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Of I,e ° ' to it 004 r fbassa dcl Arils issue d t o rds 5 a , 6 Cl ur efr tio b oo, for ,eddoPo° •ast el i v e stf o ;o o P i ooL e . / f 13 0 , 4 o f; 0 14, . n terr it e l) 01 , re i ribe 10 4 e . , 1 11 0 ,:cc - t o .. 1 0 ; ( ▪ 'OP c' trlV;(t e l Witt ' 0 6 .1 i :Cr j e, .tir ct l er'f t i oo' ~ er l l3lls ! aio ue , 1 0 00 0 0 t • he , :5 6°6°l -...,-.-''''''' COURT CIRCULAR. '"3 loyal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. ". E. An son, went yester,lay morning to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House. Q H er RO3 al Highness the Duchess of KeLit visited the ueen and Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham I) , a bies, and rema i ned to lunch with her _Majesty and his °yal Highness. l?rihis ly Hig!iness th e D u k e o f C am b r id ge v i s i te d rrince Albert yesterday. Colon ( 1 the Hon. Ch ar l es G rey h as re li eve d C o l one l litleld • -YeY in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the e ; and Mnjer-General Sir Edward Bowater his rievit!aeyiendx Col onel Wylde in the duties of Equerry in to Prince Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the utinte'sof D ll Miss Paget, the Earl of untnoro, the 4411011, the Hon. Col*Del Grey, and Sir Edward 80. /°_,t4. honoured the performance of the French plays with theiHQrr presence yesterday evening. ih Royal Highness the D uc h ess o f Gl ouces t er v i s it e d e "'lke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary L lluke an d Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelita yes - y -\ll at Cambridge house. TheiTy Royal High nesses t h e D u k e o f C am b r id ge an d htt th- mtreditary Gra - sd Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Ch r i s 9 by fir• C St. Eirnund Mildinay, honoured —B a uospital S c h ool with a visit on Sunday evening. b inet Co unc il was held at two o ' clock yesterday N e k r "°n, at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert Peel, the Aheredeq W.ellington, the Lord Chancellor, Earl of tz e h. Qn, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the q rbi ll t ler, Earl of Haddington, Eall of Ripon, Lord 4,:tAlle Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right 4 81(in eY Herbert were present. fro,„:" Wharneliffe and Lord Stanley were prevented Th 4 „ t r , t "ding the meeting by indisposition. a c ted 'Ollll6l sat two hours. itete4 titS t. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans. MT. Heys f in Yesterday at the Foreign-office. t 'L 4 Wallan, solicitor, Mr. Godwin, engineer, b -44 way r C r lden, Parliamentary' agent, of the Ulster 44 iltr d urn Pally transacted business yesterday, at the - L e P l itttnen ' t of the Board of Trade. ColoniTefies were sent off yesterday evening from the 44 (1 0 1 :" fi lee, for the Governor General of Canada, 401,48:ttr. the Governors of New Brunswick and SPURTLNG INTELLIGENCE. T ATTERSALL'S. ESTERDAY. 8 t o CHESTER. CC. 8 t o ; agat the Irish lot 11 tr , ; agst Th e th ree -y ea r o lds 13 t o agst Mr. S co tt' s C a ta rac t—t a k en • 16 to ; agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria 20 C r , agst Mr.. A. Johnson's The Era—taken 20 t ' i agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni 27 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken 33 agst Mr. Davies's Yheomun-ac-Knuelt—taken a 3 to to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Pug agst Mr. M e ikl am ' s T rue b oy as ' agst Mr. Scott's Agriculture to 1 50 t„, agst Mr. Irwin , s Pride of Kildare 50 t agst Mr. O s b a ld eston ' s S ore ll a — ta k en so ~,s ° 1 agst Mr. I. Day's Portrait 60 agst Mr Hessltine's Fitz-Allen 100 0 ! 0 1 agst Mr: Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh 1 00' 4 ° 1 6 agst Mr. Ongley's Mystery—taken .to 15 The agst Mr. Westley's Counsellor. yblaterest of the betting centred in Cataract, Semiser . ia, I, 44 ' B Pir e 'Z illan 'ac - Knuck, no others having been backed with a t ..„ l or with any material effect on the odds. Cataract ,7(10l ot Y at 11 to 1, taken to three or four hundred pounds, ib. Bl aiet w er L , wily obtained • against the mare 1,500 to 100 11 - ;:f. th e T ay n was r aN l , 3 er t a o ge l pr ' ice, however, during the greater and this was taken in two . or yttNottarters near the close. Yheomun •ac-Knuck was - -. 4 4 . at 30 •., 'ap,i 4l , ,o_ t e 1, was supported with great zeal, and left . b it not so much inquired after as in Rb bertLY \ofrethaay.e 3.200 to 200 and 2,800 to 200 'Leg against the Irish lot. I ° to 1 DERBY. 16 a gat Greville's A • 1 6 to 1 agst Lord St ra dbroke' l s arm Idas—taken 1 6 t o l agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt—taken t agst Col. Anson's Kedger 4t: a gat Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger 3O t o a gst Mr. F erguson ' s Cl ear -th e -way—taken 3 0 t o ; agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken ao to ; a gst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 4 0 t o ; a gst A. W. Hill's Iror.master 40 to ; agst M r . J aques ' s Ant i Repea l er—ta k en 40 t - 0 a gq Mr A. ,Johnson's Annandale—taken 40 t o apt Mr . Gully's Old England 10 t o ; agst Mr . Hes.eltine's Fitzallen I o L O a gst Mr: Lintott's - . Cabin Boy 11 to I , a gq Mr. Gratmcke's Titmouse (Carlotta colt) " agst Mr Coleman's Young Eclipse I t j ' ck th t° 6 l a gst Old England and Weatherbit—taken. ti k tq l, ft , "'e n nt the actual buiness . was also confined to a 1 '44 4 % 4 y'T to 1 was taken in fifties about Alarm ; 16 to 1 deeijuas and the Cobweb colt to a large sum, ldas P%,..Nt Ar ra call ; the same about kedger, but not to any VII "u to to 200/. about Mentor l,oo^ to 300torel t ;,._ l sa i tt an of t 3 0 to 1 as freely, about Clear-the-Way 5 kii - wll„, ; and 4,000 to 100 about Fitzallen 2,000 to irol'lollse (the Carlotta colt) and a few other bets a tios) P°Pt anc 1 600 to 100 each was laid, m one bet, ; 1443 , kedg'er, and the Ironmaster (with a qua- L IN T tl 444, Bl asii aPOOL STEEPLE-CHASE. ia S ums were laid out at 5 to 1 agst the Knight '4AT,Per, to ,; gst Brenda, 10 to 1 each agst Discount and 011.1,fi — T 4 to 1 agst Vanguard and Discount, jointly. uorses for the Earl of Sefton's Plate (flat race), 411414,e8elIr.r?Ti on the day of the Steeple-chase. t tr.,) Q .e s Porto Bello, 5 yrs—Sir J. Gerard's Erebus, Iri Li on ""cot t's Duke of Rutland, 3 vrs —Mr. Critchley's 14414 Years--Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs Sul tan aged. Lord tan, did not name. t w,s 6. 1 11 , 4" 1 , 4 ,111(p l , COURSING. t` l kqin,,, f — MEETING—SAT CEDAY (CONCLUDED). tite k kitia (3ll Hill Stakes—eciding Course.—Mr. Do. Th e " and Lord Stradb D roke's Maiden divided the .b V . I / 4 ) 411-- ti • -11 4 a ti's s l ed ding Course.—Mr. Fyson's Foremost beat (10t 04 „asher, and won the Cup. ho4toiriiii Second Stakes.—Mr. Dobedes Duchess ~- ' 4 4( lst al t , ?n the Stakes. lt k Zlit rz 8 .-11 r Fyson won the Stakes. 1 11, 1 : 0 , ,n.tv E , N 03r IV O!'ItINO MEETING.--The Cup (16 dogs) 'Pt re t r r• Rason's Claret dos) Jefferstn's Jester ran ek e ,. Male Stakes (8 g) were won by Mr. Mos -114, n Ili .‘i S TO COME IN 1841. ,•' foil ~,,: k 44131- °. " ll g dates of races in 1845 are either specially . 11 1 rt i f° so established by custom as to make it im -10. e , gey will be altered : 1%, Ipentry. June 10. Ascot. 4..1, ar wick. 18. Hampton. 4 . ~=arnworth. 23. Newcastle-on-Tyne. ts i'43t, Sussex Hunt. 25. Bibury Club. G. il ottli an , a l,„ pton Spg. 26. Stockbridge. 26. Batt Hurdle. July 8. Newmarket July 26 atterick Bridge. . ._ ~k),,,. Meeting. ki At Tis-igaVennr.l6. Liverpool ditto. 2 ue Roo. " 23. Newton. • 3 AL°Xteth Park. 29. Goodwood. ,t Vergavenn August 6. Horwich. 42t2 Itlies:rn4Sre. r iCaven. 6. Brighton. y 2 8: , c ath. 11. Wolverhampton. '4 , ,i, t ' e s I N - nl ,, arket 28. Tiverton. First Sept. 2. Wa . rwick. th 'Ting Meeting. 7 1, der 10. Leicester. 4a , ‘ ,.-evi sf ., 16. Doncaster. kNe ''''''' SPrin Iltrt arite g 30. Newmarket First 11 . , s r , . t Second October Meeting. 20 4 ta " ri ng Meeting. Oct. 13. Newmarket Second s• G ile eBte .., 0 0 , r. October Meeting. '• 48, 4441 b11ry. tn. 21'. Newmarket Hough ton Meeting. L OYD'S SHIPPING. hit°o4„,, LLOYD'S • It has -et t ; 3 . —Wind light breeze. t_,14 141 [nes since dawn, and continues. MARcit I.—Acrd. Great Liverpool steamer, 4144t,11,11e04111n.Medwaysteamer, West Indies; Duke of t t , t 1 41te inolil o . tt lir e ,,, , to S. E. by E. to E.S.E., moderate. "k e ; ti e , •E — Arrd. Activt; of Bremen, River Plate e ,lena ; Last, Porto Cabello, for Hamburgh. %NI ialcutta; Mary Stuart Cape of Good Hope; 11, ( t ) Rt , ; City of Rochester', Galveston ; Northum bltltibli, ; Robert Heddle, Cape Coast Castle. ga. ' L EAD, FEB. 27.—Victoria, Dyke, Arica for k 4441 DIAR N 1,110,, remen F . N t h . for S.E., fine.—Arrd. Active, ko trst B Se, 4 2.—Sid. Cornwall, Aden. Arrd. 6 4 41 tosa Is ,10 4 ai led ‘-aPe de Verds ; Adolphus Yates, Moore, I, l ilo b r i st ?In Madeira 4th ult.; Highland Lad, Ystr -4 w, 0 , 1 , with cargo shifted. let 7.4(1t1,4(4..; PEts. 27.—Washington, Mauritius. Si arAncit I.—Wind E.S.E. 2. N.N.E.— tittrielM.n e?a, Reudixen, Rio, for Hamburgh. Sld. tic,„.llll',l-04,821e,ahier Dee, Cork. 2. Her Majesty's ship Stiti krrtu'riail th gho rn, i %l ten 2 . —Wind N.—Arrd. 1. Agilis, Lon e so of bulwarks, &c., having been in con tht"tli t-'o`;.k.s.s:*i..of the 27th ult. two miles off Dungeness. t Oati 28 . —The Apollo, Silley, from Dart ' tr t , l v t 'te burr:truck on the Nore Sand to-day and filled ; h r l:Ei t ared . `, and her cargo of potatoes are drifting A t.A. S.S.E., fresh. 2. N., light. I N and s and, Fretwell, Ichaboe ; Parthenon, entiand, Merryman, New Orleans ; Kate °ll St° St * h ' Peru, nr 'as •II•° n s, ew Brunswick. 2. ; ',hat lilted Kingdom, Tuelon, Bombay; Midas Nitiell'4lklaba,re; Franconia, Huron, and Solon, New f4hsitknali, A-Palachicola ; Tartar, Lockwood, and ( :) , t0t1 4 , 1 iti:,arleston ; mirant St. John's N '• Panthea, Calcutta; Agricola, Bombay: ariesto?rleans; Crown and I'actolus, Mobile; Nlth / It k ßhlo h Cai ro n 2. Ceserea, Buenos English, Pacific, i„rar e d to r oiston. A vessel, supposedg and tthtitt ..t. 4 , r tl , l januutiaYre„be_e.n a , shore , and . lightened, was seen .ro ok s 4 of the H usk , on Gun Key light, with wreckers uttt- ' a dder, i is sifil, hence to Africa, has put back, r un, &c., having been ashore off Point aat ) 44 S t . 4 ". ....4 v . 4et4'„Ett i S.S.E.—Arrd. Circassian, Store .4AgE4 -\ Q v ; , 01, --/v• , 4 4,,. city of fresh.—Sld. Zephyr, Bar- It4 i7 ) l'tu• ork, Trinidad. -4 11 ta,4, N„? bE L ,• „."--Sld. Waterloo, Ichaboe. 14 , P 4 i - l ri 4 AI- tett `,‘ • -- Sid. Supply, Ichaboe. 14.,14, With i."--A.rrd. Susan Cant, Ichaboe; Ro -"gat g g ann, from the Halifax Islands. d. Rolla, Ichaboe. tbktit4tels l ` t 14 1) te Port e d -lIE MEDITERRANEAN. v tt y t h to have b at i 4 4.4 es„ .been seen (and supposed to e lk twilsh vessel " Sorpresa,7 which put -,evett4-.. qa4ers, time since, are reported to be three EWS NEVER GIVE UP ! Nerer give up! it is wiser and better Always to hope than once to despair; Fling off the hnd Of D.;W,t's caidering fetter, And break the dark spa of tyrannical care: N -ver give up! or the burden -may sink you, — Providence kindly has mingled the cup, And, in all trials or troubles, bethink you The watchword of life must be, Never give up! Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful a hunrired to one, And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success—if you'll only hope on : Never give up ! for the wisest is both-at, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best, as the oldest, Is the true watchword of Never give up. No or give upl—though the grape-shot may rattle, Or the full thundercloud over you burst, Stand like a rock—and the Aorm or the battle Little shall harm you, though doing their worst : Never Live up! if adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of Never give up! LITERATURE. SIR R. PEEL'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. S. Gilbe, t, London. • This report of the Premier's speech on bringing forward the Budget has been neatly got up and is published in a pamphlet form. The report itself is exceedingly correct. We have gone over it care fully and have not detected an error. MAGAZINES--(CONTINUED). ROOD'S MAGAZINE. No magazine presents such a list of contrilmtors as this. It include; this month Mr. W. Savage Landor, Robert Browning, Monckton ililnes, M P., F. 0. 'Ward, Alfred Whitehead, and Richard Howitt. We regret to learn that the editor himself, to whom the public is indebted for so much amusement, is again laid on a bed of sickness. An exquisite portrait of Mr. Hood is given, and the brief article by which it is accompanied, says,— " We can hardly congratulate our readers on present ing them, this month, with an effigy of Thomas Hood's outward features, instead of that portraiture of his mind, and those traces of his kindly heart, which he has been wont, with his own pc n, to draw in these pages. And we lament still more that we must add a regret to the disappointment of our readers, by communicating to them the sad tidings that the aching original of that pic tured brow is again laid low by dangerous illness—again scarred (to borrow an expression of his own) " by the crooked autograph of pain." Through many a previous paroxysm of his malady, when life and death hung trem bling in the balance, Mr. Hood has worked on steadily for our instruction and amusement ; throwing, often, into a humorous chapter, or impassioned poem, the power which was needed to restore exhausted nature. During the last month, however, his physical strength has com pletely given way : and, almost as much through inca pacity of his hand to hold the pen, as of his brain for any length of time to guide it, he has at last been com pelled to desist from composition. Those in whom admiration of the writer has induced also a friendly feeling towards the man, will have some consolation in learning that amidst his sufferings, which have been severe, his cheerful philosophy has never faileg him ; but that around his sick bed, as in his writings, and in his life, he has known how to lighten the melan choly of those around him, and to mingle laughter with their tears. We have thought it due to our readmrs and to the public thus briefly to make known that Mr. Hood is more seriously ill than even he has ever been berore; avoiding to express any hopes or forebodings of our own, or preju•'ge the uncertain issues of life and death." Every one will sympathise with the sufferer, and hope still that he may be restored to health. The portrait here given is a very fine one, taken from a bust by Davis, and engraved by Heath. The number itself is one of the best we have seen of this periodical. Mr. Landor has contributed an "Imaginary Con versation" between Dante and Beatrice. Robert Browning has given us a quaint poem, " The Tomb at St. Praxed's." It is the soliloquy of an old bishop of the middle ages, who on the point of death dwells with a fantastic intensity on the splendour of his monument; his love of the arts, his remorse for past sins, his hatred of " old Gandolf "—a rival churchman, we presume—are blended together with a skilful hand. Mr. Monckton Milnes's contributions are a paper on Continental Railroads and a translation of' a short poem from the German of Hervegh. The " Phantoms and Realities of a Star-light Night" is a powerfully written sketch ; it opens with a hit at certain critics which, though it exaggerates of course, is not without a spice of truth : " Can you come to Antigone to-night ?" said I, thrust ing my head into the sub-editor's room at a Weekly Newspaper office. " How much does it want to the time ?" " An hour and a quarter." " Well, I have eighteen new books to look into and notice. If I get done in time go with you." " Sharp work," said I. " Not particularly. They are short paragraphs; only a column and a half altogi-ther." But the reading ?" " You don't think seriously we read books ?" " How the deuce, then, do you form your opinion of them?" " We cut 'em open—ani small the paper knife." This will not be the case, at all events, with Hood's, for this month it cannot be taken up without being read. We extract from Mr. Monckton Alilnes's paper the following sensible remarks on the railroad to Venice, with respect to which we have some little of the sentimental twaddle the wrier alludes to : " The railroads in Italy are only just begun; and the beginning is the chain that binds together the great cities of Lombardy, and links the islands of Venice to the mainland. This last circumstance has been regarded with dismay by others than the mere sentimental tra veller: it has been said that the peculiar beauty of that great city, ' which was neither infant nor stripling, which God took by the hand and taught to walk by it self the first hour, is past for ever ; and that, in fact, Venice will lose all its charm for the stranger. This will probably turn out a very unfounded fear: for the great bridge which stretches from Nlestre to Venice, be • sides being in itself a most beautiful object, and a very characteristic approach to the Queen of the Waters, meets the back of the city at a po►nt little known to any except residents in Venice, and does not in the least interfere with the noted public buildings, or any of the glories of the great canal. As a mere matter of taste, it may indeed be more agreeable to many minds to see Venice in a process of solemn decay, than under the influence of a gradual recovery from desolation and poverty ; but there is little reason to believe that the material advantages Venice will d.-rive from her rail roads wi!l in any great degree alter the appearance of that part of the town a here most of its architectural beauties are concentrated ; nor will Venice be less like its ancient self because its harbour is bristling with masts, and its piazzas crowded with merchants : the commercial restoration of Venice is all in its old spirit— it is essentially a place of traffic, and every thing that, like the railroad, tends to fill it with business and enrich it with merchandise, is but a continuation of the work of the Dandolos and Moncenigos. had the railroad not been continued into Venice, a large warehousing and mercantile town would have arisen at the terminus, and Venice would have derived no advantage from what ni)w promises to be the cause of a renewal of its pristine wealth, and thus of the preservation of its monumental splendour." THE. LONDON JOURNAL AND REPERTORY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MANUFAC TURES. This very useful Journal contains the specifica tions of all patents recently granted in England and America. Full reports of patent cases recently ad judicated on in courts of law, a continuation of the transactions . of the Institution of Civil Engineers, containing a report of a most interesting discussion on slips in railway embankments. It contains, more over, a list of Irish, Scotch, and English Patents. To the scientific inventor this journal must be of the greatest utility. RAILWAYS TO THE WEST. The decision of the Board of Trade on the com peting lines to the West, has given very general dis satisfaction in this locality, and speculation is rife re specting the grounds upon which the scheme from Portarlington to Galway has been preferred to that taking the course of the Royal Canal, through Mul linger, with branches to Athlone and Longford. It has seldom fallen to our lot, as public journalists, to witness more universal support given to any public undertaking, and on this account the disappointment was the greater that a hostile report should have been pronounced upon it by the Board of Trade. Surely, if that tribunal had any knowledge of the wants of this particularly rich and central district, which is not surpassed by any other in Ireland, they would not reject the line by Mullingar and Longford, re specting which there was no competition. We are gt a loss to divine what reason can be assigned in favour of the selection, as it is in direct opposition to the recommendations of the Railway Commissioners fur Ireland, and is alike destructive to the interests of two canal navigations. We must confess we do not place much confidence in the decisions of the Board of Trade. The debates in Parliament, and the feel ing of the press, sufficiently convey the feelings of the public respecting the utter incompetency of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade to de-. tide on the vast interests entrusted to their charge; and unless we are greatly mistaken in our opinions, it will turn out that several of their decisions, par ticularly as regards Ireland, will be altogether re versed. In our first page will be tbund the resolu tions unanimously entered into at a very full meet ing of the provisional Directors, held on Monday last. We understand that the grand juries of this and the adjoining counties are determined to put for ward their opinions on the subject strongly before Parliament, and we, for our part, entertain the most sanguine expectations of success. Dublin Times. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNI NG, MARCH 4 1845. THE LESSEE OF THE HAY- BRITISH INTERVENTION IN LA PLATA IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 3. The LORD CISANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo sack at Five o'clock. LAW IMPROVEMENT. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of three Bills for the improvement of the common law process in the Courts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. It was not necessary that he should now occupy the House by going into the details of these three Bills. For two of them, the Courts of Common Law Process Bills for England and Ireland, passed their Lordships unanimously last session. But they were objected to in the House of Commons, on the ground that there was a want of reciprocity, as the Bills did not apply to Scotland.—(A laugh.) That objection was now removed, as his Right Honourable Friend the Lord Advocate had prepared a Bid, called the Court of Sessions Process Bill cScotland) on precisely the same principles. The object of the Bill was to enable actions to be carried on without the per soral service of process upon the person sued, that per son being in a foreign country at the time. A cor respondent of the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had expressed apprehension that these Bilis would he regarded by foreign Courts as a usurpa tion of their jurisdiction. But that could not be the case, as the Bill related only to process in actions between British subjects, and for debts contracted in the United Kingdom. Lord BROUGHAM said, that his Noble and Learned Friend, having made a reference to what fell from him last session, he would beg to observe that his objection had not been to the principle, but to the details of the Bill. Of the principle he highly approved, for he thought that it was calculated to remedy a great evil. There were, it was true, some objections to the Bill which be entertained, and if they were not removed he should feel it his duty to press those objections. But, with regard to the principle of the present measure, ho appealed both to his Noble and Learned Friend who moved the second reach g of this Bill, and also to his Noble and Learned Friend on the NVoolsack, whether it was not a right and equitable principle which the Bill affirmed? There was une thing especially to be observed in the Bill—that the object of the plaintiff was to con ceal his proceedings from the defendant, and he consequently might, and probably would, get some fbreigner of indifferent character to swear that process was duly served. Now such a foreigner might be out of the jurisdiction of any court, and beyond reach of all punishment fur perjury. What he wished was, that the service, or that the affidavit of service, at any rate, should be a British service. Lord CAMPBELL said that the opinion of his Noble and Learned Friend was worthy of attention, but the objection might he considered in Committee. The Bill was then read a second time. FORCES IN IRELAND. The Duke of WELLINGTON, seeing the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Normanby) in his place, begged to suggest that the motion, of which he had given notice, should be brought on on the same day with his previous motion ; for he had not had time t) look over the returns of the forces sent to Ireland, and if the Noble Marquis would postpone his motion, it would give him time to look over these returns. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that his motion was not for the amount of the force sent to Ireland, but the number of troops in that country on the Ist of January in each year for the last ten years. He should be happy to comply with the Noble Duke's request, to bring on both the motions on the same day. Ile had been anxious to bring the matter before the House, because his Noble Friend (Earl Fortescue), who had stayed in town on purpose, was unable to remain longer than to-morrow. Understanding that his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies would remain in town the whole of to-morrow, so as to be present at the discussion, he could not say that he would postpone his motion without he had the consent of his Noble Friend. The Duke of WELLINGTON—My Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies will certainly not be able to be in the House to-morrow. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. a The Earl of CLARENDON wished to ask a ques tion of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as to whether measures had been taken to proem re the abolition of a certain portion of the American tariff. The portion to which he alluded pressed exceedingly on the merchants of this country, and he thought the duties imposed on them were in direct violation of an existing treaty between this country and the United States of America. The American tariff imposed a heavier duty on goods imported into the United States from the East than from the West ; and goods coming from China were admitted at a lower rate of duty than goods coming from England. Indeed, he believed in some instances the amount of duty varied from 90 to 120 per cent., whilst the goods from the West, were subject to a much lower rate of duty. Now, there could be no doubt that this pressed heavily on the English merchant, and was in direct violation of a treaty existing between the two countries, China shawls at a much lower rate of duty than those sent from this country. The merchants, there fore, had a right to thick that that was not only an inju dicious, but an unjust distinction on the part of America. It must be remembered, too, that while they were praising this tariff they were claiming a return of the duties which had been paid on their rice imported into this coun try, in consequence of us having lowered the duties on the same article imported from the East and West Indies. The whole value of the rice received during the time of the low duty was not 3001.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the United States suffered no hard ship ; and the whole case was very different from their conduct towards us ; as they hid on heavy duties on English goods, and reduced them upon other goods. All he wished now . to ask his Noble Friend was, whether he recognised the claims of British sub jects, and what effect his representations had had upon the American Government?—(Hear.) The Earl of ABERDEEN said that his Noble Friend had rightly stated the case which he had brought under the notice of their Lord ships. The subject had engaged the attention of the Government for some time ; but he thought the experience of his Noble Friend might convince him that it was possible to have a very good case without being able at once to succeed. The gentleman who now re presented her Majesty's Government (Mr. Pakenham) had represented the matter to the American Govern ment, but it had not yet received the attention which it deserved.—(llear, hear.) Mr. Pakenham's last dis patch upon the subject was Gated the 3rd of Oc tober, and at that time he proposed to put himself in communication with persons in New York, who were principally interested in the case, and he hoped to receive from them informati , m which would strengthen his means of applying to the United States' Government. But he (Lord Aber deen) would deceive his Noble ,Friend if he did not say that the subject of our claims had been brought forward very prominently in Congress. CONSTABLES BILL (SCOTLAND). On the motion of Lord DALHOUSIE, the Constables and other officers in Public Works Bill (Scotland) was read a second time. THE BISHOPRICS OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Earl of POWIS presented a number of petitions from places in Wales, against the anion of the Welsh bishoprics. THE NORTH WALES RAILWAY. The same NOBLE LORD presented also a number of petitions in favour of the North Wales Railway Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned. MARKET. Mr. Benjamin Webster was born on the 3d of [Since the following remarks on this subject were September, 1800, at Bath. His parents were natives in type, we have learnt, from authority, that very of Yorkshire, and well descended, his father being the considerable changes have been made as to the manner representative, by his ieother's side, of the family o f in which the proposed intervention in the affairs of the Backe's, who, after the battle of Bosworth Field, Buenos Ayres and Mepte V i d eo w ill t a k e p l ace . O n retired into Yorkshire with the Duke of Norfolk the 6th of February Sir R o b er t P ee l, it may b e recol , ' lected, spoke in the House of Commons of combined operations by England and France, " and, as he ex one of whom wrote a " Vindication of the Life of Richard the Third," (rioted in Walpole's " Historic petted, by Brazil," to put an end to the interruption Doubts," and various histories ; this book is now very ' of the navigation of La Plata ; and instructions were, scarce. The subject of this memoir was educated for it is known, given to Mr. G ore Ouseley, our newly ap the navy, having had a commission given him for pointed Chargé d'Affaires a t B uenos A yres , i n t h at either that or the army by the late Duchess of York I sense, previously to his d epar t ure f rom t own i n t h e , course of last week. At a C a bi ne t C ounc il h e ld sub but, the peace prevented his entering the service, his . sequently, on Monday, the 20th of February, it father well knowing theslowness of promotion in those , was, however, resolved by her Majesty's Ministers that the proposed interventi on s h ou ld b e ma d e , so f ar " piping times ;" he was then compelled to turn his c a e s r t t e Country it e r w n i,,r c a o n n ee or attention to music and dancing, which hecorned, r s a i z n i - I . glYthaund• l s e s a 'i v t , h i n o: g n - land Lee fl atia the embarr assmentsw h'ei combined in and-soon relinquished with disgust for the stage, made his first bow as an actor in terference was not unlikely to beget. It was likewise the part of Thesalus, in Alex ruder the Great, at War- I resolved that the intervention should be of an entirely wick, under the management of Mr. Watson, the pacific f and Rosa, Commodore Purvis, who came friendly c h aracter; an d t h at as a proo f younger, with whom he was engaged to play second with that chief when he broke the violin in the orchestra, little parts, and harlequin, at Buenos Ay roan blockad e o f M onte Vid eo, s h ou ld b e i t n b t e o reo col t lision a salary of twenty-five shillings per week. After recalled from Rio de J ane i ro , so t h at h e m i g h t not, various adventures in England and Ireland, incidental under any circumstances, re-enter La Plata. These in fresh instructions for Mr. Gore Ouseley, and only to the life of a stroller, he came to London, where he resolutions were, we have reason to know, embodied overtook .., , him as he was about to embark fur Buenos was engaged, at one theatre or the other, for several years, playing very indifferent business, until the 213 res .—j sudden illness of Mr. Harley gave him a chance of The publication of another able and interesting establishing himself as a low comedian, by under- pamphlet,* by Mr. Mallalieu, induces us again to taking the part of Pompey, the clown, in Measure for refer to its subject, the affiirs of La Plata, the im- Measure, at two or three hours' notice, when it was portance of which i s certa i n l y i n an inverse ratio to revived at Drury-lane, with an exce!dingly strong the information current thereon. Mr. Mallalieu's cast, in 1825. His success was unequivocal, as the main objects in this, his second publication, are-1. newspapers of the day will testify. From this time The vindication of General Rosas from the charges we may date his rise, for shortly afterwards he was of Indarte, the Monte Videan press, and Unitarian engaged by Mr. Morris for the Haymarket Theatre, party generally; and. 2. The prevention, if possible, and he made his first appearance there on the 15th of any intervention in the quarrel between Buenos of June, 1829, in an admirable farce, written by Mr. Ayres and Monte Video. In the former Mr. Malta- Poole (the celebrated author of Paul Pry, &c.), and lieu is, we think, eminently successful; hut in the called Lodgings for Single Gentlemen. He has never latter he has not, we confess, persuaded us that it is left this theatre since, but continued playing there against the interest and the honour of England to in the summer, and in the winter at Drury-lane or pacify La Plata. Covent-garden, where he was appointed stage- The question of Rosas's character—which has been. manager during the last season of Mr. Osbaldiston's most unnecessarily dragged into the controversy—is management. In 1837, he became lessee of the one of degree only. That he is a man of blood is, we Haymarket ; his career of management has been very fear, undeniable; but that he is not the monster— profitable, and his gratitude to the public is unbounded the wholesale assassin his political enemies assert, and sincere.—Dramatic and Musical Review. Mr. Mallalieu certainly proves. tie has risen to power, as do most Spanish South American chiefs, by violence ; rules with a strong and unscru pulous arm ; and will only abandon his position when driven from it by' the means he attained it. This, we are inclined to believe, is the ut most that can fairly be charged against him, The accusations of having driven through the streets of Buenos Ayres in a chariot drawn by naked women, of having pickled the ears of one of his opponents as an ornament for his daughter the Senorita Manue lita, of manufacturing in his own house whips out of human skins, of having poisoned four, cut the throats of 3,765, shot 1,397, poinarded 722, and killed otherwise in c o ld blood 1,600 of his opponents, besides sacrificing the lives of 14 920 in battle, assuredly re quire some better testimony to induce belief than In darte, the news-writer of Monte Video, and his very penny-a-line-looking 7'abas de Sangre ; more esfe chilly when Mr. Mallalieu produces evidence that many of the victims recorded in these bloody tablets are still "alive and kicking;" and when this dealer in horrors, " wholesale and for exportation," was, it turns out, a burglar, a larcener, and a forger in his youth. Mr. Mallalieu does not whitewash Roses, but he certainly rubs a good deal of the black from the picture the enemies of that chief have so coarsely and unscrupulously daubed in; and as "the spirit of man" is not "divine" in South America, that is no small service to General Rosas. We can further agree with Mr. Mallalieu in think ing that, on the whole, Rosas' dictatorship has not been prejudicial ',to Buenos Ayres. He upheld the dignity of the Argentine Republic in the quarrel with France, has preserved internal tranquillity, has kept out of debt, and has consolidated the Confederation over which he presides; and under his administra tion both its population and its trade have increased. He has, doubtless, tyrannised over it ; but the alterna. tive in South America seems to be—tyranny or revolution ; and of the two, a Government a little too strong is assuredly preferable. In these respects (and to all who desire authentic information on them, we recommend Mr. Mallalieu's pamphlets), the state of the Argentine Republic is the best refutation to the charges against Rosas, as was the state of Paraguay to the calumnies by which only—and not his many compensating merits—Dr. Francia was known in Europe. Here, however, our concurrence in Mr. Mallalieu's views terminates. The personal character of Rosas and the results of his dictatorship in the Argentine Republic have, in our opinion, little or nothing to do with the larger question of interference in the affairs of La Plata. Neither has, we must also think, that to which Mr. Mallalieu is desirous of tracing the solicitation for our interference—viz., the Monte Video loan jobbing of certain resident English mer chants. We know nothing, except what Mr. Malla lieu tells us of such jobbing, and yet we are the ad vocates of intervention ; and if we can, ignorant thereof, advocate, Lord Aberdeen may surely autho riser it without being chargeable of subserviency to the jobbers. We advocate intervention, because the independence of Monte Video is involved in the success of General Oribe and his ally Rosas; 1. Because we look on the fall of that city as the subjection of the Banda Oriental, really, though not, perhaps, at first nomi nally, to Rosas ; 2. Because such subjection, real or nominal, would move him sovereign of the La Plata, the Uruguay, and the Parana; 3. Be cause such sovereignty would enable, or, at least, greatly assist him to overrun all the ancient viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres; 4. Be cause the extension of his influence or his Go vernment over the Banda Oriental would give him the means, which wo fear he would not be slow to use, of convulsing the internal tranquillity of the empire of Brazil ; 5. Because British media tion and intervention in 1828 established the inde• pendence of the Banda Oriental, and guaranteed its continuance; and, 6. Because the faith of the Bri tish Crown is by implication pledged to Brail for the free navigation of La Plata by the subjects of that empire. With Mr. Mallalieu, we hold interven tion generally to be repugnant to the law of nations; but so good a jurisconsult as he is will see in the sth and 6th of the foregoing reasors irresistible interna tional grounds for intervention in the present case. But Oribe is, Mr. Mallalieu assures us, the law fully elected President of Monte Video, and Ri vera was—for his presidency has now expired— merely a nominee of the foreign residents of that city. We decline sifting the grounds of this assurance; we are content with knowing that Rivera was the de facto President, and that Oribe can only be successful against the people who are said to have elected him, by the arms of Rosas. Oribe is but the tool of Rosas; his triumph will be Rosas's gain. The struggle is not one of disputed presidency ; the real issue is the independence or de pendence of Monte Video. But were it otherwise, England recognised the presidency of Rivera when she concluded with him a treaty of commerce. Sir Robert Peel, it may be recollected, in announ cing on the 6th of February the intervention of Eng land and France, " trusted they would have the con currence of Brazil" To this Mr. Mallalieu objects that Brazil was the prime mover of the intervention. We agree with Mr. Mallalieu that the Premier's wish was unnecessary ; for it is notorious that in tervention was the immediate object of Viscount D'Abrantes' mission to Europe. But who, may we ask Mr. Mallalieu, so deeply interested in the indepen dence of Monte Video as Brazil ? Its downftal would bring Rosas in contact with the Brazilian province of Rio Grande, and place the internal tranquillity of the empire at the mercy of its old enemy, embittered by a knowledge that Brazil has assisted Monte Video in resisting his arms, and has stirred Corrientes up to rebellion against him. Mr. Mallalieu surely could not expect Brazil to be quiescent under such prospects ? Though differing thus materially from Mr. Malla lieu, his pamphlet has, we reiterate, taught us much we were before uninformed of; and if of other English h w a r s it f e o r u s n E d °aSagsencearnoufsa,iralny able, com andplain in him at least he a most successful defender. THE RUSSIA COMPANY. On Saturday evening the Governors of this wealthy and influential Company gave their annual banquet at the London Tavern. Invitations had been sent as usual to all the Cabinet Ministers and other distinguished personages who have hitherto honoured the Company with their presence ; but many of them having pre viously accepted invitations to Parliamentary dinners at Sir B. Peel's and the Speaker's, sent apologies for their unavoidable absence. Nevertheless, the room was well filled with a highly respectable company, consisting of one or two members of the Government, the Russian Embassy, and upwards of a hundred of the most opulent of the merchants of London. The banquet took place in the great dining-room, which was furnished with all the splendour customary on such occasions. The chair was taken by William Astell, Esq., Go vernor of the Company, who was supported on either side by his Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador ; and the Eight Hon. Sir G. Clerk, M.P., Master of the Mint and Vice-President of the Board of Control. _ Among the rest of the company we observed Viscount Canning, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Right Hon. W. B. Baring, John G. S. Lefevre, Esq.; Thomas Macgregor, Esq.; Thomas Masterman, Esq., M.P; A. Pringle, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.; G. W. Hope, Esq., M.P.; H. Stuart, Esq., M.P. ; George Lennox Conyngham, Esq.; Thomas Bidersoll, Esq; W. Cotton, Esq., Governor of the Bank of Eng land ; the Chairman of the East India Company, the Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, It. J. Marchison, Esq.; James Holford, Esq.; Edward Har man, Esq.; D. C. Guthrie, Esq. ; J. Morgan, Esq. ; B. Hawes, Esq.; J. A. Barnes, Esq.; Richard Paris, Esq.; W. Carr, Esq.; J. W. Coa.tswill, Esq.; S. W. Cattley, Esq.; J. Carr, Esq.; G. 'Draper, Esq.; A. Field, Esq. The gentlemen present connected with the Russian Embassy were:—M. de Berg, George Krehmer, Consul; M. de Longuinoff, M. de Kalergi, Capt. 0. Kowoff, Lieut. Abrosoff, Lieut. Pankateiff, Lieut. Lvdokimoff, Lieut. Sokoloff, Lieut. Alexandroff, Rev. E. Popoff, M. La Be linage, M. de Stamel, Rev. E. Smith, late chaplain at Archangel; M. Wegnider, M. J. Paris, &c. After the usual toasts had been given, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia," which, having been drank with all the honours, was followed by the health of his representative, "His Excellency Baron Brunnow." The Baron BRUNNOW, in reply, said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I can assure you that I rise with the deepest feelings of gratitude to thank you for the honour you have conferred upon me, and for this renewal of the kindness I have ever received from the Russia Com pany. On no former occasion have I felt it so strongly as at present, connected as it is with the recent visit of his Majesty the Emperor to this country.—(Cheers.) I need not remind you that last year within these walls, and at the hospitable board of the Russia Company, my respected friend the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, expressed to you his warmest wish and hope that his Majesty would be pleased again to visit this country. Neither need I remind you of the enthu siasm with which you received that suggestion. I re joice that the expectation then entertained has been ac complished —(Cheers.) I rejoice also that it was under my Right Honourable Friend's administration that his Imperial Majesty offered that proof of his friendship to her Majesty the Queen, the proof of his regard to her Majesty's Government, and his proof of confi dence in the British nation.—(Loud cheers.) I say this advisedly, for I remember that his Majesty the Em peror, on landing on the shores of this country, was pleased to express to me his entire reliance on the good feeling with which he expected to be received in this country, where, in his early life, he had received so kind and so hospitable a reception.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I am happy to say these expectations were fulfilled in a manner most gratifying to his Majesty's feelings.—(Renewed cheers) I remember the day during his visit to Windsor, when his Majesty visited Ascot races, and was there pleased to walk down upon the race-course among the crowd, unattended, and without any display, thus evincing entire confidence in the people, and saying he was " glad to be again among the people of England."—(Cheers.) I remember, also; the day when the military review took place at Windsor. On that occasion, when the Noble Duke of Wellington passed before the Emperor at the head of his regiment, his Majesty, prompted by an ebullieion of good feeling, pUt spurs to his horse, and rode up and shook hands with him, thus publicly giving proof of his respect for the Illustrious Duke, and an argument for the con tinuance of the general peace of Europe.—(Cheers.) The Emperor was pleased, also, while in this country, to accept the hospitality of the Noble Duke of Devonshire, where he was surrounded by the chief members -of the British aristocracy, and where he was pleased in personal intercourse to show his regard for all those who, by their eminence in public life and public services, had added so much to the splendour of the throne of this country.—(Cheers.) Again, I shall never forget the day of his Majesty's- de parture. The road from Buckingham Palace to Wool wich was crowded with an immense multitude of people. The river was crowded with ships, steamers, and boats. I can assure you it was a magnificent display of national wealth, activity, and commercial prosperity. The Em peror was delighted. Before taking leave of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Majesty looked down the river and said, " This is the most magnificent view I ever saw." His Majesty also expressed his gratitude for the kindness lie met with, and his sincerest desire for the domestic happiness of her Majesty the Queen, and for the continued prosperity of this country.—(Cheers.) I am unable to add more, but this I can say, that the visit of his Majesty to this country will ever be recollected with delight by his Majesty and his people. The Noble Baron conclnded by proposing " The Health of the Go vernor, and Prosperity to the Russia Company." The GOVERNOR (W. Astell, Esq.) returned thanks, and gave the health of " Sir R. Peel, anti the rest of her Majesty's Ministers." Sir GEORGE CLERK eail if it were matter of regret to the company, as no doubt it was, that owing to those un avoidable causes to which their worthy chairman had alluded, they were deprived of the pleasure of seeing at their table that day all litr Majesty's Ministers, it was doubly a source of regret to him, since he was thus un expectedly called on, and felt himself so inadequately prepared, to respond properly to the toast just proposed. He knew that his Right Hon. Friend Sir R. Peel would have rejoiced to be present, because he felt, as every man must who considered what was conducive to the welfare of the country, that whatever promoted the trade be tween this country and that mighty empire, whose representative they had the honour to see amongst them, must cement the bonds of union between the two nations, and contribute materially to the welfare of all classes of the community.—(Cheers.) But above all, he knew that his Right Hon. Friend would regret his absence on that occasion, since it had de • privet] him of the pleasure which they had enjoyed of hearing that most powerful and effective appeal to their feelings which had just been made by the Russian Am bassador.—(Cheers.) If the manner in which her Ma jesty's subjects did indeed receive that great Sovereign was agreeable t, his feelings, he thought he might ven ture to state, in the name of all present, and of every class of her blajrs - y's subjects, that nothing could be more grateful to them than the confidence which his Itnperial Majesty was pleased to show in them.— (Cheers.) It anything could have added to the pleasure of the Imperial visit last year, it was the utter absence of state on the part of his Majesty, and the exhibition of that confidence in the people of England he was pleased to repose in them.—(Cheers.) He thought he might safely say that nothing would tend more than this visit to cement and render perpetual the bonds of unity and friendship between these mighty empires.—(Cheers.) The following toasts were then given :—" The Go vernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England," ."Ile Governor and the Esst India Company," and " Mr. Masterman and the Members of the City of -London." After giving the toast of " Perpetual amity b: tween Great Britain and Russia" the chair was ya mud and the proceedings terminated. * " Rosas and his Calumniators. The Justice and Policy of a Triple Alliance. Intervention of England, France, and Brazil, in the Affairs of the River Platt, considered in Letters tl the Right lion. the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.S. By Alfred Alallalieu, Esq."—Atitts. The 'Attorney-General and Lady Follett, accom panied by their two eldest daughters . ar r i ve d i n P ar k- s t ree t on Saturday night, front Italy The Learned Attorney- General's health has greatly improved, indeed, Ire may say, been restored, Became from Italy by way of Marseill e s and Paris. Sir William had an interview, on Sunday, with Sir Robert Peel. e to announce Tuesday last, the D d E et A n T i demise of o o f F L I 4T D A Y s - h A t s o l ‘ i v i n ( , ) I N to • x ll p r i e r e h d a o v n at Woodlaw, the family seat in county Galway. Her Lady ship was youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Phillips Corby, and married 29th of August, 1831, Lord Ashtown, by whom her Ladyship leaves a youthful family. The deceased Lady was in her 35th year. TUE VACANT GARTER.—We understant that the garter, vacant by the death of the Marquis of West ninster, has been conferred on the Marquis Camden. The late re•. vered Marquis was a knight of that illustrious order. THE MENDICITY SOCIETY.—The proceedings of this benevolent ir.stitution for the first quarter of 1845 have been advertised, and at once show its efficiency and the re gard in which it is held by the poor. The statistics show that a large amount of relief has been granted, and a strong case for the support of the public is made out, HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 3. The SPEAKIIR took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The Bridgewater Navigation and Railways Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to 1):! committed. The Thames Navigation Debt Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the Man chester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. H. JOHNSTONE, the Cale donian Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition in favour of the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill. On the motion of the Noble Lord the Bill was read a second time, and ord red to be committed. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER, the Devonport Gas Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be co:nmitted. On the motion of Mr. CIIRISTOPIIER, the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. 11. lIINDE brought in the Newcastle and Dar lington Branch Railway Bill, which VMS read a first and ordered to be read a second time. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. ASTELL moved the second reading of the Len don and York Railway Bill. Mr. M. MILNES would not, as it was understood that the second reading should take place pro forma, and the discussion be taken in the Commit tee, offer any opposition at the present moment. He might as well, however, take that opportunity of mentioning that there were rumours abroad of an agree ment having been made between this and a competing line, calculated to injure the interests of private pro perty. The arrangement, as he understood, con sisted of these terms :—" You shall give up a certain number of objections which you have made ' to our line, and we will give up a similar number of oh jections which we have made to yours." Now there could be no doubt such an arrangement as this was in jurious to private property, particularly as these under takings have the advantage of possessing great influence and immense capital. It behoved Par liament, therefare, to see that these abuses were act tolerated, and it would be as well that some step should be taken to give parties whose rights would be injured by such an agreement, notice that they had full power to bring all their claims before the Committee on Standing Orders. If such a course as this were adopted it would effectually prevent the rights of private property being injured in other instances by similar undertakings. Sir J. YARDE BULLER knew nothing of the merits of the Bill, but as chairman of the Committee on Standing Orders, to which the petition on the Bill was referred, he could state that the standing orders had been strictly complied with.—(llear.) Whether such an arrange• ment as that meaaioned by the Hon. Member had been come to out of doors was not for him to say—all that he could state was, that no petition whateve r alle g in g any non-compliance of the standing -c,rders was brought before the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) With any such arrangement, of course , t he y had nothing to do; but as far as ordinary care was concerned, he could state, that the Committee used their exertions to arrive at a proper conclusion. The line passed through from 200 to 300 parishes, and the general impression left upon the minds of 09 committee was, that the vase for the Bill had been got up with A commendable degree of care.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill wai then read a st mad time. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNO that it was not proper to disclose the progress of the nego tiation. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman must feel that our relations were not with the House of Representatives. While he quite agreed wiTh the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman as to the impropriety of using . such language, he trusted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman and the House would not infer that her Majesty's Government were not deeply sensible of the importance of the question. DIVETT asked the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) if, in connexion with this subject he had seen a remarkasle c xpression contained in the work of M. de Moprat, now publishincr in Paris, on California, in which he states that he had examined the Oregon question, and states his conviction of the perfect justice of the English claim. The French writer said:—" II Taut avouer que cette fois la raison et le droit, sont de leur cote." Sir R. PEEL was understood to say that he had not seen the work allug!ed to, and that the lion. Member should hare given him notice of his question. • Mr. 13LE WITT sa ki it was ra th er s i ngu l ar t h e in formation should have come from the United States, in stead of through their own Government. Sir R. PEEL thought her Majesty's Government were quite justified in withholding the correspondence. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion for reading the order of the day for going into Committee of Ways and Means, S'r W. CLAY having presented a petition from a number of sugar refiners, relating to the change in the sugar duties, saint, the amendment, of which he had given notice, would be most appropriately moved on the third resolution, and he trusted the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not press them through so rapidly as not to afford proper time for the discussion of his amend ment. The crder of the day was then read, the Speaker left the Chair, and the House resolved itself into a Com mittee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in addition to the notice be had on the paper with respect to the sugar duties, there was another to which he wished shortly to call the attention of the Muse; it was with respect to the Consolidated Fund Bill. In consequence of Easter falling at so early a period of the year there would not be the necessary funds, and as the resolution was an ordinary vote, and one to which there was no objection, he hoped, as that resolution was the foundation of a Bill, the House 'would allow it to pass without any opposition. WIND )W-TAX. On the question that the resolution that 8,000,0001. be granted to her Majesty, Mr. HUNIE rose. He wished to know whether the Right lion. Baronet, upon the Committee moved for by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath being appointed to ingaire into the window duties, he would have any ob jection to allow that Committee to take into its consi deration the propriety of substituting a house-tax forit? He had looked lately seriously into the question, and he felt no doubt that the most serious consequences arose from the window• tax. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the question was one of great importance, and one that he could not satisfactorily discuss in answer to a question. It must be remembered that there were in existence at the same time a house and a window duty. The House had at that time the option of taking off the window or the house duty ; it preferred taking off the house duty. He did not think it would be wise to discuss the question further now. Mr. HUME said it should be recollected that when half the window-tax was taken off, it was promised the other half should be taken off also at a future period. He, therefore, thought that was no ground for the Right lion. Gentleman declining to answer the question. Captain PECHELL wished to know if the Hon. Gen tleman had any objection to lay before the House the number of appeals which had been made against the window duty The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said such a return would be attended with so much difficulty and trouble, that it would be almost impossible to make it. Mr. HUME expressed his surprise that no return was kept at the tax-office of the number of appeals. Were there no records kept of these matters ? If not, there was something wrong in the management. He would respectfully submit that if those documents to which he alluded could not be had, there was something seriously wrong in that department. He conceived that a correct record ought to be kept, for he was aware that a great deal of vexation and trouble attended this mode of taxation, and therefore, on that ground, he was the more surprised that no record of the discipline he men tioned had been kept. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it appeared to him that the Honourable Member was not aware of the state of the law in this respect. Until a very late period the parochial authorities were not obliged by law to keep any such records; and, there fore, not having kept them, it would be impossible to supply them now satisfactorily. Mr. BERNAL said, as the House was on the sub ject, he would beg ta call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government to the subject of the general mode of collecting the taxes. —(Hear, hear.) There was a crying evil in the shape of what were called "surcharges.' This was a great cause of complaint • but those who were the victims of it were often compelled to bear with it, and submit to the sacrifice, as their business would not rermit their attendance and loss of time required by an appeal. Then, with regard to the collectors of the assessed taxes, he knew several of them who, though they paid but sixty or seventy pounds a-year as a per centage, paid as much to a deputy, which the collector explained by saying he undertook the office with a view to procuring a few addi tional customers. This was his reason fore asking,. why should any man undertake the responsible duty-of a tax-collector unless there was some it ducement to him much stronger than the remuneration he received? and hence the abuses of the present system, which he conceived ought to be inquired into. He thought the whole system was bad, and ought to be revised. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the present system of collec tion was bad. In one case which respected himself, when he asked where he should pay in the tax, he was told that the collector attended in his office only once a week, and when he inquired why that wis so, he was told by the collector that he was only paid by a small per tentage, and could not afford to devote any more time. Mr. HUME thought that no collector ought to be al. lowed to appoint a deputy. He knew in his own parish that when the collector sent in the amount of the tax, he wrote on the other side that he had tea, or salt, or candles, or something else to sell, and in this way be thought he could get customers. He thought this ought not to be allowed. He thought that the appointment should he made by the Government, and that there should be no intermediate appointment by the Commissioners. he hoped that some Hon. Member would make a motion on the subject. Mr. W. WILLIAMS was surprised to hear his Hon. Friend complain that these taxes were collected too cheaply. If the Government could get proper security for the safety of the money, he thought they were per fectly right in getting the collection made as cheaply as possible. He did not see how the Chancellor of the Exchequer could prevent persons from endeavouring to promote their own business while engaged in the col iced, n of the taxes, and he was moreover of opinion that he had no right to do so. Mr. lIUSIE had not objected to the cheapness but to the mode of the collection. What he complained of was that those persons who did not deal with the tax gatherer were liable to be surcharged. TION RAILWAY. On the motion of Sir J. C. 110131IOUSE, this Bill was read a second time. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the borough of Lambeth, in favour of the South-Western Extension Railway. TE NIPERANCE. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from se• veral place s, against the sae of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. Sir JOINT OWEN STANLEY presented petitions from sevcral places, in favour of Temperance Societies. LAND-TAX. S . r WILLIAM IIEATHCOTE presented a petition from Basingstoke and several other places in the county of S;)uthampton, praying fur relief from the taxes on land and agricultural produce, and stating that when the value of their produce was reduced by taxation or adverse circumstances, they were obliged to keep th it labourers and support ;hem, while the ma nufacturers Were enabled to discharge them. On this ground they conceived themselves entitled to relief. MALT-TAX. Lord RENDLESHANI presented a petition from se veral places in the county of Suffolk, praying for a re peal of the malt-tax. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY (DISS DEVIATION). On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. M. GIBSON moved that this Bill should be read a second time that day fortnight. This Bill had been reported against by the Board of Trade, a❑d he thought it ought not to be read a second time until the report of the Board of Trade was before the House. Lord JOCELYN seconded the motion. Lord HO Wit:a thought the object of the Honourable Member for Manchester would be met by the resolutions of the Railway Committee, v% hich would be presented to-morrow. Mr. BROTHERTON said, whether these resolutions were passed or not, it could make little or no difference, and therefore he would have no objection to support the amendment. Mr. BARING—The course suggested by the Hon. Member opposite was one that bad reit been adopted iu reference to any other Bil!, and therefore he (Mr. Baring) could not see why it should be adopted in re ference to this Bill. He conceived that all the purposes would be answered by the resolutions of to morrow. Sir R. INGLIS was of opinion that the consideration of the Bill should not be postponed for so long a time. Mr. HA WES conceived that, as no other Bill would be aff,icted by the motion, no objection could be made to it. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would bring forward the Bill for a second reading in the usual course, for he could not sea why this Bill should not be placed in the same position as others. Mr: WODELIOUSE would beg leave to Fay be con ceived that, under all the circumstances, the postpone ment would be the most equitable course. Mr. H. W. B. COLLETT—As the London and York Bill had passed sub silentio. he could not see why this little Bill should not be permitted to pass in the same way. Mr. GIBSON, after a few words, withdrew his amend ment. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he would postpone his motion with regard to sugar, which stood on the paper fur to-day. OPENING OF LETTERS IN THE POST.OFFICE. Mr. T.DUNCOMBE gave notice that, immediately after Easter, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the inviolability of letters passing through the Post-oilice.—(llear.) Air. SHIM - . gave notice that he would on Tuesday, the 11th of March, move a resolution expressing the regret of the Ilouse that letters addressed to foreign( rs residing in this country had been opened in the Post office without their knowledge or sanction, and that cer tain information with regard to the disturbances in the Papal states should have been communicated to a foreign power.—(hear, hear.) PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that he would, in Com mittee on the Bill for the continuance of the property and income-tax, move three clauses—one to enable all per sons to deduct from the profits of trade all sums of money paid to their own families for the purpose of carrying on the trade, which otherwise would have been paid to other persons ; also a clause to enable persons to deduct the amount of their poor-rates and other rates from their income ; and a third clause, deducting the amount of insurance upon life, and also the amount of expendi ture on articles necessary for carrying on the trade, though such articles might occasionally be used for other purposes. TOBACCO DUTIES. Mr. HAWES wished to direct the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to a recommendation which had been made, and to an expectation which was generally entertained, that some alteration would be made in the tobacco duties, and to ask if it was the in tention of the Government to make any such alterations? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was aware that great anxiety existed on the subject, and was, therefore, much obliged to the Honour able Gentleman for having put to him the question. He was aware that it had been re commended that a difT6rential duty should be imposed, so as to make a distinction between leaf tobacco and the other sorts of tobacco ; but he had to state that it was not the intention of the Government to make any alteration at present in the duties on tobacco. TALLOW DUTIES. Mr. POULETT SCROPE, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet in his place, would put the question of which he had given notice on Friday, on the subject of the tallow duties. The present import duty on foreign tallow was 3i. 4d. the cwt., but there was also an export duty in Russia on leaving that country. There was a rumour that the Russian Government was willing to take off the export Cuty on tallow if the import duty were taken off in this country. The duties united amounted to 15 or 20 per cent. on the value of the tallow imported. In looking over the list of the 250 articles from which it was proposed to remove the import duty, he found tallow was omitted. There were, however, a great many articles which were either infe rior sorts of tallow, or were used as substi tutes fur that article from which the duty was to be re moved, such as, for instance, grease, which was an interior sort of tallow ; hogs'-lard, which was swine tallow ; whale oils, animal oils, various sorts of vegetable oils—all these were used as substitutes for tallow in the manfacture of soap, and some of them in the manufacture of candles ; and if the duty were not removed from tallow, it would operate as a serious burden upon the consumers of this article. It was material, therefore, to ascertain if the Right Hon. Gentleman purposed taking off the duty on tallow when some arrangement should be come to with the Russian Government on the subject, or if he had fully re nounced the idea of taking off the duty on tallow. He wished, therefore, to ask if any negotiations were going on with the Russian Government on the subject of the removal of the export duty on tallow? Sir R. PEEL said he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would excuse him from giving any answer respecting the intentions of the Government. He always objected to answer any questions respecting the future exemption from duty of articles of trade, as those answers tended to produce great derangements of trade. With respect to the question with which the Right Hon. Gentleman concluded, he had to state, that no negotiations were pending with Russia respecting the removal of the export duty on tallow in that country, on condition of the re moval of the import duty here. GASIE-LAWS. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY wished to ask the Hon. Member for Salford, who had, he believed, in the absence of the Hon. Member for Durham, the management of the question of the game-laws, when it was his intention to nominate the Committee ? Mr. BROTIIERTON sail it had been his intention to move the appointment of the Committee that night, but understanding that there would be some opposition to that course, he should postpone it for a few days. WAYS AND MEANS. On the order of the day fur going into a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. ROEBUCK said he wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) a question, of which he had given notice. The subject to which he would call his attention was the negotiation now going on between this country and the United States on the subject of the Oregon territory. He wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection, on the part of her Majesty's Government, to lay he negotiation, as far as it had proceeded, before the House. The reason Which induced him to ask that question was to be found in the present state of circumstances in the United States with regard to this very question. He did not desire to cast any slur on the conduct of a great nation like the United Statos, or to use any language which might excite angry feelings; but it could not be unknown to the Right Hon. Gentleman—for it was known to all the world—that a Bill had already passed the House of Representatives with regard to the Oregon territory. He always considered that the Oregon territory which had been already the subject of so much dispute was yet to be considered as a matter on which no settlement had been made, in fact, an open question He understcod that it was likely a Bill would pass through the House of Representatives for the purpose of making the Oregon what was commonly called .'territory." The course pursued by the House of Representatives seemed a most extraordinary one. The English were not a people accustomed to bluster or express themselves in a bullying manner, whilst negotiations were yet pending ; but it must be a pparent . to evcry b?dy that this was a most extraordinary proceeding. Foreign nations should know whether these proceedings f arose from the weakness of the Governmetrtt:vaotrah attentivelyro otherm causes. He thought it became the progress of events in s i mera ie u a r ti , s s he s io n v d :::ie w aiat. h eef i s l t s toh t inee N ( v x.m e loner t o r ea i ssi t i s ;su te t ! to their probity, not to divest I opinion,pr c ourv‘va would h n .e tinterests.hat the United lf at all to any territory west of the Rocky Mountains. At present he would not carry the matt, r further than to express a strong feeling against the male of proce eding_, and to ask the Governm e nt if t h ey were determined to leave us ia the dark regardinr , the pro ceedings in the United States? Sir ROBERT PEEL said the ion. and Learned Gen tleman had correctly stated the proceedings which had taken place in the United States in reference io the Oregon territory. A convention bad taken place between this country and America, in 1818, gua ranteeing that neither party were to occupy the territory for ten years. The term expired in 1826, and a fresh agreement was entered into of the same nature, which expired iu 1833, without" any definite arrangement having been made. With respect to the question as to the negotiation with the United States, lie was sure the Hon, and Learned Gentleman would agree with SU GAR DUTIES. The resolution having been put from the Chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would not be necessary for him to occupy the time of the House at any great length, inasmuch as, on previous discussions, they had decided on the propositions which . he should have to submit to them. They had decided that a differential duty should be imposed in favour of colonial sugar; and with regard to foreign sugar, they had decided on the imposition of a duty of 10s. 6d. in favour of sugar, the produce of free labour, over that which was slave grown. Only one ether point had arisen, which had been discussed on the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Beverley, the other evening. It appeared, with regard to that point, that it was the opinion of the House that further time should be given for the consideration of the question, and that it would be better that the consideration of the subjcet should be deferred until the Committee on the Bill. Until that period, therefore, he would not enter into details on the subject. With respect to the intro duction of the words " sugar of equal quality to clayed,' he did not see that there was any objection. But, with respect to the further words suggested, he was still of the opinion he had expressed the other evening, that the insertion of those words would create greater difficulties than their omission. As these words were understood at present, ho believed there would be little objection to them; but, at the same time, having made inquiries on the subject, both with respect to the practice of London and other parts of the country, he should be prepared in Com mittee to state both the decision to which the Gov e r nment had come, tha m t on th th e and the grounds of that dec ision. He had al ready stated that the 14th of the p resent i t e h h u thus he allowing one proposed for those who had h ad su g ar on hand to dis p ose of thei r r m e o so n i t u h ti wasons should the pertiaokde effect, a t stock. (The Right Hun. Gentleman then proposed the amended scale of duties to come into operation on the 14th of March.) Mr. WILLIAMS had hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consent to extend the time be apndersrounignoNuvsholosdseawltouilnd s b u e ga s r u . stai H ne e d v and the 14th of March. If he did not, he could assu r e him by th ou s a a n g d r s e o at f still trusted that the Right Hon. Gentleman would consent to extend the time to the Ist of April, or, at least, to the 25th of March. Mr. HAWES was quite sure the House, when a few simple facts were laid before them, would see the pro priety of modifying and altering the plan proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was full of hardship. The Hon. NI ember then read a letter from an eminent mer • cull' le house in the City, in which the writer sought for him self, and on behalf of his trade, permission to clear off duty- paid sleek before the Right lion. Gentleman's plan came into operation. This writer declared that i n the et ent of the Bill hying carried, his house would ose to the amount of 2,0001. The house was the most respectable in the city of London. With regard to what had fallen from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he understood that he would pass his resolutions through the Committee, reserving to himself the opportuit7 of stating his precise intention with regard to the thaws. If he was still going to maintain the principle of a distinctive duty according to the quality, he was bound to say so to the House. If, on the other hand, he would admit there was a practical difficulty is the way of arriving at a satisfactory arrangement, as to ascertaining the quality of the sugar, then he was bound to state the fact, that they might know what they were to do. He did not know what court© the lion. Member foi• Beverley (Mr l tlogg) ~ \ a