The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-27 00:00:00

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L A EAT ' , JAN. "G.—Wind S. to W,S.W.—Arrd. Nelson, 1 / 1 1 " ,1 , Calcutt a ; Heywortii Watson, Havannah ; lodine, Prince Ed war d' s I s l an d . Sid. Prince Albert, New Rio Arrd. from the River, Cambria, Valparaiso; Oscar, jani ero ; Greyhound, Cape of Good Hope; Robert AMeddle, River Gambia ; Governor M'Leod, Diver Gambia ; x 1) 9 0 , Grenada; Ocean's Bride; St. Vincent's; Penelope, v e vls; Rub; St. Kitts; Wilsons, Havannah ; Adeline, Bal irre; Sop - hia Susanna, Nassene ; Adeline, New Orleans; ° n Bunnv, Hampton, United States. i tsTPOIIT, JA N . 24. Th e N e l son , o f Shoreham, and Abigail,v, of Belfast, went on shore this morning during a •loient gale. t 3 r•oticEsT Eß , J AN. 25.—A barque of about 400 tons, with roundo stern, trill poop, and small house on each side of it, n on the stern, in small letters, nearly obliterated (sup posed to be Ind e p en d ent or I n d epen d ence ), was passed 3,1 fit, lat. 49 long. 16, by the Almira. Iluckins, arrd. here. 'ERPooI. JAN. 26.—Wind S.W., freAL—Arrd. Bra- I s d an Blacklock, Bruss River ; Warren Hastings, Mason, r ,ew O r l eans; California, tit. John's, New Brunswick; p'gnet, ditto; Sea Bird, Time, Piince Edward's Island; a rtan, Prowse, ditto. Std. Eleanor, Bahia; Judah Touro, blab, Orl eans; B r i tish Amer i ca, M o bil e. Off port, Queen ' Lb ' China; AP - " ambra Savannah ; Favourite, Liverpool, a nd Loui s i ana. TO RRAy JAN. 26.—The Ida, Le•ter, Quebec to Cork, was abandoned, u 30th ult., having been on her beam ends eight days; three of the crew drowned, the remainder taken off tra the Ch amp i on, C or bi n, f or S t. J o h ns , N ew f o undland, and nshi Pned to the Johanna Friedrich, arrived here. owANszA, JAN. 25.—The Lively, of Galway put back to. the Mumbles vesterday leaky, and went on shore about a • mile to the westward. Putaitta, JAN. 25.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night at o'W., with heavy squalls. The Robert Alexander Parke, aton, from Live r pool for Belize, is at anchor near Perry- Point ch n, close on shore, in a dangerous position. BRLFAS T , JAN. 25.—The Mary, of and from Maryport, 1 :,a4 ashore on th e 24th i ns t. i n Ch a p e l Bay, C o peland Island, uring a heavy gale at S.S.E., bilged and full of water, but 18 expected off. Stocicros, JAN. 2G.—The Eaton Nab, of Stockton, run on the rocks this morning, but got oft; leaky. ICHatusit, JAN. 24.—1 t blew a heavy gale here last night and this morning. The Elizabeth and Friendship were driven high upon the beach. The Maas is full of water, and has lost her stern and rudder. The Carolina and Cero much damaged. The Eliza and Anne and Anne are on shore, but expected off without damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The present week's arrivals of English Wheat being mode rately good. viz.. 3,220 quarters, the stands were fairly sup plied with samples. Although the attendance of buyers was small, selected qualities of bath red and white sold steadily, at fully Monday's quotations. In all other kinds exceedingly little was doing at barely late rates. Foreign Wheat, the show of which was by no means large, met a very slow in quiry, yet the holders would not sell except at very full prices. The receipts of English Barley being on the increase, the demand for all descriptions was heavy, at the late decline in value. Very little Malt was on offer, yet the trade was heavy at previous quotations. With Oats we were scantily supplied, while the trade was firm at extreme figures. Beans, Peas, and Flour dull, at previous currenc ies.. U p wards of 16,000 barrels of Flour have come in this week. Wboat. 3,220 qrs. ARRIVALS. BarlAy. I 3,00 qrs. English •• • • • • Irish. .... .. .. Foreign .. .• Oats I Flour. 3,020 qrs. I 2,870 ski. 3 W I and 3,500 16,270br1s 2,600 Malt. 2,350 qra. WIIITECEIAPEL. Our market was somewhat heavily supplied with each kind of Meat. Generally speaking the demand ruled inac tive at barely late rates Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 33 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10(1 to 48 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. tbirts 12 :t tt t 0 11 ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) ?lII{ ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE IRONMONGERS' COMPANY. This was a petition, praying for the payment of the cost of certain advertisements which had been incurred by the Pad It appeared that a charity of 150,0001 . , whic h Pad been left f or the purpose of ransoming British captives in Turkey and Barbary, had by a decree of the Court been diverted into the maintaining of certain schools in this country. The petitioner advertised the existence of this charity, and demanded the payment of the expenses of the same, which was resisted by the defendants, who are trustees of the charity. ray ;'ray for the Attorney-General, and Mr. Kindersley for the Ironmongers' Company. the case concluded today, but hii Lordship deferred tiengment to afford the parties an opportunity for arrange ntand directed the matter to be mentioned on Saturday nett. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) T R i e,,Quattx ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE MEDWAY NAVIGA rIPANY V. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. In this out the instance 'eeta mandamus had been issued by this Court, at n th ee e r S , or other the Medway Navigation Company, directing railway the ti me ast ern Company forthwith to cause their engi er, agent, to inspect or examine a certain locomo tive steam engine belonging to the Medway Company, which ni wa ; y t he mandamus was issued was on a siding of the a le rail way near Tonbridge, and to report thereon to after of such report, to the Medway Company a certificate approval sh of such engine, pursuant to the provisions of Act ui,der which the railway was constructed. It ap peared by this Act that no locomotive, or other engine, or ?titer description of moving power, should at any time be a pproved upon, or use d on th e li ne , un l ess it s hould have been o f b y the company, and they were require(', within 14 days afte r no ti ce t o th em , by an y person de sirous of bringing any engine on the railway, to cause their engineer or other agent to inspect and examine such engine, 1 . 1 ,' any place within five miles of the railway, and to report thereon to the company • and that they, within seven days, I n Case the engine should ' be fit and proper t o be used, should give a certificate to the party of their approval. In their return to the writ the South• Eastern Company Maidstone set forth that, on the passing of the maidstone branch, the Medway Company obtained power to Construct sidings, communicating with the main lines of the branch, for the conveyance of their goods or minerals to the main line, and that such locomotive power as the South- Eastern possessed should be used for the conveyance of these goods and minerals at the usual rates along their line, and that they had incurred great expense, and afforded every convenience to the Medway Company for this purpose. The Medway Company demurred to this return, on the ground of insufficiency in law, and that the right of h aving: their goods so carried did not destroy the right of the Medway Company to have a te tificate of approval of the engine in question. The case now came on for argument in the usual form. Mr. ALEXANDER. had been heard at great length on behalf of the railway company. He contended that the return was sufficient, and that the allegations in the mandamus were not maintainable, inasmuch as they were too large and general. Mr. M. CHAMBERS was now heard in support of the writ. He said as the return did not state that the engine was an unfit one, it followed that they must assume that it was a proses engine, and that it was incumbent upon the rail way company to direct their engineer to furnish them with a certificate of the fitness of the engine, and that the Medway Company should be furnished by the railway com pany with a certificate of approval. The 153 d section of their Act, the one out of which ttie proceedings arose, dis tinctly enacted that the company should grant a certi• fieate of approval if tile engine was found to be a fit and proper one. The approval of the company was required in order that they might be prevented from solely depending upon their erg , neer, and from his supplying them, either through carelessne s or design, with a false or capricious report. He admitted that the engineer was a proper person to make such a report, and that the company would be per fectly justified in saying, if he presented an unfavourable report, tl:at the engine should not run on their line. It was established as a fact that the engine in this case was a fit and proper one, and that the Medway Company had adopted the proper course, in order to run it on the line. In accord ance with the terms of the Act, the public might run an en gine over the line,' provided it was a fit one. The legal construction of the Act, he contended, was that all parties should not only have the power of running carriages, but locomotives along a railway—in point of fact, using the railway as a public highway. The mandamus could not be too large or general, inasmuch as both the engineer's report and the approval of the company must be obtained. Then again, the word " approved' did not mean that an engine might be rejected on frivolous grounds. If the engineer sent in a report stating that the engine was unfit, whilst the contrary was the case, the company was bound to give the required certificate of approval, as the Act did not make them entirely dependent upon the engineer, whose opinion might be biassed. Lord DENMAN said the Court could not help saying that the Act made a very imperfect provision for inquiring into the capacity of an engine. Some other officer than the en gineer should have been named, but the Court could not construct a new Act to meet this particular case. The man damus should have directed a report. If a company refused to do that which the Act required, an action would lie for maliciously refusing to perform the conditions the Act re quired. Mr. Justice PATTESON said the Act foolishly enacted that engines and carriages might be run on certain condi tions, but it was merely inferential, as it did not say that they might be run. Mr. CHAMBERS held that all railways were nothing but public highways, on which carriages of a certain description might be run on certain conditions, and if he established this right, the public m i g ht run locomotives along *such lines with as much right as they no w took ah e o c rse se at o - f at tached to a carriage al ong a common road. In th Vie King v. The Severn an d W ye (2d Barnewell any Alder son) Chief Justice Holroyd st a t e d di st i nctly that a rail way was nothing more nor less th an a pu b l i c highway, and that persons using a certain mode of a carr i age migt use it en paying toll. Mr. Justice Corxitincx said he had no doubt that a railway was a highway under certain restrictions. Mr, Julie.: Parrzson said, by the 128th section the com pany was empowered to provide locomotive power and car riages, but they were not commanded. In a case reported in ex-parte Dowling's cases, a mandamus was applied for t, compel a railway company to convey the goods of a carrier along their line, as this Act did not compel them to carry all goods. The application was refused. The ques ten was an important one, as all railway Acts were simi larly worded. He submitted that his clients had a right to run their engine on the line, and hoped the Court would compel the company to allow it to be run, without driving there to try their right of action. DENMAN said all railways were public roads, 112 the Acts under which they were constructed g av e the public certain rights over them, but it did not follow that all consequences which attached to Public roads must attach to railways. One of these coahnirstrigeqiunenees would be that an one of the public might run ' any carries-es lie pleased. He y thought it would be very to t ' hold out that any person might bring an engine and work i t over a l i ne at his own pleasure. Now the Act he thought had provided proper security against the results , which might abase by a the improper use of such a power— "ally, th certificate of the engineer and the approval of tile company. The mandamus called upon the company to grant their certificate nod their approval before the engineer had granted writ which ntetlhis,inopposition to the s pi r it o f th e A c t ; there fere o calledfitanupon him to g ran t hi s certificate that th e eng i ne was a _examined it, was cieariy bad. proper one, without his having the other Judge s agr e e d with the Chief P STTFSON and ustice, and that th e mandamus as it stood was too • Justice large. lhe mandamus was accordingly discharged. . 4 X 5 4 ;44 ;•• ...•' .•••' . •. '• ..••• ..••' :.••• .•••• . ~ ..• ' .. , •• e• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING , JANUARY 27, 1847. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BANKES V. NEWTOZ., Mr. Justice, Erie proceeded to give judgment i❑ this case this morning. The facts of the case were, that Mr. Newton, a barrister, had bec-..me indebted to Mr. Banke3 in the sum of 41. for groceries, and in consequence of, the non-payment of the money Mr. Baukes sued Mr. Newton in the Sheriffs' Court, and obtained a verdict in his favour. Mr. Newton after wards applied for a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the clerk of the plaintiff's attorney had, during the absence of Mr. Nem, ton, represented the cause as undefended, and consequently the cause was taken, and a verdict obtained. He also applied on the ground that there was a competent court to dispose of debts under M. in the district in which he (Mr. Newton) resided, at Wandsworth. On these grounds the rule was granted. Mr. Hog - gins yesterday showed cause against the rule. He urged, that when the debt was contracted the defendant's offices were in Manchester-buildings, while his house was at Wandsworth. Neither had he objected when the writ was served, Mr. Justice EBLE, in giving judgment, remarked, that after what had been shown on the other side, it appeared to him that the two grounds on which the rule had been ob tained did not materially bear upon the case, and, therefore, under all the circumstances, the Court thought it better to discharge the rule. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied during the whole of the day with the special paper; none of the cases, however, presented the slightest feature of pubic interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) THE EAST INDIA STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.-SCOTT AND ANOTHER V. nERKELEY. Mr. GREENWOOD appeared in this case, which was part heart, in support of the plaintiff's right to recover the sum of 21,600/. from the Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.l'., as a direc tor of the East India Steam-ship Company, now defunct. The action was brought by Messrs. Scott, Sinclair and Co.. the extensive ship-builders of Greenock, to recover the sum named as the balance of an account due for building a steamer for the said company. The proceedings which were taken resulted in jadgment being signed against the defendant. Before execution was issued objection was taken as to the liability of the defendant, and after some discussion it was mutually agreed to turn the matter into a special case for the opinion of the Court, as to whether, in September, 1843, when judgment was signed, the defendant was a member or director of the company. All the arguments adduced, which were entirely of a tech • nical and legal character, were directed to this matter. The COURT decided the point in favour of the defendant. The other cases argued were demurrers of no interest ex cept to the parties concerned. A vote of thanks to the chairman was then put and carried, and the meetinz broke up. SO ./zIEE‘ ‘'E RRl4i E p : S S N A S D I R O (FROM A CORRESPONDENT , ) DISTILLERIES. SSTOIFLOL81711:1G1 E A I S I INTO T PRO POSEDOT HE 1 1 We take for granted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has arranged his accounts in such a manner that he can afford to sacrifice two-thirds of the revenue he at present derives from the tax en malt, before he consented to the measure he has expounded for the admission of sugar into the breweries, if he has not so made up his mind, we are free to tell him that will be the effect of his plan : thus, barley when malted yields a given quantity of saccharine matter, equal, perhaps, to about seven pounds of sugar. The process is carried on for this object, and for rendering the grains of cern friable. Now, these advantages a brewer can derive from a bushel of malt can be obtained by adding seven pounds of sugar to a bushel of kiln-dried barley. The revenue, consequently, will lose the difference of money betwixt the duty on a bushel of malt, 2s. 81d., and the duty on seven pounds of sugar, 101 d., occasioning a loss to the Crown on the small quantity here taken of one shilling and tenpence ; for this sacrifice we suppose the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has the national income to manage, is prepared. The admission of sugar into the breweries, however, dwindles into insignificance, when compared with the evils likely to arise from the other part of his plan, namely, the terms of the admission of sugar into the distilleries. Here we have a system of boulity originated, and ingeniously mixed up with it—a scheme, against which even the Chancellor of the Ex chequer himself, ought to be the first to hold up his hands. No one can foretel the extent of mischief to which this measure may lead. The plan proposes that the distiller shall clear his sugar from the bonded warehouses, and pay duty on it at the same rate as other folk, and when he is called upon to pay the spirit duty he is to be allowed at the rate of 12s. 10d.—in fact, keeping up the expensive machinery, now in existence to collect fourteen shillings, to collect fourteen pence! and this extravagant scheme is based upon the supposition that all descriptions of sugar will yield the like quantity of spirits—namely, eleven gallons and a half. Now, it is thoroughly known that few articles vary so much in their yield as sugar; some sugar not giving more than five gallons of spirits, while others will yield twenty ; and yet, according to the scheme in tended to become a permanent . law, before us, the distiller is to receive 12s. 6d., for each quantity of eleven and a half gallons of spirits, a fixed amount of drawback npou an uncommonly fluctuating extract. The Chancellor of the Exchequer may fancy he is perfectly safe, looking to the results of the experiments laid before him, but we will tell him if he is safe to-day, he may not be so to morrow. Is he or any one else prepared to say that the art of distillation has reached perfection? Is he or any one else prepared to say that the distiller will not and cannot dis cover some new mode of carrying on his process, or some new implements by which he will be enabled to obtain more than eleven gallons and a half from each cwt. of sugar? The Right Honourable Gentleman seems to have pinned his faith on what has been told him by. the West Indians. A little reflection will tell him, that, if the average quality of sugar will yield eleven gallons and a half, the superior qualities will yield much more; the superior qualities of sugar are precisely the sort the distiller will select for his operations. tie H ni a e d te t w hi e s eh m e e e a l s d u h re av b e ee t n heu b g ro h u t gl i i t t e fo n rw in a g r e d ni b e y thueeener novel mode, on thir part, of fleecing the community for the advan tage and profit of the colonists. R p OL of the C I SIM om P In m ß iss O io V ner of IE W N ood T s S and the MET 23d report Forests yesterday printed, the following statement appears on the metropolitan improvements :—" In our last report we stated that we had purchased, or agreed for the purchase ' of the whole of the ground and buildings required for the completion of the several lines of improvement, authorised by the Acts 3 and 4 Victoria, chap. 87, and 4 Victoria, chap. 12 ; and that we had let en building leases all the ground in the line from Coventry-street to Long-acre, and hoped in the course of the ensuing year to let the building ground in the other lines. We accordingly took measures for that pur pose during the last year, by offering the ground to public competition by tender, and agreed to let on building leases nearly the whole of the ground in the line from Oxford street to Holborn, at rents somewhat exceeding the estimates made thereof by our architects. The buildings on that ground (the plans and elevations of which were previously approved of by us) are rapidly proceeding, and are of a description suitable to the situation. In the line from Bow street to Charlotte. street, Bloomsbury, called Endell street,' the street has been formed and the vaults turned; but no portion of the ground vested in this hoard has yet been let. The portion of this street originally vested in the Mercers' Company, and still retained by them, is also unlet. We attribute this in some degree to the circumstances of the building ground in the Oxford-street line having been in the market about the same time. The line from the London Docks to Spital Church, (including the line from East Smithfield to Rosemary •lane.) forms a portion only of a more extended line originally intended between Whitechapel and Shoreditch, and to the non-completion of which commu nication we attribute the still unfinished state of this im provement. The thoroughfare from the London Docks to Spitalfields' Church is open to the public, and an immediate continuation of the line, as referred to above, is in contem plation. The whale of the buildings in Coveatry-street line are now completed, and the new street has for some time past been open, and affords great accommodatioa to the public. It not being considered advisable to proceed at pre sent in the sale of the ground rents, payable for the property as required by the Acts, for the formation of these new lines of street towards the repayment of the expense incurred thereby, we have found it necessary to procure further loans to the amount of 55,0001., upon the security of certain por tions of the land revenues of the Crown within the county of Middlesex, under the powers of the Act 7 Victoria, chap. 1, at a fluctuating rate of interest reguiated by the price of Consols, being, when Consuls are above 90, as at present, 3/. 10s. per cent. per annum. These loans, with the sums borrowed from the Equitable Assurance Company and the Bank of England (which in oar last report we stated to amount to 750,000/0, and also a soul of 40,000/., which has been temporarily advanced during the last year out of other funds under our charge and for the repayment of which it will be necessary to effect a further loan, make the total amount borrowed by us in respect to the improvements in question, 845,000/. The total amount paid for purchases to the sth of January, 184, was 717,604/. 55., leaving purchases to 10,813/. 155., agreed for to be made. DEATH OF MR. CLOWES.—We regret to state that Mr. Clowes, sen., the eminent printer of Duke-street, Stam ford-street, died yesterday evening, after a short but severe illness. PRESENT STATE OF OPORTO. The Admiralty have ordered Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, to detach another ship from his squadron in Lisbon to Oporto, to assist the Gladi ator, steam-frigate, and the Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Com mander Rivers, in protecting British interests during the present crisis. PROVISIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The Rappahannock, Cornelia, and Empire, from New York ; Anglo-Saxon from Boston ; Rockingham and Republic from Philadelphia; John Ravenel from Baltimore; Charles Ilumberston, Lochinvar, and Nonantum f rom Ch ar l es t on ; Albania and Isabella Stuart from New Orleans; and Ash land from Savannah, which were reported at Liverpool on the 25th instant, bring 42,047 barrels of flour, 22,342 bushels and 888 sacks wheat, 14,700 bushels and 12,172 sack of Indian corn, 8,206 barrels of Indian corn meal, 569 packages of biscuit, 1,065 packages of rice, and 2,189 pack ages of cheese. The British residents at Frankfort have collected the sum of 551. for the relief of their distressed countrymen in Ireland and Scotland. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, JAN. 26. Major 11. W. Askwith's company of Royal Artillery (3d company, sth battallion), leaves Woolwich this morning in one of the Waterman's steamers for Portsmouth, rid Nine Elms, to relieve Captain Wilford's company (3d company, 3d battalion), stationed at that town. A detachment will also leave for Devonport. A batch of 100 recruits have been sent from Lisburn, Ireland, by Lieutenant Clarke, the recruiting officer at that station, and are expected to join at Woolwich in a few days. Lieutenant-Colonel Dowse will leave Wool wich on the Ist of February, to assume the command of the Royal Artillery at Ballincolig, Ireland. The present forage stores of the Royal Artillery are to be converted into barrack rooms for the accommodation of the troops. and new forage stores are to be erected outside the barracks on a piece of ground belonging to the Board of Ordnance, in Artillery place, opposite the North Arch. FALL OF THE MONSTER CHIMNEY AT WIGAN, On Thursday afternoon last, shortly after four o'clock, this very imposing fabric fell to the ground with a loud crash. The ehimney, which has been completed for only a few months, was commenced by Mr. Dobb nearly four years ago, close to the lands of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, at the termination of his extensive chemical works. Its progress since that time bas been g radual , during the summer months, but has necessarily been stayed for several months of each winter, when its part completion gave indications of its future greatness. Its completion was effected a few months ago, when it bad reached the great height of upwards of 400 feet or about 134 yards, and the event was duly cele brated. Shortly, however, after this was done an indentation of one side near the top was observed, and which was watched daily, when, after a further lapse of time, a very apparent deviation from the perpendicular had taken place, and the base slightly parted from one side of the excava tioa. A further inclination being observed, the advice of Mr. Fairbairn, civil engineer, of Manchester, was obtained, and we believe he recommended a portion of the top being taken down, and the work was consequently commenced, and continued until the day of its fall, when we believe a person was up the building; at this time about 28 yards had been taken off. For some time past a further sinking of the base , has been observed, and greater fears were entertained for its safety, and a series of stays were b e i ng cons t ruc t e d to place round it. But all the measures were without avail. It fell on Thursday afternoon across the canal, and extends for the length of a field beyond it. Th e passage o f b oats on i the canal is stopped until it can b e c l eared, and act i ve mea sures are now being carried on f or th e purpose. W e b e li eve . this the third chimney which has fallen en Mr. Dobbs' premises.-21Ianchester Cuurier. STOPPAGE OF THE PEERS ON THEIR PASSAGE TO THE HousE OF LORDS.—Yesterday notices, 'si ehnlot'usweesreofpPsatrell at the Horse Guards, P fu lt u r l l t ia h m e signed by Mr. Birch, clerk m cle ir r a k lt i y n , consequence of several of the Lords complaining stating that, in and obstructions in the streets leading t p aining of stoppages Par liament, caused by hackney carriages, c o the Houses of by which they have been delayed taking their drays, and the Commissioners of Police are enjoinedg seats therein, obstructions in future. to remove all such THE LATE FIRE AT MESSRS. A INGill'S FOUNDRY. —INQUEST ON O NE OF TliE SUFFERERS.—Last eve c n i ing D lS ß l T. Mr. William Payne, held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of George Ri ches, aged 33, who was fatally injured at the late deplorable occurrence at Messrs. Ainger's iron foundry, Upper Ground •street, Blackfriars. Thomas Haigh, of 1, Anne-street, Waterloo-road, said that the deceased was a fireman's-assistant, and on Friday week, about ten o'clock at night, was engaged with witness and severa l other parties in the foundry. A ladle which had just been filled with seven hundred weight of hot liquid iron was being lifted by a purchase crane, when it turned over and the metal flowing out, a quantity splashed up, and coming in contact with the dome of the furnace, it rebounded, and fell over the deceased like a shower, setting his clothes on fire. At that time the deceased was about twelve feet from the pit. As soon as possible be was got out, and conveyed t the hospital. By the Coroner -7h° ladle was suspended on two pivots, or axles, and in order to steady the whole two • handles were placed on the opposite sides ,w hich were held by as many men. One of the p arties had not properly se cured his handle, and was in the act of adjusting it when the accident occurred. Four men were injured, two of whom still rem • ain in St. Thomas's Hospital. Thceased died on Tuesday morning from the effeets of the injuries received.— ' n Yerdict—Accidental Death. LITERATURE. THE WESTMINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY RE VIE TV. IVo. XCI. Already in another portion of The' Sun we have shown the fallacy of the political article in this Review relating to the Spanish marriages. We have shown that the writer has based his reasoning upon a misinter pretation or rather upon a misconception of the course pursued by the English Government in reference to the nefarious proceedings of the French cabinet in the Peninsula. Any further refutation of the arguments contained in that contribution would consequently be superfluous. It were, moreover, unnecessary to insist upon facts which are now notorious, namely, the devious and ungenerous policy of King Louis Philippe in award ing husbands to Queen Isabella and her sister the In fanta Louisa, the discourteous juggling practised at the interview in the Chateau d'Eu, the bold and admirable conduct of Mr. Bulwer the British Minister at Madrid, the decisive remonstrances given to M. Guizot by the Marquis of Nurmanby, the British Minister at Paris, and the shuffling explanation tendered in documents by the former to the Chamber of Deputies. As a key to the distinct and candid behaviour of England in this transaction, it must never be forgotten that the policy of Lord Palmerston has therein been identical with the policy of his predecesscr the Earl of Aberdeen. In a clever and sagacious article styled " Revelations of the Telescope," the recent discoveries in astronomy and especially the discover ice eff2cted through the colos:ial telescope of Lord Rosse are admirably com memorated. And the excel': nce of this very beautiful paper is not merely restricted to an enumeration of the achievements of modern astronomers—it takes a com prehensive and succinct view of the origin, progress, and development o f t h at most su bli me s cience. The writer glances ba c k even as rem tely as the Chaldeans, the Egyptians, the Chi nese , and the Indians. He re lutes the establish ment o f t h e p hil oso phical doctrines of Aristotle, to the eff ec t th at t h e h eaven s were an incor ruptible concave. He records the appearance of th e great theory of Pythagoras, that the earth was a vagrant orb revolving round the sun, and the appearance of Ptolemy, whereby the mind of man retrograded to the old blundering notion that the earth was motionless. The resuscitation of the Pythagorean scheme of the celestial world by Cop ern i cus , i n the sixth century, is then mentioned, and a l so t h e o pp o sition given to the Copernican hypothesis by Ty c h o Brahe. We are glad to observe the enthusi asm w ith which the illustrious philosopher Kepler is afterwards named, but we are amazed to see the revival of the foolish fable of the persecutions of the Inquisition when alluding to the advent and deeds of Geld* o. Does the reviewer, while speaking of " the ignorant bigotry" of those times, forget that the great work Of Copernicus De Revolutionibus was published under the patronage of Pope Paul 111., and that the expenses of its publication were liquidated by the Bishop of Eremeland P In commemorating the intellectual victories obtained by our glorious country man, Sir Isaac Newton, the writer evinces his capability of appreciating the benefits conferred upon mankind by that extraordinary man, and the vast additions which his one mind made to the accumulating treasures of human knowledge. Since the remarkable career of Herschell, no such startling step has been taken for the fathoming of the infinite depths of creation as the con struction of the great telescope in Ireland, under the direction of Lord ltosse—a nobleman whom the reviewer elegantly styles an emulator of Tycho Brahe. From the astonishing circumstances connected with the discovery of the new planet by M. Le Perrier —" not the result of chance or of a fortunate supposition, or of the in creased power of our telescopes, but of the unaided power of profound thought, and of abstract mathema tical reasoning"—we transcribe the following brief but sufficient memorial from the pages of the Westminster Review : " The irregulariti e s of th e or bit o f Uranus having Le beetfor a he lo f n e g un p d e , ri t e h d a a t deiffficthuletywrthoealestraonnloemunet of re, induced Ver rier to a more close examinati on o f that planet's motions, irregularityand he in' its path, or of its perturbations, only a comparatively small part could be accounted for by the attraction of any known forces. Upon examining, too, tables which had been constructed of the orbit of Uranus, he found that they in no way agreed with the latest observations. These discrepancies he con ceived might be either due to want of precision in theory, or want of exactness in observations; or Uranus might be sub ject to other attractions than those of the sun, Jupiter, and Saturn ; and he resolved to endeavour to determine the cause of these perturbations. Finding so much inaccuracy in the data and calculations on which the previous tables of the planet's orbit were founded, he set himself to the laborious task of investigating and calculating everything afresh, with the utmost rigour, and, after much perseverance, he deter mined with great nicety the amount of perturbation in the orbit of Uranus due to the attraction of Jupiter and Saturn. With these corrected data before him, he proceeded to com pare the calculated path of the planet with its actually ob served positions • and he came to the conclusion, not merely that there was difficulty and discrepancy in the comparison, but that, on grounds of the strictest geometrical reasoning, none of those known forces were adequate to produce the observed irregularities of the planet's bourse. Several ways had been already suggested of getting rid of the difficulty— the resistance of the ether—a vast satellite of Uranus—some variation in the law of gravity at that enormous distance from the sun—the shock of a comet, or lastly, an unknown planet. But M. Le Verrier showed that all these suppositions, except the last, were inadmissible, and that, if the disturbing force proceeded from an unknown planet, the stranger must be, not within the orbit of Uranus, because, if a large body, it would disturb Saturn's orbit ; if a small one, it would not be adequate to produce the actual amount of disturbance in that of Uranus : nor, for the same reasons, near on the out side of the orbit of Uranus; but far enough without the obit of Uranus to act upon it, without acting upon that of Saturn, and large enough to act upon Uranus for long and continuous periods of time. According to Bode's law of planetary distances which we have already enunciated, namely, that the planets double on one another in their dis tances from the sun as they are more remote in the system, this new planet ought to be twice as far from the sun ai Uranus. And this probability became almost a certainty ; for, as its distance cannot be much less, so it cannot be greater, e: g., treble the distance of Uranus; because, as in that case it must be of enormous mass, it must act upon Saturn as well as Uranus, and its great distance from both planets would make its influence on each comparable; whereas, there is no trace of any such influence on the orbit of Saturn. Further, such a body, acting on the orbit of Uranus, must lie, with out doubt, in much the same plane as that planet; i. c., must be looked for nearly in the ecliptic. " The paper, of wine • h we have made this abstract, was he Ist of June in read before the Academy of Sciences on 4 t c or e tes Rendus,' the present year; and in a second paper ( stillP ex- August 31, 1846), Le Verrier procee ded to et more h unseen planet. actly the place, size, and distance of the y be (To this paper we must refer the reader w hom ay n by Le desirous Ver of acquainting himself with the elements gi !. lvfor was article rier. They are too abstruse and too technica t l . t a body general in its nature.) His idea was, thauch less than ma ny times the size of the earth, and not m 1 e about the Saturn, taking more than two centuries to revov Within sun, at a distance 33 times greater than the Earth._,..x be one month after M. Le Verrier had thus mianteiY s ti duallya forehand, the place of this mysterious body, !I it w ile observe - seen. On the 23d of September, Dr. Galle, of t him tory at Berlin, received a letter from Le Verrier, urging ' to look out sharply for the new star, which possibly might be recognised by its disc. That very evening, Galle, on com paring Bremiker's excellent map with the beavte marked terved, near the place fixed by Le Verrier, a star no . lit with by Bremiker. It was compared three times that night potion a known fixed star, and a planetary motion its the following night it was again observed, and , erer's an was confirmed, and agreed perfectly with its discoverer Galle nouncernent ; and, on the third night, September - lace of the observed it five times, and Locke ten, and the b served ' the planet had again changed, and, as Encke o ' ' This slight place of the planet agrees within one degree. sition of the difference between the calculation as tothe P. the actual ob new planet by the theory of Le Verrier, andtbe most striking servation by Galle and Lricke, is perhaps by M. Le Ver fact connected with the discovery. In a_ note s b rves:-- rier to the Academy, on this point, heobserves exceedingly small, " ' My error in calculation will be found . • upon which I when the slight nature of the perturbatio .. n 's taken into con determined the position of the new planet,h l e, that after 30 or sideration. This success must inspire a ePastronomers may 40 years' observations of the new planet,.n the next that use it in its turn as a means of discovering sgun. They will, follows in the order of distance from t he isibl on account of unfortunately, soon arrive at stars My whose orbits may their immense distance from the sun, but be correctly ascertained by theory.' frequentl ob " Since this discovery, the planet has been of a many parts the served, both in our own country and i ed in common mea sontinent. Its present distance, expre. Iles from the sun, and sure, is about 3,200,000,000 English Its I distance from Ura about 3,100,000,000 from the earth. t 140,000,000 of miles. m nos, whose motions it disturbs , is al c i o % iles, that of Uranus Its diameter is estimated at 50 ' of Saturn 79,000, of the being 35,000, of Jupiter 86,0000, f the other planets are less earth 8,000, while the diameters ith the exception of Jupiter than that of the earth. Thus, w 's the largest in our system. Its and Saturn, the new planet i h 250 to 1. Considering that cubic is to that of the sart as each attended by a train of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus extremely probable that the new planet satellites, it appears exccompaniment. Indeed, a subsequent will have a similar Cass ell, of Liverpool, has stated hie belief that observer, lir. Lags d enot only one accompanying satellite, but he has ellscovere ring round the planet. ' With respect also the existence o f e the ring,' observes Mr. Cassell 'I , am to the existence o f o declare it, but I received so many im not able absolutely t . the same form and direct' always in . . ions, and press.ons o ~ e s magnifying powers, that I feel a very with all the differe that nothing but a finer state of atmo sphere strong impression to enable me to verify the discovery. is necessary to t the star, having every aspect of a sa tellite, the existence o shadow of a doubt.' These tellite, . there is not the until be determined the observations ese matters, of the however, cannot.d fora longer • continue period." planet have been The claims o f Dir. Adams to a sh are i n t h e cred i t of th e discovery are tra ced with much candour and im partiality. But w ithoutdetracting in any Bu gentleman, it cannot manner from the credit of that be denied that e g Verrier the name of M. 1 mightydeserves to be associated pre-eminently with the will orb which his genius has divulged, and which h h perpetuate that name to the • t . wit t e shames of Gab, remotest posteri j leo, of Kepler, f H hll d 0 ersc e . IsT —0 mor of Newton, an of the human e marvellous evidence of ? the power afforded b intellect has ever been given than thatby the mathematical indi cation of an astro nomical phenomeno n by this illustrious Frenchman. The reviewer next as k s the question whe ther the planets are inhabited, a n d conceives the proba bility of their being so from a variety o f facts provi ng their analagous condition to this e art h , among others from the periodical accumulations of ic e at t h e poles of Mars. He then comments upon the extraordinary cavities and fissures in the moon, one cavern being sixty miles in diameter, and one cra ck extending 150 miles in length, l as straight as a railway From th e discoveries effected by Lord Rosso's telescope, and proclaimed by Dr. Nichol, it would seem that the renowned tl Laplace as to the birth of the Eolieory of ar system, and the nebular hypothesis of Herschell are • virtually exploded. The article altogether is of remarkable interest. A strange review of " Grote's Historyof G recce " follow in which the arguments of Bulwer and others ' s ' individuality of Homer are feebly attempted as to the dis proved. Besides these there are to be pa of - 'British Ferns," (illustrated with h ers upon the history the " Camp and Barrack Room," ~ Bankruptcy engravings,) In solvency," and " Travels in Lyeia. ' ankruptey and collec tion of the letters and speech es ()f OliverOUpon the Thomas Carlyle, there is an excellent critical contribu tion. With a large quantity of notices of foreign literature the minor criticisms and Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review is completed for the January quarter. I The combination of these two eminent publications pro mises to (fleet a brilliant innovation upon the ordinary st)le of periodicals. WIT AND HUMOUR. By Leigh Hunt. After the fashion of the ancient trilogies, a very beau tiful notion of a literary character has been recently conceived by Leigh Hunt. As our comparison will imply, this notion, branches off in three directions. Imagination and Fancy, the first ; Wit and Humour, the second ; Action and Passion, the third. As every mind that feeds upon the fruits of modern literature is already aware, the first portion of this exquisite series has been some time published. The second portion is now await ing the scrutiny of the critic, and the exploration of the reader. The third portion is as yet prospective ; may be it is now developing itself under the industrious pen of its originator. It must be acknowledged by every one who has examined the two volumes lately written by the Poet of Rimini, that the plan upon which they have been penned is as admirable as their influence is calculated to be beneficial, and as their manner of com position is fascinating. While each acts as a cicerone to the curiosities and riches stored up in different depart ments of English poetry, each acts likewise as an incitement to the intellect of its reader. As thus : While the glories of the imaginations and fancies of our bards are divulged to us, our own imaginations fancies are simultaneously ripened and enarged by the very contemplation. And, again :—ln analysing to us the characteristic wit and humour of our vat ions poets, the writer has thereby endeavoured to enhance our capacities of appreciation in regard to wit and humour generally, and has done good service, moreover, for the eradication of that passion for spurious wit and burlesque humour, which, in latter years, has so sadly deteriorated the pleasantness of society and the advan Cages of the drama. No one was more peculiarly suited for the carrying out of this excellent scheme than Leigh Hunt. He has enough poetry in his own nature, to love the charms of his predecessors in the divine art. He has enough drollery to detect the veriest scintillation of wit, and the merest glimpse of humour, in his prede cessors. He has enough aptitude for criticism, to pass sentence upon his brethren of the lyre. He has enough knowledge of the foibles and failings of this generation, to disco% er where they exist and whence they arise ; and above all, he has enough acumen to discern the eating those failings. In proof of this , witness his properest means of correcting those foibles, and eradi most charming " Story of Rimini," his shorter poems, his critical papers in the Examiner and elsewhere, his picturesque romance, Sir Ralph Esher, his Indicator, and his Miscellaneous Essays. Talk, as many do, about Hunt regarding Nature through the atmosphere of London, it is undeniable that his compositions are flawed with Cockneyisms, just as Keats's Endymion was injured by its jejune imagi narks, and as the majority of Wordsworth's verses are tarnished with puerilities. Blackwood, to a certain extent, judged rightly of Hunt, the Quarterly of Keats, and Byron of Wordsworth. But that "certain extent" only embraces the naked fact of Cockneyism in the one, Jejuneness in the other, and puerility in the last. With all his conventional marks as a dweller in Cockaigne, how beautiful is the poetry cf Leigh Hunt even in certain passages of the despised " Feast," and especially in his apostro phies to the months and seasons ! With all his imma turity, how exquisite are the works of Keats, how fanciful his " Lamia," how touching the " Pot of Basil," how impassioned his " Ode to the Nightingale," how sublime his fragment of " Hyperion !" With all his indisputable puerilities, how truly and majestically is the poet of nature visible in the productions of William Wordsworth ! Throughout the whole of the writings of Leigh Hunt there have been some such comparativeblemishes, though always accompanied by excellencies which had immeasurably the preponderance. It is, therefore, to our thinking, the most striking characteristic of the present serial that it affords no similar opportunities for the cavilling of the stupidest curmudgeon of a hyper critic. The nature of the work, indeed, renders failure with such a man as Mr. Hunt little short of an impos sibility. To employ a trite but expressive metaphor, each book is a string of literary pearls : the pearls he has selected frem the most eminent of the bards of England, the string alone is his own. In the previous volume we had the choicest jewels of imagi nation and fancy threaded together. In the present we have those of wit and humour. In the one which is to come, we aro o have those of action and passion. Leigh Hunt, as might be expected, has prefaced the volume under notice with an illustrative essay on wit and humour, in which he has, like Cowley, and Locke, and Addison, and Barrow, and Hazlitt, and Campbell, and Beattie, and a thousand others, endea voured to define the line of demarcation between those two subtle and most assimilative phenomena of the human mind. Mr. Hunt differs in a measure from all his predecessors, and he condenses his theory into a single sentence :—" Wit is the arbi• trary juxtaposition of dissimilar ideas, for some lively purpose of assimilation or contrast, generally of both." So far the definition is good, but it is merely a repetition of one very recently advanced elsewhere, to the effect that " Wit is the lustre resultir.g from the quick elucidation of one subject by a just and unexpected arrangement of it with another subject." We give the preference to the latter defini tion, as being, at one and the same time, more con densed and comprehensive. Leigh Hunt very happily terms humour " a tendency of the mind to run in particular directions of thought or feeling, more amusing than accountable." Of itself, however, this felicitous explanation of the meaning of humour is insufficient. The definition might apply to eccentric insolence, enthusiasm, eloquence, or in fact, to anything almost as well as to humour. He subsequently gives us a catalogue of what he calls the "princpal forms of wit :-Ist, the direct simile ; 2d, the metaphor ; 3d, the poetical process, the leap to a con clusion, the omission of intermediate particulars in order to bring the two ends of a thought or circumstance together • 4th, Irony, or saying one thing and meaning another ; sth, Burlesque or pure mockery ; 6th, Exaggeration, Ultra Continuity, and Extravagance in general ; 7th, Any kind of juxtaposition of ideas, having a pleasant effect, down to those depending on sound ; Bth, Cross pur poses, or contradictory intentions mistaken by their Entertainers for Identical Ones ; 9th, Unconscious ab surdity in a man's character apart from mere circum stances ; 10th, Conscious humours indulged ; 11th, Humours of Nations and Classes ; 12th, Humours of mere temperament ; 13th, Moral and Intellectual incon gruities; 14th, Genial Contradictions of the Conventional In drawing out this vocabulary of " forms," Ise con ceive that Mr. Hunt has straggled very widely from his original definitions of wit, and has sped across the barrier which should have divided it from humour. In this catalogue wit and humour merge into each other, and become almost inextricably blended together. We cannot regard that as a just and accurate lists of the " forms "of the former, which embraces burlesque, nonsense verses, and every w e old s the s ays sexton, , madame Ma u t a li n i d escr iption of pun. We can percei ve w it, f or examp l e, in that verse by Tom Hood, descriptive of th e d ea th and funeral of a sailor : " His death which happ ene d i n hi s b ert h , At forty odd &fel, They And the sexton t o ll e d the bell." We can see wit, moreover, in th a t remark in "Nicholas Nickleby," where wrung her hands with grief, and rung the b e ll f or h er hus band, andfill into a chair and a fainting fit simultaneously . " Neither of these speciMens of wit have been • inserted by Mr. Hunt in his volume, but we can see positivewit in them, whereas it would take a million years of the most unheard of logic to convince us that Rorum, scorum, Sunt divorum, Harm scarum dive ; Tag-rag, merry-derry, perriwig and hatb d• an , Hic hoc horum, genitivo, is wit. Humourous nonsense it may he, and is in short, but wit it certainly is not. Yet it is actually quoted as such by Leigh Hunt in page 51. It is amusing, more over, to hear him propounding as a doctrin e in literature, .that Lawrence St erne i s t h e greatest wit that ever lived I With Shakspere, Cervantes, Moliere, Swift, Addison, and glorious o ld abelais in hi s recol lection ; he says that Lawrence Sterne was the greatest wit ! A first-rate wit Sterne was, without question— " Tristram Shandy" is a grand proof of that—but cer tainly he was not the 'first. We are amazed to hear so discriminating a critic as Mr. Hunt speak thus emphatically about Lawrence Sterne, and yet make no mention whatever of a much greater wit—Charles Dickens. Notwithstanding these inconsistencies, how ever, the volume is right excellent; it is a delightful culling of witty and humourous passages from Chaucer, Shakspere, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Ran dolph, SuclJing, Brome, Marvel, Butler, Dryden, Philips, Pope, Swift, Green, Goldsmith, and Wolcot; accompanied with brief but felicitous commentaries by Leigh Hunt himself. REPRESENTATION OF SALIS BURY. SALISBURY, JAN. 25.—The election of a Member for this city, in the room of Mr. Ambrose Hussey, took place this day, Mr. W. J. Chaplin, the chairman of the South-Western Railway Company, having been returned without opposition. An active canvass had during the last six months been car ried on by Mr. Martin, of Kingston House, near Dorchester, who stood on the Protectionist interest, but from the 18th inst., the day on which it was first 'announced that Mr. Chaplin had consented to be put in nominati o n, it bec a m e evident that the all but unanimous sense of the constituency was in his favour; his having the power to confer essential benefits upon the city proving to be a more weighty conside ration than the mere triumph of any particular political party. There were, therefore, to be seen among Mr. Chap lin's friends a ,very large number of the leaders or active supporters of the various political parties in the city, and the effect of this union was, that Mr. Martin abandoned all idea of continuing his canvass, and publicly announced his retirement. The nomination was fixed for twelve o'clock, and about that hour a numerous procession reached the hus tings, which were erected in the Corn Market. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, the mayor, Mr. George Telford, called upon the electors to proceed to the election. Mr. RICHARD HETLEY then came forward, and said—l very much regret the cause which has compelled us to as semble here-this day. The ill-health of our late Member, Mr. Ambrose Hussey, has for some time since prevented him from attending to his Parliamentary duties, and he has been unwillingly compelled to return into your hands the trust which you reposed in him. I have much pleasure in intro clueing to your notice Mr. Chaplin, the chairman of • the South-Western nilway Company, a man whose well-known practical experience, constant habits of business, and energy of wind, particularly qualify him to represent you in Parliament.—(Cheers.) He has not before appeared in public as a political character, and he will, therefore, go un biassed and perfectly independent, and, I am well satisfied, will exercise a sound judgmeht and discretion upon all mat ters which shall. be brought before him. He has always evinced a great talent, and has filled not only a high situa tion in the new era of the railway world, but has also been the sheriff of London. In the_former pozition he will be enabled to benefit this city, and it is on that account that I have cordially co-operated in bringing him before you as a candidate for your suffrages.—(Cheers.) Whilst he held the honourable office of sheriff of London he paid great atten- _ . tion to, and spent much of his time in, the consideration of measures for educating and improving the social condition of the people. He will do so now, and I believe him to be both able and willing materially to improve the interests of your town. I therefore, with the greatest pleasure, beg to propose him as a representative for this city in the Com mons' House of Parliament. -- - Mr. W. nwerrr appeared to second the nomination, and said—l have the greatest pleasure in seconding the nomina tion of Mr. Chaplin, and in doing so I beg to congratulate the city on the happy union of parties for the public good. The subject of free trade, which on former occasions caused a division amongst us, is now finally settled. The battle-field on which wo fought is now swept from under us, and I hope that all parties will unite in future to promote the best in terests of our city.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Chaplin is a man of great commercial enterprise, and from his position, and his connexion with those great public works completed and in progress, possesses the means, and, from the reception he has met with, he has the inclination also, to benefit this city and its locality to a greater extent than any other man we could have fixed upon. He can extensively employ the poor, and will at all times be ready to assist us in promoting the general good. With such assistance I think I can see in the future (to use a railway phrase) a " long train" of pros perity approaching our ancient city. In the hope that these anticipations may be fully realised, I have the greatest pos sible pleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. Chaplin, as a gentleman in every way qualified to represent t his city and our interests in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Mr. CHAPLIN, on coming forward, was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers, and it was some time before the plaudits had subsided sufficiently for him to address the meeting. He said—Before I proceed to make the few re marks which it will be my duty to address to you, I must return my sincere thanks to my excellent and worthy frientla for the manner in which they have introduced my name to your notice.—(Hear, bear .) lam deeply sensible how much I owe to their kindness, and am quite conscious, I assure you, of the responsibility which I incur in offering myself as your representative. Ido not appear here as the nominee of ally political party.—(Cheers.) My present posi tion is not of my own seeking, nor should I have attempted to place myself before you had I not received the most unequivocal assurance that most parties would unite to secure my election; in fact, that the watchword of party had been lost in the determination to make common cause for the city of Salisbury; and that so far from creating angry feelings and hostilities, I should be looked upon in the enviable light of a peacemaker.—(Cheers.) And now, my friends, having said thus much by way of introduction, you will naturally expect from me on this occasion some more explicit expression of my sentiments than could be embraced within the limits of my address. Gentlemen, my first principles are to fear God and honour my Sovereign, and believe me I shall ever be found a firm advocate for upholding our civil and religious institutions, and that I value most highly the liberty and privileges of the people.—(Cheers.) The subject of free trade was fully discussed last session, and since issuing my address the last fragment of protection duty on corn has been abandoned.— ( Loud cheers.) It is my earnest desire to see the principles of free trade fully and fairly tested, believing, as I do, that if successful, they will lead to an extension of our intercourse with all nations of the earth, and thus will be the greatest se curity for the continuance of peace.—(Cheers.) With re ference to religious subjects, my address will have shown you my attachment to the Established Church. I consider itnot only supported by Scripture but strengthened by time, and it is moreover the church of the majority of the people. It may, very probably, be felt that there are particular points upon which, from the hitherto active nature of my pursuits, I may not be considered the most fitting person to comment ; but it has been a source of delight to me to find, in the course of my canvass, many int e lligent and excellent ministers of various denominations. I, therefore, propose upon any im portant measure, affecting the Established Church, to seek counsel from its clergy among my constituents; and where the interests of those not conforming to the Established Church are likely to be affs!cted, I shall feel equal pleasure iu consulting the ministers and leaders of those bodies ; so that while I respect your independence by reserving my independent vote, I hope so to mature my judgment by reflection, as to approximate to the truth, and to record my vote to your satisfaction.—(Cheers.) Much may be said on the important subject of the poor laws. The old system was undoubtedly bad, and the new one may not be perfect.— (Loud cheers.) I do not, however, desire to dwell on their details, for I fancy I have a plan, simple yet ',tactical, which is likely, I think, so far as this neighbourhood is concerned, to prove effectual.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, looking to the question of agriculture in its relation to the prosperity of this city, I feel strongly that their interests are mutual, and I therefore regard with much pleasure the progressive de velopment of the railway a) stem as a means of benefiting both.— (Cheers. ) I clearly see a participation in the advan tage of the import and export at the coast; I see the im portance of direct communication with the country, the cities and seaports in the west, and of a closer connexion with the manufacturing districts in the north. I ithow the comfort, the convenience, and the economy of rapid and uninterrupted communication with every part of the kingdom, and I feel sensible, I assure you, of the blessings attendant more espe cially to the poor upon being plentifully supplied with cheap fuel. Enjoying all these, Salisbury cannot fail to advance in the general march of improvement.—(Loud cheers.) But to refer especially -to Salisbury itself, although my ac quaintance with the city may be slight, let me assure you many ways occur to me in which I may be useful, and, if elected, would ask you at ; all times freely to suggest to me such matters as may appear to you, my friends, either in dividually or collectively likely to be beneficial.—(Cheers.) Already it has been spggested to me that a pitched market would be desirable, and, doubtless, many other means of im provement will occur to you; if so, I need hardly say how happy I shall at a ll times feel to co-operate with you in carrying them .out.—(Loud cheers.) And now, electors of Salisbury, it is for you to do your duty, but this I must say, that neither man, woman, or child has asked of me either fee, favour, or pledge.—(Cheers.) If you send me to Parlia ment, I go there as a perfectiy independent man, a fact as honourable to you as it is flattering and honourable.; o me.— (Cheers.) But believe me that the manner in which I have been introduced amongst you, and the hearty goodwill: I have experienced at your hands, cannot fail to command my 'gratitude, and will ever leave a lasting impression on my mind.—(Long-contiuued cheering.) No other candidate having been proposed, the MAYOR, de clared W. J. Chaplin, Esq., to be duly elected. Mr. CHAPLIN then proposed, and Mr. HETLEv seconded a vote of thanks to the Mayor, after which Mr. Chaplin, attended by a band, gaily decorated banners, and a nu merous party of electors and friends, perambulated the city. Not the slightest disturbance arose to mar the general har mony of the proceedings. A public dinner took place in the evening at the Council Chamber, of which nearly 200 gen emen partook. MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The readers of your valuable journal of Monday last read with great delight a paragraph congratulating the public on the fall of the price of bread in almost all the metro politan districts. But, Sir, I am not at a loss to know what conclusion your intelligent readers will arrive at when I inform you the daring, unjust, and monopolizing bakers of Pimlico and Chel• sea, instead of following the laudable example bf honest bakers of other metropolitan districts, of reducing the price of bread to a fair remunerating profit, actually combined and advanced the price of bread one halfpenny the 41b. loaf. You, Sir, cannot but think this advance in the price of bread in this district a gross act of cruelty and injustice, and altogether uncalled for, more particularly as the day has ar rived that triumph and justice are treading upon the neck of the most unjust and fallen corn-laws. It is reported that a meeting will shortly be convened by the mechanics and others of this district to adopt measures with a determination to deal only with those bakers who sell bleed at a fair remunerating price. I remain, Sir, &c., Pimlico, January 27. GULIELMUS. [The sooner the people meet the better. Promptitude is half the battle.—ED. Sun.] PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price Of 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.271, it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 432% per mark,which, at the English Mint priceof N. 17e. 10%d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.8 3 / 4 ; and the exchange at Hamb ur g h on London at short being 13.5, it follows that gold is 1.76 per cent dearer in Hamburgh than in London. TIDE PRICE OF CORN.---In the eastern counties, as elsewhere, the proposal of the Ministerial measures has had the effect of reducing the high price of corn in the va rious markets. Barley has been the most seriously affected. In Chelmsford market the fall in this article was at least ss. per quarter on the prices obtained the previous week, and even at the decline but few sales could be effected. The nominal fall in wheat was 25., but the quantity brought to market, and the little business done, gave indications of a much heavier depreciation. At Colchester the effect was s imilar, and also at Stowmarket , Stortford, and other mar kets in Suffolk and Herts, held since thelneasures were fully explained in Parliament. It is a little singular, that in nearly all these markets there was a rise of 3s. or 4s. per quarter in oats. A deputation from the parish of Hackney, consisting of the following gentlemen :—John Simpson, Charles Bradshaw Stutfield, and J. It. D. Tvssen, e E scirs" panied by Sir William Clay, the Tower Hamlets, had an interview peth, on Monday, at the office Whitehall-place, on the subject The Journal d u H that have been flipped Mr. Homer, and Mr. Charles Horton Pulley, the vestry 13 clerk of Hackney, accom art., one of the members of with Viscount Mor of the Woods and Forests, in of a new approach from the parish of Hackney i n t o t h e Victoria Park avre announces the arrival in that port 'of 35,000 barrels of flour by eight vessels from the United States. This, it says, forms part of 100,000 barrels ill the United States fer this country. SECONDARIES'-(THIS DAY.) ESDAILE AND OTHEES V. SMITH. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 51,388/. on a guarantee. _ _ _ The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiffs are hankers. and it was understood the de fendant is a gentleman at York, but it did not transpire either in the address to the jury, or in the course of the evidence, in whose behalf or on what ground the guarantee was given, but it appeared that 28,6661. odd was upon overdue bills of exchange and interest, and the remainder the balance of a banking account, and twelve months' interest at five per cent. Mr. Walls, a clerk to Messrs. Roy, the plaintiff's solici tor, was called to prove the calculation of the interest, and also that the defendant had admittad the correctness of the account. The Learned SECONDARY asked in what manner the ad mission was made. The witness said he bad gone through the account with Mr. Bond, of York, the defendant's attorney, who had signed the admission. The bills and admission were then put in, but not read or handed to the jury. The Learned SECONDARY said the defendant did not appear, but there did not seem to be any reason to doubt the correct ness of the claim. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. The remainder.of the morning was occupied in hearing a case for work done, but which was not of the slightest interest. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) William Smith alias Long was indicted for stealing a hand kerchief, the property of WiDiam Capol. It appeared that the prisoner was observed by a constable of the F division, named West, to whom he was known as a thief, to pass along Pickett-street, Strand, with a black handkerchief round his neck, and in about half an hour afterwards return with one of a different colour, and of a far more valuable description. He then took him into custody, and upon inquiries found that the prosecutor, who resided at Hammond's Hotel, had had his pocket picked while pass ing through the Strand. Mr. Capol identified the handkerchief, and Mr. PAYNE, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, called a witness as to character, but his evidence appeared to the Assistant-Judge of such a contradictory nature that he ordered him to leave the witness-box with a reprimand. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and several previous convictions having been recorded against the prisoner, he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. The next prisoner, who bore the same popular cognomen, was indicted for stealing a pair of boots, the property of Thomas Steel. The prisoner was observed by the prosecutor to snatch a pair of boots, which hung near the shop-door, from a peg, and run off with them. A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the Learned As- SISTANT-J CDGE sentenced the prisoner to three months' im prisonment with hard labour. George Henry Salmon was indicted for stealing a picture, the property of Richard Lancaster Swallow. The policeman who had the conduct of the case produced the picture in court, the subject of which was the "Country Justice." The treatment of it was original in the extreme, and indicated in the artist's mind no very high ideal of worshipful grace or beauty. It was taken up and scanned by a very full bench of county magistrates with an apparent curiosity, which, by some, perhaps, very remote analogy, caused a titter in the body of the court. The prosecutor was the proprietor of a public-house in Stepney, called the York Minster, in which the prisoner was seen on the morning of last Sunday week. On Monday the painting was missed, and the police succeeded in tracing it to a person who became possessed of it by purchasing the duplicate from the prisoner., The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. James Black, and his, wife Jane Black, were indicted for stealing bed clothes from their ready furnished lodging, under circumstances which showed that it was sheer dis tress which induced them to do so. A verdict of Guilty was returned against James Black, and of Acquittal in favour of his wife, who entreated in piteous terms when the Learned Assistant-Judge was about to pronounce sentence upon her husband, that " it might be divided amongst the two." He was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. lIOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SaIITII, and Mr. Assistant- Examiner FRERE.) UNOPPOSED LIST. The following cases being unopposed, the customary formal proofs were completed : Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction Con necting Railway. Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation). Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railways (Amal gamation and Leasing). ADJOURNED LIST. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (No. 2). This case was then resumed. An allegation impugning the accuracy of the datum line was mutually referred to Mr. Bakewell, the engineer. At the close of the case it was decided that in several in stances the standing orders had not been complied with. • The Examiner rose at four o'clock. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant- Examiner GUNNELL.) U NO/ POSED LIST. The customary formal proofs were completed in the follow irig cases : Kingston-upon• Thames Small Tenements. Direct London and Portsmouth and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways Amalgamation. The District Fire Insurance Company of Birmingham. OPPOSED LIST. LISKEARD AND LAUNCESTON BRANCH RAILWAY. Tae opposition was withdrawn in this case. Croydon Commercial Gas and Coke Company. Wear Valley Railway, Bishep Auckland and Weardale Railway, Weardale Extension Railway, Wear and Deverent Railway, and Sheldon Tunnel Amalgamation. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Cow lairs Branch). Sheffield Market Improvement and Alteration and Amend ment of Act. GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND ARDROSSAN RAILWAY. This case was then resumed. It occupied the greater portion of the day, but the allegations were not of a serious character. The opposition was exceedingly severe, and occupied the whole of the day. Several allegations complaining of the inaccuracy of the plans and sections, were sustained. The cam had not closed when the Examiner rose. UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—(THIS DAY.) o y I y t h general e c n o e m r a p l a oy ,s meeting offices, s t , h F e o p s r b o o p r r 3 i . e c t r r s c os. was held The Sir j this o b ) E yc ' ux ASTHOPE took the chair at one o'clock. andthe re report s p o e f e t the o f d e c directors, operations, which which the and stated d s e condition i S n tilh A ca l it e E x tTh ic le o lw we r r e e a , on d the whole, favourable, considering the hard ground which had impeded t heir also the war impending in the country,o recruit the army, labourers had been seized by thousands to laid before the meeting fatewhile of in b a e n i y r) The London financial accounts g ot p h r e e r s s se h d ad fo fi r e s d ol t d o ie l r f s id . e themselves, dreading the said that nothing 8:11 • g could be added to t he HAIRMAN fin e l e d ir a li b o a b l i a li n ti c e e s, if o i f f s ay o u i r i. o l f 4s. The C the company, over and above A report a l r e d h ed ic h th h e a c d o b mp ee been company's read, claims as on toth z e eke st t a e t k e a h e fthe aj d m t in h e e s y had not pressed th e G overnmen t h ere to press the Govern ment in Mexico f or paymen t , b ecause they probably were aware that the answer w hi c h th e y should receive would be that in the present state of the country nothing could be done. They had not, therefore, thought it advisable to w a it on L ord Palmerston. But the proprie tors must be aware that the principles on which they grounded the claim had been admitted by the Government in Mexico, and were so after being thoroughly investigated by Lord Aberdeen and the law officers of the Crown ; so that there was no doubt whatever but they would receive the aid of the members of the British Government. He said the accounts showed a balance of 8,2011. 14s. above their liabilities; but in the present condition of Mexico, when they were com pelled to suspend their shipments from that country, which would occasion numerous shipments to be made as soon as peace was restored, he did not think the proprietors would press them for a dividend. A dividend of ss. would require a sum amonating to about 11,0001., and a less dividend than that would leave but a very scanty remainder in hand to meet the sudden occurrences, which no one could anticipate, and yet everybody must be prepared for in the theatre of war. He thought, therefore, that it would appear most prudent not even to divide 2s. 6d. per share. This, however, he promised them, that as soon as the state of Mexico should settle, and the association had received a shipment of money, the directors would not wait till the usual half -yearly meet ing, but would be too happy to call the proprietors together and make known to them the communication. He moved that the report be received and laid on the table.---Motion carried. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to an Hon. Proprietor, stated, that the claims on the Mexican Government amounted to about 40,000/. capital alone, which, inclusive of arrears of interest, amounted to about_so,ooo/. in all. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Iier Majesty walked this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle, accom panied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin cess Alice took their accustomed walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Alfred P A a l g e e x t a a n n d d e r c ( M a e n n e s l d s o r e y f , m o a u n r d , e a n j t t o e y n e d d e d t h e b y s p o L r od t r of shooting this morning. Lord Camoys has arrived at the Castle, and has suc ceeded Earl Ducie as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain the Hon. Robert Boyle has succeeded Colonel Berkeley Drummond as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Metadorf, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Earl Fortes cue, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner ; her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle. The Duke f Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess o f Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Mr. Roebuck had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. Mr. M'Christie bad an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Mr. Charles Fox had an interview with the Right lion. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com missioners of Railways in Great George-street. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial. office for the Gov e r nor of West Australia. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. By the John Cumming, which arrived in the Mersey yelterday, we have accounts fiora Savannah to the Ist inst. inclusive. There is no news of any moment. • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SAVANNAH, JAN. 1 Cotton—Arrived since the 25th ult., 8,541 biles upland. 5,333 per railroad, 2,516 from Augusta, and landing on the river 592 from Boston, 50 per waggons, and 219 Sea Islands. The exports for same period have been 4,613 upland, and 42 ditto Sea Island, to Liverpool, 949 bales upland to Trieste, 1,926 ditto to Boston, 92G to New York, and 344 ditto and 3 Sea Islands to Charleston; together, 8,749 bales upland, and 45 Sea Island, leaving a stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared of 48,798 bales upland and 962 Sea Island, against 11,6C0 upland and 725 Sea Islands at the same time last year. There has been less animation in the market during the week, but we cannot quote any decline. Prices have been somewhat dull, though holders g:nerally are firm in their asking rates. • We quote orlinury 9 1 4 to 9 5 A • ' middling, 914 to 10; middli ng f a i r , 10% to 10 1 %; fair and fully fair, 10% to 10%. ltice—The market has been inactive during the week, and prices on all qualities below piime have receded about per lb. The sales amount to 447•ca.lts—viz., 72 at 2 3 / 4 ; 250 at ; 50 at 3 ; and 75 casks at 3 1 ,4 dollars per 100th. Flour—There is much doing iv this article. A lot of 25 ballets Baltimore sold at G dolls. per barrel. Salt—A cargo of 232 tons Liverpool, in sacks, arrived during the week, has been disposed of at 1 dol. 50c. per sack. Corn—No sales this week. 05 to 70 cents per bushel has been paid for the article in small lots. ExeltangesSterling Is a shade :over, the rate being now VA to 4% per cet:t. premium. Freights—We have no change to notice in foreign since our last report. The rate for Liverpool still continues at % per lb. for square, and 11-16 d. per lb. for round bales. Cotton.—For Havre there are two vessels loading ut per lb. for square bales. For Baltimore and Philadelphia the last engagements were at 58c. and 3 %c. for square and round bales, and 1 doll. Isc. for rice. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JAN. 26. The following petitions for Railways were presented; and he Bills ordered to be brought in : _ . _ Chard Canal and Railway (Extension and Amalgamation. Preston and Wyre. Wilarfdale (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations). Liskeard and Ciradon. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension, &c.). • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Louth and Horn castle and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches). Manchester and Lincoln Union (Deviation). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1— Smethwick Deviation). Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's). Lynn and Ely (Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dere ham Amalgamation). . Lynn and El; (Extea;ion to Spalding and Holbeach). Bristol and South Wales Junction and Aust Ferry. London and North-Western (Purchase of the Earl of Elles mere's interest in the South Manchester Junction and Altrincham Railway). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir (No. 3). The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Newcastle, Anniskinnan, and Baltrasna Deviations)—" to enable the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company to make certain Deviations in the authorised Line of the said Railway, and to amend the Acts relating thereto." Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Canal. Purchase)—" for vesting in the Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire Railway Company the She ffi eld Canal." Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway—" to enable the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways, and to alter a portion of their Line, and for other purposes relating thereto." Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation—' to authorise the purchase of the Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway by the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Com pany, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Company." Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branch to Laurencekirk)—" to enable the Scottish Midland Junction Company to make a Branch Railway from near the royal burgh of Forfar to or near to the town of Laurencekirk, in the county of Kincardine, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway." Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (No. I—Bruton, Pit combe, and Rodden and Bradford Deviations)—" to autho rise certain alterations of the Line of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway." Windsor Railway—" for making a Railway from Windsor to join the Great Western Railway near Slough, to be called The Windsor Railway.' " London, Brighton,.ind South Coast (London-bridge Sta tion Enlargement and Arrangement)—" to enable the Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to en large their Terminal Station at London. bridge. and to divide such Station permanently from that of the South-Eastern Railway Company." London, Brighton, and South Coast (Extension to London bridge)—to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make a new Line of Railway from the junction of their Railway with the London and Greenwich Railway to or nearly to their station'near London-bridge." London-bridge Termini General Enlargement—" for en larging the present Station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and of the South-Eastern, and of the London and Greenwich Railway Companies, at or near London bridge; and for the division of such present and such en larged Station between the London, Brighton, and South Coast and the South-Eastern Railway Companies, for the separate accommodation of the traffic of such two Railway Coin pan ies. " London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway and Branches— " for making a Railway from Cheltenham to join the Lon %ion and North-Western Railway at Tring, with Branches therefrom, to be called The London, Oxford, and Chelten ham Railway.' " East Lincolnshire (Deviation at Boston and Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby) —" to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846, and to authorise a deviation in the Line of such Railway at and near Boston; and the construction of a Branch Railway to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway near Grimsby." East Lincolnshire (Branch from Louth to Lincoln)—" to enable the East Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to connect the town of Louth and the city of Lincoln, and far enlarging the powers os the Act relating to such Railway." Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains borough Canal Amalgamation—" to incorporate the Man chester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Company with the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company." Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (Burnley and Colliery Branches)—" for enabling the Fleetwood, Pro ton, and West Riding Junction Railway Company to make the Burnley and Colliery Branches from the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway." STANDING ORDERS COMDIUTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee : _ _ 1. That in the case of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with. their Bill, on giving the notices in the newspapers for three suc cessive weeks, in the counties of Berks and Southanipten. 2. That in the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,:and Ayr Rail way (No. 2) petition, the standing orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting a clause restricting them from taking two pieces of land in the parish of tirittle, in the possession of Robert Weems, Esq., which was not numbered on the plan, nor inserted in the hook of reference. 3 That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. 3) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting a clause, restricting them from taking any part of an inclosure, No. 86, belonging to the Gourock Rope Company. That the Cammittees on this and the two preceding Bills, do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with ; and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.—Resolutions agreed to. PUBLIC PETITIONS. Select Committee appointed, "to whom shall be referred all petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as complain of undue returns, or relate to private Bills; and that such Committee do classify and prepare abstracts of the same, in such form and manner as shall appear to them best suited to convey to the. House all requisite information respecting their contents, and do report the same from time to time to the House ; and that such reports do in all cases set forth the number of signatures to each petition :—And that such Committee have power to direct the printing in extenso of such petitions, or of such parts of petitions as shall appear to require it :—Aud that such Committee have power to report their opinion and observations thereupon to the House :"—Mr. Thornelv, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Lord Courtenay, Viscount Duncan, Captain Jones, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. Buckley, Mr. William Hamilton, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Brothertou, Mr. Villiers Stuart, and Lord Alfred Hervey: —Three to be the quorum. SETTLEMENT AND POOR REMOVAL. Select Committee nominated :—Mr. Charles Baser, Sir James Graham, Mr. Bankes, Mr. John Evelyn Denison. Si George Grey, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Lord Harry Mr. Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. Williom Miles, Mr. Charles Aqui liens Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Charles Round, M Ai e d r a so m n4 o lll pap d t s, r. jan°l:lllrechloerndsry; fißlo.edktoinb:e—tPheoAqvueorratnousend fur p FACTORIES BILL, • fiyoungtime,e r o s r o d b e s r e dto and fema les in factories," resenW e d ne sday; Feb. 10, and to be • be read a second time on " To limit the ho n ors of te ! i : bo rea u d r o a f printed. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Sharman Crawford—Resolution, That it appears to this House, from the reports of the various Committees and C o mmissions, that the system generally adopted in times past in the letting and management of landed property in Ireland, have been one of the main causes of the present die tressed state of that country, and the disordered state of its social relations ; and that no measures can be effectual in producing a demand for labour, or improving the condition of the people, which shall not include such an amendment or the laws of landlord and tenant as shall give to the improv ing tenant in occupation a sufficient permanency of tenure, or else establish the tenant's right to claim by law full com pensation for all benefits created by the expenditure of his labour and capital on the premises in his occupation.—Tuns dair Feb.l 2illiose an absente e William Smith O'Brien—T o p ro p for Ireland.—Tuesday, Feb. 9. Mr. Ricardo—Select Committee on navigation laws.-- Tuesday, Feb. 9. Dr. Bowring—Resolutions for adding to the safety of the public revenue and the improvement of the public accounts. —Tuesday, Feb. 9. . -- EXETER, lIALL.—Last night the Sacred Harmonic Society gave Haydn's Oratorio of the Creation for the second and last time this season. The ha ll was crowded. Miss Birch, Mr. Lackey, and Mr. Phillips were the vocalists. The next performance will comprise the Dettingen Te Deum and Coronation .elnthon of Handel, and the 12th Service of Mozart. Mendelssohn and Spobr are both expected during the season to conduct oratorios of their .conaposition at Exeter Halt ; 0 ) 0 ) 0 ) 0 6 5 0 & 9 6 7 6 5 0 7 0 1 0 1 6 i 0 { 4'