case: INTAIDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE. The length' of this line is 12 miles, and is for the passage of gon and traffic. She estimated cost is 186,0001., and the amount en *.! scribed 150,000/, The engineer is Joseph Locke, and the Parliamentary ages Messrs. Dyson and Co. ; solicitors, li.essrs. Blood And Douglas. The customary proof having been t,aidered, the Committee (1,•.• cided that the standing orders had been complied Ivith. TUE MURDERS AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.- FURTHER PARTICULA/tS THIS .DAY.—The painful excitertnenmtmebet': nected wlth - th's tragical affair t ontinues unabated. o S f e Sergeantpersons h a l e r l e v as il 1 unfortunate widow continues in a stupefied cold n it tw. r._': - 7.n: sustenance, but clasps to her bosom her re t riv ro rin a , but ri n u l t . s u o N e V e • i . , The poor little boy who was wounded in the . h t he is under the ea i Wally as to destroy life, is likely to recove ti r te , are entertain , . o, sei o n f b t l i e i d e tonsil ld vitsiticen,coatit,adgtet,„Nosohuictlerristotitlnns'd,tiaset;:•et_hs7Te: I. parish shells to await ti. Trod the two children have been placed in Is appointed to take place I result of the coroner's inquest, wa tch , lile twin child who was drown upon whom a strict watch is kept. morrow (Wednesday) Inornintale but the female infant, as erron of Mr. Pratt, the surgeon, al is also in tile water butt, is not the nittas. It would appear that the u , misty stated in the mornin g t p_ that she will attempt suicide. The othe desperate deed by destitution, as it happy man was driven family subsisted 11)" ° once exhibits the 11,651 palpal.le proofs f 1 iibl'ittiastsitt:,:iiroaatocrtiellose:and some herrings, and 1 IA E y interlor of the house at OF ENCLAND.—From returns leaned yesterdsa. trans , distress. . i the of ftchnUersilrt wretched lnate m 111::: : ~ i yiw ! a s i t e nidl i ri k h Aker e o e'l q 7i io l t i R :r i lgi - ' :; s.° l s l l lif t ls i h titibji j e a ea a s 'll' : el l o u l:ag t ' a i rh i t sl y r ) uo G rfl j o Ca l o t ',ll :: t i 'l i ll i l ie l n so t : I t se S e tal i 'l l' 'Pl i ae tt : e 'r s s Li l 't i h y awt t the duringilß 0 a f il li t' :- • . ' England, and paid off or-discharged in that year, leaving nosh: 4 undischarged in the hands of the Governor and Company of ir• ' l: l e s r- b bi l s h o ' r en ot P hi: re r i G u l t 4 t . inent securities, in their possession. It further appears that oat i' , sth April, 1845, 100,9951. 10s. 10d. remained in the hands of the Da: i t being the balance of sums issued for the payment of dividends c. and not demanded, and for the payment of lottery prizes or berie . Isbieh have not been claimed. On the sth July last year, the balm. w " 99,5395 1. ;on the 10th October, 99,955/. ; and on the sth Jauua , 167,6141. i . ' i Mr. Ferrand is prevented atteuditg ti O DA i P I Le I Commons I , F the death of a near relatilt. G U - L L I V E R, Every Saturday, price Threepence. " Ile doth bestride this little world of ours like a Colossus." - Shakspeare. Office, 93, Fleet-street, next door to " Mr. Punch." Advertisements to be sent to the effice at the latest on Wednesday. Sale of first Number, 3,ooo.—Fourth Number now ready.