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v 1 • :<.•..- t•\. *%, • 4;.%‘.,N6, -fc ust be confineder taxes'which apply exclu fgeZ it, and he wooll what were these at present? w seNtelfkoy. The Corn Laws were passed; as a protection Ind indemnity against 1.5 or 16 millions of taxes, which mere since repealed; and, unless the country opposed the landed proprietors, they wdbld succeed in retaining the equivalent after the taxes were repealed—(Cheers.) From the best calculations which had been made, 38 millions were paid in this country for corn, over and above what it was worth elsewhere. Such a claim as this, on the part of the agricultural interest, was monstrous, beyond all p trallel in history. He knew of nothing to compare with the spirit which actuated the agricultural interest, except the Arab Chief mentioned by Voltaire, who wished not only for everything within his power. but also for what be longed to every body else—(Cheers). —lt had been said that other commodities, eesides corn, had protecting duties. There may be some who set a •alue on such a patronage, but be was confident it was the feeling of manufacturers generally. that they deplored such pa tronage—(Cheering).-The trading interests of the present day were not liable for the restrictions on com mercial liberty; they ought rather to be compensated fur the losses sustained by such regulations. If we prevented imports, we prevented exports, and lost all that might be made by the exchange—(llestr)—whilst, as manufacturers, we call for a repeal cif protecting &ties, let us disclaim all protection for ourselves, but the cheap administration of laws which scented the possession of property, liberty, and life--(Appletere).— Front the extent and variety of British commerce, from the insular situation of the country, it must become the granary of Europe, if the Corn Laws were repealed. It was now understood that several Members of the Ca binet were determined to modify these laws; and in confirmation of this he would refer to the following extract of a speech of Mr. Huskisson at the Liverpool election : " That the commercial measures, for which he was responsible, had been undertaken by him, that be might show the landed into rest that they took an erroneous view of the subject, if they imagined that their monopoly could any longer be allowed to stand on the sante foundation as that on which it rested in 1819. These measures bad. in his opinion, prepared the way for a safe alteration in the Corn Laws, under such regulations, with respect to duty. as would swore. at a moderate, reasonable, and steady price, a sufficient sup ply of that first article of consumption, and thus obtain that which was the only legitimate foundation of power and source of wealth, namely. comparative ease and ccrnfort to the labouring classes." It was necessary that such opinions should be sup. ported against the landed interest, and it was further necessary to give that support with all the spirit and energy which Was called for, to break down an odious monopoly. He then moved— " ed. That, in the opinion of this Meeting, the alarming distress in the neighbouring districts cannot be effectually remedied with. out a change in those laws which forbid the importation of foreign son, until corn of home growth shall have attained a p; 4 1 . 4 which it is impossible for the people of this country to pay ; w laws, therefore, amount to an exclusion of that coin. and which exclusion operates to the injury of the manufacturing classes, mist the nation at large. in the four following ways : First—ln enhancing prodigiously the prices of the prime necessaries of life. Second In shutting out from British markets all those foreigners of various nations, whose need of the goods which we make is surpassed only by our need of the corn which they offer in ex change. Third—ln making it the interest of those na tions to encourage, by all possible means, the progress of native manufactures, thus not only depriving us of the trade of supplying their wants, but raising them up against ns into most dangerous rivals in the trade of supplying the wants of those other countries, the mar kets of which are equally open to all; and, Fourthly— In introducing the spirit and practice of hazardous spe culation into the fo, merly steady and regular business of all persons concerned in raising or selling the pro. ducts of the land, making the prosperity even of the farmer, and the supply of the fruits of the earth, to depend, not upon the industry of man, nor on the bounty of the seasons, but upon a system of averages, managed with so much falsehood and fraud, as to produce the most deceptive and injurious results." Mr. M. PHILLIPS rose to second the resolution; and although he appeared in the dubious character of ma nufacturer and landed proprietor, he had no hesitation in saying, that whatever (Aber causes, besides the Corn Laws, contributed to the present distress, there could be no remedy without an alteration of those laws; and even that measure. without a reduction of taxation, ould net have the desired effect. Those two great measures were absolutely necessary in order to put the country on an equality with foreign nati.ns, and then we might again arrive at that superiority, which our skill and capital had enabled us to maintain. Mr. 31 , Wtekteats rose, and took out a paper, from which he was abut to road an Address, in the com mencement of which, he stated, that he was a working man, and unaccustomed to public speaking, and the; e fote he sought the indulgence of the Meeting, which was granted with considerable liberality, whilst he tra velled over a variety of topics. At length the meeting became impatient, and when he was comparing the Civil List to the salary of the President of America, the Chairman :minded him of the subject before the Meetine, and, at the suggestion of some other persons, he withdrew.—The Resolution was then put, and car ried unanimously. Mr. A. Paz urea said, that after the picture which bad been drawn of the prevailing distress, he would not detain the Gentle t en present by dwelling further upon it; but the Meeting would only do halt their duty it they stopped at suggesting a repeal ot the Corn Laws as the only remedy. The strong expression' of feeling sarli:ch would go forth „reseeding the Corn Laws would, be hoped, be accompanied with a similar Resolution on the subject of taxation. His friend, Mr. Shuttleworth, had proved, in his eloquent discourse, that the Corn Laws were a tax of 38 millions, or 71. 10s. on each family in the nation ; but whatever be the amount of necessary taxation, we should see that the money col lected should not be expensed in a wasteful and extra vagant excess. (Hear, hear.) He contended that, by a system of rigid economy, there might be a saving to the State of ten millions. A century ago the whole expenditure did not amount to four millions. The machinery of the State was the only one that had not undergone simpl fic .don and improvement. (Hear.) — lie hoped and believed the present meeting would be followed by various others, which, he was sure, would have a great effect in preventing the gradual increase ot the public expenditure. He then moved— "3d. That while ascribing so many evils to the operation of the Corn Laws, this Meeting cannot refrain, at a time hke the present, from declaring their btlief that Much of the evil under which the whole British people suffers, is take traced to the enormous amount of taxes levied in this kingdom; In amount which, to its present extent, this Meeting is strongly of opinion, is unnecessary for the purpose of i Government, anxious only t., promote the public wel fare; seeing that, besides the peat sums applied in discharge of the interest of the National De l a revenue several times as great as the wbetlitTevenue of Ea:gland, is expended in the maintenance, apparent ly designed to be perpetual, ot an immense standing army ; in support of what the Ministers themselves have denominated the "deed weight;" in the payment of greatly disproportioned *m u to the ()dicers of State ; in supplying by pensivro and sinecures the means of extravagance to great numberi of individuals and families to whin:tithe public never was indebted for any, the smallest portion of service • and in various other chart's, for which the most pros pezOill soiwittieo any country ever knew could furnish no excuse, and which, in this country, after the exhaustion of a twenty-five years war, are as unjustifiable in their principle as they are oppres sive and destructive in their effects." Mr. Caorr seconded the resolutiol. He tho.lght the causes of the distress were, a diminution of the currency, the corn laws, and excess of taxation. It would be ini • possible for this country to compete with foreign nations without a repeal of the Corn Laws; and even Sir T. Lethbridge thought fee trade should begin with them. The resolution was then put, and carried untanimously. Mr. HARVEY rose, to propose a resolution on the subject of the currency. It had been truly stated, that the Corn Laws were oppressive, and the evils of taxa. tion were also properly complained of; but he thought the fluctuations in the currency more oppressive than either. This Gentleman went into a long detail of the operations of the Bank of England, from the year 1797 to the present time, with a view of shewirrg the Mis chievous effects of its operations. He then moved - " 4th. That the enornmus pressdhe of the Corn Laws, and the taxes, has been aggravated, to an incalculable extent, by the arbi trary changes that have been made in the value of money by the operation of the messureTor causing a return to cash payments: the abstract wisdom, and necessity of such measure, however injurious in its immediate consequences, this Alerting does not In the least dispute; but which- measure, being unaccompanied with any re mission of taxes, or any alteration in the Corn Laws, has had the effect of lowering (in many eases to less than one.half) the prices of all descriptions of produce and of goods, except those whisk the Corn Laws and the taxes.have unnaturally kept up, and of lessening in like proportion, the income, the profits, and the wages of every man not dependent on the land and taxes." Mr. &mosso seconded the resolution. He stated, that out of eighteen respectable calico-printers, in Cannon -street, within the last eighteen months, ten had stopped payment, and be attributed their fosses to the changes in the currency. The Resolution was then agreed to. Mr. B. Hoe BROOK wished, in moving the second Re solution, to advert to some arguments which had been brought forward against the proceedings of the present Meeting; it had been said, the only effect of such meet ings would be, to urge the agriculturists to obtain pledges from the Members whom they returned, to vote against any repeal of the Corn Laws. la IrelAnd, such meeting would have another effect, that of supporting Ministry: in the course they had taken. He then moved, " Stb. That for all these manifold and aggravated evils, this Meeting Is ilisnly of opinion, no adequate and lasting remedy con be applied, except by a repeal (as prompt and effectual as may be consistent, with the regard which is due to those interests which have been created by the present artilkial system, and which de pend upon fit of every law which enhances the prite of bread, and obstructs the manufacturing and oommercial prosperity of the station; and also by an immediate abolition of taxes, to an amount which this Meeting does not presume to specify, but which, to produce the desired results, must be so great as to put an end to all Government expenditure, beyond that which shall be suited to the akered value of money, and directly conducive to the freedom and "oakum of the kingdom; that, therefore, au Address and Petition l'em this Meeting be presented to his Majesty, most earnestly and respectfully stating those views which this Meeting has taken of thi' causes and remedies of the dreadful condition to which dies, die trick are reduced, and most humbly beseeching him that he will be gradoualy pleased to assemble the Parliament feathwith, and to re commend the immediate adoption of these great measures, which, and which only, can, in the opinion of this Meeting, prevent hie loyal and suffering people from being hurried into the perils and the crimes of some awful convulsion, and which only can restore per manent prosperity to all p arts ads Majesty's dominions." Mr. Ammo seconded the Resolution, which was carried unanimously. It was then moved, that the following Address be presented by a Deputation, or in such other way as the Committee think proper to adopt. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, for his proper conduct in the Chair, and thus peaceably has terminated a Meeting, respecting which so much alarm had been entertained. It was conducted with the utmost decorum and impartiality, if we except the interruption experienced by Mr. Lilly, which was strongly censured by the Chairman. o re ins mos: SRACIOVI Dunn?, 0110110 Z ?Ur rummy, or THE IMMO XVINIIO/1 or SMUT Our Ant Ass sexerse, cuts, DgriNDOZ Or In rams, Ike. Ste. ace. " The Address and Petition of the Laypayers of Manchester, at a Meeting, held at the Manor Court-House, this 27th day of August, _ . 1316, pursuant to public advertisement. for that purpsile ; I. MOM 111011011.11 sautwarn—That your Petitioners deem the time to have arrived, when it is their duty to lay before your Majesty a statement of the distressed and alarming condition of a great por don of your Majesty's subjects; or the causes by which your Pe titioners deem that condition to have been produced ; and of those remedies, the timely applleatien of which appears absolutely news sary to prevent, in England, consequtoces as disastrous as any that ever bsfel a civilised country. " The discharge, therefore, of this their duty, your Petitioners beg leave to state to your /dainty, that this town of Manchester, and the great manufacturing districts, of which it is the centre and the mart, are now suffering under the pressure of distress, which is wholly unexampled in its. duration and extent; that this dustless has already brought to idsolveney and rein, great aumbsrs of ingenious and enterprising manufacturers, dealers, and mer chants, whose honest acquisitions had apparently placed them beyond the reach of embarrassment; that it is daily augmenting and multiplying the dilliculties of those whom It has not yet over. whelnutd; that it has deprived of all employment many thousands of skilful and industrious families of the labouring classes; that it has degraded them into minable dependents on the scanty pit tance furnished by the poor rates, and by charitable relief; that it is continually adding to the nenler of claimants for this pittance, while it is also forcing down into the rank, of the necessitous many of the persons by whom the rates have been paid, and the re lief has been given ; that while, from this came l the legal fund for the poor has been becoming kss productive, the fund created by charity is almost totally exhausted; and that thus there is, muck rea son to fear that the approaching winter will see involved, in all the horrors of starvation, the most thickly-peopled portion of your bla. jest y's dominions. " Your petitioners presume to present to your Majesty, their decidegt upiltion, that the alarming distress in the manufacturing districts cannot be effectually reme4ied without a chatigein those laws of this kingdom which forbid the importation of foreign eons, until corn of hoonsirowth shall have reacbed a price which it is impossible for the people of this country to pay; which laws, therefore, amount to a positive exclusion of that corn, and . . which exclusion operates to the injury of the manufacturing classes, and of the nation at large, in the four following war:— First In enhancing prodigiously the prices of the prime neces. saris; of life. Secondly, In shutting out from Briti s h markets all those foreigners, of various nations, whose need of the goods which your Majesty's subjects make, is s urpassed °Mr by the need of your Majesty's subjects, of the food w'bich those foreigners ogler in exchange. Third, in making it the interest of those nations to encourage, by all possible means, the proves, of native manufae• tures, thereby not only depriving Great Britain of the trade of sup plying their wants, but raising them up against her, into most dangerous rivals, in supplying the wants of those other countries, the markets of which are equally open to all; and fourth, In introducing the spirit and praciice of hazardous adventure into the formerly steady and regular business of all persons concerned in raising or selling the products of the land ; thus making the success of the farmer, and the supply of the fruits of the earth, to depend, not on the industry of man, nor nu the bounty of the season 4 but upon a system of averages, which is managed so falsely and flea dulently as to ptoduee the most deceptive and injurious results. 4. While, however, your petitioners are ascribing so many evils to the laws against the importation of corn, they cannot refrain from declaring their deliberate opinion, that another most grievous cause of the misery under which the whok body of your Majesty's sub jects is suffering, is the enormous amount of the taxes levied in this kingdom; an amount which, to its present extent, your petitioners are strongly of opinion, is unnecessary for the purpose of a Govern ment anxious only to promote the welfare of yaw Majesty's people ; for your petitioners have learned, by the annual accounts issued by your Majesty's Ministers, that, besides the sums applied in discharge of the intense on the national debt, a revenue, a:Taal limes as great as the wbols Mange of England a century ap, is sspeatisii is tas ' maintenance (apparently designed to be perpetual) of an immense standing army ' • in the support of what your Majesty's Minister. have denominat ed the " dead weight;" in the payment of largely disproportioned salaries to some Of the Officers of State ; In supplying by pensions and sinecures, the Means - of extravagance to great numbers of individuals and families from Whom the public hive never received any, the smallest portion of service; and in various other charges, for which, as your petitioners humbly beg leave to submit to your Majesty, the most prosperous condition that any. country ever knew, could furnish no excuse ; and which, in this country, after the exhaustion of a twenty-five years' war, appear to your bumble petitioners, to be as unjustifiable in their principle as they are oppressive and ruinous in their effects. " Your petitioners most humbly state to your Majesty, their full conviction, that the enormous pressure of the Corn Laws, and of the Taxes, has been aggravated, to an incalculable extent, by the arbitrary changes in the value of money, produced by the operation of the measure for causing a return to cash payments. Your peti tioners, so far'from disputing the wisdom or necessity of this mea sure, have long borne, in silence, the injury of its immediate conse quences, and been willing to make great sacrifices, in order that a circulating medium, of full intrinsic value, might be established throughout the kingdom. But this great measure, so necessary, so wise, and so just in itself, having been unaccompanied by any re mission of taxes, or any alteration of our Corn Laws, has bad the effect of lowering, in many eases, to less than one-half, the prices of all descriptions of produce, and of goods, except those which the Corn Laws and the taxes have unnaturally kept up, and of lessening in like proportion, the income, profits, and the wages of every man not a landlord, nor a dependant on the taxes. " Seeing. therefore, that the manifold and aggravated evils which your petitioners have humbly set forth to your Majesty, appear to, have arisen from those causes to which your petitioners have at tributed them, your petitioners are firmly of opinion, that an ade quate and lasting remedy is to be found only in the repeal (as prompt and effectual as may be consistent with the regard which is due to those interests that have arisen out of the present artificial system, and that depend upon it) of every law which enhances the price of bread, and obstructs the manufacturing and commercial pros perity, of Great Britain, and also the immediate abolition of taxes to an amonut which your petitioners do not presume to specify ; but which, that it may produce the desired results, must be sufficiently great to put an end to all national expenditure beyond that which Mull be Gaited to the altered value of money, and directly conducive to the freedom and greatness of the kingdom. Your petitioners, therefore, most earnestly beseech your Majesty to assemble the Parliament forthwith, and to recommend the im mediate adoption of those great measures which, and which only, can, as your petitioners are fully convinced, prevent your suffering but loyal people from being hurried into the perils and the crimes of some awfnl convulsion, and which only can restore permanent prosperity to all parts of your Majesty's dominions. " And your Petitioners shall ever pray." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1526. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consuls opened this morning at the sante price they left off at yesterday, 7111 for the Account; soon after the market became heavy, and Consols were done at 781 : but up to the present time they may be quoted at 7111 for the Account, and for October 71$ buyers. No business of consequence is doing. In the Foreign Market there has been some fluctuation in Co. 'Nubian and Mexican Bonds, which fell at the commencement of the market ; since which they have got up spin. Current prices : Old Spanish 10$ I, Mexican 411, Colombian 32, Peruvian 24 26, Russian 83$ 1, Greek Bonds 13 it, Bra• silian Shares II to 11, Exchequer Bills 14 to 16 premium. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Consol market is almost deserted, and nothing is doing. Consols bare beep, the whole of the forenoon, at 781 for the Attcount, and 7118 for October. The Foreign Market is also dal at present, and little is doing. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. 79 1 / 4 Vs 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Consols 78% % Si per Cent. Red. 86% 3 / 4 New 4 per Cent. 9454 l k. 4 per Cent. 1826. 95 1 / 4 Lone Ann. 19,5 16 India Stock 231 India 13onds 25 24 £l,OOO Ezcheq. Bulb 16 18 1:50() ditto 16 18 £lOO and £2OO ditto 17 18 Commercial 13 Cms. tor Account 78% 34 % FORRIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Colombian Bonds, Mex. Acct. 44 51 41 1 4 1 1 atto Aect. 441 1 De. Bonds, 1524,511 2 11 Span. Bonds 5 p Ct. 101 1 ro. Amin* 11 1 Ditto 510,101 Mexican Bonds. S p C. 371 Fr. Rentes, 5 p C 1001 Ditto for Ace. Exchange, 251 00e Mex. W 311125,6 p. Ct. 441 51 French Itsntss. ap C. 6411.504. 441 1 4j Exchange, 151 50c BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. MARL IPAID. 100 SS 15 171 100 15 31 27/ 17 FRENCH FUNDS, Pools, Axons: Five per Cents. . . . 1001. 40e. Three, per Cents. • • 561 15c. Rented d'Espagne . s . 10.1 Anglo Mexican if pro. Brazilian education, are the most important topics to be discusse,/, and though in the outset they may, through inexpet ience, handle even these matters roughly, they will lie in the right path, and acquire fresh vigour as they advance. The General Congress should be established in the centre cf the Republic, and would necessarily demand in its Members greater talents and acquirements than are needed in the subordinate Legislatures. Their number , should, however, be the fewest possible, and those well paid for their labours, and for their banishment from t h e i r families and interests. We confess we cannot see the difficulty, or the "intispe,liency of this change. It seems to us that the will of the people (we speak of them collatively, and not as belonging ro this or :ha; department) should be the will of those who preside over them, nor can we admit a pretension on the part of the latter, apart from the sanction it derives from the former. In short, we behold a federal form of Go vernment matured in Mexico and Ouatamala, and ad vancing tp maturity in Buer.os Ayres and Chili, vrhi:.: in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia alone, do a e b h o ld the contrary." German Papers we r e morning. They contain a statement of a singular claim presented to the German Diet at Frankfort by Count WACKERHAIR ; from which it appears, that an ancestor of the Court had become surety for Duke FRANCI3 the Elder of Saxe Luneburg for 5000 marks, in the year 1565, and which he now requires to be liquidated toit4 interest by Hano ver, Denmark, and England, without delay. The Munich Gazette contains some further particulars of the manner in which sentence is to be executed on the Russian conspirators. The principal of those con demned to the mines, on the frontiers of China, will have to travel about 9000 English miles, on foot, chained together, whilst those who are condemned to descend the mines (amongst whom is Prince Tatmerz- Km), are considered as actually dead, and the futier4l service is read to them! Bogota Papers of the 28th of June have arrived, Lot they do not bring any news. The private letters are of a later date. Letters have been received by the Leeward 1,1211 Mail, from La Guyara, dated the 4th of July, stating that all was quiet at Valencia, and that the Government was well organized, at no apprehensions were entertained of any further commotion,. We have inserted a sensible Letter, from an old Cor. respondent, on the existing distress in the Manufacturing Districts. The Report of a Select rnmittee of the House tr: Commons appointed last Session to inquire into the expediency o f encouraging Emigration from the United Kingdom, has appeared. The Chairman - of the Committee was Mr. Witatox-Hoaeon, and we need say no more to satisfy our Readers that the inquiry was conducted with that skill and penetration which would be certain to elicit, from the different witnesses who were examined, a mars of valuable practical information upon the subject under investiga tion. A more valuable Parliamentary document, in a national point of view, has not been produced for many years. The Report itself U a lucid digest of the evidence, which occupies upwards of two hundred closely-printed folio pages. I'u this is added, an Ap ' pandit, containing a number of highly important and valuable documents connected with the subject of the inquiry, together willa a copious Index. We shall endeavour, from time to time, to find room for it portion at least of this interesting document. WINDSOR, AUGUST 18. Yesterday afternoon, his Miaow left the Royal Lodge, in hie pony phaeton, accompanied by the Dukelot Dosses, and followed by his attendants, in the double-bodied and a single phaeton, drove to Virginia Water, where his MAJZSTV, with his attendants, dined in the Royal Marquee, at five o'clock. Previous to dining, his MA scar, with his suite, took an excursion on the Lake, and at eight o'clock returned to the Royal Lodge, when the Doke of Doom took kate of his klAiwrit, and left foe his residence in town. GEORGE THE FOURTH CLUB. Tuesday, a annuals and very respectable company of Gentle. men assembled in the Tontine Hotel, Glasgow, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the landing of his Majesty in Scotland. James Chisholme, Esq. in the Chair. John Buchanan, Esq. Crou pier. The toast which his Majesty gave at the Banquet in Edin burgh, The Chieftans and Clang and Goa bless the Lind of Cakes," written with his Majesty's hand, wu, as usual, hung at the head of the table. The Chairman wore a massy Gold Medal,'bear int the memorable day on which our beloved Sovereign set his foot ion Scottish ground. After dinner, which we must say did honour to Mr. Milne, the Chairman prefaced with some appropriate remarks the health of his Majesty, which was drunk with four times four y amidst loud and long cheering. During the evening, a variety ofioyal and constitutional toasts were given and drank witit'applause. We have selected from them the following : The Royal Family. The Chieftains and Clans, and Goa bless the Land of Cake". Lord Melville and the Navy. The Duke of Montrose, and long may he be spared to encourage &spirit of loyalty to kis Sovereign: His Majesty's Ministers. Our Glorious Constitution in Church and Slate. _ _ The Lord Provost and Magistrates of Glasgow. Mr. Campbell of Blythawood, M.P. The Clergy of Glasgow.—Dr. Gus returned thanks in name of the Clergy, in a neat and forcible speech. The Duke of Hamilton, the Lord Lieutenant of the County. Principal 141'Farlane and the University of Glasgow.—The Pant mat., in the name of the University, returned thanks in an able and appropriate speech. Lord Archibald Hamilton, Member for the County. Mr. Maxwell, M.P. Our Ships, Colonies, and Commerce. Colonel Duly and the stb, or King's Own Regiment. Relief to the distressed. Provost Alston, and the Gentlemen who represented our City to kb Majesty while in Edinburgh. The Lord Prevost and Magistrates of Edinburgh and Leith. George the Fourth Club, and prosperity to all the Members who have contributed to its success. We have received Caraccas Papers to the 28th June. The Colombian* of that date contains an extremely long article, chiefly oa the propriety of establishing a federal system in Colombia. The following are some of the concluding observations: " In carrying this measure into effect, however, va rious considerations present themselves, such as the face of the country, its population, and revenues. We be lieve that no one, after the fatal experience of 1810, contemplates the minute scale of federation, then in cautiously adopted. As a general outline, we would suggest that the Republic should be divided, according to its ancient lim;ts, into three grand sections, wit's a sectional legislature is each; that is to say, one in the ancient Captain Generalship of Venezuela, a s.cond in that of New Grenada, and a third in Quito. Circumstances might admit, however, of a somewhat more minute division, such as Legisla tures in Guayaquil and Carthagena. The capital of each Legislature should of course be as central as pos- Mr. Secretary CANNING arrived in town on Thurs- - Bible; and the duties of these sectional Legislatures dpa a vi a ut yf t r rthe C rot e f Wood , w r. b , er o e u M his r. re C t A u tflf rn lXO from ha ß d righto poet n o would be limited to the protection and advancement of Right Hon. Gentleman was engaged yesterday at his Office, its Downing-street, transacting business with Prince Ern , the their respective sections, not including, however, the Austrian Ambassador; Count Lumen, the Russian Ambassador ; appropriation of their revenues, and the amount of their and others of the Foreign Ministers. armies—two points essentially the province of the Ge- Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign Mice, to the Right Hon. Faaoseset ;was, our Ambassador at neral Coupe's, as a check to conquest and to the mu- Madrid, and also to Lord Gaaunt.tx, our Ambauad•r u Pads. tual ambition and encroachments of the sections. These Dispatches were received - yesterday, at the Colonial from the Duke of litasrenur Dep artment , sa, at Legislatures would be well and ably conducted by men Jamaica. Dispatches were also received yesterday, at the CO. With very moderate talents, provided_ they go to the Dispatches Me, from Sierra Leone and Quebec. task with good principles, animated by a desire for the The horses attached to the carriage of the Earl of advancement and happiness of their country. It is empty,no wris t , a kind ook fri fright t f i d o eu s b r le j plutt , oe, but which , fortunately. urad w a as imagined by some persons, that great difficulties will after on, and overturned g the vehicle . : 'The Br igh ton , was 11111!: a hu f r u t r , io but it is supposed mot ile present themselves in this particular. We see none, however, inasmuch as no abstruse question: of foreigndangerously. its side ter d rifsed s a t nirais a , at aa. street, turnin g p ; the dragg ed angk t of c T arf ur la n g e e r' l : Pl Li n b i rary, and then up to the Of national policy can come before them. The state of west frost of the Palace, where both horses fell, having previous!' broken the carriage to pieces, the wheels excepted. Here they we , * their roads, dr ir a v iculture, commerce, population, and secured, neither having received any material injury. Glasgow Committee employed in relieving the distresses of the pour Captain Oswald and the Glasgow Light Horse. 'CuWnd Hunter and the Glasgow Sharpshooters. The Liberty of the Press, without licentiousnen. A number of excellent and appropriate snnp were sung during the night. The Band of the VII Regiment were in attendance, and delighted the Company with many lively airs. In the course of the evening, the honour of Chaplain to the Club was conferred on Principal M'Farlane. A Committee was appointed to undertake the management of the 'Slits of the Club next year, when several new members were added to the list. The Company then rose, highly gratified with the entertainment of the evening. 1