The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, VEI RUARY 19, 1846,

The Lords did not sit yesterday.
The Commons assembled at Twelve.
Several railway and other private Bills were forwarded
a stage, and various petitions presented.
The report on the County Works Presentment (Ire-
land) Bill was agreed to.
On the motion of Sir J. GRAUAM the third reading
of the Drainage (Ireland) Bill was postponed to
this day.
Several returns were ordered, and the House ad-
journed at One o'clock.

A respectable deputation from a portion of the Liberal
electors of Westminster waited upon us this day to corn
plain of some remarks which appeared in The Sun of
last evening respecting the result of the election. They
considered that in these remarks an unjust imputation was
cast on the conduct and motives of the electors in their
opposition to Captain Rots, asserted that only a small
number of protectionists voted for General Evaers, that
the motives which guided the Liberal electors were in
perfect accordance with the principles which they had
long and conscientiously professed, and that nothing
was further from their views than to play
into the hands of the Dukes of NEWCASTLE, RICH-
MOND, and BUCKINGHAM, for the purpose of acnoying
Sir R. FUEL, and throwing obstacles in the way of a
Government that had introduced measures approved
without exception by Whigs, Liberals, and Radicals.
We must state, first of all, that we never attributed to
the Liberal electors of Westminster any improper mo-
tives, and that it is impossible to draw any such con-
clusion from our remarks. We believe them to be as
firm and consistent in their principles as at any former
period, when Westminster stood forward repeatedly as
one of the first and most powerful opponents of briber •
corruption, and rotten boroughs; but, at the same time,'
we blamed their policy in taking any steps which could
in the remotest degree embarrass Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
Government, or endanger the repeal of the most unjust
and most obnoxious of all laws:, that ever aftl'eted the
working claescs of the United Kingdom. The corn-
law question was the one which we kept prominetly in
view, but we also had regard to the entire new tariff,
and to another measure which the liberal electors of
Westminster have strongly supported—a repeal of the
wicked and ruinous system by which the navy of
England has been so long controlled and crippled.
We considered the carrying of such vast measures
of far greater importance than the assertion and vindi-
cation of principles at a crisis when the hands of the
Minister required to be strengthened, in place of being
weakened by a division among hie supporters ; and
knowing that a general election was near, we thought it
infinitely better for the electors to wait for that event,
and in the meantime to cheer on the Minister, and aid
him in every possible way against the powerful resist-
ance of the House of Lords, and the general hostility of
the agricultural interest. Our object was to gain our
point while we had the opportunity, and not allow the
Liberals to waste time in proving what could not be
disputed, their reverence for the great principles of civil
and religious liberty. There is a time fur everything.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." We
wished to make our great purpose secure, to possess the
object own our reach; and not endanger the whole
WI
grly Zoo much. It would require only a few

defeats like that of Westminster to weaken the authority
and power of Sir ROBERT PEEL. The Tory Lords re-
j,)ice at it—all the high Tory journals have for days
been urging the Conservatives to vote for General
EvaNs. Their pressing entreaties cannot have been in
vain, and would the defeat produce such rejoicing in the
" Church and State" camp unless it were regarded as a
heavy blow and great discouragement to Sir ROBERT
PEEL ? Suppose every liberal constituency had the
same occasion, and adopted the same policy as
Westminster, would Sir ROBERT PEEL'S weight and
influence not be utterly destroyed both in the Lords and
Commons ? The Lords would reject the measure with
the utmost disdain, for it is his power only they fear ;
they would say, " We cannot submit to the dictation
of Anti-Corn law Leaguers and Radicals ; we will force
on an appeal to the country, and then it will be seen
whether the affairs of this great nation are to be go-
verned by illegal associations and destructives, or by the
principles dictated by our venerable Constitution. We
admit this is an extreme case, but still it is the
duty of journalists to resist evil at the beginning,
and to lend every assistance to a Minister whose
plans are unexceptionable, and who has sacrificed
political ties, personal friendships, and his entire
authority as a Conservative leader for the purpose of
carrying great measures, which that journalist has,
in season and out of season, advocated for the
last twenty years. Had The Sun followed any
other course, it might justly be branded as a
renegade, denounced as a brawler for principles which it
never expected to see accomplished, and charged with
the crime of rejecting the invaluable benefits for which
it had so faithfully contended, on the miserable pre-
tence that they were conferred by a Minis-
ter who was once a Tory. There would be
an utter want of honesty in such a plea. What we want,
and what the great body of the people want, are good
measures and good Government; for this purpose we have
supported Sir ROBERT PEEL, because we are
fully convinced that by weakening his authority and
thereby throwing a doubt on the noble un-
dertakings which have distinguished his Ministry,
v:0 endanger in the most serious manner the accom-
plishment of objects dear to every friend of his
country. The loss of Captain bons for Westmin-
ster is great in .another respect. It is a general
loss to the nation. He is put into the
Admiralty as a naval reformer ; his services
every sailor, and every landsman too, will say are
much wanted ; and, without a seat in the House, he
might contend with his colleagues at the Board, and
state his reasons, but his work would only be
half done. The abuses in the navy would
still prevail to their utmost extent, and the
Minister might, in a fit of disappointment,
give up his scheme when he finds that the electors of
Westminster, so determinedly opposed to flogging in
the navy, and every other abuse in that great national
system of defence, appear lukewarm in the cause, and
have rejected the very man commissioned to investigate
these frightful abuses.

At this particular stage of the present discussion, a cur
sory survey of the elections.which are just now agitating
various constituencies throughout the kingdom, can
neither be uninteresting or uninstructing ; since from
these local seethings-up of the political cauldron, the
different ingredients may be inferred. We do not
ascribe any immediate importance to these po-
pular expressions of sentiment ; we consider them
only valuable as harbingers of an inevitable,
an ultimate, and a permanent demonstration: we regard
them as efficacious in disseminating those doctrines of
liberality and enlightenment with which the commercial
and political, and even social world, must henceforth be
governed ; we estimate them as of exceeding import-
-.nes, inasmuch as they are indications of that earnest
co-operation on the part of the multitude, without
which the admirable policy of the Premier can exer-
cise but a portion of its generous and benign in-
fluence. Any additions to the number of free-
traders in the Lower House is but of secondary interest
at this juncture : the necessity of a general election
within a very short period from the present time—possi-
bly within two months—rendering the_ advocates of the
proposed measures almost indifferent to the result of
mere individual struggles. The necessity of a general
election to which we make this reference is, of course,
contingent upon the perseverance of what Sir CHARLES
NAPIER almost christened the "turnip -headed " Protec-
tionists in appealing to the sense of the country before
such measures be passed into a decree. It is not our in-
tention to comment upon this preposterous scheme of
the non- suited agriculturists ; it is not our intention to
stigmatise it as an alternative which must, if resorted
to, prove a most pernicious precedent—an alternative
diametrically opposed to the principles of our legislation.
The naked proposition is itself, like the tatterdemalion
regiment of FALSTAFF—" a troop of impotency"—their
lank forms as unfleshed and as harmless as
heir " swords of lath and daggers of shaving."
Never did a class testify such mad insufficency—such
monstrous aptitude for the ridiculous ; its leaders have
placed themselves in a situation of the most unenviable
absurdity. They behold their stronghold Monopoly
&lout to be committed to destruction, its innermost re-
cesses undermined, the train laid down, the fusee
lighted ; and now, in the very frenzy of their
disappointment, they become little less than de-
lirious—they insist upon themselves descending
into the excavations—they furiously demand the power
of seating themselves upon the barrels of gunpowder
before those combustibles are ignited. This, in sober
reality, is the sum total of their cry for an appeal to the
sense of the populace ; they are enraged at their exclu-
sive system being exploded ; they will not remain con-
tented until they themselves are also " blown up " most
thoroughly. In these diseased sentiments originates the
expectation of a general election ; and from that dull and
stolid pertinacity which is peculiar only to Pigs and
Protectionists, and to which the latter have recently ex-
hibited their affection, there is but a very trivial
probability of the abolition principles being passed
through both Houses of Parliament until they have
been formally submitted to the voice of the great
political under-current—the people. It is from a
conviction of this circumstance that sundry con-
stituencies, such for example as the constituency of
Chichester, have reserved their enthusiasm for the
oncoming outburst of the nation ; and in this manner
some two or three prcieges of the landlord clique have
found an opportunity of sneaking through the lobby of
St. Stephen's, and seating themselves (right worshipful.
and right worthy associates) cheek-by-jowl with such
seape-grace unfortunates as the Member for Bristol, or
the Member for Oxford. In some instances,
however, the earnestness of the electors in ap-
proving Sir ROBERT'S very startling behaviour,
has exceeded their carelessness of a mere momentary
victory ; they have given their opponents a slight
flavour of the unpalateable draught which they are con•
coming for themselves, and with which—so sure as they
clamber up the various hustings—they will be drenched
and saturated. Such a bitter foretaste for these luckless
sticklers for the corn-duty, was the return—the proud, the
triumphant, and unanimous return— ofLord MORPETH for
the West Riding of Yot kshire. Possibly a few more simi-
lar demonstrations would be enough to sicken the mal-
contents of any further repetition of the dose : however,
the endeavour is scarcely worth the trouble of making.
For, although a dissolution of the present Parlia-
ment would be, to a certain limit, detrimental to the
interests of our poorer countrymen, by delaying the
settlement of the question under discussion, the sub-
sequent success of the free traders—a success of which
no sane person can entertain the merest scintilla of a
doubt—will be trebly glorious; it will impart to the Act
in which those principles ti ill be embodied a wonderful
and indefinable charm—it will be gold purified through
an ordeal of fire. Of that description of careless consti-
tuency which we have already particulariAl—careless
of its own quiescent but Herculean strength, and
indifferent to the ephemeral triumph of its antagonists—
U loucestershire promises to afford another specimen ;
fur, although the lion. F. CHARTERIS, the young Mem-
ber who recently resigned his seat as the representative
of that county, from the late alteration in his opinions,
and upon whom the Prime Minister uttered, the other
evening, such a fervent panegyric—although, we say,
the Hon. F. CHARTERIS would be unanimously elected
for that identical division, the Liberal party are re-
serving their vigour until the arrival of the
great struggle
the heir gle whichisr
to theforeseen—and the Marquis of
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ISEAUFORT possessions,

will in all likelihood be permitted, according to the
cant phrase, to
is•
partiallyw
'' walkover the course." Dorsetshire,
in like manner, abandoneda by Lord ASIILEY ;
the Noble Lord doubtless awaiting the fitter and the
loftier opportunity. Thus a
present contemptuously left to
Rutland
tnwas for the
the
private and
ob -cure nomination and the private and obscure
election of a certain Mr. GEORGE FINCH
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small-tattier in favour of " protection ' a
hum... drum
o
British agriculture." Captain Howann VYSE likewiset
offers himself as a candidate for South Northampton-
shire amidst the silence and indifference of the mass.
Lord LINCOLN, however, with a fervour of patriotism and
a staunchness of heart most commendable, is fighting
of
gallantly with the weapon of fact in the cause
the proposed freedom to commerce in that
nest of agricultural interest, South Notting-
hamshire. From these circumstances we may
glean some most important deductions : first, that the
people are self•assured iu their &lotion to froo-trade ;

secondly, that there is a general and reasonable expecta-
tion of a dissolution of the Parliament now sitting, and
that this expectation arises from the insane perversity
of the gentlemen in favour of rrotection ;
thirdly, that the admirers of the Ministerial
proposition are husbanding their vigour for that great
and conclusive effort; and, finally, that the ultimate abo-
lition of import and export duties is as utterly beyond a
doubt as that the skies of summer are blue, or that the
cowslips blossom in spring. With this knowledge the
nation must bide its time, in security. The millenium of
commerce is not a shibboleth—free-trade will be its as-

surance.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the 11th inst.
The Chamber of Deputies met on that day, when two
royal ordonnances were laid before them—one accepting
the resignation of General NARVAEZ as Minister of War,
and the other appointing Gt neral RONCALI to his post.
The President of the Chamber then announced that, a,
the new Ministry was not completed, he would adjourn
the sitting, which accordingly took place. Communica-
tions have since been received at Paris, which announce
the formation of a new Cabinet. The following are the
latest particulars :—The Marquis LE MIRAFLORES
is appointed rresident of the Council and Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs ; General lIONCALI, Mi 7
nister of War ; M. IsTuraTz, Minister of the
Interior ; M. TOPETE, Minister of the Marine ;
the Mtaquis DE CASA RIEEA, Minister of Finances.
The Minister of Justice is not yet nami.d. The Mar-
quis DE MIRAFLORES was Ambassador at London and
Paris at the signing of the quadruple alliance. General
RONCALI was the defender of General LEON before the
court-martial which condemned him to death. M.
ISTURITZ was President of the Council at tie time of the
revolution at La Granja. M. TOPETE is one of the
members of the Supreme Tribunal of War and the
Marine, and is reckoned one of the test officers of the
Spanish navy. The Marquis M. DE CASA RIERA is
one of the richest bankers of Spain. Ile has never
been tried as a statesman, but all men do homage
to his probity and independence of character. He
is at this moment in Pari-,. The QUEEN had charged
General NAnvAEz to form ou now Calsinot. 110 om
ployed the 10th and 11 th inst. in executing his mis-
sion. He applied to several senators and various
Members of Congress, and particularly the Marquis
DE MIRAFLORES and M. ISTURITZ, the chief of the
Opposition, formerly President of the Council; but he
everywhere met with such difficulties as he found im-
possible to surmount. The QUEEN then summoned the
Marquis DE MIRAFLORES and General RONCALI. They
undertook, it is said, to form a Ministry, in which none
of the old Ministers should be included.
The other intelligence from Madrid is not important.
Considerable anxiety, however, prevails as to the real
cause of a change of Ministry, and the object of NARVAEZ
in giving up his place as Minister of War.
The Funds were depressed in consequence, the Three
per Cents. closing at 31 for cash, at 31i at 60 days, and
the Five per Cents. at 233. at 60 days.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the debate
in the English House of Commons and the change of
Ministry in Spain. They give rather long extracts
from the speeches, with running comments, possibly
amusing to Frenchmen, but of little interest to the
English reader. We give a few remarks from the COL
stitutionnel as a specimen :—" It is impossible to imagine
anything more pitiable than the arguments used by the
agriculturists. One predicts, as a consequence of thy
repeal of the corn law, the loss of Canala, the Antilles,
and, in the end, Hindostan. Another represents Russia,
including even Siberia, as covering herself with bread-
corn in order to inundate Great Britain, who will have
nothing more to pay for it than the cost of the transport.
A third, in order to prove the necessity of the corn law,
occupies whole hours in gravely reading petitions which
the manufacturers of France, England, or America, ma)
have addressed to their respective Governments in sup
port of their clainis to protective duties. All these
fine speeches resemble each other, and it is very
rarely that any parti,an of the Ministry condescends to
rise and seduce these incoherunces to their real value.
Thus the debates drag on to a tedious length, without
any interest to the public, or exciting in the House of
Commons anythirg more than the pc tty personal ques.
Lions which the intestine w-ir of the Tory party gives
ground for at every moment." The Ministerial crisis
in Spain appears to be as much a mystery at Paris as
here. The National thus adverts to it :

", A very unexpected piece of news has arrived from
Spain. Narvaez has given in his resignation, his colleague,
have followed his example, and the Queen appears to have
consented without difficulty to the dissolution of this Ministry.
It is added that she has charged General Roncali and M. Mi-
raflores to form a Cabinet. hat is there under all this ? We
cannot say, and we have not the slightest curiosity to know.
We have seen this pillaging, sanguinary counter-revolution
Cabinet attack the Constitution and trample it under foot;
elaim and obtain arbitrary power; exercise for a length ot
time the most atrocious acts of violence; condemn to death
without trial; imagine conspiracies in order to get rid of
toe, c.. 3 Lou iancy seizNi It;
confiscate when it pleased; destroy municipalities and the
national guard ; suppress the jury, arrest journalists, and
keep them for months under the menace of transportation ;
give up the whole of Spain to pillage ; substitute the edge
of the sword for law; and this Cabinet, thus sullied with so
many political crimes, we have beheld honoured with the
good graces of the Queen. Au intrigue at present trips the
Government up, and smites it tot he ground !Noble spectacle!
Great morality cf the Monarchy ! How honest it render:
society! how happy the populations! how glorious the na-
tion ! How lofty and resplendent Spain is under the conduct
of the widow and daughter of Ferdinand!"
It appears from some of the journals, that the great
victory obtained by the Anti.. Corn-law League in this
country has caused great excitement in the soutl.
of France, where monopoly does so much injury,
and that a scheme has been proposed for establishing a
Free-Trade Association. 'We suspect, however, that the
laws of France, as well as the well-known sentiments of
the Court, will effectually obstruct delaying such plans.
These associations are not of much use without public
meetings, and these the Court and Cabinet might think
dangerous. The Courier Francais, we believe, takes a
correct view of the question:—
"Meetings have been held at Bordeaux with the intent
of establishing a Free-Trade Association. A young man o;
talent, M. Bastia, who has been the first to make Franc(
acquainted with the organisation and labours of the Engiisl,
League, has communicated to these meetings a plan for an
anti-protectionist league, which several journals have
quoted. The ideas elicited by M. Bastia have had alread;,
numerous adherents, and we hope they will be still more
widely adopted. It must not, however, be disguised that a
Free- Trade League will meet in this country an almost insur-
mountable obstacle at the threshold. What, in fact, has
been its great means of action in England ? Agitation by
meetings—conversion of the masses of the people to free-
trade principles by freedom of speech. But do we posses:
this right ot agitating the masses by freedom of speech, 1.).
disseminating among collected bodies of the people the grand
and pacific lessons of liberty ? No, we are not free to speak.
We are scarcely free to write. The English monopolisers
have indeed been guilty of one grave and irreparable act of
oblivion, they have forgotten to gag those upon whom they
prey. Ours have been more provident, they have deprived
us of even the means of complaining. It may be said,-
' erhap, what does this signify? If the law takes from us

. .
the means of enlightening the masses upon whom this de-
plorable system of protection weighs so heavily, we may it
will be said do without them, and convert the higher classes
of society, the landholders, the great manufacturers,
the owners of forests, &c.; in a word, convert the privileged
men themselves. Can it be believed, however, that this is
an easy task? Can it, we may rather say, be believed pos-
sible? Where would the Anti-Corn-law League be now, if it
had only the class of landlords to act upon ? Can it be be-
lieved that it would have met with numerous adherents, and
collected abundant subscriptions from this privileged class?
No doubt it has ended in converting the most enlightened
men of the aristocratic party. But let it be well observed,
that these conversions have been extremely tardy; they may
be said to have been made in extrentig, when it *became evi-
dent to the clear. sighted (we do not talk of the blind) that
the idea of freedom was stengthened in the country, when it
became visible to all eyes that a longer resistance to the in-
vasion of this idea could only end in a catastrophe."
Ben-Achache, Ambassador; a the! King of Morocco, has
left Paris, with all his suite. His baggage was taken to the
Orleans railway, where the Ambassador found a diligence
prepared expressly for the accommodation.
Tue Gazette de France says :—" The break up of the
Left and the Left Centre is so complete, that M. Thiers, it is
reported, is about'to accept an embassy."

The French Funds were very firm on Tuesday. The Three per
Cents. closed at 841. 95c. ; the New Loan at 84f. 75c. ; the Five per
Cents., 1231. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,320 f. ; Rouen,
1,047 f. 50c.; Havre, 7451.; Avignon, 1,015 f.; Yierzon, 720 f.; for•
Beaux, 6501. ; Boulogne, 517 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 452 f.
50e. ; Basle, 2511. 25c.; Great Northern, 175 f. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 558 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 597 f. 50c.
The following are the quotations for other lines :-Faris and
Lyons (definitive), 631 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot),
5111. 50c. ; Ditto (Lccointe), 505 f. ; Ditto (Compagnie Merl-
dionale), 502 f. 50c. ; B•rdeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 506 f.
Ditto (Espeleta), 514 f. ; Charleroi (Kysaen's), 4951.; Copenhagen-
Roeskilde, 80 ; Schwerin-Wismar, 82 a ; Schwerin-Rostock, 82:4.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE
•- • LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 18.

Boulogne and Amiens, 11 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 21/4—Ditto (Espeleta), 2IA —Dutch Rhenish, 6X —East
Indian, I—Great .ISorthern of France Constituted, 15 —Jersey, %
—Louvain and Jentappe, 2—Luxembourg, 2%—Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 1114--Paris and Orleans, MN —Paris and Rouen, 40—
Sambre and Meuse, 51i4, —West Flanders, 414.

MISS MARY ELIZABETH SMITH V. THE EARL FER-
amts.--Though this case concluded rather abruptly on
Wednesday, by the Solicitor-General, theplaintiff's lead-
ing counsel, withdrawing the case, the public are not done
with it yet, and are likely to be amused with another case
arising out of it, for the notice paper of the Court of
Queen's Bench contains an announcement of a case in
which the parties are " Erpe u. Earl Ferrers," the
cause of action being a claim by the plaintiff, the grand-
father of Miss Smith, for 100/. against Lord Ferrers,
which he, Mr. Erpe, contends was a loan made by him
to the Earl, upon the representation of his granddaughter,
to pay fur presents, which she stated his Lordship had
made her, and that, therefore, it was a loan to him.

It is said that some of the law officers of the City differ
front the legal opinions on which the Lord Mayor has acted in the
dispute between the Corporation and the watermcn.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his
Excellency Count de St. Anislre, Count and Countess de Jarnac, the
Marchioness of Ailesbury, Count I'ahlcn, the Earl of Clarendon, the
Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount and
Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Ashley, Mr. Samuel Rogers, &c., at din-
ner, last evening, at their restd4eognlcieeope,ncrihodaroitfotillie ileoraesieg-itie,rr. ace. A
a tl
select party assembled at ih nt

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 to
4,000 bales, all to the trade. There was no alteration in
prices, but buyers rather had the advantage. The sales in-
cluded 300 bales of Egyptian at nid. to 7d. per lb., 200
Surat at 2%ed. to 3d., and the rest American at 33/gd. to
oNd. per lb. The:e was but little done in Shares, but pre-
vious rates were current.

The Commissioners appointed to report upon the most ad-
visable gauge to be adopted in the case of all new railways,
having made a statement in favour of the narrow gauge, the
Great Western shares have suffered to some extent, and the
lines which will obtain branches on the gauge recommended.
benefit, of course, by the decision. It is some time since
this matter was first debated, and it is greatly to be re-
gretted, seeing its importance, that Government did not
two or three years ago endeavour to enforce uniformity.
We say this-,without any reference to the merits of the
broad or narrow gauge, and simply on the assumption that
one general'ga‘,ga for the United Kingdom is highly desir-
able. From the known talent of Mr. Brunel, and the excel-
lent working of the broad gauge, one might almost be dis-
posed to tLink that he looked more to the future, when the
extraordinary increase of traffic may require the most ex-
tended accommodation, than to the present time.
Some relief for the substantial, but at present most cruelly
inconvenienced class of the commercial commuaity, holding
what are termed second-class bills, is expected to accrue.
from the stated intention of the Bank of England to extend
the deviation of its loans to the 9th of April. By that time,
no doubt, the money market will have become much easier,
if indeed the pressure does not entirly subside ere then.
The efforts making to prccure an amendment of the bank-
ruptcy-laws, are still actively pursued in the City; and the
result, it is hoped, will be to place the credit system, which
is unavoidable in such a country as this, on a sounder and
safer basis.

The Funds are looking decidedly better to-day, thanks
to the anticipated easing of the money market. Con-
sols have Leeti 96!,,4 to 96% for present transfer,
and 9614 to IA for time. This is IL to % per cent.
better than yesterday. The Reduced]. hree per Cents. have
been 9614 to Bank Stock is up to 208% and 209,
and East India Stock to 259 and 260. The premium on
Exchequer• bills has been 265. to 395.
The ibrination of a Ministry has not improved the value
of Spanish Stock, the Five per Cents. being 263 A %, and the
Three per Cents. 37% %. Mexican Bonds have been quoted
at 31, and Grenada 23 ; Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents.
are 59N .
Shares have been a little firmer.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
_

Bank Stock .. • • • • .. • • 206% 2"9
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96% Y.
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities •• 9634 %%
Three per Ceut. Annuities, 1726 • • .. 96%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 11-16
India Stock .. .. 259 260
India Bonds, 1,0001. • • • • • • • • • • 38 p
South Sea Stock .. • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, Old Annuities . .. • • 96%
Three per Cent Annuities, 1751 . • .. 95%
Consols for Account • • • • • • • • •• 96% 34
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001. 36 39 pm
500/. ~ •.. • 36 39 pm.
Ditto, Small 36 39 pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Equador Bonds • • • • • • • • • 3%
Granada, 1 per Cent. • • • • • • 23
Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • • • 4%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • 31
Ditto, for the Account .. • • 31
• Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • .• 16%
Spanisti bonds, 5 per Cont.
Ditto, for the Account
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • •
Ditto, for the Account • . • • 371 A %
Yenezuell. Bonds, 2 per Cent • • .. 45
Dividends on the above payable In London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. b7%1„4
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 954
Ditto, for the Account .. .• 95
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAIS. PAID. PEA SHARE.
Caledonian .. .. • • 10 .•.. 14 .. .. to
Ditto Extension .. • • • • • 23 z•• • • 2v, .. to
Direct Northern .. .. • • 214 •• • • 2% % % to
Dublin and Belfast Junction • • • • 5 •• .. t.)
Dublin and Galway .. • • • 4 .... 41,E .... to
Eastern Counties •. .. 14/. 16s. 0d..... 21% .... to

.. .. 2C

Ditto, New .. Si. 16s. Od.• ••• GT; p• • to
Ditto, York Extension .• 10s. •• • • 1%.. • . to
Edinburgh and Glasgow • • • • •• 50 ••• • •
• • •
•to
Ditto, Half Shares .• 5 •• .. 16 .. • • to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 15 .• 17% .... to
Great Western .. 8.5 .. 149 ex tliv to 130 x d
Ditto, Half Shares .• 50 .• .. 83 exillv. to
Ditto, Quarter Shares .• 5 .. 1734% xdtolB x d
Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2% •• • • 31/i ••.• to
London and Birmingham • . ..100 219 cx div to 222
.. 2 • • 24 xd.• to
Ditto, Ditto, Fifths
Leaden and Brighton • . • .. 50 .• 651,axd.. to 66 x d
Ditto, Consolidated Eighths .. 40 .... 54 .• .. to
London and Croydon • . .. 131. 15s. 9d. •• •• 2234 • • to
Loudon and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. •• • . 9s .... to
London and South-We:dem - 411. 10d. •• .. 78 ... to
Ditto, New Consolidated Eightlis• • 28 •• .. 43 •• .. to 44
London and York • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 3% Ts ••to
London, Warwick, and Kidderminster .• •• 1% •• •• to
Londonderry and Coleraine • • • • 5 '• • • 5 '• • • to
Londonderry and Enniskillen • • .. 5 •• .. 2% • .. to
Lynn and Ely .. • • 5 •• • • G ••.. to
Manelpsier and Leeds 82 •• • . .. • • to --
Ditto, Half Shares .• • • 38 •• .. 61 to
Manchester and Birmingham • • .. 40 .• .. 78 ...• to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .• .. 2 .• 10% 9% to 101/
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • 425. .. • • 1% p— to
Manch,•ster and Southampton .. .. 2 .... 21,4 1,13.. to
Midland ..100 ••••150 .... to 151
Ditto, New • • . .. 12 •... 274 .... to
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby —lOO .. • .118 •• •. to 120
Newcastle awl Darlington Junction .. 25 •••• to
Ditto, New .. 1 .• .. 10% .... to
Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 10 •• • • 21% .... to
Newark, Sheffield, anA Boston .. 2% •. 2!4.... to
North British .. • • .. .• 17% •. • • 24% .... to 25
Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • .. 11,4-• •• • 2% .... to
North Kent and Direct Dover 21%' .. • . 2 a ... to
North Staffordshire • . .. • • • • 425..• p.• to 4 p
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% • • 141/2 .... to
Portsmouth Direct • - • • .• • . .... to
4cotttsh Central 714 ..•• 16 •• • • to
Ditto New •• •• • . •• •• . 214 9 -• .. to
South Midland • • . 425.....
South, Eastern and Dover .. • . 351,4.• • • •••• to—
Trent Valley • • • • • • • • • • 5 ....264 25% to 26
Waterfd., Wexfd., Wicklow, & Dublin 1% .... 1 n .. • • to
Wm., v.J.oorgot, and Weyinouth • • 2%•• •• 3%14 •• to
York and North Midland 50 •• .• to
Ditto, Extension • • •
15 .... 32 •• • • to 31%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens • • •
10 .... 111' to
Bard., Toulouse, & Cette (Macketi.a...) 2 .... to
Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) •• a 2m to
Central of Spain .• • • .• • • 2 1 .. • • to
East Indian • • • • • • • • • • .. ss. 1 - to
Great Northern of France Constituted '5%14 .. to
.lreat Western Bengal • •
••
• • • • 56,, .. to
Jamaica South Midland June' ion 1 to
i,ouvain and JCMCPP2
.... %
Lyons and Avignon ........2 .. • • 2%.. ••to
Luxembourg ••i t • • • • •• • • • • 4 •• • • 2%%.. to
Madrid and Valentia ........2 .. • • 1% •. • . to
Orleans and Vierzon • • • •
•10 17 .... to
•• 11%•••. to
padls
Rouen and Havre • • • • . .. 20 .... 29% .... to
Orleansa
MINES.
- - -
,aidmilze Bnoer,tileaux

Real del Monte, Unregistered _ 7:
.... 4 .... to

D'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
N, FEB. 19.—Wind N.W. by W., light breeze, hazy.
D Had N.N.W.—Arrd. Isle of Wight,
a u ryop, Smith, Serra Leone; Jame?, Bermuda.
fituoßrONittprilYo,3l; D
Porrrsmounr, IE3. 18.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—SId. Ad-
miral Tromp, Sheerinan, Batavia.
PLY MOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind E.—Sld. Velocity, Dixon,
Cape Coast Castle.
LivEnroor, FEB. 18.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Duke of Wel-
lington, Hargraves, Calcutta; Mary Winch, Harries, Lima;
Shannon, Norvell,.New Orleans; New England, Lowell,
New Orleans; Windsor Castle, Patterson, New Orleans ;
oKrte,lill
elro,peilSaaulrtiltailtllis.a Bay.
Cairo, Poore, New Olean: ; Lord Seaton, Fitzsimon, New
Orleans ; Shenandoah, West, New York ; Avon, Johnstone,
ride I." Laurel, Off
p Sld.
LoCchLrboE.,T'aylor, Sema ; Lucy Sharp, M'Fie, Valparaiso.
St John's,
DUBI.I.N, FEB. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Ann, Kelly, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Woodstock, Taylor, ditto.
WATEBFoBD, FEB. 16.—S1d. Margaret, New Orleans.
Neenwil73.r_unAs
LoxpoNDEnity, FEB. 10.—Arrd. Serion, Cann, St. John's,
New Brunswick ; Volant, Bahon, St. Andrew's, New Bruns-
wick. Sld. 14th, Bethel, Masper, Halifax.
SHEERNESS, FEB. 18.—The Favourite, Reed, from Galway
to London, was on shore on the West Knock, but got off
this afternoon.
LowIiSTOFFE, FEB. 18.—The Silurian, Blackburn, of and
from Newport, for Hull, ran upon the Newcome Sand last
night, where she remained fast aground, assisted oft; and
into the Roads, making but little water.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.

11Likir MAIR.ILETII.

SMITIFIELD.—Meadow iiiic:SF6TOi/ 8s; Clover ditto,
I/ 8s to 5/ 12s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw,
11 13s to 1/ 15s per load. Supply but moderate and trade
rather dull.
CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 8s to 41 8s ; Clover
,litto, 4/ 55 to 51 10s; Oat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 13s; Wheat
Straw, 1/ 135 to 1/ 15s per load. A fair average supply, and
a steady demand.
WKlTEcturF.L.—Meadow Hay, 315 s to 4181; Clover ditto,
41 8s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 103 to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw,
t/ las to 11 15s per load. Trade dull, at the above quo-
tations.

MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, FEB. 18.—Prime Beasts commanded a steady
sale at, in some instances, a trifling advance in the quota-
tions. All other kinds of stock sold heavily at late rates.
Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal,
4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs.
ROMFORD, FEB. 18.—Although the general demand here
to-day was by no means active prices were generally sup-
ported. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per 81bs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to
21s; and Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to 181 105
each.
Haustint, FEB. 18.—Our market was but moderately
supplied with fat stock to-day. The general demand was
steady, on the following terms:--Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd;
Mutton, 4s to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to
43 8d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, FEB. 17.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d; Mutton,
4s to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per
Blbs. Supply limited, and trade steady.
CHH ICEsTER, FEB. 18.—We bad a steady demand for
fat
stock, and prices were well supported. Beef, from as 2d to
43 ed ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ed; veal, 4s to 4a 8d ; and Pork,
4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-
old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and IShlch Cows, with their
small Calf, 161 to 18/ 108 each.
NEIXTGATE AND ZEJIPENHAEL.
demThanedsulpvpalsiessteaodf
11
y:laetatfuolnl
poftriecresho .
Beef, from
the general, from 2s Gd. to
3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to Ss 2d;
and Pork, 3s 10d to 53 2d by the carctse.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Feb. 14,1845, rnade-up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Town, in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. ...1 OATS. BY. I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 545 30s Gd 215 9d 32s 7d 34s 9d 355 7d
DUTY ... 17s Od 7s Od 6s Cd 8s ;(I 7s 6d 6s Gd

MORE RAILWAY DISTURBANCES.—rhe labourers em-
ployed on the Kendal and Windermere Railway, following
the example of the labourers on the Lancaster and Carlisle
line, at Penrith, mustered together on Saturlay for the pur-
pose of expelling six Irishmen from the works. Towards
one o'clock, the English, to the number Dt- about 120, col-
lected near Birklands from different parts if the line, armed
with weapons of various descriptions, and, sfter using menac-
ing language, compelled the Irish to ceasework, which they
did without offering any resistance.
THE SUSPECTED ARSON AT 11A31M1RSMITH.—Yes-
terday, the further examination of the three rrsons, viz., John
Stone, sen., Anne Stone, otherwise Ann Hyde, am John St me, jun.,
on a charge of having wilfully set fire to a house it the occupation of
the elder prisoner, hi the Bridge-road, Hammersmih, took place, and,
after hearing additional evidence, which tended to confirm the sus-
picAQA against the pawners, they were committed Dr trial.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Vice-Chancellor IVIGRAm.)
FRANK V. WALLER.

The case of the Welwyn Benefit Society was mentioned
this morning by his HONOUR, who said he wished to state to
the parties the conclusion to which he had come on the subject
of costs. He was bound to say that he could not give costs
to either party. They had thought proper to enter into a
contract; they had formed a club subject to the most strin-
gent rules. The 19th rule permitted alteration of the rules
so long as there was no tendency to dissolve the club; the
27th continued the existence of the society so long as three
members were willing to support it; and the Bth said that
any surplus beyond what was wanted for the current expen-
diture should be accumulated. His Honour said they had
always contemplated an accumulating fund; but that was
no reason why they should not take into consideration the
expediency of making a division of that fund. One party
had pursued that course, and it had been pressed to a Chan-
cery suit. The act done was perfectly harmless in
itself. The other party sought to enforce an extreme
right, and deprive the seven members of that money
which they had been paying in for many years,
and all for suggesting an act of expediency. The
plaintiffs said they were excluded, but held that they
were not thereby deprived of the right over the society's
fund. It had been argued on their part that they had a
right to secede and withdraw their money ; but his Honour
thought there was more difficulty on that point than might
at first sight appear to the Learned Counsel. It was ex-
pressly stated in the rules that the society should not be dis-
solved so long as three members were willing to support it.
Here appeared the contradictory character of these rules; a
member could not secede; what then must he do? He
must continue to make his monthly payments ; but if he
failed in these how were they to be enforced? According to
one of the rules, payment was to be enforced by expulsion, so
that the relief sought is at length got by an act that is im-
proper. But as his Honour was not giving a decision in the
case at that time, he said he would reserve his opinion of the
rules and the means of relief they gave to the members.
As for the defendants, he said, their cause was one which
no court of justice could look at. No court could enforce
their act without being guilty of plunder. His Honour
doubted whether the 19th rule was a regulation which any
court could enforce. His honour strongly advised the parties
to have recourse to some gentlemen in the neighbourhood,
and settle their case by arbitration; for if he wound it up,
and divided the unds in proper proportions, the account
would be very complicated and the expenses heavy.
One of the Counsel said that three of the members were
removed from the locality, and there was a doubt as to how
their connexion with the club would be affected by it; but
his Honour refused to give any opinion.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAN.)
.Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and
a Common Jury.)
QUINNET V. DAY.

This was an action taken by the plaintiff, who is a French-
man and a lithographic printer in colour3' residing at Paris,
against the defendant for the recovery of a certain sum, as
remuneration for work and labour done in his (plaintiff's)
capacity as lithographic printer. It appeared from coun-
sel's statement that the plaintiff sent specimens from Paris of
ornamental lithographic printing in colours to the defendant
to London, the result of which was, that defendant wrote to
him, expressing his satisfaction at the specimens, and re-
questing him to come to London, and work for him, for
which he was to have 61. a week while in Lotdon,
and 31. a week, if he should go to Paris, where, it was agreed
upon in writing, that he should not stay longer than four
weeks in any one year. The plaintiff alledged that
the work was done to the defendant's satisfaction,
but that defendant refused to pay him for
certain portions of the work done in Paris, and also for the
use of certain printing presses, &c. The defendant's executors
contended that they were not liable to any claim, upon the
ground that the plaintiff, when he went to Paris, was not to
come back any more; and also that he had committed a
breach of the agreement, and had therefore put an end to it,
inasmuch, when he went to Paris he remained away several
months, instead of four week:. Defendant's counsel, there •
fore, contended that the defendants were not liable, and that
the plaintiff could have the presses whenever he liked; and
that he did not come tack to London until after the death of
defendant, and it was only then he made any claim.
Specimens of the prints were exhibited in court, and some
of them were very beautiful.
There were no witnesses called for the defence.
The jury found for the plaintiff 541., arrears 'of salary to
the 4th of February, and 65/., the value of the presses.

SHERIFFS' COURT..-(THIS DAY

(Befor Mr. Under. Sheriff liurtcliELL.)
ELLJNDEN V. YATES.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 201. on a
bill of exchange. The defence was, that the plaintiff had
accepted a machine newly invented by defendant. in satis-
faction of debt; in reply, however, it was contended there
was no such bargain, and that the value of the machine was
not more than 4/.

For the plaintiff witnesses were called, who proved that
the plaintiff had invented a machine for the blocking of
boot-fronts, and that plaintiff; who was a currier and blocker,
sent to defendant two or three times to induce him to part
with the machine. It was stated that the invention was
very valuable, as twelve dozen pair might be blocked in a
day, whereas not more than three dozen could be done by
hand. It was particularly adapted to blockingvery stiff leather,
which other machines would scarcely affect. A smith, who
had made part of the iron-work, had offered 25/. for the in-
vention. The only one at all similar was brought out in 1840
by a Frenchman, who obtained 601. each at the time. De-
fendant's was not made of such expensive materials, and
was valued at 30/.

For the defendant, the principal witnesses were a person
in the employ of Messrs, Robertson and Co., successors to
Bramah and Co., with whom he had been twenty years, and
a machine-maker, named Green. The former said .he had
never seen a machine like the defendant's before, but although
he did not understand blocking, he considered that it would
not answer the purpose intended, and, as a piece of machi-
nery, it was valueless. Green said he had sold more than 120
machines; his charges were 71. and 91. One Ott defendant's
Goo.tructio-, Trade of brass instead of iron, would be worth
101. 108. Witness's was on the lever, defendant's on the
screw principle. The latter had more. power. Defendant's
was made of iron, which would stain the leather, when damp.
11. Smith, a bootmaker, said that defendant's n achine
wiv only worth N. 10s.

Mr. Ti.OMAS, for, the defendant, contended that the ques-
tion of value could not arise on a bargain to take the article
in liquidation of a debt; but, even if it could, there could be
no doubt it was at least 201.

The UNDER-SHERIFF left it to the jury to say whether
there had been a contract for sale, a fixed price, in liqui-
dati)n of the debt, or whether the plaintiff had taken it
without such an agreement.
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY)
John .
mina man, was placed at
the bar, charged with having attempted to COMmit, a
at Messrs. Clarke and Massans, linen-drapers, of 29, High-
street, Islington.
It appeared that on Wednesday evening, Wright, of the N
division, was in High-street, Islington, in private clothes,
when he saw the prisonei and two other well-known thieves
looking in at shop windows, and following ladies to pick
pockets. He (Wright) concealed himself in a door-
way, until he saw the prisoner and his compa-
nions stop at the shop window of the prosecu-
tors, when the prisoner broke a pane of glass.
Wright immediately came from his hiding place, and on
being seen by the thieves they raised a cry of " Bobby's a-
coming," and they ran off. They were pursued, and the pri-
soner was taken into custody, after a resistance.
John M‘Gregor, shopman to Messrs Clarke and Co., proved
having heard the glass break, and seeing the prisoner with
his hand through the window.
Several officers identified the prisoner as a known thief.
Mr. Vaun, the solicitor, questioned the witnesses, but at
length said that he would not combat with such strong evi-
dence—it would only be wasting the time of the Court.
Mr. GREENWOOD inquired what the cry of "Bobby's a-
coming" meant? Wright—They call the policemen Bobby,
after Sir Robert Feel.
The prisoner was committed to the House of Correction,
with hard labour, for three months.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

DECLARATION OF THE POLL.

Two o'clock haring been appointed for officially declaring
the result of yesterday's polling, at that hour the High
Bailiff of Westminster, accompanied by the successful candi-
date and Captain ROU9, appeared on the hustings.
The HIGH BAILIFF then stated the numbers. They were—
For General Sir De Lacy Evans 3,843
For Captain Rous . ......... 2,906

Majority... 937
It was his duty, therefore, to declare General Sir De Lacy
Evans duly elected.
The Gallant GENERAL then came forward and thanked
the electors for the honour they had confered on him. In a
somewhat lengthy speech, embracing no great variety of
topics, he condemned the policy pursued by that portion of
the public press which had supported Captain Rous in the
election. He complained also that the oath of identity had
been tendered to every voter, not even the venerable Mr.
Byng, Member for Middlesex, being excepted. The speaker
concluded by again thanking the Otector.
Captain Rous then came forward amidst great uproar and
partial cheers. He said it was not his intention to enter
upon the discussion of the topics his Gallant Friend had ad-
verted to in his address, but simply to express his thanks to
those who had recorded their votes in his (Capt. Rous's) favour.
He hoped his Gallant Friend, now that the electors had re-
turned him, would give them more satisfaction than he had
done. Now that the battle was over, he (Captain Rous) de-
clared that be bad no ill-feeling, but that he wished the electors
every happiness and prosperity, and that hisgallant antagonist
would live long to enjoy their sympathy and support.
Though he (Captain_ Rous) was down now, he hoped to rise
soon again in some other place, and in the meantime
he would beg leave to' bid them adieu.—(The Gallant
Captain, who was assailed with every manifestation of ill-
feeling, as far as uproar and noise were concerned, and
whose remarks, in consequence, were most imperfectly
heard, then retired.)
After a short speech from Mr. Healey, a farmer from Rut-
landshire, in support of free trade, on the motion of General
Evans, a vote of thanks was given to the High Bailiff, which
being duly responded to, the assembly separated.

NUMBERS POLLED IN EACH PARISH.
EVANS. ROM.
346 158

St. Anne ...

St. Clement Danes ... ... 296 227
St.:George, Hanover•square 1,109 1,015

St. Jrmes
St. John ...
St. Margaret
St. Martin
St. Mary
St. Paul
Savoy

595 480
426 208
381 284
481 413
38 27
153 86
18 8

... •••
Majority 937.

CABINET DINNER.—The Duke of Buccleuch, as Lord
President of the Council, enterttine; the following Members
of the Cabinet at dinner last evening, at Montagu House :
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aber-
deen, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl f Ripon, the Earl of
Ellenborough, the Lord Chanc?llor, Lord Granville Somerset,
the Right Ho-. W. E. Gladstone, the Earl of St. Germans,
Sir James Graham, the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, the
Ea.l of Dalhousie, and the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn.
EXTENSIVE FAILIIRE.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—
A most extensive failure is publicly announoed here to-day, the firm
of Stockdale, supposed to be the most extensive soap-boilers in Eng-
land. Rumour speaks of their liabilities as being immense in amount;
it is said to the extent of nearly 200,0001. Such a failure as this must,
of necessity, involve many other houses dependent upon it. Several
ii-ms are mentioned, but we abstain from mentioning names. We
may state as a fact that Messrs. Stockdales' house have in no way
whatoTef been concerned in any railway winculationo.