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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEDI:MARA 27, 1846.

lough, a pier has been constructed at this place for landing
materials, iron rails, coals for the steam-boats, and locomo-
tive engines, &c. There is also here an extensive wharf and
yard for manufacturing waggons, &c. ' 700 tons of coals have
already been landed at this pier, and a large cargo is now
being discharged. At Derry much has been done in building
flats, tugs, &c. ; twenty-six of the former are completely
ready, each capable of carrying seventy tons ; five steam
tugs are in a state of forwardness, two of them are ready for
launching, and only await the arrival of the engines, which
are daily expected.
From the financial statement it appears that the expenses
of obtaining the Act of Incorporation was only 6,4271. ls. Id. ;
that 30,556/. 6s. ld. had been expended in land and mate-
rial ; and the money paid on account of calls being 54,9051.
Is. 5d., there was a balance of 17,921/. 14s. 3d. in hand.
The report having been moved and adopted, the sum of
900/. was voted for the services of the directors, and it was
moved that 601. be given to the auditors. On this last reso-
lution two amendments were moved, one that the vote be
deferred till the next meeting, and the other that the sum be
501. Both, however, were lost, and the original motion was
carried.
To the inquiries of a shareholder, Mr. LEATIIAM (one of
the local directors) stated that by the end of the present year
the land reclaimed by the embankment would be worth
150,000/, and to the question of another Mr. CLAY replied
that very fine potatoes had been grown upon theland already
reclaimed, soma of which he had himself eaten, and that they
had not the slightest tendency to rottenness or a speck about
them, a circumstance which he attributed to the saline
quality, of the soil in which they were grown.
Mr. .x LEAcornexurse
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but the contractors had informed him, that if they were pro-
vided with sufficient funds it might be finished within half
the time.

The Cul=Art stated that an obstacle existed to the ad-
vance of money in the provisions of an Act of Parliament,
which restrained them from calling for more than one-
third of the capital of the Company in one year, but
the shareholders might pay their calls in advance, and the
Directors expected to derive a fund from the sale of the re-
claimed lands for expediting the works.
Thanks were than unanimously voted to the Chairman
and directors, and the meeting separated.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The first halt-yearly general meeting of the shareholders
in this railway was held at one o'clock this day, at the Lon-
don Tavern, for the transaction of the ordinary b.zalnes.i of
the Company; W. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman,
The usual formal business having been transacted,
The CIIAIRMA et briefly addressed the meeting, after which
The Secretary, Mr. J. MARRINER, read the report, which
stated that it had been found necessary, since the passing of
the Act, to make a deviation from the course of the proposed
railway at Carnarvon for the better accommodation of the
inhabitants of that town, and also an alteration in the level of
this line at the point of junction with the Chester and Holy-
head Railway, at Bangor. The requisite measures had bees
consequently adopted, to obtain in the present session the
authority of Parliament for this purpose. The whole of the
line, as finally determined upon, had been surveyed, and a
contract had been arranged with Messrs. Jackson and Co.
for the execution of the works between Bangor and Car-
narvon, which would ensure that portion of the railway being
opened in the month of July next year.
The balance sheet, made up to the 31st of-January, showed
an available balance of 32,8241. 12s. I.d.
The report and accounts were then received and adopted.
The following gentlemen, who retired from office by rota-
tion, were then re- elected :—W. B. Hughes, Esq., BLP., Sir
W. Wynn, F. J. Walker Jones, Esq., William Chadwick,
Esq., James Ramsay, Esq., T. B. Simpson, Esq., J. J. Kin-
loch, Esq., Stephen Phillips, Esq., Alexander Ross, Esq.
J. Lowdon, Esq., of Doughty-street, was re-elected in the
place of Mr. Carver ; and B. Edgington, Esq., in the room of
Wm. Bland, Esq., who had retired from the direction.
Mr. James Pyke and Mr. Charles Hill were elected to fill
the office of auditors for the ensuing year.
Sir Jome RENNIE said that the proposed deviations wfuld
not exceed a mile and a quarter, and that the cost, which
could not have been forseen at the time they obtained the
Act, would be about 12,0001.
A resolution, forfeiting 160 shares which had not been taken
up, was then passed.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and
directors, and suitably acknowledged, the meeting separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
EXCHEQUER COURT, Feb. 26.
(London Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CIIIEF
BARON and a Special Jury.)
WILLIAMS V. BRADLEY.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 2911.
ss. 6d., fur goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a sta-
tioner, living in Bucklersbury, and the defendant one of the
provisional committee of a projected line of railway, called
the Direct Western. The plaintiff, in the course of his busi-
ness last summer, supplied maps, &c., to the defendant, to
the amount of 291/. ss. 6d., to recover which sum'the pre-
sent action was brought.
Defendant pleaded that he was not indebted the entire
sum ; as he had ceased to be on the committee of directors
since July last and as the greater portion of the goods were
supplied afterwards, he considered that he was not liable.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for the full sum claimed.

females have been insulted by sich scoundrels as this fellow.
The LORD likron—l shall send the case to the sessions,
and the prisoner must remain in custody until ha procure
two good sureties in the bum of 401. each for his appearance.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

- Sub-Committee No. 4.
wax.reED, CARLOW, AND DV2II.I"N
ZVNGTION.

(Continued front oar 'kmlll.ooll Editial of yeetallay.)

The Crum( said that if the Committee decided
that the allegation was proved, they must consider that Mr.
Curtis's statement was utterly false, while it was perfectly
consistent to suppose that the statement of Mr. Curtis was
true, and that Mr. Brennan was mistaken.

The Committee decided that the allegation was net proved.
The next allegation was that another petitioner, Mrs. Per-
ceval, had received no notice except on Sunday, the 28th of
December.

Mrs. Perceval was called to prove that she was served per-
sonally with the notice on the day in question.
Mr. Curtis was again called to prove that he left the
notice on Saturday, bat that on Sunday he called and left
the form of anent with Mrs: Perceval.
Mrs. Perceval was recalled, and said that she received
both the notice and the form of assent from Mr. Curtis on
Sunday..
The Caarasais said that it was impossible that Mrs. Per-
ceval could be mistaken, but that Mr. Curtis might possibly
be mistaken, having so many notices to serve. The Com-
mittee, therefore, decided that the allegation was preyed.
The third allegation was that Mary Inn Moran, another
petitioner, had received no notice except on Sunday.
1 sister of the petitioner was called upon to prove that she
received the notice from a strange gentleman, on the 28th
December. _ _

Mr. Curtis said that he served the notice on a week day
but could not say when. Ho thought it was on Monday, the
29th December, but was not sure, as he kipt no dated memo-
randa of the service of notices. _ _ _ _ .

Mr. T. W. O'Brien, a person engaged in the office of the
solicitor to an opposing line, said, that on Sunday, the 28th of
December, he saw a person going to the house of Miss
Moran, and hand to her sister, who came to the door, a
paper, which he supposed to be a notice. He went to the
house as soon as the gentleman was gone to request Miss
Moran to allow him to ass the paper, and Le found that it
was a notice from the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junc-
tion Railway Company. In cress-examination, he said that
he went out for the purpose of seeing whether any person was
serving notices from this company. He believed ;that the
person whom he saw serving the notice on Miss Moran was
Mr. Curtis.
The Committee decided that this allegation was proved.
The petition of Sarah Ann Gaubiere and Michael Kernan
was then taken. This petition stated that the name of the
petitioner Sarah Ann Gaubiere was not inserted ii the books
of reference, or plans, as lessee of the land marked 18 to 29,
including 18A and 26A, although she was the lessee of that
land.
A witness was called in support of this petition, but could
not point out the property on the plan, and when some of
the numbers in question were pointed out to him, he could
not say that they referred to the same property as that in
which Miss Gaubiere is lessee. He could not say what was
the nature of Miss Gaubiere's interest in the property.
The Committee considered the allegation not proved.
It was alleged that Michael Kernan was the lessee of cer-
tain property, namely, the fields No. 94, 95, and 97.
A witness, who was acquainted with the locality, was
called to prove that the fields in question were held on lease
by Michael Kernan.
Mr. Curtis proved that, in a conversation between himself
and Michael Kernan, the latter pointed out the fields in
question as belonging to another person.
Mr. Ilusu, the agent for the petitioners, withdrew the al-
legation, saying that it was clearly a mistake.
The petition of Joseph Carley was next taken. It was
alleged that there was a public road between the fields No.
3 and No. 4, in the parish of Killcorin, which was not named
in the books of reference, or represented in the plans.
A person who formerly held the office of surveyor
in the parish of Killcorin was called in support of the alle-
gation, but as he could not say positively that the road was
in the posit described in the petition the allegation fell to
the ground.
It was alleged that a certain road was described in the
book of reference as the property of the Earl of Arran,
whereas it was a public road, but on refering to the book of
reference it was found that it was not so marked, but that
the preceding and following numbers were marked as the
property of the Earl, and that there was no name of any
owner given.
Mr. Smith, the agent for the Bill, stated that there were
several roads in the parish of Killcorin, which were mid, in
the book of reference, to be the property of the Earl of
Arran, and which, it was alleged by the petitioner,
were highway roads, under the jurisdiction of the
grand jury. Now he (Mr. Smith) thought he could prove
that they were at that time the property of the Earl of Arran ;
and he could also prove that although they were not de-
scribed as public highways in the book of reference, yet,
nevertheless, the clerk of the grand jury had been served
with notices.

After a long and desultory conversation,
A witness was called to prove that notices were served on
the clerk of the grand jury in reference to these roads. But,
on croas-txamination, lie admitted that they did not con-
tain exact copies of the entries in the book of reference, as
in the book of reference either Lord Arran was described as
miner, or there wee no owner named, while in the extracts
given in :be notice the and jury were namci as the owners.
The ClLlikasiAN7 obse;;-eli that the G:,TI-1111ittet intended to

those roads in which there were no
nallte3 of owner 3 or occupiers thst the etanding orders were

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rot complied with

The piititin of Herbert Hoare WAS next taken. It alleged
that certain property WWI described as having no lessee,
‘sintress he, the petitioner, was the lessee of that property.
It was roptesentod by the promoters of the Pill that the error
arose from the fact that at the time the Herbert
was
entered in the book of reference, the lease of Herbert Hoare
had jibt expired, andlt was not the intentioyi of the preprie-
tore of the laid to give a new lease to the petitioner, 'Which

clone since.
6ev4a-al of the allegations were admitted to be made under
a mihtake, and were withdrawn.
The last allegation was that Mary Preston was represented
in the book of reference to be the orctr2ier of certain pro-
perty, of which Alexander Preston was the actual owner.
This was admitted to be the case, but it appeared that Mr.
A. Preston was trustee, under the will of his brother, de-
ceased, for Mary Preston, the widow of the latter.
Mr. HI:NT said, that as it was clear that the error had
originated in the parties being rif,sled, he would withdrew
the allegation.
The ComMittee then adjourned, but .did not fix a day for
their next meeting.

Snb-Committee, No. 5.
The Committee met at a o'clock—resent, 3kr. Home
Drummond (Chairman), Mr. Forbes Mackeazie, Mr. 'Patton
Egerton, and Mr. Compton.
GLASGOW, STRATTIA.VEN,, AND LEMMA-

lIAGOVITRALIZAVAIr.
The object of the promoters of this line is to construct a
railway from the Glasgow, .13arrhcad, and Neilston Direct
Railway, near Pollockshaws, to the town of Strathaven.
The proposed capital to raised is 350,0001., and the esti-
mated sect the same ainounL Engineer, Neil RObson • Par-
liamentary agent, G. IL Long, lima. ; and the local solicitors
are Campos.. and Torments, of Glasgow. The length of line
Is 14 milts,.
Mr. Dawns appeared against the Bill on behalf of several
petitioners, and the first objection raised was that the miles
and furlongs were not correctly marked on the plan, and did
not agree with the sections thereof.
This allegation was not sustained.
In the next allegation, that the fifteenth mile was one
chain shorter than the fourteenth, the Committee decided on
reserving their judgment.
The ne_xt objection was that a portion of the said intended
railway was citecribed as passing through the parish of
Su'aven, while there was no such parish, and that the plan
and book of reference in this case did not agree, as in -the
former the sold parish was described as the parish of A -
21 andale . _ _ ,

I-- At the suggestion of the Committee, Mr. Deans withdrew
this objection, es Straven was a contraction of Strathaysn,
which was a parish, and through which the railway was
proposed to be carried.
Another objection was that a certain cutting, described to be
forty feet, was, in point of fact, only thirteen feet.
Mr. 1.4014 G took an objection to this
.point, inasmuch
as Mr. Fergusson, the petitioner, was not interested, as he
was not owner of that part of the land where the said cutting
was to take place.
The Committee considered the objection invalid, but stated
that the standing orders were complied with, in reference to
the said cutting.
Mr. DAs then proceeded to the next allegation, that a
field, marked No. 37, on the plan, was not truly described in
the book of reference, being stated to be the property of James
Allen, whereas the said field was the property of another
person, to whom no notice had been given.
Mr. LONG called Mr. Gebby, a writer, who proved that he
proceeded to the ground, and was infor*sd that the field
was the property of a Mr. Hamilton, and he drew up the
legal document accordingly. I
Mr. DRAWS contended that the standing orders were not
complied with, as the best means were not taken to ascer-
tain the real owner of the field in question.
Standing orders complied with.
. The important objection to this Bill, that one-tenth was
not ozbacribed of the estimated cost, although it was paid up
en the s:ibscription contract, the Committee held to be good,
and repor:ed that the standing orders were not complied
with in conekluence

GUELSGOVY xAvousuit *RAND 3VNCTION

TERMINI 793.
The length of thie ;in. is ono and a half miles, estimated
cost 110,0001 Engineer Mr. Gale; Parliamentary agent,
Mr: Lang; solicitor, Mr:Leech. Thie line was opposed on
behalf of Sir John Maxwell, by Mr. Lock, and several ob-
jections of a technical nature were not entertained ; rut they
decided that the standing orders were nct complied with,
inasmuch as no notice was given of the line of railway to the
harbour of Glasgow.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
' This Committee resumed its sittings at twelve, this day.
THE KILLARNEY JUNCTION AND THE GREAT
SOUTH WESTERN (CORK EXTENSION) RAIL-
WAY (IRELAND) BILLS, which had been adjourned
from a previous day for want of witnesses, were disposed
of, the Committee reporting that the companies had complied
with the standing orders.
THE LIFFEY EXTENSION AND LONGFORD
• DEVIATION RAILWAY.
The capital of this line is 30,0001., and its length is about
two miles. The object LI to connect the Midland Great
Western with the Docks and River Liffey.
The scEcitore are Messrs. Young, Lamb, and Malley.
The Committee reported that the standing orders had not
been complied with, but that they should be suspended, and
the Company allowed to proceed.
The following lines were adjourned until Friday, in cense-
nuance of the non-attendance of witnes3es:—The Wexford,
C'azlow, and Dublin Junction; the Mint:Lad Great Western
(Mullinger is Galway); the Longford and Sligo Extension.
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Potatoes are now selling at Ramsey at Bg. per boll of
teer for export to the Liverpool and ether English uttarkete • aM
wane choice daseniptions have been sold so high es 1(a. per boll. "
seed far home use.—,1(a tea Bun
SLrao, Fen. 21.—8 y a letter which we have reeeived
frora that exemplary clergyman, tho Rev. John Coghlan, it
appears that the .potato rot is still progressing in this county.
Tta the Half-Ilarony of Coolaviia the people are 11..)W almost
rkntiLittO of food, but it affords us infinite pleasure to perceive
t the magistrate:3 and sees-payers arc about to avail
the:13;4170 of the proTision.s of the new Act, and apply to tho
brand•for x prentment to raise money; with which tho
people ;„1,1

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

"'OUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 26.

The Loin CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at the usual hour.
THE GOVERNMENT MEASURE.

The Duke of RICHMOND, inpresentinga petition
from some town, the name of which we did not hear, in
the county of Warwick, said that the petitioners were
interested in the subject of the ribbon manufacture, the
old and only established staple trade of the eounty. They
viewed with great alarm the proposes likely to be Leslie
by Government in another place, and as they were in fa-
vour of protection themselves they desired protection to
the agriculture of the country. He (the Duke
of Richmond) happy to present such a
petition, because itwausesvery
showed that the operatives of
the country were expressing their disapprobation of
the violent changes sought to be introduced by
the Government. He considered that the result of the
late elections gave sufficient proof that the farmers were
up and in earnest, and that should the measure, intro-
duced in another place, come up to that House, their
Lordships would be justified, in the exercise of a
constitutional right, to place themselves between the vio-
lent faction which urged on these charges and the best
interests of the country.
THE WAR IN INDIA.
The Earl of RIPON laid upon the table certain
papers from the seat of war in India.
The Duke of RICHMOND wished to ask the Noble
Lord (and in doing so, he felt deep gratitude for the
bravery and devotion exhibited by the army in India),
whether it was by desire that the Governor-General had
accepted a secondary position in the Indian army. It
might be very natural for Sir H. Hardinge, an old soldier,
to wish to be in the thick of the battle, but he (the
Duke of Richmond) felt that a divided authority might
be prejudicial to the interests of the country and the
honour of the British arms.
The Earl of RIPON said that due attention would
Government to the suggestion
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tice to the people of Ireland, and he (Lord Brougham)
hoped and trusted that they would long continue to be so.
He (Lord Brougham) thought they would deserve well
of their country, if they would immediately give up the
reprehensible and abominable practice of addressing
political lectures to the public from their pulpits.
—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Be they Protestants
or Catholics, they desecrated the altar when they
prostrated it to such uses.—(Hear. hear.) He did not
believe that the administration of justice was interfered
with by the prieuss of either of those denominations ;
hut, if they diJ interfere with its administration, the:law
might punish them. The duty of the Judge would be
ill-discharged if he did not punish any such
interference, whether by a Catholic or Protestant.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH appealed to their
Lordships whether he had stated that he generally
mistrusted Roman Catholic jurors. In fact, a great
portion of the business of Ireland was-transacted by
a portion of that community, and he had seen Roman
Catkelic jurors perform their duties as well as
those of the Protestant religion.—(Hear, hear.) In
the case of Seery the jury was not wholly Protestant.
Lord STOURTON again defended the Catholic priest-
hood from the charge of fomenting disturbances in Ire-
land. They were indebted to them for much of the
peace and prosperity which prevailed in that country,
and they ought not, therefore, to be assailed in that and
the other House o f Parliament. in the way they had been.
COUNTY WORKS PRESEMTMENTS (IRELAND)
BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.

Lord MONTE AGLE expressed his intention of
reviewing the subject in the next stage of the Bill.
PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND).
This Bill was read a third time, and ordered to be
committed on Monday.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

summer assizes in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, and
1846 respectively, giving the names of the parties ac-
cused, the nature of the crime with which they were
charged, and the proceedings in each case, i, e.,
whether the bill of indictment was found a true
bill or ignored ; whether the party accused
was tried, and at what time ; and the result
of the trial, whether in conviction, or acquittal, or the
disagreement of the jury; a return of all memorials or
applications for the aid of the civil or military power in
each county in Ireland for the same period, specifying
the dates thereof respectively, and the names of the me-
morialists in each case ; also a return of the number of sti-
pendiary magistrates and constabulary appointed to any
district in Ireland, within the said period, in consequence
of suck applications or memorials.—Agreed to.
MIDDLETON POOR-LAW UNION.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved " That the petition from
the Middleton Poor-law Union (presented 23d February),
be printed with the votes."—Agreed to.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL hoped that, although the
Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Go-
vernment had.intimated very properly that he intended
to proceed with the Corn Bill in the first instance,
to the exclusion of other articles in the tariff,
there was one which he trusted would be
excepted from this general rule—that was Indian maize.
This was an article of very great importance, and likely
to contribute very largely to the support of the poorer
classes of the community. He trusted, therefore, the
Right Hon. Baronet would not include this in the same
category with the other articles of the tariff.

Sir R. PILL to this inquiry made no reply.
ADJOURNED DEBATE.
On the motion that the order of the day should be read
for the resumption of the adjourned debate, _

Mr. ROEdUCK said that before the order of the
day was read for the resumption of the adjourned
debate, he begged to ask of the Honourable Gentle-
man opposite what time this debate was likely to
be brought to a conclusion; and the reason for his put-
ting this question was, because he had found that an
Hon. Gentleman had consumed two hours and a half the
other night of valuable time of the House in' a
disquisition which had to do with anything
and everything but the eabject of the de-
bate. He thought thee this was not the way
in which the valuable time of the House ought to be
wasted. Certainly it was not the way in which to pro-
mote the character of the House for decency, order, or
anything that was great. For two mortal hours and a
half had the lion. Gentleman gone on to rake up by-
gone speeches of Members upon the Treasury bench from 1
newspapers and all the other receptacles of public matters,
in order to establish a point, which, after all, had no-
tking in the world to do with the subject of the debate.
He trusted that the party represented by the Gentlemen
on the Opposition benches were not reduced to the ex-
tremity of using language which was at the same time
inappropriate and abusive, and that they would not sub-
stitute for argument that which, however it might
tend to intimidate, could never convince, and which
was equally unworthy of their cause, and of the respect
which was due to that House. He (Mr. Roebuck) felt
himself reduced to the use of periphrases by the rules of
the House, instead of using those expressions with which
he felt it right to characterise this proceeding ; but the
difficulty was not created by him, but by that person on
the other side of the House, by whom it had
been adopted.—(Cries of " Order, order," and con-
fusion on the protection benches.) Do you cry order,
said the Hon. Member for Bath, when such conduct is
reprobated, why did not you cry order when the violence
Was committed? He feared that the cause which was to
he bolstered up by such fanatical catering was but badly
based on facts. For two retortal hours and a half that
individual had continued the time of the House in
a tirade, which was, only after all, an expression
of his own opinion. And what was that opinion worth ?
He would take the rule of his own profession, and ask
what any man in the country would give for that opi-
nian ? Why, not a guinea, nor half-a-guinea, nor half-a-
crown, nor a shilling • not a penny, nor half-a-farthing.
And yet this was the way that Honourable Gentlemen
presumed to trifle with the time of the House. He thought
that this was not the way in which to conduct the debate on
a great question, or likely to increase the character of the
House in the country. He did hope that the Hon.
Gentlemen opposite would have something better than
this to propose ; and if the division were not to be
taken to-night, that they, would lay before the House
matter worthy of consideration, and substitute something
like argument in the place of vulgar hatred, expressed in
violent and vulgar language.—(Opposition cheers.)
Sir R. INGLIS felt that the observations of the Hon.
Member for Bath had been both injudicious and uncalled
fair. He accused him of erroneous representations—he
accused him of unnecessary opprobrium—he accused
him of instituting a most inconvenient prece-
dent ; and, still more, of having taken advantage of
the absence of the Honourable Member to whom he
referred, which were equally inapplicable and improper.
lle (Sir R. Inglis) only rose for the purpose of protest-
ing against the use of personalities, which frequently
were indulged in to too great an extent ; and he hoped
that when the Hon. Gentleman next addressed the
House he would be more guarded in the use of his ob-
servations.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BRIGHT agreed with the Hone Baronet that
the present was not the time for entering into a discus.
sion on the ground of personality ; but, at the same
time, he was anxious to say a few words as regarded the
attack made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough on
a friend of his, Mr. George Wilson, chairman of the
Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon.
Member for Knaresborough had asserted that what he
put forward as fact was true, and what he stated as in-
ference might be relied on; hut his statements mud his
inferences might all be taken as utterly untrue.—
(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) Mn Wilson had never called
a meeting of the starch manufacturers: he never presided
at a meeting of the kind, nor was be a party in a de-
putation that waited on the Government to obtain
protection for their manufacture. The starch manu-
facturers wanted- no protection ; and Mr. Wilson
would he the last mat) to associate him-
self with any deputation for such a purpose.
He could tell the Hon. Member fur Knaresborough that
there was one misfortune against which he ever had to
contend, end that was, that his statements were newer
susceptible el" proof.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. COLQUIInIJN said he felt certain that if the
lion. Member for Knareshorough happened to be hi his
place, he doubted not he would not shrink from the proof
of his assertions : and he should say that he did not
think it fait to attack that Honourable Gentleman in his
absence, as' he doubted not he could defend every state-
ment and assertion made by him.—(Cries of" Oh, oh,"
from the Opposition Members.)

Lord MOIPINTI and Dr. Dowerxa rose at the same
moment, but the former gave way to the latter, who said
he conceived that Hon. Members at that side of the
'ouse had great eason to complain' of the course pur-
sued by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough in this
debate. Some very AQrious charges had been made by,
that Hon. Member against a gentleman, who was re-
markable alike for the kindness of hie heart, and the
benevolence of his dispositien. He meant his friend, Mr.
Hen: v Ashwertk—(Hear, hear)—who had been desig-
nated, by the Ifoxi. Member for Knaresborough, as a
person capable of acts of cold-blooded atrocity, and as
such he had been processionised before this House.—
(Hear.) Now he (Dr. Bowling) had had some oppor-
tunities of knowing Mr. Ashworth, and of the state of
thbagr that existed in the vicieity of Bolton a few years
ago, upon which he would wish to make a few observes
tient, ; but previous to doing so, he had written voter
to the Noble Lard the Member for Newark, and another
Hon. Member, in order to ascertain from themselve
whether they were prepared to make any charges
against his friend. They were not here at present
but be begged to say that the charges of
the Honourable Member for Knaresborough were
altogether untrue ;_ and he begged to add, that if any
Member of that House should, more than another, be
scrupulous about making statements in this House, with-
out proofs to sustain them, it was the Hon. Member for
Knaresborough—(Hear, heer)-7and it would be well for
him if his assertions were characterised by less boldness.
Captain VIVIAN said he rose for the purpose not of
prolonging this discussion, but of closing it until to-mor-
row night, when he hoped to see the Hon. Member for
Knaresborough in his place.
Lord MORPETH said that in the discussion that had
taken place with reference to the statement made by
the Hon. Member for Knaresborough—via. that
the operatives were compelled by their masters
to sign petitions in favour of the repeal of
the corn-laws—he felt it necessary to say a
few words. At the time that this statement was made,
he had in his pocket a letter from the workmen of a
factory called the Union Mill, which letter hael been
written in consequence of some reports, of a similar
tendency with the assertion of the Honourable Member,
having been circulated in the House. The letter stated
that not only were the workmen under no compulsion
of the kind, but they were even more anxious than their
employers for the repeal of the corn-laws. He had also i
received other letters of a similar tendency.
An Host. Miseusu (whose name we could not learn)
moved for a new writ for the borough of Bridport in
room of Mr. Bailey Cochrane, who had accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.

Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions from Stalay-
bridge, and oth©r places, in favour of the repeal of the
corn-lavrs,

, Mr. 130,9,73 rose to speak, but in consequence of
the cow:asion occasioned by Honourable Members lent,-
r.. 2 the house he was inaudible in the gallery.
He would for one moment allude to the speech of the
Hon. Member for Northamptonshire. That speech was
characterised by strength and elegance of
diction, but the arguments it contained were
fallacious. The cardinal proposition of that speech was
that the labourer was entitled to protection. The Hon.
Member said that property was entitled to protection, and
as the labour of the labourer was his property, ergo, be
was entitled to protection. That was a perfect
fallacy, for how could they, for one moment, com-
pare property in lands and houses to the property
of the labourer, which was his labour only ?
If then this argument would not avail as regarded the luxuries
of life, of what avail can such an argument 'be with reference
o the slog important article of human subsistence—bread
Reference had been made to the Wisdoin of our ancestors, and
we have been told that a system of protection had existed in
this coentry for upwards of twneenturies. The Hon. Member
then read an extract from a work which bad been written two
hundred years, to the effect that trade tended to increase the
food of the people, unfit was necessary therefore tolive as much
freedom to trade as possible. There were else at that
time many kindred, mind* en the um* subject.
He was net there to defied the measures in order to obtain his
seat, hut he was *sleeted at the period of the last dissolution in
eouempeenee of the opinions which he had slways expressed,
and whieh had been fcreed upon him by reflection, and he did
enusider that it would be better for all parties, for the labourers,
eountry gentlemen, and artisans, that, if it mere possible, the
torn-i3-4s should be got :id of by a gradual repeal.---( Hour.)
in the opening speech of the Right Honourable &reset, an
article' was referred to which afforded a good illustration of his
argument, He alluded to the article of flax, and he felt sea.
vinctd that if the protective duty had remained on it the trade
tetr,:l4 30t 40%1IiSt1 it it SOY did. Iu the emity of 4ap•gli