The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-14 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTE.R. GENTLEILEN, IBELIEVE I am asserting but a fact, that at the last general election, a majority of your body were de sirous of recording their votes for me. We need not now stop to in quire by what neglect or juggle a stain on your hitherto bright and long-established fame was then inflicted. But you and myself conse quently are placed in a peculiar position. Under such circumstances—after so many years in your service— after so many marks of your confidence, which I have scorned to betray or abuse, or to pander for fee or reward, it has remained im perative on me to be prepared to co-operate in removing that dis credit. Bat a week sines I stated, at the Instance of pure minded and in fluential electors who enjoy your esteem, my determination to fulfil that obligation. The occasion has arisen. lam present with you to fulfil my part. Last night a numerous assembly of your public spirited local representatives, at which I was present, decided on this contest. In five preceding contests their decisions have been with me, irrevocable. Never before have I been honoured with a more kind, generous, or unanimous reception. 1 need not tell you, I am a free-trader, total and immediate; not, however, of a few weeks or mouths, but of many years, when the cause was In contempt and disrepute, and when its support was not the road to worldly advantage. And I have no motive now to aban don it—nor will Sir R. Peel find amongst his most obsequious fol lowers dr officials a more ardent supporter of his present measures. But, gentlemen, though deeply conscious of the necessity of unqua lified assistance to these measures, I am not so silly a political or party pedant as to believe that this is the sole matter worthy of con sideration, that there are not also other quite as great objects of Civil and Religious Equality and Ameli oration to be yet struggled or. 04 these I will, you know, be also a staunch adherent. And I will no., watt to be so for the colaversions of the great and powerful. The day of election will arrive quickly. Yon will find me, then . and intermediately, at my post. I will do m y dut y , to the best of tmy humble ability—do you yours ; and lam sure I need not call to your recollection, that the first and paramount of all political tulle tiOnS are these of electors. It is they who have truly the power to etch their governors that a just, upright, and honourably consistent course can alone receive their permanent sanction. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your fai LE thful Servant. LACY EVANS. Bryanston-square, 12th Feb., 1846. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. —The Com mittee for conducting the Election of Ceneral Sir DE LACY EVANS sit daily at the Ship Hotel, Charing-cross. The lion. EDWARD P. BOUVERIE, M.P., Chairman. District Meetings of the Electors will be held at Willis's Rooms, Tnis EvENtso ; and at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Pimlico, on Monday. Each evening at Seven o'clock. Nomination, Tuesday ; Election, Wednesday. To be had of all Booksellers. NEW TIMO N. SECOND EDITION of PARTS I. and If., Now READY. Also PART 111. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION. NOW READY. LADY lIESTER STANHOPE'S MEMOIRS. in 3 vols , with Portrait, &c., 31s. 6d. bound. " Lady Hester Stanhope possessed a rapid and deep insight into httina character, and her remarks upon the distinguished persons with whom she was acquainted, as well as of the many travellers who visited her at Joon, are always pointed and searching, if not always just. All the passages relating to her uncle, Mr. Pitt, are of striking interest, add her strictures upon the character and conduct of the politicians and intriguants of the day art irresistibly finalising and foreible."—Morrning Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. T ESSRS. LAMOND, SM ALE, AND 3 LAMOND beg to thank their Friends and the Public, for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TrEsnAY and FRIDAY, at one o'clock, at their °dices, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, at which place all favours, con `aining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. rill - IE LONDON and BIRMINGHAM E X TENSION, and NORTHAMPTON, DAVENTRY, LEA MINGTON, and WARWICK RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE. The Shareholders of this Company are informed that for the pur pose of effectually carrying out the original undertaking, and in pursuance of arrangements for amalgamation concluded with other companies, and of others still pending, the Directors find it neces ears to divide the capital into shares of 20/. each ih lieu of the exist ing shares of 25/., and to increase the present deposit of five per cent. to ten per cent., which is also necessary for the purpose of complying with the standing orders of the houses of Parliament. The holder of four existing `2,5/. shares will, therefore, be entitled to receive five new shares of 201. each. The Shareholders are required to pay on or before Monday the 23d instant the further sum of I/. ss. on the shares respectively held by them, and for this purpose to deposit with the Secretary at the Company's offices, 15, Old Jewry Chambers, London, on or before the 18th inst. the scrip for the same, together with an application for registry and exchange in the annexed form. The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to receive the increased deposit will be issued within two days after the registry of the scrip, and on the production of the bankers receipt new scrip will be issued. All scrip in respect of which the Shareholders shall fail to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit, within the specified time, will be absolutels forfeited. The Directors have much pleasure in informing the Shareholders that the petition for the requisite Act of incorporation has been pre suited and that they are actively engaged in prosecuting the same. In consequence of the depression in the money market the Direct. tors have delayed calling for the additional deposit until the latest possible moment to which they could with safety do so. Forms of application for registry and exchange of scrip may be obtabled on application to the Secretary at the Company's offices. By order, J. E. DE BEAUVOIR, Bart., Chairman. JOHN lIERVEY, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Committee of direction of the London and Birmingham Ex tension, and Northampton, Daveutry, Leamington, and Warwick Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the above Company in respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip, and I agree to pay the further deposit of ii. ss. on each share en or before the 23d, instant, and I undertake to execute the neces sary deeds when required Dated this day of February ,1846 . Nanie in fu11.... • • .. • • • • Description Address in full. • THE PRINCE'S CLUB-HOUSE, Corner of St. Jamess-street, in Piccadilly. Notice.—Noblemen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed this establishment is now prepared for their reception, with aug mented arrangements and increased accommodation. Princes' Club, St. James's-street. Entrance in Piccadilly, No. 162. TIIEATItE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Opera, entitled DON QUIXOTE. Don Quixote, Mr. Weiss ; Sancho Panza, Mr. Stretton ; Camacho, Mr. King Inovedos, Mar. Horatcastle ; Basillus, Mr. Allen; Quiterla, 31163 Rai nfor th. After which will be produced a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdiles. Maria, Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. To conclude with a new grand Christmas comic Pantomine, called IdARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarf. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Rowell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH. A Fairy fele of Home. John Peerybingle, Mr. Stuart; Tackleton, Mr. Tilbury; -Caleb Plummer, Mr. W. Farren ; Stranger, Mr. 11. Holl ; Dot, Miss Fortescue ; Bertha, Mrs. Seymour ; May Fielding, Miss Telbin ; Tiny Slowboy, Mr. Buckstone. Between the acts, the Band will perform the " Annen" and '• Cerito Polkas," "La Katerine, Cellarius Walk," the Overture "Fills du Verger," and "Love's Serenade." after which as orizilial Comedy, entitled THE OLD SCHOOL. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Holt, Brindal, Mrs. Clifford, and Mrs. Yarnold. To conclude with a Grand New Extravagance, entitled THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE; or, The Four Wishes. Principal Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr. Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Llfe's Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and 'Wright, Mrs. Yates, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. To conclude with a Iturletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Wright, 31unyard, Sanders; Mrs. Frank Matthews and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Cricket on the Hearth," and " The Enchanted Horse" every Evening until further notice ! THIS EVENING WILL BE PERFORMED THB CRICKET ON THE HEAttTII: A FAIRY TALE OF HOME. The Principal Characters by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Emery, Mr. F. Vining - , Mr. Meadows, and Miss Grove. To be followed by the original REDOWA WALTZ, music com posed by M. Jullien, by Miss Frampton and Master Forrest. After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, B. 3fattliews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c.; Mes dames Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of WILD OATS. Rover, Mr. Wallack. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Duval will appear. To conclude with the New Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE 'KEY OF THE KINGDOM ; or, HARLEQUIN AND THE FAIRY BLUE BELL. Harlequin, Mr. W. H Harvey; Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Hill. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Miss Kate Howard. THIS EVENING Will b y e performed the Domestic Drama, called OUR VILLAGE. 7n which Messrs. Waldrop', C. Boyce, Romer, Cockrlll, O. Wild, Miss Hamilton, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Leclercq will appear. After which will be repeated THE CRICKET ON OUR OWN HEARTH. Dot, Miss Kate Howard. To be followed by ANGELS AND LUCIFERS. In which Mr. Wild will appear. And concluding with the now Pantomime, unapproachable for glee arid sr endear, called FORTUNATUS ; or, THE MAGIC CAP. Forth/laths, Miss Hamilton ; Prince Megrim, Mr. Cockrill ; Fairy Queen, Miss Bromley ; Harlequin, Mr. Smythers ; Pantaloon, Dir. Charles; Clown, Mr. Jefferhil ; Columbine. Miss Laidlaw. NEW STRAND THEATRE. TWO MORNING PERFORMANCES DURING THE WEEK. M. PHILLIPPE will (by desire), and in consequence of the irn- Wiense 7ov.erflows which have attended his Morning Performances, give Grand Juvenile Entertainments every Wednesday and Sa turday Mornings, commencing et Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and, he astounding Feat , of the Aluerioan Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com mence a t a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 39.: Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is . ; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is., and 1/. Ils. Ga. -- ASTLEY'S ROYAL AmpiirniyAnP OF u- Tye rno, - t extraordinary Novelty ever produced—The New . Grand Oriental Spectacle, which has been playing in Paris with repeated Success TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJAH OF ,NAGPOIIEq or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which will be introduced the performing Colcssal Elephants and Camels, whose recant arrival caused unprecedented sensation in the metropolis. New Scenes of the Circle, combining the talent of the French and English Artistes. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. To surpass en much Novelty and Attraction is i,npossible. Second Wolk of the New Grand Romance of " The Prisoners of the Seventeenth Century." First Week of " The Cook at Kenning ton." Third Week of " The Ruined IloiFe at Millbank." THIS EVENIN(I. Wdl he perfornied a new Drama, entitVd, THE MARCHIONESS DE BRINVILLIERS ; or, The Poisoners of the Sevnnteenth Cen tary. Principal characters by Messrs. S./vile, Fredericks, Dale, and Miss Vincent. To be followed by THE COOK AT KENNINGTON ; or, No Fraowers Allowed." Characters by 3lessrs. James, Herbert, R lc ; Miss Terry, Mrs. Lee. &c. 'fo conclude with TILE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK. imported 11) , Messrs. Seville, " Dale Searle, Tre;t)ert, Mfilses Vincent, Terry Richardson, &c. GI„tSGOW HARBOUR MINERAL RAILWAY.—This Bill passed the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commens, oa liiersdity„uucep9sed. Mr. Galbraith, writer to the signet, and Mr. Anion, of . Messrs:Law, Anton, and Turnbull, solicitors to the and 14ary., c.E. and F,R.g., the engineer, proved the rognisite i mations and fulfilment of the standing orders. Esti mate 101,000?. This is a Railway and Tidal Dock Bill, and Is cal culated-much to benefit the River Clyde. c . OIR 1 HILIP EGERTON.---Sir Philip Egerton met his constituents at Knutsford on Friday last,- to tender his resignation as member for Cheshire, stating that he should feel it his duty to sup port Sir Robert Peel's meastire—for, from either him or Lord John Abseil, it was evident they must have free trade, and it would be judjelous to support the present Minister rather than to have Whigs in Office again ; although, perhaps, there was no difference now be. tweon Radicals and Torits, as there seemed to be a complete amal-s ganl ation of political parties. His constituents weukt not accept hir resignation, and he returns to the HOUR all 144TOcate and opporte of Eno trzto ! -_.:40794 Olfrkr. THE PRACTICABLE INVALID AND GE NERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, For :Insuring Invalid :Lives, on novel, liberal, and equitable principles. Shares 501. each. First payment limited, in pursuance of the Act, to ss. per share. No application for shares can be received after the 28th instant, the numbers intended to be issued being nearly completed. Interest, at the rate of four per cent., allowed from time of pay ment of deposit to first division of profits. Total amount of deposit will be returned (without any deduction for expenses), if the Company shall not be brought fully into ope ration. Applications for remaining shares, prospectuses, and any further information, may be obtained of the jint solicitors A. 31. A. o LOW, 65, Chancery-lane. C. INNIS, 42, Bloomsbury-square. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We entirely concur in the remarks of " A Clerk with a large family," but our opinion has been sufficiently ex pressEd, and we think it better not to interfere further be tween the parties. THE WEATHER.—►SUN OFFICE, FEB. 14. TRER3IOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 49; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mining .. 45 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 0 minutes after 4, ". ,__ ',, .)11 5 4_ ,, „ .„ ~(rt-,., , -.„,,:. " O ~?I,' I: - r.V ., : x liii , ,, , .',• , .7r. , =,' .%, , 4 7 / A, s• 4 'i - ‘7, .7 .1 .' l'A; 1-, . fj , ' 7 7'.. 4 1, , , .., B,_ --.---.;.. 'C . •ito , . ' ' '6.p.iiil. Mittr4 - 4p,7 '-'7°4l' 4A - •,. 7 '; .4' k-'7.- Q ~ ~~ C~ .~r~ f E SECOND EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EWEN ENG, FEBRUARY 14, 1846. Ant LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1846. Lord DENMAN, in the absence of the Lord-Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack in the House of Lords, shortly after Five o'clock. Earl SOMERS presented several petitions against any alte ration in the corn-laws. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill went through Committee. The Earl of REDESDALE presented a petition from an indi vidual complaining of the course pursued by many parties with respect to railway Bills, and praying that their Lord ships would make it a standing order of the House that all parties, before they should be permittted to introduce railway Bills, should be bound to prove that the provisions of the Registration Act had been complied with. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the adoption of the resolu tions contained in the second report from the Lords Corn mittee on Railways, which was agreed to. The Public Works Ireland Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported •n Monday. In answer to a question from the Earl of CLA RENDON, Tlw; Earl of AnErtoxxx stated that he had no objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence that had taken place between the Spanish Minister and himself rela tive to the duty on Cuba sugar. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice of his inten tion, on Tuesday next, to ask the Noble Duke ( WELLING TON ) the cause of the dismissal of Mr. GUNSTONE from the Poor-law Commission in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he would take care that the Noble Marquis should have the information he required on the day he had stated. The House then adjourned till Monday. The House of Commons sat at Four o'clock. The Sheriff of London presented a petition from the city of London in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Several rail. way Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A new writ for North Nottinghamshire was ordered, room of Mr. G. KNIGHT, deceased. Lord DUNCANNON brought in the Matlock, Manchester, and Buxton Railway 13il1, which was read a first, ordered to be read a second time. Mr. STRUTT brought under the consideration of the ouse an irregularity that had taken place in a petition for a rail way Bill, which led to some discussion, in the course of which, Mr. GREENE gave notice that he would move an order to the effect that no petition for a private Bill should be received by the House, unless it was regularly signed by all the parties. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on Monday he should ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, if he should then be in office, whether he proposed to fill up the two offices now vacant in consequence of the resignation of two of the Lords of the Admiralty : and if he were afraid to:appeal to the countryiby nominating to the vacant offices, he should move that the offices be abolished as useless. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that be should ask the Government on a future day if they intended to bring in any measure during the present session to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. _ _ On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, that the petition of the Shipowners' Society be printed, Mr. HrME asked if it was intended to introduce any mea sure carrying out the recommendations of the Committee with regard to regulating the merchant seamen's service ? Sir G. CLERK said that Government were in communica tion with the Shipowners' Society on the subject. Mr. FORSTER denied that the petition expressed the senti- ments of the great body of shipowners of Great Britain. Mr. LIDDELL, replied, and the motion for printing the pe tition was agreed to. Mr. JAMES asked if the Government had received any ac counts of the dreadful affray which had taken place at Pen rith among the labourers employed on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and what measures had been adopted to preserve the public peace. Sir J. GRAHAM had received no official account whatever from the Magistrates of the existence of any such dis turbance. Mr. EWART asked if the Government had ever considered whether it was necessary to make railway companies exer cise some superintendence over the labourers? Sir G. CLERK said that the promoters of railway Bills were obliged to provide a certain number of special consta bles to superintend the works. In answer to a question from Sir R. INGLIS, as to the inten tion of the Government with regard to the rebuilding of Westminster-bridge, Mr. CARDWELL said the subject had been considered by the Government, and that they had directed weekly reports to be made as to the state of the bridge, and that when any thieg special occurred the attention of the Government was directed to it, so that ample care was taken of the public safety. Sir R. Iscus considered that answer unsatisfactory. He begged to ask when the Government considered the new palace at Westminster would be ready for the accommoda tion of Parliament, and if it were not ready by 1847, whether there would be any objection to the appointment of a Com mittee of Inquiry ? ➢lr. CA RDW ELL thought it possible that the expectation of Hon. Gentlemen that Parliament would sit in the new House in 1847 would not be realised.—(A laugh.) He, how ever, thought it would be neither necessary nor discreet to appoint a Committee. In answer to a question from Mr. Com-Err, of Athlone, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in conse quence of a decision of the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber overruling a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, and deciding that certain parties were entitled, in conse quence of the enactments of the corn-law of 1842, the re venue would suffer a certain loss, but it was still under the consideration of the Government whether an appeal should not be made to a higher tribunal. On the motion of Sir W. CODRINGTON, a new writ was ordered for the election of a Member for East Gloucester shire, in the room of the Hon. F. CHARTERIS, who had ac cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate being read, an immense number of petitions en the subject of the corn• laws were presented. Sir HowsnD Doccf.As then rose to resume the adjourned debate, and announced his intention to vote against the proposition of the Government for removing pro tection from British agriculture. He had always voted against a repeal of the corn-laws; be had fre quently spoken against the measure, and in reviewing his past career on that subject, he found that he had nothing to explain and nothing to regret, except the insufficient mannner in which he had advocated the cause of protection. His opinions were unchanged, and in accordance with these opinions be should vote, for he considered that protection was not only necessary for British interests, but also for the interests of our colonies which were unrepresented in that House, and which were not properly understood. He considered that the experience of the last three years furnished no correct data on which to form an opinion ; and, therefore, he considered that the Right Hon. Baronet had failed to give any just reason for his change of opi nion. The corn-laws had not caused the distress of 1840, 1841, and 1842, neither had the partial adoption of free-trade princi plesioccasionedthe prosperity of the subsequent years, which prosperity, it should be recollected, had occurred while the country was subject to a corn-law. Protection, he believed, was not for the benefit of one class, but for that of all ; and he would not expose the British artisan unpro tected to competition with t h e protected la b our of thefo reigner. He denied that the importation of grain produced a contemporaneous export of manufactures; and a comparison of the exports and imports of 1836 and 1341, and 1842, would prove the truth of his position. He considered it would be g ood p olic y to open the home market and the West India market to our corn -producing colonies. He had supported the measure for the introduction of Canadian corn, but he felt bound to oppose the opening of the home market to the foreign corn producer, The Canada Corn Bill was a solemn compact, entered into between the legislative bodies of Canada and this country, and this measure not only violated that compact, but extin guished the whole colonial system, and made all the colonies for commercial purposes free and independent states, leaving to them the entire regulation of their own commercial affairs It was a most incorrect assumption to declare that Mr. Hus- KISSON was a free. trader. He was a Protectionist, and his colonial trade Acts protected British commodities in the colo nial markets by differential duties ranging from 10 to 70 per cent. All the colonies now imposed duties on the im portation of the products of other colonies. It could only be by the formation of them all into a league to establish perfoct free trade. The United States and the Zoarereirl timid such a union of sovereign states, with perfect free trade among themselves, with stringent protection against all others. We might form such a league with our colonies and our East India dependencies, and such a league as that would conduce to the power and the prosperity of the empire; but the esta blishment of the proposed system of free •trade would render the formation of such a league impossible. By his machinery they had destroyed the manufactures of [ndia, and had forced the Indian manufacturers to become sugar cultivators, and now by the introduction of free-trade they were about to ruin these Indian agriculturists. The Hon. and Gallant Officer then read several extracts from the works of Mr. Huskisson to prove that it was most im• politic to depend upon foreigners for a supply of corn. After apologising for having trespassed so long on the House, the Hon. and Gallant Officer concluded by stating that, giving the Prime Minister all credit for honesty of purpose, so strong were his convictions as to the mischievous nature of the proposed measure, that it was his duty to vote against t as an experiment perilous and unnecessary. Viscount VILLIERS gave his.support to the measures proposed )3 , the Government, because he hoped it would prove to be a permanent settlement of this much agitated questhn. Mr. Scow had hoped that he should have , been enabled to afford the Right Hon. Baronet that support which he had always hitherto afforded him ; but it was! with pain and regret, that, after a careful examination , of the sub ject, he felt now bound to vote against the Government. He had always looked up to the Right Hon. Baronet with respect, but he mus' say that this sudden change of opinion on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet had come upon him with most stunning effect. But acting upon his own conscientious convictions, he felt bound to declare that he felt it his duty to oppose the Government measure The Right Hon. Baronet was in the position of a counsel who, having received a brief and a fee on one side, went into court and agreed on the other, recommending his original clients to abandon their cause altogether, and who was fol lowed by his juniors, while the only reason they would con_ descend to give was, that they had changed their minds. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read various quota- tions from the speeches of the Members of the present Go vernment, for the purpose of showing that their opinions had been a series of contradictions ever since they had aban- doped the principles of protection. He believed that the measures now proposed would produce most cruel and disas trous results. The proposed measure was wide and bold ; but he doubted whether it was wise and politic, and he feared it would not prove successful. He was no ultra-protection- ist,—he was no advocate of any unalterable law,—he was opposed to monopoly,—he knew how liable a tax upon grain was to be called a tax upon the bread of the people; and, therefore, he thought the dut3 upon corn should never exceed the amount sufficient to give due encouragement to home cultivation ; and he should have been fully prepared to have gone with the Right Hon. Baronet in reducing the amount of the pre sent protection to agriculture, for he felt that the expenses of the farmer had been considerably reduced. Sir R. PEEL asked the Honourable Member for whom he was counsel? Mr. Scorr, under considerable excitement, declared that he was counsel for no one but his own opinions. He was the hired advocate of no one—he was the delegate of no one. fie would have followed the Right Honourable Baronet if he had remained true to his colours; and if he had differed with his constituents on this subject, he should have felt it his duty again to appeal to them. The proposed measure woul inflict a heavy blow and a great discouragement to the agri cultural interest ; would diminish the supply of food, create great fluctuation in price, and lower the wages of the labourer. It was said that this measure was but a mere fiscal regulation ; why, it was a mere fiscal regulation that cost this country the United States. He considered this measure an innovation on the Constitution of Eng land, and it should never become the law of the land with his consent. It was said that it was not necessary to con tinue protection in England, while it was admitted to be necessary for the colonies. He couldnot see why any distinc tion should be drawn between the two. He could not agree with the Right Hon. Baronet in the -propriety of adopting his mode of atmospheric railway legislation. _ _ Mr. WARD considered the Hon. Member who had just sat down was extremely difficult to follow ; for there was not a single sentence that he had uttered which he did not contradict in the next. They had waited long enough for the landlords to decide on the subject of protection, and he thought it was now high time for the people to have a voice in the matter. .Negotia tion had been triedon this question and it had led to nothing ; was it, he would ask, too late to try example ? The first vote he gave in that House was in favour of the corn-laws ; but his views on that subject, like those of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, ;had changed, and that after ma ture deliberation. If there were burdens on the land, was it not monstrous to be talking about them, unless they could be shown? He had for three years moved for a Committee on the subject, and every time he had been defeated. He would give the extensive propo sition of the Right Hon Bart. his hearty and cordial support, believing it to be the means of salvation for the agriculturists themselves. At the present moment such was the excitement of the agricuiturists that they were unfit and incompetent to manage their own affairs. When a class arrayed itself against a community, it would soon lose its self respect. All that he had in the world depended upon land, but still he was convinced that protection to agriculture ought no longer to exist. Protection was at variance with the intelligence and just demands of the country. He trusted that the majority with which the proposition o f the Government would be carried in this House would be of such a nature as to induce it to meet with that reception in another place to which it was entitled. Mr. Wm. MILES supported the amendment. He could not consent to any compromise ; things must either remain as they were, or they must adopt the proposition of the Go vernment, or that of the free-traders. They were now attempting to legislate against the experience of centuries, It was the height of madness to take away protection at once. It appeared to him astonishing that the failur eof the crop in one article of food, should have caused such changes in the minds of public men. If the question was between the plan of the Right Honourable Baronet and that of the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London, he as an agriculturist must confess that he should prefer the immediate abolition of the corn laws to the termination of it in three years. He believed that less misery and wretchedness would be caused by the Noble Lord's plan than that of the Right Hon. Baronet. He contended that the country was not prepared for these changes—that, instead of gaining adherents;the Right Hon. Baronet was losing supporters ; and that, if the operatives and labourers understood their own interest, they would one and all rise against these measures, and with curses execrate the time that even a free-trade Minister sat upon the Minis terial bench. He believed the Right Hon. Baronet had acted from Conservative motives, but he believed he was pur suing a course of policy destructive to the country ; but if they were to have free-trade, he much preferred that open, manly, straightforward conduct of the Noble Lord, the Member for London, to the temporising, cautious policy of the present Minister. After mutual explanations from Mr.BAILLIE and Mr. MILES, The Earl of 31Ancii moved that the debate be adjourned. Lord NORT HLAND considered the measures would be ruinous to the agricultur.•.l interest; but he feat bound to vote for them, because he had confidence in the Rig ;ht Hon. Baronet, but he had none in the Noble Lord. He thought the question must be settled, and that it had better be settled by the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. FERItAND would like to ask the Noble Lord, what con fidence he bad in the Right Hon. Bart inet, when he was drag ged out of the coal-hole to vote for liberal education ? (A laugh.) Colonel T. Wool), considering The measure absolutely necessary for the maintenance of the prosperity of the coun try, would vote in favour of it. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN complained of the extreme in convenience of the Members availinz themselves of the motion of adjournment to discuss the question in debate. He had a perfect right to make a new speech, on the subject, which he was not going to do. This was not a question of party, and he protested against the precedent which was set of raising a debate on the main question on the question of adjourn ment. The debate was then adjourned witil Monday. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. Rumours, to which full credence is given in several quer ' ters, lead to the belief that a mutiny has broken out in the Admiralty, and that it will require all the tact and courage of Sir R. PEEL and Lord ELLENBOROUGH to subdue the rebels. One report states that Sir GEORGE COCKBURN and Admiral BowLEs have both resigned on the ground that they have insuperable objections to Captain Rous as a col league. This is extremely prsbable, for the Gallant Officer is a well-known Reformer—l.te has denounced the crying blood in his veins, a a o b s ems inust th e therefore navy ;he be regarded arded m w e it y h o rhe g utmost jealousy and suspicion by.a disciple of the old school, like Sir G. COCKBURN. In our opinion, however, this is net half the truth. Lord ELLENBOROUGIL is the great bugbear. ; strong qualms were felt on his appointment, the old rotten system was in danger from a man who had created such alarm at the India House, and Captain Rous' accession was only the feather which de cided the balance. During the whole of Sir R. PEEL'S ad ministration Sir G. COCKBURN has had everything his own way ; Lord HADDINGTON, never vsiy resolute, and latterly labouring under infirm health, yielded his own convictions, perhaps, to those of the first naval Lord, and the junior Lords were kept in such excellent and severe discipline, that they were very cautious in b awarding an opinion adverse to the venerable Admiral. Thee Admiralty has hitherto exer cised a sort of imperium in imperio ; it has the power of appointing, or what comes to the same recommending, all officers to ships and stations; it re. et i ate ., its internal economy with the most wonderful independearee and self-satisfaction, and B. ;ems not at all dis,posed to rec vise such a body as the Cabi net, or such a personage as Prime Minister. It was natural, therefore, that a tremendous com motion would be excited its the decayed tenement when the old crew were invaded by mu ch radicals as Er zawnonouGit and Rous, and the sacred .fabric was touched by the un hallowed hands of a thoroug h Reformer, like the First Lord of the Treasury. But what is this commotion to the public? A new system of manageinent for the navy Las for tmany years been demanded, not by the press only, but by some of our most diiti;:istgthcci naval officers, The public cannot forget the speeches made by Sir Cn_tittEs NAPIER on the abuses in that department ; they cannot be blind to the fact that most of the young men brought up as apprentices on board our ships have no induce ment to remain in the service for which they were especially intended; that many go into the merchant service, or into the American navy, where they get better pay; and that the greater portion of the sailors who man the fleet of England's great rival are natives of this country. Thus the main arm of the United Kingdom is weakened by disease at the very source of life—we have ships of every class in tfoundance and to spare, admirals in still greater numbers, and every department, except one, full to overflowing. Where patronage prevails there is no lack of hands ; but where there is little or no patronage where the interests of .he sailor should be consulted, and the best men that money and rewards can obtain should be found, we find only poverty and destitution. Should war break out with America, an event very probable, sailors to man our fleets could not be obtained without the press-gang, an instrument to which these rulers of the navy cling as if it were the only salvation of the country. Men are thus torn from their lawful and peaceable occu pations by the most cruel of all despotisms, hurried on board a Queen's ship, there to be treated as outcasts, and not. al lowed again to touch their native land till they sell them selves as slaves. But these are only a few of the grievances which such men as PEEL, and ELLENBOROUGH, and Rocs would eradicate, and the public, therefore, can feel no surprise that they are met by the fiercest opposition from Sir GEORGE CocKnuuN, Admiral BOWLES, and the other admirers of the present ruin- ous system, which they all regard as a model of perfec tion. This is only one instance, among many, of the diffi culties with which a Reforming Government has to contend, but nothing great is ever accomplished without difficulty, and the fact, we trust, will only be a further inducement for the Government to persevere, and maintain at every hazard their new appointments. Sir G. COCKBURN is a man of high character, and a respectable officer, but his time is gone by; he is above seventy years of age, he is imbued with all the erroneous notions of his earlier. days, and is therefore totally unfit for the present crisis. He can well be spared, and Sir R. PEEL, who has already effected such important revolutions, in defiance of powers that would have deterred less daring minds, is not to be frightened by a worn-out clique of old admirals, or be compelled to submit any longer to a system which threatens the security of the British empire. There are plenty of good officers fit to sup ply the place of Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, and we know of no better substitute than the captor of Don MionEL's fleet, the I hero of St. Jean d'Acre—the. gallant Sir CHAnt.Es NAPIER. Within the brief interval already occupied by the discus sion upon the proposed free-trade measures the fallacy of just representation in the House of. Commons has, indeed, been most conspicuous. Party advocates, upholders of class interests, and in some instances mouthpieces of their own banking accounts, have successively risen to address the House—professedly in the cause of national prosperity— but actually for the purpose of enabling themselves still to gorge their own purses from the poor man's larder. In exposing this mock philanthropy, as it was again advanced by Mr. SCOTT in last night's debate, Mr. WARD acted boldly but bitterly. Instead of permitting the former gentleman to swallow that very poisonous bolus, his own opinion with its pretty tinfoil covering, Mr. WARD stripped the gilding off with a few cutting sentences and crammed them again down the other Member's throat.' It was a pleasant punishment to the spectators, because it was a punishment so richly merited, especially after the school- boy violence and urchin• like irritability with which Mr. ScoTT attacked Si: R. PEEL. And be it remembered, this same wonderfully calm and wonderfully philosophic Mr. SCOTT attacked the Right Honourable Baronet for, what he was pleased to call, his desertion from the ranks which he had hitherto marshalled so skil fully, while—(most consistent corollory !)—admitting that the proposed measures were only an extension of the system hitherto adopted by the Conservatives. In reference to this latter admission, Mr. WARD justly atigmatised the consum mate doggedness with which certain nominal politicians plod forward upon some plan which modern facts have long proved to be an intolerable grievance--their eyes willingly bandaged up. With perfect accuracy Aid he remark " legislation must progress. The laws of England are not in fallible !" All history goes to corroborate this declaration ; all experience, ancient and modern, forms an exemplar of its justice. That man must be a very zany who would main tain otherwise. lie must be something little short of pur blind, who would pick from the Commentaries one of those renowned passages of eulogium upon British legis lation uttered by good Judge BLAcKaroNE—and wear it, so to speak, upon his forehead as the morale of his political care er. This was not indifferently insisted on by the lion. Member for Sheffield, while at the same moment he pelted a few good-humoured sarcasms at the two (nominal) representatives of Liverpool, Sir H, DOUGLAS and Lord SANDOY, who, in the words of the Hein. Gentleman, " had committed to the most stringent mono po'y the greatest commercial town in the empire." Much, in fact, does it behove that vast constituency to investigate this very unsound position of things ; and to be henceforth more chary in the selection of spokesmen. That great stalking-horse of protection, Mr. HusKissost, from whose vast shadow the agricultural monopoly gentlemen have been shooting their extremely blunted_ arrows of argu ment (?) was not forgotten , last evening by Mr. WARD ; and a fine expression in point did he produce from a speech delivered by that celebrated statesman, on the 25th March, 1830. The lan guage used by Mr. HUSKISSON has bees latterly masticated with much relish by the protectionists. We rather conjec ture they will find in the paragraph alluded to a very hard and unexpected bone, which, in the midst of their pleasant mouthings, will snap off a few of their teeth. Here is the mor ceau—for the anti -Monopolists it will be a toothsome one:— " It was Mr. Husisisson's opinion that the existing corn-laws could not be upheld with the existing taxation, and at the same time increase the national prosperity and the public contentment." But Mr.WARD had not even then finished his flagellation of the farming interest gentry. They were to be scourged again before he had finished his harangue : the cat-whip had to be fresh leaded and f res h k notte d , and a few final stripes administered to the obdurate back of that obdurate personage, Monopoly. In this climax of castigation the Member for Sheffield almost entirely restricts himself to one, small, solitary, taunt, but that taunt at that eleventh hour was about the bitterest, smartest, and most un bearable they could well have received under all circumstances. He observed that the peculiar burdens upon land had been repeatedly harped upon by the opponents to Sir R. BEEL's present policy, but these burdens had only been spoken of, "the truth was the agriculturalists could not prove the existence of those burdens." This is no novel retort, we grant : almost the same epithets have been employed of late by a score or two of free-trade orators ; but it was the time and the place , in the present instance , t hat im p art ed to those few and simple words a sting of the most scorching and intolerable acuteness. So much did they, indeed, goad and lash the anti-Ministerial gentlemen, that they cried out together with the torment. Their cry was, " can !" but it is a cry only tantamount to an universally ac knowledged criminal putting in a plea of " not guilty,' , merely for a vexatious delay. The delay, however, in this case will be most transitory. The enemies to the pro posal of the Prime Minister have nearly every one of them been foaming plentifully at the mouth, but with that foam their meagre residue of strength has evaporated : and not an insignificant portion of their own party have withdrawn an opposition which is so ostensibly impotent, and so manifestly unjust, declaring al most in the very phrases used by Mr. WARD, that they gave their " cordial support to the Ministerial proposal, as being the salvation of the agricultural interest." The solemn as surances made by Lord LINCOLN to the Nottingham shire electors was indeed anything but rash or precipitate, when he declared to them that the spirit of one-sided protec tion will be dead before many days have elapsed. In the heart of the people it is already among the bygones : in the heart of the people free-trade is already the law of the land. Madrid papers of the 6th have been received, but they bring no news of interest. General NARVAEZ had recovered from his late indisposition, and was able to attend the Chamber, and take part in the discussion on the electoral law. The Three per Cents. closed at 33 1-16 at sixty days, and the Five par Cents. at 23 7-16 at 60 days. The French Ministry, finding the Chamber of Deputies inclined to support their measures, are resolved to get through the heavy business of the session with the utmost dispatch. The Secret Service Money Bill, presented some days ago, was subsequently snnmitted to the different Com mittees for investigation, /toil adopted almost without discus sion. TIMERS, BILLAuvr, BILRRYER, and the more violent of the Ministerial opponents, seeing they had no chance of thwarting the Bill in the Committees, seven of which con sisted of Conservatives, absented themselves. The next question brought before the Committees was the Bill of M. Sr. PRIEST, for reducing the interest on Three per Cer;',.. Stock. Four voted for entertaining the Bill, and five agof ast it; but as the consent of three of the bureaux is surf' warrant theintroduction of a Bill, the question mir cnt to in the Chamber. The Government, hove porthaml ~r~ still op edthtoem by a large thescheme, majority,and ast i he C t " thaneb tt being carried into effect this session. T Adulteration of Wine Bill by -ne Deputies had passed the The Epoque, a Governir paragraph:—" In the r - A ttikjerity of 151 to 88, „ ...,ent paper, coutsina tht %flowing near Toulouse, whet. - Ammer there Wit be formed tt 'cent) PENSIER is in garr' tht regiment of the Duke iIE iklotirz of Spain, accor .iSon‘ On this occasion the knflinta LocuffsA come and r by a part of the tpanish Court, will PraNcEs 4turti the visit paid list suramer by the French VILLF •CO Panipehtne. In the spring the Prince DE JOIN • . Wilt take the tolnmancl of the Mediterranean fleet, now the death of Baron DE ..‘ter the orders of Admiral I'ARSEVAL DESCIIENES." It B th u ti L s:p v, pears the Duke DE MONTPENSIER is determined to malady,preshi A which he had e s aerwnx s t u ..r i i‘o t imi t n o ißs t te h er e rh y oo o f u o n sn g toao l to rg eo. r o n eA N s TA. contracted of late years from excessive application to busi ness, and sooner life oc sib T p . u l a r ee the P h h i i c s h ti f m o receodf itvooluvlidthsdereamw t i o i c; o .d m ;e:No p uao u lrnoth b gd i ni i e errrn, a ,a ff s7s a 6st6c i: r s : 38 84. h0; e e cause of his death. el m ve Cen p ts e . r el e osed ents.. on i the n n P a a s ils . ; B th ou e rs o e rl o e n an T s h Thursday Railroad o n wi ls l 4Dor r e e st t io ‘, De q ii ii t o , shares, 1,257 f. 500.; Rouen, 1,022 f. 50c.; Havre, 717 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 98716.f' Tropes 51kan.d. Vi ll e o rz ntr ' relt . ll 7". 4s . Of. . Bordeaux, Basle, 2511 6 . 45 2 f; 25c. ; rampoux, 440f'. ; ' DlopPe l , 470 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 3834 Strasburg, other lines . :—Paris and Lyons Definitive, 625 f 4 . e , Paris and ditto, 557 f. 50e. Tours and Icatlts ditto, 594 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talahot), 5121. 50C. ; Ditto (Lev:gate), 305 f •• . , • Ditto (oompapte Merkliceale), 40a1: Bndeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 5121. 50c.; Charleroi (Kysaens), 495 f. ; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f. LYONS, FEB. 10.—Marseilles and Avignon, 992 L 50c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,295 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,0271. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 13. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (En:Meta), 2IA —Central of Spain, 1 —Ceylon, I—Dutch Rhenish, 7 1 A —East Indian, 114—Great North ern of France Constituted, 15 —Great Western Bengal, •.4—Louvain and Jemappc, 2—Luxembourg, 2%—Madrid and Valentin, PA Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 3% —Paris and Orleans, 49%—Paris and Rouen, 39—Rouen and Havre, 281/.: We are glad to learn that Mr. Cobden's health improves, and that he is now in a fair way of recovery. Should the heavy debate be protracted till the end of next week, perhaps he may yet throw some new life into it. THE INDIAN MAIL. (From the Times.) We understand that the mail from India, which arrived yesterday, has brought no letters or dispatches from the Governor-General. It is known, however, from the most unquestionable authority, that the advanced guard of the British army was attacked, on the evening of the 18th of December, by the Seikh troops. The enemy was repulsed, and driven back for - upwards of three miles, with the loss of seventeen pieces of cannon. This affair occurred at Moodkee, a place about twenty-two miles to the north-east of Feroze pore, and having opened a communication with Sir John Littler, who commanded at that post, and having been joined by the corps under that officer, attacked the enemy's intrenched position at four o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st. The first line of intrenchments was carried ; but the night was so dark that further operations were suspended. At daylight en the 22d the second line of in trenchments was attacked, and all the enemy's defences were, in half an hour, taken in reverse, and the guns captured. On the afternoon of the 22d the enemy advanced with their in fantry, and hordes of camels carrying swivels, for the purpose of retaking the guns they had previously lost. All the at tacks, however, which they made were repulsed; and after a cannonade, which had no result, they withdrew, and retired to a place called Sultankhanwalla, about ten miles from Fero wore, where they had still some heavy artillery. The British army would be joined by two battalions of native in fantry, which were not in the previous actions, and the enemy's position at Sultanhkanwalla was to be attacked on the 24th. No accounts have been received of the specific loss on either side, nor is the name of any officer mentioned. The captured guns amounted to 65 counted, and there were some more in a village on the British right. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Salts, 4,000 bales. Shares offered no feature. Messrs. Lamond's Share auction yesterday was well attended, but the prices of the new lines were again worse:—Dutch Hanoverian, 21. I s.6d.—East Indian, 11. 6s.—North Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries, hi. 16s.—Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough, and Goole, 21. Is. 6d.—Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia, 11. 9s.—Calcutta and St. George's Point, 10s. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 31. 108.— Vale of Beath, 21. 19s.—Leicester and Bedford, 11. 4s. -- London and Manchester (ilemington's), 11. 14s.—Great North and South Wales, and Worcester, 11. 6s.—Bordeaux and Mediterranean,ll. 19s.—War wick and Worcester, 11. Os. (3(1. There is still an entire absence of ship or other arrivals with foreign news of interest, if we except the details received from the Continent respecting the alarming scarcity of food in seine parts, and the riots resulting therefrom, all indicative of the want of stocks from which we are at all likely to get largely S pplied, and further showing that the United States and 'Canada wit nave to be our chief resource. The following arc the chief points of variation in the Bank of Eng land return shown for the week, to the 7th inst.:— Notes issued • • .. .. £2(6698,620 An increase of • . 111,265 Other Deposits • • .• • • 18,912,445 An increase of .. 1,875,615 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 983,688 A decrease of .. .. • • 23,414 Other Securities 22,908,661 An increase of .. • • .. 1,441,664 Bullion • • 13,335,645 An increase of • • • • • • 47,301 The Securities and Deposits, therefore, were again under the influ ence of the railway lodgments. The English Stock market opened flatly again this morning, front the paucity of business ; but it is impossible, while there is a chance of renewed purchases by the Chancery broker, that stock should be come at alt plentiful. Indeed the amount already absorbed must, until resold, exercise a most important effect in keeping up prices. Consols have been 36y, to 96% for transfer on Monday, and 97 to 96% for Account. Exchequer-bills have realised 311 s. to 40s. pre mium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99 to 98%, and the Three per Cents. 97% to 97. The Foreign Investments have been very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. are 38%; Chilian Deferred, 52%; Buenos Ayres, 4014; Grenada, 24 to 23% ; Peruvian, 39. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have benn 98%, and Dutch Twe-and-a-Half per Cents., 6014. There has been a fair business done in railway shares, and prices generally are supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) - - - Bank Stock .. . • • • .. 208% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 97% 97 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities •• 56 %%300 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 99 98%75 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Bonds, 1,0001. • • .. . • • • Ditto, under 1,0001. • • • . Consols for Account • • • • .. • • .. 97 96% -Exchequer Bills. 1 Xd. 115 d. 1,000/. • • • . • . 35 —— pm. 6001. • • .. • • 38 40 Ditto, Small 40 38 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. •• 4035 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 523 Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • 24 23% Ditto, Deferred •• • • • • .. 5 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. • • 39 Spanish Yonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • Ditto, for the Account .. • 3815 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 98% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 6015 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9515 95 Ditto, for the Account 95% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SILARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bridgewater and Minehead - 425. ...• 15 dis. • • to Bristol and Exeter .. • • • • .. 70 89 to •• .. 10 7-16 .. 49 Ditto, New . • • • .. .. • • 5 .... 13 to 12% Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • . 425. .... % p.. to Caledonian • • .. .. • • • • • • 10 .. • ... 14% • ••• to Ditto Half Shares .. • • .. .. 2%.... 3ai.. to Corkaiid Waterford • • • . I%• • .. 14.... to Direct - Manchester (Remington's) .. .... 114 •• . • to Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 514 .... 4 .. • • to Direct Northern • • • • • . .. • • 2 1 / , .• .• 2% •• .. to Dublin and Belfast Junction .. • • 5 •• .. 61 •••• ti Dublin and Galway .• .. 4 .... 4%.... to Eastern Counties • • • • • • 14/. 16s. 0d..... 22 k .... to Ditto, New • • .. • • • • 8/. 16s. 01..... 7% pto Ditto, York ExtenSien .. • . 10s. •• .. 1 %• • to Eastern Union • • • 25 ••• • .... to -7 Ditto, Extension to Norwich .. • • 2% •• • . 2% •• • • to 3IA Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 .... 80 .. ••to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. 5 16% %..to Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. • • 10 16% • • • to Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% •• .. 2% •• • • to Goole, Doncaster; and Sheffield, &c.• • 425. .... 1%%p to Grand'lTnion (Nottingham and Lynn) 1%.... Ili% • . to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 22 .... to Great Western .• • • • • • • • • 85 •...155 .. • • to Ditto, Half Shares • • •• • • .. 50 .. • • 87 .• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .... 18 .... to Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. .. 20 .... 34% .... to Hull and Selby . • • • • • .. • . 50 .... to Leicester and Bedford .. . • . • 225. .. • . % p.. to Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Janet. 2% 3k. • .. to London and Birmingham •• • . ..100 .• • .224 ex div to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 2 .... 27 ... to I)itto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• .• 25 .• .• to London and Blackwall .• 161. 13s. 4d. .... 9 •• • • to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • 41 •• • • to Loadon and Brighton • • • • 50 .... 66 3 ,y ex dto6T x d London and Croydon • • 131. 15s. 9d. •• • • 22 34 •• • . to London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• • • 9 •• • • to 10 ,London and South.Wct,tern •• 411. 6a. 10d. • • • • to _ Ditto, New • • • • • • • • .. .. 12 .• .• 243334.. to London and York • • • • • 2% •• .. 4% •• • • to 4 I)itto, Half Shares • • • • •• • • 9V,, .. •• .• .. to Maneh•)ster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 •• • • .. • • to -- Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 425. •• .. 3% p•• to Manchester and Birmingham • • • • 40 •• • • 79 .. •.to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .. 4 •• • • 124 •.•. to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .... i n p• • to Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 •• • • 2 %• • to Midland Ditto, New • . • .. 12 •••• 28 % % to Ditto, Birmingham and Derby —lOO • • —l2O .• •• to 122 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• .. 45 .... to Ditto, New .. 1 •• .. 10% • to Ditto, New, Brandling . • • . •. 20 .. •. 09 •••• to Newcastle and Berwick • . .. 10 •• • • 22% 34 ••to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 2% •• • • 2% .... to North British • • • • .. . • • 17% ••• • •••. to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • • • 1% •• • • 3 .• • . to North Kent and Direct Dever .. .. 2N • • 3 34 . to North Staffordshire • .. .. • • 425. .• 3j4 pto Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1234 • • •• 15%.. • • to Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • • • 3% •• • • 4 1 4 •••. to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • •• 7 1 ,4 .. • • 16%••• • • to _ . Ditto New • . .. • • • • • • • 2 g .. 9.... to Shrewsbury- and Birmingham •• • • 2% •.. • 3%14, .. to Shropshire Union • • • • • • • • • 42e. •• .. par..... to Somersetehire Midland • • • • • • 2% 114 %• • to South Midland • • • .. • • .• 421..... 2 3 4 pto South Eastern and Dover .. • . 3S) -. • • to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • .. .. 2% .... 3%X • to Trent Valley • . • • . • .. 5 .... 24 23% to 25 Wexford, Waterford, and Valentin, .. 1% • • • to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 2%.... 3%.... to Yarmouth and Norwich .. • • .. 20 • • 27% xdto York and North Midland • • • • • • 50 1 3 ,4 .• .• to Ditto, Extension • • • • .. .. 15 ••• • 33 ••• • to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .. 10 ••• • 12 ••.. to 11% Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• • • 2 1 ,4 to Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) • • • • • • 2 •• • • 214 .... to Dendre Valley • • • • .. • . •• 2 •• • • s••• • to Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • .. • • 5 •• • • 7 •••. to Great Northern of France Constituted 6 • • 15 to Great Western Bengal ...... Si. •• • • li•• ••to Italian and Austrian .. • • .. 3 •• • • 13(:..•• to Luxembourg .. • - .. 4 •• • • 3 36 .. to Madrid and Valentia • • • • • . • . 2 .. • • IM.. • . to Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 • • 11% •X •.to MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered fi 4 •••• to 147 —"E as,- S UN" ExPßEss.—Our enterprising Contemporary The Sun, with whom energetic enterprise is a constitutional quality, not satisfied With imttly tioesaiiig mit Robert Peel's speech on the development of the Ministerial measure, at the Opening of this important tailipaigti; has been fol.• lowing up the Weds by sending express editions, contain ing the 4913st'e as it proceeds each night up to halr-past eight ( Ici r '"-Ic• Tie effect of this MA bee\f tb give seme Of the thost 1 "7 - i,ortant srethet to the provinces many - hours before the arrival of the morning papers: Monday night's debate was eSpecialty ithpoitant and tiA e*pfestli Of that e'eening proportionally serviceable, because in giiin g the speeches of the mover and Seconder a the,athendfnent (Aniong others), We had the *hole tate lat the Oliptisitid; *filth *se,lust do tli..tt at all, at our breakfast table; in this blessed city of Exeter, the next iiiorilingi . and had tilt digettiott improved by stehig hii* little the riithlOPOlists had tO say for their 4yet . e.ln. 2 4 he Sun stands still at the head of the movement; I " Go e-head" is still its 1119491 Western Times: , l 'lgp Sbi;I I1 tir_iqii ,. .ti6i:s.-I‘ r e received from Mr. ft.qtri'ergien, at twelve o'clock last night, an Express Edition of The Sun newspaper of Monday evening, containing be tween seven and eight columns of the great debate on the • repeal of the corn-laws. Our contemporary is well known . over Great Britain for the liberal exertions it ever makes iupon occasions like these ; and confers a benefit on the coat rciunity by its enterpi ise, which is very generally recognised. Its report upon this occasion was not only of great length, lint of much accuracy.—Glasgow Argus. "THE SUN" EVENING NEWSPAPER.—We were in ( faked to Mr. Murdo Young, the proprietor of the abovejour mai, for a copy of The Sun on Tuesday night, containing a fell report a the speech delivered by Sir Robert Peel, in s hich he announced a great reduction in the taxation of the et i untry, and the prospective abolition of the corn-laws. The AS lien was forwarded the same evening, by special engines, to a . , 1 parts of the country, and arrived in Paris some hours be n re e the morning journals. A special messenger from Bel g iron was also supplied with proof slips, with which lie de r mu i d on the instant, and thus wa s the i mpor t a nt Ministerial s 4 tement read in the Netherlands at least a day earlier than it c , )uld ire known Varough any other channel. Such activity Aut iexampled in journalism, and we hope the spirited.pro iari• or of The Sun may reap a rich reward for 14s exerti o ns. z. t . 7 —,12 4, vatcb, Feb. 1. , . LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 14.—Wind W., light breeze, and fine weather. FALMOUTH, FEEL. 12.—Sid. Rifleman, Hammack, Sydney, New South Wales. LlNT=root., FEB. 13.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Challenger, Arche bald, China ;tSalisbory, Hubback, Moulmein; Dream, Alley, Para; Po.tiac, New Orleans. Sld. St. George, Hutchinson, New Orleans ; Susquehanna], Turley, Philadelphia; Medora, Halifax. Off Port, Helvellyn, and Avoca. The flat, Morning Star, of Northwick, from Wicklow, has put into Southport, with damage, and leaky, &c. having been ashore on Yeds Bank. The Heywood, fro:•n Africa, on shore on Carnarvon Bar, has been towed off and alongside the Quay, after cutting away main and mizen. masts ; her leaks have Seen stopped, and is fit to proceed to this port. STROMNESS, FEB. s.—Sid. Orivell, Colburn, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Rapid, Largee, Montrose. DOVER, FEB. 13.—The Joseph, of Yarmouth, Brereton, from Seaham, was in contact off Beachy Head, this morning, with the Matchless, of Scilly, and sunk soon after ; crew saved. CLYDE, FEB. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Medora, M'Pherson, Trinidad; James Edward, Webster, New Orleans ; Europa, Boyle, Trinidad ; Michigan, United States. YARMOUTH ROADS, Feb_ 12 .—Arrd. Brunswick, Morrison, St. Andrews. HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 11. —Sid. Merchant, Storey, Monte Video. NEWPORT, Feb. 13.—The sampo, Bostrom, of Christianstadt, bound to Malta, in hauling out of the Cardiff docks, caught the ground and lay athwart the Gut; is mush strained and very leaky. BELFAST, FEB. i 2.—The Horsfsrd, Drennan, from Liverpool to Trinidad, wlll2l was on shore in Larne Lough, was got off yesterday after discharg:ng a greet part of cargo. STROMNESS, FEB. s.—The Jessie, of Week, bound to Londonderry, drove on the Quarry Rocks, ad inst., lightened and got off into the harbour, and hauled on the beach for survey. The Marquis of Queensberry, from St. John's, N. 8., which was at the back of the Holmes, 31st ult., waterlogged, has been hauled on the beach, had her leeks stopped, and will proceed to Leith In a day or two. CLAY, FEB. 12.—A beat, marked " John Bannister, of Hull," has been picked up in the harbour, supposed to have belonged to a vessel which appears to have foundered off this coast within the last few days. DEAL, FEB. 13 —Arrd. from the River, William Gales, Venus, Bombay. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Arequipa, Cragg, Hobart Town ; New Express, Hewett, Calcutta, &c. ; Westminster, Honey, New York ; Fellowship, Armstrong, Bahia ; Curraghmore, Ball, Ascension; Murillo, Woodside; Havannah ; Mary Caroline, Brewer, St. John's, N.B. BRISTOL, FEB. 13.—Arrd. Falcon, Savage, Sto. Jhn's, N.B. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. For the time of the year, a very large supply of both Fruit and Vegetables was again on offer, while the demand ruled heavy, at barely last week's quotations :—Potatoes from 3s 6d to 7s 6d per cwt ; Tarnips, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; Carrots, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Greens, 2s to 2s 94 ; and Leeks, 10d to is 8d per dozen bunches; Onions, 2s to 2s 9d ; Apples, is Gd to 46 ; Pears, 5s to 6s ; and Spinach, is 6d to 2s per half sieve; forced Potatoes, 104 to Is 6d ; Pine Apples, 6s to Ss ; and Filberts, is to is 44 per ib ; Savoys 10d to Is 3d ; and Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s per dozen ; celery, Is to 2s 341 ; Horseradish, 2s to 5s ; forced Asparagus, 5s to 6s ; and ditto Rhubarb, 2s 6d per bundle; Oranges, 6s to 12s; and Lemons, 7s to 10s per hundred ; Sea kale, 2s 3d to 5s per punnet ; Tuniip Greens, 2s 3d per bushel. 21UNGERFORD. The supplies of most articles on sale to-day were but moderate, yet the general demand was heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. NEWGATE AND LEADENBAI.I... Tha trade here to-day was heavy on the following terms. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 44 to 55 2d; and Fork, 3s 6d to 5s 24 per 81bs. Turkeys, 3s 8d to 13s; Geese, 5s 6d to is i • Ducks, is Gd to 2s Gd ; Tame Rabbits, ls Gd to Is 8 d ; Wild ditto, 44 to 104 ; Pigeons, 10d to Is 2d ; and Roasting Pigs, Gs to 93 each ; Fowls, 4s to 9s per couple ; Pheasants, 4s to ss; Part ridges is 8d to 2s 3d ; Leverets, 2s to 3s; Hares, 3s to 3 s Gd; Wood cocks, 2s 6d to 3s ; Grouse, 2s; Snipes, 8d to is 3d ; Wild Ducks, Is 6d to 2s ; Widgeons, is 3d to Is 6d ; and Plovers, Gd to 9d each. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9%d; of Household do., 6%cl to B%d per 41bs loaf. BIDE MARKET. Market Hides; 561 b to 641 b, 2%d to 3d; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 314 d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3%ci to 3 3 ,4 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3%d to 3%d; do. 881 b to IMb, 34d to 4d; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4 ; Call Skins (each), 3s 9d to 7s ; Horse Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 4s to 5s 9d ; Half 13reds, 3s 6d to 4s Gd • Downs, 3s to 3310 d ; Lambs, 3 sto 4 s. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 84 ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 104 ; Veal, 4s 44 to 5s 4d, and Pork, 38 10d to 5s 20 per Sibs. BILL= GS GATE. Turbots,' Gs to 18s ; Brills, 2s 64 to is 6d ; Cod Fish, 3s to Os , Whitings, 4d to 10d; Mackarel, Gd to 10d; Lobsters, is to 3s; and Crabs 6d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair ; Smelts, Is to 3s, and Thames Flounders, is Gd to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, Is 24 to is 9d per lb; Eels, 64 to Is ; and Crimped Scats, 8d to 9d per lb. WHITECRAP EL. Beef from 2s 6d to 38 6d ; Mutton, 35 64 to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 3d to 5s 20 per Sibs. TIZA:r auxneam—Meadow Ilay, 3/ 5s to 4l 8s ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to SI 8s; Oat Straw, 11 106 to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 125 to 11 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBEELAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 8s to 4/ lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 4s to 51 Ss ; Oat Straw, II 108 to 11 125 ; Wheat Straw, 11 13s to 11 15s per load. Trade firm, at full prices. WHITECIIATEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to Si 123 6d ; Oat Straw, 11 10a to 1/ 12s , Wheat Straw, ll 1 2 8 tol 14s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) II is Lordship sat today at ten o'clock. 111'CLELLAND V. COLESIVORMI. The hearing of this case was resumed. It was a demurrer, and was quite devoid of public interest. LONDON SESSIONS -(THIS DAY.) (Before the Loan MAYOR, RECORDER, and ALDERMEN.) The, grand jury having been sworn, were addressed by the Recorder who congratulated them on the extreme lightness of their business. Several of the ratty jury were fined 101. each for non attendance. Samuel Breffett, an elderly man, formerly in the employ of the London Dock Company as a cooper, Ras indicted for violently assaulting James Nerthcote, superintendent of the tobacco depart ment of the'same docks. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr. BALLANTINE said he appeared on behalf of the London Dock Company, and although the defendant had pleaded guilty, he felt bound to call witnesses to show the determined.and aggravated na ture of the assault. The facts were these, the defendant had been discharged in November 1844, and at that time expressed strong leelings of revenge against the complainant. On meeting him on Tower Hill he followed him, striking a violent blow with an iron bar, and continuing his violence until assistance arrived. The Learned COUNSEL called witnesses, who produced the iron. (It was termed a "stave Iron," or large iron chisel eighteen inches long.) Defendant said that he was annoyed, for after he had been dis charged from the tobacco warehouse, the complainant sent round to prevent him from obtaining work at other warehouses. The complainant positively denied this. The RECORDER asked defendant, who had exhibited great obstinacy during the case, whether he could get any one to become bail for him? Defendant said he could not, there was no one he could ask. The RECORDER then gave judgment, that defendant should be im 4"prisoned for-elx-weeks, and afterwards enter into recognizances to keep the peace for three years, observing that there appeared to be a great degree of malignancy in defendant's conduct ; and if he re peated his miscoaduct he would be again indicted, his recognizances estreated, and, as be had no one who would be answerable for him, the term of his imprisonment would very likely be permanent. MARLBRO-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) ANOTHER CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS.—Between two and three o'clock this morning, Superintendent Beresford, accompanied by a strong body of police, proceeded, in pursuance of a warrant from the Commissioners, to effect an entrance Into a common gaining-house, No 162, Piccadilly, opposite to the end of St. James's-street, and having done so, they succeeded in capturing in the upper part of the house five persons, who at the station-house described themselves as follows :—John Richardson, of No. 15, Jcnnyn-street, St. James's, dentist ; William Cartwright, of No. I, Exeter-street, Strand, sur geon ; Charles Burton, of No. 4, Little St. James's-street, gentleman ; John Edwards, of No. 5, Arundel-street, Haymarket, surgeon ; and John Davison, of Alpha Cottages, Maida-hill, artist. The charge entered against them is " for having been found in a certain common gaming-house without lawful excuse." The house was fitted up In a superb and costly style, the hall-porter being dressed up in a splendid livery. An ante-room was set out with a profusion of refreshments, wines, &c. The whole of the defendants procured bail at the sta tion-house. Two persons, named George Chapman and Joseph Smith, were also taken into custody, and charged with assisting in conducting the concern. The examination of the defendants is postponed until this afternoen. The late Viscountess Canterbury has, by her will, given the splendid large dejeuner service of porcelain china, formerly belonging to the late Archbishop Sutton, to the present Viscount. Her Lads ship has also given to her son, Captain J, Home Purees, 01 the Guards, all her plate, which was her Ladyship's previous to her marriage with tke late Viscount ; and to her daughters, Mary and Ellen, all the furniture and books ; and to her daughter, Frances, the contents, whatever they may be, of her two jewel boxes at he; bankers. The late Viscount Canterbury's picture, by Heffner, is left to the Hon. Henry Manners Sutton. Other specific bequests are left to the Hon. Mrs. Sanderson, Lady Blesslngton (the Viscountess's sister), and to the Earl of Auckland. Pecuniary bequests, amounting together to about 6,0001., are left between her three daughters, Mar guerite Home Purees, Ellen Home Purves, and Frances Diana Man. ners Sutton. The residue, real and personal, in trust for her slaugh ters, Marguerite, Mary, and Ellen. Her Ladyship's will was proved by her son, Captain Purves, the Earl of Auckland, and J. A. Powell, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, her executors, under 9,0001., exclusive of pro perty out of the province of Canterbury. The Viscountess made her will in October, 1845, four months after his Lordship's death, and a codicil on the 15th of November, only the day previous to mer death. Iler Ladyship was in her 55th year. The late Viscount's will has not yet been proved.—Post. MR. NEWMAN'S LIBRART.—The whole of the exten sive and valuable library belonging to Mr. Newman has been re moved from Littlemore, near Oxford, to Oscott College, Birmingham. It contains upwards of fifteen thousand volumes, of which ten thou sand are folio. News has reached England by the overland mail from India of the total loss of the East India Company's brig of war Coste, near Calicut. The officers and crew were saved. ALTERATION IN THE CORN-LAWS, 1842.—A Cork mercantile firm, D. Lane and Son, have netted 17,0001. by the mis take made by Sir Robert Peel in the day upon which his corn-law of 1842 took effect. The lion. G. Cathcart, Colonel unattached, has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower. The gallant officer was aide-de-camp at Waterloo and other engagements. He is brother to Earl Cathcart, Colonel-in-chief of the 11th Hussars, and Commander of the Forces in North America. Northallerton Great Candlemas Horse Fair corn. menced on Monday last, and is now being held. First-rate coach horses, hunters, and rags have not been so plentiful as on some former occasions, while the demand has been good, and high prices given The most eminent dealers from London, Edinburgh, and all parts of the country, as well as several foreigners, have been in attendance, and have made large purchases. Viscount Castleraigh arrived from Paris last evening to vote on the division on the Ministerial measure now before the House of Cemmons. Donizetti has left Paris in care of his Physician, for Nice. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. SECESSION OF ANOTHER OxFORD DIVINE. The Rev. J. M. Chanter, M.A., formerly of Oriel College, Oxford, and vicar of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, whose pulpit, it will be remembered, Dr. Piney occupied with the license of the Bishop of Exeter during his suspension by the University authorities, has followed Mr. Newman's example, by conforming to !the Itoman Catholic Com munion. Mr. Chanter is the forty-third member of the University of Oxford who has conformed to the Roman Church from among the Ti::??artan party within the last three years. Lords ti!lelbourne, Bruce, and Foley, with Mr. Row laad Errington, are tiCtively employed in conjunction with the Baron Ilrtilinow, the Prince Lieven, and other persons of diatiction, in form ing the club :at Coventry-house, which is to be established on a footing of great splendour. W A R IN t I ELD CORN MARKET, FEB. 13.—We have Tory short supplies of all grain. The Wheat trade is very firm for fine and dry samples, but all other Sorts are nearly unsaleable. Vine barley sells on former terns; no demand for common qualities. Beans Is. per qltftrter higher. Oats for seed retch good prices, but mealing sell at a reduction of 4(1. per stone. Shelling, also, is in SlOw request. Malt as before. DISSOLUTION OF THE LIVERPOOL ROYAL STOCK EictfAsog.—As A sign of the times the dissolution pf this exehange Might be adduced as important. A new association opened on Mon day, into which, we believe, the bulk of Its members, tssgether with many who have seceded from the association in Bank4Nilclings , hate t tceAcd.—Liverpool Courier. P RISON: eoItONER'S INQUEST IN THE WUEEN S Friday a lengthened investigation took place in the Queen's Prison, before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, on the body of Mr. John Frost, late a Chancery prisoner, who died in the above-mentioned gaol on Wednesday night last. The Governor of the prison stated that the deceased was brought to the prison in December, 1144, a bill having been tiled against him for contempt of the Court of Chancery. Ile was latterly detained for the costs of the suit, which amounted to be tween forty and arty poun ds. In consequence of the declining state of his health, he was removed to the infirmary in December last. Every attention was paid to him, and he , ~ • a‘ ss supplied with l wi f ne and nourishing food. The prisoner had li::pow t ier to apply or but whic did no do.the his discharge info/rep production of a varie ty oaftile)se!i'dBe'nce from the surgeon of the prison, and turne fr d om a Mr.dClocr. of-- a ‘ n . dNoatlttuerrallriednedasthe! talicecedleercaetaseded,bythelojntigryirme_- prisonm ent." THE REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE'.—The Committee of the Society of the Refuge for the Destitute have this week caused their asylums In Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street, and Glasshouse yard, East Smithfield, to be opened for the reception of the house less poor. In consequence of the mildness of the weather, It was thought not necessary to receive inmates, though repeated applica tions were made by poor creatures who were suffering from poverty and destitution. Since Monday, children inmates have amounted nightly m en, women, and (the greater portion of the to about 300, raen being from the agricultural district s) at each of the establish ments, who, on their being admitted, and on leaving, had severally a thick slice of bread each. At Glasshouse-yard there aro baths ; but in the absence of that accommodation at Playhouse-Yuri, each is provided with water, a towel, and soap, by the matron, evening and morning. • DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 7.—The archives belonging to the_ Duchy cf Limburg were delivered to the Commissioners of the Setherlandi on Tuesday last, according to the conven tion of the 27th June, 1845. We learn that the Belgian Commissioners will go, in a few' days, to Maastricht, to receive the archives which belong to the Belgian provinces of Limburg. Tree HAGUE, FEB. 9.—Among the petition s addressed to the Second Chamber, which were read in the sitting of the 6th, we find three on the reprisals adopted ag ainst Belgium, by the resolution of the sth of January. I. That of Messrs. Vanden Henvell, Son, and Co., a ll con cerned in the fisheries at Vlar9dengen, &c., praying the Cha9l th e ber to sanction the reprisals against Belgium , to su p port interest of onr fieries. the • 11. The address of Messrs. Varkevissen and Co„ to same effect, and founded on the interest of 8,000 poor Miler" men, with their families. 111. An address from Mr. M. M. I. S. de 111i11 112°, and other inhabitants of the commune at Groeige, in the province of Zetland, containing observations d! approving of the said measures of reprisal. We learn from unquestionable authority," says the Leinburg Journal," that in one of the late sittings of the Chamber o f C o mmerc?: Ruremcnde, the members unanimously agreed to address tn King, thanking. his Majesty for the energetic measures Cori tamed in his decree of the sth of January. We (th e Jo un. de la Haye) stated last May that the same Cliat."—t had already addressed the States. General for reprisals a ° 113 :1 the pretensions of Belgium. We are assured that it lids addressed a memorial to the Chambers, asking them tain the decree of the sth of January till the adoption to ca, an equitable arrangement between the two countries, all?_,d take the necessary steps that the productions of Leinw ; may not be forgotten in the future treaty.—Datch PaPe February 11. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, FEB. 6. Money. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.• ••• • • 60% v `?! 73, Ditto, 3 per Cent ........ Ditto, 4 per Cent... 99 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent • Ditto, 3% per Cent.. •••• • . • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. •• • • Exchange on London, at sight .• .• • Two months... .. On Hamburgh, at sight •• .. 35 31 26 Two months.• •••• • • • ...... -Dutch Papers, Feb. 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 6. 5 per Cent. Afetalliques• ••.•• • • • • .• • • 112'4, 4 per Cent. ditto.. • .. ....... 3 per Cent. ditto ..... ..... • . • • 77 Loan, 1634 155 Ditto, 1839 .• • • • • • ... Bank Shares ••••• • • • • • Esterhazy's Loan •• • . • „ RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • 18814 Gloggnitz •• • • 1244 Vienna—Milan • • . •• • • • • • • ............ Leghorn • Sienna • •• • . ~. Grosetto .••••• • • • • .• Oldenburg • • • ••• • •• - Pestoja • • • • Apennine" .. .. —Aligemeine Zeitung, Feb. 9. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Ez&LIN, FEB. 7. - ‘O OeP Bills. 2.0 St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • • • • • • 97N Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. •• • • Foreign Exchanges • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Exchange on London, Li Sterling, 2 Months. 6 24/4 Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 7Y Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months On Paris •••••••• •• • • •• • • Twoinonths. • • . • •• • • Universal Prussian Gazette, Feb. 8. THE CASE OF POISONING BROMLEY. • esA ej The inquiry into this mysterious affair was agaillsfsan to e yesterday, at the Swan Inn, Bromley , by Mr. Cal.- Coroner. Od ; Before any evidence was adduced, the Coroner ,ere private communication to the jury, and the particulars course not allowed to transpire. f the if When the public were admitted, Sergeant King , ° t ,sort division of police, was examined, and he deposed. t ba. t tes dl i, after the death of the deceased, he was summoned to e.,„, the chapel, after the service, and he had a c ommunie a , tl s sisg the Rev. Mr. Verrell, and some other gentlemen br'°7o.lo:, the chapel, and they gave him the names of some pers'''', o d they believed might know something of the inatte r ',istsg' said they appeared very anxious to give him all the $ 3- it o " in their power. Mr. Bergley was re-called, and he said he wished to ot s ie j te tb iv ° although when he was before summoned, he had d ell t se any meeting of the.heads of the chapel was held e pos' ) .. te tb . ject of the death of the deceased , he now wished to t sfriergeo he recollected that there was mph a meeting, and tha King was sent for. VT, The CORONER said that both the witness and rbi r ' t wit' had stated most positively, on the previous occasion, such meeting took place. Mr. Bergley admitted it was so; but he was now eel* ef , sitive that there was a meeting. Co r se Sergeant King, in answer to a question from t- e t he t° l , said he had frequently seen the deceased walking it; sa w and on a Sunday evening shortly before her deatii,Ssso o So walking with a man, but he could not identify tits' Mrs. Field deposed that she was on very intimid te 'a , s i the deceased, and that she was in the habit of lisi7,o " b at husband's house in London. In the course of the , ' sit she obsess ed that the deceased appeared to increase 0.109 she had not the least suspicion that she was in the fa° ll a i s ea The CORONER asked the witness whether the dee r he r ever informed her of there being any intimacy betwer°t. any young man ?—The witness replied that she did r i° re ce' v s Mr. Field, her husband, produced a letter which h e l ot j 0 from the Rev. Mr. Verrell on the oth of Novernher,,t It of after the death of the deceased. The letter was rev' deptP„v to the effect that they had been plunged into the 10°:se trouble by the death of their dear young friend, Har r ' t :, c el le d ton being found dead under such circumstances a 5, :djoio , a coroner's jury to be assembled , and tha t they ka"„tjos in order that there might be a post-mortem examle'ber 1 0 1 certain whether sbe had taken any drug to rodeo he r , 0 4 The letter went on to say " We are of opinion that ho • 1 1 $ 00 t was occasioned by a fit caused by the excitement 01,00,1,0 obtained a situation after having been so long abs ti;f The enemies of the cross i n this p lace of ecottgo infidelity and high churchism a re alert, and in the w e, 0 ,0 turning out that she has taken anything you will pray that the blame may not fall on etlU;crite; et; iroproperLsr 4!od cause." The letter then went on to say that tn .ba t t1; 00 1 , evidence to give of the strong mental excitement t' ceased had exhibited for some time, but of cours e do sTess' not give . that evidence unless he was called upon " ; s ee ° as. ot The reading of this extraordinary document 00e sc i siderable sensation in the court. aiss b e The CORONER asked Mr. Field what be utwerthat Y A t' words " The enemies of the cross," and he replied 035 a 5 not able to give any explanation, and the Coroaerss ss to form a conclusion respecting the meaning of theT o 4 F re At this stage of the inquiry the Coroner held:, eh t ° el; communication with Mr. Superintendent Pier - ",.; to rs g i e i viously had the case in hand, and upon his rel . af te e 6 quo t. room, the further proceedings were short?' is esi again adjourned; and, upon the next inquiry' 1 , that some important evidence will be adduced. • I#l ic' c ii d P . iie eo e ' s The Ardibishop of Canterbury a nd Mr " Iv .‘ e i upwards jslrre. of 300 e w dy a . t h c7 i, s r, f ; it us ec ec 001 le , ig er, 1 14 , i l a dinner party, Oi; Thursday last, at Lambeth Palace' oe , or Archbishop complete,: his 130th year that day. ter 0. wtheelsico,irwrns-slapwr Benjaminess,eAiete fele A petition, praying for total and inung'-',coOL dle au presented Brodie ilastgnesigned night t 1 1)Y s Examining .board, and, we presume, the Council - Surgeons of England.-Chronicle. .I,e g eP tif; i tv - rue 0 ~' LONDON FEVER HOSPlTAL.—Yesterosio A t o e c 00 ,i meeting of the supporters of this hospital waa, „ I , e -oe ,oirr ci aiit ' masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, the Earl *I - I '`:t Ael, o e 'Ol O l, From the report made by Dr. Southwood Srelith'„;o,Adfigelet the number of patients remaining under treatati - fice a mic ) ,A, December, 1544, was 65, since which time 559 1 , ..,*pee 0 ,704,, A , making a total of 610. Of that number 451 Ilna, IC' t oc y t ict 77 had died, and 14 had been sent to other hospits,-.. the offi„eit treatment 68. Fever had not bean so prev alent l''' ,o o . ee r t ,7 - oS is , during the past as in the preceding year, when the 1„,1 P!'f, tn. , sions was 626. More than one filth of the patients ,!_": D aiLl e et; from the City of London Union at Peckham, whico o 1 0 10 1 ; 4ce ' riP el ~ accessible of the poor-houses, was crowded to '-' So ws e e le of deaths was rather higher than in 1344. Vi e d tee ie! in support of the hospital amounted to 1,2541, ..„ the 1;° „e; 4 to 16/. 10s. The report having been adopted , ni•• - L ily - ifc,' ( re-elected President, the meeting separated. ~.. ..... o . , 5 ,,% - tietre i ' d SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.--" 1/0,1".` 0 1 '0' t,'; col At e.O `l Some attempts at extortion, under the name of e we , ,6 . 0 o made last week by, parties at Tunbridge Nveno, in r iiy , fo,00;00d , required by the South Eastern Railway ColaP e ha adq o°4, Teo The parties were yearly tenants ; and under the , str ate 1;914 of last session, the cases were decided by two ''1,1„;; if / by a jury. The results were that claims of I,o 6o '' e se , Y ,40',,,0 30/., were adjudicated at 250/., 230/., 104, and 5 1 ' , Al fr - > A their own expences.-Dover Chronicle. V" '1 cnia ,io te 'lp SELKIRRSHIRE ELECTION. --TITE.,-; 0 11-41,,, 11l f. In consequence of Mr. Murray, the free-tra,!,,,alP,eoot4S protested against a poll being taken without the I f itiS b o 'tee r ,; ,, , It show of hands on the nomination day, non e e , ese fo ii!„4, supporters have come forward to vote to' and t i p tc r t ely" ei however, have proceedel with the pelting , a_ d u eart e • r dll e irl. 177 had registered their votes for Mr. Elliot 1 .'"" chVot 38 at Galashiels.-Scotsman. { 011 0 1' t P lic e )la i CHIMNEY SWEEPING. ,,,,,treie diesel sweeper, of Drnry-court, was charged at 13 210e1 ae . e sl t i o e l y esterday, by Mr. Steven, with sweeping a tikecril le ed etP . Academy by means of a child, in violation of ._, teoe. to o I/ Act. The case was supported by the testinsony,,!: a a _ p or up, and by the housekeeper of the eetablishnle, I " 00 1 ' te.d was fined 20s. and costs. l e I ''', 01 115i°11 br iP 0 ° 71' 4 VESSEL SUNK.—Yesterclay a C .Jos eplu. de re . . e ehr;,o l between the Matchless, schooner, and k, 11e ,,„ e r ect 'pee fiotV,', quenee of which the latter was sunk. 'J-",'"000cr•--;t, II we f 'o", brought to this port in the evening by the Sc. i e ji + i , r . , O) ADVANCE OF WAGEs.---The iron tra' Ar g DO ,1135; r e , (er ing condition, and, as a consequence, Iva: s the t'u ll t ot/ been given to understand that T. Brown, -ps(ilg'worlt..,t ce 0 Ebbw Vale and Sirhewy Works, has given 11 or le r t# ;I 10 ol' e-, of the improvement, by raising their wage , DA */ g t s. ' IP i mouthshire Merlin. r 2 AO ~,, „I ~ .m, It T `-",„, (1 0. ,tiv,,r,,4 CAPTAIN WILLIAMS AT Na - • ' " C ~ns """ ,spe' l ow Williams, the Government inspector of Pr? - i o 'tee D A e co,tetfoe week paid ns a visithaving found out ea t ha,". nol la oc P Govern.- dto .00 „fs city gaol, that the dietary which the infa nte 0 0 i 5 , ,,te . , to be adopted, was not adhered to, ha s dames oral 8 A',..', through the clerk of the peace, that a wa n t , whel - '.el l' aire them, because they had not enforced 1 * e ant11_,,,,0_,0 oil magistrates will try the question as interfere ill 7,.` f ' , fro, 0e Williams or the Secretary of State to nsol ves o co oa tac ,. le fend th e ' tie r ita ol ilia to be seen. They threaten to de tha t ot so eo e should issue, and they will Plead ant l e It e li`r,tell'llit, °it dietary recommended by the Oovernill __ ttye th . „. r. > io ta . A would destroy the health and .I° ol ?,'Vn ° f ' u e t ° re dll ' Al ie prisoners. This, it seems, le the 31) trates r i ett gel r ' tt tl e t; ei re surgeon of the gaol ; and the mag is.. ,_„ 0 , _,..ter ~,et. e r 0 dietary, as it is in the face of the oPth_w,agtstrfsi of Atei, should not be forgotten that the eoun7, raven 7, 0 0 e r c' Di p since, had similar objections" but they / . 1 :;v 0 :,,, b , t itt o. " 0 04;,0110,: months ago ; and it is pe r rettitf'rolo too an. be a . et : ,il - Boners in the Castle visit dead . ..., it opetigs,o mcio-lolitvp:, Williams's report of this may, wa c ' i ii lgorw-cl't solOeritioolaelfef another r espect. The governor of t treatraent s' etv ing. h e or ee ct ass received a severe reprimand for he to to the r ee d bY ela t ri llt ef who a few days since were sent aw Y cote , ao ... .. d fel/ 1 0 ..0 1 ,0 , i, don. They were altogether unrdansA. mat ron , l' . •*; toog io tiod i e , ..Lad disgusting conversation drove t_Ta he Dal c,:: t ee to:;fe J o elS 4 (rem the ward. At length, when it c 01:,,, o rde ct ; and the c lef,. ~;„ haviel reflised to go to their rooms. irpoo l bei toto tit O r r V",re took Me cat-o'-nnie-tails, rushele4ol; teera_...., tueothoalie, io several soniewhat severe leashes, rushy c alls- l'r'„eie io ) v erf e , P nil and then confining them dillere .0004 ttlt,ectect forAto. i noises, hallebin, shouting, Ste- , " be ing sa i i ho nol o tee „ail- o f sons conceiving the prisoners v ‘ r y er'_ - ' ti ed by _ ectiftowarl,l,oe,t, tltlgii, treatment. All investigatior t a- , A they- had 10..iieis 0 . ii ~,to tv, when the girls undersiood t iii • under ga,rir won% cirri..,istios 10 dressed themselves with their the most eudou o ' s tee _ v e ' 1 it. I other respects, behaved in .-- .. iiii war . 0 , . n 5. her 40111*, Af were altogether unmanaFetth.l2.:•oh„ Isritht' uo r for ' ? t rio P y i,Ve " perfect devils incarnate..s ..-% ,. ...v,`, the gow AgOV, t ge , o p fact, and threatened I , d l cu.'. that extent _...., $ soo3ivie o, did not, however, proceed to i , lll. Gscill oo rge orit ieb vo st a r SUDDEN DEATH OF 1 7 ,......n i n g )ir: or 0 0 ,_,„ce, _ A o irC ,p$ ENTOUOLOGIYeSterdaYnf...'"ny years Tyag-t..roino. 0 . -,,, well-lctiown entomologistr: to. sidence, N0 . 0 ,`; to vr oo otslca;, ..e?irfe, expired suddenly benis. r 5, ___ ~,„e Dismiss . ;co _,clogi, ~ The deceased had e 010..hismsuud.se-0 4,erui Aoni..l. to lye stances in coosequenc_ I A Enternologiste„ t i, vowel 3 ° to lall' jtj., the author of the ' z 'wile la ce" ' me ell dd" a t be i' 4 tions for Preserving_ fgz uy of 1: 1 ga t ' 3 1. / 1(3 1 ' The deceased has lei. ..- vita u nder ta u f °f 4,4o ......• 1 , - n't r - , e d ,- timely loss. S 110113° lir. it ts3w `c - ouga en' DOVER REvnG _ ied 0 , , re miralty have at length "e' ,00,6 ion au that tD harbour at Dover, .--POeer c7ir11044 11, , Teci ultto, STp, 171 . " b Par, s'ro, t,.,, 84, "lYs tts,