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5t., .,..--._ MR. CANNING. The following speculations on this emitirnt States fra::•• shit to Paris are howl the Courrier Francais of liors44Y-- ..ft., rresence of .Ir. Canning at Paris. am4lst polizicsi cit. amigs accs •hich ate daily assuming a charactir of greater in -1 ww. toms the constant .ti . hjeCt of conversation, aml his journey o t ,xtther opens u p • vast held for the most contradictory conjec. _ _ _ 11 : 1s i u ra wly of the circles and drawing-rooms of London we learn et . : reu ,,i e i ncline more than we do in Paris to believe that Engleft Minister, who, during the recess of l'orliftmen% has r ii .,,,d a six weeks' discharge from business, may, without bong c loned with any special negotiation, contrive to spend it oat t he Cositinent with his family. We have no with to deckle basun these conflicting opinions of the two Capitals, where qe e . u ty grand felks exercise the trade of untiddlers by special Went, Alla of infallible oracles in re collect of diplomacy. We gull n erely o de to our readers' ion bow at tieely t h e rod of 31. de 3letternich oleo set all brains anti tongues to wa, which mi n i s t e r, notwithstanding, took his departure quiet ly, w ohout s coimplishing any of the ntighty things that hut b. en prOVlelied Of mm. We are here comparing the eireuro cir,mr, and by no means the talents or char •cters of these two in 44,eduabi. which, in Statesmen of principles so very different. do ..rot to us appear to admit of any parallel. 11. de Metternich took ,teat pains, while at Paris to show himaell of as an important 4• • whde Mr. Conning takes very little. The former isoctionary. weight ,form, councillors, secretaries ; lie was surrounded In ainri: to night with crowds of diplomatists, who mumbled, by e ms, io his saloons; he held almost perpetual audiences; when he moot our 3linoters, or those of other Courts, It •as with a mighty mg , s ad i m;:esranee; and his parade in receiving was tqual to I .10 ntrecry or Isla communications with that crowd of persons, dot, at did', rent periods. had taken tout in great evenis or great no p a ies. b :ca use, on two occasions, short, he wished to held himself up as 'mother Atlas o r Lmpe, and under systems extremely L ege, w. he had asinated in at tting up, pareetling out, and oppress ing the Continent, and imposing upon the Kings. as well as the p r pir, tso ma•ters, whom lie himself. by taking advantage of the l • tars, surrounded in socce•sion with the same complaisance and tg Wile Batteries. Mr. C timing puss forth no such pretensions to • ;15:ie entice. ile polies, they say, orie.hatf of his time in the l o cal of Lord Cireardle's family, and the other half is devoted to • to claet. Abroad. and In the few circles which the season has lii in Ports, he is seen much less frequently than the public Washy, which one of so high fame excites, is dispoard to be •atis f%l sin At die theatre, which he apfeani to affect. and to be ire of. no appearance of luxury or splendor distinguishes him has those who surround him. Were we to judge from ap , penances merely, we should term Min a Minister upon leave, on. feared by business, seeking neitlit r men of influence, nor per. no. nor chichi, seeing little company, in spite of the bustling que reess displayed by the numbers who are presented to prima to LIT hint the exit-mown of their courtesy. Ili% residence with ! is family at the lintel of the liritidt Emtiaitsy does not appear to rr,sluce there any greater crowds than on the ordinary levee days, I ra dues the arrival or departure of couriers appear greater than ; ri: J. According to some persona. the English Secretary has had r...econ:. private conferences with M. de Villele, M. de Ihimes. • r , r,' :: , di perm. and M. D'Apponi. The frequency of these t;i l , ::. ,, , t. il b .l .4 en t i: . , , l ti a n g:i ,are n byentitersqually. good. Ima i g t i i n s e g t u h i s te t i n h a e t i u r rel opp l ii i r a . t i 11-. f Tr.i'l.: and M. the Viliele should meet each other somewhere , et , e Lan a. tie great ditiners. where they sometimes are seated to . M;ewer, s , :d where they can but exchange a few words—it is quite r.,:ltil that they should seek for better opportunities of causer.,. sere it unit for the purpose of hence know•ng each other's chase. Ca. Ali t!irin4 into each other's designs more deeply. Assuredly, sv:h on t, in their respective aituatio:4, there will be no lack of ma - r converasticm. •• It 317. I:sinning has cnm to Paris to examine narrowly the r•‘ l :,:able character of our Ministry, be will speed . ly be convinced •!,e oratins t.. 1 the Opposition in the Chambers, and their sup. r 0-,, , ,vr.s (luring the recess, have merely proclaimed the • i,; r,i,r.:aecting 31. de Villele to be as bridal inA and vacillat , m hi. forei2n Tvllitics, as he is feeble, Pule •kive. and led. in his at lnini.tr,,tinn. And if Mr. *lancing had at all allowed If t, think that he email produce any effect upon such • state , hr the mist pcwerful eorsiderations , he mu st . ere now, s,o I•oi views will not be realized, and that it is not under such a 3:•:•istre that France will ever enjoy a preponderating influence u e C .aLeils of Luenpc." .11ED 11 - .1 I" LIME AND COKE COMPANY. Irs!ed3r a Meeting of the Sltateitoltlen in this Company took t6ce et Llamn's Coff..re-hou‘e. - • • WIL:.IA3II CLARK, Esq. in the Chair. T ('elute mate stated, that he had called together this Meet th! saliciteciost of serer..) elli treholders, who were severe :.A by the system of fraud practised in it. The Directors cal Pn,prict,.rs had bean particularly invited to attend, and give soda:Mors, as far as they were able, of the conduct to which n.. ; e.:sin was nude ; but he regretted to observe that no more e• •r nee three:or, and he was a recency made one, was present. A pc-son named Andrews was the mesa of a small property near Ito h?st.r. en ',huh he but a limekite. Having occasion foe an :device of no .r •y, he 'wonted to the British Annuity Company, In 10e.25. for the .o.in of 1.0001. as lie (Mr. Clark) was informed. : h a letnpat y .eat a surveyor down to examine the property, alto mord !t worth 1,3001. and upon his recommendation advanced I We/. Iskittg the title.eletels as their scenery. At that time Mr. I 4-... %elk., jun. was solicitor to the British .) nnuit y Company , and i - . '..cs re in consequence acquainted with Andrews. Andrews e,..a..r..1ing that Wilke was a capital hand at forming a Joint ( ter. any, applied to hint to make one of the estate at Ho 't. te...r. Wilke agreed, in case lie should succeed in forming the va - r, t.' be a purchaser of the freehold at 2,090/. Now %Vilks r....aie 'on arrangements that some of the directors in the British An t say tote ran y should be directors in this new company (a laugh), slick he immediately set about mtablishing. Those directors sere. t 1 cours , ., aware of the value of the property upon which e• 7 had already advanced money ; and yet with this know le:4e they rated the sum of 8.11161. for it to Mr. Wilke, who as calculated upon a pretty fair profit up nn his btrgain.— Due part of the arrangement was, that Andrews was to be superin tradant of the works. This appointment, the appointment of effle,rs, the election of directors, the sale of the estate to %Vines, and by him to the Company, took place within a month. Peter i 31e 1 , . was the chairman (loud laughter). a nd Mr. Barrett, M.P. 1 MT. De l l's. Mr. !Almelo, and Mr. Jones, who were directors in the British Annuity Company, were the Directors of the New Associatate. (Continued laughter.) There were other clicum r drIC( 5 equally remarkeble. Andrews had declared that the value • re tn.: property •cted be greatly enhareed if some new kilns were it.'.t tree it. or other purchases made of the adjacent land, and ''', f . 't :% o Oni. more a very prosperous concern would be este b ishwil. I: was, however. thought by one that a capital of 10,11001. set,ld he very shy fat a joint-stock company, and would never ope rate pemerly with the public. This argument took, and the ea cal i t 100.114101. was forliwith entered in the prospectus as the sum teen which they were to work the concern. (Laughter.) All this purred that those who were appointed from the British An tray ('ompany were partiSt attars in the fraud. Ile admitted , tit if the megnltude of the concern was greate r, there mi g ht be ' a aance of ourecos; but however profitable it might prove under is lio.i all finances, it was impossible that it could answer the riro , ses of a company. lie had, as the great object was to ob.. taut lack the amount of the deposit!, applied to the Directors for the perpose of coming to an arrangement. lie did not succeed. They had refuted, u - ith Peter Moore at their head. to see him, and it was now necessary for the Sharchuitlers to adopt decisive LI mires in ceder to obtain a restitution of their property. (Cheers). ?Ir. liar—le the Mr. Kershaw whose name appeared in the Prearceitte the gentleman who, with tears in his eyes, said that he fad .n hi. posaession 0001. of the Cornwall and Devon Alining I ~ i.,asn)'s money, which did not belong to hint ? (A laugh, and t. es of The same, the same.") Perhaps he can produce some indreds of our money, which he may have had under alutilar cir cumstance!? (leattglherr) A !Manton:mem-11 0 w can this little concern afford to pay' leeretera about 1,6001 a year' De al rrcllELL—They have not received a farthing this year. A en ett Ellett:bra—How much did they receive of our money !More this year? (A laugh.) 1 :other SiIAnEIIOLDZA—VO say nut shares are worth two t•etts of die original price. Will you buy mine at that rate? I'll •qi. (battehter ) Dr. MlTCrltt.r.--My poverty may prevent me from doing with Cr, 1:1O:Jey OILY( I should II ilth to a., with a view to my future ad • s. 'ven. (laughter.) .1 'third tenaur.itotztee—l have got 100 shares. I'll give ''''' '. t You at that rate, and take away another fifth: .1 F.,arth.—lt is ridiculous to carry on Meets an extravagant nta.• I.:isfiti..ii‘t in so email s euncem. Look at the offices in the King's :tuns- rani. and the multitude of tremors to be paid. Dr. Mre c TIEI.T.—The otinou economy pervades the establish r..Y.t. %inch is about to be removed to Itlackfriars. A eIIAiIEIIOI.DER—To the Old Bailey you must mean surely. lhi;tnr. (Loud laughter.) lII'. II AY—When the Directors forfeited their own shares, it was r I tent thee never thought the Company worth any thing. ler. SI Yrellel.L said, It hid been mentioned that the Company I ial no legal claim to the esta'e. They certainly had as long as they I aid the interest on their debt, and he hoped they would soon have the tide deeds in their possession. Ile would not say s word about Mr. Wilke, as that Gentleman was determined to make tents at tacks every day, and probably would have hint (Mr. Mitchell) be ige the lewd Stever tommertur if he did. • A SuesEitocumt--Ilow much did Mr. Wilke make by the sale of the estate ? A woke—Between 2.0001. and 3.0001. 11e. SI ITCH LE t.—No: he me no *wee than about 1,500/. A SHAPTflOtTEß—yrhat was his bill <Joists to the Company ? The DIIITCTOn—Hin first hill was *201.; his second about 1701. Mr. Cceiti'l'he bills put tile in mind of his charge of 210/. Cm the envy of the babble a: t, and the draft of the act to amend it. Ile had divided the expense between foe, con.Panies, each of which he charged 50 guinea*. Too Welch Iron and Coal Company was one, and Mr. Peter Moore sanctioned the charge. (Laughter.) This Company was ehrtreed also. but would not pay. There watt here sine conversation about the propriety of appoint mg a Committee to investigate the affairs of the l'ortmany, but the Meeting came to the determination to adjourn to a future period, for the purpose of obtaining more informetton. 1 1 Thanks being toted to the Chairman, the Meeting separated. at 0' ing, bringing pa. lan—liamhurgh, t appears that the re enjoying them_ of the inhabitants rest from Vienna. ;ntiationa between 'artnrily, and that canoe :-... tlitry. 14. i% filled with an am vets at ItlearOW. A and illuminations at The ✓oamtal of tho tents. 'MANX, Aro. 17„ I there is a fuuntaht s tt . sse around coolnmia ?id and covered with :untie of the Turkish alone, and more fres They anphar to bad t'f the Levant. cn't•any of tumbler.. owl Ibrahim Effendi which appear to give he places reretval fee he Russian l'lenipos LI the Turks %mob., r pipes arc handed to .kry of Asiatic mos. e mixt ote of different 'tingled ins meeting, AISAW. SETT. 17• nun belonging/ to the put ott mourning fur le late Prince Zapiu. rmotu, Srrr. It ' 3lojesty's letter of tring :he ryment of met! by the Diet, to relief of the indigent, rest, when prime tx• : the Gnzettecentairi September, meriting the dibtriets most in adv. it ass heti , veil i.tia.rolor to London, of Foreign Afain io SFPT. '22. oi:arb of the half mil. - AUsAlf, SEPT. 17. tjemy OUT King will be 11v mow, SEPT. 2. has h ght .ord that rkiph Plenipotentiaries mer anti that in con:. for the corAinuance of 20.-31 etalliques 881 ; Ank Shares 104. ND. ENT.] Con K. SEPT. 29. to that a gradual but ake place in tht cOll - its vicinity. The y convicuouc ill the e in the scason—a lie most dreadful of col the price of pro rctl it comparatively ;. About trio rnontlii di are the chief and filers in this country, Perceived Yen: who . were in full cs, when it is ato m; man, through all and, doe not exceed .d the wage in chic. might be set down ned to, it well then,- !ouring population of d it is little wonder classes. As I before ed more, much more, pected. The present d especially of the late prospect to the agri. ave fallen from Is. to at is sold at from 44t. 211. per stone ; and Notwithstanding the that such a .--consi elvs of prime neecs. elivf to the distressed cs, who were found I in the twenty-four o ; and those who are private or public chs he increased quantity s of benevolence will considerable improve. n the price of provi. :ted by giving partial ing population. The oral in this city, had months, chiefly from • the extreme driought, ss, and employ a great and making up provi• important branches of .ly ccn3mence, and en now unemployed. In cot, some small public gat others, a local COT- Commissioners," have all the streets which nt which no one who itry will fail to appre t ways in wet weather help, tl to acquire for dirtiest city in the umber of hands have public quays, which nagnitieent. There is would be 'seconded by wealthy persona would ing, but that they are combinations in which d. I beforestated, firer is Is. gd. per day ; e to a resolution of not for lesS than 4s. Id. itl:y high, considering - i-s of life in this part be admitted that in en whose services ate n the same tradt, and workman, as well as p! , ,yer should be called without any cons'- ' the workman. But to must objectionable aces building in this If LI master thinks ten the '•ound of real should the offence net itut:•d trihunal, called the employer will find mire a substitute for the his conduct happens to 14, they never hesitate to complete his work :ave rendered it hazard any building in Cork, naturally be expected, bred state. It uufortit. mice, tut in many others, is tilOSe who are repre. is, who were occupied layers, ■t n l other work ' wretched families, suf. RIO de is PLATA AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION• A fleneral Meeting of the Shareholders of this Association was held yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Stra el. for the purpose of haring submitted to them a Report front the Directote, upon the &Gina of the Association, for their consideration. The hour appointed for the busiresa of the Meeting to commence was 12 o'clock precisely; but it was a considerable time after that hour ht-fore the chair was taken, in consequence of the thin attend ance of the Shareholders. 51r. T. 11. BEAUMONT having, as Chairman of the Retard of Director*, taken the chair, observed that it was a pity that the pith. lie could not be got to agree as to the meaning of appointing a par ticular hour for meeting. The circulars addressed to the Share holders announced that this Meeting would take place exactly at 12 o'clock, it beirg thought that that particular phrase would lead them to comet but i.e observed that three were not no many present as were expected, nor some who had promised to attend. It was, however, unreasonable to detain those who were there. and who had a pr oper regard fur their time; they would therefore proceed to business. They wne, as Shareholders, but a very small body, there being only 45 altogether • and considering the time of the year, it was hardly to be expected that there would be a numerous attendance. Under the provisions of the deed, those only were entitled to vote who held ten hares ; but as the present Meeting was for the purpose of giving the fullest explanatiod of the of of the Astor. tuition, every person who had an interest in it had been invited to attend, it being desirshle that every person, however small their interest in it, should be satisfied. Nay, one Individual, who only held half a share, had been particularly requested to attend. That individual they had all heard of before—he meant Mr. Peter Cot. teed!, but whom he did not see in the room.. They, as the Ili. rectors of the Association, had come before the Stareholders for the portent: of making a clear and candid statement of what they, to the best of their ability, had done. They had done nothing of which ahoy ought to be ashemed ; and it they had not met with that success which was anticirwed, It would be shown that it was not owing to any lack of exertion or to any Imprudence on their part, but was entirely to be attributed to political events, and to other circumstances over which they had no control. Before. however, he :mitred more particularly into the subject, he would beg Mr. Perke to rend the accounts and the Report ; and then he would make a few observations as to the history of the concern, and some remarks thereon. But one thing he begged previously to notize. Ile had obs e rved in the Afar/tier; Chronic* of this day a publication of their Report. This, he was note, was a mistake on the p art of that respectable journal, the copy which was sent to them not bring intended for insertion until after this Meeting hail taken place. lie frit this explanation due to himself, and as at apology to the Shareholders for the Report having appeared pub liele before it was submitted to them. r. PLANE then read a statement of the account between the Directors and Trustees ar.d the Shareholders ; by which it appeared that the net amount received for shares was £29,5211 is 0 Cash advanced by the Chairman 114 5 2 - i29,C1 3 2 Making in the whole On the Credit side— For the purchase of three ships • X 6,602 g Various other items of expenditure '4,005 7 0 Leaving a balance in hind of 126 14 0 The Secretary then proceeded to read the following Report : " LONDON, Ocr. 2. 1826. " Although it was not the intention of the Directors to have made a Report to the Proprietors generally, until their labours had produced a marked result, yet, in consequence of the great change which has taken place in the affairs to' the Rio de la Plata Pro vinces, it has been deemed proper to report to you such facts as are imrotant, and to call • General Meeting fur the consideration thereof. It will be remembered that this Association was formed under circumstances of unusual encouragement. In the year 11122, the Chairman received from Don B. Rival:oda, then the principal Minister, and now the President of the Republic, a written re qaest and authority to promote an emigration of Englishmen, at o pan ied with great offers of aid to the emigrant. The i m nt* soya— . 'file Government have agreed to sestet the colonists settling in this country from Europe, accotding to the following scale : " "Po each married couple 200 dollar' on their arrival ; " • To each grown man 100 dollar' at the same period ; to be repaid to the State in both Cases, by one-sixth part each year.' The letter proceed.:—• Moreover, the Minister has to acquaint Mr. Barber Beaumont. that the Govermr-ant will be very glad if be will take upon himself the care of the emigration to this country, and that this will be a service which they will consider as the great lest tha; can be done them, and one that will entitle him to their gratitude. For this purpose, the said Government have agreed to pay at sight the cost of the passage of the emigrants, who will re , pay it by the produce of their labour and industry, by a sixth pan every year.' Subsequently a Commissioner came over (l)on S. Lesko, who concluded a treaty with him for the above purpose. l This Commissioner and another, Don Felix de Castro, both men of considerable influence, afterwards became Directors of the Assoc*. tion ; having subset ibed for four hundred shares, and undertaken to distribute a much larger quantity among their ftirntla at Buenos Ayres; and the President, Don B. Itivadavia, was in frequent communication with the Directors in London. A large extent of the finest land in the country was contracted for by the Amok's. don ; and a decree was procured, giving the settlers on it the im portant privilege of exemption front taxer, duties, and military ser vice, for ten years. At this time the country was in the uninter rupted enjoyment of peace and plenty. Its great caoahtlities were rapidly developing themselves ; land had augmented in value six-fold during the preceding ten years, with the tea. sortable prospect of a progressive increase; and, as the corn and flour consumed in the country were chiefly imported from North America, and oilier distant parts, subject to a heavy duty, the culture of grain within the Provinces, free from tithes, taxes, poor rate., duties, and nearly . so from rent, pro mised certain success to any working farmers w ho might be enabled to settle in the country. %With these prospects, the Directors gave assistance to persons who offered to become the first settlers, to such an extent as wax deemed necessary, in order to comprise all the rural trades, and form a community capable of attaining and protecting Cacti other. Three vessels were chartered to convey them, on reasonable terms the hest agricultural implements, building twoeriala, machinery, and mile , were sent out for their use ; police regulations, and ar m s and organisation, were pro vided fur their security ; school, and moral, and religious instruc tion, medical assistance, and a library of SOO redomea, were sup. plied ; and nothing which the Directors could think of to promote their welfare wasneglected. " Persons above the condition of mechanics, who offered to go out, were dissuaded form doing so until proper accommodations were provided ; which being done, and the first settlers proving successful, it was anticipated that numerous persons would follow, and join them with mans of their own, when the land might be parcelled out and sold with a good profit, and the Company be then dissolved. " The project was interesting in every way. To the United Provinces it was highly important to acquire a population of skil ful English agriculturists and mechanics, and a specimen of an English town or village. To England good was done, by trans ferring part of its surplus population, and extending the race, habit., and wants of Englishmen to a tine rising country. To the poor families etnigrating a giest benefit was given, by removing them from want anti paupettsm to plenty and independence. 1 . 0 the capitalists there was the prospect of a fair profit. " But events, which the Directors could neither foresee nor pre vent, have suspended, and in part ruined, these prospects. The war with Brazil, at first considered a trifling dispute which the British Minister would atieedily adjust, has acquired an inveteracy which has greatly impoverished the Republic. The provinces on the north side of La Plata having become the seat of war, and the rivers being blockaded, the lands of the Association are at present rendered unfit for successful agricultural and commercial opera tions; and the aid and protection at Buenos Ayres, which were so hugely promised, appear to have failed in performance. None of the shales sent out to Buenos Ayres have been appropriated. Partly owing to the development of these facts, and partly to the state of the money market here, and the mischiefs produced by companies formed upon no solid bases, a large proportion of the Subscribers preferred saerificing their first itiatalments to proceeding further with the requisite advances ; and the whole responsibility of the Company, and the supplying of the funds, have been thrown upon comparatively a few individuals. trader these circumstances, the Director' took immediate mea sures to draw their engagements within a narrow compass, and to accelerate their close. They entered into a new contract, limiting their purchase of land to the Callers district—a beautiful and fruitful tract, about twenty-five miler' in length and five in width. From this estate, the lime used in Buenos Ayres and the neghbour lag country is procured. Actual possession, it appears, was taken by the Agents of the Association in December last; all the official sets were soon after completed and formally certified, and the Directors have long since received the title deeds. The Agents declare that the title is unquestionable, and • the most legal and clear of any in the Entre Rios.' The Surveyors, Messrs. Thompson and Ashbee, in a letter from the settlement, dated Ja nuary 6, reported, that when they took possession, the buildings on the estate consisted of a stone-built warehouse (the wails of which are a yard thick), siete-seven feet by twenty-four, inside measure ; another s ma tt e r warehouse, with a public-house ; several dwellings, and other buildings ; two lime kilns, :.nd a mole for landing goods; and that rows of cottages were then erecting, and in part roofed in, for the expected settlers. They add, ' the scenery he beautifully pleasing—a great diversity of hill and dale, covered with groups of palm-trees, intersected by,amall rivers, plentifully stored with fish, and on the hanks of which grow the accede, passiflora, rhododen dre, and kalmia, with various other beautiful shrubs, in the greatest luxuriance. The accent , being sufficiently large, we are now cutting it for the erection of ranchos for the settlers. The banks of the 'rogue, are papentlienlar limestone rock, and at the l'lallera are about fitly feet 'ugh above the resent level the and contains a s 11i cient depth of water for vessels of heat y hurthen to approach very rear the shore.' fhe Agent (Mr. Jones) has also written, under date May s—' Sheitet and accommodation have long since been made for the reception of the whole of the settlers; and all sorts of tools and agricultural implements have been forwarded to the settlement.' In • letter, tinted June 21st, lie writes, that ' there arc now about fifty families at the (Callent) settlement, who are doing well, and are contented anti happy.' " At all times, those who paid for their passage were free to settle where they liked and if those whoac passage was litund by the As sociation could not succeed at the Contra, and preferred ending at Buenos Ayres, they have been allowed to On en, upon undertak ing to pay fur their passage by instalmenot. Acting on this princi ple, it appears that the gnat.r part have entered into bloke-es on th,it own account at Buenos Ayres, tend that there it nut one who is THE IMITISH PRESS. willing to work who is not doing well. Some Write to England that they arc making seveial Imiti pounds a year; but among those who emigrate ore ninny who do no from mere restless ness, and are contented nowhere. It appears that a number of la milks are still living at the expense of the Associaiion, in the neiglihourlowni of Buenan Are% who refuse to work, although pro fitable employment is offered to them : aril none of them say they are advieed fry certain British residents at Buenos Ayres to return to England, where they will get mon , y trout one Directors fee not forwarding them to the settlement when they first arrived. " Parker, who distinguished himself as second in com mend under Admiral Brown, and Captains Bathurst and Niril- Intighby, were aft passengers taken out at the exptrue of the Asso. elation. A great number of others were induced former the Buenos Ayrean navy. Mr. Joins has sent copies of a cramp mience with the Government. showing that he exerted himself to reclaim these men, but in vain. This has hail u n unfortunate effect on the pas sengers by the last ship sent out, the Countess of Morley, which was detained at Monte-Video, and the greater part of the pan eengers, refusing to land in the Brazilian territory, have returned with the ship. A powerful interest was succtesArlly exerted to in. duce the Brafilian Government to state our ships to paw the blockade to our settlement; but the license was reversed on its being found they our settlers hail entered into the naval and mili tary service of their enemy. " The Directors have sent out orders to deliver to etch of the passengers as are willing to settle at the Callers, at tiny time within three years, as may best suit them, the land which has been pro. mimed to them. They avoid col eri , g into various reporte of great misdoiogs at B ;MA Aimee mitil they have further information. They expect the money teluch they have expended in conveying the settlers will be repaid to them by the Government of Buenos Ayres, in conformity with thi it general ofkr. and also with a spe cial agreement with Don S. De looicri; and that the remaining stores, anti also the hind ultimately. may be sold to advantage. In those ways, if good II be kept, tire concern may be eventually closed without lona to Shareholders. " The Meetings easoot finish their Report without expreming their thanks to the Shareholders at large for the confidence which they have placed in them ; no complaint or importunity haying reached them from any Shareholder during the adverse events which have seinen, excepting from Mr. Peter Coma! (having an merest in the moiety of a single slime), and one other person, who have endeavoured to obtain money from them. They observe, that the absurd fabitthoolds of Pile. Cottrell have been !limited by the slanderous portion of the public press, who have, in erineequenee, • mixed up the Trustees of this Association with those who have en. niched themselves by the Bubble Companies. But no characters can be more opposite ; the Trustees of this Association were in duced to join it frau a firm billet that it would be beneficial to all enflamed, and name particularly so to the poor people sent out. The sincerity of their conduct is proved by their being the largest holders of shame.tbe instalments upon which they punetnally paid up ; and they have neither bought nor sold a single share beyond those they hold. although they might here made many -Thousand pounds profit if they had chosen to cell their shares when they were at a high premium. The Chairman and his two cons hold no lees than five hundred of the shares, and they have not bought a ahem, er been engaged in any of the modern Companies. ex cepting in this Agricultural Association. The Chairman, Trus tee, and Directors, have perforiued their arduous and painful du ties without fee or reward. It ought also to be known, that when the Suhaeribers failed to pay their second instalment, the Chairman advanced no lest a sum than 6,c00t. in addition to the instalments on his shares, to enable the Association to pay for the stores and freight of the settlers; and when it wan found that the expenses, at ising from the detention at Buenos Ayres, were likely to exhaust the funds diere, he rendered row/. due to him there available for their further support. Conduct like this may he iesefficient to ar rest the pen of calumny. but it will not fail to be duly appreciated by every 'electing and honourable mind (signed) "J. T. BAUDER BEAUMONT. " J. E. lIAULINGTON. " O. DUCIIETT. " F. NIARDECO. " WM. Jttnn. " J. A. PE LIZARD. " G. D. B. linaustotcr." The CMAIRMAN said, in addition to the Report which had jolt been read, and which, he believed, incluthel every important point necessary for their information, he begged remission to state a few circumstances which were not so very material to the eharehold era or to the public, but which he was anxious to mention in order to show the rise anti prieress of this Association, and to account for his same being mixed tip with the modern Joint-stock Companies. It would be rettirlilb:red that, in 1017 and 11118, very considerable die. trees and suffering were experienced in this country for want of employment, and the working classes were in a comparative state of destitution. Ile interened himself on their behalf, looked into their distresses, and, as far as he could, contributed react. At that time he witnewsett scenes of suffering, the extent of which he could not have believed ; and having a particular knowledge of the coun try bordering the Rio tie la Piam—knowing its fruitfulness—the cheapness of its prooinions and the high rate of wages of the la bourer—he thought it affnileil a great opning both for inechinics and other classes of the indasteimits, where they . might not only be well clothed and profusely fed ; but, it they retained their habits of industry, it ;resented a certainty to them of obtaining independence for themselves anti their descendants. It appeared to hint, there fore, a most desirable thing, if means could be devised, that those possessing industrious habits, and who wet e then literally starving for want of employment, niewhi h&aranaleseal tes ihat country.-- Ile accordingly entered into correspondence with the authorities there. His first ammunication remained for sonic time us. answered. He, however, communicated with some gentle. men in that country, who possessed extensive local know ledge of it, who approved of the design, atid entreated him strongly to persevere; for that in time they were sure the Government would interfere. He therefore used all the means in hit power to promote the object, from a full persuasion that both countries would derive considerahle benefit if it sere encouraged. In the end his applica tion was attended ea, and Don B. Itirsdavia favoured him with that communication which had been alluded to in the Report. He would now pass over the time which the Report embrac ed , and al lude to the arrival of Don Felix de Castro in this country. He came with credentials from his Government, and with an offer that the expense of persons going over from this country to the Republic of Buenos Ayres should be repaid by his Government on tlteir arrival. here were several things to be arranged between them. but in the end he (the Chairman) set to work, and devoted every spare hour he had, to devise the best means of employing those people, who had not yet fallen into the idle habits of the natives of the country to which they were about to go; and, in the beginning of last year, a ship-load of people was sent out from Glasgow. His intention was to have pursued thin experiment at his own expense, aided by the Government of Buenos Ayres„ until he found how it worked ; and then, if it turned out well, to apply to his friends and the pub lic, to raise a Company, for the purpose of carrying it into effect : nor should he have deviated from this his original intention. but for the circumstance which he would now explain. In May, 1825, he found that Messrs. Ouldsmidt and other eminent men on the Stock Exchange were about to raise aCompany, foe the very purpose which he himself had in slew. They were about to purchase land, to carry their object into effect. Si - Wry to see his end defeated in this way, and the plan anticipated by others which he had set his heart upon, he immediately brought forward the prospectus for this Company. Previous to that, he assured the Meeting. Inc had ever held Stock Compare in greet dislikes Ile knew they were too often founded on unsound bases and fallacious calculations,and had unifomily refused to join any of them, although lie had had appli cations from the projectors of upwarde of twenty of these schemes, anti advantage.' Leered to him by which he might have put con siderable ruins of money into his pocket. This Association was touted, as had been observed in the Report, with every prospect or success ; and bad it not been for the unfortunate war anti blockade, which did not take place till after two ships had been despatched, they should have gone on may well. There wine other considera tions, to be sure. Something like goad faith in the Government, and something like fidelity in the persons sent out, were required. They might have broken down in these two respects; but the great leading cause of their breaking down was the war. lie was trite sure that, if the war continued, the provinces on the north of the De la Plata would become a desert. The lands there were in the hands of the provincials, but the ports were in the hands of the Brazilians, so that the people who were in possession of the land could not receive any supplies. They could not reezive any of the necessaries; such as wine, sugar, ruin, or tobacco, because the ports were closed Against them ; nor could they get rid of their hides or 'tallow. The people in the Buda Orien tal were consequently in the most wretched and destitute condi tion. Ile had been informed that their flocks were rapidly dimi nishing, as, from the insecurity of property, they were no longer nhe objects of care or of value, and the troops who over-run the country were tin exorbitant in their exaciinns. The Directors had indeed been informed by the last de ep front their Agent, Mr. Jones, that there were now 50 families at the Callers settlement, who were doing well, and were contented and ham ; but, for his own part, he did not believe it could be No at this time. They might, supported with the purse of the Association, go on in a disorganized manner for a time, but he was persuaded they could not be very happy. Tire best news, indeed, he could have wished to receive, was, that they lad leftthe (marry fora time, until tine war was over, and had gone to Buenos Ayres, which might, with pro. piety, be now called the only safe stile of the Rio de Is Plata.— With respect to tine conduct of tine Government of Buenos Ayres, though Inc did not wish to say much, certainly the Association had not received that support fit:lm them which was promised aod ex's peeled, and which —looking at their own interests, and not to their promises—they ought to have rendered: But let us may as little as possible on this subject, until more information shall have been received. With respect to the persons taken out, be sh o uld say to this Association, if it were to go on, send out no more. Ile xhould recienniend the Prop Tieto to ca lculate dpon a a , to be a l most i ncon c e ivable—not but that some turn r.eetnut out, return from ro the industry of the eettlere. Such was the ingratitude, the unreasonableness, the turbulence, of the pair appeared, by their writiiate and doings, to be warmed with a proper sane of the ohligationa and favours conferred upon them; but the . generality were quite OthLtWise. heir demands were quite exor bitant, and their conduct most disorderly. Government might de. rive an useful lesson from the effects of the cxpetiment made by this Association, and learn not to send nut poor people to distant echo. hies, where the laws wire so inmerlat and unbending, upon a cal culation of being repaid by their industry. It was a delightful thing—a pleasure—the task of providing for the poor, by further. ing them out; but as to re payment! their ingratitude was so great, leyftfrtohinenatheincliaßinalcinteurstaocid that it POOR neutralized this pleas:r o e s , r a a n p d id i co cot t l in n t try iud w e i e li d e . h tlutrnreeedlltyhenizeiraorpeed that there was something in that habits which their education hod given them i n n this. in a way one could scarcely conceive. Ile land been told y a ver y intelligent man that the very beat character sent bat women spoiled. In the firer year, iterhaee, !something of European habits and industry were to be seen; m the second year they became negligent; and in the third they partook much of the habits of the native!, and fell into uselessness. There was scarcely any other way of getting poor people abroad than those which had been usually acted ution— namely, by allowing them, as their own means arose, to go out on their own speculations. In *doing this, those of narrow wane had to struggle with difficulties, but that could not he helped. The other mode was, that of going out under military coercion ; such as those who, by their crimes, had forfeited their freedom, and were sent out as comics. It did appear that these weir the only two means by which a numerous population could now be tent nut. Thos far he had observed. end lie would now take leave of this part of the sub ject. He believed the number sent one by the Thalia was nearly 2110; by the Harmony, 160; and by the Counter' Morley, nearly 2 et; and 130 of whom had retuned under the circumstances al luded to. In conclusion lie would el:serve, that if there was any subject he had not touched npnn, which he ought to have done. or any inquiries so be made of him, he should be very glad to at. tend to them. He saw at tlte bottom of the mom 31z. Peter Cots h ell ; lie heti received a letter from 31r. Cottrell's solicitor this morning, weich he would now read. "Sitt,-1 'note you (on the 221 ult.) as one of the Trustees and Actine Directors of the Rio de la Plata Agricultural Association, requesting, on behalf of Sir. Cottrell, one of the Shareholders ' s-. me account of the receipts and payments of the Company's funds, but have not been &vented with any answer other than a request tc attend your convened Meeting for this day. " From the dneumenta in :Mr. Cottrell's possession (and to his etillectien several voluntary contributions of original letters have been made, subsctrtent to, and in consequence of, his late applies tion for retirees' at the Mansion House), he is about mireseing a pamphlet, *tech he is advised to circulate, in order to prevent othe: persons from being derailed by the false promises held out to the public by the heads of the Asitoriation, as well as to expose the peculiar hardship and ill-treatment be has personally experienced, through the fallacy of the specious plane of the Directors to the Association, which, tinder Its present management, lie is not the only Shareholder who &spats of ever partaking of any funds to be realized from its loner existence. " 3I r. Cottrell is disposed to retire from the Association is lota, provided lie receives an adequate compeesntion for his share arid 10•ACR sustained (as already ti irticularized); he must otherwise, in justice to himself, pursue the course alluded to, rind which cans not possibly lead to benefit the Association at large, bet may pro. luibly have a contrary effect. e a_ • " Your answer per bearer w il l ohngee as its contents will glade the conduct of 31t. Cottrell and his arterial (now at my office) at the 3leeting to-day. " 1 am, Sir, your very obedient Seevant, " aI'ILLIA3/ II EN RE KING." " 73, Hatton-garden, Oct. 3, 1826." This letter was Inen William Henry King, 73, Hatton-fearden. This Mr. King, by his language, must be an attorney. It is a strange subject for an application from an attorney. Mr. King had received no answer from him, nor did it require any. The levee was a threatening one. It appeared that 111 r. Cottrell had deter. mined to publish a pamphlet, unless he (the Chairman) gave him a reniwieratiou—and this pamphlet, it waasaid, would not be for the benefit of the Associatien. So that .Sir. Cottrell told us very plainly that he would publish a pamphlet which should be inju rious to the Association, unless a sum of money were given to him. Mr. Cottrell was present, and ne doubt would speak for himself. lie should be very happy to hear Sir. Cothell. ir. Coe T KELL (a person with the appearance of a mechanic) then rose, and said that he was indwell to embark on board the i Thalia, in September, 11;25, in consequence of the prospectus of the Association. lie airised at Buenos Ares in December follow- ing, and at that time there was no blockade. Why, then, had not the settlers been conveyed to the Company's possessions? He could tell them. The reason was, that the Directors had no land. Thin had been shown to be the fact before the British Consul. I After Navin: paid his paesageononey, and had not been taken to the place of desinaiioe, he felt that lie was entitled to compensa tion. Ile then complained bitterly of the treatment he had caps. rienced iron; the Agents, appointed, as he said, by Mr. Beaumont. They entered his house, look his rhiid out of bed, to sell him and Ids family es slaves on the tellowing day ; and had it not been for the friendly interteroice of a respectable effieer, they would have been ultim tidy forced on bard, and 160 dollars received for each of them. Mr. Beaument had said the people were ungrateful; and well they might be, when they were hunted like wild beasts, for r the purpose of being sold. Under Mn. Beaumont's new code of laws they might well feel ungrateful. His object in coming for ward was for the restoration of what was only his right, and not to make money. as Sir. Beaumont hail accused him of endeavouring to do. The Report which had been read spoke of 6,6001. as having been advanced by Mr. Iteutininnt; but what had become of all the money which had been received by Mr. Beaumont's agents for slaves, for so many years ? As to the letter from 31r. Thompron, dated Callers, lie coelti prove that that person was at Buenos Ayres at the time of its date; and the story about the fifty families was untrue. Then the Countess Morley subsequently arrived on the south side of the River Plate. Why were they lett on the Baeda Oriental, and not conveyed to the settlement? alr. Cottrell then spoke of the agents as persons of no reputation, and entirely under the control of Sir. Beaumont. Ile again meted the hardness of his case, induced as lie hail been by the fallacious promises held out by the Association, which lie could prove had originated at a din ner-party where 31r. De Castro and others were present, anti when it was gated that dieseleeme could uever fah:cacti. He then alluded to the settlers who were sent to St. Pedro, without tools to work with, when Mr. BEAUMONT said, that in point of form Mr. Cottrell should confine himself to his own matters of complaint, and which it was expected he would prove by documents , . Sir. COTTRELL had understood Mr. Beaumont had said he could eery well stand a law-suit. This he was himself incapable of doing: hut lie thought that a body of men who had received his money, under the pretext of putting him into possession of pro perty which was not theirs, ought to have turned round and said, "We will niake you compensation." He could not reasonably expect the whole of his losses. lie then adverted to a letter in the Nee , Timex, of April Itl, 1826, from Buenos Ayres, in which it was stated that the blockade had thrown the people into a state of the greatest commercial distress, and that all the schemes in which British capital had been employed for the improvement of that coulitry had failed in their object, through the duplicity and in. trigue of a directing faction there, who did things without a sense of shame. The COAT n max—What things? Mr. Co TT It EL L—W liy, forming delusive schemes. The CII AIR ales—But that does not allude to our Association, Mr. Cottrell. Mr. COTTRELL-1 should think it did. I believe you have seen the letter before—pet haps the original, Sir. The CilAl MAN-1 cannot see that it bears upon the question. Mr. Cottrell (continued the Chairmen) had gone before the Lord Mayor, and made a statement, declaring that we had not an inch of land, nor a single head of cattle, and that lie could prove all this. lie had said the same thing to-day, but he had not brought forth the least proof. lie was occupying the attention of the meeting with matters of mere fiction ; and, said alr.R. I um prepared to say. that a ll 'tie statements made by this man are very gross calumnies; and unless you, Mr. Cottrell, can prove these things to be true, I must say you are se gross calumniator. 31r. COTTRELL—What proof do you want more than your own admission that you have no land ? The CHAIRMAN—See, Gentlemen, the situation in which I am placed with this man. Wehave all the title-deeds in our possession. Our surveyors, who are receiving MIL a-year each, and our Agent 500/. a-year salary, they send us reports, telling us that we have the land—but this man says we have not. l'here were some few things so very calumnious in the statement lie had mule before the Lord 31 yo:, that it was necessary to notice them. The CHAIRMAN then asked a Mr. Fuller whether he had not made inquiry at a coffee-shop which Mr. Cottrell had given as his address for that individual, for the purpose of serving hint with a legal process, and that he was not to be found there ? 111,. Fe eer.a replied in the affirmative. Sir. COTTUEL L—Having paid you my money, and you not having fulfilled your contract with tile, I shall certainly take mea nt:is to obtain a recompettee. Mr. BEAUMONT—That will be the proper course, if those mea sures ate just ones. 31. F. SIenECo, a Director, said, as Mt. Cottrell had stated that the Directors of the Association hail no land to which they could send the settlers, and that lie had prof of that f ice perhaps he would favour the Directors with the documents on which this state ment was founded, to enable the Proprietors to see whether he was right, and that, unless he could prove it. the Directors had a right to say that he had made the statement without any ground what ever, and that it was not true. Sir J. E. Fleur ewe ou-- It is perfectly false. 31. F. Metteeo—We have a dive to perform to the Pro prietors at large, and I should be very sorry to throw the stigma of a delusive scheme listing been imposed upon them by any in divicluel, unless full proof is affiwiled of it. Mr. COTTRELL was ready to lay before a regular meeting of Proprietors; proofs of the facts he had alleged ; but the letter ad dressed to him merely required his attendance. It did not ask for documents. The thing was a delusion, and ought not to go on. Sir J. MARTI.: 11, TON—If it is not an heelevant question, may I risk you, Mr. Cottrell, are you not an officer in the service of the Buena Ayres Government ? Mr. Cove itate.-1 don't know what that can have to do with the present question. The CHAIRMAN—What objection have you to answer the qumition ? Mr. Corn' a/mi.—Well, then, I say I am not. I have written over to that etlict. I would Lqt belong to any tiovemment where there were any agent* of Mr. ite:111111011t. Sir .1. Ilan tn tirox—Vou have written over, you say, to that efreeL To what tact ? Mr. COTTRELL—To resign. Sir J. HARINGTON—Then you were in the aerrice—at what Arne ? Mr. Co" . vet rit—ln March, 1828. Sir J. lIARINUTON—And you say yon have resigned that service ? Mr. COTTRELL-A. hare. Sir J. HARINGTON-111 that assertion equally true with all the others you have matte ? Mr. CoTTISEI.t. made no answer. The CHAIRMAN—Have you any RIM observations to make ? 31r. Cove' agm.—tio, Sir. The CHAIRMAN —Very well, Sir; then I will proceed to answer some of them ; and 1 will begM with the Mansion-house first. Mr. Beaumont then noticed the various facts made by Mr. Cottrell be fore the Lord Mayor, and refuted them as he proctedsd. The tint thing he contradicted was the assertion that the Directors and Testla tees had made • great deal of money by the undertaking. ss pions really," said Mr. Beaumont, 6' I should be very glad if you could make good your word.. But the fart is, that the Simi cheldera have not up to this day received Mr. Core a e es—l don't think the Shareholders hero rettved sienence. The Co Al R MAN--WhO then ? Mr. Coe r n F. t. I.—W by, the Trustees. Tue lei AIR SIAN—VOII are a tine fellow, truly; you ere a p ee ns fellow fur a Beetles Ayrien officer, She Mr. Beaumont then al luSeil to toot pert of Me Coltrell's statement of the tiers which took place at fhe County Fire-office, on August 41, 1825, where he wait represented le have addressed Mr. Cottrell end the other per sons present " Fellow-countrymen." Now there were many gentlemen preset at the Meeting this any who were also present on that occasion, and they all knew that he did not use any 'anginas of rhetoric. On the contta , •y, he persuaded some of the persons who applied to him not to go ti the settlement, because he thougbt Gentlemen of rihtation and of superior habits were not the proper persona yet to enter upon the undertaking. Col. ht n', whom he now saw in the room, had a rel *dye who was desirous el ping out, but he (31r. Beaumont) perste - idal him not to do so. As to rhe toric, it was nut his habit to use it r he was a . pl a in matter-et-fact man, and etideavoured tom/Ike his statement gnaliigible to those who heard him. This watt the utmost he aimed at: therefore to say that he began with "My fellow-countrymen" Was stating what was oat correct. Colonel NUGENT Mt it incumbent on hint, as the representative of on? of the SharehOldere, to sate some circumstancts which bad come to his knowledge respecting this Association. He had a near relative who was without provision in this country, his father having left him bUt little property. lie had recently married, ant: such war hie ((colonel Isingent'%) opinion of the probability of hia doing well in Buenos Ayres, that he immedietely applied to Mr. !Whew Beaumont, to know hie sentiments on the eutspiet. net gentleman very candidly told hint that he theoght there was every chimer of nueves fur his (Colonel NtigeniSt) nephew ; but until the matter was endue adyenced, and some kind of regularity was es stablethed at Buenas Apra respecting the interraed eettlement, lie recommended that the young man should too embark upon that speculation. This he (Colonel Nugent) took in kind par, and fur that time gave tip the idea of his relation goino to that country. Ile thought it also necessary to state that it was now nearly twenty yeses since he had had the honour of knowing Mr. Barber Beau moot. During that time that gentlemen had planned the founda tion and had projected two of the most flourishing and berteticid Institutions that ever took place in the British empire; and he (Colo- el Nugent). firmly believed that gentleman to be utterly in capable of bringing forward any plan with the intention of injuring any , human being. file f MAINMAST said that another assertion Which .Me. Cottrell had matte was, that those persons who had gone out, and were without the means of subsistence. had been handed over as redentp tionistie and that they were placed in servitude fur years. Mr. COTTRELL—It is the fact. The Citet•mew—None of the people had been disposed of in that way as redemptionists ; on the contrary, orders bad been Seto out, and he had no reason to believe they were disregarded, not withstanding what 3lr: Cottrell lead said, that, it from any , stance, whether from obetinaci or a eteire to go. to Buenos Ayres. the people shorf!d be unwilling to work at the settlement, the agitate should give way, and let them settle there, upon their simply 11. dertaking to pay the expenses of the passage. lint Mr. Cottrell had said that they were sold as slaves, and had been bound dams fur years. A Ditterron—What was the Lord Mayait'a decision ? The Cum it MAN—Oh, the Lord Mayor could not consider the " undertaking to have been done with shy bail intention, and his Lordship dismissed the complaint. Then Mr. Cottrell had said that his properly had been seized by Mr. B. Ileaumont's ordets. It was very easy for him to say a thing of that kind. But he (31r. Beaumont ) knew nothing of Mr. Cottrell, and he had certainly not sent out any directions for its property to be seised. Mr. Cot trell had stated that every man's arm teas raised egeinet him. Now it really appeared to him (31r. Beaumont) that his arm was raised against every man ; and if he went on at Buenos Ayres as he had gone on here, it was only to him (Mr. B.) • wonder that he had toy head upon his shoulders. Bat with respect to the charge of sellingglie settlers, he would undertake to say it never hail been done. Sir Geoithr. Duceiere—Why, there was an English Consal there, and he would not have suffered it to berlone. The Crest it MAN. —lt was contrary to the law, and he was per suaaet! dist there was nothing more remote from the fact. As to the assertion that Mr. Tnompson was at Buenos Ayres at the time the letter was written by him, dated Callan, he thought they were bound rather to believe their own agent, who was a highly rupee table men, than 3lr. Cotrell. 'flieu Mr. Cottrell had asked why not have conveyed us to the settlement? The reason was obvious. The blockade had been declared but a few days before, and the river wen scoured by the enemy at that time, en that none of the ship* would venture out. Sueh.wee th t intelligence he had received front various quarters, which they were hound to believe before Mr. Cottrell's dictum. The next question of Mr. Cottrell's was. whet had Mr. Beaumont done with the money received? Ile could tell that gentlemen, teat unfortunately the Directors bed not received a shilling from the Buenos Ayres Government, nor did they expect to receive any. Sir J. lIARINGTON—What proof has Mt. Cot:rell that Mr. Beaumont has received it? Mr. Cotter axe e—l don't attempt to bring the proof that he has got it ; but I say that his vents have received it. Sir. J. AIIINOTOW—What proof' have you of that ? Mr. COTT n e:LL—I have been present at the tuning over two or three individuals by your agents. I beg to correct part of the statement made by Mr. Beaumont, as to what I had said. I did not say that persons had been sent btu" slavery for years. What I said was. that a man who had a wife and family must expect to Is a slave for years, instead of being a farmer, as held out to him by the prospectus. The Cu AIR MAN—Then as to the observation of Mr. Cottrell, that this Association was got up at a dinner party, when Mr. Castro and others were present,. all he (Mr. B.) could say was, that he had never had the pleasure of dining with those gentlemen. Sir J. HARINGT ON—lt is really too much to answer the charges of such a person. It is quite absurd, and a complete route of time. The Chi Al RMAX—Why, I think it is. Mr. COTTRELL— The greatest absurdity is my paring with my money in such a way. The CHAIRMAN said he would just tell the Sheeting how it was that Mr. Courtli became the opponent of the Directors. He ape plied to be sent nut to Buenos Ayres, and after he was out, lie wrote to Mr. Peake, declaring that he was very well satisfied with the country. Another letter was bought by his wife, in which Mr. Cottrell stated that he wished to have his wife go out to him, but that he could not pay her passage ; but the Association de , clines sending her net. 3!r. Cottrell there crime back to chats ' country, and called at the County Fire Office with a pretty smirk upon his countenance, and stated that he had become an officer in the Buenos Ayres Army, not being able to work at his trade of carpenter (tor which object he had originally gone out), having irjured his arm ; that he was on furlough and half pay ; that be ' wished his wife to go over with him, and not thinking it prudent ' for a female CO go the voyage alone, he had come over for her Thus be wait or., without making any complaint against the Dim-. ton, though he gave a dreadful character of those at Buenos Apes, and the glace of settlement ; and, by his account, there was not an honest man or Woman in the country. His object, he • said, was to go back by the next packet with his wife. Subse quehtly to this he called, and said, that as he had paid WM on his share, and as he did not mean to go back to the settlement, lie I should be very much obliged to have back a pardon able money. Upon inquiry it was found that be was only entitled to one-half share ; he was therefore paid 45e as his moiety ; this he received and went swoy. It was true he had just before talked about his lotees in speculation at hrick-masking. But he (Mr. Beaumont) • distinctly told him not to trouble hint about losses ; he was to un derstand that the 451. was returned expressly upon account of his not going to the settlement, and not by way of compensation fsr losses, the Directors having sustained losses enough themselves. He (Mr. Beaumont) soon after went into the country, and on his return to town he was surprised to find that Mr. Cottrell was not gone off with the packet ; inatend of which he remained in town, and made the representation before the Lord Mayor, which he had again repeated to-day. It wan for the ptoprietors to consider whe ther the Directors had done right in resisting his demand, or whe ther they ought to have complied with it for the purpose of buying off his hostility. The letter he had received from Mr. King re minded him of the many threatening letters he received in the case of Thurtell's business, and it was not very likely he stwald yield to Mr. Cottrell whilst lie held out against Thurtell and his gang, and brcugbt them to justice. Perhaps he should bring Mr. Cottrell to a sense of propriety and justice before he had dote with him. Mr. COTTRELL—And I hope that you will bring my money back. Ms. NORTI11101:SE, of the Glair - J.:: Free Press, said he had had the honour of meeting Mr. Beaumont in Glasgow three or four years ago, when that Gentleman told hint of this plan, not as a jointsstock speculation, but one of a peculiar kind, and which, front the several Wet lie brought forward, convinced hint (Mr. North house) that it was a scheme likely to be productive of good, not only to the poor, but to capitalists. He had been the occasion of many persons coming forward to support the Association, and he knew that every attention wee paid to the comforts of those PetiNtEs whom the Association had sent out. He bore this willing teetimeny as a stranger to the undertaking, which lie was convinced was net only of a tiontefitie nature in the first iustance, but in its am tinuence had been such. One reason, perhaps, of the falling off of this un dertaking, was the want of confidence felt by the public in general in such speculations, and of its having been formed in had com pany. 'faking away that circumstance, he certainly thought that no serious charge could be brought against it. As poor Burns had said— " The best led s•Thetnee of mice and men Aft conic to nought." So was it with this Association. The real cause of the went of success was, however, to be found on the other side of the water. They must, indeed, be either fools or fanatics who imagined that e mere change in Government could change the habits and manners of a nation ; anti although the Government had undergone a revoe lution, it could not be expected that the public had uudergone e similar revolution in their manners ; there was still much of the Spaniard in the Buenos Ayreana He trusted these observations would be received in the same spirit of honesty in which they were nteant ; and although his own family would be great suffers by its failure, yet he could not retrain declaring his belief io the honesty, good faith, and original p u reness of the undertaking. The mutton was then put that the teapot he received, whir& mar unanimously agreed to. I