The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-29 00:00:00

cause us any apprehension of a sudden invasion from France. I remember t his is a very old story; but it used formerly to be Russia and not France. I re member Mr. Attwood, late Member for Birmingham, making a four hours' speech, to prove—and he made a good case for an invasion case—that Russia might be expected to make her appearance at London bridge some fine morning, without the slightest no• ties). But now Russia is left out of the question, and it is France that we are to fear. Why the French budget shows a reduction for the coming year. I don't from the budget see any reason for fearing that France is making preparations to invade Eng land. She has determined that there shall be thir teen fewer ships and 2,000 fewer seamen kept in yrance next year than were kept during the past year; but we are told by the invasion gentlemen, that we must not think anything of the budget—that all that is done to blind you, to lull you into a false security—the more France reduces her armament, the more you ought to increase yours, beeanse they have an infinity of means of getting money that you know nothing about—that there are means of fitting out fleets and paying seamen that are not made public, and that all this reduction in the budget is nothing more than an attempt to throw dust in the eyes of poor John Bull.—(Cheers.) Those statements are very perplexing, to say the least of them. Then ageiti, whenever a basin is cut, or a hole is dug in France, it is always to float a war steamer—there is never any allusion to a desire in France for an increased trade—there can be no wish on the part of the people of Havre or Cherbourg to improve their harbours for commercial purposes. Fra nce does not care for trade — e verything is with a vie w of invadings Ehnmgleaand.— are (A laugh.) I believ e that we Enli all interested in the im p rovement of g the harbours of France ; and as to the breakwater at Cherbourg, w'ay that is a work in which the whole world has an interest, and to tell me that we are to reganl such works with jealousy and suspicion, why I cannot participate in such feelings, I have no sym pa by with them ; I glory in all these improvements, and Ido not believe you have any right whatever without facts or reason to impute to a great neigh bouring civilized country intentions only worthy of hordes of savage barbarians.—(Cheers.) It is one thing to say we will keep up a certain armament because the world as a whole has not arrived at such a state as to enable us to do without it; but it is another thing to go out of your way to impute to a neighbouring and friendly country such designs as must excite in the heart of every honest man in France a feeling of indignation that after se long a peace his nation should be thought capable of such a nefarious and wicked act. I cannot contemplate with patience such an odious necessity as that there should he hostilities between France and England, and I trust it is not possible in the present status of the world, that those two, at present friendly, neighbour ing countries, both advanced in civilization, can be nursed by any wretched craft into a state of reciprocal hostility.—(Cheers.) I hope I have not said too much upon this point, but I know the men of Man chester do not like qualifications, and they always suspect a gentleman connected with office.— (A laugh) Why, I was told this very day by a gentleman that he expected to hear when the time came that I was suldenly taken ill with a fit of the influenza, and would not be amongst you to-day.— (Laughter.) But I never found candour bad policy, and I am sure it is most satisfactory to one's own feelings. I have told you broadly, and I tell it you conscien tiously and sincerely, that I have no sympathy what ever with what is called the " military spirit," but I will not commit myself in this assembly or in any other place to any particular vote or act in reference to this question. I know not what the Government mean to propose. I am not in their secrets, and therefore cannot disclose them. They may hold the same opinions that I do in reference to this invasion. All I say is, wait—wait before you pronounce an opinion upon them, at least till you hear what they propose—pronounce an opinion on the celebrated missive from Lancashire, on Mr. Pigou, or on the Duke's letter—but pronounce no opinion on the policy of the Government when you are not in possession of it, and let sne re main open and free to act on my own judgment when the time comes, and to give that vote upon this ques tion, if it should be presented to Parliament, which I feel my conscience, my judgment, and my duty to my country require of me.—(Loud cheers.) If on this or on any other question I fail to give you satis faction, you will have an opportunity of settling that account with me in a manner which I need not name to this assembly.—(A laugh.) After briefly adverting to the Jewish question, and expressing his opinion that no declaration of religious faith should be re quired from any man as a condition of his ability to discharge civil functions, the Right Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst great applause by saying, that -whenever an advocate should he required for the great principles of commercial and religious freedom, he should not be found wanting. Ur. KERSHAW, M.P., proposed the following toast, which was most rapturously received :—" The electors of South and North Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the other constituencies who have returned free traders to Parliament." It was drunk with all the honours. Mr. COBDJN, on rising to acknowledge it, was re ceived with one of the most enthusiastic bursts of applause it was ever our fortune to be witness to. After several essays to speak, he at length said :—I have, in the first place, to tender my thanks, and the thanks of those gentlemen who represent North and Smith Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the honour you have just conferred upon us. I believe a very large portion of the Members for those divisons of the counties are free traders, and I have no doubt they will be found to do their duty to the sa tisfaction of this assembly. I have now been asked a dozen times at least what was the object of this meeting. I confess to you that I do not like to re gard it as a meeting to celebrate past triumphs, still less to glorify ourselves, or one another. I wish rather that it should be made to show that we are alive to the future ; that having secured on the statute-book a guarantee for free trade in corn, we intend to make that the prelude to free trade in shipping—that we intend to prevent the West Indian proprietors from taxing this country ; and that, in fact, we intend to carry out in every ar ticle of commerce the principles of free trade which we have applied to corn.—(Cheers.) Now, our es teemed representative has so ably and efficiently an ticipated some points which I intended to refer to in connexion with the sugar question, and has offered such a justification of the principles of free trade, that I am relieved from the necessity of reverting to those subjects again, and I thank him most heartily for the speech he has given us, which is one of the ablest I ever heard in this hall. I leave the question of free trade then—in all its details it is thoroughly understood in this ball. That which I pointed out as the future object of this meeting has your concur rence, and no doubt every Member of Par li a ment on this platform will join in carrying out those princi ples.—(Cheers.) N ow , I w ish to allude to another subject, and th oug h I deem that subject to have an intimate connexion with free trade, I do not presume fur a moment to speak the senti ments of any Member of Parliament or gen tleman beside me. I speak only for myself, and wish to be understood as comprising no other individual.—(Cheers. ) have anticipated, to I the intention allude, as you wh m i :thy has probablybeen announced of increasing our warlike armament. Now, you will bear me out, that th roug h ou t th e l ong ag itation for free trad e , whobe most earnest men to co operate were those constantly advocated free o trade, not merely on accountthe material advan tages it would bring to the community, but for the far loftier motive of securing permanent peace in the w orld, and I believe it was that consideration mainly drew to our ranks that great accession wh t ie h h , most o of impetus to agitation. ministers of religion that gave sc. powe r f u l to our progress at the commencement of our an _(Cheers.) And I , who have known m leading men co nnected with that stru gg le, and have the had opportunit ies of understanding their motive s , be lieve that the most earnest, devoted, and perseveri ng of our coadjutors have been prompted by those far lof tier and purer, moral and religious motives to which I have referred. lam sure that every one of those men has shared with me the shock which my feelings sustained when within almost one short twelvemonth after we had announced ourselves free-traders to the world, we are startled with the announcement that we are going to increase our warlike armament. I ask what is the explanation of it ? Probably we may find it in the Duke of Wellington's letter, in his pri vate efforts, which he announces he has made with the Government, and in the correspondence which he has had with Lord J. Russell. We may attribute it then to the Duke of Wellington ' his letter, and his per severing eff or t s . I don't profess to share the venera tion which some men ri entertain for successful war ors ; but is there amongst th e mos t ardent admirers of the Duke one manpcTessing th e or di nar y fe e lings who w of humanity, written and would not wish that that letter bad never b een never published ? (Cheers). His Gra ce has passed the e x t remes t probable duratio n o f h uman existence, and we may say, almost without a figure of sp eec h, t h at he is tot tering on the verge of the grave. lamentable spectacle that that hand Is it not a most which is no l onger capable of wielding the s wor d should devot e i ts still remaining feeble strength to the penning of a letter (and that letter m his last public letter to his countrymen ), possibl y be more calculated than anything in the present ), which is create evil passions and animosities inthebre d a ay ts to two great and neighbouring nations ?—(Cheers.)s of Would it not have been a fitter employment f o r hint to have been preaching forgiveness and oblivion of the past, rather than recalling recollections of Toulon, THE StiN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, and Paris, and Waterloo, and, in fact, doing every- t thing to incite a brave people to retaliatory measures in order to retrieve themselves from past injuries and disasters ? Would it not have been a more glorious object to contemplate had he poured the oil into those wounds which now are almost healed, rather than have thus applied a cautery, re-opening those I J wounds, and leaving to another generation the task of repairing the mischief which he accomplished ?--- (Loud cheers.) I leave the subject o f the Duke's letter. When I read it I came to the conclusion, where he says "I am in my 77 t h year," I said, " that explains it all, and excuses it a ll."—(Cheers.) We have not to deal with the Duke of Wellington, we have to deal with those younger men who want to make use of his authority to carry out their own special purposes. What I want to stipulate question h st y j o on u and the people of Eng land is this : before us is not a military or a naval question, but it is a question for civilians to decide.—(Cheers.) When we are at war, then the men with red coats and the sword may step in to do their work ; and, as a gen tleman recently described it, "a damnable trade it i s '_(Cheers.) But we are now at peace, and we wish to reap the fruits of peace, and in order to do t h a t we must calculate for ourselves the contingencies of a possible war. It is a civilian's question—it is a question for the tax-payers who have to provide the sinews of war—it is a question for merchants, for manufacturers, for shopkeepers, for operatives, for the females of this country, aye, and pardon me, my Lord Ellesmere, it is a question for calico printers. —(Cheers.) Well, what is this prospect of a war ? where does it come from ? You, I say, are compe . tent to judge better than military men—you are more impartial —you are disinterested—at all events your interests do not lie on the side of war. Any man who can read a book giving an account of France — any man who can read a translation from a French newspaper—any man who investigates the statistics of the progress of manufactures, commerce, and wealth, is as competent as any soldier to judge of the probabilities of war. I have had better oppor tunities than any soldier of studying those things, and I say there never was a time in the history of France and England when there was a greater ten dency to a pacific policy in France, and especially towards this kingdom, than there is at this moment. —(Cheers.) hy, the French people have gone through a process which almost disqualifies them from going to war. They have gone through that social revolution which so much equalizes property, that the tax-payers being equally spread over the country, and paying a large portion of the taxes in direct taxation, the whole community has a most sensitive feeling with regard to the expense of going to war. There are more people of property in France than there are in England. There are five or six million proprietors of real estates in France. There is not one-tenth that number in England—they are thrifty, pains taking men—they put away their savings, and have all their little hoards of five-franc pieces, and they are anxious to do something for their children ; for there is not a more affectionate or domesticated race in the world than the French.—(Hear, hear.) I have seen with horror, shame; and indignation, that some of the newspapers have spoken of Frenchmen as the most degraded and ignorant of people. There's one paper in this city which I always wish to treat with respect if it will allow me, which I see last week bravely adopted this line of argument, that it is necessary we should have police in Manchester, and that it is constantly necessary to increase the police to protect us—against what ?—against thieves, murder ers, pickpockets, and robbers ; therefore we must have a naval and military force to protect us against France. Are the French thieves, then ? Are the majority of the French thieves, pickpockets, and murderers ? If they were, could they exist as an organized community—a community as well orga nized as our own ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I see that another paper in London, a weekly paper, that used to write with some degree of gravity, but which is so terrified that it seems to have lost its wits, says that the next war with France will be made without a declaration of war, and that we shall lite rally have to protect our Queen at Osborne House against these French ruffians, or they'll come and carry her off.—(A laugh.) What a lesson has our courageous Queen read to such people I Why, she went over to France unattended and unprotected, and threw herself on the shore there at the Chateau d'Eu literally in a bathing machine. Now, there's great courage on one side, or great cowardice on the other. —(Cheers and a laugh.) But this is a sort of periodical visitation that we have. I sometimes com pare it with the cholera, because I believe the last indi cation of this kind that we had came about the time of the cholera. That was invasion from Russia ; and I am rather identified with that, for it was that that literally made me an author. That it was that made me a public man, and I believe if it hadn't been for the insanity of some of the papers, who told us that the Russians were coming some foggy day to land near Yarmouth, I should never have turned author or have written pamphlets, or have become a public man, and might have been a thrifty pains-taking calico printer to this day.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now, I want you to understand a little better about these foreigners. You may remember that about three weeks or a month ago I had oecasion to make a few remarks at Newton, on the occasion of the election of our friend Mr. -Henry. I then let fall some re marks upon this subject, little dreaming that within a few hours pf the time of my speaking a large meet ing was held at Rouen, the Manchester of France, at which 800 electors assembled to promote the progress of Parliamentary reform, and there a gentleman was making a speech so like my own, that he sent me the newspaper containing his speech, and a letter expressing his astonishment that our two speeches, so much alike, should have been delivered at the same time, without any collusion on our part. Here is an extract from M. Vicenet's speech : "How long will it take to turn from theory into practice the very simple idea, that apart from the precepts of religion, which we do so often quote, but so seldom practice, and upon the merest calculations of an enlightened self-interest, nations have a far different mission upon earth than to excite in each other mutual fear ? How long will it be before they discover the selfish objects of those who have an interest in persuading them that the name of a foreigner is synonimous with that of enemy ? When will they learn that, as children of the same father, their real and only enemies—those which they ought to struggle to de stroy—are; ignorance, oppression, misery, and su• perstition ? (Cheers) —that in proclaiming their mutual friendships they will tend to the consolidation of peaceful relations with each other ? When will they discover that the maintenance of formidable ar maments in' countries whose nationality is not se riously menaced inflicts an evil upon all, and confers benefits on; none ?—(Shouts of " That's true, that's true.") But, better to define my idea, do you not think that if, confident in the maintenance of an honourable peace, we were to deduct from the five hundred millions of francs which our army and navy costs us, twenty millions to be applied to the education of the people, and a like sum for the pur pose of converting twenty thousand soldiers into road-makers--if we give back to agriculture and manufactures fifty thousand more soldiers, leaving in. our pockets the sum which they icost to pay and support them—think you that this would be a good result of the entente cordiale 7 I will not say between the Governments—we know what that is worth — (Laughter)—but the nations, which have no dynastic interesteto serve, and do not'play at diplomacy.— (Cheers.) Do you not think that this example of common sense, and feeling of security given by us, would have its influence upon the other countries of Europe, would lead to other die armaments, would facilitate everywhere those fiscal reforms which are postponed from day to day on the plea of the necessities of the Treasury, and which would give to productive industry that capital and, labour which are now diverted into unproductive channels ?—(Expressions of assent.)" At the same meeting another gentleman, an eminent i Member of the Chamber of Deputies, spoke also. He said, "Heaven grant that the day may come when the world shall be one nation I - God gave us the earth not, to bathe it with blood, but that we might make it smile with fertility.—(Cheers.) Oh I gentlemen, which nation hasifound the grandest success in warj? What country can exhibit such glorious triumphs as France, whose soldiers rushed to the field of battle in search of death, or rather immortality?—(Applause.) But after glory come reverses; we have found that if war has its immense triumphs, it has also its immense disasters. Beside s , what iohanmanyg ages, e s are going war, during was the rule, and peace the the rule, excep tion ,and war in our day peace ought to be See, in fact, what is exception.—(Loud cheers.) Europe. People are fraternizing 'passing throughout civilised and by those novel means of te rnizing by their industry, commun l i n eat f i o o u n r which days are almost annihilating distance_ you are at the extremity of G ermany ; in five days you may visit Berlin and Vienna; in seven days you are upon the banks of the Vistula. In a short time we shall be as near to the empire of Russia ; already travellers are carrying ideas of liberty into that co untry, frightening tyran n y , which will one day fall from its seat. Enough of conquering' Who would wish again to arm people against each other ? Wh y should they think of the aggrandizement of territory when there are no longer any barriers between nations ?—(Prolonged cheering) Let me not be told that this is a dream—an utopia ; already we begin to realise it. By their intercourse, nations are beginning to know and understand each other; they are ridding themselves one and all of those ancient prejudices and hatreds which have hitherto separated them. Why should they not fraternize together ? Why should they be enemies ? Are they not the children [ of one God ? sp i rit, Z ecahrth il ie ave they not all the same immortal_ to protect And upon a d have emanation from heaven "e develop. —(prolonged ( n p o r t oi t o h n e ged sam se e ns in at te jo r n es_ts n bravos !) And, I demand of you, if France, warlike and c onquering, has seen the nations offering to her the tribute of their acclamations, what a part will she perform in this long peace of the world?—( Applause)" Now, gentlemen, when you see such statements of those applauded, as they were in a French assembly, will you believe that France is that nation of perfidy , which some of your newspapers would make out ? Now I will be practical with you on this question. I shall not speak to you again until it comes before the House of Commons. I have said that it is a question for civilians—that military and naval men should have no voice in it. lam not going to enter into the technicalities of war, I know nothing about that. Well, we are in a state of profound peace—it is for you tax-payers to decide whether you will run the risk of war, or allow an additional number of men in red coats and blue jackets to live in idleness under the pretence of protecting you. I say that I am for acting justly and fairly, and for holding out the olive branch to all the world, and for taking, as far as my share goes, all the risk of anything that may happen to me without paying for an additional soldier. But it is not merely the question of whether you will have more soldiers, that you, as civilians, are called upon to decide. ,You will lay out 17,000,000/. upon your armament this year, and it is a question for you to decide whether the best possible use is made of your money ; avhether, for instance, the money for which you toil so dearly is really employed in the best way to protect your commerce and your shores.—(Cheers.) Where do you think all your great line-of-battle ships have gone to ? I've picked up a few secrets since I've been abroad.—(Laughter.) I will venture to say there is not mo sheer idleness and more demoralisation in consequence of idleness going on in the same space on the face of the globe as in our ships of war, for want of something to do. Where are all those great line-of-battle ships that go out of your harbours with such a magnificent display of grace and science ? Where do they go ? Do they go where your commerce is ? No. Go to Ham burgh, where your commerce is immense; there's never one to be seen there; go to the Baltic, scarcely one is ever seen there. There is rough weather there, and there are not many attractions ashore.—(Hear, and laughter.) Go, then, to America; there is North America, and I suppose we shall do one-fifth or one-sixth of the whole of our foreign trade with the United States. Do you ever see an English man-of-war there? No; it's the rarest thing possible—it's put in the papers if one goes on that coast—they don't like the American society— they are too fond of business there are no idle people there, and so they do not go. Then where do those ships go to that we pay so much money for ? I moved for a return last session which will throw some light upon the subject when it comes—kecp your eye upon it. The return was for the amount of our naval force that had been in the Tagus and the waters of Portugal on the first of each month during the last twelve months. When that report comes up I should not be surprised if you were to find that you have I had a naval force in the Tagus, and the Douro, and on the coast of Portugal, which in number of guns will not fall far short of the whole American navy.— (Cheers.) Well, now, Lisbon is a pleasant place to be at, as I can vouch fur—climate delightful—gran aries in the open air in the month of January. I don't quarrel with the taste of the captains or admi rals who go and spend twelve months in the Tagus —if you will let them.—(Cheers and laughter.) But what are they doing for the money they cost you ? Are they forwarding English interests there ? Nothing of the kind. Our fleet has been in the Tagus at the absolute disposal of the Queen of Por tugal—positively nothing else—ready to give her and her court an asylum, in case their misconduct to their people uhould render an asylum necessary. Now that is a subject of which every gentleman, and lady too, who pays a tax upon her sugar to support those idle people, is able to judge. I never like to speak disre spectfully of any country, but I may say of Portugal, that it is one of the poorest, and in every respect one of the most decayed and abject of European countries. What is England to gain by taking that country under her protection ? Is it its commerce, with a population of some 2,700,000 or 3,000,000, and those excessively poor ? You take four- fifths of all their port wine, and if you did'nt take it nobody else would drink it.—(Cheers.) Now don't let me be supposed to be uttering an atrocious sentiment, or that I mean it in any other way than as an illustration ; but positively if the earthquake that once demolished Lisbon should come again and sink all Portugal under the sea, it would be an immense gain to the English people. That is not the fault of Portugal, or of the Portuguese people. You go there to help the Queen to misgovern her people ; then when the people rebel you put them down. You take the management into your own hands, and say who shall rule the country, expressly forbidding oue family. Yet you say that the elections to the Cortes shall be free. They are free, and the con sequence is that almost every member returned is in favour of the man whom Lord Palmerston says shall not rule.—(Cheers.) The people of England must get rid of their apathy with regard to foreign politics ; you must look a little into the doings of your foreign minister, and when you do, I'll undertake to say you will save money at all events.—(Cheers.) What I want to bring home to your convictions is this. If the old ladies of both sexes at Brighton are frightened that they will be taken out of their beds some night by the French, why not bring up your fleet from the Tagus, and let them cruise in the Channel ?—(Cheers.) It would be a great deal better practice and better exercise—better for the health of the crew, the condition of the ships, and the morals of the men. If you follow your ships to the Mediterranean, the same process goes on as at Lisbon. The Mediterranean is crowded with ships, but they are not protecting our commerce. Malta is the great skulking hole for your line of battle ships. I was at Malta at the commencement of the winter, in November. A :ship anchored there from Ports mouth, whilst I was there, with a thousand hands on board. I went thence to Egypt and Greece, and on my return to Malta there she was still—her captain had gone ashore to live at the clubs, and the lieute nants found the utmost difficulty in finding anything to do. It waslamentable to see the shifts they were put to—letting loose the sails, hoisting them up again, and scrubbing the decks, till one would think they would scrub holes in them.—(A laugh.) I was introduced to the American Consul when I was at Malta, and we conversed very freely upon the subject. He said, " I consider your navy very slack.,' " Slack," I said, " what do you mean by slack ?" " Oh," he replied, " too idle ; they can't be in good order, if they are allowed to be idle in this way three or four months at a time. We have three ships in the Mediterranean, but my instructions are never to let them come into port at all. There they are—up one side, down the, other—always in mo tion." The consequence •is that the American ships are in a far better state of discipline and equipment than the English ships are.—(Cheers.) Now, this is a question on which you are competent to form an opinion ; and if they talk to you about protecting the country, tell them to call home the ships lying at Portugal. Talk of protecting the Queen of .Portu ; gal, why her subjects are her proper protectors.— (Loud cheers.) Now one word rather personal to myself. I have been, some how or another, rather singled out on the question of these armaments. I dropped a few remarks at Stockport in the most harm less way—in fact, I did not go to Stockport intend ing to say anything about armaments or taxation ; but a man in the crowd called out, " But beant taxation soomut to do wit;" and then, under the influence of the moment, I spoke of the army, navy, and ordnance as being the only taxes in which a reduction could be made—and the papers in Lon don, trying to make me ridiculous, said that I wanted to do away with the whole of the army and navy. Now I will state my opinion very candidly upon this point. It is the same as I said at Stockport, and as I published twelve years ago in a pamphlet. It is that we cannot have a material reduction in our armament until a material change has taken place in the people of this country with regard to our foreign politics. I wished to do no injustice to the Minister that maintained our armament, all I did was to invoke public opinion as I do now, and as I will do upon all eccasions.—(Loud and general cheering). W hen public opinion is on my side I shall be content to find my views carried out—till then I shall be con tent to remain in the minority, and in the minority I will remain until I can get into the majority. — (Cheers). But the real question before the country is not the reduction of our armament—it is not the ques tion whether we shall dismantle our fleets and leave our arsenals defenceless—the real question is, will you have an increase to your army, navy, and ord nance ? When I admit that public opinion does not go with me to the full extent of my views, at the same time I maintain, speaking for the West Riding of Yorkshire, speaking for Lancashire, for Middle sex, for London, for Glasgow, on the question of an increase of armament—that public opinion is with me against the increase.—(Cheers.) And if that public opi nion is expressed, and expressed through public meetings, before the estimates are brought on (for I have no hesitation in saying that a large portion of the press has neglected its duty upon this subject) I venture to say there will be no increase of arma ment. Whether that manifestation of public opinion takes place or not, I am determined that not one single shilling shall be added to the estimates for that purpose but I will force a division of the House upon it.—(Loud cheers.) I began by identifying the question of armament with free trade, and now I tell you, in conclusion, that the cause of free trade is deeply jeopardied all over Europe by the course which it has been proposed to take. There is a band of free traders in Paris who publish their weekly organ, as we did our League—Le Libre Exchange— and that paper is mourning in sackcloth and ashes over our conduct, whilst the Moniteur, and other organs of the protectionists, leap with exultation, and say, " We told you so ; England has no faith in free trade, since other countries will not follow her ex ample, and she is preparing her armament to take by force what she cannot get by fair means."—(Cheers.) I exhort my countrymen everywhere to resist this attempt. We began our advocacy of free trade be lieving that it would bring in its train peace and amity. We never said we expected a millennium after free trade. We expected to give time to other nations to adopt our principles, as we required time ourselves to adopt them ; but we did hope that the Continent of Europe, with its eyes steadily fixed on this country, would at all events have seen that we were not the first to doubt our own principles, and arm ourselves against the world, when we pretended to be seeking peace and amity.—(Cheers.) When many good men joined our association, we promised that we would endeavOur to make it the harbinger of that peace we so much cherish. We planted the olive-tree—we never expected its fruits in a day ; but we did expect its fruits in good season, and with Heaven's help and your assistance it shall be so still. (The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst deafening plaudits). Colonel Thompson, M.P.,John Bright, Esq., M.P., Joseph Brotherton, sq., M.P., and George Thompson, M.P., severally addressed the meeting. Want of space prevents our giving a report of their speeches to-day. Join BROOKB, Esq., Manchester, proposed and EDWARD ASHWORTH, Esq., seconded, votes of thanks to Mr. Milner Gibson and the other Members of Parliament who had attended the meeting The toast was received with nine hearty cheers, the company upstanding. The meeting broke up at a quarter before twelve o'clock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE. LIST OF HONOURS AT THE BACHELOR OF ARTS' COM MENCEMENT, JAN. 29. MODERATORS. George Gabriel• Stokes, M.A., Pembroke College. Thomas Gaskin, M.A., Jesus College. EXAMINERS. William Nathaniel Griffin, M.A., St. John's College. Chives Octavius Budd, M.A., Pembroke College. [ln all cases of equality the names are bracketted.] WRANGLERS. Todhunter ... John's Lesko ... John's Mackenzie ... Caius Pearse S ... John's Scott Sidney Scott, C. B. ... Trinity Barry ... Trinity Dunn "... ... John's Dusautoy S John's Westcott ... Trinity Glover ... John's Bainbridge ... Caius isden... ... Trinity Deacon ... Queen's Wisken Caius Noel ... Trinity Humber John's Hernaman ... John's Hanson ... Caius Horley Enam. Lamb ... Caius Berry ... ... Trinity Ratnadge ... Caius Watson, A. E.... Queen's Gibson ... ... Queen's Carr ... ... John's Compton, Lord A. Trinity Hardy ... Trinity Pearson ... ... Trinity Arnold Caius Watson ... Corpus Chilton ... Trinity Rogerson ... John's Carrington ... Trinity Turner S Caius Caldecott Trinity Lyde ... Jesus !Ripley Caius SENIOR. OPTINES. Clark ... ... John's Vallings Trinity Kingsford John's Cutts . . • ... Queen's Stephen, W. R. John's Bleukiron . . Christ's Graves... John's Lie, J. M. John's Frost, P. ... John's Knapp... ... John's 'Turing ... ... Trinity Hervey ... Clare Harvey ... ... John's Dale, F.... ... Trinity Streatfikild ... Christ's Dent, Mr. ... Trinity Pratt ... Trinity Dyer Emm. Grainger Caius !Lewis ... ißlenkin ... ... Emm. ... Caius Rawlinson Burn ... ... Trinity ... John's Vaughan Adam's.. .. Trinity ... Trinity Gee John'; Lee ... Allen Davis Rumsey Male ... ... Queen's ... Christ's ... Christ's ... John's ... Emm. lieygate Campbell 'Fuller Burrel ... Queen's Queen's ... Clare ... Christ's Davis, J. L. ... Trinity ... Trinity ... Clar© SOUTHWARK. Just as Mr. Cottingiana eras about to leave the bench, Mr. Franklin, a tradesman in the borough, attended before him to ask his advice respecting a 501. note, which was detained by the clerks at the Bank of England. Applicant' said, that on the previous day he dis posed of the goodwill of his business (a beer shop) to a person for 701. He received from him a 601. Bank of England note, and some small change. He owed his brewer and a few other persons a little money, and proceeded to the Bank that afternoon to get the note changed, for the purpose of paying them; but on presenting it for payment he was told that it had been stopped, and that he must go to the secretary. He was instantly taken to the latter gentleman, who told him that Mr. M•Leod, the brewer, had stopped the note, and that the Bank could not restore it or change it unless with the consent of that gentleman. He certainly owed him a trifle, but still the Bank had no business to detain his note. Mr. COTTINGHAM—Did the secretary tell you why he detained your note ? Applicant—The only thing he said was, that Mr. M‘Leod had stopped it, and they could not pay the change unless they had some advice from him. Mr. CoTTINOHAM—It is extraordinary conduct on the part of the authorities of the Bank. Do you suppose the note to be stolen ? Applicant—l received it fi om a highly respectable party, and I am sure that such is not the case. I think that Mr. M‘Leod has stopped it through spite, because I would not trust him with the note to pay himself. Mr. COTTINGHAM—The Bank has no right to stop a note under any such pretence. They are liable to an action, and if all that the applicant has stated is true, he would get heavy damages. Applicant -L-It is perfectly true ; all I have told you is exactly what has taken place. M`Leod was at the gates of the Bank whe❑ I went in, and as soo❑ as the clerk told me that he would not give it up without his sanction, I went outside and asked him to come in, but he refused. Mr. COTTINGHAM—I never heard such extraordi nary conduct on the part of the Bank of England before. Go to the Bar.k to-morrow morning and demand your note in the presence of respectable wit nesses, and if they refuse . you serve them instantly with a writ of action, and I have no doubt they will have to pay you well. Don't listen to any compro mise, as it is shameful conduct on their part if all you have said is true. sw Applicant repeated that it was quite true, and left the Court with the determination of following the Magistrate's suggestion. A SHOAT, or WHALES.—b a storm. on the 13th inst., a shoal of no fewer than 180 small bottle-nosed whales were " shipwrecked" on tho island of I-Izirolcis wick, in Zetland. ".It's an ill wind that blows nobody good."--Inverness Courier. A ppach... White ... JUNIOR Cridge ... ... Peter's Jones ... ... Caius Corrie ... ... Emm. Swain ... • ... Pem. Taylor ... ... John's Woodhouse ... Christ's Stanley ... ... Emm. Feen, T. F. ... Trinity Binder ... ... Caius Heath ... ... Corpus Leighton ... John's Rutland... ... Emm. Hudson ... ... Trinity Fendall ... ... Sidney Smith, T. ... Queen's Wilson, W. ... John's Little Z ... Sidney Wilson S ... Emm. Soames, C. ... Camas Smith, J. ... Queen's Mayor ... ... John's Turner, R. 0. ... Trinity Hughes ... ... Corpus Hammond ... Trinity Martin ... ... John's Smyth ... ... Trinity Bowes .. ... i Z Corpus Stanley,Hon.E.H. Trinity Pengelley ... Corpus Smith, J. B. ... Trinity LIST OF ORDINARY DEGREES. IWilliam Hall, M.A., Clare Hall Thomas Hedley, M.A., Trinity College J. Hulbert Glover, M.A., Clare Hall Examiners Samuel Robert Carter, KA., Emmanue . I. College Thomas Sutor Ackland, M.A., Clare Hal Joseph Woolley, M.A., Emmanuel College FOURTH CLASS. .... Trinity Marson ... ... Trinity Nightingale .... ... Trinity 0 wston ••• Trinity Petty ... ... Trinity Ross . . ... John 'a Sammons ... ... Christ's Simpson ••• ... Trinity Snape ... ... ... Trinity Trail ... ... ~,., Cain s, . ..T.Tv elln. ' ., , , •r••, , FIFTH CLASS. Anderson ... Trinity Jackson ... ... John's Barker ... ... Trinity 'Kempson ... John's Barrington ... Trinity Kynaston ... Trio. H. Bateman ... Cahn !Makinson ... Trinity Bealey • . ... Trinity , M'Niven, H. ... Trinity Bla •kden ... Down Meredith ... Magd. Bodley ... ... Queen's Moore ... ... John's Buckley... ... Corpus Moule ... ... Corpus Calvert ... ... John's ,O'Brien ... ... John's Cass ... ... Emm. 'Ouvry-North ... Trinity Clay ... ... Trinity I ,Pye ... ... Trinity Cobbold ... ... Trinity 'Reece ... ... Queen's Cole ... ... John's !Rhodes ... ... Chi ist's Duffin ... ... John's IRoberts ... ... Trinity Field ... ... Catb. Smith, R.C. ... Caius Fielder ... ... Jesus Smyttan .. Corpus Fletcher... ... Corpus ,Southgate ... Emm. Foord ... ... Trinity ;Stevenson ... Trinity Fox ... ... Trinity 'Stewart ... ... Clare Frere ... ... Trinity Street ... ... Queen's Garrard... ... Queen's Stuart, C. P. ... John's Gwyn ... ... Magd. Watson, H. ..., Queen's Hastings ... Trinity Weston ... ... Trinity Hatch ... ... Magd. Williams ... Christ's llaworth ... John's Wilson... ... Pemb. Hathornthwaite... Caius Wroth ... ... Emm. Hodgson ... Trinity Yate ... ... John's SIXTH CLASS. Blagden ... ... John's Marshall ... Queen's Bolton ... ... Corpus Parkes... ... Down Brock ... ... Trinity Pocklington ... Cath. Brown 1... ... Cath. Roe ... ... Corpus Collings... ... Trinity Samuel... ... Christ's Cook ... ... John's Scholefield ... Trinity Crake ... ... Trinity Seddon... ... John's Cuthbert ... Trinity Simons... ... Queen's Day ... ... Trinity Smith, G. F. ... Cath. Fano ... ... Emm. Sperling, J. H.... Trinity Gandy ... ... Trinity Spurway '... Trinity Greenland ... Corpus Stanfield ... Down Hannay ... ... John's Taylor ... ... Cath. Harkness ... John's Todd ... ... Christ's Inglis ... ... Trinity Wallace... ... Trin. H. Johnson, J. R.... Trinity Wilcox ... ... Queen's Lloyd, J. ... John's Wilding ... Trinity SEVENTH CLASS. Bangor, Viscount Trinity ;Lambe ... ... John's Berry ... ... Queen'slLodge ••• ••• Trinity Mince ... ... Queen's Mauls ... ••• Trinity Browne ... ... Corpus Montefiore ... Trinity Dawson ... ... Pemb. Parry ... ••• Sidney Evelyn ... ... Trinity Pope ... ... Christ's Gardener ... Queen's Sandberg ••• Corpus Grylls ... ... Trinity Sandilands ••• Jesus Hicks ... ... John's Sperling. 11. 5.... Trinity Hoare ... ... Trinity Taylor ... •• • Trin. H. Hobson ... ... Cath. Waddington ... Emm. Holmes ... ... Pemb. Watson ... ••• John's Jones ... ... Peter's Willington ... John's 41SGROTA.NT. Hale ... ... Trin. H. Herbert, Hon. G. John's ,Stevenson ... Christ's Wade ••• ... John's IPTIMES . Bridgewater Smith, 0. A. Trinity Wiglesworth) Caius Marston... Caius !Norton John's Bishop •• • 'Hayward IGreen ... Trinity . . Trinity ... Trinity IDewes ... Queen's Russell ... Hodgson (Partridge ,(Vincent ... ... irinity ... Corpus ... Queen's ... Trinity IDasent Holine Richards Eustace ... ▪ Trinity • Erntri. ... Christ's ▪ Peter's Bird ". Ekmeon.— ... Trinity ... Christ's Mencrieff ... Trinity Weston, C. C. ... Trin. fl.. ,Paley 1 ... Christ's Phillips S ... Trinity ..... . Heaven Trinity Hughes ... jKlugh INiTilliaras, F. • John's ... Clare • Trinity 'Jones, R. D. ... John'; !Richards ... Queen's Blomefield Brooke ... Butler ... Corker ... Fusssell GsHand Glennie Kingbury Letts .. Marshall Trinity John's Cath. Trinity Perot). John's Queen's John's Corpus Peter's Arkwright Chubb ... Dickson... Gathorne ... Trinity ... Pemb. ... Clare ... Trinity INNER TBMPLE, JAN. 28.—The following gentle men were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at- Law by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, viz.:— Thomas Kingdon Kingdon, Esq. , of Exeter Colle g e, Oxford, M.A.; Edward Gordon, Esq ., of Oriel Colle g e, Oxford, M.A.; W. Cunliffe Brooks, Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge, M.A.; Edward Samuel Alderso n, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, 8.A.; Thomas Neale Rippingall, Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge; Chas. Geo. Merewether, Esq., of W a dhain College, Oxford ; Henry Ralph Francis, Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge, ALA.; Henry Barnardiston Ray mond Barker, Esq., of Caius College, Cambridge; John Thomas Anderson, Esq., of New Inn Hall, Oxford; Charles James Stuart, Esq., of University College, Oxford, 8.A.; and Thomas Hughes, Esq., of Oriel College, Oxford, B.A. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Colonies. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 28. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY COMPANY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Sir F. KELLY replied at considerable length in ;his case, and The LORD CHANCELLOR reserved his judgment. The Court rose at half-past three o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 28. (Sittings in Banco.) GOODALL V. LANCEFIBLD. This was an action upon two bills of exchange brought by the plaintiff, endorser of the bills, against the defendant, who was the drawer of the same. The bills respectively bore date the sth and 9th of August, payable three months after date. The cause was tried before Mr. Baron Rolfe a few days since, and a verdict passed:for the plaintiff for the amount of one of the bills. It appeared that upon the dishonour of the bill notice of the same was sent to the defendant, but it appeared that the notice was put into the post, addressed to Castlenau Villas, Fulham-road. The bill became due on the 12th, which was a Fri , day, and the notice was forwarded on the 13th, Sa turday ; but, in consequence of the misdirection of the letter, the residence of the plaintiff being at Barnes, and not at Fulham, the letter was returned with the words " Try Barnes " written upon it ; and in consequence of the delay thus occasioned, the defendant did not receive the notice till the 15th or the 16th, the date not being perfectly legible. Mr. CROWDER now moved to set aside the verdict, on the ground of misdirection of the Learned Baron, he having told the jury that the receipt of the letter upon the Monday, Sunday being the intervening day, was sufficient notice. The Learned Counsel con tended that as there was a Sunday delivery of letters at Barnes, the notice was not good, inasmuch as it was delayed a day at least beyond the proper time. After some discussion, the Court decided that they would grant a rule nisi, unless the plaintiff should consent to have the verdict entered for the defendant on the issue with respect to insufficient notice. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEIV WELL. Mary Williams, a middle-aged woman, and James Williams, her husband, an ex-policeman, were placed at the bar for final examination ; the former being charged with extensively robbing her master, Mr. William Thomas Abud, gold refiner, of 1, St. James street, Clerken well, and the latter with having received the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Wontner attended to conduct the case for the prosecution. It appeared from the evidence of Hart Isaacs, a City constable employed by the committee of bankers, Post-office court, Lombard-street, that on the sth of January he was attending the committee of bankers, when the prisoner created a great dis turbance, flourishing a sword stick over his head, and making use of obscene and disgust,ng language. Be was drunk at the time. The postmaster ordered witness to go and take him to the station-house. Witness did so, and found on him a cloth, to which was affixed a card, directed to Mr. Dunn's library in Newgate-street. The prisoner gave his name as William Davey, of No. 8, Mill-street, Ro therhithe. He was charged at the station-house with drunkenness, but was remanded by the Lord Alayor several times, with a view to trace the owner of the property found on him, but he was ultimately discharged, the articles being left with Isaacs to pur sue further inquiries. On going to Mill-wall Ro therhithe, it was found that the prisoner had formerly lodged there, but had left, and was residing at 8, New-row, Deptford. The officer kept a watch on him, and being informed that he was a married man, followed him, and at length discovered that he was in communication with the other prisoner, who was in the service of the prosecutor, and was in the habit of plundering him and handing over the property to the male prisoner; he therefore felt himself justified in taking them both into custody. When at the station house they denied all knowledge of each other, and said they were never married, but subsequently the woman admitted that the prisoner was her husband. On searching the male prisoner's lodgings, 8, New row, Deptford, the officer found a large chest crammed full of articles, consisting of plate, jewellery, hooks, wearing apparel, and other property to a considerable amount, with a great number of pawnbrokers' duplicates ; and in the room were also found large maps, account books, chains, rings, &c., the whole of which were now pro duced and identified by Mr. Abud as being his pro perty. The male prisoner was also traced to have sold numerous valuable books belonging to the pro secutor. The other prisoner had been in his service upwards of three years, and having entered it with an excellent reference as a widow, the utmost confi dence was reposed in her up to ie time of the dis covery of the robbery, but it would appear that she had commenced her plunder on her first entering the situation, and although the robbery was of so exten sive a nature none of the property was missed until it was discovered in the possession of the male pri soner, who was formerly an officer connected with the M division of the Metropolitan police, but was discharged. George Trew, police constable 56, City officer, cor roborated' this evidence. Mr. W. T. Abud; gold refiner, of 1, St. James street, Clerkenwell, identified tho whole of the pro perty produced. John Crawford, shopman to Mr. Dowling, book.. seller, of Newgate-street, identified the male prisoner as having sold thirty-eight volumes of " British Es says," twelve volumes of Robertson's works, two volumes of" Rogers on the Liturgy?' Several other books were also purchased. . The , prisoner was questioned, ,and said they were his own property. Numerous pawnbrokers were in attendance with articles that had been pledged by the prisoners, and the court had the appearance of a sale-room. Mr. Wontner, addressing the Bench, said, that since the remand of the prisoners an extraordinary letter had been addreis i ed to his client, Mr. Abud, by them, which he would read. The following is the purport :—They begged him to excuse them for this their first offence. Their characters had been hi therto untainted. They hoped he would have mercy, and not send them to the sessions. Their lives were in his hands. They would beg on their knees, like children who wished to avoid the rod, for mercy. They had no friendi but God for their father, the church for their mother, and they trusted that heaven would be their portion at last. The letter was signed " James and Mary Williams," and was addressed to " Mr. Abud, 1, James-street, Clerkenwell." The hearing of the case occupied nearly the whole of the day, and caused great interest. The prisoners said nothing in their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. Samuel Hurley, Mary his wife, and Stephen Hurley their son, were finally examined, charged with nu merous ingenious robberies, and were fully committed for trial. JANUARY 1846. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WHITEHALL, JAN. 24, 1848. The Queen Las been pleased to constitute and appoint Majer-General John Bell, C. 8., to be Lieutenant Go vernor of the island of Guernsey, in the room of Major- General William Francis Patrick Napier, C.B. DO W NING-STREET, JAN. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Scott, Esq., to be Surveying Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works, and James Hosken, Esq., Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Master Attendant and Post master, for the island of Labuan. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Simms, Esq , to be Chief Clerk and Registrar of the Supreme Court, and Clerk of the Central Circuit Court, of the island of Newfoundland. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 28. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Captain John Smith Dodsworth, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Robert Blanc?, who exchanges ; Lieutenant the Honourable Robert Neville Lawley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dodsworth, whQ retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. Jacob Ininry De level Astley, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Law ley ; Lieutenant Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Astley, Jan. 28. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Alexander Augustus Meltort Campbell, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gwyn, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, Jan. 28. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet George E. F. Kauntze to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Douglas White, who retires; George Thorne Ricketts, Gent., to he Cornet, by purchase, vice Kauntze, Jan. 28. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant William Ennis to have the rank of Lieutenant, Jan. 27; Cornet Edwin Adolpligs Cook to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice AlexanM, who retires; Mathew Wharton Wil son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cook, Jan, 28. 12th Light Dragoons—William Thacker, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Brett, appointed to the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, July 14, 1847. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Elmhirst Reader, from the 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Greenbam, who exchanges, Jan. 28. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant William Charles Lyon to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Melville, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Francis Rolt, horn the 63d Regiment, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lyon, Jan. 28. 19th Foot—Brevet Major Richard Denny, from the 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Parrett, who exchanges, Jan. 28. 31st Foot—Richard John Leeson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swaffield, promoted, Jan. 28. 39th Foot—Lieutenant William Greenbelt), from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Reader, who exchanges, Jan. 28. 50th Foot—Ensign, with temporary rank, Colin Mac donald (Town Major of Montreal) to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Heaton, deceased, Jan. 28. 56th Foot—Ensign Willliam Watkin Bassett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Saunders, who retires ; Marcell Conran, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bassett, Jan. 28. 58th Foot—Captain William Temple Parrett, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Denny, who ex changes, Jan. 28. 60th Foot—Major Lord Charles James Fox Russell, from halt-pay unattached, to be Major, vice James Harrington Trevelyan, who exchanges; Brevet-Major John Temple to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord Charles James Fox Russell, who retires; Lieutenant Douglas Jones to be Captain, by purchase, vice Temple; Second Lieutenant John Prevost Battersby to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones; Charles William Pownall Lillingston, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Battersby, Jan. 28. 63d Foot—Ensign Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon from the 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Rolt, appointed to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Jan. 28. 70th Foot—James Adam Rae, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sheldon, appointed to the 63d Foot, Jun. 28. • 75th Foot—Lieutenant William Brookes to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major John Bolton, who retires upon full-pay, Jan. 28. 91st Foot—William Barron Stanton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lamont, who retires, Jan. 28. 93d Foot—Lieutenant John F. A. Hartle to be Adju tant, vice Macdonald, promoted in the 37th Foot, Jan. 28. 99th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Augustus Frederick Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, rice Fraser, who resigns, Jan. 28. BREVET.—Major Lord Charles James Fox Russell, of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army ; Captain John Smith Dodsworth, of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. MEMORANDUM. The Christian names of Ensign Armstrong, of the 95th Foot, are John Herbert. The half-pay of Brigade-Major John Frederick Lewis Bonne, as a captain of infantry of the King's German Legion, has been cancelled, be having accepted a com muted allowance on the 28th January, 1848. Erratum in the Gazette of 21st January, 1848. For Gentleman Cadet William Ball. from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign in the 64th Foot, vice Mockler, read, Gentleman Cadet William Bell to be, &a. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. James Hamilton Lloyd Anstruther, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 29, 1845. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Hilary Term, in the eleventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Thursday, the 27th day of January, 1848. This Court will, on Tuesday, the Bth day of February next, and four following days, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business now pending in the Paper of New Trials, and in the Special Paper, and will also proceed to give judgment in certain of the matters that will then be standing over for the considera tion of the Court. THOMAS WILDE. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Robert Spencer, printer, Exeter. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Francis Jenkyns, corn merchant, Love-lane, City. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Ellison, plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, to surrender Feb. 4, at half-past one, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official asssignee, Birchin-lane ; Silvester, Great Dover-street, Southwark. Athaiah Eber Player, grocer, Braintree, Essex, Feb. 4 and March 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Jones and Wright, St. Swithin's-lane. Edward Maxted, bricklayer and builder, Upper Sey mour-street, Euston-square, Feb. 8, at half- past eleven, and March 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Ivimey, Chancery-lane. Joseph Walters, bottle merchant, Union-street, South wark, Feb. 8, at half-past one, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dean, Leeks, Dixon, and Redpath, St. Swithin's-lane. Joseph Turner, saddler, Newmarket, Feb. 11, at twelve, and March 10, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Burkitt, Curriers% hall, London-wall. John Inwood, builder, Albion-grove West, Islington, Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermaubury ; Jones, Gray's Inn-square. Anne Coley Hughes Ormsby, butcher, Church-street, Hackney, Feb. 4, at one, and March 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Marson, Union-street, Southwark. Charles Cousins, corn merchant, Shepherd's-place, Lee's-mews, Grosvenor-square, Feb. 10, at one, and March 18, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Henry Sheldon, corn-dealer, Brentford, Middlesex, Feb. 4, at two, and March 25, at half-past twelve, at the Cdurt of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Hine and Robinson, Charter House-square. Samuel Wood Youngman, wine merchant, Norwich, Feb. 4, at one, and March 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Dirnmock and Co., Clement's-lane. Charles Burrows and John Joseph Parker, coal-mer chants, Macclesfield-street North, City-road-basin, Feb. 8, and March 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Roche and Co., Upper Wellington-street, Strand. Anthony Green, veterinary surgeon, Saint Ives, Hun tingdonshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, and March 13, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Grainger, Buck lersbury. John William Watson, scrivener, Shrewsbury, Feb. 12,' and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee Birmingham ; Bldxam, Shrewsbury; Hodgson, Birmingham. Edward Price, farmer, Leominster, Feb. 5, and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hammond, Leominster ; -Ryland, Birmingham. Hannah Husband, innkeeper, Richmond, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London ; Coulthard, Barnard Castle ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. John White, auctioneer, Shrewsbury, Feb. 17 and March 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and KnOwles, Birmingham. Edward Gough, druggist, Wem, Shropshire, Feb. 15 and March 14, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Barkers, Wetn; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham. John Gadsby, wine merchant, Coventry, Feb. 15, and March 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Coventry; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Andrew Morison, sen., hotel-keeper, Cheltenham, Feb. 8, and March 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, Barge-yard Chambers, London; Sabine, Bristol. Jacob Moseley, watchmaker, Neath, Glamorganshire, Feb. 10, and March 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Sabine, Bristol. Barnard Lindsay Watson, hotel keeper, Bathwick, Somersetahire, Feb. 11, and March 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Ilellings, Bath. James Bromley, glass and china dealer, Kingston upon-Hull, Feb. 16, and March 15, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Stanafeld, official assignee, Hall ; Saxelbye, Samuel Lee, confectioner, Thirsk, Yorkshire, Feb. 17 and March 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. reet , .t , Leeds ; and Co., 'fetal . , ek, Thirsk ; Barr, L u fth ou s e , and Nelson, Leeds. Philip James Antill, wine merchant, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Feb. 8, at half-past ten, and March 14, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Stanton, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Meggison, Pringle, Stevenson, and Shur, King's-road, Bedford-row, London. Thomas Baskerville, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Feb. 9 and March 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District C, urt. Casenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Blake, London-wall, London; Dodge, Liverpool. William Craven, general contractor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Feb. 15 and March 3, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., staple Inn, London; Morecroft and Co., Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or biuscevado Sugar, computed From the returns made in the week ending January 26, la4S, is 24e. Sad. per cwt. - (Dividends, &c., in our next.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. t From the London New Price OgrreJet of Jan. 28.) SUGAR.—To•day a further advance was perceptible in the value of raw sugar, and the quantity on offer was not sufficient for the wants of the home trade. Theta was much inquiry after West India for all purposes, and the rates offered were 6d per cwt above those that existed previously, but business was checked, owing to the scanty supply. The quantity sold amounted to 420 hhds and tierces, including at publie sale, 84 hhds Barbadoes, which were readily disposed of at a further advance of 6d per cwt—fine yellow realised 45s 6d, good 43s to 44s 6d, middling 40s 6d to 42s 6d per cwt. The total purchases for the week amounted to 1.670 hbds and trcs, whilst the rise during that time amounts to Is and is 6d per cwt. REFINED.—Today refined goods were in excellent request for home consumption, and stiffer rates were(' obtained, standard lumps selling at 565, and brown grocery 55s to 55s 6d; the supply is exhausted. There are sellers of Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s to 29s 6d for first sort, but few buyers are to he met with. MAURITIUS.—To-day there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, but privately several parcels wore sold at a further rise in the value; low to fine brown fetched 32s to 36s 6d, yellow 37s to 445, and grey 34s to 42s per OWL EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the demand for Madrail increased, and 4,976 bags of damp and washed at publid sale were all sold at 6d per cwt advance. Of white Bengal 2,867 bags were sold at and after the sale at • rise in the value of 6d per cwt, but 1,653 bags of yellow were nearly all taken much above the value. FOREIGN. To-day there was no public sale, but privately a good business was concluded in Foreign Sugar chiefly by the home trade, and• stiffer rates were paid. MOLASSES.—West India met with more attention this week, and realised rather higher rates. Sales to a fair extent have been made, the better kinds meeting with the most attention. East India Treacle is held for 16s to 17s, but there is no improvement to notice in the ' demand. Cocos.—This afternoon 283 bags of Trinidad Cocoa at auction were sold at stiffer rates, middling dark red fetched 48s to 495, and grey 46s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon a fair quantity of Ceylon Coffee was purchased for home consumption by private treaty, and former rates were well sustained; good ordi nary we quote at 335. At public sale 91 bags of Coffee from St. Helena were withdrawn ; 37 casks of Jamaica mostly taken in at 48s for fine fine ordinary, being above the value; the small part sold went as follows—fine ordinary 43s to 455, good ordinary 35s 6d, and low 29s 6d to 31s 6d; 22 bags of Ceylon, low middling Plantation 50s 6d to 51s, and damaged 36s to 435. Privately 3,000 bags of Costa Rica have beet' taken in at 31s 6d to 32s 6d for fine ordinary home trade. For auction 1,000 bags of Costa Rica, 100 casks, 130 barrels Jamaica are declared. TEA.—There has been no public sale this week, and there is no arrival, but some ships may be shortly efts petted. To-day prices were firm for Tea, but there watt little passing, as public sales are declared for Wednetz day; at present 5,000 pkgs are declared. SPICES.—To- day black Pepper was sold to a ' fair extent privately ; and 784 bags of Malabar at auction went at 24d to 2P for half heavy, and at 21d to 2P for - damaged, which are rather higher rates. Of Mace 2 chests went at 2s 6d for mid, and at 2s 3d for slightly mouldy. 4 chests brown Nutmegs realised 2s 10d for good mid dling brown mouldy garbled therefrom, 2s 3d to 2s 5d for low middling, and is 9d for mouldy; 10 casks of limed Dutch were taken in at 3s Id for bold. Of Pod Pepper 126 bags fine sold at 70s to 90s. Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDEL—The demand has been animated for all kinds of Jamaica. Rum this week, and a rise in the value of 2d to 3d per gallon has taken place. The quantity sold amounted to 350 puns, 34 to 36 per cent over proof of plain quality 3s 9d to 3s 10d, middling ditto 3s led to 4s, 33 to 36 over good 4s ld to 4s 3d, and fine 33 to 37 over proof 4s 4d to 4s 7d. The demand has been chiefly from speculators and the home trade. Demerara met with increased attention, and brought enhanced rates, 250 puns having been solcrit 3s Id to 3s 3d for 35 to 37 per cent. ever proof, and very fine 40 per cent. 3s 4d. For Leeward Island the demand has been active, and prices must be quoted - id to ld higher. The sales are 3,0(10 puns at is 8d proof strength; small parcels, fit ' for duty, at is East India is much 'wanted; purchases of moment are prevented by the unwillingness of holders to sell, and a further rise in the value is apparent. The sales made have been at is Id to is ad proof with certi ficate. For Brandy former rates are well supported, and there is yet a good demand. Geneva is wanted, and as the supply is small buyers are compelled.to pay stiffer rates—common export sort selling at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and fine, fit for duty, 3s to 3s 6d per gallon. For British made Spit its former prices are well sustained. COCHINEAL.—Tbe demand has been active for all de scriptions, and a further advance lin the value of ld per lb is observable. At public sale 51 bags of Honduras Silvers were disposed of. Privately several parcels have bees sold at smaller rates. The consumption continues to be of a satisfactory nature. RICE.—To-day there was little passing in East India Rice, but lower rates were not generally taken. For public sale on Tuesday 4,000 bags of Bengal and 3,000 bags Madras are declared. OILS.--This afternoon at public sale 70 pkgs of Cocoa . Nut Oil were only in part sold at 561 15s to 571 for fine Ceylon, which are lower rates. Palm realised better prices, 100 casks selling at 32s to 34s ; of Southern 10 tuns went at 301 5a to 324 which is tie full value. For Seal prices are not so firm, 40 tuns went as follows : pale at 291 15s to 301, straw 261 to 281, yellow 2315 s to 24l 10s, brown 221 to 23/, and boiled 18110 s to 19/. TALLow.—This afternoon at public sale 300 casks.of P. Y. Candle, stranded, sold at 45s 3d to 46s 9d• 237 pkgs of South American 438 6d to 46s 9d for mi ddling to fine, which are easier rates. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. •, MANCHESTER, Jaw. 28. STOCK ExcnANGs.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—East Lancashire, 21 i,4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 5 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 3 4 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 5M dis.—North Staffordshire, %p.—South-Eastern and D over , N o. 4 , 1% c. dis.—York, N ewcastle,2 and Berwick, Extension, No. 2, 2 15-16 p. • _ _ LEEDS, Jay. 27. , STOCK EXCHANGE.—A moderate amount of shares have been sold to-day, at the following prices :—East Anglian (18/. E. and 11.), 8 1 4 n.—East Lancashire, 21N—Ditto, New, 3/. Bs. 9d dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 17s. Gd. dis.— Great Northern. 5 3 / 4 n. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West . Riding Union), 58s. n. die.—Leeds and Thirek, 15% die.— London, Brighton, and South Coast, 42%—North British, , Thirds, Is. n. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 4s. dia.—North Stafford shire, 85. 9d. p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New 13erwieks),2 1 i i n. p. • BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 15%—Birmingbarn, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, -,0 dis. ex int.—North Staffordshire, % p.—Shrewsbury and • ' Birmingham (A), 61s. 3d. dis. ex int.—Ditto (13), 2 1 ,4 die. ex int.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis. ex int. (for pre. acc.)- South Staffordshire, 1 3 / 4 dis. BRISTOL, Jew. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 4 1 ,4 dis.—Great Western, Quarters, 21% p.—Ditto, New, 1% p.—North Staflordshire, % p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. '2, 3 IA p. YORK, JAN. 27. STOCK Excffewow.—The salsa are— Great Northers, 4 3 4—Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds, Extension Scrip (late ; C. and E.), 2 ex int.—North British. Halves, 121. 3s. 9d.-. Ditto, Thirds, 2t/ 8 c.—North Staffordshire, 103—Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 124 16s. 3d,—Ditto (G. N. R. Purch.), 10—York and north Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 36. EDINBURGH, Jew. 27. STOCK Excwamia.—The sales are—Caledonian, 36—Edin.. bargh and Northern (Newport), 81. 2s. 6d.—Great North ern, •Bs.—North British, Quarters, 5/. Bs. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters Ile. 9d.—Ditto, Thirds, 425. GLASGOW, JAN. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Arbroath, 34/. 105. ex div.—Ditto, New, No. 1, .271. 6s. ex Ditto, No. 2, 311. ex div.—Ditto, No. 3, 21. 9s. 3d. ex div.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 per cent. guar.) 1151. 10s. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 275._ [ADVERTISEMENT.]-HOLLOWAY'g OINTMENT AND PILLS IN NEWYOUNDLAND.—CharIes Thorne, Esq., merchant, of Harbour Grace, had a bad leg of a tearful nature and long duration. for which the medical aid of the island afforded no relief, where upon he determined on proceeding to England to try if it were pos sible to get it soundly healed ; but, as a last resource, and before - adopting such a course, he used Holloway's tills and Ointment which speedily effected a cure of his leg. The particulars of MIS surprising case were received by last packet from Mr. Spry, pro prietor of the " Mercury" newspaper, Carbonear, Newfoundland These celebrated medicines are sold at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine venders. BIRTHS. On the 28th inst., at No. SO, Great James-street, Bedford row, the wife of William Tredway Clarke, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Grafton street, Fitzroy-square, Mrs. L. Clow, of a daughter. On the 6th of December, at Varna, the lady •f Lieutenant- Colenel E. St. John Neale, her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Bulgaria, of a son. On the 27th hut, at the Rectory, St. Anne'e, Soho, A. wife of the Rev. Nugent Wade, of a daughter. MARRIID. On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Farnham, Peter Spark, Esq., of Birchanger, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parris, Esq., of Farnham, Essex. WEB. On the 28th inst., at Downshire-hill, Amelia Bless Gertrude, aged 21 years, the youngest and beloved daughter of William Kent, Esq., of Hampstead. On the 24th inst., in Bedford-place, Brighton, Thomas . Welsh, Esq. On the 25th inst., George Fordham, Esq., Odsey House, near Royston, Cambridgeshire. On the 25th inst., at Chelsea, Elizabeth, relict of the late Henry Harris, Esq. London ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, $t No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct et the Savoy, in the county 0 1 Middlesex, Saturday, January 29, 1848.