The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

I .-------"' vs w ill Df th e !punt the s With id ou ;87f.; jog., o nion to peen larea ;err that fell ern" n on rhich ,t of ne ar false !roll bee° figh t on rtjca , Ives And )leg , 008 last b 54 '" havc entertailliog a, select :.; circle. The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden arc staying with.the Earl. The Dowager Countess of Leicester has returned from a three months's tour in Germany, and is at present at Longford Castle, the family seat in Derbyshire, Where her Ladyship will pass the winter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady Adelaide Paget have returned to Malvern from irodeaudesert, Staffordshire. LOrd Ranelagh, Lord Somerton, M.P., and Bailey L'°efiran e , Esq., M.P., left Paris on Thursday last to ,Pay their reSpects to Don Carlos at Bourges. Some e sr; Political importance is given to this visit in the diplo 'd,Platic circles at Paris. The Earl and Countess of Bective,. after passing l'eYeral months with Alderman and Mrs. Thompson, i.l7!# their seat in Westmoreland, have joined the Mar tat,,lis of Readfort and the Ladies Taylour at Dublin. IVZISCELMANEOUS. lunar rainbow appeared at Sherborne on Friday; st& It rose from the east, and the colours were very of Jainh o Deen Mohamud, one of the younger sons of 15 11t4. late TippoO Saib, who died on Sunday in Paris, n'zv.'l,3•Prince of Mysore. He was born in 1796, and ba d attained his forty-sixth year. lineal descendant of 'William Penn, the founder I ' s tnlorigin a l proprietor of Pennsylvania, died atiChel 'l'l.wn4aln -on the 17th inst. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) ' C OVEN TEN. Although we had a very GAR exte D nsive time-of-year IT Y of most kinds of vegetables on sale here to a - -4 3', the demand for them was, on the whole, steady; ?'et the ruling prices were, comparatively speaking, l ow . How ever , a goo d c l earance was e ff ec t e d. A arge arrival of fruit has again taken place from road, but its general quality, being very inferior, it commanded little attention. The best English fruit as taken off readily, and fair currencies were real 'sett for it. We had some few parcels of new l ' l Bs nges and lemons, on offers which produced from d ' al t „? lOs per 100. Potatoes were again very abun pco' and good in qualify, and extremely low m price. „,L a thes, from 3s to 4s per cwt. ; turnips, 2s to 3s 6d; ‘z4-:;;;tstO4 3 s s 6d to 6s ; Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s; Leeks,.is to ls 9d per dozen bunches; Apples, 3d ; Pears, 2s 6d to 4s ; Onions, 2s 6d; % , t to, for pickling, 4s to 5s 6d; and Spinach, 8d to is lizAir half wive New Oranges, 8s to 10s : Ditto Le 7-Ans, 8 8 to 10s ; and Walnuts, 8d to is per hundred; u ne -Apples, gs to 9 s ; Foreign Grapes, 8d to 2s; and ... cth e'llse Grapes, 2s to 3s per lb. ; Celery, 12s to 16s; - lirocoli, 12s to 20s per dozen bundles ; Savoys, '; Q 6 t :; Is Gd ; and Red Cabbages, 2s to 8s per dozen • 14 ' 5 ; Small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet. • n NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 811 , \ `' 1 , 1 r markets to-day exhibited a very extensive 1 , „ * Y of both Game and Poultry, while the demand T as extremely inactive, at the following low rates : urk e , - 11 4 sarittriri : ig N es, tis to 8s; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s ; Capons, p b ) 7 5 . ; Rabbits, 6d to 2s ; Hares, 2s to 3s 6d ; ls 6d to 2s ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pgeons, 8d to ls each ; Fowls, 4s 6d to 8s 6d . ; lel 'eas, 2s 9d to 5s Ducks, Ss to 4s 6d per couple. P • NEWPORT. oh; nine Beef and Mutton commanded a steady in ii:iraY to-day at f u ll p r i ces , b u t o th erw i s e th e d eman d in rule heavy. Beef from 3s 2d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 4 : 4 d to 4s • Vea, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to per 81b s b y l the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. the in supplies of Fish having fallets off this week, ,ritteeinquiry is rather more active than of late, and s are fully maintained. Turbots are selling at A - 6 6 . 11-1 10 8 to 28 s ; B r ill s , 3 s '6d t o 8 s; C o d Fi s h, 5 s to ,' ; Hadd oc k s, 10d to is 8 d ; Whi t i ngs, 6 d to i s ; 2alackerel, 8d to ls; Dorys, 2s to 4s 6d; Crabs, 8d to t o R ad ; and Lob s t e r s , i s 6d to 3s 3;1 each; Soles, 10d to - i s Per. pair; Smelts, 2s to 3s; Fresh Herrings, 6d ; and Thames Fl o unders, is 6d to 2s per dozen; atid lll / 1 3 , 11 , , 1 0d to is 4d ; Crimped Skate, 10d to is; bu s h el. '' el ; 4d to is 3d per lb ; Oysters, 17s to 27s per 0 WIIITECHAPEL. • Ur 4 Whi ch * Market was again liberally supplied with meat, 4 0 a fair clearance was made at full prices. Beef, 3 3S 2d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s; Veal, the d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per glbs, by ea, rea , e. F 0 HUNGERFORD. hrt . r Fish we had a-steady inquiry, but in all other on sale here, the demand was slow, at but little lahon N in E fi flG u r re A s. TE MEAT MARKET; goae attendance of buyers here this morning was wa r ;: i ' a nd a good clearance of the supplies brought for t,;" Was eff ec t e d. Beef. from 3s '2d to 3s 6d; Mut tb' 3 s 4d to 4s; Veal, 3s dto4s ; and Pork 3s 6d 4s p.l per Blbs by the carcase. HIDE MARKET. t c ,. ‘ , 4l v hides at per stone of 14 lbs.--Best Steers and 4 3 .4 r2 1 , ss. Bd. to ss. 10d.; middling Hides, ss. to 51,47-; inferior do., 4s. 6d. to ss. Sheep and Calf wo4' at Per skin.—Market Calf, 2s. to 3s. ; 3s. BREAD. Sheep, 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. ; short do., 2s. to 3s. Th • BREAD. fr orn ~Prices of wheaten bread in the Metropolis are 41b • l oaf • • ' of household do., sid. to 60. per HAY MARKET. SItITR PIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l 5s to 4/2 8 j useful do., 4/ to 4/ 4s ; fine Upland do., St ra ", " 5 4/ lOs ; over Hay, 4/ 5s to 5110 s ; Oat per 11 16s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to prje A moderate supply, and heavy inquiry. e e , s barely supported. "Ini thLAND.—Coarse Meadow. Hay, 3/ to 3/ 15s ; 4/ d O ., 41 to 4l 6 s ; fi n e Upland do., 4/ 8s to 11 14; Clover Hay, 4/ to Si lOs ; Oat Straw, • 7 tO 9 --; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. i 7 ( ' very dull, at the above quotations. lo s . CHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ C s to ,Il i seful ditto, 3/ 15s to 41 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 4/ I/ IR'` 10 s; Clover Hay, 4/ to Si 15s ; Oat Straw, 5, 4 ' 8 tO 11 andt Straw, I/ 183 to 2/ per load. good, trade exceedingly dull. Th WAKEFIRLD CORN MARhEf. dull , e ar esal of Wheat has been consideralie. The trade was at ii,s,e,ntrs submitted to a decline of Is. to 2e. per quarter, u ser '"'e busin ess d one . B ar l ey was f u ll y I s . p er quar t er load'• / P 4 to were steady in price. Shelling declined Is. per varimi:'eans receded in price, with a very dull sale. No 'n in tither articles. Wne n „ Per qr. of 601 b to the bush, I. ' "ed. Essex and Kent New 48,. to 50 . xtra 52, Norfolk and soflolk New 445. 50s. ... 525. Boston and Wi6beach New 445. 4/is. ... 48 6 . • Yorkshire. N w 423. 455. ... 475. - '1 Old ... tn giish, White New 48.. 54..55 R d 425. 475. white 503. koreiga ited 4E. 48 ... 535. IlltleY. Per guar t imperial. Nor folk and Suffolk New tis. u, ‘2B r „ . xtra 31 , Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 2 5 3. 275. ... 2 8a. kb . 253 274. ... 28 ' Cr, di ng 24s 28'. ... —s. le ans, N ew Per qr. s f 631 b. it. th hus , •el aO3 32;. ... - 6 "fits "id ..... , ... ... . :. 31i. 32.. ... 33 , . P° talo a• d Poland ,.-.. .......... 413 . 2s ... —s. 514 .11'1, 1"41 ' 0 E ... 10' to 10%dN w lid t) M. 2 d. pet Stow-. ‘lii-g .............. ". ' , ............. to 255. per IA ad. Rat .................... ... ............... Dele_. .................... - ... 37. tine 393. per Lc. d. '''' ..... -./.os 30 . Os. 31/.03. per L Is , 14. 4 .....__ 1 1 : 15 5( D'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) I\;l4—'N, Nov. 19.—Wi n d this day at noon, ti light and hazy. A_xkl., Nov. 18.—Wind W.S.W., moderate. — from the River and remain, Phcehe, for . New pod ; Castle Lachlan and Hopewell, Jamaica. ) le r lilmcuTti, Nov. 18.—Wind S.E., storm t er ship Wilberforce, 'Turnbull ; Africa; Celia, Hun .„aq'ec, from London ; Romainfr, Pi . ,; 11, Short, Quebec. Chi t ; 413 u . rn, N ov . 17. Arrd. Regular, Budd, steam~ r s ailed 'June 27, St. Helena 7t l h ,ho u nl lt. a , s • u lt• t wing West Indies, left St. 524 Clydethßla 1/ei llloda 2d inst., and Fayal;meSrl,Veesrt lurliestYs steamer Dee, and Medway pen; Louis Philippe, New York. *,,mouriy, Nov. 18.—The Crusade and brig The t e n_ 44 wrecked at Madeira on the 26th ult. b I h u o s u v ' It. , c r g e r w e e snas3veekd on the E it, NOV. ran ashore at Madeira Louisa, Richmond, Eden, ZANCL Babia. s " la HachNov 17.—Arrd. _,e sailed Sept. 27. Iv ar Alß o t ti n t Am . , Nov. 18.—The Mary and Agnes, out - - -g id, is ashore on the bar. Iloite' 6, Nov. 18 .—Arrd. Maryland, Smith, Alex 1s a: for Rotterdam. h6l-1-I,Lbs, Nov. 17.—S1d. Mara Fremceska, St. ha s . fr4 l "PooL, Nov. S.S.E. to S.S.W., Gi r i ; ",, A rrd• Qu een M a b , Ainsley, China ; Village 1 . 0 0 ,. 1 \ r °01; Monte Video; Garrick, Skiddy, Now ; Pursuit, Spence, St. John's, New Brunswick. 11 4 ; "F; Tigris, Calcutta Huddersfield, Africa. Sld. Af r i ca n Ayrean, Calcutta; Peru, and Prince of Wales, lil ; Union Jamaica ; Jane Anderson, Scott, avannah. DU B 41, 0 1 -IN, Nov. 17 .—The British Queen, Dixon, (11 01 `e at 13 aldoyl e , h as b ecome a total wreck. The , s fl.°lll D emerara to the Clyde, is ashore near iu ttt ° P e e, on her b eam ends, crew, part of cargo, and save , Su n , '• Ant% ' L bs, Nov. 17 . —The Thomas, Holmes, from g ut e v ff er P, which was on the Herd Sand, has been RING BJohii',TowN, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Severn, Driscoll, St. '-/ew 13 runswicic ; Hillsborough, Dalhousie. es T °E, Nov. 1 7.—S1d. Ann, Cape of Good Hope. Alt Lu Nov. 17.—A rr d. I re l a nd, Quebec. .M O t Si n , • Tit, Nov. 17.—Arrd. P assenger , W a t son , fifore.. betvl.u.roan, Nov. 17.—Arrd. Stamper, Scurr, Aird, and Prince Albert, Madras. ha"AlL—The Industry, Bell, from Honduras, 04 3 ,,P1.1,t in here to repair damages, having been ashore _Fsk,olorado Reef. Arrei' l4"l.ll, R °v• 18•—Wind E.S.S. to S.S.W. rt he ri Marsden, Potts, Havannali for Rotterdam. pu t ir h ilde rromo, from Odessa to Amsterdam, has eo _, ere with considerable damage, having bean in contact with a ship off Dungeness, 15th inst. L A -iA; INTF L LIG ENCE CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) FREDERICK V. WILKINS The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, which came before him on appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Wigram. It appeared that in the year'lB3B a decretal order had been made by Lord Cottenham, upon the hearing of the case, directing that inquiries should be made by the Master as to how possession had been obtained under a contract for a sale of furniture, previously to the issuing of a com mission. The Master made his report—that report had been 'Confirmed ; and an application was now made to set aside that order, on the grounds that it had been altogether unnecessary, and that the facts were - sufficiently admitted on the pleadings for the decision of the cause. The whole point in controversy depended on the fact of possession, and the time v. hen possession was taken under the contract. It was suggested that the period at which the inquiry was directed, namely, before the issuiug of the commis sion was not the right period. But his Lordship was I of opinion that it was; and he felt therefore bound to affirm the judgment of the Court below, and to affirm it with costs. Leave was however given to set down the case for further directions. The COURT was then occupied in hearing appeal motions which presented no feature of public interest. LANCASTER V. EVORS. The further arguments in this part-heard case oc cupied the Court the remainder of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. SIR M. A. SHEE AND OTHERS. The question in this case was, whether the Royal Academicians were liable to be rated to the poor rates for their occupation of a part of the National Gallery. The parish officers of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields had rated the AcadeMicians to the poor-rate for St. Martin's parish, on account of the rooms oc cupied by them in the National Gallery, situated in their parish. The Quarter Sessions confirmed the rate, and that decision was appealed against by the Academy. The Attorney and Solicitor-Generals and Mr. Smyrke appeared for the appellants,; and Mr. Erle and Mr. Bodkin for the respondents. For the respondents it was contended that as the Academicians occupied these rooms, and received money for the admission of the public, that constituted such a beneficial occupation as to render them liable to the poor-rate. They also occupied some portion of the building as schools, and a grand dinner was given there every year. These circumstances, it was con tended, were sufficient to constitute the Academicians beneficial occupiers of these premises, and consequently to render them liable to the poor-rate. For the ap pellants it was contended that the property sought to be rated was Crown property, and was only occupied by the Academy as servants , of the Crown, who might be dismissed by the Crown whenever the Crown should think fit. • With regard to money being taken at the doors, that did not, make it a beneficial occupa tion of such a nature as to render the Academy liable to the poor-rates. The Institution was supported by the Crown; for some years past there had been no necessity to have recourse ,to the bounty, because the money taken at the doors had been sufficient to sup port the expenses of the establishment ; but if those fund should fall off; the Academicians would be forced to have recourse to the bounty of the Crown ; so that, in fact, rating them Would be rating the Crown. Money was taken for ad mission to the Tower, but no one ever contended that the fact of money being taken for admission to the Tower, constituted such a beneficial occupation as to render it liable to the rate. The Institution had been founded by the Crown, and originally had apart ments appropriated to them, in the Royal Palace of Somerset House. On the rebuilding of Somerset House, apartments had been again appropriated to their use, and there they had continued until they had removed to Trafalgar-square. They were the servants of the Crown, employed by the Crown to superintend the education of the Queen's subjects in painting, sculpture, and architecture ; they had no beneficial occupation; and inasmuch as they occupied the rooms merely as servants of the Crown, therefore they were not liable to be rated. • The Court took time to consider its judgment. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 184-2. GREAT FREE -TRADE FESTIVAL. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. Last night the, members and friends of the Anti- Monopoly AssOClation of this town, in pursuance of previous announcement, held their grand meeting in the Royal Amphitheatre, commencing with refresh ments in tea and coffee, which were succeeded by ad mirable addresses by a number of gentlemen, distin guished, in other parts of the kingdom, as well as in our own town, in the cause of free trade. Placards had some days before been posted, announcing that, amongst other speakers, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., and Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., would be present. and this, coupled with the f ur th e r announcement oi the names of other favourites of this and other places, excited much interest in the minds of the Reformers of "the good old town." The tickets of admission, to the better parts of the house, were consequently much in requisition, particularly during the last two days, and even yesterday morning had become at a premium, purchasable only from a few private indi viduals, the number, equal to the accommodation of the house (upwards of 3,000) having previously been disposed of by the Committee. Unluckily, owing to circumstances which were ex plained by the Chairman (as will appear), neither Mr. O'Connell nor Mr. Hume were present. It appeared that both were detained by events which they could not control, and that the Committee, from the communications of assent which they had received from each, were justified in issuing the placards, so far as a. belief, amounting to almost certainty, in the ar rival of the distant parties, gave authority to their de cision. The meeting, nevertheless, was most animated and interesting, there being a number of eloquent speakers on the stage ; and the enthusiasm with which the sentiments uttered were received by a crowded auditory, sufficiently showed that there is yet a strong " backbone" of reform in the town, and that a slight impulse is alone required to bring the whole body into energetic action. The house was simply but suitably decorated and fitted for the occasion. At the back of the stage, and in the centre, was fixed a motto in transparency, being an extract from a recent speech of the Premier, as follows : SIR ROBERT PEEL'S DECLARATION IN FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE. " It is a Principle admitted by all, that We should BUY in the CHEAPEST MARKET and sell in the DEAREST." —See Speech, May 10, 1842. On the right of the stage, behind, was a large blue silk flag of the Anti-Monopoly Association—device, Britannia and the Lion guarding the Reform Bill, and inscribed below, " Instituted January, 1842." On the left was a blue flag, of equal size, with the Liverpool arms and motto. The tables for the tea party were ranged in paral lel lines across the stage and the pit, about ten in number, and calculated' to accommodate froin 400 to 500 persons. Similar refreshments were provided for those in the boxes, in the. saloon, and ante-rooms attached to that department of the building. About 1,000 tickets in all were, we learn, issued for tea ; but, including the galleries, a much greater number were present, the theatre which will h o ld b e t ween 2,000 and 3,000, being filled in every part, not ex cepting many of the passages. A musical band was stationed in front of the central gallery, and played several airs in the early part of the evening. Amongst the company we observed the following gentlemen :—W. Rathbone, Lsq. (announced as Chair man) ; Messrs. J. S. Buckingham J. Bright, C. Holland, John Smith, Richard Shiel, W. B. Hodg son, Vincent Higgins, Lawrence Heyworth, J. P. Cook, Alexander M'Clellan, Ronald, W. T. Caine, J. C. Rawlins, J. Blackburn, J. A. Picton, Joseph Hornby, 11. C. Langton, J. Wilson, Alderman Bully, Henry Booth, Robertson, J. Aspinall, jun., Thqs. Urquhart, Thomas Haig, William Earle, Thos. -Rae, William Thoma s James Harvey, jun., John Yates, John Fawcett, J. Cooper, J. C. Snowball, Thoas Blackburn, Ellison Har v ey,' It. R. R. E y n a s t t e w s, o s o e d n ,. , T T h h o o rn s a . s j l e r v a o t r e js s : Thomas Wool wr i g ht, J o h n Moore ' And Thos. Robinson (late Tory - Member for Great George's Ward) ; the Rev. 3. B. Stanner, the Rev. P. Wilcock ; Colonel Williams, & c . The three boxes on each side of the stage, as well as the managers' boxes, were 'filled almost exclusively, by ladies. A number - of others were also interspersed throughout the pit and, Centre boxes, and the htinSe throughout presented- a very animated and gay ap pearance.. • • • • The business of taking tea and coffee, with the' ac companiment of cakes, bun loaf, &c., was concluded about_ seven o'clock. open' the proceedings, and prolonged cheering; clapping The ". felkw sufferers" (f WILLIAM RATIIIION cElSaqp.pi(ntglieoCf Chairman ) , v r i o n s g e to and' was received by immense handkerchiefs, &c. night was an arduous not adequately perfoLineno ressing the assemblage as his and be pro perly call them), he tier 0 ns situationeu, 'such he and dthe which heeh might, fheel felt occupiedthathe said,he could that paid to him. - w hi l s ed d g u e t d ies th w e i h th ig o h ut co t m he p i l r im c e o n r- t a meetingof his countrymen cor dial co-operation. their places,requested that all would take as sured that their inn a at n e d might have an seated, ga l a s o n ti t rnhyat vain,wthoseo would l ad n b idn e d h bu i e n c f d ee It t thh them m m as we ll as themselves. opportunity H of hearing the proceedings endeavour,tt they ey preserve l‘,eti l would ri o en r n d d e te r hr e ; in the ladies afittle e had took i ki r e h an i d na vv n • never yet appealed.to (Loud cheers, during which In d i e e n n c whoe.— that they would acknow ledgegst them a police, to whom had before stood u , their seats.) He should i y llin : . en o t b le e had to address them, to make himself heard he by all. They might naturally ask, in the first place, why he appeared in the honourable position in which be there stood, and not a better and more competent person. He could not but state in reply, that if they could not get all they wanted, they must take all they could obtain. They must in fact be contented with his endeavours on this occasion, and h e would do his best to meet their wishes. He then stated ' that he had several letters:to read, which would account for the absence of some of their warmest and most distinguished friends. The first wa s a letter from the Earl of Sef ton, who stated that he principles of the Society, cordially agreed with the but m he had given up attend ing public meetings, and promo ting the progress of free trade by his heartfelt ust content himself with wishes ; adding in a posts happy to enrol his name and record that he would be record his adhesion to the principles of the Association. Th e CHAIRMAN proceed e d to state that he must n ow trouble the meeting with a rather lingish letter and correspondence, account ing for the announce ment of Mr. O'Connell's presence, and the absence of that gentleman from the w hick they had all to meeting—a circumstance ,' tn e from Mr. regret.—(He then read two letters O'Connell and another from his son, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, Prom which it appeared that Mr. O'Connell was to leave Dublin on the 17th, and would be in Li ver " by the 18th.)—The Society (continued the pi speaker) were thus justified in announcing that Mr. O'Connell would be present that evening. With respect not, Mr. Hume, it was enough to state, he doubted that he had been un able to do so from an unforeseen domestic calamity. Bills stating that neither the onc gentle men would be in attendance, were the other the town, with an intimation thatthat day posted in those who looked to them alone (and not to the cause g other supporters) might, on applica tion, and its 2°n, receive back their money. A placard was also put up News-room to the same effect ; butin the Exchange though it was paid for, a certain party, in a spirit that did him little credit, thoughti proper to pull it " down.—Cries of Shame!" and "Name !") No - he heed he should be excused in naming him. He hoped that he would see the impropriety of his conduct, and not be so far forgetful of what was due to his character, and to the public, as again to commit a lik e breach o The question before the meet in g was f decorum. one of the great est importance to those around him, _and to the com munity at large. He rejoiced that great portion of the community accordedtbe feelings of a this ;•t,- spect with his own. lie had never se n in respectable an 'assemblage as that beef- so large and rejoiced, also, to see so many of their fair ore him. He townswomen present; but his gratification was, nevertheless, ertheless, min gled with regret, when he reflected as semblages met together with equal enthusiasmat bad such ago, their present efforts would h ave he years been uncalled for, as they would have effectually averted the evils that now pressed upon them , an d threatened them with even greater calamities. The truth was, that the effects of iniquitous legislation were at length felt by all classes of the community, and that all had found the necessity of bestirr in g themselves to ob tain a remedy. It was, however, better late than on never; and if they continued to a ct the principle of doing unto others as they wished to be done by, in fine, of to abide by the common princ i ple justice, their cause must be triumphant.—(Loud e h considered it the duty of a chair m an rathereers.) As he to conduct the business of a meeting than to occupy its time with lengthened remarks ; and as, moreover, .there were a number of gentlemen more . com petent than himself to elucidate the objects they all had in v • ew, he would now introduce to them Mr. B uckin gham — a gentle man_ whose travels and researches , both abroad a n d at home, together with his ardour in the cause of all just reforms, e n titled his opinions to the The cheers of that assembly sufficiently evinced highest respect. the high es ti ma tion in which they held e lim, i and ren dered it unnecessary for him (the Chairman) to say any thing further in that gentleman's be i I alf.—(elleers) BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) W THE MATTER OF Ms ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF DRUNSWICK"—APPLICATION FOR A CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said that he was instructed to apply for a rule calling on Thos. Holt, Frederick Brander, and Brander, priprietors of the Age newspaper, to show Cause why a criminal in formation should not be exhibited against them for a. certain libel. The application was made at the instance of his Highness the Duke of Brunswick, son of the late Duke of Brunswick, who fell on the eve of the battle of Waterloo in the cause of his country. He had been for a series of years ex cluded from the dominions of his father, and resided in this country for many years, where he was treated with kindness. He (Sergeant Talfourd) thought that the recollection alone of his father, illustrious in his life, but more illustrious in his death, would have pro tected his son from the necessity of seeking the pro tection of the Court from a libel so foul and so dread ful that no man, whether prince or peasant, could endure to live if he (lid not rebut it. The Duke of Brunswick, in his affidavit, stated that in the present year he saw in the Age newspaper a series of para graphs, the purpose' of which was to hold him up to ridicule and contempt, but which did not :impute any specific charge against him reflecting on his character or honour, and which were not on that account made the subject of any applica tion. But those charges gradually assumed a more definite form, till at length, in the course of the last month, an article appeared which left no doubt of the meaning, not only of that particular article, but of the scope and extent of those which went before. Some of those paragraphs were beyond the time in which, in the ordinary exercise of its jurisdiction, the Court would be entitled to take cognizance of them ; but in the present case the Duke of Bruns wick stated that he was anxious to vindicate him self from the accusations made against him at the time, but was advised not to do so, as he could not affix a precise meaning to them. The article, the subject of the present application, ap peared on the 16th of last month. The Duke of Brunswick in his affidavit swore that he believed the intent of those articles was to extort money from him. The first paragraph appeared on the 30th of January, and contained .some verses which were a parody on a song of Mr. Moore's. The second ap peared on the Gth of February, in which the name of a lady was introduced, and the Duke of Brunswick was charged with abusing the order of God. 'This was also in verse. The next insinuation was contained in a paragraph of the Gth of March, under the heading of the " D'Orsay Portraits," which stated that "if they did not get a D'Orsay likeness they should only get the head of a jaekass." The next paragraph related to the retirement of Captain Curry from the service of the Duke of Brunswick, as his Equerry, which stated that they were glad to hear of the row between them, and that Captain Curry had left an office which could only have disgraced him. This and the next para graph, which related to the same circumstance, ap peared under the "Notices to Correspondents." On the 15th of May an account of the fancy ball given by her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace, appeared in the Age, and at the close of that article it was stated that the ante-rooms were set apart for 1 particular classes of society, who were not, fit to enter the Royal presence, and that marquees were got for those who could not enter the house. It stated that ' quadrilles were got up there, that the " Beggar's Opera" was played, in which a certain lady appeared as Polly, Baron Aulau as Lucy, and the Duke of Brunswick as Captain Macheath, who could be equally happy with both. The next paragraph, which appeared in the "Notices to Corre spondents," stated that Baron Anhui had tl.ken up with the Duke of Brunswick, and that both of them deserved to be taken to Bow-street. On the 19th of June, the 31st of July, and on the 7th day of September, other. paragraphs appeared, insinuating unnatural practices on the part of the Duke of Brunswick. In the month of Sep tember, the Duke of Brunswick was invited as a guest by the guild of Preston, and some person wrote an account in the papers, stating that he had for beenm up as a pickpocket in mis takenotorious robber. This Is itA so taken e sworn to be a mere invention by the Duke, but on the 27th of September a paragraph appeared relative to it in the Age, under the head of " Brunswickiana." It stated that it was not surprising that the Duke of Brunswick should be taken if he dressed like one of the swell mob. Jt then published a document, will .11 they said they did in common fairness to a woman whom they were in the habit of speaking freely ( f, and that " the Duke of Brunswick had rendered him self so notorious, that he may be taken for an y thin g but a ---." The next paragraph was in verse, under the head of the " Great Unknown," and the next was that for which it was deemed necessary to apply to the Court. It was under the date of Oct. 16, and con tained, under the head of "Notices to Correspondents," the following words, " A. A.'s portrait of the scamp of Brunswick is faithful enough, but quite inadmissible in the columns of a newspaper. We much question if any unfortunate woman has been under this per son's protection, unless it was for purposes any woman ought to be ashamed of." It was for this, which in his affidavit he st a t e d h e b e li eve d was in tended to apply to him, that the Duke of Brunswick sought the protection of the Court. He stated that all the accusations made against him were false and groundless—that he was guiltless and free ( from the unnatural crimes imputed to him, and that he never was guilty of any unnatural crime—that he never visited the Bird-Cage-walk as imputed to him with the guilty design alleged—that he resided in this :country . for many years, without giving any offence, to any person, and mixed in respectable circles of society, where he was treated with regard ; and that he believed the' continuedattacks Made upon him in the Age were for the purpose of extorting money from him. The Learned Sergeant also stated that he had an affidavit of Baron Anlau, which set forth that he had been for eighteen years in the ser vice of the Duke of Brunswick, and did not believe the Duke of Brunswick was guilty of any unnatural crimes, and was of opinion that the purpose of the article was to extort money from the Duke. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You have the usual affi davits as to publication and so on. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—Yes, my Lord. Rule granted. POLICE INTELLIG ENCL. BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAY - 0 Several respectable-looking boys were brought up in custody, charged with letting off fireworks in the Strand, and the neighbouring streets. They were se verally reprimanded by Mr. TWYFORD, and fined five shillings each, or in default of payment, to be com mitted for three days. - The MAGISTRATE said that so many accidents had lately been caused by boys letting off fireworks in the streets, that he was determined, if possible, to put an end to it. MARYLEBONE—(THIS DAY): - James Richardson and Frederick Barrett, two well known thieves, were brought up before Mr. Long on a charge of felony. The former prisoner has figured in this Court about fourteen times within the last three weeks, upon charges of the same description but from defective evidence, has invariably been discharged. He was not this time, however, so fortunate, for it was distinctly proved by Mrs. Cookson, of 10, Great James's-street, Lisson-grove that he had come into her shop and taken . from ;hence a waistcoat, which was found upon his person by police-constable, 42 D. The prisoner Richardson said it was given him by Barrett. He was committed for trial, and the other discharged. ~ UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) John Fordan, a well-dressed man, was charged with committing an aggravated assault on a respect able married woman named Elizabeth Ansley. The complainant was walking along the street, when the defendant came up and endeavoured to force hi 3 conversation upon her. She, however, avoided him, by crossing to the other side of the street, when he followed her, :and attempted to take improper liberties with her. The complainant then threatened to charge her assailant with the police, upon which he tried to pull her petticoats over her head. Fortu nately .a policeman happened tc be passing at the time, and she gave him into custody. The MAGISTRATE said that it was a gross act of indecency on the part of the defendant, and that, in stead of inflicting a fine, which he could pay, he (the Magistrate) should summarily convict him, and sentence him to one month's imprisonment. THE RECENT LAW APPOINT MENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—The insertion in The Sun of the following copy of a letter, sent this day to the Editor of the Times, will . _ _ Nov. 18, 1842. - COTTENHAM. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sir—My attention having been directed to a pas sage in the Times of the llth instant, in which it is stated that Martin West was generally considered to have been recommended by no less a person than Lord Cottenham,' I feel called upon to declare (in justice to all parties, but more especially to Mr. West) that what is so stated to be generally under stood,' has no foundation in fact ; and that I had not, directly or indirectly, any communication whatever with any member of Government with respect to any of the legal appointments. Trusting to your readiness to give publicity to this my unqualified con • tradictien of the fact assumed, " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Nov. 18, 1842. " COTTENHAM," JOURNEYMEN DYERS. TO THE EDITOR OF TAE SUN. SlR,—Seeing an article in your paper of the 11th inst. upon health, copied from the Lancet, referring to the number of burs of confinement the working classes are . subject to, allow me to offer a few remarks upon the state of slavery of journeymen' dyers, whose hours are from six in the morning till eight at night, during which time they are more or less liable to the following causes of impairing health, viz. dense steam, draughts, respiring noxious gases ; one half hour at work in a room of intense heat, the next in a part of the dye-house of extreme cold ; and, even in the very depth of winter, without shoes or stockings, sluicing in cold water for hours. At eight o'clock they leave off, or perhaps, to suit the master's convenience, work till ten or twelve, for which they receive 4d. per hour. Now, in this state of things, has a man time even to improve his intellectual knowledge ? for on the. Sa turday, when a man wants to get home to arrange his small domestic affairs, he is still in yoke for the same time; so ho is, from necessity, obliged oftirnes to defer till the Sunday morning what, in fact, ought to have been done .on the Saturday. Is it, then, to be wondered that the Sabbath is not kept more holy, when here is one great evil to remedy ? What is the use of the beautiful and salubrious Parks to this class of slaves ? Let any person gaze on nine -tenths of the journeymen dyers, and they will there see a slovenly, haggard, worn-out class of beings. I could say Ft great deal more, but fearing I have trespassed too muchnpon your valuable time and columns, allow me to subscribe myself yours respect fully, A JOURNEYMAN DYER. SALISBURY, Nov. 16, 1842.—STRANGE DOINGS OF THE TORY TOWN COUNCIL.-011 Monday, appointed for the election of Mayor, the TGWU Council elected Dr. William Corbin Finch, keeper of a lunatic asylum here (late of Hammersmith), Mayor, when he declined the office. The Town Council then .elected Mr. James Cove, dealer in seeds, as Mayor, and he not declaring his intention as to serving or otherwise, the Council adjourned. To- day it appears that the Council have annulled their election of Mr. Cove, and allowed the Doctor to take on himself the office, although he had previously refused and another Mayor had been elected in his place. The burgesses are about to take steps to try the legality of the Doctor's appointment. The fine for refusing to serve the office is 1001., and the Borough Fund, by this juggle, loses the Doctor's fine.—(From a Correspondent.) A LADY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.—On Thursday two well-dressed and respectable-looking young females were placed at the bar of the Police-court, at Liverpool, they having been ,put into cu3tody on a charge of purloining some articles in a shop. As no evidence was adduced to implicate one of them, we, as a matter of course, suppress her name; and in com pliance with the wish of the friends of the other, we do so in her case likewise. The articles stolen were identified as the property of Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, and were stated to be worth about 10s. 6d. A police-officer, who had been sent for in the first instance, took the prisoners into custody. Mr. Rush ton, finding there was no evidence against the other female, who was merely in company with the delin quent and looked at the articles, ordered her to be forthwith discharged ; and said that, however painful, the delinquent must be comtuitted for trial. The Magistrate said he could not take bail. The evi dence was then read over. The prisoner, on being cautioned as to what she might think proper to say, merely said, "It is not a correct statement." She is a good-looking young woman, and cried bitterly when taken away.—Liverpool Standard. DRAYTON MANOR.—Sir Robert and Lady Peel since their return from town have received a select circle at Drayton Manor. The Duke of Buccleuch was to leave yesterday for DalkeithPalace,near Edin burgh, to join the Duchess and family. The Earl and Countess of Ripon are expected to arrive to-day on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel. Lord Wharncliffe leaves Drayton Manor to-day to meet Lady Wharn cliffe at Wortley-hall, where the Hon. John Stuart is also staying. Sir George Clerk and Mr. E. Drum mond are visiting at the Manor. QUEEN ELIZABETH.--Bishop Jewel, in a private letter to his friend Bullinger, 1559, observes that " Queen Elizabeth refuses to be called head of the Church, as it was a title that could not be justly given to any mortal." Lord Ranelagh, Lord Somerton, M.P., and Mr. Cochrane, M.P., were to leave Paris; say our pri vate letters, on Thursday, for Bourges, on a visit to Don Carlos, whose continued confinement in France is rousing even. diplomatic indignation. The detention of Don Carlos, the Princess of Beira his wife, and the Prince of Austrias his eldest son, is really disgraceful, while Queen Christina is suffered to go at large, actively intriguing to upset Espartero's Regency. The Carlists, it is well known, have long ceased to conspire, and there does not exist the slightest grounds to keep a branch of the Bourbons prisoners in France after three years' captivity.---Post. FALL OP A HOUSE.—Yesterday evening, about 7 o'clock, a large new house, nearly finished, at the corner of Charles-street, Bayswater-road, the property of Mr. Taylor, of-Marlborough-Cottage, Westbourne terrace, fell down with a dreadful crash, the roof carry ing everything before it, and so completely rendering the whole a ruin, that only a small part of the walls remain standing. Fortunately no lives were lost, as the workmen engaged on the interior had quitted work for the evening about a quarter of an hour before the building fell. The Court of Bankruptcy, under the ,new Act of Parliament, commenced its sittings at Newcastle upon-Tyne on Tuesday last. JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM, Esq., commenced by saying that amid the great variety of scenes which it had been his lot to visit in every quarter of the globe, he could call to mind none more magnificent than that which he saw before him.—(Hear.) The object for which they were met, the relief of suffering humanity, the city in which they were assembled, the second commercial emporium in the globe, the character and complexion of the individuals composing the meet ing, the most respectable and intelligent persons of the community—these, happily mingled too with sympathy for the poor, and a desire to relieve their sufferings, and a wish to dry up their tears, anda deter mination to arrest the progress of the evil which was now overwhelming the land—gave to this meeting a solemnity, a sanctity, and a holiness, which no temple upon the earth which ever had existed, or which ever would exist, let it be built where it might, and be occupied by whom it might, could excel.—(Loud cheers.) This question, indeed, was one as sacred as Christianity itself, since Christianity was proclaimed to men in order to teach them to love one another, to have good will towards each other ; and that must necessarily be hostile to love which kept bread from the hungry; that must be destructive of good will which saw the sufferer, and yet held out no helping hand to his relief.—(Loud cheers.) He said this was the cause of suffering humanity.— (Hear.) The great peculiarity of the day in which we lived was, that all classes, from the lordly pos sessor of hundreds of thousands of acres, down to tho labourer who lived by his daily toil, complained of the badness of the times.—(Hear.) All said, and it would be found the universal answer if you appealed to them upon the subject, that they were worse off now than they were ever before. There must be a cause for this universal evil. One cause was this—the population of the country, continually increasing, had, at length out grown the limits necessary to supply them with food. Imagine a family of ten individuals occupying a square of a hundred acres, which yields to the whole of the ten an abundance of food. Imagine an adjoin ing estate of the same extent and description, on" which there is, also a family of ten persons. By and bye the ten of one family intermarry with the ten of the other; they knew the geometrical ratio in which the population increased, that ten times ten be came a hundred. Suppose them, however, to have two offspring each ; . in that case, the land not increasing, but, the mouths ,to be fed continually augment ing, either new processes must be discovered to make the land yield more food, or the parties themselves have a diminished allowance of food, or else they must suffer. This process goes on for years, and the meeting would readily perceive that the power of multiplica tion in the population being greater than the power of multiflication in the produce of food, they must of necessity go beyond these two spots, and either bring new land into Cultivation which had not been culti vated before, or they must eat each other.—(Hear, hear.) Our population had, then, 'arrived at present at that state. England did not yield more than six teen millions of quarters of wheat, which constituted the chief food of the English population ; and there were twenty-eight millions of persons in this king dom who ought to be able to earn bread in sufficient quan tities for themselves and families, and because the supply from this country was insufficient they must have it from others or perish. This, then, was one cause of the present distress.—(Hear, hear.) He asked them whether legislation which impeded our trade—whether it arose in the House of Lords, or in the House of Commons he cared not—was less offensive, less unjust, or less insulting than if the impediments had come from other hands?—(Great cheering.) He held, on the contrary, that it was more so, because the Legislature, whether the Members held their seats for ever, as the hereditary branch did, Or sat by virtue of election, as the other branch did, all acknowledged, publicly, and on the hustings, that the people were the legitimate source of all power, and that from the Queen herself, down to the lowest among them, all ex isted only by the sufferance of the majority of the nation? Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, of Rochdale, next addressed the meeting, and his appearance was the signal for hearty and unanimous cheering. He said he might commence in saying that he had never before seen so magnifi cent an assembly as the present.—(Loud cheers) As a member of the Anti-Corn-law League, it gave him special pleasure to see that meeting; , but as a citizen of our common country, he rejoiced far mere to behold such an assemblyin Liverpool, because it was so strong an intimation of the growing feeling upon the subject of free trade—which :was becoming so intense in every part of the country, that we could not dispair of entire and very speedy success.—(Cheers.) At a meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League, some two or three weeks ago, he felt it :his duty to make some observations with regard to some portion (judging from the appearance of the meeting he should say a very small portion) of the inhabitants of Liverpool. It was in taking a view of the state of the representation of this country ; and he alluded to the extraordinary fact, that Liverpool should return to the senate of this country men whose principal claim upon the electors was that they went to support a system which had crippled trade—to make a little trade— and, considering the great source of the prosperity of the borough which they represent, to the serious loss of property of the citizens. He had had forwarded to him some extracts from some of the newspapers in this town, which supported the monopoly party, in which extracts there were some curious notices. He had said that shipowners stood in the relation of carriers. This newspaper said he had sneered at them as carriers, as if carriers were not as respectable and honourable men in their station of life as those who " tore up rags, mixed them up with devil's dust, and sold them in the shape of calico."—(Hear and laughter.) lie did not sneer at them as carriers ; but it was a simple fact, that if shipowners were carriers from one land to another, and from one con tinent to another, it followed very clearly that if there was an extension of trade, by which we under stood that there would be a larger quantity of goods produced, to be carried across the ocean, that these shipowners must receive some benefit from this extension of commerce.—(Hear.) But, said this organ of monopoly, these men "would not mind having this extension of trade if they could be assured that their ships could carry all the goods."—(Loud laughter and cheers.) They would help us to destroy one great monopoly, if we would but grant them another great monopoly.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) Why was it they did not carry all our goods ? Why, for the simple reason that other persons had ships too, andj they must live. If they had not supported so long the Canada monopoly, by which they had bad and exprisive ships, and the corn monopoly, by which they expensively provisioned them, then they would have had as good ships, sail as cheaply, and take goods at as low a freight, and upon as good terms as any shipowners in any other country ; then, whatever pods there were to be carried, they would, at least, have had their fair share of them.—(lear.) Liverpool, unfortunately, was connected with mono poly ; therefore it was not to be wondered at, that there should be some people here who were in favour of the perpetuation of this greatest of all monopolies. —(Hear.) Nothing could be more certain than this, that the sugar monopoly was doomed suddenly to fall. The Anti-Corn-law League had taken their stand on the right place ; they had attacked the corn monopoly first, which was the key-stone of the arch, and they might rely upon it, that, if that monopoly were once overturned, the farmer and landlord would soon find out that theyhad no special interest in maintaining the West India and Canadian monopolies.—(Cheers.) Why did the farmers return the men they did ? Not because they had any favour or bias whatever, but be cause they believed that a certain political party was identified with protection, which protection they be lieved to be essential to their interests ; and without considering any other question, they voted for that man who said he would support corn monopoly.— (Hear.) Let that monopoly be once abolished which was now fostered, and we should find these men as anxious for the abolition of all monopolies as we our selves were; instead of having them as opponents, we should have them among our warmest friends ; and the next time they came to express their opinion at the hustings, instead of being driven up there as usual like cattle, to vote for the Squire, they would vote for any one else whatever.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN here rose, and was received with most enthusiastic cheering, which was again and again re peated. When silence had been restored he spoke to the following effeet :—lie said—Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, if I should feel, under ordinary cir cumstances, some embarrassment in addressing you, it has not been a little increased by the kind manner in which my Hon. Friend has introduced me, and the way in which you received me, coupled with the fact that much of what I intended to say has been antici pated by those who have spoken before me , and that I am unwilling to indulge in repetitions. I have heard on this occasion an expression of satisfaction, which I must be allowed to repeat, that we meet here in the presence of ladies this evening. Now, as an old agitator on the question of free trade, and the Corn-laws in particular, I have laid it down as a maxim, that no town or borough can be con sidered to be sound and safe in the true faith until the ladies join the gentlemen in demon strations at the tea table.—(Loud cheers.) My friends have thought it necessary to go out of their way to justify the ladies in appearing on this occasion. Why, every one knows that whether the ladies take sides or not in public, they take sides in pii‘a• .* •te —(Great laughter.) I have heard an old electioneering campaigner say, in a contested election, that for every man that was - publicly canvassing there were two ladies canvassing secretly on one side or the other.—(Cheers and laughter.) But on the Corn law and the Bread- tax in particular, I hold that the ladies are following their duties, their household duties —in agitating for the cheap loaf.—(Cheers.) Even if they were not called upon by the- claims of huma nity and charity so to do, there is another ground upon which the ladies have an ancient and hereditary title to become agitators for the poor, of which many of them may not be aware. The very name of "Lady' • is derived from the Saxon, originally meaning " bread divider"--" bread distributor."—(Hear.) The word drrived, as I have said, from the Saxon, has taken its origin from the custom of the Danes, in ancient times, among our Saxon ancestry, who assisted their brethren. That was the origin of the name " Lady." Surely you would not be so untrue to the name as to forget your poorer brethren, now when the question is agi tated—whether the poor shall have a cheap or a dear loaf?—(Hear, hear.) But the effects of these mono polies in sugar and corn are brought home, not only to the rich, but, i n di m i n i s hi ngthe demand for labour, they affect the poor sempstresses just as much as the weaver at his loom, or the spinner at his jenny. Looking at the London papers we see that a meeting was called to make known the injustice practised on a deserving body of females in the metropolis, who are engaged all day for the sum of sixpence. Five hundred of them in Shoreditch are engaged in making shirts for the sailors, for which they get Id. each. You may have noticed that the case drew from the Magistrate and the bench a severe censure on the parties who paid this monstrous and miserable reward for labour. Well! but those who answer us when we agitate for free trade in food, let them answer us now, how is it that those poor females are getting only sixpence a day for 12 hours' labour in toiling at their needle? There is no machi nery there.—(Hear.) We have not yet managed to spin or weave shirts.—(Hear, and a laugh.) How do they answer that ? Why to hear the advocates of the Corn-laws in reference to the wages of labour, you would fancy there was something inherent in the Corn-laws that while they were maintained wages would bemain tained ; but when these sempstresses make their case known, what is the redress we have from the whining phi lanthropists ? Why, the very parties who are up holding monopoly denounce the people that employ them, and call them " Jew slop-dealers," and say they ought to give bett e r wages ; an d so ie only re medy those poor people have from the upholders of the present system is not an Act of Parliament, nor to go to the Duke of Buckingham—they are handed over to the tender :mercies of their employers, who, we are told at the same time, are " hard-hearted Jew slop-dealers."—(Great laughter.) Well, now, six pence a day for making shirts !—three shillings a week ! I. Ladies and Gentlemen, you are here in sup ! pert of the Anti-Monopoly Association. You deal in bread. How much do you think these poor people pay to the Duke of Buckingham, the Glad stones, and others.—(Dear, hear.) Let us calculate, ifyou please. How much do these lordly bread-taxers condescend to take from the hard earnings of these sempstresses? They have 3s. a-week. They must eat fourteen-pence worth of bread, for they get little else. You, gentlemen of monopoly, will give us three pence for the Duke of Bukingham on that article. —(kar) They must have half-a-pound of sugar, on which there is a penny for the monopolists. Well, there is coffee, meat, and all these things they ta x . Everything iey eat and drink is taxed. Why, it is not less than sixpence out of the three shillings for the benefit of the lordly bread-taxer.—(llear, hear.) When I get up in the House of Commons and ask them to pass a law, which I do in mere irony, remind you— (Hear, hear) —to expose the iniquity of their system —(Cheers)—when I get up and ask them to pass a law to regulate the wages of labour for those people before they regulate the price of their food, they tell me they have not the power to do it, and point me to the re cords of the House to show that they have not the power to regulate wages. And. yet the House hands over to the Duke of Buckingham-1 said Mr. Glad stone also; I did not allude to him personally, but I say any man who benefits by the corn and sugar laws. —(Hear)—the House of Com Mons, composed of such men, pass a law to give to them an artificial and enhanced price for their merchandise, at the same time that they acknowledge that they have not the power to regulate wages.—(Hear and cheers.) 'Well ! I say, is not this the case with your suffering fellow-country women ? They come singly out, without any modifica tion of machinery or anything else, with an appeal that ought to be irresistable • and does not what I have men tioned above justify the ladies of Liverpool—ladies either of fashion or rank, for I despise that fashion that would frown on such patriotism as theirs—(llear)-- does it not justify and call on you to come forward and use that influence you possess, which you are always using on one side or the other, and which 1 wish to be greater and greater still in a cause such as I have been describing ?—(Cheers.) Besides the ladies who are here, I see there is a portion of another section of the commnnity—l mean the working clssses. I see them in the distance. I have been looking at your Papers the other day, and I saw some account of a meeting here which was held by the ship-carpenters, complaining of distress in trade, and one of their resolu tions say that they will not allow any more of humbug in religion or politics in their trade.—(Great cheers.) Now, I do not understand how religion can interfere with ship-building, at all. But this I can understand, that there may be parties who have come to the ship builders, and in the name of religion—like wolves in sheeps' clothing—have dared to use the ship-builders, not for purposes of religion, but for secular aggrand isement, and for the obtainment of temporal power and ascendancy.—(Hear.) I cannot perceive what party politics can have t o d o w ith s hi p -b u ildi ng, But 'l. can understand how a certain political party may set up to be the exclusive benefactors of a cer tain class of men, whether they wield th e ma ll e t , or the shuttle, and claim them as their confederates, with a promise that they shall attain beneficial ends by the partnership. Well ! they had that partnership; and now, in the month of Novem ber, we see the stock taking on the part of the ship-builders, and a very dismal kind of balance sheet it seemsgto be.—(Great laughter.) They have declared. that they dissolve partnership from this hear. I am not surprised at that. My only astonishment is that men who have raised enough to wield a mallet and chisel should not have more brains than to have entered into such an unholly alliance.--(Loud cheers.) Did they ever read the fable of the giant and the dwarf that went a fighting together— how the dwarf lost a leg, an arm, and an eye, and afterwards found out that he had been carrying on a losing game, and declared a dissolution of partner, ship with the giant ?—(Laughter.) Well, but I perceive that some of your ship builders here have gone to work, to mend their trade, a little after the fashion of their betters. I find they have been de claring that other men should not work, and threat ening them to confine themselves to their own localities. Now, that is just the design of the Duke of Buckingham. They want to send away all who were not born here. But the ship-builders at Whitby, Portsmouth, and other places are just as bad as they are. We will suppose they all sent away their men, and what the better will they be after that ?—(Hear, hear.) But it seems the most ac tive of the monopolists—the leaders, Buckingham and Richmond—have been brought up before Mr. Rushton ; and I certainly read the speech of Mr. Rushton, which surprised me, and I think he will be fortunate if he es capes the notice of the Attorney-General for sedition. —(Great laughter.) Why, he declared it is rank tyranny and despotism to turn away a man from his labour in the market where he can dispose of it ! He has declared that the Magistrates of Liverpool will send to gaol for three months any body they detect prevent ing the people from selling their labour to advan tage. Now, I think they will have a goodly set of culprits at their bar before long, if they carry out their threat.—(Laughter.) From what I have seen of the vigorous manner of your worthy Magistrate, I should like; nothing better than to see the monopo lists—Buckingham at their head—placed before him to answer before the Magistrates of Liverpool for an offence against the Act of George the Fourth, chapter the second or the fourth. I think it is, but, at all events, the Magistrates would tell all about it, and I would desire nothing better than to hear Bucking ham and the rest enter into their defence, not for hav ing gone and thrown men out of their work in the docks, but when he was told by your Borough Ma gistrate that he had to answer for having thrown out of work some thousands of riggers and ropers, for having oppressed the whole of the manufacturing districts, and for breaking down the sempstresses— I should like to see your sugar and cern mono polists answer for having done this, for which the ship-carpenters were made liable to three months' imprisonment.—(Hear, hear.) - Well, now, I must say the ship-carpenters are on the wrong scent. I hope some of them are here who will hear me. They want better trade. They want employ ment. They want good wages. How is that to be got ? I will tell them. By bringing more ships to Liverpool, and giving more trade for them when they come. You have ships here, it is true. I under stand there are 70,000 tons of shipping in the docks, worm-eaten and rotting, looking for freight. There may, to be sure, be work for the shipwrights when the bottoms are eaten away by the worms—(Great laughter)—but what are they to do in the mean time ? They want more trade and how are they to get it ? By not sending men to Parliament to vote for the timber and sugar duties, and for other timings of which they want most.—(llear.) Now suppose the monopolists, your own Members included, were to carry out their principles a little fur ther. Suppose they pass a law to cut off Liverpool from the Cheshire coast. 'We will suppose they pass a law for that, and it would be just as natural as to cut you off from intercourse with Canada. Does not the -humblest ship-carpenter see that if you cut off the trade with Cheshire you would p u t a stop to the trade in steam- boats, and those people must be thrown out of work ; whereas, beMeen the passing of a law to c ut you oft' from ie other side of the Mersey, and the passing , of a law to cut y ou o ff from America, there is this difference, that you ar e doing ten thousand times more prospective injury th an by - shutting yourselves out from the coast of Cheshire.—(llear.) I ant very glad to find that the ship -carpenters have come to the resolution of looking at the question, of party politie s , an d not be used )y any plausible politicians wh o want to carry their ends by the cry of There monopoly. independent Will be little chance for good go vernment or good trade unless the people who have 1 the electoral franchise will look t o th e i r duties irre spective of the two great political parties.—(Hear, and cheers.) They must not ask whether a man is a Whig or a Tory, but whether he will vote for measures that will benefit them and the rest of the community, and if he will, no matter whether he be a Tory or a Whi g, vote for him, and if he be a Whig, and will not, then Ireject him.--(Renewed cheers.) And just now I heard from my friend in the chair, that we had some present who do not usually attend. I think he said they were gentlemen of a particular party. I never mention the Inames of parties at Anti-Corn-law meetings. I hope every free-trader will banish from his vocabulary the names of the old parties by which the country has been so long pestered.—(Hear.) But we are told that some are here for the purpose of obtaining information—to hear what is said. Well! what can be the objection urged that they can desire to hear answered against the principle of free trade that they have not heard expounded by Mr. Buckingham, in so able a manner that it would be useless to attempt to add to his ar guments. I will tell you the answer advanced in their own coteries—that is, the honest one o f w hi c h th e y make use. I will tell you their difficulties. They say you will th row t h e agricultural labourers out of em ployment if y ou b r i ng in foreign corn,—and if you give employment to the people in the manufacturing districts, they tell you it will also throw out of em ployment die labourers in the agricultural districts. We are told by the Duke of Buckingham, be cause they put forward the labourers' cause at all times as that likely to win the sympathies of the public. But have we not proofs to the contrary ? 'What said the late Lord Leicester ? "We must have no Corn law."—(Hear.) What says the Earl of Spencer, Lord Ducie, Mr. Smith of Deanston, who combines with his other talents the talents of a manufacturer of ma chinery ? 'What says Mr. Greg, who has more land in his possession than many of the monopolists ? He has been to Scotland, and what says be ? Why, that if England were cultivated as the Lothians are cultivated, that produce in Lancashire and Cheshire would be three-fold greater than it is at present, and that the pro duce in England generally would be doubled.—(llear.) This is borne out by the Report of the Committee of 1836. If you were to improve agriculture and raise this double quantity, you must call into activity a greater amount of labour. You must call in increased labour to give vitality to capital ; therefore it is beg ging the whole question.—(Hear.) I stepped into the Athenaeum as I came down, and I saw the Times of this morning. It contains a long article against the Anti-Corn-law League, of course. (The lion. Gentleman had not concluded when our Express left.) ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. This town was thrown into a state of great con sternation between eight and nine o'clock last night, bi a report that the Rev. Edmund Mortlock, } ellow of Christ's College, had been fired at by his nephew, Frederick Cheetham Mortlock. Mr. Mortlock, it appears, was sitting in one of his rooms in the Fellows' wing of the College, about half- past eight, in company with Mr. Thomas Mitchell, when his nephew opened the door, and, making some ob servation, said he would sboot them both, ac the same time presenting a pistol. Mr. Mitchell made his escape, and the missile from the pistol, which has not yet been discovered, grazed the clothes of Mr. Mortlock, providentially without injuring the Rev. Gentleman. The assassin, in the mean time, made his escape, lashing two hunting whips together, and dropping a hei g ht o f th ree stories into the Fel lows' garden, having first bolted the door, which was in vain attempted to be forced while lie was making his escape The unhappy young man has before been held to bail, and imprisoned in default, for threatening his uncles—Edmund, the object of the above diabolical attack, and Thomas, the head of the eminent banking establishment, for some grievance, real or supposed, relative to his father's will, to which they arc execu tors.— Candiri , ke Independent Press. FIRST-RATE PIGEON SHOOTING.—(From a Pigeon Shooting Correspondent.) —A very interesting match took place at Cambridge the other day between Mr. Thomas Tarrant, of that town, and a Mr. Gannon, of the Oxford University, to kill the greatest number out of 50 birds each, at 21 yards distance, for 501. a side, the birds to fall within 100 yards of the trap. The coolness and skill of the contending parties were highly spoken of; and a deal - of money was wagered on them by their respective backers. Th e sna t c h came off in a field near Barnwell, and the crowds that assembled of " tOWII and gown " to witness the affair were immense. Mr. Charles IVagg,staff of Cambridge, and Mr. Jackson, of London, were appointed umpires, and Captain Doria referee. Mr. Gannon, shortly pre vious to the match, offered to hack himself at 60/. to 501., and was taken by Mr. Dan Pate, a celebrated ' character in the sporting world of Cambridge. There were other bets of a larger amount between junior members of both Universities. Nothing could exceed the excitement, especially during the first part of the match. The firing was alternate, and Tarrant having first shut, brought don n Isis bird within a cou ple of yards of the trap. His friends, who were in an ecstacy at having "first blood," backed him at 6 to 4, and were accommodated. 11 7 msguant tutu fides, how ever, for Tom missed his fourth, seventh, twelfth, seventeenth, twenty-second, thirty-first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh, and forty-second birds; whilst his adversary's eleventh, twenty-fifth and forty-first got away. Mr. Gannon, therefore, won by eight birds in forty-three shots, to the great surprise of the Cam bridge folks, who seemed rather annoyed at being let into the secret of their champion's interiority to any pigeon-shooter in England, and doubly so when the astounding fact was declared to them, after the match, that on a recent occasion the gentleman who had just drawn them for more than a trifle, killed 195 out of 200 birds. TILE liessrAN EMBASSY.—The entertainment at Ashburnham House this evening to his Imperial High ness the Archduke Frederick of Austria is to be on a scale of unusual elegance. All the members of the corps dVomatique, and above one hundred of the drove AboA bo u t t o three te i o; nAility now in town, have been invited to meet his otetokn3po-esrticeer: Imperial Highness. Ir s.r morningll I eas cabrioletD Ea T DEATH.--About yester day station with a man who was supposed to be drunk. The door of the cab being opened, 1 however, he was found to be motionless, and to all appearance dead, and upon his being removed to the station-house Mr Coward, the police surgeon, was sent for, who ascer tained that life was quite • extmct, although there was still warmth in the body. Policeman Dormer, 20.5 N, it appeared had found the deceased lying in the City-road, and - was about to procure the stretcher to remove him to the • station-house, when a cab driver offered to convey him thither in his cab,.and did so. A gentleman named Burton, who ac companied them, said that previously to the arrival of the police-constable he saw the deceased lying apparently in a fit, and another constable of the G division standing near him, as if waiting for assist ance, bytwhich time was lost. The deceased was identified as a young man of the name of Butcher, respectably connected, and it was stated that he had been a lawyer's clerk, but for some time unemployed, and known as keeping rather loose company. It was ascertained that he was at the Eagle Tavern until after one o'clock yesterday morning, but he does not appear to have been intoxicated. Some bruises and marks were observed upon the head and face, which will form the subject of investigation before the Co roner's Jury, information of the occurrence having been forwarded to Mr. Baker, the Coroner. FIRE AT ROTHERIIITIIE. — ShortIy before eleven o'clock last night a fire of a very calamitous character was discovered raging in the lower part of the pre mises belonging to Mr. Smith, situate at No. 36, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe,' within a few doors of Paradise Tavern. A policeman immediately raised an alarm, and with great difficulty awoke the mates from their slumbers to a sense of th • eir danger, when a pitiable sight presented itself; I most of the inmates had to rush through the flames a l mos t in a state of nudity; but, unfortunately, a young female of the name of she. Shea, in the excite ment of the moment, threw herself from the second floor window, and, falling upon her back, received such viole,it bruises, that her life is de spaired of. A messenger h • aving been in the interim dispatched to the various engine -stations, with intel ligence of the outbreak, • m an incredibly short period several engines bel • ongmg to the London Brigade, West of England fire-offi ce , and the different parishes, were on the spot, but some considerable time elapsed before they could be got into operation, owing to the great scarcity of water. The large floating engine was moored.along the side of the river, and set to work, which being done a great body of water was poured up on the fire, but owing to the ravages it had made in the interior, the firemen were unable to save any portion of Mr. Smith's premises ; finding that it would be useless to endeavour to save those, Messrs. Braidwood and Connorton, the superintendents of the two bodies, directed the men to endeavour to save the adjoining premises, which was, owing to indefatigable exertions on their part, partially accomplished. About half-past 12 o'clock the fire had burnt itself out. 1)r. Johnson, when in the fullness of years and knowledge, said, " I never take up a newspaper with out finding something I should have deemed it a loss not to have seen; never without derivingfrom • in struction and amusement." FAILURE Or A BANK.—The town of Henley-on- Thames was thrown into great consternation on Thursday morning, by the announcement that the bank of Messrs. J. D. and T. Lydall, the only local bank in the town, had suspended payment. It Was market day, and the effects were very apparent, as business was nearly at a stand. Bills were published and circulated throughout the town, calling a meet ing of the creditors, to be held at the Town-hall this day affairs(Satun wiayin be made b at Ilo'clo; a C kv , N em he m n it a teewho statementt have o their been intrusted to make a preliminary inquiry.