The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-03 00:00:00

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The Royal Mail Company's steam•sbip Magda lena Captain Vincent, with the West India mails and Mexican mails, arrived this evening at eleven o'clock. Her dates of sailing were Vera Cruz, Oct. 5 ; Havana 9th ; Hay Chagres, 9th; Jamaica, 12th; Deme rara, 10th ; Trinidad, 10th ; Barbadoes, 12th ; Gre nada, 11th; Antigua, 14th; and St. Thomas's 7th. The cargo of the Magdalena comprised specie and bullion on merchant's accounts from Tampico, 56,358 dollars ; ditto from Vera Cruz, 137,600 ; specie and bullion on account of Mexican dividends, 2 8,676; total amount of dollars from the Gulf of Mexico, 220,635. Specie, bullion, and gold dust received across the Isthmus from the Pacific ports, 3 01,977 dollars ; specie and bullion from California, 4 10,477 dollars ; from Carthagena, Santa Martha, Chagres, and Greytown, 65,591 dollars ; from Ja maica, 6,962 dollars; from Havana, 16,805 dollars; from other parts of West India, 20,949 dollars ; total value in dollars, 1,045,399 dollars , and a large ge neral cargo. The Rouse of Assembly at Jamaica was to meet for business on the 9th November. The small-pox and measles had entirely disappeared from Kingston. Rain had fallen, and heavy falls had been experienced, which had done much damage. Porto Rico had been visited with a violent storm, by which more than one hundred lives had been lost. Martinique and Guadaloupe had been visited with a malignant African fever, which had caried off the troops in large numbers. Whole families had been carried off by it. The yellow fever was ravaging Barbadoes. Com• missary-General Neil had been carried off by it, and, within four days, his wife and four children had shared the like fate. The Island of St. Thomas was very sickly. Thirty of the troops had died within the last three months, and a very large number of deaths had occurred amongst the crews of the ships in the harbour. At Carthagena, on the 9th of October, a severe storm occurred, and the house of the British Consul was struck by lightning. The Jamaica House of Assembly was to meet on the 9th of November. The smallpox and measles had entirely disappeared from Kingston. The screw steamer Tamalapas arrived at Jamaica ea the 11th, and was to leave on the 13th for Tampico. Count Charles de Montholon, French Chargé d'Affaires to the State of Ecuador, has arrived by the Mitgdalena, with his family and suite, having been forced, by a series of insults, to abandon that State and seek redress from his own Government. Accounts from British Guiana state that slight showers have fallen throughout the colony. The s upply of provisions had increased. Labour was scarce and dear. The Court of Policy sat on the 31 ,u1t., and an educational bill had been introduced. , la St. Luci a a f avou rable change had taken place la the weat h er, an d t h e l as t remnan t of this year's crop had been shipped. Trade was much depressed. In Antigua, dry weather had succeeded the storm of the 221 of September. Domingo was rather unhealthy. A fearful gale devastated the Virgin Islands, St. %.hristopher's, Nevis, Antigua Montserrat, Domingo, 22 1 of Martinique, and other islands, on the 41 of September. Notice of the effect of this storm eE St. Thomas's was received by the last steamer, the Orinoco. A great deal of damage was done to !lle shipping and small craft, and on shore many buildings had been injured. In Jamaica the p ro d uce ma rket was firm. Sugar I"11 : advancin g i n va l ue , an d th e p r i ces of Pimento scacum were well supported. Breadatuffs were in demand. Fish an ample supply. B'"changes on London —Jamaica and Colonial ank, 90 days, I per cent. premium. I RE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 3. c The Peninsular C om pany's steam ship Madrid, li Pt. Week s , w ith th e P en i ns ular mails, arrived this h, — "hiag, at seven o'clock. Her dates of sailing were Gibraltar, Oct. 26th ; Cadiz, 27th • Lisbon, 29th ; ef P"tol 30th ; Vigo, 31st. She brought a large cargo fruit, five packages of specie, and 43 passengers. f The screw steam sh i p M e lb ourne , Captain Cox, 4° lll London to Australia, with cargo and 146 pas ngerai put into Lisbon on the 24 th to repair ea-lges) having all her top-masts and jib - boom !lied aw th e ayth e • w reck getting entangled with , screw, stopped its action, and it was with diffi -41',!, she reached the Tagus. She was repairing. There is little political news by this arrival. h e Commercial Association of Oporto have, in an address„,._ to the Government, expressed their full ap probation of the recent decree relative to the exporta tion o f Port wine. Li diYBs ,hcal exchange on London is 54 for bills at 90 date, FRANCE. alooday, being All Saints' Day, was observed by all th ..uer e f e political Paris journals as a close holiday, and Th ; :? r e Uot one of them was published yesterday. o: el peered as a k th ep e first time (says Galignani, which sp its usual) that All Saints' Day has been so th e t by the public press in Paris; for, up to "tmge of Government in December last, there were n t wo or three journals in existence which did °t keep the se re li g i ous h o lid ays . 4 W -el-R a d er, says the Currier de Lyon, is ex - PeOted in that city about the end of that week. ; highly interesti ng publication has just been ` Bl l ll ed from the offi c e o f the Revue des Deux Mondcs, which, Under the name of the Annuaire dus Deux es) gives a ver y f u ll hi s tory of the different states of the civilized world. The work is not a mere dry ; co mpilation of facts and statistics ; but a history, 11 the true sense of the word, which, brimful of in formation, is yet very pleasant to read. The chapter devoted to Great Britain occupies 86 large pages, 1 , 14 is writt en w ith i mpart i a l i nten ti ons . The whol e 11 thus wound up The y ear 1851 has, in fine, been for G rest Britain a Year he less full than those which have preceded, and ep eve n Perhap s o f a more an i mate d c h arac t e r, both as re ßards the metropolis and the colonies. We have just 'Sell the prodigious activity of the Australian colonies, the vicissitudes of the Kafir war, and the results so ra p i dly obtained i n th e no l ess i m portant war which adds fresh prestige to the English power in Asia, we ... 111180 Q the war aga i nst t h e Ki ng o f Ava. O ur rea d ers "1Y now appreciate the great ameliorations accom plished or rejected by the mother country, in her legis attion for these vas t an d numerous possessions. At h ome, ' OO London Exhibition concentrated, for a moment, the attention of the old and new worlds, and occasioned an e xtraordinary movement of population on the English soil. A s if to show that material interests do not form the sole pre-occupation of England, a groat political agitation, one of those popular manifestations which know so well how to rest within the limits of legality, suc ceeded the concourse of so many people, come to admire in London the marvels of human industry. The nation hailed the chief of an insurrection (Kossuth) which had so deeply moved England in 1849. Unfortunately this demonstration, although it did not depart from Eng lish legality, exceeded the limit s o f international pro prieties, and the Foreign Minister, by mixing him self up with it, officiously compromised the British C a bi net i n th e eyes of the great powers of the Ctohneti2ndenot; This situation became more complicated h tint ensecinence e coup o fdt reservingh o o tt.Foreign-officehimself, of the events succeeding o December in France, and the t ch e i had to suffer the consequenc l es, n however, the right of reprise a his colleagues, who had abandoned or rather dismissed o h him. Hence follows party_ which led to a struggle in the heart of the WIT the advent of a Tory Governmenti:gThineareseteroot:gleerotliiognhst have probably served only to exhibit, the dislocation of parties ; but while rendering the Practic e o f Parliamentary Government moredifficult, this criti ca l p h ase of parties imposes on English society be affirmed farnodt Englishon e government new duties , in w hich it may they will not fail. The Continen t may fall w English constitution itness es like the extreme to another—the 13 -B r u it e i h lh ag so it i a l t i i t o s n e s lf w i i n tho th u n t b rn ei i n d g st s h o s t e t n ,l e b y waves them, which beat its shores." The article on Franco is well worthy of attention, ' O r as the A nnua i re being only at the commenceme nt of, let us h o p e , a l ong series, lays the foun d at i on of the the f uture series on a d eep an d cop i ous exposu re of actual state of the country in its various relations. .rk ey , too, is handled in a l arge sp i r i t . Alt og ether of ne work may safely be recommended to the student onte mporaneous history. edThe Paris B ourse has been active to-day, and for rend o f t h e present month prices are somewhat in o iance of th e closing rates of Saturd a y ; Threes left at 821, 60e., and Four-and-a-H a lf p e r C e nts. at 75c. The market closed as follows :—Three per o Cent s . , f or cash, 81f. 75c.; for account, 821. 60c. ; s_ 7954 c f. ur-and- a -H alf per Cents., for cash, 105 f.; for account, 106 f. Loan, ;; Bank of France Shares, 2,690 f. ; Austriann Turkish Loan, Spanish Threes, and -Neapolitan not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON rzTOCK. EXCHANGE, Nov. 2, 1852. Dijon and Besancon 8 --Luxembourg, 41g —Lyons and Avignon, Is—Namur and Liege (with interest) 83 4 —ditto (ex interest), 834 —N. — Grand Junction of France, 7 n l X, thern of France, 31/2 —Orleans and Bur ieaux, 23—Yarn, and Lyons, 30E, 4 —Paris and Orleans, 69—Paris and Rouen, 9 — Paris and Strasbourg, 34—Paris, Caen, 131 — Rouen and Havre, 19%; Sambre and Meuse, I°7 / 8 -- Western of France, 1 8 1 / L i. and Cherbourg, THE CONTINENT. SPORTING NOTES. FREE TRADE BANQUET AT MANCHESTER. SPAIN. No. CCCXL. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING. Advices from Madrid are dated the 28th cult. It was said that the Government intended to send General Manuel de la Conch; one of its int >it illus trious officers, to repreßent the armies of Spain at the funeral obsequies of the Duke of Wellington.. There was a report that the President of the Council intended to put the Government salt !nines up to sale. Madrid Bourse, Oct. 28.—The Three per Cents. 47 1-16 paper; Exchange on London, 50 30 paper. Mr. Dorling, as usual, successful in all he undertakes, has given us for to-morrow a ;strong list of sport. It will commence at half-past twelsee with the Match between Abdailah and the Greek. A:t one, the Paddock Stakes of 3 sous. each, 25 added (over the mile and a-quarter course), will be run. At half-past one, we have the first stake of any note marked for decision, namely, the Beddington Stakes of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap Swe e p stakes of 10 soya. each, half-forfeit if declared by nine o'clock this evening (one mile). It is impossible at the present moment to say what will start, but it seems the list will include the top and bottom weights, who now hold the positions of first and second favourites. Notwithstanding Exact's performance at Newmarket, winning as she did, cleverly, with Sat 81b up, I cannot fancy that, with the stiff finish at Epsom, she can carry 9st successfully. Little David, Lady Louise, Gossip, and Ethelbert have no attractions fur we. Bsverlac and Corybantes, at Tat 81b each, are more suited to the course than any of those whose names I have just now given. Miss Agnes at 7st 51h, and Miss Tennyson at 7st 41b, are of no use here. Michaelmas Maid, after the curious proceedings about her which took place at Newmarket, I shall de cline meddling with. Valour will, I believe, give way to his stable companion, Charming Woman. Psaltery is a runner, more I know not. Diomedia, I should say, is a very deubtful runner. Ellen, and the Faugh- a- Bellagh filly, I thiek, are made sate by the Charming Woman, who at Est 71b ought to run very forward. Lady Flora, Shropshire Lass, and Mrs. John are hope less. Hatchet has many friends, and I think the ground and distsnce are in his favour. At Est 61b he is not overweiah ted ; neither is Little, Swift, at 6st 41b. Frenzy at sst lalb, and Tobolski, at Sat 71b, are let loose ; the running of the former, however, being much the best. Tobolaki's only previous performance was running a bad fourth, and last to Pride, at Egham. The race, in my opinion, will be with CHARMING WOMAN, Hatchet, Little Swift, and FRENZY: the first and last named for choice. The horses entrusted with the prin cipal emu= of the cash for this race, are Tobolski, Exact, and Hatchet. Pelion, Cheddar, Katty Darling, Amszen, Eulogist, Ireland's Eye, Hobby Hera°, Alti tude, and Feramorz, have paid forfeit. The Epsom Autumn Handicap will be run at a quarter past two, and is over the New Derby Course. The field will probably comprise Hobbie Noble, Candlewick, the Proctor, Allegro, Dulcet, Don Pedro, Vermuth, Tested, the Varmint, Plumstead, and one of Lord Clifden's. The running of Suarry and Chief Justice is doubtful. The merits of the animals I need not discuss at length, but merely state that the race, in my opinion, will be confined at the finish to the Varmint, Candlewick, and Tested—the VARMINT, if that is Dawson's intended, or Tested, in all likelihood, proving to be the winner. The Bentinck Plate in its result will depend so much on the previous races that I shall not attempt a selection of the winner. This stake brings the day's sport to a conclusion. Last evening the great demonstration in favour of Freo trade took place at the Free-trade hall in this town. The object of the meeting was to afford an opportunity to the advocates of unrestricted commercial intercourse, on the eve of the meeting of Parliament, of declaring their firm adherence to those principles of Free trade which received the sanction of Parliament in 1846. The public announcements of the meeting de scribed it as a " banquet," but, unless the " feast of reason" is regarded by the men of Manchester as a com pensation for the more substantial viands, the entertain ment certainly had no pretensions to such a designation. It was, in fact, a mere dessert, and its character may best be judged by the following bill of fare, which would scarcely be objected to by the advocates of vegetarian I diet :-4,000 pies, 4,800 meat sandwiches, 3,000 fruit sandwiches, 2,000 raspberry and strawberry tarts, 1,000 black currant tarts, 3001bs. of biscuits, Semi. of grapes, 4awt. of raisins, cwt. of almonds, 3cwt. of figs, 6,000 pears, 6,000 apples. Among the gentlemen who accepted the invitation of the League were—Mr. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Alcock, M. Y., Sir James Anderson, M.P., Mr. Barnes, UP., Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. H. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Biggs, M.P., Sir R. Bulkeley, M.P., Mr. Ball, M.P., Mr. H. Brown, M.P., Mr. Brady, M.P., Captain Bellew, M.P., M r . rossley, M.P., Mr. Crook, M.P , Mr. J. Clay, M.P., Mr. Cheetham, M.P., Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Cogan, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M P., Mr. Esmonde, M.P., Mr. Eccles, M.P., Mr. Fagan, M P., Mr. C. Forster, M.P., Mr. Geach, MT., Viscount Godo rich, M.P., Sir G. Goodman, M.P., Mr. Gardner, M.P., Mr. Greene, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Ingham, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Kinnuird, M.P., Mr. K enne d y, M . P., M r . Keogh, M.P., Mr. G. Langton ' M.P., Mr. Lucas, M.P., Mr. Milligan, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Murphy, Mr. John Macgregor, Mx., Mr. Milner, M.P., Mr. , Oliver* M.P., Mr. Otway, M.P ., M r. P . O'B r i e n, M.P., e . l Mr. fied . P. Ricardo , srMv Shelley,, r Mr. Potter, M.P., Mr. P e ll att , M . P., M r . Pilkington s M. h P O , e M.P., Mr. J. Sadleir, M.P., M r . M P., Mr. Serjeant Shee, M.P., Mr. F. S cu ll y , M.P., Mr. Swift, Roebuck, r M. 'P 9 Sadleir, M Mr. M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Thompson, M.P. Mr. Thicknesse, M. - P., Mr. Wilcox, M.P., Mr. M. M.P., M.P., Mr. Urquhart, M.P., Mr. Devereux, M.P., Mr. W. D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. M. Philips, &c. The invitation was also uccepted by several members of the late Par yrw. m or , t c h, d M ia r g . h H . e ju nr r y . , R M oe r b . u M ck o , w h a o t w t, ev M er r : i vir i a . m je rox, t a r ld ll M P and Mr. Ricardo, and some others of the number we have mentioned, were eventually prevented attending. Letters expressing regret at being obliged to be absent, were received from Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, M.P., Mr. C. S. Butler, M.P., Mr. Glyn, B 1 P., Sir G. Pechell, MX., Lord Radnor, Mr. Phinn, M . P., M r . Milnes M.P., Mr. Sh a ft o , M.P., Si r William Molesworth, M.P., Mr. Grace, M.P., Mr. William Williams, M.P., Mr. Locke King, M.P., Mr. Duffy, ma. . , Mr. M. Dunne, M.P., Mr. C owan , M.P., Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Townley, M.P., Mr. T. F. Lewis, M.P. , Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. P e to, Mr. Laing, M.P, Sir G. Strickland, M.P., Mr. Bouverie, m.p , Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Kirk, M.P., M r . G. Duncan M.P Mr. J. Wilson, M.P., M r . Headlam, M.P., Lord F. L. Gower, Lord Monck, Mr. V. Smith, M.P., Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Miall, M P M.P., Mr . T. Q...Jancombe, M.P., Sir D. Norreys, M.P., Mr. F. Peel, M.P., Sir c. Wood, M.P., Mr. Lowe, M.P., Mr. Strutt, M .P. , Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Currie, M.P., Sir B. Hall, M.P., Mr. 0. Ricardo, M.P., Sir W. P. Wood, M.P., L or d R. Gros venor, M.P., Mr. Weatbead, M.P., Mr. V. Scully, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, M.P., and other members of Parliament. When the meeting was resolved upon in October, 2,700 tickets were issued for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen at the tables, all of which were taken up within four days. Additional provision was subsequently made for the admission of persons whom it was impos sible to provide with seats, and, including those who had merely titanding-room, considerably more than 3,000 personstust have been present. The arrangements for the accommodation of so large a number of guests as were admitted to the banquet may be briefly indicted as follows:—Along the body of the hall, at right angles to the platform at the west end, were 16 parallel lines of tables covered alternately with white and pink drapery. In order to facilitate access to the seats, a wide avenue crossed the ball about the centre of the lines, so that there were altogether 32 tables in this part of the building; half of these afforded seats for 56 persons at each, and the others for 62 each, making 1,888 in all. In each of the two side galleries were two lengths of tables, with seats for 76 persons at each, and four tables in the front gallery, with seats for 224 persons. On the platform were six lines of tables, with seats only on one side, accommodating 72 guests and 167 vice-presidents. At half-past six Mr. G. Wilson entered the hall, and took the chair amid loud cheers from the vast assem blage, which became enthusiastic as Mr. Cobden, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Bright made their appearance after him. Grace was said, or, rather prayer offered, by the Rev. D. M'Kerrow. _ . THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.—Allegro is in great force for the Autumn Han dicap. SPORTING 1N TELLIGEiVCE. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 son , . each, and 25 added, for three yot.r-olds, &c. One mile and a quarter. 4 subs. Mr. Tufts's f by Don John, dam by Mundig, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (A. Taylor) 1 Mr. B. Land's General, aged, lOst 71b 2 Mr. Marsh's Forest, lOst 71b 3 Betting-6 to 4on the filly, who won in a canter Handicap of 5 Boys. each, and 40 added. The winner to be sold by auction for 80 sous., and the second to receive 101. One mile. 15 subs. Mr. Lees's Deceitful, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Hiett) 1 Mr. Goddard's Priam the Third, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Smith's Gauntlet, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 3 Mr. Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, Sat Mr. J. Day's Snowstorm, 6 yrs, 7st 61b 0 Mr. Foulkes's Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st 21b Betting-6 to 4 agst Deceitful, and 7to 2 agst Priam the Third. The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sou. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added. Two miles. 29 subs., 6 of whom declared. Mr. G. Drewe's Odihatn, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 1 Mr. Rowden's Happy Joe, 3 yrs, Est 2 Mr. Davies's Titterstone, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Sir W. Booth's Banton, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 4 Mr. Cocper's I Inthe, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ... p 0 , Mr. Hutchinson's Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Dawson's Lerry wheat, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 0 Mr. Crossing's Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, 6st Mr. Darling's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, Est 41b Mr. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs, 6st 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Lerrywhent and 6to 1 each agst Odiham, Titterstone, Happy Joe, and Thunderbolt. Won easy by six lengths. The Selling Stakes of 5 Bova. each, and 25 added, for three-year-olds and upwards. Winner to be sold for 150/., &c. One mile and a quarter. 9 subs. Mr. Wile's Miss Talbot, 4 yrs (201.), 7st 61b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Lyster's Priam the Third, 3 yrs (301.), 7st 61b 2 Mr. Rowden's Lady Speedy, 5 yrs (201.), Bst Colonel Clowns's Dr. Husband, aged (301), Bst 91b... 0 Mr. Day's The Moor, aged (301.), 9st 31b 0 Mr. Mason's Haresfoot, 4 yrs (201.), 7st 9lb 0 Mr. J. Day's Anti-Radical, 3 yrs (201.), Est 41b 0 Mr. Flintoff's Taley, 3 yrs (201.), Bst 21b 0 Mr. D. Samuel's The Gift, 3 yrs (200, 6st 41b 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Priam, 4to 1 agst Dr. Husband, and 6 to 1 each agst Taley and Anti-Radical. Won on the post by a head. After rather more than half an hour spent in disposing of the viands. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk. The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to many who were now present it would be impossible to ask their admira tion of a meeting in the Free-trade Hall, on the score either of its members or its novelty; but he did think that when they considered that at the present meeting they had among them distinguished guests, a very con siderable proportion of the members of the House of Commons, and in addition to that, those who most truly might be called the representatives of the industry and energy of this country, collected from all parts of the kingdom, then this meeting must be admitted to be in some respects unprecedented. (Hear, bear.) Why was it that this question still retained its hold upon the public opinion of this country? Fourteen years ago, as they recollected, it was the most neglected of all public questions; no statesman of any eminence dared touch it; almost all rising men in Parliament refused to look at it, as one of the most uncompromising subjects in the whole calendar of national grievances. It was reserved for some seven gentlemen, three or four of whom were now present, to initiate the idea, to draw public attention to it, to draw around it an organiza tion, greater perhaps than ever was known in this country previously. They saw that idea gradually grow and increase in magnitude until it absorbed nearly every other ; they saw Ministers, who formerly had deemed it almost the height of absur dity, become its great apostles and teachers and pro mulgators ; they say it afterwards become the rallying point of the antagonistic feeling of the country, then be come an Act of Parliament, and become handed down to posterity as their contribution—at least of the good things of the world—to their successors. (Cheers.) Three years ago, at a similar meeting in some respects to the present, they ushered in a great era of free trade amid rejoicings. Those who had been known to each other in that arduous struggle for many years—those who had left all their pursnits and sacrificed all their connexions for the prosecution of this object, took their final leave of each other there. So far as they were concerned, ho did not believe one gentleman present at that time ever anticipated that, within the range of the remotest possibility, they over should be called to gether again upon this subject in that hall. ( Hear, bear.) They left, it might be said, unlike other generals, the field in possession of the van quished enemy. They marshalled themselves under now leaders, casheried their old officers, hoisted their old flag under new generals. They took possession, as it appeared, of the forlorn hopes of this country, and through meetings, speeches, marchings up to London to wait upon their great leader, and marchings down again with assurances from their great leaders, the Free-traders looked on with the most perfect indifference. There was certainly one occasion when they felt some little annoyance at the observations of the noble earl at present at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment, and that was when, early last year, he assured a deputation from every county of England, which had met first at Drury-lane, and was then adjourned to St. James's -square, one and all, that if there was in any district in England any one who entertained the idea that there was in his mind any flinching or change of opinion, ho authorized them to go back and announce to those whom they represented, that such was not the case, and that, in the memorable words of the Duke of Wellington, he only wished for an opportunity, he said, to say, " Up, Guards, and at them.' Well, gentlemen, at tsitt time, certainly, they felt themselves a little ruffled, but they consoled themselves with this fact, that the noble earl had omitted to notice certain portions of the subject, which were certainly necessary to his success ; first, that the Earl of Derby is not the Duke of Wellington, and that they (the Free-traders) were not the French. (Loud cheers and laughter.) So long as those wore their practical amusements, the people of this country showed no evidence or traces of anxiety. But early this year a change came over the complexion of parties. They fonnd the Noble Earl, the head of the Protectionists, also the head of her Majesty's Government, and called to administer the affairs of this country according to the principles which he said he was bound in all honour to maintain. They saw him surrounded with all those who had uniformly backed his opinions during the last seven years; all the great offices of the state occupied by men who, rank and file, had no recommendation or antece dents in this country but as genuine, downright Protec tionists; and under these circumstances was it surprising, or not at all to be anticipated, that the people, feeling, perhaps, some temporary alarm, began to think that the time was come when it would be necessary to inform the Noble Earl at the head of her Majesty's Government, that a demonstration should be made which should imme diately, on the slightest appearance of danger, spon taneously burst forth to an extent beyond any of which, from any previous anticipation, he could have the least idea? Under these circumstances, the merchants, traders, and manufacturers of that district met at Newall's-build legs, in Manchester, on the 2d of March, and in the short space of 25 minutes put down somewhere about 27,0001., which sum was afterwards increased to 70,0001. (Cheers.) Since the Lague was reconstructed, it was certain that they had heard very little of processions up to Drury-lane. He believed that building was now to be had very low indeed. And there was not much said about Protection now at the Carlton, where, at the beginning of the year, there was always so much noise made on the subject. Somebody must have caused all this, and as to who it was he left them to draw their own conclusions. T here was one thing which they were bound to do, and which they wore met now to put in operation,—to take care that this question was brought to au immediate settlement one way or the other. (Great cheering.) Experience of the bonefita of free trade had given the working man an interest in this clustion stronger than he_ever felt before, lb k n ew as The Scurry Handicap of 3 soya. each, with 20 added, the second receives 10 sous,, half a mile, 8 subs., was won by half a length by Mr. Jones's Exchange, 2 yrs, 41b (Cliff); beating ilr. Jones's Flora, 4 yrs, Bst 71b; I,lr. Shopherdson's Itburiel filly, 3 yrs, Bst; Mr. Owen's Carine:ta„;3 yrs, 7st 71b; and Mr. E. Herbert's Gauntlet, 5 yrs, 6st 41b. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Bourto❑ (t) 4 to 1 agst Proceed (t) EPSOM HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Varmint (t) 6 to 1 agst Vermuth (t) 6 to 1 agst Hobble Noble (t) 8 to 1 agst Don Pedro (t) 8 to 1 agst Tested (t) 'RES FOR 185. TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER 3, 185% well as Lord Derby, or that ingenious trifler the Chan ' cellor of the Exchequer, who found the money. (Laugh ter.) He therefore called on the distinguished gentlemen on that platform to lend their able and energetic e fforts to bring it to an immediate and satisfactory issue. (Cheers.) He begged leave to propose the " Health of the Free-trade members of the House of Commons." The toast having been drunk most enthusiastically, the whole assembly rising to cheer. The CHAIRMAN called on Mr. Cobden to respond, as the representative of the largest constituency in the kingdom. (Great cheering.) Mr. COBDEN, M.P., on rising to respond, was received with most enthusiastic cheering, the whole company rising and giving cheer after cheer for some time. He said,—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am much obliged to my friend, the chairman, who has explained to you the reason why he has chosen me to return thanks for the toast, on account of the extent of my con stituency rather than any personal merits of my own, or I should not have had the presumption to appear before you to represent so numerous and so influential and distinguished a body of men as those for whom I have now the honour of re- sponding. Gentlemen, a portion of the Free-trade mem- bers of the House of Commons have been tried men, end herefore they need no voucher from me to commend them to your confidence; but tbero is a very largo por tion of the present House of Commons consisting of new and untried men. Many of these are now before you, and I have no doubt whatever that when they appear on the arena in Westminster they will be found as true and faithful to their pledges and recorded principles as any _ _ of those with whom I hare had the honour of fighting and winning some Free-trade battles. (Cheers.) Now gentlemen, I was very glad to see one sentiment so loudly applauded when it fell from our respected chair parties, and believing everything that these political jug glers have told them, have reminded me of a bumpkin on a village green watching a juggler, who is pulling ribands by the yard out of his mouth and swlllo wing fire, and believing that he is doing all that in the course of nature, and not by mere artifice and legerdemain. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I h ave h a d some oppor tunity of witnessing the effect of this long continued de lay upon the interests of agriculture. Yon ere prospering here in the manufacturing districts, and if they are not prospering in the farming districts of the south of England to the same extent, it is very much owing to the fact that those engaged in the rural pursuits of this country have had their attention and energies di verted from their own individual pursuits by the delusion that has been practised upon them. The agricultural labourers of this country are not, I tun sorry to say, so well off as they should be, though they are certainly better than they were under the auspices of Protection. But I sometimes hear it stated that you are short of labour in this part of the country. Now, having resided some time in a purely agricultural dis trict of England, I venture to say that the wages of agricultural labourers in the southern counties—inelel ing Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Ken', Sussex, Surrey, and all the counties southward, includ ing Devon and Dorset—the wage's of agricultural le. bourere, the heads of families, honest, industrious men, do not average 9s. a-week, and in Dertetseire end Devonshire many aro working at 7e. a-week. They are getter off than they were under the regime of Protection, when the price of the loaf was double what it is at prA • sent; hut they are not so well off as they ought to h-; and "the reason why " is, that there is not capital enough in the agricultural districts to give the people full employment. You cannot improve the condition of the labourers in the agricultural districts of England and I want to see them improved there, rather than to see them compelled to come here for employment— (Cheers.)—more effectually than by investing capital in the cultivation of the soil, with the view of affording them employment; but if you want to deter the flow of capital to the land yon cannot do it more effectually than by keeping up those delusions under which the farmers of this country are looking to Mr. Disraeli and Lord Derby for their safety, rather than to the increase of their capital and the application of skill and industry to the culture of the land. (Cheers.) In the interest of the agriculturists, therefore, I call upon the Free-traders in the House of Commons to bring this question to a decisive issue. (Cheers.) Now, gentle men, will this suit political parties ? Will it suit the old game of Whig and Tory ? I hold that we are not to consult political parties in the settlement of this ques tion. (Hear, hear.) When we first assembled in Man chester fourteen years ago, we resolved that we would keep this question distinct and free altogether from the old political combinations, and it was owing to that re solution alone that complete success was the issue of our agitation. Had it been otherwise—had we joined the Whig ranks—it was impossible that Sir Robert Peel could have taken up this measure. It was by hold ing entirely aloof from both Whigs and Tories that we enabled Sir Robert Peel to take up and to settle this great question. New, do political parties want to procrastinate this question that they may play a game of delusion, in the hope of mixing it with some party struggle, tripping each other up, and having Free-trade in reserve as a small and infini tesimal subject for party discussion? If so, have no thing to do with any political party whatever. (Hear, hear.) We want to bring the matter to an issue— (cheers)—and having cleared the question of protection out of the way of all parties, we leave them to make some new combination. Indeed there is no honest man, whatever party he may belong to, who wishes to see progress made with any other question, who is not inte rested with us in removing the questions of Protection and Free-trade from the category of political discussion. (Hear, hear.) I know that it is very fashionable among certain politicians to say, " Why don't your Liberal members of the House of Commons get together and form yourselves into a party?" Some people out of doors will say " You should form a Radical party." Others will say " Why don't you form yourselves into a progressive party?" I must confess I think that all people who look to members of the House of Commons to form parties or to determine the policy of the coun try have a very insufficient notion of what it is that con stitutes the force of political movements in this country. (Hear, hear.) What is it that makes Free-trade now a powerful political question that gives to the question of Free-trade the vitality and force which it possesses in Parliament? It is not because a few members of the House of Commons got together, and determined that they would make a party question of 'Free-trade. (Hear, hear.) Free-trade did not become a powerful question in the House of Commons or among politicians until some men, rather young in years, and who had never before been known as politicians, engaged most actively and energetically in the advocacy of the principle out of doors, and by means of such meetings as this, gave an impetus to the question which enabled members of the House of Commons to carry Free-trade as it was carried. But if anybody supposes that till this question is settled any members of the House of Com mons could form themselves into a party for any other object, unless the people out of doors indicated what they wanted, and prepared a question for Parliament to deal with,, such person has entirely forgotten the history of the Free-trade agitation, and must be totally ignorant how parties are constituted in the House of Commons. (Hear.) Therefore, whatever other subject may be most yours out of doors—whether you want an extension of the suffrage, ballot, or any other measure, you are inte rested in clearing the ground of this Free-trade contro versy. Get rid of this out of your path, and then, like sturdy, honest Englishmen, set to work, bringing out some men not above 30 years old, because :you will want some time to do it ; and whatever is just and right and politic, if you only work for it, you will be sure to succeed in obtaining. (Hear, hear.) Now I should not wonder if we should be met by some wise politicians with the question—What are you going to do if you turn oat the Government ? How will you make another? Well, I think that question is much easier of solution after the experience of the last six months than it was before. (Laughter and cheers,) I don't think we shall ever be in any great difficulty in finding a Govern ment, after the experience of the last Government. (Renewed laughter and cheers.) We have a Cabinet now, I believe, comprising a dozen very worthy and respectable men, but I venture to say there are at least 500 men in the body of this hall who are quite as competent to fill the office of Cabinet Minister as those gentlemen. (Laughter.) It has been shown that it does not require that you should have an teaters who were Ministers before you ; it does not require that yon should have been chin deep in " red tape" all your days (hear, hear) ; it does not require that you should have a broad coat of arms, or even a crest—(A. laugh) ;it does not mattor what lineage or race you belong to—(Laughter and cheers)—there is no sort of embargo henceforth against anybody being a I Cabinet Minister. (Cheers.) Therefore, the difficulty we used to be met with is everywhere lessened. (Hear, hear.) But we started—the Free-traders started, by declaring that they bad no political rights to serve. (Hear, hear.) I confess I won't be chargeable with such transparent hypocrisy as to affect the modesty of not being able to be as good a Cabinet Minister as some half-score gentlemen now in office. (Great cheering.) I hope it will not be supposed that I have any ambition to fill any such office—(Some laughter)—l have no such desire. (Hear, hear.) Not that I think, where people can hold office and hold their own convictions too, it is not a most honourable and desirable post, a post which gives men great power to do good. (Hear, hear.) But I think nobody will charge me with having any ambition of that kind, in wishing to see the present Government brought fairly to brook, and compelled either to give in on the question of Free-trade, or to go out as Protec tionists. (Hear, hear.) But, I think, we are fairly en titled to say this—that whatever else the men may be, we insist upon having a Free-trade Administration. (Cheers.) And when I say a Free-trade Administra tion, I mean a body of men, if they are to be the men now in office, who shall distinctly and emphatically re pudiate all the doctrines they have been promulgating in their past lives upon this great question. greater and better men than they (cheers); and Heaven forbid that in these times of marvellous change, when the world itself is undergoing transformations almost like the ka leidescope, where we see such incidents occurrin g to upset all calculations and combinations in the physical world, I should deny it to men at the eleventh hour, or the eleventh and three quarters, to recant all they have said upon the subject of Free-trade and protection. (Hear.) But it must be emphatic. (Hear.) They must say that Free-trade does not lower wages (hear, hear); they must say that Free-trade does not cause a drain of geld from this country (hear, hear); they must say that Free-trade has not thrown land out of cultiva tion in this country (hear, hear); they must say that the land of this country is still worth something (hear, hear); and they must say that wheat, good wheat, has not been imported into this country, and cannot be, at 245. a quarter. (Hear.) Those are a few of the things they must say, when they said the very opposite before. (Hear, bear, and cheers.) And we must have no accampaniment about " compen sation." (Hear, hear.) Do you look in your dictionary, and see what the word "compensation" means, and you will see that if there is any compensation due at all, it is to those people who, from 1815 down to 1846, were kept upon short commons by the aristocracy. (Cheers.)ote Recollect that when we launched our League w o e n ed adopted for our motto—" Total, immediate, and un w c ell, ditee but I repeal." (Hear, hear.) Corayensattel!.) I boldly deny that there is any loss. (Sear , declare, and challenge the adversary deny it, that the lultural land, taking value of land in this country, one acre with another, (Ilear, hear.) Ido and one4a.griunty with another, is greater now than it was in 18 a 4 re not particular cases; not mean to say that thereat, great landed proprietors where, for instance, som o f were foolish enough tsi revent railroads coming into their neighbourhoods, in which there may not be found some empty mansions and stagnant country t owns. That is the fault of those whoop.osed railroads . , as they did Free-trade, and everything else that is good. (Hear, hear.) . But that is more than compensated by the vast increase in the value of the land where rail roa d s h ave been allowed to run.. (Heat..) But taking on e , w i t h another, I am prepared to maintain and prov e th at t h e value of land has not diminished since 1844, before the Corn-laws were touched by Sir R. Peel. (Hear, hear) But I do not mind if it had. Have not the l an dlords had their share of compensation already in the a dvantages Free - trade has given to them, in the price o f living, and in other ways? (Hear, hear) And, be sides that, if they had had no such advantages,. I main tain that no class of men in this country can have a vested interest in laws. (Hear, hear.) Individuals may have a patent right and may be entitled to compensation if their individual interests are invacted for the benefit of the country at large ; but classes, great classes, such as drapers or grocers, or any other class, can have no claim to compensation when their interests are affected. Take the 91100 of the hiwYers; We heye lately bad Mt BELGIUM. The Independance of Brussels of Sunday (=firms the account given by telepraphic dispatch, from Brussels, of the way in which the new Cabinet in Belgium is composed, and states that the new Minis ters were to take the oath to the King on Sundav• It adds •—" None of the members who comiscse the Ministry are unknown ; but it will not be useless to mention the claims of each to public confidence. M. H. de Brouckere, after having studied at the uni versity of Liege, where he acquired a high ;reputa tion, was named Substitute to the Procureur du Roi in the same place. Elected in 1830 as me•x, ber of the National Congress, and appointed by tb at as sembly as one of its secretaries, he took an acti:ve part in its labours. On the 29th August, 1831, the arron dissement of Ruremonde sent him to the Chamber of Representatives; on the 30:h May, 1833, aft,?a• the dissolution of the Chambers, which took place under the Lebeau Ministry, he was elected for Brassels, when he represented until 1848. He w al; ap pointed in 1841 Governor of the province of Antwerp, and afterwards of that of Liege. Ia 1850 he was named Plenipotentiary ref the King of the Belgians in Italy, and concluded the treaty with Piedmont. He is a Minister of State. M. Liedts, who is also Minister of State, is, ire M. de Brouckere, one of the men whose loyal Eli id firm liberalism and experience in affairs is generally ad mitted. M. Liedts has been in turn Subst'd ute of the Procureur du Roi, and President of the Tribunal, and was also one of the secretaries of the Ns ttional Congress. He was member of the Liberal AL nistry of 1840-41 ; was named, in 1841, Governor of Hain• ault ; and aterwards Governor of Brabant. 1. Ch. Faider was educated at the University of .Liege. He was named Substitute of the Procureur d u Roi at Louvain, and afterwards held the same post at Antwerp. He subsequently became Proctwetur at Antwerp, Avocat•Gen6ral at the Court of Appeal at Brussels, and then of the Court of Cassation in the last-named city. To great firmness of pritni pies he unites great moderation of character. M. Paercot, who, before accepting the portfolio of the Interior, was Burgomaster at Liege, was born at .I.3,nassels. After studying at the University of Liege, 139 was named Avoue at the Court of Appeal there. He is a firm and sincere Liberal, and is an eloquent orator. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, of the 27th ult., in thet Jour nal de Frankfort, says : " The deputation .of the Prussian army which is to attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington will, it is said, be compos ed of Baron Hiller de Gartringen, general of inning: 7, on the retired list ; two aides-de-camp of the King ; and of the colonel and some officers of the 25th Regi went of Infantry, of which the Duke was the Comma) dant. M. de Hiller is the only Prussian officer, now :living who commanded a considerable body of troops at 'Waterloo. In addition to this official deputs.tion, more than 40 generals and officers of the star will attend. It is said that the Prince of Prussia will leave Coblentz on the 15th for London for the same purpose. M. de Kisseleff will return to Paris, in a fortnight. General de Wrangel will return from, his journey to Constantinople at the beginning ot: No vember." ITALY. With respect to the ministerial crisis now pen ding at Turin, the Opinione, of the 30th ult., states that Count Bslbo has not yet succeeded in formiu )g a cabinet. His advances to Count Revel and 13 aron Manno are said not to have had the desired result. TURKEY. The new Grand Viceroy is the personal enemy of the Viceroy of Egypt, and it is thought in conse quence that before long circumstances will ar is e to cause a rupture between the Porte and. the Court of Cairo. The revolt which has broken out, in Syria and Mesopotamia as spumesa threatening aspect. The Arabs have organized a system of pillage on a large scale; the caravans, as well as the vessels in the Euphrates and Tigris„ are rifled. The Sheik Montefesch has put Ur aself at the head of thousands of Bedouins, of the tribe of Oms, and has proceeded as far as the gate s of Bagdad. An English ship has been arrested at _Bus sorah, and the English missionaries who formed. part of the crew taken. prisoners, for whom the Arabs demanded a heavy ransom ; but the English Consul having strongly protested against such a proceeding, the Arabs released both the vessel and the mission aries. Four other vessels were arrested on the Tigris, not far from Kut. The number of insurgent Be douins daily increases, and the Sheik Jobal has j , )ined them. The Arabs are precipitating thernselve s en the plains of Mesopotamia like a hurricane. 'There were rumours of en outbreak in Bagdad. it is necessary that Turkey should put forth all her power to suppress these revolutionary proceedings. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 2. The following had the honour of dining with Eer Majesty yesterday :—The Duchess of K, nt, the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, the Prinoe 53 Adelaide and the Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Count and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stan toy, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and Sir G. Couper. Prince Albert, sanded by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, went to London this forenoon by a special train of the Great Western Railway. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours aro expected at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The Marquis of Exeter and the Right Hon. B. Dis raeli have been invited, and aro expected to arrive this afternoon. Prince Albert returned to Buckingham Palace from the Trinity Hothe, yesterday afternoon, attended by Colonel the lion. Charles Grey and Licutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon. The Prince left the Palace at a quarter before five o'cicck on his return to Windsor Castle. Sir George Bonham had an interview wth Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. General Campbell had also an interview yesterday with the right hon. bait. A deputation from the parish of Lambeth, upon the subject of sewers, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. J. P. Mar rough, M.P., Mr. Robert Taylor, churchwarden, Mr. John Sewell, churchwarden, Mr. Thomas Denyer, over seer, Messrs. T. Giles, S. Hodgson, and J. Lemon, sur veyors of highways, Mr. J. B. Clark, vestry clerk, and Mr. Thomas Roffey, clerk to the surveyors. A deputation, consisting of Mr. T. A. Mitcholl,:ll.P., Mr. M. Forster, M.P., Mr. W. S. Lindsay, and Mr. Stafford, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. ' Toe Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Sir Charles Fitzroy Maclean had au interview on M-nday, with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial office. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colo nial-office, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE DUKE OF VVELLINGTOIV'S FUNERAL. Yesterday Lord Hard' g and Sir Charles Larry, in visited the cathedral . to ll r i n ne s - p n e gross, and availed t company with Dr. Mi some valuable suggestions e the t th e Dean preparations fur th e carr y' n g. laemsolves of the opportunity of offer ingo f St. i Paul's, a pry urs : to Messrs. Plunkett and and the officers of WoodsllernnitY Watmough, who was understood to take out th© scenic and other and . Works. Lord Harding «) arrangements under Messrs. Cubist or hiseat interest in these arrange or?nts, tho suggestions of thelordship havirg reelerence chiefly to the dispositionla!ge military staff that will by in attendance on the d for 17,000 instead the Aa amphitheatre i t t e h ti t o r n e in day or two, by seats has been made within T h the original lastdesigticonnectetC;Slen. which accommodation will be obt e e n o in u e t received coi originally "lly yesterday ;93,0 were persons, also Instrue the head of the department to carry ° a f ou l round the four arches that spring from the of S as..3" columns supporting the greet dome, with a wreathing Corinthian the same round what are called the quarterreathilag- of which will be set apart for the clergy, togethe g r a w e i r t t h ess a ret i cu l a tion of lustres round the architraves and cornices, under the whispering gallery, and that reign gener a ll y round the cathe dral. From each of the semicircular a rches a rches supporting t he dome will depend gas chandelier s . To expedite the i nterior construction the number of men has been augmented to between 300 and 400, and the hours of labour sicce 141onday have been lengthened to as late as ten o'cicck. The g reat ran„ of seat! extend ing 200 feet in length by 100 in breadth on tt,her sido the centre aisle are nearly completed; and yesterday the massive trusswork for the tiers of raised scats, over the transepts on the north and south, :240 feet long on either side, end radiating from the central area under the dome, was thrown up. Some of the Learns are 47 feet high, and 4or 5 feet thick. The qulutity o f timber e , rted into the churchyard up to ;he present time it 1 5 500 1 - i . eds, each load representing 100 cubic feet of timber, giving a gross total of woodwork within the cathedral (i 150,000 cubic feet. The interior of the great to m,) presents all day the appearance of an enormous workshop, the noise of the sawing and other =whines resounding in every direction. RACING FIXT NOVEMBER. Ep3om 4 I Stretford Liverpool Autumn 9 Warwick Cuworidge Hunt I 22 Northallerton... ... 11 Shrewsbury Autumn 23 IRISH RACE NOME: ES TO COME• :DILE& Kilkenny ... 28 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT. NO . \ 2. The Dido 18, Captain W. H. Alorshead , C . 8., arrived here to-day ' from the Pacific. Her dates have all been anticipated. She is 112 days from Tahiti, and from Rio the Bth September. She hos brought home the officers of the Bonetta, as stated, to attend an Admiralty inquiry. She is ordered up harbour to have her &facto made good. In the event of Rear• Admiral the Zion. Sir Fleetwood I'rllew accepting a command, either to his nephew, Cap tain Halsted of the Dauntless, or Captain Fitzgerald, it is said, will be his flag-captain. Naval Instructor—ll. M. Lefroy (1845) has been ap pointed to the Impregnable, flagship, Devonport. Master's Assistant—Charles W. Ross, to the Victory, flag-ship, PurtsmAith. SCREW L I NE-OF-BATTLE Ships.---The conversion of the Hannibal, 90, at Deptford, into a screw-ship, is being proceeded with, and from the number of men employed on her it wouA appear that she is to bo completed with out the least delay. She is to be lengthened about 10 feet abaft. Same of the stern timbers have already been removed. -_-_-s-- THE NEW EXPRESS ENGINES,—SOMO time ago we noticed the contract entered into between the directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company and Messrs. Fairbairn, of Manchester, for the construc tion of e number of locomotive engines, designed by Mr. M'Coviaell, of Wolverton, for the attainment of high speed. The positive announcement that before the end of the year the important town of Birmingham was to be brenght within two hours' distance of the metro polis, naturally excited great interest, and the construc tion of tlo engine has been watched with anxious atton !ion, nos only by its designers and constructors, but by the mutt eminent scientific and railway engineers. Messrs. Fairbairn have already completed the first engine. and at the preliminary trial, which was made at tht it establishment on Saturday last, the eatire success of the novel principle was fully established. Without 1 at precept entering into a detailed description of this new am lication, its extraordinary effect will be under stood by recording the fact that, within 45 minutes of the time when the fires in the boiler were first lighted, a pressure of steam equal to 1001 b. upon the square inch was indicated. The time required for this process in ordinary locomotives is nearly three hours. The calcu lated power of the new engine when running at a high voice ty is not less than 650 horses. No doubt we shall soon n ro b a e d called this s o on newto report etrh!, andactual performance aea sy u accomplish mentpon t i n t : e t h , a e another a f tt to oe the g o r a e u a t t h f o a r c ; facts" authorities th a of a long-sustained speed of 70 miles per hour, as In th t e o m l e e t a ti n - s ofo the Euston-square a e. have on the day of trial a may not be out of place. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Hollowas Ointment and Remedies '. Pills astonishing Y for the Cure of Ulcerous Wounds. —Extract of a letter from John E Noble, Bos ton, dated Aug. 12, 185°. "To sq., Mayor of Professor Holloway. Dear Sir,—Mrs. Sarah Dixon, of Lior this day deposed before me that q s u h pond- street, Boston, has she was afflicted with ulcers o n the arms, feet, and various parts the first medical advice was procured, f the body ; and, although at bum of money, she obtained no relief, bu t t he b cost of a large Being advised to try your invaluable ointm en t and became pills, ?le worse. she did so, and persevered in their use, by which means she has been I perfectly cured. —Sold b y all dru ggists , and at Professor Hol ovvay's lLstahlivhment,:,244, rstrand, London. man in connexion with this toast. It was where he said, what you expect from us is that we should bring this question of Free-trade and Protection to a speedy set tlement. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I confess to you that, so far as Free-trade is concerned, in this meeting to-night, it appears to me that that is almost the sole object we can possibly have in view. It does not appear to me that we meet hero to discuss the question, when all the arguments relating to it have been worn thread bare by means of discussion; it does not appear to me that it requires we should convince ourselves or con vince others of the superiority and justice of; Free trade as opposed to Protection;; but what me must ask ourselves is this:—How is it that, when un doubtedly 19-20ths of the population of these realms are in favour of Free-trade—when in all our commercial cities you cannot find a sane man who is for Protection —(Loud cheers)—when, I verily believe, in the whole metropolis you could not find a score of individuals out side of Bedlam who would commit themselves to Protec tion—(Cheers and langhter)—when the whole agricul tural labouring population are vehemently in favour of Free-trade, how is it, I ask, that in such a state of things as that it can be necessary that we should meet here, in this not very temperate atmosphere or very salubrious room, again to protest against a Protectionist Govern ment ruling this country? Why, gentlemen, the reason is this—and although I am as little apt to infringe the rule of a Free trade meeting by introducing extraneous topics as anybody—the truth is this, that our House of Commons is a pecked House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) It is a House of Commons where the intellect and the wealth and the power of the country are so unequally and unduly represented, that, instead of its being a fair exponent of the opinions of the country, it seems to be little more than a machine where ingenious jugglers, like Signor Blitz himself, can shuffle the cards and play their game, and win the stakes in spite of the opposition of 19-201hs of the population of this country, (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I still think that if the Free-traders who were sent to Par liament at the last election are, as I believe they will be, true to their principles, we may bring this question to a close, as we are bound to do, in my humble opinion, before the next Christmas. (Cheers.) Now, as you have shown that you are in favour of the immediate settlement of this question, and as I am sure the Free-trade members of the House of Commons would be glad to have your sanction, or to in quire the opinion of a body so influential as this—so powerful and socially so influential in all parts of the kingdom —as to the mode by which we should bring this question to an issue, I ask your opinion on the plan which I humbly submit ought to be followed by the Free-traders in Parliament. (Cheers.) We want to make a Government declare its opinions. (Cheers and laughter.) We want to know what are the opinions of the Government, in order to know whether the Govern ment be in harmony with the majority of the House of Commons and the vast majority of the population of this country. Have we not a right to know the opinions of our Government upon the question which,of all others at the present moment, concerns the welfare and the happiness of the people of ,this country ? Then, I say, when Parliament meets we have a right to know what are the views of the Government upon the question of Free-trade and Protection. When I had tiae honour of meeting you in Manchester in March last I stated that I had had a conversation with Mr. Villiers urging him to put a notice on the paper of the House of Commons, pledging the House to withhold its confi dence from any Government that was not pledged to carry out the principles of Free-trade. You are aware that when we met again, after the short recess, and after tho Ministers had been re-elected, that motion was altogether evaded by a declaration from Lord Derby, and his representatives in the House of Commons, that the Government did not expect or propose to carry any measures in the House of Commons, knowing they were then in a minority, but intended at the earliest pos sible period to take the sense of the country on their policy. Lord Derby told us at the same time that he would call Parliament together before Christmas, in order that we might come to a decision on the commer cial policy of the country. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentle men, we have had that election, and, defective as is our representative system, still there is a considerable ma jority of the House of Commons pledged to free trade. (Cheers.) I have a very high authority in these matters with the Government, Major Beresford, as for the fact. (Cheers and laughter.) Well , now, gentlemen, all I stipulate for is, that when Parliament re-assembles we should know whether the Government be now Protec tionist or Free-trade. Is there anything unreasonable in that? Why have we had a general election but to able that question? Why do we meet cow before Christ mas, but avowedly, by Lord Derby, to settle that ques tion? I propose, therefore, to follow out that view which seems so much in accordance with your sentiment; I pro pose that the Free- trade Members of the House of Com mons should bring Lord Derby's Government to a deela 'on of their principles on this question. Now, I say ration if the Queen's Speech does not contain a distinct renunciation and recantation of Protection on the pert of this Administration, then I think the Free-trade majority, if they are true to their principles—as I honestly hope and believe they are—are bound, either by an amendment to the Address, or by a substantive resolution in the House, to declare that no Government will have the confidence of the House of Commons which does not avow—mind I say avow—(Loud cheers)—its determination to adhere to the policy of Free-trade, as it has hitherto been adopted, and to carry it out in every practicable way. (Cheers.) I sas the House of Commons should call upon the Government to avow its opinions, because I draw a very great distinction between a decla cation of the Government or the intimation—the mysti ral intimation—from the Government, that they don't intend at present to interfere with free trade, and an avowal of the Government that they have changed their opinions, and they are honestly in favour of Free-trade. I say that, having nlneteen-twentieths of the population of this country, and a large majority of the House of Commons, in favour of a certain policy, our constitu tional system is a farce unless you can have a Govern ment in harmony with that majority. (Loud cheers.) It is not enough to satisfy you, I am sure, that those who have been the inveterate enemies of the principles which you have met here to support, should be left in possession of the Executive power in this oountry, and free to damage the progress of those principles, or to prevent their extension, and if possible to bring back a return of Protectionist principles. That will not satisfy you nor satisfy the country. But why I wish a determinate and specific course to be taken by the Free-traders is this, that nothing short of that will ever settle the ques tion in the agricultural districts. (Cheers.) The great home of this delusion of Protection is in the dark cor ners of cur agricultural districts. (Hear, hear.) It is there that still survives this (faith; in a Ministry which promises one thing at the market-table and talks in an other tone at the clubs and coteries of London. I need not tell you how rife is this faith in Protection in the agri cultural districts. We have seen almost every agricultural county, swayed as they all are by aristocratic influence, owing to the system of voting in this country—we have seen them nearly all carried in favour of Protectionist candidates; and, in fact, some of our best and ablest men sc arde t d o among the agriculturists themselv es, such aswMe rh-aPveas Nor. no y and some of our Liberal aristocracy, like Lord reys, in Oxfordshire, for merely. saying faith in this delusion;" and eminent men, like Mr. Cornewall Lewis, in Herefordshiref,hraavnedof leaningdi been solely on the ground of speaking for Free-trade opinions. And who encourages this? The political party who have crept into power on the faith of this delusion. And you cannot put an end to this de lusion in the agricultura l districts by any other process than that which I have alluded to—by carrying this theory to an immediate issue in the House of Commons, and compelling the Government either to avow itself Free-trade, thereby opening the eyes of these deluded people in the agricultural districts to the delusions prac tised upon them, or else declaring themselves still for Protection, and then going, as they must honestly go, into opposition to advocate their principles. Now, I don't blame members of Parliament, and members of a party, for advocating, perseveringly and continuously, say, if the mem principles in which believe. I bars of the present governorent are still of the same opinion that they were when they were in opposition, let them avow it, let them go into opposition again. They are in a minority, but you have seen that when you have faith in your principles, and belief in those principles being true, you may make a minority into a majority, but that is a process to be done in op position and not in the Government. (Hear.) Now, the agricultural districts of this country have been kept for the last six or seven years in a state of suspended animation by the course that has been pursued by the political landlords of the country. They have prevented men from devoting themselves to their pursuits, and re lying entirely on their own energies; they have beenoli looking to those members of Parliament and those p tical parties to do something for their interests, which can only be done by their own individual and united efforts. The agricultural constituencies, in the way in which they hale been standing agape at those political t ..e* A irb .., . ••,,a ‘....; .„...... j.u... 1 , 1 .` d. 7 . 7. changes in the law• we have had ‘cfla _n ostea,s4 \e_ :t ' - A i $ e-ei. ' '• r' Richard Roe" abolished. (A laugh.) . „w ., sfenuloWe , ) ,, , i 6.(4,5 ) more ancient sled venerable than Pro - 4 jiiiiiw lawyer., with the modesty that eh iq... , 'lli - e ~. ".', (laughter)—never asked for comport.. • must be no cemnensation. (dear.) holds office in a Free-trade country like . e at prepared to carry out Free•trade to its legitimaiionse quences—(hear, hear)—to advocate Free-trade, to argue in favour of Free-trade—(hear, hear) —not to sneer at "the Manchester School," but to put themselves to the Man chester School to learn their lessons, (Rear, hear.) We must be able to present before the world a Govern.. meat which, when it meets foreigners, as it does in its foreign relations, shall be able to show them the reason. why we ',are Free-traders, and to lay before them, with, industry and pertinacity, from ye ;r to year, the fruits of Free-trade in this country. (Hoer, hear.) Could an quietly ambassador bo better employed than in conveying to the , Ministers of foreign States with whom. we ar© in frit - 4611y relations, the statistical traits of Free trade in this country? (Hear, hear.) Ocuid anything he more convincing to a Treasurer. a Chancellor of the Exchequer abroad, than if the Chancrfler of the Ex chequer in England took care that he should know that the revenue had impro‘el rather than fallen off is con sequence of Free-trade? (Hear.) But how can you ex pect the Chancellor of the Exchequer to do this so long as ho is adherine ta the opinion he has always ex pressed that Free-trade is sure to cause a great falling off in the revenue? (Hear, hear.) You must have a Governrneet not only ttvowing itself in favour of Free- trade, but prepared, in every possible er;37, mote the extension of the principle is ell its ra mifications and consequence's. (Rear, hear.) For instance, I am v'ry much sneered at sometimes because I couple with this question of Free-trade the qtlesion of pacific relations with other countries. I am told I am Utopian. Why, lam only doing a little more practically what those who support Free-trade do theoretically ; for I scarcely ever beard a good free trade speech but what the peroration is showing the con nexion between Free-trade and pacific relations. l am only carrying Free-trade to its consequences when I say it will have the effect of rendering nations more de pendent upon each other, and that they will therefore be the more bound together by ties of amity and friend ship, as war most happity and beautifully expressed by the Rev. Gentleman who asked a blessing to night, and whom I always hear with pleasure (dear, hear). one who has invariably devoted his powers of mind to the advocacy of sound principles. (Hear, hear.) lam not Utopian—l am practical ; I give a reason fur the faith tnat is in me. (Rear.) I see Free-trade an accomplished fact in this country, as the greatest commercial country in the world,—l see that its example must be followed, and that that example must lead to the extension of the intercourse between this and other countries ; end I see in that, not the Utopian realization of a dream, but I see cause and effect (Rear, hear) ; and I say men will be made peaceable because their interests will be allied in the cause of peace. (Cheers.) Now, I only ask you this in conclusion—to watch our proceedings in Par liament—(hear); and, as you come from all parts of the kingdom, and I have no doubt have had a powerful voice in the election of perhaps hundreds of members of Par liament, I hope that you will have your eyes steadfastly upon us all-hear, hear); and if any of us falter, if any of us seem disposed to palter with this question, and to postpone its final and definite settleme from this short session to another, that it may be mixed up with other questions and be made the game of party, that you should admonish us and keep us to our duty. (Hear, he tr). It is with that feeling that I beg to propose as a sentiment, " Health to the constituencies who have returned Free-trade members to Parliament." (Great cheerieg). The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Health of Sir W. Clay." Sir W. CLAY, M.P., was received with loud applauee. He said, the toast which bad been given from the chair was "The Constituencies which had returned Free-traders to the new Parliament." They were, no doubt, perfectly aware that the constituencies which hal returned Free-traders comprehended, almost with out exception, every largo town constituency in the United Kingdom. There was one doubtful exception, to which he would not allude, but it was not very remote from the place where ho was now speaking. (Ileac, bear.) With that exe.eptioo, every great town constituency in the kingdom bad returned Free-trade members to Parliament. And those constituencies, in no doing, had only pronounced and given voice to the opinions and deep-seated convictions of the entire people of this country. But what was to be the result of the entire views of the people of Eaglaud being pronounced in behalf of the principles of Free-trade? Why, those results must flow from it to which his hon. friend had so well alluded. He agreed with him that the time for ac tion was cone. The arguments in favour of Protection had long since- been swept into that lumber-room where were accumulated the exploded fallacies and forgotten sophisms of the past. With regard to the men who had used them, they were fast vanishing from their view; it was becoming more and more difficult to meet with a pure Protectionist. They would very shortly disappear from view in the dim obscurity of distance. He was going to say that they would " loom " obscurely in the past, brit a great man had especially devoted that word " loom," to what he denominated "great objects." Now, he (Sir W. Clay) believed that nothing could be smaller than Protectionist statesmen, and every day that passed rendered them smaller still. They would soon teke place in the imagination with these venerable persons whom some of as still remembered—gentlemen with powdered heads and pigtails, with knee-buelsles and top-boots, and whose chief delight was, he believed, in long whiskers. But if this was now the state of public opinion, it was not always so. The time was not remote when this great question first assumed its due importance. There was a time, not remote, when one large part of the people of England were ill-informed on the subject, and a yet larger portion cold and indifferent. He could himself remember when, some 15 years since, he pro posed to the House of Commons the repeal of the Corn Laws, (Cheers.) Ho remembered that when he brought forward that motion ho should have been well pleased to obtain the encouragement and support of that great con stituency which then, as now, he had the honour to re present. He could cot obtain i:; teere vs: rya few who gave him any encouragement or supeert. But what was the fact now? There had recently *been loog and fierce contests in that borough; there were five candidates, and not one of them would nave dared to present him self to that, the largest borough constituency in the kingdom, if a doubt had hung over the sincerity of his devotion to his principles. One of the first men he applied to at the commencement of that contest was among the largest, if not the very largest, of the ship owners of this country—that class among whom Protec tionist principles had lingered longest. lle said, speak ing the views of one of those parishes which constituted the port of London, " Give yourself no trouble, we are all Free-traders." If this was now the state of the constituency, to what was this blessed change mainly owing? In his calm and deliberate oputies, it was mainly owing to the men of Manchester, to the Auti- Corn. law League, and to his hon. friend who sat near him, whom he need not name, for his name had become a household word. (Loud cheers.) It was the men of the And-Corn Law League who had, by their well directed exertions, informed the ignorant, confirmed the doubtful, given courage to the timid, and, at last, by their unceasing perseverance, rendered those truths, once perceived and contended for by the few, the he pro perty of the world. (Cheers.) He rememberedt it first beginning of that League, the feeling with which t regarded, se who e t the sneerers were not only Tories, but were afterwards a the sneers with which it wile m t c b 0 , an among opposite to Tories, some of whom . _ b ... fitooawtebdiebintiots peoxweerrtiounpsonbatdhatgtivideen o t f he pu fir l s tc t o m p o in ti l o o n n . (Cheers.) They had persevered and triumphed, and found the great est compl i ment paid to them in the imitation of their method of agitating by their opponents. They said the Leegue distrfbuted so many tracts, and they would distrieute so many more hundred weights, and they might possibly have succeeded, for heavier literature than Protectionist tracts it had never been his misfortune to meet with. The men of Manchester and the League bad set a glorious example, and he hoped the people of Ragland would fol low it. It was from the battle-field on which they had planted their victorious standards that the friends of lawwhether League. progress and constitutional reform must advance to far ther triumphs. (Cheers.) ~ The next toast was " The Anti-Corn -law League. Mr. BRIGHT, who was called upon to speak to the toast, was received with several rounds of cheers. etm ent il l e said—Being called upon to respond to , Au silence like this . , hold feel myself in a very singular poseieatioewthaftetrls o s n recurri ' ng to the proceedings of a meet,ing a s , n t among the 'sentiments nearly four years ago, I fina th t at of " the Memory , of th offered to that meeting, ,7 Iliad Antiseden nnt —b t or with acclamation —(a laugh)—but fromuthis I know, that we felt we had followed the vague. its Commence menti was s w r e " fa e n v c e ie d d in th m at " w 'll e . to its extinction, it(Hoar, hear.) W e reco ll ected it for the g randeur of its lineaments, for the believe of its action, for the portentous w - lence wa rn i ng which it held out to the oppressor and the un) • ust; b u t ive never imagined that we should tee it again 3 l i v i ng. combination, GS we have secn it t he last eight months, and as we see it by during representa tives gathered within this hall to-night.its O u r opponents said that it was but (Hear, hear.) League. Well, they are not the the ghost of the who have been dri ven from h first body of people t (Laughter and cheer s .) I take o field by a ghost. that the manifest a ti on of opinionleave, however, to assert during the period of the last few months, and general election, has aeon dark g the p' clod of the eon such as to show, that if the League was b ur i e d , its , spirit is still an existing and a living spirit—( c h eer , )—a spirit that dare and does defy any Cabinet that may exercise authority in this country to touch again che ,..,.. y‘ the sacred question of Free-trade. (Loud ) If any man says that we were wrong in reor ganizing the League, let him for one merneut look at the facts. Lord Derby, the notorious and unscrupulous leader of the most intolerant of the Protection party—. (hear, hear)—came into office. It isdifficult to say how he came there. (A laugh.):l have heard of generals sur rendering with whole armies at discretion. I am not cure that the leader on our side of the House did not surrender without discretion. (Laughter.) Some say his staff was disordered; some say his troops mutinied. Some felt that they were almost as often led into the ranks of the foe as led against them. (Hear.) But whatever be the reason, somehow or other Lord Derby came into office. We had Protection blasts, an, finall, Lord Palmerston offered himself as the great tr d umpe•e y r, and the walls of the Whig Jericho fell at once to the groand. (Laughter and cheers.) But having Lord Derby in office, the re presentative of a great, though a mistaken policy, we can hear nothing of that policy. (Hear.) ) When the Reform Ministry cone into office, everybody talked about re form; the followers of the Government were encouraged to talk about reform. When Sir R. Peel came into office, G for tiii temprorY regigotion Revell you ago, every. i i li 1% 2 7 i 14 1, 47 ;; ~r