The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

•••••.•••••••.... sident of the Board of Trade had acknowledged, and the Right Hon. Baronet, in bringing forward his statement, de- i clared that it was the intention of the Government to give the colonial proprietor a protective duty of 10s. 6d. per cwt. What was the meaning of a p r otective duty ? Why , t o raise the price of the colonial planter 10s. 6(1., 55., or 23. over that of any . other produce. The Hon. Members for Cumberland and Bristol understood it in this its simple meaning. They did not take it in any new or novel sense. They said, " 10s. O. for pro tection means that their sugar should be raised 10s. 6(1. higher in our market than it would be if there was no protection given to it." It had been stated by the Right Hon. Baronet, that if the West Indies sent 104,000 tons of sugar raised by a law passed in that House, at 103., the natural price would be 14,700/. ; 7,3501. for the East Indies, and 4,20 1. for the Mau ritius, making a total of 2,625,000/. Whilst this was going on, it must be borne in mind that the whole exports to the West Indian colonies in the year 1843 was considerably under three millions, and yet they were going to vote to them as a protectioa the sum c f 147,0001. nearly more than half the amount of the whole trade they had with this country. They were to give to the Mauritius a protection of 4,20 W., whilst the goods imported there from this country, in 1843, only amounted to 2,5801. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the:late President of the Board of Trade, speaking with a freedom which he did not use while in office, said the Mauritius had no claim to protection ; but the Right Honourable Gentleman admitted that the only ground which could entitle them to protection was the high price of labour. Now every body knew that there was as great an abundance of labour in the Mauritius as in Dorset.—( Hear, hear.) Every body knew that in the East Indies—they had live authority of the Chancellor of the Exche q uer for it— labour was not scarce. Now, besides all these extra pay ment,* they were called upon to make, there was another most serious and important matter. They must bear in mind the great trade carried on between this country and the Brazils. This trade, according to the last returns of 1840 and 1841, amounted to two millions and a half. Of this, the production of cotton manufacture alone exported into that country amounted to one million and a half. —( Hear, bear.) Now the Right Hon. Baronet the Pi ime Minister, on bringing forward his financial statement, dwelt upon the importance of the cotton trade ; but, notwithstand ing some of his measures bearing upon this subject were con sidered by some to be inexpedient. Now, here was trade of the same • description extending to a million and a half, and yet the Right Hon. Baronet, by the measures he was passing, was not only decreasing, but absolutely destroying the trade.— Brazd naturally and very justly said, "We will take your goods if you will take our sugar in return." But he thought the strongest argument in favour of the proposition which had been brought forward to-night had been those that bore upon the interest of the West India colonist. He would ask the House to observe what was the progress made in the cultivation of several articles in those colonies for many years past. Now, in the year 1821,the West India islands shipped to this country raw cotton to the amount of 5,854,5001 b ; in 1840, nineteen years afterwards, 866,000 lb; while the whole quantity which came in now did not amount to mere than from 12,0001 b. to 55,0001 b. Now, in 1821, the United States imported 116,000,00)lb. ; in 1840 154,000, 000 1 b. ; and i t must be remembered that during the whole of this time the West Indies had been enjoying a protection upon sugar as well as upon cotton, but the United States had none whatsoever. And yet the exports of the one had increased, while the exports of the other, :n the same article, hail very materially diminished. Between the years 1830 and 1835 the exports of sugar into this country from {he colonies amounted to 3,375,819 cwts. ; from 1837 to 1842 the amount was 3,868,500 cwts. But in the article of coffee the results were still more striking. Between 1830 and 18.5. the average exports of the West Indies were 20,837,000/. —from 1836 to 1842 the amount was only 16,618,t001., showing that the article of cotton had given plaee to the production of sugar. In the article of coffee, they had made progress also, while the production of cotton had retrograded to less than 20 per cent.—( Hear, hear) — and notwithstanding, there was a protective duty more or less upon every one of these articles.—(Hear. ) Monopoly acted as an opiate, and at the same time it made every interest grumblers. The West Indian interest, fifty years ago, made the most extraordinary complaints, and pro posed the most extraordinary remedies ; they prayed that slavery might not be abolished, on the score of humanity ! Yet they treated their negroes so barbarously that their numbers constantly decreased. The Right Hon. Baronet recommended science to the farmers. Lord Elgin, in Jamaica, thought his Government distinguished because under it the first plough hail been used . in the island. Why was such advice given to two such different bodies? Because they were both protected. No attempt whatever had been made to explain the difference that was msde between East Indian and Mauritius sugar ; and it had been found necessary, by the late proceedings of the Board of Trade, to write a pamphlet, defending the Premier from the supposition of having attacked the West Indian interest. He maintained that this system was hurtful, not only to the colonies, but to the characters of public men. On the pro posal of a reduction on the duty on gloves, silks, and other articles, en 1824, the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) re minded the House that the eyes of Europe were upon them, and called upon them not to yield to the fears of the timid or the representations of the interested. Why was he not equally courageous in the matter of sugar ?—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for th 7 Home Department, in bringing for ward his Bill for making an alteration in the Law of Settlement, stated that one in ten of the population of England and Wales were paupers, and a million and a half subsisted on parochial relief; and that, since 1815, when the corn-law was passed, there had been spent, in administering parochial relief, the sum of two hundred millions. Must there not Le something wrong in the system, when it led to such an extent of pauperism ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer had not spoken (,n this ques tion, and he presumed the reason was that he was himself a West India proprietor. There was certainly mo desty in that course ; but still he thought the Cl ancellor of the Exchequer ought to speak on such a question, and to consider only the public interests. He protested against the continuance of a system for which none but the lamest excuses were offered ; a system which formed the main barrier to that successful attack which must at no distant day be made on that greatest of monopolies, the monopoly of the food of the people.—( Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) This debate had gong on long enough.—(lronical cheers.) It was not at all remarkable that corn and sugar monopolists should be found banded together. He believed no one who had risen on his si4e of the question had expected to offer anything soothing to the feelings of Hon. Gentlemen oppo-ite.--(llear, hear.) They were of another sort.--( Loud ironical cheers. ) They came *ere to produce an injusiiee, which they proclaimed out of doors, and which they did not proclaim with less freedom in that Mouse. " Don't suppose," said the Hon. Gentlemen, " that we are here for any purposes of our own —( Laughter)— or for any purposes of yours—( Ironical cheers and laughter from the Ministerial benches. ) We are here for the purposes of those who sent us ; and if you were to do that which those who sent you profess to represent they sent you to do, or wish you to do, I am sure there would not be another debate wherein a single individual would stand up in favour of this gross injus tice—aeetninstice which, by-and-by, you will be ashamed of." In the dial sioa there might be a very moderate minority in favour of the abolition of protection ; but if they had had any experience in Parliamentary warfare they must recollect that all the great questions which had been carried had been at one time la far distant from being carried as that before the House. Why, when their slaves were being wrested from them, within three years of the time when the Minister pro posed the abolition of slavery, the We ocietst India papers in n th and eir y was dea, in t ere st stated that the Anti -slaver y S that its last meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern was the effort of an expiring faction.—( Hear, hear ) They might depend upon it, that the party which was in favour of a free trade in sugar and a free trade in corn, was one that was every day swelling in numbers, while their own ranks were every day being thinned.—( Cheers from the Opposition. ) Altkongh they might divide that night, and be in a minority, vet there would be other occasions before these sugar reso lutions were passed, when they could ask for an explanation why this tax of two millions was imposed to benefit the East India proprietors end the planters of the Mauritius, who had no claim, and hail made no claim for it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the House that there were many reasons for his not trespassing on the time of the House. The subject befcre the House had been almost entirely exhausted, and if he wanted proof of this, he need only refer to the speech of the Ilan. Gentleman who had just sat down, fur in that the Hon. Gentleman hail wan dered into every possible subject bat that before the House. The Hon. Gentleman had thought fit to impute to Jinn (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that he was actua'ed by feelings of interest on this question, as he had property in the West Indies. If the Hon. Gentlemen had known him during the number of years he had lieen in that House, he would not have (repressed such an opinion. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought he might appeal to his politi cal opponents as to his general political conduct. It was not difficult to make these insinuations, and he usually found them unnoticed, and he would have done so now had not the charge been so pointedly made. The Hon. Member for Stockport had in the course of his speech read a letter. Now he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had seen that letter and the first paragraph in it—which the Honourable Member for Styckport did not read—advocated the imposition of a discriminating duty of 103. upon foreign sugar. Mr. COBDEN--I gave the facts of last year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated his statement that the opening of the letter contained an argument in favour of a discriminating duty. He apologised for being unprepared to enter into this question, as he intended to do so on the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London. Lord SANDON rose amid loud cries of " Divide, divide." He said that Hon. Gentlemen opposite had gone on the as sumption that the amount of duty regulated the price of foreign and colonial sugar. Nothing could be more fallacious than this. Tte difference between the duty on foreign and colonial sugar now was 635. and 245., and yet in the price the diffe rence was only 7s. The only thing which regulated price was the supply. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared, For the Amendment Against it Majority The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. HORRIBLE MURDER AT HAMP STEAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your publi , !ation of this evening it is stated that the Mr. Delarue, who was barbarously murdered at Hamp stead, was supposed to be related to the Messrs. Delarue of Bunhill-row. You will oblige us by the earliest possible correction of this mistake, which has already occasioned many anxious in quiries in London, and which, unless immediately rectified, is calculated, from your extensive circulation in the country, t°!Preitel unnecessary alarm among our friends at a distance. Yours, very respectfully, THOMAS DELARITE AND CO. HO, Bmthill-row, Feb. 24, 1546. LAMBETH PHILINT,IrIROPIC per formances at the Surre y SOCIETY.—The heatre on Wednesday are for the benefit of the Lamb eth isto P hilanthropic Society. The object of this Society Tar nish relief to the necessi tous poor of the district. an as the late severe weather must have occasioned a severe L)eneressf will replenish theure on their funds, a we trust that the approaching coffers of this excellent charity. THE HISTORY OF MARGARETAcouibCrAnTeof Gr e at lIPOLIL—We a re requested to state that ir. Marl borough-street, has this day published The rle Marl or Mwgaret Cat - 040 1 e, a Suffolk Girl," dedicated ils b t y D y r of misSion, to the M archioness Cornwallis, in 3 vols"" sal Bvo., with illustrat ions, which can now be badorult booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the fallowing popular new novels :—l. Strathern ; a Story of the Present Day, by the Countess of Blessington. 2. Lady Cecilia Farrencourt, by Henry Milton, Esq., author of " Rivalry." 3. Hillingdon Hall ; a Tale of Country Life, by the author of "Handley Cross." 4. Parsons and Widows, by the author of Peter Prig • gins." 5. Young Love, by Mrs. Trollope. 6. Mr. Lever's " Arthur O'Leary," edited by Harry Lorrequer, and illustrated by George Cruikshank, cheap edition, • uniform with the author's other works, in 1 vol., Bvo , price only 12s, bound. GREAT PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY. Capital, 200,000,000 frs. (8,000 0001.) in 500 frs. (201.) Shares. Depo , it, 50 frs. (21.) per Share, to be repaid in full without interest, in ease the Company should not obtain the Lease. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) M. Le Comte do la Pinsonniere, Pair do France, Membre do Conseil, General d'lndre et Loire. Le Lieutenant-General Comte de Rumigny, Ade-de-Camp du Rot Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Lyon El St. Etienne. M. Gilber Coubayon, de Lyon, Entrepreneur General de Traurports do Gouvernementi M. F. Outlet, Administrateur des 31essageries Laffitte, Caillard, et Cie , arbier Ste. Marie, Administrateur des Messageries, Laffitte, Jaillard, et Cie. A'. T. Copeland, Esq., M.P. and Alderman. Sir Arthur do Capell Broke, Bart. John Gillyatt Booth, Esq. Honourable William Ashley. John Griffiths Frith, Esq. Henry Lewis Salale, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoodo, Esq, John Rawson, Esq._ !aptain Chanier, Bankers in Paris - 3 1 . A. Gou in (Depute) et Cie, late Jacques F.aflitte, et Cie. Bankers in London—Messrs. Burnett, lioares, and Co. ; Messrs. Ilidthilpli, and Bidditiph ; Union Bank of London; the Com mercial Bank. Standing Counsel—M. Chaix d'Estange, Depute et Avocat ; lion, John Ashley. Engineers—M. Le Major Poussin, du Corps Royal du Genie George Rennie, Esq., F.R.S. Solicitors—Messrs Parkes, Smith, and Co., 12, Bedford-row. Irwin S ecre t ar ies—M. Jules Mareschel, 58, Rue de Provence ; Mr. 63, Moorgate-street. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, SESSION 1844. Extract from the l'rojet de Loi, presented by M. S. Dimon, Minister of Public Works:— " The railway from Paris to Lyons is, of all lines, to establish one of those to which the country attaches most importance; to unite the ocean and the North Sea to the Mediterranean, Paris, the capital of the kingdom, with Lyons, which is its second town, and with Marseilles, the first of its seaports ; in flue, to connect the north and south of France. Such are the principal results to be realised by the railway from Paris to Lyons ; it the same time, by a branch from Dijon to Mulhouse, this railway will connect Marseilles with Stras bourg, the Mediterranean with the Rhine, and will thus secure to France the continuance of the commercial transit which Austria and Italy seek to take from her." Extract of the Report of the Commission (MM. de Lamartine, Ducos, Serme, eynard, e La Tourne, Le Viscomti Decazes, Schut- comber, M Vejux Le D lxibe) charged with the examination of the " Projet de Loi :" " The great railway going from Paris in opposite directions joining the ocean and the Mediterranean, Havre, Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, the frontier of the north, and the great port of Mar seines, uniting Paris and Lyon s, our two great centres of popula tion and strength, of activity and industry, has always fixed the attention of the Government, the Legislature, and the country at large, and should command prompt execution. Already a line is established from the English Channel, by Havre and Rouen, to Paris, and the Great Norther n Line is being pursued with vigour. At the other extremity Avh,mon will soon be united to Marseilles, and it is high time that the central part of this great line through the heart of the kingdom, through the midst of its rich population and its principal towns, should be executed." Applications for Shares and ter Prospectuses to be made to Messrs. Parkes, Smith, and Co., Solicitors, 12, Bedford-row ; Memrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Co., Brokers, 8, Cornhill; to R. W. Carden, Esq., Sharebroker, 611, Threadneedle-street ;or to the Secretary at the Company's offices, 63, Moorgate-street. By order, W. IRWIN, Secretary. Feb. 20, 1845, TIER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. SEASON 1845. To the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. The following Outline of the Arrangements for the ensuing Season is respectfully presented to the Nobility and Subscribers : ENGAGEMENTS FOR TILE OPERA: — Madame Grist, Madame Anaide Castellan, (Of the Imperial Theatre, St. Petersburgh—her First Appearance at this Theatre) Madlle. Erambilla, Madlle. Rossetti, Madame Rita Borio, (Of the principal Theatres in Italy, and of the Royal Theatre, Madrid —her First Appearance in this Country) And Madame Rossi Caccai, Of the Theatre Royal, Lisbon—her First Appearance in this Country.) Signor Moriani, Signor Corelli, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Botelli, (Of La Scala, Milan—his First Appearance in this Country) and Signor Mario, Signor Fornasari, and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above combination of Talent, a conge has been obtained, and an arrangement effected by which Signor Barroilhet, (Of the Academie Royale de Paris) will be se cured for a limited num ber of Nights. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor —Signor COSTA. The Orchestra will be on the same Scale as in the past year. The Chorusses will be numerous and effective. Chores Master—Signor Bonconsiglio. BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Incite Gratin, Madlle. C arito, Madlle. Louise Weiss ; Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Casson, Madlle. Demelisse, Madlle. Moncelet, (Of the Academie Royale de Th Pa eatre ris —thandir e Fi rs t Appearance at this ) Madlle. Taglioni, (ller Farewell Season.) the talent of this eminent artiste has been secured for a few Farewell Nights, previously* to her taking leave of the Stage. M. St. Leon, M. Gosselin, M. Di Mat is (of tilt Theatre Royal, St. Carlos, Naples) M. Bertrand (of the Academie Royale de Paris), M. Perrot, and M. Toussaint (of the Academie Royale de Paris—his First Appearance in this Country), With a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Engagement has also been effected for a few nights, with the Thirty-six Danaeuses 1,90111013 M Who have lately appeared with extraordinary success at the Aca demie Royale de Paris, and who will appear at the Opening of the Theatre hs fore Easter. Principal Artiste of the Theatre • • Mr. Marshall. Leader of tile Orchestra . Maitre de Ballet ....... •• . • M. Perrot. Sous Maitre de Ballet .•• • • Regiaseur de la pause Leader of the 8a11et....................1and. Composer of the Ballet Music Ptigni. Arrangements have been made for the appearance of Signor Moriani and Signor Fornasari for the Opening of the Theatre before Easter. The Subscription will consist of the same number of Nights as Last Season. The Repertoire will consist of a ',election from the works of the most admired Composers. The TiIEATPE V ill OPEN On S,N.TURDAY, the FIRST of MARCH, When will be produced (tirst time in fhiti country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Eruani, Signor Moriani; Ray Gomez, Signor Eornasar ; Carlo ()Wino, Signer Botelli ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with a new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled LA FtLLE DE LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugin. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. In which will appear Mil ll Lucile Gratin, Wile. Louise Weiss, 3ldlle. Ferdinand, 31111 e. Demcd ssc, Millie. Casson, Mdlle. Moncelet, Etic. M. Toussaini, 31. Gossolin, M. Di Mattii, M. Bertrand, M. Porroi and the Danscuses Viennoises. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed I.A SONNAMBULA. Count Rod°lpho, Mr. Stretton ; Elvina, Mr. 1). W. King ; Amina, Miss Romer ; Lisa, Miss iietts. After which, a Grand Divertiwment of LA BAYADERE. Cha racters by Monsieur 11. Yestris ; Monsieur and Madtune Finart, and Millie. Maria. To conclude with the favourite Drami of CLAM!; or, The Maid of Milan. Clari, Miss Rainforth ; Vespino, Miss Poole. The Box-office is open daily, from Ton In the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be ropeqtel 'a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF' OF' THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Mies Julia Bennett, &c. In the , course of the evening Mr. John Parry will sing his New Historical Romance, " Fayre Rosamonde." After which, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR; or, The School for Diplomatists. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Collins. To con.lude with TIIE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Private Boxes, Tw, Guineas and sine Guinea and a-Ilalf each. Tickets and Flues to he had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten t:11 Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BLSIIES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. - Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mnster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Tack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yate , .; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To Is' followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled TBE SOLDIER OF FOBTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Beaupre, Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING THE GREEN BUSHES, or A hundred Years Ago ; by the Author " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," &". Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul- Wilford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which, a New Farce, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with TILE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The " Green Bushes" (No. In) Is published In Webster's National Acting Drama, price Is. Together with 114 of the most popular , 2omedies and Farces, Including " Old Heads and 1 oung Hearts," Thimble Rig," " Cmsar de Bazan," &c., to be had at the Office, 19, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, and of all Booksellers. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. ,T. M. MADDOX. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME ALBERTAZZI. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cfesar de Hawn, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. After which, A GRAN I) CONCERT. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. After which, THE REAR-.ADMIRAL. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack; Stags Director, Mr. Emden; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private B)xes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. lAA Week but one before the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE PRISONER OF WAR. Captain Chan nell, Mr. Emery ; Pallmall, Mr. Keeley ; Clerina, Miss Walcott ; Polly Pallmall, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea tows ; Miss Walcott. and Miss Fairl,rother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha acters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kimloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real Fox-chase ea the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the laughable Farce of THE KING'S GAR DENER. Galochard, Mr. Box-office Biddle (his first appeArance). open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Another New Drama !—Trimnphant Success of " Midnight," a Legend of St. Paul's. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, with Now Scenery and splendid Appointments, entitled MIDNIGHT ; or, the Sentinel and the Hour. A. Legend of St. Paul's. In which the entire Company will perform. After which, THE WET NURSE. To conclude with THE WHISTLER. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be repented a New Drama, entitled FEODORA ; or, Dropping Well of Cedar. Characters by Messrs. Johnson, Higgie, Searle, Herbert, Jones, Watkins, Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, &c. To be followed by MARIANNE ; or, The Child of Charity. Sup corted by Messrs. Osbaldiston, 11. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, E. Jones, and W. Searle ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. E. Jefferson. To conclude with THE HOUSE DOG. Supported by Mr. C. J. niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, Miss E. Terrey, Miss Jefferson, &C. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. tak T e h v e lac i e i o e n re T fo h r u d rsd a a d y jo n u ex rze l d ,eb C . 27.rsing Meeting will GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. — We understand that the Provisional Committee of this un dertaking have resolved not to acquiesce in the decision of the Board of Trade, and that a meeting of the Shareholders is immediately to be called, when the Committee will lay before them the position of the Company, and the grounds upon which they anticipate a favourable decision on their case from Parliament.— Glasgow Courier. A report was current through town yesterday, that the London and Birmingham, the Grand Junction, and the Liverpool and Manchester lines, were about to amalgamate. We believe that there is no ground for thie rumour—Liver pool Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIITG, FEBRUARY 25 , 1845. Bergelonzi defen of any general interest. of a plea of official responsibilities and duties, under an obscure existing enactment, and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S cool assumption that his Government has already been acquitted by the finding of the Secret Se lect Committee—these were not, as one of our ablest Contemporaries seems to imagine, the real causes of the triumphant disposal of the Post-office question by the majority in question in favour of Ministers. It is impos sible that so broad a question of constitutional principle, of political, nay, of social morality, could have been thus dishonoured in any popular assembly, where the re presentatives of the people had honestly determined to dis charge their duty. The party accused, the Home Secretary, admitted his offence, and justified it by (1) the autho rity we have just quoted ; (2) by the precedents of former official practice in his department. The Premier and his friends relied on both defences, and twitted the members of the ex-Government with having resorted, when in power, to the same courses. This latter fact could not be got over. Lord JonN RUSSELL and his friends were hampered by it ; and some, who felt its pressure most painfully, actually concurred with their political antagonists in speaking, as well as voting, the case brought forward by the Member for Finsbury out of court. Now, here is the secret of the premeditated dilemma into which Mr. DUNCOMBE has been driven, it is hoped, by his motion of to-night. Here is the evil, so common to :o be utterly devoid COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Nothing of importance came before the Court, which rose at eleven o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) This morning the second February sessions for the county of Middlesex opened at ten o'clock, in the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green. In consequence of an anticipation that the Learned Judge would, in his address to the grand jury, be likely to make some allusion to the case of Miss Osborne, considerable interest was excited, and the Court was densely crowded by fashionably-dressed persons; but, much to the apparent disappointment of the auditors, the Learned As sistant Judge did not in the slightest degree refer to the case, as the young lady was out upon bail, and her name, conse sequently, did not appear in the calendar. The number of persons whose names appeared upon the calendar amounted to 73, of whom 63 were charged with fe lony, the remainder being for misdemeanours and assaults. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE briefly addressed the grand jury, and commented upon the great increase which had latterly taken place in the business of this Court—no less than 1,100 cases having been tried by him within the last five months. Three prisoners, named Carr, Jones, and Williams, who had been convicted at the last session, were called up for judgment, and each sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, the three last weeks to be solitary. Several cases were tried, but they were of no public in terest. all cases where evil is committed that good may come o it. There were great names to justify, by example, gross malpractices. But there was also one way, and but one, in which the owners of those names might have mitigated the mischief they had committed, by sanc tioning those malpractices. They might have con fessed to the facts imputed, expressed their regret for them, and emphatically united in a declaratory vote to prevent their recurrence in future. Our affections, inter ests, opinions, as we have repeatedly declared, are cherished, engaged, or entertained for measures, not men. How large a proportion of the House of Commons majority must have voted solely out of consideration for the men implicated, not from any conscientious judg ment upon their measures? The result has been this — that the House of Commons has justified the most atrocious and felonious " tampering, on the part of a public functionary, with the private correspondence confided, on the faith of public honour, to the custody of one of the State departments of the Executive, in order that, by the condemnation of an unpopular Minister, his more popular predecessors in the same office may not also be liable to the same condemnation. Therefore the offender is " assoiled" from his great offence. One moral obliquity in public, as in private life, is sure to generate another. The Liberal party, who are so for ward to attend all public meetings in all public places, on economic and other questions, and to contribute their best abilities to the lucid exposition of sound principles in reference to them, are silent, profoundly silent, almost to a man, on a matter of the highest constitutional importance. The reason is too obvious and palpable. But they must abandon, in such exigencies, the timidity of considerations founded on mere personal delicacy. Letter-breaking must be denounced, disowned, put down, whether the crime be perpetrated by Whig, Ra dical, or Tory. Yet what has been done with regard to Mr. DUNCOMBE. Sir JAMES GRAHAM will not answer to the question whether he has broken open, or autho rised the breaking open, of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S letters, aye or no? He will not Say whether a warrant was issued for such a purpose,—aye or no? Mr. DUNCOMBE is thus reduced to the necessity of moving that certain parties be called to the bar of the House of Commons in order to be examined, with a view to elicit the information thus withheld by Sir J. GRAHAM and the Government. The Minister, and one or two sycophantic journals who espouse his conduct and all the acts of his Government, endeavour to prejudge the decision of the House, and to prejudice Mr. DUNCOMBE'S case, by saying that that gentleman is now occupying the time and at tention of the House, not in the endeavour to assert a great constitutional question, but on a matter purely per sonal, affecting only himself. 'We grieve to say, we fear that not a few of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S political associates, by silence, authorise this gross delusion, this most unfair imputation, this pitiful quibble, devised to get rid of the discharge of a high public duty. The mode in which alone the matter can now be brought on before the Commons was not of Mr. Ducomnes seeking, but as the resu't of a necessity they have created. The question is still the same—not per sonal to Mr. DUNCOMBE merely, whose complaint as to his own letters is a mere corroborative incident—but a great question involving the honour of the Govern ment, which is something; the honour of the national character, which is something more. We warn the trimming, compromising Members of all parties, that they must on this question take a clear and decided course. The public cannot be de ceived ; its representatives must do their duty. It verily can be no reason that Mr. DUNCoSIBE should not be satisfied to urge that the wrongs of M. MAZZINI and others remain unredreased, though acknowledged in Parliament. No Member professing to represent popular feeling or opinion can, on this occasion, segregate him self from the body of those who will put their vote on record N. ith a distinct reason for it. No Member may hope to escape from his responsibility, on this occasion, ,o the tribunal of public opinion. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. IpThe demand for bonded Cotton at Liverpool yesterday still exceeded that for the duty-paid article, and the former was about 1 / a d. per lb. cheaper. Sales, 4,000 bales; all to the trade at previous rates.—There was a dull market for Shares. Birmingham and Derby, 941, ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 129% ; Bristol and Olouceeter, 56 ; Caledonian, 7% 7 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 38 3 % ; Chester and Holyhead, 8%; Dublin and Drogheda, 78 ; Churnet Valley, 7% 3 / 4 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 60 1 ,4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 16/. 6s. ; Glasgow and Greenock, 15 1 , %; Grand Junction, 220 ; Grand Junction, New, 43 1 4 ; Great Western, One-Fifth, 303 / 4 •, Liverpool and Manchester, 202 ; Ditto, New, 37 ; London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 424; London and Brighton, 571 %; London and South-Western, 79%; London and York, 7%6 ; Direct Northern, 2 1 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 62 1 4 ' • Manchester and Leeds, 138%; Midland Coun ties, 125 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 14 1 / 2 ; North British, Half Shares, 2%; North Union, 137 ; Preston and Wyre, 234 ; Scottish Central, 4%; Shrewsbury and Grand Junc tion, 5% .!4 ; South-Eastern, 40 39 3 / ; Ditto, No. 2,9%; Trent Valley, 19 1 ,E 20; Paris and Lyons, 61s. 6d. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 6%; Northern of France, 51/2 Boulogne and Amiens, 5 1 / 2 . The Cambridge packet brings advices of one day's later date from the United States. The papers give an account of the number of vessels, and their tonnage, that entered the port of New York in the month of January 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845 ; from which it appears that in January, 1842, the number of American vessels was more by one-half, and the excess of tonnage was one-third over the arrivals for January, 1843 ; while on the other hand, there is a slight increase in the number of foreign arrivals, and amount of tonnage, in January, 1843, over the corre sponding month in 1842. In 3anuary, 1844, the gross amount of American tonnage entering New York from foreign ports had increased only to the standard of 1842 ; while the gross amount of foreign tonnage was in excess nearly one-half over the corresponding months in 1842 and 1843. The analysis of the arrivals during the last month (January 1845) is highly gratifying in its results, as it proves satisfactorily that our commerce is now in a more flourishing condition than it has been for the same month during the last four years. The gross amount of American tonnage employed in commerce considerably exceeds that of 1842 and 1844. It is stated that the pest fever was raging last month to a considerable extent at Port-au-Prince. It .had been rather mild on board the American vessels, but very severe amongst the French seamen. From the Cape of Good Hope, advices of the Bth ult, in timate that some of the Kafir chiefs were disinclined to come into the conditions of the new treaty proposed to them by the British. The Fuads are firm to-day. There have been sales made by the Chancery broker, but .the speculative operations for April have most Consols have realised 99% to par for present transfer, and goneu rte rb back 9t09 s t . o a p n a d r f 6 o 7 r s a . ccount. premium. Exchequer Newrrnr ß ee ill a s n h d- a a v - e Q Cents. are 104 to 104 1 4 ; and the Three per Cents. Reduced 100% to %. Bank Stock has been quiet, at 212. The Foreign Investments are flat. Spanish Actives at 27% 1 / 2 ; and the Three per Cents. at 40 1 A. Portuguese Converted have been 60 1 / to 61. Columbian Stock is worth 131; and Brazilian 90. French Five per Cents. are 122 f. 75c., with the Exchange at 25f. 50c. Venezuela Bonds are 44 3 A. Dutch Two •and-a-Half per Cents. realise 63% to %. Railway Shares continue flat, owing to the arrangements 'or settling the account. ONE CLOSING PIZICES OF BRITISN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 / 1 per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1-16% 12% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 : 11 13-16 11 13-16 India Bonds, 1,000/ Ditto under 1,0001. . 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 98% Consols for Account..... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / 2 d.... (19 .67 pm. 62 Ditto 500/. . 69 67 pm. 66 Ditto Small Ditto Advertised . . 67 65 pin. 65 ONE O'CLOCK. Madrid journals of the 17th have been received, bu ley bring no intelligence of the reported arrests at Vit toria, nor is any allusion made to them in the telegraphic dispatch received by the French Government from Ma drid, dated the 19th inst. In the Cortes, General NAR VAEZ stated, in answer to a question from Senor CAR- Basco, that the Bill for the restoration of Church pro perty had no reference to those in actual possession, and the rights of purchasers would be religiously preserved. The Bill contains only the following clause :—" The property of the regular clergy remaining for sale, and of which the sale had been suspended by royal ordon nance of the 26th July, 1844, shall return to the said clergy." The Three per Cents. closed on the 1 ith at 33 for at 231 for cash, and 24-k at 60 days. ; and the Five per Cents. cash, and 33 9-16 at 60 days The following telegraphic dispatch was received by the French Government on Sunday : _ _ " MADRID, FEB. 19. "The affairs of Sweden and Denmark, with Morocco, have been arranged by the mediation of France and Great Britain. " The Emperor has renounced the tribute. " The Danish and Swedish Consuls returned to Tangiers on the 14th inst." The affair of Morocco has so far been productive 'of good, and thus rescued these northern powers from the disgrace of being tributaries to pirates. There is nothing of interest in the Paris papers. A wonderful calm has succeeded the vote on the Secret Service Money Bill. The Ministerial journals appear satisfied with the result, while those of the Opposition announce their resolution to fight to the last, and to de nounce all backsliders from the party. Desertion, it would seem, is dreaded by M. THIERS and his friends. " Everybody," says the Constdutionnel, "is convinced that the Ministry's position is untenable, and that it is impossible they can maintain themselves much longer in the equivocal situation they have been placed in by the successive votes of the Chambers. A determination has, i therefore, been come to to continue the struggle on all important questions. The Opposition are sensible that, under present circumstances, nothing ought to prevent them from regularly attending the sittings. They have, in consequence, agreed that the names of such Depu.. ties as may not be punctual shall be published in the newspapers." The accounts from Switzerland, in these papers, add little to the previous nevvs. A letter from Berne of the 19th mentions the a rrival in that town of the POPE'S Nuncio. 'lie is represented to have come in order to confer with the French Ambassador, and to urge an armed intervention of France, in conjunction with the other great Powers. Letters from Lucerne of the 18th state that six battalions ens had been hurch organised for the defence of the Gove rnor The c Jesuits was turned into an arsenal, and consequently public worship was suspended. The French Funds were rather flat on Sunday. At TORTONI'S the Three per Cents. were quoted at. 84f. 95c. ---------- • THIS DAY's NEWS. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Camp bell. RICKARDS V. TILE ATTOKNEY-GENERAL. The arguments in this appeal occupied their Lordships the hole morning. THIS DAY.) ------ _ VICE-CHANCERY.---( No case of importance came before any of the Vice- Chancellors to-day : QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a special jury.) THE QUEEN V. DOUGLAS. This case, which is an Information tiled against the de fendant at the instance of the East India Company, whose servant he was, for having received large sums of money from the Raja of Tanjore, where he was Resident, was resumed this morning by the reading of the documents and evidence which came from India. Ibis evidence was written on con tinuous slips of parchment, and seemed to be only less lengthy than the indictment in the case of the Sta te trials. Its read ing occupied the Court up to the time of our . going to press. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Sir F. Por.LocK and a special jury.) The Court was engaged all day with a part-heard case, in which a gentleman named Dabney waB plaintiff, and A Mr. Bolton, 3 15-16 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 7% %; Ca ledonian, 7% 7; Churnet Valley , 7 %; D ublin and Galway, 3 9-16; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 2%; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 4 9- 16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 3%; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 3 1 , ; London and York, 7 1 4 % ; Manchester and Buxton, 214 ;- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junct ion, 255. 235. 9cl. ; Trent Valley, 19% % ; West Yorkshire, ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 11% ; Union Plate Glass, 1918 1 / 2 . • Forinstance, a manmight build ahouse commanding a view, over the distant country. A railway embankment was raise(' above the level of the original line, and immediately the house was shut out both from prospect and air. The house which before was worth 2001. a year, would now be hardly worth half that sum. Again, he conceived that if there wer e to be appeals, the onus of proof ought to lie on the raila comanies, r it w an utter impoesibil it Y for w a y p for small landed proprieto, as who resided one hundred or two hundred miles from London, to come all that distance and be at the expense of bringing his witnesses, and keep t ; ing them here during the delay of the railway BILL before a Committee. He hoped, however, tbey would not conclude this point at the presen t moment, but would maturely consider it, and when it was concluded they would substitute the words, which the Hon. Member for Plymouth had taken from him, " prejudicially affected" LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 25, r.m.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze, And cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 24.—Wind N.W. moderate. 10 P.M., N.E. , squally.; Arrd. Robert Small , Williams, and Colombo:.Thom son, Calcutta; Plautius, Rotgaus, China, for Amsterdam; Belle Creole, Purchase, Jack, Tavenor, and Emma Eugenia, Kettlewell, Mauritius ; Susan, Cant , and Majestic, Smith Ichaboe ; Emilia, Rio Janeiro ; Napoleon, Bendixen Rio for Hamburgh ; James Holmes, Head, and Mary Eliza beth, Thom, Demerara; St. Thomas packet, Paterson, St. Domingo for Hamburgh ; Mediator,t Chadwick, New York ; Clyde, Halcrow, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Golden Grove, Ichaboe for Scotland. Sld. Favourite, South Seas ; Tyne, New Zealand ; Hindostan, Bombay ; Hebe, Bahia ; Marys, Berbice ; Helen, Demerara; Druid, Barbadoes ; Don Gio vanni and Harriet, Jamaica ; Mary, Santa Martha ; John Craig, Boston ; Naid, Cape de Verds ; Dart, Madeira ; Mary Miller, Valparaiso ; Isabella, St. Domingo. Put back, ' British Merchant, for Mobile. RAMSGATE, FEB. 24.—The Edmund, Pear, from New castle to Limerick, and the John, Holland, from Shoreham, were in contact last night in the Downs. The former has put in here to relit, the latter proceeded. The Haime, from Messina to Copenhagen, has been brought in here, with loss of rudder. Ponzsmorrff, FEB. 24.—Wind W. N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Belvidera, Malta. COWES, FEB. 24.--Wind Snelheed, Kamp, Rio; Sylphden, Elligers, Bahia; Anna and Emily, Porter, Sierra Leone, with loss of mainmast, sails, &c, PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24:—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Agnes Oporto for London, leaky. ICILABOE, DEC. 25.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Thun , derbolt, Cape of Good Hope About twenty labourers were killed here yesterday, owing to a slip of a guano pit. for " lying near." Mr. ENTW ISLE said that he thought the constit ution of appeals to the Board of Trade was good for the railways themselves. By that means they were saved from falling into the hands of an attorney, ivho hurried them into ( litigation and disputes, for the sake of running up a bill. _For these reasons he thought this cou rse of appeal would be better for the companies themselves- The Hon. Member for Cockermouth thought that the present wording of the clause limited the facility of appeal, and b e (Mr. Entwisle) entirely agreed with him in the observation. Lord G. SOMERSET would make no opposition to the recommendation of. the Hon. Member for Cockermouth. Mr. HAWES objected to the jurisdiction given b y tbe present clause to the Board of Trade. He thought they ought not to extend the powers of an irresponsible tri bunal. The Board of 'l rade was a secret tribu nal, and 13° quite objected to its constitution. Lord G. SOMERSET said that if the Hon. Member,. would mention any other court which would bett er angle' the purpose than that of the Board of Trade, he should. very happy to give his best consideration to it but at present he was giving, by this ela eB ," an opportunity of appeal to those who felt then'; selves aggrieved by the encroachments of any railwa a line, which they did not before possess. Although the clau,s: gave powers to the Board of Trade to decide appeals of tittuL kind, he did not at all agree with the Hon. Mem ber, tha wculd Mr. FOX MA U LE be a setting LE said that , thouh there could not aside of the courts of law. be any men better or more honourable th an these who fort% the Board of Trade, yet, as they were an irrespossl!'; tribunal, he objected to granting them the extended pa"' mentined in this clause Mr. o HAYTER would . rather confide in their decisions tbaa in those of any two justices of the peace. Mr. AGLIONBY was surprised that the Hon. Member!°: Lambeth, and the Right Hon. Gentleman wh o had sPelsres, after him, should have wandered so far from t he real ethe tion before the House. His suggestion was to substitute rt,, words " prejudicially affected," for the words " and in that alteration he was supported by the Hon. ye n , • man near him (Mr. Gill), and by the Hon. Member for cashire. Mr. HAWES explained ge Mr. ENTWISLE said . that Hon. Gentlemen ov erloo.d the fact that the proposed tribunal was not to redress P l° ances, but to prevent them.—(Hear.) to o Mr. STANSFIELD thought that the clause would gr c ' t great powers to the Board of Trade, and that it would ne d. efficient in preventing people's property from being iniu re ir r Mr. WALLACE wished to know in what way his cosunot men were to obtain redress under this clause? Was t A to travel from John o'Groat's house to London steo. penny per mile ? If he did so, he would surely lose per on the way, finding himself carried at twelve ral, laugh? `":„or hour, and all the other trains passing him.-.(A was the appeal to be to the Board of Trade in E dinburgein. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that th e Hon. eltheir ber did not give his countrymen sufficient credit for o ss ability to write, whereas the appeals under this c oo were to be forwarded in writing. The object of the was was to afford protection to those who could not oblei under the existing law. Sir T. ACLAND supported the clause 101 .8 Iv; Mr. HAWES said that the 47th clause raised the question, although the Noble Lord opposite said that P,, , 0 b1e cussion of that clause was irrelevant. He asked theu'egsi Lord to point out to him any precedent for a tribunal o r fit' the one proposed, sitting in secresy. 'Would agent s ° nesses be admitted ?—(Hear.) • jig Lord G. SOMERSET defended the clause, as P ro old be t e' much better mode of redress than any other which 5,01 devised. All the relief would be given in fa vour proprietors against powerful companies. Mr. HENLEY suggested the postponement of this er ,, f until the 47th came under discussion. The power Prost'', to be given might be the means of throwing a g reat ier oioo odium on the :Executive, as the reasons for their could not be known. Mr. Aglionby's amendment was then agree d to. a ,reed ti On the question that the clause, as amended, be Mr. HAVES proposed to add the following .e .„, or " Provided always that parties interested the objeco or Trade." The Honourable Member said sb° ,t was to raise the question seriously whether tbibsle be an open or a secret tribunal. If the N ° poet were disposed to maintain this tribunal with all its he could not help telling him that, in his opinion', 1 , be tribunal the existence of which he would eventual') first to regret. „„ sec i d e . Lord G. SOMERSET said the question now Pr'2. ° : 1 4 be raised was one of very great importan t- 1 `,.0 proposition of the Hon. Gentleman was one wbico , it r, sight, had plausibility at least on its side, because of g ( :, always desirable that matters of this kind, .84/tilell,;4l, affecting the public interest, should be conducted 111 r open manner. There were, however , peeolla brO'J derations attached to the various matters odecie before the Board of Trade, which might welt° to P l 4o' condition inconvenient. It was impossible for bial c or either himself or his colleagues to support any Pa rt ,' 0 posal, but he would suggest to the Hon. Gentlenl'- pare a clause for discussion in a full House. After a few words from Mr. F. MAULE, id eta; Mr. HAWES said that on clause 47 he wou' question, whether or net this clause should be oan he would withdraw his present proposal. to i f;.r Mr. FOX MAULE thought it would be better, r, pone the discussion of the measure till the Right 13,„° net at the bead of her Majesty's Government coulok sent at an afternoon sitting, even if some importan t should be deferred to make way for it. The clause was then put and agreed to. d oglo; The Hope resumed, and the Chairman reported rrocee After some remarks from Mr. HAWES against Ptizil with the discussion in the absence of the intinell' 4 i o bers of the Government, o dd 0 1 , Lord G. SOMERSET said, he would not P r . bes t i or lot clause 47, which was the important on e, t° th e • 1.0 consideration, and he should be prepared to state _in the course he should adopt at the next way . " o ptr which he proposed should be on Thursday nel t t * ; The CHAIR3IAN then obtained leave to sit a g atl A l ii day next, at Twelve, and the House adjourned u A 0 PARLIAMENTARY COMMt'vit , ON RAIL WAY BILLS--(Till' Co' is Sub-Committee, No. 2, assembled this morn ingof i 4 mittee-room, BULLER, Sir J. Y. before opening the pr , l- o pe day, called attention to a mistake which ha' sro cels 4 t,s' the Times this morning. In the report of the 1- tjte ,„j Oro yesterday's Committee, it was stated, that in de cia' w er i .,,l Counties' Railway Petition, the Committee 11 1 (1 0 0 *e t , rejecting the Bill. Now, the Committee ha' not ci reject a Bill. When the standing rules wer e 931° with the Committee reported the fact to the or mittee on Standing Orders. RAO A nt e SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAN The Committee then proceeded with this Pe the rjs Mr. BURKE called a witness, to prov e that "sti°,, ai not accurate in the parish of Wellington , inect or inasmuch as certain buildings were not deserl" on the plan. fg' the 0 It appeared that these buildings, consisting eotttee'ooll/ ings, were not marked on the plan, an d the CO t to fe. fore, decided that the standing orders in thi s o r 4°, e rs been complied withi t° 10 r. BURKE then . took a similar objection W 1 01 certain buildings in Wombridge. These stables. AO e t a' a Standing order not complied with. f the raid Mr. BURKE then objected to the plan o f clitti; Wolverhampton. The plan near the rac e s contain descriptions of certain summer-bolo: at th° e e; The Committee in this case also decided 4 ' I , to t - orders had not been complied with. l e d ot Similar objections were taken and sustal to the parishes of Sedgeley and Halesocken• the The Committee in these also decided that ders had not been complied with. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Committe e COMP onANIES private Bills sat to-dayBILL at Twelve o'clock. Lord G. SOMERSET moved the order of the day for re ceiving the report on this Bill. Mr. HAWES wished to know if the amendments proposed in the Bill had been made? Lord G. SOMERSET said they had. His reason for now moving the further consideration of the Bill, was in order that it might be reprinted in its amended form. He would move that it be recommitted on Thursday, pro forma.— Agreed to. RAILWAY COMPANIES CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord G. SOMERSET moved the further consideration oi his Bill. Clauses one to four, inclusive, were read and agreed to without observation. ...- Clause five was omitted. The 10th clause having been read, Mr. AGLIONBY said the provision for obtaining the con sent of owners in this clause was extremely vague. It pro posed that the consent should be in writing. The clause did not state that it should be so, but the introduction of the words "in writing" would render the mode of proceeding raore definite. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET had no objection to the introduction of the words proposed, though to him they seemed useless. If the consent were obtained, that was sufficient, and it would matter little in what way it was expressed. Mr. AGLIONBY was_a friend to consistency in everything, and he wished to assimilate the clauses of this Bill, so that no mistake or misconception should arise. In another clause the consent was required to be in writing, and it was well to make all the clauses assimilate. Colonel SIBTHORP said, before the clause was put, he wished to point out the great disregard which had been shown for the rights of owners of land in this Bill. The Bill pro vided that a deviation might be made of 100 yards from the projected line. Now a deviation of such an extent might completely destroy the value of a piece of land, the subdivi sion of which the owner never contemplated whenhe gave his consent to the lime running through his property. There was an appeal to the Board of Trade, but that was, in his opinion, all nonsense. _ _ . . Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that the provision of which the Hon. and Gallant Member complained was contained in the next clause. Mr. lIAYTER said that, as the consent was to be proved before the justices in petty sessions, it was immaterial whether the consent was in writing or not. Mr. AGLIONBY said that when he first came into that _ . House he bad sat on many Committees, and had foolishly be leived that the Railway Companies were actuated solely by a public spirit; but he had since then become wiser. He was glad, therefore, that the Gallant Officer opposite bad brought the rights f the public before the Committee. The Railway Companies were large and powerful bodies, and could protect themselves; but the landowners, though very powerful in their own way, had not the same means, and were often sufferers. But there, was one class whom nobody protected. He meant the public. This Bill was most shamefully negligent of the rights of the people. Before the construction of railways the people possessed their full right to the ti:e of the public ways. There was no right more ancient or better established. But no sooner was a railway projected than it unhesitatingly interfered with every right the public possessed ; too often crossing and destroying their ways to the public markets; and, where it did not de stroy, very often interfered, to a serious extent of incon venience ; and none of those who had charge of these public ways had any power of preventing the interruption. He would be told by the advocates of railways that they were of the greatest public utility, and that minor considerations must give way to them. Why ,should passengers be put to such inconvenience? Let all ways be put on the same foot ing, but he hoped that foot-passengers would be equally protected as others were. Mr. HAYTER thought that his Hon. Friend's remarks had no relation to the clause under discussion. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the alteration in the words of the clause, proposed by the Hon. Member (Mr. Aglionby), would rather weaken the protection afforded to the, owners of land than strengthen it, and he could not therefore consent to any change in it. Mr. AGLIONBY proposed that the word " highway" should, be substituted for carriage road. Mr. EN TWISLE was of opinion that highways were suffi• ciently included in the words carriage way, and he therefore saw no necessity for the alteration. Mr. AGLIONBY said that the words ".street or carriage way" in the clause were not sufficient to include footpaths and horseways ; whereas, the word " highways," which he proposed to substitute, would include them. (He read from " Burn's Justice" the definition of the word highways, to show that it was by itself more comprehensive than the words in the clause.) Mr. WODEHOUSE concurred in every word that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Cockermouth, and hoped he would persevere in his amendment. Mr. HAWES thought that there could be no objection to the word " highways" being introduced into the clause. But he thought it was quite unnecessary to amend any clause in a railway Bill, if the 47th clause were allowed to Pass, which gave the railway department of the Board of trade power to alter and amend any railway Bill, "where the strict compliance with the Act might be impossible or incon venient." He thought this clause (47) would give a great deal too much power, and that if it were passed the House need not trouble itself to amend any railway Bill. Colonel SIBTHORP thought that private rights could not be too jealously protected. Lord G. SOMERSET said it would be remembered that it was not intended to introduce any new principles into the Bill. If every possible question were to be raised the Bill could not be passed that session. At the same time, he had no wish to prevent fair discussion. Mr. HENLEY supported the amendment. After a few words from Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Stansfield, and Mr. Gill, the House divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Aglionby's amendment 23 Against it Majority for the amendment —6 The amendment was carried. Mr. AGLIONBY suggested a verbal amendment in the same clause, which was agreed to without opposition. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the words of the clause confining the publication of any intended deviation from the plan I to one newspaper in the locality where the deviation was to take place. He thought the advertisement ought to be inserted in papers of general circulation. He would never accuse the Noble Lord (G. Somerset) of anything like smug gling, but certainly this looked like it. Let the advertise ments appear in the London papers ; they all saw them ; but the local papers were only read in the immediate vicinity. Lord G. SOMERSET said the proposition of the Hon. and Gallant Officer would rather give a facility for escaping notice than prevent it. In the localities most affected by the deviations from the plans the London papers were not read. Mr. HAYTER thought there was no occasion for advertis ing at all. Lord G. SOMERSET said the object of the clause was to protect parties from any unfair or unjust annoyance, by raising the road to a height beyond a certain level. Mr. HAVES—The only •objection he had to the clause was, that no protection whatever was necessary to be given to the landed interests by this House, for there were no clasS of people who benefited inure by railroads than landowners. Mr. HAYTER looked upon the clause as one intended for the protection of small owners, and to enable the Board of Trade to prevent any deviations from the line, although the parties most affected by such might be consenting to it. He had heard it said by the Gallant Colonel opposite, that the railroad interests had great power in this House ; but he denied that they had any power whatever here.—(Hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP explained. Mr. T. EGERTON believed the clause to be intended for the protection of small holders of land, but there should be some tribunal to which they could appeal in certain cases. Lord G. SOMERSET said he should either lay down very stringent rules, or give a power of appeal to the Board of Trade, which, he conceived, was the most suitable tribunal for such matters. Mr. GILL—It was well known that landowners threw obstacles in the way of railroads, in order to get a high price for their land.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. AGLIONBY said that he agreed with the Hon. Mem ber for Plymouth, that there was a great vagueness in the terms used in this clause. The term lying near a deviation may mean any distance, a quarter of a mile, half a mile, or a hundred yards. He would propose to strike out the words "lying near;" that would obviate all the uncertainty. Lord G. SOMESET said that the words were intention ally left vague in order to meet the object which he had in timated, but this alteration would render the passage still more vague. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he could not sit there and hear the misrepresentations of the Hon. Member for Ply mouth of the small proprietors ofland. The Hon. Member had said these proprietors had thrown obstacles in the way of railway companies, in order to increase the amount of their compensation. The small landowners were fully entitled to make the most of their property, ,but he would deny that they had ever resorted to such means as the Hon. Member had inti mated. He was inclined to retort the charge on railway compa nies. They inserted advertisements for the purpose of catching and humbugging the public, stating that the holders of their shares would realise 15 per cent. for their money. The small proprietors of land were never guilty of such conduct. Mr. GILL said that any Member of that House who fell under the attack of the Hon. and Gallant Officer might count himself most unfortunate.—(Laughter.) That Hon. Member had entirely mistaken him. His reference had been to the large landed proprietors, and not to the small omit rs. The question was not whether the place was lying near, but whether it was affected by, the deviation from the ori ginal line. He would, therefore, propose, to strike out the wards lying near," and substitute the words " prejudicially affected ;" and that the prejudice to a p ro p erty and not its neighbourhood should entitle it to compensation. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he quite agreed with the Hon. Member for Plymouth, for property might be very greatly injured though it was beyond the appointed range of devatioue ........_,..,... -..........'" ' t o 4. J ; b e fo r •,e , 4 t:os l 0 - lbe ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.—The tot* fort-1 he: ,„g year 1845-46 amount to 2,287,7161.. viz., ;,.. 58 1 i."," service 2,122,1311., and the non-effective 1 ,%';;/ , , 608,111; total for the preceding year was LE 15 , 5 '543 1 . m 'ssor,li , an increase on the present year of 43 `' Coin:: ba'' in s, repairs, and improvements. crease is chiefly under the following heads ' el ya w "' STAMP DUTIES (IRELAND) and barrack supplies; ordnance stores; r ll/ re' II 1 to t c aillg al° 4 + ...—A cCor ta l Opt°. D turn made to the House of Commons, th e ° Ong A it I re" •'or° revenue from these duties for . the Y et3 „„ r, eeoniltylill.oi 1845, was 583,3721., being an increase, '''' o f the 'oil/ 1842, of 129,014/. This is, in consequence o f A ir duty oa stamps, imposed when the Proper .' 0 1 ' e ti passed. of 0 0 , trotion war t i el l COLLIERY EXPLOSION. --All eict).-- The i w e took place at the Margam colliery on FriduP elv es ;, 1 1 ; were fortunately saved by throwing there h e pi faces into a stream of water running tbronf rer ely l'" ;;.' sionwas opened WESTMORELAND on T man named Jacob Jones, was, hOWeVerf SW Asslo B * b- 141. 01 . or° ll l,l 0 co° tie is in a state of recovery.—Cambrian. ___ , j'ho , jo s ; g Appleby, ...ri ~, 0 a t hu S r P sd ß i N,G o o I la '7ol°o3o' Coltman and Mr. Justice ightman. . b e iog cel the business commenced, the Crown Cour' ~,,,tice Justice Wightman, and the Civil Side by . d . The business in both Courts was very VP' cs . 1 , e 13 B.airErs• ar g a wloill eg i;iso e fi # On the 20th inst., at Grizedale, ne o f o daug., th shire, the wife of Montague Ainslie, Fja ( l.!_ , prig' ei', tir c ' On the 20th inst., at Montpellous t e r. d, - of Henry Stein Turrell, Esq., of a ll.: Sorinree pjf On the 21st inst., at E ffi nghLoa , tb e Mrs. Huggins, of a daughter. Bloontsborl, 1,1, On the 22d inst.. in Charlotte -stree t , . of p i' of W. R. Bingley, Esq. of a ou, st 11 ou ar e the r ife oc3 On the 22d inst., at'Eccleston-squ , Vs. P son, Esq., of a son. icenso ••gton , On the 22d inst., at Sussex -place, H. Watherston, of a son. to , g est„r 3141111161). Charles, Yll u- e , ' oi or ..11, On the 20th inst., at Prlilford,Haut%_, o f til des , ~ of the late George Williams Parr 2 : -t . ocha r digan, to Maria, eldest daughter ° 0 Penglais, of the same county. te er co° lED- Georg e Allen , t li On the 17th inst., at Sheffield, gr. info Fr i, cial traveller. 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Respectable Agents will always supply the proper paper; but where any wilful neglect is experienced, we recommend parties to write to " The Sun" office, 112, Strand, where prompt attention will be paid to. their representations. THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, FEB. 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 43. BAROMETER, 30.20.—W1ND, ;Vora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Morning • 48 minutes after 3 1 Evening •• 5 minutes after 4. Au •m, - s ti .' 1 ;4111111VII, 4N, 47, SECOND EDITION. Oil ening nit LONDON, rUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1845. The House of Lords sat at Five o'clock. Among the petitions presented were several from different parts of Scotland, deprecating any alteration in the Scottish system of currency. After a short conversation on the present method of rating property to local assessments. Lord CAMPBELL laid a Bill on the table for abolish ing deodands. The Noble Lord entered into a long and learned explanation of the present state of the law on this subject, which he characterised as foolish and absurd, and a clog upon the administration of justice. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not oppose the intro duction of the Bill, but as it concerned the revenues of the Crown, the consent of the Crown would be necessary to be obtained before passing the measure ; and as it was a Bill which referred to money, he doubted whether it ought not to be introduced first into the other House of Parliament. Lord CAMPBELL replied, and the Bill was laid on the table. The Earl of DALHOUSIE laid on the table the re port of the Railway Committee of the Board of Trade, with respect to the Manchester and Leeds and other railways, which gave rive to a short conversation on the subject of the manner in which the Committee performed their functions. After which their Lord- ships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were introduced, and various petitions presented. The Committee on the Dartmouth Election Petition was fixed for the 3d of March. Among the notices of motion was one by Mr. J. BARCLAY, for the allowance to all manufacturers of glass of a drawback for the stock on hand. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to Mr. WODEHOUSE, ated that it was not the intention of the Government to make any difference as far as the sugar duties were concerned, between persons who bonded sugar in warehouses, and those who, in consequence of not having the facilities of bonding were obliged to keep large stocks on hand. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated in a subsequent part of the evening, that he would say on Wednesday what course he intended to take as to fixing a day when the alterations were to be carried into effect. On the order of the day for the House going into a Committee of Ways and Means on the subject of the sugar duties, Mr. MILNER GlnsoN moved, as an amendment, the following resolution :—" That no arrangement of the sugar duties will be satisfactory and per manent which does not involve an equalisation of duty on foreign and colonial sugar." Ile quoted the resolution of Lord SANDON in 1843, as a precedent for proposing an abstract resolution on this subject, and then proceeded to show the iin policy and injustice of imposing taxation on the community, not for the benefit of the Ex chequer, but for that of certain favoured individuals, and denied that any of our colonial sugar producers had a just claim to a differential duty. With regard to the complaint of the deficiency of labour in the West Indies, that might be remedied by the intro duction of machinery, and by giving the labourers an interest in their work. Mr. EWARI seconded the motion. Mr. JAMES, as a West India proprietor, felt grate ful to the Government for their proposition, and opposed the resolution as tending to encourage the slave trade. Mr. RICARDO supported the resolution. There were nineteen different sorts of sugar, and he would defy the Government to define accurately what those differences were. How for instance would they dis tinguish between clayed and unclayed sugar ? Much greater sacrifices had been made by the English con sumer than by the West Indian proprietor, and the latter had no claim to protection. Sir G. CLERK admitted that protection might be carried too far, but taking into consideration the peculiar circumstances of the West Indian proprietors, he thought they were fully entitled to the protection which it was proposed to give them. The Right Hon. Gentleman then went into a lengthened defence of the policy of our colonial system—attributed the present depressed state of the West Indian interest to the total want of capital in the islands—and concluded by taunting the supporters of the motion with the absence of the leaders of the Whig party. Mr. VILLIERS asked, as the high price of labour had been given as a reason for continuing protection to West India sugar, why it was continued to sugar from the East Indies, where the price of labour was twopence a day ? and why, if the discounte nancing of slavery was the ground for continuing protection, any difference was made.between Java or Manilla and British colonial sugar ? He denied that the distress of the West Indies had been caused by the abolition of slavery. Mr. W. MILES defended the West India interest. Lord Howicx, in an argumentative speech, re plete with statistical details, supported the motion. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. COBDEN, Mr. CARDWELL, and Mr. BRIGHT, after which a division took place, and Mr. M. GIBSON'S amendment was rejected by a majority of 127, the numbers being for the amend ment 84, against it 211. The House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. 'he It is so evidently the intention of men of all parties and some eminence, in the House of Commons, to burke the great pending question of Post-office violation, by putting Mr. THOMAS DUNcoMBE in a false position, that we cannot allow this opportunity to pass by N‘ithout availing ourselves of it, for a protest against the scanda lous manoeuvre that is on the eve of being attempted. When the party which calls itself by the general desig nation of " Liberals" (affecting to comprise, as it does, all shades of political dissent from the general princi ples of Whiggery in one common league with the repre sentation of Whiggery itself), permitted the motion for a new Committee of Inquiry on the Post-office question to be negatived by an overwhelming majority, they did not, we suspect, foresee all the inevitable consegnences of their defection from the cause they ought to have sig nally upheld and vindicated. A few unmeaning genera lities from Sir JAXES °BAUM; in the nature RIBERS CLOSING PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, Austrian,:s per Cent -• •• Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 13% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto, Account . Ditto, Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 18 40 . Ditto, Deferred Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. .• • Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4 4 3A French, 5 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certilic 9 9 1 /8 98% PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Birming. and Gloucesterloo 133 Ditto % Shares - Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 57% 56 1 / 2 3,4 Bristol and Exeter Cal Aonian Cambridge and Lincoln. Iy 2 2% Chester and Holyhead,- 5 — Churnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2% 5% ... Dublin and Galway..... 2 % Eastern C oun ti es 141. 16s 16% 17M 17... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—.4/. 13s. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d O% „. Eastern Union ............ 10 .. ••• Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ely and Bedford ...... ... Great South. and - West. (Ireland) Great North of England-100 l9l 190 Ditto New 5 ~ DittolNew 2 — Great Western SO .• •• Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O ... 99 1 / 2 Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2 1 / 2 .- .. 47 4 Harwich Hull and Gainsborough 1% ...... 1% 2 1 4 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 /.....• Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1% ...... 'pi, London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...226 Ditto New Thirds Ditto, Quarters 2 ...... 29 ........• ••... London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d. 7'% London and Brighton... 50 London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... London and S. Western 4116 s 100 78 Ditto New 2 l / 2-12 11: 3 /4 12% 11 1 / 2 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and York ...... ... 2 1 / 7 IA 6 % •••• Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto Quarters 4 Midland... 100 126 124 Ditto New 2 ..... 7 3 4 Midland,Birm.,Derby... 100 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 24 ...... 48 .... Newvas.le and Berwick 1% ...... 13% North British ........... 7 1 A l3 Ditto New 1 Northern and Eastern... 45 Norwich and Brandon... 10 Richmond and West End Junction Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp , Dudley, and Birm 2% 4 l /2 South Devon... South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 39 1 4 40 Ditto, No. 1 Ditto, No. 2. 2 60% 35 1 % 30 1 / 4 61 1 4 -f. -c, 8314 2 1 4 7% LBB 42 19 18 1 / t 291/2 28% 7% 58 1(4,; 5 7 631 10,4%, 4 3 / 4 6 1 / 2 ,4% Ditto, No. 3 2% 7 14.... Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 2%...... .. . 1 4%i(t.... Trent Valley 2 ...9 3 4 % ~,. Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 2A 3 A ....... York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Ditto, Selby 2O Ditto Extension .. ... 1M 1 2 3 / 4.... . . .... FRENCH RAILWAYS..., Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 t'aris and Lyons 2 Paris and Orleans 2O .. — , Paris and Rouen .. Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 ...... 12 1 % JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British Ninth American 50 s -.. . Colonial Commercial of London... 20'. London & Westminster. 20 Erratum in yesterday's List—Read Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, and Dudley first price 4%. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24.—We have AO new feature to notice to-day; a fair amount of business has been done. Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters, 5 ; London and South-Western, 79 ex div. ; Man chester and Leeds, 138 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 14 1 , ; Man chester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 11; Sheffield and Manchester, 104%; South-Eastern, No. 2, 10 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Maintop, - 5% ; 131ackbur1, DAriveni and 4 201% % 2y B 46% 98 3 4 997's (ip~ip ~'t