The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

WWww' ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTA. TP)is'i Dr. Joh n R yan, the chemical lecturer to this institu tion, is at present delivering a course 01 lectures t.n , the Philosophy of heat and cold. These lectures are t-uni rably adapted for thi s season o f the year, as the learned 1 ) octor, insteai us ual of me re ly con fi n i ng hi mse lf t o t h e ro utine of Writers and lecturers on this imprtent sub- Pet, treated principally of the matt-T in connexion with tMeteorology and the economy of clothing. After in doting the s u bj ect b y treating of the various sources of heat, Dr. Ri - an pro cee d e d to cons id er the charge of condition produced by this imponderable in every de oscription of matter. Ilis illustrations in this department f.his lectures were most happy and numerous, com prtsing a condensed description of thermometers and PYrometers ; under this had, also, he explained very simply and beautifully the theory of ventilaton, the cause of the trade-winds, land. and sea breezes. The lecturer then proceedei to consider the communication (.4 heat ; first, by conduction and convection ; secondly, by absorption and radiation Under the latter head, Dr. Ryan explained most concisely- and satisfactorily the theory of dew, an d the cause of its deposition on some sturfaces and n o t upon others. The Doctor showed by I wwhituberous well-appointed experiments that those bodies ch absorb h eat rapidly have also the power of radi at';'ing caloric w i t h great rapidity, and, • therefore, they Thus more quickly than mere reflectory surfaces. Vtis while the card) and the erass absorb heat in the amay more rapidly than th e smoot h- grave l wa lk , yet fter the sun-set the process of radiation on - the dark surfaces continue to cool by radiation until the Moisture of the contingent air is condensed into dew. Isstl . 1- , the talented gentleman explained the sen s ibl e Mid lat ent conditionsof heat, showing the cause of the change s in the temperature of the bodies, produced by the - passag e of matter from the solid to the liquid, or fro W ar the liquid to the aeriforna state ; or vice versa. iss e are sorry that our space will not allow us to report ...Lor e f u ll_ , y the latter portion of this excellent and truly Phitosnhical lecture. In cocclusion, 1)r. Ryan showed p at „,, by co - operation he cou'd easily freeze water. In --" ho quite astonished his auditors by forming a large ID ass un dass of ice in a metallic vessel, at a red heat. W e rst and that h e i n t en d s t o continue the subject a w ee k two longer. TU- ItO YAL TRIBUTE TO SIR MOSES MON'fIiFIORE. In . (From the Voice of Jacob.) - - nee More congratulating our readers on the happy return to London of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore and 1 811 ,ite (as notified in our last publication), we have the ":gh gratification to announce, that Sir Robert Peel, as "ief organ of her Majesty's Government, in recognition ofithile approved l o y a l ty of Sir Moses, and of that true h rt ty of ch aracter which his last philanthropic mission as so much en h anced in the world's esteem, has signi fied her Majesty's gracious pleasure to confer upon hun e 1! highest titular rank which a Jew has yet enjoyed i this.... country • and he is henceforward—Sir Moses montefiore, iaronet. some readers will scarcely need to be rely inded, that ~sl.lle four or five years since we had the priviltge to pub n n a Copy granting t S . porters to his arms of the warrant deposited in Heralds' College, o 1r Moses the right to add the royal sup . gnition and in reeo " • 'as a special mark of royal favour, e as Jewishtheu characteainst the Damascus calumny. of his successful vindication of , th ~..n _ ,we can Toffectedly declare that there ii not an t; hen, Jew vv n.^- the whole eotnniunty' it,.); honoured, indirectly, b e - -we, whowill not feel himself evenri troh . ous creased dough our loyalty the distinction c inferred upon ember, and who will not cheerfully admit that, the person of its most merito addede to the throne has not to be in- added by such incidents, they, nevertheless, serve as partici t!l.ks, as constantly recurring mementos, of our ik itain Pauon in the honour and interest of our native fill ,There i s another point of view from which this grace , COMpliMellt of the retiring Ministry, to the worth of a non-conformist in religious cort.:erns, ought to be re garded. It is the moral effect to be produced in other countries by this spectacle of a great statesman, whose "n acts h ave fixed the anxious gaze of the whole world, selecting the period when his every movement is of uni 'yersal interest, thus to proclaim, wherever the name and lvntluenee of that great empire extend, that it is a loyal Jew whom its " monarch delighteth to honour." Nay, o We will venture to anticipate that, however the spirit o f Party might in other times havecanvassed such an act b . f g r ace, there will not now be found a singl f e it o . rg T a h n is o , f th p e u...i i m s ° Pinio n to exprefs other than approval to proclaim to those potentates and rulers f o ee l d e o ss m con th v Jew With the operations of' Constitutiona . r I- . --.. has but to be trusted and tri conversant forth to Europe 'ed, in order'to deserve distinction ; but still more, it is to herald and t of Jewish o posterity, that the imperial promise of the Czar ---to protect and to cherish his two millionptlibiess accepted and recorded in history as a =Luse having so august a guarantee, as to be dealt with as though already acted upon ; witness this royal rec g ilition of, the merits of the agent who obtained so gra cious and so important a pledge. We conclude with the expression of a wish, in which We take leave to assume the concurrence of our readers, that th e new Baronet and his estimable lady may be *Pared many years to e n j oy t h e i r accumulating honours, and be privileged, by their example, to incite many in L rael to win success in the same pious and philan thropic career. INIPUDENT PLAGIARISM. teiOn 'Wednesday evening a scene of a most unusual and g character occurred in the Lecture Theatre of the City Literary Institution, in Aldersgate-street. An Irish gentleman, described in the prospectus as " J, J. a Grad y E,, ' ---" A. 8., MAI," had been engaged to deliver two lectures on the study of history, having recommended to the comm . tt tions i eeby other kindred in a9'naight, and it was soon evident • Mr. Grady read his first l-, Wednesday eteure on been well por lion of his auditory, that the id emphatic expression, had beenette to a considerable whichs ul t i o ed,with gave such he .d Ment occasional! • „ Le t y In the language, from Mr. Maccolloh's thoughtwas, however, that any interference then would be Premature and the lecturer was allowed to proceed. His nd appearance on Wednesdain precisely y night was p • . the s a h Mu c aracter—the thoughts and language of the is the writer being given verbatim, and appropriated le the coolest possible manner. He concluded by some chip -trap allusions to the excellency of the institution, in Which he anticipated the honour of lecturing again, and Was about to leave the theatre, when the secretary, Mr, l i p. Stacey, who had taken up his on behin the lec turer, polit e l y escorted him back toPosition behind the lecturer politely escorted him back to the platform, d and with a gravity that must have reminded him of an Old wile Judge, addressed him as follows :—" Mr. Grady,—lt i; my painful duty to tell you, thus publicly, thut the lectures with which you have favoured the institution are tot your own, as represented by you, but those of Mr. tlacculloh—(A sensation)—and, although the members Vghhave felt much pleasure in hearing them, they think . it . t to show you that they do not sanction ati ti i s m e te p A u r n t i l l :1 such as that which you have sought to practise d° "l I a;2l further desired to add, that e t ees to pay not feel boend, under these , ciru h t e nst w a ho e . I of the You the ~,, usual eernunerati?n: rose at this an -1:, enl-vra Present (About 400 number)inn htm r. Grady wished to ttrieetilent but, nell7eivi.neg that a hearing' He said th -r z ess the u j t ; -i " stantl 7 g - e l l ! 1m and he would defy any 04e 4tnutation was entirely faeee, assivie in his MS. ob e Pl'ese tt to point out a single P . , -, tare and at least The set-rt. hati,ollled from such a source. I' immediately e.e n't"nren members of the inslitution, s ro. e, pte. , , . work in question wa p (lac e d u 4,8 challenge. The order, Mr. G ' and the chairman having restored This Grad ~, his manuscript. he rein requested to give up r-"il, stating not fair at that late hour, to d etain k , eng that it was chairman then gave hint a ti cn ri from his home. The or ti m e for the hiv e 1-*rortunity of naming any other day who had beee „ sti g...a .. t i jon ; but the unfortunate lecturer, ., e evouef,74ll7l_l? backing towards the door, said is " h hat, blade off ~..s 'r tl.,e Proposal," and, catching up 11 uproar. lie ‘`,, 1 ,,, u 1 1it as possible, amidst the greatest Members of the inset°wed , e , by about 100 of the younger de wh ere, it " ll . and fairly hooted into A we believe he fialin pursuers, t e his eventually toou g. o escape omnibus. Islington jtoo refuge in an _---___--_,_....................._ COLOSSEUM. --0 S ---------------- n aturday af • Hhnes Ibrahim Pacha and suite,terrioon his splendid visited the above establishme nt and was Conducted 11 adwell to the Panorama of Lond by Mr. IV. —re Swiss Cotta ,ma Classic Ruins ", Conservatories, Glyptotheca, of which his i ligline's' and cancer &c., with every portion and d eve n at, and announced his • s expressed hii admiration mineto vie w intention of coming again in tie ing r}' ve the Panorama of London b . • traor workof y night. This ex art, with its various atmospheric effects, y clouds, and twinkling stars s n'shed his High ness, that he could not imagine it w as ° easto i or in what Manner it was placed to produce such II 4painting, of reality. an effect . e afterwards visited every part of the establishment a second time, and after partaking of refreshments and his cigar, he departed much pleased by his aecond visit, stating, if his engagements permitted, he should again visit the tight view of London before he left London. The Colosseum was exceedingly crowded on the evening of his visit by P c lips of elegantly dressed ladies, Saturday being the most leshienahle evening of this establishment. C osetoaaeue. ROOMS, REGENT STREET,.—INDIAN WAR. ;•••Amongst the numerous attractions of London, now in the neight of its season, no in -door amusement or exhibition is 111 °re interesting or better calculated to please than the repre sentation of our late victories in India,by a series of beautiful dioratnie views. We are made familiar with the terrific events at Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and Sobraon. Each tiPainting is on a scale of unusual magnitude, and most effec vely represents the separate engagements. . The. battles of aroodkee and Sobraon ' appear to be the favourite pictures. In the former a splendid scene of Easternieur ugvraerndaeu:c—enaesoetftitnhge s un throws a peculiar glow ot : c° t country, and the con- Iriost dreadful carnage. The distant figures, are exceed testing armies, especially the principal life-like reality to the whole, fi ngly well painted, arid give a attention of specta- Which for a time completely absorbs the morning scene, and tors. The battle of Sobraon is a bright of the delineates the events which occurred on the morning entrench 10th of February, 1846, in the attack on the Seikh nclunents were entrench ments. " Not a shot was fired until the entre with deadly gained, and then the volleya of musketry told levelled effect. As the bayonets of these troops were seen in with rank advancing from point to point, they were watched their the most anxious suspense. The Seikhr, guarded by_ l defences, disputed the advance of our men, who, involved in the intricacies of the works, and met everywhere by a de structive fire, were able to advance but slowly, even when reinforced by the 7th brigade. It was i n t hi s desperate stru ggle that Si r R. Dick fell, gallantly cheering forwT.l kis troops." Thi s i s a Most excellent picture, and one which ? t ill add to the fame of the artist, Mr. J. Meadows. Altoge- Lu e er the exhibition is one of a truly national and first-class learacter; and we hope to see it take its stand amongst the egitirnate works of art in the metropolis. WTHE D ESTROCTION OF ST. JOHN'S.--LIVERPOOL. lroxESDAY.—Tbis melancholy disaster has excited much 414aimiseration amongst the mercantile community of Liver- V. A meeting of the principal nvirchants engaged in the ; ewfottudland trade was held to-day, an 4 it was resolved :pltnediately to open a subscription for the rend of t.be mt . ' it er a , ~......._ ~,,, man y oCwhom were represented to be on the veigo n os` — "glen. We trust this appeal will meet a fit response. had a it the I, Sa r, the eholl. r. Se- nt off t yes y case tished were Dhan- A' the ached 's, and urers, Brad beg to rough eforna, man -4 and of the ) upon nning, ion of i have =fort of all reficial tend e bar For the you ;h un ppposi- ;h you benefit re 4 1 ry out iditioo pros' w hose ster of and 6 dis. 'se) "•• issitns, 3 Yr* 3 yrs. ,Urfe -1 1 .0 ..0 9 2 Parr's anon, 3 4 yril :add 1 1 4 3 5 5 • 2 dr 3 dr ur rh Mme* i 1 3 9 2 $ ed; fo r ^ond to :n and Ye) 2 ..... . .......... I 1 3 5 2 rith 50 3st 31b ; twice' le) ; ..... 3 of ioap a „ c oo sub" ne) 1 2 .... 2 . , st 1D se T tila b° 41 in detect iment a fabric tricitl Llama ac by i t t° egen,.- lame d thing: d tw kn ee bQ to 445 10 where/ 115f 6 reac t !: sla l 7 l o r 3s lir: ricit e n" - ,nor ea. ARMY PRIZE-MONEY. Tiae Account of Unciaimed Army Prize-Money (formerly made by the Deputy-Treasurer of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea), from January 18, 1809, to December,3l, 1845, directe t to be annualty lai , a before the Houses of Perlin meat by the Act 2 ill. IV.. c. 53. Dr. To Cash arising from Forfeited and to claimed wares of Prize-Money, Grants, &c ....C1,081,346 11 6 To (Hilo ari,ing from the Dividends, or In terest of Moneys invested in the Pub- • lie Funds or other Government Securities . . 223,972 10 4 £1,305,319 1 10 By Cash refunded to Claimants £671,326 2 5} By Expense in executing Acts from Jan 18, 1809, to December 31, 1845 57,689 1 Oi By Sums paid for the Royal Hospital, in diminution of the Annual Vote 572,331 14 sif Balance (vide Memorandum below)... 3,972 3 10i £1,305.319 1 10 Mem ORAND um.—Although the balance upon this Account appears to be as above stated, yet there is in the Three per Cent. Consols, 100,000/. Stock, invested on account of Army Prize. Money, the interest whereof is included annually in the Parlistnentary estimates. and is applicable to the pay- mint of prize claims; and when the amount thereof, in ad dition to other sums received on the same account during the year, exceeds the claims paid, the balance is taken by the Paymaster-General as an appropriation in his accounts. The difference between the above balance, viz., 3,972/. 3.. 101 d. and the 100,0001. Stock in the Three per Cent. Consols, arises from the investments in that stock having been made when the funds were very low, and from the sales thereout, as occasion required, having been from time to time effected when the prices were considerably higher. RICHARD HEAVE, Secretary. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, June 25, 1846. AN ENGLISHMAN'S DEATH TN A STRANGE LAND. The following account of the death of Charles W. Thompson is given in a letter from the American mis sionary, Mr. Ives, stationed in the Sandwich Islands. It is cit( d Eionululu, March 14, and appears in a recent number of the ew Yerk Commercial Advertiser:— , "We followed to the grave yesterday, Charles W. Thompson, aged 29 years, foremast hand of the Panama, Captain Crowell. Ile was the eldest son of Lieutenant Colonel Thompson, who now resides in Nottingham, England, and who served under Wellington in the Peninsular war, and also at the battle of Waterloo. "He received the name of Charles William Byron, his mother being a second cousin of the poet, Lord Byron; but he preferred to drop the name of Byron. "After graduating at Christ's College, Cambridge, he was ordained over a parish of the Church of England. Not being pleased with his situation there, and having conscientious scruples about the connexion of Church and State, his relation with his parish was dissolved. His father had then acquired land in the United States, and Charles, with his wife, was proceeding thither on business connected therewith, when the vessel, being driven by a strong current, and surrounded for many days with a thick fog, instead of reaching New York, was wrecked on the shore of Halifax. his wife, in consequence of exposure, was thrown upon a bed of sickness, and about a month after expired. In consequence of loss from this wreck he was obliged, in order to prosecute his business, to return to England, and on his reaching America the second time was wrecked on Long Island. After forming acquaintances in the family of Mr. Vanfleet, of Hyde-park, in Duchess County. New York, he was again married. His second wife died in ch:ldbed, leaving him a little son, whom he left at Hyde-park, wish his grand -parents ; thence pro ceeding south, on business, the vessel was run aground on the Jersey shore, which wag the third time that this unfortunate man had been wrecked, where he lost his remaining all. Becoming now discouraged, he found his way to Sag Harbour, where his name was enrolled as a foremast hand fur a whaling voyage in the Pacific. " Before sailing he became acquainted with some of the principal families in the place, who endeavoured to persuade him from his anticipated voyage, with the omise, on the part of the Rev. Mr. Capis, of finding him employment as tutor in their academy. Failing in this, the ladies of the place presented a request to Cap- Lairs Crowell that he would be particularly careful of Thompson. " Though he says he had not lifted a 50 pound weight before in his life, he was now ready at every call, and by his prompt obedience' ingratiated himself iato the favour of his master and officers, and by his meek and obliging conduct into the good-will of all his companions. Whenever a dispute arose among the hands, they inva riably looked on him to settle it. Yet he was not back ward in reproving sin among them, when he saw an oc casion. I found on getting acquainted with him, that by his extensive travels in Europe and America, his reten tive memory, his excellent address, and a command of language, he was a man qualified to please and interest in the most intelligent circles. " It may be interesting to his friends abroad, should they meet with this, to know that a week before he died, be accompanied me to an outward district, and addressed the natives twice, while I interpreted. In the evening he spoke of the enticements which sailors set before them, and earnestly warned them to use every means to resist them. In the morning he addressed them again from these words—' Blessed are the dead who die in the Lo ird,' and spoke as one who had recently reflected much on that blessedness. " Jan. 28, at three o'clock, P.M., he entered into our house apparently much fatigued, and requested the privilege of reclining. I showed him a bed, where he soon sunk into a fit of apoplexy. Upon discovering his situarion, 1)r. White, of the Majestic, was called, who attended upon him assiduously ; but notwithstanding what could be done, his spirit departed that evening about eleven o'clock. " Watch, therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cloth come.' " PRICE OF BREAD.—Wednesday the 41b. loaf was re duced from Bd. to id, by the best bakers, and from 6 1 / id. tc by the cheap bakers, in various districts of the me tropolis. The Earl of Eglinton has purchased the spacious mansion of the Earl of Lovelace, in St. James's-square. The sum stated to have been given for the property is 14,0007. LAMENTABLE DEATH OP A MEDICAL STUDENT.— Thursday Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., and la highly-respectable jury, assembled at the Cock Tavern, Phoenix-street, Claren don-square, Somers-town, to prosecute an investigation into the lamentable circumstances attending the death of Mi George Francis Webb, lately residing in the above street. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 26th year, was a medical student. Mr. G. Olive, of Soho-square, said that he was distantly related to the deceased, and last saw him alive on Monday, the - 29th ult. Witness knew that he had lived en very unhappy terms with his wife, and had formerly ex• ibited a very unsound state of mind. On that day he ex pressed to witness a wish to go abroad, in a somewhat de sponding manner, and intimated that he cared very little what became of him. Witness was aware that he had been and dthaelshoacboitnsoifdetisekid i h u e m w a ss •he l n s e b: e u r rio d g ep o re n s d s e e r d s i o n m s e pi s r p it e s.. a t g ha c t P ties of insanity. Mr. John Wrentmore, surgeon, on being called to attend deceased he ' found cii stated that the bed; there was a bottle by his side which hatTc lying oat morphia. The usual antidotes were administered,° contained n never rallied, and, sinking gradually, he expired at about e half-past one on the following morning. The jury,after short consultation, returned the subjoined verdict "Tha a t the deceased died from the effect of morphia, but in what state of mind he was at the time he took it there was not sufficient evidence before the jury to enable them to decide. Lord Alvanley is improving in health at Bath. ANECDOTE OF LOUIS PHILLIPPE.—On Friday, while the King was stopping to change horses at Essonne, on his way back from Fontainebleau, an elderly woman, rushing through the escort at the risk of being trodden to death by the horses, reached the door of the royal carriage, and, being seen by his Majesty, presented to him a small piece of paper, which he received. The carriage immediately afterwards drove on, but a very short time had elapsed before an orderly officer returned, and delivered to M. Cullion, sub-prefect of Corbeil, who had been in waiting for the King, the pool woman's petition, in which were several pieces of gold, which were immediately delivered over to her. The petition stated that she was a travelling pedlar, who had fallen sick at a public. house, and incurred a debt of Bf., which she could not pay, and as a guarantee for which the publican bad de tained her dog, who was her only companion and friend. The fact was, she owed the publican 18f., but she had 10fr. in her purse, and she could not, she said, deceive the King by asking for more than she actually wanted to pay het debt. It is gratifying to add that the sub-prefect of Corbeil ascertained that the woman bore an excellent character.— G alignani. THE OBSTINATE BARBER.—We mentioned to out readers, some weeks ago, that the whole of the pile of old buildings at the upper end of John-street and Prince's-street was to be immediately pulled down, and that a beautiful edifice, to be devoted to business purposes, was to be reared on the site. The tenants of tile re pective houses were settled with, and they quitted the premises forthwith, all save one, an unflinching barber, who occupies a little shot at the ccrner of John-street. The demolition of the pre mises has gone on from day to day, but the barber remain:, fizied as his poles, for he has two of them elevated as em blems of that rigidity of determination on which CHsar prided himself when he spoke of the north star as emblematic of his resolution. The houses have been tumbled to heaps of rubbish, and four stories have been taken from above his head, but the barber has stood unmoved amidst the fall of rafters, the wreck of gables, and the crash of bricks. Thought his cabin has smoked like an Esquimaux hut from the stoppage of his chimney, though clouds of pul verised mortar have swept past his doorway, and his shop. now reduced to a hut, is scarcely, save in front, to be distinguished from the masses of ruin to which it apper tains, still the barber has not been induced to strick his poles. Thus, like the banners of Macbeth, which flouted the sky to the last, they project forth, as if in defiance of the ut most havoc that bricklayers' labourers can effect. All this valiant resistance is worthy of a better cause. The barber when he heard that the tenements were sold, and that the site would be wanted, set the purchaser at defiance, held his shop as a fief to which he was entitled without doing homage. and now is determined not to quit without compensation. An. off N‘ er, • • e are it.formed has been made to him, which he refuses to acc hich are ept, and, in return, he has named his terms, plied with. deemed so exorbitant that they cannot be com plied upon suluethbarber has held out till not one brick re mains What will be the n e save those which compose his own walls. that early this sxt move we known not, but we under standand change his quartesrvse.ek _lie will be constrained to yield ASYLUM FUR ALE i. er 1 news.—Gri Thursday at poor. ORPHANS, WESTMINSTER • of the above excellent noon Court of the Guar diansroom of the institution, to was held in the Board quarter ; Mr. Williams in the chair. t4T e report for the past presented, which showed that a bequest o rp l o o r o las h l a n d g i lr e e en n given to the asylum by a lady of the name of anes and 5001. had been invested in the Three per Cents., a motion was submitted that a guardian giving a donation of 25() guineas should be entitled to the presentation of a child to the institution during the life of the donor, exclusive of any other benefit. The Rev. Mr. Curling observed that he wished to know whether ha would be entitled to any vote? The Chairman said that he would not. Mr. Forrester proposed an amendment that that the donor he allowed 10 votes. The Chairman put the question, when the amendment was lost by a large majority, and the report was received and gored : Thanks were then voted to the Chairmanond the Court bra" llit, A THE SUN, LONDON,_ SATURDAY yIORNI N -G-, JULY 4,1 1846. LONDON AND PARIS FA HIONS FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, Jt:LY 2, 1846. GREAT MEETING of the LEAGUE. FOR JULY. :MORNING DRESSES, made in foulards, poll de chevre gris de lin. ecru, or penissiere (dust colour), are the most worn ; they are relieval with rich fancy gymp trim mings of green or blue. Venetian silks are also a favourite material ; the frillings with which they are trimmed being cut, and gradually separating from the waist to the edge of the skirt. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel H enr y I)espard, of the 99th Foot, and Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Henry Wynyard, of the 58th Foot, to be Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 3. The following is a farther list of non-commissioned officers and privates of the Queen's army, killed in the recent battles on the Sutlej. or who have subsequently died of wounds re ceived in those actions : A meeting of the General Council of the League was held on Thursday, at the Town-hall, Manchester, " for the purpose of considering what course the League shall take, now that the Bill for the repeal of the corn-laws has received Hie royal assent." Mr. George Wilson, Chairman of the League, presided on the occasion. Among those pre sent were, Mr. Richard Cobden, M.P., Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr. W. Brown, of Liverpool, the new candidate for South Lancashire, in the place of Lord Francis Egerton ; Mr. W. Rawson, Treasurer of the League ; Mr. W. B. Wat kins, Mayor of Manchester; Mr. W. R. Callender, Mr. J. Mellor, Liverpool ; Mr. W. Bickham, Mr. Henry Ashworth, Turton ; Mr. W. R. Greg, Mr. Duffour Dubergier, the Mayor of Bordeaux ; Mr. W. Hargreaves, Milnthorpe ; Mr. G. Thomas, Bristol; Mr. C. Thomas, Bristol; Mr. W. Tottie, Bristol; Mr. J. Molineux, Liverpool ; Mr. W. Evans, Manchester ; Mr. T. Woolley, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. A. Prentice, Mr. P. A. Taylor, Mr. J. Finch, Liverpool ; Mr. C. Rawdon ; Mr. J. Harvey, Mr. R. Mather, Mr. John Mather, Mr. Thomas Mather, Mr. Glynn Abbott, Holywell ; Mr. W. Rathbone, Liverpool; Mr. John Cheetham, Staleybridge ; Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. Thomas Thomasson, Bolton ; Mr. W. A. Wil kinson, London, &c. The CHAIRMAN said, Gentlemen, I have no doubt that all EVENING DRESSES are composed of gauze lisse, pink or blue, and trimmed with Pompadour fringes placed at the edge of the flounces ; also those made of the tissu diaphane, decorated with two broad lace flounces ; the corsage a la grecque, without the epaulettes ; the short sleeves being cut in such a form as to take th place of them ; the flounces are caught up, or raised on each side, with broad satin ribbon ascending up each side, and m•-eting at the waist, the loner end being confined by a tuft of roses. _ _ 29th Foot—Pierce Ambler, John Barry James Beaumont; Richard Bentley, Charles Beresford, Michael Blackburn, William Blazer, William Box, George Boyce, Wiliam Boardman, Isaac Bobbin, Benjamin Broom head, Joseph Brown, John Burrell (alias W. Holmes), Peter Callan, C. Challener, Andrew Colquhoun (corporal), Edward Courtnay, John Chapman, Charles Clee, Charles Copeman, James Corbett, Bernard Dailey, George Day, Patrick Dormodv, William Duckham, William Duncan, Patrick Dunphy, John Do naughey, James Drew, Jeffery Durston, Marma duke Davis, John Deeran, D an i e l D enn y, Charles Elvin, Abraham Ellender, Thomas Evans (corporal), Edward Fuller, Edmond Fitton, William Flood, Patrick Frayne, Frederick Green, Richard Green, William Guire, Thomas Goodier, William Gates, John Giles, George Green, Francis Greenway, Thomas Hadkinson, John L. Harter, John Ha3tewell, William Hahn, William Hearne, William Helum, David Hodglcinson, Jas. Harrison, Wm. Harrison, Wm. Head, Alexander Henry, Robert Hodder, John Hoolahan, James Holmes (sergeant), John Howlett, William Hunt, William Hill, Thomas Illingworth, Edward Johnson, John Jackson, Robert Jones, George Jubb, Matthew Kelly, Patrick Keelan, James Kehoe, Charles Kerle, Henry Lane, James Lewis, William Lord, James Locock, Thomas Langliarn, William Larner, Mathias Laugelin, John Marshall (colour sergeant), Patrick M'Anley, Matthew M•Kenny, John M'Crackin, John 11Plien, Thomas M'Manus, James Manhinny, Thomas Mellon, William Mullholland, Jeremiah Murphy, Patrick Nolan, J o hn Neal, Michael O'Connor, James O'Donnell, Robert Pitcher, John Parle (drummer), John Robert, Wm. Reading, Jas. Rice, Daniel Rice, Thomas Ryan, John Roebuck, Geo. Reed, Geo. Sands, William Saunders, William Sheldon, William Shelton, John Smith (sergeant), Charles Smith, John Smith, Michael Smith, Daniel Sullivan, George Sutton, Robert Scott, William Stanton, Hugh Stewart, Thomas Stewart, John Swaby (colour sergeant). James Teasdale (corporal), Joseph Toole, William Toms, Hugh Taggert, John Taylor. 29th Foot—James Warren, John Watts, Henry Webb, Robert Whinyates, Charles White, James Wier, George Wilkins (colour sergeant), Charles Withey (corporal), Henry Wilson, Winniford Winn, James Woodcut, Henry Watts, James Wason, James Weathers, John Webb, William Willis, John Wilson, George Watton, Thomas White. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 23. ANTorNETTE.—This is another novelty for out-door costume, and is made of silk of a French blue colour, forming a pelerine rotonde at the back, and a scarf in the front; the two ends are rather short, square, and caught in three folds upon each side of the waist; it is encircled with a broad lace, and the ends may be crossed or left ht liberty, allowing of the graceful contour of the shape being visible. I'AILLE A LA DUCIIEsSE. — This truly elegant fancy straw is generally lined with pink, and ornamented with a bouquet or bunch of shaded coloured down feathers; ribbons of the vert-saule colour are also much in use for the trimming_ of these kind of bonnets, with a bou quet of reine-Marguerites at the side. the members of the council who have received invitation to attend here this day, are prepared to expect that the specia business of this meeting will have reference to the course which this great organisation shall adopt, now that the chief purpose for which it was established is virtually accom plished.—(Bear, hear.) There will be submitted for your consideration resolutions which have engaged the anxious attention and consideration of the executive council. I would, by no means, have it for one moment supposed, that because they are so introduced and so recommended, it is' intended Capotes are now entirely composed of crepe, and covered with fulled tulle, decorated with choux of tulle and ribbon; or in lace of a light transparent texture, trimmed with a branch of leaves or roses; whilst others are made of Italian silk, in every description of colour. CAPS.—A very stylish and pretty little cap are those made of Royal Mechlin lace, the sides of which are or namented with a touffe formed of tulle ruche, put on straight, and having betwixt the plaiting small Queen's daisies, called the des reines Marguerites, so fixed as not to show any stem, and without foliage. For a morning cap, they are principally trimmed with broad Roy al Mechlin lace, and rather dark coloured gauze ribbons ; the form petit and round, the lace being put on nearly plain at the ears. DES SUEDOISES.—This description of pardessus is in tended to be worn over very thin dresses, in order to guard against the cool evening breezes, so frequent after such very hot days, more especially felt in the country, or sea-side places ; in form they do not reach below the waist, and are made of some very thick material, such as taffetas veloute, the damns Chine, or brocatelle ; the sleeves, which are demilongues are trimmed with black lace, and a broad black lace encircles the waist, falling over the light coloured skirt. SURTOUTS.—These are now principally composed of embroidered muslin, lined with pink or sky-blue silk, high in the back, and opn in the front, and a pelerine, which forms facings to the front; rounded basques, trim med with lace; the sleeves large at the lower part, and raised with bows of ribbon. to restrict the opinions of any gentlemen, members of the council, who may entertain different opinions, or who are disposed to discuss the propriety of the course which we propose for your consideration, but that on this, as on all previous occasions, the fullest and freest discussion is invited by the members of the executive council, from those of the general governing body.—(Hear, hear.) I rejoice, as I am confident all members of this association must do, that we meet no longer to sharpen our weapons, or to prepare to concentrate our forces for another attack upon that absurd system of legislation which has for seven years in vited our especial opposition. The corn monopoly, thanks to the last Bill which has passed the Legislature, has now its days dated and numbered. Although, prhaps, if the League had been invited to prepare that measure, or if they had been consulted on its preparation, they would not have allowed the prolongation of its existence for a single day, yet, as provision has been made for its final extinc tion in 1849, as during the time intervening all its horrors will be removed, we propose to take a common sense view of the subject, and discuss it as if it was altogether done away with.—( Hear, hear.) It is due, then, to ourselves and to the public who have intrusted us with such unlimited authority for the last seven years, that we should inquire whether, in the administration of their affairs, we have ever violated a single pledge, or departed, on one single occasion, from the principles which it was our duty to support and lay before them.—( Hear. ) We all know that the only restrictive provisions of our organisation were these :—that we should seek on all occasions the total and unconditional abolition of the corn-laws, and that we. should seek it peacefully, legally, and constitutionally ; that, on the one hand, all men who joined this association should join it, knowing that they should be privileged from being dragged into the consideration of any other question, and that, in doing se, they should be free from penal and legal responsibility. Now, perhaps, if we were called upon to defend ourselves, we might say, What other question has the League touched or interfered with? And I might ask, What man has suffered penal or legal conse quences from becoming a member of this association ? But as it will only take a few moments to show you, that from the first we have adhered to our principles, I propose, in a few words, to show you the means we have made use of, and leave you to judge whether they have been such as are likely, with-the least delay, to secure the accomplishment of our object. We all know the origin of the League —we all know that at a meeting in September, 1838, held in this town, at which that accomplished gentleman, Dr. Bowring, was pre sent, a number of gentlemen resolved to form an Anti-Corn law Association—that that association grew larger and larger, extending its influence. Shortly after its formation the merchants, traders, and manufacturers of Manchester held a meeting near this place, and there voted for the pur pose of supporting the Manchester Anti-Corn-law Associa tion 3,000/., which was afterwards increased to 6,0001. Thus armed the Anti-Corn-law Association convened a meeting of delegates from all parts of the kingdom ; they assembled in Manchester, and resolved to form an Anti Corn law Asso ciation throughout the kingdom. The delegates returned home, empowered by the meeting in Manchester to convene a meeting in London in February, 1839. Those meetings took place, and then it was resolved by the merchants, traders, and delegates there assembled, to petition Par liament that thy might present evidencs at the bar of the House of Commons. Mr. Villiers made a motion to that effect. The petitioners were Mr. Greg, Mr. J. 13. Smith, and others ; the motion was negatived, and the delegates separated. A month elapsed, when they were again invited to meet at Palace-yard. They met. Mr. Villiers brought forward a resolution, inviting the House to agree to the formation of a committee for the consideration of the abo lition of the corn-laws. That motion was again negatived; whereupon the delegates assembled, and there and then re solved, at the suggestion of Mr. Cobden, to form this asso ciation which we have now met to dissolve: They voted that its head-quarters should be at Manchester, and that for the sake of communicating with its members and intro ducing notices of all its proceeding to the public, an Anti- Corn Law Circular should be established, the first number of which was published in April, 1839. Thus armed, the executive council at once proceeded to work. We engaged lecturers, sent them throughout the country, they held meetings and discussions ; they were interrupted, but they always conquered. Thus the Anti-Corn-Law Association was formed throughout the country, and at the end of 1839 upwards of 100 towns joi :ed the Anti-Corn-law Asso ciation. Our course of proceedings during that year was simply confined to lectures, the distribution of the stamped publications, and public meetings. In 1840, we commenced those large assemblies fur which Manchester has been since so famow. In January of that year there was erected on the spot that is now occupied by the site of the Free Trade Hall, a pavilion, where on the 13th a public dinner was given, at which 4,000 of the members and friends of the association were present ; and on the 14th, 5,000 operatives. Delegates attended that meeting from all carts of the king dom. At the meeting on the 14th the delegates resolved again to assemble in London, at the opening of the Parlia ment : they met in London, when Mr. Villiers again brought forward his motion. The debate closed without a division. The delegates separated and returned home, and made their reports to those who had delegated them. In March of the same year they again assembled at Brown's Hotel, Palace yard. Mr. Villiers again brought forward the resolution, and it was negatived by a large majority. The delegates again separated, resolving to adopt other means for insuring the success of this great agitation. To the end of 1840 few changes took place, our proceedings being confined to lectures and the distribution of publications ; but in November, 1840, the delegates again met, and voted confidence in the execu tive council, and recommended us further to proceed. In 1841, as you all know, Lord John Russell gave notice of his resolution for wheat to be admitted at a duty of Bs., and other things in proportion. A dissolution took place, and our question went before the country. The monopolists throughout the counties gained their elections. During that election we were numerically worse than we were in the pre vious Parliament, but there was sent to Parliament one ally to Mr. Villiers, whose return was worth a score of those we had lost during the election.—(Hear, hear.) Previous to the meeting of Parliament, and well knowing the great majority against the League, we applied for aid to those who, in the times of privation and distress, had shown it to be their special duty to attend to the wants and privations of the poor, the Dissenting ministers; and inJuly of that year there was held for four days, an assembly of men which, I am prepared to say, speaking the opinions of all who had the privilege of listening to their discussions, has never yet been equalled on any other subject in this country. Parliament met; the Ministers were defeated; Sir R. Peel was restored to power; they were proposing to separate without the slightest consi deration of the relaxation of the corn duties, when a meeting was held in this hall in September, to protest against the prorogation of Parliament until the subject of the corn-laws had been again considered. A deputation was appointed by that meeting to wait upon Sir R. Peel, and to him was con veyed the resolutions they had passed. Thus was finished 1841. Most in Parliament were hostile to us ; we had only a few who sympathised with the principles of the League. In the House of Commons we had two able men, who were prepared on all occasions to discuss this question; and it was discussed, and the benefits arising from the discussion consequent upon the dissolution are such as will form an era in the agitation of this question.—(Hear, hear.) The winter of 1841 now exhibited an increasing amount of distress, suffering, and privation, and then for the first time the ladies of this and the principal towns in England met together and agreed to canvass from house to house and door to door, to promote a memorial to her Majesty, humbly imploring her to instruct her Ministers to bang in a Bill for the relief of the distressed community. In the depth of winter, in this town, the ladies who were not otherwise engaged in behalf of the bazaar, canvassed and obtained upwards of 100,000 sig natures to their memorial. They did more in 1842 ; they had a bazaar in the Theatre Royal, Manchester, from which was netted, for the use of the League, during the succeeding year, a sum greater than the revenue of the League for any previous year, amounting to 100,0001. Thus armed, we com menced the year 1842. As before, our principal movements were petitions, lectures, and publications; but in the com mencement of 1842, Sir R. Peel brought forward another amended sliding-scale. The delegates were then met in London, and they denounced this sliding-scale; a meeting was convened in Manchester for the same purpose; it was there denounced, and the principles of the League were voted to be the only principles upon which a good Bill could be framed, and in every town this principle of the repeal of the Corn-laws was introduced without opposition. Mr. Villiers then brought in a measure for the first time, proposing that all duties upon the importation of foreign corn should then cease and determine. It was rejected, 395 voting against it, and 92 for it, leaving 303 majority against total repeal. Follow ing this, came the disturbances, to which I will not refer be yond this, that every attempt was made in that critical time by the monopolists to connect the League with the promotion of that disturbance. It is due to the League to say, that it suspended none of its ordinary meet ings in consequence; it is due to the League to say, that im mediately after that it commenced its weekly meetings— those meetings which have since formed so important a move ment in the promotion of this object. In 1842 we closed, having made little progress in Parliament, and under the persuasion that other measures must be used forthwith, in the commencement of the new Parliament, to induce the Legislature to adopt our principle. At the end of 1842 we again met, and resolved to hold a weekly meeting. We re solved, on a review of the previous session. to distribute in formation much more freely, especially among the farmers and farm labourers; and we resolved, for the purpose of the coming agitation, that a sum of five times the amount of the previous subscription should be asked for, namely, 50,0001. The weekly meetings became more important and were removed to the Corn-Exchange, and then was erected that building which now stands a monument of the energy of the men who conduct the League—the Free Trade Hall. —(Loud cheers.) 50,0001. was a large sum to collect in those days, without the object for which it was asked being especially explained to those who contributed. For that purpose, and at the invitation of the principal merchants and influential persons in almost every town in the country, Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright visited, assisted by Colonel Thompson and Mr. Moore, all the large towns of Scotland, and most of the large towns of England, and received con tributions, which flowed in, exceeding our expectation. — (Loud cheers.) We opened the Free Trade Hall in January, 1843, announcin4 that 44 4 0004 bad been collected. We then Corps of Royal Marines—Sergeant Major W. Ruston to be Quartermaster. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 25. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant G. Webb to be First Lieutenant, vice Whiting, to half-pay ; Sergeant Major N. Austin to be Quartermaster. Commissions by the Queen. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain J. E. M. Kyrie to be Adjutant, April 27. First Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Captain H. Townshend, late of the 88th Foot, to be Adjutant, May 6. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Captain E. Lavie to be Adjutant, vice Smyth, who retires, June 12. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. LE CHALE-ECIIARPE.—This light and elegant style of drapery is made of a light material, such as tulle, and lined with silk; it is made very long, and round at the back, closing a pans upon the front, and encircled with two rows of lace and embroidered inlet. The lion. John C. W. Vivian to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 25. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. George Hornsby, builder, late of Amble, now of Lesbury, Northumberland. FASHIONABLE COLOURS for the present month are still of a light hue, both for morning and afternoon cos tume. For the former, we see the ecrue, Nankin, re lieved with patterns in red, green, or lilac; different shades of green, lilac, blue, and rose colour, are also greatly in favour for afternoon toilette; white predomi nating for evenirg dress.— if orld of Fashion. BANKRUPTS. Michael Goodale, builder, Middlesex, to surrender July 14, at eleven, and August 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptey. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Keighley, Basinghall-street. William Rouse, baker, Neptune-street, Rotherhithe, July 14 and August 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Oliver, Old Jewry. Alfred Samuel 1011, grocer, Norwich, July 14, at half-past twelve, and August 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Abbott and Wheatley, Roll's. yard, Chancery-lane; Miller and Son. Norwich. Joseph Lord, tanner, Sheffield, July 17, and August 7, at eleven, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London; Rinney, Sheffield. _ _ _ THE MAYOR OF BORDEAUX.—Those who have taken any interest in the progress of the free-trade move ment in France will know that that country does not possess a more earnest and thorough free-trader than the present Mayor of Bordeaux, M. Duflbur. Dubergier. This gentleman, being in England, has been attracted to Manchester by the present triumphant position of the principles of commercial freedom ; and yesterday he spent some time in the offices of the Anti-Corn-law League, where he had interviews with several of the principal members of the council of the League, amongst others with Mr. Cobden, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. Henry Ashworth, &c. ; and by Mr. Cobden and Mr. Thomas Bagley, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, was introduced to his worship. The Mayor of Manchester and the Mayor of Bordeaux were mutually introduced, and the latter expressed the gratification he derived from a visit to Manchester at so auspicious a moment. M. Duffour, we believe, was educated in England, and speaks English with considerable fluency. We see by the London papers, that amongst 14 gentlemen named as intended to be promoted to the dignity of Peers of France on the 6th July there are two Mayors—those of Bordeaux and Lisle ; and by those who are qualified to judge, it is said that the elevation of M. Duffour to the Upper Chamber of France will give great satisfaction to his fellow-citizens, and to the friends of free trade throughout France.—Manch ester Guardian. BA.RBADOES.—A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.—Three children and their mother were poisoned on the 30th of April by eating of cassava (jatropa manihos), not properly prepared. The cassava had been sliced since the 6th of March, and dried, but the whole of the watery poison would not appear to have evaporated. On the 30th of Aprl some was prepared in a farinaceous state, made into cakes, and eaten by the family at breakfast. At three o'clock one of the children died, and the other two in the course of the evening. Hopes were entertained of the mother's recovery. The roots of the cassava, if eaten raw or improperly treated, are poisonous to man and animals ; but when properly pre pared by heat they yield a valuable article of food, forming a principal article of subsistence to the Indian and European . . John Senior, common brewer, Salford, Lancashire, July 15, and August 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gre gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Claye, Thompson, and Welsh, Manchester. John Davis, Miller, Broadway, Worcestershire, July 14, at twelve, and Aug. 7. at eleven, at the Birminghom District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chetham, Stockport ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Wilton Wood. rope-manufacturer, July 15, and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bartlett's-buildings, London ; Bell, Liverpool. James Irvine, ironmonger, Liverpool, July 9 and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool N or ris, Allen, and Simpson, L on d on; Thompson, Liverpool. James Dent, cloth merchant, Huddersfield, July 14 and Aug. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Chancery-lane, Lon don ; Floyd, Huddersfield. . _ PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending June 30, 1846, is 365. 9: 3 / 4 d. per cwt. [Dividends, &c., in our Next]. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 2. inhabittints of South America. But, though the juice'is a quick and mortal poison, the antidote is always at hand, being nothing more than clay, or common earth and water. ROYAL THANES YACHT CLUB —Thursday evening the monthly meeting of the above club was held at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, Lord A. Paget (the commodore) pre siding. The treasurer read the financial report from April to 30th June, which showed a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 574/. 13s. 4d. A motion was unanimously car ried that 3001. of the balance should be invested in the Three STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Staffordshire, 44 p.— South Devoa, 33,—York and North Midland, East and West lading Extet.sion, 125 y. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2 NEW STOCK EXCIIANOE.-Although the amount of business done la the Share Market is still extremely limited, yet rather snore confi dence is manifested by holders; and hopes are entertained that the long inactivity which has prevailed will be succeeded by a steady ex change at increasing values. The improvement in the Derby and Crewe, the North Staffordshire, and the West Riding Union schemes is considerable, and a good deal of scrip has changed hands at the enhanced rates. The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 p.-Bliningliam and Oxford, % p.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, % dis.--Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, p.-Derby and Crewe, 3s. 9d. p.-Eastern Counties, 24 1 ,8-Ditto, York Extension, 21s. p.-Grand Junction, 224-Ditto, Quarters, New, 29' p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5% p.-Huddersfield, Bradford, and Halifax, 2 t4 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 7s. dis. -Liver pool and Bury, New, p. -Liverpool', Ormskirk, and Preston, 18s. 6d. p.-Lonon and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 234 p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (A), 10 p.-Ditto, ditto (B), 10 p.-Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2% p.-Manchester, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. p.-North British. Carlisle, p.-North Staffordshire, 78s. 9d. p.-North Western, S p.-Sheffield and Manchester, No. 3 (late Barnsley), 1 p.-Shrop shire Union and Canal, 265. Gd. dis.-South-Eastern, New Hall Shares, 1 p.-West Riding Union, 7s. 6d. p.-Caledonian, Hall Shares, 1% dis.-Dundee and Perth, Gs. Gd. p. MANCHESTER, JULY 2. STOCK Excaarrax.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 1-16 p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 16s. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 dis.--Derby and Crewe, , N p.- Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 214 p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 14 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2% p.- Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1-16 p.-Londonand Birmingham, Quarters, 2634 p.-London and York, 1 dis.-Manchester, Buxtort„ Matlock, and Midland, % c. p.-Manchester and Birmingham). Quarters (B), 9 15-16 p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 9 p.-Manchester find Leeds Extension, 2% p.-North Eastern, 1% dis.-North Stafford shire, 3 15-16 p.- Oldham, Birkenhead, &e., 16s. dis.--Freston and Wyre, 30 M -Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, Is. dls.- Shrews bury and Birmingham, 1-16 c. p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves,No. 4, 'A P•--WeltP•--Weltßiding Union, 2 7-16 p.-York and Carlisle, 1% dis. LEEDS, JULY 2. STOcit EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 235. 6d. p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5% cash p.-Leeda and Bradford, 37 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 2X, p.-Manchesteir and Leeds Extensions, 21. Hs. p.-Midland, New, 14 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, lb% p.-Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 9 p.- Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 15s. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 4/. Is. 3d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. Gd. dia.-Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.- Liverpool, Crmskirk, and Preston, 17s. 6d. p.- London and York, 245. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, an''. M i dlan d, % p. -Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, N dis.- North Staffordshire, 4 p.-North Western, 4s. p.-Oxford, Wane!". and Cheltenham, 19s. dis.-WeLsh Midlands, 275. dis.-West Riding Union, 41. 98. per Cent. Consols. A letter was read from the British Con sul at Cadiz, intimatirg that from a communication received from the director of customs at Madrid, that the Spanish Government had consented to grant the same privilekes in respect to all Spanish ports to the Royal Thames‘ Yacht Club as were already enjoyed by the Royal Yacht Squadron. MR. COBDEN.—Mr. Cobden will not engage in any public business whatever for the next twelve months or more. He remained in London to vote on the Corn Bill, though advised, for the sake of his own health, by his per sonal friends, and the friends of the Corn Bill not to do so, and has now left London entirely for the present year. Writing to a gentleman in London from Manchester on the 28th of June, he says :—" I have left town for the session; and for a year, at least, the claims of private duties, and the necessary attention to my health, will prevent my taking any part in public life." When it is borne in mind by those who know, and told to those who do not know, that Mr. Cobden has a very large printing establishment, which hae been created by himself; by his close per sonal attention to it ; and that it is a busi ness requiring close attention. more than most others in existence, it regulating, and being regulated by, the fashions of the day—the female fashions—it being an embodiment of the most complex elements in chemistry and mechanics ever producing something new, ever in need of new designs, always exploring in unknown nature for new discoveries—when it is borne in mind, that the industrial genius and personal superintendence of Mr. Cobden have advanced his establishment to its present magnitude, it may be easily perceived that the time he has devoted to the public service has been a greater sacrifice than any other public man has made. His private affairs may have not been ne glected, but one thing is sure, that had he always been a public man, leaving the Chorley print works to the manage ment of a deputy, the Chorley print works never would have been what they are. Mr. Cobden is not a politician by profession. He is a calico printer, and has only been drawn into political life by a great national necessity, and he returns to his business the moment the necessity is over.—Ackeertiser. A WOMAN FILLED BY HER HUSBAND, AT HER OWN REQUEST.—The following curious case of murder occurred lately in a small village in Wurtemberg :—Adam Gayring, shepherd, a man sixty-tour years of age, of honest and up right dealings, loved and respected by all who knew him, presented himself on the Bth instant, before the authorities at Heidenheim, and stated calmly that he had just killed his wife. His declaration was immediately taken, as fol lows:—" My wife," he said, " as every one knows, has been suffering for a long time from illness, and at times the pains she had to endure were such as to affect her reason ; she latterly gave up all hopes of recovery, and continually repeated, that not only was life a torment to her, but that she feared that if I died before her, she would be reduced to misery. This morning, after we had read together the 4th chapter of the Book of Judges (they were devout people and read the Bible every day), she requested me to drive a nail into her temple, as Jael did to Sisera, as such a death seemed to her bort and easy, and would put an end to her sufferings; she said she forgave me beforehand for the act, of which she absolved me before God and man. A nail she said would not cause a great hemorrhage, and would make but a slight wound. As soon as lam dead,' she added, you can close the wound, put me on a clean cap, and no one will know anything at all about it.' After long resistance (continued Gayring) I gave way to the wishes of my wife. I took a nail and began to drive it into her left temple with a hammer, but the nail was too weak, and the point, instead of entering, flattened itself on the bone. I then took a small drill, but was equally unsuccess ful. My wife grew impatient, and requested me to kill her at once with the hammer, which I did accordingly, by knocking in the skull. The body of my wife is at my house, where you can examine it at your leisure "—The magisti ate immediately proceeded to the house with a medical man, and Gayring under a strong guard. They found the body dressed upon the bed. On the left temple there were two wounds, and the right side of the skull was knocked in as low down as the temple. Beside the bed was a table on which was a bible, the nail, drill, and hammer alluded to. On the ground was a basin of water, in which the murderer, according to his own declaration, washed his hands before presenting himself to the authorities. Gayring is now in prison ; he is perfectly calm, and convinced that he acted well in fulfilling the wishes of his wife by putting an end to her sufferings. Some Wurtemberg papers state that the inhabitants of the village of Gussenstadt, where the mur der was committed, left their work as soon as they heard of the murder, and spent the day in the church, fasting and praying for the soul of the departed. MOST REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—Last June, says the Kingston (Canada) Chronic/e, a man named Edmund Dou gan, residing on lot 17, in 4th concession of the township of Nottawasaga, in the county of Simcoe, discovered on the lot Ile occupies a sunken hole in the earth, having the resem blance of a small pond of water, or low fen. It was situated on a rising ground in the forest which he was engaged in clearing, preparatory to cultivation. The roots of the trees had spread over the marsh, and many of considerable thick ness were cut away by the occupant of the lot and his assis tants. Dougan's son on stooping down to drink out of the hole discovered some bones in it, which caused a further ex amination, which ultimately led to the discovery of a very large Quantity of human bones, including between five hundred and six hundred human sculls l They also found about 401bs. of brass; several brass kettles, in a decayed state, and several hatchets. In about a month after the occurrence above narrated a similar hole was discovered by Mr. William Thompson on the third lot in the same con • cession and township, which, being examined by Mr. Thomp son and his neighbours, was found to contain eleven copper kettles, each of which would hold about nine pails of water. Eight of the kettles were found as perfect as when made, and the other three were much ccrroded. In this hole was also discovered ten or a dozen sea shells, and a large quantity of pipeclay buttons. The holes are situate about one mile and a half from each other, with the north branch of the NQtawasafa River dividing them. SHEFFIELD, JULY 2. STOCK EXciIANGE.-The sales are-York and North Midland Ex tension, 34%- East Lancashire, 3% p.-Grimsby and Sheffield Ex tension, 275. 6d. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6d. dis - Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 20s. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 14s. 6d. dis.-North Staffordshire, 31. 185. p.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 75.6 d. dis. HULL, JULY 2. STocK Excrwmz.-The sales are-North British, Carlisle Branch, 335.-Bandon and Bantry, N.-Chelmsford and Bury, II s. East Coast, 165.-Hull and Lincoln, 19 s . 6d.-Leicester and Bedford, 165.-Leicester and Tamworth, 245.-London and York, 295.-North Western, 275.-North Staffordshire, 61. 33.-South Midland, 14s. dis. -Welsh Midland, 235.-West Riding Union, 4/. 13s. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 18s. p.-Great North of England, 151. Shares, 16s. p.-Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, 235. dis.-West Riding Union, 2% p.- York and Carlisle, 1% dis. YORK, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 11. 12s. —London and York, 14—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2/. 14s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 25—New castle and Darlington, New, 97( 9 —North British, Carlisle Exten sion, 11. 13s.—North Staffordshire, 61 4 —North Western, I w —Welsh Midland. IL 3s.—West Riding Union, 41 I Is. 6d.—York and North Midland Extension, 34—Ditto (East and West Riding Exension), 11/. 16s. 3d. . _ _ GLASGOW, JULT I. Broca EXCIIANGE.—The sales 'are—Caledonian Extension, 30s. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 20s.—Clydesdale Junction, 171.—Cornwall and Devon Central, 295.--Direct Northern, 2Gs. Gd.—East of Fife, 22s,—East Indian Railway, 9s. 9d.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 43s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. 9d.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ard rossan, 345.—Gl asgow Harbour Mine ral, 27s.—M anc hester and Southampton , 25/I.—Scottish Central, 265. 6d. ottish Grand Junction, 149.—South Mid land, d. auntless, Putt, C ey l on; LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JULY 3.—Win d S.W., moderate breese, and fine. DIAL, JULY 2.—Wind W . to W.S.W.— Arrd. Her me li n , Crenholm, Bahia, and sail ed for the Baltic ; Comet, Paraiba; Hercules, Madigan, New Yor k, and both sailed for Antwerp ; Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick ;Heart of O a k, St o k er, A A I r i r r d a .from ; t lie u n r i i N u - e s ; Q and ), mmetrY, Newf oun dl an d . Eclipse, Davis, Madeira; N orthumberlan d , Griswold, New York. Put back, Helen , for Demeraa ; A p ol lo , for Quebec. ue bec sailed, ; S D OFF BRIGHTON, JULY 2.—London, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE so.—Arrd. John Thompson, Bad cock, Quebec. Sld. Ju l y 1, Tweed steamer, West Indies; Forth steamer, West Indies. OF. FALMOUTH, JULY I.—Hermann, Baltimore. B RI STOL, JULY L_Arrd. C hina, Turnb ull , Quebec. NEWPORT, JULY 2.—Sld. ), Victor . , Smith, Hong -K ong ; Norwegian, Stewart. St. Thomas ' s. MILFORD, JULY I.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Mary Ann Henry, Crick, Cienfuegos ; Richmond, Stanbury, Q uebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Fairfield, Abbott, Jamaica ; St. Patrick, Proal, New York ; Marmion, Edwards, ditto sld. 14th ult. ; John, Lyltn, St. Andrew' New Brunswick. SW. 2, Jane Prowse, Nicholls, Hong-Kong; Anna Henderson, Coule, Calcutta ; Varian' Lang, ditto; Blair, Moody, Bombay' ; Anglesea, , Rio Janeiro ; Mary Queen of Scots, Kelley, Pernambuco ; Swordfish, Green, ditto; Sisters, Vickers, Jamaica; American, Williams, Baltimore ; ; Ch es ter, Carver, New York. n Constitution Neill, Staten Island ; L o oshlank, Thain , St. Andrew's, New Bruns wick; Sir Charles Napier, St. Ste p h ens; Junior, Quebec. MORTALITY OF TUE METROP O LIS.__Ti Ie total num ber (lurn the week of deaths regied in e metropoli s ending Saturday, ster June 27, th was 890. Of this i number,, 834 were from disease, allowing an increase in the number of deaths from disease, as compared with the preceding week, of 55. THE BITE OF AN ADDER.—Thursday afternoon, as Miss Bannister, a young lady residing in Quebec- stmet, \ Montague-square, was crossing the field s between Vest-end, Hampstead, and the Swiss Cott a g e, Regent's p ar k, s h e w as stung by an adder above the right ancle. On reaching home. the limb began to swell in an alarming manner; surgical as sistance was obtained, the part cut out, and the wound cauterised, &c., but she is considered in Tr eat danger. S U 14' commenced a most important year. We resolved to adjourn our ordinary meetings of the council for a month to London ; also the weekly meetings. We then commenced at the Crown and Anchor; thence we proceeded to Freemasons' Hall ; and then, invited by that distinguished man, Mr. Macready, took possession of Drury-lane Theatre. From week to week meetings were there held ; our tract distribu tors were at work, traversing hill and dale, delivering to every elector in the register a packet of tracts, containing an exposition of our principles; and, over and beyond this, the first broadside was given to the agricultural monopolists by Mr. Cobden announcing his intention of holding a series of agricultural meetings. These meetings were continued, and with one questionable exception, in 31 or 32 open county meetings, the monopolists, on their own ground, were over come and defeated.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We thus closed the year 1143 . We had lectured the people •, deputa tions had waited upon Government; petitions had been presented to the Ministers; information was spread widely and freely to the people ; and at our county meetings we had every one, save one, declared in our favour. We have made a report to our constituents, and then we proposed that which they at once conceded, that the fund to be collected for the next year should be 100,0001. It was agreed upon at a meeting held in this room, and presided over by Mr. Greg, when 12,0001. was given at one collection. It was afterwards increased to 20,0001. I shall not go over a de tailed history of our proceedings for 1844 ; they were in almost all respects similar to those of 1845—public meetings, agricultural meetings, lectures, and the distribution of pub lications; nor shall I refer to the proceedings of the League during 1845, because they were in all respects, save the agricultural meetings, of the same character as those of 1844. Nor will I refer for one moment to that extraordinary exhibition of man's ingenuity and woman's devotion, the Anti. Corn-law Bazaar, which was held for 21 days in the Theatre Royal Covent-garden. But in order, after having educated the country, that we might bring all the influences of the past agitation to bear on the Legislature, we projected the last and greatest movement—the registration.—(Cheers.) I may say of that movement, much as it has been objected to, that every vote which has been acquired, according to the suggestions laid down by the League, has been pronounced, when presented for the consideration of the Lord Chief Justice, good in every respect—(Hear, hear)—that the de sire and disposition of the operatives, or others who may seek to possess the franchise, has been said by the same eminent authority to be laudable and commendable.—(Cheers.) I have thus gone over the principal plans pursued by the League; they were confined to a few leading operations; it is for you to judge whether those operations are such as should entitle any man to say they were at variance with the princi ples on which this League was established,', or in any respect other than legal, peaceful, and constitutional.—(Hear, and cheers.) It has been a glorious thing, that, to the men of Manchester, and to those of other large towns, who have connected themselves with the League, the country is mainly indebted for the abolition of the corn-laws. It would have been glorious to have carried our flags over the heads of our hostile opponents to victory; but surely it is more glorious, more desirable, to see our forces recruited, and our armies lei, by men who, all their lives, and up to the present mo ment, have opposed the abolition of the corn-laws—(Hear, hear)—and that the flag of free trade should wave in peaceful triumph over the _heads of a reconciled and un it e d people.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN—If this were a meeting for any other purpose than that of business, in the strictest sense of the word, I am quite sure that I should feel more embarrassed at meeting you on this occasion than I have done at any previous time ; for feeling myself almost oppressed with the consciousness of the importance of the events we have been passing through lately, and of the great interest which is involved in the pre sent meeting, I am sure I could not do justice to the feelings which are now affecting me. We are met here on the present occasion as a:meeting of the council of the League. We have, in the working of this body, as you are aware, an executive committee of gentlemen living in Manchester, and also the council of the League, consisting of the subscribers of 501. and upwards. The executive council of the League have called you, the council, together, for the purpose of taking your opinion as to the course we shall now pursue ; and I think the importance of that question is such that I shall confine myself as strictly as possible to business details in what I have to say, because I do not wish to prevent many gentle men who have come from distant parts having the opportu nity of giving their advice and assistance on this occasion. The executive council of the League in Manchester have talked over the matter repeatedly, and are now prepared to submit their views; and as I may as well put you in posses sion of what the general purport of all the resolutions is, I will just explain the substance of the whole.—(Hear, hear.) We propose to recommend, not that the League sh a ll ab solutely dissolved in the strict sense of the word, and yet we propose to take such steps as amount to a virtual dissolution of the League, unless the protectionist party compel us again to revive our agitation. We propose to ask from you the authority and instruction to wind up and suspend the affairs of the League. We recommend that you should pass a re solution, absolving all those gentlemen who have put their names down to the large guarantee fund and paid their first instalment from any further liability. We propose that you shall pass a resolution, authorising the gentlemen in Man chester who have acted on the council of the League, in case they should see any serious efforts made by the monopolists to revive the system of protection, or to induce Parliament to retrace its steps, again to call the League into active exist ence. Gentlemen, we have thought that the course by which we shall fulfil our duty to the general body of subscribers, and likewise our pledges to the public. We have pledged ourselves not to retire from this agitation, or disband the League, until the corn-laws were totally and immediately abolished. We are therefore not competent to dissolve this League. At the same time I ought to say, that with reference to our practical operations, it would be exceedingly difficult to draw a line between a total suspension of the League and a partial suspension. If we continue active operations at all, it must be on a large scale and at an enormous expense. I do not think you can draw a distinction between 500/. a week and nothing. We have been spending, the last three years, at least 1,0001. a week. Under these circum stances, I think it is a fair practical question to consider what can be the object gained if we continue the active agitation of the League. In two years and a half the corn laws will be abolished by an Act now upon the statute book ; and suppose our efforts in agitation out of doors should be ever so successful, it is hardly possible that in less than two years and a half we should succeed in altering the law which now exists ; therefore I do not see that any practical good can result from continuing the agitation in any form whatever. Now, many people may say, " Are you sate in disbanding this great organization ; are you safe in taking off your uniform (if I may use th expression), or casting aside your weapons of moral warfare ? Will not the protectionists gain strength and confidence if they see you abandon the field ?" lam of opinion that there is no danger of anything of the kind. I look upon it that the mere boasting and vapouring of a few of the less wise part of the protec tionist party may be very well excused by us. It is quite , natural that men, who felt worsted in argument and in all the tactics of political acting during the last seven years, should console themselves with the promises of what they will do the next seven years. But I hold that you may as soon abolish Magna Charta, or do away with trial by jury, or repeal the Test and Corporation Act, or the Catholic Eman cipation Act, as ever re-enact protection as a principle in this country. Some people say we go back in this country—l maintain that we never go back after a question has been discussed and sifted as ours has —(Hear, hear.) You have never gone back in any of the great questions ; if settled once they have been settled altogether. People do say that we went back after the Reform Act was passed. I will tell you what we did. We got hold of a machine which we did not know how to use, and the proper use of which we are now learning, but we never went back. Nobody ever proposed the repeal of one enactment of the Reform Act. Therefore, having made friends everywhere, our minds should be at ease, and if we should see a Noble Lord or even a Noble Duke talking of what they will do, don't let your nervous system be excited or alarmed. They must raise a fresh crop of statesmen to carry out their principles, for we have all the statesmen now on our side of the question. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Such being our position, we have very good grounds for gratulation on the present occasion. In consequence, I hardly know whom to thank, or how to account, for our present position ; there has been such a combination of fortunate accidents, that I must confess I am disposed to thank that Providence which has overruled so many and apparently conflicting incidents for this great and mighty good.—(Hear.) I believe, gentlemen, we at all events may say that, humanly speaking, we owe one debt of gratitude to our gracious Sove reign the Queen.—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) I believe it is not in strict etiquette to allude to the Queen's personal views and feelings in any matter; but it is well known that her predilections are strongly in favour of the cause we agi tate. Then there's her late First Minister. Well, gentle men, along with our success we have seen the downfal of that Minister. Some people say he has lost office by giving us free trade. Well, if he has lost office, he has gained a country. For my part I would rather descend into private life with that last measure which led to his discomfiture in my hand, than mount to the highest pinnacle of human power.—(Cheers.) Well, among the statesmen, we owe one debt of gratitude to Lord John Russell.—(Hear, hear.) In dividually, I believe, we owe to him and his firmness during the intrigues of the last six months in London, the support of the Whig aristocracy at all in this measure.—(Hear, hear.) lam anxious, as an individual, that all should have their share of the gratitude due for the passing of these mea sures. I would not forget the late Deacon Hume, Mr. Mac gregor, and Mr. Porter; their writings have done more than any declamation can possibly do. I would wish not to forget Colonel Thompson.—(Cheers.) Colonel Thompson has made larger pecuniary sacrifices than any man, and he has contributed intellectually. Gentlemen, I said. I should not detain you with a long speech, and in fact I cannot do it, for I do feel oppressed with the feelings which now per vade my mind.—(Hear, hear.) I b e li eve we are at an era which, in importance, socially, has not its equal for the last 1,800 years. I believe there is no event that has ever hap pened in the world's history, that, in a moral and social point of view, there is no human event that has happened in the world, more calculated for the enduring interests of humanity, than, the establishment of the principle of free trade ; I do not mean in a pecuniary point of view, or as a principle ap lied to England, but we have a principle established now which is eternal in its truth and universal in its applications and must be applied in all nations and throughout all times, and applied not simply to commerce, but to everyitem n l i t , he tariffs of the world ; and if we are not mistaken in thinking will that our principles are true, be assured that those results ill follow, and at no very distant period.—(Loud cheers.) Why, gentlemen, it is a world's revolution, and nothing e (Hear.) And every meeting we have held of this League, and this its last meeting probably, may be looked back upon as the germ of a movement which will ultimately compre hend the whole world in its embrace.—(Cheers.) I see and feel, and have always felt, the great moral and social importance of this great question.—( Hear, hear.) I believe many who have taken an active part in this question have been in fluenced solely by its moral and social consequences.—( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, we have amongst us on this occasion a gentleman who has come) from a neighbouring country, France, an eloquent advocate of free trade there, M. Duffour, the mayor of B ordeaux.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is grati fying that we sh ou ld attract by a kindred sympathy the visit to our meetin g o f so di stinguished a man—(Hear, hoar) — and I know he will go back, not with fresh emotions of sym pathy towards our cause, for those he has entertained al ready, but I have no doubt he will go back inspirited by what he sees here, and that he will be anxious that France should not stand long apart from England in this glorious career, but that we should join hand in hand in setting na • tions the example of the mutual advantages of peace.—(Loud and prolonged cheering.) Well, gentlemen, this League must dissolve—it must suspend. Our elements must be scattered. Well, I cannot help saying personally for myself, that the greatest pleasure I have found in the course of these pro ceedings has been in the acquaintances I have formed with, and the kindness I have received from, the men con.: sleeted with this association.—(Hear, hear.) If ; could ever have despaired of this country, after the Acquaintances which I have made with men in connexion with this question —men who will be found the salvation of this land in whatever good is to be accomplished—having known what I do of my fellow-countrymen in this agita tion, I shall never despair of a moral power to conduct this good ship through whatever storm may arise, which will save us from anarchy at the one end or tyranny at the other of society.—(" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) lam going to be egotistical; but I will say that, so far as I my self am concerned—so far as my tastes go—a release from ale ectiris lift of agitation will not be unacceptable to naa., °Air - tr. - T differently!: 1 imeadcr ) Puilalleatedly; • Avjthout,ih me'th;thd '-") 7. r Z • -)'''' ~, , ~: Np :::,—',=,:. ..c ., ):t k --, -_,,4-7_ • —(" Hear, hear," and cheering.) I ougi enjoy the full pleasure of an agitator, to constituted, and I don't thi n k nature ev for that line.—(Laughter.) I say it m that I entered upon the career of agitatiol "0 slightest idea that it would ever have conducb\ point to which I have arrived.—(Hear, hear.) the most distant idea of it. I don't think cle-endttirils.isitaNT would have warranted me in taking the step eight years ago if I could have seen what it would lead to.—(Hear, hear.) We got into the groove and were pushed along, and we • found ourselves carrying a train of good hardy spirits wko would not leave us; and having given us their support we were impelled forward in the groove at an accelerated speed, and with a constantly accelerated sympathy. Well, gentlemen, you will hardly credit it, when I say that with respect to myself, I have precisely the same feelings now with respect to the ordeal of public meetings that I had when I began this agitation. It is a matter of great reluc tance and difficulty for me to appear before an audience at all.—(Hear, hear.) Many people would think that we had our reward in the applause and éclat of public meetings, but I declare, upon my honour, that it is not so with me, for the inherent reluctance I have to address public meetings is so great that I don't even get up to present a petition in the House of Commons without reluctance. I therefore hope I may believed when I say that if this agitation terminates now, it wilt be very acceptable to my feelings; but if there should be the same necessity, the same feeling which has impelled me to take the part I have would lead me to parti cipate in a new agitation—aye, with tenfold more vigour after having had a little time to recruit my strength.—(Loud cheers ) Well, gentlemen ' we are going to dissolve; those good spirits must di s band, and I am not quite sure that it is not wise and proper that it should be so. Now, we have been kept together for seven years without one single dispute—without anything to cause the slightest aliena tion. We have had the bond of freemasonry and bro therhood so closely knit about us, that I don't think there has been a keen word in the happy family of the Anti-Corn-law League.—(" Hear, hear," and cheers ) Well, that is the spirit in which we should break off. Were we to continue our agitation, when the object for which we associated is gained, I am afraid that the demon discord will be getting in among us. It is in nature so. It is in our moral nature necessary that, when an organised body has performed its functions, it must pass into a new state of existence, and become differently organised. We are dis persing our elements to be ready for any other good works, and it is nothing but good works that will be attempted by good Leaguers.—(Cheers.) Our body will, so to say, perish, but our spirit is abroad, and will pervade all the nations of the earth.—(Renewed cheers.) It will pervade all the nations of the earth, because it is the spirit of truth and justice, and because it is the spirit of peace and goodwill amongst men. 1 move— " That an Act of Parliament having been passed provid ing for the abolition of the corn-laws in February, 1849, it is deemed expedient to suspend the active operations of the Anti-Corn-law League, and the Executive Council in Man chester is hereby requested to take the necessary steps for making up and closing the affairs of the League with as little delay as possible. "'That: the accounts of the receipts and expenditure of the League, now presented, be passed. '• That after payment of the first instalment the subscribers of the 250,0004. League Fund be released from al further liabilities. " That in case any serious attempts be made by the Pro tectionist party to induce the Legislature to retrace its steps, or prevent the final extinction of the corn-law in February, 1849, the gentlemen who have hitherto so ably fulfilled the duties of the executive council be hereby authorised to call the League into renewed existence. " That this meeting views with feelings of unfeigned ad miration and gratitude, the long, arduous, and invaluable services rendered to the League by the chairman of its council, George Wilson, and hereby authorise the executive council to present him, and to request his acceptance of, a sum of not less than 10,000/., to be paid out of the funds of the League. " That the members of the executive council of the League are entitled to the warmest gratitude of the League and of the country, for their high-principled, laborious, and most successful exertions during the seven years of our constitu tional agitation ; and that a committee be appointed, con sisting of Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., and such gentle• men as he may associate with himself, to determine on some suitable testimonial to be presented to those gentlemen out of the funds of the League. " That the Council of the League, whilst discontinuing its own operations, cannot be insensible to the intimations given by the leading Protectionists in both Houses of Parliament, of a determination to contest the ensuing general election, with a view to obtain the repeal of the Corn Importation Bill; and, under these circumstances, the Council offer their earnest recommendation to the free-traders in the Parliamen tary constituencies to continue their vigilant attention to the registration, so as to be able to return a decided free-trade majority to the next House of Commons." Mr. J. BRIGHT, M.P. rose to second the resolution, a n d was greeted with loud Cheers. He spoke as follows :—I need not say that I participate to the fullest extent in the feelings which have been expressed by Mr. Cobden—feelings which must arise, I believe, in the hearts of most of us, when we contemplate' the fact, that this is in all probability the last meeting of the Anti. Corn-law League.—( Hear, hear.) lam at this moment impressed with a feeling of the greatest pos sible delight that the object for which we have been banded together is at length accomplished ; but that feeling is tinged with one of another character, when I remember that in all probability we are now about to separate from friends with whom we have been long connected, and that have no longer in pursuit an object which has been the dearest ant most cherished of our lives.—(Hear, hear.) At such a meet ing as this, and in such circumstances, I would be the vet last man to utter one syllable of unworthy exultation over those who have been defeated.—(Hear, hear.) I would n add one word to the unpleasant sensation of a party who hopes have been altogether destroyed ; I would not say any thing that should add to the exasperation and the bitternj-ts we have introduced to some extent between various classes of this community during the protracted struggle which ii now concluded; but I am of opinion that this final meeting may have some result beyond that of merely determining to wind up the affairs of this League—that it may have some result, that upon it we may point a moral, and may learn a lesson—we may contemplate the past. and we may for a little survey the future.—( Hear, hear.) To the public, the men especially who don't think very deeply, the object. of the Anti-Corn-law League is accomplished when the corn-law is repealed ; but if a thinking and philosophic mind were asked what the League has done, I am -of opi nion that his answer would include many other points and many other things beyond the repeal of a particular statute.--(Hear, hear.) We have taught the people of this country the value of a great principl e .— (H ear, hear.) They have learned that there is nothing that can be held out to the intelligent people of this kingdom so calculated to stimulate them to action, and to persevering action, as a great and sacred principle like that which the League espoused.—(Hear, hear.) They have learned that there is iii public opinion a power much greater than that which resides in any particular form of government ; that, although you have in this kingdom a system of government which is called " popular" and called " representative," a system which le clumsily contrived, and which works with many jars and clatters, that still, with a great principle, and with great labour, and with great sacrifices, all those obstacles are overcome, and out of a machine specially contrived for the contrary justice and freedom at length is achieved for the nation ; and the people have learned something beyond this, that is, that the way to freedom henceforward is not through violence and bloodshed,—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Why, there can be no power on earth with which we can ever be again called to contend more powerfully than that which we have overthrown on this question—(Hear, hear)—for we have had the particular privileged class banded together, many of them strong in prejudices, many of them believing that their personal and class interests depended upon the views which they thee held being maintained ; and we have had also mighty prejudices and ignorance. among the people to contend with; and yet all these havebeen dispelled ; and there is nothing in the whole United King dom at present to oppose us except the miserable remnant of the ignorance which once prevailed.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I take it that there is no better lesson for the people to learn from it than this,—that by persevering effort. that by no in fraction of moral law, by strict obedience to the principles which we believe to be enjoined by the Christian code, they' can obtain so great and signal victories, and victories which are not tarnished in the gaining, and victories which can never be lost,—more great and more glorious than any other nation ever achieved by force of arms.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But this Anti-Corn-law League will stand before the world as a sign of a new order of things.—(Hear, hear.) Until now this country has been ruled principally by the class of great proprietors of the soil. Every 020 must have foreseen, as trade and manufactures extended, that the balance of power would at some day or other be thrown into another scale. Well, that time has come—(Hear, hear) — and the rising of this League seven years ago was sufficient to have pointed out to any statesman that the power of the landed aristocracy had reached its height, and that hence forth it must find a rival and an opponent to which eventually it must become subjected.—(Hear, and cheers.) Now, we have been living ou t s tro e u f gh Lrd a s mredveoeluteidoniwtsiettf a power without in theknowing it,. In 1832 the House state irresponsible except to heaven, and took upon itself t o say that a law should or should not pass. The House of Lord& now makes no such pretensions ; Lord Stanley declared, " God forbid that your Lordships should set yourselves against the clearly expressed will of the people"—(Hear, hear)—aud I heard (for I listened to most of their debates on this quell tion)—l heard several other Members of the House of Peers make use of very similar expressions.—(Hear.) They there fore understand their position now—that they meet there% not directly representing certain constituencies or elected by them, but still that they are supposed to represent the people to some extent, and that they are responsible to public opi nion for the exercise of the power which the constitution Hea c r o , ahnear,'t'aant h d c t hee e ru i h t a has s i intrusted u t a h t i e s d a t n h d e m a wi neighbouringth.--( greats. t Bug ele ment of power in this co untry is henceforth to be found. ' Lancashire, the cot ton district, and the West Riding of ‘ county h York shire, must govern England.—(Hear, hear. ) The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. R. H. Greg; Mr. Edward Baines, jun., Leeds ; Mr. P. A.Taylor, London; Mr. William Brown, Liverpool ; Mr. John Cheetham, Staleybridge ; Mr. F. R. Atkinson, Manchester; Mr. G. Thomas, Bristol ; and Mr. John Whittaker, Hurst. Mr. Cobden moved a vo t e o f t h an k s to M r. George Wilson, chair man of the League, for his invaluable services. By the ret• solution conveying this vote, the executive council are an , thorised to present to Mr. Wilson the sum of 10,0001. ' Mr. J. B. SltiTli seconded this resolution, and it was ably ' supported by Mr. Joseeir BROTHERTON, M.P. Thejproceedings terminated at half-past two o'clock. :5 ; (From the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday.) Another meeting was held at three o'clock, at the same place, to take into consideration the propriety of presenting a national tribute to Mr. Cobden. The Mayor, W. B. Watkins, Esq., occupied the chair. The MAYOR stated that he had consented to preside in consequence of a requisition presented to him, and signed by gentlemen of all parties. If the meeting had been called merely for party purposes, he need scarcely say he should not have been there. He called upon Mr. R. H. GREG to propose the first resolution. Mr. Greg read a letter from the Hon. Mr. Villiers, cordially approving of the object of the meeting, and expressing a hope that it might be successful. He also read a letter from Mr. C. Paget, one of the most successful agricultu rists in the kingdom, offering 1001. towards a subscription , and then proceeded to eulo g i se th e c ond uc t o f Mr. Cali; d(n, who, he had been informed, had not only given his labour and time, but, he had it from good authority, had sustained an actual loss of 50,000/. by his unwearied attention to the League. He proposed the following resolution;—" That this meeting, impressed with a deep sense of the untiring exertions, the unsparing self-sacra five, and unrivalled wisdom and prudence exhibited by Richard Cobden, during the seven years' struggle for the delivery of our industry from the restrictions of an impolitic and unjust legislation, desire to conclude this peaceful and moral triumph by a fitting expression of honour and gratitutlo to that man to whom the nation is mainly indebted tor its succe.tslul issue ; it is tkertofoco.re rem:Ana, that our fellow-countrymen be invited o operate with us i tt testifying their appreciation of the of the B- erio igh- I at five usta )ore Nith is's- ,itc d am- }en the e, in ,und -18 on con [T. T. and I on al ['here the ?puty roller i 1 4 0 2 ° 0 3 n