The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-07 00:00:00

s coT' n e °st e t° sp ec n t io' )cer.,ber lllb u rrw flo . t h° for con 16 ; 6 f° 4 , ohe intended, a t a f uture t i me, to move an inquiry the whole question of the administration of the Sir Pollee, the J. GRAHAM said he was not at all prepared for speech the Noble Lerd had delivered, as he had re ceived no notice whatever ..f his intention to ring the subject forward. The Noble Lord had last year moved for • a s imilar return, and h e (Sir James Graham) then stated he was ready to accede to it ; nor had he 11 ,° 17 any objection to granting the present one. In the au aehce of the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and without notice, he could not no into the details of the subject, tit he believed it would ' be found that the Lord Lieu- t enant of Ireland had fully carried out the administration Bator law intrusted to him. d CLEMENTS apologised to the Right Hon. onet for 'he abrupt manner in which he had brought the • , subject forward, but he still contended it was one 'Ming for inquiry. Ll2th The A TTORNEY•GENERAL (Ireland) quoted section of tl, e A rms ' A ct , un d er w hi c h t h e Lord thahhtenant had pro c e e d e d, an d a dd e d t h at t h ere was no any Position on the part of the Government to withhold inrormation. ' r ter an explanation from Lord CLEMENTS, which froas interrupted by cries of " Spoke," and a few words th Mr. P. Fneecir, confirming what had fallen from eLAtterney-General, the Return was ordered. the Lord CLEMENTS then moved for " Return from ' le rk of the Crown of the county of 1,-itrim, i,f the Itsian,i_eus:ofi47.ecdl r b e;:itiences ef those Jurors who were ordered the Judge of Assize ht. the Sue:neer As of 1 844, held in Carrick on Shannon ; and Copies ab s e Affidavits of any such Jurors accounting for their si ne e , to "ether with the Orders of the Judge of As. t t t il ci er t h4.”- - Agreed to. th e k.;LEMENTS then moved for a return, showing do „Iltlinber of policemen in every county in Ireland who it,"` 't perform the duties of constables, but are ern efrl eithe r as clerks or officers' servants, having charge ta aa ° . P 'es or otherwise, distinguishing. the number i of ;010 ' 1, 11 each employment other than that of a censtab.e, tte ee ' s "er with the expense, including a I pay and allow- Aft°l theSe in each employment. k r er , a o,_ w words from Mr. BROTIIERTON and tiatil.-r;l:vAaeC' the return was agreed to. WALLACEw then in.wed for a return by name of company which had complied with the sixth esab: e 0 1 the Act of last seesiou for the regulat on of Vetpi: S, and whi c h came i nto o p era ti on on e Ist No ha. re with t h e date of such compliance, as to the car th e h r e3 having seats and b e i n g rote from the wen. l ' e f. " p si he the co nveyence o f third class pass-. tigers; also, th e eau. r eturn of those which have not complied with Una I: zt h clause of' the said Act; and specifying also ease ( Airs o f the day and the speed of the tra i ns each teketesPeetively, under the penny a mile clause; the i cove' f urther t o s h ow t h e steps ta k en (if an y) t o re lit t he penalties provided by the said Act.—Agreed to. S I T; T itORNELY coved for the appointment and !le as -a is ti "n of a Select Committee on public petiti..ns -e a t 'eiY, Sir Robert. Harry Ingli-, Earl of Arm, teh, " or Surrey, Lord Courteliay, Vise..unt Duncan, Cap ( knes, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Diwrird Buller, le Y, k ii i . ekl eY Mr. William Alt. Ow..n Stan 'l'ipps, and Mr. Villiers Stuart.—Agreed to. t ilitt e .c aWA.RT postpon6d his motion regarding Com oias'atert private Bills. , 1 14 . 6 - „ t ue motion that the answer of her most gracious et4 - 4 ,,Y, to the address of the Ilouse of Commons, Of ' 4l 4' `-',‘-diDEN wished to call the attention of the iteet t ' l °,,n- Gentle man t o th e a b sence , i n th e ro y a l „tri c L ° t any reference to the state of the agricultural . ;!tere e 7h, A. member of the Government hail, indeed, 'N i r. to give an explanation, by saying that the 1. t5b,,, - ` ; l 'ral districts were not in such a state of i t ha e - LtY as to demand any particular refe 'tote e • If this was the reason, it was a departure h thr i : rec edent, for hitherto extraordinary depression tititipttire'a l i t Zufactures or agriculture, was the cause of ob servation. Last year, when a Committee was inquire into the state of the agricultural : h heat t ; o ne of the grounds for refusing it was, that r art e -its 56 5. a quarter • now wheat was only 455. a 1 4Itt w e t , - , And he would ask the Hon. Gentlemen op po tilitati"heiner they felt themselves justified in holding litt kt e " annguine expectations to the farmers respecting fr ) I ness r • . of land 0 .• price, inducing them- to enter into bargains e teethe that farmers had the power supposition Iktiew rof land. Lord Beaumont, at a great ttpseNttural meeting, had stated that Parliament would e'qzttffe'reners 565. for their corn Hail events justified ,epa:C,aratioll Hon. Gentlemen opposite said farmers ti ‘44 .O "ti e n e e e ri ng f;om wa ' rit of sufficient protec_tion, but he t e °4 lllt,„" u en) thought they were suffering from preetec : Ned gether The lion. Members opposite repre th a • litimtenverful interest, and if they really thought n' t/ t do L ie ns on land so onerous, he thought they could Iteokti.eetter than jaia with him in calling for a Select ilee i t t i t te e of the House to in sure into them. He was e 4. at tit hopes that this would he acceded to ; and if od."ltaelllilib,ers who profeSeed tie be -itch that e (if the wrist did jein with lion. Memu g e , rs oe , t th e apt t h e /louse, they weul:l coerce the Government e t ?0 . ', 14 " Cornmn tee. He mentiored this subject to n i ted 4letriber for Semersetehire (Mr. Miles), who re with all the coulee sy possible, and th..ught that irl,p U ni tsee med eilling to eceede to the proposo ialsait he (Mr. Cobden) asked was fuli, fair, Pii3l inquiry. He had waited patiently to see 1)6144.4,0°i°. Member would bring forward this motor, th - sl d"ing so, he thought it his duty again to Vie A,l,shhject under the eonsid. retion of the Hou-e. iet'lleehlLES thanked the Hon. Member for the mariner ktiof . th,t , I2ad spoken ; but t e should re eel_ 4 4h e '" le Ds only an individual Memb e r, and could i n !Si di foe the lit le agrieultural bony. If the trefi ss existed which the Hon. Member Ge `),4l4) t red e might ask the Gov. rument acre-d.• to the tt :',4n t e ". Sure .15 the observations of IsTolde Lerd t i c„"eini t t - n g t er- -(Lau - glite . e)—ceuid 1.1-m no ba-Is for the e Pee • tete • - mine. such sanguine expetathins e n • les • e ea,' at to g the ' of. corn. Th e Right Getitl , - air'llgh "cad of • Government had si. °ken distinet.y °h the e e t - 4 t metter, anu notrth:g be sand con pricell ( l 4 , 4 guarantee te the fn. mer e for the pof le t he lion. Gentle man had distinctly stated net prevent euctua - hin of prices. Ile did msaY . I ea te l e tar - titers were much inehteed to trouble the h„' a recital .4 their grievances. He was sorry thj 4 t 7' geteeraliy speaking, the farmers did not trust e it r ee te i e eat' Commons for an alleviation of sad se The Hen. Member must. take his own °Pi le ' v itlit n .' e subject. There were Members both ble r oteqfts "' On chat side of the House, to state their ,_e Q e ll l-feti th • b lee (Mr. Miles) would r°ic.o4l. • , ae r , e question ; Gi'„ne, Way or the other. na''that h'I'SON, who spoke in such a gal tune of klo,s t ato o t . ° was almost inaudible in tne glery, was f ' re '? 'ay that it seemed.a principle with that tlia t the '°hje (i e sessi , mi past, to refuse all inquiry into k et.1, 84 -; ~f agricultural diltress. The facts of that t liti 4 `nlos t uc'fore them all. They had a corn-law, th ,1 l ' v ariablv though varying in degree, desti di,t • the ekb, riss aceennpanied it. The Noble Lnrd, t o , fLir the city of London, had well said the kei Nth th ' ) g that protection was the bane of agriculture, qiu_ v ith eorn-law es he had said, they had distress, the,la k vtress the; had always been inclined to asso kit' t hey b ist ence of a committee. They had the corn tthe' ? the distress, why then refuse the Com- Ileae tile 4 ,,ueY had ascribed this distress to the change 4 4 0 -4 t o " le of protection effected in 1842; yet they te 444 z.'scertain the working of that protection, N e g tir ape i nquiry of the House. They promised, too, 1 ,11:se to d e Vles at the Freemasons' Hell, and in other Ithe a. e 'e t hd the farmer from any other change in a 4 tarotte'le should, therefore, wi s h t o as k th e Ri g ht ey: i nid t .." the head of her Majesty's Govhrn ,Vseran old it with all respect, whether he had given that no further redUction should be made? 4tle.paeji-vVtiape asked him if he had communicated atl ti Drn..l4 that he would not meddle with the ex tlhe w buffor the impression seemed to be, that he I t het ° h 4 et t o t) d h if not he prayed the Right Honourable tsab • • e kl . hse the public mind of the impression 4 11 . ; 10 t .glten this solemn assurance, because, if he k,, tl ;. s tiße v d .r ; aoY such, he (Mr. would feel him ht* 44/q.4,enntradie4ing the rumour.(Laughter ) jest , t 807, 8 t houghl that .it would have been . but 1fe, 4 3. Sp e allusion should have been made in her ht,. ,t(), ez t el! to the distress which was but too well to hee" i th the m the agricultural districts. He agreed pi, B, Rh he died Hon. Member fer Stockport, so far, Oen'', that of not agree with him in another of his ,_ l 4 4t .'e) some of these on that (the Con tTkt 1 ; 11 to l l o o ! the il s onse in persevering in his deter timkt UtUr e Y e for an inquiry int ) this distress at te,, t • Period. H il l , toe, e, for one, would not support t't it 1 , - nd au . uet'anse, with reference ( Itte tt , e sult, d la of the distress, he wes convinced tlt at ge dutieEtitogether from the changes made in the td n ()t h whether permanent or otherwise, end e ll he es 'tte to say that those changes had pro. th,: distresstivrtlYb which was now so prevalent. h a w ho had last spoken had reterred to ° the' °f sir 4 ' tliAht,e Xoble Lord, the Member f..r London, cl ina; ll .\ ‘o h lt le ar t ie ou l to w r i e l e . n le: said that protection was the It remained to he seen whether da l ad l eft rcl had hip % . 0 ch anged his opinion since the time 41dnoes Or whether his proposition for a fixed k e ec i t ka t j t he tioub.e considered a protection to agricul a, hti t , t , Member for Wolverhampton, who p t . e 4l th i nter est : e s ning of the. prosperity of the manu 00Nrit e distress tated that their prosperity had occa elPtea of th sa of the agriculturists. The n, it the kir ell4if the hahnufacturers was occasioned b the 4,4,„h4 th.:lgricultural districts, why should 'Hon. eeeeeat". othe r ; • her e th at roi, s e 'de . seek to increase that distress tkee'lltie ?—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. lt,t toed in"o-e observed, with reference to what el 'ohn e Majesty's speech, that with re fication of the prohibitions which , hee l , bh o u our m anufactures, some step should ti ar :114 then e s to induce some relaxation. He (Mr. Vell/4 raV4 t the step already taken ' Wa5 a very good -'` e h tlittl ri r st O a r w til l e man ufacturers, and he hoped that t 4 4 e t Ly to reli t uld now have something better than • P tk t l to ll try ev e the distresses that prevailed eeh *--(Rear.)_ steang e in , During the year that see teitl f airs liQ st e , rah tne protee•tive duties, there was lho t trea, 4 etleel a in the English crops, but after- Ni e eti e ero tes, aareat deficiency -in the barley, oats, rduelh'lnbsehquently the alteration in . the , aeat , debar the hoe that the ric h es Oetit h „ch tih eirii he 0.31.1 make u for the loss sustained t t i t o e Crop, and p e r i the in that installer., therefore, 4 t oti B tB. X, late eaUSed great distress among the the v+ 'as ca • aatis6.'hto had notacr.aYutsoedael fact to say that the 11440% hiet of i n i t '. t of the great misery, and he causes whiel' led to it, without theyetv Car t I utter, further • to th_ said ti7 _ y inquiry. lt(ll Tt a i s,,, Prof essi y was sotnething exceedingly ha o „ o try,',„ted th e u tii.. rnade by the landlords, that 4 „ Th e _ , ...tress at that time exietiner t 4 li rnal r t h k e4 i til y e e aus ' e t T , V in alors o. f the soil said that"the n,h4 na r ,, ot th e T , that distress, but did not the 'met o ,hti es .h,exi s e e el (311 Se coneist of landed proprietors, "th '4le°nscquence of the change in I te ? 1, no thinhey _themselves, he asked, create could only benefit the farmer in one 4 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY "EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1845 try was now prosperous in spite of them.—(Hear, hear.) It was owing to the intervention of Provid e nc e that they had been saved from the consequences of the restrictive system; and this ought to be a lesson to show them that they could not thwart the ends of Providence. They had had good harvests lately, but a system of free trade would enable the people of this country always to enjoy the blessings of good harvests. Sir R. PEEL said he did not intend to be drawn into a discussion on the subject of the corn-laws. He had had no reason to expect that a discussion would be entered into at that period of the session, although there was no thing irregular in the proceeding on the question of an address to her Majesty. Yet it was usual in matters of such great importance to give notice to the House.— (Hear, hear.) He must say that the Hon. Gentleman who had commenced that discussion had been most tem perate in his address, and did not appear at all to have the intention of provoking a discussion on the subject of the corn-law s. He (Sir R. Peel) had understood him to say that it was his intention to repeat, in a certain con tingency, a motion which in the course of the last year he had made, but rather than do it in a hostile manner, he invited Hon. Friends of his (Sir R. Peel's) on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, to co-operate in sup port of that motion, as the co-operation of the Govern ment on that sub,;ect would he of very little importance, because in such case they might overcome the Govern ment. The Hon. Gentleman, in perfect fairness, stated that he did not ask fur an immediate decision, and he said that he would give the House a fortnight to con sider of the question, and he (Sir R. Peel) thought his Hon. Friend the Member for Northamptonshire and the Hon. Member for Somersetshire might have taken the offer of the Hon. llember for Stockport, and availed them selves of the fortnight's consideration, rather than at once commit themselves to the motion of the Hon. Gen tleman. They had, however, committed themselves to it. He must say that in point of temper and spirit, the Hon. Gentleman was very fairly met by his (Sir R. Peel's) Right Eon. Friends on that side of the House. He thste--fore regretted that the Hon. Member for Durham should have afterwards addressed those gentlemen in what might almost be called terms of vituperation. —(Hear, hear.) He had been asked by the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester whether he had given any assurance to any one that no further alteration should be made in the corn-laws, and the lion. Gentleman said that it had been stated by the Protection Society, and on the implied authority of that assurance from him—(Hear, and a laugh)—they had told the farmers that there would be no further ch.tige. He did not think the Hon. Gentleman had a right to put such a question to him without giving him notice. He did not think it necessary for him to say that he had had no communication with the Agricultural Protection Society, and that he had given no assurance inconsistent with the declarations which he had already made in the House. As to what had been said of agricul tural distress, he regretted it must be admitted there was considerable distress in some parts of the country, and he felt siucere sympathy with the sufferers. But he did not believe that it could be asserted that there was general agricultural distress. He believed that in many parts of the country there was a considerable de gree of prosperity. He believed that if they looked to all parts of Englanj, Scotland, and Ireland, they would see different degrees of prosperity and adversity. But in looking for the causes of distress, they should consider whet arose from mere physical causes. Look at the failure of the hay crop last year, and other failures. Look at the extraordinary drought which prevailed through a part of the year, and which had in some places caused great distress. They would find that the dis tress arose chiefly from those natural causes, and that it could not be attributed fairly to the changes which had taken place in the laws regarding the importation of agricultural produce. Nor did he think that any legis lative measures would relieve the distress, or prevent its occasional recurrence from such natural causes. Ha thought that the restoration of protection (as it had been) would be impossible, and he thought that if it were possible, it would not be a remedy for agricultural distress, which arose from causes which the Legislature could not control. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. BRIGHT explained, that he had not intended to apply terms of vituperation to gentlemen opposite, of whom he had spoken in two capacities—as private gen tlemen, and as Members of that House. We under stood the Hon. Member to express regret that the temper and intention with which he had spoken were misunderstood. Lord JOHN MANNERS said, that although he was not a member of the Agricultural Protection So ciety, still he did not wish the debate to close, without saying a few words in reply to some observations which had fallen from Gentlemen on the Opposition side. In doing so he must apologise to his friends, who were biter acquainted with the agricultural interest than he was, for undertaking to reply on this occasion. But there was one observation particularly which he was net willing to pass unnoticed ; one Hon. Gentleman had said, that the landlords exposed the peasants at present to a furious and desperate competition amongst them selves. If, then, that competien was furious and des perate, how much more so would it become if they were exposed also, to the competition of all nations -? —(Hear, hear.) He would not occupy the House fur ther than to observe, on a statement made by the Hon. Member for Durham, that the Government were frittering away the interests of the farmers and the peasants. Now, he would ask the Hon. Member how fir the proposition of the Hon. Member would im prove matters, by destroying their interests ajtogether. He agreed with an Hon. Friend near him, that in that House they were all too ready to look upon themselves as manufacturers or agriculturists—(Hear, hear)—and too little disposed to consider the most important of all questions, as to the relation of rich and poor in this country.—(Hear.) He further agreed with his Hon. Friend, that the time was not far distant when it might be necessary that they should all unite in considering measur. s for promoting the happiness of the working classes in this empire. —Hear, hear.) Mr. BROTHEitTON was not about to occupy the House coy length of time, but he wished to make an ob servation upon what had fallen from the Noble Lord %%ho ha•l just sat cl , m n. The Noble Lord spoke of the competition to which free trade would expose the pea sant, and had expressed his interest in the happiness and welfare of the peasant, but the Noble Lord had forgotten that there was a population in the country--(Hear, hear, and laughter)— and that that population must be fed, and that to be fed it must be employed.--(Hear, hear.) Agriculture could not employ more than one eighth of the population, which wits continually in creasing, and could only be supported by manufactures. But manufactures could not be maintained without com rnerce.—(Hear, hear.) If they would take away the re strictions upon commerce, all classes would be benefited —farmers, manufacturers, and peasants.—(Hear, hear.) The corn-laws were calculated only for the benefit of the landlords, but were unjust and mischievous to all the rent of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He earnestly implored the House to consider whether the restrictions upon trade were not unjust and injurious.to the whole commu nity, and if it were satisfied that they were so, to lose Ro time in repealing them.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. RAILWAYS. Mr. R. COLLETT presented several petitions in fa vour of the branch lines proposed by the Hull and Selby Railway Company. The Hon. Gentleman presented se veral other petitions in favour of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. Fortescue made a most interesting Baroness, and Miss Woolgar a very spirited Duke. M r . C owe ll, w h o ap peared as Count Jollivers, the Court poet, was exces sively quaint and amusing. He made a great deal of a very little part. The piece wa s announce d f or re p e tit ion by Hudson amidst the unanimous a ppl ause o f a h ous e crowded to the ceiling. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RA IL WAY COMPAN Y. Yesterday afternoon the half-yearly general met Ming of the London and Brighton Railway Company was held at the London-bridge Terminus, Captain B. M. 33 telly, R.N., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presidia g. The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the immediat a busi ness of the meeting, said he hoped the incr ease of traffic in the last half-year, shown in the report, I is com pared with the corresponding period of the yea r 1843, would fully manifest the unremitted exertions which the Directors had displayed in promoting the interest a of the Company. The very small increase of a halt p er cent. in the working expenses, by which the same i ncrease had been realised, would evince the vigilance wit' h which they watched over the expenditure. The inereas cin the cost of locomotive carriages, &c., amounted to the sum of 2,480/, which left the small sum of 4501. to cover the expenses occasioned by an increase of traffic amoui sting to 11,244/. He had further satisfaction in telling :them that this progressive increase was still going on, the first five weeks of the present half-year showing an inc.' ease over the last of ten per cent. While they had been par taking in this benefit the public had nct been wits hout their share of advantage. The increase in the nut ober of passengers had attained 211 per cent., while that re ceipts for the same had only amounted to 14, owing to the reduction which had been made in the fares. The Board of Trade having given notice of their intention to report to Parliament against two of the branches pi ojeeted by the Company, the Directors deemed it injurious to proceed furthc!r with them. No notice, however, had been taken in ;he re port of the branch from the Three Bridges to Horsham, and in order that no advantage might be taken by the other competing Companies, the Directors were ( - desirous that they should be armed with the powers set forth in the report, and a resolution for this purpose would be submitted to the meeting. The last and most pleasing subject upon which he had to touch was the dividend. After payment of 30s. per share, there would remain a balance of 8941. The dividends which had been paid since the opening of the line were as follow:—In 1842, 305., equal to 3/. per cent.; in 1843, 205., enual to 2/. per cent.; and in the last year, 425. per share, equal to 41. 4s. per cent ; and they anticipated, when their traffic reached its maximum, each year would show a progres sive increase. He believed he had now touched upon every point worthy of notice; but before he sat down, he would take that opportunity of stating that this was the last time he should have the honour of addressing them as their chairman. He had that morning placed in the hands of the Directors his resignation. Since he had had the honour of being a member of their administration, some good, he thought, had been done. When he first entered upon office, their shares were at 32/. ; yesterday, he believed, in the mar ket they were 551. and a half, and their dividend had in creased from 2/. per cent. to 41. 4s. He thought that fact alone would show them that he had rendered the Company some good service since he had had the honour of being a member of their administration. The report stated that the Directors had much satis faction in reporting the progressive state of the improve ment in their affairs —the present half-year presenting the following result, as compared with the corresponding period of 1843 : Receipts for Passengers, 14 per cent. more £14,450 „ Goods, &c., 9 per cent. more .. 1,423 Increased Receipt 15,873 Expenses of Working, i per cent. more £415 „ Tolls, more 1,150 tv Government duty, rates, &c more 2,078 I I Property -tax. &c., more Increased Expenditure - 4,629 The difference, being net increase on the half- year, is 11,244 To which, adding the deficit brought into the last Christmas account . 4,549 As well as the reserve from Midsummer last, of 169 A larger available Balance is yielded for divi dend, by the sum of £15,962 The Directors called the attention of the Proprietors to these figures, which showed that, whilst their work ing expenses, compared with a period when reductions had already commenced, had been increased only in the small ratio of 1 per cent, their receipts had aug hmaednttee d r e a g t r e t h t e t h r a a t t e t h o e f a l m 4 a l and gam 9 a t p i e e r n ceefnt. the I T ) The Directors carriage establishment of the South-Eastern and Croydon Companies, in which they united on the Ist of M2rch last, and from which they anticipated important advan• tages to the three Companies, was to be broken up at the end of the present year, a notice having been given to that effect, according to the deed of agreement, by the South-Eastern Company ; both the Croydon and their own Board of Directors concur in opinion that the step was unfortunately precipitate, and they be lieved that a little more experience would have realised the anticipated advantages. Under these circumstances, a serious expense would have to be incurred by this Company in erecting workshops fur the repairs of their locomotive engines, but the Proprietors might rest as sured that every principle of economy would be adopted for that purpose. In consequence of the great increase in the traffic, a further supply of engines and carriages would be required before the return of the summer season, for which purchase the Directors had availed themselves of the late advance in the price of their Shares, and had sold the whole of those remaining un issued and forfeited, at an average price of 51i, including the dividend, the proceeds of which sate they hoped would meet the expense thus to be incurred. With a view to the public convenience, the Directors nad increased the speed of one of the trains, accom phshing the distance between London and Brighton in one hour and a half, an improvement which they had reason to believe had given much satisfaction. The ex cursion trains, commenced last summer with a view to afford to the humbler classes a healthful recreation at a, small expense, have proved and continue to be, a source of profit to the Company. Since the last half-yearly meeting, the utmost efforts had been used to bring about a settlement of their claims on the South-Eastern Com pany; several conferences had been held between the two boards for that purpose, and these conferences bad been followed by a long correspondence, calling on the South-Eastern board either to admit and settle the ac count rendered, or to furnish their objections thereto ; both of which they decline doing, declaring that their objections to the account could only be submitted to ar • bitrators, as pointed out by the Act of Parliament. Nothing therefore remained but to proceed i n th e course pointe 1 out by the Act of Parliament, and a letter was accordingly written on- the 20th ultimo, to the South-Eastern Board of Directors, calling on them to appoint an arbitrator within 14 days, pursuant to the Act. It would have been seen, that the Committee of the Board of Trade for railways published in the Gazette of the 14th ultimo, a notification of their intention to report to Parliament against the London and Brighton Wandsworth branch, and to recommend the postpone ment of all the lines to Dorking. They also notified, in the Gazette of the same date, their intention of reporting to Parliament against the Brighton and Chichester, Portsmouth Extension, the Direct London and Ports math, and the London and Portsmouth with a branch to Shoreham-bridge--in the two latter cases manifesting a disposition to protect the interests of the Brighton Company. In none of these reports had any notice been taken of the projected branch from Three Bridges to Horsham. Under these altered circumstances, the Directors had come to the determination to recommend to the Proprietors, as they could not anticipate what course might be taken by the opposing companies, to invest them with powers to exercise their discretion whether to proceed with any, or all of the branch lines. They further, recommend that, in the event of no Act being obtained, the expenses already incurred, or which might arise in reference to these branches, be paid out of the general funds of the Company: for this purpose, it would be necessary to rescind the latter part of the sixth clause of the second resolution, passed at the special general meeting held on the 9th of January last. The Directors concluded their report with the gratifying announcement that they had to propose a dividend of thirty shillings per share, amounting to 52,7341. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr.J. SMITH, and subsequently carried unanimously. Captain LAWS drew a comparison between the ex penses of the Brighton and the Leeds and Manchester lines, and said he thought, as the latter had nearly double the traffic of the other, and was more than 76 miles in extent, while the Brighton was only 56, there must be some want of good management in their Com pany, when the expenses of working the Leeds and Manchester only exceeded by 1,0001. that of the Brighton. This was owing, he thought, to the want of a general and responsible superintendent on the line, and he would therefore suggest whether it would not be advisable for the Directors to take into consideration the propriety of appointing some talented and experienced gentleman capable of undertaking the duties of such an office ? The CHAIRMAN concurred in this suggestion, and eventually premised that it should be acted upon. Subsequently a resolution, declaring a dividend of 305., payable on the 14th instant, was agreed to, and the powers recommended in the report given to the Board of Directors. Mr. C. P. Grenfell was elected a Director in the room of Mr. Nash, and Sir John Simpson and Mr. Edward Crowley hating been re-elected Directors, a vote of thanks was carried to the Chairman, and he meeting separated, after a sitting of nearly three hours. of two ways, by recommending that the remaining taxes on the land be redeemed, or by having a greater protection enacted. Now, he asked them • whether it was possible to do one or other of these? They might as.well stay the operations of nature as at tempt to do either, because protection had reached its limit; and the Legislature had, during the past session, almost already removed all the taxes which pressed upon the farmer; and the taxes which were wont to go into the Exchequer, now went into the pockets of the land lords, in the shape of rent.—(Hear, hear.) They could do nothing, then, to serve the farmer. They did not, in consequence, wish to have a Committee of inquiry. The Hon. Member for Falmouth said that the Right Hon. Baronet, in proposing the new Corn Bill, did nvt promise the farmers 58-. a quarter. The promise was a very guarded one. It wt-s, that a certain price would be guaranteed by the Legislature. That was, indeed, a very guarded statement ; but the landlords had been doing their best to make that expression convey a cer tainty of 58s to the farmer. That impression was con stantly inculcated by their bailiff's and stewards in the country, and the opinion was strengthened by their as sessing the land to the poor-rate at 565. per quarter. This system had been continued since 181 a, when the law had been passed ; and the landlords ought then to have told the iiirmers the degree of power ;hay really p i'esussed. There eas no consistency in the conduct of the landlords towards their tenants, no affinity between their acts in that House and their professions in Free meson's Hall or in that shop which they had opened in Bond-street, where they ought to have placed above the door, " The British farmer regularly taken in and done or."—(Laughter.) It was time that that imposition en .he farmer should be ended. If he (Mr. Bright) stood in the same relation to the people who were employed by him in Lancashire that they did to the farmer, and if he came to that House and assented to pass a law to keep up the price of their labour, which was afterwards rescinded, he would not again have the face to say to those persons that Parliament had the power of keeping up their wages. And that was exactly what the land lords were doing. The Hen. Member for Dorset had explained to the House that the farmer suffered when the grain crops were large and the prices low, and when the grass crops were insufficient to feed their cattle. But did they (the friends ef the farmer) never theik that they were puttieg him to this inconvenienee by the duty they had pieced on Indian corn—and Indian corn they knew was food for cattle—and by the duty on Egyptian beans, also good food for cattle. He would tell them that the law they had made to keep these out injured the farmer, and assisted to create the distress they now so much complained of. He was not very conversant with agricultural matters, but that was not absolutely necessary for the understanding of this question. He held a letter in hi s h an d, w hi c h appeared in the Wilt shire monopolist journal, written by Nathaniel Haver ton, a man of the very first intelligence, and a farmer, and he said that he lost by the protective duties at the rate of Bs. per quarter. It had been said that the Lan. eashire manufacturers were mai& g fifty per cent. of profit. He said that those who made the statement knew very little about it; but, whatever their profits, they did out cerne to Parliament fir pretectien to their interests. They did not wish to overcharge` their cus tomers, as the landlords did in the matter of est India sugar. The result of the inquiries instituted by the members of the Anti-Corn-law League in the counties, proved that where the agricultural labourer expended at most 255. a year for himself and family, the' manu facturing labourer expended three times as much. It was well known amongst their supporters that the Government were most anxious to proceed on the prin ciples of free trade. Many and many Conservatives had spoken to him in exultation, and had said, "Did I not tell you Sir Robert Peel would do this? And if you free traders would not be so impatient, he would still go on ; and as the fears of the agriculturists are dissipated he will do all that you desire, for he haS no interest but that of the good government of the country." Every one knew that the Right Hon. Baronet had ambition, for if he had not be would not have been where he was. Few men did anything without ambition. The Right Hon. Gentleman knew that the present system was turning the agricultural population into a population of paupers. On Monday last he was in Buckinghamshire, and the first thing that struck him was the number of fields which he saw covered with ant-hills. So numerous were they, that it was impossible to find a spaCe sufficiently large to wield a scythe. That was protected land in the county of the very man who was especially the farmer's tliend—who had taken upon himself, at the Freemasons' Tavern, to say that there would be no alteration made at present. The next object that met his (Mr. Bright's) eye was the multitudinous chimneys of the union of the Aylesbury district. The persons that ought to have cultivated the land were confined in that house.—(Hear, hear.) An Hon. Friend of his, who lived in the neigh bourhood of Salisbury, and who was a subscriber to the Wilts Prot, ction Society, had said to him that he would rather have free trade at onceehan see the farmers hum hueged as they had be en by the landlords for a long time past. Now he (Mr. Bright) thought it was time that this state of things should be put an end to. He did not call upon them to transfer protection to the manufacturer:, for he believed that their skill and industry would be a sufficient protection to them. Ile would not have wished to have seen a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws in 1839 and 1840, when the price of wheat was 70 . or 80s. a quarter, because such a sudden change would have caused a serious panic amongst the agricultural interests. But now they. had wheat at the tree trade price. In fact, the price of wheat in the chan nel islands, where free trade existed, was 3s. higher than tt e price in this country. They had a 20s. protective duty here, and yet they were in distress. In 1823, they had a protection that amounted to actual prohibi tion, and yet they had agricultural distress. Such also was the state of things • in 1835 and 1836 ; (Hear, bear)—and he believed that if the present pretect Lee system were maintained, the time would come when, instead of complaints being sent up from the agricultural counties, on account of her Majesty's Ministers leaning towards tree trade, the com plaints would he that they did not go much further. The pulatien was growing up, and there was no employ ment cennuensurete with their increasing numbers. but they were , competin g for the little employment there was. The amount o f wages was about six or seven shillings a week, and the destitution that existed was a disgrace to tile Legislature and the landowners of the country. It was going on, and they could not stop it, and yet they actually made a law to secure themselves from foreign competition, leaving their defenceless la bourers subject to ail the evils of that competition which they had brought upon them. Ile had no hope of doing uite-h to eon vim-c loin. Metat.ers (ippos;tf•, and the leaders of party were seldom convinced ; but he could assure Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that amongst their tenantry a feeling of suspicion was springing up—a feeling which he could not wish to see spread amongst them were he a landowner. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had charged the Anti-Corn-law League with increasing that feeling ; but they had only told them what they were beginning to discover themselves—that they had been deluded by their landlord s . Th e y h a d t o ld them that the landlords were entitled to their rent, and they had also told them that the landlords had no right to raise the value of their property by passing a law to shield themselves from competition with foreign coun tries, whilst they diminished the profits of their tenantry and the wages of their labourers, by forcing them into competition amongst themselves. That was the charge which they brought against the agricultural interest, and it would be reiterated so long as the present system con tinued. They need not lay the flattering unction to their souls that the agitation against the corn-laws would be put down by prosperous years. He might, if the time of the Ilouse would allow him, enter into particulars, to show that the agitation, from time to time, went on increasing, and he could show that such was the feeling in Lanca shire at the present moment, if the Council of the League should think fit to call for it, they might raise almost any amount of money to carry on the agitation to a suc cessful conclusion.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen op posite muit see that their measures were continually slipping from their grasp, and a different policy was gra dually growing upon them. The present Government, when they came into office, were looked upon as Conser vatives or monopolists; but from that time to this they had never dared to defend a system of restriction or mo nopoly, although the) were the very men whom the monopolist party had plreed on the Treiteury bench — men the most distinguished in that whole party, and who were p ssessed of as great an amount of knowledge and statesmanship as any set of men in the country. He would ask them, then, whether it was worth while to maintain the present system under such circumstances ? Let them show a virtue, even if they had it not ; and he trusted it would now be shown, and let them get rid at once of this law, which had inflicted such tremendous evils on this country. _ _ _ Mr. S'T'AFFORD O'BRIEN could not but admire the tone and moderation of temper which had charac terised the addresses of the Hon. Members for Stock port and Manchester. He could not, however, say so much for that of the Hon. Member for Durham, who, he trusted, would ere long learn that to make a bullying speech, and to get into a passion was not the way to daal with the gentry of England. If the Hon. Gentle man thought he could set the tenantry of England against the landlords by such vituperation, and such abuse, he (Mr. Stafford O'Brien) would tell him dis tinctly that he never was more miserably disappointed in his life. The Hon. Gentleman was now in the seventh year of his agitation, and the ill success which had at tended it mi , ,ht have taught him to adopt another course. The lion. Gentleman could not suppose, that having been hitherto such a false prophet, any thing he could now say would be attended to. borne time ago, when there was distress in the manufacturing districts, the lion. Gentleman said, that that distress would never be removed so long as the protective system lasted ; but that distress had been removed; and the protective system still existed. In conclusion, he could only say, that if the Hon. Gentle man would move for the Committee, he (Mr. O'Brien) would not only not object to it, but would be willing to serve upon it. Mr. VILLIERS said the Hon. Gentleman had not answered a single charge which had been brought for ward by the Hon. Member ft,r Durham. The Hon. Gentleman had urlde some personal allusions, and that was all. The Hon. Member for Durham brought one specific charge against the landowners to which it would ne well for the lion. Member for Northamptonshire to address himsel:. That charge was, that the landowners protected themselves from competition while they sub ;eeted their labourers to competition amongst them selves. The landowners came there to pass a law to pro tect themselves against that competition from which their tenants were suffering. The Hon. Gentlem a n h a d not addressed himself to that point. He (Mr. Villiers) could not but remark the difference between the opinions of the lion. Member for Dorsetshire and the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire. The Hon. Member for Dorsetshire said the agricultural distress was owing to the late relaxations, whereas the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire said :the country was flourishing be cause the restrictions were maintained. It was not those restrictions that had caused the prosperity, but the eoun LI rERATURE. REVIEW OF THE REV. THOMAS B. FREE MAN'S JOURNALS OF VISITS TO ASHANTI, •c. By Thomas Clarkson, Esq. London. Nisbet and Co., Berners-street. Anything on the subject of the suppression of the slave trade, emanating from the pen of the venerabl e Thomas arkson, must command the attention of every friend of humanity. After alluding to the various plans which have been tried for the sup pression of that infamous traffic, the venerable philan thropist speaks in terms of well-merited eulogium of the efforts of the Rev. Thomas Freeman, a Wesleyan Missionary in Ashanti, and gives it as his decided opinion that it is by the spread of the Gospel alone, amon ,-, the various native tribes of Africa, that a stop can be put to the abominable traffic in human flesh. The following appeal will be read with interest, and cannot fail to produce the desired effect upon all abolitionists " I do then most earnestly recommend Mr. Freeman's journal, and the completion of the Wesleyan Society's mission, so happily begun, to all the friends of Africa, in fact to all who call themselves abolitionists, to whom it is of no little importance. I feel myself more interested in doing this than perhaps any other person, having been the first in England to take up the great cause of the abolition of the slave trade, and having laboured in it, with but little intermission, for new more than sixty years. I cannot therefore be supposed to be indifferent to any event which may either hasten or retard its progress." ADELPHI THEATRE. Biickstone's admirable drama of The Green Bushes is drawing crowded houses every evening to this theatre ; and, backed up as it now is by the admirable dramatic anecdote of the Soldier of Fortune, which was produced with the greatest success last evening. The scene is laid at Versailles, just on the eve of the departure of the young Duke of Anjou, to take possession of the throne of Spain. The soldier of fortune is a certain Captain O'Rourke, an Irishman, whose only fortune is his sword, and who is willing to be second in a duel or principal, if need be, for the sake of the breakfast which always either precedes or follows such affairs of honour. The Duke of Anjou (Miss Woolgar) has heard of a certain Count Albert (Mr. Selby) taking the name of the Baroness Beaupre (Miss Fortescue), and has challenged him in defence of that lady's honour. The Count is ignorant lof the rank of his antagonist, and wishes for a second who is also ignorant of it, and finds one in the Captain. The Duke is slightly wounded, and shortly afterwards the Captain is surprised to find that he has received the appointment of Lord of the Bedchamber to the King of Spain. He at tributes his promotion to a l a d y who had dropped a bouquet from a window which he had picked up. That Lady is the Baror.ss, and the bouquet was intended for the Duke of Anjou. The Baroness's husband (Mr. Lambert) discovers, as he thinks, the intrigue which O'Rourke is carrying on with the Baroness, and en deavours to get him shut up in the Bastilo, but the Duke protects him from the Baron's fury, and then the Captain discovers that the " little cock-sparrow," as he calls him, is in truth the King of Spain, and the man to whom he is indebted for his fortunes, while the Baroness makes an ap peal to the Duke not to attempt to deprive her of that honour, in defence of which he has been wounded. The piece was most carefully put upou the stage, the cos tumes were superb, and the acting admirable. Hudson, as the Captain, sung Lover's song of the " Bould Sojer Boy" with great gusto, and was much applauded. Miga COURT CIRCULAR. - - The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon, at Bucking ham Palace, for the reception, on the Throne, of the Ad dresses from both Houses of Parliament. Soon after two o'clock the Lord Chancellor arrived at the Palace, attended by Mr. J. W. Birch, Clerk-Assistant of Parliament, Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, and the Sergeant-at-Arms, and accompanied by the Mar quis Camden and Lord Glenlyon, the mover and seconder of the Address in the House of Lords, and also by the fol lowing Peers :—the Duke of St. Albans, the Earl Nelson, the Earl of Ellenborough, Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Hard wicke, Viscount Hawarden, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Col chester. The Deputation was conducted up the grand staircase by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher to the Green Drawing-room. The Lord Chancellor shortly . afterwards conducted the Peers to the presence of her Majesty on the Throne. The Lord Chancellor, supported on either side by the mover and seconder, and followed by the other Peers, advanced to the foot of the throne, and read the address from the House of Lords. His Lordship then advanced, and, kneeling, pre sented the address to the Sovereign. Her Majesty having re turned a most gracious answer, the Peers retired from the ro y al presence with the usual rev erences . At three o'clock the Members of the House of Commons arrived at the Palace. The Speaker wore his gold State robe, and was attended by Sir William Gosset, K.C.H., Sergeant. at-Arms, and his chaplain, and was accompanied by the Hon. Francis Charteris and Mr. Baring, the mover and seconder of the address, and also by the following Members of the House of Commons :—Lord J. Russell, Lieut.-General Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. T. Greene, Right Hon. J. Nicholl, Right Hon. Lowry Corry, and Mr. W. H. Bodkin, Mr. Busfeild (Bradford) Mr. Morris (Carmarthen), Mr. Ewart (Dumfries), Mr. P. S. Butler (Kilkenny County), Mr. Aldham (Leeds), Mr. Thornely (Wolverhampton), Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Collett, Mr. F. Hodgson, Mr. Sanderson, Hon. H. Manners Sutton, Mr. George W. Hope, and Mr. J. Young. The Deputation was ushered to the Green Drawing-room, and was afterwards conducted to the Throne-room by the Lord Chamberlain. The Speaker, having the mover and seconder on either side, and followed by the other Members, advanced to the foot of the Throne. The Right lion. Gentleman read the address from the House of Commons, and, kneeling, pre sented the same to the Queen. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, ascending the steps of the Throne, received the address from the Sovereign. Her Majesty re turned a most gracious answer, and the Speaker and other members of the Deputation withdrew. His Royal Highness Prince Albert stood by the side of her Majesty during the reception of the addresses. The Ladies in Waiting, the Countess of Gainsborough and the Viscountess Canning, were on her Majesty's right. The following Cabinet Ministers were present :—The First Lord of the Treasury, the Commander-in• Chief, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Chief Com missioner of the Woods and Forests. The following Great Officers of State attended :—The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The following also attended the Court :—The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieu tenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir Geo. Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard; Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Groom in Waiting; Sir George Anson, G.C.8., Groom in Waiting to the Prince ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; Mr. H. Robinson, Standard-bearer to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Colonel Reid, Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir Noel Harris and Mr. Des Voeux, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting; Mr. J. B. Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hen. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ; and Messrs. Wilson and Wortley, Pages of Honour. The Ministers and Officers of State and the Principal Officers of the Royal Household stood at the sides of the Throne during the reception of the Addresses. The Throne room was lined by her Majesty's Honourable Corps! of Gen tlemen-at-Arms. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Grand Hall. A Guard of Honour of the Foot Guards, with the Band of the Regiment, was on duty on the Palace Lawn. Her Majesty gave audience to Sir R. Peel. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in 'Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, went yesterday afternoon to Cambridge House, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh_Strelitz. The Equerries in Waiting attended. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived in town in a carriage and four at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, from her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor. The Royal Ductless visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and partook of a dejeune with her Royal Highness. The Duchess of Kent also visited the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to Buckingham Palace, to visit the Queen and Prince Albert. At half-past three o'clock the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, left the Palace in a carriage and four, on her return to Frogmore. Her Majesty and Priiice Albert, attended by the Hon. Amelia Murray, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Wylde, honoured. the St. James's Theatre with her presence last evening. The Band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance at .Buckingham Palace on Wednesday during dinner, and, under the direction of Mr. Schott, performed the following pieces : Pot-pourri, "Lucia di Lan - anermoor"—Donizetti. Quadrille, " La jolie fille de Ghent"—Musard. Waltz, "Die Mozartishen"—Lanner. Polka, " Cerito,"—Lanner. Galop, "Parisina"—Kuhne r . Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet ing yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Lichfield, and Worcester, and Lord Ashley. The Earl of Yarborough and Mr. Edward Heneage, M.P., transacted business yesterday at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and presented memorials front the town. of Great Grimsby in favour of the Great Grimsby and Shef field Railway. Mr. R. A. Christopher, M.P., and Mr. Ayscough Bou cherett, presented memorials from the town of Louth, in favour of the same. Sir John Trollope, Bart., M.P., and Mr. T. J. Dixon, of Holton, presented a memorial f r o m th e t own o f B r i gg . Mr. G. T. Heneage, of Haint on , an d M r. L ew i s d'E yncour t p r esented a memorial from M ar k et Rasen, i n favour o f t h e same. — kr:. John Angerstein and Mr. George Skipworth presented a memorial from the town of Kirton •on-Lindsay, in favour of the same. • The Earl of Arundel and Surrey and • Mr. John Parker, Aix., presented memorials from Sheffield, Manchester, Eck ington, and the neighbourhood, in favour of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway. _ Mr. Dean,Chairman of the Customs,had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The visited Captain Siborne's new model of Waterloo, at the E Yy Hall, quis yesterday. of Angiese, accompanied b Lady A. Paget, Gre a t i n t eres t was exc it e d among the visitors tial Marquis r by the presence of the Noble Marquis, whose position on the model is so remarkable, having in the impe tuous charge nearly ridden through the French Cuirassiers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. CHESTIER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Lot. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—taken freely. 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity—taken 22 to 1 aget Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—t. f. 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Celeste—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug—taken, and afterwards offered. 30 to 1 agst Mr. 0. Parry's Zanoni 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—t. and aft. off. 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-billagh — taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 50 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Seaport—t. and aft, off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Master of the Rolls filly —t. and aft, off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Portrait—t. and aft. off. 66 to 1 agst Mr. Armstrong's Extravaganza—t. and aft. off. We have quoted the market prices of all the horses that were backed, but should add, in explanation, that not above three or four were in any demand, •iz.— Semiseria, The Era, St. Lawrence, and the Pride of Kildare; the first two being decidedly the " lions." Pug was on the go, and the general betting marvellously flat and unprofitable. _ DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm —take 12 to 1 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—take 13 to 1 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Ktdger—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam —take 20 to 1 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale —no friends 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor F do u nis—t a k en So little was done on the above race, that we shall s —taken os—taken 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird e , Cockpen 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Frederica colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse b 1000 66 t to o 110aag;tstMmr.r.Croalermryir's Parry's A make no apology for leaving the quotations to speak for themselves. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The annual ge neral meeting of this Society took place at Exeter-hall on Tuesday evening, when a report of the proceedings during the past year was read, the Committee re-elected, and other business transacted. It appeared from the statements contained in the report that twenty concerts had been given in the year, at ten of which the sub scribers had admission, that the number of subscribers had much increased, the list being almost full, that the receipts of the year had amounted to nearly 5,0001., and that in addition to the invested property of the Society, the balance in the Treasurer's hands had been increased to nearly 3001. Much gratification was expressed at the success of the last concert (Judas Maccaheus) and its repetition announced for Friday next, 14th inst. COLD WATER CURE.—A singular incident occurred during the fire at the warehouse of Messrs. M'Crea and Boord, which took place last week in this town. Amongst the individuals who laudably gave their assistance on the occasion, was Mr. John Brier, hairdresser, and landlord of the Labour-and-Health house, Southgate. For some years Mr. Brier had laboured under dehfness, still more so on catch ing cold. On this occasion, whilst actively engaged inside the burning building, one of the engines played into his ear, and knocked him down. On recovering from the stunning effects of the accident, Mr. Brier found, to his great surprise and gratification, that his hearing was compl e t e ly restored, and finding the benefit to continue, gave the firemen a treat, declaring they had done him more good than all the doctors in the town.—Halifas Guardian. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Yesterday afternoon a special general meeting of the above Company was held at the London Tavern, on the subject of the •proposed extension of the South-Eastern Railway. Sir John Kirkland, Chairman of the Directors, occu pied the Chair. JOHN WHITEHEAD, Esq., the Secretary, read the Report of the . Directors, which was extremely lengthy, and from which we quote the following extracts : " The Directors are satisfied that the true interests of the Railway are in the strictest sense identical with those of the public, and that no system can be con sidered as permanently ptosperous and secure, unless it provides within itself thesreatest practicable amount of public accommodation. " The new railways which they propose to construct are—the North Kent line, beginning on the Surrey side of the Thames, at a point between the Hungerford and Waterloo-bridges, and passing by the Bricklayers' Arms station, over the Greenwich Railway, by Deptford, Woolwich, Greenhithe' Dartford, Gravesend, Stroud, Rochester, Chatham, Sittingbourne, Faversham, and d term i n ating at Chilham, where it joins the Company's p res ent line from Ashford to. Canterbury, Ramsgate, Margate. It comprehends also a branch from Milton next Sittingbourne to Sheerness, and another branch, or rather duplicate line, from Eltham to Stone, Bear Dartford. The Minster and Deal line. The Maidstone and Rochester line. The direct Tunbridge line from Eltham to Shoreham, Otford and Igtham, with a fork to Tunbridge and Paddock Wood. The line from Tun bridge to Tunbridge Wells. And a line from Ashford to Hastings. "Notice has also been given to extend the Greenwich Railway as far as the Park, and to make a return branch from Woolwich to the opposite side of the park, so that, if the consent of th e G overnment be obtained, the line to Woolwich will pass dir ec t t h roug h Greenwich and Greenwich park, instead of taking the more circuitous route by Blackheath. " One of the most important features in this system is the connexion between all parts of the country and the great terminal station, opposite to Hungerford-market. The South-Western Company are preparing to extend their line to the same point ; and other lines are pro posed, by which the communication will be carried on to the Great Western and London and Birmingham Railways, and thus to all the important districts of. Great Britain." The report then suggebts various other improvements in diff,rent parts of the line. The CHAiRNAN moved that the report be adopted by the Proprietors, and moved the following resolutions :- 1. That it is expedient for the South Eastern Railway Company to provide funds, by the creation of new shares, for making the undermentioned lines of railway, in favour of which the Board of Trade have announced their intention of reporting to Parliament :—South- Eastern—Maidstone and Rc chester ' • South-Eastern— Branches to Deal and Walmer, and Extension and De viation at Margate ; South-Eastern—Ashford to Hast ings ,• South-Eastern—Hungerford-bridge to Tunbridge and Paddock Wood,. and branches ; South-Eastern — North Kent, Hungerford-bridge to Chilham, with branch to Sheerness, subject to any modifications which may appear to be desirable for the naval and military establishments of the country, and reserving considera tion of the branch to connect Greenwich and Woolwich; and so much of the line from Tunbridge to Hastings, Rye, and St. Leonard's, as lies between Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells ; and also yor widening and extending parts of the London and Greenwich Railway, if found expedient ; subject to a power in the Directors to make all such deviations, extensions, contractions and varia tions of all, or any, of the said lines and works and to execute such incidental works, as they shall think ex pedient. 2. That the additional capital of 3,780,0001., being the ,full estimated amount required for constructing and opening for traffic all the contemplated lines, be raised by the issue of 126,000 new shares of NZ each, to parties who shall pay for the same 30/. per share, by instalments as after mentioned. 3. That the first instalment of 21. 10s. per share be paid on the 17th day of February, 1845, and the re maining instalments of such amounts (not exceeding 21. 10s. per share), and at such dates (at intervals of not less than two months), as the Directors shall, after the passing of any Act or Acts in relation to the before. mentioned new lines, or any of them, determine to call the same. That twenty-one days' notice of such calls shall be given by advertisement in the London Gazette, and two London daily morning newspapers, and two newspapers published in Kent. That, upon payment of all such instalments, or upon payment of such propor tion thereof as the Directors shall declare to be re quired, the shares, on account whereof the same shall have been made, shall be forthwith - issued and regis tered ; but that, if default shall be made in the due payment of any instalment upon may share for the space of thirty days after the same shall have become due, all pre vious instalments in respect of the same share shall be absolutely forfeited to the Company, and no party in respect of such previous instalments shall be en titled to any share, or have any claim on the Com pany ; and that all instalments paid after the time when the same shall have become due, shall be paid with in terest at the rate of 5L per centum per annum computed from that time. 4. That every such instalment paid shall be deemed to be and shall be entered in the Company's books as a pay ment in the same proportion to 501. as the instalment to paid actually bears to 30/. 5. That no dividend shall be payable in respect of any such' new share, or any of such instalment so paid, until six months after the day on which a dividend shall have been declared on the now existing shares of the Com pany next following the opening for traffic of the latest in point of execution of the new lines of railway deter mined to be constructed by means of the additional ca pital aforesaid ; and that all profits accruing from any of the new lines which may have been wholly or partially opened: before such day, shall be divisible among the Proprietors for the time being of the now existing 126,000 shares. 7. That every registered Proprietor of any existing share or shares on the sth day of February, 1845, shall be entitled, in respect of each such share, to one new share so to be issued as before mentioned, provided that he shall signify his acceptance of such share by payment of the first instalment of 21. 10s. per share to one of the bankers of the Company on or before the 17th day of February, 1845, in compliance with a circular letter to be sent by post to the registered address of each Pro prietor from the office of the Company, 7. That the Directors shall be at liberty to issue, upon such terms and in such manner as they shall think pro per, any of the said 126,000 new shares to which no parties shall become eutitled upon the foregoing con ditions. Mr. M'GREGOR entered into a long statistical state meat, and gave the details of the probable cost of the va rious extension lines. These lines were of the utmost importance to the Company, both on account of the im portance of the districts through which they passed, and taken in connexion with the French lines which were at present in course of progress. The resolutions were then put seriatim, and were passed with the utmost unanimity by a very crowded meeting. Thanks to the Chairman were then voted and acknow ledged, and the meeting separated at half-past three o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Thomas Moulton, City policeman, 473, was charged by Major Shaw, the superintendent of the City police, under the following circumstances:— Between the hours of half-past nine on the night of the 17th, and nine on the morning of the 18th of January, the shop of Mr. Gibbs, of No. 78, King William-street, was entered by thieves, by means, it is supposed, of skeleton keys, and robbed of a very large quantity of cloth, kerseymere, satin, bandannas, cashmere scarfs, &c. &c. By , the direction of Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Police Commissioner, the defendant and the sergeant of the beat were suspended, and the former was brought before the Lord Mayor in consequence of certain sus picious matters connected with his conduct. Inspector Todhunter stated that the chief reason for bringing the case before the Lord Mayor was, that a light had been seen through the skylight, in the house, from without, at an early hour in the morning, just as a policeman had been seen shutting the street door, im mediately after which the light disappeared, and that as the defendant was the policeman whose duty it was to watch the place, and he had made no report of the cir cumstance to his sergeant, there was ground for suspect- • ing that he was, at all events, criminally negligent. William Gordon, a fishmonger, stated that, as he wiis going to Billingsgate one morning, two days after which he saw an account of a robbery in Mr. Gibbs' house, in the Morning Advertiser newspaper, he saw, a little before six o'clock, a policeman come out of the shop and shut the door, and he also saw a light in the shop, which in stantly disappeared. The policeman was about the size of the defendant, but witness could not swear to his iden tity. The policeman turned his back to witness, and then proceeded to try the doors of other shops. Major Shaw stated that the defendant had been re lieved at six o'clock on the morning of the robbery. Sergeant Howard (406) stated that it was his duty to visit the men on the beat to which the defendant be longed, and the defendant had been on duty from nine on Friday night till six on Saturday morning, when he was relieved. The defendant was regularly on his beat. It was the duty of the defendant to report to his ser geant if he found any door open, but the defendant had not uttered a word upon the subject... Witness acci dentally heard of the circumstance and informed his in spector, and the inspector reported it to the super intendent. The LORD MAYOR—The defendant has to go over his beat. Is it not possible, that while he was absent from the spot, the circumstance might have taken place ? The serg eant — There is no policeman near the place who at al answers the description of the defendant. Gordon—The policeman I saw close the door had no whiskers, and I see this man has none, and he seemed to wish to avoid me, and pretended to be trying the other doors. There was a thick fog at the time, and I was afflicted with a severe cough. John Butler (107) stated that he went, according to the instructions he had received, to the house of the de fendant's uncle, a respectable farmer, and asked for the defendant, but both uncle and aunt denied that they had seen him for about a week. Afterwards, however, they produced him, and he stated that he had been living with them ever since the period of his suspension by the Commissioners. In answer to a question from the Lord Mayor, Gor don stated that the light was visible in the shop two or three minutes, and that the moment the door was closed by the policeman it went out. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, you have heard . what has been stated. You are accused of gros s an d criminal neglect of duty as a policemant. Can you ac tl. count how this circumstance took place? d the house i The Prisoner—l cannot, my Lord. p every ten minutes, and I never ob serv ed I wholly at a loss eerva s an e y light ; I assure you I am wholly innocent. to form any opinion upon it. Major Shaw—lf the witn ess Gordon saw the light, the policeman ought to hav e s e en By the desire of the Lord Mayor, the superintendent went to -examine the newspaper in which Gordon said he had read the account of the robbery, and reported t o his Lordship that it appeared in Tuesday morning's Advertiser, so that the morning of which Gordon spoke as that on which he had seen the occurrence described by him, must have been Sunday morning. Gordon corrected his statement by saying, that he spoke of the mornings on which he did business at Billingsgste. Inspector Todhunter—The defendant must have passed Mr. Gibbs's door twice within seventeen minutes, and it certainly is most extraordinary how such a quantity of goods could be got out of the house without the knowledge.Of the•policeman appointed to the locality. The LORD MAitoa--I admit that the case is one of great suspicion, but I am not satisfied that the robbery was committed in the morning; and Gordon cannot iden tify the politeman • • neither is his statement clear as to the day on whielf he says ha observed the light. I shall, under all the circumstances, bind over the defendant in his.ovn recogniiances, to the amount of 201., to appear here . to "answer any charge which may be brought against him, • ThoiwCoDts,,theApprentice of a respectable trades' man, residing in Waibrook, was charged with having . , neglected the business of his master. The defendant had, it appeared, returned home drunk, and not only left his work unfinished, but abused the complainant and his brother. _ _ The LORD MAYOR said that in such a -case;n9thiug was like a little wholesome example, and sentencealhe defendant to one month's imprisonment with hard la bour, in the House of Correction. LAUNCH OF THE TERRIB At the early hour of twelve o'clock numbers of the parties - who had obtained tickets of admission to witness the launch Of this nulg nificent war-steamer, arrived at Deptfcird Dockyard, ,and occupied the seats allotted to them, which were sheltered with canvass in the rear, and covered with the flags of almost all nations. By half-past twelve o'clock, the period when the first sounds of the hammers on the dog-shores were heard, it was scarcely possible for those who had delayed arriving until that time, to make their way through the dense crowd which had assembled outside the barricades surround ing the vessel, all anxious to witness the interesting spectacle. A great number of naval officers assembled at en early hcinr, and maify of them went on bo ar d, among whom were Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8., Commodore Sir Charles Xaplers Captain Geotge Smith, Inventor of the Paddle-box Boats, Captain Austin, •C• 11, Captain Otway, Lieutenant Rivers, and Baton Gersdorff, the Swedish Ambassador. Shortly before one Sir John Hill, Captain Super intendent of the Dockyard, arrived, escorting his daughter, Mies Lucy Hill, and having taken their stations on the platform, Mr. Oliver Lang, master shipwright at the Woolwich Dockyard, wil l ° designed the vessel, presented a glass of wine to Miss Lucy Hill, and she drank to the success of the Terrible. The bottle from which the wine was taken was instantly attached to a cord, and Miss Hill broke it on the bows. Mr. Willcox, master shipwright's assistant at Deptr ford Dockyard, then gave instructions to proceed with increased dispatch in loosening the dog-shores, and in a few minutes the majestic war -steamer began to move and glide onwatls into her future element amidst enthusiastic cheers of the numerous spectatorS. The day was beautiful overhead, although the wind was piercing cold, and there could not have been fewer than ten thousand persona present on this interesting occasion—a scene always gratifying to Englishmen, who pride themselves on their wooden bUlwarks, of which this vessel is a superior specimen, combining all the beit qualities of steam-vessels of first-rate character. Some idea may be formed of the great size and capabilities of the Terrible, when it is stated that each of her paddle-box boats will accommodate or carry 200 men. The engines are to be fitted by Maudsley, Sons, and Field, who were present to witness the launch, and will be of 800-horse power. As the vessel entered the river her form appeared very pleasing and bold to the eye, and the figure-head of Jupiter, carved by Beyer and Son, had a very majestic appearance, suitable to the character of the god of thunder. The Odin steam-vessel, another war-steamer, designed by Mr. Lang, will be commenced im mediately on the slip on which the Terrible was built; and the Spit fire, at present constructing on the sister slip at Deptford, will be launched in the middle of next month. The following .are the di mensions of the Terrible : Length from the fore part of the figure-head to the ft. In. aft part of the tafrrai1.............. •••••• • • • • .. 246 0 Length between the perpendiculars •• . • ...... •• • • 226 0 . Length of the keel for tonnage • . ...... ••••• • • • • • 196 10 Breadth eztreme •••••• • • • . • .•• • • • .••••.. • • • • 42 6 Breadth for tonnage •. 42 0 Breadth moulded ....................... ... 41 2 Depth in hold .. Burthen in ,tons, 1,847 7-94. NE W RAIL WAYS. (From the Tires' City Article.) Among the parties interested in new railways what occurred in the debate of last night on the subject has engaged very general atten tion. Previously to any decisions by the Board of Trade, a word of caution was thrown out under this head, that they should be made public in such a manner as to leave no suspicion that disclosures hid been made, by which one set of speculators might take advantage of another set, and the bona fide holders, or those intending to become so, sustain a positive injury. The mode adopted by the Board of Trade, iu publishing their decisions in the Gazette, would appear to have been perfectly suited to that purpose; but as the fact has be come known to the dealers in railway shares, which may be verified also by a reference to the current quotations of the market, that bargains to a large extent have been made in the new rail ways shortly previous to the decisions upon them, and in a manner to reap the benefit of those deci sions, it is assumed at the Stock-Exchange, as we have already hinted, that the secret must have 'transpired. The reproach of these transactions does not, however, necessarily fall on those members of the Board of Trade who have taken a part in the decisions in ques tion. The ingenuity of speculators, where such large profits are in volved, might prove an over-match for the utmost circumspection they could use. Hence it has become necessary that the caution hitherto exercised should be increased, and that no person whatever, except the members of the Board, should know, until the hours of business at the Stock-Exchange are over, what the announcement is to be In the Gazette of that evening. Another question, nut of less interest than that. just described, connected with the Board of Trade, is, the degree in which their deci sions arely likely to influence those of Parliament itself, when the re spective Bills are introduced. From the well-known character 'of some of the members bf the Board, for judgment as well as for in tegrity, it is to be inferred that their decisions, especially when they proceed to give the reasons which have guided them, must have con siderable weight ; but it is not deemed the less essential that more time should be obtained, agreeably to the suggeStions thrown out by Lord Howick, for bringing in railway Bills, placed under these pecu liar circumstances. Such is the excitement at present among the speculators In railway shares, that bargains are made in theni at the coffee-houses and other places of resort in the City, long alter the conclusion of business at..the Stock-Exchange. The appearance of the GazeVe is' impatiently looked for, and ' its' contents eagerly perused. This form of the prevailing mania is beyond the reach, of course, of all caution or control, and as nil concerned have access to the important information sought exactly at the same time, this is a matter of secondary.consecrteqe. It is only those who are upon the spot, and witness itsylolenp:e.4kid the general excitement springing out of it, both within and without the walls of the Stock-Exchange, who can form an idea of the perilous task undertaken by the Board of Trade in putting forth these decisiors, and which are the fuel for this fire. Not only London, but Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and other large provincial towns are estiblgh ing places of resort for dealing in railway shares ; and the whole country 'is thus in danger of becoming_ ono scene of gambling and speculation ;in these undertakings, _tolliefnjUry of all regular busi ness, and the probable derangement •of Pig . .. Money Market, which has maintained for several months past sun remarkable steadiness. RAILWAY DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. It is impossible not to feel the importance of the subjects alluded to by Lord Howick in the debate on the railway decisions of the Board of Trade; for, whatever may be the nominal duties or the nominal powers of the Board, the practical effect of their decisions has been to throw into the scale so great a weight, that the rejected schemes appear thenceforth unable to continue the contest, and languish until they disappear from the Money Market ; while the favoured projects are regarded as if they had already received the sanction of Parlia ment. Practically, therefore, and perhaps necessarily, the Board has become a judicial tribunal, though utterly unfitted by its constitution for the exercise of judicial functions. An anomaly .lies suddenly sprung up—a tribunal, composed of persons neither by age, station, experience, nor acquirements commanding the re. spect or justifying the confidence of the public—of neces sity condemning unheard—of necessity proceeeding in secrecy —irresponsible—yet deciding on amounts as compared with which the subjects of dispute in Westminster -hall are alto gether trivial ; making or ruining fortunes by a single insertion in the Gazette. Surely it is obvious that all this was neither foreseen nor intended in its origin: Parliament could never have Intended to de legate Its power to such an extent. And it is obvious that the public generally', to say nothing of the rejected parties, cannot •ho fully satisfied with a tribunal which is the very reverse of every judicial institution to which they have been accustomed. The im mense amount of business which has been suddenly brought Daum this new tribunal in its very infancy, and before any of its eireete could have been observed, is a misfortune, yet one which could scarcely have been anticipated ; but it might undoubtedly, we think, have been foreseen that a formal notification in the Gazette, isauel from a Government department, would carry with it greater weight than would have been due to the mere preliminary inquiry of certain disinterested individuals. It is this connexion with the Government which appears to constitute a grave objection to the tribunal. Already, as Lord Howick observes, some of the inconveniences arising from the Executive Government taking too much upon themselves in respect to private interests are beginning to work. Whispers begin to cir culate that secrecy has not always been observed; that certain par ties have been always right in their speculations. We agree with Sir Robert Peel that it would be better if tangible accusations were substituted for these vague insinuations; but we agree also in the answer of Lord Howick, that it is an objectionable system which enables parties to set such statements abroad; nor do we desire to see a Minister compelled to get up to contradict them. It is temark able that on the same evening Sir J. Graham should have been called upon to declare, with reference to. the report on the harbours of re fuge, that he knew not by what means the press could have gathed access to the report, and that he had not the slightest idea in what manner it had got before the public. Secrecy, therefore, is not always possible; and yet whatever may be divulged, where the amount of the stake is so considerable, will undoubtedly provoke in sinuations, and cast discredit upon those who should be above suspi cion. The only remedy for these mischiefs would appear to be that suggested by Lord Howlett—that the weight of Government autho rity, notwithstanding the report of the Board of Trade, should be used neither on the one side nor on the other; that the Board should be as au important witness produced for the assistance of the Com mittee, and no more. But that parties should abandon their projects Wore the reasons of the decisions have been made known, above all, before it eau be known whether the Board were unanimous or divided —ivliether the decision may net, after all, have been the decision of one single individual—is a result which could never have been in tended, and which the House of Commons has done well to disco►i rage, by giving reasonable facility for the rejected lines to state•their [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A POOR MAN'S LIFE SAVED BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Jeremiah Laughlin, a porter about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for years with shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, night perspira tions, and general weakness of body, a want of appetite, sick head-aches, besides suffering much from the liver. This man was in the second stage of- consumition, and not expected to live three months, when he commenced the use of Ilolloway's wonderful Pills, and, by their means alone, he is now as strong, as hale, and is well as ever he was in his life.—Sold (also Holloway s Oli)t -ment) at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Wednesday, the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the subscribers to this ex cellent institution, was held at the Office, King William street, City. J. Labouchere, Esq., in the chair, supported . by several naval officers and other gentlemen. The report stated that the appeal made at the last annual meeting had not altogether been unattended to. The report next staled that the Committee had received from the Spanish Govern ment the sum of 201., as an annual testimony of the Queen's high opinion of the great utility of the hospital to foreign seamen; also a donation of 251. from the King of Saxony, &c. The Committee reported five liberal bequests, one being to the amount of 1,909/., by W. Waters, Esq. ; and another, POOL, by J. Clegg, Esq. The total receipts for the past year amounted to 4,2291. 9s. 2d. The expenses amounted to 5,705 i. lls. Id., showing a deficiency of 1,479/. Is. Ild. Such were the calls on the benefits of the hospital, that, but for the bequests, the funds would . be in t- ti 1 ents, ,724 ; a very depressed state indeed. The number of patients ad mitted daring the year was 2,415, mi s s na tions, who have received the benefits of the institution making a total of 4,209. The number_ of ors, of all Lsataniffternorodo-netrthete, p ha ow vin a g mounts to 71,626. The been elected, the meet osiffincceersthfoer tchoenunensenuincer yneti,a ing separated. a loud and DREADFUL DEATEL—On Tuesday inmates of the house No. 13, Duke-street, L a mbeth, were suddenly alarmed by hea r i ng piercing scream proceeding from some part of the premises. The parties immediately instituted a search to ascertain cause of the noise, when, after going over different parts':loef the house, they entered the front room o_n___t_h_ e second floor, which the 7 found filled with smoke. heard a kind of half -suppressed groan, which there they come from underneath the bedstead, nearly_the wh 1 _"__ 'which appeared to Beard, with quarter they discovered a fine yo g woman, named Eliza beth Upon looking in that burnt off her back. The bedstead 9 e of her wearing appirel having _been drawn away, a most frightful spectacle presented Iself th'e 9 ,unfortunate s such a creature being burnt in shockin gl manner that her face looked like a piece of partially consumed leather. A mes senger was instantly sent for medical attendance, and Mr. Menzies promptly att t eided, but not in time to be.of anysas sistance to the peer exeatuie, for she had ceased to exist. There is no doubt but that the unfortunate young woman's wearing apparel by some accident caught fire, and that. in her anxiety to subdue the flames she had crawled/co the spot where she was found. Strange as it may appear, the furni ture.in the room was not injured. STATE or TRADE.—The market continues in the same state as for some weeks past; yarn, being exceedingly scarce and in good demand, both for shipping and for the home trade, continues to advance in. price ; and some descriptions, particularly No. 30 warps, were sold yester day about one-eighth higher than on the preceding Tues day. For cloth the demand was not quite so good as last week ; and some qualities of 27-inch printing cloth were a shade lower. With that exception; however, prices are firm. — ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—MONDAY, FE'S. 3. Th er e has been something. like an average market t9-darres, but n manufacturers "re obtaining rather more for thei e r r p :e. There not enough to cover the advance in the raw thet re ta ar t t has been a considerable failure an ou d at n , >o.o oo4 xs is likely to day : the liabilities are stated d te manu _ acumen . Wool still con aflect both wool dealer and manufacturer. -.- tinues firm i s price.— 'Vest Thursday is fixed "for APPEAL CAirsEs..---J. ...Qt. in tile Hopp° of Lords, their LOrdk.bipS heginhins H .PIR-. 1 - urns e4,11y with the }edictal tiustiess of the session. f : ' ~ I . y a t li 11° ' a irier