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TO ri ft EPENDENT ELECTORS OP THE CITY OF WESTMENSTER. •-I , atEN, 44. .4EQUISITION numerously and respectably th. 4ll 4yg e gnecl i f ?ten presented to me, reqUesting that I should a - :,et Put in nomination at the next General Election fur "wst of your city, I Cannot, considering the gratifying Ute. CS under Which the high ho.iour has been done me„iiesi . ale /neat in Pottic a l - " l l4ing With the wishes of the requisitionists. on great principles are in complete accordance with those questions, for the maintenance of which the i',2lll.l4,,Zesttniiister have so long been distinguished among tne gr - 7 4 0 44111,: rt t the coLUIZry. lam the zealous friend of civil and ttn— te rtile 7 A in th e heNest and most comprehensive acceptation yq ..4 4 • ea W g ad t ram ' that a very considerable portion of thernio e st . tiigh7,2 nivierth gent members of the community are unjustly d _ s - 'ePrese,,, e existing electoral laws, of - a voice in the choice of i!tatives, I will at all times be found a strenuous advocate }aokiinttt anision of the suffrage. I have always done, that the only way to secure an hklfrig ttp,'ld e P e ndent exercise of the electoral rights would be by I,lll,:„.4l`,.eOnstituent body to record their suffrages in secret, I to Illy ,o, “ ,,?aVe the honou r o f b e i ng chosen your representative, et t0„...:-oal support t o any measure wh i ch may h ave for its .7Pres se ttend to the electors the protection of the vote by ballot. 7ith the conviction that the most effectual - means for pre thers ue integrity of Members of Parliament . would , be to send ' ci t neee, B „2 ~reater frequency to their constituent , than is ren ntlik "i 7 under the septennial Act, I will invariably be found vi t , of those who seek to shorten the duration of Parliament. ,7 . ete r . ln that those Man has an inalienable right to worship his eon Fry with the dictates of his conscience. I shall tit 4 /nest th e , decided opposition to any measure which has for its Ort to an of of that sacred principle, and my most earnest iiito tfr Pro Position which may be made for carrying it more pi ew ect, 112 4 046 8 , 0 2 5 the question of the Poor-laws are so well known as 41,7'inprw."...ie necessity of any particular reference to them. My bliready""sing hostility to these harsh arid unchristian enactments Za.ctically embodied in the proceedings of the Poor Man's ig„„_" Bl lbje ct eie tY, of which I was the founder, and am the chairma , p. 77 yea:social and sanatory reform Is one to which I have for efr h e theh o d evoted my most earnest attention, and should I sqto g i ve 'lour of obtaining your suffrages, it will be my constant e'ltegpr re= ef fecl to those views within, to which I have so often ivbiye.e:i.Tti without, the walls of Parliament. 16,erl u t , e, from long and careful observation, to the evils of in°nopelies, I have not only, as my public acts have girare,, , , - I ;`Y , been the advocate of a free trade in corn, but of every iltitt rtdl Pla ()se tendency is to give unfettered scope to the energies, the Yto the ingenuity, of the industrial classes. Considering tiinerand Unreserved intercourse ' ought to be kept up between a ilizZent th c onstituents in order that he may more faithfully xt.. _ hae:* feelins and sentiments in Parliament, I will at all *140c1 a. :7 to meet you, whenever you may desire it, for the 414 9 g erta hthlg Your views on questions of public importance r,,__lt!iderily and unexpectedly arise. i ui , 4;re4 v 4 f€l to the local interests of your city, they shall at all Iryltai te . e fo n2Y best consideration, and any suggestion wh .l ich in y e o e t t i n 'Y t he Purpose of promoting those interests IN iLlii4e -.Mediate attention 4 ,7 4 4 * t° Say, in conclusion that gratified by the extremely th,tlarte—...ener in which the requisition has been addressed to me t tier th erin,, " ! respectable portion of your body, and entertaining, e lot sklT'''4ll.9 promises of support spontaneously . offered to me, 4 4k 3 'otir n hopes of obtaining the enviable distinction of being 114 tio, hrePresentative it is my flrm determination, whenever kiv i kt ttlre 5 ', 411 tal'e place, proceed to the poll, whatever may be 19 "10 - hatever ' the amount of opposition which I may r. • I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, '' ) Pishi re.ma ~T- , CHARLES COCHRANE. I '- e, Dec. 9, 1846. -AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR . ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. loNs t.._ Capital £500,000. oe ~,-, s tltg o /C rnPowered by Act of Parliament. L I, s r s -s , ‘ ,Dect t„; , ,, ° embraces important and substantial advantages Ottre - „7 ocee s i r 7L Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ' 4 O th"' the o i;-, the power to borrow, without expense or for '''‘ats °litis t , 2', two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; btilq,„„' t ' l eet of - i : selectin benefits and the conversion of Iris in tl. - ...tea f o - - "er eonven g iences or ' necessity. klo ~..,_ r terms of years are granted on the lowest possible C 4 t ' .0,4110 ~ DIVISION OF PROFITS. L t Nirth 1 ,..- th e 1 2 ,7 nitecess and increasing prosperity of the Society 'teci. °onu s 'rectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare Polic,„',atryine• from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid " 'uectsd on the Profit scala. EXAMPLES. P PTE 4 ,. I i .7-',V Ira. 5 Bonus 1 Bonus n g (2. i Assured :I added. Cash. .-• F , may i r - m Borrow. o ~. tif, t 8 ~ 1 10 ... 1 8 37 £217 15 1 £lOO 011 X,16 0 4£445 0 0 1 3 4 ', 38 , 152 30. 87 1 4 13 10 2, 39 5 11 1 , ' 83 9, 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 li 346 2 3 ,1840, 116 7 6 54 0 10 . 718 10 . 296 13 4 Ve o hision 1 8411 111 6 8 45 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 th._ -T4 ' Of the Profits is annual, and the next will be made in "`e Present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. 4 li I) A - ‘ 1 --'RD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Co nstituted by Act of Parliament. Established 1825. • EDIN-numm-3, George-street. j•ONDON-82, King William-street. DUB LIN -66, tipper Sackville-street. Grace 411 -r GOVERNOR. the Duke of Buceleuch and Queensberry. ~.. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. Th e eigh t aon. tha Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. • h bt CRA„..LNDON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. E , s • lti N7 Ty`" Ar AN—George Frederick Young q . vi itt glit 4 -CHA IRMAN—Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P. Je t ,' kp °11. • Lord Ernest James Gadesden, , Esq. tra t.._ P . I William Haigh, Esq. th, ire i f .I). Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq. Nlll:°,tlejt, SPECIAL NOTICE.-1846. p l , , s 1,41'3 grantea 1, 3 7 this Company in the participation Class i '4 , l*, th W h i !eh bthlical Nyisi n of Profit, according to the particular 1::) ''' .i t. 't ' - : 3' b •a•e been ° open At 15'h November. in each 41/..lt:tri'llatleup ; and all policies opened BEFORE 13th ' 4 6, will secure 4 Years' claim for Profits in 1850. 10 kt. . Years' claim tor Profits in 1855. ' 5 Years' cl a i m for Profits in 1860, 1L4,1 , , 4 (4, and so on increasing. h. , •% kiVri)t."4l3B OF SECURING THE BENEFIT OF THE PR I ES T EN HE T 40111 41 litp o - krsT LODGE THEIR APPLICATIONS WIT! 4 8 Lts . , civ ics 15TH NOVEMBER NEXT. 4rkilee P,°N r US ADDITIONS ALREADY DECLARED. °f ;2 00 effected in 1825, is now a claim for £l6OO , . • , -•,00 do. 1826, do. do. for £1562 10s. 41 000 lef t ,„ ~ do. 1827, do. do. for £1525 for £1487 Ios. I' ° ltig er '`,,'° oo do. 1828, do. de. Loikie kottiidlions than have been declared . by any other 40,1:wicbIlialer'ildatesehe'aNvvellettier mutual or proprietary. also receivod large additions. The Be. IS e 4 55i0.. 1 ue found lii the Company's Pamphlet. 4 C t f ,, A 41. 1 41., 3 0 ee ,.. e d i n theyearlB4s alone, amounted to the 4„es."oli , and th e . HUNT)RED AND FIFTY THOUSAND . ~ otql) 4, Income of the Company is now upwards of 0\ E ' . 'I) TWENTY THOUf:AND POUNDS PER 41 klii, Iv. BY Order of the Directors. Resident Secrets'''. ktiN ' October, 1846 PETER EwART. u l3Ol ----- ; --- --5., W -HILL, AND PA:. HlLL , •slti.\- G ,,,, FT VIADUCT COMPANY. —‘,N-STitt, • Provisionallys ,of ) ,000 Share 101. each. ca p i tal kb Deposit Ils. per Share. N- win. COMMITTEE. V I hijarn. Esq., p.p., Grafton-street East, London University - !4,, , I!fird ESCI., Eastcheap 0tn. 1 ::, , ,, ohn Busher, Esq., t A T) I‘-'-'-', -u arrister-at-Law, Brick-Court, 10 1/i g v i t igotit•iiwdward, Esq., Tottenhara-cOurt-road, late 'Union-street, irewheelaal'k • In as. r•r_elll.iam, Esq., Stoke road, 1 11,, te ekt nek willian, , ~on '`" c ,,( 1, Old Eroad-strect, City, and South -1/41% Joh 11 ' ICSC I , K ing• street, Cheapside With power to add to the number. ENGIN EER —John St ea d , Esq ~_t ... L 'lteniTteT— George Smith, Es q . `.4,„,....._ I M I ITOES---- M essrs. Carritt and O sgoo d. "'• I AGENTs—Messrs. Williamson, Hill, Lefroy and • tio, Smith 11, *.tlts7—Ths Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. 44'40..4110hr,. . Le , R ETAItY . — Charles Thomas, Esq. k lti'4 ll eisii' s 'n 0.!, Shares in this Company will take place on TUE ,,,14 ! ta x , ;`().! el,!Fceinher instant, after which day no further applf ,,kt,,,e,._,:ci.t.ved. 7 .. 1"t t 4` film'Bu c all further applications are to be made to Messrs. mille,d.ktothe_siroood, Solicitors, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Ilasingliall b,,, .. ,r4ter fldces plans may be inspected and prospectuses oh 7, 1846. °P BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 414 )111t1, „ (In oorporaied b Ro 'al Charter.) 4% 1)1i7."` 'RECTORS h y erel4 "lye notice that a HALF 14tkit41 tb th at the ' rate of . Fi ' ve per Cent. per Annum on , p t N tie nank, will be payable to the Proprietors of Shares t 'fa 'atrY, on and after thu sth of JANUARY next, a tiNt bo ar Poration, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, gt i j,'l6th9,,,... r ' of ten an four. No transfer can he made he at 4,ri oct and the sth proximo, as the books must be closed '4„. B Y order o f the Court. —eleres. pl ace, G. 1 D 84 E 6. 8. ATTWOOD, Sec. Llndon, Dec. tith kE litz4te jNIIE AD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. S t °llty l l' i erill eita LOANS OF 'AIONEY. 444 11 S °r De • ° el , Commissioners are ready to receive Loans . ~„ , Parlla live or seven years, under the authority_ . o e t }4 , 4 14 T 2l bt dent, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. l t Th bl4 ll l, tl n t. 40 14, 1) ,. 4 _ 1 ` 1 , h Cf - Yearly, on the Ist of January and s o - ;isevflier e as the rties lending I : l ,, , Dos, ‘ , a ting the amo it Pa nd term of years for which the may prefe!. I•eticij [0 be lent; to hut add •essed to the Commissioners, Tender for Loan.. ny order, "—Bi e rk a ent l ie ' ad, Sept. 21, 1g46. RICHARD HIND, Sec. h 4o ii:M• - CLEANING cHlNl thl,Vtys.4--,,,,AT10N IN ... h att , 4 nd ---fti;,?..lise..ot the PORTLAND obviates all ti•l tti n 1, 1 4 ' , ee an ' i i", El -S WEEPING Ar PAI, the present die tot ele an it. ,T2eonvenience consequent upon without one I:AtTTLETsNT SPRING tot soot" e " a . flne is completely cleansed , t i me ago lik,itioo,uent wag utering the apartment. A short time h i r wc ; th o ,4, ruade with this apparatus House of at the ts of writing 4 1 . 7 4 i qr ti., l'izteed :,, or which was complete. Sheets ieeYarious other i,, a el o „_ roo to, and 4 1 1_ the chimney-piece, and in no t one i t be "4 3 pot s, v , Vs rter the completion of thc s e"P' upon any lii i , 43, , h ,,,,,1tt G 9, NvoZible *tit i nv ' 'roDrietor is 15street Cavendish - square. use of this ~..e,,, etill o n t o t, walin g t ' t licenses for the of the sheets of paper. `"8 for th e ._ et ne pr ovincial o gran 'll ro Polis are reqttl7l.o f Enland. P t i 1414 Qd C/I t --- Sl -7-------- 01, • b Y her Ai •-. I'll % DECAYED TEETH. 1 101‘T he r Roy a a j it , his Royal . ,_ 4.1 R ..ighness the Duchess of Kent. Highness Prince Albert, and ti7ity.'l\Qttill'i, and HOWARD SUCCEDA -14,k,, i, Dizte or ; Stoppi L 4 ,1,1 La t14 14 t soo n e i ' 4 4 , al the tooth in asoft state, ' without any pressure n g Decayed Teeth, however large the ''''-cs7estir, ll for e „r i , e s as hard as the enamel, and will remain I 'll e i - kott, - •Z th e f .., '''nnV years, rendering extraction unnecessary, this th ts 2 8.0. 11 4 i th„asrther progress of decay. All persons can use N. , iii 1. prenlelves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. ' 4 % 4 1' fr ee only by Thoma3 ' and 'Toward, Surgeon Den -0,4,04 b y host-street, O xford -street, who will send it into the SP 2t , L1„ 4- stre e • I • S old by Savory, 2 9 0 Regent-street ; Sanger, -prO 4 1 -.0 4 , miner, 4 elicit side : Johnson, GS, Cornbill liti,ls 0 , los, jrs in the kingd P om ' Mr. lloward continues to tk 0, 40..!ti Wire,. lea; on his new system of self-adhesion, without 4ti Vt" s ett r aets 1 , 11 : method does not require the extraction of s ' , J2r 'a oth' er ' arlY painful operation whatever, and is les ' " - stre e '' Mr. Howard tutSrgeon Dentist, 64, Deniers ,. At home from ' ill 4. I kt - ----h tsi , 0 li,P4 A , ERIENT ANT, ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR AMD, L in e t I,O N ,,GENERAL USE 1g wad Vt itli tt gally ~ 'S PILL OF HEALTH which k1:1,,,,p1i, gripielieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa- N t ' 4 lt 4) t :ekn ess A Ti ur prostration of strength. They remove , in the chest, &c., are highly li k ki 4 .4 1 ! t7 :l3 t4 (k,T a : t h ,zzl Pr n o e n s t s o . te pa d i m, i n gls ife lo t n o , fi c lo re se at o e f a a pp t et i gti t ',..who , r — e s 'un of spirits ; fu e l; h e' ab r it e , s and L. 1 3 , ;h i the . econtmually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, t : 414 k et 4 P_r . eci at il ta ad and ears, they offer advantages that will not 10 - 7>,tk ci " bat ,il l P 4l,? t a„ ble 0 -or Many years received the approval of the NI, eNi s tl i ew l , ',asses of society, and in confirmation of its effi -1,1i: letter been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, 4 4 to, hi,Publis and, if re ulsite to refer any respect % ' 4l lro7. 4ll tilor: lit 4 t 14 4 ,, ,, 1 'L ' 22 9, Strand, London. f eel t kith ti Ple a , " Ileavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1P144. kith ," 2,nonv tour in being able to bear my strong and unso i `tl „,7 1 . 11ei i ' r the excellence of your " Frampton's Pill of keliir2(lioi ne - . ~,insider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior . "get ~„T o or „,, 'he widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and is, skiZecliei n ue, has used them—very rarely having recourse Ikl 4 ,%l4 . 7„`tMvet,:_!or a long period of yean ; also has recommended tthZ%lic ti min, a 'e . nel in one instancel n which she induced a person 1 11, it',Of the efil e :Tl ) Plied the first box herself, they have proved et Ait,.,:r tit e a ria,,,,.,TY . • I think that perhaps there is scarcely any N ii 7 n _b 43). l i n il'eePil,t,cnt medicines before the public of equal value -11 tiOa' 41 , I'DY on all occasions none possessed of superior claims k id h 444 ar a, Sir, to give them my individua recom k. , _3, r, " your obedient servant, hl ti s 'll'l.°l t, * * * • Strand, London, price Is. I% d. and 2s, Pd. Ar 6404 ' ' , ' , :: 22 1 9 -' ' 4 44 kli. p --,' ', -,', ?-e.ti^rally throughout tl'.‘: NZI I / 4 1 11k UPTO -, talt. (lp s - of ,N ,r, ES O PILL OF 0u HEALTH, and observe the 41 4. " Pr out, 229, Strand, London," on the ' t iro • l` r A,` *' --•- 04, , ,•••• 4 " _ - • ~. 1116 '1911:•X • 1 00111‘,NA r4( 1 5 4 4'..: .4 11 • , cs . N -6:444 4 P co - • i. 4 4/ - - ;7.44, t_ra , Vie , - / '2 3 - ' • ,A 4 r 1) - 1 1 . .5";1 • No. 16,919. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING Sl7 Ny DECEMBER 10, 1846. PRICE SD. NIST IL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN -11 ENTS. AT CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET. TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, DEC. at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give AN HOUR Wl' BURNS, in which he will sing a umnber of the most admired Songs of Burns, and recite the humorous poem of " Tam o' Shanter." Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. PART I. AN HOUR Wl' BURNS. Happy Friendship-0 whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad—John Anderson my jo—Duncan Gray—Highland Mary—My Spouse Nancy—A Man's a Man for a' that. PART 11. MISCELLANEOUS SONGS. Who'll hay Caller Herring ?—Come under my Plaidie— The First Blast of the Trumpet—We're a' noddiii—The Reel of Tullochgorum.', R OYAL POLYTECRNIC INSTITUTION. BY PERMISSION'. _ PiOFESSOR SCMENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other specimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other explosive compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at halt past Three; and on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the EL i:CTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA TED, by Professor BACIIIIOFFNER. The OXY HYDROGEN and OPAQUE MICROSCOPES. The PHYSIOSCOPENg EX PERIME S•TS. The DISSOLVING 'VIEWS, y CHARLES SMITH, Sze. &c. Admission is. Schools, half-price. t:I_REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for FOURTH INSTALMENT of 2/. les. PER SHARE on 25/. SHARES, makin g 12/. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Westernßailway having resolved, at a meeting held this day, to Call, under thc- provisions of the Acts of Parliament, for an Instalment of 21. 10s. per Share, on 251. Shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of JANUARY next, to any of the under mentioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respec tive 25/. Shares ; viz.:— London .• • • . . Messrs. Glyn, Halllfax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway-olliee, 29, Gresham-street, City. Bristol .- • ...Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. Stuokey's Banking Company. The West of England and South 'Wales District Bank. Liverpool ....The Bank of Liverpool. C heltenham .. The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading ....Messrs. J. and C. Symonds and Co. By order •f the Board of Directors. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 3, 1846. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for SECOND INSTALMENT of 21. 108. PER SHARE o❑ 171. SHARES. making 41. 105. PAID. The Directors of the Great Western Railway, having resolved at a meeting held this day, to call under the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, for an instalment of 21. 10s. per shine on 171. shares, Notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before the Bth day of JANUARY' next, to any of the under-men tioned Bankers, the said sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 171. shares, viz.— Lon& - m• ••• • • Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills and Co., at the Great Western Railway Office, 29, GraSham-street, City. Bristol • • ....Messrs. Miles, Harford and Co. Messrs. Uaillie, Ames and Co. Stuckey's Banking Company. The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Liverpool .• .. The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham.. The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading •. • • Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Paddington, 3d December, 1846. 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As Mechi manufactures extensively ou his own premises, every article is warranted. the quality of N.B.—Several new patterns after Landseer, " Waiting for the Deer," &c., &c., in papier macho tables, portfolios, &c. SECOND lIAND SILVER WATCHES. Two Guineas each. A. Pl. SAVORY and SONS , Watch a nd Clock-m akers , No. 9, Corn hill, London, opposite the Bank of England. A large number of second .hand London-made Silver Vertical Watches, at Two Guineas each. They are of various sizes, mostly in modern engine-turned cases, and having been carefully examined, are warranted. REPORT of LADY GREY, of SANDIWAY, near Northwich, Cheshire, for 1846. Dated Ist December, 1846. 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To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Ficidgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, 0.1;11, B:rrningli3m; and of mos I et - tuners and cnttor In town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper, GEORG E HOTE L, DALE-STREET, NEAR THE EXCHANGE, LIVERPOOL. Families and Travellers staying or passing through Liverpool, will find the GEORGE HOTEL, from its contiguity to the Exchange, the Docks, and the centre of business, the most comfortable and conve nient establishment in the town. It is excellently situated for the sojourn of Passengers proceeding by the Halifax and Dublin Mail Boats. Night Porters are kept to attend upon visitors by the Railway Trains. Lock-up Coach-houses and Stabling. THOMAS CASTLE, Proprietor. one suppose that such a reward was regarded as a com pensation for all the hardships and dangers they had incurred, or the wounds they might have received? No; the gift was gratifying to them, because it showed them that their services were known to and appreciated by their country. So it was with the agricultural labourer. If he gained a premium, he received the money; but he was far more proud of the card recording the circumstance, which he hung up over his cottage chimney-piece ; and, If any person came to inquire the character of his daughters, whom they wished to take into their service, he could point to that card with honest exultation and say, " I gained that reward from such a society for my good con duct as an agricultural labourer, and you will take my daughter into your service because you know she has been well and religiously educated."—(Hear, hear.) He (the Duke of Richmond) was afraid he had detained them too long upon this subject, but he felt deeply in terested in the welfare of the labourers of this country, and no man would be more ready than he was to do any thing to ameliorate their conditioc.—(Cheers.) The toast was then drank with three times three. The " Health of Lord Edward Howard" was then given, and his Lordship briefly returned thanks. Several other toasts were subsequently proposed, and the chair man retired shortly before eight o'clock. Several songs were sung during the evening by a party of professional singers from Brighton, and on an inci dental allusion to " curry," in one of the songs, it pro voked a roar of laughter from the company. MR. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY AND THE COLCHESTER CONSTITUENCY. In our last number we noticed a rumour which had been abroad for some days, to the effect that Mr. D. W. Harvey contemplated payin g a v i s it t o Colchester, for the purpose of making inquiries into the state of the par liamentary registration : and, in doing so, we took occasion to express our decided opinion that the electors ough Har vey's intention, as a portion of the constituency were unwillingreceive another candidate so long_as a hope t, a s early to of obtaining their old favourite remained. A singular omission was, however, made by the printer, which gave a meaning to our remarks very different from that we in tended to convey. The incorrect sentence stands thus— " We do not, however, agree with some individuals who assert that Harvey is the man for Colchester ; whereas it ought to read, " We do not, however, agree with some individuals who assert that Harvey is the only man for Colchester." By the omission of the word only we were placed in the situation of opponents to Mr. Harvey, when on the contrary, we should probably be found on the side of his warmest supporters were he to offer himself for the representation of Colchester. We have been increas ingly anxious that the Liberal cause should receive no damage from delay, which proved disastrous in 1841 ; that the cry of " Harvey is coming," when there is no probability that he will come, should not mislead the electors by causing them to defer their efforts to procure another man, until it is too late to introduce him with any chance of success. It was this feeling which led us to say last week, what we repeat now, that " Harvey is not the only man for Colchester." However superior his qualifications may be, there are, nevertheless, other gen tlemen, whose political principles are in accordance with those of the Colchester Liberals, who would make hon ourable and efficient representatives. As the firm friends of the Liberal cause in Colchester, we press upon the constituency the importance of decision and immediate effort. Let there be no dallying ; but promptitude; union, and perseverance ; and there is reason to believe that the result will be complete success. There is every inducement to exertion at the present time ; no Govern ment, whether Whig or Tory, can adopt a non-progres• sive policy ; domestic and foreign affairs both require the aid of discerning and judicious minds ; and it ought to be the concern of every constituency to select men of enlightened judgments, who are determined not to go forward merely, but to go forward in the best possible manner. The Colchester Reformers are bound, we con ceive, to strain every nerve to secure the return of men who are resolved to see with their own eyes, to hear with their own ears, and to do nothing whatever that will not have the direct or indirect tendency to benefit the country at large.—lpswich Express. CANADIAN WOMEN & WEATHER. The Canadian girls as e most attractive. Brought out young, and mixing largely in society, they are not deeply read, but are exceedingly loveable, and possess an inde scribable charm of manner. Owing probably to the ex treme of heat and cold in Canada, beauty is there less durable than in the mother country. Early matured, it speedily fades. The fair Canadians make good use of the interval, and find it abundantly long to play havoc with the other sex. The English officers are particu larly susceptible of their fascinations, and many marry in Canada; as do also a large proportion of the English merchants who go over there. The style of dress of these seductive damsels is simple, but tasteful. In win ter, of course, they are furred to the eyes, as a protection from the piercing cold, which rivals that of Siberia. Muffed and gauntletted, well packed in bear and buffalo skins, they are driven about in sledges by their male friends, who wear huge fir caps, flapped over the ears, enormous blankets or buffalo coats, jackboots, moose skin mocassins, and other contrivances equally inelegant and comfortable. The extreme dryness of the air ren ders the cold much more endurable than might be sup posed. The sun shines brightly, the atmosphere is crisp and exhilarating ; there is rarely much wind. Under these circumstances the thermometer may go down, as it frequently does, to thirty or forty degrees below zero,with out any serious inconvenience or suffering being felt. When a gales comes during the cold season, the effect is very different. Mr. Elliot Warburton tells us of a certain Sunday, " when the thermometer was at thirty degrees below zero, and a high wind blew at the same time The effect in many respects was not unlike that of in tense heat; the sky was very red about the setting sun, and deep blue elsewhere: the earth and river were covered with a thin haze, and the tin cross and spires and the new snow, shone with unnatural brightness ; dogs went mad from the cold and want of water ; metal exposed to the air blistered the hand, as if it had come out of a fire; no one went out of doors but from neces sity, and those who did, hurried al - cog with their fur gloved hands over their faces, as if to guard against an atmosphere infected with the plague; for as the icy wind touched the skin, it scorched it like a blaz,:. But such a day as this occurs only once in many years." DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAIL. THE HAGUE, DEC. 3.—The Directors of the Dutch Railway Company have just published the monthly statements for November, of the number of passengers and the receipts in that month : Passengers Preceding statement Received for passengers and goods FI. 39,412 Preceding receipts The number of passengers by the Rhenish Railway during the month of November was 224,666 ; passengers' fares, 30,3581; received for goods, 10,20311. AMSTERDAM, DEC. I.—We learn respecting the con cession of the railway from Amsterdam to Alkmaar and the Helder, Ist, That the reports of the Ministers of the Interior, Finance, and of War, are favourable, and that some difficulties made by the war department had been removed. It was hoped that an amicable arrangement respecting the sum considered by the War Department, as necessary for the fortifications, would shortly be ef fected by the mediation of the other two departments. after which the undertaking, which is heartily desired by the whole province, will be commenced. We learn also that several applications have been made for branches from this railway by the neighbouring and principal towns of North Holland. THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—On Saturday last his Majesty gave an audience of leave to Baron Bois le Comte, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the French to the Court of the Netherlands. We learn that the King has presented to his Excellency the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Oaken. M. D. Bressiere, who succeeds Baron Bois le Comte, is ex pected here to-morrow. The Batavia journals, received by the overland mail, bring the following news :—Conformably to the treaty between the Dutch Government and that of Koctie, the only natural son of the late Sultan succeeds his father by the title of Mohamed Adil Halipatoel Moeminie. During the minority of the new Sultan, the Govern ment will be directed by a Council of Regency, consist ing of three persons, the choice of whom has been ap proved by the Governor-General of our Indian posses• sions. On the 15th of August, 1846, a dreadful fire re duced.to ashes, one of the finest and most populous Dessas in the district of Mengel, in the residency of Remburg. The rico in the residency of Cherbon has been very un favourable this year, in consequence of the ravages com mitted by insects. The situation of the farmers has been severely affected by reason of this failure. The Govern ment has taken various measures in their favour, and has given orders for the cultivation of other agricultural products. AMSTERDAM, DEC. s.—From the table of the receipts of the ways and means of the first nine months of this year, corresponding with that of the three preceding years, it appears that there is an increase on some taxes of 803,707 63f1., and a decrease on other taxes of 663,737 63f1. So that the total receipts for the first nine months of this year exceeds that of the correspond ing period in 1843 by 140,056 90fl. THE HAGUE, DEC. I.—Great preparations are being made for the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day on Sunday next. Since our last account thirteen herring boats have arrived at Scheveningen, with 11,043,000 herrings. The prices have risen. Some of the owners have realised considerable sums, and the fishing, which at the begin ning was unfavourable, has turned out very excellent. Of the fleet, which consisted of fifty-three vessels, twenty seven are still absent. yy The official communication lately made to our Go vernment by that of Belgium, respecting the importa tion of fresh fish into Belgium, completely disproves what was before alleged against the treaty in many quarters. A fear was expressed that the maximum of importation under favourable circumstances, would be estceeded; now, however, the facts show how ground less this fear; was, since the maximum of importation allowed amounting for the month of September to De cember, inclusive, of this year, were— Dutch pounds. Via Antwerp . 116,000 Ghent 16,500 Ostend 16,500 West Wezel During the months of September and October, i. e., the half of the period granted, there were only im ported— , Via Antwerp 39,039 Ghent nil. Ostend nil. West Wezet That is only a fifteenth-part of what our Government held out under ;more favourable circumstances. If we further consider the results communicated by the directors of the fisheries in their address of thanks to the Ministers of Finance, the Interior, and the Colonies, we must acknowledge with gratitude that in this matter care has been taken to secure the interest of the public in general, and of the national fisheries. THE POLISH FRONTIERS, Nov. 20.—0 n the 10th of January, next year, the Custom-houses between the kingdom of Poland and the Russian empire will be abo lished, and the commerce between them be entirely free, of which the most brilliant prospects are opened to the manufacturers of Poland for the disposal of their goods in the interior of Russia. The kingdom of Poland, esta blished by the Emperor Alexander, and sanctioned by the European Powers in the Congress of Vienna, having lost its Constitution in 1831 by an ukase of the Emperor Nicholas, will be abolished at the Russian new year, and converted into a government of Russia, for which all the preparatory measures are already in progress. BERLIN, Nov. 29—M. Von Kamptz has been com missioned to proceed immediately to Vienna, there to regulate the commercial relations of Silesia in reference to the incorporation of Cracow. BERLIN, DEC. 2.—Lord Palmerston's protest, which has been sent to our Cabinet and those of Vienna and St. Petersburgh, against the incorporation of Cracow, is said to be drawn, upon the whole, in very mild terms, and to leave no apprehension of any breach. It re mains now to be seen how France will act in this affair, in which it must protest alone. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. WEDN ESDAY. Exning Field. First ties for the All-aged Stakes. Highland Lassie beat Figaro—Maw-worm beat Spinster. Omen beat Silesia—Miles beat Cloak. `Nish-you•may-get-it beat Fortune Teller—Probity beat Mischief. Magic beat Farmer—Lucy Bertram beat Jericho. First ties for the Puppy Stakes. Daisy beat Clementina—Buonaparte beat Whiskey. Thoresway Lass beat Farmer's Boy—Twilight beat Vesta. The Exning Stakes for Puppies. Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Mr. Vipan's Victory. Mr. Foster's Molly beat Mr. Anstruther's Coiner. Mr. Inskip's Idas beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola. Mr. Parkingson's Stockton beat Capt. WYndham's Willa. Mr. Vipan's Silesia beat Mr. Fyson's Fireaway. Captain Wyndham's Wildfire beat Mr. Squire's Orange Flower. Mr. Gillett 's Gipsy Girl beat Mr. B. Smith's Knight Marshall. Mr. Dobede's Dolly beat Mr. Anstruther'a Crisis. The Rutland Stakes. Mr. B. Smith's Sam Slick beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck. Mr. R. Bagge's Treasure beat Mr. Dobede's Diana. Mr. Foster's Fancy beat Mr. Nash's Crocus. Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Squire's Oily Gammon. The finest day's coursing ever witnessed on Esning Field; all good trials, and the decisons most satisfactory. HIGHWAY ATTACK.—On Saturday night last, about nine o'clock, a man came to the Gloucester police-station with his head tied up, and much bruised and bleeding, from a very savage attack which had been made upon him about three miles from this city on the Bristol-road. He appeared to be an itinerant stationer, and had a bundle of paper with him. His statement was, that he was joined on the road by a young man apparently not more than fifteen or sixteen years of age, who en tered into conversation with him, and walked in his company for some distance. The man remarked, he wanted to hasten to Gloucester to buy him a pair of shoes, for he was almost barefoot. His com panion inquired what sort of shoes he intended to buy, or how much he intended to give for them. The man replied he could not afford to give much for them as he had not much money. Soon afterwards the young fellow, who was armed with a stout stick, dropped a little behind, and struck the man three tremendous blows on the head, and one on the left hand, as the poor fellow held it up to defend his head. Although almost stunned by the blows, he closed upon his assailant, and in the course of a desperate struggle, he bit off the fellow's nose, with the loss of which important feature the juvenile highwayman made off in an opposite direction to Gloucester. The man's story was somewhat extraordinary certainly, but his badly wounded head and hand plainly showed that he had been engaged in an encounter of extreme violence. Nothing more, however, has been heard of the robber, to n although jake a t h in e a loss d o n i f h a i n s o n f o s h e n n will r b fvee, it wel does l notcalculated lead to his detection at present. If any youth in the neigh bourhood should be found without this necessary as well as ornamental appendage to " the human face divine," it would be right he should be called upon to give a good account of the missing member.—Gloucester Journal. A VESSEL DESTROYED BY SPONTANEOUS COM. BUSTION.—On iSunday night a vessel, named the James, Mr. M'Kenzie muter, was destroyed by fire off Shields harbour under remarkable circumstances. She had sailed from Shields on the previous Friday, with a cargo of coals, but owing to the boisterous state of the wea ther was obliged to put back, and in attempting to re enter the harbour struck on the bar, and afterwards drifted on to the Herd Sand, the crew having fortunately been taken off. In a short ,time she was discovered to be on fire, and although several pilot. boats put off to render her assistance it was found impossible to extin guish the flames, which burnt with so much violence that in less than an hour her hull and mast wore in a body of fire, lighting up the coast and iron-bound rocks of Tynemouth Castle with singular brilliancy. The flames raged several hours, and the vessel was con sumed to the water's edge. The cause of the fire, there is reason to believe, was spontaneous combustion of the coals, the vessel having been noticed to be filled with a gaseous matter a few hours prior to her destruction. There was nothing else on board that was likely to have occasioned the fire. She was a brig, and belonged to Perth. Her loss will amount to several hundred pounds. MALT-TAX REPEAL ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the central committee of this association, which has for its object the total repeal of the malt-tax, took place yesterday at the York Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Mr. W. B. LAND, on taking the chair, announced that various communications had been received from York shire, Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire, and other counties, containing most gratifying accounts of the progress of the principles of : w e i a on r fg e feared that th o a u t would state to the meeting another fact, which he was ld be opposed to them, were now most likely to go hand the C s u e . Central associationt w a 1 P d o in hand with them in their struggle for a total re peal of the malt-tax.—(Loud cheers.) And so they ought ; for no one could doubt that such a measure was intimately connected with protection to agricul aire.—t Hear.) Mr. CHEETHAM said, that as chairman of the Oakham Protection Society, he attended a meeting of the Central Society yesterday, in Bond-street, at which the question of a repeal of the malt-tax was fully discussed—the dis cussion having arisen out of communications from Wor cestershire and East Kent, demanding to know whether it was a question which local societies might entertain — and from all that occurred, he felt convinced that the members of the society generally were favourable tb it. —(Cheers.) The Duke of Richmond, who presided, and others, thought, however, that they ought not to commit the society to a formal declaration upon the subject until they ascertained the sentiments of the local societies ; and resolutions were accordingly adopted, calling upon those societies to declare whether they were for or against a total repeal of the malt-tax, and to communicate the same to the Central Society on or before Tuesday, the 12th of January, when a meet ing of that body would be held to consider the point. Ile rejoiced that it was so, because from his observation of yesterday's meeting, he was satisfied that the vast majority of the local societies would embrace the oppor tunity to be thus afforded them of using their most strenuous exertions to obtain a repeal of the malt duty. As to the county of Rutland, he had no doubt whatever that he would have to attend in Bond-street on January 12, and declare the general feeling of the county to be in favour of that measure. He would not trouble the meeting with the reasons for repealing the malt-tax. They were too well known. All they had to consider, therefore, was the means to be used for effecting their object. He might just remark, however, that he had learned from a calico-printer in Manchester, to whom he had written on the subject, that the increase of consumption in the article of printed calico since the repeal of the duty of 3icl. the square yard, over and above what might be caused by the increase of population, was absolutely enormous. This was an important fact, because there was some analogy between the manufacture of printed cotton and that of malt. The consumption of glass had also greatly increased since the duty had been removed. The manu facture of malt was just as essential as any other, and ought to be equally free.—(Hear, hear.) They should not, therefore, be satisfied with anything less than total repeal; for if the duty was reduced even to 6d., it would still carry with it all those vexatious and oppres sive restrictions which rendered the present duty so objectionable.—(llear.) In compliance with a request from the chair, several gentlemen who had been deputed to visit particular dis tricts, reported the result of their mission, which they stated to have been in all cases most favourable to the repeal of the malt-tax—the only opposition they had met with being from either Chartists or teetotallers, while from the tenant-farmers, labourers, and towns people, they received a most hearty and encouraging sup port. The places reported of w ere Berkshire, by Mr. Collyer, who said that as the aristocracy were not with them they should depend entirely on the tenantry; East Sussex, by Mr. Smith; Norfolk and Suffolk, by Mr. C. H. Lattimore, who added that branch societies were being established in those counties to aid the central one, and that subscriptions were freely offered for the pur pose; other parts of those counties by Mr. Northhouse, who expressed his gratification at finding the press of England generally favourable to their object, and warmly advocated the necessity first, and the great advantage next, of giving to the labourer a wholesome beverage like home-brewed beer, instead of the deleterious adulterated stuff he was often supplied with from the beer-shops— those nurseries of vice, and not unfrequently of poaching and incendiarism; North Hampshire by Mr. lieriott, who did not find a dissentient voice either to the object of the association or subscriptions to support that object; Nottinghamshire by Mr. Rowley, who had found the local press generally disposed to favour the object of the association, and thought that both landowners and clergymen, if they were opposed to them, as alleged, could not remain any longer inimical to the interests of the farmer and labourer, whom a repeal of the malt-tax would obviously serve. It was impossible that the heavy labours of husbandry could be barne with advantage to the proprietary unless those engaged in them received suffi cient nourishment either in the shape of beef or barley. Mr. SMITZI (the treasurer) stated that the receipts to the present day were 7131, which had been expended io giving publicity to their proceedings, and in other mea sures which had been productive of much good. He hoped that henceforth as hitherto their funds would be adequate to their wants. The CHAIRMAN did not altogether agree in the re mark that beer-shops were nurseries of vice. He con ceived that gin-shops were the worse of the two, and that beer. shops, in some cases great nuisances, were in many instances attended with great advantage. lie re gretted, too, the remarks that had been made about the aristocracy, particularly by Mr. Arkell, in Berkshir:. It was better to leave them where they were, and for that association strenuously to follow its own course. Mr. ARKELL (of Wiltshire) wished to explain. What he had maid was, that the tenant-farmers must look no longer to the landlords or the clergy of the county, but to themselves alone. They had sought aid long enough from those above them, who, instead of affording it, had only seduced and swindled them.—(Laughter.) He should not find fault with the aristocracy if they kept their proper places. He believed they were the better of having three estates; but when he found the aristocracy interfering to turn the tenant-farmer horn the legitimate exercise of his constitutional right, he felt that he was justified in complaining. Ile had received letters from Members of Parliament and others of the same class, telling him that this was not the proper time to seek for a repeal of the malt-tax.—(A laugh.) If they waited for seven years more they would be told just the same thing. Mr. Neeld, the Member for Chippenham, stated at a public meeting, held at Devizes, that the poor man ought not to pay a duty on his beer; and yet, when he ad dressed a letter to that gentleman, requesting him, in consequence of that declaration, to take the chair at their meeting at Chippenham for a repeal of the malt-tax, his reply was, that he would do no such thing, as the time for seeking that measure bad not yet arrived.—(A laugh.) There was, no doubt, a time for all things, and Members of Parliament must not, therefore, forget that there was a particular season out of seven at which the tenant farmers and other electors were their masters.—(Hear.) It was said that the removal of the malt-tax would cause an increase in the income-tax. Even so ; those who possessed large incomes ought to be the last to quarrel about a heavy tax.—(Hear.) As for the malt-tax, he believed that 19 out of every 20 of the farmers of the country would wish to see it repealed.—(Hear.) Mr. HARVEY (secretary to the Harlestowe Club) cor roborated the remarks of the last speaker. He yester day attended a meeting of the Agricultural Association at Bury St. Edmund's, at which the chairman, Mr. Wad dington, one of the landowners of the neighbourhood, said that this was not the proper time for seeking the removal of the duty on malt, as it would cause the im position of another tax, and that, therefore, it was only taking out of one pocket to put into another. He (Mr. Harvey) thought the inference good, but with this addi tion, that it would be taking from the wrong to put into the right pocket.—(Hear.) Mr. ELMAN (of Lewes) congratulated the association upon the fact that the Duke of Richmond had unequivo cally declared himself, at the meeting yesterday, in favour of the repeal of the malt duty ; but considered it necessary, in order to give full effect to that declaration, to collect the sentiments upon the subject of the tenant farmers throughout the kingdom. Their sentiments would be known on the 12th of January. He was con fident they would be unanimously in favour of the mea sure ; and if so, they could then, in the opinion of the Noble Duke, assume such a position as would deter any Government from refusing their prayer. His Grace had also said, and he agreed with him, that nothing could be worse than to attempt anything by agitation that could be gained in a manner to command universal re spect. That associaton was now in such a train, not only to command respect, but to attain such a force as must result in complete success. The whole opposition they had met with at King's Lynn was from the teetotal lers, whose object was to discourage drunkenness ; but the way to do so was not by driving the labourer to the public-house, but by allowing him to enjoy a nourishing and wholesome beverage at home. Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P. (who was warmly received) said, that he had promised his constituency, on the oc casion of his election, to support any petition in favour of the great object they had in view ; and he should most heartily do so.—(Hear, hear.) Being questioned upon the subject of free trade, he said at once, ‘• Let it have a fair trial ;" and with that reply the q uerists were satisfied. If he had been asked to explain, he was pre pared to have answered that by a fair:trial he meant a total repeal of the malt-tax. He was prepared to have said that if Sir R. Peel looked to his own honour or charac ter as the great minister of the greatest country in the world, he would have included that measure in his re form of the tariff, instead of palming upon the country as genuine that which he knew in his heart was false, because wanting in that particular which could alone have rendered it just and impartial.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. T. HODGSKIN, not a farmer, but a determined free-trader, concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in re garding this as a question of free trade. Our trade with foreign nations had been relieved, but the whole of the home industry of the country was still very much op pressed by our odious system of excise laws. It could not be doubted that at present there was in the public mind a strong tendency to free trade and an equally strong aversion to restrictions. But then this Associa tion was establishing itself solely for the removal of ore of those restrictions—that upon the manufacture of malt; ,=-" wnereasif they adopted the view of the Hon. Gentle man who last addressed them, and placed the questio upon the basis of free trade, they ought not, in his (M: r. Hodgskin's) opinion, to confine themselves to that q u es Lion, but seek for the repeal of the duty on soap, and oC all other restrictions which press upon the home industry of the country. In consequence of the remark which, fell from Mr. Cabbell he was led to suggest that if they regarded the repeal of the malt tax as a free-trade mea-- - sure, and wished its speedy success, they had placed their association on too narrow a basis to obtain the - - support of the great body of the community, and must .:.;.':-Z.407!' consequently fail. Mr. LA.TTIMORE said, that making it part and parcel' of the great food question would give it popularity, enough. It was a measure which would benefit every class, even the landed proprietors themselves, inasmuch as it would lead to the better cultivation of land, and to, the bettering the condition of the peasant. Mr. NORTHOESE thought the question might very well stand upon its own merits. It had the rare advantage or uniting two adverse parties ; and was certainly due to' the farmers of the country as a set-off to the experiment under which they were now suffering. The CHAIRMAN observed that, however valuable the suggestion of Mr. Hoclgskin, and however willing any gentleman there might be t) adopt it, it was not now in their power to alter the object for which the society had been established. Tl'e immediate question for the meet ing to consider was, whether it would be advisable to continue sending deputations to different parts of the kingdom. Mr. ARKELL was of opinion that no more deputations should b 3 sent out until invited by some respectable party in the district to which they were to go : and after some conversation it was moved by Dr. Lamb (of East Sussex), seconded by Mr. Elman, and unanimously agreed to, that the association should adopt no further active steps until after the meeting of the 12th January. Thanks being then voted to the chairman and the deputations, the association adjourned to the 13th of January. SPANISH AMERICAN BOND HOLDERS. The following letters and documents, received to-day by the chairman of the committee of Spanish American. Bondholders, have been handed to us for publication. It will be seen from the second letter that the uncertain ties regarding the last Mexican conversion have at length been put to rest, and that the operation, as car.. ried out by Messrs*. Schneider and Co., is confirmed:— FROM MANNING AND MACKINTOSH, MEXICO, TO G. R. ROBINSON, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE Or SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS, LONDON. " MEXICO, OCT. 30, 1846. "We were in due course favoured with your com munications of a e 20th of June, Ist and 31st of August, and paid particular attention to their contents. We have been incessant in our applications to the Mexican Government about the restitution of the fifth of duties belonging to the holders of Mexican Bonds involved in the general suspension of all payments decreed by this Go vernment, but, owing to the disturbed state of the coun try, the blockade of its ports, and the imperative calls for money upon an exhausted treasury, we have not been able to get any satisfactory reply from the several Ministers of Finance that have succeeded each other in office within the last three months. Under these circum stances we made another attempt in applying by letter (copy of which we enclose) to the present Minister, Don Antonio Hare Tamariz: who has verbally pro mised to attend to the business, and return us a decision by next packet. " The unfortunate war with the United States is, in our opinion, at present the chief cause of the difficulties of the Mexican Government; and the worst of it is, that it is difficult to assign a term to the hostilities between the two countries. Hoping to have it in our power to transmit you further information by next steamer." FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME. " MEXICO, OCT. 30, 1846. " We have the honour to enclose a certified copy of an official communication we have received from the Mexican Government just at the moment of the closing of the mail:— " MINISTRY OF FINANCE.—SECTION L " I have made known to his Excellency the General charged with the Supreme Executive Power your note of this date, in which, referring to the previous ones which you have addressed to this Ministry, you desire to know what is the resolution of the Supreme Govern ment with regard to the pending affair relative to the conversion of the foreign debt; and his Exeellency com mands me to inform you, that having again examined the matter with all the attention which its importance demands, he has come to the conclusion that the opera tion is consummated, and that the Government cannot now deliberate upon it, seeing that the conversion of the debt has been actually made; and that for the same reason it has been decreed that the corresponding orders be issued for the payment of the first dividend, which is to be made in London in the month of January, as well as of the amount which you claim in your communica tion of the day before yesterday, ott account of the sus pension ordered on the 2d of May last, and the other amounts relative to the affair, without prejudice to an account of the whole operation being rendered to the Sovereign General Congress, when it shall be assembled. " ‘ I protest to you, gentlemen, the assurances of my consideration and esteem. • " God and liberty. " < Mexico, Oct. 29. " 'TARO Y TAMARIZ. " Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh: " I, Ewen C. Mackintosh, her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Mexico, do hereby certify unto all whom it Both or may concern, that the foregoing is a true and faithful copy of an original letter exhibited to me by , Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, to whom, after com paring, I have returned it for the uses that they may think proper, and in faith and testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office in Mexico this 30th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1846. " EWEN C. MACKINTOSH." ' In connexion with the above, it is understood that the present mail brings no communication to Messrs. Schneider and Co. regarding the removal of the agency, and as a notice of suspension pending an inquiry into the conversion is all that they have hitherto received direct upon the subject, an inference is drawn by their friends that the appointment may yet remain in their hands. PUBLICATIOSS. Now ready, with ten Portraits, a Plan of the Movements of the Army of the Sutlej, coloured, awl a Map of the Bist Jalindhur, lately ceded to Britain, in two volumes Bvo. THE WAR between the SIKHS and the BRI TISH in 1845-1846. By Dr. W. L. M'GREGOR, Surgeon of the Honourable Company's Ist European Light Infantry. James Madden, 8, Leadenhall-street ; Charles Smith, Edinburgh, Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin ; Thomas Murray, Glasgow. STEYNING CATTLE SHOW. STEYNING, MONDAY NIGHT.—The annual meeting of the West Sussex Agricultural Association was held here to-day. The show of cattle took place in the manning. The general quality of the stock was much superior to that exhibited on former occasions. Among the stock which excited the most attention were some beasts bred by Mr. Gates, of Steyning, and Mr. Coppard, of Hor sham; a heifer, bred by Mr. Gates; a Sussex steer, under three years old, bred by Mr. Marshall, of Hurst Pierpoint; a pen of sheep belonging to Mr. Apperton, which gained the first prize in that class; and a pen of sheep, exhibited as extra stock, bred by Mr. Dennet, of Woodmancote. The dinner was given at the White Horse Tavern. The Duke of Richmond presided, and among the most distinguished guests were Lord Edward Howard, Mr. C. Goring, M.P., Major Beresford, M.P., Major Sandham, the Earl of March, M.P., and Sir H. Goring. About 100 persons sat down to dinner. _ _ After the cloth was withdrawn, the healths of " The Queen" and " The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," were given by the chair man, and received with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN said, be had now to ask them to drink the health of a nobleman who had for some time resided in that county, whose ancestors had long possessed pro• perty in the district, who had subscribed most liberally to the funds of this association, and who,. but for the fatigue he had undergone during the last ten days, would have occupied the chair on this occasion. He begged to give " The Health of the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal." The toast was drunk with three times three, and loud cheering. Lord EDWARD HOWARD, in returning thanks, ex pressed his regret that the Duke of Norfolk was unable to attend this meeting. The visit with which her Ma jesty and Prince Albert had been graciously pleased to honour his noble father at Arundel Castle had entailed upon him considerable fatigue in making the necessary arrangements for the reception of his Royal visitors, and for paying them the respect due to their rank and station; and it was merely owing to this circumstance that he was prevented from being present on this occasion. The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the county members, observing that he hoped March intended to do his duty, and if he did not he trusted they would turn him out.—(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The Earl of MARCH, who was loudly cheered, said that he hoped, so long as he deserved to be their repre sentative, they would allow him to enjoy that honour ; but, if he failed to keep the bargain he had made with them, the Chairman had very properly advised them to kick him out.—(Laughter.) He (the Earl of March) was quite willing to abide such a test.—(Cheers.) He must say that he considered meetings of this kind were most advantageous, not only to the landlord, to the tenant, and to the labourer, but to the country in gene ral, which in a great measure owed its pre-eminence to them. People might laugh at associations for the im provement of stock and say they were of no use, but he considered that persons who held such opinions were among the greatest idiots that this country could pro duce.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He maintained that one great advantage of these meetings, even if they were attended by no other, was that of bringing landlords and tenants more closely together, and thereby preserving those links in society which were the mainstay of the British constitution. He pledged himself that, when they were dissatisfied with his conduct, he would make his bow to them and retire ; but he had now only to thank them for the honour they had done him, and to wish them all prosperity and happiness. The Noble CHAIRMAN then read the prizes awarded by the judges, varying from 81. to 11., for various de scriptions of stock. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Borough Members, and the Members for the Rape of Bramber." He regretted to say that Sir C. Burrell, who had come down to attend this meeting, was pre vented from being present by severe indisposition. They could not forget, however, that the Hon. Baronet had for a long period represented the Rape of Bramber, and that he had been most zealous in his endeavours for the improvement of agriculture in this part of the country. —(Hear, hear.) They knew him to be an upright and an honest man.—(Cheers.) He (the Chairman) did not think he could be charged with any political feeling in asking them to drink this toast; but he might be al lowed to say that those Members of Parliament who did their duty by maintaining those principles which they avowed when elected had a strong claim upon their re spect. (The toast was drunk with loud cheering.) Mr. GORING, M.P., returned thanks for his colleague and himself. As he had the pleasure of being per sonally acquainted with but a small number of the gentlemen present, ho could not but attribute the kind manner in which they had received his health to the fact that he had not betrayed the con fidence they placed in him when they returned him as their representative.—(Hear, and cheers.) He had broken none of the pledges he gave at the hustings, but in had endeavoured to the best of his ability to sup port the interests of the British farmer and labourer.— (Cheers.) He might observe, that the advantage of box feeding was now, he believed, admitted ; and his bailiff had informed him that he (Mr. Goring) saved 3/. in every 101. by using linseed pudding instead of oil cake. He concluded by proposing " The health of the Noble Chairman."—(Loud cheering.) The Duke of RICHMOND, in acknowledging the toast, said that he had great satisfaction in attending meetings of this description, because he was convinced they had had the effect of producing an essential improvement in the agriculture of the country. When he considered the exertions of the landlords and farmers of this country to improve agriculture, and to raise the condition of their labourers, he thought that, in attending such meetings as this, he was only performing the duty of his station. It was impossible to travel even a few miles in the country without observing the great exertions made be the farmers to improve their property. He was glad to see that the landowners and occupiers in this neigh bourhood were well aware of the great advan tages of thorough draining, and he hoped they would act upon the advice he would venture very humbly to give them,—to take advantage of the grant which had re cently been made from the public funds to assist them in carrying out these improvements and that, before long, there would not be an acre of land in the country liable to be damaged by floods. He would also strongly recommend the landowners and tenantry of the county to avail themselves of the improvements which had been made in scientific agriculture. He did not think the agriculturists were open to the charge of bigoted hos tility to all change, though they might entertain some little suspi c i on an d doubt as to the practicability of all the new theories submitted for their consideration. He considered that any new experiments should be tried, in eventually ifailed,if t he y the succeeded,lab n e d o benefited the first in s t ance, b y the landowner, and then, i f they landowner o taloneah large thfreog w ret o eh u nse l a d u :nint h aeai of fd h t a e itmnh t. e u eod ff no e etw r yh e na r het, owner must (theihl e i s , tenant was making Chairman) would certainly get some of it into his own pocket. (" Hear," and a laugh.) They must not mis understand him. He did not think it right that the landowners should screw down their tenantry, and he believed his conduct in that country and elsewhere would relieve him from the suspicion of entertaining such an opinion.—(Hear, hear.) What ho meant was that, if these experiments succeeded, the tenant's position would be improved, and benefit would eventually accrue to the landlord. He had ever felt that a prosperous was one of the greatest boons a la n dlord could re advancing their and they might be assured that in p romotin g the enjoyt interestsen an tenantry I economist would own, i a n n k t r a y n t y h e p y o witi?ca must allow him to fur he of d t i h d ei n i ot te th n maintain that the interests of landlord and tenant could be divided. — (Hea r, hear.) They be wanting to promote th them to be, would never f h e agriculture, to secure the welfare of the add that his e xertions, humble and inefficient as he felte im provement of ers of all classes.— Cheers. tural labourer —nay , of labour " The Successfu ( l Candi ) - The CHAIRMAN then g ave tenantry, and to amel iorate the condition of the agricul tural The Unsuccessful Can;" St e wards ;" and " The didates ;" " The Judges and „ dat es ;",, The Magistrates an d County Gentlemen of the we stern division of Sussex ; Arundel and Bramber Corps of Y eomanry. Labouring Classes of give w as , " Th e P ros perity of the i i nc lude that toast the Empire," an d h e did not mean to confine it all classes of th e l a b our i ng population thro ug hout the to the agric u lt ura l l a b our ers, but to nc lude in kingdom.—(Hear, h e ar.) He denied that the re could farmer be any distincti on b e t ween th e interests of the and those of the manufacturer, and he therefore asked them to drink to the welfare and prosperity of labourers, whether agricultural or . manufacturing. He trusted their employers, be they manufacturers or farmers, would never forget that duty which they were all called upon to perform—to give to the labourer his hire. — (Hear, hear.) He thought it was a high compliment to the conduct of the Sussex labourers that they had not a single horse-soldier in the county, with the exception of the Bramber and Arundel Yeomanry. They owed a deep debt of gratitude to the labouring classes, who toiled day after day in their service, and under• went many privations. And why did they do this? Because they well knew that their employers in the county of Sussex never forgot the important maxim of doiug to others as they would wish to be done by. He believed that the labourers of that county were an honest, upright, and independent race. He believed that the institutions which had been established for the reward of agricultural labourers had been of essential benefit to this county, by raising their character, and exciting in their minds a spirit of emulation. It was not to be supposed, when they gave a reward of 51. or 101. to a labourer, that he looked upon it as a pecuniary recompense for his services. No such thing. They knew that their soldiers who had distinguished themselves in Their country, and who had poilled their lives to maintain its pre-eminence, deemed themselves amply rewarded by a riband or a medal ; but, did any DESTITUTION IN THE WESTERN ISLANDS. A gentleman resident on the island of South Uist has communicated to us facts regarding the state of t he p o • pulation in that and the neighbouring islands which are truly startling. The statement by this gentleman is, the amount of provisions now in the people's possession cannot possibly sustain them for more than two months to come at the very utmost. Their crop, he confidently states, will not yield seed sufficient to be sown next spring, allowing they use none of it for food at all. On the 11th ult., when our informant left Uist, British cholera and inflammation of the intestines had begun to be epidemic; he knew of upwards of two hundred cases of this, at that date, in South Uist alone, and by accounts he has since received, this epidemic has been, and still is, increasing fearfully. This, our in formant says, is the result of deficient feeding and the food used being of unwholesome quality; the dis eased potato, while any of that food remained, and quantities of small fish, called in that country " cud dies," which come to the coast at this season, and which the people, having literally no other manner of food whatever, have been living upon, and are now suffering in consequence. The entire dependence of the whole population on potato diet is a fact not known adequately in this part of the kingdom, The people are deprived of their only food, and literally have now no food. The gentleman who is our informant, and whose name and address we shall be ready to communicate, was asked whether labourers would be found to leave those islands and repair to the south country, where railways are in progress? His answer was, that three months ago, large squads of able-bodied working men would have undertaken that labour gladly ; but that now, in their present famished condition, those very men were altogether unable either to travel or to work at ordinary day labour. Such a state of matters, at this period of the season, is very appalling. The statements already conveyed to the public regarding the destitution in the Highlands and Islands have been considered by , some to be exaggerated. We have here the most com petent testimony as to the state of facts. A very im perious and solemn duty is laid upon the whole com munity to extend their sympathy and aid. To this gentleman's house some sixteen or twenty men—not nnthi i n n g du e c l i s n e g dis the pauper class—come of a day craving food, not having tasted any food for two whole d a y s , an d feel ingeas dis ease, they loathed themselves that that di their et, fish diet h ad was what ever to look to.—Greenock Advertiser. OUTRAGE BY SOLDIERS.—David Oliv er an d J o h n Jones, privates in the Bth Regiment, were brought before the county magistrates at Rochester, on Monday, on a charge of assault, arising out of the follo w i ng di sgracefu l circumstances:—On Friday night, between nine and ten o'clock, the prisoners, having escaped from their quarters at Upnor Castle, after roll call, they removed their num bers from their caps, equipped themselves in military cloaks, and armed with bludgeons, proceeded to the re sidence of Mr. S. Stronghill, farmer, at Friudsbury, where they commenced violently knocking a t th e f ron t door, to the great a l a rm of the inmates. Fortunately Mr. Stronghill and his brothers were both at home, and on gong to the door, found the prisoners standing one on each side of the doorway, who immediately demanded food, swearing that they would have some before they left. Mr. S. Stronghill threatened to report them to their commanding officer, notwithstanding which, they persisted in their first demand, and i n the most violent language, declared they cared no mor e f or the i r of fi cer than they did for him. Oliver holding up his bludgeon in a menacing attitude, swore that he would give him something. He was, however, overpowered, an d the as sistance of the labouring men in Mr. St rong hill' s em ploy having been obtained, he was safely lodged .in the station-house at Rochester. Jones escaped and returned h to e n h d i e s d q n u e a x r t t edrasy!t Jones s r Castle,was adjudged t o pay a was a ya p p re- penalty of 305., and Oliver, who was most violent on the occa sion, a penalty double that amount. In d e f au lt th e y o were e mboontthhd h an committedt e latter to for Maidstone tw o months. Gaol the former for n NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Received, this day, on behalf of the late Lieutenant W. P. Green, R.N., one sovereign, through Mr. George Legg, bookseller, Gos port, from " An Old Officer of high rank, not naval;" also 1/. Is., per post, from " A Wiltshire Curate, and second son of a late Commander in the Royal Navy; also 41. from a correspondent of the Times; and a Bank of England note for 5/. from " W. C..M., Bristol," to wards the same benevolent purpose. A serious accident happened last evening on board the Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, fitting in this harbour. As the crew were employed in' getting in a large spar, with the aid of the yard and stay tackles, the heel of the spar hung in a projection of the paddle-box. Mr. Archer, the master of the Penelope, took a hand spike to prize it off, when the spar, by a sudden exertion of the crew in hoisting, came clear, and crushed him against the funnel, breaking several of his ribs. He was promptly taken to Haslar Hospital, where be remains in a dangerous state. The barque Hampshire, of Portsmouth, which has been discharging timber at the Dockyard , was taking . ballast alongside the jetty to-day, when, by the mis management of the persons employed, in not trimming it as it was taken in, she became too heavy, fell over on her side, filled, and sank. Every exertion was used by the Dockyard authorities to render assistance, and she was ultimately righted, but soon after fell over again on the jetty. She will now have to be" weighed" by the Dockyard lumps. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Johnston, was at Westport on the 7th inst., expecting to be relieved by the Dasher. A private letter says, " To morrow we go to Dugart, near Achill, taking with us six tons of salt in bags, 15 bags of bread, and 30 sacks of corn, to alleviate the cravings of the famishing peasantry at that place. We have received orders to ship a number of good strapping young fellows for the Vengeance or other vessels of war, as well as sturdy well-grown youths, from 17 to 19 years of age, as first class boys, and there are many such here ready and willing to serve her Majesty, who will enter forthwith on board the Comet for 'general service.' "—Times. MR. EATON, M.P.—We learn by private accounts, we have just received from Malta, that although this un fortunate gentleman is still living, he is in such a state as to perclude the possibility of his again representing the county. His malady has advanced with fearful. rapidity, and if he should eventually recover, many months if not years of repose and tranquillity will be in dispensably necessary to restore the shattered powers of his mind and body.—Cambridge Advertiser. THE ESQUIMAUX.—The young stranger, yelept Rookie Ekie, brought here (Kirkaldy) some weeks ago by one of the whale s hip s o f thi s p or t, h as , s i nc e his sojourn in this town, not only become an object of attraction to the commuity, but has been taken under the special patronage of the gentry, who have bestowed on him every kindness and attention. They have metamorphosed his condition of life, from that of a rude denizen of nature's wilderness, to a smart looking sprig of gentility, by having dressed him in a new suit of fashionable clothes. His savage dress of seal skin he only resumes when invited to visit any of the baronial seats in the neighbourhoo d, such as Keith, Dysart, Balbirnie, Wemyss Castle, &c., where he has shown with what dexterity he can use the bow and the spear, and, when convenient, manage his canoe, which imple ments he always takes with him on such occasions. He seems a lad about 14 or 15 years of age, stout made, broad features, dark sharp eyes, jet black glossy hair, with a little tinge of sallow in his complexion, and seems quite at home. As he is apt to learn, it is to be hoped that the experienced teacher under whose tuition he is placed will use every endeavour to pour instruc tion into his untutored mind. We also are informed that Captain Kinnear, with whom he is domiciled, pledged himself to his parents to take him home on his return k_the country next spring.—File Herald. THE 'ROMANCE OF WAR, OR THE HIGHLANDER% Iv SPAlN.—Notwithstanding, observes the Atlas, all the books that have been written on the„wars in Spain and Portugal, there was room for this work, late as it comes. It takes up a new phase, one which has not yet been preyed upon at large by novelists, and:which presents peculiar advantages in the way of the picturesque and the stir. ring. This phase is plainly indicated in the title -page—. The Highlanders in Spain. Captain Grant, says the Observer, is no novice in the use of the pen, more than he is in the use of the ,word. Since the days of " The Subaltern" in Blackwcod's Magazine, that first and best effort of Mr. Gleig, there has appeared no such ad mirable book on the same subject as " The Romance of Wm" by the present writer. The Duke of Devonshire, after a brief sojourn at Florence, has returned to Rome. GHOST OF /ESOP AT THE CATTLE SHOW—THE BARBER'S CHAIR —CHURCH ➢fOUSE— SANATORY CONDITION OF TOWNS —THE WHITTINGTON CLUB—with other various Original Papers, and all the News of the Week, in DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of Saturday next. Order of any Newsman. to r/ ece kit"' sie . 0 0re of. 100 19.0 s7l.‘'