The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-03 00:00:00

S - ail 4 gle AAt rvi :13 •7:%.4 - 419 , 4 AND 11ttbItc 1 4 P ten. " Who runs may read." Ire t POREIGN. ; s4 tY of 1842 for the suppression of the Slave the burden of the original columns of our I )e ntQmporaries. There is the same violence g ,,,,,, against M. Guizot as was evinced immediately ~Wcr the discussion on the subject in the Chamber of - 1.,,: - - e PL ln ies, and the evident, indeed avowed, object of the ''tern, • - he , Is to keep up such an excitement in the country deciarn. i n M. Guizot either to retire from office, or nw e i n the Camber that he will not, under any cir .ratify the treat' •, for either of these results . . The e a signal triumph for the Opposition. on Courrier Francais and the Slab have articles theo proposed iliorogation of the privilege of the Bank it kin en but th e y amoun t t o little more than a recom ndation to th e Ch am b er t o adopt such measures as Will at itthe same time secure to trade the facilities which is the professed object of banking establishments to e „ ' and protect th e public at large against the conse • lie"nen_ee,s of speculation. There is, we believe, an almost 'rat desire in th e p ress f o r the extension of the bank feg. s ystem in France ; but the recollection of the suf baristel caused by wild and unprincipled financial systems, naone upon an unlimited and unguaranteed issue of paper tio,:itletri:g,aiinsttrinefrreeshschibermtehres.public not to demand protec ' 1„! ..11 e Quotidienne publishes the following extract of a from M. Tamariz, the Secretary of Don Carlos, fo ot I .,:terence to the statement that intrigues are on Tat the refugee Carlists and the Christinos. Al. Tnc auz says --"'Whatever may be the case, the King, . to J th a Pgilst master, declares that he is an entire stranger . Ills Majesty, being well convinced of the ih.: l l and loyalty of his Generals, and certain that • rig ' will never do anything to affect the legitimate f *of his Maj yest, which they have so valiantly and aithfully defended, does not hesitate to declare false the reports which have been propagated against them, with tie Intention of ensnaring the Spanish refugees." zet A t Constantinople correspondent of the Augsburg Ga 11,_e-saYs that E ng l an d has offered to pay to the Porte indemnity' of 1,000,000 drachmas, demanded of b e r i e e_ ee by th e O ttoman G overnm ent, on condition of ug allo we d to su b tract f rom t h a t sum th e rema i n der n t he amount due for the expenses of the British forces tile late Syrian war. The Porte is stated to have al re t a tlY Paid ‘)0,000/. on account of 50,00 C/„ which is the ,9 , due to England. We do not credit the rumours 1 ; ` uich we receive from the Porte through the German Defiers, ! A ai un of 30,0001. sterling was transmitted from Madrid t he 19th ult. to London on account of the indemnity bondholders. oe T .he Madrid Corresponsal of the 21st states that the th ; lei Y of Weavers at Olot had given further proofs of e 'r anarchical and revolutionary disposition. Barcelone 4 , 1 _ 1,1 the entire province of Catalonia were in a state of riiLneuievaoi u nit t e rn tei o ob s ne t t i ix citement, in consequence of reports of an e s e p n a t i h n e . Carlists and Christinos to cause a PARLIAMENTARY. , T he Lords did not meet yesterday.' irt the Commons the Solicitor-General for Ireland in -4113-ed Mr. O'Co nn ell that the plan of challenging 1 Juro rs establish e d by the late Attorney-General was to 'e adhered to. 111 reply to Mr. Fox Maule, Sir J. Graham admitted th at troops had been ordered from Aberdeen, but he t l . " 1(1 not state whither nor why. Mr. F. Maule implied ti ,„ at they had been sent to the parish of Glass, in antici pation of a disturbance on the induction of a minister. An reply t o M r. M ang l es, Si r R o b er t P ee l s t a t e d that G in had no direct accounts from Caboul of a later date than had been already published, and no account of a c apitulation or surrender. ,„The report on th e C o rn-law resolutions was brought 1 a nd agreed to, after Mr. Buller and Mr. Hastie had -roverall7L'LY moved their amendments and withdrawn them. T he Bill will no doubt be immediately introduced. The Van Diemen's Land Bill and the Dissenters' Mar riages (Ireland) Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Queen's Prison Bill went through a Committee, and the Colonial Passengers' Bill was read a second time. Adjourned at Eight o'Clock. PUBLIC OPINION. Herald Ta e observes, with reference to same remarks lately ..a„ Guizot, in the French Chambers :—" There can be 4d Prance, or the Orleans dynasty, no secure alliance but the it is the most natural, the most desirable, and the most f,13, a cquired. How long, then, will France reject that which t _Y he so readily and profitably acqu i re d ? Th e rea l mean i ng o f w ord ' isol a ti on ' , w hi c h F ra nce hugs to her bosom, is power to Misc hievous. A great and patriotic statesman in France would remo ve e all c auses o f i so l a ti on f rom E ng land in a week." th e ,rh : Times, after contrasting the brutal and ferocious conduct of p o i; "" m Peror Nicholas towards Poland, with the a more benificent lit...i.s.ceyouolnttrliye King of Prussia towards the same country, goes on to ta ~ : ""s" Throughout Germany the visit of the King of Prussia to was looked upon as a marked demonstration adverso to b u ti s pl ial an d it was hailed with great enthusiasm in consequence. — tie that visit, if we are not misinformed, the distinguished per an who attended on his Majesty made no secret of theannoy . - zee which his reception would give at St. Petersburgh. But it is „ t by such - .ne trifles as these that political principles are disclosed : fi n .." - icy of the two countries towards Poland is far more signi b7st, and time may yet show that there is still a barrier between Europe." to Sir R. Peel's silence when Mr. Fer tann7o.ll::2:o4CE"reEneulicylai:ttacked the manufacturers in the House of Coon the P remarks :—" Sir Robert Peel, the leader of the Tory pa rtly ' strain' i t Me Minister of Great Britain, had not a word to say of re have a o ct l," rebuke. We refer to none of the feelings that would even t h e 'l t u P°n some men's minds on such an occasion, making hi s ow a rolnerer eloquent. We call up no associations with wilho!lse- fatuity and fortune. We look only at his position in the Commons. He is the Prime Minister of this nation , 't said to be losing trade with other nations, on account of • . r 0 55 fraud and dishonesty; and he is mute. He suffers Judgment to eo b y , e_ault. • ;i The epuost-t says of our commercial relations with Austria—" If e ' ?ere is a European Government with which we may hope in ';. , U ture times to form compacts of commercial ad v antag e, it is Lle Government of Austria; and the day is at hand when Prince 4 setternich will, no doubt, feel that the exorbitant duties on our ditch is no more a source of r iches to the State, than the ' l l - :* ' lt ch which separates the free ports from Hungary is a protection i !'hihat the smuggler." • NAVAL AND MILITARY. Sixteen ships, amounting to 10,092 tons, have been engaged by • the Government for the conveyance of troops to China, and the Average price to be paid is eight annas per ton per month. LAW AND POLICE. A letter-carrier of the name of Nicholson was brought before 4 , Bow -street Magistrate on Tuesday, charged with stealing three titters containing money, and after a short examination, remanded till Thursday. At the same office, Isaac Hewitt, whose name, it appeared, was attach ed to the prospectus of a company for delivering printed 7,.? er s. such as shop bills, circulars,stated prices, was fined .1. for four offences of this kind. He admitted his error, but as t ae Post- o ffi ce revenue m i g h t b e d e f rau d e d to an i n d e fi n ite extent k the practice, Mr. Peacock , the solicitor, urged the enforcement °f the penalty. i „ 4/ ` si ngular case, that of Grant and Grant, came on for hearing S 9 years Court of B an k rup t c y on Tuesda3'. The fiat had been issued "' Years ago, namely, in 1783. At different periods the bank. opts ,. had paid 20s. in the pound, and t h ere st i l l rema i sks a f un d i n Chancery more than sufficient to pay all the interest up to the pre. sent time. The whole of the debts amounted to 16,455/. Is. ad. qAt . - th e Central Criminal Court Louis Philip Etherington, on led with stealing some leather. was acquitted, as Thomas Har. w ho purchased the stolen property, refused to take an oath. I,; wr botl, after rep ea t e d a ttempts on the part of the Recorder to Uce him t o g i ve evidence on oa th , was committed to Newgate for ' colltempt of Court. SPOIMING. 42 . r , h e s almon sport in the river Tweed has been very abund ant at , int the past week. In the Nark water as many as seven ot ra " Were killed last week in a few hours, and in different parts Lehe river about Kelso eight and ten have been caught with the n one day. COURT-TASHIONATME. ,viThe Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are expected to lea ve Ai Mk Castle on Monday next for town. earl No e itzwilliam left Mortimer House last week for M ilton, Irm a _ mptcnshire. Aotth rl of almouth has returned to St. James's.squa re, from ampt onsh i F re. Ditt .!'e Dow ager Countess of L i stowe ll commences her fashionable :lea today, LLord ord and Lady M o nte a gle had a dinner party on Saturday last. Sho w , C. Fitzroy left Burlington House on Monday last for At " Gloucestershire.rook Mo uth Royal dinne r p a rty given at the Admiralty House, Ports titat,s' 01.1 Monday, Miss Codrington, daughter of Si r Edward Cod. 4 t ;," 0 3 Was p resented to her M a j esty by the Duke of Wellington, her Cater by the Earl of Haddington. )(e sti , cmx.x.a.NEOUS. 17 S8 rua Y Was the anniversary of Gesner's death, who died in ..11; and also of the death of Wesley, In 1791. &48 erg o "tuber of visitors to the Tower is ra p idl y decreasing, only 4.,,, e 1 ' e 1,0 ns having visited the Armouries during last week. The new elo a 'ince is ready for the reception of th e re g alia, but it remains /h jewels are still at Runde' and Brid g es's. note e and th n 7arcluis of Hertford, who died on Tuesday , was the most l i rin ee ; l( ing George the Fourth's convivial c om p anions while he 1 1 , :`egent. In 1798, he married Maria Fagniani, by who m LYtt o ,.., "" eons, the present Earl of Hertford, and Lord Henry " ' , Porting celebrity. o N t :Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ,e'rlie Stock Mark t to-day C' jva y s , undisturbed y anyEVENING. further Lui rat i c i rn "a, on the e part of the , Hebrew dealers, but the ther f for Ac ane a few investments at yesterday's rates, te rices ;°e ore far Money were rather better than those 111. P. Consols for immediate transfer were 85/ to 893, and an °r d - '9F,." u nt 89i to 89g. Exchequer Bills improved to 255. 0 s t o i i; s• Premium , and East India Bonds were steady at quoted 170 t ' Xemiurn. Bank Stock with the dividend was q: B7 to - . 59, o 'qt. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were ' B Tht:a...the Three per Cent. Annuities 89 3 / 4 to 90. th toreign Stocks atrracted but little attenti_on ao , n a o n o d oe a e t i_ ent d r t v o ill be out to-morrow, , n "gn there is a talk that the Spanish dividend _, • til e we do not find that many arc dis speculate on the chances of so uncertain event.anhiefat '.. te " e South American Bones continue to engross the . c tlntion. Mexican Bonds maintained there value at 3bi to 36k, iPid. Columbian at 0 3i to 233. Brazilian were dull at 65. anish Active s were at 24i, Portuguese New at 323. Russian T c_nd4 were marked 111- to 1123- ex-dividend, and Dutch The de Half per Cents. 52 to 51'7 8 . , itte demand in the Share Market bore again principally upon s'uoreat Western, but which, however, were not, quoted quite rat e as yesterday. The other Railway Shares were at fair ‘iGreat Western were 23 to 0 4 the Now, lit to 1.- ~tn h , e . thterester and Leeds, 6,the Yor t and North MidlAnd, 3'43ii'tioni shareostith Western, 17 a to leh premium ex. div. Bri_ • tedldnot go higher up were 14 dis. Lomlot and Westminster Bank Shares on the result of the favourable meeting .e. clar e t °- daY, and at which a di7idensl of six ler cent. was t i l They were 23 prem. (From The Sun of Last Night.) ~..._I4YRF(POOL COTTON N I ARKET, MARCH I.—Less as business 'lard9ne to-day than during yesterday, but the market i w r. ,;hoedeady, .and 3,000 bales changed hands at the unt e . ti on „_ e quotations ; 500 American were taken on spec .i ul , a , ei, 15 1 n oper s o al a e m s s w , eq ; 4o art l d 4y 2 p•ian, at 7-, , ,; 100 Bahia, tit '''' R _L_ts l 'Ettpo ot sHARE AIAaK , E 7 I IO , x, A LA m it pr c i vi can l. , — at G 4 r i ea t t o W 6l e p st e e r r l o b: (. .. U s t , n Counties, and London and Birmingham, were in re `l,,_ t:sand altogether there was a better inquiry for Railway 11:lnsitt,.4._ualrhteer sthraanressactions comprised London and Birming western, Half shares,63lselx; este rn , Fifths, 10i ex div. ; ;astern Counties, 9i; Great d D iv i . tto 321. shares, 59i; Great E Grand Junction, 182. ANCHYSTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, MARCH I.—The mar- . 7` . „'• TO C ite , wh P ic" rgett ng e . rigli'v ar u nder t as. 114 1: Lis no thing i tin - Y. but s; under r anchors lie Ind her ; b" h t ith whic Leering bet Wee f • ht s ine- ig arr al ill $ h i e i b , t h e CO' v er ,ue-s i ' ra bly "4' the ve "res t ., .the ch the 26 de 0 be I * l y i • i by, e o o d e viati .orIO SSe° v. sad' the .°fr the tie o l o f kin d toads . he ,unemu lovir efi .j the I °,o cx. l ' is b ;- [it for n the •olas 111' f ' neti °l l; his s ' w the W° s i i On—% fe , schi c " 60 0 than io' of theoll l ight,ti p to down L ed ose ° our after n ! t d be - or the .. i a w o. f t y ,anye 015 6$ 1:1 4 the,: of . v bei., D e r; l,Wi tO e be A " O, To e ' n l,l_ rt h 03.' 4 0 aCt ° Chaps Ito, to Ag e , Of [VOW '. op" tit Wi" ket remains firm, with little stock offering. Manchester and Ilirmingh , m, 284 4 ; Manchester and Leeds, 734 744 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 375. 6d. to 40s. prem. ; Manchester and Liver pool District Bank 164 ; Union Plate Glass, 6. The English Stock Market opened firm this morning, and the improvement of yesterday is fully maintained ; there ii, how ever, but very little doing. Consols for money are now 894 4, and for the account 894 4 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 894 90 • Three-and-a-Half Reduced, 994 4 ; New Three-and-a. Half, 934 4. Exchequer Bills, 24 a 26 premium. The Foreign Market is also firm. Mexican Stock is 365 4 ; Columbian, 234 4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 334, and the Three per Cents., 194 20 ; Spanish Active Stock, 244 4 ; Passive, 54 4 ; Deferred, 124 4. The business transacted in the Stock Exchange up to the present time has not been to any great extent. Consols are. rather flatter since the opening; they are now quoted at 894 for Money, and 89% for the Account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 894 ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 994 ; New Three.and-a-Half per Cent. 99. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds have advanced, the former being quoted at 27, and the latter 11 prem. In the Foreign Market the operations have been limited, and we do not notice any alteration. Spanish Stock 244; Mexi can, 36%; Ditto Deferred, 104 ; Colombian, 2.34- ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 324 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514, and ;the Five per Cents. 102%. In the Share Market Great Western Shares exhibit a further advance upon the quotations of yesterday. he present price is 89, and the New Shares 62 ex shy. ; London and Brighton continue steady at 36 ; Eastern Counties 9 1 / €3 , and the Deben tures 101. I Is. Bd. The business transactect has not been to any extent. Consols 89% %; Colombian 234 4 ; Portuguese 33 33%; Mexican 36% % ; Spanish 24 1 / 4 %. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l 7 ll India Stock ...... ........ 3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9! Ditto Old Annuities ... - 34 per Cent Red.. New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent.. — Ditto 5001........ 27 pis Long Annuities toexpire ' Ditto Small 25 pm Jan. 1860 ..... ..... 12 13-16 Bank Stock for 0pg,... Oct 1859. ........ 12a India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. ... ..•• Consols for Acct B9a FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pi, cent—. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet cent — !Ditto, New Ditto 32/ Brazilian 80nd5.... 65 !Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 percent !Russian, 5 per cent. 112/ Chilian, 6 per cent... !Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 pet cent.. i Spanish, 5 per cent 24* Ditto, 1824......,........ 23/ Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent B2* French, 5 per cent. —4. —c. Greek, 1825,5 per cent — I Exchange............ I c. Mexican, 5 per cent 36/ French, 3 pea-cent. —.. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2/ per cent. 51/ Peruvian, 1825, !:per et. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent. ~ 102 a SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (72/ paid) 15 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ..... 91 Ditto Debentures ( paid) .... ........ —.lOl 1 Is 8d Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) B9/ Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London Grand Junction Railway London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11/ London and Gra•nwich Railway (•.20 pd) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) l7B. London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... 76 Northern and Eastern (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ...... 26* York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 88 Ditto New Shares (15 paid 29* MEETING AT MANCHESTER EXCHANGE. (Abridged from the Manchester Guardian.) The numerous merchants, manufacturers, and others frequenting our 'Change on Tuesday repaired to Ducie place, leaving the room very thinly attended. Mr. John Bright, of Rochdale, was called to the chair. —He said I have come forward from a firm and a solemn conviction, that unless you do something, and that soon, you will see your prosperity swept away to such an ex tent, that no alteration of the Corn -laws, or any other law, can base it upon such a footing as to make it at all permanent.—(Hear.) I am persuaded, from what I have seen of late in the House of Commons, and what you have all witnessed, that there is a regular conspiracy on the part of a very large and powerful elass in this coun try—(Hear and cheers)—to destroy the commerce of England, if it should in any way grow so large as to op pose itself to the aristocratic power in this country. —(Hear, hear.) If the principles and feelings thus manifested be carried ont, farewell to the prosperity of this country for ever.—(Hear, hear.) The present Corn-laws are about to be abrogated ; but the monopolists are about to forge in their stead new fetters for our industry ; and it rests much with the men I see before me, whether those lett( rs shall be forged and riveted on us. You get the odium of re ducina• wages ; but have you not kept up wages for the last five years, with your profits every year becoming less and less? I have attended 'Change for the last two years ; and I have asked myself what kind of men are these that I see week after week on the Manchester Ex change, crawling about, grumbling at bad trade, and yet not daring to lift up their hands aginst the cause. At this moment, see the population around you starving by thousands ; with a capital and an amount of labour which, well employed, might make England greater than ever !—(Hear, hear.) Let me intreat you to sink the stupid distinctions of Whig and Tory, and to stand up for your commerce, your homes, for the people amongst whom you live, and for everything you hold dear and sacred in this world.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wm. HAnvEv moved a resolution as follows That this meeting of merchants, spinners, manufite turers, and others, assembled on the Manchester Ex change, do declare our solemn and unalterable convic tion, that the Corn-laws are the great cause of the com mercial distress now existing throughout the country ; that they are fast destroying the cotton-trade, depre ciating to an enormous extent the value of property in vested in that trade ; and that, whilst they threaten speedy ruin to the capitalist, they have already im poverished multitudes of industrious and honest work men, and are driving almost an entire population into a state of suffering and destitution, which it is fearful to contemplate. That this meeting, in pronouncing au emphatic condemnation of the Corn-laws, declares that the measure introduced by the Government is a bitter mockery and insult unworthy of any statesman to pro pose, and of the people to accept. That no alteration of the Corn-law, which does not contemplate a total re. peal, at a very early period, can be acceptable, or can save the commerce of our country from the disasters which threaten it with utter ruin."—(There were loud cries of " Hear, hear," at the words " mockery and in sult," and at the concluding part of the sentence in which they occur.) Mr. Alderman BROOKS seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then read and put the resolution, in viting all in favour of it to say, " Ay," and hold up their hands.—There was one general shout of " Ay," and almost every one present appeared to hold up a hand. The CHAIRMAN next asked if there were any of a contrary opinion, and called on them to hold up their hands. (Not.a hand was raised.) Upon the best estimate he could make of the numbers at this moment, there could not be fewer than 1,200 merchants, manufacturers, and others present. Mr. HENRY ASHWORTH then proposed a petition, which was an echo of the resolution just adopted, with the following as its concluding clause " Your petitioners, therefore, warn your Honourable House against the course of legislation you are now pursuing, and implore you to pause ere you consign to utter ruin the commerce and the industry of this great empire ; and they pray your Honourable House, that all laws which prevent the free importation of grain may be forthwith abolished." Sir Tnomis POTTER, who was loudly cheered, said he did not know of what use this petition would be ; but he had been requested to second it, and he would now do so. The CHAIRMAN, in putting the petition, read the last clause again, and said if it produced no effect, he was determined individually not to petition the House of Commons again, at all events until afte r another election. It was agreed ' that the petition, signed by the Chair man, should be forwarded by that night's mail to Mark Philips, Esq., M.P., for presentation to the House of Commons, with a statement of the circumstances under which it was adopted. Mr. BELL, of Bolton, expressed the indignation he felt - at finding the way in which Ministers and aristo crats received the speech of Mr. Ferrand, in his foul libel upon the manufacturers. He hoped all would be more awake to their own interests, and do their utmost towards relieving themselves. The Rev. J. W. MASSIE said he hoped some measure would be taken by which the occupants of the Exchange would be called upon to say whether they believed Mr. Ferrand, when he denounced the mercantile and manu facturing classes of this country. Mr. JOHN BRIGHT had only one thing more to say— if they had made up their minds, he hoped they would act as he and many others were doing ; and if his very existence were staked upon it, he could not do more. He believed, if all :before him had the same mind and would do their best, the Corn-laws would be repealed in three months. He believed he might state, that some project, of a very comprehensive nature, would be sub mitted to the manufacturing classes of Lancashire and the adjoining counties before long ; such a plan as, if fully carried out, would at any rate strike terror in:o the hearts of those who had lived and were living upon the plunder of the people.—(Applause.) He then de clared the meeting dissolved ; and, before separating, ;he assemblage gave three hearty cheers. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 3, 1841. perfecting true religion. And when your Majesty shall be called upon to exchange an earthly for a heavenly crown, may the sceptre of these realms descend, with unsullied lustre, into the hands of your children, and their children, to the latest posterity. - "(Signed on behalf of the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants,) " "TO HIS ROYAL RICIINF.SB PRINCE ALRDER.T HOW A RD, RN I Mayor." CHARLES EIIANUFL, DUKE OF SAXE. PRINCE OF SLIM C OBURG AND FRANCIS AUGUSTUS GOTIIA, " May it please your Royal Highness, " We, the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the:ancient borough of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, approach your. Royal Highness with feelings of the highest gratification on the occ asion of your Royal H gliness's visit to this garrison and arsenal. We beg to assure your Roy a l Hi g h ness o f t h e d ee p interest we feel in your Royal Highness's h a p p i ness an d we lf ar e, and of our loyalty and attachment to your Royal person. May your Royal Highness be destined to enjoy many years of unalloyed happiness with our illustrious and beloved Queen, continuing to fuster and promote our valued institutions in Chiurch and State, to the encouragement of virtue and talent, and to the maintenance of true religion and morality. (Signed on behalf of the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants,) "D. HOWARD, Mayor." HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTURE. • At ten minutes to two o'clock, the four travelling carriages (drawn by four post-horses each), in which the Royal party arrived at Portsmouth yesterday at npon, drove up in front of Sir Edward Codrington's residence, and her Majesty and Prince Albert having taken a condescending and kind (indeed perhaps the proper term would be affectionate) leave of the Misses Cod rington and the Gallant Admiral, the royal cortege passed along the grand drive out of the Dockyard gates. Previous to this the troops of the garrison, under the command of Major Swinbourne, and the marine guard of honour, commanded by Captain Robert Ford, one of the oldest captains in the service, were formed, at 12 o'clock, at extended files, with an in' erval of four paces' The depot of the 19th foot commenced at the Dockyard-gates, next to which were stationed the 32d regiment and their recruits, and, on their left, the recruits of the Royal Marines in sue cession, along the Ordnance-wall to the Quay-gate. From the Quay-gate to the High -street w ere s t a tioned the recruits of the 34th Regiment, and the 73d and 34th Regiments ; from thence, along the High-street to the Landport-gate, where the band of the 34th was stationed, and continued to play various favourite airs until her Majesty quitted Portses. The guard of honour, consisting of the light companies of the 32d and 34th Regiments, and a company of the Royal Marines, with the band and Queen's colour of the 32d Regi ment, under the command of Major Swinbourne, were sta tioned within the Dockyard from the Adm ral's house to the yard-gates; and upon the Royal party quitting Sir Edward Codrington's residence the military formed in rear of the,'car riages, and folowed them out of the gates, along the gun wharf, Lombard-street, thence up High-street and out of the Landrort-gates. - • . • Immediately upon the illustrlous visitors quitting the Admi ral's house, the Royal standard was lowered, and the same ce remony was observed after her Majesty had passed through Landport-gate and the triumphal arches on her road toßrighton. The streets along which the Royal cortege passed were densely crowded with spectators—even mote densely than on the previous day, and the tops and windows of the houses till displayed a profusion of banners and union jacks. Her Ma jesty and his 12,.yal Highness were greeted with the most en thusiastic cheerin g . They acknowledged the loyalty of the de voted inhabitants of Portsmouth by repeatedly bowing. It may not be uninteresting to state that at the Royal Pa vilion at Brighton her Majesty expressed to Sir Edward Cod rington a wi h that " some of her old shipmates" (alluding to the seamen who, while her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent were staying at Norris Castle in 1831, were frequently en gaged in the Royal barge) should be employed upon this oc casion. On getting afloat yesterday afternoon her Majesty inquired if her wish had been carried out? Admiral Codringtuu in for.ned her Majesty that the four men seated nearest to her were " aid shipmates," upon which the Queen observed, " Oh, yes, I now recognise their faces." Just before parting with Sir Edward this afternoon, her Majesty handed him 251., desiring that it might be distributing amongst the crew of the Royal barge. Her Majesty also gave the same amount to be divided among the rope-makers who escorted her into the town. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert ap peared to have experienced considerable gratification at the visit, and remarked to Admiral Codrington that they would shortly pay Portsmouth another visit. They both appeared to be in excellent spirits as they entered their carriage, and left for Brighton. BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING. ARRIVAL OF HER .111A.1-giY: A few minutes after seven the Royal party entered Brighton, escorted by a pat ty of the Scots Greys. On the entrance of the Royal cortege to Chichester an ac cident occurred to one of the postilions of the Royal suite which caused considerable alarm ; the leader on which he was tiding stumbled and fell, and the poor fellow lay under the horse's feet, but was soon extricated, when it was found that his cellar bone was broken, and that he had received other injuries. Her Majesty anxiously inquired the extent of the injury, and directed every attention to be paid him. He was immediately conveyed to the West Sussex Infirmary, accompanied by Lord George Lennox, who humanely did everything in his power to assist the sufferer. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lownox, MARCH 2.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.W. RAMSGATE, MARC) L—Arrd. Melona, Shields, for Guernsey, after heir'' , ashore near Scarborough. DEAL, MAncit 17—Wind S.W.—Arrd. John Oldham, Henley, Jamaica; Bone Mere, Peel, Tobago. Arrived from the River the Amelia Mulhollastol, Mauritius; Cybele, Ber bice. The wind shifted this afrernoon to N.N. W., when the Kingston, for St. Helena, and several others, got away. Six p.m.—The wind has again shifted to the southward. Se veral of them have put back. LIVERPOOL, MARCh I.—Arrd. Warlock. Pagan, Calcutta ; Isabella, Marshall, Baltimore ; Palmyra, Chapman, Ssnvrna. PORTSNIOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind W.S. W. to W.N• W.— Arrd. Anne, Larry, London, fur St. Thomas's. SOUTIITONT, MARCH I.—Sid. Oriental (steamer), Gibraltar. TORBAY, MARCH 2$ —Arrd. Jane Erskine, London, fur Pernambuco, with loss of head board. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 1.::: - VVICYS.S.E. to W.N.W. strong gales and squally.—Arril. Jupiter (steamer), London for Cork, with loss of bulwarks. FALatotmt, FEE. 28.—Wind S. W. to S., strosig gales and squally.—Arrd. Mentor, Gregson, Constantinople ' • Gulielmo, Trieste. Sid. Lydiary, Wood, s t eamer , Vi go an d Cape. PENZANCE, FEB. 29.—Arrd. P.ro, Colenso, Ancona; cargo shifted, loss of bulwarks and leaky, having been on her beam-ends. MiLcoan, FEB. 28.—The Lady Selina, Thomas, from Wex ford to Llanelly , was totally wrecked on Scokum Island, during a h e avy gale yesterday morning ; cr ew say d. DUBLIN, FEU. 28.--The mail boat from Livrrpool to Kings town is reported to have picked up yesterday the crew of a collier sunk in the Channel. THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING.—The first place in spected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, who was accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold, (and not by the Duke of Wel lington, as was stated yesterday), was the block manu factory, where a ten-inch single block was taken in its rough state and perfected in a few minutes, in his presence. The next place visited was the anchor forge, where one of the arms was put to the shank of an anchor weighing four and a half tons, belonging to an 80-gun ship. This was effected in six minute , . The royal party next saw the copper rolled, and copper nails made, and afterwards went over the inside of the Prince Albert nosv on the stocks. His Royal Highness was then shown the other vessels that are being built. His Royal Highness re turned to the Admiral's house about six o'clock. A slight mishap occurred to the Duke of Wellington while on board the St. Vincent—a mishap which might have been attended with very serious consequences to the illustrious General. His Grace, on going down the hatchway, missed his footing, but fortunately recovered himself when he had fallen but a couple of steps, sustaining only a trifling hurt on the knee. The banquet last evening was of the most sumptuous de scription, and a port:on of it was, it is right to state, composed of numerous presents which had been made during the day by the tradesmen of the town. The illuminations were very general —almost every house, in fact, in the main thoroughfare, from the Point to Land port, a distance of about a mile and a half, being lighted tip. Among the illuminations were numerous ingenious and elegant dev:ces in variegated oil lamps and transparencies. The rain arid wind that prevailed were a sad disappointment to a large number of those who had taken immense pains to emulate their neighbours in the splendour of their illuminations. The Common-hard, which those acquainted with Ports mouth will recollect faces the harbour, presented to the inhabitants of Gosport a very brilliant appearance, At ten o'clock the ships in the harbour were illumi nated, under the orders of the Lords of the Admiralty. The yards, mast-heads, rigging, and ports, were hung with white and blue lights, the Sr. Vincent having the extremely bril liant long lights invented by Captain Stevens, of the Royal Marine Artillery. The effect was very grand, and her Majesty, who viewed the illumination from the Admiral's house, ex pressed herself much pleased with it, particularly noticing the splendid appearance of the long lights. Among the more conspicuous of the illuminations were those at the Governor's house, the Barracks, the Custom-house, the George Inn and the Star and Garter, the latter o: which has been known for the last century as a naval house. The floating bridge was also illuminated, and the effect, as the bridge moved to and fro, was extremely novel and pless:ng. Added to the attractions of the evening was a variety of fireworks let off from the Semaphore, different parts of the town, and the shipping. From the latter a considerable num ber f rockets were fired off. Her Majesty retired at the usual hour (eleven o'clock) and rose shortly before seven this morning. Shortly after eight o'clock this mornin g , his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, Prince Au gustus, and Prince Leopold, embarked at the Dockyard in the Admiralty barge, and crossing over to Gosport, spent some timtin inspecting the victualling department. Wer Majesty held a levee at half-past nine o'clock, and re ceived va , kves of the naval officers belonging to the vessels lying in the harbour. At a few minutes before ten o'clock three of the Royal car riages drove into the Dockyard, and her Majesty and the Royal p3rty proceeded in them to the jetty. where the Black Eagle was lying in readiness to proceed with the illustrious visitors to the Queen, at Spithead. Her Majesty embarked on board the Black Eagle precisely at ten o'clock, a Royal salute of twenty-one guns being fired from the Admiral's ship, St. Vincent. As her Majesty stepped into the steamer, the cheers of those who had been so fortunate as to obtain orders of admission into the Dock-yard, were most enthusiastic. Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of gaze Coburg and his two sons Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Liverpool, Lord Haddington, Count Schomberg, Captain Zaitsch, Lady Portman, Hon. Mr. Anson, Hon. Sydney Her bert, Sir George Cockburn, Sir Wm. Gage, Admiral Sir E. Codrington, and the three Misses Codrington, Col. Buckley, Col. Wylde, Sir Hercules Pakenham, Captain Codrington, and nearly the whole of the distinguished dinner-guests at the Admiralty House last evening. Notwithstanding a thick drizzling rain fell at the time of her Majesty's embarkation, the distinguished party remained upon deck. Her Majesty occupied a prominent seat upon deck, and was greeted with repeated bursts of most enthusiastic cheering from those who thronged the jetty and every availaMe space skirting the harbour. The scene was rendered peculiarly interesting by the anxious care and solicitude with which the " hero of a hundred fights," in a spirit of devoted loyalty and attachment, protected his fair mistress from the inclemency of the weather by holding an umbrella above her. The splendid band of the Royal Marines struck up " Rule Britannia," as the Black Eagle, which was commanded by Commander Blowe, quitted the harbour for Spithead, and royal salutes were fired from the platform arid Fort itionck ton. Astern of the steamer was the Admiralty barge, with the flag of the Lord High Admiral, Admiral Co. rington's barge, and other barges bearing various Admirals' flags or having their pennants flying. Upon arriving off Spithead, the Royal party proceeded round the Queen, 110, Formidable, 84, and Alfred, 50, and, having fully viewed those fine vessels, the Black Eagle brought to. They afterwards went on board the Queen, and remained in her upwards of an hour and a quarter. Upon her Majesty approaching Spithead the sides of the Vessels were manned by the officers, and the yard-arms pre sented a gallant array of " hearts of oak." The Admiralty ship Alfred fired a royal salute, and the r )yal standard was struck in the Black Eagle and hoisted on board the Queen. Her Majesty and the illustrious party were received by Ad miral Sir Edward Owen and Captain Rich, with the other officers, on board the Queen, and a splendid dejeuner a la fourehelte was laid out upon the tables in the state cabin. They were conducted over every part of this noble ship, which has above 900 men on board, and will sail on Sunday next for the Mediterranean. Her Majesty and her Royal Con sort expressed themselves in terms of admiration at the state of the vessel and the appearance of the crew, who were about to have their dinners, consisting of soup and " three-water. grog" served out. The distinguished visitors remained to see this proceeding carried out, when her Majesty tasted the soup and grog, and remarked with a smile that the latter " was not strong enough." About a quarter to one o'clock the Royal party returned to the jetty of the Dockyard, at which time Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and a number of fashionablos were upon tie King's stairs, and heartily greeted her Majesty. The Royal visitors having entered three carriages, imme diately drove up to the Admiralty House, where her Majesty and Prince Albert partook of a substantial luncheon. Previous to her Alajesty's return from Spithead, the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth had arrived at the Dockyard in thirteen carriages, to present addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert. The addresses were carried up by D. Howard, Esq., the • Mayor , the Chamberlain, E. Jackson, Esq., and Town Clerk, with the following members of the Town Council : ALDERMEN—SamueI Wyatt Garrett, Thomas Ellyett, Bilton, Charles Robbins, George J. Scale, Thomas Hea ther, Edward Carter, Daniel Howard, William Jones, Thomas Jackson, George Caught, William Thompson. COUNCILLORS—J. E. Burne, James Hoskins, Robert Gib bon, Henry Slight, E. Emanuel, Edward Casher, Ben. Bram ble, Joseph Warne, Peter White, Edmund Ives Palmer, Wil liam H. Carrington, Charles Crasweller, George Pescott, Tho mas Edgcombe, J. C. Parnell, John Orange, Thomas Burt, C. E. Smithers, John Sheppard, William Galsworthy, George William Law, Andrew Nance, jun , Edmund Whiting, William Stephens, William J. Hay, William Purchase, William Ed wards, Wlliam Leggett, John Dyson, Thomas Ross, William Horner, James Goldsmith, jun., W. Foord, Edward Turner. Her Majesty, according to previous arrangement, granted the Mayor and Corporation an audiance in the drawing-room of the Admiralty House, when the following loyal and dutiful Address was presented to her : "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " Most gracious Sovereign, • " May it prease your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's faithful sub jects, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Ports. mouth, humbly beg leave, on an occasion of much joy and grati fication to the inhabitants at large, to approach your Royal person, to offer to your Majesty the grateful homage of loyal and affec tionate subjects, and at the same time to express the deep sense we entertain of the honour which your Majesty and your Illustrious Consort have been pleased to confer on this ancient borough by the visit that allows to us the opportunity of tendering your Majesty our unfeigned respects, and which at this particular juncture cannot fail to be peculiarly gratifying to those engaged in the naval branches of your Majesty's service, and to all who may be in any manner connected with them. " We desire most earnestly to assure your Majesty of the lively interest we feel in all that concerns your Majesty's welfare, and we ardently pray that your Majesty and your Royal Consort may long continue to enjoy every earthly blessing; and that your Majesty's reign may be eminently distinguished by being successfully direct, d to the advancement of the prosperity and happiness of the nation. " Given tu.der the common seal of the borough, the 28th day of February, 1842." To which her Majesty was graciously pleased to return the following reply " I thank you for this loyal and dutiffil address. " It is with great satisfaction that I have availed myself of an opportunity of visiting this ancient borough, and of personally in specting establishments intimately connected with the naval ser vice of the country, and with the glorious success that has so re peatedly shed-lustre on our naval annals." The address to his Royal Highness Prince Albert was then read by the Town .clerk as follows : "To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT FRANCIS AU GUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL., DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA. " May it please your Royal Highness, "We, her Majesty's faithful subjects, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Portsmouth, desirous of testifying the sentiments we entertain towards your Royal Highness, as the illus.• thous consort of our Most Gracious and beloved Sovereign, beg leave most respectfully to assure your Royal Highness that it affords us the highest satisfaction to welcome your Royal Highness within our walls. to ':hßiseagnacrideinntgbtohreouvgisiiitwoifthypouecrußliaoryailnteHreigsltinaesscsownlitehctheedr with Maj e h s Majesty Majesty's navy, and as a tribute of respect to the gallant men who compose it, we beg further to assure your Royal Highness of the joyous satisfaction we feel, in common with all classas; of her Ma. iesty's subjects, in having the honour of her Majesty's presence with your Royal Highness amongst us. " Given under the common seal of the borough, the 211th day of February, 1842." His Royal Highness returned the following answer to the address : " I thank you sincerely for this address. " It is with no ordinary interest that I have availed myself of this opportunity of visiting Portsmouth, a town which is so closely associated with many of the proudest days of our naval history from the prominent position it holds in this great naval country. " I shall always look back upon this interesting visit with plea sure upon the loyal cordiality with which we have been welcomed by the inhabitants of Portsmouth." Congratulatory addresses were agreed to by the inhabitants of Portsmouth and Gosport ; but upon application being made to the Queen for the purpose of learning when it would please her gracious Majesty to receive the same, an answer was re turned by the Hon. Mr. Anson, stating that time would not permit her Majesty to receive them personally. and that her Maji sty was therefore desirous they should be sent to her through the Secretary of State. 1 he following are the Addresses agreed to by the inhabitants of Portsmouth, upon this memorable and interesting occasion : TO THE Q UEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. ,‘ May it please your Majesty,— . We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the Mayor, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the ancient borough of Porrtsmouth, in the county of Southampton, beg to be permitted to approach your Majesty to express the satisfaction which we experience that your Majesty should have been graciously pleased to honour this garrison and arsenal with your august presence. " In offering this our hearty welcome to your 11Ia:es'y on your arrival among us, we hope we may be further a , h,wed to assure your Majesty of the deep interest we feel in your Majesty's happi ness and welfare, and of our affectionate attachment to ycur Royal pc non. Long may your Majesty continne to rule over a grateful and loyal people, encouraging by your bright example all that is good and virtuous, giving a healthy yet powerful impulse to the energy and enterprise of this great country, maintaining in all their purity our valued institutions in Church and State, and strengthening and COURT CIRCULAR. BRIGHTON', WEDNESDAY.—St Km after nine o'clock this morning a tremendous storm Of wind and rain com menced, the wind blowing a perfect hurricane from the south-west ; but notwithstanding the sea was dashing over the head of the Chain Pier and the cliffs, and the rain continuing to pour in torrents, her Majesty and Prince Albert have ventured out. Prince Albert, accompanied by Duke Ferdinand, the Princes Augustus and Paul Leopold, walked out along the Marine Parade, and afterwards on the Chain Pier. There was scarcely a carriage or person to be seen on the cliffs, in consequence of the severity of the weather. The Earl of Liverpool left the Pavilion this morning for his seat. Buxted Park, where it is expected her Ma jesty will honour him with a visit. lier Majesty and Prince Albert left the Palace this afternoon in a close carriage, unattended, and proceeded along the cliffs to view the fury of the ocean. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have been confined to the Pavilion by the weather. His Royal Highness . the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Gloucester House. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the City Remem brancer, had an audience of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Dulie of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aber deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. G. Byng, M.P., an d a D epu t a ti on on the subject of Metropolitan i mprovements, had an interv i ew with, the Chancellor of t h e E xchequer yesterday at his official residence in D own i ng -street. The Duke of Buccleuch has arrived in town from the north. The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of lladdington have returned to town from Portsmouth. Lady Peel had a soiree last evening at her residence in 'Whitehall Gardens. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured her Ladyship with his com pany. A very numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry were present. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. A lecture on thi s touch controverte d su bj ec t w as delivered last night at the London Tavern, by Mr. Braid, a gentleman from Manchester, w h o a d dressed a metropolitan audience for the first time on this occasion. The room VMS well, but not fully attended; and the greatest attention was paid to the statements and experiments of the lecturer. His address was a general outline of the science as at present known, but was more particularly directed to the advantages likely to result from it in a medical point of view, in some cases as a remedy for many serious diseases, and in others as a se condary means that may be employed 'to extin guish, or to such a degree suspend, the sensibility to bodily pain, as to render it possible to perform the most painful surgical operation without that shock to the con stitution which is usual.) , sustained. His explanation of this state of partial insensibility to the natural pains which " flesh is heir to," the Lecturer termed " the rationale of nervous elset"—a phrase which we prefer to the Greek compound. He also used to describe it, " Neurohypnology." On persons thrown into the magnetic sleep, he declared most positively, and on his own experience, that surgical operations might be performed without pain. He said that there was a lady then in the room from whom he had himself extracted a tooth without pain, though she hail suffered long and acutely from a similar operation when it was previously performed by one of the most skilful den tists in London. He had also by its means completely over come the pain of tic dolcreux and rheumatism of many years' standing, and had relieved a case of paralysis. The magnetic influence he described as most _powerful for good or for evil, and defended it against the insii,uations that have been made against it, that it is capable of being perverted to immoral pur poses; he stated also, that as a remedial means it could not be ex ercised to the full exteutof good of which it was capable, but by a professional man, skilled in anatomy, and a physiologist. He declared that his object was not a mercenary one, but that he was solely anxious to promulgate the knowledge of a science which he looked on as one of the greatest blessings to hu manity. He then proceeded to his experiments, in which he courted the strictest investigation. The subject of them was a servant girl, a cook, whom the Lecturer addressed as " Jane.' He made no parade of mystery, or trickery, but explained that the end was obtained by fati g uin g th e visual nerve and the mind, by directing the attent ion to one ob j e ct. He directed the girl to look steadily at the to p of the cha ndelier, and, in a few se • c w o i n th ds ;l th her ere appearance of helddroopeden her should er, and her eyes closed deep slumber. He then directed her to walk to a chair and sit down ; and, while in that position, he raised her arms, which remained t as he had placed them, and certainly presented an extraordinary degree of rigidity. and stated then tried Several gentlemenfrom the audience, one of them, we understood, the pulse, and found it was that neutralized, as several the pupil of the eyes di atquite di lated, two things which are beyond the power of the %Nil was then to accomplish. She battery, and subjected to several shocks from a galvanic witho y a pungent ammonia was held to her nostrils ' as u l roducing the slightest effect. The sense of hearing e w to her g a ea y r per cussion caps bred close greatlyhe qni medicaleke quickened, profession , an which is did not produce the slightest eyelid, vibration in thek and invariably the case to hearing sudden sounds. 'l' he frann his favour, easy manner of the Lecturer disposed the audience in and the readiness he showed to explain e very . 1 i , .. utely, and t o s h r i n k f rom no test of the r ality of his expe t rnnents, and the impmres sion that they were true magnelc henomen a . The Lecter was warmly a pplauded several times during th e evening. for the_ purpose of discussing Sir 11, Working-man's au s Church, Dock-head, last —_,_.-- -- A public meeting_ of the Inhabitant s of Eermonisey bert Peel's sliding scale Cor 1 11- -aw, and while Mr. IN T 'as hur h s e d ld a APDoual, it scotch delegate, WaS condemning such a scale, the floor of the Church gav e way, and before the crowd could say "Doctor," they suddenly slid down to the lower region, y at el t , h en e ing, exclaiming this is Sir Robert'• general sliding scale. Fortunately no one was hurt. INDLt.—We have reason to believe that the de spatches received from the Indian Government give a lkorse account of the state of affairs in Affghatistan than the private letters. The courage of the troops at Cabul was daunted by the fearful odds around them, and overtures had been made for capitulation ; but it speras that the terms demanded by the native chiefs were n othin g short of the surreneer of Shah Soojah himself, and the abandcnment of the guns of the British army. T o accede to thew conditions would- be to expose the army to the almost certain violation of them. ?he artillery is the last resource which compensates for the disparity of num bers; and without it, nothing can be foreseen but a mass .cre of the troops. '------ THE CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— A glorious meeting was hold to-day on 'Change here, arid a resolution condemnatory of the Corn-laws, and Peel's secon , l edition, or as he calls it " improved version," unani mously carried I Think of this, amongst the Manchester Tory manufacturers of whom there are so many ! Peel must and wil Ifeel this, as a great blow to monopoly, and to his strength as a Minister. He relied on our divisions, but to-day will show him that we are united on this point, if we can agree on no ether. Your paper of last night was in the right strain— go on and prosper. This Bill must not pass, and it cannot do so if you are faithful. Yours, &e Manchester, Marsh 1, 1842. A REPEALER. W HAT the PEOPLE HAVE TO DO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If the greater number of the manufacturers be iu earnest, and if the majority of us who are depending upon our daisy labour for our bread, be filled with just indignation fort he wrongs and insults we are suffering from the monopolists, why are we talking like angry women, and not acting as English men ought, when the alternative is victory, or misery and de gradation for themselves and their latest posteoity. Work is every where slack. Let every Monday be a holiday, until the evils be removed. An arrangement of this kind can be easily carried into effect. It will give us the opportunity of meeting from week to week, hearing what has been done, and consulting together as to what is to be done. I do not dwell upon the advantages which would result from the pro ductive classes considering Monday for the present a day sacred to rational purposes, because I th nk they are obvious, and I shall be glad if you will advocate the measure. Our oppres sors have leisure and every convenience for consultations; and whilst these bad men are conspiring to rob us let us meet together and consider how we can best protect ourselves. AN ENGLISH MECHANIC. Liverpool, Feb. 26,1842. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONSI DERATION OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. . SIR,-It is time for the Anti-Corn-law League to abandon the hopeless effort to convinite the landlords of the iniquity of the Corn-law, and of its ruinous effects in the nation. rho makers of the laws still persist in their blind adherence to that sys•ern, which the most enlightened of their own class de nounce as the most effectual way to depreciate the value of land below that of such countries as Portugal and Poland, and to involve all the interests of the country in one sweeping ruin. Every rational and right-thinking man must be of your opi nion, that it is right to oppose such a law ; nay, that is wrong not to oppose it ; that it is as much our duty to evade the law, as it is to take a bye-path in order to avoid an attack of high way robbers. lf, therefore, the starvation laws continue, in another shape, some means of evading it must be adopted. Let the millions of operatives unite with the wealthy middle classes, and that which is called law, will be found only to be words on parchment. On the tree principles of trade, I submit, why should we be their customers? Is there no other market from which to derive our supplies?—Yes. The granaries of other nations are full, and will readily be emptied in exchange for our manufactures. I beg to propose, therefore, that the consumers of corn pledge themselves to use foreign corn only, if sufficient can be obtained, till free trade in corn be conceded by law. Let the merchants, manufacturers, dealers, and operatives, throughout the country, combine and form a Joint Stock Corn-Trading Company—such a Company should provide foreign corn for the members of the League, and effect the exchange of our goods for corn with the countries of the Con tinent, and especially with America. In the latter country a corresponding Company might probably be formed to faci• litate the operations of the British Company. In case the imports of corn should not be balanced by the exports of goods, and to prevent too great an efflux of gold, the mem bers of the League should abstain from foreign luxuries, and even such as tea, coffee, sugar, &c., which are essential to the comfort of the British workman. I conceive that this plan, if boldly taken up by the present. Anti-Corn-law League, and extensively acted upon, would effect such a reduction in the price of British wheat, as would be ruinous to the agriculturists, and would ere long bring them to terms It would greatly increase our export trade, without decteasing our home demand for goods ; because, while it would furnish full employment to our manufacturing popula tion, it would not increase the price of food beyond that which others ise must be given for British grain, under the undis turbed operation of the famine laws. I should gladly enter more fully into the details of this scheme, did the duties and cares of a large manufaetur . ng establishment permit, but I must content myself with thus hastily submitting my suggestions to all who would rejoice to see the arm of the unrighteous oppressor broken, without war and bloodshed. A HATER OF OPPRESSION. MORE BURNING IN EFFIGY. TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN. SlR,—Allow me to inform you that Sir Robert Peel's effigy was burned here on Saturday last. It was mounted upon a gal lows twelve feet high, and placed in a dung-cart, and taken through the streets to the Corn Market, where the sentence, the same as was read at Derby, was read over to him, when Irmdreds of voices were heard, wishing it was himself. On his back was a printed paper with the words, " Judas Iscariot's own brother." Around his hat, " A New Jim Crow," on which was the word, " D.-mon." It was calculated that there could not be less than 4,000 persona present.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, though a constant reader of your liberal paper. A WORKING MAN. Bridgenorth, Feb. 33, 1842. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt has been assorted that a reaction has taken place in the public opinion relative to the Corn-laws,because the signa tures to petitions for the repeal, dated 1842, amount only to between 400,000 and 500,000, whereas those dated in 1841 amounted to upwards of 1,000,000. It appears to me that the signatures to petitions forwarded in 1842 ought to be added to the previous 1,000,000, not com pared with them. The unenlightened public were not aware of Parliamentary forms, and those who signed a petition in 1841, addressed to the same, or nearly the same set of men, have not felt it necessary to put their names to. or even to ( - vet up a fresh petition, because these same gentlemen meet under r a fresh writ; and I do not doubt but that, if the signatures were examined, this would be found to be the case. We roust, therefore, say that the number of petitioners against the Corn ; laws, since the late Ministry brought the question before Par liament, and this is the fair and just way of viewing it, amount to 1,800,000, say perhaps 2,000,000, or nearly one-half of the adult male population of England. Over-production ! I would ask if all the surplus would not be taken off our hands if we could take corn or provisions in exchange'? Poland 's in a state of destitution, says one wise gentleman. Could they take off our manufactures? If we had announced twelve months ago that we would take as much corn as they could grow for us, would not a large quantity of corn be now ready for us, and what would they have done with the gold we should be now sending in return for it? They would not have eaten it, nor buried, nor hoarded it. It must have come back to us to purchase clothes and articles of manufacturing indus try, whether of cotton, of wool, of iron, or of brass ; because we have them always ready for their orders, or can prepare them with more expedition than any nation in the world, and at as low a rate. Are such assertions as those I have noticed above capable of carrying weight with any mind disposed to use its faculties in reasoning on the subject? ONE OF YOUR NUMEROUS SUBSCRIBERS. Fulham, 25th Feb., 1842. THE RAT AND lIIS r.k....—P00r Peel ! Untbrtanate Prime Minister ! You thought you could eat the farmer's cheese without being caught in his starving -trap. But Richmond has effectually caught you by the tail, and you must either remain where you are, or recover your liberty by biting off your caudal appendage. Every body wonders why the Duke of Buckingham resigned, after they discovered the distinction without a difference betwixt the old sliding scale and the new. The reason of the re signation is obvious. Peel's proposal to the Cabinet was for a much lower duty than that which he actually laid before the House. It was carried in the Cabinet, atilt the " Farmer's Friend' resigned. But the threats which his resignation produced forced Peel to abandon his own measure, and on the Wednesday morning; the day on which he made his declaration, the Cabinet was com pelled to throw up all their plans, and make an alteration in which there should be no change. Unhappy man ! We almost pity even him, as Burns did the devil. He is the mere tool of a cormorant faction, and all the good or sagacity that i 3 in him is overborne by the scoundrels of whom he is the instrument, and to the ambition of leading whom ho is ready to sacrifice his own character and a great nation.—The Free Trader. MASTER OWEN AS RICHARD Young Roscius, whose Norval, in the tragedy of Douglas, performed by him at the age of twelve, at the Newcastle theatre, was a great fa. vourite ; and who, after attracting at the other provincial theatres, was engaged by the late Mr. Davidge, in 1838-9, to perform Nor. val, Achmet, in Barbarossa, and finally Oliver Twist, which last character he repeated for nearly 150 nights, is now enacting the part of Richard the Third, at the Theatre Royal, Devonport, to crowded audiences, The dramatic power and skilfulness he throws into his part, draws down on:him great applause nightly. . _ APPALLING MURDER.—AII inquest was held on the 19th, on the body of Andrew Martin, of Skinagin, parish of D:). nag!). The deceased was about seventy years of age. It ap peared from evidence, that he had been sitting at the fire.. side alone about the hour of nine o'clock, on the night of the I Stb, when a gun, loaded with slugs, was fired at him through the window, and which unfortunately took effect. Two slugs were removed from the body by Dr. Maffett, of 0 lass lough, and handed to the Coroner. One passed through the lungs, and lodged in the heart ; the second was removed from behind the knee joint. The verdict was, "That the deceased, Andrew Mar. tin, came by his death from a gunshot wound of the heart, inflicted by some person unknown."—Northern Standard. MESSRS. HOPKINS AND DREwEres I.I:\NKRUPTCY. —Mr. Drewett, being confined to his bed by serious illness at Peppering, was visited by the Commissioners in his bed-room on Thursday, who there took his examination. The assignees finally having consulted, expressed themselves fully satisfied with it. At this period of the proceedings, Mr. Hopkins delivered up his watch, purse, and 511. 12.5. 4d. (including a 51. note of Hop. kins and Drewett's), being, with 951, previously given up, the money he had at the time of the fiat issuing, and two sums of 601. and 501. since received from Mr. Edmonds. On the motion of Mr. Halliday, the sum of 101., with the watch and purse, was pre sented to Mr. Hopkins. A similar sum was voted by acclamation to Mr. Drewett ; but Mr. Robert Drewett on his father's behalf declined accepting it. The bankrupts were then declared to hare passed. _ _ . • DECEASE OF THE MARQUIS OF ITERTIoRD.—This Nobleman, who has for some time been in a declining state of health, expired at Dorchester House yesterday afternoon, a few minutes before four o'clock. The late Francis Charles Seymour Conway, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Hertford and Yarmouth, Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, and Lord Conway, Baron of Itag. Icy, in the Peerage of Gre.it Britain and Baron Conway, of Kil. lultagh, county Antrim, in the Peerage of Ireland, was K. G., Knight of the Russian Order of St. Anne, Warden of the Stanuaries, Steward and Vice.A4roiral of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Chief Commissioner for managing the affairs of the Duchy, Lieu. nant. Colonel Commandant of the Militia corps of Cornwaf and Devonshire Miners, Vice-Admiral of the coast of Suff.flk, Rec, ider of Coventry and Bodmin, Custos Rotulorum of Antrim, and a P.C. The deceased Marquis was born on the llth of March, 1777, and was consequently in his 65th year. He succeeded to the title on the 17th of June, 1822, and was married on the 18th of May, 1798, to Maria Fagniani, by whom he had issue—the Lad) Frances Maria, who was born on the 2d of February, 1799, married, in February, 18:22, the Marquis de Chevigne (her Ladyship died a few months after her marriage); Richard, Earl of Y armou th (the present Marquis), a Captain in the Army , h orn February 29, 1800; and Lord Henry Seymour, who was born January 18, 1805, who has been so long re Went in Park MoRE J ADNEsS.—On the (lay that the great 11 ,, h1 between th e powers of aid darkness" ( to quote' lid Guardian), wig going on in Glasgow, we h a d a small conflict of the same sort in Aberdeen. Dr. William Hendeisi , n, equally well known for his pious zeal and his pious mistakes (to call them by a mild name), had politely given notice that, ar the general meeting of the Shareholders of the Aberd en and London Steam Navigation Company, he would bring for ward a motion for altering the times of the sailinr , Of their vessels, from Saturd ay to some other day of the week.' The discussion came off on Tuesday, and, on a division, it was found that the Sabbattarians could only muster 18 votes, while their Opponents had not fewer than 70.—Aberdeen Herald. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. The eighth annual meeting of the Proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank took pee yesterday, at the Company's offices, in Lothbury. CHARLES Grans, Esq., took the chair at one o'clock pre cisely. The CHAIRMAN said that he had been called upon at a short notice, to take the chair, in consequence of the absence cf their worthy Director, Mr. P. Stewart, who on former occasions hid so ably presided over their deliberations. That gentleman had been accustomed to introduce the business to the meeting by some pungent and excellent remarks on the subject of bank ing generally. He (the Chairman) did not feel himself com petent to follow Mr. Stewart's example in that respect, and, therefore, he would not detain them longer, but proceed at once to the business of the day, by calling upon the Secretary to read the Report. The SECILETARY then proceeded to read the following REPORT. In making the Eighth Annual Report, the Directors have the pleasure to announce that the Bank continues to make a steady progress in the path of prosperity. In their last Report the Directors stated their intention to make a further distribution of 10,000 of the unappropria ed Shares at par, to the then existing Shareholders ; 9,451 of these Shares have already been taken by the Proprietary, and were payable in four periodical instalments, of which the last became due on the 21st of September, - whereby the paid up capital is increased to 786,300/. This increase of capital will, in the opinion of the Directors, have a beneficial influence, as it gives the Bank an addi tional claim upon public confidence, and ensures the means of con ducting, with satisfaction to its customers, a more extensive business. The last year was marked by a continuance of great commercial embarrassment; but the Directors have the satisfaction to state that, after defraying all the current expenses, and after making ample allowance for all Bad and Doubtful Debts, the net Profits of the Year amount to 51,3001. Os. 9d. Out of these Profits the Direc_ tors paid last September, a Dividend for the Half-year, ending the 30th of June, at the rate of 6 per Cent, per Annum, on the capital of 507,2801., and they now declare a Dividend at the same rate, for the half year, ending the 31st of December, upcn the increased capital of 786,300/. After the payment of these dividends, which together amount to 41,507/. Ss., there will re main from the profits of the year a surplus of 9,792/. 112 s. 9d., which, added to 46,215/. 3s. 11d., the unappropriated profits of former years, will make the surplus fund, arising solely from bank ing profits, amount to 56,0071. 16s. Sd. The Directors have only farther to announce, that the three Members who retire from the Directory on the present occasion. are Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman; Sir John Kirkland; and John Stewart, Esq., M. P., all of whom are eligible for re-election, and offer themselves accordingly. PROFIT AND LOSS. Dr. Payment of the Dividend on the 10th September, 1841, at the rate of 31. per cent. on a capital of 597,280/. Payment of the Dividend now declared at the rate of 3/. per cent. on a capital of 786,300/. Balauce of unappropriated profits £97,515 4 8 Balance of unappropriated Profits, 3lst Dec. 1840 .i. 746,215 3 11 Net Profits of the Year 1841, after defraying the total expense of management and making pro vision for all bad and doubtful debts 97,515 4 6 I“‘2, January I.—Balance of unappropriated Profits, brought down £56,007 16 8 Sir CHARLES BURRELL had great pleasure in moving the reception of the Report. It showed an unexampled course of prosperity in consequence of excellent management.—( Cheers. ) lle was sute that all who had heard that Report read must Lave derived the greatest satisfaction from it. When they con sidered that the Bank had been established only eight sears, and that they had been able to pay annually a dividend of six per cent. interest on the whole of the capital, at the same time increasing their rest at the ave rage of 7,0001. per annum, the Report was most satisfac tory upon all points, and it would give to the public mind an additional stimulus to think well of the concern, more especially when they compared it with other Banking Companies which had been less worthily managed, and the failure of which, in consequence of overspeculation, and an insufficiency of capital, had thrown a shadow on Joint-stock Banks gene rally. 'the London and Westminster Bank, however, had gone on increasing in the public confidence, and those taunts and reflections which had been thrown out against the Bank in the commencement, had com pletely subsided. Ile had had a most satisfactory conversation the other day with a friend connected with the Bank of Eng land, who, on a former occasion, had advised him (Sir C. Burrell) to have nothing to do with the London and West minster Bank ; but now that gentleman's sentiments had been completely changed. He now spoke of the Bank with the greatest respect, and said it was the best martinet d bank in London.—(Cheers.) He need not state that during the last three or four years times had been very bad in the monetary world, in consequence of overspeculation, of in ' judicious loans to Foreign States, and of surplus manufactures, carried on beyond the wants of the trading world, at least of that portion of the trading world with which we carried on commerce. Had it not been for these circumstances, he felt as sured that the Report of the state of the London and Westminster Bank would have been still more gratifying. They had lately seen six or seven banks, which previously stood high in public est:- ma:ion, fail through bail management. There was the great Catholic bank of Wright's, which, notwithstanding the support given to it by the great Catholic body, and the large balances left in its hands by the Catholic noblemen, had failed. There were Hamntersley's, Lee's, Whitmore's and several others, which he need not mention. The London and Westminster Bank, how ever, had succeeded by judicious management. while other hanks, by injudicious management, had been brought to the ground. He would not waste their time by any further observations, but content himself with thanking them for the honour they had done him in receiving the few words that he had to address to them. lie would conclude by moving that the Report just read be received. Mr. WHEELER begged to second the motion. He certainly felt great satisfaction at the Report they had just heard read; but 501 that satisfaction was nut without some alloy. For if the Proprietors themselves had been more energetic in the management of the Bari, its affair s, prosperous as they were now, would have been still more so. They were certainly not keep ing up with their neighbours. Sir C. Burrell hal just told them of a number of banks which Lad failed, and he (Mr. W. ) trusted that what they hat heard would stimulate them to re newed energy, not only on the ran of the Proprietors, but of the Directors also. On the whole the accounts were very sa tisfactory, but he trusted that from the increased attention paid by the Proprietors of the Bank in future, matters would be still more satisf..ctory. The CIIA IRMA N having put the question, Mr. 13aowlira begged, previous to the vote being taken, to ask a few questions respecting the appropriation of shares at the last general meeting. He understood that ten thousand shares had been divided among the Proprietors, according to the information given in a circular which he now held in his hand. By that circular he understood that those shares were intended to be appropriated to those persens who had commenced their connexion with this Bank at the time of its establishment. The Directors knew him sufficiently to be aware that in any question he wished to put he was not capable of meaning any disrespect to them. But the principles of joint-stock would be discussed, if not in the present Session of Parliament at least in the next, and it was but right that the public should be properly informed of the nature of those principles, and that their confidence in such concerns should not be dimi nished. It would be recollected that 46,2151. unappropriated Bank profits belonged fairly to those who joined the undertaking at its earliest stage.—( Cries of " No, no ; nonsense, nonsense.") The Directors had stated that such was the case. Some gen tlemen said " No, no," but he had the Report in which it was mentioned. The CHAIRMAN—The allusion was to the then existing shareholders. A PROPRIETOR—Supposing the gentleman had sold his shares, and he (the Proprietor) had bought them, should he not expect those profits which the Gentleman had horn the be ginning? Mr. Ilitowsse was prepared to answer in the affirmative, but that had no tearing on the question he had in view. He only asked on the part of 170 Proprietors without a star before their names, that they should be put on the same footing as those to whom had been appropriated those 10,000 shares.—(Cries of " Question, question, Order, order.") The question he meant to propose was, whether the profits of those 10,000 shares ought not to be appropriated to the benefit of the concern generally. A PROPRIETOR rose to order. The CHAIRMAN said that previous to his putting the ques tion Mr. IL owne had expressed a wish to put a question. lie did net think that in so doing the Hon. Proprietor was out of order. 111r.BitowNE first wished toknow how many Shareholders,when the Bank was first formed, were participating in the 10,000 shares to be distributed, and what proportion had been Pro prietors from the commencement of the establishment ? lie wished also to know how many new Proprietors had joined the concern during the last twelve months. He wished also to know whether the Directors, in anticipation of the bonus, had increased the number of shares. lie wished also to know whe ther all the 10,000 shares had been bona fide distributed. Ile understood that 544 had not been appropriated. A l'uorarEToit— Why you are going round the moon now. —(Great laughter.) You talked of stars. Mr. BROWNE wished also to know what arrangement had been made for the payment of the Si. instalments, anti whether any accommodation had been given by the Directors to the Proprietors to pay their instalments. lie wished also to know whether the interest on the 46,0(01. was calculated as part of the capital. He wished also to know what was the amount of the rent of the premises let off, as nothing was said on that subject in the Report. Ho was also anxious to know whether there was any clause in the deed of settle ment authorising the Din ctors to appropriate new charts, as ;they had done. He would put those questions in the hands of the Chairman, and leave it to him to answer them or not, as he might think fit. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had heard all the questions proposed, and on the part of the Board of Directors and himself he had only to say that they were ready to answer every one of them, if:the meeting approved of their doing so. As to the question with regard to the distribution of shares, he might state his belief that these shares were, at the time it was proposed to have an additional 10,000 shares, dis tr butable among the proprietors of the 30,000. As they were distributing 10,000 shares, they thought they were actin; Lonourably in the course they pursued. They could not divide shares and give fractions ; and, therefore it was, that it was pro, osed that they should be distributed, in the proportion of one to every three shares. For the adop tion of this course they had the approbation of the meeting. Mr. 'furls did not apprehend it would be necessary or de sirable to answer all these questions. As to the rent of the next premises, be believed any Proprietor could answer that. The CHAIRMAN observed, that as it appeared to be the wish of the meeting that the questions should not be answered, he wished to make a remark with respect to one of them. That question was " Vt'hether the Directors, knowing that they were going to issue fresh shares, had provided themselves with an addi tional numb er i n or d er to ta k e advantage of the preanium " Now, on beh a lf o f hi s brother Directors and himself, he begged most unequivocally to deny anything of the kind, they would have scorned to adopt any such course.—(Cheers.) He understood it not to be the pleasure of tile meeting that these questions should be answered. With reference to one cir cumsiance that hail been alluded to, he begged to say that ns 'fly of these ;shareholders were abroad and it was considered desire le to glve them time to send in their applications. It was only recently that they had received from distant parts applications for shares to which they were entitled. The Board had at the present under their consideration what they would do with the remainder of the shares, but they had not yet decided. Mr. LEVY thought it a hard case with Proprietors who had paid their calls that others should be given so long a time to determine what they would do. The CHAIRMAN observed that some of the Proprietors were in India. A PROPRIETOR said that he had addressed a letter on this subject tothe Secretary a twelvemonth ago, putting a question in reference to it, but he had never received env answer. The CHAIRMAN, after conversing a few moments with the Secretary, said that gentleman perfectly remembered re , -eeiving the letter, which was submitted to the Direc tors, but there appeared some difficulty connected with the matter, and no determination wai come to upon it. lie was sorry that the Hon. Proprietor had not received an answer. RohPliimlEaTso.lC rrapkreidetor was the alleged caused some sensationa questi on on a po i n t th a t had in the public, connection and some anxA l) in iety of this Bank with the Alaryiebone Bank. It had been stated that the Mary.ebone Bank had been indebted to the London and Westminster Bank t o t h e amount 0f25,0001. He wished to know whether the report of that email exion was true, and also what had been their account with the Marylebone }dank. He had felt cons , derable surprise at reading the' report that the Marylebone Bank had been carried on on a large ad% • mice made by this Bank to it. He did not understand the policy of a connexion of this kind with that Bank. lie wished to know whether the statement of 25,0001. being due to them was true, and how the aceLunt stood? The CHAIRNIAN said that all the money.lent to the Maryle bone Bank had been honourably repaid, with the exception of 1,600/. which lie believed would soon come in, and for which this Bank held abundant and undeniable security. With regard I to that portion of the question referring to the connexion between this Bank, and the Marylebone Bank, they had never had any connexion with it at all. The Marylebone Bank, as was known he believed to all London, got into dif culties, arid the Directors of that Bank on looking into the concern found it was impossible to go on, and therefore acted as honourable men would do. They found that they were liable to the itiblic for certain sums of money, which they wished to . pay as soon as they could, without the odium of closing their doors in a sudlen manner; but they found themselves unable to do it. They applied to the London and Westminster Bank for a loan, and this bank agreed to lend them money to wind up their concerns, and this money, with the exception he had mentioned, had been honourably repaid, and good security was given. 'this bank was not at all mixed up with the Marylebone Bank but merely acceded to their request for a loan of a certain sum of money, without which they would be unable to close their doors with honour to themselves. He should add in addition that an advantage was held out to this Bank from the probability of securing the best customers of the Marylebone Bank ; this effect of the loan had occurred. The whole amount lent was 15,0001. The PitneittE•ron expressed his satisfaction at the answer his question had received ; the sum stated was 25,0001., and it was not known to the public that any part of the loan had been repaid. He also expressed his satisfaction that the loan was not made for the purpose of enabling the Bank to be carried on —( The Chairman—" Quite the reverse")—but to enable it to close with credit. The answer had removed a wrong impres sion from his mind. The Cii A 1101 A N said that at the time of mak ing the advance, it was considered whether the re port of a connection with the Marylebone Bank might not be prejudicial to this establishment, and whether it was not advisable to insert a public denial iu the newspapers; but if they went before the public with a denial of everything that was asserted respecting them they might do nothing else. The Report was then put and passed unanimously. Mr. WitEEt.Eit said he should now submit a motion to the effect that the r, maining shares should be sold for the benefit of the Company, or for the benefit of the reserved fund. Mr. LEVY seconded the motion, and read the 33d clause of the deed of settlement, to shew that it was lawful that the shares of those v, ho had not paid up their calls in the regular time might be disposed of for the benefit of the others. Mr. 'KITE suggested that " at the discretion of the Direc tors" should be added to the motion. Mr. WHEELER said it was not his intention that the Direc tors should be depr.ved of that power. lie thought those who had been written t) whether in the East or West Indies, and who had sufficient time to answer, ought to have their shares disposed of. He was out of England kimself for sometime, but he left money in his bank for the payment of his shares. He, therefore, thought that those shares ought to be disposed of. Mr. Whet ltAt then concluded with the following motion— " That it be recommended to the Directors to dispose of the unappropriated shares, so as to make up the whole number issued to amount to 40,000 shares." Sir JOHN KIRKLAND said, that he should, in consequence of the motion Which had been made, trespass on the time of the meeting for a short time. He hoped the meeting would not insist upon the strict letter of the rule. He thought it would be sufficient if the Board of Directors were to understand that in each instance of appro priating shares to Slim eholders in the situation alluded to by the lion. Proprietor, it was not sufficient that the Proprietor should come forward and claim his share, on pay ingup his interest, but that in each instance the Directoi s should, by inquiry, satisfy themselves that the application was made boon fide, and would have been made in time if circumstances had permitte.i, and that the delay 'a Inch had taken place had been unavoidable. The Board would satisfy themselves that in each case the party had not known of the opportunity of taking their shares until they had made their application. It would not be wonderful that out of SOO or 900 letters some few should miscarry. He would, there fore, ask would it be lair to deprive those Proprietors of the ad vantage of taking tho. e shares. Would they impose upon the Di rectors the necessity of say ing to suc'si Proprietors that they could not afford the relief. Would they tie up the hands of the Directors in such a man er as to give them no option, but to refuse the claims of such applicants as were placed in the s;tuation he had described ?—( Hear, hear. ) He hoped that w hat he had suggested would have the effect of inducing the meeting to recommend to the Court of Directors to take such steps as might be necessary to ascertain the real state of each case, and to act aceoi Jingly and empowering them to dispose of the shares in a manner the most advantageous to the Com pany, so as not to produce anything like a glut of shares in the market, teed at tite se me. time to dojustice . to all parties. The Directors had, in similar cases, considered it their duty to give no pris ie . to any parties in taking shares which they did not li , e . think fairly belenged to them. The Directors hod not thought themseives, at liberty on the mere payment of the interest, to assign the shares, but they had in every case felt it their duty to mike proper inquiries. Mr. 1 ITE supported his own views as to the propriety of a recommendation being made to the Director s, notwithstand ing what had fallen from Sir J. Kirkland. 'I he CH AIK MA N was about to put the question, when Mr. Wn F. eeee said lie could not agree with what Sir J. Kirkland had said. He thought that a delay of six months was quite enough ; and atter such a lapse of time the Proprietor had lot leited all claim. They must all have had notice, because tii,ey must all have received their dividends its the interim, of t any delay that might have occurred must have taken place through the carelessness of the parties themselves. lie, for one, could not see why they should lose their pi to benefit careless people. Atter a fee words from Mr. Tyre, Mr. Se LOMONS said that he thought Sir J. Kirkland's pro position had be qt misurelentood. The sl.ares unappropriated were very few, and the Directors felt that it was their duty to accommodate the Proprietors as far as with justice they could do so. If the Proprietors wished the Directors to act in a more stringent manner, they had but to command them to do so, and the Directors would pay implicit obedience to the wishes of the Proprietors. Mr. Se rersne av is ilied to know if it was competent for the Directors to take such steps without the authority of the Proprie tors. He would Lail; say that one of the Directors thought it necee_ sary to direct a considerable amount of explanation to a point which appeared to bins to require no explanation at all. The C lIAIRMAN having read the resolution, Mr. Tree thought that the only question was in what man ner the shares could be best disposed of for the benefit of the Company. That object was not he thought met by the resolution now proposed, he should therefore en ve au amendment. It was to the effect that the Directors be requested to declare such shares as should appear forfeited to be so forfeited, and to take steps to dispose of them as would be best for the benefit of the Company. Mr. WAILES seen ided the amendment. A Peormeron thought it would be necessary to pas s b o th the resolution and the amendment, or at least two resolutions to the effect of both of the original resolution and the amend ment upon it. Mr. WALES seconded the adoption of the amendment, be cause it would apply to the new forfeited shares, whereas the original resolution would only apply to the old shares. A Puoramoit wished to ask to how many of the 500 forfeit ed shares the Proprietors were entitled to. The SECRATA EN, in reply, re. d from a circular, addressed to the Prole ietors a statement of the manner in which it was intended to dispose of the shares referred to. Sir C. Beet:ELL wished to know from the Solicitor of the Company whether the statement just read was perfectly in ac cordance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, appli cable to this particular question. He would request the So licitor to read the section of the deed to which he rt ferred. The SOLICITOR said that the section was the 33d, and he would read it to the meeting. lie accordingly read the &ec , tion, shoe iug that the proposed application of shares was 1 er fectly legal. After some further conversation, which was altogether of an explanatory character, and referring chiefly to the terms of the circular, addressed by the Directors to the share holders, ri specking the terms on which the latter would be al '. lowod to appropriate the forfeited shares, Mr. 'I rex said that he bad a motion to prorese, which he thought would meet the views of all parties ' on this subject. It was, that. the Directors be now authorised and requested to sell or dispose of such of the 10,000 shares as lied net been paid up, or otherwise disposed of so far as they could do it in a legal and proper manner, the amount from this proceeding to be carried to the amount of the paid-up capital, and the premium to the reserved fund. He proposed this as an amendment to, Mr. Wheeler's I motion. WAtr.rs seconded the motion. A PROPMETOR. thought the Directors ought to have sold or appropriated those shares before now. Mr. SA INTSBUR Y wished to make some ITTIWks, but was called to order by Sir Ora ICLES BURRELL, who said that according to the rules of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, no speech should be made after the proposition of an amendment. Mr. Samseu at - , however, relied upon the authority of Mr. Melvi.le, the Secretary of the East India Company, who had published a book on points of form, and who said that a member had a right to speak on a proposition, even alter the ayes had been taken, but not after the noes.—( A laugh.) The amendment and oligiaal motion were then succes sively put, but there was a large majority in favour of the amendment. General Sir Ric A ARD AttlisTitoNG had much satisfaction in directing the attention of the Proprietors tothe profitable business the Bank had done during the past year, considering the great distress that had existed in the commercial world. But for this, no doubt they would have done a much larger business. No doubt the Directors must have had many applications for loans made to them. It appeared under all circumstances that their selec tion of business had been steady in every particular. They had made large profits, which could not have been done without great exertions on the part of the,Directors, to whom the Proprietors were under great obligations. lie therefore moved a vote of thanks to the Directorstor their able secondedrtilr,reg m th o e t io la n s . t ma i% n i a r g . e A m i r u t n o s fLfteyear. He felt deep grati_ tude to the Chairman and Directors for the explanation they had rendered as to the manner in which the concerns of the Bank had been mixed up with the Marylebone Bank. He Deli ved now, though he did not fi rmerly, that .he Directors had acted upon the m st h nour. b e motives in interfering with respect to that concern. Mr. Ithow NE said that the explanation given by the Direc tors was most satisfactory to him, and he felt sure that the concern could not be placed in better hands. The Resolution was carried unanimously. The Cita' ams N returned thanks on behalf of the Direryrers and himself. Ile could assure the Proprietors that the strictest attention had been paid to their interests during the last precarious sear, and their great care had been to protect the property of the Proprietors. The re-election of the th roe ret i r i ng D i rectors was than proposed and seconded, and carried unanimously. A vote of thank s were t h en passed to t h e res pective Ma nagers for their s e r v i ces d ur i ng t h e pas t year, he had. . and to the Chairman, for the c our t eous an d a bl e maorrer,,mt_ then separated.. pres.ded over fi lo , rocee di ngs , an d the meetm, h MESSRS. RIDGE'S BANKRUPTCY.—TIie Whole, or Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, weobserve by the BrighlotiV uat . dian, was occupied by Mr. Missing,and t wo other Coniro isiioners. In examining the bankruptcy account s of the Messrs. Ridge,, at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester, but the manlier in which these had been Ittpt were so incorrect, that nothin g satisfactor y coul d be arrived. at. Mr. Missing fi na lly expressed himst If grieved a t t h e conduct of the bankrupts towards their creditors, amid admonished them to lay aside all fictiti ous accounts, and p roduc e a fair and f a ithf tat ces b e . t . For this purpose, as the affairs were intricate, tho ba' Chairman gave them the longest possible Protection fur prepay; vi three months.its. ~ ..