The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-09 00:00:00

00MAGAZINES----k (CONTINUED.) - tRu.R.V S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.* The erixele on the Submarine Propeller, or Archii.ne ,et eSer ew, is concluded in this . number, and the writer ke n us a Complete li s t o f all the patents which bare Ntlitaken oat for propelling vessels by means of a screw Ile, the ttie Year 1655 to 1843. This is a very valuable . tke.: compilation of which must have cost the writer I,,try,taatidtitlahlieof trouble and research. We have also and Paper on the salvage of Life, Letters, . r ePtri e f .t . f rom a New pork ~,:. rota : - _ , nipwreelc, and a Letter tiortli'ilpbuilder oa navel construction, which is well ti it Zithe attentive consideration of those in authority,. is °frit & ?' t cs to a subject which at the present moment is of h.,' Importance to the country. There are all papers_ eiraihalent value; those who seek amusement me . r e e ,. '): 4 4t .nd that the present number is by no means deli - h le it! " of "moving accidents by flaod and field. . Oup, s.•AS JERROLD'S SHILLING M AGA ., ZIN E. 1 thlBlne Confessions of Richard Grainger," with which dli,g,iber opens, is the autc.biography . at o d n e e m who, estic ask * to desperation by the oppressions of a I ltrth: li ' l a a moment of passion, fells his tyrant to the 4: 4 8 4 :t: i rfoitr:edr,tyffntlyip.g he has killed him, escape_se, toilsand 1 h "cealtaent in the Babel of London. H ape, violins, ., ) • ears, and, at length , hearing that his who is his uncle, is still living , returns, Yese ii Yeconetled to him, and eventually inherits his 1140„11:,,11,,1 following are his reflections in the scenes ) lire,n,'"Y;c te ssedeluringehis period "terro: : e1 1t. ,,a ilet beast-look back upon this f o a d r ° b r e t t better 114 11 e r , ' L i l l. not consider that it has taught _ me, qher s Y., irk could teach me, some lessons fo t rt t i n ie l g ,e ood of paid 4 th e i„, 4 ,t I, aB taught me, sir, that men are no hire,, ' labour in money on bread only ! The labourer re ilatere all require, br,therly feelings, sentiments of le•sPect, to ru.ske him feel liimself i a l , m r a ie n h a e i s id a l m iv n e n a g s ke n ? • Who wants an equality of earl i li t i t it u i eh: T h ey must be poor earthly souls ‘ 4, o oti wr a l n d d s t k r i in v d e low object. But an equality of I l ion \thig.for all who labour in the system of ex an is d ten en ce_ N,, ra l ,„?wilat we want—something to raise. the head *4gibe heart of the poor workman, to ne n:r i k n e g. hi l m b f a e v e e l 1, 1 , N I reckon him worth something. I L thi s ew-men k n i a io a w ni l daem i'l e• w ant a thousand times,.hetaveily,est pressi tadie r ' ll 'gia believing that it is h m to e , ''; deprivation w Welt the poor_and the hard- toiling have datitO r Where is the religi?us th lHonour all men.' 1 4 _,! l * truth I have learned o, at to mend the thoughts it4te,estBD,,titions of men, you mustmend their circum -114411,, t °o. We are not angels. iVe are not sunbeams, yet h .' Pere in all places. You who look forth upon plea- NI, i:„ er ka, from the windows of drawing-roams, ob, it is so ~N4.0'447 little book of poetry, or religious prose, to con atice4cet bit the world is a very pleasant place—that the ite e r clearls• designed all men to be happy ; but things k ll lf, - a, differ ent appearance when viewed on a dull winter's . te tvesrte the Fogspaper zquares of the cottage wi d n . dr h s u i t n e t lt hls r th , and many places like it. You who t is rvins— itlir p. ir Z°o the miserable lanes and alleys of our (a . h t , I ' '''. 13 a good one ; but remember that air and tki vo,iestiliness ancl beauty, are God's good messengers , btetebL,ltlibute your Endeavours to remove the gloomy, Iti lb. l places left u on the face of the earth by centuries he ... 94 ut and action!) bestowed upon wrong purposes. If e ,- 'Te e m e 'atii ' nave the people believe in a heaven, show them Il e %of it . ,, , 0 e4, 8 1 .: e4 n4 of the series of " English Scenes end Cha- Nee."",,by William Ilowitt, is .scarcely worthy of his I le, ~.",lek Redfern, the county wag, the hero , 11 (1 i fir t - te, meat have flourished at least 4 hundred t 'lr 01.3: ' Years a go, seeing that the greeter num ersediern's waegeries - were faithfully chronicled thaw„ a century since by the late Mr. Joseph Mil-. qtll;,"entoranda of Maturin," is an interesting sketch i e °4 l(l t r eer of a very gifted man, to whom as yet the d t ued , ,,?* not rendered justice, and " Rome-war .I tl g 8%„ 14 . smart satire on those very clever, chat e'rnes ' t r; who are to be found in every nook and +l%yh e °f the provinces among the squirearchy. Home 14 ,c 1 w e w ,.g i !es us the " Confessions of an Old Picture," ,lkienr `econamend it to the attentive study of all eon llistia 4 nd We have an admirable paper on the t l atlt o c h lll °f the Press," which we should have been It { (J *Ye transferred to our coluMns hal we space for Pty in raper Hedgehog" gives us a caustic let,ter on rtti r n " e ral, and on the e. Dine. out of +L e militia in ''L ell u a l - e r ,'„ But we miss our old f r i„....,,- ~ -S t. Giles and t lkl,c hr l. and also the': Ilistor,- Tor Young England;" 11114 11) '"' lt We have several excellent papers in this sr; " could 0 e t t'eured t wed have spared some of them to tt g 4 zie„ . the presence, of these, the features of this ... plri kid; 7 : i f -8 RAIL WAY REGISTER. the--t"7l to its usual history of the railway doings t4r'4 the 111(3tith, this number contains an admirable paper r e g411%e question in which the relative merits of_ writer Eves Ateeia Nsctive lines are fairly sq forth, and justly aP . tll4tlltl. .the g aa iv re es ty t , he preference to the broa t u o ec a , 1 4.4r,, a . the , . gau ge on the score of economy speed, and power, .and hti l lig• I t elaboratel stating the arg ti .e ho as concludesy• ume i nts on „red arid ' ''"..Y teferrec to it ma not be too much 1 "- tIkt: I tli re-!A he " statements, in connexion withtthneseaXyptehrai-t, ' 1 41,, "' Power a l tip,,,, , to h av ,. one considered, may be a' its side. It d. 1 ) , Lon, i i ,., ' the advantage on ' the broad gauge appears ~,lnell t wver, whether iu light traffic, which local and' „Mr • ~.1.4%c generally -. and will become in so more mita(W' weight of the broad an en ine may not be a seriousthis Alq ("7 extensi° " are : ' carded out, whether these cases : °ll ai: i Tge in an economical g point of view. Upon a f4Rgestia,l°°' w hich we merely at present throw out as n .. , ° hait y - L.' we doubt very much whether absolute 1.3 "eetl a .;;` gauge do turn out to be desirable upon public 172 ...______,______________ E ALIII4.IV'ACK OPTHE MONTH. By IQ funnin Gilbert A•lleclutt. htills of the Pluming, running commentary on the "cuele o - t " r ith, full of smart satire, without a glossness, malice or ill-nature. —_._ --.. _ 4 TIM LITERARY ASPIRAA T. er umber it t up t of monthly periodicals are really mount to,,se 0 such an inordinate quantity, that the ultimate . k tar quenc es of the c ompetition in this species of lite -4 di,: are mote han. conceivable —they . are self-evident. 14 ti t "on in their number, and an improvement i i n tll % , goerkt tone results that are no less inevitab.e kid the at are desirable. The Literary f urea'r outward qatelbow, bears in every respect the ° 11tw,,,,:l the outward character, and Aspirant, now (so to speak) the_ Nt her 6' ecitnPlexion. of a thorough magazine ; but 7. ~d tt3Pected from the style of the index to this, _- Rai* ,Ilttolber, that the semblance was merely superii !olveelfter that the contents, this suspicion re -44t, b lt4elf into a conviction :—" The form was pleas kktl.nl4 the soul was wild." We have first a flippant P ti e t , 4 : 4 p ir li ti r i l e e Y s lf " Brittany " very well powdered . with .k a characteristic that has a fatut , sma . c . ."II t l el ' with Et very powerful smack of " Boyer 's Dt h e Itttratt'.l 4 ed the e , -ehair system. Somewhat of e ' v rit i , W sibre are the ~,,i . rs rert ,_ , or "Recoll . ections of Travel." IJet the ih e t i •lsh ; %Toen,l„l3 that. Addtson h. described Italy in pure tiloo s a re se;eErnZt, too, very graphic ally. poetry (?) 1,. 1 1, t k lli gtht 1 wilily S Tp ti S i ril l C ve t r o b ‘ e :c a le a m l i o lY o s n o lig f h t t h . u t o 5 e ;Paint and the t mud-colour sl of every blockhead bedaubed a w p i p t y h JO 4l : Btti og rhymes together ? Another ab b out n a o i 14 44,7", to the Villa , ;e," which is decided , ly M T )rn.. tarlrtious Milton;" and another about ' •[4O - ti 4 ii ) the first verse of which calls up an uhnpleiao t'4• .4e-rce(maction of that - very disgusting worms op k ~e--- o"Rtiderers through tho vault of heaven— • I t Ye brightly beaming stars! k, .1. e . 1i ti , e, have ye ? s_triven ? 'ver lt intestine jars " loathsome shop bPittTio °lle "ho has beheld that most w Z 1111 %it z :: %jai its horrible display of bottles, ll see our 4. z esides the foregoing the editor from his 4 hal l 'i t l ittle f • taste of specimens, we should h, re No or the literary Mr. G. W. M It 4 11 0 4 e illrn upon a very excellent gentleman, but a . I d 4 11-strkeet author, by name 1111111°-.4. We can i conscience, 4 tittle, for t he Literary Aspiran y t. sa but so much, or bo 17.1 E LOINTDOTALER. , o,__, bl'ea * i oti *fi r, ,q to the interests of Temperance, this P l i I : and more eipt•,, oeubtless obtain a wide circulation, ~.,. . of allyNth e vially so from its I)? ari,, tts as urtiati cheapness.ofthat . us oils , _ it te , 11 lo th, in 1 co mains, a . knowledge of i -eu 'w mid p,esae_b?zty easily obtain a n d r a t h i , n e s w o r r y t e h r y y clans o .in a t. r et e s_ Ivz, iv 1 1t....1.........== Auld, withal4nelf port . vra " by Cor a . l alt Of Byron's i'' Gene 4 ' f • :1°2 " 7 /L y - 13 E —I, LE ASS EMBLEE. r bie ireu Li ar - ;2 4 " ge p° ' a pedestal for n a MOOD, °IIII S the froth.l.)e of the " burni*her for t the c3..,•pieee to this number;however, is all stau a e, and a 141 .Lia l t , 8 ~ as specimens f carped be at. o _ A '' ' '' lld. t he e ... I "Yr 4 ' these vagaries it, kr the he mu s t not therefore . " Mar tYrB4:l4.si; it isijo; the usual in the literary way idie usual standard: —stories of which 4,ll:etilli(4)„.cis :tlittli lie f Genoa," with half a n a- d do m z e e e n ti l n t g al s ia n n f ra4,l o.it k ead of each chapter, supply of th_ : ' ge. groves, and a plentiful in among ' lett er% and --- —-- • , Then ,_ki 4 , press, formin , v the principle prof , torttor Ki the :-lo written On iuy Bir katj very'wee Star of Eve"—all very unassuming and send- tikt,ti diluted both in language ' twl!„,erQ fTrhere are, nevertheless, thday ' and stanzas who derive sal_ ona these joint productions and 13,)t. til'aill% .„, A uence, m of a s n a y tinpaPer, ""ti perfumed ink • we must, in conseci __ s.i ~or 4 tiugenteel enough to express any decided dtsreli . l e tre //e 9enits. Suffice it to say, the present month . of t . n h5b604'404.6/e-e has an excellent assortment of this kind ticularised, w x7iTl i t ef').thticte writing ; and, for the better encourage: „, . on whotn we hav e par N4"tl °R that contributors are the ~L , m4tile ea ___ _air our the con . l' h i7r estrutZ., of :Elizabeth Youatt, Camilla eery . _,.._ii . a'culrmo, k t IN orr", and others equally well r ,a , 14 4 v ebtuary, bath pictorial d descriptive, 4'M. PProl?•riate conclusion to _ an ...acorn. The the articles enume . P 7'llE F-1.*4 LE'S FRIEND. the tastes 41":'11.1)7 insraphlet, 4evoted exclusivel to dis 41;Itioh."Ita -e')4ntrywomen. It consists of essays, ,ert alographical notices, and verse, and . is there- L0t4114 n—ri"ve. Morality and happiness are . in d culca T te h d e 4tYlee-;-t'r°ed, and therefore it is well spirite . fLitinposilion is smart and condensed, and tber.ets - tees,t readable. We refer the inquisitive t h 77 1 E E REVIEW. ROSPECTIV 14:(1's°1'ne in its general tone, and Choice in its selec l'hi°: !Ilat this review augurs coiner its.prosperhi.ty. Ittli,44tt's aerials,rek.szulin character in its p.osition rho °Maio, 4).something short of vi•gour, while it enforces h of its writers almost much as mere argument ,do by itself. A e'riticisna upon the Chevalier laistory of E t," another of " Explana 44bii; Lir the author of tl•Le"PVestiges of Creation," and lore Par' 9- 6,1 y. courses of Religion," e the main to ore r /ter s L ankles i, this fifth part. Oue also upon Itta,:g9o beists" is desesrving of notice more for its sb latolersnce thatt for its excellence of conception, -11 11914:ver, 14 11 ___ A • run twos surrmtlillg _. .~,~. T R brightness, and hence, possibly, requires our more particular stigma We ascribe this solitary instance of partiality against a creed rather to the carelessness of the editor than to his matured purpose. Yet on this very account, more especially, we poir4 the finger of criticism at the blot, and warn its conductor against any future repetition of the like, if he would propitiate the favour of his liberal-hearted and liberal-miudt'd gene ration. WANDERINGS OF A PEN AND PENCIL. Pleasant wanderings are these; and choice, sun-lipped companions are Mastcrs Cron quill and Palmer. The pen is smartly nibbed for the nonce, and the pencil ever pointed. Though the woods ha seductive for a descrip tion, the old ruinous monastic buildings which nestle in all sorts of nooks in this our "merry England" seem to offer greater attractions to the pilgrims of literature and art, and precious colfes of anecdote and millions of legend do they rake up from atnongst the moss and the green stones. Then, for example, at page 168, is the veritable chamber of Alexander Pope, at Stanton Har court, the room in which he finished the fifth volume of his Homer. Think of that good reader! the very room in which our rare, dainty, music-tongued, irritable little poet bath often donned his slippers and snoozed off into a dream of kucolics. For more particulars upon this and divers other curbsities, we commend thee to the good company of Alfred CrowquilL -- KNIGHT'S 1 3 E1VA Y MAGAZINE. ThouThoughinfinit.lr smaller, this new series of an old favourite is intinit:iy superior both in appearance and sAection Of material.; to its predecessors. All readers of taste will feel themselves under obligations to Mr. Knight for an alteration . so judicious, and to Mr. Harvey also for his delicate and occasionally delicious pictorial contributions. So i Some morsels in thi s first part teem the pencil of that eminent draughtsman are pecu liarly pleasing, inasmuch Ls they remind us of his glorious achievements in the embellishment of the Arabian Night's Entertainm, nts: in the present case, however, to employ a quirk, it is in the embellishment of the " English Knight's Entertainment." Besides the ordinary proportion of antiquarian, or, rather, book-- wermiug matter, tales, and poetry, and reviews are inter spersed through the Penny Magazine, giving an addi tional attraction to that cluerving and popular publi cation. THE STUDENT. A serious, sober, honest scr4il. Partially scientific, parti.dly critical, p4rtially devoted to light Ilterature. 111 this number there are —" A Legend of Ancient Mexico," a " Life of John Ronge," a botanical account of " Hemlock" and its prop , rties, with other miscellaneous contributions. And as the whole is devoted to the "In terests of Trade," it is surely to the interest of trade that it should be supported. PICTORIAL GALLERY OF ARTS. Mr. Knight here brings the first volume of this spi rited series to a conelusim; and, considering its exceed ing cheapness, it may number among the many marvels of typographical and illustrative art that have issued from the press of late ycars. It is an undertaking deserving of all praise and all Encouragement, as one like.y to foster a love for the higher deScriptions of art among the mul titude : it forms in itself a kind of moveable " National Gantry." The frontispiece is a curiosity ;itis a copy from a piece of tapestry in the possesion of Lord Brougham, taken from the renowned " Virgin in the Chair," of Raphael. The colouring of this plate is brilliant; it is a good example of chromatic effect, at once dazzling and subdued. OLD ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. James I. (that choice bardprisoner, in the dungeon at Windsor Castle), Henry VI. (that weak and feeble monarch, familiar wore with rosaries than sceptres), Wolsey (that problem of party-feeling, by one regarded as the Cardinal-virtue, by another as the Cardinal-vice of his age)—these and others, afford excellent materials tor the Second Part of Old England's Worthies. The biographical condensations are judiciously managed, and the tone of narration is admirably impartial. When completed, the volume will be an invaluable companion to our native history. CHURTOYS LITERARY REGISTER. A fantastic assortment of queer things is the opening article of this number, not inaptly st)led " The New Curiosities of Literature." It groups together nearly every superstition and "legende hoary" in connexion with the month of February : it offers us some bits of antiquarian and scholarly information of the " blood bads" used by the ancient Romans fir purifying the victims of Elephantiasis, or, as it is commonly called, the white leprosy. It submits to our notice some fragments from Dekker, descriptive of " moon-men," or half witted persons, with sundry other eccentric gleanings from old folios, breathing of dust and cobwebs—smelling anciently and wormeaten—a resuscitation of Sir Cor nelius Agrippa. In the after portion of the miscellany there is scarcely a single publication that has appeared svithin the past four weeks but what is mentioned in some sort critically. The literature altogether is su perior, and the Register deserves patronage. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Though but the preliminary jump of a new ad venturer among our monthly publications, the People's Journal bears about it an impress of health and stability, which at first is so newhat enigmatical, until we re member that its literary and artistic contributors are equally experienced in the requisites for similar pub lication. What appears to be the most decided charac teristics about this serial is its fervid, and earnest, and paramount advocacy of the populace. Nor is th:s tone of earnestness, an affectation ; it bursts forth in bosom gushes, it beats with the beating of an unseen but eloquent heart ; it utters its bold ban upon oppression, it breaths a soul sigh for the woes of poverty, it points to the on• comings of better and brighter things ; its general spirit is not that of morbid grumbling, but rather of a heaven-born hopefulness. These qualities, however, from their very sacredness, are restricted of course, to the serious portion of each number; the lighter liters ture abstains from the profanation of such themes—the anomalous mingling together of grand truths and flip pant jokes. William llowitt gives two rather milk-and watery estimates of Charles Dickens and William Wordsworth—men whose eulogy should not be sounded forth in staid and formal periods, but in warm, and im petuous, and unstudied tones of love. We say advisedly of love—for is that not a recompense well merited ? Have they not severally attempted to excite within our hearts affection for the Unseen and for the Seen .? And have they not succeeded triumphantly in that beautiful endeavour ?—have not their simple utterances stirred up the waters of our inner-spirit ?—and are they not each absolutely in some measure, what Shelley calls " The silver key of the feuntain of tears!" by moving our dearest sympathies " up from our heart unto our eyes,"—and after this shall we not 'speak of them boldly, plainly, lovingly, and cordially ? For this quietude of style, William Hewitt is the very anti thesis of George Giltillan, who estimates passionately, and yet discriminatingly. Some metrical ntorccaux of Ebenezer Elliott ; two smart sketches from London So ciety, by Angus B. Reach, IA ith capital illustratijns, by Kenny Meadows, (the couple of waiters in the tavern scene being the very extravagance of drollery) ; with a plentiful supply of other very en'ertaing matter, form altogether a valuable and amusing magazine of more than ordinary mer it, f or t h e surpr i s i ng sma ll sum o f eightp2nce halfpenny. S o muc h enterpr i se, so muc h ability, so much benevolence of purpose will not surely go unrewarded or unnoticed. Ei e b ft: but Et nut l l 7 A numerous S c P ol o le ß ctia ll o G f brief capital contribu tions ; they are chiefly capital, sinking down below even mediocrity, particularly or two (fortunately) short chapter, headed " A Safe SOt a ." " l y t is an attempt at the graphic and conversational, which sinks to the common-place, while it tagga on to a ckver engraving from a painting by Arnfield upon the sam e subject, like a briar to a lady's petticoat. Sweetmeat, the property of Mr. A. W. Hill, is here presented to us by the engraver of ['Acker, and a worthy descendant of Lollipop he appears to be, from that limning. Scribble gives a rollocking " Day with the Pytchley," and, with some similar scrightly and roystering effusions, The Sporting Review passes muster this month with no little credit. LORD LINCOLN and the ELECTORS OF SOUTH NOTTS. Lord Lincoln having vacated his seat for South Notting hamshire, by accepting the office of Chief Secretary for Ire land, has issued the following address to his late consti tuents:— TO VIE ELECTORS OF THE SOTJTRERN DIVISION OF TUE COUNTY OF NOTTLNGRAW. " Gentlemen,—lt was this day propsed to me, through the gracious favour of the Queen, that I should undertake the important office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieute• nant of Ireland. " I have felt it to be my duty to accept that appointment, and the seat in Parliament which I have occupied by your suffrages for fourteen years has thereby become vacant. " I hasten to solicit at your hands a renewal of the trust, of which I hope I have not proved myse:f unworthy, either by the step which I have now taken, or by any other act of my political life. " So far as mere personal considerations are concerned, I might have hesitated at any other moment to exchange the office which I lately held under the Crown for that which I have now undertaken. " Circumstances which have lately taken place amongst you have, however, overruled every personal obkction, and make me rejoice in a legitimate and constitutional oppor tunity of appearing at this particular juncture before the constituent bolt' which has repeatedly honoured me with its confidence. " few days ago, I received the formal announce ment of a resolution passed unanimously at a meeting of the Nottinghamshire Agricultural Protection Association, calling upon me to resign my seat—a resolution in which my ' honour ' was openly assailed—my first impulse was to comply with the demand, and instantly appeal from that meeting to the whole constituency by a new election. Re flection, however, and a deep sense of constitutional obliga tions forbade that course. _ _ " The Constitution does not recognise the right of a Mem ber of Parliament to divest himself of the trust confided to him. It has not even given him the power to do so. The resignation of his seat can only be accomplished by a fiction —by a request for a nominal office at the hands of the Crown. The principle of delegation is at variance with the spirit of our institutions, and those who demur to the ex pediency of annual Parliaments are bound to resist such a call as that which has been made upon me, come from whom it may. " I know that others, situated like myself, have lately yielded to a keen sensibility of what was due to their honour, called in question as mine has been. I honour and respect their motives, whilst I deprecate the step they have taken, and fear that they hardly foresee the consequences of their example. "Neither they nnr I were sent to Parliament as agents or advocates of one interest in preference to others, but as Members of a del:berate assembly bound to legislate for the good of all—for the interest of the nation as a whole. Of thlt whole you form an important part ; and in my conscience Pbelieye that neither have I heretofore done, nor am 1 now doing, that of which in calmer times you will have reason to complain. "I am told that I shall be opposed by a candidate put fcrward by the Agricultural Protection Society. Let me warn you of the danger of submitting to the dictation of any political association or club, however respectable may be its members. That danger is increased when, as in the case of the Protection Society, such a club is, if not affi liated to, at least in direct communication with, and acting under the direction of, a central body sitting . in London. Believe me, such a system is fraught with mischief to all interests, but especially to that which this Society professes to protect. • " Whilst, however, I repudiate the principle of being your delegate, and claim the highest position of your representa tive, I freely recognise your right to the fullest and most ex plicit expression of my opinions upon all political subjects. I will, therefore, attend any meeting in any part of the division to which you may summon me, between this time and the day of election, to discuss with you the measures lately in troduced by her Majesty's Government, and at my nomi natioa at Newark you shall find me ready to explain and to justify my conduct. " I cannot within the limits of an address enter into the details of so large and comprehensive a scheme of commercial policy as that lately laid berore the House of Commons. This much, however, I am bound in candour, when addressing an agricultural constituency, to say—that on the question of the corn-laws my opinions are changed. In 1841, honestly, and not from any party motive, I advocated measures for what is now called ' Protection of native industry.' Mature re flection,—constant and anxious consideration of the subject,— attention year after year to the arguments brought forward in the House on one side and on the other,—above all, the experience of the last four years have convinced me, not that the corn-laws alone should be abolished, but that our whole commercial system should be subjected to a great, a bold, and a comprehensive revision. _ " This change of opinton has not come suddenly upon me. Three years ago my confidence in the principles of protec tion was greatly shaken,—last year I felt that they had be come indefensible. Still, looking to the mischief of any violent shock to party attachment snot for the sake of the leaders of party, but for the sake of public confidence), and conscious of the peculiar circumstances under which the present Parliament was elected, I felt anxious that, if pos sible, this great but inevitable change should be postponed till after the next dissolution of Parliament. This, however, I had firmly resolved—that I would never again appear be fore you on the hustings without an express stipulation that I should be free to vote for the repeal of the corn• laws. "But, in the autumn of last year, it pleased Provi.lence to visit our country, and more especially the sister island, with an infliction which some have ventured to doubt, nay, even to deride, but the alarming extent of which I greatly fear has yet to be unfolded. Thus the desires of politicians have been frustrated, the calculations of statesmen have been thwarted. W hat would have been praiseworthy caution and deference to existing circumstances, in times of abundance and prosperity, would now be culpable neglect, or a slavish submission to the fear of reproach and personal odium. '• The Government has bean compelled, by an imperative sense of duty, to bring forward at once a final settlement of the;e questions, for none but a final settlement—no half measures—no temporising expedients—could ever, again be entertained; and I am prepared to adopt ~ m y full share of the responsibility which must attach to the members of a Government which has endeavoured to reconcile in a great and comprehensive scheme the various, but not conflicting interests of the country. " I regret that the shortness of the interval between the issue of the writ and the day of election will not allow me to wait personally upon each of you at your houses. I have, on this account, suffered my address to run to greater length than I could have otherwise desired. " Again, I must assure you that, after the imputations which have been cast upon my motives and my conduct, I hail with satisfaction an opportunity of appealing to your suffrages. I look forward with confidence to the result, and anticipate with no faltering hope my return to Parliament, for the sixth time, as your representative —I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your ever faithful friend and servant, " Whitehall- place, Feb. 7." " LINCOLN." THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST The retirement from Parliament of the doubting Lord Henniker affords the tenant-farmers of East Suffolk an op portunity of rescuing themselves from the thraldom which has so long oppressed them, and which was so unblushingly declared by the now sole Member for East Suffolk, Lord Rendlesham, in his notorious assertion of the " landlord in fluence" on the hustings at Ipswich, in April, 1843. The de risive shout which met that indolent taunt albeit that the tenantry of East Suffolk were compelled to " pocket the affront"—was an indication of the working change in their minds since 1841. It is now for them to throw back the taunt upon their noble representative( ?), and following theglorious example of the West Riding ofrorldhire, assert the influence of the many over the few, the nation over the oligarchy. Mr. Alexander Shafto Adair has loosened the "screw" in East Stiffolk, and hi the short interval het•Ween the election of June, 1841, and that of April, 1843, ho had reduced the Conservative majority 341 votes, under the most unfavour able circumstances—a Tory Government high in favour; but partly by the aid of the Canada flour question. If that slight movement towards a liberal palicy in commerce worked such wonders in the agricultural county of East Stiffolk, what will be the result of the Government's free-trade declarations? It will be for Mr. Adair to give the electors another chance of throwing off the influence of the Bences and the Myddle tons, if Lord Rendleshant should dafe to hazard a nominee, and to show that his pledge to buckle do his armour and " shiver another lance in the lists' of reform was not an idle one. The unanimity ttianifeated a short time since at the meeting at Framlitigham Castle augurs much for hls success if he should again come forward. The following to Lord llenriker's farewell address : "TO THE ELECTORS OF TIIE EASTERN DIVISION OF SUFFOLK. country, I will in sincerity assure you that there is no one more truly attached than myself to the Established Church, and my exertions will ever be used to preserve, unimpaired, the Protestant religion. " Upon the important question of the corn-laws, I at once frankly avow my decided opposition to the measures now in troduced by the Government, and my desire and determina tion to endeavour to preserve that protection which the agri cultural interest has hitherto possessed, and to which it has so just a claim. I have ever felt respect and sympathy for the industrious classes: my attention shall be given to the subject of the poor-laws, being desirous to do all I can to ameliorate them, to insure to the labourer and his family every possible com fort, and to protect their interests. "I neei not add how gratifying it will be to ms to promote to the utmost the interests of the town of Buckingham and its neighbourhood; and shall always feel anxious to carry out the wishes of the inhabitants, and to have the gratifica tion of frequently communicating with them, and receiving tl - eir opinions. " I hope to have the honour, before the day of election, of waiting upon you, and again repeating my grateful thanks for your kindness and good opinion, which I hope, by honest conduct, with the bles6ing of God, to retain through life.-- I the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant, " CHAN DOS. "Stowe, Feb. 6." LORD JOCELYN. THE REPRESENTATION OF LYNN. SUFFOLK. and e lfa n v c ' i r ivisi approbation, it u 911 of this county in four successive Parliaments, eastern Gentlemen,—having had the honour of representing the sta „ n .crehse havei e m ° be e r: 7 13 n c g au tat fo p r e d ri eo od p , e re njoy t ed to yo I n ti r c co t n h fi a d t e c n i c t La i n ii d . rf o e f d th W e hleh li the high trust so long reposed present in me. iLg, fiVe Induced Ille to relinquish policy I have cordially Government, whose general supported , important subject having thought it advisable of the corn-laws to the to introduce the im consideration of the Legislature, with a strong er p i t ? e r s e e s a si t on o their opinion that a relaxation of those laws at the mo ment, and their total repeal after a Pnv years, are essential to tile iiiitilid Welfare, I have felt thyself called Upon to refson tide the subject and the objects ef them ; and I confess I ant unable entirely to satisfy myself what course I ought to pur sue consistently with my implied promises to you other tbsp that I have adopted; " I ray deliiioWiedge that, at the Wit gOibriii. eletiitini I declared the maintenance of protective laws to be indispen sable to the interests of 4,,piculture, en which, I need scarcely remind you, Inv 6ivn are dependent, and I vir tually pledged myself to uphold that opinion ;—but, from the statements and reasons adduced by the first Minister of the Crown, with the dimwit unanimous concurrence of the Cabinet, toititiosetl a it is of many persons of the highest ehtlfacter for ability and experience, and whose interests are identified. with thoso of agriculture, I am so far rendered doubtfol in regard to my previous convictions, that I do not leel I ki , rild Colticientiontly performmy duty without entire iberty of action, and exemption from all former understOOd pledges, &c. "Plated in Ma pripition, I are po alternative but to re sign my scat in Parliament, fof tithefiifisti in case of my cOnturrence in the views of the Government; f must hats sided inceriSistently With tit ttviii oirstieriticars totivictionS in opposingtheit, or wills Jo ittiplied *Wises td you/ ill Supportiit,them; . .I have, therefdre'.thiiday takefi the Mal Cot* ill aceoiiiplisittrig Or diterdination: d In timing leave or yen, Pefitilt itie id Say, shat your con= slant kindness and consideration for me call for did tiiptel• sion of My warmest thanks; your confidence hitherto has ilett litOt crlittifflng te ine, end it has been, indeed, a source o satisfaCtion to rtie to have had the Opportunity of forming friendships with Very Mau' fth' whom I entertain sincere regard, Ind I hd}?fi tiddt the frietitli, agntiments I have ex perienced may continue unabated. " Withgreat esteem, and fervent wishes for your prosperity and happiness, I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your very faithful and obedient servant, " 1711QPII4r11 41111 : Feb, 4, 1545." The Norfolk News, after quoting the paragraph which ap peared on this subject in The Sun, says :—We copy this paragraph, as it fully accords with our own views, as to the loyal ami independent borough of King's Lynn being un der the direction of Lord George Beatinck ; at least, that it is so understood in the upper circles in town. It will be remembered, that his Lordship turned out Lord William Lennox,—at least, it Was so stated at the time; and in the ' exercise of his power in this pocket borough, he has now doubtless been the main instrument of relieving the electors of Lynn of another of their representatives. When the paragraph which appeared in last. week's paper was written, not even a rumour had reached us that there was a probability of an election prior to the anticipated general one, but the last few days have disclosed an organised attempt to obtain one. It appears that a depilation ' by whom sent we have not yet learned, waited upon Lord Jocelyn, in town, for the pur pose of ascertaining his views on the corn tariff of Sir Ro bert Peel, and whether it was his intention to support him ; the nature of his Lordship's reply has led to the tender of his resignation, which was received last Sunday; and, the result is, that after consultation, it was decided to invite a few of the burgesses to a meeting at the Town Hall, on Wednesday last, care being taken that no one should be present who dif fered with the "leaders" on the score of Protection, and, ex cept in the case of two or three merchants, no one who dif fered with them in politics. We know that about forty per sons attended this meeting, and that though strictly a" pro tectionist; one, yet some difference of opinion existed as to the policy of accepting the Noble Lord's resignation: this is not much to bo wondered at, considering that these very men are first and foremost to condemn the system of "pledges," when resorted to by their opponents, and the con sequence was, that a specific motion by Richard Bagge, Esq., seconded by T. A. Carter, Esq., that Lord Jocelyn's resigna tion be accepted; and it was moved as an amendment, by F. Cresswell, Esq., (Mayor), and seconded by the Rev. John Bransby, (we do not pledge ourselves to the exact words), that Lord Jocelyn's resignation be not accepted, but that. his Lordship be at liberty to vote upon the question as he may think best. On the question being put, there appeared ten for the amendment, and 27 for the original motion, which was according cadied. A deputation was then appointed, consisting of Richard Bagge, Esq., and Everard, Esq., to wait upon his Lordship in town, and acquaint him with the result of the meeting. It was now urged by a solicitor, who had voted in the majority, that unless the minority were prepared to remain neutral in case of a contest, that they had better retire, as it was necessary that the meeting should be unanimous on the proceedings which would follow; five only of the minority felt it to be their duty to withdraw. Se much for Lynn consistency. The appointment of Lord Jocelyn's successor was next discussed, and the result was that the deputation were requested to wait on Attwood, Esq., London, the Tory gentleman who opposed Lord John Russell in the City election, and offer him the vacant seat; and in the event of this failing, the name of Bond Cabell, Esq., was named as a second chance. The gentlemen of the deputation left for London, but were two late, as we are in formed, for the train that evening; and here ended acted the first of a farce now performing in this borough, under the distinguished patronage of the patriotic Duke of Portland. We have already stated that Lord Jocelyn's letter reached Lynn on Sunday morning, and that a deputation had pre viously bad an interview with his Lordship. This was con firmed by the appearance of his Lordship's address on Thurs day evening, one day after the meeting was held, at which it WAS decided to accept his resignation, notwithstanding the request made in his Lordship's letter that "as soon as I am informed by you that this paper has been made public to my constituents, and they are desirous of taking advantage of my resignation, I will make application for the Chiltern Hundreds, and the writ will be moved for a new election." It is therefore palpably evident that the conditions upon which his Lordship resigned have not been complied with, unless it can be shown that the 37 invited electors represent the 900 electors of Leeds. We hope that no other borough in the kingdom, containing from 16,000 to 17,000 inhabitants with nearly 1000 registered electors, will ever have laid to its charge the disgraceful and disreputable accusation that it sold its electoral rights for a mess of pottage. REPRESENTATION OF SELKIRK- SHIRE. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Allb THE DOVER Vouncreuns.—Last week we noticed that active steps were being adopted by an influential class of our young and, spirited townsmen, to constitute themselves into a bddy Of volunteers, to avoid the less noble militia Service in the event of the embodiment of that corps. Pursuant to this purpose, John Hunt, Esq., town councillor, last week addressed a letter to our Lord Warden, the Duke of Wellington, re questing; his Grace, in the event of the militia being called out, to allow the parties in question to act as volunteers within this ancient Cinque Port. To Mr. Hunt's letter his Grace has sent the following reply, which puts at rest the notion - which had got abroad that it was the inteutioll o f th e Government shortly to call out the militia "L ":: ,01 1, r . eb. 3, 1844. presents his corn. ...as received tale lettet, the the Cinque Pdrts, nttd tile Coil' e Army I but he is not aware that in alts legal ettthority to enable him id eige: oodles ot armed men in the Cinque fl _.ormation upon the intentidti at the calling out of ..alitit6 It has been stated that one of her Majesty's ants has given notice, in the House of Paelieriietit of which he is not a member, Of hit latentied td introduce a fill for the amendment of the militia laws. The Duke has not heard that such Main been introduced, "John Hunt, EP.c i ., "Doyeto' ITNinitcatotnit) Itoottit,=--A correspondent of ? ; Ile L' udder, adverting t 8 the contemplated revision of the Ite tropolitau 111111 dings Act, draws attention to Seheddle which 'will render tenantless the underground apartments of nearly the whole of the small houses in London, after July, 1846, without remunerating the owners for the le .t yr Niti for the same, although each of these houses has been built a agreeably to the old Act, and -- the inSpeettell Oi int several district surveyor!,lihould Schedule IC be hot yen- tirely erased from the e• h . ...ddings are cotteett leil , provision ";,cv Act at the ei.peetetl 50 far a 8 existin g should be m^ —uo to rematterate the Alleys of such property, who are general small tearinmen and frugal mechanics, P er .ons who dug t to he assisted and not inured by Acts of t'arliament. 20,000,0001. were not long since voted to re munerate the rich owners of human flesh whose property in the same was prohibited by Act of Parliament. ROYAL HARWIciI YACHT CLUB.—William Knight, Esq., the Rear-Commodase of this club, has just received a letter from his Excellency the Danish Minister at the Court of London Stating that the yachts of the club shall be free from the charges in the harbours of that country. The Harwich Yacht Club now cent , iins forty-four sail, in addition to a few on the stocks; the privilege now conceded by Den Mark has already been granted to the club lay eleven other powers, including liana ver, Prussia, Holland,, Belgium, Portugal, &c. ThwHarwich a •egatta is fixed for J sly next. ARRAN.—We baste- reeei ved a communicat ion from correspondent in the* iefands of Arran, stating tha t fever pre arming extant among the poor iii ilititl l 44B 9( Gala Wag— , GituiciaVotow. On Friday the nomination for this county took place in the town of Selkirk. Mr. PRINGLE, of Whytbank, proposed Mr. Elliot Lock hart, of Rorthwickbrae, the nomination being seconded by Mr. Scott, of Gala. Mr. GRIEVE, a farmer, proposed Mr. Murray, junior, of Philiphaugh, which was seconded by Mr. GILL, a manufac turer. Mr. LOCKHART then addressed the meeting, and was foi -1 owed by his opponent. Mr. MURRAY, who declared himself a thorough free-trader, suporting the League in all its acts. The Loan PROVOST of Edinburgh then came forward and put a number of questions to Mr. Lockhart. The answers elicited to these questions were, that Mr. Lockhart thought Sir Robert Peel had gone too far in his measure. The ques tions referred to Sir Robert Peel's measure—the equalisation of the prison assessment in the burghs and counties—sites for the Free Church, &c. Mr. Lockhart thought Sir Robert's measure went too far. He was not prepared to give an opinion in regard to the prison assessment ; and in reference to the Free Church, he stated that he would have no objec tion to give sites if clear cases were made out that such were needed in the particular localities where they were requested. The SHERIFF, without taking a show of hands, asked if a poll was desired, when Mr. Pringle, on the part of Mr. Lock hart, demanded a poll. Great dissatisfaction being expressed at the Sheriff's conduct, in departing from the usual custom, the Hon. Mr. Elliott, after that functionary had retired, asked for a show of hands, when only one was held up for Lockhart, and almost the entire assemblage for Mr. Murray. Three cheers were then given in rotation, on the motion of the Hon. Mr. Elliott, for the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the free-trade Duke of Buccleuch, and the measure of Sir Robert Peel. The assemblage then quietly dispersed. We understand that Mr. Murray has protested against the validity of the proceedings, on account of a show of hands not being taken. "Pield-Marshal the Duke of Way' pliments to Mr. Hunt. He Duke is the Lord Warden mander-in-Chief of 0- either capacity he also and fort] , has no in' the " lIENNIKER. so deeply obliged. accepting honesty of purpose to compensate for the want of superior talent and experience ; assuring you that my best services shall always be at your command. The following address has been issued by the Marquis of Chandos to the worthy and independent electors of the borough of Buckingham and its boundary parishes : "Gentlemen,—l hasten to thank you most sincerely for the honour you have conferred on me, by the requisition so numerously signed, to offer myself as a candidate •to repre sent your borough in Parliament. " More consonant would it have been to my . wishes and feelings to have remained for the present a private indivi dual in your neighbourhood; but after this most gratifying proof of your good opinion and regard, I cannot decline the request, and offer my humble but faithful services to those idtrAgMA:Terolu:cNonfidOencFe I am for wio i s l e E unv it ary E in " Untried in political life, I must entirely depend on your " As regards my opinions upon some of t,1141 important o u bjecus riat M 114 titan Octal/ thil iltrattieJl of thv gl3PtikßEdKnsieNssEGNain SUN, LON DO'N, MONDAY _EVEN N FEBRUAIt V 9, 1 a 16. THE POTATO CROP. The following is an extract from a report of the Commis sioners of Inquiry into matters connected with the failure of the potato crop : Dublin Castle, Jan. 20, 1846. We have not understood it to bo within our province to suggest to the Government measures involving important questions of pokey; but we consider it not only within our province, but our imperative duty, to bring, without further delay, under the notice of Government, a state of circum stances which appears to us to call for immediate considera tion, and in which questions of policy may be involved. Two questions of very pressing nature have been under the consideration of the board. which, for the present, have been disposed of by a suggestion that those interested in the re spective localities shall avail themselves of the Act 1 Viet., c. 21, which enables the Board of W or k s , u p on cer t a i n pre liminaries being taken, to advance money for the execution of local works. We beg to refer your Excellency to the reports of these cases, and especially to that of Nebber, as presenting pro bable indications of that which must be expected in very many instances to occur. We cannot disguise from our selves, that the remedy we have suggested i n th ese cases may fail r of being successfully adopted, and if adopted, may be but a temporary alleviation of the distress then prevail ing; and that numerouse cases of distress aro likely to occur and some are near at hand, for which neither the Act pcinted out by us, nor any other, as far as we know, in exist ence or in the contemplation of Government, can provide an effectual remedy. It appears, from undoubted authority, that of 32 counties in Ireland, not one has escaped failure in the potato crop; of 130 poor-law unions, not one is exempt; of 2,050 electoral divisions, above 1,400 are certainly reported as having suf fered; and we have no certainty, until the receipt of more minute returns, now in progress of completion, that the re maining 600 have altogether escaped. Every variety, in point of extent of loss, and every shade of subdivision in point of locality, will be found in the re turns laid before us; and this circumstance, while it implies an exemption from widely extended and uninterrupted loss in one continuous locality, complicates, on the other hand, and renders difficult the application of relief in the manner apparently most desirable, by employment in labour. The poor-houses will, without doubt, be found a most im portant means of relief, and ws consider it a most providen tial circumstance that such an extensive resource is available against a calamity more widely extended, and more serious in its nature, than any that has affected the Irish poor since the year 1817. We have the satisfaction to know that the resource is still open to a very great extent, and that even in the most distressed district the poor-houses are very far from beingfull. We look with anxious a' tention to their progress towards repletion, as a strong, though not conclusive indica tion of the state of the union to which they belong. We refer, however, to the constabulary report of the recent oc currence at the poor-house at Kells (in which union Nobber is situated), for a proof that it would be unsafe to rely upon the state of the respective poor-houses, either as a certain test of the amount of distress in the union, or as a sole re source for its relief. The ordinary expenditure for one year of the poor-houses in Ireland Is about 260,0001., including established charges, repairs and instalments for repayment of building ; and taking the largest pecuniary estimate of the relief which their capacity would afford, we cannot consider it as at all equivalent to meet any such deficiency in the crop as that estimated. In turning therefore from this branch of resource for the poor to those afforded by existing and contemplated laws for the encouragement of public works, we are met by diffi culties attaching peculiarly to the present emergency. In all cases of public distress, it, is necessary, as stated by the Commission of 1822 (16th May), to prefer small local undertakings, where employment in labour is to be given, to those on a great scale. Works on, a greater scale have a tendency to invite an accumulation of numbers to a given spot, and probably to disappoint the greater part of them. That which is necessary on all such occasions is pecu liarly necessary now: the extreme variety in the extent of the potato failure, and the minute and insulated subdivisions of land in which it prevails, lead us to entertain the greatest doubt whether any adjustment of public works can be made to meet the need wherever it may occur; and it must be met, or death from famine may be the result. Sir John M'Neill, a highly competent authority, in a document cubmeneenfitttraorf!semmirttleodymtoenuts, in publictimates wthoerkdsisetxantecneLoatwhil etfivei miles only. (Signed) EDWARD LUCAS, Chairman. THE POTATO DISEASE. The following is a copy of the report of the Commissioners appointed by the Government to inquire into the extent of the disease in the potato crop in Ireland, extracts from which were read by Sir Robert reel, in his speech on the 22d ult., and which has been laid on the table of the House of Com mons by Sir J. Graham, at the request of Mr. Newdegate " London, Nov. 15,1845. " Sir,—With reference to the conversation we had the honour to hold with you to-day at the Home-office, and your wish that our individual opinions as to the extent of the potato disease should be communicated in writing, we have the honour to make the following statement During our stay in Ireland, we carefully examined such official papers as were transmitted to us from the Castle; we consulted persons acquainted with the facts of the disease ; we visited the district lying between Dublin and Drogheda, and inspected various potato fields and stores in the counties of Dublin, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, and part of Kildare. Judging front the evidence thus collected, and from what we have seen of the progress of the disease in England, we can come to no other conclusion than that one-half of the potato crop of Ireland is either destroyed or remains in a state unfit for the food of man. We, moreover, feel it our duty to apprise you that we fear this to be a low estimate. ' "It is, doubtless, true that in some places a much larger proportion of the crop is apparently safe ; but, on the other hand, there are districts where it is not too much to say that the crop is lost. ' For example, we may mention a large field at Skerries, where not more than one potato in twenty was found by us in a state which would admit of preservation ; and auothea near Oldbridge, in which, from the want of skill in the owner, all appeared to be perishing in the pits; and we have proof that these are not rare examples. " We would even add, melancholy as the picture is, that in all proability the late rainy weather has rendered the mis chief yet grcater4 " Of the remaining half thus assumed to be capable of pre servation, there can be no doubt that the principal part may be relied upon as food for the ensuing winter, provided the methods of storing which we have indicated are followed. But, considering the means, or rather want of means on the part of the Irish peasant, the wetness of the climate, the disputes between landlord and tenant, and perhaps the de- spair or other feelings of the poor cultivators, we dare not venture to hope that our plans, simple as they are, will be fully carried out; and in the meanwhile more of the crop will disappear. " It is also necessary . to direct your attention to the quan tity of seed potatoes which must be reserved for the coming ear if the cultivation*. of the land is to be persevered in We can state that en 5 - ,1 average one-eighth of a crop is re qnired fur planting the same quantity of ground; so that, in fact, only thre-eights of the crop can, in our view, be at this moment assumed to be aosailable as food. " There is an opinion that upon the whole the potato crop is this year a very large: one. We regret to add that we have been unable to obt. sin any proof of this. On the con trary, we have seen that the crop was small, and we have it in evidence that it is hi Row the average; but we have also seen it to be heavy, and we, therefore, conclude that it may perhaps be an average cr op. " We are not sufficien , ;ly acquainted with the habits of the Irish peasantry to be abhe to state at what time the want of food from the failure of their potatoes may be first expected. —We have the honour to remain, Sir, your most faithfu' servants, " JOHN LINDLEY, " LYON PLAYFAIR. " The Right I; on. Sir a. Graham, DIX., &c." THE LAT.E :EXTRAORDINARY ERDICT. TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - SIFY—If it will not be et croaching on your valuable space, will you allow me, thrortgla the medium of your journal, to ask two questions of tl Lose enlightened jurymen, who dis played so much judgment k!nd humanity in the case of the unparallelled monster, C. Iptam Johnstone? The first point on chi, I should like to be informed is, whether a man's drinking• to excess, with a view to embolden him to commit some att scions deed, is a sufficient plea f,,r insanity? If so, I shoo Id advise all murderers, ere they proceed to their awful task, to take to drinking a day or two beforehand, when they will undergo a mock ceremony, called a trial, and Le acquitted cat the ground of insanity. Why wa k , Tapping hung, -who shot his sweetheart in a fit of jealousy, which amounts to nothing less than temporary insanity ? The second question I w ould ask is, whether they took their own views .of the case f , r those of the counsel for the de fendant? It wom'd seem t hey were entirely guided by the latter. Thus the nrunary object of juries has been frus trated. bun able and obedient servant, JUSTITIA. 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Yet, notwithstanding this complication of complaints, together with a debilitated con ,titution he was completely cured of all his infirmities, and reste.red to the fullest enjoyment of health by Holloway's Pills an d Ointmemt.—Sold by all druggists and at Professor Hol loway's Estaislishment, 244, Strand, London yLkx GILOWING IN lICELAND.—The committo of the s oe lsty for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Fla - s: in Irela.nd, met at Belfast on the 28th ult., when a most favourable Teport of the progress of the society in in troducing the growth of fltst into the south-west and centre of Ireland vas read. The secretary stated that agriculturists of the society' bad visitecl districts in the counties of Kil kenny, Cork, Berry, Mayt , , Roscommon, Longford, Leitrim, King's and landnt, and Westmeath. In all these they had selected for - ilax, and their report was highly favourable as to the quality of the soil and the growth of the crop. A letter was slso read from an English flax grower, Mr Warnes, of Tirmi:ligham, Norfolk, in which it was stated that, owing to the ahtctd ant employment to women and chl dren created b y the eD 'owing and preparing of flax, there we re now no pour - rates iz his parish. informed that immediately upon DUFFIELD.—We are Sir Robert Peel's financial h tatement becoming known, orders issued from b Ith the firms at Helper few all the were speedily hands then on strike to re turn to work, which accordingly has been complied with in this town, the men having gone in at their former v i ce ,. Si great is the scarcity of hands that the bellman has actually L isen sent round for the purpose of soliciting workmta.—Nettingirom Review. COMMITTAL of a SIIAREBROKER FOR FORGERY. On Saturday last Herman Julius Marcus, a stock and share broker carrying on business in Leeds, was brought before the Mayor (Mr. .1. D. Luecock) and Mr. E. Baines and Mr. D. W. Nell, two of the Leeds borough justices, for final e?catni nation on a charge of forgery. The examination terminated in the committal of the prisoner for trial at the ensuing as sizes at York, but the magistrates consented to admit the prisoner to bail—himself being bound in reeognizances to the amount of 3001, and sureties to the same amount. The case is one of a rather peculiar character, and from the re spectability of the prisoner, his position in society, and other circumstances, great interest has been excited in Leeds by the discovery of the alleged forgery, and the Borough Court house, in which the examination took place, was crowded in every part by the principal merchants, tradesmen, share brokers, and other respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. Before giving an outline of the facts of the care, as developed by the evidence, we may mention that Mr. Marcus, who is a German by birth, but has been naturalised in England by a special Act of Parlia ment passed some years ag , has resided in Leeds a long time, and followed the business of a wool-broker, till the spring of last year, when he gave up that business, and started as a stock and sharebroker, in partnership with a gentleman named Naylor, under the firm of Marcus, Nay lor, and Co. The partnership, however, was dissolved some few months ago, and after the alleged forgery was committed, but of the forgery Mr. Naylor appears to have had not the slightest knowledge or suspicion till it was dis covered a few days ago. Mr. Marcus for many years past has taken an active part in the management of the Me chanics' Ingitute, the Philosophicel and Literary Society, and some other institutions for the promotion of know ledge, as ere'l as others for benevolent and charitable ob jects. He is a man of considerable natural abilities and mental acquire ments, and has hitherto beea rece i ved i n society as a man of irrepr oac h a bl e c h arac t er . Th e pa r ty whose name he is alleged t o h ave f orge d was one o f his mostintimate friends, Air. Darnton Lupton, a magistrate of the borough, and the May or o f Leeds for the year ending the 9th of November hst. Th e f acts of the case may be briefly stated as follows :—ln the month of July last, Mr. Marcus bought of M. Henry Ellythorpe Robson, of Liver pool, 87 shares in the London and Croydon Railway for the sum of 1,999/., and also 13 other shares in the same railway for the sum of 2991. On the usual transfer deeds for the transfer of these shares being executed, Mr. Marcus had the deeds filled up in the form of a transfer of the shares to Mr. Lupton, and he signed the name " Darnton Lupton" to the deeds, in the capacity of the transferee, and put his own name, '•H. J. Marcus," as the attesting witness. The 100 London and Croydon shares thus bought were afterwards sold by Messrs. Marcus and Naylor, in lots, to five or six different persons ; an , . in the various deeds necessary for the transfer of the different lots of shares, Mr. Marcus signed the name of Mr. Lupton as the transferer. The money for the purchase of the shares was paid by,the firm, and the va rious transactions were entered in the partnership books as on account of Mr. Lupton ; but Mr. Lupton denied that he had anything to do with the purchase or sale of the shares, and that Mr. Marcus had no authority from him to sign his name. The whole 100 shares were sold for about 174/.los. more than they cost, which balance - Alr..NaYlor. said he un derstood had been paid by Mr. Marcus to Mr. Lupton, for he (Mr. Naylor) had got none of it. Mr. Sanderson, solicitor, appeared before the magistrates for the prisoner, and in the course of his cross-examina tion of the principal witnesses he elicited the fact that Mr. Lupton had some time before the transaction in July last, in a conversation with Mr. Marcus, gave him some autho rity to buy shares for him when he saw the opportunity of making a good investment, that after the purchase of the shares in question they fell in price below that given for them by Mr. Marcus, and that some weeks elapsed before they rose again so as to allow Mr. Marcus to sell them at a profit; indeed, that he sold the first lot of them at a loss. Mr. Sanderson was allowed to address the bench, and in an able speech he contended that Mr. Marcus had not been guilty of fraud, nor the intention of fraud, and therefore. though he had committed an improper and an immoral act, he was not guilty of forgery. The Magistrates, however, took a different view of the case, and committed the prisoner for trial. He appeared to feel his degraded position most keenly, and left the Court in tears. When first taken into custody he made an attempt to commit suicide by taking laudanum, but was prevented by the timely interference of a police officer. BRITISH AND FOREIGN IN STITUTE. A very interesting conversazione took place on Saturday at the above Institute, when the question of the best means of increasing the supply of food to the people was discussed. The attendance was not so numerous as might have been anticipated from the interesting nature of the subject. Mr. J. S. Buckingham opened the dis cussion by observing that a deficiency of food was one of the greatest evils that could befal a country, as its con sequences fell on those least able to bear them, the poor —while these consequences reacted on the rich, who were the only parties able to provide fur the poor. It was also injurious in a moral point of view, as when a people were pressed by hunger they could not respect the barriers between right and wrong. Various causes tended to produce a deficiency of food ; ignorance was one cause ; on the banks of the Missouri and along the valley of the Missisippi there were millions of acres lying unproductive, because the Indians were ignorant of the method of cultivation. Indolence was another cause, while tyranny and des potism formed a third cause, for no man would sow when he was ignorant as to whether he should reap. Having alluded to the causes of deficiency of food, he would now bring forward his plans for preventing that evil. The first was by draining the bogs and fens of England and Ireland. This should be undertaken by Government, for private individuals could not expend the sums requi site for draining on the necessary scale, nor could they afford to wait till a profit was returned. There were many successful instances of draining in England—Chat Moss, for instance, which, not many years ago, was totally barren ; there were also the fens of Lincolnshire. His next plan was to convert all the waste lands of Eng land and Scotland into productive land, by covering their surface with fresh soil by means of manures and earth brought from elsewhere. lie mentioned several instances in which land formerly barren was now most fertile. Waite, when it was presented to the Knights of St. John 9f Jerusalem by Charles V., had not one hundred acres of productive land in the whole island. The Knights of St. John, however, had caused shiploads of earth to be brought from Sicily, and made a layer of soil on the surface of the rock, so that Malta was now one of the most fertile spots on the face of the earth. Then there were the numerous lakes in the North of England, which might be stocked with fish from the ocean. It was thought that sea-fish could not live in fresh water, but this was a mistake; for many species of fish were common to boil, such as the salmon, smelt, lamprey, and others. Another means of preventing a scarcity of food was by carrying out sea-fishing to a largo extent by Government, who might provide a number of vessels, and man them with seamen, under a system of proper discipline, with officers who might be taken from the half-pay list of the navy. This would form a nurs4.y for sailors for the navy, while it would amply pay all its own expenses. For Ireland such a scheme would be of especial advantage, as the sea along the coast of that country was teeming with fish; an ad vantage of which the people, from their poverty, were unable to avail themselves. A proper system of sewerage, too, would also be of great advantage, as the manure thus obtained might be employed for the fertilisation of the soil, instead of, as now, running to waste ; while, at the same time, it would be a positive saving from 'the superior cleanliness thereby proflueed. The last remedy he would propose, was freedom of exchange with other nations. England had immense stores of iron and coal, great mechatecal invention, and un wearied industry ; aided by these, she could produce great quantities of manufactured articles, which she might then exchange with other nations for articles of food. Mr. I3uckinghatn concluded by observing that the mutual dependence of nations on each other was the best guarantee for peace. An animated discussion then followed on the ques tion, and many interesting facts were adduced in favour of the views advanced by Mr. Buckingham. The party did not Creak up till a late hour. FOREIGN PROVISIONS.—The arrivals of cattle and provisions from the different continental states within these few days have, as may be supposed, been of a samowhat limited nature, which may very reasonably be attributed to the alterations about to be proposed with reference to the duties chargeable upon them on importation into this coun try. The weather is remarkably mild for the season, and n t o difficulty appears to be experienced in cl earin g from the por s of Rotterdam, Hamburgli, and other Dutch and German ports, still the importations of cattle during the past week have been of a very trifling character compared with previous weeks, as the market returns have shown, and it is evident that the owners and feeders of cattle in Holland are holding back and declining to send cattle over for the present to any greater extent than is absolutely necessary to meet pending engagements or keep a position in the metropolitan markets. If our space permitted it, it would be interesting to men. tion some of the importations, which have taken place within the last ten days, although the arrivals during the latter portion of them have been of a very scanty nature, excepting the supplies of poultry, butter, and other articles of general consumption, from France and Belgium, which have been of the usual varieties and descriptions. If we were to enumerate the different importations in their order of arrival, it would be seen that the supplies of cattle have borne but a small proportion of them, and although numerous in quantity, and important in character, are not to be compared with the supplies of three or four previous weeks, when several vessels arrived almost daily with cargoes of cattle. Past experience has proved the capabilities of foreign states, and especially Holland, to produce and supply us with cattle and pro vims generally ; and it would be difficult to say with any degree of correctness, to how great an extent those ca pabilities can be increased, if the import duties at present levied upon them are, as is probable will be the case, entirely remitted. Holland is, unquestionably, of super eminet importance among the continental states, in the matter of the production and supply of these necessaries ; ' and that country will, doubtless, consequently experience a vary considerable proportiom of the advantages which will accrue, if the proposed remission of the ditties on cattle, and the reductions of duties on other articles of provisions, be car ied into effect. THE FISHERY CONVENTION.—This important treaty, brought about by the perseverance of the gallant representa tive for Brighton, has just yielded most valuable first fruits. About ten days ago, during a violent gale off Beachy Head, one of our boats, the Sir Robert Peel, the property of Mr. Henry Pocock, parted with twenty-nine of her nets. These were subsequently picked up by a Dieppe fishing-boat, taken into the French port, and in obedience to the Fishing Conven tion were given by the crew into the custody of the Douane at Dieppe. The number attached to the nets, as required by the provisions of the Convention, informed the French authori • ties that they belonged to a boat sailing from the port of Shoreham ' communication was instantly made to the Eng lish Consul at the French port, who, in his turn, sent intelli gence of the recovery of the nets to this country; and I have the satisfaction to add that the whole of them, which are valued at upwards ;V., have been restored to Mr Poce i c n k i : who has only been required to re-pay a very qitlinestnt— which had been di,bursed for parting and_dtta;eing h nets been an expense which he must have incurred, d recovered by the boat from which and the prompt mea aTst be goo d it faith h tle d m is - th port, are deserving sures of M. Chapman, our C displayed as D w o e u l n b o y a t the e q y ipt e p n e t c , h h a e t y i s hP I i g ''e r r t n e ;c ween the iNo great witions.— diale which exists bet of the highest praise, and proonve incontestably the entente cur lirighten Guardian. SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE CORPORATION OF NOTTINGHAM. The Mayor of Nottingham has received the following reply to a communication addressed by him on the part of the Corporation of that town, expressing their approval of the Premier's free-trade policy : " Whitehall, Feb. 5, 1846. "Sir,—l am highly gratified by the communication you hare made to me by direction of the Town Council of Not tingham, and will make it known to my colleagues in the service of her Majesty. " I sincerely hope that the measures which it has been my duty to propose, on the part of the Government, will, if sanctioned by Parliament, conduce to the prosperity of the town of Nottingham an the comfort and happiness of its inhabl . ants.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "ROBERT PEEL. "The Mayor of Nottingham." STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, FEB. 6.—The demand for wool is without alteration, and prices are stationary. &Mtn* Woot, TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 6.—Transaetions in foreign wools have been somewhat less extensive this we ek than during the preceding one, but recent rates are firmly maintained. WAKEFIELD WooL MARKET, FEB. 6.—There is no quot able difference in the value of eith:r short or long wool this week, but the market is less buoyant tia three weeks ago. The Riding election has, however, broughi, pa more cus tomers, and rather more has been done than for 011: 1 or two previous weeks. LEEDS.—Both on Saturday and on Tuesday there were rather more goods sold than during the last few weeks. The prices aro steady, and the stocks less than usual at this season. Business has been more lively in the warehouses this week, and more confidence is expressed in the opinion that there is likely to be a good spring trade. listewssamowncs BLANKET MARKET, FEB. 2.—There has not been Mach doing this week, and very few buyers at tended the market to-day. There has been little variation inrices for the last few weeks. LEICESTER.-Business still continues extremely flat, both ildit 1 il g the London and coun c try Trihsise h re o is S i i so er vn a eo . T er li e e a3ti ieedr extraord inary eaacsnistyaosn. weather for the season, but more especially the tightness of the money market, and tenacity with grinwich it is held by saialwreasytoady in price, and wools continue capita lists, signed for i till t. y th a e rn r firm.— Leicester Journal• dw h i cih c re aeamto cope rii ncabsseet 0 fun s t kdie i .s s aTfe.a s hv t e r o o bTu n u srh g ae l ib y nleepu r , es ewds i ehio s ta t mii n t . i d nvngae v , ytoi i n ea Nl -af_d e a w vth i e d ir o net BRADFORD, TitURSDAY...... hese combing and the the part of the spinners to P is " somewt. wc*la, quantity changing hands Is than at the until there is a • beginning of the year ; in price, t still ve ryr discouraging, the price of wool con spirators Is timing vet,' firm ; an J vices bti, i n i r eg y s so, nor folerably extensive, and as the prospect y for &ill further activity. The suspensi on h op ea no distant period to see S, n -r Bank appears to of the Leeds and West Ridi Jif , :nrers and some a little gloom over the man ac . afipear to - embarrassment. he W iil l have suffered considerable temporary _ yarns are not such ready s .6 ‘ol.dnwsith the .2,- scount market wants find purchasers. Prices are nominally as on this day firm for all numbers of an "1 the week. There is no expectation y amendment ti, , hitoperates eXtensivelyr and only small quantities for present L in cii g uslit in n inn T r n co UßS tto D n A lr in t ar v k x e n t. mot T . are Q uite " il " ____—...... ndiacyhwaseeskub, but tedirices q money 7thpias career as Prime s iel tr i i n k i i s n t g er l: S i i l r lu ß st O ra b t e e r d t , --.APPOlNTME:T gr O ea F t ßß: iffi w e n ult E y n .” . unpopular at the bar— ___lrrthe' Peel must pften have seen exemplified his own remark ablescorrserrifcuhf.sTv than by the appointment of Mr. Brewster as tha Soli ryro responsible a posi c i ßut to r . . i saying, ner e our neriopinion _ tha t I man Irelandnt was t he me vwoe more hi a second-rate lawyer—oue of inferior mind, imbued with the bitterest prejudices, and only remarkable for his coarse taste, and the unenviable distinction he has on the affairs of ac quiredlre- as a public prosecutor. It is scarcely possible to be lieve that Sir Robert Peel, who must see that his only chance and justice, could o t i f o w i llinglyn .o v T e r hn have governing facte lrelan dsiesl,echtee dii is forced uf b oc y rhe c o n c i l i ationeitdmtoa n fro land through a now worn out and fallen party. His power of selection is very limited, and so long as he remains Pre mier, however wise may be his policy in England, however anxious he may be to conciliate Ireland, it will be his fate, through his appointments to produce discontent and dissatis faction.—Cork Souther* Reporter. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 6.—The sales of the week are limited to about 350 hhds. West India. at very full prices : in Mauritius and Bengals the transactions are unimportant. Ruin iii very quiet, and prices quite non4inal.— Arial *mole. - , AB On MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS; (From the Olverver.) It is now very many wee k s s i nce , wr iti ng f r om the information derived from practical and influential men, that it was stated under this head that the fall in the values of the Public Securities could be but of a tem porary character, and that the a tt em pt so zea l ous l y ma d e to excite alarm by a leading daily contemporary would turn out to be at least founded upon great exaggeration. Furthermore, it was stated that, upon all reasonable in ferencos, and with the general reservation that peace and tranquillity should not be interfered with, either as respects home or foreign relations, the quotations of the Public Securities would rapidly ascend to the high point paid before the forced panic in the railway world was at its zenith. And very nearly has the opinion then ex pressed been realised. Consols have this week advanced almost continuously, and have attained a value within 1 per cent. of that realised ere the deposits upon new railway projects required for completion that nume rous sales of Stock and Exchequer-bills should be made. Hence the reaction in Consols, &c. of about 5- to 6 percent. upon a value acknowledged to have been high, and out of all proportion to what was the rate of interest upon the first class of commercial paper. The most extraor dinary fact in reference to the state of the Money Mar ket, and as exhibiting the fallacies of the assertions of the panic mongers, is that with deposits daily, and al mo-t hourly increasing at the Bank of England, on be half of the managing body of fresh railways, amounting, according to the last returns, to about 11,000,0001 e re mains to be recorded. This large amount of capital, until the last eight and• forty hours, or the great bulk of it, h s been actual'y kept hermetically closed up, &ther in the hands of the private bankers, or in the poa scs ion of th© directors of the Bank of England. And how is this fact established ? Why, by a reference to the last Bank returns. It appears that under the head of "other deposits" in the weekly return from Vie Bank, there wee not less than 17,000,0001 and over, and with out producing anything like a panic in the Money Market, or requiring any measures of a coercive tendency on the part of the directors of the corporation. The chances now are that ere the month of April arrives the Three per Cent. Console will again touch par. Mercantile men. however, it must ba confessed, are not very anxious now to operate with vigour, nor will they do so until the new measures of the Premier be carried out, and hence there are much larger balances in the hands of bankers and the diacount houses than is usual at this season of the year. And th e same remark w il l app l y to an d accoun t for the present con di t i on o f t h e Stock M ar k ets, b ut on l y to a limited degree. The p resen t f avoura bl e as p ec t of the Funds, may in truth be stated in a few and concise words. As the dealine was occasioned by sales to pay railway deposits some months since, and as re-invest ments have been recently commenced, the present supply is scarcely equal to the demand. Most especially, too, ought it to be borne in mind that all fears of a panic and a consequent necessity of the screw being put upon the ( irculation, have for some time ceased to operate upon the minds of bona fide fundholders. Tho almost daily purchases of the G. vernment Brokers —say to the amount of from 21,0001. to 22,0001, in diminution of the Public Debt—on behalf of the Savings' Banks (5,000/ on each Transfer Day), and for the An nuity Fund, have, of course, strengthened the movements of the operators fur a rise, and per contra, led to many and serious lapses, it is to be apprehended, on the part of the Bears. The remarks upon the transactions of the first week of the present month may be wound up by stating, as far as the brokers and jobbers are concerncd, it has been one of considerable profit, business having been very animated. COURT CIRCULAR. The Q•een and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buck ingham Palace. The lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their ac customed walk yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their usual airings yesterday and on Saturday in the royal pleasure grounds. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, visited and inspected the new palace at Westminstsr on Saturday. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Highness Prince George, his Excellency Count Dietrichstein, and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Baron de Brunnow, and the Baroness de Brunnow, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Duro, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Auckland, and the Honourable Miss Eden, the Earl Jermyn, Lady Caroline Murray, and Lord and Lady Dalmeny. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the palace and performed during the evening. A deputation respecting a reduction of duty on tea had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation was headed by Lord Sandon, M.P., and Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and included a deputation from Liver pool, consisting of Mr. Charles Turner, Chairman of the East India and China Association; Mr. William Nicol, Deputy Chairman ; Messrs. William Potter, William Peat Bushby, Christopher Rawson, and John Scott, Members of the Association ; a deputation from Manchester, consisting of Mr. Robert Gardiner, and Mr. Robert James Farbridge ; and a deputation from London, consisting of Sir George Larpent, Chairman of the East India and China Association; and Mr. Samuel Gregson, Deputy Chairman. His Excellency Henry Wheaton, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, at Berlin, arrived at the Brunswick-hotel, Jernsyn• street, on Friday evening. C ilonel Dixon had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius were received on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, At the daily service in the Chapel Royal, the prayers were read by the Rev. W. Hall, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem, " I will seek unto God" (Greene), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and Bradbury. Sir George smart presided at the organ. The Marquises of Anglesea and Salisbury, Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lords Talbot, Cawdor, Sheffield, Powis, Hawarden, Clive, Ingesrre, Vivian, and G. Paget, and the Bishop of Ely, were among the nobility present. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat on Saturday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Dr. Lushington. An appeal was heard from the Prerogative Court, Cooper v. Beckett, relative to the will of Robert Henry' Spencer Cooper, Esq.; Mr. Peacok, Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Bel ford, appeared for the respective parties. At the con clusion of the case the Court rose. SPORTING INTELLIG ENCE. INTELLIGENCE .E..VT.RA. LIVERPOOL GREAT NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4. WEIGHTS FOR THE HANDICAP. Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Thursday u n icib e go x lmgy t , i bhi yithePeter, sre r l tur: 2 , ehi t hl o h instant. ia:st 2 l Firefly, 12st Sib se S ) s C Tti w o. u ra . n i r oLj t e dou c e - or h bg a r e a l eA, j r:, , 1 1 1 2 2 2 s s: t t 4 4 1 1 6 13 Coheiress, list 21b Foxberry, list 21b Boxlkeeper, I Ist Lycurgus, list 121 b cEi I AGI ) iraeoli:Elendaisetre:itel,inusar:l,lrill,laisillyptsss,ptttl Pippin, b b Lattitat, list oz l zs l ta s r ; 211 Lancet, 1 Ist 1 1 2 , b i l l b t l I s 2 t 1 l b 2lb Eugene Little Tomm , y, lOst 121b bist ITeTc,ihoturtiesinlyetneheirpJr:itw)lhikns,,tl6llllbsstt 71b b lb Mameluke, lost 121 b Wiverton, lOst 121 b dillo.lo,iurislpsrtl,teslst;ib6sbtl listb d Belshazzar, lOst 101 b Amalgamate, lOst 101 b Pickwick, lOst 101 b Satan, lOst 101 b The Artist, lOst 81b Carlow, list 41b Perambulator, lOst 81b 416 Wilton, lOst Gib Veluti, lOst 61b Brenda, ,Ist 416 br g by t diver Cromwell, d Sacrifice, list 41b by Straphon, 10 41b PeterSiinngd l er e b P o Simple,, exel3 er , list l 41b l i s 1 s t t 2l 4 b lb The Scavenger, lOst 2 1b T Lady Gray, lOst NEWMARKET FREE HAN, these proposed Stakes close i I DICA rs.—The acceptances to to-morrow . efl T ..ecT u hte E ona M otoh l d N es lsTEßlAL MEASURES.—A friend, who mixes much in business with the farmers in different parts of this county, informs us that the feeling of the farmers, gene rally, is by no means unfavourable to the measures pro posed by Sir Robert Peel. Their desire is that the repeal should be immediate, instead of at the end of three years, because they would then be able to effect an immediate arrangement with the landlords in respect to rent and other matters. The appeal of Mr. Cobden, supported as Sir is by the opinions of Lord John Russell, Lord Grey, N an Robert Peel. Mr. Gladstone, and. others, in fayo.eurtsa the immediate abolition of the corn-laws, thus 'l' any alteration oppose immediate repeal in order to . p P toesrests,eand Sir Robert, viewscarried out.tlie bra uy uf agriculturists, tbe andla landlords, d w l 0 ' we o , i b v o tur t h eo a in. t e i r - t , w w i i I 1 i l b n e o b d o o l u d b ly t which might affect their peCturiary. r i n il ion of the country, will unless powerfully backed by: appear to have had very little IMinisterial plans ht to market. At the gentry. The probably give way on this aturday, there was no &pre • effected; and portnitietoe the influence of the landed case e aet tug Friday. Fat cattle in perceptible in the sales the ~ fe e ls ih a price as usual. brought gu both places ct l h ;a ae t t r isa n n t gi o n n ee iwr g_ cas r u e m a great ta n .Ph/mouth Journal. s t l l causedhetsiatieairbl\tirgueeo\rret,esleogar flowed cl t , fu i: i\ • i si t elt e der c e t ts o i o ost n il r:i t i n s bo d e a e , oit r i k a l l e l s b ls r l i e op e e a nci t s e o i ts n t hre t e - - ner threaten ing worse disastrrs. n ra c rk e; r o c i e i inhabitants. rt i r3h a e.. b au i ni t nir a ted n :e t dr s a. i 'nl ' v r danc h tlr e lten(rhlr D n'eGt c l i ae n lenonr l T : 'dmir b ' lie e lvaccrena l ea ; Ety. a lqs broken its bounds in many parts, s washing away the soil with the seeds in it, and depo&ting in place sand and gravel. Most of the roads are rendered impassable, The Weser has done great damage, particularly at Munden, in Hanover, where more than half the town is inundated. The ulra, in Saxony. has attained an unusual height and causes great apprehensions, and most of the fields near Kehel, in Baden, have been submerged for more than week by the Silzim, ated Mr. ncil ,g to The LI the ciced I, ad o her e eib- I the ,!s, he ,con -0 P"- Irve' f wto at St* v ho is of th e i ss ion After ie boi , ke it, The jog' (-rot t ° ho rs, I, Auci per t pC~~II 3uP er ' ,y t ? /I S !: e MI , f s uch for u t We" foo'l ? [ie 1" a the g 3 : ler, r r f ee c1i )513 le° tion, caw" iat b° r ; , P.I . f ' e cl/18 di' , , coo' e ll' 1 0 11 ~ ,f . , 0 ;10 r d .;, - 11J 1 ! aft e , 10" ta d ' to' ;or fr t° tbe lo be ne a of ocS . 6 09 iii - 3W , ref° of d r,