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SMITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE , 1842. The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PRIZE CATTLE, SEEDS, ROOTS, IMPLEMENTS, &c., will take place ,ttthe ith, Bth, 9 t h, an d 10th Of DECEMBER, at the Horse 'sazaar, Baker -street, Portman-square. The arrangements for this year afford greater convenience to th e Public than those of any preceding show. The space and accommodation is so ample, that ladies may novi safely visit this National Exhibition. Open from daylight till nine in the evening. Lighted up after three in the afternoon. Admittance—One Shilling. IVATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. , The SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the N E MBERS of this Institution, will be held at the OFFICE, tNieolas-l ane , King William-street, on Txuasn.av'the _h instant, at O ne o 'Cl oc k prec i se l y , t o rece ive the RE PORT of the DIRECTORS for the current year. 1 : / ec. Ist, 1842. JOSEPH .MARSH, Secretary. lIULL STEAMERS FROM CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY._ _ • Best Cabin, 12s. 6d. Fore Cabin, is. The Public are respectfully informed that tho following irochterful and Commodious Steam Packets will run from Cus -41-11c,use Qua, during the Winter Season, as follows, viz.:— ~,,GAZELLE; Captain HURST, every Tuesday Morning at o'Cloc`k • itt L°NDON, Captain TAYLOR, every Thursday Morning o'clock. at E ight Captain TURNER, ev. ry Saturday Morning RIA o'clock. W ithi t Pass engers , Merchandise, Carriages, Horses, &c., ni Ele ng ven from Hu Ck Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Morn- 1114 1 at o'Clo. r urther p ar ti cu l ars may b e o bt a i ne d o f the Agents, Messrs. o, * Plow, Pearson, and Co., Hull : and of Messrs. Wm John and Co., Custc , m-house Quay, London. TIRE BRITISH UNION TONTINE, T, 3 9, NICHOLAS-LANE, LOMBARD-STREET. -118TEEs—John Barnard, Esq. ; Philip Hanbury, Esq. ; and Sa l ' Quarles liari is, Esq. -Ic lToas—Messrs Parnell and Tauqueray, 34, New Bond street. /14 4z1 G 50, Cm Las—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and ' 111 ; Messrs. Hanburys, Taylor, and Lloyd, 60, Lombard street. SEC R ETA SY—Joseph Lloyd, Esq. sach. This Tontine c on s ists of Three S ernes of Twenty Classes a e ,,7erY Class (comprising 100 Nominees) to'be arranged ee lVing to Ages (from 8 to BO years) of the Nominees. andofwhole Capital to be invested by each Subscriber will an i s front 100/ to 2001., according to the Age of the Nominee, Paid vii l l ,•be payable in Ten Annual - Instalments, and the amount ta ge .w iii be returned on the Death of the Nominee, an advan ',Peculiar t o th e pl an o f this Tontine. th e wo, in any. Class, the Subscriptions of the Survivors , with t t ecoll, ululation of Interest, shall exceed 20,0001., the surplus ti pr, divided annually, the final distribution of the accumula sQt, ta k ing place in the following manner, according to the subscribed to : Th e IN SERIES No. I. le& le eumulatien will belong to the last survivor, or at the of the last five survivors, may be divided. The IN SERIES No. 11. ""vision of the accumulation will be compulsory when the 'tuber of survivors shall be reduced to five. Th e IN SERIES No. 111. ' l vision of the accumulation will take place at the end of Fault fixed p er i o d s , vary i ng i n ea ch Class, the Annuities being uie until the period of the final division. According to the Tables, based upon the experience of the 3i tt Assurance Company, and a calculation of interest at t o Per cent., the annual payments of the surplus interest will s eti %elace at periods varying from 12 to 33 years from the corn 11°O of each Cl ass . T er 7o variou s modes in which the advantages offered by this foti N i9 e may be availed of, and other information, will be b atio to the Prospectus, which, with every other desired expla ,,' may be obtained by application, per post, to Joseph ", Secretary, No. 39, NicholaA-lane, Lombard-street. lI SM ITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, 1842. -tiNJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, DUKE lay' STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, SOUTHWARK, 4014:,' received instructions to cover in the area for the Cattle Nil' respectfully informs the Public that the CANVASS of a superior description, and it is intended to SELL the bi t i "LE as SECOND-HAND, immediately after the Exbi pqr°,4' It is suitable for Rick Cloths, Waggon Cloths, and all j ars where resistance to wet is required. Ro 4t h w re a s r l in full, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, k. • 13, E. will have a Stand, as usual, in the Cattle-yard, where •8 Will be received. A Warehouse, 208, Piccadilly ,BANKRUPTCY IN HIGH LIFE.—The Son ? A , of a mini ng Lord having speculated largely in the ate rir t e t t's affairs, has been declared a partner in the lAf t - '-ity House of 111 4 Leod and Wright, of Bucklersbury, 16.11esale Warehousemen, whose stock has consequently been 3g and sold by a decision of the Court of Chancery. ti es `tOOKS and CO., of the BOROUGH, were the fi rst par tll,; called in on the occasion, and at once undertook the sale ; their we Of the Goods Be, in consequence, being removed to ',kr NParehouses in the Borough. af ," ) , e . amount of the Stock is 13,0001., the Drapery porti on _ in t ' 4 01 is now ready, and will be sold at ruinous prices, with titiereference to the cost, one of the Partners being present to I° n „any reduction that may be made. , o , 4 E XTRAORDINARY LIST OF PRICES. s. d. 13,1 th erPanes, nearly 3 yards long, each ruask Moreens, for Curtains, per yard avY Elaikets, 2 yards long, the pair 4 6 C om (Larger in proportion- ) 11, "u Calico, ell-wide, 24 yards for 3 9 ti (( 4 °eks's Long-cloths (usually 6d.),. 40, _yards fns.. a Site t . double width, the pair ...... .:. 4 hp , .e ing 2 . 10 6 I..i n : r o Line n sheettogs, 3 yards wide, the pair 2. sn Tabie-ciothS, li yards square, each .. , Vt r a_ 2 6 ,i.I. s. square, superb Damask, each 6-I, a rds long . splendid double Damask, each 5 6 1, ; a 1 ' , ls long, a cloth suitable for the table of the no b - " i tY, each arn ••••..•. , b Y ar d S , , Fish Napkins, the dozen • 3 6 a t i . - d as ,„,k Dinner Napkins, yard square, the dozen 8 6 —vv ide W l - h Flannels, for charities, per yard nee D c b 1, ,1it e ,, Offell Cloaks for ditto, each 3 6 ts 'lneti T o '',.. ste ,rs, twilled with borders, the dozen ...... w,tissi i , i t " e 's, with fringe, the dozen for... 2 3 I.`nife. e i ° , 4 ,nd Towellings, 12 yards for 'ine N„ ° '"s and Kitchen-cloths, 12 yards .. 1 9 "aro C rB erY Diapers 12 squares for as. Table Covers ' , 1 i yards square, (large in pro b. Port ion \ cinaf or ./ 4. -L arthwe4julapers, fine, per yard unlit l ue Brown Holland, per yard .. L inen et n ehe d Table Cloths, li yards square, each 0 6 Nr o • 'otab Cloths, 3 yards long, each 2 9 Toilet Iture Dimities a superior article, per yard 0 4 li,. Covers, with ' Fringe all round, each ... ......... th e ," for Curtains, in variety, 12 yards for... . 1 0 t a,,ngs, Calicoes extra stout, full 2 yards wide, 11 —r Yard ' ) ,Itcl t „-h , '4ne b - 1 7,etk Towellinc , s, 12 yards far De; ` l 'aPers, for fable Cloths, nearly 2 yards wide, Lo Yard , nr,.l 1 0 +-0• ,-7, ,Tvos, the piece of 10 yards for Item D' ab dkerchiefs, fine quality, the dozen Iti h i (.!ench Cambric Handkerchiefs, the dozen Itilea Line r ; ns, a good quality, 26 yards for ... ......... s6 - ' ° ' kr Shirting (West-end price Is. 9d.) A b Yards for °, en • ......... Th c , jinusly fine, for Collars, 12 yards for... . 18 . 0 kien s : a uove ale the unprecedented prices at which t h e im ,;jeks- ''rapery Stock is now selling off, at rooks and Wight *ltt th "te nstee Warehouses, 106 High-stree t t,Borough.oppo kit, e end of Union-street. The Sale commenced on Monday -..,_ VIL AND LAMP PHENOMENA, AND NO k CLA D PUF -.tr a „ —}C. and C o ., Oil Refinerss . by Chemical process, 261, et.4 1 , 1 ' and 16, Picket-street, sell their UNEQUALLED a tter . 1F lED OIL at 4s. 10d. per gallon, suitable for every sv e 'Mori of Lamp in present use, four gallons go as far as tiii*na of S o l ar or ot h er common Oil s , th ere f ore th e i r Clit %to I t is ch eapest. L amps b urn i ng it requ i re no cleaning, taiokonunt of it s pur i ty, it produces a Splendid Light without taa, t b„(if their Fire-proof Smoke-consuming Glasses are used) ka% " Ti ll quite equal to Sperm with the common glasses. :1411bhest worko% anshilo ind newest style at MANUFAC 41t„ „ ' PRICES. tor instance excellent table lamps, PtiWl l la i llY 3 8s. ; Cambridge reading or writing lamps (so staPert:;.,l". 9d., usually 21s. ; hall lamps, from 2s. 9d. ; very ura wing and dining-room lamps, 455. 6d., usually 84s. trltlful brass and real bronze reading lamps Iss. 9d., usually these are only specimens of prices. Chandelier designs l ou . ' g s n in great variety. Clarified Oil 4s. 10d. imperial gal -I:lAret,•-proof chimneys, Is. only. duora"lC and CO., 16, Picket-street, or 261,!Strand, three tad ri ' r .°ol the Stoe pillars, opposite St. Clement's Church, Oh:: a corner shop (to prevent impositions). % 1 41 'rye sealed strict], CLARK and CO. stamped on the Glasses on the Oil-corks. 1 4 4 %14 and designs of Lamps (for every use) forwarded to any the kingdom **V . • 444 ,,VER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT, Z4II6„c I • III EUMATISM, TIC DOLOREU X, &c. I.r - rn ia Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, to b u ck, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, 4 ,s‘ Editor of the " Times CIIIL" - • I think ira. duty I owe to the public to make known "Jel l i.)' of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and t°°l lth lgu t been of such wonderful ben a e c fi c t id t e o nt rself. Some w• ed aR,, 0 I met with a very severe having dislo- Zsetif t " is. ,fracured my ancle severely. From the great tender at'dtj''' joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con dretatile7l much swollen and adematotts, and I suffered P t lt ended f Laria severe attacks o l spasms in the night, which the ancle to the , e thigh, back, and to the Zi t Y inedie a os.exhausted every resource of relief which I and could suggest, to no P rpose, friends in the et:inn nitino r I s , et ' - out for London with y the intention of con ttl'ollgl Brodie lt Liston—then to adopt sea with M Fearer, 16 Ludgate-hill, Q l3Plied h is Embrocation, lln and, to my great astonishment, „,, 414 rni l' : 5 / 1 3 ' 411 that night, nor have I had one since. The next -14 * to' n° c ame down stairs without my crutches, and was slow - walk, the swell' f the limb seon subsided, and lam siugivi_lr:pitaideldyierecoverinign- ° Having for many years had an ex ), Practice . a the county of Stafford, I know of . 11 1 add ; u'lual compound possessing such wonderful . efficacy. ittt ed 'N my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac deaire by no other motive than gratitude to him, and a sincere ter ms Make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf- P° 'sessing as I ever did, the strongest prejudice 1 • 11 0 6 :lia"tie'vteto3tth.ing in ' the shape . of quackery, 1 should be the nothi "hold a system which, generally speaking, I know :f but a nefarious traffic and humbug. am, your obedient servant, ryn " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. ,%• ~ oek, near Walsall, Staffordshire. krg,;,- At the various consultations held upon my case, the 6Piniorinland physicians (including myself) were decidedly of kia kto ':uat the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter had th ' ll loek.jaw, 'but as I have before stated, I have not of th is ' slightest symptom ' s of F pasins since the first application .11,_ extraordinary ernbrocat o n. —T. H." lb an t us tly-celeb ra t e d remedy (w hi c h i s equally efficacious °Ay of the above afflietions) . may be obtained of, or through t oun t t es Pgetable w h o l esale or retail Chemist in Town or *r f ro r Y, at the Depot corner of Wellington-street, Strand ; th 6 roprietor, Mr. Fearer, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. - -- _, ______________ RR e E ,ASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING. h it tr 3l iS• B. and S. COWVAN'S invaluable I — oi t -A-1•1:1'0N, SToP, orQUADRIUATRAL_ ng CHINESE _ l rul ... '',A RP ENER renders the operation o shay . l no longer %1 6t '7 tile most tender skin. the a very simple process the BSS.ell4‘,e rnaY speedily be given t bluntest razor or penknife r . I —se . P nn wv an's peculiarly tempered razors and shaving powgle ic . ~,:tit4 ti o l of the Strops are now exhibiting at the Royal Polytec . ro n ni —nene tape ~1 Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther Aye, a f y Zi 4t m ost flattering certificates have been sent, which m be k,er, th,,s ventors, B. and S. COWVAN, 164, Fenchurch-street, „,.... „ .tro N, ,„,,, may be obtained, as well as of all re , pectable 1. . ej"' A ` I_ ece in the United Kingdom, price ss. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 'Per Nei r may be had, Cowvan's Canton Razor Strop Paste, at Catni . et• The Shaving Powder Is. 6d. per box. "" --- None are genuine, except those marked and Spelt B. and S. CO WVAN " No. 15,6, 36. THE SUN is .1i üblished EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the. EARLY TRAINS and - TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (E ven i ng Sun) i s published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TIMER PAPERS, Morning, Noon, end Ni g ht; thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATIONiat ONE CHARGE. ROYAL PO7 (TECHNIC INSTITUTION. The COLOS SE LL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, ex hibiting the varied and beautiful phenomena of ELECTRIC LIGHT, the AUR DRA BOREALIS, &c , &c., is shown Daily at Three o'Clo ek and at Eight in the Evenings. To the enlarged DISSOLV ING VIEWS a View of Ramsgate Har bour, with vessels in motion by the introduction of a novel mechanical arrange= sit, has just been added. POPULAR LECTURES by Dr. RYAN, Professor BACHHOFFNER, and other Lecturers. DIVING BELL, DIVER, &c. To the COSMORAMIC VIEWS shown in the Evenings, three beautiful additions haL 'e been made. Conductor of the Band, Mr. Wallis.—Admissic m . One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. FELONY. —ONE HUNDRED POUNDS R- E WARD.—ABSCONDED, on Saturday, 26th Novem ber instant, after receiving several sums of money, the pro perty of his employers, the London Joint Stock Bank, EDWIN JOHN JORDAN, about 25 years of age, height 5 feet 11 inches, thin person, fair complexion, light hair, long thin face, grey eyes, walks stooping, with head leaning forward. Had on when last seen a dark body coat, and mixture-coloured trowsers. with boots, black cravat, and hat. The above re ward will be paid on the apprehension of the said Edwin John. Jordan. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND. history to inflict. lam told, indeed, that I am the minister of charity and peace. Charity ! What charity is there in starving the poor ? What peace in keep ing up party animosity and distraction through the land, as must ever be the case where monopoly exists ? I am well aware, Sir, and have not forgotten the fact, that the laws you are attempting to sweep away were passed under the sanction of loaded cannon ; and I :gym aware, too, that it has only been in the midst of tumults, which nothing but loaded cannon and bayonets are able to suppress, that those laws have been maintained. But these are not the weapons you wield—they are not the weapons you love—they are not the weapons that could accomplish your purpose— they are not the weapons you use.—(Hear, hear.) You have infinitely stronger weapons at command— stronger arguments—stronger votes—stronger contri butions—stronger unity and league—stronger sym pathy in the hearts of all the wise and good, and stronger appeals to heaven in behalf of the needy and the poor.--(Hear, and applause.) These are the weapons with which you will go to work. MONEY MARKET and cirle 14:d stirs, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF T/113 DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—It is gratifying to he able to quote from letters written by distinguished subjects of the United States, extracts which condemn, in an unqualified manner, the dishonourable and almost atrocious con duct of some of the States, in repudiating or refusing to pay their just debts. It is out of this feeling, if at all, that the creditors are to expect to recover what is due to them. If all Americans were alike callous to the reproach which attends such conduct, the case becomes obviously a hopeless one ; but by laying in time a proper foundation among men of fortune and influence, it may be brought to bear in time upon the whole American community. Every merchant and every honest man throughout the States should feel it to be imposed upon him as the most sacred of duties, to contribute his share to the removal of this great stigma. An American merchant of the first class, writing by the Great Western, says— ' There are movements in every section of the country for the purpose of bringing before Congress the subject of the State debts. If a people are so im moral as to repudiate an honest debt in their legisla tive capacity, certainly the same spirit' will induce them to cancel all private bonds and mortgages on land and houses. This notion so completely governs the wealthy men in this country, that they generally decline taking stocks of any kind, loans of money on bond or mortgage, or to purchase real estate, deeming all unsafe until the States acknowledge their debts and pay the - interest regularly. I cannot believe that the Anglo-Saxon race can for any length of tune do wrong, but if they are so disposed, the stand taken by the principal capitalists on your side and in this country must soon bring them to their senses. You have done right in England not to take the public loan, and you should adhere firmly to the stand taken. No loans or confidence to any section of the country until all the States redeem their plighted faith." This from a native American, a merchant of great wealth and influence, is manly and becoming lan guage, and affords the first gleam of hop e th a t h as passed under observation for some time, that all may ultimately regain the right course, the path of honour, and, as in all such cases, the best and safest policy. Till then the American name must be degraded all over Europe, and the prosperity of the whole country retarded. In addition to the observations made yesterday on the surplus issue of Mexican bonds, a correspondent desires that public attention may be drawn to the fact, that all the bonds contain at foot a certificate by Messrs. Lizardi and Co., that each bond so converted is represented, one-half by the new bond of active debt, and the other half by a deferred bond ; and that, consequently, as there has been admitted to be an issue in excess of the active bonds te the amount of 630,0001., each of them contains a falsehood Upon the face of it. The case is bad enough as it is, and should not be made needlessly worse. If the agents, in order to cover this defect, and to give regularity- to the cer tificate, had issued the corresponding amount of de ferred stock, they would have made a much greater sacrifice than they have already done, as acting for the Mexican Government, s i nce th e deferred stock, which involves ultimately an equal charge on the country, sells for 8 or 9 per cent. only, while the ac tive stock is worth above 30 per cent. But for the irregular issue, and considering that remittances are sent with tolerable exactness for the payment of the dividend, the price would have ranged 10 or 15 per cent. higher. Thus the transaction re-acts with a most severe retribution on the Mexican Government itself, and impedes the restoration of its credit. POST.—A Correspondent addresses us on the sub ject of Spanish Stock conversions. He seems to labour under the misapprehension that, in virtue of the Gamboa decree of 1840, the Five per Cent. Active Stock now in circulation might be exchanged for the new Three per Cents. Such, however, is not the fact, the conversion being limited to the interest accrued on the old Active Debt up to the end of 1840. The capitalisation of the interest accruing on the same stock since 1840, and the conversion of the latter from a five to a three per cent. security, are among the projects laid by Senor Calatrava before the Cortes; but what may be the fate of the Minister's scheme has yet to be made known. It may very pro bably be passed into a law, but as the laws of the Spanish Cortes arc not respected even by the autho rities of Spain themselves, particularly in matters of finance, but, on the contrary, violated as the con venience of the Executive may require, there would appear to be no certainty as to the ultimate fulfilment of their undertakings, nor does it seem to be worth while to speculate upon the result. The suggestion of the policy of selling old Passive ActiVes for the new Three per Cent. Actives would, na doubt, be generally acted upon could the smallest dependence be•placed on the stability of the existing or contemplated arrangements of the Government at Madrid. The same power which was put into opera tion for the abrogation of the Ricardo contract of 1834 ; and for the substitution of a three per cent. in terest for a five per cent., wlthout the concurrence of the creditor, may be again exercised upon the same principle. The Three per Cents. of 1842 may, in the course of a very short time, be melted down to a two or even a one per cent. stock. SUN.—There has been an extensive sale of Consols for Account in the course of the afternoon, to the amount, it is stated, of 150,0001. The stock, however, was taken most readily, and the Market left off at an advance of from to 1 per cent. on the lowest prices of the morning. There is a feeling entertained in the Market that the public securities will go higher, not withstanding the increased demand for money for commercial purposes that is now becoming very ap parent. -Consols for Account were quoted this after noonat 94a at 93/ to 94 without the dividend, and 4 with the half-year's interest, for the first transfer day next week. The premium upon Exchequer Bills was fully maintained this afternoon. Bank Stock left off heavily. There was not much done in Foreign Stocks this afternoon. The only bargains quoted were in Mexican at 30a ; in Spanish Consols at 18 ; in the Deferred at 10i ; in Spanish Three per Cents. at 23 ; and in the New Dutch Five per Cents. at - 991. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the London and Birmingham, and the South Eastern and Dover Shares 'receded a fraction or so, late in the day. The Manchester and Leeds rallied to par. L on d on Joint Stock Bank Shares were worth 31 prem i um. In the Foreign Exchan ges th ere was scarcely any alteration this afternoon, on a compariso n w ith t h e Trieste, 9 58i ; on Frankfort, 151 1 . and H rates of last po s t d ay . , Th e quotat i on for Paris was 25f. 82ic. to 871 c .; on A msterdam, 12 64 ; on 2 , on a m- burgh, 13 11:. The Commercial Markets were firm this afternoon. On 'Change a good deal of animation prevailed. Tea alone is dull of sale. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 9 'Gibraltar 4O Ditto, at sight 26 10 Antwerp l2 3 Milan Rotterdam: .... ....2 U. 12 911 Genoa 31 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice zel Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 252 perruo; per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 5 26 0 Oporto s2* Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine ...1 52 B ahi a Buenos Ayre23i< Petersburgh, 3 Us. .. Berlin ......... New York,2ldays sight 44i Vienna, effoc. it. 3 :T . 3' Lisbon Marseilles 0 1 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto . 0 2 PRICES OF BULLION, YER OZ. Madrid Cadiz 6i Portugal Geld C0m...3 17 Bilbao 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNlNG.—ThePicture gallery, at Manchester, last night, was filled long before the time of meeting - commenced, land the ! excitement appeared as great as might have been ex pected. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., W. Torrens M'Cul lagh, Esq., of Dublin, barrister, (author of " The Use and Study of History") ; Rev. J. E. Giles, of Leeds ; Rev. W. Bonner, and Robert Bew, Esq., of Bilston ; Rev. J. Davis, Rev. William Chapman, Rev. J. Harrison, Rev. William Giles, Samuel Giles, Esq., J. Taylor, Esq., of Stroud ; J. Leese, jun., Esq., and Alderman Brooks. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., on taking the chair, said, that, since the last meeting they had received a large accession to:their numbers—(Hear)—and they had re ceived applications for cards far beyond their means to supply.—(Applause.) The call made by the Council for subscriptions to the Great League Fund had been responded to in many districts in a manner much beyond their most sanguine expectations.— (Applause.) The large towns of the north especially were doing their duty ; almost every one of them had its committee organised, and was prepared to aid them with vigour. Next week but one the midland coun ties proposed to have their great meetings. In Scot land, at Glasgow, they proposed having a great de monstration—(Applause)—and at Edinburgh prepa rations were making, on a!similar scale, not later than January.—(Hear, hear.) : Mr. Hiciim, secretary 'IW-Ac 'lka,,,e‘ue; then read some correspondence of the p as t weekk, showing the immense number of tow ns i n w hi c h the organisation was going on, and spreading all over the kingdom. The CHAIRMAN said he had the pleasure of stating that a letter, inclosing a handsome donation of 301., had been received from a landowner.—(Cheers.) It was from Edward Holland, Esq., of Dumbleton, 'Worcestershire, high sheriff of the county.----(Hear.) Mr. COBDEN, who was received with loud cheers, then addressed the meeting. After giving a grati fying account of several free-trade meetings he had attended in the north of England, and after alluding to the influence produced upon trade by the late in telligence from China and Affghanistan, he continued —Now, Gentlemen, if the prospect, vague and in definite as It is, of an extended demand for our manu factures from a nation of whom we know literally almost nothing, and at the very extremity of the earth's surface, produces such a - feeling—if such be the effect of opening five new ports in an unknown country like that—what would be the effect if we had a hundred ports opened to us all over the earth ? —(Applause.) And that we may have if we choose only to open our own ports.—(Hear, hear.) Why, I have no hesitation in saying that the impulse, the moral effect of such a course upon the trade of this district, would be such as would now appear almost incredible. Already you have had the opening of fresh mills and manufactories, and a considerable im- For further particulars apply to the Mansion-house, London and Messrs. Bush and Mullens, No. 7, St. Mildred's-court Poultry, London. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, nu ide in a Cause RAMSAY against FLETCHER, the Cr el. .tors of JOHN RAMSAY, late of the Angel public.hous( .in High-street, St. Giles's, in tie County of Middlesex, Li censed Victualler, and who died in the month of October; LS4I, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts befc re Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Co , irt, at his Chambers in Southampton buildings, Chancery-la ne, London ; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded tl le benefit of the said Decree. JOHN HU ISH WEBBER, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 3. ( :aroline-street, Bedford-square. November 29, 1842. NATIONAL L OAN FUND LIFE AbSUR- E SOCIETY, RANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, i DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 3G, CORNHILL. Capita .1 £500,000. Empowered by S 1 )ecial Act of Parliament. Dl] LECTORS. T. LAMIE MUTE :.RAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M. D., F. R.. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Banter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. .GeorgeLungley, Esq. _ Joseph Thompson, Esq. PATENT LEVER WATCHES. MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Watchmakers and Jewellers, 3fi, 'Ludgate -street (opposite Messrs. Everington and Co.'s), offer to theii friends and the public their celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, of work manship of the highest class of excellence, capped and jewelled, maintaining power, &c., at the following prices : Ladies' Lever Wattles, Gold Cases, and Gold Dtals, 12/. 12s. to 161. 16s. ; Gentlemen's Lever Watche d % Gold Cases, and Enamelled Dials, 14/. I4s. to 18/. 18s. ; Gentlemen's Lever Watches, Silver Cases, and Enamelled Dials, 61. 6s. ; the Ho rizontal Movement, in Flat Gold Cases, Si. 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Now let us suppose that at the open ing of Parliament the Queen's speech contained an announcement that the Corn-laws were to be. abo- lisped, and what would be the effect, think you? Why, I will undertake to say that the very post which brought that news to Manchester would be the signal for setting every mill and workshop in motion l oo pver Li —(Hear)---that it would be followed by an advance in the value of your fixed property here of' at least 25 per cent. : that the shipping in would be increased in value to the same extent; and that the p poor-houses would be emptied of the un emp l oye d la bourers—(Hear, hear)—and that the now pallid faces of the idle would be lighted up with joy, a t th e pros - pect of their bones having some flesh put upon them. (A should be pp lause.) .! Ve l dispelled by l ,lam s orry that e ven a g l eam of hope anything that I can say, but I must confess that I think theee is a prodi gious deal of delusion about the prospect of increased business with China.—(Hear, hear) And I .will tell you whence this delusion springs. It is IVhiggism and Toryism that has misled usoory again.—(Applause.) peace.. Pia 1 1 1 1. 1 parottyhosret\svrtihteesbleilplst to — (Applause.) i T ch he o r se e i h s as th b e ee h n on a o n ur ot a tt u c d ry in the. ne:vsPaPT its mighty consequences. One ringing and says, "I did it ;" the the newspap ers an d says , "I did it; 'and th ere i s such 'a mighty pother b e t weene the two factions that " the merchants and manufacturers think there must be something great and good to be had, and they rub their hands and fancy they are going to have a glo rious trade.—(Applause.) N ow , how long shall we continue to be deluded by such hallow expedients as this ? Cannot we resort t o a li tt l e co mmon sense? Have we not the slightest share of reason or judgment to fall back upon ourselves 'P —(Applause.) Why, we regard this peace as though it was go i ng to restore to us a trade that had been dest roye d b y w ar. It would seem as if this country and Chi na h a d b o th been mu tually ravaged by war, and th at not on ly had trad e • been interrupted, but that the harvests had been im peded, labour had been checked, and production stop ped by these wars, Nothing of the kind. The trade with China never had been interrupted by the war. It was put forth by Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, as one plea for the bad state of trade, that the China war was the cause of it. He stated some thing of the same kind at Tamworth; but it was settled by Mr. Hastie, the Member for Paisley, who has a great trade with that p ar t o f th e globe—(he is a very plain man, and scarcely ever speaks at all)—but he came down to the House that night after Sir Robert's argument a b ou t China, and he and showed that instead of ou r trade having unmanageable figures, brought some of these ugly, dimi nished, it had increased during this war; and Sir Robert Peel admitted that it had.—(Applause.) Well, you have had no interruption to the trade with China ; there has been no great amount of deso lation or damage committed upon that country; we have sacked and ravaged a port or t wo , b u t the har vests have never been impeded ; there has been no prosperityuffered in the trade with of the country; and r to t n ra ; d a e n i ci ms give us ? An increase of trade, we are what ,is it that this peace check China by to w o e the t i h l awe vaer.not 1 h Then, n, is going to told, in consequence of five ports being opened in that country. But we have had already an open trade to w e gone m throughust not Canton, supp o se h all C o a u n therefore all the goods which we have sent to China have been consumed at that extremity of the empire. We know very well that the goods which we sent to Canton have traversed the whole of that empire, by that, China because thrug means of the canals and rivers which render transit so easy there. How, then, are we to have an increased trade by the opening of these new ports ? We are told that there are 300 milliens of people in China. That is true; and if there were 3,000 millions of people, you could not trade with them, unless you had something to take in exchange for the goods you are going to send to them. — (Applause.) Now, what are you going to take ? China can send you tea and silks. Do you think the consumption of tea has greatly increased within the last year or two ? If so, what accounts for the falling off of all our customs' duties? Do you think that the middle classes, with the Income-tax lately put upon their backs, are in a position to increase vastly the consumption of silks in this country ? Well, there's the measure of your exports to China;_ what tea and silk can you b ring ? __ _(Applause.) There cannot be any possibility of our getting on a right footing, until the people of this country will understand the first and fun damental principle of trade, that it is barter, and that unless they receive back, they cannot send out their commodities.—(Applause.) The Honour able Gentleman continued—The democratic party in America are free traders—(Rear, hear)—and they have annual elections in America; they can test public opinion every year, and the elections which have taken place there within the last month, have decided the fate of monopoly in America.---(Applause.) They say they won't be taxed to benefit these manu facturers, they won't allow a high duty of imports to oblige a few manufacturers, and cotton printers and spinners.—(Applause.) Well, we say—the Anti- Corn-law League say—we won't be taxed for the be nefit of a few landowners in this country.—(Loud cheers.) Now, if the Americans and the English will only keep to their work, as their forefathers have done when they had great principles to carry out—if they will only put down their monopolising manufacturers, and we put down our monopolising landowners here, when our election time comesewe will lay the Missis sippi valley alongside of Manchester, and we will have a glorious trade then.—(Cheers.) The Rev. J. E. GILES, of Leeds, was then called on, and was received with much applause. He ob served—lf England expects every man to do what is called his duty—but what Ido not call his duty—in times of \ear, for the destruction of its enemies— (Hear, hear)—much more, Sir, may England expect that a Christian minister will not skulk from the offices of peace, for the salvation of 'his countrymen and of his country from a calamity.' more extensive and more horrible than all the armies that ever have marched for her destruction—than all the navies ever launched against her have been enabled, in any period of our PROMENADE CONCERTS, ENG- LISH OPERA HOUSE. These delightful concerts commenced at this theatre last evening under the able management of M. Jul lien. We were at once pleased and disappointed at reading M. Jullien's programme—pleased to find that the series of concerts is to be an annual one, disap pointed at learning that the series for the present season is to be confined to twelve concerts only. How ever, as the house last evening was crowded to suffo cation, and as there is every prospect of its continuing to be so every evening during the season, we are not without hopes that M. Jullien may be induced to re consider the matter, and to give us a second and a larger series of these delightful entertainments. These Promenade Concerts have done more to advance the taste for good music in England than any other single cause. They have not only formed an immense musical public, capable of appreciating good music, but, what is of infinitely more importance, intolerant of bad ; and the progress of the science is forwarded more by driving bad music out of the field than even by the introduction of that which is excellent. The feature of last night's performance was the real Scotch quadrille, in which M. Jullien introduced an admi rable imitation of the Highland bagpipe. The airs chosen for this purpose were the popular melodies, " The Campbells are coming," and " Tullochgorum," and so exact was his imitation that the Mac callum Mhor himself might have been deceived by it. The instrument which he used was apparently a flageolet, but we presume it must have been fur nished with the mouth-piece of an oboe or a bassoon, or some reed must have been introduced to break the current of air—at all events the imitation was' com plete, and the performance was loudly encored. Among other melodies introduced in the course of the Scotch quadrille was that exquisitely beautiful one—" Ah ! where, and ah! where is my Highland laddie gone." The manner in which NI. Jullien has set this pathetic air, and by his orchestral accompani ments has elaborated and carried out, as it were, the intentions and feelings of the composer, do equal honour to his taste and to his science. It is one of the most exquisite things we have ever heard ; the audience were enraptured with it, and at its conclu sion enthusiastically called for its repetition. In the first part, M. Pilet gave us a solo on the violoncello in a style unequalled since the days when Linley was in his zenith ; and in the second part Mr. Lazarus per formed a solo on the clarionet with exquisite taste and judgment. The house was crowded to excess, and everything promises a good season. We hope that the public patronage will be such as to induce NI. Jullien to make a long season also. factures, and that left the mass of their farmers tenants-at-will, or rather tenants-at-ill-will----(Great laughter, and "Hear, hear")—and at the mercy of their landlords. When a friend mentioned to him, a few days before he left home, that there was some anxiety here to know what was the opinion of men across the channel, on this question of free-trade, he was looking over a book that had more to do with their OXFORD, DEC. I.—A correspondent writes:— Yesterday evening, as the Rev. Wm. Bathurst was delivering his customary Wednesday evening lecture at St. Giles's church, his bands by some means ma naged to get caught in the flame of the candle lighted at the side of the pulpit. Immediately, to the great consternation of the congregation, his face was enve loped in flames. Many persons rose simultaneously from their seats to offer their assistance, at seeing the imminent peril in which the :Rev. Gentleman was placed. Fortunately, however, he had the presence of mind to envelope his face in the velvet hangings of the pulpit, which immediately had the effect of ex tinguishing the flames, not, however, till his neck cloth had also caught fire; and I regret excessively to say that his face was dreadfully. .burnt. Prompt as sistance was given, and the Rev. Gentleman conveyed out of church. The sensation produced by this un happy occurrence was extreme—several of the con gregation fainted, and shrieks were heard in all parts of the church. The German journals . give the following explana tion of the difference winch has arisen between the Duke de Bordeaux and the Duchess d'Angouleme. The Duke thinks that he ought to take advantage of the present discontent in France, arising out of the treaties on the right of search and the commercial union with Belgium. The Duchess d'Angouleme, on the contrary, considers that it would be imprudent to attempt any movement in France until Louis Phi lippe's death. - THE FORTRESSES OF THE CONFEDER ATION.-- FRANKFORT, Nov. 22.—We hear that the expense of erecting the new fortresses at Ulm and Rastadt is estimated at 30,000,000 florins. This sum will be paid by the several States of the Confederation to the Treasury, according to their population, and in pro portion as it may be required : the amount of the por tion of the French contribution, which was placed at interest in the house of Rothschild, and which was At that time 22,000,000 f., is to be deducted. The Commissioners of Inquiry into the Customs had a meeting yesterday at Gwydyr House, White hall. Mr. A. P r i ng l e , M r . Mimes . Gaskell, and other Commissioners, attended the meeting. history than it had to do with that of Ireland. The book he referred to was D'Ewes's Journal of Parliament; and it occurred to him that there were some facts in it which would be of interest to them, and which, therefore, he had taken the liberty of making a note of, for the purpose of submitting them to their consideration.—(Hear, hear.) And he did so for this reason, that it had been thought this question of free trade was a new question—that it was a dis covery of modern science, and that the world had never seen anything so effectually done for the libera tion of commerce, and the setting free of industry before. Now he did not believe that ; for he believed that in England, by English hearts and hands, the same fight was made near 200 years ago against the efforts of monopoly to throttle the industry of the country—(Hear, hear)—and he only asked them to listen to a report of the proceedings of the House of Commons, from a journal taken of its proceedings in the time f Elizabeth, in support of this opinion. He dared to say that as they thought they were getting older, so the aristocracy thought they were growing more subtle in these matters than when they were mere schoolboys at it.—(Laughter.) Excuse him for not talking of Whig and Tory aristocrats—they were just the same.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever they might think of their power, they were Englishmen ; and the mass of Englishmen, nor Irishmen neither, had a right to aubmit to wrong inflicted by them.— (Hear, hear.) But as he was saying about tyros in _ the craft, he found that at • the time referred to each great lord had a particular trade under his protection. The great joint-stock principle on which they acted now was not in vogue then—they were not such pro ficients in their business.—(Laughter.) Not that they knew anything of the trades under their protection, but the object was topromote the revenue, and they were allowed to purchase a patent to pro tect any particular trade they might think proper. Well, the trade was better taken care of almost every day—(Laughter)—till at length, it had almost died of the kindness bestowed upon it.—(Renewed laugh ter)—and then there arose a set of Leaguers—(Hear, hear)—the Cobdens, and Brookses, and Brights of these days—(Applause)—and they set the kingdom in a perfect commotion.—(Hear, hear.) There was not a very full history of their proceedings, but thank God they had the w hol e of th e d e bat es in Parliament on the question, and they were full of instructive matter to those similarly engaged in the present day. Mr. APCullagh then adduced a variety of amusing instances from the proceedings in Parliament during the time of Sir Robert Cecil, of various English com moners who had expressed themselves, even at this early period, in very strong terms, upon restrictions upon trade in any shape. He then continued— But the best part of this history, from the Journal of the Parliaments of Elizabeth and James the First, was to come. It appeared that when the list oi patents, granted to monopolies at that time, was read out, there was a man of his (Mr. M'Cullagh's) profession, and there was not much to be said for them generally ; however, there was a man found amongst the lawyers of those days who had a heart in his bosom. His name was Hakewell, and when the list of patents had been read over, he got up and said, "Is not bread among the number ?" " Bread !" said one ; " bread!" re peated another. _ Well, however, be said, " If care be not taken of these others, 'bread will soon be among the number." He (Mr. M'Cullagh) thought there was some around him now who could tell that bread had been among the number long ago.—(Hear, hear.) Well, Elizabeth coming to know of these things, was a woman of too good heartedness— though she possessed, in common with others, her share of faults—she had too much good sense not to see that it was no longer safe to risk the glory of her reign by denying justice to her people, and •unexpectecily she came down to the House and made a speech—such a speech !—he did not wish to make a pretence to prophesy, but he should rejoice then if he could hold out the hope of such another speech from another, and yet the brightest of English Queens. — (Hear, hear, and loud applause.) She told them her notions of her prerogative, which she esteemed as the chief pearl in her diadem and the choicest flower in her garden, and, in her speech, she said she valued her subjects' love above all revenue or treasure. — (Hear.) It would be too long to read the whole— (Cries of " Go on")—but there was one point in the speech he could not consent to deprive them of, and it was where she called God to witness "that she never put pen to any of these grants, but upon the pretext and semblance made to her that they would be beneficial to her subjects in general ;" " but," she said, "the contrary having been found by experience she would never sign another." And then she turned round to those people whom she had before been taught to regard as the enemies to her crown and dignity—(Hear, hear)—but whom she now found to be the best safeguards of both, like the free-traders of the present day—(Applause)—and thanked them for " having drawn her attention to so great an evil." She grew indignant. " Varlets," he thought she called those who had visited r,he_es h ys e e (tar think —(Laughter.) t:aunlgadehus been t gc e ha r p et . ) e r un punished)r_lt was a term which would, perhaps, in these days, be thought v ou a g r e t t s that t n e phsaaarvildei thus eunst "shalloa r p y p t ' s N p ec o t 1 s s o of assuret h e ; ir ownl desire d u t duty thata n d thethe Queen's oppression Ministers) ißut a uu tg h h o odhrnu)oaor—n: now punishment. e t tsiag a(thein ss b he y ee h(lsdi these len o et escapeovnartil ne condigntuse—d)(" continued)—that h a a ey dealt with me like physicians—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—who,' ministering a drug, make it now acceptable by giving it an aromatic savour, or when they give pills—(Renewed cries of " Hear, hear," and " Tanaworth doctor")—or when they give pills do gild them all over."—(Roars of laughter and ap plause.) Well, it was encouraging to think that there was a time in our history when monopolies, like those that now bore down our trade, were overthrown. —(Hear, hear.) On looking hack we found it clearly established that a system of monopoly once existed of the most oppressive kind before, that there was a time when they were thrown overboard, and then that there was another time at which the monopolists gam . s_ mounted(r, andrepziti recollected t p h a a t t en o t n: p u of the first acts they did was to exclude Irish cattle ra u gh t er) their _ a horseshd from the English market. well (The meeting had not concluded when the reporter left.) A NOVEL INFORMER.-At a trial before the Cor - rectional Tribunal of Montpelier, on the 22d ult., that proverbially stupid animal, a mule, turned out to be a most sagacious witness. A cart coming one day into the town, drawn by this mule, and loaded with char coal, it was discovered by the officers of the octroi, or town duties, that in the centre of each sack was a small barrel of brandy, intended to be thus surrep titiously introduced without payment of duty. The driver was arrested, but denied all ownership of the cart, or its contents, and pertinaciously refused to de clare to whom they belonged. The officers having their suspicions, conceived the idea of verifying them by means of the mule. At night they led the ani ma l to the entrance of the village of Laverune, a short dis tance from Montpelier, and there letting him loose, he at once galloped off gaily till he reached the door of a farrier, named Palary, where he stopped a minute, and then walked quietly round to the stable. To strengthen this proof, the officers forced the animal from this spot, and he went to a watering-place in a retired spot at some distance, and having slaked his thirst, returned again to his stable. This evidence was so conclusive, that Palary was unable to resist it, and at length con fessed his delinquency, in confederation with others, whose frauds were so extensive that they brought down upon them an assessment of fines amounting to upwards of 12 , 000 E—Galignanis Messenger. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.—A correspondent having sent two newspapers to the Post-office for Van Diemen's Land, which were posted without the postage being paid, called next day at the Foreign Post-office and paid it, and he was much surprised to find they had a great many papers which had been posted in the same way, none of which would be for warded. Now, this, as in his case, might be merely accidental ; but from what he learned at the office, he has good reason to suspect that in many cases the penny is pocketed by the boys and porters sent to post them. It was suggested by a gentleman in the office, that by affixing a post-label on the newspaper, such frauds and consequent disappointment would be effectually prevented. It should also be known that newspapers for foreign parts cannot be posted after 6 o'clock, P.M. A .UDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R .S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S ACTUARY—W. S. I $. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. SURGEON- -E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Swe( it,. Sutton, Evrens, and Omraanney. Baxxxas—Messrs. GI yn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. The most rational motiv es to Lzfe Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this f. society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the A ssurei i himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Div' ision of Profits. F. FERG US ON CAIVIRDUX, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK BY ,MR. CHARLES DICKENS. On the Ist of January, 1843. to be completed in Twenty Monthly Numbers, price One Shilling each, the First Num ber of THE LIFE and ADVENTURES of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT; his RELATIVES, FRIENDS, and ENEMIES. Comprising all his Wills and his Ways; with an Historical Record of What He Did, and What He Didn't : showing, moreover, WHO INHERITED THE FAMILY PLATE, WHO CAME IN FOR THE SILVER SPOONS, AND WHO FOR THE WOODEN LADLES. The whole forming a Complete Key to the HOUSE of CHUZZLEWIT. Edited by " BOZ." With Illustrations by " PHIZ." London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. • i•V • irk • " 1 4 ' %. ( " lit S 4 5: 11r • . , . • VO, , Or . . j•. • - IttO • , V 44# DizlT 1.5 //p 17( • -OP ~4d a, --~ix? 2 ~ , n All, - OIT ;; ,711 A ! if I t DECEMBER 3, 1842. LONDO N, SATURDAY 4- 4 Dna - NoI 3 PRICE sd. z/ft;~, . 4-- THE PUBLIC DEBT OF SPAIN. EXPOSITION BY SENOR CATJATRAVA. TO THE CORTES. At the conclusion of the last session the under signed Minister stated to this respectable assembly that the Government would not forget the credit of the State, and I now have the honour to propose to the Cortes what it considers ought now to be done for the purpose of upholding that credit as much as we are able. As the interest of the consolidated, domestic, and foreign debt, for the periods terminating with the near 1840, has already been capitalised , it is indispensabl e to do the same with respect to the corresponding periods of 1841 and 1842, and with regard to the in terest which will fall due in April and May, 1843 ; nor ought we to neglect adopting a measure which is alike just and politic from the consideration of its being extremely burdensome to the public revenue, seeing that the Government is confident to be able to support itself without difficulty during the time that the payment will commence to take effect. The six months' interest due prior to the Ist of May next is comprehended in the. new capitalisation, with the view of avoiding a single coupon remaining isolated of the Four and Five per Cents. of the domestic debt, which stock must of necessity be renewed. There is no occasion to recal to the memory of the Cortes either the origin of our public debt, or the un fortunately too notorious vicissitudes which have brought the national credit to the low ebb at which it now is ,• but it will be necessary to take a brief view of the present situation of the debt, as also of the mo:tgage made in favour of the creditors of the State, according to the statements subjoined likewise. The debt liquidated up to the end of last July amounts to the sum of 11,915,850,034 10, from which must be deducted, first, 300,000,000, calculated to be due for debts owing to the secular clergy ; and, se cond, 1,120,000,000 assignable to the payments due, and nearly due, for the national property sold up to last September ; so that the former amounts to 10,495,850,034 10. Of this sum there belong to the consolidated debt 5,821,951,063 21 ms., and the re mainder to the unconsolidated debt, bearing no inte rest; so that the annual interest of the former, inclu sive of the New Three per Cents, amounts to 300,954,982 19—a large figure certainly; yet not so much so asle fail of being redeemed in a great mea sure by the mortgage assigned for it, or as to make us despair of being able to cover the interest on that, which is not so by the remaining public revenue, when it shall no longer be wanted for the special lia bilities and obligations to which at present .it is al lotted. We may also look forward to much benefit from the reform of our deranged economical system, if carried out with energetic perseverance, and if all well affected persons unite in making the glory and happiness of the country their object; for, however slow and tardy the results may be, the nation un doubtedly possesses within itself abundant elements for rising superior to all its difficulties and dangers, under a well regulated administration. It appears from the schedule of the auxiliary sec tion of the general administration of national pro perty, charged with inquiring into the incomes of the two classes of clergy, that the Treasury up to the 31st of August last registered a capital value, arisins from the suppressed religious communities, amounting to 1,886,677,497 reels vellon, 31 maravedies, deducting wherefrom 836,851,434 25 ( w hi c h have produced for the purpose of funding 2,054,695,682 171) in conse quence of the sales up to the end of last September, there is left a balance of 1,049,826,063 6ms., for the property solely of the regular clergy ; and, adding now to this sum that of 1,500,000,000, being the cal culated value of the property of the secular clergy, we shall obtain a total of 2,549,826,063 reels vellon 6ms., with which we are warranted in supposing that an equal amount and an additional moiety, at least, of the debt will be liquidated, if we calculate according to the proceeds of the property hitherto disposed of. If to these resources, which will be greatly in creased the moment that the data obtained hitherto, and as yet incomplete, shall be filled up and amended, be added the very ample ones, of which we still might avail ourselves, arising from woods and uncultivated lands, it will be seen that the mortgage of the debt is very inconsiderable, and that what we stand in need of is to secure the public order in such a manner as to remove all apprehensions of fresh commotions and re vulsions, in order that the great capitals now wanting lucrative investment in foreign nations may look for it in our country, where there is so much to do and so much to. be turned to account, and that by means of the speculations that would be entered upon encou ragement may be afforded to agriculture, trade, . and commerce, while, at the same time, a call and value for labour must of necessity follow. The Government would not carry out so great a work without a frank and decided co-operation of the representatives of the nation, who will assuredly not fail yielding it at all times, and on all occasions. It is impossible to engage in favour of the creditors of the State in the ensuing year for more than the payment of interest on the already realised capitalisa tion ; but if the Cortes, as is to be hoped of their en lightened patriotism, would please to decree the funds necessary for covering during next year all the pro posed engagements, then there will certainly be no difficulty in paying off likewise in 1844 the amount of the capitalisation proposed by the Government •to be made; also of the half-yearly instalments due in 1841 and 1842 ; as well as of that becoming due in April and May, 1843 ; seeing that the interest on the new debt will begin to run from the Ist of July next, in order to pay the first half-yearly instalments on the Ist of January, 1844. These will amount nearly to 22,000,000 of reals, and as, provided the means above i n di ca t e d b e gr a n t e d, there will only remain assigned for the said year the revenues of salt and of stamped paper, the deficit of 70,000,000 which this will produce in the estimate, added to the above 22,009,000,, will fully be covered by the increased income proceeding, first, from the 55,000,000 proposed is the project of the reform of the contributions to come into operation in 1844 ; secondly, from the augmented proceeds which may he expected from the custom-houses over the 90,000,000 at which they are now calculated, when the tariffs shall have been corrected and modified; thirdly, from the improvements which, on the one hand, will be ob tained in all the other branches of the revenue, and from the economy which, on the other, it will doubt less be possible to introduce into the estimate of expen diture, provided the Government always calculate carefully the means indispensable for answering with out restraint all its obligations. The differences which will be occasioned by these last supposed alterations may well be presumed, toge ther with the 55,000,000 before mentioned, to supply the 92,000,000 assumed as the augmentation of the expenditure of 1844. And if we pass from this year to that of 1843 (f or which the Governm en t i s of opinion that an agree ment should be come to with the holders of the bonds of the Consolidated Five and Four per Cents., to in duce them to convert them into the New Three per Cents., considering the many difficulties with which the nation would for a length of time have to struggle in order to clear off entirely the interest on the said debt), it will not be hazardous to say, supposing al ways that the Government obtains the resources re • quired for complying with the extraordinary liabili ties assumed in the preceding, that it will also be easy to cover all those of that year, increased by the pay ment of the interest on the whole debt under the above-mentioned supposition. The Four and Five per. Cents., supposing this re duction to Three per Cents. to be effected, will amount nearly to 160,000,000, or to three-fifths of the 267,000,000, to which they amount at present; and, deducting 30,000,000 for those of the same paper which may be liquidated by the sale of landed pro perty in the two intermediate years, there remains 130,000,000, which, with the 92,000,000 above alluded to fur the deficit left by the contracts for the revenue for salt and stamped paper and the increase of capitali sation, would make a total of 2 2 2,000,000 to be paid in the said year 1845, on the current and ordinary estimate. Let us now consider what increased income the Treasury may have in that year for covering this aug mentation of expenditure. Mention has already been made above of the increase derivable from the reform in contributions to be effected in 1844, in consequence of the increased rates at the Custom-houses, on the ground of the amended and modified tariff, from the improvement to be looked for in all other branches of the revenue, and from the economy of which at that time the estimate will be susceptible. For, calculating even that the income only on these different accounts should be increased by 100,000,000 of reals, if we add thereto the net products arising from the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, which will be disengaged some time in 1844, and which may be estimated at 80,000,000, we shall find that, in order to cover the 2 20,000,000, there would only have to be provided for a deficit of 42,000,000, being a sum the furnishing of which it would be a disgrace to think could prove very embarrassing to the Government, supposing always the administration to be well regulated and our credit to be improved as much as possible. After this succinct and true sketch of the state of our debt, of its hypothecation, and of what the credi tors may really look to hereafter, the undersigned Mi nister, authorised by his Highness the Regent of the kingdom, has the honour to present to the Cortes, with the concurrence of the Council of Ministers, the fol lowing Project of Law.* RAIION MARIA CALATRAVA. Madrid, Nov. 16. * These have been already described in The Sun. We have much pleasure in stating that during the past few days a great quantity o f or d ers h ave b een re ceived in this town ; and we trust there is now a pro spect in Birmingham, as well as other places, of a steady revival.--Birmingham Advertiser. The large public sales of tea which commenced on Monday, concluded yesterday. Out of 62,000 pack ages effered, 21,000 were sold, establishing a reduc tion in price of ld. to 3d. per lb.