The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-13 00:00:00

jTlie SECRETARY read the report, which was one of con-
siderable length, but the substance of which was, that
anot,
withstanding that they had reduced their fares, and placed
additional number of carriages on the line, their traffic had in-
creased beyond their anticipation. The former had increased
in one year, from 960,0(.0 to over 1,000,000, and the latter
from 90,000 tons to 150,000 tons ; and the account of receipts
and expenditure shows a balance to December, 1845,
1,( 001. to the credit of the company. The report went on.
to sey, that after paying certain rents, tolls, &c., a dividend of
four per cent. might be declared, and _still leave a balance to
the credit of the current half year of over 6,800/.
After a few words from Lord Reddesdale, uggesting that
the Company should take no steps until the Gauge CAM:
miss on had seat in their report, the meeting agreed to actor'
the director's report, and resolutions founded thereon.
The usual vote of thanks was passed, and the meeting Se-
past ed. of over

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed earl,'
walk yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Paige'
Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colons
ldey and Dr. Prcetorius, honoured the college of Ghemistri.
\V
in Ilanover-s
Royalquare H ighnes, yest
serdthe. ay,
Duchess with a visit.
Ili n. of Kent visited her
Maj,sty yesterday. Sir
'1 he Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Ro
theY
' the Princess Alice were taken airings yesterday in
-ure grounds. iiaJnes
lie royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Tv ‘----tba
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of ge,PtJard,
,arl of Liverpool, the Earl of Jersey, Lady Fanny linsr,,frs.
Jar,ness de Speth, Mr. George Edward and the Horn Mlle
Anson, Sir George Anson, and the Hon. and Rev. C. L
Courtenay.
T le band of the First Life Guards was in attendance.
ng dinner, and performed the following piecesbpese
Grand March of the Ist Life Guards—Her Royal gig

the Duchess of Kent.
Overture, Oberon—Weber.
Walzer, Themis Fest Klanze--Labitzky.
Medley, Scotch—Waddell.
Medley, Cori—Rossini.
Cavatina--Verdi. r
Tile royal dinner party yesterday included x.essej th.
Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Higbee _
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Excellency tberd and
de Sotomayor, Earl Talbot, Viscount Canning, 2.pet
Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness""oarable
Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lord George Lennox, 11°,1/ j3art''
Francis and Lady Anne Charteris, Sir George COP"' •
and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. deti
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards:tote:v/0$
at the Palace during dinner, and performed the fo

pieces :
Overture, " Egmont"—Beethoven.
Waltzes, " Astrea"—Strauss.
Duet e Finale, " Maria de Rohan"—Donizetti.

Disperse in Silence,
Chorus, Come with Torches, Mendelshon.
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Prayer Finale, ,reitsst#l,,.
Baron de Moncorvo, ortuguese Minister, was P's fies'`-,.,
by a family bereavement from attending her Majesty tsw
on Wednesday. The Lord Advocate was Prese°.,w ntsd,,t:
Levee, and Cornet Soame Gambier Jenyns was Pre'L,oo, P.'
the Queen, on appointment to the 13th Light Drag
the Earl of Hardwicke. , tv C 0
A deputation of the Aborigines Protection Soc,,l"llar
:,isting of Joseph T. Price, Joseph John Gurney, o'r„,, ja°:.:
ton, S. F. Woolmer, V. Leslie Foster, Samuel-Gorll.;(d'hbo4:.,.'
Henry Christy, J. Bevan Braithwaite G. L. -elsst"'',
James Bell, William Grimshaw, A. B. 'Wright,. once 'Th.
and G. L. Neighbour, attended at the Colonial-01. sits-
Wednesday, to present an address to the Secretary toll,
for the Colonies, on the occasion of his taking otficei; NO.
make an appeal' on behalf of the Indians of Buttst
America and the Aborigines of Southern Africa. erds/..
The French Ambassador transacted business vest
Wit)
the .
tory° , A
Dean,Mr Chairman of the Customs. had an in
the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday- , Peel'
The Cabinet Ministers dined with Sir Robe"
Wednesday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens-
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THE POTATO ROT IN IRELAND.—It appears „a
addressed by Lord Cloncurry to the Dublin Everi'efrOd
that there is unequivocal evidence of decay in tb:stbetit;
of potatoes, sown in November, and upon the earli4d for
of which so much reliance has been placed as ,1
people in the beginning of the summer. Getle;ic
There was a fire lesterday eveninc, at We
the CitiL,,r
Pest-office, that fir the moment caused some alarm in w the aor
it was speedily subdued. The damage done is confined., of l>
ins or a workbench and some timber, and the melon'
pipes. The origin the lire was not ascertained.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAM NT

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HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursda.V,-10,1
THE CORN-LAWS.—ADJOURNED DP the
The order of the day being read for resuming
bir
journed debate, the °-
Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition froMp-ose.Oo
owners of the city of London, praying that • dreil" 110
would reject that part of the Ministerial ineos`"
laid a restrictive duty on foreign timber. gbsl* ,fr
Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from I3.;;0 0
'cot
praying for a total and immediate repeal °'" es°
laws, and that they should be delivered at onee
ever from that obnoxious impost. ti
Sir JOHN TROLLOPE presented sever
ingot
in favour of the present corn-laws, and praYfte_4.
confidence should be placed in the present glycolic:lp
Petitions were presented in favour of the PLes seofir
laws by Mr. John Hall, Mr. Blackburne, OP%
Mr. Greene, and Sir John Yarde Buller, fronl il,
sex, Buckingham, and Devonshire. Mr. Grlr not
awls prayed that the present measure wig 0011
passed until the sense of the cbuutry had been 0
a general election. e0113:/°0
Petitions in favour of the abolition of the 41,40ej
were presented by Mr. Townsend, one of whiell,"od
by upwards of 12,000 persons ; by Mr. Dun°"c:,ooo,ao
by 3,000 inhabitants of Dundee, who were,it►tt
with the linen trade, and who felt that tbel,
tbe c`
were seriously affected by the present state of of
laws ; and by Mr. T. S. Duncombe. f4v°llto4'
An Hoer. MEMBER presented a petition i 8 oil
the Government measure, very respectably
merously signed.
; 'ont
Mr. HINDLEY presented a similar pet.°
by 2,200 of the inhabitants of Pontefract. from
Mr. BRIGHT presented a similar peti,ti _A 01,
mayor and corporation of the city of Durne-.sfga:,
An Uwe. MEMBER presented a petition, woe
2,200 of the inhabitants of Derbyshire in A$J,
protection. usty
Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition nuraer°thet °tie,
from a town in Somersetshire, complaining, vete,
tition had been presented by the Agriculturt"„ioiotV
Society which did not represent the, :root'
the inhabitants, and praying for a total an bride
abolition of the duties on foreign corn. n, ftb
Mr. GIBSON presented a petition fro'-',.,,01
in favour of a total and immediate rereer;4o',
corn-laws ; also a petition from theool.loo`
of Manchester engaged in the Irish trade, e°,;4o e.,4;
the falling off of orders in their trade in ele'r Sol;
the failure of the potato crop, and praying P,7-0011
Government to adopt such measures as Mk
'Or o'
people of Ireland with food. 00113 '0 .10
Mr. THORNELY presented a petitino„,,,,iesil JO
north, approving of the policy of her 17 the ,
vernment, but praying that the abolition
that
on foreign corn should be total and iminedlei eh,
Mr. COLQUHOUN then rose and sts ijoSselit
wished to make some explanation to she the
some observations which had fallen freilajeStlin
Honourable Baronet at the head of her,e-od rAtoosty
vernment. It might be in the reee" sios,
ilouse that the Honourable Baronet id oPloolk
that he (Mr. Colquhoun) had once be sees 0,
00'4
similar to those entertained by the 140113
Member for Wolverhampton, n aln„evifoce e" 01'
repeal of the corn-laws, and that he liar sr," iistitsoeld,D
tie in for the principles of high protee.t,,,l%.ootb°olooo
assure the Right Hon. Baronet he was
the opinions he then held and those be 11-ifoa• so
With regard to his former opinions theisit tbeoi "t 0
would think him very inconsistent. I,le „n- °,og9
to be one of very great importance, and 12- be tb-
able difficulty and anxiety. He must now, as.jerstid
art ive at his present convictions per sa 010
gi% en the question his most serious
10 ri&ff,o,lol,
for many years. He was excluded ff tbe ouitero,
in 1841, at which time the question ?„,,000 0 000
assumed an aspect of the most Par'7,,,eo t:hderofloe
I.:Axe, and during that period he had g'oesillioe,ho
tion the deepest and the most anxiont! ceeclreti
and he felt it his duty to adhere to tferewer'o4ll;o,
had come to. The Hon. Baronet bad P-00
in 1841 he had found his (Mr. Colquheu-pid thol•00
that of the Member for WolverhauiPtonwsieer ditisloo
Baronet remember that the Member for " into.
.10
moved for a Committee in order to eiveePiaiOe' 00eeteS
all those persons who were not of his ell Os to „
-mse 01 ne,
debate on the subject, in 1838, he recob-„ston-001-
the Hon. Member for Sheffield. A sini„l, Oho PTO
one made in 1838 was made in 183 twfolin 0
able Member for Wolverhampton', and
was as
of the Honourable Member for Lenu,°bere
that division. They also knew tbat soil "otei hot '''eni•
man more strict in his political prineiP` rbari °:,)08
Member. The lion. Member for Can t% Isis° boa of
the Member for Wolverhampton, asitr.Colcl-for 'or
her for Portsmouth. Why should be k eroberhich cid
remarked as having agreed with the er tjttletto
verhampton? He had found an 01d.0119013900 yia
tamed some of his opinions, as given "knowing os
at Kilmarnock, but in . such a ease' lig, it ssible!,
constituency was of a' liberal fee as po ointe
policy to exhibit as liberal opininne • eivst oa,/ti.
with .„p,
ling as they did not clash w the haw-0 AO r4l,
When he (Mr. Colquhoun)
, was:on ro edOlt° aba
his constituents put the quest.on A iteo3_„a
pperearroedf tothe voeteerhflrawsa ?
he was favourable to a leff s eot P.„l-0010*
was still his opinion. He wa rsi encaaia,a
tdisturbeilght intereststphreete
e t
en
wasf tthheea interestgbreisetultu h ,ecioutnity;eld
unto the e r„,
and he was favourable to any we
to w Oen 011"
ileolltlita:rthead troflge
ehl(a)lstsietsia.at
Hperobteeentei
dw ithattheythout inj
tcction in this country an
_wirvii/Iginter7
pert of the mercantile and manu
facthese e ago
many of tingle
country. He found that Ina ogle s vet 01
favour of a low fixed duty on corn opiniOn t, 1,09.10 V
now found they had changed trel fixed club; 030,0514(
tonally on that question. As tnweest that 0, 42
so favourable to the mercantile isurprisieg oe waivere
turieg interest, it was 110 t ns• kissinn 11/e
should have changed their
°f Mr.
Ous
roeo
sound,opiit ion
anthdatsuchtheas
views of Mr. Huskisson weret
possible,was b ode
ethos
srteelhatxl y vwoicommercialeiutwghshtthOetrot I:ol:bejfis
irocitibr lieGce: sfscekr: e:
coerce, in every possible mode 'no eic'y course its
most desirable, and should
,21:1 deservhei, theri
omfovtehecomcomuenrtcryia.l_4rHesetrairtiolniessrb.e)
al.dhopaettoe,to; senvseurogi
maintained that such a course tit.
but CiVerred' 2'l
ceived his most cordial suPP,e_rndon reilashisseno,cro
Lord the Member fo.t gr. :iv Wild ,'s
speech, to the authortibvt
, the Tsgd Dot ei,eit,e,ly
expressed a marvel .„,iyistey differ
Baronet at the head of th oho
an authority, he (Mr. Colquno.