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ItRMY CONTRACTS. OFFICE of ORDNANCE, Pall-mall, October I, 184 ... Notice is hereby given to all Persons desirous of Contracting to Supply MEAT, 13READ, OATS, and FORAGE, to her Majesty's Land Forces (Bread and Meat for the Foot Guards and for the House hold,Cavalry excepted) in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the Counties of England severally, in Wales, in North Britain, in the Isle of Man, and in the Channel Islands, for Six Months from the Ist December next, inclusive; and also STRAW for PAIL LASSES, at the several Barracks and Ordnance Stations in Great Britain and in the Channel Islands, for One Year, from Ist Decem ber next. That Proposals in writing, addressed to the Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, sealed up and marked on the outside "Tender for Army Supplies," will be received st the Ordnance- office, Pall-mall, on or belbre Wednesday, the 14th day of November next, and Tenders mar be delivdred at any time during that day. Persons who make Tenders, are desired not to use any Forms but those which may be had upon application at the Office of the Score tary to the Board of Ordnance in Pall-Mall. By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, for the Secretary. NEWMARKE,T RACES. In addition to the ordinary Trains, Special Trains will run as foll'ows : On Monday and Tuesday, Sth and 9th October, from Bishopsgate Station, at 8 30 A.m., calling at Broshourne, Bir4hops Stortford, and Chesterford, returning from Newmarket at 5 45 r.m, On Tuesday, the 9th October, a Cheap Train from London at 7 A.bs. are to Sowmarket and Back, in Covered Carriages, 75., re turning from Newmarket at 6 45 P.m. Private Clarriages and Horses will not be conveyed by the Special Trains. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Incorporated by Charter, September 17, 1849, For Receiving Deposits at Interest, Discounting Bills, making Ad vances on Approved Securities, Granting Cash Credits, and trans acting every other Description of Banking Business, on the Scottish Syskin. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. Commencing Capital 100,0001. L with power of gradual increase to 2,000,000/. The Governor and Directors have the satisfaction to announce that the CHARTER has received the Royal Approval, and passed the Great Seal, and contains authority to use the special designation of " TUE ROYAL BRITISH BANK." COURT OF DIREC ants. GOVERNOR. John Macgregor, al., of Ennismore-terrace, liyde-park, M.P., for Glasgow. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., (Deputy-Chairman of the Oriental Bank) Walbrook, and Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. DIRECTORS. Edward Esdaile, Esq., City Saw-mills, Regent's-canal. John Gwynne, Esq., •f the Bushmills Iron Works, and Grove-lane, Camberwell. Achilles James Hertz, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmorton.street, and Pall-Mall West. W. Somerville Orr, Esq., of Paternoster-row, and Church-hill, Wal thamstow. William Daniel Owen, Esq., of Great Coram-street, and Highgate. Apsley . Pellatt, Esq., of Holland-street, Blackfriars, and Staines, Middlesex. Themas Ritchie, Esq., of Bishopsgate-streot Within, and Dorset- square. Archibald Spens, Esq., Bombay Civil Service (Trustee of the Oriental Bank). Charles Walton, Esq., of Newman's-court, Cornhill, and Walthan Lodge, Tulse-hill, Brixton. GENERAL MANAGER. Hugh Innes Cameron, Esq., of New Palace-yard, and late of Ding wall, N. 8., to whom all applications are to Le addressed, at the Bank, 16, Tokenhouse-yard. soLlciTolts. Myers. Mullins and Paddlson, 1, Great James-street, Bedford-row. The Establishment will be open for business as soon as the pre mises and internal arrangements are completed. As stated in their more detailed prospectus, the Directors confidently expect to be able to realise an itinply remunerative return to the proprietors, but they do nut desire inordinate profit. They will labour for the former as an essential condition of the prosperity of the Institution :—they would decline the latter as being inconsistent with its leading object, Which is to diffuse its advantages among the greatest possible num ber, not of shareholders only, but of customers also. The Royal British Bank chiefly seeks--without competing with, or attempting to rival, the existing Joint-Stock Banks, and to whom the public are fargely indebted—to invite the very numerous class engaged in trade, or other active pursuits in the metippolis, who do not at present bank at all, to avail themselves of the faCilities in business, and of the social benefits, which " keeping a banker," assuredly confers :—to induce those who have not yet thought of it, to endeavour to acquire a habit Of prudent accumulation : and to offer to those who have already attained to this virtue among the middle and humbler classes, not only a place of safe deposit for their accumulations, but a fair return for the use of these—arisin g from their distribution amongst the in dustrious, energetic, honest, and moral men, whose powers are unde ,veloped, and they and their families depressed, solely from the want, in many cases, of a little capital opportunely supplied. A portion comparatively small, of the unemployed surpluses of even the humble depositors in Savings Banks, would, if discreAly lent to such persons as those above mentioned, raise the condition in life of Multitudes in London, and by making them not only more useful citizens but better men, benefit society at large, and, by causing rivich that is now inert and unproductive to become active and fruitful, increase the capital and the wealth of the country. Such are the objects of the Royal British Bank. Having, by the favour of the Crown, been pot only incorporated, but privileged to increase their capital from time to time as their operations extend, the Di rector,' purpose thoroughly testing the applicability o f the principles on vd/ich the corporation't founded, to the metropolis, before open ing branches elsewhere. Though their plan be new in London, and embraces features 'which are not to be found in any one Bank hitherto established any- Where, the Directors are so satisfied of their soundness and public utility, that they are convinced it is only necessary to exhibit theta in practice, to win all to their opinion. To do so lastingly it must be done gradually. They will, therefore, proceed by steps—if slow yet sure—preferring certainty to speed, and remembering that the oak was at first but an acorn. While the Directors address more particularly the classes formerly alluded to, yet the business of the 'Bank is to be conducted en prin ciples which wilr matte all others to avail themselves of the usual banking facilities. 1"4, however, the earnest desiro of the Directors that the humblest easterner who brings but his occasional deposit of a pound, be treated by all in the Establishment with the attention and consifteration which the wealthy can at all times command for themselves. The rates of interest, &c., to be charged on advances, and al lowed on accounts and deposits, must of course vary with the state of the market, and the value of money, which so frequently fluc tuates; but at opening, the Directors proposo that the following shall be their TERMS OF BUSINESS : Drawing or Current Accounts —One per cent. interest reckoned from day to day, to be allowed en all balances constant for six months, of 1001. and upwards ; and two per cent. en all such balances exceeding 2006. ; but the permanent maintenance of any balance will not be insisted on. This point will be optional with the customer. Deposit Accounts—Three per cent. reckoned daily, on all deposits for six months, and the interest paid monthly, or accumulated half yearly, at tfse option of the depositor. Cash Credit Accounts will be granted to respectable parties, sup ported by two or more sufficient sureties as joint obligors, at five per cent. interest on advances, and one per cent. commission on the amount of the credit. Advances or Loans cn Promissory Notes with marketable securi ties readily convertible, will be made at rates proportioned to the nature and value of the security in each ease. Discounts of Bills of Exchange will be at the rates of the day. Remittances will be made to, and Bills collected in any place in Encland, Scotland, or Ireland, where there is a banker. Dividends, &c., will be rdceived for customers or shareholders, Without charge. No charge will be made for keeping accounts; nor any fee nor gratuity allowed.to be received from a customer or applicant by any one in the Bank s employment. Applications from several of the metropolitan districts for the es tablishment of Branch Offices, are now under consideration. Forms of applications far the opening of accounts, &c., on the corameneemont of business, are now ready to be supplied at the Bank, or will be sent by post to any one who may require them. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General manager. ISLAY TONTINE LIFE ASSOCIATION. Provisionally Registered. Capital, 600,6005., in 12,000 Shares, at 501. each. DIRECTORS. John Rain, Esq., of Morriston, Glasgow. Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., banker, Provost of Port Glasgow Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay Robert C. Cumming, Esq., of Barremman, Dumbartonshire henry Dunlop, Esq., of Craigton, Glasgow Archibald Falconer, Esq., of Glen Park, Port Glasgow James Hay, Esq., merchant. Leith, Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland Archibald flame, Esq., accountant, Edinburgh, ditto Eagle Ilendersnn, Esq., Director of the National Bank of S co tl an d Srißrain Imrie, Esq., Dean of Guild, Perth John Burn Murdock, Esq., of Gartencaber, ECinburgh David Murray, Esq., Provost of Paisley. BANKERS. The Royal Bank of Scotland and its Branches ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Turner and Wallace, 37, Virginla-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Goodwin, Partridge, Williams, and Edwards, Walbreok House, London. Mkszenthrt DimeTon—Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq. S'ECILETAAT—,Lanes Murdoch, Esq. The barony and estite of Islay, comprising the island of Islay arid small adjacent islands is in the same latitude as Edinburgh and Glasgow, and is one of the richest and most produetive properties in the west of Scotland. It cerdains about 140,000 acres, of which 3401Kre are arable, the rest being luxuriant pasture. The present rental of this magnificent property amounts at present to 20,0001.; but a Government geant of 30,0001. is now being ex pendAl In drainage an i improvements. The rents are periodically and' legitimately increased as the leases fall In, anti It is evident that Such a property must-, undet improved agriculture, afford a much !urger return. The purchase, it is expected, will be effected for about 5 00,0001., And it Is p'roposbd to raise a capital for this purpose, arid contingent expenses, of 600,0001., in 12,000 501. shares, each shareholder to nominate a life, and the whole body of AoMinees to he insured out of the rent* so as to secure the repayment of his subscription to every shareholder whose nominee lapses. The remainder of the accumulated rental is to be divided every ten years amongst the surviving shareholder's, the last survivor to inherit the estate. On the basic of 11;000 policies, in respect of the 12,000 nominees, it is further contemplated to ingraft the general business of a life assurance company, so as to secure an annual. dividend of profits. Thus it will be seen that every person taking a share in the Ton tine, will, under any circanstances, receive back fhe amount of his investtneut out of the assurance fund, and will also, by way of in terest on his shles, receive an annual dividend out of the profits of the general life assurance department (and the basis and guarantee Indicated cannot fail to realm this branch mast extensive and lucra tive) • - he will, moreover, participate, every ten Years ha nominee autltcs, in the acetundlated and constanidy improving rental ; and, in t . ev , nt of his nominee being tho last survivor, will become the absolute owner, in fee simple, of the entire estate. It is also to be observed that, as the nominees diminish in number, the marketable value of the shares will year after year be greatly en hanced. The principles of the proposed Tontine have been maturely con sidered by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq , the eminent actuary of the ➢le dical and Invalid A.ssurance Company, and receivid his entire ap probation. The estxte is to be vested in three trustees, resident In Scotland. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a board of seven directors in Scotland, communicating with a board of correspondence in London. Two general meetings shall be held in Scotland in the months of June and De cem b er . The preliminary deposit to be ss. per share (being the maximum allowed under the Registration Act), and a call of 11. per share shall be made on complete registration. The remainder to be called up by such instalments as may be found necessary to meet the payment of the purchase money. Applications for shares to be made to the following brokers &c., of whom prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had :—Messi s. John Robertson and Co., 47, George-street, Edin burgh ; William Bell, Esq.. 2, North-street, David-street, Edin burgh: Messrs. Buchanan Aitkin and Co., 41, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; J. C. Foulds, Esq., Canada-court, Queen - street, Glasgow; William Gordon, Esq. Aberdeen ; James Thomas, Esq., writer, Perth; A. Abercrombie, Esq., Paisley; Messrs. Joseph King and Sons, Liverpool ; L. L. Lamming, Esq , Manchester ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, IYu 1; Messrs. Beardshaw and Co., Leeds ; W. B. Greenfield, Esq.,' 38, Th rogmor t on - s t ree t, L on d on; of Archibald Murdoch Burrell, Esq., Royal Bank, Port Glasgow; and William Bridgel, Esq., at the temporarfoffices of the Association, 38, Throg mortonLstreet. London. I A G E. I M One half the world are single, and the ether ippogimg them married, questioaably contented. Diffidence, or sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un coarp-rosiag hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness ani social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justicedentand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Marti Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by cost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered sby misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not i nten d ed certa i nly for mere idle cori , sity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone er together, aro a disgrace to tho age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price ls. each, Lost le. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and P ' N W" and " How to be Happy." They are not merely uoPllets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the Tilers ephemeral scribblings of the hoar, but the study of the author's life who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he Wotal be done unto,—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always " the "Utility side of the way." The above works may be had of f3herweed, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet Atrect • Mann, 19, Cernhill; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other ) trent the author (who may be conferred with personally, sr .rli gs sad evenings), le, Argyll-plies Regent-street; ell et c 411 3111,171, . T HE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETT. For Allowing Annuities to Aged Persons owe in Prosperity, from all Parts of the United Kingdom. Founded A.D. 1827. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. • Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, and his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Persons desirous of becoming Candidates at the next Election are requested to apply for the Forms of Recommehdation, as they must be returned to the Office, duly filled up, on:or before the 30th instant. The Committee earnestly solicit Contributions to enable them to extend the usefulness of this important Charity. STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. Society's Offices, ISA, Basinghail-street, Oct. 1, 1849. ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, G 9, Lombard-street, London. CRAIRMIN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Life Insurances are as low as can With safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly; one-half the annual pre mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the sad of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present outlay. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, &c,, may be had at the Office, 69, Lombard-street, er of the agents. JOHN REDDISH, Manager. R OYAL, FARMERS' an d GENERAL, FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Offices, Strand, London. Capital, 500,f00'. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. Every species of Life Insurance effected. Low Rates of Premium. The usual Commission to Solicitors. Fire Insurance of every description effected at moderate Premiums. The Renewal Receipts for Premiums on Policies falling due at Mi chaelmas are now ready at the Head Office, or in the hands of the Agents in the country, and should be taken up on or before the 14th day of October, 1849, when the fifteen days allowed by this Office over and above the time for which they are insured, wlIl expire. Prospectuses and every information may be obtailed of the Agents, or at the Head Office. WM. SHAW, Managing Director. LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT, ItOYAL SUR . RE - ZooIOGICAL GARDENS. This popular and profitable place of amusement will be disposed of, if an eligible offer be made, the present proprietor being desirous of retiring. Patties wishing to purchase may apply to James Coppock, Esq., ,8, Parliament-street. BANVARD'S true original PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI and MISSOURI (RIVERS, exhibited by com mand of her Majesty the Queen, and H.R.H. Prince Albert, and Royal Family, at Windsor Castlt. NOW OPEN, at the EGYPTIAN HILL, PICCADILLY, every Morning, at Half-past Two, Even ins, at Half-past Seven. _ _ Admission—Lower Seats, 25.; Gallery, Is. " That there was any other original painting Of these rivers Is an , impudent Imposture."7Loulatlie Democrat. • - . •r:- .P - . *_,./..1.(1% ) .- ../..)('' 1 ' .,-, "-: "(-------/--6- „, ,,,.: 6„....e7.7....2:140. ..- • . . . ...., - , :., •:'' :,-..:-..- - .1. .. ...1 4 . . „......:.,:%.:„....;,...,..,,.„. ~.„.: : ... 5 ',: . . z .„-, i ..z.7 , ~... al - 11 '-: • 1 - ' 4 ' ~ ~i , .. , . at! •A z t • / 4 , . '''''' •: iZ.: 3 ' '' ' ' ' l l . 4;. : ' ' ''.• ~.. .'' 4 -- C • •,.. -,, ...,N. , . •„,_ ')"• tt 'JO . , ... ~ . , ..:, .. 5 ,,,,,.„- i - t r tl - ,,,,,, \ ~...,)„, • , . ES' .---4°---2.. , .,-, ~..- ..,,..: , ~,-. k. 6-:.., ...,-- .- f:' cl i ~ .S`s -4,-, + ,- -'. .1 , , . ‘ .\ l° :ll el ~,,q :4‘ 77 t : : • .'.--; , : , ' ,X- 1.4 ', - '' . " , ?ek ,', .., ..1. .....1:T4 1.1., ~ , ..- - 7./ A ..., , --e -, -fi4- 7 - - 4- ------ v i '-s • _il i -L•., ,- ',,_ vor - - . ..., - ...4 60 t sive L t NFL - 't - ;: . ..0t, tr,-.. '-, ";•.71. _..._pi... * - . . .... . [PRICE OD. mitted you to endure such a n i n t o l era b le injustice, you turn round and say, " Really we can no longer afford it, " ;tau hear of nothing but a rapacious aristocracy, and you are held up to public scorn and indignation.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, that is the first measure that I counsel the land, the most important portion cf real property, and hitherto considered its representative—at any rate the most important portion ot real property—that is the first measure that I counsel you to take. I counsel you to go to the Legislature and demand an equality of burdens; to petition that you shall no longer be called on to contribute twelve millions a year when you ought only to contribute three or four. That is a demand founded upon a principle of justice. I never yet met any human being who could for a moment impugn that principle. Much as the question was discussed when I had the honour of bringing it forward in the House of Commons, no one ever for a moment controverted the principle. Discussion, indeed, there was, and opposition on matters of detail, and many speeches were made about little minutiae, all of very second-rate character ; but no one came forward and for a moment !maintained th a t i t was j ust that real pro perty, which in feet only produces one• third at most of the general income of the country, should bear the whole burden ot the expenditure upon objects in which the whole property of the country was interested. Now, I have recurred to this point, because it is a practical point—it is a point in which if you succeed in obtaining justice, you will succeed in obtaining some relic f. But Ido not for a moment imagine—l base never for an in stant pretended—that any equitable adjustment of the burdens peculiar to real property can remedy the fright ful position in which you find yourselves, or the still more menacing position that is yawning beneath your feet.—(Hear.) It is necessary, gentlemen. fb have re course to measures of a much more considerable and stringent character. If I told you that it is necessary that we should recur to protection, I dare say you would give me some noisy, and, per haps, very sincere cheers ; I might sit down ernidst your applause, and this evening, spent in this ancient castle, might long be remembered for convivial success and social congratulation ; but I want to know whether, when you came coolly to moralize, upon it on the morrow, you might not say, " What use was there in Mr. Dis raeli's coming into Essex? We are aware of his sym pathy with us; perhaps (you might say) we have con fidence in his good intentions." But in holding counsel together to-day we can resolve upon some course that may have the effect which we hope upon public opinion; which may change the principles of the Legislature; which may alter fur the better the condition iu which you find yourselves. And yet, after all, it might be just as well if 1 had remained in Buckinghamshire.—(Cries of "No, no.") Now I shall endeavour to express to you, with the utmost brevity I can command, the course that I think you ought to adopt, and the means by which I think you may obtain relief, and by which not only you may obtain relief, but save yourselves and the country. I shan't be frightened by that long cata logue of specifics which my friend Mr. Cox so graphically detailed.—(A laugh.) Gentlemen, it is net energy in the abstract, or enterprise in the abstract, that I am going to counsel to you today. That which lam going to counsel to yo u i s a step w hi c h , right or wrong —and it is my conviction that it is the right one—is at least a definite and a detailed step. Now we hear a great deal in the present day of the burden of taxation. It is the general subject: everybody suffers, and every body seeks relief from a projected diminution of the public burdens. We have been ruled on the principles of political economy more or less for a quarter of a century. We are subject, at this moment, to a taxation diminished almost every year. But the fruits of politi cal economy are these—that, with an increased popula tiol3, a diminished taxation is, we are told, insufferable. Now, when we come to the question of the diminution of taxation, I have always felt that the first point was to equalise the burdens; because if you diminish burdens that are not previously equalised you may only perpetuate an injustice. I will assume, therefore, gentlemen, that we shall succeed in our first move, which is founded in a pure principle of justice, namely, that real property shall only pay in future itslown quota to the State, and that it shall not pay the quota of any other kind of pro perty. That, I think, is a proposition so clear, so pure, that I don't believe upon the merits of this case that we shall find anybody, in or out of Parliament to contro vert its truth. Then, gentlemen, we commence with the equality of burdens; and having obtained that equality, I proceed to inquire—What is the best way by which we may diminish the burdens of taxation? — what is best for the country generally, and what, at the same time, may bo advantageous to the agricultural in terest?—(hear, hear.) Now, as far as the agricultural interest is concerned—and I am speaking of course of the landlord, the cultivator, the labourer, and all those trades dependent upon them—l speak of that great in terest in all its ramifications. As far as they are con cerned—and I ought, perhaps, to apologise for entering into this dry subject—(No, no)—but it is of the greatest importance that we should arrive at a clear understand ing of them, because cur clear understanding of them is to be the basis of future action—(Hear, hear)—as far as the agricultural interest is concerned, no one will pre tend for a moment that the repeal of any particular tax can be accepted for an instant as a compensation for the protection you have lost.—(Cheers.) Every man will agree with me in this position. In fact, gentlemen, there is only one tax which can be viewed as a tax peculiar to the landed interest in the most compre hensive sense of the term, arid that is a tax which we are always counselled by our opponents to repeal, which by tee w.ty ought to nuke you suspicious of the counsel that is given you.—(lleer, hear.) But no man, whatever may be his opinions on the malt tax, will say—no man wi!l rise and pretend in die present exigencies ot England, that the repeal of the malt tax would rally the fortunes of the agricultural body.— (No! Lel) Well, then, it is clear, that by the repeal of any peculiar tax pressing on the agricultural body, you can't obtain that vast and comprehensive remedial mea sure you require. Well, then, look to the other great interests—kuk to the commercial and to the mar ufac taring interests. What cause have they to complain of the pressure of taxation ? Beeati:io we ought to consider in a meeting like this—a party meeting in a certain sense, because we are hound together by great principles of policy—(Cheers) —but not a party meeting in tbis sense—that we are met together to cheer delusions and clap-traps; because, gentlemen, we are assembled for business. Let us therefore quietly, candidly, and calmly view the position'_ with respect to the com plaint of excessive: taxation upon the commercial and manufacturing body. Wi!hin a few years the manu facturing and commercial body have obtained the entire repeal of duties on all raw materials imported for re• production. They obtained an enormous diminution of duty on all tropical articles that enter into general con sumption— (Hear, hear)—and the whole revenue of the Post-office has in fact been sacrificed to the commercial exchequer. Besides all this, they have obtained the ab rogation of our agricultural polity, by which, according to their own accounts—and I think it the greatest mis take in the world to overstate a care—the wisest thing in public discussion is to take the data of your oppo nents; and lam arguing on their data now. They have obtained then, according to their own account, by the re peal of the corn-laws not only vastly increased and highly profitable foreign markets, but they have obtained, in sheer economy by the altered provision laws, two millions sterling a week.—(A laugh, and no, no.) That is their own statement—the statement of a gen tleman high in economic office, and who was returned to Parliameat by one of the greatest manufacturing cities in the world in consequence of his opinions—a gentleman whose evidence was the basis of our legisla tion, and who, according to his own account, drew up the tariff for Sir R. Peel. With what colour, then, can the manufacturing body come forward and complain of the burden of taxation? Did not the manufac turers say, ten years ago, "Repeal the corn-laws, and then we shall bent the world." And not only that, but every other tax that pressed upon them, has been thus repealed. Ido not grudge it them; they are wel come to enjoy what they have got; but at least they should be the last persons in the world to come forward and complain of the pressure of taxation. For, as my lion. Friend Sir John Tyrell justly told them in the House of Commons, with that Doric power that cha racterised him, " that they had helped themselves," and he did not think, therefore, that they had a right to com- • plain.—(A laugh.) Well, gentlemen, that is the posi tion of the case; and it is of the utmost importance that you should clearly understand the state of the circum stances with respect to this question of taxation; for your future fortunes, and I believe the existence of the country—at least of that great country to which we are all proud to belong—at least of that Old England of which this building must remind every man—(Cheers) — depend upon your clearly comprehending this question of the day—the complaints of taxation. Because no thing is so easy as to raise a cry about the pressure of taxation; and nothing is more easy than to lead the far mers astray, and make them find out at last that they had only been playing the game of those whom I will not call your opponents, but your enemies. Because you must remember that the leader of the manufacturing honour able —I may call them Radical—party in the Com mons, frankly said, that for his part he believed would be of it House oft m be just as well for this country if not a s d im d g e acre your order,. against . your canl proper li n g d ht. h a w b a l s e c m u a lt n i n va er te , d b ; e an p d u , , th th er e e c fo a r s e e , in i a a you must understand it in that light. I do in dustry, and not blame those who . oppose you in that way, ii th ey therefore, a war against openly announce their purpose. What you have to be afra id of is those who pretend to be your friends.-- (Cheers.) Well, I repeat that I want to p l ace th i s que stion of taxation in its true li g ht, f or t h e whole T atter depends upon it. Once entertain a clear concep tion of it, and depend upon it, I even am bold enough to say the remedy is in your own hands. And I will tell you in a moment wh a t t h e reme d y- i s, as it appears to my own mind, and I trust to your verdict to-night to settle it. If no tax will give a lens fide relief from its repeal to agriculture—if the manufacturing and commercial inte rests have no claim whatever to ask for the repeal of any peculiar tax, because they have been legislating for the country for )ears, and according to their own theories making all their fortunes—why, then, it follows that whenever you meet the cry of the repeal of any par ticular tax, it is either the movement of some small speculative body, who attempt to stimulate some foreign market already drugged with our productions, or what is really the truth, and what is really at the bottom of all this cry—it is the effort of those who have ulterior designs, and under the mask of financial reform mean political change.—(Hear, hear.) Now let him remind you of this remarkable circumstance. For a good many years past the statesmen and the leading men of England —the leaders of parties and the men who influence pub lic opinion—have dealt with a real or with an imaginary surplus. Sir Robert Peel, then the powerful Minister of a great country, had a real surplus, and dealt with that. Mr. Cobden, a very influential individual, although not a minister, has an imaginary surplus greater than Sir Robert Peel's real one.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) But whether the surplus is real or imaginary, the way in which these gentlemen deal with their surplus equally indicates their policy. I do not care whacker N o . 17,795.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING S - 1( Ny OCTOBER 6, 1849. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808; DIRECTORS. JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq. Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Samuel Eustaco Ragan, Esq. AUDITORS —Francis Bligh Hookey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus Rasch, Esq. AcTusar—Charles Anscll, Esq., F.R.S. Souction—Thomas Browning, Esq. SURVEYOR—Thomas Hopper, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. RETURNS.—Policies for 3001. and upwards which may have been in force for one year prior to the date to which the Account is made up. will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of Surplus Premium. Sugar Houses ; and Alemannic Property, in the Docks; In Private or Public Warehouses ; also Shipping in Harbour; assured for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms. Farming Stock is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured without the average clause. On Assurances for Seven Tears by one payment, a deduction of one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty wlll be made. ItElsTEWALS.—Policies due on Midsummer-day should be renewed within fifteen days thereafter. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following statement of Claims actually paid, showing the sums reEpectively assured and the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this Company, that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own lives or on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas Company adopted the Bonus System. 744,t 0 --J c .. = c 0.. 0 o .0000WNW.000,0004, .... •C.... ~.., 1d.....0 . 4„, , -.. ^. ....-....014DM^...04 .• : 2. c) 7... 74 .. 0 ........,. -,,Ft .-• ...-o ~.......-, .. C. 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A u g .o - :E-,.."' 1 41' 0 1 U ~.,, e 1: 2 )?4) . . ~- o kgr4llp§so & u3A E-, ~.4 'e * "•:,74.52 •4 5,40'"-4 54 A ' : - ,*l - 1 ,14 '""5it . i . ,734 ., • 5t,.—,,:F.,. 6 -,.. • .., Ilma.-:-.-... •...—c,,,ot . ..4 o 4:. c... F , M M OOC I OI4 . 4.I . ...NOWteutO. 4 F 7Q'4 F -.1-4 cTZSat 7 D2g2.l ' o " '. 4?1 c).-1.4.M .-.....r. •- 0 .-•.-0 . Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 1001. and upwards, in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be entitled at the end of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year as heretofore) to participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition to their Po licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made in the future pay ments of Premium at the option of the Assured. Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limited number of yearly payments. ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may new be effected in this Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium. The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the time they may then have been in force. The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance, HENBT DESBOROUGH, Secretary. 92, Cheapside, June, 1849. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. No. 31, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Manus, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox., Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. Charles 0. Parnell, Esq. ArDITORS. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq• Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. John Thompson Bramwell, EEL John Dangerfield, Esq. I Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and CO. SECRETARY. David Alison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Atkinson and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson, Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE, .he Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered In terms of the Act, from dis' puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be peid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the eOnventence of the assured, or allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNER HI P POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. George Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated nu , scant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848. Amalgamated pursuant to Re- olutions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. with Powers of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL / Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the IXIOO,OOO Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. if.lßlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at Lloyds. FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre miums ; and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be btained from the Head Office as above. AUG. coLLuspanuomE, Managing Director. London. June 9. 11149. WENTIAM LAKE ICE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Apply to WILLIAM LYNN, Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool. DR. RAMADGE ON ASTHMA AND DISEASES OF THE lIEART. I vol. Bvo. ' greatly improved, Second Edition, 103. 6d. ASTHMA;; its Varieties and Complications, with practical remarks on the specific treatment of each. Illus trated by cases and plates, coloured from nature. To which is an nexed a succinct treatise of the principal diseases of the heart. By F. H. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, late Senior Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption, and other diseases of the Lungs. London : Longman and Co. ANOVELTY for the approaching season is in preparation to which a distinguishing name has not yet been given, but which the Inventors, Messrs. NICOLL, can recommend as one of the most useful, warm, comfortable, and graceful articles of gentlemanly attire ever produced. Specimens can be seen at 114, 116, and 120, Regent street, and 22, Cornhill, at also THE TREBLE Garment, or PALETOT, called THE NICOLL, which retains all the characteristics of the famed Paletot (registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65 ) ix its exterior, and has the additional advantages of being convertible from a warm to a light Overcoat, or vice versa, at the pleasure of tke wearer, or as the mild or cold nature of the weather may re quire. This garment must be seen and worn to be properly appre ciated ; it will be found, perhaps, the best preservative of health in this variable climate. THE NICOLL has been secured by Royal Letters Patent in ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTL AND, and the COLONIES ; it can, therefore, only be purchased in the country, or abroad, of Messrs NICOLL'S (the patentees) recognised AGENTS, and in LONDON only of themselves, viz., at 114, 116, 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. THE NICOLL PALETOT (Regd. 6 and 7 Viet., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114. 116, 120, REGENT STREET, and 22, CORNHILL. Also for Nicoll's Morning Coat, now in almost universal request for the Country, Riding, Walking, Seaside, Sec. Shooting Jackets adapted for the Moors, &c. Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. fur ESSRS. NICOLL'S Wholesale and Counting. 1, House Departments for the London Branches in the Ship ping and Woollen Trades aro in CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. THE FIRST OF OCTOBER JL TO SPORTSMEN. While the Autumn dew-drops glisten On the grass and fading tree, Listen, fellow-sportsmen, listen, To a word or two from me. , Nature now is calm and Sober ; Autumn's beauties are revealed— 'Tis the month of pale October, When the sportsman seeks the field. New delights are now presented To the man that loves his gun; Other favourite game is scented, Other sporting havoc done. But, I pray you tell me, brothers, Whether you're prepared or not? Rave you changed your coats for others, Like the one which I have got ? If you've never been t• MOSES' For a stylish coat, and strong: By your pointers' tails or noses, I declare you've acted wrong. MOSES' for a moderate figure, Far eutrival all the trade ; And I'd never touch a trigger In a coat by others made. No one in his senses sober Messrs. MOSES could condemn, Therefore, since 'tie now October, Buy your shooting-coats of them. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every styli ..... .• • ..... •••••••• • • • .. •• £0 g 6 The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditt0........•• ..•• 0 is 0 Chesterfield, ditto.... • • .... •• • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of OT. r Coat ••. • •• . 1 5 0 Shooting Coats .• Lounging or Morning Coats .......... •• .. 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed ...• 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests • • •• • Black Silk Velvet Vests... Dress Coats .... Frock Ditto .............................0 19 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, from .. .. . Hussar and Tunic Suits •• .. ..... ••••• •• • . 0 14 6 Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests ..... ... • • 0 0 8 MADE TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats from 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined .•• The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 1 .6 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very eli , gant style of Over Coat .••• .. • ...... ••••••• • .. • • • • 2 0 0 The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout .......... •••• • • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter TrowserS, in Tweed and ..... ........... 0 10 6 Best Black Cassimere ditto .. ••••••• . • • .. • • 1 6 Autumn and Winter Vests •••• ...... ••• • • • 0 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto • .•••.. • • • • 0 13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto .• • ... . 0 18 6 „ Dress Coats• •• • • from 325. to 2 15 0 „ Frock ••••• • • • .. •••• • • from 355. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tunic Suits .... • from 1 b 0 Superfine ••.•••••• • •• • • • • • Men's Shooting Coat •• • • .... •• • • is o Elegant, Dressing Robes, in great variety, f rom ....... ..... ........ ..16s. to 5 0 0 A Large Sleek of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. The new book, entitled the "Great Fact," with (till directions or Self-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post roe, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—the Shawl and Parasol Department are new replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollenvirapers, Clothiers. Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having heard that the untradesmartiike falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other honre in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 38, Far gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Ind those who require cheap and genuine clothing. 20e., should call at or send to the Nfinories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notice,—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday. to ennset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'elock. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 21. 6d., or by nost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the inArmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, a-ith remarks on darriage, and the means of obviating certain dis malifleations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox hrd-street, London. Published by the Authors : seld by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; itarle,23, Titchbonle-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. Rum I, treats of the anatomy and physiology et the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PLAT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveinelnl once, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative noapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PAIT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. _ PLAT IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple appiicati•n. by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the eader's notice. PAST •. IS devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Taxooznita. BALM Or tilYziAorst is exclusively employed in treat nu nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ds. and 331. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11s. and Sas. per bottle, Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, lie. ed., 45. Gd., and I ls. per box, a wercent remedy for gonorrhosa, leapt, etricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten lance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Twe, and rive to Eight: on Sundays from Leven to Ore. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—This afternoon a tele graphic announcement was made by the Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief here that they had received news of the discovery of Sir John Franklin and Sir James Ross in Prince Regent's Inlet, ali safe and well. Such highly gratifying intelligense was speedily dis seminated throughout the port, and the joy was universal. The Scourge steam-sloop is commissioned at this port by Commander Lord F. H. Kerr (1846) to have a com plement of 160 men for foreign service. The following other officers have also been appointed to hert—Liente mints, H.W. Wright and 11. V. Haggard; Master J. W. M'l. Hall; Paymaster and Purser, Frederick Gilbert; Clerk, Richard Allen; Clerk's Assistant, J.W. Harriott; Master's Assistant, J. A. R. Petch. The pennant was hoisted yesterday. The Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander L. Smithett, arrived thin morning at six, and came into harbour to replenish fuel. She sailed again at 12.40 for Holyhead. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., was returned to ordinary this day. An extraordinary high tide has flowed to-day. Mr. White's new steam-frigate Termagant is ordered to be fitted as an advance steamer to join the first divi sion of the squadron at this port. The Encounter steam-corvette, Captain Gordon, is ready to leave the harbour. Wind—W. by N., fresh breezes and cloudy weather. HONULULU, MAY 30.--Her Majesty's ship Amphi trite, 26, Captain T. R. Eden, arrived here on the 23d inst. from Callao, and exchanged salutes with the fort, and on the 24th the ship was dressed from an early hour in honour of her Majesty's birthday. On this occasion likewise a salute of 21 guns was firedfrom the fort, and the ships in harbour and various public offices ashore dis played their gayest colours. On the 25th his Majesty King Kamehamea 111. gave an audience to the British Consul-General to present Captain Eden and several of the officers of the Amphi trite, when as many officers as could be spared from the duties of the ship attended. Her Majesty's ship Herald sailed hence on the 19th inst., with provisions for the Plover discovery ship, in aid of Sir J. Franklin's expedition. The Sandwich Islands experience a depression, similar to other places, from the California emigration mania, but great hope is entertained that they will speedily be benefited by the enterprise it his awakened. ROYAL MARINES. _ _ Major Robinson died at Woolwich yesterday, by which casualty the following officers are promoted:— First Lieutenant William Stratton Aslett, of the Ply mouth division, to be Captain, vice Robinson; Second Lieutenant Charles Roberts, of the Woolwich division, to be First Lieutenant, vice Aslett. Captain Moore, First. Lieutenant Tinkler, and 96 men of the Portsmouth division, embarked yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Leander, 50, at Portsmouth. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. One sergeant, one bombardier, and 15 gunners, em barked yesterday at Portsmouth, in the Confiance steamer, for Plymouth, to join a newly commissioned steamer there. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 3.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Confiance yesterday towed the merchant schooner Eliza from Barnpool to the sheer hulk, when her broken masts were taken out and sent to the dockyard. The Admiralty. have given instructions for the repair of all damages consequent on the collision of the Eliza with her Ma jesty's steam-vessel Volcano. The Ilecla sailed for the coast yesterday. , • The Confiance left in the evening With - stores'Or the eastern port. . The merchant ship Thomas and Joseph Crisp, 350 tons, Captain Blackall, which left Newport with coal for Ceylon, experienced a succession of westerly and south westerly gales when in long. 12 W., 'Which strained the ship, and caused her to make 12 inches water hourly, both pumps going; she, in consequence, put back, and arrived in the Sound this morning. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. s.—The Encounter steam cor vette, Captain G. T. Gordon, west out to Spithead to-day ready for sailing orders. The Leander, 53, Capt. C. S. Decree, picks up men but slowly. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain T. L. Massie, arrived at Rio, from England, on the 29th of July ; she reports several slavers having been taken by our cruizers on the Brazil coast, and the arrival of the Apollo troop-frigate on the 7th of August, which was pat into quarantine immediately she anchored, the cholera baying broken out on board when she sighted Madeira. The Portu guese treated her brutally there, would allow no inter course, nor supply provisions of any description ; ten men and one officer I believe, says our correspondent, are dead. The Brazillians are not inclined to assi►t them, so she has been sent to about 60 miles along the coast to clear out. The Cleopatra sailed on tho 11th August for the Ease Indies. The Reynard, 11, Capt. Cracroft, by the above advice', had arrived at Rio from England, refitted, and sailed fur the Cape of Good Hope, en route to Singapore, on the 11th of August. The Dragon steam.frigate, Captain Hall, arrived at Gibraltar from this port on the 26th ult. Several more vessels are about to be commissioned, among them the Conflict, Vulture, Firebrand, Spiteful, Terrible, &c. WOOLWICH, OCT. s.—The Archer steam-sloop went down the river, under the charge of Lieutenant Robert son, on Wednesday to try her speed with the screw-pro peller reduced to nine feet in diameter, but she had only proceeded as far as Barking-paint when the piston rod of one of her air-pumps became bent, and as her engines could not work the anchor was let go promptly, and she was safely brought up. After remaining three hours off Barking-point she returned to Woolwich, working only one of the air-pumps. The Terrible steam•frigate has been visited by a num ber of naval officers during the last and present week. She is now in the basin having two of her boilers and two of her funnels taken out, and it is supposed that she will only have two boilers and two funnels in future, instead of four of each, having been found when last in commission to get her steam up very well with the smaller number. The Firebrand steam-frigate, of 400-horse power, has taken her guns on board, consisting of two 68 pounders I of 95 cwt. each, and 10-feet long, on pivot slides and car riages, and for 10-inch guns of 85 cwt. each, and 9 feet 4 inches long, on slides and carriages. She is now or dered to remain at Woolwich ready for commission in stead of being sent to Sheerness or Portsmouth for that purpose. This arrangement bas given great satis faction, as it is a long time since any large vessel has been commissioned here, and the paying off of vessels at this port is not of much benefit to the town, the ofli• cers and crews generally leaving immediately after. The Hercules store-ship, with a number of troops on board for Gibraltar and Malta, passed through the Downs on Tuesday, piloted by Mr. Stuart from Wool wich, who conducted her safely through the channel, although she draws a considerable depth of water. The old Romulus, 74, was towed from Sheerness to Deptford on Wednesday, to be broken up. The Magicienne steam-vessel is ready to bo taken out of the East India Docks, and will be remo►ed to Messrs. Penn's establishment, where her machinery is to be fitted by that firm. The Buzzard steam-vessel was taken out of Deptford basin to day, and is to be taken into the East India Docks to have her machinery put in by Messrs. Miller, itivenhill, and Co. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, is hourly expected at Woolwich to be refitted. A quantity of the stores which sunk in the Bee lighter when loading from the Terrible steam-frigate were re covered yesterday. The Cndine steam-vessel had her steam up yesterday, and was taken out of the basin to-day. The Styx steam vessel had her steam up in the basin Cor;siderable interest has been excited by the attempt of a number of divers to recover the specie of the Plumper, a 14-gun brig, lost in 1812, on her passage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to St. John's, New Bruns wick, under the command of Lieutenant James Bray, and having on board at the time upwards of 74,0001. in specie in boxes, destined for the payment of the troops of his Majesty. A. number of silver dollars, covered with a grey mould, grape shot and bullets, the scabbards of side-arms, leathern sheaths, and many other articles, have been recovered by the divers. It was made known at the Admiralty that Captain Knox is to commission the Firebrand at Woolwich, The Conflict and Spiteful steam-vessels are also or dered to Ise commissioned immediately. TURKEY AND - It USSIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l trust that there is not an Englishman who does not feel that the demand of the Emperor of Russia for the persons of the wretched Hungarians who have fled to Turkey to save their lives, is a back ward march in the civilisation and humanity of the present age. A Turk denies the gratification of the bloodthirsty vengeance which is required by the Autocrat of All the Russias ! May God bless the Turk in his superior humanity, I pray. But there is more to be done than this. Let England support the Turk in his Christian benevolence and mercy. I, for one, am ready to do so, and, without callin g a mee ti ng fmy countrymen to join in the measure, I subscribe my name for 5001. towards a fund to be handed over to the Sultan of Turkey, to assist in defending himself and his coun try against the hostility of Russia, if any is shown in consequence of her humanity ; and let every one remember that upon such an occasion, Qui dat cito, dat Surely, the day has not gone by when the wretched persons of a few defeated beings ought to be left quiet in self-chosen exile, and not bo dragged forth for execution by an arbitrary tyrant, of whom even the exile is not a subject !-1 am, Sir, your very obedi en t servant, WILLIAM CRAWSHAY. October 4. THE PALACE CoURT AND THE LOAN SOCIETY.— At Worship-street yesterday Mr. Arnold expressed great satisfaction in announcing to the reporters his receipt of the undermentioned contributions, for the benefit of a poor working gun-smith, named William Jones, the particulars of whose harsh and oppressive treatment under an execution from the Palace Court, at the suit of a Loan Society, by which the whole of his goods, value 501., were swept away for a debt of Si. 18s., shortly after he had sustained the loss of three of his family by cholera, were recently brought under his notice :—" A Lady," 11.; " A Soldier," Essex, 11.; " L. F. 1/. " 5.," 11; "H. 5.," half-a-sovereign; 2s. 6d., forwarded from The Sun-office, where it had been de posited by W.D.," a labourer; "W. C.," 11.; the first half of a 5/. note, numbered 93,568, from an anony mous correspondent at Tunbridge-wells,',in reference to which the magistrate expressed his intention to devote one half of the amount to the purposes of the poor-box, pursuant to the discretion vested in him by the owner; " A. 8." 2s. 6d. in postage-stamps; Mr. W. Mercer, land lord of the Coach and Horses, Blue Anchor-alley, Bun hill row ' and a few of his customer s , h a lf- a - sovere i gn; and the half of a Si. bank-note, numbered 11,221, from a gentleman using the initial "H.," who described it as a tribute of his sympathy for the sufferings the poor man had undergone from two such visitations as the cholera and the Palace Court. The magistrate has also received I/. from " A Lady," 11, from " 5.," and 103. from "L. in aid of the poor- box fund; also, from " J.N.," 1/.; " U. T.," 11. ls.; and " A Lady," 12i. in postage-stamps, for the relief of the widows and children of poor persons who had died of cholera. All the benevolent donors desired to see an acknowledgment of their contri butions in the papers. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, OCT. s.—One non - commissioned officer and two gunners, with one non commissioned officer and two privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners, embarked at Roff's-wharf, at ten o'clock A.M., to-day, for Shoeburyness, to t a k e charge of the stores there during the winter; and Captain Hyde's company will return to head-quarters this afternoon from Shoeburyness, as the company has been placed under orders, with Major Desbrisay's company, to pro ceed to Ireland about the middle of the present month, to relieve Captain P. Benn's and Captain Wright'a com panies, being the two that on the roster for foreign service. MR. DISRAELI'S POLICY. MEETING AT CASTLE HEDINGHAM, IN ESSEX. The annual meeting of the Agricultural and Conser vative Club for the hundred of Hinchford, in North Essex, was held yesterday at Castle Hedingham, a small village about nine miles from Braintree, and nearly I as many from Sudbury. The principal attraction to the Castle Hedingham meeting on the present occasion was the presence of Mr. Disraeli, who, happening to be on a visit to the Member for the division, Sir John Tyrell, was invited to cane over with the Honourable Baronet, and attend the gathering. Upwards of 200 persons were present; and the place was rendered yet more gay by the presence of a number of ladies in the gallery. Ashurst Megendie, Et q., the present proprietor of the Castle, and president of the club, took the chair. There were president on his right, Lord Headley. Sir John Tyrell, Bart., and on the left Mr. Disraeli, Major Bert s ford, M.P., Sir F. Siwpkinson, Bart., &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN then, amidst loud applause, proposed " Success to tho Hunch. ford Agricultural and Conservative Club." The Rey. Mr. Cox, of Favistead, who was saluted with loud cheers, and all the cries peculiar to fox-hunt ing, returned thanks. He defended the connexion of Conservatism with agriculture in this club, on the ground that five agricultural societies had previously existed in Chelmsford and Colchester, which had lately expired, while this society had met tonight, increased in numbers and influence, to celebrate its sixteenth anni versary.—(Loud cheers.) Besides, the friends of the farmers were invariably to be found in the Conservative ranks ; for among the Whig and Radical members there were not five who could be trusted as friendly to their cause. There were Lord Beaumont and Lord Worsley, now Lord Yarborough, who, when Peel was in power, joined the Central Protection Society ; hut since the Whigs had come into power these Noblemen never darkened the doors of the Protection Society, and they both voted for the repeal of the navigation-laws, to put, as was said, the capital on the column of free trade.— (Hear, hear.) At the same time, he did not mean to blame the Whig gentry and farmers—he knew they blamed Lord John Russell for deserting his principles, as much as the Conservatives blamed Sir Robert Peel for deserting his ; and his advice to the Whigs was to fol low the example of the Conservatives—to turn off their leader and find another.—(Cheers.) He then referred to the fact that six farms had been advertised in the local papers to be let for a month together, and there appeared to be no bidders. This was significant of a great change of opinion among the farmers, who began to despair of things ever being better.—(Hear, hear.) He would instance the case of his own farm, which he attended to daily, and had held for fourteen years. Hie farm was of 100 acres, and he had 1,0001. capital in it; and the result of his accounts for this year was that the produce paid his rent and all his outgoings, except 41. 17s. 6d. But then he had no return whatever for his capital of 1,0001. That was the state of the tenant farmers at the present moment. It might be said he was making out a case for the non-payment of rent; but he was there to speak the honest truth, and the honest truth was, that the farmers were paying rents out of their own pockets. He asked the meeting if this state of things could go on?—(No, no.) The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to satirise what he called the modern agricultural quack doctors, from Mr. Mechi of the magic razor-strop to Lord Brougham, whose plan was to pro duce a cross between a steam-engine and a tea-kettle— (Laughter)—and he concluded by giving his own plan for the cure of agricultural distress, and that was to convert the minority that followed his Hon. Friend the Member for Buckinghamshire into a majority, and the husines was done.—(Cheers.) How was this to be effected? It rested with the gentry and the tenant-farmers of Eng land, and he called upon them to begin by displacing Sir E. Buxton from South Essex, Mr. Hardcastle from Colchester, and Mr. Lennard from Maldon.—(Cheers.) What they were to do when they got that majority he would leave to wiser heads than his own; but this he would say, on the part of the farmers of Essex, that all they wanted was justice, and that the Hon. Member for Bucks should persevere in his efforts to obtain an equ lity of taxation—(Cheers)—and to make the foreigner pay a toll for the liberty of entering our markets, and then the farmers would be content.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then, amidst enthusiastic applause, propos , d the health of their distinguished visitor, Mr. Disraeli, who was recognised as the leader of the agri cultural cause in the House of Commons. His writings were not mere pictures of persona and manners, but he laid before them sentiments that did honour to the human heart—he laid open to them the evils of the political 'system of England, and held out brighter destinies to England than that she should become a mere cotton manufactory.—(Cheers.) But it was no: as an author, but as a pelitician, that he was now among them. In his works kindness and gentleness appealed to be his chief characteristics; but when the time came, and it had come, to lay bare treachery, he was possessed of thoughts that breathe and words that burn to expose and to 'scathe that ire achery.—(Cheers ) Without fur ther preface h o b egge d to g i ve them the health of their distinguished guest Benjamin Disraeli, Esq.—(Cheers ) Mr. Desnaaee wan received with loud cheers. Ile said- T I feel no inconsiderable embarrassment in pre suming to address you on this occasion. As a general rule, which has alwa) s guided me through any public experience I have had in political life, I have refrained from venturing to give any opinion on public affairs out of the limits of that district where it is my happiness to live, and which I have the honour to represent.— (Cheers.) For this reason I have taken the liberty al. ways to refuse those invitations which have too flatter ingly been proffered me from bodies of my countrymen in other parts of England who wished to express to me their sense of my humble services in their behalf, and if I venture to make an exception in the present instance of the county of Essex it is for two reasons. The first, indeed, is one which has already been alluded to by my lion. Friend Mr. Cox, that I was well assured that in coming here I would meet with a genuine body of Eng lish yeomen.—(Cheers)—that it could not for a mo ment be supposed that in appearing before you this day I came only es the guest of some fortunate indi vidual who dictates his opinions to multitudes who were ready or obliged to accept them ; but that at a moment very critical to the fortunes of all who are interested in the cultivation of land in England, I should find among you a fair specimen and a fair representation of the yeomanry of the country. But, notwithstanding my wish to attend a meeting of such a character, I should have hesitated to accept the invitation which was prof fered me, had I not recollected that in the course of last year I received from the county of Essex a petition signed by several thousands, which, with the consent and the sanction of the Members for Essex, the consti tuency wished that I should present to the House of Commons, as a general testimony of their sense of my humble services on behalf of agriculture.—(Loud cheers.) Therefore I hope that I shall not be considered an in truder or a stranger—(No, no)—when you have already so publicly expressed your approbation of my conduct, and your confidence in me, and since you allowed me in my place in Parliament to prove that I possess the confidence not only of my constituents, but the confidence of the county of Essex.—(Loud cheers.) My Hon. Friend the Chairman has told you that I wish to express to you my views on our present forlorn situation. I can hardly presume to do that; though I will venture, if you will permit me, to offer a few observations.—(Hear, hear.) And it is still less necessary for me to do so, because you have already had an able exposition of your condition from my Hononrable Friend Mr. Cox, to whom I listened with delight, but I confess I wish I had heard it another place, for if that speech had been made in the House of Commons you may depend upon it that it would have produced not less effect than it has done in this ancient hall of the De Veres.—(Loud cheers.) _ We meet here after the advantage of considerable experience since those changes occurred .0 which every gentleman who has addressed you to night has adverted. It was an expe rience of three years, on which those great changes were decided by a Minister and passed by a Parliament. Three years have elapsed since those changes, and more; and I accept that test of time which was fixed by the counsellors of our Legislature, and I ask the country now to decide upon those measures by the fruits which they have produced.—(Cheers.) I remember, when op position was made to the abrogation of the ancient agricultural policy of England, we were met with this question by a Right Hon. Gentleman, a Cabinet Mini , ster—and, I am ashamed to say, still a county Member— he used to say, when we attempted to defend the inte rests of national industry against the competition of foreigners as respects agricultural produce, he said, I wish those gentlemen who are so alarmed would tell us where the corn is to come from?—(hear, hear.) Now, I believe that every one present knows where the corn is to come from—where it has come from, and where, unless it is stopped, it will continue to come from.— (Laughter and cheers.) I have alluded to this, not in the way of taunt to the individual, but .to call your attention by this trait to the position which you now occupy. What was matter of theory is now a fact proved by severe demonstration, and whether what is called the Protectionist party, of which I am a humble member— whether they were right or wrong in the policy which they counselled the House of Commons and wished the country to adopt—whether they were right or wrong in this—ono thing is quite clear, that every prediction which we made has been verified, and every prophecy which we uttered has been realised. We said that the measures would be a fatal blow to the agricultural industry of the country—we opposed those who maintained that they would stimulate your industry and improve your for tunes. Now you are the best judges, from your expe rience, who was right on that occasion. It is acknow ledged by all—by men of all parties and of all opinioe t s; I may say by the leading men of all counties—that this is a critical period—a critical epoch—for thbeenaerwicituhl: tural fortunes of England. That, then, n i s i . as result out a doubt, the result of the . late change r• degree of is not increased prosperity, it is not e n v e comparative prosperity which you f menacing L e enjoyed.. is adversity, one of unmitigated pressure and o which even the boldest can scarcely presume to encoun ter.—(Cheer.) Well, then, the practical question arises in these circumstances: What are we to do? That is the question of the day—it is the question t o which every man must address himself who wishes to influence the opinions of the day, and it is because I thought I might presume to offer you a few brief observations upon this subject that I came here to-day as your guest, to ask your counsel, and place you in the true knowledge of your position, and, I hesitate not to say, to induce you to combine to gether in order to improve and remedy it.—(Cheers.) I know from experience the great difficulty which any person who is your sincere supporter, and the advocate of your real interests, must encounter at the present day, if he wishes to suggest what he thinks may be for your advantage, but which may not be identical with that particular scheme of policy which has been re pealed to your detriment. It is the interest of your op ponents to describe such an individual as a person who has given up the opinions he once professed, if he do not, as the sole specific for your disquietude and suffer ing, rise and tell you that a recurrence to protection is the only means of relief. I fought as hard as I could—l fought as hard as most did—in defence of those laws which have been repealed.—(Loud cheers.) I don't bate one inch of the opinions which on that occasion 1 expressed. I don't bate one inch of confidence in the facts which I then brought forward, of which time has since proved the accuracy. I don't bate one inch of my confidence in the truths of the arguments which I then brought forward. lam prepared at all times, and under all circumstances, to maintain and to advance those great principles of industrial polity which the Protec tion party upheld in Parliament in the great struggle of 1846. But I find that various classes of the agri cultural body are suffering. I know that the present Parliament will not revert to the ancient policy, the repeal and the abrogation of which I opposed, and still deplore—l know that the present Parliament may exist for four years at least longer yet, and therefore I say I would not be your-friend—l would not be, what I trust I am, both from sentiment and conviction, devoted to your interests, if I did not venture a suggestion, in the interim, which I think may ameliorate your position, and advance your fortunes.—(Loud cheers.) I say then, without giving up one iota of the principles which I have always advocated—l say it is wise aid expedient, and most necessary in the present critical position of the agricultural body, that we should look about us and see whether there are not certain measures which we might advocate, fsrti eyanendadr Mr. p erhap s Iccoaxl let p do a a s t sh,:netohtaot atten t ion Which ul i d c ho h f a l v t e r ; Hub brought House ef c o i or a i l influence on your prosperity. Allusion has been made w by ar lu d y la Commons and of the country to the fact that the real property of England is subject to peculiar burdens and severe taxation, from which other property is exempt. I did not call attention to this subject, or suggest what I thought would be a remedy, under the idea that that would be any alleviation of a loss of Protectionist policy; but I said, you have deprived us of our rights —you have deprived us of .that which both in policy and in justice you were bound to secure to us—and I must, in our present forlorn condition, look round me and see whether on your own premises and principles I cannot find some remedy for that condition to which your policy has brought us. I do not tell you, gentlemen, that if I succeed—and with your assistance I am confident I shall succeed—l do not tell you that that would be any com pensation for the laws which you have lost; but I ask you, as sensible and practical men, whether you would refuse to accept remedial measures because you have been deprived of advantages which you think superior to them? At the present day your opponents acknow ledge the difficulties in which you are placed. They offer you those remedies which have been alluded to with so much skill and graphic power by my friend Mr. Cox. You are the best judges of the validity and worth of those remedies. I confess I have no confidence in them; I confess I cannot take upon myself the responsibility of attempting to convince you that in such remedies you will find relief.—(Cheers.) I know nothing more easy than to tell the farmers of England that the sure way for them to cope with the difficulties which they may en counter is to have recourse to the commercial principle. But in the first place I don't quite clearly understand what the commercial principle is. I sat for forty days on a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the severe distress of the na tion in 1847. On that Committee there was a majority of free-traders—we differed on many points; but there was one point on which we were all agreed, and that was, that the distress was caused on that occa sion by the over-speculation of commercial men.— (Chee rs.) Now, really, if the commercial principle is a principle of over-speculation, that is not a principle the • and n p i dxp benefitelidc a uwt culture, i p o e n wali o ltw f hdoett whi c h' r he e..tt mosto(o - -(C h e e rs . ) sarcastic ero r c ic rlas look )o l t i t ke u rTfe accountsohrew Then o h w n e 1 de application wo p fe r o oe d ua u r l c l t rt oo pl h od , se Ex emplifiedth thcom in commercial e r iprinciple i) t u o t i t t h the ow magnificent tu rns outh results ta t commercial principle, as shown in those enterprizes which were held up as models of management, of energy, and skill, for the benefit of the agri , ultural body—it turns out now that the commercial principle as applied to them .consists in the pa) ment of dividends out of capital. I ask, is the commercial principle, as applied to land, to consist in the payment of rents out of capital? —(Cheers and laughter.) Well, then, finding these re sults, I am obliged to plod on in my own way, and till I can obtain for 3ou that which, with my friend here, I believe you are entitled to, end which you can only obtain by energy and enterprise —energy and enterprise directed in a very different way and to a very different resu;t from what the free-traders imagine—till that moment arrives, I must, so long as I have the honour to sit in the House of Common., representing the agricul tural interest, see if I cannot obtain an alleviation of your position in some degree—(Cheers) —and as I cannot help fancying, in pursuance of the policy which I shall venture to indicate, you not only obtain relief to a certain extent—but if, by the exercise of your enter prise and energy—for I want both as much as the free traders do—if you lay the foundation for that great re lief which you require—why then I think you will not be pursuing a policy which you ought to look upon with suspicion and distrust, and I have a right to call upon you to support me in it.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, lam at the present moment for practical measures and for immediate exertions. I want the various classes that form the great agricultural body—landlords, cultivators occupiers, and labourers—l want them all to join to gether within the few months that have to elapse before Parliament meets, to decide on the line of policy which they think ought to be pursued and prosecuted by the Legislature of the country, and by their p et iti ons , an d by all constitutional methods and by their influence on their representatives, I wish that when Parliament meets Parliament should understand that the grand agricultural interest of England comprehends its posi tion; and not only comprehends its position, but, to a certain degree, the remedies which that position requires. —(lean) Now, gentlemen, I will not dwell much on a subject upon which it has often boen my lot to speak, both in the House of Commons and oat of it. But it is necessary to repeat truth when truth is not acknowledged; and it is only by its repetition that you can get bodies of men to be convinced of the truth, and to act in a way that truth ceases to be theory and becomes fact. Now, I have men tioned over and over again this circumstance—an ano maly in the history of this country—that the real pro perty of this country, besides contributing to the general and imperial revenue of the State, has also to raise a revenue peculiar to itself. That real property, which, according to the last official rating does not count be yond one quarter of the general income of the country, but which, under no circumstances, can be placed at higher than ono-third, not only contributes its propor tion to the 50 millions or more which forma the general revenue, but is also called on to raise another revenue to • the amount of 12 millions sterling, for purposes, although the taxation is local, of essentially a public character. —(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I say that that great ano maly never should have been passed over and endured, had it not been for the existence of those laws which have been repealed with respect to the cultivation of the land in England. Now let us try this case in a way that I believe I have not yet put it, but it is a very simple and a very striking one. Suppose that the real property, which is taxed to the amount of twelve millions a year for national purposes, ought to contribute to the amount of one-third—and if it were not that I always endeavour to avoid over colouring my case, I might fairly, for the argument, take it at ono quarter—but let us take it at one-third; and this, gentlemen, may be wearisome, but I must dwell upon it tor a moment, because it is of the utmost im portance that the matter should be clearly laid before you. Now suppose that this twelve millions a year paid by real property is reckoned for the whole period since the peace of thirty-three years ago, deducting the four millions per annum w hich the real property ought, in its fair proportion, to have contributed to the general in terests of the community, it will show that nearly three hundred millions more has been pail by real property than it ought to have dune. Why, gentlemen, is it pos sible that real property, which has been held up almost to public scorn for its rapacity for the last few years, should have contributed, since the peace, to the general interests of the community nearly three hun dred millions, which, according to every principle of justice, it ought not to have been called on to contribute; —that this should be the property—the great proportion e and most important proportion of which, namely, land of England, has been h e ld up to public indignation as the interest and property that has obtainedsuc,, r, unfair ,ea advantages over the general body of the people _ cli hear.) Why, that fact alone is a fair basis for petitioning Parliament for relief. The time has come: you have a ow ners of real proper o t s y t, ii t i n t d h e is r right to consider—as the country—not more than one-third, oratthe any circumstances, approaching to one-third m of the whole property of the co untry, are obliged to contr ib ute twelve m illions a-year, of which their just proportion would only be four millions—l say the time has arrived when real property is entitled to come to the Legislature and ask for some relief under these monstrous circumstances. —(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I was reading the other day in some book about the earliest ard greatest revolu tion in France; and I met with a story about a pick pocket who was caught in the fact. No sooner was he caught in the fact, than he turned round against his in tended victim, and said he was an aristocrat, got the mob round him, and the gentleman was hanged at a lamp-post. —(Laughter.) Now, that is exactly the position of the real property of England.—(Hear, hear, and renewed laughter.) 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