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-.- 4 ,6 • .. ' a -! ",'• o TO TrIE ELECTORF , OF WESTMINSTER, GENTLEMEN, IBELIEVE I am asserting but a fact, that at 1_ the last..g;cueral election, a o ni.*rity, of ,your body, Were •Ste strolls of recording - their votes for me. We need noencrw stop to quire by wlfat 'neglect or juggle a stain on your hitherto bright and long-established fame was then Inflicted. But you and myself conse quently are placed in a peculiar position. Under such cir,cumstanceafter so many years in your service — after so many marks of your confidence, which I have scorned to betray or abuse, or to pander Mr fee or reward,' it has remained Im perative-on me to be prepared to co-operate in removing that dis credit. But a week since I stated, at the instance pure minded and in fluential electors who enjoy your esteem, toy determination to fulfil that obligation. The occa.sioa has arisen. I ant present with you to fulfil my part.. Last night a numerous assembly of your public spirited local representatives, at which I was present, decided on this contest. in five preceding contests their decisions have been with me, irrevocable. Never before have I been honoured with a more kind, generous, or unanimous reception. I need not tell you, I am a free-trader, total and immediate; not, however, of a few weeks or months, hut of many years. when the cause was in contempt and disrepute, and when its support was not the road to worldly advantage. And I have no motive now to aban don it—nor will sir It. Peel find amongst his most obsequious tOl lowers or officials a more ardent supporter of his present measures. But, gentlemen, though deeply' conschats of the necessity 01 unqua lified assistance to these measures, I am not so silly a political or party pedant as to believe that this is the s()le matter worthy of con sideration, that there arc not also other quite as great of of Civil and Religious Equality and Amelioration to be yet struggled for. fif these I will, you know, be also a staunch adherent. And [ will not wait to be so for the conversions of the great and powerful. The day of election will arrive quickly. Von will find me, then and intermediately, at my post. I will do my duty, to the best of tiny humble ability—do you yoars ; and lam sure I need not call to your recollection, that the first and paramount of all political func tions are those of electors. It is they who have truly the power to each their governors that a just, upright, and honourably consistent course can alone receive their permanent :sanction. I have the honour to be. Gentlemen, Your faithful Servant, DE LACY EVANS. Bryanston-square, 12th Feb., 1846, WESTMINSTER ELECTION. —The Com mittee for conducting the Election of General Sir DE LACY EVANS sit daily at the Ship !Late', Charing-cross. The Hon. EDWARD P. BOUVERIE, 31. P., Chairman. District Meetings of the Electors will be held at Willis's Rooms, This EVENING ; and at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Pimlico, on Monday. Each evening at Seven o'clock. Nomination, Tuesday ; Election, Wednesday. To be had of all Booksellers. NEW T M 0 N. SECOND EDITION of PARTS I. and 11., NOW READY. Also PART 111. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION. NOW READY, lADY HESTER STANHOPE'S MEMOIRS. 4 In 3 vols , with Portrait, &c., 31s. 6d. bound. Lady Hester Stanhope possessed a rapid and deep insight into huma character, and her remarks upon the distinguished persons with whom she was acquainted, as well as of the many travellers who visited her at Joon, are always pointed and searching, if not always Just. All the passages relating to her uncle, Mr. Pitt, are of striking interest, and her strictures upon the character and conduct of the politicians and intriguants of the day arc irresistibly amusing and forcible."—Morning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - - RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. - MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND beg to thank their Friends and the Public, for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at one o'clock, at their offices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneetlle-street, London, at which place all favours, con sining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. T HE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. James's-street, in Piccadilly. Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and increased accommodation. Princes' Club, St. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. THEATRE. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tilts EVENING Will be perforated an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza., Mr. Stretton ; CalllaCho, Mr. King ; Rovedos, Mr. Horncastle ; Bacillus, Mr. Allen ; Quiteria, Miss Rainforth. After which will he produced a new Fairy Ballet, called TIIE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Maria, Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. - fILEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON 111 E HEARTH. A Fairy Pale of Home. John l'e-rybingle, Mr. Stuart; Tackleton, Mr. filbury; Caleb Plummer, Mr. W. Farren ; Stranger, Mr. 11. lio ; Dot, Miss Fortescue; Bertha, Mrs. Seymour; May Fielding, Miss Telbin ; Tilly Slowboy, Mr. Buckstone. Between the acts, the Band will perform the " Annen" and " Cerito Polkas," "La IC. ,, tarina, Cellarins. Waltz," the Overture " Fine du L'erger," and "Love's Serenade." 'After which an original Comedy, entitled THE OLD SCHOOL. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Holl, Brindal, Mrs. Cliftbrd, and Mrs. Yatnold. To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled TB BEE ANp viE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Chiti - adters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII, THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trials. Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &e. To conclude with a Barletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Wright, Munyard, Sanders; Mrs. Frank Matthews and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The - cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vininr, Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To be followed by the original REDOWA WALTZ, music com posed by M. JuWen, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, 1. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. We. Rack. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, ,in which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Duval will appear. To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey ; Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Miss Kate Howard. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Domestic Drama, called OUR VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Waldron, C. Boyce, Romer, Cockrill, G. Wild, Miss Hamilton, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Leclercq will appear. After which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. Dot, Miss Kate Howard. To be followed by ANGELS AND LUCIFERS. In which Mr. Wild will appear. And concluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee and grandeur, called b'OR'CUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. f'ortuoatus, Miss Hamilton ; Prince . Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Mr. Charles ; Clown, Mr. Jefferini; Columbine, Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND THEATRE, TWO MORNING PERFORMANCES DURING THE WEEK. M. PFIILLIPPE will (by desire), and in consequence of the im mense overflows which have attended his Morning ,Performances, give Grand Juvenile Entertainments every Wednesday and Sa turday Mornings, commencing et Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat, of the American Brothers.—Doors open. at a quarter past Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3si. ; Boxes, 2s : . Pit, Is. ; Gallery, fud. ; Private Boxes, U. Is., and 1/. Ils. 6a: ASTLEY'Syoym, AstriltTnt-ATRP. OF ARTS. The most, extraordinary NOvelty ever produced.—The New Grand Oriental Spectacle, which has been playing In Paris with repeated success VHS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, 'entitled TILE RAJA I{ OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred ElephantS of the Pagoda. In which will be Introduced the performing Colossal Elephants and Camels, whose recent arrival caused unprecedented sensation in the metropolis. • New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent 'of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. To surpass so much Novelty and Attraction Is i , npossible. Second Week of the New Grand Roinanee.of "The Prisoners of the Seventeenth Century," First "Week of ".The Cook at Kenning ton." Third Week of " The. Ruined House at Milibank." THIS EVENING. _ Will he performed a new Drama, entitled, TILE MARCIIIONESi DE BRDIVILLIEIts ; or, The. Poisoners, of the Seventeenth Cen tury. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks,. Dale, and Miss Vincent. To be followed by THE COOK AT KENNINGTON ; or, No Followers Allowed." Characters by Messrs. James, Herbert, Searle ; Miss Terry, Mrs. Lee. &c. To conclude with THE RUINED nousr. AT MILBANK. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Dale, !Jiggle, Searle, Herbert, Misses Vincent, Terry Richardson, &c. THE WEATHER—SUN. OFFIC4 Fes. 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 471 Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND N.W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY Morning .. 45 minutes after 3: Evening 0 minutes after 4 441 A 1 IY'r w ree ) 1 111 A 111111 nit A I 9 L ONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1846. Lord DENMAN, in the absence of the Lor d- Chancellor, took his seat on the Wool sack in the i on Tie of Lords, sh or tl y after Five o'clock. Earl SOMERS presented several petitions against any alte ration in the corn-laws. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, the Administration of Criminal Justice Bat went through Committee. ThefrErirl of Rinspatx. presented a petition from an indi vidual complaining of the course pursued by many parties with respect to railway Bills, and praying that their Lord ships would make it a standing order of the House that all parties, before they should be permittted to introduce railway Bills, should be bound to prove that the provisions of 'he Registration Act had been complied with. The Earl of atutouary: moved the adoption of the resolu tions contained in the second report from the Lords Com mittee on Railways, wbich was agreed to. The Public Works Ireland Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported en Monday. In answer to a question from the Earl of CLARatemoN, The Earl of ABERDEEN stated that he had no objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence that had taken place between the Spanish Minister and himself rela tive to the duty on Cuba sugar. The Marquis of LoanoanEßET gave notice of his inten tion, on Tuesday next, to ask the Noble Duke (WELLING. T 0 2 ,) the cause of the dismissal of Mr. Guiorromx from the Poor-law Commission in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he would take care that the Noble Marquis should have the information he required on the day he had dated. The (louse then adjourned till Monday. The licuse of Commons sat at Four o'clock. The Sheriff of London presented a petition from the city of London in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Several rail way Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A new writ for Nor; h Nottinghamshire was ordered, to )m of Mr. G. Klaairr, deceased. Lord DUNCANNON brought in the Matlock, Manchester, and Buxton Railway Bill, which was read a first, ordered to be read a second time. Mr. Suturr brought under the consideration of the ouse an irregularity that had taken place in a petition for a rail way Bill, which led to some discussion, in the course of which, Mr. GREE.NE gave notice that he would move an order to the effect that no petition for a private Bill should be received by the House, unless it was regularly signed by all the parties. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on Monday he should ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, if he should then be in office, whether he proposed to till up the two offices new vacant in consequence of the resignation of two of the Lords of the Admiralty and if he were afraid to:appeal to the countrylby nominating to the vacant offices, he should move that the offices be abolished as useless. Mr. SHARMAN CRAwFonp gave notice that he should ask the Government on a future day if they intended to bring in any measure during the present session to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, that the petition of ae Shipowners' Society be printed, Mr. HUME asked if it was intended to introduce any mea. sure carrying out the recommendations of the Committee with regard to regulating the merchant seamen's service ? Sir G. CLERK said that Government were in communica tion with the Shipowners' Society on the subject. Mr. FORSTER denied that the petition expressed the senti ments of the great body of shipowners of Great Britain. Mr. LIDDELL replied, and the motion fur printing the pe- tition was agreed to. Mr. JAMES asked if the Government had received any ac counts of the dreadful affray which had taken place at Pen rith among the labourers employed on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and what measures had been adopted to preserve the public peace. Sir J. GRAHAM had received no official account whatever from the Magistrates of the existence of any such dis turbance. Mr. EWART asked if the Government had ever considered whether it was necessary to make railway companies exer cise some superintendence over the labourers? Sir G. CLERK said that the promoters of railway Bills were obliged to provide a certain number of special consta bles to superintend the works. In answer to a question from Sir R. INGus, as to the inten tion of the Government with regard to the rebuilding of Westminster-bridge, Mr. CARDWELL said the subject had been considered by the Government, and that they had directed weekly reports to be made as to the state of the bridge, and that when any thing special occurred the attention of the Government was directed to it, so that ample care was taken of the public safety. Sir 11. INGus considered that answer unsatisfactory. lie begged to ask when the Government considered the new palace at Westminster would be ready for the accommoda tion of Parliament, and if it were not ready by 1847, whether there would be any objection to the appointment of a Com mittee of Inquiry ? Mr. CARDWELL thought it possible that the expectation of Hou. Gentlemen that Parliament would sit in the new House in 1847 would not be realised.—(A laugh.) He, how ever, thought it would be neither necessary nor discreet to appoint a Committee. In answer to a question Prom Mr. CoLLErr, of Athlone, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in conse quence of a decision of the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber overruling a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, and deciding that certain parties were entitles, in conse quence of the enactments of the corn-law of 1842, the re venue would suffer a certain loss, but it was still under the consideration of the Government whether an appeal should not be made to a higher tribunal. On the motion of Sir W. CODRINGTON, a new writ was ordered for the election of a Member for East Gloucester shire, in the room of the Hon. F. CHARTER'S, who had ac cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate being read, an immense number of petitions en the subject of the corn• laws were presented. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS then rose to resume the adjourned debate, and announced his intention to vote against the proposition of the Government for removing pro tection from British agriculture. He had always voted against a repeal of the corn-laws, he had fre quently spoken against the measure, and in reviewing his past career on that subject, he found that he had nothing to explain and nothing to regret, except the insufficient mannner in which he had advocated the cause of protection. His opinions were unchanged, and in accordance with these opinions he should vote, for he considered that protection was not enly necessary for British interests, but also for the interests of our colonies which were unrepresented in that House, and which were not properly understood. He considered that the experience of the last three years furnished no correct data on which to form an opinion ; and, therefore, he considered that the Right Hon. Baronet had failed to give any just reason for his change of opi nion. The corn-laws had not caused the distress of 1840, 1841, and 1842, neither had the partial adoption of free-trade princi ples occasioned the prosperity of the subsequent years, which prosperity, it should be recollected, had occurred while the country was subject to a eorn-law. Protection, he believed, was not for the benefit of one class, but for that of all; and - he would not expose the British artisan unpro tected to competition with the protected labour of the fo reigner. He denied that the importation of grain produced a contemporaneous export of manufactures; and a comparison of the exports and imports of 1836, and 1341, and 1842, would prove the truth of his position. He considered it would be good policy to open the home market and the West India market to our corn-producing colonies. He had supported the measure for the introduction of Canadian corn, but he felt bound to oppose the opening of the home market to the foreign corn producer, The Canada Corn Bill was ,a solemn compact, entered into between the legislative bodies of Canada and this country, and this measure not only violated that compact, but extin guished the whole colonial system, and made all the colonies for commercial purpeSes free and independent states, leaving to them the entire regulation of their own commercial affairs It was a most incorrect assumption to declare, that Mr. Hus- KISSON was a free-trader. He was a Protectionist, and his colonial trade Acts protected British commodities in the colo nial markets by differential duties ranging front 10 to 70 per cent. All the colonies now imirosed deities on the im portation of the products of other colonies. • It could. only be by the formation of them all into a league to establish perfect free trade. The United States and the.Zollverein found ' such a union of sovereign states, with perfect free trade amen g thenvelves. with stringent protection against all others. We might form sods a leagw: ‘iith our colonies and our East ti a d,pendeueles, and such a league as that would conduce to :Ile tenv ,T er 'and the prosperity of the e m pi r e ; but the esta hhshittrnt •if the proposed system of free-trade would render the fornehiOn of such a league impossible: By this machinery they had destroyed the: manufactures of India. and had forced the Indian manufacturers to become sugar cultivators, and now by they introduction of - free=trade they were ebeut to ruin these Indian agriculturists. The Hon. ani Gallant Officer then read several extracts from the works of Mr. Huskisson to prove that it was most im• politic to depend upon foreigners for a supply of corn. After apologising for having trespassed so long on the House, the Hon. and Gallant Officer concluded by stating that, giving the Prime Minister all credit for honesty of purpose, so strong were his convictions as to the mischievous nature of the proposed measure, that it was his duty to vote against it as an experiment perilous and unnecessary. Viscount VILLIERS gave his support to the measures proposed by the Government, because be hoped it would prove to be a permanent settlement of this much agitated questien. Mr. Scorr had hoped that he should have been enabled to afford . the Right Hon: Baronet that support whiCh he had always hitherto afforded him; !hut it was' with pain and regret, that, after, a careful examination of the sub ject, he felt now bound to vote against the Government. He had always looked up to• the Right Hon. Baronet with respect, but rue must sao,hat this sudden change of Opinion on the part of the Right Hon. _Baronet had come upon him with most stunning effect. But acting upon his own donscientious convictions, • he felt bound to declare that he felt it his duty 'to oppose the GoVernment measure The Right Hon. Baronet was in the position of a counsel who, having received a brief and a fee on one side,'went into court and agreed on the other, recommending his original clients to abandon their cause altogether, and who was fol lowed by his juniors, while the only reason they would con descend to give was, that they had changed their - minds. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read,various quota tions from the speeches of the Members of the present Go vernment, for the , purpose of showing that their opinions had been a series of contradictions ever since they had aban atined the principles of protection. He believed that the measures now proposed would produce'most cruel and disas trous but he results. The proposed measure was wide and bold ; it would edoubted whether it was wise and politic, and he foaled i w io a t s pr h o o v e a s d u v c o c c e sf t e u of H f. any unalterable w n o ult ultra-protection ist,—he a a - w p , r_ot h e c e t was opposed to mono PPlY,—he knew howi I' table a tax upon grain was to be called a tax upon the bread of the people ; and, the re f ore , he thought the duty upon corn should never exceed the amount sufficient to give due encouragement to home culti • vation • and he should have been fully pn.pared to Have gone with the Right Hon. Baronet in reducing the amount of the pre sent protection to agriculture, for he felt that the expenses of the farmer had been considerably reduced. Sir R. PEEL asked the Honourable Member for whom he was counsel ? Mr. Saari., under considerable excitement, declared that he WAS counsel for no one but his own opinions. He was the hired advocate of no one—he was the delegate of no one. He would have followed the Right HonOUrable Baronet if he had remained true to his colours; and if he bad differed with his constituents on this subject, be should have felt it his measure woul duty again to appeal to them. The proposed inflict a heavy blow and'a great discouragement to the agri cultural interest ; would diminish the supply of food, create great fluctuation in price, and lower the wages of the labourer. It was said that this measure was but a mere fiscal regulation ; why, it was a mere fiscal regulation that coat this country the United States. He considered tisk measure an innovation on the Constitution of Esg• land, and it should never become the law of the land with his consent. It was said that it was not necessary to con tinue protection in England, while it was admitted to he necessary for the colonies. He could not see why any distinc tion should be drawn between the two. He could not agree with the Right Hon. Baronet in the propriety of adopting his mode of atmospheric railway legislation. Mr. WARD considered the Hon. Member who had just sat down was extremely difficult to follow ; for there was not a single sentence that he bad uttered which he did not contradict in the next. They had waited long enough for the landlords to decide on the subject of protection, and he thought it was now high timefor the people to have a voice in the matter. Negotia tion had been tried on this question and it had led to nothing• ; was it, he would ask, too late to try example ? The first vote he gave in that llouse was in favour of the corn-laws; but his views on that subject, like those of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, .had changed, and that after ma ture deliberation. If there were burdens on the land, was it not monstrous to be talking about them, unless they could be shown? He had fur three years moved for a Committee on the subject, and every time he had been defeated. He would give the extensive propo sition of the Right Hon Bart. his hearty and cordial supp,rt, believing it to be the means of salvation for the agriculturists themselves. At the present moment such w.is the excitement of the agricuiturists that they were unfit and incompetent to manage their own affairs. When a ela-s arrayed itself against a community, it would soon lose its s.elf respect. All that he had in the world depended upon land, but still he was convinced that protection to agriculture ought no longer to exist. Protection was at variance with the intelligence and just demands of the country. He trusted that the majority with which the proposition of the Government would be carried in this House would be of such a nature as to induce it to meet with that reception in another place to which it was entitled. Mr. W.M. MILES supported the amendment. He could not consent to any compromise ; things must eLher remain as they were, or they must adopt the proposition of the Go vernment, or that of the free-traders. They were now attempting to legislate against the experience of centuries, It was the height of made ess to take away protectiou at once. It appeared to him astonishing that the failur eof the crop in one article of food, should have caused such changes in the minds of public men. If the question was between the plan of the Right Honaurable Baronet and that of the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London, he as an agriculturist must confess that he should prefer the immediate abolition of the core laws to the termination of it in three years. He believed that less misery and wretchedness would be caused by the Noble Lord's plan than that of the Right Hon. Baronet. He contended that the country was not prepared for these changes—that, instead of gaining adherents, the Right Hon. Baronet was losing supporters ; and that, if the operatives and labourers understood their own interest, they would one and all rise against these measures, and with curses execrate the time that even a free-trade Minister sat upon the Minis terial bench. He believed the Right Hon. Baronet had Lieu(' from Conservative motives, but he believed he was pur suing a course of policy destructive to the country ; but if they were to have free-trade, he much preferred that open, manly, straightforward conduct of the Noble Lord, the Member for London, to the temporising, cautious policy of the present Minister. After mutual explanations from Mr. BAILLIE and Mr. MILES, The Earl of Mattex moved that the debate be adjourned. Lord NORTHLAND considered the measures would be ruinous to the agr;cultural interest; but he felt bound to vote for them, because he had confidence in the Right Hon. Baronet, but he had none in the Noble Lord. He thought the question must be settled, and that it had better be settled by the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. FERRAND would like to ask the Noble Lord, what con fidence he had in the Right Hon. Baronet, when he was drag ged out of the coal-hole to vote for liberal education ? (A laugh.) Colonel T. WOOD, considering the measure absolutely necessary for the maintenance of the prosperity of the CORD try, would vote in favour of it. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN complained of the extreme in convenience of the Members availing themselves of the motion of adjournment to discuss the question in debate. He had a perfect right to make a new speech on the subject, which he was not going to do. This was not a question of party, en I he protested against the precedent which was set of raising a debate on the main question on the question of adjourn ment. The debate was then adjourned until Monday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Duke of BUCK INGHAM presented various petitions against a repeal of the corn-laws, " and praying their Lordships not to take any steps with respect to those duties until an appeal had been made to the country, in order that the real feeling of the people might be obtained on the measures brought forward by her MAJESTY'S Government." By a most curious co incidence, almost at the very moment the Noble Duke was addressing the Peers, his own son, the Marquis of CuANDos, and Lord HENRY LEXNOX, took their seats for the fir,t time in the House of Commons. May we venture to ask his Grace, if the election of these Noble Lords is to be taken as an evidence of the real feeling of the people ? It was hardly to be believed that even a Peer, that even a Duke, would have had the audacity to rise in his place and speak of " an appeal to the country," and " the real feeling of the people," while the elections of Chichester, and Buck ingham, and Newark, were the subjects of general indigna tion and disgust. It is beautiful indeed to hear the protec tionist Peers accusing the Premier of inconsistency. It is true that he is guilty of heinous offences; he has dared to think of principles rather than parties, to con sult the exigencies of the times, not the pages of HAN SARD; he has dared—unparalleled effrontery—he has dared to think less of the Peers than of the people! Most incon sistent truly in a Conservative Prime Minister. But the Noble Lords who venture to teach him, do they "themselves excel?" Are they themselves consistent? What is now the watchword in their ranks ?—"Dissolve the Parliament—appeal to the country !" But the Noble Lords are safe, or they fancy they are safe. ' Could an appeal to the country elicit the real feelings of the people, they would be the very last to desire it. It is Well to call "spirits front the vasty deep" when the spirits cannot answer; it is well to talk of an appeal to the people when the people may not respond to such appeal. Would Noble Dukes wish for elections were there no pocket boroughs? Would his Grace of BCCKINGHAM talk of a dissolution were . the Reform Bill not fettered with his own CiraNnos' clause? Yet let them beware—but no, such caution is now useless. The day of ,grace has passed, `i concession has reached its limits." Rather let their motto be "carpe diem," let them rejoice while they may, let them enjoy the triumph of bring ing their sons into Parliament, .or of turning them out ; it is for the last time. The most violent Anti Reformer eo ardly. expect. things to continue as they are. - Is it likely that a country so greet and glorious as this, a country which owes her greatness and glory to her people, a country even now shaking off the re strictions on her commerce; the fetterson her industry, about to come fo,rth 'ten times.MOre glorious than ever—is it likely that such a country, boasting of her freedom, would submit to the arbitrary dictation of an exclusive few, whose chief claim to distinction is their. strawberry crown, whose right to rule is derived from some hereditary acres? Is it likely that the people who, in 1831 and 1832, rose up the stronger from all opposition, would be ready in 1846 to bow down to the shadow of the tyrant they then defied? " What!. we who burst the.bon 'age our fathers bore so long, That oppression bad seemed sacred in its venerable wrong." What ! we who fought, and not in vain, against the grow ing thraldom of years who beat the borough-mongers, even with their own corrupted Parliament—shall we submit now to the last remnants of a system so unfair, so dishonest, so un-English ! This is no longer a matter of doubt; the mi n d of the nation is—made* up. Noble Lords may know the real feelings of the • people •as soon as they wish, or even sooner. The only marvel is, that such a state of things should have endured so long; that t h e remnants of feudal tyranny should, in the nineteenth century, be placed beside; the evidences of the people's power ; that the elections of the West Riding and of Chichester should occur almost at the same time ; that when the Minister of England proposes great measures of commercial reform, concerning the . welfare, perhaps the existence of thousands, he should be attested in his glorious undertaking by the selfish opposition of a privileged few, eager only for their own interesti, and by 'their . very eagerness defeating their own objects. What avails their .senseless clamour, they in only— " The pebbles stiffening in a torrent's course, They cannot hinder time from flowing on." It will flow on in spite of .them ; .and, if, they are not care ful, it may carry them away. A little while must solve the difficulty, whether there is to be si . disaolution or not. Noble Lords may be anxious for such an event; yet, should it come, they will' find themselves bitterly deceived. In a single election they are able to hold their own; but when the whole country isappealed to, even the enslaved pocket boroughs may venture to gain courage by example, they may dare to act in defiance of their masters, as in days gone by, when the spirit of reform roused the sympathies of the nation ! But should it be otherwise, should the protectionists chance to triumph, such a triumph would be the most unfortunate thing that possibly could happen to them. Then their day of reckoning would arrive, then the people might stand at the doors of the House of Commons and ask, as we do now, by what right do many enter. What could the new Members have replied last night had any demanded why they were there? Could Lord livemT Lutorox call himself a representative of the people ? And such only should take their seats within the Lower House. Would it not be fairer to allow the sons, or the protegia of a Peer, to sit by • his side in his own House ? Then, indeed, we should know what to expect. The SovEamalt- alone can create Peers, bat a Peer can not only create commoners, but can entitle them to the privileges of representatives of the people. In everything there is some good and the good of a bad thing is that it must be mended, so we will not despair ; aa. TUE SUN, LONDON, SATUR DAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14 1846. tistied that it cannot last, we will calmly watch the entree of new Members taking their seats amid "Conservative cheers ;" we will witness the petitions presented to the Lords, and not even exclaim, " So much for BUCKINGHAM !" Sir ROBERT PEEr, during his brief Ministry, in 1835, said Ireland was his great difficulty; but he was not the only Minister who had reason to make the same remark. Ireland, for ages,.has been a constar.t anxiety and expense to this Country, and though comparatively quiet during the wi e and humane Administration of Lord NORMANBY, the cessa tion from outrage and hostility to the English Government was only temporary, and rather induced by future prospects than any material change in the system. That system had taken too deep root to be eradicated by the best possible Ministry; it was founded originally on the principle of keeping one portion of the community, and that the larger portion, subject to another; one was rega , ded as masters, and the other •as slaves ; one professed the Catholic religion, and to a man were prepared to die for it—the other rejoiced in Protestantism ; or speak ing more correctly, in a political creed, and in the great victory obtained ever their opponents at the battle of the Boyne. The antipathies, and jealousies, and hostility excited by that victory, but still more by the cruel and illegal man ner in which the victors used their advantages, have con tinued ever since, and seem to have paralyzed the moral energies of the people, and sunk them into a hopeless state of destitution and misery. Though every other part of the United Kingdom, at the preser.t moment, is in a most pros perous state, and wealth, acquired by lawful industry, and the most gigantic undertakings, is furnishing additiona l employment for the labouring population, whether English, Scotch, or Irish, the sister island exhibits a picture of a very opposite character, and displays not the smallest symptom of that vast progress in improvements, and discove ries, and useful exertion, which distinguishes the present ege above all others. With a fine soil—with a hardy active, and enduring peasantry, and with every ad vantage from ready markets for the sale of its productions, Ireland remains the most wretched coun try in Europe. While the land is not half cultivated, and there is abundant scope for the construction of railways, the great mass of the working population is unemployed, and some four millions of human beings out of only eight are threatened with absolute starvation, and great numbers are periahing daily from fever or other pestilential diseases, brought on by want. In such a deplorable and hopeless state of society, another curse naturally follows, and the unhappy people are impelled to crimes, at which, under other circumstances, they would revolt. These painful subjects are annually brought under the notice of Parliament, but no remedy is found, things go on in their usual way, and the chief re commendation from our senators is to coerce the people and restrain crime by the strong arm of the law. But the " strong arm of the law" is a mere phrase without meaning; in many districts there is no law whatever, and even in the very courts of justice and at special commissions it is laughed to scorn, by the absence of witnesses, or by downright per jury. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, last night, made one of the customary speeches on this melancholy topic, and urged that something ought to be done in the shape of an effi cient administration of the criminal law. The reasons he gave certainly were sufficiently strong. " There were several associations," he said, "and combinations existing which had engaged the attention of the Repeal Association as well 89 that of the Government, and it could not be denied that a great part of the country was in a state of insurrection. Immense masses of people had met in different places, and in the county of Limerick a meeting had lately assembled in open revolt in mid-day. During the spring, summer, and winter of the past year these outrages had increased to an almost unparalleled extent." His Lordship therefore recommended some immediate steps to secure pro perty and life. Of course crime must he put down, if guns and bayonets and gibbets can de it, but something else is re quired for Ireland. Any new coercive law, as we have repeatedly contended, ought to be accompanied by other measures calculated to civilise the people, and render the Government of England an object of hope and esteem, rather than a terror. In Earl GREY'S judicious remarks, therefore, we cordially concur. After adverting to the sew Coercion Bill, which is in the hands of the Government, he thus concluded :—" The question had long been under the consideration of both Houses of Parliament, but unfortunately party views had interfered with its dispassionate consideration, but be hoped the time had come when they could without reference to party feelings, all agree in the propriety of investi gating into the real causes of this unhappy state of things and in devising a remedy. He thought it right to state his opinions, as from what fell from the Noble Lord the Bill to be introduced by the Government was to be con fined to the single object of establishing security and repress ing outrage. He considered that the Government would fail in its duty to the House and the country, if, while it pro posed rigorous measures, it did not give a statement of the general policy and the measures it intended fur the perma nent improvement of the condition of Ireland." When once a feeling of obstinacy has taken possession of a protectionist nobleman, that obstinacy'is the most blunt headed, leaden-eyed, dogged and incorrigible that the imagi nation well could conceive. These conclusions are not what are commonly designated "foregone," they are discoverable from the instances of unflinching determination which several of these right honourable personages had given the public within the last few months. They behold the ground crumbling away beneath them, they perceive the precipice which yawns before them, they hear the uproar -of the mul titude imploring them to desist, they see the insurmount able obstacles which must speedily and inevitably prevent them from proceeding further upon their original pathway, yet they still endeavour to push forward upon their old worn out coarse, with a persistence so blundering and dull that their very antagonists are filled with sentiments of commiseration. His Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE has just given this opinion one more additional corroboration. We yesterday commented upon the unconstitutional manner in which certain members of the oligarchy took occasion to meddle with the freedom of elections —we even particularised his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE as an instance of this in tolerable and un-English proceeding, identifying his inter ference with the electors of Newark ; and, as if to enforce the correctness of our observations, and at the same moment to demonstrate the veracity of their application, we learn by the latest intelligence from South Nottingham that his Grace has confirmed all the previous rumours of his intention by authorising his agent, Mr. IN INTER, to use every exer tion in his power to ensure, or -at least to facilitate, the triumphal return of Mr. HILDYARD. That such behaviour is opposed to the spirit, if not to the very letter, of the British Constitution, we have already protested ; and consequently it would be superfluous to tarry longer upon the consideration of its malific influence. Turn we, therefore, to the explanatory address delivered yesterday to the electors who were assembled in the Town-hall f Newark by their late representative, Lord Luce•LN. We regard that speech as satisfactory as far as his Lordship, and his Lordship's recent conduct, are concerned. We look upon it as another of those numerous legislative confessions, or political unburdenings of conscience, which have latterly streamed with such satisfactory abundance into the pub: lie ear. Altogether, it is but a repetition of what has been uttered again and again, both upon the hustings and from the Parliamentary benches, yet precisely as such a repeti tion it rings pleasantly upon the moral tympanum of the mass. It, moreover, affords us another version of the Irish echo ; the Premier exclaiming, " Abolish exclusive prote^- tion !" the LINCOLN echo being tantamount to the ordirary " Hear, hear." One declaration made by the Noble Lord re quires our especial notice—we mean where he most emphati- Cally repudiates the supposition that he has swerved from his original tenets upon commercial policy, merely with the intention of modulating his voice to the particular key which Sir R. PEEL has recently adopted. Lord LINCOLN gives his solemn negative to this insinuation, and avows that his opinions upon the great question now in agitation have been changed solely and entirely from his own personal reflections upon the matter. If, in deed, we are still to accuse his Lordship of a very facile judgment, and one that will readily accommodate itself at an emergency to whatever views are professed by its party, a similar remark becomes applicable to each of his col leagues. If a person cannot alter his political opinions after a similar alteration in another, without being accused of servility to the policy of predecessors, the list of sycophants at the present moment is interminable. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, according to this definition of things, is subservient to the policy adopted by COBDEN ; Sir ROBERT is subservient to both ; Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT to all three, and so on through the catalogue. Surely the coincidence of simultaneous and conscientious conversions like these is more credible than such an improbable unanimity in paltry, and personal, and party concessions ! Surely the deduction that recent occurrences, like the potato disease, and the admirable results of the tariff reductions, should have impressed the ne cessity ofsome alteration in the existing restrictions or: trade upon many enlightened minds somewhere about the same time is more worthy of belief than that any meaner or less honour able causes should have operated so powerfully upon such dissimilar elements. As a new disciple, therefore, of these doctrines of regeneration, we hail Lord LINCOLN with cor diality. The principal portion of his address yester day was restricted to exposures of divers un•• fair and shameful proceedings on the part of his opponents—proceedings which, according to his Lordship, bad been adopted for the purpose of retarding the diffusion of his interests among the neighbouring constituency. For the purpose possibly of testifying that the Protection Association never slumbered, a delegate from that determined body squeezed himself into the assembly, for the purpose of examining Lord LINCOLN in some unheard-of chapter in some unknown catechism. His Lordship most considerately humoured the poor man's eccentricity, answering his in quiries with resolute good humour. The concluding sen tence of the Noble Lord's address was in accordance with the pervading character of his previous re marks, entreating the electors to withhold any de finite settlement of their views until each candi date had fully divulged his sentiments upon the hustings. If indeed Lord LutcoLN cannot be considered as the ori ginator of a grand political scheme, he must undoubtedly be regarded as a straightforward and thoroughly honest con vert. His expressions, also, are accordant to this conversion —they are bold, plain, and without the shadow of a com promise. Madrid journals of the sth have been received. The dis cussion on the electoral law was still going on in the Cham ber of Deputies, and several amendments had been moved, but all were rejected. General NARYAZZ, owing to indispo sition, was unable to attend the sitting. The Three per Cents. dosed at 331 1 at 60 days; the Fiv e per Cents., at 23 7-16 at 60 days; and the Madrid ant Aranjuez Railroad shares, at 2,080 cash, and 2,085 at 60 day.. The Paris papers are very barren of intelligence. In The Sun of yesterday it was announced that the Minister of War demanded an extraordinary vote of 25,000,000 f. for the army in Africa. The following are some of the details mentioned on the occasion, showing the necessity for this large grant. The original number of troops fixed for the military govern ment of Algiers was 60,000 men, but unexpected events had rendered that force totally unequal for the purpose, and a great increase had, consequently, taken place. The effective troops, said General DE ST. Yos, in Algeria, on the Ist of December, 1845, amounted to 95,381 men, besides the native troops, and it was in tende.l that the same strength should be kept tp during 1846. The expense would be nineteen millions and a half, besides the expense of the purchase and transport of 1,500 horses and 1,500 mules, which had been lost in the re cent campaigns, over and above the number calculated in the budget, and the establishment of hospitals and stations in the colony, also 200,000 f. for secret-service money, making altogether the sum of 25,273,000 f. He regretted that, owing to the state of the colony, he could not hold out any pi os pect of a diminution in the expenses for some time. The following are miscellaneous paragraphs from the papers:— The Indian Mail reached Paris on Wednesday. The baptism of the Hereditary Prince of Hanover son of the Prince Royal. took place on the 4th inst. Ile has received the names of _Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick. The infant was held at the font by his grandfather, the King of Hanover. The godfathers cud godmothers were the King of Prussia, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia of Eng land, the Grand Duke of Mecklinburg-Strelitz, the Duchess Louisa Wurtemberg, Prince Frederick of Prussia, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Al ten burg. _ The It:dependant of Perpignan, of the 4th instant, states that Ibrahim -I'acha is indisposed, and that, in consequence, probably his Journey to Paris may be deferred. The Grand Council of the city of Bale has just passed a law, for bidding all citizens to accept titles of nobility Irons foreign States, under pain of being incapacitated from holding any public employ ment at home. Another enactment of the same Bill declares that citizens receiving pensions from foreign Powers cannot be admitted to the Council, and that no order or mark of honour can be borne in any case without authorisation from the superior Powers being first obtained. The Three per Cents. closed on Wednesday at 1141. 90e. ; the Five per Cents., 1231. sbc. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1.287 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,812 f. 50c.; Havre, 717f.50c. ; Avignon, 992 f. 50c. ; Vierzol, 702 f. 50e.; Bordeaux, 640 f.; Boulogne, 551 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Mon tereau, 455 f. ; Basle, 251 f. 25c. ; Groat Northern, 766 f. Me. ; Paris and Strasbnrgh, 560 f. ; Tours a n Nantes, 592 f. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 28• X. The tollowl - lig are the quotations for other lines :—The Paris and Lyons Definitive, 622 f. boc. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talahot), 512 f. 50c. ; Ditto (Lecointe), 50.51. ; Ditto (Campignie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 512 f. 50c.; Carleroi (Kysaens), 4921. 5t c. ; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f. LYONS, FEB. 9.—Paris add Orleans, 1,285 f. ; Paris and Rouen, Low. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREDIN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12. Barbadoes, Y.—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2!4 — East Indian, IIA —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15 14 Great Western Bengal, % Louvain and Jemappe, 2—Luxembourg, 2%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%—Paris and Orleans, 49%—ltoueu and Havre, 29. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS. FEB. 10.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday the 7th of February, was 19f. 74c. per hectolitre. Compared with the price of the preceding week, wheat has fallen 7c., and Rye near 31c. per hecolitre. The Chamber continued to-day the debate on the project of law for a vote of credit of 453,000 francs to the war de partment, for the execution of some military works. Seve ral members spoke against and for that part of the proposed vote of credit which is intended for the fortifications of Aerschot. The debate was adjourned. At the commence ment of the sitting the Minister fir Fore,gn Affairs commu nicated to the Chamber a project of law ratifying the com mercial convention concluded with France on the 13th of December last. The Minister of Finance brought in a project of law which contains an important modification of the law on sugars rated in April 1843 .:. _ The Minister of Finance calculates that the new law will secure to the treasury a revenue of more than three millions of francs. The report on the Budget of the Department of Justice was distributed smong the Members yesterday, and is placed on the order of the day for Thursday. The Precurseur of Antwerp says :—" The Belgian steamer Princess Victoria arrived yesterday afternoon front London, with a full cargo of various goods, and twelve passengers, among whom was the Earl of Aberdeen. The captain of the Soho steamer brings word that the iron steamer, built on account of the Belgian Govern ment, has made a trial of its speed on the Thames. The Captain of the Soho adds, that it excels in speed all other known steamers. It seems that Government attaches much importance to this service. In order to avoid the exa mination at the Custom-•house, it has appointed M. Dubois examiner of our port, to be stationed on board this vessel, and perform the voyages, thus the examination of the effects will be made during the voyage. It is even said that this officer will be authorised to deliver transit papers (acquits de transit), so that passengers may be able to land immediately on their arrival, and set out by the railroad. Though the Government is not interested in the steamers from Antwerp to London, it is to be hoped that it will extend this favour to them." BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm.s, FEB. 11. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. • Ditto Three per Cent.. — Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 101 Ditto, ditto, 1842 .........• Ditto, 1844. 100 Ditto, 1836. . . Ditto, 1838 • • • • • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1832 • ...... 100% Ditto, 1843 . 101% Bank ofßelgium...... . ... • . •• • • • • •• • . 805 —Brussels Papers, Feb. 12. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 6.—The Second Chamber of the States- General received—l. A project of law, dated the 23d January, for a provisional augmentation of the import and export duties on certain articles, accompanied by a very long me morial explaining the motives of the proposed law. 11. A royal message of the 28th of January, accompany ing a project of law for placing ships under the Russian flag on the same footing as those of the most favoured nations. The accompanying memorial being informed of the Russian Ukase, by which a higher rate of tonnage was imposed on the ships of other nations, and an increase of 50 per cent. on the duties upon goods impor ed and exported by the ships of other nations, excepting those belonging to countries where the Russian flag is on the same footing as that of the country itself, immediately caused the necessary communication to be made to the Russian Government, in order to free the navigation and commerce of the Netherlands from the disadvantages that might arise from these regulations. The Government had at first flat tered itself that the exemptions might be incorporated in a more general commercial convention ; but circumstances having delayed the conclusion of such a convention, the Government considers that a longer state of uncertainty might be injurious to our commerce in Russia. Another message, of the 15th of January, - accompanied a project of law containing 15 chapters of a penal code, book 1., with a long explanatory memorial. In the case of the Rev. Creswell, which came be fore the Arches ' Court on Thursday, and of which we gave an outline, the Judge pronounced ' sentence of suspension for eighteen months, Wit h , costs. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.—The annual ball of this S , ciety took place on Thursday night, at Willis's Rooms, where an animated scene presented itself, from the great number that attended. At one time there must have been upwards of four hundred present. The stewards and members, as also many of the visitors, were in Highland costume; some appeared as Albanians, Greeks, Spanish, and Chinese, and a few in naval and military uniforms. The rooms were decorated with various >Rmblematic devices ; on spears, and battle-axes, were hung plaids of different clans; and at the head of the rem, the Society's banner was spread, emblazoned . with the royal arms of Scotland. Among those most prominent in their support and countenance to the success of the Caledonians, we observed Capt. Charles Fobes, George Bain, Esq., James Davidson, Esq., Alexander Grant, Esq., D. Mac kenzie, Esq. ; B. Hepburn, Esq. (the President) ;John Boucher, Esq. (the Vice-President) ; John Monett, Esq., Dr. Halley, Mr. Wylie, Mr. Gray, Mr. Rintoul, Mr. Kidd, &c. The programme embraced all the favourite dances, and a few Migland reels. • The stewards were un remitting in their attention to their friends, and their arrangements gave the greatest satisfaction. Dancing was kept up till an early hour. Mr. Angus Mackay, her Majesty's piper, attended, and played in his usual superior style, and Mr. Guinness, with his accomplished band, occupied the orchestra, and discoursed the most fashionable sacs C. ST. MARYLEBONE BANK FOR SAVINGS.—The sixteenth annual general meeting of this Institution was held on Thursday, the 12th of this month, at the off •e, No. 76, Welbeck-street, Caven dish-square ; the Rev. J. H. Spry, D.D., in the chair. It appeared from the several reports read to the meeting that the progress of this bank continues to be of a vei'y favourable description, no less than 2,418 new deposits having been made in the last year ; 16,201 depesi' accounts remained open on the 20th of November last, of which iv loss than 10,628 held balances averaging less than 41. Os. 7d. each. Upwards of 356,9541. was then invested with the Commissioners for th• Reduction of the National Debt. The continued evidence thu , afforded of the strong and growing disposition of the working classes to provide against the casualties of life, will prove a source of gratifi cation to all reflecting minds ; and it may, indeeed, be hoped that this provident disposition has its influence in improving the charac ter and conduct, materially contributing to this class of workmet being ty s t e h a e rc l i ast o t t rk o w b o edischarged whenever establishm e nt s are reduce from INDIA.—A letter had been reeeived--written twelve hours later than the dispatches brought by the Times etpress, but transmitted to the Government by the same conveyance —stating that the victory over the Seikhs was complete and perfect, and that Sir H Hardinge was in the act of crossing the Sutlej—a proof that the Selkh army had re-passed the river, and that the British army were i pursuit. This import,ant addition to the v. lentil news has not ap. peared in any of the London papers ; but we have reason to know' that the intelligence is perfectly autheidic.—Dublin Evening Hail. A RAILROAD ON FIRE.—The wooden viaduct of the South Devon Railway at Cuckwood, about eleven miles from Exeter, narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Wednes lay morning. The workmen had lighte I a fire on the viaduct to heatisome pitch, when, in neglecting to attend to the pitch pot, the contents boiled over and ran down the line, setting the timber of the structure in a blaze. For a time it Iva 4 feared, from the intensity of the flame, that the entire work would be destroyed, and an engine was directly dis patched to Exeter for the aid of the fire :engine. In the course of half an hour it returned with an engine in a truck behind, and'after some difficulty the fire was subdued. SUNDAY TRADING.—At a meeting held in Lambeth parish on Thursday evening, and presided over by the Rector, it was stated by Mr. Hayman and other members of the Committee ap pointed to prepare a Bill for the prevention of Sunday trading, that the Right Hon. the Home Secretary had altogether disapproved of the Bill. He (Sir J. Grah an) said he could not understand upon what principle the working man was to be refused his pipe of to bacco, his pint of beer, and the reading a newspaper on the Sunday, the same as the higher classes. As the Bill went to prohibit these eujo/inents, he ceitainly should not recommend it to have the sup port of the Government. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.—We hare IT eel vid the following particulars from Messrs. Graham (late Everington and Graham), of Ludgate-hill :—" A most extraordinary circumstance has just taken place. A large Durham cow came in at one of our doors, walked round the shop, passing between some very valuable large china jars and the glass, and made her exit through the second door, without doing any damage. This took place at about seven o'clock in the evening, when the shop was lighted up. " THE HORRIBLE CASE AT GREENWICH. —The coro ners inquiry into this painful ease was brought to a conclusion yes terday, and the jury having remained in deliberation for nearly an hour. returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against William Richardson. ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE SOIITH-EASTERN RAlL way.—A special petty sessions was held on Wednesday last at Far leigh, near Maidstone, for the purpose of entering into a prosecution, instituted by the South-Eastern Railway Company against the offi cers having charge of the East Farleigh station, namely, William Hughes, station-master and clerk, and William Wallis, a gate-keeper and porter in the service of the company, who, by their negligence on Monday last, caused an express train to run off the line into a I siding, whereby a collision took place, and the lives of the passen gers were placed in imminent danger. Mr. J. E. Ilberry, the super intendent of the South-Eastern Railway, conducted the prosecution for the company. The cause of the accident was fully proved to have arisen from the inattention of the• prisoners In not having pro perly shifted the "joints'lleading to the side line, and the Chairman fined Hughes in the sum of Si., and Wallis 505., or in default two months' imprisonment. . . (,:is 4.; t Liar.:lltl otrilut) COURT CIRCULAR. Sir R. Peel had an audience of the Queen yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace at ten minutes past three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in another carriage and four The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wylde, occupied a chariot and four ; and the Viscountess CasUlTng, the Earl of Warwick, Dr. Prntorius, end Colonel Bowls, followed in a carriage and four. Her Maiesty and her Royal Consort were conducted to their car riage by the Maids of Honour, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master o' the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, and Sir Frederic St.:win. A party of Light Dragoons formed the escort Ir..an the Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Cowper, Bart., honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence yesterday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to his resi dence at Kew yesterday. If. Stratenus, the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Prince Castelcicala was present at the debate in the House of Commons yesterday evening. _ _ The Bishop of London had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday. Mr. French, M.P., had also an interview with the Noble Earl at the office of the Board of Trade. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. SIR DE LACY EVANS. Sir De Lacy Evans met the electors at Westminster for the first time, before the coining contest with Captain lions, on Friday even ing, at the Crown and Anchor. EDWARD BorryzatE, Esq., M.P., took the Chair, and introdnccii the object which had called them together in an Coquent and a)!' speech. Mr. ELPHINSTON, M.P., in a speech of some length, pointed out the claims of General Sir De Lacy Evans on the electors of Westminster, as a consistent and upright Reformer, at the termination of which he proposed the following resolution : " That the conduct of Sir De Lacy Evans for a period of thirteen years, more than eight of which he was our representative in Parlia ment, entitles him to our warmest support on the present occasion, and as a zealous friend of free trade and of civil and religious liberty, sad as the eletennined enemy of monopoly, this meeting resolves, collectively and individually, to use their utmost exertions to pro mote the election of General Evans for this city." Mr. Norr briefly seconded the motion, which was put, and Unani mously agreed to. Sir bElAcy - EvAss, on coming forward, was received with great cheering. The Gallant General proceeded to address the electors, which, he said, he did with the greatest confidence that he had already been their servant, and had been a consistent public ser vant for the last sixteen years. The present contest had not been one of his seeking; the Government had injudiciously thrown their supporters open to be canvassed by the Liberal electors of Westminster. Captain Rous had become a late convert to free trade, and was determined to support the measure of Sir Robert Peel ; but it was not that measure so much as the questions that rose out of it. There would be the sugar question and the Legislative enactments for Ireland. He would like to know what the Captain's votes would be on these subjects. The Gallant General then con trasted his own votes previously given on great questions with those his opponent, and was listened to throughout with groat interest and enthusiasm. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was unanimously passed, and the meeting broke up. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HEREFORD GRAND STEEPLE-CHASE.—THURSDAY. Mr. Preston's Brunette ... 1 Mr. 11. Powell's Cracksman 2 Mr. Veeners' Little Tommy Several others started. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 miles, was won by Mr. J. Moseley's Jerry, beating Gipsey Queen and The Mer chant. The Sweepstakes, of 3 soya. each, were won in three heats by Mr. Turner's Brewood, beating Delamere and two others. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Lanellan-bridge ; Thurs., Wonostow Lodge—at 10. Sir W. M. Stanley's hds., Tues., Denhall. Shropshire hds., Tues., Hawkstone; Fri., Cloverley-104. Montgomeryshire lids., Tues., Castle Caerinion ; Fri., Bryn y pentre-10. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Barrington. Mr. Lushington's hds., Mon., Hollingbourne House; Thurs., Lees Court-11. Mr. Candler's lids., Tues., Plymouth Arms; Fri., Bredon Ludlow Ms., Mon., Somers Arms, Eastnor ; Fri., Duke of York. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Normanby Clumps ; Wed., Thornton Abbey ; Fri., Pelham's Pillar-11. Holderness hds., Mon., Witherwick ' • Tues , Houghton Hall; Thurs., Woodmans e y T o ll B ar; Fri., Burton Agnes; Sat., Brandesbnrton-101. Sir Tatton Sykes's lids., Mon., Whinmoor Build ; Wed. half-way between Stamford-bridge and Gate Helmsley ; Fri., Birdsall House-104. Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Race-course; Fri., D‘ ke. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels com be Tye. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Saint Osyth Flag; Fri., Donvland. _ Tiverton hds , Mon., Waterhouse, near Bampton ; Thurs., Cuzzicombe Post, Molland-104. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Newbold Pacey, Tues., Mitford Bridge; Thurs., Kenilworth Castle; Fri., Farnborough—loi. Devon hds., Mon., Linbridge-11. Mr. Horndon's Landue Bridge , Thurs., Horse Bridge. Mr. Roe's hds., Tues., Batisbury Cross; Fri., Dunstone Cross-10. Wheatland hds., Tues., Weston ; Fri.. Willey Park-10i. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. —THURSDAY. Four Mile Stables—Second Ties for the Derby—Dunkirk beat Thaddeus of Warsaw ; Deerslayer ran a bye. The Cup—Second Ties—Figaro beat Destiny, Miles beat Farmer. The Oaks--First Ties—Meg beat Graciosa, Fenella best Ruth ; Treasure beat Moss Rose. Cottesmore lids., Mon., Corby Pasture; Tues., Ayston ; Wed., the Bull, Witham Common; Fri., Tillon Wood ; Sat., Market Overton. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Tempsford Hall; Fri., Whad don—loi. • Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Tothill ; Tues., Horsington Mill ; Thurs.. North Willingham; Sat., Well-10i. Aibrighton hds., Mon., Covey Heath ; Thurs., Seighford ; Sat., New Inn, Ridge Heath-10. Sir W. W. Wyna's hds., Mon., Llansaintffraid ; Tues., My fod ; Thurs , Llanfyllin ; Fri., Llaninynech-104. United Pack, Tues., Spoonhill Wood—S. Cheshire hds., Mon., Church Minslude ; Wed., Hawkslow ; Thurs., Hurleston ; Sat., Wrenbury Village. Thanet harrs., Mon., Sarre Milt; Wed., Vincent. East Kent hds., Tues., Swinglield Park; Fri., Brabourne Coomb. Heythrop hds., Mon., Boulter's Barn ; Wed., Bradwell Grove ; Fri., Loughborough Gate-10. Mr. Drake's hds., Tucs., Edgecote Village ; Thurs., Brill Town ' • Sat., Astrop House-14. Mr. Rutherford's harrs., Mon., Riccalton-11. Atherstone hds., Mon., Gopsall; Wed., Oldbury Hall ; Fri., Elndon Hall ; Sat., Newbold Gate-10i. Duke of Beaufort's hds., Men., Burton ; Wed., Siston Court ; Thurs., Hullavington ; Sat., Mermaid, Christian Malford. Essex Union hds., Wed., Moor Gardens; Sat., Asheldham. East Essex hds, Tues., Bulmer Plough; Thurs., Mark's Hall ; Sat., St. Ann's Castle-14 Mr. M. A. Smith's hds., Mon., Shoddesdo Gate; Tues., Stowell Lodge ; Wed., Wherwell Wood ; Thurs., Weyhill ; Fri., South Grove; Sat., Ashmansworth-11, Suffolk hds., Mon., Dalham Hall ; Thurs.,_ Kennel, 101 V. W. H. Tues., Charlton G a t e ; Th urs ., Lydiard Plain. Badsworth hds., Tues., Heckleton Hall ; Thurs., Grove Hill ; Sat., Hemsworth-lane End, 9i. Whiston hds., Mon., Renishaw ; Thurs., Wickersley Barn. Rufford hds., Mon., Laxton Village; Thurs., Oxton Bridge ; Sat. Thoresby Park, 14 Earl of Harewood's hde., Mon., Spacey Houses; Wed., Cross-roads, Bramham Moor, 101. Lord Geo. Bentinck's hds., Mon., Normanby-by-Stow ; Tues., Snarford Bridge ; W e d., Barney ; Thurs., Carlton le Moreland ; Fri., Till House Beck ; Sat., Bramston Wood. Mr. Deacon's harrs., Wed., Meary ; Sat., Dowsland Barn. Whitleigh harrs., Mon., olche Moor Gate; Wed., Pitten. B. V. H., Tues., Green Man Inn; Fri., Lower Chesel - Sherwojd harrs., Tues., Parliament Oak ; Fri., Robin Downs Hill-11. Quorn hds., Mon., Grunley ; Tues., Grooby ; Thurs., Bil lisdon Kennels; Fri., Bunny Park-11. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Loxley ; Thurs., Eaton Wood; Sat , Henhurst-10i. • Donington .hds., Mon., Cotgreave Village ; Wed., Calke Park ; Sat i _l3elton Village-19i. Duke of Rutland's hds., Mon., Three Queen's; Tues., Wea ver's Lodge; Fri., Leadenham-10i. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, oap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of February, 184 G. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. Notes Issued. • Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,140,210 Silver bullion .. • . 1,5 )8,410 £26,698,620 X 26,698,820 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 12th day of February, 1846. . BANKING Proprietors' capital. • 14,553,000 Rest .. ........ 3,462,787 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 5,054,438 Other deposits •.- • • • 18,912,445 Seven day and other bills .. • • • • • • 963,688 OEPAItTMENT. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,137,047 Other securities .... 22,908,661 Notes •• • • ..... 6,263,625 Gold and silver coin.. 637,025 A 42,946,358 42;946,35S R. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1846. Dated the 12th day of February, COURSE _OF_EXCLIA' Amsterdam 12 9% Ditto, at sight 12 5% Rotterdam ...... 2 11. 12 10 Antwerp....,,....... 26 15 liamburgh .... • •11./3 . . 13 14% Altona• • vGE.-(YESTERDAY ). Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa 26 10 I Naples .. X4O Palermo, per oz . 1191 i Lisbon.... ....... . 52% 0p0rt0.... ...... • . 52% Rio Janeiro ........ . . 24% Bahia ........... . Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months.. 26 Marseilles •••.•• • • • . • • 26 10 Bourdeaux .•.. • . 26 10 Frankfort on Mains 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin ..... . _ Vienna, effeC.llo •• 10 10 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 10 Madrid........ 36 Cadiz .. • ........ 36 Barcelona •• Buenos Ayres .. ••. • • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia . .••• • • • PRICES OF BULLION. PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. .0 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• • • 0 4 9% Silver in bars .. 0 4 ilk Seville..... SHORT HOURS BILL. —On Monday last, the 9th inst., a very numerous meeting of weavers took place in the Albion Booms, upwards ofsoo being present. Letters were read from Lord Ashley, C lone Lygon, M P., and T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., in favour of' a limitation of the hours of labour. Several spirited addresses were delivered, and a petition was adopted praying thatlhe carpet weavers should be included In the provisions of the 8111, which will be brought oe on the 18th instant.— Worcestershire Chronicle. THE SILK TRADE.—The announcement of a reduc tion of duties has caused the most lively sensation amongst the ma nufacturers of silk, and protective societies are said to be in the course of formation in the metropolis and the manufacturing districts. The general impression appears to be th it the change will take place, and many of the first houses (Messrs. Everit gt in and Grahams amongst the number of those in the retail trade) have already announced their determination t meet the loss at once ; but fu this It would seem there exists a keen observant policy, inasmuch, by getting ridof their present stocks at the rate, or eveu less than they would cost upon the Continent, the far-seeing English salesman is prepared to buy the newest and most recherche goods to start 14 competition with the French themselves when the new tariff comes into operation FREE 'TRADE.—A public meeting of the paridlioners of St. George's-in-the-East, called by a numerously signed requisi tion to the churchwardens, Messrs. Liquerish and Bond, assembled on Thursday at the vestry-room of the parish church, to petition both Houses of Parliament for the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws. Shortly after six o'clock, the senior churchwarden, Mr. Liquerish, was called to the chair. Mr. Talbot, a Dissenting clergy man and old parishioner, moved the first resolution, and addressed the meeting in a spirited speech. Some other excel int speeches were delivered, and resolutions embodying the sentiments of the speakers passed. A petition calling for a total and Immediate repeal of th imorn 4. o , s was adoplei, and the meeting separated. LONDON AND GREENWICH .1• RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting' if thiS Company was-held yester day by the shareholders at the Lonilon Tavenls; W. SHADBOLT, Esq., took the chair at one o'clock, dd i , introduced the business by calling on the Secretary to re!,? . the advertisement of the meeting, a nd afterwards the l2o par report of the directors. t fit. The report stated -that the proposal nnsae - - - . last half-yearly meeting to pay-. off the roortn, 1.-,..curities, unless the holders agreed to accept 4, stead of 5 per cent. interest, had !been" abaudorted_Z. account of the state of the money market ; that sale to the South-Eastern (Dover) Railwe pany of the land not included in the lease had been e7 ,1 i 1 Meted, and the purchase-money (18,000/.) received , vt,i enabled the directors to liquidate the loan-froth the lisinfte of 15,000/. ; and that a dividend of 3/. per share should f . declared on the unprivileged shares, payable at the C O 7, parry's offices after the Ist of March next, by which a bid° should be left in favour of the Company of 2,1021. 9 a a r , It was moved by the Chairman, and seconded by 7., a Josiah Wilson, that the report read should be rec eived*" adopted. The motion was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, Alderman Hughes , a — a - t oo, Kennedy, Esq., were i n di v id ua lly proposed for re and sleeted accordingly. A SHARRHoI.DER asked whether the business of the CO ' pany was such as to require five directors? The CHAIRMAN said they had reduced the e xpendlit ir ior e e 41. every respect to the lowest possible amount, but he w as c ted, gentlemen knew the business that had to be transatoo; they would not doubt the necessity of at least five direZ T . Alderman HUGHES said the A c t required that nu1d.414 it hail been possible t o re d uce it further, he, for one, " not have been the last to withdraw. thei The CHAIRMAN, in answer to an other question , — d had retained a balance in hand on account of their D r ;(l4 mentary expenses; but for these, they would have A A 6 , 11 every shilling. The last half-year's dividend wsitr; aoo the amount of their rental on 36,0001. was 59 1701 adding sid. for an additio na l th ousa nd every r" h ol 0 , tenth year, the shareholders would see what -WY expect. Mr. PARRY moved a vete of thanks to the direeiv'ai ti es he was sure had used every effo r t t o re d u ce the e/cPe2 l „kst4 The meeting then unani mous ly p asse d a vote of t . e diqtelf the secretary and accountant, Mr. Adron, and ima l after broke up. DORSET. The following address has been issued by Lord Ashler -- 00 4 "!lo THE GENTRY, CLERGY, AND OTHER ELECTORS OF T OS & ha OF DORSET. 0 0 ii "Gantlemen,—Since I had the honour of a ddressing I ,: t ieg_T4 list of January last, I have been informed that several the county of Doret, owners and occupiers of land, 1150 two of their body to come forward and fill the vacaa''' + 0 the resignation of myself and Mr. Sturt. ° cOll - They have also engaged to advance very large towards the support of the candidates. " Now I am not ashamed to avow that it will beiniP o 7, - e refe l lo to sustain the expense of such a contest; and I hasten, "",0/1 relieve my hon. opponents from the necessity of incurring . T idary responsibilities, by announcing that, although I at the nomination, I shall not demand a poll. 1 Ser il tlV : " I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient and faith% " London, Feb. 12. 1846." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. is _ LONDON, FEB. 13.-Wind this day at neon, W. l4 r. „v " - breeze, mid dry hazy weather. nom the a rele . ' DEAL,.FES. 12.-Wind N.W. to W.1.T.W.-Arrd. no - and sailed tor, Stratford, 'Nicholas, Mauritius; Eliza he tp Day, Havannah ; Brutus, Harvey, Nassau. CARDIFF, FEB. 11.- Sid. Vulcan, Patrick, Valparale-_;,, ~ CORK, FEB. 10.-Wind E.N.E., light breeze.-Arrd. a d 0 St. John's, New Brunswick. from cou- Poarsmorm, FEB. 12.-The Ann and Elizabeth, a'Those g i o t i . bond al, which was on shore oa the Spit Sand 19th ulta ft of ff and into the harbour last night, after discharging t) nd has been laid on Gosport Beach. The wreck of . with the water and bottom up, was passed off Cape Mot., by the Transit steamer, and. at Southampton. A g orze L WERPOOL;FEB. 12.- Wind N.N.W., moderate.-A• 13_ led Cook, Yarmou:h, N.S. Sid. Prowse, T h°sa Gtts; Kong; Vindicator, Robinson, ditto ; Panthea, Glen, CR , r. Harvey, l'ryde, Lima ; Pandora, e motif, Rio Grande ; %et, est i° Rio Janeiro ; Minerva, Marsden,Denierara ; William erg Bahia; Marne, Meurdeille, Senegal; Lemena, Nv - '„ _Rico; Stephen Surman, Bryrn, Baltimore; Kalainaz." coy New York. Off port, John Dugdale. WHITSTABLE, FEB. 12.-The Owner's Delight, Pilbro ;or chester, which sank near the Cant Knoll 9th instant , W this morng, and brought in here. psi SUERRINGHAM, FEB. 10.-Part of a binnacle-ham s, 11am Bannister," and " Mr. Dowson" or " Dawson" chaff 1 0 some caostan-bars, branded ".Fanny, have been _0 add,tion to the compass-box marked " John and --ara b ' ' , r,fir PAINGTON (TORBAY), FEB. 11.-The City of Ele_,eene from llull, in entering this harbour, 9th inst., took the 1 4.- baek of the pier, is bilged, and tills with the tide. t he c,01? DUBLIN, 11.-Tha Esquimaux, Brown, from ~. 4,aeo',er Demerara, which put into Kingstown, 9th inst., leak'', 711 veyed, and will come up here to discharge her cargo, posed to be damaged. IiRITISII TRADE WITH GREECE' age' 1 y Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from their age' ~,1)1 14th January 11 0 1 4 $ tr je lo " We have to advise a considerable increase of British rt port of Greece, 103 British ships having arrived In I p urP° 01 0 18 4) , against 68 in 1844;. the value of the imports by thee' rti year being 60,5671., against 22,240/. in 1844, and the li n P ° being 227,6781. against 161,6741. in 1844. NOTICE TO MARINERS. 10 46 V . 01 0 Consulate-General of France, London, F eb Ito Pears, OCTOBER, 1845.- Lighting of th e entrance of Morlaix, and changes to be observed in the lights of Granville as well as the Lighthouse du four. ROA-95 1. LIGHTS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE - o 'fie - MORLAIX. el htse n .-° 4 From the Ist Dec. next, the direction of the eastern 0 De as. u l .o l, Roads of Morlaix (called the channel of Trequier) wi ll - 111,""asi ci after dark by two lights, which will be lighted, the firs t ia l and the second on the Tour de la Lando, The followingA ',Rakes known the geographical position, characters , and 0 ;i the new lights :- pIUI 10! 1. LIGHT OF THE NOIRE.-A light, varied everY se 4s dl' flashes preceeded and followed by short eclipses, fa t. 00" , 23 sec., lon. 6 deg. 12m. 48 sec.-Elevation 14 metres_.olol4g, highest tides arid may lee seen at the distance of 10 mariSt,49l( 2. LIGHT OF THE Tova DE LA LANDE.-Fixed 33m. 14 sec., lon. 6 deg. 13m. 23 sec.-Elevation of thl- eri ay t the surface, 17 metres; above the sea, 87 metres; to 1)0 '40.45 lance of 12 miles. N.B. Besides these two lights, bleh , , h - e fe:10 0 , one, indicate the position of the eastern channel of '" r .140 .404 Morlaix, a small red fixed light, to be seen at CP - Ar marine mile will be exhibited at the Southern side 0 1 ,„` he ff o i r e)! Taureau (750 metres to the N. 60 deg. W. o f the Ile the northern part of the roads. 2 NEW LIGHT OF THE PORT OF (IRANVIL LF it l - • • FIXED LIGHT. wh i r )ot From the Ist of next December, the white fixed lignLi t e; the extremity of the new Mole of Granville, to th'q e bar' trance of the port, Wlll be replaced by a red fixed light 4 e eee a distance of three marine miles, lat. 48 deg: 49 mine " deg., 5 mM., 3 of colour 2 sec., elevation 8 metres. This 6 change has been made for the purios e a re ?•,, all chance of confusion between the light of the o . r fluctuating lights of the interior of the harbour. Ffille r eir 3. RENOVATION OF THE LIGHTHOVSE {kb ' 0' A PARTMENT OF THE LOWER 2 .01 , AND PERMANENT LIGHTS. „ r e De ° lll o _o l.l Conformable with the notice inserted in the Surnill7- 1845+ rd of`the Lighthouses mid Lights of the coast of Fran& soc, de g. o r volving lights which indicate L'EcUell du Foar ( 10 '1 s eireAdi 53 sec., W. lon. 4 deg. 58 min. 18 sec.), will be raise" is white daring the course of 1846, and the reflecting alWer Ati d hibits flashes from minute to minute, will be replace so 04 light, the flashes of which will succeed each other evez:Y ee if e or, The flashes of the new light will be seen at a dista nce 1 marine miles, and the eclipses will be total only beyo nd horn nine to ten miles. re. " r From tho let of May, 1846, the period a t which the "nJ e oniLi h use will be dismantled,_ and until the new light rtice'orit pf, og r 30 seconds is restored, the Tourlla-Four will be 1 ,19 '" of l rated by a small red fixed light, to be seen at a diste";:hell' . to six marine miles. It is assumed that this tempora r y required for about three or four months, that is to Inv' of May to August, or September, 1846. frri• EAST INDIA SHIPPING. 20te o fr,,a Arrivals at Bombay.-Faize, Rubalmy, Stewart, trr Fenton, 22d ; Medusa steamer, 27th all from China; 5818 carras, Baker, 27th from Manilla; Emily, Gra/L.os' 5 London. P . 6 Departures from Bombay.-Abbotsford, BneklitilT bt h te s oli L aidon ; Hebrides, Melville, to China ; D en i a , Pruen, ' fle otts . A adi omaehe, 41rellom - 28th - to - - tialasnh a - ; -F a lcon, SO , Akyab. fre til a;eoe oll°' Arrivals at Calcutta-L a dy S a l e, C astor, D ec . 19th , lei-e ; Sylph, 31'Donald, 20th, from Hong-Kong; DeogdUra , s e rig;celte from the Clyde ; Dlatir, Cumberland, 21st, from Hong' iyote 31' Donald, Gamble, from Rangoon ; Dido, Saunciere,eset, ,n Mary Alice, Mastertan, from Lo e don; An ne Louise. ; e s? M:tvre. Departures from Calctitte.-Barbara, Purss, loh ? s; Earl of Lon dale, Peile, 170, to Liverpool -u,,,pitleZP r os, Ttiornhill, 18th, to Trinidad and London; Sir Robert.,'''.lo7: o l il• to Bombay ; Charlotte, Carter, to London ; Tapley, o' Co 0 00 or wood ; Blorenge, Banks, 19th, to Liverpool ; Eniglna' n on,Lgt e , Moulmein ; Robert Stride, Spurgin, and Patriot, it f r eltel)o" , :' London ; Sulimany, Monk, 21st, to Bombay ; Je ne .„"ettfe*, ott: Ma .rithts ; Clown, Wyse, 222, to Madras ; John ..,„ „„tli stone, to Rangoon; Woodside Scobie, to Boston. Th .,011 1 7 Arrival at Colombo-Sibella, Coleman, from .1-- lief‘ Mauritius. t Departures ftom Mauritius-Napoleon and Voltig` A D. Bourbon ; Emma, Gth, to Singapore ; Trew, 9th, t° RAILWAY SHARE 1V1A....710Pir • ter , , BRISTOL, FEB. 12. ' A ' to per sTecx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol any Ditto, New, 13-Birmingham and Gloacesidf427er, 49 143,i-Great Western, Half Shares, 92-Midlands'" Yale, New, 1%. 1 3 • SHEFFIELD, FEB. 12. 5.J., - t to, e ab .STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester. aD -Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1, : 18 s , eee „yr' No. 2,164-Ditto, ditto, No. 3, scrip, 64- Extensions, 21. 18s. ad.-Leeds and Bradford, Si: • , 'field, and Midland Junction, 41. Is.-alanches`" - 10 - shir e Union and Canal, 2 1 ,x-Sheffield and LinePloss reit 2/. 18s. 6d.-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 21. 65. Ufflon, 64. STOCK EXCHANOK.- M T AN hO t ru ie s , ll ,, , pa p r ar_- e ß iy l d ac esa kb ei urn e , J - . D n a e rv‘ tie , n es , L 9 l i nd p. B2 D lt i o r n e , et 2 .s P• o _,.th a e r r a :, i o , ii o ! t lt 12. r ip. r , ~...... C s E l l t r es ST a E re ß, -A l m a. agh, ec!lii Jicandaiiiii,ol-: Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 1034 p.- Glieglr;,,,, r ,il l -„;te ' or o - ,,,t % dis.--Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 134 P. njittoL,. o ' fleTar I,- Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction. 474 IN - sJuil_r" r di 1 _,,,0 -- 1 , Sinp.- Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 234 P. o 1" 1 °' •verr,,,,, chester Railway and Canal, 7 p.-Lancashir e a p." --1 : 0 - 1 ,(1 ) ,,,,` - ef 4, Chestershire,li i i 1 rfn 4 g s t ß o p n e . , .n,---M.) Birmingham, , a i v i s e i c r h pi iss o te. l_, r, O La r , m old s o k si i i r t o k ac , nkdp a o n d Presto n , `, / ,7, 0d 0 ii, ~ ii c b c', A gy 7836-Ditto, Quarter t s ; ; rs6 p k .- -:ll t 4°P:i i --tcr:ll:n ii ;-d e sil:::::rtri .- -114 Fifths, 11% IL-Northumberland and Lancas hire, sor til 2 ,,4 P Eastern, 34 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 13-1 6 P• so. 3 ' i if, P.--South Eastern and . Dover, Consolida ted, ,_ Er Ditto, Halves, 1 P.- 8011 1h Wales, 1 4 P. A i,ee." - 1 , ,' LEEDS, FEB. 12. an' 12-s• „ V' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manche ran ch tensions, 434 p.-Great Grimsby and Shefilel cl ,„ , . i .j . isle 13 nt liVos -Leeds and Thirsk, 11-North British, Ne w - , - 4 =o r , - 4 3;10 18s.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. . unit ries,: or al 17;,', p.--Direct Northern, 234 -Glasgow and. jj 6 d. diS. -- , ti iii S aat - Riding .Union, Si. 195.-Clitheroe Junction, is• „ s hire, ter , t d. and . Noah Yorkishlre, Is. p.--:Lancashire, 1N......r-40,isen",yiulirtirt Eastern, - 12 s. dia.-Leicester and Bedford, sff ioches ter i,an t ' s ' - ton Matlock, and Midland, 333. 6d. p.---- A and and Great Grimsby, 3s. 6d. p.-Northtunberlanu ,fr , • Junction, 155. dis.-North Western, 2%. ~ 0, 12 Dr. Aoli• STOCK EXCNKEANWOCE.AB-TThhOE-BRUIP:aNr-OT-Vaßileri4re:ra,titiel; jr°lCl". tVilSiOn, 134 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, add '''' c ot. 3s. 64. p.-North British, Halves; Hawick, 4 p. ,i 0 Per pas. HULL, FEB. 12. d s oy . n, Carol. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Hol al 't, soli. 70. -- gisasanteed), 107-Ditto, Half Shares, 27- 0 _,,; kn., . 274-Axholme, 234-Goole, Doncaster, She el" 80• li. and Barnsley Junction, 355. 6d. STOCK EXCHANCE.-The ir s O al ß es iC ar F e E-BL. -London and York, 4-Mallon and Drilne l " N e wa s " tin, „ 5. ,. .„ . „....pi g d,- - chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Alidland, 3 L. _ 1 ,..., dii ,,,, 4 , - , 21• vs• i4,-. wick, 22 --Newcastle and Darlington, Bra" i n I , ,,telis -°- ) ',.figlan d, , tensions, 11% -North British (Carlisle -- we lsh , , iciii • Wakefield. Pontefract and Goole, New, 1011 i _ t Bid ing) ' . 64, York and North Midland, New (Ea,t and We. ~ Q .,,te, •i i ,'i r L ige GLASGOW, FE* !.. I ; e v And l ial til)s -- ,Oc , STOCK Exemannz.-This sales are-An."•-,anywaYl,..ion, ,toi, Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 40E4 -Ayr find„ - ' s. __.calei r e Jun' 1 70. of Weir, 415.-British and trials Union. 1 :;:.; 0( 1 , A:l i ii vi a17:1: l o a n s : 785.-Ditto, Extension, 535. 6,1.-Caletioniai.l :,.,dian '',,,,unnA ~,r-,, ,, t ~.• o d, ,ilpit 365.6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, New, e l ' 2 1c . ester if2e:irda ..- r : :ft . -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 79 -Edinburg'' , 6. 6d. ..--Gla sl6- 455. -- ii,o l 16s: 9,1. -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 4 6 5., c 01i51e..00 , •? ._,... flock, and Ayr, 77 -Glasgow, Duastries,26l,ogoe4,„,ecion, .:;,":„.... gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 59 5• .. Grand.n.o,lsl lo, _, 375. ltionkland Junction 455.- Glasgow Harbou r 0. 0 .I , , nye rsa7 I d Kilmarnock and on, Direct, 403.-14,11T,011, alt i : c e nr . r , ,,,,,1 ~ • Paisley, Barrhead, and Ilurlet, 525. 6d. 06 _, saB..„..ti pusig -Scottish Central, 15% -Ditto, • Caledonan Junction, . ,detter Dunfermline, 495. -..---•..'r ------ --- - • &Ora"' Po st , ----- EOB • 1 , --------T D-ItaPP .grotrigi.ol, THE PoT.ATO.i.i.OT IN AIELANo . e pu bp . , ,, the new addressed by. Lord Cloncurry t tm of de c3 Y ' ArlY•zetbern, that there is unequivocal evidence ~„ t he e 4 .,: - .4 rer tm - r and up S S ''''' f . , • of potatoes, sown in Novenibe_ , 2.9 ._._‘„ ~, , _ 3,, ....I 325. 6d.-Sout h 15 of which so much reliance /1 _D e r r. -,.. , _ . si . ~,,, e 51.trin.".:,1 r , ' ~1 .1 . J 4 . ~..) ...' . • . , „ ~.,:g 1 . people in the beginning of the • . _ woo 4. .7 It fiei hill 1 .a,