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LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1846.

It must be confessed that the denunciations of
Noble Lords against the electoral efforts of the Anti-
Corn-law League as unconstitutional would lose none
of their force if Noble Lords paid more respect them-
selves to the constitution. When Lord SALISBURY
and the Duke of ItrcamoND come forward as cham-
pions of the offended constitution, we are naturally
reminded of a certain order against interference of
Peers in elections, renewed every session by the
House of Commons, and violated at every election
for Hertford by Lord SALISBURY, and by the Duke
of RICHMOND at every election for Sussex and Chi-
chester.

. While the new-born zeal for the constitution of
bucolic aristocrats is at its height, we will show
them what a fine field there is for their knight-
errantry where they should begin--at home. There
is Lord LONDONDERRY openly threatening both city
and county of Durham with the influence of the
house of WYNTARD ; Mr. BRIGHT is to be driven
away from the city by a candidate of Lord LONDON..
DERRY'S own choice, and Lord LONDONDERRY's own
son, because be is his son, is to eject Mr. LIDDELL,
though he is a Conservative, from the county. Then
there is the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, as shamless in
acts as Lord LONDONDERRY in speeches. In less than
three years he has made three Members for Wood-
stock ; put in his heir and turned him out,—then put
up Lord LOFTUS, writing an address for him, and
answering for his opinions on the Maynooth Bill
while Lord LOFTUS was in Italy; and within the
last month he has taken a younger son from the
Guards, and made him Member for Woodstock.
The new Secretary for the Colonies is at this mo-
ment in suspense whether the Duke of NEWCASTLE will
permit him to reappear at Newark ; and Lord LINcoLN,
had it pleased the Premier to offer him a higher office
than he holds, would have had to think what the
same Duke, his papa, would say to his re-election for
Nottingham. Sir THOMAM FREMANTLE knows not
from day to day, as the Government makes each new
step, whether the Duke of BUCKINGHAM will renew
the cove d'elire, by virtue of which he now sits for
Buckingham. An election to the other seat for Buck-
ingham is to take place in a few days, and every one
knows that the Duke has named the candidate. As
soon as the session begins, there will be a new elec-
tion for Midhurst, for which a relation, and of course
a nominee, of the Earl of EGMONT has offered him-
self. Sir GEORGE CLERK is enabled to give
the Government his invaluable services in
Parliament only by the grace of Lord
EXETER, who permits him to be returned for Stam-
ford. Then there is Lord BATHURST, at Cirencester;
and Lord SHAFTESBURY, at Dorchester; and Lord
SANDWICH, at Huntingdon ; and Lord AYLESBURY,
at Marlborough ; and Lord ASHBURTON, at Thetford;
and Lord SOMERS, at Reigate ; and the Duke of
" Curry Powder," at Arundel ; and Lord PEMBROKE,
at Wilton ; and the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, at
Launceston ; and Lord BRISTOL, at Bury St. Ed-
munds; and Lord WARWICK, at Warwick; and
again the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, at Winchester and
Aylesbury. There is never an election for any of
these places but a Peer violates the Constitution. Is
there, again, a county election without inter-
ference of Peers, and of bucolic Peers ? Verily
the Duke of RICHMOND should look to the beam in
his own eye before meddling with other men's
motes.

But we have perhaps been wrong in saying that
the Duke of RICHMOND influences the Chichester
elections ; and, indeed, we should infer from the late
agricultural demonstration at Chichester that Lord
ARTHUR LENNOX, the Duke of Ricumorm's brother,
and member of the Government abused by the Duke,
holds his seat in spite of the Duke and his agricul-
tural fuglemen. It is difficult to account in any
other way for the absence of Lord ARTHUR LENNOX, the
Member for Chichester, from so great a demonstration
in the borough which he represents. Of all the
LENNOXES, he was the LENNOX who should have
been there : but, non est inventors, Lord MARCH wrote
a letter, Lord WILLIAM LENNOX spouted nonsense—
verse ; the Duke of RICHMOND maundered
nonsense—prose : but the LENNOX who is Member
for the borough made no sign, neither went nor
wrote. And what is more remarkable is, that not
one word was said about him. We should then infer,
that the Duke of RICHMOND and the agricultural
strength of
Chichester, not only find Lord ARTHUR
LENNOX seated
in spite of them, but see no chance of
unseating him. Else, how no mention, on such
an occasion of the absent Member, whose
absence was unexplained? The subject was
avoided, as if it were one of those mournful
subjects which cannot be spoken
upon. They
burnt the Times,
bullied PEEL, blackguarded
the League, but not one word of their own stray,
absent Member, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Clerk of the
Ordnance :

" Oh, no ! we never mention him,
His name is never heard."

s of
is Itfhe"coootrnnin.igawevendtosomcaesdt.theiTrhsehadLols bemfoaryeo,': then
London and Dublin, on Saturday, presented Ad-
dresses to her MAJESTY against this iniquitous enact-
ment. The Address presented by the Lord llayor of
London respectfully represents to her MAJ2STY
" That the blight which has fallen upon the potato
has suldected your Majesty's people to great anxiety and
distress, and to the danger of famine. That their suf-
ferings are attributable to erroneous legislation, which,
by excluding the importation of food and restricting
commerce, shuts out from the nation the bounty of Pro-
vidence. We therefore humbly pray that your Majesty
will be graciously pleased to use the means in your Ma-
jesty's power to open the ports of this kingdom for the
free importation of food."

We feel, that had our gracious Quxxx been left
solely to the dictates of her own feelings, her bene-
volent heart would at once have accorded the prayer
of her suppliant and starving people. But, alas! our
QUEEN is not left solely to herself. She cannot
choose even her own friends; she, equally with her
people, must obey the dictators who can obtain a
"majority " in our Legislative Assemblies. The
duty thus imposed on her is oft-times a painful one,
but she performs it, and thus sets an admirable ex-
araPle to her subjects, who feel with ber and for her.

Her MAJESTY understands the Constitution, and
ruling as a Constitutional Sovereign, she sets an exam-
ple of obedience to the Constitution, which all her
subjects are bound to follow. And it is because her
MAJESTY rules in obedience to the Constitution, and
acts constitutionally only by the advice of her Ministers,
that we predicate the speedy repeal of the corn -laws.
The answer which her MAJESTY was advised by her
Ministers to make to this address, and which, there-
fore, may be considered as their answer, contains
the following passage:—
" The wants and sufferings of my people at all times
command my warmest sympathy ; and I deeply regret
the failure, in the present year, of a full supply of an ar-
ticle of food on which so many of my subjects are accus-
tomed to subsist.
"I have directed Parliament to assemble on an early
day, and I shall gladly sanction any measure which the
wisdom of the Legislature may suggest as conducive
to the alleviation of this temporary distress, and to the
permanent welfare of all classes of my people."
This is the answer of the Minister (for the answer
was dictated by him) to the Address. In it he ad-
mits the failure of (1 full supply qf an article of food
on which many of the subjects of the QUEEN are accus-
tomed to subsist. In other words, he admits that there
is danger of a famine. Away, then, with all the
curry powder, and peas-pudding, and mangel-wurzel
f nonsense of the protectionist landowners. These
men would turn the distress of the people to ac-
count; they would make their profit by a famine ;
they would add to their ill-gotten gains by starving
the people. It is in vain for them now to contend
that the harvest has not been deficient—that the fear
of famine is a bugbear conjured up by the Anti-
Corn-law League. We have it from the QUEEN'S
own lips that there is a " failure of the full supply of
an article of food on which many of her subjects are
accustomed to subsist ;" and the natural deduction
from that proposition is, that if there be not an ad-
ditional supply of some other article of food, " many"
of her MAJESTY'S subjects must starve. On whom
will the guilt of the murder rest ? Clearly on those
who uphold a law which prevents the introduction
into the country of food for those whose full supply
of food has failed. Her MAJESTY has declared her
willingness to give her sanction to any measure
which the Legislature may suggest for the alleviation
of this distress. On the Legislature, and on the Le-
gislature alone, therefore, rests the responsibility of
providing food for a starving people. Let
them look to it, for the people will not
exonerate them. They are responsible collectively,
ay, and individually, for whatsoever may happen.
The QUEEN will sanction any measure which they
may suggest for the alleviation of the distresses of the
people. If they fail to suggest such a measure, the
guilt be on their own heads. And what measure can
they suggest, save the abrogation of that law whic

wheat imported when the price WAS under 515.. and

19s. when it rose to 51s. Can any one deny that 20s.
and 19s. the quarter are very high duties, or that
they were fixed by Sir ROBERT PEEL ? These are
fair specimens of the arguments throughout—they
cast suspicion on the whole, and render the opinions
and assertions of the writer of no weight whatever on
a subject that can be discussed with advantage only on
the fairest and soundest principles. His malignant
imputations on the candour, and honesty, and word
of honour of such men as Lord MORPETIT and Mr.
LABOUCHERE show the same spirit, and require no
refutation. A Contemporary, who has devoted some
three or four leading articles to refute the miserable
sophistry of the writer, has at last discovered that his
authority is totally worthless, and that " a moment's
inspection is sufficient to inform us that it has no more
to do with the severities of statistical fact, or the
rigours of economical reasoning, than the bit of red
jacket which the shark gulps down to his destruction
has to do with a veritable shin of beef. The state-
ments are generally altogether casual, the authorities
worthless or rebellious, the assumptions gratuitous,
and the logic of that private character which depends
for its force on the favourable prepossessions of the
reader."

We have accounts from Madrid to the 28th ult.
Some effOrts, it would appear, are to be made by the
Opposition to resist the Government measures, and,
first of all ; to move an amendment to the Address in
the Chamber of Deputies, but the great majority leaves
no doubt that NARVAEZ will have everything his own
way. On the 27th the Finance Minister had a long
conference with the Directors of the Bank respecting
the amount of money required by the Government
for the year 1846 and the interest, but no definite ar-
rangement took place. It was generally understood
however, that the Directors were to give in their ulti-
matum on the following day, and that it would be
accepted.

The following appears in the Gibraltar Cronica
relative to the outrageous attack 'nail- L. 7 ;me coast-
-5 uaiki up,. . 12.4:.1. wercnant vessel :

" The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain has ad-
dressed to the Ambassador of England at Madrid the
annexed communication, which does honour to the
Spanish Government:—' Her Catholic Majesty having
taken into consideration the circumstances of the attack
made by the coast-guard vessel Jupiter, on the 24th of
September last, against the British feluccaVoluntaria, has
dismissed her commander, and ordered that he should
never be allowed to re-enter the service of the State."

On the 27th the Three per Cents. closed at 36 9-16
for cash, and 301 at 60 days.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the
annual addresses made to the KING on the first day
of the new year, and his MAJESTY'S replies, and the
proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies in their bu-
reaux to nominate the Committee on the Address.
The latter possessed much interest, as they afford
means not only of judging of the intentions of Go-
vernment with regard to certain points of foreign po-
licy, but the principal measures to be brought for-
ward this session. M. GUIZOT adverted to the
Message of the American President, and denounced
the absurd claims of that personage to the
right of excluding all European interference
in the affairs of the New World. "France,'
said be, " was interested in seeing independent
states spring up in America. A universal
republic ought no more to be permitted to be esta-
blished in America than an universal monarchy in
Europe." This is the language which every European
State is entitled to use, and Mr. POLK will find that
his words, though directed chiefly against England,
will excite the indignation of every independent state
in the old world. The Finance Minister announced
that it was not the intention of the Government to
bring in a Bill this session for the rednction of the
Five per Cent. Stock, but they would
propose a modification of certain taxes, and
among others, a uniform tax on letters. The
following is an outline of the discussions in the corn-
mitties :—M. Ds LASTEIGRIE declared that what prin-
cipally struck him in the Speech from the Throne, was
its departure from the principles of the Revolution of
July. In place of laying down political data on which
to treat the great national questions, mere family
matters had been brought forward. The Honourable
Deputy then alluded to the differences which, he said,
existed between the Minister of War and the Go-
vernor of Algeria, and declared that he considered
them calculated to impede the advancement of
the colony. He also referred to the internal
state of the country, and denied that it was
so favourable as was represented.—M. DE PETRA
morer defended the state of the country, both exter-
nally and internally. He alluded to the jobbing that
had lately taken place at the Bourse, and maintained
that in the midst of the fever of speculation that had
arisen from great prosperity, it was impossible to pre-
vent some disasters taking place. He congratulated
the country on the conclusion of the treaty to put
down the right of search. He alluded to the con-
tinuance of the present Cabinet in power, and re-
marked, that when lately a great party in England
had refrained from seizing on the chief power which
was placed at its disposal, the remembrance of 1840
had contributed in no small degree to
keep from the Ministry those statesmen who
reckoned amongst them a man whose glory
consisted in having braved France, and sought
to humiliate her.—M. BERRYER, passed in review the
questions of Texas, La Plata, and Madagascar. He
complained of the wretched condition of Syria, and
thought that something ought to be known as to the
disposition of Morocco.—The Minister of Foreign
Affairs observed that a royal speech ought to be
chiefly marked by its simplicity. It was by no means
necessary that it should allude to all the questions that
might serve as food for discussion. No great fact,
however, had passed without having been touched on
in the speech ; for instance, the question of the treaty
to put down the right of search, and the events
that had occurred in Africa, had been mentioned.
France was interested in seeing independent states
spring up in America. A universal republic ought no
more to be permitted to be established in America,
than a universal monarchy in Europe. The Minister
of Finance defended the general policy of the Go-
vernment. He alluded to the late jobbing on the
Bourse, which some writers had urged as a crime
against the Cabinet, and reminded his hearers that
the severe enactments prcposed by the Government
had not found favour with the Chambers. Every-
thing that the Government could do had been done ;
and what more, he would ask, could be demanded
from the Administration ? The Hon. Minister then
alluded to the state of the finances, and announced
that five millions at the most would constitute the de-
ficit that would remain after the settlement of the Bud-
get for 1844. If that did not constitute an absolute
equilibrium, it at least came very near it. The bud-
gets of 1845,1846, and 1847, would be settled even still
more advantageously. The Government congratulated
itself on having opposed the conversion of the Five
per Cents., which, however, every one knew, it was
strongly in favour of; but the loan, and the execu-
tion of the railroads, had rendered such a step inop-
portune; and he was decidedly of opinion that the
moment for undertaking that great operation had
not even yet arrived. He had, however, to announce
the intention of Government to introduce a uniform
tax on letters. He then touched on the various
O
questions of foreign policy, defending the conduct
of
the
f
and, in conclusion, alluded to the
letter
Governor-General of Algeria, which, he
observed, had been disavowed by that officer. The
Cabinet could certainly consider the publication of
such a proceeding as somewhat irregular, but some
sacrifice of its susceptibilities ought to be made to
Ministry,
thie
the interests of the country, and to the great services
of Marshal BUG RAUD.

for thirty years past, has plundered the industrious
people of this country, to enrich " a miser-
able, monopolising," non-productive " minority"
of " foolish and of faded gentlemen ?" The
QUEEN has declared that she will "sanction any
measure that the Legislature may suggest as
conducive to the alleviation of this temporary distress,
and to the permanent welfare of all classes of her
people." The only measure which can alleviate the
present distress, and conduce to the permanent welfare
of all classes of the people, is the total and immediate
repeal of the corn-law. Will the oligarchy venture,
in opposition to the:clearly-expressed wishes of their
SOVEREIGN and her united people, to refuse their
assent to such a measure F We give them credit for
the possession of common sense, and therefore we
opine that they will not. They dare not uphold
their monopoly against a starving people; and the
time has at length arrived when this murderous law,

generated by avarice, brought forth by violence, bap.
tised in blood, and nurtured by fraud, must be annL
hilated by the hands of justice.

The article on " Ministerial Resignations," in the
Quarterly Review, has attracted a great deal more no-
tice than it merits, and indeed is so utterly con-
temptible as a defence of the present duties on 'corn,
that we are only astonished how persons professing to
be acquainted with the subject should have wasted
time in analysing its statements, or reporting what
the writer calls facts. It bears all the marks of a
writer who never was over scrupulous in his tactics,
provided they could
,injure an opponent, who with
the most cool impudence would adduce falsehoods
for truths, and argue with the most apparent sin-
cerity on inventions of his own brain as if they
were facts. The RICHMONDS, and the BUCKING-
HAM, and SALISBUEYS, probably thought such a
man might be of use at the present crisis, and hence
the violent mercenary production in defence of mono-

poly. Like all the papers on the Ministerial resigna-
tions, in the monthly and quarterly periodicals pub-
lished at the close of the year, it is out of date, and
consequently contains a variety of matter which pos-
sesses little interest now that the PEEL Cabinet is
remodelled and complete. But, nevertheless, the spirit
displayed by the writer, the acrimonious language
used towards the party,in opposition, who have served
Sir ROBERT PEEL so well, the bitter disappointment
manifested at the supposed downfal of the Conserva-
tive Ministry and the constructon of a Whig Cabinet,
teach some useful lessons, and show that the Tories
are still the same race, and when thrust from power
will again resort to that disgraceful policy which
marked the whole of their opposition to the MELBOURNE
Government. Indeed, so rabid is the writer of the article,
and so completely has he been blinded by his rage at
the heavy blew and great discouragement, that he
has forgotten everything like justice and fair play, and
at the very outset—in the three first pages—has com-
pletely destroyed all confidence in his sincerity and
honour throughout the succeeding remarks. After
quoting from Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S letter the para-
graph, in which the Noble Lord says that his views
had, in the course of twenty years, "undergone a
great alteration," and that "we ought to abstain
from all interference with the supply of food," the
reviewer triumphs as if he had already obtained a
great victory by convicting Load Jonx of inconsis-
tency. "We need hardly point out," says he, "the
inconsistency of reproaching the Government with
not having taken violent measures to ensure a large
importation of food, and then, within ten lines, assert-
ing that a Government ought to abstain from all in-
terference whatever." It is impossible to mis-
take the meaning in the first paragraph
quoted. To "abstain from all interference with
the supply of food" signifies, in the plainest terms,
that there should be no duties on corn—no sliding.
scales—no interference whatever that could obstruct
the importation of grain, and this view every reader
naturally takes of the expression ; but that view
would not suit the writer, for he delights in quibbles
and jesuitical deductions, such as those which distin-
guished Mr. CROKER during the discussions on the
Reform Bill, and which, before they were brought to
a conclusion, rendered him of no authority whatever
in the Committee. Another grievous complaint is,
that the leader of the Opposition did not declare when
he had changed his opinion, or why he delayed it till
now, for "if stated in time, his opinion might have
had some effect on the Minister's determination."
But the writer himself admits that the fact had been
declared, not by words only, but by deeds, and proves
it by his own statements in 1841. " The truth is" (he
quotes from the Quarterly of that year), " that
neither Lord JOHN RUSSELL, nor Mr. M'CuLLocn,
nor any one else, contemplates for a moment a fixed
duty ; and the proposition is, therefore, neither more
nor less than a w icked and delusive fraud." And, in
the following year, his language shows still more
strongly that Lord JonN RUSSELL had changed his
opinion, for he says, "It is notorious and avowed that
the enemies of all protection proposed a fixed duty
only because it would lead directly to the removal of
all protection." Thus he admits the fact was avowed
by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in 1841, yet asserts, in 1845,
that up to that hour the change had been kept a pro-
found secret. But we have another striking instance of
the perversion of the plainest language in the third
page of the article. He charges Lord JOHN RUSSELL
" with a gross, and what looks like, a wilful mis-
representation," for stating that by the corn-law
of 1842 "grain of all kinds has been made subject to
very high duties on importation." This is called a
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Bill imposed the duty of 208. on every quarter of

In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, Admiral
MACX AU presented a Bill demanding an extraordinary
credit of 93,000,000 f. fur naval constructions and
supplies in the arsenals, and M. LACATE-LAPLAGNII
ineMoitnhiesrter:presented the annual financial
Words, the Budget, which is thus
t statement—inh elan
' summed up :

"He commenced by declaring that two principal cir-
cumstances had arisen since the end of the last session
—one was the failure of certain articles of subsistence in
and the second the crisis
isno mt
he e ofm tohnee
yc o
mu natrrki eest.o f
WEuirtohpreespect to the first, France,
he was rejoiced to say, had nothing to fear, the harvest
and the crops of the past year having been fully of
an average character. As to the seconded subject
alluded to, he had to remind the Chamber that the
Government, foreseeing the possibility of an exagge-
rated ardour in the desire to carry out the great
railway system of France, had last session proposed cer-
tain preventive measures, which the Legislature had re-
fused to ageee to. The difficulties of the money-market

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1846.

t had clearly shown on what firm haaeN the rethhe espdft
was fixed. Great circumspection must, hoc ever, be
shown in not introducing at present any measures likely
to throw additional difficulties in the way of the mone-
tary transactions of the country. It was for this reason
that he called to the recollection of the Chamber the
engagement entered into by the Government to pay
attention to the best means of effecting, as speedily
as possible, the conversion of the Five per Cents. He fully
bore in mind that engagement ; but he must declare that
he did not think the present moment opportune for such
a measure. He considered it likely to thoroughly dis-
turb that firmness which was now beginning to manifest
itself in the commercial and financial affairs of the king-
dom. He also alluded to the necessity of introducing a
new registry of lands and property, with a view to a
more equal division of taxation, and the propriety of
alleviating the postage of letters. The principal points
of the HOB. Minister's statement may, therefore, be
briefly declared to be the non-conversion this year
of the Five per Cents., the introduction of a uni-
form tax on letters, and a new assessment of taxes
throughout the kingdom. With respect to the finances
the results are the following:-1. There will be
an increase in the receipts, as vompared with 1846, of
34,186,5461. 2. As to the extraordinary expenses, a
sum of 21,341,500 f. are to be carried to the budget of
receipts out of the produce of the loan ; and thirdly, the
demands of the Minister of Marine will be 8,303,000 f,
more than the sums voted in 1846. In conclusion, receipts,
1,337,870,680 f. ; expenditure, 1,332,717,018 f. ; —excess
of receipts, 3,153,662 f. In conclusion, M. Lacave Ln-
plagne alluded to the execution of the network railways
now in progress, and declared that they should he urged
on with all the expedition that was reconcileable with
solidity and safety."
The congratulatory addresses presented to his
MAJESTT on New Year's-day contain little variety,
but it is gratifying to find that all of them refer in
strong terms to the blessings conferred on France
and the rest of Europe by the preservation of peace.
The words of the POPE'S Nuncio, who represented
the whole diplomatic body, deserve to be quoted. " On
this solemn occasion," said he, " the diplomatic corps al-
ways comes forward with eagerness to offer you their
sincere wishes for the complete prosperity of your
MAJESTY, of your Royal Family, and of France.
The prodigious duration of the general peace is the
most striking proof of the deep sagacity of your
ITIAJESTY, and of the otiose and of the
perfect accord existing between the various Cabinets.
The gratitude of the whole world can only be equalled
by the greatness of the benefits which it receives
from them. With the protection of Heaven this
noble work will continue to produce its wonders."
To which the KING replied :
" I am much touched at hearing you appreciate, as
you have just done, my constant efforts to prevent every-
thing that could bring down on France and the world the
dreadful plaf,ue of war, and to cultivate and prolong as
much as depends on me, the happy accord which sub-
sists between all Sovereigns and all Governments, I unite
with you most sincerely in thanking God for having so
efficaciously protected it. Each new year of peace which
Providence accords us is an additional pledge of its sta-
bility ; and when, in casting our eyes en the past, we
reckon with joy the numerous years of peace which we
have enjoyed, we can read in the future with the same
confidence, and foretel to the world a long continuation
of this great benefit."
The QUEEN, being slightly indisposed, the evening
receptions of their MAJESTIES were postponed till
Monday and Wednesday. By a royal ordonnance
dated the 30th ult., Mr. REDMAN, the English Con-
sul at Mazagan, has been named Knight of the Le-
gion of Honour, for his humane conduct towards the
shipwrecked sufferers of the Pepin.
On Saturday the Three per Cents. closed at 83f.; the Five
per Cents., 126 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 t: ;
Rosen, 1,040 f. ; Northern, 768 f. 75c. ; Havre, 825 f.; Avig-
non, 1,0051.• Vierzon, 715 f.; Bordeaux, 6651.; Boulogne,
58CW.; Basle, ; Fampoux, 4971. 50c. ; Dieppe, 472 f. 50c.;
Spanish Domestic Debt, 33i.
'I he Paris and Lyons Definitive Shares sold at 141 f. 25c.
premium ; the Paris and Strasburg ditto, 60f. ; the Tours
and Nantes ditto, 82f. 50c, ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot),
201. ; ditto (Lecointe), 121. 50c. ; ditton (Compagnie Meri-
diceaale), 7f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 4f. ; ditto
(Es peleta), 11.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Jaw. 3.
Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia... 1
Bsvbadoes
Botilogne and Arnie's.. 12% Noma'. and Liege 3%
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzen .. 18
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 11%
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel
Cana*, Livia, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Lailitte)
eitio Coast
Central of Spain l% Ditto (Calthes).... 25‘,
Ceylon .
Demerara
D enalre Valley
DteXch Rhenish ...... 8 Paris and Strasburg
Dieppe & Paris Janet. (Gamtertniel
Dipsn and Malhonse ID*. (Cempe de L'Est)
East Indian ........ Do. (Aynaard's)
& Mazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin —
Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre-- 31
Constituted 1478 ,Royal North of Spain.
Gretalndian Peninsular ISambre and Meuse .... 64
Greta Paris and Lyons. 2% iStras>targ aid Bale ....
Grett Western Bengal Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
Grestt Western Canada den, and Hasselt ...
Jamaica 5. Mid. Juridic', Tows and Nantes
Ds. North Midland — (Mackenzie's)
Do. Extension
Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's)
Lon vain and Jemappe.. Trinidad
Lye ns and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona —
Lux.enslooarg

Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Gladstone's brother-in-law,
is the new Under Secretary for the Colonies.

EXECUTION of MARTHA BROWN
ING.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, at eight o'clock, this unhappy young
woman underwent the extreme penalty of the law in
front of Newgate. Contrary to general expectation, the
atccndance to witness the dread scene was not so nume-
rou s as was anticipated, considering that it was a woman
who was to suffer, or, as it is, on ordinary occasions of
this kind ; probably, from the severity of the weather
it being a cold frosty morning, or, as we would rather
hope, from a growing dislike in the public to being pre-
sent at such fearful spectacles. The majority of those
who did attend, as appeared from their language and
behaviour, were of the lowest class, on whom the awful
fate of the unhappy culprit did not seem to make much
inapression, and of these a considerable proportion were
felt ales.

On the unhappy woman making her appearance not
the slightest ebullition of feeling was manifested by the
crowd. She walked with a firm step up to the scaffold,
without betraying the slightest symptom of fear,
or requiring the least support. She was dressed
in. deep mourning. On arriving on the fatal drop
the only remarks she was heard to make were, " I
_ _

cbmerve it," which she repeated several times. The cap
hawing been drawn over her face, and the rope adjusted,
&wing which no exhibition of tremour was recognised, the
fa tad bolt was withdrawn, and she was launched into
eternity. Either from her slightness of make, or from
the imperfect adjustment of the rope, she struggled con-
siderably, and it was some minutes before life appeared
to be extinct. After hanging the usual time the body
wad; cut down, on which the executioner left to fulfil his
dread function on the unhappy convict Quennell, at
H.o-rsemonger-lane gaol ; whither also a great portion
of -the crowd hastened to witness the spectacle.

EXECUTION OF QUENNELL.
(THIS DAY.)
`This unfortunate criminal, condemned to death at the
last sitting of the Judges at the Central Criminal Court,
Old Bailey, for the murder of Daniel Fitzgerald, at
Kennington, suffered this morning the extreme sen-
tence of the law. The place appointed for exe-
cration was Ilorsemonger-lane gaol, and the hour
fired was the unusual one of ten o'clock. This was
unavoidable, as the executioner, Calcraft, was engaged
at eight o'clock with the weman Martha Browning,
who suffered at Newgate. That portion of the public
therefore which delights in the horrible had ample op-
portunity of indulging a depraved appetite ; and judg-
ing from the observations of the spectators, it would
seem that these mournful spectacles altogether fail in the
okr.ect for which the Legislature first intended them.
recisely at the hour appointed, Quennell, accompa-
nied by the chaplain of the gaol, and some of the officers
belonging to that establishment, appeared on the scaffold,
and. _having addressed a few words (we believe a brief
farewell) to the Rev. Gentleman, in less than fire
min-ides the drop fell, and almost without a struggle he
was launched into eternity. His manner seemed free
from any nervousness or agitation. The crowd was
very great, a considerable proportion of them appearing
to ha women and children.

The body, after remaining suspended the usual time,
was cut down, and tat portion of the crowd, who bad
remained till then, dispersed.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY AND TIM Poou- LAW COM -
MISS2DNERS.—On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone
vestry, Mr. Hume, M.P., brought under the notice of the
vestry the result of an interview which had taken place on
the previous day with Sir James Graham and the Poor-law
Commissioners. The Hon. Gentleman stated that the Com-
missioners appeared perfectly intractable, and expressed their
determination, under the authority of the law, to persevere
in uniting Marylebone with other parishes into the North-
western Metropolitan Asylum District. On the other hand,
Sir James Graham entered into the feelings of the deputa-
tion, and expressed his willingness, in the event of the parish
of St.. Marylebone going to Parliament for a Bill to exempt
them from the operation of the clauses in the last_ amended
Act, to give it his support. He had no doubt whetever that
ultimately they would be exempted entirely from any inter-
ferenct with their local privileges by the Poor-law Commis-
sioners. After some discussion, the vestry resolved to con-
tinue the joint committee of the boards of vestry and direc-
tors aced guardians, and to take immediate measures for going
to Parliament for a Bill.

.IONEY and is 0 :'.IT-ERCI.III. NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
5,000 bales, of which 200 were Egyptian, at 5%d. to 6%d.
The remainder, principally American, at full prices, including
500 on speculation.
At the present season of the year, the annual reports of
the various branches of trade attract much attention, and
as occasion serves, we shall refer to the best of them.
According to the accounts received from St. Petersburgh
today there appears to be every ground for the supposition
that the Government of that country is disposed to abolish
the export duty on tallow, one of the principal staples of the
country. A circular before us thus refers to the important
topic :
" There is still a well founded hope that the Russian Go-
vernment will remove the export duty on tallow, and should
this be met by our Government, by the removal of the Ex-
cise duty on soap, the poor will have cause to rejoice, and
the tallow and soap trade have the prospect of the year 1846
being to them a prosperous one "
The quantity of tallow that arrived from Russia last year
was 113,237 casks. In 1844 the arrivals were under 103,509
casks. In the year 1837 the imports were 157,930 casks.
A considerable improvement has taken place in the Three
per Cent. Reduced Annuities to-day, which opened at 9434,
and are now at 95%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have improved from 96% to 97%, East India Bonds
to 38s. premium, Exchequer Bills to 28s. premium, and Con-
suls for the Account to 9434.
The holidays are not vet over, and business is slack, in
Foreign as well as in other investments. A large bargain has
been made in Austrian at 112, several in Mexican at 31%
to Peruvian at 41%, and the Dutch Two-and-a. Half per
Cents. at 60%.
A spirited demand has prevailed for the Bailway Shares
this morning, and in almost all instances prices are higher.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3,per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9434 95%
New 314 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860— 10% 9-16
India Bonds 1,0001
Ditto under 1.0001 3B
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/ d. I%cl.
1,0001.
5001. ....... 28
Ditto Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. 112
Blexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Deferreu
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto for the Account
Ditto for the Account 29
Spanish Bonds, a per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto for the Account

' BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONIL
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID, PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Aberdeen, Banff; and Elgin... 2%.....
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% to
Aylesbury and Thome ... 1% —
Belfast & County Down
Bideford and Tavistock .. ... 1A.....
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ......130
Ditto New Shares
Birmingham and Oxford
Junct ion
Birmingham and Leicester
Direct 42s — to
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s .. . —.
Bridgewater and Minehead... 425......
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New •
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and Liverpool Junct. 214 ..... to
Buckinghamshire 42s. ...... 1.14 p.. to
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
ambrian Gram: Junction ... 425.
Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 114...... to
Ditto. New l% — to
Cambridge and Oxford l% to
Canterbury and Dover 1N.....
..... to
Central Kent 2% — to
Chelmsford and Bury ..
Chester and llolyhead
Chester and Manchester
Cheltenham and Oxford ...... 2
Clydesdale Junction-- ...... 5
Cork, Blackreck, and Passages 225. . ... to
Cork and Killarney 2l/2...... . .... to
Cork and Waterford
Cornwall ...
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester 1
Dartmouth, Torbay, & Exeter 425.
Derby, Gainsboro', and Great
Grimsby l% ...... to
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2%
D. f M h. (R,--- • ,34

itrect _anch.(Ramington's) 2% 2
Ditto (Rastrick's) VA.-- 414...... to
Pirect Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh ....
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5
Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 21/
Dublin and Galway 4 — to
Dudley, Madely, & Broseley 2% 2%..... to
Dundalk and Enniskillen ...... 2% — to
Eastern Counties l4l. 16s. 23 22%... to 231 A
Do. New 6l. 16s 814.1/4 p to
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d p to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. —4/. 13s. 4d.... p to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Ely and Huntingdon 5
Enniskillen and Sligo ... VA.-- .. .. to
Essex and Suffolk l% to
Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth 425.......
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Eastern Union
Ditto 1% Shares... ........ ... 3%
Ditto Extension
Ditto Ipswich and Bury ... 4 ..... 4%1/2... to
Ditto Extension to Norwich 2% — .. to
Ditto Cambridge and Ely 2% — to
East Lincolnshire 114...,., 31,E to
East and West of England... 1%...~
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 78 ..... to 80
Ditto % Shares
Ditto New 1 Shares 12% — ...... to
Edinburgh and Northern..." • 11A
Edinburgh and Perth l% to
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales.. l% — to
Goole and Doncaster 42s. 21% p to
Grand Junction 100
Ditto % Shares SO
Ditto Quarter. Shares...... 25
GrndUnion(Notting.kLynn) 1% 21,4 to 2
Great Eastern and Western.. 21/
GreatGrimsby andSheflield... 5
Great South and W.(lrish) ... 15
Ditto Extension
Great Munster 21,4 —
Great North of Scotland ...... 2%2 - - - •
kir e a t North of England....,. 100
Ditto New ........ ......... ... 5
Ditto New . 2
Great W

estern
Ditto, half Shares ... ...... 50 ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fareham, Portma. 21% 5
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O
Ditto Quarters ... ... ...... 121/ — ...... to
Ditto Half Shares... ......... 2
Inverness and Elgin 1 ...... ...... to
Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth 2 ...,_
Irish North Midland
Isle of Axholtne
Killarney Junctions... l4
Kendal and Windermere ll,x. ~ •
Lancaster and Carlisle
Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 2,,4...... ....
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding June. 1% — ...... to
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s. ...... 134 4 pto
Leicester and Tamworth 42s. ..... . 'VA p... to 1 p
Liverpool and Manchester lOO -
Ditto, Half Shares .......... 50 ......
Ditto, Quarter Shares .25
Liverpool and Leeds Direct.. 2% 2%...... to .
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 214 4% to
London and Birmingham......loo 221 ... .. to
Do. Thirds lO ..... 45
Do. Quarters
Do. Fifths ..
Do. Extension
London & Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d....,., 91A34..• to
Do. New
Do. Extension ......... ...... 3 ...... •.•
London and Brighton ... 50
Do. Consolidated Eighths 40
to
Do. Fifths lO
London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d — to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 8 ...•••
London, Cheltenham, Oxford,
Gloucester, and Hereford... 1%
London and Greenwich... 121.155. 4d —
Ditto Preference
London, Ilounslow, &Western 2 . ....
London and South Western.. 41% — to
Do. New consolidatedBths.. 20
Ditto New
Do. New
London and South Essex...—. 23/1 - ...... to
London and Y0rk....... 2% 4%3i... to
London and Windsor ... 1
Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 214 ...... 22,4%
tt o _
o
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2/4
Londonderry and Coleraine... 5
Londonderry and Enniskillen b
Lynn and Ely - ...... to
Lynn and Dereham
blandisher and Leeds 76 •• ••• ...... to
Ditto Half Shares '• 34 ...... - to 2
Ditto Quarters ---- ""• to
Ditto Fifths - ......
to
to --
Ditto Sixteenths ... .....
......
to
Manchester and Birmingham 40 ...... _
Ditto Quarters
4 Ditto New Quarters. .. .. to ..... --

_ ---- ...... ... 2 -' ... .. to
Do. Continuation & 'Welsh
Junction... ............... .. IN 11,4 to
Manch, Buxt)n, & Matlock 425.
Manchester Birmingham, and
Mould Juncti0n........... ...... to
.
Manchester & Rugby Direct. 423.
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland ........................... 100 - •••
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New l2 ... 30% 2914 to 30
Midland, Birm., and Derhy 100 —••— --- to
Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 21,G —
Do. Extension (No. 1) ••• 2% — -
Nen-castle &Darlington.iunc. 25
541/2 ...... to -_... 20 ...... to 21
NeDwictastotteanwdßßraenrdwliinckg ......
1200
Newcastle and Carlisle
;2.5. ‘ll
to
NewNe iv pRo rots
Ross
and n
dA 1 )erg
Carlowa 2
v e n n y .
Newry and Enniskillen
.
NNoerwfoalrkk,ESxhteeffinseilodn
... .
•••••• NIA... to
North British
26
Ditto half Shares
Do. Extension to Carlisle... 14...... 34 N to
Do. Extens. to Dalkeith ... 25 ...... -.
Ditto ditto 5 .....
North Devon