The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-24 00:00:00

I 044 r ., SP . OR I ! IN I;NTELLiG , NC • NEIVMARKET HOUGHTON MEL iING. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The engage ments for the coming week augur favourably for sport, and the spirit of match-waking, usually pretty strong at trice close of the season, having been quickened by the -Visit - of the Earl of Eglinton, there will doubtless he ,mans additions during the progress of the Meeting ; the '!• list, too, holds out in the shape of plates, handicaps, and selling stakes, a variety of inducements, not only to those Who run for amusement, but to that numerous elrsi «ho are.on the look-out either for purchasers or for the win ter's keep of theit nags, and will, in all probability, re alise a satisfactory daily average up to the close of the Week. Nor is there any ground for apprehension on the se o rP of company ; the only fear, in fact, that suggests itself at present is, that the heavy and almost contin'ious •-• rain of the last twenty-four hours, with only momentary intervals of th e brilliant sunshine that made the First 'kid Second October Meetings so delightful, is ominous of a wintry termination to the campaign ; as yet the heath has suffered little, but two wore such days as Sa turday, and things, to use an antiquated joke, will go on swimmingly. On Monday last we gave the programme of the week, ~.,..completed up to the Saturday previous ; since then a xatitch'has been made for to-morrow, between Camelino, 6 Yl; 9st7lb, and Marquis, 2 yrs, 6st, T. Y.C., 50, h ft; and two for Saturday, viz., Jamie Forest, Bst 71b, agst ~,,,j . .rm. i not - -aware, 7st 121 b, T. M. M., 100, h ft ; and Pompey, Bst 31b, agst Rook's-nest, 7st 41b, T. Y. C., h ft. In observance of the plan pursued at the last Meeting, subjoin th e names o f th e horses that are in training 'ere, classed under the titles and dates of their en bt-4Pgements. MONDAY. rf - Jii6Criterion.—Cotherstone, Canton, Gaper, Bother'em, Pine-apple. the biopsy colt, Rowland, Fidelity Ind the Marinella colt and the Macremma filly ; 4 • first six, and one of Lord Exeter's, are talked of as tha starters. •-,, z 7 l ,''Cambrid ges hi re .—V u l ean , the Shadow, Dr. Caius, Roscius, Garry Owen, Camelino, Una, Bellis t,,'ia, Knight o f t h e Whi st l e , Rhodantlie, Forester, Ca sllLa, zillin g h am Lass, Young Quo Minus, The Genius, ' - "49 l ate, Lady Adele, Florence, Melior, Petulance colt, -Ptr a j a not-aware Cecil, Lucy Banks, Image, Hawk " S P), Recompense, The Gleaner, Solomon, The Con "lir9r, The Busk mare, Topsail, and Endymion. It is .s € , 7*.!' i uglit that there will be at least twenty runners. The 7.ght of the Whistle is stated to have sweated on Eri e:L:l4,d galloped- yesterday ; his lameness. therefore, ' e u- only in the imaginations of those who circulated t>l TPort, eirale,matie.hes.- - Buffalo v. Devil among the Tailors , and L 0 i,,, 1 1110 v. Marquise—all here. Albion v. Daddy third , and Johnny M v. oil/mix—the s econd and ' () t here, and the mare out of training. Maw." TUESDAY. -- ----Pompey v. Barmaid—both here. 300 WEDNESDAY. tOn ` 1 ". Sweepstakes.- Vaiance and the Lass or Lou are h ere. " - 4 latc e hea.—arY G r Owen v. Celia and Buffalo v. Augury till her. SO S . THURSDAY. tir e ' ° l' • Sweepstakes.—Ophelia , f, Murat, and Testy, for here, but unless the latter improves hcr Clearweil al in the Criterion, Murat will most likely canter over. ti e .,, a tehes.—John o' Gaunt v Dr. Caius, and Canter v ... " It s - a-Name—all here, but doubtful if either will be •iail. FRIDAY. • G M ateneS.—Wild D uc k co lt v . biopsy colt, John o' Ti t i l unt v. Retriever; all here except Retriever , who pay s . e Ladye of Silvarkeld Well receives from Magog. SATURDAY. 1 2 4 atches.—John o'Gaunt v. Jamie Forest ; Pompey v. it rC h k e ' re s . Nest ; and J a mie Forest v. I-am-not - aware , h The Directors of the Northern and Eastern Railway 4 given notice that, on Thursday, Friday, and Sa 4**, ~; : !"nY next, an extra train will start at half-past seven '7 4 1 4 evening, for the convenience of the visitors at 1/14,1 winarket. 15. 1. , ; ,..4 4. e/v Match for Octcber, 1843.—Lord Eglinton's p~jristides v. Lord Maidstone's The Caster, Bst 71b each ; sous. ; h ft. 1 EDINBURGH RACES.—THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 1051. Heats, two miles. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 3 yrs—Robertson 1 1 3 2 ' 4 , 1 ,-r. Merry's Smike, 3 yrs 2 3 „I_l% Meiklam's Aristotle, 3 yrs T he County Members' Plaie of 501. Heats, once round and a dis. Noble) 1 0 2 1 • l ' f a'• Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs (W. 4 0 Air. Merry's Cable, 3 yrs • 2 dr 14 Meiki a ra 's Temptation, 3 yrs Birnie'sAlaid of the Mill, 5 yrs 3 dr •, •• rat) Handi ca p o f 1 so y. ea ch, with a Purse added. Once I „._ round and a dis. Winner to be sold for 1501. (W. Noble) 1 Rarnsay's Zoroaster, 6 yrs 2 `i•ejitt. Binni e ' s M a id o f the Mill, 5 yrs 3 Meiklam's Florence, 3 yrs aged 4 "44% Binnie's The Laird's Brother, , A V E ENTRY. FINCHLEY STEEPLE-CH , In _A Abe Handicap.—Mr. J. Elmore 's arrow Boy, Mr. J. "a•der Negus, and Mr. Brown's The Stranger.. A W Ilan of 3 soya. each.—Mr. J. Darby's drn y 445 it i l l4;14 )e r A 1 , e r e t ta ung e ' s s Twilight Mr. G.E . ltnore's Bonnet Roube, ' 1; 10r :I .l4l .:!ornton's Bramble, Mr. Dixon's , Ragmen,Mr. J. • i T s -S.,tildent, and Mr. N.. M'Donough s Voyager. it '''-' O • 44 eI'EST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. I..,c7.;'ncloorti• MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING. V blsall ' e Y la id ou t in one hand yesterday against li rater denoted " screw loose ;" he g ,i r o tu es a er y , ack " a "' 4. 10 to 1, laid in ponies.He, Zoncl ed o,,, t° 6 2 to 1. It was but for the night, es the hint letter Placed him at 20 to 1, and reported and s an aill '. s s.” Th e co nsequence is, that his numerous la r guthe friends look very blue, as he_ . hasbeen a rattling backed upon the supposition of his being will be favourite retort the day. The London papers, se en, report him lame ; 8 to 1, to a rouleau or ore, wa . got on Florence early on, but our figure w as the closing offer ; 7 to 1 was taken upon Ralph, 4114 few disposed to lay that • indeed, we heard alf a Point less had been taken. V ' illean was in force ;h2O to 1, i n poni e s , was taken in a good quarter. Lord Orfo h r r d ee s qua Petulance colt would have been supported in two or t i L - 1 7 1. _, t ers, but the price did not suit—at first 100 to 1 was Chat•rsTshie folio appeared the closing prices against e lamed, viz. THE CADIBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. The field aga i nst any five—uttered 3 to 1 agst any two—offered freely, take 4 to 1 7 to 1 agst Lord Alb e mart e ' s R a lph--t a ken free l y 7to 1 agst D. of Graltutes Florence—t., then ufi . 9 to 1 ugst any other—offered freely 10 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Busk mare 12 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera---offered freely _ 12i. to 1 ag s t Si r W. Stanley's Forester—ta, then off 13 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Lady Adele—offered • 14 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Topsail—offered 60 0 to 25 agst Mr. Llolmes's Vulcan—taken 15 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Garry Owen—taken Bel agst Col. P ee l' s 1- ain - not • aware — o ff. f ree ly 100 to 6 agst Mr. F. Walker's Billingham Lass—off. 1 0 freely 0 to 6 agst Lord Chesterfield's Rhudanthe—off. fr. 100 to 4 agst Mr. Treen's Una—off. freely 100 to ag s t P etulance—off. freely • a gst I-am -not-a ware an d V u l can (t) ; 15 to I %gat 'Vulcan and P etu l ance (wanted). the '"riE Dan betting to-day ; 11 to 1 offered on and 22 t o 1, bar one. 13i • g , COURSING. t, ar Club, Oct. 13 and I4.—The Flask was won by It 1 / 4 s e'n's Railway ; the Flask for bitches by Mr. ' Cu of 44 The Lad ; the Strangers , and " XI:A% A. Graham's The Miller's Only D a ughter; ,the L ana "k Stakes, by Mr. Barron's Banker. bt.ttnclrigg, o,lt. 18.—The Dog Puppy Stakes were won b 'ir• Christian's Colin Clink ; the All-aged Stakes y x„ alh Ber's u xton's ; and the Selection Stakes by Mr. " Istead. Earl UUNTINi3 APPOINTMENTS. soo,` Ila rewood's Collingham Bar; Wed., 144 and Shoe ; Fri., Bickerton Bar ; Sat„ Harewood ge. 0 0 , k , • mviti an d Ainsty hds., Strensall ; Tues., Dring . r: Thur.,_ Pill Moor ; Sat., Moreby. ea t i, jia.„,land lids, Mon., Kildale ; Thur., Wilton-lane 2110b,zzlington lids., Tues., Dalby Bush ; Fri., • Sh • I,7lsshire hds., Tues., Hawkstotie ; Fri., Petton. W a „, i • • /ids., M en Penwarne Gate i Fri., Casawes ch,• Ar cher's lid s ., M on ., Vi ver d o n ; Thur., Hornacot • 'Pei. Ale a y ". NI .Coham's hds., Mon., Ebberley House, Hobo ; Thu r ., H ele Bridge, near Hetherleigla—.lo. I),,C r * It Cockb urn ' s hds. Mon., Worth House ; Fri., • lveves, near Bickleigh Bridge-11. 110'itt• Itobertson's hds . Mon Link Hall ; Tuee., Twizel ; Thur ,Se ' t Branch ; Fri., Roddam-14. ' 44 Carlisle lad; , T ml ues. g :k a rnaitthweite; Coathill-10. ttun hds.,Wed., Du ndrain ; Friday, Brig•gbouse-Bi. hds., Wed., Brackenlanda ,• Thurs., Call n• t hrs., Wed., 14 E 4 . ; Plunipton-10f. saz,i Somerset Temple Sowerby ;Sat., Bull's Subscription hds., Tues., :Buncombe Hill ; 41tleigh's Cross—ioi. ~errabrokeshire lids., Thurs., Decant t;ushford hrs., Wed., Dulverton ; Fri., hampton. ,;),rquay hrs. Thurs Manor Inn. cer • Lod,z o lt lo u 's hrs., a Bishopstone ; Sat., I'Vendover the h e Houghton (hay and corn, as it is termed by ?trainers), or last meeting this season, commences „11,'\10nday, and will not terminate until Saturday ; ''' ' ac t , we ay look forw.:rd to some five-and-thirty `lion durin g th e we e k, The Pony Handicap, on `f.'"day, always fills. The field will be small for the ...riterion. Cutherstone will be the favourite, and, ap- Ptal'entlY, has only to contend with Canton (winner of e Chesterfield), Testy, the Macremina fitly, the alley' colt (ill the same stable), and Bother'em. tw ; elv e 1.14 - four accepted for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, Of which have already declared forfeit. 1. think about one and twenty may be expected to run. ~ ile betting on this race only commenced on Monday. ;...-,ast year many thousands were wagered ere the ,vresarevviteli had been run four and twenty hours. ,pe book makers, however, need not be alarmed. henever Scott has one great favourite, and the Day party another, the money conies freely into the mar -1.1 ; and, if I be not, on this occasion two or pretty handsonlely '?e rxiore will be backed for money. I presume no out. Q 3' will deny that two or three others will be backed To Judg e ' Zet criterion r r , we should infer that (as in 1841) 1,2_1;141bg horses in the Cesarewitch have no very ''''‘c chance of Winning the Cambridgeshire, and it TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1842. wila:L a difi:crence distance does snake. The Busk iiliy, with four stone on her back, would have had no chance in the long race, or about as much as Magog. Mona, last year, turned loose, was nearly distanced in the short race. When this handicap first appeared I spoke of its excellence ; the more I look at it, the more confirmed am I in that opinion. Was the Audley-end Course the distance, I should have an eye on I-am-not-aware ; when this horse happens to be the favourite the noise in the ring is something terrible from a happy method of pronounc ing those words attained by one of its leading mem bers, whose lungs are equally the admiration aid envy of the crowd. Ralph should run well, and is safe to beat Garry Owen this distance; but I fancy Bellissima will beat every horse that carries as much or more weight than herself. Proceeding down the list then, I see Cabrera the top weight among the three-year olds ; the public back him ; I cannot see why Florence is not to beat him; it must take a pretty good three-year-old to give her the year and 6lbs. Lady Adela showed amazing speed at Goodwood; she beat Garry Owen, receiving 2 4lbs., and Misdeal giving 51bs. : Misdeal on the following day won the Racing Stakes in a canter. There are several quite unknowns among the light weights. Lucy Banks has, in her best day, done sufficient to have no contemptible chance. Topsail must be very fresh. Hawk and Recompense ! what are these, and where do they come from ? The conqueror has twice this year been backed in earnest—at Bath he was beat a long way—at Warwick he tumbled head over heels over the ropes. It is a good plan not to be against horses that have ever in their lives been expected to do a great thing. Broadwath, however, was an ex pensive horse to follow : said to have been purchased by Mr. Meiklam for three thousand guineas (more likely fiddlesticks !) He was first favourite for the Liverpool Cup at 6 to 4, taken freely : I have no re collection of his ever winning a 501. plate. Whistle Binkie has been beating the winner of the Great York shire Handicap very easy, in Scotland. It looks well for Cabrera that they back him in preference. Vulcan, the winner last year, is overweighted : Roscius, the winner the year before, carries but Bst. 51b. Dawson has four entered, but if I was to want one of these to win, that particular one would be doubtless locked up safe, and another started in the same beautiful condition that Blue Bonnet looked in for the Cesarewitch. At tentively reading the above remarks, if any one can name the winner he is a sharper fellow than your correspondent, who could be happy with each of a half-dozen were five of them miles a way. It is un doubtedly a splendid handicap. Murat and Testy will probably compromise the race on Thursday. This would not happen had Lord Exeter only a hack entered. Some gentlern9n was bold enough last week to bet 2 to 1 against all the two-year-olds that ran in the plate for the Nursery Stakes. This would have succeeded last year, but I should be decidedly a taker of those odds for the race on Friday. By the bye, if this stake be divided into two classes, this will be rather an awkward wager. The " Scott's let" question seems likely to be set tled in the fair and equitable manner I proposed on Monday. So long as the great men agree to those conditions, the little men have not, nor do they re quire, a voice in the matter. I observe that a very great improvement is an nounced to take place in Weatherby's Racing Calendar next season. JLIDEX. October 22. MR. PoLLocK.—Saunders's News Letter contra dicts the report of the death of Mr. Pollock, Clerk of the Crown for twelve counties, which we copied from that journal on Saturday last.—Dublin Post. ROWING MATCH.—On Saturday afternoon John and Robert Doubidee, of Lambeth, and T. Coombes and Goodrum, of Vauxhall, rowed an oars match from Westminster-bridge to Putney, for 301. a side. They are well-known watermen on the Thames, and have frequently distinguished themselves in various matches, and the present one consequently excited much inte rest among gentlemen amateurs, who, despite the un favourable state of the weather, mustered pretty nu merously, the Leander and King's College eight-oared cutters being among the boats brought into requisi tion. The men started themselves at about half-past three o'clock, the rain descending in torrents at the time. They went off evenly, Coombes arid his partner appearing to have a slight lead before passing the barge roads, but, having to go outside them, lost what advantage they had gained, and at the Horseferry the Doubledees were nearly a boat's length ahead. The leading men increased upon this, but off the Red House, Battersea-fields, the young ones, and who were also much lighter men, gallantly overhauled their opponents, and a desperate fouling match ensued for full a mile and a half, during which some admira ble manoeuvring and science in the art was displayed. At length, however, the Doubledees were enabled to "shake oft"' their courageous and dangerous oppo nents, and they ultimately won the match by about 200 yards. It was a really spirited and gallant con eat throughout, and both p arties deserve the highest praise. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE.—Mr. Wil liamson, cattle dealer, from Aberdeenshire, exhibited for sale at the Leeds Fortnight fair, held on Wednes day last, 21 head of foreign cattle, being part of a cargo of 72 imported.last week into Hull, from Hol stein. The cattle shown being of superior quality, con siderable interest was excited among the butchers, farmers, and other parties attending the market. The whole of the beasts appeared in excellent condition, and eleven of them, which remained unsold, being in tended for the London market, were acknowledged to be superior to any ever shown in the Leeds market. Fifteen of them averaging 54 to 56 stones each, were sold on an average at 16/. 10s. each. The imports into Hull this week have comprised an increasing number of very fine cattle The following is the return for the week :-109 oxen all from Hamburg, 17 cows, and 4 swine.—Leeds ilfercur. THE CHESHIRE FARMERS AND THE TARIFF.--A few months ago the Cheshire farmers congratulated themselves much on the fact, that Sir Robert Peel, in his sweeping alteration of the tariff, had not ventured to meddle with the cheese monopoly, for which unac countable exemption they conceived themselves in debted to the warm remonstrances made to the Pre mier, in their behalf, by the county Members. Alas, for the instability of agricultural prosperity under the protective system ! they are now beginning to find that neither a protecting duty of 10s. 6d. per cwt., nor the warmest remonstrances, can prevent the price of cheese from falling, if the great mass of the la bouring classes are so impoverished, by restrictions on trade, that they cannot procure a sufficient supply of food. Though no alteration has been made in the duties on butter and cheese, the reduction in the price of both those articles of general consumption is con siderable, which will not only bring them more within the reach of the poorer classes, but will teach the farmers not to rely upon legislative protection. We have heard of one farmer, in the neighbourhood of Crewe, who, in consequence of the fall in the price of cheese, has given up the manufacture of that article altogether ; and, having made a contract with the Railway Company, now actually sends his milk for sale every day to Liverpool, a distance of forty-three miles. We have not heard how his project has suc ceeded; but if it prove a profitable one, he will, no doubt, soon have many competitors, unless trade speedily revive.—Manchester Guardian. THE LATE COLONEL DENNIE.—The public will learn with regret that the family of this Gallant Offi cer, to whose heroic conduct the successful defence of Jellalabad is ill great measure owing, and whose death on the field of battle, while leading on his troops with but too rash gallantry against Akbar Khan's camp, must be fresh in the recollection of our readers, are by no means so well provided with this world's goods as could be wished. His only son, who is in the army, will, of course, be provided for in his profession, but his four daughters are left with scarcely any other provision than a pension of 801. each settled on them by the Government. In these times of retrench ment, this may be considered a liberal allowance from the public funds, but we should hope that the East India Company will not allow the descendants of one of their bravest soldiers to remain without some sub stantial mark of their gratitude f or th e i r f a th er ' s 1 services. . On Saturday, at the Kensington Police Court, an application was made to Mr. T. Paynter, the sitting Magistrate, on the part of Captain Davis, of Turn ham-green, for the restoration of a diamond ring, valued at fifty guineas , which had been detained at the Court, in consequence of Captain Davis refusing to prosecute two young women, named Foster, who had stolen it from his house. Mr. Paynter, in answer to the application, observed that he did not see that he should be justified in ordering the ring to be de ii, ~ r ed up to Captain Davis, inasmuch as he had t h wa. -ted the ends of justice, by objecting to appear an d id e :ntify the ring. It, however, subsequently Davis was an aged gentleman, appearing !hat Captain . D. who had noL left his house for years, Mr. Paynter consented that it .should be given up, upon the Captain paying a sum of m to the office poor-box. C.Tiey A. rope upwards of . 4 .'bree miles long, and weighing , fifteen tons, has been recently supplied to the Direc tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway by Messrs. Haggie, of Gateshead. It is heavier by five tons than any line ever manufac tured before, and is intended for the tunnel on the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway.—Dundee Courier. An inquest was held in the Penitentiary, Millbank, on Saturday, before Mr. Higgs, o n the body of Eliza beth Marti n , aged 80, who died in the infirmary of that prison on Friday. It appeared that the dec eased was convicted at the Old Bailey in April, 1840, and was sentenced to s e v e n years' transportatio n, which was, however, commuted in consequence of her age ; she was an old offender, and told Mr. Nihil, the chap lain, only a few days before her death, that she only recollected having been at liberty two years during the whole period of her life. The surgeon stated that she had been an inmat e o f th e i n firmary some time , and died from a general decay of nature. Verdict accordingly. LIT , RATURE. AMI RIC AN NOTES FUR GENERAL CULATION. 2 Vets. ( ?wpm,: and Hall, London, 1&42. Those a Ito, remembering. tile reception Mr. Dickens met with trom the Americans—the Boz mania, in fact, with which they were infected— expected that on nis return home he would pro duce a work filled with exaggerated praises of the United States, will be surprised, on reading these volumes, to find that they are anything but hyperbolical in their eulogiums, but main tain a moderate, and to all appearance, an impartial tone throughout, except on the question of slavery, on which the author ex presses himself with a fervour of disgust and ab horrence, that proves hint to be as uncomprom ising an Abolitionist as even Sir Fowell Buxton himself. We should add, perhaps, that he is nearly as energetic in his reprehension of the American Newspaper Press generally, which he conceives to be quite a curse to the country, abounding, as it does, according to his account, in slanders and falsehoods of the grossest order, and conducted, in seven cases out of ten, by mere illiterate adventurers, as remarkable for their utter want of talent, as for their utter want of all principle and decency. Ifs we except these two points, Mr. Dickens' remarks are, on the whole favourable to the Americans, though they are certainly penned in no sycophantic spirit of adulation, and may pos sibly therefore disappoint those whose national vanity led them to hope that the feted and lionized Boz would go the whole hog in their favour. The work opens with an account of the author's voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, which, as the month was January, was something of the stormiest. On the third morning of the vessel's departure, a sudden gale came on ; the immediate results we give in Mr. Dickens' own words :—" It is the third morn ing; I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whe ther there's any danger. I rouse myself and look out of bed. The water jug is plunging and leaping like a lively dolphin ; all the smaller articles are afloat, except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, like a couple of coal-barges. Suddenly I see them sprin g into the air, and behold the looking-glass, which is nailed to the wall, stick ing fast upon the ceiling. At the same time the door entirely disappears, and a new one is opened in the floor. Then I begin to comprehend that the state-room is standing on its head." The horrors of sea sickness arc detailed by Mr. Dickens with equal spirit arid humour; and indeed the whole chapter entitled " The Pas sage out," will forcibly recal to the reader's re collection some of time raciest and most whim sical descriptions in ‘• Pick wick" and "N ickleby." Of Boston, a hick was the first American city visited by our author, he speaks in high terms of praise, observing that is a cheerful and beautiful town, and that !he general tone of its society is remarkably refined and in tellectual. He seems to have strayed curiously into all its most out-of-the-way nooks and corners, and one Sunday morning, "in a chapel down aniong the shipping, in one of the narrow, old, water-side streets," he found a sort of Yankee Boatswain Smith, named Taylor, preach ing a sermon to the jack-tars„ stuffed full of nautical epithets and images. Portions of the sermon are quoted for the reader's edification, and grotesque enough they are; but had they been otherwise, we presume they would have been unintelligible to the amphibious congrega tion. vV hile at Boston, Mr. Dickens took the opportunity of visiting a factory which is esta blished in the immediate neighbourhood, and was surprised to find how much better it was conducted, and how much cleanlier, happier, and more respectable the girls were, than is the case in our Lancashire factories. He saw no squalid destitution—no reckless, barefaced vice—no deformity, the result of exceeding labour —no brutal overseers with billy-rollers in their hands, for the purpose of hitting a post man's double knock now and then on the skull of some overtasked, sleepy child—no painful scenes of this sort appeared in the factory at Lowell, but everything wore a cheerful, sunny, and improving aspect. Arrived at Washington, the seat of the Legislature, Mr. Dickens was struck with the disgusting practice of spitting, which prevailed among all classes; his remarks on this delicate subject will be found exceedingly whim sical and amusing. Niagara and its tar-famed cataract, he describes with the animation usual with all travellers, when alluding to this sublime spectacle; but as the subject is an intolerably backnied one, we prefer quoting our author's humorous account of a stage-coach drive along a Virginian road : " The first half mile of the road is over bridges made of loose planks laid across two parallel poles, which tilt up as the wheels roll o v er th em ;_ and in the river. The river has a clayey bottom and is full of holes, so that half a horse is constantly disappear ing unexpectedly, and can't be found again for some time. _ _ " But we get past even this, and come to the road itself, which is a series of alternate swamps and gra vel-pits. A tremendous place is close before us, the black driver rolls his eyes, screws his mouth up very round, and looks straight between the two leaders, as if he were saying to himself, We have done this often before, but now I think we shall have a crash.' He takes a rein in each hand; jerks and pulls at both ; and dances on the splashboard with both feet (keep ing his seat, of course) like the late lamented Ducrow on two of his fiery coursers. We come to the spot, sink down in the mire nearly to the coach windows, tilt on one side at an angle of forty-five degrees, and stick there. The insides scream dismally ; the coach stops ; the horses flounder ; all the other six coaches stop ; and their four-and-twenty horses flounder like wise; but merely for company, and in sympathy with ours. Then the following circumstances occur : " Black Driver (to the horses)—' Hi ! " Nothing happens. Insides scream again. " Black Driver (to the horses)—' Ho !" " Horses plunge, and splash the black driver. " Gentleman inside (looking out)—' Why, what on a i rth—' " Gentleman receives a variety of splashes and draws his head in again, without finishing his ques tion or waiting for an answer. " Black Driver (still to the horses)—' Jiddy 1 Jiddy !' " Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank ; so steep, that the black driver's legs fly up in the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately reco vers himself, and cries (still to the horses) Pill !' "No effect. On the contrary, the coach begins to roll back upon No. 2, which rolls back upon No. 3, which rolls back upon No. 4, and so on, until No. 7 is heard to curse and swear, nearly a quarter of a mile behind. " Black Driver (louder than before)—' Pill !' " Horses make another struggle to get up the bank, and again the coach rolls backward. " Black Driver (louder than before)—' Pe-e-e-ill!' " Horses make a desperate struggle. " Black Driver (recovering spirits)—' Jiddy, Pill!' " Horses make another effort. Hi, Jiddy, " Black Driver (with great vigour)—' Ally Loo l Hi. Jiddy, Jiddy. Pill. Ally Loo!' " Horses almost do it. " Black Driver (with his eyes starting out of his head)—' Lee, den. Lee, dere. Hi. Jiddy, Jiddy. Pill. Ally Loo. Lee-e-e-e-c 1' " They run up the bank, and go down again on the other side at a fearful pace. It is impossible to stop them, and at the bottom there is a deep hollow, full of water. The coach rolls frightfully. The insides scream. The mud and water fly about us. The black driver dances like a madman. Suddenly we are all right by some extraordinary means, and stop to breathe. " A black friend of the black driver is sitting on a fence. The black driver recognises him by twirling his head round and round like a Harlequin, rolling his eyes, shrugging his shoulders, and grinning from ear to ear. He stops short, turns to me, and says— " We shall get you through sa, like a fiddle, and hope a please you when we get you through sa. Old 'ooman at home, sa,' chuckling very much. Out side gentleman sa, he often remember old 'ooman at home sa,' grinning again. " Aye, aye, we'll take care of the old woman. Don't be afraid.' " The black driver grins again, but there i 3 another hole, and beyond that another bank, close before us. So he stops short, cries (to the horses again) 4 Easy, Easy den. Ease. Steady. Hi. Jiddy. Pill. Ally. Loo,' but never Lee !' until we are reduced to the very last extremity, and are in the midst of difficul ties, extrication from which appears to be all but im possible. " And so we do the ten miles or thereabouts in two hours and a half ; breaking no bones, though bruising a great many; and, in short, getting through the dis tance like a fiddle:" Though Mr. Dickens' volumes are hastily put together, and will in some respects disapp o i nt expectation, yet it is impossible to deny that they are highly entertaining; but this not so much from any particular shrewdness or ori ginality of observation they evince, as from the rich fund of humour that pervades them, and the frank, manly, firm, but concilia tory spirit in which they are pen ne d. No man of sense in the United States but will read them in the spirit in which they were written; but all the touchy, conceited fools in Yankee-land will be sure to prick up their lon g ears, and denounce, in good set terms, the ingratitude of the author, remi nding him same time that they did not give him a Buz ball at New York, and a Boz dinner at Boston, and make asses of themselves for his sake for weeks together, in ord er that he might afterwards say of them that, hospitable as they were, he did not altogether find them prodigies of perfection! A VISIT TO ITALY. 2 Vulg. Bentley, London, 1142. Mrs. Trollope, one of the most indefatigable of modern authors, and to whom no species of writing appears to come amiss, has just published an account of a Visit to Ital y , which she made in the year 1841, and w ith which, on the whole, she- seems to have been better pleased than with all her other continental trips put together. Quitting Paris for Lyons, where she made a brief halt; she thence crossed the frontier to Turin, of which capital she speaks in the warmest terms, observing that it is the most beautifully placed of all the cities she has ever seen, being situated on a fair and fertile plain, watered by a noble river, surrounded by a circle of majestic mountains, and blessed with an atmosphere of exquisite purity. With Genoa " the superb"— as it is usually called—she was not less delighted, though, notwithstanding its splendour and pic turesque beauty of situation, she honestly con fesses that she could not endure it "as a home to live in," so lonesome and quiet, even to dul ness, are its splendid streets and buildings. If we remember rightly, Lord Byron has made the same remark in one of his letters dated from Genoa. But it is Venice that seems to have made the deepest impression on Mrs. Trollope's ima gination, and accordingly she is never weary of chanting the praises of this Queen of the Adriatic. A great portion of her second volume is devoted to the descriptions of the streets, palaces, bridges, canals, paintings, sculptures, &c., of Venice, which we are glad to learn is by no means in that state of hopeless decay so frequently insisted on, and lamented by, recent travellers. Our authoress, indeed, asserts that it is exhibiting slow but certain traces of improvement under the foreign sway of Austria ; but we question whether she is competent to tbrm an opinion on this point, for, in first place, her stay was too short, and her means of procuring information too limited, to enable her to come to any sound conclusions; and, secondly, in her work on " Vienna and the Austrians" she has shown far too strong a bias in favour of Prince Metternich and his stand-still system of policy, to be able to speak impartially on any subject connected with that dubious system. On the whole, we have been much amused—we wish we could add instructed—by Mrs. Trollope's journal of her Italian tour; she is often flippant and superficial in her remarks, and occasionally dogmatizes, es pecially when speaking of paintings; but the tone of her narrative generally is animated, her sketches are graphic without being elaborate, and she is, with scarce an exception, uniformly in good humour with the people she encounters, and the scenes•which she visits. The following curious anecdote of the once-celebrated singer, Madame Catalani, may perhaps amuse our readers:— On another evening we again forsook the Cascina for the purpose of passing a few hours with Madame Catalani Valabrique, and very delightful hours they were—for nut only did she again sing to us—and still as nobody but her charming self can sing —but she recounted to us an adventure which had befallen her some five-and-twenty years ago, with a degree of spi rit and dramatic effect that was delightful. It seems that while making a professional visit to a certain city in Germany, she heard in every circle of a horrible phenomenon at that time enclosed within its walls—namely, a woman who had been convicted of having committed above sixty murders ! The monster, though still a young woman, had for seve ral years, followed the profession of a garde malade, and, from the evidence upon her trial, it was prove d that, beyond the possibility of any doubt, she had been in the habit of making away with her miserable patients by means of poison, which she constantly car ried about her in her curling papers, and which she had never scrupled to administer when the poor suf ferers appeared to her to linger too long! On hearing this tremendous statement, a most vivid feeling of curiosity seized upon our cantatrice to be hold a creature so awfully marked out as a terrific va riety of the human species. Whether this wish to see her ar o se f ro m th e sa me impulse as made Garrick visit Bedlam—wheth e r s he thought that any index lines of her cou n t enance might create ideas th a t should become professionally useful, I know not; but so strong was the wish that she mentioned it to seve ral influ en ti a l p eo pl e i n th e p lace, in the hope that by their inter es t s h e m i g ht o bt a in it. But she was as sured on all s ides th a t it wa s impossible, as the same wish had been shared by so many, that it had been found necessary to refuse its gratification in the most replied peremptory manner to all. Yet still the desire pur sued her; and finding herself one day seated at a charming petitioner dinner-party, next the Supreme Judge of the Court in which the worn= had been tried, sh th e e c n ce it m ‘N o ms re stated her wish. The venerable Magistrate that he was extremely sorry to say thatsm iiltewtaisiaitmpsohse sm:sitslhesitlhoeenreceodmoplfsolmyr with i vm t e h liln- i ur t et . me eo T mr h bt et e h ,d a a r n m d related it—and then she began to revolve in her mind what she could do, or say, that might be most likely to shake the resolution of the recusant Judge. "Je vous chanterai une jolie petite canzonette," she replied in a whisper. A n O rp h eus may h ave power on thi s side the Styx as we ll as on t h e ot h er . A day and hour were f i x e d, b e f ore t h e party separated, when she might repai r t o an appo i nted p l ace , and hope to be led where she wi s h e d t o go. T h e appointment was punctually kept on both. sides ; and now, trembling at finding herself on the eve of doing the thing she had so earnestly d es i re d to do, the fair philosopher committed herself t o th e care of he official dignitary, and proceeding with him to the prison, reached the small chamber in which this unparalleled homicide was confined. The Solitary wretch was weeping bitterly, and the lower part of her face was wholly concealed in the handkerchief which she held in her hand—but the upper part of the countenance was visible, and the animated narrator declared that she thought she had never looked upon a lovelier face. The brow was large, finely formed, and delicately fair ; the eye long, having a rich black s ilk en eye -l a sh, from be neath which the big t ears rolled s l ow l y d own h er pallid cheeks. Madame Catalini said that she looked at this beautiful sad face till the memory of her crimes company. w as actually forgotten, and she herself wept too, for N'ayez pas pitie de cette scelerate atroce, Ma dame I" exclaimed the Judge. The criminal removed the handkrcbief from her mouth—and in an instant, everythingdisappeared, leaving an ex pression of hard villany th a t it was i m p oss ibl e t o l oo k like beauty upon without a shudder. A strong confirmation this of Lavater's theory, that though intellect speaks through the eye, moral propensities are indicated by the mouth. Madame Catalani told us that before her execution this wretched creature not only confessed her crimes, but explained as clearly as she could the sort of infernal impulse which led her to commit them. She liked, she said, to see the spirit pass away, and it was where this result was doubtful among the unhappy ones whom she was employed to watch that she took means to render it certain. OF'' ' — lll C A o I R b 2 7 / n London, Q UEENIB4O2 .F SCOTS. LEltTiTtiEleßseS2 interesting , volumes we have a faithful translation, from the pen of Miss Agnes Strick land, of the inedited Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, collected by the Russian Prince, Alex ander Labanoff, from the manuscripts in the Royal library and national archives at Paris. With the Letters of Queen Mary are inter spersed others that were addressed to her by various distinguished personages; also several of the Reports of the French Ambassadors, which term to elucidate mysterious passages in the life of Elizabeth. In a neatly-written introduction, the fair editor, speaking of the epistolary talents of the Scottish Queen, says, "Though acknow ledged to be of a very superior order, they have scarcely as yet been rated at their full value. No one, however, who is capable of appreciating the beauty and shnplicity of her style, and the eloquence of her expressions, can deny that her Letters very far surpass those of her most ac complished co ntemporaries, not even except i ng those of Bacon and Sir I hilip Sidney." This is lavish praise, but we do not think it will be borne out, on a perusal of the Letters in ques tion. Simplicity they possess, and f ee li ng; an d they possess, also, qualities of which Miss Strick land has made no mention, namely, tact and address, as where, M writing a supplicatory epistle to Elizabeth, Mary makes a dexterous allusion to her " lion-heart," which was a species of flattery peculiarly- acceptable to the English Queen ; but we are yet to learn that the Letters evince any of that " eloquence of expression" on which the editor l a ys such stress; on the con trary, they appear to us to be rather dry and homely in style—in fact, very like the generality of Royal epistles, W ith this sole exception, that they exhibit a little more sincerity of feeling. On the whole, the collection is an exceedingly curious and interesting one, and place the cha racter of the Scottish Queen in a very pleasing and amiable light. EXTRAORDINARY 1811• — One of the most enor mous skates ever seen was caught at Skegness on Monday last, and purchased by Mr. T. Pridmore, fishmonger, of Stamford, in whose shop it was exhi bited. It weighed 1 191 bs. without the entrails, and the size, is liver is e x w e , ealsieln4t— -I.Stafnford Mercury. The quality, notwithstanding the TUE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—A great meet ing of the Anti-Corn-law League was held at New all's-buildings, Market-street, last evening, to receive the proposals of the Council for raising the great League Fund which Mr. Cobden had announced at a former meeting to be in contemplation for the purpose of carrying on the struggle with renewed energy and effect during the ensuing session • and for the purpose of hearing an add ress f rom Mr. Charles Hindle, M.P. for Ashton, on the subject of repeal. Mr. Ct. Wilson, Chairman of the Council, presided. The CHAIRMAN, after apologising for the absence of Mr. M. Gibson, who was prevented from attending by a domestic affliction, proceeded to explain Mr. Cobden's plan for raising a fund for Anti-Corn-law purposes in the following terms :—We propose to call on the country to expend a certain sum of money —say fifty thousand pounds—(Applause)--4o be paid into the Treasurer's hands by January, 1843, to be a fund for augmenting our resources, and enabling us the more extensively to diffuse infor mation on this question through every part of the country. We shall be enabled by this means to send out our missionary agents to every elector in the country, with not merely a pamphlet or tract, but a little library of information on this question, which shall show him the proper bearings of it in every re spect, and which shall teach him how to act on every occasion so as best to promote this great cause.— (Hear, hear.) Our agents will be supplied with maps of their districts, and we hope that no town, no vil lage, or hamlet—we hope that no dwelling in the kingdom shall be found so remote or obscure that our agents shall not visit it and leave a copy of our tracts behind them.—(Applause.) In addition to this we propose to hold conferences and meetings, and to send deputations to the different towns in the kingdom. We propose, further, to have a conference, to meet in London the day before the assembling of Parliament; to be there during the entire of the session, if neces sary—(Loud applause)—and never again to separate, if possible, till the measure is finally settled by the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Great cheering.) In our address to the people of Great Britain and Ireland on this subject you will find it stated that the sum of 50,0001. for so great a measure as the repeal is easily to be obtained. It is but 1,000,000 shillings—it is but 400,000 half-crowns— it is but 200,000 crowns—it is less than a halfpenny per head from the whole population. The 2,000,000 that petitioned Parliament for the repeal can easily raise this sum, and since they hit signed a petition hundreds of thousands have become repealers. The 50,0001., then, will be obtained ; but it is desirable that all parts of the kingdom should contribute. We propose the following method of rendering the col lection general, and in some degree equal :—ln every town a Committee must be formed, consisting of ladies and gentlemen, having a Secretary and Trea surer, whose names are to be forwarded to the Chair man of the Council in Manchester. A beautifully engraved subscription card and a duplicate card will be furnished to every collector, each card to represent a certain sum, which the collector undertakes or will endeavour to obtain ; the duplicate to be forwarded to Manchester when the card is filled up. An account of the sums collected is to be sent weekly to the Council. In the villages and more retireedistricts, where it may not be convenient or practicable to form Cemmittees, the friends of the great cause will be pro vided with cards, and they can correspond directly with the Chairman of the Council. It is intended that the League fund shall be closed in January, 1843, when a great aggregate meeting of the National Anti- Corn-law League will be held in Manchester—(Ap plause)—at which the amount of subscriptions from each district, town, and village will be announced. To this great meeting all the Alembers of the Houses of Commons and Peers who have voted for a repeal of the Corn-laws, with many other eminent individuals, will be invited to attend, together with ministers of religion of all denominations, deputies, and members of the League from all parts of the kingdom.—(Re newed applause.) The CHAIRMAN then introduced Er. Hindley, the Member for Ashton. _ Mr. C. HINDLEY, M.P., rose, and was loudly cheered. He said,—Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gen tlemen, I am a decided friend to the repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Applause.) I am a decided friend to the entire freedom of trade.—(applause.) If I could by any means assist in the object, I would desire to see every Custom-house on the face of the earth de stroyed—(Hear, hear)—and every labourer, and every manufacturer, and every one engaged in the pro ducticn of what is useful to himself or beneficial to the community, allowed to exchange the sur plus of what he himself produces for the surplus production of others.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) And I do conceive that the system is monstrous which encourages Custom-houses, or anything else that would prevent the entire freedom of the exchange of the surplus productions of one man for the sur plus productions of another.—(Applause.) I trust, thereiore, that in appearing before you to-night you will not doubt my sincerity as a decided advocate of the object you have is view. I am, as I said before, a friend to the total repeal of the orn-laws ; I am a friend to the entire freedom of trade; and happy shall I be when I see every man allowed to exchange his surplus commodities with his fellow-men all over the world—when every one shall have the utmost reward for his own industry.--(Applause.) Well, then, the next point is, how are we to get it ?—(Hear.) It is all very good—l should be delighted to find that calicoes could be sold to-morrow at ls. a piece profit, instead of 6d. a piece loss. I should be delighted to see that. The question is, how can we get it ? It is not only wise to have a good object, but it is also wise to have prudent means to accomplish that object. Now, look your circumstances in the face. What did Lord Abinger say respecting Chartism? Mr. Cobden found fault with him the other day for having lugged into his speech as a Judge a condemnation of the Corn- law question. But what did he say about Chartism ? He said that these principles could never be carried, except with blood shed, and by upsetting the existing institutions of the country. Do you think that the project of the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws can be carried without bloodshed ?—(Yes, yes.) That is the ques tion for our consideration. I came with the packet from Boulogne in February last along with one of her Majesty's household. He was a knowing man, and a clever man.—(Laughter.) I did not know him per sonally, but I saw ho belonged to the more uncompro mising portion of the aristocracy; and he told me— " Sir, we don't intend this question to be carried ; we have the army at our back."—(Laughter.) He then went on to tell me how, that some years ago he had put a mob to flight, at the gates of Leicester, with a force of only 20 men; and he said " We shall fight before we yield." This was from an anonymous gen tleman ; indeed, the whole tale is anonymous ; but, at the same time, it shows me what I believe to be the temper of the aristocracy ; they will fight hard before they will yield this question. I don't mean they will themselves fight, but they will employ all the force at their command to prevent this question being carried. Now, what I would ask is this :—I am an advocate of peace, and I don't want one portion of society to be set against another portion of society. Is there, then, any means by which we can accomplish our ob ject without having recourse to fighting?—(Laughter.) I have no need to urge arguments in favour of that principle which you are met to adopt and encourage. Why, I cannot stir a step in the street without being furnished, with one or other individuals, with argu ments in favour of your cause.—(Applause.) I met a most respectable man this day—a man whom I had known in better circumstances—a man who has walked your Exchange as much respected as any man there, and he told me he had a letter from his son, who had gone to a district of America. He had met there his sister, a lady who had been educated in one of the boarding-schools in this neighbourhood, and he had found her and her children and dependents all in a comfortable state of enjoyment, so far as food was concerned; but actually without shoes or stockings, or any of the comforts of life in reference to clothing. —(Hear.) Such being the state of things, the first reflection is, as these people have connexions in Man chester, could not their friends here send over the cloth ing they wanted? No; the Custom-house officer, the tax-gatherer, puts his veto upon that,, and insists on the payment of a certain sum of money as duty, which it is quite out of their power to furnish. What is the situation in which our labourers here are placed ? The other day I met a number of hand loom weavers ; and they were wishing to meet yes terday to state their grievances to the Queen. I asked them their numbers ; they said there were 7,000 of them, and that 4,000 were out of employment.- -(Hear, hear.) Now, is it not most sad that we should have 4,000 of these laborious, hard-working men out of employment, when there are people in America and other places who are destitute of the very articles which these men could furnish ? Here are these people without food, while the people on the other side of the Atlantic are without clothing. There does not need a single argument to show that the pre sent system will not do ; the only question is, how shall we get it altered ?—(Hear.) The ladies have come into the field—(Applause)--and I trust that they will direct all their energies, not only for the promotion of the object you have in view, but also to keep their husbands and brothers in a right course. — (Applause.) Oh; what gentleness, what winning ness belong to the ladies : let them carry the whole of that kindliness and good feeling along with them in this cause. I believe that we shall gain the day, if we are not too hasty and too violent. Let the ladies take care that, while their cause is a good one, the conduct of their brothers, and their fathers, and their friends shall be of a gentle and a kindly nature. I don't disguise from myself, and I will not disguise it from you, that the course you are going upon, by di viding the country into districts and getting regis tered members of the League,—that I think such a course will upset any Government in the world, and I think you can have your own way.—(Rear, hear,) When I see what O'Connell has done in Ireland with regard to the repeal of the Catholic Test Act, I say your proceedings will eventually conquer any Go vernment whatsoever.—(Loud applause.) The meeting was addressed by Mr. Acland and Mr. Paulton, and was then adjourned. BUENOS AYRES BONDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. observe that some of your Contemporaries are disposed to think that too much apathy has been manifested by the bondholders of the Argentine Re public, and indirectly (by comparison, at least) they also attribute a want of energy to the contractors, because hitherto no substantial benefit has been ob tained. The first view, as it regards the bondholders, may in some few instances be correct ; I am happy, however, in having it in my power decidedly to negative the idea of any want of energy, or of the least inattention, indif ference, or neglect, on the part of the contractors, in urging and supporting, by every possible means, the hard case of the creditors on the Buenos Ayrean Government ; but quite the contrary. If all the bona fide holders will do as I have done, send the numbers of their bonds, and solicit information from the respectable contractors (Messrs. Baring and Co.), I have no doubt but they will agree with me that the measures recently adopted, and now in progress by that house, will prove much more effectual than any com bined public meeting or remonstrance of the bond holders. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, X CONSTANT READER Oct. 21, 1842. AND SUBSCRIBER. THE NEW TARIFF AND MONEY MARKET. The working of the new tariff upon agricultural produce is closely watched in the City, and the opinion being that many of the "gentlemen" farmer—and the term will be readily understood by practical men —will sell their lands, and invest the proceeds in the public securities, there is but little d o ubt en t er t a i ne d , but that the advance that has taken place of one-half per cent. this week will be steadily followed by a further enhancement of prices. It is now clearly established—and we take the general average of quo tations that have ruled for Stock at the principal autumnal provincial fairs, now all but brought to a conclusion—that cattle and sheep, as well as pigs, have been sold at a depression, as compared with last year, of from 10 to 15, and in some instances 20 per cent. This is a change that must work rapidly upon that large class of persons called amateur agriculturists, who, having other resources t o sus t a i n t! e r position, whether as a fundholder or an annui tant, are able to farm at a loss for pleasure, while the practicaland working land occupier can scarcelymake both ends meet. In this way - , therefore, it is the opi nion of very many, that the new tariff will work well for the poor farmers. Of course, it must be expected that the value of the land will go down, but this will but render the transition from a sliding-scale to a fixed duty more easy—a sort of stepping-stone to that depreciation which must occur when foreigners are certain that their grain will he admitted at an impost that neither varies in times of abundant or of deficient crops in this country. These considerations incline to the belief that the National - Securities will be en hanced before long to as high a price as they have at tained for the last quarter of a century, namely, not far short of 96 for the Three per Cent. Consols. Should this be the case, the policy of the Govern ment would unqu es ti ona bly be to set about re ducing the interest of the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Old, New, and Reduced Stock, into Three per Cent . Consols ; a plan of easy accom plishment, when the great abundance of capital is considered. In fact, the belief is in many quarters that the Directors of the Bank of England are ope rating for the attainment of this object, by purchases of Stock and Exchequer bills, through their brokers, and thus adding to the circulation of notes; a cir cumstance hardly deemed advisable, unless a special object in view is sought to be accomplished, at a period when it is unfortunately too much a matter of cer tainty that capital is not in demand for extensive commercial operations. If with all the steam pres sure of the Income-tax, the Premier finds the revenue not up to his mark, the principle of reduction in the expenditure of the country, and especially the annual interest upon the debt, must, however disliked, be adopted. If our recollection be correct, the holders of the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have a Parlia mentary pledge that their interest should not be re duced, but we fear that Sir Robert Peel will not stick at trifles, and we therefore anticipate with much confi dence that the Spring of next year may see all the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. converted into Three per Cent. Consols, and Three per Cent. Reduced. Nor will it be any advantage for the fundholders to dis sent to the conversion, if money continues so plentiful as at present, as out of doors scarcely 2i per cent. can be obtained for it, when first class security is held. Besides, there are, no doubt, many of the dissentients to the conversion of the Navy Fives, and the Four per Cents., living, who have not forgot the loss they made by taking their cash at the Bank of England, instead of the New Stocks. The amount of Stock registered in the Bank, comprising the old Three-and a-Half per Cents., is 10,725,2321.; of the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 66,273,320/. ; and of the Ne w Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 146,229,6821. — Sunday Paper. MARY LEBONE VESTRY. ERECTION OF A MONUAIENTAL COLUMN IN LONDON TO THE SCOTTISH RE FORMERS OF 1793-4. At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, on Saturday (Mr. H. Tabrum in the chair), a long, very animated, and most interesting debate, took place on the consideration of the Report of the Committee ap pointed to consider, on the suggestion of Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P. (who has the sum of 5001. placed at his disposal fir the purpose), the propriety of granting a site, in the parish of arylebone, for a monumental column to celebrate the memory of the Scottish Re formers of 1793-4, viz., Muir, Palmer, Skirving, Gerrald, and Margarrot. Mr. FLOOD, the Vestry-clerk, read the Report, which set forth that the Committee were unanimously of opinion that it was expedient to accede to the pro position of Mr. Hume in providing a site for the contemplated monumental column. That in the opinion of the Committee the most desirable place for such erection was the Regent's-circus, in Oxford street, and the Committee recommended that spot for the approval of the Vestry. The spot, however, being under the control of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, so far as uniformity of paving and lighting was concerned, the Report concluded by recommending that application be made to such Commissioners for their sanction. Mr. COPELAND said he should move that the Report lie on the table. He would never consent to the parish of Marylebone being disgraced by the erection of a monument to men who were nothing better than Jacobins and revolutionists of the worst description. Mr. J I - l o o s n E r H iN m so o N ve s d e , co ai nde a d n th a e m m en en o d ti m on. t, that the Report be re-committed. He differed from Mr. Copeland, but he could not concur in the Report, whichto the Commissioners made te Vestry, of h Woods y calling and upo Forests, nthem and to go asking permission to erect the monument, parties to the acts of these Scottish Reformers.--(Hear, hear.) Without entering into the claims of those parties to be political martyrs, he should move, on the grounds he had stated, the re-committal of the Report. Mr. GOMM seconded the amendment. Mr. GLASIER opposed both motion and amendment. He contended that the erection of such a monument would be an honour to the borough of Marylebone. If the Woods and Forests refused their sanction, their Vestry could give a site for the monument opposite Trinity Church, New-road. Mr. WILLIAMS said, the erection of a monument to the Scotch Reformers would do the parish infinite ho nour, and he knew of no place in London more worthy of it than the spot selected. He said this as an inhabitant of the Regent-circus.—(Hear.) Mr. SODEN said it was absurd to go to the present Government to ask permission to erect a monument to men of such political principles as Muir and others. Why not the Vestry at once grant a site in a place over which they had control ? (Hear.) Mr. BIERS differed from Mr. Soden. Ile thought, however adverse the present Government might be to the men whom it was desired to honour, they had too much good sense to refuse the application. Mr. CLAPP threw back the insinuations of Muir and his colleagues being Jacobins and revolutionists, when he found them associated with such men as Fox, Lord Grey, and Sir James Mackintosh. Who could doubt but they were worthy of the proposed tribute ? In those days of tyranny persecution was so great that the words of liberality uttered by Lord Joh n Russell, or even Sir Robert Peel himself, would have sent them to Newgate or :Botany Bay. — (Hear.) Mr. NISDETT said he should support_ the original motion. It was not the truth that Lord Grey, with, ox, Mackintosh, and others, associated with these men, F after it was discovered that they had associated the Jacobins of France. After a further and very stormy discussion a divi sion took place—when there appeared, for the motion, 14 ; for the amendment, 16 —majority, 2.—The Ves try then separated. The Observateur of Brussels sad*W e have just seen a letter from the Hague, which states that a courier had arrived in that town with the agreement of the Belgian Government to the proposal of Holland on the financial questions. It seems that the Ca binet of Brussels has purchased for the State all the estates of King William I. and 11. in Belgium, and that their Majesties have parted with them on terms which do honour to their disinterestedness. This ces sion comprehe n d s, b esides other property, t h e domi nion of Tervearen the hotel of the Place Royal, and the palace of the Prince of Orange on the Bou levard. .~ ~,~ -~ ADDRESS TO FARMERS AT OVER, IN CHESHIRE. On Wednesday week, on the invitation of a num ber of gentlemen at Over, Mr. Prentice met a:depu tation from Northwich, for the purpose of holding a friendly conference with the farmers in the neigh bourhood of the former place. Considerable pains bad been taken to prevent the meeting taking plac The members of the League were denounced as tak ing a part that was immoral, irreligious, and, at the present moment, seditious ; but, notwithstanding, the Market Hall was well filled, and of the hundreds who were present a considerable proportion consisted of farmers. Mr. Slater, of Woodford Hall, who farms nearly 300 acres of land, was called to the chair, and introduced Mr. PRENTICE, who said—l have been informed that some persons have been saying that to have a friendly discussion here on the way in which the Corn-law affects farmers would be immoral and irre ligious. I will reply to those persons in the words of the Rev. Gilbert Elliot,Vicar of Kirkby-Thorpe, near Kendal, whose speech happens to be amongst the number of tracts I have brought with me for distri bution. Mr. Elliot, at an Anti-Corn-law meeting held in Kendal, said— " Even conceding that the landed interest might not reap such advantages as they at present do, and that the manufacturers might not be so materially assisted as they anticipate, were the Corn-laws to be modified or to be repealed, I should still be against them on the strongest possible grounds, that of religion. I cannot, I dare not join myself to those who insist upon upholding those worse than questionable laws ; and from this time forth, when the declaration and en couragement of so many able men in Parliament gives hope that peaceful agitation may succeed in modify ing them, I never shall cease to use my utmost in fluence to aid in having them swept from our statute book. I have, indeed, heard that the clergy of the Church of England are against any alteration in these laws. I have heard that one of them has found out that they are sanctioned by the Holy Scriptures, just as one of them formerly found out that those Scrip tures gave support to slavery; but I cannot believe it of the bulk of the clergy, that they are so opposed to such an effectual change in these laws as shall remove the complaints and miseries of the poor. I know it may be said to me, that those who support the laws do so because they think them ultimately best for the interests of the poor. All I can say is, their views may be right, but that mine at least appear most consistent with the language of our Liturgy, and that of some of the Fathers of the Church. I am, in our Liturgy, bound to thank God when there is abundance; to pray earnestly that he will protect us from dearth and famine ; but how those who support these laws can, with any sincerity, in such years as those through which we have lately passed, go with this prayer to the foot s tool o f God's Throne, when one little stroke of the pen, one little Act of Parliament could avert it, I cannot divine. But what says Cranmer—Cranmer, an Archbishop, and an early founder of the Church—in his Exposition of the Cathechism? When speaking to the command, Thou shalt not steal,' he thus explains it, as to the farmer or landowner, If they sell their corn, cattle, or other victual at an unreasonable price, to enrich themselves thereby, they be very thieves before God;' and again, If he set so excessive a price upon his corn that the multitude (whom his duty it is to feed) is not able to buy it, then he is guilty of theft before God.' This is the language 1 have been taught— this is the language I teach. The case may be that my income shall suffer by a change of the Corn-laws, but God forbid that I should seek a gain which robs the poor man of his bread, or is wet with the poor man's tears ; and I cannot but hope that there are thousands prepared to view the matter as I do, that is, as a question of Christian charity and religion." The reading of this extract elicited loud cheers. Mr. PRENTICE went on to say—l believe that the Vicar of Kirkby-Thorpe is quite as religious a man as any Vicar you have in Cheshire, but if any one should balance the opinions of one Vicar against another, cast the Archbishop at once in his teeth.—(Laughter and cheers.) As to sedition, the slanderers are worth no other reply than that the members of the League have quite as great a stake in the country, and as much in terest in the preservation of the peace, as any of the Cheshire squirearchy. The League recommends no measure of injustice. It does not ask that a burthen should be taken from their shoulders to be thrown on the shoulders of other classes of the community, be cause that would be a continuance of the injustice. Its object, and my object here to-night, is to show that the great and ruinous injury which is done to the trading and manufacturing interest is without any, the slightest, advantage to the farmer. Surely this is a subject which we may discuss dispassionately ; and probably you will not be less disposed to enter into a friendly conference with me when I tell you that I am the son of a farmer, whose ancestors were farmers on the same estate from the time of Queen Elizabeth. You have a deep interest in the prosperity of towns where your produce is consumed. You cannot be prosperous when they are depressed. Your markets are such towns as Manchester, Stockport, and War rington, and when trade is bad and wages are low, and when many are out of employment, you cannot expect to have the same price for your produce that you had in prosperous times. Have you had no re duction in the price of cheese ?—(A Farmer—Yes ; the best quality is down 10s., and the second 20s. a cwt.) What is the cause of this reduction ? Not Sir Robert Peel's tariff, which has left the duty on foreign cheese untouched. Had he taken off even a shilling a cwt. we should have had an outcry that this had caused the fall of I.os. and 205., which you are now suffering. We must look, then, for some other cause ; and you will find it in the deep distress of your cus tomers.—(Hear, hear.) You will observe that the fall is greatest on the inferior quality, which has hi therto formed a considerable part of the meal of the working man, but now he cannot purchase wholesome wheaten bread and good cheese, but is reduced to the necessity of living on potatoes ; and you will have a still less demand from him during the winter, which threatens to be one of greater privation and suffering than has ever yet been endured by a much suffering people. And this distress in the manufacturing towns reaches you in another way. Part of your population, tempted by better wages than you could afford to give them here, have settled in the towns, where they have sup rate—top but as s n e d o w h , nb b ne e l ported themselves without being chargeable to you ; d pe to rha t ps he , fbnurrldifeen.—o(fiLoarur, hear.) poor' iepn,agutreat.asbd:e to find employment, they are Let me ask you, how your poor's rate is now, com pared with what it was this time last year ?—[The ' Chairman : It is advanced forty per cent.] —Forty per cent! Forty per cent. reduction in the price of your cheese—forty per cent. increase in your poor's rate — and both these effects from the distress of the manu facturing districts. And yet you have men amongst you who say that an inquiry into the cause of conse quences so disastrous to you, the farmers of Cheshire,, is seditious and irreligious.—(Loud cheers.) Farmers have a further and deep interest in tra le and manafactures, as affording the means of pro viding for their families—as affording openings for the settlement of their sons and daughters, who cannot all be farmers or farmers' wives. In one of the tracts which I shall leave you, y o u will find a statement that, in a certain number of f'amilies known to the writer, there were, out of eighty individuals who grew up to men's and women's estate , onl y four of the sons who m be a c r a r m ied e fit fa ri r n m er e s r , s. This was only one -tenth of the anNdinoot:tlyenftohusr of ff the e e d o a t u h g en hte h rs ad wh to o whole number. i seek employment elsewhere.ay of h n Many of daughters sonsthe in the large towns , and n were married to persons in the large towns, many s ons emigrated to Canada,the daughters, the United lvh o S N t \ a . o t u e States, notAustralia,of edu cating &c., and many o f marry their station, remained unmarryioeud. depend For son prosperity e f m ediate subsistence—for the mean s onee st in your o ur farms—but when they are to be settled in youru be p n on ea beneath children up to a certain age e re m at or a e n th i an nte o r n e trade as you have in the prosperity of agriculture, and much greater if you have a large film'? y li o fe u , i h f a i: e ou a i s ia g y Thus even were the Corn-law a benefit in the l y. fi r st instance to the farmer, it would he no be a diminution of oth er benefit if accompanied by in the world, means of settlin g h is children But I deny that there is even any immediate and direct benefit. Eith e r the Corn-la w rais e s the prices does not. If it does not, how ? can it benefit you If it does—if it raises prices permanently, so that high prices can be calculated upon, it only ra i ses rents.—(Hear, h ear. ) And there is a pec u li ar hardship in your case. You take your I farms calculatin g on a certain average price , say , for wheat, 60s. ; b u t although the average for the year be 60s. you do not receive so much. The corn holders, for a couple of months before harvest, may be selling at 705., and you may be expecting to have the same price, but your harvest comes into market at the very moment when, by Peel's sliding juggle, it has to compete with two millions quarters of foreign growth, and down tumble prices, just when you have to sell, and instead of 70s. you have 50s.—(1Year, hear.) But the average is 605., and the landlords tell you of this high average, and they make you pay rent as if you had actually received this average. Tell them that you do not like averages that give others all the be. nefitof high ear ) prices, and compel you to sell at the lowest. ( And tell them when they speak of protection for themselves that they have moral and geographical protection which ought fully to satisfy them. They have a moral protection in the attachment which men feel to the place of their birth, to the scenes of their childhood and youth, to the Church where they were united to the partners of their toils, and even to the graves of their fathers, where they bones to be laid.—(Hear, hear.) ex pect their ownhn these local attae ments prevail even against prudenc e, and men who feel them, and almost all men feel them, will rather