The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS.

Sulu-Committee No. 6.`
The following additional Bills have been referred to this Com-
mittee:—The Wath-upon-Dearne Improvement; Dublin Markets;
Wolverhampton Stipendl44rV Justice ; Northampton Small Debts ;
British Guarantee Association; Lower Bann Navigation; Lincoln
Waterworks; Worcester Gas; Dublin Cemeteries; Legal Quays
(London).

WATII-UPON-DEARNE IMPROVEMENT.
The customary proofs having been put in, the Committee declared
:hat the standing orders had been compiled with.

DUBLIN MARKETS.
Standing orders complied with.
WOLVERHAMPTON STIPENDIARY JUSTICE.
The Committee gave a simiar decision in this case.
NORTHAM} TON SMALL I)EBTS.
This Bill was withdrawn.
LINCOLN, WATERWORKS.
Standing orders complied with in this case, except as to the
evidence of an absent witness.
WORCESTER GAS.
And in this also

DUBLIN CEIIETERIES.
The promoters were declared to have complied with the. standing
orders

BRITI;II GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION.

No notice of this Bill having been given in the Gazette (which
the agent stated was not necessary), the Committee stated that they
would report non-compliance with the standing orders in that respect,
but in all ethers compl±ance.
LEGAL QUAYS (LONDON).

The. Committee decided that in this case the standing orders
did not apply, and that leave would of course be giveu to
proceed with the 13111 without the service of any notice.
The Parliamentary agents are Messrs. l'arnitt and Walmesley, of
the House of Lords.
ST. ALBAN'S, HATFIELD, AND lIERTFOItu.

Adjourned at the request of the agent till Tuesday neat.
The Committee then adjourned.

FREE-TRADE.
What makes the flo,:d resistless in its power ?
The silent swellings which at length o'ertower
Its high embankment, artificial mounds,
ltais'd by mankind to circumscribe its bounds.
What mighty impulse spreads throughout the lent ?
The voice of millions in a just demand,
That all restriction cease on human food,
And human industry—the general good
Of ev'ry nation mutually to bind •
In one vast fellowship with all mankind.
Nor can monopoly, with all its art,
Maintain a fabric, and a strength impart
Sufficient to resist a nation's cry—
Th' increasing thirst for human liberty.
Look back upon the sufferings and toil,
Which forc'd the labourer, 'mid a fertile soil,
To gaze upon it with regret, and feel
His sturdiest efforts for the common weal
But half-requited ; and his fetble power,
his single voice, if rais'd, must quickly cower
Beneath the arm of stern oppressive laws—
Till, bold and fervent in a righteous cause,
To urge a Nation's claims, resist the wrong,
Uprose a VILLIERS, passionate and strong.
His course through prejudice and fraud to steer,
The contest to renew ft om year to year,
Within that House where senators should prove
Their first great object is their country's love I
Here, with true eloquence he stood his ground,
As slow conviction, gathering, spread around,
For fraud and prejudice yet closer clung
In desperate phalanx, until up there sprung
An engine—mightier than their powers combin'd—
Rising majestic from the strength of mind
Of COBDEN and of BRIGHT—THE LEAGUE, whose voice
Spoke, million-tongued, the people's only choice,
With bloodless weapons to exert their might,
'Till triumph crown their efforts in the fight.
'Midst calumny to stand, with open brow,
To brave the taunts with firmness from a foe;
Prepar'd with cunning and with tact to wield
A broken falchion ere he quit the field
To Truth and Justice, or with others strive,
Whose honest prejudice has kept alive
A spirit of resistance, till the gleam
Of light, once open'd, bursts in one broad stream
To clear the inteilect, and pave the way
Fair Truth's fair progress, and for Reason's sway,
These are the trials, and the just. reward
Attendant on the men whose whole regard
Is center'd in the glory to expand
lleav'n's greatest blessings on their native land.
A cause so just admits of no delay;
Clear but the mists of ignorance away ;
See the broad current cf FREE TRADE spread wide
Its fruitful influence—like th' Egyptian tide.
'Twill then exert its salutary reign
To cool and irrigate the sociql d
pluin—
To blend in one vast whole the human
kiumin
And curb the angry passions of man d
March, 1846.

C. B.

THE BENEV
STOLENTPATRICK SOCIETY OF
. .

The 63d anniversary festival of this Society was celebrated
last evening at the Freemason's Tavern. The attendance
was not very numerous, there being only about 120 persons
ent . Among the nobility and gentry assembled
'‘'vrese observed the following. :—Lords Palmerston and
Lincoln, Viscount Courtenay, Barou Robeck, Admiral Sir C.
Malcolm, General Caulfield, Sir W. Somerville, General
L'Estrange, Sir T. B. Lennard, Sir R. Campbell, Sir J. N. R,
Campbell, Mr. R. Archbold, M.P., Mr. J. Collett. M.P., Mr.
Butler, M.P., Mr. J. W. Fitzpatrick, and Mr, Sharman
Crawford, M.P.
The cloth having been drawn, and the usual loyal waste
having been proposed and drunk with all the honours*
Lord PALMERSTON, who filled the chair, gave 4` The Army
and Navy." In introducing the toast he expressed a hope
that a period was fast approaching when wars would mac.
Ile hoped that means might be found of settling difkences
which might be honourable to both parties, without having
recourse to the lamentable struggle of arms ; but if it was
our misfortune ever again to be compelled by the violence or
injustice of any other nation to draw 'the sword in defence of
our rights and honour, they might be sure they would find
our army and navy equal to any emergency. Their nerves
had not been unstrung, their energies not impaired, nor
their skill undiminished by the influence of peace. If such
an alternative should ever arise, he was sure that Ire-
land would have her share in the glories and triumphs of
their common country.
General L'EsmaNGE and Admiral Markor,sr acknow-
ledged the toast on behalf of their respective services.
The PRESIDENT then proposed "Health and Prosperity to
the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick." In doing so, he
said that in most other countries the duties of public distil
were discharged entirely by the Government ; but in this
land they were mainly supported by the voluntary contribu-
tions of private individuals. Yet the s.eurces of it never
dried up, and he could only liken it to those streams which
flowed from lofty mountain ranges, and which, however sup-
-1 plied:. weresnce never:tgnut wanting for
ed
VroN id the!. lPrisTraellitt'ore7hwileiho
came to this country was an object of peculiar compassion.
In the hour of his clitliculti he was removed from frogdt fug