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intrb Übitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clocle. We understand that Prince Albert has signified his intention of accepting the Chancellorship of the Univer sity of Cambridge, although the official communication cannot be made till to-morrow. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(THIS DAY). (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smut.) Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Extension of Barrack's Branch from Whitburn to the Benhar Coal Field and Shott's Iran Works, and Deviation of Main Line at or near Clifton Hall). 'York Improvement (Lendal Bridge and approaches.) St a nding orders complied with. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAT.) Leeds, Burley, and Headingley Turnpike Roads.—Com plied with. York and Newcastle Railway (Main Line Improvement, Bishop Auckland, and other Branches, and abandonment of part of the Bishop Auckland Branch).—Complied with, ex cept in one instance. Tunbridge Wells (East Grinstead and Brighton Junction Railway).—Complied with. Inverness Harbour and Navigation Improvement.—Com plied with. Inverness Municipal and Police, Water, Gas, Market, Shambles, Bridges, Roads, Petty Customs and Bleaching Greens.—Complied with. Adjourned till to-morrow. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings before the Loan CHIEF BAILON and Special Juries). The Court was occupied during nearly the whole of the day in hearing a case arising out of a wood paving company, the particulars of which did not however furnish any feature of public importance. At the conclusion of the case the Court adjourned until Easter term. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. SIX O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL STEETLE CHASE. 7 to 1 agst The Roarer 12 to 1 agst Culverthorpe 15 to 1 agst Pioneer—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Lynceus— taken 15 to 1 agst Vanish—taken 20 to 1 agst Humdrum 20 to 1 agst Sir Martin—taken 25 to 1 agst Devil-me-care METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Sheraton—taken 25.t0 1 agst Pink Bonnet—taken CHESTER CU?. 20 to 1 agst Mendicant 25 to 1 agst Camera Obecnra 40 to 1 agst The Lamb .50 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 60 to 1 agst The Conjuror 1000 to 15 agst Golden 2ee DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Van Tromp—taken 20 to 1 agst Glentilt—taken 50 to 1 agst The Liberator—takes 2000 to 30 agst Lionel—taken OARS. 15 to 1 agst Slander—taken 15 to 1 agst Nerisea—taken IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hi 3 seat on the Wool. sack shortly after Five o'clock. IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS. Lord CLARENDON laid on the table the report of the Commissioners for the improvement of towns. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill to amend the law with respect to insolvent debtors, which was read a first time. Railway. Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Extension to East Dereham and to Aylsham). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Branch from Ipswich to Woodbridge). Leominster Canal Navigation Sale. London and South• Western Railway. Newry and Enniskillen Railway. New Zealand Company. Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension from Royston to Catu bridge, &c.) Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease.) Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Molton Branches). Wilsontow n, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Branches to Benhar Coal-works and Edinburgh and Glasgow Turnpike Road). The second reading of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Alteration of Line and Branches to Nottingham) was postponed until the 15th inst.; and the Shrewsbury and Chester for a week. PUNJAUB. Earl RIPON wished to ask the Noble Marquis the President of the Council, if he had any objection to lay on the table copies of the correspondence which had recently taken place relative to certain transactions in the Punjaub? lie should not press for the production of the papers if his Noble Friend in!"ormed him that he could not conveniently produce them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had made inquiry this day, and found that there would be no manner of objection to the production of these papers. And, in ad dition to the papers asked for, it was also decided that the secret papers and the papers which were preliminary to this inquiry should be added to those for which the Noble Earl inquired; so that there would be a complete history of the whole of these transactions in the Punjaub laid before the House PORT OF DONAGHADEE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to ask a question as to whether any report had been made, or any steps taker. for the improvement of Donaghadee. There had been as many as thirteen reports made on this subject, and all except four had been in favour of the port, for it was allowed that it was by far the best for a transit between it and Portpatrick. Upwards of 300,0001. had been spent in the improvement of" this port, and the only question was as to whether 13,0001. more should be spent to render the communica tion complete. Wind and tide both combined to render the passage the best, for at this point there was the shortest distance between land and land. As respected the north of Ireland, Donaghadee is evidently the Lest port, for as there is now a railway to Carlisle, they had only to carry it forward to Dumfries, and the communication would be made more expeditiously between Portpatrick and Belfast than it could be by way of Holyhead and Dub lin. He only asked .^,0,0001, whicleaccording to the report of Sir John Rennie, a most able engineer, would put the harbour into the most complete state of effi ciency. lie could not see why the Government could refuse such a grant, as Port Patrick formed the nearest, best, and safest point of communication with the Scotish coast. Their Lordships had lavished sums of money in forming ports for communication with France and the other por tions of the Continent, but Ireland never came in for any portion of that expenditure. Lord FALKLAND agreed in much that had fallen from the Noble Marquis, that the harbour of Port Patrick .was in an unsatisfactory state, and that the packets employed were of an inconvenient construction. ' At the same time it was impossible that the packets could be better in the present state of the harbour; and the question was, was it expedient that a large sum of money should be experaled on it. Still, bad as was the harbour, subject to storms as was the coast, and poor as were the vessels, he must observe that for many years the service had been performed at the station in the most regular manner. No serious charge had ever been made as to the mode in which the business was conducted. He would state in a few words how the case stood, and as he had expressed it in a letter recently addresed to him on the subject. It was, whether they would abandon the station, or expend 50,0004 on it. Sometime ago surveyors were employed to examine into the best harbour on the west of Scot , land for mail communication into the North of Ireland, and their report had been supplied two or three days ago. The report would be submitted to him in a few days; and when it was, he would give his best attention and consideration to the arguments of the Noble Marquis. lie (Lord Falkland) at present, how ever, would beg to say, that the report was not favourable to the maintenance of Portpatrick as a packet station ; and that, though the Admiralty might give counsel as to the course to be taken, the question of expenditure remained with the Board of Public Works. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY expressed himself satisfied with the explanation. POST OFFICE, GLASGOW. The Duke of MONTROSE wished to call the atten tion of the House to the present aarangements of the Glasgow Post-office. They were such, that though the THE NEW ZEALAND BILL. mail had been accelerated by the opening of the Lan- Sir R. H. INGLIS complained of this Bill being caster and Carlisle Railway, so that the arrival took placed in the list of private Bills. It was one of place at eight o'clock in the evening, the letters such importance that it should have been placed in a more so received were not delivered till next morning, by prominent position for the consideration of the House. which time a second mail had arrived from L on d on . li e thought- it was not a Bill which ought to pass as a 16 hours were thus lost to the merchants of Glasgow, the private Bill. It gave large powers to the New Zealand letters of the two mails being delivered at the same time. authorities—powers which might be necessary for the Surely the importance of Glasgow was such, that if a local legislature, but a Bill containing such provisions few extra clerks or deliverers would meet the was not such a Bill as ought to pass through as a matter difficulty, and enable the letters to be delivered of form and of course. lie hoped the Government would the same evening, the arrangement ought to be made, give it their attention before it came on for a second The great ground of complaint was that though the mail reading. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Bill b e long e d t o ano th er arrived at Glasgow in the evening , grea t dela y took place in the delivery of the letters. Ile trusted , t here- department, but the Government would certainly gi ve it fore, that the Noble Marquis would consider it his duty, their attention. irrespective of expense, to aff or d th e f a cilities desired by Mr. HUME said that was a proper opportunity to so large a town as Glasgow. call the attention of the Government to the principle The Marquis of CLANRICARDE admitted that the adopted by the House last session. It was then deter facts stated by the Noble Duke were true. It was true mined that no private Bill should be read a first time the mail arrived at an inconvenient hour ; but unfor- until it had been introduced under some public depart tunately means had not yet been found to accelerate ment, as that would afford some security that the public the mail between Carlisle and Glasgow. The atten- interests would not be abused. Lion of the Post-office had been called to the The Bill was then read a second time and committed. . wetter, and they had instituted an inquiry into the POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). matter with the view of causing the delivery of letters Mr. SHAW gave notice that, in Committee upon the to be made the same night. The expense was not con- Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, he would move a number of sidered au objection ; in fact, the expense would be amendments. • nothingcompared with the advantages which would be con- RATING TENEMENTS BILL. ferred upon so important a town as Glasgow, if the plan Colonel T. WOOD gave notice that he would post proposed by the Noble Duke could be carried out. The pone the second reading of the Rating Tenements Bill keeping open of the office all night for the reception of from Wednesday next to Wedn es d a y for t ni g h t. newspapers would be considered; and he could assure DAY OF NATIONAL FAST AND HUMILIA the Noble Duke that all grievance s deserving remedy TION. would be removed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that her Majesty had The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to know if •• been graciously pleased to direct the Lords of the the Nobl e M arquis would lay on the table returns of the Council to appoint a day of national fast and humilia iccome and expenses of the Post office, including the Lion for the country. receipts and expenditure of all post-offices beyond the BUILDINGS ACT. seas. Ile wastmost a a s ex tt i lo us to obtain the latter portion of this information, Mr. FOSTER wished to know whether the House expense of the communication might expect the Government to Jay upon the table by ship was extremely arr. Whilst he was con nected with the Admiralty any measure for the amendment of the Buildings' m erge a sum as 400,000/. had to ba voted in the naval es a t 9 i ates for the conveyance of Act, passed some time since ? those mails. Lord MORPETH said that the subject had been The Marquis of CLANRICARDE had no objection 1 under the consideration of the House, and he hoped to such a return, and should be h , I shortly to be teile to lay it upon the table of the House. eppy to constet the Noble Earl as to the way in which it could be most con WAGES OF LABOURERS IN SLIGO. made out. It was right to stawtaeythofatsutchherae- Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know whether the con veniently would be considerable difficulty in the Government had made any inquiries into the truth of - the statement which had been published in some of the return. (IRELAND) Buz, newspapers, as to the labourers in Sligo receiving only eightpence per day wages from the Board of Works LABOURING-POO R bi,,-, Mr._ L ABOUCHERE said that he had communicated The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second with the Board of Works, and he had received infor reading of this Bill. As . the object of the Bill had s r red to by the lion. Member was only at the rate of niation that indemnify those persons .. e the wages of the labourers in the part re- A ; ).: v al i ery fully discussed in t t h o at House, he would simply toy.adoThte r.ea e s s o o ns pesynb w teto h ni ic a h onf had induced the board to depart from employment law . per ka a d affording of wet 2.—<_`::'-'-,:tn'thißtH,6___lißeei2.t'wn ascpmsipmeflolerd mot ( Session 4-- j• '' s-.)- , laboiirmit poor of Ireland. 4 4.- - 1 : --' , '- ' .tio` introduce any amen d men t s ( , lf intoit ftbrcie when n the e e 1 was dteemsiraobfletatoskewneoperiL7:7, aros e yw fr o taskem labourer n work.itt a s s being w wh,oor t r h hke o thought a b f B. t to adopt it, and it was only wished C) 111 -!- . Irak Opportunity would be a t f---- 1 -: 4:4 " :''' )1 .Icl a s, REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be committed:— Birmingham District Fire Insurance Company. Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Fire In- surance Company. Llynvi iron Company. Mr. FOSTER presented a petiton complaining of the light dues. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the execu tors of Mr. M. B. Trishaw., a gentleman who died in India, complaining that after they had paid legacy duty to the Crown, the Courts had decided that it could not he demanded. The Honourable Member gave notice that tomorrow he would move that the petition be printed with the votes, with the view of founding a motion upon it. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Coventry corn- plaining of the law of settlement. POOR LAW FOR IRELAND. Mr. P. SCROPE presented nine or ten petitions from different parishes in the county of Cork, all praying that the House would be pleased to pass a complete poor law for Ireland similar to the English law, and which would give a right to the able-bodied to out door relief ; they also prayed the House not to place any confidence in the objections to such a measure of those who styled themselves the Irish party, who by no means represented the wishes and the feelings of the great body of the Irish people. The petitions had been signed by the rate-payers in the different parishes—one from Skibbereen had obtained the signa tures of one thousand inhabitants, and the Catholic clergyman had assured him that had it been allowed to remain another day, it would have received at least twenty thousand signatures. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. HUME said it might be recollected that in the last session the House had agreed to a report on certain private Bills with a view to economy, and the establish ment of a system of uniformity in the mode of conduct ing the business of the House. The Committee recom mended that no private Bill should be allowed to proceed until the sense of the House was taken upon its merits. He would, therefore, move that the House do agree to the first report of the Committee. Lord G. SOMERSET would wish to be informed at what period the private Bills would come before the House ? Mr. STRUTT said that on Thursday next he would place such Bills as related to railway legislation on the table of the House. He could only speak for those four Bills which had already passed the first stage in the House. After some further discussion, At the suggestion of Mr. CARDWELL, the further consideration of the motion was postponed till Thursday next. TIIE SUN, Bill was in Committee. That was all that it was neces sary to say on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection whatever to the indemnity, but on constitutional grounds he wished to make one observation. When any one came for an Act of indemnity, the parties who sought it should make out a reason sufficient for the break ing of the law. And to this he had not the slightest objection, for he believed, in the present case, there was ample reason for the breach of the law. But there was another reason why he should make some objections to the Act, and that was to be found in the delay that had occurred in the obtaining the Act of in demnity. Now, in this case, there had to be such delay, and he thought that there had been culpability in waiting so long for this Act. Yet that might be no ground of complaint, but he found, under a certain clause of the Act, that all the parties had acted under the au thority of the Government, and the Noble Lord stated the substance of a correspondence from a party in Ire land, in which a curious misnomer had been put upon the acts of the Government officials in his part of the country. It appeared that the party who had written the letters received by the Noble Lord had paid a considerable sum for the formation of one particular road, whereas the funds were afterwards applied to another. But he did not mean to say that these letters were a sufficient ground for postponing this Act indemnity.—(Laughter.) Lord MON ITAGLE was quite agreed also in the belief that in no case were the Government officials more entitled to the Act of indemnity sought than that which was to be obtained under this Bill. Yet though commending their conduct, and believing that they could aet in no other way than they had done under the circumstances there was one thing which in his opinion called for immediate attention, and that was the com pulsion taken under the Bill for forcing the employ ment of the poor on the farms in Ireland. He thought that this would be better done under the Drainage Act of last session, and leave the agree ments to be voluntary between the landlord and the tenant. Any interference more than that which was absolutely necessary would be unwise, and if they did interfere the people in Ireland would be left to their only resource in Mr. Labouchere's letter, The more the works were carried on with mutual con sent the better they would be performed. He had no objection that the Bill should give the Government power to rectify all technical mis takes ; but he considered that it ought to be done upon the principle of strict justice and not of making any person pay more than he had contracted to do. Those were the only points to which to draw the atten tion of the House. Lord BROUGHAM rose and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time:— Aylsham and North Walsh= Railway. Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junc tion Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strathavoii). Caledonian Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Canderside, and Hamilton\ Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (Deviations between Duntocher Limo Works and Bowling, &c.) Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Ed mund's). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (Extension to Mellord, Lavenham, and Clare). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail way (Stour Navigation Purchase). Duffryn Llynvi, and Porth Cawl and Lynvi Valley Railways Amalgamation, Eastern Union and Lladleigh Junction Railway (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company). East Lothian Central Railway. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1847. not performed that the wages of eightpence per day were given to the labourers.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it must be remembered that the average daily wages in the county of Sligo was only 6d. a day. It was deemed important not to divert more than was ab solutely necessary of the labour required for the culti vation of the soil, and for agricultural purposes. Under those circumstances the officers of the Board of Works had thought it better to employ only one man out of every family, instead of raising the prices of agricultural labour to more than Bd. a day; and although at the present price of provisions it was difficult to support a family, yet, in order to extend the relief as much as possible, it was deemed advisable to adopt the rule of employing only one male from each family. With regard to another point, namely, the proportion that the expenses of the staff bore to the total expenditure, he was happy to say that the anticipations of the lion. Member were altogether unfounded. He found that the number of labourers employed was from 19,000 to 20,000, that there was one overseer for every forty labourers, and a check clerk for every 280. He found, also, that the total expenditure for a month was 27,877 L, and that from this amount a sum of 2,1101. for day clerks, check clerks, &c., was to be deducted. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland thought that Bd. a day would support a family? Mr. P. SCROPE wished to know what provision bad been made fur infirm paupers who were not able to be employed upon the roads? The only measure that was destined for their relief was one which would not come into operation before the next autumn. He had a letter in his hand from a gentleman in Carlow, in which it was stated that this class had been refused admission into the workhouse, and the guardians refused to relieve them till they had built temporary sheds for their accommodation. The other mode to which he referred was by relief committees, and they were interdicted from giving relief by the limited means at their command, the Government only supplying assistance in proportion to voluntary sub scription.—(Cries of " Order, order.") The question he wished to ask was, what certainty of relief the Hon. Gentleman could hold out, under those circumstances, to the old, the infirm, women, and children? Mr. LABOUCHERE, in reply to the Hon. Gentle man, did not believe that the class referred to were likely to suffer from starvation. The present system of public works would be continued until the plan proposed to be substituted came into operation, and he did not apprehend that the inconvenience re ferred to by the lion. Gentleman would ever arise. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Government had fixed a day when the present expenditure on the public works would cease? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that it had not; but the system intended to be substituted would come into operation with as little delay, as possible. TIIE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS wished to know whether a motion for the Committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill would be proposed before Easter ? Mr. ESCOTT said that it would be proposed imme diately after Easter. THE MEASURES FOR IRELAND. Sir J. D. NORREYS said that, before passing the measures for the relief Gf the suffering Irish, he thought it would be better to appeal to the Irish landlords. Mea sures might be adopted to promote tillage. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at all satis fied that there was any prospect of the Hon. Gentleman's views being carried out - at present with respect to tillage. MANCHESTER, FEB. 25.—Perhaps it may be said that a little more business has been done in cloth this week, though at prices, considering the price of the staple, that may be called all but ruinous. The decreased consump tion is beginning to operate on buyers, and on the whole more confidence exists than for some time past; but. this confidence cannot be called a healthy state of things. Yarns are not lower, but no large sales are making. The orders from the United States are very extensive, and a very large and good business is certain for the present year. LEICESTER.—We have no alteration to report in the home trade. The accounts from America are considered favourable, and a good fall trade is expected. Worsted yarns are flat, and more spinners a re wor ki ng s h or t ti me , but little is doing in wools, at prices in favour of the buyer.—Leicester Journal. BRADFORD MARKET, FEB. 25.—The staplers seem more willing to sell than they were, but the spinners buy with great caution, and only for their present limited demands. We can report no alteration of moment in price. In yarns there is certainly more business done both for the home and export trade, especially the latter ; and we have confident hopes that ere long we shall be able to state that this branch of our market is in a satisfactory state. A trifling advance was in many instances obtained in price. There was to us no difference in the amount of business done in the piece market, though some manufacturers complained th a t th e sales were not so good as previous weeks. Prices were firm, but only stationary. MANCHESTER PRODUCE MARKET, FEB. 26.—There has been a rather better demand for sugar, but pri c es a re unaltered. No change in the quotations for tea ; greens still continue very much depressed. In consequence of the sale of silk at. Liverpool this week, the business here has been very limited. Prices ruled much on a par with those previously obtained by private contract, being 9d. to Is. lower than at the last public sales. The cotton market has assumed a more active appearance; larger sales have been made than for some wecks back, and prices are rather higher. MANUFACTURES, FEB. 26.—During the last two days, our market has not shown so much animation as at the beginning of the week. Many of the spinners and manufacturers have demanded a slight advance upon previous rates ; and, in some few cases, buyers of yarn have acceded to the demand ; but, generally, it has had the effect of checking business, and comparatively few sales have been made yesterday and to-day. Probably, too, the unfavourable accounts received from Indis by the overland mail may have had some influence upon the market, especially as a better state of affairs was looked fur in that part of the world. It appears that, owing to the distrust caused by opium gambling, the native dealers are unable to get bills discounted by the shroffs or native bankers, and are consequently unable to exe cute the orders which they receive from the interior. — We are eesirous of correcting an error into which we fell on Tuesday, in stating the export of coffee from Brazil to the United States at 1,500,000 bags, being an increase of 400,000 bags. It is the total export which exceeds 1,500,000 bags. The exports for the year to the United States, were 709,000, against 546,000 in the preceding year.—Manchester Guardian. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. From a curious " Table of Prices of Wheat," by Lieu tenant Mackenz'e, author of the "Elements of the Cycl - is of the Winds, Weather, and Prices of Corn," compiled from Smith's " Wealth of Nations," and our Parliamen tary records, the following deductions are made. We are induced to lay these before our readers from the circumstance that, of late, public attention has been aroused, both at home and abroad, to the discovery made by Mackenzie of a fifty-four years' cycle or peri odical revolution of the weather. 'The " Table" we refer to records the prices of wheat from the year 1203 to the present time; and, by a minute computation, it is proved that during twenty-seven years of the cycle prices have a tendency to rise, and during the other twenty-seven years to fall. From 1836 till 1847, the in clination to higher prices has been perceptible; and, from the present year till the year 1862 they will, it is conjectured, still further advance. This the author ascribes to the great prevalence of unfavourable winds on this division of the fifty-four years' cycle. The dreadful years of 1800-1801, when prices were at 110 s. and 1165.; and again 1812. 13, when prices were at 1165. a quarter ; fell within the corresponding division of twenty-seven years. There is no doubt (the author admits) that the effect of corn-laws, and other conven tional arrangements of legislators, political economists, changes in the currency, &c., materially affect the prices: these, and a state of peace or war, vary the rate and generally produce higher prices upon both the dear and cheap divisions of the cycle—mLre espeoially when Europe is suffering under a striking visitation of nature; but Legislative measures can have no place in any sys tematic account of the weather or in the revolution of seasons ; and such is the powerful influence of the weather, that prices, on the average, are proved to be cheap and dear on the respective divisions of the fifty-four years' cycle. This very influence of the weather—altogether independent of conventional ar rangements—would produce, as it has produced already for a period extended back for more than five hundred years, an average of 545. on the dear half (or twenty seven years) of the cycle; and of 365. per quarter on the cheap half. We are now in the commencement of a series of unfavourable years, which (if the theory be well-founded) will prevail till 1862, when another revo lution of the cycle will occur, which will have a tendency to produce greater abundance, and consequently the pribes will decrease from that period till the year 1889. —Church and State Gazette. NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR THE POTATO. (From the Northern Whig.) The interest with which every addition to our stock of plants, capable of affording food, is at present regarded, will render a few observations, on a species of grain hi therto unknown in Ireland, acceptable to our readers. At a late meeting of the Council of the Chomico-Agricul tural Society, I produced a sample of the seeds of a South American plant, which,by the kindness of a friend, I had procured, about a year ago, from a Peruvian gen tleman, who, at present, resides in Liverpool. The parcel, containing the seeds, was accompanied with a note, in praise of their numerous valuable qualities, and stated, that they were known in Peru by the name of quinoa. At the same time, my friend sup plied Mr. Ferguson, Curator of the Royal Botanic parcel of th e see d s, b ut which, I regret Garden, with a to find, upon inquiry, did not vegetate. The only infor mation which I could, at that time, procure, respecting the plant that yields these seeds, was in the writings of the old Spanish voyager, Don Antonio de Ulloa, who, in his work on South America, when giving an account of t h e v egetable productions of the Province of Quito, speaks highly of its value, both for food and medicine. In the interesting work on South America of Dr. Tschudi, tweeting it, I tra jb e s l e l errv,ewhich hassome a d l d a t e i l o y n al en p a t r r a t i n c s u belated lan into re . a German which are of p ecu li ar i nterest, from the English, circumstance, that the plant has been successfully culti vated in Germany ; and should, according to his ac count, be regarded as a valuable substitute for the potato. Th e following is the description which Ullua gives us of this grain :—" Besides the grains of the same species with those in Spain, this country (Quito) has one peculiar to itself, and which very well deserves to be ranked among the most palatable foods ; but still more valuable, from its being one of the best preserva tives against all kinds of abscesses and irnposthumes. This useful species of grain is here called quinoa, re sembles a lentil° in shape, but much less, and very white ; when boiled it opens, and out comes a spiral fibre, which apears like a small worm, but whiter than the husk of the grain. It is an annual plant, being sowed and reaped every year. The stem is about three or four feet in height, and has a large pointed leaf, something like that of the Malloro. The flower is of a deep red, and five or six inches in length, and in it are contained the grains or seed. The quinoa is eaten boiled, like rice, and has a very pleasant taste, and the water in which it has been boiled is often used as an aposere. The quinoa is often used in external applications, in order to which, which, it is ground and boiled b i oile t d o to a proper consistence ; after it is app the part, from which it soon extracts all corrupt humours occasioned by a contusion. Dr. Tschuclea account of this plant is not less interesting.—" Maize," he says, "is the species of grain most extensively culti vated in the Sierra ; it is of excellent quality, though smaller than that grown on the coast. wheat, though it thrives well, is cultivated only in a very limited quantity, and the bread made from it is exceedingly bad. Tho other species of European grain, barley ex cepted, are unknown to the Serranos. To compensate for the want of them, they have the quinoo. (ellen°. podium quinoa, L), which is at once nutrious, whole some, and a pleasant article of food. The leaves of this plant, before it attains full maturity, are eaten like spinach ; but it is the seeds which are generally used tor food. They are prepared in a variety of ways, but most frequently boiled in milk or broth, and sometimes cooked with cheese and Spanish pepper. The dried stems of the quinoa are used as fuel. Experiments in the cultivation of this plant have been tried in some parts of Germany, and with considerable success. It would appear, however, that its flavour is not much liked—a circumstance rather surprising to the traveller, who has tasted it in Peru, where it is regarded in the light of a delicacy. It were to be wished, that the general cultivation of the quinoa could be introduced throughout Europe ; for, during the preva lence of the potato disease, t hi s plant would be found of the greatest utility. It is a well-known fact that pota toes and tea, two articles now in such universal use, were not liked on their first introduction into Europe. The quinoa plant, which yields a wholesome article of food, would thrive perfectly in our hemisphere ; and though, in its hitherto limited trial, it has not found favour, there is no reason to conclude that it may not at a future time become an objest of general consumption." JOHN F. HODGES, M.D. Laboratory of the Chemico-Agricultural Society. 7, Arthur street. SPRING ASSIZES. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FRIDAY NIGHT. BRUTAL MURDER AT A CRRISTRNING.—This morn ing James Welch was arraigned before Mr. Baron R o lf e , i❑ the Crown Court, of the Northumberland Spring Assize, for the wilful murder of Thomas Proud, a groom in the service of a gentleman living in the County. Mr. Grainger and Mr. Potter prosecuted, Mr. Mat thews defend( d. _ . By the evidence of several witnesses it appears that the prisoner was a quarryman, employed at the Four Stones, somewhere near the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. On Sunday, the 7th inst., the deceased, who lived at the village of Allerwash, invited several of his neighbours to the christening of one of his children. After their return from church they had tea at his house, and he then invited them to a public-house to drink the child's health. They did so. and there encountered the prisoner. On leaving, Welch followed them, and solicited several females who were walking with friends (men) to leave them and join him. They declined, and he at length caught hold of Mary Ann Towers, who was walking with the deceased, and endeavoured to separate them. Towers begged of him to desist, and, being further insulted, Proud inter fered, and desired Welch not to molest her. High words here ensued, and a scuffle followed, in the course of which Proud fell upon his antagonist, and, it is said, kicked him. The deceased then made all haste home with the female, but had not got far ere the prisoner was seen running after them with no coat on. On coming up with them, he struck the deceased twice over the head with a stick, and eventually plunged a deep bladed knife into the unfortunate man's neck. lie instantly dropped on the ground, and in a few minutes expired. The priscner made his escape, but was shortly captarcd. The knife was found near the body, and it was sworn to having been seen in the prisoner's possession. Mr. Matthews made a powerful appeal in behalf of the accused. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Baron Rolfe concurred in the verdict, and in a cry feeling and impressive manner sentenced the pri soner to death. The law will be carried into effect. at Merpeth goal. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the rharehoLlers in this Com pany was held on Saturday at the London Tavern, Bishops gate street, for the purpose of receiving from the directors information as to the course they recommended to bo adopted in future, and for transacting the ordinary bu siness of the meetings. The chair was taken at one o'clock by W. J. Chad wicke, Eq., chairman. The notice, convening the meeting having been read, the report stated, that as some important matters were then under their consideration, they were not in a situp).- to lay before the proprietors, in that report, the course they recommended to be adopted. The report also tat ed, that there were fire vacancies in the Board, which the directors proposed to be filled up by the election of the following gentlemenl—Alexander Rosa, Esq., Walter Jones, Esq , Joseph Shaw, Esq., R. J. Lawton, Esq., Thomas Holmes, Esq. Mr. Charles Hill, the au ditor, would retire, and he offered himself for re-election. The following were the assets and liabilities of the company, up to Jan. 30, 1847 : ASSETS. Investment at bankers' Current account at bankers' Cash in secretary's hands Call unpaid . Forty shares on hand l4O 0 0 Interest on investment to this date Furniture, fixtures, &c. LIABILITIES. Sir John Rennie claims *..£10,488 0 0 Messrs. Williams and Breese claim Mr. Sturmy Auditors Direction Dividend on deposit and call not yet applied for Incidentals, including salaries and re n t BO 0 0 • Amount disputed, and now under the consideration of a court of law. The following abstract of expenditure from passing of the Act, 1845, to the present time, was laid before the meeting : Engineering expenses Parliamentary agents Law expenses—Mr. Shaw, solicitor to Mr Archer, taxed costs in suit against him 2lB 12 4 Compensation—Messrs. Poole and Powell, solicitors to Mr. Griffith, of Llanfair 4OO 0 0 Stationery account—books, stationery, stamps, printing, engraving, certificates, &c. Salaries Rent Direction Furniture, &e. &c 223 13 6 *Office expenses, 1845 and 1846 202 14 2 *Miscellaneous expenses, 1845 and 1846 Travelling and deputation expenses Auditors £3,896 19 7 * These items include the entire expenses since the forma tion of the company. The CHAIRMAN then said that the directors had hoped to come to some arrangements with other Companies to take the concern off the hands of the Company at a fair and ample remuneration. The meeting was aware that great influence had been used to injure the interests of the Comi'any by a person whom he would not then descend to name, neither would he enter into the state ments put forth by that person. It was the opinion of the directors that it would be advisable to construct the line only between Bangor and Carnarvon. lie would be perfectly ready to answer any questions which might be put to him. lie would move that the report read, be received, adopted, and circulated. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know the position of the company in regard to the claims of Sir J. Rennie. Mr. STURM", the solicitor to the company, said that Sir J. Rennie bad brought his action, which had been pleaded to upon two grounds—first, that of payment ; and the second plea would raise the whole question, by trying the general issue. Sir J. RENNIE wished it to be understood that he had done all he could to arrange the matter with the com pany ;he did not wish to go to law, far from it. At tempts to arbitrate the matter had failed, and he would have no objection to have the matter referred. Mr. BUTLER put a number of questions to the chairman as to the truth of a number of statements contained in a pamphlet published under the title of " A Black Book with a White Cover," by the late secre tary of the company. The CHAIRMAN said that there was not a word of truth in any of the statements contained therein. Mr. ARCHER, who, it appeared, was the late secretary of the company, contended that the statements were borne out by fact, and prepared to road a number of entries from a suspicious looking book with a cover of brown paper (the only document in existence containing the early history of the proceedings of the company), but in consequynee of the confusion created by this mode of proceeding, he was length compelled to desist. Mr. MOTT proposed, and Mr. SHAW seconded, an amendment that the meeting be adjourned, and a com mittee be appointed to inquire into the state and pros pects of the company. The amendment was lost by a large majority, and the original resolution was then agreed to. The following gentlemen were then appointed directors of the company for the ensuing year : —Mr. Alexander Ross ; Mr. Walter Jones ; Mr. Joseph Shaw, of Hud dersfield ; Mr. Lawton, of Manchester ; Mr. Thomas Holmes, of Hull. _ _ Mr. Charles Hill was also re-elected to the office of auditor to the company. Again a scene of the utmost confusion ensued in con sequence of Mr. Archer'a entering again into the question of the statements of the " Black Book." In the midst of this confusion a shareholder proposed a vote of thanks the chairman, which was unanimously agreed to. The meeting then broke up, having lasted for upwards of thrte hours, and leaving Mr. Archer to the perora tio❑ of a very violent speech. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. In answer to a question from Lord G. BENTINCK, The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said he anticipated he should be able to bring on the Customs' Duties Bill on Friday. GRANT FOR EDUCATION. Mr. HINDLEY asked the Noble Lord at the head of the Government if he was prepared to state the amount he intended to propose for the educational grant in the miscellaneous estimates,a©d whether he intended to bring specially befbre the notice of the House the Minutes of the Council of Education, laid on the table the sth day of February, or leave them to be incidentally discussed on the vote for education being proposed in the Committee of Supply. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that the vote would be the same as that taken last year, but with regard to the application of the sum he could only say that they did not intend to propose any new resolution upon the subject. In reply to a question from Mr. SHAW, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he intended to appoint the Committee of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill imme diately after the Committee of Ways and Means. THE DISTRESS IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. Mr. BAILEY hoped he would have the indulgence of the House for a few moments to some statements which had been made in that House in consequence of a question put by the Honourable Member for Fife, relating to the distress on the west coast of Scotland. On that occasion reference had been made to a report by the Sheriff's-Substitute of Fort.Willam, into which certain charges had been introduced against proprietors in that district, that they had been neglect ing their tenants. Among the others was one against Mr. M'Donald, of Glengarrie, where it was stated that that proprietor had 15') bolls of meal for the relief of the poor, but the store house had been locked up since Christmas, and not a pound could be got oat for love or money. lie had got a letter lately from Mr. M'Donald, in which he stated, in November last, he had sent from his private resources 201. in money, 100 bolls of meal, and 100 bolls of Indian corn, besides rice and biscuits. That was sent for the purpose of being dis pensed; his factor had instructions to that effect, and a letter from that factor last week stated that he had complie,►, and he was desired to continue to do so. Mr. M'Donald, was a man of the highest honour, and he (Mr. Bailey) stated this upon his credit. He regretted to state that the Blue Book which had been published contained charges, and had been published previous to time being given for answers from the proprietors. It had been reported concerning Mrs. Sherrant by Sir E. Coffin, not only that she had neglected her tenants generally, but that two persons had died of starvation on her estates. Now, she had made inquiry, and the result was, that two persons had died of natural causes, the one being an old woman between eighty and ninety years of age, and her daughter, who died of con sumption, being, while they lived, within two or three miles of a meal store, opened by Mrs. M'Kenzie, and out of which she had ordered that relief should be given to the destitute! He had taken the opportunity of doing what he believed to be but justice to these proprietors. Mr. E. ELLICE gave the fullest credit to the Go vernment for the course they had adopted, and he should not be doing justice to the Government if he did not take the earlest opportunity of saying that the Government had done all that was in the power of any Government to do to ward off the effects of this terrible calamity---(Hear, hear). Ho thought that, however laudable the intentions of the Government were, the merit of rendering these intentions perfectly effective was merely due to those gallant officers who had the charge of carrying out the measures of the Government. Sir GEORGE GREY did not think that the charge made by the Hon. Member was quite borne out by the facts as stated in the blue books. Mr. COLLETT was unwilling to take up the time of the House, but he thought it his duty to mention cer tain facts which had come to his own knowledge respect ing the employment of the poor in Ireland. He thought it lair to state, that since the debate on the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, he (Mr. Collett) had made inquiries, and he could state, that in the island of Anglesea, where the potato crop had failed, to as great an extent as in Ireland the formation of a railway had induced a state of prosperity unexampled in that island. The Holyhead Railway Company had employed from 3,400 to 4,000 labourers, out of which number 2,500 were Welshmen, 700 Irishmen, and about 300 Englishmen. They had only ex pended about 100,0001. The same fact was seen in some of the Irish railways. If they looked at the railway from Maryborough through Thurles to Mallow, they would find that a state of prosperity resulted from the expenditure of capital by that line, within ten miles on each side of the railway. On the Dundalk line and on the Carlow Railway the same thing was to be seen. On the latter line there was not one Englishman employed, except, perhaps, an overseer. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland told them a few nights ago that he prosperity of Ireland next year depended on the la bourers being employed during the next six weeks in agricultural operations. He did not state, however, that draining would commence on a large scale in the months of April or May. Now, he (Mr. Collett) could state that the baronies of Ireland ware ready to expend half a million on railways, and to em ploy all the able-bodied labourers in the country. The only mode in which Government proposed to employ them was drainage, but he had no great confidence in that. If, therefore, only thirty thousand persons were to be employed from May to September, he thought it would be the means of con ferring incalculable advantages on the c oun t ry , He considered that her Majesty a Government had not taken the proper steps in reference to this question. They ought not to have trusted to mere anonymous authority on this question ; and he, for one, would have been ready to afford them all the information which he possessed. ARMY ESTIMATES. On the motion for going into Committee on the Army Estimates, Sir DE LACY ENANS rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 26.--There bas been scarcely an average business transacted in foreign wools this week, but the result of the recent London sales has given firmness to prices. Escusli WOOL MARKET, FEB. 26.—The sales of combing and clothing wools have been small this week, and prices are tending in favour of the buyers. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 25.—We must still report this market flat, but not worse than list week in prices ; and, on the whole, we have had more in quiry after some sorts of wool. LEEDS.—Our market at the cloth-balls, both on Se. turday and to-day, have been exceedingly dull, and we never witnessed so little doing on speculation fur th e coming season, as at the present time. The purchasers continue to buy only for the present need, or to positive orders ; the manufacturers also continue to limit the production, and stocks are moderato in consequence; prices are steady. A number of country buyers have been in the town during the week, but they hate bought lightly, their policy being, during the present depressed times, to make small purchases and visit the market oftener. On the whole, there has been less than an average business done in the warehouses during the week. HECKNONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET, FEB. 25.—There are a few small orders for the American market, but the blanket trade generally is in a deplorable state. Very few samples have been bought this week in the market. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. RENEWAL OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE GREAT WESTERN AND LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN. . . On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, the usual half yearly meeting of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company took place at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham. As it was expected that the quarrel between the two great companies, the London and North-Western, and the Great Western, would be re-opened, most probably, with greater violence than ever, there was a very strong muster of the friends of both companies from Liverpool, London, and all parts of the country. Among the per suns present we observed Lord Hatherton, Mr. Charles Russell, 31. P , chairman of the Great Western ; Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; Captain Carnegie, M.P. ; the Hon. J. C. Talbot ; Mr. Muntz ; Mr. Brunel, engineer of the Great Western ; Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Great Westein ; Mr. Mosely, of Liverpool ; and several of the directors of the London and North-Western Company. Mr. Muntz, chairman of the company, and brother of Mr. Muntz, M.P., took the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, and also the report, which was very brief, and merely referred to the measures which were being taken to forward the works, and to the cir cumstances of a call of 51. being about to be made, The CHAIRMAN rose to move the adoption of th e report, and i n doing so, begged to state that every effort would be made to complete the line as speedily as possible. Some unavoidable delays had taken place, but he had the dno specifieddoub tthtaitnet the . With line ith would d r be to completed within ed w i which had tak en p l ace i n getting theg transfers made and regardin g w hi c h t h ere had been many complaints, ' r h tia e begged lpeidimi impossibility say bhiel3i.ty t o h f at the get i t d ing ela t y ar het o r s a e in asfercsocioismerlactnecde as were applied for. For some time they had had as many as one hundred and fifty applications for transfers in one day. The call had been met with a promptitude never surpassed in the history of any company. Indeed, so eager were some gentlemen to make sure of having paid their calls, that iate they actually wished to pay them twice over—(Loud —and he was sure the forthcoming call would be quite as well responded to. He wished to take that opportunity o f s t a ti ng , t h a t s i nce th e a greement with the Great Western had been completed, an offer had been made by the London and North Western Company, of much higher terms than they had received from the Great Western. He felt it his duty to make thisinti mation to the shareholders, in order that they might officially be acquainted with all the circumstances con nected witk the case. It was the more necessary he should do so in consequence of what had since occurred. The directors could not accept of the offer of the London and North Western to take the line at 151. premium, because they had previously ratified the bargain with the Great Western Company. Mr. Moseley Moseley was the gentleman who gave the first Ttimatio of the intention of the London and North-Western Company to make this offer. Mr. MOSELEY—I beg to state that the offer was made by me, but not in the name or on behalf of the Lond on and North-Western. I wish this to be distinctly under stood.—(Order, order, and hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—The London and North-Western had since then made the same offer in a letter from that company.—(Hear, hear.) I deeply regret that the offer has been made ; for the offer having been made after the line had been legally sold to the Great Western Com pany, it had only . had the effect of creating a great deal of unpleasant feeling.—(Hear . , hear.) I muss also al lude to a letter which some time ago appeared in the public journals with the name of Mr. Moseley attaohed to it. I presume Mr. Moseley will acknowledge the letter. Mr. MOSELEY-1 do. The CHAIRMAN then went into a statement of the various circumstances alluded to in that letter. lie dwelt with much emphasis on the fact tint in October last year, at a meeting of the shareholders, they unani mously, not even excepting Mr. Moseley, called on the directors, indeed morally compelled them, to enter into negotiations for the sale of the line, and even named the Great Western as the only company with which they were to negotiate.—(Hear, hear) This was not only without the knowledge of the directors of the Birming • ham and Oxford Junction, but it was against their incli nation. Tbey merely agreed to negotiate with the Great Western, because they felt they were bound to accede to the unanimous wishes of a meeting of the shareholders. lie denied that the directors had done anything wrong. They had but carried out the wishes of the shareholders, and the agreement being made, they would abide by it. Lie now moved that the report be adopted. Mr. CROSSWAITER, Of Liverpool, secon led the motion for the adoption of the rerort. Captain CARNEGIE, M.P., wished to ask, before the question was put, whether it was the intention of the four direeters, who, according to the Act of Parliamettt, were to retire at that meeting, to retire from the board ? The CHAIRMAN—The point Ri to whether they are legally bound to retire at this time is one which we anti cipated m;ght lead to some misunderstanding in that room that day, and we have therefore taken the precau tion of getting the opinion of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. J. C. Talbot, and Mr. Godley. and they are unanimous in the opinion that none of the directors are bound to retire. Captain CARNLIGIE said that a body of shareholders had also taken the opiaion of the most eminent counsel on the point, and that opinicn was, that if the usual number of directors did not retire, the directors would occupy their places at the board illegally. (Loud cheers.) As many of the shareholders had not had their attentoin called to the matter, it would only be a matter of courtesy on so important a point, that they should have a fortnight to satisfy themselves on it. He would there fore move, as an amendment, the adjournment of .the meeting till that day fortnight. Mr. MoSELEY wished, before the question of adjourn ment was put, to make some observations of an explana tory nature, in order that no misconception might exist as to the facts of the case. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN.—I have no wish to stop Mr. Moseley. The more he speaks the better for us; but Mr. Moseley must be aware, that on a question of adjourning the meeting it would be irregular to go into matters of the nature which Mr. Moseley wished to bring before the shareholders. Mr. MOSELEY—v_ think it very extraordinary on the part of the directors, that, having acted contrary to what was believed to he the law of the case, and also in oppo sition to the interests of the shareholders, you should now sock to shirk the question and get rid of the responsibility you have incurred by availing yourselves of a mere ques tion of form.—(Loud cheers.) !should have thought you would have been glad of an opportunity of giving an explanation. It is well known, at least it is believed, that you, the directors, have parted with the greater part of your interest in the company.—(Loud cheers.) If you will tell the meeting on what grounds you attempt to justify your procedure, when the meeting thought that procedure contrary to law, the meeting will now be glad to hear what you have to say in your own justifica tion. If you have aething but the interests of tho share holders at heart ; if having made all the profit you could out of the property—(Loud cheers)—you are now de sirous of becefiting the shareholders by the course you have determined to pursue, you surely can have no ob jections to state the grounds on which you have acted, and still mean to act. A SHAREHOLDER (with much vehemence)— Why do you conceal anything ?—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—That gentleman need not gesticulate so violeutl). A SHAREHOLDER—Give US the opinions you have received from counsel. The CHAIRMAN — This is not the proper time for that, when the question of adjournment is before the meeting —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. MOSELEY—You must be aware that there are reports current in Birmingham ; and everywhere else, which are not creditable to your character as directors of this company. It is currently stated that you have purposely sacrificed the interests of the shareholders to purposes of your own, and that — The CHAIRMAN—The statement you make is false.— (Cries of " Order, order," and a great sensation among Mr. Moseley's friends.) I do not mean that what Mr. Moseley says is false, but that the report to which be alludes is so. _ _ Mr. MOSELEY —4 Sm glad, Sir, that you have with drawn that word: If you had nut I should have sat down. It made the blood rush to my face. Though I do not belong to a certain assembly, I have the spirit and sense to resent- any insult, by whomsoever offered (Iker.) • Lord ITATHERTON— It was not meant personally. I did not so understand it.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—I did not mean anything of a per sonal nature to the Hon. proprietor. I merely referred to a statement of othera which he was quoting. Mr. MosELY—I am Wad to hear Lord Hatherton say so, and else to receive a renewed disclaimer from you, Sir. I will now forget the matter. I repeat that the property has been sold much below its real value. It is with the view of getting a fair price, and not getting the line for the London and North Western, that I am pur suing the course lam now doing. If the Great Western had given the full value for the property, you should never have heard a word of complaint from me. It was because the proper value is not given that I resolved on adopting thecourse lam now pursuing.— (Hear.) It is not as a shareholder of the London and North-Western that I stand here. I stand in this place as a shareholder only of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction. I have to complain of the chairman of the Great Western (Mr. Russell) representing me as having said at a former meeting that I was the mouthpiece of the London and North-Western. I beg to deny that I ever said any thing of the kind. It was a personality to attribute such words to me. I ask the chairman of the Great Western, as a gentleman, is he prepared to substantiate the words he has imputed to me? The CHAIRMAN—We are not here for the purpose of going into matters of this nature. The words Mr. Moseley complains of were not used at any meeting of this company. Mr. MOSELEY—They were used by Mr. Russell, and that gentleman is present. I should have supposed that, as a gentleman, he would feel glad of an opportunity of either substantiating oa retracting his words.—(Cheers.) Mr. RUSSELL—I beg the chairman not to interfere between me and Mr. Mosely. When he has finished his (observations I will answer him.—(llear.) Mr..blosELEr —lt is the custom in the House of which Mr. Russell is a Member, for gentlemen to make an) personal explanations which may be necessary wheneTer appealed to for the purpose. Mr. RUSSELL—The Hon. Proprietor is quite wrong as to the practice in the House of Commons. The Speaker will not allow any such interruptions to the usual proceedings to be made. _ . . . Mr. MosELEY—Mr. Russell must be aware that such is not the practice. Whenever a Member complains that he has been misrepresented, the party of whom he complains must get up and explain at once. The Hon. Gentleman refuses. This is only a continuation of what has before taken place. Tho directors are to be every thing, and the shareholders nothing.—(Great cheering.) I will not submit, so far as I am personally concerned, to conduct of this nature. I demand a retractation or substantiation of Mr. Russell's words.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I cannot see what I have to do with a quarrel of this nature, which arises from what appeared in the newspapers. Mr. MoSELY—I give you great credit. Sir, for your anxious endeavours to serve your colleague.—(Loud cheers, mixed with a few faint 'ibises.) I should have expected that Mr. Russell, as a gentleman, would deny the charge if not true. It is a matter in which all the directors were interested, and they would have felt it eo unless the profits they had made by their shares had blinded them to everything else.—(l49lo applause with laughter.) lam Mr. Russell's equal in every respect, and will not tamely submit to be maligned by him. I wish that there may be no mistake on that point. I state in the boldest, broadest, and most distinct manner, that I never used such language, and I defy any breath ing man to prove that I did.—(Applause.) I will nut be daunted nor diverted from pursuing the course which 1 think proper in reference to this company. I repeat what I before said, that the salo of the line to the Great Western was made when the real share holders were not in a position to vote.—(Deafening applause.) I say that it was disgraceful to act ;in this manner. Yon may " Jump Jim Crow" as you will, but you shall not be allowed to have matters your own way. I warned you that when the registration was com pleted, we would undo what you have done. You have acted illegally throughout, and that you will . find out before a long time has elapsed. You have sacrificed the shareholders. The value of the line, as being confessed by yourselves the battle-field of the broad guage question, must have been apparent toyou. You could not ha ve acted as you have done from ignorance ; but we have de termined not to be defeated. I have entered on my course and will pursue it.—(lmmense cheering.) We have at least seven-eights of the shareholders with us. I shall not retire from this contest so long as there is one inch of ground on which to battle, with you. Mr. 'Moseley then sat down amidst greet cheering. Mr. RussELL, M.P.—I will now answer the question of the Hon. Proprietor. I was not present at the meet ing at which he was said to have made use of the lan • gunge imputed to him. In making the statement I did, I acted on information communicated to me by gentle men who were present, and they assured me, and they still believe, that he did use the expression, that he was not only authorised to make the offer of la premium on the shares of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, but that ho was the mouth piece of the London and North-Western Com pany. I have no right to doubt that gentleman's word, after the disclaimer he has made, but it is right I should say that the whole eireurnita.nces connected with the conduct of the London and North-Western Company in reference to this company, must come before a higher tribunal, in order that the whole matter may be thoroughly sifted. It will then be for us to get what proof we can of what was actually said on that occasion, and it will be for Mr. Mosely to disprove, if he is able, his having so expressed himself. But even supposing the words had been erroneously imputed to him, I cannot see what right he has to complain. It is no imputation on him. Good God ! am I to be prohibited from re peating language which I had been told by most respect able persons the floe. Gentleman made use of at a public meeting. This, gentlemen, is perfectly puerile.—(Cries of "Name your authority.") Mr. Moss LEY—Give us the name of your informant at once.—(Uproar and cheers.) Mr. RUSSELL—I will give no answer het answer it in another place. Mr. MOSELEY (with v e hemence)—That, lof it il , °ll i. discreditable. Mr. R us s e ll brings a charge a pont and then seeks to sh e lt e r himself by a threat oi proceedings. Let him take his course. He lhasl; mitted an offence, and he hims e lf shall have toe , h ear punishment.—(Loud applause.). —a— - lan e d red di rec t ors Rn e Mr. SPOONER, M.P., r aid the m e e tlog 1 1 from the great question at issue. The' acted in accordance with the wish e s of the' Aar ehola ;s Win o in selling the line to the Great Western. I t choice of theirs ; on the contrary, they were' 111 : 1 1 n l ie, at the time to dispose of the line at all. They as honest men, carry out the agreement um ler c cumstances. The motion f-r adjournment till this day fo rtenig h „ S was then put and carried, with only one dissentiei it The friends of the Great Western, seeing thol nents had an overwhelming majority, did not 01 ) °, 5 "a amendment. The extraordinary proceedings of Lu ha ,l i a then closed, without even the customary vote Of t" — to the Chairman. RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, FEBARY 27. ..„, e it : es OP,: STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are a mbergate t f e as t •••• tion, p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% P. - - 000, 1 * coinshire, 3 p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Rh 'big 10 1) 0, 9d. p.-Great Northern (Nos. Ito 103,000), % P.- 3% P. - 103,001 and upwards, p.-Huddersfield and Mane be, ;ter, m oot, Leeds and Thirsk, 1 51 die.-Ditto, New, to dis.-Di tt 0 11 4 0 1 So d I p.-London and North-Western, 185% ex div. - 44 , ,"„ zster York, New, 1d p.-Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares.: (.I; c j i lets l . sion), 3le p.- Manchester and Southampton, % dia.- ' 2l „i t to, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 35¢ )s. 3 / 1 Shares, 31s. 3d. di3.-Midland Stock, 124-North Sta. p.-North Union (A), 216 ex dir.-Scottish Central, 75e P',n sn" „ bury, and Chester, New, Is. 3d. dis.-Shropshire Ultima• Canal, % dis.-South-Eastern, 39-Ditto, No. 1, 2 p.- soffo7; Consolidated, 2% p.-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, h p.-- itr.: 7 ,o SP' shire Junction, % p.-West Riding Union, 385. 9d. Warrenpoint, 1 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 251 dis. MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 27. r dJO lO. STOCK Excnemax.-The sales are-Birmingham and P Boa, 951 p. -Illackourn, Clitheroe, &c., par-East Laneiti -Ditto, 2% c. p.-I)itto, New (scrip), 1 9-12 p.-Flee , tl"7 - i Sit ton, and West Riding Junction, 5-16 p.-Huddersfield'.' cheater Railway and Canal, 3% p.- Ditto, Thirds, % C. AL V - D10 1 :, and Think, New, Preferentials, p.- -1:4 1 'Thoodo: bury, and Manchester, Old Extension, scrip (green), if !'l a tell , ' and North• Western, 127-Ditto (Manchester and P. 11 1,1,2 110 Quarters (A), 6% p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, tit 1 .16 P p.-Manchester and Leeds,32l. Shares (late Extensio Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and 1 .. 0.1 .0 6 , dis.-Manchester tied Southampton, % dis.-North ; 3 51 c. p.-Preston and Wire, Halves (B), 3.4 p.-South Dover, No. 4, % p.- West Riding Union, 1 15-16.- Wa l and Furness, 3 die. LEEDS, FEBRUARY 27. 2 0 STOCK Excnamax.-The bu inese of the Exchange th Is , } , t 2/ 0 . , Improved both in extent and firmness, and rather entlalm v ",4llPf have been given The most noticeable advances area.in Stock, London and Brightens, and Leeds and Thirsts. and Leeds stock Is also better. The sales are-Amber/Me, IL: ham, and Boston, 2s. 6d. p.-East Lancashire, Slaw (scrip), P"4l2' p. -East and West Yorkshire, 7s. 6d. p.-Hudeerstield aid ; f . , cheater, p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.-Ditto, NelftLi Ditto, Preference, 325. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 4r P oi p.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late ExtcnSlon) , Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late (treat llrimsDJly Sheffield), 41. 18s 9d. dis.-North British, Ester sions (Ber n K . 6d. p.-North-Western, 85. p.- Sheffield and R otheriuil , .„ Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. P.-West Rldi, Unios. s Wharfdale Junction, ss. n. dis. -York and Newcastle, Oate'N e r . Dar. June.), Preference, n. p.-York and North /fLellall. Terence, 10 1 A p. i./ D 'Ol SHEFFIELD, FEBRUARY 27.' STOCK EECNANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, bat/ Boston, Is. 6d. p.- East Lincolnshire, 3 p.-Great N 01 0 104 don and York), Regd., % p.-Manchester, Sheffield, .and 30 „ shire, Grimsby and Sheffield, 4)e dis.-Ditto, 201. Shar,tsr dis.-West Riding Union, 2 p.-South , Yorkshire, D 000 . 07 Goole, Ne p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FesitualT 26. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.- The oily sale Is-North British, Thlrs" HULL, FEBRUARY 27. STOCK Excumecia..-The sales are -Hull and Selby, 115 1 77 -North British, Quarters, 888. cash-Ditto, Extension (scrIP)+000 1 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, % , dll / dif• Northent (London and York), 2%-Leeds and Think, Neff!: afF -Newcastle and Berwick, 3214-North Wales, 20.3.-Soutu, shire, Doncaster, and Goole, 7s. p. EDINBUItGII, FEBRUARY 26. I P r STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231. 5 5 _,e7 5 0 .2 m• ..a and Bathgate, 41. le.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. Ga.-Caledonian, 271. 2s. - JO Now, 21. 1 le.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 95.-Clydesdlue taff tlon, 39!. 55.-Deeside, 3/. N.-Direct Northern, 21. 185. blane,Doune, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbrosllo o 15s. -Ditto, New, No. I, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, i* 271.-Ditto;63sl, No. 3, 51. 2s. 61-Dundee and Perth, 361. IN.-Ditto, N e 12s. 6d.-East of 'Fife, 31. 35.-East Lothian Central, 21 * 00 11 -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 51. 125. 64.-Edinburgh and t41 1 3/. 0 771.-Ditto, Half Shares, 20/. 17s. 6d. -Ditto, Quarter Shares;,,. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor, 191. 55.-Ditto, 201. IN.-Ditto, Neer, 21. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 1711.--r. u nfiC- r and Northern, 171. 15e.-Ditto, New Shares, 41. 148.-1)10 ,8, 46 port, Cl. ft.-Ditto, ditto, New, 3/. 25.-Edinburgh and PertliVjesei 11. 18s.- Ditto (New), 21. 108. 6d.-Ditto, New, 155. 641. and Ayrshire, 65/. 10r.-Ditto, New Stock, 34/.-Ditto , ...,' e No. 1,6/. IN.-Ditto, No. 2, V. 155.-Ditto, Quarter /5 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. Is. 6d.--Mast s Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 10/1.-0 18 ", OPI Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, a 5B. gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 61. 6s .- Great North of li t It 2371.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 65.-London and Yort,„:llP 6d.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 21. 55.-Manchester and Let",a. 105.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81. 55.-Newcastle and Berwick , North British, 35/. 158.-1)Mo, Halves, 171.-Ditto, Cituartrio..„ 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 11. Bs.-Ditt o , Thirds, nocirA, -Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottish Central, 221.-Scottish 11. Is.- Scottish Midland, 241.- Shrewsbury and Hereford•J;„ - Shrew sbury, Oswestry, a d Chester, 8/. 45.-Ditto, Ob s Ti, Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 17s. 6d.-Stirling and Midlll o t , -Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15. ex div.-York and IfeW, s cila ,_ o s 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 11l 155.-Ditto , Preference, l_n t IOT" Bombay and Madras, 3s. M.-East Indian, 7s. 6d.- ore, of India, 31.-Great Southern of Madras, 35.-Madras, A w. • Arcot, 2s. $ llB GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 26. 231 -- a" . ) 5 0 ' STOCK Excumeoz.-The sales are-Aberdeen, csIP ' Galloway, 415.-Caledonian , New,;49s.-Direct Northern t!,,,ce ,I, o ;asa-,. -Dundee and Perth, New,,24/. -East of Fife, 595.-EaN__....h, tral, 525.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 201(-Ed_ h lrra:,. 9 ,4 3 , --. and Grant on, Quarters, 16s. 9d. -Edinburgh and North."6‘...-A"` Newport, 6/. 9s -Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.) 84 01 New, 14e . 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Hal , '" anoes , MO Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 5%---. Ir „, Nor Ayr Direct, 375.-Manchester and Southampton, 22/. British, New, Quarters (scrip), 285.-Scottish Ce ln a t74 South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 835.-Stirling line, 77e. 6d. KILMARNOCK. TRA,DE.—Trade continues nearly un a ltered tine one last week's notice, in those branches which constitute 1 „"J great bulk and staple of our ind us t r y. Sh oem akers tailors complain of a slackn ess un p rece d en t e d for Ye er e ; owing to the price of provisions exhausting the l' e ,g o of the workmen, and leaving no surplus for clot h '7 There being little inquiry for yarns, woolspinne r° experiencing a sl l ck l icss, although the mills are s`ej working full time. Weavers, and those females engager in handsel% inp, arc earning wages very inadecl eate s nd their proper support; and many of the more modest unobtrusive are enduring severe privations without B c ' ) / loud complaint. The frequent appeals to the bountioe the more wealthy for relief to those at a distance, is b os to cause nearer claimants to be overlooked. With t $O3 engaged in the raising of young trees, shrubs, eat flowers, a busy period is commencing. The g i r wsi quantity of wood which has been cut down for risi-or purroses, inducing proprietors to plant anew, 119 , 1 ;0 parted a stimulus to this trade. The gigantic seedpg, on which his Grace the Duke of B ucc l euc h is Piti e ", - s r• has caused a demand, which has b ee n f e lt in this t o re ter ; and these and other causes in combinatio n, Oo made orders abundant. There will be, howev er : t es l difficulty in supplying them, owing to the great e- hicli of nursery grounds in and around the town, of there is nearly 60 acres, excellently adapted for th e :lb°, pose. The situation of these nu rse ri es is s uch, th e ' l o' young trees are not injured by any smoke, or en docti those causes which are apt to deteriorate the Pre around larger towns.—Kilmarnock Journal. The following paragraph, which we find I n tbe Toronto Herald, gives a vivid picture of the extreme c ° , , cd Canada:—" It i 8 with no small concern that, a t the, c ie outset of our new volume, we have been compelled bY to bt cumatances, over which we could have no co ntrolt, o e behind-hand as to the hour when to-day's Herald 1 5 ' d pre: On Saturday evening the first side was worked off, al l t eia pared for going to press with the inside sheet the first this morning. Owing, however, to the extreme cold ° wit° night, the paper—which, as every one acquaintedee l printing is aware of, is wetted down previously—was Is lo ll together in a solid mass, despite all the precaution s efi ce', during the intervening day to prevent such an 0ce11,. 11 4 , The consequence has been that the paper b a d to be l•P' and ~ some portion of it worked off a secon d ti m e, e re " ordinary process could be gone o n w ith. H ence the for the Herald being out so l a t e thi s d ay. " le ETIIER.—P,:INLE S S SURGICAL OPERATIONS J. - a l Royal. FREE HOSPITAL, G RAY ' S -I NN - ROAD .-0 1 1 afternoon, Thomas Wakley, jun., Esq., surgeon to the Sig Free Hospital, pe r f orme d a very difficult operation u pon lic) , Ann Sheen, aged 20 years, in presence of several i' l lo , o gentlemen connected wtth the charity. The ether been administered by Mr. T. W. Cooke, the house su rr e or and inhaled a short time by the patient, a tumour of 00 r e f cerous nature was removel from the right breast. 5 0# covering from the effects of the vapour, the patient,..de°, some incoherent sentences, and asked if some one li, t ee` been pricking her with a pin ; and, on further coming observed that she would rather defer the operation. be torishment upon finding it already effected may be r' conceived. 4 Ot PAINLESS OPERATIONS UNDER THE ETFI Cr T ErnElt.—On Saturday last, at the Royal Free Hosplt a ~,:O t Gay performed the difficult operation of removing the 11- v re• a young female at the mesio-tarsal articulation, in the 0 0 sauce of Dr. Conquest, Dr. Jones, and several other P r te sional gentlemen, an operation which requires that joints should be cut through. The ti me requireci tbe produce perfect insensibility wa s one minute► tb,, j removal of the foot, i nc l u di ng the tying °` vessels was performed in ano th er minute, * and W a rr, restored to sensibility with out any knowledge of the ° p its tion, having bean performed within three minutes 0 " - 1 I completion. On another occasion Mr. Gay perforT serious operation on a man under the influence o f ether Pre, If its completion, on b e i ng as k e d w h at hi s sensations ag ed he had telt any pain, re pli e d," H e h a d f e lt no p a in w' a $l3 but thought he had been at a public-house driiiklob'per that his wife had come to fetch him." Mr. May, wb°olo . formed these ope r atio n s, i s on e of the most ri s ing sur i g e si oeli London, and is one of the medical officers of tho Ito Clerks' Association. MARRIED. On the 25th ult., at SL Nicholas Church, Newcastle-111,°middl Gorge, eldest on of G. Crawsbay, Esq., of ColneY sex, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir John Filo, of '- upon-Tyne. U 4 , `4/ usi ?15 9 !!. 3 4 0 - s"tri '.• A.' , 43 41 lis! • 4 COI eb thi ' tit tal 1.1 re IV( • o.‘r " Wit • eta t .l ll eat ' toe ob i Ins pri eas BIRTHS. TOUrriel. C . On the 20th ult., in Old Cavendish-street, Mrs. R. of a son of S d, On the 2lst ult., in Milman-strect, Bedford-row, the w it ' Teuton, Esq., of a son. Ita l ' ' On the 22d ult., at Sidmouth, the lady of W. H. Cullen, '' .l. ' dit ol of a sen n heir. , On the a 25 d th ult., at Elm-grove, Southsea, the lady 01 , " letite- Charles Faunce Therndike, LA., of a daughter. i th in 13er w On the 2.5 th ult., at Bowden, Cheshire, Mrs. Robert ~----- A nett, of a son. . orl• On the 26th ult., at Leamington, the Hon. Mrs. ?etre, of : 0 00 , , • On the 2tith tilt., at Wolverhampton, Mrs W. Hanby, of ^ ._ 01 On the 27th ult., the lady of George William Cottain, 1744 ' Ado daughter. all I nt°— On the 27th ult., in Woburn-square, the wife of G. D. Esq., of a damhter. DIED. orge /I°l On the 19th ult., at Kilmore, Monaghan, the Re v. -c Schomberg, aged 79. tiLie On the 22d of December last, at Jullundnr, East Isdlee , - nant George Augustus Vallings, Bengal Artillery, aged 2 _,_„ ° ' n d se n of On the Bth ult., at Pusey, Henry Al g ernon Herbert, e.'"" - the Hon. E. Herbert, aged 8. On the 22d ult., at Brixton, Mr. G. Feld, aged 89. ,__,ersetslift; On the 24th ult., at Alford, near Castle Carey, DeL"_,. Orr .- Caroline Jane, youngest daughter of the late Rev. D r. Alee"" Bee's, Cumberland. 1 0 i ' London:. Printed and Published by MURDO YOITYG , Q Strand, Printer, at The Sun Onice, No. 112 , Strand , in the of the Savoy, In the County of Middlesex, MondaY, 1, 1847. 1 a a v A . 'Jo at • - • ?; h ov —a and Not Am the con pro trai can the gli th 3,1 1,4 ths to i apt Aril 1,14