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the settlement. He thouht the only N - . - ;.y of getting Zia of Chancery was by the parties dying.—(Liught:: . r.) 41 wanted the papers to make out his bill of COEitti which amounted to uli.ny thoNeand pour.f.ls. There were pros accounts bet ween him and the prisoner un.,ottled. The prisoner had received coniiderablo suroz of ref;ney on his account, but the balance wa.3 in his favour.. tvir. Ballantine said he could on a further occasion produce evidence tlytt woold fully bring bonam the cse to the prisoner, and ached for a remand for t'Llat ourl , '"e• Mr. Wontner objected to a remand. 3-H3 client war a most respectable solicitor, could fully deny the The MAGISTRATE, after a great deal of conversation, remanded the case for a week, but admitted the prisons t) RAILWAY RET URNS TRAFFIC RETU"NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. 3111e8 Opened, 1852. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts, isal. EaITISII. Aberdeen ..•• Belfast and Ballymena •• • • •••• • • • • Belfast and County Down • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cl:cshire Bolton, Blackburn, and Wes t York .. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • •••• • • • • • • • • Caledonian....... ••• • • • • • •• • • • • •• • . Chester and Holyhead. •• .. Cork, Bla ckrock, and Passage • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junction Dublin and Dr0gheda............... 6 Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • ...... • • 0 A Dundee and Arbroath .• •.•••• • • .. • • 11 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 9 Dundalk and Enniskillen. • .. • • • • • • • • i 8 East Anglian.... • • • . • • • ..... • • • • • • • • 9 East Lancashire • • ..... • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .... Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Edtnburgh and Glasgow .• • • ••• • • • • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • • ..... ••• • • • Farness Railway •• • •:• • • Glasgow, and South-Western• • • • • • • • Great Northern and E. L. • • • •• •• • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• • • ****** •••• • • • Irish South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorlobire.. • • • • • • • • • • Leeds and Thirsk •• • • •••••• • • '' • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpoit.... London and North Western •• • .•• • • London and Blackwall.. • • • •• • • •• . • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. Londonderry and Ear 'skillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • ....• Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • .. Midland .... • - ....... ***** ••• • .. Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • .. Newcastle and Carlisle •• .. •• •• • North British • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North Staffordshire . . • • • • • • • North-Western ••.. • • • ..... ••• • • Scottish Central • • • • • • • • • • • • Scottish Midland ••••• • • • • • ----.. ..--__ Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... Shrewsbury and Chester •• •• .• •• •• •• Shropshire Union .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• South Devon . • • • • • • • • Sonti - Eastern • • • • • • • • • - South Wales .. • • South York., Doncaster, and Goole •• Waterford and Limerick • • .... • • • • • . West Cornwall ••• • .. Whitehaven Junction .• • . • • • • • • • • • • • York and Newcru - e, and Berwick ... York and North Midland •• • FOREIGN. Central of France.. • • .... • • • • • • • • • Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • • • • • • - -• • • Maria Antonia • ..... ••••••• • •- • • • Montereau and Troyes • • • Northern of France ••• • • • •••• • • • Orleans end Bordeaux.. • • ........ . Paris and Lyons • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Orleans .... • • • • • • • • • • • • . Paris andgtouen . • . • • • • • • • • •. • • • • • Paris and Strasburgh • ... Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • Tours and Nantes. • •• • • • • • •. • • • • MUTINY AND MURDER ON BOARD A BRITISH SHIP. -- Yesterday information was received in the City that the barque Ariel, from San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands, hound for India, having a mixed crew of Lascars, Manilla 11len, and Europeans, had put into Anjier, and then proceeded o t , her voyage. Some days after she had sailed, a number of the crew returned in the launch to a place about 14 miles West of Anjier. On being questioned by the authorities their replies were considered unsatisfactory, and in conse quence the resident detained them until some tidings of the vessel were heard. It subsequently transpired that after getting outside, and when off Java Head, the coloured por tion of the crew rose in mutiny, and murdered the Captain, his wife, and the remainder of the Europeans on board; they then plundered the vessel of all the money and valuables they could lay their hands on, and not knowing what to do With the ship, scuttled her. A large sum of money and some Valuable jewellery, apparently belonging to the captain's 'wife were found upon them. The resident, after he had found the foregoing to be true, forwarded the mutineers and Murderers to Batavia, where they will be dealt with accord ing to law. ROYAL ORTHOP.IDIC HOSPITAL.—At a meeting of the friends of the above institution, in Bloomsbury-square, it was announced that the committee were making active endeavours to render the result of the anniversary festival at the Albion Tavern, in May next, adequate to the claims of the charity, and to expedite the intended increase of hospital accommodation. The Earl of Shaftesbury has consented to preside, and a numerous list of stewards, including several Alembers of both Houses of Parliament, have signified their Willingness to support his Lordship on the occasion. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY FOR SEAMEN. Thomson, surgeon, R.N., the inventor of the Naval Tele graphic Lighte, has submitted a plan to the Lords Commis aioners of the Admiralty, by which candles and oil may for ever be dispensed with, many thousands of pounds annually being saved to the country, and yet ten times more light secured to every ship afloat this is accomplished by a simpl e and a very ingenious method of using the slush from salt meats, now of no use. Their Lordships have approved of the invention ; and since the order was given by the Ad miralty her Majesty's ship Impregnable flag-ship, Devon port, has been lighted from stem to stern on this new plan. he men in each ship, in place of having one dip of 31 to the Pound, have now a light for six hours equal to 16 dips, and from which, by the aid of a parabolic reflector, they are enabled to read 30 feet off. This candle-tube may be filled With water, yet it can be instantly expelled and the light fully maintained. The grease is so locked up it cannot well escape, so that the lamp may be rolled about the deck, HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN NORTHUMBERLAND.—On Monday evening Mr. John Rampoldi, of Newcastle-ucon- TYne, was proceeding in a gig to Havdon-bridge, in the Western part of Northumberland, when he was accosted in a lonely part of the road by a young man, who asked him for a ride in his gig. Almost immediately after three men, two of whom wore masks, rushed out from the hedge. All four fell upon Mr. Rampoldi, dragged him out of his vehicle, and robbed him of 201. in gold, about 61. in silver, his lever Watch, and a gold ring. The thieves then made off, and Mr. Rampoldi proceeded to Haydon-bridge and gave information of the robbery to the police ; bat, as yet, no trace of the thieves has been discovered. Bristol wool fair bsgan on Wednesday and closed on Thursday evening, at the Wool Hall, Thomas-street. A very small quantity was pitched, hardly a fourth part of that offered at previous fairs. The attendance of buyers was also Very limited, scarcely any manufacturers being present, those assembled, for the most part, being commission agents. Notwithstanding the smallness of the supply, there was quite enough to meet the demand, and much higher rates were Rot attainable. The staples having been bought of the farmers at high rates, and buyers requiring a fall, scarcely any business was done, and prices can hardly be quoted. Teg fleeces were most in demand, but a short supply (best) varied from 12d. to 16d. per lb. Farmer's lots were only saleable at reduced rates. Skin Wools, low combing, from 101 to 101. 10s. per pack ; fine ditto , 11 /. to 111. 10s. p er p ack ; superfine ditto, from 12/. to 121. 10a. per pack; Lamb Wool from lid. to 13d. per lb. BRISTOL GREAT LEATHER FAIR , MARCH 5.- Il h ose ha d IfarrlYgreat leather fair (the largest in England) has that the su Messrs. Tuckett and Rake's circular states and th a t a tcr Y 01 most descriptions of leather was a full one, acted without a a n v y e rage amount of business has been trans acted of buyers wer l e caterial alteration in prices. The opera diate wants, as th e r eh9wever, still confined to their imme diate of the trade to get Za .o general:) , a disinclination on the stock at this season of the year. BOTANICAL Soo/,,r meeting was held last ej en in of LoNDoN.—The usual Bedford-street , St rand ; fir,, at the society's, rooms, 20, chair. Dir. G. togar, De nneB Reynolds, treasurer, in the membnd ers received since several donations the library secretary, announced the last meeting. Several new ere proposed for m the Rev. R. C. election, after which a paper was read w Douglas, On a singular monstrosity 0 7 and r l e e a ( d i e : was accompanied by ar _ a a q s p u a a r t a i g o u s." The communication some discussion, after which the meet;:winq, April. g adjourned until UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—Our Will be gratified to learn that an eight -oared cutter race is about to take place between picked crews from the Univer sities of Oxford and Ca mbridge. The contest will come off about th e 7th of April, over the usnal course from Putney_ bridge to Barker's rails, at Alortlake. The Messrs. Searle are constructin two very fine boats for the occasion, an d have a l r eady chartered one of the f as t es t steam: boats to con- Vey the elite to witness the race. THE STRIKE.—The following statement has been Published by the Central Assoc iation of Employers of Opera tive Engineers ;—" Return of the number of persons of the following denominations, who have signed the declaration of the Central Association of Employers of Operative Engineers, tip to and inclusive of 28th February last :—Vice-men, 8 31 ; 41 ; turners, 721; smiths and strikers , 834 ; moulders, 6 dressers, 243 ; millwrights, 137 ; pattern-makers, 186 ; 6 cal- Penters, 257; machine m en, p lainer s , slotters, tae., 77 ; boiler -makers, 633; labourers, 1,206; others, 1,002; total, 7 ,368." FATAL ACCIDENT BY A lioßsE.—YsterclAy !after noon, about a quarter p ast five o'clock, a de p lorable accident by a horse occurred at Fulham, by which one man was killed on the spot and a second very seriousl y in j ured. It a pp ears that a carman, name d Edward Prior , in the employ of Mr. Delbar, market gardener, of North-end, Fulham, and residing at No. 3, Star-lane, n ear Walham - gre en, was about to convey on his master's cart to the homestead some long strips of timber which were already loaded, and just before starting he was securing them so as to prevent their shaking over the horse's eyes, when one of the str i p s b y some means slipped a little, and the end being seen bo the animal, it imme diately took fright and started off at a gallop towards the Walhalla. gr e en-road. Another man, nam ed Thomas Brooks, residing in the same place, suddenly attempted to stop the !aorse, in conjunction with Prior, when they were both knocked down. Brooks, on being examined, was found to be quite dead, the wheels having passed over the side of his head, fracturing the jaw and cheek bones. lle was a pouring man, and and has belt a wife and infant fanily totally Improvided for. Prior was a lso found to be so seriously Injured th a t one of his fellow -workmen brouglA him in a truck, no better conveyance b ein g at hand, to St. George's •utospital. - DEATH OF COL. R. TAYLOR, BOMBAY ARMY. — Colonel Taylor, the Colonel of the 28th Bombay Infantry !!.egiment, died recently at Boulogne. ser-Mer. Co'onel Taylor had served many years in the Bombay army, and for ?Inoniderable period was political resident at Bagdad, in Turkish Arabia. rIARWICH MARCH 4.—Wjud $.5.W.---Arrti. Queen, St. Malo. 26y, 18914 94% 65 322 78 171% 241% 188 277 25 12% 529% 5% • 173% 244% 24% 11% 167% 28 496% 126 58 228 IA 93% 77 30 279 152 57% 21% 62 442% 134% 240 431 3,417 7,699 4,269 14,i82 150 4,03 t 14,5U2 IbU 41,059 750 7,630 b,7U; 145 114 5,857 410 613 19,452 1,061 i 56 2,0:43 3,113 4,4,2 421 1,4 .9 459 .S•A 1,364 301 3,5 88 10,572 4,204 14 391 4 - )1 1,501 9,056 9t9 1,069 2,135 356 4,16 8 16,525 90S 219 41,112 193 i 3,143 6,761 843 7,670 6,819 2iB 106 6,738 3,040 4 , 34 20.374 2,017 903 17,082 2,9 4,771 7,321 5,677 4,598 2,268 1,278 933 1,994 3,24 4,428 531 1,562 552 L 416 '547 1,540 0,;20 1,270 1,330 2,188 804 211 Is 9 12 74) 7,561 3,''92 776 IA2 1,102 4,569 11,3J7 8,611 6,064 7,976 2,'74 2 138 X 1,255 32 he t eP 1 111 P. ~ , Yorkshire; in bygone times, you selected a Wilberforce to element:trate to the world yunr hatred of slavery— On Thursday night a very crowded meeting was held (er emh h ea r) —yon chose a Brougham as is means of in the capacious threes, Lamle. Ist.-ly eructed for nod ' m t h i og the strongest demonstration of yonr adhesion to occupied by M. Fracconi and his troupe of cageestrie t es t ; t hw or t e —(hlear, near)—wed, though it would be vanity hto collider the present political critis, the renewal or : i n me to class myself with those illustrious names the Anti. Core-law L'-ague, and the propriety of mem o- i ("No, nee" end applause), yet, so lent; as there Is the :61i ,, i0g her MajostY in favour of the maintenance of free 1 principle, and se long as there is a political arena in this twde." county upon which to fight the question with which my heir. Cobden was the only itlemher of Parliament pre- name has been so long and so promit tee tly connected— . . . , sem, and it is only true to etato timt many persons at- that of free trade—l place mesell unretervsdly at the tented the meeting solely to hear his speech. It is aid- disposal of the largest constituency in this kingdom, in mated that from 3,000 to 4 000 psreous were t prerent, order that they may, through my representations, give and a ,rtat many were unatle to st - in, the building what I conceive to he a fitting expression to that op inion. being crowded in every part. ThegappearanceOf Mr. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I said that this evening has Cebee.n—who came into the Circus accompanied by Sir settled the question, and that I shall not. have the op- G. Goodman Oho msyor of Leede), Sir J. P a xton, Mr. portueity of beating anybody in the riding, for nobody CarbuW, Mr. Beines, and other leading Fred-traders— sebl have the courage in this riding to come forward and was hailed with loud and long continued applause. stand up upon the principle of Protection.—(Hears Sir G. GOODMAN was called to the chair. He said hear.) I should like to see somebody canvassing the the importance of the meeting was very clearly, mach West Riding in the interest of the corn-law ! festmi by the presence of persons in such large numbers, (Laughter.) I should like to hear their arguments with assembled to r, moment, as the opening of their proceed- your women and children down here- - (Re newed inns. Nothing co on more clearly m e net , the warmth laughter.) Bat it would ho bombastic in me to talk which was felt towards the measures that had beet, big of the 'efforts we world make to beat our opponents, pissed, end their firm determination time they should when nobody will come to he beaten.—(Continued het be broken in upon.—(Cheers.) The result of the laughter.) Well, gentlemen, I em here speaking to a :,'' r eat meting which had been held at Menchester, and motion which refers to, and advises the restoration of', tee one which was held there that night, would he such the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Cheets-) Now I am as to impress. any Minister, however bold—and they sure, whatever else may be said ageiest us , it cannot had a held one in their present Premier—but ho believed be ssSerted that we have sought prematurely that even even he would quail befo re the p ower of such assem- mence that org anizetion.—(Hear.) We laid down our blies as these.—(Cheers.) Such manifestations of the arms five and a half y e ars ago. The Protection ists have opinions of the people , wh ich were fixed and defin ite , oreanized themselves; they have had their meetings in would soon convince the present Government that any D ru m y lane • and Covent-garden, a Duke in the chair; attempt to re-enact the obnoxious corn-laws must be the have stood for counties and p ocket-borou g hs in the i m potent and vain. —(Loud cheers.) Ministers now interest of Protection; they have advocated.dearth and professed not to he disposed to act in the manner monopoly in Parliament; and yet we took no notice, and which they had, ho thought, always threatened to do. did not even whisper of resuscitating the League. But But ho could tell them that they must he up and . When we find a body of men taking possession of the doing. and not leave them the payee: of doing so. The reins of power, we expect that they will drive .in the di fats Administration had gone out because they could ruction in which they have always professed to be tend not command a majority and were unable to carry out ing.—(Hear, hear.) What is the party in power? The any great measure. But what did they say to the pre- Protectionist party—Protectionists they call themselves: tent Government? They knew that they had a minority, we call them monopolists.—(Cheers.) Protectionists — and that if any such measure was brought forward it or at .least they have been known as Protectionists up to must drive them out.—(Cheers.) Let them, then, with- ;his time; and will they change their character, and out loss of time, at once chow the new Ministry What alter their tone, immediately they get into office and were their opinions on these grand subjects. Le: them power? Their organs tell us we must not believe those express their d.cided opinions on ell of them, whether gentlemen—that all they have told us for five years past it was for promoting the re-enactment of the corn-laws are fibs—(Laughter)—that they never meant to do what in a modified form or in any other form whatever, or they have talked about so long; and if we will give any other groat question which might agitate the future them time they will show how dexterously they can Parliament or the country. Let them say whether they throw over those who believed them in earnest.—(Hear, considered they had got to the end of reform, or that it hear.) I tell you, as I told them at Manchester, Ido was again to be their watchword. Let them declare not believe anything so base as this of them; I believe, their conviction on the matter, and say whether the tam all they have been telling us, they will reimpose people who could assemble in such large numbers and the born-law if they can. It is the object of the League testify by their order and good conduct that they were t) prevent them.—(Cheers.) We want very little or possessed' of those virtues th a t e ntitled them to'; be ganization in Yorkshire, but we do in some other places, voters, should be still shut out from their privileghs or end feeling pe'rfeelly confident, after this meeting, that not.—(Loud cheers.) I am quite safe, I think that I may profitably employ Mr. CALLBUTT said• they were not assembled there to say time in trying to enlighten .the men and women listen either to him or any other of their fellow-towns- living in other parts of the country.—(Cheers, and a men; their great attraction that evening was his friend Voice—" Oh, v.e're all right here," laughter, and re- Mr. Cobden, who had come to develops to them the `hewed cheers.) Yes, we aro all right here.—(Loud views he entertained in reference to the present state of cheere.) Something has been said by a gentleman who effeirs.—(Hear, hear.) Ho should hesitate altogether preceded see about confining ourselves to one question. from addle-sting them that evening, but having, during That does not depend upon us—l mean those of us who the long and arduous struggle which they formerls fake a prominent pan in this question—it does not waged against the corn-laws, under the banner of the depend upon us what question shall take a prominent great Anti-Corn-law League, fought by the aide of Mr. and leading part at the next election. You have de- Cobden and his illustrious compalmons—having never 'elided that.—(Hear, hear.) What other question but ceased his efforts to bring about so desired a coesumma- this question of the corn-laws would have brought this lion until they accomplished the triumph of free trade, large Meeting together in 24 hours?—(Hear, hear, and and having witnessed the national rejoicings which took loud cheers.) There was a remark which fell from one place on the completion of their victory, it would be of the.greatesttmen who has visited our land, I mean the strange, indetd, if he (Mr. Carbutt) did not make his great Hungarian leader—(Groat cheering)—some time appearance among them that ertnieg to tape counsel ago, in which I fully agree. He made this remark, with them as 'to their future procteoingt, and to tell '- that the instinct or the million is wiser than the wis the na he was ready to enrol hiseshlt once mere in ths dom of the wisest."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) And it ranks of thet League which broke the shackles which is an instinct which renders all reason and argument lettered the station's liberty, and gave it the power to superfluous, the instinct which has brought this mass of rise to its present height.—(Cheers.) The resolution he thee people together on this question of the corn-laws. hied to move he would now read. (It declared that the Leeds Yen fee), as all will feel now, that this is the critical branch of the Anti-Corn-lew League suould he and was time of this question,—(Hear, hear.) Other questions thereby re-established.) He would tarn their attention are not so ripe as this. You feel that this must be set ter a moment to that class of the community which , was tied now and for ever, and therefore you come forward ever crying out that they w ere starving for want of pro- in all your streneth, in order that you may put the tectior, and who, ever sines corn was 80s. a quarter, at finishing stroke upon it.—(hear, hear, and loud cheers.) every drop in the price told flee public they were ruined. But it is rot merely the corn-law question which is in -(i+ear, hear) If they locked to that class of the volved in what we are now doing. If you settle the community, ant it they took the trouble to travel from corn question now, once and for ever, it leaves the field John o'Groatts house to the Land's-end, what did they clear tor other questions.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") tee ? Did they see land going out of cultivation, farm- And you have the advantage now in dealing with this houses and buildings dilapidated, tenants leaving their question of protection, that the Protectionists themselves farms, and landlords leaving the luxuries of a Court nave told you, if you beat them this once they will never and coining down from London into the country to come to bo beaten again. Well, now then, let us beat farm their own land ? Nothing of the sort. Where- ,hem to their heart's content.—(Laughter and loud ever they went there was happiness and comfort, and cheers.) You see what odds are in our favour. If there n e ver w a s a time when the land was b"tter cuiti- we beat them once, why they say they will submit to it rated or when more corn was produced.—(Hear, hear.) tor ever. But we don't say so, for if by any possibility England vies being from year to year better cultivated, they happen to beat us now, they will have to beat us there was more labour employml, more skill, more capital, again and again—(Loud cheers, and cries of " That's it and science applied to the cultivation of the soil in the pre — t h e y will")—while the Protectionists have told us that sent day than was ever before known. He then proceeded if they are not successful now they will in future cease to argue that however small might be the duty which to advocate these principles of restriction.—(Hear.) I the Protectionists sought to impose under the delusion observe for instance, that Mr. Booker, the Member for that it was only for revenue, would pro tonto be a duty Herefordshire, one of the latest champions of Protection imposed for protection. If they admitted of even a ls. who came into Parliament to settle off Frce-traders, and they on corn—(No, ne, and cries of " We'll have none") to settle the question by his statistics, has put out an ad -it they admitted this, away went the whole system a! dress to - the electors of Herefordshire, and in that ad once.—(Hear, hear.) And there was no argument for dress he tells them that the coining general election will the duty on corn which would not apply to every other decide finally the question of free trade; end it is to be article produced in this country or the colonies. After a verdict once and for ever upon it. Well, then, I say, some further remarks, Mr. Cm butt concluded by moving let us take care that that verdict is conclusive, that it is the resolution he had before read:— as nearly unanimous as possible in this part of the king " That, in the judgment of this meeting, the forma- sum. —(Bear, hear, and cheers.) I have said it is not tion of a Ministry of which the chief members are the necessary that I should enter into any argu accredited leaders of a party resolutely bent on restoring, went on this question. But I mentioned a protection, clearly indicates the near approach of an effort. fact in Manchester, an Tuesday +. and I should to renew the corn and navigation-laws, and therefore like to mention into you hero—that since the Anti-Corn renders imperative the re-organza ion of the Free-traders law League closed its labours we nave imported into not merely to defeat that effort, but to make the defeat this country upwards of 50,000,000 quarters of grain.— so signal and decisive as to render utterly he 'ass an y (Hear, hear, and much cheering.) Well, gentlemen, further attempt to revoke the great principle of' tree that grain hes been all consumed, and, as has been well trade expounded by the Leaeue, and embodied in the observed by Mr. Car butt, I don't find that our o fn w measurss of that distinguished statesman, Sir Robert laud has beers thrown out of cultivation , or 'that r ar- Peel." users have given up their land. This vast amount of The resolution was seconded by Mr. J. C. _l3 —A anETT, subsistence has been brought into coma . , mption in addi flax spinner. lion to what would only have been available if our ports grain. Mr. COBDEN. on rising, was received with vociferous had not been thrown open for the influx of foreign et cheers, again and again repeated. When silence hail been But who has eaten this vast amount of corn?—(Hear, re stored the Hon. Mt mbar said--Mr. Mayor and gentle - . hear. and cheers.) I have not eaten one ou nce more than I should have not been any im men, it has been my privilege to attend many public meet- . eaten if that© had. nd itit),S in Leeds, but I never saw an assembly in any room portation whatever; and most of the gentlemenhaavreounot in this borough before numbering one-halt, or I should me here had abundant larders before, and say one gusto& r, of this meeting. And this meeting bee consumed any more been called within little more than twenty - fo ur hours' had the benefit of ion? Why, the this largo imports t titmice, and I observed on . entering the doors that the poorest portion of the community.—(Hear, hear,_ and streets outside are crowded by those unable to gain ad- , tench cheering.) They have eaten it instead of pot mittance--(Hear, hear, and a cry of " That's true.' ) tatues, and very often instead of having short cow- Now, gentlenern, I saw it stated in a London paper, mons. All this vast amount of food has gone to increase the andoft he poorest por the organ of the Protectionist party, last night, that the comfort, health, strength ted the great mass of the people of this country take no in- tiun of the nommunity.—(Renewed and reiterated terest in the question of free trade.—(Loud laughter.) cheering.) Why, gentlemen, I don't think it was ever lam very glad, for the character of Y orkshiremen, that the fate of any body of men who ever took a prominent at all times you have shown that you know what tire part in the advocacy of a great change in any public po your interests, and what are your rights inhthis inn- hey to have the privilege of living to see, in so ship a portant matter. Why, gentlemen, this meeting settles time, so much tangible fruit of their labours.—(l ear, the question of the West Riding election upon this hear.) And I congratulate all here who took such an matter.—(Loud, reiterated, and vehement cheering.) active part in obtaining a repeal of the corn-laws. and And here, gentlemen, I may as well at once refer to a congratulate you that you have lived to see so large an subject which would not appear to have immediate re- beneficial a result of the labours in which you were en - : terence to the motion I have t o su pp ort ; but which, gaged. It is something more than charity, for have placed under the circumstances, has a material reference to deesases while it succours; but you, by this,_. the object of our meeting. I speak 'of the representas it in the power of ehe great mass of the people of this t i„ of t h e West Ridi nv ,alear, hear, and epplause.) country to render themselves more happy and comfort- I speak in the presence of some of our trusted friends able by means of their own independent labour. and leaders, who will bear me out, that from (Much and prolonged cheering.) And, gentlemen, I the moment of my return from the Continent, when feel most anxious, in anything that yet has to he done in I found that the unexpected and unexampled honour had reference to this great question,-1 feel most anxious been conferred upon me in my absence of returning me, that no class of people should in this country claim any 'unsolicited, as a Member for this vast constituency— peculiar merit in the result of this agitation. I want all that from the moment of my return to the very latest classes of the people, I want the working classes, to feel period, I have uniformly held but one language, that that they themselves have contributed during this last although I was proud of the honour which has been struggle; and I know they have contributed their full thus conferred upon me, yet, seeing that the free-trade quota to the issue of this contest. I don't like to see a question was tettled. I did not see that there was any London newspaper saying we have not the working advantage, while 1 thought there was some inconvenience, classes with us on this question, because it is a great in my contemplating continuing longer the represents- libel on the working classes to say so.—(Hear, hear.) tive of this county. And I will explain frankly to you And another thing, too; it is trying to discredit the and to your brother electors what were, and still are, my working classes with those who have at present political feelings upon this entelect. Gentlemen, as a public man, power, in order that, by and by, it may be turned having taken prominently a part in great public against them, and enable them to say they did not by a , .ons, I have at all times in the House of Corn- their petitions contribute to te repeal of the corn-laws. t uesu flair mons borne my there of the duties of the Legislature, Now, when the corn-law assists ou in its most uumiti hires which may be made on me i gated severity in 1815, the loudest protests against it apart from any c . of private business. We know that to sit were made by the working classes—(Hear.) The the way as memner ' of a constituency o f this vast magni- working men of London made the loudest protest, against f. i Ives II 'vastly increased it, though rather radey I admit, for they tore they e tude and imporann, Lao hers' f h•bk (C • ' aid much larger amount, coats rom t eir ac s— ries of " di correspondence and a fll the load right")—they pulled them out of their • • 1- carriages so of private business in the House than a s to r , et, ters _a_ to he called up to protect the Members of Par the Member for an ordinary borough.—(tlea . 7s falls Raiment, and the Houses of Parliament were surrounded therefore; that in addition to the load which alwat and cavalry to enable th• fem to peas this in upon the the prominent legislator I mean, taking his by infantry share in the üblic committees and the debates of Par- mous corn-law.—(Elear, hear.) The middle cla and li4r almt—l felt unless some the working classes then thoroughly co-operated in that there was no necessity, op great I should take posing this law; but the middle classes had not the poli- Uponpublic principle were involved, why myself power then they have now.—(Hear, hear.) The the resonsibiiitv and labour of attending ' deal to the private business ' I . working people did their duty then, and I hope they will therefore intimated of so vast a constituency. ,_ . ~aiti _ (Shouts of " We will, we will," and cheers.) Lion I should retire to my friends that at another oleo- do it a{, • , will do it not only in Yorkshire, where it is when I took from the West Riding, and that I hope they leave of l aid " We are safe," but elsewhere.-(Hear, hear.) friends in Stockport you Ib id hoped that my old wel s , that the labourers in the agricultural districts, lowing you to 'three would m have ,forgiven me for al- , I know h • children, have received more benefit them, and that I might e . Willi a strong band from their wives and t err n laws than almost any other. I Lsgislature. Not a month swam represent them in the from a repeal of the cor . - mho I from Bs. to 9s. per week, friend's in reference to this subject, Saw some of our moan those whose earnings care in the purchase of bread a final answer, that unless something and I gave them and whose wages are morn in sps. such families as these that this free-trade question the prominent and to make than anything else. It is . felt —(lean) The effect I should adhere toand deciding . the greatest advantage has been , question, that determination I have already to-night ex e , , which . . Pr , sted. that, of e vast the influx of corn from foreign countries into your Nowhere, is, that 1 nowledre the confidence placed whilst I ports of London, Liverpool, Hull, aad e . deeply ace , and which I- di in rue by while this importation has furnithed an additional supply t his great community, ell ever trea- to the workieg classes in the metropolis, and to the menu sure all raY lIL uld remake life, s 0 . my bow . rotthe West fa . • Yorkshire as its representative in Perlin. e miming portion of this country, it has left alarge pro- Riding of p,rtion so Est consumed by those in the rural districts ~hoots of " No, no.") .' Well, e tle '— neete.—(l, old of that Urns 1 found a Protectionistgnua'n ,who had tilled the land and reaped the harvest in this within a tortnight the country.--.(t , Healy and cheers.) Therefore —I look That has greenly changed Government In power. : forward, when.we come to have a general election—l look d the whole' espect of drain forward.to state of thines, and altat I , the demonstrations which shall be made by pluint d my intentions to Under which I spike when el'- cheers.) Ithen • _ the working classes in the rural districts as one of the yeur friends in L0nd0u....--(Lout said, most significant proof I lo d ge d 1; monopoly • ' h d that no portion of the community o in' are ignorantof • that as we heed men in power p the wivile e-1 on their the ill effects of the system of mono of trade, I would, it you would allow nte i ,gatint. I own interests as labourers.—(flear, hear.) Now, would come to t h e West Riding, throwdown my h ei believe in this town your are preparing to erect to the e polists of the kingsem m nent statesman—now, let here, and challenwo the mop unhappil no b more—to . whom to put forth ell their'''strereth.—(Vehement cheering.) we are indebted for the freedom 3 . t v ' 'e c For, gentlemen, having been prorniee'ntlY connected with mercial system—(Hear, lakar)...._T never ‘njoy in_ousereCOm the cause of tree trade - I felt teat this, beteg `be largest we should have carried the repe e athfthe cou id corn-laws how,. constituency —the largest count •in eatent—the must va- the time we did, unless it was by the self-sacrifice ce of that tied in its interests the most i Y n ' titmintial in its character great statesman—(Hear, hear) --well, 3 ou a — a nd one of the most inflti • l aw ealth y nine nut • ie the erect a bronze statue of him in this borough re going to • It has al kingdom—l felt this was the p per staudieg ground ready' been cast. The pedestal, I believe, almost awaits for tne—(Hser, hear, and choer, ro- 'f• Iliad teitethe )—that i it. But I counsel our friends, the Free-traders of Leeds su pport of the electors of the count of York this was I not to erect that statue upon its foundation until we have ' the spot of ell others whet, I shhul i,.,_ _ liam 7.0 meet thein..! settled, once for all, that the great work of hi s j oaiia —(Cheets.) 'I h re is, and tubiedly, a fitness inthdectiint lion is not to be undone.—(Hear, hear, and loud chee'rs.) as th. , exponent and impersonation The first thing we have to do is, to show that we are of a great priecipie ' an individual w ho has been prumi„utl, connected and' worthy of the sacrifices he made for his fellow-coUntry identified- with ;he advocacy f b ' • r► I ' men' if we man% new retain what we have f - - 9 lat przncip e, a i 1 9 the ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT LEEDS. X 1,350 SATURDAY I freedom which he cenferred upon us. don't let us mesh him s t a tue to him in cur ere at towns.—(Heer, bear.) him and insult the world by erec 'ing a monument or Gen tleman, I haste told you of the advantage the poorer classes have dsrived from the iteportetien of this vast amount of human subsistence. I have semetimes specu lated, in looking back, on w h at h ave b ee n the mischiees and the misery inflicted on t h e peo pl e by the restric tions which so long prevailed on the supply of the articles food.—(Hear, hear.) Now, I don't think from 1815 down to 1848, during whi c h you h a ve had tumults, conspiracies, rebellious mobs, mac hi ne ,breakings, pike makings, drilliegs, and all those horri d symptoms f almost incipient insurrection—l say, gentlemen, I don't think there is an instance amongst these melancholy events in modern history that I could not trace to the operation of these corn-laws. The spy system—coer cion Bills, gagging Bills, Peterloo—all those horrid and disgraceful scenes which we have had—all those black Acts which defeco our statute-books, that coerce the people, after being goaded almost into rebellion, have sprung from this system. Look back to the history of our country, and I believe every one of those transactions can be traced to the operation of these laws.—(Llear, hear.) And it is so because these laws keep up a sys ternatec scarcity of corn in this country. When a bad harvest hefel us, then, as we had no store of food, and nobody cultivating, —as there are now millions in the Mississippi valley, in the Ukraine, or on the fertile plains of Frauee,—as we had nobody preparing food for us, I say, when scat city came, even if our ports were open under the sliding scale, th e r e was no provision, and there was very little naodificutiou of famine.—(Hear, hear.) And then I ask those who ate seeking to disturb this system of free trade, which gives a mere equal flow of the necessaries of life to the people ci this country,—which insures them from those panics, and conseque n tl y aga i nst that exc it ement and those scenes of turbulence to which I have been alluding,—l atk them to consider what has been the effect of free trede in corn, which was accomplished by gtie 0f1846, upon the interests,interests— iof this country during t t h h e e A p o n l t i i - c C a o l r a n n - l d a w s L oc i e a a l the late period of revolutions and excitements through out the continent of Europe! Why, how much of oar of the League in 1846 ? — (Hear, he a r.) I remember, in F t r e a b n r q u u a i r l l y i y ls i n 4B t this while country ssitting n g maybe traced to the triumph fn the House of Commons, a bout seven o'clock in the eve n i ng , w h en the news reached us of the revolution ill Paris, and the flight of Louis Phillipo and th e Ro yal Penally from that city. It was one of those incidents so overwhelming in its influ ence that it bad almost the effect of suspending the pro ceedings of the House. In a moment everybody was in conversation with his neighbour as to the effect of this extraordinary event. I was sitting by the side of Mr. Hume, ae s n said d la ire instantly b e rtof House, sat himself down by S ir R. Peel, and whispered in his ear the news t hat ha d just arrived. " This m and, crossing over the attempting to govern in the L eg islative As- caso rope, opinion out o f doors"— s o o f rity the (Hear, and applau se ) —and, pointing significantly to the Protectionist par t y sittin g on the benches just in s b e y mb a ly, numerical majority mj his rear, added, " It is ju st what these people wanted me to do, but I would not."—(Renowed applause.) He (Sir Robert) expressed himself in exulting terms as to the beneficial effects of that policy which he had esta blished not two years before, and I have not the least doubt in the world that at that moment every Protec tionist—every monopolist who had a head upon his shoulders to think at all, felt grateful that we (the Free tradt ra) were not still holding our great meetings in Covent-garden and throughout the country. But these men forget these things, and these silly men—(Laughter and applause)—these silly men are LOW talking of re viving this question. I say they are silly men, because the followers, the rank and file of th© so-called Protec tionist party, are sincere —they believe in what they are what shall we attempting to do; but say to the leaders, e usi 1 ' who have been profiting b y this don for the last four or five years, and now that they have got into power, want to throw overboard protection altogether? I say we can have no kind of sympathy or commiseration for them whatever. They would, if they could enable their blind followers to ac com p lish their object—they would lend themselves to a system, in trite of their own innate convictions, and lead the country back again to that state of conflict to which I have referred, and that train of evils from which we have so happily escaped during these past few years.—(Applause.) Now, it will be the business of this country to get rid of this question for ever. I have said it is for the interest of the people that this one thing should ,be done, though in saying this I do not sus it is to be carried on to the exclusion of other important questions —as reform in Parliament, or what other movement may be before you—but I say yo u will be better able to do those things when you have re ceived this charter of the bread of life. When you have received abundance of food, with its chances of abun dant labour, you will be better able to eater upon that now camp a i gn you have c onceded, well drilled, and, having beaten your opponents in one thin g, you will find it is just the same party you have to beat in the other; for the monopolists in corn are, atter all, the monopo lists in political power. W e may have in our ranks men who go various lengths in political reform and the question of the suffrage, but, at till events, I scarcely know anybody who voted in favour of the total repeal of the corn-laws that is not willing to go onward also in the path of reform—(Applause)—whilst, on the other hand, they who would deprive you of the privilege of eating an untaxed leaf, they aro the very men who will kebp you out of the pale of the constitution, and who will take advantage of their power to tax you in other things pretty roundly as well as the loaf.—(Hear, hear.) By settling this question and securing for the working classes freedom for their industry, and the greatest abun-; dance, under the laws of nature, in the supplies of food, we are placing them in the best peasible position to fight any other battle.—(Hear, hear.) I have seen lately in London, Lancashire, and elsewhere, facts to show that the working classes are in a better position to fight their battles—battles upon the wage question and other ques tions of that nature—than they ever were before. They have " waxed fat and kicked."—(Laughter and cries of "Hear, \ hear. "e But lam not going to enter upon that question Low—there are faults on both sides—but when yon find the worki ng p e ople in a condition to strike—whether it is for wages, regulations in trade or set up and battle for a share in the re presentative system of this country-(Laughter) — I say, when I find them able to sustain a contest of that kind, it is always a proof to my mind that they are better off than they were before.—(Hean) There fore, do not let any one persuade you to withhold your efforts, or put you back. Go on. Let this matter be settled. Lay it up in your hearts; talk of it at your own homes and fireside circles, in your workshops and among your neighbours. Let every man, woman, and child be prepared to settle this question now, and, having settled it, we shall have taken one more step in the path of eternal truth and j us ti c e, and you will have arrived ne arer the attainment of other objects, in whatever path you may choose to go next. (The ROD. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud, enthusiastic, and long-sustained cheering, having spoken for three quarters of an h our. ) The MAYOR then put the resolution, and it was car ried unanimously, and followed by loud cheers. He then called for " the contrary," a call which elic i t ed the response of a he arty laugh Mr. E. BAINES then moved the following resolution, which was seconded by M r. 3. D. vcco , L CK and unani mously agreed to:— . That, in furtherance of this object, this meeting ur gently recommends to the election committees of the borough of Leeds 41,, z 1 the West Riding of York to take immediate measures to Secure the return of free-trade Members by their respective constituencies; and that, with a view to the prompt ex p res sion of general opinion in the present politi cal crisis on the permanent de fence of the existing policyof free trade, this meeting determines to reviv e the L e edsAnti-Corn-law A e Leeds ssocnte 'ion." ing memorial to her " May it please your- Mr. T. PLINT * m long spaecb, proposed the follow- , in a MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " To TEE Qu EEN , p4 aiesty :-- tiajesty—We, your Majesty's loyal acd devoted subjects jeets, conscious of the earnest so licitude which your pe Luaiesty feels for the weltare and :et% and impressed with a deep happinesssense of the ef d Y an u g r e s of commercial policy which, of those great leh now threatens the security during the last four measures your Majesty's subje ct " the prosperity and yea rs soci have so greatly conduced to contentment of all classes of alarm the accession t ia, have seen with distrust and party resolutely bent 0 in salmi chief members of Which Power of a Government, the restrictions on the trade are the accredited leaders of a restoring odious and unjust "That your memorialists, lemn and emphatio prote , in tv d h u i s l t e ry r e b e f o t r h d e in c g oun try. i:ts to reimpose, in whatever shape any and every attempt their so to means, pre pared a e r o ri et p id l s o ht , o a p r er e oeps fi ii r se m t a l ar y en, p d ebdryseufeetivadeterad that t a zs. e s o n th e food a large majority of the aggression on the rights of it t i t s a policy, as an unjust trade and commerce, an d ' the freedom of believe Majesty's subjects. thissi. str social and domestic well-being of the great ma ss of - " That your memorialists certainty on this subject are na l,eve that doubts and un certainty jeopardise all trading and atvd to disturb and alive a spirit of agitation and nrestrial operations, to keep entire nation, to foment false listlessness throughout the apprehensions, and that very hopes and foster injurious policy demand an immediate and sound reasons of state of a question fraught with such decisive settlement disunion and disquietude to , uch manifest elements of all c lasses of your Majesty's subjects. " Your memorialists, therefore, respectfully beseech your majest would loyally and in terests of your subjects to be poet not to suffer the of a temporising Administration not to the exigencies ties that may conflict with Sound maxims any party difficul tional policy; but that your Majesty.l:naxims of eonatitu." 1 of your Royal prerogative, .4 11 in the just exercise now pending between the respon Possible the great issue Crown and the people at lar,soL•ule advisers of the to be forthwith and finally determined by a speed y dissolution of Par liament. Y " And your memorialists will Mr. D. GREEN havin g t i seconded ever pray." mem orial was unanimo usl y adopted by the resolution, the Councillor KEL SALL then moved—the meeting. " That this meeting tenders its best Cobden for his eminent and untiring thanks to Mr. cause of free trede,—and rejoices tob exertions in the event of a dissolution of Parlians n believe that, in the tuencv in the empire will be again e t , , the first consti ing him, the chief champion of commercial by indus trialreturn- freedom, as one of its representatives; and further express its earnest hope that and would the struggle on which he has now entered will s h ost i complete and flea' triumph of th, great terminate . in the advocacy of which his whole politicalprinciple to the life has been devoted.' Councillor CARTER having seconu , a ed the resolution , it was most heart ity responde d to by and the meeting, carried by acclamation . M. COBDEN hell again eftaio I.v"tati , , and wo met by repeated bursts of applause. On their subsiding be proceed to say,—When I was listening to what was said by our two friends who have moved and seconded this resolution, I felt that I was quite enable to hide my blushes—(Loud laughter and cheers)—for the very nn merited compliments which they heaped upon me. You who have come here this evening, and attended this crowded meeting, with all the discomforts attending the crush and the close atmosphere, have done your part well. You have done a good evening's work by thus showing your zeal and your sympathy in the cause. I do not admit that the working classes have not taken their full share in the work. When the agitation in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws was in full vigour there certainly was a party among the working classes who opposed them, but it was much more remarkable for its great noise than:its numbers.—(Laughter and applause.) I myself can bear witness that at all the numerous large meetings which I at times attended, the great majority of the audience was always composed of the working classes.—(Loud applause.) I can very well remember that when I went down into the agricultural districts, and visited the farmers, I never could have succeeded with out the able and willing assistance I received from the working classes. It always does me good to be present at great gatherings like this for a few hours, and to find everything conducted in such perfect order and pro priety, the meeting giving its own laws, and needing no one to control it, having its own innate sense and feeling of order. It is really a reward for a man to attend a meeting of this kin'', though the atmosphere is close and oppressive. It gives me 10,000 times greater gratifica tion to look on and witness such a sight than if I had been looking upon the most wonderful equestrian exer cises that ever were seen. I have most sincerely to thank you for the kind expression of feeling which you have shown me this evening.—(Loud cheering.) A vote of thanks having been given to Sir a Good man for the able manner in which he had conducted the proceedings of the evening, the meeting was brought to a close about 10 o'clock. THE ELECTIONS. BOLTON AND LEICESTER. The great meeting on Monday night at Leicester has resulted in the following declaration from Sir Joshua Walmsley, by which it will be seen a vacancy at the general election will occur at Bolton : " 101, Westbourne-terrace, March 4, 1852. My dear Hey wood,—The enclosed, which I intend to send to Mr. John Biggs, of Leicester, will sufficiently inform you of the conclusion at which I have arrived since our recent conversation on the subject to which it relates. I cannot part with you and my other poli tical friends in Bolton, without expressing my deep and permanent gratitude, the result of the warm support you have given me. The numerous assurances I have received of continued attachment, and of that good feel ing which has been maintained during our connexion, though should I re-enter Parliament I may owe my seat to another constituency, I shall not feel the less in terest in all that concerns the welfare of your own, and shall be happy by any services I may be able to render, to show the sense of obligation I shall ever feel for past confidence and kindness. Believe tae, nothing but a previous, and as it appears to me, paramount claim would have led me to be the cause of our poli tical separation. This event will not, lam sure, disturb the many frieedshios I have formed in Bolton, and, least of all, that which I trust will ever exist between you, and, my dear Heywood, yours sincerely, " JOSERTA WALMSLEY. " R. Heywood, Esq., Chairman of the Reform Committee of Bolton-le-Moors." " 101, Westbourne-terrace, March 4, 1852. " My dear Sir,—Your respected deputation, Messrs. Harris and Billson, have placed in my hands your letter of the 2d inst. It informs me that in the prospt ct of a speedy dissolution, and the retirement of my esteemed friends, your present excellent Members, the electors of Leicester, in public meeting assembled, have asserted their claim to my services as one of their future repre sentatives. On their behalf you require my decision in reference to their demand. I comply with it, and will be again a candidate for the suffrages of the electors and the confidence of the non-electors of Leicester. The re solution necessitates my separation from another consti tuency—a constituency whose sympathies I have hitherto had the happiness to possess—who would, I believe, re new the trust I now hold, and with whom I sever with pain, lessened by a conviction that I have laboured to do my duty. My preference for Leicester is easily ex plained. You had an antecedent title. By Leicester I was first placed in the House of Commons, and the cir cumstances which suspended our political relations natu rally lead me to desire to sit again for your borough as the representative of a self-regenerated, noble, and an independent constituency. I will state the principles by which my conduct for the future as in the past, will be uniformly governed. In matters of commercial policy I shall be in the widest sense a Free-trader. In matters of religious faith and popular education, I shall contend for perfect freedom and absolute equality. In respect to the improvement of our representative institutions, I shall be the earnest advocate of the scheme of reform embodied in the annual motion of Mr. Hume, which would secure the representation of every class in the community. To know how I should act upon any subject before the Le gislature, you have only to refer to these cardinal points in my political creed. Never was the application of these principles more urgently demanded than now, and no one will more honestly uphold them than yours, my dear Sir, faithfully, " JOSHUA WALMSLEY. " To John Biggs, EN , Chairman of the Public Meeting, Leicester." ABINGDON. The appointment of Sir Frederidk Thesiger as Attor ney-General, under the Administratien of the Earl of Derby, rendered vacant the seat for this borough, and the Learned Gentleman yesterday presented himself for re-election. About a week ago there was a sign of op position from General Caulfeild, who has hitherto unsuc cessfully contested this borough, and he would now have gone to the poll but for an arrangement that, in the event of a general election, Sir Frederick Thesiger will leave the field, so tar as he is personally concerned, open to the Gallant General. The Learned Attorney-General took his seat on the hustings a little before nine o'clock, and Alderman BELCHER, in a few complimentary remarks, proposed him as a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament. Alderman HYDE seconded the nomination; and the Mayor having inquired if any elector had any other cadidato to propose, and no answer being given, he de• Glared Sir Frederick Thesiger to be duly elected to serve this borough in Parliament. Sir F. THESIGER then addressed the electors; after which the proceedings terminated. ITIDHURST. The election of a representative for Midhurst, in con sequence of the acceptance by Mr. Walpole of the Secretaryship of the Home-office, was hold yesterday (Friday). The HIGH BAILIFF (George Wolferston, Esq.), pre sided ; Lady Egmont, Lady Scott, Mrs. Shirley, and other ladies were present. The Mayon having opened the business of the election, Captain SHIRLEY proposed the re-election of S. H. Walpole, Esq. This being seconded, and no other can didate being proposed, the High Bailiff declared that gentleman duly returned to represent the borough of Midhurst in Parliament. Mr. WALPOLE then returned thanks for his re-election and the kind reception ho had had at the hands of the electors of the borough. A vote of thanks to the High Bailiff concluded the business. BUCKINGHAM. Yesterday the nomination of the Marquis of Chandos took place at twelve o'clock, without any opposition or excitement. The Mayor presided. The Rev. J. COKAR nominated his Lordship. HUMPHREY HUMPHREYS, Esq., seconded the nomina tion, and said he believed Lord Derby would not re-enact the corn-laws, however desirable. The Marquis of CHANDOS presented himself, and was received with applause. Having briefly recapitulated the opinions that he has heretofore supported, he said that he intended to continue, for the future, the same line of conduct. A party attempted three cheers for the Marquis, but the meeting was so tame that they could not be got up. The chairing followed, and no excitement prevailed. DENBIGHSHIRE. —it is said that the Hon. William Bagot will resign the representation of this county, and that Colonel Biddulph will become a candidate in his stead. FLINTSIIIRE.—A correspondent states, that the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn intends retiring from the repre sentation of Flintshire at the dissolution oft he present Parliament, that Sir John H armer, Bart., ill s the Hon. Member, and that Thomas Mosty n, Es q ., will take the place of the latter gentleman as representative of the boroughs. LYME REGIS.—WO have two candidates in the field, an says a correspondent, John T. Tatchell, Es Admiralq., a gentle man of our county, and a Protecti onist ; I'. uornby, C. 8., uncle to the • 'Premier, and one of the jnior Lords of the Admiralty. No Free-trader appears on the platform yet. MID LOTHIAN.—We are requested, says the Edin burgh Courant, to state that there is no foundation e for rumour that it is the inten tion of Sir John Hop to retire from the representation of the county of Edin burgh, in order to make room for the new Lord Ad vocate. STAIIFORD.—The re-election of the Right Hon. J. c. Berries, the new President of the Board of Control, as one of the Parliamentary representatives of this borough, which is to take place this day, excites very little in terest. There will of course be no opposition, and as the address to the electors which the lion. Gentleman has issued is as vague as all the others which have emanated from members of the Government seeking re-election, it is probable his explanations will be es brief as possible and entirely void of information concerning Mtnit s erial intentions.—Linco/n Mercury. or A BEAUTY.—Under the ADVENTURE S attrac tive " Adventures of a Beauty," S. C rowe , of those p o pular works, " The Night Sid the Side of Nature e ' tiy authoressti,, andtle ~ Susan Hopley," has just pr o d uce d one of the most that i n teresting stor ies of the chequered c areer o f woman ' s life h a s for a long time issued f rom t h e press. Mrs. Crowe possesses the rare Defoe-like f acu l ty of telling a story so n aturallY that it i s difficult to belie ve t h at i t is not true; and most of her readers will feel satisfied that the young man o f fashion, Lionel Grosvenor, the villain Watson, as well as the heroine, are characters drawn from existing so ciety. This vivid narrative, which is crowded wit h exciting incidents, will leave a powerful impression on all who peruse it.— Evening Paper. John William Browne, Esq., of Mountkelly is appointed to the comcaision of the peace for the coa utY of GRIM. MR. COBDEN AT LEEDS. Havhag raised Lancashire, procVmed free trade in a I state of siege, co looted 27,000/., and threatened to shut up the Times, Mr. Mr. Cobden next a pp ears i n Franceei's Circus at Le e ds, haranguing a multitude—hsur tires larger, he says, than a n y he ever saw in that borough before. i His tone hero is muc h the same 93 before. The Gaul s at the gates ; our loves and our liberties arc in i mm inent peril ; Lord Derby and his ta y rm id oes are sworn to rob our pantries and our larder:4, and cannot poss ibly withdraw from the enterprise with honour ; give no space for repentance, but cru s h th em et once . :cr. Cobden had iuteuued to consult ki s mo d esty an d his ease by giving up the West . Riding, and ret i r i ng to his snug little borough of Stockport ; but, ever rea d y at duty's call, he will sacrifice his convenience to fight the lest battle of freettrade as the representative of the West Riding. To augment the solemnity of the occasion, he advises the people of Leads not to inaugurate the statue of Peel till they have smitten the dragon of Protection with his lest--positively his last fatal wound. Give the enemies no quarter ! Pursue and spare not 1 Wait not to see what they will . du. If they are barest men they arc robber. Belleve . not their fair words, and doubt not their evil intentions. Thus does Sal re' Cobden rave by the hour, and, as nothing cceuries the senses like noise , he dominates at this moment with undisputed sway from the Mersey to the Humber. Shout loud enough, exaggerate largely enough, and be sufficiently positive, and you will stun the ' memory, stupify reflection, and paralsze the whole reasoning man. For our part, we can pretend to no such mastery over the senses. We cannot vie with Fr anconi, or make ourselves heard above kettledrums and cornets a-piston. We are painfully aware that though the forty thousand copies of our paper may possibly pass in turn to a million readers, every one of them sits down to the perusal of our colums grimly resolved to judge for him self. Every one of them says, " Now, what does the Times say?" and stops at the end of each paragraph to enter av a i n demurrer, m t ou addressr rer, o r ourselves accord a tothriftythe approbation understanding, and not simply to the senses of our readers, we are obliged to be rational, and can also afford to be so. But, in truth, whore is the necessity of all thi s hid eous rout and frantic uproar? Is the ship on fire? Are wo actually going to the bottom? Are the pirates on b oar d? A re we tied hand and foot, expecting our doom? Is there any danger at all? We answer none. In our opinion there nas been no such sudden change in the state of affairs. It is true that Lord John Russell is out and Lord Derby is in, but beyond that the change is imaginary. We are afraid to say for how long—some will say a quarter of a century, and some will say a century and a hulf—no change of Government has made any considerable dif ference in the progress of legislation, for when a thing is once resolved on out of doors, no Minister, no Parlia ment can stop it or considerably retard it—much less reverse it. The Tories used to abuse Lord Inv. Liverpool for sapping the foundations of the British Constitution, just as they abused Peel afterwards; but since that Can ning, Wellington, Grey, Melbourne, Peel, and Russell, have simply been doing one another's business; for there is not a more thorough servant in this nation than the Prime Minister. If the nation sets one Minister a piece of work his successor must finish it, and will . finish it, or give up his situation as well as the job. This is a simple induction of the portion of British history that falls within the memory of even our youngest readers, and the lesson is so manifest as to be come a byword against successive Ministers. We know the mind of the British people, and we also know the mind of British statesmen; and we know that no British statesman will ever try conclusions with the British people. But, as Mr. Cobden exaggerates the rower of a Minister and of a Parliamentary majority, supposing one to be gained, so also is he guilty of a far more serious exaggeration in his account of the party just thrown into power. On this point our own position is unchanged, for we see no change, and apprehend no change, ex cept that which has been long in progress. We have had occasion to say, not once, but a hundred times during the last two cr three years, that the leading Protectionists all over the country were giving up the rigour of their principle, commuting their chief article of faith for more practicable objects, de serting Protectionist meetings, and determining to think for themselves. Last autumn we recorded the complaints of farmers and land events and id genus omne, that country gentlemen were fighting shy of pro tection, and leaving them in the lurch. The chiefs have long ceased to demand protection, and contented them selves with exploring the condition of the agriculturist, to sea where the shoe pinched, and how it came to pass that he could make all ends meet. Bat, as for pledges, they had also come to an end, and were quite out of fa vour at head-quarters. That enlargement of mind, that softening of prejudices, that acquiescence in free trade as a fact, was going on when Lord Derby was sum moned to form a Government, and has only been slightly accelerated by that event. Now, much as we respect Mr. Cobden, we cannot be altogether blind to the facts of the case. We cannot say, with him, that Lord Derby's Government has come in pledged to protection, after having ourse l ves b oaste d fifty times during the left year that its principal members had refused to ask for pron ction any longer. Having watched, and noted, and proclaimed this hopeful change, we could not, consis tently with truth or decency, pretend to be frightened when Lord Derby came in. We could not even call him a Protectionist, except in a conventional sense, much less could we think free trade in danger. But, as Mr. Cobden is turning over the old " dig gins" to extract another crop of honour and glory from free trade, and has abused us for not adopting his own view of the matter, we beg to contrast our two positions, and to ask which of us two, Mr. Cobden or the Times, is staking most on the truth and triumph of free trade. , e are prepared to show that we are staking every thing, and Mr. Cobden nothing. Supposing that Lord Derby on the opening of his new Parliament expressly and solemnly renounces protection, either because there is au evident majority against it, or from considerations in his own mind, Mr. Cobden then will once more ac cept an ovation. He will tell the world what he, and Lancashire, and the West Riding have done. " We rushed to cur posts; we g athered in masses. I mane a speech in Manchester wh e n 27,0001. was collected in 25 minutes. I made a speech at Leeds to 5,000 people. I denounced the immorality of the press. I expose d the treachery of the Protectionists. I let them see what a pit they were preparing for themselves. roused the country. I did this. I did that. I did everything. The Protectionists trembled and hesitated. They took warning, or the people took warning , as it might be. And now, behold, wo triumph once more. He will bra g a twelvemonth of this rubbish, and he will find hearers to suck it all in, though all the time he will positively have no more to do with the result than Franooni, his bra s s b an d, or hi s horses. That will be Cobden's gain out of that result. We, on the contrary, shall gain nothing by it, for we shall not be able to add anything to what we n o w sa y— v i z ., that Protection is done for, and Lord Derby neither will nor can restore it. We shall only be able to say that the state of things, in autumn, 1852, is, on the whole, much the same as in spring, 1852, and in spring, 1852, much the same as it was in autumn, 1851, there only being a slow and sure development of salutary convictions in the country party during the whole period, somewhat hastened but not produced, by the sense of Ministerial respon sibility. That will be all we can say in that event, and of course we shall gain nothing. Take the other alternative. Suppose that Lord Derby gets a majority pledged to protection, and is so infatu ated as to use it, and carry, we will say, a five-shilling duty. In that case Mr. Cobden will get all the credit he can desire for his superior sagacity, his honesty, faith fulness, his prescience, and his wonderful exertions to rouse the people to a sense of their danger; and ha will, of course, have a carte blanche for any operations or any propositions that may be necessary to drive Lord Derby. from power, and reverse the policy we have suppnsfd him to be guilty of. We, on the contrary, shall be laughed at as dupes, or hated as traitors. 1 " . moment's reflection will show that Mr. Cobden is play ing ing his cards to gain by both revisits, whereas We , by e g'ain no quieter and simpler course we are taking, in s o. Thus after all thing by Lord Derby's formally.renpunc 13' but lose very much by his restoring it . . action, nothing on the cause of free trade—we arc quietly Mr. Cobden's bluster and abuse, he iilst s a t l a d k n i g, ng every ing on it.— Times. _ —_—___l.---- - ---__ THE WORDS OF SONGS. The majority of the stanza s are little above mere rhyme, and we involuntar il y smile as we think of seems competent to " music" wedded to " immorta l verse." Any One w h o can put " heart" and " part" into measur ed length, alter nated with " love" and " prove , " write a" song," and forthwith an unlimited quantity of x i tl il are th re a n t a "washes desanand n r ubbish is printed. We find " love" dreadfullyse overdone; the te vows, l i as , arep rofessions,f arbeyond regrets, te te derbaa and wears." Here is a random specimen :-- u Oh, look from thy lattice, my lady love, look— The moon's on the hill, ther e is light But the sky and the water are on the bro o k ; While I see not the night-star darkness to me, Don't let any confiding heart be rises in th ee ." de clarations; take our word for deceived by such it, that C up id i s an impu dent,er-eating little boy w hen he p hearty, bread-and -butt is at home, and won't p ut u for supper —not with glow-worms and dew dropsa bit of it! Within a short period the above devotion s would change to this — Two or th ree pleaq'ant oPlay, I'm going to meet And as 'tis fellows in Arundel-street; Why, perhaps uncertain how late it may be, Here is I had better come in with the key. 4, I another protestation from a lady— love thy broad and noble brow; I love thy raven hair ; And never, never shalt thou miis Thy faithful Mary's oars." Don't believe it, young man; be fully prepared to miss - a shirt-button now and then, and don t consider yourself unnaturally wronged if you hear something in this strain— 'Tis true I made the sky-blue stock You now hav roun n't ind rur threat I ; But as for this, wodeed,— I will not mend your coat ! --Eliza Cook's Journal. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting held on Thursday at the society's house in Hanover-square, the Right Hon. Sir G. Clerk, Bart., M.P. Vice-President, in the cher, Lord Garvagh, the nom G: W. Alines, Messrs. W. M. Bigg, W. Ward, R. Sayer, F. C. g a sh, and W. Taunton, were elec ted Fello w s , and Lord Sir J. N. R. Campbell, K.C.H., Me ssrs. 'JET:Leigh, N. Calve r t, an d W. A. J o yce were P. u e 3 r i n a s z e e y , proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The reptor of the c uncil, after notiing the new buiins n° lll. in pro gress,o stated that the c a cond part of the fougrth volume of the transactions would be ready for delivery on the 15th instant. Mr. Spencer Walp o l e , tart' of State fcr the 11 t is, we understand, Home Departmen ~ Hon. Spencer the newly a nephew and son-in-law of the late Right lion. appointed Secre , of the House of Perceval the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose melancholy end by hand of an assassin Commons, in 1612 A h a pamiu. sensation throughout th e cc r mow such "" IrYI in the lobb y SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS; TIMES.—Among the ninny duties cf political leader ship, not the easiest is that of simplifying the policy, her monizing the language, and moderating the expectations of a mitc_llavecus coosed of supporters. There is hardly an extreme opinion or a Quixotic design which might not be feud, not merely in Lord John Russell's Parlia mentary majority, but in his official staff, and his Cabi net itself; nor was there loss diversity in Sir Robert Peel's Government, or any that preceded it skim at least the Liverpool Administration. But the operations of party and the prospect of office, though they are apt to inflame the extravagant and egotistical, have the more general effect of sobering men down to a sense of their position and a calculation of their power. The chiefs, of coarse, as being the most responsible, are usually the most practical, and the consequence is they have very hard work with declaimers, theorists, bigots, and all the other rudis indigestaque moles of faction. That some thing of these difficulties is to be found even in that finer material of which Cabinets are composed, might be abundantly proved by the annals of Downing street during the last twenty p ars. We are thus rather diverted than surprised to find the statements Of the politicians just come into power varying in the exact order of their responsibility end importance; the chiefs being content with general and conditional language, while those farther down in the scale are more positive and precise. We have already adverted to the rather blank announcement of the new President of the Beard of Trade and the Colonial Secretary. If two examples be wanted t o ill ustrate the case of less respons ibility, a nd no responsibility of the new Chan ce ll or of the Duchy of Lancaster an d of the lately retur ne d M ember for the county of Here- o m r p d 0 . r t Mr. an c eChristopher, tells t h is all constituent s , twho is are not o foul ti in d t h i n e thenew addressescabinet, and whose expressions a re therefore of verb' secondary i enough, that he accepts offi ce " f rom ac Derby's sincere desire to r everse t h e and com mercial policy which," he says, has fimumsl we o n d v o r e t 0 sayv of Lord uy l proved so inju rious to native industry and capital." It is unnecessary to sift this sentence, but on the first blush we should say that Mr. Christopher is not very unlikely to repeat the episode of the Duke of Buckingham and his blue ribend in the Peel Ministry; viz., to walk away with his permanent addition of " right honourable," a nd the historical honours of a distinguished, though not r . Booker, a thunderin g ad dress, being un d er no to which we have no doubt he will revert a year o v ffi er c y ia r l e t s r p a o m ns m ib e l l e s whatever, ofilceM advertises hence with mournful satisfaction. We have now several Ministerial speeches before us. Lord John Manners has addressed his constituents from the hustings, and has answered some impertinent questions. But, before we concern ourselves with his answers, let us ask what his Lordship is in the Cabinet. He is what Lord Seymour was, and may easily do his duty as well. There is no reason why he should not select a position for an arch, or a design for a lamppost; why he should not plan a drive or lay out a shrubbery as :well as his predecessor; why he should not be ,as civil to the Royal Commissioners or the apple-women is Hyde-park. But, as Lord Seymour had, we pre sume, a very diminished head in the delibe rations of the Cabinet, Lord John Manners will pro bably exhibit to his chief that affectionate submission which accords so welt with his natural loyalty of temper. We take it, therefore, as a very small affair that, in re ply to a mixed demand for his opinions on the ballot and on free trade, he entered into some superfluous specula tions on the latter point. His Lordship does not see why beer and soap and tea should be taxed in order that foreign bread and meat should be untaxed. It is not very necessary to clear his Lordship's perplexity, but we are quite sure that ninety-nine hundredths of the people will understand by the light of their own under standings; and the sensations of their own stomachs, why, if taxes must be paid, the superfluities of life should be taxed, and that the necessaries of life may be untaxed; and why also taxes should be paid to the State, and to no other party than the State. This answer, we fear, will not be so satisfactory to his Lordship as to prevent him from still retaining his opinion, " that a great reform and revision of the tariff is asked for at the hands of Government." He will proba bly still trust " that the verdict of the sound-judging people of England will be given in favour of tariff re form." Believing, as we do, that tho consummation which Lord John Manners so ardently desires is simply impossible, we may perhaps bo expected tb regret the presence of the noble enthusiast in the Cabinet. Bat, in the first place, Lord John Manners, as, indeed, he ad mitted on this occasion, is one of those who are so ner vously anxious to avow what they call their principles and opinions, that they will often publish as such what ever comes to the tip of their tongues or the surface of their imaginations. Everybody knows that Lord John Manners is sentimental to excess, so we sot down his sentiment at its proper worth. If he writes poetry de ploring the dissolution of abbeys, the banishment of the Stuart de/misty, the disuse of the maypole or the baronial gallows, the substitution of muskets for crossbows, or of printed prayer-books for richly illu minated missals, we none of us expect that he will seriously set to work reviving those obsolete affeirs, or that he will insist on Lord Derby . bringing in a Bill to repeal the Act of Succession. No. The Ministerial re presentative of the house of Rutland will be content to adorn the Cabinet with his poetry and his presence. He will give no unnecessary annoyance. "We are called a practical people," he justly says. "It is the boast of Englishmen that they are not carried away by theoreti cal doctrines, and Utopian dreams of perfection which cannot be realised," So, among other "Utopian dreams of perfection," which hie Lordship will surrender year by year as he grows older, we have no doubt we may set down wheat at an average of 565. a quarter, and beef at 10d. a pound. In rather striking contrast to the Noble Commissioner of Woods and Forests, we have an address from Mr. Herries to the electors of Stamford, a speech by Sir John Pakington to his constituents at Droitwicb, and anather by Lord Henry Lennox at Chichester. The Right Hon. President of the Indian Board says, in the best official language, that his "political principles" are unchanged; a fact which we believe to be quite compatible with a judicious appli cation of those principles, as circumstances may require. Sir John Pakington is reedy to bow to the decision of the country, whatever it may be, as expressed at the general election. He has always avowed his opinion in favour of a moderate fixed duty, and sees no reason to alter that opinion; but he evidently does not think it sacred enough to require tither a martyrdom or a resig nation. If the country won't have it, the country need not, as far as he is concerned. Lord Henry Lennox thinks that the pressure of taxation is unequal, and he hopes for an amicable settlement of our fatal class warfare; but he denies that Lord Derby is pledged to anything more than to obey the will of the people, as announced by the next general elec tion. That general election, from all accounts, is not very far distant. Lord John Ru ssell, it is said, will t a ke the earliest opportunity of grasping at the prize which he has let slip out of his hands before it be gone too far down the stream. His plan, and we believe, his principal supporters have agreed to i; is to vote the supplies for a limited period (as was done in 1841), and force Lord Derby to resign, that, if they beat him again athrsatthaefter concern this will then go on more prosperously than ever, th a t i s, w i th in the new Parliam ent, the y ma y set the old Ministry • onc e more on its legs by autumn. As his Lordship h as not the least idea t hat ther e was anything amiss on hi s salu tarypart, lesson or in the to Chisab inet, he ert u p p eo po t r s te refractory a somewhat greater proportion of victories to defeats. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TADC ASTER STEEPLECHASES.—FRIDAY. The Farmers' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 45 added, three miles, 13 Subs., were won by htr. Newburn's Queen of the Wiske, aged, 12st (Mr. H. Newburn), beating Snap, 1 Ist 51h, and 10 others. The Scurry Stakes were won by Redeemer, beating Baroness and 11 others. THE LINCOLN TWOYEARS OLD STAKES.—The Steward of the Races have decided that the nomination of Broughton, as given to the Clerk of the Course, was valid. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—THURSDAY. Second TiesCer Waterloo Cup. ito bt Stanley, Housemaid bt Ten dresse, D3.cce- away bt Bella, Larriston bt Brenbilda. Third Ties—Cent° bt Housemaid, L arr iston bt Dance aw ay, _ Deciding Course—Mr. Cooke's Cerito bt Mr. Hen derson's Larriston, and won the Cup. Waterloo Purse. First Ties—Sardinian bt Mischief, Neville bt Com munist, Raven bt Bonnie Scotland, Priam bt Fanny. Second Ties—Neville bt Sardinian, Raven ran a bye, (Priam drawn). Deciding Course—Mr• Gregson's Neville bt Mr. Ran dalrs Raven, and won the Purse. The Altcar Stakes. Mr. Randall's na Lopez bt Mr. Gradwell's ba Sefton. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. H er majesty's stag hds., Tues. Burnham Beeches; Fri. Bix-bottom, near Henley -11. Bath stag-hds., Tues. Frome-11f; Fri. Westbury -12. Essex Union hds., Wed. Hazeleigh Hell; Sat. Stock Mills-1 0 f. East Er,sex lids., Tues. Birdbrook Hall; Thurs. Miss ingSstt Essex Sat. Notl e y G a t e -10i. Ea ex hds., Tue s . Ingrave Church; S at. Orae tt Heath-104. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues. Thorrington Hall; Fri. Newton Green-10i. Hon. F. Petr e ' s s can-hds., Durham C oun ty hds., Mon. Shineliffe; Wed. Easng. Tues : o Mreton-11f. i ton; Fri. Woodwell House-10f. ___---. was compelled ACCIDENT to the INDIAN MAIL STEAMER, MARSEILLES, MAacn 4. The French steamer Lycurgue, with the Indian mai!, has just arrived .here from a port in Sardinia, to ohpeuret itnhewiEthugdlii:altlemdamil-abcritneAryr.delit T ILE NEW APPOINTMENTS. William Franks, Eq., jun., has been appointed to be private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal. Thomas G. Grant, Lig., has been appointed to be private secretary to Augustus Stafford, Esq., U.P., the Secretary to the Admiralty. LAMBETH.—" In the earliest record extent," says Lysons, " it is called Lambehith ; in Doomsday Book, pro bably by mistake, Lanchei ; b y t h e anc i en t historians it is spelt Lamhee, Lamheth, Larabyth, Lamedk." So me ety mologists derive th e name from Lam, di r t, and hyd, or hythe, a haven ; oth ers from Lamb and h y tb e . For our own part we incline greatly to the " dirt" deriva tion, and would appeal to the present state of much of the district in confir mation of the opinion. —The Builder. APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practice, on ThursdaYo 4th of March, 1852:—John Breay Dutcher, Devonport ; TharalA klobbegt Cresswell. lb; lob; : MO' load, t Jos' 1041 , l eft , Loor- 465 1,265 4,61 3,317 7,454 2,212 375 792 977 354 646 632 3,787 12,539 1,759 3,3?8 1,984 bB6 4,314 13. 267 I.B°G 3,2133 THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, MARCH 6, 1852.