The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-27 00:00:00

00 a 0 t hs , t i o r oie nketer Iv I IC. u 'os Fr' a ( e r e° ;t ~. THE SUN, LONDON, PnIDA EVENING, _MARCH. 27, 184 S. the Right 1-Ton:Gentlern an himself. Now there was no mentio n at all :n ;he 11111 of tee worsts'` moue r al rseidetiees. " Unless n hese words were introduced, the Bin; weeds( not fulfil • the intention et the Right Hoe. Barnet htteseia Lord EBRINGTON hoc id that. na delay would take enlace in passi ng the L sw stf Settlement Bill. Sir R. PEEL said he would take this Bill immediai sly Etter the deca4on of the House was taken on the Corn Bill, and on the Bill for the better Protection of Life and Property in Ireland. Sir W. JOLLIFFE had paid great attention to the Bill, and had consulted magistrates and others concerning it, who Concurred with him, in the opinion that the Bill was one whieh ought net to pass. In the present state, however. of Public business, he would suggest, that his Hon. Friend should W ithdraw Isis motion, and renew it when the Corn Bill had been disposed of. After a few observations from Mr. P. SCROPE, Mr. BANKES s aid, after what had been stated by the 'tight Hon. Baronet, he did not think he should deal properly With the feeling of the House if he pressed his motion to a division. He should, therefore, withdraw it; but, whilst he did so, he begged leave to inform that Right Hon. Gentleman that he should avail himself of every opportunity which was afforded him by the rules of the House, to bring on a dis ',suasion on the subject of the law of settlement, before the 'cumißill was finally disposed of. The motion was. therefore, withdrawn accordingly. CORN-LAWS.—ADJOURNED DEB aTE. On the order of the day for resuming the debate on the Corn Bill being read, Mr. FINCH wished to claim the indulgence of the House on this second occasion of his addressing them on the present subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Ports- Mouth, had endeavoured to show the inefficiency of the sliding s tile as compared with the results even of a fixed duty. In e 's (Mr. Finch's) opinion there was very little difference between a fixed duty and a sliding scale. It had been said that a fixed duty could not be perpetually maintained. But these were matters of very little moment. The principal question was, what was the best mode of giving fair protec tion to agriculture. The Right Hon. Gentleman had also all uded to the proceedings which might ensue in the other 'louse on this subject. He (Mr. Finch) had always under !toed that the other House possessed constitutional rights as Mdefeasible as those possessed by this House, and if in their wisdom, and the proper exercise of their just prerogative, they should think proper to reject the present measure, they were fully justified in so doing, and were in no way amenable to that House. In fact, nothing could be more equitable or right, or snore for the benefit of the nation, if the other House Were to reject this measure. He thought that the question i , t2volved a fivefold revolution. First of all a social revolution "mild ensue. The result of free-trade must tend in an in creasing ratio to do away with the poor-laws. He conceived that a revo l u tion in the social state of the country would be e e first consequence of the repeal of the coin-laws. The 'en. Gentleman then quoted from Malthus, Buchanan, and Adam Smith, to show that principles of free-trade, when car ried out to their fullest extent, necessarily involved the total r epeal of the poor-laws. The colonial system of the country Would also undergo a change, and that was a very important C lement of the question in consideration before the House. Again, the tbe financial constitution of the country would also be greatly affected by the proposed changes in the differential duties. There was besides a t wo-fold p olitical revolution in eatred in these alterations. For upwards of a thousand years , beer the period of the Saxon rule, protection to the land had 'ten deemed a primary element in all political and fiscal ar rangements. There was a tendency in the organic changes Which were contemplated, not perhaps to overturn the M onarchy, but to give it a more democratic character. The p°n• Gentleman then entered into a long statistical argument show the number aad value of the various interests in the United Kingdom which would be more or less affected by the o peration or the proposed measure. Considering the amount of those interests her Majesty's Ministers would be fully justified In relieving themselves of a portion of the responsibility by shifting it on to the people at large by an appeal to the con stituencies. He was of opinion that the Right Hon. Baronet lI the heart of the Government, although an accomplished statesman and a transceedant orator, was still as fallible as °tiler m or t a l s . The Right Hen. Gentleman, like the Arch t'elshop of Grenada, preferred the speeches of his later days to Prtiducrions of his you.h What, he would ask, would the t tta nufacturers think if a measure were brought forward l e oparde set o 'he mercantile and manufacturing interests? He th ought, therefore, that some allowarice should be made for the 4 PPrehension of the agriculturists. The whole quantity of it n'n which would be disposable or England from ad Europe, "c,eording t o the accounts from their consuls in the different 1.4 C$ abroad, was 2,200,000 quarters. And from America a r ta Canada the quantity was 800.000, making altogether 0 : 1 00,esso of quarters. He would ask them, could not this t inantity, if yearly import d into Eneland, cause a glut and a Pa nic in the market, and have a most prejueicial effect ?LI the agriculture of the country ? From 1842, to , the quantity of wheat actually imported was 4 , 300,000 ttlnar s ters altogether; but if, according to the previous calcula lc'es 9,000,000 of quarters were triennially admitted, he tho ught that the effect would be an inevitable paralysis of all i ,grieultu ra l operations. The principle of protection was e i t 3 t Pported y Rsia, Prussia, amid most of the minor states of ; b the ws Ministers and Parliament or Holland. the lnisters and Parliament of Belgium, of France, and of A merica ; thus proving that the principle of protection was ad • l'cat e e by the greatest men of the most civilizof thised nations of the In 18 9 6 and 1827, the exports country ktc ounted to 36.800,000/., end in 11544 to 58,000,0001. ; thus t r a t 'ving that under the operation of protection, the country had l il lanned a most extraordinary degree of prosperity. (At g l a part of the Hen. Gentleman's speech, not a single soul e a ' s , to be seen on the Opposition benches, Mr. Hume, the En d remaining Member, having charged his solitary position ti rld gone over to the Government side of the House. This O l timstance attracted the attention of the Hon. Gentleman, ,'2d excited general laughter.) He proceeded to say that he arl7ceived his arguments were so convincing as to put an end to dived laughter.) He perceived that he et 7 Silencell the brass guns which they had mounted on the 4 :ler sid e ,— d a (Laughter.) One Hon. Gentleman had main testt'ed his post as long as he was able, but, finding his position i hot for him, he was at length obliged to surrender at dis cretion This was surely an argument in favour of protection. a(Laughter,)e The frie-traders had gone about the country t ty ing, themselves and deceiving eve!) , one else upon this porta nt quest i on. H e regre tt e d se e i ng th e li g h t manner i n w e nich th is measure h a d b een treate d b y t h ose gent l emen w h o , t h l PPorted her Majesty's tsovernment. It was too bad that the should not be present that evening. Instead, however. of ir being present during the debate that evening, the fact w ass there was but one Member (Mr. Hume) present on the O pposite side of the house. It was proper that the country `ltould know this ; it was necessary that the agricultural coin leent • ty should he informed of this disrespect towards the gen• then in that House who supported, or rather advocated ar interests. then Honourable Mernbere could attend (4ing the time safety ef t the measure was doubtful.— a 'ars hear.) They could then be present, and make speeches ~- t it i ng some three or four hours.—(Laughter. ) He could Ore them, however, that they would fail to hurry the mea• his th roug h t h e H ouse . H e wou ld, hi mse lf, cont i nue w i t h question . speech( Laughter.) He felt that the present was a q c 'tion involving the interests of the most loyal, the most eon e::cot supporters of the Church and State, and for that reason lo common with other lion Members, would give it his et strenuous opposition. It was said that the repeal of the c :rn-la ws would operate upon our foreign relations to the ad eerttage of this country. It was also said that America would gen our steadiest friend, but he was of opinion that that B'tantry would not abate her demand one jot, but would, at the re t moment of England being involved in a war, renew o s er °•---( Hear, hear. ) The lion. Member then proceeded to Cttne the opinions of Mr. Grattan in support of protection to ,ttrieulture, after which he said that he was at a loss to find out ke _What the free-traders were consistent. They cried out p rinst limiting trade, and yet they were for limiting the hours l s e o Lhour. lie was also for lessening the hours of ah ' l r; lie was not for overworking the young persons , 4° were now used more like slaves than human ti,, lrt gs- Much had been said against agricultural protee 4n, but he contended that that protection had never 4:' legitimately carried out. If that had been the case, the eei rtur ers would have been better paid, and the distress said to would be much less. The agricultural labourers could be according to the price of corn, and thus they would have egstrect interest in the protec , ive laws. He would now give a g f of thi s , t h oug h th e y m i g ht b e ca ll e d c hi mer i ca l f ear s. e k "'„ t lt at the Liberal party, the Repealers, and the Church thi Y• He would contend for it that many of those supported 11, 3 nicest:re because it was a bad measure. The ene.nies of Church Establishment believed that a severance of Church e ,' State would be the result of the increased misery of the cliflt tl es and that the democratic principle would then bo more cult. The repealers also were in favour of it, because it tl,, l dr they conceived, bring them nearer the attainment of s e ,' Measure. In fact, he could not conceive sshy the Govern %%tit has introduced this measure, except they laboured under thi s strange delusion. These were his reasons foe opposieg if Measure. If those who concurred with him should succeed te e n th lr opposition the country would be grateful to them ; and should fall, they would fall with honour. Lord tro rd RENDLESHANI said it was not often that he to ultl ed this House, and he would not do so now at di length. But upon a question like the present, he t o , t hink the country had a right to expect a detail of the sea . 04 7 that actuated ilon. Members in the vote should b,.ht , me asu r e ; and also the country, in h s t opinion, should tet l t tfernied of the reasons that a c tuated Ministers in changing e thr opinion u p on thi s ques ti on . Th e N o bl e L or d then read a u g letter of Mr. Huskisson, which he contended established the necessity for protective duties upon corn. His Lordship hjn went on t o sa y th at h e cou ld see no more reason now f ur rig away with these duties than there was many years ago. begged to remind the House. that in tho agricultural dis :let s the rate of wages entirely depended up.in the price of itticultural produ c e. Wh en t h e f armer received a remunerat tlt'ft price fur his produce, h e naturslly raised the amount of his Ebourers, wages. A short ti me ago h e sent f or one o f hi s gants, a large farmer, and that farmer stated that he would di oblig e d t o th row a great quantity o f l an d i nto pasture , an d Ajarge one h a lf o f hi s l a b ourers, i f t hi s measure s hould pass. ae t , r s FELLOWS begged t o a ssu re the House that it was hi t 4 11 intention to make a l ong speec h. He intended to give ~ulnntort to those who opposed thi s measure , an d i n doing so , 4tl oelieved he would be acting in accordance with the senti les 4 , t s of those whom he had the honour to represent. In he was in four of protection ; and if be should have 142 01 his opinion av since, he would long since have ceased to t ' el ? seat in this House, fur, atter such a change, he would the bound to return to the hands of his constituents the trust e et Y had reposed in him. In speaking of this question he would Il e RC' so far back as the year 1600; but he could assure the It 4 S , that he was aware of many districts of country which itee t le time grew nothing but reeds and rushes, but now, the laws of protection, producing large quantities of %small't and in other districts, where but a comparatively h ad quantity was produced a short time ago, that quantity te kt °f late been very much increased. tie could not believe fish measure had been rendered necessary by reason of the by f e e of the potato crop in Ireland, unless he heard it asserted le te 'le lion. Baronet himself; because this measure could not pi n e that effect, at least it would not have the effect of stop- W e Ltine progress of the apprehended famine, inasmuch as it lie l occupy some weeks in discussion before it cull he pa-sed. Id t , ;ouglit it might be stated, that sending corn to Ireland he perfectly useless, unless they provided the people of ie R it c ountry, in the first instance, with the means of pure) as- With Hear, hear. ) He was not one of those who spoke ,Wo t e d e ply of the misfortunes of that unhappy country, as he we ls ,,,'?ave given all the assistance in his power to alleviate the las s ,"uing scarcity threatened in that quarter ; but he should n r ,. e st most strongly agamst bringing forward measures of a e 'arient nature to meet temprary exigent.ies—( Hear. ) ltri ees w4l d ask what the effect of the measure would be on tti l , -- whether to lower them to 40s. per quarter, or to le e to 60s. per quarter ? lie believed the effect would he to lee t ! t hem considerably, and at the same time to c. use great I:li.'4ation. Some [ion. Gentlemen, members of the Anti tiser,"law League. thought the agriculturists had nothing it did do but im p rove the lar.d, and make it produce more than in ur at pres en t. He believed the land capable of producing It "hen e ed ; id at present, but they wanted time to improve Wh ee Make it more productive ; and he hoped ts see the day, !ittl e " tBo eh being the condition of the land, they would require la protection.—( Hear, hear. ) The Hon. Member Lesjtsrnonth asked Hon. Members on his side of the House l t je kr i ng rejected the proposition of Government, they were 'No w I c t F l with another measure as satisfactory to the country ? Dert eeti ls answer to that was, that the agriculturists would be ga' Y satisfied to remain as they were.— ( Hear. hear.) dttt e ln i: t he Hon. G en tl eman asked, were they prepared to tan gle e th e responsibility of defeating the measure ? F or hi s "Part flia9tild ja i he was perfectly prepared fvr any re. " sponsibility when acting in a manner he believed to he fee- and -:--( shear, lieu, and cheers ) It was vary well for the Reset lime Baronet sit the fused of her siejesty's Government to tell teem that he looked to pos terity for his reward. and for the Right Hen. Baronet the First Led of the Treasury to 3,y that he buriett in ebevion all 1 h s past declarahous. Such might be sufficient for them, but it would not be sufficient for the eouetry —( Hear, hoar. ) The Government might think there was a settlement of the question, het he believed, that before many month:, when the people would be called upon to exercise their elective fran chise, they ermild tell the Government what their opinion was in plain terms.---(Hear, hear.) Speaking for himself, he &heel no longer place the slightest confidence in a Government that had betrayed the country; and in future he should look with great suspicion nn every measure that might emanate from the Treasury benches—( Hear, hear)—and he believed, when the time arrived, the country would show the Govern ment that they disapproved of their conduct, by dispensing ever after with their services. —(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. FULLER, in which he was understood to oppose the measure of her Majesty's Ministers, Mr. P. BORTEIWICK said he was glad to perceive the Hon. Memlser for Lambeth in his place, as astonishment had been expressed at his (Mr. Bortheiek's) side of the House that no answer had been given to the statistics of that Hon. Member. However, he hoped the House woeld indulge him for a short time whilst he proceeded to refute those statistics. In the year 1797, and during the five following years, we had not only a free trade in corn, but a bounty given upon its im portation. Ide would quote " elaephereon's Annals of Com merce :"—lt is stated that it was found necessary to hold out an inducement for the importation of corn, and therefore a bounty was granted on all foreign corn imparted. For every quarter of grain weighing 4401b5, 201. ; for every quarter of wheat weighing 4241b5., 163. ; and for every cwt. of wheat and flour Cs. In the five years to which he was now refs , ' ring the country had abundant libations of the sweets of free trade ; lest what was the effect? In 1797, the price of wheat was 775. Id.; in 1798, it uas 503. 3d. ; in e 799, it was 67e. 61. ; in 1700. i was 113 s. ; and in 1701, it was 116 s. ; and, if the Hon. Gen tlemen would allow him to quote an additional year, they would find that in 1802, the price ranged beyond 116 s. Taking any five years of protection about the same period, they would find that the price never varied more than 7s. per quarter. Mr. Canning had said in that • House on that occasion, that nothing brought forward there was so deceitful as figures, wi h the exception of facts—( A laugh)—and he ( Mr. Borthwick) said on the present occasion that they had something more subtle than figures, " and more slippery than facts, " and that was the principle upon which public men proposed to conduct the Government. Hon. Gen tlemen would believe him when he quoted the authority of the Right Hon Baron• t at the head of the Government, when, on a former occasion, he advocated protection, aril adduced in its support Ist ecisely the same arguments and data which he now adduced in support of free trade. When addressing his consti- , tuents from 'famworth, be had quoted M'Culloch in support of protection, and he now quoted the same words from the same author in support of free trade. The Right Hen. Baronet had appealed in several instances to the country. He had done so in the case of East Gloucestershire; and the result was the return of the Noble Lord (the Marquis of Worcester) who made such an excellent speech the other night against the mea sure. All the recent elections showed that the feelings of the country were against the policy of the Government. He had almost forgotten Nottinghamshire, where also the representative cf the Government was defeated under very painful circum stances.—( Hear.) He (Mr. Borthwick) did not speak as the advocate of any mere political party, however great, but he stood there to record his vote on a great issue—a great question between the powerful few and the feeling many—between ac cumulated capital and suffering toil. That was the question they had to settle, and on which he would record his vote against the attempted domieation of capital. He stood there on the recorded words of Burke—that the rich were but the pensioners or bankers of the poor, and that it was the duty of the Legislature to see that. the latter were protected from any attempted mal-administration of the funds placed in the hands of these pensioners or bankers. It had been said that the feeling of the Canadas was in favour of the measure, but he had recently received a letter from a gentleman in Montreal, which stated that the news of the measures of her Majesty's Govern ment had depreciated property there at least 50 per cent. The residents of the colony considered faith had been broken with them in regard to the Canada Corn Bill, passed in 1812. It was the duty of the Government to protect the colonies from the competition of their neighbours, instead of exposing them to that competition, as would be the case with the Canadas and the United States. They ought to bear always in mind the opinion of Burke, that it was most dangerous to tamper with agriculture. Even the greatest political econo mists, Mr. Deacon Hume, Mr. M'Culloch, and also Mr. Ricardo, and Dr. Adam Smith, opposed absolete free trade in corn as chimerical and inexpedient. They ought to be guided by the wisdom of 'heir ancestors, which the Hon. Member fer Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller) had attempted to turn into ridicule. According to that Hon. Member they were to abandon the light of Bacon and Thurlow, and the wisdom of Hume, with the other great luminaries of English law and history. All these, as well as the wisdom of Burke, and Pitt, and Fox, and Sheridan, and Grattan, were to be set aside as nothing by the Honourable Member for Liskeard, and the Honour able Member for Bassetlaw (Mr. Vernon Harcourt). He had listened the other evening to the speech of the Hone and Learned Member for the university of Dublin Mr. Shaw )—a speech which was most satisfactory, and one it would not be easy for the supporters of the present measure to grapple with. That speech the Government had not yet re plied to, and the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London (Lord J. Russell) had not thought it prudent to touch it. In fact, that Noble Lord left the Right Hon. Baronet to fight his own battle, waiting till a favourable opportunity, after the passing of this measure, occurs to turn him ont of office and take his place.—( Hear, hear.) Yet the Lord Chasicellor asked them on that side, what measures they intended to intro duce, if they were able to form a government, with his Grace the Duke of Richmond at their head. It was for her Majesty to name the ministry, but it was for the individual Members ot the House to give an honest vote; and could they, therefore, vote for the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet, believing as they did, that those measures were not calculated to be of benefit to the country? He was anxious that it should be un derstood that he recorded his vote against this measure, not be cause he wished to mist the Government, but because he could not shut his eyes to the extreme consequences that would Idlow it. He trusted that the interests of the a g riculturists would long, despite of these measures, be one of the objects to be recognised by a Briti-h House of Parliament. Hs trusted that the interests of the agricultural labourers woule not be left to the tender mercies of the manufacturer. He thanked the House for the attention paid him, and he hoped that Hon. Gentlemen opposite would follow the example of the Gentlemen on his side of the House, and never rise till they had something to say—(Laughter)—and having said so, to sit down again immediately.—(Continued laughter.) He would oppose the measure introduced by Government. Mr. CHARLES BULLER said that he was exceedingly obliged to the Hon. Member for Evesham for the very flat tering personal compliments he had paid to him, but the lion. Member did him less than justice when he accused him of laughing at or ridiculing Hon. Members opposite for following the wisdom of their ancestors.—( Hear, hear.) What he did marvel at was the extraordinary perverseness of those Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who adhered to the obsolete dogmas, the " wise sayings' of their ancestors, while neglecting the grand landmarks of true wisdom and experience. The Hon. Member for Evesham came forward with great self-complacency, and quoted these sayings, as in favour of the policy he himself advocated, and Hon. Gentlemen behind him vigorously cheered these quotations, whether happily applied or not, so long asthey were made by one of their own party.—( Hear, hear, anti cheers.) If he (Mr. C. Buller) had wished to quote the wisdom of their ancestors against restrictive laws on the food of the people, he should assuredly have quoted the same sentiments which the Hon. Member had more than once quoted from the celebrated Burke, as warning them of the folly of tampering with the food of the people. There had always been one great feature in the wisdom of out ancestors compared with ourselves, and that was the compara tive brevity of their debates.—( Laughter.) He did not be lieve that there was a parallel, either in our own or any other country, to the fact of a debate lasting three weeks upon single subject. He was willing to do justice to the strength, and variety of the arguments of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, bu' he must say they would have done their arguments just as much justice if they had made their speeches shorter. He would not now enter into the question of free trade. It was too late in the stage of the business to discuss that subject. The good sense of makind had made that the general opinion of the world long ago. Since the year 1815, the whole course of the policy of successive Governments had been to diminish the pressure of the corn-laws upon the people. They had shown by their policy that the corn-laws were an exception to the sound principles of trade ; and, in dealing with the corn-laws, their main object had always appeared to be ti get rid of them ,s speedily and as safely as possible. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had thought proper to applaud Gentlemen on his side of the House for their consistency. He could claim no merit on that account for himself, because, up to two ot three years ago, he had voted for restriction on the trade in corn. While, therefore, he defended the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, he was defenteng himself. For some time past, it had been evident that the opinions of the Right Hon. Paronet were undergoing a change. For several years the arguments which had been used to support the corn-laws had been given up one after the other, until nothing was left for them te stand upon. He thought the Government might have commenced their change of opinion earlier. He would, however, put it to any reasonable man, whether, under the present circumstances of the country it would have been possible to maintain the corn-laws longer. He would frankly avow that his opinion had been very much changed since In first entered that House. Who could say that they had never changed their opinions? A change like that to which he alluded always was gradual, and no one could tell the precise moment when it occurred. Hon. Gentlemen opposite ha' been pleased to laugh at the famine in Ireland, and would no' admit that as an argument in favour of the present measure. Now Hon. Gentlemen opposite had in this shown their incon sistency, for nothing could be more marked than their tone in the first debate on this subject. They then admitted the great distress in Ireland, and that it was the duty of the Government to provide immediately for it.—(No, no.) It was not until they found their own argument cut from under them that they denied that they had adopted such an argument. It did appear to hint to be most extraordinary for Hon. Gentlement to come forward and on such evidence deny the existence of such an evil as the famine in Ireland. Thsy now came forward and said there was no famine in Ireland, and yet they had only a short time ago said that the Government ought to hay,. provided for it by a temporary measure. The Right Hon. Member for the University of Dublin, (Mr. Shaw) came for ward with private letters, and with stories told by one man to another; of the famine. a" Theup thisproniee of authority he denied the existence ,th P ey :ta tee argument. and, y tt therefore, was f. re worth no t hing.wserse had been quoted as at , iai, T th h iy e potatoes were l Ireland, and this, of co urse , wou ld have a v down the price, because all d ea l ers would be e nde .i o to t o k an sus g e t rill of their stocks. In an article that was not perishable, the supply of course would affect t t l:e mm ' e ce di , a nd by the price the extent of supply could be judged ( 1 :1 1 ; but in the case of the famine in Ireland, the argument as to the price of potatoes was not by any means a sound one. 13-et even this argumentlwas not slupported by the facts, as the price of potatoes in Ireland had doubled within the last few months. This terrible condition of the Irish people was one which Hon. Members opposite could not deny, but, as he had al ready stated, they admitted its existence; and while doing so some of them have thrown out suggestions as to the mode in which it ought to be relieved, but these had been sufficiently. answered by the Government themselves. They were going to relieve the itnmediate wants of the Irish people, aided by the assistance of private individuals ; and, as a proof that some Hon. Members opposite admitted the soundness of this policy, he might direct attention to the fact that the Hon. and Gal lant Member for Lincoln had offered to subscribe 3001. to wards carrying on this ib;ot't. Colonel SIBTHORP—I never made such an offer, but I should like to know what you intend to subscribe.—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. CHARLES MILLER said he had no intention of offending the lion. and Gallant Member, in alluding to this circumstance; on the contrary, he thought he was statint something that was to the credit of the Hon. and Gallant Member, and he was under the impression that the Hon. and Gallant Membt r, feeling it to he so, when reminded of his promise, would come forward and stand to his word. To re turn. however, to the subject before the House, the people of 1 Ireland were starving and the Government, had adopted a right anti proper cuutrivanee for removing this distress. Some Hon. i Members, however, complained that the Government ought not to have propmd a repeal of the corn-laws, hat to have met the exigencies of the moment by throwing open the ports. Did Hon. .‘letnhera, however, , magine that the porta cauld he opened wo bout en alienation in the corn-laws following such a proeeseciiiin ? The p etre weae thrown open, in 1816. by Mr. Canning, acrd voiat followed that step? Why. the Govern ment came d iven to the House of Commons, and, after asking for an Act of Indemnity to themselves, called upon that Ilouse to make an alteration in the then existing laws, Now, he wanted to ask Hon. Members opposite a question with regard to this temporary suspension tat the law under the pressure of the Irish famine. lie wanted to know when they would propose to shut the ports? That was a material question. Would any Hon. Gentleman take upon himself to say hew long the potato disease was likely to last? True, one Hon. Gentleman had consoled them, by producing a sample of po tatoes grown by the Duke of Portend. I his potato was free from disease ; but they could not conclude, from such a fact, that the disease was at an end. By examining samples of the crop at the present moment, who could tell whether the po tato crop of next year would be a failure or not ? The example of America was before them, and it afforded a terrible warning of the increasing nature of the disease. How could any Go vernment, then, with these facts before their eyes, avoid taking some decisive steps for meeting the emergency ? From the scarcity of supplies generally in Europe, he gathered that this measure would produce lithe or no alteration of the price of corn in this country. Nothing was to be feared, then, upon that point ; but it was contended that the change would throw large bodies of labourers out of employ. It was errone ous to suppose so, for a more fitting time for the alteration, avoiding such a result, could hardly have been selected than the present. Railways and other public works were largely in the course of construction, and labour was never in so great demand. Tiers was a third reason for the alteration taking place at the present time, namely, the influ ence it would have upon the policy of other nations. It would influence France, it would influence Germany, and it would intluence America. On these grounds, therefore, he thought Hon. Members opposite were wrong in finding fault with the ' change proposed by the Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Baronet maintained the corn-laws as long as he could—he maintained them for the interest of Hon. Gentlemen opposite ; and if any one had to complain at all, he thought it was the Members of the Opposition. Hon. Members opposite ought to thank the Right Hon. Baronet for his past policy, and join with him now in yielding to the pressure of irresistible circumstances. The most discreditable course which the Right Hon. Baronet could have pursued would have been that which they said he ought to have pursued--( Hear, hear )—for that course would in fact have been this, that a public man who had changed his opinions upon a great question should persist, contrary to his convictions and conscience, for the purpose of pleasing a particular party. But he had honestly come forward to refute tee fallacies from which he had been freed. Bat if the Hun. Gentleman on the other side of the House told him that it was the duty of the chief Minister of the Crown to vote and act, contrary to his conscience, to please a particular party, he conceived that the post of that individual would be one not of honour or of dignity, but the most dishonourable to which a man could he appointed.—( Hear, hear.) And now there was only one other argument on which he would venture to trouble the House on that occasion. It was an argument which had been put forward by an Hon. Member, whom he regretted not to see in his place. It was this—that the present Parlia ment had no right to do this and that ; the course which the Right Hon. Baronet should have proposed should have been to suggest the dissolution of Parliament, for the purpose of taking fhe opinion and sense of the people upon this important ques tion. Now,to a certain extent, he (Mr. Buller) was bound to admit that there might be some validity in that argument, if he thought that this repeal of the corn-laws would really have been carried by the sense of the country. If he could see any unequivocal proofs of that, he should say to the Hon. Baronet, "the experiment which you are about to try is not only un fair hut most exceedingly dangerous—(Protectionist cheers) — because if the sense of the country is so clearly against you, the inevitabl e consequence o f your act will be that the new Parliament, which must be called into being in a year or two—( Hear, hear)—will reverse your Act for the repeal of the corn-laws."—( Hear, hear.) Well, now, he would say, that if any Hon. Gentleman on the other side of the House could show him that the inevitable consequence of an appeal to the country would be the return to Parliament of a majority of representatives in favour of protection to agri culture, he should be perfectly willing to have a dissolution of the present Parliament.—( Hear, hear. ) But, really, after the decisive majority by which the question had been carried, he must say that he could conceive no ground for supposing that the gentlemen opposite—the protection party—would increase heir numbers by one single unit in the event of a new Parlia ment.--( Hear, hear. ) Well, then, he would say also, that even if they should procure a small majority in favour of pro tection, they must ;not suppose that the country would quietly submit to their decisions. The Parliament that might be elected must, like the present, act in conformity with the opinion of the intelligent portion of this country ; and, unless the Right Hon. Baronet were certain that the new Parliament which would be returned after the dissolution of the present one would be one that would maintain the present corn-laws, it would be a most culpable act on his part to put the country to the expense and turmoil attending an election which could produce no good result. He (Mr. Buller) did not think it advisable that the country should be put to trouble merely for the purpose of pleasing the whims of the protectionist party. But what would be the effect of a majority the other way ? Why, that they would have a Parliament, of which the minority would be pledged one way and the majority the other, and the legislation would be carried on by a party whose opinions were contrary to those of the majority of the intelligent people of this country. Anti he believed that the consequence would be that the people would cry out for a second Reform Bill of a nature far more formidable than what any Hon. Member could anticipate.—(Near, hear.) Hon. Mem bers in favour of protection had said that the election which had lately taken place in Westminster was a proof that the eeople were also in favour of protection. Now, he could scarcely understand how the returning of a consistent free. trader could be an evidence of their feelings in favour of pro tection.._ (Hear, hear.) He had certainly heard it stated that the Duke of Richmond had 490 voters ready to come up on an emergency in favour of a protectionist candidate, but no such candidate had ventured to introduce himself to the notice of the constituents, and he (Mr. Buller) must, on those grounds, conclude that the people of Westminster were decidedly in favour of free trade.—( Hear, hear. ) He would wish to ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite whether they really anticipated that in the event of an election a majority of votes would be recorded in favour of protectionist candidates? Why, they knew that the contrary would be the result of an appeal to the country. —( Hear, hear.) It was impossible for them to get re turned by the large constituencies of the country. The reat counties would not return them. They might get re turned for the small agricultural boroughs, but it would be impossible fur them to be returned by the groat county of Lancashire. They knew that very well. They would also lose the great constituency of the West Riding.—("Hear," and No, no.") They would also lose the' great metropolitan constituencies.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no.") But if they did get a majority, that majority would be impo tent to keep their places—they would bring the House of Com mons tumbling about their ears. They talked very largely about their county representatives. They believed that they would obtain the representation of Northampton and Glou cestershire. His Noble Friend, the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) had entered that House as the representative of a constituency which had sent him there to support the total repeal of the corn-laws. And lie believed that that Noble Lord would soon have a colleague to support him in those views in the event of a new elec tion.—(Protectionist cries of " No, no.") Those two Honourable Members would then represent as many peo ple as were represented by twenty-three of the county Members. Now, he would not take into consideration the borough Members, but he would say, as a fact, that the representatives of Middlesex, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, eould represent the greater portion of the people of England. They must, therefore, tremble at the result of a dissolution of Parliament. Even if they were successful, they must tremble it the consequences of their own success, for he would tell them that the minority of the representatives represented the sealth and intelligence of the majority of the people of this country. He, therefore, warned them to look at the ground in which they were treading; and ho begged of them, before 'hey determined to persevere in their present policy, to recol lect that there were questions yet to be settled of far greater importance than that even of the corn-laws. His own belief was, that the course which had been taken by the Right lion. Baronet was a wise and statesmanlike course. They had heard much of true Conservative policy. He believed that never did the Right Ilianorable Baronet show a more sagacious foresight into the true nature of conservative policy —(Protectionists' cries of " Oh, oh !")—than when he pro posed to repeal those laws, which were the only real cause of 'he heart-burnings and divisions amongst the people of Eng land, and which gave them a right to demand their repeal. Lord GEORGE BEN TINCK said that the lion. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, commenced his observations by stating that the universal common sense of all mankind were agreed in the principles of free trade. Why, he Lord G. Bentinck) thought the Honourable and Learned Gentleman looked to the opinions of the United States of America, of the monarch and people of Prussia, of the people of France and her Government ; the Zollverein of Germany, and the opinions of Russia. He should have paused before Ise came to the conclusion, that the united sense of all mankind was in favour of free trade.—(Hear, hear.) He Mr. Buller) was something like the tailors of Tooley-street, .aho mistook their opinions for those of the united people of England.—( Hear and laughter.) He had mistaken time opinions of his party for these of the majority of the country. In his observations he had alluded to the alleged potato famine in Ireland. He (Lord G. Bentinck) believed that the allege lions that hid been made by the First Minister of the Crown at the opening of Parliament, respecting the potato famine in Ireland, were gross delusions.—( Hear, hear.) The papers hat had been laid upon the table of the House, and the accounts yhich they received daily, stated the averageprice of potatoes in the more important towns of Ireland at a fraction under 4d. a stone, and he could not therefore conoeive that the people of that country were in such a distressed condition as had been represented by the Members of the Government.—( Hear.) When the people of England learnt that the average price of potatoes in Ireland did not quote up to 4d. a stone, he really did not think they could be persuaded to believe irelhe existence el a potato famine in that country. From the return made on .he 24th of January, and also from the prices current of the markets in Ireland, it appeared that prices were falling in that market inst ea d o f rising. They had also heard that several ship loads of potatoes had left Ireland for Wales and Cumberland. —(Protectionist cheers.) He ( Lord George Bentinck) had succeeded with considerable difficulty in forcing the Right Honourable Baronet to a declaration that, in his opinion, had a free trade in corn existed in the year 1836, when the price of wheat was 46a. and not as stated at 395., the prises would not have been reduced. He (Lord George Bentinck) had calculated from the Parliamentary returns of the prices of wheat in ten different countries in Europe, that wheat could have been brought into this country and sold averageat aiir priceofitata p in ric tn eo g f la 3 o 2 d. 325. 11 id., bseainge calculations l3saqr.le m ss st(e withhfanthe reference to the year 1835, including freight and all other charges to Mark-lane , as in the formerresult that wheat could be sold with a case, pro would fit at a give price . farmers in all were heir not speeches 9 93 10 1 d being about 10s. lower than he thanthletaldowessitlopwroice to wheat in this country. He h the satisfaction of the House , th at the fears of the e visionary. The 'Ministers, House, stated that f ree t ra d e i n corn wo uld have the effect of enhanc ingtpl altogether g t e o t he his r side o of the rather than lowering the prices. But they no sooner finished their address than they turned round to the free-traders and de clared that their object was to obtain cheap bread—( lean ) —and the time is gone by when rents can be eked out by the sufferings of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) It has been argued that free trade in corn is necessary to procure steadiness in the prices throughout the country ; and it has been made one of tho principal charges against the present law that it has • not produced a single steadiness of price, b u t rat h er a great fluctuation. He was ready to meet Hon. Gentlemen on both sides of the House as to that feet. Gentlemen around him had not abandoned the sliding-scale, and he believed that a large portion of the aeri cultural community were in favour of the present corn-law, and in the year 1842 the prices under its operation in this country, had been subjugated to less fluctuation than to any other market in the world. The Right Hon Gentleman then went into various details, for the purpose of showing that fo ' reign wheat could be imported into this country, from Pantzic and other places, at such a price as to swamp completely all attempts at competition on the part of the British farmer. The fact of there being 600,000 qrs. of wheat in bond in October last, proved that the sliding scale, and the duty even of 18s., per quarter, were no impediment to its importation. He c .n -tended that the Right lien, Barnet was wrong in stating that the wages of the agricultural labourer was 6s. per week. The prosperity of the labourer did not depend on the low price of corn. The Right Hon. Member for Portsmouth, the late Chaseellor of the Exchequer, called upon them (the protec tionists) to say what cou:,-e they woult adopt under the cir cumstances. Ile had no hesitation in repeating what he, had said on the night of the great debate, that there was no ne cessity whatever for opening the ports, and that the rumours respecting the failure of the potato crop were not founded on truth. When the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to open the ports, there were only three in the Cabinet to concur in opinion with him; and a noble individual, possessed of great influexce, said that he believed the reports of the scarcity and failure of the potato crop were greatly exaggerated, but if they were founded in truth, and if a famine really was approaching, that the ports would open themselves. His friends around him concurred in that opinion.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, when at the point of having the sweets of office dashed from his lips, asked them at his side of the House for their support. Now, he would give an answer to that. It was not till the year 1841 that the Government asked for something like a reduction, and after that they proposed a fixed duty; subsequently to that, the Noble Lord the Member for London, found out that something wes brewing in her Ma jesty's Government, and it was then he sought to outbid them. The advice which he (Lord George Bentinck ) had given the House and the country on the part of his friends was, to follow the advice of Dr. Bailey, and to take no more of the remedies which were propounded by the opposite side cf the House, supposing even they were to come into office. With respect to the Right lion. Gentleman on the Treasury bench having alluded to his (Lord G. Bentinck's) speech as a poetical one, he (the Right Hon. Baronet) must have been thinking—like the man who was said to be an object worthy the envy, if not the admiration of the gods—( Laughter)—he must have been like a gentleman who was fishing for the budget--(Laughter)—and no doubt he was fishing up for the budget. The Noble Lord on the opposite side of the House, when he found out that he was about to be dismissed from office made a virtue of their condition, and then went out on the cry of cheap bread. The Noble Lord and his Hon. Colleagues were then like pirates, who rather than surrender their ship were determined to apply the torch to the magazine. —(Laughter.) He thought the present Ministry were also comparatively pirates, for they had pirated the opi nions and principles of the Noble Lord, nay, they had gone farther, and even pirated the principles and the speeches of the Anti-Corn-law League.—( Laughter.) They had applied the torch to the magazine of the state vessel, and they would assuredly partake of the danger. But he could not compare the dare-devil courage of the pirate, who in the extremity of the storm, applied the torch to the magazine. That was not the course of the Ministry—far from it.—( Hear, hear.) They had been entrusted with the care of a ship, and what did they do ? The commander had led her upon a lee shore—he brought her upon the breakers—(Cheers) —and under the guns of the enemy's battery—(Cheers)—while the crew were asleep in their hammocks, the commander scut tled the ship, with the assistance of the sentinel, and the master, and the mate, and then they stole the compass, and skulked away in the long-boat, and attempted to sell to the enemy the gallant crew who had saved them.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the House.) But the captain judged of that gallant crew by their own craven hearts—(Renewed and pro longed cheering from the Ministerial side of the House)—but still they were not thrown into dismay and confusion ; they ral lied and took the ship off the breakers, and would, eventually, carry her into port.—( Great cheering.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that he rose at an early hour of the evening for the purpose of addressing the House on this ques tion ; but not having been able to do so until now, he would not wish to begin at this late hour of the night, and, therefore, he moved that this debate be now adjourned.—(Hear.) The debate was then adjourned. Upon the motion of the other orders of the day being read, Lord G. BENTINCK moved that the House do now adjourn, which, being seconded, strangers were ordered to withdraw ; but no division took place. On our re-admission to the gallery, we found Lord G. BENTINCK on his legs, in explanation of the fact of adjournment. The Noble Lord was quite inaudible in the gallery. Mr. YOUNG followed in reply. Lord G. BENTINCK said that his Hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury had informed him that he had a communication to make from the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, with the view of making some ar rangement with respect to the Irish Coercion and the Corn Importation Bill. It was arranged between them, and with, as he (Lord G. Bentinck) understood, the entire concurrence of the Right Honourable Baronet, that if the party on that side of the House would not provoke a discussion on the question put by the N , ,ble Lord, the Member for London, the third reading of the Corn-law Bill would not be taken until after Easter. Their party, therefore, passed the matter, sub silentio, according to the terms of their agreement, and it was not until afterwards, when he received a communication from the Hon. Member for Cavan, that he was aware that the First Lord of the Treasury was no party to this arrange ment. He merely stated this to the House, that it might know that the misunderstanding was not attributable to him or to the party with which he was connected. Mr. YOUNG said that he had expressly guarded himself in his interview with the Noble Lord by saying that he was not authorised by the Right Hon. Baronet to make any proposition on the part of Government. The Noble Lord seemed to have recognised this qualification, for within ten minutes after he expressed himself thus:—" Then the agreement is no agree ment after all." He afterwards wrote to the Noble Lord, stating that he had been acting throughout without the au thority of the Right Hon. Baronet. If the Noble Lord did recollect aright, he (Mr. Young) had made answer to one of his suggestions, that he could not entertain this point at all, and therefore would not mention the matter to the Right Hon. Baronet. He could only repeat, that throughout the whole matter, it was without the authority of th e Government. Sir R. PEEL said that it would be necessary for him to'state that his Hon. Friend was not authorised directly or indirectly by the Government to enter into any arrangement or engage ment with the Noble Lord, and he (Sir R. Peel) came down to the House without an idea that there was any specific engagement entered into. He should regret if the Noble Lord and his friends had lost any advantage. He thought they had not, for if the Noble Lord would recoll ec t, h e (Si r R. Peel) had distinctly stated in his place that he would give precedence to the Irish Coorcion Bill, but to nothing else. Mr. THORNELY said that a most important question arose out of this debate, and he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet if the Corn Bill was not to be read a third time until after Easter, because if not the country ought to be aware of it. Mr. DISRAELI hoped that her Majesty's Government would state whether it was possible the third reading of the Bill would take place before Easter. Mr. HUDSON did not see much reason for pushing the measure forward ; for though it was said great stagnation of trade took place from the present state of suspense, he be lieved much greater stagnation of trade would follow if dm Bill passed than what now existed. The country laboured under no anxiety for the passing of the Bill. If the Noble Lord, the Member for the city of London, had made any engagement with her Majesty's Government on the subject, perhaps that Noble Lord, if requested by the Right Hon. Baronet, would release the Government from the engagement. Mr. ORMSBY GORE said he would not be bound by any arrangement that might have been made respecting the close of the debate. If he saw it necessary he would move the adjournment of the debate to-morrow night, in order to express his opinions. Lord G. BENTINCK said, there was no bargain at all on his part, beyond an understanding expressed on behalf of a number of his friends, that the debate should be allowed to conclude the present week. Mr. YOUNG said, that he was not authorised by the Right Hon. Baronet to make any specific arrangement as to the mode in which the Corn Bill and the Coercion Bill were to be taken up. Sir R. PEEL repeated that he had never authorised, ei , her directly or indirectly, any arrangement but the one stated by the Noble Lord; and when he came down to the House he did not conceive that the Noble Lord was under that impression. He thought it was of the utmost importance that the Bill should be passed before Easter, and every effort would be made on his part to pass the Bill in that time. He might ask those of his colleagues who were with him on Friday, to bear him out in this statement ; the question was agitated among them, whether the Irish Coercion Bill should be read the first time before the Cornlßill, thus leaving no assumption on their mind that any arrangement had been entered into with the Noble Lord. Sir J. GRA RAM said it was absolutely necessary that no concealment whatever should be made in respect to what had passed at the meeting, to which the Right Hon. Baronet had referred. They then considered whether they should proceed with the corn-laws, without taking any step in reference to :the Bill sent dawn from the other House of Parlia ment for the protection of life in Ireland—( Hcar, hear)— and he (Sir James G ra h am ) express ed his strong con viction, that notwithstanding the pressing urgency for pass the cern-laws, they should, in courtesy to the other House, pass the first reading ; but that shouldit, not go beyond that stage, no interruptio n wou ld b e o ffe re d . to the passing of the corn-law. All his colleagues had come to the conclusion, that that was the course to be adopted, and they also came to the conclusion that no compact should be come to with any other party in the House. Mr. DISRAELI thought that this was no explanation of the misunderstanding which had been come to. 'I he Hon. Mem ber for Cravan was well known to be the active manager of the business of the House, and he had before that time had no less than three conversations and a lengthened correspondence with the Noble Lord. They were, therefore, entitled to con sider him authorised by Government in making any arrange ment with him. This, before any Committee of the House, would be held a clear case of agency—immediately brought home.—(Laughter.) As far as he himself was concerned, he did not care when the third reading of the Corn Bill would take place, but still he thought it necessary that they should know when that third reading was anticipated. The conversation then dropped. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MARCH 26. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Id llls ordered to be brought in ►,y the undernamed Hon. Members : Norfolk (Norwich Branch)-3farquis of Douro and Mr. B. Smith. Birkenh , ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction—Sir I'. Egerton, Mr. J. Tollemache, and Mr. Legh. Hull and Lincoln Direct—Sir W. James, Sir J. Hamner, and Mr. W. Collett. Briigewater and Taunton Canal Railway and Harbour—Mr. Dlckin sou and Mr. Eoeutt. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 30. Aberdeen, Baal - , and Elgin. Shrswebur♦ and Herefordshire. Loudon and Windsor. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group No. 29. Mr. John Abel Smith selected, and added to the Committee, vice Colonel Verner, discharged. Select Committee on Group No. 34. Mr. Saunders Davies and Mr. Montague Gore selected, and added to the Committee, vice Mr. KJ. Blake and Mr. Christie discharged. 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A perfect cure has been effected in this hopeless ease by these wonderful medicines.— : Sold by all chemists, and by the Proprietvr, 244, Strand, London. AMERICAN NEWS. THE UNITED STATES. FIVE DAYS LATER. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The Montezuma, Captain Lowler, and the;Marmion, Captain Edwards, have just arrived here with New York papers to the sth. The news is unimportant. The Oregon question was still under discussion. The commercial newi is not im portant. OREGON. (From the Washington Correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer of March 5. ) In the Senate on the 2d of March, Mr. Aitchison, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a or ganize and equip the militia in Oregon. Mr. Dayton submitted a resolution that the Secretary of the Navy inform the Senate if, in hi, opinion, the circum stances of our foreign relations be such as to require an increased naval force; and what these circumstances are. Lies over. Mr. Semple presented resolutions of the Legislature , of Illi nois, instructi ng t h e i r senators, & c., i n regard to the " whole of Oregon." Mr. Ilannegan moved the special order. Mr. Breese then addressed the Senate at great length upon the Oregon question, going over the well-beaten track of title. The Executive, he said, had done his duty—the House theirs—and it remained for the Senate alone to act. All further negotiation, unless such as might lie necessary to secure the Hudson's Bay Company from the injury they would sustain by the sudden interruption of their trade, he utterly opposed. To arbitration he urged what he considered one fatal objection,viz., that there was no power to make any award by arbitrament binding upon the parties. He concluded by examining, and contrasting the capacities of the two nations, Great Britain and the United States, for war, and deduced a favourable comparison for his own country. Mr. Dayton next took the floor. The Senate adjourned. On the 3d, in the Senate, the Presiding Officer laid_ before this Chamber a communication from the Secretary of the Navy giving a statement of the naval forces of the different nations of the earth. Mr. J. M. Clayton, submitted a resolution, calling on the President to communicate to the Senate copies of any cor respondence on the Oregon subject that may have passed between this Government and that of Great Britain since the last made public ; or so much of the same as may not be incompatible with the public interest. Lies over. Mr. Dayton's resolution, calling on the President to know if he deemed an increase of naval force necessary at this time, and for what reasons, coming up for consideration, Mr. Sevier requested the Senator for IN ew Jersey not to press it at once, but let it lie for a day or two, and Mr. Dayton acquiesced. The special order was resumed. Mr. Dayton addressed the Senate for about two hours, in a speech characterised by all that fitness of reason ing, and grace of diction, which invariably marks this gentleman's style. He regretted the want of a pre cise point in the discussion now going on, which he said had began, and he feared would end, with gene ralities. But were he as anxious for the acquisition of all of Oregon as some senators on the other side, he would make a precise point, and it should be this—that, instead of seeing an immediate issue to the Oregon question, with a sort of seeking gallantry, nothing should be done. lie would meet Great Britain upon her own ground, when she said that occupancy alone could confer a title to the territory. Our ci tizens were pouring iu there in the proportion of 100 to 1 of hers. NOT did he apprehend that danger from collision to which the senator from Missouri (Mr. Benton) had referred, and somewhat happily illustrated by citing the patriarchs of old : there was room and range enough for the flocks and herds of all the shepherds, and need be no strife among them. Mr. Dayton then reviewed the negotia tions, and affirmed that, with all the irrefragable facts and arguments adduced, no new light had been shed upon the controversy; it was the same old story which had been re peated by all the negotiators for these twenty years. He conceded to our negotiator (Mr. Buchanan) un questioned abilities, and excused the insufficiency of his objections to arbitration on the ground that the subject admitted of no better. On this point, he expressed a fear that the civilised world would view our course as evasive and unsatisfactory. He next passed to Mr. Breese's speech of yesterday, and showed the futility of so many of the premises and deductions of the Illinois senator as fairly compelled this gentlemen to blush. Some of his (Mr. B.'s) calculations, one with respect to the capacities of the two countries for war, the readiness with which our packet-ships could be converted into men-of-war, Sze., he proved to be idle—utterly idle. Among other things, Mr. B. had asked why, if Great Britain had a sincere confidence in her title to Oregon, she had stood by with folded arms while our negotiation proceeded with Russia? Mr. Dayton replied to this, " that the Senator from Illinois was mistaken in the fact ;" and he proposed to read from a Senate document of the 18th Congress, from which the injunction of secresy had not been removed, to prove this position. He believed it not improper to do so, as he proposed only to read so much as was known to the Eng lish Government. Mr. Webster here turned in his seat, and asked how, if it, the injunction of . secres . v, had not been removed, he obtained the document ? Mr. Dayton answered that it had been published for the use of the Senate, and he got it from the room of the Secre tary. Here there was some sensation, and a variety of under tone opinions expressed—some desirous of having the ex• tract read, and others opposing the same. Mr. Sevier objected to the reading, and the Chair was understood as sustaining the objection. Mr. Dayton cheerfully waived the design, and stated what he would have read would show most conclusively that Great Britain was not silent upon that occasion, but keenly watchful of her interests. Towards the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Denton adverted to the rumour whicn had given currency, that this question was to be ultimately settled by the surrender of certain equiva lent advantages to our adversary. He did not mean to say that this was so, but some movements certai n ly se emed to - corroborate it. Once, it was a pertinent question in Eng land—" Who reads an American book ?" New, however, it appeared that one of our documents furnished the very pabulum of the British House of Lords.—(Loud laughter.) It was a general impression that war, and a war party, was popular in this country. This was true of th wars in which we had been engaged, for each and all of them were wars for principle, and not for property. On this point he feared not to trust the good sense and feeling of the people—the needle of public feeling might vibrate doubtfully at first, but it would settle at last tremulously, but truly to the North. Mr. Haywood, says the New York Courier, will speak to morrow, and it is understood that, among other things, he will take the ground that Mr. Polk will take 49, if it shall be tendered by Great Britain. His position will be important, as he will endeavour to present the views of the President. MONEY MARKET. MARCH 4.—A1l was bright to-day and active at the Stock Board. Not only were prices better, but operations were extensive, and there was a general feeling of confidence. The later news from England to-day by the Toronto was not generally circulated during business hours, and therefore had little or no effect. SALES AT TIKE STOCK. EXCHANGE. $6,000 U. S. G's July 110 1,000 U. S. s's... ... 100 1,500 Ohio G's 5,000 Penna. s's 71 1 4 11,000 Reading Bonds ~ 3 1{ 12 Shares City Bank ... 109 20 Do. Leather Bank ... ... 104 1 , 2 100 Do. Vicksburg ••• ••• a3O 7 80 Do. Farm Loan ... 27 3 / i 250 Do. East Boston ... 15 125 Do. Morris Canal .. 17 150 Do. Canton Co. 37 1 100 Do. Harlem ... b3O 54 50 Do. Long Island s 3 45 100 Do. Nor. and Wor. blO 64 50 Do. Reading R. ..• ••• ••• G 8 25 Do. Mohawk ... 51,4 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing ,yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in aiting, Lord Charles Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater, were in attend ance on horseback. Their Royal ilighiesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanric ar d e , th e Countess of Sheffield, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Earl Howe, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord George Lennox, Lady Graham, the Baron de Reitzenstein, the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Sir George Cooper, and Captain Francis Seymour. The Band of the Gronadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Die Felsenmuhle,"—Reisiger. Waltz—" Die Gemuthlichen,"—MassaiT. Scena e Aria—"Dio di giuda! l'ara it tempio," from Nino —Vardi. Polka—" Dobru-noc,"—Fahrback. Galop—" Glockenspiel,"—Kuhner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Palace, and performed the remainder of the evening. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince G e r i g n e th l e l e t u l r l s o e y aolf the Highnes sdal r f e r c o e n i visits siu u of s t rio uscongratula tionrelatives. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town. from their residence at Kew. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner at Gloucester House, in honour of the auspicious event. The company consisted of his Royal Higness Prince George, their Royal Highueses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister; the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Viscount Cantalupe, Colonel Cornwall, Lady Georgianna Bathurst, Baron Knese beck, Mr. Edmund Mildmay, Captain M'Donald, and the Hon. Captain Lidiell. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had after wards an evening party. The company began to arrive at Gloucester House soon after nine o'clock. Dancing com menced at ten o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge afterwards returned to Kew. l f,uyhmGai ipopiulsk Tatton t slev'a Vaughan, ee i iN g -s 11. 1 Highness e do s Orford, thefoonras yesterdayDs tAiuinacr consisting us e o s hil s oalsuwf o cr f :.salt : Ne trrie. Mr. out the utt x .c:ot:roc Duchess 3 R . To : A deputation from the trustees of the Manchester and Br had aninterview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes.. terday, at his official residence in Downing- street. Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John Henry Pelly had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Willia m Fielden, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Had dington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. Secretary Gladstone , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborougb, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl St. Germans were present at the Cabinet dinner given by the Earl of Ripon, on Wed nesday evening. Mr.'Tatton Egerton, m.r., and Mr. Ireland Blackburne, M. p., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yester day at the Board of Trade. THE APPROACHING GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO HER MAJESTY'S MINISTERS, BY THE LORD MAYOR.--The entertainment to be given to her Majesty's Ministers by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, has been unavoidably postponed from 'Wednesday, the let, to Wednesday, the 22d of April, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRC'UlT.—Liverpool, Alarcit 25. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN.) Henry Harrison was u tdticted, charged with having, at Denton, feloniously and violently assaulted and beaten Sidney Taylor, and stoles from his person one sovereign and half-a-crown. _ _ Mr. Monk appeared for the xrcaocution, and Mr. A. B. Pol lock for the defence. It appeared that the prosaouter had been drinking at various public-houses on the 23ci February with several per sons, and amongst others with the prisoner, to whom he in cautiously displayed some motley from his waistcoat pocket He was followed, tripped up, raid knocked down by prisoner. When he had done this he commenced kicking the unfortu nate man upon his head with a heavy boot he wore, inflicted a very serious wound on the left side of his forehead (which bled profusely), and knocked out a large double tooth ; not content with this, the prisoner gathered a quantity of loose mud together, and forced it into his victim's mouth, with the intention and the hope of choking him at once. This ren dered him insensible, and while he remained so the prisoner rifled his waistcoat pockets and robbed him of 1/. 25.8 d., with whickhe immediately decamped. Mr. Por.r.ocK addressed the jury for the defence. His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury having retired to consider their verdict, returned is about half an hour, Ending the prisoner Guilty. NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Norwich, March 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAuu.) Charles Hood, aged 34, was charged with having wilfully and maliciously thrown a quantity of aquafortis on the right foot of Sophia crakes, with intent, itc% Mr. Evans appeared for the prosecutrix. _ _ The prosecutrix is a young factory girl, aged 15 ; the pri soner is a journeyman miller, and both reside at Ditching. ham. The defendant had made dishonourable proposals to the prosecutrix in the course of last summer; she resented the insult, and expressed her determination to make it known to her mother. About the middle of last August the prisoner met the prosecutrix walking with a friend, when he " spurned " (kicked) her in a brutal manner, and used the most disgusting and threatening language. On the 23d of that month the prisoner bought two drachms of aquafortis from a chemist at Bungay, whowarned him of its properties, to which he replied, " Oh, I know its use very well," and went away. On - the following day he met the prosecutrix walking with her sister, who reproached him for his designs on the virtue of the prosecutrix, and said," It is a shame for any old man like you to interfere with such a young girl as Sophy." Immediately afterwards she observed him throw something at the foot of the prosecutrix, who at the same time felt a blow on her right foot, and a burning and smart ing sensation. The prisoner said, "That's what I meant to do to you," and went away. The prosecutrix went home, and taking off her stocking found the right foot and ankle covered with blisters, under which wounds nearly half an inch deep were subsequently discovered by a surgeon, who now gave it as his opinion that they had been produced by aquafortis, or some other corrosive poison. Mr. CARLOS COOPEII, for the prisoner, contended that the act was unintentional, and called several witnesses, who de scribed him to be a person of a humane disposition. The jury, after consulting together for ten minutes, found the prisoner Guilty. The sentence was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. A man named William Williams was charged with smug gling. C. A. Davis, an officer of the Customs, stated, that between twelve and one o'clock on that day he saw the defendant passing from the City of Boulogne steamer, and took from his person two bottles of foreign brandy. The defendant—lt is not brandy, just taste it my Lord. Alderman GIBBS—What is it then? The defendant—lt is not brandy at any rate. The officer—lt i; brandy. The defendant—l say it is not. It happens to be spirits of wine. Alderman GIBBS—Why that is worse still. The duty is higher. The defendant—But he comes here to charge me with smuggling, and he has not established his charge.—(A laugh.) The officer—lie has been getting his livelihood by this sort of work for years. The defendant—l have no other way of supporting my family. What am Ito do? You accuse me of smuggling brandy. You are all wrong. Alderman Glass—You have proved by your own admis sion that you are an old smuggler, and I fine you 51., the full penalty, or one month. . _ _ The defendant—l'll take the month, the money is not con yenient.—Committed. BO W-STREET. A STRANGE SORT OF " DISORDERLINESs."—A tall and very lean old man was brought to this court yesterday morn ing, charged by the police-sheet of the E division with being drunk and disorderly. The Court, as usual, inquired the nature of the disorderli ness ? " Why, Sir," replied the charging constable, "we found him hanging on the railings in Bloomsbury-square, at three o'clock this morning, by the hinder part of his trousers." The COURT observed that this was a very extraordinary position for so old a man to assume; but they did not see any great harm in it. The constable, in continuation, said, " Before we could get up to the spot, your Worship, the trousers gave way, and he fell inwards amongst the laylock bushes." " Did he do any harm there?" asked the examining ma gistrate. " No, your Worship," replied the constable; "he lay as quiet as a mouse." The old man was asked what account he could give for this strange conduct ?—He replied that, on the previous afternoon, he had gone down to Greenwich, to see a grandson on board the Marine Society's ship, and, in returning he got very wet with the rain and very weary with the walk ; and, being thus wet and weary, he lost his way and his wits to• gether, he believed, for, though he only dank one penny glass of porter on his way home, he had no sort of recollection how he managed to get on the palisades in Bloomsbury square. All he knew about it was, that instead of being in Bloomsbury-square at three o'clock in the morning, he ought to have been at Camberwell before nine o'clock on the pre ceding night. He was told he might go home as soon as he pleased, and he very thankfully departed. He said he was bred and born a tailor, but that was many years ago. W ORS HI P -STR E ET. SITAMEFUL ASSAULT.— TVilliam Murray, a master cabinet maker, in Half-Moon-street, Bishopsgate, was charged before Mr. Bingham with having assaulted and wounded a young woman named Rosa Sheridan, the daughter of a retired tradesman, living in the same neighbourhood. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, whose head was bound up, and who was evidently in a state of great suffering, that on the evening of Thursday se'nnight, her sister-in law accompanied her to the house of a tradesman in Worship-street, for the purpose of remonstrating with him on his injurious conduct towards the witness, in inducing her to elope with him from the house of her father, and remain for two nights absent. On mentioning the object of the visit, the defendant, who was seated in the shop, immediately assailed the complainant with the most opprobrious epithets, and advised his friend to turn her into the street. The lat ter, however, refused to do so, and the defendant, after some threatening language, struck her a violent blow on the fore head with a massive and sharp edged piece of mahogany, which produced an extensive lacerated wound, and covered her face with blood. The defendant immediately followed up the attack with another violent blow on the back of the head, which brought her to the ground in a state of insen sibility. Mr. BINGTIAM said that he had no power to deal ade quately with such a case, and he therefore felt it his duty to send it for the adjudication of a jury. LAMBETH. SAVAGE ASSAULT.—MysTERIous A FFAz R.—Yes terday, Ann Lynch was brought before Mr. Henry, on a charge of savagely ill-treating and causing the death of a young woman, whose name is at present unknown. The facts of the case are these :—The prisoner, with others of her class who are in the habit of leading a loose and dissipated life, had been accustomed to apply for and obtain lcdging at Marlborough house, Peckham, in which establishment a number of the City paupers are farmed. On the morning of the sth of last month loud cries of " Murder" were heard to issue from 13 ward in the institution, and on the nurse and others going to see what was the matter, they found the prisoner ill-using another young female, who had been a casual in mate, in the most savage and brutal manner. Not content with striking her with her fists in the face, she drew the hair from her head in handfuls, and dashed her head against the wall with such savage brutality as to cause pieces of the skin of the skull, with the hair attached, to adhere to the bricks. The excuse for all this was that the unfor tunate female had stole' three halfpence from one of her fellow-inmates, and was about to put on the stockings of another. Maria Dennis, who described herself as a nurse at Marl borough-house, said that on going to 13 ward_ she found the prisoner • with both her ha nds entan g led in the hair of a young woman, who was then l y in g on the bed, and p ullin g each handful different ways, declaring at the same time, and in the most savage manner, she would have her life. The female was rescued from the prisoner, and the former looked in a most deplorable state with the blood streaming from her mouth and nose, and also from her head, where the prisoner had drawn the hair from large patches. Mr. 11F2fRY—Did you send for a constable to give the pri soner into custody? Witness—No, sir; if I was to send for a constable for every little affray that takes place, I'd have nothing else to do. I can manage all the persons that comes there myself, but the prisoner, and she is such a desperate character, that I myself was afraid of her, and it takes five men to master her. Mr. HENRY—And what became of the injured female? Witness—l gave her her breakfast, which she took away with her in her hand, and sent her out, and was really glad to get rid of her out of the prisoner's reach. Mr. HENRY—What! Turn out a person who yourself de scribe as being in a deplorable state, bleeding profusely, and with whose blood one of the witnesses says she was satu rated. Why did you not send for some medical man to see the unfortunate young woman ? Witness I did not send for one, and there 1 think I was wrong ; but I was glad to'get rid of her, fearing that the prisoner would again attack and murder her. Mr. HENRY—Then I must say that it was quite scanda lous that the unfortunate female should have been turned into the streets in such a state. A medical man should have been sent for to see her, and the prisoner should have been then given into custody. The prisoner here said, that though Mrs. Dennis, the nurse, had said she had done all she could to separate her from the young woman, the contrary was the fact, for she actually encouraged her to ill use her, aid several times called out, " Give it her well ; give it her well." The husband of Dennis, who also holds a situati on i n Marlborough-house, confirmed his wife's statement as to the deplorable condition of the young woman, who had been so savagely attacked. Morton, a constable belonging to the P division, said that from what he could learn of the case, it appeared that the in jured female, upon being turned out of the house with a piece of dry bread, was so exhausted that she was obliged to sit down at the gate. She afterwards managed to crawl along the Kent-road some di s t ance, when she fell from per fect exhaustion. From there she had been carried to one of the hospitals, where she s i nce died. He, Morton, had been to Guy's, SL Thomas's, and St. Bartholomew's Hospitals, but could get no tidings of such a person. That she was dead, however, there was strong reason to believe, as she had net since been seen in any of her accustomed haunts. There were two females named Bell and Thompson, who, he understood had visited her at the hospital to which she had been taken, but he could not at present make them out, and suspected they were in confinement at some of the metropolitan prisons. He also understood that, on Monday last, a female had called at Marlborough-house, to inquire about a female who was missing, and whose description corresponded in every way with the female that had been dinged. This was admitted by one of the servants at Marlborough house, and Mr. HENRY further remanded the prisoner for a week, and directed that Mr. Richards, the proprietor of Marl borough-house, and his clerk, be summoned to attend the next examination. GREENWICH. ATTENTT TO MURDER. —Richard Thorp, a coal-porter, Wa3 charged with an attempt to cut his wife's throat in the 41 - C4 :1: , L'. _t - --. 1 .Rz 1 / 4 „- le , „0., - - - - - - - -:::.4%, \Pt ( `I .. - ;i f ? ....;,- 4 Oxford Arms public-house, Church-street, 7444Pf0rd,„4, :S a hli '',-i,: . ,..,E47 . 1 i night of Wednesday week.. • •,:t ' s'= ) . 7 1 7- Jane Thorp, proseantrix, deposed that onsTifiOdi - iii i t she went to the Oxford Arms to her husband fkiis Int - fort i 1 0 a penny to buy bread ;•.he refused- to-give if ham, it cetT-' , •-='- ' LA.' lowed her from the house; and kriocked her down. She then entered into a statement, showing that the prisoner had con tinued following her about, and detailed a series of assaults he committed upon her,and-whleh- he repeated at the coal wharf where he was erifOloyed,_ en the following meiiiing. In the evening she again saw the prisoner in the Oxford Arms, and after calling her to him, : rut his arm round her neck and stabbed her in the throat with a knife. (A large clasp knife was preduced; but witness declared that was not the one he used.) Witness struggled,;- and got away from the prisoner. lie followed her out of the house, and said, "I have done it, and I'll finish You, and be hung for you." James Francis, son of the landlord of the Oxford Arms, deposed to giving the prisoner into custody immediately after the assault on his wife, and hearing him make use of the threats above-named. Mr. Edward Downing, a surgeon, examined the wound, which he stated to be incised, and very slight. Police-sergeant Josiah Vincent took the prisoner into els tody, and heard him threaten to do for his wife when he came out of prison for this attempt, and that he intended to kin her on the present occasion. Witness produced a clasp knife, which he received from the prisoner, who stoted Oat was the knife with which he had attempted to cut his wife's throat. The prisoner, who,. by the advice of his solicitor, de clined saying anything in his defense, was then fully com mitted for trial. MONEY IVIARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The purchases of the Government broker to-day amounted to 21,0001. Consols on account of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National: Debt, and 5,0001: on account of the savings -banks. The anxiety and excitement among the holders of railway shares are such as to make it difficult to convey a just idea of them to the public at large. To sell any shares connected with the new lines has become almost impossible at any sacrifice, and the only relief that the greater part of holders now hope is, the throwing out of the Bills before Parliament, and the rendering an account of the funds that remain unappropriated. This feeling exists even with respect to those lines which a few months ledok were regarded as the most promising, and the men of pro perty who happen to have embarked in such uedertaleings Lind themselves considerably worse off than adventurers without capital, since they foresee that in the 'event of Bills being obtained, the weight of the whole concern must be thrown upon them. Probably there is not a single new Company at this moment—sad this is the opinion of some of the most experienced brokers of the Stock Exchange—in which the majority of the shareholders would not vote for abandonment. This opinion has nothing to do with the merit of the respective undertakings, but arises from the persuasion that too much has been attempted at once, and that sufficient capital is not to be found in the country for this mode of employment. By a singular revo lution in public opinion connected with these undertakings, even the illegitimate and doubtful schemes, which were so plentifully brought forward at the close of last year, are !ooked at comp ara ti ve l y w i th envy, for in these is seen at least the limit of loss, while in others of a different class, if they are forced on in the present adverse state of the money market, the prospect is but one of ruin and con fusion spread over a long series of years. The public of this day have probably forgotten what occurred with the build ing of Waterloo-bridge, for which purpose a first, second, and even third capital was raised (since the undertaking, once begun, could not be abandoned), now all annihilated except the last, and that producing a very small and inadequate return indeed. Something akin to this must happen with railways which are imprudently urged on in the present situation of affairs, and this is the apprehaneion which is now producing so very unpleasant a feeling with all con cerned. They now look to Parliament as the only source of relief, and to Mr. Morrison's Committee, in partiaular, for an early introduction of the subject to the consideration o f the Legislature. Members of Parliament who are also members of railway committees, cannot be too strongly im pressed with the fact, which we now desire distinctly to convey to them, that the boon most desired on ther part by the parties connected with railways is, that their Bills ma)- not be passed, but may be strangled in the birth. There is a rumour in the City that the Government are about to send 3,000 troops to India, and that the tenders for their conveyance will appear in about a week. Several of the smaller shipowners have for some time past anticipated an event of the kind, and hence it is said that more ships are in readiness for the service than has generally been be lieved. A statement has been furnished of tie exports of the Brazilian provinces during the year 1844. The total value of these is about 7,500,0004 nearly two-thirds of which may be assigned to the items of coffee and sugar. On account, however, of the heavy differential duties on the former, and the total prohibition of the latter, very little of either reaches this country, the coffee being principally shipped to the United States, and the sugar to the European continent and the Mediterranean. The result is, a considerable loss to th e merchants, manufacturers, and shipowners of this country. For the exports of British manufactures to Brazil the returns are mostly received through indirect channels, which on the one hand are very expensive, and on the other are to the ex clusion of British shipping. It may not be generally known that several commercial bodies in England have sent addresses to similar parties in. America, on the subject of the threatened interruptiqUo the peace of the two countries. Some of these have be M an swered_ from the United States ; and we subjoin on sent from Plymouth in Massachusets, to Plymouth in Great Britain : "RESPONSZ FROM NETT ENGLAND FLY3tOUTII. " To the Hon. the Mayor of Plymouth, England. " Plymouth, Massachusetts, Feb. 27, 1846. " Sir,—l have the honour of transmitting to you a copy of a response to the ' Friendly Appeal from the Inhabitants o i f . Plymouth, Great Britain, to the citizens of the United Stater of America, for the purpose of averting war between the two countries,' adopted at a large and general meeting of our citizens. Your address, with others, reached us on a day when we had proposed a public discussion upon the general subject of peace, and the possibility of a pacific settlement of all national controversies; and it was a sign of hope, both for the present and the future, to hear these voices of love speaking to us across the ocean. We rejoiced in them all, but to your town we were impelled to give an immediate re ply. Nothing seems to us more beautiful, and nothing can do more toinsure amity between us, than these interchanges of friendly feeling and Christian sympathy. Your address bears date one month ago to-day, and the echo to its friendly pleading in a few days will return to you. Let the olive branch be thus carried from both sides of the Atlantic by the quick messengers traversing its waters, and t e rumours.pf war which have startled us shall only become The means of cementing us for ever in the bonds of peace. " I transmit also a copy of one of our papers, containing a brief notice of the proceedings of our meeting. And as uo paper has reached me, giving the names of the signers to your appeal, I am obliged to address yourself solely as the magistrate of your town, instead of directing to you also personally by name. " With most ardent wishes for the triumphs of the pacific principle, now and at all times, " I am, Sir, with great respect, " Very truly yours, " GEORGE W. BRIGGS. " His Honour the Mayor of Plymouth, Great Britain." " A RESPONSE TO THE FRIENDLY APPEAL FROM THE IN HABITANTS OF PLYMOUTH, GREAT BRITAIN, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVERTING VAR BETWEEN THE TWO COUN TRIES, BY THE INHABITANTS OF PLYMOUTH, MA SSA.. CH USETS. " Friends and Fellow Christians,—More than 22.5 years ago, pilgrims from England gave the name of Plymouth to this spot, because Plymouth was the last town they left in their native land, and because they received many kind nesses in their need from some of the Christians there. Your friendly appeal at this juncture of public affairs, read at a large meeting, convened for the discussion of the prin ciples of peace, convinced us that the sympathies of feeling in that former generation have suffered no decay by the lapse of time. A kindred spirit beats in the heart of Ply mouth, in Old England, and its daughter in Massachusets, at this day, and although your appeal was not particularly addressed to us, we arc impelled to give it an immediate re sponse. " We respond with unfeigned fervour of heart to all your words of love. We deem war in every case as an unutter ianb le civilizationa m . But a u and C hzl a s r t i b a between wieeeelni feeling, o a nations s c o o u a n d t n a c n e d d ours, we should regard with especial horror and anguish of soul. We are descendants of one stock, children of the same household. We have been nourished at the same greet fountains of literature and learning. We have been baptised in the same great faith. We are brothers in the flesh— brothers in mind—brothers in Christ. Both nations, too, are plainly called to great duties and great destinies, in the un foldings of Providence—duties and destinies which can alone be fulfilled in the reign of peace. The only strife between us should be the noble emulation to see which may do most for the advancement of civilization, the progress of the world, by diffusing and perfecting the arts, the knowledge, the freedom, the purer religion, possessed by the Anglo-Saxon race. •For two such nations to fail to settle amicably a controversy lila that now existing between our respective Governments, and, therefore, to become desolated by the calamities, and cor rupted byi the countless crimes ofwar, seems to us a sin alike against natural affection, the leadings of Providence, and the Redeemer's law of love, without defenoe or palliation. If Great Britain and the United States cannot amicably settle their present controversy, the friends of peace in the world may almost despair. "We rejoice that it entered the hearts of our brethren iu England to send these friendly addresses over the ocean. We hail a movement so eminently Christian as full of promise. The boundary lines of nations could neither alienate nor separate them in heart, were the friends of peace thus to ex tend to one another the hand of fellowship and love. Nations would begin to see and to flow together.' Surely no war could be possible between our respective Governments, now or at any time, if the lovers of peace in either land would continually send the olive leaf across the waters in these appeals and responses of Christian feeling and Chrietia'n sympathy. The ambitious and wickedly-aspiring in both countries, who attempt to stir up strife, would be rnet by a moral power they would be compelled to obey, even though it did not remove the evil purpose from their hearts. We join you in your prayer, and your labours, to avert war between our respective Governments, and to secure a present and an everlasting amity. " In the hope that our response to your address, and through you, to all our brethren in England moved by a kindred spirit, may contribute something to the end we mutually desire to secure, and that the labours of the friends of peace, here and there, may be crowned with entire success, " We remain your friends, "GEORGE W. BRIGGS. ) Committee "JOHN RUSSELL, of the "RUSSELL POMLINSON. ) Meeting. " W. THOMAS, Chairman. " Plvmouth, Massachusetts, Feb. 26, 1846." A GOOD SPEC.—On Tuesday Mr. R. P. Cunninghame. of the Loddon, sold a station and sheep, which be had 18 months previously purchased from Captain Cole for 1,2001. to Mr. Frank Bryant, of Van Diemen's Land, for 5,000/. The sheep averaged 13s. a head; and the sale of the wethers and wool alone, during the time he held them, repaid bins the original purchase morl•. Mr. Cunninghame, thes•efore, clears the 5,000/. less the expenses of management, in a year and a half !—Port Philip Herald. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ThecLaND.—The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., and Thomas IVaklev, Esq., M.P., have just had an interview with Sir :lames Graham, when they presented a memorial, signed by 850 Fellows and Members of this College, praying the Crown to grant a sup plemBntal charter to the College of Surgeons, ft is under stood that the President and Council have for some time past been in communication with the Right Hon. Barcinet on the same subject, and it is generally expected that a fresh batch of Fellows will be made; in fact, all members of the College, of eight years standing, not keeping shops, will obtain the honour. The Rev. Edward Monro had an interview yesterday wiOs DLL Secretary Gladstone. fa/ 1 P r if ,ce9 , , "' ,er ca ; vi pd