The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-26 00:00:00

EVENING SUN 401•••••••• e ra other of th e pr i soner, who was overwhelmed Wit h grief at the disgraceful situation her son was Placed in, begged on her knees of Mr. Hardwick to 'ITp mercy to her son. 43% FlAanwlca said the case was one of such an W iNted nature that he felt himself bound to corneal' wait prisoner for trial. SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) D O ll, Nov. 26.—Wi n d t hi s d ay at noon, N .W. 1_44 Nov. 24. Wind W.N.W.—A rr d. t h e A nne 7 i _ng, Hud son, China ; Prince Royal, Fox, Berbice. r d. from the River and sailed, Eliza Johnson, Per e' James ; James H o l mes , B ar b a d oes ; Hi g hb ury, S t. 4 - "' e rn's ; Sand w i c h , S t. Luc i a. Sailed Galatea Bahia. 7tv.4lParrr., Nov. 25.—Th e O peana d s packet has been ilet'd into the d r y d oc k to b e re-coppered. rvE ttpooL, Nov. H.—Wind northerly.—Arrd. Thos. `bobson, Calcutta, sailed from Algoa Bay, Sept. 8, Helena 2d ult. ; St. Lawrence, Newlands, Bombay ; it o et° L inu, Lester, Lima, sailed Aug. 18 ; David and ~Luert,'Leghorn ; Parker, Risien, Demerara, sailed 18th P;` 6 . ; Richmond, Maracaibo. Sailed, St. Andrew, Sa- L l all St. Mary, Jamaica ; Elizabeth, Malta ; Fleurs, Arrd. off, Red Rover, Mary, and Halifax t e4 , 7 et The R osc i us h as not arrived, as reported yester t The Heroi ne arr i ve d here from L i ma, exper i enced Urricane from N. f or t h ree h ours on t h e 30t h ult., *b out 30 0 miles W. of Cape Clear, and lost sails, &c. Wiii_" ° ,VEß, Nov. 25.—The Caledonia, Liddell, an d tne Fourth, Thomas, Singapore. 41,..„ 1 "AuTitcos, Nov. 25.—The William and An n , .if:2- 11 1, Bahi a. OCT LERA DIPTON, Nov. 25. —The Minerva, from ester to Shoreham, which was ashore to the east been got off with little damage, after dis• - wig part of cargo. MARKETS.-(7'HIS DAY.) ie P CORN EXCHANGE. 1 1,) 4 %ey weather ocasioned the supplies of Grain ort this week. The Trade since Monday has t oid of int erest . All articles that were in good ad , " maintained M on d ay ' s va l ue, b ut to e ff ect sa l es ,17et qualities less prices were taken. Flour very sale. 'lll. SMITHFIELD MARKET. 4titi4+,BllPPly I was mod era t e , th e d eman d f a i r f or a ll x , 11 04 % '° 11 3, with a, little advance in tho price of Beef. 7.4' 1 553 ; Sheep, 2,690 ; Pi gs , 530 ; C a l ves , 170. It 4 rk 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, to ts. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. COLONIAL MARKET. ilitOtiblic sales were of little moment, and privately 44,75nd was li m i te d , b ut pr i ces were sustained. ke e ' l lear was fi rm , w i t h a good demand. The lowest Cgteetlfs Brown w West India Sugar was 57s per c w t. old sloly, but prices were sust a in e d. The L._ TEA MARKET. L , 4 ltr t i e •frge public sa l es d ec l are d cause d t h e tra d e to %t er Ivith caution, but holders would not submit to Company's Congou, Is. 9d., cash. Ctid- TALLOW MARKET. ? 4 roland on the increa se , an d a l arge b us i ness d one . of Ps. 6d. .on the spot and for d e liv e ry up t o th e Year SPIRIT MARKET. * ktie 7 1 (111 ll of sale, b u t prices were steady. Proof Lee- O a 1 0s . 4d. id. Brandy firm, and in request. Corn cash. HALIFAX, Nov. 25. te.h (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) F:ler e lt i l, in some respects, an extraordinary proceed of p a r night, in the form of a meeting for the pur at. ~`,',o onel Thompson giving a lecture on the Corn- Snt to 'Lae large building, called the Odd Fellows' Hall, ia:Pletely filled ; and a large portion of the audi- Nit Chartism to be from the neighbouring villages, is stronger than in the town. rNYA)erative Anti-Corn-law Association, who had iip§4,:elle expenses of the le c t ure , move d th a t th e i r "' should take the Chair ; which the Chartists 0% i iet ah, d moved a Ch a i rman o f t h e i r own . Wi t h Ni el t han at Bi rm i ngham, no resistance was made, atuierechttlire went on w i t h out i nterrupt i on. After the Z i t an, d finished, a Chartist missionary rose, and i Nt ,12_ extensive number of objections. A journey 1. °ernaker To • 1 / 4 1 glcre t se to reply, the Chartist Chairman 0 4 ... . r naintaining a rough kind of justice, as far C.letttZsistent with having taken the management of , it, U ,, :tit of the hands of the people who had paid t hi s ...,1. Lecturer then invited the missionary to pro b7Sceuy.lections one by one, and gave his replies, the tlirtialit,_.aPPearing to enjoy the contest with great im iret;/ The missionary followed with a very long 1.pe,.841e concluded by declaring that his object was t4 4; !e°ll lltr manufacturing population not to allow Iti 'Peet the4' to be mode the workshop of the world, but , p ow _ thei r t o to obtaining possession of the land " c 'ald ' uns °f Ey • • k id n ot use v . e or six acres apiece ; to which end he th eti 4 w ielence, but he would obtain the Charter, ipot., ,esolutio_uld be in their power to do it. Itr ite l d move 1 41 0 . W aS . then proposed,th at the .r in i e l et h ing a Sti„ P ,PPorti o ' n nc)thi ng but the. Charter ; i 'at ho i 1 9f the meeting held up their hands, the ° Wn' Ile tha lug those who had paid for the room, Ili gup t .,,......_ h eir hands in opposition. 1 1 IR . ' l p A It ,------• . • • • • • . . . . . . • ..... "X T MAKERS' TRADE We h el , , ~ - a C eni „ e l Ellow r i os . SOCIETY. I %k " 1 :Y. The s 7 4; Society for upwards of a quarter -street in the ..:, st abli-bed themselves in Leaden against 1815, ag a i ns l e : 18 15 s and many have been the he ir grou _ . , hen ) , 1 but they have overcome all, L: are g l ad L :',.' and prospered. ‘l l ,T i t of r .h see them take the same path for the hi, tiltr e a great body as the Art-Union Society, Vs setd ttery . every year for the benefit of the sel:„._ ptors, &c., m shares of 21s. The clergy , e one f or scripture pieces at three 0 each, and w h y should not the hum titn have the sa me support as the clergy ik ly rs? The Cabinet-m a k ers ' S oc i ety h ave a novel Zil'e t the distribution of 1,4001. w orth of cabinet fur tiltt'l4 2a. 6d. a share, to be decided on the 14th of P,e4 4l th, in Leadenhall-street, which within a short k ,„,N, , I 'l'e been increased from 512 to 703, and from klitt „`" 1 ,400/. for 'the Society had met with such Ot li tl / Pnrt that thCY would be able to announce the Ote, i ? he 1,000 and more, and 2,000/. worth of fur kilt, e ,,, r ,. as the sale of shares increased, so would the te r z:ne sale of shares is unlimited.• reee il l3 trotend them to public favour, and hope they t,,h4lll:_ t t llat patronage and support they deserve for t r ,:(4et Tr_uraertalgng in their situation. The following eani tt 2 their circular explains the plan:— The A als, ii; roost respectfully acquaint their patrons and ial k t/i at itt ,the Society has so increased in their num iti_ % I t , tri ... el , . manufacturing department has over ill" t!h. _ ll ,, sale at their establishment, and sooner I,o_voir.ui the members should feel the pressure, the VOt °,,, exPedient is resorted to :—To dispose of ;444, °l. th of furniture in 11,200 shares at 8p 1: fo r each, as the Society only requires 4 44 t y 0,1 1,400/. worth ; to be drawn by the Ilat of th a t he 1 4th of December next, and should the Nti l l l eli sha ys exceed the limited number, the amount Ili t ti!re o i l r r es sold will be placed to the prizes. The / 11l 11 ,, e ere d will be of the very best quality: should Nt,,otowsatisfaction, which we hope it will, anether 1 4 „,..,* The object is not to gain, but merely to k t , 414140;i c rahers in full employment. The Society's F.,,., ,,. ab , ,e_ for members in sickness IL per week ; ':P i t t , °5., burial, 151." ~. ok ti 4 t _______........_ ....-..--- t I •M OR SOCIALISM? 5ti 4(21 Z:1 64 ,_ th ..n Was entered into yesterday evening by k 7lO, ..'44. 3 , -7__Socialist. and Mr. Parry, the Chartist, at fOtt 1 - 1 4 tO ~,i7stitution, John street, Tottenham-,•ourt ktihe 4 , 1 ; 11 of the systems was most entitled to sup- Lt',„ th e - ' 3 Of mankind at large. The evening was V liz i re m ., ii. til a t ot uners rather in statements pro and con, , • ~u tl a i Il l itt.t, a Plitti„ ' grappling with each other's arguments, I L , e t t h e e, O O were only on the threshold of their t Zta t ritig (p t.lnuation of the question between them 1,,, t ,i,, Sha n rl daY) will, of course, assume somewhat k t ik „ - nter eiQanz.f challenge intl . animadversion. If, obtain hakam*lllAL' " may bp, safely augured of Puseyism— itg; p0,,,-", backed by all the enthralling arts of the ne a_ - P and tL i vit b j ist evd .,. worship, is making progress in certain 10 l'ala th "nIY but surely,—we should lay more ,: . o rt t itie utit. v -e discussion, ssion, but the statements made_ by 7:4, 4 : au: Parties of the system of their rivals, e-x -ik\ktitta ntil - v els of both in such a doubtful light that tlik t ' e f l efer to them. While one adversary 7 : tis 4, 4ltt • te • to and was split even to its cor_eintod i ll kid adhere were two separate bodies . of Chartists ht l ktk : fail,England, the other pointed to the ~,,!ot i o F. e of the New Harmony systems : the first kkt:iaew La a t name had broken up insolvent: the se ral4.llit i t r l :,k, was equally unfortunate in its fate, %I t t s li tt • and the au given rise to our very excellent infant ~,,, rie . i gh _ third, now formed on a small scale . at 0 6 11 .113 ,Z0u1d be assuredly prosperous, if it did not ZdtZtil ig . w e!! before the year arrived to its close. 040 - 1 w e ll ' very crowded, and the audience re nt Vo -behaved and attentive. The wives of 'k am " and _ , k % til r% allt 4 number of decent matronly women la, • °l t re s „., a aPect to the meeting, which passed off thu r'etable and orderly manner. a.. '4 tykT ""''' ' -- &-- " '"' . ---____."""5"....."•......+...v, e k kti t ' 4-O S—(cLOSING PRICES.) iht `kk ... BRITISH FUNDS. liZo.7qt i et i: ...... *a. 164 India Stock t sitto c 43 ....... 84 Ditto Bonds li t. * 4 ,, tat R e 1......... 8% Ditto Old Annuities t, 4 11 46 Per c l __ ~. ...... 97i ,Ditte New Annuities — Pe r 674.: ......... 99 I,Ex. Bills, 1,0001—.20 Bpm ilt,lgitaot. ......... -- ' Ditto 5001 43 pra t/ tt 186071toexpire \ Ditto Small. . 1 / 4 L 15 9. ............. in Bank Stock for Acct — - -u. ...... i India Stock for Acct — ....... 12i. Consols for Acct B9i k n ii' l 4!, 5 p er e FOREIGN FUNDS. 11;t4 4 5 .,Per , ent n t•••• Portuguese, 5 per cent. ii),,,.. A zioud s. ...... ;Ditto, New Ditto — vik, 3:re a , 6 ••• ...... 58i Prussian, 5 per cent. Irk 144 Per went . er c ea IRussian, 5 per cent — 4 4418 5 ,' 6 pe r ;_*: •• -- Ditto, Metallic — Q tki a - -• .... ---••— Spanish, 5 per cent 23i 1 4,, x1 ,', Per c e . ,..;.' ..... Ditto, Deferred .. 12 L t 2t.t5, 6 ,„•'• ...... French, 5 per cent.llsf. 75e. i i,„ , z, 5 per r e er cent. Exchange til lti ta Nt cen t e l t ,',::. . French, 3 per cent —f. —c .1 825, 4 0.. Dutch, 2i per cent 52 8ip,,... Per Qt . -- Ditto, 5 per cent. ' ,- on. SHARES , . `ite m h a ni and Gloucester Railmav (100 P) 55 i est er , . , Ditt o N Railway( 65 paid) BO evi Sh ar t : , k___.itt,o pi ft , ~es 00 paid 57* fficlon a nd ?aid) -- vntie n '` nrlghton (50 paid) 36i Ditto New Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... •-• • bitt N .," Shares ( aid Lando 'quarter Shar ( p 5 p ) aid) Si s Bcl Northilttnd South Western 1 , tiz_ Mi dland Railway ( 1 00) 1ti,,,T4 Thirds (15 paid ) 10t)) 14 bibitlatiVorth Midland Railway (50 paid) . .."' 410, 1 Shares (15 paid) ..e. ..... 1 4 i ADMIRAL SIR JOHN WELLS,G.C.B. This Gallant Naval Officer died on Friday last, at Belnore, his residence, near Cuckfield, Sus sex, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years, having been in the navy upwards of sixty-five years, and being, with not more than four ex cep tions,the senior Admiral in the British service. Towards the conclusion of the American war, Sir John commanded the Raven, of fourteen (Tuns, at the Leeward Islands, on which station • n he had the misfortune to be captured by two French frigates. He was afterwards appointed to the Wasp sloop, and cruised with so much activity against the smugglers as to call forth the thanks of the Commissioners of Customs, who sent a sum of money to be distributed among his officers and crew as a reward for their exer tions. His post commission bears date March 1, 1783, from which period we find no mention of him until the month of October, 1794, when he commanded the Defence of 74 guns. Early in 1797, Captain Wells was appointed to the Lancaster, 64, stationed in the North Sea, under the orders of the late gallant Lord Duncan ; and on the memorable 11th October, in the same year, he most powerfully con tributed to the defeat of the Dutch fleet under Admiral de Winter. The Lancaster on that occasion had three men killed, and eighteen wounded; and Captain Wells, fbr his meritorious conduct, was honoured with a gold medal. He • afterwards walked in the procession to St. Paul's, when their late Majesties went to the metropo litan church to deposit the various colours taken from the enemy during the war. The solemn ceremonies of this day were de voted to thanksgiving for the splendid triumphs that the Almighty had vouchsafed to the fleets of Britain. It took place on the 19th of De cember, 1797, when their Majesties, as stated above, with all the Royal Family, attended by the Great Officers of State, and the Members of • both Houses of Parliament, went in procession, and returned thanks for the glorious naval vic tories obtained by Lord Howe, June 1, 1794 ; by Admiral Hotham, March 13, 1795 ; by Lord Bridport, June 23, 1795; by Sir John Jervis, Feb. 14, 1797 ; and lastly by Admiral Duncan, Oct. 11, in the same year. The flags of these actions, as well as the colours of the Dutch fleet captured by Sir G. H. Elphinstone, Aug. 18, 1796, were carried on this occasion. Fifteen Flag Officers and twenty-six Captains attended the procession, and at the end of the first lesson, entered in two divisions, right and left of the King's chair, and advancing to the altar there deposited the trophies of their valour. Sir John continued to command the Lancaster • till the month of May, 1799, since which, we believe, he had not been employed. His promotion as a flag-officer took place in the following order :—Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Nov. 9, 1805; Vice-Admiral, July 31, 1810;' and Admiral, July 19, 1821. He was nominated an extra K.C.B. May 20, 1820. Sir John Wells married, April 29, 1815, Miss Jane Dealty, of Rottingdean, Sussex. COURW CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, arrived in town yesterday from their residence at Kew, and visited her Majesty in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Mr. George Hayter, Painter of History, and Prin cipal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty, had the honour of an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, when, by her Majesty's gracious permission, it was de cided that he should commemorate the forthcoming solemnity of the christening of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince, by a grand historical picture, with por traits the size of life. Ilis Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured ➢lr. Stothard with a sitting yesterday at Buckingham Palace for his medal. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an . airing yesterday in her carriage. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited the Duchess of GlouCester yesterday at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, attended by Sir Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, arrived at Marlborough House, Pall-Mall, at half-past six o'clock yesterday even ing, from a visit to his August Relation at Sudbury Hall. The bulletin of her Majesty's health exhibited to the Nobility and Gentry yesterday at Marlborough House was as follows: " The Queen Dowager has passed another good night, and her Majesty feels herself better and stronger this morning. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Nov. 24, 1841." NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION...-- The annual general meeting of the above charitable in stitution was held yesterday forenoon at the Freemasons' Tavern, Henry Pownall, Esq., presiding. The meeting, which was well attended by respectable and benevolent persons of either sex, was held to hear the annual Re port of the . Committee of Management, and to elect from a list of 114 candidates 15 pensioners. By the report it appeared that 220 persons, whose average age was 70, had been relieved by the Society since last Christmas. Had it not been for the liberality of the institution the closing career of those individuals would have been embittered by privation. The only regret the Committee had was that their funds precluded them from extending further their means of relief, and they therefore solicited the benevolent to aid them in widening the bounds of cha rity. Still, and it was a proof that the public thought well of the institution, its funds had increased, which enabled the Committee to elect a greater number of pen sioners at that meeting than at any former one.—(Ap plause.) Besides the 15 successful candidates four other would be chosen, viz., two who polled the highest after the 15, and two whose names had been longest on the So ciety's books. There was in the hands of the treasurer a balance after all the disbursements had been paid out of the annual income, .which was 8,000/. The Report having been adopted, and 19 pensioners chosen, the meeting separated. REMOVAL OF BODIES PROM THE VAULTS OF CHRISTCHURCH, BLACKFRIARS, TO THE CEMETERY AT NORWOOD.—Yesterday a great number of persons assembled in the Blackfriars-road to witness the re moval of several coffins from the vaults under the church of the parish of Christchurch, Blackfriars, to the ceme tery at Norwood. A report, although erroneous, was generally spread that the church-yard was to be closed up, but the fact was that a faculty had been obtained by the relatives of the family, named Gilbert, who for many years resided in the Blackfriars-road, to remove the re mains of those deceased from the above vaults to the cemetery at Norwood. Some of the coffins had been under the church for more than forty years, and were in such a state that it was found necessary to cover them with cloth. After they had been brought up they were placed in six hearses, which moved off at a funeral pace, followed in a mourning coach by some of the friends and a number of persons who had witnessed the removal. The bodies were ultimately re-interred in one vault in the cemetery. A MAN THROWN FROM A WINDOW.--- Yesterday morning, at half-past three o'clock, a man, respectably dressed, was thrown from the second-floor window of a house of ill-fame in Leg-alley, Long-acre. The police-constable on duty, hearing dreadful groans, proceeded to the spot, where he found the man lying insensible. He was removed to Charing-cross Hospital, where it was found that his left leg had received a severe compound fracture, besides other injuries. WATERMEN'S STEAM -PACKET COMPANY.--• On Wednesday the first annual meeting of the Share holders of the Watermen's Steam-packet Company was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, to receive the Report of the Directors, to declare a dividend, and to decide upon increasing the resources of the Company by the building of additional boats. Mr. Robert Charles was voted to the chair. - The Directors recommended that a dividend of eleven- 'per cent. be forthwith paid, 1,5001. be kept as a reserved fund, and that a donation of fifty guineas be presented to the almshouses for aged and decayed watermen and lightermen at Penge. It having been industriously circulated that watermen did not be long to the Company, the Directors, in contradiction of this assertion, stated that 250 watermen had taken shares, and that the Trustees were members of the Court of the Watertnen's Company. It was unanimously resolved that the Report be received, adopted, and entered on the minutes. It was then agreed upon that a dividend of eleven For cent. be paid. A vote of thanks was carried to the Managing Director for his able services, and also to the auditors and chairman, and the meeting separated. THE COURT OP CHANCERY. Yesterday being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the new orders in Chancery came into operation, with the exception of the first five, which by a recent order are sus pended until next Easter Term. Those that are pended relate to the entry of the names of every so licitor In a book to be kept at the Six Clerks'-office, with their residences, where papers in every suit could be left, in order to dispense with the present plan of serving the necessary papers upon the Clerk in Court of the respective parties. It is expected that some new order will be made in the interim. The operative rules create some important changes with respect to pleadings and the mode of enforcing the orders of the Court. Among many salutary regulations is one, where no direct relief is sought against any party but who is necessarily made a party for the sake of conformity ; in such cases, instead of a bill and answer, a copy of the bill is to be served on the parties. In cases where it was ne cessary to obtain attachments for not obeying a decree or order, which practice was attended with much ex pense, it is provided by the new rules that every decree or order shall stipulate the time in which the act re quired to be dome is to be performed, and on proof of service of the order and non-performance, the body of the indi v id ua l i s to b e attached. Considerable benefit is expected from the orders and the commission recently issued. The routine of the Mastcr's Office, and the necessity imposed on every party in a suit to take office copies of the different proceedings, will, it is understood, form a portion of the inquiries under the Commission. COURSING.—E. J. Esdaile, Esq., obligingly gave his neighbours one day's coursing on Monday last, in Cothelstone Park. Five brace of greyhounds were on the ground, and upwards of forty fine courses took plaoe, during which sixty hares were killed.—Tausgon Courier. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOITE PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL TO EDW. BAINES, ESQ., LATE .111. P. FOR LEEDS. (Abridged from the Leeds Mercury.) The retirement of Mr. Baines from the rep - iesentatiol of the borough of Leeds, on the dissolution of the las, Parliament, was regarded by his constituents as a subject of deep regret, not more on public grounds than because it was occasioned by the failure of his health through unintermitting attention to his Parliamentary duties. Shortly after that event, a number of gentlemen in the , • town of Leeds met to consider whether some testimonial of public esteem and gratitude should not be presented to their late representative, not only for his services in Parliament, but for that energetic and unceasing advo cacy of reform and improrement—local, municipal, and national—which Mr. Baines had carried out during a period of no less than forty years—ever since he became the proprietor of the Leeds Mercury. The suggestion of such a tribute of respect and regard was at. once re sponded to, and the subscriptions in a short time amount ed to several hundred pounds. We copy from the Leeds Mercury of NOvember 6, the following description of the present The present consists of a candelabrum or centre-piece for the dining-table, 31 inches high, and four silver co vered dishes, richly ornamented en suite, weighing toge ther 700 ounces. From the base of the candelabrum, which is triangular, presenting three faces or tablets, rises a group of palm trees, from the foliage of which spring six branches to hold lights. These are surmouted by a highly-wrought bona I, with a border of oak leaves and acorns. Three figures, representing Truth, Liberty, and Justice, very beautifully executed in frosted silver, occupy the three corners of the base, and give an ex tremely chaste and elegant finish to the design. On one of the tablets is a well executed landscape in bas-relief, with emblems of agriculture in the foreground, and a railroad in the distance. The second is occupied by a printing press (identified with the Mercury by a caduceus), a merchant vessel, woolsaclis, bales of cloth, and other appropriate emblems of commerce and manufactures. The remaining tablet bears a suitable inscription." Monday last was the day fixed for the presentation, and the largest room in the town, the saloon of the Music Hall, was fitted up for the ceremony. Shortly after noon Thomas William Tottie, Esq., Mr. Baines, and a large number of the C omm i ttee an d o t h er friends entered the saloon, and were received by the company assembled with enthusiasm. Mr. Baines was accompanied by Mr. Edward Baines, jun. ' Mr. Thomas Baines, Mr. Frederick Baines, his sons, an d by his sons-in-law. On the motion of Mr. Alderman J. Goodman, seconded by W. W. Brown, Esq., T. W. Tottie, Esq., was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, on rising to open the proceedings, was received with reiterated marks of applause. He said, we are met on a very interesting occasion. It is to do honour to an eminent fellow-citizen, who has deserved well of his country.—(Cheers.) I do not consider it my province, as your Chairman, on this occasion, to enter into a detailed statement of the great services which Mr. Baines has rendered to his fellow-townsmen and to the country at large. It will devolve upon those who are better qualified by their acquirements to discharge in a more eloquent and affective manner than I can, that duty. But I may be permitted to say, that through a course of forty years, during which Mr. Baines has held a distin guished and eminent place as a conductor of the public press, that as a member of the British Senate during three successive Parliaments, in which he faithfully and honourably discharged his duties as a representative of the people--(Hear, hear)—that as a man of unimpeached, and I believe unimpeachable integrity, and of good moral conduct—(Cries of " Hear, hear,")—he has promoted the the cause of liberty and the best interests of his country, and has entitled himself to the respect, esteem, and gra titude of his fellow-townsmen.—(Loud applause.) Un der these feelings I have become a subscriber to, and with every kindly wish towards him and every member of his family, I shall cordially concur with those gentle men around me, and with you, in inviting his acceptance of these public shining testimonials, which, however they may reflect to his mind our sense of his worth, they will but imperfectly indicate the opinion we entertain of his great and eminent services. --(Loud cheering.) J. H. SHAW, Esq., said—Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, we meet not to raise a party shout in favour of the hero of a future fight, but to convey to one whose Parliamentary career is closed, the deliberate expression of our gratitude for the past.—(Cheers.) We meet to answer that appeal, which, when our friend, Mr. Baines, first undertook the honourable office of our representa tive, he expressed his intention to make. He then told us that he would endeavour faithfully to discharge his duty to his constituents, and that he would return to us to give an account of his stewardship.—(Hear, hear.) That time has arrived; his Parliamentary stewardship is at an end; the account of it is before us; and this meet ing, and these testimonies of gratitude, are the answer of the constituency of Leeds to the appeal of their able, indefatigable, and faithful steward.— (Long-continued cheers.) Gentlemen, they tell him in language not to be mistaken, that by his Parliamentary conduct during seven eventful years, he has not only realised the most sanguine hopes of his old friends, but he has been con stantly and steadily acquiring the respect and confidence of' new ones.—(Hear.) They do not tell him (nor, indeed, could it be truly said of any public man) that there do not exist among his friends differences of opinion on some of those important topics on which it was his duty as a legislator to bear part.—(Hear.) Undoubtedly such differences do exist amongst the contributors to these testimonials, as they must exist in every large body, and more especially in a party whose leading principle is freedom of thought.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But they tell him this, Gentlemen, that whatever be our dif ferences of opinion on some political topics, to-day, at least, we are an united party.—(Hear.) We are unani mous in the expression of our deep sense of gratitude for the services which he has rendered us ; we are unani mous in the expression of our regret that from the state of his health we can enjoy the benefit of those services no longer.—(Hear.) It would be difficult to point out any one measure of great public utility which he has not supported, and in many instances, not only by his vote, but by taking an active part in the deliberations of Parliament respecting it, by attending to its progress through the House of Commons, by removing the obstacles that stood in its path, and not unfrequently by introducing valuable improvements which his sound judgment and experience of business enabled him to sug gest.—(Hear.) The first measure to which I shall allude is the great one of Parliamentary Reform.— (Hear, hear.) It was not, indeed, the lot of Mr. Baines to contribute in Parliament to the success of that mea sure, for it was by means of it that you were entitled to send him there.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But he con tributed most materially to its consummation by his labours in the public press and his exertions here. Nor have his efforts for improving the system of registration been confined to this country. They have been applied to another, where, perhaps, an improvement in this respect was even more wanted than it is in England, for there the system was still more defective—l mean to Ire land; and here we have to thank our late representative, not only for his exertions in endeavouring, at least, to procure a better system of registration for Ireland, but for his equally valuable exertions in assisting to defeat a measure which, under the appearance of improving the registration, went, in reality, to abridge the franchise. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Another measure, which Mr. Baines could take no part in Parliament in pro moting, for it passed the year before he went there, was the abolition of the Slave Trade.—(Hear, hear.) But at home he most zealously contributed to the ac complishment of that great act of justice and humanity both by his pen and by his personal exertions. Another measure to the success of which Mr. Baines contributed not only before he was returned to Parlia ment, but which he had the happiness of assisting in carrying into effect by his vote and exertions in Parlia ment, was the measure of Municipal Reform.—(Cheers.) That - great measure became the law of the land the year after our friend was sent to the House of Commons, and to those who will examine the records of Parliament during that period, it will appear that he not only voted on every Occasion where his vote was required for the passing of it, but that he took an active part in the deliberations of the House respecting it, assisted ma terially in steering it safely through the perils by which it was environed, and introduced, or suggested to others some most important amendments. Gentlemen, there is another measure to which I will advert, for I consider it to be one of the very highest importance, and it is one in which Mr. Baines has always manifested a most lively interest—l mean the question of National Education.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") For several years he was a member of a Committee appointed to carry into effect that most important object. By the incessant andjudi cious labours of that Committee many of the difficulties which formally surrounded the question were removed, and although we are still far short of what we ought to do for the promotion of that great purpose, we have arrived at this point, namely, that the duty of the State to provide for the education of the people has been dis tinctly recognised by the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I will not longer detain you by re ferring to the Parliamentary conduct of Mr. Baines. There is, however, one topic which cannot conclude without adverting to, and if, indeed, I could have forgotten it, (though that is impossible), I should have been forcibly reminded of it by the sight of my friend in the chair, and by the observations with which he opened the proceedings. We have been hi therto considering only the Parliamentary conduct of our late representative, but the public life of Mr. Baines did not commence in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) It is a public life of forty years' duration.—(Hear, hear.) He, like your excellent Chairman, is one of that honoured band of veterans in the cause of Reform, who bore its standard and fought its battles in times very different from these.—(Loud cheers.) The task of modern Re formers is easy indeed, as compared with what those veterans had to accomplish, who, through many long years of apparently hopeless struggle, amidst discouragements and difficulties on every side, and opp ose d b y almost un conquerable prejudices, persevered in the maintenance of their principles, till at last they conducted them to a triumphant issue. —(Hear, hear, and long continued cheers.) Such men command respect from even politi cal opponents, who know how to value integrity and consistency.—(Hear.) Mr. Alderman G. GOODMAN was received with loud applause. He said—Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gen tlemen, with respect to the testimonial which you are about to present to Mr. Baines, I am satisfied that there is nothing in it at all indicative of the value which we entertain of his services. —(Hear, hear.) In that respect it is quite insignificant, but it derives its value from the fac-., that it will be handed down to his children, and by them to their children's children, as a proof of the esti mation in which his public and private character, and the eminent services he,has rendered to the country, are held by his fellow -townsmen,--(Cheers.) The design of this splendid testimonial is, in my opinion, most h a ppy and appropriate. The palm-tree which we s ee th ere depicted is illustrative of a cause in which Mr. Baines has spent so much of his life—the cause of Negro Eman cipation—(Hear, hear)—whil s t th ose . ot h er f i gures, a Liberty," " Truth," and " Justice," aresembl emat i cal of the Yariolls virtues which we think outt*e excellent 1 representatives so emin en tl y possesses. —(L ou d c h eers .) The services rendered by Mr. Baines, Gentlemen, did not commence yesterday. His whole life has been devoted to elevating and improving the condition of his fellow men. He advocated the principles of Reform when Re form was very little thought of, and when, indeed, it was dangerous for a man to avow such opinions. With regard to the local improvements which have been effected during the time that Mr. Baines represented us in Parliament, we all know how assiduously he has laboured to promote them, and how much his sound judgment and experience tended to conduct them to a successful issue. (Hear.) I do not believe that our late excellent representative can ever altogether retire from public life—(Hear, hear) — and although he now retires from the discharge of those more important and arduous duties, in which he has been engaged, and in which his health has suffered on our account, yet I trust we shall find him, by his pen and his personal exertions, continuing to advocate those great measures of civil and religious liberty, and the ac complishment of those local improvements and rights, which have so materially tended to the benefit of the cummunity.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman BATESON was received with cheers. He said, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—l scarcely need remark to you, for you are all qualified to judge on the matter, and probably much better than I am, that there is no gentleman, either in Parliament or out of it, who has more distinguished himself, or who has laboured harder, both early and late, to remove that incubus— that dead weight on the industrial energies of the coun try—l mean the Corn-laws—than our esteemed and venerable friend.—Cheers.) If that was the only claim he had upon our gratitude, I think he is deserving our highest regard, and I, for one, tender him my most sincere thanks fir the great exertions he has made, both publicly and privately, for the establishment of a sys tem of free commercial intercourse between all the na tions of the world.—(Hear.) In short, Gentlemen, I consider him an honour to the borough of Leeds, and worthy of our utmost and lasting gratitude.—(Applause) Mr. W. WEST was received with loud cheers He spoke as follows :—I have been requested by the Com mittee for arranging the proceedings on this occasion, to make a few remarks on our late excellent representative, in reference to two very important subjects, General Education and the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery.—(Hear, hear.) And when I trace the progress of popular education in this town during the twenty-five years of my residence here, from the Philosophical Society, which was instituted for the promotion of scien tific and literary tastes and pursuits among- the more wealthy and already instructed classes of our townsmen, down to the Infant Sunday School, I find the name of Edward Baines as one to whom we could often resort for active assistance, always for experienced and valu able opinions and advice.—(Great applause.) On the next subject, his endeavours for the Abolition of the Slave trade and Slavery, I, can speak with still greN.ter confidence.—(Cheers.) For eighteen years I have been Secretary to the Leeds Anti-Slavery Committee, a body whose irregular and fluctuating constitution rendered its activity and vigour more than usually dependent on the steadiness and constancy of a few individuals, among whom our late Parliamentary Representative.was ever one of those most to be relied on.—(Hear, hear,) Be lieving that in the distribution of our calls to duty, that field of labour was especially mine, and filling up the in tervals of more active exertion on its behalf, with record- ing its forward or its retrograde steps, collecting auto graphs and other documents, and making it, in short, alike a literary pursuit, and one of benevolence, I know the minutest details of its history, better than many equally ardent, perhaps, and far more useful.—(Hear.) Mr. Baines took the same high ground which all muss take who plead the cause of the negro consistently and with effect, on religious, on Christian ,principles. There was no sickly sentimentality, nothing like it, " they re semble, it is true, men in shape, but are something be tween man and the lower animals in intelligence, yet we should not therefore ill-treat them."- —(Applause.) He asserted their right to the utmost as men, their consanguinity to the fullest extent as brethren. Amidst hope deferred, expectation disappointed, prd mises broken, when the heart was sick, and with less overpowering, less enduring stimulus than an unalter able sense of duty, the hands would have been faint, he on whose account we are met to-day was one of those on whom we could always depend.--(Cheers.) Nor was the soundness of his judgment less conspicuous than the warmth and steadiness of his zeal.—(Hear, hear.) I re joice that the town of Leeds has possessed such a repre sentative. I rejoice that it has endeavoured to show its sense of his value.—(Cheers.) He is every way worthy of such a testimonial ; the testimonial is not unworthy of him.—(Cheers.) May the rich metal which bears the impress of our gratitude, never How in another mould. Long may it be ere it pass from him to his descendants; long, very long, may they prize, not the gift itself, but the virtues which earned it, as their best inheritance.— (Loud cheers.) And while joining in•the wish that no distress, no reverses, may be so great as to deprive them of this record, may his house and lineage, to the latest generation, be preserved from misfortune which could even tempt them to part with that which thus em bodies our esteem and our gratitude.—(Gre- t cheering, amidst which Mr. West resumed his seat.) H. H. STANSFIELD, Esq., was received with loud and reiterated cheering. He said I consider it one of the proudest days of my life to assist on this memorable oc casion. The Romans decreed their highest honour, the civic crown, to him who saved the life of a citizen. How much more is it due to him who has devoted a long life and sacrificed his health to the public service, and in en deavouring to extend civil and religious liberty to earth's remotest bounds.--(Loud cheers.) I have an hereditary feeling of respect for Mr. Baines, derived from one who zealously co-operated with him when liberal opinions were not so fashionable as they have been of late years. and I have learnt from my father's lips to esteem and ad mire him.—(Cheers.) My own experience of active po litical warfare, in which I have had the honour to fight in the same ranks, has only served to strengthen and confirm those opinions.—(Cheers.) We are not assem bled here on any ordinary occasion. We are not met to celebrate any party triumph, in which personal feeling, too often, is mixed up with public principle. We are assembled on a great ;and solemn occasion—to confer on a patriot, a patriot's r eward. —(Repeated cheers.) I know of no greater reward to a public man, on returning into private life, than the heartfelt consciousness that he carries with him the gratitude, the affection, and the esteem of those who have been benefited by his services. —(Loud cheers.) lam sure it is the fervent wish of every one here that he may be long spared to us, and that he may see the full accomplishment of that which his whole life has been spent in trying to gain—the de velopment of civil, religious, and commercial freedom to its fullest extent.—(Prolonged cheers.) The Rev. R. W. HAMILTON, on presenting himself, was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. He said—Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen—Some of us have, in former times, come together and stood shoul der to shoulder and foot to foot, in many a well-fought field, but this is a day of triumph. We have known the toil and the hazard of the fight. It is far easier to wave the palm than to brandish the weapon; and to vault into the chariot than to drag its wheels.—(Cheers.) Some have entered the field sooner; some later, but we are now all as confederates and allies. But, for this moment, we forget the many in the one.—(Cheers). I might, perhaps, Sir, be entitled to approach the altar of pri vate friendship to-day, and lay upon it a chaplet whose leaves have been thickening through more than twenty-seven years, for Edward Baines is my well-tried friend.—(Loud cheers.) But I rather now may ask what title I have to approach the altar of civism and pa triotism ? I feel I have a warrant, and I hesitate not to declare that I am a descendant, and an unworthy Minis ter of that community of which Hume has said—cer tainly struck with no passion for freedom, and certainly not very greatly preferring the object of his panegyric, that to them is owing . every spark of civil and religious li berty that now survives—a spark it is no longer—it has kin. dled into a blaze, and it seems to fire the zenith and the poles. . . I shall merely conclude with a sentiment from an author, who, as philosopher, patriot, and orator, claims our highest homage. In th 3 second Philippic against Marc Antony, Cicero says—" I desire but two things ; one, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free ; the other, that to every one as he may merit the Roman people shall give the due reward." My excellent friend (addressing himself to Mr. Baines)—far distant be the day of your death, and when you die may you see your countrymen free ; and what you shall receive this day will prove that neither a republic nor a monarchy is ne cessarily ungrateful ; that though we do not think we ' can to-day pay our debt, at least we are forward and honest in acknowledging it,—(Loud cheers.) Ladies and Gentlemen, you may well have borne with me for one thing—that I am the last speaker, and you will be detained no longer from the ceremonial of the day. Now you have heard our words, and occasionally, I trust, you have found among us all words that burn—words that spring up full, strong, and impassioned from our hearts ; but now the words die away in their latest cadence, and we proceed, under the presidency of this veteran patriot, to " the business of the day."—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Ladies and Gen tlemen, it now only 'remains for me, in discharge of my official duty as your Chairman, to offer to Mr. Baines these testimonials from his friends and fellow -t ownsmen, i n admiration of the integrity, zeal, and ability with which he has advocated the principles of civil and reli giousParlia- unents.—(Cheer.) liberty during a pub lic life of more than forty years, and to evince their gratitude f ur hi s i mportant services as boroughthe faithful o f Leedsand indefatiga ble threesuccessive representative of the i The whole of the audience then rose simultaneously, and continued standing during the ceremony of presen tation. The CHAIRMAN turned to Mr. Baines, and concluded by saying, " May you, Sir, long live, and may your de scendants, to the end of time, enjoy this honourable tes timony of your worth."--(Repeated cheers.) Mr. BAINES, on presenting himself to the meeting, was received with several rounds of enthusiastic applause,wav ing of hats, and clapping of hands. When thi s manifesta tion of feeling had subsidd,he said — Mr.Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen —I receive with feelings of the deepest gratitude the splendid testimonial of the confidence and esteem of my friends, my constituents, and my fellow townsmen. It has been the ambition of my hope not an ignoble ambition —to deserve the confidence of those among whom that life has been spent, and to merit the estimation of those who have had the best opportunities of appreciating my character and conduct. —(Cheers.) And I am happy to say, that this day that ambition has been gratified to the highest pos sible degree. Sir, you have been pleased, in the in scription on this tablet, to declare that for forty years I have been the zealous advocate of civil and religious liberty.—(Hear, hear.) I hope without undue arrogance, that I may venture to appropriate to myself that distin guished compliment- I have advocated those principles by my pen, by my press, in the Senate, and in the social intercourses of society.—(Hear, hear.) Those principles have, een the polar star by which my political career has been directed. Stupendous changes have takre place within thole forty years, changes tin-exam- BER .26, 1841 pled in any former period of British history, and abuses have been uprooted, the growth of centuries, which no thing but the spirit of liberty could have destroyed. (Hear, hear.) My excellent friend, Mr. West, has al luded to the abolition of slavery; not only has the slave ; trade been abolished, which originated in the time of "good Queen Bess," but slavery itself has been expelled from all the colonies under the sway of the British cm , pire.—(Hear, hear.) My Rev. Friend, Iklr. Hamilton— by whose expression of private friendship I feel highly honoured—in his usual eloquent style, has dwelt upon the establishment of religious liberty—not religious tole ration, but religious liberty—we contended for nothing more, and we could be satisfied with nothing less.-- (Cheers.) We have seen our fellow citizens of the Roman Catholic persuasion freed from the disqualifica tions under which they had laboured ever since the Re storation, and invested with all the civil rights and privileges of their Protestant fellow-subjects.—(Cheers.) We have seen the holy sacrament freed from the pro fanation to which it had been exposed for nearly two centuries, by being made the`test for secular office, and the Protestant Dissenters, of whom I glory to see so many around me, admitted to an equality of rights with their fellow subjects of the Established ChurCh.—(Loud cheers.) We have seen effected, after a mighty struggle, the great change of all—l mean the reform of Parliament, which may not be inaptly de scribed as the master key of all succeeding reforms— happily effected by the sweeping away of a system of rotten borough nomination, the growth of four centuries, and a system of sound Parliamentary representation established in this and all the great cities and towns of the kingdom.—(Loud cheers.) We have seen abolished the prolific causes of strife and discord between reli gious 'pastors and their flocks extending through the tens of thousands of parishes in England and in Ireland, and which had existed from time immemorial, under the designation of Tithe in kind, and a state of harmony and peace introduced, by the substitution of a system of equitable Tithe Commutation.—(Hear, bear.) We have sen another abuse partially abolished, which has been complained of ever since the Reformation—l allude to the former condition of the labouring part of the clergy. They were deprived of that station in society which they ought ever to occupy, and placed in a state of com parative indigence, whilst the dignitaries of the Church were sustained by means even too lofty for their order.—(Hear, hear.) We have seen the additiOnal sum of 130,0001. a-year appropriated to the purpose of aug menting the livings of the poor clergy, not by extracting that sum from' the pockets of the people, but from the surplus revenues of the most richly endowed ecclesiasti cal establishment in the world.—(Cheers.) After cen turies of neglect and destitution, unequalled in any country in Europe, we . , have seen a legislative provision made for the destitute . pour of Ireland, by rates on the possessions of the resident and absentee proprietors of that country.—(Hear, hear.) We have seen all the close Corporations in England, Ireland, and Scotland, principally held by charters granted in the arbitrary •times of the Stuarts, opened to all the burgesses in their re spective municipalities, and placed, as my esteemed friend Mr. Alderman Goodman has said, upon the broad basis of popular representation, with a franchise co-extensive with the payment of borough rates.—(Hear, hear.) We have seen the chartered monopoly of the East India Company abolished, and that vast region with its 100,000,000 of inhabitants, at the end of nearly 200 years opened to British skill and enterprise. I may mention another subject in which the inhabitants of this borough took a deep and general interest, and in which I, as their representative, exerted my best energies in Parlia ment; we have lived to see the day when our civil and military functionaries in the East Indies have been freed from the degradation of all connection with, ;;I;tllpar ticipation in, the idolatrous worship of the Hindoos, by which they had been obliged to degrade themselves and their religion ever since the conquest of that country.- -(Loud cheers.) I will mention one other, and only one other subject in this selection of the reform of ancient abuses. It has been our happiness to live to see the day whet - , the criminal code of this country, so long re sembling the code of Draco, has been divested of its sanguinary character, and made worthy of a Christian nation.—(Cheers.) I may illustrate the contrast by one fact : in the century between the year 1678 and 1778 there were in this country no fewer than 70,000 public executions, being nearly two executions for every day, while in the year 1837, about an average year of the last 5, there were only 17 executions. I have spoken of forty years as the era of these reforms, becausethat time is in scribed upon this tablet, but it must be borne in mind that for 30 of those years we were preparing the ground and sow ing the seed, in which your worthy Chairman with myself and some of the senior members of this assembly laboured, and that it has been principally within the last ten years, under liberal, enlightened, and paternal Government, that the nation has reaped this rich harvest of reforms.— (Loud and repeated cheering.) The brilliant trophy before me is principally valuable in my estimation, be cause it is an indication of the bloodless victories that we in common with our fellow-subjects of like principles, have won for this age and for posterity.—(Loud cheers.) These are the triumphs of " truth," animated by the spi rit of " liberty," and directed by the even hand of jus tice," which figures you have so appropriately chosen to indicate the past, and to point outs the future coarse by which the favour of the friends of freedom in this extensive borough is to be obtained.—(Loud cheers.) Much has undoubtedly been done in the cause of Reform and for the improvement of our social system, but much remains to be done. My highly respected friend, Mr. Alderman Bateson, has very properly descanted upon the principles of freedom of commerce, and in com mon with my other friends who have spoken this day, has taken too favourable a view of my services in that cause. Can any of you doubt, judging from the past, that a system of commercial freedom will, if we perse vere in our efforts, ultimately be established in this coun try ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Can you doubt that the corn field to supply the wants of the continually increas ing population of these islands will ultimately become as wide as the range of British commerce itself ? Can you doubt that the pressure of taxation will be arrested in its course, and that the system that has been disclosed to us of augmenting the public revenue by diminishing the public burdens will ultimately be adopted ?—(Re newed cries of " No, no.") With regard to this superb service of plate, the manifestation of your friendship and confidence, I have no words adequately to express the sense of obligation that I owe to the Committee, and to the contri butors. You, I know, are as little disposed to receive as lam to offer the incense of flattering adulation. I shall, therefore, ouly add, that so long as it may please the Great Disposer of all events to preserve my lite, my political energies, such as they are, shall be directed to the services of you, my friends and benefactors, and to the service of our common country—(Loud cheers) — and that this brilliant tribute with which you have pre sented me shall descend to my posterity untarnished, as a stimulus and a guarantee for the maintenance of the principles of civil and religious liberty by which it was won.—(Renewed and long-continued cheers.)—[We are happy to observe that this speech was delivered with a firmness of tone, and an energy of manner strongly in dicative of returning health.] The proceedings — of this - interesting meeting were brought to a close about half-past two o'clock. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION NEAR GLASGOW. GLASGOW, Nov. 24.—Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, shortly before three o'clock, the upper flat of the very extensive cotton-spinning works of Messrs. J. Bartholo mew and Co., at Barrowtield, was discovered to be on fire. Information was immediately transmitted to the Calton police establishment, and Captain Smart and his officers, although the buildings were beyond the boun daries of the Calton police, were directly at the place to preserve order; but having neither engine nor fire esta blishment, they could do nothing more than look on. Anotherconsiderable delay took place owing to the peremp tory orders of the police board, not, on any pretence what ever, to send the engines beyond the bounds of the Glas gow police. The Lord Provost, who personally attended and acted with the greatest promptitude, directed that the watchmen should be ordered to spring their rattles to alarm the firemen, and others connected with the fire de partment. This was complied with, and in the course of a very few minutes, the whole fire establishment were despatched to the scene of the fire. The alarm having reached the West of England station, a few mi nutes after three o'clock, the splendid engine of that company, and their fire brigade, were in a very short time on the spot, and rendered the first assistance. This was shortly after followed by various others. The Bar rowfield mills, formerly the property of Messrs. James Oswald and Co., are situated between the New London road, and Dalmarnock-road, near their junction with the main street of Bridgeton. They consist of a range of buildings extending to nearly 320 feet in length, of considerable breadth, and five stories in height. A portion in the centre of the front building was six stories high, and to the back of this compartment, another building, also six stories high, projected back wards for upwards of eighty. feet. The front build ings were occupied with spinning machinery, the back or cross building containing the preparation rooms and throstle spinning machinery. When the fire was dis covered it appeared in the centre of the upper flat to the east of the centre compartment. . It spread eastward to the east gable of the mill, and westward to the centre compartment, and thence northward along the upper flat of the north or cross building ; but from the supe rior thickness of the gable connecting the centre with the western wing, it did not get so readily in contact with that portion, and hence that was the point to which one or more engines were directed to stop the commu nication. Every attempt was made to get the mastery over the fire in the upper flat, but so far had it extended, by the delay which had occurred, that before the en gines could be brought to bear effectively upon it, the flames had spread rapidly downwards throughout the whole extent of the mill, except the west wing, and the heavy machinery falling through floor after floor, all idea of arresting the progress of the conflagration was abandoned, and the whole energy of the firemer_ directed to the saving of the west wing, which, by excessive la bour, and admirable courage on the part of the persons engaged, was at last happily accomplished. During the progress of the fire a portion of the south wall fell down on a lower buildi n g , occupied as a counting-house, th e ro n of of which it carried down at one fell swoop ; but though several men were upon . one end o f t h e small building a t the time, most fortunately the falli ng m aterials did not reach the spot on which they stood. The lower portion of the ruined buildings being filled with b eams, flooring, joisting, 84c., continue d to burn fiercely, and there being a fear that the con nection of some of the beams might by some means con vey the fire to the western wing of the building, the west o f England and Anderston fire-engines, with a few select firemen belonging to the former, were kept in attendance, in case of any accidental recurrence of the fire. The extent of the loss by the fire is estimated at nearly 40,0001., including buildings, machinery, cotton, &c., of which there can scarcely be a doubt, a large pro - portion might have been saved had the Glasgow engines s een p r omptly sent out,as they ought to have beat. As it is, however, the west wing—about 130 feet in length and five stories high—has been saved, by which a fur ther loss of 15,0001. has been prevented. The exertions of the firemen and other persons present were deserving of the highest praise. The portion of the mill which has been destroyed contained upwards of 25,000 spin dles ; and upwards of 500 persons have been thrown out of employment. The premises were fully insured. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 3.—The Ministers of the three European Po wers who were parties to the settlement of the affairs of Greece, and whose signatures are sub scribed to the protocol of the 6th of July, 1828, have, during the last week, at the special invitation of the Reis Effendi, been present at two conferences relative to the differences now subsisting between the Ottoman and Greek Governments, and which, unless timely mea sures be taken to avert them, may lead to the most fatal consequences. The Porte has, with respect to the non-fulfilment of treaties, very just and serious drounds of compl a i n t. Th e strongest of them is the elay which the Greek Government, under one frivo lous pretext or another, has shown in the payment of the indemnity which had been promised under the gua rantee of the Three Power to the Mussulmans, who, at the time of the convention, abandoned their estates in Greece. Instead of selling these, and devoting their proceeds to the liquidation of the stipulated indemnity, the Government has retained them in its own hands as national domains. The Porte, however, cannot view without the deepest alarm and concern the palpable en couragement afforded by the Greek Government to re volt of the Greek population of the empire, both on the continent and in the islands. It is now high time to as certain if the Powers, who established this petty king dom, and prescribed its limits, intended it only as a thorn in the side of Turkey. Will they countenance its un principled machinations? Will they, should it persist in them, protect it against their consequences? Cer tainly nothing but confidence in that protection could have emboldened a State so insignificant to injure and insult another comparatively, so powerful. The Porte, therefore, demands either that the Powers in question should take prompt and effective mea sures to brin.. the Greek Government to its senses with respect to these matters, or allow it (the Porte) to em ploy the means which it undoubtedly possesses, of yin. dicating its own rights. This appeal to the three Powers seems certainly unanswerable, and a circumstance which now snore than ever excites the apprehensions of the Divan, is the admission into the new Cabinet at Athens, of several Ministers who are notoriously members of the Philorthodox Society—the avowed objects of which involve nothing less than the entire overthrow of the Ottoman empire. In the meanwhile, that the Porte may be in a position to make these demands respected, and draw immediate attention to them, it is now march ing the greater part of the new levies that have lately been assembled at Constantinople into Roumelia. A fleet also, consisting of four ships of the line and a cor responding number of frigates and corvettes, is fitting out with all baste at the arsenal. In the audience lately given by the Sultan to M. De Pontois, for the purpose of taking leave of his Highness, the officers of the household had omitted to offer the Ambassador a pipe, a breach of etiquette which he afterwards formally complained of to the Porte. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply, attributed the omission to the time of M. De Pontois visit, which was during the fast of the Ramazan, when smoking, as well as eating or drinking, is strictly forbidden. He promised, however, that an apology should be made in the official Gazette. Pipes seem to play a very important part in the East. The breaking of a pipe over the French Con sul's head lost the Dey of Algiers his Regency ; but though consequences as awful appeared likely to flow from the denial of a pipe to the French Ambassador, it is now certain they will all end in smoke and an apology. (From the Augsburg Gazette of Nov. 21.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Novi 3.—Chosrew Pacha, exiled to Rodosto, has obtained the Sultan's permission to return to the capital, and pass the remainder of his days at his country seat at Emir Kjan, on the Bosphorus. Much activity reigns at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. A conference has taken place, at which the representatives of the Foreign Powers were invited, but not all came. This conference caused a great sensation, because the Ramazan did not prevent it from taking place. Our arsenals are full of workmen. Yakub Pacha has been appointed Generalissimo, and will shortly commence his functions. The armaments of the Porte caused so much anxiety to the representatives of the Foreign Powers, that a note on the subject was presented to the Reis Effendi, who replied thereto by stating that they were being prosecuted in consequence of the alarming reports from the provinces and from Greece. He also invited the Representatives of the Powers who signed the July Treatrof 1827, to a Conference, which took place on the 29th ult., and at which were present the Turkish Minister, and the Am bassadors of France, of England, and of Russia. Rifaat Pacha has, it is said, represented the complaints of the Ottoman Porte against Greece. They are seven in number, and are couched in energetic language. The. Porte complains especially of the conduct of the Greek functionaries towards the Turkish subjects, and of the refusal made by the Greek Government to sign the commercial Treaty recently concluded ; in a word, of the efforts making by the Greek Government to increase the population of the country . to the detriment of Turkey by the violation of international rights. The Porte is dissatisfied with the policy followed up by King Otho with regard to the Candiote insurrection, as also of his efforts to extend his territory beyond the limits fixed by the Treaties. This point is the most important one, and the Porte asserts that it has in its possession incontro vertible proofs of the truth of its assertion. The re-or ganisation of the Financial Department is in progress, and the system of raising taxes has been already modified. FRONTIERS OF TURKEY, Nov. B.—Belgrade letters announce the conclusion of the trial of the parties con cerned in the plot lately set on foot against the Ministry and the Senate. Four of the accused have been con demned to death ; the others, amongst whom was the Princess Lubitzka's brother, have been sentenced to per petual imprisonment, or for a limited period. Two of those condemned to death have been already executed, the others having obtained a commutation of the extreme penalty, are to be confined for twenty years. (From the Gazette of Upper Germany.) CONSTANTIOPLE, Nov. 3.—According to latest news from Syria the Druses and the Maronites still resist the Pachas of Beyrout and of St. Jean d'Acre, and exact the fulfilment of the promises which were made to them ; also, and especially, the reduction of the-tribute. Ilehe met Ali has just written to inform the Sultan that the Turkish uniform will shortly be introduced throughout the Egyptian army. (From the Constitutionnel of Wednesday.) We announced a fortnight since that our Ambassador in London had been informed by Lord Aberdeen of the complete evacuation of Syria by the English and Aus trians. A letter from a French officer, dated Beyrout, the 31st ult., confirms this intelligence. The English and the Austrians have, much to the satisfaction of the inhabitants, withdrawn from Bey - rout and from St. Jean d'Acre. The presence off the coast of the French fleet, under Rear-Admiral La Susse, has produced the best effect possible on the minds of the , Syrians. Several of the most influential of the metilitain chiefs came to the Admiral, and, ingenuously enough, admitted that, according to the language of the English and Austrians, they thought France was without vessels, and was no longer a great nation. These chiefs expressed much joy on learning from the Admiral that France still had sufficient vessels left to make her flag respected. The Syrian chiefs also assured the Admiral that the mountain popula tion would never forget the friendly relations which had ever existed between themselves and France ; and that, if the French would take them under their protection, they would immediately revolt. The Admiral calmed their martial ardour as much as he was able, and ex horted them to live on good terms with the Turks. The chiefs then withdrew, charmed with their reception by the Admiral and the officers of the fleet, and whither soever he went similar demonstrations were made. The French also learnt that the Austrians and the English, especially the former, had everywhere been at the cha ritable pains of crying down the French Government, and of representing her political relations with Europe under the darkest colours, and the most unfavourable to our national character. This impression was general amongst the Syrians, and nothing less than the presence of a French fleet was necessary to diminish the disrepute. It would now be difficult to do so otherwise. PRUSSIA. The Prussian State Gazette contains the recess or decree ratifying the royal sanction of, or dissent from, the resolutions of the diet of the Rhenish p r ovinces o£ Prussia, held in the present year. Amongst seventy sections which this voluminous message contain s , th e following. are the subjects of the greatest general and —William, &c., to our faithful Estates spirit politicalwh which embarrassments domestic ~e , Frederic k interest of the Rhenish Provinces, &c.,greeting. animated our Rhenish m assments of the first the patriotic during year of our reign, and the confidence ivh pro"vTinhcees ich they reposed in us during the continuance of the with the Church, have strengthened difficult relations th tion which we have ever entertained,e pleasing convic that the bond which unites them to our monarchy, and thus to the rest of Ger many grows firmer with ever which they felt y year, and that the loyal at tachmentfor our late father, of blessed memory, has been transferred to us as a precious inherit ance. We have found in the memorials presented to us, and in the whole proceedings of the diet of this year, testimony of that spirit, as well as of the serious and conscientious attention which they have found it to be to their duty to devote the welfare of the land. We are, therefore, confirmed in i. the pleasing confidence that their intluenee exerted e in irit will continue to be a most beneficial one, andth t that in s p irit will continue to be a most beneficial one, and that in good and in evil times we shall find in thei r attachment and loyalty a firm support. It gives us especial satisfaction to be able to communicate to our faithful estates that the uncertainty which pre- Val • led as to the regulation of the diocesan administration of the sees cf Treves and Cologne, and which kept the minds of the inhabitants of our Rhenish provinces in agitation, is now at an end, and that the negotiations carried on respecting them with the Court of Rome have led to a fully satisfactory result. " With respect to the royal propositions, the prayer that future propositions be not only communicated to the Committees, but likewise to the se veral m embers, previous to the assembly of the Diet, is granted. The re porter of these Committees may likewise be named by the Chairman. It.is left to the chcice of the Diet to make use of the permission to leave the conclusion of un finished business to another Committee, to be chosen from amongst the members. " 2. The observations on the elections of deputies to the Diet, and their substitutes, shall be duly considered. . 6 3. The observations accompanying our project of a law, authorising the estates of circles, to agree to dis bursements binding on. the inhabitants f' . o ,the circles ,circles, shall liktnise be considered 1i VENING- SUS L "4. Neustaclt is, on the prayer of the Diet, allow-ed , • a collective v o t e w i t h the other towns of the circle. i "8. Our Mini ster o f the Interior (You Rochow) will - - ; in future allow the Diet to return the proposals arid,..., . complaints which it has not been thought fit to reconi,'"X - - . -.'"- mend for adoption and redress to the reporter, with spe‘ - `'--: \ - ---"- \.........._. cial instruction to forward them to the Royal COllll2llB- '1 1 :,,'-' \ sary, that they may be taken into further consideration. . '' - " 11. Our faithful estates having declared their opinion 117 / 1 \ 4 that the fixing of certain bound s , b eyond which the par- ". ceiling of estates ought not to be carried, is irrecon cilable with the peculiar position, manners, and customs of every province, and that the consolidation of proper ties, according to the plan laid before them, cannot be executed, we shall for the present, agreeably to their wish, not put either of these projected laws in force, al though the objections thus r a i se d, accordi ng t o th e pro memoria your Ministers of Justice annexed, do not seem to be well founded; neither do they agree with the prayer for exemption tiros fees and stamps, with other facilita ; tions for single exchanges and usions of parcels of land. "17. It is our intention on ottr future visit to our - Rhenish provinces to reside in the Castle of Coblenta, • and have ordered the necessary preparations to be made. We have, however, caused inquiries to be made as to how far this intention may be made to agree with the wish of our estates to obtain a proper place for their meetings in the said castle, the result of which will show whether it is advisable to fix 'the place of meeting at Coblentz or at Dusseldorf, or alternately at each of those places. - " 22. Resp ec ti ng th e co ll ect i on, and revision of the decrees relating to the censorship of the Press, we have taken steps in uniformity with the orders issued by our • late father, and in further deliberations on this subject, we shall consider the wishes expressed by our estates as far as it is possible, and the regulations of the Diet of the Confederation allow. In order, however, to relieve the press from restrictions which do not lie within the scope of our intentions, we have ordered the Minister who has the direction of the censorship to take into due consideration the Art. 2 of the edict of censorship which admits of - a free discussion, within decent bounds, of , subjects adapted to publicity. " 29. The grant of 1,000 dollars yearly for the encou ragement of agriculture, is declared not to depend upon the grant of an equivalent sum by the estates of the pro vince for the same purpose. The wish expressed by the estates for additional encouragement has been fulfilled by the erection of a Board of Agriculture in the Ministry of the Interior, which is to form the central authority for the operations of the agricultural society through out the nation. " 34. The proposal of our faithful estates to give no tice of our intention to dissolve the treaty of commerce and navigation with England, could not be adopted. It is to be hoped that more correct views of the nature and probable results of this treaty have in the meantime been formed. " 39. With regard to the tolls demanded on the wa ters connecting the Rhine with the Scheldt, we communi cate to our estates that we are earnestly - endeavouring, in conjunction with the other States interested, to briug this matter, which is of such importance to trade, to a proper settlement. . "40. It is our intention to revise several of the stipu lations of the law of Nov. 3, 1838, on railways, but we deem a later opportunity more suitable for doing so. " 42. The measures proposed by our faithful estates, for affording vigorous protection to our manufacturers, can only be adopted in concert with the other States of the Zollverein.. We have in consequence of this repre sentation ordered the opieion of the Chamber of Com merce to be taken on the subject. The Chambers of Commerce have besides at all times the liberty to make suggestions. - ' l- 48. The erection of harbours of safety on the Rhine is not the business of Government. The shipping in terest at Coblentz and Andernach ought to bestir them selves, and can expect a moderate contribution from the Government. • " 60. We are inclined, on the proposition of our es tates, to grant some alleviation in the tax on wine grown for their own consumption by the wine growers. Until further inquiries are made the tax will for the next year be remitted upon a quantity not exceeding five eimers for each' household where this quantity does not exceed one-half of the quantity grown. Where the quantity grown is proportionately less, the exemption is to be limited to one-half. " 62. The importation of salt by private individuals is prohibited, and cannot be allowed to factories. We are, however, willing to receive proposals respecting a reduc tion of the price of salt destined to be used in manufac turing as well as respecting an extension of this privilege to factories which have hitherto been excluded from it. " 63. The question of an alteration in the duties on fo reign sugar, and of the period when such an alteration shall take place, has been discussed with the other States of the Zollverein, the result of which shall be published as far as is practicable at the proper time. Respecting the desire expressed that the opinion of the estates should be taken on the contraction of treaties of this kind, or on the alteration of the tariff duties respecting sugar, we re serve the power of consulting the provinces in as far as these questions appear to affect the weal of the province or of the country in general, and as our obligations to the other States of the Zollverein allow of our doing so. " 67. The petition of our Estates, recommending the advancement of the works at the Cathedral of Cologne, has given us great pleasure. We have ever taken the greatest interest in that fine monument of architecture, which throws as imperishable lustre on the name of Germany. For the coming year we have granted an ex traordinary subsidy of 50,000 dollars for these works. " Our faithful Estates shall be made acquainted, at their next sittings, with the decrees which have been is sued in pursuance of the above resolutions. " Sans Souci, Nov. 7, 1841." (Signed, &c.) The State Gazette of the 17th November contains the recess for the Diet of Prussia, which, however, offers little of general interest but the declaration that the Sound dues are on the point of being reduced, which will pro bably deprive Stettin of the drawback of two-and-a-half per cent., which that port enjoyed on all imported goods. The King promises to attend to the recommendation of the Estates, to erect fortifications on the right bank of the Vistula, although the best understanding is stated to exist between Prussia and her neighbours. THE BREVET. The Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, Nov. 23, containing the anticipated Brevet, was looked for with the greatest anxiety by both branches of the service, and has fully realised the expectations antici pated with regard to its extent ; and the next Gazette of promotions, which will take place at the earliest possible period, will contain a greater amount of names, as seve ral of those who have been advanced a step will retire upon full pay, and be succeeded by others, whose advance ment will create vacancies and new appointments. The following is a summary of the number of officers pro moted by the Brevet : THE ARMY. 33 Lieutenant-Generals to be Generals. 49 Major-Generals to be Lieutenant-Generals. 61 Colonels to be Major-Generals. 75 Lieutenant-Colonels to be Colonels. 66 Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels. 106 Captains to be Majors. 13 Lieutenant-Colonels to be Aides-dc-Camp to her Ma jesty, and ran: as Colonels in the army. ROYAL ARTILLERY AND ROYAL ENGINEERS. 1 Lieutenant-General to be General. 4 Major-Generals to be Lieutenant-Generals. 14 Colonels to be Major-Generals. 7 Lieutenant-Colonels to be Colonels. 22 Captains to be Majors. ROYAL MARINES. 3 Colonels to be Major-Generals. 17 Captains to be Majors. THE NAVY. ____ 9 Admirals of the White td3l;e Admirals of the Red . 11 Admirals of the ,Blue, and fi ve Vice- Admirals of . the Red, toAbeAdmis of I the Red, the White iras of of 11 1 t 4 h 7 2 e v i i r e c e h e e e i - i t A e A , dch t dm i o i ir b ra e ra al is A soo d f f m t th i h r e a le and four Vice-Admir IB s v o l huf ite, a e an ß nd d five l u t e w .. o e R V e i c a e r A A d d mi m a .. ra s rals of the Blue , to be Vic e -Ad m i ra l s o f t h e Red. - ls of the 20 R Red, to b e Vi ce -Ad m i ra l s o f t h e Whi te . Rear-Admirals of the Red to be Vice-Admirals of the Blue. 33 hear -Admirals of the White to be Rear-Admirals of the Red. 27 Rear-Admirals of the Blue to be Rear-Admirals of the White. 40 Captains, appointed Flag-officers of her Majesty's fleet to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue. . 50 Commanders to be Captains. 80Lieutenants to be Commanders. 80 Mates to be Lieutenants. The following are the Major-Generals employed on the Staff who will be removed by the Brevet : Ellice—Western District, Plymouth. O'Connell— -Commandant New South Wales. Sir J. Macdonnell—Commanding the Guards in Canada. Sir John Gardiner—Depute Ad j u tan t-G eneral. Sleigh—lnspecting General of Cavalry. Lord Greenock—Commanding in Scotland. Sir Robert Arbuthnot—Bengal. L'Estrange—Southern District of Ireland, Cork. Sir Thomas Pearson—Northern ditto, Belfast. Sir William APBean—South Western ditto, Limerick. . Sir William Carroll—Western ditto, Athlone. Sir James Douglas--Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey. Clitherow—Commanding at Montreal. The following are the Colonels employed who will be removed by the Brevet from their commands, .Bte. Sir W. Warren—Commandant of Chatham. D'Aguilar—Deputy /X dj ut an t-G eneral, Ireland. Pasley—Engineers, Chatham. Turner—Assistant -Adjutant-General, Ireland. Burrell—from Lieutenant-Colonelcy 18th Foot. Riddell—Assistant-Quartermaster -General, Ireland. Elrington—from Lieutenant Colonelcy 47th Foot. Sir Edward Williams—from Lieutenant Colonelcy 9th Foot. Sir Guy Campbell—Deputy-Quartermaster-General, Ireland. Sir Charles F. Smith—Royal Engineers, Gibraltar. Ellicombe—Royal Engineers, London. Webber Smith—Royal Artillery. Dublin. Brotherten—Cavalry Depot, Maidstone. Arnold—Royal Engineers, Portsea. Pym—Royal Artillery (Horse). Faunce—lnspecting Field Officer, Bristol. Brown—Rifle Brigade. Crawford—Royal Artillery, Plymouth. Aitchison—Scots Fusilier Guards. And six paid Aides-de -Camp to her Majesty. Sheriffs of London and M iddles ex , Messrs. Magnay and The Right Hon. the L ord Mayor and the Rogers, have handsomely contributed to the funds of theß, Soho -square . Dispensary for diseases of the Ear, Dean street -square. Some ide a may b e f orme d o f th e utility of this Institution, from the fact that upwards of 130 poor patients afflicted with deafness and other am,- Th—spensary a few days since , dons of the Ear , atte nded the 1