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One Share, 1/. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31.; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. The full Pcospeetus, with all particulars, may he had gratis, upon addressing airne to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Tills EVENING. DEC. 8, Witt be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal . Theatres in Italy) ; Assnr, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley ; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. liumby ; Miss Warren Miss Lee. 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 Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, 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 skews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 8, Will be repeate i d the Comedietta of A CURE FOR LOVE. Felix Trimmer, q., Mr. W. Farren ; Richard Sadgrove. Esq., Mr. Buckstone. Mrs. Felix Trimmer, Mrs. Malone Raymund ; Mrs. Major Browne, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss Bitterton, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Tubbs, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, THE DONNIKGER. Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Ms. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vestals. To be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster ; Margot, Madame Celeste. To which will be added Mr. T. H. Bayly's Burletta of ONE !JOUR ; er, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original charactes), Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dalton, Ober original charac"t"er), Madame Vestris, who will sing Lan is the Theme." 100 conclude with Mr. Beckstone's original Farce of THE IRISH LMS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, DEC. 8, WA be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WM AT. The prin:ipal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Fawcit, and Miss Murray. After wh*, a New Comic Burletta, called AN TONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, 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. Tn conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Waieht, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. *rattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, Sec. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 8, Mr. T. P. Cooke in a new Character, and positively the last Three Nights of his Engagement, commencing with a new Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE ; or, RE TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke will be supported by,the Entire Company. After which, UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SE,TTLER'S DAUGHTER. Jack Steady, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Mary, Mrs. R. Hornier. To conclude with The PLEDGE OF LOVE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, front eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN IS NOW ON SALE, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FO O , NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL TIM LATEST NEWS. Orders received at the SUN OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all Xeres-Agents. } YOH W &TER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ft4Mainutes after 5 I Evening 55 minutes after 5. tv, LONDON : THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1842. We have always given the Post credit for honesty and sincerity, albeit, combined with al most unexampled ignorance and wrongheaded ness, in taking the part of a zealous advocate of our restrictive policy. Confirming our opinion on both points, it, yesterday made a vehement : attack on some of its own friends. The straw is moving, and some of the rats have run forth, in what direction our Contemporary shall tell. The • heading is the Post's : MORE POLITICAL DEBERTER9. The peculiar notions of political honour and con y entertained by some Members of Parlia ment who call themselves Conservative, received a farther ex emplification at the Yeovil agricultural aktier which took !) 3 r the brilliant place a few days ago. Allured Escott has acquired d epu h tation which Mr.. Beckha m principles of the Anti -Corn-law his conversion tc" . t h e tie County Alembers for _u o rn-law League, two o his ar ivElwiptiFlit example. wew in is e a rset, have followed is Avoinioly, as possible, buted to judge of them as - ----- I n i Tessions left upon of d• r1; ., . , •---apeeelies was a m ixture di sgust us. we must own that the . by the perusal of their and pity--disgust I.=--,.4.,0.--, at the barefaced abandonment of tho se • • f .-4 F - c; ' s '•,. ~ ;04F - support '..illypOrt of which these county gentlemen were .5 -...i:_ -- -iietto , 'Par ament, and pity the weaknoss of mind r \—..-::‹ -and deadniss of heart which have no doubt led to. this 1 x ) - - abandonment. How these gentlemen c ou l d look Mr. '"• 1„: Sanford in the face, and condescend to flatter 'him, for the sake of avoiding his well-merited casti gation, we cannot imagine. We are most 1 iappy, however, that their flattery did not hinder him from giving them the rebuke which they deserved. It is perfectly clear now, that he was supplanted in the representation of the county upon false pretences. They are now as Whiggish in their policy as ever he was. They are now of the same mind as to the policy of protection for agriculture which Lord John Russell and his party avowed themselves to be in May, 1841. With what face, then, can they stand up as Members of Parliament before the man who ceased to be a Member of Parliament because they gave the county to understand that they would support politi cal views the opposite of his ? These gentlemen may think it a fine thing to go with Liberalism and the Minister, and to abandon the industry . of their countrymen to all the mischief which can be inflicted by the competition of cheap foreign labour, but we can tell them that they will have their reward, and if they do not live to hate themselves, they will, if they live long, learn what it is to witness the contempt of a deceived people. Our Contemporary has a great deal more of the same sort of vigorous abuse of his late friends, who could assign no better reason for their change of opinion than that " the times" and the " course of things" compelled them to change. Why our Contemporary should think them insufficient to justify Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON we know not, since changes in " times" and " things" have ever been held suf ficient to justify the most violent changes in po litical conduct. Sir ROBERT PEEL only repeated in 1842 what he and the Duke of WELLINGTON did when they submitted to a dire necessity in 1829, and gave up their principle to retain power. Then both these eminent statesmen, both these present idols of the Post, did what Mr. ACLAND and Mr. DICKINSON have now done, namely, acted directly contrary to the principles a con fiding ultra-Protestant clergy and people placed them in power to support. They have not for feited the esteem either of the Post or the To ries, and it is rather hard on the Somersetshire gentlemen, to attack them for now following a lead which has had, and they might naturally suppose always would have, the approbation of every Tory. Messrs. ACLAND and DICKINSON, as the Post properly observes, supplanted Mr. SANFORD in the representation of the county on false pre tences; but by those representations they got what they wanted, place and power for them selves and friends. In the history of modern Toryism that is quite an ordinary occurrence. The plain and always avowed principle of the Tory party—which pervades, and always has pervaded, its policy, is get and keep power; and to that end put forth any pretence, flatter any prejudices, nourish any errors, praise any superstition, offer homage to any powerful popular idol which will enable you to attain it. Throughout the mazy inconsistencies of Tory opinion, we can always trace a firm and logical con sistency of conduct. From the pole-star of place and emolument, the Tories have never swerved. In all their policy, in all their public acts, you distinctly see the same political meanness, greediness, rapacity, and cowardliness, always seeking pelf and power on every pretext, and ever deserving, as now, the reprehension of the Post, for giving up their opinions whenever " the times'' and " the course of things" rendered that necessary for the preservation of pelf and power, There are, however, far higher considerations than those connected with this avowed deser tion by the country gentlemen of the princi ple of protection. Mr. ACLAND and Mr. DICKINSON both recommended the farmers not to rely upon " protection," that " legislation could do but little for them, that they must rely on their own intelligence and exertions." Well may the Post ask, " are not intelligence and perseverance always excellent ?" Could not protection be as well done without in 1840 as in 1842? Certainly; but Mr. DICKINSON and Mr. ACLAND thought, in their surpassing igno rance, that they could, by law, extort wealth from the manufacturing classes, and the whole body of the consumers, without injuring them selves. " The times" and " the course of things" have taught them the folly of their iniquity. Now they see that protection cannot be preserved, and, if preserved, cannot save the farmer from decay and rents from falling ; and now they encourage the farmers to exert themselves, as they before en couraged them to rely on protection, that rent may be kept up. No other earthly object have the country gentlemen in view; and hence, now that the rotten reed of protection has broken under them, they all call lustily on the farm ers to improve their cultivation. What was the cry at Leicester on Friday, at the annual show of the Leicestershire Agricul tural Society, at which the Duke of RUTLAND presided, and spirited the farmers on to make greater exertions ? We copy from a Morning Contemporary of Monday the reply :- lEs Grace was taken up rather smartly by the Rev. N. Morgan, who, on returning thanks for the Bishop and clergy of the diocese, said " he was sorry they did not meet this year under the same favourable circumstances as they had last met—(he should be telling a lie to say otherwise, and he abhorred lying) —and that though he was sorry to have to differ from the Noble Chairman, who said they must wait, he should like to know what would be done when rent day came ?—(Loud cries of Hear, hear,' and conti nued applause.) He said not that to court popula rity, but it was of no use giving medicine to a dying man or putting a plaister on a broken leg. His panacea for this state of things was good farming and considerate landlords." The Rev. Mr. Morgan was here on rather ticklish ground. It seems to have been thought necessary to notice his pointed allusion to rent-day; and Mr. Philips, a banker in Leicester, in the confidence of his Grace, said, he would answer Mr. Morgan's question as to rent-day by saying, " Pay those rents"—(Hisses and derisive laughter)—and from what he knew of the Leicestershire yeomen, he knew that all the tenants were well able.—(Hear, hear; No, no, and hisses.) Protection, therefore, having failed the land lords as a m eans of keeping up rent, they have now fallen on the plan of recommending indus try and exertion, draining and manures, to the farmers. They are preparing, we believe, to • not because 11y are iniquitous, l gve up the Corn-laws, rent; not but because they are injurious to because they starve a po r ti on o f the people, stifle trade, and foster national animosities, but because they throw the support of a few of the labourers on the land. What a climax to the characterof the Corn-law -making landowners ! They have for a series of years known that the Corn-laws have been publicly and openly branded as irreli gious, as immoral, as most iniquitous, as a violation of all the duties which the legislator owes to the people—in short, they have long known them to be publicly branded as the devil's laws, and they never thought of resigning them ; but the moment their own pockets suffer —which we long ago knew and said would be the case—they are ready to give them up, acknow ledge the error of their principle, acknowledge the justice of our charge, and, pocketing the infamy with their past increased rent, think only how they may turn the new " times' and the new " course of things" to the future increase of their beloved rent. Whatever may be the present homage of their flatterers in the press and in the public, posterity will do justice to them, and point them out as an infatuated set of men, who sacrificed the affection, the love, and the respect of a noble people to the most mean and sordid con siderations. We have more and good news of the progress of the League. At a large tea party held at Leeds on Tuesday eveninj, similar to those parties which have been recently held at Halifax and Hudderifield, nearly 1,0001. was subscribed in the room. At the same time it was announced that the subscription at Huddersfield had reached 1,3081. There can now be no doubt whatever that the League will raise the desired 50,0001., and would be able to raise twice that sum should it be necessary to defeat a protracted and obsti nate refusal to remove the legislative fetters from trade. Everything augurs well for the success of the League. Its opponents are giving up the contest both in principle and in detail, and as they retreat the League is gathering strength. The Leeds meeting, of which a full report appears in another column, was as numerous as possible. As many tickets (650) were issued as the room would accommodate persons to share in the festivities, and the galleries were cro w ded with spectators. Many ladies were present, and the most opulent merchants and manufactures of Leeds were mingled with the middle classes, and a fair proportion of operatives, Mr. J. G. MAR SHALL was in the chair. The meeting was one of those tea parties which the Socialists, we think, had the merit of introducing, which the opera tives have adopted, and which just now have the double recommendation of discountenancing in ebriety, while they promote cheerfulness, and promote trade with that great empire with which we have recently concluded peace, and hope to extend our commerce. Great Britain, we are afraid the monopolists will say, is changed in all things, and there can no longer be any hope for that monopoly which they characterise as Eng lish, since the people eschew roast beef and beer, and take to tea and bread and butter. In that change lies part of our hope. When the people were brutified by much strong drink, they were fitted to be the tools and slaves of those who chose to use and enchain them. Several noblemen and gentlemen who had been invited were unable to attend, which they must have regretted. The principal speakers were Mr. ADLAM, one of the Members for Leeds —the other Member, Mr. BECKETT, could not attend his constituents—Mr. H. STANSFIELD, Dr. BOWRING, Colonel THomeso - x, and Mr. COBDEN, who seems unwearied and in exhaustible. He gave the meeting the strongest assurance of success, and said that he believed the House of Commons, when it met, would contain not less than 200 Members ready to vote for total and immediate repeal. We almost anticipate that the whole House will vote it by acclamation, in order to get rid at once and for ever of Corn-law discus sion and Corn-law agitation. At least we are sure it could perform nothing so wise. The Hon. Member also referred emphatically and strongly to the war which some journals have carried on against the League, and the prosecutions with which they have threatened it. He wisely set them at defiance, and informed those journals that the League was prepared toshow by extracts from their columns, that they had contributed to the late uprising of the people in the manufacturing dis tricts. He referred to a particularcase at Halifax, where a monopolist journal had directed the mob by its accusations, against a manufacturer's pro perty, and led to the spilling of blood at his very gates. But the League will not stoop to bandy accusations ; it will not make this great question a party or personal squabble; it will stand firm on principles, and continue to arrest, in Parlia ment and out of Parliament, a law which ought never to have been enacted, and of which expe rience has now demonstrated the ruinous conse quences. a" 1- :;' . Z+Z • • u T ie AA7OIW,k ‘1.;4/ • -; ,t 1 ;%, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1842 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk in the forenoon. His Royal Highness afterwards went out shooting in company with the Archduke Frederick of Austria through the preserves of the Great Park. The Princes were accompanied by the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Jersey, Baron Lebzeltern, Sir Edward Bowater, and the Hon. Mr. Murray. The Royal party had excellent sport, and returned to the Castle to lunch. The Marquis of Exeter arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. F. Newenham with a sitting yesterday afternoon for a full length portrait. Her Majesty has a dinner party this evening at the Castle. The company will, it is expected, include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Im perial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria, the Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Liverpool, Earl of Jersey, Baron Lebzeltern, Count Marinovich, Captain Kochel, Cap tain Dumont, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Sir George and Lady Couper, Colonel Elison (of the Foot Guards), the Lord and Lady in Waiting, the two Maids of Honour, the Groom and the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness. The band of the Foot Guards will attend during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will perform in the evening. The Mayor of Kingston, Canada, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Lincoln had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. Lieutenant-Colonel Gawler and Mr. Scotland had interviews yesterday with Lord Stanley, at the Co lonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Coun cil Chamber. The Lords present were Lord Camp bell, Mr. Justice Erskine, Sir H. Jenner Fust, Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Dr. Lushington, Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel, was heard on a petition praying for an extension of Mr. Simister's patent as applicable to stays. Witnesses were examined in support of the petition. The Solicitor-General appeared for the parties oppos ing the extension of the patent. Their Lordships adjourned the Court when the case of the petitioner was concluded. Dispatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mademoiselle Celeste made her first appearance, since her return from America, at this theatre last evening. The interesting character of Suzanne was the one chosen for her re-entree, and the selection was most judicious. It was, if we recollect right, her first speaking character, and is certainly one of her best. The drama itself, too, is more in accord ance with the character of the pieces now produced at this house. It approaches, in its construction and its character, to genuine comedy ; indeed, it has much stronger claims to rank with the legitimate comedies of the good old school, than many of the three act absurdities to which, of late, by courtesy, the name of comedy has been given. She was most enthusiastically received by a house crowded to the ceiling, and went through the part with her accustomed grace and spirit. At the fall of the curtain she was called for, and led forward by Webster, when the applause was again renewed with greater heartiness, if possible, than on her first appearance. She seemed much gratified with her re ception, which she gracefully acknowledged by one of those expressive looks which are more eloquent than language. She seemed in excellent health and spirits, and, notwithstanding the flattering manner in which she has been received in America, we trust she will not be tempted soon again to leave us. Suzanne was preceded by the last new piece of the Dowager, a pleasing one act piece of the " Olympic" school (Vestris's Olympic we mean), indebted for its suc cess alike to the lively rattle, the buoyant animal spirits, the genuinegaite de cceur of Charles Mathews, and the finished performance of his accomplished lady. This was preceded by A Cure for Love, and judging from—the numbers who nightly flock to the Haymarket to witness the cure, the disease must be a very prevalent one indeed among her Majesty's lieges just at this time. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The last meeting the season was held on Tu es d ay , at the rooms of the Society, in Regent-street, the D u k e of Devonshire, President, in the Chair. The prizes awarded were a silver Knightian medal to the Duke of Devonshire, for Loelia anceps ; silver Banksian medals to Mr. Judd, for the Providence pine ; Mr. Goode, gardener, to Mrs. Lawrence, for a collection of plants ; Mr. Pawley, for cactus truncatx, and Mr. Appleby, for a specimen plant ; and Banksian certificates of merit to Mr. Castle, for a specimen plant, and Mr. Crawshay for celery. The extract from the Meteorological Re gister, kept at the gardens from the Ist November, gave e st, barometer,November n lB om 3 e o t . e 3 r 3 , 2 inch. lowest, highest, gave November 1, 11, and 12, and December 2, 55 deg. Fali. ; lowest, November 18, 26 deg. Fah. ; and quantity of rain, 4.44 inches. THE VICTORIES IN CHINA AND INDIA.—DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—At the meeting of the Corporation yes terday, Town Councillor Symes moved a resolution, to the effect that the freedom of the city be conferred on Sir Robert Sale, General Nott, General Pol lock, and Lieutenant Cuddy of the 55th Regiment. The resolution being seconded, a Gallant Town Councillor (Mr. Fitzpatrick) begged to move that a like honour be conferred on the heroic Lady Sale. It appears there was a precedent in case, a similar distinction having been conferred on the daughter of Alderman Nugent during the old regime. Owing, however, to an informality in the shaping of the motions, and there being some doubts whether the right of granting the freedom by " grace especial" still existed in the new corporation, the subject was deferred till next day of assembly. We understand that the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and their Castle heira in Augustmiable a family, last, since their arrival at G ordon have been unremitting in their attention to the poor in and about Fochabers, supplying them with a great quantity of comfortable clothing for the winter, and otherwise ad ministering to their wants. The family left for Good wood on Thursday morning, accompanied by many a blessing from grateful hearts that had been cheered by them during their sojourn. —Aberdeen Herald. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT LEEDS. LEEDS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—A tea-drinking meeting in favour of the objects of the Anti-Corn-law League, was held on Tuesday night at Leeds. About 400 or 500 persons, chiefly females, collected together at the Music Hall, Albion-street, and there was tea and the usual quantity of speechification, of which we give a specimen below. Mr. J. G. Marshall, a Leeds mill-owner, presided; and in the orchestra near him we observed Mr. Cobden, M.P. ; Mr. Aldan), M.P. ; Mr. Busfeild, M.P. ; Dr. Bowring, M.P.: Colonel Thompson, and most of the leading Corn-law agitators of Leeds. After tea was disposed of, The CHAIRMAN briefly introduced the proceedings by observing that the peculiar circumstances under which the stirring appeal of the Anti-Corn-law League had been made, were such as entitled it to their vigorous support. Few could deny that the principles of free trade had made a signal and sub stantial progress in public opinion. All political par ties in the House more or less admitted those prin ciples ; and in the addresses of agricultural represen tatives to their supporters in the country were found uncommon moderation, and an infusion of new and liberal ideas. Their cause was gaining the support of almost all great and distinguished agriculturists—not only of a Spencer and a Fitzwilliarn, who had long given their honourable and open adhesion to the truth, but of all who were earning, or had earned, a just title to be called eminent, by the successful applica tion of their skill and enterprise to the improvement of the resources of our common country.—(Hear.) He trusted the hand of every man would be stretched out in proportion to his means, to aid in the good cause which his heart and:mind approved of.—(Hear.) Mr. T. PLINY, the Secretary, was then called on, and read letters received from Lord Morpeth, Lord Radnor, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ward, and others, expressing concurrence in the object of the meeting, but stating their inability, from different causes, to attend. Mr. W. ALmisi, M.P. for Leeds, was then called on to move the first resolution. He observed, that amongst the most striking circumstances which dis tinguished the present autumn from those of the pre ceding five years, was the comparative cheapness of provisions. We had had an abundant harvest, a large importation of food had taken place, and great cheap ness at present existed; but in spite of these circum stances, which at all preceding periods had been able to restore our trade no sign of revival was seen, the wisest heads were unable to point to the direction from which the revival was to come, until the unex pected news of the pacification of the East had ar rived, and a market of first-rate importance, with a probability of its increase, had been opened to us. A revival had taken place. Could anything show more clearly the vast importance of foreign trade to this country, when, with all the events that at previous periods have revived the home trade, no revival had occurred?—(Applause.) The fact of six hostile tariffs having been passed in the last year, and England not being able to urge a successful remonstrance, showed that something was radically wrong in our com mercial policy.—(Applause.) England had, in fact, put her commercial system upon such a footing, importing only the raw materials of her manufactures, and some few things which she did not choose to be without, that she was unable to threaten retaliation for any hostile tariff. There was no better means of reducing foreign Stater Lo terms than by allowing an unrestricted corn trade ; for ex perience showed that we drew our supplies indiffer ently from every country in Europe, and all those countries benefited by it might be induced or com pelled, by means of the power this trade gave us, to make great concessions. A free trade in corn would give us a commercial power before which no tariff in Europe could many years stand unmodified.— (Loud applause.) He rejoiced at the direction the efforts of the League were now taking—that, avoid ing invectives against landowners and farmers, they were now addressing themselves in earnest to convince that portion of the commercial world which—singular to say, still remained not very small— who were indifferent on the Corn-laws, and to con vince the large class of farmers and landowners who had hitherto been against them. At the present mo ment the farmers would be much more ready listeners than formerly ; they had learned by dear experience that the sliding scale was an ingenious contrivance for injuring all parties.—(Applause.) The commer cial merits of the question, too, were better under stood. Each year fallacy after fallacy disappeared. Very little was now heard of the balance of trade ; people were beginning to understand how that a trade might be advantageous with a nation, as in the but t c o as l e vh o i f nh ß w u e ssi e a x , po fr r o te m d whom little. w l e v i e m h p e o a r r te d d httle largely, nolv of the exchanges being against i us, and the cu rrency being consequently thrown into confusion. It was known that for the last five years we had had a t ra d e in corn which had r equired us to pay, e ith er i n gold or manufactures, from 4,000,000/. to 8,000,000/. annually; still, in spite of this immense sum having to be sent out of the coun tr y , the exchanges were favour able, and had been for some time. Thus commerce h a d found for itself Channels by which that cor n m i g ht b e paid for without any injury to the country. The only argument now urged was the , danger of being dependent on foreign countries. Was it possible we could be much more dependent than at present ? If the supply of cotton were cut off for a f ew mon th s , would not all Lancashire be starving ? He con cluded by moving the following resolution : " That whilst this meeting approves of the spec fic o bj ec t of the Anti-Corn-law League—the r and con s id ers th at measure to be imperatively call ed for as an act of justice to the andepeal r of provisions restrictions pois on the import of corn consumers of food, as the only means of averting the ruin of the ma nufacturing classes, gi v in g ultimate and solid prosperity to agriculture itself, and preserving the peace and well-being of the entire nation, it emphatically • recognises the principle on which the demand for repel is based—the wise, peaceful, and benevolent principle of free trade, the adoption of which in the whole commercial policy of this kingdom would, it solemnly.. believes, heal the lamentable and unhappy feuds which distract its several classes, and impede the progress of knowledge and social improve ment, and would substitute for the jealousies and heartburnings betwixt nation and nation that mutual dependence, respect, and attachment, which would banish war from the civilized world." Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. The CuAiumANthen put the resolution, which was unanimously carried, as were each of the succeeding ones. Colonel Tuomrsorr was received with cheers. After alluding to his local connections with the town, he said he should be happy to send every lady home with a family definition of monopoly—it was robbing two people to give half of the spoil to one.—(Applause.) Doubts had sometimes been raised as to the precise manner in which the prohibition of foreign grain stopped the trade in Leeds broad cloth ; but that was made painfully evident to the Hull captain, who took out a cargo of cloth to Hamhurgh, and found he could not exchange it for anything but articles prohibited there.--(Bear.) He, of course, vowed never to take another cargo of Leeds cloth, and well he kept his word.---(Applause.) If a bale of Leeds goods went to America, it had there to compete with German, Saxon, and Belgian goods ; and, sup posing that a certain quantity of each sold for ten dol r lars, while the foreigners had only two dollars out of their ten to expend for replacing the food of their workmen, the Leeds man had three dollars to expend for the same purpose; thus making a difference of thirteen or fourteen per cent. in the rate of their pro fits. had an Act of Parliament been passed declaring " Whereas it is desirable that the trade-in Leeds broad cloths shall be suppressed and abolished, be it enacted," &c., the business could not have been done more ef fectually.—(Hear.) Nobody would be deluded with the notion of a foreign trade to be got up 12,000 miles off, nobody knew where.—(Hear.) If foreign trade was such a good, why not let them have it nearer home ? There was a great want within sight of our shores, but no Leeds cloth must be sold there.—(Hear.) They might sell it in China if they would, but what were they to bring back ? They could not eat tea or barn • boos.—(Applause.) Those who drink the best and dearest tea would certainly get it cheaper ; provision was always made for their comfort.—(Hear.) But we had stolen 21,00 0,00 0 d o llars, and that was to vivi▪ fy us, because they we re silver dollars.— (L a ughter.) H e trusted the time was not come when a ci▪ vilised and i n t e lli gent na ti on like England would submit to the piratical law which prohibited trade for the sake of merce nary war f are . —(Applause.) Though it was no business of his to say so, there. were few worse trades going th a n war.—(Applause.) He would point out the co urs e which they might adopt to relieve this nation a l su ff er ing. Somehow or other nothing Wm done in England without money, and Manchester now applied to Leeds to assist them in laying statements of these facts be fore the public; awl they were content to abide by the conclusion. He had - to move " That this meet ing, being deeply convinced that truth is invincible, and must prevail,' and recognising the diffusion of knowledge, and peaceful but energetic d isc u ssio n as the onlylegitimate m eans f o r attaining the object of the League, tenders its g ra t e f u l thanks to the Council of that body for the g rea t an d costly efforts it has made, and with such signal success, to inform the public mind on the and h it eartily pledges it se lf to a zealous co - operation principl es an d effects of the Corn - laws ; within carrying out its great purpose, of placing the means of full a n d com plete information on this vital subject, before th e w h o le electoral body of the empire. —(Appl ause .) Mr. E. IlmenALL briefly seconded the resolution, which being carri e d, Mr. COBDEN ro se t o re t urn thanks, and was received with great cheerin g . He referred to t he p roc eedings of the League duri ng it s f ou r years' existence, and ob served that they did not lay claim to infallibility ; but if they had done anything deserving of censure in times gone by, it was owing to the hostility with which their lecturers were received in the agricul tural districts, where they were pelted, pumped upon, and treated in the most ignotninkus manner. Now, many approved of their proceedings who bad never done so before, alleging that they were adopting a more temperate course, in appealing to reason, the fact being that they had pursued that course all along. Was it not most singular that in a country where every thing must be decided by free discussion the de fenders of the Corn-laws even in the agricultural districts could not get up a meeting in support of the Corn-laws ?—(Hear.) And yet it was not sur prising, for what orator, even if he possessed all the powers of Demosthenes, would get up and utter an eulogy upon famine and starvation ?—(Cheers.) In the House of Commons the tactics of their opponents were, to draw them off from the main question by personal squabbles and accusations; and for this pur pose, last session, the Member for Knaresborough had been put forward by the Carlton Club.—(Hear, hear.) But the Corn-law question was not suffered to escape in this way, and it would not in future.—(Applause.) The enemies' tactics would be the same next session ; they would collect a number of passages from the speeches of their lecturers and others, and endeavour to set public opinion against them. But this would not do ; he and his friends would not undertake the defence of the League, but would compel their opponents to debate the Corn-law question itself. Were the advo cates of the repeal inclined to waste time, they might gain a party triumph by showing, that the monopo list newspapers in all parts of the country had in dulged in such language previous to the late outbreaks as was eminently calculated to arm the working classes against their employers, and this fact was par ticularly susceptible of proof in the case of a news paper at Halifax.—(Hear, hear.) There were some newspapers advocating monopoly, which professed to circulate among, and be the organs of, the working classes. One of those, published in Leeds, used to send 650 to Stockport, but it now only sent eight of the same paper; 100 used to be sold in his own works, now there was not one. That paper, by the last Par liamentary return, circulated about 12,000 ; but there were several other weekly papers, advocates of free trade, which circulated a much larger number among the working classes. Therefore, let no one suppose that the bulk of the working classes were allied with the monopolists.—(Hear, hear.) The object of the League now was to disseminate the truths embodied in Parliamentary Reports, and other documents, amongst the working classes in a cheap form. That could not be done, any more than the labours of Missionary Societies and other charitable institutions could be carried on, without money.—(Hear.) They were not going to use the money for boroughmonger ing ; but they hoped to enlighten the minds of elec tors, and influence them in the right direction.—(Ap plause.) And he doubted not, at the next general election, that by this means they would be able to return from 150 to 200 Members, pledged and bound together, and, what was much better, vigilantly watched by their constituents, who would go to Par liament for the express purpose of emancipating com merce and putting down monopoly.—(Cheers.) Subscription-cards were then circulated, after which Mr. Flint announced that the following subscriptions had been put down . _ Messrs. Marshall and Co. William Pawson, Esq.. Messrs. Stansfeld and Brown 5O Messrs. John Wilkinson and Co. .. 5O Messrs. March and Maclea 5O Messrs. E. Birchall and Sons Benjamin Walker, Esq. Newman Cash, Esq. William Smith, Esq., Burley John Waddington, Esq 25 S. J. Birchall, Esq. Messrs. E. Baines and Sons . Messrs. W. B. Holdsworth and Co. .. ..... Messers. Beverley and Sons Joseph Bates, Esq. , Robert Joswett, Esq. Messrs. Buckle and Son Charles Heaps, Esq lO Messrs. Thomas George and Son Shepherd, Esq. .. lO After some further unimportant resolutions had been passed, the meeting broke up, the Chrirman an nouncing the total subscriptions at the meeting to amount to 7451. CHINA. The following characteristic letter is from a jack tar on board the Admiral's ship : "Nankin, Aug. 22, 1842. " You will no doubt learn by this mail of the com plete settlement of the Chinese affair, on what terms have not transpired, but I feel assured it will be on our own ; for never were there three men more de termined to persevere, and to resist all kinds of hum bug, than are the Admiral, General, and Plenipoten tiary. lam sorry to say the loss of life on our part this season has been very great, especially in the last affair at Ching-kang-foo, where the Tartar troops stood man to man, and defended every inch of the city, and when all was lost, cut their own throats and those of the women and children. Mr. caught one fellow in the act of killing three women ; he took him prisoner, and brought him on board, but he after wards destroyed himself by jumping overboard. The sun destroyed many Europeans on that day ; indeed the heat for the last month has been tremendous, the thermometer ranging from 80 to 100 ; and lam sorry to say we are losing many men daily from cholera and fever. " has exposed himself very much, but, I am happy to say, feels as yet no ill effects from it. His coxswain, on coming on board, after attending him on a morning's excursion, was seized with cholera, and died in a few hours. I hope this will make more careful of himself in future ; indeed, it is won derful to see how he bears the fatigue both of body and mind, which has lately been very great. " For a description of the country I must refer you to Davis's Chinese,' which is a most faithful descrip tion both of country and people. One thing in this river he has not mentioned—the golden island of Ching-gong city, until lately used as a summer re treat for the Empress, having a grand temple with several pagodas, and, seen at a distance, is the most beautiful thing imaginable ; indeed, I have wished for the power of magic to transport some of the young ladies from —, to take a drawing of it, and pray tell Sir in tow than his little island at Rio. " We had yesterday on board three Chinese of high rank, with many attendants. The three behaved themselves remarkably well, taking what was offered them in a most gentlemanlike manner; but the rest sat down, or stood, as suited them, and, diving into every thing, eat and drank like pigs, and actually pocketed the remainder. They are, I believe, the greatest rascals in the world, both high and low ; in deed it is hardly possible to deal with them without the assistance of a good stick, which has a wonderful effect in lowering prices. " We are within 900 yards of the outer wall of Nankin, but not in sight of the inner, and near 200 miles from the sea, and have been pretty well supplied on our passage up by the Chinese boats with vegetables, poultry, some bullocks, and broad tailed sheep ; the latter are not found farther south. Of our future movements nothing is yet known, but I hope soon to see some old faces in India, where we shall be ready for the doby's, having now been our own doby's for twelve months this very day." The Countess of Howth died at Dublin on Sunday after an illness of about three days, leaving her hus band, the Earl of Howth, and four hildren, to deplore her loss. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late Earl of Clanricarde, and sister of the present Marquis. She was married to Lord Howth in January, 1826. One of her younger children was attacked with measles a few days ago, and, while attending upon it with a fond mother's care, she caught the disease of which she died so suddenly. _ _ Captain Robert M'Nab, whose untimely death oc curred at the Falkirk Station of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the 28th ult., had seen a great deal of service in different quarters of the world. He joined the old 94th, or Scotch Brigade Regiment in Portugal, when preparing for the campaign of 1813, which opened with the march into Spain and battle of Vittoria, where he was for the first time under fire, carrying the colours of his regiment, in the Hon. Sir Charles Colville's brigade in Sir Thomas Picton's 3d division ; of which brigade such honour able mention is made by the Duke of Wellington in his dispatch of the battle. Captain M'Nab likewise carried the colours of the old 94th at the battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and other hard fought fields—no fewer than eleven altogether, we be lieve. At Nivelle he made a narrow escape, having had his neckerchief shot through the folds.— Edinburgh Advertiser. IMPORTANT CASE.—At the Old Sessions room, on Monday last, James Scholfield, gamekeeper to Wm. Hulton, Esq., was summoned for trespassing upon the 13olton and Leigh Railway. Mr. J. K. Watkins appeared on behalf of the Company, and Mr. Woodhouse for the defence. It ap peared that Scholfield had passed along the rail. way in pursuance of his duty as gamekeeper, on the 23d ult., and on being ordered away by one of the Company's servants, refused to obey the command. The defence set up was, that Mr. Hulton being Lord of the Manor, and the defendant having a deputation, had a right to pass upon the railway in pursuance of his duties; for that, although the surface belonged to the Company, the manorial rights were still retained. The case stands over for decision until Monday next.—Manchester Guardian. FEMALE MAGNETISM.—" There is to me," sa y s Byron, " something very . softening in the presence of a woman : some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them. I always feel in bett e r h umou r with myself and everything else, if there is a woman within ken." In pocket Vols., neatly bound, price Half-a-Crown. 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In Tipperary; murder, with its train of minor offences—such as destruction of property and brutal assaults on persons—stalks abroad; through out Cork, there is an organised and tumultuous confederation against the payment of poor-rates ; in Longford, Ribbonism, with its threatening notices and armed marauding parties, is prepar ing for more active and dangerous demonstra tion ; and there is generally throughout the south of Ireland a passive resistance to the obligations of the Poor• law." Discouraging as are these re marks, there is unfortunately too much truth in them. The Herald is guilty of no ex aggeration. Agrarian disturbance is rife in many parts of the south of Ireland ; discontent, as usual, is the rule, and content, the exception. in that most combustible quarter of the sister island a word, pacification is developing itself after the orthodox Irish fashion, by nightly hill fires, tumultuous gatherings of the peasantry, house-breakings, house-burnings, shooting at landlords behind hedges, and bringing them down, like crows, at a long shot; and by those thou sand other sprightly but irregular contrivances, by which the Irish peasant is in the habit of showing his dissatisfaction with things as they are. The inference—the inevitable inference— to be drawn from this discouraging state of affairs is, that the Tory Government, despite its boasts, and promises, and affected impartiality, has as yet done little or nothing towards the restora tion of tranquillity in the sister country. It is idle to say that Mr. O'CONNELL—the favourite scape-goat of Toryism—is to blame for the present system of agitation progressing at a giant's pace through southern Ireland. He has clearly nothing whatever to do with the matter. He is just now quiescent, and we might almost add, acquiescent, for the Repeal ferment, generally speaking, has no real hold on the sympathies of his countrymen; it is limited in its range, feeble in its effects, and is gradually waning away, like shadows at the approach of dawn, before the healthy common-sense influence of that wonder working Reformer, the true moral regenerator of his country—Father MATHEW. Mr. O'CON NELL, too, agitates the question, as if his heart were no longer in the cause—or rather, as if there were a sore struggle going on between his natural impulses and his rational convictions on the subject, in which the latter would even tually be triumphant. It is not, then, to this gentlemen that the present disturbed state of Ireland is owing. It is no longer possible to lay the blame at his door. At whose threshold, then, is the lusty bantling of Irish agitation to be laid ? Unhesitatingly, we reply, at that of the Tory Government. Earl DE GREY led us to suppose, when he assumed the reins of power, that he was about to do great things for the sister country; Lord ELIOT made an emphatic speech to his English constituents, in 'which he volunteered the same boast; strict impartiality was henceforth to be the order of the day; there was to be no more coquetting with Orangemen; no tricky, balanc ing of parties, one against the other the Irish Government was to be conducted, not only on the wholesome principle of showing fa vour and affection to none but the deserving, but it was also to be distinguished by the energy and promptitude of its movements, and by its anxious desire to investigate minutely and searchingly the existing state of affairs in the country com mitted to its charge, with a view to acquire, not superficial, but substantial information, and to apply, not a momentary, but a perma.,ient re medy. Such was the boast made by the Tory party when it first entered upon office in Ire land. It took possession of power amid the sound of drums and trumpets, " psaltery, dul cimer, and cymbal." It announced itself as a mountain in labour, which in the fullness of time was to produce something worthy of itself'. Well, it has gone the full period of gestation; the hour of delivery has arrived; and it has brought forth—what? A Mouse! In plain English, despite its boasts, it has done literally nothing towards the pacification of Ireland. It has shown no zeal—no energy—no forethought; it has been simply a Government of expe dients—a timid unconditional dependent on the Chapter of Accidents. Its name is Common- Place ! It is without character of any sort. It goes sniffing and sniffing at the two bundles, of Orangeism on the one hand, and Liberalism on the other, between which it is placed ; and though it is perishing of inanition, is afraid to take a bold bite at either. It cannot , make up its mind to any decided course of conduct. It is too timid even to perpetrate a dashing mis chief. Can we wonder, then, that, if not deci dedly unpopular, Earl DE GREY'S government is at least a nonentity in Ireland, and that agra rian and other disturbances are the consequence? We do not mean to say that the recent murders in Tipperary are the direct and immediate con sequences of the feebleness of the Irish Execu tive, but we will unhesitatingly maintain that they are more or less connected with it. When a Government, after teaching a people to hope for an improved state of things, disappoints all their just expecta tions, and leaves them in a statu quo condition, it is no more than truth to say that it is an swerable for the results of such disap pointment. By-the -bye, it is not a little curious that the very county which, but the other day, Lord DE GREY plumed himself so self-complacently on having pacified, is the very one, which is now the most convulsed in Ire land! His Lordship should have borne in mind the old adage—" . Never shout before ydu are out of the wood." At a meeting of the Corporation of Dublin, held on Tuesday, a motion was made to the effect • that the Council, in congratulatingtheniselves on the termination of the horrors of war in India and China, tender their thanks to Ge nerals Sir HUGH GOUGH, NOTT, and POLLOCK, Sir R. SALE, !and Sir HENRY POTTINGER, for their services in both countries. One would have supposed that no objection could have been rais ed to such a motion even by persons opposed to these wars, and that Irishmen in particular, with theirusual admiration for gallant deeds. and for the honour conferred on their countrymen, would have carried t he motion by acclamation. It was, however resisted by a town-councillor called KIRWAN, and he was supported by an Alder man who rejoices in the name of KISHAN, being a brother, or some relative, we suppose, of the Chinese Commissionerwho distinguished himself at Canton. The grounds for the opposition were that the wars were unjust, and that the Officers had only done their duty. This is a perverse I mode of reasoning, to say the least of it. Why, WELLINGTON at Waterloo only did his duty ; NELSON at Trafalgar, gave as his last signal, " England expects every man to do his duty," and the signal was faithfully obeyed. Mr. O'CornvELL , in rendering the most important services to his native isle, has only done his duty ; and is lie therefore to receive no monument to record the gratitude and affection of his countrymen? It should be remembered, too, that POTTINGER, and GOUGH, and KEANE (all Irishmen, by the way), did not originate these wars. They acted merely as the servants of the public, they obeyed, as all soldiers must, the commands of their superiors, and deserve thanks and rewards, not for the object of the wars :in which they en gaged, but for the skilful and gallant manner in which they brought the operations to a peaceful conclusion. But the opposition, to this well-merited testimony proposed is the least remarkable feature in this singular scene, for it would appear that some of these Chinamen proposed a vote of thanks to the Emperor of CHINA, and KIRwAN and KisuAll actually embodied in their resolution a vote of thanks to Lord ELLENBOROUGH. There never, was a better instance of the " reductio ad a b.; surdum," and we may therefore leave these patriots to enjoy the singular honour of having voted thanks to the man who would have left 109 unhappy captives to,. their fate, and made the name of England a bye-word among the nations of the East. As the mail has not brought the conclusion of the discussion, we can not state what was the result, but have no doubt that common sense and national gratitu de would prevail. _ ...b. No authentic accounts of the submission o f the_ Barcelona insurgents have yet been received, but from various statements in the papers 44. the t he . south of France, there can be no do ubt o f o f the 29th fa:.t. It is said that the entire day ult., was spent in nego c i a ti ons between EsP/it. lat ter . TERO and the Junta, and that the offered to surrender on the following terin V -- 1 The removal of VAN HA L EN and the P°litlca chief; the garrison to be changed, and the.cpornee:;{;ol'l sent National Guard to remain armed• i ,,To scription. We doubt if any such Prnlxoit4iirttooriels4 were made, but if such was the fact, EsP lit tek (l- " 9 to a certainty would reject them. The Serna . P g - v 'A ' 4l of Marseilles states, that all was terminated, an,- 'sl that the Junta had accepted the terms offere d 7, 1 f 1; by ESPARTERO, one of which was the disarming . of the National Guard. 29th ' The Constitueional of Barcelona, of the --„, . ; i1 ult, gives the following details relative to t '' :int -1 ill 01 late Junta : • f ,„ 9 ot After the dissolution a Commission, chargeu-1 to_gcl.e4';clo.:4 vise and carry into operation the best means of pat7oo ,'''' an end to the difficult position in which the instar t tesrt i F f were plac€d, was appointed. It consisted 0 ~,rit4 l Commandants of the National Guard, and the 21 . - 1, ''''!', caldes of Barcelona. At its first meeting, this elle1;01-, mission called upon the Consultative Junta to assei l l it of ii ; and deliberate on the course to be adopted, !Li* , •• A ll' seems that only three out of the twenty-five Inen l l l 7tolq ' r of that body who had been elected were willinsb.wbso assume any responsibility ; indeed, none of the 4 1. d file ° members would even show themselves at the meeti n ,l, : 13 This journal adds, that on the 22d inst. the Deputies Catalonia waited on the Regent, whilst on his journelot to Barcelona, to entreat his clemency, and, above %ere that he would draw a line of distinction betweenefito criminal and the innocent. The Regent is reWr t . p a have replied, " I am a Spaniard and love SP Bl9, l s t cannot believe that the Catalonians would rise agtoi_ the cause of Spain. I will make a distinction ci tween the people and those who have excited,""in promoted disturbances ; but as to these latter, excited, resolved,to chastise them with a heavy hand, an nex , u .. let the arm of the law fall upon' them in a n ee, :d orable manner. - Either I or these seditious ri.. J must cease .to exist. L know them, and I sr° t e ed . , tening to Catalonia not to destroy, but to prot ect to A' Barcelona and its . industry. I have taken Ini c)atil 0' ` i the Constitution. I have obtained for it victory urs, - victory, even to the summits of the Pyrenees,' a ll foo t, ~Lii will die rather than allow it to be trampled unde r , 10 1 I will do this until the moment shall arrive f0r,..7, . tw j give up the Regency, and place authority in tb.efiT 1 i of the Queen, when I will retire into private. ing 4 a n ee 9 attend to the interests of my own property, se,..to e ittir, i; : jis having served my: country." The Colisin its ' which 'had not appeared for some days, exP 4l l-lats non-appearance, by stating that the Directing-to.. having forbidden the publication in its cotton: l : p i ° rreci,' counts d from a ditrs l. M adrididai3 Gazette iac a za n te d i to t tn h e. e provinces, it ha a p,..._e • ~. bli s bea ; : of the 29t, 1 1, , P s of the .i numerous reports from the political. chief - 0 ri ce , different towns in Spain, all of iv.h ic k ann:T %ie , that the best spirit prevailed ia the . more. real ) " '• districts. There never, in act , ' we- a ' • than isolated attempt to change this affair of Barcelona. drid °II The Three per Cents. were done at Ma :, et the F ive P the 29th at 22 21 15-16 at 60 days Cents. at 261 11-16 k at 60 days. a Governinent , • A thick fog still prevailed at Paris onoe.°: telegraph with the provinces, it is sup Po sed day, and as it prevented all communication r. to ; general throughout the country. The P a P e b , consequently are very barren of news. Th e ° I L I article of interest is the following, taken fr o th the Presse, on the rumour of the French Goversaite ment having taken possession of the Mar c l ee e of Islands, in the Pacific. "The full import aec- 4 the Marquesas," says the Government jour-eg " will not be understood until the day e c l a t when the Isthmus of Panama shall be ' for : through, and thus a free passage be opeli ed , time commerce of Europe. More than onto ready the idea of realising this project has seriously entertained. Companies liaoe formed in the United States, and elseoe„rtg' which have obtained all the necessary gre-50 from New Grenada. Unfortunately , these s.t o f ciatiuns have not been carried on with a sP iri f ivi.. perseverance, and have suffered their leges to become extinguished. It is o possible, however, that this isthrnosas much longer be suffered to renisiti au . tv e a barrier against the enterprise of m e I 0 nations. It would be a disgrace to the ag s ic suffered its progress to be arrested by "' li g an obstacle, when three centurie s ago 0 9 1 16 e to open a channel for the spice bold and noble attempts were successfullY,7i.ter trade , e.an that by the Cape of Good Hope. 1 21, e , i 1 s of sibility of making a way through the Ist""; 5 of Panama is no longer problematical. .-°ll,,te'ers the ground have been made by able en — O , be and it is ascertained that a wide cana l 111- ' %ceedit4 cut across at an expense not e -12,000,000f. At this very time, if we : re e d In informed, a new company is being .org e j a 3 l :i t itia London, under the auspices of 31c. .4 1 portan t for carrying into execution this --1^ cap'" project. Let, therefore, the net recourse tal be raised in London, or let be had to the contributio ns of other place:eel: will be easily found. The late treaty b et de l .ske . England and the Empe ror : of CHINA is I'his o of the question. H enceforth, the gates f 01 , vas t continent will be opened wide to the :Ce,..4 coer ce of Europe, and will become the thearn, o f rivalry. All ma ritime nations have all ' 1 ,1 ; tere st in piercing passages wh ich will shorteta tra: voya ges of their vessels, and red uce the eXPe de o . of transport and competition on the new Dail, opene d to them at the extremitie s of t he . earl,: The cutting through the Isthmus of PanstP 4 the only means of securing all these inter O ur forefathers prided themse lves in having found a way t o India withou t haviog to double the Cape of Storms. The discovery of Cape Horn app eared to them to be an immense advance ; b ut it is in our po wer to we realise one a hundredfold inure important. Front the day on which our ships may pass from th e Carribean Sea into the great Southern,Oceanf the voyage to Chi na, Japan, and t h e Oceania , will be but a mere ordinary passage, -sas. we' nus traigh Y then be said to b e able to take one course. Then, on this great highway for' 'all the ships of Europe, France will have twO.' ce ll en t stations. The consequence tilles will then bec ome as great as it is itOif .111" of significant. Th e y will be, as it were, the firtWstage of all great commerc ial expeditions. The' Msr" qu esas, placed at the entrance of . t hi S 0 ea . t ocean ic labyrinth , w hich extends to a 10 1 af 4,000 leagues, would become the seCond'stge,• It is easy to conceive all the advantages,cl_,,,i",. may be drawn from this admirable position. I'v,sl. do not hesitate to affirm that the possession of New Zealand, to which England attaches so tot e value, is far from being worth, in a Maritl'