The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

Ellen, laide, loord, mrgh, avi ng urged V.) tables 1, from Is 6cl !r half angel, bles— to 5s ; 5s per tatoes, dozen )pions, Savoy arrots, aches; Sd to forced ) Is 3d russels 8d per Ludles; nches :o-day, 3s6d; Pork, Ducks, 8d to Surrey - n-door to 12s; 1 is 3(1 is 6d; 2s 6d ; I, 8d to Is 6d; ; Veal, ; Veal, s, 3d to ; Soles, to Is 3d I to Bd, , er doz ; from 7d to 721 b, 801 b to 961 b to It Skins I Sheep, Downs, er ditto, Supply Clover aer load. ; Clover per load. Er. Wat fendant. recover a about of infor ipon the the dis e stable. :hamber, ie quan npon the 1 another soap was ed under soap, and charge- )AY.) rds, was Hayes. s turned xieation. ;o quietly olieeman need him who heldty :le in the lerchant's wine im given to tted them 1 the pri- t he could ed or de vithin the lubmitted much as a the dock which it the dock hat it was ist fall to se indict - Ithorisiug lined that by means ner might wa y with I be taken the wine that there hat objet' of the io. t a tasting The order ;e, and did h it what ndictmen t ortance to • be taken , Le prisoner appear At he pressed the Court, ;ar at the les, valued aster, was I labour. pts of B 1 12: o which t.: of the 00" • a a :,1, 4 j ''' t, ' . r.) .....20.04, 6 69 7 91 6 54 412 528,315,870 %Jo 3,g1 1, 546 ba ted the let d ay of February, 1 . B ANKING D 9 5'! X• 1, 7 ropri etors' capit a l 14,553,00 Rest .. ..• •••• • • • • 3,458,107 Public deposits (in -0 shading Exchequer, 1 ' 6 05 Coding Exchequer, of ,6,0 • ~ l os National Debt, Say -8,16: lngs-banks, and Di -1,11- vidend accounts) .. 3,877,648 Other deposits ... • • • 11,642,799 03 A Seven day and other 50- bills .......... •• . • 1,112,840 .30, .„6 • 6 9 , -----. 5. 79 ' £ 1 1,674,394 6 ,26 1 0 4 2 3 5 1 1 1 '6OB ....- • - Dated the Ist day of February, co Ro t 'reg. 1 e d• „oleo of eetingbela )11 , " t B o stt ' l'e e r l°ces °of it t errdio t he O la tool' o eD a s . gev b j ec E atis Gla s g AS L . „ ac l Of places GREAT and DISASTROUS FLOODS /.1i THE COUNTIES OF INVERNESS, ROSS, AND SUTHERLAND. . _ (From the Inverness Courier.) We have this week to discharge the sad and painful duty of recording the most unexampled and disastrous series of floods ever experienced, according to oral and written testi mony, in the north and west Highlands. Long-continued and heavy rai ns , ac c om panied by a remarkable prevalence of lightning, had fallen over the various districts in which our Principal rivers have their sources, and from which they derive their ordinary supplies. The floods extended as far west as Loch ourn -he a d, and included the districts watered b y the Quoich, the Garry, the Arhaig, the Oich, and lesser stream s , whence they were precipitated into Loch-Oich , Loch-L oc h y, an d Loch-Ness. The river running from the first of these lakes has carried off the bridges of Aberchalder and Fort-Augustus, besides occasioning several breaches in the banks of the Caledonian Canal. The streams entering the Lochy have broken up the roads and devastated fields and e plantatio ns , i nc l u ding the picturesque grounds of m 'ehnacarry, the seat of Lochiel. Loch - N ess, over its wide ne , e aPanse of twenty-four miles, rose about fourteen feet—a ight unprecedented in the district. On it s banks various • la nd - slips took place, and much damag e was inflicted , but these have been trivial compared with the effects of its waters en flood. It attained its Riess the river and town of Inverness. Never was the e'eas seen in such fearful volume and full h eeight more rapidly in consequence of meetin g with the waters of the Canal. All were placed on one level, and a breach was made in the Canal banks , above the lock at I) °abgarroch. By unrernitted and strenuous e xertions this brea c h was reverted from widening; d waters rushed down their course of five Irdes, overflowing the adjoining grounds, and finally destroying the important stone bridge at Inverness and submerging nearly one-third of the town. The alarm of the inhabitants was indescrib able —the losses and privations have been great—but in t he whole circuit and course of these floods we have heard of no loss of life. To the real calamities of this awful oc currence visionary or exaggerated fears were superadded. tlost of our townsmen entertained an apprehension that, by the flood overmastering the powers of control at the Canal, the whole waters tof Loch-Ness would be poured down upon the devoted town. Now, it may be admitted that a serious breach occurring in the Canal simultaneously with a great flood (and of course it is then that there is the greatest risk of such a breach), might have the effect of throwing an in creased volume of water down the river, but by no means to the extent that is commonly believed. The quantity of water that can run out of Loch-Ness must be limited by the capacity of the upper outlet at Bona, namely, the narrow channel which connects Loch-Ness and Loch-Dochfour. This was, no doubt, deepened and widened to render it a na vigable channel of the Canal, but perhaps not to a greater ex tent than the increased volume of water which the river has in flood, as compared with its low-water level in the natural state—therefore, the utmost capacity of the present chan nel at Bona would be but equal to the discharge of a flood of double the ordinary maximum. Again, the capacity of the river channel itself from Loch•Dochfour downwards to the town of Inverness is insufficient to discharge more than a given quantity of water, which is limited by the size of its narrowest part; nor in certain places would it derive any great addition to its dimensions by having the width occu pied by the Canal (as the possible effect of the supposed breach) annexed to it. There are a number of impediments, however, which would gradually have to be overcome before this effect could completely take place ; and although a new and deeper channel might in some places be formed by the rapidity of the current, yet even this would be a work of time, and probably would not be finally brought about before the gradual and simultaneous discharge of the lake would restore matters again to their former relative bearing, and render the rise and fall of the river exactly similar to what it was in its original condi tion. It seems highly improbable, therefore, that any sudden irruption of the waters of Loch-Ness could overtake the valley below without giving of itself sufficient indicatinns of its approach ; and although it might be attended with c onsiderable damage to property, it would not be like!) serious) y to endanger life. It is impossible, however, to describe the effect which this alarm, caused by the breach in the Canal, h a d upon a ll c l asses o f our townsmen, and we devoutly hope that we may never again witness so awful and distressing a crisis. , Turning from our own severe calamity, we find that, further north in this country, the district of Strathglass also suffered. Glen-Affrlck, Glen-Cannich, and the course carried off, L ord Levet farms have been destroyed, embankments heav y mills and steadings ruined. His Lo rdshi p will 11, loser b calam visitation. In Ross euire, the sources of the this Orrin, the itous Garve, and the Conan i i ° l B e to an unprecedented height. Several houses were nl M o wn down in the village of Conan, and roads and fields m u h injured. The high grounds of Badenoch, in which d e SPey takes its rise, have also been flooded, and much ane arre , th e ' done e to embankments and farms. In all parts of co_nnorth, indeed, floods have been rife, but it is in the u • -e of the principal mountain rivers that the results have bee ni rte so remarkable. The loss in many instances will be be all severe; and years must elapse before they be freely exerted, but much will still remain undone. We t he State wish to see our northern communities pensioners (a but there never was a time when the bounty of a lanee..., d "at Government was more required to assist our High eoe;:t.aapital and its neighbourhood than at the present mo atheir in , „ A peaceful and loyal people have been overtaken by „ a tiSttortune altogether unprecedented and extraordinary, fo appears impossible that they can, unaided, regain proceedtrier position. With these general observations we a dditig a t red ave detail the circumstances of the flood, which we has visited to pains to render accurate and complete. In ;hat fell under our own observation, our reporter ort we have be Augustus, Beauly, and other localities, and en assisted by the kind communications of various correspondents. 1 1M: ice tli; -- Tita N eee . .„, re e had barely time last week to an on Wednesday evening the river Ness 'va_dvieittained to a height unsurpassed at any period since t he Year 1834. Before our impression was worked off, the 10'._seing-machine was three inches in water ! The anuses the on both sides of the river were partially flooded, tai ne , l e_hanks impassable. Fears were even then enter ilateede Mr the safety of the Old Bridge, but no one antici that the flood would be so wide-spread and so dis astrie wa erk, tis in its results as it has proved. The night was wet, ank, and stormy, and with every gust 01 wind the L e i n e r Continued to rise. By eleven o'clock it had at. ih,'' ,l a fearful and unprecedented height. It had over ,;//,.,.ed the gardens and grounds in front of the houses in Bank occupied by Mr. Shortt and Mrs. Hunter, C.,' Partially entered the premises. Higher up some small Were two from the Haugh road to the river-side u niture floating furniture two feet under water, the tires extinguished, and the of th streets and about. In Bank-street, the lower floors e premises occupied by the Bank of Scotland, and Part of our own buildings, were flooded. The low-lying foot back anes extending from Huntly-street as far eeP, and as Fairfield -lane, were under water in some places a are neither boarded' the ground floors of the houses are almost invariable melancholy tsk beneath the level of the roadway, and shifts and expedients. nor paved, the poor people began the rise ot . prep N a o rin e g he for ex the ec r e o ct rst th b a et ttehmepofireaefed would ' and by M uch higher. It continued, however, to advance, niost midnight, the river rushed on in a magnificent but • awful an d , . Its banks to alarming flood. It covered the roads on h ou tholes, "sing' as from the sea, on both sides. The lamps, discoloured.l ugn partially submerged, continued ' to burn and threw M reet, but a stran ge a d sickly glare on the waters now foaming and . Some families in the exposed localities retired Wo r k of the great majority, if not already engaged in the anxiet removal, watched the progress of the flood, their them. Y increasing as the waters rapidly swelled around Lights were seen glancing from doors and windows, a nd the il abo ut as of anxious and distressed women flitted silent they continued their preparations or looked on in winter level?' dismay.ViTane,, tin ned , KS "; JAN. 31 Since Saturday the river has con . atom .— to fall, and it now flows at nearly its usual water. „ v. The ruins of the bridge are partially above the various 4 - '1 i. 1 12,e service was on Sunday performed in the tone prea c h e rs in town. The clergymen of all denomina sad calamity sermons appropriate to the occasion, and the irgs. vi Y was reviewed and consecrated by pious feel le orktn en feel ,.e Brid ge t are now actively engaged in restoring the ~ I.herrYebOat o a s a f e state for the passage of vehicles, and zsrid ge. s to from s id e t o s id e below the site of the Old tit es Sr Ey . , . ales u .. .teain seems to have fallen in immense quan dent a e on e the Badenoch side of Corryarrick. A correspon 511artee t e e tFgah says—" The rain fell in torrents in this teriniesior The 20th to the 25th instant, without any in ceVerina +,_ the Spey rose to an unprecedented height— atrange?,e,u_e whole glen to the depth of several feet. To a tossed in ,`,L,' o , whole district would have appeared—the water to the rcorn's A,.e outlet from it. the sea eu roam by the fearful winds—to be a great arm of At oe AC e r dverikie great damage has been done. The Marquis lodge was surrounded with water, and injury• boat amount of about five hundred pounds inflicted. The The pwrasoe_shattered, and the chain-bridge broke to pieces. way ha, varate b leat i.. eerty ee Cluny has escaped; no part of his embank- With vvater.°" On t'fitteljured. of Glentruim the embankment has given places, and the meadow is wholly covered h igher a t r h eadnes l tr h o e ie S d p . ey- is half way up the Badden, much on the bur n e A r s it was known before. Two bridges—one ease_ -oi eseeackachy, and the other a little to the 13A (F -N ro i. UN' ibrLAND• Account, pursu the Week endin a n ant to the h and Bth of Victoria , cap. 32, f0r a on al sa l t a u s r t dAay n a 7 ight's Gazette.) Notee issued.. ... 28,315,270 rasus DEPARTMENT. the t 27th day of January, 1849. Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • '2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,813,798 Silver bullion .• .• • • 502,072 28,315,870 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. ,EpARTMEN T. Government seen/4- i ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 15,882,267 Other securities •• .. 10,427,581 Notes .. .......... 9,638,345 Gold and silver coin.. 726,201 £31,674,394 lIIRSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. UestnnlDGE 1 - 10 Nou , ----- ------ 1h the present year bears a 113 . evo 'L. nahire name—Mr. Pell—the senior wrangler of second wrangler is of trpueheDaevonshire breed—he is Mr. yr,enowh Phear, son of the Rev. J. grit," as Jonathan would s of Suffolk, but " true sides f e a s t — h his a D m e o v t o h n ef being sister of Dr. Budd, of Eixet::,uannocciitheshl thehave tAken high in fact,g distinguished member shire man; five of Mr. Phear's themselvesii at honours at Cambridge —he is, e on (it.r wrangler rst saw of the same family who have distin this university. It is rather odd, but the senior Western is a native of California. In that distant region the light, and traced the golden path to learning,._ Times. . .._ ACCIDEN T TO WILLIAM HOPE JOH NSTONE, Esq. early on Tuesday morning week, as Mr. William Hope Johnstone was returning to Rachills, in company wills one of his brothers, a gamekeeper, and others, who had been out Watching for night poachers, he accidentally slipped, and fell over a bank 20 feet in height. When taken up, it was found that he bad been severely bruised about the face and neck; t he medical attendants are afraid that his spine has been in ured. Moffat, Jan. 28.—We deeply regret to state, though I, r. Johnston e is still alive, that his medical attendants en ;nail), great doubts of his recovery. Illr. Johnstone is the ha son of J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale, and n., . _esided for some years at Moffat House, Moffat.—Scot 114h Guardian.. A dividend of ls. in the pound has • 't been ju.,an nouncedu on the estate of Messrs. -. ,:, ze r And Ulle4°' 14 4Cicti • Pe rkuls) t,chlue , tL9I4 t 9 7§, already paid. THE SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LOUTH STEEPLECHASE.—ThuRsDA.Y. H ope ..• (Frisby) 1 The Doctor Vulture ~. Charity ••• •I •.• ••• ••. Several l °tilers started. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. C HESTER SPRING MEETING, 1849. Acceptances for the Chester Cup. st lhl st lb Chanticleer, 6 yr 5..... 9 9 Egret, 4 yrs Cossack, 5 yrs 9 1 Ellen Loraine, 4 yrs... 6 10 Surplice, 4 yrs 8 12 Sesostris, 4 yrs 6 10 Inheritress, aged Flatcatcher, 4 yrs 8 6 Elemi, aged Impostor, 5 yrs 8 5 Amazement, 6 yrs ... 6 8 Peep o'Day Boy, 5 yrs 8 5 Pillage, 5 yrs ... 6 8 Lady Wildair, aged... 8 ()lodine, 4 yrs ... ..... 6 8 Dough, 4 yrs Executor, 5 yrs 7 12 Maynooth, aged ...... 6 6 Swiss Boy, 4 yrs 7 11 Sunnyside, 4 yrs Dulcet, aged 7 10IMaid of my Soul, 4 yrs 6 6 The Conjuror, 6 yrs 7 10ILord Saltoun, aged ... 6 4 Halo, 5 yrs 7 10 1 Avenger, 6 yrs 6 4 7 liking Hal, 5 yrs Vampyre, 5 yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs 7 8 '.Nlelford, 5 yrs Blucher, 4 yrs . 7 B,Whizglg-, 4 yrs 6 4 The Admiral, 5 yrs ... 7 7 Cheapside, 5 yrs 6 2 Radulphus, 6 yrs 7 6 Honeycomb, 3 yrs ... 6 2 Clermont, 5 yrs 7 6lAuricula, 6 yrs 6 0 Blaze. 4 yrs 7 6 Bedlam, 5 yrs New Forest Deer, aged 7 5 Reality, 4 yrs Sponge, 4 yrs 7 5 Ferry Hill, 4 yrs 6 0 Fireaway, aged .... ..... 7 4 Tuscan, 4 yrs 3ackbiter, 4 yrs 7 4 1 Miss Nipper, 4 yrs . . 5 12 King of Kildare, 4 yrs 7 4 Acomb, 4 yrs Athelstane, 4 yrs 7 4 gomet, 4 yrs 5 10 Ballinafad, 5 yrs Attraction, 4 yrs Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs 7 2 Conquest, 4 yrs Dacia, 5 yrs 7 2 Cast-off, 4 yrs John Cosser, 4 yrs.... 7 2 Garrick, 3 yrs 5 8 Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 2 Abbot of Meaux, 3 yrs 5 8 Vesta, 4 yrs Bingham, 5 yrs 7 0 Velox, 3 yrs 5 7 Fernhill, 4 yrs Ellerslie, 4 yrs Great Western, 4 yrs 6 13 Ada Mary, 3 yrs Do it-again, 4 yrs 6 13 Pelham, 3 yrs . ... ... 5 5 Giselle, 6 yrs 6 12 B c by Colwick, out of Geraldine, 6 yrs . 6 12 Concertina, 3 yrs ... 5 4 The Swallow, 5 yrs.... 6 12iMelody,;3 yrs 5 5 Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs... 6 12 1 Cigarette, 3 yrs 5 2 Taffrail,4 yrs 6 12 Cotton Lord, 3 yrs ... 5 2 Gaffer Green, aged ~ 6 11 Slashing Alice, 3 yrs. 5 2 ,Toc o'Sot, 5 yrs Sest, 4 yr- , 6 11 Imperatrix, 3 yrs ..... 5 0 Lola Montes, 4 yrs The Widow, aged 6 10 Thornhill, 3 yrs Rathmines, 5 yrs Ch cby Harkaway, out Louptarou, 3 yrs 4lO of Diana, 4 yrs 6 10 Rowland, 3 yrs 4 10 Farewell, 4 yrs 6 10 1 Essedarius. 3 yrs 4lO Vlalton, 4 yrs 6 10 Burghley, 3 yrs Deerstalker, 4 yr 5...... 6 10,Snowdrop, 3 yrs ... 4 4 BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING, 1849. Acceptances for the Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, &c. st Ibl Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 8 12 Halo, 5 yrs 8 0 Radulphus, 6 yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs Brandyface, 5 yrs Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 2 Sponge, 4 yrs 7 1 Cockermouth, 4 yrs st lb Bacchanalian, 4 yrs 6 4 Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs 6 2 Vaurien, 4 yrs I leVestow, 3 yrs .... B c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress, 3 I yrs IGlenalvon, 3 yrs 5 0 Loupgarou, 3 yrs Cheerful, 3 yrs F by Emilius, out of Flycatcher, 3 yrs 4 12 Essedarius, 3 yrs 4 11 Cashier, 3 yrs 4 10 Idle Boy, 3 yrs PYTCHLEY HUNT, 1849. Northamptonshire Stakes. st lb Silver Eel, 5 yrs .. ... 6 6 Sesostris, 4 yrs ... 6 6 iSamp'son, 4 yrs ... ... 6 5 Watchdog, 5 yrs ... 6 5 (Yell-mell, 5 yrs ... 6 4 ,Minto, 4 yrs ... ... 6 3 'Sis to Ridiculus Mus, 6 yrs ... ... 6 0 Abbot of Meaux, 3 yrs . 5 5 Westow, 3 yrs ... ... 5 5 Velox, 3 yrs ... ... 5 3 Loup-garou, 3 yrs ... 5 2 The Talent, 3 yrs ... ... 5 2 F by Emilius, out of Fly catcher, 3 yrs ... 4 13 Alp, 3 yrs . . ... 4 12 Goodwood, 3 yrs ... 4 10 Vasa, 3 yrs ... ... 4 10 Skudar, 3 yrs ... 4 8 Miss Bunny, 3 yrs ... 4 8 Bon-bon, 3 yrs ... 4 5 Idle Boy, 3 yrs ... ... 4 0 Lethargy, 5 yrs 6 11 Kling Hal, 5 yrs Teresa, aged Fernhill, 4 yrs Subduer, aged, Sampson, 4yrs Good Boy, 4 yrs NORTHAMPTON AND Acceptances for the Great st ib War Eagle, 5 yrs... ... 8 13, Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 8 q Footstool, 6 yrs :.. ... 8 10' Lady Wildair, aged 8 61 Eryx, 5 yrs ... ... 8 61 Halo, 5 yrs ... ... 7 10, The Tartar, 5 yrs ... ... 7 9 New Forest Deer, aged . 7 81 Gwalior, aged ... 7 7 Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs ... ... 7 s_l Sylvan. 4 - yrs .. ...7 51 liacia, 4 in... .. 7 0 Sponge, 4 yrs ... ... 7 0 Vesta, 5 yrs ... ... 7 0 Giselle, 6 yrs ... 6 12 Roscius, aged ... ... 612 Lethargy, 5 yrs ... ... 6 11 Lecomte, 4 yrs 6 11 Egret, 4 yrs ... 6 10 Prince Charley, 4 yrs ... 6 9 Valentina, 4 yrs ... ... 6 9 Pillage, 5 yrs ... ... 6 8 Fernhill, 4 yrs ... 6 8 NEWMARKET CRAI Acceptances for the N st lb Canezou, 4 yrs Sir Peter Laurie, 5 yrs 7 8 'EN MEETING, 1849. ewinarket Handicap. st lb Sesostris, 4 yrs ...... 6 9 Woodcraft, 4 yrs Good Boy, 4 yrs 6 8 Hagley, 4 yrs 6 7 Keraun, 4 yrs 6 7 Paladin, 4 yrs . Clerk of the Council 4 yrs 6 7 Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs "G 1 Westow, 3 yrs 5 11 F by Emilius, out of Flycatcher, 3 yrs Vasa, 3 yrs ........ Scudar, 3 yrs Chicot, 3 yrs Burghley, 3 yrs .. 4 8 . .. Roscius, aged 7 5 Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs 7 3 Sylvan, 4 yrs 7 3 Sagacity, 5 yrs Backbiter, 4 yrs.. ...... 7 1 Sponge, 4 yrs .. Queen Mary, .5 yrs 7 .01 Corsican 4 y -rs Hornpipe, 4 yrs 6 13' Mirmillo, 5 yrs _ _ .1 Valentina, i yrs 6 11 Tisiphone, 4 yrs 6 11 Cockermonth, 4 yrs Fernhill, 4 yrs 6 10 Slug, 4 yrs . The highest weight accepti' been raised to that weight, an, ,ng being under Sst 71b, it has td the others in proportion. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FraDAY. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, took their ac customed airings in the Slopes. There was no addition to the Royal dinner circle at the Castle to-day. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance, and per formed in the Castle during the evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Royal Duke returned to his resi dence at Kew in the afternoon. . . . . Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Bischoff had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward of her Majesty's House hold, left town yesterday mornin ,, for Windsor Castle. Mr. Richard Harris and Mr. John Ellis had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, •at the office of the Board of Trade. The Rev. Mr. Gell and Mr. G. W. Anderson had inter views yesterday, at the Colonial-office, with Earl Grey. found their ways into the town, and that the price of grain has already suffered a material increase. We may now daily look for important events from the southern extremity. of the Punjaub "Camp Moultan, Dec. 19, 1848. " Our camp now exhibits the bustle of preparations. All yesterday hackeries were moving to and fro from the ghat with heavy munitions of war ; they are again to-day on the same errand. Cattle has also been sent for the train. Col. Dundas will be hers on Thursday, and I believe that it is in contemplation to move into position on Friday, the siege to commence on Monday. A day or two ago we had a report that the Dewan was engaged in making some small boats; perhaps he has caught the idea of escaping over the ghats into the country beyond the Indus. On Shaika Emam-ood deen's advance upon Jhung, a man came out to meet him, in forming him that Narain Singh had halted, so quiet posses sion was taken. The enemy came back to Moultan in small detachments as quick as possible, and it is believed their leader is snug in the fort of Chuneeout. Yesterday the 11th Light Cavalry went out towards Seetul-ke-Maree, and were afterwards followed by some of Jacob's horse ; the latter had a skirmish and two men wounded, but succeeded in capturing a number of camels. The pioneers are hard at work exca vating trenches, &c., that they may be au fait at the real work ere long. The battery and mine are beautifully constructed, and are certainly chefs d'ezuvre of engineering skill. " We are very badly off for dooly bearers ; an order has been issued for an equal distribution of the few we possess. On dit that our original full complement of llindustanee Kahirs was discharged, as they refused to make ice. Pun jabee ones entertained in their stead; and as might be ex pected their patriotic zeal has led them to decamp to the great detriment of our hospital establishment. We are fatuously off for supplies, the people of the country well knowing which side their bread is buttered. " Yours, " Taimax." " Camp Bloultan, Dec. 21, 1848. " The guns and park, &c., of our beater sainarades, the Ducks, came into camp yesterday afternoon, and were followed by themselves this morning, all in high glee and health. " To-morrow morning we are to move into position as I told you in my last. but nobody knows whither or where. The scaling ladders have been inspected and measured of late, so a dour in that quarter is not at all impracticable. Per haps the evening of Christmas -day will witness a hard fight. Moolraj thinks so, as it is the Fed of the Feringees; a good look-out to be kept accordingly. " Many desertions from the Dewan occur daily. Beyond his stanch little garrison, I expect he will have no adherents that will give us much trouble. " Yesterday a large gang of Bunneeas were seized actually smuggling provisions into Dloultan ; they certainly ought to be hung, as they deserve. " A court-martial has awarded forty-five lashes to an in subordinate sepoy of the 51st Native Infantry, but the sen tence has not yet been carried into effect. " The weather is piercing cold night and day., Yours, "Timcm." BAHAWULPOOR, DEC. 20.—(From our Native News iter) : " The Harharu says that ever since the arrival of the first part of the Sinde troops, their cavalry are going daily round the town, and to various parts in the neighbourhood, by which they now prevent the Moultanees from receiving sup plies. The second portion of the Sinde troops has reached as far as the garden of Aveewallab, and the third portion must arrive shortly. As soon as the whole have arrived the siege will recommence. The British General has issued an order that all the Bahawulpoores, Affghans, &c., are to take up a position in the rear, the Bombay regiments taking their place. It has also been intimated to such of the allies as choose to remain that they were welcome, while those who now wish to go home were at liberty to do so, and ,would re ceive their pay. The number of guns and mortars that have come from Bombay is said to be 35, and the number of boats stored with ammunition, &c., 150. The guns that were taken from Moolraj pre going to be embarked in some of these boats, and also the wounded and invalids. " DEC. 19.—The troops of Cortlandt Saheb have been directed to remain at Soorujkoond when the arrangements for the attack are complete. Some of the troops from Sinde are this day at Soojahabad, Their approach has instilled great fear into the minds of the Mooltanese, some of whom are daily absconding. The Dewan is entrenching the Ave Sheedee Lall. Nawab Bahawul Khan is still at Sunkrassee, and is waiting to have an interview with the Governor of Sinde, who is marching up the country. "DEC. 2.1.—A reconnoissance was effected by the British on the 18th. Some of the troops of the Dewan came out and fired with matchlocks on the cavalry, doing some damage. On the 16th the Dewan went to the Shevala and made ar rangements for intercepting the British should they make the usual reconnoissance. Hurdas Singh was accordingly posted on the Ava Mundee wallah, 500 men with two guns at Kutta Bairagee, and 600 men at Shheshmuhul. Dewan Moolraj was sitting on the Koonee Boorj, watching the British with his telescope when they were marching round on the 18th, and hence made his arrangements on the 19th. He has ordered the trenches at Seetul-ke-Maree to be de stroyed. Supplies are now not received at Moultan in con sequence of the British being more vigilant, and wheat is selling at 6% seers per rupee. "DEC. 22.—Dewan Moolraj went out on the morning of the 20th to inspect the entrenchment he is himself raising. He stood to see a road from the Ghurree of Misree-Khan to the garden of Lankee Khan to be cut up, and ordered 1,200 Goorka Sepoys to take up a position between the Bohur and Loharee Durwazus. He also ordered some houses to be de stroyed, the owners raising loud complaints, on which the Dewan said they must submit for the public benefit. Three guns from the Shevala had been planted near the Bohur gate on a battery prepared on purpose. The Dewan himself paid the Goorkhas and his artillerymen. Narian Singh is reported to have got into the fort of Chuneout, notwitstand ing the endeavours of the country people to prevent him; but his being possessed of guns gave him a superiority over them. Shaika Emam-ood-deen, instead of returning to Moultan, has been ordered to move on Chuneout. The price of wheat has risen to six seers." NATIONAL DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - _ Sia,—lt is matter of surprise that some determined expression of public opinion has never been made in favour of an attempt to liquidate the National Debt, either by arrangement with the national creditors for instalments at long periods, or large compositions to wards an early settlement. The letter of Mr. Rigby Wason has aroused a certain amount of inquiry (although, by the bye, a similar plan was proposed in en advertisement in the Times some two or three years since and emanated from a member of the Travellers' Club), and has been put forth at a very opportune moment. Without wishing to depreciate the glorious movement in favour of " Financial Reform," I should be disposed at any time to give preference to the movement that shall have as its object the permanent reduction of our national taxation by twenty millions and upwards. Is the plan proposed by Mr. Wason feasible? Is it practicable? I think not, although the outline and con ception of his plan is undoubtedly good; but hiS conclu sions are too startling—the array of figures too formi dable ; he has wielded his pen and allowed his mind to roam over too vast a surface; he has forgot the nume rous obstructions in the way of arriving at correct con clusions on the huge, unwieldy mass he proposes to annihilate, at least as a monument of evil. Is it such a plan as our friends Cobden, Hume, Bright, Thompson, or Milner Gibson, as a Ministry, could intro duce without detriment to their character as statesmen and financiers? lam inclined to say No most empha cally. The supposition that our national wealth is worth 20 years' purchase is erroneous ; let it be announced on 'Change— at the auction mart—in the bureaus of every editor, commercial man, and agent throughout the country that a measure to liquidate the National Debt is on the tapir, and that national wealth, now estimated at 220,000,0001., would be depreciated to 140,000,0001. or less; not that the real wealth of the country would be less intrinsically, but that property of every description from extraneous causes has obtained so high an artificial value, that any attempt to alter or disarrange present arrangements would arouse suspicion—suspicion, fear, and fear a panic, and consequent depreciation ; besides it must be borne in mind that although la nd and houses in the present state of the market may be worth 20 or 25 years' purchase, a trade can only be estimated at one, two, or three years' purchase; if, then, our national wealth be estimated at five years' purchase, we shall, I think, approach as near as possible to a just and equi table appreciation of its rateable . value ; but even this, with a view to an arrangement towards paying off . the Debt, must be accompanied by an adjustment of the Debt—for it must be borne in mind that we never re ceived above 50/. or 60/. for each hundred pounds we now pay interest; consequently, the national creditor must be prepared to acquiesce in an arrangement that will reduce the principal debt to something like 500,000,0001. Then, reckoning our national wealth at five years' pur chase we have a rateable total of ... £1,100,000,000 Which at a tax of 5 per cent. would produce ••• • . . 275,000,000 But, suppose this sum was assessed in an nual instalments of 11 per cent., it:would reduce the assessment to 68,750,000 And would in the course of eight or nine years liquidate the debt. But it may be objected (and with reason) that the amount could not be raised without causing a large amount of unnecessary trouble and inconvenience; if so, say at per cent, and that would give ... 27,500,000 available, and that sum could be raised at a push, and that, considered with reference to the yearly diminution for interest consequent on the reduction of debt, would enable us, year by year, with increased comfort, to wipe off this monstrous ideally. I would respectfully urge upon my fellow citizens the propriety of forming an opinion upon the various plans submitted, and the expression of their opinion in some tangible and effectual manner. With a hope that the seed sown may eventually produce a glorious harvest, I subscribe myself, NIZAM-AB-MOOLK. Ist day of the first year of Free-trade. MANSION-HOUSE. - Yesterday, Robert Brown, charged before Alderman Farncombe with having forged a cheque for 501. on Barclay, Bevan, and Co., was committed for trial. The prisoner had been in the habit of conducting the correspondence of a H. B. Mead, a seafaring man, with Messrs. Barclay, and took advantage of that circumstance to forge Mead's name to a cheque. The wife of Struve, one of the leaders in the Re publican insurrection, is, says a Baden journal, to be tried with him, for participation therein. • CITY OF LONDON AND EAST LONDON DISPENSARY. —A meeting of this valuable institution was held on Tues day; Henry F. Richardson, Esq., in the chair. After much preliminary business, the chairman stated he had the plea sare to announce the adhesion of the Marquis of Downshire, the Provost of Eton, and a numerous list of contributors. Gratifying letters were read from the Marquis of Bristol and many of the nobility. The meeting then adjourned for one week. • ----- CHEAPNESS OF PROVISIONS.—For some time past good beef and mutton have been Fold in this city at 4 1 / 2 d. a pound ; and on Saturday last they were to be had in our market Cs low as 3d. for mutton and 4d. for beef. —Canterbury Journal Two new - zessels, which will surpass all the others in size and splendour, are about being laid down by the British and North American Company, to replace the Acadia and Britannia, which have been sold.—Liverpool Mercury. THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—At a late meeting of the Royal College of Physicians, a vote of thanks was moved and unanimously carried to Dr. Paris., for the dignified and efficient manner in which he had sustained the interests of the college and the medical profession, in his recent correspeucleace with the 1101110 (AM anti the Doard of Health. INDIA. We have been favoured with the following letter, written by an officer, and dated from the banks of the Chenab:— _ _ _ " December 14. " We are still here, and nothing done since my last letter, at least, nothing of consequence. At the time of writing, there was every chance of some hard fighting. From the 22d till the 3d, we were in the face of the enemy. They had possession of the river. On the day after the arrival of the heavy guns some were brought into position, and a strong division of the army was detached, under the command of General Thackwell, to cross at a ford some fives miles up the river, with the intention of taking the enemy in flank. On their arrival, however, at the ford. it was found to be occu pied in force by the enemy. The General, therefore, pushed on to Wuzeerabad, some way higher up, got possession of some boats, and crossed over his force easily. " The appearance of the column was to be the signal for the heavy guns to open. They did good service, and soon obliged the enemy to retire out of fire; but they kept pos session of the ford with a few guns they had in battery. "The enemy had heard of Tbackwell's march, and went out in force to meet him. They got possession of a strong position between two villages, with a nullah and some high sugar-cane fields, which afforded capital shelter to their skir mishers. Thackwell found them all ready to receive him. It was merely an artillery fight, ours doing great execution among them. Above 300 were killed. Night corning on saved them. During the night they fell back upon the Jhelum. and have now entrenched themselves very strongly. They have a village on their right and left, with thick jungle; the Jhelum in their rear, and a fine open plain in front for the play of their guns—the only way by which we can attack them. Provisions are said to be very scarce in their camp. Major Lawrence is a prisoner in their hands. Nothing is to be done till the fall of Moultan. The whole of the troops are expected there on the 23d, and it is supposed they will take it about the first week in January, when that force will be available to co-operate with us. All the wounded are getting on very well. Captain Fitzgerald died of his wounds. Pro visions and forage are very plentiful with us. Attock still holds out. The Seikhsare good soldiers, and know how to use a sword well. " The Chenab is a very difficult river to cross. The ford is very deep and uncertain. The enemy certainly know how to take up a good position. I have been all over it since. We could never have crossed it in their face. They would have licked us to a certainty. Before getting to the river there are very heavy sands, which knock up the cattle com pletely. They had entrenched themselves on the other side of the river, opposite the ford, and they had also two large islands (at least they are islands when the river is full) on which they had batteries and entrenchments. Their skir mishers dig holes for themselves in which they are quite safe. " They have taken a good many camels from us. and have no cause to be dissatisfied as yet with what they have done. We appear always to fight our battles after long marches, when the troops are tired. Thackwell's affair was entirely of artillery, and the enemy were driven from their guns; but Thackwell would not take them. He had lots of fine cavalry, but after the enemy had left their guns he would not follow up his success. Every one who was there says that if he had let the cavalry at them he must have taken the whole of their guns. The cavalry had done nothing all day. " When the enemy found be would not advance they re turned and took away the guns. I expect we lost nearly as many men as they did. The Commander-in -Chief hasorders from the Governor-General not to cross the Chenab till after the fall of Moultan ; he can cross for a day or two, but must return to head-quarters. Thackwell's force is about thirteen miles the ether side. We are all tired of this work — it ' s ver y stupid in tents, and very cold." (From the Delhi Gazette of Dec. 27.) MOULTN. We are i n receipt of the following communications from likloultan, which give us already a foretaste of what is speedily to follow. It will be seen by our Bahawuipoor cor respondence that the frequent cavalry reconnoissances on the part of General Whish have closed the gates of Monitan nail* the entry of the large supplies that have hitherto LONDON, SAT UR DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1849. LITERATURE. FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT. NOZRANI •IN EGYPT AND SYRIA. THE PIPE OF REPOSE. By R. Ferguson. BELOOCHISTAN AND AFFGHANISTAN, By Colonel Stacy. CAMPAIGN IN NEW MEXICO. By F. S. Edwards. In these days, when every one travels and evt ry one writes, almost every spot of earth has its histo rian. Nevertheless, so great is the diversity of nature, and so various the opinions of men, that mi ch as has been written about every known-country on the globe, much remains, and much will always remain to be said of' them. To have read one Ix ok of travels in any particular country, so far from satisfying, only stimulates our curiosity. This js peculiarly the case with rega r d t o th e East. After Chateaubriand and Lamartine had related their travels in the Holy . Land, it might have been supposed that no inferior pilgrim, would presume to chronicle his pilgrimage. On the contrary the charms of the subject seem to have overcome the diffidence of a hundred amateur authors, and the charms of the subject are such as to render " Travels in the East" always attractive, no matter w h o ma y i n dite them. Accordingly the three volumes of Eastern wanderings now before us will, we doubt not, be attractive to a multitude of readers. " Forty Days in the Desert" is chiefly descriptive of that part Of the Holy Land which was the scene of the Israelites' wanderings. most - interesting n te r i e r s a t n i pigs manner. described This t hi s s om vo e lum le e n , g w th h , ie a h nd is v in ery is a legantly got up, illustrated by numerous sketches of remarkable places which struck the traveller's attention on his way. " Nozrani in Egypt and Syria" has reached its second e diti on , an d i s conse quently independent of criticism. The chief attrac tion of this very attractive book i s th e re li g i o us spirit everywhere manifested by its author. These are essentially the wanderings of a Christian , rani" being synonymous with N azarene . H " Noz owever, the meditations suggested by th e scene o f hi s wan derings have , i' nowise di m i n i s h e d Nozrans powers of observation. Every object worthy of remark, and every event of interest which he en countered on his way, he h as d escr ib e d i n a mos t interesting and attractive manner. " The Pipe of Repose" is so called after the long pipe which the Eastern wanderer i s accustomed to smoke on arriving at his journey's end, during the time of which performance he has leisure to muse over his past adventures. The reader is to suppose that the author of this little volume has accomplished a pilgrimage to Cairo, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the l)ead Sea, Damascus, Baalbec, and other equally important places, and is now enjoying the luxury of a commodious couch and " a pipe of rep ose ." The pages of this volume contain the reminiscences of his wanderings. The subject matter is, of course, inte resting, and the author's manner is exceedingly enter taining. He does not often pause to meditate or mo ralise by the way, and he evidently prefers a hearty laugh to a philosophical reflection, not but what the latter is occasionally to be met with in his pag es . i "The Narrative of Services n Beloochistan and Affghanistan, in the Years 1840, 1841, and 1842," by Colonel Stacy, C. 8., Bengal Native Infantry, Aide-de-Camp to her 'Majesty, employed on special service in Khelat, and in com6and of the se con d bri gade of the Candahar force, will necessarily be pe rused with considerable interest. " The subj ec t o f the work is twofold," says the editor (who has super intended its publication during the absence of Co lonel Stacy), " partly of a public and partly of a private nature. Of the trans . transactions Khelat in '4O, '4l, and '42, and of the operations of General Notes force in the bold movement from Candahar upon Ghuznee and Caubul—both intimately connected with a very critical period of our Indian affairs—no full, exact, and authentic records hav e yet been given to the public, and in such cases misrepresentation and distortion of facts often u sur p their place. In this narrative the author lays before the public, in the first place, an ample and truthfulintrinsic interest, and which possess much historical individual services, ; in the second place, an exposition of his own services, and those of his brave companions in arms, which this gallant officer believes (and the readers of his narrative will probably concur with him) have not been adequately acknowledged and requited. " A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan," is written by one of the volunteers who shared with Colonel Doniphan the perils and hardships of his Mexican campaign. The narrative will, doubtless, be interesting to Americans, but for our part, our sympathies are too entirely with the struggling pa triots of Mexico, to dispose us to feel much inter ested in the dear-won victories of their opponents. This little volume contains an elaborate map of Colonel Doniphan's route—a route which we see, from an extract in this volume, a writer in the New York Evening Post has compared to the fan famed " Anabasis of Xenophon." POEMS. By 11. W. Freeland. MADONNA PIA, and Other Poems. By J. Gregor Grant. 2 Vols. POEMS. By Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. TRAFFORD, and Other Poems. By .1. Innes Minchin. NATIONAL LYRICS for the ARMY and NAVY. By a British Soldier. In the very modest preface of Mr. Freeland's "Poems" that gentleman declares that his utmost dishes will be gratified if some few besides his intimate acquaintances find pleasure in their perusal. This desire will cer tainly be fulfilled. If the volume contain no poetry of first-rate quality, the versification is melodious and the subjects are of a very pleasing character. Many of Lamartine's poems are contained in this volume, with Mr. Freeland's translations, and also the trans lation of Andre Chenier's " Jeune Captive." This is incomparably the best of Mr. Freeland's compositions —the translation is quite worthy of the original of that original which Lamartine has apostrophised as "le plus melodreix soupir gui soit jamais sorti des fenetres d'uncachot." "Madonna Pia" is a poetic version of the awful tragedy of the Maremma, briefly alluded to by Dante. The poem opens with a description of the happy love of Madonna Pia and her husband Pietra. Pietra and his bride are, however, another Othello and Desdemona, but the Italian's revenge is infinitely more cruel than the Moor's. Pietra becomes jealous of his beautiful wife ; without one word of reproach, without inquiry or explanation, conducts her to an old castle on the poisonous marsh of the Maremma, the atmosphere of which is death. Here the rem&se less husband, still persevering in unbroken silence, remains with his victim until after a lingering decay she expires. This melancholy story is very beauti fully told by Mr. Grant. One passage is fraught with an exquisite tenderness. The hapless Madonna, perceiving in her husband's face the ravages of the fatal atmosphere, prays him in be - art-breaking accents to leave her to die alone. ' "Let not both perish !" The little volume of " Poems" b y the three Bells con• tains some excellent and well- wr itten pieces. Many of these poems, especially those by Currer Bell, are cha racterised by that earnest thoughtfulness of spirit, and that healthiness of tone for which the novels of the Bells are remarkable. In this respect this volume is superior to many of its companions. " Trafford; or the Reward of Genius," we should ,like better were the story not partly fictitious and partly taken from the life of Keats; for example, Trafford exclaims Write only on my tomb That underneath there rotteth ono whose name Was writ on water ! " "National Lyrics for the Army and Navy," is a col lection of songs of a naval and military character. We are disposed to call in question either the loyalty or the gallantry of the "British Soldier," who has in dited them, when we find him in his version of " God save the Queen," expressing a wish that her Majesty may be preserved "in mind and in temper serene!" HISTORICAL CATECIIISNIS. Catechism of Germanil. Catechism of England. Catechism of France. Catechism of Spain and Portugal. These clever and comprehensive little catechisms — portions of a series now publishing by Mr. Dolman— are arranged on a plan somewhat simila r t o th a t ori ginated by the late ingenious Mr. Pinnock. They are eminently adapted to facilitate tuition in the noble study of history. As elementary volumes they are excellent. They convey in an agreeable manne r a large amount of information, compacted t oge th e r in each instance within a hundred duodecimo pages. In many respects they combine the advantages scattered through the more pretentious compositions of Miss Corner and of Mr. Maunder. The historical retro spect extends back to the remotest time, and is brought down to a contemporary period. In the catechism, which is, for example, dedicated to the narrative of the rise and development of Germany, we are informed at the outset that Allemania was first peopled by certain migratory tribes from Asia, and the closing answers refer to occurrences within our memory. The " Catechism of the History of England" begins with the colonizing of Albion by a body of Celts, and comes down to that portion of the reign of her present Majesty:Victoria, in which " re volutionary outbreaks materially disturbed the peace In the and tranquillity of Europe." "Catechism of France" the writer commences with the account of the Gauls priort oCwsai of the x Caesar's invasi e on, and terminates with the establishment isting Republic. While, in the catechism devoted to the Peninsula we find the description of Spain brought d own to th e marriage of Montpensier, and that of Portugal down to the days of Maria da Gloria. These little publica tions will doubtless be welcome in the Roman Ca tholic seminaries. THE COUSINS; or, Pride and Vanity. Pp. 131. By Agnes M. Stewart. A (simple and thoroughly , domestic story is this little effusion of the " Cousins, —coming from the establishment of the publisher of the preceding catechisms. Miss Stewart contrives to incul cate gentle principles in a tale which has neither the formality of a treatise nor the frivolity of romance. The plot forms a com panion picture to that facetious sketch of John Leech's, which recently appeared in Punch, giving rather a bad prospect to a young lady; the young lady in question being rebuked by her mamma for aspiring to the happiness of " coming out" before the elder sister—a rather untempting morsel!—is en gaged. The narrative ends happily, and that is a great thing to propitiate the reader's goodnature. THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 1. The following is a list of the majority of 52 who voted against Lord Stanley's amendment on the Address:— DUKES. Fitzwilliam BARONS. Axgyll Granville Eddisbury Norf o l k Grey El p hi nstone St. Albans Mint& Erskine Wellington Strafford Foley MARQUISES. St. Germans Godolphin Anglesey 'Yarborough Hastings Breadalbane Waldegrave Lyttelton Clanricar de BARONS, Lllford Conyngham Ashburton Lovat Headfort Bateman' Milford Lansdowne Beaumont Monteagle EARLS. Byr on Poltimere Besborough Camoys Saye and Sele Bruce Colborne Suffield Carlisle Crewe Sudele Y Colchester Cottenham Teynhate Ducie Campbell Vaux Fortescue Denman Vivian PAIRS. FOR THE GOVERNMENT. AGAINST. Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Middleton Duke of Roxburgh Lord Exmouth Bishop of Hereford Lord Lyndhurst Marquis of Donegal Lord Munster Lord Langdale Earl Tankerville Lord Holland Lord Digby Earl Fitzhardinge Lord Ward Earl of Lovelace Lord Boston. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. 2. The following petitions for Railways were presented, and the Bills ordered to be brought in : Newcastle and Carlisle (Alterations of and Branch from Alston Branch). Lancaster and Preston Junction Acts Amendment (Powers to alter Tolls and for appointment of Officers). Lancaster and Preston Junction (Junction with the East Lancashire Railway in Preston, and Amendments of Acts). Windsor (Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South- Western—Richmond to Windsor — with Power to the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe). Lancashire and Yorkshire (Extension of Ashton Branch, of Clifton Branch, &c.) Lancaster and Carlisle (from the Lancaster and Carlisle at Lancaster to the Preston and Wyre, &c.) Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (Aban donment of part of Line, Extension to London and North- Western, &c.) North-Western (Extension of Lancashire Branch, Aban donment of William Lands Branch, New Road to Settle Station, Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands and Con struction of Works). East Lothian Central (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company). Shrewsbury and Chester (for Branches to the river Dee; Agreement for Joint Station at Shrewsbury; Power to sub scribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford). RAIL WAYS. The following returns were ordered on the motion of Mr. Labouch ere : A return, " showing for each Railway Company the amount of capital and loans which the company has been authorised to raise by Acts passed in 1818 ; the amount of share capital actually paid up at the end of 1818 ; the amount due on debentures, loan notes, or any other interest bearing securities, at the end of 1848, the rates of interest payable thereon, and the sums to which such rates of interest are applicable; the total amount the company retained powers, at the end of 1848, to raise either on existing shares, or by creating new shares, or by loans; the length of line open for traffic at the end of 1848, distinguishing single and double portions; the length of line in course of construction at the end of 1848; the length of line each company is authorised to construct, but has not yet commenced; and, consequently, the total length for which each company has obtained powers :" " And a :return of the Amalgamation of Railway Com panies which have been effected either by purchase, loans, or otherwise, during 1848, stating the nature of such amalga mation, and the date on which it commenced." CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that his warrant for the appointment of the following Members to serve on the General Committee of Elections was upon the table : The Right Hon. Fox Maule, Member for the Borough of Perth ; The Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Member for the Town and Port of Dover; John Wilson Patten. Esq., Member for the Northern Divi sion of the County of Lancaster; Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Member for the City of Londonderry ; Thomas Thornely, Esq , Member for the Borough of Wolverhampton; and Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Member for the Southern Division of the County of Devon. SESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS. The following Sessional Orders are to be proposed by Lord John Russell on Monday :- 1. That in the present Session of Parliament all Orders of the Day, set down in the Order-book for Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, shall be disposed of before the House will procoed upon any Motions of which Notices shall have been given. 2. That at the time fixed for the commencement of Public Business, on days on which Orders have precedence of No tices of Motions, and after the Notices of Motions have been disposed of on all days, Mr. Speaker do direct the clerk at the table to read the Orders of the Day without any question being put. 3. That the Orders of the Day be disposed of in the order in which they stand upon the paper; the right being re• served to her Majesty's Ministers of placing Government Orders at the head of the list, in the rotation in which they are to be taken on the days on which Government Bills have precedence. 4. That no Notice shall hereafter be given beyond the period which shall include the four days next following on which Notices are entitled to precedence; due allowance being made for any intervening adjournment of the House, and the period being in that case so far extended as to in clude four Notice days falling during the sitting of the House. 5. That the House do meet every Wednesday, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for Private Business, Petitions, and Orders of the Day, and do continue to sit until Six o'clock, unless previously adjourned. 6. That when such business has been disposed of, or at Six o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without putting any Question. 7. That whenever the House shall be in Committee at Six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, and Mr. Speaker do resume the Chair, and adjourn the House without putting any Question. 8. That the business under discussion, and any business not disposed of at the time of such adjournment, do stand as Orders of the Day for the next day on which the House shall sit. 9. That when any Bill shall be presented by a Member of this House, or shall be brought from the Lords, the Questions " That this Bill be now read a first time," and " That this Bill be printed," shall be decided without Amendment or Debate. 10. That the Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means, may be appointed to sit on any day on which Orders of the Day may have precedence of Notices of Motions. 11. That when a Bill or other matter (except Supply or Ways and Means) has been partly considered in Committee, and the Chairman has been directed to report progress and ask leave to sit again, and the House shall have ordered that the Committee shall sit again on a particular day, the Speaker shall, when the Order for the Committee has been read, forthwith leave the Chair without putting any Question, and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such Com mittee, unless a Member shall have given Notice of an In struction to such Committee. 12. That at the close of the proceedings of a Committee of the whole House on a Bill, the Chairman shall report the Bill forthwith to the House, and when Amendments shall have been made thereto, the same shall be agreed to condi tionally without Debate, and a time appointed for taking the same into consideration. _ _ _ 13. That with respect to any Bill brought to this House from the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorised, imposed, ap propriated, regulated, varied, er extinguished, this House will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the following cases:- 1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the Act, or the punishment er prevention of offences. 2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the exe cution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Trea sury or Exchequer, or in aid of the public revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties re ceiving the same. either in respect of deficit or surplus. 3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill for a Local or Personal Act. 14. That after Tuesday, the Ist day of May next, Orders of the Day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions on Thursdays, the right being reserved to her Majesty's Minis ters of placing Government Orders at the head of the list, as on Mondays and Fridays. DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS.—From the hour of five last evening until nearly eleven o'clock at night, the engines and firemen were kept in continued movement throughout the streets of London, there being during that period not fewer than three extensive conflagrations within the metropolitan district. One was in the cabinet and bed stead manufactory belonging to Messrs. Fussell and Son, No. 22, Trafalgar-street, Walworth. The flames began in the workshops, a range of premises upwards of 60 feet long and 30 wide. They were filled with goods of a most costly de scription, and owing to their highly inflammable character hut few minutes elapsed before the entire property was wrapped in one immense sheet of flame, and so high did the fire ascend that the reflection could be seen from most parts of the metropolis. With as little delay as possible the 1 parish and West of England engines reached the scene, followed by others of the London Brigade, from Waterloo and Southwark-bridge roads. The Lambeth works yielded an abundance of water, from which the engines were set to work, but in spite of the utmost exertions of the fireme n, the flames continued to spread, and it was not till tenhedlanpese, of two hours that the fire could be extinguisheg,. ._ until the whole of the workshops, warehouses, and tc e e e i s r will con tents, were levelled with the ground, The total assall were extend to some hundred pounds, and Messrs. Another fire broke out in the private residenceltwas insured for only 3001. The origin of thedisas ers te n r f i li s caused by a No. 2, Cottages, Park-road, Brix ton. the and West of England on fire. The engines of the Brigade'uished until considerable , spark from a candle, which set ttri.ninhierdne; ; lag was insured in the Phamix Attended with a gcontents of the first floor damage was es T d h n e n ti e. re w m a: . n s o h t . e e ifin Firs-o ffi ce. The other fire , which was ilding), and but a manufacturer, No. 8, Quickset- Mr. Reeve, an iron bedstead ened from some unknown cause It corn great destruction of property, occurred upon the premises of row, New-road. entire place was ' in a brief period passed in the blacksmith's shopy quickly arrived at the 4 rabnefoimremethnesebu body of fire. The away dnwgaines of the parish, don Brigade, fgEotnogulatnuntl damage to the extent of some bun spo-, but the firea u d was e st not o d ure in the Phoonix-office. d re ds of pounds was done. Mr. Reeve was in s The western world has been amusing itself with the report of the marriage of the Right Hon. Earl of Devon with Miss Scott, niece of the Earl of Meath. As a matter of fact it may be worth recording that the Noble pair have set cut t b h y o u w g a h y i o t s f a a p h e r o il o e u y s nin j o o o u n r n t e r y i 1 ,. for 'S Y t e h w e i t s r h av t e h l e le m r " Double the Ho rn ," or cross the Isthmus — storms on one hand, and pestilence on the other.— Western Times. A splendid ball took place at the Albion Tavern Assembly-rooms, Aldersgate-street, on Wednesday evening, for the benefit of the City Truss Institution. Adams's cele brated band was in attendance, and performed in their usual spirited style of excellence. The arrangements of the stewards gave the utmost satisfaction, wad the /00133 Wire UtiAlePaglY and ftiohimably attended. ''' i , _i'trbf NVition THE ARMY AND NAVY (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) THE VACANT COMMANDS.—Up to yesterday after noon nothing had been decided by the Commander-in- Chief respecting the succession to the Commands of the Northern and Midland and AthloneDistricts, nor the Colonelcies of the 71st Foot and 3d West India Regi ment, vacant by the deaths of Sir Thomas Arbuthnot and Sir Guy Campbell. THE ADMIRALTY.—The whole Board of Admiralty are now in full work at Whitehall. The First Lord, Sir F. T Baring, Bart., stands his re-election for Ports mouth next week. The Right Hon. Baronet, together with Rear-Admiral Dundas, C.B. M.P., Captain the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., M.P., and Mr. Ward, M.P., the Chief Se cretary, were at the Premier's official dinner on Wed nesday last. THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.—Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Bart., although out of positive danger, is. still, from his advanced age, much reduced in bodily strength, This highly distinguished veteran officer has happily sur vived to receive his long promised medals, for the speedy bestowal of which on the gallant veterans of the war was earnestly advocated by the Admiral of the Fleet. ADMIRALTY LEVEES.—The First Lord of the Admi ralty has given public notice to officers desirous of inter views, that he will not be able to see any one until the commencement of the levees for the season. They be gin the week after next. Commander Forsyth, whose promotion appears in the Gazette, has. received his advancement; from the Board of Admiralty, on OA recommendation of Sir Harry 'Smith and Sir G. Berkeley, backed by the Co lonial •Office, as well as on the application of Vice-Ad miral Dacres, for the services he rendered the army at the Cape of Good Hope, in landing provisions and stores in Waterloo Bay, under the greatest danger and diffi culty, whereby, as certified by the commanders of the forces, he prevented, on one occasion, the retreat of the forces. REPAIRS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—The Admiralty have issued orders to all the ports, that in future all ships or vessels arriving from foreign stations are not to be surveyed, as hitherto, by the Dockyard Officers before their defects are reported ; but, without waiting for this survey, the Commanders are to forward to their Lord ships a list of defects, from their own observation, direct to the Admiralty. STEAM SQUADRONS OF RESERVE.—We understand that it is the intention of the Admiralty to have at Ports= mouth and Devonport at least four steam-vessels fully equipped in every respect for immediate sea service, so that the crews being furnished they can at any time pro ceed to sea on actual service. lONIAN ISLANDS.—Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, G.C.13., Lord High Commissioner, is coming home, and a civilian is to be appointed by Earl Grey as his suc cessor. Mr. C. W. Triphook, Master R.N. upon half-pay and pensioned for wounds received in the service, has been selected from among sixty-seven candidates by the Board of Superintendence, as Governor of the Waterford County Prison, upon a salary of 3001. per annum, with house, coals and candles. The Admiralty permits Mr. Trip hook to retain his half-pay and pension. Mrs. Egerton, wife of Lieutenant Egerton, of the Prince Regent, 92, having been offered by Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier a passage in his flag ship, the St. Vincent, to Madeira, that lady availed herself of the courtesy of the gallant Commander-in-Chief. REPORTED REGIMENTS FOR FOREIGN ►SERVICE.-It has been roundly stated, in some papers, that the Bth Hussars and the 12th Lancers have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for India, at the in stance of the East India Company ; and, of course, the officers seeing this, and believing that where there is smoke there must be fire, have been looking forward to the promotion invariably consequent upon such foreign service. Now, the fact is, that no appli cation has been made by the East India Company for a further reinforcement. The intention—we believe we are correct in saying—hangs upon the next advices from Afoul= ; and when that intention is carried out it will be time to talk of regiments first for foreign duty. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the situation of the Bank of Fra'ace up to Feb. 1: ASSETS. Cash and ingots . . f. 156,227,822 08 Ditto in branch banks . . 127,711,151 00 Bills past due ... ... ... 3,037,713 72 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,614,561 f. 63c. are from the branch banks 52,195,185 99 Bills in the branch banks ... 98,497,522 17 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 19,810,070 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 31,644,023 05 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,554,337 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 lientes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 ilentes, disposable funds ... 42,622,313 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,729 00 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 7,000,000 00 Advance to the department of the Seine _ 1,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris 9,575,071 85 Ditto at the branches ... ... 4,806,098 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 127,490 56 Ditto of the branches 64,284 00 Miscellaneous ... 714,003 24 E 686,547,556 10 LIAIIILITIES. Capital ... ... . . ... ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 413,465,500 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 14,879,050 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 586,372 23 Account•current with Treasury creditor 30,380,612 80 Various accounts current ... ... 78,016,170 67 Ditto in branches ... ... ... 24,769,711 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 3,973,800 00 Ditto at branches ... ... ... 735,289 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by tho Bank ... ... 5,940,084 35 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,606,427 00 Dividends payable ... . • ... 666,193 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 256,124 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 620.361 82 Ditto branch banks ... ... 571,592 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks ... 460,643 00 Miscellaneous ... 142,765 18 f. 686,547,556 18 THE WEITHER.—Since our last we have had a return of bleak, blustering, wintry weather. The tempera ture, which on Friday last reached 50 degrees Fahrenheit, did not rise higher than 41 degrees on Saturday, 40 degrees on Sunday, and 39 degrees on Monday last. Its lowest point, 32 degrees, was on Sunday. During Sunday forenoon there were several sharp showers of hail and sleet, and again in the afternoon. On Monday morning the wind became due north, and there was some frost. Hail and a little snow fell during Monday night; and yesterday morning there were more showers of hail, snow, sleet, and rain. The day was cold and raw. and rain fell at intervals during the whole day. Altogether the weather is quite inclement. There are no telegraphic returns of the weather yesterday.—Manchester Guardian, of Wednesday. MARTLEBONE.—Yesterday, an omnibus conductor, James Carroll, was brought before Mr. Broughton to account for the possession of a large quantity of spurious coin. He was found drunk in the streets, placed on a stretcher, and conveyed to the station-house, where, on being searched, ten counterfeit sixpences were found on him. He was remanded. LAMBETH. —Yesterday, Mr. John Crawley, a master carman, whose connexions are highly respectable, was remanded on a charge of obtaining 35 sacks of flour, of the value of 951., by means of forged orders. Bail was re fused. OPERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The second performance of La Dame Manche, last evening, was brilliantly and fashionably attended. In the boxes and stalls we observed the Conde de Montemolin and suite, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Countess of Newport, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, and the Lady Emily De Burgh, the Marquis of Ailesbury, Countess of Glengall, the Earl of Belfast, Lord Cranbourne, Viscount Cantilupe, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Charles Shakerley, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, Sir George and Miss Talbot, Sir Alexander, Lady, and the Misses Woodford, Lady Wilson, Sir Frederick Rae, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. and Mr. John Stanley, the Hon. Captain Grey, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Cap tain Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Arabin, Mrs. Bowyer Smith, M. Serastopol Mr. Spencer de Horsey, Miss do Horsey, Mr. Henry Baring, Mr. Spencer Drummond, loc. We hear that Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, the hero of Sinde, is likely to go out immediately to India as Commander-in-Chief; if so, we can venture to say he will do his work well.—British Army Dispatch. THE HON. CHARLES FITZWILLIAM.—We learn that the Hon. Charles Fitzwilliam, who was recently a can didate for the West Riding of this county, but who was withdrawn in consequence of his shortcomings as a reformer, intends to solicit the suffrages of the Queen's County, Ireland, the representation of which is now vacant.— WaWeld Journal. Mr. Burdass, a farmer of Bessingby, in Yorkshire, has lost his life through a wound inflicted by tnsinTai his Just as he had set the murderous tr a p in aPI "'L i feet touched one of the wires. Ma. M UNDY , M.P.—Si n ce our last paßer, accounts have been received from Barbadoes, f ro m wh ic h we learn , with great pleasure, that this h i gnext packet will be due hl esteemed gentleman was considered to be better. T he n we sincerely trust we ma about the Bth of Feuary, be able to communbricate nr wrehde fi nite and satisfactory intel y ligence.—Derbylltt ercur y ., OF ARMY IN INDIA..—On account of In INCREASE TREndia ,her Majesty's Bth Hussars and 1 2th th e want of cavalry Lancers have reecivedanl I n timation from the Horse Guards to hold re ol u ess W embark for that quarter of the world. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb, 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW WRITS. New writs were ordered for the county of Donegal, in Um room of Colonel Conolly, deceased; and for Cardigan, in the room of Mr. P. Pryse, deceased. CARRIAGE OF LETTERS ON SUNDAY. Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from several Places in Oxfordshire, praying the House to take into consideration the propriety of altering the system of carrying letters on the Lord's day. TREATMENT OF THE POOR—CHILDREN FARMED BY UNION GUARDIANS. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the several persons present at a meeting at the Westminster Literary Institution last month, in which they expressed great dis gust at the treatment of the poor children farmed out by the guardians of the different unions, and the system adopted by those to whose charge the children had seen committed, praying the early attention of the House to the evidence which had been adduced, in order that it might be authori tatively published. IRISH INLAND FISHERIES. Mr. ANSTEY presented two petitions from various pro prietors of land in the county of Cork, complaining that for Lime years past measures had been adopted whereby the supply of fish had been entirel stoped in the inland waters of Ireland, and stating that the fish bad altogether deserted Illackwater, owing to the injury of the weir heads or other works above the range of the tideway. They prayed for the protection which had formerly existed, and. at any rate, for the restoration of the restrictions which existed under the Acts of 1841 and 12142. POORER CLERKS AND CANONS) OF PETERBO ROUGH CATHEDRAL. Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a petition praying that the revenues of the suppressed prebendal stalls of Peterborough Cathedral might be applied to the support of the poorer clerks and minor canons. EM PLOT MEN T OF THE POOR. Mr. HENLEY presented several petitions, praying that the poor in the respective union-houses might be employed in the cultivation of waste lands. DEBTS FROM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. MOFFATT gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move for leave tc bring in a Bill to provide for the recovery of debts from persons having seats in Parliament. WAR EXPENDITURE. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition, praying the House to cause treaties to be entered into with all foreign powers against expenditure in war, and in favour of referring national disputes to arbitration. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rose to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government on a subject in which he (Sir John Pakington) felt considerable interest, namely, whether it was his intention to propose any alters ton in those rules and orders for the regulation of the Hoase, in conformity with the recommendation of the Com mittee which sat at the close of th e l a st s e ss i o n on Parham mentary business? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he intended to propose certain resolutions in conformity with that recommendation, and to propose some other resolutions on the subject of the ses sional orders, which would, he thought, be improve ments in the mode of carrying on the business of the House. He should take care that the resolutions which he should propose should be in the hands of the Members by to-morrow morning, and he proposed to bring on the question the first thing on Monday. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME asked the Noble Lord whether it was correct that the Court of Directors of the East India Company, or the secret committee of that Court, had, with the sanction of her Majesty's Government, sent orders to take possession of the territory of the late Raja of Sattara, and thereby to depose the legal and, the adopted heir of the territories, gua ranteed by solemn treaty with the East India Company to them and their heirs for ever? Lord J. RUSSELL said it was true that the Court of Di rectors of the East India Company and the Board of Control had sent out a dispatch to the Governor• General of India, desiring him, not as stated by the Hon. Gentleman, to de pose the descendant of the late Raja, for there was none living, but to take possession of the territory, which virtually belonged to the East India Company. Mr. HUME then gave notice that on Monday he would move for a copy of the minutes of proceedings of the East India Company and the Board of Control. CHURCH REFORM. Mr. HORSMAN said he would postpone until this day week his question relative to the filling up of a vacancy in the diocese of the Bishop of Durham. He thought it would be desirable that the Noble Lord should be in the possession of some further information from the Bishop before be an swered the question. With respect to the measures expected during the session for some re orm in the Church, the Noble Lord would, perhaps, be good enough to state whether any measures had yet been prepared on the subject, and when they might be expected to be brought forward. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to say that he had received seine communications from the Bishop, but that, whatever alterations were proposed, he (Lord J. Russell) had no power to alter or modify them. With regard to the other question, it had been thought necessary as a preliminary to advise the Crown to appoint a commission to inquire whether leasehold property might not be made more available to the spiritual instruction of the members of the Church. That Commission had lately been appointed; but until it had made some progress, it was impossible for him to say either what measures would be proposed, or when they woald be brought before the House. Mr. HUME asked if there was any objection to instruct the Commissioners to inquire to what churches, and in what places, large incomes or allowances were attached, though they had little or no congregations. For instance, in the city of London there were seventy or eighty churches with congregations of no more than eight or ten persons. Was it not desirable to ascertain whether the incomes of those churches should not be applied to places where the popula tion was greater? Lord J. RUSSELL said this question might be a fit sub ject for consideration in some other way ;tbut as it had no thing to do with the duties assigned to the Commissioners, he did not see how they could deal with it. Colonel SIBTHORP begged to ask the Noble Lord whether the Commission was to be a paid one?—(Laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL—It is an unpaid Commission. I may, however, state that the secretary to the Commission is a paid officer.— (Laughter.) Mr. 11ORSMAN said the Commission was appointed upon certain subjects totally independent of the measures which were promised to be brought forward. He would call the attention of the .Noble Lord to those measures on Monday, for the purpose of asking whether any of them were intended lo be brought forward this session. Lord J. RUSSELL said he might as well say at once that her Majesty's Government did not mean to introduce a num ber of measures which there was no prospect of carrying. The notices already given upon the part of members of the Government would occupy the attention of the House for a considerable time. POLICE. Mr. FRENCH gave noacethathe wouldmove for a return of the number of police employed during the last six months in collecting poor-rates. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. _ _ . Mr. iIUME inquired whether it was intended to bring forward a Bill this sesion for the regulation of charitable trusts. _ Lord J. RUSSELL said his Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor had the subject under his consideration; and it was very probable that such a measure would be in troduced. THE TOOTING AFFAIR. Colonel SIBTIIORP said, as there had been lately two important new appointments in connexion with the Poor law Board, he wished the Noble Lord to assure the House that the strictest inquiry would be instituted into the con duct of all the parties concerned in the Tooting transaction, and take steps to prevent any repetition of that calamity. , Lord J. RUSSELL said the subject was under the consi deration of the Secretary of State fbr the Home Department and the Poor-law Board, who, no doubt, would institute the fullest inquiry into the matter. INSURRECTION IN IRELAND. Mr. H. GRATTAN gave notice that, on Monday, he should move for the following returns :—First, the number of the troops of the line employed in the insurrection in Ireland, with a list of the number of killed and wounded, and of the number and description of the forces engaged on both sides; second, a return of the amount of expense incurred in send ing over troops from Great Britain to Ireland, and of main taining the several regiments and other armed forces em ployed in various parts of Ireland on the occasion of the recent outbreak ; third, a return of the number of persons arrested under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, and for what offences they were so arrested ; specifying their situations in life, or their offices and callings, and the length of time they had been imprisoned. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT. The Hos. GENTLEMAN also stated that he should, upon the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of Sta:e for the Home Department proposing a continuance of the measure for sus pending the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, move a call of the House. of ileefineattnei"th; Honourablefirst flingtheMembersobservationstheThrone,in Lord moved, Gentleman th Member for Bury on his subject, for that Hon Gent e man's constituency was closely Connected with an agricultural county, and the House, A right to expect from him therefore, had conne cted with the welf are o f the some explanation. a c ountry.—(Hear, hear.) lie beggedgricultural interest of the Gentleman wheth er S uffolk to ask the Honourable was very far from Cambridge shire, and wh e th er he had meetings which not heard of certain agri culturalin the latter count ch had recently been held those meetings 3: • If the Hon. Gentleman bad heard of the H psrhaps he wou ld b e go od enough to inform House 'whether some of those who attended those meet ings did not state the nature of their difficulties, and pro pound and enforce upon the resident gentry of the neighbourhood a remedy for those difficulties, which remedy would probably be very acceptable to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—(Haar.) If he understood the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume) aright, his statement last night amounted to this, that i the constituencies of this empire were so well satis fied with the working of the new system of free trade that they would not, under any pretence, ever return to the old system, which expired last night; but (proceeded the Honourable Gentleman, who, in the early part of his speech, was but indifferently heard in the gallery) if the Honourable Gentlemen would recollect the intelligence which they had leaned yesterday of the reaction which had taken place in a neighbouring country—if he would turn to a country had abolished her monarchy and her form of governm.enet, _aut.dia.. position had been evinced to ;return to protectiv .d les, and it was by no means chimerical to indulge the hope that the time was not far distant when France ,rauld adopt the protective system which England ha d . __ abolished. Further, he would ask the Hon. Gentleman if he had not found in his intercourse - with society, not with "besotted farm rs " e , as agriculturists had been called, a with expressed during these few weeks, that there should be a fair but a low duty upon corn. The Hon. Gentleman mid that the fiii4l ia giu Prmiat * l tem TM $9 1419P6 ;best • 4