The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

~^. A~ J isj~lJ '.1 61 41 , 4 1 W r e l ; .~ 1~,, 1 41 0 c o rich the five: nets, duty one and :ions !oval el in Lady rfcct jesty asin, ;onl- with shed ence ch lany• sntly imes oved own Ben, very ers.) µ•ith turn s to ,nnet !r be • t of rtant —an the eers) Les- - [ntry ers. ) beg west _lry 3hief an cinß l I the with .13 re- Dwe(.l next shop :ious g up with shop rayor arms d to re pro- my ning• an T ient tions efer they ional I not I the the scful I my bcg cetl it is the Ltion • rli ) eU , ac• Pa" tea riot MORNING SU N t th hil y _daY, and c ons id er i ng th e di s ti ngu i s h e d pos i t i on in which th e ' B 4 Mayoress stands--the head of the f ema l e soc i e ty in e City of London, you would en these alone t leeive with respect the proposal of her health; accounts but by far I,';e greate r portion of the company must kno w th a t th e L a d y is hag other claims upon public respect. You know at her life has been devoted to the purposes of active bene mience...(Loud cheers)—and that following her example, It % in concert with the lady on my left hand (Mrs. Fry) wh ose presence would do honour to any co m p an y, s h e b a d ' it id the abodes of vice and misery, and done all in he r ra:lif! to alleviat e h uman su ff er i ng , and diminish con• f 6 by f o r th example.—(Cheers.) It is no satisfaction ani Sure, ose distinguished ladies to have their good 0443 brought before the public ; but, after paying a tribute re s Pet to the services of distinguished men, it would be jelefiection on ourselves if we omitted to notice with respect h ac knowledgments the unobtrusive virtues of those who _ste made the name of the ladies of Great Britain honoured I t e o every country in the world.—( Cheers. ) 1 beg, gentlemen, cis The health of the Lady Mayoress," with three rues three.—( Loud cheers.) b l :he Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I feel ili ker til to you for the honour you have done the Lady ..Iyoress in drinkiug her health. I think I may venture to i7ldi P ens her great desire is to be useful in her station, not only ing the proper hospitalities of this house, but also in th luini stering comfort and relief as far as- lies in her power to Isho a re i n di stress. —( H ear, h ear.) tae ho 'lle LORD MAYOR.—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have n ex t nour to propose to you the health of the Representatives t t he People in the Commons' House of Parliament, and I feel e r t t ,Pleasure in connecting with them the nam e . of the Noble s to ,",tne Secreta for the Colonies— " The Right Hon. Lord s'e3', and the House of Commons."—( Hear, hear.) 'ord STANLEY said, that it was with surprise to himself, and of sure to others, that in the presence of the Premier and he eier distinguished Members of her Maje s ty' s G overnment, tae p ea ll 'himself called upon to return thanks on behalf of th"nuse.of Commons ; but, at the same time he must say hi„, the surprise was mingled with gratification at finding b Zsalf selected as the organ of a body consisting of the most tf:.tful and influential representatives of the commerce of the is - t l i t l e d Empire. He did not know how he could return thanks . ~e name of a body consisting of such discordant ,materials. Ps, indeed, the very circumstance of the conflict of °Mu formed one of the great materials for the security of pelted eats of the community. Every public man was corn- Nit i.o, not only to give his judgment upon questions of great foil o i cal importance, but to give his reasons for the course he pr e ,' le d---( Cheers.) It was impossible for; any one who was at the imposing ceremony of th e d a y, t o w i tness c a4 ,,, ° „ti t admiration th e qu i e t an d or d er ly con d uc t of - the se t ;'esa multitude—a spectacle not to be seen in any other %I:, in the world. It wa s impo ss ibl e t o w it ness th at s i g h t til l , 4 4 feeling the great importance of the trust reposed in of t Onse of Commons, or without . feeling an increased sense ro tl j magnitude of the commercial interests of this great corn tala t Y" -- (Cheers.) He trusted that whatever conflicts might ' th l)lice in that House its Members would never be forgetful that fi e s high interests which were intrusted to their care, and. stit ut ;"eY would always show a devoted attachment to the Con- Ti ° °•—( Cheers. ) I N me Lena illa.ron—My Lords and Gentlemen, I have be'eat pieksuro in proposing the health of Lord Chief Justice and the rest of her Majesty's Judges, who, i n th e a d- Po or -r a'ion of th e laws, de a l equal j us ti ce t o th e r i c h an d je sts ;""" Lord Chief Justice Denman, and the rest of her Ma- Lor d ges• dpi d. DENMAN returned thanks. He believed that the zees deserved the euloginms passed upon them for the T h l zid integrity with which they unifarmly acted. to °fi e L ORD MAYOR— My Lords and Gentlemen, I have now Wh o another toast, the Members for the City of London, thei; l am sure, will do their duty to the entire satisfaction of d,. eonstit een i s --,‘ The Representatives of the City of Lou.' 41 Parliament. i tir l telt 'Ma x am", returned thanks in the names of him %eand his colleagues, and all u ded in warm terms to the Th °° Y which had taken pl ac e. their Loan MAYOR—My Lords and Gentlemen, I beg to the health of the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, and and their °f England—gentlemen alike eminent for their talent rah independence---" The Attorney and Solicitor- Gene- I nd the Bar of England." The AT TORNEY -GENERAL, in a few words, returned thanks. , C ompan:y then broke up ; and as the Prince and her tre t V" lll Ministers rose from their seats, the cheering was A a „ 0 : dinner, which was suplied by Mr. Dever, of Cornhill ' the mo s t sumptuous despeription. 4°SSIP on the ROYAL EXCHANGE " The man, who stood on the Acropolis, 11 ,, And look e d d own over Att i ca; or he n ° has sailed where picturesque Constantinople is, ()r seen Timblictoo, or hath taken tea ' 'mall l-eyed Chin a ' s crockery-ware metropolis, bl ur sat amidst the bricks of Nineveh, ilkY not think much of London's first appearance— trr ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS OF IT A YEAR HENCE:" BYRON. e Th e occasion o f so i nterest i ng a ceremony as t of the foundation of a new Bourse, or Royal ~4 e hang e. for the first commercial tity-iu the , o - „,r - cannot fail to be regarded with' pectiliar and in order to gratify our readorS' 1 11 ,R11 ' e sonie particulars of the present §A! , t .v 1 account of the- late Excliange o iwidt, 11 4 u si r o ie n a s to the Bourses on the Continentoind ;brief description of the new building, which r i ,„ 4B yesterday commenced under such happy '",Dices. RX PRESENT SITE, A PEISON.L-WhO would th e 've believed that the site of the front on which cen t Present stately building is to arise was, a few V rl u ries since, a:loathsome prison, called the side' exPr -4 -n inscription on th e p um p, on th e sout h fir st ~,essed that in thi s sa me s p o t a we ll was 3'ear'q s , 4 „ lay. Wallis, Mayor of London, in the Attntp-P The well underneath, on w hi c h th e spitos erected, was re -di scovere d i n 1799 . Moro 1.4 ) THE SCULPTOR'—Of the statues which t hat e h tl ,be t , b e late edifice, and of which no d ou b t ,°4to l • v ii "l is about to rise upon its r u i ns , w ill mil . 1- to time as many and as noble, e v e r y one e entr etrie mber that which used to occupy the 11 04 . 1 e of the old piazza, being Charles 11., in a. 4 tit afl h abit, by. Spiller. A melancholy Mc trah:ttached to this, not - only illustrative of the ,‘ / bo - a s t ia sill of genius, but recordatory, of one 91 18 a premature age, found the chisel that 1. to h a ve been his glory, drop and fade from B , l llp t - ,,g e rs• Spiller this young and classical ,^ .o rU,: r e was proceeding in the midst of this f ',,,aki ti ) ",,,uen, owing to the inroads consumption was iit t eo ds t , on him, lie was advised by his medical ,4e to desist front working at the : marble. 't o f o f his labour, and the strong excite dte S " ° f . 11Y a lr eady rt „ Is feelings had made him half i t e,r,7 But no—he was willing, he said, to „'itied t he foot of his statue. The statue was hand theyoung sculptor, with the shining th 4 41 N. % hectic flush of consumption, beheld' It „q4breturned home, and shortly was no morelb, , e s s . ll4 -4. THE KING'S MERCHANT.—Before o n "'ght's time, our merchants assembled in B el eLombard-street, subject to all the ot in' tl eies and inconveniencies ot the weather. eased 1531 , the year of his Sheriffdom, he pur ~id at ground, cleared away the buildings, st a gy expense exPense of 4,0001. erected that which to our chronicles as predecessor to the , tl t. Q li t rs- ti p ' , wan-alley, New-alley, and Christo tie leY, with a host of other intolerable th t6' lati4 - t li Z l ieus, were swept . into oblivion,. and in th °f the whole citizens, Sir Thomas, on i on st°lJune, in the year 1566, laid the fowl cti:°°e of the new Bourse. " ELIZABETH'S PROCLAMATION OF THE tha Ety tx li o l th at " ANGE.It was about six days later _8_0,4 which is chosen for the present occa- Z; P l ia ly, in-the January of . 1770, and on the h t) - 11 4 y of Qu een Elizabeth after dining with nobility .Sir Thomas' Gresham's 11414, r nobi vi h t o t n i, tl road- - street, proceeded through Coru %'lved "e new Bourse, and " after she had. tireiaii er erY part thereof above the ground, t „ hed Y Pawne, which was richly fur- , Ins e a "411 the finest wares of the city, she 4r , e `same Burse, by an Herralde and a th Pet' AN t b • lamied the ROYALL - EX-.• 4 1) , , 0 e not' and so to be , called from theucethrth, ti TKiotherwise." e i l ) BANQUET.-Oh this Royal occa ; to .c 4 at the banquet whiCh took place, the Piece of courtliness occurred. It is 4 S stated that, during t e , flow of the ) Ipq m al host Sir Thomas drank 41. c - atajesty's 10, -- • which "esitl i in a -glass of wine, into a t; etlstl ' Y pearl, reduced into powder, had pre, h , 4114 (ted b een thrown. This circ ums t ance i s ` ij`trto t- n ° lo an historical play, p r i nte d i n tl i Pes Zll 4 6 ° . 2 3 , consisting of t w o p ar t s; th e fi rst % "g the troubles o f Eli za b e th d ur i ng lq no " of her sister, Q ueen M ary ; an d t h e a of th tl e lP defeat of the Armada, and the build c,]Excliange. Sir Thomas says : L ist - Lateen hundred pounds at one slap goes e 44 cif sugar, Gresham drinks this pearle D e P thi s lit r ° bis queen and : pledge it, Lords. j i .!e to . - Ti earl , had been refused on account of its a i () b e d . "Y of the . first nobility, and tile act, ,ttroolat4c.redited, nevertheless is in union with Ilantry of the time. . A it. LILTS E - ANGE . gle ve , OF GRESHAM'S ACH Ville i was the stateliness of the structure th e 't the certain, as appears from the t Itt4lts %t Paints of Lond on , now b efore us, that o ico s 11., W er e appropriated to very inde -141 rese n i7- An entry therein runs thus :- 1 4 ge t. ,!ti• William Grimbel for keping typ othsYliot "oervLaults. under the Exchange, and fur th .. er thi n • nerringes, sprotts, and bacon, and t h" ther eh ges) in the same vaultes, noisome to xii.,;:eze:je,w,,tte.z.tast:d others resortinge to the Ex- Master Grimbel we believe was here " the offending Adam" as it ~ t 4 ,4 / 4x "TPed out. NTA T/0 ,,„ 64 1 of the 43 FOR THE EXCHANGE.---A Reve rs th e e na me of Samuel Rolle, on the occa- Noe Gre„t'uflagration and destruction by fire h i e l, Littri-i fabric, bewails it in terms IN hich IVt j ec i tt i l' a P t i i 3 , o - to „ the last occurrence. Among w ha , _ .ns be thus descants : th'eht4l,l Princely foundation was that Royal 4t ti be • an , / te, cen t l e d, of how great use? Was not dr awn te in which those lines met that 4 1 ; e" T from all parts of Europe ? Rich cants,t mea n qi la .d great and 'other eminent trades- L. him, dealers, not only English, but o:-Tetles.4Preoeli, D'utch, t4 th 'Was not the place Portuguese, and a little epitome, lie tv L:t eat representative of all. Europe, if not of A est•part of the trading world, a renewed h or,, '` 4 t 0 '' .., 1 131. at suchandintgbrso " 4 °4 was the glory of'..E - • "g-and so wai the Royal. Exchange 'one. of the greatest glories and ornaments of London. " How full of riches was that Royal Exchange Rich men in the midst- of it, rich goods both above and beneath There men walked upon the top of a wealthy mine : considering what Eastern treasures, costly monies, and such things were laid up in its cellars. As for the upper part, it was the great store-house, whence the no bility and gentry of the land were furnished with their glory. Here, if any where, might a man have seen the glory of the world in a moment, as the Devil showed to Christ from a high moun tain. " But what quick work can fire and destruc tion make ? How did the strong building vanish of a sudden, as if it had been but an apparition ! How quickly was it taken down, as if it had been but a slight tent. So fell that noble structure, overladen with pride and prodigality—and great was the fall thereof." The late Exchange was commenced to be built on the 27th October, 1666, and was completed July 12, .1676. The total expense of this hand some structure was 33,0001. GRESHAM'S GRASSHOPPER.—To this wonderful insect, which was once the sign of Sir Thomas Gresham's shop, and thence transferred to the top of the Royal Exchange, there was extant a prophecy, the lines of which were as follow : The Cirasshopper upon the Royal Exchange, and the Dragon upon Bow Church, shall meet together upon Stock's-market, and shake hands like brethren." Strange to say the prophecy did take place, for during the repairs of the late building and Bow Church, both vanes were actually deposited together in one yard, though not at Stock's-market, which now forms the site of the Mansion House: LAYING THE STONE . BY CHARLES IL—On the 23d of October, 1667, King Charles IL went to the Royal Exchange, and placed the base of the pillar on the west side of the north entrance. He was entertained: on the occasion at the joint expense of the City and Company with a chine of beef; a grand dish of. fowls, ham, dried tongues, anchoiies; caviare, &c., and plenty of wines. The entertainment was provided under a temporary shed, built and adorned for the pur pose upon the Scotch walk. At this time his Majesty gave 20/..in gold to . the workmen. On' the 31st of the same month, James, Duke of York, laid the first.stone of the same pillar, and was regaled in a similar manner; and on the 18th of November Prince - Rupert laid that stone which is on the east side of the south entrance. The Exchanges abroad * are, -and have been, most of them, sumptuous and fine buildings. The Romans had : their places tbr the merchants to meet in most of the considerable cities' of the empire. That called the Collegium Mercatorunz, whereof it is said that even , to this'day part .re mains, and called by the Romans of to-day the Loggia, or " Placeof St. George,"is said to have been: built at Rome in the year •of the city 259; being 493 years. before our Saviour, under the Consulateship of Claudius and Servilius. That of Antwerp was inferior to none, ;..,the trade was tranSferred - to Amsterdam, forming the present considerable Exchange at that place. It is a large building, 230 feet long and 130 broad, round which runs a peristyle or portico, 20 feet wide. The columns of the peristyle, amounting to 46, are numbered, for the conve nience of finding persons. The Bourses at Flan ders, Holland, and France : the Places de Change at Paris and Lyons, the Colleges . of Merchants in the Hanse Towns, and the Bolsa in Spain, are all capacious fabrics,and worthy their merchants. That the structure Which is to adorn the me tropolis of greater cities than those recited, will be of dimension and make,, worthy of its purposes and position in our city, it is to be hoped neither labour, taste, nor execution will be spared. It is to become the centre-point of attraction to the filer - aunts, traders, and interpreters of almost all the emporiums and marts of the world; it is to be the palladium and safe-citadel of all .the weighty. commercial transactions between me n and even kingdoms; dedicated, to use the expres sive words of the original founder's own inscrip " GZNTIUM COMMERCIIS SACRUM." T 1.: 4 • TO .THR'ED.ITOiI OF THE SUN. `eb§erved in your correseondence a short time since an account of the comparative strength of the Liberals and Tories in the Coun cil of the borough of Plymouth, but your Corre spondent omitted to inform you that, on the choosing of the nine .Committees of that body, the Liberals in the Council nobly did their duty, by not permitting a single member of the Tory party to be on any one of the CommitteeS. A further check has been given on the recent elec tion of Committees of the Commissioners under the Paving, Lighting, and Improvement Act; when,althougliamUch greater umber of Commis sioners were present than usual, and some Tories appeared who are never seen except on an occa sion of this s o r t,_ the result (as officially de. , clared this day) is that they are completely beaten, and Liberals were; with but one exception, chosen on all the five Committees. This has been accomplished by union on the part of the Liberals. There must shortly be an election in this town for three Life Commissioners to replace as many Tories who have been selected by that renegade 'Sir James Graham, to fill the office of Magis trates (with how much honour to themselves and the Board time alone will show), when the Libe rals expect and are determined to replace their worships by good men and true from the Liberal eamp.—Your obedient servant, ONE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. Plymouth,, Jan. 15, 1842. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CHATHAM, JAN. 15.—0 n Friday evening the head-quarters of the 6th Regiment arrived at Rochester from India. The head-quarters comprise 123 rank and file, 10 sergeants, 5 drummers, and 6 corporals, 10 w omen , an d 2 5 c hild ren, with the following officers :—Lieutenant-Colonel Eve rett, cOmmander ; Captain Dennis, Lieutenant Ralph, Lieutenant Frazer, Ensign Loinsworth, Paymaster Blakeman, Quartermaster Sheehan, and Sergeant-Major Knox. The staff entered the city with its full band playing, and the whole of the men appeared greatly fa tigued. The head-quarters disembarked in the afternoon of the same day at Gravesend from the ship Candahar, of 640 tons burden, Captain John Ridley. The regi ment left Hull, in Yorkshire, in the year 1821, and pro ceeded to the island of St. Helena ; but in consequence of the death of Napoleon the regiment was removed to the Bombay establishment, where they underwent more duties than any other regiment during the last 16 years. The staff is consid ere d to have reached England in a very healthy state, considering the privations the men had to undergo during their passage. The staff left Bombay on the 27th of August last, and embarked on the 28th, and during their five months' voyage they lost twelve men and one child. The disease of the men was dysentery and remitting fevers, arising from the Indian climate, and relapse upon the confinement on board ship. The last 42 days of the passage they had not a death on board. The head-quarters left for Canterbury this morning. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND LOSS OB LIFE.— , A. fire broke out in the house No. 8, Bride's-alley, be longing to a man named James Boyle, a furniture broker and coffin-maker, at about four o'clock on Sunday morning. The fire first commenced in the shop, but soon after raged through every part of the house. As yet the origin of the fire is unknown. Melancholy to relate, two females perished in the flames—one a poor old woman named Rebecca Snell, about 65, and the other a young girl named Judith Grace, aged 18. They were sleeping in a top back-room, and, before either they could save themselves or any assistance could be ren dered them, were almost totally consumed. The head of the old woman was literally burnt off. The head and body of the girl also were much burnt. An inquest was held on view of the remains of the bodies in the course o the day, by J. E. Hyndtnan, Esq., one of the City Coro ners, in a house near the scene of the melancholy catas trophe. The half-consumed remains of the unfortunate sufferers presented a horrifying spectacle. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death by fire."— Dublin Evening Mail MASONIC ANECDOTE.—II is now some twenty years since, that Capt. E—, l a t e a mem b er o f one o f our University Lodges. was travelling in Egypt. The pre sent liberal ruler, Mehemet Ali, had not at the time the power he now possesses, and the English character was not so well understood in that country. The Cap tain was accompanied by his servant, an active and intelligent young man. They were attacked in the desert by the Arabs; the Captain made a very resolute stand and slew two of the robbers. Be was, with his servant, soon overpowered, and they were conveyed to the-rob bers' retreat, when they were separated. It was settled so that the Captain's life should be forfeited, and he awaited his cruel destiny with as much fortitude as a brave man could feel. Instead of this awful sentence, he wag, however, agreeably surprised in the morning, by his servant's approach, with the joyful intelligence that this sentence was not only remitted, but that he was at liberty to resume his journey, and this retributive justice was accompanied by every iota of the property of which he had been previously plundered. Is it to be wondered at that his gratitude to his servant ended in his taking early steps to claim a nearer association, to him as a brother in the craft? For by the exchange of the mysterions secret, the robber of the desert kept faith with a brother mason. —Freemason's Quarterly Review for January. INCENDIARY FIRES IN DARFIELD. —On Sunday last, about six o'clock in the morning, a hay stack belonging to the •Itev. B. Charlesworth, vicar of l)arfield, was found to he en fire. Prompt assistance was immediately procured, and the fire was shortly af terwards put out, but not before, we are sorry to add, the whole of the hay left was so much damaged as to be unfit for use. On the fortnight previous a hay stack was fired belonging to Mr. W. Allerton, parish clerk at the same place., 'There can be no d ou b t b ut that both fires are the work of incendiaries, who have thus put this little peaceable- village into the greatest excitement by their inalieieus 4etB.--Ponca.kr-(407-etto• ' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JAkiJA:II-Y 18, 1842. GRAND BALL at the TUILERIES.: As early as seven o'clock on Wednesday evening the Rue de Rivoli was crowded with equipages of every species, and with a dense body of spectators to see the company going to the grand ball, given at the Palace of the Tuileries. At this splendid entertain ment, to which between 4,000 and 500 persons were invited, courtiers and citizens danced together in the same quadrille, and prolonged their enjoyments six in the morning. All the extensive galleries and saloons of the royal residence were most brilliantly il luminated, and resounded with gay and spirit-stirring music, under the direction of Tolbecq, who is second only to Strauss. The orchestras, of .50 performers in each, were in the Hall of the Marshals and in the Ga lerie de la Pais. Their Majesties entered at, eight o'clock. The King, the Prince Royal, and the Duke do Nemours wore the uniform of Lieutenant-General, and the Duke d'Aumale that of Colonel of his regiment, the 17th Light Infantry. Their Majesties, the Prince, and Princesses, stopped in the throne-room, , ,and com plimented the members of the Corps Diplomatique. On perceiving M. Kisseleff, the Russian Charge d'Af faires, who appeared to be completely recovered from his late indisposition, the King addressed him, rind re maineu a few minutes in conversation with him. Their Majesties then moved towards the ball-rooms, stopping at almost every step to receive the respects of the nu merous personages who pressed around them. The Queen took Ler seat in the Hall of the Marshals, the most sumptuous and extensive of-the Palace. On one of the first benches was the Queen, who wore a parure of sapphires and diamonds, which spread from her head dress to the bottom of her robe, which was of white satin, sprigged with gold. On her Majesty's left hand was Queen Maria Christina of Spain, who wore a rich dress of red velvet open in front, and ornaments of beautiful cameos set in diamonds. Her Spanish Ma jesty displayed several orders, with a star of brilliants of the first water. The Duchess of Orleans was on the right of the Queen,"wearing a B,uperb set of rubies and diamonds, on a dress of white tulle, garnished with wild roses. The Duchess de Nemours was distinguished by her emerald and diamond ornaments, and a dress of iose coloured satin. Being enceinte, her Royal Highness did not dance. The Princess Clementine was dressed in the same coloured robe, and similar jewels, but in more simple style. Madame Adelaide was, dressed with great splendour. The Princess de Wagram sat next to Queen Maria Christina. Behind the Roy al bench were the 'ladies of the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers. Among those most distinguished for the splendour and taste of their attire, were Lady Cowley, the Duchess de Serra Capriole, the Marquise de Brig nole, and the Marquise de Torreno, Lady of Honour to tbe Queen of Spain, and Madame de Kisseleff, aunt of the Russian Charge d'Affaires. The ladies' toilettes were more rich, and the profusioe of jewels much greater than we remember to have seen at any former court ball since 1830. The whole of the Corps Diplomatique were present. Reschid Pacha was the object of much attention. There were not perhaps as many foreigners of distinction at this as at the court-ball of list year., Several ladies were presented by Lady Cowley. The first Contre-dance was composed of the Duchess of Orleans and the Prince de Wagrani, Princess Cle mentine and a Colonel of the National Guard, the - Duke d'Aurnale and Mlle. Lobau, with other distin guished couples. In the second, the Princess Cle mentine danced with a Colonel of Light Infantry.. In the Hall of the Marshals there was one quadrille of an immense number of dancers, and there were three other sets in the Galerie Louis-Philippe, where their Ma jesties at a later hour of the evening made their ap pearance. In -,the other saloons the company were able to walk about without being too much crowded. The richness and variety of the numerous uniforms were very striking. All the gentlemen, not military or naval, were in full costume, except the ,Deputies, who were mostly in black ; many of them wore the insignia of various orders. The foreigners, among whoM the English were incontestably the most numerous and observant, were remarkable for, the eclat and splendour, and in many instances the singularity, of their uniforms. The new uniform recently adopted by the French in fantry officers demands our notice. It is certainly well suited for the parade and the field, but for appearance at Court and dancing with Princesses as several cfficers did on Wednesday night, nothing can be more inconvenient, more inelegant, than these frocks of dark blue cloth, falling below the , knees, with very full trou sers and large.boots. Economy is carried too far when it is at variance with consistency. We saw several gen tlemen with the order of Jerusalem glittering on their breasts, which, whether from their having been led into Palestine by the late events in the East, or from their having travelled thither with other motives, they had received from the Reverend the Guardian of the Holy City. It was with regret we observed Some persons who, though annually invited, have not yet learned that there is a certain respect and propriety of conduct to be adopted not only in the immediate presence of Princes, but at all times when within the walls of a pa lace. Wednesday evening was rendered scandalous by the renewal of a positive battle between the servants posted at the doors of the room appropriated to the supper of the Queen and the ladies, and a crowd of per sons that cannot be called gentlemen, but who, with shouts and cries, and even. with their hats on their heads, that their arms might be more at liberty, tried to force their way in. After all, in no Court of Eu iope can there be a finer spectacle than was exhibited in this room, where upwards of 1,500 ladies were seated, and served with every possible delicacy of the season. The supper for ladies was served at midnight. Supper for gentlemen continued long after the dances were concluded, and the hall of the theatre in which it was served was filled three successive times by the guests. Two hundred maitres d'hotel and five hundred footmen waited on the company. The King, who looked remarkably well, retired at half-past ten, but the , Queen and the rest of the Royal family remained til near two. The election for the vacant Professorship of Poetry in the University of Oxford has been postponed to Thursday, the 27th instant, as the Royal christening is to take place on the day originally named. FATHER MATHEW.—A MIRACLE.—The following extraordinary statement is from the Limerick Chronicle, a paper of Orange principles, and therefore not at all likely to disseMinate anything of this sort for an object:— "The Rev. Mr. Mathew arrived in this-city last evening by the Cork mail,..en route to LOtighrea, and put up at Moore's hotel. ImmeiliAtely after his arrival became known, hundreds of persons . visited him at the hotel, where he administered the pledge. One eir-; cumstance which came within public observation we may mention here, as illustrative-of the effects of breaking the temperance pledge :—A man named Moyneham, a teetotaller, who worked at the Butter Weigh house, got drunk on Christmas-eve, and !mkt day be came paralyzed, his left arm, side, and thigh, being per fectly inanimate. He was removed to Barrington's Hospital, and remained there under the care of the surgeons, without improvement, until last evening, when his friends, having heard of Father Mathew's arrival in town, went to the hospital and brought him out of his bed on a man's back to where the Rev. Mr. Mathew was staying : a crowd had collected round the door, when the unhappy invalid was brought into his presence, and the Rev. Gentleman administered to him the pledge again in a kind and impressive manner, and the man instantly stood up, was assisted- by hiS friends to dreSs; and, to the astonishment of all, walked up William-street to his home, followed by a crowd of people." (I) SUDDEN DEATHS.—As Mr. James Pitts, fish ehrrier from Selsey to Brighton, was in the act of clean ing his horse on Wednesday, at Selsey, he fell down and almost immediately expired. Mr. George Tier, carrier from Chichester to Portsmouth, while entering the village of Emsworth, on Tuesday evening, fell from the cart and was taken up dead. On Wednesday morning as Mr. Collins, of Bosham, near Chichester, was sitting at breafast, he fell from his chair and expired immediately. —Sussex Express. RATS.—Within the last fortnight the houses in the vicinity of Somerset-house have been absolutely overwhelmed with colonies of rats, which latter set all human attempts to dislodge them at defiince. Notwith standing the late autumnal floods tended to destroy myriads of these noxious animals, the surviving stock has so increased in numbers since the above period, that they have become quite a formidable nuisance. Only a few mornings since a lad, in the employ of Mr. gritliths, in the Strand, opposite Somerset-house, on his intro ducing his hand into a small compartment where some guinea pigs were domiciled, was seized by a rat, which inflicted upon him a very serious wound. The rats have also destroyed several of the above little animals within the last few days. In Duke-street, Adelphi, the flooring boards of the kitchens are completely burrowed under neath by these destructive_ vermin, which walk about the house with the utmost audacity, and, indeed, in several instances, the foundations of the walls are so undermined by these vermin, that they have sunk into the earth upwards of a foot and a half in some places. Extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh, 17th ult., in the Courrier de la Gironde Our importers have become discouraged by an increase of the customs' duties on wines and many other articles. As early as January next they will levy 7 silver roubles (28f.) in addition upon ever cask, which will then pay 48 roubles (190 f.) instead of 41 roubles (165 f.) Champagne will pay an increased duty of 10 silver kopecks (40c.) a bot tle. Prunes will pay 1 rouble 85k. (7f. 40c., the puel of 16 kilogrammes, instead of 1 rouble 70k. (6t. 80c.) These new burthens upon our tariffs leave us little hope for our next year's commerce." EXTENSIVE " CONFLAGRATION. --....We regret to announce the complete destruction, by fire, of fir. Duffield's extensive provision stores, in. Jam es ' s - street. The fire broke out last night between ten and eleven o'clock, and, at the time we went to press, presented a fihfet bynni feet i l nlii full u g n iil facingblaze, length, is about James's -street presented grand stories in: raria ap pearance. The store was full of hams a n d otker rte,... most alarming aspect—the whole ran ge f ronting the street being one mass of flame. The fi re seems to have commenced in the rear part of the st ore, and quickly - extended over the whole of this extensiv e and valuable building, notwithStanding the exertions o f t h e different and three ' fire-engines which were speedily, brought to the spot. . aT heighthh Itli T hat ; dpartre and,d . ° f and thew .sions ; but as to the pecuniary extent of.he ilevaitafon we have no means of knowing at present:.l..W e httiVnot learned whether the property w a§. irl.§4red,---;Pelfost - , . N e ws Letter. - _ . _... - PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c. ~1 ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE - AT EDINBURGH. THURSDAY, JAN. 13.—The Conference met at ten o'clock, when Provost Henderson, of Paisley, was called to the Chair. The Rev. Mr. YOUNG, of Dunfermline, seconded the resolution which had been proposed the previous even ing by Mr. George Thompson, and, in the course of his remarks, adverted to the state of trade in the town with which he was connected. The Rev. MT. STIRLING, of Coatbridge, supported the resolution, contending that the rate of wages was never dependent on the price of food, but on the amount of employment. The Rev. Mr. ELLIS, of Saltcoats entered into a variety of statistical statements with respect to Steventon, Ar drossan, Dairy, and Newmills. In Saltcoats the wages for working certain fabrics had fallen within fifty years 800 per cent., and the average of wages now was ss. 6d. per week ; those who earned so much as 10s. being en gaged in work of a superior description, and being be sides very few in number, not exceeding a dozen. In Newmilis, where there were 900 weavers, these Men had, within the last four years expended 3,000/. to furnish Jacquard machines, being at the rate of nearly 4/. each, while wages were, within the same period, reduced 42 per cent. The value of money was a great dal less to the poor man than to others, because he purchased in small quantities, and the shopkeepers in the locality which were referred to, said that while they were em ployed as much as before in the sale of articles of con sumption, the amount of money drawn was considerably diminished. After some farther observations the Rev. Gentleman concluded by expressing his cordial concur rence in the resolution, and by observing that the prin ciple of self-preservation should impel them to support Dissent, which was the cause of truth and liberty. Mr. J. THOMSON, from Dunse, described the condition of the rural population in the district with which he was connected. He had made a list, of farms let in the neigh bourhood of Dunse for the last three years ; one of which (the old rent was 1,3021.) had let for 2,0061., being an advance of 42 per cent. Lands of which the old rent was 149/., now let for 181/., being an advance of 211 per cent. Another, of which the old rent was 1201, now let for 146/. A farm in Buncle, of which the old rent was 8001, was now let for 1,050/., being an advance of 31 per cent. A farm in the same parish, which was formerly let for 350/., was now let at 6501., being an ad vance of 85 per cent. A farm in logo had risen from IMO/. rent to 1,3501., being an advance of 35 per cent. The rural population was almost stationary, while that in the towns was decreasing ; and from the statements ho had read, it would be manifest that to the farmers' in terests the-Corn-laws were as injurious as to the general intereats.of the country. `lll - r: J. H. WILSON, from Aberdeen, said, unless a speedy change were effected the prosperity of the city of Aberdeen was gone for ever. Their shipping interest was fast decaying. For a period of seven years it ap peared from statistical tables (which Mr. Wilson read) that their imports by British vessels had remained stationary, while those by foreign vessels had increased to an immense extent. In all articles requisite for ship ping the foreign market had the advantage—an advantage which they owed to the Corn-laws. The CHAIRMAN having put the resolution, it was car ried unanimously. Dr. JOHN RITCHIE , of the . Potterrow, proposed the next resolution, which was to the effect that the general system of free trade was most consonant with the prin ciples of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. There was a yawning gulph between the higher and the lower classes : it was the business of those whom he ad dressed to step into that gulph—to mediate between the two classes. It was a terror to him to look on the pre sent state of the country; everywhere it seemed as if the crater was soon to burst forth, and the lava be scattered far and wide. If they stood fast to their cause, if they held on their way undismayed, he ventured to predict that their triumph was certain, and that the country would escape those dangers which seemed impending. The Rev. Doctor concluded by moving the resolution. Rev. CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, Edinburgh, seconded the resolution, and observed that he took up the question as a deeply religious one. It was a question of life and death. He felt it a humiliating task to stand up before such an audience, and in the nineteenth century second such a resolution as that now made. So long ago as the sixteenth century, when Henry VIE. sent an embassy to Naples to form a commercial treaty, that monarch had urged the duty of free commerce among States; and here after successive monarchs had sat on the throne, and 350 years had passed away, still were men explaining, still resolving, on precisely the same subject. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to enter into some historical details with respect to the principle of free trade ; and concluded by urging the necessity of energy and union, which had before destroyed monopolies; and if Scotland were firm and unanimous in this instance as in others, these Cor. -laws would by the combined efforts of their opponents soon be at an end. Mr. THOMAS MILLS, farmer, from Perthshire, in sup porting the resolution observed, that farmers were as much interested in the abolition of Corn-laWs as others, because these laws failed in the very object which they professed to effect, namely, in keeping up the prices of grain. LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 14. Number Dividend Price :star of per CANALS, pee s. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashto n & Oldham...Average97l.lBr.sh. :911 1,482 41. Ashby.de.le.Zouch Average 1131.1 h. 72 1,260 Basingstoke.... ..... ....... .... 1001.• h. 5 4065 41. Brecknoek and .. Abergavenny l5O/.sh. 92 ‘,OOO I-16th. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ...W. & 711. 194 4,000 ......... Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l92l. •6. 100 pi 21 go 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. Islip.' - 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. eh. 105 300 321. Coventry 1001. sh . 300 Croydon.... ....... . Average 311.28 10d. sh. - 2, 60 51. 04. Dudley 1001.5 h. 1112 800 181. Derby lool.sh. 120 20,0 A 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne ... ...... 411,135. 4d.pd SO 3,575 i 4 1 Ellesmoreand Chester Average 133:.sis. 7 5 231 621 &awash . 1001 sn 735 6,485 811. Forth and Cl yde l 9 Ol, sh. -1001. pd. 1:8 1:,4331 71. Grand Junction ........ MI. e n 115 7,.49. ‘2.55, Grand Union lool.sh. 26 ',500 Grand Surrey 1,000/ 41. percent. Ditto (optional) fan .....1001. .296 Grand Western 800 131.125. 9d. G lainorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 135.41. 230 749 Its . Oranthtm l5Ol. sh. 2'211 g 238 21. Os. Huddersfi'eld Average 5//. 6s. 6d. sh. 21% 100 25.328 11.10 E. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39 !. 18s.10:1. sh 18 11,699 i I/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. 6s. 8d 27 2,8972 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. als 730 544 111. Leicester 1401.31 150 ,8117 51.2•, Leicester & Nort kampton Aver 53/.loe 71% 2,409 101. Monmouthshire lOO/.81 200 230 101. Melton Mowbray . 1061. sh. 117 00 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 540 2,000 21. 10s. ?if =cies fl eld 100!. sh. all pd tri 247 17/. N euth lool.ll, Mt 1,400 51. Peak Forest .. . ... . . Avel..ge about 781. sh. 71 1,418 S. Regent's (or London) Av.33/.165.8d. sh. 10 )0,9 tit. Rochdale Average 351.. h. ii 2 500 8!. Shropshire :800 11!. 10s. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 1711 1,6001. 6 per cent Ditto Lock Fund S toc k 12/ . 1 0s. sh. II 700 361, Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 68G L3O 151 Shrewsbury. .. ... 1251. sh. 280 3 00 91, 3taurbridge ........... N . 1451. sh. 396 3 ,647 21 . 0, Stratford.on.Avot t A ver....79/. 9s. Bd. sh. 33 533 1211 Swansea lool.sh. 265 3,762 21. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Av. 261.95. sh, 45 ).g.voisn. 22/. lOs . Trent and Mers e y, i s h are . „JON. sh. 500 - 8,149 ... ...... Charnel and Medway Av.191..55. Bd. sh. 2 1,0105h.1 1 61. Warwick sod Birmingham lOO/.sh 203 I,ooolBh. j 910 13, Warwick and Napt. , ,n• lOW. sh. 117 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 4.000 365. Wilts and Berks Average 671. lOs M. A. 28 ii 800 6. Wytlev and Essington 125/. eh '74 .26 Wl,oeacn . . ........ . ..... =. sh. 50 SO5 li ?Vey and Arun...... .. • ...... ••••••••••• llO/. sn. 20 DOCKS. i. 600 & n.....,«1001.5h. 61 ,4)65ph. ] 3p. c. Commerc al 5 per cent. East and West India. ~...........Stock 1024 1,238,310;1. 31. p.c t. London Stock 74% Ditto Bonds 2,209 3/, 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14'1. Os. sh. 75 68,3241. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ....... ... 106 , 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine ............ .. . . ...star* 92. 500,CAA ti per cent. Ditto Bonds ..... ..100% .100.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years •••... ..... •••• Deptford Pier - 201. sh. 201. pd 10 . BRIDGES. 1,600 1/. Hamtnersmiti• 501.6 h. 21% 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. not. 26. Bcl. sh. 3 1 .6 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 per cent., 501.5 h. 15 3 4 .1;000 Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 MOO 226. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si 60/. pd2l 5,000 19a. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. .. . 4Ol. pd 18 60,0001. U. per cent. Ditto Bonds !Ai 5,848 276 Vauxhall .........Average 701. 106.3 d. eh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72 60,000 [ 6 g : 7 l ej s n. i 'l Allianceßritish &Foreignlool. s h. 11/ . pd 144 - 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. oh. 5/. pd 5 1 4 24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14 1,20010. 51. Birmingham lire "50/. sh. 55/. pd 107% 20,000 41. percent. British Fire 2 1 50/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. nritish Commercial ...... . 5O/. sk. 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical Lite, 1 . 00/.5h.2/10s pd 6% 4,000 310 s County lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 1( 9,000 Ss. Eagle .......501. sh. 51. pd 4% 200 nd 30/ 5 per cent../ Economic Lite 1600/. sh. 2504 pd 400 Z bs 2,271 228. percent. European Li. • 0 0/. eh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 2!. pd 17 1,000,000/. Cl. per et Globe Stock 115 20,000 51. Guardian - 100/.oli. 2711 pd 25 30,000 4s. Od. Hope 5O!. sh. 51. pd 54 2,400 51. 12s. ed. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 135 7,500 Its. Imperial Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd .11 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. eh. 8/. pd 'Z.% 2,020 31 101 Kesit Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 92 31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66 10,000 16s. Law Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 31% 5,000 16s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12!. 10s. pd 18% 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18% 1,600,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. s h. 25,000 54 per cent. National Loan Fund... 201 oh 21. lees. pd 2, 35,000 51. per Cent. Palladium Lite 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 216 s 50,000 5!. per cent. Protector 11. f... 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 18sed 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....160/. sh. 51. pd 5% 2.500 1!. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life ...........« .................... 2/. pd 5% 89,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 170 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 8% 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 731 JOINT STOCK BANKS, 25,000 Agric. and Com. of I reland2sl. s h. 10/. pd 15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 534 10,006 10 percent. Bank of Biz aiiiigham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 501. sh. 10!. pd 138 30,000 6 per cent. London St Westminster 100/ sh. 201. pd 224 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/, sh. 10/. pd 121 s 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster .. . ..... ........ . . ... lOW. oh. SO/. yd 30 25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 100! oh. 121/. pd 19 50,000 71percent. Manchester mid Liver pool Dis - ount 5O/.sh. 151 pd 19% 20,000 7 percept. Manchester lOO/. eh. 10/. pd 4 1 4 20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of I relandlOW. sh. 251. pi 41 10,000 6 ler cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171/. pd 17.% 10,000 6 per cent National Provi.scial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 34 10,000 Ditto New 10r. sh. 101. pd 93 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 101. pd 32 6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. eh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. - - 2,500 16sOd Bath 20t. sh. IN. pd 22 5.000 British 401, sh. 161. pd 18 3.000 1.614° Ps. 6s, Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19/. pd 244 •• 928 51 lOs Birmingham 50! sh. 96 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 2,250 31101 Brighton 2Ol. oh. 13% 750 ' 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. oh. 181. pd 9 1,171 4 per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. alipd 9% 1,000 71. IN. Continental Consolidated ....7M. 641. pd II() 1,000 10/. City of London.. ....... ..' ANL sh. nil pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto New 1001. sh. 75/. pd 150 1,000 3/.os. Equitable 5Ol. lid 20 , 0,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 531. sh. 61 SOO 5!. per cent. Isle of Thattet 25/. sh. 201. pd le% 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 30/. Th. all p„, 56 9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 33 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100)1. sh. 80/. pd (03 4,000 South M - aropolitan 501. sh. - 034/. pd 17 2,000 51. per coot. United General 50/. oh. V/. pd 29 240 W. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 5/. per cent Wakefield 25/.44. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 121. Ditto New 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 11% 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. oh. 181. pd WATER WORKS . 1,800 31s. Birmingham ....25:. sh. 25/. pd 21 1,133 7!. East London lOW sh 1625( 5,500 21 15s. (hand Jtinction Average 41/. 15s. 4d. oh. 55 2,000 2/. Kent ' 1001. sh. V 52% 372 10/, Liverpool !tootle 2201. s h. 325 1,500 1 110. New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. . 54 1,000 5 per cent. South London . 1001. el. 98 . 8,294 4i/. West Middlesex Average 631.t125. 9d. sh. 90 1.300 II 144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001, 2h. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 2/. Os. Bi rm i ng h am and Derby . ... lOO/ pd 47 9,580 Birmingham and Gloucester !COL pd 64 % 15,00 IL 44. Bristol and Exeter . ..... 1 00 1 . sh 60 pd 2(1 7,500 Cheltenham & G.Wel . tern 1001. sh. 72x,/. IN 3,009 Clarence ... . *.. ... - ... .. .. 100/. sh. 1001 pd 20 8,000 ......... Dublin an Drogheda 1001. sb. 5/. pd 10.006 ..... -.. Eastern Counties... 25/. sb. 231. pd 8% 10,000 Great North of England 100!. oh. 901. pd 693 10,918 19 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 193 25,''00 9 per cent. Great Western 1001. sh. 651. pd 854 25,00(1 ........ Ditto New 6,000 5 per cent ' Gosport Junction,. 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 56% 2,000 6 per cent. Hartlepool .... .............. lOU th. 1001. pd 11553 8.000 Hull and Seib) , 6O/. ih. 50/, pd 39 2,100 4 per csnt. Leeds and Selby. . . .... lOO sh. 65% 5,1110 10 per cant. Liverpool& s lanchester 11X/.811. 100/. pd 199% 7.968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 mow ...,..... London and Brighton 50/. sh. 50/ pd 374 24,000 10,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. 01. 201. pd 7 2 5 , 000 01 per cent. London & Birmingham 1004 sh. 90/. pd 169 1 % 25,000 21. Co Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 5/. pd 25 31,250 Ditto New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 57% 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. W estern Av. 3 8 1.171.9 d. 52 33,900 Ditto New Scrip . Av. 13/. 1511. 9d. 11% 13,000 61 per cent. Manchester and Lee " 5...100/. sh. '7O/. pd 70% 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 25/. pd 30;4 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 40/. 28% ..... .. .Ditto Extension Midland Counties 7l. pd 2% 10,000 2 1•1'' , . 'OO/. sh. 1001. pd 84 15,000 :31. Os. North Midland ...... ... 1.0/. sh. 100/ pd 71% ll.loe. Ditto New 401. pd 3F% 10,250 Northern and Eastern.... 501. s h 401. pd 33% 3,600 Preston and Wyre -. ...... 50/. sh 301. pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 265 9,000 Thames Haven 5O!. sh 5!. pd ... ...... MOO The Rev. Mr. LEECIIMAN, of Irvine, moved the eighth resolution ;---" That looking to the increased facilities which would thereby be afforded for the more extensive propagation of the gospel of salvation, and favourable reception of the word of life, free trade may be justly re garded as one of the means of the final triumph of Chris tianity ; and considering the great and Many privileges which Britain has enjoyed above other nations, this meeting is of opinion that every Christian within its limits, is bound from a sense of duty, gratitude, and love to Almighty God, to use his strenuous efforts to accom plish such a desirabl e resu lt." Th e reso l ut i on was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Kenn e dy, o f P a i s l e y, w h o made various statistical statements with respect to the depressed state of trade. The Rev. HENRY RENTON, of Kelso, proposed the ninth resolution That this meeting express their high satisfaction, that the Anti-Corn-law League have called a. meeting of Delegates from all parts of the kingdom to assemble at London on the Bth of Feb. next, to consider the best means of promoting the total and immediate re peal of the Corn and Provision-laws, and earnestly re commend to the friends of the cause throughout Scot land, to send deputations to the said meeting, and to urge upon it, irrespective of any measure which may be announced by her Majesty's Government, and in order to test the opinions of the professed Representatives of the people, the adoption of the most effectual means for securing an early division of the House of Commons on the question of the total and immediate repeal of these unjust and oppressive laws. And, impressed with the vast importance and necessity of active and combined exertions on the part of the members of this Conference, and the other friends of the cause throughout Scotland, this meeting further recommend that in every locality immediate and ener getic measures be taken for informing the public mind on the various bearings of this question, especially those of a moral and religious nature, and organising Committees and Associations to secure continued co-operation, and the transmission of petitions to Parliament, numerously signed by members of dissenting congregations and others on or before the Bth day of February next." The Rev. Gentleman observed that all they had done and heard were only means to an end ; and if they trusted to their proceedings at that meeting, they would have effected little of what it was fitted and ought to produce. Provost HENDERSON, after a few observations, left the Chair, to which Mr. Wigham was called ; and after a vote of thanks to the late Chairman the Conference ad ourned to the evening. EVENING BEDERUNT. Mt. •STURGE and Mr. MAssIE in succession addressed the meeting, which was more crowded than in the early part of the day. The ninth resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. ADAM BLACK, seconded by the Rev. PETER MAC DOWAL, Alloa, moved that an address to the Queen be adopted, as embodying the sentiments of the Conference, and that the Right Hon. Lord Dunfermline be requested to present it to her Majesty. Rev. A. SomEnvILLE, Dumbarton, seconded by Mr. D. DEwAn; Dunfermline, moved that an address to the people of SCotland be adopted, published, and circulated. Rev. J. DOME Langholm, seconded by the Rev. J. TAYLOR, St. Andrew's, moved that petitions to the Lords and Commons be adopted, and presented to - the , House of Lords by the Eight Honourable Lord Dunfertnline:; and to the llonSe of Commons by the lion. Charles Pel ham Villiers, M.P. for IKolvtrha ".‘ thitt , - ft copy 'of theresolutions - be `transml it tßff'l~fcrri bers of Parliainent for Scotland. at , - al fei-ioh- • A Committee was then appointee .resolu tions carried into effect, and - thanks were vote& to Mr. Duncan M`Laren, Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Wallae, M.P., and Mr. George Thompson, to 'the - Session. 4nd: Ma nagers of the Chapel in which the Conference met, to the families who had accommodated the straners, and to the Chairmen,. Committees, and Secretaries. " 9 The meeting then separated. , „i b" . _ MINES. 6,000 Albion Copper ' Rs li. 341. pa 12 4,000 11.51. Alten ......... l5/. eh 121. Ilk pd • 10 tome .... ..... Anglo 51Exican.iss. 5/. pin.loo/. sh. al 1 d 1% . •Ditto Subscription 25/. Iva I 2,000 Int. Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 35 13,009 11. 101 Brazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pm 95/. sh. 20/. pd 7% 6,000 Macauba&dt Locaes United 251.811.251. pd 4% 11,000 • • Ditto St. John Del Rey ...20/. sh. 14/. pd 1% IC,OOO Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd . 1 10,000 .... 20,000 ... ..... British Iron lOO/. sh. 60/. pd ) 000 ... British Copper...-. 51. sh. 41/. pd 1% Cat -I Branca 6i/. pd 6% . Candonga .... 10,000 1 1 Copiapo ........-. ............ 20/. sh l3/. p 4 10 8,500 ... Colurnlnan, ie3. et. pm. -.551. sh 55/. pd ON 2,H50 31. English 1.1/. Gs. pd 3 50,000 General AliningA•aoclation2ol sh.lBl. pd I% O,M 3,0(10 Polberou Conso ls ..... gist. .. 101. s h. 81. pd 1,500 Real, del !Route* Unreered . 34 Ditto Loan Notes... ...... ...... ..1501. pd too United Mexican , Isl. 2 pra. 40/7sh. all pd Dittt. Scrip 1 % Ditto lie* Sail) . 41 p 4 3 West Cork .................. 5 01. sh 501. pd 30 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.. ,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 14% ,500 790 • Russell.... ..................... ......,,,zg s . sh. 6 King' College lOO/. 19% MISCELLANEOUS, 1 . 0 4 . /..5 n h y . 3 2 5 8 1 / 1. p pd d 39 9 • • le, NA 15s; • Australian AgrieuLltatn7cl; 6,)00 1. per cent. -British American pd 28 10,000 61. per cent. Canada CompanY 30,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana ,4 r if e a n n ............ ............... 1 . ......... 91 City Bonds, 4 p$ v. a t . en .. . ! ..... •••••• ..... ••• 99 20,000 IL Os. GeneralSteana Na 1, 1; t , 15 1. ill. 141. pd 24 10Lper cent. , SsHudson B a y Stock ..... m ..•.. .. .006 U. London Corn. le Roos ....Xv . .. . 557: 8 1; .. 25 19 4 % ,00C New Brunswick La n d Cornpa7.- •pd it; ..;,1 1 . 00 0 :1. 1 . E 107 9 P. 154 5% per cent Reversionary int. Soc . . .......... s •;633 51. per cent. Ditto New ............ . 1 OW ........, Thames Tunnel ....7......50 " i h . 41,000 61. ' Van - Dic.neh's Land ...1001. sh. ISA pd , '% 10.000 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' ppicEs JAN; 8, 1842 BANKS. • 100/. sh. a ll pd 151 • 34 1,4110,006 , 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ... 831 . 6 s. B d. sh, all pd 154% tsooo. o ot , , fl. p. ct. Royal of Scotla nd 500,000?. Si. p. ct. British Linen Company 10m ah. sll pd 906 5 0 0 .0001. 6 1. p. ct. Commercial ........ • ..... . 50 01. sh. 1 001. pd 163 500 . 000 t. o. ct. National ............. pd 500,0001. 8?. p. ct. Glasgow Cnion 2501 . sh. 50/. p 84d 1000,000/. p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd ap34 INSURANCE COM PAN IES. 250,6005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201 . sh. 1/. pd 23s 3J. 7,500 In p. ct. Hercules .. . . ....... ......... 10 01.8 h. 10/. pd 13 100,000 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101. sh. all pd gyp 50,000 10 p. ct. North British ...............2001. sh. 10/. pd 17% 1,000 10 p. et. Caledonian Fire !‘ /01 . sh. 10/. pd 5,000 1U P. ct. Edinburgh Lite . 0 04 s h, 10/. psi 15 100,000 31 p. et. West of 5c0t1aud..••••••........... 10/. pd MISCELLANEO US . 4,818 ......... Edin. and tiles. Un. Canalso/, sh. all pd 8 Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 46 1125,40 t Si per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/ , sh all pd 34 - (,000th 21 per cent. Shotts Iron I. ounderr .... . . 50t sh 481 pd 0,000 i per cent. Edinburgh & Leith G l ass.2ol.sh. 101. pd 0% 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 50 4,450 10 pct cant. Glasgow Gas •...... sh. all pd 52 750 71 percent' Leith Coal Gas ••••••••• 20 1 . 14. all pd 28 ,151 Edinbrirglyand - Dalkelth it ai hray 50/.sh 30 . --- - - The Friendly S oc i ety o f Benevolent Porters held their annual festival at Mr. Harrison's, the Marquis of Granby, South Andley;:street, On Thursday evening last, Nthen fifty members - and ten- guests sat down to - an ekcel len t supper. , . - . . _. ... ~ . Almost Court- - day -in Sunderland some . every poor wretches -are brought ' before the Magistrates, charged Nith=being-, found by - the..ppljea sleeping in glass ;houses, and oth er Tlaces — rif -l-ilrat dekription, having no place of abode.—Carl isle Journal. GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN FA= VOUR OF A TOTAL REPEAL OF THE - CORN-LAWS. • (Abridged from the Glasgow Saturday Post.) This important Convention, the assembling 'of which has been looked , forward to with feelings of much interest and. anxiety, commenced its•sittings yesterday; at twelve o'clock, in the Trades' Hall. In ordinary: circumstances, 'an assembly called for such a purpose would have commanded' both atten-• tion and respect: but in the present crisis,,when trade Is pars lized, when industry is suspended, and when gaunt starvation stalks over the length and breadth of the land, its meeting as sumes a national importance, and its proceedings, were, even in anticipation, regarded with a degree of intense interest, which no public movement in this part of the country had previously called forth. And the reports of the Deputies, which follow, will amply prote that the mass of the working population of this kingdom have reached that point in depression—and that trade and credit are in that disorganized position, which must -call for cri immediate remedy, otherwise anarchy, ruin, and national bankruptcy are the certain results. Mr. WALTER BucnAxast (in the unavoidable and re gretted absence of Mr. Alexander Johnston, M.P., who was detained from indisposition) took the Chair. Upon the plat form we observed a number of the gentlemen who have taken an interest in , the Anti-Corn-law movement in Glasgow, in ad dition to a large body of deputies from the country. The body of the hall was well filled, a considerable number being wembois of the working classes. Mr. WAvrea Buena NA 14, in taking the Chair, said— Gentlemen, you are all aware that this meeting is held under the auspices of the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association. Its purpose is to bear statements regarding trade and the condition of the working classes in those districts from which deputies hate attended, and, at the same time, to communicate to them a similar kind of information as regards the trade and the con• dition of the operatives in Glasgow, lam here occupying . the Chair which Mr. Johnston, M.P., ought to hove occupied. -He has been the Chairman of the Anti •Corn-law Association of GlasfOw for many years, and took an active share in its proceedings when they -were regarded as of much less interest and importance than they now are, and when the move- merit for Corn-lavi repeal occupied a much smaller share of public attention than it does now. You will all regret with me that he is not able to be here. For many years he has pre- " ORNING suN ,r 6 % --- a-. 4 /te, $ :I,s". 4 ,a" - - 1- -Cr - • ,' . .., sis i ' - 4...:L.-(1 , ... , \./...,), . ~....., 4. dieted the tuitions effftts tif this restrictive system Upon the in- KIRRIEMUIR. '' • ' e r 1-7-_-_ . _:l 44 t. dustry and prosperity of the coutittyi After referring to the - The population of the town and parish of Kirriem — u - ir ga ,:a ‘ c . tH 7 -__! l -:=- 21- ~...7s, meetings which have already taken place, Mr , B. ooncluded , cording to the last C e nsus, was 7,001. There are about 2,100 ' '.---.../ I hope we shall follow in the same course n ot unworthily ; and weavers, of whom 1,700 are employed, and the idle and par - t i fs+'\-' 1 c; 1 , w.{ I trust that a ll w h o l oo k t o t h e vast i mportance o f th e su bject tially emp l oyed may be stated at 400. The average weekly : • ' for which we hate met, will l en d it th e i r w illi ng an d cor dial earnings at present is ss. 4d., from which has to be deducted, • co-operation. Glasgow will be looked to over the country, for winding, 100m -rent, and light, Is. 9d. per web. and I know that the result of this meeting will not afford cause The poverty at present is greater than at any former period for disappointment.—( Loud applause.) during the minister's incumbency (thirty years). REPORTS OF THE DEPUTIES. A UCH TERM uarr Y. Provost HEN D E RSON sa id t h e town of P a i sley was an ex- It appears from the report s b e f ore us that in Auctermuehty ception to th e genera l r ul e. They had sent no written parish, including the village of Dunsheth, there are 18.87 per answers. The first query put, applied to Paisley, should hams cent. of the weavers out of empoyment. The increase of been reversed. Not how many of the population are unem- paupers in this district in 1841, over that of 1831, amounted to ployed, but how many of them are in employment. With them no less than 172 . 2 2 per cent. unemployment was the rule, an d employment was the exec BAN K FOOT. .'„„i.' a tion. Compa ra ti ve l y f ew o f t h e workmen of Paisley were em- The population of this village is between 700 and 800, of ~ - 1 ployed, they were broken up, and to be found wandering about which 273 are without any means of support. In the year 1624, in every town in the country, begging for bread, independent a man could earn es. 9d. per week ; in the year 1841, he , i, of those thou san d s w h om t h ey h a d at home, sorted by charity. could not earn more than 3s. 11 4d. CUMNOCK. Paisley had literally been martyred by th e Corn-law.. When in Edinburgh two days ago he had heard a report that there Mr. ToRRANCE, of Cumnock, said, like the dele g at e f rom had been a riot i n P a i s l ey , an d t h at a granary had been broker, Girvan, he also had been nominated by a Chartist, and se - 1 4 , into, his re ply on h ear i ng t h e statement was, " Well, 1 conded by a Chartist, at the meet i ng a t which he was elect e d. -' would not be surprised though such a thing has taken place ; In Cumnock there was a universal feeling amongst all class” but if it h as l am g l a d i t was i n my absence. " He was then in favour of an entire and immediate a b o l it i on o f the 0b noxi asked what regiment was quartered at Paisley, when he ous Corn-law. The population was about 1,200. They were answered there is some regiment, but it is of little difference, mostly engaged in agriculture, and the farmers, in consequence the he would never ca ll t h em out to compel the people to die for of the pressure of the times, were going rapidly down want. But if it were to go to the worst, if they were to be world. Other trades were bad. The people believed that mcnopo i deprived of th e means o f procur i ng food for the people, and if lies, and especially the Corn-law, was the chief cause of al a granary, un d er suc h circumstances, were to be broke n open, their sorrow, and they earnestly hoped that this meeting would he would never pl ace t h e li ves of the people and the value of have an effcct at head-quarters—or the folk up bye, as the property on the same level. He would not give his consent saying is.—(Laughter and applause. ) that the military should be called out to compel the people EDINi - lURGH. when thus driven to supply themselves with food. He made Mr. DUNLOP, of Edinburgh, regretted that, from tome this statement deliberately, ads isedly, and he wished it to go misunderstanding, he had not been able to obtain that informa forth to the Lord Advocate and the Home-office. tion which ought to have been laid before this assembly. His DUNDEE. constituents were for no compromise on this subject. Mr. BAXTER, President of the Anti-Corn-law Association MAUCHLINE. of Dundee, said that city contained 66,000 inhabitants, and he Mr. PATON, from Alauchline, said—This was a small village. was happy to say that their situation was far better than There were not many idle persons in Mauchline, but what work the town of Paisley. '1 lie spinning population of Dundee they had, was very inadequate to support them. were employed, but their wages were very low, provisions very LARGS. high, and great distress existed amongst the out-door weavers, Mr. PERSTON, Largs--From its connection with Paisley, many of whom were only partially employed. Sir. B. con- the principal part of their weaving trade was greatly depressed. eluded by reading the following statements : The number of the inhabitants of Largs an d it s ne i g hb our h oo d Factory Weavers—Total number of looms, 3,131: of which was :3,000. Of the weavers in the town, 65 were employed, in employment, 1,238; partially employed, 504; unemployed, 176 out of employment. Thcse who depended upan these 1,345 ; total of persons employed, 1,319 ; partially employed, were about 159 draw boys, and 88 pirn winders, who even when 554, unemployed, 1,458 ; starchers employed, 70 ; unemployed, in full employment had miserably low wages. The general 113 ;—total, 3,331 . Of those employed 360 are working Go- opinion was that the Corn-law embarrassed trade, destroyed vernment sailcloth, th e contracts for which are nearly made up. their means of subsistence, arid ruined the best interests of the Out-door Weavers—The present rate of wages paid for out- country. They were for a total repeal.—(Cheers.) door weaving is not sufficient to enable a married man to pro- STRANRAER. vide the necessary quantity of wholesome food for the use of a Mr. M‘Ceermen, from Stranraer—Theirs was not a ma fan•ily, independent of clothing and education,—many of the nufacturing town, but chiefly agricultural. They had a little children are to be seen in this inclement season of the yea r connexion with the sea, and the vessels in the port were without shoes or sto c ki ngs ; a f ew on l y at the age of thirteen the raeans of supporting trade. They considered that the can read, and still fewer can write ; and in very many cases it Corn-laws were injurious to the farmers, and in his district, lie is to be fear e d th a t ext reme poverty has produced in the minds was happy to state, the farmers were beginning to see that of parents a disregard to the education of their children, either themsels es. moral or relieieus. In 1836 weavers' wages were 40 per cent. Of Linlithgow, Milton and Duntocher, Maybole, Kilwinnn higher than they are at present. (Mr. Baxter also made some ing, Kilrnarnoch, and Kilsyth, similar statements were made. statements relative to the different trades employed, and the This concluded theevidence of the delegates, and the :neet quantity of butchers' meat consumed, similar to those already hag adjourned. published in The Sun. ) KIRKINTILLOCII. Mr. Born, of Kirkintilloch, said—Kirkintillock contains above 5,000 inhabitants. About 3,000 are employed at weav ing of muslins, and of a description well known in the trade by the name of lappets, a piece of goods for which the weaver was paid Is. 7d. in 1834-5, was, in 1836, reduced to Is. sid. , in 1837-8, to Is. Ind. ; in 1839-40 it advanced to Is. 3d. ; and in 1841 it again fell to Is. id. The weekly wages made at these prices is 7s. 5d., 61. 10d., ss. lid., 51. I Id., 4s. ltd., from which falls to be deducted Is. iv. for keeping up his loom. So miserable have the weaving body in the place be come, that a system has been resorted to by great numbers of them, which is revolting to even the ordinary feelings of our nature, and which may be stated as follows :—"A weaver rents a shop containing 4,6, 8, or 10 looms, which he contrives to get furnished, and which he then fills with boys and girls, which he collects from the poor-houses, and from families who a re i n grea t d est i tut i on; these children are set to work, confined and pushed on in many cases by the necessities, the avarice, or the misconduct of those who have them in charge, forming scenes of drudgery, irregularity, destitution of education, clothing, and comfort, which are enough to shock the feelings of every person who has the slightest conception of even the low order in which a human being ought to spend his existence, and all this may be set down to the low state to which the moral feelings are fallen, in consequence of the downward progress of the manufacturers, which form the staple dependence of the town. Such a state as that to which the weaving population of Kirkintilloch is fast hastening, calls for the immediate and serious consideration of the Government of the country.—(Cheers.) GIR VAN. The Rev. Mr. DUNCAN, of Girvan, said the population is upwards of 6,000. There are 2,000 hand• loom weavers in the town. Al'hough I cannot say that there are any altogether unemployed, yet, as they depend entirely on Glasgow and Paisley for employment, their prospects are of the most dreary description. Work which was in 1813-14 paid Bd. the ell is now paid at the rate of Isl. and 2(1., so that a weaver who at the former period could with ease earn 20s. a-week, can now earn no more than from 4s. 6d. to ss. As to the state of crime, I am instructed to say, that far fewer petty thefts are committed than might be expected, considering the extreme destitution of the people. In answer to the 4th query. I am instructed to say, that with the exception of the provision merchants, the working classes generally can scarcely be reckoned among the customers of the other tradesmen mentioned ; and with these their purchases have gradually declined, and were never lower in amount than at present. As to the state of education, I may mention that while we have a parish school excellently con ducted and numerously attended, comparatively few of the Children belong to the weaving population—probably not more than 20 in 30, out of 120. Our Committee authorises me to to say, that the inhabitants are all but unanimous in wishing an immediate and total repeal. THE BANQUET. The company assembled in the City Hall, in the evening, at six o'clock, amounted to upwards of 2,000 persons, and a great number of applicants were disappointed in not obtaining admis sion. Independent of the mere numbers, the meeting was by far the most influential of the kind ever held in Glasgow, both in point of wealth, talent, and general respectability. The Chair was filled by James Oswald, Esq., M.P., for the City. We gave yesterday the names of the gentlemen present. The CiIAIRMA S, after praising Mr. Johnston, who was to have presided, said—You are aware you are come here to demonstrate your hostility to the present Corn and Provision laws—( Great cheering)--and I hope and trust that the de monstration in Glasgow will have a decided effect. on other parts of the country where that subject has not been taken up. In this large city many have maturely considered the subject, and I believe 1 do not say too much when I say the opinion increases every day that:the present Corn and Provision laws are both impolitic and unjust.—(Cheers.) Perhaps I may be told that we ask too much in asking a total repeal of these laws. Gentlemen, there might have been a time, there was a day when much less would have satisfied us.—( Hear.) But I believe, if we look back, we will find that the supporters of these lads have all along resisted—not only the slightest change—but the slightest inquiry into the subject; and we ask, therefore, now, what we have a right to obtain—and whe ther we obtain it or not, we will stand to our plea as founded in justice.—( Great cheering.) Gentlemen, before I sit down. I ask you to till a bumper, and a bumper to a toast it is not ne cessary to say one word upon to induce you to receive it with a shout of exultation and triumph. Gentlemen, " The Queen."—( The toast was drank with great applause.) " The Prince of Wales," and " The Princess Royal, Prince Albert, and the other Members of the Royal Family," were drank with all the honours. Mr. Ewa KT, M.P., was received with the most enthusiastic plaudits. 'He said he had been called on to propose to the meeting the toast of " the Total and Immediate Repeal of the Corn-laws."--( Immense cheering.) lie felt that in connec tion with a mighty demonstration such as the present, the moving spirit should come, not from a few Members of Parlia ment who might be summoned to attend the assembly, but from the mind of the country itself. Personal and party influences must be fleeting and evanescent. ; but he saw that this vast movement, which was animating Scotland, came from a deeper and more enduring source. It proceeded from a conviction deeply formed in the minds of the people of this country—slow to act, but strenuous and energetic to perform—who, when the mature time for exertion should come, would rise superior to any extraneous influence, come from what quarter it might. —(Continued cheering.) Since he had been lately in Scotland, it had been his lot, at the Conference in Edinburgh, and now at the Delegate Meeting at Glasgow, to hear more of the condition of the mass of the people than he had known before ; statements which it was impossible for him or for any of his friends to hear without feelings of the deepest pain. The manufacturers and the delegates, at the meeting of this day, had unfolded to them the short and simple, but, be was afraid, he must add the melancholy, annals of the poor. It was on possible to convey their situation in words more touching and descriptive than in tho-c of Dr. Johnson, and the truth of which must have been confirmed by their own observation, on which he says— " Where penury retires to pine, And labour steals an hour to die."—( Applause.) What had been the nature of the evidence brought before them in Edinburgh and Glasgow? There were three points which powerfully arrested his attention. The first was the deep despondency which seemed to have seized upon the minds of the people—a despondency amounting not only to idleness and listlessness, but to apathy. It must have appeared, from the description of the ministers and others most familiar with them, that, in the language of Milton, "despair attends them front couch to couch, and that it seems by its deadening touch to have dulled their sympathies, till they are silent, not from the absence of suffering, but from the severity of its pressure."— ( Hear, hear.) There yet remained another darker shade to be drawn across this already darkened picture, and this was again found in the evidence of the ministers of religion and others, who had assured them that day, that in several of the towns in this country, from inability to pay them, their me dical advisers had been forced to' leave the place. Su extreme was the destitution, that the healing power itself had deserted the spot, from inability in the wretched population to main tain Hear, hear.) The :Honourable Gentleman made a long and eloquent speech, and concluded thus -1 trust that instead of following the bigoted and intolerant part of the landed interest, that the labouring classes, and par ticularly those of our large town, will devote themselves to those sources of real power, based upon moral and religious ascendancy. And I hope that we of the middle classes will co-operate with them, and they with us, and that by agitating for this great national object, we must ultimately triumph.— ( Hear, hear.) Yes, Gentlemen, the conflict will then become apparent.—( Cheers.) It will be moral power and right reason on the one hand, against prejudice and selfishness on the other ; and there can be no doubt which will triumph. The triumph will be yours.—( Applause.) Selfish interests will fall before you, and titles, rank, or legislative ascendancy will no longer prevail against the voice of a united people ! " Despite their titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentered all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down, To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung ' The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the toast. Mr. WALTER BUCHANAN, who was received with applause, said ho claimed a bumper to the next toast, which was the health of the " Hon. Charles Villiers, the mover of the ques tion for the consideration of the Corn-laws, anti the other Members of the House of Commons who spoke and voted in support of the same."—(Cheers.) Mr. 'Villiers had taken a part in this question which entitled him to the gratitude of every Corn-law reformer ; and amongst the number he might class Sir Robert Peel and the Tories. Mr. Villiers had the merit of having taken up the question of Corn-law repeal at a time when it was by no means popular. He came forward in 1838, anti exhibited an energy, and zeal, and talent, in ex posing the evils under which the country laboured from .the 14uli Corn-laws, which at once placed hint at the head of this mire anbtelent,,,aamnedabniyottivghitpip-hnie.ohsaed,,esht.abwiiesibeedsifonreiri:ilysealtftaanchi imperish able We say to these gentlemen, (Jo on I —Go on there is much yet to do; but in the name of truth and justice we 'promise you a triumph.-(Cheers.) And when "- OM the pen of some future ,historian tells of their struggles-- .y of their assaults often repeated—frequently defeated—but still renewed, against the selfishness which w as o pp os ed 'to -th em , , KPI' and of the triumph which they shall certainly achieve, it will It W . not be necessary to pass any vain eulogium on their efforts, • BIM but only to point to revived and prosperous industry-4o com mercial activity reanimated—to the swelling sails bringing to V , il"- , the shores of Britain the produce of every clime , and to con- lases trast all this with the dark and gloomy days of the landlords' supremacy.—(Cheers.) The toast was received with great applause. Mr. Fox MA ITLE said—ln the name of my Hon. Friend Mr. Villiers, and also in the name of the other Members of the House of Commons referred to, and my own name, I beg that this company will accept of our best thanks for the honour they have conferred upon us. Mr. Villiers has earned by his con duct in the Commons, distinguished as it has been by firmness, and marked as it has always been by courtesy and gentleness, —he has earned fir himself a monument mere imperishable than brass ; and long after this great question has been set at rest by the voice anti determination of the combined country, Mr. Villiers' memory will live as having given the vast stone its first impulse, and will be endeared to the memory of all who hold England's greatness fixed in their hearts.— ( Great applause. ) Gentlemen, front this vast assembly, re spectable in numbers, but infinitely more respectable for the talent it commands, I will be prou.l to convey to Mr. Villiers the enthusiasm with which his health was received ; end I feel quite sure that even if he needed any encouragement to pro coed in the path which has redounded so touch to his credit, the encouragement of such a meeting as this will give him a new impetus on the road.—(Cheers. ) When I look to the position of England—when road.-( look to the station she has hi therto held among the nations of the world, having upon al. most all occasions little to do but to lead the way, either in peace or war, to have the nations of the world follow in her path—when I see the proud position she has held, I confess . that it strikes me with alarm to see some of her classes cling ing to a course of policy which, in my opinion, must endanger that position most essentially. What ! is it nothing that England shall be left isolated in her p )sition, and exnosed to restrictions by the rest of the nations of the world? C,an any arm be more powerful to act against her than a combi nation of nations leagued in a commercial treaty f r om oa ss r t: England shall he excluded? Are there any enemies of there g land who would like to see such a consummation? 'firllomacy none who, shaded behind the plausible he uofcc : - ; are at present tr)ing to work out. suchveialtn My Honourable Friend has We League, extending free trade in all its.at'ely'n" r r m e n a c n e i c ? bound in the have beard it whispered of Spain, 5 . ° ,1 1 , e is looking to the • chains of bigotry and supers k tit ” i n on d , i t o h eo : s t een fi. sompai t n he is s ‘ h vh ae is k p l e e r s i b ng y pe l o s p E l o e no a gd n la d fno l d i rb er itdo fit l l i a ea n nb c de e benefits of free trade, and breaking s which she has so long beea a— to. her of the benefits she woulit•der_iv_e_ eme. from an extended syst a es e t?„ . t.= hind even Spain' ircs "'as these ? the.people of England, exhibited i t u rus ti t e t zu ha o t r b str y:l t i ido e n iE - .:9:ifoopoig. r a' ay. s : this,.. y th iz a . t h those d. _ he who banded to. guen t d h e e r r th to em up t h h o s i t they shall t ttou prudently and in fa a __.l -- 4'Y J~` i 7 Ck i,~ - yt ". 1 3 01,LOKSHAWS. Mr. HEcron, Deputy from Pollokshaws, read to the meeting a report, by Provost Corbett, of Pollokshaws, and William Hector, writer in Pullokshaws, Deputies appointed by the Pol lokshaws Anti-Corn-law Association, to the general meeting to be held in the Trades' Hall, Glasgow, which was full of inte resting details like the following. We pass over the hand-loom weavers, whose condition is known to be most wretched : Cotton-Spinners, Steam-Loom Weavers, Quarriers, La bourers, and Bleachers.—These classes having obtained con stant employment during the past year, they have not felt the pressure of the times so much as other classes of the popula lation, although the wages of many of them are reduced to the extent of 20, 30, or 40 per cent. Inability to Purchase Clothes.—The change within the last ten years in this respect is very striking and lamentable. In seventeen cases of respectable weavers, investigated by the Deputies, not one was found where a single article of clothing had been purchased within the last two years. Mr. William Nicol, the oldest and most extensive draper and cloth merchant in Pollokshaws, states that he has been 28 years in business, and that he has had ample opportunities of knowing the condi tion of the population generally during the whole of that time. He says that they have been retrograding fast—that families who, for many years, were regularly able to make pretty ex tensive purchases of body and bed clothes, have entirely ceased to do so—that, in cases of others, where pounds were for merly spent in this way, shillings are now laid out ; and that, in general, there is a great and observable change for the worse in the personal appearance of whole classes of the people, arising from their total inability to purchase clothes. Inability to procure Provisions.—ln one of the oldest established, and most extensive retail grocery and provision shops in Pollockshaws, it was found that as many as fifty sales take place per day of the following quantities of groceries and provisions, viz., one halfpenny worth of tea, one halfpenny worth of sugar, one halfpenny worth of butter, one halfpenny worth of herrings. That very rarely so much as a quarter of a pound of tea is purchased at once or a pound of sugar. The Crowding together of the Population.—ln the parish of Pollok or Eastwood, there has been, within the last ten years, as ascertained by the census, an increase in the population of of 1,012, while the number of new houses built within that pe riod does not exceed twelve, and these do not afford accommo dation for 200 of the increased population. Thus 812 of the new population have been crowded in upon the former occupiers of homes, who were already overcrowded. The Increase of Paupers and of the Poor's Rate.__ There has been a regular increase of the paupers on the parish poor's roll for several years past, and a corresponding increase in the assessment. In the three winter months of 1838, No vember, December, and January, the average number of pau pers on the roll was 82 ; in the correspondi ng t h ree months of 1841 the number was 102, being an increase in three years of 20 paupers, or 25 per cent. In conclusion, the Deputies would remark, as the result of their own observation and of the inquiries now made, that a material change for the worse is gradually taking place in the appearance and condition of the population of this parish, and although all are not suffering alike, yet poverty and its attendant consequences are but too visible among the great body of the, ._ •- ~ : people. A ri ABERDEEN. , Y Mr. WILSON, from Aberdeen, showed by a table of imports at Aberdeen, that the imports in British vessels were decreas ing, while the imports in toreign vessels were increasing:_ IMPORTS AT ABERDEEN BY BRITISH VEsSELs. Vessels. Tons. 1834 90 14,697 1840 imrouTs air FORKIGN VESSELS Vessels. Tons. 1834 1840 l2O ............. .....8,250 How did it happen that foreigners were able to carry on lower terms, but in consequence of the cheapness of their food ? As it took 30s. to purchase in this country the same quantity of wheat which could be bought in Hamburgh at 125., and that while beef was tkl. here, it was only 2 1 .jd. to 3d. there at far thest. Another disadvantage under which the shipping interest of this country was placed, was, that they were forced to pur chase wood from the landlords in England, or be content with the rotten fir of Scotland, as they could not import the superior timber of the Baltic. He held it to be quite clear, that except the timber duties were repealed, their shipping interest would go to ruin.—( hear.) The number of vessels, British and Foreign, which had left Aberdeen in ballast from 1834 was as follows : British vessels left Aberdeen and Peterhead in ballast. Vessels. Tons. 1834 1840 ... lO5 ... .... Foreign vessels which left Aberdeen and Peterhead in ballast during the same period. Vessels. Tons. 1834 1840 ............. ..... 75 In Aberdeen vessels were supplied with ballast,lwith the sand dredged out of the harbour, and the returns of vessels which had left that port in ballast showed perhaps more clearly than any other thing could do the decrease in their export trade. The following was a statement of their exports to America be ginning with 1834 :- 1834 1840 Thus was their small export trade going to destruction. Within the last two months two mills had stopped, one of these employing 500 and the other 300 hands, and such a state of things could not continue without having its due effect upon all, in the tdightest degree interested in the matter. Another thing he might remark was that the Custom Duties at Aber deen had gone on increasing for many years, and he had learned from the Comptroller, just before he left, that last year there was a decrease for tho first time of '2.000/. Again monopolies were fast increasing their paupers. From a list of the paupers in the Parish of St. Nicholas for the last sixty years, it appeared that in 1780 there wete 420, at an expense of 560/, and in 1840, 1,600, at 4,6001. The assess • ment in Aberdeen for the poor, up to 1824, had been volun tary, but since they had been legally assessed, and it had in creased from 4d, to Is. 81. per pound, and from the centre to the circumference of the parish, there was an excitement upon the subject which threatened, as in England, in the end to send them back tai the landlords.—(Cheers.) He had analysed the poor's roll, anti he lad found that fully one-half of the poor paupers were from SAL TCOA f the country yar S ishes. Th e s t a t e o f thi s i n t„ality is principally affected by the con dition Of the hand-loom weavers, who constitute a great pro portion of the population if this village, and of the adjoining villages of Stevenston and ,Ardms3ll. V a 11