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LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1846.

It will be seen from the address of Mr. GLADSTONE
to the electors (he should have said the non-electors)
of Newark, that he declines to present himself again as
a candidate for the representation of that borough.
The reason he gives is rather curiously expressed.
" As I have good reason," says he, " to believe that
a candidate, recommended to your favour through
local connexion, may ask your suffrages, it becomes
my very painful duty to announce to you, on that
ground alone, my retirement from a position which
has afforded me so much of honour and of satisfaction."
A stranger to Newark and Clumber Castle on reading
the paragraph would have imagined that the Secre-
tary to the Colonies was to be opposed because he
was encumbered by official duties, and could not at-
tend to the interests of his constituents, or that
some active citizen, well acquainted with the
population and the affairs of the borough,
from a conviction that both had been neglected by
the late Member, had generously offered to supply
his ;place, sacrifice his domestic comforts, and per-
haps injure his trade or profession, for the good of his
fellow-citizens ; but great would be his wonder when
he learned that all this was most opposite to the fact
—that there was only one elector, the Duke of
NEWCASTLE—that Newark was his property—and,
adhering to a noble principle laid down by his
Grace, " that a man had a right to do what he liked
with his own," he was pleased to supplant Mr.
GLADSTONE by some new favourite. Yet this
is done, and openly done, in England ; where,
by the law of the land, all Peers are prohibited
from interfering in any way whatever with the elec-
tion of burgesses. What a mockery, then, is the law
made by King, Lords, and Commons, when it is thus
openly violated by one of the law-makers, and that too
for his own personal interests. Another law also is vio-
lated—that by which a Member, on being appointed
to a Government office of a certain class, is compelled
to return to his constituents, and ask their sanction
to the measure. This is an excellent regulation, be-
cause it forms a check on the Government, and en-
ables the people, in some respects, to control their
policy ; but in this instance it is a dead letter. The
Duke says " You shall not consult the con-
stituents—your measures are not my measures—
you propose to remove a tax justly im-
posed for the good of the aristocracy, and
by the aristocracy to raise their rent-rolls. The
people, of course, wish to get rid of that tax, but we
are the lawgivers, and the people shall feel this to
their cost. The borough is mine, and I will return a
fit representative." And what is the consequence of
this policy, putting its illegality entirely out of the
question ? Mr. GLADSTONE is appointed to one
of the most important departments in the
State; that department has been greatly mis-
managed latterly—at all events, the Noble Lord
who has vacated it, gave universal dissatisfaction, and
the state of New Zealand, as well as other colo-
nies, bears witness that the dissatisfaction was not
without reasonable grounds. Yet the Minister who
succeeds is forbidden to consult his former constituents;
he cannot attend in his place in the Commons to an-
swer the grievances complained of, and the duty
of his office can only be very imperfectly and most
unsatisfactorily perform&, till he is smuggled into
some other pocket-borough, or obtains a seat by less
creditable means. This is a great blot on the Re-
form Bill, but, nevertheless, let us be thankful
to the Duke ; he is carrying his illegal poly
to the utmost extent ; he is thereby pointing
out in the most effective manner the rottenness
of a system which includes some forty or fifty places,
all said to be represented, but without any consti-
tuents whatever, and thus forcing upon the people of
England another struggle for the extension of
the suffrage. We are much obliged to the
Dukes. The Duke of WELLINGTON'S famous
speech decided the Reform Bill, and another
Duke is doing his duty in an equally
effective manner to render that Bill more perfect.
Mr. GLADSTONE'S address lets out another secret.
" I am given to understand," he adds in another part
of the address, " that persons favourable to unrelaxed
protection were not prepared themselves to undertake
the conduct of public affairs, in conformity with the
views which they entertained." So that the
Duke of NEWCASTLE, and the perverse clique
who cry out for " protection," will neither
work themselves nor let others work. The Rica-
MONDS, and BUCKINGRAMS, and STANLEYS, could
not venture to announce to a House of Commons
their extravagant principles, because they knew they
would be laughed to scorn. They stand in the way of
all improvement—they would stem the stream which
they cannot turn, and, like all obstructions of such
puny strength, will, for the good of their country,
be in due time swept away by the unconquerable force
of the current.

In another part of our paper will be found a
report of a meeting of agricultural labourers in North
Wiltshire, which we have transferred from the
Times. It is worthy of deep and earnest atten-
tion ; yet this recommendation is unnecessary—it is
impossible to peruse it unmoved. It is no varnished
tale—no plausible romance, adorned with rounded
periods and melodious phrases; it boasts no adventi-
tious ornaments, yet is it eloquent, eloquent with the
power of truth, which is, like beauty, " when un-
adorned, adorned the most." It is a brief statement
of the sorrows of the poor, narrated by themselves,
in language at once simple and affecting. No writer
of fiction ever adorned his pages with such touching
pathos, such heart-stirring eloquence—no painter ever
conceived a more impressive scene. In a cross-road
in the open country, without shelter of any kind, on
a dark, cold winter night, are assembled about a
thousand persons, dressed in the commonest garb, all
wasted by suffering. On a rude bench is seated a
man of venerable appearance, poor and sorrowful like
the rest; but his language is full of humble piety and
reliance upon PROVIDENCE. A few uncouth lanterns
shed a fitful light around ; some illumine the counte-
nance of youth, of youth without smiles, like life
without sunshine, or serve to distinguish the
features of children shivering with cold, or starv-
ing with hunger. Some show us the unhappy mo-
thers, with pale faces and wasted frames, and hard-
lwvoirtkhi nwg suffering
breathless
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inadequateheedr h
ew atrde.
humble speaker, who tells of his troubles, and re-
echoes their own ; how their voices rise in concert to
attest his truth, how their faces glow with hope as
he speaks of swift deliverance! Are these some
natives of a barbarous land, where slavery is tolerated
and approved ; is it a scene of ancient days in the
old times of feudal tyranny ? Not so; it is a glimpse
England in the civdised and re-
fiofnet
dhenpine
ea
tesaennta peasantry of
century ! These starving, suffering
men are the tillers of the soil, by the sweat of whose

brow the great and powerful are enriched—who toil
without reward, and starve without pity. And why
are they thus assembled here ? Not to resist oppres-
sive power ; not to break the laws, stern and heart-
less though they often be ; not to rise in vengeance,
and try the power of right against might—far
from it. They meet publicly to relate their sor-
rows, to declare that their cup of misery
is full to overflowing, and to petition the SOVEREIGN
to exert the noblest prerogative of the Crown, " the
attribute of Heaven itself," and show mercy to their
sufferings, since justice is denied them by their fellow-
men. They have not spoken in vain; their words
have not been " wasted on the desert air ;" they are
diffused through the length and breadth of the land,
and everywhere they must produce effect. Eloquence
may contradict eloquence, fine speeches may coun-
teract fine speeches, but truth is unanswerable. Not
all the hereditary wisdom of the Dukes of RICHMOND
and BUCKINGHAM, not all the culinary science of the
Duke of NORFOLK, nor the poetic genius of Lord W.
LENNOX, not the united eloquence of the whole ex-
clusive faction could answer the plain statements of
these humble men. Take the following examples
" William Parry, of Charlton, said, I have come a
distance of twenty miles to tell my tale of distress. I
have six children, a wife, and myself to maintain on Bs.
per week, bread being 15d. per gallon. The farmers tell
us that our wages go according to the price of bread ;
but last spring I had 7s. a week, and could buy bread at
9d. a gallon. Now it is 6d. more ; and a gallon a day,
being one pound to each, is what we want in my family.
Then there is clothing and firing wanted, and house
rent to pay ; but there is nothing to pay for any of these
things. I told the relieving officer that I could not keep
my family on my wages. He said he would bring my
case forward at the board of guardians. Well, he sent
me an order for one of my children to go into the work •
house. Now, fellow-labourers, is not one child as dear
to you as another ?—(Hear, hear.) Well, I did not
know which to send. I could not part with ne'er a one.
I said to my oldest girl, You are to go into the work-
house.' She did not like to go, and I spoke to others,
and there I had the cries of my poor children, which
were piercing to nu heart, Don't send me, father !
don't send me !' Was not that enough to try a man,
without the pressure of starvation ? I spoke to master
about it. Oh,' he says, if you cannot maintain them
you had better send one into the workhouse ; I shall
not allow you any more wages.' I said, what benefit is
it to send this child into the workhouse and banish it
from its home; it will do the rest no good, nor that one
either. Besides, I should have it always upon my mind,
for no man would like to part from his children in such
a way.—(Hear.) I spoke a few words at a meeting at
Uphaven, and master told me I had done myself a
great deal of hurt by it. I know I only told the truth.
He said the farmers might have done me some good but
for that.

" William Taylor stated that he had a wife and four
children, and expected soon to have five ; and was at
present out of employment. For the last seven weeks
he was in work he got 6s. 6d. per week. For many days
he had been without a bit of bread to eat.
" A person in the crowd—But you are one of the pro-
tected Wiltshire labourers. Were you discharged from
your employment because you were so weak you could
not work?

" Taylor—Yes, I could not work because I was not
strong enough ; I could not get victuals to make me so ;
and my master, Mr. Styles, of Whitcomb, discharged me.
I have no work now, and not a sixpence.
" A voice—Go to the Duke of Richmond, at 17, Bond-
street.—(Cries of Hear, hear.')
" Another voice—Did ever any of your fellow-
labourers give you bread when you were starving ?
" Taylor—Yes, several times. I han't had any to-day
but what that man gave me.(pointing to a labourer in the
crowd, who replied, Yes, I gave him some to-day.')
May God Almighty soon send free trade !
[This poor man need not have called himself a starv-
ing man, his emaciated appearance spoke in stronger
terms than his voice could utter].
" James Peglar complained that he had been
hunted down' under the poor-laws, having been, with
his wife and family, forced into the workhouse, and se-
parated from them for eleven months.—(Cries of
'Shame!) At last he was turned out to get work ; and,
because he went out of the district to find work, he was
taken before the magistrates, and charged with desertion,
for which he was sent to prison for a month. It was
no use for him to grumble; he was served so again after
that. God bless my heart and life ! (exclaimed this
man) I never seed sich a go to be sure as how I was
served. I knows enough of starvation and misery to
make me say, God send us free trade !' "—(Cheers.)
One of the chief characteristics of the English
people is their enduring fortitude ; this is the great
secret of our national greatness. The eager vivacity
of the French, the impetuous ardour of the southerns,
have frequently made them foremost for a time, the
English are daring, and high-spirited, and brave;
but it is to their endurance in adversity that they owe
their proud position. Others gain conquests but we
keep them ; others win a brief fame while
we earn lasting glory. What an example is
presented by the people at this moment. Poverty
and hunger, neglect and oppression are their portion ;
they do not rebel, they do not even despair ; no dis-
orderly movement is made ; they only follow the pre-
scribed rules; they meet to communicate their griefs;
they petition the Legislature to amend the laws, and
they await the result with anxious patience. May
they not wait long! Oh, let the relief be speedy—
let those in power remember, to give quickly is to
give twice. In another fortnight the representatives
of the people re-assemble ; may they truly represent
their constituents, and be unanimous and resolved as
they are. Let the landlords still hold out if they
will—they will be but a feeble minority. Short-
sighted men ! did they know their own interests they
would act differently. Are they ignorant that their
welfare depends on that of the labourer ? They can
no more exist without him than a column without its
base, yet the base can exist without the capital. If
noble Lords studied architecture it might be bet-
ter for them; they would not be so ready to build
without foundation. The meeting at Goatacre will
be useful in many ways; it will set an example to the
rest of the country, and, as one of the men observed,
" It will even be gratifying to Sir R. PEEL, who is
waiting for the people of this country to press him on
to repeal, for he knows, as well as any man, the bad
effects the corn-laws are producing."

'We have received Madrid journals of the 31st ult.
The debate on the Address commenced in the Senate
on the 30th, and was resumed next day. The first
five paragraphs were adopted with little discussion.
On the sixth being proposed, M. BURGOS moved that
it be omitted. That paragraph stated that the subor-
dination and good discipline of the army were the
surest guarantees of public peace. This he considered
opposed to constitutional government, as the only
sure guarantee was in the due execution of the laws.
General NAEVAEZ opposed the amendment, and de-
nied that the military power dominated over every
other power in the State. Military domination was
at an end, and ordinary laws and a free press were
established. There were no powers existing except-
ing those sanctioned by the law, and the fact was
evinced by the meeting of the representatives of the
people. The paragraph was ultimately adopted. No
business of any interest was done in the other
Chamber.

On the 31st the Three per Cents. were quoted at
36i at 60 days.

The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock and
share-market are very favourable. On Tuesday the
Three per Cents. opened at the closing prices of the
previous day, but afterwards advanced considerably,
and closed at 83f. 20c., showing a rise of 30c. The
Fives left off firm at 121 f. 45c.; and all the railway
shares closed at higher quotations. Discussions and
Ministerial explanations had taken place in the Com-
mittee of the Deputies appointed to draw up the
answer to the Address. Four of the Ministers were
present—M. GuizoT, Admiral MACICAU, General
ST. YON, and M. C. GRIDAINX, the Minister of
Commerce. In answer to questions, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs spoke at considerable length. With
regard to the intervention of France and England
on the Plate, he said that both powers were deter-
mined to continue steady in the course they had
adopted, until tranquillity should be completely re-
stored ; and, in regard to the annexation of Texas,
France had only taken those steps without regard to
England which she considered conducive to her own
interests. The papers relative to this subject would
be laid before the Chambers. The Minister of
Marine, Admiral MACKAU, confirmed a statement
made by M. GUIZOT, and said France had no inten-

tion to colonise Madagascar. The object of the expe-
dition was to avenge tho death of the French soldiers
who had perished in that island, and when that ob-
ject was attained, and guarantees had been given for
the safety of those carrying on trade in the island, the
expedition would return to France. The other topics
adverted to possess little or no interest for the English
reader.

The Committee of the Chamber of Peers, appointed
to draw up the Address, also met on Tuesday,
to hear the report drawn up by Count PORTALIII. If
the Address, as drawn up by the reporter, should be
approved of by the Committee, the Peers will meet on
Wednesday in their bureaux to hear it read, and the

public discussion will probably commence on Thurs-
day

We regret," says Galignani, " to announce the
death of Mr. LEWIS GOLDSMITH -(father of Lady
LYNDHURST), which took place last night (Monday),
at his residence, in the Rue de la Paix. His decease
was somewhat unexpected, although he had been se-
riously ill for the last few days, and the state of his
health for a considerable length of time had been so
precarious, as to leave little or no hope of his entire
recovery."
The Constitutionnel says :—" It appears that it will
be during the stay of the Royal Family at Neuilly,
in the months of May and June, that the Queen of
ENGLAND will again visit France. Considerable
works in cleaning and improving are going on at
Neuilly. From that residence the young QUEEN will
come to Paris and proceed to Versailles, where some
grand fetes will be offered to her.
The following article from the Journal des Debate
on the subject of French, German, and English
railroads, may be interesting to some readers :
" In general the rate of charges on the German rail-
roads are similar, but the lowest is that on the Bavarian
line belonging to the State. The price of the first-class
is sc. 7-10ths, and for the two others 3c. 9-lOths, and
2c. 4-10ths, which is less than on the Belgian lines
worked by the State. Several German companies have,
besides, reduced rates of charges either for those pas-
sengers who go by a merchandise train, or for those who
subscribe for a certain number of journeys per month.
There are also tickets issued at a reduced price for a
party going and returning. For the conveyance of
goods there is nothing strikingly new in the German
tariffs, as they are nearly similar to the French. On a
part of the line from Vienna to Olmutz the price has
been reduced to 7c. per ton per kilometre (the quarter
of a French league), but this is the minimum of the
German tariffs. The Orleans Company, however, only
charge Bc. on some descriptions of articles, and the
Rouen Company, in consequence of the opposition of the
boats on the river, has reduced its price to 7c. between
Rouen and Paris. Goods in transitu on the Belgian
lines only pay 6c., and on some English lines coals in
tended for exportation are only charged 6c. In this state
of things it appears to be established that the railroads
cannot carry goods for less than from 6c. to 7c., which is a
third of the price charged by the ordinary carriers. In
Germany more than three-fourths of the passenger,. go by
the lowest class carriages ; a fifth part by the second
class, and only three in a hundred by the carriages of
the first class. In this respect, as in many others, France
occupies a middle station between England and Ger-
many. The rate of speed on the German railroads is
moderate, not exceeding 30 kilometres (not quite 19
English miles) per hour. It is caused by their peculiar
mode of construction, and it also shows that time is not
yet considered very valuable in that country. On the
most productive lines of railroad in England, as that
from London to Birmingham, the gross returns are from
100,000 f. to 120,0001. per kilometre. In France, the
best lines (we only speak of those of some extent), such
as the Orleans and Rouen lines, give a gross return of
from 50,000 f. to 65,000 E, or about half of the best Eng-
lish lines. The most favoured lines in Germany do not
yet produce more than the half of the best lines in France.
Exclusive of the lines from Vienna to Glocgnitz, and
from Berlin to Potsdam, the former of which produces
31,000 f., and the latter 27,000 f. per kilometre, the good
German lines are below 25,000 f. That from Aix-la-Cha-
pelle to Cologne only produced in 1844 23,736 f. ; that from
Leipsic to Dresden 18,770 f. ; that from Madgeburg to
Leipsic 21,6381. The expenses may be always reckoned
at from the half to two-fifths of the receipts. The divi-
dends paid to the shareholders are in most cases hardly
5 per cent. ; very rarely from 6 to 63-, and in no case
less than 3 per cent."
On the Paris Bourse on Tuesday, the Stock-market closed
as follows :--Three per Cents. for cash, 83f. 10c. ' • for Ac-
count, 831. 20c. ' • Five per Cents., for cash, 121 f. 45c. ' • for
Account, 121 f. 45c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,310 f.;
Neapolitan, 102 f. 25c.; Spanish and New Loan, not quoted.
The ,Share-market closed at higher quotations. Paris and
Orleans left off at 1,260 f.; Paris and Rouen, 1,025 f. ; Rouen
and Havre, 815 f. ; Avignon, 1,005 f. ; Vierzon, 700 f. ; Stras-
burg and Basle, 255 f. ; Boulonge and Amiens, 5551. ; Nor-
thern, 7601. ; Bordeaux, 650 f.; Montereau, 442 50c.; Fam-
poux, not quoted. But little was done in the Promise
market. Lyons Definitives, 140 f.; Strasburg, 551.; Tours
and Nantes, 50f. pm.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.
Angle-Belgian Madrid and Valencia... 1
Barba does
Boulogne and Arnim.. 12% Namur and Liege
Bordeattx &Mediterran North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Yierzon
Do. & Cetto (Espeleta) 21 Orleans and Bordeaux 1134
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. OverYssel
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris &Lyons (Laffitte) 2%
cilia Coast
Central of Spain
Ceylon . — Ditto (Sad Eat) 2%
Demerara

Dendre Valley ......
Ditch Rhenish 8
Dieppe & ?aria Janet
Dijon and Malhouse —
East Indian ......
Famponx & Ilazebrouk
Grt Northern of France •
Constituted - 15
Great Indian Peninsular
Great Paris aid Lyons. 11!.4
Great Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. M id. Janctioa 4
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey
Lonyain and Jemappe 24
Lyons and Avignon
Laxentloonrg

Paris an Roue* .
Paris and Strasbirg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Campo de L'Est)
Do. (Aymard's) —
Paris aid St. Queatin —
Rose* and Havre.—
Royal North. of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg 11141 Bale
Tonrnay,Jitrbise, Lan-
den, and Hassell
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. ( Lefebvre's)
Do. (O'Neill's)
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W. to W., light.—Acrd. Re-
gina, Kreeft, Singapore ; Johan Christophe, Bahia, for Ham-
burgh ; Callam, New York ; Cahawba, Shaman, ditto. Ar-
rived Taylor, fr from
Calcutta; the
nAnne
Blanchard,
Jane,
Porto Rico; Flora, Rigby, China; Simlab,
Leveque, Jamaica.
OFF MARGATE.—Lady Rowland, Cleland, Bombay.
CowEs, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Gratia, Poland,
Pernambuco.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind light and variable.—Arrd.
Bahamian, Hawkins, China; William Parker, Stratton, ditto;
Thomas Lee, James, Calcutta ; Cheshire, King, ditto ; Isa-
bella Harnett, Newby, ditto ; Earl of Harewood, Atkins,
Madras; Statesman, Brien, Bonny ; Lady Harvey, Pride,
Laguna; Juno, Moran, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off
port, John Bibby, Calcutta.
OFF MARTPORT.—Fame,y,n4real, for Dumfries.

CLYDE, Jnx. s.—wind W.S.W.—Acrd. Lord John Russell,
Lock, Honduras; Blanchard, Blanchard, New York. Sld.
Monarch, Crooks, Havannah.
DUBLIN, JAN. s.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. General
Wolfe, Jenkins, Demerara.
KINGSTOWN, JAN. 6.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Odessa,
Vaughan, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ouzel Galley, Robin-
son, Bathurst.

'&EWILAVEN, JAN. 7.—The Amitie, from Antwerp to the
Cape de Verde, which was ashore in Seaford Bay 4th inst.,
has been surveyed and condemned, and will be sold with the
materials.

BEMBRIDGE, ISLE-OF-WIGHT, JArc. 6.—Picked up, inside
the Wight, a stern of a boat, with the words " Norfolk, of
London," carved in wood.
SOUTIIWOLD, JAN. 7.—The barge Willing Trader, Smith,
from London, to Lowestone, grounded on the Hoyle Sand
early this morning, but was hove off, with assistance, at highs
water.

OFF DOVER.—Arrd. Samarang, Howard, Calcutta. Sld
H.M.S. Daring, Bermuda.
BRISTOL, JAN. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Caroline Alice,
Beaton, Prince Edward's Island. Memorandum—The Congo,
Parker, for Africa, did not sail as reported yesterday.
LIVERPOOL.—SId. Zenundar, Purdor, Calcutta; Jessie,
M 'Gill, Valparaiso ; Mercutio, Bartoletti, Rio Janeiro ;
Samuel, Spence, Rio Janeiro; Parastiva, Snovick, Bahia;
James Reid, Robertson, Maracaibo ; John Scott, Nicholson,
Jamaica; Tuscar, Robertson, Mobile; Ellen Brooks, Free-
man, ditto; Agent, Mills, Savanilla ; Hermann, Welch, Bal-
timore ; Hottingeur, Bursley, New York ; Champion, Davis,
Newfoundland ; Trinacrea, Burke, ditto ; Moult, Sladen,
Azores ; Lady of the Lake, David, ditto.
HULL, JAN. 7.—Wind W.—Acrd. Condor, Whitting, New
York and Boston.

EXTENSION OF LITERPOOL.—The increase in the
number of houses built in Liverpool has been great beyond
all precedent during the last two years, as will be seen from
the following statement :—No less than 2,450 houses were
erected in 1844, and the still more extraordinary number of
3,728 were erected in 1845, within the Parliamentary bo-
rough, to say nothing of the hundreds built beyond the
boundaries, in the direction of the Old Swan, and the still
greater number built on the Cheshire side of the river. To
some extent this extraordinary increase in the number of
houses leas been the result of the excellent regulation
which forbids living in cellars, and so far it is a proof of an
improved mode of living rather than of an increase of the
population; but, even after every allowance has been made
for that circumstance, the increase is surprising, and shows
that Liverpool is still in the full vigour of its growth. The
following particulars of the increase of houses from 1838
to 1845 are very remarkable:—
Houses.
In 1832 ... 1,052
1839 "7
180 ••• 1,577
••• ••• •••

- •••
... 1,761
1842 •••
1.041. ••• ••• •••
.. 2,027
••• 1843 ••• ••• •• ••
1,390
1844 - 2.450
•••
3,728 1845 ••• ••• ..„ •••

Total ... ... 14,982

—LireTo2l Times.

THE NELSON MoritistENT.---The completion of
this work has at length been determined on by the Woods
and. Forests ; and to this effect a communication has been
made to the artists to whom the commissions have been con-
fided, by the Earl of Lincoln. The subjects proposed for the
four bassi relievi are the victories of Cape St. Vincent, Co-
penhagen, the Nile, and Trafalgar • and the sculptors ap-
pointed to execute these works are Mr. Watson, Mr. Wood-
ington, Mr. Carew, and Mr. Ternouth. The four lions will
be executed by Mr. Lough. The relieved works will be in
bronze— the lions in stone or granite.—Art Union.
RATING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S FARM.—IVINDSOR,
WEDNESDAY.—In addition to the opinions obtained by the
Prince Consort (on the subject of the claims of the parish of
Windsor against his Royal Highness, for arrears of poor-
rates) from Sir Fresiderick Thesigor and Sir Thomas Wilde,
his Royal Highness also had the *pinion of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly,
which perfectly coincided, as the case was drawn up, with
that of the other two eminent counsel we have named. Mr.
White (Prince Albert's solicitor)3was present, by desire of the
Prince, at the interview at the Castle, yesterday, between
Mr. G. E. Anson and the parish officers. Considerable, ex-
citement prevails in the town, in consequence of the opinion
given by the law officers of the Crown. The result of the
vestry meeting called by the churchwardens and overseers,
and the steps which will be considered necessary to be taken
by the parishioners on the subject, are looked forward to with
great interest.