The Express. — London, England, 1847-11-08 00:00:00

.60 d the liquidation of the bank ; and he thought *°e"--lst the a mee t i ng would ag ree with bins that the most be di .. fici g resu lt had arisen from that delay. He agreed with the chai rme n that the temper and forbearance which had - hou •d i s p laye d by the meeting on the last occasion- mimed- so w as rus t occasion was--wu calculated to assure every isdividual, whether depositors or otherwise, that, bound up, so t he bank was, with the credit and prosperity of . Liver pool e s tioa would be wan ti ng to enable the bask to jP r ep (Cheers.) It was his conviction that in o . l" 'se - 'l nt calamitous state of the public at large, nos id tend more to restore public con fi dence than reiuum‘'ption of . buUnees by . the bank. He thought hi g hly destrabm that, an the proceedings they ; i e . now about to take, some efforts should be m u to estab l ish the concern for the future upon a far g ine basis, and upon more sound principles, that the cone. a w e ef their constituency and the proprietors might here ma he implicitly vested in their management. He rejoiced ai b e grOgt two things in the report ; first, that their liabili been considerably reduced, which was as much as , - ; - i sv that a larger sum w a s Law in the possession of the took thin at their last meeting ; std, secondly, that the urle available assets had been much under-rated—that a tag m, much larger than they had any reason to "., wouldshortly flow into their coffers, and thus isheh pate, ios hie them to resume business. Ho cordially agreed in the s'en of the deed of settlement ; he thought that was decidedly neeevary. Connected, as he was, with t he great tradesman body of Liverpool, he did not hesitate to say. on the part of his fellow-towns goe that it was absolutely indispensable that the basis of . the 00. rations of the bank should be extended, and t h a t reason he was glad that they had come to the e tiolation of issuing shares of 1001. each—the more extended the basis, the firmer would be the ave. Ile had attended t he other day the public meeting of the depositors, and, as he had paid s compliment to the meeting of the proprietors last g eak, he was bound also to speak of the great feeling initi ated by every individual at the Clarendon-rooms. The de positors had determined to demand an interest of six per tent., and such interest, he the ught, was justly due to them. They had trusted their money to the bank, and some of them were now suffi ring, undoubtedly, severe distress. Mr. Aid. Thompson was not then present, but he (Mr. Holme) might observe, in reference to the motion tendered at the last m emg by that honourable gentleman, that if those sug gestions hid been adopted, the consequences would haws seen meat calamitous. (Hear.) Their position, even is week, hail improved; and he had contident hopes that in a short time, the committee would be enabled to come to a con clusion beueficial to the town, and satisfactory to all parties. (Hear.) Mr. Holme concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. A. F. Joce a , after some discursive observations, re ferring to the opinion of Mr. Locke, M.P., touching the / Tadate of publicity in all great concerns like Imolai., se- Nailed the motion. Mr. JOSEPH Coors* would not have troubled the meet at but he not thought it incumbent on him to reply to one or two remarks of Mr. Samuel Holme. That stentleman had east some reflections oa Mr. Alderman Thompson and himself (Mr. Cooper). Mr. S. Motifs addressing the meeting amidst loud cries of s se, no," denied the imputation in toto. lie had wished to be mderstood In using only that if the decision recom mended by the hoe aldermen had been come to, it would base been most unwise. Mr. COOPER resumed. He had, however, to justify him• Wand his conduct on the occasion referred to. When he lad found out account showing that 540,0001. had bun lent tome party, and that 1,500,0001., some on certain assets, naming to the bank, it had struck him the, in justice to the public, to say nothing of their own individual interests, the best course would hove been to proceed at once to a ligaidatton. (Hear.) In supporting Alderman Thompson in that suecestion, it had never been his intention, in that no, to oppose any obstacle to the eventual resuscitation of the bank. (Iliac.) Their duty had been to take the best mode of raising funds, with a view of returniug to depositors their money ,• their duty at the time time was to do all they could to restore the bank; but there mold be no doubt which object, if they were not iden tical, ought to have been the primary one. On the whole, he did not disapprove of what had been done, and he felt the greatest pleasure in supporting the rooms. 'semiotic's of the committee. There had certainly been hitherto tao much secrecy about the bank, and the share holders for the future would have a right to expect the strictest investigation into the manner in which their affairs were managed and their money disposed of. It was now, indeed, quite palpable, and so far their past management had been impeached, that their assets, being in few hands, and shot up in a small space, were in much greater danger then if they had been sc ittered over a larger surface.—The motion was then put, and the resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. Coors* again presented himself, and moved a mond resolution, intimating the confidence which the meeting re. posed in those seven gentlemen who had so ably attended to their interests, and requesting them, in conjunction with the directors to continue their labours, with a view to the re cpcning of the bank at an early day. Cheers.) Mr. E. BURY briefly seconded the motion. Mr. J. Ton* then rose and said that he agreed most en tirely with Mr. S. Holme in the view which that gentleman took of the practicability and expediency of resuscitating the bank. What was owing to the bank it was apparent would be the more readily paid up if it were known that in stead of winding up they would go on ; and the bank conse quently would, for this reason, occupy a much better posi tion. In point of fact it would he as 200 to 500; if they dosed, they would lose 300—if they kept up, they would lose rely the original sum. Then, as to their accounts of 1,500,0001, there was no doubt that the money would he more easily realised if the bank were enabled to con tinue the facilities of accommodation. (Hear.) These two reasons ought to be sufficient ; but there was a third, sod that was, the interest which the commercial community of Liverpool had in the decision to which they might come. That commercial community, greatly indebted to the Royal Beak, were now suffering severely from restricted back DC commodati,m. Three banks had already suspended pay ment ; and if the Royal Bank did not go on, not only would the mischief already done he irremediable, but by annihilat ing all confidence, they would occasion evils still more serious. (Hear.) Another bank unquestionably would have started ; it was for their considemion, therefore, if it were not worth while making some sacrifice to avoid that necessity. (Cheers.) Bebegged to move, as an amendment to Mr. Cooper's motion, that five parties only do comprise the committee, which was staking arrangements for the re-opening of the hank and re organising its constituencies, and that Mr. Sam. Holme be one of the number. (Hear.) Mr. Holme had spoken of the benefit which the bank would derive from an extension of the basis of their operations, that is. by calling in tradesmen to their twistance as holders of 1001, shares, and no one could be so it as Mr. Holme to secure their interests in this respect. (Cheers.) The names given in by Mr. Torr were those of Mesas,. J. Highfield, J. Booker, F. Shand, J. Bibby, and S. Holme.—Mr. GREY seconded the amendment. —.. A gentleman present asked if Mr. Highfield was not al ready • director, and if in thatease he would not beineligible ? —The Chairman replied that Mr. Highfield was a director, and furtermore, stated his intention that if Mr. Highfield should be rejected from the committee, to retire also. (Chem.) He added, that if Mr. Highfield had not been on the committee, the committee would have been able to do bat little. (Cheers.) Neither would be rare with the ser vice. of Mr. Stockdale, and he would remain in the position Which he occupied only so long as he had access to every document concerning the bank. He had their confidence, and he would not abuse it, and if they had any thought of removing his right arm, they must not be surprised if he offered his objections before they commenced the amputa tion. (Cheery.) Mr. S. Homer expressed his willingdess to serve on the COlintittee, and to do all in his power to assist other gentle wen ; but he begged it to be understood that the proposition to add his name to the list had been made entirely without his cognisance. After some further discussion, Mr. Tore, who declared that his object had only been to facilitate business, withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Cooper's motion was carried, the same of Mr. S. Hahne, by general consent, being added. Eight gentlemen, therefore, now form the committee.—A. vote of thanks was then accorded to the chair, and after a numerous list of those who, since the commencement of the meeting, had put down their names for preference shares had beet: read, the meeting broke up. THE CURRENCY DEPUTATION.-MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM. On Friday evening another large meeting was held in the Town-hall, at Birmingham, to receive the report of the deputation appointed to wait upon Lord John Russell tad present the memorial adopted:at the meeting, reported in this paper on the 25th ult. Messrs. MvNTz, M.P., Schole field. M.P., Spooner, MT., and the other gentlemen tom peeing the deputation were present, and there were besides t large section of the most influential manufacturers and other inhabitants present. Mr. A. Weston was called upon to preside, and having briefly stated the object of the meeting, Mr. SCHOLEFIELD rose for the purpose (he said) of report iris to the meeting the result of the interview with Lord John Russell. Of this deputation, the same might be said m of ethers who sought an audience of the minister, that they were in pretty much the same condition as the King of France, who marched up the hill with his army and then marched down again. Lord John Russell bad listened to kis colleagues and himself with great courtesy, attention, sad urbanity, and having heard all they had to say, they were politely bowel out. That was literally all they had to report. They bad told Lord John Russell that he and his colleagues were not possessed of correct in- Imitation as to the real condition of the country—they told him that the recent measure of relaxation of the Bank Charter was sot sufficient to restore public confidence—they told him further that the consequences of such a measure, without further relaxation, would be ruinous to the working darscs—they told him that, although it was possible that such a rate of interest (8 per cent.) might be paid for present liabilities, few upon such terms would engage in new tran wotions—and that if such were the consequences, they asked what was to become of those who upon trade and labour thpetuled for their daily bread ? (Cheers.) They also told Lid John (he believed Mr. Spooner urged the argument) that the fixing of 8 per cent. would lead to a general rate of ',text to that amount throughout the country, and the antadrawal of all other securities except as regarded interest equal to that value. (Hear, hear.) But it was likewise pointed out by Mr. Mason that the distresses of the country were cause t, not by natural, but by artificial causes. That gentleman informed the minister that they bad recently had io rejoice in a bountiful harvest—that the price of corn was low—that they, the merchants of Birmingham, as he (Mr. S.) knew, received a n ;abundance of orders—but that not withstanding all these blessings and advantages, their trade and condition were daily becoming more ruinous. (Hear.) [they next alluded to the dependence which minis.ers Placed upon irresponsible advisers, alluding especially to Mr. hues Loyd, for whom the deputation had the highest re meet, but whose experience as a City banker was not sat- dent to justify the government in acting upon his advice in matter in which the interests of the whole trading and manufacturing communities were bound up. (Cheers.) The deputation cencluded by yequiriug a close and rigid inquiry into the monetary system of the country, with a view to its being placed upon a good and sound toundatisn for ever. (Cheers.) lie could not recollect what Lord Johu Russell said except upon one point. It bad been stated that in reply to the Liverpool deputation he (the noble lord) had said that " ke could not hole out any hope whatever." Now the fact was that the deputation, on leaving him, stated that they would call upon him neat day, when he replied, with regard to the promised visit, that as to that (the next day) he could hold out no hope. That was all he said, and he (Mr. 8.) conceived it to be an important correction. In conclusion, he (Mr. S.) begged to say that be believed the deputation had done their duty, and moreover he believed that every day would increase the difficulties of the country, until they insisted upon and obtained a searching inquiry into the pre sent monetary system. The hon. gentleman next referred to an article which appeared in that ntening's Tines, in regard to the interview of the deputation with Lord John Russell. The Times said that they plainly saw that the object of the Birmingham deputation was the payment of only 15s in the pound. Now all they (the Birmingham de putation) wanted was to pay 20e. in the pound, and not 255. or even 305., as consequent on the money laws now in force. Mr. T. C. SALT, another member of the deputation, was the next speaker. Be said that in their interview with the prime minister they had endeavoured to impress the lac fully upon his miud that theyreliedupon their own strength; and they had told him that if he persisted in his present course, that of leaving the mass of the people to all the horrors of that starvation which would opeeuily overtake them, the responsibility must rest upon him. They had put thernse:ves at the head of the people, and if the people only stood by them, no government should exist that would not exert itself to secure the happiness and prosperity of the whole community. (Cheers.) For himself, he had retired from politics lung since ; but when he saw the people about to be crushed he was with them again, full of heart sad hope. A state of things was going on that was producing misery among all classes of society, and lacerating the human heart. lie was detetmined, therefore, not to stand idly by. (Hear.) Old as he was he felt the old spirit reviving in him, and he trusted that it would in them, and that they would again unite in one common cause, the cause of Chria- Beni' y, and humanity, and justice. (Cheers.) They had told Lord John Russell that the matter should not rest where it was: there should be no peace for him nor for any other minister, nor for any man, who did not unite with them in putting a stop to the present pernicious system. He called upon every master to stand in the gap, and protect his workmen against the wrath and oppression of the bid lionists. He appealed, too, to every minister of religion to lend his aid ; they would have real religion and not profes sion of it, and now was the time for every Christian man to do a Christian duty. (Cheers.) They were actuated by no party spirit or feeling in this matter. Whig, tory, radical, and chartist, were united, and he defied the enemy to come amongst them. If the ministers did not do their duty he would worry their live. out of them. (Laughter.) lie would respect and pay a proper deference to their high position, but he would tell them, too, such truths as would make them have a care how they pressed the people too far. Ad they asked of the people was to be firm, but to be patient even when they were thrown out of employment, for that was in evitable. Within the last three weeks no less than 10,000 net vies had been thrown out of employment within twenty five miles of Birmingham, and betore very long thou-ands here would be plunged into misery because of the want of means to employ labour. (Hear.) At that very time the pawnshops were full, and when that was the case (as was well known) the pawnbrokers would make less advances upon the articles offered to them. One stage of the calamity they had already passed— the neat would be the workhouse. (Hear.) But would they, the men of Birmingham, stand by and allow it? No it would be guilt of the worst species if they did—guilty as those a ere who aided in forcing on to much wretchedness and destitution. They would not tolerate the doings of these cold-blooded souls. They should be made to feel that the people of England could units in a cause in which the principles of seltanterest and Christianity were bound up. the Queen they would appeal—in her they had coon dence—in her humane heart and enlightened head; they knew that she gloried in the prosperity of her people, and he had told Lord John Russell that if he refused to redress this monster grievance they would go to his mistress, and tell her that no ministry should exist who did not make the people happy. (Cheers.) For his own pars, be had had a lung quarrel with them, but he had forgotten the past, and now, it they were willing to do their duty, he would do his. He would stand by what he had said to Lord John Russell—he would nut see his men injured, but he would do (if need be) as he had done before—he would parade them in the streets betore the public, and show the misery which had been inflicted upon them. (Cheers.) They did not want charity—they repo fisted and scorned it; but they did ask for that which should enable them to give to honesty and industry the reward of its labour. Those were the princi ples which Thomas Attwood proclaimed long ago ; they were the principles he (Mr. Salt) adhered to now, and they might depend on it that so far as the real interests of the people were concerned, that was the most important movement that had ever been originated in England. (Hear, hear.) They had had one which was for the extension of the people liberty: this was for wages —plentitul and abundant wages. (Cheers.) If any set of men thought they ought to have the charter, all he said was, let theta at a proper time try to ob tain it • but the whole question to be agitated now was— wages-good wages for t h at labour which was God's endow ment to man. To talk of industry and skill being starved in a country where there was so much wealth was degrading, but it was disgraceful to the government that permitted it. He urged them, therefore, to remember that the only cry they had to make was—wages—wages—wages. (Cheers.) Mr. Salt concluded by moving the adoption of the following resolution : That the unexampled commercial ruin which has made F.ngland a spectacle of shame and wonder to all nations has not been conxquent on any undue speculation on the part of the people, but has been caused by the cruel and fraudulent laws winch regulate her monetary systems, and which are in their nature a warrant of ruin against every enterprise o I industry. The pretence of these laws was to lie the value and regulate the issues of money their effect has been to cause ruin°. fluctuations both in its value and quality. When gold money is abundant, money is still more abundant by issues of paper money; when gold money to scarce, money to mule still scarcer by the with drawal of paper money. In the first case, industry is tempted and forced into enterprise; in the next cue it is involved in cer tain ruin, by tho withdrawal of the very foundation on which it stood. A fraudulent and fluctuating stan d ard of value, an immense superstructure of paper on a narrow and shifting gold basis, are the elements of our system and the sources of our ruin. The attempt is prop op this system, and to Lunt unduly the Wise of money by exacting highly usurtoue intervals, cannot fail to breat down the value of property, by compelling sales, and the lifting up the interest of money higher than the profits of trade must nem rely stop the employment of labour, and destroy the means of exist ence of the labourer. Thus the law is made to destroy the life and property its whole aim should be to preserve ; for such acts there must, be no toleration, no indemnity. That memoriLle be forthwith to her Majesty the Queen, and a petition to the llotise of praying for present large and liberal relief, arid for hid inquiry into the monetary system, with a view to its permanent re gulation. That the Birmingham Currency Relorm Amociation be re guanod to communicate with Liverpool and other commercial towns, with a view to obtain their cooperation. That this enee lag hereby pledges itself individually and collectively to raise and piece to the heads of the Currency Association the sum of I,OOW. towards defray ing the expenses of use emaciation. Mr. Meson then rose, amid much approbation, to second the resolution. He said that the opposition of a con siderable portion of the press might for a short period in some degree retard the progress of the movement for currency reform; but the meetings which had been held, here and elsewhere, and especially the important meeting which he then had the honour of address ing, was an indisputable evidence of the rapid advancement of public opinion on this great national question. (Hear.) No eircurn.tance, no scene, could be more gratifying then the immense numbers and enthusiasm which had charac terised the recent meetings which had assembled in that ball, with scarce an effort on the part of the committee, to con sider the momentous and destructive operation of the money laws on the commerce, lives, and prosperity of this great and enterprising nation. (Hear.) He felt ensured, with a judicious eourse of policy, invigorated by the never-failing energy inseparable from the English character, that in a short time that portion of the press which now opposed them, would identify their sentiments with the exertions of the move ment. There was one paper which must be regarded as an ex ception—namely, the Times. (Laughter.) Its opposition was an omen of success, and an evidence of the correctness of their (the currency reformers') principles. (Laughter.) Their prospects weie thus elevated by all those elements which the experience of the past had established—a powerful but not unconquerable opposition on the one hand, and an immense and growing public opinion on the other. (Hear.) It was with great pleasure that he would now state to the meeting that the deputation had discharged their duty in a manner the most creditable to themselves and faithful to the people of Birmingham. (Hear.) They had treated the premier respectfully, but, at the same time, honestly, and with that candour which must ever be more acceptable to an officer of such high responsibility than if the deputation I had withheld or modified their honest sentiments. (Hear.) ' He (Mr. M.) could not encourage any hope through the disposition of the government The parliament was, I he feared, so completely ignorant of the nature and opera. tion of the mocey laws, that the settlement of so great a question was scarcely to be expected yet from that source, unless the demand for an inquiry was made by a national voice. The legislature had fixed a standard of value by law, which standard had destroyed, and was destroying, the value of every commodity—of every class of produce created by English industry and capital—it was a standard which had destroyed the wages and value of labour—it had most fear fully reduced the value of capital, as well as made every ma nufacturing undertaking hazardous to the last degree. (Hear, hear.) It is now rapidly confiscating the hundreds of millions of property, by reducing its value to the standard of legal gold-value, which standard does not provide for the legal burden of taxation upon the wages of the British operative--or for the manufacturers, who must pay a much higher rate of wages, to enable their workmen to obtain an equivalent for their industry, than is necessary to be paid in continental nations, where the taxation of the prolate is so much less than its England. (llear.) The misery, want, and destitution which had resulted from the attempt to en force these money laws it was most fearful to contemplate. It had based all our internal prosperity on the mere acci , dental balance of a few millions of foreign exchange, even fur or against us—(hear) —and thus, if we had to export a few millions of gold, for food or even raw material, the entire home trade becomes involved in the most serious embarrass ment and distress. Itistrue the enterprise and inexhaustible energy of the commercial classes have, in a great measure, made up the deficiency of legal money by bills of exchange, and these hills have raised a su perstructure which, though moat precarious and sub ject to great danger, by the sudden withdrawal of a few millions of notes, has still been the means of extending trade, developing our resources, and giving employment to the po pulation. In 1815 the circulation of notes by the Bank of England and germ" local banks amounted to 45,629,2131.; j the circulation of bills of exchange to upwards of 600,000,0001.; being about an average of 15,000,0001. to every one million of bank notes. In 1814, the circulation of notes amounted to 30,714,4861. The bills were about an average 10,000,000 to each million of notes. In 1839 the circulation of notes was 30,128,4761.; the average bills of exchange was about 15,000,0001. to every one million of notes. Thus we find that the withdrawal of four or five millions of notes (run circulation will cause the stoppage of nearly 100,000,0001. bills of exchange, This was a most fearful Mate of things—a state of things which the government had, by their injudicious and oppressive legislation in the regula tion of our monetary and commercial system, established. I (" Hear," and cheers.) They had diminished the legal I tender, money, and thus rendered it impossible for the trade of the country to be carried on through a sound, abun- 1 dant, and well-regulated medium ; and hence the transac tions of our immense commerce had to be effected by this un certain but indipensable means, and houses of the highest integrity and solvency were swept into wholesale ruin, and trade periodically involved in universal diAress. (Hear.) To sky it is over-trading is • fraud. Had we a proper circu lating medium, we could do double the trade with confi dence, certainty, and permanent prosperity, which we now ds with hourly apprehension and certain periodical distren. Mr. M. then expressed his confidence that the sum of 1,0001. would be raised by the people of 13trosiagham, and that done, the first step to succeis was laid. The reform of our monetary laws once accomplished, labour will command a field of employment commensurate to our great and increas ing population. Enterprise will be rewarded--trade will be came certain in its operations—our foreign exchanges will not disturb our internal prosperity—and England will again be roused from her anomalous adversity in the midst of her abundant means, to that position which has ever made her • blessing to humanity and an honour to her people. (Loud and continued applause.) Mr. Mc ore, M.P., said that he had come to that meeting at great inconvenience, because he was determined that the public should be put in possession of the facts as to what took place in the interview with Lord John Russell ; and the more so as he knew that the press (a great part of which was against them) was not particularly nice when a fact was to be established ; they had a proof of that in the article which appeared in the Times of that morning, which was a complete tinue of falsehoods from beginning to end. It had evidently been concocted by mime one who had an object in unscrupulously misstating the facts silo what had taken place. There was no doubt about this, because it did so happen that as he was sitting at dinner, after he had returned from ac companying the deputation to Lord John Russell, a card was sent up by a gentleman wbo said he was a reporter from the 'Jones, and upon being shown in, the individual referred to said that he wished to see Mr. Harlow, one of the members of the deputation, at the same time asking him to furnish him with his address. To this he replied that he did not know it ; and thereupon the reporter sat down, and he (Mr. Muntz) gave him the parti culars of what occurred, which he wrote down at the time, but not one ward of which appeared in the Times article, and God only knew where they got that which did appear. ("Shame.") Now, what he did say to Lord John Russell was this, that at the time the memorial was adopted it was intended to have asked his lordship to interfere to prevent the further progress of the ruin that was then daily going on ; but that, consequent on the step which govern ment had taken, all they then had to do was to lay before his lordship a statement of the effects and disasters arising out of the late pressure, to show to him, too, that the profits arising from trade would not allow of those engaged in it paying eight, nine, or ten per cent. for money, and that if nothing else was done it would be impossible for the manu facturer to continue to employ labour: that was the sub stance of what he said. He ateted further that he knew it to be a fact that the profits of trade were so small that the ell principle could never be re-enacted, that of bringing back gold by • rekiuction of prices to an amount equalling five or six per cent., without involving those attempting it in complete ruin. The hon. gentleman then went on to remark that he had written a note to the editors of the Times, to say that the whole of their article was false, and he expressed his sur prise that • newspaper which called itself the first of the public organs should descend to such miserable subterfuges. If such things were suffered to continue, between the press and the government, the public would soon be, and de servedly so, completely overridden. After some explana• tons with reference to the working of the present currency system he read at length the article in the Times, com menting upon it as he proceeded. He denounced it as "a perfect piece of manufacture, full of false representations" and " common-place remarks," upon observations alleged to have been made by h,nsell and Mr. Scholefield which had never been uttered. The Times writer said that his facts could not be contradicted or disproved : why, they had been, but they would not acknowledge it. The Times had been wroeg a good many times,and admitted it, for it had gone com pletely round often enough. (Hear, and laughter.) The editors of 'he Times sought to bolster up a system which had produced just this—that after thirty-two years of profound peace we were deeper in debt than ever, and, notwithstand ing our miserable plight, it was actually contemplated to ley on a heavy property tax to make up our deficiencies. (Hear.) All he wanted was, that the truth should be pub- fished ; and if the Times' editors could by any species of , evidence show that there was one word of truth in their ar ticle with reference to what had taken place at the interview with Lord John Russell, why, then, he must either have been asleep at the time, or actually not present. He had (he said) told Lord John Russell distinctly that the result of the interference which there had been with the bill of 1811 would be only to make things worse than ever afterwards, and to mike the pressure infinitely more severe; time would show that he was correct, and all he now said was, that unless the people did their best to get rid of such a system of government as they were now writhing under, and of such a press, there was an end not only to their boasted liberty, but they would be beggars sa long as they lived. (Applause.) Mr. SPOONER, M.P., followed. lie commenced by con firming the observations which hail been made by Mr. Munts respecting the inaccuracies in the Times. He imagined, he said, that the editorial " we" had written something in antici pation of what he supposed they might say, and that he afterwards thought it too good to be omitted. Adverting to the step which government had taken for the relief of the presdire, he said that although it had had the effect of turn ing the exchanges, it had also depreciated the value of pro. perty in this country to the benefit of foreigner. He ad mitted that the pressure would for a while be mitigated in one quarter, and that further failures might be prevented, but the bur:hen would now fall on the labouring classes ; their misery and destitution was inevitable, and the ministry that could act with so little regard for the wants of that im portant part of the community ought not to be suffered to go on. He congratulated them on the fact that the people were at last alive to the real source of their misery ; he claimed ' for himself and his friend Thomas Attwood, the credit of having pointed out, in 1819, the inevitable result of the fatal measure of that year. The opinions he then held and proclaimed he had consistently and unflinchingly abided by ; and he said to them now, as he had always said with respect to free trade, that if they were to have it, it must be free indeed. He further expressed his satisfaction to find that the people had, at last, forgotten their political differences in their determination to put an end to an iniquitous system. Having remarked upon some further inaccuracies in the Times, Mr. Spooner concluded by saying, the editor of the Times has admitted that we did once pay 15s. in the pound, and, at the same time, he says, that we want to perpetrate a further injustice ; but has'he forgotten that we ouly received from the money-lender in the pound ? Has he forgotten that every hundred pounds we borrowed was receivt dat the same rate ? (Hear.) But, gentlemen, is it too much to suppose that there is some secret and peculiar power at work to cause the production of these very curious articles in the Times! (Hear.) Is it possible that some great capitalist—some man having a great com mand of capital, and who finds that the more that capital is wanted the more he can make of it—may be adopting this sort of means amongst others to induce government to adopt such measures as shall increase the value of that capital —knowing, too, that in proportion as the value of capital is enhanced your wages are &presented, and he a gainer ? Is it possible, I say, that such a man can exist and by some secret back-door influence can it be that he ex ercises an influence over • great public journal for his own purposes? Oh ! forbid it heaven that this should be true ! It is a wicked suggestion, I admit ; but there is this cruel whis per in one's mind. I dismiss it, having thrown out the hint, and you will form your opinions accordingly. (Cheers.) For mys , lf I am quite callous and indifferent to any attacks that may be made upon me. Mister Times may keep his own opinions, if he has any, but he shall never ridicule me out of mine. (Cheers.) Mr. HARLOW, the secretary of the Currency Reform As sociation, next briefly addressed the meeting in support of the resolution, which was put and unanimously carried. The proceedings terminated with this at ten o'clock at night. IRELAND. Bunts, Nov. G. There was an open and close session to-day. In the first the Irish council passed some resolutions which created little public interest A lively discus sion arose on the tenant right question, led by the Earl of Miltown, who was all but in favour of the universal extension of the right, in which he was followed by Mr. Mitchell, of the Natiqn, and Mr. B. Roche, M.P. for Cork. Mr. Doheny is to deliver a great speech in favour of the question, and Mr. lieagh, member for Athlone, is to tread on hie heels, and them sorely. Sharman Crawford attends on Tuesday to develop with more argument the local working of the system. In the closed council of representatives there has been, I understand, much confusion and opposi tion between the popular or city representatives and the rural or landlord class. Language has been used which would not pass muster at a county hustings. The land question is the cause of the discord which agitates the council of distress and safety. Unanimity is at an end. The poor-law unions do not improve in adminis tration. The Kerry Examiner states that a rumour had been in circulation in that county that the Lis towel guardians had been dismissed and a paid board appointed. In cork matters are little better. The Cork Examiner states that a rumour had reached, that in consequence of the inability of the rate collectors of the Kanturk union to raise the funds, the guardians had resigned their office into the hands of the com missioners. This, if true, is to be regretted. Violent outrage still characterises our downward progress. The Lord Lieutenant offers rewards of THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1847. 1001. each for the discovery of the murderers of Major Mahon and the unhappy Widow Darmody. The mania knows no observance of rank. Two audacious instances of violence are recorded in the country papers of to-day. While a Mr. Garvey with a party of police was &straining on the lands of Mooeygai, King's County, he was bred at and missed, but the policeman on his right received a brace of balls in his body. The wounds are reported dangerous. The other records the revival of Whiteboyism and took place within a few miles of Newca s tl e , Lir;kerick. A party of young sportsmen on a visit with a Mr. Meade were starting on a shooting excursion at eight in the morning, when the Whiteboys appeared in the hall and demanded the fowling-pieces. Resistance— shots—scuffle and wounds followed. When the ruffians departed, they passed through a body of labourers, spade in hand, who looked on with the . _ gravest unconcern. You will infer the social condi tion of Tipperary from the card for the Thurles quarter sessions. There are 6,000 civil bill processes, of which near a thousand are undefended ; 107 eject ment% and 347 prisoners for trial. This, be it re membered, is only for one riding. The Royal Agricultural Society is carrying out the excellent propositions of the Earl of Clarendon. A sufficient sum being at the disposal of the council, the country has been parcelled into districts, of which the following being most in need of information, and the moat remote as well as distressed, it was resolved to I supply them with instruction, free of all expense. The districts are seven. Ist. The West Riding of Cork, comprising the unions of Skibbereen, Dolman way, Bandon, Bantry, and Macroom. 2nd. The county of Kerry, south of Tralee, comprising the unions of Kenmare, Killarnsy, and Cahirciveen. 3rd. West of Limetick and North of Kerry, comprising the unions of Newcastle, Tralee, Listowel, and Rathkeale. 4th. Unions of Scariff, Kilrush, Ennistymon, and En nis, Clare. sth. Unions of Clif, close to Westport, Galway. 6th. Unions of Castlebar, Belmullet, and Billina, Mayo. 7th. Gleuties and Stranorlar, Do negal. Each instructor, whose salary is not to exceed 201. per month, is to visit the farming classes per sonally, remain two months at least in each loca lity, travelling about whenever his attendance was required, or it might be useful to visit. He should also keep a diary of his pro ceedings, and report on the state of husbandry in each particular district, the condition of the people, and the difficulties he might have to encounter in car rying his suggestions into effect. The society has displayed admirable judgment in its proceedings up to the present time, and it is to be hoped the results will correspond with such judicious activity. Three instructors have been examined by a committee and sent down to Cork, Mayo, and Limerick. The com mittee sit from day to day to examine and appoint applicants. The bishop who has offered to contribute 10,0001. towards the establishment of a catholic university in Dublin is Dr. Cantwell, of Meath. I le is the depo sitary of immense charitable funds, of which he has the sole right of appropriation. The proposal of an income-tax at the Irish Council has fluttered the citizens. They are about to get up ward meetings to remonstrate, in which they will be I supported by the manufacturers of Ulster, who look with a very auspicious eye on this landlord movement. The apparent support of Mr. J. O'Connell to the pro ject has proved rather distasteful in the city. He has in consequence more clearly communicated his opi nions on the subject in this day's Freeman. He is opposed to any scheme of additional taxation, but if that may not be avoided he would prefer an income tax, in substitution of poor-rates, on all incomes above 20St. a year. Poor-rates must crush the farmers and small dealers in towns, whereas an income-tax so limited would preserve them. " The products," he says, " of this tax could not be specially applied to the relief of the poor, but being thrown, like all others, (into the consolidated fund, the latter might be charged with the support of the poor. Thus, and only thus, would I at all entertain the suggestion of an income tax" That indefatigable promoter of the O'Connell tri bute, Mr. P. V. Fitzpatrick, has been appointed by Lord Clarendon Assistant-Registrar of Deeds, an office worth about 3001. a year. Mr. Fitzpatrick was the bosom friend of Mr. O'Connell, and perhaps no man living, beyond the pale of his family, enjoyed more of his confidence, or lived more in his society. Lively, humourous, and a good story-teller, he en livened both the " Liberator " and his table, whereat he was always found scattering his jokes, and giving zest to the wine. The appointment will be popular with all except the stern denouncers of place, who will, no doubt, crucify the patriotism of the assistant registrar. , In my last letter I noticed a charge of embezzle ment and forgery brought on Thursday against an accountant in the Shannon Commission-office, whose defalcation amounted to the high figure of 8,0001. Three informations are lodged against the prisoner— one in reference to a draft for 127!., and purporting to have been signed by Sir J. Burgoyne and Col. Jones; the other two informations were lodged by Messrs. Walker and King, of the Board of iYorks, for drafts with signatures similarly forged. The party will be brought up again on Monday. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, Nov. J. The remarks in the Erpress of yesterday re garding the appointment of medical officers to the metropolitan hospitals apply with equal force to the infirmary of Edinburgh. The physicians of that institution are appointed from amongst the members of the College of Physicians, which at present consists of only forty-one resident fellows, and almost in every instance where a vacancy occurs the youngest and most inexperienced candidates are preferred ; and how this course is likely to benefit the sick poor or promote medical education the managers can best explain. As an adjunct to the medical echos], the infirmary is not of very effective service, as the aquabblings between the managers and the university professors and extra lecturers are neither few nor far between. Had the university consulted its own dignity, or the extension of its school, it should, like London University, have had long ago an hospital of its own. The remedial pro posals of the Daily News, vie., that the appointments to hospitals should be open to the competition of all properly qualified medical men; and that the gover nors and the state, both or either, should by examina tion or otherwise test the merits of candidates—would frighten interested parties out of their propriety, but would be acceptable to the mass of the profession, and to the more intelligent portion of the public. In Glasgow medical politics assume another form. In a late number of the Lancet notice is taken of the re final of the Glasgow fever board to increase the pay (251.) of the district surgeons for attendance at the new fever hospital, and, says the Lancet , For this heinous fault, a. many of the district surgeons as remained firm to their assertions sad all of whom deserve honourahle mention, were suspended from their dudes by the parochial board. The seven sloe Y , however. illegal, and the suspended surgeon. have resolved to appeal to the central board of supervision, with whom rests the legal power of suspending medical Alters of the poor in Scotland. In this appeal these gentlemen deserve the sympathy and support of every man concerned in the medicil treatment of the poor in the United Kingdom. However, for the present they are suspended. Snell is the treatment awarded to their medical officers by the Glasgow guaNuoe of the poor. Dr. Paterson's history will speak for the whole body of dia trietsurgeorth in Glasgow. Ile has been apcinted eight years and a half, a an n e d l durin recorded perio d theo ;$ of of otes Tow thank n l n c been twice e llo g e l years has been senior district wean, for in Oda fatal arnica promotion is more rapid than Ia the army or nary. 111. weekly reports have been set as modeLs for others to imitate. During the eight years sada hallo( his incumbency he has seen more than oar-hall of his colleges swept away—more than eight out of sixteen—in the vigour of youth by fever, leaving wives, orphans, and friends to lament their untimely fate. Ile has seen all the real laid down by the sime malady, and his CAM life was fora time despaired of, when attacked by virulent typhus caught in the discharge of his district duties. These facts need no comment. Dr. Paterson'is one of the suspended district surgeons. such is a specimen—we hope for the honour of human nature an ex cept:Waal one—of the manner in which medical °Others of the poor are treated in Scotland. Aberdeen is also engaged in a controversy about its infirmary, which seems likely to end in the pops ' larising of the elective system. We do not know how Dundee stands affected in this respect; but, judging from the following paragraph in the Acker- I iter, its infirmary would require to be in a state of efficiency : - - This wagon of the year 4 generally remarkable for the mortality in our northern climate, but we never recollect so much distress as now prevails around us. The never-falling fever has its usual share of victims; but the mot:City to growing alarming, in consequence of a strange malady which haa recently crept in amongst us like some terrible scourge. The victims are attacked with inflammation and swelling, having the appearenoe of what is generally known as the "rose; or St. Anthony s are, but or a more virulent form. Burning pains and fainting Ats ensue, which but too often end in death. WALES. DR. BOWRING, M.P.,ItOBBiD OF 1,0001. BY HlOTY wAymem.—Late on Friday night the metropolitan police force received intelligence from Wales of the following daring case of highway robbery, perpetrated in noonday on Thursday last, on the public road a few miles from Bridgend. Early on that day Dr. Bowring, M.P , and his brother, who is the chief manager of the Llynvi ironworks, at Maesteg, proceeded from that place to Bridgead, to procure from the company's bankers money to pay the workmen their wages. The cheque was for 1,0001., and they received for the same 6001. in sovereigns, 1.50/. in silver, and 2.501. in bank notes. These, we understand, were in separate bags, and placed into a large one, which was deposited in a cue underneath the seat boa of gig, which the hon. member and his brother bad travelled with and intended to return by to the iron works. At 12 o'clock they started, Musteg being ten miles distant from Bridgend. They had real hod about midway, when, as they wcre ascending a hill between Coytrahene and Cefaid-fa, in a put of the road some dis- ' Lance from any habitation, they were met by two men, evi dently expenenced " noblemen," who, rushing for ward, stopped the horse, and, with a heavy pistol in each hand, de manded " money or their lien ;" ene declaring instant death would fellow if the cash was not immediately forth coming. To escape was impossible. Neither Dr. Boerring nor his brother had the slightest weapon to defend them selves. With pistols presented to their heads ' and the muz zles of two others thrust against the flesh of the horse, resistance was useless, and there was no other way to get rid of the " gentlemen " but to hand over to them the bag containing the 1,000/. with which the robbers de camped into the adjacent Woods. Before parting, they took the precaation, if we may be allowed to make use of the term, of shooting the bora, with a view, undoubtedly, of preventing early information being given to the police authorities. As soon a.s they had disappeared, Mr. Charles Bowring ran back in the direction of Bridgend, and meeting with a person on horseback, prevailed on the rider to let him have it, explaining the cause, which was immediately granted, the party going forward to Dr. Bowring, who was in a very excited state, expecting some outrage would be committed by the villains' comrades, for he had reason to ' , aspect that others were concerned. When Mr. Charles Bowring reached Bridgend, he gave information of the rob bery to the magisterial authorities, who lost no time in des patching officers in all directions on horseback in pursuit of the offenders, each party having fire-arms, and a full de scription of the robbers. A large reward was offered fur their apprehension. The result of these prompt steps was the capture of both the ruffians, who are Irishmen. One was apprehended about four o'clock In the afternoon, with 2401., in gold, in his pos. session, and the other was taken about 11 o'clock at night. The latter showed a most desperate resistance. A country man effected his apprehension. He was walking along a road, about ten miles distant front the scene of the outrage, when he noticed a man in advance of him carrying some thing in a handkerchief, which, although not bulky, ap peared to be heavy. Having heard of the robbery, he at once suspected that the man was one of the parties who committed it. He with considerable adroitness entered into conversation with him on the subject, and his answers to an extent confirming suspicions he boldly seized the fellow, who drew a razor to defend himself, but was knocked down, and eventually captured. In the handkerchief was found 3.50 sovereigns. On Friday the robbers were examined be fore the magistrates at the Town-hall, Bridgend, and re- I mended for a week. The remainder of the property, 2501. in notes, and 1.501. in silver, has not as yet been found. It is supposed they have buried it, being too bulky to carry about. Highway robberies are of unfrequent occurrence in Wales, and this one has excited an immense sensation ' Ciroughout the district. It is presumed the prisoners were formerly employed in some of the adjacent iron-works. NIERDER NEAR CARDIFF.—On Friday, the magie trates at the Town Hall, Cardiff, were occupied in the in vestigation of the caw of a poor man named Wm. Mcrrison, who had been so cruelly ill-used by a party of ruffians as to cause his almost instantaneous death. It appears that the unfortunate deceased on Thursday week last went with his wife, two children, and his wife's sister, to reside in a place called Whitmore-lane, where he manufactured various articles which his wife used to take to Cardiff market to sail. On Saturday se'nnight, whilst he and his wife were sitting down to supper, John Morgan, a person who lodged in the house, hearing a disturbance in the street, went out to ascertain the carte, and shortly afterwards a person came and said that some one who had gone out had been murdered. Mrs. Morgan, thinking her husband was referred to, opened the door for the purpose of going to as certain whether such was the case or not. She had only just opened the door when two women laid hold of the hair of her head, threw her on the ground, and otherwise ill treated her. Morrison, thinking that they were about to murder the woman, went to her assistance, and was in the act of raising her up, when two men advanced, and, whilst 1 Morrison was humanely assisting the female, a man, called " Alick the Devil," and another, called "Swansea Jack," gave the:deceased some violent kicks upon the abdomen. which caused his immediate death. The police apprehended Alexander Thomas (alias" " Alick the Devil "), John Grif fith (alias " Swansea Jack "), Alfred Burrows, James Jones, Maria Meyrick, Mary Williams, and Bridget Kelly, on a charge of killing the deceased. The magistrates, after hearing the evidence, decided upon remanding for a week the prisoner" Thomas and Griffith on a charge of wilful mur , der. The others were remanded fur the same period, as ee -1 cessories before the fact. PROVINCIAL. LANCASMRE,_ MORE CLERIC.tL Rector of Bury has been in some manner imitating the conduct of his War rington brethren. It was proposed to establish at Bury a school, where females out of employment might receive in struction, principally in needle-work; and a scheme for its management was drawn up by a clergyman of the town. While the arrangements were under discussion a communi cation was received lima the rector, stating that he approved of their object, but that, as a condition of his support, he must insist that the chief management, particularly in refit.- ence to the selection of the religious exercises, and of pas sages from books to be read aloud to the children, should be lett entirely in his own hands; otherwise, he would establish • school under his own control, We (Manchester Guard tan) hope the other subscribers will not submit to the attempted dictation of the ]lector of Bury. The members of the church will act not only very liberally, but very unwisely, if they view this as a question between the church and dissent. Some clergymen appear to be bent on • course of conduct which places the es.ahlishmett in open opposition to important educational movements, at the serious risk not only of preventing education, but also of defeating measures intended to promote the physical welfare of the labouring classes. By this conduct they will inevitably entail upon the church an amount of odium that mutt seriously impair its intluetee. It is the duty of the laity to resist these proceed ings, and to show that the interests of the church do not pre clude co-operation with men of different rigisus opinions for the attainment of objects of general philanthropy, in which all profess an equal interest. SEIZURE OF ADULTERATED FLOUR AT LEEDS.—On Saturday last, before the magistrates at Leeds, Samuel Vickers, a retailer of flour, and Elizabeth, his wife, were charged with having sold quantities of flour at a reduced price, adulterated with Paris white and plaster of Penis. A solicitor appeared for the defendants. It appeared from the statement of Mr. W. James, superintendent of police, that during the acting of the magistrates on the previous day, Mr. Chorley, surgeon, one of the medical officers of the Leeds public dispensary, attended the court, and stated that several persons had recently been taken ill, and compelled to apply for medical aid at the dispensary, in consequence of having eaten bread made of adulterated flour. From in quiries which bad been instituted, there wee little doubt, said Mr. Chorley, that adulterated flour had been pur chased at the shop of the defendant, Samuel Vickers, in George-stmt, he having also a shop in High -street. In consequence of this camplaint, Mr. James proceeded to the shop of the defendant, in George-street, but he found it closed, his name being painted over the window. He how ever, left a policeman to watch, and went on to the de fendant's house in High-street, where alas he had a shop, aad retailed flour, groceries, and other articles. He found the defendant, Samuel Vickers, there, and told him that he was charged with having sold adulterated flour, and that several persons were ill from having eaten bread made of the flour. Samuel Vickers said, that if there was anything wrong in! it, it war just as he got it from the miller's. Mr. James said, that if that was so, it would have to be inquired into, and he sent him away in a coach to the police-office. The other defendant, the male defendant's wife, sad his sister, heard this conversation; and when the male defendant had been sent away, Mr. James told the defendant's wife that it would be necessary to search tke premise*. Upon that she said it was no use telling lies, and that if he would go with her she would tell him what they put in the flour. She then took him into the cellar, where was a large stone table, on which was a white powder, something like Paris white, There were two barrels, one full, the other half full, and two sacks full, of Paris white. There was also a small barrel full of a white compound, which appeared to be plaster of Paris, or Paris white. There was also a large flat tin pan, like a dripping pan, a rolling pin, and a sieve, ia which there was some I white. (These articles were produced.) Mr. James then went to the gaol, and saw the male defendant, and told him what he had found, and what his wife had said re specting them ; upon which he replied that his wife sold whiting, and that be did not know it was (used to mix with flour. He then showed defendant some keys, part of which he said belonged to his shop in George-street and part to his shop in Regent-street ; and on visiting the shop in George-street he found some of the mixture in the bins, and the like in the bins in George-street; and in the latter place he also found eleven sacks of flour. He gave ample* of the flour to Mr. West, the chemist, and also samples of the two pieces of bread which be had received from one Hannah Atkinson, who proved that the pieces of bread which she gave to Mr. James, were made from flour which she had purchased of the defendant Samuel Vickers, on the Saturday previous. It was seconds flour, for which she paid at the rate of I . 10d. per stone. She mixed nothing with it hut water and yeast, when she made it into bread. On the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday she was very poorly, without knowing the cause.—The house surgeon at the Leeds Public Dispensary said that on Thursday last two women, one of them very deaf, who appeared to be suffering acutely, came to him; and who said that she attri buted the suffering to the flour, as several of the persons who lived in the neighbourhood were affected in a similar man ner. This statement led to further investigation, and cases were found of families of five or six persons, who had eaten bread made of flour bought at the defendant's shop during the last fire or six week., and had been uniformly ill, suffer ing from the interruption of healthy functions, and experien cing pains in the head and cheat. Twopersous he had met with who had saten bread made of the defendant's flour, who, notwithstanding the use of variousremedies, hasi suffered great inconvenience. Mr. West, the analytical chemist, said he wee satisfied that the bread and flour which had been first submitted to him by Mr. James were adulterated; but he had not yet made such an examination as would enable him to determine the nature of the substance used. He thought it however right to say, thus early, that with a view to determine whether the adulteration was by the miller or the retailer, he had caused samples to be taken from the 11 bags which had been spoken of as being in one of the shops, and testing them altogether he had not found any improper I admixture. Mr. James said that he had gone to the miller, whose name was upon the sacks, and had asked to see the price at which the flour bad been sold to Vickers, and he found it invoiced at 383. per sack of 20 stones; vrherias the price which was proved to have been paid by the tatonsers would only realise 36e. Bd. per sack. Mr. Jackson, who had furnished a large portion of the flour, WAS present, and said that so lately as Monday last he had sold the defend ant 12 sacks of flour at 38.. per sack. Mr. James said that 11 of those 12 sacks were found to be good.— , Mr. Bawer observed that that fact was important for the public satisfaction, as people might be afraid to use flour if there was reason to believe that the adulteration had been attempted at • mill on a large scale.—Mr. Nay!or, after briefly referring to the statute which applied to this offence, ' and declared it an indictable misdemeanor, if by reason of the admixture any person's life was put in jeopardy, bat otherwise punishable by a fine not exceeding 201., appliedfor au adjournment to a subsequent day, in order that it might be determined in the meantime whether the offence was of an indictable character. The magistrates therefore adjourned the further examination to Wednesday text, and in the meantime Vickers and his wife were ordered to be com mitted to the borough gaol. GIAUCESTEEISHIRE. INCENDIARY fIRE - AI — ICAIIiI3ROON.—A horse express was received in Bristol at a little after one &duck on Saturday morning, to require the assistanco of the city and insurance companies' fire ingines upon the farm of Mr. Jones, en extensive miller residing near Hambrook, on the Downencl-road, whose stack-yard had been wilfully set fire to by incendiaries. The engines of the Sun, Norwich Union, and Imperial companies, were immediately horsed, manned, and despatched to the scene of conflagration. They found two valuable ricks of wheat burning with st:ch fury as not only to render the chance of saving them all but hopeless, but to threaten destruction to the other cinteata of the stack-yard as well as to the farm-house and buildings. The firemen and police exerted themselves to the utmost, and being assisted by some of the neighbours, who, on bear ing the alarm, bad hastened to the spot, they fortunately sue. seeded in confining this fire to the two stacks. One of the men employed near the farm discovered the marks of a train of gunpowder laid from one of the mills, which was bum to a short distance from it. This train had evidently been recently fired, so that there can be little doubt ditto nature of the origin of the tire. The police authorities ore busily engaged in endeavouring to trace out the incendiariis with a view to their punishment. gm ern. -.- NATIONAL IJALLEItY.—RESIONATION OP MR. EAST LAKC.—Mr. Eastlake has resigned the appointment of keeper of the pictures in the National Gallery, which lie has held since Mr. Seguier'sdeath, and Mr. G wins, ft.A., hasbeen appointed in bis steed. The joint offices of Secretary of the Fine Arts Commission and Keeper of the Gallery have mate rially interfered, for some time past, with Mr. Eastlake's labours as an artist. lie will now have more time to paint, and this in a great degree lessens toe regret we feel at losing the services and guardianship of the beet educated artist of the English school, whose name alone gave a European re putation to the office of keeper. Mr. U wins has held the ap pointment of keeper of the Queen's pictures since Sir Augustus Cancan's death, so that the two °thou (as in Mr. Seguier'a case) are again united in the same person. UNIVERSITY AND_CLERICAL Olroau, Nov. 6.—Yesterday Mr. Bengough. commoner of Exeter Coll, and Mr. Collier, commoner of °rid WI., were elected mboLini of the Latex fuund•tioa --- iiefitilarnacholarZip, lately founded at Lincoln Coll., will be ailed up on WednendAy, Dec. N. Canclubtes natc.t be weaves of or hare been bona fide educated in the cowry Buckingham.— At the none time will be ailed up an exhibition fm natives te the diocese of thulium, or of Ilowdenahlre or Al:crtnna.tire In the county of York, or of the countiec of Leicester (partacularly the pariah of Newbold Vernon), Natnamphm, or 0.41. Conlitirmo, Nov. G.—Camor'a CoLL.—The (al:owing rtudarna bare been elected scholars of this racier, : D. J. entitilstrcr, B. Una, A. B. Cbeales, Cheetbarn, C. C. CoWas, C. W. harter, ILA W. Howse. St. CATHARINE'S HALT. LODGE, Nov. I.—The Syndicate appointed to consider what step. Mould be takes respecting the ground purchmed for a new bmanic garden haw. reportml to the Senate —That in order to remove the hardy plants from the old botanic garden ground, with the view of applying it to acme other purposes, it is necessary that the new ground should be trenched sod prepared for their reception. The Syndicate hare ascertaised that the cost 14 trenching and preparing the ground which re.nlins implanted within the belt will not exceed the sum of 2.01. The Syndicate have recommended to the Senate that the trenching be done and the plants tr.msferred into the new ground according to the plan, is Itll main feature, which will be laid on the Itegrararre table; and that the Vice.Cliancellor be authorised to expend a rum nut exceeding :00f. for the purpme.—A grace will be offered to the Senate at the Congreg, bon on Wednniday, Nov. 24, to confirm the report. CONSECRATION.—On Friday last, the Bishop of Ripon oaseer■ted ■ new church at Wyke, in the pariah of If.r•tol, near Bradfoxl. _ iii;ICMURCII AT HOLBECK, NEAR LEEDS.—On Saturday lak the foundatket.stone of a new church, to be dedtaatc.l to Sala John the Lennon.list, was laid by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, at Little Holbeek, near Leeds. PaerenmeNts.—Rev. J. Allen, V. of Prete. to the Arch. deaconry of Salop, dio. Lichfield ; •, pat, the Bishop of Lichfield ; Yen. E. Bather, dos—Rev. W. Armitstesd, to Whitbeva P.C., Cum berland, dio. Chester; :61., with reddenoe; pat., Earl of Limsdale ; Rev. T. Caddy, des—Rev. S. Llama, to be Dean Rural of Chat. ham, din. Fredericton.—Rev. W. Moth, R. of Fumhain, to be Deks Rural of lineham dio. Norwich .— Bev. W. B. Budd, to b. Chaplain to the Duke of Marlborough.—Rev. N. Morgan, to Shiplon Malkin Aslist C., Somerset. dio. bath and Wells—Rev. W. Morgan, P.C. of Christ Church, Bradford, Yorkshire, to be • Surrogate I.r the dio. Ripon.—Rev. T. B. Morrell, to St. George P.C., Kidderminster, on. and dio. Worcester; 3091.; pat, the V. of Kidderminster.—Rev. D. Nelson, to St. Jude P.C., Kirk Andreas Tole of Mao ; 10Sf., with resi dence; pat., the Archckseas of Man.—Rev. Reynolds, to be Chap. lain to the New Convict Prison, WakedeM, Yorkshire.—Rev. A. Smith, to Chewton Mendip C., Somerset, din. Beth and We:hi—Rev. G. Stevenson, R. of Dieklebnrgh, to en lion. Casoary in the Cathedral Church of Norwich. —lles. A. D. Campbell, to Stone V., bucks, din. Oxford; 149!.; pat., J. Lee, Esq., I. D. Rev. G. Cllambers, to Burnham Assist C., Somerset, dio. Bath and Wets—Yen. 1;. Coster, Archdeseon of New Bruns to be Than Rural of Frasier icton, din. Flederictoo.—ller. J. Gibson, C. of Wallington, to bee Surrogate for the dio. of Durham.—Rev. J. Dodson, to Leigh-up:es. Menil:p Assist. C., Somerset, dio. Bath and Wells..-Res. S. S. Knipe, to Westley- Waterlase C., Cambridgeshire, die. Ely.— Rev. M. A. Lawton, to Kilnwiek Percy V., Yorkshire, archdio. 'fork; 106/., with residence; pet., the Dean of York. Rev. A. Tate, to Brompton Regis V., Somerset; Mo. B. and W.; 4001, with reddened Pits, Emmanuel Cambridge.—Rev. J. Thomas, to Wyke Regis R , with Weymouth C., Dorset; dio. Salisbury ; 6231. with residence ; pat., the Bishop of Winchester. —P.ev. C. E. Thompson, to Pot tishmd C., so. menet ; dio. B. and W.—Rev. E. C. Top to Munektoo Combs Assist C., Somerset; dio. B. and W.—Rev. A. If. Viten, to Newiek Assist. C., Sussex ; dio. Chichester.—Rev. W. C. % elleston. Itof Dereham, Norfolk, to he a surrogate for the dio. Norwich.— Rev. G. Wray, R. of Leven, Yorkshire, toe Canary in the Cathedra: Church of York. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC APPOINTS! ENT! —Rey. D. Carver, to be a reathernatical lecturer in the College of Civil Engi neers, Putoey.—Rev. M. Rowe, to be headmaster of Mansfield Gram mar School, IXotts.—R. B. Sinythies, 8.A.. to be one of the IZALIKII/A deal maws of Rugby School—Rev. G. Tufnell, to the master, trnp of Brentwood Grammar School, Rimed VACANClEs.—Archbishopric of York; 10,0001., pat. the Close ; Rt lion. and Most!ltev. &Harcourt, dec.--Camb., at. Miami C., dio. Ely ; Rev. A. Tate, prom.—Framinghatn-Pigot R., Norfolk; dlo. Nnrwith ; 2101., with residenor ; pat., the Ili.hop ut Norwich; Rev. W. 11. Plum, doe—Mud St. Andrews, P.C., Surrey; the. Winchester; 1011. ; pat., the V. of Kingston-upon-Thames; Rev. J. Houk, den—Haugh P.C., co. and die. Lincoln ; ;if. ; pad, Mimes Her-efall; Rev. J. Suigleton, dee—Lewd St. Michael C., Homes; dio. Chichester; Rev. A. H. Vegan, reeigned—Pershore Union Work. home; chaplaincy, {W.—Stites V., co. and 'raid°. York; SOL ; E. Woodfall, Esq.; Bee. M. A. Lytton, prom.—Sibtord P. C, co. and dio. Oxford; IOW.; pat, the V. of Swideliffe.—ltilvenlale C, Lanc.i. shire ; dio., Manchester; Rev. T. Smythe, dec.—Sutter by R., on. and Lincoln; 123/. ; pat., the Lord Chancellor; Rev.). Singleton, den—Thorntodindonsia:e V., Yorkshire; die., Rime ; 1191.; fat. the D. and C. of Worcester; Rev. T. B. Poole?, trite. —Tolleshant Major C., Emu ; din., Rochester; Rev. J. Ambrose, prem.—Walton P. Bucks; din., ostord ; pats., the Church Patronage Society Rae. C., A, 0. casappok pr.", —Walsorth, St. Peter C., Surrey ; Winchester ; Rev. I. !UAW, resigned—Wrexham C., Norfol k ; Norwich, Be,. R. 110113 M prem. NAVAL Mocamtorrs or 11.M7';Siiiips.—At Lisbon, Oct. 30. Bt. Vincent (!tear-Adm:ral Sir C. Napier', Caledonian, Quern, Ventreenoe, Ctusomm, Dragoa, Odin. Avenger, and Jackal. At Oporto, Oct. 31, Polyphemus. On the 20th Wt., tuourge, for Madeira. Oct. 1 Prr. Won, at Vera Cruz. Alarm, gone to Mosquito Hunt. VindJecive ea parted at Bermuda on the 25th. Thunder and Lark, a: Bermuda, about to rill for the Antallee. Malta harbour, Oct. 27, !liberals. Trafalgar, Albion, Rodney, Vanguard, Superb, Ceylon, Thetas OM. diator, olcano, Flamer, and Spdflre. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 6. —APPOINTSIENTA.--Capt. 0. F. Ricb, to Vanruard. —Comma : G. Kenyan, toCygnet ;aLd A. Bang clerk, to Strandolc—Actan Cu.; T. H. Cladding to TraLlgar.— ileum : C. R. 'timber, to Victory; F. Goderich, 11. F. Mills, W. Creek, IL Ward, T. Bryttgen, and A. WON., to 6tOON/4M.— : 3. B. Flinn. to Blenheim.—Purser : R. H. Goddard, to Blenheim.— Cbapinin : G. IL Lewin, to Blenheim.—Surgece : Laurence, to Blenheim—Pee. Miters: W. P. Haim, to Porcupine; H. J. Javaphson, to Birkenhead.—Acting Sec. Master: W. Turton, to bleandem—Assist..Surds. : J. C. Murray, to Bittern ; 11. D. Mott, to Colninbioe It. Loney, to Bataan ; li. Arnut, to Scout. —lusters' Araintanu : G. B. Burney, to Bluer G. It. Palmer, to Megider.—Acting Punier S. J. spark, to itimid.—Clertia: P. Kirkham, A. Arhognan, and C. J. Webb, to Blenheim ; N. Cam to Sea 'met —Clerke Andstants W. E. Allen , J. E. irytn,strien. F. ?inlaid, and C. B. Mckenzie, to Blenheim ; It. Thompson, to Blazer. —Gunner : C. Chamber:dn. to Blenheim.—Boatinnla; J. Sm.* to Blanheirn.—WFealer :.1. Dears, to Blenheim. MILITARY. - ----- - PORTsmOt:Tit, Not•. 7.—The let battalion of the 69th regiment has arrived here foot Manchester preparatory to tealvartarg on board the Bel::ole f‘br Marta. Three COTRINUIIA of the lir talkie arrived on Thursday, ;ad toe remaining three and brad quarters yesterday. MEDICAL. - -- ----- ROYAL COLLISOI or SUROZON4.—The following gentle men haring undergone the neormarry ttfeinitioaa for the diploma, were admitted member. tf the college at the meeting of the court of examiners on the Stu inst., rin : —Yews. T. H. Wardlesworta, Bory, Laseentdre; G. C. Hyde, Landon; H. J. Hinman, Landon; A. J. b . pa Brampton ; it. Jones, Maentworag, Merionethshire; C. A. Guernsey ; T. Janes, Comm, Merionethshire ; . nil O. C. P Oile altar. At the same meeting of the court, the follow ing pawed their examination for naval surgeons, Ms.:— Mews. J. Peter., T. IL. Costello, Getald Yea, L. N. Tucker, H. W. Hornell. SPORTING. COLILMSG. NEWMARKET NEETIKO.—FRIDAT.—ChipposhAm —The baby was won by Mr. °Mode's Dsruu ; Mr. Backwash's Bute ran up. The Cup was won by Mr. Gi.lrtVe Girl of Kent Mr. Osbabliatotie's 1 Tinning= ran up. The Gsks arse -----"••—•" Dobnie• Dot; his Daphne ran up. The Port nudist. — Gillett*. Greet Western; Mr. Ituekworth's Ito -- Rutland thanes were won by Mr. Duckwirth's Donn% Makes by Mr. Fyant's Guaarus. 11 1 1 1P-._ 7. • _ Eat') intrUtgentf e‘" " EQUITY COURTd. 1 0 ; IstNre the Loa ChaOcc , r. .;•• 4 V' Iv THE Marrau 131:0114EttION. Swaustod applied Kr a hearing 114: