The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

RAI LWAY COMMIT FEES. (THIS DAY.) ine railway campaign of 1846 commenced this morninz, and onee more mot l ey groups of engineers, levellers, surveyors, and tratfic-takers were to be seen lounging about Palace-yard long before twelve o'clock, the hour appointed fox the meet me of th e three first Sub-C omm itt ees o f th e sess i on . The elcister, lobbies, a nd numerous anti-rooms of the House of herdemrso,rirsa became besieged with crowds of anxious share agents; and the railway projectors, Parliamentary. now varioas approaches to the Committee-rooms were every and then blocked up with sturdy porters and messenge o l a s, atag.geriag under the weight of ponderous maps, plans, secleticaK There ware three Sub-Committees on Standing ` d er; wile assembled for the first time this morning, and the order of business to come before them stood as follows . No L—Room No. 7. Sheffield, Rotherhim, .B sley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Stand G oo l e Railway. i.,_ines and Richmond. Railway. ...neon and South Western (Chertsey and Egham Branch) , Railway kyondon a-n.d. South Western (London-Bridge Extension) ~ Railway,. td°3den and South Western (Hampton-Court Branch) Rail envy. Manchester and Birmingham Railway. fl,orth Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line) Railway. V_rth Staffordshire and Line) Railway. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct. i•l?Lis.t Lincolnshire Railway. 1 eet London and Portsmouth Railway. GI L , No. 2.—Room No. 6. inw, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Gi '" c hes (N. 1). XI?, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Glasgow dies (No. 2). Ir, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Gls.,. nth es (No. 3. praozh, paisley,) Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and 4,., e3 ). le er re and Galloway Railway. L e i f 3', War renpoint, and Rosstreyor Railway. t,_ '!st and County Down Railway. ste..kburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway. Ayrlsis ar.d Dunfermline Railway. .b.itauiiirwea:,Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction 11 11,ir,, eks , ti e 7 and Darlington Junction. York and Mahon Branches Railway. _ra sand North Midland (Whitby and Pickering Exten e:rnapr! Railway. London aige and Oxford Railway. s he and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) Railway. b. eld and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. W e i t ,, , No. 3.—Room No. 8. oaiiteeld, Pontefract, and Goole (Methley, Askern, and Ro lm "haw Branches) Railway. tend ikent Railway. ti " and South Western (Romsey and Redbridge June tive°n) Railway. .No rt r P h ,°°l, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne Railway. ttls, - ' taf rordshi re (Efarec tle and Sandbach Line) Railway. 4 11 and Dorking Railwaasy. Bal ad Bradford (Alteration of Levels in Bin le So ' ay. ntk-Ei st bri d ern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford south g t e,, to thaeGreenwich Railway) Railway. witOyastern (Greenwich to Chilham, near. Canterbury, south....uranches) Railway. Ashfo r d (from Greenwich Railway to Chart, near . Leway Il i with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead) Rail - ' Astir' telf a 4 t, and 1 . urt on , Ballymena Railway. , h rish G , ~,,,ewton, and South Devon Railway. 41 Sekb re at Western Railway. tom tir n and Pr .. op and „ . esten Railway. t 9, eh 1, zinghton (Dorking Branch) Railway. ndon' a e rl ll ,, t .c9ty Extension) Railway. iver " ilriehton (East Grinstead Branch) Railway. k . k• N ' l ' ° k' tr l a e ll rills irk, and Preston Railway. o ll° nh l °ell , and,_ Kilsyth Railway. . b o n a Briti s h ktlawick Branches) Railway. .„,rth British (Carlisle Extension) Railway. .".diab -"tlsh (Gretna Branch) Railway. t . bu rgh diab,,,b, ‘ and 61asgow Branches Railway. Peebles Railway. . " 11 "al k f e - all _: 1 13 !nds sr, s rinus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. r sht,, il r ' 4 O and Staineß Atmospheric Railway. ' C 'tSth: ''''''WeB, and Hastings (Deviations and '3ranches to Srightonntile, Newhaven, and Seaford) Railway. „ vra y. and Chichester (Bognor to Littlehampton) Rail zrivh, t(410:11a anal Chichester (Steyning Branch) Railway. „ ail, ri.L, South -Western (Fareham and Alton Branch) ,z o . , a 3,, ,nLtaster ' ° ,ath E . 4.. n (No. B—Canterbury to Dover) Railway. sootgail,,, ""' r n (No. 6— Maidstone to Strood, near Rochester) „,1, i:!3 - eolitli Midland (Austin d nch) Railway. sodthlitllauid (Nor tha n Vt n en ß a r n a d Bedford Lines) Railway. yy- n netion r, H uyton P and Aston, Horton, Prescot and GraPa4.44l:llen',,, Warnngton and Kenyon, Warrington and n t e, Showhill and Portobello, and Edgehill and Huy- J ona h Railway. :..S e W w j a ' 4,11 (Huyton, * and Warrington Branches) Rail- Railway. 4 Monday, Lord froN Wrest L ady Lady Stanley arrive,. in town on Lady had been o_fest.Park, Beds, where the Countess De Grey : hisLord-stinlie_e.a.viait to the Earl N oble Lord and Lord and t d on Saturday last, Blar *hip hirit°lLgilel2l.eethe Circle at WI Staying t ; B urghley House with . t t he c itu! end Alarcbillonsetsaioif Exeter since Wednesday' ' as that Sir qt A or rer,— ._ g eelp prevails in the Woolwich gar rison ° dnance, ht. , ende, A e -: MAY, the listoer-General of the i r AB_ or MOP' e,,, 1 „ - _•-e. ma resignation. The Marquis of Ang ee-- 15 f , 41 Sir t.,. spier, is spoken of as his successo r. letters tontitnue icboltir,e re ce ivedl'jn 'l:om‘nii7.l? that l nde i "" e d Prnipality, as ZWenillAstero_m theagriculturists (I:l3fa _ng..itdh, requesti;if tthesttr onini too bteadeleeceltteod tthoeslirisir f on tributors for rt t ., on the Drincinal height in Tr to Faraft,BBNvlilitC7 i s s n :xpected to be a 11 agilifleant obj as well as a a ect lion], the surrounding country, 11 !tie landmark from the Bristol Channel. E.—OR ,r.6241.1?P05ED SUICIDE AT WraTBIINsTER-BRIDG at the C h l e OaY an inquest Was held before Mr. Bedford, _ of hliza heti,(l,lLers, Tothill-street, Westminster, on the body d luieldl_aYle,. aged 27, who was supposed to have co not loug „i nce eat IN esnsterbridge The deceased had friends Eliza ere hi el come from the country, where it is believed her time past liei s 4 Y respectable. en for some tilij ii 'll §t. Ann-street, West mi ns t er, and Was 9f w ith two other : le ts. On Thursday she had beeu drinkingre go and drow4 h erself and when she went out said s he . wou ld after slrds kerself of t Westininster- bridge. .laTo tidings w ere named gloo, "ard , but the same evening a waterman d the, liod:, 8 , was rowing by the bridge, when he discovere therthwhich be immediately conveyed to St. Ma r g aret' s 1,. _, 4 Po Yard, where • it was owned by her friends. v e clic li ed dro ~ st Pxot,,,, ,wned. On Tuesday Lee re ' din 2oo/ —ANOTHER DISPUTE.— Broome, the Bglseeg pugilistic issue between HarryT ef the eativelie the London fancy, and Ben e 1001. a-side. 'l,4Bstrtlll,,ilhani school, who were matched fol. The terms of ee a rti 1 , et a very unsatisfactory mann er . that they le ei . e f_e,ses entered into between them stip ulated d home, and their tveighr °girt half way between home an h The parties met fift y h.,,es uot to exceed lOst. 71b. each was the fa'lles down the Birmingham railwa' Broome had eltere-v,e,Urite at odds. At the fourth rou nd displayed the , the visage of his antagonist, and eviden tly eat cou reßeke,rior skill hard rry contended wit gr ' h period • They fll for one ho , t ur at wine _ Terrytliemawas th'euf m but the contest was prolo n nfe t t t2ned Celing r elu et c t t e a r nt to submit, and at the forty n forty .Teei t iille nien closed, both men hitting wh enout, called foul, ZlNine4,,°lteonent a blow which Terry's party An appeal ^sa 'eat li - his knees at the time. and a most ._O. 4,4,. e vra., on Id not decide, respective backedll ity '1 t othe referee, who wou ld between the . ' eekegry discussion took place ' d one hour and s ix teen illlt:f "ue tnen. Th e fight P occu ou l n e d without any d t ei f s t r e t t t ? kl;o44: th e Parties left th . e ground h o the disa ppointni re e f n eree a n leg is 4 the victor, rum _ 1 t evening the again. - nee td h• At a late hour as must fig ht v _ag ON I , ,Ak -,-„4 decision to be, that the m en CITY OF -.....,ND ~-"P...,el:ottoer °n ACCIDENT AT THE „ e of Mr. Can rforman,.. med v eld, -"'---Last merarv, na l hoe th e Arn • n ig ht , on a superuu named Jones, Ivkatr,s4 life,Britone,rlioe:tithisS and another man, ed t to recover. Illie a-etBori°4slY injured, that he is not exPe° the discharge of , - :'e fil et 'ent was thum caused :—After thrown uP' an . , ~tt hei,,f4nrion the flap of the trap-door was were carrying . it, 11%7 tri',lll_!te,rceived by the parties whc ßriton, killing him t'neele3.7taun,p3itellz.cannr fell ll upo n n r_bo e and arm of Jon es , 44ePah'tt'vfise in.lerlinnrl, thlmco co ll ar accident neces sarily W, ~_6-ronu sensation amongst the audience. that as D 0,,,, tr:,ttutlorizetl to state that no such letter n sent by fir. S1113,0:,!'? 2T)rning liernld Yesterday has bee n , eto his constituents. All' new said that h • and Prince )ert will not renie er Nlajesty the Queen.the 25th inst. tnaphore is te be v er ° Osborne Rouse until Osborne ear 1, 1 ,11 181. e, which win enzicetd on some high landn signalisethe non e in Portsmoutla her ock ler vMa me to lee li, ATI{ OF Rearr-41).. ard. L— cl;7 hear that the abov MIRA', SAM UEL C. Ro t ed w the E close l'44at Week, at his seat gallant flag -officer dIL 11 , 1 his age. of tV e t ;f . ?.d the navy at : Ireland, in the 71st year ' lieutenant tri!larito:'''''l in 1794 very early vesseldme part of the equod e_ne ar , n. , . n ~ , vrhen.that for d h West India of p arti . NIZAil,t tila reduction of the Frenc h ended -e4Patilig i n 44 4414 of the Astrea . he had . the honour which e°Utestiottfihf ea Dir t e he gallant action w i th La Loire, bridpo,.., fif t h I n i n ,Of the French frigate, spirited aftera in Lord TA•ror',3,.actioe in The deceased was presen t the 1, lt,the dere- ' 79 5, ,and in 1801 he comma nded . , -ese Sp et of the Danish fleet at Copenhagen lee, ~s ee.„ e, took t he f or te e t A 4.e'ricter . — Yesterday the election . , i, (, vereek cgs ern Division of the conLyit of Sussex, to unto' 4Aeosii,n Leansed by the retirement of Mr. Darby' t waS ta,P,f l , th at L P' H. Frewen, the protectionist candid e a ne e i , for. 1:114114es. Then.Gentlernan was elected with the 'were Mr. 41 13, 4t ! and krtireciPal sPeakers on the occasion were furnish ~, Point ~r0,..4 helley, but the proceedings did n t,,,,'lnsetei, ": Y of eseecial notice. rey t,,, -,,,, INeeeleein A in q uest was held yes 44% "'l% taker, t E----- n ef en th il e bo. „ 0 an t.haenWhit.e Swan, foud in the privy tiled at • 4 cuse o u Y f nf' --. t, which was r of the hi Eli tlizabn the „ preceding morning. The mothe at the titio.., Sw a g ei.n. Guard, who had been a servant sus- L 0,411 w a s tan(' whose illness and appearance induce . . fee . l'er, 4 '.u.s had given birth to a child. She denied it, JiN. nel the child was discovered, The inquest was ~.4t ITAI th,-"Par,y6 ta.---SOUTHAMPTON FEB. 3.—The Oriental Istd"tk3 thlteaM-ahip Duke of CA;rnwall, Captain Mills, left t o 4 i k '; arld e 0 daY en whic h Co nstantinople, with the East kl, Le2itadri Ina 'nails, will be forwarded from Malta ‘ . / tY feti ~ bY the Iberia steam:packet. The Cornwall his ,)'e;°' In d ' cargo of bale goods and 37 passengers. The Royal 4 ,1 tem il, e 3411 tlie Forth, Captain Chapman, left the river ~, h_.. with the W kee w qtle a (If . est In a -id South American mail , , pre. quicksilver, and 17,100/. in specie, and 45 pas -4„:14,0,, A 11,4, 41 41 Y Inornin l'TE3tPl' 42r SELP-DEsTnucTlON.—Yes %flao„,„, ~I.,etween one and two o'clock, a married fe her on Eliza Head thirty veers of age, and residing • °tilt 'oshand dl ' • ' No. 38 li rt-street cipi_ .-glid sift ea er in Poultry, at ~ a , tilaetieß 'I", empted to commit suicide by pre tele house'erself from the second-floor window of 4t o house • Into the street. In her descent she DO, ', 0_ eontact with a leaden projection at the first tkin'''4le,:„ h ' n e v i_n . a measure broke her fall, or she would most ' f ,nte t ,Zed to jhotteri,k_illed upon the spot. She was at on t ce , 'Att e ect hY Dr. in C h aron .cr()ss Hospital, where sh. was er.omp 13 N t . rtd, kml , nirkitt, who discovered that in addition to a lil t Ived oth,r ne.r enilar-bone was broken, and that she had t il ii ii ,, or b eerious injuries. Jealousy of her husband was Inatitoti„tier. attempted self-destruction. She remains at l t , 1 1 :4Te op ~e. a Most deplorable state of suffering. l'ri 't4 but 44pe---MANCIIESTER, TUESDAY. --There torepart ery' tuav . a quiet rnarket to-day for either cloth or yarn. t,„l.,_ne called nominally unaltered, but if sales were The any extent, lower rates must have been con ‘esloze 6 111°11eY preasure is the cause of the present tle. br i os ;r:1 0- 00 )5 at ,#9 to 1 — , e 0 ,41 tbe oe 40 111 0# a° , Le bOn` ,11.) A4r 11" r ot her to hivg dt . Thivg f Tel Ard .4 9. 1 it 11.- r igh t i ethe fefi Co ri Oa ° e tor tole, o off v [sel i tion: 4 _ e$ 11t 4 1 ; . v iag re po l / 4 oi t4 t o pol f , tli Too o t c o ~10° , 00d #4 00;001". I tle t " j 3, to r " o tioo t " oen tir )otb.st au" been u of Lsclic" ° rted r ef 'coo ll '2 A rtg , us F It bjec t ° . t o f. of . . s aw- So ;arts' fof tio ra b oo 0) 5 ii sl to 40 '7i'sh sp OS ": . ij D e 01100 Dil l 11°8 ills, that o at the , C 'l ich co V a rik Our ll ta ro , - , t doy re eCiO ti l fre staf - Catesed nap D ea r ,cidodief, LATEST FROM AMERICA. sion of territory, dearly bought by blood, debt and crime; when, we say, the people have all this plainly set before them—if tkey still insist that honour, duty, and patriot ism, require th twe should notnegotiate fartherrespecting Oregon, but at once give notice to England, and at the ex piration of the year proceed to occupy and govern the country—so be it. The law of the land is, that the people shall govern; we are far from desiring to call in question that law, or from seeking to escape from its conse quences. We are content to abide, in any event, by the popular judgment. All we ask is that it shall be fully informed. Give us but light—let tile yvhole cause be stated—and' thert: 7 c - 9me what come may—ewe shall go With he people. From T4as, Nye, find, a number of additional items brought by recent arrivals, in the New Orleans papers. The Galveston. Civilian says' that a road is open from Corpus Christi to San Antoine de Bexar 'and Castio ville. Travelling will be practicable at all seasons of the year; permanent arrangements for a regular line of transporting waggons are nearly completed. General Arista, with his force, amounting to some 1,800 or 2,000 men, is at Monterey. Mejia is still in command of a small force at Matamoras. A party of traders at Galveston, arrived on the 22d ult., 11 days from Comargo, on the Rio Grande. They brought no news of importance from the capital of Mexico. The Galveston Civilian announces the arrival there of the vendrable Bishop Soule, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. No less than 300 emigrants from the States recently crossed the Brazos at the Washington ferry in one day. Thousands of settlers are moving towards the healthy lands in the Guadalupe valley. Captain Ketchum, for whose safety fears were enter tained, has returned in good health. The Texas Register, published at Austin, says that at San Antonio business was brisk. A great many strangers were looking out for good locations. The Register says:- 4 The United States troops have moved their quarters to the Olmas, ono of the head springs of the San An tonio river. Previous to leaving, the U. S. officers gave a splendid ball to the citizens, which was nu merously attended, went off brilliantly and pleasantly. A neutral paper, called the Gazette, has been estab lished at Corpus Christi. Major Jack Hays, the vigilant defender of the West, reports no evidence of an invasion, or molestation, from Mexico as visible upon the Rio Grande. He marched the command of Captain Gillispic to the east bank of that stream at the Presidio crossing, and sent a detail across the river, instructing the officer in command of it to inform the Mexicans of his coming, the number of his men, his wish to know whether they w re friendly or hostile, of his intention to remain a couple of days, and in the event of their wishing to fight, to show themselves, and they should not be disappointed. He also requested them to sell him some beef and otlfer provisions. The commander of the detail executed the order and pur chased the required articles. From indications it was supposed that a large force was in the vicinity. He staid two days, without having made any discoveries, and took up the line of march for Medina, where the Company of Capt. Gillespie is now encamped. On the arrival of Major Hays at the Presidio cross ing, the Mexican men, on the other bank, were terribly frightened, flying in every direction, out the ladies were not so easily alarmed—they commenced waltzing to the notes of the bugle. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, of Jan. 16.) FAVOURABLE INDICATION.—MOst of our readers, we think, will be gratified to learn that the Senate of the United States have virtually refused to receive a reso lution offered by Mr. Allen, of Ohio (Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations), in his indivi dual capacity, relating to the interference of Euro pean Powers in the affairs of the continent. On the LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The fast-sailing New York packet•ship Yorkshire Captain Bailey, brings papers from that city to the 18th ult., her day of sailing, the Yorkshire having made an excellent voyage of 15i days—one of the quickest on record. On the 17th a division, that to some extent may be regarded as a trial of strength between the peace and the war party, took place in the Senate. Mr. Allen having moved certain resolutions, confirmatory of the ,threats held out by President Polk-against all and every European power which should venture to interfere in American affairs, was met by 'Mr:Calhoun v.ith a direct negative, and on a division, Mr. Allen's resolutions were rejected by a majority of 28 to 231 In the majority there were 23 Whig senators, and five senators from the cotton growing south, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. XPDuffie, &c. &c. This divison had produced a favourable result at New York, and was considered the forerunner of the defeat of the war party on the Oregon question. The debate on that question was not to commence in the Senate until the 10th of February, so that wo shall not know the result until the beginning of March. (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) OREGON. WASHINGTON, MONDAY NIGHT, JAN. 17. The Administration were defeated to-day in the Senate on a motion of Mr. Allen to make his resolution in rela tion to the Oregon the special order for 27th instant. The Senate not only refused to make it the order for that day, but by a decided majority postponed it till the 10th of February next. This, though not clearly indicative of the course the Senate will take on the question of notice, shows that that body is determined to proceed with proper deliberation, and with the benefit of all the information that time can give them. What the final action of the Senate will be on this question cannot now be said with certainty; a majority of this body is unquestionably in favour of a firm but pacific course, and it is probable that a measure will yet be devised on which they can unite, and which will satisfy the honour of the country, while it shall maintain our rights to Oregon, and at the same time pees .rve the peace of the country. The Bill reported to-day in the Senate from the Committee on naval affairs, shows that the Administra tion is not so sure of peace as not to think it best to be making preparations for war. This Bill, the details of which you will find below, appropriates the sum of eleven millions one hundred and ninety thousand dollars for the enlargement of the navy, and completing the ships already on the stocks. This is a large sum, but it , is merely a foretaste of what will be required should , War ensue. In the Senate, the Chair laid before the Senate com munications from the War and State Departments, which were referred to the Committee on military affairs. Also a protest against the reception of Senators from Texas. Mr. Fairfield, from the Naval Committee, to whom was referred the inquiry into the condition of the navy, reported a bill, of which the following is the substance, viz :—lt authorises: the construction of ten steam ships, three frigates of the first class, five sloops of war, and two of a smaller size, to be built by contract if the President shall think it best for the public interest. Also, if the President shall think the pub lic exigencies require it before the next session, he is authorised to have all the public vessels on the stocks completed. To carry its provisions into effect, the bill appropriates for building the steamers $5,635,000; for completing the vessels on the stocks, $2,920,000 ; for repairs, $1,500,000 ; for ordnance, $500,000 ; and for the purchase of naval supplies, $675,000. The Bill also repeals so much of a former Act as limits the number of persons to be employed in the navy. Laid on the table and . ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee submiited a resolution that the Naval Com mittee inquire into the defences of the Gulf of Mexico; also into the modern improvements in steam, espe cially that of Hunter's Propeller. Mr. Allen moved to fix the 27th inst. for the special consideration of the Oregon subject. Messrs. Haywood and Westcott severally desired a longer postponement ; the latter moved the 10th of February, and on the motion Mr. Mangum called for the yeas and nays, which were as follows : For postponement Against it lB So the subject was postponed until the 10th of Feb ruary. In Committee of the Whole the consideration of the resolution to give notice was resumed. Mr. Toombs did not think the question before the Committee was one of peace or war. He deplored war, but would rather have war with honour, than peace with dishonour. He thought the time had arrived when the policy of " masterly inactivity " should be abandoned, and action substituted in its place. He thought it wise and proper that this question should be now in some manner settled. He did not consider our title good to 54 40. Our title by disco very was the only one by which we could claim to 54 40, and be knew of no rule of national law by which discovery alone gave title, without being fol lowed by settlement. We had perfected our title to a portion of that territory, by the discovery of the Co lumbia by Captain Gray, the discovery and exploration of its sources by Lewis and Clarke, and the future set tlement at Astoria. Without this settlement our title would be imperfect. The rule of national law was that settlement should follow discovery in order to consum mate a title ; and this .rule we are entitled to the ter ritory south of the Columbia, and to the whole region drained by it. By the same rule Great Britain was en titled to those portions discovered and settled by her. He next considered the title by contiguity, which he considered as giving us title up to 49. Th. British established a trading post at Frazer's River in 1807, and had thus acquired all the title to the territory drained by that river that we had, by the set tlement of Astoria, to the territory drained by the Co lumbia. The exact line of boundary between the two titles he wished to be ascertained, and for that reason he would give the notice. He was in favour of the amendment offered by Mr. Hilliard, leaving the giving of the notice to the discretion of the President. He would proceed to give his reasons for giving the notice. American citizens have settled in that country and they are entitled to the protection of our laws. It was also important that our people should know where they were to settle so as to pre vent their planting themselves upon the territory of Great Britain. In voting for the notice he considered himself as voting against no method of settling this question—he was in favour of any and every mode by which it could peaceably be accomplished, but if all peaceful expedients, should fail, he and the people he represented were prepared to do their duty in the great conflct that would follow. motion to lay on the table the question of permitting the resolution to be introduced, the vote stood, yeas 38, noes 23. Among the yeas were Messrs. Calhoun end M.‘Duffie of S. C., Chalmers of Mississippi, Haywood of N. C., and Westcott of Florida, Democrats. Mr. Cal houn took a firm stand against having this new firebrand thrown into Congress, under present circumstances, at the same time declaring he considered the recent interference of the English and French Governments in the affairs of the river Plate, a gross outrage. Before the vote was taken, Mr. Allen said it was to be " a test vote,—if laid on the table, it was final." We trust he will take him self at his word. The above vote, and the recent vote of the same body postponing the further consideration of the Oregon question till the 10th of February, clearly indicated that the Senate intended to do nothing rashly.—New Yorh Inquirer. IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.—Letters received in the city say, the two Senators from Texas will not be in their seats in Washington before the middle of February—but in time to vote on the Oregon question. " Whoever they be," it is added, " they will vote against the notice." * * "We have had enough of war." This is important, if;timo confirms it, as we think it will.—Express. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS—IN SENATE. WASHINGTON, JAN. 14. NON-INTERFERENCE or EUROPEAN POWERS. Mr. Allen having submitted his resolutions, pur suant to notice of yesterday, and the question arising, shall the senator have leave now to introduce them, to sit : Mr. Hamlin got the floor, but gave way to Mr. J. H. Inger so ll, who submitted a resolution authorising the President to open negotiations with the Government of Great Britain fur mutually terminating the existing joint occupancy. Mr. Hamlinwh opreceded concurred m in hi the opinion this a expressed by the gentleman of war. H e would not be , t hat divert?d fr om was his pur pose by the sense l ess cry o f war which had been raised in this House, and uttered heretofore l•n the t Senate by that great le a d er w h o is now renewing h cry in that body. He c l a i me d that he andthos e e who same acted with him, the Demo crac y, were the peace party, and that giving the notice would not b e a mea sure of war. It was the duty of the Government to extend the protection of our laws over all our citizens. He considered our title to that country not simply better than that of Great Britain, but as perfect. He was in favour of giving the notice now, and of the House tak ing the responsibility of giving it without transferring it to the President. As a means of military defence, be would go for appropriations for constructing a railroad from the Missouri to the Columbia. Mr. Chase, of Tennyssee, got the floor, and then the committee rose. After a report from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, Mr. Douglass moved that the Oregon Territorial Bill be taken from the Committee of the Whole and be re committed to the Committee on Territories; which mo • Lion prevailed, and the. House adjourngd. (From the New York Inquirer of Jan. 15:) The vote in the Senate on Monday, postponing the consideration ''of Hr."propositions respecting Oregon to 10th February, seems to us very important. as tending to moderate views and considerate action. We have already expressed regret at what seems to us the precipitate course of the House in hurrying on the Oregon debate—and it is, therefore, the more satisfac tory to find the Senate actuated by more discreet counsels. The decisiveness and the character of the 'vote, too, is another source of satisfaction. It shows a combination of all the better elements to arrest the headlong career of those who, in disregard of all considerations, human or divine, would plunge the world into war, for the wanton and wicked purpose of personal or party aggran disPment. We may in the course of another week expect the first rebound from England, occasioned by the Presi dent's message, and it will be of a nature to provoke abundantly the resentments on thisiOside. But, by the time the Senate shall engage in the discussion, other and more deliberate voices will reach us fr om beyond the water, and upon them much will depend. Meantime the Committees of Congress are supply ing what the Executive—very unbecomingly, not to say aztfaithfully, omitted to advise—if he was really in ear nest in his talk about " all Oregon," the means for de fence against attack. Some ten ten or eleven millioir.s of dollars, it will be observed, were reported from the Naval Committee, for war steamers, the completion of vessels on the stocks, material, &c., for 0,9 navy. This is dealing honestly with the subject. The Army Committee will, we trust, deal with equal frankness, report a proper increase of the military force, and the millions upon millions necessary to render that force effective, to arm the fortifications, and to provide the necessary field and camp equipage for some hundreds of thousands of men under arms. And when these recommendations and appropriations are laid before Congress by the respective Committees, we trust the Committee of Ways and Means will in like manner do its full duty, by reporting a plan for raising the necessary amount to defray these warlike prepara tions, and to extinguish the debts that may be contracted, by taxation upon those in whose day and generation they were so contracted. " Joint Resolutions declaratory of the Principles by which the United States will be governed in regard in the Interposition of the Powers of Europe in the Poli tical Affairs of America. " Resolved, &c.—That recent manifestations of a dis position, by certain powers of Europe, to interfere in the political arrangements of this connnt, with a view to the enforcement of the European principles of the balance of power' upon the independent nations of America, having made it, in his judgment, the duty of the President of the United States to call the attention of Congress to this subject, in his annual message, and to announce, on the part of the United States, the counter principle of non-intervention, it is the judgment of Con gress that the announcement thus made by the Presi dent was demanded 14 the manifest hazard to which such interference would inevitably expose the relations of peace now subsisting between the old world and the new. " Resolved,—That Congress, thus concurring with the President, and sensible that this subject has been forced upon the attention of the United States by recent events, so significant as to make it impossible for this Govern ment longer to remain silent, without appearing ready to submit to, and even to invite, the enforcement of this dangerous doctrine, do hereby solemnly declare to the civilised world the unalterable resolution of the United States to adhere to and enforce the principle that any effort of the powers of Europe to intermeddle in the social organization or political arrangements of the in. dependent nations of America, or further to extend the European system of government upon this continent, by the establishment of new colonies, would be incompatible with the independent existence of the nations, and dan gerous to the liberties of the people of America, and therefore would incur, as by the right of self preservation it would justify, the prompt resistance of the United States." Mr. Calhoun said these resolutions embraced a prin ciple of action which called for the most solemn declara tions on the part of the Senate. It afforded matter for consideration, how far can the resolutions be effici ently acted upon, if adopted? No man could view with stronger feelings of opposition all impertinent inter ference of the powers of Europe in the affairs of this continent than he (Mr. Calhoun). And he would now take occasion to say, that the late extraordinary interference of Great Britain and France, in the poli tical domestic relations of Buenos Ayres, was an outrage h usncprecedentedmaturity de ru i i n sso, ttui to admit aerp c do w l rm i wo a eit r oten a cu c ott t owi eofornp.f prepared ?ehhpeißutsaHar wide ads t ivhudet assumption wpt g aeat r nikr e odee a n a t cohe hx: seesquestiondwluuchts such :val aeet guardianship ? A re we prepared to take all the conse policy as is here indicated ? If we are determined to take the course indicated by the resolutions, if they in dicate anything, we might as well at once call out into action the whole energies of the country. Let us have time, Mr, Calhoun was of the firm opinion that, at this particular moment, the resolutions of the other Honourable Senator could have no good result—no good effect upon the nations of the world. The President had announced the principle ; why not be content to stand r i s e n d t ay d , e a c n l a d r a e t v i e o n n' b o y f at this crisis, as unwise and really mischievous in it s uponNr Mr.. that Monroe had d Calhoun, ee l r h a Oi beenon was? regarded then Th e a cin concurrent much eti hr younger man than effects. And what good had resulted from it ? There had been frequent interferences since, on the part of the European powers, in the affairs of the independent na tions of this continent, of which we had taken no notice whatever. We were rapidiy approaching to great events. They demanded our most solemn consideration. We were approaching, as it were, to that point where the broad plain highway parts into two roads—one to the right, and the other to the left. Between the two we were left to decide. The exigency required our most solemn deliberation. For himself, Mr. Calhoun said, he would rather not push this principle—at least for the present ; but would prefer to let it regain where the President had put it. Mr. Allen said tie had been apprehensive that even this proposition might be resisted in the Senate, but he had not supposed that the bare introduction of it would encounter opposition. lie would not now go into a ge neral examination of the resolutions, but would simply remark that the President, in his official message to Congress, had denounced the principle of foreign inter position in American political affairs, and without the approval of Congress, he would stand, in the eyes of the world, as taking a stand unsupported by the concurrence of the balance of the Government. Never, since the de claration of Mr. Monroe against foreign interference in the domestic relations of this continent, had Mr. Allen heard the propriety of that declaration questioned among the people [Mr. Allen is great for the people]. As far as his observation had extended, he had never heard the justice or the policy of this position questioned' nor bad known it to meet with opposition from any American mind. Mr. Allen further expatiated upon the propriety of Congress confirming this position of the President. He did not ask the consideration of the resolution now ; it would be referred, if received, to the Committe on Fo reign Relations, who would, doubtless, give it that serious reflection which the case required, and would report ac cordingly. Mr. Calhoun inquired if the Chairman on Foreign Relations had submitted this resolution on his own indi vidual responsibility? Mr. Allen said, yes, Sir, it is my own work. Mr. Calhoun said that he considered this an unpi e cedented proceeding and entirely out of order. Here we have the Chairman on Foreign Relations introducing a most important measure without consultation of the Committee. Mr.. Calhoun said that he should be nothing. He knew precisely where he stood. He was not disposed now to rush forward into any measure that would further entangle our foreign relations. If we were resolved upon this measure, we ought at once to Then, when this is all done, and the peopla have be fore them plainly set out the whole aspect of things— on the one side by temperate delay, continued peace, with honour and with prosperity ; on the other by in temperate haste, war—with it 3 devastation, taxation, im mediate loss and suffering, with probably eventual exten put forth the whole of our strength. We ought to de clare ourselves a military republic, and that the whole continent was under our especial protection. Why did not the Senator at once come forward with a specific re solution touching the affairs at Buenos Ayres? It was the part of wisdom to look to wise ends from wise means. No wise man would determine upon a result which he knew to b e b eyon d hi s means —no more would any wise nation do s o . A w i se man, or a wise nation, should al ways be p re p are d to do what they may declare to be their determi nat i on to accomplish. Mr. Calhoun. p osh 7 t.ively objected tot the receptio n "of, Yesblinions, en,d called for-the ayes an d noes" 1 ' - - Mr. Jarnagin moved lolay the question of reception upon the table,. an upen this' motion he called the yeas and nays. [Mr. jarnagio's resolution corresponds with `the action Upon abOlition papers.] Mr: Crittenden asked if .the resolutions would lie there , without the privilege,of being called up again ? Voices—Oh! no, no. The resolution can be offered. again. _ Mr. Jarnagin stated that his objeet in the motion was not to cut off the resolution entirely, but merely for the present to lay the subject upon the table. Mr. Allen said the action of the Senate upon this mo tion would be conclusive of—(Cries of "Order, order.") Mr. Allen asked the Chair to state the question. The Chairman stated the question to be, shall the question of leave to introduce the resolutions be laid on the table ? And the Senate decided that it should, by a vote of 28 to 23 —Messrs. Calhoun, Chalmers, Heywood, and M4Duffie, voting w i t h t h e Whigs in the tflirmative. " oo," says the correspondent of the Neu, York Courier and Enquirer." Ur. Allen was completely floored and laid out cold upon the table." News had been received at New Orleans, that the Mexican army of res , rve, under Gener3l Parades, had declared against the Government on account of the timid spirit which it had shown in the negotiations with the United States. It was advancing on the capital, and its success was expected to be followed by a war with the States. The troops at Tampico have joined the move ment. NEW ORLEANS, JAN. B.—Business for the last two days has been quite lively, and a pretty stiff trade has been driven in cotton, the sales having amounted to 10,500 bales, at the following- rates:—lnferior, 6c.; or dinary, 61c. to 64c.; middling, 6fc. to 6ic.; good mid dling, 7c. to 71c.; middling fair, 7i-c. to 71c.; fair, lc. to Sc.; good fair, tqc. to Sic ; good and fine, 9c. to 9kc. The arrjva's have been small, and not worth mention ing. Sugar holds its own, 1,000 hhds. having been sold at from 54c. to 51-c. for a fair article. Molasses sells at from 20ic. to 21c. per gallon, and at these rates 2,000 hhds. have been sold the last two days. Flour is in the same state, although the sales have been moderately extensive ; about 4,231 brls. having been sold at the last quoted rates. Corn is a trifle lower, bringing from 52 to 58 cents. a sack. About 4,000 sacks were sold at these rates yesterday. Exchanges continue in the same state. NEW YORK, JAN. 17. BREADSTUFFS.—There was a little more doing to-day than was previously noticed, and the market is also more firm at our last quotations. Sales were made in Genesee, for export, at 5 dolts. 75 cents; and in Southern at 5 dolls. 75 cents to 5 dolls. 87i cents. Corrox.—There was a moderate inquiry to-day, and the sales amounted to about 600 bales. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 15. $1.900 Ohio 6s '6O 9li 7,000 Ditto 7s '57 2,000 Indiana 1,000 Illinois 6,000 Brooklyn Ca. lOO 1,000 Read '5O bonds 5 shs. Bk. of Corn. full 100 Far Loan C 100 Morris Can. 4m 2l 50 U. S. Bank 4l 104 N. Or. Canal Bk. 250 Reading c 50 Canton 50 Harlem . 10 Nor. and Wor. 25 Erie Er. old stk. s 4m. 56 100 Lisland snw 50 Fast Boston.. 14i THE TIMBER DUTIES. RESOLUTION TO BE PROPOSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE CUSTOMS Aug. Resolved,—That from and after the sth day of April, 1847, the duties of customs now payable upon the foreign goods undermentioned shall cease and determine, and that in lieu thereof there shall be charged the following duties on such foreign goods, on their importation into the United King dom, viz.:— From and after April 5, 1847. Upon Timber and Wood Goods, not otherwise charged, viz.—Timber or Wood, not being Deals, Battens, Boards, Staves, Handspike, Oars, Lathwood, or other Timber or Wood, sawn, split, or otherwise ' dressed, except hewn, and not being Timber or W o od otherwise charged with duty—the lead of tO cubic feet Deals, Battens, Boards, or other Tim ber or Wood, sawn or split, and not otherwise charged with duty— the load of 50 cubic feet ...... Staves, if exceeding 72 inches in length, 7 inche in breadth, and 3i inches in thickness—the load of 50 cubic feet Firewood—the fathom of 216 cubic X 3. d 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 3 0 feet Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in, length—the 120 Handspikes, exceeding 7 feet in length—the 120 Knees, under 5 inches square--the 120 Knees, 5 inches, and under 8 inches square—the 120 Lathwood—the fathom of 216 cubic feet Oars—the 120 Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length, and under four inches in diameter—the 120 .... Spars or Poles, 22 feet in length and upwards, and under 4 inches in diameter—the 120 Spars or Poles of all lengths, 5 inches and under 6 inches in diameter— the 120 Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length—the 1,000 Spokes for wheels, exceeding 2 feet in length—the 1,000 Wood, planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and not parti- cularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty . * Per foot of cubic contents, and further 0 8 0 0 16 0 From and after April 5, 1648. X 3. d. 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 TilE SUN, LONDON,, WEDNTES DAY EVENING FEBRITARI 4 stating the date of launching and the date of cutting down, with the expense of those cut down since 1832 ; the same as to two deckers cut down to frigates ; the same as to frigates cut down to corvettes ; stating the number of guns and weight of metal as frigates, distin guishing those which have a spar deck over the main deck and height of bulwarks, the number of ships, and their names, whose sterns have been changed on the plan of Sir Robert Seppings, and the expense, and those changed on some other plan, and the expense of these who have had their magazines changed:" " Of the number of forty-six., forty-four, and forty-two gun frigates belt since the year 1815, the number cut down, and the number that remain, stating how many have been at sea, and the length of time :' The total expense of all the alterations." SrEpt,,Vxeszts forAvv.).—neturn of steani* i'ekiets (bearli ) commanders, showing their length, breadth,'aiel dela Is of hold, tonnitpS,.oluailt;ty a coals they stow, and. ti.u3 number of days the - coalwwiltleat at full steam, and according to the usual expenditure ; Ebe depth under water of the upper • part or - the lower floats ; the estimate4,dratt of water with .everything onboard, and the actual . e Rettirn of steam Vessels :cornin ended; by llentenants and masters, distinguishing-the packets:" - •LEEK, STAi'FOR DSHIRE. 4....NQT1 - lER CONVERT TO THE FREE-TRADE MEA: O SU F R .,D ES .. O v r . S R IR uis R s Oe L E L, R TEsPQELm, Tin PERSON STAFPORI49,qtRE. A meeting of the freeholders and electors -of the above division having been called, by placard, to be held at thb Town-hall, Leek, on Tuesday, the 3d inst., at twelve at noon, at which it was announced that the Members for the division, C. B. Adderley, Esq., and D. W. Russell, Esq., intended to state their views and intentions on Sir Robert Peel's com mercial policy, and also "hoped to hear what might be the feelings and opinions of the electors ;" at the time appointed the hall was crowded by electors, and in a short time the adjoining market-place and streets were densely crowded by the inhabitants, anxious to hear the opinions of the Mem bers on this vital question. After waiting three-quarters of an hour, the meeting became very impatient, and appointed a deputation of gentlemen is wait upon the Hon. Members, who were snugly located at a neighbouring inn, and from their prolonged absence it was thought were indifferent about meeting the electors. In a few minutes, however, the depu tation returned, accompanied by the two Hon. Members. The chair having been taken by J. Bateman, Esq., of Kuy persley, a motion was made that an adjournment take place to the Market-square, whereupon D. W. Russell, Eiq. (one of the Members), begged to make a few observations. He stated that he came down expecting only to meet his friends (his usual Conservative supporters), and that he was not prepared to discuss the question of the corn-laws, neither did he think it would answer any good purpose—(Cries of " Oh, oh I")—but he would state that since his election his views on this question had undergone a change, and he should now support the free-trade measures of Sir R. Peel.—(Cheers.) C. B. ADDERLEY, Esq., t he other Member, being called upon to state his vie is, said that his opinions on this matter remained the same as when he had the honour of being re turned their representative, and he still considered it his duty to oppose any further alteration. Here the pressure near the door became so great that an adjournment became inevitable, and the Hon. Members were warmly urged to address the multitude in the Market-square. This, however, they declined, whereon NIL James Alsop, through one of the windows, announced to the crowd that they would imme diately be addressed from the steps of the Red Lion Inn, whither he and a number of gentlemen adjourned. In the meantime the Members very quietly retired to the house of John Cruse, Esq. No resolution having been come to in the hall, Mr. Alsop, silk-manufacturer, after an able speech in favour of free trade, moved that the Members be requested to give their hearty support to the free-trade measures of Sir Robert Peel. Mr. John Russell, another extensive silk-manufacturer, se conded and supported the motion in a speech of considerable length and ability, which, on being put, was carried unani mously. Cheers having been proposed for the Queen, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel,. and D. W. Russell, Esq., M. P. (the free-trade Member), were all nobly re sponded to, and the meeting quietly dispersed. A great number of farmers and dependents of ;the mono polists had come to the meeting from the surrounding dis tricts to support, as they supposed, the Members in their old views of " protection to agriculture ;" but when, instead of a quiet hole-and- corner meeting, they found it was crowded and open, and that one of their champions had deserted them, great was their chagrin, and hasty and chapfallen was their departure. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TlMES.—People here are looking with some anxiety to the proceedings of the House of Commons for the informa tion when the report of the Committee on railways may be expected; and no hint whatever being given respecting it, they begin to suspect that it is intended to defer it till after Friday, the last day for receiving deposits, in order that the parties who have these payments to make may not be stimu lated to any undue exertion, or otherwise by finding that they do, or do not, come within the rule to be laid down by that Committee, but depend upon their own judgment and upon their own resources. It is a species of consolation to those who, having themselves nothing to do with these railway speculations, yet are suffering from their injurious influence upon the transactions of regular trade, that it must be fully known in the course of this week what money will be required for the payment of the deposits, and that the bankers wilt then be able to tell precisely how far they can venture to assist their old customers, who have been kept off by this temporary pressure and un certainty. What is paid in up to Friday inclusive may not all be ultimately required, as there must be many companies, strong enough for that preliminary step, who will not ulti mately obtain their Bills, and must re. distribute the funds provided as their qualification. The greater portion of those funds, too, which belong to the successful applicants, will come into the market next week for investment; so that whatever apprehension may be felt respecting the future calls of the more fortunate companies, a present relief to the market may be confidently expected. This is so distinctly seen by a few of the leading and more sagacious capatalists, that while the rest were under the influence of an alarm which induces them to keep all their available means in reserve, they have continued steadily to make purchases in all de scriptions of securities, and have proved by these operations one main cause that the market has been on the whole so :veil sustained, the extreme depression of Consols never hav ing, in point of fact, gone below 1 per cent. on the current prices of this day. _ If the crisis is safely passed, of which there exists now at least a reasonable prospect, it will be a proof that monetary affairs are under prudent management in the City. Many were of opinion a few days back that it was impossible fur the new system of banking, by which a limitation is placed upon the issues, to weather this storm. That remains, of course, to be proved; but in the mean time those who watch what is going on will bear their testimony to the greater degree of caution which this limitation has induced among the monied interest. All concerned in discount transactions, from the Bank down to the smallest discount broker, have had an unusually difficult part to play during the last five weeks, the main point being, in all cases where accommoda tion was asked, to get at the real grounds of it, and on the least suspicion of its having originated in railway business, to reject it, such parties being doubly objectionable, as liable to be embarrassed themselves, and to be the cause of embarrassment in others. It made no difference what the character was of the security offered, for if applicable to a railway purpose the assistance was usually declined. At the Bank of England, as a uniform rule, this taint was declared to be fatal. Besides the mere amount of the deposits, other disclo sures of an interesting kind must be made after Friday, and the public may expect to find in the instances of new com panies of the most undoubted character—companies in which subscriptions for many times the amount from responsible parties were tendered—that they are unprepared with the funds for their deposits. For this the various boards and provisional committees will have to thank their own grasp ing and sordid spirit, which induced them to hold back the issue of shares for their own private advantage, until they were caught in the storm, and were unable to place them at all. Had they allotted their shares freely, and sought no advantage over the other holders for themselves, which honour and common honesty alike counselled, they would have kept on their course safely, whatever the result, and have escaped the reproach, which now awaits them, of hav ing ruined themselves by their own avarice and folly, and at the same time actually marred the prospects of many under takings of acknowledged public utility. The New York Democratic Review contains, in its usual spirit, a contrast between the commercial policy of Great Britain and the United Statei to the disadvantage of the latter, designed to show that the high duties in America tend to produce the mischievous results that might arise from a natural calamity. As such a calamity the failure of the English crop is regarded, as its effect is to diminish the con sumption of cotton, and to reduce the price of the raw ma terial. Now, the consumption of cotton by Great Britain, as can be proved by official tables, does not exceed that by the United States, and yet the consumption of the latter is kept down by the artificially high prices occasioned by the tariff. The markets present the singular contradiction of an universal lament on the effect of the English harvest on cotton, while an equally potent cause of reducing the value of the great staple exists in the United The Government broker resumed his purchases to-day on account of the National Debt Commissioners, and laid out 194,000/. in Reduced, and 2,0001. in Three per Cent. South Sea Annuities, 1751. This stock very seldom makes its ap pearance in the market. The original capital was only 2,100,0001., and it is now nearly extinguished. The usual purchase of 5,0001 for the savings banks was also made,. ThsfExchequeribilknirketthas received strength f:ly a pur chase by the Chancery broker to the extent of 200,900/. ,The premium on -gold -at Paris is 11 per _mills, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold,lives' an exehatige' of 25 42, and, the ex. change . at- Polk .on London, at short being, 25 §2k, - lt, fbllows that gold is 0.80 per sent: dearer in London. than in : - Byttadvices from HavnbUrgh the price of gold is 4414 per mart+ wilich,'at•the English Mineprice of 31. 17s. ,10id. per ounce forstandard'gold, gives an' exchange of 1 3.9%;, and the exchange at Ifarnburgh on London, at ihort date, being 13 11, it results that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in London than in Haniburgh. • The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 f per cent.; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.83 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. _ . . — fieiewas no great alteration in the foreign exchanges to day, but, if anything, the rates were a little higher than last post. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—MR. WALLACE'S BENEFIT. —On Thursday (to-morrow) night, the opera of Harttana will be represented for the 50th time, for the benefit of its talented composer, Mr. Wallace, who is, we trust and believe, to bs henceforth one of the foremost among the founders of a National English Opera. Certainly no first work of any new English composer has exhibited half the promise of Afaritaxa, and we have no doubt but that the English dilettanti will do honour to the merits of one, who will at no distant period confer on English music a world-wide reputation. FORTY SHILLING FREEHOLDS.—The 30th of Jan. is now past, and no freehold s , h ereafter purchased, will be available for the register of 1846. Now, therefore, is a fit ting time to report the issue of the effort that has been made in Neweastle and Gateshead, since the great free-trade meet ing of the sth inst., to strengthen the anti-corn-law cause in North Durham and North and South Northumberland. North Northumberland was not thought of in the first in stance ; but an application from Edinburgh, indicating the anxiety of Scottish free-traders to " come over and help them," induced the committee on the Tyne to extend their operations farther than they had originally intended. The result is that seventy-three freeholds have been conveyed to free-traders residing in Edinburgh, Dundee, and other places, at an expense to the purchasers of 2,4571., exclusive of the cost of conveyance, which also falls on the newly-made Northumberland freeholders. In South Northumberland 123 freeholds have been purchased, and 118 in Durham. The total number in the three divisions is 314, North, and the total cost nearly 10,0001. Lord Brougham's spiteful speech of the 22d inst., justifies us in repeating (although the repe tition is, perhaps, superfluo us ), th a t not a penny o f the,ex penses has been borne by the L eague . Th e new freehol de rs i t e he n have themselves provid e d th e p urc h ase mo ney, and , next registration, e w l i an ll become d.Ga tesh alec ea to d rs o a b. s i ce r. al and constitu tional 1 12 0 0 8 0 1 12 0 1 12 0 6 0 0 0 16 0 1 10 0 3 4 0 1 12 0 8 4 0 0 0 6* for every I 1 4 0 0 6 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 4 10 0 0 12 0 1 4 0 2 8 0 1 4 0 2 8 0 0 0 4• W. value, 101. An optional table is appended to this resolution, imposing duties to be taken by a tale to a corresponding amount, which we shall endeavour to give to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 3. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills : Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway. Grand Union Railway. Midland Railway, Syston to Peterborough Railway (Deviation and Branches). Great North of England Railway Purchase. Great North of England and Bedale Branch Railway. Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch Railway. fork and North England Railway (East Riding Branches—No. 2). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Guiseley Branch). Leeds and Bradford Railway (Junction Line at Bradford). Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 1). Clonmel and Thurles Railway. Tenby, Saunlersfoot, and South Wales Railway. Great County Down Railway. Belfast and Holywood Atmospheric Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway. Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Junction Railway. Rugby and Huntingdon Railway. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway. Sornersetshire Midland Railway. Wilsontown. Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Caledonian Rail way Junction). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Bathgate Branch). York and Lancaster Railway. Great Western and Wycombe Railway. The following Petitions for Railway dills wore presented, and ordered to lie on the table: — North Kent Railway. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. TUESDA+, FEB: 3. w Eas ed t ne Li s t d n a cas y, h F i e re b. R t it i nways Am Swansea Vale Railway—Committee on Pet It lon;Wednesday, Feb . . 11. Mahon and Drlffleld Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 11. algama tiollnl—cackobinurranitatende Preston Clitheroe Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 11. . Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier—Conunittee on itt l i i t ;V Petition, postponed from Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. Norfolk Railway Extension (Stowmarket, Wyroondham, and Attle b oroug h Branch)—Committee on Petition, postponed ' from Thursday 5 tin Friday, Feb. 6. Norfolk Railway Extension (Dereham, Wells, and Blakeney Rail way Branch)—Committee on Petition, postponed from Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Breaches (No.:6)—Committee on Petition, postponed front Thursday 5 till Friday, Feb. 6. Waveney Valley Railway—Committee on Petition, adjourned till Thursday, Feb. 5. Taw Vale Railway Extension—Committee on Petition, adjourned till Thursday, Feb. 5. Great North of Scotland Railway - Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension) R a n way _ com_ mitten on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. Deeside Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, F e b . , 13. Alford Valley Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 13. HOPS, MALT, BREWERS, & c . The following returns were moved for by Mr. Alderman Herrn phery, and ordered : Hors.—Accounts " of the total number of acres of land in Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops in the year 184 5 ing the number of acres in each parish distinguish "Of the duty on Hops of the growth of the year ,845 _ guishing the districts, and the old from the new duty: distin the sth day of Of the quantity of Hops exported from Great Britain to foreign countries, from the sth shin o January, 1845, to January, 1846 ; distinguishing the countries to whick the same have b ee n exported, and also the quantities to each county ; also, British from foreign growths, and the dates of th e y ear s in w hich the British Hops were grown:" " Of foreign Hops imported into the United Kingd om from the sth day of January, 1845, to the sth day ofJanuary, 1846 distinguishing the ports where imported, and the countries from : when _ ihnagragoe fromwi h " Of the total number of pounds weight of Mop s c `" t " exported :" m duty in each of the several collections of the United the year 1840 to the year 1845, both inclusive." I:ULT.—Account " of the total number of quarters of Malt made between the 10th day of October, 1844, and the 10th day of October, 1845 ; distinguishing the quantity made in each country, and the quantity used by brewers, victuallers, and retail brew ers. . BREWZRS, &c.—Account " of the number of persons in each of the several collections In the United Ki n g dom licensed as ' Brewers,' ` Victuallers," to sell beer to be drunk on the premises,' and ' to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises e stating the number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them ; particularising each cla,s in each collection, from th e 10 t h day of October, 1844, to the pith day of October, 1845." NAVY AND STEAM VESSELS (NAVY). On the motion of Sir Charles Napier the under named returns were ordered : Navy.—Returns " as far as the records will admit, of the number o three deckers cut down to two deckers, duce the year 1800; 1846, COURT CIRCULAR. , The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in Claremont Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for pony and walking exercise yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Claremont. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took an airing in the afternoon in a phaeton, the Prince driving, attended by the-Equerries in Waiting, on horseback. 'The 'Dowager Lady Lyttelton arrived at Claremont on Monday: The royal dinner party at Claremont yesterday even ing was expected to include Lord and Lady De Ros, Major-General Sir'Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Mr. and Mrs. Spioet:, Mr. George Pemberton, Member of the Legislative , Council of Canada,-and Mr. W. Henry Tilston, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday at the office of - the Board of Trade. Count de Raverdlow, the Danish Minister,`transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office: .• - Mr. E. Wodehousd; M.P., had an interview 'with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday' at'the - nfficelof the Board of The Secretary of War, and- the'Vice-Preiidnt of the Board of Trade, had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. DRUR Y-LANE T HEATRE. An original opera buffs in two acts (so described in ,;he hills), the music by G. A. Macfarren, entitled Don Quixote, was produced here last eve )ing, and if the applause of a first night audience is to be taken as a final judgment, thea is the opera of Don Quixote among the most successful ever produced. The libretto is b Mr. G. Macfarrea, th e f at h er of the composer of they music; and theportion of the adventures of the Knight of La Mancha chosen for musical illustration is the adven ture of Cumacho the Rich and Basilius the Poor, the rival suitors for the hand of the fair Quiteria. The opera opens with a serenade by Cum who (Mr. D. W. King) and his companions, under the window of the fair Quiteria (Miss Rainforth). The serenaders are in terrupted by the arrival of Don Quixote (Mr. Weiss) and Sancho (Mr. Strctton), who are received in a friendly manner, and conducted into the house to par take of the hospitalities of the rich Cumacho. Basilius the Poor (Mr. Allen) then enters, and gives vent to his feelings in a ballad, " Sweet were those hours of infancy," which was sung with such exquisite taste and beauty by Allen as to elicit a loud encore ; the compliment being paid evidently rather to the singer than to the composer. Quiteria appears in the balcony, and then follows, of course, a duet for the tenor and the soprano, which was delightfully given by Allen and i.liss Rainforth. Don Quixote, followed by Sancho, enters and interrupts the lovers, and a long concerted piece follows, in which Basilius appears on the balcony dis guised as a lady, claiming the protection of the Don, and in which Allen imitating the voice of a woman, sings a romance entitled " Alas! a thousand secret woes," in the most admirable moc k-h ero i c s tyl e imaginable. This romance, which is in itself a very pretty composition, was loudly encored. The Don, mounting a ladder to kiss the hand of the lady, is suddenly seized and lashed to the balcony. Sancho, who gives an alarm, is ducked in a water-trough, and the drop falls on a most admired scene of confusion. In the second act we find the father of Quiteria, remonstrating with her on her injudicio us a ff ect i on for Basilius the Poor, and urging her to marry Cumacho the Rich. In this scene we have the gem of the oera, the song b y Mi ss Rainforth, " Ah ! why do w e l ove ," a beautiful song, and not one whit the less welcome from reminding us of a beautiful old ballad, with a nearly similar title. A good imitation it better than a bad original at any time. Then we have what in the libretto is styled a "triumph scene," in honour of Don Quixote. In this scene there is introduced a laughing chorus, at the expense of the ducked Sancho. There is a very similar chorus in the first act of Der Freischutz, and if Weber fisurished twenty years before Mr. G. A. Macfarren, certainly that is not the fault of the English compo s e r . Then we have a grand concerted finale, in which is in troduced a dance and a procession in honour of Cuma • cho's wedding, and in which Don Quixote, aided by the chorus, sings a jolly Anacreontic, beginning— " When Bacchus invented the Bowl,"—(we were not before aware that Don Quixote was in the habit of in dulging in songs of the "Jolly Nose" school)—and in which Allen. as Basilius, sings a delicious ballad, en titled " I quit my pillow," in such an exquisitely pa thetic, plaintive style, and in which he exhibits such taste, such execution, and (strange as it may seem) such power, as would be alone sufficient to save a much worse opera than this of Don Quixote. There is not an English tenor singer living who could approach Allen in his execution of this song. He is, at the pre sent moment, far and away the first English tenor singer of the day. The plot of the tale is carried out in the opera. Basilius pretends to be dying, receives the hand of Quiteria, immediately recovers, and, by the intervention of Quixote, all are reconciled. The opera has been placed on the stage in admirable style, the singers did all that artists could for it, and the orchestra performed its part admirably. Mr. Macfarren has nothing to complain of as to the manner in which his opera was presented to the public. New, with regard to the opera itself, it is the work of an accomplished musician—of one who has thoroughly studied and thoroughly understands his art—of one who has learned all that can be taught—but who does not possess that which cannot be taught, genius. The overture, con sidered as a musical academic 11 exercise, is faultless, but it is also meaningless ; and if the music of the opera is more expressive than that of the overture, it is be cause Mr. Macfarren trusts less to his own resources. sni borrows largely from his prAe2essors. This opera is a prettily arranged rechaupe of reminiscences, and will, no doubt, have a run, but we must demur to Mr. Miclarren's claim to be considered as unoriginal English composer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING, 1846. Acceptances for the Trades Cup of 200 sovs., &c. Lothario, 6 yrs, 9st 2lb Mc•rvis, 5 yrs, 6st 10Ib Inheritess, 6 yrs, Bst 1016 'l - ,3enrgus, 4 yrs, Est 101 b The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Redstreak, 4 yrs, 64 10Ib Corrunua, aged, Bst 91b I Flalowlagh, 4 yrs, Est 81b Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Due an Durras, 4 yrs, 6st 61b St. Lawrence, aged, Bst Bib Clumsey, 4 yrs, Est 6lb Z'inoni, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Annie filly, 4 yrs, 6st 61b Discord, aged, Bst 616 Cataract, 6 yrs, Est slb The Libel, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Est 51b Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Little John, 5 yrs, Est 51b Moss Trooper, aged, Bst 21b Flattery, 4 yrs, Est 51b Sorella, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b Anti -Repealer, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Glossy, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 12Ib Est 51b Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 91b Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 4lb Miss Elis,4 yrs, 7st 91b Elemi, 5 yrs, Est 3lb Weatherbit, 4 yrs, ist 816 Plaudit, 4 yrs, Est 31b Event, 4 yrs, 7st 81b The Magnet, 4 yrs, Est 31b Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st 716 Advice, 4 yrs, Est 21b Example, 5 yrs, 7st 71b Fitzwilliam, 4 yrs, Est 21b Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, 7st 71b,QueenPomare, 4 yr s , 6 s t2lb Ehoracum, aged, 7st 61b I Vitula, 6 yrs, 6st Mickey Free, 5 yrs, 7st 61b I Best Bower, 5 yrs, sst 121 b Hope, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb Mongrel, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Ruff, 4 yrs, 7st 51b. Colleen Bawn 4 y ,rs sst Gamecock, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 121 b , Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs,7st4lb Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 101 b Hooton, 6 yrs, 7st 31b John Davis, 4 yrs, sst lolb Valerian, 5 yrs, ist 31b A r ti st, 6 yrs, sst 81 b Roderick, aged, 7st 21b Arthur, 4 yrs, sst 81b Little llampton,s yrs,7st2lb Stream, 4 yrs, sst 81b Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, sst 81b Sir I)iggory Diddle, 5 yrs, The Warrior, 3 yrs, sst 71b 7st 21b Correct Card, 4 yrs, sst 51b Ould Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Deodara, 4 yrs, sst 51b Salopian, 4 yrs. 7st 21b Marquis of Conyngham, 3 Extempore, 6 yrs, 7st 11b yrs, sst Beaufront, 5 yrs, 7st Ilb Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst Polish, 6 yrs, 7st Mercuriad, 3 yrs, 9st Surety, 5 yrs, 7st Punch, 3 yrs, 4st 1011) Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 10lb Roper's Daughter, aged, Finvaragh, 3 yrs, 4st 1016 6st 13Ib Spur, 3 yrs, 4st lOst Highwayman, 4 yrs, Est 1316 Brother to Sir Harry, 3 yrs, Crim. Con., 4 yrs, Est 131 b 4st 101 b Judex, 6 yrs, Est 121 b Tell, 3 yrs, 4st 81b Whlnstone, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Billy Purvis, 3 yrs, 4st 61b Pedometer, 5 yrs, Est 111 b Little Cassino, 3 yrs, 4st 61b Rose of Cashmere, 4 yrs, Elena Clara, 3 yrs, 4st Est Illb BATH RACES. Acceptances for the Somersetshire Stakes. Newcourt, 6 yrs, Bst 111 b Taglioni filly, 4 yrs, 7st Wolfdog, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Giantess, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Pantass, 4 yr Bst s, Bst 51b , Columbu s, 4 yrs, Est I llb Antler, 5 yrs, 41b Miss Burns, 4 yrs, Gst 91b Ould Ireland, '4 yrs, 7st 101 h Haitoe, aged, 6 s t 71b Olb Qupen of Tyne, aged, ist Cohen B aun, 4 yrs. Est 616 Intrepid,Dexterous, 3 yrs, 6st 61b 5 yrs, 7st 7,lb` Anti.Rep.ealer, 4 yrs, Est 41b Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, NI6 fill 4 Est 31b y, yr*,. 7st 51b Devil's i)u s t, 4 yrs, s s t 121 b 7st 4lb Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, Mar qu i s o f C onyng h am, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Fausta, aged, 7st 41b Buttress, 3 yrs, sst 91b What, 6 yrs, 7st 41b Ltyly Charlotte, 4 yrs, sst London, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 81b Ninety one, 5 yrs, 7st 31b cby Montreal, dam by Dr. Salopian, 4 yrs, 7st 11b Syntax, 3 yrs, sst 51b Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs, 7st lib Cerberus, 3 y rs s s t 41b Pains, aged, 7st Ilb Muscatel, 3 yrs, sst Teetoller, aged, 7st Pet colt, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. THE CHESTER CIT. 20 to 1 agstßest Bower--taken 27 to 1 agat The Baron—t. 20 to 1 agat Sweetmeat—off. 35 to 1 agat Hope--offered 20 to 1 agst Whinstone—take 40 to 1 agst Mermaid —taken 22 to 1 40 to 1 agst Annie filly—do. 25 to 1 agat Miss Burns—off. 50 to 1 agat Redstreak—do. 27 to 1 agst Mickey Free—do. 50 to 1 agat Arthur—do. THE DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Sting—offered 1 30 to 1 aget Malcolm 15 to 1 agst Brocardo—off. 1 40 to 1 aget Humdrum. 25 to 1 agst lago—taken OAItS. Offers to take 12 to 1 about Osprey. WORCESTER STEEPLEE CHASES--TuEsnAy. Handicap of 20 soya. each, w ith 100 a dd e d, 10 It, sw, ( 22 Subs. ; 8 paid.) Mr. Preston's Brunette, 12 s t ..... .(31D0n0 g h) 1 Mr. J. Elmore's Alice Gray, list. ............... ... ............. 3 Mr. Tilbury's Culverth or p e , list ......... . .... . ..I ........ The following also started, but were not Pioneer, pac ed: —Mr. T. Pi 12st 01liver's Vanguard, 12st 91b--Mr. A a Mr. Beville's Lycurgus, 12st-31r p • Welsh's p .. at —Mr. Ekins's Peter SiniPlee,Roldi:,ts Regalia,6lti—a p list Boxkeeper, list 41b—Mr• tain Allen's Exquisite, .11st 21b—Mr. Rogers's Wilt on , aged, lost 81b—Mr. Moselers Jerry, 10st fib —and Mr. Pearce's Scavenger, 10st 21b. 4 to I on the field, 5 6 to a 1 agst Lvcurgus (t a k en ) , 5 to 1 a gst Pioneer (taken), to 1 hat Brunette (take 7to 1), Bto 1 a levegst Exquisite, and 10 t o 1 agst CulYerthorpe.—Won crly. The Witley Selling Stakes of 5 BOP& each, and 80 added. Four miles. (8 Subs.) Mr Stagg's The Fowler, lOst 71b .(Owner) 1 Mr. Tilbury's Tom T ug , 1 I st ........., ......... 2 Mr. Herbert's bay mare, lOst 71b Mr. Powell's Barnaby Rudge, 1 Ist 91b .. Three others started. Won by two lengths. NAVAL INTELLIGENC E . PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Harl equ i n , 1 6, un dergone a thorough overhaul and refit, almost amounting to a reconstruction, was commissioned here this morning. Corn ' "ininder Douglas Curry (1840), of the Coast Guard, is ap t pahtedlt6 , her. This gallant officer was midshipman of the Rost at Navalino, where he was wounded, and was'promoted forthisaervices when Senior Lieutenant of the Pique, at the ._. taking of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour, and subsequently the -,caPrrlTVcir)fankreSejiera,nl6 d'Acre in 1840. , lately employed on the Chi na stat i on, `Miring undergone a thorough overhaul and refit at this port, was also put in commission this morning by. the appointment to her 'orCommander Philip H. Somerville (1842). The above vessels 'ale each to have complements of 180 men and officers, but what stations they are to be employed "upon the Admiralty-have not made known. ' y ahe Retribution steam-frigate, CiPtitin Luihington, hav ing returned her, paddle-box boats to the dockyard on ac count of their great weight, will not have any more paddle box boats fitted, and the paddle-box. is accordingly already built up in the usual way, it being apparent that the vessel can carry conveniently as many boats as are, necessary on board and upon her quarters, without encumbering herself with such frightfully heavy appurtenances as those she has just cast off The removal of the paddle-box boats has given this fine vessel a much more sightly and tight appear ance, and we have no doubt will ease her very materially in sea-going. TUESDAY.—Rear-Admiral W.Bowl e s, C.B-.,-on.e. of the Lords of the Admiralty, visited this port yesterday, and-inspected the various ships and Forks in progress, andan.ithe afternoon witnessed from the Excellent the process of deatroYing a boom with gunpowder. His Lordship, together with 'other mem bers of the board, will visit the port officially in a few days. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commandant W. Bryant, which arrived on Sunday with a new 'funnel (the old one having been knocked away), to be fired 'at — from the Excel lent, is taking in stores, &c., for the easte s rn depOts; The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry • was taken under the shears an d masted this morning. '-'. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain LaP idge came into harbour this aft ernoon to refit, prior to returning to the River Plate. . . , The Dauntless and Arrogant frigates, on, the designs re spectively of Mr. White, of Cowes, and , Mr. .Fincham, master shipwright of this establishment, are progressing very rapidly towards readiness for launching; their timber ing is finished, and their ceiling and planking nearly so. The Dauntless (Mr. Fincham's design) is intended to be strictly a steam frigate, but the Arrogant will only have steam as ah auxiliary to work a screw. We have already given the dimensions of the Dauntless. The.following are the prin cipal dimensions of the Arrogant : • . Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars ; 2OO 0 Length of keel for tonnage ' 175 0 Breadth extreme 45 4 Breadth m0u1ded........ Depth of hold Burden in tons, 1,800; horse power for screw, 300. This fine ship appears to be in the most forward state of the two, and presents a bold ness o f out li ne very much ad mired by all who have seen her, since she-has been planked. She presents a very_ handsome-looking model, and Is ex pected to prove a perfect man• of-war, but this remains to be seen. The Dasher steam-vessel, Commander Sherringham, is preparing to resume her survey of the Solent, &c. The Scourge steam bomb-vessel; Commander earn'', has not yet completed coaling, and is now silongside the jetty. The Cygnet brigantine, Commander Layton, crrived at St. Helena from Benguela on Christmas-day. She had cap tured a slaver with 360 slaves on board, which she brought in with her. PROMOTION OF MATES. Mr. John Milbourne Jackson was promoted.on Saturday to the rank of lieutenant.. This officer is the' son of an old post captain, who died from the effects of service in the West Indies. He passed in 1840, and was second in the examina tion at the Royal Naval College, for the lieutenant's commis sion. He served 18 months on the coast of Africa, and is now gunnery mate of the Daphne, 20, at New Zealand. Mr. Philip Hudson (1840), of the St. Vincent, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served for a long period on the coast of Africa, and obtained strong recom mendations and certificates from the officers under whom he served. He came home in the Heroine brig. Mr. Henry George Simpson (1843) has been promoted from the Excellent gunnery ship, to the rank of lieutenant He was in the Princess Charlotte, flag ship, in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of Acre, and subsequently as mate of the Harlequin sloop, Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, served in her boats against the pirates on the coast of Sumatra, and after Lieuteant (now Commander) Chads was severely wounded he took the command of the pinnace. His excellent conduct on this and other occasions obtained the strongest approbation of Captain Hastings, and he was reported to the Admiralty as an officer of much promise. SHELL PRACTICE AT PORTSMOUTH. —The following is the result of the firing from the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, under the command of Captain Chads, on the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th ult., at 600 yards' range, the object aimed at being a construction 10 feet broad by 8 feet high, to represent the aide of a ship, and 22 inches in thick ness of the timbers. The sides were 14 feet apart, and se cured by timbers 4 inches thick. The guns used were long and short circumflex 32 pounders and a 82-pounder caro nade. The charges of powder were 10Ib., 81b., 51b., and 21b. 10oz. TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 1846. Captain Serra n t Norton's Free ao rn r b Major The two first were fired at an elevation of ten degrees, to ascertain the length of the fuze Struck the bulkhead and burst Struck the funnel and burst Struck the funnel and did not burst Struck the bulkhead and did not burst Grazed lightly off bulkhead and did not burst Doubtful Fell short, g raze d th e water, an did not burst Missed the bulkhead, went over, and burst on striking the water a second time 2 2 3 11 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 Total fired on the first day WEDNES Struck bulkhead and burst Jan. 29. Struck the funnel and burst Grazed the water and did not burst Struck and did not buist Missed and did not burst 24 27 1 2 o 1 o 1 2 0 8 8 8 12 TIILTRSD" Jan. Struck the bulkhe a d and did not burst 29.... Grazed and did not burst 2 0 4 0 6 0 FRIDAY, JAN. 30 Struck the bulkhead and burst Struck the bulkhead and did not burst... Doubtful Grazed the water and did not burst Went over the bulkhead and did not burst ... 2 7 7 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 14 11 One of Captain Norton's shells burst during its flight, bat none of Sergeant-Major Freeburn's, nor did any instance occur of any bursting in their flight out of the last 118 fired at the marshes at Woolwich, including the 50 fired at Ports mouth. Captain Chads congratulated the Sergeant-Major on the successful result of his experiments. The weather was by no means favourable owing to t h e heavy swell, but the success is the more creditable on that account. AGAINST A (F . R.O2K A CORRESPONDENT. SERlOUS3—eSTHHhAet!BaGtßes!KSsuErpllr.ise was created in ',BEng, FEB' The e xaminations so far have ( t L h e e e d fi s rm to- o t r iay fa b r y c tlNapprehension of Mr. H. J. Marcus, of Marcus, aylor, and Co., on a charge of forgery. been conducted before the ma gistrates in privacy, but the facts of the case are understood to be that the name of Darnton Lupton, Esq., late Mayor of Leeds, had been attached to a transfer of some London and Croydon Railway shares to his knowledge, the attesta tion to the signature being by Mr. Marcus. On apprehend ing Mr. Marcus, we hear that he made a desperate attempt at self-destruction, and it was only by the activity of Mr. Read, of the police force, who dashed the bottle of laudanum in pieces, which the unhappy man had just raised to his lips, that the attempt was frustrated. Mr. Read's hand and Mr. Marcus's face were both cut in the struggle. After the examinations of to-day the case was adjourned, and the . prisoner remanded until Thursday. Another unfortunate feature is, that a pocket-book be longing to another firm in the town, which had been missing for some time, was found upon his person. Mr. Marcus was not a member of the Stock Exchange, but held the office of chairmen of the Sharebrokers' Association. He is also one of the honorary secretaries of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, and had hitherto been well respected among most of the re spectable inhabitants. (EROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LEEDS, FEB. 3.—Considerable excitement has been caused in Leeds to-day by the apprehension of Mr. Marcus, the vice-chairman of the Leeds Association of Sharebrokers, on a charge of fraudule n tly effecting the transfer of ra il wa y - stock. We learn that some other charge of equally . serious cha racter was produced ; and he is remanded for further exami nation, till the secretary of the railway company is enabled' to arrive in Leeds with additional evidence. The association with which Mr. Marcus is connected is not the Leeds Stock Exchange, he having been refused ad mittance into that Exchange some months ago. MURDER or CAPTAIN SHEPHERD, R3YAD ANTI', LERY, AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—WOOLWICH, Fan. s -An official letter was received this morning, at head-'P' the ters, at Woolwi c h, announc i ng, i n the following term* the death of Captain Shepherd, of the Royal Artillery, hands of an assassin :—" Port Victoria, Der [ have to re- Sir—lt is with feelings of deep regret tenant-Co/onel com port, for the information of the e t Li at Port Victoria, manding, the death of Captain Shep her d.ne on the afternoon of by 1845. con . by 1 . t a h t e ab 2 o 9 u t t h a of qu N a o rt v e e r vnb p e as r. t tw H o ebo o d 'cl y -- , ifs death from a :hen passing through occupied by wheeler William quarters . the camp , opposite the w.oii now a prisoner on suspicion gun- shot wound through the Long, Royal Artillery, a 1 wheeler Long was marched from of being the ~a ssa, i,v , s su nder a strong escort, to Graham's -barn, this port yoic e • j i - i ; there to await. ' were al . r emains —I remain, &c." Fort Beaufort- The 11- °n* Gerard J. Noel, Gainsborough, is to be fi t he room of the Hon. M trial for the murder. Captain Shepherd's interred this day, with military honours, at second son of the Earl of Is A t ill ro. a s y .1: of i t hi ii a n tf o p t nareiis expected t thatatßh m e ; there b ut candidate for Rutlandshire,"in the: Rill be has se beenaay o s p e p n o t s f i o t i r o , and n. u . y whohave sanc tioned his being put forward have promised that he will " ad • vocate protection," and " oppose any further, inroads upon the Protestant constitution." • the PRICES OF BREAD. —Yesterday n price ot.crean was raised in Clare -market and its environs one hiilf:penny, mak ing the highest price 9d., and the lowest 7d.; it was also raised in various other parts of the metropolis to 7id., the former price being 7d. In the City the price of bread is from 7 id. to 9d. and 90.; at the \Vest-end it varies from Bd. to 10W. ; and in Southwark, iird. to 9d. In the neighbour hood of Tottenham-court-road bread is cheaper than at any 1 other part of the metropolis, viz., 60. to Bid per four-pounds loaf. The price of bread is at present 2d. more than It Way in the corresponding week of last year. I 4