The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY MORN! NG, FEBRUARY 7, 1846.

RESIGNATION OF SIR. THOMAS
FREMANTLE.
The following address has been issued:—
4TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF BUCHINGrfIt
fientletnen—l deem it my duty to inform you that i
18 my intention to resign my seat in Parliament, and to
return ilito your hands the trust which you have for
taenY years committed to me.
"Since my return from Ireland, where I have been
tleeaPied since the month of August in the discharge of
tilt;Y offieial duties, I have carefully considered the posii
the in which this country is placed in consequence o
e poitical events which have recently occurred.
s.
The Administration of Sir Robert Peel has been di
4d-the country remained without a Government for
_
ten days; and Lord John Russell found himself unable
- construct a new Ministry.
11.4i:tides these circumstances, Sir Robert Peel felt it
I,ll.d.uty his Sovereign to resume the functions of
f 't Mini:ger of the Crown; all the members of his
si
de:rar Cabinet, pith one exception, concurred in that
efisl'in, and have determined to support the measures
s
ferlele,-,
hale been announced to the House of Common
abulitien of protecting duties on articles of
4n produce and manufacture.
1 deem ite°lr essential to the best interests of the
re,4t Y, that these measures, now submitted to Parlia-
k lew by the head of the Government, should pass into
qu
csutit and that a final settlement should be made of a
tvhirl which has so long agitated the country, and
hotwh' °wing to the uncertainty of its continuance, has
tend
~teed beneficially for that interest which it was in-
,ce to Protect,
ray4llsoll !uither,l will not be deterred. from stating that
dew 1410 n on the policy of maintaining a protectinga
euse.tiJgeen the admission of foreign corn has undergone
" le
artificially kept up, and
the ch.
~,ng as high prices were
by hi I,!' articles of our manufacture were encouraged
the gA,34 duties, it was not only just but necessary thatr_
a propo
beriet""ace of the soil should be protected by
,reharnount of duteh y.
commercial policy of the country will now be
exte%d", and I believe that the same relaxation mayitte.
net Lid - to agriculture as, well as to manufactures, w
ssrraa .
certet„, nent injury to any one class of producers, and
"'Y with advantage to the general interests of
the
Nu* s y.
moms attention has been anxiously directed, for some
Ireland Past, to the failure of the chief article of food. in
actirett;' and I anticipate with great apprehension a
toasty (1' Provisions among the poorer classes in that
states at no distaot period. I ask myself whetherina
Ins.iat:ntl in justified, under such circumstantFelse,s
of
t°od artns% a law by which the prices of all ar
404 ehanced—under which, the wheat and locats
to
England attracted by artificial prices, are exported_ _
reachre -a, and • of life placed beyond the
sf t, the necessaries
I I,,the destitute poor of that country.
-hust honestly admit that those arguments
ibyn
-staeeltelav,e hitherto supported the corn-laws are
j 6 "'tole.
hosed :Id, however, that my constituents are not clis-
temuria adopt this opinion ; they view the proposed
Mures with alarm and distrust.
th
hotse:,- °thal informed that a meeting was held in your
1r last, not confined to members of
*lest, gricultural Protection Society, but which the
tseeti,e,s were generally invited to attend. At that
thug resolutions were unanimously passed, con rm
slt tehl3l3Posed alteration of the law, and expressing a
-Qet at
an opportunity should be afforded them to
coact
whose opinions upon this question are in
ITItY with their own
Ithiehma not concur in *the alarm and apprehension
ensit•tt,Yan entertain ; I do not admit► the right of any
fist° their
repo' in ordinary cases, to make such. an appealith
-"e spirirtePreseutative--delegation is inconsistent w
Id Practice of the Constitution.
!hit
"Inula admit that you had reason to suppose that
el coo
to support in Parliament the
.existing
f0r*"....411C1 on recent occasions, when offering my-
reakid „to-election, on the acceptance of office, I rr-
refere.,t'ke declarations which I had previously made in
uce to that lavv.
l‘'hielleseurt°t forget the uniform kindness and confidence
tinder la have reposed in me—l have appealed to you
ntettd,, ulfficult circumstances and you have given me
11 /4 and generous support.
*ishj,ield, therefore, at once to the expression of your
tineitio"l this matter and relinquish the honourable
teton 4 which I fill as, -our representative, without hesi-
ittibtokt not, I assure you, without pain and re grent.
ntait, ..1115 bringing to a close our long political co
mein
des to offer you my cordial acknowleclg-
ha • for many favours received at your hands, and for
thes' "ai•rded me the opportunity of taking some share
I oliduct of Public affairs.
ralleelnall ever entertain towards you, individually and
bong e;krtir'elY,
Pray that in all your domestic and public rela-
rr°sperity and happiness
may attend you.
" beg to subscribe myself,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,An_
gentlemen,
Irish ig
" TF.
°ffice, London, Feb.HO. FREM N
3."
Pit ESENTATION OF SOUTH
4r. c NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
4'llg/tight has just offered the following hand-
hed_ aledietory address to the gentlemen, clergy, free-
th,
ee..1.3, and other electors of the southern division of
county of Northampton:—
„e
" Aynho, Feb. 3.
kraktt
vnt Northampton:—
Gentlemen The state of my health renders it im-
Leetsle?ufer Parliament.
I shoouldransotto ifird inn ageye
hl
seat I am wholly incompetentjs
'baler satisfactory to
tittaoroggee
nr eat amanner
myself or advantaeeous to you.
tp,slellty my resignation till the event of a dissolution
Pusaerliament wuuld be to deprive you of a voice in the
of Commons, at a crisis seldom surpassed in the
s4?..ry of this country.
111.4-1,.t, is not without much reflection and great regret
ki,,Wpave come to this decision, but I should make you
eturn for the many acts of partiality and kindness
oto r 4:e !0 often experienced on your part, during a period
hesseY fifty years, with a short intermission, if I were
csnei tate at a moment like the present to enable you to
111.3'01.1r interests to more efficient hands.
Iriohholtdaklng this step I have no desire to conceal or
4, gio„, king
Opinion of the measures now before the
;t'nase "`nre• I have ever considered the agricultural
St 1)1, entitled to a fair and full protection on the sound-
i)! tl telnFiPles of policy and justice, and I can see nothing
!na4 eircunastanees of the times to call for so great a
le' and so hazardous an experiment, as the pro-
84,111a.itteration in the corn-laws, unaccompanied by any
For e °lll
h compensation or relief.
tii_. tll-.0 fe' wY remains for me further to assure you, that
fa_ Years which may yet be spared to me under
our, it will ever be my -1-n"" object, in or out of
t, t o promote by every means in my power the
prosperity of the county of Northampton.
~" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
-tour grateful aud obliged humble servant,
WRIGHT."
"W. R. CART
taitl_,

the resignation of my seat in Parliament, and should
there be a strong public demonstration in favour of its
acceptance, I shall not hesitate to surrender into your
hands the trust with which you did me the honour to
invest me."

REPRESENTATION OF
CHICHESTER.

Lord Arthur Lennox has taken leave of his con-
stituents in a farewell address ; and Lord Henry Gor-
don Lennox has offered himself as a candidate for the
vacant seat.

FREE TRADERS OF HASTINGS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin—Having seen in your valuable journal, a day or
two ago, an account of a protection meeting held here
on Saturday last, at which, with a deal to do, some sixty
or seventy persons had been got together in that eaus',
I beg to inclose you a copy of the petition unanimously
agreed to at a public and overflowing meeting, coo-
veined by the Worshipful the Mayor, pursuant to re-
quisition, and holden in the common hall of the
borough, at which there would at least be eight or nine
hundred persons present; thus showing the difference
of feeling in the inhabitants of Sussex, and of Hastings
more especially, between free trade and protection.—
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, HAROLD.
" To the &c.
" The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants
of the borough of Hastings, in the county of Sussex,
assembled in the Town-ball of the said borough, on
Friday, 2d day of January, 1846:
" Showeth,—That your petitioners deeply empathise
with the sufferings of a great portion of their fellow
subjects, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, consequent upon the blight which has fallen
upon the potatoes.
" That your petitioners are unanimous in a firm con-
viction that their sufferings are mainly attributable to
erroneous legislation, which restricts commerce, excludes
the importation of food, and thus intercepts from th.e
people the bounties of Providence.
" Your petitioners therefore earnestly pray that your
&c., will be pleased to abolish, totally and imme-
diately, all restrictions upon the free importation of food.
"And your petitioners will ever pray."

LITERATURE.

PRE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. 111 f

Biography, when written with taste and judgment.
and by a person acquainted not only with the principu'
events in the life of a celebrated character, but with thc
arts and sciences in which he excelled, is perhaps one o
the most interesting productions of literature. It is als
of great use, as it points out the steps by which men c
original minds and great talents and perseverance acquir
eminence, and also their faults and imperfections, wt it
may serve as a warning to others, and form beacons it
the guidance of future generations. It has the adva 1-
tage, too, of being of a most expansive nature, as i`
may embrace not only the peculiar qualities and exe(
lenciea of the hero of the story, but the principal even it
with which he was connected, the circumstances of the
time in which he lived, and brief traits too of the more
remarkable characters with whom he had intercourse.
Such works, therefore, are read with eagerness; many 01
them possess deep interest—deeper even than the ficti-
tious characters drawn by the most imaginative and cor-
rect novelist. No work of fiction, for instance, can he
compared with the Memoirs of Sully, which are only a
comprehensive biography of Henry the Fourth of France.
Rousseau's Confessions, too, which, it is admitted gene-
rally, describe his habits and deeds with great truih and
accuracy, are infinitely more interesting than Tom
Jones or Humphrey Clinker ; and though Robinson
Crusoe may appear an exception, it is not so in reality,
for many of the circumstances related in that captivat-
ing production are believed to have been founded on real
events. We have been led to these remarks by a very
able and beautiful life, which appears in this Re
view, of one of the many distinguished persons who
sprung up in Prance during the first Revolution,
namely, the Baron Fourier. The writer has drawn
many of the materials from a memoir of that eminent
mathematician read by M. Arago, before the French In-
stitute ; but he has greatly improved on the original, and
interwoven fresh details into the biography, both respect-
ing his habits and discoveries, which show that it must
have bee❑ rather a work of love than of labour, and that
from sympathy in the same pursuits, and perhaps also
in his misfortunes or disappointments, he was one of
the fittest men of the day to do justice to his character.
The life of Fourier was of a most varied character

lie was educated for the Church, and officiated for some
time as a priest in a provincial town ; he afterwards be-
came Professor of Mathematics in the Military College
of Auxerre ; was elected a member of the Convention ;
accompanied Bonaparte in his Egyptian expedition ; per-
formed the editorial duties of arranging and combining
the separate treatises of the great work on Egypt ;
was appointed prefect of one of the departments under
Napoleon ; fell into disgrace on the return of the Bour-
bons ; came to Paris, and was on the point of being re-
duced to the necessity of earning his bread by private
teaching. The country, however, was saved from that
disgrace, for the courtiers of Louis XVIII. were sensible
of his merits. Laplace and Cuvier exerted themselves in
his behalf, and he obtained a competence for the rest 01
his life. A curious circumstance is related respecting
the preface which he drew up for the work on Egypt,
and there can be no doubt of its truth, for it is quite in
keeping with Bonaparte's character, and is supported by
the best authority. The proof sheets were sent to the
Emperor for his inspection, and when returned to Fou-
rier they were found covered with marginal notes,
and the additions which these rendered necessary
amounted to nearly a third of the preface.
All the proper names were expunged except
those of three generals-in-chief—Bonaparte, Kleber,
and Desaix, and in almost every page were dis-
played those miserable feelings of jealousy which
robbed Kellerman of the honours and glory due to him
for his services at Marengo, and which would have done
the same injustice to Desaix, had he survived the bat-
tle. Bonaparte even hesitated for some time before he
would allow the word " illustrious," applied to Kleber,
to remain in the text. Independent, however, of the
events connected with the life of Fourier, there are many
allusions to other subjects of a gratifying character, and
some just remarks on the state of education in this
country. This Review is generally understood to be
conducted by writers connected with the Free Church of
Scotland, who, in some respects are not very charitable
to other sects. Here, however, we find many generous
exceptions, and we quote with pleasure one remark,
complimentary to Sir Robert Peel and honourable to the
writer. It relates to the Irish Colleges Bill, and such
liberal sentiments expressed by a member of the Free
Church, a Church so remarkable for its regard to re
ligious and godly education, may well make men like
Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. O'Connell blush for their
sectarian bigotry:—
" W here are our National Universities Tregulated by Par-.

liamentary statute—strong in the unity of their doctrine and
their discipline—conferring their literary honours upon the
men that merit them—inviting to their chairs of office the
genius and learning of the age, and seeking no other test but
that of fearing God, and honouring the King? Alas! where
are they to be found? Not surely in the two noble institu-
tions which stand in hoary antiquity and unreformed gran-
deur on the Cam and the Isis—mighty in intellectual power
and glorious memories—yet rejoicing in ancient and exclu-
sive privilege, and politely shutting their portals against
every class but their own :—Not in the Colleges of the me-
tropolis, chartered by the State, yet depending on the casual
bounty of private munificence :—Not in the University of
taiesa maefll spcoarttlianond_ of
a the
varnbeara nation Dublin, admitting to its offices and its rich Fellowships but
i:nCtheretambeiltyronpootliainbythtehlie b
naicvaersai,
g
of municipal control ;—de radedint ;
the provinces by internal
abuse,
and ecclesiastical domination
everywhere by self-plunder, or nationalpaaranidmaiamyp.ovlevrisehdedo
recognise them, however, if not in the maturity of their
fruit, at least in the freshness of their germ, in the Irish
Colleges, those light-towers of knowledge which a wise Go-
vernment has erected in a dark land; and which, we tru
will be the harbingers of a grand intellectual refortn, cons
fearing the noblest of all political rights—the franchise of a
liberal and religious education upon every subject of the
British empire."
The following curious anachronism occurs in the
brief remarks of the writer on Arago's observations
contrasting the ancient professors of France with their
successors under the convention. " We trust our readers
will excuse us for quoting a few lines, in which more
than ten years ago we recommended the general policy
pursued by the present Government, and which we
trust they will carry out to its full and legitimaate ex-
, tent." This is the eighth number of the Review, conse-
quently it has been in existence for two years in place of
ten. We believe the extract however may be found in
some of Sir David Brewster's writings. The life of an-
other great man is reviewed under the head of " Letters
and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell," by Thomas Carlyle.
Full justice is done to his character, though the Presby-
terian party in England owed their downfal entirely to his
policy and prejudices. "It matters little to his country-
mori," sap the writer, " whether his memory be honoured
by monumental marble, or even that the poet's promise
that •his ashes in a peaceful urn shall rest,' should have re-
mained unNtilled. The record of his fame is engraven in
our history, iced all our subsequent glory does it involuntary
homage. The somolls of legitimate monarchy show few wlio
so well deserved to' be remembered ; and beside the imbecile
James, the perfidy of the first, and the profligacy of the second
Charles, he shines like the orb of day among the lesser tires."
The analysis of Carlpo ;s works and style, with which
the article is prefaced, tl.,oiigh severe in some respects,
is far too favourable. He may be an original and
vigorous thinker ; be may tLAink with unfettered free-
dom,e
and delineate his though with boldness ; but his
language is not to be endured. The style is neither
German nor English ; it belongs to no idiom, and is
regulated by no rules sanctioned either by good taste or
propriety, or the ordinary and estabZlshed custom of the

-SENTATION OF DORSET-
SHIRE.
To ~,
, - " SECTORS
pooFr
tTnaHato
_s
ik‘4 4tl
t,_., 4 i„:,._,eltreeart4.The Bhille
ntry.
vky ,3 is now ..t.en.gor
affeetchteinollgouuathe agricultural and
I:l,t_Atilrßillotineil
no change, houghrl
thet justicefor
corn-lawstdhoeoifrntoihteetoeogursiita;
consider
niit.s
Isi,' Politic or Wise to contend .
Seti:l.4,l4tiog circumstances, and it is useless,
u maenndt,i
re.
s to general concurrence Zlllite th: il-laws, howeverodeeofefntshiebloeominmaurngity.
a.ndnwathnerne is no
i-411(tt1111;_11:3 is divided into two masses,
this coun-
t;)g,,
t:'
4,tv:posdtec_arirs y
Such ath'e state of things in Witshienn-
St
the
Pre
u ellin
Q Si hote sent moment. a law of this .
ole
gto ,
TIIIN. It Peel, the Duke of W
;Ile i with the Crown, are among
- led.
i .4 *%,ate, of the corn-laws is thus sea
on
- fall - elect n the
your opponenwtsh.
it alai ed by you, an agricultural constituency,
would
, litsi, etatanding that I would corn-laws.suppoprtatrhlieament
'')t.4l L.' stated to inion "that
1),4, ee di.s. , - you my op
tis ' q the °('lved, and that a
Iv p . eorn-lavvs should be e
,ti, , arliu,
I
you "that_ -
k,4154i4 epb„--elit," and I therefore assured
measure.ft involving. the re-
ellita 41- 31:14ch a sure lwhateverto the
pdreicviastieonj
uodfga
• ion on the .
olit°clll,,-I.E:rißll4kt-ticathaer.seol'une7 that had themlarliamoeairint
I ~ 13 en 6, difference of t:PIM
ll'i,trUlt in, ''VPeen US I would in that _ beenlaws
rarl4,ol-"° Year hands:" cased. have resigned
ik IL
tits been i 3 not likely to be diso,
you
on
inmaily
o,,Nuna en
ibY misfortune to differ from.
„ill -,---.0,, ~
44 'Jaw of '„` Inc relaxation
dutyda, Corn
ff on the Cana
11,1 C-oil tk t„.!1.2--on the tariff—on
Bill—on the ooth
M4Ylisued
,i,itthallri
o,olvve,l)aissenters C of. protective
to,l4:•egiod
to
ita el.anax,hoapntethmeeelosuurrseenotowbg
y 1 lir' tile importan
tt0,„(.4 theref f u l l es
pfPoiurr rei t the b
),
Po:Llrlg its. ore redeem my ple.ndge in its .
strit't of
ei.soi!eat, thereby givi you
more accurately
tr your
obj4ot oparlgs one who may
nantly carry oat
ediate
uri , and more conso the imm
WI '*
'Nth 111 dem,
, trta, r gratitude for the trust reposed
oe ' regret at its termination, -
Aery ' Ali%Gentlemen, your most faith
„4041p,hsve tihnelnhe:m.aonudr
br:4lltY Meeti g 11 been called by the
ful aundighobsehdelerni t
HENRY CHARLES S.TURT.:)fit.
'Ziiisitl-4g:lsh.ir.e fonr-Tuaeasday next,. for the purpos t
1., l• It. I, Poplic opinion, and adopting petitions aains
d at t
k:ttt Zl46t Ineitthres. It. is expeacotneoduntoheat the two
s
ttiot. candidates will be
111t.tS1"1"sr",7TATioN 0 EAST
lir ,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
I.l':l:l;,,h(JWurietrili: hsash',7ittten a_long letter to his consti:
of Sir R. Beefs commercial
free
i'llitl,tg,4'ntinwwouhiirihlit. subject
saysor :—" My own t ,
to etttsrtaiic lead
.e to supp t the Governmen ,
this i ;tug these sincere and honest convictions, as.
4grs.at'' r your interest in common with those of
1,40%4, croPire, I should feel myself as your repro
kldi constitutionally entitled tondo so, nontswti.ttuh:
''le drag To
,:,, Y
,I togha been elected in 1841, by a co 1
a.' ti tir`ible protection But I have, to a certain ch.-
.hie'll Ilisveh,..td myself of this Unfettered right ofjudgtmoit
:issl,l as
k;unstit • f . upon a representative, in-
di
% ~, .... UtiOn COll Lrs
di "t 1 :. 'wet years ago, I stated at a protection meeting
i rholitliv,:oul i 11. ever assent to any measure which
tli.d
,71 an iota of the protection then en-
ka. hchict u.Y agriculture.' Ily giving pledge
krt; InYseif to have surrendered alto 1q '" of
at, Y or unwise
own right of individual judgtmneonw,
1411. t, isely, rightly or wrongly,. I need n(I,
must
t,;i) th,et°l''ider ; my present course is clear ;
4:lff Re • Pledge involate. I therefore feel that, how-
,4 tli„ini", I may he for the success of the measure
Ns 4,-
.stability of the Government, I cannot vote tor
itpkaahs_uplition
of protection to agriculture without first
to ril.), constituent 4. I therefore tender you

age :
" Quern penes arbitrium est et jus et ncrma loquendi :"
it is a jargon, or as the reviewer says, "a frantic con
gregation of words" occasionally, which often conceals
the meaning, which is abominated by eery admirer of
pure English, and ought to be shunned by every young
student. We have not space for remarks on the other
articles in the number, but in general they ate excellent.,
and fully maintain the character which this ,view peri-
odical has justly acquired. Among the more interesting
are " Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson
Scottish Criminal Law," and " Antiquity of the
Gospels."

PARISH OF KENSINGTO/4.—On Thursday a meeting
of the inhabitant r ate-payers of the parish of St. Mary Ab-
botts, Kensington, was held, pursuant to public notice, in the
vestry room of the old church, " To take into consideration
the petitioning both Houses of Parliament, in approval of the
measures proposed by Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., to Par-
liament, on Tuesday, the .27th ult., which are to be taken
into consideration of the House of Commons on Monday, the
9th of February, inst." Mr. Churchwarden Bellworthy was
called to the chair. After some discussion petitions to the
Legislature were agreed to. It was then carried that the
petition to the Mouse of Commons should be presented by
Mr. G. Byng, X.P., and that Colonel T. Wood, M.P., be re-
quested to support it; and that the petition to the House of
Lords be presented by Lord Radnor. The meeting them
broke up.

THE TIMBER DUTIES.

(Continued from The Sun of Thursday.)

RESOLUTION TO BE PROPOSED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON
THE CUSTOMS ACT.

In lieu of the Duties imposed upon Wood by the load according to the cubic content, the importer may have
the option, at the time of passing the first entry, of entering Battens, Batten Ends, Boards, Deals, Deal
Ends, and Plank, by Tale, if of or from Foreign Countries, according to the following Dimensions, viz.:—

BATTENS AND BATTEN ENDS:—
Not above 6 feet in length—the 120
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length—

the 120
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in leegth—
the 120
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length—
the 120
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length—
the 120
Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length—
the 120

BOARDS, DEALS, DEAL ENDS, AND
PLANK :
Not above 6 feet i❑ length—the I‘2o
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length—
the 120
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length—
the 120
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length—
the 120
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length—
the 120
Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length—
the 120

Not above 6 feet in length—the 120
Above 6 and not above 9 feet in length—

the 120
Above 9 and not above 12 feet in length—

the 120
Above 12 and not above 15 feet in length—

the 120 _
Above 15 and not above 18 feet in length—

the 120
Above 18 and not above 21 feet in length
the 120

Not above 7
inches in width.

X s. d.

From and after bth April, 1847. From and after sth April, 1848

Not above 14 Above 1 4 inch Not above 14 Above 14 inch
inch in and not above 2%: inch in and not above 2k
thickness. in thickness. i thickness. iu thicknes.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1482930 18 6 1 17 0
1 16 11 3 13 10 1 7 9 2 15 6
2 9 3 4 18 6 116 11 3 13 10
3 1 7 6 3 2 2 6 3 4 12 6
3 13 10 7 7 8 2 15 4 5 10 8
4628124 3 4 6 6 9 0
-- --
Not above 134 Above 134 inch I Not above 134 Above 134 inch
inch in and not above inch in and not above
thickness. 314 In thickness. thickness. 314 in thickness.
1 19 6 3 19 0 1 9 10 2 19 8
2 19 3 5 18 6 2 4 5 4 8 10
3 19 0 7 18 0 2 19 2 5 18 4
4 18 10 9 17 8 3 14 2 7 8 4
5 18 7 11 17 2 4 8 11 8 17 10
6 1 S 4 13 16 8 5 3 8 10 7 4
—_—.
•
2 7 10 4 15 8 1 15 10 3 11 8
31187342 13 8 5 7 4
4 15 7 9 11 2 3 11 7 7 3 2
5 19 7 11 19 2 4 9 7 8 19 2
7 3 6 14 7 0 5 7 6 10 15 0
8 7 6 16 15 0 6 5 8 12 11 4

Not above 94
inches in width.

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RESIGNATION OF LORD ASHLEY.

We on Thursday announced the Noble Lord's intention to
resign his seat as one of the Members for Dorsetshire, and
we now subjoin his Lordship's address to his constituents on
retiring from Parliament :

" London, Jan. 31.

"The First Minister of the Crown has propounded to the
Parliament a measure for the total abolition of all protec-
tive duties on the importation of foreign corn.
" The Bill seems so well adapted to meet thepresent and
future exigencies of the country, that I shall think it a point
of duty to do all in my power towards rendering it the law
of the land.
" I ventured, in the month of October last, to direct your
attention to the pressing necessity of an immediate settle-
ment of this long-agitated question. That necessity is now
increased tenfold by the act of the Government ; and a re-
sistance to it, which could not postpone the measure beyond
the interval of a few months, would mitigate none of the ap-
prehended evils, and would raise up others of a more formi-
dable kind.
" I state these arguments for your serious reflection, but
they are not the sole grounds on which I rest my determi-
nation to support the measure.
'4 I shall accept it, not only without alarm, but in the full
and confident hope that it will prove conducive to the wel-
fare of all classes of the community.
" But there is a preliminary consideration ; the appeal to
the country in 1841 was in fact, whatever the ostensible
purpose, an appeal to the question of the corn-laws. I main-
tained at that time that protection was indispensable, though
I reserved a discretion on all details, and obtained your sup-
port accordingly.
" I an now of opinion that it is no longer expedient to
maintain such protection.
" Although no pledges were asked or given, I should be
acting in contravention of an honourable understanding
between myself and the electors on this special matter were
I to retain my seat, and vote for the Ministers' measure.
" I have, therefore, requested the grant of the Chiltern
Hundreds, that you may have the opportunity of proceeding
to another election.
" You will readily believe that I coatemplate such an
event with exceeding pain. It would sever a connexion
which I have enjoyed with honour and pleasure for fourteen
years; one that I greatly prefer to any that could be of-
fered. It would shut me out, perhaps for ever, from public
occupations, and stop the progress of various measures to
which I have devoted the best years of my political life, and
surrendered many hopes of personal advantage. I mention
these things to prove to you how deep and how sincere are
my convictions.
" I am indebted to your kindness and confidence for the
opportunities I have enjoyed of public service, and which, I
trust, I have not misused. I shall ever retain towards you a
lively sense of gratitude and esteem, with an ardent and un-
ceasing prayer for your general and individual welfare.
" I shall appear on the hustings on the day of nomination,
and call for a show of hands, to ascertain, beyond a doubt.
the sentiments of the constituency.
" I am, gentlemen, with much respect and esteem, your
faithful iend and servant, " ASHLEY."

THE OVERLAND ROUTES TO
INDIA.

LORD ASHLEY AND THE TEN

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

Sub-Committee No. 1.

was mathematically stated, and any engineer could at the
first glance hit upon that point.
The CrIAIRMAY did not questicn for a moment that an
engineer could arrive at the information without difficulty,
but this was what the public complained of. They said the
plans of many railway companies' branches were so prepared
that none but a professional eye could decide on looking at
the plans, the precise point where the junction was to be made.
The Committee decided that the etanding orders had not
been complied with.

The Committee resumed sittings this day at twelve o'clock
in room No. 7, consisting of Mr. Strutt, Chairman, Mr. Bro-
therton, and Mr. Evans.

Distance by Distance Difference in
the Perth and by favour of the
Inverness. Aberdeen. former.
Miles Yards Miles Yards Miles Yards
1. From Perth to Inverness 130 .69A 196 1,481 66 491
2. From Perth to Nairn .. 116 770 I 181 774 64 4
3. From Perth to Forme
and Findhorn • • 126 I 17i 1,654 45 1,654
4. From I'erth to Burghead 131 I,6'_ ls 6 334 23 444
5. From Perth to Elgin and
•
Lossiemouth .......... 138 253 160 26 21 1,533

The amalgamation of the Perth line with the Inverness and
Elgin Junction, which proposes to carry branches to Find-
horn, fiurghead, and Lossiemouth, the three chief ports on the
south side of the Moray Firth, enables the united companies
to supply accommodation to the public in the most effective
form, as the whole traffic of the counties north and west of
the Moray Firth will in this way be concentrated en the line,
and forwarded by the most direct route to the south of Scot-
land. It is of importance, in considering the rival claims of
these lines and the Great North of Scotland scheme, to keep
in view that the traffic of the northern counties, both in pas-
sengers, merchandise, and stock, with the towns and markets
of the south, and not with the coast districts between Elgin
and the Firth of Tay, with which the Aberdeen line pro
poses to establish a connexion.