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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1846.

The LOAD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack ai
Five o'clock.

Several petitions were presented on the corn-law question,
which gave rise to conversation in which the Earl of
lIARDwrexE, Lord KINNAIRD, the Marquis of LON-
DONDERRY, the Marquis of SALISBURY, and the Duke of
kticharost., who denounced the scandalous manner in
which the farmers had been treated, and who declared that
his only wish for a dissolution of Parliament was, that those
Members who have violated their pledges might he taught
that the people of England liked honesty. The Noble Duke
then attacked Lord KINNAutn, who had, when raised to the
Peerage, not been a free trader.
Lord lirrorairtp ,Ote, no.
The Duke of IttutseofeD declared that Lord GREY'S Gre-
ven. went was (avowable to protection ; so was Lord Mxr.-
rsourtNE's Government, for an Bs. duty was not free trade,
and if an appeal we made to the country it would be found
that the people were it favour of protection.
The Earl of WpaxLow said that up to this time both par-
ties had been in favour of protection; the only difference
had been between a fixed duty and a sliding scale, and,
therefore, both having changed, there was no reason why the
roposal for free trade should be brought forward by one
party rather than by another. He considered the League a
constitutional body, and they ought to be congratulated on the
extraordinary success which had attended them during their
shore-lived existence.
Lord BROUGHAM said there was no doubt but that Lord
Gum's Government held by the corn-laws. He admitted
that the League was a perfectly legal and constitutional
body; but be said it was unconstitutional, though legal, for
any body to raise a fund to purchase votes. It was said the
League did not do so, but only encouraged people to do so ;
but when they collected a quarter of a million it looked very
;much like helping people to raise the 501., to purchase
freeholds.

L“rd Rr.DF-snALE explained, in relation to the faggot ♦otes
in. Huntingdonshire, to which he had alluded some time since,
that the Duke of BEDFORD was not concerned in the trans-
action.

The Maequis of LANODOWNE then rose to present a pe-
tition from the inhabitants of the colony of Van Diemen's Land,
complaining of the great number of convicts which had been
transported to that island, and which completely demoralised
that colony, cointtroary to the understanding which had
been entered n
emigrated, and with them at the time they
which was that ne more convicts
should be sentthaneouyl be conveniently regulated, and
ultimately absorbed
colony. The Noble the population of the
"iildaotrei.iis then went into very
voluminous statistical
the
er
ntohloennpurrdse
the
showing the importance details
manner in which the
dwentasoralidsearnd,agheyd,
the
p.rogrese arrested, and its scoYntyY
hein:gwitarioansported there to the
sink and refuse of society
made it impossible
amount of 16,000 in three years
to reform the convicts, or to prevent thelitotal demoralisation
of the colony.
Lord STANLEY said as the petition referredaft!ao a e
would
teriod in
which he had been connected with colonial irs
offer a few observations in relation to its allegations. He
admitted that, though somewhat exaggerated, it was in its
main gaten,,?nts correct ; the great evil being the arrange_
meat that resi.ricted the transportation of convicts ex-
clusively to that colony. The petitioners bad omitted to
state one great fact, aad that was that that which was at
itrst imposed as an obligatiOP was felt to be a boon, viz.,_ the
assignment of convict labourers to free settlers, by which
they received much gain. lie baJleved that, although the
sveLetn of assignment was objectionable 14 :owe points, it was
iggyerthelesi too hastily abandoned.
Their Lordships were subsequently addressed by the puke
otilicirmotsv, Lord LYrrEUrOW, L'arl GuET, and the Bishop
of OZFORD, and the petition wat oaarg4 to lie on the table.
Tha Bills on the table were forwarded 3 it4ge, and their
Lordships adjourned.

The Rouse commenced business at Four o'clock.
em the motion of Mr. GZEBNE certain of the standing
orde.-s on railway Bills were suspended with respect to all
hale entitled to the privileges granted by that resolution of
the Ht.,use ou the 7th of July last.
Certailn railway Bills were read a second time and ordered
to be commnitted.

Several petitions were presented for and against the Minis-
:lariat measure for free trade.

iff, T. DUSCOMER gave notice of his intentions on the
liBth, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the hours
* labour in faetorles.where machinery was employed.
Mr. O'Calll79,lA, withdrew his notice of motion for leave to
trim: in a Bill to amend the criminal law of Ireland.
ber, Vtuzatts *''shed to ask the Eight Hon. Baronet the
-17 ite_f:resident of tikeßoard of Trade whether any report

was made annually by the Board of Customs to the Govern-
nent of the amount of wheat destroyed in consequence of
being damaged by remaining in the warehouse, owing
to the importer being unable to pay the high duty,
and thereby introduce it into consumption. Ile asked
this question in consequence of being informed that a large
quantity of wheat had been lately thrown into the Severn
as being unfit for nse.
Sir GEDRGE CLERK said that the Board of Customs made
no annual report upon the subject alluded to by the lion.
Member, but if what he had stated was the fact there could
be no difficulty in ascertaining the grounds under which the
grain had been destroyed.
Mr. NEWDEGATE then moved, agreeably to the notice he
had given, that it be an instruction to the Select Committee
on the petition from Cheltenham that they do inquire whe-
ther forged objections have not been served upon certain
electors for the northern division of the county of Warwick
against the claims of the electors to be returned upon the re-
gister of that division of the county.
Mr. P. BORTHWICE seconded the motion.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the Government would oppose
the motion. If it was true that forgeries had taken place,
the House had nothing to do with it, the parties being
amenable to the law elsewhere. He had complained of the
system of registration long ago, and he was happy to see
gentlemen on the other side of the House had found out its
defects.
Mr. ADDERLEY supported the motion.
Mr. WAKLET hoped the Hon. Member would not press his
motion, and that a Committee would be appointed specifically
to consider the subject.
Sir R. Pm. did not think it wise or prudent that a Com-
mittee appointed to inquire into a question of privilege
should be instructed to make the inquiries proposed by the
Hon. Member. He thought the matter ought to be made the
subject of separate inquiry.
Mr. R. SPOONER would advise the Hon. Gentleman to
withdraw his motion.

SIR GEorGE GREY trusted an inquiry would be gone into
upon the whole question, believing that the Registration Act
put voters to the greatest inconvenience.
After some observations from Mr. Disraeli, Mr. W. Ellis,
Lord Sandon, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Ferranti, Mr.
Fox Maule, Mr. Packe, and several other Members,
Mr. C. BULLER said he did not see any necessity for an
inquiry at all; and if it would be a proper amendment on
the motion, he should feel inclined to move that leave be
given to the Hon. Member for Staffordshire to bring in that
Bill that he bad got in his pocket. It was not a question
of party, but affected vital interests in the country.
Lord INGESTE thought the Government ought to intro-
duce some measure to put an end to this crying evil.
Mr. C. WOOD had known a good deal of what had taken
place with respect to the registration of the West Riding, and
he recollected a case where a notice of objection was served
upon the uncle of the Hon. Member tin. Knaresborough,
signed by that Hon. Member himself.
Mr. AnzAND—What year?
Mr. C. Woon could not tell, but it did not matter, for be
believed that the person was in that House who served it.
He thought inquiry ought to take place upon the subject.
Mr. FERRAND said that he did certainly object to the vote
of his Hon. Relative, and the reason for his doing so was
this. His (Mr. Ferrand's) vote bad been objected to for
four years, and the person who had objected to it had received
for his services a silver tea-pot, to which his uncle was a
subscriber.

Mr. JAMES STUAIT WOUTLEY thought inquiry ought to
take place.
After some observations from Mr. Bright, Mr. Stafford
O'Brien,• Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Monckton Milne& Lord John
Russell. Mr. Hume, Mr. Aglionby, and Lord Ebrington,
Mr. NEWDEGATE withdrew the motion.

Mr. CfUVEN BERKELEY, in moving the names of the Com-
mittee on the Cheltenham petition,_ denied that he was
actuated by any hostility to the Anti-Corn-law League, or any
of its Members, especially towards the Hon. Member for
Durham, who had moved for a Committee on the game-
laws. He stated that because the organ of the League had
asserted that such motives had actuated him. _ _

The House then went into Committee on the Corn Impor-
tation Resolutions, and the adjourned debate on Mr.
VILLIERS' amendment for the total and immediate repeal of
the corn-laws was resumed by
Mr. G. BANKES.—He would not give his support to any
part of the measure of the Government, without it was ac-
companied by some alterations in the law of settlement.
He could not agree to the amendment of the Hon. Member
for Wolverhampton.
Capt. Howann, although he thought the present a fitting
time for the immediate repeal of the corn-laws, considered that
the measure of the Government was so valuable that he would
not peril it by supporting the amendment of the Hon. Mem-
ber for Wolverhampton.
Sir J. HANHER would support the Government measure
in preference to the amendment, though he was in favour of
an immediate repeal of the corn-laws, and had presented
petitions to that effect.
Mr. MOFFATT would vote for the amendment.

Mr. G. Frio' preferred the measure of the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Government to the amendment of
the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton.
Mr. WARD would support the amendment of the Hon.
Member for Wolverhampton, believing that, in doing so, he
did not peril the measure of the Government.
Mr. LIDDELL opposed the amendment.
Mr. Hurr supported the Government measure.
Mr. P. Bostrrstwicic would vote against the amendment.
Mr. HOME would support the Government measure, and,
after he got that, he would try what more he could get.
Lord G. BENTINCK preferred voting for the Govern-
ment measure to that proposed by the Hon. Member for
Wolverhampton, because before three years had elapsed an
appeal-must be made to the people, which the protectionists
hoped would place them in the arms of victory, and defeat
the Government measure altogether. The protectionists
were determined to fight the battle from pillar to post, and
although they might for a time be driven back, they would
rally and gain the good canse.
Mr. COBDEN thought it unfortunate that the motion of
his Honourable Friend had been brought forward at the
present moment, but he believed it was the only time at
which, by the rules of the House, he could have
brought it forward. He Lad not heard a single
argument urged during the present debate against the imme-
diate repeal. He believed all the tenant-farmers were in
favour of the total and immediate repel. The lion. Mem-
ber for Wolverhampton was justified in bringing forward this
proposition by all that had taken place in that House; and
he for one could not see anything that was likely to damage
the measure proposed by the Government on the adoption
of the proposition of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton.
The Right Honourable Baronet had given no gua-
rantee that his measure would become law, and such
being the case he did not see why those who were
for immediate repeal should give up their principles.
There were a hundred Gentlemen on the other side, who
were ready to adopt any measure, provided they could only
put the Government in a minority. He doubted the policy
of such a course, because he foresaw dangers and pitfalls
for this measure, if it was delayed ; he should support the
amendment of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Wolver-
hampton. When the division on this question was over he
would support as thoroughly as any man the proposition of
the Government. He should feel it to be his duty upon every
stage of the measure to be present, in order to give it his support.
If the House of Lords would pass this measure, it would
restore itself to that situation in the country which it held
years ago, when it was said of it, Thank God, we have a
House of Lords.

Sir T. ACLAND preferred the measure of the Government
to the proposition of the Hoa. Member for Wolverhampton
Mr. T. DUNCOMBH supported the Government measure, and
regretted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolver-
hampton had brought forward his amendment. He had
voted for a repeal of the corn-laws long before the Anti-Corn-
law League was in existence, and however much it might
damage him with the gentlemen constituting that body, he
felt bound to vote with her Majesty's Ministers.
The Earl of MARCH was prepared to tight the ghost of the
League with the flesh and blood of the protectionist body.
The Government, in his opinion, ought in common
justice and common honesty to appeal to the people,
Mr. I.lupsoms supported the proposition of the Govern-
ment. _ _ _ _

Colonel SIBTITORP declared that the agricultural interest
or the tenant farmers were in favour of a repeal of the corn-
laws, or the measures proposed by the Government.
Mr. WAKLNY regretted that the Hon. Member for Wolver-
hampton was determined to divide the House on this ques-
tion, because it would lead to a supposition out of doors that
there was a division on that side of the House with respect to
the Government measure.
Lord WOR3LRY asserted his belief that the tenant farmers
were in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-
laws.

Mr. NEWDEGATE stated, that from information be had
received, he believed the tenant farmers were not favourable
to a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws.
Mr. VlLLtuas replied shortly, and upon a divsion, his
amendment was lost by a majority of 187.
The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress,
and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
Howse adjourned.

From the depression of the funds caused by the intelli-
gence from America, and the surprise with which it was
received by certain parties in the City, one would imagine
that the rejection by the President of the United States of

the only mode left open to settle the Oregon question was
totally unexpected, and that the most sanguine hopes were
entertained that his Excellency would recede from his
haughty claims announced in the Message to Congress. But
these persons could have no grounds for any such supposi-

tion. The announcement in that document, that America
claimed the whole of the territory, was evidently made not
without due consideration and good party reasons for main-
tai-ping the point, and whatever has occurred since in Con-
gress, so far from weakening his authority in that respect, or
providing some amicable means of settlement, has all been
in the contrary direction. Violent war speeches have been
made by Case and others in the Senate, usually calm,
inclined to peace, and disposed to check rather
than encourage popular excitement, and even the
most moderate speakers in that assembly ventured to ad-
duce no argument in opposition to Mr. POLK'S views, but
seemed to content themselves with expressing a wish to pre-
serve peace and not extend the frontier till the States had ac-
quired more strength. There was no real objection to the
principle. The time for action was the only question. In
the House of Representatives a similar spirit prevailed,
and no meetings out of doors were held either
for the purpose of checking the warlike policy
of Potic, or giving the least encouragement to
those who wished for peace. On what ground,
therefore, the last announcement caused surprise we are ut-
terly at a loss to divine. From the commencement of this
unfortunate business we have been fully convinced that POLK
and
the war party bad made up their minds for extremities,
not front a hasty view of the
question,
system of government now unfortunately
in
nenthtiaret
so
pnp
ltahre
country. Extension of territory seems to be the ruling
ps.ssion of the present race. The inhabitants adjoining the
Laile4, and the British territories on the north• east, have
fur many yaaf4 kept a longing eye un Canada, and only bide
their time. In the south aggression is the order of the day,
because the Mexicans cannot defend themselves. The
is flowing in that quarter with fearful rapidity,
and nothing but the interference of European
powers, so abominated by Mr. POLK, can
prevent the whole of that rich country from being swallowed
up by the Anglo-Saxon race. In the west the same spirit
prevails, and California and Oregon are considered absolutely
It is said this
the Union complete.
necessary to make
spirit of aggression is encouraged by FOLK, in order to se-
cure his election a second time, and possibly this may be
the chief cause, but that only renders the position of
affairs more dangerous, and shows that the ag•
greasive system is not the effect o f state
policy, or the ctstohet of a particular Minister or President,

but the choice of the restless and encroaching multitude. So
palpable is the fact, that no Government under present cir-
cumstances could maintain itself in security for a twelve-
month on the principles professed by WP.IISTER and CA LllO UN
POI"( is carried with the stream, and all that England has to
do is to look to her own interests and take care that her rights
and possessions are not destroyed by the inundation.
Hitherto she has displayed the atmost moderation and for-
bearance, whether we look to the Government, the Legisla •
ture, or the press. With the exception of a very few hasty
articles in the English newspapers, provoked, possibly, by
that tone of defiance so loudly proclaimed by Members in
both Houses of Congress, scarcely one ground of provocation
can be urged by the American Government. In the
history of mankind it would be impossible to point
out a nation more anxious than the English are at
the present moment to remain at peace, and more
especially with America. If the last resort then must be as-
sented to, we have here, as on the banks of the Sutlej, right
on our side.

Since writing the above, we learn, by another arrival from
New York, that the proposition to give notice to England
that the joint occupation of the Oregon shall cease in a
twelvemonth, has been adopted by Congress. This is only
what was expected, and therefore cannot materially alter the
position of affairs.

Mr. JOHN ROMILLY, who opposes Mr. COCHRANE at Brid •
port, in the first instance refused to come forward, though
he has long been preparing to contest Bridport at the next
general election. The circumstances under which he has
changed his first intention and come forward are these :
There had been a meeting of Mr. Roreircur's friends at
Bridport, at which it was agreed to support Mr. COCHRANE,
as a supporter of Sir ROBERT Prorea measure. After this
handsome conduct of the Liberal party, Mr. COCHRANE
delivered an address from the balcony of his inn,
declaring that he supported Sir ROBERT PEEL, not
so much because he approved altogether of the mea-
sure, as because he saw no other way of keeping Lord
J. RUSSELL out of power. Mr. COCHRANE now probably
bitterly repents his balcony oratory. The Liberals imme-
diately met again, withdrew their support from him, and
sent off for Mr. Jome Rommix, their old Member. Mr. J.
ROMILLY'S professional engagements prevented him from
going down himself immediately, but his brother, Mr.
Criertmcs R 011111.7, went down to represent him, and Mr.
JOHN ROMILLT follows to-day. The nomination is on Fridsy,
and there is no doubt of Mr. ROMILLY'S return. But do
not, my Lord MAnctr, take this as a protectionist triumph.
If the protectionists dare not put up a candidate of their own
in Westminster or in Bridport, the beet thing they can do is
to say nothing of either.

We made a slight mistake yesterday with respect to the
Cheltenham petition, but one which does not affect the
merits of the case. The signatures placed on the first sheet
were net, as we said, cut off from another and then pasted on,
but five names appearing in another part of the petition were
copied on to the first sheet, and a piece of paper was pasted
over the original five signatures, that they might not be
counted twice. We say again that there is irregularity here,
but not fraud or forgery ; and that the trouble taken by the
League agent to prevent the signatures being counted
twice by pasting a piece of paper on the original signatures
proves bond fides. And we say again, that the free-trade
Member for Cheltenham might be better occupied than in
bringing forward with such pomposity so small an irregu-
larity, in order to play into the hands of the protectionist
party, and help them to throw dirt on the League. Mr. C.
BERKELEY did us the honour to refer yesterday to the ob-
servations which we felt it our duty to make on the extra-
ordinary course he had pursued on this occasion. Ws confi-
dently await the decision of his Committee, skilfully nominated
though it is, to see all that we have s Aid about the trumpery
nature of his charge established, and to show how much the
high notions of love of what is honest and straightforward,
in both public and private conduct, have to do with this pro-
ceeding. The country and the electors of Cheltenham will,
we are sure, without any injustice to Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY,
allow to the distinguished leaders of the League at least as
high a sense of public and private honour as Mr. CRAVEN
BERKELEY claims for himself.

Madrid papers of the 24th ult. have been received, but
they contain no news. The Three per Cents. closed at 32
at 60 days; the Five per Cents., at 22 13-16, for the 15th
of March, and the Debt wit bout Interest at 73.,; at 60 days

Most of the Pails papers contain article' on the great ma-
jority obtained by Sir ROBERT PEEL fur a repeal of the corn-
laws, but some of them, chiefly those of the Oppositior,
though they cannot held praising the firmness of the Minister,
and the noble manner in which he has been supported by tie
Opposition and a large number of his own party, seem more
anxious to seize the occasion for finding fault with IL. GUI-
ZOT than to imitate the Liberal journals of this country, and
cheer him on to the same end. " The young Conservatives,"
says the Seicle, "and their chief, M. GuizoT, are at present
but little satisfied with Sir R. Plm. They have two rea-
sons for being dissatisfied. One is, that in making himself
liberal,. Sir R. I'EEL gives a very bad example ; the second,
that he gravely compromises the future prospects of his
Ministry, and that a Cabinet which does not make every
other consideration give way to that of its existence, is an
imprudent, absurd, and almost revolutionary one. We can-
not be suspected of an excessive partiality fur England, and
Sir R. PERI. is certainly not one of the statesmen of
that country towards whom our sympathies incline us
most. We blush, however, when we compare the con-
duct of our Ministers with that of the English Cabinet."
The Journal des Debuts considers the vote decisive, and
that with 100 rotes against it, the game is up. It thus
laments over the defeat of the protectionists :—" The majority
of 100 votes foretold by Lord LiNcot.st has been obtained by
the Ministry. It was in vain that the beaten party did all
in its power to keep up the fight : all it could do only pro-
logged tie struggle for a law hours. This long drawn
series of debates has been compared to the Arabian Nights
Tales. The Sultana Scherazatie, condemned to see her last
sun rise, lengthened out her marvellous stories. So from
night to night the speakers of the concerned party relieved
each other in succession iu relating their melancholy tales of
past times ; but to which no echo was made by the present
or the future. Less fortunate than the Sultana, its list
hour, though retarded, has arrived, and that voice which
has been called the voice of Got; has pronounced sentence."
The following just remarks on the evils of monopoly in the
Courtier Francais are fully justified by the present state of
trade in France :

" The era of liberty in commercial policy has just opened for Eng-
land. The genius of Adam Smith has prevailed. The great net-
work of custom-house obstacles has been destroyed, and ere long all
that remains of a heavy chain t (servitude will have disappeared ft oin
the soil of England. She will at length become a free laud. There
are people who persist in seeing In this grand result only an isolated
event peculiar to England ; there are people who maintain the incre-
dible argument that the principle of commercial liberty is excellent
In certain cases, and detestable in others. There are people who
treat as absurd and dangerous dreamers those who wish to confer
upon France the noble and s dutary liberty which Cobden, Russell,
and reel have just given to England. 'Elie partisans of the protective
system do not perceive that the swaddling-clothes in which they
wrap up our industry are stifling it, that they prevent its growth and
its development. They do not see that by closing our frontiers we
naturally restrict the limits of our markets, and that this restriction
prevents our manufactories from being put upon an equally extensive
and progressive footing. Neither do they perceive that the protec-
tive system is the great cause of the Instability of production, and of
all those disastrous crises which periodically afflict our manufac-
turing industry, and tarry desolation into the heart of our labouring
population. How, Indeed, is It possible to place production upon a
fixed and regular basis, when Is it permitted to the Government
whatever it may be to restrain or extend at its own pleasure by an
arbitrary law, and generally In obedience to ulnas interests, the
markets for one or more branches of trade, and thus cause a disas-
trous; perturbation in general production ? How can we hope to give
constant occupation to the laborious, when governments, to satisfy
petty or rancorous Interests, endeavour by mean■ of detestable cus-
toms laws sometimes to displace, and at other times to destroy the
sources of labour? The system which some people have had the
audacity to call protective and conservative, is in truth the most op-
pressive and anarchical system that was ever invented by the Lumen
mind."

We are convinced, however, that France cannot be long in
imitating the example of England. The following para-
graph in a Ministerial paper, the Epoque, is significant, and
leads to the belief that the Government only reqlire support
to adopt a liberal commercial policy, and that they look with
rather a favourable eye to the Anti-Protection Society
formed at Thrdeaux :-" We agree with the merchants of
Bordeaux, in thinking that our Customs' tariff maybe
notably simplified and reduced, particularly in what regards
the objects of first necessity and raw produce, and that this
duty calls for the solicitude of the Government. If the asso-
ciation in favour of free trade keeps within the limits of mo-
deration, and enters on a conscientious examination of the
various points bearing on the subject, it must usefully aid
the Administration in the accomplishment of this duty."
The news from America had caused some depressions in
the French funds :-The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 70c.;
the Five per Cents., 123 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad shares,
1,337 f. 50e.; Rouen, 1,072 f. 50c.; Havre, 75014 Great
Northern, 7961. 25c.; A vignon, 1,017 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 7401. ;
Bordeaux, 6721. 50c.; Boulogne, 550 f.; Troyes and Monte-
reau, 450 f. • Basle, 252 f. 50c.; Dieppe, 4701. ; Paris and
Strat,iourgh, 551 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 5851.; Paris and
Lyons, 631 f. 25c.
The following are the quotations for other lines
Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 509 f. ; ditto (Le-
cointe), 505 f. ; ditto (Compagnie Aferidionale), 592 f. 50c.;
ditto Definitives, 566 f. 25c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Macken-
zie), 503 f. 75c.; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f.; ditto Definitive,
560 f. 50c.; Charleroi, 496 f. 50c.
LYONS, FEB. 28.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,020 f.; Rouen,
1,065 f.; Vierzon, 7461. 25c.

SISINESS DONE IN' FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STUCK EXCHANGE, 31.41cii 3.
Boulogne and Amiens, 1134 —Dutch Rhenish, 6% —East Indian,
I—Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% —Great Indian Benin-
eular, % —ltalian and Austrian, I%—Jamaica Soutk Midland Junc-
tion, 3 —Luxenskoarg, 2% —Paris and Rowan, 41%.

IM PORTANT FROM AMERICA

(From a Second Edition of the Tiniss.)

By a private merchant vessel we have later accounts
reaching up to the 11th ult.
On the 9th ult. the. following resolutions were passed :
" Resolved by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Cengrewi
assembled, that the President of the United States
cause notice to .be given to the Government of
Great Britain, that the convention between the United
States of America • and Great Britain, concerning the
territory of the north-west coast of America, west of the
Stony Mountains, of the 6th of August, 1627, signed at
London, shall be annulled and abrogated in twelve months
after giving said notice.

"2. And be it further resolved that nothing herein con-
tained is intended to interfere with; the right and discre-
tion of the proper authorities of the two contracting parties
to renew or pursue negotiations for tan amicable settlement
of the controversy respecting the Oregon territory."

On Friday last, Colonel Tynte, of Halswell House, in
Somorsetshlfe, was unanimously elected Grand Master of the Ancient
and Honourable Order of Masonic Knights Templars, as successor to
Ws late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Colonel l'ynte's in-
stallation will, e hear, shortly take place.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,

CITY, QUARTER 7'O THRER.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, in-
cluding 2,000 on speculation, in some instances at an advance of %d.
per lb. Shares were not so good.
In the recent sales of wool, there were one or two items worth
notice. The new commercial regulations of our Government are in
truth working wonders. There has been received fresh beef and
pork, sent here front distances 'varying front 3,000 to 4,000 miles, and
oysters alive, ditto. From the extremity of the vast continent of New
Holland do we new obtain wool and tallow, and now have
we America—the Southern States of the Republic—com-
petitors in wools. Somewhere about 700 bales of United
States wool have Just been put up to public auction in the
City, some of them merinos, or at least so designated, but very few
were sold. A few samples marked "Actual United States Merino,"
(a regular Yankee must have dictated the description of the fleece)
sold at Is. 3d to Is. sd. per lb., and 235 bales of United States merino
wools, ex Frances Ann, from Boston, were really taken at from
Is. Id. to Is. 734 d. per lb. What will free trale accom-
plish in a quarter of a century after this, when the
bare prospect of the adoption of the great principle tends to supply
our markets now with the rich and varied products of all climes, and
what would have been, to the last gene! ation, in as inconceivable
short space of time.
A single paper, of February 13, from :New York. brought by the
Switzerland, Captain Knight, arrived off Dover, has been received at
the North and South American Coff,e-house, and conveys the
Important, but certainly by no means unexpected, information of the
House of Representatives having passed a vote for giving a year's
notice to Great Britain that the joint occupancy of Oregon shall
cease. The House, however, afraid perhaps that the President has
gone too far, resolves that negotiation may be continued. Respect-
ing the revolution in Yucatan there are no very authentic details.
The Public Securities have been flat to-day. Consols are 951 3,4
for present transf r, and 95% to 96 for time. Exchequer-bibs re-
alise 355. premium-1. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97%
to 9814.
. .

Spanish Active Bonds arc rather good, being 27 to lA. The Three
per Cents. are 27 to lA. Mexican Deferred are IG3i, and Brazilian
84. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 59 to 89%. Maros
arc dull.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

BRITISH rILINDII.

CLOSING
PRICES
Bank Stock .. .. • • • • .. 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96H
Three per Cont. Consols Annuities .. 95 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98% 97 98U
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, jaw 10% 10 11-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 10 5-16
South Sea stock .. • • • .

9.514
•• •• 95A, 96%
I%d. I%d.
35 put.
34 37 pin.
35 33 pm.
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, I per Cent .. 64
Danish, 3 per Cent •• „ 89Kr
Equador Bonds .. „
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. „
Ditto, Deferred ..
Idexican Bonds, 1337, b per Cent ..
Ditto, Deferred .. 16%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Russian Bonds .. „ „
Spanish Bonds, S per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account .. .. 27 IA
Ditto, Passive Bondi .. • • •. 612
Ditto, Deferred 16%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 37
Ditto, for the Account .. 37%
Venezuela Ronda, 2 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, Deferred .. ..
Dividends ea the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 691,,% 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 95%
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK. "

Ditto, New Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001...
5001...
Ditto. Small •
Ditto, Advertised

CLOSING
PRICES.
83%
is!*2
314
22
4'

ex div 10734

.. .
PR ICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Buckinghamshire .. .. „ .. 425. .... par ••••• • • • ..
Caledonian .. .. .. .... 10 .... 123 A %13 ....
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 21/i •• • • 31,4 SS • .
Ditto, Extension „ .. 214.... 210 . .
Cambridge and Oxford.. .. • • Is• • • • %• •••• •
Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 20 .... 21 21))i ....
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2ii•• • • - •• •• •• • •
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. sk•• • • 3% %"• ' • •
Direct Northern .. „ „ „ 2 .... 24• • • •
Dublin and Belfast Junction •• 5 •• • • 4 **
Dublin and Galway
.. .. .. 4 .. • • 3%w •• •
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 185. .... 21.,i, .. .. ••• • -
Ditto, York Extension .. .. 10s. •• • • 1 li, ••••• • • • ••
Edluburgk and Glasgow .. • • 50 •• • • **** •• •
Ditto New V, Shares.. ~ .. 10 .... 14
Goole, Doneast., and ihefteld. &c. 425. •. • • 34741 P
Great North of England . .. 100 .. .. 218 215
Ditto, New .. 5 .... 50 52
Ditto, New .. .. ~ .. 5 .... 35 •• •• •
Ditto, New .. .. . .. ..1}4.... 1234 .... •
Great Western .. „ .... 85
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. SO
Hull awl Selby ..
Ditto, Halt ,hares
Lancaster and Carlisle
Ditto New .. .. __ .. . _
Leicester and Bedford 22
Liverpool and Leeds Direst .. 2%........
Liverp., Manch., Sc, Newc. Janet. 2,i .... 314 .. • • ....
Londou an i Ilinningliain .• • .i 00 •• ' • 221 •
Ditto Thirds .. „ „ .. 16 .... •
Ditto Quarters .. .. • • • • 2 •• • • 27 '

8s ..

... 26

.. 35

274
G%
1714
3714
37 IA
4414

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221
49

Ditto Fifths .. .. 2 .... ..... 23
London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. 11% Sxd•. •• B;4xd
Ditto New •• .• ••
London and Brighton .. .. 50 .. • • 64!‘i •• ••• • • •
London anti Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21%
London and South. Western.. 41/. Gs. 10d. 77 x d
Ditto, New . 12% .... 22% 23 x d
Ditto, New .. .. 10 ••• • • .
London and York .. .. • . • • 2% •• • • ••'•• • • • • •
Ditto, Half Share. .• 21ht • • • 2% • •
Mauche.ster and tlirminghant 40 . ••
Ditto, Quarter SMares (C) I •• • • .
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 421... •• ••• • •
Manchester and Southampton .• 2 •• • • 2% %•••• • • • •
..100 ....147% 147••
Ditto Fifths.. .. 2 .. • • 2% ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, New .. 18 33 32% ......
Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 44 .. •. . • .•
Ditto, Now 1 10 9% ...• .•
Ditto, New, Brandling 20 38 ••..•• • • • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 20% 20
Newark, Sheffield, and. Boston .. 1% • • • • .• •
North British .• •20 .... 26% % 1.1 ••• • • •
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 ••••• • • • •
North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .. • • 2% •••••• • • • •
North 'Staffordshire 425..... 3%%% p....
Oxiti.,Worcester,& Wol'rerhmptu. 12% .... 1314 ..........
Preston and Wyre .. • . 25 .... 34% 25
Scottish Central .. . .... 15 .....
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 2%.... 234 .
Shropshire Union .. 425..... 14 die
South Midland•• ••42s .... p.... • • • •
South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .... 37% ..........
Do., New (do 331. Gs..d.) No. 2. 10 .... 12 ...
Do., New "(do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 ..
Do., New (do 111.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 3%• ........
Staines and Richmond 1 .... 1% 1..
So ans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 2% • •
Welsh Midland .. • . .. .... I% ......
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% .... 2%
York and Carlisle .. • • -•••• .. 2%.... 2
York and North Midland .. to
.........
Ditto, Half Shares 2A251 L YB.
47
2 45.
.• • •
Ditto. Extension • • • • l3 ..
De. R. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 10% 9% ....
R
Barbados. • • • • • • • • • • I .... 0%.......
lioulogne and Amiens .. • • • . is 11 .
111eS Ihentsh . °Urtd" 'r°Ul" Cette.
• • • • • • 6 .... 3% ••
East Indian • • • • • • • • • as. .... 1
GM North. of Franca Constituted b 16 15% .
Italian and Austrian . • • • • • 3
Luxembourg • • •" • • • 4 • . 2%
Namuz and Liege • • • • • • 4 .. • . 2% ..
Orleans and Yierzou . • • • • • 10 19
Rouen and Havre • • • • • •• 20
MINES.
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