The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-31 00:00:00

:EVENING SUN MEETYiNG 'OF DEPUTIES FROM ri LE JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The General Meeting of Deputies Nan the Joint-Sto c k Banks o f En, gaud, Viales, and Ireland, wa s h e ld on F r id ay, at the Briti.lll Coffee-hcuse, Cockspur-street, Patrick Max well Stewar , „ Esq., M. P., in the Chair, supported by Robert Scott, Eso M.P George Rennie, sq., Al. P., Sir Peter Laurie, .ishua v.Valker, Eq., Thomas Price, Esq., and a most rospeetal ,ie assembly of Deputies. Afterthe wavert cement calling the meeting I a I been read, the Ct „ airtnan requested the lion. Secretary to read the Report e 'Committee. Oliver Vile, Esq., the lien. Secretary, "'en re ad the following the. Committ ee of Dep RE utie P s re-appointed at the General ?:de eeng of Deputies from the Joint Stock Banks, held on the idea June, 1840, transmitted a circular, under dale of the 7th r'iepternber, through the medium of their Chairman, Mr. Pa r trick Maxwell Stewart, containing a statement of their proceed ings to that pericd. They will now report the proceedings that have since oc curred. The Committee ,having been informed that the private bankers had alit Lined a return of the quarterly averages of their circulation, divit led into separate counties, caused the following letter to be addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, re questing simila r information on behalf of the Joint-Stork Banks:— Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, 27th Nov., 1840. (To the Chancellor of tho Exchequer.) Sir—On the part of the Committee of Deputies from the Joint-Stock Baa as, I beg you to favour me with permission to obtain from the Stamp-Office the cuarterly a , eras/es of the Joint-Stock Fla nk notes in circulation, distinguishing the amounts in cir c ulation in the respective counties. The object of the Commi - ; .ee it, to trace the effects of agricultural, manu facturing, and mitring operations upon the circulation of coun try notes, and .to show that the amounts in circulation are go verned by Joe: 1:. sseuses, over which the banks hate no control, and which are. be yond the influence of the foreign exchengee. • I have the tumour to be, Sir, Your most. obedient Servant, OLIVER VILE, Hon. Sec. • And to whin; application the following reply was received : Downieg-street, 28th November, 1840 ansi ver to your application on the part of the Com mitbee of Depu ties from tbc Joint-Stock Bank, that I should give: permission to the Steely-office to furnish them with the Alum terly avera es of th c Joint-Stock Bank notes in circula tion. distieguisl , ing the mmounts in circulation in the countries, I beg to state :that I as 'prebend the Chairman of the Board of Stamp e, " who receives faese returns eoufidere icily, will not con sider 11 sir 'self jusfiert in giving such information without an express: direction iris a the Government, and that I am not prepay- tto give such direction, considering that returns made as con i leneal should not be made in any way public except for the 'information ot! the Legislature or Committees appointed by the two House Cf:' Parliament. I I ier e you will c el 'fess my regret to the Committee that I cann at comply with t he request made by them. Your obedient servant. ver Vile, Esq. • F. BARING. At — ftte-ersoirnerie ement of the last Session of Parliament the Corn mittee again sr dicited the atteriion of her Majesty's Ofinis ters to the irnperf ections of the Isew as regeeds Banking Corn ran; es consisting c rf more than -six persons, a-itl en the 16th elouary directed: :he following -application to be made to the Chancellor of the 1 'sac hequer Arasterloo-pi tee, Pall-mall, Feb. 16, lk 1. (The Right H on. the Ceatncellor of the Exchequer.) Sir—The Com: !liaise of Deputies from the Joint-Stock Rooks bad the hot tour of eummunicating with you in the last Session of Parham ent upon the defective state of the law with refereetee to such lo inks, arid they have to acknowledge your courtesy in procuring the Continuation of the Act which autho rized the Joint-Se tele F.anks to sue their own Shareholders civilly, and in adding; a clause which enabled such banks to sue their Shareholders veintinally. Other defects in - she law have recently been brought before the notice of the pu bile. both in England and Ireland. In England it has be en decided that a creditor of a Joint- Stock Bank who has obtained judgment against the public officer cannot issue eto cation against a Shareholder without taking further preemset ugs in oven. Court, and it seems desir able that the Leg islateare should prescribe some process which should give a speody remedy to the creditors, without being oppressive to the individual S'aareho!ders. In Ireland it has been decided that fee Act coy onisenly called the 'Bankers' Act (33d Geo. IL, ea: e. 14) is still in force with regard to the Shareholders in Joint-Stoc* A Banks, a decision which, if main tuned, will have t" r-e Incro injurious influence upon the value of property in tha 1 =r i tzy. Besides these d 3factr„ which have been the subject of legal proceeding, there ar e other defects, the principal of which were enumerated in a let .ter addressed by the Committee of Depu ties to Lord Mel ho erne, on the 30th January, 1839, a copy of Which is encloser'', Had the sugg es tions of the Committee of Deputies at that hariod b een erne ° di e d i n a l eg i s l at i ve enactment, t h e ev il s w hi c h ve since beer. t xprienced could not have occurred. The Comm tit e, therefore, most respectfully request that you will have the goodnesS to take measures for obtaning from the Legislature a general amendment of the law with regard to Banking Compar ties consisting of mo:e than six partners. In the in terview with which you honoured the Committee •-•' of Deputies last Scasion, you stated that you doubted whether You could attempt any alteration of the law with regard to Joint -Stick Banks during the existence of the Committee of the Rou se of Coro - mans upon Banks of Issue. But the Chair flan ofehat Coma& ttee has stated that the Committee will con • fine its investigriti•ons to the issue of noes, and will in no way inquire into the law of partnership, and, indeed, it seems obvi ous that whatesrer may be the decision of that Committee with regard to the .circulation of notes, it will in no way remove t hose defects of which the Joint-Stock Banks complain. These defects, are felt .as severely by those Banks that do not issue totes as by those that do. The, Committa se of Deputies most respectfully submit these matters to your consideration, and they solicit that you will have the kindnm o s t o grant t h em an i n t erv i ew , t o g i ve - them the opportunity of 'stating 'more in detail the injurious opera ilon, of these defect's in the law to which they have referred. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, OLIVER VILE, Hon. Secretary. To this letter no reply has been received, nor has any Act been passed to :remedy the serious evils which result from the continuance of the Act 33 Geo. 11., cap. 14, as regardsbank ing in Ireland ; but it having been found that the enactment correcting in Ea gland the clergy disqualification which affected J eisst-Steele-Bookerded-net exterettolrefand, the Act 4 Vic., c ap. 14, was passed en the 18th hay last, whereby the law in both countries on this point is now assimilated. The Deputises present ut the last general meeting approved of the nomination of Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart to be ex amined by the Parliamentary Committee on behalf of the Joint- Stock Banks, and requested the Committee to exercise their Own judgment in selecting such additional witnessess as might deemed expedient. The Committee, having had this subject under their mature deliberation, anti being deeply impressed with the importance of affordin g every possible information to the Parliamentary C ommittee, resolved to present for examination other persons connected with various parts of the country, who, front prac tical experience, were enabled to give the most conclusive e vidence, a n d to pi a . se unreserve dly b e fore the Parliamentary kmmittee the worlsing of Joint-Stock Banks throughout the The Committee, therefore, requested Mr. Daniel Robertson, tanage r of the 'National Provincial Bank of England ; Barnes. Manr.ger of the City and County Bank, York ; Mr. Manag sr of the Staffordshire and Wolverhampton Bank ing C mmPa'ey • Mr. Wilson General Manager of the Wilts and Corset Thenk ; Mr. Bates, ' General Manager of the West of England and South Wales Bank, to attend as witnesses when over the P ar li amentary Comm i ttee wou ld receive th e i r evi dence; and, to accomplish this object, the Committee directed te following letter to be addressed to Charles Wood, Esq., 4 • l3 se the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee: — Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, 17th February, 1841. S ir --During the last session of Parliament the Committee 14.12leputies from the Joint-Stock Banks had the honour of re questing that Mr. Snicker and Mr. Gilbart should be exa .lined on their behalf befor e the Committee of the House of C ommons upon Banks of Issue. tee lh consequence of that application it was understood that _se gentlemen should be examined in the present session, ' l ter the examination of those witnesses that might be pro posed by the priv a t e b ac k ers. te a T he Committee of Deputies have now further to request t, after this examination of Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart, i:intLH have the kindness to examine the following gentle :l‘b-• reartiel Robertson, manager of the National Provincial vnk of England (London) • Mr. Robert Barnes, manager of City and C oun t y Bank, ' York ; Mr. Hehry Hill, manager the Staffordshire Banking Company, Woverhampton. The Committ ee of Deputies are desirous of producing wit- Toeses from several districts to show the practical evils that Zould result from one Bank of Issue. It is the intention of l ege Committee that a their witnesses should be practical ' il lekers.—l have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, S. Wood, Esq., M.P. OLIVER VILE, Hon. See. I to this letter Mr. Wood sent the following answer and con :qttently the only persons examined on the part of the Joint 'kick Banks of England were Mr. Stuckey and Mr. Gilbart:- 86, Eaton-square, Feb. 18, 1840. ke. Sir —.I have had the honour of rece ivi n g your letter, 5ug ......7h9g the names of three o th er gen tl emen as w it n esses to be • - amed before the Committee on Banks of Issue. itei hav e no d ou b t that these gentlemen m i ght a ff or d va l ua bl e Ner'rtnation, but I am sure you will see there must be some s, to the number of witnesses examined, if we hope ever to 'rig the labours of the Committee to a close. t th the witnesses on the part of the Private and Joint °LlE Bankers in England, the Scotch Bankers, Bank of Ire :nd, and Irish Bankers, we have work enough for some teme, 4 (1 I Wo u ld hope that Iv e may obtain from them a sufficient amount of local information. I will, however, bear i n m i n d the names of the gentlemen kggPssed by you, in case th e C omm itt e e should think it advise ooe in a further stage of their proceedings, to call for further - " , tences Your most obedient, Oliver Vile, Esq. (Signed) C. WOOD. e s _The C omm ittee have been informed that the Parliamentary ilee.`'°lnnaittee examined Mr. Hobhnuse and Mr. Rod wel l o n the s 'set of the peiv r ate bankers ; Mr. Wilson, on the part of the Bank Ireland; M part obert Murray, of the Provincial Bank of th eland, on the pof the Joint-Stock Banks of Ireland; and at they also examined Mr. Paul Moon James, manager the Manchester and Salford Bank, and Mr. Wright, a pre- L L te banker, from Nottineham. The two last-named wit qes are connected with !Tanks that issue notes of the Bank of - *Vend. • A general meeting of Deputies from the several banks Scotland was held at Edinburgh, on the 16th of A p ril, and after adopting several resolutions approving of the pre rilt system of banking in that part of the kingdom, 4Pointed a d e p u tation, co ns i st i ng of Mr. A n d ers on, of the o i l l snow Union Bank; Mr. Findley, of the Glasgow and ip Bank ; M r . K en nedy, of the Ayrshire Bank; Mr. Milne, Sc otland Dundee Bank; Crosbie, o f th e N at i ona l Bank of Aberdeen ; Mr. Patterson, of the North o f S co tl a nd Bane, erdeen, to proceed to London, to offer th emse l ves for ex ss'llnation by the Parliamentary Committee, and to protect -gQ interests of the banks in Scotland. `oe Paoli. men t er y C om mittee examined o n l y two of these -"Posed witnesses—Mr. Anderson and Sir. Kennedy. cohering the stay of this deputation in London, several of your tie nimitte e were in frequent communieation with the respec ee". Members, and your Committee have reason to hope that it gs fri en d ly intercourse will tend to ' promote a sp i r i t of union rn i °lig the c Juint- Ste k Banks throughout the kingdom. ji , The • e , xamination owitnesss from Enand, and, and tbe and occupied the ( Committee during gl almost Scotl the whole of list Session of Parliament. ta t T only results that have been made public are the presen %to the House of Commons of two reports. e i 0. 4 . 1 . 1 , first report was cone'ned to the object of making provi ameo for more frequent and more accurate returns of the average tee I V of 'promissory no t es i n c i rcu lation payable on demand, thestile amount o f b u lli on i n the Vaal: of England. n Act (4 and 5 Vi c ., c h ap. 5) h as p ass ed through Parlia- The t ico' these purposes. th e seeoad Report is not at present printed for the use of take Public, but it is understood to apply only to the evidence Fr; n before the Parliamentary Committee, which is to be uted t e erew . h. }?ou V r ru ,s m mi t.he 'e P it arliamentary Peports, and front other sources, so_ o `-' n imittee are led to believe that the project of establish iegca e Bank of Issue fur the whole kingdom is not likely to rned into effect. A he • Committee have deemed it expedient to call this general meeting fir the purpose of presenting their annual Report : To consider the pri.priety of a renewed application to her Majesty's Ministers for an improvement of the laws; To consider, if the Ministers should refuse to interfere. whether it will not be expedient for the Banks to cause a Bill to be introduced into Parliament for that purpose, and gener ally to adopt such measures a, may be deemed of importance to the interests of Joint-S ock Banks. Upon these topics the Committee solicit the instructisns of the meeting, and they will now close their Report by giving a statement of the ca•h account : Balance in hand as per statement, delivered at the last general meeting...... Paid: Advertisements, newspapers, pamphlets, printing, £lB9 4 4 Solicitor's charges .. 5 5 0 Room for general meeting, Par liamentary votes, postage, and petty expenses ... 18 15 3 - 213 . 4 7 Balance remaining, subject to some outstanding charges tor printing, &e. ............ £7lO 18 10 EDWARD SMITH, Esq. a Direetor of the Sheffield Banking Company, moved the adoption of the first resolution. (For the resolutions see our advertising colu us.) He raid the acts of the Committee had fully borne out the statements of the reso lution, and it was gratifying to the Joint-Stock Banks to know that their affairs were under the constant attention of gentle ! men of first-rate talents, who, at the same time, received no kind of compensation. He was sure the operations of Joint- Stock-Banking in the country were not at all understood in London. The issues of country banks were regulated by the state of trade in its district ; aid were a Bank not to issue its own notes, they would have to issu e notes o f t h e B ank of England, or gold. And it was a fact that the inhabitants of the country districts preferred notes issued by banks with whom they, were acquainted, to those icsued by the Bank of England. If the state of trade demand ed an increase of the circulation it would be the height of folly for a Bank to say—we cannot issue notes because the fo reien exchanges arc become unfavourable. The Country cir culation could not be regulated by the foreign exchanges, but must be governed by t h ose l aws w hi c h regulated the trade of the respective localities. I'HOMAS Puree, Esq., in moving the secon d reso l ut i on, confirmed the st a t ement of Mr. Smith, that the notes of local Joint-Stock Banks were preferred by the people to the notes of the Bank of England. It was absurd to suppose that Banks could force out their circulation to an amount beyond what the wants of the district required. The CHAIRMAN, in putting this resolution, observed that he did not anticipate that the latter part of this resolution would ever be called into operation. It was his opinion that as Non as Parliament met for the dispatch of business, which, Le believed, would not take place till after Christmas, the charters of the Bank of Ireland and of the Bank of England must come under the consideration of the Legislature, and then a general law relative to banking companies would be ob tained. No Government could refuse to entertain the subject. This resolution, however, weuldsgive the Committee the power and the means of fighting their own battles. - - Sir PEran LAURIE observed that, as the resolution referred to a letter that had been rent to Lord Melbourne, he was de sirms of hearing the letter read. It was accrrdingly read by the Secretary, when Sir Peter Laurie said that he approval of every word of it. ROBERT SCOTT, Esq., M.P., suggested that if the Commit tee should be compelled to bring in a Bill of their own, he thought they should omit any reference to the charter of-the Bank of Ireland, or to the acceptance of bills by the Joint- Stock Batiks of London. It was observed, however, by several of the deputies, that if the Directors and Managers of the London Banks were to fight the battles of the country banks, the country banks ought in return to fight the battles of the London banks. The CHAIRMAN did not imagine there would be any diffi culty in this csse. In the renew al of the Bank of Ireland charter, proposed by Mr. Spring Rice, the right of. accepting bills was conceded to the joint-stock bills of Dublin. In fart there could be no doubt that the Legislature intended the Joint-Stock Batiks of London to have the rieht of accepting bills ; for the right of carry ing on banking in London impelled the right of accepting bills, which was one means by which the business of banking was carried on. If the Committee introduced a bill, they would, of course, introduce such a bill as they wish to be carried, but it would be competent in the legislature to strike out whatever clauses they pleased, and the Committee would not abandon the whole bill because some of the clauses might be lost. JOSHUA WALKER, Esq., in proposing the fourth resolution, paid a handsome compliment to else gentlemen who were exa mined before the Parliamentary Committee; and Mr. SMITH, in seconding the motion, observed that to be examined by a committee of the House of Commons upon such a subject was a position in which, whatever talents he might possess, he should not liked to be placed. In reading the examina tion, he was strongly impressed with the idea that the ques tions were proposed merely with a view to embarrass the wit nesses. But no doubt this was a mistake. Of course the Hon. Members asked these questions merely to increase their own information, and improve their own knowledge of the subject, and he hoped they would profit by the information they had received. Mr. GILBART, in returning thanks for the compliment, ob served that Mr. Stuckey was absent.. in the country or he would have attended that meeting. The Committee before which they had been examined, instead of directing its inquiries into the conduct of the Bank of England 'in producing the pressures on the money market in 1836 and 1839, had become an instrument of attack upon the circulation of the country banks. The banks were thrown upon the defensive • but although it was not a v er y d es i ra bl e pos i t i on to b e called to answer any questions that might be proposed by six-and tWenty men who had previously studied the subject and picked out the most knotty questions to put to a witness, }et he did not believe that the cause of the Joint-Stock Banks had suf fered in his hands. All the witnesses examined last session were practical !rankers, and he thought the evidence when it came out should be purchased by the Banks, and those Banks which had branches should purchase one for the manager of each branch, for the funds of a Bank could not be better employed than in purchasing the means of knowledge and information for those who were entrusted with the ad• ministration of its affairs. He thought, too, that managers should lead the evidence with a pencil in their hands, and mark those passages which might be applicable to the local affairs of their own bank, and get those extracts inserted in the local newspapers for the instruction of the inhabitants of tire districts. The public press governed the country, and if we wished to influence public opinion in our favour it must be by means of the public press. He should be ready at all times, either as a witness or in any other capacity, to promote the interest of the Joint-Stock Banks. Mr. BEACH, in moving the fifth resolution, observed that as the resolution came into his hands it closed at the word " communication," but he thought it w-s only an act of jus tice to lengthen it by the addition he had made. He had never known Mr. Vile until he had become connected with this association ; but the longer he had known him the more re spect he felt for the excellence of his character. . His duties had been arduous, and he had performed them efficiently, ho• nourably, and gratuitously, and he thought it was due to themselves that they should present him with some token of their respect. This resolution was seconded by Mr. HILL, and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN observed that the sense of the meeting was so clearly shown that it was hardly necessary to put the reso lution. He had known Mr. Vile for a long time, and in various capacities, and he was happy to say that in every respect in which he had had the opportunity of meeting Mr. Vile he could not discover anything about h im that was vile but his name. Mr. VILE, in returning thanks, observed that he should have felt himself amply compensated for his exertions by the resolu • tion as it originally stood, but the munificent addition which had been made to it deserved his most grateful acknowledg ments. He had undertaken the office of Honorary Secretary from a desire of promoting the interests of the Joint-stock Banks, and, although the duties had been in some cases ardue ous, he had considered that he was discharging a public duty. He should prevrve the testimony of regard which the meeting had voted him as a memorial of the services he had been enabled to perform, and as a stimulus to any future exertions he might have the opportunity of making on behalf of the in terest of Joint-Stock Banking. The CHAIRMAN closed the meeting by acknowledging the vote of thanks which had been passed to him with acclamation. He said that, now he was again in Parliament, he should most zealously devote himself to the interests of the Joint-Stock Banks. In his youth he had seen the excellency of that sys tem of banking in Scotland. He wished to see that system, with all its excellencies, and none of its defects, extended throughout England. He had been the means of extending ; it, and he should certainly never desert it. Among all the im portant interests which demanded the attention of the Legisla ture, there was none more important than this, and none to which he should ipt)re zealously devote every energy he might possess. :WOOLWICH. ROYAL ARTILLERY. FAREWELL DINNER TO THE MASTER-GENERAL. On Saturday evening Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord Vivian, G.C.B. and G.C.H., arrived at the gar rison at Woolwich at seven o'clock, accompanied by Captain J. W. D. Dundas, C.B„ Royal I\avy, recently Clerk of the Ordnance ; Colonel C. R. Fox, Secretary to the Master-General; and Captain Vivian, of the 11th Hussars. to dine with the officers of the Ordnance corps, as being the last time he would meet them as head of the Ordnance department. The Officers who sat down to dinner in the ,splendid mess-room of the Royal Artillery were all belon g ing to the Ordnance de partment, and to the number of 160. Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8.. and G.C.H., Commandant of the Garrison, was in the Chair, ard passed a high encomium on the merits of Lieut.-General Lord Vivian. The Master-General, in returning thanks, expressed himself in the highest terms of the efficiency of the Ordnance corps, and added, that for the last six years he had had the honour of being placed 'at the head of the department he had found the officers every thing he could desire, and 'it was with feelings of no ordinary kind he appeared amongst them for the last time in that capacity. The evening s was - spent in the greatest harmony, mixed with regret, as the Master-General, from his uniform kindness and attention to the interest of the corps, was a great favourite with the officers. It is said to be the intention of Lord Vivian to retire to his scat in Cornwall on vacating the various offices he holds as Master-General of the Ordnance. Amongst others his seat as Chairman of the Board of Ordnance, Colonel of the Royal Artillery, Colonel of the corps of Royal Engineers. and Captain of the Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The Duchess Dowager of Leuchtenberg went to visit the tomb of Napoleon at the Invalides, where she re mained on her knees for more than a quarter of an hour, and was for the vk hole time in rears. After leaving the Invalides, her Serene Highness went to see the Artesian Well at Grenelle. Whilst there the Duchess recognised.amongst the employes an old Sergeant-Major of her Guard, when Vice-Queen of Italy, named Salton, whom she addressed with great kindness, and gave him a handsome proof of her benevolence. A member of the Parisian " moll mob" was arrested a few days ago while endeavouring to com mit depreciations in an hotel in the Rue Vivienne. He was dressed in the first style of fashion, had alighted from a Ca br:olet at. the door, and ran up stairs without being noticed by the porter. His movements had however been watched by a person in the house, who communicated his suspcition to the master, and the man was by them secured while trying to get into a room, and sent to the Prefecture of Police. On arriving there he was recognised as a well known thief, named Eugene L., alias Count de Beauclerc, after whom the police had been en the 100k -out for some time for former offences. On being searched, 60 false keys were f and on him i i (400 geld. The Court of Assize of Lyons has been occu pied with the trial of the man named Collet, who, as we men tioned in June last, had rtvirdered his uncle, in that city ,and had afterwards mutilated his body in a horrible manner. Ihe facts of the case were clearly proved, the pris Iner was found guilty, and sentence of death was passed on him. M. Odillon Barrot has been nsmed Presid:nt of the Council-General of the Aisne. THE SUN, REPEAL DINNER TO MR. O'CON NELL, LAST NIGHT. Last night a dinner was given to Mr. O'Connell by the Repealers of London, at Highbury Barn Tavern. Mr. O'Connell himself presided. The room was crowded to excess, and there could not have been less than 700 persons present. On the right of the Chairman sat the Rev. N. P. Magee, D.D., Dillon . Browne, Esq., M.P., Edmond W. O'Mahoney, Esq. ; W. J. O'Neil Daunt, Esq., Hewitt Bridgeman, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. On his left sat Mark Blake, Esq., E the Very Rev. Dr, Kirwan, Rev. J. Harrin g t o n, W. J. O'Connell, and Sir Valentine Blake, Bart., &c. &c. On the cloth being removed, The CHAIRMAN rose amidst great cheering. He said the first toast they were aware would be the Queena-• (Cheers)—a toast which at any time required no preface. At the present moment, he believed, she lived with a more throbbing interest in the breasts of her loyal sub jects, by having be en vanquished by a selfish, sordid portion of the community.—(Cheers.) She was no longer her own mistress. She had fallen into the hands of a selfish faction.—(Cheers.) They might coerce her, but they never could extinguish her patriotic disposition —(Loud cheers.) She had been the first Monarch of the House of Brunswick that really was attached to the liberties of the people, and above all, she was the only Monarch of her race that had manifested an affectionate disposition in favour of her loyal subjects of Ireland.—(Great cheering.) He gave them, " The Queen, long life and happiness to her."—(Great cheering.) Bend, `` God save the Queen." The CHAIRMAN said, the next he had to propose, in cluded in its scope many individuals. They were first called upon to shew their respect to an exemplary young gentleman who had the good lortune and the merit to obtain the affections of our gracious Sovereign.— (Cheers.) They had next to show 'their affection to a little young lady, the progeny of the last he had named. She was too young to have earned any thing for herself in the way of public alihction ; but if she had as yet pro duced no person a l v i rtues, sh had this personal merit, she prevented a great mischief.—(Cheers.) Her person was a protection against one. of the worst of human beings that ever existed, and he only wished them to reflect,for one moment if at such a period as the present the sordid aristocracy had it in their power to place the Duke of Ctunberland on the throne. It was too dreadful to think of.—(Cheere.) The circumstances of the country were bad enough now, but what would they be then ? If such were the case. he doubted if it would remain long so, There were some that would have a short en t.—(Laugh ter.) The next part of the toast was, " The Duke of Sussex, the liberal patron of civil and religious liberty." —(Cheering,.) And to that he was directed to add the rest of-the ateyat Family - resident in England.—(Great cheering%) The CHAIRMAN then called on Mr. Hogan to propose the next toast, " The Repeal of the Union."—(Cheers). Mr. Hocata then' rose to propose the toast. Ireland, he said, h a d con fid e d to hi m the toast of the Repeal of the Union. It was for them to join him in the attempt to dissolve that union which had caused slavery and penury throughout the land, and it would run on in the state until there was a Parliament in Ireland, whether one or other of the fanetions ruled in England. It was impossible to have their rights developed —to have the in dustry of their Sons developed, unless they had a domestic Parliament—(Cheers)—and unless her chief joined, Ire land would remain as she now was. The Liberator would be powerless unless they supported him, and unless the real chiefs of Ireland surrounded him.—(Cheers.) It was by these means alone that they could see him stand ing urging the Repeal of the Union.—(Loud applause.) Band, " St. Patrick's Day in the Morning."—(Cheers.) Mr. O'GOR3IIN then briefly proposed the health of Mr. O'Connell. Met. O'CoNxisaa then rose .and was received with the most deafening shouts, which lasted for several minutes. When silence was restored, he said there was but little of affectation in the readiness with which he declared to them- that he never felt greater pleasure in addressing a public assembly than he did then.—(Cheers.) There was an animating spirit about him. His bosom's lord sat lightly on its throne. His heart throbbed for the great battle of the country over again.—(Cheers.) They had come to the period when there could be no submission to friends on the one hand or compromise on the other. They must now have Radical reform from England—reform to the extension of the suffrage.—(Cheers.) He would use the words universal suffrage but that it was not re quired. Even the Chartist, when he used it, did not mean what he said, as it would include a certain portion of the community who, although they were not without •influ ence, it was not necessary that they should-have a: vote ; - but universal suffrage- would ,include•theme and it would include. the idiot, the lunatic, and the convict, and there fore he used the words general suffrage. England re quired further reform, and Ireland required th e re p ea l - of the Union.—(Great cheerinse) He had only b een a Repealer fo r 40 ye ars , an d yet he seemed to himself to be but just beginning to enter into that career. He had certainly no antipathy to England or the English ; but Enfeland had dune more injustice to Ireland than ever any other nation suffered. There never was such a history of plunder, massacre, and wholesale spoliation and deliberate confiscation. He did not visit the crimes of former days on the present generation, but there were many hearts in England, loyal hearts, that blushed for the deeds of their ances tors.—(Cheers.) What virtues had the Tories? When did they ever diminish a public burthen ? When did they ever refuse to augment the public burthens ? Had they not incurred a debt of 800,000,0001. 2 They were economists when the income of Prince Albert was pro posed. But he would ask them why they did not begin with taking off the salary of the King of Hanover?— (Cheers.) The only instance of Tory economy Was in that of Prince Albert's allowance,, and then they com mitted the crime of personal indignity to the Monarch on the thione. But they thought fit to give Queen - Adelaide a hundred thousand a-year. If they were to propose to increase the suffrage, or abolish the property qualification, or make the constituencies equal, or re duce them to common-sense limite, he would then say, "John Bull, you are right; these are friends of free dom—these are the men who will extend political rights, and then he would say, John Bull, you are right to cry hurrah for the Tories."—(Cheers.) But it was the reverse. Suppose a man was taken up for smuggling, and was tried before my Lord Abinger, he would • tell him, yon must submit to the laiv that you yourself have assisted in making. What would be the use of the man's say- • ing, "But place your honour's Lordships, I never had a vote at all."—(Loud laughter and cheers.) But John Bull gloried in his present position, and the party that had put 800 millions of debt. on him, and who would impoverish the people to make the rich richer and the poor man still poorer —poor indeed. He was reasoning within common sense—an article very rare in these cli mates, for if it were not would the Tories be triumphant? —(Cheers.) He remembered when he was hunting last year in Ireland, a young man was in his company Who was a great romancer, and told a great many lies. He (Mr. O'Connell) said to a young . friend of his, "If you can beat that I will give you a premium." He said he had read the Times newspaper for a whole month, and he had not discovered a single lie in it. —(Great laughter and cheering.) It was unanimously agreed that his young friend had won. But that wager told the truth for once, for the devil himself would tell the truth sometimes, and it appeared in that paper that the late electimaa in England had cost 50 times as much as any precediffg election. The Tories came forward with both their hands full, and they emptied the contents into the pockets of the electors. " Ireland," exclaimed Mr. O'Connell, " here, oh, here, are you avenged ; your oppressed, your faithful electors are avenged." I saw myself a man take 751. out of his pocket., when he was asked for whom he would vote, and he said, " I never in the whole course of my life had one shilling of my own money. I have my landlord pressing for his rent, I can now pay him ten times over. I could hardly have sup posed there was so much money. I got it from the Tories, and I will vote for Mr. O'Connell."—(Tremendous cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) never flattered the great or mighty of the earth and he would speak plainly to the people. He had risked his existence readily, when he found the day was against him in Dublin, and, he was exposed to considerable violence. 134 there is not a man of them now that does know that he (Mr. O'Connell) • was right. They were then insti gated by a party to mischief. When the Tories apppealed to the country a cry was raised that the farmers were in danger, and bread would be cheap. The landlords will no. longer be able to get in their rents, and there will be that blessing, they, the children, will have two slices of bread, insteadof one.—(Cheers.) What would they now say to the common sense of John Bull ? They would recollect the story of John Bull and the Frenchman. The Frenchman was praising his country, and her arts, and said, "We invented ruffles to the shirts, therefore our nation is superior to yours." "Yes," answered John Bull, " but I invented the shirt." But now John Bull is shirtless and ruffleless too, yet still he clings to that party that has made him so.- -(Cheers.) If any country on earth would be benefitted by the Corn laws it would be Ireland. He represented two of the largest agricultural counties.in Ireland. He was fur liberty, social and religious; 'for freedom of human actions where they are unstained by crime; for freedom of human belief where it was sincere in the face of God. He cared not what colour the human being possessed; he cared not what d ust h e was of, whether he was parched by a tropical sun, or blanched by a northern atmosphere, or whether he was an inhabitant of the over-populated cities of China. He was the friend of his freedom.-- (Tremendous cheering.) Such was his political creed. He need hardly say, he should devote his whole exertion to Ireland. Ireland had not so many friends that she could spare to lose him.. It waa the thought of bene fitting Ireland that made him young again ; but he was young enough.—(Laughter and cheering.) Ile had not spent his youth in intemperance —and now a green old age had come upon him.—(Cheers.) He had sat in the Irish Parliament in Dublin.— (You will sit in it again.) It. was there lie spoke his first speech, when he trembled to hear his own voice, and his ears shrunk as it were at his own voice. He was tolerably well acquainted with it now.—(Cheers.) Ever since that period. there was not a single principle of his political life that was not developed in that speech. (Cheers.) He had changed nothing in his principles, and if he had changed in his body he had learnt with the change experience.— (Hear.) Years would soon pass over him and he should be in the grave. e --(No, no.) They could riot add one hour to him. Yes, lie soon would be in his grave, but he would be in the. Irish Parliament first. —(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for several mi nutes.) After that cheer, he could only say with Johnny " I wish you may be all there to see." In future he would get the London Newspapers to print his ad dresses, and if there should be a prosecution, he would support it in England. He could stand an English jury, but he could not stand an Irish one.—(Great cheering.) His cause was fixed. Ireland had all the qualities to aite her to :la inde,pea,cht then only tvl;I; el she be prosperous. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The People, the true source of power," COURT CIRCULAR. • ‘ , :moNDAY - .—Lord s M e lbourne, R. Grosv- enor , ~,,,. INDSOR V A. raget, I. lamas Hill, an d the lion. James H owar d , left the Cast le this a f ternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert took th eir usual moral ng's walkthe aft ernoon went out for a drive, ]terl!ulje and in styandh is Royal Highness .in a pony phmton, the Prince driving, • the Earl of Fing - all and Colonel Wylde attending on 1- ter,vbeek, and the Duchess of Bedford, Lady C. S. Coc • k end the lion. Miss Cavendish occupy ing a phaeton. Her Royal 11 ighness the Piii . deestf Royal was taken her accustomed airi His Royal I figliness the Duke of Cambrid g e returned t o his reside') ce at Kew yesterday, At a visit to the Duchess of G• .oucester, at Bagshot Park. Vfrcoant T Lelbourne arrived at his resideetee in South street )iest ere Lay afternoon at half-past threeejelock, from a visit to ii er Majesty at Windsor Castle. Th e . James Carlisle, and the Rev. Rob er t V aug h an had an int 7 Lrview with the Marquis of Normanby yester day at the Home -office. The Earl of Gosford, and Mr. Wallace, M had also iiittivfews with the Noble Mar quis at the i Tome -office yesterag,p Sir Robert t•Peel lett .his residenm in Whitehall-gar dens at half-, last twelve o'clock yesterday for Windsor Castle to have nit audience of the Queeit. .13efore leav ing town the Right Honourable Gentleinuit 'visited the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House, and bul a long interview witl t the Noble I)itke. Sir Robert an.ived at Windsor Cas Je in an open carriage shortly before four o'clock, and had an audience of her Majesty. 'Ole Riot Hon. 3aronet remained at the Castle until five o'clock, aul then took his departure fur town, arriving I in White]] all.-gardens at seven o ' c l oc k last avaniux. Her Maj esty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Serene Hit;. 'mess Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthall, and attendee • by Lady Frances Clinton, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Cat %Air le Boyle, Maid of H onour i n W a i t i ng ; the Earl of L'w thigh, Sir Andrew Bar nar d, t h e H on. Captain Edv t :.rd Curzon, and Sir David Davies, left Marlborough House, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, • for the termi ins of the Birmingham Railway Company • in Euston-sq aare. Her Majesty and suite left by a spe chit train fur Sudbury Hall. M URDER AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, Auc. 30.—Some considerable excitement has been z 'elf, in Bristol for the past two days in conse quence of the death of a young man named Hopper, who it appears was stabbed in one of the public tho roughfares of the ci ty on Thursday night last, as was al leged without any- provocation. The inquest 0n.. - the body was held at two o'clock this afternoon, before .1114: J. B. Grindon, Coroner for the city and county, and a respectable jury. The Jury having adjourned to the vaults of the Infir niary to iew the body, were then sworn, and having re turned to the inquest-room, the following evidence w as taken : Joseph. Higga, of Ellbroad-street, deposed—l have seen the, prisoner before. (The report strangely omits the nam of the prisoner.) Have just examined the body, Iv hich I know to be that of William Hopper.. He was a. •eabinet-maker. On Thursday night last, about ten ra inutes before twelve o'clock, I with the deceased, had just come out of the Crown and Mill Tavern, Castle-mill-street. We were standing in the road, wish i a-;• each. other good night, when the prisoner came /ay and shoved against me. I asked him why he did so, :and he made no answer, on which deceased said, " Yen had better go on, young man," to which the pri soner replied, that the first man that came near him should be a dead man under his feet in a moment, and he put his hand behind him, and reached something from his pocket like a pistol, but I do not know what it was. He walked on, and we followed him. It was in .our road ; but it was with the intention of giving him in charge of a policeman, if we saw one. We followed him up to Philadelphia-street, and through it towards Tabernacle -street. There is an entry there, and the prisoner began to run at the corner of it, and Hopper followed him, he being the foremost of us. In almost a moment we heard the deceased, Hopper, cry " Murder," on which we went into the alley, and about four yards from the prisoner's lodgings we found deceased standing against the wall ; he had his hands against his bowels, and said, " I am a dead man." I saw the prisoner enter one of the houses in the alley, but cannot tell which. A policeman came up, and he went into the house and apprehended the prisoner. He took him away to the station. I stayed, supporting the deceased. Hopper, the deceased, did not strike the priscner. They did not fall down. I don't know what they did in the alley. William Thomas corroborated the depositions of the 'preceding witness. Saw the deceased leaning against the wall with his hays before his bowels, crying that he was stabbed. The prisoner knocked at the door of his lodgings and went in. In a few minutes a policeman, No 67, came ; he obtained an entrance into the house, and brought out the prisoner in custody ; the deceased, the moment he saw him, said that he was the man who stabbed him. The last witness and myself were perfectly sober, the deceased was a little affected by beer, but was able to• conduct himself properly. I think the prisoner was a little intoxicated. Police-constable, No. 67, George James—l was on duty on Thursday night in St. Paul's. In consequence of hearing the cry of "murder," I proceeded to Tabernacle row. Saw deceased standing against the wall and holding his belly. Got access to the house where the prisoner was, and took him into custody. He said (on being charged with th e o ff ence ) , " I am the man that did it.' On reaching the station-house, the prisoner was searched. The knife now produced was found in his waistcoat pocket.(there_wris not any marks of blood on - Mr. J. Harrison, 44, Park-street, one of the surgeons of the Bristol Infirmary—l first saw the deceased about ten o'clock on Friday morning. I examined his wo un d. I found he had a punctured wound four inches below the navel, and a little on the left side ; the wound had been previously dressed. He died about eight o'clock on the Saturday morning. I have examined the body ; the ge neral appearance of the body externally was healthy ; there was a wound about fi)iir inches below the navel, of which wound he died. Daniel Burges, jun.—l am a clerk to the Magis trates of Bristol. On Friday, the 27th instant, I went to the Infirmary with one of the Magistrates, Mr. Wood. We we n t t o t h e b e d s id e of one William Hop per, the deceased ; the prisoner also was present. An oath was administered to the deceased. The deposi tion I produce is signed by Mr. 'Wood, in my presence, and it bears the mark of the deceased, who was in too much Fain to write. The deposition is—" I was talking to a man named J. Higgs, at Merchant -street, when prisoner came up and said I knew nothing about it, some words ensued, and he struck me down. I never had any words with him,. nor did I know him. I followed him into an alley in Tabernacle -street, where he stabbed me with a sharp instrument. -He said previously that he knew me, and could soon settle me ; if I said any thing, it should be the last I ever spoke. I never struck him or gave him any provocation." The prisoner declined saying anything. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, who was then committed for trial. ONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1841 Mr. I.F.D.MOND W. O'MAZIONEY replied to the toast of the peopie, end concluded by proposing the health of the Rev. Dr. 'Magee. Dr. MAGEE 4r6iponded. Whatever he had done was not for one man, but for the country ; and his conscience told hint he was right.—(Cheers.) That was a glorious day for them, for they had amongst them the father of their native land.—(Cheers.) Let them be true to them seNes, and, above all, stick to their liberator.—(Cheers.) The CllAinmszi then proposed Mr. Dillon Browne and Mr. Blake the Members for Mayo. Mr. DILLON BROWNE replied, and after a few other toasts, the meeting separated. The gallery was filled with ladies, who seemed to take a deep interest in the proceedings, joining in the cheers given to Mr. O'Connell. LORD PONSONBY AND c , THE SUN." • (From the Morning Chronicle.), CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 7. (rIsoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The Sun has an article (quoted .in Galignanis Mes senger, July 13), in which, after observing • that the cor respondent of the Chronic]: at this place had repeatedly asserted that all Tile Sun had stated relative to Lord Ponsonby's enmity to :Mehemet Ali was false, it declares that it is better informed upon this subject than other journals, and that the semi-official " contradictions of these journals can have no value. It then seeks to esta blish the truth of its declaration, by republishing two letters extracted from the correspondence laid before Parliament. Now, the correspondent of the Chronicle begs most respectfully to assure The Sun that, in endeavouring to refute the attacks so unfoundedly and unjustly levelled against Lord Ponsonby, he alluded. much more to the diatribeg of foreign journals than to, the observations, no matter how acrimonious, o f th ose o f hi s own coun t r y, and above all those of The Sun. For, as The Sun (even in the very article in question) had always lauded the policy .of Lord Palmerston, whose agent, Lord Pon sonby, acted under his 'orders ; who was, from the very nature of circumstances, identified with his em ployer, and who devoted himself to carry out the mea sures of his employer, the correspondent of the Chronicle was not prepared to find The Sun praising the one and condemning the other. Hail the British Ambassador at Constantinople neglected to execute his chief's instructions, and had failure ensued, then the agent might have been separated from the em ployer, and visited 1%1111 severe censure ; but when mea sures applauded by almost all parties were recommended by.government i and •auccessftilly carried into effect by the Ambassadors it it 'more' than unjust and .incon sistent to ascribe' praiSe to the former, and to cast blame upon the latter. If Tice Sun's authority be as good as he asserts; he need not be told that, whatever might have been Lord Ponsonby's motives, it is an unques tionable fact that Syria would not have been .restored to its lawful sovereign, at. all events without a doubtful and sanguinary campaign, had not Lord Ponsonby dsiplayed the most timely decision and promptitude ; Consequently, if praise be due to any one for the issue, no man is more deservedly entitled to a large portion of this praise than he with whom the suggestion ori ginated, and by whom the operations were urged to a speedy and successful crisis. As relates to the charge bf personal enmity against Mehemet Ali, ascribed to Lord Ponsonby, no official or semi-official communication, no Foreign-office language, is required to prove its want of foundation. The whole secret of Lord Ponsonby's hostility to Mehemet Ali may be comprehended and explained, in a few words. The Egyptian Pacha's plans, and those of his foreign supporters, were long-known to the British, Ainbassador. The latter saw in this Pacha the indefatigable and artful representative or i ns t rumen t o f a systemdiametri eally opposed to the general interests and long esta blished policy of England—a system inimical to the peace of Europe, and utterly subversive of that balance of power which even France herself has recent)) , come forward to maintain. Lord Ponsonby saw in Mehemet Ali—and he must have been blind not to see—a man who, from motives of insatiable ambition and personal aggrandize ment, would have plunged all Europe into wa.r ' reckless, as he himself (the Pacha) declared, wh e ther he rose or sunk in the attempt. . Consequently Lord Ponsonby thought, and hundreds thought with him, that to pursue half measures with such a man was merely to quench the flame for, a nunent, that it might produce a more dan gerous combustion at some future period. But this is no more a proof of Lord Ponsonby's personal enmity to Mehemet Ali than the attack upon Canton, too ling delayed, is a proof of Lord Auckland's hatred to Lin, the doughty Pacha of that place. . . The object of the French 'government, and of M. Thiers, was to ruin British interests in, the East—to assume' a protectorate over Egypt—to strengthen the Pacha at the expense of the Porte, and to obtain such a supremacy at Constantinople, as would control all the Sultan's actions, and exclude the influence of all other powers. This end was to be obtained through the agency of Mehemet Ali, and if foiled in the attempt, the compensation for diplo, matie failure was to have been war—war at least with England, -at the will and time of France. „ . It was, therefore, the bounden duty of Lord Ponsonby, as it would have been that of - any other. British Envoy,' to counteract this scheme, and to seek by every means, in his power to weaken the agency to be employed. It was his Lordship's duty to prevent the instrument from being rendered serviceable in the hands of those whose object it was to direct its point towards Great Britain. It was his duty to impede all attempts to establish a protec torate in Egypt, and to resit all efforts on the part of France, to assume undue preponderance at the Porte. At all events, behoves Lord ronSonhy to be before, hand with France,and "to' urge the striking of Snell” .a blow against Mehemet Ali, the instrument, as might anticipate M. Thiers's avowed intention of making war at his own convenience. In fact, whilst M. Thiers and his party were chuckling over their vernal pro jects of supremacy and war, Lord Ponsonby acted as became the -Envoy of the great nation he repre sented. Acre fell ; DT. Thera fell ; and Mehemet Ali fell ; and the influence of Greet. Britain rose in an in verse ratio. We would beg letxve, -- fiowbwein relation to this letter (which has appeared in a Liverpool journal, and been copied genetatly by the press), to set the public right upon a few facts. The Yezidis are not, as has been calumniously stated by the Christians of the East, worshippers of the devil, nor of a peacock ; but they are among all Orientals who are not Christians, those who are most open to receive its saving light. The names of almost every place noticed in the letter are calculated to mislead. Perisalom is Perisabor ; Pylor of Xenophon, Pylce, of Xenophon; Euri is Erzi, or Ezra ; Thapsacus is not at Al Der the mo nastery, but at Al Hammen), near Rakkeh ; Raccaba is Rahabah, the Rehoboth of the Scriptures ; Tenobia is Zenobia. The crusaders can scarcely be expected to have ex tended their power to Jiaber, when they were so often defeated at Harran, which is not more than twelve miles from their stronghold, Edessa. And the Taurus is at a much greater distance than the writer appears to ima gine, when he says the distant Taurus re-echoed the royal salute fired at.Balis, or Baulus, as he writes it—the ancient Barbalissus. He thinks that the river may be navigated to the heart of Taurus. This is not so impro bable as may appear at first sight. The cataracts of Sa mosata, noticed by Pliny, are rapids of no importance ; and there are only five rapids, one of them a fall of a few feet, between Ergan Kalehsi and Malatiyah. The new iron steam-boat, which passes the rapids on the Danube above Orsovar, perhaps overcomes as great obstacles.*— Literary Gazette, Aug. 21. Politicians may differ as to the lengths to which it might have been expedient to carry coercive measures against Mehemet A li. But to do less than did Lord Pon soriby would have been a dereliction of duty, and it yet ramatns to be proved whether it.was politic to prevent his doing more. Here, again, there is no evidence of personal enmity to theman, however decided might have been his Lordship's hostility to the system represented by the man. - Tice Sun has re-published two letters, which it considers as conclusive proofs of the soundness of its opinion. It calls Lord Ponsonby's despatch " furious." Now, the forcible arguments developed in that letter are as far from being passionate as the reply from Lord Palmerston is far even from attempting to refute these arguments. The British Government and its allies did not disapprove of the reasoning, or deny the truth of Lord Ponsonby's doctrines. BUt M. Guizot's Administration required fos tering, and in order to support that Administration, the Four Powers made concessions that would not, perhaps, have been yielded under any other circumstances. But this concession was not produced by the Four Powers questioning the justness of Lord PonsonbY's provisions, or because they considered his hostility to Mehemet Ali's system ns too strongly pronounced, but because they wished to strengthen M. Guizot and to conciliate France. This concession was, in plain terms, a sacrifice made to France, but not a confirmation of Lord Ponsonby's en mity to the Egyptian Pacha. Supposing any other man to have been in Mehemet Ali's place, and to have followed the same course, Lord Ponsonby must have pursued a similar line of conduct. And supposing Mehemet Ali or his successor to renew this system, any Ambassador at this Court must act as did Lord Ponsonby, or he will betray his duty to his coun try. But this, again, will only show that he studies/he real interests of Great Britain and those of Europe ge rally, and not that he is actuated by sentiments of per sonal animosity to the existing Pacha of Egypt. Speaking abstractedly, it must be a matter of indif ference whether Lord . Ponsonby entertains personal likings or dislikings towards Mehemet Ali ; but when these personal feelings are declared to be prejudicial to the public service, and to influence political combina tions, then it becomes the duty of every impartial writer to endeavour to prove that such personal feelings do not, and never did exist. This is the 'only motive that the Correspondent of the Chronicle has for venturing to reply to the talented journal abovenamed. 4 * Under the circumstances we have not thought it neces. sary to print the letter : at any rate this week.—Ed. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF LON- DON LETTERS, AUG. 30, 1841. THROUGH THE GENERAL POST. Four weeks ending Aug. 28, 1841 Corresponding period of 1840 Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839 Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 1,514,572 Ditto 1839 ditto 3,895,553 THROUGH THE DISTRICT POST. Four weeks ending Aug, 28, 1841 Corresponding period of 1840 Ditto as nearly as can be given of 1839 .... Increase since 1840 on the four weeks' letters 161,943 Ditto 1839 ditto 554,645 The Council General of thq Rhenish Railway Company met at Duren on the 16th inst., and came to a resolution to open the 'inc from Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne on the 6th of September. The Cologne Gazette states that on the 22d a very satisfactory experimental trip took place on the whole line, The utility of the electro-magnetic telegraphs established by Professor Steinhell," says a letter from Munich, 20th inst., " was yesterday demonstrated. Last night the municipal authorities of our capital received intelligence by means of this telegraph that violent fires had just broken out in the villages of Gcefing and Schwvigkasten, which enabled them to render such prompt assistance by dispatching engines and other aid, that the fire was got under before it had time to extend beyond the houses in which it had first broken out." A lamentable accident happened on the evening of the 13th inst., on the railway between Magdeburgh and Selicenebeek, through a collision between a train and a loco motive engine which was coming in a contrary direction along the mine line of rails. A mistake had been made in the signals. Three of the men belonging to the railway were killed on the spot, and several others wounded. None of the passengers were reported as having been seriously injured. CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBERIES.—A gentleman lately returned from the Continent sent home, by the Steam Company, on the sth of July from Biberich, on the Rhine, a portmanteau and a small deal box, to be left at the Custom house in London until his return. This baggage was. not re ceived until the 15th of August, and the following is the ex pense to which he was subjected :—Sight entry to land two packages, 4a. 8 4}L ; aid for freight and di s b ursemen t s f rom ditto lighterage from vessel, 2s. 6d. ; ditto landing, wharfage, warehousing, &c., 3s. 6d. ; ditto porterage and booking, 2s. Gd.; ditto attending the 'arrival of each boat during ten days to inquire for the packages, and commission for examining, 10s. 6d. ; carriage to Kensington, Os.; total, 21.. et. 2d. NAVIGATION of the EUPHRATES. [Connected with this subject, and so immediately brought to interest the public by very 'recent advices, we have much pleasure in throwing a farther light upon these important Asiatic measures.--Ed. Lit. Gaz.3 A short time ago there appeared in the newspapers a brief statement of the arrival of two steamers at Balis, on the Euphrates. Our readers, who all along had full and complete accounts of the Euphrates expedition, will be glad to hear of the successful termination of this enter prise. It will be remembered that, after the loss of the Tigris steamer, the Euphrates attempted the ascent, but failed on account of her deep draught of water, which amounted to three . feet, while the Tigris only drew eighteen inches. Colonel Chesney and the officers of the Euphrates having returned to England, the charge of the steamer left was entrusted to Captain Lynch, of the In dian navy, who, between that period and the present, effected two very remarkable exploits : first, the ascent Of the river Tigris as far as close to where it receives the Great Zab, and where he was not stopped by want of water, but by the force of the current; the second was, to take the steamer from the river Tigris to the Euphrates by the most northerly of the canals on the alluvial plain of Babylonia. In th e accomp li s h ment of this latter task the paddle-boxes were sometimes sus pended over hard and dry ground. Government, however, never abandoned the original undertaking, and between that period and this so fewer than four iron steamers, of light draught of ter, and constructed for river service, have been sent ow; to the Eurphrates ; but unfortunately with inefficient %trews, or the ascent of that great river would have been I efore at tempted. Two of these steamers (we believe he Nilo, cris and Semiramis) have now accomplished v hat puts beyond 'all doubt the long -vexed question as to, the pos sibility of navigating the river Euphrates. We are not, at the twelfth hour, going to run over again the important commercial and political advantages, and, still more, the great advantages to profiressive civi lization, which the opening of such a naysgatlon offers to Great Britain, and to sympathizing humanity, wherever it is to be found. Let us hope that, while other nations are talking of these things, England will be doing them. We have it in our power to mention ore or two curious little facts in connection with the IS eogresa of these events. The successful result of the mission sent by the Society for promoting Christian KnO wledge to the patriarch of the Chaldean Christians in :Kurdistan, and which mission sprang out of the Euphrates expe dition, has not failed to awaken the greaterit interest among all to whom the fats of the Eastera Christian nations possesses the slightest attraction ; it influ enced still more strongly the opposing churches of the New World, - one branch of which had already a very extensive mission at Urinujeh in Persia, and close to the Chaldean mountaineers. Two missions have, in consequence, reached Mosul this spring and summer. The first is composed of two reverend gentlemen with their wives, one of whom is to remain at the Mesopotamian capital, the other is to take up his residence in the mountains. These parties are Congregationalists ; and a third (Dr. Grant), who has already distinguished himself by his'labours among these interesting people, has lately left Constantinople, also on his way to the same field of good works. In the meantime the Episcopalian mission from the United States has not been inactive among Christians with whom it especially feels called upon to ally itself in brotherly and religious affections, since they belong to one of the oldest apostolical churches in the world, and one which has not protested against, for it has never tainted or corrupted by, Romish heresies. We learn, by our private advices, that the Rev. ;fir ; Southgate, of the United States Episcopal Church, :rad known by his travels in eastern countries, has arrived at Mosul, and is in hopes of inducing a Chaldean bishop to return with him to visit his brethren of the New World. ' In this activity for the welfare, and wish for the friendship of the Chaldeans, which has suddenly sprteng up, England has alone been slow in her operations. 'Mr. Rassam is. now her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Mosul, where he will do all that is in his power to keep up the friendly alliance which was establi s h e d b y t h e mission, of which he was a member. A learned and reverend divine of Oxford has, we have heard, offered his services to visit the mountaineers; and for them, as for all classes of Christians in the East, we sincerely hope that the residenCe of a Bishop in the Mediterranean Sea will be replete with many advantages. The next interesting fact that it is in our power to commuticate concerns* more general civilization ; and it is to the . effect, that a gentleman, also connected with- the. Euphrates expedition, and h lding. an official situation at Baghdad, has had sent over to that place various of the latest -improve ments in agricultural implements, and among those es pecially a number of ploughs, a press for cotton, - &c. &C. These he intends to bring into full operation, with I lie assistance of natives only ; as also improved means of ir rigation ; besides which, he is going to introduce the cultivation o( cotton and sugar, for both of which the country is admirably adapted. These movements 'are calculated to have a great effect upon those couniries with the progress of time. We have been led into this momentary digressior,'eon ceing the advance of civilization in Western Asir., from having read this week a letter, running the round, of the newspapers, from one of the officers of the steamers en gaged on the Euphrates, who, in the feelings naturally suggested by their triumphant success, calls attention to the prospects now held out in the East, and truly ex claims, " may civilization, flying on the wing,s of com merce, carry with it the blessings of the Gospel of sal vation !" We hear that the 24th of September is the day ' on which Sir Robert Peel _proposes to meet the Parlia- CORN-LAWS.—The farmers and tenantry can- ment as Minister. It is understood that the continuance of the existin g P oor -l aw f or one year w i ll be proposed ; not eventually suffer from a re p ea l of these laws. A l ower price for corn and cattle will be favourable to them un- and that a vote of credit for six months will be taken. der every view of the question, and their rent and tithe The Parliament will then be prorogued, without must be lowered in proportion. Where leases exist (an taking any of the numerous election petitions into article not very rife with landlords since the Reform consideration, or attending to any other business. It is Bill), a power can b e g i ven t o a b rogate t h em. Their also reported th a t P ar li ament w ill not re-assemble till poor-rates and their county-rates will be diminished one- February. All this is easy of arrangement ; but, or we half. Content and h ones t among t h e l a b ourers greatly mistake, th e country w ill b e much d i ssatisfied will surround their ho mes t ea d s , an d t h e o di ous rural po- with such heartl ess a p at h y . Th e di stress of the manu lice be as unknoWn as the wolf in their districts. I be- facturing districts is likely to increase, and find work fur lieve a review of the conditiou of their ancestors would the government of a kind which Parliament may be prove that the farm ers o f th e present d ay are ne i ther as called upon to aid in com pl e ti ng . opulent, as contented, or as h appy a race o f men as the A Correspondent sa y s :—'c I t i s surpr i s i ng that tenantry of former times ; also that most of the present any doubt should exist its to the measures that will be race farm upon borrowed money, at high interest, as is adopted by the Peel Administration. We may be con well known, and a large proportion of them die insol- fident that the income or property tax will be resumed. vent, leaving families educated and brought up beyond In 1816, Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Goulburn voted for their useful sphere of life, and left to the mercy of the continuance of the property tax, then ten cent., a scornful world. On this theme much more might and 17i per cent. on all the yeomanry or others occu be said, and on the gpmbling speculations of large piers of their own land ; although it was proved by Lord farms, taken with a view of high prices for corn arid Ilrougharres producing the resolution of the House of produce, and supported by the erroneous system Of country Commons, that the tax should cease the Aril ensu banks. Let me now ask, who then will suffer from a rep ea l in g th e t erm i nat i on of the war; and it has since been of these laws? The answer is simpl e . Those who imposed shown clearly that the continuance of that onerous them; those who, as legislators, in 1815, compelled ; he burden was not wanted. Nor need we have any doubt Cabinet of Lord Liverpool to enact laws to raise the price but that, educated in Pitt's school, and participating of agricultural produce, in order to keep up the high in his measures, we may have the renovation of the rents of land, and remove .from the shoulders of the various acts suspending our constitution and rig ht s , landed interest, including the tith eowners , t h at b urthen the suspension of the habeas corpus act, increase of of taxation which the w an t on an d ex t ravaga h t expondi- the army, and au gmentat i on o f a l l places of emolument, Lure in the late war had imposed upon the nation. Th e pensions, forced erection of new churches, &c. , 8,,, ~ avowed object of these laws w as t o k eep up w h eat to The responsible editors of the Temps of ar: 80s. per quarter on the average o f years , an d other arti- journal, seized for announcing the suspen • 1- d the suspensiontoe cen cles of rural produce in proportion ; but the projectors sus, were yesterday interrogated by the examining Ma of these Corn-laws were not adepts at their own projects, gistrate. They protested against the seizure as being and they did not succeed. They th e n alte re d them in an attack on the liberty of the press, but, at the same 1822, which laws then became a . prohibition, and still tim e , endeavoured to show that they bad acted with failed in keeping up the prices, mainly owing to produc- perfect good faith. A Correspondent at G, eanniordacciatThietes :—" The ac tive crops. George Canning, who became Premier counts of bad weather to the north s. of the Alps are almost i in s. - in 1827, did not scruple to aid the landed proprietors in their new scheme of a sliding scale of duties and ave- credible to the residents here. s rages. This discovery had the happy effect of destroy- have only had two rainy days, middle were f 451 not Y pre- e ing all legitimate trade in corn, and keeping up its price vented from sittingout of doors by the e s v e e a n -si t d h e e i n n the evening." to at least one-third beyond the continental prices, and A letter from Berlin states that, although in thus kept the people of` this mighty empire in a state of P russ i a th e weathe r has been this summer u nusually cold and famine. It was also a proscription of B r i t i s h manu f ac- rainy, it has been excessively arm ' n S o uthern Russia, and tures ; a bar upon commerce ; and prod uce d th e neces - the harvest has been abundant.''' The writer observes, that the city of that stringent and severe admini s t ra ti on o f P oor- year 1816, so disastrous to the harvest of some of the countries laws that has now severed the operative classes from the lii Europe, was so favourable to Southern Russia, that the pro masters and landlords, and laid the foundation of an sperity of Odessa, from its trade in corn, dates from that period. "Iliad" of woes for the British isles.—Lord Teynham un analogouslti A s ad N ded At , ol t L t a Eh t aßt a 1 01 1: c h u e rr c e i d re t u h m en s . tances of the present year are the Corn-laces. Fenger on the teach-top, THE PREACHER'S DOCTRINE OF COMPEN justblown his horn.." " a P fe a w p a d , ' a ' ys s e a g i o d , ,a, why ju juvenile i the le guardptt s- SAMS% --I was lately confirmed in these desires by hearing a sermon at church. The preacher, a man esteemed for his in ''' - To send that waggon to one side, va . tion at thesai .the lad's ht . }a , my dear," 'd father. The little fellow =dmo obser orthodoxy, unfolded in the ordinary manner the doctrine of a w 7 h zd at h t o lo you think? ide time ; e the last judgment. Ile assumed that judgment is not executed of nhe got home he said, "Mamma I The guard of our coach blew a waggon in this world; that the wicked are successful; that the goottare the road!" " Come, my boy," said rses o miserable ; and then urged from reason and from Scripture a the youngste r's 'o o ne aide " don't make fun of me with your compensation to be made to both parties in the next life. No travellers' stories. off. nee appeared to be taken by the congregation at this doc l'HE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S UMBRELLA. inner As far as I could observe, when the meeting broke up, they separated without remark on the sermon, t —A fancy fair for charitable purposes was held last Yet, what was the import of this teaching? What did the week at Cross-deep, between TIN iclienham and Ted preacher mean by saying that the good are miserable in the dington, by some of the ladies resident in that neigh present life? Was it that houses and lands, offices, wine, bourhood. The Duke of Wellington having been pre horses, dress, luxury, are had by unprincipled men, whilst the sent, had gone away, leaving his umbrella behind him, faints are poor and despised ; and that a compensation is to be whereupon Lady 1) immediately said—" Who will give made to these last hereafter, by giving them the like gratifica- 1 2 0 guineas for the Duke's umbrella ?" In one moment tions another day—bank-stock and doubloons, venison and 1 purchaser was found, and on his Grace's return the champagne ? This must be the compensation intended ; for i a t was communicated to him, when he good-naturedly what else? Is it that they are to have leave to pray and I praise, to love and serve men? . .Why, that they can do now. remarked—"la I'll soon supply you with umbrellas if you The legitimate inference the disciple would draw was, ~ W e can sell them so much to the advantage of the charity." are to have such a good time as the sinners have slow ,•" or, to ' The Gazelle de France says—" We have just push it to its extreme import, " You sin now; we shall sin by received a summons to appear before the 'Tribunal of and by ; we would sin now if we could ; not being successful, I Correctional Police, for having given, like the Gazette we expect our revene to-morrow."—Emmersort' s Essay on ido Tribunaux and the Quotidienne att..aeriotitxt of the Cotripinsugei" • trial of the Courrier derlsere for libel." ' E VENING S V ACTISTS, LAUDISTS, SACUE VERELIBTS. (CORRESPONDENT OP TUE BRIGHTON GUARDIAN.) About the year 1330 a small number of clergymen, at their meetings in the Common Room of Christ Col lege, Oxford, entered into an agreement to employ whatsoever literary power they might possess, or could in any way bring into aid, for the special purpose of de crying and discarding that system of religious faith and practice, which, since the days of Queen Elizabeth, I.lts been called Protestant. Dr. Pusey, Professor of Hebrew, was I believe, the first to make a public declaration ' in an Oxfo r d p u l p i t. of his abh orrence o f the name of Protestant. The wri tings of a young enthusiast, named F rou d e, were then published by the Associated Anti-Protestants, expres sive of their wishes, but with a view of feeling their way with the p u bli c , l est a sudden declaration of open war on the Established Church and on those opinions and sentiments in wbich Dissenters and Churchmen com monly unite, should excite alarm and promote revulsion. Pamphlets were published in rapid succession, all con demning the character of manners of the present times,. and all uniting in wholly attributing such evil to a gene ral relaxation of submission to the Church and the clergy, and all claiming unconditional reverence for the Church, and obedience to its canons, and subjection at all times, and under all circumstances, to the clergy, as the heavenly-endowed successors of the Apostles, vested with full spiritual authority, with full powers to discern spirits, to bear the keys of heaven and of hell. and to open and to close the gates of salvation or damna tion, according to th e i r d ec i s i on — a ll requiring a returis to all the rites, forms, and ceremonial practices of the, Church of Rome, not expressly forbidden by Act of Parlia ment —all advocating opinions of ancient usages, candies on:. altars, holy water at church doors, crossing of breasts and. foreheads, genuflexions, confessions to obtain absolution, with tables of fees forsuch offices; invocations of saints for heavenly intercession, prayers for the dead to obtain re demption from purgatory—all utterance of prayer to be delivered with faces turned to the east, especially by priests or deacons, and in churches—in fact, all forms of ritual observed in Romish churches and chapels. Prayers for . special or paramount protection addressed to the Virgin are, I believe, omitted, and p ra y ers f or t h e Pope of Ro me which declare his temporal supremacy. (See Dr.lViseman's " Invitations to a full avowal of entire return to the Bosom of the Antient (i.e. Burnish) Church." See also " Introductions to Rev. Dr. Arnold's Sermons on Christian Life, its Course, its Hindrances, and its Helps," preached at Rugby, 1841.) The pride of young divines, at Oxford and elsewhere, is flattered and fostered by the carefully-instilled tutorial persuasion that, by -the imposition of hands in ordina tion, they have been invested with Apostolic dignity, authosity, and power, superior to those of allothermorta.s, whatever be their station in society ; and the result, as might be expected, is especially manifest in their con versation and address, by an assumed air of pomposity, ofdogmatic assurance, end of coarse insolence, modi fied, indeed, in some degree, according to the grade in ..r.nciety" in which Choy isays.nwpwei.i.-.1. c .. ityac!,' but warranting an expectation, to the rising generation, of a rank harvest of Wolseys and of Bonners—of relent less partisans, but not of humble Christians. GARDENS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC SO CI Vl' Y, REGENT'S -PA R R. — Yesterday a promenade took place at these gardens, which was numerously attended by the members and their friends. Amongst the CA,M puny present were the Earl and Countess of Surrey, the Ladies Howard, Lord Bernard Howard, Lord Burg hcrsh, Lord Egerton, Lord Gower, Lord Morpeth, Lord Blaney, Countess Powlett, Countess de Grey, Sir G. T. T. Staunton, Colonel C vendish, Lady Lewis, the Turkish Ambassador anclltuite, Countess de Courcy, Lord Ilinton, Hon. Mr Awlett, Colonel Bailey, Lord Henry Lennox, and Lady Hammond. Great satisfaction was universally expressed at the rapid progress which has been made in the laying out of the grounds. The orna mental portion, which is just completed, as well as the new American garden, attracted much of the attention of the visitors. Previously to the promenade, the annual general meeting of the fellows took place. The report of the Council for the past year gave general satisfac tion, and several new members were elected. It being the anniversary of the Society, a ballot took place for the President and Council for the year ensuing, and the following were elected :—President : The Earl of Sur rey. Council: The Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Northampton, the Mar quis of Normanby, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir G. Staun ton, Sir E. Kerrison, H. T. Hope, Esq., T. Wyse, Esq., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., Si r B. Camas, llClarke, Esq., C. Deane, Esq., J. Disney, Esq., F. J. Farre, M.D., J. P. Fearon, Esq., Sir J. L. Goldsmid, .Bart., and several others. On Monday morning, about twelve o'clock, as one of the Vauxhall steamers was passing through Westminster-bridge, on the Surrey side, the motion of the paddles caused the body of a man to float to the sur face of the water. It was conveyed to the bone-house of St. John's Church, Waterloo-road. The deceased is a man about 40 years of age, and was dressed in a blue coat, black trousers, and dark waistcoat. His linen was marked "H. W., 3." In his pocket were seven small keys on a ring, half-a-crown in silver, and fourpence in copper, besides three loose keys, one of which was a room-door key. In the fob of his trousers was a bill fur a public-house scorce amounting to 135., and made out in the name of " Mr. Whitfield to S. Butter." The body, from its decomposed state, had evidently been in the water for some time. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.--Shortly before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night a cab drove up to the London Hospital, Mile-end-road, in w hich were seated two m en , of resp ec t a bl e appearance, who proved to be Italians, and after inquiring if they could see the surgeons, they said that th ey h a d b roug ht a friend of theirs, who had e mired some v i o lent injuries in an affray which had tak e n place a s h ort time before. The sufferer, who a l p e a re d to be a youn g man, about twenty-five years of age, also an Italian, was carried into the hospital , and the houte-sur of the pupils immediately attended him. li e gene an d two tion that his skull was fractured, both his legs broken, end was quite insensible , and it was discovered upon examina tion deep. This unfortunate man received every surgical that there wls a wound just below his hip full a n i nc h an d a that as sistance at the hospital , and was then put to bed. The par tiescompany, somewhere in Fetter-lane, with same of their coun trymen, and a dispute arising between them, was followed by blows, a n d that one of the party stabbed their friend with a dirk, which inflicted the wound on his hip, and afterwards knscked him down, and used him most brutally. When asked if they had not called the assistance of the police, they said they had not, but that they had managed to get the un fortunate man out of the house. They gave their names and addresses. AFFLICTIVE VISITATION.—At the late meet ing of the British Association, at Plyniouth, Dr. Fowler gave an account of a young woman, now in Rotherhitho Workhouse, who has the threefold infirmity of being deaf, dumb, and blind. The unfortunate individual, who is about twenty years of age, was born deaf and dumb, and blinded by small-pox Ni hen about three years old. She does not hear the loudest efforts of the voice, but starts on a poker, hung by a string against her ear, being struck against a grate. Touch is the only sense by which others can communicate wits her, or which she employs i n exam i n i ng o bj ects and persons ; and though she possesses both taste and smell, she never appears to have used them. Until within two or three years since, her existence appeared to be merely animal, but then a marked difference took place in :her habits, and she became as attentive to her dress and personal decorum as any other girl of her ac , e. She feels ha- way without a guide to every part of the workhouse, recognizes all its inmates by the feel of their hands, makes her bed, end sews, not only plain ivork, lout even the more intricate parts of dress. She is very tenacious of what she deems her own, and was much pleased with a shilling which was put into her hand, smiling, curtseying, and f ue li ng i t eagerly for some time a fter. A few days ago, two Custom-housibfficers of Spichern (Moselle), whilst lying in ambush, saw five smugglers attempting to cross the line of Customs ; hut, as the orders to Custom-house Officers are not to fire until they have been fired upon, they could only collar each a smuggler. One of these instantly stabbed the man who had seized him, and then did the same to the other officer' The two officers having fallen to the ground bathed in blood, the smugglers escaped. One of the officers died almost immediately, and the life of the other is despaired of. THE BANK OF FLANDERS: By a decree of the King of the Belgians of the .I.s irst., the Bank of Flanders has received the Royal au thority and approbation of its statutes. They are in. effect as follow The. capital of the Bank is to be ten millions of francs, and the direction is to be in the hands. of a President and four Managers, one of wh om i s to act as Vice-President. The President named be the statutes is Mr. Moses-Asher Goldsmith ; the four Managers are M. Albert Von Hoobrouck de Fiennes, member of the Chamber of the Represen tatives, who is to act as Vice-President ; M. de Naeyer and M. de illeuleineestre, bankers of Ghent, and M. Petters, formerly Director of the Society of Commerce of that city. There is also to be a Commit tee of supervision, consisting of seven shareholders and a government commissioner. The latter is to be M. Chitti, formerly Secretary of the Banque Fonciere. The duration of the society is fixed at 25 years from the day of the Royal approbation, but it may be prolonged for any time by a general' meeting of the shareholders convened for that purpose. This resolution must be by a majority of three-fourths of the members pro sent, holding, at least, three-fourths of the share; taken up, and must be approved of by the King. The society is to be dissolved in the event of a loss ex ceeding the tenth of the capital, if three-fourths of the shareholders holding three 'fourths of the shares should demand the dissolution. The seat of the society is fixed at Ghent, I:nit it may, with the authority of the Go vernment establish branches wherever its interest n:ay re quire. The society is to have power to issue bank-notes, i,Ny -I,h/e to bearer at sight. The amount of the notes, ca Icti!a to:3 aLlording to the real capital of the society, is to,befixed by :he managers under the approbation of t h e G overnment: i:he total capit a l i s divided into 10,000 shares, of I,COOf. ette :l ; the society will, however, commence its opera tions as soon as 5,000 shall have been disposed of If t h e desolopernent of business shall require it, the social caipthitai the by a resoluti on o f t h e general assembly, and w thority of th e G overnment, b e increased ma i; to 20,000 share:: of I,ooof. each, The payments shall be made to the society in the follow - jig manner :-10 per cent. within twertlty days from the date of the Royal grant ; 10 per cent at the end of each of the three fol lowing months, and the remainder acwrding as the de mand of the Company may require if; on a call being made to that eff ec t b y t h e Administratioi'.. The Com pany cannot take part in any conimercial .or industrial operations, nor enter into any-.kind of bissine.s 3 except in gold or silver. In every other respect it is to be conducted on the same principles as ordinary banks." TA