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ation in the Irish Charitable Bequests Bill, yet he refused to
admit of the slightest in the English law.
Sir R. INGnts expressed his strong disapprobation of the
Charitable Bequests Bill, which bad been extended to Ire-
land, and he felt equally strong objections to the Bill now
before the House, the effect of which, were it carried out,
would neutralise the provisions which their ancestors wisely
had enforced, with the object of preventing an unjust accu-
mulation of wealth in the hands of the Church.
Mr. O'CoNNELL begged to offer his most cordial thanks
to the Noble Lord who had introduced the measure, and
exhorted him to persevere, as he thought it, would effect the
greatest benefit for the country. They had not too many
religious establishments, nor was there a superabundance of
religious instruction in England; and when that was the
fact, they surely ought not to reject a measure calculated to
afford them a greater supply of both.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL entered into a lengthened ex-
planation of the present enactment, by which the Legislature
intended specially to guard against large sums of mousy
being begneathed to religious communities, and pointed out
that the law of mortmain had arisen from a series of strug-
gles between the clergy and the Legislature on the very sub-
ject then under discussion. He thought it would be dan-
gerous to support the measure, and he should, therefore, vote
against the second reading.
Mr. C. BunnEn supported the second reading of the Bill.
The Sonzerrou-GENERAL opposed the second reading of
the Bill, which he considered, if passed, would be as fruitful
a source of litigation, as was ever concocted by the most
astute lawyer in the country.
Sir JOHN HANMER would support the second reading, in
order that its details might be discussed in Committee.
Mr. HawEs felt bound to resist the Bill in into, objecting
most strongly to its principle. In its details the measure was
full of intricacies and difficulties.
Lord EBRINGTON wished the House to fajp into Committee,
because he was anxious for some alteration in the laws of
mortmain.
Mr. COLQUITOUN objected to the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. I'. 13uxruvvIcK supported the second reading of the
Bill.
Lord J. MANNERS replied; and, upon a division, the Bill
was lost by a majority of 36.
The Election Notice. (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed on the 24th.
The second reading of the Salmon Fisheries Bill was post-
poned till Wednesday next.
The Second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was
postponed till Wednesday next.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourne,l.

Before the amendment of Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS be for-
gotten amidst the steady and rational realisation of our free-
trade wishes, through the instrumentality of Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S graduated policy, we would express our sentiments
with reference to that amendment and also with reference to
the behaviour of Mr. COBDEN on the evening of its over-
throw. As far as our individual aspirations are concerned we
would rejoice as heartily and as enthusiastically as any one
if commerce were instantaneously released from its present
bondage ; an immediate abolition of importation and of ex-
portation duties would be to us an occasion for our most
earnest self-gratulation. When, however, we perceive—as
every reasonable and dispassionate man must perceive, as
the Noble Member for the city of London perceives, as the
First Lord of the Treasury perceives, as the Member for
Stockport perceives—that, under all circumstances, an obsti-
nate demand for free trade to-day (instead of to-morrow or
the day after) would be most inimical to the interests
of the people, we cannot but regard a persistence in such
demands as unwise, as ungracious, and as absolute insanity.
A change so sudden in the whole system of mercantile affairs
would be productive of a confusion which must alone prove
infinitely prejudicial; besides which, so many preliminaries
have to be arranged, and so many opposite interests to be
balanced, that an immediate annihilation of existing prin-
ciples is impossible. It is both foolish and fallacious to dream
for a single moment of seizing a prize so utterly unattain-
able. We would ourselves grasp free trade immediately—if
we could.' But, seeing what insurmountable barriers inter-
cept the pathway conducting to that goal, we prefer under-
mining its barriers and sappieg its very foundations by a
three years' application of the sliding - scale, rather
than beat our knuckles to a mummy in a childish
attempt to overthrow such granite obstacles. Three
winters hence, and the golden edict will be in full
operation ; why therefore hazard its fulfilment alto-
gether by an obstinacy so ill-judged and so ruinously chime-
? We have a promissory note at thirty-sit months for
a payment in full ; why risk the settlement of our great
debt altogether by insisting upon its liquidation " down upon
the nail." By these considerations, by a knowledge of the
hazardous character of the views entertained by the Hon.
Member for Wolverhampton, and by a thorough apprecia-
tion of the wisdom and the practicable excellence of
Sir ROBERT'S policy, Mr. Conmesr has modulated his enthu-
siasm, while he has, at the same time, adhered with perfect
constancy to those views which he had previously adopted and
th ,se professions which he bad already announced. Had the
patriotism of that really noble-minded monarch of the
League been hitherto questionable, his speech of Tuesday
night would have established at once and for ever its
purity, its self-forgetfulness, and its entire consistency.
He saw and acknowledged the impossibility of any
success attending the amendment proposed by Mr. VILLIERS,
he recognised the danger which would accrue to the
Ministerial propositions by any undue perseverence in the
advocacy of that amendment, and therefore, while voting
with his Honourable Friend and associate, in fulfilment
of those engagements into which he had elsewhere entered,
he would, " after the division upon that question, give as
cordial a support to the measure of the Go-
vernment as any gentleman in that House." In
speaking thus Mr. COBDEN has proved himself consistent to
those glorious principles upon which his renown, and his in-
fluence, and his popularity, are built up : he has proved
himself consistent to those patriotic sentiments with
which his past conduct has been animated ; he has
proved himself consistent in that anxiety for the wel-
fare of his fellow-countrymen which has been so
conspicuously evidenced in the whole of his Parliamentary
career. That small sentence is the epitome of his
public character; it is worthy of RICIIARD COBDEN, it is
worthy of the nineteenth century, it is worthy of the great
cause of FREEDOM TO COMMERCE, and of the offering of food
to the hungry and unprotected labouring classes. The people
will estimate this conduct of their favourite champion as it
merits, so also will the Prime Minister of Great
Britain, so also will the historian of this peace-
ful and bloodless revolution. In commenting, how-
ever, as we have done, upon the propriety of Ike
amendment introduced by Mr. ViLmens, we do not for a
moment doubt that the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton
was actuated by feelings the most honourable and the most
conscientious. He had pledged himself to perform a certain
act ; that pledge he has redeemed, and we cannot but feel
assured that his co-operation in the Ministerial measures
will be as earnest and as decided as that promised by the
Honourable Member for Stockport. On mature reflection we
are satisfied that Mr. VILLIERS must acquiesce in the sensible
and resolute expressions employed by the two representa-
tives for Finsbury—to whom all honour be accorded! While
speaking thus in commendation of Mr. COBDEN, Mr. DUN-
COMBE, and Mr. WAKLEY, we cannot refrain from con-
gratulating the constituency of Cheltenham upon the
staunch adherence of the Honourable CRAVEN
BERKELEY to the cause of free trade. His
false vote in the minority of Tuesday night is satis-
factory in its very insufficiency; it is an earnest that,
notwithstanding his summoning the League, as it were,
to judgment on the subject of signatures to petitions, his
sympathies are nevertheless identical with those of that
great Association, and that his voice is ever ready to speak
out in concurrence with their principles.

While the great commercial measures propounded by
Government are being made the subject of violent controversy
in the Lower House, it cannot be uninteresting or unimpor-
tant to note the sentiments expressed among the Peers
respecting a movement which, of its class, has no parallel in
the records of Parliament. It may be said with considerable
show of reason, that more furious opinions upon the
matter are entertained by their Lordships than possibly
by any other body of men in the kingdom; and, in earnest
of this circumstance, more flagitious allusions to its insti-
gators have been made within that august assemblage of
aristrocrats than is accordant with its dignity. We are
treated to these casual manifestations of feeling among the
oligarchy, in moments of supreme excitement or in-
dignation, when their most cherished thoughts start
forth in spite of themselves. At these times, the
smallest peg upon which to hang any of these
ultra-Parliamentary- exclamations is taken advantage of for
that purpose—and in this abrupt and disjointed manner, we
obtain a kind of interjectional notion of the thoughts rankling
in the bosoms of those right honourable personages. From
the utterance of those thoughts also we obtain a glimpse
of their intentions. Precisely of this character were
the observations with which, on Tuesday evening,
the Earl of HARDIVICKE thought proper to clothe
certain petitions in favour of protection to agriculture from
different places in the county of Cambridge. In introducing
those petitions the Noble Lord manufactured another of
those warning speeches with which his brother landlords
have endeavoured to frighten away the agitators for com-
mercial reform—speeches which we cannot but regard
as the very counterpart of the scarecrows with which
farmers try to prevent the incursion of hungry birds upon
their corn-fields, and which scarecrows are generally com-
posed of mere garbage and rubbish. Desirous no doubt of
giving his cause an appearance of solidity, the Noble Lord-
Lieutenant
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talking about guns reminds me of an accident, &c. &c.''
Exactly after this fashion do the protectionist noblemen
manage to discover some excuse, some opportune moment,
some appropriate point, at which to repeat, for the nine
hundred and ninety-ninth time, their old tale
about the destruction of the farming interest, and such like
lamentations. It' a railway bill, or a Committee motion, or
a currency measure, or any other topic whatever be under
discussion, up jumps his Grace of RICHMOND, or some
equally outrageous money-lover, with the usual cock-and-
bull story of the lamentable consequences certain to result from
any relaxation of the Custom-house duties. A little episode of
this description took place on Tuesday in the House of Peers,
the diatribe of the Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire form-
ing a sort of preface or introduction to it—very pointless, very
irrelevant and very unlucky in its assertions. "He per-
fectly understood the principle upon which the Government
watilinolved, but he had never beard it yet stated on what

principle the Government was resumed." Really Joni( I
WILLErr is quite a sprightly and sagacious logician when
compared with these sticklers for taxation upon
foreign provisions. The Noble Earl does not com-
prehend the principle upon which the present Go-
vernment 'was resumed !—why, every brain almost in
Great Britain has been perfectly saturated with explanations
of that principle from the very moment the present session
commenced; the public mind (so to speak) is by this time
actually sodden with expositions of that principle—first from
Sir ROBERT PEEL, then from Sir JAMES GRAHAM, then from
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, then from Sir G. CLERK, and SO on
through the whole list of Government officials. Besides which,
is not that principle conspicuously developed in every clause of
the Ministerial proposition now running the gauntlet of the
protection gentlemen of the Lower House? And yet the
Earl of HARDWICRE, declares his ignorance of the nature of
that principle! Really the thinness of tke agricultural skin
is only exceeded by the thickness of the agricultural skull.
His Lordship then proceeds to perorate his remarks to a
climax, and this he accomplishes by declaring that the
House of Commons had, according to his mind, " lost the
good opinion and confidence of the country by the course
it had • pursued"—shutting his ears, of course, to those
cries of exultation which circulated throughout the land
at the intelligence of the majority of ninety-seven,
with which that conduct had been confirmed. The
Earl of Hannm-ICKE declares the Lower House to be
unpopular ; the multitude, through every channel by
which a knowledge of public opinion can be obtained, de-
dare that House (or, rather, the majority of that
House), to be the most popular, perhaps, that ever
legislated for the good of the people. Upon the cessation of
his Lordship's harangue, and despite the decided language in
which the Marquis of LONDONDERRY deprecated the con-
tinuance of a discussion so premature, his Grace of RICH-
MOND enforced the view entertained by his colleagues with his
ordinary rashness of tone and tongue. He accounted for the
97 votes by which the Government had recently worsted
their opponents by an insinuation most bold, and, in our
estimation, most unparliamentary. " All the placemen,"
said his Grace, " voted. There are a great many offices
vacant, and every man who is looking out for an office voted
for the Government." This is a direct imputation upon
the honesty of the Honourable Members referred to,
and one that is not sustained by a single
scrap of evidence. Various other expressions of a
similar character, were subsequently uttered by the Noble
Duke; in themselves significant tokens of the wrath which is
generating in the Upper House, and of the fierce antagonists
who will be mustered against the free trade measure imme-
diately upon its introduction to the hall of aristocracy. Let
those noble Oppositionists, however, remember that the will
of the people can never be gainsaid—that it can never be
thwarted beyond a certain time—that, when roused by the
pertinacious contradiction of an oligarchy, it becomes the
most puissant and the most terrible of despots. Let them
remember, moreover, the passing of the Reform Bill—and the
alternative to which they were reduced by their obstinacy.
, Ultimate triumph to the cause of abolition is, however, cer-
tain; and before many years more have elapsed, the eulogium
upon the League uttered on Tuesday night by Lord BROUGHAM
will be echoed by all classes of the community—the tenant
farmers, and even the protectionist dukes, amongst the
number.

We have intelligence from Madrid of the 25th ult. The
Senate that day commenced the discussion on the new elec-
toral Bill and adopted sixteen clauses. The only feature in
the discussion worth notice was a declaration of Senor Ism-
RITZ, announcing that the objects of the Government in this
Bill were that all opinions should be fairly represented, and
that no unconstitutional means be resorted to for the purpose
of influencing the elections. It is reported that NARVAEZ is
decidedly opposed to the marriage of the QUEEN with the
Count DE TRAPANI, The Eco del Comercio affirms that "it
is the intention of General NARVAEZ to ask the Government
several questions respecting the TRAPANI alliance, to which
he has declared himself adverse."
The new Minister of Finance had addressed a circular to
all the intendants of the provinces, desiring them to proceed
with the collection of the land-taxes for the purposes of the
state. The total amount is reckoned at 125,000,000 reals
(1,250,0001.), and that for Madrid at 60,000/.

The Three per Cents. closed at 32 at 60 days. No other
stock was quoted.

The Paris papers contain additional intelligence from
Algiers, and the unfavourable accounts from Washington are
referred to by most of them. With the exception of the
Presse, they seem to consider the policy adopted by POLK of
a hostile character, and most likely to lead to a war between
England and America. The same journal pays high compli-
ments to Sir R. PEEL for his liberal and daring commercial
policy, but, at the same time, while grateful for reducing
the duty on brandy, it expresses regret that he had stopped
short at wine. This is a very natural cause of regret for a
French writer. The vine producers in the south of France
are half ruined by the system of Customs adopted
by the Government, and an outlet for their second
and third-rate wines in England would be a great
boon. They are perfectly aware of the fact, and
are taking measures for impressing the Legislature with a con•
viction that a change is absolutely necessary, but no French-
man can readily blame England for this state of things; on
the contrary, she merits the highest praise, and France has
only to imitate her example in order to secure the lasting
friendship of the two countries and the peace of the world.
With the exception referred to, the remarks of the Presse
are just :—" The able system adopted in England for the re-
duction of the tariff of import duties there already begins to
bear fruit, since even in France, without taking into account
the difference between the state of the two countries, en-
lightened minds begin to call for an immediate, universal,
unlimited freedom of trade. The reduction of duties upon
the first necessaris of life for the consumption of the people
of England is not only a measure of humanity, preventive
perhaps, of disastrous internal disorder, but is also, when
viewed in the light of an expansion of commerce, an act of
the soundest and most disinterested policy. In fact, by
lessening the cost of the means of life to the working man,
Sir R. PEEL renders at the same time the productions of his
hands less dear and more abundant. It is, however, to be
regretted that he stopped at the important reduction of the
duties upon French wines. Before the time of EDWARD
the English drank wine as we do in France, brought in
abundance from the provinces of Anjou and Guyenne. Since
the loss of these provinces an almost eternal war has sepa-
rated England from this source of supply. She has been
forcectto have recourse to new aliments, and adopt.beer and
spirits distilled from grain. The enormous profit which the
agricultural proprietors derive from the malt with which in-
toxicating beer is made, has driven them to devote nearlythe

whole of their produce in barley, and a great portion of their
other corn, to this object." Does not the writer perceive that
the very facts he states would furnish the protectionists with
new arguments?
The Senzaplwre of Marseilles contains intelligence from
Algiers of the 25th ult., from which we learn that Marshal
BUGEAUD had arrived there on the previous day, with a
small detachment of troops, who appeared to have under-
gone great hardships. A private letter from Algiers says :
" The soldiers were all very much sun-burnt ; their clothes,
which were patched in all parts with coarse cloth and pieces
of skins of animals, were covered with dust. We were much
affected by the appearance of these brave troops, which had
endured such great fatigues and undergone such great hard-
ships, to drive out the enemy and protect our colony." The
following is the last dispatch received from the Marshal, and
is dated Jurjura, Feb. 20, giving an account of his rencontre
with ABD-EL-KADER in that district :
" I was not able to cross the mountains of the Bent-Khafouns until
the 15th. The Beni-Khafouns, being taken by surprise, fled towards
their neighbours, and opposed to me only an insignificant resistance,
in which we lost only one man. I encamped the same day at the
fort of the South Flissa, which had been submitted to one Agha
Ben-Zamoun. I had, in passing, chastised the Beni-Khafouns, and
remained in their territory during the 10th. I was joined the same
day by General Gentil, and I sent him to resume his post at
the Col des Beni-Aicha on the 17th and 18th. I invaded the
mountains of the unsubmitted Flissas. Numerous armed
groups showed themselves on various points at a distance,
but they did not venture on an attack. On the 19th they
came to the number of between 3,000 and 4,000, to the high
mountains at the left of my camp • but I would not attack
them, because I was resolved to approach by the valley of Boghni,
the sources of the Oned-Kseub, where Abd-el-Kader had been en-
camped for several days. After having marched an hour and a half,
we discovered the cavalry of the Emir, and all his baggage, in a
very difficult defile on a ridge near the regions of snow. Instead
of coming to attack me, as he had promised the Kabyles, he de-
scended the mountain, and entered into the Hamza. This difficult
retreat was covered by 1,500 to 2,000 Kabyles, either out of inte-
rest to the Emir, or because they wished to defend their habita-
tions. When we had arrived near the Kabyles they began to fire
—I then ordered an attack by three battalions. The Kabyles
were successively dis.odged from several positions, and forced at
length to defile en mane in a ravine, where we fired upon
them at a very short distance. They left a good number of
dead, and were followed until night without being able to reach the
column of Abd-el-Kader. To-day three tribes of Kabyles, the most
menaced by the presence of my column, have written to enter into
arrangements. I have sent for their chiefs to my camp, and am
waiting for them. I learned from their envoys that Abd-el-Mader
slept last night at the East of Hamza, and had left many beasts of
burthen in the dreadful ravines through which he had to pass. The
same men agreed in stating that Ben Salem had followed him in his
retreat, as he dreaded the anger of the Kabyles, who have been so
111-treated by my column on his account.' Marshal Bugeaud enclosed
a report from General Levasseur, dated Constantine, the 4th, an-
nouncing submissions by some of the tribes who had previously made
their submission to Abd-01-Kader, but communicating no other fact of
interest."

The accounts in the German journals, received this morn-
ing, says Galignani of Taesday, are very contradictory as to
the revolutionary movement in Prussian Poland, and the
disturbances in Cracow, Gallaeia, &c. According to some
they were at an end, others state that they had rather in-
creased than diminished. In this confusion we do not find a
single fact from any source worthy of notice, that can
enable us to form an opinion as to the real state of things
in the disturbed- districts. And the Constitutionnel, after
giving some particulars respecting the reported insurrection,
adds: - ‘. All this proves that the news given by the German
journals ought to be received with the greatest reserve."
Discontent still prevails to a great extent in the POPE'S
dominions. The following accounts, contained in a letter,
dated Marseilles, Feb. 27, are very distressing, for they
show that Austria is inclined to show no mercy
" We learn by the Herculaneum, which arrived yesterday from
Leghorn, that about 50 persons have been arrested at Pesaro and
Gano, in the Roman States. Some others had contrived to elude the
search of the police, and amongst them Count Montevecchi, belong.
ing to one of the first families in the country. The individuals cons-
promised in the late affair at Rimini, who to the number of 22 had
set sail on the Adriatic, but had been obliged by stress of weather to
Put into Fiume in Dalmatia, have been given up by Austria to the
Papal Government. They lately arrived in art Austrian vessel at
Ancona, and have been shut up in the fort. The rumour that M.
Renzi was to be tried by the military commission sitting at Rimini,
notwithstanding the complaints made on all sides against these
exceptional tribunals, has excited great sensation."
The Three per Cents. closed at 114 f. 55e. ; the rile per Cents.,
I 23f. 50c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,330 f.; Rouen, 1,065 f. ;
Bane, 747 f. 000. ; Qrreat liortherze,;9lf..§§g,4s4.Tinovi, 15097 t: 6,0 f.;
Vierzon, 752 f. 50b.; Bordeaux, 670 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 450 f. ;
Basle, 32f
Fampoux, 40f. ; Dieppe, tsot.; Paris and Stras-
-2.. 50c.;

burg, 551 f. 26c. ; Tours and Nantes, 580 f. ; Parts and Lyons (De-
finitive), 681 f. 50c.; Spanish Threo per Cents. 38% ; Spanish Pas-
sives, 6%.

The following are the quotations far other lines :

Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 510 f. ; ditto (Lecointe),
505 f. ; ditto (Conmsagnie Mei idienale), 502 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetts
(Mackenzie), 503 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f. ; Caen (Delarnarro),
502 f. 50c.; Charleroi, 497 f. _

MARSEILLES, FEB. 28.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,017 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 775 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 640 f.
BVSINESS DONli IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 3faaca4.--
Rarhadoes, %—Boulogne and Amiens, 1136—Bordeaux, Toulouse,
and Cette (Mackenzie), 2—Dutch Rhenish, 61/2—East Indian' 1—
Great Northern of France Constituted, 16U—Italian and Austrian,
134 —Luxembourg, 21,4—Namur and Liege, 234—Orleans and Vier-
son, 19—lionea and Pismo, 29%,

WINCHESTER, MAncir 4.—Lieutenant Hawkey, the prin-
cipal in the duel at Gosport, in which Mr. Seton lost his life,
has surrendered himself, and the judges have fiXed Friday for
his trial. Mr. Cockburn is retained on behalf of Mr. Hawkey.
Mr. Pym, Mr, Hawkry's second, and Lieut. Bowles,
who acted as the friend of Mr. Seton, will also. it is stated,
take their trial. From the very high estimation in which
the deceased was held among all classes in Hampshire, the
greatest interest is manifested for the result.

THE BATTLES ON THE SUTLEJ.—The important victories
gained by the British arms over the Seikhs, as well as the
future movements of our troops in that quarter, have natu-
rally excited the greatest interest, and made a correct and
intelligible map of the scene of action and the territory of
the Punjaub much sought after. Hitherto most of the maps
published are very defective, and omit altogether the names
of places now rendered immertal by the recent deeds. Mr.
Wyld, of Charing-cross, with his usual activity and skill,
has supplied the deficiency in a map just published, and
dedicated to Sir Henry Hardinge, entitled, " Map of the
Routes through the Punjaub and the adjoining States."
In this useful chart all the places mentioned in
the dispatches are laid down, with the route from
Umballah by Sirsind to Loodianah, and the tract taken
by the troops on their march to re:ieve Sir John Littler at
ferozepore. The distances are given at every ten or fifteen
miles, and the fords in the river, at least those considered sta-
tionary, are pointed out, with the respective roads leading
from them to Lahore. 'We understand that Mr Wyld has
spared no expense in consulting the best maps and surveys
of the country, and that fora part of the Punjaub—all to the
south of Lahore, with a considerable portion to the north, and
the entire district bounded on the east by Kurnaul, Urn-
ballah, and Loodianah, and on the west by Bhutneer
and Ferozepore—it is by far the most correct chart
of the kind published. The price extremely moderate,
and we have no doubt that for some time to come it will
have a vast circulation.

MORTALITY IN THE )METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths
during the week ending February 28 was 916, showing a
decrease of 39 as compared with the previous week. The
deaths from small-pox (only 4); measles, scarlatina, and
pneumonia, are considerably below the average, but we re-
gret to find that bronchitis still continues very fatal, the
deaths being 71, or about twice the usual number. The
violent deaths are stated to be 19.

,‘ THE SUN" EXPRESS.
(From Besley's Devonshir: onicle.)

We are indebted to the politeness of the talented and inde-
fatigable proprietor of The Sun, for a copy of the debates,
with the division of the House of Commons on Friday night,
which was received by us soon after nine o'clock on Satur-
day morning.
(From the Cheltenham Examiner.)
_

THE DiyisioN.—An express edition of The Sun, forwarded
by special engine, brought the earliest intimation of the re-
sult of Saturday morning's division. The debate did not
close until near three o'clock, and when we say that The Sun
reached our office, in Cheltenham, shortly after nine, our
readers will agree that it was one of the most speedy in-
stances of newspaper expressing on record. Large placards
were immediately placed outside the Examiner office, giving
the lieges the earliest news of this important result.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
At Liverpool yesterday the sales of Cotton were 5,000
bales includiog.l,ooo on speculation and for export. The
market, though steady, was not lively. Shares continued
dull.

To a certain extent the following observations are correct,
but Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbary cannot prove that
discounting by the Bank of England spreads money among
the middling classes, as well as accommodation afforded by
the general banks of the metropolis:—
" The Bank of England has made use of its deposits in the
same way as other bankers do, and the only difference is,
that the Bank has got the profits arising from the increased
amount, instead of the bankers, for the amount of Bank notes
in circulation has been quite as uniform as during the
same period last year, or indeed since its reformed system,
which wisely fixed a limit to its issues. That great
difficulties may have been experienced by parties
who in former times could obtain almost any
amount of money required, we can readily believe,
but that does not prove a locking up,' it only proves that
engagements have been made for a different application of
its uses. It is now required for railways, and will go to pay
wages to labourers, engineers, lawyers, &c. ; but the greater
part of it will soon find its way to the shopkeepers, who will
supersede the speculators, by purchasing and distributing for
immediate consumption the necessaries of life ; and thus will
continue to go on (at any rate, for some years), in steady
progression."
We approve so much of railway extension, that we coin-
cide in the concluding observations, but this is applicable to
the period when railways are in course of construction and
not merely projected.
The Funds are dull. Consols have been 951,( 34 for pre-
sent transfer, and 95% to 96 for time. Exchequer-bills have
declined a little, being 325. to 345. premium. Bank Stock is
worth 2081/2 to 2091/2. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 98 to and the Three per Cents. 96 to 14.
In the Foreign Market the transactions have been very
restricted. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 27,
and the Three per Cents. 374. ; Portuguese Five per Cents.
have been 78; Brazil Stock is worteS4 ; Mexican Bonds
are 3014 to 30%% ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 59
to 1,4 ; and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 97%.
Shares have been quiet.

O. : C L
906: .96
9614 CLOSING
ONE
PRICES.
Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • • • .. 2Q8% 209% 2091,,i
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..96U
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • . 953/41A li 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 98 98
New Five per Cent. Annuities ...
.. 98
122 121 121
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 3I
. 860 .. 10 11-16 9-16 10 9-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. • • • • ..
..
..
42 37
South Sea Stock • • • • • • .. .. • •
Ditto. Old Annuities ..
..
..
96
Ditto, New Annuities ..
..
..
951/
Consols for Account • • • • ..
..
..
95.,
96
India Stock for Account • • ..
.. 2.
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I IA (1.
1,0001. • • • • •• • • 32 34 pm.
5001. .•_f • •• •• 37 15 put,

BRITISH FITNDS.

Ditto, Small
Ditto, Advertised

9514
96
261

32 35 35
30 -- pm. 33

....
::
::
:: 224374/
5 per Cent .. 34 h
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. CLOSING
O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ~
.. 84 PRICES.
84
22%
Mexican
Grenada,exDitto,ca nril
Deferredopned r 8 C. elsn3.t
.7,
Ditto, for the Account .4 4.
.. 30 li
...4 18_ .
31
' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Spanish Bonds, I per Cent 44
.. _ 78
Ditto, for the Account .. .
.. 27
Ditto, Deterred .. ...:
.. 27
Ditto, Three per Cent ..4.
.. 17
Ditto, for the Account _ 44
.. 3714 363 i
Dividends on the above payable in London. 37%
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97a
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59)2: 97%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 4, 94' 95 59%
913/
A
BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Amber., Notting., Boston and
Eastern Junction • • • • • • 2% •• • • 2%
iiirmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% %
Bristol and Exeter •.. • • .. 70 „87
......
Buckinghamshire .. • • .. 423. .... par
Caledonian .. • • •• • • •• 10 12% 34
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • .234„ 3v,
Ditto, Extension • • • • • . 2% „ „ 234
Cambridge and Oxford.. • • 1% „• g
Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter.. 425. .. • • I dis
Direct Northern • • • • • • • • 2% • 24% ..
Dublin and Galway . • • • • • 4 3%
Eastern Counties .. 141. 16s. .• .. 21% , £1
p.e.r C.e.nt. No./N, 1. Gt. 13S. 4d. ..... „ „
15
Extension I Os. 14 %% 1"
No. 2. Gt. 13s. 4d. % p ..... % p
Ditto,
Ditto,
York
o.
Goole, Doneast., and hetlield,Bte. 425. 34 y p......
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.. „ „
GreatDlltoS,oEu
xt ht
ee
nr ns
o&n West.
.. (Ireland)
1155 —lB
1934
19
„ —l%
Great
Shares ......50
• 858 8317 15•%• ••...... .. .. 8153%
Ditto,
Half Quarter WesternS h..... . . . 85 . „ _
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .. ........
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... 55 .......... 53'
Leicester and Bedford.. 225..... 34 dis .• • . IA dis
Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2% .... %
Liverp., Manch., & Nowc. Juuct. .... 34 %% • • ....
London and Birmingham ... .100 ...•2223 • . •• .. 221
Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... 60 ..... so

Ditto Fifths .. .. .. .. 9 .... 24 . 24
London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 83i % B%
London and Brighton .. .. .. '''
50 .... 64 ........ • • 64
London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21% • 21%
London and South-Western— 41/. 6s. 10d. 77% 77.. 77
Ditto, New . _ .. .. 12%.... 23 22% •• • • 22%
London and York .. _...... • • 2%.... 3% . ...... . 3%
Londonderry and Coleraine • • 5 •• • • 4 ••••• • • • • 4
Lynn and Bereham .. . • • • 5 4%
Manchester and Birmingham • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • I ''•' 7._ • •••••••• 7
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • 114 I's P•• • • l% p
Manchester and Southampton • • 2 .... 2% .. . 2%
Midla-td _ .. .. .. .. ..100 ....146
Ditto,Ditto New Birmingham.. and D..erby..lno:
............ 1_3177 .... ... .. .... 117
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 •• • • 44% 44 _ .... 44
.. In .... ....... ... 10
NeDwicttoaAlleeawna
North British .. .. .. ..
Bureagile! nkg .. .. . . A
20%
_ 20 ;• • •
Ditto, Half Shares . .. ••6" • . 9 ' -.84.,*•• • • • • • • 8'

Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. I ••• • 20 Ye, ••••• • • • • 2%
North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2Ya •• `7B ••••" • • • • 2%
North Staffordshire _ 425. •• • • 3% P • ..... 3% p
Norwich and Brandon .. _ 18 •• • • 6
• • • • • • •
Ditto. New.. • • • • ,;„ ' • • • • • • • • • 8
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverlimptn. 121 A •• • • • • 13%
Perth and Inverness • • .. 2% •• • • '2l ... ••• • • 1%
Preston and Wyre .. 25 •• • • 7., ••••• • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares • . .. 2% • • • "A •••" • • • • 6N
Richmond • . • • .. _lO •• • • •—„ "•••• • • • • 1614
Scottish Central .. _ 7% •• • • "7., • • ...... • • 14%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham •. 2% •• • • „274,,,3 •••• • • • • 3
S'iropshire Union .. 425. •• • • 2, ("S• •••••• •• •• IA els
South Midland _ 425.. •• • P•••• • • • • 1% P
South Eastern and Dovor .. 33 %••••3'"A•• • • • • • • • . -37• N
Ditto, New (Iss. 321.) No. 1. 16 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 18
Do., New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No, 2. 10 ••• • ..... •• • • 10%
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 10 .... I ..... 11%
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% •• • • 3% ••• • • 3%
Southinptn., Man.. & °aid. Jimc. 425. ••••—••• • • • • • • • 1 dis.
South Wales .. ••5 .• • • 5_ 5. ••• • • 5
Trent Valley and Holyhead Juno. 2% •• • • 1% ••••• • • • • • 1%
Waterfd., Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 1% •• • • 10%
Wexford, Waterford, & Iraleatia .• • • 1 .... ••• • • I
Welsh Midland 2% •• • • 1_ ••• • • .
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% ••• • 2% •••• • • • • 2%
York and Lancaster .. 2% •• • • I% ••••• • • • • • 134
York axd North Midland ••• • 98 ••••• • • • • • 98
Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 .... 47% 48
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• •1• • . • 979 %•••• • • • • 9%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 10 ••• • 11 ••"•• • • • • 10%
Dutch Rhenish ' 5 ...• ••••• • • • • • 6%
East Indian _ ss. ... • 'Ts

[Tali North.n nand A
of Franceustrian.. 1 . .
•
.. .:: : : 16-• ::•: : : : :
• • .. • -
16%
1 y 4
Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .. •• ••••• • • • • • 2%
Luxembourg
Orleans and Yierzen •.. .. 10 ••••—••• • ' • • • • • 19%
Trinidad .. .• • • • • 2% .... 114 •.••• • • • • • 1 4
••• • • •

MINES.
Real dcl Monte, Unregistered —••••—•• • • • • • • • 3

• Sir
.Jame Jamet Graham gave a dinner to the Cabinet
Ministers yesterday evening at his residence in Hill-
street.
We regret to learn that the Earl of Errol continues
indisposed at Paris. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and the Viscountess
Cazeplen hate left tOWLI to join their noble relative.
•

WHEAT. BARLET.I OATS. RTE. I BRANS. I PEAS.
rUICE .. 543 Gd 29s 7d 213 5d 33s 4d 34s 2d 35s 2d
DUTY... 163 Od Ss Od 63 Od 9s 6d 73 Gd 7s Gd

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

(THIS DAY.)
This morning a commission de lunation inquirendo was
opened before Francis Barlow, Esq., at the Sheriff's-office
for Middlesex, to inquire into the state of mind of Griffiths
William Morris, who formerly carried on business as a sur-
geon, at Barnet.. The writ had been sued out at the in-
stance of the brother of the lunatic, and the evidence went
very clearly to prove the insanity. His delusions were
rather peculiar. He at times considered that he had got the
head of another person, and that the Queen, Prince Albert
and suite put up at his house on their way to Hatfield House.
On one occasion he caught a red hot coal out of the fire, and
said that it was his canary bird, &c. In the latter
end of last year he went from home on horseback to see his
daughter at Cirencester, but after being gone some time the
horse returned by himself, and the 'lunatic was not seen for
two days, and he then said that he had slept in the fields one
night, and could not tell where he stayed afterwards. In
short his memory completely failed him, and he had not
made any entries in his books during the last year. In
December last he ran in a very excited state to the Red Lion,
in Barnet, and said that his horse would run for the Derby
at Epsom ; he however had no race-horse. Fro;n that time
his friends kept a careful watch over his actions, and in
January he was placed in Brompton-house Retreat.
Mr. Berry, a surgeon residing at Whetstone, was
called, and proved that when he was sent for in
January, 1846, he found Mr. Morris violently excited; and
he had no doubt of his being unable to properly attend
to his business. He had met him in consultation once in
July and twice in •October. Witness was on those occasions
of opinion that the lunatic was not quite competent to judge
of such cases, but did not like to say. so. Mr. Morris did not
appear to be able-to bring his mind to bear on the subject.
Witness had afterwards said," Oh, poor fellow he will go out
of his mind." In October there was everything in his ap-
pearance, manner, and eye, to denote more than mere im-
becility. Witness, as a medical man, would not have liked
to have taken his opinion.
The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict that the
said Griffith William Morris was of unsound mind from the
lot of January, 1846.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCREEL.)
SMITM V. BESSEMER.

This was an action to recover the sum of 15/. 12s. for
warehousz-room and care of a steam-engine under peculiar
'circumstances. The defendant denied his liability.
The facts of the case were these :—ln June, 1844, the de-
fendant sent the engine in question to an engineer, named
Wilson, carrying on business in the Wharf-road, St. Pancras.
Wilson, however, was soon afterwards declared a bankrupt,
and the present plaintiff, who occupied a part of the pre-
mises, was chosen assignee. Defendant demanded the
engine, but the plaintiff refused to give it up, unless
the warehouse-room was paid for. According to the
testimony of the plaintiff's witnesses, the defendant
distinctly agreed to pay 15/. 125., and on a subsequent occa •
sion he called and said that he would pay that amount, and
pulled out a 10/. note and a cheque for 1001., and said if the
engine was put into the cart he would go and get change.
He went away but did not return, but the men drove off with
the engine ; they were, however, followed and given into
custody ; the charge, however, was not followed up.
For the defendant it was contended that the offer-to pay
was only a ruse to get his engine, and ought not to be taken'
as a binding promise, as proper care had not be taken of the
engine ; and, on the contrary, it had been thrown about
negligently, aid that many of the bolts and brasses were
missing, and, in fact, the defendant had been put to an ex-
pense of 30/. to put it in repair.
The jury retired at one o'clock to consider their verdict.
[On the names of the second jury being called it was found
to be impossible to make up a sufficient number. It was
stated that five who had been summoned were licensed
victuallers and bound to attend on the licensing magistrates,
it was, therefore, agreed to go on with a short number.]
Verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 71. 103.