The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

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Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, were in another car;?f,g aThe nd four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteitort. royal suite occupied three carriages and four. ar,d Consisted of the Vis , ountess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting ; the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Marquis of Or gl°nd°, Major-G enera l Si r H enry 'Wheatley, Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Bowles, Colonel Buckley, a nd Colonel Bouverie. A party of Light Dragoons formed the escort. Eft'r Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at Lute Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the li orse, the M arqu i s of Gran b y, and Capta i n F ranc i s e Yttiour. , The Queen held a Privy Council at hall-past three %clock. It was attended by his Rayal Highness Prince Vbert, the Lord Chancellor. the Duke of Buccleuch,.the bent"l f Haddington. the Duke of Wellington, Sir Re 2eel, the Earl of' Ab,rdeen, Sir James Graham, th, E xcheque r Hon. W. E. Gladst-ne, the Chancellor of the Th;? ( ehequer, the Earl of Elenborough, the Earl of ;Ilion, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, Earl o f D alhousie, the Earl St. German ' s, the GVg r ht Hon. Sid ney Herbert, the Lord Steward, the d Chamberlain, th e M as t er o f th e H or s e , and the "r,,,,ouni of th e S to l e to Prince Al b ert. Nobl e Walter Queen i n C ounc i l was p l ease d to d ec l are t h e M ost Walter Duke of Buccletich, Lord President of her t ool i:stY's most H onoura bl e P r i vy C ounc il , an d hi s G race his place at, the board accolingly. t o P er MajPsty having been pleased to deliver the cue- Earlof of the P r i vy S eal to the R i ght H onoura bl e Th omas s Haddington, the oath of Keeper of the Privy )J a l was administeled to him, and. the Noble Earl took lace at the Board. 11 0 , • 1111 Queen having; been pleased to appoint the Right the Henry Earl of Harewood to be Lord-Lieutenant of Nest Riding of Yorkshire, his Lordship took the 4 14;044 g appointed oaths. liO" n er j - M ajesty having been pleased to appoint theßigh o t . Ile • al lies, Earl of Verulam, to be Lord-Lieutenant tohrtrordshire, the Noble Earl took the oaths appointed taken thereupon. " e Queen's spch, on opening the session of Pa; . .- 14 ;,n, a this day, was arranged and agreed upon. 0: 11 e IIon: William Bathurst was the Clerk of the r e e il in Waiting. I, L r Majesty gave audience to Sir Robert Peel. t!s!hold uo-Court was attended by the Vice-Chamberlain, the I.,roensurer of the Household, the Compt oiler of the Waiting. , and the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in tI I WEDNESDAY.—The unfavourable state of • _ e quweather throughout the forenoon, pr: vented the ea eg i 11 and the Royal family from taking their usual r , r tY airi ngs. thi 4h ,,, 9 Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch left the Castle T 8 1, 4) ",..ing at two o'clock. P r i n u o " Ltusen and Prince Albert. aceomp . anipd by the and e °J . Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, a the Princess Alice, and attended by the Vii•coentess 11 (3cel Y n t the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Mails of qe°llour in W a i t i ng, the Margois of ()monde, Major ' S ir al Sir Henry Wheatley, Colonel Bowles, Admiral .Robert Otway, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bon girtite left the Castle, escorted by a party of the 2d Re tenhent' of Life Guards, commanded by Lieutenant Tot ' It ail ato, for the Slough station of the Great Western n , a l v aY, to proceed by a special train to town. The • " Party occupied five carriages and four. at Th e nuke o f B uccleuch Lord Pres i dent o f t h e C ounc il, h a t r i n-ded yesterday at the Privy Council-office, White .l; et.s, Castelcicala. has returned to town from LTehie -I,ri'...rshire to attend the opening of Parliament. 1 1 ace transacted business at the Foreign•office on od ay. Trade, Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of 4 c l ,e, arrived in town yesterdaymorning from Scotland. rDeral meeting p 'e E cclesiastical Commissioners for England had a g yesterday at the office in Whitehall- L r e• There were present the Archbishop of Canter -4), the Bishops of Winchester, Ely, Llandaff, Oxford, e,Vocheterster, th e E ar l o f B ess b oroug h, the Earl of thes, and the Right Hon. Sir:George Grey. o f". Fr es hfi eld had an interview with the Chancellor ..,.;?e Exch equer yester d ay. the Governor were received at the Colonial-office, from siGrovlerinors of the West India Culonie . s. Cle r k "au Hope had an interview with Sir George sir , Yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Rio Robert Peel had a full dress dinner party of forty • meniters of the House of Commons, (including the tC li t,qon. the Speaker, and the mover . and seconder of y est Zr e ;s e a v O eni a n t g. his residence, in Whitehall-gardens, C~D ev T VALLEY CONTINUATION waaetiling of the JtNCTION RAILWAY p y the shareholders in the above Company th e n ue ld yesterday, in pursuance of a motion issued by e e i v eminittee of Management, for the purpose of re ted.,lng the report of the engineer in chief, and of con e i „,lng; what future steps ought to be taken by the lian Y• Donald Maclean, Esq., took the chair. theThei notice ca lli ng the meeting having been read, le SECRETARY then proceeded to real the report of i n c e .°Eaulittee as also that of Mr. Rennie, the engineer e " l er. Tho s committee regretted the necessity that °la Pe l l e them to call the meeting together at that tame. would he observed that they, in the adverti-ement, adverted to the re-survey of the line, which proved that e _the meas u r emen t s ma d e b y the assistant-engineer, Mr. Aliggins, were so inaccurate as to preclude them from Prosecuting their Bill in that session of Parliament. liut this, although it delayed their progress for another year, did not withdraw from them the patronage of those who were locally interested, and the demand for shares showed that the public estimated The advantages which the line held out. They had re served 9,000 shares, to give to such railways as came in eentact with them; but only 3,000 of those had been trans larred to the f rent Valley Company. On Aug, Bth a report received from the assistant-eneineer, stating that the P l ats and sections would be read); in a week or so ; but h th is Promise not being fulfilled.on the 2-Ith of December, requested Si r J o h n Rennie to re survey the line, and fo p' ree e i ee ,d a report from that eminent engineer, in , t iling thea, of a fact, which they exeeedingly re ere.ti_tee to be obliged to inform the shareholders, t h at, ache measurements were so defective, it would he ... vl sable t o d e l a y their application to Parliament for teother session, as he certainly could not as things stood rtlareevidence in favour of the line. Negotiations for en a !genation were then going on but as matters were ah in the b us h t h e Di rectors wou ld no t f ur th er refer to ni• The treasurer's account, after paying 16,0001. of ef • tenses, e x hibi te d a balance in favour of the Company 0,4 50/. Is. 7d. thy. 'l le , CHAIRMAN, said that the report was so explicit, e need not offer any observations upon it. He ei e • li `dt however, say that, with respect to the negotiation, e ss wore so f avou r a ble an aspect, - that he was sure it 1 1( 7 4 1 4 be carried advantageously into effect. Such share reeera as might dissent from the arrangement, would e xty l ,ve the amount of their deposits back, minus the .4 7 11 ,,5es already incurred. . lg fi o l , knEaor..DER wished to know what portion of the e et ru g /- expenses was incurred by the blundering of the The ? .k fte e CHAIRMAN replied, about 2,0001. • eqe r a very long and angry discussion on the matters l e r d to in the report, tr en , r . ParreeranD wished to know whether or not a e 0 ;;;Y had been entered into with the Trent Valley th e - P. 411 Y for an amalgamatio n. He had b een informed It t t ab was the fact by an absent Chairman, and lie Slot Pritchard) wa s now prepared to p rove that it was Ilee e t °. The report had, however, the effect of causing th e ; Persons to invest their capit al in this scheme, and • • Tr i s tle Of it was b e f o re the shareholders. tee e ,, 4 e Cßeeneeeer said he was not the ge ntleman a l luded t• t he thought the subject more of a p ersonal than alter matter. ile a considerable time had been wasted in per l'eerimination Mr. TURNER proposed that the eilt e b eeLlnreceived, recrimination, having been seconded by Mr. Nui zt i t ,..E 4 LE proposed an additional resolution, that a 4 4 • ""ee of twel v e gentlemen (six from the directors gatefr eh °n:l the shareholders, be appointed to investi ftpeeiteresent position of the Company; to consider l e e he tietil t he proposed amalgamation, and to report to -tu re t a g eetnmittee and to the shareholders at a Th. r eetit ig. car ried, : 36111 tion having been seconded, was put and ~The f e j i s w as the report itself. , — ;t tee ; rfing gentlemen were then appointed a coin -0:-,,',rene the Directors, Mr. Maclean, Mr. Heavy- Ch r" a `n Uotham, Mr. Gipps, Mr. Parbury, and rteesdttirehill; from the shareholders, Mr. Neuld, eft. 1)„, c : Warren, Mr. Edward Wright, Manchester ; `"` 10 , Manchester ; Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Henning. Ilire e lt ,„ n es a were then voted to the Chairman and the "ur present, and the meeting brake up. bep -j u lt t ; l3BB ELS, JAN. 19.—The Belgian Chamber , of clif f , -44 voted on the 17th the following salaries te , t , t t i n tr„,,reat Ministers at Foreign Coerts :—For the 13eIL•l 40-.),,,)E!,55y at the Court of St. James's, 80,000 f.; Austria,ou; T urk ' 'lo,ooof. lirvuf• ;Germanic Confederation, 40.101 f.; France, ; l), ° Y, 47,000 f ; ; Prussia, 50,000 f.: United States, Pul " " or Brazii 21,000 f.; and 15,000 f. each for nlark ' 8 G 'H. .e Towns, Portugal, Sah and s_ Pam, recce, an:. eds u At t ,,, • meeting OF LING OF THE IRISH MF.NIBERS.-1- the `te Liberal Irish Members took place this day in ne ° f r e li sa t ' lc hariFte, to take into consideration their future Pie--- of lct. The entire proceedings were private. —Dabl Pm t t om ak ,r usE ND DINNER AT THE MANSION HO • --The en t Mayer and the Lady Mayoress gave a splendid jadrtainment, on Tuesday, to the Aldermen and their theea„, and several private friends. The convivialities ot tn_ alansion-house since the new mAyoralty c2m ,Vieed, have been almost daily. and upon the most mag "-Icent and hospitable scale. Every alderman in town "as at the dinner on Tuesday, and a number of ladies t r aced the table. hi Sts ROGER, DE COVERLEY.—The author of the ROY successful novel " Maids of Honour," of which a second at , edition has just be en p u bli s h e d , h as a new wor k 47. it to appear, with the promising title of "Sir Roger Coverley; a Tale of th e C ourt o f Ch arles II. " A Thousand agreeable associations are connected with this heel:la—associations that at once transport us to an age Of grallantry and romance, of wit and beauty, of the Piet • u, esque in costume and the adventurous in character. With a hero so identified with an age affording such delightful materials for the historical novelist, in the hands of a writer who has already proved himself so capable of infusing into his narrative the spirit of a past cntury, we have every reason to exp ect a work of a va ry superior description. THE SUN LONDON, - THURSDAY MORNING, SOIREE IN HONOUR OF• THOMAS DUNCOMBE, ESQ., M.P. FOR FINSBURY. Last evening a soiree, got up by the friends end ad mirers of Thomas Duncombe, Esq., the Member for Finsbury, and in honour of this gentleman, previous to the commencement of the Parliamentary session, was held in the large room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, Thomas Wakley, Esq., M P., in the chair. At six o'clock, the hour advertised for the proceedings to commence, about five hundred persons sat down to tea, of which a considerable number were females. The real business of the evening, however, did not commence till the consumption of the edibles, which occupied the company till nearly half-past seven o'clock, Amongst the gentlemen pr. sent, besides the Chairman and the honoured guest of the evening, we noticed Mr. Christie, Mr. Feargus O'Conner, Mr. Cooper, the Chartist poet, and other gentlemen connected with the Liberal movement. On the tables being removed, the room was thrown open to t -e public at a low charge of admission, arid im mediately after it was filled to excess by parties princi pally belonging to the working classes. The CHAIRMAN, on order having been obtained, rose to introduce the bnsiness for which the meeting had been called together. He said that he was sorry to say that they had been disappointed in not having the company of several gentlemen whose presence had been expected on the present occasion. There were three gentlemen particularly from whom Mr. Barrett, the secretary, had iweived notes of apology, excusing their absence. The first was from Mr. Charles Dickens, who said that he was unavoidably engaged elsewhere, and could not pos sibly be present. The next was from Mr. Douglas Jerrold, who stated that it would have given him real pleasure to attend the meeting. to do honour to the public character of Mr. Duucombe ' but that he was un able to do so from being obliged to be at the office of a journal, that he hoped would prove another advocate of the rights of the people. The third was from Mr. Mazzini, who intimated that he had fully expected to be able to attend, but he had been unexpectedly called out on business, and prevented doing so, otherwise it would have been his moral duty to be present to pay respect to that gentleman (Mr. Duncombe), for vindicating his (Mr. Mazzini's) character last year, from the attacks of the Home Secretary (Sir James Graham) in his 'place in Parliament, in relation to the shameful and un-English practice of opening private let ters for the purposes of foreign despots. The letter haying been read, the Hon. Gentleman went on to state that the special business of the meeting would come on in a short time, but the committee who had got up the present assembly, had seized on the opportunity which it presented of introducing a series of toasts, sentiments, or resolutions, or whatever else they might call them, illustrative of popular rights. The first, which would be responded to by Mr. M•Grath, was— " The people, the only legitimate source of political power ; may they speedily attain to that position in the state which would enable them to apply their legislative functions to the welfare and protection of the whole community." Mr. M'CinaTH responded in brief but appropriate terms. The CHAIRMAN than rose to introduce the special sentiment of the night, which was— " Thomas Slingsby Dancombe, Esq., the eloquent, un tiring, and incorruptible advocate of universal justice, and may his life be long and happy, and his fame im mortal." On this question he would but occupy two minutes, after which he would introduce the honoured guest of the even ing, Mr. Duncombe, to their notice. Before doing so, it would be his pleasing duty to occupy their time while he spake half-a•dozen sentences. In the first place, he asked them to allow him to thank the committee for the honour they had done him in inviting him to take the chair on the occasion, and to thank them (the meeting), for the way in which they had responded to that recommen dation. He did not do so from some idle feeling of ap pearing at a public meeting, to obtain any special notice or consideration, but because he considered it to be his imperative duty to use every exertion when called upon for the public good.—(Cheers.) When in vited, therefore, to presided over the present meeting, he came not only without any hesitation, but with gad and hilarious feelings, in order to give his (Mr. Wakley's) public testimony as to Mr. Duncombe's conduct in Par- liament, and to state, that on all occasions he had showed himself the bold, sincere, faithful, and unflinching ad vocate and champion of their cause.—(Cheers.) And he (the Chairman) as one of that House, humble as he was, had no other wish than to follow in that gentle man's footsteps—(Loud cheers)—and most cordially and unequivocally did he approve, and would second, the choice they had made.—(Cheers.) Itt has been the fate of the people of this country, to suffer from the want of union and proper guidance. They ought to have in Parliament a man who would reflect the image of the people well.—(Hear, hear.) One who knew their wants, and who could direct their movements, and enunciate their will with firmness, honesty, and independence, and such a man—a man of ability and faithfulness— is Mr. Duncombe. Under such a guidance they could not fail. Hitherto the working classes had been a rope of sand—a bundle of sticks untied and cast over the length and breadth of the laud ; but if they were only to assert their rights in a united and energetic manner, he was persuaded their demands would not be refused.—(Hear, hear.) He had seen Mr. Duucombe under the most trying circumstances, and had never seen him fail.—(Loud cheers.) But his energies always seemed to rise with the emergency of the occasion.— (Cheers.) He was ever ready to fight in a good cause, and he was such a glutton, that do what they would they never could take the out fight of him.—(Laughter and cheers.) Boldness was only one of his qualities; but in addition to this, in his heart there was a home for every genuine sympathy and feeling, He loved the people ; and his object was to do them all the good within the reach of his power. Mr. Duncombe, ever since his introduction into public life, had gone onward in the right direction ; every step had tended towards, and not in opposition to the people. After some fur ther observations of a complimentary character, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by putting the sentiment from the chair. _ Mr. DUNNING, having briefly addressed the meeting, i❑ terms highly eulogistic'of Mr. Duncombe, read an ad dress from the United Trades Association to that gen: tleman ; also a copy of the same from the females con nected with the same body, emblazoned in gold on white satin. Mr. DUNCOMBE then rose to address the meeting, and was received with loud and long continued cheering. He said, upon that occasion, he could assure them he felt great gratification in standing before such a large body of his fellow -countrymen—men actuated by the love of liberty, and whose only desire was to secure a redress of the grievances under which they laboured. When he looked and saw himself surrounded by men actuated by the love of liberty—when he saw that large room crowded by the honest sons of industry and toil, called there to honour so humble an individual as him self, he felt overpowered by anxiety and fear. Enter taining this feeling, that the honour bestowed was far greater than his merits.—(No, no.) He rejoiced to see his lion. Friend and colleague in the chair, and felt grateful for the manner in which he had been received on the occasion. He rejoiced, becaue they bad fought together in the House of Commons on behalf of the people's rights, and he hoped they would yet live to triumph together.—(Cheers.) There was, therefore, no favour or respect which they could pay to him, but what must be equally extended to Mr. Wakley. He thought they would agree with him that it would have been better, on the eve of Parliament meeting, for them to have met in public assembly to express an opinion on the great question of the day, without reference to individuals. They would have been more usefully engaged in discuss ing the state of the country, and the state of public affairs, than in paying eourt to such a humble individual as himself.—(No, no.) He knew there existed a strong impression abroad that they were to have great things in the Queen's speech to-morrow. He thought those who entertained such a feeling would be wofully de ceived.— (Hear, hear.) At all events, past experience led him to a different conclusion from those who ex pected much from that quarter. The speech would, as was usual with such royal productions, be full of mys tery—confusion worse confounded. He had not been at Ministerial or Tory dinners, to learn the contents of the speech, woh b foe u u t PI would a f r a l i n iepnnrdt set oe, i ud v it i tc d ht ua with itst m hh i egwhoihtnuafbl had great informing permitted turnr Ma- e t t o pleasure pt like allrwoi no similar productions.—(Hear, hear.) He i h P e o hs u et Ye s Y e s ' meeting them again, and that she had enjoyed herself very much during the autumn by her continental trip ; that she had found Europe uncommonly civil, though America was growing rather rude—(Loud cheers)..—that she believed there was a great deficiency in the potato crop of Ireland ; and that the potato crop of England, though a little better, was still but indifferent in result —(Hear, hear)—that the manufacturing and agricul tural interests had got to loggerheads ; and that in this state of matters she looked to the wisdom of Parliament for an adjustment of all differences.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) That was something like the speech she would make. Other persons might think that she would make allusion to the Ministerial chop& and changes that had reeently taken place, but he did not think she would meddle with them. Least said was soonest mended ; and on that motto he had no doubt she would see it most expedient to act. Explanations would no doubt be made in due course, of the recent Ministerial shuffle ; but if correct information was wanted of what had taken place at the palace, there was one person who might have supplied it ; he meant the boy Jones.— (Loud laughter.) In that case, no doubt, he would have reported that Sir Robert Peel had called on her Majesty, an.[ stated that he believed that famine was about to overtake the country—that the potato crop was bad, and that something must be done to meet the state of things. He could not get his colleagues to agree with him in the measures he thought calculated to meet the exigencies, and, therefore, he waited on her Majesty, to intimate the position he was placed in. He, therefore, would resign. On her Majesty asking his advice, who she should send for, he would say Lord John Russell. Her Majesty takes his advice, and sends for Lord John. His Lordship waits on her, and is commissioned to form a Ministry. At the end of ten days the Noble Lord returns (as her Majesty suspects) with his Cabinet com pleted, when it is found he is in a worse position than the previous Minister. His advice is also asked, and he in turn advises her Majesty to send for Sir Robert Peel.— (Laud laughter.) Such were the recent Ministerial changes, evincing the greatest imbecility. These changes, he was told, had occasioned considerable excitement in the metropolis, although it bad created scarcely any no tice in the part of the country where he had been recently residing. Whatever excitement had existd here he hoped had now subsided, for such shuffling was not worthy a moment's consideration. The only difference was, that Stanley had gone out, and Gladstone Lad succeeded. Although last year Gladstone had resigned without any one knowing the reason, although he took two hours to explain why he did so. His acceptance of office now did pot require such a lengtheacd explanation.—(Laughter and cheers.) He would not occupy their time longer with these ministerial " choppings" and changes. The Hon. Gentleman then went on ti explain, that he did not believe that Sir Robert Peel intended to repeal the c Tn-laws, but merely that he intended to relax' pro tection a little—to vntiv unloosen the screw, and let the country gentlemen down quietly—(eheers)— a course that he (Mr. Duncombe) advised them to submit to as their resistance would be in vain. The Hon. Gentleman having declared that be would al ways stand up lhr the rights of the labouring classes, support the principle of a f a ir day' s wages tbr a fair day's work, and their political enfranchisement, con cluded a very eloquent address by calling on them to make use of every exertion to secure their rights, which as freemen it was their duty to demand, and as English men their birthright to enjoy. (The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud and long-continued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN next gave— " The People's Charter ; a lever by which almost a prostrate nation can be raised to prosperity and happi ness, because alone it insures to all, the liberty which must prove a security against wrong." The sentiment was resporal. d to by Ur. CLARKE, who, at scree length spok e i n su pp or t - o f the points of the Charter, which h e d escr ib e d as a wor ki ng - m an's clues ; and one to be o bt a i ne d a l one by th e ex e rtions Of the labouring classes. lie did not agree with Mr. Dun corabe that any support was lik e ly to be obtained from the members of the Le ague , should they succeed in ob• taining a repeal of the corn -l aws . The next toast was— " The National United Trades Association, for the protection of incititry, and the employment of labour ; may their efforts to improve the condition of the ope rative be crowned with succ,ss." Mr. RonsoN briefly responed to this toast. " The Chartist Cooperative Land Soeitly ; may the success that has hitherto attended it, mark its future carc'r," was next proposed from the Chair ; and spoke to by ___ Mr. WHEELER, who stated, that at present this Society numbered from five thousand to six thousand members, though it had only been six months in exist ance, and had accumulated 5,0001. The Chairman then gave— " Our Parliamentary guests ; may their sympathies be in accordance with the aspirations of their unrepre sented brethren—their efforts to serve the people in the Commons House of Parliament, result in the destruction of class legislation ; and may they long live to enjoy their reward in the gratitude end kindly feeling of millions whom their patriotism shall have contributed to emancipate." Mr. SKELTON spoke to the sentiment, after which Mr. Cultism, M.P., returned thanks, in an excellent speech, for which we are sorry we cannot find room, declaratory of his agreement with the object of the meeting, and his determination to do every thing in his power to put an end to class legislation. The remaining toasts were respectively as follows A speedy restoration of John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, William Jones, and William Ellis, and all other political exiles, to their country, their families, and friends. g " The men of intellect and of heart—Charles Dickens Douglas Jerrold, Eugene Sue, Thomas Cooper, and others—who have given free utterance to the aspirations and the thoughts that vibrate in the minds of the many who have, with the eloquence of truth, aroused attention to the wrongs and the sufferings endured by their fel low men ; who have denounced clearly end emphatically all who are leagued to do a people evil ; and who have evoked, in many an hitherto apathetic breast, a❑ earnest desire to promote the accomplishment of justice, or to aid the advancement of knowledge and of truth." " Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the fearless assertpr of labour's rights, the uncompromising denouncer of its wrongs." " Thomas Wakley, E‘q, M.P., Finsbury's able repre sentative. Long may he live to witness the people free from bone-crushing poor-law unions ; and many thanks to him for the able and efficient manner in which he has presided over the meeting." These were responded to by Mr. Cooper, Mr. O'Con nor, and Mr. Doyle, after which the meeting broke up. 'lel has issued th e f o ll ow i ng The lion. Colonel Kep, address to the eketors of Lymington. The gallant officer was a candidate for this borough in 1841, on on l y a few days' notice, and was oni:v 43 behind Mr. Mac kinnon on the poll. Gentlemen,—l beg to announce to you my intention of offering myself a candidate for the honour of your suffrages at the next election. My political opinions have undergone no change ; they are comprised in the sentence I employed in my first address to vou—" the greatest good to the greatest number." the same cause which obliged me to leave my residence in the vicinity of your town, viz., illness in my family, will ne cessitate a further absence of some months, but in the Autumn I intend to renew the kindly relations of friend and neighbour, and hope ere long to add to them the honour of being your representative. When the proper time arrives I shall pay my respects to you individually. In the meanwhile it is not my wish to disturb the town by a premature canvass.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, GEORGE KEPPEL. The following correspondence between Mr. Mackin non and one of the leaders of the Conservative party in Lymington has been published in that borough. It is amusing, and speaks well for Colonel Keppel's prospects of success. TO TIIE MEMBERS OF THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY OF LYMrsoTo.N. Gentlemen,—Since Mr. Mackinnon has thought fit to send down to his political agents in Lymington, a copy of a letter addressed to me, to be shown by them to all persons of the Conservative party of the town and neighbourhood, I think it is but fair that my letters to Mr. Mackinnon, as w e ll as hi s replies, should be exhibited. In the first place, I should state that Mr. Mackinnon wrote to me on the 18th of December, asking my opinion as to his coming forward again for Lvmington ; my reply is N o . 1 o f the letters ; after receiving No. 2, and as there appeared no immediate chance of a dissolution of Parliament, I thought it fair to let Mr. Mackinnon know what really appeared to me and others, to be the state of feeling towards him in the town, as well as neighbourhood, of Lymington, so that he might have time to consider well whether it might not be both politic and agreeable to his own feelings to look out for a seat in Parliament elsewhere. _ . _ My opinion was grounded on the sentiments of dissatisfac tion which have been so freely expressed by many, and even by those who have hitherto politically supported Mr. Mac kinnon. I did think that, if an unpopular second candidate on the Conservative side was again brought forward, our opponents might considerably add to their numbers; but I really believe a Whig or Radical candidate would be as far from obtaining success as ever. . . . In wishing — Mr. Mackinnon to resign his Pretensions to the Parliamentary seat for Lymington, I not only con sidered such a step advisable for the Conservative cause, but that it might be of the greatest local advantage to the town, as a candidate might come forward connected with a nobleman, a member of the present Government, and lately become the proprietor of estates in au adjoining parish, who would have it in his power most materially to benefit the town and trade of Lymington. I have now given you a plain statement of facts, and I am sure that no gentleman who reads that letter of Mr. Mackinnon (made public for political purposes) addressed to me will be - surprised at my wishing to lay before you the whole correspondence. I remain, Gentlemen, yours very faithfully, F. R. WEST. LETTERS. (No. 1.) Artewood House, Dec. 21, 1845. Dear Sir,—Before I answer the contents of your letter of the 18th instant, dated from Brighton, and received this morning, I wish to know whether, from the heading " Pri vate," it is your desire that I should not communicate your letters to the other gentlemen of Lysnington and its neigh bourhood, who form the Conservative interest which has hi therto returned the two members for the borough. Acting as I now am with that party, I should not feel justified in entering into a correspondence with you, unless you allow me to show that correspondence to the heads of the Conser vative party here. With this understanding I shall be ready to place before you the real feeling of the party as regard's the return of two Conservative Members for Lvmington.— I am, &c. &c., F. R. WEST. W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. (No. 2.) December 23, 1845. Dear answer to yours of the 21st instant, I beg to say that, as I have only mentioned the business to a few influential gentlemen, and as the old Ministry are again in office, and no probability exists of a dissolution till after the session of 1847, it may be as well to let the matter drop for the present, as far as my letter to you is concerned. As no chance exists of a dissoluiion, at present, I will beg leave to tell you that which I have been desirous of doing ever since 1841, had the opportunity been offered of per sonally doing so : that is, if any expression ever fell from me that would give you any annoyance, I much regret it ; and that I have always entertained towards you that sentiment of respect which is entertained by all whO have your ac quaintance.—Yours, &c. &c, W. A. MACKINNON. I write this in a hurry, just leaving town, and wishing to answer by return of post. (No. 3.) Arnewood House, Dec. 25, 1845. Dear . Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant. As I find you have written to others in the neighbourhood to the same purport as your letter to me of the 18th instant, I can no longer consider its contents of a private nature. The Conservative interest in Lyniington is strong enough to re turn two Members, provided those who comp ose th a t i nterest are united. I think it but fair to inform you that there is not that unanimity at present which is so desirable ; Mr. Stewart's seat is perfectly secure, but I candidly tell you that yours is not generally so considered; indeed I think you must be in some measure aware of this, for you cannot but ramember that several of those who voted for you at the last election did so for the cause, and not with much hearti ness for you ; without a hearty and good feeling for the can didate, as well as zeal for the cause, the chances will be great for an adversary. This danger several anticipate if you again come forward, and I decidedly tell you that such is my feeling, and I think it most de-irable that another Conservative candidate should be invited. In justice both to yourself and the Conservative party here, you ought to consider well the policy of again coming for ward to represent lymingtOn in a new Parliament. Who the " friends of our party in town,"* who urge you to come ward, may be, I know not; but this I do know, that some of the heads of our party know that your return in 1841 was gained with some difficulty.—Yours, &c. &c, • F. R. WEST. W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. * Mentioned in Mr. M.'s letter of the 18th of December. (No. 4.) Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 25th instant has reached me ; in my reply to you, I will exercise the same candour and freedom in expressing myself, as you have used towards me, and do so I trust in a proper and becoming manner. You are pleased to say, that unanimity in our party is desirable, and in this sentiment I-cordially agree : in the next se►s tence, however, you add, " that you think another Conser vative candidate should be invited." Surely to start three Conservative candidates in the field cannot be the way to preserve unanimity I Afterwards you state that so far back as 1841, there was at first some disunion in our party. This may be correct, but by whom was that disunion fomented? At that period, I believe, von attempted to bring another candidate forward ; I have been informod by a gallant officer, a particular friend of mind, Col. Pringle Taylor, that you called upon him, offered him the seat for the borough, and urged him to come forward. Surely that was not the way to keep up unani mity, to stir up an opposition in the same party, and to bring Conservatives against each ether. What would be thought of me, if I had a pique against Mr. Compton, and was to call upon any gentleman in the county, and urge hint to oppose the sitting member, and then write to Mr. Comp • ton—tell him there was a want of unanimity amongst his friends—and that he had better not come forward, and to act in this manner without .stating any objection whatever to his political conduct !! You have, I think, been in the House, and are aware that the Government Will not support any one in opposition to a Conservative Member who is true to his colours; no Conservative would act against Mr. Compton if he offered himself. Such opposition would only weaken the party, and create that disunion you deprecate. Afterwards you say "you know not who the persons in the town, who urged me to stand again, may be." I beg in answer to assure you, that they are amongst the most leading and influential gentlemen and persons in the town and its neighbourhood, the Walhampton influence included ; and that, under such auspices, I shall certainly offer myself again. Taking these circumstances into consideration, I beg to submit to you, that the person who injures the Conserva tive interest would be that man who (by whatever motives he might be actuated I cannot pretend to say) was to endea vour to start another Candidate, having no fault to find with the political conduct of the present ➢lember. I will only add, that, I trust and hope, all feelings of an noyance at the correspondence that took place some years ago between you and me, ai e entirely obliterated from your mind and memory, as they are from mine, that I write this in perfect good humour, and repeat that I shall regret if any act of mine had, at any time, given you cause of offence.— Yours, &c., Sze., W. A. MACKINNON. Bentinch House, Brighton, Tuesday (30th). (No. 5.) Manor House, Lyndhurst, Jan. 1,1846. Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 30th instant I received this morning. I hasten to reply to part of your letter in which you state that Col. Pringle Taylor informed you that I had offered the seat for the borough of Lyinington to him. I beg leave to say that no offer of such a nature was made by me, but negociations were carried on with Col. Taylor for the in troduction of another gentleman, a friend of his. Whatever I have done, or may do, as relates to the political interests of Lymington, or its neighbourhood, must be in conjunction with others.—l am, yours, &c., F. R. WEST. W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—About fifty years of age well-built, powerful, rather tall, head of remarkable form, more inclining to breadth. The relation of the three crowns, so far as I could judge from a general view, and from his still abundant dark-gray hair, in tolerable harmony ; the fore head not high, as is generally the case where the head in clines to breadth. Physiognomy expressive of much firm ness, united with a certain thorough prosaic , and keen sagacity. In conversation with persons of elevated rank, the expression, with all firmness of circumspection, falls readily into a tone of douceur, with which the attitude of his body at the same time harmonises. llis language is elegant, circum spect, and well-sustained. I always saw him dressed plainly, iu black, with a white neckclo th, and without the insignia of any orders. I add some remarks, communicated to me upon hi; real call to the distinguished position which he occupies as Prime Minister : _e Peel is quite grown up to hi s p os i t i on. By birth,belonging to the people ; by early connexion with the University of Oxford, involved in all that is termed Conservatism —he seemed to be quite peculiarly formed for his time and office. Respecting his talents, there can be but one opinion. lie is, besides, richly endowed with physical powers ; and, with large means, assuring his perfect inde pendence ; for the English have a proverb, An empty bag will not stand upright.' In daily intercourse he is said to be cold and stiff, and is without personal intimate friends."— Dr. Carus, a German Physician. SINGULAR CASE OF RESTORATION.--Another in stance of the almost infallibility of art over the opera tions of nature, and of truth over prejudice, occurred the other day in the family of a gentleman of high re spectability ins the country, and which tends to show, in a singular instance, the powerful virtues of Rowland's Macassar Oil. Owing to some cause, not sufficiently accounted for, as is fr. quent in such cases, a daughter of the above gentleman entirely lost her hair, so that she was obliged to conceal the defect by the aid of a cap and false tresses, After having done so for a period of two years, she was induced by a medical friend to try the effect of Rowland's Macassar Oil, with a view to the restoration of her hair. In the course of one month a light down was elicited, which by constant use of the oil, (rubbed on with a fine flannel) became in six months a fine and healthy growth of hair The satisfaction of the young lady is unbounded, SIIIi.',EWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. MANCRI:STER, Lt EVENING. numerously attended nieetirg of the sharelAdc'N of this Company was hell by ad;,-nr.ltnni.t, at the Star Hotel this evening, to reocivc the relort of a depwajon appointed at a tlif-eting held la,t week to proceed to London and re ceive fnoni the Committee of M.in:igsr.nent scale ex piano,- ti•JA r7specting the recent amalgamation with the Dudley, Maleley, Brnseley, and Ironbridge ItKilway Company. The Chair was of.upir..d by J. Todd, Esq., who catled Upon the deputation to report the result of that visit. Mr. llAnnisox BLAIR read a written report, the sub stance of which was that the deputation was courteously received, and that the committee thought it due to the shareholders in Manchester, whom they knew, by the re-signing of their' deed last year, to be both numerous and largely interested in the Company, to send their Secretary down in order to give the fullest ex planation of the recent amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley Company, or on any other points on which the snandaolders might desire information. . . Mr. liNox, the Secretary to the Company, having arrived, stated that he was ready to furnish the share holders with such information as they required, either in reference to the past proceedings, the present position, or the future prospects of the Company. Mr. SIIAKSPEARE PHILLIPS wished the Secretary, before he proceeded to explain the recent amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley Company, to state whether the Compatty had got rid of the opposition of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Company, which opposed them last year, and threw them out on standing orders. The SECRETARY stated that the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Company of last year did not now exist. It was then merely a branch of the Grand Junction Company, but in consequence of the feeling which existed in the district against the Grand Junction Company before it had amalgamated with the London and Birmingham Company, what was called an independent company had been formed, in which the Grand Junction Company had only one-fourth interest, the South Staffordshire one-fourth, and he believed the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton one-fourth, _leaving one-fourth for the public. This company had adopted the plans of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction of last year, and was also a competing line to the part of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham scheme between Shrewsbury and Wolver hampton. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company had however offered to amalgamate with it, and to re ceive half its capital and half its committee on their board—an offer which if left to the shareholders would very readily be accepted ; but the committee, from the constitution of the Company, were so allied with other parties that they could only amalgamate as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, and even as to that .they stipulated for the adoption of their station, in order to accommodate the South Staffordshire and the Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies, whereas the line and station of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company were on a much higher level, and could not be altered this session to the level of the Shrewsbury and South Staffordshire station, without destroying the direct communication between Shrewsbury and Birming ham. It had, however, been referred to the engineers 'of the two companies to consider how far it was predicable in a subseqent session to adopt the lower level, and to have, for the accommodation of all the railways into Wolverhampton, one grand central station, for which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company had some months ago purchased an eligible plot of be tween six and seven acres of laud. If the con test of last year is renewed, it will be in a more friendly spirit ; and as both lines run nearly side by side all the way, it can hardly be decided upon engineer ing merits, but must be decided with reference to the claim and position of the two Companies. Upon this issue the committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company entertained no doubt of the result, taking into account their priority of claim, the greater extent of their schemes, and the report of the Board of Trade in their favour, a circumstance which was likely to have more weight in the present than in the last session of Parliament. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it was true, as had been stated in the papers, that the Grand Junction Com pany would support the opposing line in Parliament, while the London and Birmingham Company determined to remain neutral in reference to this Company ? The SECRETARY said that the shareholders could themselves judge how far such a thing was likely, seeing that the London and Birmingham Company were united with the Birmingham Canal Company and with this Company, to make all the lines in the district between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and that such lines would be useless as a communication with Shropshire if the line of the Shrewsbury and South Staffordshire Railway were sanctioned. Besides, he knew that so recently as the day on which the amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley Company was completed, the :chairman and solicitor of the London and Birmingham Company had stated to the Vice-Chairman of this Company, that it might depend upon the cordial support of that Company in Parliament. A SHAREHOLDER remarked that the amalgamation of this Company with the Dudley and Madeley Company, which could not go to Parliament this year, and was about to return the deposits to its shareholders, seemed like joining a living body to a dead corpse. Another SHAREHOLDER asked whether it was true that this Company had got a bonus of 30,0001. in the exchange with the Dudley and Madeley Company ? Ile did not see how a Company whose shares were at a dis count could afford to give such a bonus. The SECRETARY said that probably the shortest plan would be to state the history of the Dudley and Madeley Company, and its amalgamation with this Company. The Dudley and Madeley Company was projected about the middle of last year, and received strong local support, having also a highle respectable pro visional committee. Its first project was a line from Dudley to Madeley, with a branch from Rudge Heath to Wolverhampton, and its original capital 800,000/., which was readily subscribed and the deposits paid. At this time the Shrewsbury and Birmingham committee saw the danger of a line from Dudley to Madeley, as likely ultimately to become a competing line to .Shrewsbury, and, as the best alternative under the circumstances, offered to contrihute half the capital required, and to be represented on the Dudley and Madeley committee. This offer was not only rejected, but the Dudley and Madeley Company advertised an extension to Shrewsbury, and an increase of its capital to 1,600,003/. , There was no thing left but for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com pany to oppose the line Irom Dudley to Shrewsbury, and in like manner, the Dudley and Madeley Company had re solved to appear as a competing scheme to this Company. The plans and sections of the Dudley and Madeley Compa nies were not only not lodged in due time, but the latter were in so defective a state, that it was found hopeless to proceed for an Act this session. The Committee accord ingly published a report, in which they stated their intention to return 21. per share to the shareholders, reserving 12s. 61 per share to defray the expenses in curred, and to provide for the expense of proceeding in the next following session of Parliament. It was at this period that overtures for an amalgamation were again made by this Company, and as the plan originated with himself, and had been carried out not without consider able difficulty, he hoped the reasons he had to state in its favour would be as satisfactory to the shareholders present as they had been to the committee, and had led them unanimously to conclude the agreement with the Dudley and Madeley Company. First, an opponent had been removed from the field and converted into an ally; second a line, which in other hands might have proved a powerfully competing line with this Company, and which in the general opinion of those best acquainted with the district is not only required and reust be made- by some one, but will pay for making, has been secured to this Company; third, this Company were enabled to effect an arrangement which will )letain for it a bonus of about 30,0001, being just the expenses which had been incurred in the formation of the Company and the fruitless contest of last session. It was one of those arrangements which proved also beneficial for the shareholders of the Dudley and Madeley Company, and the result is seen by the matter being no ldhger one of negotiation, but of history, for four-fifths of the Dudley and Madeley shareholders have already signified their assent to take shares in this Company. And last, though not least, this Company will obtain additional deposits amounting to 90,0001., besides having ite maiden deposit a lmost untouched, and when the that,!hare t e na e contributing etve to hthoeldPerLltiaakmeeriintatroyadeecol:)sn deposit b of gh e ch has lodged Wolverhampton "and Birmingham, duplicate plans, and is proceeding with a separate and distinct Bill, that required for the lines, as lodged by this Company, will amount to • 110,0001, they will have no difficulty in perceiving that the committee have very much better consulted their interests by the amalgama tion which had been made, than had they made a call of 21. 10s. per share, in order to supply the deficiency. The capital required for the line from Dudley to Madeley would about equal that displaced by the alliance between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, and as the Parliamentary estimate of the Company is 1,900,0001., there is still room to admit half the capital of the Shrewsbury and South Staffordshire Company, if the two Companies come to terms. The SECRETARY then read an extract from the sub scribers' agreement, to show that the committee were fully empowered to conclude the amalgamation with the Dudley and Madeley committee, and stated that it was from no want of courtesy towards the shareholders that they were not consulted, but the short period before the opening of Parliament, and the very nature of the negotiation itself, prevented the adoption of such a course. Several shareholders expressed themselves highly satisfied with the explanation given, and a resolution was unanimously passed to that effect, as also a vote of thanks to the Secretary for the trounle he had taken. A SHAREHOLDER said he had been informed that the staff of the two companies was the only thing that pre vented an amalgamation with the Shrewsbury and South Staffordshire. The SECRETARY stated that such could hardly be the case, its the engineers of the two Companies were re spectively the engineers of the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction, which had united, and :Jr. Syejt had been offered to participate jointly with the solicitors ;.?f the Company ; as to himself— A SHAREHaI•DER—Two secretaries would be about passed to the Chairman, as bad as two chatrtni;n, and A the v t me ecotfintghasnelepsaraaetiesd.tlie-4.1 Lord Farnham will second the Address, which Lord Home will propose, in the House of Lords, in reply to the Queen's Speech. GLASGOW AGAINST TIIE CORN-LAWS.-With a zeal and liberality worthy of the cause, some of our merchants and manufacture , s, &c., have this week come forward and subscribed the munificent sum of upwards of 10,0001. to aid the Great League Fund for the constitutional overthrow cf the "C orn , laws. This is doing the work in right earnest, and it attests that the city of Glasgow still holds its right position cm this most vital of all questions,-4cotph filformcr's qqf LITERATURE. KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME, LXXXIIL— Napoleon Bonaparte: his Sayings and Doings. Vol. L By A. Vieusseux. From the title of this volume, the reader would naturally have expected to discover in it something epigrammatic and something novel, either in the in formation or in the manner in which things already familiar might have been conveyed, but he would have been egregiously deceived. Far from this form ing a collection of the sayings and doings of Na poleon Bonaparte in any way deserving of such a distinctive denomination, the - book is simply a very meagre, watery, frigid, matter-of-fact history of that most wonderful of all wonderful men. As far as our judgment will permit us to discriminate the character in which any personage is written about, the style of composition in biography should in some measure be commensurate with and subservient to the particular idiosyncracy of the individual. The statesman should be delineated with candour and dignity ; the critic in a terse and didactic fashion ; the poet with a glow, and fervour, and imagery apportioned to the theme; while, in the memoir of any extraordinary warrior, the drums, and the guns, and the musketry, and the bugles should to some extent be symbolised on its pages. When, however, a great marvel, like Napoleon —a Caesar, without the libidinous nature of Caesar— an Alexander, without the drunkenness of Alexander —a Washington, without the stolid intellect (entirely devoid of imagination) of Washington—a-Cromwell, without being a regicide or a fanatic like Cromwell— a Mahomet, without being an impostor—a Frederick, without sullenness—when a great man, like Napo leon, combines in himself the character of a lawgiver, a captain, a statesman, a sage, an orator, and a sove reign—it.is but natural to look for something in the account of such a being characteristic of some, if not all, of those striking qualities. In this respect the volume before us is excessively inapt. M. Vieusseux is neither a Sallust, nor a Tacitus, nor even a llazlitt. LAYS OF THE SEA. By Personne. This little volume of poems is prettily imagined— the notion is very graceful indeed ; and will appeal warmly to all who have any recipients of their love upon the waters; and scarcely an English family but can number a sailor among its members. The look of the book is unambitious—the ideas are un ambitious—and the character of the metre is un ambitious. However, though modesty is a valuable foundation for any lyrical composition, that modesty may be carried too far, by rendering the thoughts maudlin, and reducing the language to great poverty. A little more anxiety to be excellent and pathetic would have prevented that terrible bathos in the second line of what is intended to be a mournful piece:— " I miss thee, 0, my brother With my papers all before me!" Personne should be a little more circumspect before venturing upon the hazard of a poetical publication. It is casting a rose-leaf upon troubled waters. SELF-INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG GARDENERS. By J. C. Loudon. On the anniversary of Washington's death, namely, on December 14th, 1843, died John Claudius Loudon —a man whose integrity of character and amiable bearing had endeared him to a staunch cluster of acquaintances, while the assiduity of his studies and the sterling excellence of his writings had already acquired for him an European reputation. As an enlightened botanist, his opinions have long carried with them great authority, and his very name is now as intimately associated with that science as Herschell with astronomy, Liebeg with chemistry, Whewell with mathematics, or Murchisson with geology. Not however that, like those illustrious philosophers, Lou don has achieved any extraordinary discoveries in the subject to which his whole intellect was devoted—not that, like them, he has made any grand innovations in a long-established system ; but that, animated with a sincere anxiety for the " diffusion of knowledge" among a class who were hitherto excluded from it by the abstruseness of its expositors, Loudon elucidated the obscure, and systematised what had previously been given in a desultory and disjointed manner. In the present volume we have, according to the editor's preface, John Claudius Loudon 's Last Legacy to Gardeners" —the text being under `his widow's supervision, the sections upon mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics being furnished by Dr. Jamieson, those on architectural drawing, and geometrical projection , and perspecti ve by M r . besides several other i n t erpo l at i ons f rom au thoritative sources. S urrounded by all rt a ls i n ce ' asories of talent and i n d ustry this work sß c tih o moo u bsi l eel d ar not possibly, be more practical in its application or more accurate in its details. For young garden ers, for forresters, for bailiffs, for land stewards, and for farmers in general, it will prove a perfect vademecum— a resource on all doubtful points —as useful for their guidance as the shafts are to the plough. Although, e fl e o e w m . e p r l s i , sh a m nd eh la ts n with Mrs. Loudon, we must ever regrot the decease of her husband, before he had still further embellished landscapes, together this self instructor, by appending to h disquisitions , we can discover no single deficiency sufficiently ; -mportant to mar the or abstract from the corn symmetry,completeness of the volume now under consideration. Its plan is ori ginal and ingenious, its style is comprehensive and upon with drawing several ot t h re e e r s a , lucid, its success in all respects is entire. ' We can cordially and honestly recommend it t o a ll horticul tural and agricultural students. JAN. 21.—SamuerJoyce, Esq., was called to the degree o f B arrister-at-law by this G the Hcn. Socie t y of Gray's Inn. THE BISHOP OF CASHEL.— We er e au th or i se d to state that the le tter addressed to the Waterford Chronicle, RdAaYy'S INN, purporting to come from the Right Rev. Dr. Daly, Bishop of Cashel, is a forgery.—Cork .Reporter. " I CAN'T DO IT."--Yes you can. T — tr y-..ry hard, try often— and you will accomplish it. Yield to every dis couraging circumstance, and you will do nothing worthy of a great mind. Try, and you mull do wonders. You will be astonished at yourself—your adva ncement in whatever you undertake. " I can't" has ruined many a man ; has been the tomb of bright expectation and ardent hope. Let " I will try" be your motto in whatever you undertake, and if you press onward, you will steadily and surely accomplish your object, and come off victorious. Try—keep trying—and you are made for Otis world, J ANUARY 22, 1846. THE CORN TRADE. : BRITISH. Though the, natural effect of the uncertainty respect ing the corn-laws must have been to create great uneasi ness among all classes of agriculturists, it is a singular fact that supplies from the growers have for some weeks past been on a very moderate scale. We Can scarcely suppose that this has been caused through confidence in the present amount of protection being maintained, as each thy has strengthened the belief that Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues contemplate a material relaxation in the duties on grain ; the most reason able conclusion, therefore, is that farmers are aware that the yield of the last crop is really deficient, and that they are consequently unwilling to sacrifice their property at its present depreciated value. Should this really be the case (and we see no reason to question the accuracy Of the opinion expressed at the time of harvest, viz., that the produce of wheat of the United Kingdom wa; in 1845 materially short of that of average seasons) there is certainly nothing to war rant the recent great decline. We consider, there fore that farmers are acting prudently in not pres sing wheat to market; for, even if the whole of ts hat is now in bond should be liberated, it would not have any permanent effect on quotations, in ease our supposition that the - home produce is short be correct. We are compelled to put the matter in this indefinite manner, in the absence of statistics on so important a subject as the produce of the country ; though, from careful investigation of the reports from all quarters re ceived previous to the commencement of harvest, as well as carefully compiled estimates from practical agricul turists after the crop had been secured, we have no doubt in our own minds that the deficiency, though not so great as represented by those who raised the famine cry, is actually of sufficient importance to render it very questionable whether the value of wheat can be kept low during the ensuing summer, let the measures of the Government be what they may. In considering the future range of prices, the fact that millers and merchints have for many weeks past refrained from adding to their stock, must not be lost sight of. The purchases recently made have been to supply immediate wants, all parties having manifested a determination to be in a position to take advantage of whatever effect the ex pected •Iteration in the corn -laws might have upon the trade. It is, therefore, not unreasonable to suppose that, when once the cause of uncertainty shall have been re moved, the demand which has for so prot a r nd aet , ed in a st Ler d io o d f bean languid, will immediately revive ; a further fall, we should not be surprised to witness a steady and gradual improvement. This cannot, how ' ever, be expected till it has become definitely known by what laws the importation of corn is for the future to be regulated ; oand, so long as the matter is under discus sion in Parliament, no great revival in business will, we fear, take place. _ . At all tlie principal provincial markets held during the week, the utmost difficulty has been experienced in efft.cting sales of wheat; and though, as before observed, the supplies brought forward have not been by any means large, the tendency of prices has been decidedly .downwards. The reports from Liverpool, on Tuesday, state that, at an abatement of about 2d. per 701bs. on the rates of that day se'nnight, some small purchases were made for immediate use, but that millers were unwilling to take more than their pressing necessities obliged them to buy. Later in the week, the depression rather increased than diminished. The accounts from the leading towns in Yorkshire are equally dull. The Hull advices of Tuesday inform us that with a disposition on the part of sellers to facilitate business by submitting to a decline of quite 2s. per qr., little progress was made in the disposal of wheat ; whilst at Leeds on the same day, and at Wakefield on Friday, the reduction was at least 2s. per qr. The depression has been nearly as great at the leading markets at the west and north-west ; nor have affairs worn a more promising appearance in the agricultural districts, the cessation of orders from the chief consum ing towns having obliged farmers, if anxious to sell, to submit to reduced prices. By our Scotch advices we learn that the continued dull reports from the sonth bad had their usual influence on the trade, and wheat wa s quo t e d ls. to 2s. per quarter lower on Wednesday at Edinburgh and Glasgow. Prices of most other sorts of grain, as well as those of flour and meal, had also receded more or less ; all parties having acted on the reserve. The Irish markets have likewise felt the influence of the fist accounts from this side of the Channel; still quotations of both wheat and oats are too high to admit of consignments to London with a fair chance of profit. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been small, only 5,117qr5. having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples has been trifling, but the millers having ad hered firmly to their determination not to increase their stocks in the present unsettled state of affairs, the scanty nature of the supply has failed to impart a firmer tone to business. On Wednesday only a few samples, left over from the previous market-day, were offered for sale; to place these some difficulty was experienced, but factors refused to submit to any further reduction. On Friday there was some slight addition to the quantity of wheat on the Essex stands, and the inquiry being quite as languid as earlier in the week, the turn was rather in favour of buyers. The trans - actions in free foreign wheat have been on a strictly retail scale ; no variation has, however, taken place in the value of the article sin ce M on d ay ; holders having, on the whole, displayed more firmness than might, under all circumstances, have been expected. On Wednesday bonded wheat was totally neglected, nor were the actual operations of importance on Friday ; but there was certainly more inquiry for the article at the close than in the commencement of the week, princi pally, we believe, for shipment to Belgium. Had sellers been disposed to give way a trifle in price, business to some extent might probably have been done. The demand for flour has, throughout the week, been excessively sldwi hitherto, however,• the top quotation for town-manufactured has remained at 565. per sack. Ship flour has not supported its previous value, some pressed sales having been made on Friday at about ls. per sack below former terms. The arrivals of barley, though not particularly large, have proved amply sufficient to satisfy the immediate wants of the masters and distillers, and no one has shown any inclination to take more than necessary for present purposes; we are unable, therefore, to report the slight est improvement either in the demand for or the value of this grain. Nlalt — has also been difficult of sale; but the real scarcity of superior qualties has caused the finer sorts to command relatively high rates. The market has been moderately supplied with oats, of home growth; from our own coast only 4,060 qrs.; from Scotland, 170 qrs. ; and from Ireland, none have come to hand. The smallness of this arrival has, how ever, in some measure been compensated by the receipt of 11,727 qrs. from abroad. The principal dealers have shown far more anxiety to induce them to increase their stocks; the sales of the week have consequently been on a restricted scale. Factors have, on the other hand, displayed considerable firmness; and the business done has been at terms quite equal to those current on Abu day last. Many of the cargoes of foreign oats have been offered, duty paid, from on board ship; and as these were mostly purchased at high rates on the other sides, the result must be far from favourable. Beans have met with a moderate share of attention, and handsome parcels of old have brought quite as lunch money as last week. The duty rose to 3s. 6d. per qr., on Thursday, and is likely to continuo to tend upwards. The mildness of the season has greatly interfered with the sail of boiling peas; and though the quantity brought to market has not been large, no difficulty has been experienced in buying at last Monday's decline. Grey and hog peas have also hung heavily on hand. The duty advanced a step on the minimum point (at which it has stood for some weeks) on Thursday. FOREIGN. The reports from the different foreign markets are at present of very little interest, the uncertainty as to what alteration may be made in the corn-laws of Great Britain having tended to check business at most of the continental ports. The latest advices from Dantzic are of the 12th inst. Since the commencement of the new year very little business has been done in wheat; a parcel of very fine high-mixed, the growth of 1842, bad, however, been bought for spring shipment at equal to .565. to 575. per qr. free on board, with a large proportion of the pur chase money paid in advance. There had also been some inquiry for the lower qualities, principally on Konigsberg account; and for a lot of new, by no means fine, weighing only 601bs. per bushel, equal to 495. per qr. had been obtained. Statements of the quality of wheat exported during 1845, and the stock remaining on hand at the close thereof, had been published; from which it appears, that of the total 34,106 l as t s shipped, 23,343 lasts had been dispatched to Great Britain. The exports had, it seems, materially exceeded the :i3s arrivals from the interior, the stock having been reduced fro m 40,881 lasts tehtenbldewr.lesthaJvaenulaortty:rslBo4f the 10th, b u t t h e i r 5 , t arec mi of little int erest. The nominal price of e the o n 3 From m s t t s D s e t Stettin to fine red whe a t, for spring delivery, was then 495. to 50s . mb above qr. free v n beard; but the rat e s a s k e d having been ethelimit l s of the few orders received, scarc e ly a sa l e had taken From Rost oc k t h e latest accounts p are . also very dull. At Hamburgh, on Tuesday, there was scarcely any thing passing in the grain trade; no foreign orders hav ing been rece i ve d t h ere, and buyers for consumption Having confined their operations to as narrow as per mitted by actual wants. Contracts for fine Waren 61 to 61}lbs. per bushel, to be shipped in spring, might nave been closed at 52s 9d. per qr. free on board, but no buyers had come forward. Moderately good red Marks wheat, weighing 601b5., was then obtained on the spot at equal to 495. per qr. In spring corn the operatio ns h a d been unimportant; oats had, however, owing to their scarcity, maintained their former value. From the Mediterranean we have nothing fresh to communicate, business in grain having become exceed ingly dull at all the southern and eastern markets. At Odessa, however, the value of wheat appears to have been pretty well supported, the latest quotation from thence being 355. per quarter free on board, for the best qualities. ' By the Acadia steam-boat we have reports of recent dates from the principal markets in the United States. Shipments of flour to Great Britain were then being rapidly proceeded with, and a good de mand for the article had been experienced all through the month of December, but prices were not quite so high at the close as they had at one period been. The exports from New York from Ist to 31st December had amounted to no less than 92,791 barrels of flour, and 58,991 bushels of wheat ; besides which large quantities of Indian corn, rye, and barley had bet n shipped.—Mark Lane Express. Sir James Graham . returned to town on Tuedsy from WiiICIQA.C44II4I . _ RAILWAY ROBBERIES. --sasa---• The following copy of a statement made by Daniel Garrett relative to the railway robberies, though hitherto withheld, may afford some s• rvice to the public:— . " On board the Barrette transport, Dec., 1845. to.:T e l r ic a s il e wit ii , s ,s li t o: i c o s n t , practices began with me about thirteen months ago, when I was living in idleness close and used to go on to the platform to see the trains come in ; and there it was I. got into conversation with the people of the railway, and joined a connexion. . My' first parcel was a carpet bag, which was taken on the arrival of a train as if I was a passenger; but that mode of acting became dangerous, as, on several occasions; the cowners intercepted their property, and, but for the timely assistance of a con federate, I should not have escaped so easily. Other methods were hit upon, which if made known may pre vent such practices in future. 'We found it best to work at dark. ,tiometirees . a passenger, would b e watched, asd ir any parcel of his promised . well, he would be dodged through to the train, and, when he Lad passed on, ss Ith the confederate we managed matters easily; for, whore practicable, he would put the luggage in the wrong place, or with a wrong ticket on it, or boldly give it to a cenfederate as bis luggage to go with him in the train instead of in the luggage van; a confederate would ride a short or a long trip, and then claim the particular article, or walk away with or without the conni vance a the guard, depending on his being in the secret or not. It was by going as a short passenger that we were Lisle to effect these things ; or else would, on the - arrival of the train, boldly seize anything, and if stopped, it could be attributed to mistake. It was at th'e junction lines especially that we were able to work as well without the assistance of the railway man as with it. The passengers were gone out into the refreshment-rooms, and there was another by which we could start off to another place. In these va rious ways , the game was played ; first one way, then , another on one line, then changed about to another, in tending to change from line to line in succession. " Mr, Hartley's box of scrip, which was valued at 40,0001, and supposed to have never reached the line, was not taken away from the train till we reached Wol verton ; and, if passengers will go away from their luggage without having it labelled, or seeing that it goes with the train, or leave it at refreshment -Looms, they must expect to lose it. I was not a thief by profession. I had been a valet and confidente of several noblemen, travelling with them, and never wronging them of a shilling. Unhappily . for me I got into the debtors' prison, Whiteeross-street, three years ago, for a crini. con., which I fear spoilt me for honest labour. Our parcels we had before divided, and returned to the Owners any papers ; and althongh about twenty-five have been traced yet there were very many more, and as fast as they were taken they were sold at various places, the marks being erased to avoid detection ; but this scrip sorly puzzles us. My first impulse was to go to the continent, where my extensive knowledge would disguise me. That was opposed, and we determined to wait. A reward was offered, but difficulties presented themselves, and in the dilemma, Maynard's services offeree, and he in troduced a friend of his, a chymist, from the neighbour hood of Brunswick-square, and they cone )cted the cor respondence and fictitious names with Bash and Mullins, but they were very anxions to get possession of the scrip and I - believe that Mr. Hartley is indebted to me for its restoration. The " earnest" of our power to restore was shown Mr. Hartley -by returning him his keys, which were the "first instalments." Mr. Bush paid the 1501. in gold, no notes, and was grateful to Maynard and shook hands with him. He came to his house in his carriage. This gave us boldness, and when the next box of papers, Mr. Pranae's, turned up we had less hesi tation. Those small packages were the easiest to carry off; but whether that was taken before the trains left, by asking the porter for it, to take into the train with any person, or at the end of a short journey, I forget; for those cases were so numerous, and the work of an in stant, and where the confederate was in the machinery, the wrong labels put on, or wrong parcels so easily given out, that I will not venture to say. Maynard negotiated, but unguardedly, and I told him so ; but he was head strong, priding himself on his " position," and appear ances. He arranged and went to his lawyer friend to draw out the necessary papers for the restoration ; he and I then went to the city together in a cab ; he left me at Blossom's Inn, and went on to Guildhall to settle the affair. I waited some hours, and then went home to my lodgings, from which we had started. I felt quite safe, as I was only known to six people in connexion with Maynard, and they were in the mess ; and there was nothing against me to show that I had not found it, as was said. In the evening I was fetched out by Maynard's man, and went to his lawyer friend about it and May nard's arrest ; but we all agreed that nothing could be done to him for negotiating a reward, and I went to him next morning, with his " Man Friday," to assure him of support, and again went to him, and provided a criminal lawyer ; but finding myself watched, j did not go again, but took means to prevent any evidence against myself, and felt secure in my incoaniace and change of dress every day. When the discovery of other matters, and especially Bush's, was made, and I was " wanted," as I thought, but not known, I resolved to leave England, and began quietly ' to realise ; but then came the squabbles between the agents of the com panies, and their disapprqval of what had been done against Maynard, and stoppage of other investigations ; that gave me confidence, and I determined to remain, but forsook my lodging and old pals, and traded by myself on several lines, even under the very eyes of the police who wanted me, yet did not - know me, except as a gentleman's servant, and above suspicion, whilst I have spent hours in their company, and sent spies, to volunteer information and assistance. I felt certain all further purauit was cooled down and stopped, and_ went on for weeks at the old game; we also resorted to various expedients to put them on wrong set nts, and deter them from pursuit, if they were intent on it, and if passible to get. Maynard off, as we certeinly should on the charge of negotiating. We believed those had sue (seeded too; but I found out that I was again watched, and I resoliedto raise cash and leave England, but I had as my share the most troublesome things, because if any. thing happened I was more safe than the others (the railroad men), so that I had to realise and cautiously, and had done so to a large extent, and should have been off in a couple of days, when I was arrested six weeks after Maynard; then I foolishly thought my physical strength would release me, and offered two bribes, for which I am very sorry, as I believe those persons only did their duty under very discouraging circumstance. * " I have said enough to put persons on their guard; the past cannot be helped, and I hope my end will be a warning to those who hate honest labour. " D. G." THE LOST CAUSE of PROTECTION (From the Prussian Unirersal Gazette.) In spite of the deep obscurity which sti.;', envelopes the plans of Sir Robert Peel in referenee to the abo lition of the corn. laws, both part 4 es in the coun try have, nevertheless, lost rlo time in arming themselves for the combat. The League is deve loping its immense and far-stretching power in the greatest subscription list that has ever been opened in a country, headed by the names of all the considerable manufacturers of Lancashire, with sums of 1,000/. and 5001. each ; whilst the smaller contributors of 1001., 50/. and 20/. are lost in the gigantic sheets of the Times. It is worthy of remark, that the League, the more powerful it becomes in its furtherance of the cause of free-trade, by means of the support of the most eminent manufacturing :and mercantile names in the kingdom, appears so much the less dangerous as a democratic body, which might be led astray from its lawful object to the pursuit of less praiseworthy ends. The meetings of the agriculturists have, on the other hand, only served to proclaim the passion, the stupidity, advocates which have not be ong whilst I s the t been more fortunate in a ridiculous and ineipid corn - law mani festo which appeared in the last Quarterly Review, and emanated from the pen of Mr. Croker. The corn-laws must be repealed, even if no argument could be established in favour of such a measure, merely ail e thebut withi- Chi nese, o n account of the unexampled absurdity of th e grounds nadduced not ti protectivewn i d t e h fe drp c a e u o tf,vy advocatesa t e he po e n x s is a t i n n d g t nh aeka ev system.yw r l. bullets, painted cavalry, and f ear f u l threats against their firmly advancing adversaries; they lay dncertain disastrous events as the i nev i ta b le consequence arepe al assump tions mthe corn laws, and proc ee d on the ground of of these tions to b u ild arguments, as if the same were establishe d facts —ay 1 and as if they were the objects for which the free -trade party were contending. Tbus they affirm that half the corn lands in the kingdom would be thrown out of cultivation, and that the entire downfall of agriculture and of the country would be the un avoidable result of such a measure. To all this a short but decisive answer may be returned. What effect had all this agitation, and what effect has the impend-- ing abolition of the corn-laws, upon the value of land! in England ? Its value has never been higher than at the present moment ; the investment of capital in landed property has never been so much sought as now ; never has land been mere readily purchased ; and, generally speaking, there has never been less land offered for sale at low prices than now. If, accordingly, the arguments of the protectionists were correct, they might still hasten to avail themselves of their own foresight, andl sell their landed possessions before Sir R. Peel has ruined the country; and in a few years after the repeal of the corn • laws, they might even (if their prophecies should be con firmed) buy in these landed estates again at a clear profit of 30 per cent.! Not one of them, how ever, notwithstanding all their outcries, will under take such an operation upon this assumption ; the landed proprietors know full well that in a densely populated country like England, small in extent, Vet` colossal in wealth, the value of land regularly rise s, with out reference to the price of an individual production of the soil ; and they even acknowledge that, the phantoms raised by themselves are only phantoms, whilst they wish by their instrumentality to frighten others, but make no attempt to escape themselves. Assuming the very worst contingency—viz., that the profit arising from land, viz., rent, might be somewhat diminished-- the landed proprietor would only be placed in the same been reduced. position as the fundholder, who , aft e r th e reduction of the interest of possession of the same, or even a still greater, amount of neve rtheless, no doubt that, both i n an d out capital, although the th a e nn n u a a t annual income hascnod-mebt'finds himself o f Parliament, the contest will be a hot one. Th e ses sion, which com mences on th e 22 4, will be u nusua ll y . There is, animated, and it is not impossible that Sir R. Peel, after b e i ng overthrown in the present House of C omr. dena upon the corn-law question, may find himself eor:ipelled to dissolve Parliament before Easter, I can r,nly hope that the universal dread of the u p blic iumnvenience arising from suc h a measure, and th con viction of th e universal necessity o f a final decision of the corn law questi on, w i ll IA some degree and 1120 53.itilate the ionsf t ea - en the opposition. .ultra-Tory opponents of. 4 1 .0 thubal trar zon.