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CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V GRANGER. The LORD C HANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in this case, which came before his Lord -8„1341) upon an appeal f rom t h e decision of the :Vice Chancellor "igram, giving leave to the plaintiffs - to amend their bill a Second tune. The'question on the case is of no interest in a Public point of view, involving solely tech n i ca l p o i n t s un d er t he new orders. AMERICAN NEWS. itoLLs' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) TUER V. HUDSON.Mr. RINDERSLEYRN mentioned this case, in which all the Parties were agreed in applying to the Court to amend a decree in consequence of some clerical errors. Lord LANGDALE said that it would be better to proceed by Petition and to make all the parties petitioners, and he would make an order to the effect of the application. IN RE SMITH. . Th e further hearing of this cause was resumed. The Matter has been litigated since the May of 1841, and the facts have already appeared fully before the public. Mr. E:INDERSLEY, on the part of the res p on d ent, contended t hat th e d ecision of the Master in Chancery was peifectly war ranted by th e f acts of the case, and that Mr. Smith wasper eetlY justifier in withh o ldi ng t h e deeds and other documents Aernanded by M r . H us b and, the appellant. The Master in ' 4l ;teery could not otherwise than he id in rejecting the affidavit of Malachi, which was made ousteen months before the death application,i. and not prod uce d till s i x mont h s a f ter the Mr. DANIELL followed on the same side. M. Tirana replied. The case occupied nearly the whole of the day. VICE- CHANCERY. —(THIS DAY.) „. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) ~ "18 UONOUR took cause petitions to-day disposing of the IllhoPPosed first. In consequence of the absence of Mr. Bothell, Courtll di ° Was engaged in the Lord Chancellor's Court, Itspaosed of very few of the opposed cases. Hie Honour rose u If an eleven o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) Th e GOSLING V. VELEY. Th e argtunents in this cause were resumed. aciepo'rel:taAt:roetz romv-GE r. contended at great length, that a rate for church reparrs Eu ctuld no more . be avoided than any h a i n s d pn c s i i t t e i d nn s . everal authorities on the question in BAI L COURT.—(THIS DAY.) 711 (sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) E qUe-E3 v THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE UV. e RAILWAY. tiOn ~...srI'HAN-K moved for a rule nisi to quash the inquisi -114, ' s uch had been held upon the body of Mary Ann ~ _Scott, The was killed by a locomotive engine on the above railway. Put Ilet'at.arned Counsel said, that the jury on the inqued'd had st ate tal‘eodand upon the engine, but their verdict i h d bee n F at the death was caused by misadventure. It a ei ded in B ench re the case of the Queen v. f 7 3 -- Inninus lst y Queen's I killing; ao de o d, , ° rta, Page 818, that in a case of h altioA, 'no accrued. In the present case t erp was man boaVer, or Verdict. rhaps murder, and yet nothing was said e t° or in t h ettiorae e He had already moved for a writ of Tut Q bring up this proceeding.—Rule granted. 14" x r• THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY r. 13 0 . 1 „ COMPANY. moved for 4 certj oral :.'LLE, who had on a previous en th e 4 1 to bring up the proceedings occasion ofaninquisition held tailwou°uY of Charles Dean, who was killed on the above °ellen h applied for a rule nisi to quash such proceeding, tiort;3 now I °un ds he had mentioned in applying for the 17 . 1 E 1 --Rule granted. M r w9IJEENt V. TILE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER. n. damns„ .I,l'Snr moved for a rule to show cause why a ma Qiest er "euld not issue, directed to the Dean and Chapter of the% ' "Mnianding them to restore to Joseph Humphreys 4 V mce„of chorister. et were l'ue affidavits it was stated that the Dean and Chap- Se -re founded on grants of Henry VIII. and Queen Eliza 6'eptead that the number of choristers was always six. In ele eti -wer, 18, 3 •. • a vacancy occurred for a chor . ister. i% f ere ll for the office took place, and the applicnnt, Mr ` l ffice P-re Ys, was appointed. He fulfilled the duties of the liev ed il i ntil. 1845 . The applicant had been informed, and be ter w er t to be true that the revenues of the Dean and Chap theeh .e derived from ' certain lands in the county, out of ()title salaries of the choristers were paid; and also . that of ice of chorister was a freehold for life, except in cases AL. T u ra ,!t, or any other misconduct. 4 , r lw,.. watlee WiaaxAms—What, if he loses his voice? The 441 avit ,Y - -Yes m Lord he loses his p . lace.. 'eLLer than tne de o 9 t, y h wever stated that his voice was • i tcti,,,, ever P 1 1 :1 91 s t) dismissal ' was under the following list eilLances :-.....Th lch Hters claimed to be placed on the however,howoters for Chester, but were objected to. An inquiry, w took place at the revision Court, and the applicant's , 4 t th e 144 retailiCd upon the list of voters, and he had voted tue ki last election On the 3d of September, 1845, the stais'ae,4ltthe Presence of the Rev. T. Eton, one of the canons, ;Z i elia e j„," uhn from his office, and paid him his salary up to Za,t hi 7,. a 5, in that ve Ile was dismisse4 on the ground i'Lacdr3af.°'°e Would n a o r t . be sufficiently powerful for the 4° o lt e appifeaafter the intended improvements in the edifice.. ~ e, wh ; /I ,t said that he could not think of giving up . his "`` th ' e t , he considered himself entitled to tor life ; his a D Pls. heai e au then said that he had better not run tench B- Yed - against the wall. Notice of dismissal was . 11 4 erVi t , 1 due form and the applicant replied by di n (\the Dean his protest against such a ot - beeecfi d oie,nti : f la the Sunday following e appeared at i-re v , rai , stated i h ; '0 perform his usual duties, but the precentor oi,na doing so, although that gentleman had ch e `? r of th e eh: ; nev ueng-Baistel, when the legality of the rk ister was risters was being discussed, that the office of - 'laPte r an no for life, and that the . Dean and t olaeo m could' not the a duet or hu remove any of them, refire '' eXtra ell e PPhcalit, ra° rality. The affidavit of the attorney for except in case of stated that the Dean and Chapter were asked to v e t , to h charters, but that they Th e - 'tule a i ai s made from the but Court art, granted. ' no c ase of itjewards sat at nisi prius with a common jury, into occurred. ENCti t ------ . ' QUtß,.____(r HIS DAY.) Ti • (Sittings in Banco.) This Was TAYLOR V. JOLLY. \ Thiell ).- act of assumpsit for work and labour done, I:land a 'as tried in this Court on the 2d of December last, 2? wvaser(aliftaWss. found for the defendant. The plaintiff, I 4 ( 1 3 , 5, k '4 uctioneer and estate agent, was employed by tip of ,es, flow the wife of the defendant, to dispose of the tes ty o ~,a uous e she occupied in the west-end, and the plain ,Le te o r C,lured y offers for the lease, but Lady Sykes pro -4 s cr - 4 ,a 1 t they were below the value of the property, and eotill,-- acce - pt them. Eventually Lady Sykes employed 110elLaUCtiOneer to sell the lease by auction, and . it was 111atioa'1,down to one of the parties who first obtained infor . - r hro u ,, h oat the lease was for sale, and made an offer for . it ; ° ,r th e the Plaintiff The lease was knocked down to him to sue he originally offered for it, and the plaintiff . kO/. f or ~.y S ykes, i ` g 30/..etelaiMed commission on the sale, which amounted however, refused to pay him more than the 1);.„..013 trouble, and the result was the plaintiff brought Iva s d "ent action against her husband, but on the trial he 4 .tt et ated. g t oetia 11‘vnPat now moved to set the verdict aside, on the th of m . . 4 that e e,tv_ Isdireetion, the Learned Chief Baron, who . tried b2e av; i Y t ' h il . Jig told the jury that it was not in evidence P•aio t p,, ,e custom of the profession of an auctioneer the ,lOattrhwas entitled to recover commission on a sale after the ' ill s -ad b een taken out of his hands, as had been done in It e a Z o,. " r t took time to consider the °int. p c okm,... DAY. kliN PLEAS. —(THIS il w , %til t ti, war i , om i. . • C0N...-cLARKE V. DUNSFORD, 11 °F Si r •-r s u'Pa this morning, in answer to the applica- Port ed • hop .„,... g, e ase ul Th e 5 43 ty dde male on Wednesday, and re- Th . e „ i "of that day, granted a rule nisi in this s Peciej ,„ °l6 tiff th e a to th Fer, in - ay was taken up with cases on the e Partie rich s c there was nothing of interest, except "aerned. •k ii , ....................-.•------- DAY.) '4l4tßtar, of AI Oa •Ct ( THISo'-SchTartEET.— , kt,.. •,. neva was a rged with stealing from the person e1n4.,:• (1111ott Monkdiamond ring of the value O l'i l ' one and two this n a i along the xporoin Prosecutor stated that, between o Haymarket on his way I,ofile, &' 43 he was r.- ner wh- ace kin hold of hand he . 'II c filet the priso f ' minutes, ta g o ostedanddeta t ined him Ii piCersation for a -ew finger, and qt o le ll he wore the ring. the ring front him. A man atizhnd that she had drawn her with robbing As she was about leis s eaving him, at th R.uold of her, be taxed the thing to him, v a Pri at, e testant rushed up to her from the opposite side of the I tlit t l i e ud the prisoner passed some, _.. u , s, h e gme erY. lade off. The police co.mino P 4°llse llllstody. On her being possession. Prose ., kr'. the ring was not found in %er e b r at the time ? searched at the station. Nl,gitbr,,i 14ittalpyInic.—WeT u Ileerrectly sober. had to say in en drinking y a o little during the evening, but 445we,13, artnw:ceLasked the prisoner what she in e.on -o;rdalet. h4 . e i the charge ?—The prisoner said t tla in a i t ng the h p er rosecutor tioeertha Haymarket, and after de a it w t hieh B ;, r 4 ihort time charged her with stealing his ring, / is"'t tk` e was perfectly innocent. .„ in_ ?___Prisoner - .ae b een -soWicx.--How do You get your i 6 r)4lds 4 SerVice in the regent's Park +llgp, idle I have been staying with . m s o dr etv't A"'D of el . - Ile 1 ook whe e, , , the C f% • c that hempluvnatrriliaedfeswiswteere.ks houb , . _ . e %kat ~ n ue gave the charge at , ' the s - f-P lii 4 0 eq whether he should not lock him ision said tation rosecd , tor was up for the night wiik Nvil safety. t4l C' e• the Dolor, s'id that a entleman had compi n al , ned , i lfi e th e ii-eurt that g of having been robbed last valuelnt "ipeia,,,a3luarkeltl,l°orfulangold and diamond breast pin, t0.14.11_,-,'„„uncier Precisely similar circumstances. gerte w -' ; N o VICIC ulalte inquiries about her character, said he should remand the prizoner until 1 1 , 41 1 t tii wa ytsA ILV VAIT SUGGESTION . thy, it. thli_eclaticiidn might be rendered comparatively kil Let „ a followng plans were carried tie2.riet ttiatrhtie; appl y or railway Bills at their own expense ob t . *1 allotment of shares take place after the Bill has Th.4,4„1, 4104 ' 8 Pro • Accountant- Gweiir34 tuilluellrsss4tse,nitinevrolavninyg d t e h p e os r i i t sk .w or t o h ni t y he the promoters' be dispensed Tt; '-e ry t.—let such deposit therefore ts re 1! r4stilt good grounds o 15 re 41% 111,1 he, that no lines would be brought be bt Poeio Client unless the promoters had , 4 . - Par c % , the money of the public . Bill, the had its be 'l wool es'-and in every line which ' '' 41 at large would not s laci e. - d come out at a premium, and the railway k -...•1igi144.!/ Ea.press. TatlBle,--.-----------'''-----.--...........- - - ----- s 0 he 4l T . ll /%„. O ne of the largest7oom eo eot7eri elterd'y filled by a music-l oving forthemby its gifted ea tst or AT', JUdietously prepared I,.t eti '. Jr. Sewah. shins Tis entleman, t t with his f t he audience L ond London tat tii Wife, rat„. and Altib.ltot th ey . nigh ruct . ors of th o e g p e ia h n e w o r f h or ic te t: was nett eV delighted all by their proficiency,_ • Val i ' net i tti a , Intl, Weis alone n /Lets .. d but in solos. Allen, John Parry, I Ve t ttai r , i ; and I3urdini were there—and,:owwaseremtrfise. I , l i [c}:. li:„°.rtil, Birch, and Poole, as likewib A i qt o ~' instrumental portion of the treat was of the he 1 14 411 I T i e . r, and numbered amongst its corps, Lindley, It is to tro"4l4Ped) alit', Spillane and Mr. and Mrs. Scwab. era to ucces s o 't th ' the ' f this concert will encourage ot ae ..1, Peat it often. hetkfrt ItADE MEETING AT DUNDEE.— its A meeting League toN f 1,.. etid s of free trade in Dundee, convened by the t , f, tlit'vulniittee w (tielt. PUN._ , as held in the Guildhall on Satvrday last , 4n, s 'l 4 l ',.'" of eons:de:lug the best means of immediately Ois B,lluBeriPtiOn in aid of the Great League Fund os r t o ~.i!ie g ur u th e m otion of George Duncan, Esq., Membe kitteokLue &315? r.rovost Brown was called to the chair ; and, . hi, ,tedatten of the Provost, George Duncan, on his 1,4,, Se,7 4 t on his right, and Edward Baxter, Esq., ohol_ t q, i . 'lra' spirited resolutions were adopted, and a sum . 1 ott t i lk w 8 4b .44 subacribed in the space of a few minutes; the 1:44 -eription in Dundee being nearly 2,000/. 41/I(licaP--eNblety-onea weight should be 7st 31b. Mr. CRITTENDEN desired a more explicit understand ng of this branch of the Senator's remarks, delivered in 1e Senate. General CASS replied, that if we gave the twelve months' notice, and that if, at the expiration of that period, Great Britain persisted in her claim to the whole of war, and said, that he had upon of the territory, war was inevitable. of to-day to othfewarremaiks of Mr. CRITTENDEN commented yesthteerdCacti.tingltenbcuiielst provocations that it almost. much preferred the expla nationup the contingency Crittenden had but one objuep;t2nin.sohims arzeiymearoknsd,itaiounds thatand dissipated it entirely. Mr. was to soften the alarm which the s e l Se l i l iator's rem ar k s o f yesterday might h ave excited. o t u l l i d vote for th e resolutions, however, as h e f eared not their ar ad lor . tion would hasten the conti ngency of the w Crittenden, as affording time for r e fl ect i on, suggested two years notice instead of one. Mr. WEBSTER here rose and said—Although these resolutions did not charge the committees referred to with any extraordinary inquiries, yet he regretted their introduction now, and the remarks of the Senator from Michigan, as calculated to produce unnecessary alarm. Every unnecessary alarm about the state of the public peace was a great evil, and was severely felt upon the business of the country. There were two ways in which a Government might proceed—we might excite a great alarm without any preparation, and we might proceed in that quiet and efficient way of inquiry upon the na tional defences which would attain the end desired, with out disturbing the public tranquillity. Mr. Webster was of opinion that the President did not anticipate war —that the tone of his Message did not exhibit that he apprehended any serious danger to the peace of the country, &c. Mr. Webster recurred to the losses which uld affect our commerce and our seaboard from a war with England, and was far from believing that any such dreadful exigency was seriously to be apprehended. Mr. SEVIER was astonished that nothing could be brought forward upon this floor in regard to Oregon but that it met invariably the opposition of the other side. He repudiated all the chop-logic about silence, and doing the thing quietly, &c. But if we made a move ment of mere inquiry about Oregon, we were told to keep still, or there would be war; that the steamers of Great Britain would ravage our coast, and their crews steal our sucking pigs; while the Senator from Massa chusetts talked of danger to commerce, and all about a strip of barren country on the coast of the Pacific. This was all very well. It was, perhaps, a small business to go to war about a few boxes of tea, or in defence of the rights of a few scores of ragamuffins of sailors. But Mr. Sevier was not disposed to act so stealthily in this matter, or cower away to the bullying of Great Britain. Her bullying was the whole secret of her power—it was by bullying that she had got the nations of Europe under her thumb. Just like some of our Court -house bullies in the West—they contrived to lick some poor fellow, and then every fellow in the country considered them bullies, and not to be treated with contempt. But the Senator from Massachusetts advised us to "lay low and keep dark." (Mr. Webster here explained what he had said.) Mr. Sevier pursued his argument in a tone of patriotic defiance to the end, and was disposed, so far from being silent, to talk to Great Britain a little louder than anybody else. Mr. BERRIN respectfully dissented, as one of the re presentatives of the people on this floor ' from the remarks of the senator from Ark ansa s. Mr. Berrien regretted that the regular order of proceedings had been antici pated by these resolutions. He assumed that negotia tions were not at an end, from the evidence furnished in Mr. Buchanan's final letter to Mr. Pakenham. He thought that if we should leave this matter of twelve months' notice alone, Great Britain herself would give it, and dissolve accordingly the joint occupancy of the whole of Oregon, which he thought would be preferable to our giving the notice. The dispute, which had ex isted for thirty years, upon this question, was not, in fact, a dispute for the territory, but for the navigation of the Columbia ; and if two nations so intimately asso `,Wo ciated as the United States and Great Britain should ge LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. to war on so small an o bj ec t, w ith ou t h a ving first ex the steam ship Acadia, we have received New hausted all means of an amicable adjustment, they would York papers to the 31st of December. Their con- deserve the execrations of all posterity, &C. Mr. ALLEN, with a l mos t unwon ted energy, opposed th e tents are important. We extract the following from recommendations from the other side, to go on quietly, the New - York Tribune of that date : " silently, &c., in the iuquiries proposed through the re solutions of the senator from Michigan. He defended WASHINGTON, DEC. 29th, 1845.—Your rea d ers are doubtles anxious t o k now w h e th er t h ere i s any danger the resolutions and the speech of the mover upon them in of a rupture with Great Britain on the Oregon question, all its parts, notwithstanding the objections and corn • I have several ti mes given it as my opini on th a t we s h a ll plaints uttered against it to-day. have no war. Th ere are t wo part i es h ere now, d i stinct Mr. J. I. CLAYTON took up the subject of the Atlantic c from the old parties. One i s f or bl uster , not b ecause oast defences. The neglect of Congress, for 15 or 20 they expect war, but they hope to keep up such a years past, to put our seaboard fortifications in any state state of excitement th a t th e y may aga i n get i nto power. of efficiency was notorious. He concluded by sayi ng , For this purp ose th e y st i mu l ate every b ase pass i on, and that independently of any opinion on the subje c t, an d harp upon the wh o l e o f O regon, w hil e t h ey support an whether there would be peace or war, he should vote f o r , Administration whi c h h as o ff ere d to sett l e on the 49t h the resolutions. degree of N or th Latitude, as the boundary. They would Mr. BREESE advocated the resoluti ons , and insisted e not fight on any acco un t, but they hoped that enough of that Oregon, their own party wou ld vote w i t h t h e Whi gs to defeat mad been represented, hon was a delightful an d prolific regso far from being th e b arren d esert it hadon. WOOD in view of the p ro p r i e t y in any glory of being b rave . their own schemes, w hil e th e y m i g h t re t a i n the Mr. BRIDGE, event of fitting up our d e fen ces , espec i a ll y a l ong our fers, would vote Ir. this they have been di sa pp o i n t e d, f o r the Whigs northern ronti The result was . ,—A said yes he 42, noes nonefor the resolutions. have said " Come out and tell us plainly whether there lkfr. ALLEN tins morning introduced, on leave, the fol will be a war, and we are with you to a man. Nay, if Ice , v , ing joint resolution, viz. : the half of what you say is true, we deman 1 that the coun- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives try shall be put in a position of complete defence." At this the Loco Focos seem perfectly amazed, and hardly of the U n it e d S tates o f . A mer i ca, in Congress as know what step to take next. sembled,—That th e P res id ent o f t h e U n i te d States There are those in both parties who believe that one be, and he is h ere by a d v i se d t o g i ve , f ort h w i t h , of the good acts (done, as appears, almost by g oo d l uc k, notice to the Government of Great Britain that and contrary to the nature) of James K. Polk, was tl.e the Government of the United States will, in offer to settle the question amicably on the 49th paral. virtue of the second article of the convention of the 6th lel, and these men will vote down the clap-traps of such of August, A.D. 1827, between the United States and men as Allen in the Senate. They believe in trying Great Britain relative to the joint occupancy of the every peaceable mode of settling the difficulty, till they Oregon territory, and after the expiration of twelve find it impossible, and then they will take any measures months from the day on which such notice shall have to defend the rights of our country. been received by the Government of Great Britain, As there is some anxiety to know what the vote will annul and abrogate that convention." be in the Senate on Mr. Allen's resolutions, to precipi- This was read the first time, and a second reading tate a war between us and Great Britain, I will venture was urged by Mr. Allen, but objected to. to guess at the yeas and nays on their adoption. It is SENATE, WASHINGTON, DEC. 22, 1845. only a guess, remember, which I have a right to make on Mr. CALHOUN appeared, for the first time, in the Se the strength of the little Yankeeism I possess. nate, this morning, and took his seat. He received the Yeas, for Blood and War—Fairfield, Atherton, Jen- hearty congratulations of both parties. ness, Niles, Dix, Dickinson, Cameron, Sturgeon, Penny- The Senate to-day has been occupied with the Texas backer (doubtful), Haywood, Bagby, Chalmers, Speight, resolutions. It was supposed at first that a long debate Turney, Allen, Hannegan, Bright, Semple, Breese, At- would take place on the subject, but such was not the chi on, Benton, Ashley, Sevier, Cass.-24. case. Nays, for Peace and the Pen.—Evans, Upham, Phelps, Mr. NILES of Conn. made a short speech, in which Webster, Davis, Simmons, Greene, Huntington, Miller, he attempted to excuse himself for voting in opposition Dayton, T. Clayton, J M. Clayton, Pearce, R. John- to the strongly expressed will of his constituents. He sr n, Archer, Mangum, Calhoun, M'Duffie, Berrien, Col- was followed by his colleague, Mr. Huntington, who quilt, Lewis, Barrow, H. Johnson, Jarnagin, More- briefly stated his objections to the Bill. head (absent), Crittenden, Corwin, Woodbridge, Levy, Mr. Balmier, of Ga., sp o k e i n f avour o f t h e reso- Westcott.-30. lutions. I may be mistaken, but I think statesmanship will Mr. Evees, of Me., briefly in reply. triumph over demagegueism in about the above proper- Mr. BAGGY of Ala, endeavoured to show that he was tion. At all events, such is about the state of parties at consistent in voting against his conscience. the present time. We shall soon see. Mr. Calhoun will Mr. WEBSTER spoke against the measure briefly, and not prefer party to the interests of the country. his remarks on the occasion were generally regarded as The Texas Resolutions and Bills are all ready to be a fair exposition of Whig sentiment at the north on the transmitted. As soon as they receive them at the capi- subject of the enlargement of the slave territory of this tal of Texas, an election for two members for Congress country. will be ordered. Between two and three o'clock P.N. the vote was taken, I understand that the Committee of Ways and Means and resulted as follows: will soon report a Tariff Bill. Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchison, The talk to-day is that there was something in the ru- Atherton, Berrien, Benton, Barrow, Bagby, Breese, Cal mour I mentioned a day or two since relating to some houn, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fair new revolution in Mexico. It is said that some informa- field, Hannegan, Haywood, Jenness, Johnson of La, Lion is now in this city, leading to the conclusion that Levy, Lewis, Mangum, Niles, Pennybacker, Sevier, the movements of Paredes may result in the recall of Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Westcott —3l. Santa Anna and a change of conduct on the Texas Nays—Messrs. T. Clayton, Corwin, Davis, Dayton, affairs. Evans, Greene, Huntington, Miller, Phelps, Simmons, THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Upham, Webster, Woodbridge.-13. OREGON AND TEXAS. [Those in Italics are Whigs, as are also all those SENATE, DEe. 18. voting Nay.] Mr. ALLEN, Chairman on Foreign Relations, gave Mr. Ashley, of Ark., reported a Bill for the exten notice of a joint resolution giving the twelve months' sion of the United States laws over Texas, when the notice to Great Britain, as required by the stipulation Senate went into Executive session. of the conventions of 1816 and 1827, for the dissolving Mr, LEVY, of Florida, offered a resol u tion, w hi c h was the joint oc cu p ancy o f t h e O regon terr i tory. read, as follows: The VICE-PRESIDENT announced the unfinished husi- Resolved,—That it is the opinion of the Senate that ness to be the resolutions of inquiry proposed by Mr. negotiations be opened with the Government of Spain Cass, which are as follows : for the cession to the United States of the island of Resolved,—That the committee on naval affairs be Cuba, the inhabitants of the same assenting thereto. instructed to i nqu i re i n t o t h e con di t i on o f the navy of DEC. 27. the United States and into the quantity an d con di t i on Mr. LEVY, on leave, withdrew his resolution fo r in of the navy supplies now on handand whether an in- structing the President upon the subject of the island o f ; crease of them is not n ecessar y t o th efficient operations Cuba. of the navy, and to its preservation and augmentation ; and, generally, into the capacity for defending our coast and our commerce, and for any service the exigencies of the country may probably require. Resolved,—That the committee on military affairs be instructed to inquire into the condition of the national fortifications and their armaments, and whether other defensive works are necessary ; and into the condition and quantity of the military supplies ; and into the state of the means possessed by the Government for the de fence of the country. Resolved,—That the committee on the militia be in structed to inquire into the present condition of that great branch of the public service, and into the state of the militia laws, and that they be further instructed to report such changes in the existing system as will give more experience and efficiency to that arm of defence, and will place it in the best condition for protecting the country, should it be exposed to foreign invasion. Mr. NILES said he would go for the resolutions. After all that had been done by the Executive for the settle ment of this controversy by negotiations, the matter had at length passed from his hands, and it was now thrown upon the legislative department. The negotiations had come to a point --to a stand; they were broken off—they were stopped. We cannot recede—we must stand up for our rights. In regard of territory, the President has re commended all proper measures for the support of our claims, consistent with treaty obligations. Mr. Niles then adverted to the fact of the English Government having extended its judicial jurisdiction over its citizens in Oregon. We were called upon to do the same in be half of our citizens. The provisions of joint occupation were not adapted to a settled and civilized country, nor intended to be. It was necessary to have but one Govern ment over the same people. In reviewing the relative prowess of England and the United States, the learned senator thought if th e E ng li s h were a bold, brave, and courageous nation, it was fair to conclude that we might be found so in an equal degree, descended as we were from the same stock, &c. Mr. Niles, in conclusion, reiterated his determination to vote for the resolutions. Mr. CRITTENDEN next followed in the discussion. He saw in the resolutions themselves nothing objectionable, and he should vote for them. The remarks of the Hon. Senator, however, who had introduced these resolutions, gave to them peculiar significancy. Mr. Crittenden then reviewed the remarks of General Cass of yesterday, that we must give the twelve months' notice, and that if Great Britain then persists in her claim, war is inevitable ; and said that if this were so, we had better, at once, employ ourselves to put on the whole harness of war. He read from the reported speech of General Cass the passage upon this point, and asked of the distinguished Senator, if this was to be understood as his solemn opinion ? General CASS, after some general explanation, said, that in bis own private opinion war was almost inevit. able HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. OREGON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1845. Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, reported a Bill, which was read twice, referred to Committee of the whole, andmade the special order of the day for the second Tuct - day of January, which provides for the extension of the juris diction of the Supreme Court of the territory of lowa, and of the laws of the said territory, so far as the same may be applicable, over all that portion of the territory of the United States, which lies within the follow iug limits, to wit:—bounded on the south by the 42d parallel of north latitude; on the cast by the summit of the Rocky Mountains ; on the north by the line of 54 deg. and 40 min. north latitude, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean including tie streams adjacent to the coast ; and also over that portion of the immediate country west of the Missouri river, and between the 40th and 43d parallels of north latitude. Provided that this act shall not ba con strued or executed in such a manner as to deprive the subjects of Great Britain of any of the rights and privi • leges secured by the third article of the treaty signed at London, October 20, 1818, and continued in force by the treaty of August 6, 1827, until such treaty stipulation shall cease by ♦irtue of the notice provided for in the second article of the said last mentioned treaty. The Sixth Section enacts, That the President be and he is hereby authorised to cause to be erected such block houses, stockades, or military posts as shall be necessary to protect emigrants on the route to and in the territory of Oregon, against Indian depredations and aggressions; and to furnish such ammunition and supplies as shall be necessary to their defence. The Seventh Section, That the President be hereby authorised to cause to be raised, officered and equipped, in such manner as the President shall direct, two regi ments of mounted men, to guard and protect emigrants, settlers and traders, against the Indians. The Eighth Section enacts, That a mail ronte be and is hereby established, from St. Josephs to the mouth of the Columbia River. The Ninth Section enacts, That the sum of two hun dred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appro priated to carry the provisions of this Act into effect. The Tenth Section enacts, That the President be ad vised forthwith to give th e one year's notice provided for in the second article of the treaty of the 6th of August, 1827, to terminate the third article of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London, October 20, 1818, and all other treaties for the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory. Mr. BowLIN of Mo. introduced the resolutions of the Legislature of Oregon. Mr. WOODWORTH of N.Y. introduced a resolution in structing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill pro viding for the equal distribution of offices among the states and territories, according to their population, and limiting the term of office to four years. Mr. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts, introduced the following resolutions, which under the rule go over for debate : Resolved,—That the differences between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the Oregon territory, are still a fit subject for negotiation and corn- , promise, and that satisfactory evidence has not yet been afforded that no compromise which the United States ought to accept can be effected. Resolved,—That it would be a dishonour to the age in which we live, and in the highest degree discredit able to both the nations concerned, if they should suffer themselves to be drawn into a war, upon a question of no immediate or practical interest to either of them. Resolved,—That if no other mode for the amicable adjustment of this question remains, it is due t 6 the followcan no t the relieve failure itself e t l o f from principl es o f c i v i lisation and Christianity that a resort to arbit ra ti on - should be had ; and that this Government all controversy, responsibility which while m t h a i ); settle the resort is still untried. Resolved,—That arbitration does not necessarily in volve a reference to crowned heads and that, if a jealousy of such a reference is entertained in any quarter, a commission of able and dispassionate citizens, either from the two countries concerned, or from the world at large, offers itself as an obvious and unobjectionable alternative. Mr. DOUGLAS, of 111., would offer another set of reso lutions, that our title to the whole of Oregon was clear and unquestionable, and that we could not arbitrate about what clearly belonged to us. A great variety of resolutions about Oregon, mail routes, &c. &c. were acted upon, and the House ad journed till Monday next at twelve o'clock. MORE ANNEXATICN.—Our Washington correspondent, under date of December 27, says : —There is talk of some exciting news from Mexico to-day. It is said by the Texas men that a public meeting was held at latest dates in the City of Mexico in favour of annexing the country to the United States. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET 1,000 Reading R B, '5O 7O 1,000 Indiana 39 5,000 0. 6s, '6O opg 92 1,000 Ky 6s 1,000 Ky ss. NY Friday 0,000 Illinois 80 National Bk. Friday 63 Bank Com. 300 Far Loan 225 Morris 100 N A Trust lO 100 Vicksburg b6o 71 50 Reading Rd s3 57 150 Canton Co 361 100 Harlem Rd slO .52 100 Harlem s3O 52 50 Nor. and Wor. 651 5 Erie Rd 73 50 Long Island bls 55 25 Stonington ti Utica and Schen Rd SIIEERIqESS, JAN. 14.—Commander William Hay hurst Hall, who was made a lieutenant in 1826 for his ser vices during the Burmese war, and a commander in 1840 for his services at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, has been ap pointed to command the Electra, 18, corvette, ready for com mission at this port. Commander Thomas Bourmaster Brown, 1841, son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Brown, has been ap pointed to command the Snake, 16, brig, also at this port. The Sampson steam frigate, Captain Henderson, and the Viper schooner, Lieutenant Gray, are fitting for sea in the basin. The Sampson's heavy guns are ready to be shipped. 'I he Viper is taking on board her stores, but it is expected that neither will be ready to leave the fitting basin for a long time to come. Sir George Clerk had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. THE SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY EVEN ING, fANITARY 16, ANTI-CORN-LAW MOYEMENT. 'On Thursday evening a public dinner took place in the Music Hall at Leeds, delegates from the various towns in the West Riding attending to hand in their list of subscriptions in aid of the Quarter of a Million Anti-Corn-law League si'and. Besides many of the chief manufacturers, in the riding, and the Mayor of Leeds, Mr. L. D. Luccock, who occupied the chair, there were present, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr„. Marshall, Mr. Aldam, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Colonel Thompson, Mr. E. Baines, jon , &c., the meeting altogether numbering about four hundred. After the cloth had been removed, TheCirmnstax proposed "The health of her Most Gracious Majesty. the Queen." The other loyal toasts having been given, The CHAIRMAN rose and said—l have the honour to pro pose the " Health of those Members of the House of Commons who supported Mr. Villiers' motion."—(Loud cheers.) The chief of those Members are now on my right and left hand.-- (Cheers.) Rendered only the more formidable by.defeat, the members of the League save gone through the length and breadth of the land, not as vanquished foes, but as cm quering heroes. Associated with them is a gentleman who sits on my left, the representative of the town of Leeds; long may lie be spared to fight with them the battle of free trade, and share in their renown.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Aenasi, who was greeted with loud cheers, acknow ledged the toast. He regretted that of the Members of the House of Commons, who had voted with Mr. Villiers, some one more able than himself fitly to respond to it was not there to address them. But he was relieved in finding among them men who had acted a foremost part in the move ment against the corn-laws, men of great ability, and who would amply compensate in their addresses for any deficiency of his. There seemed now a prospect of a settlement of this question by the repeal of laws so injurious to their interests. —(Chairs.) The principles of free trade had been distinctly recognised as true by the most able members of the present' Government. They had heard from Sir R. Peel that true policy required us " to laity in the cheapest and sell in the dearest markets." Sir J. Graham had called the principles of free trade the maxims of common sense, and the able dis courses of Mr. Gl a d stone on matters of trade showed the irresistible tendency of his mind to consider free trade as at once incontestible in theory, and demanded by the actual circumstances of the country.—(Cheers.) Severe, indeed, had been the lesson by which the present Ministry were taught the danger of a scanty supply of food for the people. The distressing scenes of 1842 were still too vividly painted in the minds of all to allow any one to palliate the horrors caused by dear bread.--(Cheers.) The history of these islands for the last quarter of a century exhibited a successive series of good and bad harvests. During the years of plenty abun dant food had given general prosperity and commercial ac tivity—in the years of scarcity, dearness caused depression and stagnation ; they were far advanced in the cycle of abun dance, and must look ere long for a reverse. Should they be unprepared for it? Should a system be continued which would entail the same misery as before?—(Cheers.) The prosperity of the trade of England, and the well-being of her people, ought to depend no longer on the precarious yield of the harvest within the narrow limits of the British islands.— (Cheers.) The basis of the supply of food should be ex tended to the Baltic;- the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Hudson, and the Mississippi, and distress and starvation, such as the country had passed through in late years, would be inflicted only in the extremely rare and even improbable event of all the sources of supply failing at the same moment.— (Cheers.) New facts were con stantly presenting themselves, demonstrating the necessity of a repeal of the corn-laws. But a few days ago there was a report of a French Minister to the Chamber, on the progress of that country in wealth and resources. The ad vance of the United States was still more formidable—their population doubled itself in twenty-five years. • In a short period their population would be greater than ours; in half a century, a mere moment in the existence of a nation, it would be little less than double that of the British island. If the increase of our numbers, and of our power, is to be restricted by the narrow limits of the small island we in habit, this nation would not for long be able to sustain the proud position it now occupies; but allow the energies of the people fair play, give commerce free expansion, and it would soon occupy a position of more decided predominance. —(Cheers.) In answer to this, the bugbear of danger from foreign dependence had again been raised. When the seas were covered with our, corn fleets, with increasing trade, would not our naval power be amply strong enough to pro tect them ? This very dependence would give greater energy to our naval character, and perpetuate England as the mistress of the seas.—(Cheers.) Open the ports, let the corn trade become regular, take the surplus of a harvest whenever and wherever found, and the regularity of our importation would soon drive the bulk of the trade into the hands of the British shipowners.—(Cheers.) We were so far dependent on foreign trade that one 'month's suspension of it would inflict thegreatest injuryon the country. The example of England in adopting a free-trade policy was now producing a very sensible effect upon the conduct of other nations. France, whose object had hitherto been to make protection more strict, was relaxing her tariff; and although, in items of little importance, it must be viewed as indicating a changing policy. In Spain the tariff had been prohibitory, but a great party appeared to be springing up !n that country favourable to a freer trade. The states of Prussia, in a very remarkable address to the King, gave in their adhesion to principles of increased commercial freedom, and recommended the reduction of import duties. Even the anti-tariff party in the United States seemed on the point of effecting their object. If then the moderate advance to free trade which had been made in England bad had such results, could it be doubted that the complete adoption of it would give an example to be followed, after no very long interval, by the bulk of the civilised world ?—(Cheers.) Before sitting down be might say that he had attended the meeting at much personal inconvenience, but the absence o a Member of Parliament might be construed into the indif _ Ference of a constituency, and he was determined that no in ference should be drawn so much the reverse of the truth.— (Cheers.) The object of the meeting was to receive the re port of the progress of the subscriptions towards the League fund. One hundred thousand pounds had formerly been raised. It was called " a great fact," and commented upon as evidence of zeal not to be mistaken, by the leading journal of the country. It was now proposed to raise a quarter of a million, to realise a fact greater than the preceding one, and a more powerful proof of earnest resolve.—(Cheers.) The ap plication of the funds of the League had been exhibited to the public; they had been employed in enlightening the public opinion by the discussion of the principles of free trade at frequent meetings, and by the circulation of pamphlets on the operation of the corn-laws. The League had lately adopted another course, by establishing a machinery to fa cilitate the acquiring of votes. lie entirely approved of their measures, and he anticipated very shortly entire suc cess to their movement. Mr. J. G. MARSHALL being called on by the Chairman, rose and said—The toast I have to propose to you is that mighty League, of which we are all, I believe, members ; but which is more especially represented amongst us by our two distinguished leaders, whom we have the pleasure of seeing to-night on each aide of our Chairman.—(Cheers.) We are prepared, I hope. to greet our guests with substantial evi dence that the men of the West Riding have given a hearty response to that practical appeal made to them by the noble example of the men of Manchester.—(Cheers.) And surely, if we needed any confirmation to the strong internal convic tion we each of i ‘ s f ee l th at our great cause i s id ent ifi e d w ith truth and justice, an d deeply fixed in the hearts of the people , it would be found i n th e marvellous wa in which, on every great emergency— w h enever existing means of action appear insufficient or exhausted —the League, as by an electric shock, by an inspi ra ti on of power, suddenly becomes i ns ti nc t with new faculti es , new energies, redouble d streng th.— (Cheers.) And I hope we may honestly add, what is indeed a still higher boast, a still higher evidence of the elevation and purity or our principles, that this power which is put into our hands—a trust for which we are most deeply re sponsible—has been, with as little exception as is consistent with human fallibility, constit u ti ona ll y an d conscientiously wielded. We are at last approaching the final struggle. We must now make distinctly known our determination to accept nothing less than the final and entire repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) This firm adherence to our principle, so necessary to our own safety, is admitted even by our oppo nents to be the only consistent and manly course ever taken. Even the more intelligent farmers all say, let the question be really settled; either maintain the present corn-laws, if pro tection is right, or if not, repeal them boldly and manfully at once.—(Loud cheers.) But whilst rejecting all com promise of principle, we should greatly injure our cause if we did not, as we grow stronger, become still more careful that the manner in which we urge our claim should be temperate and conciliatory towards our opponents, many of whom, we may hope, unconsciously prejudiced by self-mterest, may, by such a course, be brought over to our cause, and thus render our moral triumph still more complete.—(Cheers ) But I will not speak any longer of our cause as in progress only. We have a right at this moment to look not only to a last struggle, but to a final triumph.—(Cheers.) Of the result of such a triumph I would say a few words. There are some amongst the most honest, but perhaps among the more timid, friends of this cause, who fear that this moment may be closely followed by some disappointment—that the echoes of unfounded expectations will be dying around us in murmurs and repinings. "The people have been red," they say, "to hope too much from this measure of relief. From the moment the corn-laws are repealed every working man will look to find cheap and abundant food, and supply the wants of his family; and cheap and abundant food clunot follow at once on a season of disappointing harvests—harvests which throughout Europe have been deficient." It is true that such false expectations may more or less have been en. tertained, and that some present disappointment may ensue; but we may hope that this evil can be but of small extent— we know that in its nature it is but temporary. We must look that the permanent expectations of our people are not may y vours be continued, ill-founded. We have enough of well-founded expectations genendeavour of the League to give them, expectations neither narrow t h io o r p p e oo ri r g . h W tly e , h a a n v d e not led them to hope too much. It is hoping too little that creates any danger of disappointment. Let our endeavours, t l a m a la s •ad perifia copiafrlntdlbineenneceoha.rnttsn- tasgaronw..---ft 01 hopeirenit, e b hn e ans r u e lgo d hn o .g u redoubled, e er n d n , at t yh h e a s a t pye t ,r h s people le e evte arinnr to throw a full clear light upon our true, our attainabltehoebjreocott. The League has held out no false expectation.—(Cheers.) ea to l say it is the first great necessary, e indispensable ...• giving to the perma nent elevation in the condition of the people. step,No , bat we from which a thousand other iso latedW e m have eae n n o r t e put iin i itself fh sufficientt her ep t s and undeniable (Cheers.) It removes a andvashy pressure from people of this the first necessary of country, in the supply life, the com mandf all the markets in the world, though of the resources o seasons and of trade will still exist, the variations of the frightful fluctuations will cease to produce the ' and as much stability as human , means ca n our industrial resources, ef expe rience, secure will cause of industry.—(Cheers.) The moment be given to the I d theLeaguewill that the corn-laws are repea e cease to exist; ought we to start forwardwith joint and that instant also . harmonious council in a new race of enterprise. energies and great work of education Then shall we see the in its largest sense carried o ut o intelligence and in a scale comm ensurate with the wants, and with the shall power of thi s great nation.—(Cheers.) Then we see our towns, . under the favouring _ • au spices of prosperous industry, re li eve d crowded cellars and undrained streets, the from the danger of (Cheers.) Will the men who abode of fever and of mi sery: ot thousands for th have given their hundreds removalt of a their heats and e physical grievance, notopen be, greater eir purses and give equal, or if need .contributions for the p itual elevation of their country ? —(Cheers.) Will the men Legislaturee ed by their the whole to persevering endeavours moving in e dfoid their hand improve their supplies of a and necessaries,sin indolence and apathy when the comforts next in their hearths im portance, are wanting about and . trespass on o homes?— (Cheers.) I will not further your time, as you will now be anxious to bear other speakers.. .lou are anxious warmth with which Mr. Cobden to show the enthusiastic a and Mr. Bright was received , and by the extent of your subscriptions also, what it is difficult to exp ress in words, your high and grateful estimation of the indefatigable labour, the unfailing moral courage, the energyand first to last.—(Cheers.) which have characterised their career frome I beg to propose " The League" as toast.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN, who, on presenting himself, was received with the most vociferous and protracted cheerincs, in e , the midst of which the band struck up, "See, the conquering hero comes !" spoke as follows :—' f he League, to-night, l las been well received and well spoken of , and that is something rare in these times, for we certainly hive been the be abused I arrogate to myself nothing in connexion with this move ment of the League. It is the work primarily of the manu facturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire, co-operated with and most ably backed by the rest of Englana, the manufacturers of Scotland, by the middle classes generally, and now by the working class as a mass. It is your work. You have begun it nobly. We are but the instrument—the sharp point of the coulter turning up the soil; you are the power at the butt end of the plough.—(Cheers.) You must do the work; and lam sure you will acquit yourselves as you ought. Depend upon it, the names of your towns, and the sums subscribed by them, will, when published in London, amazingly help Sir Robert Peel in framing the Queen's Speech.—(Loud cheers. ) I thank you for the kindness with which I have ever been re ceived in the West Riding—alwa y s glad, coming throu g h th e tunnel of the hills that sepa ra t e Yorkshire from Lancashire, to be the bond of union between the two counties; for, you may rely on it, so long as the white and red roses intertwine in the same chaplet, with reference to this question, the mono polists never can succeed.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then called upon the delegates from the different districts in the West Riding to announce the amounts collected in each, which was done in due order ; several of the deputies addressing the party in short speeches. The following are the results of the subscription so far as it has gone, but the probability is that several thousand pounds will yet be added to the gross total : Barnsley (district) . Birstall Bradford Doncaster .. . . Halifax llebden-bridge Huddersfield 6,300 Keighley Leeds 8,600 Batley-bridge ... lOO Otley 125 Rotherham Skipton Sheffield Wakefield ........ ........... . . Making a grand total of not less than £33,440 The details of this subscription, the reading of which occu• pied much of the evening, were loudly applauded. The financial part of the business having been thus dis• posed of, Mr. El RAINES, jun., proposed—" Thanks to Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., and Colonel Thomp f son, for their unwearied exertions in the cause of free trade." The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm. Mr. BRIGIIT, on rising to acknowledge the toast, was loudly cheered. He said,—" I need not say how great is the delight which my colleagues and myself have felt whilst at tending this very respectable meeting. You have thanked us for the arduous labours in which we have been engaged. We are repaid, if it were only that we have made the ac quaintance of and formed friendships with hundreds, I might almost say thousands, of the choice spirits of this day and of this country. We have had hard labours, true enough, but we have been cheered by your approbation, and not less by the glorious prospect which every increasing success offered to our view. We have learnt much since we began this contest. We have learnt that it is a greater and a more sacred contest even than we thought it at first, and we have learnt also, that, although the battle may be hard—the hill steep to climb—yet there is power and intelligence enough, and we now have organization enough, by which we can carry this great contest to a successful, to a most triumphant issue. —(Cheers.) The people of this country are to be hood winked no longer. It was madness to maintain the corn.. law, when its character was once found out.—(Hear, hear.) One of the most philosophical writers of this age has said that he could not write a chapter about the corn-law, for it made the very air hot.—(Hear.) Dr. Chalmers has said, " There is no one thing which our Government could do which would so sweeten the breath of English society as the abolition of this corn-law."—(Cheers.) We ask for a quarter of a million, and they would have laughed at us had they not recollected the previous 100,000/. and the 50,000/. before it, and now, within a short month, mole than half of the quarter of a million is already subscribed, and ready to be forthcoming.--(Cheers.) Well, here we are to-night —not a vast number—but representing a vast number out of doors, with influence, intelligence, and votes. This night—at this moment, whilst I am addressing you—the great theatre at Covent-garden is filled to overflowing, and the streets around are crowded by thousands who have not been able to obtain admission. To-morrow night, at this time, the Free-trade Hall at Manchester will have its 7,000 or 8,000 within its walls at least. Yesterday was the first day of issuing tickets, and 10,000 persons applied fur them.—(Cheers.) these are demonstrations such as have never taken place in this country before on any political question whatever. The political atmosphere has been foggy for a long time; but we find it clearing away a little now. I met a Conservative Member yesterday by accident, and really it seemed as if we had been fellow-labourers in the free-trade cause all our lives. —(Hear, hear.) There is no shyness now. In fact, lam not certain we shall know which side of the House to sit on when we get there on Thursday next.— (Cheers and laughter.) I have now only to tender the acknowledgments of myself and colleagues for the vote of thanks you have given us; and, as we have beforetime been borne up by your cheering co operation, we shall go from this meeting to-night conscious that we have a cause worthy of all the energies that we can bring to hear upon it, and that we have supporters in this district who are worthy of all the labour which we can pos sibly bestow upon this cause.—(Cheers.) Colonel THOMPSON then addressed the meeting in a humorous and able speech, and concluded by giving the health of the Mayor, and prosperity to the t own an d tra d e of Leeds and the West Riding. Mr. ALDANI seconded the 'notion, which was carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated. ROYSTON. A public meeting was held in Royston on Wednesday evening. Mr. Falvey and Mr. Bontems attended as a depu tation from the League. 'The meeting was originally an nounced to be held in the large room of the Crown Inn, but a few of the monopolist farmers attending the market, on Wednesday, declared that if the League meeting was held there,. they would never attend the house again. Under these circumstances, the innkeepers, two orphan sisters, be came quite alarmed, and expressed their fear of being ruined in consequence of the threats held out against them, by the liberal friends of protection. Mr. T. Titchmarsh having learned how matters stood, at once undertook to relieve the young women from their fears of such petty and intolerable tyranny, and at the same time provide for the meeting by granting the use of a inalthouse or granary for the occasion. At seven o'clock the room began to fill ; and on the mo tion of Mr. TITCHMARSH, J. G. FoaDnAm, Esq., banker and county magistrate, was called to the chair. He opened the proceedings by stating that, though lie differed in opinion from the gentlemen who were to address them, he hoped they would give every one an attentive hearing. He then in troduced Mr. Falvey to the meeting, who had not concluded a sentence before a few neighbouring monopolists began to make the most hideous noises, and that, too, in opposition to the great body of the meeting, who were desirous of listen ing attentively. The chief disturbers were Mr. King, of Tadlow, and his son ; Mr. Meyers, of Harrington ; Mr. Paleck ley, of Abingdon, and a few others who had threatened the innkeepers with their vengeance in the course of the day, and prevented them from making the most of their room, It was quite clear to all present, that the monopolists had made themselves drunk, in order to get their drooping spirits up, Mr. Falvey, however, persevered, and showed the failure of every corn-law since 1815, in affording protection to the farmers and farm-labourers of GI eat Britain and Ireland. He invited any of his opponents to discuss the question with him; but they refused to do so, and confined inhuman sounds. opposition to the sending forth of the mostnhuman sounds. The Chairman repeatedly expressed his disgust at the conduct of the small knot of drunken monopoli s t s, and said. he intended to have said a few words in opposition to the views of the speaker; but he refrained from d o i ng so in cons equence of their tin-English-like Conduct Mr. Falvey, at the close of his address, proposed the following resolution That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is the interest of the tenant-farmer, the labourer, and the landlord, that the corn -law question should be promptly an d permanently set tied,! by a total, immediate, and unc on di t i onal repeal; the experience of the last thirty years h av i ng proved that pro tection drives capital from land, narrows the home market ; II n o c n teu deprecating tions by crippling foreign trade, and inj ures a ll classes periodically, The CHAIRMAN moved an amendment i n th e f orm o f two the tot a l an d i mme di ate repea l , so and the other condemnin g th e present system or corn-laws, and expressing a h ope th at i n the approaching session of Parliament such a measure may be proposed as will finally r b e yr l u u i t n io o n us s settle the question. He then put both to the meeting, when he declared Mr. Falvey's free-trade resolution to be carried. Three cheers were then given for free trade, three for the League, and at the suggestion of Mr. Falvey, three for the Chairman ; and the meeting broke up, the free traders is high glee, and the monopolists evidently chop-fallen. Many of the townspeople requested to have a second meeting as soon as possible, and Mr. Falvey promised that their request should be complied with as soon as the qualification business for the present year was brought to a close. LORD METCALFE.•••• We regret to learn that th Noble Lord is not improving in:health, and what is more dis tressing to his friends ' there is not the slightest hope that he will recover from the Inroads which big virulent disorder has alreAdy suatio. body in England. Probably it may as well devolve on me as on any one here present to speak as to the object of the League, having been in at the birth, as I hope I shall also be in at the death of it.—(Cheers.) Through the seven years of our apprenticeship it would be egotism indeed if I were to pretend to say t,N.at in this long period, when we have been pursuing altogether untried courses without precedents to guide us, we have not, and I myself have net, committed many mistakes. I have no hesitation in saying, that if we had to run our career ever again—if we had to form another League —we should beat the monopolists in half the time. — (Cheers.) Half our tune has been employed in learning how to do our work, and not a little in undoing what we had done badly. But - here we are, after seven years' agitation ; and I think I may safely say, at all events, that if we have made mistakes in our mode of operation, we have never changed our principles one hair's breadth from the moment tettoi w :hifeur e eintn ishet caied:olsc,ms,ao empire,mu,a, fnnp e need our work.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Men tell us that England has grown great, prosperous, and happy- I deny it.--(Cheers.) Lcoking to the advantages e f f de t t ar:h arpie; uai vast anr_elsmr rural esct a l onchd i epnual:nitorfn: people.— ( Cheers.) eorab i ger n alesttah.ri t that ti)daheioodee gla last t monopolistihav . ia t tdaeke h seect e dii r ninhes rtestat c arnk3i control 31: thoeapdh o ro dyistroti labourers, so_obi everptdl h d:usc, e e sal m ot, thei ifi no a ( kaini s tars s hanni ecog) o , d cam l as r yn e a . 1 a at c i sa d te si , fry f t b fi e r ot nir i u n t i s ht) t oe a t aes c s e dpg ot ; eot: riud a iar k l. dateyet eekoaion i pe a nr ps g t. je c sel u sae l r‘gd t uv i l : r.i r asc a olt l i cdni au o s. Istr p era d le a tl i nsa t bdb i ol o ioir i ta t uni this Norneeo f rnds farm in the south of England, and of my own knowledge I e t:A'vholiigeutnhalelitdlntriaaeOnUmlidvr isa n oeet : rt aealbl classes e now, without wishing to say more harsh things than needful of them, we will content ourselves with declaring that we will take the government of the country out of the hands of these people.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We are going to assert the right of the great mass of the manufacturing and industrious population of this country to the influence they are entitled to have in its government ; and I say that no Government henceforth can be carried on in this country unless it recognises for its basis the wish and the will, and the decision of the people in Lancashire and Yorkshire—(Loud cheers)—because Lancashire and York. shire form the basis of the commercial and manufacturing energies of this country.—(Cheers.) I think Sir R. Peel understands this as well as I do; for I am told, on better authority than newspapers, that he intends en the meeting of Parliament that the Address shall be moved by Lord Francis Egerton, and seconded by Mr. Beckett Denison. Now that is rather clever.—(A laugh.) It at once indicates to the 2isai:ne:vdoiewry.eiso:rtktlhhsahebtinerSleuii:mrvobßer,eorhbisoeefrtNt3lh, oithe your Peel rnn constituency n i l bsg l teoi g i u, o eo v erfnn e govern yau tri through rtli all. 35,000, u e gskue,soot nest Riding; RoLadlni Lancashire nbegae i; Lanca shire. The members of those constituencirs I call trump cards in any mates hand • and it is quite clear Sir Robert knows when and hew to play them.—(Cheers.' I rose to thank you for the toast of the League in behalf o myself and friends who are engaged in it. As an individus, THE CORN-LAWS . ____, TO MR. COBDEN. Stn,—As I know you only through the public press, and as your constant labours in the service of humanity allow you (it would seem) no long settled residence in any one place, I know not where I can find you, or how better I can address you than through the same public medium, and I do so merely to suggest one idea, and which I believe I may call an argument against the existing cora-laws. Though ' I have often read, and with admiration, your addresses, I do not remember that you have touched on the point to which I am about to refer; but so numberless have been your argu ments that I may have forgotten. But wherever a great evil exists, be it moral, physical, or political, it is felt as well as seen in such varied forms in real life, that it is almost impossible that any one individual should be aware, or even able to collect from others, all the bad consequences of such evil, for if not corrected its generatious stud relations become infinite. Now, Sir, I am no politician, and no theorist; I am a man in business, and by practically feeling the evil to which I am about to allude have been lea to form the fallowing maxim, viz., that in society no body of men should be invested by Government with an artificial influence over the political freedom of their fellow-subjects. If this principle be pure and true the corn laws are foul and false. As things are where is the political freedom of any poor tradesman and shopkeeper in a country town? Are they not very much deuendent on the farmers, and are not:the farmers (by the corn-laws) invested with an artificial in terest in supporting one set of Parliamentary representatives? Then where is political freedom? The farmer (we in trade n - ell know and feel) has a public market for his goods, and we have no influence over him, neither do we wish to have, but we do wish, and we feel that justice demands, that he should not be invested by an artificial interest created by the corn laws to exercise a cruel and selfish influence over us. As things are, if we not do support his views, or vote for his man, he goes and deals at another parish. All we say then, Sir, is, take away his reasons for such cruel caprice, and he and we shall live as brethren, all enjoying equal rights and equal in fluence, and shall be alike interested in supporting such mea sures, and such only, as promote the well-being of the uni versal family. You will be pleased to understand, Sir, that it is only to artificially created influences that we object, and not to the wealth, or wisdom individu al oral influence s o f superior worth, or .—I am, Sir, yours A MAN IN BUSINESS. Cheltenham, Jan, 15, 1846. THE PROJECTED RAILIVAYS. (From the Times.) We are requested to state, with reference to the list of " Defunct Schemes" published in our paper of the 14th inst., that-- The Cirect Birmingham and Leicester, and the North ampton and Bedford Companies declare that they have duly deposited plans. The Camerons, Coalbrook, Swansea, and Loughor Com pany is the same as Swansea and Leughor, for which plans are lodged. The Essex and Suffolk Company say they have amal gamated with the Chelmsford and Bury, fer which plans are lodged. The Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway Com pany is the same as the Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., for which plans are lodged. The Manchester, Oldham, Liverpool, and Bi r k en h ead, i s the same as o , dham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birken head, for which plans are lodged. The Portsmouth and Langston Railway and Dock Com pany have lodged their plans. (This does not appear in the list of the Private Bill-office.) The Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour is the same as the Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway, for which plans are lodged. The South Midland, Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, is the same as the South Midland, for which plans are lodged. The Bristol, Poole Harbour, and Lymington Junction Railway Company say they have deposited their plans. READFUL EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP. NEWPORT, MoxstountsninE, JAN. 14.—This morning it fearful explosion occurred seven miles from this town, at the works of Mr. John Russell, by which a sacrifice of thirty-five lives has taken place. So far as we have been able to discover, the disaster oc curred through the injudicious use of Davy's lamp. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) There happened this morning, about half-past seven o'clodr, a tremendous explosion of fire-damp, at the colliery of Messrs. John Russell and Co., of Risca, in this neighbourhood, accom panied with a frightful loss of life. It appears that a great number of the workmen have been keeping holiday, and that only about 140 men were working in the pit at the time of the explosion. The accident occurred in the big vein, where about thirty-five men were working, which is - the number missing on their being mustered at the mouth of the pit. .Fourteen bodies have been already brought up, the state of the pit being such as to prevent searching for the remainder. It was expected that about four o'clock to-day there would be sufficient air in the workings to enable the search to be con tinued. There can, however, be little doubt that the remaining number are dead. LORD METCALFE. A meeting of gentlemen connected with the North American Colonies was held yesterday, in the Committee room of the North American Association, Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of agreeing upon an address to be presented to Lord Metcalfe upon the occasion of his Lordship's return from Canada to this country. The chair was taken at one o'c'ock, by Mr. Robert Gillespie, who was supported by a numerous assemblage of gentlemen connected with our American colonies. The CHAIRMAN, having stated the nature and object of the meeting, and also pronounced an eloquent eulogium on the Noble Lord to whom it was intended to pay the tribute of a public address, begged attention to that which would be read by the Secretary. The SECRETARY read it as follows : • "TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD METCALFE, G.C.8., &C. "My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants and others connected with the British North American provinces, bog most respectfully to express to your Lordship our heartfelt thankfulness for your safe return to this country, and our sincere and earnest hope that your valuable life may be prolonged, to your own comfort, and for the service of your country. "Aware of the high reputation your Lordship had acquired as a statesman of consummate skill, firmness, and justice in the Governments which you held in India and Jamaica, we hailed with the greatest satisfaction your appointment as Governor-General of the North American colonies at a period when the inhabitants of Canada were in a distracted state, and the Government surrounded by difficulties of no ordinary character. " By the exercise of firmness, combined with patient for bearance, and with a singleness of purpose to render equal justice to all, you have succeeded, my Lord, in upholding the prerogatives of the Crown, in promoting the prosperity of the people, in softening in some measure the asperities of party hostility, and in establishing a form of government which, if carried out in the spirit in which it has been con ceived by your Lordship, will be of the utmost advantage to all classes of the inhabitants of Canada. " While we deeply regret the painful malady which has made it necessary for your Lordship, in accordance with the considerate permission of her most Gracious Majesty, to ter minate your connexion with the North American colonies, we are desirous of according our admiration and gratitude for the deVoted attention which, in the midst of personal suff:rings of a most aggravated nature, you continued to apply to the affairs of the colony committed to your charge so long as you were enabled to remain there.—We have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servants. (The signatures follow here.) " London, Jan. 15, 1846." It was,then moved and seconded, and unanimously adopted, that the address be engrossed, preparatory to lying fur sig natures at the office of the Association, and should eventually be presented by a deputation consisting of the chairman, and the movers and seconders of the several resolutions. The meeting then broke up. THE TEN HOURS BILL. - - --- LORD MORPETH AND THE YORKSHIRE CENTRAL ,SHORT-TIME COMMITTEE. AN APPEAL TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT MORPETH, BY THE CENTRAL SHORT-TIME COMMITTEE OF THE WEST RIDING. My Lord,—On behalf of the oppressed sons and daughters of the working classes of Yorkshire, employed in factories, we beg leave respectfully to express our very deep regret that your Lordship's answer to the memorial of the short-timede legates does not give them an assurance that Lord Ashley's Bill for ten hours daily labour will receive that support at your hands which it merits, and which they feel they have a right to expect from your Lordship's professions of earnest solicitude fur the welfare of the factory workers. We would ask your Lordship in what manner is the de graded condition of these persons to be remedied, except . by giving them time to recruit their bodily strength, to enjoy their homes, and to improve their minds ? In , their f t e h e e n I p t r i eesse,nTte worn n t s e t e n t o f by t h t e h l e a i s T v h m e T i e r t t te n i s el e e n v g i e r h o s s l e a d b e a n n T d , inflicted by their masters, who justify the procedure by the prevailing and general practice of the factory system. We know not to whom we can appeal with so much pro priety as to our representatives in Parliament ; and if they turn a deaf ear to our just request, the responsibility is no longer ours. We cannot disguise from your Lordship the fact, that we think the mass of information which has been advanced, both within and without the walls of Parliament, during the last 15 years is an ply sufficient to enable any public man to make up his mind as to the course he ought to pursue on this n ic ' e now endured by these young persons mo T m h e e n gr to o u s s s qu in e j s u ti s o t cries aloud for immediate legislative interference ,and we submit that no man can expect to be looked upon as the friend of the working classes who shall in any way oppose the limitation of labour which Lord Ashley intends to pro posegtreseastsiti7 yo e i n o t o h n e o l a u p d p e r o h a y c e i n n s great quest i u o rn which hip the h t o u m t a a k n e e that e so u u li n g d hte v n ie e N d v po o r f tio t n hi of the community have adopted, and to aid in the emancipation of the suffering factory workers, whose present, future, and eternal happiness will thereby be assuredly promoted. Signed, by Riding g of of th ir e orksi Central hre, Short Time Committee of theu West Jan. 14. M. BALME, Secretary. ,BPRESENTATION OF LICHFIELD. LICHFIELD, THURSDAY NIGHT.—No candidate has yet declared himself as successor to Lord Leveson. It is, however, ascertained that Lord Waterpark, the trustee of Lady Lichfield (not of Lord Anson), will not be brought forward in the Lichfield interest, but that the Whig candidate will be Mr. M o it yn , another gentleman connecte with the family property. The Conservatives, or " Peelers," are on the alert. Captain Dyott is the gentleman naturally looked to in this interest, but it is understood that the gallant officer will not offer himself, unless operated upon by a strong requisition. In the absence of Captain Dyott, a gentleman of high standing on the Oxford circuit, should a contest occur, will be intro duced to the electors of Lichfield. There can be little doubt, that, in case of a contest, the election will be extremely close. Lichfield, previous to the Reform Bill, and ever since, has been considered a close family borough. The Con servatives have fought several battles, but have been inva riably beaten by small majorities. These are inclined once more to assert their constitutional rights; circumstances will, in the course of a few days, determine the course they intend to pursue. MUNIFICENT DONATIONS.—The treasurer of the Strangers' Friend:Society has just received 1,0001. from an anonymous contributor, signing himself "A. throughthe medium o f M essrs. H oares, the b ankers, " t o be °P.n.°, priated to the ge nera l f un d o f t h e S trangers ' F r i e nd Society. The Rev. E. and Mrs. Holland, of Hyde Park. -terrace, ehm of-e each subscribed the s um o f 201. besides . quantity uineas, for blankets, m a ki ng th e d onat i on equ ivalent to 200 g the G same purpose. RAVESEND AND ROCHESTER week ai nQw endin g t received,Ja n. t.) following l a n r l e lb t e h r e otrfaffiracorseentugievrso:lbr RAILWAY.—The 57 t o l u ip i. 1241.85. 6d. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Encsebeck, arrived in town yesterday morning from honouring the Marquis of Exeter with a visit at Burghley. Mr. Thomas De La Rue, and Mr. Nathan had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing•street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had also an interview with the Right Honourable gentleman yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie left town yester day afternoon for Windsor Castle. 1 O LYMPIC THEATRE. Other theatres have had their sentimental crickets. This theatre boasts a " right merrie cricket," which com menced its chirp last night, to the great delectation oft he laughter-loving leiges who frequent this theatre. " 7'Le Cricket on ou r own Hearth" of the Olympic is an admirable burlesqu e on the various Crickets of the other theatres, and with !hiss Kate Howard as Dot, Mr. James Browne as Perrybingle, and though last not least, Mr. Cockerill as the glorious Tilly Slowboy, kept the au dience in a constant roar of laughter and applause. The scenery is good, and there is some really excellent dancing introduced. Altogether the Olympic Cricket is a most amusing affair. The Pantomime, now that the machinery has been taught to act, " goes "capitally, and the evening's amusements were loudly applauded by a house crammed to the ceiling. ADELPHI THEATRE, 77ie Phantom Breakfast is the title of a new adaptation of L'Ome'ette Fantastique, which was produced here last even ing. The plot must be familiar to every playgoer, for not only has the original piece, with Ravel as the hero, been repeatedly performed at the St. James's, but an English version, under the title of The Welsh Rabbit, had a long run some two seasons at the Princess's. More over the Breakfast has been served up in various forms at the East-end, and the trans-taniesian theatres. Under these circumstances, it is unnecessary is describe the plot, suffice it to say that Wright was the Clerk out of Place, who is by a series of unlucky contretemps prevented from eating the breakfast which his Lady's-maid sweetheart had prepared for bink—that Mrs. F. Matthews was that lady's maid—that Miss Emma ilarding was her mistress, and the fair unknown with whom the breakfastless clerk had danced at the ball the night before, and that Paul Bedford was the lawyer husband. With such a cast it is needless to add that the farce was capitally acted, and that its success was com plete. 1 ASTLEY'S THEATRE. We are glad that the spirited proprietor of this theatre meets with the success to which he is so justly entitled. During the holidays the crowds of young visitors have been much greater than usual, partly, no doubt, owing to the mild season, but chiefly to the excellent entertainments furnished for their amusement, and among others to the extraordinary performances of the dog Emile, which is becoming every day a greater favourite. On Wednesday night the house was crowded in every part, and the juvenile portion of it appeared in perfect ecstacy. After the first piece was over Mr. Thomp son, the stage-manager, came forward and announced that Mr. Batty had entered into a further engagement with the owner of the dog Emile for three weeks longer; he also stated that Mr. Batty had purchased two very large and ex traordinary elephants, remarkable for their great sagacity, and which have been for some time past the wonder of the Continent, and that he purposed introducing them to a Lon don audience in the course of a few weeks, as the princip a l actors in a new Eastern spectacle, translated from the French, and which has been played with immense success for upwards of a hundred nights - in Paris. It is Mr. Batty's intention to produce the spectacle on the greatest scale of magnificence. THE NORFOLK RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt,—Having had occasion a short time ago to pass over the Norfolk Railway (a day or two after the late fatal catas trophe), I had an opportunity of observing the very dan gerous state of the line. In one case the rails were m that state which would at once satisfactorily account for the recent accident. The part of the line to which I alluk is between Thetford and Ely, about sixteen miles from the former place, and is indented [one of the line of rails] three inches in the course of four or five yards; from which it will at once be evident that an engine passing over this part of the line, at a speed not less than 45 miles per hour, would most in evitably be " jumped " up or off the line. I mentioned this circumstance to the driver of the engine which had brought lie up from Norwich, who, after calling my attention to the accident which had just occurred, re marked that he was in great fear on every occasion that he was out with his engine; and added, " that the line sinks so much during the day and night." If you think this information worthy of notice, you make use of it at your discretion.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Sheffield, Jan. 15,1846. R. M. PORTUGAL. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. LISBON, JAN. 2.--The annual session of the Cortes was opened this day by Donna Maria, with the following speech from the throne :—; " Noble Peers of the Realm—Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,— " I again behold with great pleasure the representatives of the nation assembled in this place. " In the interval which has occurred since the last session no grave event has disturbed peace and public order—they continue unchanged. " Our relations with foreign Powers are preserved in per fect harmony, corresponding to the care with which I have endeavoured to draw closer the ties of friendship, and to pro mote the development of our mutual commercial interests. " The dispositions of the treaty of commerce and naviga tion which was lately celebrated with Prussia have been ex tended in those points which were applicable to the greater part of the states constituting the Germanic League of Cus tom-houses. " A consular convention has been concluded with Spain for the regulation of the powers of the respective consuls. " The firmness with which I have caused to be carried into effect the decree of the 10th of December, 1836, and the treaty which binds this kingdom with Great Britain in endeavours to effect the suppression of the traffic•of slavery, have produced the happiest results. " The good faith with which the Government has con tinued to discharge its liabilities, both at home and abroad, is producing the most satisfactory consequences in all that has reference to the re-establishment and consolidation of public credit. . __. "By the budget for the approaching economical year, with which you will be presented, in conformity with the ftuhnedcalmmergnetaslalialdwoblofigt a h t e io m n s on of ar t c h l e ly, sta y t o e u in w t il l ! 0 l s e a a i r d n y i e v a h r a , t a a n r d e the means and resources from which the same must be liqui dated. "I feel assured you will lend the most serious attention to di nt department I:, , enTatjexaminationrthhtr:eaiiiaesfyne. determining tbo:f empoweredt the e of: public h t l the safety e seatoaadministration.nad proceedn estimates, lda Iltt a ih i iie in the forces the e projectsfa faithful li f u l o f dischargelaw by which they will be accompanied, to the end that the Govern of the duties which are imposed on it in this most importantt .. R•Egarding the various branches of pubYliOctise:il whatgi legislative v p e u i l ee ke w ep hic i h n dignity of the nation may Chambers deemed fitting, and experience re commend. s and enlightenedanlber s affording ce-operation,to m w y i t Government hotit wh iwhich it is impossible to reap the advantages of a representative Government.ps s as o t n o i i s t eo o'clockpen ed. " the ceramony was concluded, and the assembly dispersed. Lord John Russell, accompanied by the Lord Provost, W. Gibson Craig, Esq., M.P., D. K. Koss, Esq., and Baillie Anderson, left Carrick's hotel on Tuesday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, and visited. the College, St. Rollox Works, Messrs. Todd and Higgin botham's, Mr. Dixon's iron works, &c. &c., and returned to the hotel about half-past two o'clock. His Lordship left the station, head of Queen-street, at three o'clock, for Edinburgh. —Glasgow Chronicle. SUNDERLAND.—THE LEAGUE FUND.—A meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Association of this town was held on Tuesday at Donkin's, the Bridge Hotel ; Alderman Bow maker in the chair. The object of the meeting, which con sisted merely of a few of the most active friends of the cause, was to commence a subscription in aid of the quarter of a million League Fund. Nearly 2001. were subscribed in the room, and several gentlemen were appointed to canvass the town. MR. E. ELLICE, M.P.—This gentleman addressed a very large assemblage of his constituents in Cupar on Thursday evening last—Provost Nicol in the chair. Mr. Ellice went over the principal topics brought before Parlia ment last session ; and in alluding to the present condition of the country, stated that nothing short of the total and un conditional repeal of the corn-laws would give satisfaction to the country, or do any good. At the conclusion of his ad dress, a vote of thanks and confidence was unanimously passed.—Scotsman. island of DEPARTURE OF THR FIRST MISSION SHIP FROM LIVERPOOL—The mission ship Warree sailed from the Tra falgar-dock, n negroes e e r g r t o h e e s auspices in the h e on the west coast of Africa, provided s%ith everything that r establishing and p rose_ Liverpool, on Tuesday morning, for old Calabar, human forethought can suggest fo r _ The United Secession Church of Scotlan d. idea of this mis sioncuting.m.issitoendawryithopteiriaeti originated of Jamaica, who have embraced Christianity, and now long emancipated there, for the evangelization of their fatherland. This desire NV - &scorn municated to the kings and chiefs of Old Calabar, a n d b y these a formal invitation was given for mi ss i • up their residence with them. Four of the manes to take have sailed in the Waaree are coloured e missionaries who negroes, the other two descendants of the ll p arsons, two of them, constitutions are thus adapted to African race. Their the ship Warree is the spontaneous the climate. The use of mer chant of Liverpool, who has gift of an opulent of Africa.—Liverpool Alb' done much for the civilisation INCREASE OF MEN ! ion. CAI.--This t' DERS IN THE MANCHESTER., numbered 1,682 iine last year this excellent institution members ; its present number is 2,005! show ing an increase at t he sa me . period of the year of 3:2g mem bers. We believe that, in every respect, and ir e lamest every department, the institution is in a satisfactov l and, WOW, g9illigang itfitli-gandiager Guardj:p l / 4 ' Major-Ge . n the Prince rode out to meet his harriers, attended by COURT Wipirsou, TIIIIRSDAL —The Queen and Prince Al. Bert took their early morning walk in the grounds adja cent to the Castle. On the retur n of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, Wetnyss and Colonel Bouverie. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Royal Consort rode out i in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, followed in an other carriage and four by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Marquis of Or:- monde. Major-General Ardinyss and Colonel Bouverie were in attendance on horseback. The Royal Family were taken on their ponies, and for walking exercise early this ibrenoon in the pleasure grounds aro -ad the Castle. The Dux.: - If Wellington walked out early this morning. The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie - and Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. G. E. Anson left the Castle to day, en ?opte to Ilolkhani 'Fall, to join the llon. Mrs. Anson, who is stay ing on a 'visit t,) the Earl anti Countess of Leicester. 'lle royal dinner party will include her Royal High neNs the Duch( ass of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Baroness de Spetit. The band of the 2d Life Guards will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. •*--- .....' o ,o ,o 0 to to, to , to to toy to, to ,