The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-12 00:00:00

MEETING ON THE CORN LAWS, AT LIVERPOOL. bn Frialy, at 12 o'clock, in consPqnence of a reciaisi:len to the Mayor of Liverpool, a Meeting was held at the Town Hall, which, at the time appointed, was crowded to excess hi the most respectable ;Merchants resident in that town. beir object was to petition the Legislature, praying ins a revision of the Corn Duties. The MAYOR (J. B. Hollinshead , Esq.), on taking the Chair, -aid, he was gratified at being so nu merously surrounded, and entreated, as the question was one of vital importance to the country at large, that,. every Gentleman who chose to deliver A's sentiments might !vivre a patient hearing, which was the only way to enable the iSleetiig to arriyc at any solid conclusion. The Requisition having been read by 3lr. Topham, the t 'tells, Ab e c uß eerie rose and said, he had been requested to move The Pass RCOOIUtiOTI, Ie TaiOUS to doing-which he begged to say a 0 f e w words. We hap now arrived at a time of profound peace, whets As • minds the people were settled, and their hearts w arm, and ready to feel for the distresses of each other, and, consequently, as far as in them lay, to redress all grievances. It Was evident to most persons, and there had been for some ?nue past a growing conviction, that the Corn Laws required c eisideraLle revision. All classes were united in this convic tion, and it was to be hoped that the result of this discussion would be ultimately beneficial in obtaining some remedy. In tisiftsevision it did not become him to say what quantum of re lief should be afforded, that was a measure to be resolved on by Parliament; but certain it is that it would do away with some very crying evils, particularly the odious and abortive system of avesages, which was proved to be ineffectual, and easily evaded, besides being the fertile source of fraud and perjury— (Applause.}—lt was the duty of Parliament—the duty of every honest man, to wipe off such things as tended to encourage the violation of the sanctity of an oath—(Applause.)—There -wax heather objectby the proposed measure,—that whatever change shoald take place, it would do away with that unctrtainty of due); which was very injurious to mercantile men. He again repeated, that: the object of . the Meeting was to leave the al. terarion to the discretion of the Legislature, and expressed his hope that the present Corn Laws would not be suffered to exist. They were like the night-mare, pressing on a large portion of the popnlation.- Ile was_not inagediately interested in the question; but he hoped that he was net acting obtrusive ly, for he considered every link knocked off the fetters of com merce was so much in favour of the prosperity of the naticn. Air. Currie then moved a Resolution, expressing the satisfac tion of the Meeting, at the general views adopted by his Ma jesty's Government, in the commercial policy of the country ; which aillr secooded'by— - Vs. leuercyrox, and carried unanimously. 2ft. EwAß'r moved the secondeßesolutitn. 31r. Lormetowished to know on what grounds the poor *wild be - benefited by the proposedoeduction. He contended. lb: poor would not be at all benefited. If, by a prohibition of foreign corn, tris advance of twenty shillings per quarter took place, that-would make a difference to a poor man, with a wife and three children, of Is. 2cl: per-week, but that would be made up to him by an increase in the wageso the farmer alone would employ him ; but in case the importation of corn be allowed it will take so much labour from our own Agriculturists, and consequently many a poor man will have no employ, and ail or them less wages. Suppose we - should import two millions of quarters, at an amount, at first cost, of three millions, the poor are deprived of labour to the amount of 1,200,0;01. ; whereas, if three millions of manufactured goods be exported, arida comparative return be made,' taking a reasonable profit on both, soy five per cent., a profit to the manufacturers of only 300,0001. will accrue; this latter sum -will benefit a few individuals only, while the whole agricultural population will lose 1,21)0,0901. The Speaker addede that 'he was satisfied tha when the price of Corn was high, the poor man could alway s -get a remunerating price for his labour. He begged to move s that the last Resohition do riot pass. Mr- Edi VAN said, he -considered the agricultural interest asonow only beginning to revive, after many years of depres sfeaO,Andhe thought that the present system was the best de wised one e l and. wooldhenefit both farmers and manufacturers. '-o-ft. was true, that.duoing the jest 5 years there had been some fickle seasons, and The average price of wheat had not exceeded in that time 545. 4d. per quarter. ffe was confident that we could produce tioffierent corn Tor - our wants, - and the quantity caused by an inereatep-ofhpshatolry : hod evaporated all ideas of scarcity. • It fras at the' hpetlW- of the ports when our own agriculture will feel a depresaien.-in proportion as that in foreign .countries will flourish,. and' it will even _yet require man y . years ttoreeoyer the losses which the agriculturists have experienced ley the low prices. Look atolreland o any benefits which are expected.. tis rise from the lsystem}, ted„-ao regarding that CAgglPie- would btos4olorid : tooperatiOte in& ineffectual by the fiesopstroduCtitut 'of foreign corn Oliete, while foreign countries Setotki be:the &beta. The corasection_ was so closely drawn, the ,any injury done to the eine was , as a matter of course, be pefiCial to.theother e Politicaleconomy was very good, but it might be 'pushed too 'far. air. BRYANT seconded the Amendment. • The Amendment and Resolution being put, the latter was carried. .frtr. Sierrn said it had been argtied, that a certain amount 1 Tiis cam imported into thiocoillitro caused the same amount of ' .loateto thelabourer, much toore than if the poor man paid is/ 2d. per week More for lit 4 bread. This was undoubtedly an , error, for this corn would he paid. With our manufactures ; the • foreigners must come for articles of our skill and industry; we would not attempt tapay them in gold. Suppose in this country a man labours on sterile ground' (and a great deal was not ste rile), and is employed inprodueing, for example, ten bushels of and suppose the same labourer to be employed in menu- factares, which, by balite; exPorted, exchange for thirty bushels of wheat, does not that produce greater wealth to the coun try ?—(Applause).--The gentleman who said that 20s. a-year was about Is. 2d. a-week to the poor man with a wife and Is Wily of three children, was wrong ; it was not the high price of corn, - thnt--- , it was the high price of shoes, clothes, and every other commodity which is in use—(Applause).—lf the same loboar employed. in agriculterc be employed in manufac tures,. we should be • great gainers - in corn. It did not follow, however, we should have nothing but corn. Corn was the re presentative of national wealth generally, and an open and li beral system of policy would do more, to cheer the poor man's obeart, and to increase the riches - ofthe-rich.—(Great applause.) It was the interest of countries to exchange their productions. It would be absurd in us to attempt to raise the vine or the tea, which would coat us much more labour than the manufacture of a watch, or a bale of calicoes, which we exchange for those goods. We were told that we were groaning under the pres sure of the. National Debt; why, would an embarrassed man shut up one half of his shop, andhly a tax on his articles to rid himself of his difficulties ? Then • throw open the ports, and snow theimportation Of corn. Therich man would he as well off, and the land as fruitful as now. Corn in the United States and is Poland was the Moriey of thooe countries ; aril if we do notetake their com e they will not take our manufactures; so diet by the proposed oleos-are we should be extending our own %trade. If a man has his meat cheap, end in consequence of the increase in trade he eats More meat, there is a greater demand for'grazing land., and all thelands not now in cultivation will be called into requisition, and used as grazing land ; besides which, all land now used for agOicultural purposes would still be used, if not, new manufactories - would be wanted, and they could be erected on the land, which would also cause fresh de mands for the farmers, who would be surrounded with a happy population.—(Appiause.:) Mr. LAPONE replied, and said that he was still confident that the corn imported would not be sufficient to repay the sur plus labour. "dive hut the poor man employment, and he re gards not the extra price he may pay for corn. Raopeeting graeiers, he had within the last three years ,seen calves which coo td not fetch half a crown each, and now they will obtain as much as 30s. If the proposed plan be adopted, who will reap -the • bebefit of it.? why a.pareel of sturdy beggars, for such he (Mr. L.) would call them, of - whoin Naples alone contains up words of 70,000. Why should we support foreigners ? We are -doing well enough, arrd let them find resources for themselves. Kr. Soerrer, in proposingethe next Resolution, swirl, if the trade with other countries ••were:opened, it did not follow that we' should take corn to oblige them, but to oblige ourselves, .nria , give a fresh impetus to trade in general ; iron and other articles would he in greater demand, and new mines would be sought after. Industry *mild be in continued exertion, and --would it be supposed that the farmers could not get remu nerating prices ? It wits said' that - calves were some time ago 2s. 6d. each, and were nowtOs. Why were they so- low as 2s. Od. ? Were there no' mouths wanting meat, who could have eaten up all the . calves in the country—(Appliose) ?—lt was because the path- could not afford to fourebaseohent. Since then- trade has increased, Ministers have adopted a wise policy, and-now the padv; who before.iivedon the poorest food,_ could afford to -purchase meat. Let us:then extend the system. If there-6e a bad harieest_ in one country. '-there may : not be in Another, and by that.measure we shall have a continual supply of corn, by which the prices will be-steady. -Rent will also be lower, and not, as has been the case, hitimes of scarcity; low, said, in' Oates of plenfyoiskiedingly thigh. Another come -VIVI= of this open tradenaill•be, the.more- firmly -cementing the, lioadsof amity between this and other nations, and the less frequenqi of war, from 'the' fear of losing a vast proportion of trode o .fer tbeiffect of , piing 4o war-with one country will in- ' ague the. ,trade of 4Motlzer. ; If we must settle. a commercial iaSefUoursf, with 9415; .4xpArAtriea, let its di it in a friendly man ner" for war *plea ittithillg.h.-(Applanse.)—A new era has unived,"-stear prindples4re: developed,. Ministers are exerting themselves. Theitiamblier tithileard—Mr. Canning says it was, sit Mr. BroUgham's " - AroSe sinells as sweet under any other name," and whosesoever thunder it was, it has done g.ood—it will finally clear the atmosphere of those restrictive fogs which have hitherto prevented a free:intercourse with other nations.—(Great applause.)—Mr. Smith - then proposed a reso lution, declaring that the present restrictions on corn are incon sistent with the national-policy; and highly injurious to the best interests of the people. Mr. BRYAN T again rose to express his opinion, that the me thod proposed was no protection. He proposed an amended resolution, expressive of satisfaction at the Corn Laws as they at present exert. Alderman CASE said, it appeared that some Gentlemen thought the Committee intended recommending a particular measure. This was incorrect ; it was merely to request Par liament to inquire into the subject. Government had brought the subject forward, and he thought the inhabitants of Liver pool ought to feel highly indebted, and indeed gratified, at hav ing elected to represent them a man (Mr. Huskisson), so capable to favour the interests of the town in particular, as well as the kingdom at large.—(Great applause.)--That Gen tleman had stated, that all restrictions from commerce ought to be removed ; and the system could not be perfect without the accomplishment of the object this day discussed. It was not .true that the alteration would interfere with the comforts of the poor. The rapid change in the Corn Laws has had the effect of oppressing the poor; the yeomanry of the country had been greatly injured ; many farmers were ruined, owing to rapid alterations, and the landlords were not benefitted. In most instances, where there had been an increase in emolu ment, there had also been an increase in luxuries, which was the natural consequence when men suddenly got large profits -they did not look forward to a future day, and the consequence was, that on the first reverse of fortune they were ruined. It Was not necessary to s ake off all restrictions, but to leave a small protecting duty, the regulation of which would be left to Parliament, who were the best judges.--( A pplause.) Mr. SkITH said that there was now a large quantity of Corn in warehouses, and if some measure were not adopted it would fly off in living insects on the bosom of the air. " Uod's bounty, (said Mr. S.) is locked up under bars and bolts, while the prices of grain are rising higher and higher, to the great cost of the poor man." The original Resolution was then carried. MT. ADAM WATSON, in moving the fourth Resolution,con gratulaXed the Meeting on the sound principles adopted by the speakers. He could not, however, avoid saying, that he dis agreed with one gentleman, who said political economy might be carried too far. If the principles of political economy were false, then do not proceed ; but if they were true, they could not be carried too far. This gentleman moved a Resolution declar ing that the prohibitory duty on Corn restricted the use of 13ri tish capital, which might be used to great advantage in our exports with reign countries. Mr. Alderman CAsE moved the fifth Resolution, which was carried. Mr. MOSELEY said, that from the evidence taken before the Committee of the House of Commons, it appeared that the ave rage price of corn at Dantzic, from 1770 to 11119, was 455. 4d. ex clusive of freight ; in France, from 11100 to 11119, it was 455. eal.; at Odessa, about 305., and 225. 6d. freight, making 525. 6d.; at Canada, 405., and 14s. freight. In the United States, about 455., and 12s. or 14s. freight. It had since been said in the House-of Commons, by a Member who was formerly opposed to the free trade (Mr. Curwen), that 555. to 60s. were remu nerating prices to agriculturists in this country. Where, then, was the cause of alarm, if there was a fair and protecting duty laid on imported corn, to bring it to something more than it can be grown for in this country ? The tariff laws in the United Stoves never would have passed if it had not been for the re strictive laws on corn imported into this country. It was there said, " why should we permit England to bring her manufac tured goods here, when she will not take eur corn for them ?" The tariff laws were only restrictions on us for not allowing. their corn to be imported. What was the cause of the quarrels between masters and workmen ? It was the uncertain price of the necessaries of life. A mechanic requires only support for himself and family; and it was such fluctuations as the Corn Laws cause, that are the source of all these dissensions and combinations. Mr. RATHBONE said, the new Tariff in the United States passed by only a majority of five, and therefore there was no doubt but it was in consequence of our restrictive.system. Our cotton goods were prevented going to France for die same reason. A Resolution was moved and carried, for inserting the Resolutions in the Liverpool newspapers, and four London papers. Mr. BUN NIL, in a neat speech, moved a Petition to Parlia ment founded on the Resouluons, which was seconded by Mr. E. RUSHTON, and carried amidst great applause. Thanks having been voted to the Mayor, the Meeting ad journed. JAMAICA PAPERS. KINGSTON, F. 12. The public are requested to suspend their judgment on the different statements respecting Mr. AI ofnuEin's affairs, as that gentleman is preparing a correct statement of his accounts, which will be submitted to his creditors shortly. ARRIVAL or TIIE BISHOP. —The Elnrald yatcht, lfl, Capt• 11. J. Leake, having on board the Right Rev. Christopher Lips combe, D.D. Lord Bishop of Jamaica, his Lady, the Hon. Mrs. Coventry (her mother), the Rev. W. Pope. Archdeacon, the Rev. W. Patterson, and W. C. Bolton, and Henry Lipscombe, Esq. Secretary to the Lord Bishop, came to anchor at Port Royal yesterday noon. The Herald saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, which compliment was returned by the Serapis. Shortly after the Herald came to anchor, Vice-Ad miral Sir Lawrence Halsted, with the different Captains of the squadron, and Commissioner Ross, went on hoard, and compli-, mented the Bishop on his safe arrival. We understand his Lordship will not land until Monday.—(Cornwall Gazette, Feb. 12. ) Extract of a letter from Panama, dated the 13th ult.:— " No business has been done for six weeks—nothing but feasting in honour of the grand victory. The British frigate Tartar, Captain Brown, arrived this morning from Peru, having on board fifteen Generals, and all the Spanish troops. Callao is in the hands of Bolivar : the Patriot force, 5,690, under General Sucre ; the Spanish force above 10,000, under La Serna, Canterac, Valdez, &c. The battle took place at Aya chuco. Bolivar was at Lima at the time of the action : it lasted for three days : on the 9th of December it finished, by declaring every Spaniard in Peru a prisoner." Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence Wi. Halsted, K.G.8., has been pleased to make the following appointments in the squadron on this station, viz.:—Lieut. W. L. Castle, to be first, and acting Lieut. James C. Fitzgerald, to he second, of the Beaver brig. Acting Lieutenants William Warren and Charles Myth, to be first and second of the Britomart brig. Lieutenant Gordon 31‘Donald, to be first, and acting Lieutenant William C. Swin fen, to be second, of the Helicon brig. Lieutenant Henry 0. Love, to command the Renegade schooner. Lieu tenant James C. Bennett, to command the Union schooner. Mr. It. Dowse, t o command the Assiduous schooner. QUEBEC. On Thursday, the 111th February, the Speaker of the As sembly gave a sumptuous dinner, at Malhiot's Hotel, at which his Excellency Lieutenant-Governor the Hon. Sir FitAxcis N. 131;11.TON the Chief Justice of the Province, his Lordship the Catholic Bishop, the H0n...31r. UNIACKE, the Members and Officers of the Assembly, several heads of the Civil Departments, anti other Gentlemen, were guests. In the course of the evening the Speaker, in a snort and appro priate address, proposed the health of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, whose solicitude, he observed, to pro mote the public good and the prosperity of the province were well known, and so justly appreciated as to need no comment. All those having had business with his Excellency, of a private or public nature, must have had cause to he satisfied with the attention and readiness of his Excellency to afford access to his person. As Speaker of the body to which he had the honour to belong, he could openly and conscientiously declare, that on all occasions and at all hours, he found the most ready and easy access to his Excellency, and a frankness of character that could not but command the respect of every well-wisher of the country. His Excellency's admiration of the natural beauties of this Province, his increasing attachment to it as a home, his confidence in and regard for the people of this Province, the Government whereof had devolved - upon him, fully entitled, and had already secured to him in his turn. their unqualified confidence and esteem ; and in the good and honest feelings of his Canadian Fellow Countrymen, always ready to .harmonize where they meet with a corres ponding disposition, he should not scruple to say with his Excellency's leave that their worthy Lieutenant-Governor was considered as one of themselves. The health of his Excellency was drank with enthusiasm, and, in returning thanks, his Ex cellency expressed his acknowledgments for the very good feel ing whiCh he hiniself had personally experienced from the People of this Province, and their representatives, whose regard and attention towards him had been such as he , never could forget, nor think of but with sentiments of esteem, and that it was the first wish of his heart to be useful to them, and t)-promote to the utmost of his power the interests and prospe rity of the Province—the temporary Government whereof had devolved upon him. In the course of the evening, his Excel leney.returtVd the compliment; by proposing the health of the Speaker and Members of the Assembly. . MR. SOA.NE'S SOIRV.E. BELZONI SARCOPHAGUS. Mr. SOANE opened his house, for a third time, on Wednesday evening last, when about five hundred visitor were assembled to View the Belzoni Sarcophagus, and the other numerous works of art with which the museum is so abundantly stored. All the apartments on the ground-floor were thrown open, and the effect was most enchanting, owing to the beau tiful architectural forms that everywhere meet the eye; the truly picturesque arrangement of the principal gallery is con siderably heightened.by the striking and brilliant effect of light and shade ; and the profusion of richly-stained glass that is in troduced in the most tasteful manner in almost every room ; add to all these attractions the costly folios and splendid archi tectural works that were-laid on the tables, and some faint idea may be formed of the rich banquet prepared for the lovers of art. We believe each individual present must have felt that he needed the eyes of Argus, not excepting a single one, in order to enjoy fully the numerous objects that struck his gaze on every side ; since the contents of a single room would have demanded a day to examine them. We suspect, therefore, that in the minds of such a multiplicity of other attractions, the Sarcoplia .gus itself was little heeded by the majority of the company. This curious relic is deposited; in a lower part of the gallery, on a level with the basement fiddr.; and the effect of it, as viewed from above, strongly lightetris"it was, was striking in the ex treme. The .honk's ParlOurvivith its splendid painted window, powerfully illuminated frotiiVithout, was certainly not the least attractive point in this scrennif fascination. The Picture Cabi net, immediately above this :room, and opening into it, by means of moveable pannels 7 * shitters, to which the paintings are affixed, and of which thCconstruction is quite novel, was another charming spot, and was continually crowded. Splendid and costly as all these apartments are, they are any thing but gaudy; every ornament is most elegant and recherché. There are mansions is this metropolis more extensive, more splendid, as far as relates to furniture and upholstery, but, perhaps, not one exhibiting so much taste, such picturesque arrangement, such a happy economy of room,. and such richness, yet chastity, of decoration. Among the company present were the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Peel, the Marquis of Hertford, and many other distinguish ed characters ; we also observed two foreigners, in a rich ori ental costume, and a number of artists and men of letters. The following interesting description of Mr. Soane's house and gallery is written by Mr. Britton, and appears in No. X. of the 4 Illustrations of Landon,' by that gentleman and Mr. Pugin : The house of Mr. Soane was built by himself, in the year 1812, on a piece of freehold ground, situated on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields. Its frontage is about thirty feet in width only, but its depth extends to about eighty feet. The ground floor, or principle suite of rooms, consists of a hall and staircase; a refreshment room, serving also as a library, mea suring twenty-two feet by thirty-nine, and thirteen in height; and other apartments. The sides of the library are occupied by glazed bookcases, filled with choice and valuable books, Many vases, and fragments of antiquity, some fine archi tectural drawings, and is fitted up with several mirrors, which tend to give space, variety, and picturesque effect to the whole. Behind the central part of this room is an open court, adorned Iby numerous architectural fragments. On one side of this court is a breakfast-room, with a donee- ceiling in the centre, And two lantern windows peculiarly disposed at the ends to throw the whole light on the walls, or rather on the objects that adorn diem. This apartment is filled with books and drawings, and communicates with - the front room by double doors, one of which is ,glazed with painted glass. It also opens to the entrance hall, and to a museum behind, by two ether glazed doors. Plate I. shows the style and fitting-up of this room, looking from the fire-place towards the court already mentioned. The central window has one large piece of plate-glass in the centre. Over the glazed book-case, on the left hand, are drawings of the Bank of England, which are lighted from above. On the opposite side of the Court is a narrow gallery, of communication, between the front room and the museum, furnished with books and choice epecimens , of bronze and marble antiques. Behind these rooms and the court are a museum, an office, and picture galleries, occupying the whole width of three houses in front. Over part of the museum, and forming a portion of it, is the architect's office, supported on columns, and insulated from the walls, by which novel and ingenious design, the lantern win dows aftbrd abundant light, both to the office anti to the museum. Another part of the museum is open from the basement-floor to a lofty glazed dome; the latter rests on four arched and piers, detached from the main walls, and allowing a passage or gallery round. The walls and 'every part of this museum are richly stored with choice and valuable fragments of ancient architec ture and sculpture, interspersed with casts from architectural members and relics of various kinds. On the basement-floor is placed a far-finned and highly-interesting Egyptian .Sacco. phaca lately bought by 111 r. Soane from the agents of Messrs. Salt and Belzoni, for 2,0001. sterling. This unique specimen of the arts, and of the sacred funeral rites of the ancient Egyp tians, is perfectly important to the antiquary and historian. Its whole surface, externally and internally, is covered with hiero glypliic characters, the meaning of which has hitherto set learn ing at defiance, and baffled human sagacity. At the western end of the museum is a picture gallery, the general design and form of which are delineated in Plate 11. A large bay window, of stained glass, occupies nearly one side of this room, and the wall opposite is covered with pictures, among which is the jestly celebrated and admirable series of the Rake's Progress, by lingual. Many other pictures, drawings, books, &c. are displayed in this tasteful and truly beautiful apartment. A groined ceiling, apparently suspended, extends over the centre of the room, whilst at each side is a lantern window, rising above the ceiling, and extending the whole length of the gal lery. This admirable mode of introducing light into a picture gallery is calculated to exhibit every painting to advantage ; and Sir. Soane has adopted a similar plan, with variations in form and position, in other parts of his interesting house. This room has been deprived of its pictures and other ornaments, which are removed to a new gallery on the eastern side of the museum. The latter is novel in design, and highly rich in de coration. Within a space of 17 feet by 13, and 11 feet in height, above the bookcases, the artist has most ingeniously formed a surface of 1,656 square feet for the display of paint ings, and has occupied nearly the whole of that surface by a se ries of valuable and interesting works of art. The four much valued and inimitable pictures by Hogarth, representing so many stages in an election of a Member of Parliament, first attract attention.' Opening a pair of folding doors, on which two of these. pictures hang, the spectator is presented with eight other works by the same powerful artist, representing as many scenes, or • events, in a Rake's progress, from a state of innocent adolese cence, through different degrees of dissipation and vice, to ruin and to madness. Much interesting history and anecdote is connected with the two sets of pictures just noticed ; but I must forbear to dilate on subjects that, it must be acknow ledged, are not strictly architectural. Three other sides of this apartment are enriched with other pictures, by Cannaletti,. Sir Jcshua Reynolds, Turner, Bird, Vestal], Howard, Barrett, Sir Francis Bourgeois, Angelica Kaufman, Fuseli, Cosway, Gandy, Piranesi, &c. These are disposed on the exterior sur face of the walls, or rather pannels, and also on the interior surface of the same pannels, which move upon hinges ; and likewise on the walls behind those doors. Thus three surfaces are given in the usual space of one. At one side of the gallery there are four doors, or revolving pannels, presenting so many faces for the display of pictures. All these surfaces are hung with paintings of various classes, and from the manner in which. the light is admitted all arc seen to advantage. The ceiling of this room is highly ornamented, the chimney-piece is novel and beautiful, the doors of the dwarf bookcaies are of the choieest mahogany, ornamented, with brass, and the whole is finished in the most skilful manner. On opening the folding pannels, at one side of the room, a new and singular scene is presented ; a second gallery is displayed, with its ends and sides adorned with pictures, and numerous architectural castssend fragments. Over the dwarf bookcases, which form a sort of balustrade, the spectator looks down several feet, into a highly decorated room, with a large window of painted glass, &c. and up to a lantern light of stained glass. This unexpected glance into such a subterranean museum, rouses curiosity, and makes the observer impatient to inspect its whole form and contents. Descending a flight of stairs, ' the monk's room,' as it is called, is ap proached through a door of painted glass, and cannot fail to excite both astonishment and delight. With mirrors, reflect ing its numerous ' gothic' ornaments; with niches, groining, canopies, Masks, crucifix, hour-glass, &c.; with a ruined cloister, and its analogous appendages, on the outside ; this apartment presents a most impressive, novel, and interesting scene. The room thus noticed, as well as many other'parts of i the house, may he adduced as proofs to verify, or impeach, the professor's opinions, as inculcated in his • lectures at the Royal Academy and Royal Institution,—that architecture is riot only a science but an art, that it is capable of producing simple , beautiful, and sublime scenes,—that it is the nurse, or guar dian of the other fine arts, and that it is susceptible of producing high poetical efforts.' exhibi tions of these treasures'of ANCIENT and Al onEnee Aar'nant, **** Though we gave accounts of the successive as they occurred, yet, deeming the whole a national o rn a ment, we present the foregoing detail as an His Ton never of what we hope will become NATIONAL PROPERT cover to Llterary to be dispersed, and for which we are indebted to Chronicle. IcA L o ttE a cottD .____.-.... The Barristers of the Norfolk Circuit have presented Mr. Serjeanf Firth with a diamond;ring, as a tribute of their respect 4:1(1 esteem. WEST INDIA DOCKS. STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, the gth of April, 1825. Article 3. r Ilhds West India -ITry Ills Sugar 1 Brazil - Chests I . llavanah Boxes East India et I rt . Mauritius f '"' a g' . Casks f Pns 1 lids f Pus 1. Hits j Pus t lids Casks 1 Pipes lids 3lolasse; - Rum Brandy liollands - A nack : IVitig ITts Bis Baus Ca2ts Do. British Plantation -813 Bags Bags, (Casks Ills I, Bags I. Casks Bags ( Casks t Bags Casks 1 Bags Coffer Do. East India Brazil, St. Domingo. and Havannah, do. Cocoa Pimento - Ginger Pepper Cotton Arrow Root Balsam . . Burk - Cassia Fistula Cloves • - Cochineal - - Elephants' Teeth Gum . - Hemp - . Hides - II orns . indigo - Ipecacusnha Jalap - - Whale - Oil ( Co a c s o tor Nut - Palm . Pearl Shell . Pine Apple - Rice and Paddy Sago • - - Sarsaparilla - fallow - Tortoise Shell - Turtle - Galls Casks Casks Casks f Casks Serons Casks j Casks Bags Boxes Bales Casks f Casks Boxes Casks 'W 001 J. 1 Logs Pieces Plks &Bds j Logs 7 Pcs SzPlks African Timber 1 r L pi o e g: 3s Santa Maria f Logs 1 Pieces Ebony - Tons Lig. Vitt - Tons Box Wood Tons Log Wood Tons Fustic - Tons Nicaragua Wood Tons Cam Wood Tons Bar Wood 1 Tons Pieces Mahogany Cedar 1 M 14 :11/ I3razilletto Tons Saunders Wood Pieces Lancewood Spars No. Staves - - No. 45, 5,518 4,485 31,953 Mr. 11F.NRY DRUMMOND, the Banker, with a munificent liberality and zeal for the interests of Science, has founded and endowed, at his (3wn expellee, a Professorship of Political Economy at Oxford., The salary is 150/. per annum. A Pious Tuiri.- - Yesterday an aged man of respectable appearance, named lance, was charged at Union Hall Office with robbing.his ready furnished lodgings. It ap peared that on Thursday last, the prisoner engaged apartments in the house of Mr. Hogstitter, and on retiring to rest, he re quested all the family would join him in prayer ; after which he went to his room, leaving a most excellent impres sion behind him of his moral and religious conduct. As early as five o'clock he was heard to go out, but no one sus pected that their pious lodger was a thief. But when the girl went in the morning to make his bed, their surprise may be imagined, on learning that he had decamped with the sheets and pillow-case ! It further appeared,' that on the following day the prisoner called at another person's house, and seemed desirous of occupying the lodgings. He told a long story about a set of Baptists, of which he was a member, but sAld as lie was a stranger in town, he could not procure a reference. His plausible manner and respectable appearance induced the fan illy to dispense with it,-and being installed in his.new apartments, he entertained his landlady with a discourse on religious subjects, and mingled his observations with some beautiful quotations from Scripture._ Before he retired to his rooms, he desired the family would nit be alarmed, if they should lear him go out as early as four o'clock. The Landlord concluded from this circumstance that he was " a wolf in sheep's . clothing," and sat up all night to watch the result. At for.r o'clock his new lodger came down stairs, his person exceedingly increased in bulk, in consequence of the sheets being wound around his body. The counterpane, rolled in a. small compass, lie carried under his arm, and two nightshirts were concealed in his hat.—Committed. n o e b o se f rv t o h d e toll-keepers atwell-dressedh e Strandyoung women standing a few yards distant from the steps; one of . Yesterday rnorning, about half-past th ree s o i ' d cl e oc o k f , , them seemed to be remonstrating with the other who was cry ing, and advising her •_o go home. Th e l a t ter d as h e d some N henryl r terlo Carlo w, o-brd ge o , silver on the pavement, and quitted her companion apparently under the influence of extreme passion, and proceeded towards the Strand. Shortly aft erwards Carlow heard the violent shrieks of f balustrades nier' as if proceeding from the wate r . O n l oo ki ng over the ades of the bridge, he perceived the two females, whom he had recently observed on the bridge, struggling with each other in the water. An alarm being made, several per sons proceeded down the steps, and in a wet,drippingsssistanee n as afforded th e m. Theyshort period they were t and quite exhausted -- after r ' e d t e is n e w d ohu t i e tc l h l o i n fe g vteh w rey h w o hat t it h me theywere a that they were going over the bridge, and that the one had run into the water to save her companion, who had plunged in tbr the purpose of destroying herself. IMPUDENT R OBERRY..—This clay, John TVil limns was brought up to Queen-square, by Timbrell, a con- Stable, charged with felony.—'llie prosecutor is a Greenwich A lmonry be gave th e l an dl a d his bundle , containing various Pensioner, .and resid es at Wi n d sor. Y ester d ay h e rece i ve d his pension mon ey , an d took up his lodgings for the night in the articles of wear i n g apparel,and a quantity of new linen for safety, but on hi s app l y i ng y for it this morning, he was informed that the p r i soner h a d got i t, w i t h wh i c h he we nt away. Inquiry was instantly made, and t h e li ne n trace d at a p a wnbroker's in YOrk.street, pledged , by the prisoner In his defenee, he Pleaded intoxication, said he had lost his own bundle, besides five half sovereigns he received yesterday from Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, and that'lle took it in a Mistake. said:that tale he might tellb e tbre a J ur y, and fully committed him for trial. The Magistrate Delivered. Home Con- Isumption 1,396 116 7 82 23(1 15 3 Stock on Exporta-1 tland. tion. 13,601 716 149 - 1,475 6,071 6,905 374 19,714 1,242 295 711 1,345 'J6I 9,500- 1,750 50,364 8,687 95i; 3,416 1,747 t 45,201 1,332 34484 111 5,184 ' 36 4,97 547 3,226 6 a 1,004 145 4- 26 94 263 232, 24,083' 16,993 225 38 . 3g 29 347 3,439 34 1.11 1,934 12,568 718 4,635 1,178 13 33 5,51"/ 1,426 , • 441; 92, 39: 7,010 Aloes n.% . V AT ONE O.CC.OOLL• PIIICC OF STOCKS Tilt,: liaAk Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 1 per Cent. Cons. - 92U li per Cent. , Ditto Red. s —„, 4 per Cent. f D r i - '4l 1 New 106 54 q Bank Long An. ,:. 22 5-16 Ilp . 3 p er Cent;;. India stock Ditto Bon& South Sea Stock I , I2ICPS OF FOREIGN Fl ttmtrian ltds, 5 per ct. — Brazilian lids Scrip ' 1325 tlai pm. Buenos Ayres ltds Colombian ltds. per ct. 1)o. do. 1324 891' 90 1391 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip • 2i dis. (;reek rids - Do. Scrip, 11)2 ' ' 6.} dis.- A I cxican Ms 7N$B Do. Scrip 1825 Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. Ditto 1 1 (1.66 62 66 6 Z Ditto 5001.'.31. Ditto 1 .... Ditto Small 2d. Ditto 1 Ad. ...... Ditto Commerciid ...- Bank for Act. 28 0 India for Acct. Cons. for Acct. NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCIC. Cliiiian, lids , 6perct. °it Peruvian Bonds ..... (17i Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ••• Neapolitan Scrip . Portuguese Bonds —. ..... Prussian, 5 per,ct. e%. (.1 1 1 . Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct. 954 , Spanish 1891,5 per ........ 1823 French Rentes 102f.Thc.. eat?' Exchange ......... i PRICES OF sulaus AT ONE O'CLOCK. Pm gore' Anglo-Mexican Mining Company otk Anglo-Chilian Mining Company - Brazilian Alining*Company Chilian and Peruvian Company General Mining Association ' l4i 1 4 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 22 ..t 22 2OA 1041 . 6, Peruvian Mining Company Rio de la Plata Mining Company ' New United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company . 4-.••••• 7i Alliance Marine Assurance Company -1 .1 Continental Gas Company -4- . 13 / A i British Iron Company Canal Gas Engine Company .. .. 1 l• Hibernian Joint Stock Banking Company ....-- '3 2 Pal a, Irish Manufacturing Company OIM P i g Imperial Distillery Company London Drug Company Mexican Company - 14a 15 4 1 Medway Lime and Coke Company . . 7- i? Metropolitan Fish Company ..- 19 Pearl Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt ''''''"'" 14 4 Provincial Bank of Ireland — 10 a ° Rio de la Plata Agricultural Company ... 11. f 12 11i a Royal Stannary s ..- 71,4• British Rock and Patent Salt ComPany . . ... 1, h Patent Steam Washing Company . 4,1 4 - Plate Glass Company ....-. ..... 4 ~. sTOCtic, APRIL 9. Royal Irish National Insurance ...... Ditto Insurance Shares Patriotic ditto ............... Imperial Mining CompanY I t Provincial Stock .......... St. Patrick Insurance ..•••• Hibernian Gas Coin pang Hibernian Joint Stock ••• Ballast Office Goirl, Se4"— PRICE OF Bank Stork. Gov. Deb. :11 per can. li Consols 3 per cent. 924 Gov. Stook, 3' per ct. 4 per cent. New do. 54 Royal t anal Stock ... Grand Canal Stock Ditto Loan, 4 per cent. Ditto Ditto, 6 per cent. 7l l. Pipe Water Deb. G per ct — FO EIGN MA I LS. VED, D( Guernsey and Jersey llaniburgh Gottenburgh Holland • France Brazil Buenos Ayres Jamaica ‘, • America - •-.- NVATER AT LON nON BRIDGE TO-1110n- - to, 31orning, 20 minutes after 10. [ Evening, 55 minutes ar_.L.e.i.e.). THE SUN. 50L231 QUIN DICEIik •FALSUM AUbli./11. LONDON, • TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1.% A meeting of the Merchants, Bankers ? S °P i . t ; owners, Manufacturers-, and Traders talthe 7 . of London, has been appointed by th'e -V - )o MaTon for to-morrow, in order to consider I' expediency of petitioning Parliament for .° vision of the Corn Laws. It is to be held -0 17 111 City of London Tavern. On Friday last 4t ve ; tion from Liverpool for th e sa m e .purr se :et carried unanimously. Perhaps there is no brsT iOS of our trading system that requires, re.° or more than this, and we hope the time 0 ' V et ; far distant wh e n th e p e opl e ma y be perm it to eat theirbread at the cheapest possible r3 O ( at which it can be obtained. If the prinOP lH .e free commerce is to be applied to our iniln ilf ro . tures in general, we cannot. perceive on eA si te d, tional ground the trade in Corn is to be eic e P i t t and besides the good policy which alone 3c , r, recommend the measure, justice requires its aP° O ( tion. The system that f a vours the prodl ej . c o our own country against riv a l competitors- ' 47 5 0 foreign soil is int e lli g ibl e , but th a t which g i advantages to one class of persons at th 9 43 .0 pence of another class of the same. connn uri v. is manifestly unjust; and yet it appO rs I tis t intelligible syst em i s to b e remove d, whilst 6e which is marked with the stigma of W og. ' is still retained. If those who laboui' 0 to ducing ou r ma nuf a ct ure s are t o b e open 7 . r ei rivalry of foreign nations, c om m o n sense-req i te ; they should have th e ir fo o d a s ch ea p as po lsit) and how can that be, if the p r ice o f home 4 r° : 4 , 0 Corn is kept up, and imp or t a ti on o f foreign A T a t Corn restrained by prohibitory ena ctme nt : 6r heavy duties. We are, however, compelled t° t he fess, that for some reason or other, (perhaP 6 ere price of labour or the high rents) the farmerbtoi is unable to bring his corn to market at a G 4c9 t oot will yield him a reasonable rout and enable c, to compete with th e f ore i gn grower . On thiS 1 15 r count a duty on importation, calculated as 1)-° Or° • may b e t o equa lii e the charge, and thu s - t he both home* and foreign grown Corn in t ° j markets on . the same terms, may be onee— eft The obj e ct of th e d u t y h ; no t s 'O mu ch t° r al the English farmer, as tu t s lace him on• B fdr o . footing with the foreign, farmer ; and:, 11#-ie