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she used to do, and then is guided chiefly by her low para-
mours and servants. Now, the remnant of wise men left
hitherto prevented convulsion by their influence with the
RANEE, especially the Fakeers and BHASE RAH SINGH ; but
this influence is all but gore in the RANEE'I4 present state ;
so much so, that BIIAEE RAM SINGH lately sent me a cau-
tion against closing a business with the existing Government,
as it was certain the troops, on their return after the Dus-
' serah, would put to death JOWAHIR SINGH and the
th
RiavEn,
with her son." in fact they did put to
dea
this &MAIM SINGH, brother of the lidssturc, and
cut his body almost to pieces. The RANEE, and her
drunken associates and Dlinisters saw that they would be
next devoured, unless this terrible army, without discipline
and any feeling of mercy, were diverted from their purpose.
The troops, it would appear, were not at all disposed to
attack the English, but every day the RANEE and the Sirdars
became more urgent for their advance to the frontier, be-
lieving that the only hope of saving their lives and pro-
longing their power was by a collision with the British
forces. These facts exhibit the character of the Government,
and the army, which, under certain promises, and after con-
siderable sums of money had been centered on it, entered
into a sort of bargain for the invasion of the British terri-
tory. In such circumstances, therefore., the Governor-
General took all the necessary, steps which he consi-
dered open to him for guarding the frontier; he ordered
up reinforcements, had a great number of regiments
ready to march at four hours' notice, and
mustered within a reasonable distance as many forces as he
thought would be sufficient to repel an invasion which he
had every reason to believe was not undertaken with good
will. But he was mistaken as to the people he had to deal
with—the Seikhs hal- collected a much larger army than
either Major BROADFOOT or any agent en the right bank
of the Sutlej had considered possible for them to muster in
such a short period, -.and the extent Of the danger was
not seen till about the Bth of December, ten days before
the first battle: The Angle-Indian army was then put in
motion, and how nobly and gallantly it accomplished its
work, the people of this country and of the greater part of
Europa already know. Several charge Sir HENRY
HARDINGB with neglect, and say that he was sur-
prised, and had he mustered a larger force on
the frontier the battle would have been less bloody and more
quickly decided: 'We-entirely concur in 'the latter view of
the case; but it is evident from Sir -HENRY HARDINGE'S dis-
patches, and the communications of his agents, that he was
anxious above all things to afford no grounds for war; in-
deed, his language on that point is so unequivocal, that Is e
have no doubt whatever that he was acting according to the
instructions of a power above him. The troops he had
already collected along the frontier were viewed by the La-
hore Government with jealousy, and ultimately made the
pretence for attacking-our troops. Had he collected an army
either at Ferozepore e-r
Looaianah, he would have acted on
the offensive, and fully justified the Seikhs in their invasion.
As it is, the Case is happily different._ We have right
on our side, and in a moral point of view, and as regards
physical force,_ this is of the very first importance. Nerdy
all the French journals admit the Seikhs were in the wrong,
and they are, therefore, the-more inclined to do justice to the
bravery of the British trews, which they do in the most
explicit terms. -But, even if the Governor-General had assem-
bled a large army, be could not tell at what point the
Seikhs would make an irruption. -By concealing their move-
ments they could have antiCipatedihire by several days on a
line of frontier extending for nearly a hundred miles, and, as
was the case" at Moodkee, there must have been
forced marches, and the troops subjected to the
greatest fatigue before they could come up with the
enemy. "It appeais to me," .says Major BROADFOOT,
that the frontier is tao long to be defensible on all points by
any force we can move. This was evidently also the opinion
of Sir Hama, HARDINGE,- and if we are not mistaken, the
Duke of WELLINGTON will: bear his testimony to the fact.
It is easy to find- fault, and some men delight
in throwing - the -heavy blame on- public servants,
without considering their difficulties, and not unfrequently in
perfect ignorance of the real meritsof the ease. WimixeckTosr,
too, was charged with negligence, and accused of having suf-
fered himself to be surprised-by the French on the plains of
Belgium ; but these -accusations have died away, and his
successful stand at Quatre Bras and victory at Waterloo have
'ully justified him in the eyes of all respectable judges.

The protectionists turned pale as the
ple celebrated the triumph of " their worst. enemies." The
" farmer's friends" also received another blciw in the nomina-
tion of the Earl of LINCOLN. Mr. BAI '4r, of Basford, came
forward to propose him, and in spite of The unseemly inter-
ruptions of gentlemen on the Mating ,he boldly declared
that although Lord Lovots was not there, he would not
only nominate him " but get him in. It was not the first
time a subaltern had achieved a victoryi fzihe absence of the
general ; he had not expected to - take part in an
electioneering contest, but the circumsta at ces were such that
any man who had feeling left in him, must t, as he did, fling
himself into the struggle, with warm bloQi 1 and spirits high,
and fight for peace, and liberty, and intL ependence." To-
morrow the contest will take- place,:and it:r emains to be seen
whether the electors of the northern divisit m wil! giye their
votes for an untried candidate and a worn-4 on t cause, or range
themselves under the banners of those who a re ilow all powerful
only because they are acting for the people's good, and in
accordance with the wants and wishes of the people.

and that ISTL EITZ and BIitAFLORES would give place to

RoNcALI and NARVAEZ: The English Ambassador gave a
splendid ball on the -night of: the 21st, Which was attended
by upwards of .§(x) persons:
On the 21st the Three per Cents. closed at 3211/9 at 60 days,
and the Five per Cents. at 23% at 60 days.

The, French Minister of Finance has at last introduced into
Ite Chamber -of Deputies a Bill for the reduction:of postage

in letters.. He proposes f.r single letters that the charge

shall be two sous, when the distance does not exceed twenty
kilomqtres (12i English miles), four sous, the distance not
exceeding forty kilometres, and increasing in the same ratio
up to ten sous for a single letter, the maximum postage pro-
posed for the whole of France. The Bill did not appear to

meet a favourable reception in the Chamber, as a more

radical change,-. something like our penny postage, was ex-
pected. Some of the journals contain further remarks on the
late battles in India ; and we may say all that have commented
on the results have done full justice to thebravery of the British
troops. The Constitutionnel, the organ of the ex-Minister,
who has such a-cordial antipathy to England, is even com-
plimentary, and blames Sir HENRY HARDINGE, not for hav-
ing too small an army on the frontier, but for provoking the
contest by assembling along the frontier some 17,000 men.
"The General-in-Chief in India," says that journal, "is cer-
tainly right to congratulate himself on the victory, which,
however, was dearly purchased, although, after the official
reports, the number of killed and hounded is not so great
as the private letters had represented it. But as to the
term criminal
_given to the incursion of the Seiks on the
territory of their brethren', protected by the Company, it is
not in any way justifiable, if it be borne in mind that the
concentration of English troops on the frontier of the
Punjaub had continued for several months, without
any explanation being vouchsafed to the Government
of Lahore. That the Seikhs, when menaced with an
armed intervention should
.have wade the first movement,
and fallen on the divisions separated from each other by con-
siderable distances, and should have thus endeavoured to
anticipate the blow destined, for them, is nothing but a good
piece of strategy. The epithet of- criminal must not there-
fore be given to the combinations :of the-enemy, which only
aimed at defending its independence with greater chances of
success, and displayed more -courage and cleverness than was
expected. With this reservation, we join completely in the
eulogium whic,h the (army of India, as well European as na-
, tive, has merited on the part of its General, and of the
mother-country." The Special Committee appointed to
examine the extraordinary vote- of a :million sterling for
Africa, after some discussion, had resolved on maintaining the
limits proposed in 1830, which include-the territory lying
between the sea, the frontier of Sahara, and Tell, Morocco,
and the Regency of Tunis According to accounts from
Bordeaux, the free-traders in France axe imitating the ex-
ample of the League in more ways than one. On Monday
last they held a meeting in the principle theatre of that town
a very large building, when the Mayor and some half-a-
dozen members of the Association made speeches suitable

The majorityofninety-seven is decisive of the success of Sir
Ron Era PEEL'S measure in:the House of Commons. It is
possible, it is true, that some Conservatives who voted with
Sir R. PEEL on Saturday morning may fall off in future
divisions, and we have heard-of two or three Members likely
to take this course. They would not be a party to so strong
an opposition as a refusal to go into Committee to consider
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S proposals; but when the several facts of
the measure come to be considered in Committee, and
when the Bills to be founded on the resolutions in Com-
mittee come before the House, they will vote against
the Minister. But not many are likely to take this course;
and, on the other hand, the protectionists may make sure that
some of their rank and file will fall off in future divisions.
All the two hundred and forty are not animated by the same
zeal in the cause as the MuisEs and BANKESES and COLQU-
HOUNS—the expectants of office under the Duke of RICH-
MOND. Sir T. ACLAND declared that, though intending to
give his vote against Sir R. PEEL in the first division, he
would be no party to a factiOus and vexatious opposition, and
that a decided majority in favour of the .Government would
determine him to keep aloof from all subsequent opposition.
There are manyother moderate Conservatives—men with strong
attachment to Sir R. PEEL and who have voted against him
with the greatest rehictance—men who have given their
votes against the proposal, less from strong aversion to it on
their own pinta., than-in obediencelto the feelings of consti-
tuents—who will follow Sir T. ACLAND'S example. The pro-
tectionists will never muster two hundred and forty again.
That two hundred anil forty:was a-convulsive effort. It is to
be observed, also, that the number of absent Liberals is
greater than that of absent-Tories. The whole number of
the absent, allowing for North Nottinghamshire, Wigan,
and Bridport,-. as vacant,- was -seventy-one. Of these
twenty-six are accounted _ for as paired. Of the re-
maining forty-five - only- fifteen are • Tories, and
thirty are Liberal Members. Mr. WATsox and Mr
GRANGER, who were among the Liberal absentees, were
compelled to go on :circuit, and-Mr. RICARDO, we are in-
formed, was compelled to go on bUsinesito Paris ; and these
three gentlemen would have been in the division if the de-
bate bad not been so unreasonably protracted. We regret to
see that so many as eighteen Irish Liberal Members are
absent, on a qiiestion of which Irish famine is a principal in-
gredient. However, we may infer that the Government will
on future occasions have the benefit of -the votes of several
of the thirty Liberal Members who were absent on Friday
without 'airs.- And if North Nottinghamshire is to return
another protectionist_ recruit, Bridi3ort is-safe to return a sup-
porter of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S policy.
We rejoice to hear, on the best authority, that the Govern-
ment measure is safe in thaords;and that it will be carried
in that House by a majority of not less than thirty. Our
readers may rely onithis statement, and disregard all the
blustering of protectionist Dukes and newspapers, who blus-
ter the more about the House of Lords only; because they
know that they have no chance in that House.

:o the occasion. The Mayor proposed to raise subscriptions

for carrying out their ;haws: At the conclusion, he an-
nounced that the members: of the Association present had
subscribed 11,000 f., and that subscriptions had already been
received to, the amount of 50,000 f. We copy from the
Journal des Deiats the following impartial remarks respecting
the probable resifts of a -war between England and the
United States

" It is for the advantage of the Union to remain at peace with
England. The first interest of a people before whom a question of
war is placed is, to avoid certain defeat. To all men of sound sense
it must be evident, as well at Washington as in London, that the first
campaign must turn to the advantage of Great Britain, for that
power has for several years past been making immense preparations,
Ships and steamers, stores, sailors and marines, are all ready in her
arsenals. America, on the contrary, has nothing to oppose to her for-
midable adversary. The agricultural. commercial, and manufacturing
interests would suffer immensely from a wart Cotton, which forms
the principal article of American exportion; would, by a rigorous
blockade, be kept in the ports of New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston,
and Savannah. War would prove the ruin of the greatest part of the
capitalists in the twelve or thirteen states who cultivate thatprecions
article. The commerce of the ports-of New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, and Baltimore, which have dispensed so much capital
throughout the Country, would be destroyed, seeing that England is in
a position to blockade all those ports, for her immense navy will en
able her to do so. The only retaliation which America could inflict
would be by means of her cruisers and her privateers. Those would
doubtless cause Much injury to British commerce, but it would be
trifling when compared with what America would suffer. Lastly,
the prizes made by the privateers would not repair the injury
which the American regular commerce would experience. And
in a country thus impoverished, what market would the national
manufacturers find, even when freed by war froth the competition of
the English pr6ductions ? The convention Of 1827," concludes the
Journal des Mats, " will doubtless be adhered-to by the United States;
notice of the cessation of the treaty will be "given ; but, instead of
being a signal for war, it will be the -preamble of a solution which
will satisfy the United States as completely as the rational citizens of
that Republic can deaire, which will preserie entire the honour of
England, and which will preserve that which the enlightened men
of all countries should endeavOur to maintain—the peace of the world
being, as it is, the first benefit "conferred by civilisation, and the first
guarantee of liberty." ' _ _
On Saturday the Paris Bourse continued firm throughout
the day. The market closed as follows :
Three per Cents., for Cash, 84f. 956. ; for Account, 84f. 90c. ; Five
per Cents., for Cash, 123 f. 55-c. ; for- Account, 123 f. 60c. ; Bank of
France Shares, 3,445 f. ; Neapolitan,- 101 f. 25c. ; Spanish and New
tLphoa
Paris
ihn se,
leadingwn Shareiodt
Rq uloi ounteeen..
Marketl
,F wasoo7r2.
re. a
cash,
Rouen
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and
Havre,
closed'vrOrleanse,7le:
left
ft
0. a; advance_ffnAatvilg,
ns4o2.
fisnuocan.l.l;
tereau, and FaMpoux, not quoted ; Vierzon, 747 f. 50c. ; Srasburg and
Bale, 253 f. 75c.-; Beußlgne and Amiens, 5501. ;' Northern, 792 f. 50c. ;
Bourdeaux, 666 f. 25e. ;Paris and Strasburg, 555 f. ; Tours and Nantes,
590 f. The Definitives remained nearly the same. Lyons was quoted
at 631 f. 50c., and Avignon at 572 f. _
BUSINESS .DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ens. 28.

Not merely has curiosity been satisfied by learning the upshot
of the diVision-on Saturday morning, but-it has likewise been
gratified by listening to the arguments adduced by Mr.ConnEN
before the termination of the discussion. !fad not his con-
valescence enabled the Hon: Member for Stockport to take

(however tardily) some share in the debate, there would
have been a manifest hiatus in the proceedings of Parliament
upon this enlightened and :'compfehensiie measure. Every
one, whether -free-trader or protectionist, was naturally
anxious to become acquainted with the exact sentiments en-
tertained at this moment liy Mr. COBDEN, because in him
they beheld the most influential of all out-of-door political
economists ; because in him: they beheld, as it were, the mind
and the muscle of that great Association-which had tended so
much to impel the system of abolition to its accomplishment;
because, moreover, in him they beheld the most popular pri-
vate representative in the House as far as the question at issue
was concerned, Besides which, people were the more desi-
rous of hearing that Honourable Gentleman's voice from the
Opposition benches, as to some sceptics his intentions seemed
to be problematical ; they clung with despairing avidity to
the hope of his impling Sir IteoßEßT's policy by persisting
in his demand for an immediate and total repeal of both im-
port and export duties. It was the last straw at which, in
the agonies of their destruction, these satellites of Mr.
Mum grasped with spasmodic eagerness and stolid perti-
nacity. Mr. BRIGHT'S acquiescence with the Premier, and,
in addition to this, his impassioned eulogium upon that Right
Hon. Baronet, would have satisfied auy dispassionate mind
as to the intentions of the Hon. Member's colleague.
Nevertheless, so blinded with their own perverseness were
these self-legislators, that they -chuckled audibly in their
club-rooms at the stumbling-block preparing for the Prime
Minister, quoted the epistle addressed by the Mem-
ber for Stockport to the -tenant-farmers of Great
Britain, and revelled in these fallacious notions
even in the purlieus of Westminster. - On Friday night,
however, Mr. CoEDEN, an the embodiment of the Anti-
Corn-law League, as the symbol of the popular voice
and of the popular will, snatched this last phantom of re-
demption from the reach of the plotectiOnists, and cast them
for ever adrift amidst the -surge-of their own selfish disap-
pointment. His speech was a condensation of the opinions
which have been battling in the Lower House during the pre-
vious twelve: nights: theT fallacies which were previously
floating about haphazard,- without any recognisable shape,
were in that oration-reduced to a concrete atom, a kind of
existent nothingness. He was the political pentagraph with
which the mammoth array of argument spreading over the
past discussiOn was: reproduced in a ckar, sharp, and minia-
ture epitome.- As such Mr. COBDEN'S presence immediately
before the Parliamentary tellers were introduced, was frought
with extreme utility, since with the assistance of his clearjudg-
ment the Members were_ Enabled to take a common• sense
review of the measure and its consequences directly betore
recording their vote. Although- oppressed with the languor
_ _

We are glad to seeiord LINCOLN has been put in nomina.
tion for the northern-division of Nottinghamshire. If, as we
fervently hope, his Lordship will be successful, it will be
more than an- ordinary triumph. It will not only be a
triumph for the principles of free trade, for the interests of
the people, and for the Ministers who are now advocating
those interests, it will be a well-earned tribute to the
Noble Lord himself, who happens to be,the son of one of the
most exclusive and arbitrary:of the whole exclusive
race. Himself early imbued ..with the doctrines of
intolerance, and recently a- member of a pro-
tectionist Government, has now, at the sacrifice of all party
and personal consicterations, come boldly forward to proclaim
the great principles of free_trade, to assert the rights of the
people and the interests of commerce, with an eloquence and
an energy that have taken_ all by surprise. The election of
South Nottingham is remarkable as a striking example of
the disgraceful spirit that, happily in !are instances, still pre-
vails. It is one of the list triumphs' of the evil genius
whose funeral knell was rung en Friday night,—a
triumph of -prejudice over principle of intimidation
over conscience. Lord Lissom:sr was placed in a most trying
situation; manfully-be stood the trial—gallantly he faced
the danger. His conduct during the whole canvass elicited
universal applause. His opponents found reason and argu-
ment useless, and reorted to every species of contumacy.
They could not assail his- principles or his political cha-
racter, he defended them too efectually from their attacks;
they turned their weapons in another direction, and repre-
sented him as an utdutiful son, a renegade and a Papist !
By such means they won their triumphs—by such means
they deceived the ignorant, blinded the unwary, rnd led
away even the well-meanhig and.the good. Had the whole
truth been rightly understood, how different had been the
issue I The conduct which earned for Lord LINCOLN these
opprobrious titles in reality is deserving of the highest honour.
Of the disgrace attending the epen contest between a father
and son not one particle can fall on him. It cannot be said
he " went against his father," because- that father had no
right to be there. The Duke of NEWCASTLE may
call himself a - constituent, but the law gives
him no voice in. the matter. The question at issue
was solely between Lord L'INCOPC and the electors, and if the
Noble Duke chose to interfere, it he cam voluntarily for-
ward to oppose his sea, his- was the fault, and his be all the
disgrace. It must have been a severe trial for the son of the
Peer, and the representative of -the people; but the latter
triumphed—weighed in the balance be was not found want-
ing. - He preferred the dictates of his own conscience to the
commands of hil stern father—the good of the country
to his personal welfare.: Yet; for this self-abnegation,
this resolute sacrifice which in old times gained the name of
heroism, Lord Luscpus has been bitterly reviled. Equally
futile are the charges of apostacy which have been daringly
brought forward; because he is appointed a visitor of May-
nooth College, it is inferred that he must be a Papist ! One
of Mr. HILDTARD'S friends, endeavouring to win over an
elector, urged this plea ; " then," ixclairaed the elector's wife,
" the county magistrates must be lunatics, for they are visitors
of the asylum," And such must have been the feelings of all
who thought on the matter; but, unhappily, all could
net, or 'would not think. Prejudice veiled the truth, the
tenants obeyed their master, and after his strenuous exertions
and unanswerable arguments, Lord Luecour was rejected !
rejected in spite of the justice of his cause. On Friday he
took leave of his former constituents; his powerful and im-
pressive language affected. even his opponents. He acknow-
ledged his mortification ; but he was firm as ever. " I regret
the issue,',' he exclaimed, "but I have no other regret. One
consolation yet remains to me,—one that is able to cheer a
man in the bitterest moment of his distress,—that can
shed a- ray of comfort, on the darkest spot of his
existence. I feel and know I have acted on this
occasion froin a single motive, from a paramount sense of
public duty. - Every interest of a private or personal nature
would have Counselled me not to stand this contest, every-
thing of a selfish nature would have prompted me to take a
.different course. ' I might, at this moment, be the repre-
sentative of -Soutb.Nottingham, I might retain your con-
fidence,-but my own conscience would smite me. I prefer
this defeat, which now stings and pains me, than to have
'been returned for adopting a course that would not ad-
vance my country's interests." The electors of South
, Nottingham - have rejected the representative whose
only fault : consisted in preferring their interests
to his own. It is left for the men of the north to
repair 'the injury, to do honour to themselves by honour-
ing him: The very day after his rejection in the south Lord
!LINCOLN was nomrstated on the hustings of Mansfield. The
i protectionists had anticipated an easy triumph ; Lord HENRY
BEATTMCIC was to " walk over " the course. A young and
un
longed trjed
torn 'tl3l; e ber V,was
a piso: familyerf y supported because lie be-
and the protection party.
Mr. lSl.u.stes: proposed him as a fit and proper person, and
calling himself "an old student of the science of
political ecenomy,7 he gave a proof of his wisdom by the
following extraordinary declaration :—" As an honest man and
an Englishman, he would sooner buy his hats in Mansfield
or Worksop, or Nottingham, than of a Dutchman or a
Frenchman, though he had to pay dearer for them." Now
ithismay at v
appear verb
i atnee honest
withth© and
tEnglish to Mr. blnsms, but
t is totally
principlesof
political
economy. It is a pour patriotism that
would t
only en-
courage home manufac•ures. If every one, like Mr. Mn.NEs,
were to buy everything at home, notwithstanding the cost
s n
would foieign nationot follow our example, and pay (Tearer for
their own goods rather than take ours, and where would be
our commerce, the source of all our wealth and power? Mr.
not considered the subject, neither had
chief recommendation was his
hMeirsconE:idbeardedpotlasteibplryesent state of the country when be
rd UENILY BENTINCR, the new can-
zeal for protection. .Lo
his first pro-
posed
a young Lord, whose
didate, Made a speech,
his public speech,
1 his sense and judgment
in which he prove, -
present worst enemies."
by speaking of the Ministers as
When you have commanded
was urging him to proceed, " W
me." On the eve of a battle, NaroLEL"trurned to a youth, who
speak of
like presumption this young Lord dares to
in thirty pitched battles, presume to advise And with
Minis-
ters, who have been taught by experience, and who are now
at every, 0.)!3t,. proving themselves Oa true friends of the
country. While Lord HENRY WAS speaking shouts
were heard in the distance, and amid general
oUcering the glorious news 9f the division was 4001111 Ced

Dutch Rhenish, 61{,—Sreat Northern of Fiance Constituted, 15%'
—Groat Western Bengal, %,-Orleans and Vierion, 19% —Orleaus
and Bordeaux, l2—Paris and Romeo, 41%—J:tones and Navra, 29%.

We understand that Sir George Clerk is to be appointed to
the situation,:formerly held by: Mr. Macaulay, of Extraor-
dinary Member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India
The salary is-10,0001. a year.
Sir Thomas Fremantle took his seat at the Board of Cus-
toms, as Deputy Chairman, on Friday last.
There is a: rumour that Lord Claude Hamilton is to be
one of the two new Lords of the Treasury.
We are informed that Lord Gyanville Somerset was pre-
vented by an attack of gout from being present at the
division, but:that he paired: •

• .
Mr. Sheil is still detained at -Malta by the illness of his
wife; which: explains the reason of his being among the
absentees in -the late division. -

SUN" EXPRESSES

(FROM A -CORRESPONDENT.)
HULL, SATURDAY.—The Express Edition of "Tim Sex,"
with the whole of the debate last night, and the division at
three o'clock this morning, was-received here at three this
afternoon, anticipating the other morning pipers upwards of
three hours, and these received in due course of post by not
less than eighteen hours.. The great majority_was considered
as a settler for the-Lords, and all classes are anxious for the
speedy completion of the measure.

of bodily debility, :there is traceable in the manner of the
Hon. Member for Stockport, during the utterance of his re-

FRO 31 A CORRESPONDENT.)
ASIIBURTON.—The Reformeri have, through the inde-
fatigable exertions of the-spirited proprietor of "THE SUN "
newspaper, Mr. M. Young, received a copy of that paper at
the public news-rooms on-Saturday morning last at half-past
10, A.M. The express papers captained the full report of the
corn-law dehate, with, the glorious majority of 97. The dis-
tame from this town to London is 214 miles, which was per-
formed by railway and pit carriages in about six hours.

marks, a pectiliar and sunny cheerfulness, which is alone at-
tributable to the satisfaction with which he perceived the
triumph of the cause for Which, through many bitter and
protracted troubles, he had been the-daring and devoted
champion. In the opening of his observations. Mr. CospEii
pointed out, with a :steady:finger:and a laughing lip, the out-
rageous absurdity of the agricultural gentlemen insisting
upon an appeal to :the ce:!untry:as a means of insuring the
perpetuation-of the present pernicious barriers against the
introduction- of cheap grain ; he :vouched the extension
of the franchise, as now practised by. the League, to be a
custom sanctified, by five-hundred years' 'duration; and he
appealed to their piudenci as legislators, to their justice as
Christians, to their reason as men, to deny the working
classes no 16rip, r ready: access to plentiful and wholesome
provisions. Compared with the cant, selfishness, and party
quibbles of the land proprietors in Opposing Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S policy, the peroration of- the Hon. Member's speech
has much real beauty and He takes a capacious
survey of terrestrial exigencies ;_he insists upon the necessity

- (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
NORTH No-TTING:HA3I.-:-Dllrilig the nomination of the can-
didates on the platform -at Mansfield, and while Lord H.
Bentinck was speaking, ‘!. THE SUN" express (from Notting-
ham) arrived withlills announcing the division in the House
of Commons: The- moment this " great fact" became known
in the room, the Pro-corn-law party became almost dumb-
stricken (the protectionists having a few minutes before as-
serted that the reppal of the corn-lawi would not benefit the
working men). The shouts of hundreds of the working
classes, however, when the express arrived, fully proved that
they considered prOtection to native industry anything but a
boon to themselves. -

of allowing the laws of GOD and Nature alone to regulate
the supply of nourishmerit to the populace; and concludes
with this simple but emphatic language:--" We have set
the world the example in all : great_ improvements. We

gave it the representative-system ; the rules and regulations
of this House have become the models for -every delibera-
tive assembly. We have given the world a free press;

we have given it civil and religious freedom, and every insti-
tution which: belongs to liberty and civilisation; and now we
are going to give-it another example, greater than all."
Depressed at Mr. COBDEN'S energies might have been from
indisposition, he has spoken precisely as he should have
spoken : he has spoken exactly as the people wanted : he has
spoken in accordance with the dignity of his present posi-
tion as an eminent-and sagacious legislator. When record-
ing the present glorious revolution in Commercial policy, the
future historian will identify with Its -acceptance—and that
in an especial manner the name, the words, and the in-
tellect of RICHARD -COBDEN. It is seldom that such victories
have to be announced by the journalists--victories achieved
not by the shedding of one drop-of blood, not by the waving
of one single sword, not by the deathful propulsion of cannon
balls, but with the peaceful weapon—logic, by the divinest
attribute of-human nature—our reasoning faculties. When,
therefore, we remember that these opirilons have been mainly
inculcated by one voice, and that voice COBDEN'S; when we
remember that a vast moral revulsion in the cause of the people
has been mainly produced by one man's exercise of rhetorical
and argumentative powers—anti that" man, CoBDEN; when
we remember that. the means of incalculable happiness to
posterity as-well as to ourselves, have been mainly rescued
from monopoly by one bold and Vigorous champion—and that
champion Conn's—surely, for -once, even the most bigoted
should not liecOme niggard of commendation ; their generous
and manly expressions of gratitude should be accorded to
RICITABD COBDEN_ withciut stint in length or eartnettness.
With him all real lovers a their kind-unite their largest and
warmest sympathies, seeing (as-they do) in him a man striv-
ing for the general good of his :fellow_creatures, without one
solitary motive of -a baser kind. Nor was it uninteresting
er --f-men
_to whom the
to mark upon that last, night of the discussion the
present great
achievement is mainly, and we-may
recon-
ciliation which took place between the Premier and the
Alertiller for Stocrkp t
say parautountly, attri-
butable. _

Madrid papers cif the ult, abound vith rumours, but
bring no news that can be depended upon. It was currently
reported that the. new Finance Minister was to commence
his career by cutting down tbeyzpenses of the army and the
Royal k'amily wishes to remain ju office hp had better
refrain fronr this species of econemyt for. q4I4,BTWA. and NAp..,
3,T.4..y2 to a certainty would oust him in a week. Another
report INS, that ther9 W 0144 be a 419diLCati011 9f the Dliais.

TTIRSTIN, LON-O'6N, MONDAY' EVENING, MARCH 2, 1046

extraordinary spirit which has earned for "THE Sul{ " so
high a reputation of giving, on all occasions, the earliest

intelligence.
(From the second Edition cf the Sheffield Mercury of
Saturday.)
"THE -SUN'S" ExrrEss.—By the courtesy of Murdo
Young, Esq., proprietor of " 'ME Sux" daily paper, we are
enabled to lay before our readers a synopsis of the debate,
and the result of the division on the important subject of the

corn laws. When it is considered that the House adjourned

at a quarter past three o'clock this morning (Saturday), and
that " THE SUN" contains a full report of the debate, toge-

ther with a synopsis of the- same, such exertion certainly
claims and ought to receive its due meed of praise ; we, there-

fore, willingly accord it. We believe that only three copies
of the Express Edition were allotted to this town, with one of
which we were kindly favoured.. Mr. Young expressed the

paper himself down from London to the North ; our towns-
ma►n, Mr. Wiley (a well-known caterer for news), having a
messenger in attendance at Masbrorough, and forwarding the
papers destine& for Sheffield-and this neighbourhood, where
they arrived soon after half past eleven.

From- a•Seciind Edition Of the" Shefflyld Independent of

• - - Saturday.)
We are indebted to: the spirited exertions of Mr. Yourg,
proprietor of" THE SUN," for the earliest intelligence of the

result of the division.

" Trns MORNING SUN" of to-day, con-

taining eleven columns of Friday's debate, and the division►
arrived at Masborough by special• engine, beating the ex-
presses of the Times, -the Herald, and the Daily News, and
was brought to Sheffield by Mr. Wiley, by the train due
here at 11.35. _

(From the- Leeds- Mercury of Saturday.)

We are indebted to the Express Edition of " THE MOAN-
ING Surf," received through llirs._Mann, the agent, at one
o'clock P.M. to-day, for the earliest account of the division
of this morning.
(From a Third Edition of the Leicester Mercury of Saturday.)
THE Divisiorr,—We havis to return our acknowledgments
to the conductors of " THE SUN " for forwarding to us, by
express, a copy of, their early morning edition of to-day,
containing a full report of the debate in the House of Com-
mons, up to the very tirrle of the division. The trial of
strength did not take place .till past three o'clock this morn•
ing, yet by a quarter to eight o'clock,- we had a copy of
" THE SUM" at our _office—had announced the glorious re-
cult to many of our readers—and now, in the course of a few
hours, we shall be returning- the glad tidings to that mighty
metropolis from whence they came but this morning ! Verily,
this is the age of wonters.

(From the Second:Edition of the Exeter and Plymouth
- Gazette.)

We are indebted to Mr._Murdo Young, the spirited pro-
prietor of " THE Surr," fur the early intelligence of the result
of the debate,.which was -forvrarded by special train, and
reached our office at nine o'clock. The Times, also forwarded
by special, train, reached us by half-past nine.
(From the Bath Jonrna.) _ _

WONDERFUL DISPATCH:=We, this morning, received the
Times paper by extiaordinary express .at this office, soon
after six o'clock, containing the whole of the debate up to
the division, which took phige at twenty minutes before three
o'clock the same morning: The slow coach of protection
never could have accomplished this. We. also received " Tux
SUN" at the same hour, with its full complement of debate,
&c., ably accomplished.— -
(From a Third Edition of the Bristol Mirror of Saturday.)
An Expresi Edition of Tim SUN," containing the divi-

sion on the Ministerial measure, arrived in Bristol at a
quarter before seven o'clock this morning.
After giving the division,of Saturday.morning, the Bristol
Mercury, in a- third editio4 datejd seven o'cloCk the same
morning, says :—" We are indebted for-the above to an ex-
traordinary Express of " THE Sun," which arrived here at a
quarter before seven." -
(From a ThirdEditicm of the Gateshead Observer of Saturday.)
We are indebted for infoimation of the division, se eagerly
looked-for in Gateshead andNeweastle, to "THE SUN" news-
paper, a copy Of which, received by express, was obligingly
handed to us- this afternoon, before five o'clock, by Miss
Macdougal, of the Gateshead railway station, news-agent.
(From a Second Edition of the Plymouth Herald of Saturday.)
In justice to the 'proprietor of "THE SUN," we have. to
state that about two:o'clock we received-a
copy of that paper,
containing the debate and division, which had been expressed
to this town. _ _ -
(From a Second Edition- of the Devonport Independent of
Saturday.)
THE DIVISION.—" THE SUN " Express arrived at our esta-
blishment at fwo,o'clock ; left Paddington a few minutes after
four in the morning, by Special Engine Train Express; ar-
rived at Exeter at half-past eight A.M., this day, and tra-
velled at the rate of fifty idles ail hour, including stoppages•
This is another proof of the enterprising-energy of the spirited
proptietor, Murdo Xoting, Esq. We are also indebted to the
Express Edition of " THE SuN-" for interesting Naval In-
telligence.

(From the Norfolk News of Saturday.)
To the Pro-prietor of " Tug " paper we are indebted
for this early-communication of the debate and division (un-
paralleled, we ' believe, in- the annals of Parliamentary re-
porting), by which-an event, which took place in Westmin-
ster at three o'clock this morning, was known in Norwich
by seven! In, orderLduly to appreciate this triumphant effort
of the press, it must be remembered that the communication
did not consist in the mere announcement of the numbers, but
was a full report of-the evening's debate, which did not con-
clude till nearly thOe o'clock, and comprised eleven columns
of densely-printed matter! In the name of the good citizens
of Norwich, and our own; we tender to our energetic Con-
temporary our congratulations on the successful accomplish-
ment of his design ;- and our thanks for his courtesy in so im
mediately coMmuntcating_with ourselves.
(From the-Norwich Mercury of Saturday.) _ _

We are indebted: to a Special Express from " Tim SUN',
Office for the-earliest information respecting the majority in
favour of free trade: ,
(From the Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday Morning.)
By the kindness of Murdo Young, 'Esq., we have received
an Express Edition. of this morning's "SUN," containing the
division upon the motion that the House go into Committee
on the Cominercial propositions of the Government.—(A
Tory paper.) - - - - -
(From the Second: Edition of the Somerset Gazette of Sa-
- - -turday.) _ _

It is to the enterprise- of the proprietor of " DIE SUN'
Morning and. Evening Paper that we are indebted for a know•
ledge of the division on the Ministerial measure.
(Froin the Canterbury Journal of Saturday.)

The corn-law debate was brought to a close this morning
at twenty minutes to thrTee o'clock. We are indebted to an
Express Edition of " Tun Sur': announcing the division.

•
THE BATTLES ON-- THE SUTLEJ.
The following are the-resolutions which Sir Robert Peel
intends to submit for aPProvar_ to the House of Commons
this evening : - - ,
" That the- thanks of this House be given to theßight Hon.
Lieut.-Genet-al Sir Henry Hardinge; Governor-General of
India, Knight Grind Crqss of the Order of the Bath, for the
energy and .. ability with which he directed the military
means at his disposal, to- the repelling of the unprovoked
invasion by-the Seikh army of-the dominions of the British
GoVernment, and-of the protected states upon the left bank
of the Sutlej ; and also`for the firmness and gallantry with
which lie directed Ile operations of that portion of the army
under his immediate command in_ the afternoon and night of
December 21st, 1845, and on the morning of the 22d, upon
which occasion the enemy's defences were carried by storm,
the greater part of their -artillery c'aptured, and their subse-
quent attempts to:regain- what:they had lost repeatedly de-.
feated. - :
‘f That the thanks of this House be given to General Sir
Hugh Gough, Knight Grand Cross of-the Order of the Bath,
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in-the East Indies, for the
distinguished valour with which he led the several attacks
upon the enemy iu the battles:of the 18th, 21st, and 22d of
December, 1845, displaying, in conjunction with the Governor
General, a brilliant example to the troops of perseverance and
courage in critical-circumstances, and of irresistible ardour in
the several 'attack's made upon the enemy.
"That the thanks of this Hoilse be given to Major-General
Sir Harry Smith:ls:nig& Commander of the Order of the
Bath, to Major-General Walter Raleigh Gilbert, and to
Major-General Sir John Littler, Knight Commander of the
Order of the Bath,-and to the several officers under their com-
mand, for The eininent services rendered by them in the
recent arduous and successful operations.
" That the thanks of this House be_ given, to the non- com-
missioned officers and private soldiers, European and native,
for the perseverance and fortitude -displayed by them at
Moodkee on the 18th of December 1845, and for the daring
valour with-whiclf they:forced the enemy's entrenchments
at Ferozeshnh on_ the 21st and 22d of December, captured
most of his guns, and finally compelled the. Seikh army, of
greatly superior numbers; to retire within, their own frontier.
" That this resolution- be signified- to- them by the com-
manders of the several corps." -
[The resolutions to be moved in the House of Lords, this
ni eveng, by.the Earl of Ripon, are to same effect as those
of the Commons.] • -

SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Beethoven's Oratorio,
" Engedi," and Wndelsiohn's Cantata, the " Lobgesang," or
Hymn
,of Praise, will be.. performed at the _next concert at
Exeter Hall- on Friday evening..
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The opening of Her
Majesty's Theatre is positively fixed for te-morrow, Tuesday.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE ---:The third representation of
The Crusaderi, on Siturdaievenini, attracted another overflowing
audience, every seat in the house beiu
.literally besieged. The
beauty of the music, the splendour of the mice en scene, and the inte-
rest of the druma, are the theme of general conversation ; and there
cart be no question of thin opera having a run of unprecedented
brilliancy.
The Marquis of Anglesey :has gone on a visit to the
Viscount and- Viscountess Sydney,. at Frognall Lodge, Kent. The
Noble and Gallant Marquis returns to Uxbridge House to-day.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a grand dinner party
On Saturday last, at- the Right Hon. Baronet's private residence in
Whitehall-gardens. -His Royal Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge, his Excellency Count Dietriekstein, his Excellency Baron
llugel, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto,
his Excellency the Netherlands MMister and Mdlle. Dedel, his Ex-
cellency the Danish Minister and -Countess Reventlow, his Excel-
lency the Marquis Lisboa, his Excellency Baron Moncorvo, his Ex-
cellency the Russian-Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Baron and
Baroness Rehausen, Baron Koller, Connt Potocki, Mrs. M`Lane, the
Earl of Lincoln, Lord Forester, &c., constituted the circle.
THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Conimons held his second levee this session
on Saturday fast, at the Riicht Hon: Gentleinan's mansion in Eaton-
square, inevitius to which the Speaker had a _Parliamentary dinner.
The following.noblenien and gentlemen constituted the dinner party:—
The Marquis of Granby, the Earl of March, Lord Brooke, Sir John
T. Tyrrell, Bart., Colonel Conolly, Colonel Hall, Colonel Austell,
Captahatatepon, Mf. A. StaffordO'Brien, Mr. B. Disraeli, Mr. G.
Bankes, Mr. C. N. 'Newdeate, 11fr. R. Palmer, Mr. R. A. Chris-
topher, it% E. S. Cifyley, Mr. C. R. Colvile, Mr. G. Heathcote, Mr.
C. W. Packer Mr. P. Bennit, Mr. W. Daggs, Mr. J. P. Allix, Mr. R.
Hodgson, Mr, C. Goring, 31r. J. C. Colquhoun, and Mr. A. Lawson.
THE LATE MBATg.—V4couniess Palmerston, Vie-
eounteSeiNewport, Lady Suffield, and, Lady Georgiana Codrington,
Were among 4he ladies who.were accommodated en Friday night at
the House of Commons to_hear tile proceedings of the debate, and
remained until the _division. His Excellency Prince Casteleicala,
Count Zahleu, his Excellency M.-Dedel, Baron Thile, and other
foreigners of rank, the Earl of UXbridge,•-the, Earl of Charleville,
Lord George Paget, Earl Bruce, and the lion. Cm :ARIA Lawley, were
also preseut throughout the debate.