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i.~;. Y-€ t_- _ :7, e ...-,_ ~~GI t l/ V. , I 1 C,--11AVE SE AID STIR and. BL A CKWAL L vao• PAK ~ e „• and Ilaihmy Fare incl C uded in one payment upon every Passage. p/ Exts 0 other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENHITHE /1:011 THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS' —At 71, 8 1 ,4, 954. 1154, 1, 24, 4, and 5. 031 SUNDA.YS.—No Packet at 95.2. T i l.ll THE BRUNSWICK WH ARF, BLACKWALL. e Try St arting One Quarter of an flour before each of these times. WREIC DAYS. —At 956 11; 12, 154, 214, 33, 4 %, and 6. FareSIINDAYS.—No Packet at 12. —To or from London —Fore cabin, and Second Class Ran i., tmloon nod First Class Railway, Is. Bgl°par,9lrdo.ln kiackivaii, and intermediate Piers—Fore Cabin, 6d. ; _Boat Ti Three as.'",ets•—r(.z2welve months, 4/. 45.; Six months, 21. 15 t s. e ; pa"ntas, 1/. 15s. To be had of the He on boa n erg b 1 1111 4 , 4 ! of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend 1 e or of Mr. Sau d star o'ck-atarf, Blackwall. Nee, Gravesend, Oct. 14, 1816. EW SECURE ENVELOPE 111* NEWS bki LA PAPERS. Meet. ... 4 FE and Co.'s new registered envelope for newspapers, • per nnna red, ~u ny be had of all respectable stationers. ~ \\ ( 1 4 4 , ,/ • - _ ..., ;f.Y /.' ./,. •.• v •' - , . . ' • f' P -- k 3 , - , E;- . 0kf1 , " - . . ..!'• 0 . . . . ...... • . , 2. . ~ ., . .,.., . .4,,,A,1, ... - _•l , --A - N- , %_.. ),,,- . Ili 6•4 ~ ....v„,...,.._. „.4.. ~.,...---. _ ‘ 2 .,1 0 , ..„., ~,.....0 ....„.... ..L; ; :4:. ~, -t...,,,, ..„. ..,„„ it ... 7. _,. ,! --.,--.--_,,--_,.„. - 4- i -' 0 . 4,4 1.... it Eib .'" H - .. — \1.!,.._*... ~., ,...t A. ,...:1527, l l ' '"' ..., . , -9.......•!,,;',' --„ -_- ___'- '---.-- - -;, - . A I .... 40-'- ‘1; \ ' ' 1 1 ' . ,4 4 . % 4.. ;',, ' . 41 0, • ' 4 ' ..; 0, t,..... . * .."-' ~.;:".' ali".1; - • g3,....61P 0 0- 4.,..., 07,, .._ ~ ..), .S 2- ,, .- , - DROILk 4 - '' . ' - ""2qk--, i1.....„„* , . 11? 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Ile should not dolet it b his duty k ut); e i w f, n k t n h o a w t e in p g e , e h n e la d ti i e d n n w o a t s sta n t ot only these facts, and doing mischief in corn, b u t i n cotton a l so . --(gear, and ap plause.) The resolution then passed unanimously. Mr. R. J. RICHARDSON, in moving the memorial to Lord John Russell, denied the accuracy of Mr. Mand ley's conclusions from his figures. Of 89,768 quarters of wheat imported in September last, only 40,628 quarters (nearly one-half) were taken for home consumption, and Mr. Mandley's tables, rightly interpreted, would show that not more than one-half of the corn imported was entered for home consumption ; nay, that for some time, the exports of wheat and flour had been nearly as great as the imports. Mr. Mandley told them there was no such thing as famine. What, was there none in Ire land ? He read tables of the rise of prices of provisions in Ireland, and said that all over the continent of Europe there was great scarcity of grain. The memorial did not say that there was a famine, but that wheat was high priced. The Bs. or 10s. duty stold in the way of bring ing foreign wheat into the English market. He read the memorial as follows : "TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, FIRST LORD PRICE SD. N ORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAIL WAY COMPANY. Nc lice is hereby given, that the SHANE CERTIFICATES will be in course of BF:LIVERY on and after the 31st fay of Octo')er inst., at the Offices of the Company, I, Poet's-corner, Westminster. Proprietors who have not received the rett rn of 11. 2s. Gd. on the original Leeds and Carlisle shares are requested to send id the same without delay. This scrip will require to be left for seven clear days with the Secretary f r examb. Won. By order, CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Sec. Company's Office , t, 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster. PUBLICATIOS. T"E QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLVI , is just published. CONTENTS: I. FORTIFICATIONS of rAms. 11. LORD NUGENT'S TRAVELS in GREECE. 111. THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE IV. CONSTANTINOPLE in the FOURTH CENTURY. V. DR. HOOK on EDUCATION of the PEOPLE. VI. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL. VII. GENERAL NOTT in AFFGHANIST AN. VIII.HOCHELAGA, and Sir F. B. HEAD'S EMIGRANT. IX. CLOSE of SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ADMINISTRATION. r iE WALt-----------T"---7-ALL A.—Late MIss.LINWOOD'S M adan) -, GALLERY, Leicester aware. l 'aille e ` Vi tiRTOl , l" begs to inform the. Nobility, Gentfy, ad of Tat,l:ll:t sh,e cent visita 1 has opened the above spacious g9ery with a hr aeries re. and been Nivans, and Poses Piss:loes ;, having, during brated ,nn. the Continent, engaged a troupe of eminent art e istesa favoured with admissions to the studios of- several cel!- ,„ painters and sculptors, she is enabled to produce, in a classic 'Tioa_in,entic manner, this truly popular exhibition:- 4,1, 14 T_ g pserformances at Three ; Evening performances at Eight. ' ll I • , Reserved Seat., 25.; Stalls, 3s. ENV SECURE ENVELOPE FOR NEWS , PAPERS. DE LA BITE and CO.'S New Registered Envelope for News papers, price One Shilling per Hundred, may be had of all respectable Stationers. John Murray, Albemarle-street, MR. LEIGH HUNT'S NEW WORK, SALES BY AUCTION. This day is published, in boards, or 10s. 6d. ele • gangly bound in cloth (uniform with " Imagination and Fancy"), IVIT AND HUMOUR, Selected from the English Poets : with an Illustrative Essay and Critical OF/10E of th e^ LIGHT and COKE N DORS4TSHIRE, CLOSE TO THE BOROUGH TOWN OF WAREHAM. Comments, By LEIGH HUNT. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, Of whom may be had " Imagination and Fancy." By Leigh Hunt. Third Edition, 9s. boards, or 10s. 6d. cloth elegant. A MOST' ELIGIBLE PROPERTY, EITHER FOR OCCUPATION OR INVESTMENT, COMPRI , ING A PLEASANT MODERN -RESIDENCE, -EXCELLENT • FARM BUILDINGS, AND 295 ACRES OF SUPERIOR ARABLE AND DAIRY LAND, FREE FROM LAND-TAX AND GREAT TITHE. • COMPANY. - --- ----- -, ---- 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Companyivett,abe Pr. l " is hereby g' that half-yearlyLonl3enn, lioolperletors of this 7 of the e l r a ni th Oct, 1846. will hld on 'ltrunsY, the 3d day of aeh,4lbe,r next, at eleven o'cloek in the forenoon, at the Crown and to 1 0 1 Tay eat, in the Strand, in the county of Middlesex, and that 1,1 1 i7 0 0 days previously the half-yearly Accounts of the Company by three Pen t to the inspection of the Proprietors, on an order signed nice x is he Directors. 0 1 tereby also gives, that at the same Meeting the annur 1 It bn, Auditors will take place ; and should a ballot be required '' continue open for four hours from its commencement. By order, but'' Th CIZOILES BURLS, Secretary. e chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and none Pr0priet0r5hi.................... admitted. Next week, pest Bvo T HE EMIGRANT. By SIR FRANCIS B. HEAD, Bert. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the Devisees in Trust of the late Harry Hammond, Esq., to submit to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, London, on Tituasnev, December 3d, at Twelve, in One Lot, John Murray, Albemarle-street. A truly desirable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, presenting to the capitalist an investment free from the slightest doubt Cr risk. It is in the parish of East Stoke, yet within the limits of THE BOROUGH TOWN OF WAREHAM, a matter of no small importance to a proprietor, and for a tenant at all times ensuring the readiest sale for the produce, while the markets of Poole and Dorchester are easily commanded, and shortly the railway from Southampton to Dorchester will lend its powerful aid to give fresh impetus to this district, by rendering the London rz.arket accessible- It is known as . MAUI iDER'S POPULAR TREASURIES. New Editions, corre,lted and enlarged, price 10s. each work, fcp. vo., cloth • or 12s. bound in embossed roan , 'Jig_ R . MAUN:DER'S FOUR, TREASURIES. 1. 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MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE.- A POPULAR TREATISE, exhibiting the Symptoms, Causes, and most efficacious Treatment of Diseases ; with a Collect ion of ap proved Prescriptions, Management of Children, Doses of Medicines, &c. Forming a comprehensive Medical Guide for the Clergy, Families, and Invalids. 'By T. J. GRAHAM, M.D., &c. _ . . . Oot.l, 1846 By order of the Board, _________. T HOMAS MULLIN R - DE, Secretary. VICTO -- ------------ RIA LIFE A SSURANCE COMPANY ~DUKE I LLIAM-STREET, CITY. sir JAMES Alderman, Di P. Chairman. thrijarri; Itp,xjAmix HiwEs, E sq ., Depaty-Chairman ,harie„T, I l araard, Esq Thomas Nesbitt, Esq. a. b o - 44aalm n, Es • John Nolloth, Esq. Aa r n kin. Eg g p I T Charles Phillips, Esq. °, 1 clo d " • S• Janes , strild, Es q. , avi , Jo Major-General Robertson Daniel Sutton, Esq. ha Znill Jo n es, E". tit s .A. , ' N. O'B. B. Woolsey, Esq. °frisk, Lsarances are effected by this Company on every description' Cied i i'a a Profit or non-profit scale. ti cs eft, ° f half the premiums , for the first five years allowed on Pell ?a_ eted for the whole term of life. Ittsh4 r° o c f at of Premiums so arranged al to meet She convenience or ,Advas„!lic A ssured. I Policy may be made an absolute security. e 'rson s i ''' continue to be made to Assurers on real or e un nts do . ub pa„, ilacurity, for tenni of years. nstalm Croaklewar att repayable by Is, ention is requested to the details( Prospectuses of the " It is evidently the result of great professional talent, experience, and judgment ; the author every where appears conscientious and candid. One object is prominently evident—a sincere desire to benefit his suffering fellow-creatures. To recommend a work like the present to our readers, is only to manifest a proper regard for their welfare."—,Literary Journal, Feb. 1843. _ . " It is altol;pati'aer deserving of permanent popularity."—Londca Weekly Review. _ Simpkin and Co., Paternoster-row ; Hatchard, IS7, Piccadilly ; and Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; sold by all Booksellers. N 4llO AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR. WILLIA3I RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. ANCE TY. 26 , CORN HILL SOCIE , LONDON. Capital X 500,000. 1.11.0,141 Ilistituti on mPewered by Act of Parliament. „ect to embraces important and substantial advantages Vag -1 Assu r ance) end Deferred Annuities. The assured r° of power to borrow, without expense or for ter. die 01,cY, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; A" l ts to nee:, of selecting benefits, and. the conversion of his in msurall,,_ .6 other conveniences or necessity. p ies. for terras of years are granted on tho lowest possible T he r ettlarkam DIVISION OF PROFITS. fon 714 ' )I ed th e I) ! success and increas.ng prosperity of the Society jrth bonus ' r ectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare 44 Polk; freak 35 to 55 arc ent. on the premiums paid ected on the Profit sl :1 7 1i 142 , 4 Bents 1. Bonus ti added. Cash. t • 1 1 "10 00 • I " I EXAMPLES. li 'Nil lAA. 8 rAmu • Bonus is i ~.F, i Assured added. Cash. 'Z' 6° may I 0 . Borrow. • II --..................._ 4 1 837 1 521715 I'ZlO2 011416 6 4 1 X445 I I 1238 192 3 0, 87 1 ;II 13 10 2 r , 395 11 1 1839 165 11 16 74 1 11 2 1 346 2 3 1840 118 7 6 84 10 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 1, 49 10 0; 710 4, 247 4 14,446,4riti0n f fit Is *Lanai and tka next will be DI ads in —mier of tke present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUS, Secretary. • _.ONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULT RY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. DritECTORS. Tll, ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. — ,, u3 d[AS SIDNEY, Esq., Ald erm a n , D e p u ty-Chairman. r-dward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker. Warde, and Co.) George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower). G eorge Moore, Esq. (Groucock , Copestake, and Moore). William Nicholson. Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James Peck, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayno, Esq , New Bond-street. Peter Rolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt). Actuary and Secretary—J. Jones, EN. •Ilnong other advantages offered by this Society are securty with 'tit liability, economy i n the managernent, and low rate s of pre i mium. "iaims promptly paid. PROFITS TO POLICY-HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1546.) ___ ...,_„............••• •• • •••••••••11•111111M...• •• to ; ... t S ° '.." 5 0 't (1) 2 . g. Z R 1... ',.. .ogEc. It',l ",- u> . Ei U- '',. 5;• ki* gia iA g a cii 5 0 4 R= C C g . . .. t. gi or. F S 2 z ... Fa. = ° • • cn 0., .ti .......... . ili a , t £. s. d. £. m. d. £ 183 a 7 60 1,000 62 15 02415 S. 248 40 1 835 7 46 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 26 183 5 5 9 1,000 60 0 0 20 110 224 33 184 0 43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 31 184) ; 44 1,000 35 0 0 96 0 202 27 „......_ 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 .------.—...................._0 341 23 LANITI, tVGLISII and SCOTTISH L. ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIA TB 12 . , v .„,. aterloo-placc, London; 119, Princes -street Established in 1139. 1.1 I,IP— + . Subscribed Capital, One Million. SSIIRANCE, ANNUITIES. REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. 1 11 , 11 . . 5 10n of th e English and Scottish Principle of Assura nce . totin,‘, IO REIIP.I s TSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOIN i n rec uilt - J ni With Li fe Assurance, on undoubted personal or other Th e . .-Bgured participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary and Secretary. AW LIFE ;, Edinburgh, q.OLD FLAT HOIIIZONTAL WATCHES, je w ,, camel e iael dials, carale,y mulched, with eng ite-turned cases, Iv4t7! ed in f our holes, going barrel t o continue the action of the lit, 1 "1 while winding, are Uttered, price six guineas. These elegant bh'r Watches is given, will be with fixed terms on which they will always ''', / ,' l . ve city attention required. (se,e o X SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers, B:c., 47, Cornhill h a 'l doors nom Gracechurch-street), London. N.ll.—Seeoncl hq s.. i t arches purchased in exchange. P l lll / 1 QUEEN OF SPAIN'S MARRIAGE. r i he marriage of the youthful Queen of Spain Is certainly deserving of a strain ; And lest you think we're slighting the " Infanta," Our muse shall take the subject up instanter; we've nothing that's political in view, That sve will leave for editors Willie some folks make a business to assail her, d0211.1' business i s th e b us i ness o f a tailor. e want to give a hint (as you may guess) i ue lliPg her royal bridegroom's wedding dress. ..OSES and SON (without a word's dispute) 'htaild have the orders for the wedding Garments like these would make the courtiers stare, suit. rhowould he find th e i r equal anywhere ; ThPauish Queen herself would mica admire e elegstnce displity'd In such attire. A re -5-tOSESdaily and SON ( w hi ch fac they scarce need state) having orders from the great ; ForgAnd tgYpt's Prince, while visiting our borders, ot not to oblige us with his orders. Then let the Royal Prince about to marry Take HOSES the hint which these few verses carry; and SON will choicely execute the Prince's order for a wedding suite. Lin OF PRICICB. READY MADE. X s• d• ___ _ _--. 7 6 Teed Tagliont ..... ..... ...............from 0 . e,terfild and Codrington Taglisnis .... •• •......• iacindin. e 1° 6 knnrner Coats in e (inscription and •. lacinding .... the registered Coats— •• • •• •'"•—• • • • •• 1 .2 0 Mouses in every material •:: • •• • • . • .. ~ fron t 0 2 3 Mouses pattern Stunrner Vests • • • • '•"• • •• • (1 4 fal Cashmere and Ferman ditts, in e .1 • 1 . .i . , ••• variety• • • Black and Fancy Satin, di'to n ‘ a • „9 6 0 Fancy Trousers .... •• _ • ••—••——•••• • • • • • • . 0 4 6 Dress Coats .. '• • • • • •• track ditto • • • • • • • • - •1 3 0 ' DS TO ettASTIRE. Coats, of every Material adapted for the season, in any Variety of style and fashion, to order ... • • • . . trout Quilting Vests, 68.6 d. each, or three fur.— ........., Quilting ditto, li every variety of pattern ..... .... gatin ditto, plain and fancy •• .. • -..---- • • * • • • DittO, Cloth or Casireero ditto . ••. . - -..- - .... Ditto, Black Single-milled ditto .................. • • 14ring Trousers, in every pattern. ...... - - - ...... „liingle-rnilled and Albert Victoria ditto .. .. . • • . . . . • tt Black Dress ditto... • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - ess Coats .... •••• " " ' ...... - .. - -- - .... ' itto, best manufactured • .: .. .......... ............ fir`ck Coats ••• • • • ........... ........ •••• • • ~ ft-0 in ito, best rnanufactured •••• • • - .... McUrning, to any extent, at five minutes notice. pili ng article purchased or made to measure, if sot approved of, Oboe inunediately exchanged, or the money returned. ors 4e,rvc—Z. MOSES and SON, Tailors, %Vootlen Drapers, nat. liii. Clothiers, Outfitters and general %Vareheutcmen. regret to be Red th at ~ to guard the publit against imposition, but, having learned ti ,tco untradestnanlike falsehood of ' being connected with tcro. , or I+' at em. .5 the same concern, has been resorted to in many in 'fly ot2 Crtid for obvious etts.u, they have no connexion with An.,41,: house in or out if London. di , a , 4 'close who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to prevent L o i'lxdnttnent, eau at or send to the Nfiaories • and Aldgate, City, udo n. Ar o a nd 0 SES and SON, Tailors. Woollen Droners, Flatters, Hosiers, arid 4rutittters Nos. 154, 155, 156, 157, Miuories, and 83, 84, 85, 14,4,:,lidgate, City, London. •kdgit!•---The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at .4 11 0 ' t,,ridgybus nem transacted at this Establishment freer sunset Ca , eves till sunset on Saturday evening, when it is reamed a ‘Welvt o'cock o 16 o 19 0 • 8 6 0 14 6 O 8 0 0 13 6 O 1') 6 O 19 0 1 6 0 1 12 0 2 15 0 1 15 0 3 3 0 THE B ESTIVALL AND SWINEHA NE FARMS, OF 295 ACRES OF RICH DAIRY AND ARABLE LAND, and it will be in the recollection of those acquainted with the county that they were for many years the pet farms, or better known as THE MODEL FARMS OF THE LATE SIR CLAUDE SCOTT, BART., by whose untiring energy, skill, and outlay, they were not only brought to a high state of cultivation, but by the formation of an embankment of vast extent, with a most perfect system tif draining and irrigation, some of the richest dairy and sorn land in the county was secured, as well as a constant aupply of manure from the deposit from the river. The late proprietor, at very considerable cost, erected A GENTLEMANLY ABODE, offering excellent accommodation for a family, approached by a lodge entrance, through a most luxuriant shrubbery walk, adorned with an infinity of choice flowerin , plants, to the lawn and pleasure garden, from whence a view of singular magnificence is obtained, in cluding the long range of THE DORSETSHIRE HILLS, THE MAJESTIC RUINS OF CORFE CASTLE being a prominent object ; whilst the home view commands Lord Rivers' estate of Redcliff and the Wareham River, which yields a never-fading supply of fish, and in the season wild fowl is abun lance —irresistible attractions to a sporting man—to whom it should be known that there aro frequent meetings of Mr. Farquharson and Mr. Drax's hounds. There are two farm-houses, with most com plete agricultural buildings ; and an excellent gravelled road runs through the estate, communicating with each field. Several cottages and every essential for conducting an extensive dairy farm with ad vantage ; and if at any time desired, the estate can be divided into twe farms. Early possession may be had. The estate may be viewed by applying to Mr. House, at the resi dence, and particulars, with a plan, obtained ; also of It. D. Marsh field, Esq., solicitor, and the Red -Lion, Wareham ; New Inn, Wim borne ; Crown, Blandford ; Antelope. Poole ; Sherborne ; King's Arms, Dorchester; Matcham's Hotel, Southampton; of Henry Conapigne, • Esq., solicitor, 24, Bncklersbury ; at the Mart ; and at Mr. George Robins'a Offices, Covent-garden. THE VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT ESTATES OF THE LATE Wlt. CROWDY,' ESQ., OF HIGHWORTH, WILTS, COM .RISING THE MUCH AD ',TIRED RESIDENCE, WEST ROP H USE,. AND LANDS AROUND IHE TOWN ; ALSO FARMS AN;) LANDS AT STRATTON, CLOSE TO THE SWINDON STATION, SOUTH ARSTON, SHRIVENHAVI, LETCOMBE, LEMILADE, HA. xi PTO N AND HANNINGTON ; ALL MOST ELIGIBLE FOR INVESTMENT. R. * GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the Executrirs to announce for SALE by AUCTION, at the GODDARD ARMS, SWINDON, on MONDAY, Nov. 16, at Twelve for One o'clock, in Three Lots, The important Freehold Property of the late William Crowdy, Esq., of Ilighworth, Wilts. COMPRISING NEARLY 400 ACRES OF THE BEST LAND IN THE VICVNITY OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, OFFERING MANY TEMPTING INVESTMENTS, including Westrop House, the family Residence, built of stone, of handsome exterior, and upon which no expense has been spared to secure every comfort ; the internal arrangement so complete as to leave nothing to be desired. The principal Rooms are of good pro portions, and the Reception Rooms and Saloon opening one with another and, LOOKING UPON THE LAWN AND PLEASURE GARDEN, WHICH EXTEND TO FIVE ACRES, form a most agreeable scene. A shrubbery walk, of singular beauty, winds a considerable distance through the grounds, which present a charming specimen of landscape gardening ; the ollces are quite perfect, and, as four packs of hounds hunt the immediate neigh bourhood, A MOST DELIGHTFUL HUNTING SEAT may be secured, which from its many advantages only requires tr, be known to be appreciated by a sporting gentleman. Also immediately opposite are 25 ACRES OF ORNAMENTAL LAND, with extensive frontages to two roads, forming a moat valuable ap pendage to the residence, and close to the town, two Freehold houses, facing the High-street, occupied by Mrs. Jones and Mr. Howes, with gardens, and several cottages. Also, AT EASTROP, IN lIIGII WORTH, a house occupied by Mr. Lavington, with two closes of extremely rich land, with frontage to the high road; one known as Fennell's Close, the other as THE TRINITY CLOSE, WITH FISH-POND AND PLANTATION, a romantic spot of extreil,e beauty, and its proximity to the town offers a tempting purehase. Two acres of meadow land, at Hampton, let to air. Robert Litton ; three acres at Hanuington, let to Mr. It%hard Herbert thirty acres, known as the Gogisit es, with frontage to the Lechlade road ; 37 ACRES uF RICH MEADOW AND ARABLE LAND AT STRATTON, divided into five closes, two of them abutting upon the railroad at Swindon, and close to the station, let to Mr. Greenaway, Mr. Law rence, and Mr. Bailey. A SNUG FARM OF FIRST-RATE PASTURE LAND 4T SOUTH MARSTON, comprising 58 acres, with homestead and buildings, let to Mr. Love ; and 9 acres, let to Mr. Hughes, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Litton. 5 ACHES OF CAPITAL MEADOW LAND AT SHRIVENHAM. In two Closes, one with frontage to the Berkshire Canal, let to Mr. street, and the other on the Road to Ilighworth, let to Mr. Pocock. Three Cottages at Watchaeld, let to Mr. Belcher and others. A CAPITAL PASTURE AND ARABLE FARM AT LETCOMBE, with a comfortable Farm House and suitable Buildings, a portion of the Land of superior quality around the House, the remainder Down Land about a mile distant, forming together a desirable Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Bence, also an allotment of three and a half acres at Letcombe Regis, let to Thomas Goodiake, Esq., and fear and a half acres of rich Meadow Lan i at Letcombe Basset. A SMALL FARM OF EXCELLENT ARABLE AND MEADOW LAND AT LECHLA DE, a moiety of which belonged to the late Mr. Crowdy, 46 acres being close to the Town, with Farm-yard and Buildings, and frontage to the High-road. let to Mr. Hunter, 10 acres of Water Meadow on the Road leading to Welford, in the same occupation, aed an undivided moiety of a small Close of three acres, being the second from the Road leading from Farringdon to Lechlade, in the occupation of Mr. Phipp. The various Properties may bo viewed, by permission of the tenants, and full particulars will be published 21 days prior to the Sale, to be had at the Goddard Arms, Swindon; Barrington Arms, Shrlvenh ; Bear, Wantage; New Inn, Lechlade; owWhdity, White Horse, Esg.: Cricklade ; • Crown, Farringdon ; of Henry C. Solicitor, Highworth, and at the King and Queen, Highworth ; of cAhleessstnerl s ß tr a e r e n t e , s , B W r o i a n d t s r t , r a e n e td and Bernard,at Mr. George Solicitors, N o R . 0 2 b , Covent-garden. Robin's Offices, Offices, SLATE QUARRY, NEAR CARNARVON, NORTH WALES. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to DIS POSE OF, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a valuable SLATE QUARRY, In the most convenient position for readily embarking the produce to every part, and which is held under a lease for twenty-one years, renewable on application. It is about seven miles from the thriving town of Carnarvon, with the advantage of a rail or tram-road, which goes through the lower part of the quarry, an d thence to that town. The quality of the slate, which Is of a most beautiful blue, cannot be surpassed ; it is to be found In vast abundance, and capable of being manufactured to any size that may be required, A considerable part on the top has been worked, evincing ample proof of the superiority of the produce. A. short level can easily be made, so as to have a depth of twenty-two yards over the whole of the quarry. The length of the vein is about 300 yards, and the breadth about 130. There Is every convenience and advantage for conducting the working successfully ; and there cad be n i question a large amount of annual profit may be safely relieu up m. by the employment of only a moderate capital. Mr. Thomas Richardson, of South Penrailt, will show the quarry of whom full particulars may be had ; also at Mr. George Robins'a o :flees, Covent. garden. FREEHOLD ESTATE, WILBARSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF NOR TH FON. To BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by B. PAYNE, at the Swans Inn, In Market Harborough, on TUESDAY, October 20, at Three in the aternoon, in one or more lots, and sub ject to such conditions of sale as will he then and there proda.,ed, (unless previously disposed of by pr:vate contra - . 1. of which early notice will be given), all that FREE EIOLD MESt-UAGE, or Dwel ling-house, with the out-offices, barns, stabling, ya d, garden, and conveniences, late the pro;:erty of William Manton, i 0,, decea ed, situate In the parish of Wilbarston in the county of North:l)l,ton. Also all those six c'oses of first-rate Grazaig Land, lying near to and adjoining the above messuage or dwell'ng-house, containing eighty-three acres, or thereabouts. And also all that c'ose of Graz ing Land, adjoining the above, called the Church Leys, and con taining 9a. Or. 10p., or thereabouts. The above (state would to found a most advantaleous investment for cap t xi, as the build rigs are ample, and the la^d in the highest state of cuitivaton. Mr. Markham, of Wilbarston, will show the estate, and p'ans and conditions of s Ile and further particulars may be obtained at the offices of Mr. Steel, solicitor, Sleaford ; Messrs. Lawrence and Flews, xolicitors, Old Jewry-chambers, Lond .11 ; at tte principal inns at Wilbarsten, Market Harborough, Leicester, and Northamp ton; and of the au:Roneer, Leicester. 30 to 5Q to uing from Te be had at the Patentexi Cent. Saved 1 THE UNIVERSAL 6puee,brt. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross. GAS BURNER. public attention to the following facts, rh T: 1 e a d P v a a t n e t n a t g e e e s s beg le u t invention are 'various and striking. Independently of a saving the 30 to 51 per cent„ the cona lb,aitshtei or hitherto is dissevered. per fect, an d It the e tn ibrilliancyts ill,e produced superior to any light o a c n o d l o S u u r c ohr is e t sfl x s , m ,usrti ell nor smoke, and burns purity, that it neither affects sotresadolillsytfloier mosta ny period t ; made to the introduction of gas in dwellin--Ifabric. Objections have fittings, to its destruction of furniture, drape'rciluses, to the expense of these are entirely obviated by th e „ PA TEN T l - NITER Gas monly supposed, it is adapted fir private ewer than is com swellings, club-houses , hotels, manufactories, and public buildings, as well as for small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, One of the immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with theroont, at a sum avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and econom every other known light, are shown by the annexel surpassing opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the troccedings of the Institution of Civil Engin e Tuesday, 26th May, 1846, Sir Joi , / RENNIE, President, i n the Chair..s. " I gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibi ted The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream if air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burlier. fhe air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, w as hear ed, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, and i:npinging with force en the flame of the gas carved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The Same was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, arid trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better ght, with a Fraying of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIS CHEMICAL hZCIIOOL.—" In testing Clark, MeNiell, and Ce,'s Untrersa :Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, It gave a mere pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 0 25 . per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONOBOTTOk, Secretary, CERTIFICA TE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, lie Nicll, and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nes. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tall burners, ti , s. 4, 48 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the darnels supe rior to any other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. I/. PALMR, Mhanical Inspector. The IiINITERSAL GAS BURNER E is used nightly at the Poly technic Institution, and may be had and seen freeze 11 till 4, at the Patent ees,6o, St. 3.Lattin'a-laue, Charing-crOSS 9 need of all Gars =ten. A I V . I 5 E d S I Z ; lb. ; F G l en N utn l e SpSerPinE.R 6 M d.. y C ell A ow N s D oa i, E 42 S s. 465., 525., and 58s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, Sis., ' 6os. and 645. p ; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, Is. Sd. ; Genuine Wax, Ps. Id. ; Store Candles, 5)441. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon; 'Mar, 30. 3d., Pats Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Windsor Soap, Is.i'. 1. per packet • Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. nose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. rer lb. ; Male's , erior Parson Composite, requirlnz no snuf fing, 93 41. ' For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse 6 Si. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. L ADIES TRAVE LL ING, Visiting tke Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the seorehin rays 01 the Sun, will find OWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation far the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability. and immedi ately affording the pleading sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous Varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratlens, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec- Lion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, - and those of the Continent ef Europe., together with the "elite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volk," from the sultry climes of India, and the ~ • . Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersbargh and Mescow.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. ad. per bottle. 0 ,,,* Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) en the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. . Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists aid Per fumers. All other I. lCalvdora" are fraudulent counterfeits. THE WINNING OF THE INFANTA, A ROMANTIC BALLAD. FYTTE FIRST. The sun shines fair - on Neuilly, p,st the hour of dine, Old France and his four royal sons are sitting o'er their wine; But untasted by the mo narc h' s s id e b r i g h t gleams the Clos- Vougeot, As he chinks his five-franc pieces, and surveys his sons a-row. Oh, a wily man is that old king, his whiskers long and grey, With a twinkle in his eye, that seems " I'm wide awake" _ to Say; And the smile that plays about his lip is just the smile that suits _ _ The only King in Europe who has polished his own boobs. There sits dark JOINVILLE, with moustaches right truculent of twist, MONTPENSIER, the muffin-faced, Mtyourts the close of fist, And young n'AumALE, the fair and flat, a chasseur tight and trim, And the monarch thought " it's lucky that I've found a wife for him." " NE➢IOURS, thou art mine own true son—small dower thy wife need pay. By skinning flints and shaving close thou still wilt make thy Way JOINVILLE I've wedded to Brazil, her diamonds and her dollars, And all save one I've fitted with matrimonal collars. "There sit two royal maidens in the Escurial towers, Their hands his prize who mystifies the European Powers; By St. Denis, there's one for thee, MONTPENSIER , my boy I" And down with a crack ; o n hi s t hi rd son ' s back, came the monarch's hand in joy! - . "For the rival knights TRAPPANI, COBURG, MONTEMOLIN, Don FRANCISCO, Don ENRIQUE, I hold them not a pin Let who will have HER MAJESTY, we for the INFANTA stand: There are,cases where one bird i' the bush is worth two birds in hand. " What ho, my squires ! bring forth . my horse, my armour, and my shield!" And 'twos rare to see the ancient kin . g how he armed him for the field, While his four sons gathered round him, each on his beaded knee, • And took- a lesson from that old Chevalier d'lndustrie. He hatk braced his helm of humbug, his breastplate of un truth, • He bath taken his shield of impudence and his lance of little ruth ; And his sons up to the saddle -tree give him a leg at need, And proudly paces " Artful Dodge," his old but trusty steed FYTTE SECOND. The lists are cleared, the barriers reared, the knights come riding in, The captive maidens sadly look, for liking is a sin ; They may not choose, may not refuse, for such their royal parts, 'Tis but their hands are wanted—what need to think of hearts? Rides in the van, the pale TRAPPA 2f, his sword is in his sheath, The legend blazoned on his shield " I fight"—a cross beneath. MONTE3IOLIN, his shield within, displays a crown of brass, Which his sire Don CARLOS gave him when he found it wouldn't pass. Next rides COBURG- COHARY, and the QUEEN doth wish him luck ; For, though somewhat out at elbows, he's what ladies call a " duck," And he bears the Coburg legend, which his seedy look con- firms, Of "Royal Marriages performed upon the cheapest terms." Don FRANCISCO rideth after, looking fain to run away, Right groggy is he in his selle, and anything but gay Follows close bGld Don ENRIQUE, he hath caught the Ix- FANTA'S eye, He blows a kiss to h?r, and she blows hint one in reply. The trumpets sound, the knights ride round, displaying of their paces, And the ladies gay, they flirt away, displaying of their faces ; When, o'er the barrier of Utrecht, that shuts the lists below, With lusty leap Louis Pnxurra on " Artful Dodge" doth show. [le - wears his crown with vizor down," Hold hard!" he erica aloud, " I too will ride a tilt of arms before this noble crowd:" And he strikes on Prince TICAPPANI'S shield, who, the chal lenge when he hears, Immediately is taken ill, and straightway disappears. " Ha, ha! I guess that's one the less I Now, Sir COBURG, for you." And he tipped his lance with gold, for well his foe's weak point he knew ; A rush, a thrust—a cloud of dust—and when it left the air, There lay the COBURG, dead to " time," and much the worse for wear. " Now rest thee, Don FRANCISCO, I leave the QUEEN to you. But Don ENRIQUE, there's a crow to pluck between us two." And he bent his lance of slander 'gainst that heart so true and leal, And, with a grin, the stern old king sent home the poisoned steel. Then silent flowed the tears of those maidens as, perforce, Each saw her favourite champion sent, as Bell's Life says, " to dorse ;" But nought reeked he, the grim Louis,„pf breaking hearts, or woe : He'd come to win a wife, and one he'd have before he'd go. On came 14 1oNTEntou9r, but aye his glance he backward threw, For the Constable was on his track, as well old Louis knew; " Police !" shouts France, but their approach the Count awaited not, At first g li mpse Of the Alcalde he bath bolted like a shot ! The jousts are done, the prize is won, old France has gained the day, Tho"tis in what some folks may call—a dirty sort of way; And he strokes the neck of " Artful Dodge," "Well done thou trusty steed! I've worked thee hard, but never yet thou'st failed me at my need !" Right proudly rode he up the lists to where the maidens sat, And courteously his visor raised, beneath his broad brimmed hat, Your hands are mine, to pick and choose: Fzelcasco take the QUEEN; For you, INFANTA, Pve a son, a gallant boy, tho' green." And with a roguish chuckle, as they looked both sad and sour, He gave these sorry maidens each unto a husband's power; And long Madrid shall grumble at the doings of the day When, with " Artful Dodge," Louis Pinurn the Isp.l,lsTA bore away.—Punch. MANCHESTEIt, WEDNESDAY.—A meeting of working men of Manchester, convened by placard and advertise ments, was held last even i ng i n t h e T own H a ll, " To memorialise Lord John Russell to open the ports." The large room of the hall was filled to overflowing. At a quarter before eight o'clock, Mr. Abel Heywood, Dr. John Watts, and other promoters of the meeting, came upon the platform, and on the motion of Dr. Joust WATTS, .Mr. ABELTEYWOOD was called to the chair, in taking which he said:—At the latter end of last year a meeting of tf.e working classes was called to memorialise Sir R. reel upon a question similar to the present; and it was thought desirable that another, meeting of a similar character should now be called, in order that the work ing classes should take•the lead in a movement so impor tent to themselves. The tune for opening the ports had now evidently arrived, and the only question was," How soon can they be opened?"—(clear hear.) The pressure which must arise might and would be dangerous to the peace of the country, if the people thought the country had lit a sufficiency of food. To prevent outbreaks, it was a duty to suggest the propriety of memorialis ing Lord John Russell, to induce him to open the ports at once for all kinds of grain.—(A pp( :use.) He hoped this example would be followed eiaewhero with such spirit as to induce Lord John Russell to consider the importance of the memorials and the state of the country, and accede at once to the request of the people. He believed the Governra,nt only wanted an expression of opinion on the part of the people, who had but to speak in one universal echo, and the thing was con summated.— (Applause.) Dr. JOHN WATTS, in moving the first resolution, said that if Sir Robert Peel had a re %son last year to repeal the corn laws, Lord John Ru sell had a nouh!e reason now to open the ports. Manchester :tad its vicinity contain about 300,000 people, and if each consumer', a 41b. loaf per week, the difference in price would amount to :3,125/. per week, which wosld put 104 tradesmen':, shops in the receip'. of 3bl. each per week, or would (=- ploy 2,125 men at 20s. per week. If two-fifths of the men were thrown out of work, there would soon be 1,2.0 families, or 6,250 individuals, extra-dependents up n parochial relief. Riot and murder had already com menced in Ireland ; famine was in Caithness, where they were not only without potatoes, but the herring fishery had failed ; and in London there were 7,000 to 8,000 journeymen tailors out of employment. This was the first trade that felt the effects of distress ; for people must have food, but could do awhile without new cloth ing. The duty last week was Bs. a quarter on wheat ; and it was important not to have a penny of difficulty in the way of raising supplies of food and preventing tumult. There were two good things to be got by open ing the ports,—commercial relations would be drawn much closer, and consequently friendly feelings between nations. Then the import duty was a sort of gam bling-table, and people were always ready to lock up food when the people were starving, in order to reap 3 richer harvest of profit from it. There was now immense corn-jobbing. Open the ports, and this gambling would be at once knocked on the head, and food would be obtained for till. Su pose we imported only half a million. of quarters, knocking off the Bs. duty, the result would be a saving of only 200,0001., which, if turned over only once in two months for a year, would find employm - ent for 23,077 men, at 20s. per week, paid in wages ; and if 'these men were heads of, families, it would relieve our parishes from 75,000 indi- viduals, who, without such return, must become charge able to them. Perhaps Ministers thought the people apathetic ; but the apparent apathy had arisen from the fact that the people hesitated before they would throw my impediment to Lord John Russell's carrying out his own policy, as they had great confidence in the man. He concluded by moving the first resolution, for opening the ports. Mr. Raw TEER seconded the resolution. In Ireland, instead of opening the ports, the Government opened the barracks, and poured soldiers in upon a starving people, who had no disposition to riot.—(Hear.) Could soldiers calm the storm that hunger must necessarily produce ?—(Hear.) He hoped there would be no vio lation of the public peace in Ireland. He thought that people had manifested a - degree of patience and forbear ance which he feared would not have been manifested in this country. There was one thing in favour of this meeting as regarded its influence, that it was one not of Chartists, Whigs, Radicals, or Tories. In Manchester, at this moment, the feeling in favour of opening the ports was general, and pervaded all classes, from the weaver to the richest manufacturer.—(Applause.) Mr. CHARLES POUNTNEY said he was glad to see so large an assemblage, and he hoped they would keep to the specific business and duty of the meeting—to memo rialise the Government to open the ports. Already Dundee had sent up a memorial; and he hoped Man chester would be at all events second in calling the at tention of Government to this matter. They were now constitutionally assembled in the Town-ball of Man chester—a circumstance which would give weight to their memorial.—(Cheers.) _ _ Mr. GEORGE FREDERICK MANDLEY also supported the motion. He said he had for some time abstained from politics, but observing that the price of the people's staple articles of food had been enormously advanced, he could not, as the head of a family, and one sympathising with working men, refrain from coming to make some statement of facts, which, from his peculiar position and means of information, had come to his knowledge. It was to him a delightful circumstance that he could stand there, and (though there were high prices of edible stuffs) vindicate the providence of God, by denying that there was famine. Nevertheless, he could support this motion, because he doubted not that if the ports were opened there would be a check given to that large amount of speculation in corn which had run it up to the present high price, and was doing enormous mischief to the working classes, and all who were engaged in the regular trade of the , country. Every one who had heard the speech of Mr. Watts must be satisfied that every shilling extra taken from the working man in tee shape of food must operate to the dis advantage of those engaged in textile manufactures; it must affect our home trade, and he was assured, on most undoubted authority, that it was doing so to an alarming extent.—(Hear, hear.) The whole of the fall ing off in trade he did not mean to say was owing to this circumstance, because there was the war in Mexico and the rising in Kafirland had some influence upon trade.' His main object was to show that the high price of food was not the consequence of scarcity, and he had in his hand tables which would show that there was at the present time in this country a larger amount of wheat and wheat-flour than was ever known in this country.—(Hear ' hear.) The doc um ent he held in his hand, and which he should quote from, was not a mere newspaper paragraph, but a return issued by Mr. Porter of the Board of Trade ; and it would show that at this time, when people were talking of the impending famine —when owing to the abundance of money speculators were advancing the price of food se rapidly that the price of the 41b. loaf had gone up from 6d. to 80. in six or seven weeks only—there never was such an abun dance of food in this country. The table which he held in his hand to quote from, first was, a return giving a three years' comparative statement of the quantity of wheat and wheat-flour imported into this country, and entered for home consumption, and of the amount ex ported, during a period of seven months in each year ending on the sth of August, namely the years 1844, 1845, and 1846. The imports of wheat and flour were, for the seven months ending sth of August— Quarters of wheat. Cwts. of flour. 1844... ........ 809,667 1845 201,761 1846 —(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Now, then, the next item was the amount entered for home consumption within that same period of time in each year, and he would call their attention to the circumstance iet there was entered for home consumption in seven months, end ing the sth August-- Quarters of wheat. Cwts. of flour. 1844 1845 72,720 1846 1,798,329 . And this last year, let it be remembered, was the year of famine!—(Applause.) The quatity of oats imported in 1844 was 85,198; in 1845, 234,857; and in 1846 (in the same period of seven months), 328,886. Add to this that in 'the present year there had been imported 92,689 quarters of Indian meal, whilst there had been none of that article imported during the two. previous years.— (Hear.) It was an interesting fact, before they went further, to see what stock of grain and flour there was in the country at the comm encement of the periods he had named. There was in bond, th en , on the sth De cember, 1845—wheat, 794,250 q rs. ; o ats , 10 8,600 qrs.; wheaten flour, 405,455 cwts. An y gentleman who hadn have observant n corroborations o f v'hat was going on around hi m, would of this excess of food, f or i t bee seense rva was a subject of remark that there was a larger amount of wheat-flour traversing our streets at this time than was ever seen before.—('fear, hear.) This was not a period of famine in wheat, then. The Farmer's Maga zine corroborated this statement, for it said the crops of the present year were well got in, large, and that the quality and yield of the wheat were never finer.—(Ap plause:) The parties who were causing high prices, then, were the speculators. And let it not be supposed that he was inveighing against speculators, because he held that capitalists had a right to invest it as they thought to the best advantage, and it might be a ques tion whether, in times of real scarcity, the heightening of the price did not do good by keeping the people from at once exhausting their stock of provisions, and by spreading the consumption over a longer period. He ' was anxious the more to make these facts known, be cause the editors of newspapers, who are men engaged personally in commerce, and consequently dependent upon interested parties sometimes for iliformatien, had been putting abroad grossly unfounded, or at least mis leading, statements. The Times had stated some time since that there were not more than 700 , 00 0 quarters of corn in bond, but said nothin g a bout the fact that 2,700,000 quarters had b een release d from bond in two mo nt increased h s.— (l l e ar, , h ear.) But the poor w ere b e i ng ro bb ed ofthe quantity that individuals mi g ht h ave the advantage of an increased pric e . He held in his of September mil no 16th which a t r, w h e hoi N fehf e ae zv ma Y ri nroeerh,kafrCoarotueirdt: e h r sai a sid n Enquirer a d ttehtae:m tehe ro there was crops of grain that there exceeded this year the cro p s of last year, and that the people of the states could not , by many ten s o f mil " The Memorial of the Working Classes of the Town o, Manchester, assembled in Public Meeting in the Town-hall, " Humbly showeth—That from the present extraor dinary price of bread, and of food generally, your memo rialists apprehend great distress, the addition of a single penny to the price of the 41b. loaf requiring an increased outlay of 1,0001. per week for bread alone in the town of Manchester. The rise in the price of bread within a few weeks has been nearly three-fifths of the whole cost, or nearly 3,0001. per week for this town alone; which sum is, of course, abstracted from the receipts of the general tradesman, and is thus operative to the destruction of the home market for manufactures. Your memorialists fear that a continuance of such prices, with the prospect of further increase, will, in the present state of trade, by putting bread out of the reach of many of our country men, endanger the public peace ; your memorialists conceive it, therefore, a matter of paramount importance that every possible facility should be immediately given to increase the amount of provisions in the United King dom. Your memorialists, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly, entreat you to call an immediate Council, with a view to opening the ports of the United Kingdom, and admitting all ,kinds of provisions duty free.—And your memorialists, &c." It might be said that Government could not do this; but a Minister had stated that Indian corn had been ad 'mitted into Ireland duty free, by order of the Ministers, and surely they might do this-again, and in England. Sir Robert Peel had given us total repeal, but not im mediate. Lord John Russell had now the opportunity of giving the rest, by making the repeal immediate. Mr. JAMES COOPER, in seconding the adoption of the memorial, remarked upon what he termA the singu larity of the fact. that whilst there was such an abun dance of food in England, according to the returns read to the meeting, the poor of Ireland should be impove rished and - dying. He denounced the speculators in corn and cotton as 'guilty of dishonesty, and supported the view taken by Mr. Mandley, that there was no de ficiency in this country at the present time, and that it was only necessary to open the ports to put a stop to the practices by which so much evil was occasioned. Mr. MANDLEY, in explanation, read the weekly re turns of the amount of wheat entered for home consump tion from the week ending on the 9th of July up to the last return, and argued that the amounts had only de. creased because of the high rate of duty, but that corn bad still been bonded, and was ready to be released when the duty had diminished. He advocated the opening of the ports, because it would have the effect of causing an immediate fall in the price of grain, although he promised the meeting that in less than six weeks they would have corn much cheaper; but the opening of the ports was desirable, since it would cause what he termed the speculators in the wants of the people to burn their fingers. The Rev. Mr. WIIFrE, from Ireland, made a few re marks on the present condition of the population of that country, asserting that where 500 or 600 persons who had no means of subsistence applied at, a Government works for employment, only fifty or sixty could be en gaged, and the remainder had to return to their homes without money or food. The memorial was unanimously adopted, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, with a request that he would forward it to Lord John Russell for presenta tion, the proceedings terminated shortly after ten o'clock. HOME COLONIZATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sll4—The general sympathy excited by the existing popular distress will probably lead to the adoption of measures for permanently improving the condition of the labouring portion of the community ; at such a moment you will perhaps allow me to call attention to certain industrial establishments, founded a quarter of a century ago, in calamitous times, by our neighbours the Dutch. Attempts are, apparently, about to be made on a small scale to introduce somewhat similar associations into this country ; one of these, a " Self.supporting Village Society," connected with the Church of England, purposes to found a village in the centre of not less than 1,000 acres of land, which shall accommodate 300 families, where the inhabitants may be enabled, " by the produce of their own labour, not only to support them selves, but also to defray the expenses of the establish ment. Each person, besides being more or less engaged in agriculture, will also be employed in that kind of work for which he is best suited." We know that com plete success has followed various well-directed ex periments in communism in different parts of the world. With reference, for example, to the Moraviane, U. Breuttel, the principal director of the colony of Hern hutt, asserts that with regard to "the commercial con cerns of the settlements in his experience of twenty-five years, ho never knew one to fail." But perhaps the most apposite illustration of the benefits to be derived from self-supporting institutions is to be seen in Hob land. The following account is taken from a " Sketch of German and Dutch Husbandry," published in the Journal of Agriculture, No. IL, New Series:— " The colonies of Fredericksoord and Willemsoord were established when, after two years of great scarcity, a large proportion of the population was reduced to ab solute destitution. A society was, therefore, formed by a few benevolent individuals, the object of which was to give employment to men in this deplorable condition. In carrying out their purpose they conferred not only an immediate and lasting benefit on the individuals in ques tion, but effected great national advantages--first, by . stemming the spread of vice, and, in the second place, by increasing the national resources in converting to arable land a waste on which even a sprig of heather was scarcely to be met with. Such was the origin of these colonies twenty-four years ago, and no one can travel the road along which they are situated without noticing the great change that has been effected on the face of the country by their establishment. From a wild, barren c oun t ry we elate . * at once a little oasis, which bears every mark o f prosperk—neat cottages, crops as luxuriant as if nurtured by a better soil, and gardens stocked with u se f u l vegetables, and adorned with a variety of flowers. The quantity of land attached to each house is about seven acres. ; The colonists are all supplied with impleme n t s on entering on their plot, besides a cow and a pig. There is a regular debt( r and creditor account kept ; everything they receive on entering is marked down against them, and whenever they are enabled to pay off their debts from economy of living, they are allowed to rent their plots. Attached to the colonies are schools for the gratuitous education of the children, and worshops in which they are taught some useful trade. I passed one of these shops, in which there were from thiny to forty looms worked by the children, and adjoining it was another room, where some were engaged in spinning, mending shoes, and other occupations. I was attracted to the place by the busy clatter of the shuttles and the sounds of music and on coming up to it, found th e c hild ren engage d at their respective occupations cheering on one another in their work by a sprig. What health, wh tt happiness shone in these pauper children's faces! Their looks were a sufficient proof of the benefits derived from such an institution. How strikingly does a sketch like this contrast with Crabbe's picture of the interior of an English parish poor-house!" We spend upwards of seven millions of money annu ally for the mere purpose of keeping the poor alive ; since the conclusion of the war, in'lBls, no less a sum has been levied upon the rate-payers than 200,000,000/. There are thirty millioss of acres of waste land in Great Britain and Ireland, of which fifteen millions are considered as reclaimable. The valeQ set upon the pos session of ground by the poor may be estimated from the fact that, according to Mr. R. B. Sheridan, the labouring man in Dorsetshire actually gives as high a rate as 91. per acre for a small plot ; and it has been stated on good authority that recently reclaimed land in Lancashire and Sussex has yielded a produce, under spade cultivation, that has realised 401., and even 50/., per acre. With what apparent facility, then, might the waste places of the land be made contributory to the in crease of the wealth of the nation, and, at the same time, ministrant to the comfort and happiness of the destitute ! What we seem to need is the intervention of some master-spirit, who, out of the elements of good which we suffer to lie around us unimproved, untouched, shall educe a new order of things, and confer upon the nation what Wordsworth calls the " English dower of inward happiness.' Before the end of the present cen tury the population of the empire will have doubled itself ; will England in that day be a fountain of health and fertility, or will it be " a fen of stagnant waters," filling the atmosphere with baneful influences, and gene- S• rating misery and death ? SERIOUS ILLNESS Or Mn. COLQUHOUN, M.P.—lt is with sincere regret we have just heard of the serious illness of J. C. Colquhoun. Esq., M.P., and that, although now pronounced out of immed►ate danger, he is still in a very precarious state. The attack appears to have been that of gastric fever, and of unusual severity. From the last accounts from Killermont, we fear his recovery must be a work 9f time, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 14.—The Wasp, 16, Commander Sidney 11. Usaher, arrived this morning from the Coast of Africa station, whereon she has been employed during the greater part of the last four years in the suppression of the slave trade. She is ordered to sail, at daylight to-morrow, for Sheerness, to be paid off. She sailed from the Congo (Kabenda) station on the ith of August, leaving there the Larne, 18, Commander Bris bane, and the Bittern, 16, Commander Hope. She ar rived at St. Helena on the 21st of August, but brings no more recent news of interest from that island than we reported by the Maria Soames. She sailed from Ascen sion on the 9th ult., leaving there the Actaeon, 26, Cap tain Mansell (from whom she brithys Admiralty dis patches, which have been forwarded by rail this even ing) ; the Favourite, 18, Commander Murray ; and the Cyguet, 6, Commander Montresor : the latter had been surveyed and pronounced fit for further service. The island of Ascension was healthy, as wa s th e squadron on the coast generally. The Benguela division of the coast squadron, at the above date, consisted of the Espoir, 10, Commander Hand ; and the Rapid, 10, Commander Gooch. The Congo division, where the slave trade is carried on more perseveringly than at any other part of the coast, consisted of the Larne, Bittern, Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch; the Heroine, 8, Commander Ed munds; the Hecate steam-sloop, Commander West; the Prometheus steam-sloop, Commander Hay ; and the Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown. At the Bight of Benin—The Styx steam-sloop, Com mander Chaos; the Ranger, 10, Commander Anderson; the Flying Fish, Commander Dyke; Pantaloon, 10. Commander Douglas; and the Hydra steam-sloop, Com mander Young. At the Gallinas The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres; the Alert, 6, Commander Ellis; the Ferret 8, Commander Sprigg; the Star, 10, Commander Hockin; and the Rolla, 10, Commander Simpson. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, was off Congo. The French squadron had been active in detecting and detaining slavers, and the American corvette Ma rian lately detained an American vessel at Kabenda, the Casquet, on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade. T.l.‘e Wasp brought home Commander Ilockin, late of the Wasp and Star; Lieutenant Munton, late of the Actmon; Mr. Jones, late paymaster and purser of the Cygnet; and the late paymaster and purser of the Lily. The Echo steam-tug and Drake, lighter, brought the depot companies of the 91st Regiment from Park hurst barracks to-day to assist in doing the garrison duty at Portsmouth. WOOLWICH, OCT. 14. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Second Master George Brockman, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Sheerness. The Garland, Dover steam-packet, Captain Smithett, arrived at Woolwich to. day frem Dover, to have some defects made good, which she sustained by touching Dover Harbour. Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, is on have at present. Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., and K.C.H., viited Woolwich. dockyard to-day, and remained some time at the office. APPOINTMENTS, Thomas Johnston, Master in Command, to the An dromache. C. A. Jenkins, Clerk in Charge, to the Andromache. William Broad, Boatswain, to the ..e"Etilus. Robert Pete, Carpenter, to the Joseph Deighton, Gunner, to the Andromache. James Luke, Boatswain, to the Andromache. Richard Hardy, Carpenter, to Vie Andromache. George Russell, Acting First Engineer Styernumerary, to the William and Marc. 1). C. 0. Slaughter, lqicLih;pman, to the Qicen. George Boulten, Second Eugin,er, to the "William and Mary. Willoughby W. Lowell, Naval Cade, to the Rattle snake. PR omoTroNs. Peter Cracrort,Lieutvnant, to be Commander. Thomas Eyre, Commander, to be retired Captain. Henry Leslie Grove, Lieutenant, to be retired Com mander. ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 13. APPOINTMENTS. Edmund Edward Tumour, Lieutenant, to the Por cupine. E. L. B. Williams, Master's-Assistant to the Sidon. H. G. Thomsett, Master's -Assistant to the Sidon. 11. W. Giffard, Captain, to the Penelope. T 1 1E GREAT WESTERN'S LAST VOYAGE. The followin g account of the voyage of the Great Western will show the imminent peril she experienced. She sailed hence on the 12th ult.:— On Saturday, the 19th, the wind began to freshen, and in the evening had increased to a gale. 1)n Sunday the fore staysail was split and the vessel lay to under bare poles. At four P.m. the wind had increased to a heavy storm, and a great quantity of water got into the engine-room. The passengers in the morning assembled in the cabin, seriously alarmed at the dangers that en compassed them: At eleven a heavy sea broke over the starboard wheel house, and started the ice house and iron life-boat from their fastenings. " The wind was veering northward, and they attempt ed to wear ship, but were obliged to desist, meantime the squaresails blew away. The lee quarter boats were torn away from the davits by a heavy lee lurch, and the others seemed likely to follow. At noon the storm still raged in all its fury, and a heavy sea striking the lar board paddle-box, smashed it to atoms, sprung the spring beam and shattered the parts of the ship attached thereto. A splinter struck the Captain on the head, and would have let:coked him overboard, but he was caught in the nettings. " The water was gaining on the pumps ; all the hatches were battened down except those used in pump ing into the engine-room, and the weather continued the same until midnight, when there was a lull of half an hoar. " The sails were blown from their furls and streamed out to leeward in ribbons. But about one o'clock a sea struck the vessel and a tremendous crash followed ; torrents of water deluged the cabin through the skylight. The passengers in total darkness, sprang to their feet, and a scream of agony told the terrible apprehensions that prevailed. The crash was caused by the wave which swept the quarter-deck of all the wood-work upon it. " Night closed in, the wind increasing in fury. The whole ocean was covered with foam. In the evening the Rev. Mr. Balch administered the sacrament to about 60 persons. The scene was most solemn and impressive. "On Monday the storm still raged with terrific fury till eight in the morning, when the clouds began to break, and the squalls were less severe. The ship's head was got to the N.W., and the yards hauled around. At noon the storm ceased, and at 2 P.M. the sea abated, the storm having lasted 36 hours. " At half•past five on Monday morning the vessel was in the greatest danger from a tornado, which buried the gu:iwales of the ship in the sea. At this critical mo ment the engine was true to its duty, and brought the ship up to her course. The wind had veered 20 points in 36 hours. " On Tuesday morning all assembled in the cabin, when religious services were performed by Rev. Drs. Smucker, Beecher, Balch and other cler,zynien on board. A meeting of the passengers was also held, Archibald Gracie, Lg., being called to the chair, and resolutions were adopted suited to the circumstances of the case. " A letter of thanks to the Captain and other officers of the ship was also drawn up, and the sum of 200/. was raised to present to the officers and crew, of vthich the Captain was asked to accept 80/. A fund was also started for the support of the Widows and children of those who perish at sea, to be called, The Great Wes tern Fund.'" TUE LATE SIR GEORGE Munaar.—The will of the late Right Hun. Sir George Murray, late of Belgrays square, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon, Military Order of the Bath, a general of her Majesty's forces, r nd Master. General of the Ordnance, was proved in London on the 9th instant, by his executors, Sir William Gee rge Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., of Merstham, Surrey; Mr. Gee rge William Hope, Curzon-street, Mayfair; and Wiliam Smythe, advocate, Edinburgh. Th e w ill was execute d on the sth of January last, together with a deed of settlement of the sa me d a t e , i n favour of his daughter and only child, wife of Lieutenant Henry George Boyce, of her Majesty's 2d Regiment of Life Guards, by which the deceased has settled upon her various soar, in the whole exceeding 26,0001., besides the house in B Agree,- square; and further by his will leaves her the furniture, pictures, prints, &c., as also the residue of his estate, to enjoy a liCe interest over the whole of the said property, money, and effects, and at her decease to descend to her children; but if no children or child should obtain a vested interest therein, then in trust for the children that may be living of the late Hon. Sir Patrick Murray, Bart. There are pecuniary bequests to his sister and aunt, and to his son-in-law, Lieutenant H. G. Boyce, and legacies to his servants. In the 54th year of his age, Sir George married Lady Louisa Erskine, sister to the Marquis of Anglesey, of whom he was bereaved in January, 1842, having had issue one daughter. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—AII the attempts made to get this fine vessel off the sands at Dundrum Bay having failed, Captain Hosken, on Tuesday, had all her sails set, and drove her higher up on the beach, as she was then making two feet of water more per hour than the pumps could keep free. From the latest accounts, it appears that all chance of getting the Great Britainatleast o s ff t is nearly at an end. It is supposed she must wait fur the high tides of the spring.A protecting breast work is to be constructed round her. We learn that she has been insured in London for about 20,0001. An insurance has also, it seems, been effected in Glas gow, but to what extent we do not know. It is, how ever, believed that the whole insurances fall far short of her cost—that is, about 120,000/.; and beyond this, we hear that the underwriters refuse to pay, on the ground that the vessel was lost through gross negligence. The position of the Great Britain, down to Friday last, was then nothing better, and the spring tides having passed away without the efforts made during their con tinuance having been attended with sum.ss, the destruc tion, to a very great extent, of this fine property, is almost inevitable. Her condition is described as bad, no less than 14 feet of water in the hold.—Liverpeo! Courier, THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE EAST INDIA SALT MONOPOLY. (From the 111anchest r Courier.) The subject of the salt monopoly of the East India Company begins to attract very general attention. There have been meetings on the subject in most of the large, towns, and last week the movement commenced in Li. verpool, where, on Friday, meetings were held at the Shipowners' Association, and the East India Associa tion, when in each case memorials were determined on to the President of the Board of Control, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The follow ing is the copy of a memorial agreed to by the Man chester Chamber of Commerce, which has been for warded to the Court of Directors of the East India Com pany. It will be remembered that we have previously given a copy of a memorial from the Commercial Asso ciation on the subject : TO THE CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY•CHAIRMAN, AND DIRECTORS OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY. The Memorial of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, at Manchester, respect fully showeth— That your memorialists consider the system under which salt is distributed in India to be so fraught with evil as to demand from your Honourable Court immee , diate attention and correction. That in placing their opinions before your Honourable Court, your memorialists wish, at the same time, to ex press their perfect respect ; but believing that the salt monopoly, as exercised by your Honourable Company, is evasive of, if not repugnant to law, is indefensible in principle, and injurious to the trade between Great Bri tain and India, they feel themselves bound in duty to make such a representation to your Honourable Court as they think the circumstances warrant. That your memorialists consider the circumstances under which salt is distributed in India to constitute a monopoly, becaase although by law foreign salt may be imported, yet have the regulations and duties attached to the impost been so framed by your Honourable pre decessors, as to foster unduly your own manufacture of that article, as is evinced in the letter from the secret Committee of the Honourable Court of Directors, to the Governor-General in Council, dated the 10th of May, 1816, and the answer thereto, from Bengal, dated the 11th of October, 1816. That your memorialists consider such manufacture of salt (or any other commodity, to be evasive, if not re pugnant, to law, because the Legislature, in constituting, by the Act 3d and 4th Wm. IV., cap. 85, your Honour able Company trustees for the Crown of England until April 30, 1854, distinctly enacts that your Honour able Company: shall discontinue and abstain from all commercial business that shall not be incident to the closing of your actual concerns, and into conversion into money of the property thereinbefore directed to be sold, or which shall not be carried on for the purpose of the said Government. Your memo sgalists recognise in this extract no power in your Ho nourable Company to commence or continue any ma nufacture ; but they find a positive prohibition against continuing commercial business longer than may be ne cessary to close your then actual concerns. Your Ho nourable Company can have no more right to an exclu sive manufacture of salt, than it has to the manufacture of sugar or indigo, or to the sole growth of cotton or silk ; and your memorialists cannot look upon your con tinuance of any monopoly but as a contravention of that condition under which your last charter was conceded, namely, " your consent to suspend all right to trade for your own profit in common with other his Majesty's subjects." That the salt monopoly in India appears to your me morialists to be indefensible in principle, because it mi litates against the first duty of a paternal government, and is otherwise chargeable with many evils which can and ought to be avoided. Your memorialists hold it to be the first duty, as it is assuredly the wisest course of Go vernment, not to place obstructions in the way of a suffi cient and cheap supply of food for its subjects. The food of the people of India is so little nutritive, and of so insipid a character, that the use of salt in abundance cannot be dispensed with without injury to the strength and health of the people ; and is, in fact, of such necessity, that your memorialists would hold it to be more humane to forbid by law the sale of rice, without an adequate cpst ntity of salt, than to deprive the poor of that necessary condi ment through dearness. Your memorialists are con vinced that the retention of the sole manufacture of salt by your Honourable Company adds greatly to the dear ness of it, irrespective of duty, because nothing ever has been, or can be, produced so cheaply under a system of monopoly as when left open to competition. The manu facture of salt by your Honourable Company is not only not an exception to this infallible axiom, but has, at the same time, been the cause of mu,li oppression and cruelty. Holding rice and salt combined to be one species of food, your memorialists think that the interests of your Honourable Company, not less than humanity and jus tice, require that salt should be offered to the people of India freely—without duty on that which may be imported, and without restraint on those who have it at their doors. If the revenue hitherto raised from salt be necessary to your Honourable Company, it would be better and wiser to raise it from anything rather than the daily f oo d o f t h e peop l e. I t cannot be satisfactory to a Government to make the use of an article so necessary as salt require the expenditure of so large a portion of a year's labour as the Indian ryot mus t now expend if he us© salt, honestly acquired ; it cannot add to the gekel order of society, or to the respect which a Government demands from a people, .if, through the stringency of that Government a necessary article of food be only attainable by many through fraud or theft, or in a state of noxious adulteration, or perhaps not at tainable at all. Your memorialists believe all this, and more, to be true of your salt monopoly in India, and therefore say that it is not defensible in principle. That your memorialists believe the salt monopoly to be injurious to the trade between Great Britain and India, because the excessive price at which this article is retailed to the consumer, absorbs. in the mass of the people, means which would otherwise be applied to the purchase of clothing. Large as is the income which your Honourable Company derives from this source, it forms no indication of the amount of pressure which bears upon the consumer, nor would an approximation be obtained by adding to that sum the cost of manufacture and collection; a grievous aggravation which baffles all calculation takes place in the hardness of price consequent upon the existence of a submonopoly, and through adultera tion requiring the purchase of larger quantities in order to obtain the necessary amount of antiseptic matter. Your memorialists do not hazard an estimate of the extra sum thus drawn from the consumer, nor do they venture to guess to what extent the abolition of all duty, and the introduction into universal use of better and purer salt, would diminish the present expenditure; but it is most certain that a very large sum would remain, which, whether applied to the culture of land at home, or to the purchase of manufactures, or other commodi ties which India receives from Great Britain, would add greatly to the industry of both nations, and, acting re productively, bring increased comforts to the one, and enlarged commerce to the other. Your memorialists do not forget that if the tax should be removed from salt, the necessities of your Honourable Company may render it necessary to obtain a similar amount of revenue front other sources, whereby the same proportion of their earnings might: be abstracted from the natives as is now done through salt. The reply, that they do not think it possible that your Honourable Court could find any thing to which to transfer taxation that can so deplorably depress the people as does the system now applied to salt; nor do they for a moment suppose, that your Hon. ourable Court would desire to perpetuate a system of raising revenue, handed down to you, which is founded on principles repudiated by the wisest statesmen, and for which prescription is the sole, but most insufficient excuse. Nor are your memoralists unmindful of the ob. jection which has been started, that the sudden abolition of your manufacture of salt might expose India to greater distress than she now experiences; from an assumed im possibility of finding an amount of tonnage sufficient for 1 a due supply of salt. Your memorialists have no wish to place the interests and comforts of India in jeopardy, but they must be allowed to observe that they have as yet known no instance in which, where competition was open, supply had failed to meet all the reoprements of demand. Your memorialists ask not for such a sudden change of system as would endanger the fullest supply for ndia, nor for any exclusive i privilege for Great Britain ; the interests of India and the voice of humanity alike demand that she should draw her supply of this first necessary from whatever quarter she can most profitably obtain it ; but they have that confidence in the resources of Great Britain, thaMeads them neither to fear competition, nor to feel apprehen sions about scarcity of tonnage. An inducement to carry salt to India would not only furnish present outworn bound vessels wi'h a freight, which they now seldom obtain, but would call into existence any new means of transport that might be required. Indian ports which now, from the balance of trade, frequently experience a want of vessels, would receive a large increase of them; the rates of freight homeward could, with equal or greater profit to the shipowner, be reduced, and the pro duce of India be thus relieved from considerable charge in the markets of consumption. That your memorialists hold it to be impossible that, in the existing state of commercial intelligence and in quiry, your Honourable Court can hope to retain much longer a system so fraught with evils, and so irreconcil able able with sound policy, as is your salt mo nopoly. plea, the immediate consideration f fl for the Crown of will lament if your Honourable Cour u t_e t r s i d p e u r rt a a n n y t question. Believing that, as trustees)ge I v ; w tenure, n len t of your trust, during the England, you will be which those principles a re acceptable both to the Crown gl s a n d or t t o a rem pp a l i y nd t e o r t o h f e and Parliament, your memorialists respectfully pray, that your Honourable Court may forthwith take such w ill lead to a relinquishme n t o f y our sa lt mea s u res as Monopoly . at as early a period as possible, consistent with the interim full supply to the people of India ; and that the regulations regarding the import of salt be at once so modified as to permit it to be stored in bond (not as bonding is practised in India, but as it is in use in England), in any quantity, and for any length of time ; and they further pray, that the deliberations of your Honourable Court may be so directed, that it may be enabled soon to promulgate through India, that all duty on this essential article of food has been fully and finally abandoned, and that the sale thereof is allowed without restraint or limit. Manchester, Oct. 8, 1846. NEW ER A.—We have had several eras; for in. stance, the Elizabethan era, the Georgian era, &c. The statue of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington will be known, we are afraid, when it comes down, by the awful name of F.M.-era (ephemera).—Punch. TIIE HERRING FISHERY.--It is gratifying to learn that for the last four years the take of herrings at the Terry -side has been gradually increasing. This useful fish had before that period been a comparative stranger in Carmarthen Bay, but now shoals frequent our shores, and are easily captured by the fishermen. The siza of the fish k this year has been much larger than previously. UA14.1%.01.L.X. secretary. UNIVERSAL GAS - LIGHT COMPANY. COMPLETELY REGISTERED. 1, The 11, Old Jary Chambers. City. October, 1846.=-Ornpany are now ready to exchange SCRIP for BANKERS' 111 44 - t , . IPTS, which must be left at their Offices before the 30th in tz:the Company's apparatus is at work at the following RAILWAY itTIONS, where the results give the greatest satisfaction KEGWORTH STATION,/ Th e METHLEY ditto,On the Midland Line. The TRTNG ditto, on the Birmingham Line. IILISWORTH ditto, dittOcourse of A.: O I, VORTHING ditto, on the Brighton Line, being fitted up. Oerb, at several extensive Mills and Factories at Nottingham, etc . T me, ac. to s e e m t AINING SHARES are open to the public; application ts to to the Secretary. h e a Ileetuses, with Rill details of the advantages to be derived by S tenor. ers, to be had at the Offices of the Company, and of the J. F. W. FESENMEYER, Esq., 23, Bedford-row.