The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-27 00:00:00

.. t 4t IL7F u ' ,2 it( f'allll,. LONDON THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 27, 1842. We adverted on the 15th instant to the great familiarity with legal punishments, depriving them of all terror, and to the vast extent of des titution which prevails in conjunction with it, as calculated to alarm those who reflect on the means which the State employs to protect the rights of individuals. The whole of our politi ca l fabric rests on punishment. Terror secures power, and terror protects property. The dis franchised and, as it were, outlawed multitudes, destitute, as the rule, of any property, can only be preserved in obedience and taught to respect the possessions of others by coercion and penal ties. All persons, therefore, who rely on the terror inspired by punishments to keep society together, must learn, we think, with some addi tional alarm, that such is the present destitution of the people, and such their lessened horror of imprisonment, that they voluntarily become in mates of gaols. We are indebted to Mr. F. n oon, a Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, for directing public attention to this startling fact. On looking inttethe Seventh Report of the Inspec tors of Prisons,, to which he refers, we find the following .st a i emut " I am sorry to say that there has been a consider able increase in the at t u E m d ber of prisoners - during the last year, especial' and Lumfrielsnburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Perth, Ayr, 11 no small portion (of this in.cre;e) " I fear that p r o s ve to rt is • attributable to i t n h e s o g m r e e a p t l a i Lo amount p of e a f poverty which exists, and which destitu tion." • • . "lint the most strikingrde ring on has . come to my knowledge of theexi.s proof that poverty and destitution among some of the people of Scotland is the fact that there are at the p ment nearly forty persons in the priso n , o r pe ur 't l ' mo who have voluntarily subjected th emse l ves to all as t o ' i w e rigour of imprisonment (and of imprisonment on the separate system), in order to obtain food and shelter. Some have been in this kind of civil death for more than a year, giving up every particle of personal liberty, performing a task of ten hours labour every day before they can earn a penny for themselves, living on very , plain tbod, rising early in the morn ing, both in winter and summer, and many of them e anti aed day after day, and month after month, in a small . cell a p art f rom all human b e i ngs exce pt th e oil - leers of the prison ; • nd 'hi • with the knowledge that at any monlent they have but to utter a word and theyplaced can be be at perfect liberty.'-P. -F. 14. That is decisive and fearful evidence that the punishments inflicted by the law have lost their terror. The Metropolitan o P I n . ce-courts supply evidence almost er:ny da persons com mitting petty °- IT -enees to b e Y of sent to prison, or utter taking . refuge in gaol from destitution. In fie, than the slow and lingering starvation to which a great number of persons have been e xposed within the last eighteen months, no agony can be greater, only it is borne with a conscibusneSs that it is not deserved, a n d a hope that it cannot last. The destitution,- theretbre, to which so large a portion of our population is reduced, is paralysing the criminal law, and endangering, to au alarming degree, the general security. Some of our Contemporaries have lately held up to merited reprobation the cruelties in flicted on the prisoners in Northl each House of Correction, but if they cannot remove the terrible destitution, they should rather advocate still lower diet, still harder labour, still damper cells, and still more speedy and numerous deaths. The advocates of restrictions on the people's industry and of the ban upon their food, who also advocate more ca pital punishments, are consistent men ; and it is puling and inconsistent humanity to limit the sup ply of food, and demand that prisons be made other than destructive of life. The slow process of starvation subdues the body to the uttermost depths of physical misery compatible with pre serving existence. and subdues the mind to the commission of crime. It demoralizes and it stints the human race. It dwarfs the body and it perverts the soul. It dooms the rising genera tion to the complicated evils of physical and moral degradation. Better were it, far better, to revive the system advocated by the Post, and rather feed the gallows annually with a few thousand victims, than continue to deteriorate the race by stopping their food. Better were it to adopt the hints of the Rev. Mr. MELVILLE and others, and at once blow up and level the half of our towns, than consign this and the next and every succeeding generation to the vast and ter rible evils of continual hunger. The mode in which destitution leads to crime, is most affectingly described in this Prison Re port. We copy the fair abridgment of it given by the Chronicle's Correspondent : "My parents were decent, honest people. I was married very young to a sailor. When he went to sea, he assigned me part of his wages every month. I had sore trouble after he left, for work began to get scarce, and my little child fell ill. I went to the agents to ask for my husband's pay, for I was sore distressed from grief and fatigue. The ship was lost off China; all hands were saved ; but, as was the custom in such cases, the wages were stop ped. This was heavy news for me, for I had neither work, nor money. I bore on for some time, trying to get work, however trifling; but there was no work to be had for me and hundreds more. I had heard of a female house of refuge in Glasgow, and I deter mined to seek food and shelter there. I took my little boy in my hand, who is about nine years of age, and walked the twenty miles to Glasgow. When I got to the house of refuge, I showed them my mar riage lines, that they might see I was a douce, decent body. Tht matron was very kind tome, and said she grieved for me, but that the house was not for such as me, but for poor, misguided women—prostitutes and the like. My heart was fit to break, and I said to myself, that I maun be wicked before I could get a morsel of bread. The matron took pity on me, and she let me stay one night, and gave me a supper and a breakfast the next morning. We walked back again the next morning to Greenock. I had nothing to buy food or shelter with. My boy was weakly, though nine years old, and I had carried him many times on my back, when he complained of his feet. I sat down on a bank and cried bitterly ; but my child, who was aye a douce clever lad, and had been well instructed in the Sunday-school, little as he was, was my comfort. When he heard me say, ' We shall die of want," Well, mother,' said he, then we shall go to granny, in heaven ; and we'll want no food there.' He took off his jacket, and pulled off his little shirt, and said I should pawn his shirt, for that would bring something ; and so it did, and we got a night's shelter for that time. I suffered much before I stole." Destitution, therefore, caused by a law which makes it hard for the great multitude to live, and renders charity for them almost impracti. cable, is the parent of crime; and corrupts minds which, like that of this woman, seem capable of reflecting honour on our common nature. " Can anything (says Mr. Pigou) be more pathetic than this—any words better chosen than those of the poor Scotch woman ? Do they not go to every pa rent's heart—doth not the similitude of her case to Hagar's, strike every one; but with this difference, that no angel came to her in her distress, showed her no well, and she at length—who can wonder, and who can blame—fell into crime, that her Ishmael might not perish in the Christian desert ? " Is it possible that, in the face of narratives such as these, any other object can be thought worthy of our consideration ? What avails the decoratiOn of our towns, the grandeur of our palaces, the strength of our bridges, roads, arsenals ' • the wide arch of o ur empire ; our colonies, that s tud and circle the world, when our people seek shelter in our prisons and force an entrance to them ; when they rather break into them than out of them ; when their hardest labour, their hardest fare, are sought as boons by the sons and daughters of destitution ? What is it that our mer chant navy is counted by a tonnage of millions—that the navy of the State has borne 150,000 seamen, car rying conquest to the limits of the earth—that the army has taken the capitals of our enemies—that our exports are fifty millions—when wailing is in our streets, famine in our cottage households, and our re fuge in prison ? _ I' Is it possible that any other object than a remedy for such desolation, which the annals of each day con firm and augment, can fill the thoughts of our states men, who, retiring to their stately halls, can sleep without dread visions of squalid and pining multi tudes, sometimes expiring in silence, at other times breaking out into feeble insurrection—their strength, for good or evil, unavailing through long emaciation ?" Is there not in such scenes, coming now so frequently before us, enough to make every man solemn and earnest, to banish smiles from every face, and lightness from every heart ? The subject is so important, that statesmen must consider it. Our hope of improvement rests on the circumstance that these terrible evils begin seriously to affect the upper classes. Their pro perty is invaded to maintain paupers and support policemen and gaols, and they now see that gaols and policemen cannot give them security. We notice a list of subscriptions to pay the Yeomanry of Stafford their expenses, which is headed by Sir ROBERT PEEL with the sum of 1001. If the Nobles of England, therefore, reckon the matter only like pedlars, by paltry pence, they will find that the expense they are put to far exceeds any amount of rent they gain by a law which inflicts destitution on the people, and will earn for them the execration of an enlightened posterity. They have, we know, the political power of the State in their hands ; but they cannot use it to limit the people's food, and bind their industry, with out sacrificing their own security, their own for tunes, and their own fame. It is for their respectability, happiness, and honour, that we call on them speedily, aye instantly, to take their fetters off industry, and no longer make them selves responsible for the terrible calamities which hunger and want of employment are bringing on all classes of the people. We insert the Address which the Anti-Corn law League has published, with a view to prepare for a final assault on the Corn-law. We hope that none will be necessary, but that the landlords will see the folly of continuing to coop themselves up in a fortress in order to levy a black mail on their countrymen. That kind of extortion wastes a great deal more than it wins, and puts both parties to great inconvenience. However, the League is preparing to make another attack, and as money is the sinews of war, the League asks for money. Political power is bought and sold in England, and the League seeks the means of buying political power. It does not intend, however, to corrupt electors, but to enlighten them. It is about to distribute Anti-Corn-law tracts amongst the farmers, and send lecturers to explain them. By such a pro cess the League will effect a great deal more than the repeal of one bad law—it will sow the knowl e d ge seeds of i nstruct i on, w hi c h w ill fl ower i nto and ripe n i n t o ac ti on . It will help a to pull down sy sf that t e n o t. Other per sons seem acutely sensible tat possible consequence, and they call on the Govern ment to stop with a strong hand the instruction which the League is about to distribute. Sir R. PEEL is too much of a. free trader according to the Post, to quarrel with the League for spread ing through the comm unity a knowledge of prin ciples on which he is dis p o se d , it is said, when ever he can, to rest his power. As a specimen of the success of the League, we will refer to Mr. PRENTices address to far-, mers, at 'Over, in Cheshire, wh i ch appeared in The Sun on Monday. . It is only necessary to teach the farmers their true interests —anti the will show that fact s :&,, th i ne , with the League to instruct them —in order to Secure the destruction of the Corn-law:— Your markets are such towns as Manchester, Stockport, and Warrington, and when trade is bad and wages are low, and when many are out of employment, you cannot expect to have the same price for your produce that you had in prosperous times. Have you had no reduction in the price of cheese ?—(A Farmer—Yes ; the best quality is down 10s., and the second 20s. a cwt.) What is the cause of this reduction ? Not Sir Robert Peel's tariff, which has left the duty on foreign cheese untouched. Had he taken off even a shilling a cwt. we should have had an outcry that this had caused the fall of 10s. and 205., which you are now suffering. We must look, then, for some other cause; and you will find it in the deep distress of your cus tomers.—(Hear, hear.) You will observe that the fall is greatest on the inferior quality, which has hi thereto formed a considerable part of the meal of the working man, but now he cannot purchase whole some wheaten bread and good cheese, but is reduced to the necessity of living on potatoes; and you will have a still less demand from him during the winter, which threatens to be one of greater privation and suf fering than has ever yet been endured by a much suf fering people. And this distress in the manufacturing towns reaches you in another way. Part of your population, tempted by better wages than you could afford to give them here, have settled in the towns, where they have sup ported themselves without being chargeable to you ; but now, being unable to find employment, they are passed home: to add to the burden of your poor's rate--to be paupers, perhaps, for life.—(Hear, hear.) Let me ask you, how your poor's rate is now, com pared with what it was this time last year ?—[The Chairman—lt is advanced forty per cent.]—Forty per cent ! Forty per cent. reduction in the price of your cheese—forty per cent. increase in your poor's rate—and both these effects from the distress of the manufacturing districts! With such teachers as falling markets, empty pockets, high rates, and the lecturers of the League, the farmers must become converts to free trade principles. The proceedings of the secret tribunal, said to be engaged in examining the Custom-house plun derers, remain as mysterious as ever. One Cor respondent says the Lords of the Treasury have not confidence in the Board, and are resolved to appoint a Commission to make an impartial in vestigation into all the details of this disgraceful conspiracy. Another says there is no truth in these statements, as the inquiry is still carried on; not, however, by the Board of Customs, with the Chairman at their head, but by only one member, not the most fit either to do justice to the case. Then there are long paragraphs in the papers, asserting that Mr. A. and Mr. F., with some twenty others, have been suspended or discharged, which are followed by others, contra dicting these reports, and casting great blame on the public journals for blasting the fair fame of so many upright men. Insinuations are also made against several silk-houses implying that they have participated in the plunder, and in a few days come forth assertions equally strong from them or their friends, declaring all these a mere tissue of falsehood, and denouncing the conduc tors of journals for publishing such libellous as persions. But neither the public press nor the public are to blame. The loss to the revenue may be one hundred thousand pounds or one million sterling; and from the darkness which covers the proceedings, and the natural disposi tion of man to magnify what is unknown, a general feeling prevails that the loss may amount to the latter sum, and something more; those, therefore, who are saddled with new and oppressive taxes to make up deficiencies in the revenue, are anxious toknow how they have been robbed, and eagerly catch at reports in news papers, said, of course, by the Correspondents, to be founded on the best authority. While these rumours prevail, and they will continue to prevail until the mystery is cleared up, how comes it that the silk traders themselves do not hold public meetings, and demand a public investiga tion, in order to remove suspicions from the in , nocent, and convict those that are really guilty. While the Spitalfields weavers, who suffer so much by smuggling, have held meetings and called for an open in quiry, we are not aware that any step has been taken in the same course by the very parties who thus complain of calumny and falsehood. They are not all implicated. Ten or twenty righteous men certainly can be found among the trade, who fear no disclosures either from Mr. BURNDY, Mr. HomEasnA 31, or Mr. DOWDING; and as they regard their character, as well as the public good, they are bound to denounce the secret system, and call for a real, and not a mock, investigation. The Lords of the Trea sury after all, however, are the parties most deserving of blame. Though it is known to every one that no confidence is placed in men who are themselves implicated by gross neglect of duty, and great doubts exist as to the credibility of the witnesses examined in this secret inquisition, the sham trial has been protracted for weeks; the Commissioners according to report, have all left it but one; and would probably be much delighted to see the affair hushed up, by the discharge of some twenty or thirty inferior officers; while the really guilty parties, the men paid thousands a year for doing nothing but mischief, are allowed to escape. Why is the prosecution not carried on in the usual mode adopted in such ne farious transactions? A simple discharge or suspension for a few years—perhaps, a few months—is not an adequate punishment for such wholesale robbery. While half-starved men are sent to the treadmill for petty thefts, and poor Chartists are banished for foolish and misguided attempts to obtain what they consider their rights, public officers, guilty of infinitely greater crimes, escape with impunity. They are merely told their services are no longer wanted, a sort of intimation not very rare in private establish ments, and addressed to men of irreproachable character. It is the duty of the Government, therefore, to take the affair out of the hands of the Commissioners, and institute an inquiry be fore a Judge or Police Magistrate, in open Court, with solicitors paid to carry on the prosecution, and unravel all the windings of the plot. Since writing the above, we see from our City news that the affair, as regards the Commissioners, is brought to a conclusion ; but no confidence can be placed in reports from any quarter. Mr. O ' CONNELL, after submitting in silence for years to the abuse heaped on him in Parlia ment and out o f P ar li ament , f or accepting an annual ngt countrymen,into a n himin u te a s n a d t h condescended his enterrian lengthened justification of h is conduct. We say condescended, for he stood on such high vantage ground, and his motives were so well under stood by those whose good opinion he was naturally most solicitous to retain, that he had no need to justify himself , but might might with perfect propriety have main tained unbroken silence. We are no enthu siastic admirers of Mr. O'CONNELL. We ha ve not the slightest inclination to go the whole hog in his favour. We think him mistaken in many of his strong opinions; and on the question of Repeal, in particular, are persuaded that he is labouring under the grossest possible delusion; but as regards his acceptance of the " rent," we hold, with the majority °fills grateful countrymen, that not the slightest shadow of blame can be attached to him. The man who has made • the vast personal sacrifices that he has made in the cause of Ireland—who, at a period when his " minutes counted by the guinea," never allowed a day to pass without devoting some hours to the great question ofEniancipation—whobore " for four years" the entire expenses of its agitation-- and who afterwards, when, thanks to his hercu lean energies, the shackles were struck from the limbs of the Catholics, gave up " professional emoluments exceeding 8,0001. per annum." in order to have an opportunity ofstill further bene fiting his country—who at a later period refused the offices of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Master of the Rolls, either of which ap pointments would have given him that rank, fortune, and consequence in the world's eye, so tempting to an ambitious and aspiring spirit— the man, we say, who made all these personal sacrifices in the cause of his oppressed country, and *hi? made them ungrudgingly, un besitatititlyx. has-taken it out_ of the power. of even; his — liittel'at' - tnetnies' to charge him justly with avarice or selfishness. 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Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £l4, and the Sale will close in the first days of November. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGII, October 4, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, OCT. 27, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiraznide by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy ; Assur, Mr, Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which, the New Farce, called COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ' • Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Hamby. To conclude with the Farce of THE IRISH TUTOR. Flail, Mr. Meadows; Terry O'Rourke, Mr. G. Hodson ; Rosa, Miss Lee; Mary, Mrs. Humby. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. ad. ; First and Second Circles 55., Secod Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low. at the Boa-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be bad at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New B on d - s t r eet; Mr. Mit c h e ll , Old Bond -street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 27, Will be presented THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, which has been for some time in preparation, and will be produced with New Scenery, Dresses, and Novel Effects, combining all the resources of the Theatre. The Piece dramatised from the popular Work of the same name, by Mr. Edward Stirling, b y per mission of the _Author, W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., who, in conjunction with George Cruikshank, EN., will personally superintend the. numerous Tableaux, &c., as illustra•ed in .• Ainsworth's Magazine." After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. The Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Fleur-des-Champs, Mdme. Proche Ginbilei; Frightful, Spiteful, Old Bachelor," Mrs. H. P. Grattan. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa. Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4=. ; Pit, us. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at. half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 11 ill be acted a New Drama, entitled ESTELLE DUMAS, supported by the entire Company. After which, the Nautical Drama of POOR JACK ; or, THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. Poor Jack, Mr. T. P. Cooke, whose performance attracts nightly overflows. Eleanor Mrs. H. Vining. To conelude with Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama,_ called BLANCHE BERIOT, which has met with most decided 'access. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, r.N. T. Hicks- ' Herrick Evenden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche rieriot, Mrs. R. limner. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. :Diming 44 minutes after G I Evening 20 minutes after 7. THE SITN, LONDON, TillingifiY__ MORNING, OCTORFIR 27, lAA-1. is Ireland's willing testimony to Mr. O'Cort- NELL'S consistent patriotism. It is also a voucher for his political influence, and a proof, defying contradiction, that his country is as anxious as ever to avail herself of his services, and looks to him chiefly as the instrument of her regeneration. It will be time enough to taunt the Hon.and Learned Gentleman with his acceptance of a national subscription, when the myriads of lazy, selfish sinecurists, who fatten at the public cost both here and in Ireland, have learned to blush for their cupidity, and consented to resign their pensions, in a smlden paroxysm of disin terestedness and patriotism. When this astound ing period arrives—which will he when the sky falls, and it rains larks—we will then consent to reconsider the question of the O'CONNELL Com pensation Fund. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their early walk in the Home Park. His Royal Highness the Prince, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, after wards rode to Swinley Lodge, attended by the Marquis of Exeter, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. The Royal party en joyed the sport of shooting for some time, and., had most excellent sport. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were . taken airings twice to day, accompanied by the Dowa ger Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Francis this morning with a sitting for a bust of his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, paid a morning visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Froginore Lodge. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent rode out this afternoon attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas. The Queen has a dinner party this evening ; covers are laid for twenty-five. The company consists of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Mike and Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, his Royal Highness the Heredi tan' Gran d Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cam bridge, Hon. Georgiana Stanley, llon. Clementina Hamilton, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Mr s . Anson, the Marquis of Exeter, Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Hawarden, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir George Couper, Bart., Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Col. Arbuthnot, Sir E. Bowater, and Dr. Prcetorius. Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the Horse Guards, in barracks here, will be in attendance at the Castle this evening. General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Hon. Edward Stewart, Deputy Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arrived in town yesterday, from Tray House, near Monmouth. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with Sir J. Graham yesterday, at the Home-office. The Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie transacted bu siness at the Home-office yesterday afternoon. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, OCT. 26: Wind S.W., strong breezes. DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W., very strong—Arrd. Providence, Madeira, for Hamburgh; Marlborough, Honduras ; Lady Begot, Harrison, and Sir W. Wal lace, Quebec ; Baltic, Quebec ; Tremont, Gillespie, New York ; Apollo, Sturge, Baltimore ; Bremen, Roper, Richmond, both for Bremen; Abers, Bre men, New Orleans ; Soto, Hamburgh, 'for La Guayra ; Borneo, ditto, Havannah ; Dolphin, ditto, Madeira ; Prosper, Hamburgh ; George Washing ton, Singapore, for Bremen ; Oceanus, Smith, Vir ginia ; Sophia, Baltimore, for Amsterdam; Bremen packet, Bahia, for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH ' O CT . 25.—Wind W. to W.S.W. strong.--Arml.Scourfield, London , for the Cape of Good Hope.--Sld. Florence, Madeira; put back, .I.lar garet Hardy,. for Cape,of Good Hope. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 25.—The Ata lanta , Shapley, out 49 days from Galipole to.Falmouth, has put in here, having pumped up oil, and lost sails, &c. FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.--Wind S.W., moderate.— Sld. Royal Tar packet, Gibraltar. LivEapooL, Ocr. 25.—Wind, S., fresh.—Sld. Arica, Lima, Grace, ,Antigua, George Nicolaus, Mayvaguez ; Emerald, New Orleans; Ayrshire, Ber muda. Arrived off, Pet. KINSALE, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Lord Saudon, Quebec. SHIELDS Ocr. 23. — Arrd. Adventure, Bruce, Dal housie. 'Sid. Alfred, Demerara. HULL, OCT. 25.—Wind W.S.W., mod e r a t e breeze. —Arrd. Amazon, Quebec, after being ashore on th e East Bank. CARMARTHEN, Oct. 23.—Arrd. Princess Royal, Lewes, Quebec. NEW Ross, OCT. 21.—Arrived John Bull, and Tottenham, Quebec. TRURO, OCT. 23.--Arrd. Jane, Constance, Pictou. SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 2 3.—Arrd. Lund, Miramichi. TORQUAY, OCT. 20.—Arrd.Emma Zoller,Miramiehi. YARMOUTH, Oct. 24.—The Bauchory, Smart, from Aberdeen to London, has put into the Roads very leaky, loss of sails, &c., but proceeds with assistance. SHIELDS, OCT. 24.—1 t, blew a gale th e w h o l e o f last night, and some ships are reported to have gone ashore in the bay. The following have been in con tact and received damage :—Legatus, Ord, and Har riett, both of London ; Bonito, of Colchester ; X.Y. Z., Lightfoot, andNeweastle trader, Lodge, both of North Shields; and Shakspeare, Gray, and Liverpool, Buck, of South Shields. DEAL, OCT. 25.—1 t is blowing a gale at S. W. Several vessels have driven, but have brought up with a second anchor. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTll—Tantivy, Zante to Lon don, 29th ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the Vivacious, arrived at Falmouth. Robert Clive, from ,Liverpool, 7th inst., off Cape de Gatt; Stamboul, Liverpool to Constantinople, same day, by the E. D., arrived at Bristol. Thomas Miller, Liverpool to Pernambuco, 14th, lat. 14 N., lon. 19 W. ; Alabama, Virginia to London, 14th, lat. 49, lon. 20, by the 'Timbuctoo, ashore at Padstow. Catherine, Boland, Catania for London, 9th inst., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Schryd, arrived at Plymouth. Alexander, from Malta, 9th instant, in the Gut of Gibraltar; Glou cester, from Taganrog, 11th instant, off Cape St. Vincent, by the Olive Branch, arrived off Falmouth. Glenlyon, London to Quebec, 17th ult., lat. 44, lon. 49 ; St. Clair, Madeira to Antwerp, 10th instant, lat. 50, lon. 13 ; Caroni, bound to Trinidad, 14th instant, lat. 49, lon. 9 ; Pilot, Chili to Liverpool, 13th ult., lat 36, lon. 35 ; Lavatino, United States to Bremen, 4th instant, lat. 49, lon. 11, by the Argo, arrived at Swansea. Wellington, London to Con • stantinople, 16th ult., off Cape Passau, by the Paro quet, arrived at Bristol. Herefordshire, Alexandria to Liverpool, 17th ult., lat. 3,5, lon. 17, E.; Saunders, Liverpool to Constantinople, 21st, 'off Cape Bon; Uzella, Smyrna to London, 28th, off Ivica; Lord Lambton, sth instant, off Europa Point, by the Rebel, arrived in the Creek. Surprise, of Torquay, for Newfoundland, 14th instant, lat. 48, lon. 22, by the Princess Royal, arrived at Carmarthen. Sir Robert Peel leaves 'Windsor Castle to-day for Drayton Manor. A messenger was sent off yes terday morning from the Home-office, with dispatches for the Right Hon. Baronet. ADDIIRAL NUGENT.—.The answer to inquiries at Charing-cross Hospital yesterday was, that Admiral Nugent was going on as favourably as could be ex pected, and sanguine hopes were entertained of the gallant officer's ultimate recovery. MARGATE.--So vast 'and unprecedented have been the shoals of herrings this season upon our coast, that the Jane, one of our fishing smacks, arrived at the jetty, on Sunday morning, with a cargo of the miraculous number of 50,000: the whole of which the crew disposed of to Mr. Turner, a fish curer, for 501., being at the rate of six a penny. FUNERAL OF SIR WILLIAM RAE, BART.—Yes terday the remains of the late Right Honourable Sir William Rae, B ar t., L or d Advocate of Scotland, were interred i n the family burying-place at Inver esk. The funeral was as s trictly private as the nature of the high office which he held would permit, • the attendance being confined to the relatives and friends, and those who held office immediately under him, his Lordship's Deputes, the' Crown Agent, &c. A meeting of the Faculty of Advocates was held last week, when it was unanimously agreed that they should attend as a body at the funeral, if agreeable to the family, but this was respectfully de elined.—Edinburgh Advertiser, Oct. 25. SOUTHAMPTON O CT , 95.—The Peninsular Com pany's steamer the Little Liverpool arrived this morn- 1, ing from Spain and Portugal: she was due on Sunday. This is the slowest boat belonging to the Company ; she brought fourteen passengers, but no tariff . cattle. This is the first voyage, since, the operation of the tariff, that no cattle hiye been brOught from Spain. The Little . ' 'Liverpcx4 h as been seized by the Custom house.: authorities , because contraband tobacco and cigars -- Nyeres found on boa'rd. Some portion of the contrabanttgo* were diScovered at Falmouth, and a qttantity'_waa' Aeteeted at this port. The British Queen is eneeted hourly.at COwes: The Avon; a new West, 4idia'sieinner,' - will - shortly arrive in Southampton Watei. the Olyde- is expected from 'the West Indies, with the mails, next Friday. SUMMARY OF NitiS AND 13 Mat C Optuton. " Who runs may PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the folldwing from the Herald:--." Are the Five Great Powers about to intenerc in the aiThirs of Servia ? Is England" undeterred by experience, once more going to meddle actively with the internal concern& of the Ottoman empire ? :Are .. we again foolish enough to advance file destruction of Turkey, by mediatising bet':; , eeh the Porte and its Servian sub jectsl? An 'affirmative reply to these inquiries seems by no Ineans an improbable event. Sir Stratford Can sling, it is boasted by a Contemporary, was the means of overturning the last Turkish Administration. If our diplomacy will busy itself in upsetting the Cabi net 'of a friendly State, why cannot it find employ ment in the Gulf of Finland rather than in the Sea of Marmora? But Sir Stratford was, we are told, impelled to bring about a change of Ministers at Constantinople by the dangerous tendency of the acts of the Torkish Government since July, 1840. Wherefore were its, acts dangerous ? Because of the European intervention of 1840. Ought we not to see in such pernicious results the explanation of the objects of. the acts complained of? If five giants unite to. compel - a dwarf to do certain things, he must submit.to their joint strength, however unjustly or injuriously exercised , but what right would the Titans have afterwards' to complain that the coerced being, when released from their grasp, had acted un graciously to them?. This is just what has been done to Turkey, and we, regard the evil consequences of interference and compulsion, not as evidence of our own wrong_ doing, but as cause of bitterness against Turkey." The. Post remarks, in an article on the subject of the Anti-Corn-law leaguers :—" The men, who have consigned eight hundred thousand human beings to the wretchedness which has so long constituted the unpitied lot of the handloom population, can pretend , to sigh over the want of employment that prevails in Stockport and Manchester! Away with the base hypocrisy ! The free-traders sigh over the suspension of . their own system of profits ; but as for the want of employment under which the labourers now suffer, let it not be forgotten, that to rob labourers of employment —to dispense with their services—to produce all commodities by the cheaper agency of steam and iron—is the great aim and object of all the advocates of a Liberal' commercial po licy. In the case of Stockport and Manchester, at the present moment, -we, in fact, only witness (in consequence of ,the .schemes of our free-trade manufacturers 'having been confounded) another form of those very .results-which - the success of these schemes is destined at all times, although more gradually, to produce. The fate of the hand ' loom weavers has,' prematurely for the plans of the Anti-Corn-law League, overtaken vast bodies of ope ratives in Manchester, Bolton, and Stockport. Hence the sorrow whi c h the Anti-Corn-law League ex presses. ' Join in demanding a repeal of the, Corn laws,' exclaims Mr. Prentice to the Lancashire farmers. - Why so, good Mr.. Prentice ? Have you not been engaged in describing the lowered prices of agricultural products, as the last and worst of those evils that may befal a farmer? And yet having done so—and with much effect—you, without the slightest warning, call upon the farmers who have been listen ing to your doctrines to join you in demanding a le gislative change which would, if conceded, be alto gether inoperative—unless in so far as it might in duce those very lowered prices which you had. Just described as equivalent to the overthrow of those who cultivate the soil of England. If the members of the League could blush, they might be tempte.i to try the experiment, after weighing these logical achievements of their worthy servant, Mr. Prentice." The Times, alluding to Mr. Duncombe's threat of bringing Lord A binger's late charges under the notice of Parliament, says :—" Lord Abinger need not much disquiet himself on this score. Nor can we see much amiss in the phrase which is ascribed to him with even warmer indignation. A kind of men called Chartists' appears to us to designate, with a very adequate degree of distinctness and respect, that particular class of revolutionists who are at present dominant in the sphere of ultra-Radicalism. Yet, while, we treat with a natural contempt this un-: founded carping at unpopular phrases with which Mr. Duncombe's speech is seasoned, we must guard our selves from being supposed to express an unqualified approval of all that Lord Abinger has said or done in the performance of his trying office. We are much- inclined to regret, as at present advised, the severity of some of those punishments with which he has visited many . of _ the subordinates in their ill-judged and ill-fated rising. Examples are doubtless necessary ; the majesty of the law ,rnust be asserted, and a lesson, striking arid unambiguous, .read to the misguided or seditious ;yet we cannot but regret that acts, scarcely amounting to tumultuous :begging, and with no proof of violence, should, in „these excited times, have been visited with that length of transportation which, as robbery, has been awarded to them. - Nor is our dissatisfaction lessened by the comparative impunity which is likely to be enjoyed by such men as Feargus O'Connor, on whom the real criminality of these misdeeds must he held to rest. Upon this subject, untouched by Mr. Duncombe, it is hardly our present duty to enter. We will only express a wish that some of- these sentences may un dergo a serious and kindly consideration on the part of those whose office it is to dispense mercy, and who have shown no disposition to deal harshly with any but forward and violent-offenders." The Chronicle says :—" The Courcil of the Anti- Corn-law League asks the public for fifty thousand pounds, and there can be no doubt of its obtaining , that sum. Expended, as we understand it is pro posed to.be, in bringing the. merits of the question home to the comprehension of every villager and cot tager in the country, and -accompanied by the general registration of the opponents of monopoly, this will do much, perhaps everything, towards bringing the question to a final issue. Five hundred thousand pounds would be a cheap price •to pay for • its speedy settlement. There is something very English in the fact that money should have so material - an influence in a struggle of this nature. In France, the machi nery would be more likely to be that of.tle musket; and in America; that of -the ballot-box. Italy would organize a secret society. But, here we are all for money. The question is ore of justice or injustice, of policy or impolicy, of safety or confusion, of morals and legislation ;. still we must look to money for the triumph of justice, policy, and peace over wrong, in expediency, and confusion : we must rely on its agency for the assertion of public morality, and the corree tion of legislation. Without that potent aid, there is no rectifying mistakes, no redress for wrong, no de fence against impending calamity." MONEY-TRADE-COMP/ZERCE. Eight hundred sacks of flour appear to be the amount weekly manufactured into bread for the consumption of the working classes of the city of Cork. ECCLESIASTICAL. The Church-rate party at Southampton were de feated on Friday by a majority of 15 ; the numbers finally stood—against the rate,• 218 ; for the rate, 203. The annual meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland will be held this year on Tuesday, the Bth of November next, in Dublin. NAVAL &ND MILITARY. Major-General J. N. Smith, died at. Cheltenham on the 22d inst., aged 83._ He entered . the Hon. East India Company's service, on the Bengal Presidency; in 1783, and was an officer of the highest worth and excellence. The expenses incurred by the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, during their late duties connected with the disturbances, are being defrayed by the no blemen and gentry of the county. SAW AND POLICE, Edward Knight, landlord of the Eagle and Child, at Warrington, who absconded from that to wn on th e 2d of September last, having been arrested in Cum berland, was charged at the former place on Monday with embezzling various sums of money to the amount of nearly 1,0001., the property of Messrs. Smith and Dutton, malsters, who had employed him confiden tially. He was committed to take his trial on the charge at the next assizes, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. William Edwards was on Tuesday brought up again for 'final examination at Clerkenwell, on the charge of having committed numerous robberies at the houses of medical men, and fully committed for trial. Louisa Haycock was finally examined at Mary le bone on the charge of having robbed the Marquis of Northampton, anal-other individuals, of various books, amides, &c. She was fully committed for trial. LITERARY ND SCIENTIFIC. Prom the report on the manufacture of sugar in the r.rench 'West India islands, it appears that the sugar pl ant itself, which originally came from Otaheite, has di generated, chiefly through inattentive culture, and want of care in the evaporation of the juice. • SPORTING. Prince Albert has purchased three valuable hunters fxr this season's use. Eight new ones have also been dded to-her Majesty's stud. The Earl of Rosslyn, a s usual, will direct the Royal hunt. COURT-PABIONABLE His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria is expected at Mivart's Hotel to-day, from The Duke of Wellington continues in the posses )n. of excellent health, at Walmer Castle. . The Marqui s a n d Marchioness of Abercorn will re 'man at Loggan Lodge, Scotland, until the ensuing Lord Claude Hamilton left Argyll House; on,Tuek daY, for Vienna. Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby are expected in Piccadilly, from Dalkeith Palm. The bard Chanallor ‘,VAI give his L,Dita.. to tht JUages, &e., on Wednesday next, in George street, Hanover-square. Lord and Lady Vernon intend wintering in the south of Europe. Sir Robert Peel refill oed to tow from Windsor Castle. . The Earl.of Suffolk is about to bring his Brixworth estate to the hammer. The Earl of Charlemont has taken a villa at Pe terhain. 4 Y.' iti •?::: alLt. ,:-.:,.......,;,-T: Two barques idlarge:;i7.(Th;%ejU;t I)een wrecl,l on the Goodwin Sfulds. The kir6t wrccic, called th Hope, belonging to London, has and her estimated loss is between J.,0001. and The second was the barque ..Ycncy, valued at 8 ) 001. The gas-meters at present in use are found to be to far defective that they generally indicate the con-. sumption of 1,000 feet of gas, when only 900 have been consumed, or, sometimes when 700 or even only 600 feet have been consumed. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENiNG. The high rates obtained for English Stock now check the disposition to speculate for future delivery, notwithstanding the great abundance of unemployed capital. The consequence is that time bargains in Consols are now effected upon precisely the same terms as those for immediate transfer, the closing quotations this afternoon being 332 to 931. Exche quer Bills were firm at 57 to 59 prem.; and India. Bonds were at 48 to 50 premium. Bank Stock was worth 166 i-to 165:1, and India Stock 254, the latter being an advance of 1 per cent. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. were 101 i to. 102, and the Three per Cents 921 to 93/. Generally there is not much doing in, the Foreign Market, if we except Spanish Bonds, which appear at present to have taken the place, as a jobbing in vestment, occupied very recently by Portuguese Stock. The latest quotations to-day, however, were not quite equal to those paid in the morning, being for the Active In to 171, and for the Three per C e nt s . 211 to 21k. Portuguese New Bonds were dull at 371, and the Three per Cents. at 224. The Converted rea lised 32 to 32/. Mexican Stock looked better; as the quotation was 32i to 324 ; ard Colombian was at 20k to 21 ; Chilian brought 831, and Brazilian 644. Dutch Five per Cents. were 100/ to 1001. The. Railway Shares supported the improvement of the morning, though with no increase of activity. The bargains this afternoon comprised Birmingham and Derby at 581 dis.; Eastern Counties Debentures at lf to 1 prem.; Edinburgh and Glasgow at 3 dis.; the New at dis.; the Brighton Loan Notes at prem. ; the Greenwich at 71 dis.; .the Northern and Eastern at Si dis. ; and the York and North Midland at 40 prem. The: stoppage of Messrs. Hunter and Coventry in the corn-trade was sp'ken of on 'Change this after noon, and their liabilities are said to be very large. This is a Quaker house, and it is inferred that unless the produce held by the firm can be realised at fair rates, an eminent discount firm intimately connected with the Friends will upon this, as upon former occa sions recently, sustain their share of the loss. The derangement in the corn trade generally is sufficient to account for the untoward event. (From(' The Sun of Last Night.) It is stated in the accounts from Belgium that con siderable indignation has been excited at the conduct of the American authorities in imposing such heavy dues upon the British Queen steamer, after herarrival at New York, and, as a method of retaliation, it is said to be in contemplation to raise the Scheid dues and the pilotage charges to vessels bearing the flag of the 6 . tilted States, though, as is finally remarked, this would be only injuring th e p ort of Antwerp without touching the Americans, who would afterwards direct their course to (Mend. If retaliation _s sought, sonic general measure must be resorted to. The idea of a Customs league between Belgium and France does not appear to be much relished by some branches Of native industry in either country, and the paper manufacturers of the former were al ready entering their protest against such an alliance, as being prejudicial to their interests. For all really useful purposes, as far as the public are concerned, the inveAigation into the " frauds in the Custom-house department" may be held as closed. The desire has become general in the City, among all clasSes, whether merchants or traders, that the Special Inquiry abtait to be commenced, .by order of her Majesty's GOveittuent, should be caiduet ed openly, as 'by this course alone 'can those most interested, have an early knowledge of the houses which have connived with the Custom-house officers (Who have been dismissed and suspended), in defraud ing the revenue, and underselling the fair trader.' The conversion of tla. Three-and-a 7 Half per ,Cen4;,, into a Three per Cent. Annuity, is now thought more prooable than ever. With the high prices now real -1 ised for all the public securities, the scheme would he easily carried out, especially as.. capital : is . so abundant. Som e o f our C ontemporar i es have fallen into a mistake, in supposing that the Minister has not the power, with the assent of the Parliament, to effect a reduction in the interest of the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. The limitation applies only to blew Five per Cent. Annuities, which arose trom the reduction of the interest on the New Four per Cents. in 1830, but the amount of the stock thus created was only 474,3744., and the holders were guaranteed from any reduction in the interest for 45 years, i. e. until 1875. The holders of .the New Three-and-a-Half per cents. cannot, there fore, claim an exemption from reduction of the annual interest, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer should, as expected, resort to a scheme for the diminution of the interest of the debt, as already-alluded to. At Liverpool yesterday, in the Cotton Market the sales were moderate, being 2,500 bales. Prices were firmly supported, however, and the increased steadi ness of Saturday was kept up. A fair amount of business was done in the Railway Shares, but the quotations had a declining tendency, except Brighton which were in good request. Eastern Counties were Bi, the New 9i to 5-16, the Debentures 9k ; the Grand Junction Half 86k, the New Quarter 244; the London and Birmingham Thirds 60, the New 30, the Quar ter 47 to and the Brighton 364 to 36-g-. In the Colonial Markets to-day there is not much pas Sing. The price of Teas remains unaltered. We learn that there is some rise in the market for Tim ber, in which much business is now doing after a long period of extraordinary depression, occasioned by the alteration n thc duty being postponed to so advanced a period of the year as the 10th inst. The. principal transfers to-day have been in the Reduced Throe-and-al-fah* per Cents., which have fluctuated biween the !licit prices of 1004 and iol The sew have keen at loi g to 102. Consols are 93/ to 933 for Money -:and Time. Exchequer 'Bills, 575. to 595. preminm; and India Bonds, 48s. to 495. in•einiunt. Bank Stock is 1661; and India Stock lwe touched 254. The Foreign Bonds have hen vacillating. Spanish have again advanced, being 174 to 14, as the rumour goea that the contractors for the Almaden mines are to deliver bonds in part payment to the Spanish Go vernment. Portuguese New Five per Cents. have 'been at a decline to 374, there being no present de mand for them. The Converted Stock is at 32 ; Mexican Bonds are 32/ ; Colombian, 20i to 21 ; and Brazilian, 641. The Spanish Three per Cents. are 218 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 4. Railway Shares are rather brisker. Brigton have touched 131 to 13:1 ; Blackwall, 101 ; and North Midland, 39 disconnt. London and Birmingham are 914; Great Western, 19; and South Western about 17 to 171 premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 25.—We have had a dull market to-day, and business has been confined to the following Stocks :—Dublin and Drog heda, 161; North Midland, Half Shares, 29 11-16; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 3 15.16; Manchester and Salford Banks, 11/. !CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 93/ Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 93/ Ditto Old Annuities 3/ per Cent. Red... 100/ Ditto New Annuities — New 3/ per Cent... ...... 101/ Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 59 pm New 5 per Cen. Ditto 500/..... pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 59 pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12 ) ] Bank Stock for . Acct. Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o l2 11-16Consols for Acct ....... 93/ _ _ FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 371 Brazilian Bonds... 641 Prussian, 5 per cent. . Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian , pei cent.... Chilian 6 per cent. B3l Ditto, Metallic.. .... Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... . Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79,1 French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Danish, 3 per :ent Exchange —f —c Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. French, 3 percent —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent 321 Dutch, 21 per cent. 521 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per ::•ent. .. ... 1001 Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ... ...... 411 Eastern Coorities (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 47 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New S hares (50 paid • Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) . .. B.} London and Brighton (50 paid) 364 Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) .. ...... ... 101 London and Black wall ( paid) L on don and Birmingham (90) London and Greenwich Railway ( 12 / 1 5s4dpd) 5 London and South Western (41/6s 10d pd) 59 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Dit North toBurip 11id 15 1 1'a la id) nd (50 paid) ... ..... 97 York and . Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ... 371 The Archduke of Austria, andPriuCe Esterhazy visited ou Friday last the Earl of 11.addiu&t:)u at Tynniugbanie.—Scotch Paper. 11061 -. 1 "FAL SOCIETY OP 'I3F.ISTEVOLENT BUTES:LA The half-yearly meeting of the 'subscribers to this i Institution was held at the London Tavern, I-i0 11 91 )5 " • gate-F.tr , et, for the purpose of receivingthe half-yearly the Directors, and also a statement CC the accounts from the Secretary. The Rev. Dr. RICE took the chair, and briefly ~ stated th minubte oect of the mting. The minutes of the last ,half-yearly meeting were , irroul relid aryl confirmed. The SECRETARY then read the Report, which stated the last meeting there had.been about 1 6() applicants for relief, 11 of whom were for the first In almost all the cases the relief sought had , , i ; bf-vn afforded. The statement of the accounts was then n - ad, from which it appeared that the receipts for the year were 3301. 7s. 11d., and the expenditure 20.51. 10s. lid., leaving a balance in the hands of the 'Preasurer of 1241. I 7s. The Report was adopted, several officers were re eloctei, and thanks having been voted to the Chair man, the meeting separated. THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND. ft, lu li ---.11.--. The Council of the Anti-Corn-law League 113 ' 1 ' 3 ' 1 0 issued the following address to the . Britain and Ireland : n„, 4 44 FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—We have - again to invirb:d xli 1 1 your assistance in the prosecution of our great wor a 'atia 3 1 ° Our cause requires your pecuniary support, as weirtgif.... , your active co-operation. But we should be asharneil:-)fl to solicit your contributions, were it not that in belP% i of t people' of Greati:,,ia eliii ing us you help yourselves, and hasten the time:th4 ,'aid shall stay the plunder of your property, arrest the - . i , downfal of commerce, free the springs of industry!'; 1 , 1 1 untax your children's food, and mitigate the sugaring*. ~' .rt.,. Y , .111' i , and privations of the poor. 1 at 6 ' The League originated in the conviction that le: as striction on the importation of foreign grain is, 1;:.9101 policy not less unwise and - suicidal than unjust a.'ita.ir oppressive. To this policy. they ref ,, r the clUsOlkooi against us, in rapid succession,. of 'the world'sAti 4 11. 31 .! kets, and the consequent depression of that andntit ? id I ')' taring system which has farnished.the means °f ° the ','?!, sistence to labouring millions, more than trebled. value of their land 'to the proprietors of . the - soil, au t t; ''' •: niented the national resources notwithstanding pressure of unprecedented taxation, ;allied. past with the most extraordinary progress Of 3 P e°P h e that history records, and held out for the future t t e s surest, or the only prospect, of providing for thaw a.p. of a rapidly multiplying populathin, and snin'n& supremacy the position of our country in - a peaceful among the nations of the earth. root of The restrictive policy lays the , al. t he -e to, , t.Ol- • itself in our national prosperity. It. increases not rnerelYi;t a porary, embarrassment in commercial relatiovst Henc e " '. continuous depression tending to utter ruin. h as the t wartke, for life or death, which the Leag ue the waged against it. We have had to contend with ter the i ignorance and prejudices of the many, and the sin i ! e d interest of the few.. Suecess was only to be attn i til , a . .' through the formation of a public opinion so c , i ' e te : . decided, and general, as to he irresiStible. All" ~. ..,;, wards that point we have hdvanced ; more s lowly , 1 ~ 4 deed, than the impoverishment of the industrious and ~ the sufferings of the multitude rendered desir ab a e r ; but still with a progress which testifies that we , 1 -f,'l" in the right path, anti s ti mu l a tes us to redouble' ,i,i,) exertion. ' le!, g Our aim has been to have no one individual-dle-- :=.4 titute of the means of perceiving how injurious:" i flsi, i ' taxation on food is to himself and the enram unl . ''', l.° To the.influence by which it is supported, we . i l 4,..- 1 : 4 .• opposed the power of reason and the claims of PI; ~' i Il i and we have met by facts the sophisms by Which, At il t palliated. For this end not fewer than two th.041,41i.,14 lectures have been delivered on the subject °J . ,.,' ;„ Ili Corn .laws ;. more than five millions ,of MO ' - 11 - - ' Leen printed and circulated; petitions have been ? resented to the Legislature with million's of i ' 5 ,.,; natures, praying for the redress of the under which . the country groans ; our Conference+ ' : f it ! formed by deputations from various parts of the lii°g:: .- .i. dom, has five times met in the metropolis to renr i `l o. ; 4 strafe with the executive Government and the Leg', n . ~ : r'. ture; the ministers of religiOn have met in large ' l ' l , l o , ' . hers, in Manchester, Edinburgh, and Carnarvn°,, ti e b ' testing against the demoralizing influence s k w e s i 4 they had witnessed) of that policy which interferin betwixt man and the 'bounties of Providence',oll combination with an-extent of personal exert i°n ;iled . - f , great wre., ~,, as .no Merely political 'agitation could have ci Thi e . ( 14 ' forth, an expenditure bas been incurred , an on d . :7, 1 , ltli r3 ! - ai i--e, ; 1° frayed, of no leis than one hundred thnie; , ' id pouniii. And still, though much has hql- p realle ;41 complished ; though the_ principles of free ces 0 are rapidly . extending themselves ,from our di ,— A nal and iarge towns into remote agri" tricts;.though we have seen the neceasitY (-)f f ' 4 ' , g e . ~,si from being sturdily and conterntuouslY d er" i - bas . - A , come generally admitted ; though the etn e f!„ ii . a. cY cliiii . _ I made it so obvious, that the defeat of the data been ''''' nistration for its proposition. of a fixed duty ‘ f thet )tl a . followed by the Tariff and' inadified Corn -law ° ;114 t present Administration ; yet still how mu ch renlad'er ,3 to be done before the monst , r Monopoly sinks U n r - 1 its death-blow, and before the words of the Min iste • selected for its champion, that " the nation's P °li .9: . 14 , undanbtedly is to sell in the dearest, and b u y in ta.: cheapest market," become a legal reality and a Pr3c .., tical blessing. hen, Further and increasingly strenuous exe rtions, t he t•-, are necessary to set the seal of final success upon d past. The very ground we have gained d e mands B th hu inspirits to redoubled effort. The' pressure but which industry sinks is not yet heaved off; t w ill force . applied has made it move, and perseverance ore accomplish all. There must be more lectures, t° ty tracts, more conferences, snore agitation. Every ,illy and borough electorin the kingdom mus tbe persnm",,, visited, and a condensed library of evidenc e and re'ds. soning against the Corn-law be placed in his h an d it Monopoly will not yield without such efforts ; a ° pa r shall have them. We are entering on the fifth Y` . . e . of this struggle for truth, for johtice, for exis t e l o e 'We ask of you to replenish our pecuniary mea n ' for sustaining it. Our appeal is made confidently, ro , the character of the agitation is sanctioned bylfs be gress; and what is any outlay to the o bject t°,..„ gained ? We have reported the amount already 1, pended ; and we now appeal to you to create ea u . „ ,J dente in our cause, and dismay in its selfish ° Pr; 1 ! nents, by enabling us to commence the ensuing' o f .• • of Anti-Corn law agitat on with a disposable fun Pity Thousand Pounds. ; r1 vain :„ It -,.. We are confident we shall not ask i~ octant; tow' ►ild be tahe laergoren-sluai:vi it w eirseasthneottliblijne;t uniu►p n ot a town in the kingdom which would not ch ea p ly P io ( the repeal of that blasting and iniquitous ,at by a contribution equal to the whole sum. It and one million shillings—it is, but four hundred thell-os half-crowns—it is but two hundred thousand ro e r° t he —it is less than a halfpenny per head fm fie , whole population ! The two millions tha t • l ice titioned Parliament for repeal ra se titionedcan e this sum ••, and since they last signed a P e ,deri• hundreds of thousands have become rePeeci; The fifty thousand pounds, then, w ill be obtakwing, but it is desirable that all parts of the, ow ins dom should contribute.. We- propose the "soma mode of rendering the collecti'm gene ral and ' n o t be degree equal. In every town a co mmittee h av ing formed, consisting of ladies and gentlemen' are W a secretary and treasurer, whose n ames nc ii in be forwarded to the Chairman of the Co n r i p tion, Manchester. A beautifully e ngraved subs° every card and a duplicate card will be furnished rv,,,blch collector, each card to represent a certain 0 ,1 .0 ob . the collector undertakes or will endeavour to,a, tain ; the duplicate to be forwarded t° °an t of chester When the card is filled up. An acc io the the sums collected is to be sent w eekly' '-,, 'Council. In the villages and more retir%ahle tricts, where it ,may not be oonvenient or Prac_,' o to form committees, the friends of the great calln„, be provided with cards, and they can corresgro‘ is in' reedy with the Chairman of the Council. 1/ .11 J l4no- tended that the League Fund shall be closed' of t he ary, 1843, when a great aggregate meeting__ National Anti-Corn-law League will he h e ld in ' for a chester, at which the amount of subscriptions_d. fro each district, town, or village, will be annourise of this great meeting all the - members of the 11 % 3 1 Of commons and Peers, who have voted for a r i l i d u als , the Corn-laws, with many other eminent /na i ,' ion of .will be invited, together with ministers of cal,' all denominations, deputies, and Members ofthe from all parts of the kingdom. `'fi b The above is a brief sketch of the plan ‘'engar* League intends to pursue ; and we are now.° bons. in arranging the details of our future o perati ° ti l e 0 0 Circumstances have placed the League 'D ial pro of this great battle; and from the post w i ; ley vidence seems to have assigned them t 0 , lowl y. neither retire in weariness nOr.be driven 11 . ),r 0i 7 y . tha t 'But it is with a feeling of deep responsinonditioa they apply themselves to their task. The u'ltitudes, of honest industry, the food of famishing t°_, a g reat je the well-being of.millions, and th e future, o f re- ,ot nation are at stake. In the prolonged °,,e:`,,,,,97„,,,ding dress we can only perceive the syinptoms that calamity and of sure destruction. Our cause rebgiou of humanity itself; and it is sanctioned by bre ad which teaches mankind to pray for the Gaily_ th b o ld i i• which Heaven has provided, but monopolY:.,lo„te it In a spirit worthy of such a cause would N . % ritually to the end, seeking the success which nuct oura l° be achieved, from pea:•eful, legal, and bon c omp__ tion • r °9l eta' deavour; from enlightened conviction , o • sion for human suffering and the recogni:., class nal justice ; from the submission of a so ' i d o t of l e g: terest to the common good ; from the wi.'9 ot ibne r lation, though slow and late in.its reflectionv +-roc opinion ; and from the blessing of Il e3 de e a rour• • withheld from righteous and beneficent en.. By order of .the c.ba. i r ratin• GEORGE WLLSOiNt - Manchester, Oct. 20, 1842. .:ii I I