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parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on striking out from the schedule the houses in a street from tho New-road to Lawson street. That the Committees on this and the preceding Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. First, second, third, fourth, firth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth resolutions agreed to.--Report to lie on the table. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY ; IFLIECII 9. Dover and Deal. Congleton and Crewe. Great Grimsby awl Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 2). GlaSgow, Bar:head, and NelLaton Direct (Branches to Thornllebanlc, flousehill, and ilurlet). Ely and Bury. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., P EERS AND PARVENUS. BY MRS. GORE. Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Banker's Wife,"&e Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound , F OURTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By BLIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " Remarkable for its colouring power and play of fancy ; Its use ful and interesting information."—Quarterly Review. " Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humoar, are to be found in these volumes."—Spectator. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LiMOND, v SMALE, AND LAMOND, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tuasnav and at One o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours. cen t tilting instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advicos of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Misses, Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. • - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS , The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Borrani, Horticastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdlne: Giubilei, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMABXET. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, or, The Mis takes of a Night. Mr. Hardcastle. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Holi ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Refine dun Jour," Quadrille, "Le Rol Dyvetot," " Czarina 3fazourk," and the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." After which a Now Comic Drama, ealled THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Ilumby, &c. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL -I,INGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckstone ; Capt. Phohbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Pbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. After which, NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. To be followed by the original REDO WA WALTZ, by Miss Framp ton and Master Forrest. To conclude with the New Grand Romantic Extravaganzs, en titled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince Firms Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Priacipal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. F.titlls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STItANGER. Principal characters sustained by Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, &c. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic an I Ma 7nurkaphobia. In which. Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Wool gar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. Ou Monday Next will be THE p roduCcedAßlN a Ne w Drama. Drama. in Two Acts, called, ritINCESS'S THEATRE, 01101 D-STILEET. THIS EVENINI4, Will be performed DON CiESAR DE BAZAN. Don Casar de Sazan, Mr. Wallack ; 3laritana, Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Ba lin, Miss Marshall, and 3ldlle. Duval will appear. After which, THE VIOLET. Andre, Mr. Wallack ; Trin quet, Mr. Granby; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray; Blanche, Miss Stanley ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling, To .conc;ude with a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton; George, Mr. Ozberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE • S SOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEDSES. • Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingu'shed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tic ak to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPM will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Mornng, ,at Two o'clock. 31. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments Will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarint Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers: Doors open at a quarter past Sel en. to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Btalls, 31.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr'yate Boxes, 1/. Is., and 11. 11s. Col. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE OF ARTS. The most extraordinary and unparalleled Novelties ever produced at this Theatre, which nightly command overflowing houses. Mr. Batty has much pleasure In stating that, after great research, he has succeeded In procuring the greatest wonder in the world ; namely, an Elephant who performs the most difficult feats on the Tight Rope without the aid of a Balance Pole. Also, the great performing Elephants in the Spectacle of " The Raja of Nagpore: THIS I VEN ING WIII bo performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of tke Establishment will be Drought into requisition. Brilliant Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the favourite Farce of ANIMAL. ItiAGNETISAf ; or, Love and Physic. THE WEATHEI2.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 4. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 56; Noon, 54 BA.IIONETER, 29.54.-..WIXD S.W., rain. lliGtt WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M aming .. 10 rainutts after 6. I Evening .. 33 minutes after 6 r s • ' IT IQ; Y. ir iten • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1846. The LOAD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack ai Five o'clock. Several petitions were presented on the corn-law question, which gave rise to conversation in which the Earl of lIARDwrexE, Lord KINNAIRD, the Marquis of LON DONDERRY, the Marquis of SALISBURY, and the Duke of kticharost., who denounced the scandalous manner in which the farmers had been treated, and who declared that his only wish for a dissolution of Parliament was, that those Members who have violated their pledges might he taught that the people of England liked honesty. The Noble Duke then attacked Lord KINNAutn, who had, when raised to the Peerage, not been a free trader. Lord lirrorairtp ,Ote, no. The Duke of IttutseofeD declared that Lord GREY'S Gre ven. went was (avowable to protection ; so was Lord Mxr.- rsourtNE's Government, for an Bs. duty was not free trade, and if an appeal we made to the country it would be found that the people were it favour of protection. The Earl of WpaxLow said that up to this time both par ties had been in favour of protection; the only difference had been between a fixed duty and a sliding scale, and, therefore, both having changed, there was no reason why the roposal for free trade should be brought forward by one party rather than by another. He considered the League a constitutional body, and they ought to be congratulated on the extraordinary success which had attended them during their shore-lived existence. Lord BROUGHAM said there was no doubt but that Lord Gum's Government held by the corn-laws. He admitted that the League was a perfectly legal and constitutional body; but be said it was unconstitutional, though legal, for any body to raise a fund to purchase votes. It was said the League did not do so, but only encouraged people to do so ; but when they collected a quarter of a million it looked very ;much like helping people to raise the 501., to purchase freeholds. L“rd Rr.DF-snALE explained, in relation to the faggot ♦otes in. Huntingdonshire, to which he had alluded some time since, that the Duke of BEDFORD was not concerned in the trans action. The Maequis of LANODOWNE then rose to present a pe tition from the inhabitants of the colony of Van Diemen's Land, complaining of the great number of convicts which had been transported to th a t is land, and which completely demoralised that colony, co i nt t r o ary to the understanding which had been entered n emigrated, and with them at the time they which was that ne more convicts should be se ntthaneouyl be c onven i en tly regu l a t e d, and ultimately absorbed colony. The Noble the population of the " iil d a o t rei . iis then went into very voluminous statistical the e r ntohloennpurrdse the showing the importance det ails manner in which th e dwentasoralidsearnd,agheyd, the p . rogrese arrested, and its scoYntyY hein:gwitarioansported there to the sink and refuse of society made it impossible amount of 16,000 in three years to reform the convicts, or to prevent thelitotal demoralisation of the colony. Lord STANLEY said as the petition refer re d aft ! a o a e would teriod in which he had been connected with colonial irs o ff er a few observations in re l ation to its allegations. He a dmitted that , thou g h somewhat exaggerated, it was in its main gaten ,,?nts correct ; the great evil being the arrange_ meat that resi. ricted the transportation of convicts ex clusively to that colony. The petitioners bad omitted to state one great fact, aad that was that that which was at itrst imposed as an obligatiOP was felt to be a boon, viz.,_ the ass ignment of convict lab o ure rs to free settlers, by which they received much gain. lie baJleved that, although the sveLetn of assignment was objectionable 14 :owe points, it was iggyerthelesi too hastily abandoned. Their Lordships were su bsequently addressed by the puke otilicirmotsv, Lord LYrrEUrOW, L'arl GuET, and the Bishop of OZFORD, and the petition wat oaarg4 to lie on the table . Tha Bills on the table were forwarded 3 it4ge, and their Lordships adjourned. The Rouse commenced business at Four o'clock. em the motion of Mr. GZEBNE certain of the standing orde. - s on railway Bills were suspended with respect to all hal e entitled to the privileges granted by that resolution of th e H t . , use ou the 7th of July last. Certailn railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be commnitted. Several petitions were presented for and against the Minis :lariat measure for free trade. iff, T. DUSCOMER gave notice of his intentions on the liBth, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the hours * labour in faetorles . where machinery was employed. Mr. O'Calll79 ,l A , withdrew his notice of motion for leave to tr i m : in a Bill to amend the criminal law of Ireland. be r , Vtuzatts *''s hed to ask th e Ei g h t H on. Baronet the -1 7 i te _f:resident of tikeßoard of Trade whether any report was made annually by the Board of Customs to the Govern nent of the amount of wheat destroyed in consequence of being damaged by remaining in the warehouse, owing to the importer being unable to pay the high duty, and thereby introduce it into consumption. Ile asked this question in consequence of being informed that a large quantity of wheat had been lately thrown into the Severn as being unfit for nse. Sir GEDRGE CLERK said that the Board of Customs made no annual report upon the subject alluded to by the lion. Member, but if what he had stated was the fact there could be no difficulty in ascertaining the grounds under which the grain had been destroyed. Mr. NEWDEGATE then moved, agreeably to the notice he had given, that it be an instruction to the Select Committee on the petition from Cheltenham that they do inquire whe ther forged objections have not been served upon certain electors for the northern division of the county of Warwick against the claims of the electors to be returned upon the re gister of that division of the county. Mr. P. BORTHWICE seconded the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the Government would oppose the motion. If it was true that forgeries had taken place, the House had nothing to do with it, the parties being amenable to the law elsewhere. He had complained of the system of registration long ago, and he was happy to see gentlemen on the other side of the House had found out its defects. Mr. ADDERLEY supported the motion. Mr. WAKLET hoped the Hon. Member would not press his motion, and that a Committee would be appointed specifically to consider the subject. Sir R. Pm. did not think it wise or prudent that a Com mittee appointed to inquire into a question of privilege should be instructed to make the inquiries proposed by the Hon. Member. He thought the matter ought to be made the subject of separate inquiry. Mr. R. SPOONER would advise the Hon. Gentleman to withdraw his motion. SIR GEorGE GREY trusted an inquiry would be gone into upon the whole question, believing that the Registration Act put voters to the greatest inconvenience. After some observations from Mr. Disraeli, Mr. W. Ellis, Lord Sandon, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Ferranti, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Pack e , an d severa l other Members, Mr. C. BULLER said he did not see any necessity for an inquiry at all; and if it would be a proper amendment on the motion, he should feel inclined to move that leave be given to the Hon. Member for Staffordshire to bring in that Bill that he bad got in his pocket. It was not a question of party, but affected vital interests in the country. Lord INGESTE thought the Government ought to intro duce some measure to put an end to this crying evil. Mr. C. WOOD had known a good deal of what had taken place with respect to the registration of the West Riding, and he recollected a case where a notice of objection was served upon the uncle of the Hon. Member tin. Knaresborough, signed by that Hon. Member himself. Mr. AnzAND—What year? Mr. C. Woon could not tell, but it did not matter, for be believed that the person was in that House who served it. He thought inquiry ought to take place upon the subject. Mr. FERRAND said that he did certainly object to the vote of his Hon. Relative, and the reason for his doing so was this. His (Mr. Ferrand's) vote bad been objected to for four years, and the person who had objected to it had received for his services a silver tea-pot, to which his uncle was a subscriber. Mr. JAMES STUAIT WOUTLEY thought inquiry ought to take place. After some observations from Mr. Bright, Mr. Stafford O'Brien,• Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Monckton Milne& Lord John Russell. Mr. Hume, Mr. Aglionby, and Lord Ebrington, Mr. NEWDEGATE withdrew the motion. Mr. CfUVEN BERKELEY, in moving the names of the Com mittee on the Cheltenham petition,_ denied that he was actuated by any hostility to the Anti-Corn-law League, or any of its Members, especially towards the Hon. Member for Durham, who had moved for a Committee on the game laws. He stated that because the organ of the League had asserted that such motives had actuated him. _ _ The House then went into Committee on the Corn Impor tation Resolutions, and the adjourned debate on Mr. VILLIERS' amendment for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws was resumed by Mr. G. BANKES.—He would not give his support to any part of the measure of the Government, without it was ac companied by some alterations in the law of settlement. He could not agree to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. Capt. Howann, although he thought the present a fitting time for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws, considered that the measure of the Government was so valuable that he would not peril it by supporting the amendment of the Hon. Mem ber for Wolverhampton. Sir J. HANHER would support the Government measure in preference to the amendment, though he was in favour of an immediate repeal of the corn-laws, and had presented petitions to that effect. Mr. MOFFATT would vote for the amendment. Mr. G. Frio' preferred the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. Mr. WARD would support the amendment of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, believing that, in doing so, he did not peril the measure of the Government. Mr. LIDDELL opposed the amendment. Mr. Hurr supported the Government measure. Mr. P. Bostrrstwicic would vote against the amendment. Mr. HOME would support the Government measure, and, after he got that, he would try what more he could get. Lord G. BENTINCK preferred voting for the Govern ment measure to that proposed by the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, because before three years had elapsed an appeal - must be made to the people, which the protectionists hoped would place them in the arms of victory, and defeat the Government measure altogether. The protectionists were determined to fight the battle from pillar to post, and although they might for a time be driven back, they would rally and gain the good canse. Mr. COBDEN thought it unfortunate that the motion of his Honourable Friend had been brought forward at the present moment, but he believed it was the only time at which, by the rules of the House, he could have brought it forward. He Lad not heard a single argument urged during the present debate against the imme diate repeal. He believed all the tenant-farmers were in favour of the total and immediate repel. The lion. Mem ber for Wolverhampton was justified in bringing forward this proposition by all that had taken place in that House; and he for one could not see anything that was likely to damage the measure proposed by the Government on the adoption of the proposition of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. The Right Honourable Baronet had given no gua rantee that his measure would become law, and such being the case he did not see why those who were for immediate repeal should give up their principles. There were a hundred Gentlemen on the other side, who were ready to adopt any measure, provided they could only put the Government in a minority. He doubted the policy of such a course, because he foresaw dangers and pitfalls for this measure, if it was delayed ; he should support the amendment of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Wolver hampton. When the division on this question was over he would support as thoroughly as any man the proposition of the Government. He should feel it to be his duty upon every stage of the measure to be present, in order to give it his support. If the House of Lords would pass this measure, it would restore itself to that sit ua ti on i n th e coun t ry w hi c h it held years ago, when it was said of it, Thank God, we have a House of Lords. Sir T. ACLAND preferred the measure of the Government to the proposition of the Hoa. Member for Wolverhampton Mr. T. DUNCOMBH supported the Government measure, and regretted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolver hampton had brought forward his amendment. He had voted for a repeal of the corn-laws long before the Anti-Corn law League was in existence, and however much it might damage him with the gentlemen constituting that body, he felt bound to vote with her Majesty's Ministers. The Earl of MARCH was prepared to tight the ghost of the League with the flesh and blood of the protectionist body. The Government, in his opinion, ought in common justice and common honesty to appeal to the people, Mr. I.lupsoms supported the proposition of the Govern ment. _ _ _ _ Colonel SIBTITORP declared that the agricultural interest or the tenant farmers were in favour of a repeal of the corn laws, or the measures proposed by the Government. Mr. WAKLNY regretted that the Hon. Member for Wolver hampton was determined to divide the House on this ques tion, because it would lead to a supposition out of doors that there was a division on that side of the House with respect to the Government measure. Lord WOR3LRY asserted his belief that the tenant farmers were in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws. Mr. NEWDEGATE stated, that from information be had received, he believed the tenant farmers were not favourable to a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. VlLLtuas replied shortly, and upon a divsion, his amendment was lost by a majority of 187. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Howse adjourned. From the depression of the funds caused by the intelli gence from America, and the surprise with which it was received by certain parties in the City, one would imagine that the rejection by the President of the United States of the only mode left open to settle the Oregon question was totally unexpected, and that the most sanguine hopes were entertained that his Excellency would recede from his haughty claims announced in the Message to Congress. But these persons could have no grounds for any such supposi- tion. The announcement in that document, that America claimed the whole of the territory, was evidently made not without due consideration and good party reasons for main tai-ping the point, and whatever has occurred since in Con gress, so far from weakening his authority in that respect, or providing some amicable means of settlement, has all been in the contrary direction. Violent war speeches have been made by Case and others in the Senate, usually calm, inclined to peace, and disposed to check rather than encourage popular excitement, and even the most moderate speakers in that assembly ventured to ad duce no argument in opposition to Mr. POLK'S views, but seemed to content themselves with expressing a wish to pre- serve peace and not extend the frontier till the States had ac quired more strength. There was no real objection to the principle. The time for action was the only question. In the House of Representatives a similar spirit prevailed, and no meetings out of doors were held either for the purpose of checking the warlike policy of Potic, or giving the least encouragement to those who wished for peace. On what ground, therefore, the last announcement caused surprise we are ut terly at a loss to divine. From the commencement of this un fortunate busine ss we h ave b een f u ll y conv i nce d th a t P OLK and the war pa r ty b ad made up their minds for extremities, not front a h asty view of the question, system of g overnment now unfortunately in n en th ti a re t so pnp l t a h r e country. Extension of territory seems to be the ruling ps.ssion of the present race. The inhabitants adjoining the Laile4, and the British territories on the north• east, have fur many yaaf4 kept a longing eye un Canada, and only bide their time. In the south aggression is the order of the day, because the Mexicans cannot defend themselves. The is flowing in that quarter with fearful rapidity, and nothing but the interference of European powers, so abominated by Mr. POLK, can prevent the whole of that rich country from being swallowed up by the Anglo - Saxo n race. In the west the same spirit prevails, and California and Oregon are considered absolutely It is said this th e Union complete. necessary to make spirit of aggression is encouraged by FOLK , in order t o se cure his election a second time , a nd possibly this may be the chief cause, but that only renders the position of affairs more dangerous, and shows that the ag• greasive system is not the effect o f state policy, or the ctstohet of a particular Ministe r or President, but the choice of the restless and encroaching multitude. So palpable is the fact, that no Government under present cir cumstances could maintain itself in security for a twelve month on the principles professed by WP.IISTER and CA LllO UN POI"( is carried with the stream, and all that England has to do is to look to her own interests and take care that her rights and possessions are not destroyed by the inundation. Hitherto she has displayed the atmost moderation and for bearance, whether we look to the Government, the Legisla • ture, or the press. With the exception of a very few hasty articles in the English newspapers, provoked, possibly, by that tone of defiance so loudly proclaimed by Members in both Houses of Congress, scarcely one ground of provocation can be urged by the American Government. In the history of mankind it would be impossible to point out a nation more anxious than the English are at the present moment to remain at peace, and more especially with America. If the last resort then must be as sented to, we have here, as on the banks of the Sutlej, right on our side. Since writing the above, we learn, by another arrival from New York, that the proposition to give notice to England that the joint occupation of the Oregon shall cease in a twelvemonth, has been adopted by Congress. This is only what was expected, and therefore cannot materially alter the position of affairs. Mr. JOHN ROMILLY, who opposes Mr. COCHRANE at Brid • port, in the first instance refused to come forward, though he has long been preparing to contest Bridport at the next general election. The circumstances under which he has changed his first intention and come forward are these : There had been a meeting of Mr. Roreircur's friends at Bridport, at which it was agreed to support Mr. COCHRANE, as a supporter of Sir ROBERT Prorea measure. After this handsome conduct of the Liberal party, Mr. COCHRANE delivered an address from the balcony of his inn , declaring that he suppo r ted Si r ROBERT PE E L, no t so much because he approved altogether of the mea sure, as because he saw no other way of keeping Lord J. RUSSELL out of power. Mr. COCHRANE now probably bitterly repents his balcony oratory. The Liberals imme diately met again, withdrew their support from him, and sent off for Mr. Jome Rommix, their old Member. Mr. J. ROMILLY'S professional engagements prevented him from going down himself immediately, but his brother, Mr. Criertmcs R 011111.7, went down to represent him, and Mr. JOHN ROMILLT follows to-day. The nomination is on Fridsy, and there is no doubt of Mr. ROMILLY'S return. But do not, my Lord MAnctr, take this as a protectionist triumph. If the protectionists dare not put up a candidate of their own in Westminster or in Bridport, the beet thing they can do is to say nothing of either. We made a slight mistake yesterday with respect to the Cheltenham petition, but one which does not affect the merits of the case. The signatures placed on the first sheet were net, as we said, cut off from another and then pasted on, but five names appearing in another part of the petition were copied on to the first sheet, and a piece of paper was pasted over the original five signatures, that they might not be counted twice. We say again that there is irregularity here, but not fraud or forgery ; and that the trouble taken by the League agent to prevent the signatures being counted twice by pasting a piece of paper on the original signatures proves bond fides. And we say again, that the free-trade Member for Cheltenham might be better occupied than in bringing forward with such pomposity so small an irregu larity, in order to play into the hands of the protectionist party, and help them to throw dirt on the League. Mr. C. BERKELEY did us the honour to refer yesterday to the ob servations which we felt it our duty to make on the extra ordinary course he had pursued on this occasion. Ws confi dently await the decision of his Committee, skilfully nominated though it is, to see all that we have s Aid about the trumpery nature of his charge established, and to show how much the high notions of love of what is honest and straightforward, in both public and private conduct, have to do with this pro ceeding. The country and the electors of Cheltenham will, we are sure, without any injustice to Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY, allow to the distinguished leaders of the League at least as high a sense of public and private honour as Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY claims for himself. Madrid papers of the 24th ult. have been received, but they contain no news. The Three per Cents. closed at 32 at 60 days; the Five per Cents., at 22 13-16, for the 15th of March, and the Debt wit bout Interest at 73.,; at 60 days Most of the Pails papers contain article' on the great ma jority obtained by Sir ROBERT PEEL fur a repeal of the corn laws, but some of them, chiefly those of the Oppositior, though they cannot held praising the firmness of the Minister, and the noble manner in which he has been supported by tie Opposition and a large number of his own party, seem more anxious to seize the occasion for finding fault with IL. GUI ZOT than to imitate the Liberal journals of this country, and cheer him on to the same end. " The young Conservatives," says the Seicle, " and their chief, M. GuizoT, are at present but little satisfied with Sir R. Plm. They have two rea sons for being dissatisfied. One is, that in making himself liberal,. Sir R. I'EEL gives a very bad example ; the second, that he gravely compromises the future prospects of his Ministry, and that a Cabinet which does not make every other consideration give way to that of its existence, is an imprudent, absurd, and almost revolutionary one. We can not be suspected of an excessive partiality fur England, and Sir R. PERI. is certainly not one of the statesmen of that country towards whom our sympathies incline us most. We blush, however, when we compare the con duct of our Ministers with that of the English Cabinet." The Journal des Debuts considers the vote decisive, and that with 100 rotes against it, the game is up. It thus laments over the defeat of the protectionists :—" The majority of 100 votes foretold by Lord LiNcot.st has been obtained by the Ministry. It was in vain that the beaten party did all in its power to keep up the fight : all it could do only pro logged tie struggle for a law hours. This long drawn series of debates has been compared to the Arabian Nights Tales. The Sultana Scherazatie, condemned to see her last sun rise, lengthened out her marvellous stories. So from night to night the speakers of the concerned party relieved each other in succession iu relating their melancholy tales of past times ; but to which no echo was made by the present or the future. Less fortunate than the Sultana, its list hour, though retarded, has arrived, and that voice which has been called the voice of Got; has pronounced sentence." The following just remarks on the evils of monopoly in the Courtier Francais are fully justified by the present state of trade in France : " The era of liberty in commercial policy has just opened for Eng land. The genius of Adam Smith has prevailed. The great net work of custom-house obstacles has been destroyed, and ere long all that remains of a heavy chain t (servitude will have disappeared ft oin the soil of England. She will at length become a free laud. There are people who persist in seeing In this grand result only an isolated event peculiar to England ; there are people who maintain the incre dible argument that the principle of commercial liberty is excellent In certain cases, and detestable in others. There are people who treat as absurd and dangerous dreamers those who wish to confer upon France the noble and s dutary liberty which Cobden, Russell, and reel have just given to England. 'Elie partisans of the protective system do not perceive that the swaddling-clothes in which they wrap up our industry are stifling it, that they prevent its growth and its development. They do not see that by closing our frontiers we naturally restrict the limits of our markets, and that this restriction prevents our manufactories from being put upon an equally extensive and progressive footing. Neither do they perceive that the protec tive system is the great cause of the Instability of production, and of all those disastrous crises which periodically afflict our manufac turing industry, and tarry desolation into the heart of our labouring population. How, Indeed, is It possible to place production upon a fixed and regular basis, when Is it permitted to the Government whatever it may be to restrain or extend at its own pleasure by an arbitrary law, and generally In obedience to ulnas interests, the markets for one or more branches of trade, and thus cause a disas trous; perturbation in general production ? How can we hope to give constant occupation to the laborious, when governments, to satisfy petty or rancorous Interests, endeavour by mean■ of detestable cus toms laws sometimes to displace, and at other times to destroy the sources of labour? The system which some people have had the audacity to call protective and conservative, is in truth the most op pressive and anarchical system that was ever invented by the Lumen mind." We are convinced, however, that France cannot be long in imitating the example of England. The following para graph in a Ministerial paper, the Epoque, is significant, and leads to the belief that the Government only reqlire support to adopt a liberal commercial policy, and that they look with rather a favourable eye to the Anti-Protection Society formed at Thrdeaux :-" We agree with the merchants of Bordeaux, in thinking that our Customs' tariff maybe notably simplified and reduced, particularly in what regards the objects of first necessity and raw produce, and that this duty calls for the solicitude of the Government. If the asso ciation in favour of free trade keeps within the limits of mo deration, and enters on a conscientious examination of the various points bearing on the subject, it must usefully aid the Administration in the accomplishment of this duty." The news from America had caused some depressions in the French funds :-The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 70c.; the Five per Cents., 123 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,337 f. 50e.; Rouen, 1,072 f. 50c.; Havre, 75014 Great Northern, 7961. 25c.; A vignon, 1,017 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 7401. ; Bordeaux, 6721. 50c.; Boulogne, 550 f.; Troyes and Monte reau, 450 f. • Basle, 252 f. 50c.; Dieppe, 4701. ; Paris and Strat , iourgh, 551 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 5851.; Paris and Lyons, 631 f. 25c. The following are the quotations for other lines Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 509 f. ; ditto (Le cointe), 505 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Aferidionale), 592 f. 50c.; ditto Definitives, 566 f. 25c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Macken zie), 503 f. 75c.; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f.; ditto Definitive, 560 f. 50c.; Charleroi, 496 f. 50c. LYONS, FEB. 28.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,020 f.; Rouen, 1,065 f.; Vierzon, 7461. 25c. SISINESS DONE IN' FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STUCK EXCHANGE, 31.41cii 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 1134 —Dutch Rhenish, 6% —East Indian, I—Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% —Great Indian Benin eular, % —ltalian and Austrian, I%—Jamaica Soutk Midland Junc tion, 3 —Luxenskoarg, 2% —Paris and Rowan, 41%. IM PORTANT FROM AMERICA (From a Second Edition of the Tiniss.) By a private merchant vessel we have later accounts reaching up to the 11th ult. On the 9th ult. the. following resolutions were passed : " Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Cengrewi assembled, that the President of the United States cause notice to .be given to the Government of Great Britain, that the convention between the United States of America • and Great Britain, concerning the territory of the north-west coast of America, west of the Stony Mountains, of the 6th of August, 1627, signed at London, shall be annulled and abrogated in twelve months after giving said notice. "2. And be it further resolved that nothing herein con tained is intended to interfere with; the right and discre tion of the proper authorities of the two contracting parties to renew or pursue negotiations for tan amicable settlement of the controversy respecting the Oregon territory." On Friday last, Colonel Tynte, of Halswell House, in Somorsetshlfe, was unanimously elected Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Order of Masonic Knights Templars, as successor to Ws late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Colonel l'ynte's in stallation will, e hear, shortly take place. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER 7'O THRER. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, in cluding 2,000 on speculation, in some instances at an advance of %d. per lb. Shares were not so good. In the recent sales of wool, there were one or two items worth notice. The new commercial regulations of our Government are in truth working wonders. There has been received fresh beef and pork, sent here front distances 'varying front 3,000 to 4,000 miles, and oysters alive, ditto. From the extremity of the vast continent of New Holland do we new obtain wool and tallow, and now have we America—the Southern States of the Republic—com petitors in wools. Somewhere about 700 bales of United States wool have Just been put up to public auction in the City, some of them merinos, or at least so designated, but very few were sold. A few samples marked "Actual United States Merino," (a regular Yankee must have dictated the description of the fleece) sold at Is. 3d to Is. sd. per lb., and 235 bales of United States merino wools, ex Frances Ann, from Boston, were really taken at from Is. Id. to Is. 734 d. per lb. What will free trale accom plish in a quarter of a century after this, when the bare prospect of the adoption of the great principle tends to supply our markets now with the rich and varied products of all climes, and what would have been, to the last gene! ation, in as inconceivable short space of time. A single paper, of February 13, from :New York. brought by the Switzerland, Captain Knight, arrived off Dover, has been received at the North and South American Coff,e-house, and conveys the Important, but certainly by no means unexpected, information of the House of Representatives having passed a vote for giving a year's notice to Great Britain that the joint occupancy of Oregon shall cease. The House, however, afraid perhaps that the President has gone too far, resolves that negotiation may be continued. Respect ing the revolution in Yucatan there are no very authentic details. The Public Securities have been flat to-day. Consols are 951 3 ,4 for present transf r, and 95% to 96 for time. Exchequer-bibs re alise 355. premium - 1. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97% to 98 1 4. . . Spanish Active Bonds arc rather good, being 27 to l A . The Three per Cents. are 27 to lA. Mexican Deferred are IG3i, and Brazilian 84. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59 to 89%. Maros arc dull. ONE O'CLOCK. BRITISH rILINDII. CLOSING PRICES Bank Stock .. .. • • • • .. 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96H Three per Cont. Consols Annuities .. 95 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98% 97 98U Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, jaw 10% 10 11-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 10 5-16 South Sea stock .. • • • . 9.5 1 4 •• •• 95A, 96% I%d. I%d. 35 put. 34 37 pin. 35 33 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, I per Cent .. 64 Danish, 3 per Cent •• „ 89Kr Equador Bonds .. „ Grenada, 1 per Cent .. „ Ditto, Deferred .. Idexican Bonds, 1337, b per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Russian Bonds .. „ „ Spanish Bonds, S per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. 27 IA Ditto, Passive Bondi .. • • •. 6 12 Ditto, Deferred 16% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 37 Ditto, for the Account .. 37% Venezuela Ronda, 2 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Deferred .. .. Dividends ea the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 691,,% 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 95% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. " Ditto, New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001... Ditto. Small • Ditto, Advertised CLOSING PRICES. 83% is!* 2 314 22 4' ex div 10734 .. . PR ICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Buckinghamshire .. .. „ .. 425. .... par ••••• • • • .. Caledonian .. .. .. .... 10 .... 12 3 A %13 .... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2 1 /i •• • • 31 ,4 SS • . Ditto, Extension „ .. 2 1 4.... 210 . . Cambridge and Oxford.. .. • • Is• • • • %• •••• • Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 20 .... 21 21))i .... Direct Manchester (R em i ngton ' s ) 2ii•• • • - •• •• •• • • Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. s k•• • • 3 % %"• ' • • Direct Northern .. „ „ „ 2 .... 2 4 • • • • Dublin and Belfast J unct i on •• 5 •• • • 4 ** Dublin and Galway .. .. .. 4 .. • • 3%w •• • Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 185. .... 21. , i, .. .. ••• • - Ditto, York Extensi on .. .. 10s. •• • • 1 li, ••••• • • • •• Edluburgk and Glasgo w .. • • 50 •• • • **** •• • Ditto New V, Shares.. ~ .. 10 .... 14 Goole, Doneast., and ihefteld. &c. 425. •. • • 3 4741 P Great North of Engla n d . .. 100 .. .. 218 215 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 50 52 Ditto, New .. .. ~ .. 5 .... 35 •• •• • Ditto, New .. .. . .. ..1}4.... 1234 .... • Great Western .. „ .... 85 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. SO Hull awl Selby .. Ditto, Halt ,hares Lancaster and Carlisle Ditto New .. .. __ .. . _ Leicester and Bedford 22 Liverpool and Leeds Direst .. 2 % . ....... Liverp., Manch., Sc, Newc. Janet. 2,i .... 3 1 4 .. • • .... Londou an i Ilinningliain .• • .i 00 •• ' • 221 • Ditto Thirds .. „ „ .. 16 .... • Ditto Quarters .. .. • • • • 2 •• • • 27 ' 8s .. ... 26 .. 35 274 G% 17 1 4 37 1 4 37 IA 4414 14' P 215 _ ... 1014 10 % dis .. • • .. IA dis 1% 3 1 ,4 221 49 Ditto Fifths .. .. 2 .... ..... 23 London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. 11% Sxd•. •• B;4xd Ditto New •• .• •• London and Brighton .. .. 50 .. • • 64 !‘i •• ••• • • • London anti Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21% London and South. Western.. 41/. Gs. 10d. 77 x d Ditto, New . 12% .... 22% 23 x d Ditto, New .. .. 10 ••• • • . London and York .. .. • . • • 2 % •• • • ••'•• • • • • • Ditto, Half Share. .• 21 ht • • • 2 % • • Mauche.ster and tlirminghant 40 . •• Ditto, Quarter SMares (C) I •• • • . Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 421... •• ••• • • Manchester and Southampton .• 2 •• • • 2 % %•••• • • • • ..100 ....147% 147•• Ditto Fifths.. .. 2 .. • • 2 % ••••• • • • • • Ditto, New .. 18 33 32% ...... Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 44 .. •. . • .• Ditto, Now 1 10 9% ...• .• Ditto, New, Brandling 20 38 ••..•• • • • • Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 20% 20 Newark, Sheffield, and. Boston .. 1% • • • • .• • North British .• •20 .... 26% % 1.1 ••• • • • Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 4 ••••• • • • • North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .. • • 2 % •••••• • • • • North 'Staffordshire 425..... 3%%% p.... Oxiti.,Worcester,& Wol'rerhmptu. 12% .... 13 1 4 .......... Preston and Wyre .. • . 25 .... 34% 25 Scottish Central .. . .... 15 ..... Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2%.... 2 3 4 . Shropshire Union .. 425..... 1 4 die South Midland •• •• 42s .... p.... • • • • South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .... 37% .......... Do., New (do 331. Gs..d.) No. 2. 10 .... 12 ... Do., New "(do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 .. Do., New (do 111.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 3%• ........ Staines and Richmond 1 .... 1% 1. . So ans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 2% • • Welsh Midland .. • . .. .... I% ...... Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% .... 2% York and Carlisle .. • • -•••• .. 2%.... 2 York and North Midland .. to ......... Ditto, Half Shares 2 A 2 5 1 L YB. 47 2 45 . .• • • Ditto. Extension • • • • l3 .. De. R. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 10% 9% .... R Barbados. • • • • • • • • • • I .... 0%....... lioulogne and Amiens .. • • • . is 11 . 1 11eS Ihentsh . ° U r t d" 'r°Ul" Cette . • • • • • • 6 .... 3% •• East Indian • • • • • • • • • as. .... 1 GM North. of Franca Constituted b 16 15% . Italian and Austrian . • • • • • 3 Luxembourg • • •" • • • 4 • . 2% Namuz and Liege • • • • • • 4 .. • . 2% .. Orleans and Yierzou . • • • • • 10 19 Rouen and Havre • • • • • •• 20 MINES. ,Real del Monte, Unregistered . G4►, u 21 78xd 23x(i 17% 7g 1 '76 p 2% 147 2% 221.4 44 9.3 i 26 2 14 2% 3 % P ►sy( ........ 3% M 17 1 , p 38 11% 11% 3% 1 16 1 A 2 1 ,4 2 1 ,4 19 29N THE t'UN' EXPRESS. SUNDERLAND, Fre. 28.—The Sun to- day has outdone all its Conteer.poraries, at least with reference to this place. A small parcel of the morning edition, containing a full report of the debate up to twenty minutes past three o'clock the same morning, and the result of the grand struggle betwi en monopoly and freedom, was received by Mr. Williams, news agent, at twenty minutes to five o'clock —thre e hours and forty minutes before any other morning paper arrived. Circulars had been received by some of the news-rooms and other parties from one of the principal newspaper agents in the City, stating that parcels from him by express would arrive at Sunderland at half-past four or six o'clock ; but, from 'some cause or other, The Sun parcel by express, direct from the office, was the only one which arrived. Copies were for warded to the news-rooms, an one to the mayor ; and the intelligence of the great victory soon spread through the borough, and appeared to give pleasure to all—even the old Tory shipowners seemed to brighten up, with the prospect pf _ extended exports and imports, and consequent better freights. All parties acknowledge the greatest obligation is due to The Sun for the spirit and success of its efforts on this important occasion. (From the Somerset County Herald.) We are indebted to the proprietor of The Sun for an ex prate edition of his paper containing the division on the long protracted debate on the Government measure. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) Dim., MARCH 3.—The Reflector, Manning, arrived in the Downs from Cuba, experienced a hurricane which lasted three days; 10th ult., in lat. 41 N., lon. 51 W., lost sails, boate, &c., had slx feet water in her hold, and threw part of cargo overboard. Livzapoot, 31.kacti 3.—The Portland, li'Allister, from Cuba to London, foundered 29th January - , in lat. 2G S., 1011. 5G IV. ; Crew sated by the Denison, King, at this port. The Ben Lomond, from the Clyde to Mobile, which was on shore near Catupletown, has been assisted off, and taken back to Greeneck to repair. (7oar, Ideacit I.—The schooner Harmony, of Halifax, was aban doned 25th January, in lat. 34 N., lon. 58 W., in R sinking state, BALTIMORE, Faa. 27.—The Volunteer, Reed, from Liverpool to the Clyde, put back to Ratline, 27th Instant, making water, Laving struck on the banks. The Volunteer, Reed, from Liverpool to Ge ist; has put in here partially leaky. Flaskanunau, Fee. 28.—The John and Margaret, Edwards, from Newcastle to Inverness, came on shore in Whitellnk nay this morn ing, but has been assisted off, and has come into the harbour. .M•scrrs, MAacu 3.—Aril. Candahar, Calcutta ; Marmlon, Cey lon ; Switzerland, New York. SwANaca. - -inkngiisliba;que of about 3:12 tons, apparently tim. ber laden, with loss of sails, and only a reefed . foresail set, 12th ult., ill lat. 23, long. :2, by th e C ru sader, Labalestter, arrived (ahem MARKET NENTS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE--WEDNESDAY We have again to report the arrival of a very moderate supply of Wheat for our market, consequently the stands were barely flied with samples. Although the attendance of buyers was entail the finest qualities of both red and white commanded a steady sal e , at very fUll prices ; while the value of ot h er kind. was readily sup ported. For foreign Wheat there was a fair demand but without any improvement in value. Holders of Corn under lock were again firm, and would not sell except at extreme figures. Malting Barley, the supply of which was small, moved off briskly, at Monday's prices. In other kinds comparatively little was doing. The Malt trade was steady, at late rates. Oats were in good reqUest, at quite as much money ; bat all other articles commanded very little attextUou. Knglisk Irish Foreign 'eat. 1,740 gra. ut=IYI Ls. Oats I Flour. 1,521 tri. 1,770 411. 2,9 M aka 2,610 Malt, 1,460 arc 1 7711/TECII..4.IMX" The supplies of Meat on sal e here being on the Increase, the de mend was throughout h eav y, a t barely last week's quotations : Reef, from 2s 4d to as ed ; Mutton, 25 6d to 41 Gd ; Veal, Ie U 10d; and Pork, 31 8d to 55 2d per bibs by the carcase. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury intend to proceed this week to Paris ; and wo hear that the Noble Marquis and Marchioness contemplate a sojourn of six weeks in that capital. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and Lady .Alexandrina Vans, it is expected, will leave Holderness House shortly for Paris, to remain there until after the Easter recess. PRINCE ALBERT AT HYDE.—On Monday his lin) lil Highness Prince Albert arr i ve d, in the Fairy steamer , off Hyde, where he was received by a vast concourse of people, the guns of the superb, tiO, firing a royal salute. His Royal Highness, accom • panted by his suite, proceeded to the site c a new building about to be erected, and there, with th e cus tomary ceremonies , held the foun dation " le of the Royal Victoria Vatch Club House. A spectator observes, " It was one of th e gran d e st day s Ityde ever saw ; and the inhabitants of the Island, it would appear from the numbers assem bled on the occasion, estimated the ceremony as an event of surpass lug Importance." The Dukes of Hamilton is slowly improving in health. His Excellency the Turkish Arabasador leavt , s town in a few days to undertake the duties of minister of Commerce at Coasttuatinople. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANKING COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The prom ietors of this Company held their usual annual meeting this day at their offices, Lothbury, for the purpose of declaring a dividend, the re-election of three directors who go out by rotation, and the disposal of general business. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Pentscri Mexweta !STEWART, Esq., who said, that before sub mitting to the meeting the report of the proceedings of this bank for the year 1845, if they would allow hint, he would say a few words to recel to their minds some of the characteristics of the year 1845, as the results of establishments of thin kind. He was aware that, in great commercial bodies like this, dispatch was the life of business, and therefore be would not detain the meeting by snaking a long speech.—(Bear, hear.) The year 1845, it would be remembered, was characterised by a great abundance of money, a circumstance fraught with great danger to Inexperienced banking establishments, inasmuch as they often expe rienced great difficulty in procuring money to pay their dividends, by reason of their having placed their money out of reach, by inver lug it in some Sea I security from which they were to obtain a higher amount of duty than from the usual seem ities. But the closing of the year 1845 was characterised by circumstances diametrically op posite to those which marked its opening; and money, instead of being abundant and cheap, had become scarce, almost amounting to pressure on the market. But suck were the principles upon which the directors of this bank had conducted the business that they had secured ample funds wherewith to meet all just demands upon them with liberality to those to wholes they were due and with satisfaction to the proprietary ; while in no instance had they ever violated their established rule of never re-discounting a bill. (Hear, hear.) JuJging, then, from the satisfactory state of their affairs for the past year, it might be said that they could have afforded to pee , a higher dividend than 6 per cent , but the directors had thought it their duty to the proprietary to still adhere to the usual rate of 6 per cent., and place the overplus to the credit of the reserved feud.— (Hear.) And the result of that fund was that it enabled the directors to keep up a uniform payment of six per cent., while in years of scarcity or reverses, which some time or other attended all human affairs, they had that fund to fall back upon, which in years of pros perity it had still continued to accumulate.—(llear, hear.) The balance sheet of the rep rt would now be laid before the meeting, and it would be found that it had been made out in con formity with the wishes of the proprietors, and upon a plan, which in the humble but decided opinion of the directors, was decidedly the best, namely, that struck out by the Government as the form for the balance-sheet of the Bank of England.—(Hear, hear.) By that balance-sheet it would be seen that the Company had a paid-up capital of 800,0001., which had been sub scribed by about 1,000 contributors, which fact gained thorn increased confidence from the public, and as it was lodged in Government security, they had it as a sheet-anchor to windward, against the storms which might assail them.—(Cheers.) And when the proprietors should take a review of the progressive prosperity of their establishment for the last 12 years, he believed that the hopes and expectations held out at starting would be found to have been fully and fairly realised. (Cheers.) There was one other point to which he would wish to allude, as having been the cause of what was technically called by monied men a " tightness" in the money market during the year 1845. He meant those gigantic operations called railway schemes, and the necessity fur those en gaged in them paying up the dividend required by Government. When this arrangement was made, it never could have been contem plated that those railway schemes would amount to the vast extent they had reached, but the effect of the Government requiring this amount of deposit was that some of the oldest and most respectable bankers in London waited upon the Government with a view to induce them to alter the rule, and substitute Government security or Exchequer. bills instead of money ; but this was refused, and the consequence was that, nut taking into account either Scotland or Ireland, the amount of deposits subscribed in England alone was, he believed, about 11,000,0001. Ile asked of the Govermnent in his place in Parliament, that the money should be lodged in the Bank of England instead of with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but all alteration of the rule was refused, aid the consequence was that a large sum of money was withheld from cir culation, to the great injury of the prosperity of this great swwmor cial And here he should observe that, but for the liberal conduct of the Bank of England, this difficulty would have been greatly increased, and theretbre this establishment was greatly in debted to them.—(hear.) The layegone difficulties they had had with the Bank of England had all long Sille• been satisfactorily arranged, and all was now peaee.—(Cheers.) They had peace without and plenty within, and if that was not a good item to carry to the debit side of profit and loss, be was merely a mammon merchant, and not a moralist at all. He had now to announce that Lord Wm. Douglas had been compelled by other engagements to resign his seat in the direction, and they had elected Mr. Thomas Chapman in his stead.—(Hear, hear.) And in a very little time he hoped to see other additions made to it from amongst the first cern mercial companies in this great empire of commerce.—(Cheers.) The SECRETAAY then read the report of the directors, by which it appeared that the balsince-sheet exhibited a very prosperous state of the Co yearrrmpany's funds, and that they had o n ha n d, at th e en d o f th e Bx,oool. The r 1845, a eport rhea t u h i e ni n p ,, pr e o n p t r o l a n t e t d . s profits a t t o_ ie t the amount of y he profits of the ,, d , b making duringkhigprovision t pastwr all u year, afterad and doubtful tfr ay g tbe u debts, amounts to 66,344/. Is. Out of these profits the directors paid, lust September, a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the half year ending the 30th June, and they now declare a divi dend at the same rate, for the half-year ending the 31st December. After the payment •I these dividends, making together 48,0001., there will remain a surplus of 18,3441. Is. to be added to the reserved fund, which will then amount to 58,2481. 16s. 4d. " The three Directors who go out by rotation, are Joseph Esdalle, Esq., Sir Jelin Kirkland, and John Stewart, Esq., all of whom, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election." Illettlng had not concluded when our report left.) SOUTHWARK-(THIS DAY•) Eduard GGrdort, a man, about 35 years of age, was placed at the bar, before Mr Cottenhatn, charged with stealing a great coat from the house of a gealeinan named rslackmore, of Charles-street, Morselydown. On Monday morning, about eight o'clock, the prisoner called at Mr. Blackmore's house, and said he had been sent from the City with a bottle of iak, at the same time handing a note to the servant, demanding half-a-crown. While the latter went up stairs to mak• inquiries about it, the prisoner decamped with a great coat, value 21 - 25., which was hanging in the hall. Last evening the prisoner went to the house of Mr. CM', in Free school-street, llorselydown, and presenting a similar note with a bottle of patent ink, demanded, as in the former case, half-a crown, The servant, however, suspecting him detained him, and a policeman gave him into custody. in his possession were /odic' several notes, of which the following Is a copy :--" Received, the 2d of March, 1846, for a bottle of patent ink, 2s. 6d., from Thomas Mason, 14, Fish-street-hill, City." The policeman said the prisoner answered Use description of a man who had carried ou the same trick in various parts of Lambeth, and he was therefore remanded until Monday. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY) Sub•Committe• No. 1. This Committee re-asserabled this morning at twtara o'clock In room No. 7 ; Mr. Strutt, chairmen. TREATMENT OF THE PRESS. Upon the gentlemen of the several journals entering the room this morning they were most disagreeably surprised by finding the seats which had throughout the whole of the previous sittings of the Committee been exclusively set apart for their ac commodation, taken by the agents, thereby causing the greatest disarrangement to the gentlemen of the press. lied this arra Bement, or, as we should say, disarrangement, been forced upon tile Committee for their own ease and comfort, It would be far from our province to complain, but such is not the case. The seats occupied by the agents for the four previous weeks were not required for any purpose, as the chairs were empty during the whole day. The consequence of this change is, that we arc thrown into the back ground, where it is impos►ible for us to hear one word of the proceed ings correctly. It is but justice to Mr. Gunnell, the clerk, to state that the blame cannot attach to him, for he arts most kindly, on all occasions, given every information required by the gentlemen attend ing for the press. We trust the Committee will see the propriety of nut impeding the duties of those who attend to furnish the public with intormation of the greatest interest. THE SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. This adjourned case was called on, and the opposition proceeded with the allegations, but, tor the reasons above stated, it was out of our power to hear any part of the inquiry. Why the press should have been so inconvenienced, when the Committee had net thought proper to remove a host of persons (idle loungers) standing between us and the agents, it is in the power only of the Mon. Members to explain. Sub-Committee No. 2. After disposing of some private Bills, the Chairman called on the LEEDS, NtrAzErxELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. The object of the promoters of this Bill was to construct a railway from the Midland Railway at Clievet Tunnel, near Wakefield, to Leeds, in the West hiding of tic county of York. The amount of capital was 400,0001. ; the length of the lime, 9 miles, 4 Inches, and 2 chains. The Committee having heard the formal evidence, declared that the standing orders had been complied with Engineer, Mr. T. Swanwick ; surveyor, James Alexander. Esq.; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. tiultner and Dunsford; solicitors, Messrs. &holey, Stewart, and Webster. SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY, AND CRIES TZR JUNCTION, AND NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION The object of the promoters of this Bill was to obtain powers from Parliament to effect the junction' between. these two Companies, and set forth that the same would lead to a more efficient and economical arrangement of the affairs. The formal evidence having been heard, the Committee found that the standing orders had been complied with. LONDON', BRISTOL, AND SOUTH WALES DIRECT. The object of this Bill was to connect London and Bristol by the shortest line, and with South Wales. Tkie 4 length of the proposed line was 36 miles, and the amount of capjlal 674,0001. Engin er, Mr. T. Giles; solicitor, jar. Nathan Gnus ; Parlia mentary agents, Messrs. Dorrington Nud Ellicombe. The formal evidence having beeti - heard. the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. This being tlti last case oa the List, the Committee adjourned, shortly after two o'clock, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 3. This Committee met to-day at one o'clock. There were present Mr. Aglionby (the chairmen), Mr. Thornely, Mr. Edward Buller, and Mr Suns&ld. LYNN AND ELY (SPALDING zxrwarszoN). The Committee resumed their consideration of the petition for this line. Mr. VEN&DLES contended that the 231 standing order had not been complied with, inasmuch as the plans were deposited with the clerk of the peace for the Isle of Ely, whereas, they ought to have been deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Cam bridge. The Isle of Ely was not a county, nor a division of the county of Cambridge, although it had a clerk of the peace who ex ercised a jurisdiction independent of the county of Cambridge. The borough of Liverpool had a clerk of the peace who was uncon nected with the clerk of the peace for the county if Lancaster, but it could never be pretended that a deposit with the •clerk of the peace for Liverpool 3% as sufficient for that county. Tint CHAIRMAN over-ruled the objection, and decided that for all the purposes of publicity, and according to the true meaning of the standing order, it had been properly complied with. The petition for leave to bring in the Bill was then declared to have been proved. LYNN AND ELT (MAXCX MIXTENSZON). This was a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to construct a branch railway from Wisbeach to March, in the Isle of Ely. The cost was estimated at 60,0001. . The usual formal proofs were gone into, and the Committee de cided that the standing orders had been duly complied with. Sub• Committee No. I. The Committee met at twelve o'clock—present, Mr. Home Drum. mond (Chairman), Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, The O'Conor Don, and Mr, Compton. MANCHESTER AND POOLE RAILWAY. In this cuss, which was before the Committee yesterday, and stood over on an objection raised respecting the sufficiency of the notices for application, published In the respective newspapers through which it was proposed to pass, The CIIAIAMAN said, when the case first came before them, he had expressed an opinion that it was not necessary to prove the publi cation of notices in counties through which other lines in connexion with it 114 d to pass. lie alone was responsible for taking such a view 01 the question, for he considered that the additional notices would be superfluous. But, considering the Bill now before the Committee which contained some clauses amending other Bills, he had consulted the Chairman of the Committees, all the Members of the present Committee being present at the conference. The unani mous opinion of the Committee was, that tkere should be other notices given on account of the amendments proposed, as in the case of a third•clate Bill. ilacicsuzia said with respect to third-class Bills, notices should be given within the district, to which clauses 8 and 9 referred, and that notices for a second-class Bill, in all the districts through which the new line was proposed to peas, like that of the Manches ter and Poole project. The Criareissw said, in reply to a qu. stion from Mr. Coates, that there was no objection to mix up notices given of second and third clasi Bills. The Committee then decided that, with the exceptions already noticed, the standing orders had been complied with. Sub-Coutruittee No. 6. • -• This Commltte resumed its sittings at twelve o'clock this day, there being present Captain Jones (in the Chair), Mr. Deades t and Lord Ebring,ton. The Wowing additional Bills have been referred to the Com mittee The North Union (Harwich Branch) Railway. • The Leeds, York. and _Midland Junction Railway. The Manchester and Hyde Railway. The Bristol and Ilinniughant and Midland Railway. The Birmingham Railway (Tring to Banbury). The Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. The Chester and Birkenhead Railway. The Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pentop and South Shielis Railway Purchase). The London and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension). The Leicester and Birmingham Railway. The East Coast Railway. The Northampton and Bedford Railway. The London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension, and Coven try and Rugby Stations Enlargement) Railway. The Louden old Birmingham Ballwa/ (the Aylesbury Purchase). The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Line, and Manchester Railway Coin. pany Amalgamation. The Midland Railways (Birmingham Extension). The London and Birmingham, Grand Junction Purchase. The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Extension. The Southampton and Dorchester Railway. The Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. The'Roehdalo Canal and Manchester and Leeds Railway. PRIVATE COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 2. This Committee met to-day at half-past twelve o'clock. The members present were Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Mr. Bel. Mr. Walker, Mr. Yorke, and Mr. /Unable. The Committee, in conformity with their determination, noticed yesterday, proceeded with the unopposed Bills. Harrogate Gas Compatly and Harrogate Water-works Company. The formal evidence having been heard, the Committee found that in the cases of these Bills the standing orders had been complied with. The York Improvement Company. The Committee found that the standing orders had been complied with. The New Zealand Company. The Hartlepool Gas 'and Waterworks Company. The Committee found that the standing orders lad been complied with in the case of these two Bills. The Pillglnwilly Waterworks Company was postponed till to morrow. The Liverpool and Barrington Waterworks Company. The object of this Bill was to amend their Act, and the Committee found that the standing orders had been complied with. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPIAKKr took the chair at a few minutes past Twelve o'Clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed ; Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon.) Deeside Railway. Great North of Scotland Railway (Eastern Extension.) Alford Valley Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dunfermline Branch.) Newmarket and Chesterford Railway. Enfield and Edmonton Railway. Leeds and York Railway. Llynvi Valley and South Wales Junction Railway. Hertford anti Hatfield Railway. Richmond Railway (Kew Branch). • Clitheree Junction Railway. A messenger from the Lords announced that their Lord ships had agreed to the Irish Drainage Bill. Mr. GREENE moved for leave to correct a clerical error in the Wishart and Coltness Railway, which ought to have been done on the second reading.—Leave granted. Lord DALMENY presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Stirling, for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. S. CRAWFORD also presented a petition from the in habitants of Heywood against the enrolment of the militia, and another petition from a person named Bull, for a further extension of the suffrage. Mr. GROSVENOR presented two petitions from places in Tipperary against the repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. C. BULLER gave notice of a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent vexatious objections to votes on the registration. BEQUESTS FOR PIOUS AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES BILL. Lord J. MANNERS said that he felt it necessary to refer very shortly to the objects of this Bill. The subject had some time ago been referred to a Select Committee. That Committee had sat for a long time, and had examined many able and competent witnesses. They ultimately made a report, and that report was submitted, together with the evidence given, to the consideration of the House, and the present Bill was founded on that report. He believed that the statute of George 11. was productive of much public mischief, and proved a great impediment and block to private munificence. The House was, he believed familiar with the case of the late Dean of West minster. There was a bequest of 5,0001. in actual property, to build a church in that neglected portion of the city, and that sum was by the operation of that Act reduced to 500/. The operation of that law had caused many bequests for hospitals, churches, &c., to fail, and it seemed as if all such things as Chelsea pensioners, &c., were objects of aversion to the Legislature, and enemies to the public honour, which it was necessary to put down by any and every means not in conformity with the usual practice in the court of law. The first clause of the Bill repealed the statute of Geo. II.; and the second clause gave increased facilities to those persons who wished to leave property to any public or charit able institution, or for purposes not against the laws of the country. The fifth clause was to the same purpose, and would answer th e ex p ec t a ti on of those persons who thought property bequeathed was not sufficiently- pro tected by the present law. He now came to the safeguards made by this Bill against any undue interference with the ex pectations of heirs. The 6th clause gave power to the Lord Chancellor to order an allowance to be made to the immediate relatives of the person leaving the property for charitable purposes, in case they were not otherwise provided for. Another provision of the Bill was, that every bequest for charitable purposes should be signed by three respectable witnesses, including the medical gentleman of the person bequeathing the money, who should attest that the person was " mem sana et corpore eano," and that his consent was not obtained by importunity or solicitation. He had gone through the main objects of the Bill, and he should now refer to the great objection against it. It was, that very large sums of money would be with drawn from' commercial purposes, and otherwise invested. If the House thought that the country had need of churches and charitable institutions to meet its ever varying demand, he considered that they could have no objection to the passing of the present Bill. If any person supposed that charitable bequests could not be managed as advantageously for the public interest as other bequests, be thought they were greatly mistaken. As a proof of that assertion he referred to the Hon. Member for Chichester, and to the report of the Irish Society with regard to the estates of the Drapers' Company in the county of Derby. He was certain that great benefits would be derived to this large country by the proposed mea sure, and he hoped that Hon. Members of the school of political economists would not oppose its passing. With re ference to the religious objections, he would say that he never heard that the clergy of the Church cf England or of the Dissenting interests had ever induced a person to bequeath any sum of money for religious purposes.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then referred to a report of the Bishcp of London to the same effect. The Noble Lord went on to say that it had been said by Mr. Jarmaine that the present law produced litigation, which would always be the case where the feelings of humanity were not in unison with the statute-book. Requiescat in pace was his motto with reference to the deciSions ofthe luminaries of our ancient law courts. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the second reading of the Bequests for-Pious and Charitable Purposes Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM observed, that he had had time to reconsider his former opinions, and he had seen no reason to change them, nor induce him to give the measure of the Hon. Member a ministerial support. It was only necessary to state, that all personal property was exempt from die operation of the present Ac'. the law did not oppose any bequest made a proper length of time before the tes tator's death, because the Legislature considered, that if personal sacrifice was to be made it should be made in a state of health, as it would thereby give a proof of the sincerity of the donor's feelings. The Right Hon. Baronet then entered into a lengthened invest gation of the details of the Bill, and concluded by expressing his determination to give his utmost opposition to the pre sent measure They were only endeavouring to induce the Legislature to legislate in a contrary direction from that which they had already pursued. He concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. P. HOWARD would give his support to the second reading of the Bill. The clause restricting the grant of pro perty for charitable purposes one year before the death of the testator would require some consideration. He thought, however, that the principle of the measure was sound, and he believed th, t the House would adopt a politic course in sanctioning it. There might be perhaps am objection to one or two of its details, but that might be arranged in Com mittee. Mr. M. MILNES did not think that the Act of George alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet, had worked well. He was of opinion that it did not prevent legal machinery or legal embarrassments. He woulld not, however, enter into the subject of the mortmain laws, believing, as he did, that the report on them, which was before the House, rendered it unnecessary. It had been said that these laws had been very much abused, and that the Act of George 11. was proposed to remedy them. But lie did not think there was any validity in this argument when they considered the tone of society and the character of the time at which that law pas passed. Because there had been abuses of the power of granting be quests, it was not, therefore just or reasonable to say that no such power should exist. He would make a re mark in reply to what the Right Honourable Baronet had said, that the Bill of his Noble Friend would lead to the application of funds for superstitious purposes. To that he would answer that it was difficult to define what should be considered superstitious or not; this was a matter to be left to the conscience arid opinion of individuals. He prayed that the Right Hon. Baronet would allow the Bill to go into Committee, or if not to provide a Bill such as would meet the defects of the present law. As long as the present abusy continued, without the Govern ment or the great law authorities taking up the question, nothing but dissatisfaction would prevail. He would give his entire support to the Bill, and he hoped that the Solicitor-General would apply his acute mind to the Bill, so as to meet any defects that existed in it. This would be a much more reasonable course than throwing the Bill out altogether. Sir GEORGE GREY generally agreed with the observa tions of the Right llon. Baronet, and said he should not have spoken, had he not been a member of the Com mittee to whose report reference had been made in the course of the present discussion. Though he had been a member of that Committee, he had not given his sanction to the report, having been called out of town when it was agreed to. He believed it was only agreed to by three or fear members of the Committee, and not by all. Though he admitted that the Committee dis covered many anomalies in the present. law, he could not agree with the Bill proposed by the Noble Lord. Any rea sonable amendment he would gladly agree to, so as to facili tate the leaving of bequests to education and religious pur poses, but the Bill now submitted was such a one as he must give his decided opposition to. The reasons which influenced the Legislature to pass the Act 9th Geo. 11. was to prevent persons in their last moments from being imposed upon to give away their property. And one of the witnesses, a Mr. Mathews, in answer to a question put by the Noble Lord on the Committee, said, that it' that law was to be repealed, a great deal of land would be conveyed away impro perly, but he thought that a law giving a limited power of leaving property would be of considerable benefit. If anything could be suggested without entrenching on the principle of the Acts 9 Geo. 11., there would be no disinclina tion on the part of the House to allow it to pass. Under the proposed Act the medical man was to give his opinion as to the sanity of the testator, and also to state that no undue solicitation had been exercised, but it was utterly impossi ble that the medical man could give such an opinion, as he would have little or no opportunity of judging. Lord CLIVE said that the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department had declared his in tention of having nothing to do with the Bill, as the ex perience of a century proved its effectual operation. It was well known that the Act, in leas than 25 years after its existence, was found to be so oppressive that the governors anti trustees of Queen Anne's bounty were excepted from its operation. The greatest innovators on the Act fink (leo. 11., were the Government themselves.--(Hear, hear.) In Ireland the Charitable Bequests Act did not give an great/ ecurity to property, nor protect it against the death- al be l d ow in ed flu t e h n e c n e li o n f is w te h r ic o ll fa t i h iy e nal ini.The p il l i e g c l e tt t I o I o r n e c . eiN, e Baronet any complained, reelo i r psr se Ecclesiastical Commissioner had also the power receiving property which any person might bequeathtoohf land in spite of mortmain, and It was only a very short time since an excellent M e mber of that House had in that manner induce the Court bequeathed a large amount of property for that purpose. There were at present several schemes to Ch ance ry to make wine proviaion.to hinder the inc miva -- . detel venues of many charitable institutions from being squ all i d be away. If the law proposed were an inferior law , there ou some ground for the position taken by the Right II hero Baronet. Let the Houle look at Scotland: was ther. : erf country in which popular agitation had risen and the institutions of the country more comp "of overthrown. They had a more , stringent la w the entail than they bad in England, and Ye t d o only restriction imposed on the testator was that thirty be should elapse from the date of making the bequest b efore death of the testator. If thirty days had elapsed trice was valid. The Lord Advocate in his ev lu is e had said that he never knew an instanesLerd which this power had been abused. fie ( t he Clive) did not think that be was calling e u t he House to do much when he asked them to alterefecl present law, and when they considered the benefids, l bee s of a law similar to the one proposed, whenever it ba d tried elsewhere. no t Sir R. H. INGLIS said his Right Hon. Friend di be appear to apprehend the nature of the proposed BiU he said that it did not apply to Ireland. -in,„ e ra. that did not specially except Ireland from iti,., ; ;; to tion must necessarily be considered as *TM" Its that country, and the same with regard to Scotian 5 04 Hon. Friend had stated, that in Germany, et t he l4nr of the Reformation, the revenues of the nobles Wl"' (Sir priated to the purposes of education. P ° sot H. Inglis) considered that his Hon. Friend ifor sufficiently acquainted with the facts of the case. 4 0 lieved there w e r e so me diffi cu lti es i n the way of e u l c „ -- alteration in the present law of mortnintne be vas not prepa re d t o go to such a as that proposed by th e pr esen t Bill. He thouglit, it wo uld ho inflict a great hardship on those survivors and reit: tlia had entertained a just expectation of begil h e a Sb e se b r death of the testator, to find that the property f o r lh , queathed to parties who were entire strangers to ~- purpose of supporting convents, churches, or otbe c 4-- institutions. (LEFT SITTIMI STATE OF TRADE. P , aot FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 27.-- 4. 1 1 1 - 0 01 0 remarked any material improvement in this bralle.wetel during the past week. The demand is rather in and prices stationary. we blv i s leS ll4 ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, FEB. 27. - any change to report in this branch of trade this ifV d eto are limited to the immediate wants of the Easnw A Prices may be quoted as stationary. e se "" r.to; WAKEFIELD, WOOL MARKET, FEB. 27.--The .n, that we noticed last week still continue to ezeindit,tl o 4 ' favourable influence on the wool market, and emr, he raW be done. Prices are still without alteration for el '" or long wool. TRADE OF LEEDS.—Both in the Coloured and t bso ji Hall there was more business done on Saturctt been the case on any market day for some time tr - r iscl a Tuesday the market was exceedingly dull. Tbgd articles in demand continue to be Tweeds of 10w,.. ( 1 d e 1 7,f the continental markets, but fine and middle clot hs -0 beta dull sale. Business in the warehouses has been than of late. From the exceeding mildness o f pry many of the country buyers have been in the WW II ' ing goods for the spring. • 8 1 1- The Marquis of Arglesey transacted b . 12 5 ,1 o °4 sl the office of the Commander - ta-Chief , at the Horse Gua r ds ' to t morning. adai Ii will be seen from the Gazette of T1N 1 , 11 .011 Lord Canning has been appointed First Commissioner a' Forests, in the place of Lord Lincoln. (1- Pi s Pi letter Atil THE WAR IN INDIA.— In a private OO deP en calved from an officer in India, he observes that, te the those who fell in the late engagement, there were 2, 0 '" drowned in attempting to cross the Sutlej. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION. _,,otspet• t RAM, TUESDAY, I'OUK O'CLOCK, P.M.-The enposition t 0 o e tne Mr. Bailey has given way, as it was likely to do , ....jete til %' opinion felt by the free-trade party, that it was unwiet" - en tieet_ it ' circumstances, to enter into a contest with Lord 1 1 .,,m, Agsl y- ,56 4 , Bailey's own fr iends entertain a very strong ree lni l. s e, 11 '4, k course which be adopted. The poll, as a matter of co , u e opened, but very few votes have been polled since twer 151, T o 0 that hour the number, stood-for Lord H. Ben go o 51 Lord Lincoln, 49. One reason why so few persons a, poll, in favour of either party, was the publication las , to c ato›, Mr. Bailey, of a hand-bill, stating that being unwiihnir the ff it oi• unnecessary trouble and expense, he requested that ripe for , er , Lord Lincoln would abstain altogether from tendering 'Zv e tit r e Viscount Castlereagh has gone to Paris. ',oleic.). ount stand that the Noble Viscount's marriage with V. ,C ,„ court will be solemnised in the course of this mon t h ' coo t Powerseourt is residing in Paris, where the Ear l end feo: Roden and Duly Maria Jocelyn have also arrived. OO'V BIRTH IN A RAILWAY CARRIA G E,—A lady a'et d tleman who are staying on the King's-road, at Brill'r to o%o' to Worthing by an early train on Saturday mornu2 l ,'..,te day. They left Worthing in the evening on their ret n i il t.t_, , l oy, by the forty minutes past five o'clock train, taking ye Dn'lrti; nage ; and befc'e they reached South w i c k th e lady g° infant. On their arrival at Southwick the husband r 0 messenger to Brighton to h ave a surgeon i n rea diness al',„ • , tte to attend the lady ; but owing to an accident to the OP; 1 0;11 was delayed nearly h a lf an h our at S outhw i ck. On tu e o yed , the terminus the lady was wrapped in blankets, sudhc°oll that e residence on the King's-road, and we are h a ppy to ~f going on favourably; but the infant has since died. A n % m " THE 'FRAMES TUNNEL.—The annual —e e . t proprietors of this undertaking was held yesterdallid Tavern, Mr. Benjamin Ilawes in the chair. The ina e ,,,,40 1, e tt• ir, vened in order to receive a report from the court of 15 1 ,1.1 re-elect three of their body, wile have retired by rotat i T i arsi ', eh man, in opening the business of the day, stated tha t t o ten,,e o ,.',' s companies had applied to the company to purchase I" , f they could not do so without the consent of Govern ll 2,„` r opill' O ot 4 be for the interest of the proprietors to accept of a CO Lords of the Treasury considered the tunnel as an o'l. teed et. an ordinary nature. If there was an offer matie w h i c o ;oonl;a 4 o could accept, a re-application would be made to the . l eve ls 4), , Public Works. Mr. Chanter then read the report, trar ia: og or i s peered that there had been a decrease of passengers compared with the previous year, the amount 18re45, m boiradooe," 4 7 r during the twelvemonths, ending December g, far 4,9611. 15s. Bd. The debt o we d th e G over nment L.*, c ow_. amounted to 286,5601., exclusive of 36,0011., on aceen; is o r lort In addition to this sum a further soot had been Metal'', ' afi , or• ar ta pletion of the undertaking, to the a moun t of 179, 61 " # : c ure t 01 ,) , remarks upon the company's affai r s, an d the e l e ction e% ct .n. L o o p' auditors, thanks were returned t o th e c h a i rm an and dnt iil Dr! the engineer, which having been acknowledged, theme' oal. 4 sor WILFUL MURDER or A WIFE BY RER Gtlic,' On Tuesday night Mr. Payne, City coroner, resurn ed „ ll lo 4 ,6l, l° ,, oral the adjourned inquiry touching the death of.re n ", &At D'y thirty-three, of Amicable-row, Kent-street, who, it _ w _i - aget , ',",ao - 3 / died from tile e ff ects of injuries received from Jesse t "'7,,,rtie,T e ei band, in the open street on Friday week last. Seine ine",tiaa, this case have already appeared in our columns, under oo'o6 Southwark police. The inquest, and also the Rather ea lo osi o t 0 the prisoner biters the magistrate, was adjourned 011 2 ree.,,,/ u3 in order to procure the attendance of witneeses.. inquiry was a verdict of " Wilful murder against Jesse os cS d o MILITARY IN TELLIGENC E. —C HATIIAM, to to er; _,, The severe loss sustained among British officers Dei s . icw - , it ,v d 4 her Majesty's regiment, r ecen tly engage d i n the ht`'„,,Yaseaoal gagements in India with the army o f th e S e ikhe. 0 $ 110 0 '0 . • to be received by the commandant of this Thomas Wiltshire, K.C.8., commanding the proviun" tbe., • 1, `, 0 0,"11. hold the following officers in readiness to proceed , ters of their respective corps now serving in India, 'F. D. Lister, Ensign H. E. Fardell, 9th Foot ; Lieutn" Tba'o , braham, 29th Foot ; Captain Richard Wield, Ni • yiee n ,aoo and Ensign R. C. Clifford, 50th Foot ; Capt a i n ' h iaga. ) :C#P oo tenant Edward Sipping, Harrison, Ensign G. J. r ot s ,' 100 Vernier Seale, and Ensign H. W. Sibley, 62d n e 'aelia' on e S. T. Christie, Ensign 11. Leslie Grove, and Ensign 0 tese . os s Freeman, 80th Foot. These officers are expecte d :Ord:o t 6th instant, and are to proceed by overland mail • ,_;Or This sudden route has caused much interest taa" rison. the e iAi At Guildhall, yesterday, Mr. A. Suli“ 4 „ e igst_t ie ro,„' to a portion of the subscribers to the Reading and r h o. 0 :41 0 1 t 11: 1 Company, which has been amalgamated with a ce plied to Mr. Alderman Hunter for leave to withatl: pla 7 aritr iss• ,s had made against Mr. Rogers, jun.. of Reading, rh o off e - i company, for not filing a complete list of the su u aet A • ec i.ir o of dertating, at the registry in Sergeant's Inn, Fle et' ,'eed i ;,, tt° seen iv the newspapers that Mr. Alderman COneit of se' binge , Saturday that he could not receive any complain ts the Joint Stock Company Acts, where the f commenced in the name of, and with the sanction e b ••10,01 • ~ ,,00 General. He had in consequence applied for, and je j to w t eeP r ala terney-General's consent in writing, which he W u ; sili et tot trate. lie, therefore, asked for a new summons, ror biz ejte of the Attorney-General wo u ld b e subst i tu t e d g reat .- complainant. Mr. Alderman Hunter inunediat el l taffelO, 0t t ..,.,• P- Cl eOl EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WATCHES -- je .4 or COUNEIES Rair.WAY.-The officers employed on th e .; - , o lltv o . oa v c , Railway, assisted by an active member of the tne t ";,' • ing sod force, have been engaged for some das in endeaY•'" tieo „ ear • a robbery committed on that line, and bring the 00;0 in to in it to justice. In the course of last wee k 7..aal la' watches amounting in value to over 2001., was rece.• sale watch-manufacturer in Hatton-garden, to be disaPr watchmaker at Yarmouth. The b ox in its M l° ' $0 1 ,.• very mysterious manner. 0 200 11 ° . THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING - 1 0 0e S N 01 h as ASSOCIATION.-General Sir De L ac y Evans, -' 4 atte preside at the forthcoming a nn i versary in - tiO above institution, which will shortly take plate' 01b""••;(1;otet", THE FATAL FIXPLoSION AT DOvE lit. • eis,;,e3l only survivor of the thirteen poor fellows who were site° time of the explosion, still lingers, and his medic _ e a., ol 0. 0 ,0 tain not the least hopes of his recovery. fellow-sufferers took place on Sunday. The eaP e '. _tweet' # i fl y by the Company and the contractors of the works in... 11 , die and Dover. The subscription which has been itar t. ; o o ill; 1 0 00 ip distressed families left destitute, numbering ne l lir.'f ll° rl .10 1 , shocking occurrence, is progressing favourably. u sese - dle'oo%,, borough coroner, has kindly consented to act al r eton t 'van;c 4 i l) , addition to the 100 guineas presented by the ma k a ble p° s' sums have been received. There is one rein,'"oce -- , of riof r connected with the explosion that has eseuteeo e l ten t s faro N o one in the Company's service was aware of the • o f 0 1,00 0 0 co The inter:pie, f 1110 in the cave. It appears to have been the surple _„, eo I 0 "' e . at the mills at F avers h am some years s ince bevy t eo 10 f t ir blowing down Roundown Cliff and other Pa f t h ts , 0 re ... A ..40 0 4 , 0 0 4 1 and Dover to form th e li ne. I t was place d in of the Company's late engineer, Mr. Wright . _„,waer_." - De c iefe' cessor, was never informed of there being enY ba r e c ep the works. Since the accident other combust% love pf , tet,o' in the vicinity of Dover and Folkston'. Ivbx " f.. into the sea. „ e -trsd, , COLONEL WOOD, M.P.—At a a, I"uroria• 0 ) " held lest night in the Commercial Rooms. ' - gaon'i s t en" of supporting Sir R. Peel's free-trade mestsure% tO for Middlesex, attended, and openly declared to diate repeal of the corn-laws. li• oe d WO, AO BIRTHS. , g toa. On the let inst., a t An ne tt's-croseent. seed Alport, of a daughter. age' - ..ai On the Ist inst., in King-street, l'ortnaah' n 30 0 " Jennings, Esq., of a son. On the Ist inst., Mrs. G eorg e Wickens' • o,oso' of JO ° North Brixton, ot a daughter. • Of iedf On the Ist inst., at Ridlington, Norfolk. e 1 tea Webb !level', of a son. Bege rit'l . o l' On the Id inst., at Osnaburgh-terrace , W. Percival Boxall, Esq., of a daughter. AtAARLE.D. w h, att', :: Orn ° On the 14th ult., at Florence, Cosinto Bu• o n t isle Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Rosins. Tilde"' f o ff. of Chedingsell-grange, Essex. Rite ° A ' 00' cote, OS) On the 21st nit., at NOUfClitaely switseTlo- Neale, Esq. i: o ; t elf On the 26th ult., helms m tif - /' son of the Rev. G. Bayley. mar Bongth On the 26th ult., at Boulogne-sur at Blockley, Worcestaraidset On the 27th ult., Edward Woodhouse. ster, Herefordshire, aged 83. On the 27th ult., at Gosport , capin ia T. Y•'' __-------- - - 411ONTHLF MILITARY 0131-11154itills°4 oli' General -Sir W. Clinton, G.C.11 , Colonel of tho - 1 1 $ l O nant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital ' . $ O l • K c... r o _ o Lieutenant-Generals-Sir F. W. Iluicaster, % ow e o nears, Charlton; Sir James Kearney, li.o IL" ..stP"- s ,-- Hussars, Kilkenny.T• 3fU ir4l' O P Major-Generals-Stafford, Cowlie, Fran cs' T. at 0 1116 t. Company's Service. Lieutenant-Colonel-Joshua Crosse, Loa ' ttact ed• 1 00 - Crosse, list efordshire. c° ' Major-J. A. Scott, East India Cornpanfa BO4 Bengal. n• C- r °ll l lc"S si Captains- Cuss, 85th Foot, St. Vincent ; Sir -- aii, CO of-P0 half - pay 9th Foot; J. Leslie, Unattached; Waters p00h,„0..,b ; Lieutenants-Money, half-pay 24th Drago on ' n .b, bad l ,, r oliP • i)ki'leeto::ti,:A':liroli;ytiliis.r)haa3lnfeeiso,• I;i]rtiFaocsoksati!;lattasy-tig,PheYanitl4:-2p:isfikf.:p9°.),(;l t iff .:l, e ; t t : acb eel ' Paymaster.- Dremtn, half pay BSth Foot. eel" . liA lf. / e Adjutant-Itiehard,on, Ist Welt Tort Militia, ..on, .„,jo QUarter-Masters--Allan, 46th Font, Forfar; 17:iroots m" if, 84111 Foot, Wakefield ; Mackenzie, lialf-paf 9 , 4 .. ~., 11° A ., Schonfeldt, half pay, Cape Corps, Owe of Good!"11 X .( Sio . .5,1 odic,' Department-Assistant lorpector M6overpor . pay Ordnace Greenwich ; Surgeon l'ergilos°7•4 Leone, at s e a ; Surgeon /Leine. half -Pay Staff. London 700, B',rand% -Printer, at The Sun °Rice, Se 12, strt4a u esdat , 4. 1546. s?allyttoyttainaatdh:Ucbioitinsblej: by :dlr.:oo7i, is to rows, fITE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1846. . -~::., N , h 11,4 at ( 4 , risr 1 13 4 4 ° Ito„, b1 itch i: