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Lord DACRE presented a petition in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws, but asking inquiry into the pro ceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. The; Earl of KINNAIRD said that the Anti-Corn-law League were only acting constitutionally, and courted inquiry into their proceedings. The Earl of RosEBERY presented a petition from Linlithgow in favour of the total and immediate repeal of the corn-la ws . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE postponed the presenta tion of the p e ti t i on, c.)f emen' which he had given notice, from the colony of Van D s Land, relative to the con victs of that col ony . Lord BEA UMONT moved, pursuant to notice, for papers relative to the interference of England and France in th e affairs of Rio ue de la Plata.beli eve d th a t not hi ng was more dangerous than s uc h the interferencehterference as h a d taken place. He believed that nothin g else. taken place for the support of a fa c ti on and had st we The Earl of ABERDEEN was glad o se that the Noble Lord had left the Eastern for the ern World. The war in the River de la Pl ate was not only wicked but sewieless. Everything had been done by England to put an end to such a fruitless warfare, but without effect. England and France were united on this subject, having no other object in view but to unite all parties. He could assure the House that on this subject the United States disavowed the whole of the proceedings of their agents. General Rosas had made fresh pro posals on this subject ; they were not admissible at pre sent, but he thought they woull lead to the settlement of this question. Under these circumstances, he hoped the Noble Lord would not press for the production of the pa;ers. After some observations from Lord COLSIIESTER and the Duke of WELLINGTON, the motion was withdrawn. A message from the Commons brought up the Grand Jury (Ireland) Presentment Bill and the Drainage (Ire land) Bill. In answer to a question from Earl GREY, the Earl of ST. GERMANS stated that on Monday next he should state the grounds on which toe Government justified the introduction of the Bill with respect to the pacification of Ireland. Several Bills were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. T. O'BRIAN took the oaths and his Rat for the city of Cashel. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1646. Mr. LOCKHART took the oaths and his seat for Selkirk. Several railway Bills were read a second time, and or dered to be committed. .. Various petitions having been presented, Mr. lIODOSON lIINnE gave notice that to-morrow he should ask if the Government intended to introduce any legislative measure founded on the report of the Gauge Commissioners. Sir J. GRATIAM, in reply to Mr. WODEITOUSE, said that he would place his Bill for regulating the law of settlement on the table of the House on an early day, but that he would not preis lit forward until the Bill regulating our commercial policy should have been passed. The County Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Drainage (Ireland) Bill was read a third time. Sir J. GRAHAM moved a new clause, authorising works to be undertaken on the consent of a bare majority of the proprietors, instead of requiring the consent of two thirds, as at present, end throwing the burden of proof upon those who affirmed that the consent of the ma j-)rity had been obtained. The clause was agreed to and added to the Bill, and the Bill was passed. Mr. COLLETT then rose to move for a Committee of Privileges to inquire into the causes that led to the vacation of their seats in this House, by the Members 1 Ltely representing Chichester, Newark, Woodstock, and Buckingham, to make inquiries as to the elections of the present Members for those places, and to inquire how far the standing order against the interference of Peers in elections had been infringed. The Honour able Member commenced reading his speech, and was met with loud cries of " order." He, however, con tinued to read amidst loud cries of "order," intermingled with laughter, which occasionally rendered him in audible. The excuse for the old nomination boroughs had been, that they insured seats for men of _talent ; but in these new nomination boroughs talent was re jected. Why, he would ask, had Mr. GLADSTONE been prevented from coming forward as a candidate fur Newark ? Why, because he was a member of the overnmcnt of the Right Hon. Baronet, and the Right Hon. Baronet was opposed to the Duke of NEWCASTLE. In the cases of Chichester and Buckingham, Sir T. FREMANTLE and Lord A. LENNox had been compelled to resign by the Dukes of BUCKINGHAM end RICHMOND, and two inexperienced youths returned by those Noble Dukes in their places, and thus the House had been deprived of the services of the best Irish Secretary at a most important period. Now, by their own standing orders, the interference of Peers in the elections of Members (..,f that House was declared a high breach of privilege. The Hon. Gentleman then read from the journals seve ral cases in IA hick the House had noticed the inter ference of Peers in elections. The Hon. Member would, first of all, draw the attention of the House to Chichester, On referring to ‘‘ Dodd's Parliamentary Guide," he found it stated under the head of " Chichester," that the Duke of RICHMOND'S influence returned one Member for the city. Lord ARTHUR LENNOX, who had frequently represented Chichester, had accepted office during the last autumn ; he had been re-elected ; had taken the oaths and his seat on the 27th of January, and on the Bth of February a new writ had been moved for. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted from various newspapers the accounts given as to the cause of the resignation of Lord A. LENNOX, and the election of Lord H. LENNOX, and declared his opinion that the privileges of the House had been infringed upon by the interfereace of CHARLES Duke of RICHMOND in the representation of Chichester. In Newark, it was stated in " Dodd's Parliamentary Compa nion," that the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S influence was great. The Honourable Gentleman then re lated the history of the last election for Newark, and stated that he believed that in respect to that bo rough the privileges of the House bad been infringed by lIENay PELHAM, Duke of NEWCASTLE, who had concerned himself in the election for Newark. He next referred to Woodstock, and related the history of the various recent elections for that borough, concluding by declaring that it was his impression, and he stated that he verily believed the privileges of Parlia- ment had been infringed by GEORGE SPENCER CHURCHILL, Duke of MARLBOROUGH, by his hav ing concerned himself in the election of Members to serve in Parliament for the borough, all which charges, if a Committee were granted, he verily believed he should establish. He then referred to the case of Buckingham, in which the Duke of BUCKINGHAM possessed great influence, and he charged the Duke of BUCKINGHAM with having infringed the liberties and privileges of the House by his having concerned him self in the return of Members to that House for the borough of Buckingham. Tho HOn. Member concluded by moving for the appointment of a Select Committee, and placed in the hands of the Speaker the charges he had made against certain Peers, which he was prepared to prove to the Committee. Mr. W. WILLIAms seconded the motion. He did not expect to have been called upon to do so. He had ex pected that the Noble Lord the Member for Chichester, or the Noble Marquis the Member for Buckingham, would have seconded the motion, in order to answer the charges against themselves and their Noble Fathers. lie expected that Government would have supported such a motion. These charges were so grave that the House of Commons ought not to pass them over without inquiry. In the cases which had been brought forward by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, a Committee had been granted, and the present charges were of even a graver nature. These charges involved matters degrading to the character of the House, and they were bound to inquire into a matter of such grave importan:e. The charge was, that those Peers had compelled Members, who supported a measure brought forward for the public benefit by the Government, to resign their seats, and had returned nominees who would vote against those measures intended for the public good, and is support solely of the private inte rests of those Noble persons. The Government, which had been calumniated by these Noble persons, had an interest in having this inquiry male. It was disgraceful to the gentlemen of England to have shown the se'fish feeling they had shown in relation to the measure pro posed by the Government. If the representation of the people was to be tainted in this way, they would raise an agitation for a new reform, and new schedule A. The Peers should be warned by the fate of the aristocracy in the French revolution, and not set up their private in terests against these of the public. Sir R. PEEL could see no necessity for introducing the question of the corn-laws into this debate, neither was it fair to impute improper motives to those who were under charge. With regard to the imputations against himself by those noble persons, he must say he Was not aware that any such imputations of dishonest motives had been made ; and if there had, he must say that that would not influence his decision in the least. That the Peers exercised an influence in elections it was observed to:deny, and he hoped the day would never arrive whets the Peers would cease to exercise a legiti mate influence. God forbid that the day should ever arrive when either Peers or Commoners should cease to exercise the influence of virtue. The less of coercion was exercised by a virtuous and high minded man the greater would be his influence. The question was, however, had any illegitimate influence been exercised by those Peers ? If they granted this Committee there never would occur an election in the case of which a si milar inquiry might not be called for. The Hon. Gen tleman had not adduced one single fact or offered one single proof of any act of interference on the part of those Peers. The Hon. Member had read certain ex - tracts from newspapers, but surely he would not condemn public men on this authority. The only reason why his Right Honourable Friend had vacated his seat was a too delicate sense of honour, which he could not blame, j elthough, constitutionally, he thought it was wrong, if they were assembled there not as delegates but as free agents. Then, with regard to Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE, he had at his election given a specific pledge that he would retain the corn law, and on the representation of the majority of his constituents, those constituents not being urged by the nfluenced of any Peer, he had deemed it his duty to resign his seat. Let it be remembered that they lived in an atmosphere of public opinion. Peers had a right to express their opinion in a public meeting, if they would, of the conduct of public men, and if their tenants and friends chose to adopt their advice, he would not wish to prevent it. If they could bring forward any proof of an improper and direct interference of Peers at elections, he would vote for inquiry ; but he would not vote for a fishing committee, and ho would act as he would have done if the Noble individuals had still con tinued to him their confidence, and would offer his de cided opposition to the motion. Mr. HUME thought it absurd to continue the standing orders, but he would recommend his Hon. Friend to withdraw his motion, as he certainly bad not brought forward sufficient evidence to authorise the appointment of a committ ee . It was , however, perfectly clear that the nomination boroughs had not been all done away with by the Reform 1 B'll Mr. s o c,,,ovrow? was more than ever convinced of • the nec ess i ty o f n complainedt full still further reform in the representa tion. H e wished a to see co legitimate influence maintained, and illegitimate influence IN hat it ought t o be a _destroyed, and this House made fair io m re o p t re n sentation of the andhis that th e people. Lord RUSSELLETT th thenwithdrewpitt. Buenos s laid on the table in reference to the w ar with 3 threw no light on the origin of the war, and eu s:isshAyres know if any further papers would be laid on the tabl e d ? to Sir R. PEEL could not produce any further papers at present. Lord PALMERSTON asked if any convention had been entered into between this country and France prior to the commencement of hostilities in Buenos Ayres, for the purpose of regulating the conduct of those hostilities? Sir R. PEEL said instructions had been .issued by the those operations, two Governments for the regulation of but that no convention h ad been entered into. The adjourned debate on the commercial policy was then resumed by e 'idea of the country Lord DriricAN, who ridiculed t h being deluged by foreign corn, as had been prophesied by the Member for East Somersetshire. On the tariff debate that Hon. Gentleman had prophesied that there would be au immense i m po r t of foreign Mae, and.graziers had been induced to rush into the market ; they had been deceived ; and the farmers having found those pro- phecies false, would not trust his prophecies for the future. Then, with regard to the Hon. Member for Sunderland, who seemed to regard the prospect of a famine in Ire land with iron nerves, he had certainly said that he could import his foreign corn at 255. a quarter ; but he had been wise enough to keep his secret, and did not tell them where this cheap corn could be procured. Like a good political eoonomist, the Hon. Gentleman bought in the cheapest and sold in the dearest market. He would advise the Hon. Member to withdraw his re- spectable name from the provisional committee of the bubble of protection— a scheme to keep up high rents and high prices by artificial means. High prices did not benefit the farmer—they were caused by scarcity, Neither did they benefit the labourer, for the nominal high wages of England could only be exchanged for a less quantity of food than could be procured abroad for the low wages paid there. Wages were not regulated by the price of corn. In America corn was cheap and wages were high. In England the price of corn had been kept up by artificial means, and the diet of the labourer had been reduced in consequence from beef to bread, and ultimately from beef to potatoes. The Noble Lord then traced the history of the corn-laws from 1630 to ISIS. When the law of 1815 was intro- duced, Mr. ROBINSON declared that the object of the measure was not to benefit the landed aristocracy, although they now asked for compen sation for the withdrawal of protection. He was a landowner and a farmer, and he believed they had nothing to fear from competition. Believirg the mea sure of the Government calculated to benefit all classes of the community, he 'should give it his hearty support. Mr. Hunstest denied, in the most emphatic manner, that he had spoken lightly of the distresses of Ireland. He had said that he admitted that distress, and would support any measure that might be brought forward for the alleviation of it. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON had sat in that House for twenty-six years, and had observed the effects of the various changes which had been introduced into our commercial policy during that period. He had also wit nessed the great changes in our banking system which had been introduced, and the suecas of which had not as yet been tested, and concerning the effects of which men of experience entertained great doubts; and looking to the enactments of these monetary measures, and to the admission of the Right Hon. Baronet that he was not prepared to state that other countries would take our manufactures in return, he feared that the free importation of corn would greatly derange the currency. He admitted that the potato crop in Ireland had failed to a great extent. He would ask, why had not the Government taken mea sures to provide against the danger by opening the Forts? The reason he believed was that there was no Anti-Corn-law League then to delude the people as there was now. It was a delusion for them to say that, under a repeal of the corn-laws, the present rate of wages could be maintained. Where was the necessity for the proposed change ? The manufacturers were making large profits, employment was plenty, wages were high, and the people were contented and happy. The number of depositors in the savings' banks, and the aggregate capital of those institutions, had greatly increased since 1841, proving the increased -prosperity of the indus trious classes. Under these circumstances, what neces sity was there for proposing these great changes, which would ruin the best customer of the manufacturer— namely, the agriculturist. If, as had been stated, protec tion was in every circumstance bad, he would ask, why had the measure not been made more extensive? Was not the Cornish miner protected ? Did they intend to repeal the Navigation Laws? Had they not a right to demand the abolition of the shipowners' monopoly of the coasting trade ? He might be answered that the national safety required that foreigners should not inter fere with our coasting trade; and if so, honesty required that protection should be continued to agriculture. He knew of no country in which free trade existed, and he could not support the proposition of the Government. He asked where was there a statesman who advocated free trade ? Sir R. PEEL intimated that the Hon. Member had signed the famous London free-trade petition in 1820. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON admitted he had done so, but he still asked, where was there the statesman in Europe or America who was an advocate for a perfect free trade? Mr. WEBSTER certainly was not, for he had only recently declared himself a protectionist. He was not inclined to gn back or stand still in their com mercial policy, but he did not go on in the road pointed out by the Right Hon. Baronet. In calculating the in creased rental of 1842, as compared with 1815, the Right Hon. Baronet had omitted to allude to the great quan tity of waste land enclosed since that period, and there fore his conclusion was fallacious. He believed that the Right Hon. Baronet would have done far more good in reducing the duty on tea and sugar than in bringing forward this question. He deeply regretted that a sense of duty compelled him to vote against the proposition of the Right Hon. Boronet. Sir W. MOLESWORTH supported the measure, believ ing that the adoption of the proposition of the Govern ment would be beneficial to all parties. Mr. BENETT felt bound to oppose the measure intro duced by the Right Hon. Baronet. Cheap corn and cheap labour might exist together, but cheap corn and dear labour never could. The effect of the measure would be to crush the little farmers, as the I.ttle manu facturers had been, and ultimately to reduce the wages of the labourer. Ho objected to the measure because it would have that effect, and he firmly believed that in doing so he was supporting, not only the landed but the manufacturing interest. He was convinced that when this question was carried the tall chimnies of the manu facturer would be undermined and totter to their fall. He had much respect for the balance of parties in that House, but he did not believe that the furtherance of that object would be effected by the carrying of the pre sent measure. Mr. F. H. BERKELEY denied that the Hon. Member who moved the amendment represented the opinions of the constituency of the city of Bristol on this great subject, and felt convinced that an appeal to the country would justify him in that assertion. He should support the proposition of the Government. Mr. J. TOLLEMACHE would vote against the free trade proposition of her Majesty's Government. His opinions with respect to free trade remained unchanged. Ile was afraid that this measure would not only pass this but the other House of Parliament. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE supported the measure. He thought that it became those who owed their seats, not to any Noble Lord, but to the people, to rescue the Right Honourable Baronet from the obloquy that was attempted to be cast upon him. He admired the man ner in which the Right Hon. Baronet had brought for ward this question, and the determination which he had displayed to carry it out. The Recorder of Dublin had called the Right Honourable Baronet and his Government political cowards ; he believed cowardice was on the other side. The Right Hon. Baronet had done a great service to his country in bringing this question forward, and he would meet his reward. lie would give him his most cordial support, feeling con vinced that his measures were sound, and his object worthy of a great statesman. The people of England were a grateful and forgiving people ; they forgot the errors the Right Hon. Baronet had for years committed, and gladly accepted from him the boon that he now offered them. He believed that the great boon that would be given to the people by this measure would be the determination of the law of settlement. That would be a great act of justice to the operative classes. He believed that the measure was calculated to improve the condition of the people, and he therefore gave it his support. Sir TnoiuAs D. ACLAND could not discover upon what grounds the present measure had been brought forward, and he should therefore give it his opposition. The corn-law was not an oppressive law, and he did not see why it should be repealed. Mr. B. BARING urged the immediate settlement of this question, which, if suffered to go on, must become a question of classes, and give rise to an agitation dan gerous to the existence of property itself. Let them take warning by the Catholic question, and yield in time. On the motion of Mr, C. BRUCE the debate was ad journed till to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. Lord ASHLEY'S farewell address to the electors of Doi set shire is worthy of deep and general attention. After having represented the county for the last fourteen years, the Noble Lord has been compelled to withdraw for a time, the protectionists having obtained a temporary influence. Indeed, so resolved were they to oppose the Ministerial measures, that they were prepared to spend any sums in order to return their favourite candidates. Lord AsiiLEy at once declared himself unable to afford such a contest. And it is well he did so ; the cham pions of free trade must be chosen on higher grounds than any pecuniary considerations. Let them leave those to the protectionists, who have nothing else to recommend them. In taking leave of his former constituents, in earnest, elo quent, and impressive language, the Noble Lord explained his reasons for resigning, refuted the arguments of his opponents, and strongly urged the necessity for supporting Sir It. PEEL. Indeed, the " only amendment he felt disposed to propose to the Ministerial measure—One suggested by grave and mature consideration— was, that there should be an immediate, not a gradual abo lition of the corn-laws." Many persons have blamed Lord ASHLEY for advocating the cause of the factory operatives, while, by upholding protection, he was wronging the agri culturists, with whom he was more nearly connected. By his recent conduct the Noble Lord has silenced these objections ; he has preyed himself the friend not of one class, but of the community ; in both cases he has sacrificed per sonal interests for the general welfare. He refused to enter the Government in order to bring forward the Factory Bill, and now, by supporting free trade, lie has lost his seat in Parliament. lie is now only a private individual, and much as we may regret this cir cumstance, we do not regret it for Lord ASHLEY'S sake. We regret it for the House of Commons, which has lost one of its most consistent, conscientious Members; we regret it for the poor, who have lost a powerful friend ; for the hard w evh:e o a:er r vyr k e i r n ee g av de o yr p t s o reluctantr sympathise, effecteda t t ives, who have lost a zealous advocate ; for but even convince the suffering an d t h e h e l p l ess, who h ave l ost t h e h e l p o f one Yr: Pbelieve more t l li o s r e e , t e hr e v a e ta r l foremost Lgooordd A. scol t , to assist. Others, r,ss mp oa l l A yi r t e ide s aa h lz o zc u l a l er d eb b ey e r wbeyretiiiteirsos,uabltllewirlelaasdomniintgt,hat obtainfew the d ir terminated eloquence, passing admiration or perhaps lasting fame ; but Lord ASIILEY has earned a higher tribute than admiration—he has merited the warm approval of the kind-hearted and well-judging, the fervent gratitude of the poor, the suffering, the oppressed. To his unwearying perseverance we are indebted for many of our most humane and salutary regulations. We owe it to him that women, no longer neglecting the duties and dignity of their sex, working in the mines, perform labours arduous even for men. Who has not read with horror those details, describing young and tender females, barely covered with a single garment, struggling beneath the weight of burdens as ill-proportioned to their physical strength as the situation was unfitted to their moral cha racter ; but these revolting scenes are over, and it is to Lord ASHLEY we are indebted for the change; through him also children under eight years of age no longer work twelve and fifteen hours a•day ; and through his endeavouri mothers will some future day have two hours to attend to their families—young persons two hours to obtain some instruction. Thinking of all that he has done, of all that he might yet do, we cannot but regret the absence of Lord ASHLEY from the scene of his untiring labours, his well-earned triumph. But, for his own sake we cannot regret it ; his resignation has placed him in a higher position than he ever owned before. Not when he advocated the cause of the poor with the strong eloquence of truth, commanding the sym pathy even of his opponents, did he appear so truly noble as now, when he has relinquished all thoughts of private or per_ sonal advantage, has given up even his power of doing good for the sake of the necessities of the country. By sup porting the corn-laws he might have retained his influence, but principle forbade him; lie might also have retained his seat, yet voted for a repeal, but his feelings of honour corn pelted him to resign his trust, and he has resigned it. We may sum up his character in the impressive words of Mr. SMYTHE, in his poem of Armond Carrel : " A wrong to conviction he would not endure, And he fought for his love when he fought for the poor." In his speech, on Thursday, Lord ASHLEY fairly answered all the arguments of his opponents when they spoke of a de pendence on foreigners ; he reminded them that they were not dependent on any single country, that all foreign ports could not he closed at once; that " NAPOLEON, in the zenith of his power, with the entire command of the continent, found his Berlin and Milan decrees inoperative, because he was lighting against the necessities of the people. There was now more wisdom in their forms of government., a tenfold force in public opinion, and he was convinced that in the present day it would require a NAPOLEON multiplied by twenty, not only to enforce but to proclaim such de crees I" He then referred to the article of cotton, for which we are only partly dependent on America ; yet, " during the war in 1812, there was no sus pension of the trade, the two countries agreed, as it were, to 'fight with the one hand arid trade with the other." He strongly deprecated the idea that the manufacturing and agricultural interests were at variance. "And now," said the Noble Lord with great impressiveness, "I assert that their prosperity is your prosperity—you cannot flourish while they fade ; you and they are the arms of the State, and every revolution of the steam-engine drives the ploughshare deeper into the fruitful soil of England," and this is the language of a Tory ! Truly times are changed. Reason and common sens 3 have triumphed at last. Party spirit has given way to the universal spirit of truth and justice. Lord J. RUSSELL could not propose more truly liberal measures than those which Sir R. PEEL has recently brought forward, and Mr. COBDEN himself could scarcely uphold free trade more strenuously than Lord ASHLEY. The Noble Lord thus con cluded his address:— " And now as I bid you farewell—(No, no)—I will ask you in all justice seriously to answer me, what motives can I have in coun selling the adoption of these measures,:_ether than a sincere—it may be a mistaken belief of their value for your public and private inte rest ? My lot is cast with yours. If this measure be an evil one, few will suffer more than myself. I have many children and no expectations to sustain them but these derived from land, and that, too, situate in the poorest and most unprofitable parts of your own county. I have by a voluntary act of my on - n stripped myself of the high honour that attaches to being your representative, and I now stand here before you after fourteen years of service—l may say with joy of blameless service—l stand here to be rejected by your voices.—(" No, no," and cheers.) I stand here to be sentenced to a private station, and be deprived of all hope of carrying into completion those measures of social improvement to which I have devoted the better portion of my life. How ever painful the issue, it shall not sever those ties of charity which bind me to you, and, I am sure, you to me ; and I shall rejoice in a hope amounting to an assurance, that counsels such as these—devised to consolidate the peace and extend the in tercourse of nations—to reconcile man to man and interest to inte rest, will be abundantly blessed from on high ; and I shall hope that your common welfare, forced] on you in spite of yourselves, will make you confess at last that the free and friendly intercourse of all the families of the earth will secure your own prosperity under God, and bring all nations to the love of the law and the freedom and re ligion of the British people." Seven days since we announced the fact that a most un constitutional influence was being exercised by certain noble men, whereby the freedom of elections'was directly tampered with, and the old boroughmongering system revived. This declaration was last night corroborated by Mr CoLLETT—corroborated at least as far as assertions can be received. Unfortunately, however, the Honourable Member had not supplied himself with testimo nies (to accumulate a vast number of which there would assuredly be no difficulty), and was besides so embar rassed in his delivery as to militate considerable against the actual importance of his motion. These circumstances we most earnestly lament since,' through their interposition, a vicious and insufferable grievance—possibly the most vicious and insufferable grievance with which our govern ment can be afflicted—is slurred over as something scarcely worthy of attention, when in fact for a Legislative interference in its regard there is a pro.. digious and paramount necessity. The integrity of our own individual department—of the people's department—in the State is placed in jeopardy : of this fact, there are indubi table proofs, and proofs of almost daily recurrence. Young scions of nobility, by courtesy designated as representatives of this or that constituency, but in reality the delegates of dncal interest, walk one after another into the House of Commons, are sworn in as a matter of mere routine, and seat themselves among the advocates of individual monopoly and party protection. Of this no individual, who has observed recent occurrences down in the provinces, and who is, at the same time, gifted with a single crumb of brain, can, for one solitary instant, doubt. It is as plain as that the seasons alternate: it is as demonstrable as the simplest proposition in arithmetic Like the plague-spot, it is its own evidence; like the crime of HAMLET'S uncle, it is " rank, and smells to heaven !" That this corruption exists, look at Chichester, look at Buckingham, look at `Woodstock;—that this corruption exists, read, as the Hon. Gentleman recommends, "Dodd's Parliamentary Companion ;"—that this corruption exists, ob serve how frequently men are returned with a sweeping majority, who have no personal claim, or tie, or influence with the constituency —men without one jot of the persuasiveness of eloquence —men who are ac companied, when they sally forth to canvass the electors, with some purse-agent — some recognised money-jobber of a local landlord with a coronet and a thumping rent-roll. With these facts staring one boldly in the teeth, who shall blink the matter as anything but imperative ? who shall have the audacity to say that rotten boroughs are utterly abolished? The serfdom into which a considerable number of ou r enfranchised countrymen are plunged ; their total incapa city to vote as their heart and their very reason would tell them to vote ; the undue authority which these acre• owning despots are permitted to exercise—are really pitiable. Looking at those devoted blots upon the political chart of the "Land of Liberty," we almost sigh for the freedom of the Russian peasantry, or pine for the liberality of thought permitted of old among the lielots. By an extension of the malady upon which we have thus animad • vested, the Lower House would ultimately become, with re ference to the Upper House, what the servants' lobby is with reference to the drawing-room—the reception hall of legisla tive flunkies. We are impelled to give utterance to our in dignation in language thus comprehensible and matter of fact from the intolerable nature of this great constitu tional Tice. The grievance is harsh and unsavoury —it requires to be eradicated with harsh, and possibly unsavoury promptitude, and hence the same qualities are requisite to give strength to any exposure of the necessity. Sir ROBERT PEEL objected, last evening, and that with mani fest propriety, to the acceptance of the motion as produced by Mr. COLLETT, insisting that one of such a peculiar character should be accompanied by an array of proofs directly bearing on the case in point—otherwise this, namely a demand for what might rea sonably be regarded as an idle, fishing Committee of Inquiry, might rationally be stigmatised as a vexatious attempt to occupy the time and to fritter away. the patience of the re presentatives. To these very sensible objections no sound opposition can possibly be raised ; it is but proper the House should look for testimony before any investigation (especially one of such an important kind) should be seriously com menced. And hence, as we have previously observed, Mr CorssErr seems to have been either wonderfully precipitate . or wonderfully incompetent, to undertake the office to which he has aspired—namely, the impeacher of more than a ducal triumvirate. We consider the Honourable Member pecu liarly culpable, from rendering a good solid c ause apparently a very shallow and frivolous one imleed ; by not selecting from the mass of evidence which lay before him ready to be collected, some facts which would have satisfied the sceptical and driven the House into a Corn. mittee forthwith. From this assemblage of evidence let us select one; surely it alone would have had suf cient power to have accomplished the ends which we have just enumerated. It is about the boldest interference of a Peer in the election of a Member fvr the Commons which could well be conceived, and front other particulars is tinctured with extraordinary audacity, and no less extraor dinary intolerance. Our remarks are directed t, an epistle written by his Grace of NEVI/CASTLE on Tuesday last; it is dated from Ciumber ; it is addressed to " the inhabitants of South Nottinghamshire;" and is penned for the direct and acknowledged purpose of preventing his Grace's son, Lord LIN COLN, from being the successful candidate at the forth coming election. "In addressing 3 ou on the present occasion,' says the Duke, " I am quite aware of the unusualness of the proceedings :" a most proper occurrence indeed for the coinage of an epithet 1 the detestable act was not to be expressed by any word in the dictionary ! " Lord LINCOLN has been the deluded victim of bad counsel"—it is his Grace's cash-box that here takes a tongue unto itself— he pursues his malignities by saying that some individuals had foolishly " expected that the public voice would be raised in favour of free trade and the other newly disclosed enormities of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government, although we have neither asked for nor desire free trade, nor any other vicious and revo:'ution avy system !" Strong speaking this in so unsound a position ! bold words for the scarcely legitimate interference of al oligarch 1 Nor is this the marrow or the essence of the epistle ; the whole production is red-hot —it breathes of the • boiling brAndY iu 'lhich Quiz Was ?font to quench hip thirst, Looking at it through the medium of mere substantial fact, this letter is the ebulition of a father against his son ; it is the preference of private wealth to public prosperity ; it looks uncommonly like a breach of the standing order. We commend it as such to the consideration of the Prime Minister and the investigation of the House of Commons. The Madrid Gazette of the 13th publishes the following appointments to office, signed by the late Minister of Jus- tice :—General NAnvAr,z,Commander-in-Chief of the Army; Marquis DE MIRAFLORES, President of the Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs; ISTURITZ, Interior; General Roscau, War; Admiral TOPETE, Marine. The other vacancies had not been filled up. The public seemed to take little inte rest in the new Ministry, as it is considered only temporary and formed for the purpose of carrying out some intrigue. The Funds continued much depressed. On the 12th the Three per Cents. closed at 31:% at 6.0 days ; the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days; and the Madrid and Aranjuez Railroad Shares, at 2,095 at 60 days. Most of the Paris journals contain articles on the Ministry just formed at Madrid, and the causes of the change, but - when we state that. they give at least four different versions of the affair, our readers will excuse us for passing them over without further notice. The Chamber of Deputies had been engaged for two days in discussing a plan, for which 15,000,000 f. are required, to complete the canal between Toulouse and Castels, but when the debate was brought to a close, and the vote was called, there were not a sufficient number of Members present to make a House. The accounts from Africa are still very unfavourable. To such extremities is BUGEAUD reduced that he has compelled the colonists to arm and enrol them selves as militia, and has even taken five hundred convicts out of prison and embodied them into a regiment. It is really astonishing how the French Government can allow this madman to remain at his post for one day longer. The remarks of the Notional on the subject will excite sympathy throughout France. " Marshal BUGEAUD," says that jour nal, "has just ordered the organisation of all the reserve of the Algerian National Guard. The army is not sufficient, and the National Guard is put in requisition. It is even ne cessary to have recourse to men whom the law has struck and banished from the ranks of our battalions. Five hun dred men, condemned to the punishment of a weight at tached to their leg, have been equipped and armed in all haste, and have just taken the field. In a word, all the resources of the Governor-General are employed to withstand the sad necessities of the situation. We learn, in addition, that fresh reinforcements have been demanded from the War department. IVe can easily comprehend the painful emotion caused in Algiers by the calling out of the National Guard. It is in vain that M. BUGEAUD, in his letter to General DE BAR, en deavours to assign a different motive for this grave measure ; every one easily divines what this appeal to the devotedness and courage of the civil population means. It is evident, and we have repeatedly said so, that M. BUGEAUD dces not know where to turn. By his fault, and by his fault alone, a mag nificent army has in a mahner melted away during a short campaign of four months. No more cavalry, no more beasts of burden for the transport of provisions and ammunition. The infantry present only a few enfeebled groups, covered with rags, and reduced to the most meagre diet. In despair, the citizens are obliged to be armed, and to be called on to defend the country in common with offenders, declared un worthy to wear the uniform." Several officers of the army of Africa, who are in Paris on leave, have just received orders to return immediately to their posts. On Wednesday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 123 f. 40c. ; tiie Orleans Railroad shares, 1,330 f. ; Rouen, 1,060 f. ; Havre, 7621. 50e.; Avignon, 1,025 f.; Yierzon, 735 f.; Bor deaux, 657 f. 50e.; Boulogne, 555 f.; Basle, 256f.25c. ; Great Northern, 778 f. 75e. ' • Fampoux, 472 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 557 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5951. . . _ The following are the quotations for other lines :—Paris and Lyons (definitive), 6321. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 511 f.; Ditto (Lecointe), 505 f. ; Ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f.; Ditto (Espeleta), 511 f. ; Charleroi (Kysaen's), 492 f. 50c. LYONS, FEII. 16.—Marseilles and Avignon, 990 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,295 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,027 f. 50c. ; Orleans and Vlerzon, 770 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Fan. 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 2M—Central of Spain, I—Eastlndian, North.• cm of France Constituted, 15 1 4 —Great Western Bengal, % —Ja maica South Midland Junction, 3!(y—Louvain and Jensappe, 2 Lyons and Avignon, 2i—Luxembourg, 2%—Madrid and Valentia, l%—Namur and Liege, 3%—Orleans and Vierzon, 173 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%—ritris and Rouen, 40 1 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 29%. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) . Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildall, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) PIKE V. LEE. This was an action taken by the plaintiff, who is a law and clerical agent, residing in Chancery-lane, against the defen dant, for the recovery of 2 per cent. commission on a sum of 6,4501., being the amount of the purchase-money paid for an advowson sold to a party named Hughy. The action was brought upon the ground that the defendant had a right to pay it, inasmuch as he was the attorney who had negotiated the sale for Mr. Hughy. The defendant, a solicitor, resid ing at Leeds, resisted the claim, upon the grounds that it was Mr. Hughy who was liable. The case is of no public interest, and is likely to occupy the entire day. SECONDARIES.--(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Secondary PoTTEn.) LACEY V. LEWIS. This was an action for 71. 55., for money lent. The de fendent pleaded that he was not indebted. it appeared . that the defendant had been treasurer of a Lode of Forresters, held at the Flying Horse, Milton 'street, Lripplegate ; and plaintiff was endebted to the Order. A meeting of delegates was held, and plaintiff, as ranger, paid the money due, and defendant afterwards said he should not lose the money, as he would repay him. The jury, without hesitation, gave a verdict for the LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (THIS DAY ) (Befo.e the RECORDER.) MILLGATE AND ANOTHER V. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON -BROWN, CHAMBERLAIN, AND CO., V. SHORT. The first case was for compensation for premises in Lad lane, and the other involved a question as to the liability of wholesale dealers to take up their freedom in order to carry on business in the City. Sir Thomas Wilde, Sergeant Tal• fourd, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, and other gentlemen were en gaged, but could not possibly attend, and although to-day ha( be nn named, the cases had not been set down for trial Mr. RYLAND appeared on behalf of the Corporation, to have Saturday week appointed, but Mr. LOCKE objected, on the ground that the leading counsel could not attend. - - The RECORDER said that in cases of compensation the claimant had always been allowed to open the case, although the writ was sued out by the City, and not long since an Act was passed, placing him in the situation of plaintiff ; under such circumstances it was clear that he could go before the Court to have a day fixed. A long discussion ensued, and The RECORDER suggested Wednesday next. The ASSOCIATE said, that was Ash Wednesday, and a dies non. The RECORDER said that half the days open for sitting were Saint days, and he was by no means certain that he was bound to go by the Saints' Calender, but that he might take that of the Queen's Bench; at all events he consi dered that the objection did not apply to a case of com pensation. The Bth of April was then mentioned. The RECORDER said it appeared that it was a custom in the City that no business should be done on holidays; the only course, therefore, which appeared to be open to him was to fix a day on which the question could not arise, for he understood that in the last case it would be disputed inch by inch from the panel to the verdict, and from the verdict to the judgment; he should, therefore, fix the 4th of March. He did not, however, see why a special case should not be prepared, or a verdict agreed to, as it was purely a matter of law, depending on a by-law 240 years old. Mr. Pearson, the City Solicitor, said that the case had been standing over for twelve months and a fortnight, and the parties would not agree on the admissions. The RECORDER said that he could not wait for an importa tion of "foreign counsel." He was at all times ready to meet their convenience as far as practicable, but if they could not agree amongst themselves he must assign counsel of the court. The cases were ultimately adjourned for the 4th, unless counsel could agree before the rising of the Court. NIARLBRO-STREET. 7 -(THIS DAY Alexander 111`Lean, described in the Police charge sheet as residing at No. 4, York-road, Lambeth, gentleman, and Charles 111‘ Kenzie, of No. 7, Hill-street, Walworth, no occu pation, persons of very respectable appearance, were charged with drunken and disorderly conduct in the pit of the Hay market Theatre, and disturbing the audience during the per formance. George Alderman, No. 77 of the A division, stated that about half-past nine o'clock last evening, while on duty at the theatre, his attention was drawn to the defendants, who were in the pit behaving in a disorderly manner, talking very loudly, and making such a disturbance that the audience repeatedly called out "to turn them out ;" they were ejected but forced their way in again, and on being expelled a second time, H'Lean ran round the pit passage and ex tinguished all the gas-lights, leaving the place fcr the time in total darkness ; they were ultimately secured and taken to the station house. Both of them were intoxicated. Inspector Squires, of the C division, informed Mr. Hard wick that her Majesty was present in the theatre at the time the disturbance was made. So violent were the defendants that constables were obliged to be fetched from the street to assist in securing them. Constable Alderman said that they had placed themselves directly underneath her Majesty's box. Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendants what answer they had to make to the charge? M'Lean said he was very sorry indeed for what had oc curred; he was certainly very tipsy at the time. M'Kenzie said he was also very sorry, and was sure that they should not have so misconducted themselves but through being intoxicated. Mr. HARDWICK—In what station of life are you? M'Lean —l'm a clerk. Mr. HARDWICK—In what office? M'Lean—None at pre. sent. M'Kenzie-I'm the same, Sir. Mr. HARDWICK—Let the defendants find security for keeping the pea c e and being of good behavi our t i ll th e ses sion. ACCIDENT AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—On Thursday an accident which might have been attended with great loss of life occurred at the British Museum. A large stone, weighing nearly eight tons, which was to form part of the architrave that supports the cornice in the front of the left wing, had been just drawn up by the crane, and the men were steadying it into its proper position when the chain broke, several of the links flying away into Great- Russell street, and the enormous mass crushing the hand of a man named Keller to atoms, fell through the scaffolding to the ground, snapping in two an immense beam of timber as if it kad been a lath, and dashing to pieces part of the stone substructure between two of the columns. Three men, who must otherwise inevitably have perished, saved themselves when the scaffolding was tumbling to pieces by springing up and catching hold of other parts of the archi trave, to which they clung so long—hanging by their fingers before they could obtain any footing to raise themselves upon it—as to cause the most painful anxiety to those below, who expected nothing less than their instant destruction. Only a few seconds before the ponderous block fell several men were working immediately.beneath it, and so great was the fear that an awful sacrifice •f life had been the consequence that those who ran to the spot hesitated at first 49111 apprehension of beholding some (UMW catastrophe. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet. Sales, 3,000 bales, all to the trade. Prices were %d. per lb. lower than on Friday last. Shares were dial , and prices were declining. The following are some of the principal sales, by Messrs. Wickham and Co., which took place yesterday at the Hall of Commerce :-York 1 and Lancaster, 255. 6d. - Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 9s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 145.-East Lancashire and Airdale, 3015.- North Staffordshire, 115 s- Portsmouth Direct, 758.-Boston, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 9s. 6d.-Great Eastern and Western, 19s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 635. 6d.- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 825.-London and Man chester (Remington's),3ls.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 315.-Caledonian Extension, 525. 6e1.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 645.-Louvain and Jemappe, 405.-London and York, 775.-Eastern Counties-(York Extension), 335.- Perth and Inverness, 37s -Reading and Reigate, 225.-Welsh Midland, 345.-Galway and Kilkenny, 155.-London and Birmingham Extension, 7s. 6d.-Birmingham, West Brom wich, Wednesbury, and Walsall, 10s.-Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow, 325. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen,62s. 6d.-Lon don and Windsor, 28s. 6d. In commercial circles much satisfaction has been produced by the course taken by the Directors of the Bank of England in extending, rather than contracting, as was anticipated in many quarters, the period for making advances during the time the transfer books remain closed, preparatory to the payment of the quarterly dividends. It is now quite evi dent that all those serious consequences, so much dreaded by alarmists, in consequence of the railway deposits were very greatly exaggerated. The constant demand for money stock is itself an indication that the public have full confidence in the national obligations-and the reaction that has taken place recently in values is more to be ascribed to a desire on the part of the Bull speculators to realise than to any other circumstance. It must be he7d a most satisfactory feature that the purchases on account of the savings' banks are continued with a remarkable degree of regularity. This is not indicative of the prevalence of such extensive distress and embarrassment on the part of the middle and rather inferior grades of society as a Morning Contemporary still talks of, the result, as unfoundedly as serted, of specultilons in railway schemes. No information has come to hand yet of the arrival of the West India m ail steam-ship. The merchants are in full attendance at the Jamaica coffee-house now to obtain in formation upon the subject. No doubt she will be in Southampton Waters in the course of to- day. The accounts from Mexico are looked for with some anxiety. There have been some very good purchases of Stock to day, but the quotations have remained very much the same as yesterday. Consols for the Account have fluctuated only from 96% to 96 1 4. but for immediate transfer the value has been raised from 9& to 96 1 %. The premium upon Exche quer-bills has receded from 395. to 365. The New Five per Cents. have been quoted at 122 ; Bank Stock has advanced from 208% to 210 ;. and the Reduced Three per Cents. from 96 1 / 2 to 9634. In about five of the foreign Stocks have operations been entered into this morning. Spanish Five per Cents. for Account have advanced to 27% ; the Three per Cents. to 38, (also for Account) ; the French Three per Cents. to 84 75 ; but the Dutch Four per Cents. have been flat at from 94 3 / 4 to 95. The Railway Share Market has been comparatively steady his morning. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • . • • •. 2 , .9 208% 210 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96%%% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98% 1 4% New Five per Cent. Annuities .. 122 Consols for Ackount • • • • • . 96% 1 4 Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,0001. • • .. • • - .... 38 36 - - pm. 500/. • • .. • • - 36 38 - - pm. Ditto, Small 38 36 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • - Ditto, for the Account • • • • 27 %is Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 37% Ditto, for the Account .• 37% 38 Dividends on the above payable in London. French ltentes, 3 per Cent. .. 84f. 75c. Exchange • • • • .. 25f. 70c. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 98 Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95% 94% 9514 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILIVAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Gloucester • • .. 100 ....128 ••• . to 126 Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. 70 .... 88 .. • • to 87 Caledonian .. • • 10 .•.. - .... to - Ditto Extension • • • 2% •• • • 2 1 4% •.to - Direct Manchester (Remington's) • . 2¢ . • 1% ... • to - Direst Manchester (Rastrick's) .5 1 4 .• .. 3% .... to - • Direct Northern .. .. .... 2% ?g% to - Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 5 .... 61% .•.. t) - Eastern Counties • • • • • . 41. 168. 21 7 4 .. to - Ditto, New - Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. I, 61. 13s. 4d. •• .. 3 p.. to - . Ditto, York Extension • • • • • • 10s. •• • • I% .. • • to -- Eastern Union • • • . • • • • • • 25 •• • • - • • . to - Ditto, Extension to Norwich • • • • 2% •• • • 2% .... to - East Lincolnshire • • • • • • .. 11 ,E .... 2% .... to ...- Great Eastern and Western • • 2% •• • 1 ••to - Great Western • • • • .. 85 ....152 151% to 153 x d Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 5 .. 184 xd to 17% x d Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth 5 •• •• 5 .... to 4% Hull and Selby • • • • .. .. •. 50 • -107% ••• • to 107 Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .• 7 •• • • 27 to - Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth .. 2 .• •• .. to - Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. 35 •• •• 57 .... to - Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Trent Val.Junc. 425. •% die... to - London and Birmingham •• ..100 ....220 ex div to 222 Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • 16 •. - 49% ex div to - Ditto. Quarter Shares • • .. .. 2 ..7. 26 ex div to 27 Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. • • 2 •• • • 23% xdto - London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. .• • • 8% •• • • to - London and Brighton • • • • .. .• 50 •• .. 66 x d.. to 65%xd Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • •• 40 •• • - ••.. to - Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • • • •• 20 • • 30% •••• to - London and Croydon • • .• 131. 15s. 9d. •• • . 22 •• .. to - London and South-Western•• 411. 6a. 10d. •• • • 78% ... to - London and York •• • • • • • 2% •• • • 3% .... to - London and Windsor • • • • • • • • 1 •• .. %••• • to - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% • • 1% • to - Manchaster and Leeds • • .. .. 82 • • - .. • • to -- Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. .. • • 1 -• .. 11% •••. to - Ditto, Sixteenths • • • • .. 6 1 4 .... .... to Extension • • • • • • • • 42a. •• .. p.. to - Manchester and Birmingham • • • . 40 .• • • ... •to -- Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • • • 2 •• • • 10 1 4 ..., to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... 7% •• .. to - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .. • • 1% 1 pto - Manchester and Southampton .. . • 2 • • 2% • • to 2 Midland -100 .• •• 151 .... to 150% Newcastle an 4 Darlington Junction .. 25 • • 45 .... to 431, Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 10 .. •• 22 •••• to 21 worth British .. .• • . • • .• 20 •. • 27%.... to - Ditto, Dalkeith .. 25 - .... to - Ditto, ditto .. .. • • • • - 5 .... 6!4 .... to - North Staffordshire 425..-.. 4p• • . • to 3% p Perth and Inverness • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% . .. ••to - Portsmouth Direct • • • • .• • • 3% •• • . 3% •••• to - Preston and Wyre • • • • .. 25 .... 34% to - South 311dland • • • .• • • 43i..... 2% p.. to - South Eastern and Dover • • • • • 38% ...• 38% .• ••to -- Ditto, New, No. 1 . • • • 16 • .. 18 •• • • to - Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • •• 2% •• • • 3% •• • • to - Trent Valley • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 .. • • 25% .• • . to 26% Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• • • 3 •••• to - Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia • • 1% •• • • 11,E . Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 2% •• • • .... to Worcester, Herefd., Ross, & Gloucester 425... • • 3 dis • to - Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .• • • 27% .. ••to - York and North Midland • • .. 50 ....101 •• .• to - Ditto, Half Shares • • . • • • .25 •• .. 47% •••• to - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 10% .... to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 10 .... 11% .... to 12 Great Northern of France Constituted 5 15% %% to - Great Western Canada • . . 2 i.... to - Luxembourg ••i; • • . • • • .. .. 4 .... .... to - Paris and Oilcans • • .. 20 •• • • 51%1 • . to - Paris and Rcuen Rouen awl Havre . .. 20 .• .. 30% •• .. to 30 West Flanders • . • • 4 • • 4% •• . • to - LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(T HIS DAY LONDON, FEB. 20.—Wind S.W. light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind light.—Arrd. from the River, Anna Maria, Taylor, Sydney, New South Wales ; Meg Merillics, Luckie Calcutta; Duke of Manchester, Murray, Jamaica; Argos, Lovett, ditto, for the black Sea ; Antelope, Monte Video. OFF TORBAY. —Pauline Houghton Anwyl, Mauritius. FALMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind moderate.—Off port, David Ritchie, Hong-Kong. JERSEY, FEB. 18.—Sid. Courier, Payn, Bahia; Freedom, Brazil. ARISTOL, FEB. 17.—Sid. Victoria, Wakeham, Calcutta ; Edward Colston, Roberts, Africa ; Fanny Robe, Demerara ; Minerva, Saun ders, Trinidad. SWANSEA, FEB. 15.—Sid. tinderley, Bowden, Cuba; Minstrel,Fuller, ditto; Fanny, Hayles, St. Thomas's. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind N.W., light.—Sid. Derby, Quagle, Africa; Regalia, Reside, Rio Janeiro AStirlingshire, Rattray, Maran barn ; Merck, Valentine, St. Thomas ; Marquis of Bute, Salters, Savannah ; Grace Brown, Myers, Baltimore. Off port, Crescent. WHITEHAVEN, FEB. 18.—Wind N.N.E.—Sid. Westmoreland, Con way, Bahia. CLYDE, FEB. 18.—Wind N. W.—Arrd . Ann Martin, Martin, Bombay. HULL, FEB. Ig.—Sid. North Bend, Sprague, New York; Eliza Brown, Greenland ; Sarah and Elizabeth,: Willis, ditto. STRANGFORD, FEB. 17 —The Wilson Rothery, from Maryport to this port, grounded near Portpatrick, but came off soon after without damage. GREENOCK, FEB. 17.—A large ship, with painted port, with loss of bowsprit and top-gallant mast, was seen on the 2d inst. by the Madonna, arrived here. YARMOUTH, FEB. 19.—The Dart, Cobley, of and from Shoreham, for Hartlepool, got upon Haisborough Sand this morning during thick weather, and afterwards hove down, when she was abandoned • crew saved NEWS FROM THE NIGER. A passenger by the Funchall, in a letter dated Cork, Jan. 16, re • ports that the merchant steamer Ethiope, had come down the river after a very successful expedition, and that Dr. King and the master, the only white men on board, were quite well. MARKET NEWS_-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on the increase, and of Improved quality The stands were fairly supplied with samples of that article, which met a very dull in quiry at barely Monday's quotations, and a clearance was not effected. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been small. Holders of line qualities being firm, very few transactions took place at un altered figures. Bonded Wheat nominal. The supply of Barley ex ceeding the wants of the dealers, the Barley trade was heavy, at barely the late depression in the currencies. Although the quantity of Malt was not large, the sale for it was heavy, at barely late rates. The supply of Irish Oats being on the increase, tho Oat trade was dull, and, in some instances, prices had a downward tendency. Beans, Peas, and Flour, as last advised. ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats I Flaw. I 7,790 qrs. 4,810 qrs. I 4,710 sks 21,120 I - 3,100 Wheat. 5,230 qrs. English • • • • • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign • • •• .• 640 I ➢lalt, 7,650 qrs. SMITHFIELD 1,230 Although the supply7l37,l7;asby no means extensive, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and previous quotations were with difficulty supported. We had on offer 40 Beasts from Holland, 16 Beasts from Hamburgh, and 240 Beasts from Scotland. The numbers of Sheep were again small, yet the sale for them was heavy, at Monday's prices. The few fine Lambs on show preduced 76 per Sibs. In Calves very little was doing, at a further decline in value of 2d per Sibs. Pigs steady, at full prices. Milch Cows were selling at from 61 to 181 lOs each. Sucking Calves, 18s to 30s ; and Quarter Old Store Pigs, 165 to 21s each. Beasts, - 666, Cows, 158, Sheep, 1,940, Calves, 123, P1g5,275. NEWGATE AND liNADMNIZA.I.L. We had a very slow Inquiry. DOROUGII SOP MARKET. The best Hops in pockets the supply of which was small still command a steady inquiry at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds of Hops very little business was doing. Sussex pockets, 618 s to 7/ 5s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 61.5 s to 71 7 ; Mid Kent ditto, 717 s to 91 bs ; East Kent ditto, 91 9s to 101 103 ; Mid Kent Bags, 715 s to Si 3s ; East Kent ditto, Si to 9195. COLONIAL. 1" SUGAIL—There has been a moderate demand for Sugar, though the quantity on show being small, has limited business. The sales are not large privately, and at auction they only include a small parcel of Barbadoes, which realised 6d per cwt. advance, flue Yellow being 545 6d ; goad, 538 to 53s 6d ; and mid, 51s 64 to 523 6tl per cwt. . EAST INDIA.—The transactions in Mauritius have been rather con siderable ; 12,497 bags 69 casks have been offered by auction, and the bulk has found buyers, low and mid Yellow at 47s to 495 6(1; good mad fine 50s Rd to 52s 6d ; brown, 45s Gd to 468 6d ; low grey, 46s to 47s 64; good and fine, 508 to 5 Is per cwt, besides various damaged parcels. Of Bengal 4,238 bags have been put up, and mostly found buyers ; mid and good mid white, 51s to 525 6d; BeIIS.TCS fine white, 54s 6d ; low, 49s 64 to 50s ; mid and good yellow, 50s to 52s 6d ; fine strong grainy yellow, 53s to 535 6d ; and mid soft, 48s to 49s per cwt. Foreign—Porto Rico has been sold at 20s 6d for fine sorts. COFFEE.—There is not a brisk demand for West India sample, but holders do not press sales, and prices are consequently pretty firm ; 50 casks Jamaica at auction brought 23s to 42s 64 for triage to good ord, and part being taken in at S is to 100 s. Ceylon . has been offered more freely; 3,b63 bags at auction went is to 2s lower for native sorts, and only part of the British Plantation realised previous rates ; low and brown Native 43s to 455, good ord pale 465, good ord 6(.1 t 9 548 6d, Mutation fine tine ord greyisli,63B to €40,. g ood ord 525. Madras fine yellow has been taken in at 70s. Foreign sor have varied but little. • SPlCES.—Pirnento has been sold at V i d to 370 per lb. Cassia Lignea is firm. Not much has been done in Pepper. lticii.-311d white Bengal has realised 15s Gd, and good mid 16s per cwt. Bum.— A contract for 100,000 gallons is advertised. Leeward Island has been at is I 1 d for proof, and Calcutta proof is Sd to 159 d per gallon. At auction East India has realised Is, 54d to 2s 22 per gallon for 6.7 to 41 over proof. Cocoa.—Trinidad sorts have been sold at 365 to 42s for ord to good red, and Bahia has been taken in at 36s per cwt. SALTPETRE,--833 bags Bengal, nearly all sold, at 23s 6d to 275, for 9!i and 5N per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—Y.T.C. 113 s been 42s 6d to 425 9d per cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The market is steady. RAILWAY COMMITTE (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee, No. 1. -The Committee resumed its sittings to - d a y at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Strutt, chairman. MANCHESTER 11 ND SOUTHAMPTO N. Mr. BURKE proceeded with the allegations in this pet ition, against this line of railway. The case was part heard yesterday. The allegations adduced' to-day were of the most triflin g nature, such as some wrong numbering on s he plans O sections, almost amounting to merely clerical errors. A few of h them were sustained, but the larger number overruled. The Committee then declared that the standing orders bad. not been complied with in many instances. The Bill is not, however, likely to suffer from the errors proved against it. YORMSHIRE AND GLASGOW. Mr. Coates appeared for the promoters of this Bill. The formal evidence in support:of the deposit of the plans and ar" tions was then given, after which Mr. Burke appeared on a petition against the line. In consequence of the absence of several wit nesses in this case, necessary to make out the allegations in the opPone n petition, Mr. BURKE asked for an adjournment. The Committee accordingly adjourned the further proce6a ings to Wednesday next. (Sub-Committee No. 2.) This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock. Th,ere were present the Chairman (Sir J. Y. Buller), Me"— ~ Kemble, Bell, Bramston, E. York, G. Craig, and Walker. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND Fool* MOUTH. On the application of Mr. THOMAS, who stated that it the wish of the promoters, this Bill was postponed sine die. THE LEEDS AND TORE was called on, but the parties not appearing THE LONDON AND OXFORD was The object d of this Bill was to construct a railway from t A bej London and Birmingham Railway, near Harrow , to 00%; passing through the county of Bucks, with branches to Great Western. The length of the proposed line Wa s miles, the capital 900,0001., and the estimate, 850,000 1 . oye There was one petition against the Bill, for which no appeared. The Committee found that the standing orders bad bee° complied with Engineer, Mr. J. Addison ; Parliamentary agents, moo J. Parkee and Co. ; Solici'ors, Messrs. Bri d g es and Loudon and Charsley and Parton, Beaconsfield. DIRECT LONDON AND VIANCEEST2SI%. The object of this Bill was to enable the promoters to the struct a line of Railway from London to Manchester,,,a, length of which was 175 miles. The estimate was 5,500,' and the capitl subscribed, 4,386,00/. There were a ten petitions against o this Bill. Two of till were from the owners, lessees, and occupiers of land B.l?.fis the line of the proposed railway, for which, as well as petTsv;e from Mr. Egerton, the Marquis of Anglesea, and M r *. t ied Brownwood, agents, appeared. The remaining were from the Manchester and Birming petl ham Compaq' sIId• private individuals, but no one appeared in their bellaa" Sub-Committee No. 3. This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hoot tb° morning, Mr. Aglionby in the chair. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH NATAlOti g je4 This was the petition of the Great North and South rfrom Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a railwsY c i; to Carmarthen to Aberystwith and Newton , with a bran, o(O. Cardigan, a distance of 50 miles. The estimated coat 1, The C ,OOO/. bel l/ ommittee found that the standing orders 115'" complied with. THE KENT ATMOSPHERIC. _ lre 0 The object of the petitioners in this case was to 1 11 701 0 railway upon the atmospheric principle , from a point A to beyond the New Cross station of the Croydon railifillot Maidstone, Sevenoaks, and Tunbridge, a distance of! , 0 0 1 40 miles. The estimated cost was 1,070,000 /. , of vihicldr 822,750/. has already been subscribed for, and 82,000 P posited. be eil The Committee decided that the standing orders bad complied with. • HATFIELD TO HERTFORD. The object of the petitioners in this case was to T or y) branch railway from the Great Northern (London and„yelf . Railway at Hatfield to Hertford, a distance of about b...,0001 miles. The estimated cost was 130, 0 0 01 ., and the a' subscribed for was 97,5001. The Committee decided that the standing order bad complied with. The Committee shortly afterwards adjourned. Sub-Committee, No. 5. So. At twelve o'clock this Committee met in Roomo Members—Mr. Home Drummond, chairman; Mr. Co° 1:14 and Mr. T. Egerton. dOt CAVIBIZIDGE AND LINCOLN EXTD...•-%04, ra This Bill stood over from yesterday , on account o f 7 00 0, as to whether the datum line was referred to a fi%eciAlf in writing. The matter being brought forward this "„,lite° Mr. E. Walmisley, the Parliamentary agent, the CO0"" decided that the standing orders were complied with• o pfe' GREAT GRIMSBY AND SIIEFFIELP TION (No. 2.) This is a line to extend the Great Grimsby Baineari. Sheffield Junction from Market Ewen ‘9 to Lincoln. Ord will be sixteen miles, and the cost is estimate d at " •34P Mr. John Fowler is the engineer, and Messrs . DYS() and Co., the arliamentary agents. one h i( There were P two petitions against this Bill, but n° peared in support of one of them. The other in sePri• o o i : which the parties did appear, was that of a Mr. W• C4 ifibti There were but two allegations in this petition, one °„ 4 0,, s was that the datum line was not referred in writing to a...d 0 nr point; the other was that all the heights and WO cases Mr.of two roads were not given. t he DOWNFORD, who appeared on the part 01 4, 0 11 tioner, said that the latter was the agent of the Lincoln Railway Company. ed " tY It appeared that the datum line was referr , certain stake, but not to any fixed point , l' - or, top of the stake or the ground at the foot of W o od !, Evidence was given on both sides, it being renret jet the promoters of the Bill that the course pursued P• 0 0P 1 down the line and preparing the plans was dis t 01 adopted by engineers. ea' oto The Committee thought the reference insuffic, l ars if were of opinion that in this respect the standing o'" ty not complied with. • tea , t fol o In respect of the second allegation, it was ,adnut. part of the promoters of the, Bill, that the standi ng were not complied with. 14/ Sub-Committee No. 6. tSor This Committee resumed its sittings this 1, 6rl t ioo o'clock; present Captain Jones (in the chair) , ,t . viF and Mr. Dudes; and after having disposed of a •'„"" e st• Bill, they adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday . T he O b , THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.-- Pr ter "'' i t 1 port of the Commissioners on the Fine Arts was Ye - 0,.,0 0 , 8 from the (Alice of the printers of the Parliamentary Partfiels.!o? pears from the report that six arched compartments la, o e v Lords are to be decorated with fresco paintings; tba,ol o ,o ll l esco paintings should be completed before others are " A "dog,..or, by which means an opportunity would be afforded of it a ;potir finished work. The competition In oil painting has till June, 1847. In the appendix is a report from tb! . .. , jsfe (consisting of Lord Mahon, Mr. Hallam, Mr. Hawes , s i t ;io , 47tlo caulay, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. lirYt e cds. Subjects for stained glass windows in the House of •b 7 govv; AY" presentation in painted glass is to be made in the ease of whose faces, figures, or attributes, are familiar to the 17 0 their coins, seals, or other records of their personaixe vceoroltio The second report in the appendix is from Mr. Eas ti ti i : A is tary, on the styles and methods of painting suited ' of public buildings. There are some letters in O s 0 9) $ ' general matters relating to the fine arts. 1 .0 0 6 11 j; WEST INDIA MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON• due NIGHT.—The Royal West India mail packet the Ta9A, 11 07. 4 111 . 2 has not yet arrived ; she may be hourly expected. T hat ty.4 o very thick, which may prevent her coming up th e even should she be off the Wight. n , abt ;0 111c4 4. co OPENING THE THAMES JUNCTION ..-- -/l ' h sve 1 06 Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway CoialPa i „'Loneat n e" rye to the Board of Trade their intention of opening the ." ni ss, ';, 0 1140 Railway—the branch from Stratford to the river 1 1 1 11 ijee S'; ‘ , traffic, on the 2d of next month (March), provided titoef& s is v i e approved of by the Government Inspector-Genera l of 17 ., rises t o line is near completion, — the engineers, labourers, 7i - i t e P; pl4l busily engaged in forming a junction with the mai,n in s e 1 5 6,4 the branch or junction of the Cambridge line. It .. e steaMei<dia, river Lea, on the eastern side of the Thames hes e t i, - e ,'" - s eet l V have been erected for the prompt unloading °,',i, o silf,," - A o r traffic, it is understood—being intended to be 0 3 .41 coals. It passes under the Stratford and Plaistolvdso, in the different bridges being lower than the usual eta ° t ree P ° .„01 tion will have to be made in the height *l' th e locoin ° in SseCALD ED rvice of the TO Com DEATH pan WITH WATER y. 01 00 1 , ' evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne,goo ei g ht Y e 0,0„ respecting the death of John Coates, aged seventr%. Dac r ; e lfea man, lately living in Little Lant-street, Mint-stretsig-liT yd , taken into the hospital on Monday last, from a2r, i i ° he ti ed is )0; Mint, by two strange men, for a severe scald lvto:'.„ 0 by a quantity of gruel falling on his stomach W'r,,.ololloB"sei Ho gradually became worse, and died on Wedhen e eSni. itlb Hills said that he had no doubt the deceased wa s , wet° 111 , i41 when he was taken in, and he iwas also in a sta te u. .cill d ". ba t covered with vermin. Death was the result of the s cale , returned a verdict, " That the deceased died trout .• TO "- gi received there was no evidence." ON Del" pt DEATH OF THE REV. DR. DUNCAN+ %Dent t f o oic r THE FOUNDER OF SAVINGS' BANKS —We deePl);_: w hlen e the death of this excellent and respected Mild!! , As e ,as_ . :icsi at Ruthwell, on Thursday last. Dr. DtiecT!, i , i s - " e efs' several popular works, the last and best of mr ll ;,: oni pis g. hs g %OP' His name is also familiar to men of science , ",, s , bolt! 0 " - t nef discoveries. But it is as the founder of savTai D is asil" putation of Dr. Duncan will be perpetuate d —Glasgow Constitutional, 0 6 ----_------ ex. BIRTHS. 1. - ell 0°614 4 On the 23d tilt., at the Stuart,tileY, - 00 IS 4 / wile of the Itev. Alexander Voules O" : ° or n i.g bire' 10 1 On the 12th inst., at Welton, East Riding, --' ,site, ale the Rev. Charles Newby Wawn, of a son. .noctfordso-- On the 16th inst., at the Vicarage, Luton , .. of ° of the Rev. T. Sikes, of a daughter. ...,, of of OP' p" On the 16th inst., in Hill-street, Mrs. A. Ned, Pr' On the 17th inst., in Southwick -street, 111 daughter. ------------------- re ' ( MARBLED. w..a.1.0 40 rit• m ll ° Oa the 14th inst., at St. Olave's Southvfark,3l.• of,JosaP 0 , Es;., Barking, Essex, to Miss Eliza Mills, second daughter 0 to Dieen"Coe,,° On the 17th inst., at St. Mary Abbot's, Xattel-cal h at t „,"f e ette i ` Colonel Francis Farrant, K.L.S., Secretary' of Leil a , lat e - of Persia, to Maria Eliza, daughter of G. liattyo, den-bill, Kensington. d el• ----------------------- DIED. Le h Ite t A FA"' Sra a r On the 25th ult., in Prince Edward's Isatn, .-.riglid e. o. --' t On the 25th ult., at Halifax, lish, the only child of Captain Mellish, the Rifle 1,,_.„ Br i gad e d fordsllift alit Arthur Lawrence, of the Rifle Brigade.. dston, liere ..,,, On the 13th inst., at Ovals St. Croix, 10.6 ~eDoenf• _JOY" Lieutenant-Colonel Crosse, K.F., late of the 36tItii,i,e Nova Scotia. Goorg"" ors. • if ' ill On the 15th inst ,in Paradise-street, Rotherhi .61:1 vg . 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