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ceived various statements from different quarters, being copies
of various reports which have been made public in the railway
papers of this House, and from those reports it appears that
while the Hon. Gentleman estimated so much for permanent
way, so much for land, and so much for the remainder, leaving
it to be inferred, and asking indeed in what that rest could be
employed except in labour, he seems entirely to have forgotton
that very large sums are expended in locomotive engines, and
very large sums also for the construction of stations,which stations
are in point of fact in a great part ornamental buildings. With
respect to the North Midland Railway, one of those lines to
which the Honourable Gentleman referred, I find there were
expended 190,0001. for locomotive engines, and 260,0001. for
the stations. Now, the Honourable Gentleman knows per-
fectly well, though those sums were expended in labour, that
it is not the kind of labour which can be performed by any
class of labourers, still less by the class of destitute labourers.
—( Hear, hear.) But with regard to the 27,000/. per mile
which that line cost, it will be found that, deducting those
two items for stations and locomotives, that sum will be re-
duced by 6,000/. per mile.—( Hear, hear.) Various state-
ments I have received all concur in one general result, that of
the whole of the sums expended in railways, about one-half
may be said to be for labour, but then that includes a vast deal
of skilled labour, so that on'the is hole but one-fourth, or 25
per cent. is devoted to ordinary purposes.—( Hear, hear.) Now
when the question is, as my Noble Friend has just been stating
it over and over again, how we are to save millions of Irish
people from starving, we are obliged to go into the details, and
when we find that of the whole 16,000,000/. to be advanced,
only one-fourth of that sum goes to unskilled labour, I say this
is not a Bill which goes to the immediate relief of those starv-
ing people. Every one knows, who is at all acquainted with
Ireland— and this is a remarkable circumstance—that, with re-
spect to skilled labour, such as that of masons, bricklayers,
and carpenters, there is no such supply, certainly no super-
abundant supply of that labour in that country ; that that
labour, as compared with other descriptions of labour in Ireland,
remains dear—almost, if not quite, as dear as such labour in
this country, and that so far from their being in constant want
of employment, they are the very class amongst whom combi-
nations exist in order to obtain high wages from their em-
ployers.—( Hear, hear.) I heard an instance of this only a
very short time ago, in the town of Galway, where, amidst the
greatest distress, there happened to he two or three public
buildings progressing, and, consequently, when there was work
for masons, those masons were holding out for more than
2s. 6d. a day. —(Cheers.) I say, then, if you are applying
these large sums for labour, that the word labour is a complete
delusion when applied in connexion with distress, because it
includes a great deal of skilled labour. I come, therefore, to
the conclusion on this general view, that the finances of the
eountry being severely pressed by the demand for the relief of
those who are famishing in Ireland, that the manufactures and
commerce of this country, that the wages of industry in this
country likewise, being severely tasked by the present state of
Ireland, and by the efforts which are being made by Parliament
and by Government to relieve that distress, unless this Bill is
one which goes immediately to the relief of destitution, it is
not one which this House should adopt.—(Hear, hear.) For
the short reasons which I have given—for reasons in which
I think the Honourable Member for Sunderland must
concur—for the reason that three-fourths of the sum pro.
posed to be advanced would not go to the relief of desti-
tution, I come to the conclusion that it would not be wise in
the present circumstances of the country to accede to this Bill.
lam not at this hour going to enter—as I might do, were it
earlier—into the question whether it is advisable for the Go-
vernment, under any circumstances, to make grants of money
for the promotion of railways. There are questions connected
with those matters which would make me differ from some of
the opinions that have been urged against the Bill of my Noble.
Friend ; but at all events I think that any advances which are
made to railways should be made in a different state of the
country, and in accordance with those principles on which
Governments generally proceed when they are making ad-
vances to public works.—(Hear, hear.) I am far from saying
that there are no great public works to which Government
might not under particular circumstances make grants of
public money. In the fens, as the Noble Lord knows, it has
been done with great advantage, and there are now great
public works in Ireland which have been undertaken under
various Governments, and which have been most useful in
their results, and certainly I should be most loth to say that
railways would not be most useful to Ireland; but
I am only dealing with the prnpositioi before the House.
Now, with regard to my Noble Friend's speech, and to the
manner in which he has brought forward this Bill, I am far
from making any complaint of his bringing a measure before the
House which he conscientiously believes will be of great service
to Ireland, and which will tend to relieve the misery of that coun-
try; but the Noble Lord must at the same time see that it was not
equally reasonable in him to expect that if the Ministers of the
Queen did not take the same view that he did of the utility of
this measure, they should adopt a measure of which they dis-
approve. The Noble Lord might have brought it forward,
and have laid it on the table, as a measure to be taken or not
by the Government ; but he thought it so important, that the
Noble Lord the Member for Newark (Lord J. Manners) de-
clared his intention of proceeding with the measure, and of
eliciting the opinion of Parliament with regard to it. But it
is quite impossible for any Government to allo,v the finances of
the country to be taken out of their hands to be placed under
the direction of the Noble Lord. Therefore, whilst I quite
concede that he had the best motive for bringing forward this
measure—and though I think he was quite right in saying that
if he carries such a measure he would himself 'be-responsible
for carrying it into execution—though I think he showed great
spirit in expressing that determination—(A laugh)—yet, on:the
other hand, I must say, feeling myself responsible for the con-
duct of affairs in this very important crisis, all I can do is to
bring forward those measures which I in my heart believe will
tend most to the relief of destitution in Ireland, and to ask
Parliament to consent to those measures.—(Cheers.) If I
am supported by Parliament I shall then feel courage to go on
and to brave all the difficulties with which I am encompassed,
but I do hold it would be most injurious to this country to have
at this moment any Minister at the head of affairs who may be
baffled in any effort he may make, whose opinions are not in
accordance with the ruling opinions of the Members of the
House of Commons, and whose position is still further embar-
rassid by having to carry out measures of which he does not
approve.—( Cheers.) I must repeat, therefore, that Ido not
think I was taking any other than a constitutional course when
I intimated to those who I believed were disposed to support
the Government that, with respect to the management of the
finances of this country in this great crisis, we must have the
majority of the House of Commons with us, or we shall not be
' competent to conduct the Government of this country.—
(Cheers. ) I think the Noble Lord has had nothing to com-
plain of. With his convictions I think he was perfectly right
in bringing forward this measure, and in his readiness to carry
it out if Parliament should consent to it. It is now for the
House of Commons to decide whether this measure is that
which he has described it to be—the sole measure which is
essential for the benefit of Ireland, or whether, on the con-
trary, the course which we are pursuing is the best calcu-
lated to promote the welfare of that country, and of the
whole empire. (The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidst
loud cheering.)
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK rote to explain a sentence he
had used in reference to a ship which had been built on the
plan suggested by the Hon. and Gallant Member for Maryle-
bone. It was said of a ship when she rolled in the trough of
the sea, that she rolled like a drunken man, and his allusion
was to that phrase. He was net aware that such an allusion
could have the slightest reference to the Hon. and Gallant
Gentleman, and nothing could be further from his intention
than to apply it to him.—(Hear.)
For several minutes the House was in a state of great excitement,
during which the cries for division were loud, frequent, and vehe-
ment

The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading
Against it 332
Majority against the Bill -214
The Bill is consequently lost.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Half-past Three o'clock.

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f SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—'TUESDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-8 to 1 agst Brunette, 12 to
' 1 agst The Roarer (100 to 8 taken)-13 to 1 agst St. Leger-
-16 to 1 agst Avoca.
CHESTER Cur.-22 to 1 agst Medicant (taken freely)-
25 to 1 agst The Lamb (offered)-35 to 1 agst Mickey Free
(taken)-50 to 1 agst Emigrant (offered)-1,000 to 20 agst
Princess Alice (taken)-1,000 to 18 agst Intrepid (offers to
take)-1,000 to 15 agst Inheritress (taken)-1,000 to 15
agst The Conjuror (offers to take). None others named.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-14 to 1 agst Lady Sarah
(offered).
DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (offered)-11 to 1 agst
Epirote :(offers to take)-13 to 1 agst Planet (offered)-23
to 1 agst Glentilt (offered)-250 to 10 agst Conyngham
(taken)-500 to 5 agst Bedlam (offered). Nothing else
named.
OAKS.-8 to 1 offered on the field.
BRIXWOB.TH STEEPLE CHASE.—TUESDAY.
Handicap of 10 sovs. each.
Mr. Elmore's Grey Frieze, lOst 101 b ..... .. .....(Butler) 1
Lord Steatlnnore's Walter Gay, lOst 121 b 2
Mr. Wesley's Gayhurst, lOst 41b
Seven others started. Won by about two lengths, Gay-
burst beaten about the same distance.
HUNTING APPOINTMENT.
Her Majesty's stag hounds meet on Friday at Maidenhead
Thicket, at half-past eleven.

MRS. GORE'S NEW TALE, " TEMPTATION AND
ATONEMENT.".—The simple and affecting pages of this work
seem to have made an unusual sensation, and the favour
with which they have been received will, it is to be hoped,
prove the means of encouraging this popular novelist to
another such divergence from her usual course. A story of
powerful interest, simply told, is decidedly the only thing
likely at the present day to rivet the attention of the public.
We do not say that Alm. Gore can write like Defoe or
Godwin, but to remind the reader of them is to achieve no
small degree of fame.
ROBBERY OF 10,000/.—Notwithstanding the ex-
pose at the Mansion-house on Saturday concerning the doings
of the swell mob in the City, and the caution:the Lord Mayor
threw out, a robbery of no less a sum than 10,0001., in Bank
of England notes, was yesterday, about one o'clock, effected
in the vicinity of the Royal Exchange. A clerk in the
service of Strahan, Paul, and Bates, bankers, in the Strand,
had been collecting in the course of the morning at several
of the City banks, and the last place he called at was
Deacon's bank, in Birchin-lane. On leaving he carelessly
deposited his leather case, containing the above amount in
notes, in his coat-pocket, without a chain or any security
being attached to it. It was raining at the time, and, during
the confusion that existed in that crowded neighbourhood,
some of the expert swell mob gentry managed to extract the
case and get clear off. On the clerk discovering his loss he
instantly repaired to the Mansion-house, and gave informa-
tion to the Forresters, who in a short time succeeded in ob-
taining an accurate list of the notes and their numbers. They
are as follows :-1,0001., dated June 13, 1846, No. 48,670;
1,0001., No. 68,787; 1,0001., No. 68,850; 1,000/., No. 70,652;
1,000/., No. 70,665 ; 1,0004 No. 70,666 ; 5001., dated March
12, 1846, No. 51,339 ; 500/., same date, No. 52,276 ; 3001.,
May 11, 1846, No. 57,107; 200/., March 100846, No. 38,362 ;
2001., same date, No. 39,888; 200/., same date, No. 40,488
100/., May 9, 1846, N 0.84,172 ; 501., Oct. 8, 1846, No. 40,152
50/., same date, No. 43,560 ; 20/, Oct. 5, 1846, No. 83,274
201., No. 83,275 ; 51., Dec. 2, 1846, No. 35,910 ; 51, Jan. 13,
1847, No. 59,650; and Si., No. 94,426. There can be doubt
the clerk was watched from place to place. Late last night
Messrs. Bush and 'Slams, the solicitors for the Association
of Bankers, forwarded by the mails a list of the notes, not
only to every town throughout England, but also to the
Continent. A reward of 5001. is offered for the restitution of
the notes.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—The Countess
Dowager Lyttelton, who, ever since the Court removed to
Buckingham Palace, has been confined with an attack of
influenza, is now fast recovering, and her Ladyship is so
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the end of the present week.
The Earl of Auckland
received at dinner on and the Hon. Misses Eden
Charles Adam, Colonel Ola tdufirelluay evening, Vice-Admiral Sir
The Chairman of the Excise Fitivad a distinguished circle.
Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at d an interview with the
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COMPLETION OF MISS BURNEY'S DIARY.
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COMPLETING THE WORK.
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Will be READY for DELIVERY with the MAGAZINES,
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THE POACHER'S WIFE,
In two Volumes, post Bvo.
Orders received by all Booksellers and Librarians.

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tnd the Public for their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
dell of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
,equested to be addressed.

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previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame-
Mutely disposed of according to instructions.
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public,
are respectfully informed, that on SATURDAY EVENING, Feb.
20, will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera of
LA. FAVORITA.
Fernando, Signer Gardoni (his second appearance); Alfonso XI.
(King of Castile), Signor Superchi (his second appearance) ; Baldas-
san, Signor Bouche (his second appearance) ; Leonora, Millie. San-
chioli , Ines, Mdlle..Nascio (her second appearance).
After which a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaus, by
M. Paul Taglioni, entitled

Cali-ALIA ; ou, LE CIiEVALIER INCONSTANT.
Coralia, 3ldlle. C. Rosati (her second appearance); the Knight liul-
debrand, M. Paul Taglioni; Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdlle.
Petit; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. GosSelin ; Fraisondin, M.
Venefra ; Fisherman, M. di Mattia.
DANCES.—Second Tableau—Scene Danzante des Caprices, by
3ldlle. Rosati.
Third Tableau—Pas de la Nymphe des Eaux et de See Compagnes,
by 3ldlles. Rosati, Montfort, Cassan, and the Corps de Ballet.
Fourth Tableau—Pas de In Rosiere, by Mdlle. Taglioni (her second
appearance) ; Pas de Deux, by M. P. Taglioni and Mdllo. Rosati
Deutche Rhein, Valse des Pages et des Demoiselles d'Honneur, by
the Corps de Ballet.
Fifth Tableau—Pas, be M. d'Or and Mdlle. C. Baucourt ; Bal:abile
des Halbardiers, by Mdme. Stephan, Ildlles. Honore, Cassan, The-
venot, Bertin, Julienne, L'Amoureux, and the Corps de Ballet ; Pas
de l'lnconstance, by Wile. Rosati, Mdme. Stephan, and M. Taglioni.
Doors °pea at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW OPERA.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed the new Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF
lITJNGART. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Harri-
son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Ulla, Miss
R. Isaacs.
After which the new Ballet, callod THE PRETTY SICILIAN.
Count Amede, M. Croce; Rosella, Mdlle. Baderna.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE
SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far-
rell, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs.
Ilumby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescuc, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey-
nolds, &c.
During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac
des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Helen" Polkas, &c.
To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza,
called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil
Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton,
Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
TO-MO "ROW EVENING (THURSDAY)
Will be performed a new Comic Drama, called .£5OO REWAXtD.
Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, IL Butler, Miss
Viliars, and Miss Forster.
After which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by
Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner,
Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley.
To be followed by the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Captain
Popham, Mr. Wigan; Dabster, Mr. Keeley; Miss Fanny Curry,
Mili Dickinson.
2, conclude with the Farce of MRS. WHITE.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
This being Ash-Wednesday, no performance.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN
BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith;
Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnichre,
Mr. Wright ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, 31.11.
Yates ; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet
of LA G!SELLE, entitled THE• PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the
Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford,
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Culleniord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be performed a Grand Opera, swilled ANNE BOLKYN.
Henry VIII., Mr. Bodda ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rochford, Mr. Wal-
ton; Smeaton, Miss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Tana
Seymour, Miss Smithson ; Anne Boleyn, Miss Bassano.
In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta-
lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performanceis.
Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame-
rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture."
To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomimes, en-
titled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASIME ;
or, The One-eyed Genf. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon„ Mr.
Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Mareiball ;
Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. F, LEMAITRF,
Will be performed Eugene Sue's popular Play of LES 3IYST}at ES
PARIS. Jaques Ferrand, M. Lemaitre ; Rigolette, 3fUlle.
Fouquet.
Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 28. Doors opene lat
half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight.
Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's
Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office.

ETHIOPIAN .ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
The elebrated THIOPIAN SEENAERS Pell, Ilarngt:on,
White, c
Stanwood,E and Germon, will have the, honour of reps ;at-
lug their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Thee tre,
on SATURDAY EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com-
mences at Half-past Eight. The Programme will be varied on
each occasion. Their hext DAY PERFORMANCE will take :place
on Monday Morning, Feb. 22.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.

TUE WEATHER. si.mtitir 717.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest,-48 ; Noon, 52,
BAROMETER, 29 99.—WIND W., fine spring weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY..
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almost amounted to direct satire. As it would
he impossible to do justice to the arguments of Sir
ROBERT PEEL without extending our commentaries
to a length from which we are at present altogether
precluded, we shall abstain from entering upon any
detailed synopsis of his oration, and content ourselves
with referring to the report published elsewhere.
Anything more lucid, in arrangement, or more posi-
tive in deduction, could not well have been desired
than the arrangement and the deductions which cha-
racterise this remarkable speech. The Right Hon.
Baronet restricted himself to the examination and
negation of the Railway Bill introduced by Lord
GEORGE BENTINCK. He expressly evaded the ques-
tion as to the most advisable measures to be adopted
by the Legislature for the moral and physical re-
demption of Ireland, and, considering the almost
idiotic extravagance of the plan then lying upon the
table of the House, it would have been equally inap-
propriate and injudicious to embarrass the immediate
subject of debate by plunging into a labyrinth so ex-
tensive and intricate. There was the political char-
latan, with his legislative nostrum, tarrying the
pleasure of the Commons and waiting, from the de-
cision of the popular representatives, either for his
triumphant installation in office, or for his ig-
nominious dismissal. Any complication ,of the
actual question would have been mal-apropos
and unfortunate. Besides which there would
have been a mournful incongruity in the asso-
ciation of the soundest opinions of statesmanship
upon the present condition of Ireland with anything
so irredeemably silly and preposterous as the Bentinck
proposition. Sir ROBERT PEEL, therefore, confined
himself to the utterance of his views upon the merits
of that proposition.
In deliberating upon the propriety of lending the public
credit to the extent of 16,000,0001., the ex-Premier
very naturally directed the attention of the represen-
tatives in Parliament to the financial condition and
the financial prospects of the country at the moment
that extraordinary act of munificence is demanded.
The Right Hon. Baronet especially reminded the
House of the accumulation of exigencies which
have latterly tended to fetter ,the move-
ments of the Government in regard to the
employment and distribution of the national
revenues. He recalled to the recollection of his
fellow-legislators the coincident increase of drain
upon the public purse, and decrease of the
probability of maintaining the present flourish-
ing state of the revenue. With provisions' at an
almost unprecedented price, with manufactures
in a most 'depressed condition, with cotton nearly at
its maximum cost, with the ports of Russia closed
against the exportation of grain by an imperial ukase,
with a singular elevation of prices in the
markets of the United States, with an addition
of fully 400,0001. upon our military estimates,
and without the smallest reduction in any one of our
miscellaneous estimates, Sir ROBERT asks Parlia-
ment if the country be exactly in the position to in-
crease its present enormous responsibilities by the
addition of not less than sixteen millions. The. Right
Hon. Baronet goes further ; he calculates from these
considerations, and from the incidental expenditure of
somewhere about eleven millions in aid of the suffer-
ing population of Ireland, that there will be, on the
sth of April, 1848, a deficit of not less than seven or
eight millions. He then refers to the precarious and de-
pressed condition of the money market—to the decadence
of the Three per Cents. from about par to 91/.—to the
recent decrease of five per cent. in the value of funded

property—to the circumstance of a particular descrip-
tion of Exchequer-bills being either at a discount
or at not a farthing more than from 4s. to ss.
premium, and especially to the ominous and question-
able state of our foreign relations. Bearing in
mind this extraordinary posture of affairs, the ex-
Premier treats the notion as little less than positively
insane, that Parliament should be expected "to
authorise the Government to contract engagements
which, sprezd over four years, may amount to the
sum of sixteen millions." What is the prin-
ciple upon which the Right Honourable Baronet
arrives at this conclusion ? It is upon the great and
immutable principle that public credit is a part of
the national property, that public credit is " one of
the elements of our financial strength," that it is im-
possible to pawn so much or so much of public
credit without rendering the nation liable to an
enormous "risk of loss." " Depend upon it," says
Sir R. PEEL, " depend upon it that a very consider-
able application of the public credit to the encourage-
ment of commercial enterprize at a time when other

great exertions are necessary, entails great public ex-
pense and engenders the necessity for increased taxa-
tion." Those are the ripe and solid arguments by
which the specious propositions of Lord GEORGE
BENTINCX. have been dissipated. Those are the sound

and golden materials of thought out of which the
Parliamentary reputation of Sir ROBERT PEEL has
been constructed, and doubtless they, as well as the
inherent absurdity of the railway bubble scheme for
the salvation of Ireland, influenced the House of
Commons in rejecting that scheme by so magnificent
a majority.

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man has been constantly called into requisition to
provide checks against the perversion of authority, in
order that the benefits attendant upon its existence,
ra
indispensable in some shape or other, may not be
counterbalanced by evils of greater magnitude. For
the protection of life and property a
of authority is necessarily conferred upon the civil
force of the State. But the greater the powers with
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their being un-
worthily used ; and hence the utmost vigilance is re-
quired on the part of the public to guard against any
undue encroachment upon their rights and liberties.
If we enjoy in this country—as we certainly do—the
blessings of freedom beyond what have ever been
attained in any other, it is to the zealous vigilance
which we have perpetually sustained over the pro-
ceedings of authorised bodies that we are mainly
indebted for their existence and security. The love
of liberty and impartial justice is so innate with
Englishmen, that notwithstanding these principles
have had to be defended in the persons of most un-
favourable character, they have nevertheless been as
keenly upheld by the public as if the injured parties
had ranked among the highest and most affluent of
the land. Whenever, therefore, the privileges, and espe-
cially the privilege of personal liberty, which he
cherishes beyond all price, appear to be threatened by the
conduct of the appointed guardians of justice—no
matter whether the encroachment emanates from
design, neglect, or incompetency, no matter whether
the individual affected in his rights be of high or low
degree--the Englishman is always on the alert to re-
monstrate, and, if necessary, to resist the attempted
innovation.

The inadequate, and unsatisfactory performance
of the duties in the departments of the ma-
gistracy and police frequently call for severe
animadversion. By the merest accident, a female dill

repute was saved from being unjustly imprisoned for
seven days. She was charged, before Mr. ARNOLD,
by a police•constable of the name of Amos, with
having obstructed him in his duty by dis-
orderly conduct. The charge was totally
denied ; but she accused the policeman with
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outrageous indecency towards her, from which she was
only rescued by the timely arrival of another female.
-

1:o screen himself from the accusation she menaced,
he took her into custody and turned accuser against
her, as already stated. The magistrate gave credit
to the oath of the constable, as opposed to the un-
corroborated declaration of the defendant, and sen-
tenced her to seven days' incarceration. Within an
hour after, her companion, who had witnessed the
assault, arrived at the office, and confirmed the
prisoner's statement, whereupon she was at once re-
leased. Before, however, the discharge took place
Mr. ARNOLD examined Sergeant COLEMAN as to
whether another female was in company with the
defendant on the night she was deprived of her liberty.
The sergeant admitted that there was. We do not
desire to bear hardly upon Mr. ARNOLD, but recently
raised to the bench ; yet it is clear that, before he
passed sentence, he should have remanded the pri-
soner, and given her an opportunity of producing the

Madrid papers of the 9th have arrived.
Don ENRIQUE has been ordered to await at Barcelona
the further orders of the Government. His bride has
been sent to a convent, and her brother, the Conde DE
CASTELLANE, banished from Madrid. General PAVIA
has taken the oath of office as Minister of War, and
General ARBIERA is to be the new Minister of Marine.
Senor SANTILLANE will, it is said, retire from the Mi-
nistry of Finance to make way for Count BRESSON'S
"man of all work," Senor MON.

MADRID BOMA, FED. 9.—The Three per Cents, were
done at 32 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 201 ; the
Five per Cents., at 20i; and the Coupons at 19. •

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
It was reported in Paris that a Cabinet Council was
to be held on that day to consider a proposal made by
the Marquis of NORMLNBY that he should quit Paris.
All the papers, with the significant exceptions of the
Debuts and the Epoque, comment on the dispatches of
Lords NORMANDY and PAL3IERSTON. The Presse
is the only one which ventures to justify M. G trizoT,
and the only reason it can give for such justification is
that it reposes confidence in him. We should
imagine from the savage attack made on M. TRIERS to-
wards the conclusion of the article that the chances of
that gentleman'f, return to office are greatly increased.
The Constitutionnel gives the folloning resume of the
affair:—

" Not only are the Governments of France and England
divided as to the interpretation of a treaty ; not only does a
casus belli appear to exist as to the future, between the two
countries; not only have mutual accusations connected with
the negotiation of the marriages caused irritation on both
sides; but a personal quarrel has arisen between the two
Ministries, and between the English Ambassador and our
Minister. To causes of dissension are added causes of
almost absolute rupture. It is difficult to comprehend what
relations can now subsist between Lord Normanby and M.
Guizot, and between the two Cabinets of France and England.
Beyond the point to which M. Guizot has brought our af-
fairs, is there anything but war? Who is the author of this
last complication? A fortnight ago M. Guizot expressed an
intention to reply to the moderation of the English Parlia-
ment by silence. The Opposition, not for itself, but in
order not to add to the embarrassments of the Govern-
ment, declined speaking. On the following day, how-
ever, all the Ministerial iournals exclaimed that M. Thiers,
challenged by M. Guizot, had not dared to ascend the
tribune. 111. Thiers had a right to reply to this impru-
dent defiance by immediately re-opening the discussion.
He did not do so, but still offered to M. Guizot the
honourable means of remaining sib nt. It is known with
what hauteur M. Guizot rejected this ofier. The dis-
cussion took place. The speech of M. Thiers, an eloquent
exposition of the liberal policy of France, has an excel-
lent effect. It has been considered by the world as a pa-
triotic effort to reconcile the two constitutional nations, by
softening down the causes of their dissensions, to the great
advantage of the two countries, and of liberty. What, how-
ever, has been done by M. Guizot, the provoker of this
discussion? He, the great master of words—he who,
according to all his journals, is always so well prepared
—he whose great meat is said to be that he is
capable of defending from the tribune even a policy
in which he has taken no part—behold him throw-
ing new brands of discord between France and England !
envenoming the quarrel between the two Governments
by a personal dispute! Was this the motive of his insisting
so strongly upon a revival of a debate which only two
days before he was so anxious to extinguish ! Let it
be remarked, at the same time, that the isolation of France
on the Continent seems to be changing its character. One
of the Powers which had kept itself out of the discussion has
at last taken part with England ; and it is to be feared that
this is not the only one who will do so. It is true that M. Guizot
has, as a consolation for the dangers into which his recent
mode of defence in the Chamber has brought the nation, the
shelter which he finds for himself in the bosom of the ma-
jority. Yes, he has found one of those majorities which it is
so difficult to obtain, whose complaisance can never be worn
out, which has not even sufficient resolution to warn a Mi-
nister by its murmurs of the irreparable faults he commits
in the tribune, which is constantly applauding him,
which accompanies with its perpetual congratulations a
Government which is leading the country to the very brink
of an abyss. Our Ministers ought, however, to know that,
though thus appearing to be divided, their responsibility is
not the less one and entire. What, let us ask, is the re-
sponsibility of an assembly under similar circumstances?
Every one of those who vote to the last for a culpable
Ministry excuses himself when he finds the evil at its height,
upon the ground of his ignorance of facts and the general
confidence with which the Ministry has inspired him. In
such matters the adhesion of a majority like that which has
approved the unfortunate speech of M. Guizot, is not an
attenuation of faults committed ; it is not even an argument."
The Constitutionnel is right. The present complica-
tion is entirely owing to the cacoethes loquendi of M.
GUIZOT, who, sinking the statesman in the pedagogue,
mistook the Chamber of Deputies for the Sarbonne, and
lectured away as was his wont in former years, exhibit-
ing the same disregard for facts, indulging in the same
monomania for self-display, and forgetting that it is not
quite so safe to inuendo falsehood against a living am-
bassador as it is to sneer at the accuracy of a dead his-
torian.
-In the meanwhile the foreign relations of France are
getting every day more unsatisfactory. "It is asserted,"
says the Siecle, " that the Government has received im-
portant dispatches from Tunis, among which is a note
from the Prime Minister of the BEY to our Charg6 d'Af-
faires, respecting the serious embarrassments into which
the BEY is thrown by the conduct of the Porte, and
asking France to make a serious and firm declaration in
his favour, in accordance with the promises made to him
by the Ministry. This note is said to have thrown M.
GUIZOT into a state of great agitation."
In Switzerland, England has taken a decided part,
which cannot but contrast favourably with the mean
and equivocating policy which M. GUIZOT is pursuing
in that country. The Union Monarchigue says :
" We learn from a certain source that the son of Sir Robert
Peel, who is ad interim, charged with the direction of the
English embassy in Switzerland during the absence of Mr.
v e en havingoi:
mndr etabchiaektedi
Morier, has received instructions from Lord Palmerston to
signify to the Vorort his approval of the answer made by the
Federal Diet to the collective note of the three Northern
Powers. This makes another difference between the Cabi-
nets of Paris and London, M. Guizot having directed the
French legation in Switzerland not to express any sentiments
for or against, in this matter. Thus the same policy is still
adhered to by the Juste-Milieu."
The Moniteur has the following from Oceania :
"The Minister of Marine has just received from the Go-
vernor of the French possessions in Oceania reports to Oct. 5,
and which are a continuation of that of June 4, previously
received. During that interval hostilities had not been re-
newed. By means of works of defence executed at Tumavia,
our troops being less occupied, held the insurgent Indians in
check in the valleys, and prevented them from assuming the
offensive. The communications between Papaiti and our
different posts were fully assured. Our native allies had
made several incursions into the valleys, and brought back
upwards of sixty prisoners, amongst whom were four chiefs,
and particularly the principal chief who had deserted from
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for the future."

These papers, on the authority of intelligence from
Germany, contradict the report circulated a few days
since, that the Emperor of RUSSIA had prohibited the
export of grain from his dominions.
The Courrier de Marseilles states, that on Wednesday
last, the Greek ship Socrates, bearing the Russian flag,
and laden with 5,000 hectolitres of corn, was wrecked
on the rocks near the fort Saint Jean, and within 100
yards of the port of Marseilles.
The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 85c. ; the Five per
Cents., 1180 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,240 f. ;
Rouen, 860 f. ; Havre, 670 f. • Great Northern, 6111. 25c. ;
Avignon, 825 f.; Vierzon, 570 f: • Bordeaux, 532 f. 50c. ; Troyes
and Montereau, 312 f. 50c. ; Basle, 205 f. ; Paris and Strasburg,
490 f. Lyons and Avignon, 485 f. ; Cette, 4571. 50c.
BUSINESS DOIN:
Northern,
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Llrost.: Tours and Nantes, 466 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons,
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ntia %—Namur
Austrian, 216 Luxembourg, 2;6—Madrid and Vale , _
and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 1 AA:sigAnTon,TISI2ESI. ;
Dutch Rhenish, 4h—Great Indian2s,Pitsilanuasublaror,a,:id—MletuasliQa,n6s4an.d
F.-o:lEalrGsNeillltesAlaLnWd

THE --
.L.RE POST-OFFICE AND THE PARCEL COMPANIES.
—Yesterday, by command of 04 Postmaster-general, an
order was circulated amongst the " receivers" of post letters
and newspapers in the metropolis, to the effect that any of
them who are now pledged to take in parcels for the
" London Parcel Delivery Company," the " Parcel Mail,"
or the "Parcel Post," are immediately to give up such con-
nexion or cease to be "receivers" of letters for the Post-
office. This order has caused a considerable deal of con-
sternation among the body of receivers, as many of them, in
consequence of the Post •office authorities not having signi-
fied their disapprobation of the above companies, or that
they were in any way acting contrary to law, have unhesi-
tatingly become receivers of parcels for the above companies.
The late Mr. Byng's estate has been valued for
probate duty at 400,0004 _

The tide yesterday was higher than on any pre-
vious occasion since the 31st of December, 1845.

witness, who ultimately established her innocence.
By neglecting to do this he committed a serious
error. Again, Sergeant COLE➢IIN should have been
severely reprimanded, for not voluntarily tendering
the evidence which the magistrate extorted from him
in the latest stage of the case. If this esprit du corps
be suffered to prevail with the police with impunity,
the greatest injustice will be at times perpetrated
against those who, by reason of their poverty and
norance combined, are least able to protect them-
selves. The Commissioners of Police have since pre-
ferred a charge against Amos for having grossly
assaulted the young female. Mr. BROUGHTON has
adjourned the case, with the proper observation—that
an indictment for perjury, and not a charge for a
summary conviction, should have emanated from the
Commissioners. As we must have police with ex-
tensive powers, the only way to protect the public is
to make striking examples of those who are found
guilty of abusing them. This, however, is a duty
which the Police Commissioners seem in no wise
disposed to discharge. Yet, until they fulfil it upon
every fitting occasion, they will not gain that confi-
dence from the public which it should be their sole
aim to acquire.

--401.---

PATENT BILL.
An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Bradford
complaining of certain clauses in this Bill.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
Mr. FARNHAM presented a petition from the guardians
of the poor of Leicester and Nottingham praying for the
abolishment of the law of settlement, and that the support of
the poor might be made a national charge.
DUTY ON TEA.
An Hon. MEMBER presented a petition praying for the
abolition of the duty on tea.
IMF'ORTATION OF GRAIN INTO IRELAND.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the
Drogheda Union, praying the House to cause an immediate
importation of grain into Ireland.
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.
The HoN. BARONET also presented a petition from one of
the parishes in that union, complaining of the present mode
of rating electoral districts.
THE IRISH MEASURES.
Mr. PROTHEROE presented a petition from several in-
fluencial householders in Halifax, expressing alarm lest the
measures proposed for the relief of Ireland would increase the
taxation on the people of this country; and praying for the
abolition of the duty on tea.
Mr. B. B. CABBELL moved for a return of the number
of persons who had received relief. in the union workhouses
in England and Wales from 1844 to 1846, together with the
quantity arid amount of out-door relief afforded by them
during that period.
EJECTMENTS IN IRELAND.
Lord DUNCAN said during the ten years he had occupied
a seat in that House he had often had to thank the House for
the indulgence which it had extended to him on various
occasions, and he trusted that that kindness and indulgence
would be extended to him whilst he called the attention of
the House to a subject cf a personal nature.
He was anxious to take the earliest opportunity of vindi-
cating his character, as a statement had gone abroad that
some statements which he made in that House a few evenings
ago were brought forward by him for the purpose of casting
aspersions on the conduct of a Noble Lord, a Member of the
other House of Parliament (Lord Lucan). It had been
stated he lied acted with discourtesy in not having intimated
to that Noble Lord that he intended to bring forward the
statements he did. He trusted that he knew his duty' to
that House too well to act with discourtesy to any indi-
vidual in that House or elsewhere. It had been stated
that he had made charges against an individual. Now he
begged tc call to the recollection of the House that when
his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member for Marylebone
(Sir C. Napier) referred to some statements in a blue book,
with respect to certain union workhouses in Ireland, he (Lord
Duncan) rose after he sat down, and read the charges con-
tained in a blue book, which appeared to him (Lord Duncan)
to be of a most appalling character. He stated—and lie
thought it would be in the recollection of the House that
he did so—that he trusted those charges would be speedily
denied; but it would be equally within the recolleetion of
the House that he made no charge against any individual.
He merely read an extract from the blue book, the state-
ments in which were sanctioned by the. Poor-law Com-
missioners, by whose assistants they were collected,
and were published upon the authority of the Government.
He disclaimed having made any charges like those imputed
to him. He said this, and he repeated it, that the constitu-
ency which he represented (Bath) 34-oald not be satisfied if
they were taxed to pay poor-rates for the relief of Ireland,
whilst no such tax was levied on those in Ireland who were
in a fit condition to pay it. He trusted the statement would
yet be denied, that wealthy parties in Ireland refused to pay
that tax, which the English people were called upon to pay
in lieu of them. No reflections which might be made in that
House or elsewhere on his conduct would prevent him from
doing what he considered his duty to his constituents and
the people of this country.

- POLICE.
On the motion of Mr. FREWEN the following return
was ordered ;—" Return showing the number of police con-
'stables in each county, or divisionof a county, in England and
Wales, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 93, distinguishingfeach
class or denomination ; including, also, a return of the name
and population of every petty sessions district, in the
said comaties, the number ofpolice-constables stationed in each
district, and the amount paid to the county police rate by
each district; together with an account, in detail, of the se-
veral items of expenditure for the year 1846.
SUPPLY.
The House, on the motion of Mr. PARKER (in the ab-
sence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer), resolved itself
into a Committee of Supply, and a vote of 18,310,7001. was
agreed to for the purpose of meeting outstanding Exchequer-
bills.

The House then resumed, and the report was brought up.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the
West Riding of Yorkshire in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill,
and also a petition from the members of the United Trades'
Association for the Protection of Industry, signed by 10,860
names, in favour of the same measure.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the Chamber of
Commerce of Dundee against the principle of any interference
with factory labour.
ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE FACTORIES' BILL.
On the order of the day being read,
Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY said, that during the course
of a considerable Parliamentary experience his feelings had
invariably been the same on the subject of any interference
with the manufacturing interests of this country, and he con-
sidered it his duty on that occasion to state his opinion, not
that he had the presumption to consider that his opinion
would have any weight in the House, but having it in his
power to bring forward the opinions of others which had most
probably escaped the attention of this House. The other
evening he heard the Noble Lord, the Member for the city
of London, state that he considered that the question now
had become, not a question of principle, but a question of
degree. He did not consider that such was the case; it was
still a question of principle, and he thought also, beyond
all doubt, that the interference which took place in 1833
was not considered by the House as an interference which
at all established that the principle was conceded, and that
hereafter it must only be a question of degree. What were
the circumstances under which the Act of 1833 was passed?
It was well known to many Members of that house that a
serious struggle took place in that Parliament, and in that
year, between the adverse parties as to whether a Commission
of Inquiry on the state of the factories should or should not
be established. By the votes of the House the Commission
was issued, and upon investigation it was found that in all
the factories of Great Britain and Ireland—at least the
cotton factories—the average time of labour was twelve
hours. Some of them worked sixteen, or perhaps seventeen
hours, and others a lesser number. But they considered that
twelve hours was not only the average time for labour in
those factories, but also a judicious settlement ; and they
gave it as their opinion that twelve hours should be the
amount of labour sanctioned by Parliament. It appeared to
him that it was only an adjustment to generalise the prin-
ciple, without interfering, or seeing the right to interfere to
any extent to diminish the hours of labour. He had heard
with great regret the declaration of the Noble Lord that he
considered it merely a question of degree. It was the ques-
tion of degree which they had settled before interfering with
the principle, and that in his opinion, and in the opinion of
others better informed, would interfere with the manufac-
turing interests of this country. The first authority he should
quote on the subject of the inexpediency of this interference
was a name well known in that House—it was Mr. Leonard
Homer, one of the principal Commissioners, who gave the in-
formation on which the Act of 1833 was passed. Mr.
Leonard Horner was, in 1837, appointed a Commissioner for
the express purpose of giving such information as
might settle the question, and an Act of Parliament
was passed in the same year which established
twelve hours as the proper term for labour in the
cotton factories in the United Kingdom. Mr. Leonard Horner
was appointed an inspector under this Act,having unde his
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it was not a very rapid alteration, for he would give a
memorandum from his report in 1845---twelve years after he
had been made an inspector of the factories. He (Sir
A. L. Hay) had got his opinion in his favour for twelve
years, and he would charge those twelve years against their
opinion. In his report of the 16th of May, 1845, he
gave an account of an experiment made at Preston
by reducing the hours of labour to eleven, and the re-
sult of that experiment did not justify any further legislative
restriction of the hours of labour—on the plea that if the
hours were shortened the amount of produce was lessened,
andthat in a large proportion of the manufacturing towns,
if the hours of labour were reduced, the wages would also be
reduced. He thought that the experiment would certainly
be fraught with danger to the manufacturing interests of the
country, and danger not only to the manufacturers, but to the
agriculturists also. The manufacturers at that moment, in
the part of Scotland to which he belonged—and where the
manufacture of cotton was carried on to a great
extent, were only • working ten hours a day—
but why ? it was from the depression of trade.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TAE NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TYNE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY.—On Sunday even-
ing, the 14th inst., a young gentleman named Robson, son
of Mr. Robson, draper, Dean street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
arrived at the Hswden station just as the train for New-
castle was leaving, and in making an attempt to enter it fell
or slipt, and several of the carriages passed over him. He was
taken to Newcastle, but expired before arriving there.
Mr. Secretary Redington's office, at his family
seat, Kilcornan, county of Galway, was entered on Tuesday
night by burglars, who rifled the desks of some silver.

-
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.) '

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The-SPEAKER took the Chair, but no House was formed
until nearly a quarter past Twelve o'clock.
SECOND READING.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed
Exeter and Exmouth Railway
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Leeds, Durham, and Newcastle
Extension, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in
Crimple Valley, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Borough-
bridge Branch.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglecliff and Stillington
Extension).
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrowgate and Pateley
Branch, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to
Northallerton, &c.)
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Extension
from Athlone to Galway).
Several Bills were brought up and read a first time.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Petitions in favour of the Bill were presented by Mr.
Ainsworth, from workers in Mr. Ryder's factory, Bolton;
from other workers in Bolton and in Huddersfield ; by Mr.
,Blackburn, from Warrington ; by an Hon. Member from
shopkeepers and others at Warrington ; by Mr. Ferrand,
from Bradford ; and from a working man in Manches-:
ter, setting forth that he had been engaged for
twenty years in weaving cotton, that he was convinced the
Bill would expel the heartburnings which had so long
existed between the employer and the employed, and that
many middle-aged men who had been compelled to leave
their work, in consequence of the protracted hours, would
return to it if the Bill were passed into a law. He also
wished to know from him (Mr. Ferrand) if he could pre-
sent his petition to the House without his name being made
public—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—as if it were made public
he considered that he might suffer some injury. Mr. B. B.
Cabbell and Mr. Fielden presented a number of petitions to
the same effect.

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