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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSA
rs.
W.
The principal characters will be sustained by
Mess. HarS
rison, Ilorncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King,
Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth.
After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH.
In which Mons. Des,places, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme.
Glubilel, Sze., will appear.

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HIS •EVEN RGYAL, HAYMARKETG
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Will be performed THE HYPOCRITE; Dr. Cantwell, Mr. W.
Farrell ; Mawworm,llr. Webster. • .
After which a New Conic Drama, entitled THE y
IRISH POST.
Principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury,- Arra. a
ad mb, &c.,
The Band will perform the Gvertuye,.Gaz ,•ft " and
the Waltz, "Love's Serenade." ,
..To conclu,le with a New Farce, called LEND 11/41E! FIVE SHIL-
LINGS. Principal chaiacters by Mi. Backstone; Mr. Tilbury, Mr.
Brindal, and Misll.2!ort2n:
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THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by
Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ;
Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c.
After which, NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan,
Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard.
To conclude with the New Grand Romantic Extravaganza, en-
titled THE ENCHANTED lIORSE or, Prince Firma Sebal toi
Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs
lames Keeley,
. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch &c.; Mcs.
lamesy Keeley, VillFars, Hodson, Dawson, Howard, Arden, &c.
Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d.

• THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING
Will be 'performed the Drama of LEOLINE : or,
Life's Te, als
Principal characters by Messrs. 0. Smith and Wright, Mrs. Yates
and Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma-
zonrkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform.
To conclude with New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM
BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss
Woolgar, &c.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING.; .
Will be perfomed Shakspeare's Tragedy of AS YOU LIKE IT.
Jacques, Mr. Cooper ; Orlando, Mr. Murray' Touchstone, Mr.
Compton ; William, Mr. °sherry ; Rosalind, Mrs. Stirling ; Audrey,
Miss Emma Stanley.
To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mr. Gilbert,
Mr. Marshall, M. Adrian, Miss Baffin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle.
Duval will appear.
After which, arew Farce, called. Too MANY COOKS SPOIL THE
BROW. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton ; George, Mr. Oxberry ;
Fanny, Miss E. S2l2y:
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NEW STRAND THEATRE.
M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES MYSTERIEUS ES.
Two Morning Performances during the Week.
At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished
families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who tio:lc. e
his
to
attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will giv
}rand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday
Ifornng, at Two o'clock.
M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar
AmEx; crime is
will be repeated every Evening, varied by the i
formances of the Chlarini Family, and the astounding Feat of the
American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to Com-
mence at a quarter before Eight.
Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s.
I Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes,
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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A RTS.
Glorious career of the New Oriental Spectacle. The most Suc-
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tos witnepss the rare performances of the Colossal Elephants, trait
of Camels, &c.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF
NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the
whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be
brsught into requisition.
New Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the
British and Foreign Cempany.
The whole to conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of LOVE
AND WAR. ____-----------------

ROYAL VICTORIA THE,
Surpassing hit of " Jessie Holmes."
London. "p
reception of
" The Scamps of
THIS EVENING
Will ee performed JESSIE HOLMES ; or, The Wild Horde of the
Wolf's Lair. Supported by Mr. Dale, MrFredericks, Mr. E. F.
Saville, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Higgie, Miss cs Terry, &c.
After which, HERCULES, KING OF CLUBS. Hercules, Mr.
Herbert.
To conclude with THE SCAMPS OF LONDON. Supported by
the entire strength of the company.

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SECOND EDITION.

The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock.
The Marquis of WORCESTER took the oaths and his seat
for Gloucestershire, in the room of the Hon. F. CHARTERIS.
Lord CLIVE moved the second reading of the Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal Bill (Chester and Wolverhampton

•
Mr. THORNELY moved; as an amendment, that the Bill be
read a second time that day silt months. After a short dis-
cussion, the Noble Member withdrew his motion, and the
Bill was read a second' time, and ordered to be committed.
•- Several petitions were presented for and against the Gt,vern-
meat measures of free trade.
Several railway Bills were read a second time and ordered
to be committed.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL rose to defend himself froin ari attack
which had been made upon him, on-account of his having•
withdrawn a motion of which he had given notice, and ex-
plained his reason for having done so.
After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS the subject dropped:
• In answer to
.Colonel SIBTHORP, it was stated by
Sir R., PEEL that the only office actually vacant was
that of Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests: Two of
the Commissioners of the Treasury had tendered their resig- -
nations, which would be accepted, and the offices would be
filled up; but in the meantime those gentlemen continued to
perform the duties of the offices. The Right Hon. Gentlemen
also indulged in some good-humoured satire in relation to the
observations of the Gallant Officer, .in the absence
from the House of Lord LINCOLN, for whose absence the
Gallant Colonel was more responsible than he, inasmuch as
his tenants had voted against him. He admitted that
the Secretary for the Colonies was not a member of the
House, but it would be an infringement of the prerogative of
that House to render it necessary for all Members of the
Government to be in Parliament. But he had no hesitation
in saying that his reason for depriving himself of the set.,
vices of those gentlemen in Parliament was the faith.,he had
in the justice of the measures proposed by the Government,
and in the wisdom of Parliament.
Mr: FERRAND then-rose to defend himself against the at-
tacks which. had been made upon him. The H. n. and
Learned Member for Bath 'ought not to complain of per-
sonalities, for he had thrown down the Times newspaper on
the floor of the House, and recommended gentlemen to
horsewhip a man his superior in every respect. The
Honourable Member for Durham had stated that all that he

(Mr. Ferrand) bad said with regard to Mr. Wilson
was utterly untrue. The Hon. Member had put words into
his mouth which were untrue. Helad never said that Mr.
WILSON was part of the deputation that had waited on the
Government, but that Mr. WILSON• had presided over a
meeting at which a deputation was appointed; and he had
received a letter from Mr. S. BENINGTON stating the
fact, and he was prepared to adhere to the statement
which he had made. There had been meetings in Lan-
cashire recently, to state that statements made by the
Honourable Member in relation to the Ten Hours' Bill were
without foundation. He then defended the statement which
he had made with regard to the condition of the weavers of
Bolton, and to the conduct of Messrs. Ashworth. He would
assure the Noble Lord, the Member for the West Riding, that
he (Mr. Ferrand) was justified in stating what he had stated
with regard to petitions, and it was time the House took up
the question as to the manner in which petitions had been
forged, and which he was prepared to prove before a
Committee.
Mr. C. BERKELEY couldcorroborate the statement as to the
manufacture of petitions. He held in his hand a petition
purporting to come from Cheltenham, but it bore the post-
mark of Manchester, and on inquiry at Cheltenham he found
that several of the namesliad been forged; although perhaps
the names of some twenty ten-pounders might be
genuine. He had always supported free-trade
measures, but he scorned to support it, by such means,
-and on Monday he should bring forward a motion
for a Committee to investigate this case as a breach of pri-
vilege, and he called upon the members of the Anti-Corn-
law Leage to support his motion.
Mr. BRIGHT would be glad to second the motion, and he
trusted the fullest inquiry would be gone into. With re-
gard to the statement of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough
with regard to Mr. Wilson, he was prepared to show
that every portion of that statement was unfounded. He
had a letter from Mr. RAWSON, whose name was men-
tioned by the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, stat-
ing that Mr. WirsoN had neither convened nor presided
over such a meeting; that no deputation had been ap-
pointed; and that he (Mr. RAwsoN) and two others had
waiteh on the Premier to represent that, as wheat was the
raw material from which starch was made, it would
be unjust to remove the duty from foreign starch,
unless the duty was also removed from foreign wheat.
The Hon. Member had also made statements relating to Mr.
Winsene and Mr. RAWSON which he could not stand by.
He had made statements at a meeting which was reported
in the Morning Post. He had said that he would stand by
that report, but when asked to admit the truth of that re-
port, he said he would give a guarantee to the
Morning Post, and on the editor of that paper
being applied to, he pleaded it was hard that he
should be prosecuted for a faithful report, and stated
that the Hon. Member had not given diem a guarantee, and
the League, which conducted their agitation by means of public
discussion, would be ashamed of prosecuting a newspaper for
giving a, faithful report of a speech. He concluded by cating
that, to quote the words of a resolution of that House, the
statements of the Hon. Gentleman were untrue and calum-
nious.
Dr. BOWRING then denied the statements of the Hon. Mem-
ber with regard to the alleged cruelty of Mr. H. Ashworth.
Mr. ROEBUCK was justified in making the statement he
bad laSt•riight. It was the duty of the Hon. Member to
have been in his 'place to have heard any defence which .
those who had been attacked might be disposed to make.
The lion. Gentleman had alluded to his gonduct, but it had
never been his misfortune to be branded by a resolution of
the House of Commons as having been guilty of an unfounded
calumny. The Hon. Gentleman said he believed a resolu-
tion of a public meeting, and he (Mr. ROEBUCK) believed
the unanimous decision of the House of Commons ; and as
long as that resolution remained, he should consder any
statement of the Hon. Member as utterly worthless, and
that was his answer to the attack of the Hon. Member.
Mr. DISRAELI regretted the attacks made by his Hon.
Friend the Member for Knaresborough on the manufacturers.
He thought, however, that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ashworth
were thin-skinned in noticing these attacks; he
knew both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Ashurst to be honour-
able men ; and he also.believecl that the Hon. Member for
Knaresborough believed the statements made were true, but
the time of the House ought not to be taken up by personal
discussion. Now, with regard to the League, they had
been stigmatised as assassins by the Right Hon. Baronet at
the head of the Government. He did not believe the accu-
sation, but why did they not prosecute the Right Hon.
Baronet? The Hon. Gentlemen then treated the resolution
of the House, as to " calumnious statements," as an ab-
surdity; the Honourable Member for Cork had been
similarly accused. He (Mr. Disraeli) had never had a
resolution against him, and if the Right Hon. Gentleman
would take his advice, never to abuse anybody, he
would never again be placed in such a position.
Then with regard to the Right Hon. Member for Bath, he had
certainly frequently offended against the rules of the House,
by imputing motives, and indulging in melo-dramatic
malignity and Saddlers' Wells sarcasm, but he (Mr. DISRAELI)
knew that the tree would bear its fruit, and that a crab-tree
would only produce crab-apples
Mr. O'CONNELL had not been accused of calumny ; he had
accused the system of Election Committees as one of perjury ;
he had been censured, and they acknowledged the truth of
his accusation by altering the system.
After a few words from Major BERESFORD and Mr.
BICKHAM,ESCOTT,
Lord JohN MANNERS bore his testimony to the admirable
manner in which Mr. ASHWORTH performed the important
duties whish devolved upon him as one of the greatest cot-
ton barons in the empire.
Mr. FIELDEN then went into a long statement relative to
the emigration of the labourers from the agricultural into the
manufacturing districts, occasioned by the higher rate of
wages in the latter districts.
Sir R. PEEL, in relation to what had fallen from the Hon.
Member for Shrewsbury, in relation to the accusation of as-
sassination, begged to state that his intention had been dis-
tinctly to withdraw the imputation which he had thrown
out after hearing the explanation of the Hon. Member for
Stockport; and if he had been misunderstood, he begged to
state that he now distinctly withdrew that imputation, and
that he had certainly intended to have done so at the time.
Mr. COBDEN rejoiced to hear such a distinct disavowal
from the Right lion. Baronet. He had certainly not under-
stood at the time that the disavowal had teen so complete;
and, acting under the feelings which perhaps had been un-
worthy of him, he had spoken of the Right Hon. Gentleman
in a manner which he now regretted. The distinct avowal of
the Right Hon. Baronet was most grateful to his feelings;
and he now withdrew all offensive expressions which he
might have made use of with regard to the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet
In answer to Mr, S. O'BRIEN, Sir R. PEEL stated, that he
should, on Monday, first of all, move the vote of thanks to
the Indian army ; and then, if the divison took place to-
night, bring in the Bill founded on the resolutions, and
Proeeed with the commercial measures as speedily as possible.
On the motion of Sir R. 'PEEL, the shipowners' petition,
presented last evening, was ordered to be printed.
The adjourned debate was then resumed by
Mr. BANKES, who in a lengthened speech declared his un-
compromising opposition to the Ministerial measure. The
Hon. Gentleman animadverted on the conduct of the Right
Hon. Baronet in writing that note to her Majesty during the
Ministerial interregnum, tending h!s support to a Minister
who should pursue an anti-corn-law policy, as setting a most
dangerous precedent, and protested against the formatien of
any coalition, whether all the members of it sat on the same
bench, or some on one side of the House and some on the
other. The Hon. Member theri alluded to the South Not-
tingham election, as a proof that the constituencies were in
favour of protection, and called for a dissolution on this ques-
tion. It was upon this ground that the protectionists had
taken their stand, and called for a divison in this stage of
the question. He believed that in another place a stand
would be made which would compal an appeal to the people,
whether the Government of the day wished it or no, in
order that it might be known whether the English
public were for or against the measure proposed by the
Government.
Mr. B. Escorr believed that it was impossible, in the
present state of the country, to prevent the carrying of
some such measure as that which had been introduced by
the Government. That the measure must be carried he had
no doubt, and then came the question whether the present
Government ought to carry it or not. He believed that it
mattered little to the people who carried the measure, as
long as they obtained it. As to the observations
of the Honourable Member for Knaresboreugh, they were
beneath his rank and station to notice them, but
this he would say, that not a single constituent of his, since
he had changed his opinions, had called upon him to resign
his seat. Since 1842 he had told all those with whom he
was connected that he believed the inevitable consequences
of the speeches of the Right Baronet at the head of the Go-
vernment, and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, would be such measure as that which
was now proposed by the Government. The farmers were
for reasonable and rational progress, and they believed
that by some such a measure as the present their inte-
rests would be materially increased. He believed
that in many parts of J? gland the dread of
scarcity and famine was as great as it was in Ireland,
He wouid give his most cordial support to the measures pro-
posed by the Government. The protectionists had discarded,
the Right Hon. Baronet es their leader, and all that he
asked was, let them candidly tell the farmers what they
thought would be the end of their battle with the people;
would it be in favour of protection ? He unhesitatingly as-
serted that it would not. The Hon. Member for Bristol had
opened the eyes of the people, and had misted in greasing
the wheels of free-trade.

Captain GLADSTONE supported the amendment. Under
protection the country-had flourished, and he thought, there-
fore, it ought not to be hutily withdrawn.
Mr. GOEDEN then rose to address the House, but the Hon.
Gentleman spoke in so low a tone as to be hardly audible in
the gallery during many parts of his speeeh. The country
would not be convinced that the party spirit which had been
displayed in the debate, and the personal topics that had
been adverted to, had not been resorted to for the purpose
of shirking the question. The abuse that was being cast
by the protectionists on the present Ministers was making
them the most populir men of the day, and he had no hesi-
tation in saying that nu man would be received more kindly
in Manchester than the Right Hon. Baronet at
the head of the Government. They talked about
appealing to the people ; now he wanted• to know
what they 'meant by that? He denied that they would
have a numerical majogty of that House by a dissolu-
tion. - The protectionist party had been broken up notwitli-
'standing their phalanx in 'llorsetshire and Buckinghamshire.
This disruption of their.party had placed the free-traders in
a very different position to what they were a few years ago.
But, supposing a dissolugoq:took place, and that the protec-
tionists got a numerical-majority, he denied that that nu-
merical majority would represent the voice of the people.
He denied that the protectionists could reckon upon
having any representative of their opinions from any of the
towns of England, Ireland—, or Scotland, that contained
a population of 25,000. -They might have their pocket
boroughs and their counties, but they would have nothing
else. The old Saxon mode of knowing what the opinions
of the people were was by calling public meetings. He
challenged the protectionists to call public meetings in
favour of the corn-laws. That Would convince them, if any-
thing would, that the people were not with the protectionists.
A meeting had been called at Epworth by the protectionists ;
they had been driven from it, and resolutions against them
had been carried. The peOple were now calling into exist-
ence a system of 500 years antiquity ;. if any were innova-
tors, it was those who would uphold the system that now
existed. The basis of the county representation could not
be too soon widael, and that was the object of the
League, and they had the will and the determination
to do it. When he read the debates at home that
had been taking place in-that House for the last three weeks,
he said to liiinself, " What fun this will be to the men in
fustian !" Members little thought how these absurdities
were being laughed at out of doors. He believed the con-
cessions that had been made by the Right Hon. Baronet
were the greatest that were ever made to free trade.- He
would admit that the protectionists and landlords, and many
of the farmers with them feared the measures of'the
Government; but why, because they had treated them
like children, and told them that the free bade cry
was an old Bogie, that had been set to catch them.
They denied that, and had been depreciated by the measures
of the Right Hon. Baronet. Its price had been raised,
although silk and other commodities had been depressed
It was monstrous to suppose that any measure that would
add to the wealth of the country would have the
effect of diminishing the price of land. He [did not
want any triumph for -the - League ; all he wanted was,
for protectionists and free-traders to meet together
and determine not to tax each other for the benefit of a class.
The country was now on the eve of a great change, and it
became the young men of the aristocracy of Great Britain
to do something that would hand their names down to pos-
terity unconnected with anything that was selfish or
inhuman. They had the opportunity now of doing so,
carrying out that great principle of Scripture if they chose,
of " giving peace on earth, and good-will towards men."
Mr. R. SPOONER supported the amendment of the Hon.
Member for Bristol amid continued cries of " Divide."
Mr. P. BORTHWICK then rose to address the House, and
was met. with cries of "Divide, divide." The Hon. Gentle-
mini addressed the House amid much confusion, and con-
cluded by expressing his determination to vote for the
amendment,
Lord G. BENTINCIC opposed the motion for the House
going into Committee on the propositions of the Right Hon.
Baronet, because he believed those resolutions, if carried, would
create a great revolution in the country, and one that
the present House of Commons ought not to sanction.
The Right Hon. Gentleman had challenged them to pro-
duce any instance in which a change from protection to free
trade had not been alike beneneficial to consumer and pro-
ducer. He would meet the challenge, and would con-
tend that with regard to speltre, silk, wool, and tim-
ber, the results of free trade had been ruinous.
Strangers Were then ordered to withdraw, mad the House
divided, when there appeared—

For the Motion
For the Amendment 240

MAJORITY FOR MINISTERS ... 97
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned.

The division which took place this morning is perhaps the
most remarkable on record, when all the circumstances con-
nected with it are taken into account. The majority was
large, much larger than many persons anticipated, and was
obtained by the Minister, not by the old system so much
admired in the days of Prrr and LIVERPOOL, not by the
representatives of pocket boroughs, or rotten boroughs,
not by any of the constituent elements of what has been
called party, and which ruled the destinies of the nation
when GEO. 111. was King, but by the independent and
almost personal influence of the Premier himself, and
more especially by the conviction carried home to
every unprejudiced mind of the vast importance
and the manifest excellence of the measures themselves.
Nearly all the rotten borough influence that remains after
the weeding of the Reform Bill was opposed to the scheme,
and that small portion of it which aided the Minister was
given, not for party purposes, but because the patrons of
these boroughs saw the time for change was come, and re-
solved to sacrifice their peculiar and family advantages
for the general good of the nation. The landed
interest was arrayed in a terrible phalanx against him. The
names of MANNERS, and LENNOX, and LOWTHER, with
the titles of MAnctr, and CHANDOS, and WORCESTER:
and many other scions and retainers of the "bold barons,'
were inscribed on banners, and held up to frighten the Go-
vernment. The most unconst Rational means were
adopted by the members of a separate and independent
state of the realm, the representatives of noble Peers in the
House of. Commons were cashiered by their masters, and
willing and subservient tools placed in their stead—but
all in vain ; common sense and justice, and sound
commercial policy prevailed, and by a singular coincidence,
the Minister had his usual majority, and something
more—that majority which conferred the title of the
strong Ministry on the PEEL Cabinet. But this glorious
result will not convince the more unreasonable of the pro-
tection party. They still vainly imagine that all the farm-
labourers, and tenants, and landlords, to a man, are
with them. They loudly assert that the country has been
taken by surprise, and some hundred members have forfeited
their pledges to their constituents—they call these men rene-
gades and betrayers of those whom they were sent to repre-
sent. It is easy to call names, but it is often diffi-
cult to give a good reason for such abusive epithets.
In this instance there is no reason whatever. The sim-
ple fact that a great number have changed their policy,
not only without any object to be gained, but with many
disadvantages, among others, separation from political friends
and fierce abuse, is the very strongest proof of the speedy
and certain reformation which the measures of Sir ROBERT
PEEL are yet to introduce into the whole of our
commercial transactions. The Members who supported
Sir ROBERT PEEL were guided solely by their con-
victions. If the RUSSELLS, and PALMERSTONS, and COB-
DENS, and O'CONNELL% opposed to the Conservative, policy
of the Minister, if men anxious to obtain possession of
office, and patronage, and emoluments, could be induced to
vote with the Minister and support his power, what
absurdity to throw blame on Lord SANDON and
Mr. MASTERMAN ? All impartial men will rather ap-
plaud their conduct, and rejoice that the Whigs can forget
their political ties and prejudices, and that the Tories can
sacrifice their party for the good of the country. This is the
commencement of rational government. When the interests
of the people can swamp those of statesmen and place-hunters,
when Whigs and Tories can agree on the most important o;
all questions—the welfare of the great body of the people—
without regard to class legislation, we may then rest satis-
fied that the fruits of the Reform Bill are beginning to be
'eh, and that in due time it will accomplish those bright an-
icipations to which in 1831 it gave rise.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The " momentous question" is at length decided. The
great cause has triumphed gloriously. Monopoly has ex-
pired ! The fell monster received his death-blow in the first
speech of the Prime Minister, but his dying agonies have
been protracted, and painful to behold. For three weeks
the country has been kept in.suspense, for twelve nights the
attention of the House has been wearied by profitless dis-
causrgsuilonnentsirw, eexlypelodneid glitsofparty recriminations, answered
fallacies,." never ending, still be-
ginnine,—,, a dreary, hopeless, desultory war." Yet, as twelve
heavy, dull, flat copper pieces collectively form one bright
silver shilling, so these twelve nights se gloomy in them-
selves, together form a debate unequalled in interest and im-
portance. Yet even individually they were not wholly
gloomy; each night the darkness was made visible, by some
speech of superior sense or eloquence, which seemed perhaps
even more sensible or eloquent contrasted with the stupidity
and dulness of the rest. We had always a " speech of the
evening.". We have seen the Minister come forward in a
nobler position than Minister ever held before, speaking
nobly of great principles, not empty subterfuges—of
a whole people, not a paltry
faction; each a speech
better still
alone would have redeemed a month's dull talking.
We have seen faithful and consistent men rejoicing in their
hour oefoturfieustnsiopuhs of those converted by their consciences.; and, , we have heard the glo-
riousOn rare occasions, too, the "speech of the evening " has been
delivered by protectionists, yet these displays have been
without effect. Even the genius of Mr. DISRAELI was un-
able to make " the worse appear the better cause." At
length the twelfth, the last, the greatest night arrived, and its
speech, like itself, put all the rest to shame. Whose
was the speech of that evening? - not even to him, the
untiring, the jealous advocate of free trade in its hour of
darkness—not even to the eloquent oration of Mr. COBDEN
must that merit be awarded. Behold the speech of the
evening; the most brief, yet most Comprehensive ever uttered ;
For Monopoly ........
For Free Trade

Majority.

Majority for free trade, majority for the people, for the poor
and the atarving, for the wealthy iudwitripus; fin imlustry—yes,