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London, England, 1846-02-28 00:00:00

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" rffikA FEBRUARY 28 1846.

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on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY, axoom-
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The PHYSIOSJOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
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places, per cent. less. Post•oHice orders attended to. Tickets sent to
any part of the country

TO be DISPOSED OF, by CHANCE, a PIG,
measuring seven feet from nose to tail, and six feet in girth,
thirty members,* at Ten Shillings per membez, on the 4th of March.
For further particulars apply at the White Horse, Fann-street, City.

THE WEEKLY. CHRONICLE of Saturday,
the 28th February, and Sunday, the Ist of March, will con-
tain the Fullest Particulars of the
BRITIsII VICTORIES 15 INDIA,
frcim the Official DiSpatches and other Sources, the Lists of Killed
and Wounded, Trophies Seized, &c., &c.. With the
MONSTER DEBATE AND DIVISION,
the Election for Siuth Notts, Editorial Conitnents on the State of the
FREE TRADE QUESTION, and a LETTER FROM COTTON
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RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND, SHALE, AND
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and the proceods immediately disposed of according to instructions.
Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be perfrmed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS,
The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har-
, rison Borrani, liorncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Etretton, D. W. King,
MissßOMer, and Miss Rainforth.
After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH.
In which Mons. Desplaces, Males: ii`codot, Louise; Adele, Mdmc
&c., will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYM.A.RICET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE HYPOCRITE. Dr. Cantwell, Mr. W.
Farrell ; Mawworm, Mr. Webster.
After which a New Comic Drama, entitled" THE IRISH POST.
Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c.
The Band will perform the Overture, '‘ La Gaz <a Ladra," and
the Waltz, "Love's Serenade."
To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL-
LINGS. Principal characters by Mr. Buokstone, Mr. Tilbury, Mr.
Helldal, and Miss P. It xton.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM:
UNDER THE MANAGEMENTTHIS EV
Will be performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by
Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ;
Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c.
After which; NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan,
Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Ardeu, Villars, and Howard.
To conclude with the New Grand Romantic Extravaganza, en_
'titled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince Firous Schuh of
Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Keele, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &e.; Mut-
lamesy Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &e.
Stalls, 55. ; Boxes, Gallery, 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
THIS EVENING
Will be 'performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or, Life's Trials
Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates.
and Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss
Woolgar, &c.

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PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STriEET.
THIS EVENING,
Will be perf irmed Shakspeare's Tragedy of AS YO LIKE IT.
Jacques, Mr. Cooper ; Orlando, Mr. Murray; TouoneMr,
.
al
Compton; William, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosind, Mrs. Stirling ; Audrey
Miss Emma Stanley.
To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Gilbert,
Mr. Marshall, M. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle.
Duval will appear.
After which, a New Pierce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE
BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton; George, Mr. Oxberry
Fanny, Miss E. Stanley.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEUSES.
Two Morning Performances during the Week.
At the urgent and reiterated solicitations. of many distingu!shed
families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tie k to
attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his
;rand Juvenile • Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday
honing, nt Two o'cloel'.
M.!Rippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Exreriments
will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusi it; Per-
formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the
American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Se% eu, to com-
mence at a quarter before Eight.
Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. • Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; ate Boxes,
li. Is., and 1/. lie. 6d. •

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM.PIIITITEATRF. OF ARTS.
Gbrious career of the New Oriental Spectacle. The most suc-
cessful piece ever produced. Nightly overflows of rank and fashion
to Witness the rare performances of the Colossal Elephants, train
of Camels, &c

The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock.
The Marquis of WORCESTER took the oaths and his seat
for Gloucestershire, in the room of thelion. F. CHARTER'S.
Lord CLIVE moved the second reading of the Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal Bill (Chester and Wolverhampton
line.)

Mr. TIIORNELY moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be
read a second time that day six months. After a short dis-
cussion, the Noble Member withdrew his motion, and the
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
Several petitions were presented for and against the Govern-
ment measures of free trade.
Several railway Bills 'were read a second time and ordered
to be committed.
' Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to defend himself from an attack
which had been made upon him, on account of his having
withdrawn a motion of which he had given notice, and ex-
plained his reason for having done so.
After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS the subject dropped.
In answer to Colonel SIBTHORP, it was stated by
Sir R PEEL that the only office actually vacant was
that of Chief Coinmissioner of Woods and Forests. Two of
the Commissioners of the Treasury had tendered their resig-
nations, which would be accepted, and the offices would he
filled up ; but in the meantime those gentlemen continued to
perform the duties of the offices. The Right Hon. Gentleman
also indulged in some good- humoured satire in relation to the
observations of the Gallant Officer, in the absence
from the House of Lord LINCOLN, for whose absenCe the
Gallant Colonel was more responsible than he, inasmuch as
his tenants had voted against him. He admitted that
the Secretary for the Colonies was not a member of the
House, but it would be an infringement of the prerogative of
that House to render it necessary for all Members of the
Government to be in Parliament. But he had no hesitation
in saying that his reason for depriving himself of the ser-
vices of those gentlemen in Parliament was the faith he had
in the justice of the measures proposed by the Government,
and in the wisdom of Parliament.
Mr. FERRAN') then rose to defend himself against the at-
tacks which had been made upon him. The Ilk n. and
Learned Member for Bath ought not to complain of per-
sonalities, for he had thrown down the Times newsi aper on
the floor of the House, and recommended gentlemen to
horsewhip a man his superior in every respect. The
Honourable Memlitifior Durham hid stated that all that he
(Mr. Forrand) had said With regard to Mr. Wilson
was utterly untrue. The Hon. Member had put words into
his mouth which were untrue. He had never said that Mr.
WinsoN was part of the deputation that had waited on the
Governthent, but that Mr. WILSON had presided over a
meeting at which a deputation was appointed; and he had
received a letter from Mr. S. BENINGTON stating the
fact, and he was prepared to adhere to the statement
which he had made. There had been meetings in Lan-
cashire recently, to state that statements made by the
Honourable Member in relation to the Ten Hours' Bill were
without foundation. He then defended the statement which
he had made with regard to the condition of the weavers of
Bolton, and to the conduct of Messrs. Ashworth. He would
assure the Noble Lord, the Member for the West Riding, that
he (Mr. Ferrand) was justified in stating what he had stated
with regard to petitions, and it was time the House took up
the question as to the manner in which petitions had been
forged, and which he was prepared to prove before a
Committee.
Mr. C. BERKELEY could corroborate the statement as to the
manufacture of petitions. He held in his hand a petition
purporting to come from Cheltenham, but it bore the post-
mark of Manchester, and on inquiry' at Cheltenham he found
that several of the names had been forged; although perhaps
the names of some twenty ten-pounders might be
genuine. Ile had always supported free-trade
measures, but he scorned to support it by such means,
and on Monday he should bring forward a motion
for a Committee to investigate this case as a breach of pri-
vilege, and he called upon the members of the Anti-Corn-
law Leage to support his motion.
Mr. BRIGHT would be glad to second the motion, and he
trusted the fullest inquiry would be gone into. With re-
gard to the statement of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough
with regard to Mr. Wilson, he was prepared to show
that every portion of that statement was unfounded. He
had a letter from Mr. RAWSON, whose name was men-
tioned by the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, stat-
ing that Mr. WILSON had neither convened nor presided
over such a meeting; that no deputation had been ap-
pointed; and that he (Mr. RAwsoN) and two others had
waited on the Premier to represent that, as wheat was the
raw material from which starch was made, it would
be unjust to remove the duty from foreign starch,
unless the duty was also removed from foreign wheat.
The Hon. Member had also made statements relating to Mr.
Winsost and Mr. RAWSON which he could not stand by.
He had made statements at a meeting which was reported
in the Morning Post. He had said that he would stand by
that report, but when asked to admit the truth of that re-
port, he said he would give a guarantee to the
Morning Post, and on the editor of that paper
being applied to, he pleaded it was hard that he
should be prosecuted for a faithful report, and stated
that the Hon. Member had not given them a guarantee, and
the League, which conducted their agitation by means of public
discussion, would be ashamed of prosecuting a newspaper for
giving,a ithful report of a speech. He concluded by stating
that, to quote the words of a resolution of that House, the
statements of the Hon, Gentleman were untrue and calum-
nious.
Dr. BownaNG then denied the statements of the Hon. Mem-
ber with regard to the alleged cruelty of Mr. H. Ashworth.
Mr. ROEBUCK was justified in making the statement he
had last night. It was the duty of the Hon. Member to
have been in his place to have heard any defence which
those who had been attacked might be disposed to make.
The lion. Gentleman had alluded to his conduct, but it had
never been his misfortune to be branded by a resolution of
the House of Commons as having been guilty of an unfounded
calumny. The Hon. Gentleman said he believed a resolu-
tion of a public meeting, and he (Mr. ROEBUCK) believed
the unanimous decision of the House of Commons ; and as
long as that resolution remained, he, should consider any
statement of the Hon. Member as utterly worthless, and
that was his answer to the attack of the Hon. Member.
Mr. DISRAELI regretted the attacks made by his Hon.
Friend the Member for Knaresborough on the manufacturers.
He thought, however, that Mr. AN ilson and Mr. Ashworth
were thin-skinned in noticing these attacks;' he
knew both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ashurst to be honour-
able men; and he also believed that the Hon. Member for
Knaresborough believed the statements made were true, but
the time of the House ought not to be taken up by personal
discussion. Now, with regard to the -League, they had
been stigmatised as assassins by the Right Hon. Baronet at
the head of the Government. He did not believe the accu-
sation, but why did they not prosecute the Right Hon.
Baronet? The Hon. Gentlemen then treated the resolution
of the House, as to " calumnious statements," as an ab-
surdity; the Honourable Member for Cork had been
similarly accused. He (Mr. Disraeli) had never had a
resolution against him, and if the Right Hon. Gentleman
would take his advice, never to abuse anybody, he
would never again be placed in such a position.
Then with regard to the Right Hon. Member for Bath, he had
certainly frequently offended against the rules of the House,
by imputing motives, and indulging in melo-dramatic
malignity and Saddlers' Wells sarcasm, but he (Mr. DISRAELI)
knew that the tree-would bear its fruit, and that a crab-tree
would only produce crab-apples
Mr. O'CONNEI L had not been accused of calumny; he had
accused the system of Election Committees as one of perjury ;
he had been censured, and they acknowledged the truth of
his accusation by altering the system.
After a few words from Major BERESFORD and Mr.
BICKITAM ESCOTT,
Lord JOHN MANNERS bore his testimony to the admirable
manner in which Mr. ASHWORTH performed the important
duties whish devolved upon him as one of the greatest cot-
ton barons in the empire.
Mr. FIELDEN then went into a long 'statement relative to
the emigration of the labourers from the agricultural into the
manufacturing districts, occasioned by the higher rate of
wages in the latter districts.
Sir IL PEEL, In relation to what had fallen from the Hon.
Member for Shrewsbury, in relation to the accusation of as-
sassination, begged to state that his intention had been dis-
tinctly to withdraw the imputation which lie had thrown
out atter hearing the explanation of the Hon. Member for
Stockport •, and if he had been misunderstood, he begged to
state that he now distinctly withdrew that imputation, and
that he had certainly intended to have done so at the time.
Mr. COBDEN rs.joised to hear such a distinct disavowal
from the Right Hon. Baronet. He had certainly not under-
stood at the time that the disavowal had been so complete;
and, acting under the feelings which perhaps had been un-
worthy of him, he had spoken of the Right Hon. Gentleman
in a mariner which he now regretted. The distinct avowal of
the Right Hon. Baronet was most grateful to his feelings;
and be now withdrew all offensive expressions which he
might have made use of with regard to the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet
In answer to lir. S. 013nrEts, Sir R.
should, on Monday, first of all, move the vote of thanks to
the Indian army; and then, if the divison took place to-
PEEL stated, that he
night, bring in the Bill founded on the resolutions, and
proceed with the commercial measures as Speedily as possible.
On the motion of Sir R PEEL, the shipowners' petition,
presented last evening, was ordered to be printed,
The adjourned debate was then resumed by
Mr. RANEE% who in a lengthened speech declared his un-
compromising opposition to the Ministerial measure. '1 he
Hon. Gentleman animadverted on the conduct of the Right
Hon. Baronet in writing that note to her Majesty during the
Ministerial interregnum, tending hls support to a Minister
who should pursue an anti-corn-law policy, as setting a most
dangerous precedent, and protested against the formation of
any coalition, whether all the members of it sat on the same
bench, or sonie on one side of the House and some on the
other. The lion. Member then alluded to the South Not-
tingham election, as a proof that the constituencies were in
favour of protection, and called for a dissolution on this ques-
tion. It was upon this ground that the protectionists had
taken their stand, and called for a divison in this stage of
the question. He believed that in another place a stand
would be made which Would compel an appeal to the people,
whether the Government of the day wished it or no, in
order that it might be known whether the English
public were for or against the measure proposed by the
Goiierritnel4ti . , tale
kr. B. isscorr believed that it was impossible, in
present state of the country, to prevent the carrying of
some such measure as that which had been introduced by
the Geverninenti That the Measure intistibe jearrted he had
no doubt, and then came the question wnetnei: the pit:Befit
Government ought to carry it or not. He believed that it
mattered little to he.t people who tarried the measure, as
lag is they obtitifiisd itt A 4 00 the , observations
of the Honourable Member for Knaresboreough, Mel Itefei
beneath his. rank and station to petite then), but
this he ivbirld Bail that pot aliingle listituent Of his, since
tie had changed 'Lis opinions, nad caoed titsbh birit to tesign
his seat. Since 1842 he had told all those with whom he
was connected that he believed the inevitable consequences
of the speeches of the Right Baronet at the head of the Go-
vernment, and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, would be such measure as that which
was now proposed by the Government. The farmers were
for reasonable and rational progress, and they believed
that by some such a measure as the present their inte-
rests would be materially increased. He believed
that in many parts of England the dread of
scarcity and famine was as great as it was in Ireland.
He would give his most cordial support to the measures pro-
posedThe'
pr leader,otection and all -that heists had discarded
ti the
R ibi the
lion.G o vße ratirionneentt .
as their
asked was, let them candidly tell the farmers what they
thought would be the end of their battle with the people;
would it be in favour of protection ? He unhesitatingly as-
serted that it would not. The Hon. Member for Bristol had
opened the eyes of the people, and had assisted in greasing
711§814Pf frOSION

Captain GLADSTONE supported the amendment. Under
protection the country had flourished, and he thought, there- i
fore, it ought not to be hastily withdrawn. , 1
Mr. COBDEN then rose to address the House, but the lion.
Gentleman spoke in so low a tone as to be hardly audible in 1
the gallery during many parts of his speech. The country
would not be convinced that the party spirit which had been
displayed in the debate, and the personal topics that had
been adverted to, had not been resorted to fur the purpose
of shirking the question. The abuse that was being cast
by the protectionists on the present Ministers was making
them the most popultr men of the day, and he had no hesi-
tation in saying that no man would be received more kindly
in Manchester than the Right Hon. Baronet at
the head of the Government. They talked about
appealing to the people ; now he wanted to know
what they meant by that? He denied that they would
have a numerical majority of that House by a dissolu-
tion. The protectionist party had been broken up notwith-
standing their phalanx in Dorsetshire and Buckinghamshire.
This disruption of their party bad placed the free-traders in
a very different position to what they were a few years ago.
But, supposing a dissolution:took place, and that the protec-
tionists got a numerical majority, he denied that that nu-
merical majority would represent the voice of the people.
He denied, that the protectionists could reckon upon
having any representative of their opinions from any of the
towns of England, Ireland, or Scotland, that contained
a population of 25,000. They might have their pocket
boroughs and their counties, but they would have nothing
l i else. The old Saxon mode of vowing what the opinions
of the people were was by cal 'hg public meetings. He
challenged the protectionists t call public meetings in
favour of the corn-laws. That would convince them, if any-
thing would, that the people were not with the protectionists.
A meeting had been called at Epworth by the protectionists;
they had been driven from it, and resolutions against them
had been carried. The people were now calling into exist-
ence a system of 500 years antiquity; if any were innova-
tors, it was those who would uphold the system that now
existed. The basis of the county representation could not
be too soon widened, and that was the object of the
League, and they had the will and the determination
to do it. When he read the debates at home that
had been, taking place in-th2t Miura for the laet.-three-weeks,
he said to himself, " What fun this will be to the men in
fustian !" Members little thought how these absurdities
were being laughed at out of doers. He believed the con-
cessions that had been made by the Right Hon. Baronet
were the greatest that were ever made to free trade. He
would admit that the protectionists and landlords, and many
of the farmers with them feared the measures of the
Government ; but why, because they had treated them
like childrer, and told them that the free trade cry
was an old Bogie, that bad been set to catch them.
They denied that, and had been depreciated by the measures
of the Right Hon. Baronet. Its price had been raised,
although silk and other commodities had been depressed
It was monstrous to suppose that any measure that would
add to the wealth of the country would have the
effect of diminishing the price of land. He did not
want any triumph for the League ; all he wanted was,
for protectionists and free-traders to meet together
and determine not to tax each other for the benefit of a class.
The country was now on the eve of a great change, and it
became the young men of the aristocracy of Great Britain
to do something that would hand their names down to pos-
terity unconnected with anything that was selfish or
inhuman. They had the opportunity now of doing so,
carrying out that great principle of Scripture if they chose,
of " giving peace on earth, and good-will towards men."
Mr. R. SPOONER supported the amendment of the Hon.
Member for Bristol amid continued cries of " Divide."
Mr. P. Boßrimicx then rose to address the House, and
was met with cries of "Divide, divide." The Hon. Gentle-
• man addressed the House amid much confusion, and con-
cluded by expressing his determination to
_vote for the
amendment. . . _
__

Lord G. BENTINCK opposed the motion for the House

going into Committee on .the propositions of the Right Hon.
Baronet, because he believed those resolutions, if carried, would
create a great revolution in the country, and one that
the present House of Coramons ought not to sanction.
The Right Hon. Gentleman had challenged them to pro-
duce any instance in which a change from protection to free
trade had not been alike beneneficial to consumer and pro-
ducer. He would meet the challenge, and would con-
tend that with regard to speltre, silk, wool, and tim-
ber, the results of free trade had been ruinous.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided, when there appeared—

For the Motion
For the Amendment 240

MAJORITY FOR MINISTERS ... 97
The other orders of the day were then disposed ef, and the
House adjourned.

The division which took place this morning is perhaps the
most remarkable on record, when all the circumstances con-
nected with it are taken into account. The majority was
large, much larger than many persons anticipated, and was
obtained by the Minister, not by the old system so much
admired in the days of Prrr and LIVERPOOL, not by the
representatives of pocket boroughs, or rotten boroughs,
not by any of the constituent elements of what has been
called party, and which ruled the destinies of the nation
when GEO. 111. was King, but by the independent and
almost personal influence of the Premier himself, and
more especially by the conviction carried home to
every unprejudiced mind of the vast importance
and the manifest excellence of the measures themselves.
Nearly all the rotten borough influence that remains after
the weeding of the Reform Bill was opposed to the scheme,
and that small portion of it which aided the Minister was
given, not for party purposes, but because the patrons of
these boroughs saw the time for change was come, and re-
solved to sacrifice their peculiar and family advantages
for the general good of the nation. The landed
interest was arrayed in a terrible phalanx against him. The
names of ALuilexas, and LENNOX, and Lovrrmot, with
the titles of MARC'S, and CHANDOS, and WORCESTER;
and many other scions and retainers of the "bold barons,'
were inscribed on banners, and held up to frighten the Go-
vernment. The most unconstitational means were
adopted by the members of a separate and independent
state of the realm, the representatives of noble Peers in the
House of Commons were cashiered by their masters, and
willing and subservient tools placed in their stead—but
all in vain; common sense and justice, and sound
commercial policy prevailed, and by a singular coincidence,
the Minister had his usual majority, and something
more—that majority which conferred the title of the
strong Ministry on the PEEL Cabinet. But this glorious
result will not convince the more unreasonable of the pro-
tection party. They still vainly imagine that all the farm-
labourers, and tenants, and landlords, to a man, are
with them. They loudly assert that the country has been
taken by surprise, and some hundred members have forfeited
their pledges to their constituents—they call these men rene-
gades and betrayers of those whom they were sent to repre-
sent. It is easy to call names, but it is often diffi-
cult to give a good reason for such abusive epithets.
In this instance there is no reason whatever. The sim-
ple fact that a great number have changed their policy,
not only without any object to be gained, but with many
disadvantages, among others, separation from political friends
and fierce abuse, is the very strongest proof of the speedy
and certain reformation which the measures of Sir ROBERT
PEEL are yet to introduce into the whole of our

commercial transactions. The Members who supported

Sir ROBERT PEEL were guided solely by their con-
victions. If the RUSSELLS, and PALMERSTONS, and COB-
DENS, and O'CoNNELLs, opposed to the Conservative policy
of the Minister, if men anxious to obtain possession of

office, and patronage, and emoluments, could be induced to
vote with the Minister and support his power, what
absurdity to throw blame on Lord SANDON and
Mr. MASTERMAN ? All impartial men will rather ap-
plaud their conduct, and rejoice that the Whigs can forget
their political ties and prejudices, and that the Tories can
sacrifice their party for the good of the country. This is the
commencement of rational government When the interests
of the people can swamp those of statesmen and place-hunters
when Whigs and Tories can agree on the most important a
all questions—the welfare of the great body of the people—
without regard to class legislation, we may then rest satis-
fied that the fruits of the Reform Bill are beginning to be
felt, and that in due time it will accomplish those bright an-
ticipations to which in 1831 it gave rise.

ii monhentotis question" is at length decided. The
(mug A coltuzsPown-Errr.)
The
great cause has tritiniphed gloriously. Monopoly has ex-
Oland to behold. For three Weeks
been
kept
pired! The fell monster received his death-blow in the first
speech of the Prime Minister, but his ciptig agonies have
for twelve nights the
attention of the lionise has been wearied by profitless dis-
the countryPr°
cussion. Twelve nights of party recriminations, answered
arguments, exploded fallacies, " never ending, still be,
ginning"—" a dreary, hopeless, desultory war." Yet, as twelte
trachteads, b
eaentid
in suspetae,
heavy, dull, fiat copper pieces collectively form one bright
elver shilling, so these twelve nights se gloomy in them-
selves, together form a debate unequalled in interest and im-
portance. Yet even individually they were not wholly
gloomy; each night the darkness was made visible, by some
speech of superior sett or eloquence, which seemed perhaps
even more Sensible or eloquent contrasted with the stupidity
and duinesg of tile fest: We had always a " speech of the
evening." We have seen the Minister come forward in a
nobler position than Minister ever held before, speaking
tiobir of great Principles, not empty subterfugee--of
a whola pop% not a paltry faction; such a speech
alone would have redeemed a month's dull talking.
We have seen faithful and consistnt men rejoicing in their
hour of triumph ; and, better still,e we have heard the glo-
rious confessions of those converted by their consciences.
On rate occasions, too, the "speech of the evening " has been
delivered by protectionists, yet these displays have been
without effect. Even the genius of Mr. DISRAXLI was un-
able to make " the worse appear the better cause." At
length the twelfth, the last, the greatest night arrived, and its
speech, like itself, put all the rest to shame. Whose
was the speech of that evening? No, not even to him, the
untiring, the zealous advocate of free trade in its hour of
darkness—not even to the eloquent oration of Mr. COBDEN
must that merit be awarded. Behold the speech of the
evening; the mostbrief, yet most comprehensive ever uttered:
IP For Monopoly
For Free Trade 337

Majority

Majority for free trade, majority for the people, for the poor
andthe staying, for the wealthy indwitrious; for industry—ye'

even for " British industry," that pines from too much kind-
ness, like the poor bird " protected "by its iron cage. Ah, but
this was a glorious majority ! Well might the loud applause
resound at its announcement. The echoing cannon that
welcomes a royal infant is not so glorious as the living
thunder that hailed the advent of Free Trade. And not
alone within the House does that thunder resound; not
alone does the Minister exult in his success the Leaguers
in their hard-won triumph. The cheers of last night are
echoed far and wide throughout the land ; they are
swelled by the melodious murmur of a suffer-
ing people's joy ; they are raised aloft on the
glad wings of certain hope ; they are answered
by a joyous voice across the water, as the ardent children of
the sister island rise at once from desolation to despair, and
the blue hills of Scotland, the nursing home of freedom, will
re-echo the triumph of free trade with a music all their own.
.The universal exultation of the glorious moment, when the
decision of the 'House ratified the decision of the people, the
universal shout of triumph drowned the last faint groans of
the once proud despot, as protection; sunk to rise no more.
The weeping dukes may raise a monument to his memory,
while the country turns with gratitude to the
Minister who has achieved this triumph, and to the men
who enabled him to do so. It must have been a proud mo.
ment for Sir ROBERT PEEL when he found his power un-
diminished, though his party was broken. His party ? No,
his party is now the people ; and it mast have been a proud
moment for Mr. COBDEN, after years of patient, persevering
labours, after days oftrouble and brief moments of defeat—
it must have been a proud moment for him to stand is the field
of victory, and for :he last time to advocate a measure which'
mainly through his instrumentality, should, in a few moments,
be beyond the need of advocacy. His speech will be read
with deep and earnest attention; it is enough to say it was
worthy of " the hour and the man." Yet we cannot forbear
alluding to_one of those, unanswerablo " facts"
always to be
found in Mr. COBDEN'S speeches. In alluding to the anxiety
the protectionists profess to feel for a dissolution, he showed
them how much the public opinion, which they braved, was
arrayed against them. " There are in this metropolis eighteen
members, and there are two for the metropolitan county.
We have the whole twenty—(lmmense cheering)—every one.
They represent 110,000 electors, they represent a population
of two millions of souls, the most intelligent, the most
wealthy, the most orderly ; the hardest-working people in
England. Is that public opinion, think you ?—ls that pub-
lic opinion ? " This was really a cruel question, yet, happily
it required no answer. Mr. COBDEN thus concluded his
admirable discourse :
" We are on the eve of very great changes—(Loud cries of " hear,
hear" from the protectionists.) :Put yourselves in a position that yon
may participate in the work and keep others from doing mischief.
You belong to the race of the aristocracy—the aristocracy of hu-
mankind, not merely a privileged aristocracy, but WI aristocracy of in-
tellect. I ask you to become the aristocracy of progress and im-
provement. We have given the world an example of great and
many virtues—we have given to others our trial by jury and our
representative system. The very rules and regulations of this House
have become models for every deliberate assembly in the civilised
world—(Hear, hear)—we have given to others the example of
a free press and civil and religious liberty—and free institu-
tions.—(Loud cheers.) Let us now set them another example
by making industry free, and giving all the countries of
the world their full advantages of climate, latitude, and situa-
tion—the example of teaching them to buy in the cheapest markets,
and to sell in the dearest.—(Loud cheers.) And do you think there
as anything selfish in this, or that it is at all discordant with Christian
principles.—(Hear, hear.) I will show you the highest behests of
Christianity for buying in the cheapest market, and selling in the
dearest, which is nothing more than going to a country where an
article is cheap because 'it is superabundant, and carrying it to
another where it is dear because it is scarce ; and in doing this you
are only carrying out to its fullest extent the Christian doctrine of
"doing unto others as you would wish to be done by."

The Madrid journals of the 20th inst. are' destitute of in-
telligence, but private letters state that the new Cabinet is
not likely to act long together in unison, and that some
other change is evidently at hand. The report is extremely
probable. The moderation of NARVAEZ was all feigned, and
we are much mistaken if this man rests content till he is
again at the head of the Cabinet.
The Three per Cents closed at 31% cash, and 32% at 60
days ; the Five per Cents. closed at 234 at 60 days.

The French Ministers have had another important di-
vision in the Chamber of Deputies in their favour, with a
very large majority. On Thursday the Chamber divided on
the Secret Service Money Bill, when there were—
For the Bill 220
Against it

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Several of the Paris papers publish the details of the late
battles in India with brief comments, but we find little in
them that can interest the reader. One of them, the
Presse, in adverting to the charges brought against
Sir HENRY HARDINGE for losing so many
men, and not being prepared with a larger
force to meet the Seikhs, says :—" In all sincerity it must be
declared that this motive is exceedingly slight in comparison
with those which public opinion has had in France for
blaming the Governor-General of Algeria. He also loses a
great number of men—he also unceasingly demands re-
inforcements—but to arrive at what results ? At victory ?
He does not even succeed in coming up with the enemy !
Our losses are without any compensation—even for our self-
love. It will, therefore, be allowed that we have infi-
nitely more reason to complain and to blame than our
neighbours have."
The following letter, dated Toulon, Feb. 20, is published
in the National:—
" Great military operations are about to take place in
Algeria. Orders have been received to send forward a sum
of 1,200,000 f. in specie to pay the army. The steam frigate
Labrador, which sailed this day for Algiers, received on
board 600,000 f. in specie. It has been officially announced
here that the Duke d'Aumale is about to proceed to Algeria,
and orders have been given to prepare forthwith the steam
frigate the Albatross to receive his Royal Highness, who is
expected here on the 3d or 4th of the next month."
The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents.,
123 f. 60c. ' • the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,340 f.; Rouen, 1,075 f. ;
Havre, 756 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 785 f. ; Avignon, 1,030 f. ; Vierzon,
7521. 50c.; Bordeaux, 665 f. ; Boulogne, 552 f. 50c. ; Troyes and
iblontereau, 4501. ; Basle, 256 f. ; Dieppe, 475 f. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 556 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 591 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons
(Definitive), 6321. 50c.; Spanish Passives, 6%
The following are the quotations for other lines :

LTons and Avignon (Definitive), 467 f. 50c. • Bordeaux and
Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f.; titte (Espeleta), 510 f.; dam (Delamarre),
5021. 25c.; Charlet el, 4941. 50c.
LYONS, FEB.24.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,015 f. ; Rouen, 1,047 f.
50c. ; Vierzon, 7181. 75e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 27.
Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, -and Cette
(Espeleta), 2M —Dutch Rhenish, 6% —Great Northera of France
Constituted, 15%—Great Western Bengal, %—Luxembonrg,
—Orleans and Vierzon, 19—Paris and Orleans, 51Y2—Paris and
Retten, 41% —Rouen and Havre, 30 —West Flanders, 4 —Lyons and
Avignon, 2.

Lord Granville Somerset was absent from this morning's
division. It is generally rumoured that he has resigned his
office.
The following eleven Liberal Members voted in the mino-
rity this morning :—Mr. John Bell (Thirsk), Mr. E. S. Cayley,
Mr.Drax, Mr. Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. E. Heneage, Mr. K.
Hoskins, Hou. H. Howard (Cricklade), Mr. R. H. Hurst,
Mr. T. B. Martin (Galway), Mr. R. B. Sheridan, Lord
Worsley.
The following are some of Sir Robert Peel's supporters who
have now for the first time deserted him, and are to be
found in the minority of 24() :
Sir Thomas Acland.
Lord Alford.
Mr. Thomas Baring.
Lord Barrington.
Lord George Bentinck.
Captain Boldero.
Mr. Ludlow Bruges.
Lord Castlereagh.
Lord Chelsea.
Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley.
Mr. Talbot Clifton.
Lord Clive.
I 'Sir Charles Coote.
Lord Courtenay.
Mr. Beckett Denison.
Hon. Captain Duncombe (who has resigned his place o
groom of the Bedchamber).
Lord Evelyn.
Mr. Milnes Gaskell (late Lord of the Treasury).
Hon. Captain Gordon (late Lord of the Admiralty).
Marquis of Granby (late in Prince Albert's Household).
Mr. Granville Harcourt.
Mr. W. Heathcote.
Nr. Hodgson. Hinde.
Hon. W, A'Court Holmes (son of Lord Heytesbury, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland).
Lord ingestre,
Sir E. Kertison,
Hon. H. T. Liddell.
Lord Norreys.
Mr. Pakitigton.
Lord Pollington.
Mr. Richard Richards (Master in Chancery).
Mr. Charles Russell.
lion. Granville Ryder.
Mr. Sotheron (son of Mr. Estcourt, who voted with the
Government ).
Mr. Alderman Thompson.
Mr. Eliot Yorke.