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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1846.

The LonD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.

Various petitions on the subject of the corn-laws wera

presentcd.

In answer to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY on the sub-
ject of the alleged persecution of the nuns of Minsk,
The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had received an official
comn.unication from Russia denying the truth of the
rumours in circulation on the subject, and stating that the
depositions alleged to have been taken at Rome were gross
fabrications.

Lord Desteeies then rese to draw their Lordships' attention
to the amendments which he proposed in the Irish Pacifica-
tion Act. He objected to giving the Lord Lieutenant the
Power of proclaiming a county for the commission of one crime,
and thought it would be better to require a requisition from
lie also objected
preparatory to proclaiming a county.
objected to punishing a person found out of his house
after nightfall with transportation for seven years, which in
many cases must be transportation for life. He thought
imprisonment a punishment quite grave enough for
such an offence. He wished to se a power given to change
the venue, but this ought to be made the subject of a general
law, applicable to every part of the United Kingdom.
Then with regard to the 20th clause, providing punishment
for persona intimidating he thought that that
ills.) should be made the subjeeesesees'e a general law, applic-
able. to the whole kingdom.
ie was a Lord BROUGHAM denied that transportationil
out under
was necessary
punish-
ment to be inflicted for a night o
suspicious
that the person should be found to be
, and even
circum dances, and not upon his lawful occasions,
if so convicted, the punishment was left to the discretion of
the Judge, besides, the being out must take place in a
proclaimed district, which gave to every one going
out warning that he was to provide evidence that he was out
upon his
anomaly in this enactment, and that unless they heist out
the tenor of transportation the Act would fail in effect.
The Bill was for three years, but if it did not produce tran-
quility then, it would be their duty to have recourse to more
stringent measures.
Earl GREY argued against the clause punishing absence
from home at night by transportation, as one subjecting every
Irish peasant who might desire not to be confined to his mi-
serable cabin for 16 hours to the punishment of transportation.
It was contrary to natural justice, and it would be better to
make the possession of weapons, the being disguised, or the
being assembled in multitudes, a distinct offence.
The case held by the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham)
who had undertaken the advocacy of this clause, required a
great deal of bolstering up, and he could riot congratulate
the Noble and Learned Lord on the success of his advocac:7'.
Lord BROUGHAM explained.
The Earl of it. GERMANS felt obliged to the Lord Chief
Justice for stating hie objections. With regard
to the proclamation of a district he thought the
proposed measure requiring that the Lord Lieutenant
should not have the power of proclaiming a district
unless a crime had been committed there, was
rather a check on the power of the Lord Lieutenant.
With regard to the change of venue, he agreed with the
Noble and Learned Lord, as also with regal' to
be the 20th clause, which he would leave cut if
were certain of some general measure passing 'on the
Subject. Then with regard to the punishment of tranfporta-

tion for absence from home, that had been so ably argued j
by the Noble and Learned Lord that he would not allude
to it further. The misdemeanour itself was one characterised
by such ditlerent degrees of guilt that he thought the pun-
ishment ought to be left, as proposed by the Bill, to the
discretion of the Judge.
The Earl of STRADBROKE thought that persona out at
night, not armed, should not be subject to a greater punish-
ment than imprisonment, and that those found out armed
should be subject to transportation.
Lord CAMPBELL complained that several of the amend-
ments introduced on Friday did not appear in the Bill
printed, as amended in Committee. He hoped that the sug-
gestions of the Noble Earl (STRAnnuoicE) would be
adopted.
The LORD CfraxcELLon explained that it was understood
that the amendments alluded to by. his Noble and Learned
Friend were intended to be proposed in the report. With
regard to the Bill of the Loup CHIEF JUSTICE, he would give
it his hearty support. With regard to the punishment for
being out after dark, it was admitted that the punishment
ought to be discretionary, and the only question was as to the
limit of the discretion.
Earl ST. GERMANS explained.
After a few words from the Duke of Mamma.),
The Marquis of CLANRICAKDE declared that he thought
some such measure was necessary for the protection of the
lives and properties of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland.
The Earl of WICKLOW hoped that, as the Bill was to be
postponed to Monday, the interim would be devoted to the
reconsideration of the clause inflicting the punishment of
transportation on persons found out after sunset.
After a few words from Lord Monteagle, and explana-
tions from the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of St. Germnins,
Lord Brougham, and Lord Denman, the House adjourned.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was ordered for
Windsor in the room of RALPH NETILLI, Esq., who has ac-
cepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury.
Mr. T. DUECOMBE presented a petition complaining of
the mismanagement of the Post-office.
Mr. CARDWELL in answer to a question from Dr. Bow-
BING, observed that he could not state whether any mea-
sures had been taken in order to give to the Australian
Colonies the benefit of steam navigation.
Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention to-morrow to
move for the production of various returns illustrative of tha
commercial policy pursued of late years.
Sir G. CLERK, in answer to a question from Sir C. Name;
stated that he was unable to say when he should be able to
bring forward the Merchant Seamen's Bill.
Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL,
said that everything had and would be dune by
the Government to obviate the impending famine
and disease in Ireland, and he believed that in
the course the Government had adopted they would
be assisted by the proprietors of land and the moneyed gentry
of Ireland. If the resolutions that went through Committee
on Friday were adopted on the report to-night, Indian corn,
buck wheat, and rice would be admitted duty free, and he
trusted that that would considerably relieve the wants of
the people of Ireland. He trusted that the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman would not call upon him to enter
into the details of the course that was proposed to
be adopted by the Government.
Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. M. GIBSON,
said that it was proposed by the Government with respect to
all articles in the tariff, immediately upon the passing of the
resolutions, to issue a Treasury order that they should be ad-
mitted immediately upon the lower rate of duty.
Mr. GREENE brought up the report on the resolutions
agreed to on Friday night, relative to the duties on corn,
grain, meal, flour, &c.
After a short discussion, in the course of which Mr. LID-
DELL stated that it was not his intention to trouble the
House any further with respect to the timber duties,
Sir It. PEEL stated that the existence of the order of the
Treasury, which he proposed to issue with respect to the
articles-in the tariff on which the duty was to be reduced,
would depend upon the Bill on the subject being
adopted or rejected by the House. As to maize, buck wheat,
i
and rice, he proposed to issue a Treasury orderimmediately
to admit them at a nominal duty, but that order would be
dependent on the fate of the Bill he proposed to introduce
founded on the resolutions.
Mr. W. MILES would not divide the House upon the reso-
lution with respect to Indian corn, buck-wheat, and rice,
as the Right Hon. Baronet had stated that the order of the
Treasury would he dependent upon the fate of the Bill to be
introduced upon the subject.
Mr. CARDWELL said that there was no ground for sup-
posing that the introduction of Indian corn would interfere
with the interests of the British agriculturists.
Mr. NEWDEGATE denied that Indian corn would ever be-
come a staple article of food in this country.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD would like to see even the shilling duty
that was to be retained on Indian corn removed.
Mr. Hums: hoped to see Indian wheat made an article of
food where wheat could not be obtained.
After some discussion, the other resolutions and reports were
agreed to, and Bills founded upon them were ordered to be
brought in.
The House then went into Committee on Customs (the
tariff), in the course of which it was arranged that the unop-
posed resolutions should be taken first, and that the discus.
sions on the resolutions that were opposed, especially those
with respect to silk and brandy, should be taken upon the
bringing up of the report on Friday.
Mr. EWART then moved that modern foreign books should
be admitted duty free, upon which a short discussion took
place, after which the motion was withdrawn.
The other resolutions of the tariff having been gone
through,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that there were many
articles of manufacture on v. hich it was proposed to put
a duty of 10 per cent ; that was all well enough as lung
as the corn law lasted, but when it terminated in 1849
he could not see the policy or the justice of continuing
that duty.
Sir R. PEEL thought the proposal he had made was
a fair one, and at the end of three years it was perfectly
open to reconsider the question as to the remission of
the duty.
Mr. T. BARING did not think that by the remission
of the duty of 10 per cent. the consumer would obtain
the article one farthing cheaper. If these duties were
to be removed, resort must be had to direct taxation
upon increase.
Mr. Ht73lE trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet
would look to direct taxation as the principal means of
raising the revenue.
Sir lt. PEEL said that the reductions that had been made
last year with respect to the duty on glass and auctions
had saved no less than 50,0001. in salaries to officers. It
was his intention to move tomorrow for returns with re-
spect to wool, flax, and several other articles, in order to
illustrate the commercial policy of the country.
Mr. HupsoN said, if they adopted a principle it must be
carried out to its full extent, and with respect to every in-
terest.
The remaining resolutions were then agreed to, and
ordered to be reported on Friday.
The House then went into Committee of Supply, and
certain votes were taken on account of the army and navy,
agreeably to the arrangements made in the early part of
the evening.
The Metropolitan Buildings (Salaries to Officers) Bill was
reported.
The Metropolitan Buildings (No. 2.) Bill went through
Committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in the Corn
Importation till, which was read a first time, and ordered to
be read a second time on Monday next.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the
House adjourned.

The American President, and those who concur in his opi-
nions, have the best reasons in the world fur interdicting all
interference on the part of European powers in the affairs of
North America. When thieves lay plots for breaking into a
house, or committing highway robberies or any other nett-
rious acts injurious to their neighbours, they would willingly
forbid the interference of the police if they had the
power and the impudence of Mr. FOLK ; but, fortunately, the
law is too strong for them, and they are compelled therefore
to confine themselves to stratagems, and plots, and bribes.
Robbers on a grand scale have thus a great advantage over
them. Power in the eyes of these gentlemen gives right;
they lay claim to privileges and immunities which
paltry robbers dare not put forward in their de-
fence, they define the laws of nations as suits their
purpose, and when the Varrces, and PereExpones,
and Scurrs decide against them, they make a new code of
their own, and with the most barefaced contempt cf justice,
morality, and religion, they assert that these laws were made
for slaves, for men who meanly submitted to the authority
of a king or an emperor, and who therefore never had any
correct notions of the great principles of liberty. It was for
the free-born sons of the American Republic to dispel these vain
delusions; and place international laws as well as internal
laws on an entirely new footing. These, in fact, are the very
theories inculcated by the new morality at Washingtou, and
the reasons why they are inculcated, and the objects in
view are not one whit better founded, or more honest than
the most illegal and wicked schemes of a band of thieves
on a small scale. At the present moment, more, perhaps, than
at any former period, has the American Executive reasons
for declaiming against those laws which England and France,
and every European power, have long held sacred, and re-
garded as the firmest bond of peace and good order. A grand
design has been for some time in operation against Mexico.
Many of the states belonging to that republic are very
conveniently situated for the squatters of North America;
Mexico can make no use of them—she cannot cultivate
them nor half people them ; and what is more, she cannot
defend them. If America does not occupy them, some other
nation will; and as their contiguity fits them so admirably
for the Great Republic, and besides her scheme of liberty is
so grand, so beneficent, and so universal in its application,
it would be a wilful rejection of proffered blessings to hesitate
one moment, when the proper time arrives, in an-
nexing the whole of the Mexican States to the Northern
Union. Fortune has absolutely thrown the whole territory
into the lap
.of America, and the very dissensions, mis-
management, and want of patriotism, on the part of the
Mexicans, only furnish additional arguments to justify the
plots now in operation at the capital. The American agents
there are not idle, nor have their labours been without
fruits. Bribery has been carrie d on to a considerable ex-
tent, threats have not been wanting, and the quarrelsome,
,inconsistent, and too often unpatriotic character of the
Spanish race, has helped to throw that country into a state
ofp anarchy approaching to dissolution. The new President,
nefariousl.o.Ahß vn eE se conducttnnntleya longer
igintestrs neighbours.thsa iwatree td
ion, he says, " It was impossible for
tabletlsietatec.outputitsy.
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neighbours,frontier
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?,
separation
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so rtce,
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lected seized
bye theth e territory
Government,
openly t'
usurpation.
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only possible remedy ; the rich lands of
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d ia conditioni
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proclama-
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without an Administration, or a military force sufficient left,
without
protect them, to the mercy of Americ,n adventurers, nwhto
in imitation of those in Texas, are preparing a new
The quarrels and exigencies of the different factions alone re-
ceived attention from Government. A year passed since the
revolution overthrew a ruinous dictatorship, and nothing has
been done to place the institutions on a respectable footing,
Time has been consumed in useless discussions; indecision and
weakness have been the sole characteristics of the Government.
Thus have the United States been encouraged to commit in
the face of the world the scandalous robbery of Texas. Thus
have all the resources of the nation been wasted, and money
for public purposes raised at an exorbitant interest. Thus
have factious been encouraged and subdivided; on every side

were symptoms of dissolution, and the nation, in the midst
of anarchy and confusion, was daily progressing to its ruin."
This is all matter of fact, but it would be impossible to say
at present what part the American agents have acted in the
scene. They work umderground. Can England and France
look on with apathy in the midst of such scenes ?

Eighteen hundred and forty-six has dawned upon the Go-
vernment of Great Britain with a series of phenomena more
startling and portentous than have accompanied the com-
mencement of many antecedent years. Abroad our position
is embarrassed in various directions and by various contin-
gencies. Among the Asiatic tribes the germs of warfare
have been fructified, and, beyond a spectacle of present blood-
shed, spreads forth a prospect of protracted campaigns and
continuous carnage. America, in the opposite direction—
whether excited by an unholy lust for aggrandisement or a
still more unholy aspiration to cross swords and measure
strength with her mother country—intimates both by in-
sinuation and by overt act her longing to embroil herself
with England. In addition to these impending war-blasts,
we are afflicted at home with the grim and unmistakeable
prognostications of famine, and the maladies which invariably
supervene upon that direful visitation. The fetch of starva-
tion has been recognised among the bleak fens and mountain
paths of Ireland : the fever-cloud is settling down above the
homesteads of that afflicted country. Simultaneously almost
with these occurrences the Spanish Ministry was changed,
and by our latest information it appears that Poland has .
again raised her chained hands to smite the oppressors of
her past and present generation ; the dykes of tyranny have
been overflowed once more ; the shade of Kosciusteci has
gloomed upon the walls of Cracow. Stirred, however, as the
public mind is by necessity in consequence of these political
convulsions without, and occupied as the Legislature must be
from a similar cause ;—a greater revolution than all these,
one more vast in its application and more durable in its very
essence has been evoked within—an agitation by which the
laws of man shall henceforth be made more accordant
with the laws of GOD and Nature—an agitation by which
the rational portion of creation shall have as ready access
to its nourishment as that enjoyed by the irrational—an
agitation by which an universal good shall supersede an
individual advantage. That agitation has been accom-
panied, and stirred on, and developed by a combination
of occurrences more unforeseen and more memorable
than almost any on the Parliamentary records—
occurrences which we ourselves, however, have so fully
and repeatedly particularised, as each transpired in succession,
as to require no more at this moment than a casual men-
tion. Engrossed by topics thus momentous, with reference
both to foreign, home, and colonial legislaticn, it is not pos-
sibly surprising to observe the scanty benefits of a practical cha-
racter produced by Government during the last few months.
And in employing the term Government, we do not mean the
Ministry alone, or the Houses of Parliament alone, or the
Cabinet Council alone, but Government ha its most compre-
hensive and concrete signification. Its attention, diverted
now to the Sutlej, by dispatches penned amidst the
smoke of blood and gunpowder ; now to the
hovels of Galway, by the catalogue of blighted
potato-crops ; now to the Oregon, by the testy squabblings and
irate announcements of the representatives of the United
States; now to Madrid, by the failing voice of NARVAEZ
now to dismembered Poland, by the cries of slaves for
freedom ; and now again to every section of our
English community, by the petitions for free trade, and
the petitions for protection (the latter being at a
moderate computation the units, and the former the thou-
sands) :—distracted by these conflicting movements, it is
not, we repeat, surprising that Government should be baffled
at first into something like dilatoriness or procrastination.
There are ample excuses for a first delay—such a delay as
may afford full opportunity for reflection. But, beyond
a certain limit of time, there is no available palliative for a
continuance of that torpor in the Executive department. An
over• protracted hesitation on the part of a Government is the
most heinous political crime of which it can well be guilty—
it is the arch-sin of legislation—it is more pernicious (if pos-
sible) than over-rashness. It is the key-stone to misgovernment.
In the present instance that limitation cf time to which we
have alluded is fast approaching. Words will not suffice ;
when that moment of demarcation arrives, action will be re-
quisite. Indian warfare and arbitration for Oregon are
subjects no more capable of being trifled with by any minc-
ing measures than is the question of free trade, to the
inhabitants of the British Isles themselves, one admitting
of a pottering policy. Parliament must neither dream for
a single instant that their discussions upon' this clause
and upon that dame can continue on their present
glib progression, than that the Seikhs and Americans are
the most conceding and patient of mortals. Our legis-
lators must acquire fresh capacity for Parliamentary and
practical proceedings; they must be au fait in the march of
soldiers as well as in the march of opinion; they must keep
pace with the accumulation of exigencies—remembering the
vast and petty grievances which have to be rectified both et
home and abroad. Sir ROBERT PEEL has a thorough appre-
ciation of this necessity: he perceives the duty most incum-
bent upon himself, upon his colleagues, upon the Imperial
Parliament itself: the duty of doing instead of talking. His
whole bearing throughout this session proves such to be his
conviction; his abrupt and copioui explanations upon the
first meeting of that august House; his rapid introduction
of the policy proposed for adoption by Government; his
observations night after night from the Ministerial benches;
nay, his declaration yesterday evening was alone sufficient
evidence of the deep root which that opinion has taken in
his judgment. The glee displayed upon the latter occasion
by the protectionists is, indeed, to ourselves a matter
of the most supreme astonishment. These eccen-
tric gentlemen appeared to have detected acme
astoundingly invisible cause for exultation in the
miniature debate which ensued upon Mr. EWART'IS amend-
ment: they crowed—absolutely crowed with delight at that
little interlude to the discussion—that mere episode in the
great epic of commercial freedom. What really could excite
such manifestations of rejoicing among a party so
miserably and irreparably crest-fallen as the agricultu-
rists, we cannot in all sober earnestness divine ; for to
us, the remarks uttered by the Government officials upon the
introduction of that amendment appeared only like another
conquest over the monster monopoly. It was a triumph in
this respect, that the Ministerial measures will admit of no
unnecessary opposition whatever, while, at the same moment,
an important announcement with reference to international
copyright arose out of the present rejection of Mr. EWARV3
suggestion. On this latter account we feel assured that Mr.
Sergeant TALFOURD will entertain feelings of thankfulness
to the Hon. Member for Dumfries as the unwitting means of
eliciting a very pleasant piece of intelligence. That intelli-
gence came forth as an announcement from Sir GEORGE
CLERK, who, while he acknowledged the excellence of some
, speedy reduction in the tax upon foreign books (as specified
in the amendment), objected to the adoption of Mr. Ewane's
suggestion, for the following reams :—" At the present mo-
ment," said the Hon. Member fur Stamford, " negotiations
are pending on the subject of international copyright between
Prussia, France, and this country. Those negotiations have
made great progress, and I hope will be soon brought to a
satisfactory conclusion; but, by the lion. Member pressing
his motion, the probability of effecting such arrangements
will be materially diminished." Mainly, almost exclusively
en this score, the amendment of Mr. EWART was pushed to
withdrawal; and, nevertheless, the protectionists indulged in
acclamations of rapture, as though Government were reced-
ing from their free-trade policy. Surely these sagacious
• corn-dealers have regarded the Ministerial opposition with
singular obliquity, or they would recognise, instead of any
secession from their principles of abolition, an addi'ional
expression of their determination to persevere in that
glorious labour. Prospects, in fact, are held out by
, a distinguished member of the Cabinet of a reciprocation,
literary as well as commercial, between the principal Euro-
pean countries—a reciprocation of mental as well as bodily
nutriment—a reciprocation of untaxed thoughts as well as of
untaxed cattle. And it is for the purpose of ensuring the
speedy and permanent settlement of this reciprocation
that the amendment in question was rejected.
Nevertheless, these Cr3IONS, the protectionists, rejoiced!
As if, however, to amend any misconception of the inten-
tion of the Ministry, the Premier made the unequivocal de-
claration that " neither this nor any other minor difficulty
would induce him to relax in his exertions to bring the
great question of our commercial policy to a satisfactory con-
clusion. It was the main object for which at present lie
should strive." Yet with these syllables ringing in their
ears, the pleasantry of the protectionist Members still re-
mained undiminished—they had indeed " a par-
lous pertinacity of fun." Nay, so confirmed was
this feeling, that one of the cheifest ornaments of
the party actually indulged himself in touches of
exultant sarcasm ! The language, however, of Sir Itotteser
PEEL is decisive: it proves four great facts in one little sen-
tence : first, the necessity of immediate action ; secondly, the
unconquerable strength of his position as the representative
of the popular will; thirdly, the ultimate victory of free trade
for mind as well as for body; ar.d fourthly, the imminence of
the present juncture.

Madrid papers of the 2d have been received. It appears
from these that doubts were entertained whether the QUEEN
would give her assent to the new electoral law, which had
passed both Chambers by large majorities. Private letters,
however, state that everything in respect to this Bill had
been satisfactorily arranged, and that her MAJESTY would
pass it in the usual form. The Chamber of Deputies had
adopted several additional clauses of the Tithe-owners' Bill,
which also was considered secure.

The Three per Cents. closed at 30% at 59 days, and the
Five per Cents. at 2114 for the 30th of April.

The insurrection in Poland still forms the principal feature
in the Paris papers. Many of the refugee Poles now residing
at Paris, to the number, it is said, of three hundred, assem-
bled at the house of Prince CzAirronYsitt, on Saturday latrt,
and presented to the Prince an address in the name of more
than one thousand Poles, in which they offered to that chief
the warmest co• operation, and a rigorous obedience to his
commands, convinced that this co-operation is, above all
things, necessary, in order that the emigration may, by its
representatives, the more efficaciously associate itself with
the heroic struggle which has re-commenced in Poland.
The address terminates with a declaration that " the hour
for sacrifices having arrived, they offer to their companions
in emigration, who do not partake of the opinions propa-
gated by the society of The Third of May' for several years
past, the temporary abandonment of their doctrines and
their theories, in order that all the emigrants may be united
in one bond of union, directed by the Prince, and giving

to him their co-operation." The Prince replied by
"rendering homage to the heroic -rising which had taken
place in different points of Poland ; and then declared his
resolution to serve it with all his means, which he said
would, with the co-operation of the emigrants, undoubtedly
increase. It would then be possible to give considerable as-
sistance to the country, and to obtain for Poland allies, loans,
and the universal support of public opinion. He accepted
with joy the offer of the co-operation of the Society, and the
example of the sacrifice which it had just given. He could
not forget that Poland alone could name a chief or a national
government. He would continue, in order to serve the
cause, to appeal to foreign nations in the name of Poland;
but he would be ready to give daily the first example of
obedience to the manifestations of the national will." It
was agreed at this meeting that a declaration in
the name of the whole body should be published
next day (Sunday), expressing sympathy with their
countrymen, and entire identity with the movement which
had taken place. But if the intelligence in the Frankfort
Journal of the Gth inst. is to be credited, the Russians have
already struck a terrible blow at the insurrection. The follow-
ing appears in that paper, dated "Nuremberg, March 4 :—A
letter from Vienna, of the 28th, states that Government had
just received intelligence of the burning of Cracow. The
Russians had arrived with such rapidity that the insurgents
were unable to oppose any serious resistance, and the Rus-
sians, in the midst of a terrible bombardment, seized on the
town."

It appears by accounts from Berne to the 4th inst., that
political affairs in that quarter were in a very critical state.
An extraordinary session of the Grand Council was held on
that day, when the report of the Committee on the declara-
tion signed' y M. NEtatAus and eight other Councillors was
taken into consideration, and considering that by such de-
claration these members had placed themselves in opposition
to the positive decisions of the Grand Council, and that such
a state of things might have produced injurious consequences
to the most:precious interests of the State, the Grand Council
decreed as follows :

" MM. the Councillors of State, Neuhaus, Weber, Steinhaher,
Lecbundgeet, Begler, J. Jaggi, Schmalz, Bandelier, and Dallier shall
be deprived of their functions of members of the Executive Council.
The Grand Council regrets that the declaration of the Councillors of
State, dated January 27, 1846, should have given rise to misunder-
standings anti created a want of confidence. Nevertheless, con-
sidering the necessity of insuring the maintenance of order and peace,
and also of the regular administration in the canton of Berne, and
trusting in the loyalty and patriotism of the nine Councillors of State,
the Grand Council decrees that nothing further shall be done in this
affair. It is also recommended to the Executive Council to hold with
firmness the reins of the State, and to watch over the strict and com-
plete execution of the laws until a new order of things shall have
replaced the present authorities."

In consequence of all these unfavourable accounts, as well
as the depression in the English Funds, and a fabricated
rumour of disturbances at Placentia, in Lombardy, the Three
per Cents. fell on Sunday to 83f. 80c.

BISLNESS DONS IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TRH
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAC 9.

Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 21i - Mitch Rhenish,
5% —East Indian, %—great Northern of France Constituted, 15%
—Louvain and Jetnapps, 1 —Luxembourg, 2—Namur and Liege,
2;Y—Orleans and Vierson, 19!$--Paris and Orleans.soy2 —Paris and
Rouen, 40 4 —Tours and Nantes Constituted, 71,4 —West Flanders, 37/, .

THE DIVISION ON TILE CORN-LAWS.—After twelve nights'
talk, the House of Commons divided on Saturday morning,
last, the 28th ult., at about three o'clock. By six o'clock the
same morning we had delivered to us, through the courtesy
and spirited exertions of the proprietor of 'l'he Sun nees-
paper, a copy of that Journal, containing a full report of the
debate, and the numbers on division, and will( h we publii.hed
in a second edition. The special engine which brought the
news, arrived at Cambridge in one hour and twenty-five
minutes from Shoreditch. —Cambridge Independent.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO 71dREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
5.000 bales, including about 500 American for export. Prices
were firm. Shares.continued dull, and at heavy rates.
Amidst the interest and excitement felt in respect to the
Oregon dispute, the chances in favour of a more liberal tariff
in the United States seem to attract but little attention.
That the subject is of importance to our mercantile com-
munity there are few, however, who can dispute. The pro-
posed new tariff is described by a party writing from New
York to be " throughout on the ad valorem principle,
and, therefore, is much more simple in its details
that the present, which Act is filled with specific and mini-
mum duties. The greatest defect in the Tariff Act of 1842,
next to its highly protective features, is the imperfect man-
ner in which the duty is levied, and the great difficulty ex-
perienced in regulating the specific duties. An ad valorem
tariff must be more equal in its operation, provided proper
rules exist, in establishing the valuation of• property import-
ed. Under the present Act, the duties levied upon the same
art:cles vary at the same port of entry, and the average rate
of duty upon some articles is nominally small, while the
actual duty ranges very high. Specific duties create, at
all times, a great deal of difficulty, and if the system pre-
sented by the Secretary of the Treasury, professed no other
merit but simplicity, that alone would entitle it to be
adopted. The variety of rates of duties levied under the pre-
sent tariff upon almost the same articles is very great, in some
cases specific, and in others ad valorem. A modification of
the tariff, aiming at the reduction, and the establishment of
the ad valorem principle throughout, must make this Act as
near perfect as possible and give it a permancy never en-
joyed by any previous Bill of this character. There is not
such a great and general revolution in the duties as antici-
pated ; the average under the new 13i11, so far as we are able
to judge, will range somewhere between 20 and 25 per cent.
The average under the present tariff, according to the impor-
tations of 1845, was a fraction over 29 per cent."
There are no later arrivals to-day with intelligence of in-
terest.

The Funds look decidedly better thismorning, and there is
a rallyorabout IA per cent. in Consols, which for present
transfer-lip/495N to %, and for time, 953/4 to 96. The trans-
fer books` i the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are new
about to ose, and they have been marked 97% to 98.
Bank Stock is worth 209 to 209%. On Exchequer-bills the
premium is 345. to 365. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have been 97% to 98, and the Three per Cents. 953/4
to 964.
The Foreign Investments have been very dull again,
though looking somewhat f►rmer. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 25%, and the Three per Cents. 35% to 35%.
Mexican Bonds have been quoted 30% to 314, and Portu-
guese Four per Cents. 65% to 56. Belgian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 97.
Shares seem to be better supported. in the absense, how-
ever, of extensive operations.
BItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK.
(From the Omelet List.)

Bank Stook .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 20914
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 9614
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9514 %
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 97% 98 97%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 11-16 3-16
Ditto, 30 ,rears, Oct. 10, 1859 101„i
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 10% 5-16
South Sea Stock • • ~
DIM', Old Annuities 951,
Bank Stock for Account ..
Consols for Account •• 79150 Z
96
Exchequer Bills. 130, 154 d.
1,0001. • • •• •• • • 36 34 pm.
Ditto, Small '• •• • • 34 —— pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • 31
Ditto, for the Account ~ 30s, 31
Portuguese Four per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .„ .. 56 5514
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cant. _
Ditto, for the Account .. 257.
Ditto, Three per Cent „
Ditto, for the Account ~ 354
Dividends on tne above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-lialf per Cent. 97
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59 58%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Put SHAMS.
Caledonian • • .. • • • • • • •• 10 •• .. 10%.... to 111,4
Ditto Half Shares • • • • • • • • 2% 2% to
Ditto Extension • • • • • • • 2% 1% .... to

Cambralge and Oxford • • • • • • •• 13; •• .. 3;',4 ••to
Chester and Holyhead • • • • • • • • 20 •• • • 20 .... t•

Chester and Manchester • • • • • • 425... • . 1% dis to
Direct Mauchester (Remington's) .. 2
412294.
........
ii •• • • 1 .... to
Direct Manthester (Itastrick's) .. .. 64
.... 3iii
....
to
Direct Northern • • • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 2%.. . to
Eastern Counties • • • • • • 141. 16a. W.—. 284 .. to
Ditto, New • • • • .• •• 8/. 16s. 0d..... 5%% pto
Ditto, York Extols:on • • • • • • 100..... 11A .... to
1d,.ke..... 17% .... to
East Lincolnshire • • • • • • • • • • Ili •• • • 1% .... to a
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 .... 72 .... to _
0 follett,ol,)o9t,ci aarstteerr,Sahtai
and
he
m...,
4 p. • to
Great Eastern and Western • • • • 2%.... %.. ••to
Great North of England • • • • • • 100 .• .• 214 .• • • to
Ditto New • • • • •• • • • • • • 4 •• • • 33 .... to _
Great Western • • • • • • • • •• 85 ••• • .... to—
Ditto Half Shares • • • • • 50 •• • • 80_ ••• to

I)itto,i.Unrt;Sitares • • .. • • b •• • . 15%....
Ditto, Fifths .. •• • • • • •• 20 ••• • 32 •• •• to
Hull and Selby .. .• • • .. .. 50 ....102 ••to
Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • 35 •• • • 51 •• • • to
Ditto, New • • . • • • • • . • 5 •• •• 9._ •••• t• --

Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% .... 1a••• • to
Liverpool, Manch, and Nom Junct. 2X, .... .... to
Lsndon and Birmingham •• • • .. 100 .... 2:8 .... to 219
Ditto, Thirds _ •• •• .. 16 ... 49% ••• to 40

London and Blackwall .. 161. 138. 4d. • ... •• .. to
Ditto, New • • • • • • •• 23 .... 3% • to
Loadon and Brighton .. .. • . 50 .... 62% .... to 63%
Ditto, Cons( lidated Eighths .. .. 40 .... • ... to
Ditto ditto Fifths .. •• • • 20 ...• 29 .... to
London and Croydon .. .. 13!. 15s. 9d. .. 2114% .. to
London and South-Western .• 411. 6j. 10d. •• 75% .to
Ditto, New 12%.... 22 •• to 1111
London and York .. .. • •• 2% •• • • 3% %•• to
Ditto, Half Shares ........23.... 2U • ... to
London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2%.. • . 1% _ to
Londonderry and Coleraine •• • • 714 •• •• 5/4 •• • • to
Lynn and Ely .. 10 •• •• 10 •• • • to
Manchmior and Leeds .. 82 •• • • •• • • to --
Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 •• • • 59 •• •• to
Ditto, Fifths •• 2 11%.... to
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 •• •• 7. •• •• to

Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 •• • • 11% ••. to
Ditto, Quar.er Shares (It) .• • . 2 •• •• 91.1•• •• to
Maneheater, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. •• • • 1%% p;,to
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 •• • • 2 •• • • to
Midland • ..100 —.142% .. to
Ditto, New .. 13 •• . 29% 29 to 303(
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby —lOO •• • • 113% •••• to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• • • 43 .• • • to
Ditto, New .. • . 1 •• • • 9 •• .. to
Newcastle and Berwick .• 10 •
•• • • 15% • • • • to 18%
North British .• .• .. 20 •• • • 233 e •• • • to
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 6 •• • • 774 • • • to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .• • • I'A• • • 1% •••• to
North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% •• • 2%%•• to
North Staffordshire .. 425. •• • • 314 pto
North Wales • • • . • . •• 334 •• • • 2% •• • . to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 121/5 •• • • 12% • to
Perth and Inverness • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1% • • to
Preston and Wyre .• .• 25 •• .. 33% •• .. to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • 234 •• • • 2% to
Shropshire Union . 428.• •• . % dis.. to
South Midland • 425..... 13i p• • to 1
South Eastern and Dover .. .. 33% .. • • .... to
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 .• . 11% .... to
Trent Valley .• 27% .. .. to --
Waterfd., Wexfd., Wicklow, & Dublin 1% to
Welsh Midland .. .. 2% •• • 1 .. ••to
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth • • 2% •• • • 234 .. ••to
York and Carlisle .. .. 2% •• •• 1% •• • • to—
York and North Midland .. • • 50 •• • • •• .. to
Ditto, Half Shares .. . 25 .. •... to
Ditto, Extension .• .. 15 •••• 33% ••• • to 30%
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 93% .. • . to 9

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Athiens .. 10 •• •• 10%14 •. to

Dutchlthenish ..

. 5'F;

to

East Indian .. 58. )i% to
Great Northern of France Constituted 5 .• 15% ••• • to 16%
Lyons and Avignun .. 2 .• • • 2 •• •• to
Luxembourg .. 4 1 .. • . to
Namur and Liege 4 .... 2% .... to
Orleans and Yierzoa . 10 .... 19_ ••to --

Orleans and Horde Zs.... 11 •• to
MINES.
British Iron .. .. 10 •• • • 21}6.• .. to
Real del Monte, Unregistered • • •• '• • • to
A

At the S:mthwark police-court, yesterday, William
,Cordon, a man of respectable appearance, was committed for trial,
charged with committing several robberies under the pretext of sell-
ing patent int.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING (THIS DAY).
LONDON, Maacia fo.—Wind at noon S.S.W., light airs and hazy.

RAMSGATZ, MARCH 9. Sid. Amphitrite, Jenson, Surinam ;
Kooplandel, ropken, ditto ; Rays, Martinez,. liavannah ; Tarquin,
Neill, Campeachy.
DEAL, MARcu 9.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E., six P.M. B.—Sld. Mary
Grant, Ascension ; Charlotte, Stafford, St. John's, New Brunswick.
DovER, N.—Sld. Neptunus, Matthieson, Bahia.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 9.—Wind S.S.E. to W.N.W. light.—Arrd.
Ferris, Islay ; Jane and Jessie, Campbell, St. Domingo; Storm King,
Cuba ; Gratitude, Harvey, Savanilla, with lose of bulwarks,
stanchions, boats, &c., from severe gales ; Wallace, Summerson,
New Orleans; Severn, Cheener, ditto; Cambridge, Barstow, New
Pork; Antelope, Clark, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the out-
ward bound ready for sea, about fifty sail. The Victoria, M'Mahon,
bound to this pert, was aground on the bar of the Mississippi 4th ult.
BRISTOL, MARCH B. The masts, yards, and spars of a vessel of
about 200 tons, was passed in lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Eliza Jane,
Bowen, arrived here.
KINSALE, MARCH 6.—The greater part of the cargo of the Alice,
from St. Domingo, wrecked at Doneughmore, has been saved.
KILRESH, MARCH S.—The Leda, of Bristol, which went on shore
yesterday, came off to-day, and must discharge to repair.
STRANGFORD, MARCH 6.—The William, of Donnaghadee, which
drove on shore on Ballyheury beach, 4th inst., has got off, after dis-
charging her ballast.
CONTLERSOT, MARCH 4.—The Maria, of Greenoek, drove on shore
here to-day, during a heavy gale from the westward.
LERWICK, MARCH I.—The Prince of Wales, Lee, ran en shore on
the Island of Moss last night, during a fog, and remains.

YARMOUTH, Morten, 7.—The Adelphi,Garr, from Newcastle to
Gravesend, in turning up the roads this morning, came in contact
with a brig, name unknown, and carried away ber bowsprit, jib-
boom, and broke her anchor-stock. She was rigged with a temporary
bowsprit, and proceeded on her voyage.
CLAY, Monett B.—The sloop Metcalf, Dunn, from Woodbridge to
Spalding, got on shore in entering Blakeney harbour, on the Gth inst.,
but came off the following day without damage.
SHIELDS, Masai 9.—The Derwent, which was on the rocks at
Cullercoats, on the 7th instant, was got off at night, after throwing
part of cargo overboard, and brought • into the harbour without ap-
parent injury.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL.

Sue:wt.—Thera has been a fair demand for British Plantation,
about 300 hhds having been sold at previous rates. The public sales
have consisted chiefly of 6,770 bags Mauritius, 3,764 bags Bengal, G 75
bags Madras, 653 bags 53 cases Penang (subjectto 14s duty), 218 boxes
white, and 921 boxes brown and yellow Havannah. Nearly all
the East India found buyers at about previous prices, excepting
the white Bengal, which must be quoted again rather cheaper. Only
about one-half the Havannali sold at 17s 6d to 21s 6d for
low soft brown to good mid yellow, and 27s to 31s for
low to 'good mid white, which are about previous rates.
The quantity of British Plantation landed last week
at the East and West India Docks was 195 lihds, 61 tierces, 24 bar-
rels, and there were taken for home consumption 1,183 hhds, 169
tierces, 106 barrels. The stock in the port of London on the 28th ult.
was 8,276 hlids, 859 tierces, against 11,370 hhds, 1,285 tierces, at this
time last year.
COFFEE.-122 casks B. Plantation (chiefly Berbice) and 734 bags
Ceylon were offered by auction. Nearly all the British Plantation
were taken in, being unclean ; good ord Ceylon partly sold at 48s,
one lot 48s Gd; inferior quality was taken in at 47s to 48s. The
stock of British Plantation in the port of London on the 25th ult.
was 2,287 hhds 1,816 brie and bags against 3,005 k his 3,406 brls and
bag sat this time last year.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week was 306 puncheons 3 hogs-
heads. There were taken for home consumption 183 puncheons
8 hogsheads, and exported 207 puncheons 19 hogsheads. The stock
in the port of London on the 28th ult. was 15,273 puncheons 590 hogs-
heads against 11,949 puncheons 2,958 hogsheads at this time
last year.
Rica.-864 bags Java at auction all sold at 14s 6d to 17s Gd for
ord small and broken to good white, being comparatively cheap.
SALTPETRE.-353 bags Bengal were taken in above the value, viz,
at 26s 6d to 27s for 10 to 7% per cent. retract on.
SPICES.—Of 2,237 chests CassiaLignea at auction about three-fourths
found buyers at 535 Gd to 63s for good and coarse to good quality
(part 21b bundles), which are rather lower rates.

TALLow.--.1% Y. C. is 42s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and town 45s
per cwt.

TKA.—The market is quiet, and the deliveries are not quite so
large

A./f T

SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, $1 3s to 41 83 ; Clover ditto, 41 8s to
61; Oat straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat straw, 11 143 to 11 16s per
load. Supply moderate, and trade dull.

CustamiiiND.—lleadow Hay, 31 Is to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 8-
to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 His to 11 las
per load. A lair average supply and a steady demand.
WIIITECIIMEL.—IIeadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 is ; Clover ditto, 41 is
to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s , Wheat 6traw, 11 14s to 1116 s per
load. Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at our quotations.

V ICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
IN RE WEDB.
Application was made on the part of Thomas Webb, for an in-
junction to restrain Messrs. Lamont, Tompkink, and Jones, from
selling, or otherwise disposing of, a cargo of guano, by the Pomona, at
Butler's wharf.

RA.RLBRO-STREET.-(f HIS DAY.)
Mr. Constantine W. de Bernardi. residing at No. 21, Cork-street,
Burlington-gardens, was charged with assaulting John Gray, police-
constable No. 10 of the C division, under the following singular cir-
cumstances :

The complainant stated that lately the housekeepers in Cot k-street
and the immediate neighbourhood had made frequent complaints of
females being admitted at a late hour et night to their dwellings by
their servants, and about three o'clock this morning to saw a female
come out of No. 21. He immediately stopped her, and on knocking at the
door of No. 21 it Ras opened by the defendant. He inquired if he knew
the female. The defendant said he dhl not, and shut the door in his
face. The female had stated, when he first stopped her, that she
had been taken into the house by a gentleman. Complainant not
feeling satisfied that all was right, knocked again, and on the
defendant opening the doer the female stated that he was
the person who had introduced her into the house. The
complainant had at that time his hand just inside the door, when
the defendant slammed it too, jamming the complainant's fingers
with great violence, and causing hint the most excruciating pain.
He was unable to extricate his band, and although he repeatedly
called to the defendant the doer was kept closed. The female then
ran away, and the complainant, with the hand he had at
liberty, drew his rattle and sprung it. While doing so the
defendant opened the door, and struck him violently on the
neck. He then took him into custody, and while in the passage of the
house, the defendant menaced him with his fist, and made use of
threatening language. He was In his shirt at the time. The female
was brought back by the police, and was then attendance.
Mr. MALTBY ordered her to be called, and on presenting herself in
the witness-box a general titter ran through the court. She
was of very vulgar and ordinary appearance, and at least between
60 and 70 years of age. Her statement fully corroborated that of the
complainant.
The defendant on being asked what answer he had to make to the
charge against him, said he admitted that the constables statement
was mainly correct, but it was untrue that he denied any knowledge of
the female, in fact, he told the constable, on his first knocking
at the door, that it was all right, and it was enough to try the temper
of the most peaceably disposed man to be a second time called out
of his bed on such a trifling matter.

Mr. MALTBT said the constable's statement was substantiated by
the female herself, and he should therefore fine the defendant 31., or
in default one months' imprisonment.

Defendant Inquired If ho could not appeal, and on being answered
in the negative paid the fine and was liberated.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

Sub• Committee No. I

The Committee met agairihlBmo;ichig at twelve o'clock; Mr.
Strutt, chairman.
THE NORTH WALES.

Mr. Joseru PARKES appeared in support of this Bill, which being
unoppos, d, the formal proofs were gone through, and the standing
orders were declared to have been complied with.
THE MORECOMBEI HAREOUR AND
RAILWAY.

lir. Sherwood appeared in support of this scheme.
The formal proofs were gone into, and the further consideration
was postponed, to enable the Committee to consider a notice which
they doubted to have been properly inserted in the Gazette.
THE SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON,
AND SOUTH STATTORDSHIRE (No. 1.)
Mr SiIEAWOOD appeared for the promoters. The formal proo s
were gone through, and the further consideration adjourned.

Sub-Committee No. 2.
This Committe met to-day a few minutes after twelve o'clock ;
present, Sir J. Y. Buller (chairman), Mr. Bell, Mr. liemble, Mr.
Bramston, and Mr. G. Craig.