The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The Public are requested to take notice, that on and after the IstMaui! the EXPRESS TRAIN now leaving London at 4 P.M., hWaltml ,beudtpatched at 5 PA., and that the timesof arrival at Binning" at present. ➢ool, Manchester, and Cheater, will be one hour later than )(By order Easton Station, 18th F6b., 1846 R. CREED, Secretary. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. lit The Public are requested to take notice, that on and after the and +, ien the EXPRESS TRAIN, noxv.Leavlng London at 4 P.M., Bi rminghaat 7.10 P.5r.., will be diupatched from London at 5 and that het imesof Arrival at Birmingham, Liverpool, Man mister, and Chester, will be one hour later than at present, (By order) MARK" Secretary. C4neral anager's Office, Lime-street, Liverpool, 18th Feb., 1846. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. rot Lo or se ost a Tveheu Years, Directors of this C om p any are rea d y to rece i ve Tenders ! , i Loans of Money, in sum s o f not less than 1,000/., for a period of lll a r on the security o f M or t gage D e b entures, b ear i ng t the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. olict,i/e:dtdioilingstnorysttomn.ade tcrehe undersigned, at the Railway.. CIIAS. A. SIIINDISRS, Secretary, inT° RAILWAY PROPRIETORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. ESSRS. WICK HAM and CO., Share p t, o -ZLIC Auc tioneers, inform their friends and the public, that their v e ~R AILWAY SHARES, &c., are held every The "AY and THURSDAY, at the HALL OF COMMERCE, 4Netuesdle idest, London to which place, er to the office of the at tL r e l°4 ettrA U, Threadneedle -Area, all favours and instructions are 9n ° 2 ted to be aAhlressed. S eril) and Share Certificates must be forwarded to or deposited thc, ,i s oftice of the Auctioneers, as above, at least the day preceding for iv - ~..3 : , " Public sale, and advises of the result of the sales will be tbat,Z,",.6° by the ant post after the sale, and the proceeds Inane c , ' l isPosed of a wording to instructions. . 4 _LL OP V. --li utoxs.--I.lnder 201., is. per share; under 501., Is. 6d., , ler 10 0/.. 2s. 6cl. ; and ss. for all above. GRAVEAEND STAR AND BLACKWALL PACKETS. a ,, NOTICE.—ALTERATION OF TIME. aßer '" Thursday next, Vie 18th instant, the last Star and Hi.uall Packets will leave the Brunswick Wharf at 5 P.M , in ' Past 4, and the Terrace-pier, Gravesend, ut 5, in Rea of 4, iliar PreBFl li 0 • flice, Gravesend, Feb. 15, 1846. Packet and Railway_ Fare included in one Payment. Wtm,", () - 1 1 NEW TERRACE PIER, GRATESEND. 81;, , iij i .: - ',AYS.—At 83, 9%, 11% 1, 234, and 5. the fo 1471 4 . — At 8%, 11%, 2%, and 4. "AY litornines an extra Packet at half-past 7, calling at pi re. . - Th a FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. ' ra ins starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of • WEE., these times. • Sirs ' / A -TS. —At 9%, , 10%, 12, 1%, 334, and 5. HATS 93, 11 1%, and 4%; FARES Pore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 6d Saloon and First Class Railway, 9d. TO INNKEEPERS. U B SIOE LET, WITH IMMEDIATE POSSES- N, an Old -established FAMILY HOTRL, COMMERCIAL 4 . and Dtar3 POSTI aPXG HOUSE. 4 114 1,,re11eu oly to Mr. John Roderick, Auctioneer, and AP dughstoa. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, tYljr, ,D ike tures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, .end iv V 7 an,, . daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of %nit 'Vednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. During ua., I , — ' 4 ea or LECTURES on ARTRO..NOM I", by Dr. Bachhoffner ;ark °r uing* and Evenings ef Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fr.l - by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY. A daily rk;;; lt tl_ en the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by a alcbleilif -m odel carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working 4, ceild -` COL EMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, NV h ch The and descends Inclined Planes with one or more passengers. 11 Lc HYRIOSCOPR. OPAQWE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING CHROM 4TROPE, &o. Experiments with the DIVING rucl "' ~,,van to 414 1 DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and Ralf-past Ten in the Everdng. Adinittance, One Shilling. Soiree's, Half-price. HE HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE -111:-Ilt-i'°C4 or ED .CHICI,4 D, and FIRST RIPENS EVER SEEN or 'Netk ii °b!litY and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re or 44 yited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon o rp' l `„?;l'o, e C hild, Six 3lenths old, by name JOHN BAPPIST D nr}j,,,,' aat of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and - c. l thy TOES, and being otherwise a very Site, well-made, e 4 ,„' and lively boy. He is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and Ole p i les .0! this extrao . rdinary gemination of limbs and organs, and Akre' atalitits of their future growth and development, may well I.4l4laPie field for the speculations of the learned. V elock ' t ad every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five the at Iso. 56, QUADR A.NT, REGENT-STREET. Admission Half-a-Crown. irec e t i r y 'll : l b w y li a l p be i h n o g w: ( l ) priv to il u te io ly p a e t s the residences of the nobility at the same address. 111s11 c .„•,- , k4SAT, (.-AS-LIGHT COMPANY. a'tal, 10 0,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. 28 . Per Share. in accordance with the Act. Of th (Provisionally Registered.) e Working Committee, in whose hands the affain of the 4, 1 t 'TO Nii_ e " B Pany are placed until fully registered. "' Re )16(1 . 147 1 ,,, B Yon Professor Ryan, M.D., LL.D. Robert Nicholson, Esq. '4411 6plow Esci Paten tee Dominique Causse, Esq. Henry Ault, . ro o k e, t sq. John Kissiek Esq. SOLICITOR--J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq. Thig , H ANK tig Co uTha _ IRS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. e lor nio teu l' er B Y is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring tieme al use, an invention (secured by letters patent) for au s, l Mf e acture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less o t iyteci usual cost, by au apparatus so simple in construe- Fe .7 0 Penthous in form, as to be available in any building t etx wid tnii 7/tere the ordinary supplies of gas are not accessible. fvt, el l . ) any. l ll Prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the Drury-lane, with forms ef application for shares, and te'eX(l4 l ,l l. F , sen. the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the de q u",LQ ii • Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must post free. NIVD - ,, RSAL GAS-LIGHT . COMPANY.— CeiN,„ Att„, , a r ' T RACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, 14;3 t 14,,. id towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos st4iraeks.;..rok Public manufaetories,printing-ollices, prisons, he ro - n Y-stations, asylums, schools, and other large build ,r`ge ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad 'ykr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. 84TIOXAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNUILL, LONDON. Capital 21560,000. C1g, '41 4 i n ,,,,,, l tntAcwered by Act of Parliament. 1 . 4„ With .'"°'.en off,,re important and substantial advan bkBe(4,'esPeet both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. or r k- 4, ou all Uettliti4llil the power to bornw, without ex 14thi,r;feiture (it the Policy: two-thirds of the premium paid, the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion 'eke o i . ,, t s_to meet other c onven i onee . s or necessity. Assurances ti ;r4 e are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. L iu tc and izlcreasing prosperity of the Society has enabled, * 4 1 4 1, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Puli;... li ag from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on "eoted ou the Prof: scale. I ------ EXAMPLES. „ 0 a tV " i:el i V' g l ' r flaliut a . i 2 Bonus Bonus in a o ..0 •‘; ~,,,, c added. Cash. •0: 1 4 1s te 6 V Ei e ,t s N --......, i • :Zro • 2. ---. „,4 8. d 1837 £l5l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 Il 1 4 4 3 4 - 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 0840 89 0 0 41 13 4 60 0 247 4 6 na. —uln.l 5 2 Bonus added. COI 1000 4 44, 4 1e 0t - 1 — o; tDretenh. of Milts is . annual, and the next will be made in De year F. FERGUSON °Armoric, See. ,At 1211 - 4 .- ( --- Z, 6, i p ,''., I lle LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, - TV B RIDGE -STREET, BLACKFRIABS, LONDON. , Qit tin Established 1823. ue, 41113 4 , Powered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. - t 'rt eq-Th4 Right Hon. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS ; Tye folie n w A t i n a4 AW-lIENRY FREDERICK STEPIIEnON . , , E 1. %,, ) ,.__2 are among the advantages offered by_t_n c l e * ? 1 , l i l n. IClthe 4 7:,7 -3 of Premium than those of any other olti , wow pa e n -",. th -re 'd to partici t 1 the profits, and considerably lower ~..., o 1 . , ° - -, any other Mutual Assurance Society. -wit,. tr,°l2thttary participate in the profits, . 4 h o „'` 41, ssured, tlit tl ier Y e e o r ir the whole being divisible L ilt ioi, i' 4 , l : , s added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre- Thellrat bones Pettey effected on the participating Scale, if a claim rrr , to the ad ri t e tlo x: division of profits. gee third ditto aaiiitti, ;,.18ttsii,,, averaged 10/. per cent on the Premiums paid. `,fie and lull 311. ditto since the Ist division. ~....._____ 36/. ditto since the 2d division. ctPurticuiars may be obtained on application to 4 MPBE LL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. PERCY ANECD6 e of we celebrated PERCY Nowßeady (to . - T ES at HALF PRICE. 4 e . issu - , ~e continued Monthly), Price Is. 3d., Part I, of la ...the Sat kilitir,' "" rart - ,-- 11 , of which 400,000 copies were sold at 2s. 6d. ANECDOTES, printed uniform "me pric e : kalf ' ' and c ' 4)nt aining the same Engravings and Letterpress fcr 0 ' B erger, Holywell-street, Strand. and all BoOksellers. Published by Sottor and Law, 131, Fleet-street. of HENRY PESTALOZZI, and his ~1 1Y 1„ PLAN UIR , 44: -se, wi of EDUCATION' : being an Account of his Life and tll 8,01 o e t p h r . aetical parts "Plolle Extracts from his W orks, andex t ensive& 1. of his Method . By E. 818 - 64 i , try h.H.,.... THE CHILD'S OWN BOOK. • k % --wool,* volume, square 16m0., prise 78.6 4 . kII p eloth. bound in 1a.,. 111, 44 C, C HILD'S OWN BOOK, t i , ,llti, elulAted with. nearly Three Hundred Engravings. The `ell? "eo • " °4 ' e.,„_l: . i th ,,* ? tinted for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; and Bowdery '1' 1 1 . .,4 y %,„oxf,ord-street ; where may be had, just published , . with '''''\ 'MI C u n, TILE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, by Mrs. Child, the ti .. .... 73__ i_ o_t___L ..-- it ' 4 'leant Pocket Editioa, prise Is., by pest Is. 6d. 1, • . jetsILLVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, ( 2 . h e RANCES and OBLIGATIONS. l'h i litcrl.'et to I Not e, tts . -,_ be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. kti,411y...,,5k-a Matrimonial Kligibility and Unfitness—Laws ( Ito t ,, h enOtnena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence-0v 's ~,,,,:td u noreductivo Unieas—Czniesities of Medical I.Oxperi t ,), A -41 4 Z,• 8 4. ti. l lA:4l,ry"aPanieb.! to the same, pries is., by 3 3st is. 6d. aid DSEASS (72 Engravings). . I, A , ski t _ et t A .,,_ sting little 'salaams are net intended for idle or In 1144stion'Au.s,al, bet they are earnestly offered to the attentive : 4, 7: - ,Z l?:W ii i it :::t l4ie d io A se ß s t vii - O E ly be more legitimately aid perhaps 1 1 '4 It.gt :K l , lia, e .. ,5k1 , ,,,.7 , (:',o4 l ,,,,, r aternetter-row ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street ; f' 4 •l-s tr ,".. and all booksellers, or direst from the Author, ili s- A •---; 'itrand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till J 'I V IESS u, ‘it' C - 4 7,' Wax..„,, CANDLES, sfd. per lb. ; extra th : I St& , -dliu, , ".ek Moulds, 634 d. ; best Sperm Candles, Is. Bd. ; I t ~ 4i. NV,,, `,;- 2 4. ; flue Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent, Is. *ld. ; d . '-. Etna' r; s _' . 1 4. ; Hale's Composite, 9 1 Ad.; Yellow Soap, 1 4 ,4 7 , 2 :, et. ticket .pcll_ _ l l2lbs ; Mottled, 60s. _and 62t 0 5 5 ..; . VLin . dsz.. i, r ; ii, e ,'"- ; ii,, Aii :-: 1 ( 1 _Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; X ‘ 4 , .r 0 ar, 3, 3 .. g wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.; Sperm Oil, 7s. id. per Nt It:: at Ijr i V r „, N, , °Ppo sit ' -. - B'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar i\ oi lv, 6 Elauglitur's Coffee-house. 41, it v 41, F 1 - ----- ---- 1 1,,,. 8, , eri l ,„ and Co., Wine Merchants—Office, to ,1,, 11, 1 e. ": 64 3t ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street, Regent-street. Oh "rat d ell k no i't4 otter ~ e fine rlt ~ wn to the public as the manufacturers of 1 % Dvrt ", Waters, which have been Identified with their ig 0 4 sto tk sixty years beg respectfully to invite ;attention %._' %, ;as to th FO IikAPT , WIIES which they have beau for I V' ' 1; ' Vl u(' " ea really ' ;electing. it compiehends the whole 41 1 ! 51,4 4 fluot 4 us ti u o 4ll 7 in demand, and at prices graduating from 'l's 4 * -- 1 141 "% at attendant on high and rare qualities, down to A t VI ° r Pric e , " hich genuine unadulterated slim; can be ob (ti __ sent on application. ' ' - ' I 4L'S -,, t krt te tii4 r -1 - ALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH ' ki *k,,, et ? .. rj ue5 e 0.... 6444 cap. 65. Patronised by the Prints NJ ti l ler da s -r 4t exit re00""rill:_of Cambridge, &c. 1, 4 Itb a LIW ty and i L i aends itself to the Public generally by its / ‘ ,---.._ 11 0 li ad 4l4 24it "aanicse, moderate price, and able defense 1 1"\,,,,,, "'Lend ‘4,40,41 lt(-24r kIl 3tant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. :ir , Iyl . A ~... ' ll wily of the Patentees, 114, Regent-street. P ik‘' > 4°4 7 11. 4 i N D'S L OTION.—This well-known ti I 1 4 'ant ' " Y a ti y r 4 , 3 tips 14 i ll, ir l i t r tn i ppendage of the British toilet has for a ntaimed unrivalled reputation as a perfect , . ro At , o l l 4,.. rver ies of the skin, together with the valuable pro .''S "l eoti: r "tovin "4 sustainer of the complexion of the most tO to te ti` the Crag:varY trace of sallowness and discolouration, ti k ,N 4 S .`d. R h - l'ectni, r "P a reacY and brightness of the skin, which r o v pi ,, atv, L greet,. „, „ d —— a one complexion. ~ 1, k t ,',' ,l t obt ~,,Z1 , 1 , 01 -- an," is in white letters on the Government si -.., Sold b y .9? 11 „e Is genuine. Price Sc . 9d ; ss. 6d. ti,, , s' 0 0 --- ---.__ " 4 1 erhimers and Chemists. ftt t . f i l 'Qo tle m il , Ar o -.en Who 0; bt, -. :,..N 1 c)5ed_....,,,,,, " 0 shave themselves the following ,; 1 , 11:4. 13 , t,,, a 51i , nd„ 8 , 1 .,Y 0 do all the first cutlers in Europe use and 11r-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer k ti l ' 4 Re. it" it is th kt , e t ttri Itk, fae T () MY one that gives to a razor a keen and 4 4 1 , tit t he (4 m a ,. °r Y. 25 , Strand, 440;14,411p wea ns sa ` a W ag seized with a fit of apoplexy at to utgi tl r., „ ,_ his deamindseisthneoetarliikdeonily tfaolisrebacockverto. hie uncle, w4a depriv ation of sight. ~.y \ ..,~;^_` --- SS. r; mOnS.) the ISMS 01. Hall. Solicitor• r,3lorrii. i9iOn AU I, and 31r. 2 )-Mr. Branch). sranch). qd, Wore irgement)• urgemet►t). erhani ptoa IAV co and defend Ant, tin' for P s e x i; e y th id , I,e -- enc' O W' °C :loos Prose,: lole day ; D AY•) periurP w o l g daL. a i r at ved ecut or, ) 1 4 ernes* ' at Of 13; 11 coin w u ;‘: ile undue ao : c ic 3 s ege d to .A O. Mr. Cr a w 10, i n Th e ftto , lied elut t ClaWu° for moat sej er b: a letter Tura' t* tile fg t •Cr or Po" oeS• 100 1 be 10• Ing apd t ear P et• U e oQ 0 .0:7 same 113 •1;re t3 p abou t tile p l f it i . .t e boo I's 0°1) . 5 g P t 3 earPe,%" l o an d sal" 0 0. oto ,0 04 e Cope e ugodi e . t o a nd IP: ja• act Lt wit h $ „ J OY v , opr° l * nvard to. (AA an Yet re.rPe, t ties o. 1 5 1:1 1re t' be, p: itto , t o• er an d 1 F !4 9;„(1 yorl ies tr ktan c h Yo• Kidd • (Ns - el," tor r ales, I , sterncten o, a re , -ter 511 , °P e , l ' l , l 21. 12 ' 4 00 F o r , e J a tl l3 : e-t L °' , l l% ' [Le ster, * l ! c otil , Arid L , 1,. Midi ° ,: e if o• 2, 14 .n, - Wore' D ab .$ , 14 3 . • 3 ' 744 ;ate''6ls• British, cs L n sborl, t ine, 11 nou 1. 10 ;04 1 . 314%;11 O r. tics, wie n) !il Nor Alfa 3 311, 0 110 "0 04 And .o,o ttp Britld C oh, r o o t od s ), F,NCS At 04. 1 r 1 64 ' WO t i A t tineitt, the sit As sncoet ° , To 9 but i i „1 6 „,0 ,ribt.. i° 0 rialter4t free lf oef , ' l I a ft ' I Af t ' °lfer' 00,4 "1 1 4 flit. O r ' la Fl tfc' e ' l al 4ft ' ' ieorte' — oi jo Enc• be t o rig ° gaff' tije 9' 1116 A lt' or ., Jo , ;e• sv c ' opti 40 4 ictiu o c t . o . Tos4Bt' (414 i14 ,do eor Adi f ;f • it , • .•sk.' 7 tr • . nirr ir4 e " \\*4l,; \ stS:-.,` • " I'4 scik - • r ••• 41,z -' ttr 7 - 47 0 44 '-1- -DIE I 4 tl l .* - f,* 111+ DRO N - 2,•• / LON DON T UESDAY E-v • k No. 16,671. EXCHEQUER BILL OFFICE, 2, WHITEHALL-YARD, I'm 17, 1846. rrilE EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the _IL month of MARCH, 1845, viz., per 7 Yid., cap 14, 18,407,3001., Rlll2O 1844 ; Also, The EXCHEQUER BILLS dated In JULY and NOVEMBER, 1844, and MARCH, 1845, per 2 and 3 William IV., cap. 125, for Relief of West India Islands ; 3 Viet., cap. 10, for Carrying on Pub lic Works, with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 17th day of March, 1846, when the Interest will cease. Such Bills will be received daily from Flalf-past Ten o'clock till Two, until and in cluding the Gth day of March, at this office, where Lists are to be obtained, containing instructions for arranging the Bills. The bearers must endorse each Bill with their usual signatures, anti write their names and residences at the bottom of each list; and where the names of holders are inserted in Bills, the bearers, not being such holders, must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers must attend to give receipts for the payment. Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 17th day of March, upon leaving the Bills for examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. New Bills, bearing an Interest of One Penny Halfperny by the day upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said 17th day of March, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of the Exchequer Bills issued under the above-mentioned Act of 7 Vic., cap. 14, upon stating the required amount on the lists, delivered on - r before the said 6th day of March, which new Bills, with the In terest on the Bills exchanged, will be issued on the 18th day of March. The Bills to be classed in separate lists, accord,!ng to the Acts under which they have been issued. The Bills issued for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and for Relief of West India Islands, will be paid off in money. N.B. All Exchequer Bills charged on supplies dated prior to March, 1845, have been advertised to be paid off. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Saturday, the 28th February, and Sunday, the Ist of March, will con tain the Fullest Particulars of tho BRITISH VICTORIES IN INDIA, from the Official Dispatches and other Sources, the Lists of Killed and Wounded, Trophies Seized, &c., &c. With the MONSTER DEBATE AND DIVISION, the Election for S ;nth Notts, Editorial Comments on the State of the FREE TRADE QUESTION, and a LETTER FROM COTTON TWIST !—Office, 337, Strand ; and all Newsmen - . Price Gd. THE NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF "MAIDS OF HONOUR." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. A TALE OF THE COURT OF CHAILRS 11. By the Author of " Maids of Honour." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. S IR NoRICw read HAy,RD •in. 2 voIe. HENEG small Bvo., AN 21s. bou S nd SEVEN , ' YEARS' CAMPAIGNING, IN THE PENINSULA AND THE NETHERLANDS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours, con tuning instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to Instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an priginal Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho, Mr. King; Rovedos, Mr. Horncastle ; Basilius, Mr. Allen; Quiteria, Miss Rainforth. After whioh, for the Sixth Time, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Maria, Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdine. Giubilei, &c., will appear. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. To-morrow, being Ash Wednesday, there will be no performance. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING - Will be performed Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Tragedy of lON. Mss Cushman ; Clemanthe, Miss Susan Cashman ; and sup ported by Messrs. Stuart, Hudson, Brindal, H. Holt, Miss Telbin, &c. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Gaz•m Ladra," and the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." After which, the Comedy of THE OLD SCHOOL. Principal tharacters by Messrs. Farren, Holl, Brindal, Mrs. Clifford, and Mrs. Yaruold. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL• DINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr, Bendel, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trials Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Votes and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic an I Ma gourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Sce. To-morrow, being Ash Wednesday, there will be no performance. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. C. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice 1 THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To be followed by the original REDOWA WALTZ, music esim posed by M. Jullien, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, *Miffed TIIE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Scinti, of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Alts tames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 45..; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STAEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Wallack ; Harry Thunder, Mr. J. Vining; Sim, Mr. Oxberry ; Ephraim Smooth, Mr. Compton ; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Millie. Duval will appear. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled THE 'VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trinquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Murray ; Mar chioness D'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanche, Miss Stanley ; Blan chette, Mrs. Stirling. 'To-morrow, being Ash Wednesday, there will be no performance. farm servants in the employment of gentlemen. These un.- fortunate men were dragged out in the middle of the night, and either maimed or murdered in the presence of their families; and such was the system of terror established, that the family dared not give evidence against the perpetrators of the out rage. The Government had adopted every method in their power to suppress the outrages. They had increased the po lice force, but in vain; and they were now compelled to apply to Parliament for further power. If it was intended by Parliament to grapple with this evil, they could not adopt a less unconstitutional measure than the one proposed. The first clause gave the Lord Lieutenant power to proclaim any district. The second clause was important. These crimes were planned and committed generally during the night, and therefore the second clause was most important. He also considered it important that the Lord Lieutenant should have the power of awarding compensation to the family of the murdered man, to be levied on the barony in which the murder had been committed, by way of fine levied by rate, from which no indi vidual should be exempt. It was also important that the police should have the power of entering and searching public-houses. This Act violated no constitutional form in the trial of offenders; they were to be tried by jury at quarter-sessions or assizes. He would not enter at length into the details of the measure, as they must be better discussed in Committee. He knew that some persons attributed these outrages to political feeling, but he considered the future, inas much as crime had diminished in certain counties of Ireland. These outrages were not of an insurrectionary character, and he thought they were quite unconnected with politics. The Government had shown itself not insensible to the improve ment of the condition of the Irish people, but all such mea sures would be useless until these outrages were put down. There could be no doubt that the minute subdivision of land had led to some of those outrages, but the great cause was the existence of secret associations. It was necessary to meet the evil, and there fore he called upon their Lordships to sanction this mea sure, and to give to the Irish peasant that feel ing of security which the English peasant enjoyed, and which would enable the measures of the Government for improving the social condition of Ireland to bear the fruit which they hoped they would produce, but which they could not produce until the feeling of security for life and property was restored. He, therefore, moved that the Bill be read a second time. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not offer the slightest opposition to the progress of a Bill intended for the preservation of the lives of her Majesty's Irish subjects; and, far from complaining of the early time at which the Bill was brought forward, he thought that every day since the beginning of the session was a day lost, in not making some attempt to put an end to such a lamentable state of things. He trusted that their Lordships would lose no time in consi dering measures for improving the condition of the Irish people, but he admitted that the measure which had been proposed was an indispensable precursor t o them. He feltjustified in admitting and stating that this was a Bill for the protection of the poor against a lawless system of in timidation, which was aimed against their only property, their labour, and which, if not put down would extend to the whole country, and end in the extermination of the great mass of the population, and the destruction of law, order, and security. At the same time he would.im press upon the Government the necessity of introducing as speedily as possible measures to ameliorate the condition of the people of Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM agreed that this Bill ought not to be delayed. He deplored that there should exist in any part of the British dominions a state of society which, if not instantly put down, would render all attempts at improvement the wildest fancy that it ever entered into the mind of man to imagine. There first duty towards Ireland was to render it an inhabitable country by putting a stop to the progress of crime, which rendered it an uninhabitable country. He regretted that this Bill did not contain provisions for trying accusations in a part of the country where juries were not subject to the assassin. He should like to have this provision not confined to Ireland, but extended to the whole kingdom. In Scotland all offences might be tried either locally, or in Edinburgh, at the option of the prosecutor. It was better, both for the prisoner and for justice, that be should be tried where he was not known. He trusted the Government would, before many days were passed, make this addition to this most necessary measure. Lord FARNHAM said that Cavan, twelve months since, was one of the quietest counties in Ireland and now it was the most disturbed. The disturbances began with threatening notices and the perambulation of the county by armed men, and in the spring murder was committed in the open day without any attempt being made to arrest the murderer. He agreed that this Bill was for the protection of the poor, for the rich man might provide for his safety by quitting the country, which the poor man could not. If the farmer were to wish to leave the country he could not sell his pro perty, for the purchaser would not be safe. The cause of all these evils was the existence of ribbon societies, so cieties composed exclusively of men of the humblest dasses of life, ignorant,' uneducated, but most mischievous, and capable of perpetrating any crime, however atrocious. The present measure was one necessary for the security of life and property, and he hoped its progress would not be de- layed. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained that himself and those with Whom he acted had been grossly assailed, because he had called on the Government to adopt measures for the security of life and property in Ireland. He was extremely sorry that his expression of his conscientious opinion had offended any portion of his countrymen. He must entertain the opinion that the Irish should enjoy equal rights and pri vileges, but that had nothing to tio with the present measure, which simply was for the protection of life and property. To the complaint of the Irish farmer, that he was deprived of the franchise, it would no be any answer to say, therefore you shall not be defended in the enjoyment of your life and your property. He objected to this being a permanent measure. Arbitrary power would be necessary for a time, but the p.Tiod of its exercise should be limited. It was, perhaps, right that the inhabitants of the district should be fined in:which a murder was co mm itt e d, . but he thought that where a conviction followed, the district ought not to be subjected to the fine, lie also objected to inflicting the punishment of transporta tion without a previous reference to the Lord Lieutenant. These, however, were matters of detail, and so necessary did he conceive some such measure, that he would not op pose it in its present stage. The Earl of Wicimow thought this a most useful Bill, and did not see the force of the objections of the Noble Marquis. He thought, however, that some additions might be made to it to secure the conviction and punishment of the perpetrators of crime. It was impossible in local dis tricts to select jurors who would convict even on the clearest evidence, and some provision to remedy this evil was wanting. The Earl of CLANCARTY thought the Bill would be more perfect if it gave greater powers to unpaid magistrates and local authorities, who had greater local knowledge and more interest in the district than stipendiary magistrates. He objected to the plan of assessment for compensation, as calculated to increase the unpopularity of the poor-rate. Lord CAMPBELL would not oppose the measure, but he must protest against the doctrine laid down by his Noble and Learned Friend, that it would be ad visable in every case to give the prosecution a power of bringing a criminal to trial at a distance from his home—a power which was an encroachment on the just rights of a British subject, and contrary to the maxims of the common law. For the sake of the prisoner and of the public, it was better that the trial should take place, and the sentence be pronounced, near to the spot where the crime was com mitted. This proposal would in political trials confer upon the Government almost arbitrary power. He did not believe the present Government would . . . . abuse such a power, but it ought not to be entrusted to any Government. He denied that it was the law of England in cases of murder. The Court of Queen's Bench in England might change the venue in such cases in England, but so could the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland now. t was the law of Scotland, but the criminal law of Scot- landwaslibertyarbitrary of nature, at u the re, subjectand n o as t nearthe sofavourable criminal law of England. Would his Noble Fri en d hold up the conviction of Muir and P a l mer as an example to be imitated; and within of ato veryhe the last six months the Court of Justiciary had determined that it had the power to create any new offence, and to affix to it any punishment they might think tit, but he trusted that would not be held up as a model of imitation for England and Ireland. Al though he would not oppose the Bill, he considered that it ought to be a temporary measure as it was an encroach ment on the constitution. Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CAMPBRLL mutuall y explained Earl e o a s re confess s taolthboisugfeholisnogms,eethe t was f bound u tiiat proposed were he repugnant GIiEY, thought the Noble Earl, who had i n t ro d uce d it had made Out a sufficient case to authorise their Lordships in arming the Government with additional powers. But m easures for repressing acts of outrage, whi e the spirit of insubordination remained, were insufficient to meet the wants of the case. Eleemosynary relief, too, had frequently been granted to Ireland, without producing permanent bene fit. It was their duty -to go to the root of the evil and to take away the source of the spirit of insubordination. This was not the time to discuss what these measures ought to be; but if, before the third reading of the Bill, they had no general outline given to them of a comprehensive measure of general policy, it would be the duty of the House to record its opinion of the necessity of coupling with this measure some other measures of the nature of those to which he had alluded; and if no other Noble Lord undertook the task, 1 e should on the third reading bring forward a resolution pledging the House to inquire into the cause of the evils of the present state of Ireland, and to provide aremedy for those evils. He thought the provision for levy ing a Aims on that district in which crime _ was corn muted a proper provision, but he trusted their Lord- ships would not consent to this law without the addition of a clause limiting the time of its operation, and he thought that the clauses relating to persons out between sunset and sunrise required some modification. The Marquis of WESTMEATH supported the Bill, which was . . . . . read a second time, after which theii Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion for the second reading of the Bilaton Gas Bill, Mr. IL SPOONER moved that it be read a second time that day six months. After a short discussion the amend ment was withdrawn, the Bill read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Petitions were presented against the enrolment of the militia, and also against the free-trade measure of the Go vernment. Mr. ESTCOURT gave notice of his intention, to-morrow, to bring under the consideration of the House an error in the report of the Sub-Committee with respect to the West Ridging Union Railway Bill, and to move th a t th e Bill brought in founded on that report be annulled. Lord SANDON gave notice of his intention, after Easter, to bring in a Bill relative to the prisons in, and the jurisdiction of, the city of London. Sir E. PEEL, in answer to a question from Sir R. INGus, said that dispatches had been received by the Government relative to the war in India; that these dispatches bore out generally the statements of the morning papers of this day, that a great victory had been gained by the valour of the British troops, but, he was sorry to say, with considerable loss. The particulars of these dispatches would be published in an extraordinory Gazette probably this evening. The Right Hon. Baronet, in answer to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL, said that the Government proposed bringing in, several Bills with respect to Ireland during the present session, but it was not proposed to give those measures precedence of the measures now under the consideration of the Hone. The Government proposed to bring in a Bill to encourage the im provent of land iu Ireland. They also proposed to Introduce fe an other Bills to amen d the law respecting the registrat i on o f countytat country;vot rs in Irela n d, an d t h e mo d e o f h o ldi ng elections in h franchise. alteration vir w i tahs respectin tend intended t t o h eb beMunicipal with respect t o Corporation Bill t h at would be introduced by the Govern ment, the effect of it would be to assimilate the municipal franchise of Ireland as much as possible to that of England. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. O'CON NELL, said there would be no objection to lay before the House the papers asked for by the Hon. and Learned Mem ber relative to the execution of Bryan Seery. Mr. E. BULLER then resumed the adjourned debate on the Customs' and Corn - Importation measure. He advocated the measure of the Government, believing that protection meant nothing more nor less than this—benefit to one class of society at the expense of the rest. Although he had five points to cavil at in the Government measure, he felt that the carrying of it was of such importance that he should give it his hearty support. Captain BaTestyN would give the measure his most deter mined opposition. No man lamented more than he did the failure of the potato crop in Ireland, or would be more ready to support a measure that would have the effect of relieving the misery of that country, but it was a mockery to say that a measure like the present, which would have the effect of depreciating the price of the agricultural produce of that country, would have that effect. In twelve months' time, if the proposed measure passed, the whole pro duce of Ireland would be driven out of the English market by foreign competition. He still retained the motto of his county, "No surrender." Mr. MONTAGUE Greta would give the measure of the Government his decided and most strenuous support. He had no fear for agriculture from the competition of other countries. He would not support the measure if he thought it was conceded to agitatiun or fear; he believed that it was conceded from no such cause, but from a just conviction of its necessity. Mr. R. A. FITZGER ALD heard with great pleasure the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern ment the other night; he concurred with every part of it, 1 and would give the measure his decided support. He was glad to see that the Government intended to introduce mea sures to im rove the co ic uttiorriartkind. He_believed if the pc IlierffffetTor - Isioniro'n iffa party - were in power they would be enabled t o do great good for Ireland. 1 Captain LocKIIART opposed the proposition. They were not called upon to pass a sweeping measure of the kind to avert a casual calamity. Sir G. CLERK advocated the measure. He thought if Hon. Members looked to what had been passing in the country for the last twenty years, they would come to the conviction that the Government were not pursuing a new or overstrained policy in proposing the adoption of those mea sures. He felt convinced, if the measure passed, not a single acre of land in the country would be thrown out of cultiva tion by the importation of corn from Russia, or any other part of the world ; but that the agricultural part of the com munity, as well as the commercial, would be benefited by it. Mr. LIDDEIZ wanted to know if there had been no change in the policy of the Government in bringing forward this measure; why the Noble Lord, the Member for the City of London, sat on the other side of the House, and why tl:e Noble Lord, the Sec , etary for Ireland, had gone back to his constituents at Nottingham, and was likely to lose his seat. He considered the assertion of the Right Hon: Baronet who had just addressed the House most startling, and not founded on fact. A great change had taken place in the policy of the Government, the introduction of the present measure was a revolution on their former policy, one, as he believed, calcu lated to do immense injury to the country, and he should,. therefore, give it his determined opposition. He did not pretend to say that the corn-laws as they at present existed should be maintained, but as long as he was a Member of that House he should contend that they ought to exist in a modified form. Mr. Hurr • supported the Government proposition, be lieving that the only measure that could relieve the dis tresses of the country was a repeal of the corn-laws. Captain HARRIS opposed the Government measure. Mr. MoNciczoN MfueEs had never refused to do justice to the Hon. Gentlemen opposite whenever they had brought forward measures which he conceived to be for the benefit of the country, neither was he inclined to judge the present Ministers so harshly as some of his Hon. Friends seemed inclined to judge them, and seeing the great alterations which had taken place in the opinions of all those connected with political life, on the subject of the corn-laws, he thought that great allowances ought to be made for the Minis ter. It was for the House to decide whether a statesman should be permitted to modify his opinion, or whether the country should be exposed to the danger of perpetual changes. But he considered there were two questions—the one the secular rejection of the revenues of the Irish Church, and the other the repeal of the corn-laws, whichthe present Gevernment,was precluded upon principle from considering. Under existing circumstances he could only look upon the Govern ment of the Right Hon. Baronet as a Government ad interim to carry this measure, existing by the permission of its oppo nents. He gave his support to this measure, net because he bad any confithnce in the Govern ment of? the Right Hon. Baronet, but because he felt conscientiously bound, in accord ance with his principles, to repudiate the doctrine of protec tion as laid down by the agricultural interest. He had always considered the corn-law as a temporary measure, and he felt that the time was now come for its removal. He did not believe that the great relief would be afforded by the repeal of these laws which Hon. Gentlemen expected, neither did he think that the fears of those opposed to the measure would be realised. Comparing the habits of life and the physical powers of the English labourer with those of the foreign labourer, he was not of opinion that the English labourer would suffer from the change; indeed, he could not suffer, for his wages were already reduced in agricultural districts to the lowest possible point, and if the wages of the agricul tural labourer in Yorkshire were higher than those of the same labourer in Northampto ns hi re , it was because of the contiguity of Yorkshire to the manufacturing districts. He believed the tenant-farmers would suffer by the change more than any other class. The Hon. Gentleman then complained of the attacks which had been made on the landlords by the League, and contended that the land was let much below its real value, and that by these changes the landlords might be tempted to become mere manufacturers of corn. He trusted, however, that they would not give way to the temp tation, and although they might suffer temporary pecuniary loss, yet they would maintain their position as the great supporters of the safety and permanency of this mighty em pire. On the motion of Lord INGESTRE the debate was then ad journed until to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. The official dispatches describing the late battles on the Sutlej, published this morning in the London Gazette Extra ordinary, and given at length in The Sun, will be read with melancholy interest. They confirm all the previous state ments respecting the great bravery displayed by the officers and troops under their command, the vast difficulties they had to contend with, and the superiority of numbers on the the generalproportion posti position, being t ficnat some r to one, instances, vi w f ipn u a l gr ly tt ' ho t fe tentw'o in htroeoefnonreecmaegysainst the British. When it is remembered that the Seikh troops are considered the most brave and daring in India, that they had been well trained by Euro pean officers skilled in all the tactics of the French revolu. tion, that their guns were numerous and of a very large size —from nine to twenty-four pounders, and that they were admirably served, the decisive victory becomes the more wonderful, and the gallantry both of the native and Earo peen troops appears unequalled in any former engagements in India. There was, however, one exception, and that is candidly admitted by Sir JOHN LITTLER ; but great allow ances must be made when the small army of that gallant officer had such fearful odds against them. It was stated in private letters that the division under LITTLER had been re pulsed, and it appears from the official dispatches that a part of this report was true, but the check was speedily remedied, and that, too, by only one European regiment, the 9th Foot, with the 20th Regiment of Native Infantry, and a part of the 14th Native Infantry. "The first advance in line," says the General, " was steady, and the approach to the enemy's work s made under a most galling fire. The casualties in the ranks were awful. The troops, however, moved on with great firmness and resolution, and approached the enemy's battery to within about 150 iards, when I considered the prize to be within their grasp. The enemy, however, having great confidence in their guns, continued to serve them with ex traordinary activity, and to make such havoc in our ranks, as to cause an immediate panic and hesitation in her MA JESYT'S 62d Foot, which of course had a similar effect on the native regiments on the flanks, notwithstanding all our exertions to induce them to advance by cheering and encouraging them, pointing at the same time to the shOrt distance which they had to proceed when the day would be their oWn. It was all in vain, and they retired out of gun shot, to where her MAJESTY'S 9th Foot and 26th Regiment Native Infantry were drawn up in reserve. A part of the 14th Regiment Native Infantry, with their colours, accom panied these two regiments, and entered the enemy's batteries." Nothing can furnish a stronger proof o f t h e bravery of the native troops than the glorious result mentioned in the last part of the paragraph, and the i dreadful havoc am ong th e officers of the 62d shows that t was n o f au l t of their that such an unfortunate repulse took p la ce. Of the officers com manding that regiment we find th at not fewer than e i g ht wore killed and nine wou nded—sever a l of them severely. I n every other quarter the ut most steadin ess and bravery w ere displayed by both offirsand in mented to each re g i ment, their courage appears to have been fully equal t o t h at of the Europeans, the proportion , for instance, of tho se kil led on the officers ce appointed po ; and, co ns id er i ng the number of native 21st and 22d being thirty-seven European officers, and seven teen native officers. The Governor. General in adverting to the conduct of this part of the army . pays th em the highest compliment. "Thanks , " says he m the ge neral orders pub lished on the 30th December, are justly due to the brave infantry of the native army, whose valour so mainly contri buted to these victories, and he cannot withhold his admira tion for the patience and perseverance with which they en dured privations inseperable from forced marches. " General Lrrriltn also bears full testimony to their fidelity. " The native troops," he adds, " under the numerous temptations to which they have been exposed for se veral months past by Seikh emissaries, have evinced their loyalty to the British Government in a most remarkable manner, not a s i ngle de sertion having taken place, since the enemy crossed the Sutlej, that has come to my knowledge. They have main tained the character of the Bengal army i n di splay i ng cou rage and bravery under a heavy fire." This is satisfactory in another point of view, because it is w e ll k nown t h at our Indian empire must be maintained chiefly by the aid and concurrence of the natives. The British forces in that vast extent of territory are a mere ha n df u l o f men , compared with the population, and this attachment to British rule, therefore, may be regarded as the fi rmest basis of our stability iu the East. This ought to S Ny FEBRUAR Y' 24, 1846. PRICE sr. teach the Directors of the India Board, as well as the Go vernor-General and home Government, to act with the utmost liberality, fairness, and generosity towards the native troops, increase rather than diminish their pay, encourage promo tion, and place them as far as circumstances will admit on a footin g with their more civilised and powerful rulers. The dispatch of Sir 11. HARDINGE to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, describing the important results of this wanton attack upon the British territory, is brief and satisfactory. It appears that so early as the Bth of December, ten days before the first attack, and thirteen before the battle commenced on the 21st, he had put a portion of the army in motion to repel the invaders, and though considerably outnumbered, the forces he concentrated around Ferozepore i'ere equal to beat the enemy on every point, capture nearly the whole o their artillery, tents, baggage, with large quantities of ammu nition and warlike stores. In that dispatch we learn for the first time that no new entrenchments had been made by the Seikhs on the left bank, for these successful operations had been followed by the " retreat of the Seikh army to the other side of the Sutlej, the British army being now (December 31) encamped between Ferozepore and the fords of the Sutlej." This will remove much anxiety; for from the imperfect accounts hitherto received of the posi tion of the defeated army, fears were entertained that they were preparing for further resistance. The Governor- General thus sums up his remarks :—" No accident or failure has occurred during the complicated operations of a com bined movement; and our army, whether for defence or attack, has shown, as heretofore, that its power is irre sistible." It is quite illusory to regard the succession of speeches now uttered night after night In the House of Commons as likely in the slightest degree to modify the commercial policy advanced by Sir ROBERT. The discussion altogether resembles one of those pleasant tragi-comedies which upon the stage —that is to say, both upon the theatrical and Parliamentary stage—is formed entirely of conventionalities. It resembles, we repeat, one of those facetious performances, through the woof of whose lamentations, and dilemmas, and misfortunes peeps out—the great, jovial, and CERTAIN denouement. There are the mournful "walking-gentlemen" no doubt (such as Sir R. INGLIS), whose office it is to produce white pocket handkerchiefs and words of bitter wailing ; there are choleric "guardians" (such as Mr. Scorr), who are incessantly trying to embroil somebody; there are satirical "lookers-on" (such as Mr. DISRAELI), who discharge the duties originally imposed upon the Greek choruses, of commenting upon passing occur rences with smart sallies of wit and sarcasm of much sparkle and brilliancy. Nevertheless, throughout the alternations of passion and sentiment which are thus represented on the floor of tie Low erHouse,in spite of the lugubrious countenances of many of the principal performers of the important political drama now in course of representation, we have ever before us in perspective the final tableau with which the piece will terminate; we perceive the inevitable consummation of happiness with which the final scene will conclude; we already, in the prescience of fancy. see the curtain of the ' , resent session descending amidst the general and enthusiastic approbation of the spectators (the public) with the orderly appearance and contented looks of the stage heroes—the representatives (whether present or future) of the Lower House. This we most conscientiously maintain will prove no idle talking, but the true harbinger of what is now upon its indomitable approach—free importation, free exportation, plenty and prosperity. Let not any rash an tagonist suppose for one instant that the acceptance of free trade as a relative portion of the British Constitution can be retarded by any puny obstacles of their interposition ; let them remember that public opinion is impelling this great measure forward with a resistless force, that public opinion infuses, by its accordance, a vast energy and power . . into the voice of the Premier and his adherents— a power which no opposition of theirs, how ever spasmodic and infuriated, can overthrow ; let them remember that the proposed abolition is urged onwards by no party and no individual class, but by a remarkable combination of all divisions of political doctrine, by the em bodiment of the national will in one hundred and sixty eight thousand pounds, by the expressed approbation of re presentatives and constituencies almost without number : but above all, let them follow the bold and glorious example of many of our most illustrious statesmen, by bowing down before the majesty of experience and conviction, by sacri ficing (if need be) self to society, by acknowledging with real greatness of spirit the fallacy of their former opinions, and by diffusing happiness among their coun trymen by the performance of an act of justice and reparation. Another of these instances of self-forgetfulness —of genuine Parliamentary magnaminity, was witnessed last night in the person of Sir GEORGE CLERK. There is something worthy of sincere esteem in the candour and the readiness with which the President of the Board of Trade confesses the necessity of some permanent alteration in our commercial laws. Himself a large landed proprietor—totally- sustained, we may say, by his territorial possessions in the neighbour hood of Edinburgh, Sir GEORGE CLERK is prepared to en counter any deterioration in his fortunes (if such can possibly follow the Abolition Act), ha is willing to risk any amount in his personal revenues, because he believes that such a proceeding is requisite for the general welfare of Great Britain. His survey is not restricted to this pre sent hour or this present crop—he sees beyond the horizon of this.year and this harvest—be calculates the contingencies of vegetation, increased population, and diffused knowledge —he beholds the inadequacy of any sliding-scale to prevent a deficiency of food, or to diminish its price sufficiently for the means of the more indigent classes; and seeing all this, feeling all this, knowing all this, comes forward manfully to sustain by his co-operation the earnest and laudable effort s of the Prime Minister. His elaborate and detailed analysis of the arguments advanced by Messrs. DISRAELI and HUD sox, were most straightforward and conclusive. He scarcely so much reposed the nerve of his logic on metaphysical dis tinctions as upon manifest and naked facts ; he controverted their sophistry by statistics ; he scourged them with the satire of common sense. He pronounced a decided appro bation of the scheme propounded by Government as admirable. because it would equalise prices : how? "Not," said the Right Hon. Member, "by bringing English . prices down to the continental level, but by raising continental prices to the English level." And this asser tion he proved to be correct by the clearest and least contro vertible chain of reasoning. It was not a mere declaration ; it was a deduction. It was not a mere vagary of theima • gination ; it was a bodily and demonstrable truth. For this staunch and disinterested behaviour of Sir GEORGE CLERK, he is worthy of our utmost con mendation, and we hereby utter that commendation in simple language. While, however, we would applaud an individual Member of the House of Commons for conduct truly praiseworthy, we must utter our most comprehensive protest against that august House, as a body, for the inexcusable manner in which * they are now frittering away time most precious to the community at large. Their most useless and =en durable delay over the settlement of a measure of such immi nent and vital importance to the inhabitants of these islands—more especially to Ireland, where famine is already beginning to decimate the populace—is inex cusable and injurious to a degree. Surely enough has been said both in favour of protection, and in favour of free trade; surely the question at issue has been sufficiently conned and dissected: the kings of the forest have spoken—we don't want to hear the voice of every weazel and every field-mouse. Other Bills are wait ing ; labourers without employment are waiting ; an im- patient and hungry multitude are waiting: let the matter, then, be forthwith concluded : let the maize and the colonial grain enter the ports : let Government tarry no longer in some practical signs of its wisdom and its beaefic,ence. The' Madrid papers of the 16th contain explanations made by the new Ministers in both Chambers relative to the late change of Administration, in the course of which General NAIVAEZ made a very submissive and constitutional speech. In the Chamber of Peers, the Marquis Da Nina- FLORES said he should not enter into the causes which led to the dissolution of the Ministry, but confine himself chiefly to what related to himself and friends :—On being sent for by the QUEEN, he thought it his duty to state to her MAJESTY, that it would not be desirable that NARVAEZ should form part of the new Cabinet. NARVAEZ readily agreed to this; and offered his services in any way they could be useful to the country. The Chief Minister further stated, that the dignity of Commander-in Chief was merely honorary, and as regarded the policy of the present Government, he asserted that he and his colleagues had adopted the financial policy of Senor MoN, and that one of their principal objects in assuming the important task was to maintain public order and respect for the Con stitution. The speech gave satisfaction to all parties. Ge neral NARVAEZ gave a brief history of the Ministerial crisis, said his conduct had been regulated by the purest love of country, and added that he had offered to the new Cabinet his support, whether as Captain-General of a province, or in a more inferior situation. Ministers then proceeded to the Chamber of Deputies, and similar statem en t s h av i ng been maee, the Chamber adjourned. The Gazette contains a royal decree appointing PENA AGUAYO Minister of Finance. This appointment and the explanations in the Chambers had a favourable effect on the Funds. The Three per Cents. closed at 32% at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 22% for cash, and 23 at 60 days; and the Ma drid and Aranjuez Railroad shares 2,100 at 60 days. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on the 21st, a long debate took place onithe motion of M. ODILON BARROT, to re • place the Bill on secondary instruction among the orders of the day. The object appeared to be to embarrass the Ministry, by keeping alive the disputes between the University and the Church. M. TRIERS took an active part in the debate, and defended the proposition of M. BARROT, but all in vain. GUIZOT resisted the motion, and on a division it was negatived by a majority of 211 to 144—majority in favour of Ministers, 67. The papers contain further details from Mena, and also A dispatch from Marshal BIJOEAUD, of the 11th inst., in which that General fully confirms the report, almost officially contradicted, that AED-EL-KADER was in the very centre of the colony, and apprehended his obstinate continuance in that position, from which it would be difficult to drive him away, unless the Kabyles should undertake the task. This is not very likely, and the Marshal must, therefore, rely on his own resources. the following is a copy of the dispatch : MOM MARSHAL THE DUKE D'ISLEY TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. • " As I have anticipated, Abel-el-Kader has thrown himself Into the Arjunt, and made unheard-of efforts to establish himself there. Hitherto he does not appear to have made much progress among the Kabyl s, but as he still remains, in spite of the check which he re ceived in the night attack by .eneral Gentil, it must be that he has found partizans, and entertains hopes for the future, Under these circumstances I have recalled General Bedeau, and our two columns combined will possess a force of cavaliy more than sufficient for her vice in the difficult mountain country where we are about to operate. But I have not been able to collect as many infantry as 1 could have wished, because it was necessary, at the same time, to guard the frontier to the south against the attacks of the lieutenant whom the Emir has stationed in the Desert, and to cover the avenues leading to Algiers on the west. I am new in march to support the flank of General (lentil, and to endeavour to drive back the enemy to the heights out of the valley of the Sehaou. But I fear that the rains which are commencing will embarrass this operation. " We cannot abandon the line of the Isser so long as Abd-el-Kader is in the Jurjura. If lie persists to remain in these rugged mountains and should find support, we must bring up our forces and force bins to retire towards the heights, where he will find fewer resources.'' The subjoined letter from a French officer in Africa, gives, we fear, a too faithful picture of the sufferings under which the troops are labouring:— " The newspapers, we are told, dwell on the fatigues our soldiers have undergone, but one can scarcely form a notion of it in France. We have had to suffer from cold, hunger, and thirst. We have been several days without rice or salt, and with only half a ration of bis cuit for twenty-four hours. Provisions are distributed to us for eight days. They are consumed in three, after which we must ilve as we can. I have eaten corn raw, roasted, or crushed between two stones ; barley, camel flesh—in short, we have been doomed to eat whatever can be digested. We have sold our buttons, brushes, and whatever the Arabs would accept, for a little flour. In the desert of Angad, where we have long operated, there is no other fuel than the roots of the gayra, a small shrub that horses feed on. At night we covered ourselves as well as we could with our half blankets, and huddled together like sheep to procure a little warmth. At times we found no water for days together. Twelve columns have for six months past been in pursuit of Abd-el-Rader, who is everywhere and nowhere. The soldiers have a hideous aspect. They are in rags from head to foot. Their formerly red trousers resemble the dirtiest harlequin garments, and many of us have our coats patched up with plebs of sheepskins." . The accounts from the army are understood at Paris to be of a more alarming character than those published by the Government. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, which remained for a considerable time in deliberation, and it was generally believed that affairs were so urgent, that the Council came to the resolution of dispatching the Duke D'AtratALE to Algiers immediately. He was expected to leave Paris on Monday. The Funds, however, continued firm. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were done at 84f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Faa. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 2% —Central of Spain, 1 —Dutch Rhenish, 6%—East In dian, 1 % —Great Nortkern of Fraace Constituted, 11%—Louvain and Jemappe, 1% —Luxembourg, 2% —Namur and Liege, 3 1 ,i Orleans and Bordeaux, 11 4 4—Paris and Rouen, 4031. The following members have been selected by the General Committee of Elections to form the Chairman's panel, and serve as Chairmen of Election Committees for the present session :—Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Hawes, Sir William Heath cote, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Pakington, and Mr. Charles Wood. THE DIVISION.-It is currently reported that the division on Sir R. Peel's motion for going into Committee on the corn laws will not take place until Friday evening, or rather Saturday morning next, in which event it is not improbable that the debate may be closed by Lord Lincoln, of whose return there is no doubt, and who will be able to take his seat for South Notts in time for the division. SOUTH NOITINGHAM ELEcnos.--The polling commences to-day, and from information which we have received, and on which we can rely, we think we may venture to state that not only is the return of Lord Lincoln certain, but that his majority over the monopolist candidate will be as triumphant as the most enthusiastic free trader could desire. Captain Lindsay, the new Member for Wigan, having notified to the Speaker that he does not intend to defend his seat against the petition presented by Mr. Thicknesse, the unsuccessful candidate on the return, cannot sit or vote till the petition has been tried. DELAY IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY " GazErrx."—Great anxiety was produced in the minds of those who have relatives in India, in consequence of the delay in the publication of the Extraordinary Gazette of last evening, which delay was also the source of great inconvenience to the proprietors of the daily papers. WOW, although it must be admitted that by the introduction into the Gazette-oftlee of steam machinery, and the other modern improvements in the art of printing, the publication of the Gazette might on every oc casion be much expedited, yet we do not agree in opinion with a Morning Contemporary, who blames the authorities at the Gazette-office for the provoking delay of last evening. They, we believe, are net at all to blame in the matter, the Gazette was in type at an early hour in the evening, the proof-sheets were struck off and sent to the India Board for revision, and it was owing to the unnecessary delay of the officials at the India Board in correcting and return ing the proof-sheets, that the delay was occasioned. The authorities at the G arette-office, we believe, exert themselves to the utmost on every occasion to prevent delay, but the carelessness and dilatoriness of the officials in the Govern ment offices too often render their exertions of no avail. We know for a fact that on one occasion a Noble Lord (now de ceased) holding at that time a high office under the Crown, put a proof of the Gazette, which had been submitted to him for correction, into his pocket, and, forgetting all about it, actually took it down into the country with him, in conse quence of which the publication of the Gazette was delayed for two days. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from 5,000 to 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was steady, and prices re mained without alteration. There was a better market for Railway Shares, although but a limited business was done. West Riding Union and Leeds Extension have advanced in price. The following are some of the principal sales by Messrs. Wickham and Co., which took place yesterday at the Hall of Commerce: - East Indian, 19s. 6d.-Eastern Counties Extension, No. 2., 1405.- Warwick and Worcester, 175.-Aylesbury and Theme, 285.-Glow• tester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales, 125.-Cambridge and Ox ford, 16s. 6 d.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 288.-London and Manchester (Itastrick's), 715.-Galway. and Kilkenny, 165.-Isle of Axholme, 303 . -Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 225.-Cornwall and Central Devon, 30s. 6d.-Essex and Suffolk, 155.-Grand Union, 275. 6 d. - Buckingisamshire, 465. 6d. Wexford, Waterford, and Va lencia, 245. 6 d.-Trinidad, Great Eastern, and South-Western, 25.- Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 285.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 225. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 4135.-Man chester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 365.-Tring, Beading, and nasingstoke, 495. 6d.-London and Windsor, 14s. 6d.-South s2s. 6d. The mercantile classes here are extremely annoyed at the unpre cedented length to which the debates on the corn-laws have already been carried, with every probability of their lasting till next Saturday morning; if not longer. Thus, three weeks have been expended, and the result is, that in all the wholesale departments of commerce and trade, there is an almost en tire suspension of any business of importance. Nor can a revival take place until it is known whether the proposition of Sir Robert Peel will be successfully opposed by a majority of the House of Lords. The transactions In Mark-lace yesterday, and for several markerdays before, may be said to have been merely nomi nal, the most pressing wants only causing purchasers to come forward. Another branch of trade—that in coal—has been placed almost hors de combat by the extreme mildness of the winter. The es timate en the Coal Exchange is, thot consumption is at least 34 if not one IA per cent under what it is usually in the winter months. A check, therefore, has been put upon the supplies from the north, so that, should a few days' severe frost occur—not an unexpected event—a good rise may be made in the value of the ar ticle. There have not been any arrivals announced this morning from the colonies of a later date than those formerly received. The re cent news from the East Indies is still a matter of much conversa tion. The Consol Market has not fluctuated to any extent thistmorn ing as respects speculative bargains. The price has beenjrem 95% to 96. For Money the value has been from 95% to 96. India Stock was very firm at 260, being an advance of I per cent. upon the former value. It would appear from this that the news received from India is not thought so badly of as some alarmists would fain have people to believe. The Account price for the same Stock Is 259 to 259%. In Bank Stock there has been a . ran from 209% to 208%. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have varied from 97% to 98% ; and the Three per Cent. Reduced from 9614 to 96%. The Government broker made his usual purchases to-day. . _ _ In the foreign Funds business has been very slack this morning. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have improved from 59% to 60 ; but the Four per Cents. have gone baek from 95% to 95 1 i. Por tuguese Three per Cents. have advanced to 59. The Deferred Spanish Stock has been sold at 17. Grenada are at 223¢. The quotations of the Railway Shares have not been Ann this morning. Business is Sat. ONE CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. 2093 208% 208% Three per Cent.. Reduced Annuities .. .. 961 4 lz, Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 95% 96 96% 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 983 97% 9 6 IA 98 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 10%% 10 9-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 10 5-16 10% 10 5-16 India Stock .. .. . .. .. . .. .. 260 Consols for Account .. .. 260 India Stock for Account .. • • • • • • 95% 96 96 Exchequer Bills. I%d. . • • . .. 259% 259 I%d. 259 .... . 1,0001. .. .. •• • • 3 7 39 36 -- pm. Ditto, i. gin . all. • ---- N :: 3 3 = "pnmm: Ditto, Advertised .. 36 39 36 —— pin. 39 .. 36 CLOSING PRICES. 224 30h 314 167 59% FOR EIGN FUNDS. O'CLOC ONE K. . Grenada, 1 per Cent .• 22% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 Per Cent • • .. • • Ditto, for th e A ccount • • Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • • 16 i Portuguese Four per Cents- . • • • 59 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Deferred .. Ditto, Three per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 595 j 60 60 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95 3 4 ; 93% RUSLIsTESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES' PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 64% 17 Amber., Notting., Boston and ' Eastern Junction .. • • .. 2% .... 23 .. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1% .... 1% Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 .. . • Ditto New (lased at 714 die.) .. 17% —••••• • • • • • 31 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% ........ • • ' 2 !i Bristol and Exeter .. •• 70 85% 86 .. . 1. 6 Ditto New .. 5 .... 11 .. ..... . lil Caledonian .. .. • . .. 10 .... 13% • 13% Ditto Half Shares .. .. 2 34 .... • • •• • 3311 Cambridge and Oxford.. .. • • I% • • Ai ..... ••• ' • Direct Manchester (Remington's) 214 • • 1% -••• • • " • 2 7 1 4 : Direct Northern .. 2%.... 2%3( %••• • • • Eastern Counties 141. 16s. .... 21% %•••• • • • • 21% % P Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61 133. 4d. fi% P Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, York Extension .. • • 102 . 74 • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • 50 •• •• 74 ...... •• • - • 15 5 Ditto 54 Shares .. • • Goole, Doneast., and iheffield,Btc. 42 5. p Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 155 • . 21 • • .. •• • 20 : •. 21 . 21 Ditto, Extension • • • • 85 ....153 150•• . ••••••• 152 Great Western • • •• " 5 0 85 •• ..... aa Ditto, Half Shares • • • • 5 is Is Ditto, quarter 110111$ • • NEW STRAND THEATRE M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES MYSTERIEUS ES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tio At to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his irand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Mornng, et Two o'clock. _ . . p - I;Ulippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Earerlments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusin Per- formances of the Chiaiini Famls, and the astounding lent of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Sea eu to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; - Boxes, 2s r ; . 111, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, li. Is., 'and 11. Ils. Gel To-morrow, being Ash Wednesday, there will be no performancs, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRIT.ELEATRR OF ARTS. Glorious career of the New Oriental Spectacle. The most coo cessful piece ever produced. Nightly overflows of rank and fashion to witness the rare performances of the Colossal Elephants, train of Camels, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJAH OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be brought into requisition. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of LOVE AND WAR. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, The greatest hit ever known. The One Hundred Female Warriors' wonderful performance, and the magnificence and effect of the New Historical Spectacle, have produced an immense sensation. Nightly crowded to the ceiling. First appearance of Mr. R. relhara (from America), the Nigger Dancer and Singer. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SEA KING'S VOW: or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, Heslop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and one hundred Female Warriors. , - After which, a new Farce, entitled, THE MASQUERADE BALL. Saints-Hit-'em-Hard, Mr. R. Pelham. To conclude with THE MENDICANT SON; or, The Jew of Southwark. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Ileslop ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, and Daly. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. For the Benefit of Mr. George Wild, THIS EVENING Will be performed SIXTEEN-STRING JACK. Principal cha racters by 3lessrs. G. Wild, Rrowne, Saville, Miss Vincent, &c. To be followed by ROBERT LE ORAINGE ; or, A Night of Excitement. De Courci, Mr. Fredericks; Le Grange, Mr. Saville ; Marlette, Miss Vincent. After which the laughable Interlude, entitled, A DAY AT AN INN. Principal characters by Mr. G. Wild and Miss F. Williams. To conclude with a novel Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN RICHARD 111. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. Charles; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 24. DIERMOIETER, Lowest, 52; Highest, 58; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 29.72. WIND S., morning, rain : afternoon, fine. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 15 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 46 minutes after 12 CIY A „1T: IP ,„-r.'stos• • ‘, , „ .tom ''. k berning .73)Aitt4 LONDON, TUESDAY, FE RUARY 24, 1846. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. After the presentation of petitions, The Earl of ST. GER3fANS rose and moved the second read ing of the Irish Pacification Bill, the necessity for which he justified by quoting various statistical details from the returns made by the Irish constabulary, showing the vast increase in crime which had taken place in Ireland during the last year, as compared with the year preceding. The Noble Earl also read sc..,veral letters showing the pro gress of " Molly Maguirism," many of the writers of which stated that if the Government did not interfere, the peasantry would in self-defence be obliged to join the " Molly Maguires." It was hopeless to attempt to get a can. viction unless the witnesses were kept in confinement in the police barracks until the trial was over. Several of the cases of homicide were of the most horrible nature, forming, as the Noble Earl justly observed, "a black and blood-stained catalogue ;" in no instance had the perpe trators of these atrocities been brought to justice, such was the terror inspired by these "midnight legislators." In one instance parties had stated that they knew the guilty per sons, but dared not give information until they had disposed of their property and were prepared to quit the country. Some of the writers stated distinctly that there were parties of armed men who we , t about the country committing as sassination for hire. The greater portion of these crimes, among which were 137 homicides, were committed by bands of armed men belonging to secret associations. Cif these crimes, only five were committed on the persons of gentlemen. The sufferers in general_were small farmers or / e"--; ~=~~ ~/ C._ - • Ditto, Fifths . ..., .. .. 20 ...... 33 .•• • • • Guildford, Fareham,&Portsmlpth 5 .... 4545 Hun and Selby .. .. • • .. 50 • • ..107 ... Lancaster and Ca r li s l e .• .. 35 .... 56 55% Ditto, New .. .. .. 5 .... 10% 11 ...... Leeds and Carlisle Leicester and Bedford .......... 225. .... 14 dis ...... Liverpool and Leeds Direct • • 2% •••• 1 % ••••• • • • ' • Liverp., Mauch., & Newc. Janet. 2% .... 3% ..... ••• • • London an I Birmingham .• . .100 .. • . 222 .. •• . • ..... Ditto Quarters .. .. . , ~ 2 .;; ,- 6 .. . . . . . Ditto Fifths ••• • • • 2 ... 2N .. ..... ... London and Blackwell • . l3s. 4d. 8%.... . . . London aid Brighton .. . • •181.50 .... 65% 65 .. .: :: Ditto, Consol. Eighths .• .. 40 .... , , • Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • •. 20 .. • - 30% :: .. ... .. ::: London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15s. 9d. . ..... London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .. • • 1 %1,i • •• : ... • • • • London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 77 .... ...... Ditto, New . .. .. .. 12344 .... 231 .......... London and York .. .. • • • . 234 .... 3%14 ...... _ London, Warwick, &Kiddermins. 234 .... 1 . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 . ... .. .. .. .. Lynn and Ely .. .. • • • • 5 •• • • 6 1i •• • • ...... Lynn and ereltain .. .. .. 5 .... 434 .. Manchester and Leeds .. .. .. 82 .... . .... ...... ...., Ditto Extension .. .. .. 425..... 4 p..... , .... 4 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 -.. 77 .. •..• • • • 77 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) •• 2 .... 9N .......... 91 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1•• • • 7 3 ,4)4 •••• • • • • 7)4 Manchester', Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 1% p.... •.. 1 35 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% 2l Midland .. .. .. • . .. —lOO ....146 147.. .. Ditto, New .. .• .. .. 18 .... 32 . ........ Z:2 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 4434 .......... 441 Ditto, New .. .. .. .. I .... 101 .......• .. 1014 Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 29 .... 38 ... .. 33 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 21 34 21 • • .... 21 Newry and Enniskillen .. .. 23.1 .. .. 1%.. .. .. North British .. .. .. .. .. 20 .... .. •••• • • • • 271 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 6 .... 9)4 . . North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 ...• 32%.. . ..... 2'l N. and S. Wales and Worcester.. 1 .... % .?., .a Nortinpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... 1% .......... 1; a Perth and Inverness .. .. .. 2% .... 1% .... Portsmouth Direct .. •••• 3 %••••4i• • • • • • • • • • 3 4 Scottish Central .. .. • •• 7%.... 14%.......... 14, , i ShropShrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 3.. .... shire Union .. .. .. .. 4 4 2 2 5 5 .......... %di p s .. .. : .... I;,tils ; South Midland .. .. .. • • 26 Trent Valley .. .. .. .. .. S .... 26% Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 254 .... 134 ••••• • • • • • I !-(, York and North Midland .. .. AO .... ••••• • • • • • -.- Ditto. Extension .. .. .. 15 .... 1214 33 .. • • 32 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 .... 103( .. .. ••.• .. 101 eitippe. FOREIGN RAILWAYS, YS I . .... itoulogne and Amiens .. •.. .. 10 .... 11)4 .• I tordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 .... Ili.. . Bord., Tout., & Cette (blackenale) 2 3LorEoa,:sitetvarta D it:iii i li t ald t rane o i nads, Indian evz ditto .jnae. (Espe 1 e t e ) . . 2 Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .. .. 15% )4 34 .. Great Western im e D• ei a e n n i al a • • ...... ...... 55 3 :•. % • ...........• 1- 2% :: •.•. :•. Italian and Austrian .. Luxembourg • • • • • • .. 4 .... 2% ...... Namur and Liege .. • • • • • .... , • Orleans and Bordeau x 4 3,, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England 3.5 .... 35% .......... MINES. Real del Moittcrfnregistered •-•••- .... -4 • ...... ... 4 Erratum—ln Saturday's List, read N ewcastle and Darlington Nat Shares, last price, 10)4. .......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E.,:light breezes and hazy, with rain at times. DEAL. FEB. 23.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. Agricola, Potter. Calcutta ; Mercury, Cager, Mauritius ; Eneas, ditto ; Robert, Ster rikes, St. Kitt's ; New City of Cork, Hobbs, Beyrout. Acrd. from the river, James Turcas, Tinian ' Aden and Bombay ; Caroline, Usoff. Zanzibar, &c.; Tropic, Clark, Barbadoes, Nova Scotia, Ryerson, St. Brunswick. New runswick. OFF DOVER, FEB. 23.—Royal Tar, Glass, Sydney, New Borth Wales; Nancy, Jerret t, Gurrucha. FALMOUTH, FEB. 23. —Wind S.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Marquis of Hastings, Saluston, Yawry Bay, sailed sth ult. CowEs, FEB. 23.—Arrd, Thorwaldsen, Gossen, Rio Janeiro. PORTLAND ROADS, FEB. 21.—Arrd. Jorge Jan, Large, Batavia. . BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Marla, Bandon, Demerara. SHIELDS, FEB. 20.—S1d. Sir J. Kemp, Donald, West Indies ; Hope, Parker, St, John's New Bru nsw i c k . 21, Anacreon, Fortune, Adra. IIULL, FEB. 21.—Sid. Ilebe, Grant, Newfoundland. WEXFORD, FEB. 22.—The Jacob Purnell, Martin, from Mobile to Liverpool, came on shore this morning at Camsere Point, dismasted. loss of rudder, in a heavy gale for some days, and is likely to break up unless the weather moderates ; master /tnd some of crew on shore. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—The George Gardiner, Walker, from Phila delphia to this port, put into St. Thomas's in distress, and was con demned ; part of cargo damaged. HoLTHEAD, FEB. 22.—The Banbury, Hancock, from Liverpool to Cork, was driven on shore this morning at the back of the Head, and is expected to become a wreck ; crew saved. MEE, FEB. 23.—The Pallas, Dixon, from llartlepool to London, and the Industry, Orton, from London to Goole, have put in here, having been in contact oil' Clear Ness last night. The former lost bowsprit, and received damage to her hull ; the latter lost mast, &c. THE RIVEIt PLATE. The Agent to Lloyd's, at Cork, writes, that the Susan, arrived there, states that It was reported at Rio Grand. that a small British man-of-war steamer had been sunk by the farts in the River Plate. sad that a large steamer came up and took possession of the forts. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) RAT BTAXSZTB. SMITIIFILLD —Meadow Hay, 31 6s to 41 Ss; Clover ditto, 41 t s to 51 8s; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to I/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely last week's quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 415 s ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 5/ 8s ; Oat Straw, 1/ lls to 1/ 135 ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 15s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3185 to 4/ 4s ; Clover ditto, 41 la to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s , Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 as per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. lAILWAY COMMITTEES, (THIS DAY) No. 2. This Committee met Sub-Committee to-day shortly after twelve o'clock; present Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Mr. G. Craig, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bramstone. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER.. The Committee resumed the consideration of the remaining alle gations in the second petition against this Bill. The petition alleged that in the plan deposited with the clerk of the peace for Hereford, the piece of ground adjoining No. 70, and marked 68, was not marked on the said plan. There was another allegation, and the Committee found that in both cases the standing orders had not been complied with. It was alleged that the boundaries of the counties of Derby and Stafford were not marked on the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the said counties, which was not sustained. It was further alleged that certain portions of land through which the line wats to pass, numbered 1,2, 3, were omitted in the books of reference, and that there was a similar omission in the section marked 34, in the parish of Tutbury, both of which were admitted. The next allegation was that the property marked No. 128, within the limits of deviation, was not in the books of reference or in the plan depositedin the Private Bill-office, which was sustained. It was aleged that numbers 2 and 3, in the county of Stafford, and the properties 8 and 9, were not marked in the manner required by the Act of Parliament. These allegations were sustained, the former being admitted. The next allegation was that the property No. 136, and adjoining No. 135, was not marked on the plan deposited in the Private Bill office. It was contended on the part of the promoters that the ground in question was included in section marked No. 138. The CHAIRMAN considered that this plea could not avail the parties, and, therefore, the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had not been complied w ith in this case. Sub-Committee, No. 4, The Committee met at twelve o'clock ; present Sir W. Heath cote (Chairman), and Messrs. Evans, Shirley, and Legh—and pro ceeded with the consideration of the Bills on the list. THE DONCASTER, vrAzzrxELD, ANa LEEDS Was again postponed, as Air. CubiTt, --- the engineer to the line, could not produce his original estimates of the expense, but only copies of them, at present: DERBY AND CREWE JUNCTION. This is a Bill to make a line from Derby to Crewe, with a branch to Burton-upon-Trent, and forming junctions with the Midland Counties and Grand Junction Railways. The estimated cost is 950,000/. ; the length of the line is 46 miles, and that of the branch five miles. Messrs. Locke and Meek are the engineers ; Messrs. Dyson and Co., tke Parliamentary agents; and Messrs. Simpson and Co., the solicitors. There were against this Bill ne less than five petitioners, but rill appearance was made in support of either of them, and the Com.- mittee therefere desired Mr. Coates (who appeared for the proMoterB) to proceed with his case. Mr. CoATEs said that as this was an opposed Bill, he thought it hardly fair to take advantage of the absence of the petitioners. Be only expected one appearance to be made, and that was on the pair of Mr. Joseph Parkes, a landowner in Derby. The Cniaattex said that surely, if it was intended to oppose the Bill, there must be some person present who would be able to amount for the absence of the petitioners, and if so, they ought to come forward. As nobody did come forward the case was proceeded with, and the usual formal proMb having been given, the Committee declared the standing orders complied with. Sub-Committee No. 6. This Committee resumed its sittings at half•past twelve o'clock this day. Present, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. gdvrard Buller, and Mr. Deedes. SCOTTISH GRAND JUNCTION. a d y o f f ro L m oc o: l b L ast oit to sn e dr i . an. -- - lar ge'l l e n agth Is 46 miles including the branch ; the estimated cost isa b t r o an f c o l r i n t ' o a th r e ai ht 3' , 0,030/., and the amount deposited 247,000/. The engineers are Messrs. G. Marlin, A. Mitchell, J. Locke and J. Errin g t on ; the par. The object per th o i l iii t r b e i , s , I v i i i t l l l i liamentary agents, Messrs. Graham and Weeins; and the solicitor, Mr, Lanora, Glasgow. ( The Committee decided that the standing orders had been com plied with. GRAND TRUNR. AND STAPPORD AND PETERBOROUGH UNION. The route of this line is from Loughborough to Ifansaere, in the Trent Valley, where it joins the railway. The lenth is 30 miles, the estimated cost 325 ,0001., and the amount subscribegd 247,0501. The engineer is Robert Nicholson, Esq., of N ewcastle-on- Tyne ; the Parliamentary a gen t s, Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co.; Ind the solicitors, Messrs. J. and W. Galsworthy. The Committee having heard the customary proof, decided that the standing orders had been complied with. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF COMMONS. This Committee resumed its sittings this day at one o'clock. The Members present were, Mr. T. C. B. Escourt (the Chairman) ; Mr. E. W. W. rendarves, Sir RCA. Ferguson, Mr. T. Greene (Chairman of Committees), Mr. W. Mlles, Mr. Cumming Bruce. ALFORD VALLEY RAlLWAY.—Unopposed. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND AND EASTERN EXTENSION. —Unopposed. EAST LOTHIAN AND CENTRAL RAlLWAT.—Unopposed. BOLTON WATER-WORKS.—Unopposed. SHEFFIELD, ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER (PURCHASE OF CANAL).—Unopposed. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. Felix, perhaps the most finished vaudeville actor of the day, made his debut here last evening, as Robin, in Les Men oires du Diable. He is certainly a great actor, possessing, in a superemlnent degree, the power of so throwing himself into his part as to lose as it were all personal identity. He is an artiste of the highest order, hls style being exquisitely relined, and thoroughly and completely polished ; he is at the same tuna as effervescent as champagne , and in his general style renlineled us of what Ralston was in his beat days. He is, moreover, an excellent singer, and " makes tip" t ad mirably. Of success was complete, and to all lovers reallyvisit intel lectual St. engagement acting we can promise a great t reat if th e y James's daring the enga ge t of M. Felix. The house vin n - as crowed In every part. We have again to express our thanks to the spirited proprietor of The Sun, and to kis agent in Glasg ow, Mr. Ruther glen, for their attention in forwarding to us regularly during this Highness the week, by express, The Sun, bringing down the debates in the Rouse of Commons on Sir Robert reel's proposals, to a much later hour than any other of ther evening papers. These exertions cannot fail to be appreciated by the public.—Greenock Advertiser. : s by , t , h w e .v d 4 e s, - The West Riding contributions to the L e ague fund arc now upwards of 38,000/.—Skgie/d Mercury, s h 7 i 2 s d year. s ßo r y o y a a l l salute in ho none th e, e wi b io ir co ttd pl ai tes o h f i eikhs b It is rumoured that Major-General Lord &home y her litej esty's s he v P ic a te rk ry a o n h d tia To h w ed er over r s t fi h re e d a K.C.13. and G.C.8., is to have the 55th Regiment v acant -- cease of General Sir William Clinton, G.C.B. Du T ke o c:f d e a a y mb i l s id VICTORY OF FEROZEPORE.—At half-pa t nine n ni. 1- t ol r at e st o ti p lee s v ge a ll : o l i d irligout those of the Hon. Fast India 4 (1 inand of Sir Henry Hardinge, Gove rnor-General ,0111 Pany under the, cam slush Gough, Commander i eh' -n- ief in that of India, and Sir 21a, and 22d of December last, country , ..,, at Ferozepore. • v n the 18th, THE COCILERMOUTH AND Wo RAILWAY.—This railway Bill RHING",coN 4TENSION of Commons yesterday ; length passed the stand; ,co d orders of the Ho use mouth, and terminating fifteen miles • commencing at at Keswick fo • ' Lake District Railway. The , rna,ing the first s ection of the - ii aolui luau_ estimated emit is 195,0001, The engineer ' 4411 4141 the agent 3 DTfriOn wig Han. 107 55V 11 %flu! 31 2414 0 65 11M I% _.... 2 Ihl MA ?i 2 2 1 1 3fli 1I ~~~