The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-18 00:00:00

prE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION &RIPS C OMPANY'S splendid an d powerful first-class STEAM are poted to LONDON IiAMBURap in 11, carryingleave her Majesty's for— Mails —Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. ... ROTT ERDAM, carryi ng h er Majesty's Mails—frein Blackwall 4very Wednesday and Saturday, at a Quarter to Ton, Morning. ANTWERP —From Brunswick Pier, Blackwell—Every Thurs day, at Tan, Morning.HAvßE —Fro St. Katharine's Wh ar f—E very Sunday, at Eight, Stonin g. - OFrom London Brid ge Wh ar f , f or— OSTEND_Every— Wednesday and S a t ur d ay M orn i ng. CALAIS — GE Every Thursday and S a t ur d ay M orning. Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. .1.113.A.11 ,--Every Tuesday and Friday, a t Ei g ht , M orn i ng. R.MOUTII—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening. EDIN'BURGII—From Brown's Wharf, Poplar—February 19, 22, aki March 1, at Ten, Evening. From Down's Wharf, for— XEWCASTLE—Evcry Saturday, at Eight, Evening. . i . __ _Between DOVER and BOULOGNE—The Magician and City of To sectira - Berths, ' 0441 00, Dail,. P_arture, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, for Freight and Bills containing hours of •••nent-eireus and 35, Leadenhall-street. GRESHAM. AVENUE ASSOCIATION. 24tti Inst., proceed to Not' ice ' Provisionsll, - lte ,, istered. kereby given that the Committee will, on MONDAY, the the ALLOT the SHARES in this Association amongst "Ftweants. By order of the Committee, W. C. CRANE, Secretary, 30,'gucMersbur3•, Feb. 15, 1845 r' RIS and SAINT QUENTIN RAILWAY Qt COMPANY, pi tai, „ _ Jib function on the Great Northern Railway, at CREIL. ,000,000 francs, or 1,400,000/. ; in 70,000 Shares of 500 francs, or 201. each. Deposit, 50 francs, or 21. per share, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. rm. , ons. J. Cordier, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. 'a 1.., E Le Marquis H enry D e D i on, Landed Proprietor (Pr0.."...T4 .. " ... T4 1 prietaire). S i Rysaeus, jun. B an k er, P ar i s. = c A. 11. Neville, Civil E ng i neer , P ar i s. o Th.. to •iv • Graham, Esq., Merchant, London. 31°,18. Musias, Landed Proprietor (Proprikaire)• D e Beaupuv, L an d e d Proprietor (Proprietaire). Sir Joshua Walinsiey, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead wi ill . Railway Sce. ain jacks " ,, Esq, Chairman of the Chester and Birken head Railway, &c. Xtsar s , x t _ BANKERS. .I'''4,llB,jun. and Co., Paris ; Smith, Payne, and Co., London ; , Engi ne Bank of Liveool, Liveol. -Thr • M• Bendel, Esq., F. R. rp S., Vice President of the Institute Solicito si,eo,r—,, 1 , of Civil Engineers. Pro • Borradaile, Esq., 20, King's Arms-yard, l London. for Lalare ar :"eS and forms o which to ni , alic the app tea to , 20 liing' s s . A ; Ow ready, at the n temporary offices of the Company „ P•S—x S- Yard, London. abtre,,,,,2,9llPlications for Shares will be attended to except on the '" ol l , ed forms. 88tX and SUFFOLK RAILWAY ?rem , al l , TIIET FORD to theCOMPANY EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY -444Tk IELD, near CHE LMSFORD, and thence to the port of MALDON. Capital 750,000/. in 30,000 251. Shares. Deposit 21. ?I. " I" IIY Register er hare. s pursuant to 7 S and 8 Vic, cap. 110, sec. 4. dl h. „ . --. ` " PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. 11 1 R . har IE a Foxearth Hall, Essex -'' - • d-I Grove, Essex 11 Tl, Rouen Alfred, Esq., Balling ci.. eva, Robert, Req., the Bank, Bury, and Sudbury and Rougham, .. Stiffolk idlund t en, Thomas, Esq., lb • r,,,r""rt, Stenhen Esq., Market-hill, Stu ury . Cranmore, Melford Ch by John, Manufacturer, Long Melford, Suffolk. Yeeland. Rev. W. Coyte, Rector of Chilton arding, Charle s , Esq., Great Benny, Essex nitchcock, Thomas, Woolstapler, Lavenliam James, John, 'Manufacturer, Sudbury Jones, Thomas, Esq., Ald erman, Sudbury Ring, Isaac Esq., Wickham Hall, Essex sklLambert, Richard, Esq., Lystoil Hall, Essex ason, Maurice, Esq., S u db ury •sta Mford, George, Esq., Lavenham THElitirraY, Alexander, Esq., Eriswell Mildenhall, Suffolk ~Lesgrave, William, Merchant, Sudbury 3 IAYOR OF SUDBURY ottidge, G eorge, Esq., Castle Hedinglianl l'attlson, Captain, Maldon, Essex pe ck, William, Esq. Lavenham Eratt, Thomas, Esq: Otten Belchamp ZYMond, Samuel Milbank, Esq., Belehamp Hall, Essex 11.4 41 „ °t11, Rev. Oliver, Restor of Middleton and Vicar of Balmer sike"s, Esq., Ivy Hill, Margaretting Spert., j „ °h ! , Esq., Sudbury Ste w .' .eerge, Es., Attwood Halstea.d Ta, art, p,. Esq, fork -terrace Re - ent's Park 'Mel, Thomas James Es ' Three Ash Althorne, near Maldon, ..,. 41,1 Bedford -place, Lon' iltriZer, Thomas, Woolstapler, Lavenhant Wrigt, William Esq., r ' Ge°r ge. Esq., Over Hall, Guestingthorpe Eyston Hall, Essex With power to ad I to their number. Mess lessrs Oakes BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street. Messrs , Strachan, Sir J. D. Paul, and Co., Strand. , Bevan, and Co., Bury and Sudbury. rs. Sparrow and Co., Maldon and Halstead. . Messrs. "neatrkar —Robert Mapletoft, Esq., Stansted, Suffolk. Messrs. G .. Stev ens and Fearon, SOLICITORS. I, Gray's Inn-square, London. G. W . Andrews, 11-lsted,-Messrs. Sperling Thetford liram t LOCAL AGENTS. Sudbury. 4, ree—llenry Jackson, Esq. and Harris, T,'lq°e—'%Villiam Codd, jun., Esq., and Messrs. Crick. —.Messrs Clarke and Son. SURVEYORS. Me ssrs. G. E. Madden and J. 0. Browne. , 71,- bt,j i r,Dror, o ,„,, ~. PROSPECTUS. Ilil -44 t for,'" Lille (which has long been projected, and is now tk e by the ard / In oil the rejection of the London and Norwich Direct kt t Z e sil th e - ,,;.'a rd of Trade), is intended to form a connecting link ch„, -11 % co„„'",?rivich and Brandon railway at Thetford, and the at,.,o2isford,"Lies line, at or near Hatfield (about four miles from t zt ."on, t C,' , whence it will be continued to the town and port of Ilt4Lof he°„airoodating in its course the important and populous ta e , t 7 , , 110,-"Y,,,_St. Edmunds, Lavenham, Long 3felford, Sudbury, cati o „,rect ~.'"fg, Braintree, and Mahlon, and forming at once the t. ' reef "'to economical line to Norwich, and opening a commum .. at - oti e fret ke ll the fertile agricultural interior of Essex and the Sea. I letr: el4l ge..,_ th e illaP of the district through which the line passes 1 4:N 11 ; 1 ' 0 11s i h - "`. that the communication between Norwich and the be b..,liich - t rl follow the old coach route through . the a populous s kr i n agi nett t, at traffic has contributed to foster, and it c n hardly , li t ~,e c a by i; a .. ,,t eXisting interests will be permitted to be en y irap,,," 4 is i n i' `o., version into other channels. P l iblic. - "ee to °.,` vi ew, therefore this line may be considered of vital an, "St 1a,.,... tine various tow;is near which it passes, but to the „Na l . se it also , lit. •aao Offers considerable inducements as a means of t hect, eo t°, 'is of t , ~ ..1 1t ri With the '°eking, Braintree, and Halstead, are all con +o Sial the ' silk trade, and the intercourse existing between irtativb,ek otrhethotrivpdreceees utthseehel‘mfae Part'cse „I,'° Port of 3laldon is even now very . extensive. 1 ) don branch (which is an integral e em all ots _Carriage from about . or -1 4 sr e ' of of great Bs m . 6d. to 2s. per i t ‘ o v n ill , thus 'llaa,t,' coke, , “ 3 trade, and materially augmenting the imports broduu,!s, and thllio, oil-cake, tar, wool, ai o ldether e a n griea ttraut. ai Th,'• . ' e xPorts of corn, flour, 1 e t; ' , 11 ,, , 71 0 w ill • - wfla e '„ -- 441 ( 1 0 -- also secure at the same time the exte t n h s e iv d e is t t r a f ee c h lio ',' raor q b arl d Hengey Hundred and Chelmsford, -44 14,"cr lin e e than bY the coach road. Moth . •s aords the same advantages, as even , supposing Par shlott,esThofilis ( 1 1 , 4 1 1 , (1 , :t il lI t i Sheldon and Chelms °rd to via \-Vitc,lion one line from Braintree to Chelmsford, and Nie s. a rlie w"" Lim to 3 laldon, the whole of• the . . be lost the distance being increased 15 et a lOn sac O riti n e e e arl o y f " Til e a''llis l .2vaY (e quivalent an to d , s s a a ; e l3 t o h , e oo c o7.) s , t a ni t 'ninth, rou gh weep Thetford and Chelmsford. . 44 01¢f, 1 41111'f. ,t)r Sudbury is also connected with the silk and r 3,1 .0 11, t o " e w `r i e, but is supplied with heavy goods by the Stour /14 %1 lin e Nth ch this line will prove an important feeder. & Ilk ') 44 4() . 4 ,-bria erto Proposed crosses the valley of the Stour below t h ' uler, h p to the east of the town, by a lohg and expensive irdi : 4 ttg a ., il talling a heavy outlay, and risking an oppos the th e at ' 4 l O the tow' and the great probability of penning back sta. ) , -, .e ii kt ; orth4 t wv•ti of Ballingdon. The pr. sent line (wit a. at - ' 4 l's , ° West r!cl) crosses the valley to the west of the tow n, htli l °f g Nil Dollit, on a short timber viaduct, avoiding all possi ii°o4)'4bi 8: ‘ ,9 4 with the navigation which does not extend above hie "in g a serious expenditure, g and all danger from the ' ''''lls the llair ° r Lon d o bet.. ?ta to , g llelford and Lavenham are engaged In the ii 0 ki ,' , it of acure, and in woolsOpling, &c., and would enjoy ' 1 , 4 aA: che4,clugick c ommunicatfon both with Norwich and Lon ,,-°llls'i.r* a- supply of coal and other heavy goods from the ' . il,et t - ,o wtl 6 m h lch 1 4 • V tli1,7,, fill irY this line affords at once the most direct commu le'.so..pro;lll. r,,,d-ri'vn,lch_and London, .and N b v t i•th the port of Lynn, with -:toeiglwi":lllttitth,pelissr:bl.;37ll:stth bewolooli,e,to, routesh...,,,fi, a consid_ era e intercourse ; and it will roaungl f i from 1 armonth and Norw ch to the t. .. l _lst, aci t,fth, \ tivieclutring; a large port i l i o , n u of that tragic in con- Bi inhabited a‘ district, as is the t h , l l 4 rltclat e - ‘;`'°ildon and N'-oarweli thinlydirect line, this Railway will p tolm ' Population of upwards of 150,000 souls, seven Oh 41 litr e ', and (krrlik.,. eat. ~_ three boroughs, returning each two Members ithi t , ct-q a ,,, The in termediate traffic, therefore, particularly , o rtvi e t.sour c. ',,NVill be very considerable, and will form a line to a. tivaca„ ' ernolinnent, not possessed by any other line to the - "' not -l ' t lY of ~,,, Ve Bt elily t.,, Paisengers, a considerable income will be de tirli figs, cleao ut oro silk and other manufactured goods, but front , 1,7 dead '8 o r corn, flour, wool, malt, &c., beasts, sheep, Ilt" eu, !neat and poultry, which are annually sent Th ey . district ; and from East Norfolk, to the London tip oi i7 f0u t) .,.., tOt to s- " i ng Sii,,, (I°otl7,trkftic. .Mary of actual Existing Traffic may be relied try To tm .... . ......... .... . _ De 4 t 'aftic aet 40 .-• ••••• • .. , ..... - , rorki ttg mr cent. 'for maintenance of way, li • et e4Peas% .D."Ter, Management, and other tg 4411 041 •••• • • • . , ON r„, profit, 1 ,„ fop, , ab t 'qUired . ''''ng about 6.3 i per cent. on the _ 6 tobiZthe ve is w • •• • ........ • £50,691 3 Rtoe... s oar e ,_ , ithout calculating upon any anticipated Increase nbei:lttlotathistecllngN'itill'eclern°,lr;ogTlT yg,,,N e ' r -h c ic e i t i tt. there is no doubt w b 11,, tt . 31aj don ,I;the line, as at present laid down, including the . 4:fitrt y ° , l , 53 miles, Miles in length) is—to Bury, about 41 mile t s l , h i rea l .,_tlier e ~'' It does not interfere with any ornamen , 1 t eZ" b IY 1:-_, e n° engineering difficulties, and the gradients 4 -41 1, c,e f leeted t r ex ; and the total cost, including stations, & b c l . e , 14 i13* Its'lglrles enceed, 13,000/. a mile, leaving a consideraex -I,llotr. Ss es t i ,e - ertetizlio..s_tio p cl u b i t, to s e u k p , pe P r a t r t i l a te m te e t n e t r a e r:, , and incidental its ex h4 h, ' Whlle,''-‘-'n-the r ecognised principle of protection t a e s ct7m u n ch to u . p v o . e n sted k.. t he/sZ o , 24 4 , 4 2-' O O Far from being inimical to the lines it joins, it ti ,!ot ‘ e ,7 l ell ; _rt Preventing a diversion of the greater part and , I ,?tyb s.. 03 ~".ispoandon traffic to the Eastern Union line, als , l th ' , o s tt "!lti .ore ' , s l ,! eirtant feeder to the Eastern Counties Railway, ti7 t fott r Z e rib er Iv. l l l l ll r line than the present coach traffic. A,, 44, 11en ' e"t• Inter liable beyond th amount of his subscription, te,....•P1ie„, - . - .04 pi th ~eB f Will be allowed on deposits and calls until ‘re,... ,10, the an, 'oksiirt•7,r,..soieitersfor sh_are; to be made, in the annexed form, to the slll'l'the,t_ngiriort„_:Jert local agents, and to D. 31'Neil, Esq., Angel -I„zeeti, 114.1'.;"oe,wrect, London ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, %el l bri st T attles j es , , Esq., Liverpool Messrs. Collinson and 11 '''' 41 E1 °1 °f any anlies°n, Esq., Leeds ; and Messrs. Tate and lat t ) . / 4 Y be obtatne°,fwhoni detailed prospectuses, with a plan of 411 0t \v t... it h n e' l ls equen co a -41 t o -o, ber c_ 0, arrangements which are being entered 4Pplicant"suiPany, a limited number of Shares only can be • £48,766 3 10 .• •• •• •••• 35,719 1 11 •••••••• • • • • • • • • 33,794 2 3 T o r I lk p Po k._ equ ts . r slisi c ,, a , 7; 1 of Application for Shares. ht:ZI e " that 3,,,14 nlYnittee of the Essex and Suffolk Railway. il :tt , m u ;ari a ci tid i s u r ro l i nt all it o a t u r nwe shares in the pro -1,417_11,14.1 all aY , on the terms mentioned in the to agiLec to take all such shares, or so many thereof 4 tui r Parti ttra ; l 2:?, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to V c l SO to do":4rY contract and Subscribers' agreement, Warne-- Description Residence Date Refer ling share the brokers on :o°, i ther is rend to nun ity : as r equiring bstL ei ; _f or after thot the business I c hange till the sts are thus re . ° _,l to the interes ted biancheater• CERDAI) ta ', the receip of 11 as by laud I s the same 0 18 3" ere From Ireland arrivals ancl„fn as well as 1 77, e received Oa!, tands were poo cO The attendan; no 'mac s 11/I° os ig li s h Wheat ipported in 8 7, ra s with difge,...j,. lA' heats was sm all. S . el! c : s ii :: , arre ncies,. o 6o is passing lll Tye st n orains. to ss y a, was not USin their °P!':;., rZ n est, at g as i st. Th ere tiler Malt. A l so "ples wof Oat co, , at prov i r g „ yet off her" li f e. s very ina c 4.SURE. 646 to 6$ Mier • • • • • Mire and 231 ;h• •2 Feed. 2'48 O. 1a1;d ' 12 8 ck •• 916 lnie. • • ••• 2 „ 3 26 , f!,°, Feed. •• • ; 5 , 31 ,2 ; *** *** .. 3 80 310 .. • 351 4° .... 36 , ...... 401 i- mad e.• 33 0 $.O Norfallc N BOND: 2 ,004 0 90 4 '• • • • 2s l • • •• ' . 2 11 titan .•• •• • „„, • • •• •• •• fro ° of live stn mtensive Pr o 90 sent seasoe, „ 136 Sheer a y there ,f_Zitere ) 1e of vfliw"froi ll n ding ra t es ; t h a t the foil" • led : 18 44 . 3,710 1,1 55 55 2,8 0 6 27 1 efo 1111 0 6 015 Ur .% 3 1%101 0 i t ° on tol of buyers,6r ;aced of 113 b oth wha t ire ° 3 some h o „ el Scots Viii4)o_4 31bs. n e pt, A r impro e Tagolv.,o id Car nbri 3ort b ;i from t hete' the W es- ro! 1 0 71 D e von- , sn f 50 0 _ o sceir s 0d and Po li o, falling ri he trade. Aeoe; i n the ~"der, 1 . 0 h they vo, e on the ,cry loWe r p rices bs. • 200 l'in22 d ° ' 6 ; to 0 ity ditto 3 3 I P aedditto 4 yellers ._ 3 the wool 3 0 4 •• • • 310 g 2 6 srs • • : .1 6 0 Pigg 4) 0 ..••••• • • - 1 311 tf7o- 41/ ' to me at uP •aeo b if been co se ns 1 0 0 0 : 01 proved b me tropow:, demand en wit h d Beasts at i to Al not b een . e. B. dit°l 2 erlor • 3 f e I (Idling% 3 6 1 y ime •• • 3 0 ..... C WEEP' 00'0 6 0 ' ep 'OO 50 -- 13 ° 10 0 3 0° 12 0 40 • 20 1 00 90 400 100 4 210 - 430 3, 7v .0 860 --- 1, 360 - " 43 0 ,c11:00 . tjtr r o- efr irx of [pPlie s id w e 6131 la te c 0 tO di ,. f e 6laire clit to, 6 Fe 4 ti nwa ll 60 5 ; ), 50$ t ° 6 55 t6os' tne,* 560 t° ll o Blues , 655; s, 603 to i -- P r . 30 1. cler 11 " - Or ' in th e h ott ° of Wl'ic b ee the re bog, - 181; 70 rhe iii lfe ° l i ' 7 0 ;CR pt A eSer r et rp deela,„ os„,, w ri bat e re c e e nie s l , is 3 ,, Wi lie be year. the °tit , sos t e yoo 3 1d, ; )„ oo tor' 17 3 old 11 06 , s d; fle ici 16 i 3; 119' , 3d ; 153 rai' clew:f r0g6 ,1 ; 10 1 0 3 3; 7si lett ont 05 3 10 e, btoo' I>el, • Lon 6cl; 10° ' 203 fr e est iv ir , (150° 0 0 5 nail , an 3iorb vso' ,00 ;cier r coo jr: c oo l . 1) th p Pt. e f i i ; fitted ° 1 41+ trt 09 68.93 te r ' '' e of s 4 11 011°' e s -str eet, P h f the Be' ile gent .B. ' o f treet' t. 1111 1 04 : , s joho Sirnr Gilber o f tv alPf og hter 4, 13 11t6 11 eN-• o ger deft,f J far h t w•,!! .,1015 ti e, _ f 0 3 % thri,s4l; lo ` o t g bi bter , i velV e r : -Fie las istigh t e e , r l l .lo e rf° lE. del son of t" aged fit° 7JBq ; : jari a, t toot' a ptaip A .4 of on ll °— n loon don• ' ftP relict ° ir 5(1 0 ,91cel l~hW tis re lict I s 3bells' iilr the 513 ;00, 1 0 '4 0 106 001 -tl4 ~, . 'Wit h - ••••:kki .11, --- I; s . -----_ l .. , to ''' ' ° N . 3----.1.117-nCAL GALVANISM. Oce,,. et 24r. 1/ 4p 4,'Q,b/c7,4,,aretoot E, late of this county, but now of 5, 4, 111 % u-4".. 4A.i..\?1n'....14,.°nciaa, has lately published a P „..-t th,;-• If it ,-'4.S.It, the contents of which have really an° iti o ,'"'e stat m w true that wilvanism can accomplish such cures as ;N wi en er r ood, ' Rig galvanic apparatus must take as commanding a. amp P h e l lh et . 011: t/11.:;'bt'44e. Itieal sc ience as the s team-engine does over n d iec o h a a s - Itair4etialo Itge nt, bl Jr?ft that galvanism has long been resor t . ili, 4 , lik 4 as to fil o ., ' le 01 tbrM of batteries were so. uncertaindMira. 3 , t et tht eit tr . ,oa d o it maydbide „..., ,as muc h harm as they r,ZtlOr o°o4 and 1--1;P-.,,later, conceived that and after ,_ It lte elteeso sh... s?ard the evil effects of the apparatus,viz., to hen o14:0":1)w,:r7Y t t i t , e has accomplished what he desired n. __. ,1t.144 ,r tits t o r ,_n , ti gal% aul, :toparatus to the greatest teee\t.e.Yr g rle to ) 04'aet i x . % at th e ~,,,a. rat as the greatest Improvement wlhch has , . eat °4 l he ?-:,,_‘9ttle battery. In the ?amphiet we noticed an 4ave Itot t 4 flli.1:411g and Mer tile Gazette' of March 14. Ilatolotie,„, ferallnt tele for the benefit of invalids :—* Our readers may ev q ; et oii`Nt the we have given from Mr. Hake's NI iiikit atate7PeAl ettlYanism. We have reason to believe that "er e t 3 ' re, to 14 that Pan"lPluet is perfectly true, wonderful as they "Nr4ti4troctoroar. a short time sihce, we called on Mr. Hulse, and 4nt ste,, Tht Datc4 hil l , bY gentleman who was undergoing the iTith4 l 4 l l ' Lou, i orio ent informed us that it was not at all an unplea ._ ao _riteese ~,._e..we felt it ourselves, and there was not the least er4rtd t o '''u lis at It. lis, t -.,a gentleman's case was paralysis, and 13 b oo, a1v,,,, t ... _ that before came to Mr. liaise one leg had Li ,, ., 5 p3,4)„ t ~,„" pre skeleton ;1" but now, said he, " you perceive hi %..' by t -''. health . k0..5,h, he ne,,,, - -Y. Such, indeed, was the case. If we - 'oltiel. L'er Of patients Mr liaise has, we should say he ltret„..ll ti 11,1,, eri wonderful cures, for his house is crowded from st, gr Orto,, , , .tatt. p e 6-91 ' , At it ~,,,,reons wishin g to have Mr. ilalae's pamphlet Alltill r eside la . "`" he forwarded the, on receipt of two postage %kJ at b r ,I ..114 hi, . + 5t44441-crescont, Br_OMPt9DI Loud on r .., ...., /z........-- _...... . „,..:„..,,, ... ‘..._ .. :,......,_„,,, , • ..„ .. 4 , ~ ; • . L...._ ~ ~, , , . . C. , 1 , i poy ei. , -1, • au . 71, 1z e.. ~ , „ oca7mixi. ,,, --7 g , ~ . ~. .. , - 1 ( N• .&. ..,..,. ~.1- 5.. ~...p ' 7. 1 I r' ...' --, _ .. " ''''' „•-• V" ' Ail, '-• '' a EqkYdilt.,l4,All-' =''" - 4'l')/t/ t .' i . t (L e` ,01 t 27 l' c l s ...... 7!'.,‘ AA . % ;"1,111, 16 .., * ,- --• . . ~ ... 4 - r • -i _- ;77:11r. , 7 , ,. . ~,,,5,.. ~,, ~, t „2 , ''/O'T '- ' -i ."," oli ',, la+ , NI . ' -----'-' ""C' Q. ' ." - ' ' \,, 4 r ' 1 - /Eil err .4, ... , t. 010 -, 11 ', -2.--46,116Vit ,• ~,,, a' 'A ...--,, i / , ~ ,1A I , .1 I , / ' ' . 4.4. t.i: , -' .'\ . /N:irP' • N 16„8 1 733,.. LON DON., TUESDAY EVENING STI Ny FEBRUARY 18, 1845. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornirg, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. .... `N 11. EAT L EAGUE FLEETING THE THEATRES. IN COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S. The AGGREGATE MEETING of the LEAGUE, in the M. Frederick Lemaitre and Mademoiselle Clarisse cOM THEATRE ROYAL, GOVENT-GARDEN, will be held on menced an engagement at this theatre last evening. The WEDNESDAY EVENING N EXT, the 19th inst. piece chosen for their debut was the domestic drama, La Dame GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven de St. Tropez, which has run for upwards of ahundred nights o'clock precisely. at the Porte St. Martin, in Paris, and could Frederick Tile Meeting will be addressed by James Wilson, Esq., Lemaitre prolon g his stay among us, we have no George Thompson, Esq. ; and John Bright, Esq., M.P. doubt but that La Dante de St. Tropcz would have Tickets of admission to all parts of the House may be had, as an equally long run here. In this piece, which is a dramatic usual, at 67, Fleet-street. version of the story of Madame Latfarge, Frederick Lemaitre Seats will in future be reserved for all Farmers who may make acts the part of Georges Maurice the Laffarge of the real application at the Offices of the League, up to the hour of meeting, I history), and great as we knew him to be (his Robert Ma and their attendance, whether favourable or opposed to Free Trade, caire, for instance, must be in the recollection of all is especially requested. • play-goers) we bad no idea that he was so transcendently great as be has shown himself by his delinea ' tion of the character of Georges Maurice. The scene is laid in the year 1781, at a time when class feelings and class ha treds were at their height in France. Hortense (Mdlle. Clarisse) is the daughter of a poor proud noble, whose estates are mortgaged fir more than their value to Georges Maurice, a rich roturier, who has been the architect of his own fortune. Georges forgives him the debt, and asks the hand of Hor tense in marriage. The Count refuses, but Hortense, al though she dearly loves another, accepts him out of grati tude, and they are married. On their road to St. Tropez, the residence of Maurice, they stop at a country inn. There is a young man there, who has been laid up with si c k ness for many weeks—a n d Hortense recognises her lover, Charles Dellbeyme. They meet, she tells him she is married ; and writing a letter without direction, which she leaves to be given to him, rejoins her husband, and urges their instant departure. Maurice observes her manner, and questions her. She is agitated, but still all obedience and duty to his wishes. The horrid truth at once flashes upon him—she has married him out of gratitude not out of love. They arrive at St. Tropez. Antoine, his cousin and heir, a low, vulgar villain, takes every opportunity of insulting Hor tense, while Maurice endeavours by the most tender attentions to win her affections. Madame Langlois, a friend from Paris, visits her, observes her melancholy, and speaks to Maurice on the subject. Maurice opens his whole heart to her, and she promises to aid him in his en deavours to gain his wife's affections. The acting of Le maitre in this scene was chastely and beautifully pathetic. It went right to the heart. Charles Dellbeyme, it appears, had left the inn at the same time that Hortense and Maurice had quitted it, and accordingly did not get her letter which the innkeeper forwards to St. Tropez, and which gets into the hands of Antoine, who loses no time in endeavour ing to rouse feelings of jealousy in the breast of Maurice, and who in confirmation of his slanders against Hortense, which are at first treated with contempt, produces this letter, In a fury of rage Maurice taxes Hortense with her crime, produces the letter, and swears vengeance on her and on her lover. This terrific scene was magnificently given by Lemaitre and Mademoiselle Clarisse, and the drop-scene fell at the conclusion of the third act amidst most enthusiastic applause. It appears that Charles Dellbeyme has been in the habit of receiving sup plies from an unknown benefactor. This unknown is Maurice, who having unwittingly killed his father feels it a duty to support the son. Maurice gives to Antoine a sum of money to take to Charles, and then makes a will be queathing all his property to Antoine's son. The will made, Antoine conceives the diabolical scheme of poisoning Mau rice. Maurice is taken ill. Hortense attends him day and night, and prepares all his medicines with her own hands. Still he gets worse. Hortense has gone to church to pray for his recovery—he is left alone—his physician enters, accom panied by another physician, a stranger. The medicine which had been prepared for him by Hortense, is brought in by Antoine's wife. It is analysed. It is found to contain poison, and the wretched Hortense, on her return, is accused of being a poisoner. She demands to see her accuser, the new physician is brought in. It is her lover, Charles Dellbeyme. They rush into each other's arms. The look of horror with which Le maitre beheld this scene was perfectly sublime. Maurice is on his death-bed—he calls Hortense to him and forgives her, urging her to fly from justice. Con vinced of her own innocence she refuses and rushes out to give orders for her own arrest, in order to vindicate herself. Antoine enters, and Maurice raises him self from his bed, and sits at his dressing-table. His medi cine is on a table opposite, and on looking into the glass Maurice sees Antoine, whose back is turned to him, mixing poison in the cup. He dashes the cup from his hand, and at the alarm Hortense and Charles Dellbeyme enter, accompanied by the physician and domestics of the household. In the presence of all, he declares his wife's innocence ; and, exhausted by the effort, dies, having previously placed the hand of Hortense in that of Charles Dellbeyme. Nothing , could exceed the pathos and the beauty which Lemaitre in fused into the character of Maurice. The audible sobs of , l i l e is m a o u is d e i l t l o e rs e biaorriesstser,itansetshsetoinhnioscie)ohwt wrongly -s acting t e ° ci f 1 14 v i f a e - , n heartrending. ed Both with w a -e r p e er c fe a c l t l e t d um fo hl r t a o t f t a h p e p f l a a l us l o e f . the . The c h inu o ro us tsat e was crowded with the elite of fashion. COMMERCIAL ' AND FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. , lords of the United Kingdom ; not by restrictive legislation, but by a profitable carrying trade, and by throwing her manufactures with great gain into all the markets of the world, while the industry of other countries was paralysed by the insecurity occasioned by desolating invasions. In time of war the harbours of England gave her military and commercial fleets an incalculable advantage over those of continental Europe. Lying west of the continent, the prevailing winds, which prevented foreign ships from putting to sea, enabled those of the east coasts of Britain and Ireland to leave their ports ; those of the west coasts being at the same time safe from their position, as well as from the pro tection of our ships of war, cruizing in, and off; the entrance of the English and Irish Channels. Thus, while the nations of the Continent were disturbed in all their industrious pur suits, Great Britain enjoyed, from her geographical situation and commanding harbours, peace at home, arid the oppor tunity of supplying the rest of the world with her domestic fabrics and the produce of her colonies. In defiance of the Berlin and Milan decrees, our manufactures found their way into the heart of Germany and Italy ; while, even in France, we clothed the soldiers of Napoleon ! Thus, although taxed beyond all possible calculation of endurance, the natural ad vantages of England, and the enterprise of her people, enabled her to withstand, in magnificent splendour, the convulsions that shook the Continent to its foundation. Peace for nearly thirty years has, however, transformed the destructive pursuits of most of the Continental nations, into occupations of productive industry. The great bulk of their population have, since the year 1814, been engaged generally in agriculture and grazing. Those employed in manufactures have therefore been enabled to maintain life at a lower cost than in a country circumstanced like England. The commercial laws of England, France, and, somewhat later, of Austria, have been the most unsound that the spirit and principle of restriction could well devise. Those of Ger many, formerly liberal, are now highly restrictive. Those of Spain were tyrannical, and at the same time unsound and ab surd. Those of Portugal inconsistent and capricious. Russia much later adopted the restrictive system ; Sweden and Den mark followed the example: - The Italian States, with the exception of Rome and Naples, have generally imposed moderate duties. Holland has, since the peace of 1814, and while connected with Belgium, departed from a more free system than that of any other European country, with the exception of Turkey, in regard to the import trade. The present tariff of imports duties in Holland, notwithstanding the high taxation in other respects of that kingdom, is the most liberal in all Europe. The United States of America have lately agreed to a most restrictive tariff, which cannot, if persevered in, but be ruinous to their fiscal, agricultural, and commercial interests. The South American States appear to be governed by the same spirit as that which dictated the commercial policy of Spain. tion with the ports of Liverpool and Hull. Length of line, 39 miles ; capital, 1,200,000/. Reported in favour of by the Board of Trade. Agent—Mr. Hayward. WEST YORKSHIRE.—It appeared from the inquiries insti tuted by the Committee, that this line prop oses t o connect Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, and Leeds, in junction with the Manchester and Leeds, Huddersfield and Dewsbu r y, an d Bradford and Halifax Railways. Length, 44 miles ; capital, 1,000,0001. This is one of the lines reported against by the Board of Trade.—Agents, Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Venables. LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER JUNCTION.—It appeared that this line commences at Leeds, in junction with the Leeds and Bradford line, passing through Dews bury towards Huddersfield, and terminating in junction with the Manchester and Leeds, half a mile west of Dewsbury station. Length, 10 miles. The agents were Messrs. Dor rington, Hayward, and Ellicombe. RICHMOND (SunnEY).—Mr. Pratt, the agent, stated that this line commences at Richmond, and terminates on the Surrey side of Hungerford Suspension-bridge, Lambeth, passing through Wandsworth, Putney, Barnes, and Mort lake. The length will be 10 miles ; with a branch of one mile and three-qyarters to Kew-bridge. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE —Messrs. Wright and Smith were the agents. From their statements, it ap peared that the line was proposed to connect the port of Goole and the town of Pontefract with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. It was also intended, by a junction with the York line, near Snaith, to open arail way communication with all parts of the kingdom. The usual preliminary proceedings having been stated, a petition was presented from Mr. John George Smyth, complaining of non-compliance on the part of the Company with the star.d ing orders. Lands and other property, it was contended, were not inserted in the book of reference, and that a bridge, the ownership of which was disputed, was not designated on the plan, according to the standing order No. 33. On this point a long discussion ensued, and, at its close, strangers were ordered to retire. On re-admission, the Chairman stasnudnin_gcoluteranTEnhad Igo.b2ee.—nseiromlpvlilleldiawmitHh. stated the opinion of th e C omm i ttee, t h at i n this case the_ eathcote, Chair man ; Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, Mr. Packe, Mr. Acland, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Childers, Mr. Cornwall Legh, Mr. Evelyn Phillip Shirley ; Committee clerk, Mr. Freere. YORK AND SCARBOROUGH DEVIATION.—MT. Buttner, agent; Mr. Richardson, solicitor; Mr. Stephenson, engineer. The petition recited that the Bill for constructing this line had been granted last session, with the exception of that portion of it passing through Clifton. This was owing to the opposition which the Bill experienced from the inhabi tants, and from Lord Harewood, Capt. Fothergill, and Lord De Grey. The opposition of the former nobleman being with the view of effecting a deviation from his estates at Clifton. The promoters stated that a deviation had been decided on, which met with the concurrence of his Lordship and the other objectors. The circumstance of this particular part of the line not having obtained the sanction of Parliament in the last session has not impeded the construction of the works at either of the termini. The proposed deviation would have the effect of bringing the line nearer than before both to York and Clifton. LEEDS AND BRADFORD.—Agents, Messrs. Burke and Venables; engineer, Mr. R. Stephenson. The object of the promoters is to run a branch line from Shipley to Colne, and a line from Keighly to Haworth. Several witnesses were examined, who proved that the standing orders had been complied with. MANCIIESTER AND BIR3ILNGIIAM (ASHTON BRA-NCIIEI. This application was for making a line to connect the an chester and Birmingham with the Sheffield and Ashton under-Lyne, near Guide Bridge. After the usual routine in quiries, the petition on standing orders passed the Committee. NORWICH AND BRANDON DEVIATIONS.—This is one of the lines reported against by the Board of Trade, but the pro moters intimate notwithstanding their intention of prose cuting the Bill in Committee. The proposed deviations refer to the Diss and Dereham branches. LONDON AND YORK.—Agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates ; engineer, Mr. Cubitt ; solicitors, Messrs. Burchell, Killgour, and Co., and Mr. Rose. The petition, which was of considerable length, stated that the line pro poses to commence at Pentonville, passing from thence through Hitchin, Biggleswade, Bedford, St. Neots, Hunting don, Peterborough, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, Boston, Retford, Gainsborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, Selby, Hull, terminating at York, embracing, with branches, 327 miles, and 270 parishes. The result of the inquiries in this case showed that the number of persons to whom it was necessary to make application between the Ist and 31st of December exceeded 12,000, and that they lived in all parts of the kingdom. It was proved in evidence that to all these persons application was made in the re quired time, with the exception of four, and these of a somewhat peculiar character. It appeared that the neces sary plans had been lodged in all the 270 parishes, but that in one instance a plan, though lodged in the right parish, designated it by an incorrect name, calling it Thornton-le- Fen instead of Thornton. The next exception related to the service of notice in a ease where the "occupier" was de scribed as a " wandering" pedlar, one moment at Hull and another at Huntingdon, rendering " service" physically im possible. The other instance was where a person was stated to have lived at Derby, while in reality he resided at Dur ham. In the fourth case the service of notice was acciden tally omitted. With these exceptions the standing orders were proved to have been complied with ; the subscription contract showed that the deposits amounted to more than three-fourths of the estimated capital, being 250,0001., or five per cent, on 5,000,000/. sterling. The room was cleared, and the Committee, after a short conference, reported that, with the exceptions alluded to, the standing orders had been complied with. The Chairman stated that the case was creditably got up, and that he was sorry to send it to the Select Committee on the standing orders, before whom he thought they would experience no difficulty. The Com mittee then adjourned. INTRODUCTORY. In estimating the elements of just commercial and finan cial legislation, we should not only be well acquainted with the physical power and resources of our own, but also with those of other nations, as regards their geographical position, configuration, natural productions, and population. An able legislator should also understand the political and moral power of nations, so far as their respective governments may, in a comparative view, be considered as advancing or retard ing national prosperity, or as limiting or extending public liberty and individual happiness. Then, and not before, in the present age of the world, can he comprehend in legislative usefulness the wise adaptation of those elements of national power which comprehend the income and expenditure, the occupations of the people, and the productions of labour. This division of legislation embraces the following subdivi sions : RAVESEN,- STAR PACKETS leave the k.if Brunswick Pier, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 4 on Sundays at 11 and 3 From Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 94, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at 9f and 5. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepence. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwall. Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence. Office, Gravesend, Nov. 29, 1844. 1. Finance, or revenue and expenditure. 2. Occupations of the people, whether in agriculture, ma nufactures, or in any other way connected with the produc tive operations. 3. Commodities, whether they be of the growth of the soil, of the productions of mines, of fisheries, and of manufactures, or as regards the arts of wild and domestic animals, for their skins, ivory, horns, bones, flesh, oil, tallow, and fur, —and ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A New Subject in CHEMISTRY of universal interest— PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated by Dr. Ryan in his daily Lectures, and on the Evenings of MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS. DURING LENT a Series of LECTURES on ASTRONOMY will be delivered by Pro fessor BachhGffner, on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. accompanied by l)r. Wallis on BRABY'S CALOTONE,—KITE'S PATENT SMOKE-CURING and VENTI LATING ROOF, COWLS, LAMP, and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS, and TAYLOR'S improved domestic FIRE ESCAPE, are interesting Novelties. Two beautiful Pictures of the SHRINE of the NATIVITY are just added to the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. CHILD'S CHROMATRoPE. THE PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. EXPERIMENTS by meansof the DIVING BELL and DIVER. 4. Commerce, or the interchange of raw and manufactured commodities. The last three can only be made equitably subservient to the first, so far as the obligations of the State justifies taxa tion ; no one of the three, viz., the occupations of the people, commodities, and commerce, should be taxed at the expense of the other. The Music is conducted by I'. Wallis, Mus. Doc. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. REA T BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP at Tickets, enabling persons to BLICKWALL. go on board this magnificent Vess'el, with a free passage down the Blacks all Railway, and including steam-boat fare to and from the Vessel, can be obtained between the hours Of HALF-PAST EIGHT and FOUR. (Sundays excepted), at any of the Stations on the Railway, except those of Limehouse, West India Docks, and Poplar, at the following prices :—Second Class, Is. Bd. ; First Class, Is. 10d. Tickets to view the engines can be obtained on board at an extra charge of ls. Parties walk directly from the pier on board the steamer, which. starts on the ar rival of each train. • The Revolution annulled, at the same time, this treaty and its liberal principles of commerce and navigation. It is by far the most remarkable commercial treaty on record. According to its stipula tions " the subjects and inhabitants of the respective dominions of the two Sovereigns shall have liberty freely and securely, without license or passport, general or special, by land or by sea, or in any other way, to enter into the kingdoms, dominions, provinces, coun ties, islands, cities, v ill ages, t owns walled or unwalled, fortified or mifortifled, ports or territories whatsoever, situate in Europe, of the two Sovereigns, and to return from thence, remain there, or pass through the same, and therein to buy and purchase all things neces sary for their subsistence or use, and they shall mutually be treated with all kindness and favour. Provided, however, that in all these matters they conform themselves to the laws and statutes." The same freedom was extended to ships and merchandise The duties to be paid on French commodities in England were rated as fol lows :—Wines, no higher duties than on those of Portugal. (In Ire land no more than the nominal duties then paid on foreign wines.) Vinegar, less than half the previous duty ; olive oil, the lowest duty paid by the most favoured nation ; brandy, 78. per gallon. The fol lowing duties were to be lev ed reciprocally in both kingdoms, VIZ.:— Hardwares and cutlery of all kinds, and of whatever metals, cabinet wares, furniture, turnery, &c., not higher than 10 per cent. ad valo rem; cotton and woollen manufactures of all kinds (except mixed with silk) 12 per cent.; gauzes of all sorts, 10 per cent.; linens, same duties as linens from Holland ; saddlery, 15 per cent ; millinery, 12 per cent.; plate and glass wares, porcelain and earthenware, 12 per cent. JELLY AND BLANC-MANGE. CHOLEFIE I,D'S Original CONCENTRATED L.:7 JELLY and BLANC-MANGE require neither flavouring nor sweetening, producing immediately, by the addition of boiling water to the former, and boiling milk or cream to the latter, a quart of most delicious Jelly and Blanc-Mange, equal In flavour, colour, and bril liancy to those prepared • y the most complicated method. Sold in pots at Is. 3d. each ; wholesale, at the manufactory, 7, Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town ; Cr osse and Blackwell, Woho-square ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon.street. Retail by most respectable druggists, grocers, and Italian ware ousemen. -hOTANIC WAX CANDLES Is. per lb Ogleby's Patent Oil, equal to Sperm, ss. per gallon ; Vege table Oil, 4s. 6d. ; Sperm, 7s. 6d.; Solar, 3s. 6d; German Wax, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. ; Transparent, 2s. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Candles, sd. and WA ; Extra Fine Wax and White Moulds, 61d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 52s ~ and 58s. per 1121bs ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9cl. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Seal ing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hales or Price's Composite, 10d. ; Vauxhall Compo site, B%d. t M. Colbert, however, did not establish the system of prohibition, and the duties he imposed on imports never reached the maximum of 10 per cent. ad valorem. (To be continued.) (From the Times.) There are good reasons for believing that the present re ductions are only the steps to a more comprehensive plan now under contemplation. The Pre m i er a l most v i o l ate d hi s Parliamentary reserve by an excessive anxiety to guard it, and told the House he would intimate what tax is to come next for reduction but for the serious mercantile inconveni ences such a knowledge might occasion. A far more impor tant and specific disclosure, however, now lies before us in the shape of a document originally designed for the peculiar di rection of those in the Ministerial confidence, but a por tion of which we publish to-day. It is au essay on " Com mercial and Financial Legislation," *deb, though in perfect keeping with the " financial statement" of Friday, is a very bold and ample development. With the assurance that there was the most absolute agreement on those questions between Sir Robert Peel and the late Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and without the least hint of any discordant voice in the Cabinet, we have no alternative but to read in the document before us the ultimate intentions of the present Ministry, as far as they have been reduced to tangible form, and as far as circumstances seem likely to admit of their execution. We have only space this day to give to our readers the two first introductory papers. Their style is compendious and suggestive, but there can be no mistake as to their drift. The freest possible exchange of commodities, and the imposition of taxes only for revenue, are made the basis of a scheme which we think it due to the financial acts of the Ministry to publish even in its present imperfect shape. The writer, after reviewing the whole existing system, and sug gesting what reductions and alterations are possible under the circumstances of the nation, arrives at a conclusion of which it will be sufficient to mention only the boldest fea tures. He offers us the alternative of dispensing with all the assessed taxes, the stamps en marine and fire insurances, and all the excise, excepting the duties on licenses, spirits, and malt, together with a great reduction in the customs, and making up the deficiency with a tax of about five per cent. on all "realised property." Or, retaining the assessed taxes, and making up what, in that case, would be a less deficiency, with a like property-tax of three per cent. It i s super fl uous to observe that there is no real objection to such a scheme, except what the altered circumstances of the country may possibly interpose. .Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar tin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, front one onnce‘to a ound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittie trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license Is only I Is. per Lnnum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con iderable incomes by the agency without ene shilling let or loss. Application to he made (if by letter post-paid) as above. ' FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, Price 4s. 6d. Patronised by HER MAJESTY, his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, anlhernyalllighness the DUCHESS of KENT. • PRIACESS'S. R. 'THOMAS'S V succtiiiNi EUM, for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however large the cavity. Mr. Edwin Forrest, the American tragedian, appeared here last evening for the first time in the character of Othello. Mr. Forrest is certainly much improved since he was last amongst us. It is evident that he has studied his author and that he thoroughly under:lands him. There was a subdued tenderness in his delineation of the earlier scenes which was in excellent taste, and seldom have we heard the address to the senate more beautifully, or more correctly declaimed. The celebrated jealousy scene in the third act was most effectively given—from that moment a change came over him—the impassioned nature of the swarthy African burst through all restraint, and he was no longer a Venetian, but a true child of the desert—with whom revenge is virtue. As a whole, his Othello is a vigorous and intensely powerful piece of acting, and he well deserved the applause which was bestowed upon him most lavishly. Graham's lago was excellent, and Miss Cushman's Emilia was very fine. Mrs. Stirling was the Desdemona, and most interestingly did she delineate the character of " the gentle lady married to the Moor." The play is admirably got up and excellently put on the stage. The principal performers received the usual honours of the call at the fall of the curtain, and were much and deservedly applauded. There was some confusion created just at half-price by an alarm of fire. The alarm however turned out to be unfounded, and on receiving an assurance to that effect from the management, the audience remained quietly in their places. The house was a bumper. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. All per sons can use Mr. Thomas's Succedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. Prepared by Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, price 4s. Gd. Sold by Savory and Moore, 220, Regent-street, and 143, Bond-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; John ston, 68, Conthill, and all Medicine venders. _ _ _ Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of Teeth on his new system of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful opera tion whatever. At home from Eleven till Four. 64, Berners-street, Oxford-street. THE MINARET PARASOL .claims the pa tronage of the public from the elegance and symmetry of its form ; the price does not exceed that of ordinary parasols, although a very gracefu, improvement has been effected. The attention of Drapers and others is requested to this elegant novelty, which can be had at any of the wholesale dealers. OBSERVE—The silver runner is stamped with the word MINARET. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON RAILWAY S. The following circular is issued by the authorised pub lishers of the Manchester Weekly S'hare List:— " Whoever reads Lord Dalhousie's speech on the delivery of the report of the Board of Trade to the House of Lords, must see and understand clearly that the arrangements for conducting the railway schemes put before it, and the general management in all respects, have been as well and as ho nourably conducted as it was possible to expect ; and that, all errors or mistakes arising from the conduct of indi vidual speculators, rest entirely with themselves ; for it is notorious that the great influx of new schemes has brought forward a host of the very worst class of capitalists, as share speculators, putting themselves before the public in every equivocal form to hurry on a crisis that bids fair to wind up with very extensive disaster. If the rule recorded in the oldest book—a book in every one's possession —be ofany value, the present is a fit period to respect it—' He that buildeth his house with other men's money, is like one that gathereth to himself stones for the tomb of his burial." The safest prin ciple for all interests, and to avoid dangerous and unruly speculations in scrip shares, will be for Parliament in future to prohibit their circulation, by compelling subscribers to new projects to keep the bankers' receipts till an Act is got, or re jected. When got, the holder of the receipt being the real partner, becomes registered, and has his registered certifi cates delivered to him, with which he may trade as lie pleases, with the best safety to the public and himself. If an application for an Act be rejected, the Directors should be forced to return to the subscribers, on their presentation of the bankers' receipt, the divisable part that remains after the account is made up, and thus end all further liability ; other wise the litigation and delay that may be set up will fritter away the fund to the last penny. " The gambling on foot at all the places where share busi ness has any sway, is now prevailing to an unusual and frightful extent, and calls for the most prudent caution. At Manchester we have two rooms for conducting share busi ness ; and notwithstanding the influx of brokers on the public Exchange, their dealings with each other is rendered so very inconvenient to the mercantile community, as to be unreasonable and unnecessary annoyance, requiring better regulation should it not immediately subside ;—for after the lists for the day are printed at five o'clock, the business of share dealing is carried on in the public Exchange till the latest hour of its close, and the published lists are thus ren dered in a degree misleading or valueless to the interested in such matters. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The room was well attended, and business, although sluggish in the early part of the day, improved towards evening, and on the whole was tolerably brisk at the undermentioned prices . CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's lot 9 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone'q The Era 18 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Obscurity—taken 22 to 1 ag , t Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings's Celeste—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence—taken 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Zanoni—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour 30 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Agriculture—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare 33 to 1 agst Lord George Bentinck's Pug 33 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's Extempore 45 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella 50 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Seaport 50 to 1 agst Mr. Parry's Master of the Rolls filly 2,000 to 35 agst Mr. Davies's Yheomun ac Knuc—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh•a-ballagh—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Day's Portrait—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Coleman's Devil's Dust—taken 1,000 to 15 aist Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid. With the exception of Pug and Pride of Kildare, who were entirely out of favour, every horse comprised in the above return was backed ; the investments, however, were of mo derate amount, and the alterations few and insignificant. We ought to mention that a commission to lay against Semi seria to the amount of 601. was executed at 12 to 1, but with only a momentary influence on her position, as no one would bet more than 9 to 1 at the close. " JOHN RAILTON AND SON, Blanchester " Feb. 15, 1845." THE STOCKPORT FORGERY.—THE QUEEN v. JOHN KENYON WINTERBOTTOM.—On Saturday the Judges (with the exception of Mr. Baron Alderson, and Justices Maule Williams, and Wightman,) assembled in Sergeants'-Inn Hall, to consider the objections reserved b y Mr. Baron Gur ney on the trial of the prisoner at the lat s Chester Winter Assizes. The circumstances of the case must be fresh in the minds of our readers. Mr. Welsby having been heard at considerable length in support of the objections, and Mr. V. Williams in support of the inictment, Lord Denman said the Judges would take time to consider the points raised before the gave judgment. COLD WATER APPLICATION.-4t Marlborough street Police-court, on Saturday, a stable-keeper, named Wm. Greenaway, of Norton-street, was fined 5/. for throwing buckets of cold water over two gentlemen, one of whom en tered his stable, finding the door open, on a pressing emer gency, and the other afterwards accompanied his friend to re monstrate against such treatment. THE RECENT GAMBLING TRANSACTIONS.—The prisoners in this affair, the trial of which we have reported, were brought rip for judgment on Friday. The Court declared that the facts of the indictment were proved, but that as the parties had played . arc' parole, and money did not pass so as to constitute the offence. of swindling, provided for by Art. 405 of the Code, no conviction oi r ilvi l e d , take place. The persons in custody—viz., Walker, Lambert, Peyronuet, and Emma Cayo, wers ther c e l f . o r r az e e _:a:e i q v u k i i t a t i t i . , d g . Baring, as we have already stated, was not in cust b o o l , 3 . :. r • stated do not up its judgment, the Court says, " Thus, thetB b a ut it was right to come within the application of any pensi th l t a . prove them, not only in the interest of public morals, morals, but In order that there might be no doubt as to the conduct ti of who were right in refusing to subm it to consequences complainan ts, neceof su ch re frauds." On testeuy his judgment being pronounced, Walker fell down in a fit of convulsions, and was prisoners, and the munic w ip it a h l g n u re ar g d r s re d .s . in o a n t e tc lifn ; n nu e l d a i n it e c ,i e l h t e a i s p s o i n ld by sta t n h c e e m. beii l ng l fello e was thus carried out of Court, ai given him,was in a short time restored to his seises.---alignool. DEATH FROM OvER-EXERTION. r. P ayne held an inquest last night, at the King's Arms, Free-school-street, Horsley down, on the bo d y of Peter Hall, aged seventy-five years, lately living at No. 1, Queen's -place, Free-school-street. The deceased went to the vestry-111111,1SL John's, Horsleydown, on Saiurday morning last, for the purpose of receiving a hundred weight of c oa l s, which were being distributed among the poor inhabitants of the parish. The coals were placed on his shoulders, which he Succeeded in getting home, and on placing them in the cupboard f e ll backwards andn ex pired without a groan. The surgeo n was of opinion that the do ceased died from the rupture of a blood -vessel near the heart, consc quest upon the over-exertion. 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NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended es a simple, but certain remedy, to all who sufttr - from Indigestion, Sick Headach, Bilious and Liver Com plaints; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impart ing strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold in bottles at Is. I WI., 2s. 9d., or I I s., each, by A. Wil loughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Medicine Vendors. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken and after wards offered 13 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt—taken 14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pain 22 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster in)—tak. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Minikin colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale 50 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken 2000 to 35 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy—taken 10 to 1 agst Mentor, Pantasa, and Old England—taken. An increased disposition to back Newsmonger was the only noticeable feature in the speculations on this race; the price quoted shows an improvement of three points. All the lead ing favourites were backed, and so many inquiries were made about Mentor,:Pantasa, and the Miss Whip colt, that we con fidently expect to see them cut a more prominent figure in the returns. 1,000 to 25 was taken, in three or four places, about the Minikin colt ; the same, and 50 to 1, in fifties, about Annandale ; 1,000 to 20, two or three times, about Anti- Repealer; 1,000 to 15 each about Connaught Ranger, Young Eclipse, and Cabin Boy; 20 to 1 was taken about the Iron master, with a qualification, and 35 to 1 all in. The question of qualification remains in abeyance. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. _ _ 6 to 1 agst Knight Templar—taken. -- Mr. Hibbard, the Clerk of the Course at Ascot Heath, was on Saturday last appointed starter at Newmarket in the room of Mr. Perren. Mr. Hibburd's firmness and long expe rience in all the details of the race-course, will enable him to prevent the irregularities that excited so much disapproba tion at the last October Meeting, and are not unlikely to lead to his appointment to a similar office at Epsom, Doncaster, and other great meetings. Manchester Betting.—For 10 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch winning the three events mentioned in yesterday's paper. read 100 to 1. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS. Yesterday the railway campaign commenced with the sit ting of the Sub-Committees on standing orders, to whom is committed the preliminary proceedings on railway Bills, prior to their examination by the Select Committees of the House. It may here be necessary to state that these Sub- Committees are appointed by the Select Committee on the standing orders, composed of the chairman of the Sub-Com mittees, Mr. Escott, and other Hon. Members. The railway Bills brought before the two Sub-Committees yesterday were fifteen, the number of Members on each Committee amount ing to eleven. Their attention was directed to the ascertaining whether the necessary Parliamentary notices of intended ap plications to Parliament had been inserted in the Gazettes during the months of October and November, in conformity , with the standing orders; whether the necessary applica tions had been made to the owners, lessees, and occupiers, before the 31st December, the deposits with the clerks of the peace and Board of Trade and Private Bill-office of the plans, sections, and books of reference, made before the 30th November. Also the depositing, in the Private Bill-office of lists of the owners of estates, and of the deed of partnership and subscription contract. The inquiries of the Committees further extended to the service of notice upon landowners before 31st December, either by personal delivery, or leaving at their place of abod e , or , i n their absence abroad, with their accredited agents, in which latter c as e th e p ro d uc ti on o f a written acknowledgment was required. Sir William Heath cote, the Chairman of one of the Sub -Committees, theught that proof of the handwriting of the parties in the latter case was required, a point apparently not provided for by the standing orders of the House. The other requirements had reference to depositing the engineering plans with the Clerk of the Peace for publi c i ns p ec ti on , g i v i ng a d escr i ption of the line,its works, and the lands through which it passed ; of the usual subscription contract, furnishing an estimate of ex pense, and showing that subscriptions had been entered into to the extent of three-fourths the amount of the estimate, and that one-twentienth part of the amount subscribed had been duly deposited. From this outline of the duties de volving on the Committees and on the Companies, it will be seen that to the proceedings, although chiefly of a routine character, there attached considerable importance. Upon the passing through the ordeal of the standing orders hinges the future progress of every railway measure. Inadvertence, or non-compliance with the strict letter of the provisions, ex poses a Company to the chance of being thrown over until a future session, and becomes fatal to its further progress; the mere circumstance of plans being deposited only one hour after midnight on the 30th November, the misdirection or non service of a notice, being sufficient to invalidate the claims of the best equipped schemes. This was proved yesterday in the case of the London and York line, the inquiry into which occupied upwards of three hours. Imperfect compliance with the standing orders in three cases only out of twelve thou sand was sufficiengto induce the Sub-Committee to refer the question to the Select Committee on standing orders. The number of witnesses examined on the part of the London and York amounted to nearly 100 ; on the Leeds and Bradford to between 30 and 40; and it is expected that on many of the lines to be brought on in Committee, more particularly in the larger ones, there will be nearly 100 witnesses exa mined in each. When it is remembered that there are upon an average 240 Bills to come before Parliament this session, representing a capital of nearly 100,000,0001., one of the causes of this great fertility in new lines being the recent re peal of the deposit on standing orders from 10 to 5 per cent., it will be seen that this extraordinary pressure of new pro jects portends an amount of labour hitherto unparalleled in railway legislation. Sub-Committee No. 1: Sir John Yarde Buller (Chairman), Mr. Bramston, Mr. Richard Walker, Mr. George Philip, Mr. 8011, Mr. Gibson Craig, the O'Oonor Don, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Kemble. The Chairman, after the usual inquiries, announced that the standing orders had been complied with in the fol lowing cases, with the exception of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole : MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. —To raise further capital. Agents—Messrs. Dorrington, Hayward, and Ellicombe. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—} or extending the Oldham and Heywood Branches, to join the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway, in the township of Bury, reported in favour of by the Board of Trade. Agents—Messrs. Dorring ton, Hayward, and Ellicombe. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (METROPOLITAN EXTEN sms).—The object of this extension is to afford a central terminus to the South-Western, London -bridge, and other railways in the neighbourhood of Humrford Suspension bridge. The agents were—Messrs. Dorrington, Hayward, and Ellicombe. ASHTON, STALYBRIDGE, AND LIVERPOOL JUNCTION (AIM WICK AND GUIDE BRIDGE BRANCHES). -- Agents—Messrs. Dorrington, Hayward, and Ellicombe. LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION.—The object of this application was to connect the towns of Leeds, Huddersfield, Bradford, Dewsbury, and Halifax, with each other, and with th e intervening districts , forming three points of junctio n w ith the Manchester and Leeds, and bringing the whole o f the West Riding of Yorkshire into immediate commUnioa- AT MIDDLETON, OXFORDSHIRE. TO BE LET, and entered on, 25th day of March next, a CAPITAL RESIDENCE for a GENTEEL FAMILY, late in the occupation of John Sawnders, Esq., containing breakfast, dining, and drawing-rooms, kitchen, brewhouse, larders, laundry, wine and ale cellars, and other domestic offices ; six bed-rooms on the first floor, and three sleeping-rooms on the upper boor; large pleasnre and kitchen gardens, with green-house, coach-house and stabling fur four horses, gr,om's cottage, farm yard, poultry-houses, and piggery. Adjoining is a Field of Pasture Land, containing 10A. Oa. 24r. The whole premises, including the Plantation, contain 14A. la. 28r. For further particulars, apply to Messrs. Adam Murray, and Son, Surveyors and Land Agents, 47, Parliament-street. INTERCHANGE OF COMMODITIES. When the interchange of commodities, either raw or manufactured, between the inhabitants of a town or district, is subjected to no other restriction than its just Proportion of the tax purely necessary to maintain its security, and its municipal order, and to defray the expense of erecting and supporting indispensable public buildings and institutions, we find, in that case, practical free trade existing, within such town or district, based upon a common interest, which each individual will, from personal interest, struggle to main tain in its peaceful course. A great nation is a great community, and all the nations of the earth, if the intercourse and trade between them were as free as between the individuals of a municipality, would then actually enjoy a peaceful and profitable system of com mon intercourse, based upon common interests, which it would be ruinous to any one of the nations concerned to disturb. The greater the commercial relations between the nations, the more disastrous would be the consequences of a war which would interrupt their recipro9ty of interests. In pro portion as this commercial and reciprocal interest has been of long standing, and of great extent, the greater would be the securities for the maintenance of peace, and the more disastrous would be the calamity of continuing a war between two or more countries so circumstanced. All wars are more or less detrimental to the production of wealth, but a suspension of intercourse with a nation in which England finds but a trifling demand for her manufactures, would be of minor consequence, provided such war did not interrupt our intercourse with countries whose trade was of important value. A suspension of intercourse, for example, between England and America, could, only with great loss to both, from the long duration and enormous extent of the intercourse, be possibly maintained. The sound principle of unrestricted international trade, although laid down long since by Adam Smith, in opposition to the more specious theory of Colbert, has in British legis lation only been practically attempted by the Government, during the first four years of Mr. Pitt's Admini s t ra ti on , an d during the tim e M r . H us kisson was in power, and, afterwards, to a limited extent, by Lord Sydenham. The most extensive and liberal reform in the British Customs duties, since Mr. Pitt's tariff in 1787, is the tariff of 1842. In France, neither the Government nor the Legislature have admitted even the principle of free trade. Hence the limited commerce of that country with other nations, which, in regard to imports, is restricted, except by smugg li ng, nearly altogether to raw materials of the first necessity to her manufactures, as cotton, wool, raw silk, dye stuffs, &c. There was one remarkable, but brief exception to the generally un sound commercial legislation of France. That exception con sisted of the moderate duties on imports into France from England, as embodied in Mr. Pitt's celebrated treaty signed at Versailles on the 26th of September, 1786.* A war of material interests, or more properly speaking, of material injuries —that is, a war of custom-houses or fiscal forts, with their garrisons of revenue officers and servants, has long been declared and carried on between most Euro pean nations. This warfare of interests, or injuries, has not ceased with the wars of bloodshed, and if we may ever expect security against a recurrence of the calamities attendant on, and consequent to, the latter, it will be in destroying the ele ments of the former,—in short, by the extension of free trade between all nations. Prohibitions and high duties on imports were, as is well known, from an early period common to most countries. England and France, so often and so long at armed warfare, were, however, the first, always excepting Spain, who, ion a great scale, held up to Europe the example of a perni ciously maintained war of material injuries against the reci procal prosperity of both countries. England had her navi gation laws, prohibitions, and restrictions on importation, and bounties, before France had extensively established those pernicious regulations. In 1664, France, "in order to engage builders and merchants t o cons t ruc t French vessels, imposed a duty of 50 sous (25.) per ton on all foreign ves sels." In 1687, the war of material injuries—that directed against the importation of foreign commodities, including all manufactures, was, as a principle, fully established by France. Austria, but not until 100 years afterwards, followed the ex ample, and on the same specious grounds—viz., to force the creation and prosperity of home manufactures by excluding those of foreign States. In the history of Europe we cannot discover a sove war of material injuries agai nst i ts ne i g hb ours , d ur i ng the ficant, that has not maintained its r u e s i u g a n i t ly y, co g u re s a i d % or dinstate ll i in armed hostilities. of peace, as well as when engaged Germany, in her early period until within th e l ast few years, the ruinous history, ex hib its amp l y , f rom is most modes of levying taxes. Th ere i s scarcely an old castle in the empire that can be viewed, in the choice of its position, otherwise than as a toll-house, and prison, as well as a place of defence. _ _ The capital of Bavaria owes the origin of its detestable situation, and worse climate, to a quarrel between a Duke of Suabia and a neighbouring Prince-Bishop, respecting the toll on, and monopoly of, salt claimed by the former. The Duke, to put an end to the chief business of the Bishop—that of smuggling salt—built a, strong castle on the banks of the Isaar. This protection occasioned a town to grow up around the castle ; and the consequence has been, that one of the most classically built cities of Europe is cursed with a climate and situation worse than that of St. Petersburgh. Afterwards, each petty German sovereign established a line of customs officers around his frontiers to levy taxes upon commodities. Intercourse between one State and another was consequently subjected to great expense and inconveni ence. industry was crippled, competition smothered, and the revenue itself gained but little, owing to the expense and the comption of collection. The war of material injuries between one German State and another has now, however, nearly c eased. "The great Germanic Union of Customs," says Mr. Loehr, "which for ten years appeared impracticable, was at last accomplished by means of that constant persevering German spirit which pervades and rules over our country—found as well in her enlightened Ministers as in the known gratitude of her faithful people. Thus, within themselves, free-trading in terest now unites 28,000,000 from the Baltic Sea to the Alps." So much for the tariff and regulations of this ex traordinary union of material interests which has destroyed all the barriers to commercial intercourse, from the fron tiers of France and Belgium to those of Russia and Austria. There is no theory probably more flattering to Princes and statesmen, or to a whole nation, than to institute mea sures which hold out independence of all other nations by pro ducing and manufacturing at home all that is considered necessary and luxurious. It was easy to win a Prince and people to adopirthe application of so very plausible a theory. Louis XIV., by revoking the Edict of Nantes, nearly ruined all leading manufactures in France, and at the same time furnished England with the most skilful French artisans. To revive the manufactures destroyed by Louis, M. Colbert, one of the most honest and patriotic Ministers of whom France can boast, directed his stedfast attention ; but unfortunately for his country, he became dazzled with the fallacious priff ciple of forcing home manufactures by premiums, and by im posing duties on those of other countries. He encouraged, by large bounties, manufacturers to settle in France ; he pro tected them by the most despotic laws, without ever consi dering that he was taxing the many for the benefit of the few—that he was destroying that competition which creates cheapness and perfection in manufactures, and that his bounties and dutiest were taxes on the whole community, and especially on the agriculturists. T o encourage the French West Indian trade he paid a premium out of the na tional treasury of 30 francs per ton upon goods exported, and 50 per cent. upon every ton imported from these colonies. He also established large bounties, which were imitated by England, on the fisheries. His system became exceedingly popular; its promised grandeur .flattered national vanity; and neither the Prince, nor the people, nor M. Colbert him self, understood its fallacy. We will hereafter show how fully it has been persevered in down to this day, notwith standing the changes towards liberal principles of commer cial legislation which have been boasted of both by the French and English press. England had, under William 111., who carried over and bequeathed to us the funding system, declared the French trade a nuisance, and laid a discriminating duty of 331 s per cent higher duty on French silks and cambrics than the duty imposed on those of Holland. This was naturally pleaded by the French economists as a full justification of the war of prohibition declared against English fabrics. The latter, it is true, continued to thrive, and it soon became a favourite argument, urged until this day, among the conti nental advocates of high duties on, or th e pro hibi t i on o f foreign manufactures, that England, in manufactures, com merce, and wealth, owed her prosperity to her legislation resticting or prohibiting the importation o f f ore i gn manu factures. They either did not understand, or would not admit, that England attained her p ro sperity, not by th e a id , but in de fiance, of her illiberal commercial system ; that England owed her wealth and power, and even her liberty, to her geographical position ; to her many commanding harbours ; to the vast power of production yielded by her mines of coal and iron interstratified, and conveniently disposed for cheap use and transport ; and to the enterprising and industrious character of her people. England also escaped, on her own soil, the perpetual wars which devastated and prevented the manufacturing industry of the continental States of Europe ; and although her taxation and her public debt have been carried to an incredible height, and her people compelled to pay far higher for maintaining existence than those of any other country, yet her earlier invention of more perfect ma chinery, especially of the steam-engine and the spinning jenny, and other circumstances which existed daring war, enabled her, in defiance of Napoleon's wars and decrees— in spite of high taxation and dear food, to enrich herself so far as to bear all her war burdens. Her people were enabled to do all this, and to pay those high prices for bread and butchers' mea t, w hi c h wired to yield high rents to the land- SUMMARY itrliEWS - AND Outfit Optnton. " Who runs may read." WOREIGN. On Saturday the Xing of the French received Count Mold. Admiral Dupetit Thouars, the Count of St. Aulake, and se veral prefects of departments. Another heavy fall of snow had taken place at Paris on Saturday. In consequence of the severity of the weather in the south, the Madrid mail of the 10th had not arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Roger brought forward a measure, the object of which is the modification of some por tions of the proceedings in criminal trials. No objection was made by the Government, but M. Martin protested against the mode in which M. Roger spoke of the severity of the French criminal procedure and magistracy. Two Englishmen, possessed of large sums of money in English and French banknotes, for the possession of which they could not satisfactorily account, were arrested in Paris on Friday last. A report prevailed that some of the notes were those stolen from the bank of Messrs. Rogers and Co. A considerable sensation had been created by an extra ordinary mandate recently issued by Cardinald Bonald, the Archbishop of Lyons, condemning a well-known work of M. Dupin's, on the " The Liberty of the Gallican Church." Their Imperial Highnesses the Archduke and Archduchess Rayner, of Austria, have arrived at Milan, from Venice. Letters from Vienna, dated the Bth instant, state that the intelligence of the demise of her Imperial Highness the late Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Nassau has caused feelings of the deepest regret to the Imperial Family of Austria. The last grand carnival ball at Court, which was to have taken place the same evening the melancholy news arrived, was consequently put off. The Hungarian Diet has passed a decree, admitting non nobles to purchase and possess land. The Prussian Ministe rial paper congratulates the Hungarian Diet on its liberality in this instance, whilst the estates of Bohemia, Moravia, and Galicia still insist on the rights of naturalisation. None but Hungarian born citizens of recognised religion are entitled is the above privilege. The King of Prussia has conferred the order of the Black Eagle on Ferdinand, King of Portugal. sasvir rciszois. The Courts of Common Law are now sitting in the City, at the Guildhall. In the Court of Bankruptcy, Watson and Byers, late ware housemen in London and in Manchester, passed their final examination. Capt. Huggins Smith was fully committed for trial, from the Guildhall, for obtaining 3/. from Mr. Allen, of St. Paura churchyard, under false pretences. At the Thames Police-court, Sylvano Tabone, a seaman belonging to the ship David Malcolm, lying in the St. Ka tharine Dock, was charged with biting off the top of a man's finger. The case originated in a public-house scuffle, in the course of which the prisoner got the complainant's left hand fare finger into his mouth and bit off the top lie was - --- fully committed for trial. COURT—PASHIONABLE. Mr. George Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, have arrived in St. James's-square for the season, from Wrotham Park, near Barnet. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea and Lady Adelaide Paget have arrived at Uxbridge House for the season. The Earl of Carnarvon is expected to return to Grosvenor square, at the close of the week, from a visit to the Hon. Edward Herbert, at his seat in Somersetshire. The Countess has been slightly indisposed during the last few days. The Earl of Harrowby entertained the Marquis of Bristol, Mr. and Lady G. S.Wortley, Captain and Lady Mary Sattrin, and a select party at dinner last evening, at the Noble Earl's residence in Grosvenor-square. The Earl of Erroll is progressing most favourably towards a complete re-establishment of his health. The Marquis of Westminster has been declared out. of danger. Lord Huntingfield has left town for his seat, Hevingham , Hall Suffolk. Lord Hatherton has left town for his Lordship's seat, Ted desley Park, Staffordshire. _ • Sir George and Lady Shee have left the York Hotel, Albe marle-street, for the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have arrived at Wynyard Park, from Holdernesse House, and will reside there for a few weeks, previously to repairing to London for the season. MISCELLANEOUS. On Monday, at noon, a loud explosion was heard on the premises of Mr. Fenwick, the well-known artist in fire-works, residing in Regent-street, Lambeth-walk. A young man named William Hook, a journeyman firework maker, it ap pears, was making a quantity of rockets for the completion of a shipping order, and whilst ramming one of them with a mallet, the contents suddenly ignited, which communicated with a large quantity of combustible materials in front of him, the whole of which exploded with dreadful violence, forcing off the roof of the shop and setting fire to some portion of the building. The poor man Hook was found lying on his back, much disfigured about the face, hands, and chest, and in dreadful agony. He was removed in a cab to Guy's Hospital. Lady John Russell, who has been for some time in a very delicate state of health, is progressing most favourably to wards convalescence. The Commissioners of the Customs having had under consideration a representation, stating that difficulty and delay are experienced under the present practice of for warding free entries to the registrars at their respective stations, to be endorsed with the quantities of goods landed, and afterwards returned, and requesting that in future each registrar be directed to record in a book, to be provided for that purpose, the free entries so soon as they are received from the Long Room, and to insert therein the actual quantity landed by virtue of each entry, such book to be forwarded to the Principal C omptroller of Accounts on a specified day in each month, in order to enable him to pre pare the requisite accounts for the Inspector-General of Im ports and Exports--it has been resolved that the same is approved, and the several officers have been directed to govern themselves in future accordingly. The differences which have existed for some time among the members of the higher degrees of masonry in Ireland have been brought to a satisfactory termination, a com plete union being effected through the especial intervention of the Duke of Leinster. Some time before six o'clock on Saturday evening. last a most daring burglary was effected in the warehouse of Messrs. M. and ti. Hymns, clothiers, 9 and 10, King-street, Cheap side. There were stolen from the pr em i ses 186; yar d s of silk velvet, 600 yards of silk serge, in rolls ; 495 k yur (ls of satin, in pieces ; and 131. in gold, silver, and copper. A reward of 501. was offered yesterday for the apprehension and convic tion of the thieves, or on the recovery of the property. The police arc making active search after the burglars. The Committee of the Winchester Diocesan Church Build ing Society have granted 4001. in aid of the fund for erecting a church at Sandowu, in the parish of Brading, Isle of Wight. The population of that parish amounts to near 3,000 inhabi tants, of which, at least, 900 live at a distance of between four and five miles from the parish church, which affords accommodation for only 500, including children. A suitable site for the building has been given by Sir Wm. Oglander, Bart., of Minerell, who has also liberally subscribed towards the expenses, which are estimated at near 2,0001. The Lord Bishop of Lichfield has given notice that all graduates of the University of Cambridge who shall offer themselves as candidates for admission into the order of Deacons after the year 1845, will be expected to bring certi ficates of their having passed the r oltintary theological exa mination in that University. Duprez is engaged for Drury-lane Theatre to perform his favourite characters in William Tell and Lucia di Lammer moor in the month of April next. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, left town yesterday morning for Witley Court, Worcestershire, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. His Royal Highness travelled by the London and Birmingham Railway, and quitted the Euston-square terminus by the ten o'clock train. A deputation from the Ilull and Gainsborough Rail- way Company, consisting of Mr. John Chapman, Mr. Farquhar, and Mr. Leech, transacted business at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade yesterday, and presented the following memorials. From the bankers and Other inhabitants of Driffield, in favour of the Hull and Gain:borough Railway. From the resident magistrates, bankers, and other in habitants of Bridlington, to the like effect. From the inhabitants of Headon to the like effect. From the inhabitants of Beverley to the like effect. From the inhabitants of liornsea to the liko effect. From the inhabitants of Patrington to the like effect. Sir Robert Peel returned to his residence in White hall-gardens yesterday morning from a visit to the Queen, at the Pavilion at Brighton. Sir James Graham and other Cabinet Ministers visited the Right Hon. Baronet in the afternoon. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Do caning -street. Dr. Rogerson had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Willoughby Shortland had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday. Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. Robinson , of Berwick, The Chisholm, Alica deputation from the Direct Northern Railway Company, attended at the Board of Trade yee• terday, and presented the following memorials in favour of that undertaking. viz.:— Of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of th e borough of B e rwick-upon-Tweed. Of the Berwick Shipping Company. Of b a nkers, me rchants, tradesmen, and other inhabi tants of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Of the mayor, aldermen, and inhabitants of the city of Durham. inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-T yne and Gates head,o f the n of the an inhabitantsviciniti es dthe 0 1, ttbheeretobtw of Thorne and neigh : bourhood, in the West Riding of the county of York. s Of the inhabitants o f th e town of naith and neigh bourhood, in the West Riding of the county of York. Of the merchants, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the town of Belford, in the county of Northumberland. Of the inhabitants of thetownand burgh of Aluwick, in the c ounty of Northumberland. Of the inhabit ants of the borough of Morpeth, in he county of Northumberland. Of the magistrates and commissioners of police of the town of Coldstream, in the county of Berwick. Of the hankers, writers, merchants, and other inhabi tants of the town of Coldstream, in the county of Ber wick. Of the provost, magistrake, and town council of the royal burgh of Nairn. Of bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and other in habitants of the burgh of Huntley and neighbourhood. Of the Duke of Roxburgh and other landed proprie tors and inhabitants of the burgh of Kelso and its vicinity. Of the commissioners of police for the burgh of Kelso. Of the banners, merchants, and other inhabitants of the burgh of Kelso. Of the inhabitants of Edinburgh (3,000 signatures). Of the town-council of Invern ess. Of the town-council of Dingwall. Of the inhabitants of Dingwall. London. 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