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:.ombard-street, tb L. e Bce and those i n J a ff • erY g ran will can be o no pos. Penn, so no apace; are,fge 173 FORTUNE. t and butirtent• Th so that in the ha , and Mr/. Hug plot is wild enough 'lions of our F the piece easel is driver from t horse was eroOded, ore to thor Pa& fl exertions. R/Tl.4# Pitzs& 29,ternaa,d_wee.tone Jeffery - a tette% cew London Bridge . an o riginality, no id before the pub.!' Velipse of Novembee: . Price, of Cannon ior) projecting this, Ittgr, the date o rliatnent wefe given ties, or rolonnstirti ne, the perm eats 311;orn, and boding I 7's line is out of tbsi r be taken down lets its for. EETING. Commliekaara of County of Ediabietsh, he Chair. )e appointed to watch on the present state of lament, and to r o, Mr. Craig remarked, separable, and it was le commercial part of n the agrieulturaL It t large, not individual theconmitten. Tuttsion, on a question t to be deprecated, as intent. He, however, tmtmitule so winch the they should keep their rimy, proposed by his ne this month, on the the gentlemen of this ss sod judge on than nvestigstion by Pulls. !Mist Inas. agreed to, and, as we trpoirned to form said Dalrymple, 31r. Ward. of Ammon, and Mr. ;ement with Mr. I)* ilayed there to over admission were eon ! played Paul Pry, seater, and on Mon e is engaged for live irietors of the Lives to Mr. Lewis, who, ents for novelty and -We have just read raham, Profesaar at wells, many of them peeled to belong to e in publishing the .ar Lake, Nov. 1ft2.5. o New York, and from til much expedition to Arctic .Sea exactly six and, aatl I hare been IR, a dist.snee which we rd sumrner. Having Reason, and with our enog, and we hope, In rid acqt tainted s ith continet it than they at r, too quickly for the lave entt red the line a e not ad, led more than ti (late o f Forfar), who duce a r retty complete and for two summers Although this season molly I ate, vegetation d we h sue still eight tic two months of the —, of the schooner 1 Bata via, May 24, Pore, tare and nearly in my wn hand of one that I ever witnessed. I steer me clear of such take at Batavia seven e Euro bean passengers. e night of the 2d May 25 t siles off the east with I light breeze, till an , I one looking out tiding close by the man inning aft towards me, ; ins antly suspecting m. 1 'he chief made a It 1 rt mired ou my left hand : the second one ring t• z reach the cabin, ived t tvcral cuts on my th, at id got down to the mys lif with a cutlass; o de- vibe; wounds on apea 3 passengers tone er of them also got into ,nd I , ack. In short, in aided. more or less, but :r CI ief a corpse beside iron bolts, handspikes, lids broke our lamp in to sit to the rigging; it t, me in getting our this i:orrid story short, wed e driven overboard pot .p two hours and a don eop from the loss to bl ratting; but 1 was It Gt d, my wounds are rou ml. but it is doubt. deer, Journal. 'ne inbabitants en i oto a state of con. that a corpse had been ourl mod. The follow ext raorlinary transac ho occupied an upper ton t-court, had lately lied the utmost skill of ron g desire was mani ,peli and examine the rye tr, refused their con. a ',super of St. Luke's lee eased, and the only young woman who oc le corpse was laid out !timing, between seven and inquired for some le house, and in order shined, he invited the g riblic-house, to take 'nations of the stranger p after drop of gin, she time, but she at length discovered that the ter absence, had con friend, unobserved by and the shroud in the wn, and excited a great whom have determined *very of the barefaced LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIOENCIL IriVna root, SiTtriD4t..t.nnt4l. In consequence of the holders of Bridal) Planunkm Bore WON( reduced their priori &beim 1.. per eat. enema = - Win done, and needy an car have Mut odd, of middling Demerara and ltarbodoet fit faotba in other Sugar or in mamma. In COW din hodolos AM. 216 hags middling Demerara at 70s. let import, mill'aboas 100 r.a.ks of Jamaica, principally lot hems tree, at Rifer he Cocoa IMP bags Brazil at 364 per cwt. A spat lat of . does Ginger at 555. per cwt. In Pimento, Nowt SS baaps MOW. per lb. In Ram about VA puncitemnt have beat taken; madmen Demerara at 2s. 2d. ; and 19 O.P. at As. per gall*, with ;amain a t 2s, 10d.-a 3s. per gallon. for 11/ O.P. We Kara had a brisk de. mind ter Ashes, and better prices obtained. 900 'Sands Old_ Jilin treed Pot 2;rs. a 28,, . 64. ; 19.)0 barrels of New at 275. a 97* 'per cat ' • 280 barrels Pearl at WIS. a !7s• $4. per N ugh eat. bid I done in States Ashes. In Dyewood, Cuba Fustie hat been int elm mane, and 300 tons sold at 81. 154. alit. 54.• 170 tone sf J bogwood at 51. 7s. ed. 51. 17.. 6d.; and 100 fine Cam at 77. 5). per ton. A few tons Nicaragua wood, fine • e at I _ . Harwood or Camwood nd sales. Indigo is inquired far. bat Oho stock being low, only a few small lots have beets sold at full yaw. In Shitmac little demand, but pikes are supported. Tar is steady 400 MIL of Archangel sold at 11. i. a Iris. and id beds. of A at 1/la. per brl. In Turpentine 3,400 brls. have been add arec for ordinary, and 104 fkl. a IDs. 3d. for good. Cochineal Is in good demand ; P 11601111 (Sliver) sold at li.. per lb. duty paid, 804 hollers ere now asking higher pricea. lo Hides the buitinesa ems consists of 700 North An!erican :•,alted at Sid. a 4d. 4 99 V 9 1 9 8• Tabu); price not named ; 730 dry salted Brazil at 601. per lb. • sod 1,409 Buenos Ayres Hama at 4s. 94. each. A public sale of 'Ride, 300 tierces C.rolina were offered, and the wholetaken by the dea rer) at 295. Rel. a 231: W. pet cwt. la Olive 0.1 b tuns daUipil have been sold at 41/. ; 20 tuns 'Sicily at 344 a 374, and 10 pipes lisrantat 381. per tun. Saltpetre in request, and r 25 bags mid at 235. a Si. per cwt. In Valonia 110 tons Smyrria ad d at 181.; 10 tons' ordinary at 174 and a few tons good Zante at 161. Ica Brimstone Souse small' Parcel* have been sold at 61. 10s. Nothing' tie in - S fflower. dells and Lime Juie; sets *tented, RR affo Persian Berrie). • In Cotton, the Orly pert of the week, the deinend weeopeody, but the latter p.tt of the week it has subsided demi/era* =4 the market closed heavy. Prieesverhain the same; althotte Larelg supported. The /tales con.lst of 4,400 bags Upland Georgia at 64. r 7 .; 750 New Orleans at rid. a aid; 1,700 Alabama at Rid. a lid. • 1511 Sea Island at 1244. a 18d.; 110 stained ditto at 60. O a . ' Pernambuco at 190 it lid.; 800 alarritt•itot at!e. a : 5011 Bahia at 9.1. a 9.,1d. ; 80 Dwane& at 9d. a 10id. • 1,300 Egyptian at 74d. 91d.• 30 Barbadoes at 7d. a 74d.; 141 &harm at Rid.; 70 Peruvian at 'fil l 100 Carthagena at 6d.; and WO Sanas at fled. a 641., being a total of about 11,269 bags, of which slant LON bags American have Veen taken on speculation. Thad IN arrived about 4,800 bags. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, OCT. 7.—Since the revival of trade in the ma nufacturing and commercial distiicts of Yorkshire, rieeW two months ago, We had no reacticn up to the present dens. This trade (Nettles itself into the woollen cloth, the worsted stuff, the blanket, the fancy, and the cotton branches. The woollen Moth tradc et Leeds contindia steady, .and e ther on the increase; at, lindderafield it is Ceftainly len proiing, and wools, boat at these places and at Wakefield, are in general in brisk demand. The prices Of woo! of the middle and lower kind have advanced, within the last two months, about twenty per cent., and on manufactured goods an advance of ten per cent. may be stated; with in the last fortnight there has not been any material advance in price, though there has been an increased demand. At Bradford and Halifax, where the mar. kets are principally for worsted stuffs, business is pro ceeding each successive week very satisfactorily the demand is coe3itlerable, and the pricei both of the raw material (combing wool) and the manufactured article improve, nearly in the same ratio as that we have mentionea in woollens. The blanket trade, which is chiefly carried on at Ilecßmeeidivike and Dewsbury, the market being held at the former of tlfece places, still im proves, anti, the difficulty at present consists more in ob• taming wool to make this description of manufacture, than li ohaining a market for the blankets when they are made. The fancy trade hail been more deeply depressed, and the depression has been of longer continuance, than in (ray other branch ; but it has begun to revive, and hopes arc entertained that both masters and workmen will soon ex perience the benefit of this revival. There are yet but very faint indications of iffy decided revival of trade in Paisley. Indeed, the 'bawl trade never was so dull as at the present moment. Even the most en. terprising manufacturers are now beginning to despond. During the last two weeks a number of weavers wile were employed at the public works have engaged for Webs of a coarse description, which are given out by some Glasgow houses, and a few have been taken on by manufac turers here, but the price for which the weavers have en. gaged to work them is an low that they cannot possibly earn as much as they received at the out-door labour. This may at first view seem incredible to such as are unacquaint ed with their wretched condition. But the fact is, that the poor men are so badly clad that they cannot work much longer in the open air, as the inclement season is beginning to set in. The subscription fund will be entirely ex hausted by the end of the present week. The number of persons employed by the Committee who manage that fund up to Saturday lass amounted to six hundred.—Celedoniun Mercury. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES. In our last, we took notice of the detection of a band of Irish vagabonds, who had in their possession nearly 200/. of counterfeit money. What will our readers think, how ever, when they are informed, that yesterday no less than six hundred more of these notes had been seized 14 the in defatigable police officers, under the vigilant superintend ence of Capt. Graham ! This is an over-issue of paper money with a vengeance. The notes are so well executed that the most knowing have been deceived by them. Eight of the gang are in custody, and it is believed that they have issued several in town. We trust that every one on whom the imposition has been practised will see it I to be an imperative duty, which he owes to himself and the public, to come forward and identify these extensive swindlers, in order that they may be brought to condign punishment. It will be a preposterous thing, indeed, and yet it is not unlikely, that if any should be induced, by a false delicacy, to withhold their evidence on this occasion, and cause there plunderers to be set at liberty, they will again resume their wholesale robbery.--Glasgow Cou rier. _ _ _ In addition to the forged notes mentioned as having been seized by our active police, we learn that 250 more were discovered in the neighbourhood of Pcrt Glasgow on Wed nesday, by two officers sent down from the Glasgow office. Had all those notes, or a considerable portion of them, found their way, the injury must have been great to that portion of the public, principally, which is little able to bear it. There can be nothing more distressing than the condition of a family when the head of it goes home with the week's wages, and it is found the money is bad. It seems that Belfast is the focus from whence the whole of those notes issue, the prosecution for forgery in Ireland being so extravagantly expensive that no Bank will under take it, and the forgers consequently live there in compara tive security. So nething, however, must be done one way or another, to protect the public. If Banks toss forged notes over the counter, they ought at least to be at some reasonable expense in detecting forgers. It is not long since that the mercantile community in Hamburgh deter mined to take no notes of a particular Bank which would not exert itself in this respect.—Glasgow Herald. A gentleman of Wales, of large fortune, and at present extensively engaged in the copper mines of that principality, has, we understand, taken a lease of the minerals on the estate of Qourock, and is expected very shortly to commence the working of the old mines on that property, with the most sanguine prospects of a profitable result.—Greenock Advertiser. In the census taken in 1821, the population of Great Britain and Ireland is set down at 21 millions of souls ; and that of the district comprising the counties of Dam fries, IVigtown, and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at about 130,000. In a given year, the population of the dis trict now alluded to consumed at the rate of one-third of a bushel of wheat per head annually ; and if this can be re garded as any thing like a fair criterion of the aggregate consumption of the whole country, the quantity of wheat required to keep us going, even when trade is pretty brisk, a only "en, in place pf fourteen millions of stated celebrated Member eery last rier "7•VENING MA111...-• ! received loan is accounted tor IA me sumst 151,0001. employed in b e preferable ••••••••••K "ICU support, aou 00p.....- • • ,-- America fur the building of frigates. Nothing hut i n f atuat i on, l at . It is proposed, " that Governments till stamp ell the on the Cum L ows t h e asser tions and misrepresentations which had ;tltution. n made throughouti;tl;ll, - w - illbeonly seven, in place ef fourteen millions Of groat ignorance, or dishonesty, will serve to account for this strange p, per ( as w ell as bullion) intended to be issued as the current money been made w ere ema il, ma lignant, false, and foolish. It wall said It was also moved sa d carried, that an immediate a ppli cat i on gh Ireland, that the misappropriation o f t he G ree k m oney. At a moment when instant of the country : that the notes so framed and eeeented shall be that Len' John Russell, the bon of the present, and the nephew of should be made to Government for assistance. quarters, as stated by a celebrated ember of the House he 18th inst., is the assistance to Greece is all-important-at a moment too, when It i s I d eeme d t he lawful currency of the realm ; and in orde r t o prevent the late, Duke of Bedford, was the adv ocate of measures adverse to Mr. B. L. Guinness was then Called to the Chair, thanks were of Common during th e They last goodie of Parliasseot. iingdom." within our knowledge that many s hip s o f war , c h eap , and ready the evils attendant on the abuse o f i ssu i9 g notes without limit, it agriculture, and w hi c h wou ld wing bone misery to the hearthstone returned to the Rev. sat. Alason, and the !Resting separated. Letter in the Dumfries aterier. : • • ••. %. . • . - 1 • ~... n• . . ....,!•••-:: ,'' . - - - • ' . . , -,--: - -- 7 — . -7 - - • , . • _ , - • . , . . _ • , . . GREEK CAUSE AND LOANS. In the forthcoming number of the Westminster Review, there is an exculpatory article on the Greek Committee, a pparently written by one who is conversant with all the intricacies of Grecian affairs. IVe present the following ()Marts, illustrative of the efforts made by the Committee for the freedom of Greece. Soon after the formation of the Committee, Lord Byron. one doe members, spontaneously offered his services to proceed as the representative of the Goinmittee to Greece, and to devote his tim e , his talents. and his fortune. to a cause which he had, in truth. weaderfolly assisted by the enthusiasm of his genius, and „ e a r n' to his own Immortal verse. In the difficult circum stances in which he was frequi ntly placed, he bore himself with great g enerosity and discretion. If in any thing he erred, it was that his affection for Alavrocordato induced him to attach himself mdiv id any ot' ua th e lly to hint, and to remain at Mapolonghl, detached from influential chiefs of Greece, whom he might undoitht edly have controlled, and have subdued their factious difference.% to the common cause. If bent Byron, instead of continuing at 3lin. frolonghi had withdrawn to See e ta, or Areal , . and there gathered aro und him the aristonacv of the country, the military leaders, and t he principal island chie f s , we think his master mind would have subdued. or at all events have diverted into a less pernicious course, those dissensions which have so often wasted the energies and de stroyed the fen proepects of Greece. The death of bord Byron was an awful calamity, both for the Greek people, and for the English C om mittee; since the influence of his name, and of his mind, was not only ementiaily important to the Greeks, but of singular value in all their negotiations with their enemies. On more than one the gArrison of Patma, the strongest and most important ho▪ ld of the Turks, would have surrendered, could security have been obtained for the proper fulfilment of the terms of the capitu lation. Jest hcb‘re Lord Byron's death, propositions were re newal. and we keow that the Turkish and Albanian forces offered to abandon the citadel, on bird Hymn's individual guarantee for their safety. The negotiations were frnetrated by his illness and death. let, notwithstanding his ton short career, the services he rendered to the Greeks were incalculable. It was with money fur nished by the English Committee, and appropriated by Lord By. son, that the walls of 3lissolonghi were prepared for that heroic defence, which binms, ptrhaps, the noblest page in the recorded the Grecian struggle. " The agent of the Greek Committee, who was appointed to eo operate with Lord Byron, was the lion. Leicester Stanhope; and it would be difficult to find a man inure richly endowed with eery quality which could recommend him to the approval of the friends of Greece. A straightfOrward sincerity of purpose, a singular love and constant advocacy of truth and publicity, a elear.sighted- Dna which enabled him to weigh the merits and louse the influence of the different parties in Greece; an unwcarietl activity of hotly and mind; in a word, every moral and intellectual quality whieh became his situa.ion. distinguished his career in Greece. His work on Greece, notwithstanding its literary defects, will remain a per manent monument to his sagacity, wisdom, and virtue. While 'mindful of die political interests, and keenly alive to the military defence of Greece, he was busily engaged in every project which could advance the civilization and the happiness of that country; and when Greece shall be rescued (if ever) from Egyptian bondage, anti enter upon her new career of improvement, the seed which Colonel ?genitive scattered will assuredly grow up. He caused schools to be established, hospitals to be organized, printing presser to lie set in motion, internal communications to be provided for; and he gave an impulse to every species of improvement. 0 He urged the imineff.... despatch of the battering trains and artillery corps which had beets recommended: by the military Sub- Committee; and the immediate creation of a national fleet to be at the disposal of the Greek flovernment instead of the private pro priety of the island merchants anti adventurers. As a last hope, two young and enthusiastic members of the Committee volunteered their services to proceed ti Gre„:ce in the character of agents. They took wish them, in serereigns, WOW/. of the loan, anti were in. fractal urendeavour to obtain from the executive government tingle mantles ter the payment of the future interest, and some pledge fee the tit appropriation of the proceeds of the loan. The govern ment kept them for some time at bey, until they determined to sail away with the money. On their carrying this intention into effect, a yawl was sent after them with the assurance that the wishes of the Committee should be instantly complied with ; hut they had mareely returead men the port of Nattplia, ere the yellow fever at tacked the crew, and in a helpless and a dying state they were con veyed to the Asiatic coast. It is needless to add, that their exer tions proved fruitless. The money was taken puesession of by the government. The Committee lilted out an expedition at an expense of be tween stitaff. and tiddii/.; which conveyed every species of machi ea). instruments, tools, and appropriate workmen, to enable the Greeks to establish en arsenal, and to manufacture their own 3111. munition tied weapons of war. Nearly a dozen mechanics. each , one of a diffreent profession, carefully selected and thoroughly ex• alibied, aces mpanied the expedition. Any one ot these men might Lave been of incalculable use to a scini.eivilited nation. unac. tosinted with the arts he was enabled to teach; but a sad fatality attended an expedition whose preparation and details had cost so much 'about and ar May. The laboratories were hardly esta. , Malted. ere petty jealousies interfered with the labours of the work. tnen. They were more than once heed upon by the undisciplined soldiery ; the government gave them no protection, and with the emporia of an amiable and intelligent chemist, who died in fame in a i•tate of great misery, the others fled from a country which had disappointed all their expectations, and to which, after mob experience, it was not likely they should accommodate Maturities. •• Aiming the earliest contributions to the well-bring of Greece, from the Committee, were several printing and lithographic presses, several founts of types, and all the materials necessary fur the im mediate production of a newspaper; and it is something for English complacency to dwell on, that the lint newspaper ever printed in Greece, issued from the presses and types sent thither by the Greek Clominiitee. Political Journals were established at 3liii solanght, Athens, and elsewhere, and a curious and touching spec. tale of human mutability was exhibi•ed. The ancient and vene rable shrines of learning, which hail fallen into barbarism and deny, again received the most important instrument of knowledge and civilization from a country unknown in the days of Grecian glory, or, if known, known only as the abode of naked savages. Toe existence of the press in Greece may hereafter give some secu rity for good government, and open a course for acquiring genuine information as to what is passing there. A quantity of maps and matte neural i strument* were also sent to the Morea. -"the Amphitrite, the first vessel which had ever hoisted the Weil: flag of indipentiehce in an English port, arrived in the Thames in October, 11124. She brought ten boys, who, in corm quence of the recommendations of 3lr. Blaquiere, were consigned to England for education at the expense of the Committee. 7 here youths were selected from the different provinces and islands of Greece, and have been for some time at the Borou;;Ii-road school. bliouldGrace struggle saftlyshrough her present perils, they trust have a permanently happy influence upon her future condition. But it is a melancholy fact, and a fact little creditable to British sympathy, that it has been impossible to raise funds in order to co:lmlay Mar education in au hppropiiate manner, so much has the interest in the well-being of Greece slackened in this country. "Of the enormous sum. raised in this country in the shape of loans for the assistance of the Greeks, it may be instructive to give 11001 e account. We are not of opinion that a greater portion of fraud ant mismanagement attaches to the disposal of the Greek Inane than to meth others, .rich have been less the object of pub lic attention, and farther removed from public scrutiny ; but as we believe and know that a feeling of sympathy for the tfreely and a desire to assist their cause, did, in many instances , supers ede the gramr and more canonon motive of pecuniary interest, so we think that a valUable lesson may be learned for the future out of the dis- Challrell of the past which have taken place. We shall give, in gross numbers, the particulars of three towns, es far as we have been able to collect hem ; and we think the conviction will be forced on every man's bosom, that the ill-appropriation of the first (if ill-ap- Omit) must attach to the arrangements made for its expenditure in Greece, to waich so large a portion of it was directly remitted. The misttianagem nt of the second belongs to England, and we appre hted the details of its expenditure will give no satisfaction to any one. " The first loan for 800,0001. produced to the Greeks the net sum of 431.7110/. " Out of this loan they paid 80,0001. for interest, and 16.0601. towards the sinking fund. The amount remitted to Greece in specie was 2418,700/. ; in stores and aminimition, 9,9001.; payments made in Greece for the relief cf 11issolongbi, 2,4001.; 5,00 1 1. for 1 the expenses of the deputation for 12 months; paid to one of the depu'in (Orlando) on his private account, 5,9001.; repayment of a loan made by Lord Byron to the Greeks, 4,00o1.; sundry expenses, teltoi/.; and a sum of 27,500!. was paid over to the account of the new loan as the balance of the old. The second loan, for two millions, was contracted without the slightest refTrence to the Greek Committee, to whom we have reason to believe the whole affair was a secret. And this was rather extraordinary, because, whatever opinion might have been formed of the Committee, they could not but possess a pelt number of im portant facts, of which a contractor would have done well to possess himself, alike for his own security and the security of those who relied on his judgment. " The net produce of the second loan for f! 000,000/.wa51.046,0001. add to which the sum of 39,11004 wis received from the former loan, front interest of bonds, and 1,2001. of the Calcutta subscription. The amount reserved for interest was 200,0001. and for the sinking fund 20,000!. The sum remitted to Greece in bullion appears to h ave been, in round numbers, 182,4001. ; and 68,200/. was etn. ployed in the purchase of military stores. It sum of 212,2001. !vas been spent to buying up bonds. To the steam-vessel expedition 160,000/. has been appropriated; and the sum of 135.0001. has been spent at New York. being part of the cost of two frigates. The Greek Government have drawn for 33,7001. ; 3.3001. was re mitted to the relief of Alissolonghi ; 15.10 W. has been appropri ated to the formation of a body of regular troops. The Deputies wellies are 6,6001. and 12,4001. seems to have been employed to discharge minor demos. It is neatly impossible to verify these statement. in detail, but they present a melancholy outline, which will be filled up according to the temper or the knowledge of the inquirer. " Among the largest items by which the exnentliture of the -teed loan is accounted for is the sum of 1 . 51,060/. employed in infatuation, .1 ... .f for sea, were to be found in European ports, a cavalry officer is engaged, at an enormous salary, and is despatched to the United States with vague instructions—instructions inconsistent, tao, with the orders of the Greek Government ; and, after spending 155,9001. in the erection of two frigates, it is discovered that a very large sum, not less than 50,0001. more, is wanting to complete them ; and the result is, that both of them get confiscated as security for the debt for which they are said to be responsible. The most favourable result that can now be anticipated is, that cue should be sacrificed to rave the other ; and the Greeks will possess a frigate at a price for which all the annals of official jobbing present no parallel. " The money which the Quakers raised, and which amounted to about 110,00411. was diets ibuted by themselves in works of benevo. knee—in assistance rendered to fugitive and captive Greeks, and in the education of a Lumber of Grecian youths. The Quakers are not—we will tell the Count this secret, as he is a stranger and a foreigner the Quakers are not accustomed to employ their re sources blindly or foolishly. Some public subscriptions certainly et rC paid over to the Greek deputation • that of Calcutta, for in. static:, which amounted to 2,01.; and we discovered on in quiry, to our supriae and sorrow, that only 1,2001. had been passed to the credit of the Greek government, while a note was attached to the entry, • 111 r. Orlando will privately account for the remain ing 1.0001.' " But we are enabled to give an outline of the manner in which the funds of the Greek Committee have been appropriated, and we ale sure public opinion will bear us out in the conviction that these funds have been well applied. " We regret that publicity has not hitherto been given to the appropriation of the money committed to their charge; but we think the time is arrived when the committee should no longer hesitate about circulating a tolerably minute statement of the man ner in which they have discharged their trust ; not so much because they have been calumniated by those who would not have been less disposed to calumniate whatever measures the Committee might have taken, but in order to show that they have not only ho nestly, but prudently, applied tho pecuniary means placed at their disposal. Paid for printing-pre-aett, surgical instruments, medi cine'', maps, expenses of hospital establishments in Greece, and sundry other objects not_ immediately warlike - £1.787 0 8 mares_ /Pte. . 4,011 17 For military and naval ammunition, stores, Ike. . 4,011 17 2 Freights, insurances, and charges of shipment - 803 1 8 Wages to artificers, passage for surgeons, officers, and expenses attaching to persons in Greece 2.582 9 4 Charge of Committee's agents Mr trowelling expenses 538 1 1 Clerk, Co 11111 l ittee.rontn, porstuges, translations, small sums given as relief to distees,ed Greeks, and sundry minor expenses 730 3 2 Printing charges, advertising, bills, stationery - 318 13 7 £10.741 6 8 " Five hundred pounds has been paid, or appropriated, towards the education and expenses of the Greeks boys who have been sent to England, and this amount will, with a very small difference, ba lance the sum of subscriptions collected in this country. That they have been economically distributed, we know. There has been no expensive machinery of secretaries and clerks, no waste, no job bing in any shape whatever; and we believe, too, that these sub scriptions have been judiciously distributed. The object we have proposed to ourselves is only to state the facts connected with the Greek cause in England: and if we have gone somewhat at length into the proceedings of the Greek Com mittee, it is because we consider that body to have represented the sympathies of English feeling in favour of Grecian independence. The measures adopted by the Committee are sufficiently eloquent to speak for themselves. They appear to us to have been altoge ther wise and salutary. Of the active spirit which animated that Committee ; of the desire they felt to obtain the best information, and to turn it to the best account, we ourselves have seen abundant evidence. We know that several thousand letters were received and replied to by the Committee, referring to almost every subject the discussion of which could benefit Greece. For a long time they sat daily ; for two years they sat weekly ; and their relations ea. tended far beyond the limits of Europe. Among them will be found the names of many of the most illustrious of our poets, of our statesmen, of our merchants; and certainly no men ever dedicated themselves more cordially to the cause they had espoused. ". In what we have said, we hope not to he misunderstood. The Greek cause has suffered greatly lrom the delusions which enthu siasm and ignorance have gathered round it." NATIONAL POLITY AND FINANCE. Among our notices in last Gazelle, we intimated the intention of laying before the public the outline of a great plan for improving the currency and resources of Orem Britain, to which we attributed very extraordinary powers and qualities, sod from the adoption of which, we expressed our opinion the most unlimited prosperity would result. Such is our conviction ; but at the same time we bring this affair forward with diffidence, because it is not altogether within the scope of those studies to which we have paid most atten. tion ; and though it has not failed to attract a considerable share of our inquiry, we do not feel competent to speak in anv other manner concerning it, titan as wishing to explain the subject in the clearest way we can, and courting the judgment of others competent to de cide on so weighty a matter. In setting out, we are fortunately relieved from the necessity for entering loto any of the various topics , which demand so much discussion from writers, on what is ailed Political Economy. The principle of the system unfolded to us may have been hinted at In former times; but the system itself, its application, and its details, appear to be absolutely new and original. Therefore, there is no author upon finance, the science of money, the internal wants of countries, international totem-nurse and commerce ; there is no poll tician of any school or determinate mode of thinking on those dif. ficult points ; there is not one of those who may not, though differ ing front every other author or politician, agree in opinion that the present proposition is at once well.founded. practicable, and highly expedient. Time memurc, in short, stands by itself: it neither as ' similates nor clashes with any theory, or the part of any theory, which has yet been promulgated. It can therefore provoke no op position, while—earnestly indulging in the hope that it may pro duce the utmost benefit to the nation—it courts the mature and deliberate consideration of all who are conversant with such sub jects. and solicits the favour Of their counsel, and objections, if such ttri*e in their minds. _ . We have also previously to say, that as we are confiaing ourselves to that brief general view which the nature of our publication re quires. we feel that we can but very inadequately develop the su hoc's comprehensive system ; and that we must do still leas justice to his most complete and admirable details, which form, as it were, the strength and essence of his design, and render it fitting, pliable, and excellent in all its operations. It shy be assumed as a truism, that not only the recent panic and distress which have convulsed society, throughout this king. dom, but that all the financial and commercial calamities recorded by history, lending to the decline and fall of stain, have been caused by a debased end fluctuating currency. No rank, no indi vidual, can stand in a safe, assured, and permanent position is the social frame, while the representative of fortune, means, and vain, is liable to great mutations and changes. Double the amount of the circulating medium. and the effect must follow, that several classes of the community rise unduly, while other classes hill into embarrassment and ruin. Diminish or debase it, and a similar result is equally certain: some gain, comparatively, by the alteration, and many more are precipitated from their sphere of use and deteroyeri. It is impassible, therefore, to conceive any proposition better de serving of the mature deliberation of the statesman, patriot, and philosopher, than one which has for its object to fix tile currency of the country upon a sure foundation—to produce that emblem of prnpaty for all turn to carry on their dealings with each other, which shall never be doubted or fluctuating in value— to give to the meanest holder of the smallest sum the same security which is enjoyed by the richest in his large possessions; and, in fine, to furnish for every transaction in life requiring pecuniary ad- Mstinent, the means of completion with undeviating exactness on all sides, the measure or medium being unsusceptible of rise, depre ciation, or alteration of any kind. From the earliest times, we have seen a number of devices em ployed for this purpose with disadvantages, inconveniences, and dangers, lesser or greater as the medium employed was better Of worse, till at length gold has, by very general consent, been ac cepted nearly throughout the civilized world, air the most eligible standard of value by which to regulate the interchange of all commodities between man and man, and between nation and nation. And assuredly there is no substance in nature every way so fit for this important office as the precious metal, whose combination of rare qualities has led to its being so preferred. But gold, with all its rare qualities, is far from being a perfect standard. It has always been liable to be affected by extraneous eircunistances, the discovery of a productive mine, the interception of supplies by war or otherwise, the gradual absorption by use and manufactures, and a multitude of other causes ; and it is incontestable that what is unstable in itself can never form a true scale whereby to adjust, on stable bases, the relative value of all other articles. Gold may ap proximate this scale more nearly than any other substance; but gold varies often to a great extent. and therefore gold (even were it not objectionable for other very strong reasons) can never supply a safe, fixed, and permanent rule, by which to estimate all other prices.— When we allude to other strong objections, though we shall have more to say upon the point hereafter, it may be well in this place to notice, that we refer to the facilities with which gold is made a source of speculation to swollen capitalists and traders in bullion and foreign exchanges. !laving thus very briefly shown that we do not possess the standard so much to be desired, we shall proceed, with as much plainness as the matter permits, to state the plan by which we are firmly persuaded that object may be obtained. In order to insure to the country a sound, settled, unchangeable, and imperishable rorreney; a currency of real value, representing absolute tangible property, and, from the ampleness of its security, not being subject to question or deprniaticn from any cause what ever, it is proposed to fabricate a sterling national purr, founded on and representing the property hereafter defined, and issued and controlled under responsibility as doubtless and lasting as the Bri tish Constitution itself. We presume to affirm that such a paper curre ncy may be produced that no man M Great Britain will ever question its real value for one instant ; and, further, that it shall be preferable in every respect, and preferred by all, to gold. bind! THE BRITISH PRESS. shall be unlawful for any banks... or fibers, to issue any lON DOM than those so framed and rammed., zu r in. 2d. That there be estab;isised sip . Swat, feam whlub alone the said notes shall be isstatti Ow 3d. That all bankers, or others. nouss for eircolatkei shall apply for the same to the Nat' i to which, provioualy .o their receiving the said notes, *Aga, as a security fee the payment of the same. either fralsli ligd, or funded property. unincumhered, of the value of two hassitag pounds sterlini game, for one hundred pounds sterling paper ainvency, and at the saga rate for any sum whatever. 4th. That there be kept, subject to pule inspection, a Na tional Register, in which shall be ragbisred a fall description of the security pledged, its bona fide value, and the proprietoe's name and address. . _ This Is the principle of the plan. The howl of ladapad shahs coined to a certain lunitt and a part of die Ansded wtitkh of the country shall be convertible into a --+t.. doub l e, ee awester proportion of both, being phidault esattity to the note hWer, from one Pobnd to millions's( pole& Hence we think we may have ahlikkdose without superfluity t we may have sbundance combined with perfect socarity ; we May have abundance subject to prudent regulation. To what height of prosperity such a currency is ca able of iiislng a country we shall not pretend to de.erreine ; but ire are feet to express our firm per suasion, that if the principle well ceasialsved to be inapplicable to an 4.1 d people, and were yet acted upsin by • new Governtnent (firmly established so as to impart to it the needful confidence and stability,) it would speedily vender that nation the greatest upon the face of the earth. —Literary Curdle, Oct: 7. DINNER AT HUNTINGDON OF THE FRIENDS' OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL. On Friday, a public dinner of the supporters of Lord Jobu Rus s-11, at the late General Election, took plops In the Town-Hall, Huntingdon, for the pu r tse, as was stated la the advertisement, of " expressing their aptirobabon °this Lordship's conduct In Par liament, during the time he was Member foe the county." About 230 gentlemen sat down to dinner; H. P. Stanley, Esq. of Paxton, in the Chsr. After the cloth was drawn, the following toasts were successively Oren from the Chair:— " The King." " The rod of the Royal Family." " The Can stitution, as established at the Revolution, In 1888." The CHAIRMAN then rose and observed, that the 'nuke' toasts having been gone through, it became his duty to admit the sup porters of Lord John Russell. It gave him the highest satisfaction to observe to many persons present, and he little expected at one time to see in a room belonging to the Corporation of Huntingdon such a numerous body of independent freeholders. After this assemblage, every person must say, that at another election the county would he enabled to return a member of its own choice. He could assure them, that the wish nearest to his heart was the inde pendence of the county, and he would my no more at present than propose " The independence of the County of Huntingdon." (Cho re ) After a short pause, the CHAIRMAN again rose to propose the health of their late Member, but before submitting the toast, he deemed it requisite to give some previous explanation. It had been said that Lord John Russell had refund to meet his constituents : the assertion was totally and entirely false. He (the Chairman), and some of his friends, proposed, shortly after the election, that a public meeting should be held, bet oo account of the harvest, and for other reasons, the idea was at that time abandoned. He then made application to the Russell flintily, acquainting them of their design, and inquiring when it would be convenient for Lord John Russell to meet his former constituents. Ile was then informed that Lord John Russell was abroad, and would not return till spring; but he and his friends, unwilling to relinquish their original intention, resolved to convene a meeting ,for that day, and invite Lord John to another dinner on hie return to the ossatry. The soie reason, therefore, for his Lordship's was his temporary absence from the country. He had a letter from Lord Tavistock, stating that his brother eepold return in a week or two ; but the Noble Lord in first to visit Italy, he would not return till about Easter. A mtbilie meeting would be then given to him, when he hard Wise ten times—ay, a hundred times—mom freeholders _preepeot lost were then assembled. He had yestesiey received a kreem, Ada Paris, from Lord John Russell, in which he said, that he eaar hg the newspapers, his late conmituants had boo s to meet and that he would ever consider it soour to hays the support of men remarkable for their public spirit sali pendence. He (Mr. Stanley) had, from his earliest hrs._ the principles of Lord John Russell; he had bees eikelillla them by his nearest connexions; and so far as a alai allell_ pow Mille for the future, he would abide by them. US siehialld Speaker, but have a long pull, &strong puU, an i d ic veslll elessally, and we shall secure the return of the Noble He eel* to have been at the head of the poll; strike out the annuitant, the copyholders, who came forward as freeholders. and voted fir Mr. Fellow/es and Lord Mandeville, sod the long leasehellism e Wed you will find that we have a majority of the properly at en our side. When any tat wart to be repealed, and he the Salt Tax, the heather Tax, and the Window. 411111 tide find the names of our present Members in the miliaria@ l 01111 them, indeed. had not yet `ad the opportunity but we fins the name of Mr. Fellowee ? When the peepers came and said, " Mr, we see you have increased pre widows; you have added one to the number, and we must &NAM the amount of your tax ;" it was not Lord John Russell's friends who acted thus : they had not extracted their living out of the hearts' blood of the lowest people. He wished to see the lower classes all exempt from theme obnonious taxes, and especially from the Leather 'Tax. He wished to AM the poor have shoes at half their present price. Their opponents, indeed, had a vast fund of patronage; they had Postmasters and their friends to sup.. port; these were places, the nature of which he was at a loss to imagine, but lucrative offices they certainly were. Who is to pay for setting up a paper (the litsutingtiou Journal) in support of their caum ? There were also snug places in the Corporation, and some gentlemen whom be did not see there, but who used to attend their Meetings, and make speeches, were now gone over to the ranks of their opponents. The lion. Speaker then adverted to the Corporation and Test Acts. Lord John Russell was anxious for the repeal of these relics of persecution. Those who dissent from them can hold no place under the Crown ; but did they ever hear of a r; an wishing to give up his place for the benefit of the country ? He never yet knew of a person who said to Mr. A. or Mr. B. " Pray take this place from me ; I have held it long enough, anti it is time I should retire." He never knew a cam of this kind. He would detain them no longer, but propose the health of Lord John Russell. (Cheers.) JOHN B. ROOFER, Esq., in the absence of his Noble Mead, had the task imposed upon him of returning thanks in his name. As there was no man whose conduct was more praiseworthy, so none whose services were more highly appreciated. The ap. pearance of the numerous assemblage before him was sufficient to show that they were not to sit down quiet and dispirited under their late defeat, but that they were ready to fight the battle of Independence over again whenever an opportunity occurred. Who ever compared the elections of that county in former times with the present, would be struck with the contrast. Then the nectar, • arrangements were made in the drawing-room at Hinchinbeeek. but they had shown them, that if the independent freeholders had not obtained success, they had at least endeavoured to deserve it. Their defeat was unattended by disgrace, while the victory of their opponents was unaccompanied with triumph. That they themselves did not consider it a triumph was apparent from the language they held : they were not prepared for the strength and incorruptible integrity of the freeholders. At first it was thought sufficient that Lord Mandeville should declare to the Mayor and Corporation, at their annual feast, that lie meant to contest the county with his Noble Friend ; but on this failing to intimidate them, they said it was an opposition for opposition's sake, and that they would crush the Whigs of Huntingdonshire. Gentlemen, h.'', far they have succeeded in this you knew ; it was sufficiently shown by the state of the poll during the two first days of the election ; and even at the close there was but a majority of 53 in favour of Mr. Fellowes and of 110 in favour of Lord Mandeville. That the Noble Lord had such a powerful body of supporters was a proof of the increasing strength of their cause. In 1768, when the county was strongly contested by Sir Robert Barnard, the then Lord Hinchinbronk carried the day by a majmity of 189. In 1807, the Lord Hinchinbrook of that day defeated Loot Proby by a majo rity of 283, and in 11110 Lord Francis Alontague obtained a ma jority of 512 over Captain Walla, who was then put in nomi. nation. The Increased number of independent freeholders who had come forward to vote for Lord John Russell, was, as he had before said, the best proof of their increasing strength ; and it was a pleasing reflection, that this con tinued increase had not been obtained by the arts of cor ruption, or threats of intimidation. No tradesman or tenant had been compelled to vote against his conscience. The lion. Gentle men concluded by saying, that as Lord John Russell had done his duty by them, they would but be doing their duty by him In en deavouring to re-seat him in the House of Commons; and. Living proposed the health of their active and indefatigable friend in the Chair, Mr. Rooper at down, amidst general cheering. Mr. STANLEY briefly returned thanks. TYCHO WING, El rose, to propose the freeholders who had so nobly supported the ate contest, and evinced their enthusiastic desire for the emancipation of the county. The question, he said, was not so much a question of individuals as of principle—not whether Lord John Russell, or Lord Mandeville, was to be their member, but whether they would have thrust upon diem as a Re presentative a person with whom they had no community of feel ing. In 1820, Lord John Russell came amongst them, not unso. heited, but as the invited champion of a battle, which it was pre viously determined should be fought on public grounds. He brought with him none of the blandishmeeiunrtsch_of church — no nleiLisy teri..l patronage In the army, navy, or parasites : they had nothing to bind them together, to cement the poor and the rich, but the bond of a virtuous purpose. Their re cent struggle must have brought it home to the mind of every one present, that It behoved them to persevere, for their ad vanced progress was not by the creation of new suffrages, but from the freeholders being awakened to a sense of their own duty, and their independence. if they failed, it would show that their enemies had six hundred voters, who had no will of their Own. On the two questions which had been so much agitated—the Catholic Question and the Corn Laws—he would say but little. The former ware with some, a convenient cloak of excuse for with holding their support, and objected to only by timid persons. But Com of the poorest peasant. He was only anxious that they should come back to their ancient comfort sal independence. There were !tome persons who did not are how heavily the grasping hand of taxation oppressed the .poor, so that the price ifseorn wee high enough to. exempt themselves from the piessure of the Mene....lf this be what is called a friend to the farmer, such a person would never meet with the support of the independent freeholders of this county. During the election they had given no support to sets of bribery or corruption. they had not brought forward their poorer brethren in a state of swinish intoxication: tint it map was SOUOd I ppon their poll who had not manifested a spirit above a Vallee and low debauchery. They had only exercised public spirit, seal; at.O constancy; and these, its a virtuous cause, were the qualificatiops that would promote eucems. Mr. Wing then called upon them to forward their meet by all _Notifiable apd constitutional means, and , gnus—" The 858 Freeholders who nobly supported the independ. epee of 'the County at the late memorable contest." • Mr. Pa vme rose to propose the health of a lady of men who .had materially contributed to their success—for success he pilot esteem it. The class to whom he alluded was not the entintry gentlemen, though he saw many remarkable for their manliness of spirit and independence; but lie was afraid that too many of those preferred the intimacies of Ilinchitibrook Of Kimbeltnn to the independence of the County. It was to the Yeomanty that they had to look fur the emancipation of the County. friar the chains which had for ages enveloped them. The Yeomanry of the present time were greatly different front their predecessors of the same rank in the earliest periorlsof out history. areal as had been the improvement effected among our ttanufacturerx due. ing the lest fifty years, a still greater had taken place aMong our Yeomen. Ford' only they were but as vessels to their Baronial Chief, and knew no will but the command of their generic - 4. 'l%4*e times have long passed away ; but it is Intik ere all trams Of national, deep rooted, habits are effaced. Still the vast idsprole ments of modern times—the increased modes of conveyance by canalt,roses, &c.—and, above all, the progress of knowledge, have made that body think for themselves, and feel that their happiness and welfare depend upon civil and religious liberty. .It was, there fore, to the rising spirit of independence among the yeomanry that they had to look—they were still among the grey mists of the morn. ing; but these hold oat the prospect of the coming sun, and she splendour of the coming day. In the county of Cambridge. In which he resided, the spirit of independence was only begun twelve years ago, when they seated Lord Francis Osborne in place of Mr. Yorke, es their Representative. The Learned Gentlemsoconcluded by il stropgsing " The Independent Yeomen of the County of Hunt in on. The Re. Dr. MeLvev gave—" The Houses of Russell and Cavendish. and may they ever be united." JOHN HAMMOND, EN. gave—" Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world." Several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting, which broke up between nine and ten o'clock. The absence of Lord John Russell appeared to cause great disappointment. Lord Milton and Lord Sondes were also nominated RS Stewards, but were prevented from encoding the Meeting. Two blue silk flags, the colour of the op. position Party, were suspended from the windows of the Hall during the day. THE FEVER IN IItrDLIV. [Frain the DiallinMorning fingistrr.l Wednesday, pursuant to a requisition, a nseeting of the parish ioners of St. Catherine's was held in the Vestry Room of the parish church, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the officers of health, and to adopt such measures ar may be deemed effectual for the relief of the distressed and sick poor of that pariah. At twelve o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Mwsox, one of the Curates, was called to the Chair. Mr. SPARROW Alien read the Report of the proceedings of the Officers of Health, who had been appointed bg the parish on the 29th of August last. It appeared that upon applying to the Com mittee of the Fever Hospital for accommodation for the fever cams, it was stated in reply, that there were 420 patieriti in the hospital the 14th of September, though it usuaily accommodated but 120. The balance which remained in the hands of the t.easurer appointed by the Officers of Health amounted to 11. 12s. 104 d. Mr. PHR LAX said, that throughout the Liberty the people were out. of enspiment, and the fever was raging to an alarming degree Whole fam ilies, save been sent to the hospital. In one instance • fatbes sedesodier have been sent, together with seven children ; in other ismaeces the psleu.s have been sent with six and with four chain& • The Int iiiekeion alas then read—to the effect, tiro the epide eerie b 'rending with alarming rapidity, and that there seems to be so probability of its decline: Dr. Coaatoas sad, before they passed the resolation, it would be _Prom* to state the grounds upon which it was founded. The Officers bf Health had complied with the Act of Parliament, by employing the measures which it authoriz-d them to resort to. It was evident that these measures had failed in checking the progress of the epidemic. Though bills had been distributed calling on the poet to send in the names of the sick to the Officers of Health, these notices were seen by very few of them. It appears from the remelts on the park* books, that in September 1816, the fever eases amounted to 00—in September 1817, to 110—anti in last September, his .(Dr. Corrigan's) average *as 300. He wits confident he was under the number. • Dr:MAaets said the number was considerably underrated. Dr. Conalosw proceeded to say, that this average had been made up from some of the streets and lanes immediately , adjoining the church. He had not inspected more than one-third of the parish. In some iostanees there were eight, or ten; or twelve indi , withal, in one room, ill of fever, and nothing but straw to lie upon ! He has seen a poor. woman in fever lying on the floor, and covered slily with a bit of sacking. Poverty and disease, indeed, prevailed throughout the parish to a frightful extent. Dr. .11 AGEE, senior Physician to the Sick Poor Institution, Meath -street, expressed his concurrence in what had fallen from Dr. Corrigan. The names entered on the books of the Sick Poor Institution during the last month of his attendance amounted to 392. This was the number entered, but generally where one name is put down, there are live or six individuals in lever in that house. He might then safely assume that he had attended upwar.ls of 600 individuals during the last month in that single district. With re spect to hospital accommodation, that was entirely out of the ques tion. At the commencement of the epidemic, a deputation, of which he, Dr. 3lagee, was one, was sent up to the Castle frian the Exchange Committee, to apprize Government of the matter. They were told by Mr. Goulburn that the Lord Lieutenant had issued orders to the Board of Health to take immediate measures to arrest the progress of the epidemic. That Board of Health, he would now say, have been guilty of the grossest neglect, and have incurred an awful responsibility. (Hear, hear.) Instead of taking immediate measures to stop the epidemic. they met once a week for about six weeks ; and what was the result ? They erected certain sheds for the accommodation of the fever patients. These, he un derstood, will tom the public 1,6011/. Their erection occupied more than six weeks. These sheds were obviously unfit for the reception of fever patients. The poor objects who were there exposed to the air and cold. when they came out cured of fever, became martyrs to rheumatism. This was not surprising, as those tents were formed of gauze canvass. A great delusion prevails amongst the public respecting the utility of whitewashing. Lime has no power to controul the progress of fever ; its effect is to deteriorate the air by attracting its oxygen. For instance, there is a lime kiln yard In Meath-street, where the houses are covered with the dust of quick lime; yet this place has been a nest of contagion and disease. There are only four houses in it, and 40 or 50 cases have occurred in them. In the Liberty there were upwards of 3,000 ill of fever. He would suggest that a Committee be appointed by this meeting to co-operate with the Committee of the Sick Poor In. stitution, in devising measures for preventing the spread of the epidem;c. Dr. ST LEVENS, another of the Physicians of the Sick Poor In : stitution, said it was impossible to conceive the horrors which he had witnessed. Within the last two days he found a poor creature with her body only protected from the cold floor by a few shavings. The hospitals increased the epidemic. The moment the patients t there became convalescent. they were discharged, to make room for others. In two or three days they relapsed, and spread the fever . 1 among their families. The best measure this meeting could adopt was to co-operate with the Sick Poor Institution, and cell upon Go vernment for assistance. Doctor CORRIGAN' said, that their application to the Board of Health had been of no avail. Mr. BIRCH said, he, as one of the Officers of Health, had w..ited on the Board of Health, who took very little trouble about the matter. Previous to the passing of the next resolution, Dr. Corrigan ad. dressed the meeting, and detailed at length the rise and progress of the epidemic, which has at intervals, during the last twenty years, visited this metropolis. In the year 1804 the Fever Hos pital of Cork-street was first owned with eighty beds. So sanguine were the Committee under whose superintend:nce it had been erected, that it would check and extinguish the epidemic then ex isting, that at a public meeting, it was resolved as soon as fever ceased, that the Hospital should be handed over to trustees, to be disposed of by them, and the money appropriated to the use of the poor. Instead of those hopes being realized in 1808, it was found necessary to increase the beds to 180. And now it appears that there are 400 patients in that Hospital. It may be safely assumed that double that number, namely, 840, are received in during the month. This would give an annual average of 10,000. It appears that there are 1,400 at present in the different fever Hospitals in Dublin. I The epidemic istherefore making great stridea, and if no better motives I urged the richer classes to exert themselves to check this fever, they should be prompted to do so by a feeling of selfishness. It should be remembered, that the ravages of the last epidemic reached the upper walks of life, and the mortality there was far greater than in the hospitals. It was one out of every two. This consideration should arouse the public to call on the Government for assistance. The present epidemic was proceeding like that of 1818. and as winter approached, the typhoid type was becoming every day more general. He had seen, within the last few days, several cases of fever with petecitim. Dr. MAGEE observed he had seen a great number. Dr. Coitatoaw proceeded to remark, that it was commonly hue. glued that cold weather checked the epidemic ; nothing was more erroneous. Ile concluded by impressing on the Meeting the neces sity of making exertions to remove the causes of fever, by giving the poor food and fuel. It sou then moved and carried, that a Committee should be ap pointed to devise measures for obtaining wholesome food for the poor, and that the Committee be requested to co-operate, If it should seem advisable, with the Committee of the Sick Poor In-