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LONDON, THURSDAY, YR BRUARY 5, 1846,

The House of Com yesterda •
After a great deal,oraf:bnaussrnivneaetrsis relating to private Bills
3, at Twelve.
had been transacted
copies of letters and
Captain PEcuELL moved torus petitions presented,
general rules issued by the Poor law Commissioners re-
, anrupers in pounding,
re-
lative to the employment of -
grinding, and crushing bones, bone-dust,
and also for copies of the remonstrances made to the
root-}stir C. pmmissi o n e r s on the subject.
Sir J. GRAHAM could not oppose the motion. He
crushing
thought the employment of paupers in
highly oljectionable, brit had entertained doubtsn
the power of the Commissioners to intcrfere to as
to
it. Ho, however, now thought they might do Paroeb"nl
y
eneral order, and a general order had been issued pro-
ghibiting the prnet!co, which order had been laid on the
table of the House. In consequence, however, of repre-
sentations from the Boards of Guardians, he had sus-
pend,.d the execution of the order in nine cases until the
Ist of April next.
In reply to Mr. ETwALL, the Bight Hon. Baronet
said he did not think Andover was one of those nino

eases.
Mr. ETWALL then complained of the manner in which
the Andover inquiry had been conducted, and expressed
determination to bring the matter specifically, before
the House.

After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE, the motion was
agreed to.

On the motion of Captain I'EcuELL, certain returns
relating to the Fishery Convention with France were
ordered.
Mr. EWART complained that a petition, signed
E. CARTER, complaining that the Manchester and
Southampton Railway bad not complied with the
standing orders, had been presented to the lloase, and
that there 1344 ben cent 4i31 izterpolAcnA ill the

petition, which he moved to have printed, in order that
a Select Committee might be appointed to inquire into
the matter.—Agreed to.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to Mr. INEDIBLE, said that
it was his intcntien to introduce a Bill establishing
courts of request all over England.
Some petitions for railway Bills having been pre-
sented, the House adjourned.

The calm which reigned so long in the Anglo-Indian
camp at Ferozepore, has at last been suddenly disturbed by
a violent inroad made by the Scikh army, amounting to some
30,000 men, with 70 guns. The Governor-GeneraL Sir
HENRY ITARDINGE bad previously given orders to abstain
from all offensive operations, and to wait patiently till events
in the Punjaulo should imperiously demand his interference,
Or the Seikh troops by ac's of violence should compel him to
have recourse to arms. He bad not long to wait for such a
resultafter his arrival on the banks of the Sutlej, for en the
12th of December 10,000 Seil;hs, with, 27 guns, crossed
the river, about twelve miles above Ferozopore, and
invaded the British territory. On the 13th the Go-
vernor-General issued a proclamation, in which
he declares that "notwithstanding the diNrgarised sate of
the Lahore Government daring the last two years, and many
`most unfriendly proceedings on the part of the Durbar, the
Governor-Gen:ral in Council has continued to evince his
Idesire to maintain the relations of amity and concord
which bad so long existed between the two States, for the
mutual interests and happiness of both. He has shown on
every occasion the utmost forbearance from consideration to
the helpless state of the infant Maharaja DIIITLEEP SINGH,
whom the British Government had recognised as the suc-
cessor to the late Maharaja SIIEER SINGE." Up to the
last moment lie had entertained hopes that these friendly
relations would be maintained, he had shown every disposi-
tion to cultivate the friendship of the ruling party ; and, as
a proof that he would give no pretence for aggression, he had
blamed• Sir Ikon GOUGH for advancing certain divisions of
the army towards the frontier, and ordered their recal. But

in spite of his prudent arrangements and his cau-
tious forbearance, the Seikhs kept assembling forces on
the right banks of the Sutlej ; he was therefore
forced to issue ordsrs for the advance of troops to reinforce
the outposts, and not without reason, or before the 'time, for
the force which we have mentioned, under the command of
LALL SINGH, paramour of the QUEEN-MOTHER, without any
provocation, suddenly invaded the British territories. The
first consequence of this movement is rather important, and
may enable us to form some idea what will be the
results of ultimate success on the part of the
British Government. The whole of the possessions belonging
to the reigning Prince on the left banks of the Sutlej have
been confiscated and annexed to the British territories. The
British army was immediately ordered to concentrate with
all possible dispatch; the Seikhs were kept in check by Sir
Joirsr Lrr-rmt, who commanded on that station,
and Sir HaxnY HARDINGE, who was at Umbella
at the time, a place considerably to the east cf
Ferozepore, hastened to the scene of action with all the forces
stationed been Loodiana and Ferozepore. He was in imme-
diate communication with the Commander-in-Chief, Sir
HuGl' GOUGH, who moved in the same direction. The Seikh
army, it appears, had taken up a strong position on the Bri-
tish territory, at a very short distance from Ferozepore, and
threatened to intercept communications with the interior. Eir

11. lIARDINGH, therefore, had no choice, even independent of the
wanton invasion, and he gave orders for a general attack on.
the enemy's position. This was on the 21st cf December
The Governor-General commanded the centre, Sir HUGH
GOUGH the right, and Sir JOHN larrLER the left. The en my's
position appears to have been well chosen, for the contest lasted
three days, and the slaughter on both sides was great. Vic-
tory at last, however, declared in favour of the British, for
the Seikh! lost nearly all their guns, sixty-five out of seventy

having been captured ; and on the 24th the Scikh camp
was occupied by the British army. According to one account,
however, only one position had been stormed, and prepara-
tions were making to attack the other when the dispatch
left. But there can be little doubt as to the result, for with
so few guns the enemy could not long hold their position,
and it is not at all improbable that the whole of this lawless
body, which have tyrannised over their own country, and
robbed all parties, will be annihilated or captured before they
can reach the Sutlej. It is said that the Ranee, or Queen-Mother,
who at present is the real SOVEREIGN, was opposed to this
invasion, but she was powerless, and the restless Seikhs per-
severed in their purpose. It is thus satisfactory to find that
the Anglo -Indian t roope we re not the aggressors, that they were
absolutely forced to defend themselves, and that the responsi-
bility of this dreadful encounter must fall upon the rulers and
the army of thePunjaub. Vie cannot attach much credit to the
rumour that the Ranee was not privy to the scheme. It
was for her interest to say, so, but it is needless to comment
on that point, for in a very brief space the mystery will be
cleared up,' and it is probalie that an extraordinary mail
will be dispatched by the Bombay Government with the
full details of these hard-fought battles. It is evident,

however, that a collision must have taken place, even inde-
pendent of the rash conduct of the Seikhs. We could not
be put to the expense of keeping a large army on the fron-

tiers without the prospect of a speedy settlement; and be-
sides the complete control over the Punjaub is necessary
for the security of the rest of India. This now will be com-
pletely obtained. The Indian Government will be enabled
to command now not only the Indus but its five great tri-

butary branches; and thereby establish an impenetrable
barrier against the irruptions of the western states. It will
be seen from the details given in another part of the paper,
that Sinde was quiet and contented, so much so, that Sir
CHARLES NAmEn, who had "spied the battle afar off," was
hastening with a large body of his trcops to the scene of
action.

Much as the enemies of abolition have laboured to in-
fluence the eleotors throughout the kingdom—much, espe-
cially, as they have endeavoured to concentrate their ener-
gies upon the West Riding of Yorkshire—and strenuously,
and (to use the most appropriate expression) furiously as
Mr. BUSFEILD FEL:RAND has attempted to thrust the spirit of
agricultural monopoly clown the throats of that constituency
—the West Riding election has been terminated, and illustrated
by the triumph of free-trade principle=. Nor was this victory—

consummated yesterday at the hustings in Leeds—in one
single iota questionable or inconclusive. There was a solitary
nomination, an harangue from a solitary candidate, and a
solitary appeal to the opinions of the multitude present.
When, in fine, the election.was declared to be terminated,
and when Lord Mout,Ern stepped forward to acknow-
ledge his acceptance as their representative, not one
dissentient voice was raised from an assembly of
thirty thousand individuals. No more definite exposition
of the alteration in our present commercial code, which is
now inevitable, could possibly have transpired. This single
occurrence—regarded even in an erroneous light, namely, as
an isolated fact—must penetrate the obtuse faculties of the
protectionists with a clear knolsledge of their doom: the
conviction of the utter desolation and impotence of their
struggles must at length stand before them with a terrible
and indubitable clearness. Lord MORPETII'S election for
the West Riding of Yorkshire is no ordinary cr
generalised casualty ; it. is not the common-
place nomination of a common-place man under
common-place circumstances, or in furtherance of any
common-place policy. It is the noble, the universal, and the
spontaneous outburst of an extensive and important division
of our enfranchised countrymen ; it is the enthusiasm of an
enlightened multitude in a prodigious and glorious causo ; it
is the unusual and benign reality of one among the

haughtiest of our oligarchy buckling on the armour
of justice, and standing forward as the p! otector
and the champion of the people. A more fitting
personage in every particularity could not by any possibility
have been selected by the men of Yorkshire as the advocate of
those vast and popular measures—" free corn, free food, and
free trade." In uttering this opinion we are not attempting
to manufacture any sounding sentences of eulogium—adjec-
tivcs of praise without significance would form but a wooden
diadem, and mere turns of language, however glitter-
iug, would still be but tinsel. Indeed, the Noble
Viscount (whose imaginative and. poetical capa-
cities are by no means despicable) disclaimed
any sympathy with aspirants for the more hack-
flied species of renown. " Give me," he exclaimed, " the
commerce, not the conquest of the world—a large loaf, and
not an empty laurel." In these stirring and momentous
epochs we should each of us be little better than insane were
we to continue sticklers for picturesqueness or sentimen-
talism—the poetry of words in couplets is but a pigilty to the
colossal poetry of act, in the shape of open ports for the re-
ception of untaxed corn, and lard, and vegetables, and
ies Lordory,
andlSl ourm
butcher's meat. As an expounder and upholder of these
n
populart affection,
accdtaiaonn,ce greater claims to popu-
larnnolm,than any mere babblers
in the cloister and the woodland. Cordially may the League
congratulate themselves upon having one more well-wisher,
one more vote, one more eloquent and argumentative
tongue in the Parliament House: This consideration
is not of secondary importance—it is another staunch
and vigorous, and earnest hand for the impulsion
of that great leyerago which has already moved the world of
exclusive interest and claFs aggrandisement. His Lordship's
oration upon the hustings yesterday afternoon may, in truth,
be regarded as an evidence of this acquisition to the abeli-
tioniats—so much sound, and healthy, and naked argument
is there lavished upon the vital question now at issue. In that
address the Noble Lord forsakes anything like pretensions
' to rhetorical ability : his words are simple and bold
to a degree : he accommodates himself, as a speaker upon the
hustings ever should, to the capacities of his audience: he
renders, in a few expressions, some abstract proposition com-
prehensible to the most ordinary intellect. In this manner
the question of territorial demand with reference to Oregon
is simplified in a singular manner by three or four
odd syllables:—the Noble Viscount explaining that
the disaffection towards us, at present so prevalent
in the eastern portion of the United States, might be totally
and immediately removed, if, by consenting to an untram-
melled importation ofprjohviicshiotnhsefrom
wouldthat b qe uarter,
desirousw eogf akveeeipt s.
ing in their possession, i
inhabitants something i
and which would consequently render
them desirous of a
Afterp rapidlyamo ngstuhr
e-
veving the progression o
c:ntfnutahnecsee
olfitbrereaalnep.ri
country,
mass "without," as well as amongLohr ea i nut
oe IRI ercEt
Ts :licoicnhuroefuerltactd
the Government of this e
the utter inadequacy of
tthioenmpaarntynspsehcoilovusinganadt
tpilleatstasimbieetiimnseinUatio.shing the balk
of the Opposi-
ally, restricted trade in food in noun.
9t k nationas they were pri gialy &gilled t 9 be by

the DEITY himself. Nothing, in fact, can be more
fallacious—nothing, in fact, can be more criminal,
than the endeavour to deny the plentiful supply of suste-
nance to the poorer and more industrious classes for the
mere purpose of bolstering up a decayed and (in both
macs) ruinons cause. It is an endeavour from which, in the
abstract, every sensible mind would absolutely recoil ; and the
inference that, from such an arrangement, misery and des-
titution and failure would, as it were, inundate

the country, is fully and inexpressibly preposterous. Credit
will redound to the constituents of Yorkshire for the decided
manner in which they have acted at this moment of mighty
"passing," not only to themselves and to their countrymen,
but to the whole civilised race; they have regarded
the matter through its grandest medium, and have,
in the person and in tha words of their noble
representative, "commended it to the reason, to the feeling,
t the consciences of mankind." Singularly enough, Lord
Monrrrn yesterday observed, on the onnouncement of his
unanimaus election—" As Sir R. PELL said, in talking of our
tale victories in India coming after preceding reverses—he said
(and I now say) ' we have effaced the memory of our shame
upon the field of cur previous disasters' "—refe•ring,
be it remembered, to the Noble Lord's defeat,
son sessions back, at those identical. hunting•
The coincidence of the above allusion to our eastern terri-
tories but a few hours previous to the arrival of the Overland
Mail this morning, with the intelligence of our successes over
the Seiklis, and our apparent approximatiun to a final triumph
in the Punjaub, is something more than remarkable. Now,
however, N, i.h this important achievement in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, and the striking superiority of our arms at
Ferozepore, we can seize these words with a double avidity,
and repeat them with a double application—" We have
effaced the memory of our shame upon the field of our pre-
vious disaster:." Let us regard this aptitude of phrase as en
augury cf our final triumph upon both points.

We have accounts from Madrid and Barcelona to the 28th
ult. A meeting of the Deputies opposed to the marriage of
the QUEEN with the Count DE TnArexi was held on the
27th, when it was resolved that the explanation given by
General NAnvAtz in the Chamber was not satisfactory, and
that the Membas will continue their opposition to the mar-
riage. Arragon, acccrding to the intelligence from Barce-
lona, is again in a distarbed state, and the papers state that
the inhabitants of Reus had refused in a body to pay the
new contributiors, and that troops bad been marched to that
town from Tarragona. General BRETON had also returned
in haste from Gerona to Barcelona, on account of some fresh
disturbances there. The leader of the insurrection in Am-
purdan was shot at Gerona on the 26th, and the other pe-
soners bad their sentences commuted to imprisonment.
The Funds on the Madrid Bourse bad again declined on
the 28th. The Three per Cents. were quted at 33 for cash,
and 3314 at sixty days. The Fives closed at 23% for the
same period.

The disc ussions in the French Chernber of Deputies have
lost their interest. The Opposition evidently has exhausted
its strength in vain, for in all the divisions they have been
defeated, and generally by large majorities. One useful pur-
pose, however, has been served. M. TmEns has been corn -
pelled to declare his sentiments on tho English alliance, to
which he says he is favourable, and these sentiments differ
in every respect from his professions. Both France and Eng-
land, therefore, are warned, that if it should ever be the mis-
•fortune of the civilised world to see hitn again Prime Minister,
peace will to a certainty be disturbed, We have only to
quote a few of his phrases to show in what way he would assert
the dignity of France, and confine England to her proper sphere.
"If there is anything," said he to M. GUJZOT, " which
proves your dependence, it is the very facts you adduce. What
cannot be contested is, that with respect to England, the
policy of France has ceased to be independent, and that in
Europe England marches in an isolated manner, in order
not to be useful to France when it is in her power to be so.
Now you declare that you resort to a policy of neutrality in the
Oregon question ; but I must observe to you, that the very first
condition of neutrality is impartiality, and as you do not pos-
sess that, it is utterly impossible for you to guard your neutral-

ty with respect to America." The Journal des Debuts thus sums
up: the results of these numerous amendments :" After four

years of declamations, after so many efforts to excite the
passions of the people against the English alliance, and to
cast venom into the relations between the two Governments
and the two countries, the Opposition is at last compelled to
confess that it bad taken the wrong path, and is reduced to
admit that not only the habitual majority, but also the most
wise, the most sensible, the m9st honest branch of the Oppo-
sition, has rejected an amendment because it made an attack
upon the cordial understanding between France and Eng-
land. Alas! holy have passed away those fine days during
which reigned the right of search and the far famed
PRITCHARD ! All these things are laid aside and abandoned
since it is found that the country will no longer be deceived,
having seen through these false passions and declamations
got up at command."
Accounts from Algiers to the 27th of January, state that
Marshal BUG RAUH had assembled a considerable force at
Boghar, and set out again in pursuit of ADD- EL-KADER. A
letter cf the 25th says:—

" You have no doubt heard that the Marshal has not re-
turned with the troops of his column, but that on the con-
trary he has gone towards Tiaret. All the troops capable of
bearing the campaign were united under his orders, and these
of Colonel Eynard, to form an accessory column. In default
of brilliant success, the merit of persevering activity cannot
be denied the Marshal, and it will not be without result, if

it ends in shutting out the ex-Emir from all access to the
province of Algiers. The cavalry has returned to us in a
deplorable state, it is true, but the evil has been exagge-
rated, in pretending that out of 500 horses only 60 have
come pack ; it is, however, certain that the great majority
were left behind. We have still intact the cavalry of the
province of Constantine, which can be called on to
supply the place of the two other divisions. It is not
the less true that Algeria is now worn out with respect to
horses, though not many years back possessing such immense
resources in that w. y. Fifteen years of war—fifteen years
of exceptional consumption, and ef.continual hindrance to
increase—should necessarily lead to such a result, and we
shall soon suffer much want in this respect, unless grand
establishments be formed to promote the breed of horses."
On the Paris Bourse the Three per Gents. closed on Tuesday at
s3f. 500. ; the Five per Cents., 123 f.; the Orleans Railroad Shares,
1,277 f. 50c.; Roucn, 1,007 f. 50c. ; Havre, 710 f.; Avignon, 9871. 50c.;
Vierzon, 700 f. ; Bordeaux, 645 f.; Boulogne, 5421. 50c. ; Troyes and
Montereau, 455 f. ; Basle, 256 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 760 f. ; ram-
peux, 495 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 39 ; ditto Passives, 6%.
The following are the quotations for other lines :

Penis and Lyons, definitive, 616 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg, de-
finitive, 445 f. ; Tours and Nantes, definitive, 572 f. 50c.; Lyons and
Avignon, definitive, 565 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 603 f. ;
ditto (Espeleta), 512 f. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 407 f. 50c.
BUSINESS BONE IN FOREIGN RAILWITS AT TM
LONDON STOCK 'EXCHANGE, FEB. 4.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2 —Ditto (Espicte), 2
—Dutch theni.b, 7 •Rq' —East Indian, 1% —Great Northern of Frazee
Constituted, 15%—Great Western Canada, s%—Luxerabourg,
•—Paris and Orleans, 49 —Paris and Rouen, 32 % ex div.—West Flan-
ders, 5.

LLEGED 3IURDI?.IIS ON BOARD TILE TORY.—This morn-
ing, at the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, Captain
Johnstone, late of the ship Tory; was placed at the bar, before
Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Creswell, charged with
the wilful murder of Thomas Reason. The Attorney-Gene-
ral and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted ; and Mr. Jervis and Mr.
lluddleston appeared tor the prisoner. A full report of the
proceedings will appear in our Third Edition. The case for
the prosecution had not concluded when we went to press.
MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths
during the last week was 901, being less by 8 thar, that of
the previous week, and 179 below the averoge of five
winters. Bronchitis is almost the only disetwu more fatal
than usual. The number was 62, while the; average is 31.
The violent deaths were 18, of which 6 wer,.. suicides.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

(Sub-Committee No. 1.)
This Committee re-miscmbled at the usual hour this
morning, Mr. Strait in the chair.
LO DON AND SOUTH-WEST.7.I3ELLT (EPSOM
BRANCH) P,AILWAY.

The customary formal process of the deposit of plans,
&c., having been tendered in respect' of the project, and
duly gone through, the Committee declared that the stand-
ing orders had been complied with.

ZAZVER'POOL. , MATZCIEESTER, AND TiTZTW-
CASTLZ-UPON-TYNN RA.I'LWAY.

The next line caked on was that of the Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway, which was op.
posed by several landowners, who complained of defects in
the deposited plans and sections.
The first allegation of one of the petitioners complained of
deficient measurement on one portion of the line.
The agent for the 33111 demanded that before the Com-
mittee entertained this allegation and the other allegations of
the petitioner, proof should be adduced that the petitioner
was owner the of the laud, or Lad the consent of the owner
of the land, upon which the omissions occurred, to proceed
with tits opposition.
The agent for the petitioner protested that such proof was
quite unnecessary; and the Committee deciding that it was
contrary to the spirit of the standing orders to require such
proof, the allegation was proceeded with, and successfully
sustained.

(Sub-Committee No. 2.)
The Committee re-assembled at Twelve o'clock this day,
in room No. 6, Sir J. Yarde Buller, Chairman.
The Committee commenced the business of the day by
taking
.THE rizirrir, VtrARRENPOINT, AND
HOSSTREVOR RAILWAY.
The line is to be eight miles in length, and is estimated at
a cost of 82,5001.
Mr. BRYDEN appeared for the promoters. The Bill was
unopposed.
Mr. Godwin, civil engineer, was examined as to the cor-
rectness of the plans and sections.
Mr. W. N. Wallace and other gentlemen were called to
prove the deposit of the plans and books of reference with
the public officers in the respective localities of the line.
Mr. Hugh Willis and others were examined as to the
validity of the contract deed.
The Committee then declared that the standing orders
had been complied with.
The next case called on was
THE AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY
RAILWAY.

This Bill having been part-heard yesterday was r cst-
poned to hear arguments upon the contract deed.
Mr. BURKE appeared for the opponents, and a;gued at
some length against the validity of the deed, inasmuch as
the parties signing had not bound themselves :u conformity
with the standing orders, and consequently could not be
sued upon it.

Mr. 'CONNELL, for the promoters, etintended that the deed
was bona fide according to the Scotch law, and the managers
could sue each other.

Mr. BURKE would contend that, a s the managers who had
bound themselves to carry out the 'cerms of the contract deed
were themselves shareholders, they surely would not sue
themselves. Such being
.the case, the Committee must see
that the deed was wholly invalid.
Mr. CONNELL could call several emminent Scotch lawyers
to prove that the deed was strictly binding by the et:Qalm
Ltyf of Scotland.