The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-09 00:00:00

ING EDITION O_CDON AND CROYDON RAIL- WAY COMPANY. The Seventh Half-yearlYMeeting of this Company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern. E. Illoxos, Esq., in the chair. From the Report it app; a-ed that the works were in a very advanced state of progress generally. The Itiilway was proceeding at the rate of 1,600 feet per About the commencement of the year, owing t the unfavourable weather, there were only 480 men work, but the number had since been increased to 1,032, exeludve of smiths, &c. The opening of the Rdlaay might be expected in May next. It was in ten:!ed to apply to Parliament for an Act to vary the newer which had. been granted to the Company as to the mode of raising money. The CHAIRMAN said he was not aware that there was anything requiring explanation. The principal point to which the attention of the Directors would be turned was, that the station at Tooley-street should be ready by the time the Railway was com pleted ; and it was the wish of the Directors that the whole of the works should be so constructed as to re quire as little future disturbance as possible. A SHAREHOLDER inquired what was the object of going to Parliament for fresh powers ? The CHAIRMAN said that in the early stag, of railways Parliament only granted power to raise m , :icy on the security of bonds,and that had been the case ,it.ll this Company's Act. But as the works were no.: so near completionPft had been thought mcessary to n ; ply to Parliament for those additional powers which were usually granted to such companies at so adva: ed stages. After the railway was completed, perhaps - a a few years some further powers might be required to raise capital for improvements or extensions ; and it .vas as swell to have those powers, in case they were wan:ed. Those additional powers were not required for the completion of the present works, but they might be required for some future extension. A SHAREHOLDER inquired what sum it was intended to raise ? The CHAIRMAN said that was not yet decided upon. A SHAREHOLDER asked what would be the expense the Act of Parliament? The CHAIRMAN said 300/. or 4001. he believed. Of curse the consent of the Proprietors must be obtained any extension, whatever Act of Parliament was ob i. At present the Directors saw no ground for ztension of the Railway, but the Greenwich RAil ny did imagine that an extensbn might be the abundance of traffic to Greenwich and ton and South Eastern Line. HAREHOLDER—Any future Act must come be a special meeting of the Proprietors. ile CHAIRMAN—Yes. lr. tOODALL—Have the Directors any intention increasing the scrip ? The CHAIRMAN—We do not see any necessity for :loiag at present. r. GOODALL—Then where is the necessity for this 1, • 1/11!?: Act? The CHAIRMAN—In case anything arises to prevent raising of the sums required on bonds, we should :a require fresh powers, which the present Act does of give us. A SHAREHOLDER—Are the funds voted sufficient ? The CHAIRMA N—Yes ; but the funds raised are not. Mr. GooDALL—As it appears that the works ❑ow 3structed are competent for every necessary purpose, I do not see the necessity of going before the Legisla re for an additional Act. It would not be fair to original shareholders, who perhaps adapted their in 2.:its to their capital, to force upon them an addi quantity of scrip. The principal amount of our traffic will not come upon the:Railway for a year and a half. The CHAIRMAN said it was a matter of precaution rarely, which the Directors would have neglected their duty in not attending to. A SHAREHOLDER—In what position will the lenders of money upon bond be placed ? The CHAIR➢QAN said the principle of all bonds vir tn,ily was that the amount should be paid at a certain day, or the Railway come into the possession of the bondholder. But the great point with capitalists was, ;:hat the interest every half-year should be duly paid ; and by the Act the interest was compelled to be paid before any dividends could be declared. A SHAREHOLDER—In case of non-payment, do the Londholders take possession of the Railway, or of the tolls? The CHAIRMAN—Of the tolls. But supposing the I Railway to fail into the possession of the bondholders, le they can only exercise their power, as a Board of Direc tor=, compesed of honourable men, by keeping the Rail way in proper repair, which must in fact be done before i any profits can be realized. I Me. CAPELL, Chairman of the Committee of Inspec - itil , 4en read the report of that Committee, from 4a Niik: erranaeeleeateniations, both as to cost and time ; and the Committee had called in the assistance of Mr. Cubitt, an eminent engineer, and the result of the inquiries 1 . 4 ,„„,1„ A.,,,,,-,---etr a t the — aseppointments to which the i Proprietors had been subject, in respect to .increased cost and delay, bad arisen from the insufficient and inaccurate estimates of the Company's engineer (Mr. Gibbs), and to the too great confidence of the Directors in his calculations, and to the want of atten tion on the part of the consulting engineer. Mr. Cubitt had given his opinion as to the excellency of the works which had been already completed, but stated i that the railway could not be opened till June. And in consequence of the " slips" at Forest-hill an ad ditional expense of 5,0001. or 6,0001. would be required. Mr. CUBITT said four questions had been submitted to him by the Committee. The first was, as to what remained to be done. Now, he believed that about ;000/. would be rendered necessary to be added to Mr. 6.1,1.,5's estimate for the completion of the work. Theo • ' ye the time, he did not think it possible that the eeiway could be opened before the latter end of ;ley Or beginning of June ; and he recommended that •I') part of the land should be opened until the ,:erne should be entirely finished, because there would —ways be enough workmen required on the works for • the necessary repairs, without encumbering the Rail way and incommoding the traffic by workmen employed ce uncompleted portions. The work appeared to be goveg on very well. The drainage was admirably pro a' d;:, fur ; and he had never seen works better exe eated,—(Hear, hear.) He was bound to add, that eetllieg was more difficult that to calculate when a work er t:.'s Hind would be finished, as it was impossible to foresee the verioue accidents that might occur. Mr. GOODALL inquired of Mr. Cubitt what his opiniee was as to the station-houses ? Mr. CUBITT said his attention had been particularly (lieeeted to that of London Bridge, the formation of which had been brought up to the level of the Green wich Railway. The work was done in a most substan -041 manner. The plan made the most of the ground, looidng to the traffic which must hereafter be xpectad ;'and by archwerk there was an area of equal ( eteut secured under the station for traffic which might it a future period arise. Mr. GOODALL wished to know if the Railway, as at esent designed, was competent for the traffic Celt eae expected ? Mr. CUBITT said that it was. . A SHAREHOLDER inqui re d if M r . C u bitt was o f opi i :on that the Company had full value for the money which had been expended ? Mr. CUBITT said, as far as the operative party was concerned, he thought there was full value for the money which bad been expended. There was no trace of ex travagance in any part of the works.—(Hear.) A SHAREHOLDER desired particularly to have Mr. Cubitt's judgment as to the station at New Cross. t Mr. CUBITT said he confessed that sometimes i in passing that station, before he examined the Railway, he had beer, tempted to wonder what I 'whimsical kind of building was being erected. But lafter examining into it, he was surprised at the great skill displayed in its construction.—(Hear, hear.) 1 There was a building admirably calculated for the pur pose of giving those repairs to the engines which they I would constantly require— e the space was well econo. raised, and there was every necessary accommodation furnished.—( Hear, hear.) I In answer to a question from a SHAREHOLDER, I Mr. CUBITT said he considered the wharf one of the most valuable portions of the work—forming a most ex cellent communication, through the medium of the canal and of the Railway, from the Thames to the lid, ,le I Weald of Kent.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cubitt further i stated, in answer to another question, that he belie-, ad l the works would be completed simultaneously, thoteh, lif the "slips" had not occurred at Forest-hill, the :ea- I tion at London-bridge might have been comple ;al I before the rest of the work.—(Hear, hear.) 1 Mr. CUBITT also said that he was perfectly satis'ed I with the mode in which the Railroad was construct d, I there being transverse sleepers close together, and lei; 1 gitudinal b eams f or ra il s — an d lie again repeated that I the workmanship was excellent. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if there would be any dif . ficulty from the inclination on one part of the Railw: y. Mr CUBITT said no doubt inclinations were to be I avoided on R a il ways as muc h as poss ibl e , b ut t h e i n( li t n ition from New Cross to the Dartmouth Arms was l only 1 in 100, which was much less than in some parts ! of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.—(Hear.) I The CHAU:MAN said, with regard to the delay which had occurred, no blame could be attached to the Di zvors. It was to be recollected that this Company t w o hl e , , t4 st w r : u g e a long steaeggle with a Corporate Body— }ggle was not concluded till 1836. Then as 1 _,, , the first contract, the original tender was 56,0001. "A;ltpoywaiting, the Directors bad reduced it to 36,000 h ! any, uefi d ei iffi en e e n y tt i i n eswhich had been created by a tem porary 4 upon that subject.—.!! funds, he would not say a word ect.—(Hear hear.) it Mr. el. Sane . - esestoenen said be believed the only fault of positior:." was, that he was of too sanguine a dis t (muAseSoifiatahse increase said he wa s a t a l oss to k now t h e e in the original estimate. , ~,,,Mr.. CUBITT wou ld refer the Hon. Proprietor to the 1 auctot nature of the soil on which a great part of the e nbankment had been constructed. f, r C~Lri Mr. HALEY moved, and Mr. SHERWELL seconded the adoption of the Report, which was carried. Mr. WinxiNsoN moved that the Directors be au thorised to raise by bond the further sums allowed in the Act of Parliament. Mr. BAINES seconded the motion, which was carried. Several new Directors having been chosen, Mr. WHALEY moved a vote of thanks to the Com mittee of Inspection, for their important services in exhibiting the concerns of the Company in so satisfac tory a light. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. CAPELL proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Cubitt, which was unanimously agreed to. A. vote of approbation was also passed to the com pany's engineer, Mr. Gibbs. The CHAIRMAN expressed his pleasure that such a vote should have emanated from the Proprietors. The Directors, however, heartily concurred in it. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting separated. MOVEMENTS OF THE POLICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since last addressing you a most important fact has come to light, and which tends to throw more mystery over the police affair at Mansfield than can well be con ceived. The Lord Lieutenant, the Duke of Newcastle, has denied, in the most positive manner, that he was in any shape or way instrumental to...the civil force being sent down to this place, and the first intimation that he had of it was from the Inspector, who waited upon him at Clum bee (his Grace's scat), but whom he declined seeing. Rumours are afloat that the thing was concocted between a former Liberal Magistrate, who has lately Sir Francis Burdetted it, and one of the Members for the county, oho have transmitted the most exaggerated statements to the Home Office of the strength and designs of the Chartists ; but I cannot help thinking it unwise and uncivil to act upon their responsibility without consulting other local authorities, and especially advising with the Lord Lieute nant. It is true, that certain Chartists have armed them selves with pikes and pistols, but their numbers, power, and influence are so utterly insignificant as to require no thing more than common precaution to stop them from doing mischief. The want of publicity to the proceedings of the Magistrates has excited considerable alarm, as people do not know what the extent of the danger is. The troops and yeomanry are ordered to be in readiness at a moment's warning, and special constables are to be sworn in without a soul knowing the why or the wherefore. I have every reason to believe that the respectable inhabi tants are arming for self-defence ; and should the Govern ment proceed to arbitrary and uncalled-for acts, the very in dividuals who are now hostile to each other will join to resist the aggressions of power. In this, I conceive, lies the greate, t danger, and the Government should be very cautious not to stir up feelings of angry retaliation on th• part of those who are not Chartists, but wish to live peaceably with all men. That most of' the Noblemen and Gentlemen's seats are well provided with fire-arms is a common thing, their isolated situation requiring means of defence against the attacks of plunderers. The farmers, too, are not badly of in that respect, and now the cottagers and operatives have their offensive and defensive weapons. This is likely to produce an unnatural state of society ; but still I see no real ground for present apprehension. The physical-force men are destitute of leaders, for, however O'Connor may bluster, he is thought but little of in this neighbourhood, and he never would expose himself to certain destruction. That the Government is greatly alarmed I firmly credit. and, probably, they hare sent down the police force by way of demonstration ; but it is extremely injudicious, for it has excited the disgust of the orderly and middle-classes, to find a set of men (however well-behaved) forced upon them without any apparent cause, and the expense (which will be no small item in the county expenditure) has caused great dissatisfaction. I am, Sir, your's, &c., A PEACEFUL MAN. Mansfield, March 8. WIGAN ELECTION. The following extract of a letter has just been received from a friend of Mr. Ewart's, dated yesterday evening : "I am just returned from the nomination. Nightingale, a Chartist from Manchester, was proposed by two Tories ! ! He inflicted upon us a most tedious oration, and then declined the poll. The nomination was decidedly favourable to Mr. Ewart, and the show of hands in his favour. The Tories are using every effort, but we only fear coercion and intimidation.' METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning has an article in its moat characteristic mock-heroic style, condemnatory of Minis ters, especially as regards their management of the Navy. —The Morning Herald, speaking of the Beer Bill, calls it " an act frightfully destructive of the morals of the lower classes. "—The Morning Post contains a leading article on the Duke of Wellington's speech on Thursday night, which our Contemporary calls "a sharp rebuke to both sides of the House of Lords."—The Morning Chronicle observes of the Mexican affair, that " it is difficult to conceive that I Admiral Baudin could have contemplated an insult to the . • • _ - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, MARcH B.—Wind, N. N. E.—Came down from the River, and sailed with the rest of the outward bound, the Asia, Freeman, for South Australia; Marquis of Hastings, Naylor, Hobart Town ; Stratheden,Cheape, Madras; Trophie, Phillips, Barbadoes ; Malcolm Brown, Wells, Seville; Matilda, Perkins, Bordeaux PORTSMOUTH, MARCH S.—Wind, N.N.E.—Arrived, the Speedy, Wells, for Bayonne. Sailed, the Eurico, Palona, London ; Victoria, Todd, London. Off-port, the Surinam, Surinam. PLY3torrir, MA ncn 7.—Wind, N.—Arrived, the Maria, Cherise, from Nantes ; City of Limerick, (steamer) Dublin. Sailed, the Caroline, London. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind, N. E. to N.N.E., fresh breezes. Arrived . off port, the Camerton, Hewitt, Berbice. Sailed, the Fane, Erskine, Mitchell, Hamburg. Livzaroot, MARCH B.—Wind E.—Arrived the Castilian Maid, Scott, from St. Michael's Julienne Francais, Daniel, Bordeaux; Juffrone Jennings, Dale, Amsterdam ; and Prospe rity, Reed, Riga. Sailed the Enterprise, Cumming, for Hayti ; Menongahela, Philadelphia ; Norman, Wood, New York ; Europe, Gough, ditto : and Sir William Curtis, Doyle, Ter ceira. Put back the Highfield, Browne, for Africa. RAMSGATE, MARCH B.—Arrived the Frau Kia, Voss Leir, with damage to the sails and rigging. COWES, MARCH B.—Sailed the Wilhelm Ludwig, Batavia. PENZANCE, MARCH 7.--Arrived the Actiff, Dere, from Bordeaux, with loss of anchor and cable. ILFRACOMBE ' MARCH 7.—Arrived the the Actiff, Nantes, leaky, bound to Bristol. Dov En., I%IA act' B.—Off Port, the Amen, Haussen, from Trieste. SHOREHAM, MAu.cti S.—Arrived the Sylph, Mauger, frotu St. Michael's. BRISTOL, MARCH B.—Arrived the Providence, from Lueon ; Margaret, Stankland, Ostend. Sailed the Mina, Duff, for St. Michael's ; Hyne, Rulland, Oporto. PILL, MARCH S.—Arrived the Actiff, Wielar, from Odessa ; Cossack, Delaker, Altona. KINGSWOOD, 11A Rcis B.—Arrived the Catherine, from Rochelle ; Meina., Nantes. HARWICH, MARCH B.—Arrived the Vist Doune, Hall, from London. Sailed the City of Edinburgh (steamer), for Hamburg. WISSEACH, MARCH 8. Arrived the Wisbeach, from London. GLOUCESTER, MARCH B.—Arrived the Edgecombe, Hyle, from Antwerp. Sailed the Speculator, Pope, for St. J,,hn's. New Brunswick. MILFORD, MARCH 7.—Arrived King William, Swansea. HOLYHEA n, M ARCH 7.—Arrived the Five Sisters, Williams, from Hamburg ; Maria Leoni, Crafter, Bayonne ; Maria, Penaux, Bordeaux ; Virtue, Chaunter, Harlingen ; Dick, Har lingen; Jemima, Palmer, Bordeaux. ANTI-CORN LAW DELEGATION. A letter from a farmer, near Rye, shows with con siderable point the evil wi.ich exists in the monopoly of the Corn-laws, whereby one class is permitted to profit by the exclusive possession of privileges, and inflict in jury on the rest of the community. The writer justly observes that, after so many monopolies have been broken up, it is extraordinary that the landowners should be permitted to retain theirs ; and he instances for encouragement the abolition of several commercial, political, and ecclesiastical ones, which once seemed likely to last for centuries. He states that the Corn laws tend to make the farmer the mere creature and slave of his landlord ; for, in consequence of the uncer tainty of prices, rent is always varying in its pressure, and relief from it is always granted by the landlord as a charity, instead of a rigjt ; so that the farmers are kept in constant subserviency and fear, and are virtualy nothing more than the political serfs of the landowners. It is therefore the interest of the rest of the commu nity to rid themselves of this political weight in their race for civil liberty, as much as it is their duty to free a large portion of their fellow-countrymen from their gall ing chains of servitude. Only let prices be certain and steady, and farmers would gradually rise to be a higher class of men, having as much independence and intelli gence as the inhabitants of manufacturing towns. Those who suppose that the abolition of the Corn-laws would bring down the condition of the farmer and labourer, ought to show what is their condition now. The Farmer's Friend, as the Duke of Buckingham styles himself, knows perfectly well how completely the agricul turist is in the hands of the landowner, and there he must remain as long as the Corn-laws exist. The finality gates of the Reform Bill will be thrown open, whenever the repeal of the Corn-law is effected ; and the Serfs that have so long been held in bondage by their task masters, will join in the general cry for in creased civil and mental liberty. THE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY.—It ap pears from the reports o four country Contemporaries that snow, sleet, hail, ice, and frost, have been general through out the provinces. A somewhat similar severity in the temperature to that experienced by us in the metropolis is felt throughout the country. TORY CLERICAL EXCLUSIVISM.—The sys tem of exclusive dealing on account of political opinions, to which we lately had occasion to advert, as put in prac. tice towards a respectable tradesman of this city, in conse quence of his recording his vote in the Town Council in favour of a petition for a repeal of the Corn-laws, appears to be gaining ground in a luarter where, from the preva lence of superior education , and it might be expected, of extended and enlightened views, such a practice ought naturally to be repudiated. Some of our readers will be surprised that neither any public announcement of the ap proaching meeting of the Clergy of this Archdeaconry, nor of the Sermons to be preached for the benefit of the Church Missionary Sobiety, is allowed to appear in our columns. We are also laid under the ban of exclusive partisanship.— Worcestershire Chronicle. THE NITN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9. 1"39. NT IGAN ELECTION. WIGAN, FRIDAY /Claim—The nomination of candidates for this borough took place here today. If bribery, corruption, and the most gross attempts at intimidation, opposed to the determination of independent electors, could secure the election of any individual, Mr. Kearsley must be successful; but, happily for the cause of freedom and constitutional government, the independence of the voters of Wigan will prevail against the assaults of wealth, power, and the authority of landlords. No effort, however unconstitutional, has been spared by the Tories, to add another temporary misrepresentative to the Carlow list, and no effiirt will be spared by them up to the last moment of hope, however hopeless every exertion must prove. On last night there was an admirable sample of the Conservative tactics practised here afforded. Shortly after sunset two vehicles were ob served drawn up in the neighbourhood of the hotel at which the Committee of the Liberal candidate meet ; soon after several of the Liberal voters issued from them, slightly under the influence of li bations poured forth to the jolly god. They were immediately seized by the satellites of the Tory candidate, apd nine of them were placed in durance for the purpose of being carried off An outcry was, how. ever, raised by the parties imprisoned, and a number of their friends rushed to their rescue. A host of concealed Conservatives prepared fa* the issue, came to the assistance of the principals in the at d :ction, ard a skirmish accordingly ensued, which was only terminated by the interference of the constables, who released those incarcerated individuals, not without difficulty. This is, however, but one in stance of the system, for I am aware that during the entire of last night and this morning Tory retainers were circulated throughout the liberal public-houses in the borough, for the purposes of drugging any drink which !eight be called for by the supporters of Mr. Ewart, and carriages have been in waiting to carry off any of the parties who could thus be entrapped. All, however, has been unavailing. Even the bribing system has been in most cases utterly useless, although I am aware that 201., and in some in. stances 501, have been offered for votes ! !—not of course by autho rised agents ! ! A man named Tonge—arrived in Wigan yesterday morning, and canvassed the Chartists in the town. They, however, to a man, refused to assist him in his effort to create a diversion against the Liberal candidate. Having been foiled in this endeavour to create dissension, he immediately proceeded to the Conservative Committee-room, and having been closeted there for a considerable period, came forth primed and loaded, as regards stomach and pocket, into the market-place, and attempted to address some fifty persons assembled there. They, however, being aware of his pseudo-chartist Conservative movements, dispersed quickly, leaving a few laughing boys and girls to witness the remainder of the affair, which was composed of a thorough denunciation of all present liberal tendencies in Parliamentary affairs. At an early hour the town presented a scene of activity and bus tle usually attendant upon contested elections. Considerable ex citement was occasioned by a placard announcing Mr. Nightingale as a candidate. This is the individual who took so prominent a part in the proceedings at the late Anti-Corn-law meeting at Manchester, and one of the leaders of the Chartists. At eleven o'clock the no. mination took place. Mr. THICILNESVE proposed, and Mr. Ifenox seconded, the nomi. nation of Mr. Ewart. Messrs. WOODCOCK and Loan proposed and seconded Mr. Kearsley. Mr. Ewaar then presented himself to the electors, and was re ceived with loud cheers. He commenced by remarking that he perceived the electors, like him, had been somewhat amused by the little interlude that had just taken place—it was what he termed an excrescence on the general performance.--(Laughter.) He congra. tulated his Hon. Friend, Mr.Kearsley, that the third candidate, who had just been nominated, had been proposed and seconded by two Tories. Whatever felicity he might experience on the occasion, he was sure that the gratification of his Hon. Friend, Mr. Kearsley, must be much greater, when he reflected that the principles of Chart. ism were proposed and seconded by two of his own party.—(Hear, hear.) Where, he asked, was Revolution—where Universal Suffrage, and that which he hailed as its consequence, universal discord, when thus supported by two of the partisans of his Honourable (could he any longer call him Tory) Friend ?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Ewart next spoke of what he termed the inconsistency of Mr. Lord, who had found fault with the Gentleman who had done him the honour to propose him, and who, he alleged, had made per sonal allusion to Mr. Kearsley, at the same time that he (Mr. Lord) had made personal allusion to him (Mr. Ewart) in reference to his conduct at Liverpool. That gentleman had asked, why it was, if he had done his duty at Liverpool, he was not again returned ? It was well known that he had been returned by a majority of six hundred householders, but the Tories, supported by an over whelming oligarchy of the freemen, had prevailed over his majority. Mr. Lord had made personal allusion to him, because at an election, practices had taken place, to which, indi•i_ dually, he was not a party, and which he ever had held and ever should held in detestation.—(Cries of Hear, bear,) What was the case ? Never was there a candidate so invited as he was upon that occasion by the popular voice. His honoured re's tire who stood beside him knew that the great body of the electors was on his side, but that an aristocracy, parties possessing great West Indian and Canadian interests, ruled the freemen of that town. One of this party had boasted that he alone could return a candidate. He had been invited by a requisition most numerously signed, and he felt he should have deserted his duty if he had not given them an opportunity of recording their votes and principles. —(Loud cheering.) Some allusion had been made to the introduc• Lion of individuals into the borough for the purpose of intimi dating the electors and promoting disorder and confusion. He knew not whether there was any truth in this rumour, but he wes well aware that there were certain persons who had already inter fered in the election, and had been guilty of the most extraordinary acts of intimidation—even at midnight attempts had been made to controul the voters and prevent them from the free exercise of their franchises. Such a practice was known in Wigan as "bottling." In this respect he yielded t• the superior tact and knowledge of his opponents. He had always spoken respectfully of his opponents, and he trusted Mr. Kearsley would give him credit for doing so ; and notwithstanding these bottling principles of his party, he always under stood that his Hon. Opponent's forte lay in a contrary direc tion.—(Laughter.) They had all beard a great deal respecting the amending the Reform Act; he suggested, that if either of his op ponents should be returned, that they should propose a Bill to sanction bottling in Wigan. He would suggest that the words should be something like the following :—" Whereas, from time immemorial it hag been a practice, in the borough of Wigan, to bottle the electors ; be it enacted, that this system be hereafter allowed." —(Laughter and cheers.) A clause, however, should be added, that this system of bottling should not extend to the candidate.— cooseq ---- uently a foreigner, and therefore incalardWiir;;X.,-1Z::-.. tenting them and attending to their interests. This he, like Par tridge, in " Tom Jones," contended was a non sequitur. After some other remarks, Mr. Ewart proceeded to show that, when in the House, he had ever attended to the local interests of the people of Wigan, although not at that time in the least man ner connected with the borough, or ever expecting to be so. lie instanced the cccasion when a BM was brought into Par- liament which would have the effect of depriving them of a public foothpath and well. Also with respect to the proposed mea. sure of substituting Newton as a polling-place for the County instead of Wigan. The Hon. Gentleman then at some length avowed his advocacy of the repeal of the Corn-laws, for which he stated he had ever voted, With regard to the Poor.law he was prepared to defend his conduct. He would not shrink from that question, but state openly before them what he had done on that occasion. Before that Bill was passed, the poor of this country were in a state of abject and absolute dependence, and were vassals and pensioners upon the lords of the soil.—(Hear.) He appealed to them, and asked them if the Poor.law Bill had not emancipated the honest labourer, who, previous to the passing of that measure, had been degraded by having his wages paid out of the rates?—(Hear, hear.) The new Poor. law Bill allowed the I.tbourer to seek employment where he chose; whereas, before that Bill passed, he was limited in his labour to the parish in which he was settied.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He certainly was not an advocate of that portion of the law which allowed the separation of a man from his wife.—(Cheers.) He thought that when a poor couple were distressed they should not be separated, but relief should be administered to them at their own home.—(Cheers.) With respect to the power of the Poor-law Com missioners, he said that if such extensive power were given, it ought only to be for a limited period, until the workings of the Poor-law came into perfect operation, and the labourer became free and hide.. pendent.—(Hear.) He had been designated as a Unitarian, and had been asked if he had attended the church last Sunday. In reply, lie stated that he was not a Unitarian, though if he had he should not be ashamed to own it, and that he had attended the church last Sunday, where he had had the honour of hearing a sermon preached expressly against him. Mr. JOHN HODSON KEIRSLEY then rose to address the assemley, and was received with mingled cheers and hisses. He said there was not a dispassionate man present who was not fully convinced that lqr. Thickness° depended rather fer the success of his cause on the unfounded abuses of him then on—(Confusion, in which tic iemainder of the sentence was lost.) Mr. Thieknesse bad also un dertaken, unsolicited, to attribute unto him sentiments which he never gave utterance to.—(Hear, hear, and confusion.) He had accused him of voting against the repeal of taxes, but he felt as sured that his Hon. Friend would thank him for reminding him of a transaction which had occurred during his Parliamentary career. Mr. Thickness° had voted for the Russian loan to the amount of 5,000,000/.—(Cheers and hisses.) He had been bred up, as they all knew, in the old school of Civil and Reli gious Freedom as held in our national Establishment, and the political principles he therein imbibed were, to fear God and honour the King—(Cheers)—and fie had ever, in accordance with those principles, endeavoured to serve his God according to the rights of the pure religion inculcated therein.—(Hooting and cheers.) And he believed that, to serve his King was to maintain that Constitu tion which had elevated him and the country to a pitch of un paralleled greatness, which made England triumphant over every , difficulty in her own realms, and to stand alone pre-eminent, when 1 all the countries of the earth sunk under the arm of an insidious 1 invader.—(Cheers.) , At this stage of the proceedings it was announced that there was another candidate, and after considerable difficulty Mr. Nightin gale succeeded in reaching the hustings. He was proposed and seconded by two electors, Messrs. James Gtorgeson and Samuel. Wigan. Mr. NIGHTINGALE then addressed the electors amidst continued interruption and uproar. lie had come so late into the field that he frankly confessed he had no chance of success. He then at great length proceeded to state his Chartist principles---his want of confi dence in both Whigs and Tories, but more especiady the former, to whom he frequently applied O'Connell's term of " base, bloody, and brutal," and censured them for their eonduct on the Corn law ques. Lion, which he designated a claptrap question. The show of hands having been put, the returning officer declared in favour of Mr. Ewart. ...._.___ _ Mr. Kearney's friends then demanded a poll on that gentleman's behalf. _ . —..-... Mr. Nightingale withdrew from the contest. After a vote of thanks to the returning officer the meeeting sepa rated. All was quiet when our express left, thought it is feared there will he some disturbance. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord Hill, the Judge Advocate General, and the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Fremantle, had audiences yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty hada dinner party last evening at Bucking ham Palace. The company were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, Count Pollon, the Sardinian and Lucca Minister, Duke of Argyle, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Marquis of Anglesey, Marquis of Conyngham, Viscount and Vis countess Sydney, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. Colonel and Hon. Mrs. H. Cavendish, Lady Barham, Lady Flora Hastings, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Vis countess Forbes, Miss Davys, Baroness Lchzen, Viscount Falkland, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Baron Loewenbcrg, and the Baron Ostini, in waiting on the Duke of Lucca. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. A deputation, consisting of Mr. F. Roach, Mr. J. Metcalfe, Mr. J. Braham, Mr. Pryme, and Mr. Rice had an interview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Home-office. M. Van der Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Count Senfft, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign- office. Mr. M'Neill, the British Envoy to the Court of Persia, arrived in London on Sunday, having travelled via St. Petersburgh. The heavy falls of snow on Thursday last have been a source of great inconvenience to the inhabitants of this town and neighbourhood. In many of the outskirts of the town the wind drifted the snow so that it was upwards of three feet in depth, and the coaches were detained a considerable time. Thn driver of the mail-cart from this town to Newmarket was unable to proceed in his vehicle any farther than Quay church, from which spot he con. veyed the bags to Newmarket on horseback.—. Cambridge Chronicle. PARLIAMENTARY DIV ISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1839. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Second reading read; Motion made, and Question proposed,-" That the Bill be now read a second time :"- Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," asol at the end of the Question to add the words " upon II is day six months ."-Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :"-Tho House divided :- MAJORITY-AYES, 300. Abercrombv, G. R. —Stirlingshire Johnstone, J. J. Ir.—Perefrici. Acheson, Lord—Co. of Armagh shire Arland, Sir T. D.—.N Devonshire Jones, T.—Undonderry Co. .','Court, Captain—Tanworth Kemble, H.—West Surrey Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.—Clack- Kirmaird, Hon. A. F.—Perth m..nuan , Knox, Hon. Th imas—Dl la a n ii Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth I Labouchere, Right Hon. :Henry , Aglionby, Major F.—Cumberland Taunton Ainsworth, P.—Bolton Langdale, Hon. C.—Knate.;bo. Alsager, R.—Surrey rough Archbold, Robert —Kilifar'l ! , asecl'es, Hon. W. S.—Wakefield Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Law, Hon. C E. CarnbridgeUn iv. .-tttwood, rhos.—Birmingham Lefevre ' C. Shaw—North Hants Bailey, J. D.—Sudbury Lefroy, fit. Hon. T.—Dublin Uni- Baillie, H D.—Honiton versity Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Lennox, Li rl A —Chlche. ter Baker, Edward—Wilton Leve,on, Lord Morpeth &lineman, A.—Aberdeen LiOde 1 „ Hon. H.—North Hurl): m Baring, 1. I '. l ' . leo Aster, E. t:imlitre—Bratiford Lushington, Dr.—Tower Hamlets ';::ring, W. B.—N. Staffordshire Lushington, Charles—Ashblirtot, B Fl B l . o_rni f i o , r u t i si h nout I- Barnard, E. G.- -Greenwich Lygon, M a jor -G en . Ho n . H. B.— a ii r i—i r ' Barr , G. S.—Cork Co. Worcestershire West. Beamish, F. B.—Cork Lynch, A. H.—Galwi.y Ballew, R. M.—Louth Mackenzie, Thomas—ttesa-shiro rieritinck, Lord G.—Lynn Mackinnen, W. A.—Lymington Berkeley, Hon. E. H.—Bristol Vl' Leod, R.—lnverness Berkeley Hoti. C.—Cheltenham M . Namara, Maj. W. N.—Clare Co. Bernal, Berkeley, Rochester APTaggart. John—Wigton, &c. Bewes, 'l' —Plymouth Maher, John—Wexford Co Blackett, C.—South Northumber- Maidstone, Visct.—N. Northam', land I tonshire Blair, J. Wigtonshirc Nlarshall, Wm.—Carlisle BiaLe, Martin J.—Galway Marsland, Henry—Stockport Blake, W. J.—Newport Marslancl, Thomas—Stockport Biznnerhassett, A. —Kerry Martin, John—Tewkesbury iilewitt, Reginald—Monmouth %larton, Geo.-I,aheaster Blunt, Sir Charles—Lewes Master, Colonel—Cirencester B: elkin, J. J.—Galway Co. 'Talkie, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Boldero, Hcniy G. —Ch.ppenhan. • ifelgund, Viscount —Hy the Bolling, W.—Bolton "liklmay, P. St. John —Winche - Bowes, John—South Durham ter Bramston, T. W.—Essex South Miles, William—Sonaersetshire isridgernan, Hewitt—Ennis Miles, Philip W. Skynner—Bristol B r i sco e, J. I.— Wes. bury Moreton, A. H.—Gloucester:dire : Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire dorpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Brockleinirst, .I. Viacelesfield Morris, D.--Carmarthen Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury 'turray, flight Hon. J. A.--I,itii • :rotlierton, J.—Salford ltitskett, George A.—St. Alban's Browne, It. D.—Mayo `Cagle, Sir 11.—Wes meath flrownrigg, J. S.—Boston Noel, William M.—Rutland Bruges, \%. H. L.—Bath Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow BuNer, Sir E. L.—Lincoln TBrien, Cornelius—Clare' Buslield, W.—Bradford 'Plirien, %V. S.—Limerick Co. fouler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co. O'Callaghan, Hon. C —Dungai- Byng, George—Middlesex van Byiig, Right Hon. GS —Chadian, O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry Calcraft, John Hales—%Vareham O'Connell, Morgan—Meath Callaghan, D, Cork City :'Fearall, Richard M.—Kilda , ' Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Ord, W.—Newcastle-upon-'Tyne Canning, Right Hon. Sir S. —Lyn'. Paget, Fred,rick—Beaumaris Cavendish, lion. C. C.—E. Sussex Pakington, J. S.—Droitwich Cavendish, Hon. G. 11.—N. Derby 'alrner, Charles Fyshe—Reading Chalmers, Patrick—lnverbervie Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Clerk, Sir G.—Stamford Parker, J ohn—Sheffield Clive, Edward B.—Hereford Parke , R. T.—Preston Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport Parnell, Sir H. Dundee Collier, John—Plymouth Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Colqiihun, John C.—Renfrew Pattison, James—London Compton, H. Combe—Hampshire Pechell, Captain—Brighton Conolly, Edward M.—Donegal Peel, lit. Hon. sir IL—Tainworte: Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Pendarves, E. W.—W. Cornwall Craig, %V. G.—Edinburgnshire I),a-meal, Colonel—Sligo, Co. Crawley, Samuel Bedford Philips, G. It.—Poole Crompton, S.—Think Phillpotts, John—Gloucester Currie, Itaikes--Northampton Pigott, Robert—Bridgnorth Curry, William—Armagh Power, James—Wexford Co. Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Price, Sir R—Herefordshire Davies, Colonel—Worcester Price, Richard—New Radnor Denistoun, J.—Glasgow Protheroe, Edward—Halifax De Horsey, S. H.—Newcastle. pusey, Philip—Berkshire under Lyine Rcdington, T. N.—Dundalk Donkin, Sir R.—Sandwich Rice, lit. Hon. T. S.—Cambridge Douglas, Sir C E.— Warwick Rich, H —Knaresborough Duckworth, Samuel—Leicester Richards, Richard—Merionethsh. Duff, James—Banff-hire Roche, E. 11.—Cork Co. Duke, Sir James—Boston Roche, William—Limerick Manias, C. W. D.—Flint Roche, Sir David—Limerick Du Pre, George—Bucks R o lf e , :ir R. M.—Penryn Eliot, Hon. J. E.—Roxburghshire Rolleston, Col.—S. Nottinguam Ellice, Capt. A.—Harwich Round, John—Maldon Ellice, Right Hon. E.—Coventry Rundle, John—Tavistoc.k Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk Estcourt, 'l'. Junior—Devizes Russell, Lord John—Stroud Evans, G. —Dublin County Russell, Lord—Tavistock Evans, William—North Derby Aalwey, Lieut.-Col.—Ludlow Feilden, W. J.—Blackburn -anford, E A.—Somersetshire Ferguson,Sir R. A.—Londonderry Scarlett, Hon. J. Y.—Guildford Finch, F.—Walsall Scholefield, .I.—Birmingham Fitzalan, Lord—Arundel Scrope, Poulett—Stroud Fitzgibbon, Hon. R.—Limerick Seymour, Lord—Totness Fitzsimon, Nicholas—King's Co. Sharpe, General—Dumfries Fleetwood, P. H.—Preston Shaw, Rt. Hon. F.—Dublin Univ. Fort, J.—Clitheroe Shall, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Fremantle, Sir Thomas—Bucks Shirley, E. J —Warwickshire French, F.—Rosscommon Smith, J. A.—Chichester Gibson, 'Thomas—lpswich Smith, R. V. - Northampton Gladstone, W. E.—Newark-on- Smyth, Sir G. H.—Colchester Trent Standish, Charles--Wigan Gordon, Robert—Windsor Stanley, Edward—Cumberland Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Goulburn, Right Hon. 11.—Cam- Stanley, W. Massey—Pontefract bridge University Stansfield,W It. C.—Huddersfield Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G., St a unton, Sir George Thomas Bt.—Pembroke Stock, Dr.—Cashel Grant, F. W.—lnverness-shire Strickland, Sir G.—W - Yorkshire Grattan, Henry—Meath Strutt, Edward—Derby Grey, Sir George—Devonport Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Grimston, Viscount—Hertford. Sturt, Henry Chasi—Dersetshire shire 'Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Grimston, Hon. E. H.—St. Al. Surrey, Hail of—West Sussex ban's Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Hall, Sir Benjamin—Marylebone Teignmouth, Lord Marylebone Harcourt, G. S.—Bucks Tennent, J. E.—Belfast Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.—'Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P. —Man- Launceston Chester Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Wight Townley, 11. G —Cambridgeshire ilayter, W. G.—Wells french, Sir F.—Scarborough Ileathcoat, J —Tiverton Troubridge, Sir T. E —Sandwich Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe- Turner, Edmund—Truro ter sfield Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suffolk Henniker ' Lord—East Suffolk vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co Herbert, Ron. S.—South Wilts Vivian, John Henry—Swansea 'Teron Sir R.—Peterborough Wathi.ngton, H. S.—West Suffbik ', - , rflttlinrg ri Ma ~,,x, ... Elinaley, Charles—Ashton Hebhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.I Nottingham Hotmouse, T. Benj.—Rochester Hodges, T L.—West Kent Hodgson, ltd.—Berwick-on.Tweed Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Holmes, Hon W.—lsle of Wight Holmes, W.—Berwick-on Tweed Charles—Linlithgowshire I Hope, G. W.—Weymouth /I orsinan , Ed ward— Cockermouth Houston, G. J.—Renfrewshire Howard, P. fl.—Carlisle Howard, Sir IL—Wicklow Co. How ick , Vir orthumbeilano Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Hume, Jaeoh—Kilkenny liumphery, John—Southwark Hurt, Francis—South Derby Hutt, W.—Hull Hutton, Robert—Dublin Jackson, Mr. Setj.—Bantion Bridge James. Sir W. C.—Kingston.on- Hull Jervis, S.—Bridport .. Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire . Wall, C. Baring—Guildford Wallace, Robert—Greenock Warburton, H.—Thrldport Westenra Hon.H IL—Monaghai l'White, Andrew—Sundeyland i ,Vhite, Henry—Longford : i Whitmore, T. C.-13ridgenorth iWilbraham, George—Cheshire t Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark 'Williams, William—Coventry Williams, W. A.—Monmouthsh. Wilshere, William—Yarmouth Winnington, T. E.— Beivdley Winnington, H. J.—Woreestersh. , Wodehouse, Edmund—Norfolk Wood, Charles—Halifax Wood, Sir Matthew—London 'Wood, G. W.—Kendal Worsfey, Lord—Lincolnshire Wyse, Thomas—Waterfora Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow MINORITY. Ad ,re, Lord—Glamorganshire A rchdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Bagge, W.—West Norfolk Bateson, Sir R.—Londonderry Broadigood, He nry—Bridgewater Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Cole, Hon. Arthur H.—Entiiskilleu Cole, Viscount—Fermanagh Dick, Quintin—Maldon D'lsraeli, B.—Maidstone Duticombe, Hon. \V.—Yorkshire D uncom be, Hon. A.—East Betford Ellis, John—Newry Fati , mn, E B —N. Leicestershire Fector, John Minet—Maidstone Gore, Ormsby—Salop Heathcote, Sir W —S. Hampshire Hillsborough, Earl of—Down Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple Jones, Job n—Carmarthenshire K lly, 1. it zroy—lpswich ANTI-uORN-LAW MEETING OF ANTI-CORN-LAW DELEGATES AT MANCHESTER, (BY EXPRESS.) (FItOM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The Anti-Corn-law Delegates from various parts of the kingdom yesterday held their first public meeting since their return from Lon:lon, at the Corn Exchange, Hang. ing• ditch. The hour originally fixed for bolding the meet ing was 12 o'clock, but as several respectable and judo en tial gentlemen, merchants, manufacturers, and otherp. who were desirous of being present on so import:int and in:eresting occasion, stated they would not be able to attend at so early an hour without great inconvenience and neglect of business, it was determined to postpone the meeting till a later period of the day, and, in the course of the morning, placards were posted about the town, stating that the Delegates would not meet until three o'clock. The 4t 0_ of the inhabitants was regulated by the distribu tion of tickets. The business of the day did net commence till nearly half-past three o'clock, by which time, however, the plat form was completely covered with Delegates, and the bid} of the Hall well crowded. R. H. GREG, Esq., on being called to the Chair, said that he regretted their esteemed and worthy friend, Mr. Smith, was prevented, in consequence of domestic afflic tion, from presiding. He would, however, endeavour to make himself as good a substitute as possible, although he was afraid the meeting would feel the absence of Mr. Smith. By way of informing the meeting how it was that the Delegates had been called together that day, he would state that the body of the Delegates who assembled in London, to obtain, if possible, the sanction of the Legisla ture to hear evidence at their bar respecting the mischie sous effects of the Corn-laws, came to a resolution that they would adjourn to Manchester, and communicate the result of their mission. The present meeting of Delegates was called in compliance with that resolution, and he would just mention, in the first place, this was a meeting of Delegat2s only—that there were 50 or 60 gentlemen present from almost every part of the kingdom. These gentlemen would state their sentiments, and the persons in the body of the Hall would consider themselves as au ditors. —( Hear, hear.) He would now read the list of Delegates present. The Manchester Delegates present, whom they were all well acquainted with, were Messrs. Cobden, Rawson, Walker, and George Wilson. There were present Front LEEDS—Messrs. E. Baines, jun., Plint, Mar sha•l, Fairburn, Wilkinson, Massey, and Stansfield, Halm ax—Messrs. Hoatson, Ackroye, Glidhill, Sa muel Smith, Clarkson, Baldwin, and Barrowelough. LANCASTER—Messrs. Armstrong (the Mayor), and Eli gin. _ _ LONDON-Mes-rs. Taylor and Young. PRESTON—Messrs. Barker:and Addison. GLASGOW—Messrs. Todd, Weir, Johnstone, Craig, and Tennant. BIRMINGHAM—Messrs. Sturge, Boultbee, and Edmonds. BRADFORD.—Messrs. Byles, Priestwall and Illingworth. BOLTON.—The Mayor, Messrs. Paulton, H. Ashworth, and E. Ashworth. DUNDEE.—Messrs. Kinloch and Baxter. BURNLEY.—Messrs. Barnes and Sellard. ST. PANCRAS.—Messrs. Foraby and Newburry. LEICESTER.—Mr. Kimpson. NOTTINGHAM.—Messrs. Close arid Bean. EDINBURGIL—Hon. J. Erskine Murray, and Mr. Witham of the Chamber of Commerce. H unnEnsr TELD. —Messrs. Sliaw, Williams, Sl] erriood, Starkie, and Batley. HULL.—Color et Thompson. SOURBT BRIDGE. —Mr. James Fielding. KENDAL. —Mr. Alderman Wilson. WARRINGTON.—Messrs. Eskrigg and Rylands. DERBY.—Mr. Johnson, and from LITBRPOOL.—Messrs. Holland, Atkinson, Blackstone, and Wood. That was a very formidable list, indeed. Instead of being discouraged and dispersed by the defeat they had met with in London, like fugitives, they had re-assembled in double force —(Hear, hear)—and intended to start for London on the Saturday morning, or the day following, so as to be in London on Monday.—(Cheers.) This would show the country and the Legislature that they were in eat nest ; and, perhaps, as he would not have an opportunity of addressing the meeting again this day, they would allow him to detain them a few minutes while he touched upon one or two questions. The refusal of the Legislature to allow evidence to be given at the bar was on every account to be lamented. There were many false statements made that required to be cleared up, and there were many facts of a statistical nature that required the most accurate explanation, in order to prevent false impressions being created in the minds of in dividuals.—( Hear, hear.) He would allude for an instant to a very important mistake made by Sir R. Peel, and which had been allowed to remain uncontradicted by any Member of Parliament. In order to show the flourishing state of the cotton manufactures of England, Sir Robert ['eel took an average of seven years, including 1837, and compared them with the exports of 1838, and stated there bad been an increase in 1838 of 2,000,0001. In the first place that was an uncandid statement, because 1837 being, as they well knew, a year of extreme depression, the exports of that year were small, and there fore mnroor.4...the average of the seven )ears to a great extent. 'the export of 1838 - ices doubly great, because of the small export of 1837, and, therefore, showed an average certainly to our discredit as financiers in the matter ; but he believed that not only was the statement unfair in that respect, but that there was an actual error of a million and a-half in the amount of exports given by Sir Robert Peel, and which statement he (Mr. Greg) believed had Leen supplied by the Board of Trade.. This was a neater of so much importance, that he would just observe there were gross returns made at the Cue tote-house to the flourd of l'irele of experts, and that source ye as afterwards there was a net account. Both were forwarded to the Board of Trade. It appeared that up to this time the correct account had not been re ceived ; and that, consequently, the amount of exports for 1838, given by Sir Robert Peel, was the gross amount of exports. On a comparison of the gross exports and the net exports of former years, he found on an average a surplus in the gross accounts of exports, over the net, of 1,500,0001 ; and there was no reason to suppose that the gross account of exports, for 1838, would differ from those which had preceded it, or that it would not be found to give 1,500,0001., which the net accounts when furnished would show. If that was correct, which he believed it to be, and which he had authorised Mr. Villiers, in his authority to state, all Sir Robert Peel's argument would fall to the ground, because it would show there was no surplus at all in the exports of 1838 over former years.--( Hear, hear, bear.) That was a very important view of the case, and if fairly put, it would have stood thus:—He would class the years 1835 and 1836 together, and 1837 and 1838 and then it would be seen hoof , the account would stand. Time export of the manufactured cotton goods in 1835 and 1836, was on an average 595,000,000 yards. In 1837 and 1838, it was 588,000,000 yards, showing a diminution, not an increase in the exports. The value of the export of manufactured cotton goods in 1835 and 1836, was 16.182,0001. ; the value of the exports in 1837 and 1838, was 14,470,000 ; so that instead of, an there being a great increase, there was a great diminution in the value ; and even allowing for a difference of price in the raw material, there would be still a great detciency in the value of our exports. This proved that the state ment of Sir Robert Peel was rather unfair and uncandid. —( Hear, hear.) There was another statement which was rather an important one, and which related to the nature of those exports. He would divide the whole amount of cotton exports into two classes, and would sub-divide thc first into ti4ree, namely, grey and white calicoes, printed and dyed calicoes, and lace. Those three articles form, d, what proportion did they suppose to the whole exports? 92 per cent., almost the entire export, and all the rest of the articles of cotton manufacture, including hosiery, nankeens, ginghams, &c., the whole the produce of the hand-loom, amounted to 8 per cent.—( Hear, hear.) The fact was, that all that branch of the trade was gone, and nothing remained but the produce of the power-loom, and lace, which was very small. In the great article of grey and white calicoes they were met in many markets by American competition and were beaten. In 1831, the second class,• consisting of hosiery, cotton, and lace, bore in reference to the let class 254 per cent on the whole. In 1832 it bore 24i per cent. 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 So that the whole branch of our cotton business, in which any quantity of labour was required, was fast going, and, in fact, was nearly gone, for in that short period it had actually fallen off to one half the value it was in 1831, and now proved altogether only 8 per cent. of the whole portion of the cotton manufacture.—( Hear, hear.) He should shortly publish one or two very im portant facts, and would just mention to the meeting with respect to the comparative profits of 1836 and 1838, that 242,000,000 lbs. of cotton goods exported in 1836, sold for 26,000,0001., while the same quantity in 1838 sold for only 22,000,0001., which, allowing for the extra price of cotton, not quite 3d. per lb., in the former year, showed a loss of 3,000,000/. sterling. So much for their present prospects. It must be admitted tEat there had gradually been a considerable decrease in our exports, and to that must be attributed the present distressed state of the manufacturing community. At the same time, if the markets throughout the world were open, which they would be if the Corn-laws were repealed, those temporary checks would not be felt, but there would be room for the trade and commerce of all countries to expand and flourish.—( Cheers.) With these remarks he begged to call on Mr. Young, from London, to address and move the first resolution.—( Cheers. ) Mr. G. A. YOUNG, of Marylebone, said the resolution which be been requested to move was as follows: " That the refusal to hear evidence against the Corn and Provision-lairs, in the manner best calculated to expose their pernicious tendency—thus virtually closing the door of Parlia ment against the manufacturing and commercial populations— is calculated to impair the confidence of the natio.i in the wis dom and justice of the Legislature. The evidence collected from all parts of the kingdom by the Delegates since their last meeting in Manchester proves, beyond their former knowledge, that those laws are exercising a most pernicious influence upon manufacturing and commercial industry; whilst at the same time, without benefiting the landowner, they are shown to operate 'Most injuriously upon the interests of the cultivators of the sail, and especially upon that numerous class th e di s t resse d agricult ura l l a b ourers . ' He sincerely regretted that the task of moving this Reso lution had not devolved on some individual more capable of doing justice to it than himself; for he was aware that in addressing that Meeting he was addressing those who were practically acquainted with all the details of the Corn-law question as it pressed on the manufacturing in- terests of the country ; and not being himself engaged in any branch of trade, he approached the discussion of the question with unfeigned diffidence and distrust in his own power of doing it i ustice.—( Hear, and cheers.) But it had always appeared to him that it would be a very convenient and a very effectual way of settling the diffa rences between themselves and their opponents, if they could reduce the question to two or three well defined points of issue, and he thought this might easily he done. —( Hear, hear.) For instance, they were told the Corn laws could not be repealed without making this country dependent on foreign countries for a supply of food Was that a sound proposition, or was it not? &p hi. they were told that the agricuitto al interests were overwhelmed with taxation, while the non-agricul tural portion of the community were comparatively free from those burthens which pressed the agriculturists to the ground. As to tne first quastion he was aware that in stating the extreme falacy involved in that proposition., he was only saying that which was well known to the meet ing, but it was to their own interests that they should at such assemblies as the present challenge inquiry and dis cussion on those points; and it was for that reasen he would venture to call their attention to the two he h..d mentioned in particular.—( Thus, if they investigated their own cotton trade they would find that there tie ,e nearly a million of persons two or three years ago employed in it; there were, probably more than that number at the present time actually engaged in that manufacture ; and there w ere 1,500,000 probably directly or indirectly dependant on the cotton manufacture for their support.—( Hear, hear.) Now he would ask whether the 1,500,000 persons consumed any corn or not, and in what were they dependent for the supply of that foreign material which enabled them to purchase corn of the landowners? Were they not dependent on the cotton growers of the Southern States of America ?—( Hear, hear.) Was not that supply liable to interruption from the jealousy of the American Government, and from all those contingencies and accidents which attended the trade in corn with America, or any other country in the world. —(Cheers.) Then it was estimated that each person consumed one quarter of corn in a year, so that there were 1,500,000 persons consuming 1,500,000 quarters of corn annually ; for the means of buying and consuming whirls corn, they were dependent on the cotton growers of the United States of America. Why did not the land owners stop that trade ? Were they not aware of the ex treme danger that might result to them from the indivi duals engaged in the cotton trade being dependent on America for the means of purchasing their corn, and did they not perfectly well know that if the trade were inter. rupted, the means of purchasing that amount of corn would be wanting? The same argument, he apprehended, applied to every other trade, and if they took the number of fami lies engaged in agriculture in 1831, and the number of fa inilies engaged in manufactures in 1831, they would find tiro number of families engaged in agriculture were 961,134, while the number of families engaged in manufactures in 1831 was 1,434;873—the number of families engaged in manufactures exceeded those engaged in agriculture by one-third.—(Cheers.) Again, if they took the population of Great Britain, exclusive of Ireland, they would find it amounted at the present time to 18,000,000 ; and if the number of agricultural families was compared with the number of manufacturing families ; it would be feund that two-thirds of the eighteen millions were non-agriculturists.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He would ask where did these two-thirds find support I Was it not from the trade and the manufactures of the country, and was not the majority of those two-thirds of the population de pendent on foreign trade and on the raw produce received from foreign countries for the means of purchasing the pro duce of the corn growers ?—(Hear, hear.) The same principle applied to the mass of the population, and the corn-grower was now labouring under these very disadvan tages which he anticipated would arise if there were a free trade in corn ; for the vast bulk of consumers were de pendent on foreign countries for the means of purchasing the produce of the land.—(Cheers.) It might be as well to inquire what probability there was of this foreign trade being interrupted? They had been told that the advocates of free trade were theorists—that they were fond of in dulging in Utopian schemes extremely disastrous to the well-being of the State. Of course, on this subject, they had not many facts to refer to, because a system of free trade had never been acted on. To a certain degree they were theorists, but facts were not altogether wanting, and as far as those facts went, they proved their views to be correct. He would call the attention of the meeting to the operation of the American tariff. The Americans determined to exclude our manufactures; they imposed a heavy duty on them, and what was the consequence? why the Southern Americans found they had to pay from 30 to 100 per cent. more for their native manufactured goods than for goods imported from this country.—( Hear, hear.) The result was, that the state of South Carolina determined to resist the custom-house laws of the whole Union, and a dissolution of the Union was threatened in consequence. Did not this show that there was a power in the principle of the free-trade operating on the minds of an intelligent people, for the purpose of putting down monopoly ?—( Cheers. ) It was perfectly clear there was not that danger in relying on free trade which the advo cates of monopoly represented, and that Governments had not the poster always of blinding their citizens to their true interests, and could not, in spite of them, carry bad laws into operation.—(hear, hear.) Another in stance was Russia. The nobles and landed proprietors of Russia were dependent, in a great measure, for their incomes on the exports from Russia to this country.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) It happened that the Emperor Paul of Russia, in 11100, laid an embargo on English shipping, but he was the next morning found dead in his bed, and it was supposed his death had been caused by p , ,ion. This showed that the interests of persons engaged in free trade, even under despotic Governments, were suf ficient to controul the narrow-mindedness of those who would interfere with their interests.—(Cheers. ) But per haps the best instance in modern times was the Prussian Commercial League, which, whether political or not iii the intention of its projectors, had not been extended by ordinary political means. No international treaties, formed to be broken, had heralded its progress. No armies had been necessary to subdue reluctant nations beneath its sway —no blood hsd been shed, no triumphs had been cele erated, no lists of killed and wounded had graced its peeceful establishment, and net 28,000,000 of persoes were included within its donnnien. Fer the first time the jdr ring elements of discord in Northern Germany had been successfully controlled, and peace, commerce, and civiliza tion had united men and States which seemed destined to remain asunder.—( Cheers ) He thought they might, therefore, infer from those instances that the advocates of the free trade were not such mere theorists as had been supposed.—( Hear, hear ) One observation on the fal lacy of this argument, that the landlords were oppressed by an excessive amount of taxation : He had shown that the majority of the people were non agriculturists, and he contended that the taxes of the country were paid by the consumers—by the great body of the people.— ( Hear, hear.) The Customs and the Excise, in 1834, amounted to 36,000,0001. The population was about 18.000,000, of which one-third was agricultural, and two thirds non-agricultural. In what proportion was that 36,000,0001. paid by the people ? Two-thirds were paid by those who neither had any interest in land, nor derived their subsistence from land ; while one-third was paid only by the agriculturists, who said that they alone bore the burdens of taxation. The same with regard to stamps. There was an item of 2,129,000 f. paid annually for probates and legacies, but there was no duty whatever paid on landed property that was either devised or descended. Of this sum 2,000,0001. a year was paid entirely on the personal property of the country, in which the non-agricultural portion of the community was interested to a much larger amount than the agricultural. And so it was with the other items of the public revenue. If, then, his proposition was cor rect, which he contended it was, that, in the proportion 1 of two-thirds to one-third, the non-agricultural con turners paid the taxes of the country, they would find on the general revenue, exclusive of local taxation, that there was an excess of 16,000,000/. paid by the non-agricultural portion of the community of Great Britain.--( Hear, hear) But then they were told that there was an enormous set oft against this in Poor- rates and County-rates. He be lieved that a man purchased land with a perfect knowledge that it was charged with poor. rates and other taxes ; but it would be found that the poor-rates in 1833, amounted to 8,000,Q00/., out of which 5,000,0001. was paid by the land, and 2,944,000/. was paid by dwelling-houses, mills, and factories ; that was to say, about fire-eighths were paid by the land, and three-eighths by houses and factories. In 1836, the gross amount of poor -rates was reduced to 5,422,0001.. and even allowing that they paid two-thirds of that, the amount paid by them would be 3,614,000/., and the ateeunt paid by towns would be 1,807,0001. The enormous tax, therefore, on the wealthy land-owners was three and a half millions, while he had shown that the excess on the general revenue paid by the non-agriculturist part of the commueity amounted to ebout 16,000,000/.—( Hear, hear.) The allegation, therefore, - that the agricultural portion of the community was weighed down by taxes was one that could not be maintained. In fact, the other portions of the community paid taxes to a much larger amount, and it was in order to prove that fact, and to assert those principles, that the petition of the Delegates had been presented to the Commons' House of Parliament. They all knew what had been the fate of that petition. That petition contained very re spectful statements, and a prayer that might have been very properly complied with, but it was rejected. Every precedent was in favour of the inquiry, the evidence taken on many of the inquiries insulted the public morality of the country, and they knew with what zeal Noble Lords inquired into some of the pollutions . that were revolting to the ear. But the grand inquest of the nation had repulsed the manufactures of England ! and the House of Parlia ment that could find a place in its records for the testimony of that witness " without memory" whose name lived in our language as synonimous with every tiling that was infamous and false, had refused a hear ing to those from whose ranks had sprung the genius of an Ark w right and a Watt._(Cheers.) He would call their attention to one proximate cause, in his opinion, to the rejection of that petition. No Government had ever existed, in which questions of great importance had been made open questions, that had not been a weak and vacil lating government.--( Hear.) He said this riot with any feeling of enmity to the present Government, but he believed that the doctrine of open questions was one that must end in undermining the influence of the Government upon the public opinion of the oountry. The instances cited by Lord Melbourne in the House of Lords, of the Ministers of 1619 and 1828, were instances of Tory Governments that could scarcely afford an example worthy of imitation by Reformers. But the Government of Mr. Canning was continually reproached for acting upon Whig principles under the cover of Tory professions ; and in the famous coalition between Mr. Fox and Lord North, the eloquence of Burke--the wit and genius of Sheridan—the unparal leled powers of Mr. Fox himself—joined to the experience of Lord North, could not sustain the Government under the condemnation of public opinion.—(Cheers.) Besides, open questions were, he contended, unconstitutional. They said " the King could do no wrong"—that the Mo narch in England reigned, but did not govern_.. but they only assented to this contitutional maxim because they substituted a Ministerial for a Royal responsibility . And under what circumstances had the Queen's Ministers shrunk from the responsibility which attached to ther e An amiable, an accomplished, and a well-educated Royal Lady occupied the Throne—(Cheers)—but still a per.. nonage, however illustrious, of so immature an age, that we re she the daughter of one of h er own subjects, she would not be permitted to dispose of her pin -money, with- out the previous consent of her parents or guardians.— ( Hear, hear.) It was under these very peeuli.e• circum stances, and on a question which touches the very spring , of our national prosperity, that her Ministers were less justified than in any other in abandoning that intermediate position which separated the direct responsibility of the Crow re from the epen remonstrances of the people. Mr. JOHNSTONE, of Glasgow, seconded the resolution, without snaking any alliess to the Meeting. Mr. EDMONDS, of 13;rmingham, supported the Resolu tion. As sonic of thole who had long acted with him, differed in opinion with hiin on the subject of the Corn laws, he would just state his opinions on this question No one could be more convinced than he was of the atrocity of those laws, and of the tendency they had to injure com merce, but he would very respectfully express his opiiiion that it was in the highest dogre. aleurd to assume that they might to allow one great political subject, whatever it; importance might be, to engross all their attention to the neglect of all other subjects, though they might be eensidered ;n some degree as matters of detail. —(Hear.) Ile was a Radical Reformer.—(Cheers.) He knew that p litical subjects were forbidden, but he only wished it to be known what it was, and that the opinion he expressed was connected with all those ardent feelings which he bad manifested for so many years in favour of the cause of re form. He was sorry that impediments had been thrown in the way of the progress of the Corn-law question, because it did appear to him that for the working men of England to be engaged in mere speculative politics While they were suffering in their trade from the atrocious Corn-laws, Was to be pursuing a shadow, and neglecting what they must ail feel to be the ' subitance.—( Hear, hear.) He was cer t=ain that the declsretion in the resolution that the course recently taken by Parliament in refusing to hear evidence was calculated impair the confidence of the nation in the wisdom of the Legislature, was one that would find an echo in the bosom of every one present.—( Hear, hear.) After the details they had heard of the large amount of taxation paid by the commercial community over the agricultural, the Government would be guilty indeed of A great dereliction of duty if it neglected to inquire into those statements and would forfeit the confidence of the country.—( Cheers.) He would not on the present occa s;on go into details because he conceived that to be super ileons ; but he would beg leave to impress on the Delegates and the meeting that this was a question so connected with the final success or decay of trade—that he hoped they would all join heart and hand, insist on the the removal of those atrocious laws, and suffer nothing to take precedence of this great subject.—(Cheers.) Conscious of the superierity of the Gentlemen around bin to occupy their attention with more advantage, he would conclude with saying, that the resolution which had been brought forward met with his hearty, concur rence.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. MARSHALL ( Leeds) prop ose d th e secon d resolution, which was as follows:—" That whilst the thanks of the country are due to those Members of the House of Com mons who supported the prayer of the Delegates, this meeting has seen with regret and astonishment among their opponents the names of certain of the people's Represen tatives, who have been esteemed inimical to every species of monopoly and misgovernment. Whilst calling u pon their fellow-countrymen to suspend their opinion of those Legislators until they shall have recorded their votes on the substantive motion shortly to be submitted to the House of Commons, the Delegates earnestly hope that on that occasion every friend of freedom will be found advo cating the right of the people to procure the first neces saries of life in exchange for the produce of their labour in the cheapest markets of the world." In stating his con currence in the terms of this resolution he did not wish to impugn the motives of the gentlemen there referred to, who ought to be as firm fri en d s o f the great cause theywere support ing as themselves—he would only impugn their judgments. The grounds on which Mr. Villiers' motion had been ne gatived were—first; that the inquiry would have stopped the other business of legislation ; and secondly, that it was tint the best mode of agitating the question. With regard to the first objection—if it had had the effect of putting a step to the other business of the Legislature, the House of Commons could not have spent their time better than by inquiring into the matter; and with respect to the second, that it was not the best means of agitating the question-- that was a subject on which there might be a difference 01 . opinion.—( Hear.) This was not a measure that could t e ranked with ordinary measures. An exception might leave been made in favour of it. This question did not merely affect trade and commerce ; it was a measure of compre hensive and beneficial justice. It affected not merely this country, but the whole world ; and the steps that might b 3 taken, as it would influence the proceedings of the whole world. In the United States a struggle was mak ing against protective duties by the Southern States, and should not England set an example, which, if followed. would be bsecticial to both ?—( Cheers.) They had ob tained a:tariff, providing a gradual diminution of that duty; that was now approaching its termination; the question was_ whether or not when that terminated they should pro ceed in the course they had already commenced, of f r ee trade, or whether they should retrogade, and the example of this country would heve a great weight with them. Oa these grounds it was, that he thought the question ought not to he treated as an ordinary question.—( Hear, hear.) It was one that must of necessity occupy the attention of the country, and which no sensible man could refuse to support.—( Hear, hem. ) Mr. JOSEPH STURGE, of Birmingham, seconded the re solution. As it had been said in some quarters that those Members of the House of Commons who voted against the inquiry, did not ell by that vote prove that they were against the abolition of the Corn-laws, he ardently wished that on the forthcoming occasion the minority would be converted by a majority. But whatever might be the re sult of that motion, he hoped there was not an individual present who might have taken any interest in promoting this question who would suppose his labour had been lost.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) Great progress had been ma de in the public mind on this subject. It was also important that the advocates for the repeal of the Corn-laws should accept nothing less than what they had asked, nemely, a total abolition.—( Cheers ) Nothing short of that would he worth naming.—( Hear, hear.) When the Delegates were in London they passed a resolution dis claiming all intention of wishing for any protection to the artizari against the foreign labourer, and they had thereby removed from the landed proprietor all shadow of claim for this monopoly.—( Hear, hear.). He hoped that friends of the rt peal would not cease agitating until every particle of this infamous law was swept away. ( Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) He regretted that the re ligious community had not more generally taken up this question. As an humble individual he thought that t'aia question called on them in a peculiar manner to come for-- ward and support it. All would admit that it was reore their duty to prevent misery, than to relieve it wiles, it ex isted.—( Cheers. ) He believed it had been shown to de monstration that even with tolerably favourable seasons the produce of bread food in that country could scarcely keep pace with the increase of population. Ireland w as gradually sending them less and less wheat, either from an increase of population, or, he would willingly hope. from the increased comforts which the people o f that; country were able to afford themselves. On a moderatecalcu ation their own population was increasing at the rate of 1,000 a-day—(Hear) —and the question was, should the popu lation be driven to the lowest kind of food on which man could subsist, or should they be allowed to exchange the produce of their industry with the countries which were able and willing to oipply them with comfortable and nu tritious food? To avert such a calamity as that, which the present system was entailing on that country, should be the object of all intelligent men, and there could not be stronger claims upon the best exertions of all patriots, phi lanthropists and Christians than to proceed in such a course. Another reason why he thought these laws contrary to Christianity, and which had great weight in his own encode was, that the free trade which would inevitably follow the destruction of the Corn-laws would be the greatest of all human means to promote permanent and universal peace, and would do more than all other circumstances to hasten the day when they might feel that every country was their country, and every man their brother.—(Loud cheers.) Ile was one of those who had great confidence in the ulti mate united force of the community, and he thought there was great encouragement to thos e engage d i n the cause , to press it forward, for he believed that if there was a more. equal distribution of the representation of the people, these laws would soon fall away for ever. He cordially seconded the resolution. Mr. (LINT, of Leeds, supported the resolutions. The great difficulty of speaking on the subject of the Corn- Laws was in endeavouring to say something new. The subject was worn so threadbare, that he found it very diffi cult to avoid saying something that had not been repeatedly said before. He would, however, endeavour to say a few words in support of the principles that had been advo cated.—_( Hear, hear.) One great argument in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws was, that one nation would be dependent or, the other ; so that if they went to war they would bo committing suicide.—(Hear, hear.) tall cur wealth arose from foreign trade, and it was an observa tion of one of our monarchs, in a letter which he sent by his Ambassador to the Emperor of Russia, that Provi dence appeared to have given to the respective nations of the world some peculiar commodity or luxury, so that each nation might be induced to change their productions, and reciprocate all the offices of kindness and friendship.- - ( Hear.) The agriculturists would have them believe th:at f the landlords paid the greatest share of taxes, rind that if his rental was diminished, the taxes be paid would have to come out of the pocket of some other I person. He should like to know for what the landlord paid taxes that was not consumed in as large a degree by the plain working man ?--(Hear, hear.) What would the landlords lose by a repeal of the Corn-laws. If it had the effect of reducing rents would not that be the best thing that could take place Some one had said that the land" lords paid off the greatest porportion of the National Debt. But whatever the landlords paid would not the people generally be glad to pay on the simple condition that they put the residue of the rents into their own pockets. There was another objection that had been raised, w hich, prima facie, bore a very philanthropic character. Th e y had been told, an d to ld b y some whom he was sorry to see in the ranks of their opponents—the Irish Members --they had been told that the repeal of the Corn-laws would ruin the poor peasants of Ireland. He would ask whether that peasantry could be reduced to a worse condition than they wer in at present. Could they depress men much mor e than they were when they were working for 6d., Bd., 9d.i. or 10d. a day, and men were to b e found in the tow n . o Cork worki ng f or Is. 6d. per day. And what did the a o r little 6 /. fo b r a c l o a t n i l Irish farmer get by cultivation ? He had to pay 4/., 51 ' 2 produce went in the shape Why, a little butter-milk, potatoes, and sometimes ) o H f ea r r e " n ) t -- C ii r u i t es w o h f at did he get in return for it. b to ut and yet the Irish Members endeavoured to excite they re of the people of England by saying that if t repealed the Corn.laws Ireland would be ruined.—( Hear ' He contendrd that it would be a just retribution they the Irish landlords for the state in which s. kept the people of that unhappy country. —(Cheers.) Another objection urged against the repeal was, it would the e e restd landowner n t e h r; ruin the home markets.--( Hear, hear.) That F . another falacy. By the home market the agsi :, culturalists meant the market of the agricultural labourer. but they very nicely kept out of view this fact, that .. e 0 best home market for the consumption of goods was the ....••••••••-••- , TELLERS. !Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire. ,Steuart, Robert—Haddingtun, &c -NOES, 39. Kirk, Peter—Carrickfergus 'Litton, Edward—Coleraine Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblesshire Maxwell, Henry—Cavan , 'O'Neill, Hon. J. B. IL—Antrim 'Parker, T. A. W.—Oxtord , hire 'clumptre, John P.—East Kent Frederick—Bedford (Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Rushout, Geo.Bowles—Ev,shani Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln Sinclair, Sir George Caithness Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale Tollemache, Hon. F.—Granthzan !I'yrrell, Sir J. T.—North It:sses , Verner, William—Armagh Co. Williams, It()bert—Dorchester Wood, Thomas—Middlesex TELLEttI. jrglis, Sir It R—Ox. Universit Blackstone, W. S.—Wallungford PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. RAILWAYS (IRELAND). A Return, in detail, under separate Heads, of the Expenditure by the Commission in Ireland, on the subject of Railroads in that Country, stating the Name of every Person employed, and in what Capacity employed, who received mole than 1001. as Salary or Pay for the Services performed ; stating also the Period of such Services. RAILWAY COMMISSION (IRELAND). A. I. Return, in detail, under separate Heads, showing the Amoun of Expenditure. - Commissioner Secretary Clerks B7B 14 9 ' , - Engineers Surveys and Maps of proposed Lines of Rail ways, including Trial Lines... Ditto of Lines through North Wales 367 10 0 Persons employed collecting Statistical Infor- 796 12 5 mation Expenses incurred in compiling and preparing Maps Office Expenses... ............... ......... 475 11 1 Travelling Expenses 2Bl 17 Contin en- Postage £l4 8 10 g 1 Books, Maps, &e. :106 4 5 428 5 51, ties. Miscellaneous lO7 12 2i Total Expenditure of the Commission... £13,621 5 10 Dublin, March 1, 1839. HARRY D. 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Peter Barlow, Commissioner, from October 26, 1836, to July 13, 1838_500/ . Harry D. Jones, Secretary, from October 26, 1836, to Fe bruary 28, 1839—500/. January ll33 ll888828:62, ,1761. 6s. 5(1.* JCohhanrle,AsiaVcnigenilol,lesE,nEoinngeienre,erfr,ofmrompeDeeeincebmebrer 6, 1836, to Jul`• 19, 1836, to July L e . ut. H to August, Peter Barlow, jun., Engineer, from October 25, 1837, to William Stanley (Ditto), from January 17, 1837, 1837-2001. f ar ro n m ess pe ( c C e o m ll b e e c r ti n n 6 g , a l n B3 d 6ar,rtaongjiunlgy 31, 1837--2001. Informa tion), 1837-1561. Edward Horn s b y, C lerk, from Novem b er 14, 1836, to Novem ber 30, 1838-21 8 1, 9s. Sd. Henry Maso n , Cl erk, from Decem b er 1, 1836, to August 31, 1838-2961. ss. 100. ". These it ems i nclude charges f or Assistant Surveyor s , Chainmen, Lab ourers, Draughtsmen , Maps and Plans of the Lines surveyed under the direction of Mr. Vignoles and Mr. Macneill. Dublin, March 1, 1839. HARRY D. JONES, Sec. EVENINcs EDITIeN.