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cess, viz., the justice of their cause, for "thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just!" Under this faith • they had gone on. He would also call the it remem brance to the issue of former struggles, to the abo • I lition of slavery, which was carried by the public will. They determined that there should be no slaves under the Crown of Britain, and they were success ful, althoug h for. a lobe time the struggle seemed hopeless. • 'Then there was a Catholic Emancipation, and English, Irish, and Scotch Burgh and Parlia mentary Reform.—(A voice, "Aye, but ye cheated us there."--A laugh.) All these triumphs showed distinctly that when the public mind was strongly expressed there was a certainty of success. The pro gress of the Corn-law opposition, both within and without Parliament, had been alike remarkable and gratifying.; and he would only call to their recollec tion the contrast between the position they were in now and that which they occupied four years ago. Thanks to the public press, and thanks to those able men who had.taken a lead in the matter in the south, there had,.been such a flood of light thrown on the subject that there was now scarcely an argument brought egaies. them.—(Applause.) The opposition they met. with was like that in the Town Council, where the mover of - the amendment scarcely identified himself with his argument.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It had been said that the Corn-laws are re tained for the benefit of the agricultural labourer. Go to the lands of the Duke of Buckingham, and find his labourers barely earning 10s. a-week, and then tell us that the Corn-laws are kept up for his advantage ! The same had been stated of the farmer ; but there were many conTer3ions among that class to the opinion :hit so le,pg as the Corn-laws remaine they would no': enjoy, prosperity.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.). He co:igratulated the meeting that the public- apathy on the subject had now passed away, and there was 'a bright prospect before them. II hoped then would continue to agitate, and increase their ex( , nions as the periol of their triumph came ner.rer.—gioud applause.) He . coneluded by moving the res)luti - )n which he had real at the commence ment of' his address. Mr. Buchanan then sat down amid thunders of applause. • Mr. Joux TENNANT had much pleasure in second ing the resolution. Th 9 CHAIRMAN (Mr. Oswald) was about to pit the resolution, when M. Moia, an O'Connorite, endeavoured to put an amendment which eras negatived. Mr. OSWALD, then put the resolution which had been proposed' y Mr. Eu.:hanan, and it was carried by enthusiastic acel.aniati,)n. The Rev. Dr. KING amid much uproar from the O'Connorites, put the snond res-Aution, which was seconded ly Mr. Stir Lug, and :iab;equantly carried unaniniusly. Mr. read the third resolution, and -Abut, was so far interrupted, as scarcely to be at all aurlible. C.)uncilior LUMSDEN seconJed the raolution, which, being put by the Chairman, was carried, only about a dozen hands being held up la opposition. to Srt Mr. W. P. PATON rose to more the fourth resole tioo, which Baillie Anderson seconded, and it was can rind unanimously. Provost B. ruor.o:4nw, of Calton, in a few very appropriate remarks proposed the next resolution, which was for memorials to Sir Robert Peel, signed by the Chairman of this meeting, and to the House of Lords, to be entrusted to Earl Fitzwiliiam, and to the House of Commons, by Mr. Oswald. Dr. KING seconded the motion. ► The Rev. Dr. BURNS, of Paisley, moved the next resoltition, which was express ve of the approval of the meeting to the exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League of Manchester. It pledged to support it in its labours, and to raise funds in the city for its support._ The Rev. Dr. KING seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Mr. MURRAY, who acted as Secretary to the meet ing, next read a list of the conveners of Committee to collect subscriptions, &c. ; which being approved of, The Rev. Mr. HARVEY, of Calton, moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman ; and the meeting quietly separated, the O'Connorites evidently in a very ill natured mood ; and dissatisfied that the atrocious uproar they had endeavoured to create throughout had not been attended with more 'uccessful results to themselves. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14.—After an ineffectual at tempt to get-up Channel, the Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, returned to her anchorage at Spithead yes terday, and this morning was brought into harbour and safely moored. It will be recollected that she has on board about 80 tons of valuable marbles, which were shipped in the blediter raneaii; with which she was ordered to proceed to one of the Eastern ports. The Commander in•Chief, however, has, upon his own responsibility, directed her being placed here; and, considering the advanced season of the year, and the difficulty as well as risk in navigating so large a ship into the Medway, it cannot be doubted that he has. evinced a sound discretion, which may also in its results have a beneficial effect. on the interests of this port—so much neglected and so severely made to suffer by the present Conservative Administration. Of late almost _every ship and vessel, upon arrival from foreign ser vice, has been ordered away, either to Plymouth or to the Eastward, for the purpose of being dismantled and paid off. As the Cambridge has been very nearly her three years in commission, there seems every probability of her active services being no longer in requisi tion ' • in which case the inhabitants of Portsmouth will have a fair turn, for which they will entirely have to. thank the present gallant and highly dis tinguished Admiral, Sir Edward Codring-ton—per haps the last act of generous consideration which he may have, the opportunity of showing them. CORONER'S INQUESTS. Last evening at six o'clock, an inquest was held in the Board-room of St. Thomas's Hospital, before William Payne, Esq., the City Coroner, on the body of Charles Augustus Wentzell, aged three years and a half. The deceased was the son of a fisherman, living in Little Thames- street, Greenwich, and on the after noon of the 18th of last month, while standing before the fire to dry his pinafore, which he had spilt some broth over, it caught in a blaze, and, communicating 0 the rest of his clothing, he was burnt and scorched in a most dreadful manner before the flames could be extinguished. He was brought to this hospital, and lingered until Tuesday last, w h en his sufferings were terminated by death. Verdict—" Accidental Death." FATAL ACCIDENT. - A second inquest was held , before the same Jury, on the body of Mary Walker aged 67 years, who met her death by being run over by a cart, loaded with half a ton of h,orse-hai r , in Lombard street, on the 7 th instant. The c ar t be longed to Mr. Phillips, of South-crescent, Finsbury square, cabinet-maker. The deceased's death was caused by internal injury. She expired on Tuesday last. Verdict—" Accidental death. We have -received- the second number of a new paper started last month at Boston under extraordi nary circumstances. Oar readers will recollect the legal decision by which it was pronounced that a slave-holder might seize and repossess himself of his runaway slave in any of the free States, without trial —that is to say, without affording the party seized an opportunity of showing that he was not the slave pretended. G ndar this decision, a re• spectable inhabitant of Boston, named George Latimer, has been arrested and imprisoned at Boston by the agent of a Virginian, whose name is James Gray, and the whole city has been electrified by this transaction. Not only have immense and thrilling public meetings been held, but, in order to make a more powerful appeal to public sentiment, a new paper has been commenced, entitled the Latimer Jour.. nal and North Star, devoted wholly to this matter. The details of. .Latitner's ease ar e promised in the next number of the Journal, and we shall eagerly watch for them.—Anti -Slavery Reporter. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-At a meeting of the Zoolo gical Society; held on Wednesday, Professor Rymer Jones in the chair, several interesting communica tions were read from corresponding members re specting some .new species of animals and bird which were now being forwarded to England for the Society's menagerie. Among them was a new kind of bird, from IS Africa, called pulih, species of mocking-bird, so melodious in its note, that when the natives would pay an orator or a poet the highest compliment, they say, "he is a perfect pulih." A large collection of mammalia from South Africa was announced as having been 'resented to the Scei , ty by its President, the Earl of Derby. A great and rapidly extending impression in favour of free trade is undoubtedly made. It has reached the quarters which might he supposed most impene trable. The meeting of every agricultural association brings fresh illustration of the change. Still it must be 7.:.emerahered that all this tales place uneer pressure. 13ut let this energy subside, and trust to the truth 'Treading itself; let this purpose be suspended or relaxed, and we should probably hear little more of. conversions. ,Protection would again be the charter toast o f agr i cultural dinners, and the theme 14 ' their after-dinner orators. The Escotts and Aclands might become backsliders. Sir Robert Peel would have no difficulty in shifting his - flag to the maintrast of monopoly ; and again might the House of Commor s • at, the very mention of Corn -law repeal, rind- with the The steam mutt be kept yells of scorn and defiance. up, or there will be no advance. The efficacy o f the propelling power is exhibited; it were mil d ness to turn it off, or to dream of its abatement. The effect is already produced;proportionally ; t ry more of it. anticipation of the 50,0001. Fund has been a wonder fe I enlightener. Conversions multiply with subscrip tions ; they will increase yet more with the applica tion. And the progress is in a geometrical ratio. Light, once kindled up, radiates in all directions.— Anti-Bread-tax Circular. To-morrol.v will be published :. Bvo., 10s. 6d. cloth, the Second Edition of ,AYS of ANCIENT ROME. By the Right _La Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. London : LonAknan, Brown, Green, and Longmrns. EDITED BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. In a few days, FREDERICK THE GREAT, HIS COURT AND TIMES. _ The Third and Fourth Volumes, completing the Work. Henry Co!burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. NEW NOVEL BY HORACE SMITH, ESQ. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., A D A M BR O W N, THE MERCHANT. By HORACE SMITH, Esq., Author of "Brambletye House," " The Moneyed Man," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound. MEMOIRS OF T HE LITERARY LADIES OF ENGLAND. By MRS. ELWOOD. " A work of grew - merit. The first biography is that of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; the last, that of Airs. Maclean, better kn.iwn al Miss Ltndon ; it thus comprises our Blue Stockings from the commencement of the last century down to the present. Each biography is marked by good taste and ex cellent judgment. The author is considered in each m_re than the individual, and yet sufficient narrated of the latter to in terest and instruct."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street THE POOR-LAW SYSTEM. On the the 31st of December, with the Magazines, will be pub!isled, with Illustrations by a distinguished artist, No. I, Price One SHILLING (to be completed in twelve Monthly Numbers), E S SIE PHIL LIPS; Or, THE PARISH GIRL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of " Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy,'' Sce• the object the author has had in view in the composition of this work has been to call the attention of her reaLlers to the absolute necessity of some alteration in the law which at pre sent regulates the maintenance and management of the poor. Her conviction of its tyranny and injustice, of the impractica bility of enforcing i , s provisions with uniformity, and of the cruel hardships which are inflicted on the poor by the attempt to enforce them, is strong, and she conscientiously believes well founded." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers throughout the Kingdom. BET 1" S It A unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, has been attended by is natural consequence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc ceeding year brings to notice .competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge upon the public notice articiet, whose only distingnislaing fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co. are again induced to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured only at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at Eighteen :•11iilings per Galion, of the highest legal strength. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £OO, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £tsoo, £too, £l,OOO, £f .500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to x:72,170 sterling. Direct fur PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland; Dividends of i'5,0001., 18,0001., 9,0001., 5,0001., and 3,600/. to London; 3,6001., 8001., ant 7001. to Edinburgh; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3.6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/. ' 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 900/. to Hull ; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 600!. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire ; 7001. to Colne, Lancashire; 600/. to Cork; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31. ; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shat es, 51. ; six Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, Bi. ; nine Shares, 91. ; ten Shares, 10/. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. . _ _ _ _ The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 16, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. Alonso, Mr. Cooper ; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Antuniu, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, r. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff ; Ariel, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with Auber's Opera of MASANIELLO ; or, THE DUMB GIRL OF PORTICI. Masaniello, Mr. W. Harrison ; Alphonso, Mr. Travers ; Elvira, Miss Poole ; Fenella, Miss Bailin. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit !ow, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-stnet ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mail. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 16, Will be repeated the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, Esq., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove, Esq., Mr. Bucicstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymond; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss Ritterton, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DOWAGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresiliav, Madame Vestris. _ To which will be added, the Petite Drama of SUZANNE. Simon Swallow, Mr. Buckstone ; Suzanne, (an Orphan), Madame Celeste. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's last New Farce, flailed A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mary, Miss Mattley ; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 16, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with a Comic Burletta, called ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past 'ix, commence at seven o'clock. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN I►s NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHO W-FOO, NIN GPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL TIE LATEST NEWS Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DEC. 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 57 : Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 30.22.-WIND, S.W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. t' . 23 minutes after 0 I Evening 49 minutes after- 0. , rl4 E ks m 0 T+ Ett tut LONDON : FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBEt 16, 1842. When we find the landlords themselves avow g that protection mast he given up, it would be nothing better than fatuity in the League, and in all those who have struggled for the repeal of the Corn-laws, to ccept any terms short of un conditional free trade. Besides the instances of Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON, to which we have already adverted, and besides the tone of the landed gentlemen at nearly all the agricul tural meetings, D. GORING we find Mr. speaking out thus at the Steyning Agricultural dinner:— He would tell them that, no matter when, come it would, and come it must—corn would be admitted free, and on lezislatire protection they could not depend. —(Hear, hear.) But if their landlords met them — if they iemselves stood firm in their own position— if they would cultivate their kind, and exert them selves, he could assure them solemnly, from what he knew himself, there was no land upon the Continent —no farmer upon the Continent—no capital upon the Continent, that ever could compete with them. Mr. J. A. SMITH also said — Mr. Goring had told them that they could no lon ger rely on legislative protection. It was not for him to say whether he was right or wrong in that opinion, but he was sure that Mr. Goring, and others that expressed the same opinion, were acting the kindest and the truest part towards the farmers of England, when than on them rather to rely on themselves than on any legislative protection.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was sure that Mr. Goring spoke the words of truth and wisdom, when he told them that, as in every other profession of life, whether it be the manufacturing or whether it be the agricultural, capital, intelligence, and industry, car ried the day.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was to these three great elements of success that this country owed its proud pre-eminence. It was to these ele ments that the English farmer would owe his success, if success was hereafter to attend his exertions.— (Hear, hear.) It was his firm and conscientious be lief that, whether in manufactures or in agriculture, monopoly was an unsound principle.—(Cheers.) He thought that when they relied upon their own intelli gence, skill, and industry, they relied upon something positive and practicable, they relied upon something unchanging and certain ; but when they relied upon legislative protection, they relied upon what they had found to be dependent upon party spirit and party feeling—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—utterly unsound, unworthy to he trusted. That was the bane of a country's prosperity.—(" True.") Now while this progress towards just senti ments is so rapid in the landlords, and we have sufficient reason to justify us in asserting that it is still more rapid in the tenants, the progress of the League towards power is still more remark able. An the great towns of the empire are re . spouding to its call. The metropolis has almost ceased to be the centre ofpolitical opinion, which, for the present, is at Manchester. The public eye is turned to that town and to the meetings of the League. Glasgow has followed the example of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, &c., and given its powerful support to the League. Edinburgh promises to do the same; and though party politics may make/ the Members of the City of London take a side opposed to the gene ral sentiments of the town popula'ion, they can only fora short period keep themselves out of the general. stream. All the town population, and all their Members, will demand repeal. Some journalists say Sir ROBERT PEEL wil not again alter the Corn-law and the Tariff for ten years ; others say he will continue for a session or two longer to inflict decay on our trade, and starvation on the people, for the sake of legislative decorum ; but if the bulk of the town population declare against such a course, and the agricultural population are com pletely lukewarm on the subject, or even join in demanding that the question be now set at rest, will any person tell us how, in face of this growing public opinion, Sir R. PEEL can carry on the Government ? He may, by the help of his dissolving party, rub through one more un easy and unquiet session ; but if he can find no expedient to improve trade, no means to give food and employment to the people, and no miraculous good fortune should intervene, lie must know, unless he repeal the Corn-law, j that his Administration will, a few short months hence, be quenched for ever by universal in dignation. Such being the prospect, we hold with the League that now is the time to redouble its exertions, and that nothing short of total and immediate repeal, settling the question for ever, releasing the great business of supplying the nation with food from the influence and control of party politics, and making the circumstances on which the farmer has to depend as certain as the laws of nature—ought to satisfy it. Such, too, being the prospect before us, we hold those Whig journals which promulgate tales of its being Sir ROBERT PEEL'S intention to propose a fixed duty, and bring forward argu ments favourable to such a duty, to be at present far worse enemies of the cause of the repeal, than the discomfited and baffled monopolists. They seek to snatch from the energetic men of the north the fruits of their victory, and make a garland of them for the brows of the Whigs. We disposed the day before yesterday of one of their fallacies in favour of a fixed duty : here is another, derived from the very sane circum stance, namely, the vast difference of price which has taken place under a sliding scale, and an interrupted trade : "As matters stand," sap Mr. Hubbard, in his " Notes of a Traveller," " it was a sound measure pro posed by the late Administration to impose a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter on wheat, and proportional duties on other grain ; because, if we do not l ev y it as import duty, Prussia and the other exporting countries will levy it as export duty, and bread will not he cheaper to the British consumer by the same amount of duty going into the Prussian Exchequer, instead of into the British. We are told, indeed, that this would be contrary to the interests of the landholders in Prus sian Poland, and the districts which supply Dantzic and the other Baltic'ports with grain for exportation, and therefore no such export duty would be imposed. But this is the mere ipse dixit of political economists, looking at the Continent with English eyes." It is not the ipse dixit of economists looking at the Continent with _English eyes, but Mr. LAING judges of a free trade in corn by the trade as it has existed under a sliding scale. Far be it from us to affirm that the Governments of Prussia and Russia will not levy an export duty on corn, `or what observer of their successive follies would guarantee them against the commission of any absurdity ? but we will be bold to affirm that if they levy any such duty they will effectually exclude their grain from our market, and inflict misery on their own people. Throughout the country at present the lan guage held by the agriculturist& is that they have nothing to fear from foreigners. That is ex pressly stated by Mr. H. D. GORING, in the pas sage • already quoted. Lookin9; to the excel lence of our inland communication, the supe riority of our implements, the Open nature of our climate, which allows us to work out of doors at almost all seasons, the great energy and industry of our people, the results of the liberty they enjoy as compared to the con ! tinental nations, and. looking to the vast capa bility of our soil,* 4F t : ,....convincecl that Mr. H. D. GORING is right,''andlhat, tinder a free trade, reducing 2 o at the Outset the farmer's expenses perhaps per cent.,' the price of agricultural produce would in general rate very little higher here - than in Prussia and Russia. As we have already said, and as we find Mr. COBDEN said at Nottingham, if there were no tax on corn, its price would at no time be higher here than on the Continent, adding the expense of carriage. Only in seasons of scarcity, should we require large importations. In favourable seasons there would be little or no difference in price. T o levy a duty on corn exported from either R uss i a Or Prussia, would not, as Mr. LAING supposes, ourt would market. merely ex cludeco m compel e Russia o or a yPr thatus Prussia duty, No country, be it remembe r e d, has a mo nopoly of food. It is not, like silk or tea , the produce of a comparatively narrow space . Man does not live by bread alone, and a small differ ence in price gives a peculiar direction to both cultivation and consumption. All the world will supply articles of food. It; therefore, the two countries mentioned were to levy a duty on corn exported, our produce and consumption would adapt themselves to that duty, and we should, in proportion, grow more grain, and import from those or other countries more untaxed cattle, cheese, butter, salted meat ? cocoa, sugar, &c. &c. The greater cost, too, in bringing flour from Ame rica than from Dantzic, with a free trade, would not be such as to enable Prussia to levy a duty on grain exported, without throwing the whole trade into the hands of the Americans. The notion, therefore, that our people would have to pay the duty levied by Russia and Prussia on eacoorted grain, which is put forward to con vince the League and the public to favour the Whig Bs. fixed duty, seems to us to be un founded, and we trust it will have no effect in making the League and the public compromise the great principle for which they have been and are contending. As the day of triumph arrives, and it cannot be long postponed, the League must be on the watch that All the advantages of THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEM BER 16, 1842. the contest are not snat&ed by those who, while the League has been toili: g and sweating, have been enjoying the sweets of repose, or amusing themselves with the delights of literature. The great grievance of the Income- tax is not so much the amount of the rate, as the harsh, unfair, and inquisitorial mode of assessing it. The vic tim is submitted to a cross-examination, like a doubtful witness on a trial, or a prisoner before a French Criminal Court, and when he ventures to assert thathisre turn is more correct than thatgiven by the assessor, he is virtually told that he is not speaking the truth, and sometimes is dismissed with the laconic rebuke, " No remarkz are allowed here." This is a cruel and unjust way of raising money, and we fear is attri butable, not so much to the Commissioners, as to the instructions furnished from head quarters. The Premier is using every means to patch up the revenue for the present quarter, and his agents are not very scrupulous in - carrying his plans into effect. Attempts are even made to get the second half-yearly pay ment by offering a discount of four per cent. on the money if paid in advance. When the meaning of any complicated clause in the Act is doubtful, the Commissioners, as in the case of commercial travellers, rather lean to the side of severity than mercy, and the assessors faithfully imitate the example. A. Correspondent informs us that in one district of the ►metropolis the assessors have actu ally laid on ten per cent. on the full rental paid to the landlord ; thus making the tenant pay on ten per cent. more than the value; and, in sonic instances, fifty or a hundred per cent. have been charged. Appeal was made in vain, for the Commissioners only replied , that the assessors had fixed the value of the houses, thereby intimating that these functionaries_ were better judges of the fact than either the landlord or tenant. Persons of the highest respectability are insulted in -this manner, and robbed, that Ministers at the opening of the session may boast of their financial skill, and draw a glorious con trast betwceu themselves and the bun gling, impoverished Whigs. " Put money in the Exchequer," is the order of the day. If it can be got • honestly, good and well, but money must be had. " Put money in the Exchequer." If there were any general combination on the part of the public to make false returns, and if the Act were not sufficiently stringent, there might be some excuse fur the Com missioners ; but no such pleas exist. The penalties for offenders against the law are extremely heavy, and no man in his senses, and least of all persons of character and property, would run the risk of detection and punishment. The amount, too, which will flow into the Exchequer, ac cording to the opinion of well-informed parties, will far exceed that anticipated by Sir R. PEEL, and therefore the severity admits of no excuse on the ground of an anticipated deficiency in the revenue. The Minister calculated the amount at between 3,000,000/. and 4,000,0001., but it will probably exceed that by at least 2,000,000/. which, taking into account the 5,000,000/. to be paid by China, will furnish the Chancellor of the Exchequer with more money than he can make a (rood use of. We have learned on good autho rity, that so confidently is a much larger sum an ' ticipated than that reckoned on by Sir R. PEEL, that an off had been made to Government by a wealthy house in the city to pay five millions a-year, for the privilege of farming the tax. Facts like these, we trust, will only make the people more impatient under the burden, and rouse them to cry out with one voice for its speedy repeal. The indications; w hich are neither few nor faint, of a further mo difi c ation, if not total aboli tion, of the Corn-l aws , re mind us of th ose w hi ch are said to prec e d e t h e breaking up of th e i ce i n the Polar seas. Fi rs t, cue iceberg, s l ow l y and reluctantly, as it were, detaches itself from the main body—then a second—then a third—then a fourth, fifth, sixth, and so on—until, at last, the whole vast mass, weakened by so ma n y disrup tions, and unable longer to contend against the altered state of the seasons, breaks up suddenly w i t h a cras h like thund er. Just so is it at present with the Cor n -l aw mono poly. First, an 1.,5; . 'COTT separat es hi mse lf f rom the main body of its supporters,--then an ACLA ND—then a DICKI NSON; an d t h ese desertions, which, as a matt er o f course, will be followed by others, will have the effect of weakening the monopolist party to such a de gree, that the whole concern will have no other alternative left than to break up, and that at no distant period. The monopolists, antici pating this untoward upshot, are of course highly indignant at the idea of any agriculturist pre suming to think for himself and quit their ranks, and are specially wroth with Messrs. ESCOTT and DICKINSON, both of whom, because they have seen fit to exercise those faculties of c ommon sense with which nature has endowed them, have been fiercely denounced as traitors, apostates, &c., besides being pelted with such choice Billingsgate mud, as those rarely fail to have recourse to, who entertain an awkward sort of secret misgiving that they themselves are in the wrong. We congratulate these gentlemen on the abuse they have sustained at the hands of the monopolists. It is at once a voucher for their good sense, and a testimony, however unsavoury, to their libeiality. The speech recently delivered by Mr, DICKINSON at Glastonbury will, we take for granted, incense the Corn-law bigots more furiously against him than ever, if only for these re - marks—" The zeneral course of things was against restriction, and he did not think those represent ing the agricultural interest could stop it; he thought that the agriculturists should rather en deavour to lend themselves to the state of things than to oppose them fruitlessly. He also advised them to unite together, and to adopt improve ments for the increase of produce, in order to meet the altered circumstances of the times, as the best and most safe course to be pursued." There is so much calm, steady common sense in this advice, that, as a matter of course, it will be rejected with contempt by the Somersetshire monopolists. The accounts from Madrid are to the 6th. S alga& . had arrived, to replace those e r a l which had ac compan i e d th e R EGENT to Barcelona. The Several-fresh National Guard appeared an i m ated by the best sp i r i t , an d th e c ity en j oye d h faie c s h h regi perfect tranquillity. The Cents . were done at 211 for cash, ha Three nd ,2 pe 2 at t GO r days ; lat 60 days,and and the Five per Cents. at 26 the certificates of the debt bearing no interest at 51 for cash. The Paris papers are still occupied with the bombardment of Barcelona, but, with one ex ception, they contain nothing new on that sub ject. It would app ear, though they do not ad mit the facts, th a t the city ha d su ff ere d very little from the shells, the General purposely causing them to burst in the air, or fall where they could do little injury to life or property. Notwithstanding thi s, the journals rave as if the whole city had been destroyed, and the madmen, who had killed and wounded a thousand of their countrymen, were as innocent as babes. This applies to the Ministerial as well as the Opposi tion journal. To the tbrmer the Quotidienne makes a pithy reply, showing that ESPAR TERO only followed the example set by the rulers of Franc e . " ESPARTERO and VAN HALEN," says that journal, " are only practice in th e Spanish manner the ' ma terialist and at roc i ous d oc t r ine of the Con servativesputting in of France, contained in the words, enforce the law. When all moral principle, all rules of authority, superior to brute force, have ce ased in governme n t s , it i s clear that the only maxim of order is the bomb. What other could could be fund in the atheist philosopy of revolu tions? Is it not in virtue of this law that M GEUZOT, the most pitiless of sectarians, gave the order to cast Lyons into the Rhone ? Is it not in virtue of the same law that he has got Paris sur rounded with citadels? Motintebanks and hy pocrites! you bewail destruction, you who give yourselves the mission to destroy !" .• ar l "- The proclamation of VAR HALEN on entering the city, and that of the political Chief GUTIERREZ, in office previous to the insurrection, are given in another place. The Monitcur publishes a royal ordonnance, dated the 10th inst., abolishing the transit duty hitherto chargeable on foreign merchandise pas sing from one part of France to another, without leaving the French territory. The French Government have received the following telegraphic dispatch, bringing news from Barcelona of the Bth. Like all the rest, we have no doubt it is greatly exaggerated : " The disarmament still continues. The delay of twenty-four hours allowed for it not being considered enough, forty-eight hours have been accorded. The order comprises all arms and classes, and extends to guns for sport and pistols ; the theatres have even been obliged to give up their stock of swords. There are twelve thousand soldiers here ; the barracks are full, the citizens' houses likewise; and troops seem io increase and arrive, not diminish. " About four hundred arrests have taken place, and . . the prisoners are brought to the citadel, where the court-martial is in permanence. Execution follows condemnation. The Regent remains at Sarria." BOURSE-PARIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13. First Highest Last Price. Kies Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 45... 191 58 .19 45... 119 50 4% per Cents ]O6 60... 106 60.. 106 60... 106 60 lour per Cents 101 ... 101 101 ... 101 Threes, ex div 79 15... 79 20... 79 10.. 79 20 Bank of France 3350 ...3350 ...3350 ...3350 Latlittc Bank I,ooof 1055 ..1055 ...1055 5,0001 5080 —.5089 —.5060 ..5080 Belgian Bank 18•11 .. 1070 ...1070 ...1070 ...1070 Belgian Fives 1840 1043 ... 1041 ... 1043 1043 Spanish Active. . 233 ... 233 ... 233 ... 23 Passive New Deferred 93 ... 93 ... ... 93 Neapolitan Roman lO4 ... 1043 ... 104 ... 1043 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain B5O ... 850 ... 845 .. 845 Versailles, L.B ll O... 110 ... 107 501.. 'lO R.B 270 ... •-270 ... 270 ... 270 Rouen Orleans. 622 59... 625 ... 622 50... 622 50 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 203 75... 202 50... 203 75 AMERICAN NEWS LIVERPOOL, WIIDNESDAY NIGHT. We I ave this afternoon received papers from New York to the 25th ultimo. They are five days later than those by the Hottinguer, and were brought by the packet-,ship Roscius, Capt. Collins, who has made an excellent passage of eighteen days. This vessel had thirty cabin, and a large number of steerage passengers. We learn from these papers that a dreadful gale had 'caused the loss of several lives, and done considerable damage to shipping on Lake Erie. Our late Consul at Havannah, Mr. Turnbull, had again visited that place. His visit had caused considerable excitement, and on his de parture for Nassau and England on the 6th inst., it was intimated that his return would be any thing but agreeable to the authorities. The following letter from Havannah of the Bth ult., gives an account of his release : "Our community has been thrown into a great state of excitement within the last three days, by the arrival and safe conduct to this place of D. Turnbull, Esq., formerly English Consul here, but who was removed in consequence of the earnest and repeated solicita tions of this Government. He was brought here on board the Spanish steamer of war Congress, from Neuvitas, and it spread like wild-fire, accompanied by every rumour possible to invent against him. "Mr. Turnbull's plea was admitted, and he was pro nounced " lunatic" (in order to save trouble), and he shipped on the 6th, per steamer Thames, for Nassau and England, with au intimation that if he ever set foot again on the Island of Cuba, he would be treated as a disturber of the peace. He expressed his inten tion of leaving the steamer at Nassau, and doing all in his power to ameliorate (as he calls it) the condi tion of the poor Africans in bonds in Cuba. This means, I presume, inciting them to cut their masters' throats, and then take to the mountains, to be hunted like wild beasts with dogs, and shot by whoever sees them. It is uncertain by what process of logic he arrives at the conclusion that that would ameliorate their condition, but it is presumed to be by a peculiar one of his own." The Mexican expedition destined for Yucaton, comprised 3,000 men. Tho blockade of the latter country had been declared. The island of Carmen was, however, excepted, and provisions, &c., were al lowed to be landed there. We learn that the Riverista squadron, consisting of a barque and a brig, has been destroyed by a division of the Buenos Ayrean squadron, commanded by Ad miral Brown, after a severe action. We also learn that a great stir had been observable in the Marine and War Departments at Buenos Ayres, and every thing combines to induce the belief that an early opening of the campaign was anticipated by the Ar gentine Government. The crew and officers of her Britannic Majesty's steamer Spitfire were left at Jamaica by the brig Annawan, and not at New York, as was incorrectly stated by the papers previously received from that city. From Rio Janeiro we learn that the rebellion in the provinces of.. St. Paul and the Mines is en tirely quelled, and the state of affairs at Rio Grande is more cheering. Her Majesty's ship Spartan, the Hon. Captain Elliot, with the Bishop of Newfoundland on board, was off Bermuda on the sth November. The health of Sir Charles Fagot was considerably improved. He rode out on horseback on the 16th ult., but his physicians strongly advised his return to England, and it was generally anticipated that he would comply with their wishes. There was a large business done iti State Stocks on the 24th ult. at rather higher prices. Cotton was more noticed, but on somewhat lower terms, and flour was in moderate demand, at steady rates. Foreign Exchanges were firm, and the supply of bills moderate at 106 f on England, and sf. 40c. on France. The Montreal and St. James from London, and the Stephen Whitney from Liverpool, were entering the port when the Roscius left. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Dec. 10, 1842 :- Passengers Merchandise 547 13 8 £1,182 1 2 Corresponding week last year ...01,147 13 9 Darlington, Dec. 14. W. O'BRIEN. Secretary. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S TREATED. MY. Mitchell has issued a prospectus of this entertainment for the approaching season. The subscription is to consist of forty representations ; the first performance to take place on Monday, the 16th of January, when Madame Albert will make her appearance. From the list of performers engaged, the company will be a strong one, comprising the most distinguished actors and actresses from the principal Parisian theatres. The regime is to be a female one; the celebrated Ma demoiselle Eliza Forgeot being announced as Direc trice. Our theatrical readers will remember that these entertainments, last season, were carried on with great spirit and success; and Mr. Mitchell's prepara tions for his second season are highly promising. BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.—We have had a poll here this week for a Church-rate. The numbers were declared this afternoon. The anti-Church party were successful, entirely through the apathy of the Church party, who would have had no difficulty in carrying the rate if they had bestirred themselves. The num bers were—For the rate, 869; against it, 1,079 ; ma jority against the rate, 210.—Post. BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.-011 Wed nesday, a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the governors, friends, and supporters of this ex cellent and praiseworthy Institution, was held on the occasion of the opening of the new Asylum, situate at Cambridge-heath, Hackney ; the Rev. Dr. Fletcher in the chair. The object of the Society is to afford protection to innocent females who may be exposed to imminent temptation and danger, as well as to assist in the restoration of those who have fallen into sin, and are desirous of returning to the paths of virtue, and those admitted into the Institution are suit ably employed, with a view to fit them for useful service, and religiously instructed, in order to their permanent recovery and spiritual benefit. The So ciety was commenced in 1829 ; since that period 734 females have participated in its advantages. There is now a total of 68 on the foundation, who, by the timely aid of the Society, have been rescued from ruin. With regard to the finances, the committee have been enabled, during the past year, is reduce their liabilities upwards of 3001. The internal condition of the Asylum, and the health and conduct of the inmates generally, were subjects of favourable report. The business havin- , been gone through, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The Earl and Countess of Minto are staying with Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, until after Lady John's recovery from her accouchement. Her Lady ship and infant son are both doing well. GEDNEY.—A most extravagant exhibition took place here 'on Friday. A widow, having four children, named Farrow, was married to a man named David Wilkinson; and the woman, having been told if she was married covered by notWnr but a sheet her hus band would not be alswerable fa- her debts, actually had the hardihood to go to church with nothing on but a sheet, sewed up like a sack, with holes in the sides for her arms, and in this way was married.— Boston Herald. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TEIURSDAP EVENING. The business of the English Stock Market is now so confined to bona fide investments, that a certain steadiness in prices is in a manner secured, and it is expected that unless some very important political event occurs, the large investments of wealthy Cor porations, usually made at the close of the year, will still further strengthen the market. Consols were 93 8 to 94 for the opening, and . Exchequer Bills 50s. to 525. prem. ; but East India Bonds receded to 455. and 435. prem. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 101 to 101*, being firm ; but Bank Stock was steady but dull at 173. There was a good business done in the Foreign Market, and all the leading securities wore a buoyant appearance. Spanish Active Bonds were at a rise to 19 and 191, and the Three per Cents. to 241 and 241. Mexican were also rather buoyant at 318 to 311 ; Chilian touched 75, without the Deferred; Brazilian were rather dull at 69+, and Portuguese New Five per Cents. at 38*; the Three per Cents. were 23*. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. brought 521 to 521. the Share Market does not increase in activity, as there is less doing at Liverpool, but holders con tinue very firm. The bargains transacted have been as follows :—Great Western Railway were 25 ; th New, 14 ; the Fifths, 5 ; the Birmingham, 99 ; and the South Western, 208 premium. Brightons were 14*, and South Eastern Scrip, 2+ discount. London and Westminster Bank were 11 premium. The Produce Markets were generally rath!r quiet. Further sales of tea are declared for to-rnorr )w. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool Was st?,aiy yes terday. Sales 5,000 bales, including 500 bales of American, at 5-1-d. to 50. ; 400 of Surat, at 31d. to 41d. ; 400 of Maranhain, at 51d. to 61d. In Railw:iy Shares not much had been done, and the market closed very heavy for Eastern Ccunties f .which were quoted Grand Junction were 190. Birmingham Thirds, 631; and Paris and Rouen, 251. The Roscius packet-ship brings accounts to the 25th ult. from New York ; the 24th, from Boston ; the 11th, from New Orleans ; the 19th, from Quebec ; and the 22d from Montreal; also Havannah to the 9th. In dependc,nt of the accounts given in another column, there is not much of interest. The Money Market remained in nearly the same position, and there does not appear to be yet an end to the failures in some pasts of the Union. From South America the advice:; t are rather interesting, but it is impossible to judge by anything transmitted through New Orleans, what is the actual state of affairs in Mexico, any more than we can the relation inwhich theArgentineand Monte Videan Republics stand to each other,bythereports of the Buenos Ayrean papers. The latter, however, appears to be the weakest; and the very best thing that could hap pen for the commerce of England would be, that one party or the other should gain a decisive victory, and thus restore peace. This would, in reality, benefit both of the Republics, which are much in need of rest. As to Mexico, we predict nothing but loss and vexation to it from the Texian war, its opponents having very little to lose, either in reputation or cash. From Canada we learn that the duties levied at Bytown, upon timber floated down the Ottawa river for the last five years, show a great increase up to 1840; though what effect the recent alterations in the duty have had, remains to be seen, in the absence of any later returns. In 1838, the gross amount of the duties was 14,4481.; in 1839, 15,6321.; and in 1840, 19,596/. ; or a total in three years of 80,3451. The total quantity of white pine pieces forwarded during the three years was 49,783 ; of red ditto, 253,163 ; of oak and elm pieces, 7,834; of deal pieces, 46,250; and of saw log pieces, 48,272. The Spanish American Bondholders' Committee intended to address further representations to Messrs. Lizardi, but, anxious that no further stir should de preciate the market value of their bonds, they will only apply to the Government to set apart more duties for meeting the charge of interest on the over-issue. The Belgian manufacturers complain of the pro ceedings of the French Custom-house officers in levy ing the duty upon cotton twist, and which, as they assert, are so contrived as to neutralise the effect of the recent concessions, the whole package being taken to pieces and weighed separately, and any deffi ciency in particular parts, though the whole might be quite correct, being deemed fraudulent. Very little business is doing in the English Stock market, but generally prices are steady, if not quite so buoyant. Consols realise 93* to 94 for the open ing ; and Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 101 ter 101*. The purchase for the. Government was to about the same amount as usual, 5,0001. in the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, at 941 i Long Annuities were at 12 9-16. For Exchequer Bills the premium has remained at 60s. and 525. Bank Stock is supported at 173. The Foreign settlement is going off in favour of the Bulls, who are enabled to obta-n better prices for the Stock wanted to complete the deliveries of the losing party. The Spanish investments are most af fected, being 4 to 8 per cent. higher, viz. 19 to 191 for the Actives, and 248 to 248 for the Deferred ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. have realised 38i, and the Three per Cents. 23*; Mexican Bonds are steady at 311 to 311; Chilian without the Deferred Stock have risen to 75, being in so few hands, that almost any price two per cent. over the market rate may be asked, where a party is bent upon investing in it; and Brazilian Bonds are rather dull at 69k. Dutch Stock has been brisk, at 521 to 52f for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents, and at 1001 to 101/ for the Five per Cents. The Share Market is quieter, but Brightens are up; the settlement having been in their favour. They are called 14* to 13*, discount ; Grand Junction are 91, premium; Birmingham, 998; and Ditto Thirds, 314, premium. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 13. Three per Cent. Consols... 94* Three and a Half Stock Ditto, New, 1830 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 14.—We have had less activity in the Share Market, but prices are well maintained. London and South Wes tern, 62 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 20+ ; Paris and Rouen, 254 to 26+ ; South Eastern, 22i. ; ditto Scrip, 18 to 184; Bristol and Exeter, 46i to 47. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .173 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94j Ditt o B on d s 3 per Ceut. Conc... 3} per Cent. Red 1011 Ditto New Annuities... New 33 per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 52 pm New 5 per Cen: — Ditto 5001...... 52 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 52 pm Jan. 1860 ......... 12 9.l6'Bank Stock for Aect. Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 lConsols for Op g . ..... 931 I FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 3B} Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent...,,. Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per cent l9i Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —f — e . Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 24 per cent.....,, 52} Ditto, 5 per cent...... 1001 FOREIG. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent irazilian Bonds... 691 Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 23i Chilian 6 per cent. 75 Colombian, 6 per cent — , Ditto 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Boi Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3ll Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. SHA _ _ Eastern Counties (23 paid) Bl Ditto New (—paid) log ,Great Western, (65 paid) ' Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... .... Grand Junction (100 paid) IM London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and South Western (411 6 s 10dpd) 62 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Newcastle and Darlington Junction (3 paid) 44 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) .....,. ... 25{ South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 23 Ditto Scrip (20 naid) RES. RIGHT or SEARCIL—In a letter from Boulogne, December 9, published by the Progres du Pas de Calais, we read—" A new case of personal search has been mentioned, which appears to have been attended with shameful circumstances. An English family landed a 'few days ago. at Boulogne. After the master and mistress had been searched, the same course was observed with a young lady's maid. Whilst the searching woman was handling her, the poor girl, unused to such conduct, became suddenly flushed in the face. This symptom of modesty was misinter preted ;. it was supposed that dread of detection had made the blood mount to her face, and the most rigorous and indecent, but fruitless, search ensued. These are excesses of authority, which the Govern ment would check, if it had the slightest regard for public decency." ALDERSGATE DISPENSARY.-011 Wednesday a quarterly general Court of Governors of the above dispensary was held in the Board-rdom, Aldersgate street. Mr. Herring, the Treasurer was in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. Wood, the Secretary, said that the time had arrived when it was necessary to ap point auditors to examine the accounts. The follow. ing where then elected :—William Batty, Esq., Ed ward Groom, Esq., Yates, Esq., and Dr. R. Row ley. The Secretary then read the Report, from which it appeared that the number of patients relieved and cured by the dispensary during the past quarter was greater than at any former period, by between 200 and 300, making the applicants above 2,000. The institution was considered to be of more immediate. service to the poor than the hospitals; for in the latter patients were seen only on particular days, while the former distributed its relief throughout the week. The Committee anticipated much support to the charity from the anniversary dinner, fixed for March next, at which Lord Carrington, whose noble father had given 8001. to the institution, would pre side. The Report was received, after which thanks were given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated ';• rf MARY 014 AND tittbltt Op Oman. " Who runs may read.' FORMIGN. According to accounts from the United States of the 25th ult., the winter had set in with great seve rity, accompanied with strong gales, which had done considerable damage to the shipping on Lake Erie. Sir Charles Bagot's health was still in a precarious state ; an early change was recommended by his physicians, and it was said he would soon return to England. Mr. Turnbull, who had been arrested at Cuba for interfering with some slave-owners, had been released- The King of the French returned from Fontaine bleau to the Tuileries, at 12 o'clock on Monday night. Two new barracks are to be shortly erected within tha walls of Paris, one in the Rue Cherche Midi, and the other on the space occupied by the ancientconvent of the Bernardins, Rue de Pontoise. During the last fifty years, 89 vessels have gone down in the Seine, between Caudebec and Havre, without any of them being as yet taken up, except the Telemaque. Amongst the number lost were -1 Russian, 1' Norwegian, 1 Swedish, 6 Dut ch, and 7 English. The nations of 10 others could not be ascertained, and the rest are French. The Commerce states, that since the month of Oc tober last upwards of 5,000 men were emba rked at Toulon for Algeria, and that as many more wesaVj ' the army ofoccupation before the month of March next. Reports were current in Paris on Tue•day after noon that the conduct of M. Lessops, the French Consul, in the events ofßarcelona, had not been cha racterised with the strict regard to the non-interven tion observed by the English Consul, and that diplo matic representations would be made, both from the Spanish and English Cabinets, respecting cert is pro ceedings of M. Lessops. Paris consumed, during the month of November last, 5,208 oxen, 1,762 cows, 4,661 calves, and 48,145 sheep.. As compared with the consumption of the orresponding month of 1841, there is a diminution of J_,4B oxen and 365 cows, and an increase of 104 calves. s nd 2,811 sheep. sad, It is stated in a letter from Alexandria that Me- s pit hemet Ali has just paid to the Sultan the w hole ;. : ;,1 amount of the tribute'due, according to the arrange- ,_ si' , . t ment made between them. se last year a ,-, ~ Independently of the large sums of money el. ) e nde 11 and the Sarre, the Prussian Government has just as signed the sum of 40,000 thalers to deepen the Lahti. in improving the navigation of the Moselle , ' -1 The navigation of th's branch of the Rhine will be particularly advantageous to Coblentz. Advices from P e sth, in Hungary, of the 3d i ns be t., state•that an Austrian army of 30,000 men was to concentrated on the frontiers of Servia, and that Aos_ t probability, trig would, in all espouse the cause ., Prince rince Michael, should Russia support the pretensiene "1 of Prince Alexander. : i" , e 1 The Times hlaaSUßthLelfcolloßrrinlNg OPINION -remarks on the , -- ' French Press and the bombardment of Barcelona " Of all the events which have furnished subjects for the extravagant declamations of the French nar re against this country in the course of the last thirty months, none appear to have produced so violent an effect in distorting the judgments and disturbing the Barcelona. To connect this calamity temper of our neighbours as the bombardment of in any . vv aI with England and the policy of this count r y , is st: e' wild an absurdity th a t we are at a loss to tre such imputations with any patience or g ra. I t Y Yet , this absurdity is, if possible, increased, avnn indiscriminately expressed by the French we remember that the sympathy thus prodigallbeen h as .. called forth by a ferocious mob at the height of . all the excesses which political mid Priv e ! et spara , , passion could prompt. The second city in more un has been treated we are told with sparing barbarity than is permitted in open, I e: , lenting war. The fact remains to be proved; but ~„.1,3"/ admitting it to he true, it must also be adulate", d i i a to be true that the second city of Spain 111 , 1 ," been for three weeks in the hands of rebels ; that tha,)ao respectable inhabitants, and even the more consPi e r y st s sf ous leaders of the republican party had fled from it ir c l ,l il despair ; that this insurrection had been commenF e ..astl by many hours of fighting in the streets of the cal: :lox followed by the defeat of the Queen's troops, an fiats ofia expectation tended at the very outset by the loss of more " al 1,000 lives ; that Barcelona still resisted the summer; ..J of the head of the State, though backed with a poyeu. ful army, and evidently held out with the that the insurrection would spread through the p rovin th c e iiri ii till the conflagration should become general , e nd fe 10 whole of Catalonia and Arragon become on e scene e s ~ ,,,s anarchy and bloOdshed. W e a dh ere to our opinion thak,'.i under such circumstances as theie, the measures , ta l ' ell .tt. effectual, but the most , merciful which fore the real by the Regent and Vinglalen were not only-the inost-,a could b e ' i s resorted to. It aears, from accounts received la' computed, that the loss •of life had been astonishinglY )...Z amount of damage could be accurately - is s small, that vast numbers of shells's thrown frorn t he ... fort burst in the air, and that even the injury done the buildings was less than could have been stipposlta' To the merdantile classei, and, indeed, to aii .. friends of order and tranquillity, even the bornharau, occupation by a band of ruffians, ment of the city was a less evil than its permanet restraint of law or authority, plundering 015 ev ils side, threatening the lives of those who counselled submission to the Queen's Government, and devoting on themselves and everything around them to comul the destruction. These are the beings for whom the ' living without any French Consul at Barcelona interceded —these are d. men whom he condescended to encourage by his, a in vice and to recognize as a municipal governmenc,,e the midst of the most horrible tumult —these are L u is desperadoes to whom, as the Journal des De v r " e _ piteously exclaims, 'No shadow of amnest7 was I D sented by the Regent,' whom they defied.' The following observations are from the Post:--of " Simultaneously with our publication of the case in Mr. Knight Bruce and the blasphemy yesterday's paper, we expressed our warmest feelingsl, of enthusiastic admiration for the more than ma t- .Y; the nobly Christian—conduct of the young g'l tic k man named, in making a spirited and decided al To on a foul and pestilentden of hideous profligacy. eh certain eases, the letter of the law, whether thro g those some verbal ambiguity or the remissness of foun d who are charged with its administration, may bejoas inadequate to grapple with a crying and notor . evil, and here it is that we can best appreciateotobe, value of the comparatively few members of any f rom munity who, at personal inconvenience, step out , sill ven the common herd, and initiate the business whietut s admit ought to be done, but of which very feV7'..,erY to take on themselves the risk and trouble. „aoriss one will approve of the course adopted by the -3 ":„Iim trate, in dealing with the case upon its substa ge of merits, instead of measuring it by the strict _ l 7 sor legal technicality. It is, indeed, disgraceful that.. so long a time, and in so public a parade should have been made of the most awful ' contaminating impurities and impieties." come i ° The Chronicle says:--" The Cabinet has 1, on a wise, though not a very consistent' conclusli Boar d the question of Irish education. The Nationa. ueto established by the Whig Government will contrail . rd receive support from a Parliamentary. grant, . d a anstitu will not be given to any rival or antagonist :. a. lie tion. Unless they had made up their minds { h t t. :i t , principle of united education should be who !y i 7 it place, a v . un a ti_iiiiil boned, this decision was inevitable. Nevertnei' testa- is a decision at variance with the v er y ardent pr°___ s o f ,; tions we heard, while these good folk we xl?ip .oili ~ i office, of attachment to principle s and 0.1 which must always maintain the same fortune honest minds, whatever changes of place or betwn may occur. Such discrepancy, however , , w ee profession and practice, in high places, Will no we, sion very general surprise now. Familiarity has ill that sentiment asleep. ' The Tories,' says the Die i_ ll Evening Mail, indignantly—' The Tories give u pOwer over the Whigs promised.' This is not quite as true make should wish it to be • but it is true enough to d • it evident that the +odes would rather give la more than all, the Whigs promised, than let go t h e ct advantages of power and place, to which they rais e , themselves by every species oihypocrisy and fraud.' The following is from the Herald:—" Lord Auck land's advocntes and defenders, repulsed from evert other point, are once more compelled to justify the in' vasion of Affghanistan by asserting that D ost Ma homed was unpopular, 'and that the exceeding popu larity in 1838 of the thrice-ejected Shah, our pen sioner Soojah-001-Moolk, excused the assault the late Governor-General made on a friendly people. If this plea were as true as it is false, it would not con stitute the slightest palliation of Lord Auckland's offence. What right has the Indian Government to depose a neighbouring chief because of Ws unpopul rity amongst his own people ? To exercise any such power is an act of unmitigated tyranny. Apply the principle therein involved to the western world, and all Europe would confederate to anni hilate the State that attempted to put it into practice. We have at the present moment more cause to assume that Louis Philippe is unpopular in France than Lord Auckland had for his belief in the unpopularity of Dost Mahomed; yet, were his Lordship to propose the invasion of France, his friends and admirers would not, we presume, be impressed with any very exalted notions of his sanity. If non-interference in the in ternal affairs of European States be the recognised policy of England, what is there in Asiatic countries that made interference necessary on the Indian Go vernment discovering that a neighbouring Prince was :,.1 disliked ?, The world was not made for England ;and, el did we indulge in this quarter of the globe in the Is fantastic tricks Lord Auckland perpetrated elsewhere, se, the British Empire would be quickly blotted out of ~.0 the map of Europe." Just reads, with characteristic Illustrations by Leecb, A WASSAIL BOWL for CHRISTMAS. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.