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the settleuaent. He thought the only way of getting out of Chancery was by the parties dying,—(Laughter.) Re wanted the papers to make out his bill of costs which amounted to many thousand pounds. There were some accounts between him and the prisoner unsettled. The prisoner had received considerable sums of money on his account, but the balance was in his favour. Mr. Ballantine said he could on a further occasion produce evidence thAt would fully bring home the case to the prisoner, and asked for a remand for that purpose. Mr. Wontner objected to a remand. Ilis client was a most respectable solicitor, and could fully deny the charge. The. MAGISTRATE, after a great deal of conversation, remanded tne case for a reek, but admitted the prisoner SJ bail. RAIL WAY itET URNS TRAFFIC RETU 'NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, _ _ NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 18ot. BRITISH. Aberdeen .... •• .... Belfast and Ballymena • • • • .......... Belfast and County Down.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .... Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • • . • • „, Caledonian.. •..... Chester and Holyhead. ... • Cork, Bla ekrock, and Passage •... Dublin and Jieltast Junction ...... Dublin and Drogheda • • ....... Dublin and Kingstown •• • • • • • •• • . Dundee and Arbroath •. • • •••• • • .. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction bundalk and Enniskillen •• .. • • • • •• •• • Eaat Anglian.... •• • . • • • • • • • • • • • • .. .. East Lancashire • Eastern Counties and Norfolk...• Eastern Union • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .•• • •••• •• Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee— ••• Exeter and Crediton.... ...... •• •• Furness 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 Yorkshire • • • • • • • Leeds and Thirsk ••..• • • • •• • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western London and Blackwall .. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction-- Maryport and Carlisle •• • • •• t• -• Midland Great Western (Irish) .... Monklands .........••• •• •• •• •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •• North British • • .. •• •• •••• • •• •• •• •• North Staffordshire •• • • •••• • • North-Western •• Scottish Central • • Scottish Midland •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• . • Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • Shropshire 'Union .. •••• • • • • South Devon • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • South Wales .. •••• • • •• South York., Doncaster, and Goole Taff Vale •••••••"•• • • • • ' • • • • • • Ulster. Waterford and Limerick . • ........ West Cornwall ••• • .• ........... Whitehaven Junction ..... York and Newcastle, and Berwick . York and North Midland . • • • • .. £1,255 165 1,265 u6S 3,317 7,4,54 2,212 375 752 977 354 646 134 '632 3,787 12,539 1,7.6 3,303 1,984 431 3,411 7.69 4,269 14,184 15k1 4,031 14,502 160 41,059 750 7,630 8,70: 145 114 5,857 410 613 19,452 1,061 156 2,05 s 3,113 4,4,2 461 1,41.9 551 1,334 491 1,501 9,08 ti 919 1.069 2,135 795 386 193 13,143 6,791 FOREIGN. Central of France ................ Dutch Rhenish .. • • ...... 31arla Antonia ••••• . • • • ..• •..... Montereau and Troyes ..... ....... Northern of France •• ........ Orleans and Bordeaux.. • • .. Paris and Lyons ...... • • Paris and Orleans .... • • Paris andlßouen. •• • Paris and Strasburgh .... Rouen and Havre.. • • •• • • •• • • •• •• Tours and Nantes.. •• • • • 1 4,., MUTINY AND MURDER ON BOARD A BRITISH SHIP. ' — Yesterday information was received in the City that the bisque t , Ariel, from San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands, bound fir India, having a mixed crew of Lascars, Manilla , a le°, and Europeans, had put into Anjier, and then proceeded on 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 Veaael were heard. It subsequently transpired that after getting outside, and when off Java Head, the coloured por pni of the crew rose in mutiny, and murdered the Captain, his wife, and the remai n d er o f th e E uro peans on board ; they then plundered the vessel of all the money and valuables they could lay their bands 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 ,!'-ia4 4 , 1 . found the foregoing to be true, forwarded the mutineers and %LI Murderers to Batavia, where they will be dealt with accord ;?N. 'fag to law. ROYAL ORTHOP2EDI C 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 ac commodation. The Earl of Shaftesbury has consented to preside, and a numerous list of stewards, including several Members of both Houses of Parliament, have signified their W illingness to support his Lordship on the occasion. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY FOR SEAMEN. Mr. 'benison, surgeon, R.N., the inventor - of the Naval Tele ralMic Li g ht s , has submitted a plan to the Lords Commis toners of the miralty, by which candles and oil may for ever be dispensed with, many thousands of pounds annually ei ng saved to the country, and yet ten times more light :'Cured to every ship afloat : this is accomplished by a Salt In iPle and a very ingenious m e thod of using th e s l us h f rom meats, now of no use. Their Lordships have approved "the invention ; and since the order 'was given by the Ad - . Iniralty her Majesty's ship Impregnable flag-ship, Devon ' • 5 1 ' 11, has been lighted from stem to stern on thi s new pl an . he men in each ship, in place of having one dip of 34 to the 3 °orid have now a light for six hours equal to 16 dips, and fro m which, by the aid of a parabolic reflector, they are ena bled to read 30 feet off. This candle-tube may be filled Bwith water, yet it can be instantly expelled and the light u lly maintained. The grease is so locked up it cannot we ll I loape, so th a t th e l am p ma y b e rolled about the deck, T 1 : 11 011wAY ROBBERY IN NORTHUMBERLAN D .—On on day evening Mr. John Rampoldi, of Newcastle-upon 2ne, was proceeding in a gig to Haydon-bridge, in the tern ., part of Northumberland, when he was ac cos t e d i n a :,", 1 Y Part of the road by a young man, who asked him f or roein his gig. Almost immediately after three men, two Whom wore masks, rushed out from the hedge. All four , el , l ,tMon Mr. Rampoldi, dragged him out of his vehicle, and ~r — " med him of 20/. in gold, about 51. in silver, his lever D a toh, and a gold ring. ' The thieves then made off, and Mr. —42l lpoldi proceeded to Haydon-bridge and gave information Of th ee robbery to the police ; but, as yet, no trace of the • t hieves, has been discovered. , • Bristol wool fair - began on Wednesday and closed k b ., ;11l Thursday evening, at the Wool Hall, Thomas-street. A 1 • v r 3' small quantity was pitched, hardly a fou r th p ar t o f th a t Leerea at previous fairs. e attendance of buyers was also er Y limited, scarcely any manufacturers being present, ose assembled, fer the most part, being commission agents. - " ot witbstanding the smallness of the supply, there was quite r4 n .ogh to meet the demand,' and much higher rates were 4 ' attainable. The staples having been bought of the filers at high rates, and buyers requiring a fall, scarcely , f r business was done, and prices can hardly be quoted. Teg "eta were most in demand, but a short supply (best) varied f ront 12d. to 16d. per lb. Farmer's lots were only saleable at . 4 , riedused rates. Skin Wools, low combing, from 10/ to ,!•° l . 10s. p er pac k ; fi ne di tto , 11/. t o 11/. 10s. per pack n p e rflne ditto, fr o m .2/. to 12/. 108. per pack; Lamb Wool, fror a • tld- t9,lad. per lb. Blue-req. 4:4 ' I ,,,ZIAT LEATHER FAIR, MARCH 5.- -dosed to-daaT,„:. leather fair (tbe largest in England) has that the supp`ly :Zen. Tuckett and Rake's circular states ' -and that a fair avera g e. st descriptions of leather was a full one; acted without any amount of business has been trans tions of buyers were, hos: e l, alteration in prices. The opera gere, still confined to their imme diate wants, as there wa s iierale` a disinclination on the Part of the trade to get into stock at this season of the . mrsa adjourned BOTANICAL SOCIETY hO:DoN.r.—The usual . meeting was held last evening7 s.... s t7 L fie s l e ds ; tr t easurer, Bedford-street, Strand; Mr. b ._ society's, rooms, 20, in the • chair. Mr. G. Edgar, Dennes, the aev .4:41 donations to the library and herbacrisie ar37. announced eceived since • the last meeting. g a u n s cl ." led : election, after whice.hc:cpraapiesuewwaf 74egi were e r pr ev se ß d for. c trn oglas, "On a singular monstrosity of c ommunication was accompanied by a drawing': s°r ee discussion, after which the meeting a d, Ap r il. B.—Our aquatic readers UNIVERSI T Y BOAT RAC •will be gratified to learn that an eight-oared cutter r ace is ent to take • . au .p ace between picked crews from the Uni ver - Sloes of Oxf or d and Cambridge. The contest will come off a bo k ut the 7th of April , over the usua l course from Putney . w idge to Barkers rails at Mortlake. Th e Messrs. Searle Itr e ton • t • e ructing two very fine boats for the occasion, and '""ye already chart e red one of the fastest ste am-boats to con . e 3 the elite to witness the race. Tan STRIXE.—The following statement has been 11.171blished by the Central Association of Employers of Opera ' r o t' Engineers :—" Return of the number of persons of the sCWing denominations who have signed the declaration of e Central Association Of Employers of Operative Engineers, 14113 to and i nc l us i ve o f 28th February l as t : —Vi ce -men, 841; r riae rs, 721; smiths and strikers, 834; moulders, 631; ‘ d 2taers, 243 millwrights, 137; pattern-makers, 186 ; car olutere, 217; ; machine men, plalnera, Blotters, &c 677; 7 - Makers 633 l a bourers, 1,206 ; others, 1 • 002 ; total, ,36 8 er.,, 1 (4° A TAL ACCIDENT BY A HORSE.—YesteHOßSE.—Yesterdayafter -3° b, , about a quarter past fi ve o'clock, a deplorabl e acc id ent on a horse occurred at Fulham, by which one man was killed t h a t t be spot and a second very seriously injured. It app ears b e e carman, named Edward Prior, in the employ of Mr. at Nr!r, market gardener, of North-end, Fulham, and residing on i 8 „:'• 0 , Star lan e , near W a lh am -green, was about to convey tiro master s master's cart to the homestead some long strips of h e ' 1 " Which were already loaded, and just before starting th e ; 6 ' 41 securing them so as to prevent their shaking . over dp,.9rse's eyes, when one of the strips by some means slipped .and the end being seen hr the animal, it raimhe waT.)7 took fright and started off at a gallop towards the he ai n;green-road. Another man, named Thomas Broo s, r enf; in the same place, suddenly attempted to stop th k nee ' ennjuntlion with Prior, when they were both e , 'xi down. Brooks, on being examined, was found to b_ quit e d ead, the wheels having passed over the side of his bc`Vri fracturing the jaw and cheek bones. lie was a la - U N , r hg man, and has left a wife and infant fsmily totally ioy„' "Wed for. Prior was also found to be so seriously te :j k ed that one of his fellow-worktnen brought him in a °Vita C l o better conveyance b e ing at hand, to St. George's b t A e rA, OF COL. R. TAYLOR, BOMBAY ARMY.— Ite i ll° Taylor, the Colonel of the 28th Bombay Infantry eut, died recently at Boulogne. sstr-Mer. Co'onel Con: LW served many ye ars i n th e B o mbay army, and for Tu rk . Wera ble period was politic a l r e s ident at Bagdad, in "h Arabia. .1.14 Zeal '3, virca Alalo, PIIABCiI 4. 5 wi n d ,s,w,--Arrti, Queen, RSt. ~ ~ ;_ 26 85% 189 4 54N 6% 65 6 165{ 31 • aii 95 891 i • 78 - 19 171 X . 241% 188 277 25 12Y 2 . 63934 6% • 1734 2444, 2.1% 11% - 167% 9% 28 'AO 49 6% CO ; 126 228-`4 7793% ai 25 ell!) la 12 304% 279 va /: ' 182 611 i 21 63' 4 442 D J; 1344 .. 940 82 1- 84 3 94 69 121 942 18,102 4,569 11,397 8,611 6,064 7,976 2,574 2 168 SUN, ANTI-COPN-1 A. IV MEETING AT LEEDS. On Thursday night a very crowded meeting was held in the cepalous Circus, Leeds, lately eree,ted fee, and. occupied by M. Fraticoni and his troupe of equestrians,' to consider the present political crisis, the reesmal,9f.. the Anti Corn-law League, and the propriety of memo e e tialieing her Majesty in favour of the maintenance of free t - rde." Mr. Coblen was the only Member of Parliament pre sent, and it is only true to state that many person: at tended the meeting solely to h 'ar-hia speech. It a esti mated that from 3,000 to 4.000 persons .wfre prevent, and a gtut many were unael e t o g e t in, the building being crowded in every part. Tne appearance of 'Mir. Cobden--who came into the Circus accornpa - nied by Sir G. Goodmen (she mayor of Leeds), Sir J. P4xtoi, Mr. Carbul, Mr. Baines, and other leading Free-traders — was hailed with lOnd and tang continued applause. Sir G. GOODMAN was called to the chair„ lie said the importance of the meeting was very clearly maei festeti by the presence of persons in such large numbers, assembled to a moment, at the opening of their preceed ings. Nothing could more clearly evince the warmth which was felt towards the measures that '':had been passed, and their firm determination alit they should not be broken in uport.—(Cheers.) The result of the great meeting which had been held at Winchester, and the one which was held there that night, would be such as to impress any ,Minister, however • bold--and they had a bold one in their present Premier-e-but he believed that even he would quail before the power of such assem blies as these,_-(Cheers.) Such manifestations of the opinions of the people, which were fixed and defiinite, would soon convince the present Government that any attempt to re-enact the obnoxious corn, laws must be impotent and irain..- - --(Lend cheers.) Ministers now' professed not to be disposed to .act in the manner which they had, he thought, always threatened to do. But he could tell thi m that they must be up and doing, and nut leave them the power of 'doing so. The late Administration had gone out because they could not command a majurity:and were unable to carry out' any great measure. But what did they say to the pre sent Government? They knew that they had a minority, and that if any such measure was brought forward it must drive them out.—(Cheers.). Let them, then, 'with, out loss of time, at once show the new Ministry what were their opinions on these grand subjects. Let :there express their dtcleled opinions on all of them, whbther it was for promoting the re-enactment of the . corn-laws in a modified form or in any other form whatever, or any other great question which might agitate the future Parliament or the country. Let them say whether they considered they had got to the end of reform, or that was again to be their watchword. Let them declare their conviction on the matter, and say whether the people who could assemble in such large numbers and testify by their order and good conduct that they were possessed of those virtues that entitled them to ,be voters, should be still shut out from their privileges or not.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. CAariurr said they were not assembled there to listen either to slim or any other of their fellow-towns men; their great attraction that evening was his friend Mr. Cobden, who bad come to develope to them the views ho entertained in reference to the present state of affairs.—(Hear, hear.) He should hesitate altogether from addressing them that evening, but having, during the long and arduous struggle which they formerly waged against the corn-laws, under the banner of the great Anti-Corn-law League, fought by the side of Mr. Cobden and his illustrious companions—having never ceased his efforts to bring about so desired a consumma- . tion until tatty accomplished the triumph of free trade, and having witnessed the national rejoicings which took place on the completion of their victory, it would be strange, indeed, if he (Mr. Carbutt) did not make his appearance among them that evening to take counsel with them as to their future proceedings, and to tell them he was ready to enrol himself once more in the ranks of that League which broke the shackles which lettered the nation's liberty, and gave it the power to rise to its present height.—(Cheers.) The resolution he had to move he would now read. (It declared that the Leeds branch of the Anti-Corn-law League should be and was thereby re-established.) He would turn their attention for a moment to that class of the community which was ever crying out that they were starving for want of pro tection, and who, ever siec' corn was 803. a quarter, at every drop in the price told ti e public they were ruined. —(Hear, hear) If they looked to that class of the' community, ant it they took the trouble to travel from John o'Groat's house to the Land's-end, what did they see ? Did they see land going out of cultivation, farm houses and buildings dilapidated, tenants leaving their farms, and landlords leaving the luxuries of a Court and coming down from London into the country to farm their own land ? Nothing of the sort. Whe:re. ever they went there was happiness and comfort, and there never was a time when the , land was better culti-- rated or when more corn was produced.—(Hear, hear.) England was being from year to year better cultivated, there was more labour employed, more skill, more capital, and science applied to the cultivation of the soil in the pre sent day than was ever before known. Be then proceeded to argue that however small might be the duty which the Protectionists sought to impose under the delusion that it was only for revenue, would pro Canto be A duty imposed for protection. If they admitted of even a Is. duty on corn—(No, no, and cries of " We'll have none") —it they admitted this, away. went the whole system a , once.—(Hear, hear.) And there was no argument for the duty on corn which would not apply to every other article produced in this country or the colonies. After some further remarks, Mr. Carbutt concluded by moving the resolution he had before read:— " That, in the judgment of this meeting, the forma. tion of a Ministry of which the chief members are the accredited leaders of a party resolutely bent on restoring protection, clearly indicates the near approach of an effort to renew the corn and navigation-laws, and therefore renders imperative the re-organza ion of the Free-traders not merely to defeat that effort, but to make the defeat so signal and decisive as to render utterly hopeless any further attempt to revoke the great principle of tree trade expounded by the League, and embodied in the measures of that distinguished , statesman, Sir Robert Peel." The resolution was seconded by Mr. J. C. BARRETT, flax-spinner. Mr. CoBDEN. on rising, was received with vociferous cheers, again and again repeated. When silence had been restored the Hon. Member said—Mr. Mayor and gentle men, it bas been my privilege toatteud malty public meet ings in Leeds, but I never saw an assembly in any room in this borough before numbering one-halt, or I should say one quarter, of this meeting. And this meeting has been called within little more than twsilty-four hours' notice, and I observed on entering the doors that the streets outside are crowded by those unable to gain ad mittance.—(Hear, hear, and a cry of " That's true.") Now, gentlemen, I saw it stated in a London paper, the organ of the Protectionist party, Last night, that the great mass of the people of this country take no in terest in the question of free trade —(Loud laughter.) I am very glad, for the character of Yorkshiremen, that at all times you have shown teat you know what ere your interests, and what are your rights in this ini portent matter. Why, gentlemen, this meeting settles the question of the West Riling election upon this matter.—(Loud, reiterated, and vehement cheering.) And here, gentlemen, 1. may as well at once refer to a subject which would not appear to have immediate re ference to the motion 1 have to support ; but which, under the circumstances, has a material reference to the object of our meeting. I :peek of the represienta tien of the West Riding.—(Hear, bear, end applause.) I speak in the presence of some of our trusted friends and leaders, who will bear me out, that frem the mOment of my return from the Continent, when I found that the unexpected and unexampled honour had been conferred upon me in my absence 'of returning me, unsolicited, at a Member for this vast constituency— that from the moment of my return to the very latest period, I have uniformly held but one language, that although I was proud of the honour which has been thus conferred upon me, yet, seeing that the free-trade question was settled. I did not see that there was any advantage, while I thought there was some inconvenience, in my contemplating continuing longer the representa tive of this county. And I will explain frankly to you and to your brother electore what were, and still are, my feelings upon this snbject. Gentlemen, as a public man, having taken prominently a part in great public questions, I have at all times in the House of Com mons borne my fair share of the duties of the Legislature, apart from any eleims which may be made on me in the way of private business. We know that to sit as member of a constituency of this vast magni tude. and importance involves a vastly increased correspondence and a much larger amount 1 private business in the House than falls to the lot of share i th e Member for an ordinary borough.—(Hear.) 'I felt, uthpeorneez; that in addition to the load whice always falls Lament— that there great P a u btlhie 1 Li) t uhiic committees and the debates of Par was no necessity, unless some upon myself the responsibility were involved, why I should take to the private business an d l a b our o f atten di ng therefore intimated of so vast a constituency. I tion I should retir to ro my friends that a t another °lee when I took leave of yniou th e ,West Ridi ng , an d t h at friends in Stockport would hid hop, t h at my o ld l ow ing you to force m e with' vac stron g h and from forgiven me for al them, and that I might again represent L e gislature. N ot a mon th ago j sawee them in th e friends in re ference to this suject, and . so m e of our final answer, that unless something g av e them a arose to make this free - trade q uestion the prominent and deciding question, I should adhere to that determination which 1 have already to -right li6 - elit expressed, t h at, whilst I e the confidence. placed i deeply seknOwledg in me by this al rent community, an d which I shal l ev er trea sureg l ray lift:, I should make my bow to the West Riding of Yorkshire as its representative in Parlia ment.—(Laud,,No ne. - ') Well, gentlemvn shouts of i 9 , within a fortnight of that time I found a Protectionist 1 Government in power. That has g reatl y changed the state of thi ngs , and altered the whole aspect of affairs under which I spoke when I explained my intentions to your friends in London.--(L ou i cheers.) I then sa id, that as we h a d men in power pleded to monop ol y in yen trade, I would, it would allow we the privilege-1 would come to the West Riding, t h ro w down my gaunt let here, a n d challeng.i the monopolists of the king dom to put forth all their strength.— Vehement c heering.) ge For, ntleman, „having been promigently connected Wi , h et the cause tree tr a d e , I fel , that this, being the largest constituency—the largest county in extent--the meat va ried in its interests—the melt tt , fla- , lin its .harocter —and one of the most intlii-nti a l Z e r 1 t • the kingdom—l ft It this wee the proper- wealthy in for rue—(Bear, hear, and chee rs )._ ihi t3t ding ground . : t r if I had Hit the support of the electors of the county York this was the spot of all others where I shoul' i ' t —(Cheers.) There is, undoubtedly, a er to s meet them. as the exponent and impersonation of 4 " 5 in selecting great principle an individual who has b een prominently connected and identified with .the advevioy of th t a ,Witieiple, In LONDON, Yorkshire, in bygone times, you selected a Wilberforce to demonetente tee the world your hatred of slavery—. (Hear, hear)—you chose a Brougham as a means of g igieg the stroegest demonstration of your adhesion to re easm—(Hear, hear)—and, though it would be vanity in me to elese- myself - with those -illustrious names ("No, no," end applause) yet, .so lon g ns there is the principle, and so long as there is a pelitical arena in this aituity upon which to fight th e ' quest i on w i t h w hich my name has been so long and so prominently connected — that of free tracle—L place myself unreservedly at the dieposal of tbe largest constituency in this kingdom, in order that they may, through my representations, give what I conceive to he a fit t i n g exp r ess i on t o. that opinion. --(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I said that this evening has settled the question, end that , I shall net have the op portunity ot beating anybody in the riding, for nobody will have the courage in this riding to come forward and stand up upon the principle of Protection.—(Hears hear.) I should like to see somebody canvassing the West Riding in the interest of the. Corn-law (Laughter.) I should like to hear their arguments with you.. women and children down bere,—(Renewed laughter.) But it would be bombastic in me to talk big- of the efforts we Would make to beat our opponents, when nobody will -come- to be beaten.—(Continued laughter.) Well, gentlemen, I am here speaking to a motion which refers to, and advises the restoration of, the Anti-Coy n- le w League.—(Cheers.) Now lam sure, whatever else iseay be said against us, it cannot be asserted that we hive sanght prematurely to recom mence that organization.—(llear.) We laid down our arms five and a half years ago. The Protectionists have organized themselvese they have had their meetings in Drury lane and Covent-gerden, a.Puke in the chair; they have, stood for counties and poeket-boreughs in the interest of Protection;- they have advocated dearth and monopoly in Parliament; and yet we took no notice, and did not even whisper of resuscitating the League. But when we find a body of men taking possession of the reins of power, we expect that they will drive in the di rection in which they have always professed to be tend ing.—(Hear, hear.) What is the party in power? The Protectionist party—Protectionists they call themselves: we call them mouopoiists.—(Cheers.) Protectionists— or at least they heve been'known as Protectionists up td his time; and. will they change their, character, and alter their tone, immediately they get into office and power? Their organs tell us we must not believe those gentlemen—that all they have told us for five years past are fibs—(Laughter)--that they never meant to do what they have talked about so long; and if we will give hem time they will show how dexterously they can throw over those who believed them in earneet.—(Hear, hear.) I tell you. as I told them at Manchester, Ido not believe anything so base as this of them; I believe, iron) all they have been telling us, they will reimpose the corn-law if they can. It is the object of the League to prevent them.—(Chiers.)' We want very little or ganizetion in Yorkshire, but we do iu some other places, end teeling perfectly confident,- afer this meeting, that lam quite safe, I think that I may profitably employ my time in trying to enlighten the men and women 'living in other parts of the country.—(Cheers, and a Voice—" Oh, we're all right bere," laughter, and re newed cheers.) . Yes, we are all right here.—(Lo u d cheers.) Something has been said by a gentleman who preceded me about confining ourselves to one question. That does not depend upon us—l mean those ot us who take a prominent part in this question—it does not depend upon us what question shall take a prominent and leading part at the next election. You have de cided that.—(hear, hear.) What other question but this question of 'the corn-laws would have brought this large meeting together in 24 hours?—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) There was a remark which fell from one efthe greatest men who has visited our land, I mean the great Hungarian leader—(Greatcheering)—eome time ago, in which I fully agree. He made this remark, " that the instinct of the million is wiser than the wis dom of the wisest."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) And it is an instinct which renders all reason and argument supetfluous, the instinct which has brought this mass of the people together on this question of the corn-laws. You feel, as all will feel now, that this is the critical time of this question.—(Hear, hear.) Other questions are not so ripe as this. You feel that this must be set tled now and for ever, and therefore you come forward in all your strength, in order that you may put the finishing stroke upon it.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers,) Alit it is not merely the corn-law question which is in volved in what we are now doing. It you settle the corn question now, once and for ever, it leaves the field clear for other questions.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") And you have the advantage now in dealing with this question of protection, that the Protectionists themselves itive told you, it you beat them this once they will never mine to, be beaten 'again. Well, now then, let us beat flaem to . their heart's content.—(Laughter and loud cheers.) You see what odds are in our favour. If we beat them once, why they say they will submit to it tor ever. But we don't say so, for if by any possibility .they happen to beat us now, they will have to beat us again and again—(Loud cheers, and cries of " That's it —they will") —while the Protectionists have told us that if they are not successful now they will in future cease to advocate these principles of restriction.—(Hear.) I observe for lust:Mee, that Mr. Booker, the Member for Herefordshire, one of the latest champions of Protection who came into Parliament to settle off Free-traders, and to settle the question by his statistics, has put out an ad dress to the electors of Herefordshire, and in that ad dress he tells them that the coming general election will decide finally the question of free trade; and it is to be a verdict once and for ever upon it. Well, then, I say, let us take care that that verdict is conclusive, that it is as nearly unanimous as possible in this part of the king dom.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have said it is not uecessary -• that I should enter into any argu ment on,• this, question. But I mentioned a fact in Manchester,- on Tuesday, and I Should like to mention into you here-that since the Anti-Corn law .Lea.gue closed.its:labours we nave imported into this country upwards o f 50,000000 quarters of grain.— (Hear, hear, and much cheering.) Well, gentlemen, .hat grain has been all:consumed, and, as has been well observed by Mr. Carbutt, I don't find that our own land , has been thrown out of cultivation, or that our far mers have given up their land. This vast amount of subsiatence has been brought into consumption, in addi tion to what would o n ly h ave b een ava il a ble if otir ports had not been thrown open for the influx of foreign grain. But isho,has eaten this vast amount of corn?—(Hear, bear, and cheers.) I have not eaten one ounce more than I should have eaten if there had not been any im portationwhateier; and most of the gentlemen around me here had abundant larders before, and have not consumed any more since. —(Cheers.) Who, then, has had the benefit of this large importation? Why, the poorest portion of the community:—(Hear, hear, and much cheering.) They have eaten it instead of po tatoes, and very often instead of having short com mons. All this vast amount of 'food has gone to increase the comfort, the health, snd.-strength of the poorest por tion of the community.—(Renewed and reiterated cheering.) Why, gentlemen, I don't think it was ever the fate of any body of men who ever took a prominent part in the advecacy - of a great change in any public po hey to have the privilege of living to see, in so short a time, so much tangible fruit of their labours.—(gear, hear.) And I congratulate all here who took such an active part in. obtaining a repeal of the corn-laws. I congratulate you that you have lived to see so large and beneficial a result of the labours in which you were en gaged. Lis something more than charity, for charity debases while it succours; but you, by this, have placed it in the power of the great masa of the people of this country to render•themselves more happy and comfort able by means of their own independent labour. — (Much and prolonged cheering.) And, gentlemen, I teel most anxious, in anything that vet has to be done in reference to this great question,--I feel most anxious :hat no class of people Should in this country claim any peculiar merit in the result of this agitation. I want all classes of the people, I want the w,,rking classes, to feel that they themselves have contributed during this last struggle; and Lknow they have contributed their full quota to the issue of this contest. I don't like to see a London newspaper saying we have nut the working classes with us on this question, because it is a great libel on the working classes to say so.—(hear, hear.) And another thing, too; it is trying to discredit the working classes with those who have at present political power, in order that, by and by, it may be turned against them, and enable them to say they did not by (heir petitions contribute to the repeal of the corn-laws. Now, when the corn-law was laid on in its most unmiti gated severity in 1815, the loudest protests against it were made by the working classes.—(Bear.) The working men of London made the loudest protest against it, though rather rudely I admit, for they tore the Mem bers' coats from their backs—(Cries of " They did right")--e-they pulled them out of their carriages; sol diers had to be called up to protect the Members of Par liament, and the Houses of Parliament were surrounded by infantry and cavalry to enable them to pass this infa mous corn-law.—(Elear, hear.) The middle classes and the working classes then thoroughly co-operated in op . ptioesaiinpgotwheisr laowe;nbtuhteythheamveiddulee,wc,.l_ass(eisiehaard, n h o e t ar t . h; p T o hlie and cheers.) do or it tanggaipee.Lp(leshdoidottshoefir,idvintey w th i e li n , , w a e n w d .i l ii, b , ope they will well said, "We aro safe," but Ise . , . I hope they will do it not only in lo l r e l r t:h .... i_7 l , i s e v a h r er h e e i a t r. i; I know that the labourers in the agricultural districts, their wives and their children, have received more benefit and whose wages are more spent in the pur enese of bread m fro e m an a rh r o ep se ea w l hoofsethec:icrl7ineg-lsasavrsetthraonmaBlms.etsot 191isi.ypoetrher. week, I than anything else. It is in such families as these that the greatest advantage has beet' felt.—(Hear.) The effect of the vast influx of corn from foreign countries into 3 our p p , o n. r t t i s on of t L o London Liverpool, Liverpool, Hull, and elsewhere, is, that while th_ie ti i cl m l,e. p d ortatien has furnished an additional supply to the working classes in the metropolis, and to the manU . factoring portion of this countr • it has ' left a largo pro portion thrayd. + Hcoenars,u”mead and cheers.) those ' in the rural districts the html and reaped the harvest in this forward, when we eon s 11 forward to the demonstrationsetohcahveeearsg.e)nelm'hl the classes in that rnral districts as one of the proofsill effects the working noo thertion of the community I lookioo look ot themade by are mos ignorant significant on their own interests as labourer system of monopoly I believe in this WWII your arca:—(flear, hear.) Now, eminent statesman—now, preparing to erect to tile unhappily, no ,none —to we are indebted for th e f ree d om we enjoy whom com mercial 83stem—(ilear, hear)—l never could in our we should have carried th e r e p al of th eeru se : how . the time we did, unless it was by !he self-sacrificel- of wsthatat great statesman—(flesr, hear)—well, you are eiectat bronze statue .01, him in this borough. It hay to al ready been cast. 'lsle, ped es t i l, I believe, almost nwit s it. liut I ceunsel our friends, the Free-traders of L ee s: not to erect that statue upon its foundation until we have I settled, once for elr, that the great work of his legisla -1 tion is-not to be in-4(ione.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) 'j first thing we have to do is, to show that we are worthy of the sacrifices he made for his felloW-country i men; if w e cannot now retaiu what we have of the 4: I , 3 6 0 618 175 '9OB 219 41,112 843 7,670 8,819 106 6,738 484 20,374 2,017 189 12 741 7,561 3,392 776 THE SATURDAY EVENING, freedom which he conferred upon us. don't let us mock him and insult the world by erecting a monument or statue to him in our great towns.—(Hear, hear.) Gen tleman, I helm told you of the advantage the poorer classes have derived from the importation of this vast amount of human subsistence. I have sometime* specu listed, in looking back, on what have been the mischiefs which so lo ng preva i led on the supp l y and the misery infli c t e d on the peop l e by the restric tionsof foot!.—(bear; hear.) of the articles Now, I don't thick from 1815 down to 1848, during which you have had tumults, conspiracies, rebellious mobs, machine breaking:, pike makings, drillings, an d all those horrid symptoms of almost incipient insurrection—l say, gentlemen, T 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 deface our statute-books, that coerce the people, after being goaded alm os t into rebellion, have sprung from this sy stem. Look back to the h i story o f our country, and I believe every one of those transactions can be traced to the operation of these laws.—(Hear. hear.) And it is so because these laws keep up a sys temattc scarcity of corn in this country. When a bad harvest befel us, then, as we bad no store of food, and nobody cultivatin ther e are now m illions in the Mississippi valley, i n t h e Ukraine, or on the fertile plains of France,—as we had nobody preparing food for us, I say, when scarcity came, even if cur ports were open undtr the sliding scale, there was no provision, and there was very little modification of famine.—(Hear, hear.) And then I ask those who are seeking to disturb this system of free trade, which gives a more e q ual flo w of the necessar i es o f life to the people of this country ,— which insurers them `from those panics, and consequ ent l y against that excitement and those scenes of turbul ence to which I have been. alludieg,—l ask them to consider what has'been the effect of .free trade in corn, which was accomplished by the Anti-Corn-law League of 1846, upon the interests — the political and social al tercate, of this country daring the late period of revolutions and excitements through out the continent of Europe! Why, how much of our nthiscountry the evemin_, 'nay , be traced triumpht r o eul th e e mber, in February, 1848, while sitting of the League in 18 4 6? — (tl ear, in the H ouse o f Commons, a t tranquillity u i s l iy i o'clock in e seven' e n w h e n the news reached us of the revolution in Paris, and the flight of Louis Phillips and the Royal Family from that city. It was one of those incidents so o verwhelming in its influ ence that it had almost the effect or suspending the pro ceedings of the House. In a m oment everybody was in conve rsation with his neighbour es t o t h e e ff ect o f thi s extraordinary event. I was sitting by the side of Mr. flume, and ho instantly rose , and, crossing over the House, sat himself down by Sir , R. Peel, an d whispered iu his ear the news that nal j ust arrived. "This comes," said Sir Robert, " of attempting to govern by a numerical majority in the legislative As sembly, regardless of the opinior, out of doors"— (Hear, and applause)—and, pointing significantly to the Protectionist party sitting on the benches just in his rear, added, It is just whet th ese people wanted me to do, but I would not. —(Renewed 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, sad 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 wo (the Free tradtrs) were not still holding our great meetings in Covent-garden and throughout the country. But these men forget these things, and these silly eneu_(Laughter and applause)—these silly men aro now talking of re sy they are s al vivingthie question. I y men, because file of the so-called the followers, the rank and Protec tionist party, are sincere —they _.believe in wh at t h ey are attempting to do; hut what shall. we say to t h e leaders, who h ave. b een p ro fiting by this delusion 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 cou ld enable their blind followers ,to accomplish their object—they would lend themselves to a system, in Spite 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 th e busine s s 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 say it is to be carried on to the exclusion of other imp ortant ques ti as reform in Parliament, or ons— what other movement may be before you—but I say you 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 enter upon that new campai gn y ou have co nceded, well drill e d, and having beaten your opponents in one thing, you will find it is just the same part y you have to beat in the other; for the monopolists in corn are, after all, the monopo lists in political power. We may have in our ranks men who go various lengths in political reform and the question of the suffrage, but, at all 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 loaf, they are the very men who will keep 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, hoar.) By settling this questioo s 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 p-Isible position to fight any other battle.—(flear, hear.) I nave 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."--(L a ughter and cries of " Hear, hear.") B ut l am not going to enter upon that question now—there are faults on both sides—but when you find the people a working in co ndition 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 county (Laughter)— y 7 I say, when I fi n d 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._( There fore, do not let any ithhold your e persuade you to W efforts, or put you back.this matter be Go on. Let settled. Lay it up in your hearts; t a lk of it at your own homes and fir es id e circles, in your workshops e.nd among your nei g hb ours. 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 justice, and you will have arrived neare r th e attainment of other objtelF, is whatever path you may choose to go next. (The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud, enthusiastic, and long-sustained cheering , having spo e k n for three quarters of an hour.) The MAYOR then put the resolution, and it was car ried unanimously, and followed by loud cheers. He then called for " the contrary," a ca 11 which elicited the response of a hea rty laugh. - Mr. E. BAINES then moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. J. D. LuccoCK, and unani mously agreed to:— e‘ That, in furtherance of this object, this meetiog ur gently recommends to the election committees of the borough of Leeds and the West R:ding of York to take immediate measures to secure the return of free-trade Members by their respective constituencies; and that, in the present political cri4is on the with a view to the n c r°l23 Pt expression of general opinion fence at th e exi stilT Policy of tree trade, this meeting determines to revive the Leeds Anti• Corn-law Associa tier." _ permanent de- - i h rl pr a i r ;.g Speech, proposed the fullow ingMinr.eTal.ol:inatiatr,; EXCELLENT 31AJEsTY. " TO TEE QUEEN' S 2 3 1 ' 0 " , f : " May it plaase y our m B.l ' maie ':: conscious of the earnest so loyal and devoted s a hi fe „:' , i'sty—We, your Majesty's Y feels for tho weltare and h li a c r it p u i d n e es N s vh o i t h p y rn 'o r ur peopie sense of the danger whiel; and impressed with a deep during the last four years now threatens the security of those great measures of commercial policy which, h your Majesty's subjects, havelatentment of all classes of 00 °lc so greatly conduced to the prosperity and social chief members of which are theof a Government, the alarm the accession to power seen with distrust and e accredited leaders of a party resolutely bent on - , Wi T l t e rY of the country. a e stoti restrictions on the trade and i nd ng odious and unjust " That your memorialists on the food of the lemn and emphatic protest agai nst recording their so• British people are, by every ar" to reimpose, in whatever shap e , any and every attempt people, arc firmly persuaded that it x l es majority of the al and domestic to resist and defeat such s , constitutional,,,, means, pre trade and commerce, and the ) ) aggression on the rights of ied ast r ne Y , as an unjust Y, the freedom of well-being of the great mass of oir i " That your memorialists believe that subjects. certainty on this subject are calculatedat doubts and jeopardise all all trading and indostriat to disturb and alive a spirit of agitation and restless operations, to keep entire nation, to foment false hopes Less throughout the apprehensions, and that very soun a ci n d foster injurious policy demand an immediate and d reasons of state of a question fraught with such eeibiv e settlement disunion and disquietude to all classes manifest el ements o f of subjects. your Majesty's " Your memorialists, therefore, w respectfully beseech your Majesty net would loyally and terests of your subjects to be postpo ned ° suffer the in of a temporising Administration, or a t° the exigencies ties that may conflict with sound maximsl?Y party difficul tional policy; but that your Maje s t y, in the of constitu of your Royal prerogative, will cause just exercise now pending between the responsible 'le a t, v ti great issue Crown and the people at largo to , ectisers of the tinelly determined by a speedy d i,;a ° ol forthwith . and ution of Par liament. " And your memorialists will ever pay." Mr. D. GREEN having s econded the re: me morial was unanimousy adopted b y the resolution, the Councillor KELSALL then moved-- meeting. " 1 hat this meeting tenders its best thanks to Mr. Cobden for his eminent and untiring exertions in the cause of free trod., believe rejoices to believe that, in the event of a dissolution of l'arl i "neut, the fi • rst cans'i tuency in the empire w ill be again ho noured by t ' , ing him, the chief champion of commercial and indus reurn- , trial freedom, as one of its represent atives; and would further express its earnest hove that the ga stru l 0 on which he Las now enter ed will shortl y terminate complete and final triump h of the g r eat principle i the th e advocacy of which his whole political 1•1 . 1 0 has been devoted." Councillor CARTER having seconded the resolution it w ars most heartr meetiy respondtd to by the ' ng, and carried by acclamation. 1 4r. c()BDEN lien again caste forward, and Wu got MARCH 6, by repeated bursts of applause. On their subsiding he 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 unable to bide my blia.hes—(Lond laughter and cbcers)—for the very un merited compliments which they heaped upon me. You . who have come hero this evening, and attended this crowded meeting, with all the discomforts a tte n di ng t h e crush and tho 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 parry among the working classes who opposed them, but it was much more remarkable flr its ereat noise then: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 clesses.—(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 he present at great gatherings like this for a few hours, and to tied everything conducted in suck 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 mewing of this kind, though the atmosphere is close and oppressive.' It gives ine'lo,ooo times greater gratifica tion to 'look en 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 G. 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 VValmsley, 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 *ince 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 me, nothing but a previous, and as it appears to me, paramount claim would have led me to be the cause of our poll _ float separation. This event will not, lam sure, disturb the many friendships I have formed in Bolton, and, least of all, that which I trust will ever exist between you, and, my dear Heywood, yours sincerely, "JOSHUA 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 prospect 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 use 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 lend me to desire to sit again for your borough as th e repr e se n tative 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 is the annual motion of Mr. name, 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, E:q , Chairman of the Public Meeting, Leicester." A BIN Gr DON. The appointment of Sir Fredsridk Thesiger as Attor nPy-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 we: k ago there was a sign (,f 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 far as ho 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 it any elector had any other cadidato to propose, and no answer being given, he de clared 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. MIDHURST. The election of a representative for Midhurst, in con sequence of the acceptance by Mr. Walpole of the Secretaryship of the Home-office, was held yesterday (Friday). The HIGH BAILIFF (George Wolferaton ' Esq ), pre sided ; Lady Egmont, Lady Scott, Mrs. Shirley, and other ladies were present. The MAYOR having opened the business of the election, Captain SHIRLEY proposed the re-election of S. H. Walpole, Eici. This being seconded, and no other can didate being proposed. the High Bailiff declared that gectleman duly returned to represent the borough of Midhurst in Parliament. Mr. WALPOLE then returned thanks for his re-election and the kind reception he had had at the hands of the electors of the borough. A vote of thacka to the High Bailiff concluded the business. BUCKINGHAM. Yesterday the nomination of the Marquis of Chandos took place ut twelve o'e:ock, without any opposition or excitement, Thu 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. [laving 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. is • ZDENBIGHSHIRE.I t said that the Hon. William Begot will resign the representation of this county, and that Colonel Biddulph will become a candidate in his stead. FLINTSHIRE.—A correspondent states, that the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn intends retiring from the repre sentation of Fliatshire at the dissolution of the present Parliament, that Sir John Hamner, Bart, will succeed the Hon. Member, and that Thomas Mos t y n, Esq., will take the place of the latter gentleman as representative of the boroughs. LINKE REGIS.—We have two candidates in the field, says a correspondent, John T. Tatchell, Esq., a gentle man of our county, and a Protectionist; and Admiral P. Hereby, C. 8., uncle to the Premier, and one of the junior Lords of the Admiralty. Na Free-trader appears on the platform yet. MID LOTHIAN.—We are requested, says the Edin burgh Courant, to state that there is no foundation for a rumour that it is the intention of Sir John Hope to retire from the representation of the county of Edin burgh, in order to make room for the new Lord Ad vocate. STADIFORD.—The re-election of the Right Hon. J. C. Harries, 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 Eon. 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 as brief as possible, and entirely void of information concerning Minist er i a l intentions.—Lincoln Mercury. AnyswrunE or A BEA UTY.—Und er th e attrac tives title of " Adventures o f a Beauty," M rs. Crowe, the authoress of those popular works, " The Night Side of Nature" and " Susan Hopley, has just produced one of the most interesting stories of the chequered career of woman's life that has for a long time issued from the press. Mrs. Crowe possesses the rare Defoe-lik e f aculty of telling a story so natu rally that it is difficult to believe that it is not true; a nd most of her readers will feel satisfied that the young man of fasbion, Lionel Grosvenor, the villain Watson, as well as the heroine, are characters drawn from existing 'society. This vivid narrative, which is crowded with exciting incidents, will leave a powerful impression on all who peruse it. Evening Paper. John William Browne, Esq., of Mountkelly is appointed to the oonuniesion of the peace for the count,' °f GaIWAY• 1852 MR. COBDEN AT LEEDS. Having raised Lancashire, proclaimed tree trade in a state of siege, co.leated 2 7,000/., and threerened to shut up the Times, Mr. Cobden next appear: in FranconVe Circus at Leeds, haranguing a multitude—fonr times larger, he says, than any ho ever saw in that borough before. His tone here is much the same as before. The Gaul is at the gates ; our loaves and our liberties are in imminent peril ; Lord Derby and his myrmidons are sworn to rob our pantries and our larders, and cannot possibly withdraw from the enterprise with honour ; give no space for repentance, but crush the m at once. Mr. Cobden had intended to consult his modesti and his ease by giving up the West Riding, and retiring to his snug little borough of Stockport ; lent, ever ready at duty's call, he will sacrifice his convenienee to fight the last battle of freejrade as the representative of the' West Riding. To augment the solemnity of the occasion, he advises the people of Leeds not to inaugurate the statue of Peel i till they have smitten the dragon of Protection with his kat—positively his last fatal wound. Give the enemies no quarter ! Pursue and spare not ! Wait nut to Sat what they will do. If they are hone s t men th e y are robbers. Believe not their fair words, and doubt not their evil intentions. Thus does Mr. Cobden rave by the hour, and, as nothing occupies 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 paralyze the whole reasoning man. For our part, we can pr -tend to no such mastery over the senses. We cannot vie with Franeuni, or make ourselves heard above kettledrums and cornets a-piston. Wo 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 a demurrer, or accord a thrifty approbation. Having to address ourselves to the 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, where is the necessity of all this hideous rout and frantic uproar? Is the ship on fire? Are we actually going to the bottom? Are the pirates on board? Are we tied hand and foot, expecting our doom? Is there any danger at all? We answer eons!: In our opinion, there nes 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 aomo will say a century and a half—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 abase Lord 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 amore 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 power of a Minister and of a Parliainentary majority, supposing one to be gained, so also is he guilty of a far more serious exaggeration in his account of the partyjust 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 or 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 agents 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 see where the shoe pinched, and bow it came to pass that he could make all ends meet. But, as for pledges, they had also come to an end, and were quite out of la your 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 h as come i n pl e dged to protection, after having ourselves boasted fifty times during the last year that its principal members had refused to ask for protection 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. Bat, as Mr. Cobden is turning over the old " dig ging" to extract another crop of honour and glory from fre] trade, and has abused us for not adopting his own view of the matter, we beg to contrast cur 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. We ere prepared to show that we are staking eiery thing, and Mr. Cobden nothing. Seppeeing that Lord Derby on the opening of his new Parliament expressly and solemnly renounces protection, either becauso there is an evident majority in his own mi n d, Mr. CO'ainst it, or from considerations bilen then will once more o!tac cept an ovation. Ho will tell the world what he, and Lancashire, end the West Riding have done. " We rushed to cur posts ; we gat h ere d in masses. I mace a speech in Manchester when 27,000/. was collected in 25 minutes. I made a speech at Leeds to 5,000 people. I denounced the immorality of the press. I exposed the treachery of the Protectionists. I let them see what a pit they were preparing for themselves. I 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, 85 it might be. And now, behold, we triumph once more. He will brag 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 brass band, or his horses. That will be Cobden's gain out of that result. We, on the contrary, shill gain nothing by it, for we shall not be able to add anything to what we now say—viz., that Protection is done for, and Lord Derby neither will nor can restore We shall only be able to say that the state of things, in autumn, 1852, is, on the whole, much the same es 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 nut 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, bis honesty, ifiiih" fulness, his prescience, and his wonderful exertions to rouse the people to a sense of their danger; and ho will, of course, have a carte blanche for any operations or any propositions that may be necessary to drive Lord Derby from from power, and reverse the policy e have su h pro d him to be guilty of. We, en the' contrary, shall be be laughed at as dupes, or hated as traitors. Thus a rneraent's rsti-ction will show that Mr. Cobden is play ing his cards to gain by both resalts, whereas quieter and sleepier course we are taking , . ; ewe, l e gain no thing by Lord Derby's formally renonne protection, by the but lose very much by his restoring it. Thus, after all Mr. Cobden's bluster and abuse, he is staking nothing on the -e -cause of free tradewe arc quietly staking every thing on it.—Times. - SPIRIT of the 'PUBLIC JOURNALS: TlMES.—Anstiog the many duties of political leader and moder at i ng the expectat i ons ship, nut the eeaoest is that of 6 in:split - eine. the policy, her i of supp ortere. There is hardly m of o a niz na le i f e : i i b e rl l e a o n u g :c e r g o o t , an extreme opinion or a Quixotic design which might Parlia men'ary majority, but iu his official staff, and his Cabi net be found, uso. merely :a Lord Joh n Beeeen's net i tfiet f i _ zQr. vas .there :ass .diversity in Sir Robert Peel's Goternment, er any that preceded it since 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 off, ct of sobering Deem down to a sense of th e i r position and a calculation of their power. The chiefs, of course, tea eeieg the moat responsible, are usually the most practical, and the consequence is they have very hard work e jai declaimers, theerists, bigots, and all the other ; - udis indiaes!ugue racks of 'faction. That 50112c thing of the :73 enfficuities is to be found even in that finer material of wOich Cabinets are composed, might be abundantly proved by the entials of Dawning street during the last twenty years. We are thus rather diverted than surpria d to fad the statements of the politicians just cerise inin power varying in the exact order of their responsibility zed importance; the chiefs being content with general and conditional language, while those further down in the scale are more positive and precise. We have aircady adverted to the rather blank announcement of the new President of the Board 0 thet n . e latelynea C hancellor returned m t b h e e r D fo u r c h t h y e of Trade and th u C o l onial Secretary. If two examples be wanted to illustrate the case of l ess respons ibil it y, an d no responsibility at a l l, they are found in the addresses and fo w h ford. Airs eCxhprriesstsoipulenesra,rwe therefore netior of i n o t f c h o Ne, u L e u rn a y t e n y w e s a e o s ce t f o e an i I r bui, e a na r n er e yt d of : importance, tells his con st i tuents, we dare say truly enough, that he accepts office " from a conviction of Lord Derby's sincere desire to reverse th e fi nancial and com t m wethiiceh he says, a h as proved so inju r industry b and capital." It is u nnecessary o iou r s ft th a c l t o a this on the first blush we s h ould say e t itpn:salt:i l e evrl. c. Christopher is not very unlikely to repeat ibthaendepiisnodtehoefkit,heeeiDakeofßuckie Ministry; viz., to walk away with his permanent addition of "right honourable," and the historical honours of a distinguished, though not very responsible office. Mr. Booker, being under no official trammels whatever, advertises a thundering ad dress, to wnich we have no doubt he will revert a year hence with mournful satisfaction. We have now several Ministeiial speeches before us. Lord John Manners ha s 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. lie is what Lord Seymour was, and may easily do his duty as well. There is no reason why he should nect- 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 las civil to the Royal Commissioners or the apple-women is Ilyde-park. But, es 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 chid that affectionate submission which accords so well 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, be entered into some superfluous specula tions on the latter point. His Lordship does not see why beer and soap and tea should be sexed 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 nicety-nine hundredths of the people will understand by the light of their own under standings, and the sensations of their own stomachs, why, it taxes must be paid, the superfluities of life shoult l be taxed, and that the necessaries of life may be untaxed; and why also taxes should be paid tinthe 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 the consummation which Lord John Manners so ardently desires is simply impossible, we may perhaps be expected to regret the presence of the noble enthusiast in the Cabinet. But, 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 es such what ever comes to the tip of their tongues or the surface of their imaginations. Everybody knows that Lord John Manners in sentimental to excess, so we set down his sentiment at its proper worth. If he writes poetry de ploring the dissolution of abbeys, the banishment of the Stuart dynasty, the disuse of the maypole or the baronial gallows, the substitution of muskets for crossbows, or of printed prayer-books for richly illu minated rnissa!s, we none of us expect that he will seriously set to work reviving those obsolete affairs, or that he will insist cn Lord Derby ,bringing in a Bill to repeal the Act of Succession. No. Thu Istinisterial 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," tie, among other " Utopian dreams of perfection," which his Lordship will surrender year by year as he grows older, we have no doubt we may set down wheat at an average of 56r. a quarter, and beef as tod. ^ pence'. Iu rather stziktnn. ' contrast to the Noble Commissioner o f Wood s an d Forests, we have an address from Mr. Herries to the electors of Stamford, a speech oy Sir John Pckington to his constituents at Droitwich, and another by Lord Henry Lennox at Chichestcr. The Right flee. President of the Incline. Board says, in the best official language, tlitt his " priecipies" 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 ready to bow to the decision of the country, whatever it may be, as expressed at the general election. He has ulwa3s avowed his opinicm in h t roar of a moderato fixed duty, and sees no reason to alter that cpinicnt but he evi.tently does no t t hi n k it _ ... sacred enough to require tither a martyrdom or a resig nation. If the country won't have it. the country need not. ai far as he is concerned. Lord Henry Lennox thinks that the pressure of taxation is um qual, and .he hopes for an arnici.ble settlement of our fatal class waifare; but he denies that Lord Derby is pledged to anything more than to obey the will of the peocle, as announced by the next general elec tion. Twit general election, from all accounts, is not very far distant. Lord John Eriss,ll, it is said, will anti we believe, iiii take the eArliest opportun:ty of grasping at the priz 3 in 1841) ; arid Lis bands t'Plej is l i c to it ve t o b go t: e n of his plan, pp amiss on his t w o b o ic f h ar la e down has I go s s li t P re o a u m t . force Lord Di.rby ro resign, that, it they beat him agent in the new Parliamet. they tansy set the old Aiinittry principalsu CDC: , more on its legs by aututnr. As his Lordship has not the least idea that there vas anything victories to detests. m at, or in the Cabinet, he expeea th4t after this aslu- L,, y 1 C 5,,071 to his refractory supporters the concern will t h en go on more prosperously than Over, that is Kith a somewhat greater proportion of SPORTING ELLIGENCE. TADC ASTER STEEPLECIIASES.--FRIDAY. Tho Farmers' t-it altos of 2 ti)vs, each, and 45 added, three miles. 13 Subs., vv;:re woa by Mr. Newborn's Quccn of the Wilke, ageO, 12A (Mr. H. Newborn), .. neating,Sap, list 51a, t - -ad 10 oth,,rs. The ,! . .;curry Stakes were wen b Baroee y Redeemer, beating ~ . s r. rld 11 othcrF. TilL: LINCOLN /7 OYEARS OLD STAKES.—The Steward of the Itac,i have dceitied that the nomination of Brougllton, w. given to the Clerk of the Course, was valid. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—TounsnAr. Waterloo Cup. Sec3nd Ties— iid dress.:! I.),tilee-avve.y bt Larriston Bre D arnston bt an Third Tiecc a—Crito bt Housemaid, L Corito b t St a nl e y, flousemaidubht_T:u- Deciding; Course—Mr. Cooke's Cerito bt Mr. Hen derson's Larriston, and won the cur- 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 dall's Raven, and won the Parse. The Ahem. Stakes. Mr. Randall's na Lopez ; ht Ir. Gradwell's na Sefton. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Tugs. Burnham Beeches; Fri. Biz-bottom, near Henley -11. Bath stag-hds., Tars. Frozne-114; Fri. Westbury —l2. EdiOX Union hds., Wed. Hizeleigh Hall; Sat. Stock East Essex lad ing Street; Sat. Notley Gatt-10i. ' rues. Birdbrook Hall; T hurs. M iss - East F.s.ex hds., Tun. ingruve Church; Sat. Orsstt Heath-10i. Essex and S u ff o lk hd r ., T ue r. Thorrington Hall; Fri. Newton Green-10i. lion. F. p etr e s fit,ag-hds., Tues. Moreton --11 i.. Durham County hds. M. Shiucliffe; Wed. Elgin. ton; Fri. Wood well House-10!!. ACCIDENT to the INDIAN MAIL STEAMER. MARSEILLES, MARCH 4. arr ived here from a port in S ar di ni The French steamer L y cur g ue, wit h the Indian mail, bas just r, where the English mail-boat Arden t was comp:llW to put in with disabled m3chincry. TgE NEW AIyOINTATEIVTS. Fronk ,i, Im . s bee n appointfli to be private secr etar y to vic iliaxquis of Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal. Tbo , as G. Gran:, .6:1., has been appointed to be privite secretary to Auxuetus St,;.fford Req., , M.P. the Secretary to the A(lrnirLlrr , . - - ------- LAMBETH —" In t& tla - ltkPz recent extmnt," saYs Lysons, " it is culiod Lambelltil ; in Doomsday B , ~k , pro bably by mibtake, LaticiL:i • by the arnica hi s t or ians it is sielt Lainhee, Landietb, L ' .arilli th, Lantedk." Some ety mologists derive the name front Lass, ()lift, and hyd, or hythe, e haven; o th ers from Lamb and hythe. For our own part we incline greatly to the .' dirt" derivation, and *mild appeal to the present state of much of the district in conlir tion.—Thc Buildcr. mation of the oph A roTnECARIES'-li ALL.—Nam - :s of gentlemen who passed their ezcamination in the science and practice of medicine, and r ece i ved certifi c ates to practice, on Thur s d ay , 4th of March, 1852;—John Pony Wan ober, 1 ) ovonpot t ; Thomas ROAM Creswell. THE WORDS OF SONGS. The majority of the stanzas are little above mere rhyme, and we involuntarily smile as we think of " music" wedded to " immortal versc." Any one who can put " heart" and " part" into measured length, alter nated with " love" and "prove," stems competent to wr i te a ,i song," and forthwith an unlimited quantity of rubbish is printed. Wo find " love" dreadfully overdone; the vows, professions, and regrets, in serenades and tender ballads, are far beyond the texture that " washes specimen :l love, e v o n e n , : look— The the an d wea rs." Here is a ran t d h o me m rye brook ; " Uh , lookmo on's from on thy the lattice, bil But the sky and the water are darkness to me, that rises While I see not th e n i ght-star th es in thee." e Don't let any confidi ng h eart be deceived by suc h de clarations; take our wor d for it , that , Cupid is an impu dent, hearty, bread-and-butter eating little boy when he is at home, and won't Put u - aup glow-worms and dew drops for cud won't period the above devoti t of it: Within a short . Don't sit up for me"SWould change to this— Two or three pleas' °PbY' l'ln going to meet ?.nt tel in Arundel-street; And as 'tie uncertain how late it may be, Whyap, oth er erha s I Here is P had better come in with the key. n protestation from a lady— " I love thy broad and noble brow; I love thy raven hair; And never, never shalt thou mils Thy faithful Mary's care." Don't her be f u lly prepared to 'eve it, young man; 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 have round your throat ; I But as for this, w on't indeed,— 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., Al.!',. Vice-President, in the chtkir, Lord Garvagh, the Hon. G. W. Mulles, Messrs. W. M. Bigg, IV. Ward, H. Sayer, F. C. Rasch, and W. Taunton, were ele c t e d F ellows, an d Lord Guernsey, ALP. , Sir J. N. R. Campbell, K.C.H., Nes:A.& P. blaze, H. T. Leigh, N. Calvert, and W. A. Joyce were propos ed as candidates for the fell ows hi p. Th e report of the council, after noticing the new buildings now i n pro gress, stated that the second part of tae fourt h volume of h t h e transactions would b e ready for delivery o n the 15th instant. Mr. Spencer Walpole, the newlv.sppointed Secre tary of State for the Hem D a nephew and son-in-law of the late sigh is'twll Spencer Perceval the Chancellor of the e E e ' P x a c r h tn e i g e o n-t i on. end by hand of an assas • ' er, whose melancholy Re understand, the lobby of the House of sin m Commons, in 1Sl" XlO country. " maga such A painfu l tentation throughout