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TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNIN G, FEBRUARY 12, 1847.

of Lord GEORGE BENTINCIL for the advance of money to
assist in the completion of railways in Ireland.

The Brewing from Sugar Bill was read a third time.
The Railway Commissioners' Bill was read a first time.
The House adjourned shortly after Eleven o'clock.

I The PREMIER stated, that in the event of there
being a majority in favour of the proposition of the
Noble Member for Lynn, it was the determination of
himself and his colleagues to resign immediately.
Such a large amount of money as has been contemplated
to be advanced by Lord GEORGE BENTISCK and his sup-
porters, in addition to the immense sums that have
already been expended in that country on Govern-
ment works, added to what will be required, would,
in the estimation of the Government, disorder the
finances of this country so much that they considered it
impolitic, and even dangerous, to accede to the measure;
and, as he had already stated, rather than submit to its
being carried, they had unanimously determined to
tender their resignations as Ministers of the Crown.
Several of the gentlemen in attendance addressed the
meeting, and, it appeared by their observations, that
with the view of obviating the necessity fur his Lord-
ship having occasion to resort to the alternative which he
mentioned, they would give him all the support in their
power to resist the measure, which determination will
be fatal to it.
The House of Lords met at Five o'clock.

No business of public importance was transacted, but
after the presentation of several petitions their Lord-
ships adjourned.

The Commons met at Four o'clock.
Several private Bills were forwarded a stage.

In answer to Mr. THORNELY,

Mr. MILNER Ginsos stated that a Bill was in pre-
paration to enable joint-stock companies to wind up
their concerns.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, in answer to a question,
that it was the intention of the Government that the
Poor-law Bill for Ireland, and the Bill for lending
money to the proprietors of land, should proceed pari
passe, so as to go up to the other House together.
His Lordship also stated that in a few days he would
propose a measure for the organisation of the Poor-law
Board in Ireland.

Mr. SHARMAN CnAwros.n then moved the resolution
of which he had given notice, the object of which was to
secure to the tenant in Ireland a sufficient permanency
of tenure, or full compensation for all benefits created
by the expenditure of his labour and capital on the
lands in his occupation.
Sir D. NORREYS thought that the stamp duties should
be done away with, and that where leases were given
for less than thirty years, that all local taxation should
be thrown on the landlord.

Mr. Tors desired that the property of absentees was
as well managed as that of the resident gentry.
Lord CASTLEREAGH could not support the motion of
the Hon. Member for Rochdale, as it would be produc-
tive of the greatest mischief to the landed proprietors
of L eland.
Colonel CONNOLLY opposed the motion.

Mr. LABOUCHERE acknowledged that the subject was
one well worthy the attention of the House. Had the
Hon. Member pursued the course ho had pursued on
former cacasions, and proposed to introduce a Bill, the
Government would not have objected to its introduction,
but he considered that it would be injudicious to agree
to a general resolution on the subject, more particularly
when, as in the present instance, the choice was given
to the House of adopting two alternatives. He also ob-
jected to the resolutions as vague and indefinite.
It would alter the law of property to give permanency
of tenure, but he conceived that the House was already
committed to the principle of giving compensation to the
tenant for improvements.
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH said that the tenant right
was a most unfair and mischievous practice.
In answer to Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, it was stated by
Mr. LAROUCHERE that the Government hoped to intro-
duce a Bill on the subject referred to in the resolutions
before Easter.
The motion was then withdrawn.
On the motion of Mr. Acintolinr, leave was given
bring in a Bill to amend the Commons Enclosure Act.

Mr. SHARMAN CRAWPORD obtained leave to bring in a
Bill fur the better collecting the poor's rate in Ireland.
Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved for certain returns relating to
the proceedings of Captain Wynne as an officer of the
Board of Works, which, after a short conversation, were
agreed to.
Mr. STRUTT, as the Chairman of the Railway Com-
mission, then rose to move for leave to bring in
a Bill fur the regulation of ra:lway business.
With regard to new Bills, it was proposed that the
promoters of them should deposit a sufficient sum
to defray the preliminary expenses of a survey, and that
then they should be authorised by the Commissioners to
enter on several bonds giving the Commissioners power
to award damages for any injuries occurring in conse-
quence of such survey. It was proposed that stakes
should be driven into the Mud to mark the lino of the
1 proposed railway, and that a public officer should be
sent down to receive suggestions from owners or occu-
piers as to any proposed deviations, which if the
promoters were inclined to receive, they should have
power to do, and to include such deviations in
their deposited plans. He proposed that proofs of
compliance with the standing orders, should be received
by the Railway Commissioners, and that the officer sent
down by them should report upon the deposited plans
and sections. He proposed that counsel should not be i
allowed to be heard, or to examine witnesses before the
Commissioners. He proposed that the Commissioners
should have power to report to the House upon all
matters relating to tolls, fares, engineering, amount of
capital, construction of the line, number of shares, and
power for borrowing money, to be granted to the com-
pany. Ile proposed that in Committee, with regard to
questions of fact, which might be the subject of dis-
pute, he proposed that either party might complain,
and have the Bill referred back to the Commis-
sioners, and if the complaint should turn out unfounded
that the parties so applying should boar the expenses.
He did not propose to give the companies power, author-
ising railway companies to borrow capital, or to amalga-
mate, without coming to Parliament, nor did he propose
to limit the rate of interest on the dividends of railway ,
companies. He proposed that the power of revising the
rates of fares on railways, every ten years, should be
given to Parliament; and he proposed that every existing
railway company which came to Parliament for an ex-
tension of its powers should be subject to this revision
of tolls and fares, and that the same power should
be vested in Parliament with regard to all railways.
He also proposed that when any company intended to
make alterations in their fares, such company should
give due notice thereof to the Commissioners, stating
at the 311110 time their reasons for such alterations.
With regard to the Post-office service, he thought that
distinct and definite charges should be made for it,
such rates of charge to be agreed on between
the Post office and the Companies, and to be
reported to the Companies in the same way
as the rates of fares and tolls were reported to
them, limiting the contract for carrying the mails to the
period of five years. To ensure punctuality, he proposed
that bills of the times of arrival and departure of each
train should be conspicuously exhibited at every
station, that they should be forwarded to the Com-
missioners, and that they should make an annual
report to Parliament of the speed of the diffe-
rent trains throughout the country, calling the
attention of Parliament to the punctuality or want
of punctuality in the different trains run by the
different companies, and their influence upon the safety
of the public. He proposed that, with regard to cheap
trains, the time of arrival, departure, and stopping
at the different stations should be reported to
the commissioners, and that at night there should be
lights in the carriages ; and that in every carriage
should be affixed a notice, stating the number of pas-
sengers every such carriage was to convey; and that any
infraction of such rules should be punished by fine. He
proposed also to give the Commissioners power to re-
gulate the time of the arrival and departure of third class
trains where two companies meet, so as to answer the
accommodation of the public, and to employ police it the
expense of the company where their employment might
be necessary to insure the preservation of the public
peace.
After a short debate, leave was given to bring in the
Bill.

On the motion for the second reading of Lord G.
BENTINCK'S Bill, for advancing 16,000,000 L to the
shareholders in Irish railways,
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN appealed to the Noble Lord. the
Member for Lynn, to postpone his motion, in order to
give time to the Irish Nfembers to consult their con-
stituents, as the Government had held out an un-
ganerouie tcharrernie.
td
A motion
long that they would resign should the
and angry discussion ensued, in the course of
which
Lord JOHN Itussraa. declared that in the event of
the motion being carried he and his colleagues would
resign, and also refused to consent to any postponement
of the Bill. If itweurve
to
lateorr towo
which
with it that
wasr a Govern-
night, he would give
Govern-
ment night, to the discussion of the measure.
Eventually the second rtading way -•
aupuluett till
to-morrow (this day).

As Lord J. RUSSELL said emphatically, at the close
of Wednesday's debate, " This is not a question of
principle, but of degree." The difference between
twelve, eleven, and ten hours, can only be a question
of degree. As far as interference is concerned, there
is no principle at stake ; but as far as the fate
of the measure is concerned, there is a prin-
ciple, and a very great principle at issue, namely—
Will the Legislature forget its noblest attribute,
the power of protecting helplessness ? Will the
representatives of the people refuse to hear the prayers
of the humble, and only listen to those who are able
to protect themselves ? That such will not he the
result will be satisfactorily demonstrated on Wednes-
day next.

Session after session has the Ten Hours' Bill been
brought under the consideration of Parliament. It
has been repeatedly the theme of most earnest and
eloquent discussion, it has bean ably and vigorously
supported, it has been resolutely opposed, and, though
occasionally triumphant, it has been again and again
rejected. Nevertheless, though continually rejected,
it has been continually increasing in strength, it
has been continually acquiring new sympathy
and support, and is now awaiting its second
reading in the House of Commons with every
prospect of a favourable result. In a few days,
it will, doubtless, be the law of the land.
The long protracted, hardly won victory will be
achieved, and though long protracted, it will be most
welcome. If ever triumph was merited by patient
endurance and persevering exertion, triumph has
been indeed merited by the supporters of the Ten
Hours' Bill. For long years have the anxious opera-
tives, for whose benefit it is designed, prayed and
petitioned the Legislature for assistance, but they
have prayed and petitioned in vain. For long years
have the advocates of the measure brought forward
the most unanswerable arguments and appa-
rently irresistible appeals, but their arguments and
their appeals have been alike unavailing.
And how is this? Whence arises this determined
and enduring opposition ? The cause is obvious.
The opponents of the Ten Hours' Bill, beginning
with false premises, have arrived at a false conclusion,
namely, that such a measure would be most preju-
dicial to their own interests ; hence their opposition
which is perhaps only natural. According to the
way of the world, it is perhaps only natural, that
men should oppose what they believe inimical
to themselves. With this line of conduct we
do not now find fault (that were indeed useless), but
we find fault with the belief by which it is inspired.
It is adopted on entirely mistaken grounds. A mea-
sure so obviously advantageous to the workman
cannot and will not be found injurious to the master.
The employer cannot suffer by what benefits the
employed. And that the proposed altera-
tion will benefit the employed, has been
assuredly proved beyond all power of gain-
saying. On an impartial investigation how does
the matter lie ? what is the question at issue ?
Simply this. The women and young persons em-
ployed in the manufactures are now compelled to
work for twelve hours in the day ; they are com-
pelled, it is useless to gainsay it—their own neces-
sities render it imperative on them to obtain werk,
and the masters, generally speaking, will cot, unless
restrained by the law, give them work upon other
terms. It is proposed, by the interference
of Parliament, to relieve these " women and
young persons "—for, be if remembered, it is only
with these we have to deal—it is proposed to relieve
them from two hour,' daily labour, and, we ask, hew
will this alteration affect them ? Will it prove a
blessing or a bane ? Let us descend to particulars ;
let us contemplate an individual case. Let us look
on the wife and mother banished from her family,
wearily working the whole live-long day, and then,
wearied and worn-out, returning at a late hour to her
roof—to her roof shall we say ? we are almost at a
loss for a word by which to designate it—we
cannot call that place her dwelling, where
she never dwells ; we cannot call that place
a home, from which every domestic happiness
is banished. Let us picture this hard life of
toil, and think, all she asks from us is two hours of
rest. No, something more than two hours of rest,
something more than the mere interval of two hours
—she asks for an opportunity to hold communion
with her family, to look upon her little children, to
cheer her desolate hearth, and perhaps reclaim her
now deserted husband—for in two hours it will be
1 possible to effect all this. To those who consider the
duties of domestic life entitled to a moment's considera-
tion, the proposed alteration must appear of incalculable
advantage. If this view of the question bad been re-
garded
more, the opposition to the Bill must have
been assuredly much diminished. And why has it
not been regarded, is it after all but a minor con-
sideration? When NAPOLEON inquired of Madame
CAMPAN what was necessary for the good education
of the youth of France, "Good mothers," she replied.
I The Emperor admitted the justice of her observation.
I" We have here," ho said, " a system of
! education in one word." It is this very
system of education which our present factory
regulations seem fitted to subvert. Their frames
weakened by excess of toil, their understandings by
' neglect of culture, owing to the unceasing employ-
ments in which they are engaged from their youth
upwards, the unfortunate factory women assume the
arduous duties of wives and mothers, both morally
and physically disqualified from fulfilling them aright.
It has been proved by a late inquiry that out of every
hundred deaths occurring in the manufacturing
districts more than sixty-one are these of
children under two years of age ! Does not this fully
prove the terrible effects of the present system ?
But these and similar arguments have been already
frequently brought forward by Lord ASHLEY and
others, and although they cannot fail to arrest atten.
tion and excite sympathy, they have as yet been
found inadequate to convince. Unanswerable as
these arguments must appear, innumerable objections
have nevertheless arisen. We are told perhaps that
0113 is all very well, very humane, and so forth,
but that it will never do in practice, that it is against
all the principles of political economy. So far, in-
deed, has this last objection gained ground, that this
seems to be now almost regarded as a question of
, Humanity versus Political Economy—an antagonism
which is absolutely impossible. Let us not regard this
matter, as it is too often regarded, only in a superficial
light ; let us not heed the specious phraseology of
those who seek to disguise their own selfish
schemes under fine sounding names : never mind
what doctrines the so-called political economists
may put forth, let us look at the principle itself.
After all, what is political economy, and what does it
teach us ? Is not its first great maxim, the main
object to which it tends, " the greatest good of
the greatest number ?" Is not this the great ob-
ject
,of all Governments and of all laws, and
shall we then be told that to increase the
wealth of one particular class is Political Economy!
No matter if the labourer suffer, if his frame be
weakened, his heart withered, his intellect destroyed,
no matter if he die, body and soul, so that his mas-
ter's business prosper—that is the great desideratum!
Let his hands " produce," no matter at what per-
sonaltsbelevepsroafirets—freteh;i,s
or depeomlititchaelmseeclvoensomreyrigt.
sacrifice, and let his master " consume"
iouslnwhtehne
same way men " call it freedom when them-
is
they find fault with the creed of others. Children of Tuesday.
We have received the Paris papers
may be frightened by shadows, but men are not to The speech of the Finance Minister Chamber
be thehamber
be so deceived ; the ignorant and unthinking may be on the preceding day on the state of the French finances
confounded by the specious reasoning of these poli- is thus commented on in the Constitutionnel :7 a
tical economists, but in this enlightened age their "M. Lacave Laplagne endeavoured ttoorfel3ollr
to
finances the ccdarseaw-
delusive doctrines cannot long prevail. we
are tuipoonns which
ottnh e dl fplorabl ds
eplorable management z;gheammeti3ae
r,
from M. de Castel-
inclined to think that the true
principles of lane, a Conservaativrea,rstss much as from M.
oln' Ferdinand ntaon da
hdoew Las-
tsh
Political Economy, and at the same time the ciyrie, or M. Ledru Rollin.
II
e , etnhdaeta;the situation is not
best interests of Humanity, had never a more powerful whenWtoinmemulyovgirtohntniftto,goestheregures
he succeededdt;j3id,alnltuirltiliearndne.
or more accurate expounder than ALEXANDER POPE. But some few words from M. Q
linseltTosnaof his, by proving
He has truly and beautifully shown how the good of that the
stet()
tfiacle do
fttohedeasutroyenthtaistiEno3
of
receipts, of the defi-
one and the good of all are incorporate and indi- ciencies, and of the extraordinary,
ss,
e 'works,
of representingte amount allof
visible. He has told us how "jarring interests" may
the
expensesoa voted since lor tas,
eisct wasu at that period, was
produce " the according music of a well-mixed upwards or?. two milliards ! It will of course be well
understood that in such a situation the Government has
state." an excellent excuse for adjourning the
fretfhoerms so long
" Where small and great, where weak and mighty made solicited and expected. Why speak of
of conversionc
To serve, not suffer • strengthen not invade; of the Five per Cents., of postal reform, the mi.
More powerful each' as needful to the rest, nution of the salt duty, &c. ? Can. such. t \lungs. be
And, in proportion as it blesses, blessed." thought of ? If so, the Ministry 0
winnunewdoiarke yprootctts
s
When the great principle of mutual depenuenee and theitth,atdeficient3, which
and thus it gets rid of niineasiutsres which it has never
mutual co-operation is generally recognised, as it thought seriously of realising. Will .
day d
it be believed,
nred to
, we no more of
how-
must be at no distant shallday hear tehvaetr,
tliheatcotohse,TyMaittseter
adrty Fiwnanas this"alone capable of effecaty-
the contending interests of masters and men—we ing these reforms ? This embarrassment that
the Minis-
shall hear no longer that Political Economy is adverse teroinmh:rsoiiar? rerr)deduiete dfitnheo u r
.finntari; es I
FaeFearlesslyo ifeo
rlessly theaffirming :
ng general
that
to Ilemanity. the economies of France are inexhaustible, that the purse of
IVe must refer our readers to the able and eloquent the public is sufficient for everything, it has occasioned a
financial crisis which at resent seriously injures industry and
speech of Lord JOHN MANNERS for a refutation commerce en masse. Toi) this crisis is added that of food,
of the fallacious arguments against non-inteference.
c,which.. i
te it renders graver by concealing theecgroleaattioinnsuffficiefney
"Do we not interfere," he asks, "to regulate the I t
nishing a andrrevmesedy. a 0 thushm geavgernettiint
greater
p
r speculation
of the rresemponusii--
speed of vessels in the river ? Did we wait for a l.)ility of the present distress must be certainly attributed to it 1
mutual arrangement of master and men when we Suchmi;
inisprtehseersciteuoaftioan whichr wthheiohMhinasistri);olhaatesdprtancedoe foro
interfered to emancipate the negroes ?" It seems 1 Europe, we find ourselves i With a budget in a state of normal
almost ridiculous, however, to talk about non-
le %fit ,ni ee na cry
i- ,n w i tol
si finances in disorderw,
owr_ith a
iloan more or
interference now. Why, if the Ten Hours' Bill engage the tPur
turpee,cat,Jiwthitieinoorremdiotudseeplyksshwahkenh:Erofoundly
be rejected, because tI,P Hou.e must not interfere, 1 the speech of M. DE CASTELLANE, a Conservative of I
-sass,- sits of Pe-sisal: sent which uuti.urise 1 L.-a 21.4 party, produced a great sensation in the Cham-
twelve hours must be repealed on the same principle or. Not only did he declare that the finances were in 1

In the Parliamentary —notices of motions for
this etening we find the following members
proposed by Mr. Rican's° to be nominated for
forming a Select Committee on the navigation
laws :—Mr. RICARDO, Mr. Alderman THOMPSON,
Mr. HUME, Sir RODER r PEEL, Mr. MILNER. GIB-
SON, Mr. HUTT, Sir GEORGE CLERK, Mr. BROWN-
RIGG, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. WCARTHY, Viscount
SANDON, Mr. BROWN, Mr. LYALL, Mr. MITCHELL,
and Mr. ThoMAS BARING. The selection appears to
be made with the view of combining the services of
men upon an inquiry of the greatest importance, pos-
sessed of great ability and high integrity. We have
no doubt they will enter upon the task, intended
to be assigned to them, with an earnest zeal solely
directed to promote their country's good, and a
consequent spirit of impartiality that will not fail
to impart the greatest weight to their future views
and recommendations. Whilst we recognize by the
names above enumerated an intention to constitute the
Committee in the fairest manner, seeing that the op-
posite opinions which are entertained on this subject
will be respectively and advantageously impersonated,
we cannot but feel rejoiced, holding the impressions
we have advocated with reference to the navigation
laws, that Sir R. PEEL will be invited to give his va-
luable aid to the Committee. Our gratification at
finding his name among the proposed list is derived
from the knowledge we have of his vast
experience and judgment in all matters affecting
our commercial prosperity, and from the certainty
that, if any good grounds can be substantiated for
preserving the navigation laws, either in their en-
tirety or in part, he will scrupulously support them ;
and from the conviction, on the other hand, that if
those who support the shipping interests, whether
from motives purely erroneous, or purely selfish,
should fail to make out their case before his search-
ing mind, Sir it. PEEL will ably, conscientiously, and
manfully resist any report which should be calculated
to sanction the maintenance of laws no longer suit-
able to the objects for which they were originally
enacted. However tardy Sir R. PEEL was in re-
tracing his former errors, yet did the country feel
grateful, that when he became fully persuaded of the
evils attendant upon a restrictive policy in relation
to our extended commercial intercourse, he determi-
nedly splintered into atoms the wand of monopoly,
at the evident risk of being abruptly hurled from the
powerful position which he held as First Minister of
the Crown. In vain, therefore, as it seems to us, will
the hydra of protection attempt to rear its fallen crest
whilst Sir R. PEEL and Lord J. RUSSELL, with his
Liberal party, shall be found uniting their splendid
talents in resisting every effort to revive the crushed
spirit of monopoly. One stronghold after another
has been successfully besieged by the genius and
indomitable energy of the British merchant, which
has converted the most accomplished statesmen of
the age to the enlarged and benevolent spirit, that
animates its civilising and lofty enter-
prises ; and, in every instance, brief or pro-
tracted as may have been the several contests,
have the enemies to freedom in trade and commerce
been compelled to surrender. The friends of un-
fettered commerce have now fairly laid siege to the
stronghold of the navigation laws ; and the day
cannot be distant when their infatuated advocates
will be forced to succumb, or to capitulate upon
terms advantageous to our mercantile progression
The history of the laws in question powerfully evi-
dences the weak foundations on which they were
erected, inasmuch, as at different periods, and
long previous to the great triumph achieved
in 1846, in favour of the principles of free
trade, their pernicious consequences imperiously indi-
cated the necessity of their being occasionally altered
for the purpose of alleviating the burdens of indirect
and unjust taxation, and of strengthening our mer-
chants in the race of competition that grew cut of
the growing enterprise of commercial rivals. It is
satisfactory to know, that this question has been al-
ready to a great extent investigated by two former
committees, who were unable to complete their
labours, and that therefore the inquiry will necessarily
not be of so protracted a character as it otherwise
would have been. Hence, we hope, that the path for
Legislation will be speedily cleared by the prelimi-
nary information to be laid before, and digested by,
the Committee about to be appointed. Iter pigro-
runs quasi sepes sptnarum._

A letter from Berne, dated 4th February, contains the
following:—
The Council of War of the ultramontane faction is per-
manently sitting at Lucerne. It is from that place that it
directs all the movements of the league. It is thus that it
has caused to be visited by experienced officers all the vul-
nerabl points of the canton of Lucerne, and has ordered
them to be fortified. Never, at any period of their history,
have the primitive cantons made military preparations on a
more extensive scale, and as all these armaments are out of
proportion with the_
feeble resources they possess,
It is certain that they receive foreign subsidies. It is even
said that they intend taking the initiative in the struggle
against the great cantons. In any case the members of the
league appear shortly to expect decrees of the Diet with re-
spect to the existence of their association, and on the subject
of the question relative to the Jesuits; and they continue
to announce boldly that they will oppose by force the em-
ployment of all means of coercion. The Grand Council of
Byrne has terminated its labours without the attacks of the
givethe Government. The income-tax decreed in
in 0
populations have understood that, in relieving
htleie adversaries of the new order of things ex-
rents which
from the feudalstill weighed on them in
tb em
parts of the canton, the wants of the treasury required
several
wcpeptrOcreaincentEckecetdierptsn.h:icantTt
compensation. That compensation will, however, not be
Need ine
a r
y onerous to the tax-payers, for the income-tax will never
exceed poi/3y per thousand of the capital."

Madrid papers of the 3d have been received.
Senor niatTINEZ DE LA ROSA has been appointed
Chairman, and Senor BENAVIDES Secretary of the Com-
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies, appointed to draw
up the answer to the address.
These papers state that Don MIGUEL had been pro-
claimed King in several towns of the north of Portugal.
The Portuguese Ambassador, the Condo DE ThomAa
(COSTA CABRAL) had a long conference with the Duke
of SoToMAYOR on the 3d, fur the purpose, it is said, of
demanding an armed intervention.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 3.—The Thr©e per Cents.,
32i cash, 32k paper; Four per Cents., 20k cash; Five per
Cents., 20 1346 cash, 20i paper; Passive, 6i; Exchange
on London, 37.

a far worse position under the present Ministry than
they had been under that of M. HIIMANN, and that the
financial state of the country was becoming every year
more unsatisfactory, but ho boldly declared that it was
the duty of the new Chamber to strike at once at the
root of the evil, and concluded by moving, as an amend-
ment, to add to the paragraph under discussion that "it
is the duty of the Government to re-establish an equili-
brium between the expenditure and the receipt. The
debate upon this amendment was adjourned to the next
sitting.

new forces. The illustrious General Santa Anna, by an act 1
of his life which will cover him with imperishable honour,
(refused) to take upon himself the supreme command, but
marched at once to San Luis, where, in the space of a few
weeks, he united ani organised an army of more than
22,000 men, sections of which have already thrown them-
selves before, and encountered the enemy 1 On their part,
the Government of the United States, pledged as they are
to " conquer a peace," have given orders to General 'Taylor
that he should advance. Thus, then. another encounter be-
tween the two nations will soon take place.
From the valour and number of our troops, the etithu-
siasm and skill of their chief, and the jes• ice of our cause,
we ought to expect a favourable result. But, however it
terminates, this action will neither be the last nor decisive.
Our country being invaded and occupied—nut only the ter-
ritory in question, but a great part o: that which never
belonged to Texas—whole states over which the sovereignty
of Mexico was never questioned; enveloped in a wAr for
our race, and aggravated in a manner the most unjust and
atrocious which the mind can conceive of, our honour and-
the welfare of our children—this sacred interest which
nations are not able to disregard—obliges us to sustain
the struggle, however prolonged and obstinate, until re-
spected for our valour and our eoestancy, we shall arrest
the immoral ambition of our northern neighbours, and make
sure the position of our race upon this hemisphere, peopled
for the greater part by them, and where at no distant day
their ardent and generous deeds will shine forth, brilliant as
the noon-day sun.
If great sacrifices are necessary for this strife, disgraceful
would it be to lose the whole for the false advantages of a
deceitful and fugitive peace. In a great crisis we are called
upon to give illustrious proofs of our power and virtue. Our
fathers fought for their independence eleven years, in a strife
always disadvantageous, spilling their blood at every mo-
ment. Thanks to their spilt we were raised from an humble
colony to the position of an independent nation. If Mexico
fights with constancy and intrepidity, her's will be the
triumph and the merited respect which she will acquire
among the other nations of the earth. Acting on these
principles, the Government has not desired to receive any
propositions of peace ; the question of war remains submitted
to your decision, and the Government can only recommend
to Congress the urgent necessity of aiding the army with all
the resources necessary for the campaign.
The people of Mexico, who know end feel the magnitude
of the interests which are at stake in this war, will not refuse
their resource 3 for its prosecution. The strife is not one of
those wars which pride so often engenders. It is the pheno-
menon of an object still more important and transcendental,
whose motives are in their nature similar to the causes, and
the extension of whose consequences it is difficult to conjec-
ture. The northern race has spread itself over this continent
with celerity and force, unexampled in all previous ages, and
now, in their growth, they threaten to extend themselves
over our territory and extinguish our race, establishing the
predominance of their own in its stead. This invasion will
produce the same results under the auspices of peace, as in
the days of war; and thus to make sure the permanency of
our raze we have need of institutions which will promote our
solid growth and prosperity.
L [lore the President leaves the subject of the war, and
goes on to review the political state of the country. He says,
that since the revolution of last August, all the states have
introduced the old constitution, finding that much the best.
He regrets the previous loss of their democratic institutions,
but rejoices that they now have a prospect of recovering
them. The choice of their officers and the laws of their
country, he is convinced, should be the sacred right of the
people. After portraying the great Mexican nation as it
once was, he describes it as it is nuw, and concludes as
follows :—]
I do not wish to sketch this melancholy picture, but
these calamities moved my Mexican heart; they in-
spired me with the resolution to place myself at the head
of the recent revolution, and to proclaim the return of the
democratic and liberal opinions, the only ones that can
make us respectable and happy. God knows, gentlemen,
that no ambitious wish enters into my views.
The power which necessity threw into my hands, has
been held by a continual sacrifice of my aspirations. I
have never harboured any thought or desire, except to
see my country the conqueror of its enemies, and to enjoy
in its bosom, the peace, the liberty, the glory which she
merits. I have believed that the meeting of this Congress
would signalise a happy epoch, and I bless this day, by me
so much desired, on which, depositing the power in your
hands, nothing wilt impede my n ad to the army, to share
their dangers, to tight like a soldier against my country's
toes. On this day the nation enters into the full exercise of
its sovereign rights.
Gentleman Representatives,— The revolution has cern-
pleted that which it promises to the people. It remains
now for you to fulfil the hopes which the people have con-
ceived; to make certain the prayers which every Mexican
at this moment oilers to Heaven for the prudence and for-
tune of their worthy representatives. Your patriotism, your
knowledge and your virtues are the best guarantees that
these sacred wishes will be fully satisfied.
MARIANO SALAS.
_ _

The Presse, the organ of the party of Count MoLE,
thus speaks of the am. minient of M. DE CASTELLANE:-

"The remarks of M. de Castellane are worthy of atten-
tion. Speaking, as he did, in the name of the young, en-
lightened, and Progressist fraction of the Conservative party,
M. de Castellane is not one of those who have taken their
seats on the benches of the majority, in order to slumber
more at their ease. His idea is that the promises made to
the electors of Lisieux should be carried out ; he calls for
all the reforms that time has matured, and the necessity
for which cannot be contested. Postal reform—a modi-
fication in the duty on salt—a reform in the octroi duties—
in the indirect taxes—in our immense military systein, which
embraces at present 100,000 men more than in 1833, and which
absorbs upwards of 1,000,000 f. per day—these are the points
which the Hon. Member expressed his desire to be first
attended to. We completely participate, as our readers
are aware, in the wishes thus expressed; and to those who
"liege the difficulties of our present position as an argument
against such c hanges, we must declare that of all the excuses
that they could bring forward this is the one that can least
be accepted. It is, in fact, precisely when times are hard,
when food is dear, when taxes weigh the most heavily on
the existence of the poorer classes, that there is an opportu-
nity—nay, an urgency, to adopt reforms of a nature to dimi-
nish their burdens. Did Sir Robert Peel wait until the situ-
ation was prosperous to commence his reforms? No; it was
in the midst of the very crisis that he acted. If remedies
are necessary, it is wizen one is ill, and not afterwards. In
favourable circumstances, when living is cheap, the weight of
taxea,li • easier. to beer, and we can conceive up to a certain
point that such circumstances are taken advantage of in
order feiViistpone'all change. But to seek in the difficulties
themselves' fretrit'wbich the people suffer a pretext for not
reduciag at Ail the charges that aggravate those difficulties,
appears:to ftitcrbe conduct as unreasonable as it is unsup-
portable Loargpment."

It is .Aot improbable that on this financial question
the Mitibitry may go out of office, and a MOLE Ministry
be appointed. It was rumoured in Paris on Tuesday
that, iri:fOnsequeneo of the gross and unprovoked per-
sonal attack made by M. GuizoT on the Marquis
of NORMANDY, the latter had suspended all offi-
cial intercourse with M. GUIZOT, and was about to
retire from Paris, leaving Lord WILLIAM HERVEY as
Charge d'Affaires. All parties in the French capital are
loud in their condemnation of M. GUIZOT'S conduct
throughout the whole affair, and it is said that it ha,
been settled in the highest quarter that Count MOLE is
to be his successor, as M. GUIZOT has incurred the
royal displeasure by having made an attack on the
English Government in the Chambers, without orders,
and without acquainting the KING of his intention so to
do. It is, therefore, not improbable that this amend-
ment, proposed by a partisan of Count MOLE, is intended
to give the coup de grace to M. GINZOT for this breach
of discipline. The discussion was resumed on Wednes-
, day, but the Chamber had not come to any decision at
the hour the post left.
It would appear from the following letter from Tunis
of the 14th ult., which is published in these journals,
that the PORTE, roused by the imprudence of the
French Foreign Minister to the assertion of its rights, is
about to take active measures to reduce its rebellious
vassal, the BEY of Tunis, to obedience.
"Three days ago, a vessel coming from Malta brought a
chiaoux of the Grand Signor, but the Bey has hitherto re-
fused to allow him to laud, and to receive the letters of which
tie is the bearer. Last week several English steamers arrived,
bringing dispatches for the Bey, and each time he demanded
several days to reply. Thiy came to announce the arrival
of Ow Turkish Envoy. The refusal to receive him may cause
some embarrassment to the Bey, from which all the friend-
ship of the French Ministers may find it difficult to relieve
him. The Bey was generous in France, but that was an ex-
ception to his general manner of acting. hlis voyage in
France is consiuered here a very serious fault; and is looked
on as the prelude of great disasters for his people."
Cocas AUTIIENTIQUE.—PARIS, FEB. 9.—Five per Cents.,
118 f. 117 f. 95c. 85c. 90c. 85c. ; Four per Cents., 104 f. ;
Three per Cents., 77f. 85c., 80c. 75c., 70c., Bank Actions,
3,262 f., 50e.; Rent de Naples (Rothschild's) 101 f. 50c.;
Romans, 101 E 100,if.; Belgian Five per Cents., (1840),
101;4E; Ditto (1842), 102 N; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cants., 95%; Belgian Two-and. a half per Cents., 54 ; Spa-
nish Three per Cents., 341/2 3/1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 5714; Exchange on London—one month money, 23f.
20c. ; three months, money, 25f. 2 lAc.

Mexico, Dec. 6, 1846.
_His Excellency Senor Sublets, President of Congress,
replied as follows:
Most excellent' Sir, The national represenatives have
heard with plea-ure the solemn words which the Executive
has spoken. The chief of the glorious revolution of August
4th has manifested his satisfaction, to see the vote of the
people which was given at the capitol, complied with. The
representatives of the people, desire to return, through me,
the most cordial response to the chief of the people's revolu-
tion. The element of democracy rules through the republic,
and I am able to give assurance that the fundamental laws
of the country will have for their object the common welfare
of all, without yielding to the exaggerated pretensions of
the minority.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 10.

Boulogne and Amiens, 141—Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Namur and
Lie;e, 2%—Nortlsirn of France, 12!4—Orleans and Bordeaux, N.

Truly difficult it is to commence this work at a time
when the powerful republic of the North insults, invades, and
threatens us with the absolute annihilation of our nationality;
but these representatives, so far fi om being discouraged by
this melancholy situation, will press forward in the midst of
the combat to give all convenient organization, to the end
that the integral parts of the nation may have vigour to
resist.

AMERICAN NEWS.

SEVEN DAYS LATER.
(FRox OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING.
By the arrival of the packet-ship Queen of the West,
from New York, from which city she sailed on the 23d
instant, we have papers to that date inclusive, being
seven days later than that brought by the Yorkshire,
on Friday last.' The steam-ship Hibernia had not
reached Boston on the 21st, but was hourly expected.
Two packet-ships, the Rochester, from Liverpool, and
the Quebec, from Loudon, had arrived at New York ;
each takes out two days later news. The papers before
us do not contain any very important intelligence, and
that portion which refers to the war in Mexico has
been almost entirely anticipated by the arrival of the
West India mail. The New Orleans papers state that
no apprehension is new felt for General Worth's safety.
The Washington Union of December 19 contains the
following :
Dispatches have been received from General Taylor, dated
the 22d December, near Monterey representing that he had
left that place on the 15th for Victoria, having previously
pat in motion the troops destined for that point. At Monte,,
morelos a junction was effected on the 17th with the 2d in-
fantry and 2d Tennessee regiment of foot from Carnargo ; and
it was intended, with the whole force (3,5 t 0 men) to march,
on the 19th, for Victoria. But on the evening of his arrival
at Montentorelos, a dispatch arrived from General Worth,
commanding at Saltillo, with the intelligence that Santa
Anna designed to take advantage of the division of force
towards Victoria, and by a rapid movement,to strike a heavy
blow at Saltillo; and if successful, then at General Wool's
force at Parras. Under these circumstances, and with no
means of judging bow far this information might be well-
founded, the General returned to Monterey with the regular
force, in order to be in position to reinforce Saltillo if neces-
sary. The volunteers under General Quitman, reinforced by
a field battery, were ordered to continue their march, and
effect a junction with General Patterson at Victoria, while
General Taylor returned to Monterey with General Twigg'a
division, now increased by the 2d infantry.
In the meantime General Butler and General Wool being
advised by General Worth of a probable attack upon his po-
sition, moved rapidly to join him with all the available force
at Parras and Monterey, while orders were dispatched by Ge-
neral Butler to hasten up troops from the rear. The latter
General proceeded iu person to Saltillo and asiumed the com-
mand, agreeably to instructions which had been given him
5y General Taylor before his departure to meet a case like
this.

No, Mexico will not be less than France, who, though the
legions of Europe came to invade her, conquered princes and
organized her government at the same time. By good for-
tune the mildness of our climate, the blandness of our customs,
and, if I may say it without boasting, our virtues, will cause
us to work in an energetic manner, without committing the
crimes, and covering ourselves with the blood which stains
the history of the old world.
The decision manifested by the supreme power, the in-
trepid valour of our army, the noble resolution of its com-
mander, and the reanimation of the public spirit throughout
all the states, appear to be good symptoms that the epoch
fixed by Providence has arrived, when the Mexican nation
may be able to call itself, and to be called with truth, sove-
reign, free, and independent.
Before the Supreme Being we were, yesterday, sworn to
procure, as far as in our power, the good and prosperity of
the nation. The oath will be fulfilled with all the loyalty
which a sacred duty and tried patriotism demand.
The commercial news by this arrival is satisfactory. Ex-
change at New York was 106 c. to 106ic. for bills ou Lon-
don' but at the latter quotation the business was very
dull. In bread stuff few transactions were being effected,
and prices were advancing.
AFFAIRS IN YUCATAN.
(From the New. Orleans Papers of the 11th.)
The following is a more particular account of an overture
b_y Yucatan, mentioned in the previous accounts from the

General Taylor had proceeded beyond Monterey on his way
to Saltillo, when he was met on the .20th by a dispatch from
the post, announcing the early arrival of General Wool's co.
lump, and also that the expected concentration and move-
' ment of the Mexican troops upon that position had not taken
place—indeed, that their advanced posts had rather been
withdrawn. Deeming the force there, and soon to be at Sal-
tillo quite sufficient to repel any demonstration at this season
from San Luis Potosi, General Taylor did not think it worth
while to throw forward General Twigg's division to that place,
and after resting it a day, designed putting it again in
march from Victoria, to which point he was to proceed
himself.
supposedoria, to
whenbe then
division, leis w ell on
ehxis.
march Gen efrraoln Pattersoniatam o
raas asv
to Vict
cept the Alabama rangers, in garrison at Tampico, will be
brought together. With a force holding in observation the
passes from Tula, the garrison at Tampico may be reduced
with advantage to the service.
The proceedings in Congress were unimportant. An effort
• had been made in both Houses to try and bring the war in
Mexico to an end by negotiation, but what success ulti-
mately attended these peaceful movements we are not fully
informed.
The papers by this arrival contain accounts of the opening
of the Mexican Congress and the President's Message, of
which the following is an extract :
MESSAGE OF THE MEXICAN ACTING PRESIDENT.
GENTLEMEN RErItEsENTATIVES,--
The august act which we have assembled here to confirm
is, in solemn compliance with the grand national promise,
enveloped by the resolution of the month of August last.
With that confirmation ceases the precarious situation which
necessarily ensues between the destruction of one class of
political affairs and the establishment of a new one; and by
means of the body of representatives, elected by the people
themselves, by their own free choice, being charged with
the public safety, the nation is nowabout to decide its destiny
in this epoch of a terrible social crisis, when dangers of all
kinds threaten our nationality, and while there remains the
heart of every good Mexican a last hope that we shall finally
consolidate our political being.
Deeply filled with these patriotic sentiments, as a simple
citizen I give thanks to Providence that He bas permitted
our reunion, and I give them with more fervency because, as
a public man, I have been permitted to fulfil the sacred pro-
mises raises which I gave in the capitol of Mexico, and now relievene
myself of the revolution without having eviated froio
of those principles which were so truly poP
disap-
pointed one of those hopes which
this of the nation awoke. It remains for you to make_
any
of our
revo-
lution the most grand and the most happrf
hay
passed
political movements. In the short term which
repugnance to
since August, having overcome nay natural
placed at the head
the exercise of power, and having
benento sanction the war in
of the nation, my first object has been
and in the result of
which we found ourselves compromised, of our country
which nothing less than the independence
itself is involved. the unammonulsaer'notbusiasm
The army which united withd
their sovereignty, and who
to destroy those who usurped
of a foreign throne over our
threatened the establishment
completed the national movement,
Country, after having
danger called them, and are at
marched to the spot wherenemv,
and under the command of
this day in front of the e
the republic called to the defence
soldier whom
an illustrious
ion of our troops were quickly dis-
patched the people and raised itself
of its nationality..
terey they awaited the attack of the
and in the city
alreadyM()n knows the fatal results of that
invaders. Congress ele American blood ran freely. The
in which Nom
encounter,
amended our arms having been slur, •
chiefs who "there cot
inquiry,
the nation remains satisfied,
" court of
moned to a
to comment upon the judgment of
d it is not for me now
an
tribunal.
patched to the reinfAorcseetcntent of the old army of the North,
the judicial
this unfortunate event has thrown
into t une Ole cc,,11.116 rur s'a4r. he power of tee twee )
ee-t extent of territory, transltn.in: rho theatre
'6°
ainto the heart of our leputUic. Governmeet,
of the war
dismayed by these disappointments, thought only of raising
undismayed But worse than all, •ti

A Mexican schooner, bearing a flag of truce, arrived from
Campeachy on the 24th. She brought the news of a decla-
ration of the independence of that province from the central
Government, and claiming for her ports the privileges of
neutrals, which it is believed Commodore Conner refused
unless they hoisted the American flsg. Merida, and the
country adjacent, had refused to unite in the movement, and
proposed to put it down by force of arms.
The Campeachanos had marched upon Merida with a force
of 2,500 men, the Meridans having 4,000. It was supposed
by the captain of the flag of truce, teat a decisive battle was
fought on the 21st ulihno, that being the latest date from
the army, at winch time they were within a few miles of
each other. The flag of truce left Anton with the answer
of Commander Conner, on the 27th.

AFFAIRS AT TAMPICO.
(From the New ()deans Tropic, Jan. II.)
The brig Hallowell arrived at the South-West Pass on
Saturday morning, after a passage of six days from Tam-
pico. The captain reports matters quiet when he sailed,
and nothing of interes: had transpired since our last dates.
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
La Peoria, of New Orleans, says that H. Cox has been
appointed interpreter to General Scott, and has proceeded to
Mexico.

(From the New Orleans Commercial Times, Jan. 11.)
The officers of the British fleet at Sacrificios had heard
from the city of Mexico that the finance committee in the
Mexican Congress had reported that, in order to carry on
the war, the Government would require 250,000 dolls. per
month, and stated that the sum of 90,000 dolls. was all that
could possibly be raised, which sum they depended upon the
church for.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Advice! a few days later from the Gulf squadron were
received at New Orleans on the 11th instant, by the arrival
of the barque John Barnes. The dates by her from Anton
Lizardo are up to the 31st ult.
The John Adams was still blockading Vera Cruz, while
the rest of the squadron were to leeward on a cruise. The
only vessels at Anton Lizardo when the John Barnes sailed,
where the frigate Raritan, the store ship Relief, and the
steamer Petrita.
The health of the officers and crews was generally very
good, there being but few on the sick list. There is very
little news of importance.

(From the New Orleans Papers, Jan. 11.)
We learn that the following ships have recentlyandstores to
been
chartered by Government to transport trops
d Oxnard. They
Mexico, viz., Ondiaka, Alhambra, Russelncl ' Glover Sharon,
Statesman, Archelauc, Medford, Oregon,
are all first -class vessels—amongst the finesta in port.
The steam-ship Massachusetts,
which
tai oa.
grounded on the bar at the
evening last, with troops andso i' left here on Monday
uthrAVviessi°t'llassfo,rantdheß
remained
there until Saturday afternoon, at which time she got off, and
proceeded on her
NATIONAL ....DUnCe,r a specialto:l Lord Bishop of
con
Worcester has meeting of the members,
friends, and supporterse of the Worcester Diocesan Board of
holden
Education, to be iolden at Worcester next week, with the
view of memorialising the First Lord of the Treasury on the
propriety, in the future application of Parliamentary grants,
of regarding the maintenance, as well as the eslablishinent of
elementary
schools, and also of rendering assistance to train-
ing institutions.
ELECTION RuMoußs.—We are requested by Sir
Howard Elphinstone's agent to state, in the most unqualified
terms, that there is not the slighted truth whatever in the
rumour that the lion. Baronet has resigned his seat, or that
be has intimatel his intention of resigning it.—Sussex Ad-
vertiser.
Baron Pasquier, sen., first surgeon of the King,
inspecting surgeon and member of the Board of Health of
the Army, and Commander of the Legion of Honour, died on
Saturday, after a long illness, in his 74th year. The funeral
c:.remony took place on Monday, at twelve o'clock, at the
church of St. L mis d'Antin. —Paris paper.
Tn E P
ARKS.Wednesday the ornamental waters in
St. James's and the Regent's Parks, the Serpentine, and the
Long Wat and Reim(' Pond, Kensington Gardens, were
completely frozen over, the ice being several Mem:B in thick-
nes', and perfectly safe, but the roughness of its surface un-
pleasant to skaters. Frotn 8,000 to 10,000 persons are sup-
posed 1,, have ventured on during the day without any
accident occurring.
, Letters from St. Petersburgh, dated 29th of Janu-
ary, g,nounce the Ertl'', of bul,ion to the smouut. of
800,000.., and a 0 IF,.?Tl:set alteration iii the rite of excliringe,
which is now 40:1-16 to 3-16. It will be remembered
that the highest recent rate was 41%, which occurred on
the 11ith ult. Doriug the drain of gold from England in
1339, when the estimated influx into Russia was 2,200,0001.,
the highest quotation was 41d.
We are happy to state that, according to the latest
accounts from the Madras Presidency, Lieutenant r
Sir Walter Scott, whose serious seas announced
thae :since, had so far reccvend as to he able to remove from
Bangalore. He may be shortly expected in England, on,
leave,

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, ace, mpanied by the Prine.a
of Wales and the Princess Royal, went out yesterday in ar
sledge, Prince Albert drivieg. In another sledge were.
Count Alexander Mensdorff acd the Hon. Misses Stanley anal
Dawson. The Eerl of Morton followed in a third sledge.
l'he F:Tierriee in Waiting, Colonel the Ho.. Charles Grey'
and Captain the lion. A. H. Gordon were in xtten lance, on.
horseback.
The Marquis of Lar'sdowne had an attelleasso of her Mae
jesry yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Ceara
Alexteder Meesdorff, and a teuded by Captain the lion. A.
H. Gordon, visited and inspected the new palace at West-
in in 'ter yesterday.
The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Douro and
Celonel .lie Hen. Charles Grey, visited her Royal Highness
the Dueness of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
Their R...yai Highnesses niece 'Alfred and the Princess
Alice took au airing in the royal gardens yesterday.
His. Royal Highness Prince Albert visited theiron Roy!,
Ilighneeses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Wed
esday at Cambridge House.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yPt,,_erde7
included her Ito% al highness the Duchess of Kee, (;nuns
Alexander Menelorf, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroneßaroned;
Spear, Lord George Lennox, and the Hon. and Bore 6-1*
Leslie Courtenay.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the,
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the'
Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's.
A meeting of 160 Members of the House of Commons
took place yesterday at the official residence of Lord John
Russell, in Downing-street. Lord John Russell was accom-
panied by the following Members of the Cabinet:—Sae
George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right
Hon. 11. Labouchere, Sir John Ilobbouse, and Visconos
Palmerston. The meeting was also attended by the Right
lion. R. L. Shell, Sir William Somerville, Mr. H. Thine%
Mr. Gibson Craig, and other Members of the Administration.
The conference lasted one hour.
A deputation consisting of the Mayor of Manchester, gr.
Alderman Neild, and the Town Clerk of Manchester,
Mr Milner Gibson, M.P., and Mr. Mark Philips, M.P...,. utu"
an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Horn°
Office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had
meeting yesterday at the office of her Majesty's Woods Oa
Forests, in Whitehall Place. There were present Visconti
Morpeth, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, the Hon. a
Gore, and Mr. A. Milne.
A deputation from the rectifying distillers, consisting of
Messrs. Nicholson, Seager, Grimble, and Nimmo, had so
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday
at his official residence in Downing-street.
A eeputation from the Manchester and Southampton Rail-
way Company, consisting of Lord Duncannon, M.P., Mr.
James Wilkinshaw (Deputy Chairman), Mr. James Durban],
Mr. CharlesE. Deacon, Mr. Gooch (Engineer), the Solicitors,
and the Secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. •
Struts yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail'
ways in Great George-street.
A deputation, consisting of Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Tattoo
Egerton, Mr. Trafford, and the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Chester, had an interview yesterday with Sir George
Grey at the Home-office.
The Mayor of Manchester, and deputation with the Tosli
Clerk, and Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., had an interview With
Lord Morpeth yesterday at his office in Whitehall-place.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council* sat yester-
day. The appeal from New Grenada, "The House of As-
sembly ofGreriada v.Chief Justice Sanderson," was concluded.
An appeal from Bengal, " Wise v. Kishenkooniar Boos," Ras
commenced.

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Xa. d. £ a. d.
istrahisis •• -.. -
:,- t.,,,i North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 • 0 0 ---
,I.iiiiereial 01 London N. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
%MAI:al.. .... ..... - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ---_
"_on and Westminstr 61. per cent, 100 0 0 20 0 0 --_
' ,falon Joint-Stock • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
.lotropol i tan - 25 0 0 710 0 ,
Provincial 01 Ireland.. 81. percent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 9:
Ditto, New... ••• • •• el. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 --__
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 --__
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 151. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 • -
Ditto, New... ... •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 9 10 0 0 ns
Union 01 Australia •• • • 161. per cent.i 25 0 0 25 0 0
.....*
union of London.- •• Si. per cent. 1 50 0 0 10 0 0
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
___--------
Dividend Amount veld
Name of Company, per of Dad.
Annum,
'-
Annum. Share. ter.-------
4 s. d. 4 s• d,' 75
Albion --••-- - - 31. 10s 500 0 0 50 0 `',. Ig%
Alliance ?Ult. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0
~u 04
Ditto Marine.• ••• •. 61. per cent, 100 0 0 3 0 " 04
Atlas ......... •••• • • • 13s. Cal. pr sh. 50 0 0 50 0 7si
British Commercial •• 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 ....
+ loricl,Mecl.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0
county -••- -•-- 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Crown ---- - - -10 s. 50 0 0 50 0 34-3,1
Eagle • •
Eng.& Scot. Law
European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 ""
f'.- 132 •••• ••• 51. per cent. 20 o_, ',, _3 0 0
132 xci
fir'ibbe
Guardian --• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0
Imperial Firs ........ 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
Imperial Life • • --• ••• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Indemnity Marine ••. IL eh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31
Law Life.. • ... -- . U. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 --
.egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
.andon Fire •• •••• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
..midon Ship ...• - -10 a. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
marine.. ..... • ..... N. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
wed. Invlld&Oen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 480.
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -',,
National Life.. -- .- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 11,1+4
falladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2
ncenix . - - 195
Protector Life....
Provident Life .... - - 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23,
Rock Life .. ...... 45. 5 0 0 010 0
4%
Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. -
Sun Fire ........... - - 210
Ditto Life .. • - - 49
Universal Life .. ION/. pr cnt 100 0 6 15 ...-

CANALS.
.; I
4.; Dividend,
Nantes of !- t.., 'Dividend) Price. Nam" of t: per Price.
Couipanies. 'A 1 per ' Companies.
Annum. .. Annum.
7-
....../
---
Z .£
__
Aslitn& 014 h 97,51.55. /3 e - Monmouthst, 100 81. _.
AsHiy-*l-la-Zll3l 4/. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. _-
Itarnsley •. • .11601 121. - Macclesfield. 100 -
_-
Bas!ngstoke !100 - - Neath ...... 100 171.
__
ltrkuk&Abrgllso 5/. I - Nottingham. 150 12/. 75
C romford.. • .1100] 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 20
Dudley ,1100 41. - Regent's.... 33 1/. ss.
Derby ... -11001 6/. - Iltochdale.... 84 41.
Ellmre&Chs;l33 41. 55 !Shropshire • • 125 81.
--
1-;:ewash ... 1601 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s.
__
Forth $: Clyd1100: 4/. - Do.LitidSt 12 61. p. C.
..
i47:lll4l.limettl 100 71. iiiStfrd&Woreore 140 281.
,•rand I7nionlool 11.10 s. - !Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 4,5
:;:amorgnsh.:l72l 1"1. - iStourbridge.. 145 201. '"....,„,
;,:str&Erlzlyi 'OOl - - trStrtird on Av 79 11. 10s.
.;runtham • •,150, 12/. - ;Severn and I ~ il 8, --
itud.lcrstleld. 57j ---- Nye Rail. j '''' ' *
Kennt & Avn, 3..., 7s. 6d. . 5 Trnt & Mr- ---
50 301.
Lancaster...;' 47i 11. 10s. ; - . 5,1,y, t 4 sh.
Loeds& Livrp 1001 341. 522,4
,Thams &Med, 19 icester .... 140, 10/. 10/4 Worcatr &}I 78 21. 43
t,;.ie*tr &Nth 83! 41. 52 ' Rinning. 1 •
/..00gla.oroi./11 142 PI/. - !Wilts A 141 ks! 67 11. -- _

DOC.T.'S,

N

• ,anohy.

~..ena Amount price,
per of red.
Annum. Share.

:.£ s. d. £ 5. d. 17
i'onanermil •• •
1. --
,ast and West India 6l.pr cent. i Stock. I
21
Vast Country
. Anion ............. 51. pr cent. i Stock. I --
.A.Kptharine ——• • •• 5 per cent. ; • Stock. I
—94
~uthan- rton ••..• • •• U. per cent. ' 50 0 0 50 0
----
WATIIR-WORILS.
------
Dividend Amount
gone of Company. per of raid. mac.'
Annum. :, lasso. •
• ___.•••••
..0 s. d.
:::st L0nd0n.......... St. 100 00 • 20204
9 i :rand Junction .... —3/. 10s. 41 13 4 I
--
Kent .•••••.•• . • • • • •• 2/. 10s. 100 00 I
—.
Vauxhall ———.• • . •• 5/. per cent. 100 00 ,
West Middlesex . . . 51.10s.prent., C 3 12 9 ' 130
___-.....,

LITERATURE.
THE GREATEST PLAGVE OF LIFE; or the
Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant,.,
By one who has been " Almost worried to Death.
illustrated by George Cruickshank. Part I.
This is the first part of a work to be (completed in si%
numbers) which promises well. The idea is an excellent
one, and as far as the work has gsne, it is excellently
worked out. The description of the marriage of the
lady is somewhat tedious, but when she gets to the
" greatest plague in life," servants, she is admirable.
The adventures with the drunken !!ervant, are capitally
told, a.rd the illustrations by George Cruickshank, are
full of fun and character.

THE YEAR BOOK OF FACTS 1N SCIENCE
AND ART, for 1847. By John Tim/s.
This is the ninth annual volume of this useful record
of dkc,,vAdes in science and art. It is twenty years
since Mr. Timbs began Lis useful record of science and
art by way of abstract. His first annual work of this
nature was the" Arcana of Science," of which 11 iolurnes
were published and at the conclusion of the series be
commenced the publication of the "Year Book of Facts,
b,ing a scientific record in a much more extended scab!
than the " Arcana of Science." That this extension of
the original design has met with the public approbatio!l
may be judged of, from the fact, that the sale of each
" Year Book" has been nearly treble that of the " Means
of Science." The volume for the present year is illus-
trated by a portrait of Le Verrier, the French mathe-
matician, and the cli,.‘ov,.rer of the new planet.
WAVERLEY .1N 0 VcG.i. Abbztvford Edition.

Vol. XIL
This magnificent edition of the " Waverley.
Novels
has now drawn to its conclusion. It cons rises, in twelve
splendid volumes, the whale of the fictitious prow works
of Sir Walter Scott, namely, no less than twenty-eight
novels and romances, and four short tales. It is at -,COn
a graceful tribute to the genius of the great benefactor
of modern literature, and a most attractive offering to
l is arlmirers—to the public, we should rather say, for
the terms are surely synonymous. In ordinary cis
our commendation, more especially to the binding an.
its
getting up of any work, I
is but a poor compliment to
author; in the present instance, however, any recOnl"
mendation 61e sulti::et-mauve these volumes would
be a very poor con,p:nn.nt P. o,ur roaders In the pre:,
sent day there are f.lw indeed to whom the author of
" Waverley" remains" tho great unknown," and to those
few, who are yet to have the pleasure of making' bill
acquaintance, it were useless to recommend the Abbots'
ford edition—its embellishments would certainly bo
thrown away. It may, perhaps, be deemed somewhatbe
Diplinaelitary to an when, c;;rried away by t.
.oacrest Of hi 3 narrative, we skip over h;s own kits,clll)-
tious, but it would certainly not be very complimentary
to Sir Walter Scott, if the reader, for the first thne-pe-