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SECOND EDITION. Stand, Tice, Eleven o'clock e Albert I VI _pia. Ni it] ~~~ q UtitIMAL iiuR.MNG. MEETING THIS -47 ntment of a e emmittee to dc )r to vasty. A mei held this day, in ti tier, Town- I. The Mayor took the chair o'clock 're twenty-five MAYOR said the first subject which was expected 3efore t was a communication, !,ollect that at the last meet ,en ascertained that his Royal Highne [d honour the town with a ited. The matter was immediately 3ed to,' and he was happy to 1 able to inform them that his Royal 1-lighne signified his in- s had g tention of honouring the Own with a visit, and that he on the 30th and 31st of July as the time. He cil would take the necessary easures to receive him in a manner suitable to his high o doubt the and in accordance with the well-known character , hear," and cheers.) at he had visited London, any with Lord Sandon and Sir Howard ;h for loyalty. (" Hea cated with Colonel Anson, who Buckinghanr Palace, on Satur- They proceeded to Buckingham Ls fixed on the 31 ;o noov station, and,. in corn Douglas appointed day morning last Palm! the Town-clerk being obliged to excuse him sequence of having a consultation with Mr. Austin respecting the Improvement Bill, and after a brief onversation with Col. Anson, were ushered into the pre of his Royal Highness, who received them with all hed gentleman. His Royal i on the days he had named for the nation bad been given in the self in co ss then fixe hear.) Some int her Majesty would also honor the town in company with his royal highness. He begged apers that it was lil, most distinctly that there was no foundation Her Majesty had iven t her intention to do If, however she shOuld, he bad 'no doubt to receive her as anner commensurate with the ion. (Hear, hear.) But there t at the present moment. (Hear.) haps his worship had to the Council on the subject show their re lity of her st was no reason to expec Mr. Alder a TURNER stions to ma Itions of the Con arse, ans !one suitable to the occasion, said he should be very happy to receive to what ought to be every thing shou d in the absence of the The MAYO the sugge Town-Clerk. he had drawn up a statement which he thought proper ti thought proper. His wor- ated to the Council t wn with a visit, and Ming for a Sailors' e of a i 3ist July for the d Aldermen, with liberty 7_ sartnnintaii Ts to take st and make e with the i guest, and 1 for loyalty tion of the resolution ,ould b, man SAN am of r required, nor olu o the A . t purpose rge, and thought the pr °me ob Ir. BORSVALL, TI loch a prop he sut his object in i he wish to oppos ay objec ae supposed would be a suitable preparation Royal Highness. His f s any man's, but he ted as the committee naintain the dignity of burgesses at course was to select the from Mr. H. HORNBY t them rmen was likely to produce unanimity on ct, which was so much to be desired. He there- ed Mr. Parker would withdraw his opposition Mr. PARKER said his only object was to maintain the cil, and having done that he would ,jection further. (Hear, hear.) The MAYOR then put the motion, and it was unani- .ot press his o mously adopted on, the Queea of all to Drury-lane Theatre to stion as to wt hoarse as to render it a possible for her to ap o her perplexity, her 1-box, but persisted h her. " What can I suppose I must "And a lucky of her jewe s must have got i' er, " li I perhaps serve to open FIE BURNING OF THE CAROLINE.—II is curious how public were gulled by prints of the Caroline g o stror oing over ; every one who which the great body of ie is broke up, and which vould be one of the grandest las seen re that nothing, let it be e impetuosity of this un-brig was launched rui m Laxe built, could lc ) of timber picked up in the v ow the Fall was the only vest ss, ona dark nig s commence ed safe at was c 1 a light they the side of i nce, and d ut these tl m havP hcP rt of tt , and Po proclaimed by Polist hren, the .m, to see the effect of its going over ; it was moment it entered these o over at all : a piece or airlpool some three miles ;e ever found of her. So was moored with iron e party under thecom- A most them in the stream. They ae patriots (self-styled) who and opened a fire upon them, hick they cut the iron moorings, and at- r own side, but, their ) and let go d the Caroline, burnt to the water's rapids. No one was rally believed in Eng by Captain Usher, a atriots harbour agains knocked at the door of FALL OF POLAND.- )ple, by keeping the lower the higher or ons, to which her vast It and valour of her oh& mt might have been the cal, of Northern Europe le. might have d; avadini hordes of Austria might ken oath, and many a to speculate on the past; and _ . The polish lan hemian church, province of Prussia, :ed with the hi ,ns and genuine Polish the centre of religious the pious monarch of ans—whether he may Protestant church, and lay a fresh foundation for —and whether, if he did so, Ives would understand their duty, it is jecture. But certain it is, that nothing d firmness of Christian principle, which h all its lidance of nossibl . . the most conspicuous feature of Protestantism, can ontribute effectually to the restoration and mainte of national existence.—The British Magazine. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. POPKINS, NOT SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE AUTHOR OF THE MINISTERIAL MEASURE " The right hon. gentleman tells us that he does not feel humiliated. It is impossible for any one to know what are the feelings of another ; feeling depends in a great mea sure upon temperament; it depends upon the idiosyn crasy of the individual ; it depends upon the organization of the animal that feels. (Laughter.) But I tell the right hon. gentleman, that although he may not feel humiliated, the country ought to feel humiliated. (Loud cheers.) In place of the self-complacency of a great nation—in place of the justifiable pride of Englishmen in one who from his position has contrived to occupy the highest rank amongst his fellow-citizens, it is felt, as Dean Swift said of another Minister, that he is a gentleman who has the perpetual misfortune to be mistaken ; and even now in this, the last scene of the drama, when the party whom he unintentionally betrayed and unintentionally annih►- lated—even now at the last scene, the right hon. gentle man, faithful to the law of his being, is going to pass a project which I believe It is matter of notoriety is not of his own invention ; one which may have been somewhat modified, but which, I believe, was in substance offered to another Government, and by that Government wisely rejected. (Hear, hear.) The fir at day after the right hon. gentleman made his exposition to this house, a gentleman well known to the house. and learned in all the political secrets behind the scenes, met me, and said, " What do you think of your chief's plan ?" I said I did not exactly know what to say about it, but, to use the phrase of the hour, I supposed it was a great and comprehensive plan. (Laughter.) " Oh," he replied, "we know all about it ; it is not his plan at all, it is Popkins's plan." (Roars of laughter.) And, Sir, is England to be governed and con vulsed for Popkins's plan ? Will he go to the country with it ? Will he appeal to the people upon such a plan ? Will he appeal to that ancient and famous England which was once governed by statesmen 'such as Burleigh and Walsingham, Bolingbroke and Walpole, Chatham and Canning,—will he appeal to England on a fantastic scheme of some:presumptuous pedant ? I will not believe it. (Cheers.) I have that confidence in the common sense and common spirit of my countrymen to believe that they will no longer endure the huckstering tyranny of the Treasury bench, or of the political pedlar who bought his party in the cheapest market and sold them in the dearest. (Laughter and cheers.) I know that there are men who tell me that the time is gone by when we may appeal to the high and honourable impulses that were once the mainstay and main element of the English character. I know that we appeal to a people who have been de bauched by public gambling, and who have been stimu lated and encouraged by an inefficient and shortsighted Ministry. 1 know that the public mind has been filled to intoxication with schemes by which the people might be come rich, without-the interference of industry and toil. I know, too, that all confidence in public men is lost. ( Hear, hear.),:,But I:havelaithfin:the primitive enduring element of English character. (Cheers.) It may be that now, in the midnight of their intoxication, they will not heed me, but I tell them that there will be an awakening, and in the spring-tide of their frenzy I warn them of the end of trouble. That dark and inevitable hour will ar rive, and perhaps they will then recur to those principles which mede England great, and which, in my opinion, alone can keep England great ; and it may chance that they will remember, not with unkindness those who, be trayed and deserted themselves, were neither ashamed nor afraid to struggle for the good old cause ; the cause asso ciated with principles the most popular, sentiments the most entirely national; the cause of labour, the cause of the people, the cause of England. (The hon. member re sumed his seat amidst applause which lasted fully two minutes.)"—Mr. D'lsraeli's speech. PROBABLE PRICE OF WHEAT UNDER THE OPERATION OF FREE TRADE I have had returns sent me of the quantity of grain grown in Hungary the year before last ; and I may men tion that in Croatia there were raised a million and a-half of quarters. Then, it maybe said, how are we to get corn from Hungary ? Why, Sir, I received a letter, not long ago, from one of the greatest corn merchants at Sissek, the first corn market hi Fungary, and he says, that on an average of the last five years, the price of the finest Hun garian corn, which I must remind you, is the finest in the world, which in the Dantzic market ranks with the finest Dantzic wheat, was 18s. 6d., and that you may send it from this town of Sissek to Carlstadt, by the river Save, at a cost of 4d. the English quarter, and from Carlstadt to the port of Fiume for Is. Bd. a quarter. The person who gives me this information is a practical man at Sis sek, and be is ready to prove the accuracy of his opinions by acting upon the , i. He says, " Only give me a regular trade with England, and I ' will send you, from Sissek, 500,000 quarters the first year." That is the report of a merchant of Hungary. But do you mean to say that that would not exercise the greatest influence on your market ? When the 'demand is steady the market is steady ; but I can show you what the effect would be with an increased demand and an increased supply. Now, I would take the markets of the Danube. The corn might be sent from the two chief ports of the Danube, and here I might observe that it is a very curious circumstance that in the year 1842, as appears by a return I hold in my hand, there were 1,350 vessels laden in those two ports with the prod ace of the Danubian provinces, but only eight of them were English. It is a remarkable fact that while commerce was thriving and free trade was advocated, this, the greatest commercial country in the world, had only eight vessels laden at those ports. But a gentleman writing to a house in England,—l will give his name to the right lion. gentleman, and I think it will astound him, for it is Mr. Sa-►ders, of Liverpool (hear), says,—" I will undertake, by my correspondents, to s cure wheat from Hungary. at the price of IS. a-quarter, free on board ; and I will lay down this year, in an English port, 200,000 quarters, at from 28s. to 305. , : and if you 71' . 3'7,1;rtirnyonnelrpelnr. , q warCaTel - g erntieltiitatiz,ltt same Mr. Sanders, who has given in his adhesion to the right hon. baronet, to-night, in the manuscript letter which I have read—but which I trust the right hon. baro net bas not read.. because, immediately after he gives in his adhesion to the agricultural policy of the right hon. baronet, I find be says that the banking bill of last year must ruin the country (hear, hear),—that same Mr. San ders then offers to enter into a contract to supply 1,000,000 quarters of wheat at 18s. a quarter, and if the measures of the Government pass, he will undertake at the end of this year that that 1,000,000 of quarters shall be doubled and sent to England at reduced prices. (Hear.)—Mr. D'lsraeli's speech. YANKEE ORATORY. ROMANISM AND THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. — We look with considerable apprehension to the objects' which the Alliance may be disposed to take up. Such an organization must to too vast, and must be constituted of elemen'ts much too diverse, to be competent to much practical action. There will be sharp war during the present century, between Romanisin and r-foiesianlism nd a still hotter conflict, so far as regards the educated ses, between Revealed Religion and the Literary Pan hich is now ‘very where taking hold on the liter- But the Evangelical Alliance will not with these evils. Church- ,e the power to grapp Df controversy with the Chur In both con- nezions, also, the difference between the educated and the uneducated is such as must prevent their seeing alike as to what should be conceded, and what should be denied, n respect to the infidel, or the semi-infidel theories of the age. Such labours may be better left to smaller and less responsible organizations, and best of ail to that spirit of private enterprise which, ou questions of this nature, rarely fails of being equal to the demand. On such sub jects as we have mentioned, even the speech-making of the Alliance would be likely, we fear, to do more harm than good ; and to its publications, in relation to such to pics, we should look with a most painful distrust.—Bri tish Quarterly Review. THE MAHOGANY TRADE OF HONDURAS.—The quan tity of unshipped mahogany of last season's cutting at present in this settlement is said to be less than at the same period last year. whilst the average demand in Eng land is greater, and the stock in hand less than in the month of December, 1844. These facts induce us to in quire into the prospects of the present season, and ascer tain, as far as practicable, what results may be produced. At no former period have so many gangs (120 to 122) been engaged; but we doubt their proving as effective as when la ger gangs, composed of these same men, were employed. The high rate of wages (21 to 24 dollars a month) may have induced some few additional hands to join the mahogany works this season; yet there is no de nying the fact, that the great majority of the gangs are but scantily manned. As an offset to this disadvantage, however, it is said that the gangs are well supplied with good•conditioned cattle, and that, in consequence, the deficiency of hands will not be of material importance. We are of the opinion, founded on information derived from various sources, that the cuttings of the present sea son will not exceed thcse of the past—say 10,000,000 superficial feet.—Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCHES.—Under the Old Testament, " all were not "Israel who were of Israel." There were two Israels. The one—national and visible, including subdivisions of Pharisees and Sadducees, who dif fered in many things one from another, but were identical in this, that they were all separated openly and avowedly from the Gentiles by the ordinance ot circumcision. The other—individual and spiritual, not certainly distinguish able by men, but seen and known of God, who had in special grace circumcised their hearts, as well as their flesh. Under the New Testament, all are not Christ's who are of Christendom. There are two Churches The one—Collective and visible, including many sub-divisions, who differ in many things one from another, but are iden tical in this ; that they are all separated openly and avow edly from all the rest of mankind, by the ordinance of baptism. These are the Churches of Christ visible and militant here on earth, and the aggregate of them all, at any one time, is the visible Church Catholic. The other —lndividual and spiritual, scattered among the baptized communities, not certainly distinguishable by men, but seen and known of God, who has, in spiritual grace bap tized their hearts, making them new creatures ' in Christ Jesus. This is the Church of God in Christ ; and the true idea of its catholicity ranges not only throughout the aggregate of visible Churches at any time, but also throughout the history of them all, et all times, from the eparation be- distinction between Abel and Cain, till the tween believer and unbeliever, at the second coming of the Son of Man. In the spiritual sense here referred to, which I hope has been satisfactorily shown to be one—not the only one, but I think undeniably one—of its true senses, the Church signifies the especial elec tof the Churches including in one aggre- criptural ion of GI gate, all the men, women, and children, from among all mankind, who have been and who shall be saved. These were all chosen of God in Christ before the foundation of the ounrlrt nr as Tanntina evnreacerl it nreripctinated he. 1 0 to glory.—The C M . Neile. ?lurch and the (;hunches by the Rev. H INSTINCT OF NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS.—One of them, belonging to a grocer, bad observed one of the porters of the house, and who was often in the shop, frequently take money from the till, and which the man was in the habit of concealing in the stable. The dog, having wit- nessed these thefts, became restless, pulling persons by the skirts of their coats, and apparently wishing them to follow him. 'At length, an apprentice had occasion to go to the stable, the dog followed him, and having drawn his attention to the heap of rubbish under which the money was buried, began to scratch till he had brought the booty to view. The apprentice brought it to his master, who marked the money, and restored it to the place where it bad been hidden. Some of the marked money was soon afiefwards found on the porter, who was taken before a magistrate, and convicted of the theft.—Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs. KING JAMES AND THE AUTHORISED VERSION.—The only revision of any importance in the time of Elizabeth was undertaken by Archbishop Parker, assisted by his brother prelates, whence it derived the name of the Bishop's Bible. But evidently it was his own affair, and quite independent of his royal mistress. It is true, that in his letter to Lord Burleigh, Oct. 15th, 1568, he requests that the book may be licensed and commended for public reading in the church ; but it appears that the request was never granted: and the version was left to stand on its own merits. Parker's Bible never obtitined a wide circu lation though used by the clergy in public worship, it rarely found its way into private families, with whom th so for a considerable period after the publication of King James's Bible. Of the history of that version, we shall say but little, as most of our readers, no doubt, are ac quainted with it. Though it bears the royal name, it ori ginated in the suggestion of a puritan at the Hampton Court Conference, and was executed at the expense of the Company of Stationers. All that the pedantic monarch did was to approve of the undertaking, and to write a letter to Bancroft, suggesting the general plan of its exe cution, which, in justice to its royal author, must be ac knowledged to be sound and judicious. It is well, per haps that he did not meddle with the matter any further, as he might have marred it ; but as it was, some consider able abatement should be made from the debt of obliga tion so extravagantly expressed by the translators, in the servile dedication prefixed to our bible, where the High and Mighty James is blazoned forth as the champion of Protestantism and the Word of God, appearing like the sun shining in his strength on the setting of that bright occidental star, Queen Elizabeth. Not one farthing ever came from the royal treasury to defray the expense of the work, nor are there any other proofs of his Majesty's zeal in relation to it than the words he dropped at the Hamp ton Court Conference, and the letter he wrote to Ban croft. It may be added, in the words of Dr. Symmonds, what probably is not known to our readers in general, that the present version appears to have made its way without the interposit on of any authority whatever, for it is not easy to discover any traces of a proclamation, canon, or statute published to enforce the use of it.'—British Quarterly Review. __ INVENTION AND USE OF THE BOWIE KNIFI the best of my knowledge, this instrument was devised by Colonel James Bowie, an American, and a man of despe rate valour. He considered, and apparently with justice too, that in close fighting, a much shorter weapon than the sword ordinarily in use, but still heavy enough to give it sufficient force, and, at the same time, contrived to cut and thrust, would be far preferable, and more advantage ous to the wearer. He accordingly invented the short sword, or knife, which has since gone under his name. It We take the following proceedings of a " great meeting at the Tabernacle, New York, for selecting an indepen nent ticket out of the three nominated as delegates for the state convention," from the New York Herald of the 30th ult. The secretary having stated the object of the meet ing, a tall, athletic looking personage rose, and in a strong nasal accent, inf mred that Mr. Burns be appointed to act as one of the comrniitee, on the part of the natives. Mr. Burns.—No sir— , nd, - have come here, sir, as a looker-on—as a spectator—ariti I do not mean to take part in the proceedings. (Loud cries Of " Oh, don't hinch Burns," amid much confusion.) Here there were cries tor Tale, Bloss, Burns, Sammons, and much Confusion, when Mr. Cozzens was called for, and ascended the platrom near the chairman. Chairman.—You know, Mr. Cozzens, the gentlemen belonging to the native party who are in attendance; do oblige us by pointing them out to us. A simultaneous shout from the parties named proclaimed their determination not to act. After some considerable parley and ludicrous merriment occasioned by the objec tions of several to act on the committee, eight persons were nominated, amid considerable confusion, some ob jecting to the names, others hissing, and others laughing, amid repeated cries of " no, no—hear, hear." After this scene, some retired to the small room attached to the building, immediately adjoining the vicinity of the chair. Mr. Clinton Roosevelt here rose and said : I think, Mr. Chairman, it would be well if resolutions were drawn up expressive of the sense of the (fleeting. Cries of " Hear, hear—oh, oh." Mr. Matthew L. Davis considered it would he an im possibility to get up such a resolution, in such a meeting as this, composed of such discordant elements. Here were natives, whigs, democrats, and national reformers; and among such a body it would be impossible to adopt resolutions such as would satisfy the meeting. Mr. ROOSEVELT was of opinion, that in such a state of things such a meeting was a ridiculous farce ; if they were not disposed to unite and compromise upon a ticket and resolutions, the meeting would end in mere farce. A tall and meagre looking personage, resembling Irving's "Ichabod Crane," with his veritable birch, that might have descended as an heirloom from tbis re nowned personage, here rose and asked if it would not be in order to move that each party support their own ticket? Here there were loud peals of laughter, amid cries of " bear him—go it"—and much confusion. Chairman.—Gentlemen, let us preserve order. Ichabod Crane.—l wish to know if there be any national reformers put upon the ticket? (Laughter—heor, hear — and confusion. ) . . . . Mr. Strahan rose abruptly, and in an exeited tone of voice cried out—Yes, sir—yes, sir ; I did not come here to take part in the proceedings at all, sir; I cannot sit silent, sir, and hear, sir, the industrious working classes, sir, maligned. No, sir. Mr. Fessenden rose amid much confusion and cries of order. He said he had not maligned the working men— the mechanics ; he denied it. Mr. Strahan.—Yes, sir, I protest. (Confusion and cries of " question, order, order.") I did not come here, sir, to take part in these proceedings ; I was, sir, one of the committee who had been at Tammany Hall, and made the nominations there ; but I did not come here—(cries of " order, order, question," and immense confusion.) Old Gentlemen in specs.—l move, air, that we take the question on the ticket generally. Ichabod Crane.—l object, sir; there should have been some of the national reformers nominated thereon. (Ques tion, question.) Mr. Strahan.—l was once a mechanic myself, sir, and lam now nothing but a poor lawyer. (Roars of laughter and cheers from the democratic benches, intermingled with hisses, groans, and cries of "go it, go it.") Yes, sir, I am proud of being a mechanic, and the attack was unjust and uncalled for upon them. Mr. Fessenden.—l deny, Mr. Chairman, that I have in any way attacked the mechanic. I deny it, sir, and I call the gentleman to order. He must not fasten it upon me in this way. I said—(cries of " Question" renewed, amid much hissing and cheers.) _ _ _ Mr. Strahan.-1 do, sir, consider the attack unjustifi able and uncalled for. The cries of question were here renewed, and a scene of shouting ensued which baffles description, when some four or five in the crowd sprang upon their legs, and demanded that the question on each name be taken separately, and then put to the meeting. Old Gentleman in specks.—l think, Mr. Chairman, at this late hour, that if we proceed to vote on each name, seriatim, that we will be kept here until three o'clock in the morning. 1 think the better course would be to take the question on the names generally, and get out of this as soon as we can. (Cries of " no, no—separately, sepa- rately.") Mr. Strahan.—l am in possession of the floor, sir, and I shall not yield, sir. I could not sit silent and hear the mechanics maligned : but the attack from such a source does not surprise me, sir. The man who in cold blood would not hesitate to slander Andrew Jackson ere he was cold in his grave, was just the sort of person to malign the mechanics. Mr. Fessenden.—l call the gentleman to order again, sir. I deny it. I did not malign the mechanics. I said—(renewed cries of " Order—question, question.") The Chairman here rose, and said it was repeatedly de nied by the gentleman, Mr. Fessenden, that be had at tacked the mechanics ; and when this was done, it could not be supposed that an attack was intended by the gen tleman. Old Gentleman in specks.—l hale reason to expect, from what I have seen, that there are too many lawyers on the ticket. (Laughter.) I wish to know how the ticket now stands. How many whigs, natives, and demo crats upon it ? The Chairman here announced - that there were six de- Old GentlemanGGentleman in specks.—How many lawyers on it ? (Laughter.) Chairman.—l believe six. Here there were renewed cries of " Question, question," and considerable confusion, when Stephen Sammons, who was located near a small clique of the native party, rose and denounced the ticket. He considered the meeting was a perfect farce—a humbug got up for some ulterior object, and the ticket, with such names as these, would not meet with the sanction of the native party. (Cries of " Question, question," and re- newed cheering.) The Chairman here rose again to call order. Old Gentleman in specs.—l move, sir, that the ques tion be taken generally on the ticket. I move a resolu tion to that effect. Here there were further cries to take the question sepa rately. Chairman.—l shall take the question first on the gentle man's motion. As many as are of opinion that the ques tion be taken generally, let them say " Aye." (Vocife rous cries of "Aye, aye," with loud shouting ; from the opposition, " No, no.") Chairman.—The motion is carried. I now put the question on the ticket generally—As many as are of opi nion that the names here presented shall pass this meet ing, let them say " Aye. (Immense cries of " Aye, aye.") As many as are of the contrary opinion will say " No." (Immense cries of " No, no.") I think, gentle men, the question is carried. Here there were several dissentient voices, when, amid much confusion, the meeting separated. A VOICE FROM THE CELLAR (From Punch) The subjoined correspondence has been handed to us. With our customary urbanity—has it not become a pro verb ?—we print it. The first letter is from the Martyr of the Cellar, Mr. Smith O'Brien, to Madame Tussaud. The second is that distinguished lady's answer. " The Cellar, May 11, 1846. " Dearest Madam,—At the present moment, when Ire land is wringing with my wrongs ; when millions of hearts, the property of the finest peasantry of the earth, are beating with sympathy towards their masagr; when, at least, the same number of swords are readon being drawn) to flash from their scabbards for my liberation, — it has been suggested to me by, possibly a partial friend, that the figure of Smith O'Brien, the martyr, would make a most attractive addition to your collection of dis tinguished characters. I am not particular where you I hove put me, so I get in. You've had O'Connell for, some led is suf- time, and (but quite between ourselves) the people have ficient to break a man's arm. Certain it is, that I have had enough of him. All Ireland (including myself) look myself seen skulls of Mexicans brought from the battle- up to me as the sort of Prince of Wales to King Dan. ground of San Jacinto, on which Texas gained her inde- You may, therefore (if you are over-crowded) turn him pendence, that were cleft nearly through the thickest part out. to make room for me. of the bone behind, evidently at one blow, and with suf- " Yours, Dearest Madam, with every feeling of ficient force to throw out extensive cracks, like those of a respect, " SMITH O'BRIEN!' ' " P.S. I shall be balmy to give you the earliest day for carving-knife—cast perfectly straight in the but greatly rounded at the end on the edge er edge at the end, for the length of about is ground into the small segment of a circle red sharp ; thus leaving an apparent curve of the 'though in reality the upturned point is not hi - than the line of the back. The back itself graduall; creases in weight of metal as it approaches the hilt, on which a small guard is placed. The bowie•-knife, there fore, has a curved, keen point ; is double-edged for the since of about a couple of inches of its le► when in use, falls with the weight of a bill-hook heard it stated, that a blow from one well wield proves that old I Bowie went to Texas during the . , ceded the independence of that country, " Baker-street, Portman-square, May 11. yicg sick in bed at the fortress of the Alamo, " Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your very polite when, on the 6th of March, 1846, it was stormed by Santa offer; but as I contemplate the immediate addition of Anna and taken. Bowie was murdered there upon his Tom Thumb to my collection, 1 fear I shall be too much pillcw. The hand that formed the dreadful knife could crowded to give you even a corner. Besides, Martyrs no longer wield it. Although the act of carrying arms in are, at the best, heavy subjects. I don't think people secret is held to be illegal, yet it is quite general, I he- would lay out sixpence upon 'ern. O'Connell has done lie.ve; unless, perhaps. with the immediate inhabitants of pretty well for me, but I should hardly like to risk an a tolerably well populated town. They are generally at O'Brien ; in the like way that people are very fond of i! ,_._ ~,,_ mushrooms, are most particular to avoid toadstools. to fight ano ,er day lore complete, propdse t of clotbes , worn by me when taken to the cellar ouT3les which pre nanu HI Luu uni j ui ity ua owl co, au aitjuvi.ouvpa, 1.. 411,4 " I remain, your obedient servant, placed under the counter, or, more usually, behind the ASSAUD bar upon the wall, within reach of the individual attend- " • - --- 1 '-nmediately before the eyes of the customer. P.S. I know a man who travels with a"M. T van of ." wax nly carried, the knife is in a sheath attached to work. Perhaps he " may accept your offer. Shall I send t; when secretly, either in a narrow pocket, him to the Cellar ? 4 ing, and When o The gardener at Kew Palace complained to George 11., weapon discovered ;orin a similar casing down mat the people admitted to the gardens during Sundays ...,. " use back, between the shoulders. It is hence considered constantly plucked the flowers. They are fond of by some individuals ag sufficiently indicative of evil inter- flowers, then ?" replied the king. " Don't let them want them. Plant them !" tions on the part of an opponent, if, in the•event of a warm THE APPEARANCE OF BURRE.—Burke then rose. dispute, or of presumed offence given, you see him pre- Strong interest was directed to him. not merely from his tend to scratch the back of his head, or make any other eminent name, but from the public curiosity to hear his equally genteel and polite attempt to conduce to his own explanation of that estrangement which had been for some personal comfort and private satisfaction in that significant time spreading, under his auspices, through the leading and suspicious region of a loafer's earthly tenement of clay. The ruder orders of people farther south—for personages of the Opposition. Like most men who have there, no more than in England, are the " ruder" orders made themselves familiar with the works of a great writer, to be considered as merely synonymous with the f, lower ', I had formed a portraiture of him ty anticipation. I orders—have a custom, lam informed, of . occasionally never was more disappointed. Instead of the expressive deciding desperate wagers of battle by hooking themselves countenance and commanding figure, which I had ima toeether by the bands they wear, and thus fizhting with gined to enshrine the soul of the most splendid of all ora the knife, since neither can get away, until one falls or tors, I saw a form of the middle size and of a homely ap. both are killed.—Hoolon's Sketches in Texas. pearance, a heavy physionomy, and the whole finished by two appurtenances, which would have been fatal to the Why is a beehive like a bad potatoe ? Because one's divinity of the Apollo Belvidere, spectacles, and a wig. a bee-holder and the other a spec-tator. His voice and manner were scarcely less prepossessing; A FRENCH LEGEND. — A French theatre is being built the one was as abrupt and clamorous as the other war at Algiers. The first piece will be a popular story, which rustic and ungraceful. He had the general look of a far has been making a great noise for years in the French mer of the better order, and seemed, at best, made to papers, called "La Prise d'Abd-el-Kader." Rumour at- figure on a grand jury.—Dr. Croly's Soldier and States. tributes the invention to Marshal Bugeaud.—Punch. man. purposely made, down the straight part of the trousers' thigh, so that the bending of the body is not incommoded nor t -~~~ _ SPIRIT OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S DE RATE true that, au .4 subsequent occasion, 240 gentlemen re corded their .5a1..1.,,, of his conduct. (Hear, hear.) But c!membered the considerable section then he might I,lPvtl ' A .% 'ned, even in the last hour. (Loud of converts that Lie owca, . mpliment to a minister—not laughter.) Why, stlie t• c., , te for him against your opi only to vote for him, but fcr 7',. favour of opinions which nions—(much cheering)- , --aud ,I'l . That was a scene I he had always drilled you tadistru's , . •70mmons. Indeed, believe unprecedented in the f-YoUse o. k • I recollect nothing equal to it, uttess it fic the conversion my histori- ious oc- of the Saxons by i'lirlemagne, which is th cal incident that bears any parallel to that iirrYS casion. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Then, the' trained from the banks of the Rhine, determined to more movements on the part of the Great Caesar,` - when the Emperor appeared, instead of conquering 11,3 converted them. How were they converted? In batta lions—converted in battalions and baptized in platoons. (Roars of laughter.) It was utterly impossible tct bring this nation from a state of reprobation to a state of grace with a celerity sufficiently quick. (Laughter.) When I saw the hundred and twelve fall into rank and file—(con tinned laughter)—l was irresistibly reminded of that me morable incident on the banks of the Rhine. (Cheers.) — Mr. D'lsraele s speech. SIR ROBERT ' S DEFENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES My first consideration was, what was the best means for averting a great calamity ; and, secondly, to relieve the people, I was bound to protect from the temptation of famine and misery. I cannot charge myself or my colleagues with having been unfaithful to the trust I have undertaken. Ido not believe that the great institutions of the country have suffered from this administration. The noble lord who has just spoken has expressed a hope that the discussions which have threatened the main tenance of amicable relations between this country and the United States would be brought to a happy conclusion. I think I can appeal to the course which we have pursued as evidence that we have not abandoned the honour of this country; and I can appeal to past experience as showing an earnest desire, by any effort consistent with my honour, to maintain friendly relations with every country on the face of the globe. (Hear, hear.) These principles will ever continue to influence me so long as I have a share in the management of the affairs of this country. If I look to the prerogatives of the crown—if 1 look to the position of the church—if I look to the in fluence of the aristocracy, I cannot charge myself with having tarcen any course inconsistent with Conservative principles, or calculated to interfere with the high prin ciples of any branch of the legislature, or any institutions established in the country. My earnest wish has ever been to impress the people with the feeling that the legis lature is animated by a desire of carrying on their ina portant proceedings on the principle of justice. I have a strong belief that the great object we all contemplate is to alleviate the social condition of that class of the people with whom we are brought into no direct relations by the exercise of the legislative franchise. (Hear, hear.) I wish to convince them that our object is to apportion taxation in such a way as to relieve industry and labour from any undue burden,—(hear, hear)—and transfer it, as far as is consistent with the public safety, to those who are better able to bear it. I look at the ab'ence of any commitment for sedition—l look at the calm that prevails in the public mind—l look at the increased and growing confidence on account of the course which you have taken in relieving trade from restrictions and industry from un just burdens—l see that where there was dissatisfaction there is contentment—where there was turbulence I see there is peace—where there was disloyalty I see there is loyalty—l see a disposition to confide in you, and not to agitate questions that are at the foundation of your con stitution. Deprive me of power to-morrow, you can never deprive me of the consciousness that I have exercised the powers committed to me from no corrupt or interested motives,—(cheers)—from no view to the gratification of personal ambition or any personal enmity ; that I have laboured to maintain peace abroad consistently with the national honour, and defending every just institution to increase the confidence of the great body of the people in the justice of your decisions, and by the means of equal law to dispense with all coercive powers,—(" hear, hear," from the Irish members)—and to maintain attachment to the throne, and loyalty to the constitution, fr.'m a con viction of the benefit that would accrue to the great body of the people. (Che rs.)—Sir Robert Peel's speech, THE C-URT Ljr FASHIONABLE WORLD On Tuesday forenoon, the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Buckingham Palace for the old palace at Kew, whence they returned the following day. The Court is now at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty gave a concert on Thursday at Bucking ham Palace. All the singers engaged were German or Italian. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, honoured Sir Robert Peel with a visit on Thurs- On Monday afternoon Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the church for the seamen of the port of London. In the evening the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Duchess of Kent had a coneert. The Queen Dowager will leave Marlborough-house for Bushy on Wednesday ; and, according to present arrange ments, her Majesty will take her departure from England for Germany on the 19th proximo. Cashiobury, the seat of the Earl of Essex, bas been refurnished, and is now ready for her Majesty's occupancy. The venerable Earl of Harrowby, although still some what infirm from his advanced life, is in improved health, and intends to pass the season in town. A handsome satin dress, surmounted with lace, and in tended as a present to her Majesty for the use of the Prin. cess Royal, was exhibited at the Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Newcastle, a few days ago. The dress was worked exclusively by blind persons, inmates of that institution. A.OO 0(7 0 11bx.5.13,4, - . The' near ap proach of an interesting event, to which the public look forward with intense interest, may perhaps be inferred from the fact that the messengers of the Home-office have received directions to be in attendance, night and day, on and after to-morrow (Monday), so that the fact of the Queen's indisposition may be communicated without loss of time to the Cabinet Ministers.—Observer. DINNER PARTIES.—A custom has come in, and seems to be gaining ground, instead of sitting at the top and bottom of the table, the host and hostess sit opposite each other at the middle ; by which means they are more at ease, more in the centre of their guests, and better able to communicate with each other. George IV. adopted the practice twenty years ago ; it is followed by Queen Vic toria. According to this arrangement, two persons can be accommodatsd at each end of,the table—not a bad point where there is limited accommodation. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—Since Tuesday, little has been doing; the failure of the East India house=, mentioned in the London papers, both of which affect some of the principal houses in this town, having had the effect of somewhat checking confi dence. First-rate " printers " are, however, in fair demand; but in other descriptions the demand is limited, owing to the causes assigned in our last week's report. . . ROCHDALE.—We had rather more buyers in the market on Monday, and the demand was better than last week. Rather better prices were, in some instances, obtained. Wool was fully as last week, with an upward tendency. Oils much the same as our last. LEEDS.—Rather less business has been done both in the Cloth Halls and the warehouses this week than was transacted last week. The goods in chief demand have been the fine and middle qualities, and principally for the home trade. Though some orders for the American export houses were given our last week, the unsettled Oregon question operates to check even legitimate speculations in woollen goods for the transatlantic world. The supply of goods not being larger than the general demand prices continue with ut alteration. BRADFORD.—There was a tolerable amount of business done in our Piece Hall on Thursday, though scarcely so much as was done last market day. The merchants rather hung off buying, as they were in expectation of letters, per steamer, from Ame rica. Both the Wool and Yarn departments continue in much the same languid - condition as at our last report. Upon the whole there is some improvement in the demand for Yarns, but the spinners comp'ain that the prices realised are not remunera ting, the price of Wool still keeping ve, y high. HIIDDERSFJELD.—The report of last week, as to the state of the staple trade of this town and neighbourhood, might he again repeated for the present week, for we have no alteration of con sequence to notice. A tolerable amount of business was done in our public market on Tuesday, but both manufacturers and merchants act with great caution; and as stocks of desirable goods continue low, there appears very little probability of the prices receding. HECKM.NDWIKE BLANKET MARKET.—The market has been well attended this week by merchants, and the manufacturers have obtained, in some instances, a slight advance; we under stand that stocks are unusually light for the season, particularly the better goods. LEICESTEIL—There is a little better feeling and more confi dence in the market than there was a month ago. The machinery is generally at work, alth. ugh the hosiers coplain of the difficulty in obtaining remunerating prices for goods. Worsted and woollen yarns are in better demand. There is more doing in wool, and wether•skin wools are a trifle higher. NOTTINGHAIII.—TY `, at silk glove branch is better than it NI the commencement of the present year, but upon the whole it is rather in a depressed state, and many of the hands are pinched for employment. The cotton warp lace hands have scarce half employment. The silk warp lace hands are rather in a more flourishing conrition, but then their nemoets are reduced to less than half, and their wages, in many instances, to one-third. The fancy bobbin net trade had, in some quarters considerably improved, and some houses have had a sort of half clearing out, but still with others the depression is as severe as ever. BIRMINGHAM.—In consequence of the high prices which the iron masters still insist on, the manufacturers of Birmingham and Wolverhampton find themselves unable to compete with Belgium and other continental countries, and are in conse quence throw n almost wholly on the home market, which is in a state of great depression, It is a fact which ought to be in structive to the great combination of iron masters in this country to obtain prices, that Belgium has recently imported iron from the United States, manufactured it, and sent the manufactured article to England, where it has been sold to a profit at less money than the British manufacturer could dis pose of his goods for. A BIT OF BATHOS.—On March 2d, Mr. Br Illinois, delivered in the senate of the United States a speech on the Oregon question, which occupies twelve columns in the New York papers. It is printed with a great flow d conclud as follows " I atx dent, sir, should the emergency occur to-morrow, the energy, the alacrity, the means and capacity of the country to meet it, would be so displayed as to astonish ourselve Should a war come, sir, in the pr cution of our right 1 believe all parties would cordially unite in carrying it on with vigour. There would not be, as in the last war, " a peace party," aiding the enemy, preventing capitalists from loaning money to the government to carry it on, and rejoicing over our defeats. There would be no do mestic traitors. We should all he Americans in deed and heart and hand, in cordial union, really as one man, around our country's standard. A war, sir, will not pro ceed from us. It must come from the other quarter; and if it does come, it will be a war of aggression, unsus tained by the sense of justice, or the sympathies of other nations. We never will, we cannot, become an aggressive power; but when an assault is made upon us, sir, the whole land will rise as the mighty man armed, and with a vigorous and u n it e d effort, overwhelm the aggressor." Sir, I have done." The New York Herald, with refe rence to the hon. gentleman's concluding remark, says, expressively, " Reader, thank God." May 19, 1R46. RAILWAY INTELLIU.ENCB. It appears from a return ordered on the motion of Colonel Sibthorp, that the total cost of the gauge com miss ion has been only £571 10s. The directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Ra;lway have commenced running cheap trains to all the stations along their lines, on Sundays, at the low rate of one half- penny per mile, At ameeting of shareholders in the Northumberland and Lancashire Railway, held at Eastwood's hotel, on Thursday, Eyre Evans, Esq., in the chair, a motion was passed authorising the directors to wind up the concern. The keeper of a boarding-house in London lately sent in a bill of l3s. e,d. against the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company, for soup and claret, consumed by one Q promoters! lispntes between the engineers and provisional the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union committee 'seen arranged, and the amount in hand, Etzilwriy, hays is , to be divided amongst the share after paying mien. The a. again been the means of se curingnay..sergeant of a regiment at holders. The electric telegraph . i 12 .7 m,Lt d h e , li a n f cru ter e r n o t b . robbin g l c b:, plain, absconded, but was secured at the London terrain , : s of the South Western Railway, Information of his flight ports having been sent for ward by the telegraph. H c nsorr t AN RAILWAYS.—On cross-e.!Ettflith? lion before the committee on the South Midland Ra,?;v?3, fill, Mr. Hudson said he had never cast up the capital of the Ilea with which lie was connected, but it might amount to' £55,000,000 and the distance they traversed might be 2,000 miles, but he bad never counted it. One of Stepbeoson's new six-wheeled engines ran from Birmingham to Wolverton last week, with a load of 100 tons, in an hour and ten minutes. The distance is fifty two and a half-rnile4, which makes , precisely forty-five miles and a half an hour—a splendid performance withi heavy train. . _ _ NOT DONE YET.—A prospectus of" TbeDirect Irvatubay and Madras Railway " appeared in the Times of Thurs day. Capital, £4,500,000, in 90,000 sharts'of £59 each. The plans of the line have been submitted' to Princes Albert, Earls Auckland, Ripon, and Dalhousie, Lord Metcalfe. Sir Howard Douglas ? &c., and havc been highly approved. LIABILITIES OF COMMITTEE,VEN.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday, Mr. Hooper, the highly respectable advertising-agent, recovered from Mr. Mac donald, one of the provisional committee-men of the de funct Cape of Good Hope Great Western Railway, the amount of his bill (£420) for advertising the prospectus of the scheme. RAILWAY RECEIPTS.—The amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was £138,532, thus accounted f0r:—£74,990 for the conveyance of pas sengers only, £35,581 for the carriage of goods, and a re-- minder of £27,961 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of £24,885. The South-Eastern Company have obtained the con sent of the Admiralty to tunnel under Greenwich Park. This permission will give the company as direct a line as possible into the districts to which they have so long de sired to afford railway accommodation. This route will enable them to carry the passengers to Woolwich in 12 or 15 minutes; to Gravesend within half an hour; and to Stroud, Rochester, and Chatham within the hour. _ _ _ _ An important case was decided in the Vice-Chancellor's Court on Thursday—Fernihough v. Leader and others. This was an indirect attempt to obtain £lOO from a pro visional committeeman for expenses in the Great Grimsby, Sheffield, Potteries and Grand Junction Railway, there being funds in hand ; and an injunction was granted to stay the actions of Leader and others, creditors of the company. _ _ COMPENSATION FOR A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. Feargrieve, formerly of Gateshead, tailor, has recovered £420 from the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company, for the injury sustained by his wife about twelve months ago, near the Belmont station, by the train getting off the line and overturning the carriage, by means of which her right hand was so severely injured that she has nearly lost the use of it. PEAT SUBSTITUTED FOR COAL AS RAILWAY FUEL. —On the line from Milan to Monza, an experiment has been tried which is of consequence for the future of loco motion. At some points, where fossil could not easily be obtained, peat turf has been substituted with success, and with a saving of thirty to forty per cent. on the cost of fuel. In Sardinia, where coal is rare, railways will find resources in the frequent bogs. Beech, a pointaman on the Northampton arid Peter borough Railway, has been committed to prison for two months, with hard labour, for neglect of duty : he should have turned some points at Bilsworth, but employed him self instead in making a mousetrap ; whereby an engine of a luggage train was overturned, and the whole train, with the people attending it, might have been dashed down an embankment. FRACAS.—On Saturday evening, being the night after Rutherglen fair, some of the " Navies," as they are called, persons employed. in the construction of the rail way in the neighbourhood of Rutberglen, commenced a melee, and being interfered with by the very small force of police or town officers by which that burgh is pro tected, several of them were very roughly treated, and a considerable number of windows damaged. Renfrew paper. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE-MEN.—Donald Maclean, Esq., M. P. for Oxford, whose name figured in so many prospectuses during the late mania, appeared in the Bank ruptcy Court on Monday. The fiat was issued against him as a brick-maker„ but it appeared the bricks were made out of the soil upon his own estate. He was sup ported by Mr. Lawrence ; and Mr. Bramwell,.cvora, ob served that brick-makers were ex nomine tradelk and the fiat must be sustained.—Judgment deferred.—Railway Record., INTRwAistc, AND SHEFFIELD.—This company has entered into an arrangement with the Midland Rail way, on terms which are likely to prove ultimately ad vantageous to them. The agree to pay the Midland com pany £50,000 in cash, for which they are to receive £50,000 in stock on the Midland Railway ; and they agree to forego all opposition to the Midland schemes, and to render them all the aid in their power. The money to be paid and the stock received on the passing of the Midlan d Company's Bill from Clay Cross to Newark. FORGED RAILWAY SCRIP.—On Wednesday, John B. Faulkner and Bertha Fabian were brought up at the Man sion House, having been remanded from Friday, on a charge of having disposed of forged scrip of the Bucking hamshire and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Company. Evidence was given tracing the sale of fifty shares to the prisoners, who were remanded till Saturday. It is reported that in the above company alone there are 18,000 shares in the market. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—At a meet ing of the board of directors, on Wednesday, it was de cided to cover the whole of the area at Monk's Ferry with an iron roof, and to build a good and handsome station at that terminus. There is also to be a depot at the Grange' lane station in Birkenhead, for 6,000 tons of coals, 1,000 tons of lime, and a yard for stone, fire-bricks, tiles, slates, &c. This latter arrangement is to be completed by the Ist of October next, so as to be ready for the North Wales mineral traffic from Wrexham. The new road-side sta tions at Limekiln-lane, Rock-lane, Spittle, and Bras' borough, will be opened on the Ist of June. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. This railway will open to-morrow (Wednesday), and carry passengers and goods f. om Scotland-street station: to Granton, Trinity, and Leith, including the: ducks. The Leith Dock Commissioners are now engaged in lay' ing down rails all round their docks, and they have be sides obtained the necessary grants to enable them t° carry forward the rails the whole way eastward to the outer harbour at the back of the Custom-house, so that vessels lying in the harbour, both at the back and east eon' of that building, will be able to discharge and load di rectly to and from the waggons of the railway, the OW as in the docks. The Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheri c Railway being thrown out, all opposition to this line Is thus annihilated. Three splendid engines are now build' ing at Messrs: Bury. Curtis, and Kennedy's foundry, i ll this town, and will be ready in three weeks, to be for warded for the use of this railway. MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT GRIMS I3I. RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholders of this lino was held on Friday last, in the Company's Offices, Rothe: ham, to determine, in compliance with the sessional order : of Parliament, upon the carrying on or the abandonme nt of the line. J. Aldred, Esq., chairman of the provision al committee, presided, and the meeting was influentially attended. A report was read by one of the solicitors oe the company, stating their past proceedings, and t il favourable position which they oc c upi e d ; an d after s full and satisfactory discussion of various points n nli k,, nected with the undertaking, the meeting went the vote, when there appeared, for prosecuting the ur dertaking 9,670 votes, and for winding up 130 onl i ; The result was received by the shareholders present wild great satisfaction. After the meeting, in consideratio n the great stake in the line held by parties in Liverp ol l: Mr. Richard Harbord, who had attended as the represe_7, tative of a large number of shares, was requested to lo mit his name to be added toihe list of provisional tors, and to give them his active co-operation, to w ° w o .ill request he kindly assented, a circumstance which , lo g doubtless impart increased confidence in the underta* to the Liverpool shareholders. LABOUR ON RAILWAYS.—We h ave o bt a i n ed retn o r° o l , from about 300 miles of railways now under c onstruc,; i ooo and we find that on them there are no w e m ployed 2 ' o oB men and 3,000 horses. This amount comprehend s .. 0 0- fourth part only of the lines now in p rogress of obpst..,ooo Lion ; therefore, we m a y assu m e 120,000 me n and 12 na id horses as the total number employed. The wagen r , or for these men and horses is £500,000 per we e i jol — ,000,000 per annum, directly expended on rn 0 . 11 This amount consists of wages merely fln . , io Half as much ng';., s ita: ••• ---., p repar i ng rails, ' r i a ls for die line, on land and other ro!1,le, WB tpd that on 500 in";;;ved• directly employed on the line. expended indirectly on labour stock, &r have returns at 29,000 men and 3,000 , But this is not the proper quantity required for the.. e find have before us the engineers' returns, by which he j a r , that they require, in order to complete the sc0:1,q0" time, an additional supply of nearly 20,000, or that :-:should men and 5,0:.0 horses is the proper numbers that be employed. Moreover, we find that these addit!it. men must be bad in order to do the work already roe lated. These additional men cannot be obtained, an e ffecC . very attempt to obtain them would merely hav e 015_ of enhancing the cost of the p res ent hands w itao th at terially increasing the supply We see, the present supply of hands is deficient—that o.o' a i d e 0 to increase the supply would fail, because it w.°ll,,,,est hance prices beyond all possibility of profits 1. ' e peer " 5 ment. We do not believe, as an eminent en egfrertps stated, that present prices are 50 per cent. d_ , ces a re; this time last year. That is an exaggeration. licluithert_ however, kept down only by the wisdom which his moderated the demand to the means of sans li;rices have an injudicious increase of demand, _:,./e„ at once become preposterous.—Raihray Chronik thereforetiopt MR. D'ISRAELI AND SIR ROBERT PEEL The hon. member for Shrewsbury is undoubtedly the evil genius of Sir Robert Peel, and the one member of the house who appears to possess the power to disturb big complacency. In the concluding debate on Friday night upon the Corn Bill, Mr. D'lsraeli inflicted the following severe castigation upon the premier, which called forth from him very unusual symptoms of irritation : " And now I must say a word in vindication of the right hon. baronet. (Laughter.) I think that great injustice has been done to him thrcughout the debate; that a jus tifiable misconception has universally prevaile respecting the right hon. gentleman. He has been accused of a long meditated deception, of a desire worthy of a great states man—even of an unprincipled one—to give up all the opi nions by which he rose to power. I acquit the right hon. gentleman of any such intention, and I do for this reason, that when I examine the career of the minister who now fills a great space in the parliamentary history of this country, I see that between 30 and 40 years, from the days of Horner down to the days of the hon. member for Stock port, the right hon. gentleman has traded on the ideas and intellects of others. (Cheers.) His life has been a great appropriation clause.. (Renewed cheers and laughter.) He has been the burglar of others' intellects. Open the index of Beatson, and from the days of the Conqueror down to the termination of the last reign you will find no statesman who has committed petty larceny on so great a scale. (Cheers.) I believe, therefore, that when the right hon. gentlemen undertook our cause on either side of the house he was perfectly sincere in his advocacy. But as in the course of the discussion the conventionalities he had imbibed crumbled away from his grasp, feeling no creative power to sustain him with new arguments—feel ing no spontaneous sentiment to force upon him convic tion ; the right hon. eentleman was reduced at last to de fending the noblest cause, based on the highest princi ples, the right hon. gentleman, faithful to the law of his nature, embraced the new doctrines, the more vigorous, life-like, popular doctrines of free-trade, just as he had I embraced the doctrines of Horner; just as he had em braced the doctrine of every leading man in this country for the last 30 or 40 years, with the excePtion of the doc trine of Parliamentary reform, which the Whigs wisely kept as their own4and did not allow it to grow to sufficient maturity to fall into the mouth of the right hon. gentle man. (Loud cheers.) THE PREMIER ' S ANNOUNCEMENT AND ITS EFFECT I remember when the whig budget was rejected, and the right hon. gentleman installed into office, the changes which he proposed at the time created some suspicion ; but all suspicion was hushed at the moment because the right hon. gentleman was looked upon as the man who could make the best bargain for the party. I want to know what gently men think of their best bargain now. (Laughter and cheers.) At last, sir, it was announced that the first minister meditated another change. And how was that announcement made ? Were hon. gentle men called together, or had the influential members of the house any intimation given to them of the nature of it =SO No, sir. It was announced through the color (Hear - of a journal—(cries of " hear")—which is always careful never to insert important information except on the high est authority. (Renewed cries of "hear.") And see the effect which the announcement had on foreign ministers and on foreign courts. I can bear witness to it. I know one great potentate who sent for the English ambassador and demanded an explanation of the announcement; and I know an English ambassador who called on a great po tentate and assured him that there was not the slightest truth in the announcement. (Hear, and laughter.) And all this time members of the government—l have some of them in my eye—were calling on other newspapers devo ted to the government, and instructing them to declare that the announcement was an infamous fabrication. And how ingenious was the conduct of the ministers—or of that minister who formed the omnipotent minerity of the cabinet. (Loud and ironical cheers.) After so much agitation, after so much maroeuvring, and after the cabi net had been reformed, was it not somewhat strange that the right honourable baronet should have talked and acted as if we had deserted him. and not as if he had deserted us? (Great cheering.) Who can forget those tones? Who can forget that an indignant glance? " Vectabor humeris tunc ego inimicis eques; Meacque ter: a cedet insolentim ;" which means to say, " T, a protectionist minister, mean to govern England with the aid of the Anti-Corn-Law League. (Cheers.) And, as for the country gentlemen, why, I snap my fingers at them." (Continued cheers.) Yet it appeared to me that even then the right hon. gen tleman had no cause to complain of bis party. It is very