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ASMIA 0, ,ere 1 lenforot id • " a • , 1 09 v" i ßoV c es Ld o f la J-v -d r the , 1 1e0', 0 4 th e ,(c ' • uralLie"' 71 111P ; 0 00 0 3 " F ss o 6 ,li l re - to o but tb bs t 01' J d o tor t 3 an 1,0 5 !:, th e r me sa ride „D . t e mos t j f oiol. 0. ro oto , the 'Atli' 0 sity ro e P, toj l ,o l liociL vv or d re " b ie ice iv a th e 0. „ of to c e e OPP e 't3 fe j `l ll ' It' of • , ,tire ; t lose 9 o ces l 9 6 l say,' g le' t oe De 0 jo t° Pe° chri A r. essi t jo! be n o t oelie e .ith Jett ) ; e d "-, c oo ng f es. of u Da rti A o ery s se.' io pre s o 'rj to fi r 't v '' ri „ere r , or b e r o° 0 0 ra bitl ol :., 10, 5 A. v pivi's; 04' 000% lite an d I. ey . "vial-born stories for the season, when " a God lar`arnardined in Galilee," Evidently instigated kled C ooper to the present effort—a carol in the stn se rhythm of " Christabel." In it the bard At ~ is of the Yule festivities of the olden days : the vol oo the miners start again into existence; th:i, aster of limeeson is there with all his pristine t:s; the boar's head reeks with a gustful odour upon the d ° a cultd; the wassail creams u once more beneath themeto is; the bippocras, the fiawne, the good brown ale k n i k in Plenty, and so also are the baron and the ,4 1 , and the minstrel and the denaA, and the losels Teebi: it , n umber. Nor is the spectacle delineated in rennin "%meters; the whole scene, with all its bluff and the : g ad juncts, stands out as crisply and as tangibly as arved fruit and cherubims upon an old oak chest. tittle But the eiTerent,te most charming and fantastic feature in this eanberv:ln.ole—with its right dainty title-page—is the and, tooth to say, the oppositeness of_ the__ itife withties" daunted round the ingle in Torksev hall. green glory of the forest, par exempts, i s THE WOODMAN'S SONG. I would not be a crowned king, For all his gaudy gear; w ould not b e th at pampere d t hi ng, s gew-gaw gold to wear: ut I would be where I can sing Ritit merrily all the year; Where forest treen, All gay and green, Full blythely do me cheer. I would not be a gentleman, For all his hawks and hounds, For f ear the hungry poor should' ban MY halls and wide-parked grounds; But I would be a merry man, Among the wild wood sounds — Where free birds et,g, „ tv And echoes r i rk I w"oublidle- F my 5:-.e from aot be a shaven riest, the oak rebounds. I , or all hi s sloth-worn p tythe, 'at While to me this breath is leased, And these old limbs are lithe, tre death hath marked me for his feast, And felled me with his scythe, I'll troll my song The leaves anue g, such t , All in the forest blvthe. qdr t rights are the true wellings-up through the turf ‘'‘el,,,, ralt i,nd; they smack of natural feeling. Thomas Isporlta- heart scams b r i mm i n g over with this tee,et'lls poetry ; were it otherwise, he could Ale ie n ntle the last kiss of love as a "dreamy %old !of bliss or antepast of woe ;"were it otherwise, he lweveC(er picture that tender embrace " in the meek the brain'g were it otherwise he could never pourtray already as the " limbec" of tears. Besides the song old tY Particularised, there are—a genuine, roystering, ,, loser a l i g l i'h ballad, called "The Miller of Roche . Olse nt ! i mPle, but nervous, love-ditties—a comical Ong; (at, C osherd—anotber by a Swineherd, with a -an cr: —or ns — cum ,multis aliis. -The book altogether ° tar a -1. ' 141 a 1 ; it is just suittd for the winter's fireside, Posset tted curds. So 7 , 4 C B I1- ES PROM FLEMISH LIFE. In Three From the Flesh of Hendrik Conscience. I sere, Beare any o ne i s cogn'z int of the fact, that Flan- eu idiom exclusively its own, has also a °r 11 Iiti„• 1 : e O f rouch ower and of very considerable I it p ntY• Against the inroads of foreign languages, kal t iZ a k rs that m any o f the F l em i s h stu d ents are anio n most strenuous and patriotic exertions; and ItUth o 7, le foremost of these brave spirits is a young Be4 eely thirty years of age named . Hendrik t he 6di etic e- A norelist, a sketcher of domestic life, and - /* lent* °f an illustrated history of Belgium,Con kid itfi nas already enshrined his name in the hearts .) , entourections of his countrymen. In his truthfulness . f orstyleingrihe resembles De Foe ; in simplicity and purity !„ ) teeli ' Goldsmith ; while in tenderness of thought and ;the t e h a ° of Purpose he bears some analogy to Dickens. II ta which are now first offered to the Eng les Sitka Van Rooseuriel," " The Progress Aossibland " What a Mother can Endure," are tlacti on 3 tho most finished and complete among the pro sext-os of Hendrik Conscience. The present version . (last si r a t 'IF elegant, the text is crowded with fantastic fasei e t n t t l?ns, and the whole forms a most choice and aultn ew g v t , lome. As a' pecimen of a literature quite tia nlirte _ , l in this country, and as a sample of the many no ' yr ' than th ese more Peculiarities of that literature, we k teresting or entertaining Ta book, of the same elle " Flemish les." "44 UNDER AICHOLAS THE FIRST. his 2 Vols. By Ivan Golovine. t ent A tory of the vast Russian empire under the pre: one wh ilt° erat, written by a native of that country,. and matt e ° has had remarkable opportunities of scrutinising Aal a in the neighbourhood of the capital and of the p ers 'u ri - -- . these two volumes challenge the perusal of every t h e v interested in the welfare of his fellow-man. From t se constitution of our political system ; he r re u t b e ntt,nee to despotism which appear . s to be . a f f. t r o m o m o m st in the lib ett t in the bosom of every Englishmani, actual, or action which has incororated itself with, and s eda n influenced the liberty and .. development . of the toe ton. 4 1 mind in Great Britain ; is not surprising that f rom mlould turn with a degree of antipathy and loathing t' , the e ons id • eration of a sovereign w , has been invested with supreme authority over many • ho like Nicholas Z il , l ions of th e h uman race, and has used that authority 1 ;In a cruel an d unpit,ing hand. Hence the animus Lth which Ivan Golovine is inspired throughout this -arr at i ve e ill prove thoroughly acceptable to the ma o rity of his English readers. He everywhere the bard truth, and h e states it with states an uncompromising Pe. The subtlest secrets of ono among the subtlest Rovernments of Europe are uneloaked—the mysterious oecomes palpable -the bandages are torn away, and the dUlcerous wounds disclosed. In the preface with which ose disclosures are introduced, there is one paragraph worthy of especial comment. It is this On the Emperor Nicholas alone it depends to prove that ."311j u dgment of his merits is erroneous, and th a t h e i s L et hY to reign over the people committed to his rare. b e L im command his acolyt es . L e t hi m say to e i tt ' ol , that ha intends, henceforth, to govern by mildness, aerttY, and confidence, and to abolish his secret te e. Let him to say Bludoff, that after having k . n e eted the Russian laws, he is convinced that they th e 111 Y fit to be thrown into the fire, as being unworthy of am a go in which we live—unworthy of Gad and of man ; 314 ti that in their place h e w ill su b st i tute l aws _ of Let him sa y . to Panin, tpat tt°lerac)illbsbleeeb:2Be ria a . n s d hall equi n ty o . longer be in power, but Let him say t o U waro f, that lie will no longer ' the charlatanism of civilisation, and that hirndesires to render it as pure as heaven. Let gre es hi:eto Perowsky, that his name shall be allied to the Peal:st work of the ' age, the emancipation of the serfs; let ec , l are that if the nobles have not enfranchised their do en t t's withi n a specified period, they shall be compelled to the thlaw, for that it is an anomaly to have slaves in a the -Le tt , t au& Let him say to Nesselrode, that France, Siia centre of civilisation, deserves his high . esteem, say t ea t' , no longer be his enemy. Let him also q nt i , h , - -e Past sufferings of Poland shall suffice, and tha t ‘ ) Oce tealYing caused the scales to fall . from his eyes, he a Th l ‘ v e's Poland from her cruel chains." fence 7 ,,, e qn 0 of this emphatic and impassioned sen 'l' - eminently mournful, when the historian—now tf;neve banished from his country—exclaims:— t 4. after having said this, let him carry it into nit I ;"en will history correct her sentence; and 4ene n a ,;, , tnat, after having sinned deeply, Nicholas has deeply Who n t "; and she ill place his name by the side of those ti aa tions lov w revere." erv ent , e to one. must every one participite in these aspire that the I °Y mu s t u l t i ma tely be accomplished: would qttr, Present Czar would deprive his successors of the ni 'hi of obtaini g ere it of a w li ( b w. e h ra i t s io c n op s i o . ltett-gliaed glorionis the present language IS ouasst°in spirit candour. COr , eomr-'4ernission, of which ::Ir -I.llPte "gaged in a revision of the laws s d to complete their 1 , -- . 0 1 )3' the tt er .? • , and insolvency. They are expected afterwards pro- B. Hawe r s d i a s ti to Chairman ha n 1 - ;Z ei t . call a end of this month, and short y Public meeting of merchants W ill L i te rec om probably is the'useclnently be laid before Parliament —most and traders, at mendations are to be discussed. The report Pri.jecearse of the present session. T her e /3"wiV appointed Clerk of South Audle)- ttr 4.1 Ilast . i o n in Sou !et. Imp, has taken a mans , Lom -,.. State for the N , Ol ow -Lyttelton Under Secretary of the . Ordnance, Sir . 1 , 6 14 , has left town for Brighton. Riv e ' 'useounts received of Lord Alvanley s . t4 - 1 4 ,„ 4t , week assumed a very serious aspect. Mr Jeffery -tt„ci -,OIENTEI WIT MARINE GLUE.----- Yeßklll at the • the adhesive wife'r of , s , make experiments to ascertain p ew 43 , , to mesa.'‘„h; le Zealand hemp, a substance 1 k of elm, 12 e.. age,lllr_aPPlied with marine glue. . b A ' joined to another of a r i t i7 ( 1 17 44 ,7 i and 0 inches thick, was _i o ra e perishabla in tile i: l ate ll ef . °Tl6 and the joining surfa j c ° e ln c . )f e tht h ek w oe as ss. l'ho et rlD h e - ,i I ron three eights of an inch in On the ap , b e of Lmarin e plates sepa lwillethd o l ' i t t 7 1 ,. 44 4 , llaii,s g p lit . betwixtp er lac m ed aehi A econd block th e t ] 4the e tt airi of five tons was give . n. a ra of 9i tons before iii...)ates 11 W 4 ,1 '4B ions sustained ne, t the e them.ir n ox 'i de rt .4 i nee s 1 o„ e Parated, and the i nch a Irv- . ~ I, "• Ti, t he separated part a amsactrieplgetleassuarpfapceearoefdthtoe vas 151 lbs. the square 'shi sh Ag o , s - e strain on the latter 1 on , . b ee ., . sa ip, marine glue was tried, and irlelt°lll4 a ;tri°nieel with the bout an h ad "' te a& of h- a very hard wood from Cuba, ke off altogether, leavi g th e ir 1...0 e , air ,_ Mil of six tons t e . wood separated, a .o i c i o " 'ling I , er `T et i the glue, and bio RAILWAY dozen °,rl)ru:_e'lved bag containing five so bave 113.1111 kr A. STATION.—The po lice , u. a va, theinformation that a , fro,n a -streethe 13th instant eechhrch property of Messrs. Taylor and Black, of , e leugf'gYagevasstat lillilw trotk at the ' ' • f the Eastern Counties a. t.t r i, stolen lo il o on t a nd c o , 11;"-The vessels in the wet docks aro and i, r r ,,, t i i er deep at present which speaks well for bust 5 Elor a -"ler unusual at . this ' s@ason of the year. lyin_ g t_h ne r s ee , Droved 4 uthorities of the Middle Temple subject of the legal leeter;r°V.:lnfdidates for the bar ; and have ordered that . a lite i ___, ~rthwith appointed, an examination be insti -i(%gsau exhibitions established. t aar m - Ilt r AND LACE TRADES.—The cotton hosiery in general a ures are yet in rather a stagnant state and the hands in are short of work. This state of things is much liekr s eel by the disputes respecting the delivery of the the tog to the workmen —some of the largest houses in ki t h i" 110 t having, as :'vet, given out a ticket ; and j , rt. 8 the state of dependence in which the n-asters and thetieYnten a. e held, and such is the want of public spirit, thei..'t a n dingle individual is willing or dare complain . - 111,4;1'21u ng the old adage, " that neither Parlia eeives",, or r _.-angs can help those who won't help them laid again vile solitary information has, however, been them u,st a master stockinger at Icon-green, for giving work • h - - t hat the wit out the ticket, anrktagistrates decided trad e . e information could not be suitallied.. The bobbin-net h ave still in a very forlorn and stagn*Aate, though we . 1 ) ;;; heard of sour, sales having been inacti.ich, in extent e N''' l l much exaggerated. Some. of:tflit Actories have, t`til:•\•,2ver,' ;et On. z; fe; mar 4V.; biff-iitlrf"ttle extent of lt; InLich relief The, sub.cription attynpted.t o be made ' fav 'mr of the . workmen, viz understand, ha.' metith. trea t di "v' 1,48, di scouragement from a quarter from whence it was ei...! tPected, upon the old pretence that the operative . t i - 44 ought to save as much in good times as will maintain ' 144 114 bad anal.—Nottingham Journal* T.HE SUN, lON DON SATURDAY" EVEN] 1 G JANUARY 24. I 8.16. • PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, JAN, 23. The following . Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, and hrdeted to lie on the table : Ayrshire and Galloway Railway. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole (Methley, Askern, and Oakonshaw Branches) Railway. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and G. ole Railway. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. Gesieral Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. Epsom and Dorking Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Leeds and Bradford Railway (Alteration of Levels in Bingley). Staines and Richmond Junction Railway. North Kent Railway. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway. Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway. Newry, Warrcnpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. East Lincolnshire Railway. Belfast and Ballymoney Railway. Belfast and County Down Railway. Irish Great Western Railway. North Staffordshire Railway (Potteries Line). North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line). North Staffordshire Railway (Harecastle to Sandbach). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 1). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No 3). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, liilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 5). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amend ment and Branches (No. 6). London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Romsey and Red bridge Junction).. London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension). London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Salisbury Junction). London and,South-Western Railway (London -bridge Ex tension). London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch). London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. FRIDAY, JAN. 23. Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches)—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. - North Kent Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Staines and Richmond Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 4% p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 2% P.— Clitheroe Junction, p. c.—Eastern Counties, 22% —Grand Union, p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 4 p.—Leicester and Bedford, % p.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% p.— London and Manchester (Rem.), % dis.—London and York, 2 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 7734—Ditto, New Quarters, 7% p. —Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, dis.—Mabchester and Bury Atmospheric , i p. —Manchester and Leeds Extension, 4% p.—Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, p. —North Staifordshire, p. —North Western, 38s. p.—Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, &c. , % p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., par Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2 15-16 p. —Sheffield and Man chester, 130—Ditto, Quarters. No. 3, 4 p.— Shropshire Uniou Rail way and Canal, % p.—South Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Halves, 1 p LEEDS, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London and Croydon, 22% - York and North Midland Extension (East and West Riding), 10% p. -East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 4% p.-Great Grhnsby and Sheffield, 10-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 p.-Ditto, Extensions, 16s. p.-Iluddersfield and Sheffield, 22-Leeds and Bradford,: 52% -Leeds and Thirsk, 11% - Ditto, New, 3s. p.-Liverpool and Bury, New, 3M p.-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 31. 68.-London and York, 4% -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% -West Riding Union, 6% -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. p.-Cli theroe Junction, 31. 45.-Grand Union, 12s. c. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 18s. 6d. p.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 58. dis.-Leeds and York, ss. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. p.-Leicester and Bedford, 17s. 6dp. -Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 13s. dis.-North Western, 31.15. 6d.-South Midland, 3 p.-York and Carlisle, 2%. HULL, JAN. 23. STOCK ExcaANGE.-The sales are-York and North Midland Extension, 39-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, ss. Leeds and Thirsk, 1 l% -North British, Carlisle, 3-Ditto, Dalkeith, 6 -Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, 3% p.-Axholme, 3- East Lincolnshire, 3-Grand Union, 385.-Great North and South Wales and Worcester, U.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, V. 3s - Leicester and Bedford, 11. 175.-Leicester and Tamworth, 21. 11s.- Liverpool and Leeds, 2M - London nnd York, 4%-Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 41. 4s. 6d.-North Western, 21. 18s. 6d.-South Midland, 5/. 4s. 6d. -Shropshire Union, 21. 9s. 6d. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 23. Srocx EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield, 21. 19s. -Goole and Doacaster, 44-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 3/. Is. - Manchester, Sheffield, end Midland Junction, 4M-Manchester, Midi ind, and Great Grimsby, 2 -Sheffield and Lincolnshire Exten sion, 3/. 45.-South Yorkshire Canal Railway, 41. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 23. STOCK ExcuTeioET—The sales are—North British, Halves, Car lisle, 375. p.—York and North Midland Extension (East and West Biding), I ls. p YORK, JAN. 23. STock EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Darlington Ex tensions, 11%—York and North Midland, Selby, 8714—Ditto, Ex tension, 39%—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 1114 —Ipswich and Bury, 5 —Newcastle and Berwick, 2114—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 10%—London and York, 41. 108. 6d.— Clitheroe Junction, 3—Grand Union, 17( 3 —Leicester and Bedford, 21. ls.— London and York Extension, 214—Mahon and Driftleld Junction, 3 —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4 M —North Western, 3 EDINBURGH, JAN. 21. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Bathgate, 585.- Ayr and Galloway. 4 2 5. - British and Irish Un ion, 675. 6d.-Caledo nian Extension, 625. 6d.-East Coast of Scotland, 40s. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 605.-Edinburgh and Granton, Preference,2l%-Edin burgh and N•rthern, ?U.-Ditto, Newport, 255. 6d.-Ditto, Loch gelly, 31s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselbnrgh, 335. 6d.- Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 453.-North British, Extension to Carlisle, 595. 6d.-scottish South Midland, 465. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 18s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, New, 245. - Stirling and Dunfermline, 50s.- Strathern Junction, 595. GLASGOW, JAN. 22, STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are'- Aberdean, Banff, and Elgin, 355.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 5814-Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 435.-Caledonian, New, 755.-Ditto, Extension, 625. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 515.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 415.-East Indian Railway, 28s. 6c1.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 455.-Glasgow General Terminus, 14- Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr, 731.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossaa, 635. 6d. -Glasgow, Airdrie, and Menkland - Junction, 575. 6d.- Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 373.6d.-Great North and South Wales, 68. 6d.-Great North of India, 10s.-Lesmahagow, 605.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 355.-Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Junc tion, 445.-South Midland, 965. 6d. COURT 'CIRCULAR. The . Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Bouverie, visited her, Royal Highness the Ducl.ss of Gloucceter yesterday. The Duke of-Cambridge visited the Royal Duchess yesterday. • Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the perform ance of the French plays with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Paget, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Buckley, and Col. Bouverie. Baron Dedel is prevented from resuming his diplo matic functions at this Court, in consequence of serious indisposition, which detained him at the Hague. The President of the Board of Trade and the Vice- President had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yes terday.. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Cabinet Ministers visited the Right Hon. Baronet yes terday._ The Lail or Powis, and a deputation, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Brighton. The Marchioness of Hastings and Captain Hastings Henry have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from their seat in Hampshire. PRINCE ALBERT and the PARISH OF WINDSOR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—A very numerously-attended vestry was held yesterday afternoon, in the vestry-room, and ad journed thence to the Town-hall,i in pursuance of the follow ing notice, signed by the three churchwardens (Messrs. Adams, Clode, and Ingalt on ), an d th e f our overseers of the parish (Messrs. Woke, Rose, Cleave, and Chisholm) : " PARISH OF NEW. WINDSOR, WITH DEDWORTIL—Notice is hereby given, that a vestry will be held in the vestry zoom, on Thureday next, the 22d of January inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the 'frac:ions reply of his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the memorial presented to his Royal Highness by the church wardens and overseers of this parish, on the 14th inst., and returning to his Royal Highness the grateful thanks of the parishioners for his liberality and kindness, and for the ex pression of the feeling of th e p ar i s h t owar d s his Royal High ness." The Rev. ISAAC COSSET, the vicar, upon the motion of Mr. CLODE, jun., seconded by Mr. COBDEN, was voted into the chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN briefly opened the proceedings by observing, that he hoped those preseut would confine their observations to the object for which the vestry had been convene& : Mr. DARVSLL entered into a statement of the proceedings which had taken place between the parish officers and Mr. Anson, Prince Albert's private secretary, regarding the rating of Flemish Farm, the particulars of which have already ap peared, and added that he had written to Mr. Anson, acknow ledging the receipt of his letter, and expressing the thanks of the parish officers for the kindness and liberality mani fested by the Prince Consort. Mr. BLUNT expressed his grateful thanks to the Prince Consort for the liberality be had evinced towards the parish. He regretted very much he had not been present at the previous vestry meetings, because he then should have had an opportunity of setting some of those persons right who had spoken upon those occasions. He begged to move the following resolution "That an address be presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, expressing the most sincere thanks of this meeting for his kind consideration of the memorial presented, and for hid graciously consenting to contribute towards the ' parochial funds, although not liable thereto." Mr. ROBERTS briefly seconded the resolution. ' After a few observations from Mr. Horiusis, Mr. JUDGE entered into a lengthened statement, touching the chief features of the case. Mr. BEDBOROUGH said he would be the lasl person to ob - ject to the thanks of the vestry being given to his Royal Highness, in conformity with the resolution proposed by Mr. Blunt; but lie certainly had an objection to the latter ' part of the resolution, in which the Prince is thanked for contributing towards the parochial funds. He had pre pared a resolution, embodying his views, which might be incorporated with the resolution or not, moved by Mr. Blunt, and which he would read :—" That this vestry, relying on the assurance ;of the churchwardens and overseers, ;,that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has been improperly and illegally rated for the Flemish Farm, deeply regret that any supplication should have been made to his Royal Highness, craving as a boon that which they (the parish officers) fully acknowledge they have no claim to as a right. That whilst freely acknowledging the dignified condescension of his Royal Highness, in allowing any communication to take place with the parish officers, after the comments which had been pub licly made upon the question relative to the Flemish Farm, and the razing of houses connected with the improvements of the Castle; and deeply impressed with feelings of pro found respect for his Royal Highness for his ready acquies cence in the prayer of the parish authorities, yet this vestry is of opinion that the credit and character of the town and its inhabitants will be seriously compromised by sanctioning the late supplication by the receipt of his Royal Highness's gracious donation, and that this vestry do adjourn for the purpose of maturing the best means of extricating the parish from its present position." After some further discussion, the amendment was then put to the meeting and lost by a show of hands, and the original resolution carried. Mr. BLUNT then moved, that an humble address (which he read) be presented to his Royal Highness, expressing the thanks of the parishioners for the Prince's kind consideratiou in contributing towards the poor's-rates of the parish for Flemish Farm. _ The address was seconded by Mr. SNOWDEN, grocer to her Majesty, and carried. The address, upon the motion of Mr. DAIWILL, was or dered to be engrossed and to be taken round the town by the parish officers for signatures previous to itsbeing presented to Prince Albert. The Rev. CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging a vote of thanks for his conduct in the chair, congratulated the meeting upon the result of the proceedings and upon the good feeling which prevailed. He sincerely hoped it would tend to unite still closer the town of Windsor with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Mr. NEIGHBOUR. before the meeting broke up, begged to suggest, as a benevolent mode of disposing of the money received, and to be received in future from Prince Albert, that it might be appropriated in the payment of the poor rates of all persons in the parish, who were rated under 101 a year. The Rev. CurAmmAx informed Mr. Neighbour that the suggestion he had kindly made could not be legally carried into effect. The vestry then adjourned. RETIREMENT OF DR. NICROLL. The following explanation of his motives for retiring from the office of Judge-Advocate-General has been addressed by Dr. Nicholl to his constituents : TO THE ELECTORS OF CARDIFF, COWBRIDGE, AND LLAM- TRISSENT. Gentlemen, — Having ce ase d t o be Judge-Advecate - General, I hasten to lay before you the cause and circum stances of my retirement from an office which confers honour on all who hold it worthily. When suddenly driven to the smith of Europe by the health of one deservedly dear to me, I foresaw that the same cause which forced me abroad would enjoin my residence out of this country during a longer period than I could properly be absent from the discharge of my official functions; and on the 19th of October I most reluctantly made, in a proper quarter, a communication to that effect. An offer was kindly made that I should not retire until I had a better opportunity of deciding on the necessity of re maining on the continent. I readily, though with faint hopes, accepted that offer. Those hopes having vanished, I announced that my duty to others forbad my constant residence in England throughout the spring, and I begged that a successor might be given to me whenever that could be done most conveniently. Such, gentlemen, have been the cause and circumstances of my retirement. My political attachments and affections, and my confidence in Sir Robert Peel's Government, are as strong and as decided as ever. As a proof of this, I have sought and have been appointed to an unpaid seat at the Board of Trade. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful servant, 33, Belgrave-square, Jan. 23. JOHN NICHOLL, IRON AND THE IRON TIt4DE. (From the Builder.) The quarterly meeting of the ironnaasters was lately held at Birmingham. It was not so numerously attended as hereVfore. This may he attributed in some degree to a dispute now waging between the great masters on the one part and a number of small factors chiefly re siding in Walsall and Wolverhampton on the other, with respect to the exact days on which the quarterly meet ings are due. The prices, however, remain firm, with a de cided tendency to a rise in all descriptions of iron. 101. per ton for bar iron is firmly maintained ; indeed, there was little inclination to sell at this price. and but few sales were effected. There was an advance of 10s. per ton on Shropshire pig-iron, which now stands at 5/. 10s. There was no advance on Staffordshire pig-iron, the price of which may be quoted at from 51. to Si. ss. per ton. The Glasgow pig-iron trade has experienced a rise of late; nearly 4,000 to , ts were sold last week at 80s. to 82s. 6d., after which 1,000 tons realised 83s. Several of the makers are open for contracts or sale for immediate delivery at 855., but it is believed that 83s. 6d., prompt cash, would buy from makers 8,000 to 10,000 tons. To shqw how cheaply iron is obtained, and how the mec': anical skill and labour expended upon it totally overshadow the original price, the last number of the British Quarterly Review gives the folio ving curious and instructive calculation: — Bar-iron worth 1/. sterling, is worth, when wollted into — Horse -shoes . Knives (table) 36 0 Needles Penknife blades Polished buttons and buckles 897 0 Balance springs of watches 50,000 0 Cast-iron worth 11. sterling, is worth, when converted into — O r dinary machinery Larger ornamental work Buckles and Berlin work Neck chains, Sze Shirt-buttons Thirty-one pounds of Shropshire iron has been made into wire upwards of Il l miles in length; and so fine was the fabric, that a part of it was humourously con verted, in lieu of the usual horsehair, into a barrister's wig! The process followed to effect this extraordinary tenuity consists of heating the iron, and passing it through rollers of eight inches diameter, going at the rate of 400 revolutions per minute dow n t o N o . 4 on the wire gauge. It is afterwards drawn cold, at Birming ham or elsewhere, do vn to the extent of 38 on the same gauge, cnd so completed to the surprising length of 1 l 1 miles. Of the quantity of iron manufactured in Great Britain, South Wales produces 2721 thousand tons; Stafford shire, 2191; Shropshire, 811; Scotland, 37 1 4 ; Yorkshire, 33; Derbyshire; 22i; and North Wales, 25. Mr. Robert John Bagshaw, who seconded ono of the the Marylebene Anti-Corn-law meeting on • , Alm made a most excell en t spetch on the OCCaSial, is the son of Mr. Bagshaw, so well known as a staunch reformer, and great supporter of the Liberal party in MatTlebone. The son bids fair to do honour to the name, and is a valuable acquisition to the cause. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 21. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. The order of the day was the adjdiiiiied disetistion oil the address. • M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs—Gentlemen, the Chamber will allow me to request not only its usual kind ness, but its entire liberty of spirit, and its most considerate attention. The Hon. a Thiers yesterday made an appeal to your first impressions —to your instincts; I shall appeal to your judgment, the surest fundament condition, in my opinion, of all good and great policy. What I ask of you I have practised myself in the examination of this question. I have telt all its gravity—l foresaw, long before I acted on the Texan question, all the objections that could be raised to our policy. It required my deepest conviction to determine the line of conduct which I felt it my duty to recommend to the Crown, and I am convinced that it is the only one suit able to the great interests of the country. I wished to point out in the first place, with some degree of precision, what I have done. I shall retrench nothing—modify nothing—that I hate done. I wish only that it should be well explained. In concert with the Texan representative at Paris, and called on by his overtures, I advised Texas to preserve its in dependence, and I counselled Mexico to recognise that inde pendence—nothing more. From the first I set aside all idca of guaranteeing that independence. I declar.d, both in this tribune and elsewhere, from the very outset of the question that its solution depended entirely on the resolution of the Texan people; that when their determination should have been declared we should have nothing further to say. Co n . suited by it while yet undecided, we gave our advice, we ex ercised our influence. ' Since then, the Texan people have declared themselves ; the majority for the annexation is evi dent; from that moment we abstained from further action, we neither used nor sought to use any kind of influence. In the course of the affair we had no communication on the ques tion with the United States ; we addressed no note to them on the subject; the question was entirely between the two independent states, France and Texas. I main tain the correctness of this policy, but I considered it my duty to re. establish it in the terms in which it was practised; nothing could be more candid, more 'cor rect, or mole considerate of every right. In this state of things, when 1 met in the message of the President of the Unittd States words which I have already quoted in another place, I could not but feel some surprise (the Hon. Minister then read the extract from the Message relative to the inter vention of European Powers in the affairs of the American continent, and continued)—that is to say, that wp are for bidden to interfere or express our opinion on the affairs of any independent nation of North America. We ;have had with those nations relations and affairs in common, and nevertheless we are interdicted from exercising our moral in fluence over them. I ask the Chamber whether this is suit able to the dignity and grandeur of France. For my part I consider our dignity to be in a certain degree wounded by this pretensisn, and I do not hesitate to say that if any other Government had made use of the same.expression, it would have met with general censure in this assembly. I have done nothing more than claim freedom of action for French policy in North America. As to the interests of France in those countries, they are of two kinds—commercial and political. As to commercial interests, I shall be very brief in my remarks on them, although the Honourable Deputy (M. Thiers) has perhaps treated them with a little dis dain. We have a great general interest with the affairs of the New World. This general interest is this—it is, that there is not there a single mode of regulating the tariffs. Picture to yourselves the entire of the New World regulated by one commercial law ! Do you consider it would be for the interests of our commerce to have it governed in Ame rica by such a state of things. So much for our general in terest. As to Texas, and to our superior interest in that affair, 'I cannot admit the disdain shown by the Hon. M. Thiers. In 1838 the recognition of Texas by France was based on the advantage of our commercial relations with that country. At that period it appeared desirable to have in that part of the world a great country which could supply us with raw materials, and purchase our productions on better terms than the United States, and it was this motive which determined the recognition of the independence of Texas by us. I shall now pass on to the political interests. M. Thiers made u of an expression which I accept. Yes, the question here doubtedly is one of the policy of the li t p world. There v re immense facts connected with it, which were inevitable 'AI the present state of the world; three great Powers—Russia, England, and the United States—were seeking to extend their territories. From circumstances which you are well aware of France was not pursuing the same course in so great a degree; it had undertaken a great task in Africa, which it is for its ho nour to bring to a successful termination. But with this exception France was not seeking terri torial aggrandisement; but it concerns her that the three great nations I have alluded to should observe a balance of power, that neither ane of them should be exclusively pre ponderant. France has this great interest and she has also another—the maintenance of secondary and independent states. In Asia, -Russia and England had increased their possessions; but they had now mutually stopped in thefr progress. In America, the United States were aggrandizing alone. I shall not here repeat what I said in another place of the sentiments with which the grandeur of the United States does and ought to inspire us; we applaud it both as regards the present and the future. It is necessary to us fo,r the part which we are called on to perform in the affairs of the world. Ido not retract any of the expressions I have used, for no conviction can be stronger on the subject than what I feel. Is it to be supposed that in no case, whatever may be its progress, the greatness of America is not to be to us a subject of uneasiness, that she can never be for us a cause of umbrage, if, for instance, the whole conti nent of America were to fall into the same hands? (Murmurs from the Left.) It is sufficient for me to remind you of the words which 1 just now used. The language of the Presi dent excludes you from all participation in the affairs of America; lie forbids you to meddle with them, notwith standing the relations which you have with states there situated, or the treaties youniay have concluded with them ; and it will be easy for me to convince you that the preten sion of M. Thiers is excessive. By the words balance of power, and counterpoise, I did not intend to make any assi milation between the New World and our own, although the experience of the one might well serve as a lesson to the other ; I said that we ought not to remain without thinking of the future, at the aspect of a great power, which I wel come as sincerely as any one. It has been said, that we sa crifice to this forethought our present relations with the United States. In a country like America, where things pro ceed so rapidly, foresight cannot be distant and confused. Call to your recollections what this country, now so great and so powerful, was fifty years since. Who among you could have anticipated such a development of her power? Who can foresee what that power will be fifty years hence? In the face of such facts, I repeat that forethought is not distant; it is wise and prudent. Neither is it true that we sacrifice to it our present good relations. Between intelligent nations good relations aye not so easily broken, when the general interests and feelings of the countries are in their favour. Do not,in the least believe that the affair of Texas will have so - disastrous a result as has been repre sented; our good relations will not be compromised; they will surmount those momentary difficulties; we may there fore take thought forthe future without fear and without danger. I can find in it sufficient motives to justify the po licy at once reserved and candid which we have followed. There is, however, another imminent and pressing interest to which I would direct all the attention of the Chamber. The United States are not alone on the American continent ; they have, under the title of neighbours, frequent relations with England; relations which are at the present moment delicate and even perilous. I need not say that I allude to the Oregon question, and it is with regard to this point that the policy we have followed is excellent. The Chamber must permit me to say a word on the subject of our relations with England.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Those relations are easy and friendly. We wish to maintain them so ; we consider that this intelligence between the two countries is necessary for the maintainance of peace; we are convinced that it is necessary to choose between real intimacy and that indifference, that coolness, which does not completely disturb peace, but which removes from it its real character, and we have made that choice.—(Marks of adhesion from the Centre.) I have to add, that this policy has taken nothing from the independence of France.—(Denial on the Left.) Gentlemen, if I could put aside the solemnity of this discussion, and appeal to the familiarity of private conversations, there is not a single person to whom I could speak, who would not allow that the policy of France with respect to England has been completely independent.—(A loud burst of denial on the Left, met with counter-exclamations from the Centre.) Consider all the questions that have divided France and England for the last five years—Greece, Spain, Syria, Otahiete, and the Right of Search—and you will see that the independence of France has been complete, and that the results of the good feeling between the two nations have been reciprocal and equally to the advantage of each. M. Thiers told you yes terday that the two countries were discontented with each other—that England considered herself sacrificed to France. M. Thiers—No, no. The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l shall read your very words.—{The Hon. Minister here read, from the Moniteur, the expressions of M. Thiers, on this point.) M. Thiers—l cannot admit the interpretation given by the Hon. Minister to my words. The Minister of Foreign Affairs—l give no interpretation whatever—l merely read the words themselves. 111. Thiers—Because I was yesterday impartial and true,. the concessions which I made are now tu rned a g ainst ms.' What I meant to say was, that in consequence of the manner in which the alliance was conducted, the two nations were exceedingly discontented with each other. And whilst im mense sacrifices have been made, and in particular the Prit chard indemnity—(" Oh, oh," from the Centres) —I repeat it that whilst one makes immense sacrifices, the other is not satisfied with what it has obtained. Yes, I repeat it with a profound conviction, it is a badly-conducted alliance which renders the two nations dissatisfied with each other. This state of things is due to events which have been unneces sarily brought about by the present Cabinet.—(Applause from the Left.) The Minister of Foreign Affairs.—l must beg leave to deny in the most positive manner that the two countries are in the least discontented with each other.--(Dissent on the Left.) I must demand pardon from the three Hon. Gentlemen who interrupt me if I do not recognize them as the country — (Approbation from the Centre), or take their o p inion as that of the great majority of the nation. I repeat it, the two countries are not discontented with each other-. they have not for a length of time been on better terms. Call to mind in fact all the questions, all the incidents that.haa v n e rl:o " w n to trouble their relations during the lastCfialbletsea,";hese diflis by the mutual confidence of the two for instance, culties have been surmounted. Think, . of Ota-• heite—of the Right of Search —of Morocco.—(Violent ex clamations on the Left.) All these questions have been re solved in a manner conformable to t on su e interests and honour of the two countries. And do you suppose that this would have been equally the case with every Cabinet—with every description of policy? Do you believe filet if matters had been conducted in the two countries with less prudence, these relations would not have been altered? Do not ima gine any such thing, for you would fall into a great error! The reason of matters having passed over so peaceably is, that in both countries there were men who placed general policy above all special questions; who comprehended that mere temporary incidents ought to be settled amicably— (Hear) —and that the flag of peace ought to float aloft, high above all passing differences.—(Loud cheers.) Such are the means by which good relations have been maintained, and I repeat it, that they could not have been effected by every hand—(Renewed cheers.) But I leave aside this question of our relations with England, which I should not have alluded to, had I not been led to it by the Hon. Deputy opposite. I return to our relations with America. What line of conduct ought we to observe in the question pending between the United States and England? We ought to make every exertion to prevent a collision, but should it, notwithstanding our efforts, unfortunately take place, our part will be to guard between the two nations an absolute neutrality. Such is the line of conduct which we shall fol low, and I venture to say, that it will not be without an ad vantage and profit to France. As we acted with respect to the United States in the question of Texas, so should we have done with respect to England, if she wished to take pos session of that country. We wished to express the sentiment of France in the future policy of the world—and we have acted precisely as General Washington determined on in 1794. That great man founded the policy of neutrality for the United States, at the moment when France, to whom the United States owed so much, was in- curring such imminent dangers. Washington acted wisely, and he has giVen us an admirable example to follow. Washington bad to defend himself a strong popular clamour which urged him on to engage in the struggle. I foresaw, and I feresee still, that a similar movement may manifest itself in France, and I thought that it was both prudent and frank to intimate thus early what should be our conduct hereafter. Such was the Meaning of our demonsffation in the little question of Texas. We had no desire to manifest any hostile intentions towards the United States—we merely wished to announce what France would do—namel, to adopt a policy of strict neutrality. It is by liberty of action that France will weigh most in the balance, and oblige the powers to think the more of her. Such was the object of our conduct with respect to Texas, and we shall persevere in the line of conduct that we have traced out to ourselves.—(Loud cheers,) M. Billault, who rose to reply, began by contesting the commercial advantages accruing to France from the inde pendence of Texan: The commercial relations between the two countries in 1845 had teen ) he said, confined to the ex change of two vessels ; the piantity of cotton imported from Texas had only amounted to 53,000 kilegtamtnes, whilst France annually drew from the United States 67,0001000 kilogrammes of that article. The proceeds of the trade with Texas had been under 200,000 francs, whilst the commerce of France with the world exceeded 2,000,000,000 francs. Billault having asked M. Guizot what he should have done had Texas given herself to England ? M. Guizot replied that he Ell on Id have held the same lan gua4,e, followed the same conduct, given the same advice, and stopped at the same point. M. Billault then proceeded to describe the gigantic power of England, enumerating the military positions occupied by her in every sea and quarter of the world, and asked if the maritime balance of power was not actually destroyed by Great Britain. Ministers, however, were too desirous to preserve her alliance to venture a remonstrance on the sub ject. M. Bill au l t next s h owe d t h e i nteres t s o f England and France every w h ere at var i ance . Th e p o wer of England-de pended, he said, on t h e d eve l opment o f h er m a nufacturing, commercial, and maritime interests, and the day she found no markets for the production of her industry, there would be an end to her power. He next reverted to the conduct of the Cabinet in American affairs, and contended that it bad not exerted itself to reconcile the two parties, but had sided with England, to the great detriment of the interests of France. .... When M. Billault had concluded, the general discussion was closed. COUNSEL to the ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES. The last advices from the United States mention that the line of Texas is to be extended, and California pur chased from the Mexicans, if they will sell ; and taken, of course it will be, if they refuse the money. In Con gress, a gentleman who would be reckoned insane out of America, but is quite suitable for that republic, has sug gested the purchase of Cutla, and will offer resolutions on the subject. Spain needs money, and the slave holders of the Southern States have dollars ; but if the people at Madrid will not sell, it is easy to quarrel with . them. The tendency of all these purchases is apparent. The members of the Anti-Slavery Societies here may see in it the frustration of their views —benevolent views they are—but unsuitable for the interests or the passions of the United States. We advise them to checkmate the slave-drivers. Our advice comes into few but decisive words:—Buy Cuba and California. Mexico and Spain need money. The States offer ten millions of dollars for California. Give twelve or sixteen—it is a cheap purchase, and you will devote a region to liberty that would otherwise be a hotbed of tyranny and the vilest oppression, while a fair dividend will be payable on the shares. Where will the money be obtained? All the purchase ' money is not requisite. Buy up Mexican bonds at home, or compound with the holders. Then buy Cuba, and pay it in Spanish bonds, of which there are rather too many in this country. Liberate its slaves, as those of the British West India Islands were liberated; and the noblest action ever performed by a gigantic joint-stock company will be completed. And a large joint-stock company will do the work, and do it well. Britain and France would protect the new states, and we should greatly rejoice to see President Polk, in his regimentals, checkmated by Joseph Sturge in his drab and pacific costume. 'These are practical measures, and far more useful than any nutiber of quarrels amongst those who join in a perfect hatred to slavery, while they differ in its mode of suppression.—Glasgow r.ationaL THE LATE EARL SPENCER. Lord Althorp, who now became Chancellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the house of Commons, was eighteen years younger than Lord Grey. His father, Lord Spencer, had joined Mr. Pitt in the first revolu tionary war, and held office under him, In returning to his old connexions, he had retained several of those opinions of Mr. Burke which first led to the schism. Accordingly, Lord Althorp, wh( n lie first sat in the House of Commons, was not friendly to Parliamen tary reform. He worked out his free principles by con stant observation and n flt ctior, in the practical school of Parliamentary life. his diligence was indefatigable, his sagacity quick, his judgment seldom at fault. Or, if ever he fell into a mistake, it was from too unsuspi cious a confidence in the virtue of mankind—the error of a trusting, believing, hoping nature. He had im proved his understanding by extensive reading, and was accustomed to work out by reflection all the great pro blems of moral and political philosophy; so that his mind was easily brought to act upon any subject which events placed before it. llis views were large and com prehensive, embracing the whole compass of improve ment in our laws, our commerce, and our constitution. But, above all, his opinions upon questions both specu lative and practical, were guided by a humble reliance oo the goodness of God; and a conviction that he was bound in whatever he might think or do,—whether in following or resisting his own inclination,—to follow the law of Christ. The suite of public affairs led him to take an active part in the House of Com mons; and although no one was ever so free from the pharaisaical profession of purity, yet the sim plicity of his character soon wade him under stood, beloved, and tru.sted beyond any man in that assembly. This was the more remarkable, as his tongue was far from eloquent; and, although his arguments were sound and comprehensive, he was so often wanting in words as to be obscure, and unable to convey ade quately his meaning. But the confidence of his friends, his party, and the country, supplied all deficiencies, tsnd gave to his few and simple expressions as much influence over his audience as had ever been obtained by the most admired eloquence of our greatest orators. He was plain in manner and in dress; but a short inter course disclosed the scholar, the gentleman, and the statesman. For he possessed, with the entire absence of all artificial politeness, the most genuine courtesy of be havbur to all who approached him. His kindness of heart shone in the most casual, as in the most cordial in tercourse ; and while the intimacy of his friendship was a treasure reserved for few, the equanimity of his temper and the charity of his judgments extended to all who ap proached him in the conduct of affairs, or were opposed to him in political enmity. He had no jealousy, no envy, and perhaps too little ambition. He often said, that be had hoped the many votes he had given in favour of mo tions which were supported by small minorities, would have prevented any proposal to him to accept office. But when he was told by Lord Grey, that the formation of the Ministry depended upon his decision, he felt that he could no longer hesitate.--Edinburgh Review. IRELAND. SPECIAL COMMISSION, WESTMEATH.-AT- TEMPT ON THE LIFE 'OF SIR F. HOPKINS. MULLINGAR., WEDNESDAY.—The jury who tried the case of Bryan Seery wire detained ih their box all night, as they found it impossible to find a verdict. Last night a wish whs expressed on their behalf that some of the witnesses should) be recalled, in order they might be re-examined upon particular points ; but the Court refused to comply with this request, adding, however, that they would willingly read the notes over again, and give the jury every other assist ance which the law allowed. This morning at ten o'clock the Court sat, when the jury were called out from their room. • CHIEF BARON (to the foreman)—Well, gentlemen, have you agreed to your vediet ? Juror—No, my Lord ; we aro in the same position as we were in when your Lordship left us last night. Ten of the jury are of one opinion, and two of mother ; but there is no probability of our agreeing. CHIEF BARON—I regret, gentlemen, that you cannot agree, and that you have been put to so much incon- ven ience. Juror—We have been in attendance upon the busi ness of the Court for twenty-ft ur hours, and it is a case of great hardship. We have had only a little water for refreshment, and a very indifferent fire. The room is more like a dungeon than anything else, and I trust, my Lord, that you will discharge us. CHIEF JUSTICE—The Court feel that it is a hardship, but they have neither the power nor the discretion to comply with your request. Juror—lf there were a possibility of our agreeing, we would not make the application, but there really is none. Now, in the event of our being starved to death or of losing our health, would it not he a dreadful thing? One gentleman drove twenty : four miles yesterday morning, in order to be here at nine o'clock in attendance upon the Court. CHIEF BARON—It is a great hardship, but ,there is no mode of relieving you. CHIEF JUSTICE—Do not attribute it to the want of sympathy upon the part of the Court.. We desire to relieve you if we could, and we have a full consciousness of the pressure upon you; we cannot, however, relieve you. Be good enough to go back to your box, and you shall have a fire lighted. If you go over your notes again, and there be anything which the Court can ex plain and elucidate, the Chief Baron will read over his notes to you. Juror—l am afraid there is no earthly chance of our agreeing. The jury then returned to their box. At seven o'clock the jury entered the box for the third time during the day, and intimated to their Lord ships that there was no probability of their agreeing. They had been 36 hours confined without food, fire, or rest, and several of the jury, particularly two, who were ill when empanelled, were in a very serious state of in disposition. Mr. Maxton said that ho was very ill, and his medical adviser, Dr. Middleton, could satisfy the Court upon that point, if he were , produced. The Chief Justice then dispatched a messenger for Dr. Middleton, who returned shortly afterwards, having in vain searched for him. Mr. Maxton's son then went in search of Dr. Middle ton, but that gentleman not being in the way, Dr. Gabriel Stokes was sent for, and he gave it as his opinion that Mr. Dawson and Mr. Maxton were very seriously ill, and further confinement might .endanger their lives. The jury were then discharged. The ATTORNEY• GENERAL announced that he would again arraign Seery this day (Thursday), and have another jury empanelled to try. There was a verdict of Not Guilty returned for John Egan and Michael Delemour, who were charged with having assaulted Charles liednie, and with having taken a gun from him. Michael Keena was found Guilty of delivering a threatening notice to Benjamin Digby, Esq. Michael Martin was found Guilty of attacking the dwelling-house of James Dalton, and fcr firing at con stable Matthew Campbell. POTATO DISEASE—FEVER AND DISTRESS. The reports from the country are quite disheartening. The Cork Examiner gives the following account from Dungarvan, a populous town in the county of Waterford : —" We regret to learn that the condition of the poor in the town of Dungarvan is deplorable in the extreme ; and that, to add to their misery, the potato crop of the Union not only was not an average crop, but that one half of the crop is totally unfit for human food. Besides a want of employment for the large working population of the town, the price of provisions has enormously in creased ; so much so, that even the worst quality of potato is beyond the reach of the poor householder. In the words of a most respected correspondent, Mr. An drew Carbery, of that town :—• Famine, distress, and sickness have already set in • here to an alarming extent amongst our unemployed population, from the use of bad food, and from want of money to purchase even that same.' He further states that the rate at which potatoes are sold is sd. per 141 b. for mixed, good and bad ; 6d. per ditto for middling ; and 7d. for good. That would be, according to our weight of (211 b.) 7-id. for bad, 9d. for middling, and lOid. for good. Combine these famine prices with sickness, poverty, and want , of employment, and the picture becomes appalling. So urgent and terrible is the state of distress to which the poor householders of Dungarvan are reduced, that a hurried meeting was held on Saturday last in the chapel, Dr. Hally, P.P., in the chair, at which meeting the sum of 100/. was subscribed; and so great was the necessity for active measures, that the houses of the poor were visited that very clay by the subscribers to the fend, and the names of 200 house holders—the most urgent cases--taken down for imme diate relief ; which temporary relief, we are glad to learn, was administered to those distressed creatures on Monday. Our readers will remember that the sub scribers were enabled to administer relief to what they considered the most destitute, leaving some 200 families more in a condition only a degree removed from the lowest state of suffering and want. Alarmed, and justly, at this fearful aspect of affairs, the townspeople have re solved on an immediate application to the landlords of the town, to whom the people must look for relief at this period of general suffering.' The King's County Chronicle says :—" Fever and dy sentery are very prevalent in Philipstown." The Castlebar (Mayo) Telegraph contains the follow ing :—" Fever, we regret to state, is very prevalent in this town and neighbourhood at present. Alas ! what will become of the poor ? Famine and disease stalks abroad. The grain has been shipped from our coasts, to fill the granaries of England. Our population are without permanent or remunerative employment—and, to crown all—the drivers are impounding for the No vember rent." CORK, JAN. 21.—A meeting of the parishioners of Liscarrol was held in the parish chapel on Sunday, the 13th inst. (at which the Rev. William Golden presided), for the purpose of ascertaining t e probable amount of injury done to the potato crop in that locality ; and to transmit the substance of the information derived to the proper authorities. The accounts given of the gradual progress of the disease were truly appalling, and to judge from analogy, the prospects are gloomy, despond ing, and deplorable. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR CLONMEL. The Tipperary Constitution contains the following:— " On the night of Sunday last a most atrocious murder was perpetrated in the vicinity of Woodroffe, in this county. This victim was a man of the name of Patrick Crotty. He was a servant to a man named Thomas F.ennessy, and was shot through the left breast, the ball c iAn o i n F n ine n g q nu eess out st y through held a h no i sdnlmipi presented ns ed n ' a f ty h e,de before body fsohr e)cw.wk shucking discovered i William as mpe elayealan, Esq., coroner, assisted by S amue l P erry , E sq ., J.P. Cap tain Plunkett, county inspector, and C. Brew, Etq., sub inspector of the district. After a min u t e investigation a verdict of ". Wilful murder against some p erson or per sons unknown was returned." We understand that two persons have been committed charged with the perpetra ,on of this heinous crime. NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—lncluded in the list of defunct lines published in your paper is the Northampton and Bedford. This, I beg to say, is incorrect, as we fully intend going to Parliament this Session, the plans, sections, books of re ference being deposited, and quite prepared with the money, when required by standing orders. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, WM. J. IRWIN, Secretary. Company's Offices, 12, Bedford Flow, London, 23rd January, 1844. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN. SIR,—My client, Ar.,Gray, carver and gilder, Drury lane, having been shown an article in your paper of Thursday evening, the 22d instant, headed " Coroner's Inquest respecting the late Fire in Drury-lane," in which it is stated that " Mr. Samuel Gray was cau tioned by the Coroner," and it appearing that this state ment is erroneous, and totally at variance with the re ports in the Times add Morning Adrertiser of that day, I have no hesitation, knowing the high character of your paper for general accuracy, in requesting the cor rection of what may be prejudicial to one who was instrumental in causing the inquiry. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, DANIEL LEW ELLIN. 15, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 23, 1846. PROTECTION MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sig,—On looking over the Mark-lane Express of this week I noticed the report of the Fareham protection meeting, held on the 12th instant, in which it is stated that the place of meeting, the Institution Hall, which is capable of holding 600 to 700 people, was literally crammed. Now, Sir, I hap-' pened to be a spectator a t the above mee ting , and I con fidently assert (and I appeal to the reporters of the public press, three or four of whom were present,) that at no time during the meeting were there more than 200 to 250 persons present, including several boys. It is a pity these protection gentry will not confine themselves to the truth, this not being a solitary case, as at other meetings held in the coun try the numbers who have attended have been greatly ex aggerated.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A SPECTATOR AND CONSTANT READER. Portsmouth, Jan. 22, 1846. Mrssouar JUSTICE.--We are credibly informed that on Monday last , during the session of Justice Cobb's Court, in the western part of this county, Mr. Spencer Davis, one of the parties to a suit then on trial, became enraged at the decision of the Justice against'him, and after some alter cation, drew a knife and cut the throat of the Justice. Mr. Cobb's wife rusl3ing in to protect her husbakd, received a severe wound h the hand, which was Suppoged to be acci dental. Several other persons who interfered to preser ve the peace were wounded. It is thought that Justice Cobb's wound will not prove dangerous. Davis has made his escape. —.Palmyra Whig, Dec. 4. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Week ending Last week. b 0 o .51 NAME OF RAILWAY. Jan. 17 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••-• • • • • • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • . Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland ........ . Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ••- • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glas;ow and Green0ck......... Grand Junction .. • .......... ...... Gravesend and Rochester.. ..... Great .North of England • . • . •• • . • . • • Great Western . • ••••••••• Hartlepool •• .• • • ..... • • London and Birmingham, &c... • .. - • London and Blackwall• • • • London and Brighton. •••• • • • • •• • • London and Croydon. London and Greenwich • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . • ••• • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • . • • • • Manchester and Birmingham • • .: Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.• Midland Countie . • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington • ... • • Newcastle and Carlisle .. • • ..... • Newcastle and North Shields.. North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans .. P sh res eiti to e n id an a l t l li Vy an Te e . h .•••• Paris and Rouen.. ..... ............ ester South Ea5tern......•........... Taff Vale .... Ulster .. Yarmouth and Norwich •••••••••••• York and North Midland. ••••••.... 542 586 606 228 644 2,523 6,282 1,871 726 126 15,458 1,166 30,586 727 3,362 1,064 5,046 884 3,858 5,256 13,567 2,148 1,661 387 1,065 420 504 552 217 736 2,172 3,786 1,403 687 14,130 25,872 733 3,074 846 4,454 416 1,566 4,823 1,136 5,139 'B4O 3,250 5,318 11,477 1,708 1,417 197 1,369 3,921 4,085 4,305 608 3,582 884 574 4,596 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW EAILWAX.-.--TRANSMISSION OF THE SHARE LISTS OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW STOCK EXCHANGES.— The Electric teleg aph, invented by Mr. Bain, of Edinburgh, is now laid along the entire line of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway, and its operation, which commenced this n i e t s r , o vg d c h e i d e h a , n w e s e v p e r r e a d i i c n t h w e i c l communication o b s t e t b w e e n e e n . w t fi h e c e i e a k iw r h e o s a u s c l i t i t s Although at present this extraordi nar y and ingenious instrument is chiefl y adapted to business commu nications connected with the railway, it has been employed for the transmission of a great variety of messages, and information of a more general character, and is ob viously applicable to almost every purpose of a si milar nature. Accordingly, when we had the pleasure of witnessing the telegraph in operation on Thursday, it im mediately occurred to us that a most valuable application of the machine would be to convey the result of the trans actions of the Stock Exchange, in either city, immediately on the close of the business. We had no doubt that this object could be accomplished with the utmost accuracy, and with the speed nearly of thought itself. The ingenious inventor concurred in the propriety of making this experiment r which appeared to afford the means of such a perfect illustration of the practical utility of the invention. Scarcely any previous arrangement was found necessary to secure this object—the machine itself sufficiently meeting every requirement of the case. Accordingly, we had yesterday the whole of the busi ness transactedduly and accurately transmitted between Edin burgh and Glasgow in about the space of ten minutes after the closing of the Exchange. In short, the prices, including every sale of each stock, as quoted in Edinburgh and Glasgow, were thus known at the same time in both cities—and might have been, of course, equally in the hands of all the brokers and dealers in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Practically, there fore, in so far as regards the purchase and sale of stock, and in all other respects where communication is mainly con cerned, Mr. Bain's telegraph has made Edinburgh and Glas gow one city. In a commercial point of view, we need not dwell upon the value and importance of this fact. The faci lities afforded by such an invention will, we have no doubt, be extensively employed, as it can be rendered available to any purpose depending upon the correct and rapid transmis sion of intelligence. But we think the Stock Exchanges will be the first parties to avail themselves of so useful a medium, and we expect ere long to see it habitually employed in con ducting their operations.—Scottish Railway Gazette. fiwlwyr e ohai D uspdo nasp E . ge: rAhoolpTvnecarehrdtdeihl parents FROM shr bßeai children, reside d,c 7 d3ureoeoccs A tect l auFi a a spnrer : edet A ßd4he ß aewr : i sci k setkunr . MALARIA.-Yesterday jai Y tcl rGsok e ruah s ort t eoate Gate -st r eet, Kirkham, raan p a rents,ei ytt three Whetstone-park. Lincoln's W ak I 1 Inn fields, ny ebef-oeopvual mon t hs, k o c n o . u t hrPt r t . e The room was ecnfined and ill ventilated; and the coroner and jury wondered how human life could be sustained in it. The Coroner said that Whetstone-park was a dreadful place. - Its air was so'bad as to tic enough to kill anybody, yet the commissioners of sewers had reported on its drainage, and from their report it would appear quite a delightful place. Verdict—" That there was no evidence to show whether the child's death resulted from natural causes, or from having beekaccidentallysmothered." SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOU RNA SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DURING THE HIGH WIND. During the night of Wednesday several very serious acct dents occurred in various parts of the metropolis during the storm, which raged with great violence for several hours. Shortly after nine o'clock, in Ewer-street, Gravel-lane, South wark, a stack of chimneys fell on the roof of a small cottage occupied by a family of poor Irish persons, and a large por tion of brickwork fell upon the head of the eldest child, caus ing a fracture of the skull and lacerating the scalp, whereby his life is placed in imminent danger. A second accident took place the same night to a female named Jane Tomlin son, of New-street, Walworth-common. While passing through Panyer-street, East- lane, a large piece of boarding fell from the roof of a pigeon-house, and struck her with great violence across the shoulders and head. Another por tion of a house, situated in White's-place, Newington-cause way, was thrown down , but fortunatel y no one was injured. Several large trees were tor n u p b y the roots. The wind, that at one period of the night , beca me so exceedingly high fromre sever al large vessels below London -bridge were torn_ be roe th e ir moorings, and some co nsiderable time elapsed b they could be made fast. SHEERNESS, FRIDAY, JAN. _.3. —The Ferret, 10, will be undocked to-morrow, and is expected to be commissioned in the course of next week. Eight of the advanced ships of the line at this port have had their topmasts and jib booms, which were only recently put on board by Admiralty order, returned on shore, and the others are also to have theirs sent on shore for better preservation. Four heavy frigates, it is reported, are to be put in an advanced state of commission at this port, and the Worcester and Chi chester, new 50-gun frigates, and the Cornwall, 50, and the Conquestador, 50, are mentioned as having been selected. The whole of the guns for the old fortifications have now arrived. They . are 63 in number, and are of the following description—viz., 4 are eight-inch guns, 95 cwt. each, and 11 feet long; 29 are eight - inch gum, 66 cwt. eac h , an d 9 feet long ; 26 have a 6,i-inch bore, are 56 cwt. each, and 9 - feet 6 inches long ; and four are long 32 -pounders. The wo rkmen now await the arrival of thecarr which carriages and plat forms from Woolwich, the beds forare concreted, and the masonry on which they are to rest being all ready to be laid down. The guns are to be placed as follows, viz.-20 on the Half-moon b a tt ery at the point ; 13 on the remaining Admiral's platform ; overlooking th e said battery ; and t 30 along the work s protecting tliel Arracii ' s. r ie new works continue to progn ss most rapidly ; the battery form ing opposite the docks and gate is now up to the height of the platform, its further progress has, however, been deterred till the formation of th e d ee p ditch by: which it is to be pro tected, and on which all the workmen are now concentrated. Wooden profiles are up for another battery, with which this is to bo connected by a musketry wall, while to the east ward it will be continued into the bastions extending from the Thames to the Medway. ALTERATIONS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. The change of deans, four haying held the appointment within a period of about two years, has tended to interrupt the anxious wishes of the chapter to devise means of accommodation for the very large increase of persons who throng this venerable church, especially on Sundays, when the rush to get in (until Dean Wilberforce caused the doors to be opened half an hour before the service began) was frightfully alarming. The choir will be enlarged by placing the beautiful oak screens back, so as to include the pillars within the choir; more light will be obtained by filling the upper parts of the panels with plate glass, like Canterbury Cathedral ; the prebendal stall will be close to the screen, and two rows of seats for the laity in front of them on either side. The seats in the centre will -be made to accommodate eight per sons, four on either side of a division, to avoid con fusion in passing each other ; these will be continued to a convenient distance from the steps to the commu nion ; the pews will, of course, be removed ; gan also will probably be removed to the arches onthaec,iotlboierier side of the loft, which will be formed into a gfleloriii altering of accommodating a large number of persons, t the appearance or character of the edifice, show - be seen from east to west in one uninterr,up which will then ing the beautiful west window to very breat advantage.— The Builder. The Duke and D uc hess of Rox bur g he and Lady Susan lanes Ker have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, from Floors Castle, near Kelso, N.B. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—What do the gentlemen now think of themselves who refused to say or do anything decisive in support of the , principle of protection till they had heard Sir Robert Peel? They have heard him. How much wiser are they? They would not believe it possible, after what they had heard him say in former years, that he could really mean to abandon the principle of protection. They have now beard his open ing speech of 1846; let us ask them now what they believe? Do they mean to endure this as if they were the menclels and not the• Parliamentary supporters of the Minister? Do they mean, like Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Beckett Denison, to do the dirty work of this — man who has betrayed the landed interest ? The Minister, indeed, showed his usual craft in the selection of the Noble Lord and the Honou?able Gentleman. How many corn fields are there comprised within the vast wealth of the Noble Lord? How much is the interest of either mover or seconder involved in the interests of British agriculture? The speech of Sir Robert Peel is, in the greater part of it, nothing better than an attempt to got up or revive a sort of et post facto panic on the subject of fa mine. Whether he was really frightened out of-his wits two months ago, or only pretends to have been so, in order to get up anexcuse for his falsehood and treachery, we can not tell, nor is it worth while to inquire. We are now to have legislation founded on a bygone panic, and a Minister comes down with an air curiously compounded of the pon derous and the lachrymose, to revolutionise long-settled in terests as a cure for a desperate attack from which the country happily recovered some weeks ago. It is provoking enough to read the solemn nonsense about letters from Lord- Lieutenant Heytesbury and Lord Spring Rice Monteagle - ,, and " scientific " reports from professor this or pro- lessor that. It was not in this way that ISlr. Pitt went to work when he wanted to know how practical matters stood. We do not know whether it was folly or dishonesty which - prevented the Minister from taking the plainest and directest course to obtain in formation as to the probable supply of food in the country; but had he acted like a man of sense—had he acted as Mr. Pitt would have dons under similar circumstances, he would have sent for some of the leading corn merchants of London, and asked for their information. It is their business to know, as accurately as careful in vestigation can inform them, what are the probabilities of supply and demand both at home and abroad. From every part, of the world In which information on the subject of supply and probable demand can be had, they have letters intended to regulate their business. The state of business in Mark-lane showed clearly enough that the panic had not reached them, and had Sir Robert Peel asked them how that happened, they could have shown him very satisfactory reasons. But either Sir Robert Peel was so overcome with vulgar terror (which is not at all impossible), or so bent upon making the panic of November a foundation for long premeditated fraud and treachery (which is extremely PM bable), that he did not seek for good information where he might have found it, but jumped straightway to.the con • elusions of Cobden and Bright. But suppose the panic pre text to have been well founded, was there not the sliding scale? Did Sir Rebert Peel believe that in the face of scarcity prices would remain low, or did he forget that i as soon as they became high the existing law would take away the import duties ? But he may have thought a more sudden remedy was needful. He should, how ever, have known that a more sudden remedy than that which the sliding-scale would have afforded was impossible. Irish meetings might resolve with habitual Irish absurdity that the ports should be at once thrown open, but the Mi nister ought to have known that this would have increased; and not removed, the dangers of scarcity. Sir Robert Peel seems to think it rather an affront to his high dignity to say that the protectionists put him in office. He thinks he owes it wholly to his great talents that he is in office, and this is not least apparent, when in his own peculiarly nauseous manner, he affects to talk of himself with great humility. We will, however, ask this question. If he had, in 1841, avowed opinions such as he avowed on Thursday night, or if he had not avowed opinions almost directly opposite, would he have achieved the position of Prime Minister? He knows that he would not. And yet now, using the power and in fluence derived from the profession of opinions diametrically opposed to free trade, he attempts to force free trade upon the country, and to revolutionise the landed interest. The man who can believe that such conduct as this is honest, may next believe any extravagance of intentional fiction pr mad fanaticism. HERALD.—We have a peculiar sort of dread of Lord Francis Egerton. He is to Sir Robert Peel's Government what the present Earl Fortescue, when a Member of the House of Commons, was to the Whig Administration from 1830 to 1841. Both of these Noblemen, from their high and amiable characters, independence, talents, and general esti mation, were sure to be called forth on any remarkable emer gency. The appearance of either of them in the front rank signified to the practised eye the existence of danger. Hence, as we have said, we beheld the employment of Lord Francis Egerton, on Thursday, with a kind of trepidation. There was also something almost delusive in making_him the first annunciator of the Ministerial intentions. He comes for ward, it is true, as a member of one of the highest branches of the aristocracy ; and hence is imagined, by a cursory observer, to speak on behalf of the land. But the fact as not so. The land of England, so far as it is employed in agriculture, is comparatively a matter of indifference to Lord Francis Egerton. He has large property in mines; but chiefly, and beyond all others, he is a great carrier. He is a sort of leading partner in the firm of Pickford and Co. — he finding the canals, and they the boats. Thus it is, after all, manufacturing prosperity on which he chiefly depends; and while he speaks as a county Member and the brother of a Duke, his bias, so far as interest can bias an honourable man, is mainly with the Lancashire manufacturers. There is another reason why we dread Lord Francis Egerton, and that is, his constitutional failing, his liberality of disposis tion and amiability of character. He is the sort of per son to give a kingdom away, if he had it, out of pure good nature. He is also romantic and enthusiastic. We remember his once saying to a friend of ours, " I am worth, I believe, about 70,000/. a _year ; and 1 would give it all to be the author of ' Waverley.'" Is this the sort of man whom the directors of the Bank of Eng land would like to entrust with a difficult financial negotia tion? Ills Lordship has discovered that agriculture is no thing else than a great manufacture. We rather think.that it was Montesquieu who made the same remark a great many years ago, calling it, webelieve, "the universal manufacture." However this may be, we are quite willing that agriculture should be dealt with on the footing of other manufactures :--- we ask no more, we expect no less. Now, we are aware'that some of the principal members of the League, who are engaged in the fabrication of extremely simple com modities—pieces of cotton cloth, chiefly produced by machinery, and into the cost of which human skill and labour very slightly enter—are ready to exclaim at once, " We want no protection ;—we are ready to compete with the world, and so ought the farmers to be." We humbly submit, however, that to leap to such a conclusion would be an exceedingly hasty, superficial, and unstatesman like proceeding. Rather let Lord Francis Egerton ask him self, how he would deal with the cotton manufactures of Lancashire, if they did require protection ? Suppose, for in stance, it appeared that there were, near Hamburgh, a great number of large cotton factories, which, from some favourable circumstances, of situation, or cheaper labour, &c., could easily produce cotton goods some 30 or 40 per cent. cheaper than any of the mills in Lancashire. Would Lord Francis Egerton then say, as he seems to have said on Thursday, that It was time to depart from that principle which had been here tofore maintained, of endeavouring, by protective duties, to restrict the importation of foreign commodities ?" Would he, in a void, say, that it was a matter of little importance whether or not 200,000 or 300,000 hands were thrown out of employment? We are confident that he would say no such thing. We are perfectly certain that he would earnestly maintain that this circumstance was a most important fea ture in the question. And we ask no more on behalf of the agriculturists. It is a fact asserted, we believe, by very credible persons, that in the provinces near Odessa there are capabilities of raising for the English market millions of quarters of wheat, at an average of less . than 20s. per quarter. It is undeniable, we fancy, that in the markets of New Orleans wheat is often, for months together, sold, at an average of from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per bushel. Add the freight to England, and it is clear that the price is still far below what similar grain can be produced at in this country. Is it not worth Lord Francis Egerton's while, before he rushes to a conclusion on the pre sent question, to search carefully into these facts, and to see whether it is quite certain that neither Europe nor America can send into England, after a year or two's notice, such supplies of corn as must effectually discourage its growth among us, and thus, as Lord Brougham and Lord John Russell have both predicted in other days, " throw millions of the labourers of England out of employment." • SeasonpecTuhliearlyHgtonoittii.ngTheline o open n ii , --- v L e s a e t i h c , e e r moat ance of sportsmen, have been awil shire r a ba c yn f dt ht l haslhiei brilliant. ir t l 1 1 a b i e pda e n r eni e d et n - s: emeas of the place. Lord and pre sence greatly The hospitalities hac°cBoPrnitaplaitnii.ese,lll,dah%iTbdtlieoieternhdaesagsr;pnrsofu a Milton, u b s a u v a e l ' Lady Newporatd,:alend Colonel and Mrs. Anson occupied the house of Lord 11 ilton, and by their frequent dinners made the absence of the Earl and his amiable Countess less felt. In Derbyshire, too, the hunting has been excellent. Mr. Mey nell's hounds afforded admirable sport, and the horsemanship of the Earl of Chesterfield's son, the young Lord Stanhope, excited general admiration. It is a subject of regret in Derby shire, that Sir Robert Burdet, the master of such fine pos sessions there, is no sportsman, and therefore contributes nothing to the amusement of the county. AUGMENTATION OF THE ROYAL ARTlLLERY.—Ap plication was made some time ago for an increase of the Royal Regiment of Artillery to the extent of twenty. two men to each company, and it has been decided that an in crease will take place to the extent of ten men to each com par.v. There are seventy-two companies of Royal Artillery at home and on foreign stations, consequently the number of men to be added to the regiment will be 720. With the ex ception of Lisburn, Ireland, where Lieutenant Clerk has ob tained twenty-six recruits ready to be sent to head-quarters, the recruiting in other parts, especially in Scotland, is very unsuccessful, and it is the general opinion of those acquainted with that branch of the service, that the only effective plan to insure tine young men to enter the service is to grant a pen sion of Is. per day after twenty-one years' service, as in that case there would be no difficulty whatever. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JAN. 23.—The arrivals of all grain are moderate this week. There is a much better feeling in the Wheat trade this morning, and a fair basiness was transacted in all descriptions of Wheat, at fully late prices. Barley, except the finest qualities, in limited request, without alteration in value. Beans scarce, and in good re quest. Oats and Shelling each maintained the prices of Fri day last. Malt as before. his highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy left the Earl of Jersey's residence, in Berkeley-square, last evening, on his return to Middleton Park, Oxon. The Countess of Jersey who had been in town since Tuesday last, accompanied by Viscount Villiers and the Hon. F. Villiers, yesterday left for Middleton Park to join the family circle. The Earl of Jersey is expected to leave on Monday. CHAPEL.-- Y ROBBERY AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC I C ' i e t s ‘ t . e i r l d ol a i y e , e li t l i o a r t m d a i t i r i c i y: i l g lsia h lfo n n i N g • a h r t d e d o f t o the e e I%llsetthrCornslittaannt and e entered by some Catholic chapel of St. John, at Wigan, was t le h n ie g f ie o g r t t l o fie t \he e s REPEAL DEMONSTRATION AT . ' co l n v i h i o nu s n t i o o l n e received i c a l e n s be longing setrhveiereef.rom the silver received t c r o a p o i r o d u i s n ary particularsedition ie , iic e t e A . — t - " e h r t e r ) t. , o 1 a t t e h o e u c s i city toasts,an n the t y Members in the theatre. Be r an aspiration as strongly as - eve he a ddressed the meeting were Counsellor sentiments which fell from the n lip te s r of a tl r i e e p s e p a e l al o : t e , rs th b e r u ea n th io e n d . , A .e n r l y en ti g os : o,: t oiei t i. ! sl3 l ,3 o ,l: s t e ldhroe r ‘ ' l N n Villiam Smith O'Brien ; the former in a Devitt latter in a somewhat argumentative speech. to dinner, and only separated at mid- About night- ItowiNG MATCH.—Benjamin Allen, of Greenwich, and William Liley, of Gravesend, ate matched to row, in wager-boats, for 50/. a side; the match to take place in L I m , n'a;scwi It': February, and the distance seven miles, between the Lobster Tavern, Denton, and %Greenhithe. The first deposit of 101. a side was made at Mr. Lightfoot's, Gravesend, and a final deposit of 40/. is to be made 2d Feb. If the friends of Allen are disposed, it is 'Bolded, the match can be made for 100/. a side. SEA GULLS.—Yesterday several of these birds were observed oil the river Lear Battersea, and having hovered round for some time, they took their flight. I