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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1845.

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In the Ileum 6f, Lord 4 Lord ~ STANLEY took the
oaths and his seat. _1.16; A ." d

CAMPBELL brought in the LaW of Process
for England, Ireland, and' Scotland, which he
had proposed last year:
After various petitions (had been
.presented, and
some returns ordered, . .
The Earl of •Dernouiln laid on the table certain
reportafrom the .Railway Lieparttnent of. the Board
of Trade, ttrid took the'opportunity of vindicating the
l'ileinbers of the Board. from' theaSpeisions which had
been cast on them, and of explaining-the principles-on
which the Board 'had come to 'their decisions. ' Tke
Noble Earl distinctly stated that the Board had never
considered the claims of private interests, which
were reserved exclusively for the consideration of
Parliament, and that their reports were never intended
to be of a 'conclusive character. He also denied that
any information had been surreptitiously given by
any MeMber of the Board, and described minutely
the means adopted to prevent the •decisions of :the
Board from transpiring until they should be published
in the'Gai:eia• -
Lord 'BROUGHAM ridiculed the idea that the
decisions of the Board *mild tint operate' upon Par-
liarnent, and asked if.. those decisions were ndt in.-
tendedlo operate upon Parliament, -where was the
use ±of Asking : such extraofdinary precautions for
preventing them becoming known until published
in, the Gazette He thought a Board exercising
such immense power should consist exclusively of
the swern advisers of, the Crown.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNI3 thought the instilla-
tion of the Board was of incalculable advantage.

Lord STAN ET said that the Government never
sought to influence the votes of Members on railway
' matters, and defended the proceedings of the Boird
of Trade.
Aftfr• a few words from: the Marquis of Los-
Dowisli and the Eald of DALnouSterthe' House' ad.;
o j urned. • ,:, :. ' , .. : .
' In the House of Commons the SrgAltEß took the
,chair,at Four o'clocli.
Various' petitions were presented, and notices of
Motion given. Among the 1a.41,„we.s one by Mr.
Bas.out for that day fortnight, on the subject of the
Vnelati.:
..;Lord •liekrivtl,LE SclotaseT stated, in answer to
liiti? WA GLACE, that there •viere- persons on the pre-
'4eniltailWaYs CornniititeeWho were, interested, more
or less, in railway speculations.. .
leave` was granted" to the Sergeant-at-Arms to'
defend the action brcught against him by TllO2dAB

lio7vAttn.' - •
Sir p. NAi4Ektken.,moved `fol. the appointMent of
a Select Committee'lo inquire into the manner in
the money voted. since the, year 1835 for the
construction of ships had been expended, and if the
ships'constructedare an improvement upon the otd
system. The LiOn and Gallant Gentleman in the
course of hi4;speech went into a detail of the various
•
experimeots been recently tried in .ship-
building, and gavelab elaborate •critique of their' re-,
. .•. I"
ppective merits.
Mr. Hums seconded:the motion.,
Sir G. Cocanuas, 'while admitting the justice of
many of Sir C. NArica's observatiOns; vindicat 14'
-conduct of the present Admiralty from his aniinXd-,
versions. lie consdereka Committee of the House
of Commons to be the very worst Iribunal. to which,
the stible'd referred,c and concluded by
stating that he line*/ `Wt the 'strength of the
Fritiarlivy was, apd Jte, knew what that of Eng-'.
land vas, and he was happy to be in a position to
stat44haftbe nasal ftittcotEsKland much better
and larger. thawthat of !Prance, notwithstanding all
that hadleiffiaid to the contrary.
The House was then addreAsed. by Captain. Roos,
Mr. C. WOOD; Admiral. Bowxxs,. Captain PIM/JELL,
Mr. Cottiqs; ..Captai,n ,Ibtßats, and Mr. WAKLET.,
On a divisionythe .111611011.-.WaS lost, by. a majority of,
61, the numbeis'be.ink, Te-the motion, 32; sgainst,

it, 93.
Mr. C. Hera then moved for leave to bring in
•
certain Bills relating to the Management of the pro-
Pep of Greenwich Hospital.
After ai thort'discnstion the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr, THORNELY, certain returns
relating to Trinidad were ordered to be laid on the
table,
The. LORDADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a
',Bill for thi 'appointment and payment of constables
in SOOtland.
On -the motion of Mr. CARDWZLL, the Printing
CoMmisaion *a.l.:appointed.'
Sir J. GRAIIAM stated, in answer to Mr. How,
that Sir.„l3.. Pzei. would commence his financial state-
ment
itself into Committee meTnthe i-ti
1:1111:onleP thenast Fr. es
tcto
k ;s v
the Atirlivay Clauses Corilolidatien 13111. Some
ioppositedio;ti
awnct w.
was manifested when thanedclause,r.i
first

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flof i t

;13:0 3la4t-.0 ha

urged the propriety of referring it to a Select Com-
mittee. Ultimately Lord GRANNILLE SOMERSET
consentedlbat the Chilli-Man 'should repart progress;
and stated that -he-would-declare- on-Monday what
Course he would pursue with regard: to the measure.
The House adjourned at Half-past Eleven.

The debate of last night, on Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S
motion for a " Select Committee to inquire into the
manner in which the money voted, since the year
1835, for the construction of ships has been expended,
and as to the extent to which the ships so con-
structed were improved," was certainly the most im-
portant which has been taken, as yet, in the House
of Commons since the commencement of the session.
The division by ivhich'thia valuable motion was lost,
we must add, appears to us to have been one of the
least commendable we have had to record. From the
nature of Sir CHARLES'S very striking statement, it
would be hopeless to attempt any analytical digest of
the facts
.he adduced ; but they comprise a mass of
details which every reader who desires to acquire a
lair insight • into the arcana and iniquities of Admi-
ralty Ship Building, will do well to study. The
general question, . suggested by the terms of the Gal,
lant Commodore's motion, is one of such vast import-
ance, at all times, to the well-being, the independence,
the : very existence of this country as a First-rate
Power, that we are too overpowered by its import-
ance to risk any review of the speeches it elicited,.
which might inadequately represent the grave and
.impressive character of the charges adduced by the
gallant mover.; the important confirmation those
charges received from high, professional authority at
a subsequent period of the debate ; or the very lame
and unsatisfactory defence to them offered by that
distinguished officer Sir. GEORGE COCKBURN. Sir
GEORGE COCKBURN had; indeed; this, point to fall,
back upon, and he was not slow to avail himself of it ;
namely,•that the charges epplied, almost, exclusively,
to an epoch of „AdMiralty and Navy Board
Administration some years prior to the last
accession of Sir GEORGE to , office: But how
the House of Commons, with the case before
them, set out in his broad, bold, uncompromising,
manner, by Sir C. N'Arnt, and incidentally and even
through the adduction of other particulars into which'
Sir CHARLES had not entered, by Captain Rous, from
the opposite benches (in- a speech admirable for the
frank, manly, and honest tone that pervaded it)--.--how,
the House could be brought to find a verdict for the
Admiralty culprits, and nonsuit their impugner; in a.
diViSion of 93 Noes to 32 Ayes, we,.cannot under-
stand. On such a question, as Sir C. NAPIER truly
remarked; every representative of the people ought to
forget,._ for the time, on which side,.of the House he
sits, and vote only according'tb his own conscientious
conviction of what his duty to the country requires
at his hands. -And what were the circumstances in
connexion With' the past operations 'of that department,
to ,which is confided. the- supreme control and imme-
diate superintendence of our naval 'architecture in her
Mismi•l'a, dockyards, . that the attention of the
House was on this occasion invited to ?. Sir CHARLES
told pent what Was the CoMpleinent and oondition of our
:ship" Of:the line .and ships of war, in 1800, when he
.first entered the naval sertiCe, of which the first and
, second Classes dime Could be considered of the highest
character and properties.'! 'He then gave a 'humorous,
.but' a faithful` account 'of the *wasteful and incessant
process of alterations, by, cutting down, lengthening; '
taking =to pleCes; altering, and- brealking up, which
successive Admiralty 'Boards had followed, at a vast
and ruinous expense, according to the-caprice, or the-
favaaritisin, the folly 'or the incompetency, of the
presiding authorities. He showed how, despite' of re-
ports froni the most qualified officer's;:' of the tests Of
experiment: and observation on the performances of
vessels of different classes!, those which ought 'to hive
been for ever. diachwiterianced were -built in numbers,
only to be lost or' laid up--shortly afterwards ; and
'Ships:of the fimce, capacity, armaments and qualities
most to be desired, emphatically discouraged and neg-
lected.!• . The , " forty :thieves" '(ras ees) and the.,
'' donkey"' frigates; and.the "patent coffin" gun,brigs,
came in fora just. share of his sarcastic exposure.
With regard to thfunpardonable delinquencies; the
saiiidaloui, InCompetency ;of the Admiralty under
-Lord -,l,fasi.vrixis*- Administration, dt*ing! our
last Niie:::Ivi:01 ' ,V4liko.l*. ', P:44 ,',!tie '.dis4trou
results • 'bi-- that ,reigcr. ,of I)mismanagemeni and.
ithbeellky, -be etpreesed;himielf:in: ternot of,.fieie...iiijr•
by no, Means, in Our judgment, commensurate with
the •official malfeasance of those days. He proved,
irrefragably, 'that it was, the feeling at all Boards of
Admiralty to discourage scientific improvements when,
brought forward by civilians : and . to -this' cause,
giving Sir W. Sissoans,,;the Surveyor, full Credit
for some good vesseli, he-attributed the failure of the
reCenecOnstrUCtiOns by ; merely' practical. men. I 'But
the great force of his 'speech, and we state 'it with
regret Ws—the exhibition of 'our -31(440i/trbes in
naval -: war-steamer building, and the very capital
. defects of - the ~ best models we • have yet, got
afloat ; ' Steani-frigates, , ' for example, without,
in one class, any guns en their main-decks--in another
with-guns there, but no means of properly running.
them out and' Working them;. with prows and sterns
too sharp Or contracted for- the one or two great guns
they are ~ meant to carry ; and - other mistakes of
draughtTline,si.Acq than which. we can imagine nothing
more, urgently.demanding instant rectification. ' The
Terrible i4amed to, be admitted on all hands to be the
•best.stearnerof this kind yet produced, though by no
means faultless. ' This,'part',of the, subject, .hOwever,
'ls of too .much imporiance- to be further pursued by us
within our present lithits,"and we shall therefore, re
turn, toiitafantarly.opportunity. ' , -i,, ~.,,. . •,;::1,

The result of the proceedings in the Convocation
at 'Oxford,; yesterday, ma, well excite the greatest
alaruvamOng the,Protestants of the United Kingdom.
Mr, WARlVlltriaii of high standing in the 'Univer-
sity,' in-a'S.o'44. lately published by him, has aviowed-
his conviction that the English Reformation i 4 des-
titute of all claims on our sympathy and regard
and that were we "to pursue such a line of conduct
as has been therein sketched; in proportion as we did
sof. we Should be taught from _above to discern and
appreciate the' plain marks.' of Divine wisdom and
autliority in the Roman Cburch;to repent in sorrow
and bitterness of heart our great sin in deserting'her
communion, and to, sue humbly at her, feet for pardon
and, restoration:.: tit is impossible to find words
which shall enirOi'in -more-'itnquivoeal terms the
Airiest adherence t? therJdoctrines of the Church of
Rome the -abhorrence !of Protestants, and which
.every ChurehMan has taken TOWS to resist to the ut-
most, yet we find, that at a meeting consisting.
Of 1,363' members, not fewer than .586 supported Mr.
WARD And the Papish,religion. A nrtotiop for de•

priving the delinquent of his degrees wasthen-pUt, and
carried by a pi, ajorit Among the supporte
of Mr.-Wan we find the names of eMr. GLADSTONE,
-11ktg..!1:CalA110 Minister;' ICNVlimuu-
, yonci;,;l,l4.:o44l.*Aziar,, the protgle' of the Bishop
otEtErnu,iand Mr. ERNEST llAwsms, Seeretary of
'Society for" prOpagating the dospel: We have
not space ,for comments on this event, so full of
(ledger "to The Reformed-faith; but they' are hardly
required.. Every.reader 'can judge for himself, and
every good Protestant will' only be the more roused to
resist 'these innOvatOrs till a victory is obtained over
the enemies of liberty and true religion.. • • •

'
Madrid journals of the 6th inst. hate been received,
but they are , destitute of„ intere:st, The`Chatilbei,
Deputies were• stiff engaged in discussing the Bill for
the -prevention 'of the slalle trade, fourteen clauses of
,whieh.had been adopted.
The "Three; per Cents. closed -at 311 for cash, and
32 at 92Cclay; the Five per ,Cents, at 24 at f2O
days v:hnd• the Debt without interest at / at 60 days.:

~The-leading French jouinals ire chiefly occupied
with discussions on the present state of the Ministry,
and the probable result of the ' vote on the Secret
Service Money Bill; but,we find, no new arguments
and but very little that can interest the English
,reader. The,Opposipon, journals continue to main-
Aain that the: Ministry have already been tried and
found wanting, not on an accidental question, but on
one of the very first importance—peace or war with
England. These are the words of M. Tanis'
journal : —" The question of the PRlTCUARDindemnity
bore upon the, principal act of the Cabinet in, the in-
terval of the session ; it .had for an instant placed
•
the peace of Enrolls in • , peril ; it was con-
nected, beside?, with the question of Morocco,
as is shown by ,the correspondence of M.
33E' j'ARNAC, and with the question of duri
v•latio*, with England in the way in which the
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Ministry understood the maintenance of them. It ,
never therefore could have entered into the mind of
iniman Of sense that such a question,' chosen besides
.
by the -Ministry ancl -parties in the Chambers as a
Parliamentary field of battle, was a question of
secondary order, an accidental question the solu-
tion of which did not directly interest the policy and
existence of the Cabinet. Had not M. GUIZOT said
that he would not be satisfied with a doubtful ma-
jority, and that for a good policy, the majority must
be firm and decided?' After forty-eight hours em-
ployed with all the activity of men who were
playing their last stake, a majority of four was ob-
tained, and then, when the entire Address was to be
voted, and when the policy of the Cabinet in
its ensemble was more evidently in question, only
three new votes could be added to the number, and
the sense of such a division appears subject to discus-
sion and comment. The journal which -has now
doubts did not dissimulate the gravity of the vote,
and came to the conclusion that the Ministry ought
to retire voluntarily, not having lost the majority, but
not consenting to govern with too weak a majority.
A majority of eight, added the Debats, cannot
satisfy a Ministry like that of the 29th of October.
The 140 members of the Lemardelay club have not
increased this majority of eight. his a mockery to
equivocate on what is as clear as the sun at noonday."
The Ministerial papers on the other hand contend
that the Ministry could pursue no other course, and
that they would have neglected theirduty to the KING
before their general
incogndemned. Should the
andpo licyth the
as country by
unequivocallyresign
vote be unfavourable, it is understood that Ministers
will not immediately resign, or perhaps not resign
till the meeting of a new Chamber—that the urgent
business of . the session' will be disposed of with all
possible dispatch, and' the Chamber will then be dis-
solved." The Journal des Debats .contains some obser-
vation on the state of agriculture yin France, the truth
of which will be admitted by all travellers, who have
paid attention to the subject. MuCh is yet. to be
done for the 'country in that respect. The following
complaints differ little from those made. by VOLTAIRE
seventy.years ago :
" Our situation in this 'respect is deplorable. Meat in
Frande is scarce and dear. It is a species of food almost un-
kneNvn to the population its general, the peasants, particu-
larly in the poor departments, do not eat flesh meat ten times
in the year. • Our operatives cannot procure sufficient, and
'thence ariOes our inferiority in many respects with regard to
manufactures. It is well known that an English operative
can perform twice as much work, on an average, as a French
workman. This Tact has been established in. the construc-
tion of our railroads ; but when it was inquired what was the
relative proportion of animal food consumed by each labourer,
it was ascertained that the British labourers consumed twice
as much flesh meat as the French. We can easily compre-
hend, therefore, the disadvantage which our manufacturers
labour under in their competition with other countries in
consequence of the high price of meat. The inferiority of our
agricultural produce acts in a most unfavourable degree upon
our manufacturers. It has often.been asserted that France
ought, to produce sidficient iron for her consumption. Iron
has been declared as necessary in war as ,in agriculture.
Horses likewise are necessary in war, and still we have been
obliged to import 300,000 more than we exported between
the years 1823 and 1841."
- • :
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
Continental papers +.•
Count d'Appony, 'who possesses one of the richest do.-
mains in Hungary, on which tobacco is cultivated, has lately,
says the Courner Francais, entered into a contract with the
Government at Paris for •the
.supply of 1,000,000 kilos.,
2,000,0001 b. of tobacco in leaf. ,
The Journal du Havre says :—" All the postmasters on
,the road by which the estaffette- mail runs between Paris
and Havre haVe received notice from the Postmaster-Generd
that,,from March 1; the Administration will have no further
need of their services ;. and, consequently, . that. they might
thenceforth diapOie of their horses for
_any other purposes.
The Post-Office at Havre has not received any communica-
tion as to the new'mOde of service to be adopted for the con-
, vesiancei of the dispatches in lieu of that now employed."
'A letter from Vienna, of the 4th, in the Journal de Franc-
fort, states that a famine prevails in part •of Hungary, and
that in onevillage thirty-six children.had died of hunger.
A letter from Dresden, Feb. P., says:—" We have to de-
plore another fatal duel which has just taken , place at Frei-
berg.- One of the officers of the garrison, Lieutenant W
in —,
havg at a ball trod on the foot of a lady, who was dancing
with Count Dembinski, a student at the Academy of Mines,
=aged 19, and having forgotten to apologise for his awkward-
ness, was challenged by the Count. The weapons were pis-
tols; and the distance 15 pades. The Count grazed the arm
of his'antagonitit, but the ball of the latter proved mortal,
striking the Count in the heart. He hadonly time to.ex-
claim, ".My poor mother!" when he fell dead. The de-
ceased was the son of the late General Dembinski, who com-
manded the 'Polish army during the last revolution. The
mother is still alive. She lost a few weeks back a daughter,
' aged 1.8, and his another daughter at present dangerously ill."
Tuscany is not only constructing railrnadsi but the cele-
bratedengineer, Count Marchetti Tomasi de Rietti, is en-
gaged in 'perfecting a plan.for a junction between the Medi-
tertanaair and, tlie .Adrisitie;l?3( Means of st,capal, which would
unite the:-Teitio,,the' Chiaaio, ii*'lbe_TiOer. .ZB, requires
five years to complete his-Vont'. . • - - • s
' The Facilites Of 'Mietrid 'states' that the Spanish Govern-
ment had conceded -the intended line of railway from Madrid
at
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capital,
Bank The
to Cadiz, with branches to Toledo and Xerez, for a period of
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;7f.Dsirto.,;DHomaverseticBBDsfebt, 32} ; Belgian Two-and-
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a-Half per Cents., 62.

TIIIS DAYS NEWS.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY.)
The HoUse sat today to hear appeals. The Peers present were,
Lord Broughatn, Lord Cottenham, and Loid Campbell. •
FORRICBT v. HARVEY.
The arguments were resumed in this case, and occupied their
Lordships the whole morning, _

Tbi n Lincoln's Inn-hall today, and
after disposing unopposedlunatic petitions that stood on
the proceeded further, arguments lin the part.
heard case of the Ludlow Charities, which, occupied the Court the
remainder of the day. When .the case was first brought before
the Carat by Sir Charles: Wetherell, on the
.17th of December
last we shortly stated the facts.
paper, a .pCerR IA 'oNfANC severalcstLl'oß°
111Yealart.-7—tlhu7lun HIS
DAY.)

VICE-CITANCYAY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Vica-Casaiuituots. of Examoto was engaged the whole
morning with the hearing Of short. causes and unopposed petitions.

edeenfa.tt:ftotor:
hear common
• .
DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins beford LORD DI :MAN and a Special Jury.)
perjury preferred againet the de•
have sworn that he arrested a man,
QUEEN'S. 8:NetyNiii,.......:230Tr.
case proceeded a short way,
it was found that there wis not sufficient evidence to esta.
when
wiehnTethanisstl;cwhwahswoaatwst
minn(o7iticiettshrn
jury cases.
Wish the charge. The defepdant was therefOre acquitted.
The Court the° proceededi

EX QUER THIS DAY.)
No case of any public interest came under the adjudication
; CHE. ;,(
of tl}ig Court.

iNSO,I#YENT COURT—(THIS DAY
• • (Thwore the Cm, Combussiown)

. 1N HIC JOHN MYNDE COOEC. . •
The name of this. insolvent, who described himself in his ache.
dule mien, attueneyi has been already. frequently before the . public
in connection, with proceedings both•in this Court and• the Curt of
Bankruptcy.
.He had had many• dealings in the 'way of bill 'dis-
counting, and other such transactions with Lord Huntingtower,
Colonel Copeland, and Mr: Hugh Stratford Stratford.. It May be
in:the recollection of our readers that considerable litigation en-
sued inconsequence of the latter gentleman refusing to pay certain'
bills of exchange which bed pasted through the insolvent's hands.
This day being appointedlor the hearing of the inselvent, .

,Mr.:Cpoas, who appeared on his behalf, applied to have bis
petition removed from the file of the Court. The Learned Cowl•sel stated, in support of the application, that the insolvent's bank.
ruptcy, and insolvency were wholly to be attributed *to circum...
stances over, which' he had no control. He• had married
a lady, -who- was in debt to the amount of several
thousand pounds, of which fact the insolvent was in total ignorance
at thetime of his union with her. The- insolvent also held certain
iws mo
ui II
ds thebe petition.
realised
g petition in the
bills of Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford, which the insolvent ex •
pected would have been, paid when they became due, but they
-were not. Should they, however, be paid by Mr. Stratford, there
would be alarge surplus coming to the insolvent after paying all
Theiur.
coCnolpi,
his creditors 205..-in the pound.
C 9
admitted m"i al
as " there sear ied . washe should:
apir9pe
xentiotst:id.n,
Court of ,Ilankruopreyr,tahlel
ibneinpei7fietnwhvslch might 14 expected to arise
frprn the control
,over
?leans, c - . . -- . • •• ' ( - ' • ,
The Cope'r •inquired-if,there were any. affidavits -of the facts in
reply ? to which the Learned counsel answered in the negative.
..i Mr. commissioner itaiNol,os nid before he .could entertain any
,such !application as that suede by the insolvent,: be must file affida.,
,wits detailing fully all the facts of the case, .. ' - - t ,
Thefurther. hearincwas then aclioUrneil.. , . .
,
. _ .

pii4G:--(THIS DAY.)
LLOYD'S SHIP .
LoNDOII,.:FEB: .N.W.,,:fresh breeze and fine.
~clear weather, with a, brisk tiiaW.
RipoL, FEB. ,13.—Wind S., moderate.--:Arrd. Fisher,.
• 'Shedding, and Isabella Harnett, Newby, Calcutta;. Caroline,
and CIAO; lehaboe ;_ Globe, and Chilian, Callao (Nov. 3) ;
Atinabella,, Cleland, Rio ; .'Bonainz ,Young,. Bahia ; Frisk,
Smith, Mexico ; Prince Royal, Bonny ; Britannia, M'Donald,
Brass Rivdr • Arethuia; Manny, rop?; Cato, Devonshire,
Haidee Metoka, Splendid, and Tameirend, New Orleans ;
Empire and. Republic, Mobile; Tawlnita, Apalochieola ; John
Canning, Oromocte, and Stelling, Savannah ; Othello, Char-
leston ; Queen of the West, Woodhouse, New york; Cam-
bria steamer, Judkins, Boston, left Ist inst. ; Frederick, Jane'
Hamrriond, and 'Odessa, St. john's, New Brunswick..,
Off,' Hope, New Oileank The two ;steam-tugs ashore on
Mud Wharf, have Come 'off without much damage. The
Bolivar, hence to BombaY, has put back, and is in port. 'l4
William, lehrY; Thompson, hence to Campeachy, was aban;.
&nod, 28th November; off the Coast of,Mexico ; mate and.
three men arrived at Manglito. The Lord 'Seaton, hence to
St. Andrew:k Wes wrecked in Pehobsc.ot Bay, prior to Jan. 20 ;
crew, drowned. ThePolloek, hence to New Orleans, waewrecked
on the Chandliei Islands 16th ult., master and six men ar-
rived at New O leans; the. Others supposed to have landed on,
the islands. ; The Lord" Wenlock, bound to this port, put
back to New Orleans, on the 17th ult., leaky. The Emily,
from St. Jahnta,' New; Briinswiek to Liverpool, ;mit into Be-.r
muda Dec. 31, leaky. The: Glengariffe, Church, from Vera
Cruz.to Laguna, was. wrecked; No' ; -14; in' a heavy north`n,
-ea! Geasacualee ;• Mate,' and Vs 'men saved, remainder siv-

Ditto Small 56

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posed to be drowned. The Cohassett, of Boston, was driven
ashore at Buceo, in the river Plate, during a heavy gale,
•which continued from the 24th to the. 26th of November.
The Alert, Mackay, ashore at Halifax, United States, has
been got off and into Dartmouth, United States.
The Emerald Isle steamer was blocked in by the ice, in
Schvelling Bay, when the Ocean steamer, in the River, left.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY QUARTER TO THREE.

A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day. Sales, 10,000 bales, of which about one -third was on
speculation.—Shares were quoted as follows :—Birmingham
and Gloucester, 134 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 59 ; Caledo-
nian, 71/2 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 391/2:; Chester and
Holyhead, 8 74 ' • Dublin and Belfast, 51. 165. 3d. ; Churnet
Valley, 8% 7% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 305. 6d. ; Glasgow
and Greenock, 151/ ; Grand Junction, Quarter, 56 55 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 291/2 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three-
quarters, 311/2 ; London and Birmingham (32/0, 4314 ;
London and Brighton, 55; London and York, 6% 1/2 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 65 ; Midland Counties, 1261/2 127 ;
Newcastle and Berwick, 131%; North British, 131/2 ' • Scot-
tish Central, 6 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 105 ; South-
Eastern, 411/2 ; Dtto (No. 1), 161/2 ; Trent Valley, 171/2 15% ;
Paris and Orleans, 45 ; Paris and Rouen, 424; Boulogne
and Amiens, 5; Northern of France, 5%.
An intense degree of anxiety is expressed in all circles
this morning for the exposé of the Minister in the House of
Commons this evening. So short a period will elapse ere the
full details will be laid before the public, that it is scarcely
necessary to refer to the current reports of the day as to the
changes which are likely to be made in the tariff, and possi-
bly in the income-tax. We cannot, however, but reiterate
the rumours which are in increased circulation, that some
material change will be made in the sugar, the tea, and other
duties ; and buyers to a very considerable extent are holding
back in order to ascertain the variatiens to be proposed this
evening.
The advises which have come to hand from Canada this
morning, are generally speaking barren of interest, with the
exception of the following extract relative to the
lumber trade, which is from the Quebec Gazette of the
13th ult.:

"A public meeting had been held at Toronto, on the 4th
inst., of shipowners and others concerned in the carrying
trade of Canada, at which it was resolved that a petition
should be drawn up and presented to the Legislature, setting
forth the grievances under which they labour from the in-
terference of foreigners in the trade. The nature of the
grievance is stated to be, that timber, cut and dressed
for market on the shore of Lake Erie, and throughout the
western part of Canada West, is there purchased by foreign-
ers, earned by them in foreign vessels to French Creek, a
port in the United States, rafted there; afterwards brought
into Canada, entered at the Custom-house at Coteau du Lac
as foreign lumber, nominally paying a duty of 5 per cent.,
and again shipped for the British market as Canadian
lumber."

Dates of December 20, from the Cape of Good Hope, state
that at Natal matters were still unsettled as regards the
emigrant farmers, and that many of them were leaving for
Delgoa Bay.
There is a more firm market for money this morn-
ing, the pressure occasioned by the settlement of
the Railway and other Share accounts having, to a
great extent, passed off very satisfactorily. Consols for the
Account have been done at 99% 3/4, and for Money 991/ %.
The Three per Cents. Reduced keep at about 10014 ; the
New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 10034. Exchequer-
bills 545. to 565; India Bonds at 70 premium; and Bank
Stock at 1111/ to 112%.
There has not been any business of extent done in the
Foreign Funds this morning. Brazilian Bonds have been
quoted at 88 ; Mexican at a fall from 36 to 353/4 ; Portuguese
Converted at 58; Spanish at 2734, the Three per Cents.
at 403/4 ; and the Dutch Four per Cents. at 98% %.
The Share Market is somewhat heavy this morning, gene-
rally speaking. The usual list will furnish the correct quo-
tations.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 21
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols 99OA 99%
New 314 per Cents
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12% 1-16 12 1-16
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001... .
Consols for Account....
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 56 54 56 pm. 56
.
Ditto 5001.... 56 pm. 56

ONE
O'CLOCK.

pm. 56

CLOSING
PRICES.

English
Irish

Foreign ..

ARRIVALS.

SMITHFIELD.

Per Blbs. to Olik the offal.
s. d. to s. d
Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 10
Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4
Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8

Prime Scuts ...... 310 4 0
Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 2

Prime small ditto .. 5 4 5 8
Suckling Calves, ..18 0 30 0
Inferior Sheep .. .. 2 8 3 0

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... , — 35%
Ditto, Account 36 353/4 35X
Ditto, Deferred Stock l6l/2%
. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 5B
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account ... ..... ...... 28
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account .... 4114
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98%% 983/4
Ditto, 5 per Cent — 9914
PRICES OF CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES PAID., AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Birniin. and Gloucester. 100 132 1351, .....
Ditto New Shares ... 171/ 33
Ditto 1/ Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New.... . ......... 2
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59 •••
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/ 4 314% •—•
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern
Dublin and Galway..... 21,1 2l/
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% —
Eastern Counties 14!. 163....... 17%
Eastern Union lO ...
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and. Glasgow 50 64
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
'Ditto Extension
Great North of England..100
Ditto New
Ditto New 2
Great Western BO 1771/2
Ditto % Shares • 50 ' 99%
Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 2% ... .. 4%
Harwich -
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)......
Ditto, Quarters
London and Brighton... 50
London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 80 ...
Ditto New 2% l2 •••
Ditto New 2

8?
2
2
5
17$
19

123/
9

London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. Od. 181434
London and York 21,4 6% 7% 63/4...
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Ditto 14 Shires
Midland 100 125
Ditto New 2 .... 8
Midland, Birrn., Derby...loo
Newoastte and Berwick 11/ ...... 14/ 16
Newry and Enniskillen. 2f(
Newark Newark and Sheffield ... 1, 2A,
North British
Ditto New 1
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Richmondand West End
' ' Junction -
Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1
shrews., Wolverhamp,
Dudley, and 8irm....... 2% 6141/2
South Devon.
South Eastern & Dover 331 2s 4d... 4134
. Ditto, N 0.2.
Ditto, No. 3 2l/2 914 10
Staines and Richmond... 1
South Wales
Trent Valley _ 2 -
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. -
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 -
f ork and North Midland 50 lO5
Ditto % Shares
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Ditto, Selby 2O
Ditto Extension:- ... 114 —
FRENCH RAILWAYS

73/4

Beasts.
828

SUPPLY AT MARKET.
ISheep.2 I "IL"'

161%

124
51At
5%

Boulogne and Amiens... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ......
Paris and Lyons 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen .. 2O
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Tours ,and Nantes 1
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12. —We have
had an extensive business done, generally at lower prices
Blackburn and I'reston, 141,i ; Bristol and Exeter, 82 ex
new .; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,26 s ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 65 641, ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
11% ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 11% ; Birken-
head, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 7%14 ; Black-
burn, Burnley, and Accrington 5% 6 ; Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 7 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%; Churnet Valley,
8%; %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% 3-16 ; Lon-
dop and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4; Newark and
Sheffield, 2% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 11-16 ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 6% ; Southport
and Euxton, 3%; Trent Valley, 17% 114.

42%

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR:-
. LIAMENT.,
THURSDAY, FEB.' 13, 1845.
Petitions for the following Railway Bills were referred to
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills :
Manchester and Buxton Railway—Chester and Holyhead
Railway—Cornwall Railway.
Greenwich Colliery Railway (Bill for enabling the Com-
missioners of Greenwich Hospital to make a Railway or Tram-
'road from Greenwich Colliery to Berwick Bridge, ordered to
he brought in by Mr. Charles. Hope and the Earl of Lincoln).
NOTIC4S GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Railway, Com-
mittee on Petition, Monday, eb. 24. .
• Manchester and Boston Railway, Cemmittee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 24.
Cornwall R.ailway,Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 24.
:Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, Cominittee
on Petition, Monday, Feb. 24.
Cheater and Holyhead Railway, Committee on Petition,
Monday, 'Feb. 24.

A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday was pub-
lished last night, containing the names of Shareholders in
the London Joint-stock Bank, occupying 14 pages, and the
National Provincial Bank of En
.gland, 13 pages.
ARUNDEL, THURSDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty
and Prince Albeit paid a visit to their Graces the Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk, at the Castle, this morning, and partook of a splendid
dejeune, served up in the Russian style. The party to meet her Ma-
jesty was confined to the family only, it being the wish that it should
be'considered hi every way a private.affair. Soon after her Majesty's
arrival, nearly two o'clock, the Duke and Duchess accompanied her
Majesty and Prince Albert through the state apartreents'pf the Castle,
' and it is more than gratifying to observe that both expressed them-
selves in the highest terms of admiration at the great taste shown by
Grace;his in tact, her Majesty stated explicily that she had not
seen anything equal to the splendour of the whole, more particularly
the library, which is supposed to surpass anything of the kind in
Europe. The Duke left this morning for Worthing, from whence he
escorted her Majesty to Arundel. The weather was most unpropi-
tious, snowing heavily the whole of the journey. Her Majesty left
about half-past three, by the same, route. His Grace escorted the
carriage as far as Calceto 11111, where her Majesty requested him to
"return on acccunt of the severity of the weather. There was only one
-carriage with the Queen, which contained COlonel Wyld. It is now
'determined on that her Majesty will pay us another visit f9r three or
rout days the latter end Of the spring.—From a Corresponcke.
• Died on Tuesday, the 11th of February, at Llanover,
sof disease of heart, Benjamin Hanbtiry Stuart, aged 19, eldest and
.SUfvithif SOU .of Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, of Llanover,
South Wales.

is ki.si

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.).

CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY;

There was a very limited supply of English Wheat here.
Although the attendance of dealers was by no means
numerous, the demand for all descriptions of the above grain
was steady, at fully Monday's quotations. In fine Foreign
Wheat a fair average business was transacted, and the rates
were freely supported. The supply of Barley being more
than equal to the wants of the trade, the sale for that article
was very dull at previous currencies. Malt moved off slowly,
yet prices were supported. Oats, Beans, and Peas, were held
at previous rates.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour.
4,230 qrs. 5,020 qrs. 2,360 3,210
9,970 --
200 840 1,110
Malt, 4,240 qrs.

Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts on sale in our mar-
ket was but moderate, we have to report a very slow inquiry
for that description of stock, at prices barely equal to those
obtained on Monday. There were offering 70 Beasts and 20
Sheep from Holland, as also 100 Scots from Dundee, in fair
average condition. With Sheep we were scantily supplied.
Prime old Downs sold freely, other breeds slowly, at late
rates. In Calves, the numbers of which were rather limited,
very little was doing, yet the quotations were supported. Pigs
found buyers at full prices. Mulch Cows sold heavily, at
from 14/ to 19/ each, including their small Calf.

s. d. to a. d.
Second quality ditto 3 2 3 6
Coarsc-wokffledditto 3 8 4 0
Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4

Ditto out oldie wool
Large Hogs . .

Small Porkers •• • . 4 2 4 6
Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 20 0
Lambs ••••••• • • • • • 0 0 0 0

I PI".
288

NEWOATII AND LEADENH/11.4.

On the whole the trade was inactive, yet the quotations
ruled about stationary.

At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferior •. 2 6 210
middling • •
prime large 3 2 3 4 ! prime .... 3 6 3 8
prime small .. 3 4 3 6 I Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 0
Veal 3lO 5 4I small • ....... 4 2 4 6
BOROUGH HOP 211ARXWT.

There is an evident improvement here in the demand for
all kinds of Hops, the supply of which on offer is extremely
limited, and in some instances tho quotations have an upward
tendency.