The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

Sir R. PEEL, and defended the cause of protection to the
landed interest.

Mr. litrinE expressed his satisfaction at the conduct
of the Government.

Sir R. PEEL said that in pursuing the settlement of
the great question which now agitates the public mind,
on just and equitable terms with that people with whose
welfare his own was altogether bound up, he should not
allow any personal considerations or private motives to
make him swerve from the principles which he had
laid down.

In answer to questions from Lord J. RUSSELL on the
subject of Oregon,
Sir R. PEEL said that a rroposal bad been trade by
the PRESIDENT of the United States, in which it was
suggested that a division of that territory should be
made ; but the terms that bad been proposed fur this
division were so little likely to be accepted, that Mr.
PAKENHAM had intimated as much as that the proposal
might as well be withdrawn, Now, with respect to that
gentleman, he would only say, that though he enter-
tained for him the highest respect, it would have been
much better had he transmitted to the Home Govern...
went here the usual accounts of what had come to his
knowledge on this question. Since then the offer of this
country had been refused on the terms he had stated ; a
new course had been adopted, and it had been agreed
upon to refer the question to arbitration, but no answer
to that offer had yet been received.
The O'CoNNoR Doti asked if it was intended to in-
troduce any measure for the settlement of the landlord
and tenant question in Ireland ?

Sir R. PEEL hoped the question would be repeated in
a few days, when he would be prepared to answer it.
Mr. BANES expressed himself at a loss to conceive
what could have been the reasons which had induced
Sir R. PEEL to change his opinions on the subject of
protection. lie felt convinced that, when the occasion
should arrive, he (Mr. BANKEs) should be able to give,
to many of the facts and statements of the Right Hon.
Baronet, a positive denial.

After a few words from Mr. S. CRAWFORD, the mo-
tion was agreed to, and Sir R. PEEL signified that her
Majesty would receive the Address at half-past two
this day.
Sir R. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill
for the extension and promotion of public works in
Ireland.

After which the report was brought up, and the House
adjourned.

The new session has opened under glorious auspices. The
events of Thurday night are unparalleled in the annals of our
history. The leader of the Opposition and the chief of the
Government both manfully came forward and owned they
had been wrong, both sacrificed the convictions and opinions
of long years as an expiatory offering on the altars of their
country. People of England, behold your triumph ! You
have not endured, you have not spoken in vain. Your suf-
sfeernitnigmsenhtasvhe
abveee
bne
eanc kTi o w
echoedle dbgye dt h ee
veinrstinMihniigshte spina ctleie 13a'noudr.
We have long given that Minister full credit for his sagacity;
we felt assured that he would at length comprehend his
position. The event has more than realised our expecta-
tions. Sir ROBERT PEEL does indeed understand his proud
position, and his conduct last night proves he is worthy to
maintain it. He spoke as became the First Minister of the
country; casting party considerations to the winds, rising
high above personal feelings, he proclaimed his intention of
governing the people for the people and by the people alone.
Boldly he flung the gauntlet to the "proud aristocracy,"
who lent him their support that they might make him their
slave. "If lamto he Minister of England," be exclaimed, '
"it shall be on no servile tenure; if I guide the helm, it must
answer to my touch, or I hold it no longer !" These are bold
words, honourable to the Minister who proclaimed them—
honourable to the people who will re-echo them with pride.
The Duke of Ricitmostp's fury is now all in vain.
What ! did he think that the whole nation was to
be governed by his will? The Minister rules the
country, the Dukes rule the Minister; and where are the
rights of the people—where the result of our struggles and
our triumphs—our revolutions and reforms, if the mighty
I multitude are to submit to the party feelings of the few?
After years of misrule and oppression, the English people
have now a Minister who boldly asserts their power. We
have been no admirers of Sir R. PEEL during his inconsistent,
Conservative career, but we gladly forget all the faults of the
past in admiration for the principles he promulgated on
Thursday. The waters of Lethe will pass over the events of
past years, while the memory of the present shall
endure to all time; it will endear him to that posterity whose
admiration he so prizes, but, above all, it will win for him the
approval of his country. It was no light task to relinquish
the guiding principles of his life, it was no easy
thing for him, once the idolized of his party,
to speak amid the silent displeasure of his friends.
He was supported by his sense of public duty, his
confidence in the justice of his cause. It now appears
that as far back as November he advocated the opening of
the ports, day and night lie studied the condition of the peo-
ple, and that observation has produced these glorious results
When, overruled by his colleag,:,es, be was compelled to re-
sign he freely promised to support the measures of Lord
Jolts. During that embarrassing interregnum, truly deno-
minated the "Ministerial crisis," the two rival leaders
thought not of the pride of place ;,each was anxious to
assume the Government himself, or strenuously to sup-
port his opponent, as might best accord with the
interests of the country. Both received the most
powerful assistance from the QUEEX, who, fully understand-s
ing the duties of a constitutional Monarch, was only anxiou
to promote the welfare of the people, end assist any Govern-
ment in performing its duty. How finely does this contrast
with the poor ambition of most sovereigns, who, identifying
themselves with the interests of a party, from being monarchs
of a nation, sink into chiefs of a faction. Vicronta has al-
ways been dear to her people; now their love will, if possible,
be tenfold increased. Tuesday next will inform us of the plans of
the Government, but the intentions of Sir R. PEEL were fully
explained on Thursday; he is no longer the chief of a party .
The Conservative party is no more. Mr. DISRAELI, in one of
those eloquent and sarcastic discourses which he only can
pronounce, endeavoured to rally the last strength of the party,
yet he admitted it was " a party which could triumph no
more." The sound of wailing may now resound from the
ranks of monopoly—the funeral escutcehon may be affixed to
17, New Bond-street—the exclusis'es may struggle; but it is
with the death agony--

" Fulmus Troes ; fuit Ilium et ingens
Gloria Teucrorum."
Sir ROBERT PEEL will fear little from the Attack of the ab-
3olate, arbitrary few; he trusts to the confidence and co-ope-
ration of the country; he trusts to the support of the people,
and he will not trust in vain. All ranks :nd classes of that
mighty body, biking at the events of the lasi few weeks,
wilt unite in proclaiming " Honour to Lord JOAN RUSSELL
and Sir ltonEuT PEEL! and all praise to Queen VICTORIA !"
the patriot statesmen and truly patriot QUEEN !

The first night of the session is, for once, no failure. The
brightest expectations must have been realised by the pro-
ceedings of Thursday In the House of Commons. Fuller ex-
planations could, not have been desired of the late Ministerial
crisis; and, Lord FRANCIS EGERTON'S and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
spe.:;ites enunciated free. trade principles broadly enough to
satisfy a League auditory. We will not stop to
inquire how it was that Sir ROBERT PEEL having
obtained his SOVEREIGN'S permission to explain, the
Duke of WELLINOTOx had neglected this precau-
tion, how indeed every one had asked and obtained

permission but the Duke of WELLLNGTON—Lord J. RUSSELL,
Lord LANSDOWNE, Lord STANLEY—the Duke of WELLINGTON
alone having a padlock on his lips. It is enough that we
have Sir R. PEEL'S explanation. The Duke of RICIISIOND
himself needs no more. We understand, then, that Sir R.
PEEL intends a final settlement of the corn-law question.
His plan previously to his resignation was total repeal at no
distant period, with a small duty at first to disappeargradually.
To this plan Lord J. RUSSELL refused his consent when
power devolved on him. This Ilan cannot and will not be sup-
ported by the leaders of the anti-corn-law agitation, while it
will be opposed as stoutly by the protectionists as a measure
of total repeal. The only alternative, then, fcr Sir ROBERT
PEEL is total and immediate repeal; and he who has braved
so much cannot, we believe, stickle at the trifling difference
between what he has already proposed and the measure
which he can alone carry, or which alone offers a prospect of
a peaceable and final settlement of the question.
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S proposal to the Cabinet on the Ist of
November, and Lord Jonx RUSSELL'S advice as to what
should be done in his letter of the 26th of November—
written necessarily in ignorance of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Sen-
timents, and in the belief, justified by circumstances, that he
intended nothing--singularly tally with and justify each
other. Sir ROBERT PEEL had proposed just what Lord
JOHN RUSSELL censured him for not having proposed: but
his colleagues would not concur with him, and he waited
till the end of the month to make one more trial of his dis-
sentients. On the Ist of November Sir ROBERT
PEEL proposed to call Parliament together in a
fortnight, for the purpose of opening the ports,
This is exactly what Lord Joirs RUSSELL said be should
ave done. After Thursday night's explanation it must be ad-
mitted on all bands that the Prime Minister at least has
shown himself fully sensible of the magnitude of the crisis,
and that Lord JOHN RUSSELL was actuated by high feelings
of public duty both in forbearing to speak out before the
appearance of his letter, and in speaking out when he did.
It must be confessed that the new "county party," to
uWseitah vsuuclgharopphporsalsetiOn"masadeisa mthersseaftd ietd."_malsThwuarss ddaiystninigethlyt.
threatened that night by the Duke of RICHMOND, in one
could was to move an amendment to the
Address. An amendment was intended. The Duke of
RICHMOND lost his opportunity in the House of Lords, and
then lost his temper; and tried to throw the blame on the
Lord Chancellor. This probably led to their being no amend-
ment in the Commons. When Sir ROBERT PEEL rose,..llr.
CoLgullouN rose also—to move an amendment. But he did
not tin afterwards. So it was left to Mr. DISRAELI and
Mr. MILES to damage the Minister with only general abuse.

The policy of the protectionist party, it appears, is to pro-
voke a dissolution. The Duke of RICII3IOIIID is confident that
the cry of protection will be responded to by the large con-

stituencies of the kingdom, and they dare Sir ROBERT PEE 11
to dissolve. 'We hope the protectionists are ready to abide
by the response of the constituencies, whatever it may be.
We suspect the Duke of RICHMOND reckons without
his host, and that the result of an appeal to the country
will be a large majority for free trade—large even
while the representation is Duke-ridden, as it is. If
the rotten and nomination boroughs were gone, and
we had none but large constituencies to appeal to, protection
would be in a sad plight indeed in the House of Commons.
We hope, then, that the Duke Of RICHMOND, and the other
Peers who last night urged, as if by concert, an appeal to the
country, are ready to defer to the country's voice if it Should
be against them. There is, otherwise, no sense or sincerity
in the point which the county party mean to make. If they
will abide by the result of a general election, we have in the
policy of the county party a stronger assurance of a speedy
and peaceable settlement of the corn-law question than any
that has previously presented itself.
By the by, the Duke of RICHMOND has begun with very
vehement questioning; and some one should question him
as to Mr. FEARGUS O'CoNxoß's statement, that he had had a
message from the Duke. Is it the Chartists that are the
Duke of RICHMOND'S hope in the " large constituencies?" Of
course the Duke is able to deny that he ever sent a message,
but, for all that, we believe that the Chartists hare been felt,
with his knowledge. It is not the first time that the "gen-
tlemen of England" have availed themselves of Chartist aid.
We hope Mr. DUNCOMBE will apply his practised powers of
ferreting out the truth to the negotiations between the-Duke
of Rim-swim's emissary and Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR.

There is no public man more deserving of honour
from the people than Mr. DUNCOMDE ; and the meet-
ing held on Wednesday night at the Crown and Arichor
Tavern, by the working classes and the members of
the trades' associations of the metropolis, to do
honour to their champion, was a fitting tribute of
gratitude and respect, suitably rendered on the eve of
the day on which he will renew his Parliamentary'
labours. If we look back through the four rays of
the Peel Ministry, we find Mr. DUNCOMBE standing
out in bold relief; and proudly distinguished by the
persevering pursuit of definite aims, and by
services actually conferred on the people, in the
general apathy of the Liberal Opposition. The Sun
will not be accused of being insensible to the great
services of Mr. CoBDEN and Mr. VlLLizes ; but What,
they have done since the Whigs went out of office, in

E 1841, has been done much more out of the House of
Commons than in it, and it must be said that in the
House of Commons the champions of the Anti-Corn-
law League have shown generally an indisposition to
take part in any questions besides their own. We do not
say this reproachfully, and it is by no means neces-
sarily a reproach. " One thing at a time" is
often a good rule; and if Mr. COBDEN had scattered
his energies on other questions besides the repeal of
the corn-laws, we should not be where we are on that
question—within reach of victory. But there is m)
question in which the great bulk of the English peo-
ple feel an interest—no question of individual wrong,
any more than of public grievance—.which has not
had the aid of Mr. DUNCOMRE'S eloquent, bold, and
untiring advocacy. Early in the life of the present
Parliament, on the occasion of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
first gift, the income-tax, Mr. DuzieomßE
wrested, by his tact and perseverance, from
an unwilling Government and Parliament
a power for the people of petitioning
against taxes about to be imposed. If M. DUN..
COMBS had done no more than *bat he has done
against the immoral and unconstitutional practice of
letter-opening at the Post-office, the people of this
country would still owe him a great debt of gratitude.
We hope that the Hon. Member for Finsbury, cheered
and stimulated by Wednesday night's demonstration
of gratitude and affection from a most crowded meet-
ing, will return to the charge this session, and not
rest content till the odious power of seal-opening is
entirely swept away. Ard on another ques-
tion to which The Sun has lately endeavoured to
direct public attention, the state of the
representation, Mr. DONCOMBE is almost the only
Member of the Legislature who has continued from

time to time to show up the abuses that still exist,
and protest against finality in Parliamentary reform.
Honour, then, we say heartily with Wednesday night's
meeting, to the people's champion.
The meeting of Wednesday night had for its especial
and principal object to honour Mr. DUNCOMBE; but the
series of resolutions passed and spoken to shows it to
have been also a meeting chiefly of Chartists. To
desire further Parliamentary reform is one thing,
and to subscribe to every item of the Char-
ter is another. We cannot advocate payment of
Members of Parliament, which would give the con-
stituents a power over their Members quite irrecon-
cileable with deliberation and free action by the
latter. We think there are many valid objections to
a division of the country into equal electoral districts,
apart from the difficulties attendant on 'a change
from the present old established system of constitu-
encies; but we entirely go along with Mr. CHRISTI E,
one of the very few Members of Parliament prese,it
at this meeting, who said—

" lie did not come there to pledge himself to a particular
set of opinions, but he was prepared in the tioase of Com-
mons to endeavour, in the words of the resOhttluti, to destroy
class legislation—(Great cheering)—by giving more power
to the people and tem to the dukes in elections—by having
larger constituencies and a much wider distribution of the
franchise, and by giving the poor voter, whose circumstances
made him dependant on the rich and the grea4 the protes:-
tion of the ballot."
The presence of so few Members of the Legislature
on such an ottation is deeply to be regretted. Our
legislators do not know, and do not try to know,
what. is 50i.:ig on among the working classes.

Tilt result of the action BARNETT V. BURDETT,
tried in the Court of Exchequer,' before Mr. Baron
ALDERSON and a common jury, is of vast impor-
tance to the community, and will cause deep regret
to many that they were not vie in time, and that
they embarked in dangerous speculations without
counting the costs. The action was brought
by a stationer and printer, in the Cit: ,
against Mr. JONES BURDETT, nephew of
the late Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, to recover
the sum of 1191. 10s. for stationery, printing, and
other articles, furnished to the Irish West Coast Rail-
way Company. Mr. BURDETT was a member of the
provisional committee, and the plaintiff, knowing pro-
bably that he was able to pay, and not placing much
confidence in the pecuniary abilities of certain others
of the provisional eommittee, sued him for the whole
amount. Mr. BURDETT, it further appears, did not
consider himself at all liable, for in a note to an appli-
cant for payment of the account, he replied " that
he had no connexion whatever with the Irish West
Coast Railway, and had forwarded the application
to the solicitors of the Company, as he
knew nothing at all about it." The Learned
Judge, however, and even the counsel for
the defendant, took a different view. The
latter admitted that he had no defence to the action
as far back as October 16th, the period at which the
defendant became connected with the Company.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON'S words are precise on the
point, and ought, therefore, to be generally known :
" No possible doubt," said he, " existed as to the
liability of the defendant. The defendant became
responsible from the day when he consented to act on
the provisional committee, and that was on the 16th
of October. The defendant was liable to all the
contracts from that day which had been entered
into for the purposes of the Company, whilst the
party who made those contracts for the Company
was in the position of the agent of the committee.
For any debts incurred before the 16th of October
the defendant could not be held liable." The
jury without hesitation gave a verdict for the whole
amount. For the future this decision will be of
great benefit, because it will prevent all men of pro-
perty from embarking in speculations that are not of
an honest character, and that do not hold out fair
prospects of success. In fact, it will go far
to put an end to " bubble companies,"
and deter most persons from entrusting
their money, or furnishing articles to provisional com-
mitteemen who have no means to pay. But the
reckoning to those who have thus bought wisdom by
experience will be severe, and hundreds like Mr.
BURDETT will become liable for debts which they
never anticipated. Notwithstanding the Learned
Judge's estimate of human folly, we are inclined to
think this lesson will prevent many from again
" placing their heads through a halter."

The Madrid papers of the 15th contain no news of interest.
The discussion on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies
was again adjotirned. On the Bourse, the Three per Cents.
closed at 3414. The other stocks were not quoted.

The principal topic in the Paris papers is the speech of
M. TRIERS, in which he denounced the policy of M. Gmzor
with regard to the annexation of Texas, and the balance of
power in America. The ex-Minister, as might have been
expected, declared himself in favour of the United States,

m mifested his determined hatred and jealousy of England,
and seemed willing to sacrifice the best interests of
France to the advancement of the American republic and
the humi iation of this country, while at the game inothelit
he called himself " a deelated partisan of English alliance."
We have space for only a few paragraphs of his speech, but
they will suffice to show that the American affair is to be the
coeval de bataille for the session. After recounting the
vast increase of population in the United States, acid
their present power, he says Nan easily imagine
that this extraottlinaty and unheard-of prosperity should
give umbrage to England, but for my part I cannot for the
sake of my country be at all uneasy at the development of
the power of the United States. It has been 0,-jected that
the annexation of Tents to the United States disturbed the
balance of power in America ; it is, I must eonteSs, the first
time I ever hoard this equilibrium spoken of ; I can fully corn-
prebend a balance "f power in Europe, which is nothing but
the independence of all the states composing it ; and when-
ever this equilibrium has been disturbed it has proper
to seek to re-establish it ; but I Will ask, what have we to do
with America in that respect? The Honourable M.
Guizor is afraid that the Spanish race will ba
annihilated by the Anglo-American one. Oh 1 when
that time comes, when the United States shall have, like
England, 100 ships of the line and 200 frigates, when they
shall no longer profess the principle that the flag covers the
merchandise, then the European equilibrium may go to the
assistance of that of America. If we still possessed Canada
and Louisiana, I can imagine that the development of the
power of the United States might give 113 uneasiness; I can
imagine that it disturbs the English, who possess a part of
the American continent; but as we have given up Loitislanu,
the question no longer in any way concerns us." The speech
receives the strongest approbation from the Radical and Ita-
publican pipers, and even the Presse, so opposed to M.
THIERS, praises it, because the Presse i, hostile to England,
On M. TRIERS resuming his place, the Chamber adjourned,
and on Wednesday M. GU Or made an able reply in defence
of his policy.
The Ibilowing appears in the Times, but as no allusion is
!mule to the melancholy intelligence, or to a telegraphic dis-
patch from that quarter in the Paris papers, we cotitibtitly
trust it is either without foundation or greatly- ckaggerated—
" Letters from our pritlttE dorirespondent at Marseilles announce
that a diviefott t)f the Fiench army in Algeria, under the command
of Geilefal Levasseur, and consisting of 2,500 men, had; wllllO.
Making a razzla in the province of Constantine; tie%ii Wertaken by a
snow storm on the night of the ad Inst., When the greater part of the
division perished from the !density of the cold."
On the Poril Bourse the Stoc't and Share Markets closed on Wed-
needo BA reduced prices as compared with those of the previous day;
The Three per Cents. at 82f. 95c. ; the New Loan, 53f. t, the Vik't
Cents. 12If. 35c ; the Orleans Railroad Silatet, God. ; Rouen,
1,020 f. • Havre, 740 E! AVigta3ll, bBse. ; Vierzon, 702 f 50c. ; Bor-
deaux, f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 457 f, 50c. ;
Basle, 255 f.; Great Northern, 752 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
38N.
The following are the quotations for other
Paris and Lyons, definitive, 625 f: 1
.the Paris Mirk StritsbUrg, defini-
tive, 5491. ; Tours and istaiiteli definitive, 5721. hoc, ; Lyons and
Avignon (Talahot), 6; tr. 25c. ; ditto (Lecointe), 507 f.; ditto (Com-
p ;pile Mefidlonale), 503 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (51ackallsie),
502 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 5071. ; Charleroi (ISysaens), 498 f.; Caen
(Delamarre), 503 f. • •

"/P •
LToNs, JAN. 19.—Paris and Orleans, 1,26011; Paris slid Rblietil
1,032 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 757 f, 50'.
BUSINESS DON); r - POREIG.I,.: RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON" STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, 12%,—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie's), 2—Ditto (Espleta's), 2—Calcutta and Diamond Ilar
hour, N p —Ceylon, 1 —Dutch Rhenish, 8U _.East litellait. 1
9Gurleaar, Great
Great
Pattio
fraanncde
FC;enisist! —Great Western Bengal, 1
lutte,d, 154 —Great Indian Pottin-
LuxeMbntil'g --tkleah§ a' d Vierzon, 17% - Orleans and Bor-
deat.W.l 11% —Over Yssel, 1 dis.—Paris and Lyons (Latltte's), 2%
Ditto (Ganneron's), 3%—Sambre and Meuse, 5%.

We understand that a most elaborate Map of eXiating and
projected railways has been prepared by the Board of Trade,
with a view to its being recommended by the Government
to Parliament, to take R comprehensive view of the
state of all parts of the kingdom as to railway tommunicas
tion, and to a selection in the present session of a tertain
number of lines which are moet needed,
We understand that Dr: Ni&ollis retirement from the
office of sludge-AdVoiate-General is solely on account of pri-
vate reasons. the Right Hon. Gentleman intending to go
abroad for some time with his family. Mr, James Wortley,
who succeeds him, is returned fbr Buteshire by the Wile in=
fluence (Lord Bate's) that retulned N'icholl for Cardiff.
LICENSED VICTUALLER s' SOCIE FT.—Wednesday
.vening the licensed victuallers gave their annual ball, in the
great room of the London Tavern, Blshopegate,street; the
proceeds of which go the funds by Which their sehool is Mtn=
ported. These balls hare alreays been Well attendE.l, slid
have always beat tf gl'eat assistance in carrying out the
benevolent objects of the subscribers to them, but the ball of
Wednesday night surpassed all the predecessors of it which
we have witnessed in the numbers and respectability Of the
company. There were froth 1,000 to 1,206 pereons present,
and by them the (wilt scene was kept up till far into the
morning. The arrangements, under the care of Messrs.
Bathe and Breach, were satisfactory to everybody I the whole
of the multitude assembled were accommodated ;With what:-
ever they desired in the most liberal manner. Refresittlient
rooms were thrown Open, and supplied with the appliances
for supporting the Vigour of the dancers, and increasing the
oleasuree of the evening. Indeed, nothing was wanting to
render the occasion one that will long be remembered by all
who were present, and one that Will prove beneficial tti the
charitable oblect it was meant to dsslit. The band of Mr.
Adams attended, and played all the most fashionable waltzes,
pelkas, galopades, &c., usual on these occasions.
Tins COAL MINERS.—A portion of tht coal miners
turned out in this neighbourhood oh Friday; the eftipiOA.-ers
and the empl oytd Litt being able td came to teritis' at bird
Bradford'es Mr: Seoweroft'r; Mid one Or two othef paces. A
meeting was held oh Tuesday arnOtigst the operatives, and
another tatted place on Wednesday. —Bolton Free Press.
According to the register of the obeetVlltiotis made
at the Royal Observatory of Paris during the last month, 'it
appears that the lowest degree of tehiperature Mats seven be-
low zero of the Centigrade Scale (004 Fabrehheit), which
happened on the 18th, iith, 113th, and 28th, and that the
highest degree Was 11 8-10 above zero C. (53 F.) During 26
days the wind was from the west. The *Rather, cense•
quently, was unusually mild throughout the month,
" PEPPER, AND THAT SORT OF THING."—We read
in the papers that, tit the time the ban of Noribik made his
dreadful lapstts about the dully, the Duke of Richmond said
his feeling svia such, that "he wished the e..rth would open
and hide him." The Duke of Richmond has not beta alto-
gether disappointed; for, in consequence of his dttcal displays
at several protection meetings, the press has since Opened
upon him, and given hint the Wind he so particularly
wanted,-,,•Punicit,
PttlEtitatANlSM.—totspoN v. BIRMINGHAM.—The
race between Martin, of the " Great Metropolis,". and
Messenger, of the "Hardwase ditto," was run off on Thursday
at Ealing, at the back of the Old Hat. The distance wits
110 yards, and from the reputation of both men as fast ones
much intereet .vas attached to the race, though the short-
ness of preparation prevented much money from changing
hands upon its issue. The men were both in good con-
dition, and the ground, although the Morning was wet
throughout, was all that could be desired. The competitors
got off at the first start well together, and the running for
the first 50 yards was swift and level; towards the 60th the
Brummagem hero drew on his man, who strained every nerve
to hold and improve his position, but in vain. Martin', star
was declining ; the flying Messenger, bearing the glad
tidings of victory, strained towards the silken gaol, and
rattled in gallantly a winner by about a couple of yards.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—Covent-garden on
Thursday assumed quite a spring-like appearance, Primrose.,
violets (sweet scented), cowslips, anemonies, and ma'iy of the
flowers which bloom usually in the month of February, were
presented for sale in high perfection, the colours being good,
and the scent of them powerfully odoriferous. The growers
say that the gardens give, at present, great promise of an
abundant quantity of apple and pear blossoms, and if the
buds are not cut off by a blight or frost a great supply of
both may be expacted.
PROTECTION AND .COMPENSATION.--At the Lin-
colnshire protection meeting, Mr. Christopher, one of the
county members, said he thought the landholders must not,
in the event of repeal of the corn-laws, ask for compensation,
for, if they did, most likely they would have to pay an ad-
ditional property-tax. What is this but a virtual confession,
by one of the land'ords, that the notion of " compensation*
is not founded on reason or honesty? Granting compensation
would be as unjust as the corn-laws are bad. -
CELLAR TRAPS.—On Wednesday afternoon, as Mrs.
Feltham, a middle-aged lady, residing in King-street, High
Holborn, accompanied by her daughter, was walking along
Drury-lane, she accidentally trod on one of the iron plates
on the foot pavement, which being unsecured, turned on one
side and she fell with her left leg through the hole above the
knee. Several persons assisted her up, and at first it was
feared she had fractured her leg ; but, on examination, it
was found that the limb was not broken, but that the knee-
pan was seriously and extensively injured.
DEATHS DY Daosotrartet.—On Wednesday Mr.
Baker held two inquests on the bodies of persons who had
been drowned. The first was held at the Spotted Dog, High-
street, Poplar, on the body of John Gladwell, a smith, aged
forty-six. It appeared that on Friday last the deceased was
at work on board the iron steam-ship the Trident, now lying
at the entrance of the East India Export Dock I about ter:
o'clock he left that vessel to get on shore, and whilst at-
tempting to cross from one ship to another, the night being
very dark, he did not observe that there was a space of seve-
ral feet between them, and he fell into the water. Drags
were procured, and he was picked up in about twenty mi-
nutes; medical efforts were made to restore animation, with-
out effect. The next inquest was held at the Town of Rams-
gate, Wapping, on the body of a sailor, named John Alexan-
der, aged thirty-five years, who accidentally fell overboard.
When taken out of the water he was quite dead. Verdict.
in each case—" Accidental death."

PAYING THE ENEMY IN THEIR OWN COIN.-111 fI
few days, the enemy's fleet being reported to be on the move,
Captain Durham sent to Lord Nelson to remind his Lordship
that there were 750,000 dollars on board the Defiance, which
he had brought out from England, and to inquire what was
to be done with them. Lord Nelson answered, "If the
Spaniards come out, fire the dollars at them, and pay them
off in their own coin."—Naval Life and Services of Admiral
Durham.

CORONER'S INQUIRY RESPECTING THE LATE FIRE IN
DRURY-LANE.—On Wedneday night, Mr. Bedford instituted,
at the Duke of Wellington, Drury-lane, an inquiry r3specting
the origin of the late fires that occurred on the premises, 90 and
91, Drury-lane. The churchwardena, overseers, and other
' parochial officers, were present. William Ellis, in the employ
of Mr. Gray, the owner of the workshop where the tire first
broke out, deposed that the workshop wag locked up on Satur-
day night, the 10th inst., when all the lights were extin-
guished. The master, he, and his fellow-apprentice, had a
key each. lie never parted with his key, and heard when
he went to his work on Monday, that the fire broke out the
preceding day. George Buxton, apprentice to and residing
with Mr. Gray, at Vine—treet, Lambeth, corroborated the
evidence of the last witness, adding that he was with his
motherat Pimlico on the day of the fire, and that he left his key
in his jacket in Vine-street whilst he was with his mother.
Elizabeth Bradley, occupying a floor which has the coin-
mend of Mr. Gray's workshop, stated that about two o'clock.
on the II th inst. she saw a light in the workshop, which in-
creased until four o'clock, when the alarm of tire was raised.
She saw no one in the workshop that day. Mary Curtis,
living at No. 90, Drury-lane, stated that between eleven
and twelve o'clock on the day of the lire she heard a footstep
advancing to Mr. Gray's workshop, and that, after some
time, she heard the same footstep descend, and the door
slain. Mr. Macey, landlord, said that he first heard of the
fire on his premises about half-past four, and he assisted in
putting it out. Mr. Samuel Gray, having been cautioned by
theToroner, stated that on hearing that his workshop was on
fire, he hastened to it. Tie could not account for the; tire.
lie was insured for 100/. At the suggestion of the Coroner,
the inquiry was adjourned to enable all who had avid nice to
give to do so. Mr. Macey said that it was reported t hat he
had his premises insured for 1,000/. lie hoped th a press I
would correct that report, as he was not insured f Jr a far-
thing. The Court was then adjourned.