The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, SATURI)AY E'VENENG, JANUKRA 24, 1846.

is what the Chancellor of the Exchequer treats as a
time-honoured irttitution, and will not touch.

part of the paper, forms an admirable reply to the hos-
tile attacks of M. TRIERS both on the French Govern-
ment and England. He adhered to his former assertions
respecting the balance of power and the aggrandisement
of the United States. " In a political point of view," said
he, " the unmeasured greatness of that power was a
most objectionable circumstance, as, after having ab-
sorbed Texas, they might turn their views towards
Mexico, and thus destroy the balance of power on the
American continent. The counsels which France bad
given to Texas when menaced by the United States she
would equally have given, had England shown any de-
sign to obtain possession of that country. France had
used most moderate language, and such as ought not to
give any offence to the Cabinet of Washington. As to
the affair of the Oregon, France most ardently wished
for an amicable arrangement of the differences between
England and the United States ; but if, unfortunately,
hostilities should ensue, the policy of Franco would be
to observe a sirict neutrality."
The Journal des Debuts contains a long article on the
speech, and cails attention especially to that part of it
which refutes M. TRlEns' arguments on the subject of
England. " The good understanding between the two
Governments, and the friendly relations between the
two Sovereigns, are not the only fruits," says that jour-
nal, " of the policy of the present Cabinet. Evidence
of a friendly feeling in both nations is to be found in the
' journals, and in the various manifestations to which
circumstances occasionally give rise. Even M. TRIERS
himself is a proof of the admirable change that has been
I effected, for he has been received in England with as
much cordiality as if the part that he took in foment-

We have at length some precise information concern-
ing the negotiations carried on at Washington for the
settlement of the Oregon question, and regret to find
that it is anything but satisfactory. " A proposal," said
Sir ROBERT PEEL, " had been wade on the part of the
British Minister to the PRESIDENT of the United States,
that there should be a division of the territory, but the
terms offered by Mr. BucHANAN were so little likely to
be accepted, that Mr. PARENIIAM bad intimated that
they might as well be withdrawn." The Right Hon.
Baronet seemed rather disposed to blame the British
Minister for not communicating the fact to the home
Government, and asking for further instructions. Many
persons, on the contrary, will consider that Mr. PAILEN-
rum acted with proper decision and spirit. The terms
offered were such as England could not accept with
honour. They would have deprived us of the naviga
tion of the Columbia and ruined the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany; they would, in fact, have shut us out from ali
communication with the Pacific, and given every portion
of the territory of the slightest use for commercial and
other purposes to the United States. This was a tact
so palpable, that Mr. PAKENPIAM rejected the offer at
once, as totally inconsistent with his instructions ai.d
wi h %list he knew to be the rights of England. And
what now is Sir ROBERT PEEL'S scheme ? To rekr
the matter to arbitration. This has been offered agair
and again, and uniformly rejected, and to renew the pro-•
posal after such remarkable displays of legislatorial
rancour and hostility to England appears utterly useless
for any purpose but delay. England has no. wish for
delay; her object is to settle this question at once ; and
as for arbitration, it would only add to the evil by
placing England in a worse position. Every one knows
what time was occupied by the late King of IIomAND
in deciding the eastern boundary question, and what
was the result. The American Government refused to
abide by their original agreement, the decision of the
arbiter was rejected, and the work, after a tedious delay
of many years, was to be commenced anew. Can we
hope for any other conclusion of a second arbitra-
,on, even if the Americans would accede to

And in the meantime will they be idle ? Will
they not be pouring into the Oregon additional settlers,
erecting forts, and strengthening themselves in man)'
other respects for a rupture ? Could this benefit Eng-
land, or give moro effect to her demands ? Quite the

reverse. Even Mr. iIuME, so anxious to live on good

terms with America, and so well known for his propen-
sity to cut down our naval and military establishments.
views the question with an impartial eye, denounces the
people of that country for " setting at nought all the rules
of civilisation in enforcing their alleged claims," and ap-
proves of such measures as may be necessary to maintain
the honour and character of the nation. " Under existing
circumstances," said he, " I hold it to be my duty to givt
the Ministers my cordial support in their plans for
strengthening the defences of the country." When
severe economist, like Mr. HUME, uses such language,
there must be real danger, and we confidently trust the
Government will not despise it.

Never did a Parliamentary session afford a better
opportunity for the consideration of that vast constitu-

tional problem—" Political consistency"—than the pre-
sent. Without doing so in action, the Prime Minister
has virtually walked forth from the midst of his former
colleagues, and seated himself upon the benches of the
Opposition. Nevertheless, in proceeding thus, he has
relinquished his original principles with all Imnour, and
truthfulness, and propriety : to him no single thought

of tergiversation can be ascribed ; his character cannot
be impugned as inconsistent. And in this respect the
language of Mr. DISRAELI, on Thursday night, was
impregnated with veracity—the position of Sir ROBERT
PEEL at this moment is without one solitary parallel it,

the records of history or the experience of nations.
There is, however, something like an antithesis in tht

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)I
LONDON, JAN. 24 —Wind this day at noon, W. by 8,, light airs,
and hazy.
WHITBY, JAN. 23.—The Melrose, of Sunderland, sprung a leak on
the morning of the 21st, and foundered, about forty miles from the
land ; crew, except the carpenter, saved.
OFF DUNGENESS, JAN. 19.—Gerardona, Witsch, BataYlit,
DUBLIN, JAN. 21.—514. Lady Mary, Scott, Trinidad.
CORK, JAN. 20.—Acrd. Adirondack, Shiply, New York ; Syrian,
Cannon, St. John's, New Brunswick.
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Rees, hence to Bristol, dr)ve on the rocks off Pell Point, but has been
got off. Ini 1 ifgo hr
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JRRSEY, JAN. 21.—The schooner Aurore, of this port, bound to Rio
Janeiro, broke from her moorings on the night of the 19th inst., has
fallen over and bilged, and fills with the tide, and is supposed to have
received considerable damage.
SWANSEA, JAN. 22.—The Reliance, Alexander, from Sulinti and
Cork to Antwerp, has put in hero with considerable damage, and it
is expected must discharge.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind S.E., light.—Arid, Charineet es, BuenHorn-
o
Ayres, sld. 29th October; Haman, Carless, Mobile; inset
ling, New York; John Baring, Sherman, ditto; PerseVefailee,
Burnett, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Chieftain, Sydney, Ad. 23d
May ; Mayflower, Crabtree, New Orleans : Oregon, Gladder, Charles-
ton; South Carolina, Hamilton, ditto; .Ashburton, Howland, New
York ; Concordia, Derr, Boston. Put back 23d Mastery, for River
Gambia.
CLYDE, JAN. 21.--Sid. Juno, Gibbs, Newfoundland ; 22d,
Lyon, Trinidad; Ilynford, M'Alpine, Savannah.
DEAL, JAN. 23. —The ship Tullueh Castle and barque Osbert, of
London, are reported to hare been in contact off the North Forelan I,
and to have put buck to the River with damage.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 23.—The Preeiesa, Jacobson, from Cardiff to
Constantinople, put in here 21st instant, leaky and sails split, has
been surveyed, and will partly discharge.

AIIONEY and COMME
TERRCIAL N
NEWS.
CITY, QUAR TO T.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000
bales, nearly all to the trade, and for wh.ch full prices were
obtained. 'Shares have been heavy.
The Bank of England weekly return to the 17th inst. pre-
sents the following leading features:-
Notes issued-Increase £32,710
Other deposits--ditto
Seven- day and other bills-ditto . 11,473
Bullion-Decrease
The following are a few of the prices for Railway Shares
realised yesterday afternoon at Messrs. Lamond's auction :-
Calcutta and St. George's Point, lls. 6d.-Great North and
South Wales and 'Worcester, 63. 6d.-North Jariralca, 25.-
West End and Southern Counties, 9s. 6d.-Liverpool and
Leeds, 11. 195.-Reading and Reigate, 11.-Chester and Man-
chester, 1/. 55.-Madrid and Valencia, H. 4s. 6d.-North-
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, 11.75.-Direct Western, 21.
-Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 1/. 165.-
Cambridge and Oxford, 195.-Dublin and Armagh (Inland),
12s. 6d.-Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, I/. 12s.
-Newport and Abergavenny, 11. 155.-Southampton, Man-
chester, and Oxford, 19s. 6d.-Direct East and West Junc-
tion, 19s. 6d.-Kentish Coast, Is. 6d.-London and Man-
chester (Rastrick's), 41. ls. 6d.
The Public Securities have been rather firmer, but there
has not been much doing. Consols have been 941, to 94
for present transfer, and 94% to % for time. Exchequer-
bills have been 19s. to 225. premium ; New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 96% to 14, and the Three per Cents.
941/2 to 34. Bank Stock is quiet at 205.
Spanish Bonds and the Peninsular investmen' generally
are quite neglected. Brazil Stock is at 82%. Venezuela
Bonds are 42%.
The Share market has been rather drooping again.
BRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

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ing discord when he was last in office hall been
entirely forgotten. But, supposing even that the
feeling of discontent and irritation of which M.
TRIERS talki, did really exist, to whom would it be
owing ? To himself and his policy." The National
asserts that the speech of M. GuezoT was a lame de-
fence of a wretched policy, and the's proceeds to
abuse not only M. GUIZOT, but also M. TRIERS, for the
modest feeling that they' have both proclaimed to the
French nation. It is quite indignant at seeing France
remain passive, whilst other countries are increasing their
power and adding to their possessions. The Courrier
Francais condemns the policy of M. GurzoT, and ex-
presses its astonishment at the language which he has
uttered, and which, it says, is degrading to the French
nation. " After having, to please England," it says,
" taken an officious and improper part in the Texas
affair, he ansounces that France will remain perfectly
neutral on the question of the Oregon territory, whereas
it is her interest to prevent either England or the
United States from taking possession of it."
We regret to find from the Paris papers that
the accounts received at Marseilles, of a serious
calamity having befallen a division of the French army
in Africa, are to a certain extent confirmed, but the loss
of life is not so great as was at first believed. An offi-
cial account of the disaster has been received by the
Government, and is thus abridged in the papers :-
" The Minister of 'War has received a report from Gene •
ral Levasseur, dated Setif, the 10th instant, giving an ac-
count of a melancholy catastrophe which had befallen the
column of men, 1,200 strong, under his orders. The Ge-
neral was returning to Constantine, after several suc-
cessful attacks upon the rebel tribes, when his troops
were, on the 3d, caught in a snow-storm of such vio-
lence and long duration, that a great number lost their
lives from cold and exhaustion, and a considerable num-
ber reached Setif in such a state of suffering, that they
were immediately placed in the hospital. The General
says that he was not able, at the time of writing his re-
port, to give a correct return of the dead, as many who had
been given up for lest were hourly coming in ; but, according
to a letter from Setif, of the Bth, iu the Semaphore of Mar-
seilles, the number who had perished amounted to a hun-
dred, and many of those who had arrived at Setif and had
entered the hospital were in such a sad state, with their hands
and feet frozen, that their recovery was considered impos-
sible. According to the report of General Levasseur, how-
ever, the cases in the hospital were not serious. The Sema-
phore adds, that fears of a similar disaster were entertained
for a column which had left Setif some time ago, under
General d'Arbouville."
The Algerie gives a sketch of the disastrous affair, which
corresponds with the above, but it includes a statement that
thirty officers had been taken into the hospital at Setif, with
their extremities frozen-the detachment of the African chas-
seurs had five men and several horses killed by the cold ; of
the waggon-train fifteen are dead; of the 43d of the line,
which was making its first campaign in Africa, the grenadier
company has almost entirely disappeared, and nearly all the
muleteers put in requisition have perished. The Algerie
states that on the Bth more than one-third of the column had
not got back to Setif, consequently the fate of 800 men re-
mained unknown.
" The Courrier Francais, after giving the lamentable ac-
counts from Setif, adds the following :-" It is said that an
epidemic disease has attacked the village of Foudouk, and
carried off no fewer than 400 victims. Such a visitation is
the more surprising as this small colony is situated to the
east of the plain of Metidja, in a well-watered and fertile
country, believed to be peculiarly healthy. It is to be feared
that the Marabouts who go about preaching in all parts of
Algeria will avail themselves of this sad news, by holding it
out to their fanatical hearers as a prognostic of the coming
vengeance of the Prophet upon the infidels.' "
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday,
at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents. 121 f. 55c ; the Orleans Railroad
Shares, 1,263 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 747 f. 50c. ; Avignon,
985 f. ; Vierzon, 710 f ; Bordeaux, 64sf. ; Boulogne, 555 f. ; Troyes
and Monterean, 457 f, 50c. ; Basle, 255 f. ; Great Northern, 756 f. 25c. ;
Fampoux, 505 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 3SIA.:
The following are the quotations for other lines :-
Paris and Lyons, definitive, 6251. ; the Paris and Strasburg, defini-
tive, 550 f.; Tours and Nantes, definitive, 575 f. ; Lyons and
Avignon (Talabot), 5101. ; ditto (Lecointe), 506 f. 50c, ; ditto (Com.
pagni• Meridionale), 503 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cetta (31ackeszie),
5021. 50c. ;* ditto (Espeleta), 508 f. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 4981. ; Caeu
(Delamarre), 5021. 50c.
LYONS, JAN. 20.-Marseiilas and Avignon, 990 f.; Paris and Or-
leans, 1,2621. 50c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,0351.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOR ED IN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 23.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's), 2%-Ditto (Es-
pieta's), V4-Calcutta and Diamond Harbour, IA p.-Ceylon, I'%-
Dutch Rhenish, 8-East Indian, li4-Great Northern of France
Constituted, 14.3/4-Great Western Bengal, 1 - Luxembourg, 21 -
Madras, IA p.-Orleans and Vierzon, IN -Orleans and Bordeaux,
11 -Paris andiLyons (Laffitte's), 2% -Rouen and Havre, 28.

instance of EDMUND BURKE—the antithesis of unneces-
sary desertion, to a candid acknowledgment of error—
the antithesis of a man seeking emolument and place
by a combination with those in power, to one
risking his continuance in office by a secession
from his most influential supporters. As the Right
Hon. Baronet hinted in his explanatory address, the
conduct of a true and patriotic statesman should be ever
directed by an anxiety for the prosperity and happiness
of the people entrusted to his government. No system
of principles, however illusory or specious, should be per-
sisted in under every and any circumstances by a
Minister desirous of discharging his duties without par-
tiality. No sense of personal obligation should in any
particular impede the development of whatever views he
may consider beneficial to the multitude. No fear of
contumely or vituperation should prevent him from fol-
lowing tho dictates of his reason. He should stand apart
from the trammels of party: his principles should be
moulded upon :a gigantic and cosmopolitan scale: his
survey should be enlarged not only to the compass
of all classes, it should extend beyond the
confines cf his own generation, and calculate
the contingencies of futurity. In all these

respects, as far as the present momentous question of
commercial policy is concerned, the Premier cannot
dread the searching eye of analysis. The character
upon this point, tallies to a tittle. There are, however'
some collateral facts in connexion with a great conver-
sion similar to that of Sir ROBERT PEEL, which render
the consistency of the individual somewhat dubious. A
sudden desertion to those against whom, and against
whose creed a Minister had been waging an implacable
and unrelenting war during the whole of his previous
career, would undoubtedly lubject him, and with a con-
siderable show of justice, to the charge of dishonesty,
and the accusation of being unconscientious. In the
[ present First Lord of the Treasury, however, this
aspersion cannot by the most artful and subtle reason•
ing hold good for an instant. His conversion upon the
subject of freedom to trade, and the abolition of
exclusive protection to agriculture, is not of that
abrupt nature which it may be conceived to
be by the superficial observer. His whole conduct
throughout his Ministerial existence has displayed a
decided leaning towards these ends. He has not aban
doned the protectionists with one sudden bound into the
territory of their opponents ; he has not even to undo
what he had already accomplished, but rather to enlarge
the enlargement he had himself made ; to shake into
ruin the tower and its very foundations, the buttresses
of which he had previously demolished ; to extend the
parole of his tariff into the complete and permanent
emancipation of free trade. If his concessions is regard
to wool, and sugar, and glass, and cattle, and divers other
articles of home industry and foreign produce, had not
in some measure prepared the protectionists for a still
further evidence of his desire to diminish whatever im-
posts might appear to him as arduous and superfluous,
they must have been most miserably shortsighted
indeed. Besides the various gradations we have
enumerated, Sir ROBERT PEEL has shown by his
general bearing a tendency to that grand alteration of
his opinions which he announced with such candour and
simplicity on Thursday night last. It is on this ac-
count, therefore, besides the numerous other conclusive
reasons he himself advanced in his explanation, that we
now regard Sir ROBERT PEEL as a thoroughly conscien-
tious and consistent politician. Had he still adhered to an
impossibility, like the existing corn-laws ; had he per
eisted in propping up a decayed and rotten fabric, like
the present commercial system—knowing meanwhile its
utter meanness and irnpolicy—then he might justly have
been branded as a small-hearted, callous, bigoted, and
inconsistent statesman. As it is, he proves himself to
be the very converse. What to him the vitupera-
tions of a few disappointed men ! What to him
the scurrility of the searchers after aggran-
disement ! Wbat to him the sneers and scoff;
and ridicule of those who are only influenced
through the pocket ! The laborious days and
nights which, during the recent recess, he has
consumed in planning this act of Ministerial
magnanimity are now being recompensed with fruition
—the fruition of popular gratitude and the applause of
every discriminating intellect. With the bitterness and
the spleen of his new enemies he cannot, by possibility,
be affected. However brilliant their animosity may be,
it is contemptible; and in this way the showy onslaught
of Mr. BENJAMIN DISRAELI was but the glitter of a
dying faction. When both the leader of the Opposition
and the Prime Minister himself admit the excellence of
a hitherto unacknowledged principle, their example
cannot but be imitated by many of their political ad-
herents.

Bank Stock .. • • • • • • .. 205
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 94%'X
Titres psr Cent. Consols Annuities .. 9414 9
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16
Consols for Account • • • • • . • • •• 94
Exchequer Bills. 13id. 14
d.
1,0001. • • .. .... 22 19 21 —pm
5031. • • .. • • .... 20 22 —— pm
Ditto, Small .. —... 20 22 —— pm

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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 82%
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent • • .• 89%
Equador Bonds • • • • • • .. 3%
Granada, 1 per Cent. ......
Ditto, Deferred • • • • .. .• 4%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • •
Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • .. 6%
Venezuelt Bonds, 2 per Cent • • .. 421 g
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 125 A%
Dividends on the above payable in London.

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen • • • • • • • • •• 5 5 % to
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% .. 3 to 2%
Bideford and Tavistock 1%.. 0% to
Birmingham and Gloucester • . •• 100 130 •••• to
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2••..3%• . • • to 3
Bristol and Exeter •• .. 70 .• 34 83 .. to 84%
Buckinghamshire • • . • • • .. • • 425. • • % p.. to
Caledonian • • .. • .• 10 •• .. 14%%% to
Ditto Extension • • • .. .. '2% •• • %•• to 3
Chester and Manchester • • • • .. 425. fits ••to
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • . 5% .• • • 4 to
Direct Northern • • • • • . .... 21% .• • • to
Dublin and Belfast Junction .. .. 5 •• .. 6% •••• tO
Eastern Counties • • • . .. 14/. 16s. Od. •• • • 22% %IA to
Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d..... %p • . to
Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d.• •• • 14 % p.. to
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .• 50 ••••—• . • • to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. • • 5 .• .. 15 •• • • to
Moue., Aoeryst., & Cent. of Wales • 1% .... k 1 .... to
Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c.• •425. •• .. 1% p to
Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •• • . .... to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .. • • 22 to
Great North of England • • .. —lOO .•• • to
Ditto, New • • • • .. .• 5 •• • • 50% ••.. to
Ditto, New • • • • .. 5 .• .. 33% 33 to 39
Great Western • • • • .• • . •• 85 .•• • to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. 50 .• .• 90 •• • . to
I /at°, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .. •• 19 •••• to 20
Hull and Selby • • • • .. .. •• 50 .•• • to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 7 ••. • 27 .• to
Leicester and Bedford .. 225. .• • • 94 p•• • . to
Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Tient Val. June. 425. 14 p.... to
Ditto, Fifths • • • • .. .. 2 .... 23% to 23
London and Blackwell .• 16/. 135. 4d. •• .• 9% •••• to 9
Ditto, New • • • 1% •• • • 3% •••• to
Loudon and Brightion • • • • .. .. 50 •• .. 67% •• • . to
Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • •• 10 •• • • 20% •••• to 20
London and-Croytion_ 131. 15s. 9d. • • .. 2214% • . to
London, Hounslow,.and Western .. 2 .... %..to --
London and South-Wester',. 411. 63. 10d. •• • • ... to --
Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .. 28 •• .. 42 •• • • to
London and York • • • • . 2% •• • • 4%14 .. to
London and Windsor • • • • .. .. 1 •• .. 14 •••• to
London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2.% •• • . 2% • • • to
Manchester and Leeds • • .. 82 .•• • •to
Ditto, Fifths • • • - 1 .• • • 12% •••• to
Manchester and Birmingham • • •- 40 •• • 77% •• • to
Ditto, New Quarter Shares • • .. 2 • • 9% ••.• to
Manchester, Bux; on, and Matlock .. 425. • • 2p • • to 1% p
Mancluster and Southampton .. 2 •• .• 3 .... to
Midland ..100 ....152 •• .. to 153
Ditto, New • • • .. 12 28 .. .• to 29
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 • ...122% .... to 122
Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .• •• .... to
Ditto, New, Branding • • .. .. 2lq 0•• .21 53% %• • •
to to
Newcastle and Berwick • • .. •.%.. • 21
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% •• • . 254 %%to
North British ••• • .. .. 17%. 24% •••• to
Ditto, Half Shares • • • .. ... 7%1/4 •.to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • .. 1% •• • . 314 .... to 3
North Kent and Direct Dover .. .. • • 31A .• • • to
North Staffordshire • • .. .• • • 425. •• • . 3% p.. to
Norwich and Brandon • • .. .• 18 .•.. 25 • • to
Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 ... 2%..• .. to
Preston and Wyre • • • • • . 25 .• .. 35 • .. to
Richmond • • • • • • •• .. 10 •• . 15% •••• to 16%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .• .. 2% •• • • 4 •••• to
Shropshire Union • • 425. •• • • 14 •
p. • to
Somersetshire Midland • .. 25.. • • 8 •••• to
South Midland • • • .. 425. .. • 3p•• • . to 2% p
South Eastern and Dover •• • . .. 38% 38% •••• to
Ditto, New, No. 1• • • • 16 .• 193 x %..to
Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • 10 • • 13%.... to
Ditto, New, No. 4 .• • • :• • • 2% •• • • 3%% • • to—
South Wales .. • • • • .. .• • • 3% to
Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction 2%....
Welsh Midland .. •
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .• 2% ••• • 3% to
Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. .. 20 .•• 27 •
• • to
York and Carlisle • • • • . • .. .. 2% ... • 3 • • to
York and North Midland • • • . .• 50 .• to
Ditto, Extension ••• • .. 15 ••••40. • .. to

It is strongly rumoured that the statement of the
Commercial policy of the Government, now fixed for
Tuesday, will be deferred for a week. We are unable
to state the reason for the postponement, but we hear
there is little doubt of it.
SIGNS OF TUE TIMEL—The recent meeting at Norwich,
where the protectionist party was so signally defeated,
caused no heartburning nor jealousy on the side of the
discomfited leaders of the agriculturist. The principal
actor on that side, desired that his opinion of Mr.Cobden
should be conveyed to that gentleman in the following
terms:—" Tell Richard Cobden from me, that he is the
honestest man in the House of Commons—if not almost
the only one." We vouch for this fact.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •.. 2 .• .. to
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) • • • • • • 2 •• .• 2 .... to
Demerara •• •• • • .• .. 2 • • 2% ••.. to
Dutch Rhenish 5 • • g ••..to 7%
East Indian •• • • •• •. ss. •• I% • • to
Great Northern of France Constituted 5 —l5 14% • • to 14%
Great Indian Peninsular • • .. ss. •• •
• • %%••.. to
Great Western Bengal .• 51. ••• • to
Jamaica South Midland Juiteion •• 1 •• 4 .• to
Luxembourg ............4 •• 2% to
Namur and Liege •••• .. . .• ••3%• • to
Pails and Lyons (Lattltte's) •• .. 2 .• 2% •
• • •• to
4 •• .. 5h.... to
West Flanders •• ••

MINES.
Bee del Monte, Unregistered • • • • •• ,• 4 •• • • to

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
For the time of year the supplies of both Fruit and Vege-
tables were again abundant, owing to which the demand was
in a sluggish state, but no material alteration took place in
prices.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal
4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 6s 2d per Sibs.
ZILLINGSGATZ.
We had fair average supplies of Fish on offer to-day.
Generally speaking the demand ruled inactive, at but little
variation in prices.
WEITZCICAPEZ.
Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal,
Si 10d to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs.
NIIIVGAT3I2 AND ZZADENIIII.I.I.
Although the supplies of each kind of Meat were but mode-
rate, the demand was somewhat inattive, at our quotations.
Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ;
Veal,
4s 8d to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b5 by the
carcase. Turkeys, 3s 6d to 8s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks,
Is 3d to 2s 3d ; Tame Rabbits,ls 6d to is 10d ; Wilt ditto,
6d to 10d ; Pigeons, 6d to 10d; and Roasting Pigs, 7s 6d
to 105 each ; .Fowls, 3s 6d-to 8s 6d per couple ; Phea-
sants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Partridges, 2s to 2s 6d ; Hares,
2s to 38 6d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 6d ; Grouse is 6d to
Is 8d ; Snipes, gd to Is ; Teal, is 3d to is 6d ; Wild
Ducks, 2s to 2s 8d; Widgeons, is 6d to 2s; and Plovers,
8d each.

NUN GERPORD.
-For most descriptions of produce the demand was heavy
and previous currencies were not supported.

BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
9d to Sid ; of Household ditto, 741 to Sid per 4lbs loaf.
BIDE MARKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b,
3d to 814 d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3pid ; do. SOlb to 881 b,
314 d to 334 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 314 d to 4d ; Calf Skins, each,
3s 6d to 7s ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d ; Half-
breds, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Downa, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Lambs,
3s to 4s.

MALIZEZTEI.
SiernmELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 88 to 4/ 88; Clover
ditto, 41 8s to 5/ ss; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 12s ; Wheat
Straw, 11 128 to 11 14s per load. Trade rather dull, at but
little variation in prices.
CUMBK/CLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 41 12s; Clover
ditto, 41 5s to ii 12s ; Oat Straw, 11 1.18 to 1/ 13s;
Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 158 per load. Supply moderate,
and trade somewhat brisk.
WITITEMAPEL.—Mead.w Hay, 3/ 58 to 4l 10s; Clover
ditto, 41 8s to 51 16s; Oat straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 128 • Wheat
Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. A moderate supply, and a
steady demand.

"Oculum non curabis sine toto capite,
Nec caput sine toto corpore,
Nec totutn corpus sine anima."

We have received Madrid journals of the 15th. The
discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address
had not been brought to a conclusion, but the speeches
contain nothing of interest to the English reader. Ac-
counts from Barcelona of the same date announce that
the Political Chief of that city had caused to be arrested
46 individuals, and had them confined in the citadel.
On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. were
quoted at 34i, and the Fives at 24, both for Account.

EXTEXSIVE FIRE IN CLERKENWELL.—About half-
past two o'clock yesterday morning, a tire took place at the
Hoop and Adze public-house, near Sutton-street, Clerken-
well. The persons residing on the premises were soon roused,
and the engine soon reached the spot. By that time, such
was the rapidity of the flames, that every floor was on fire.
Water was instantly supplied from the New River mains, and
several engines were set to work ; but notwithstanding this
powerful aid, in about half an hour nothing of the property
was left but the walls. An inquiry was made as to its
origin, but nothing decisive could be obtained on the subject.
Sir George Murray is improving in health.
It was said at the Clubs, last night, that the free-
trade party on both sid'es of the House have made a calcula-
tion of their joint strength, and that the odds in their favour,
as against the protectionists, are about 300 to 250. Of
course, there are waverers, and trimmers, and doubters, over
and above.

The speech of M. GuizoT, in the French Chamber of
Deputies, in reply to M. nit Ens on the relations of
France with the United States, has excited considerable
,interest, and nearly all the journals comment upon it'
The speech, which will be found at length in another

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS DAY).

HOUSE OF L ORDS.

PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS TO HER

MAJESTY.

The House met to-day at one o'clock, for the purpose
of proceeding in state to Buckingham Palace, with the
Address in answer to her Majesty's Speech. The at-
tendance of Peers was scanty in the extreme, for when
the Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack
there were only present the Earl of Home, Viscount
Hawarden, Lord Monteagle, the Earl of Shaftesbury,
and the Earl of Redesdale. At two o'clock their Lord-
ships left the House, and proceeded in state to Bucking•
ham Palace.
The House adjourned till Monday, at half-past Four.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. •
The Speaker, in his state robes, took the chair at
half-past one o'clock, at which time there were about
sixty Members present. There were only three Mem-
bers in uniform, the mover and seconder of the Address,
and Mi'. Cardwell. Lord Francis Egerton and 111 r.
Cardwell were dressed in the Windsor uniform, and Mr.
Beckett Denison as a Deputy Lieutenant.
THE ADDRESS.
Colonel DAWSON DAMER appeared at the bar of
the House, and said her Majesty bad been most gra-
ciously pleased to appoint half-past two o'clock for the
reception of the deputation of the House with the Ad-
dress. _

RAILWAY BILLS.
Several petitions in favour of railway Bills were then
presented, and ordered to lie on the table. Amongst
them were several in favour of the North British Rail-
way Bills, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4.
Mr. CARDWELL moved that copies of the army
and navy estimates be laid on the table.—Ordered.
SU OPLY.

Mr. CAnDWELL then moved that that portion of
the Address relating to supply b 3 read.
This being done, the HON. GENTLEMAN said, on Mon-
day night he would move that a supply be granted to
her Majesty,
The Speaker', in his state carriage, accompanied by
the movers and seconders, and the Members, left at two
o'clock precisely for the Palma, and the House was ad-
journed till a Quarter to Four o'clock on Monday.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V. GRAINGER, AND OTHERS.-JUDG"

MENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning
in this case, which was argued before his Lordship a
short time tince, upon an appeal from the decision of the
Vice-Chancellor of England, giving the plaintiffs liberty
to amend their bill a second time, after the expiration of
the time prescribed by order of the Court. The bill was
tiled by the governors of Christ's Hospital on the nature
of a cross bill to an information by the Attorney,-Gene-
ral for the better administration of a charity, founded by
a person named Kenrick, in the town of Reading. The
bill filed by the governors of Christ's Hospital, claimed
the whole estates belonging to that charity, under a
clause of forfeiture in the will of the founder, on the
ground that those estates had not been ad-
, ministered according to his expressed intentions.
Kenrick by his will, dated in 1684, directed that a sum
of 75,0001. should be invested in the purchase of land,
and that the income should be applied for the better em
ployment of the poor of Reading. When new trustees
were appointed in the place of the Corporation,
who had managed the estates up- to the pass-
ing of the Municipal Corporation Act, an
information was filed for a new scheme,
and then it was that Christ's Hospital was advised there
had been a forfeiture, because the income had not been
properly applied, and a claim was made in their behalf
for the whole property, which now produced upwards of
2,000!. a-year, in addition to a sum of 10,0001. in
the public funds. To the claims of Christ's
Hospital, or rather to the will put in by
that body, an answer was put in by the trustees, the
corporation of Reading and the Attorney-General,
who were all made defendants. The answer was pro-
nounced sufficient, and such being the case there was a
limited time, according to the order of the Court, within
which the plaintiffs would be at liberty to amend their
bill should they think it necessary. • The plaintiffs
took from the 20th of February, 1845, to the
4th of December, in the same year, and they applied to
the Vice-Chancellor of England for leave to amend on
the affidavit of the clerk of their solicitor, in which it
was known that it had become necessary to go through
above 21,000 papers and deeds; that he had at various
times occupied twenty days in that examination ; that
it had become necessary to vary and limit the case
made by the bill; and that the amendments so required
to be made were material. The Vice- Chancellor, in
conformity with the practice under the 13th and 15th of
the orders of 1828, as modified by the orders of 1831,
and still further modified by the 68th of the new orders
of May. 1845, gave the plaintiffs leave to amend a second'
time, and from that order the defendant. appealed. When
the case came before his Lordship it was argued on
behalf of the appellants that the Vice-Chancellor had
no jurisdiction to make such an order of amendment ;
and that even if he had, that his Honour had violated
the exigency of the 68th order, by giving leave to
amend an insufficient affidavit sworn by a clerk, instead
of by the solicitor of the plaintiff himself, that affidavit
not stating any grounds for amendment, or averring or
showing that any reasonable diligence had been used to
procure the means of making the amendment earlier.
The question raised by the appeal, although one of mere
practice, was of vast importance to the profession, be-
cause if the new orders of May last, which had been
framed with so much care and attention, were
not strictly maintained, it would be much better that
they should be abrogated at once. The words of the
68th of the new order were—" After the plaintiff has
filed or undertaken to file a replication, or after the expi-
ration of four weeks from the time when the answer
or last answer is deemed sufficient, a special order for
leave to amend a bill was not to be granted without
further affidavit showing that the matter of the proposed
amendment is material, and could not with reasonable
diligence have been sooner introduced into such bill.
The amendment had not been made in compliance with
that order, because the proper course for the
plaintiff would have been in the first instance
to have gone before the Master. In support of
the decision of the Court below, it was submitted that
the new orders had not superseded, but:merely modified
the old ones, and that the Court, under the 21st of the
new orders of May, had an express leave to exercise its
discretion. With respect to going before the Master,
the plaintiffs had merely adopted the practice as it ex-
isted under the old order, by coming at once to the
Court, when after the expiration of the ordinary time
they asked for extraordinary indulgence.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, this aim nieg, at considerable
length gave judgment, reversing the decision of the
Court below.

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ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
His LORDSHIP sat at ten; o'clock, and resumed the
wring of motions, which were quite uninteresting.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
Mr. CLARKSON applied for a writ of certiorari to re
move a certain indictment from the Court of Middlesex
Quarter Sessions. The Learned Counsel said, that the
indictment on which this application was founded was of
rather a novel character. The party was charged with
exposing his person, and the first count charged him
with " exposing his person in a certain public place in
the view of a child of tender age—to wit twelve years.
The second count charged him with exposing, &c., in a
certain public place in the view of several of her Ma-
jesty's subjects ; and the third, charged a common
assa ult.
Mr. Justice WILLIams—A common assault ?
Mr. CLARKSON—Yes, my Lord, a common assault.
It would not be necessary to detail all the circumstances,
as they were of a very indecent character, and his Lord-
ship would see them in the depositions. It would appear
that a party in Paddington churchyard had beckoned to
girl on the footpath outside, aad when she came he hid
exposed his person to her. A gravedigger had followed,
and had seen the party expose his person to the girl,
who did not appear to be at all unwilling to submit to
the treatment to which she was subjected. He (Mr.
Clarkson) was aware that the first count had often been
held valid in the " junior courts," as he would term
them, but he had frequently had great doubts as to its
legality. A girl of the age of twelve years was not by
the English law one bit more protected than any
woman of full age, except in the case of mar-
riage or abduction, where the party had money,
and was in fact under some sort of legal guardianship.
The second count was wholly unsupported by the evi-
dence ; and the third was an absurd one. The question
he wished to raise before the Court of Queen's Bench
was one of considerable importance, as under the cir-
cumstances it would be necessary to make a new law to
meet
.these cases. His Lordship was quite aware that
juries in the courts of quarter sessions (and he said so
with great respect to the persons who presided over
those courts), in such cases as the present, with a sort of
natural feeliag, omitted to notice both law and fact, and
it was rather difficult to obtain for such cases anything
like, a legitimate legal determination.
The application was granted.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
EX PARTE THE DERBY, UTTOXETER, AND STAFFORD-
SHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. JAMES said he had to- move their Lordships for
a rule nisi to show cause why the plaintiff in this case
should not deliver to the defendants a further and bette.-
particular of the nature of his demand. The plaintiff
was an engineer, and the defendants provisional com-
mitteemen of the Derby, Uttoxetee, and Siaffordshire
Railway, and the claim, which amounted to 3,7741. 45.,
was alleged to be for preparing the necessary
levels and surveys of that line. The cause of action set
forth in the declaration was simply for work and labour
done, and upon no special contract, but the particulars
of the demand, which consisted of six items, were of so
general a character that the defendants had some diffi-
culty in shaping their defence. One item, for instance,
was for surveying 36 miles of the proposed line, 1,4601,
and another was for preparing and delivering books
of reference, &c., 630/., but the terms of these items
were so general and indefinite, that the defendants had
no means of ascertaining either the amount of the work
done, or whether the charges for it were fair and reason-
able.
The LORD CHIEF BARON—The particular is similar
to that of an electioneering agent fur conducting the pro-
ceedings of a contested election.
Mr. JAMES agreed that it was, but the el-Law of action
bein4 simply for work and labour done, and not upon a
special contract, the particulars ought to be more defi-
nite and explicit of the extent and nature of the work and
labor doe.