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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 29, 1825. [TOE TIMES.I 4is Royal Highness the Duke of Yank "de serves, as we have said, the praise of candour for his declaration on the Catholic question ; but we have net insinuated that any higher credit belonged tb him in that particular instance. It can hardly, be considered good taste, for ex a►nple, in ="a subject so near the throne, to affirm, that no Seivereign who has taken the Coronation Oath can '.i;ith a safe conscience assent to Ca tholic Emancipation : for such a hint looks not unlike a warning to his Majesty George IV., against the crime of perjury ; and however suit able such a - lesson might be at an audience in the Royal closet, the House of Lords, we should think, was not so well-chosen a scene. As for his Royal Highness's , declaration, that he never would change his opinion on a given subject ; had that subject been any thing less than one of such immense ,practical importance, it is possible that the Royal Duke might have been let otf with a mild animadversion on his want of philo-' spphical acuteness. It is otherwise, we fear,. when the declaration amounts to a positive re fusal to accede, under any circumstances, to a measure wl►ich may be urged upOn him by the most precious interests of his people, and called for by their unanimous voice,—a measure on which the peace of the Empire may .turn, on which its safety may hang—the rejection of whiCh may" cost oceans of blood, and ages of na_ticuial adversity. In this point of view, the languag,e of the Royal Duke was hardly that which airy wise, humane, or patriotic, friend would have suggested to him; hut it will have small, or at least but fugitive effect. [MORNING POST.) The onty business of importance last night in Parliament, was the discussion of the Corn Laws, which took place incidentally in the Lords, as Petitions were presented for or against the pre sent system.; and regularly in the Commons, in consequence of Mr. Whitmore's motion for a Committee of the whole House to consider of the *abject. In making this proposal, the announce ment of which certainly contributed mainly, if it did not wholly, to produce the ferment which hoW exists in the mercantile and agricultural crosses, Mr. Whitmore grounded its necessity on that of atlaPting the Corn Laws to the general spirit of free trade which now prevailed, and which yield ed such evident benefit to the Ile argued that the effect of those laws must be the dearth at one time and superabundance at the other, both -equally ruinous, but leading one to the other ; for dearth must occasion the opening of the ports in order to relieVe the sufferings of the people, and the superabundance created by the influx of foreign corn would inflict an injury of years upon the landed interest. Ile then showed *~bat oar system of exclusion had had the most iirjurious effects upon the cultivation of Europe, and -had engendered similar prohibitory lawS eliewhere.: Those couittries which had experi enced the deterioration of a glut, had passed laws to prevent its recurrence, and the result had been that the cultivation of corn had been so far abandoned on the Continent, that there were documents to prove that the production of Europe at this moment did not keep pace with its consumption, and it lived in part upon the accumulated remains of former gluts. In Poland and Bohemia most. of the corn lands had been-turned into sheep farms. Wool would con tinue to be grown in preference to Corn while it yielded a greater profit ; and thus the prohibi tion- of Foreign Grain 'from England had pro duced a complete change iu the Agriculture of ahl Europe—which would be felt at home in its most aggravated and alarming veSpects at no dia. tant time if measures were not taken to cause a return to that kind of cultivation which alone could prevent the occurrence of the most disas trous results. The species of alteration which Mr. Whitmore wished to introduce, in order to prevent these dangers, was to revert to the for rtrer state of the law, and tayender the importa tiou of . corn virtually free, subject to an amount of stat)i suificient to cover the peculiar burtheus of British‘griculture. EMOILNING liEltA L1).3 Several Petitions were presented last night to thellouse of j A oids, and an inunettse number to the-House of Commons, on the subject of the Corn Laws; most of them, with the exception of the Corporation of London, and a ic-w:frorn other places, being against any altera of those laws. Lord King, in the Upper House, expressed his astonishment that the high arice of corn .at home, and its advancing price troli'd, had been urged as arauments against agi tating this question; and tbtrEarl of Lauderdale deprecated the efforts made to agitate this! subject, obserVing that no one had thought about it till this n.otice given by Mr. Whit more in the other House. Then Petitions began to fie got up, calling on Parliament to -Mr. Whitmore' s mot i on, reVise the Corn LIAO. in the Commons, was not brought forward till a late hour, the presentation of the petitions having occupied ,nearly four hours. it was calculated that upwaids of :Lwo hundred petitions against any reunion Were presented. Mr. Whitmore' eventually brought forward his motion. He de tailed IIis" reasons at great length, iota contended for the necessity of the ports being open at all times, with a fixed protecting duty of ten shil the quarter on wheat imported. kle,pro pOsed an additional protecting duty in the event of wheat being below 50s. the quarter. Gooch resisted the motion, on-the ground .that it was precipitately urged on the House; and: .therefore moved the " previous ,question.": He said that with the altered circumstances of the country, and the improved state of ttte currency, au average price of 60s. for wheat ,by a sudicigtt't remuneration for the tshgrP,We.r. — Vr. thkski,sson opposed tbid atattrm bet-apse it was ill-timed, but said that die .07,4V,IltAXped his prmapi . e.s of a free trade in. Corm ) aS submitted to iite o f 182.1. eo ' He , should bring forward the question early in the ct .next Session, when he should propose a gra uat return to the old system of open ports ; he should take for his guide, as the mode, the mea sure for resuming Cash payments. This Session he should propose a measure to enable the Fo reign Corn already bonded in this country to be brought into the market'; and this'he should do with the view of keeping prices as they now were. Without some such measure, nothing could prevent prices reaching the maximum (sos.) by next harvest, and the quantities of Foreign Corn, in consequence of the glut in other coun tries, that would be poured in, would be of the most ruinous tendency. This subject is certainly a delicate one, and we think that the Ministers act wisely in putting off the consideration of it till next Session. Then we hope that some such measure as Mr.Whitmore proposes will be adopt ed, and that grain hereafter will be admitted, be the price what it may, on payment of what, upon a Parliamentary investigation, may be considered a fair protecting , duty. To admit it free of duty would, we think, be as unjust towards the agri culturalist; as it would be towards our contem poraries, were the Ministers to permit us to sell the Morning herald newspaper without the four penny stamp, - while our contemporaries sold it with. The motion, it will be seen, was lost, there being a majority of 140 against it. ER F ITISII PRESS.] Letters were received yesterday from Lisbon to the 16th instant inclusive. From them we learn, upon the best authority, that the Portu guese Government had consented to recognise the independence of Brazil, and that the preli mirrary arrangements with that view had been concluded with Sir Charles Stuart. We under stand that the temper and disposition evinced by the Portuguese Ministry in this affair have been highly satisfactory to the British Ambassa dors. The intelligence had transpired in Lisbon, and the utmost joy and confidence prevailed among the mercantile classes. The suspension of the intercourse between the two countries must have been productive of so much loss and inconvenience to the people of Portugal, that we can readily conceive they have heard with great pleasure that the former relations are about to be removed. The event will likewise have import ant political consequences. How can the infatu ated Ferdinand persist in his senseless refusal to accede to irresistible events, with the prudent example of John YE. before him, to admonish him of his inexcusable folly 11 [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] In the absence of other [natter, capable of agi tating the market, the expedient of getting up a Congress was resorted to, yesterday, with a de gree of confidence, exactly corresponding with its absurdity. 'fills rumour rests entirely upon the authority of the French Opposition Press, which alone would be a good reason for rejecting it, — The Journals in the interest of the French Go vernment have repeatedly contradicted it; and the silence of the German Papers, particularly those published in Austria and Prussia, is conclusive as to the credit to .whichit is entitled. Even the place selected for the pretended meeting, clearly shews that the rumour is unfounded ; for it is not central enough to answer the purpose of quick communication between the different Ca binets ; and a town in Italy couldonly be fixed upon. when the Sovereigns, whose names are, in some measure, identified with this mis chievous innovation in diplomacy, attended in person. It is pretty clearly ascertained that it is not the intention either of the Emperor Alexander, or a' his Prussian Ma. jesty, to quit their States this year. Therefore some German city would be much more convenient than Milan for .the objects of a Congress ; and it would be rather uncourteous on the part of "the Emperor of Austria to • select a place at one of the extremities of his. Einpire for deliberations upon a subject of general interest. For our own parts, we are convinced that the jonr uey of the Emperor is one of pleasure,or pageantry, mote than of business ; and its chief attraction is probably the desire to gratify his young con sort with a .sight of Italy. The occasion may be made use of, it is .true, to discuss certain Italian interests ; but every thing as yet thews that such a discussion would be conducted a l'amtablg. ;—to le.ss,en, and not add to . , the jealousy, which the marked interference of Austria may have excited. It is highly improbable that any other question will be formally agitated ; and if it were intended to bring the affairs of Greece on the tapis, some place nearer to Russia would have been chosen. The presence of the Ambassadors of time Great Powers is simply a matter of eti quette ; and the revival of this hacknied rumour thews how much even the inventive genius Of the Stock-market is paralysed at the present moment. MORNING cnitoxicLE. Mr. Whitmore prefaced his motion for a Com mittee on the Corn Laws by a clear and masterly speech, embracing all the principles which bear on the question, and containing some very curious statements in illustration of them. To ail who have paid any attention to subjects:of this nature, it is well known that the attempt to bolster up the price of any commodity in general use by pro hibition, is something like 'the attempt to arrest the progress of a stream of water, —the consequence is, an overflow in another quarter,—that that part of th e cap it a l an d i n d ustry w hich is withdrawn by the prohibition from a particular commodity comes into op erat i on i n some other way in the prohibiti ng country ; of this M r . 'Whitmore fur 1110,ed a striking' p r o o f i n ' the change which has lately taken plac e i n P o l an d. " lie was in pos session (he said) of a letter frOm a Gentle man of great respectability and information, which yvas very descriptive of the effects of ,the Cor n Laws abroad. The letter stated, ,that the penury o f th e a gr iculturists : had arrived at the hi g h est pitch,Und that the Continent was experiencinga'gradnal diminution in the produc eof corn ; the price of wheat in Poland was 14s. per Winchester' quart e r, thou gh it could not be brought tioiri the 'M i nk under 3 . 85.' on account of the ' duties. After The receipt of that letter, washe anxious tomake fa' ktieir inquiries on the cubject, and had in consequence o f his applica tion received another letter from the same Gen tleman, which stated that the writer himself was in possession of a patrimony on which his father had never kept above 100 or 150 head of sheep, which number he had increased to 1,000, and which he did not at all intend to lessen as long as wool kept its price, even though corn should rise to 40s per quarter, and many of his neighbours had adopted the same system." Hence an increased quantity of wool in the market, and a fall in its price, and hence a deduction from one branch of the farmer's receipts, to compensate for an addition in another. Mr. Huskisson furnished a counterpart to that statement in the case of the tax on wool, imposed also in order to enable the Country Gentlemen to dip into other people's pockets. The tax was followed by a fall in the price of wool abroad, and that fall was followed by the m anu f ac t ure o f woo ll ens i n Silesia, to the injury of our cloth manufacture, , which only recovered by the abolition of the un just and impolitic tax. Mr. Whitmore shewed, in the most satisfactory manner, - that the freest trade in Grain could not produce those alarming consequences which the Agriculturits apprehend ed. lie shewed, from an imprinted return, that the•whole quantity imported during the last 20 years, from all countries, Ereland. included, was far less than is generally supposed, and that the effect of•the largest importation on the price was very trifling. Oats were hardly affected by the last im portation. The.tone of many of the Landholders is extremely•reprehensible. We have not space at present to notice what passed in the House of Lords. Lord Lauderdale, as usual, rides on the top of the question, for though no roan has been so often mistaken in all matters of speculation, from an unfortunate incapacity of seeing more than one side of any question at a time, the con fidence of his language seems to rise with every failure. ENEW TIMES.] In the House of Commons last night, Mr. . Wolryche Whitmor. brought forward his mo tion respecting the Corn Laws, when a discussion ensued which occupied much time, and where the result was, as had been anticipated, the re jection of the motion by a large majority. Seve ral Members took a part in the debate ; Mr. Baring spoke at some length, and the opinions expressed by Mr. Huskisson, were listened to with earnest attention. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STATE or THE ODDS.—B . 1:T1ING-ROOM, APRIL 28. 15 to 8 agst Rufus 3 to 1 agst Muleteer 13 to 2 agst Ilougonmont 16 to 1 agst Rogarth By. 15 to 1 apt Webb 17 to Lagst Cain 20 to 1 ugst Dauntless. 9 to 4 agst Aline 3 to 1 agst Tontine DoNCASTEII 13 to 2 agst Memnon 11 to 1 agst Cleveland 12 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 16 to 1 agst Androgeus 5 to I agst Pipylina 7 to 1 agst Pastime. ST. LEG ER . 22 to 1 agst Alderman 25 to 1 agst Iluleteer 25 to Kagst Homer 27 to 1 agst Ilougoumont. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET VURNI TIME, FEATHER BED andl MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL- STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.—Ready Money Only. rir H E Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully -11. inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any'llouse can do in London by twe , nty-five per cent., there being no other profit reqiiired on the (loads but the bare house expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1021, con s isting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to the Society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. • I'lie following, Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedsitead, lath bottom 31. 15s. -Full size tent Bedstead 11. 65.-Botdered 'hair Mattress to tit U. Is.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed 21. 10s.-Ditto, free from d ust and sertell,- full size 31. 10s. Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11: 6s:--Best do. Wash-handstand- 165.-Ditto; Dressing Table 165.-dearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 188.-Three-foot ditto on nil. lars and claws 31. 1 5 5.:-Mahogany Dressing Table' 11.-Ditto Bidett, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. 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Sofa Tables, on turned legs, handed in rose -wood 81. 155.-Sei of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pill ars a n d c l aws 121. 114.•_ 'Ditto, the best that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 103. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back, 171.-Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 fOot 6, 161. 165.-If Spanish, an advance of 31. 10s.-Straw Palliasse 11. Is.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-BamboO Bed stead and French elyp t i c top, Wi t h d r a p e ry a n d f r i nge , 01. 10 s . -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, cqnaPlete, 1.51. 10s.- Five,foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10 s.- Di tto dit to, w ith gold cornice, ele gant* drapery 201 .-Drawing-room Curtains; of the best Mo tine and 'Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. -Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. Ills.- Drawing-room rosewood-Drawing room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 1111. 18s.-Ditto 11. h.-Drawing-room Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. =Ditto 81. B s.-Horse-bair CuShions, each SS. 61-Covered ditto 41. ' W. 'f HURNELL, Agent. - COUNToRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. Goods packed free of expenee, except the materials, and sent to all parts of Great Britain, 'and 'to the East and West in dies.-Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exportation. ..* Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and Honses two or four days. BIRT. Es w a i d c a lc , en g ta te rn r: s o t n ill tte o 2 rn 3 . d irist H . the Lady of Henry Petre, - Major :M a lki n. ' MARRIED. On the 28th, at Ch e lt en h am , th e Rev. Bidlake Bray , son of Colonel Br a y, to Saha Eliza Malkin only daughter of the late Yesterday, at S t. George's, Hanover-square, ' Wiliam Ahrnro, Madras - Army, to B. Jane; eldest daughter of the late Colonel Marlay, Deputy .4 Quarterinastor-Lien_ ,to. :, liisMkeSty'iForees.at Madras. NEWCASTLE-UPON-T YNE. GRAND DINNER AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, to Mr. EDWARD HURRY and'Mr. J. D. POWLES, of London. On Thursday the 21st instant, a .grand Dinner was given at the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by a considerable number of the most eminent merchants and in habitants of that town, to Mr. EDWARD IIunRY and Mr. J. D. POWLES, of London, as a mark of their high respect for those gentlemen, as men of honour and integrity in their private mercantile transactions--and also in consideration of the benefits they have rendered to their country, by the open ing of extensive commercial relations with the new world. A Committee had for some days been planning an entertainment worthy of the occasion, and the bill-of-fare, wines, dessert, &c. were of the most superb order. At six o'clock, 74 gentlemen sat down to table in the small Assembly-Room ;_JAMES Losx, Esq: in the Chair; with the distinguished guests on either hand; WILLIAM CLARK, Esq. of Benton, and MATTISEW PLum- At En, Esq. of Newcastle, filling the office of Vice-Presidents. When the cloth was removed, the Chairman gave the King, with.four tithes four. Drank accordingly, the music playing the National Anthem. The Chairman then rose and said, " Mr.'Vice-President, I now rise to propose a toast; immediate ly connected with the object of this meetimr: you will, no doubt, at once conclude, that I mean our much valued guests. It would, Sir, be very easy for me to pronounce a panegyric on these gentlemen. But this would be a mere waste of words, as every one who hears me, is perfectly acquainted with their honourable—their exemplary conduct, towards those with whom they have been connected in business. And none of us are ignorant of the essential benefits which they have conferred on the great cause of South American Independence. It would also be indelicate in me, and no doubt painful to their feelings, were I, in their presence fo speak of them in the terms of praise and approbation, which they so well deserve. .Without fur ther trespassing on your time, therefore, I give you the healths • of Mr. EDWARD HURRY and Mr. POWLES, with three times three.".:—Drank accordingly, and with long continued plaudits. Tune, "Auld acquaintance." When silence was obtained, Mr. PowLEs .rose, and ex pressed ltimself, in nearly the following words : Gentlemen—ln proceeding to offer to you, on behalf of Mr. Hurry and myself, the joint expression of our unfeigned thank fulness, for the testimony of your unbounded kindness, which we have this day received, I trust you will make allowance for the difficulty I labour under, in rendering that expression in any way adequate to the conveyance of the feelings of grati tude, by which we are overpowered on this occasion. Greatly, too, is that embarrassment increased,. by reflecting how, be yond all proportion, has the excess of your kindness outrun the largest pretensions that we could ever have been conceived to possess, to •so distinguished an honour. And, I am sure, I can say for both of us, with the most unaffected sincerity, that if our presence here this day could be understood to convey the notion, that we had accepted this high distinction as one to which we - could lay any reasonable claim, it would be for us the most painful moment of our lives. Far from us be any such vain and presumptuous imagination. Our appearance here, this day, Gentleman, under such flattering auspices, is , entirely owing to the partial medium, throUgh which our con duct has been viewed by our kind and warm-hearted friends. If it has happened in the course of our dealings, that we have bah any opportunity of contributing to the maintenance, in its just tone and vigour, of that feeling of mutual confidence so essential to the well-being of every commercial community, we have done no more than act up to the line of conduct imposed upon us by every principle of duty as men ; and more espe cially so, as members of that commercial body, which could no more exist without the full maintenance of that confidence, than we could breathe without the aid of the atmosphere which surrounds us. For, to what, amonr , other powerful causes, can we attribute the commercial greaTtless to which our coun try has attained, but to the confidence with whiCh every man here deals with his neighbour. It is the common fund, the joint-stock, of the whole partnership—and God forbid that any of us should willingly or intentionally diminish its amount. Gentlemen, - in respect to the part which we have taken, in common with many others, to endeavour to open a commercial intercourse with those countries to which Europe, for three centuries, was known only as the tyrant and the oppressor, I confess to you that I know no snore agreeable contemplation than that state of things, in which it is Permitted to the fair and honourable pursuit of commerce, to become the means of advancing the civilization, and extending the happiness of mankind. There can be no doubt, that the aid which those countries did, at one period of their struggle, receive from the English merchants, materially accelerated the close of that contest—which I believe we may now consider as finally ter- 1 minated. 'But although this assistance did accelerate that ter- mination, and shorten by some years, probably, the career of devastation and bloodshed, it is no less certain, that, without this aid, the end of the struggle must have been what we now see it, though at a more protracted period. So fixed add uni versal was the determination on the part of the inhabitants of those countries, to be free from the unnatural government, under which they were placed, so great were the miseries and privations to which they were submitting, for this end, long before foreign help came to their assistance, that nothing but the entire annihilation of the population could (in the greater part of those countries), have preserved the sovereignty over them to Spain. If they have reason to rejoice at the termination of this contest, Spain herself has no less cause to do so. Involved as she is in trouble and dif f iculty, many of her sons wandering over the face of the earth, not knowing where to find a home, it becomes not us to speak of her in terms of unmerited harshnesit or severity; but it may, with ever y regar d to mo d erat i on , b e affirmed, that, in having had wrested from her that sovereignty, which she never knew how to exercise—she has been deprived of' a vast capacity of doing mischief ; for, assuredly, if ever there was a nation which entirely mistook the duties of those who govern,—and the rights of those who are governed,—whose rule was a bane and a curse—restraining and depressing the energies of man,--diminishing his numbers,—and locking up the resources of nature from his use,—that unhappy na tion is Spain. It is a frightful picture, Gentle Men •pain ful to dwell up on , an d re li eve d on l y b y t h e agreeable con trast afforded in the loyalty, and patient submission with which, for three long centuries, those nations preserved their attachment to Spain ; and in the friendly and forbearing dis position which they now take every opportunity of chewing to wards her. Gentlemen, in respect to the part which we have taken, in endavouring to bring about the present agreeable posture of affairs, there are many other individuals who,catne forward with similar efforts (your own town has not been wanting in them); anti, I believe, we have no other merit to lay claim to, than that of acting upon the information which came before us,and adm ing a firm and immoveable belief, that the causes which we, saw, or thought we saw, in motion, would, in'their own time, Work out effects consistent with the power of those causes, and with the whole order of Providence. In this expectation- al though requiring somewhat, certainly, of patience and perse-: NeAnce—we have not been disappointed. " Gentlemen, it is time that I should cease to trespass upon ; you. For many years have we both been connected with this town and neighboorhood 7 —my friend, by the earliest ties—and both of us, by many friendships formed here in the course of extensive commercial intercourse, which, I.think, will last as long is we have the power of feeling. We have, always received here the greatest kindness and attention ; and above all, we have found friends herein diffiCulty and ,trouble.--Gentle- Men; we begleaYe to times Of drink the health of the President,' Vice- Presidents;and every Member or this Company. Mr: Powles sat down amid long and continued plaudits. After the Chair- , man had given " the Duke of York and the Army," and the Duke of Clarence and the Navy," which were followed by the usual airs, he ro s e and .spoke to rite following effect r— " I will now, gentlemen, propose the health of one of the mo s t Men who has appeared in this or any former age:— inferior to Washington alone—and perhaps only inferior. to him because he must, like other distinguished persons, whilst he lives, he the object of doubt and of 'envy ; for all great men haYe found the best security fOrthe,ir reputation endabeir.vittue ' in the graVe; 'Bolivar and Washington, rOene human na ture from the reproaches which have beeti . tbroWn upon it; and there are o bj ec t s o f prove in public, as our honoured 'frienda and guests, who sit me, have proved in privat e life, .that value than those h e ld out b y avarice .and " rabbi nstitCtiilaolrn. greater Let us, then, drink the health of " Bolivar, the Li- berator," with three times three. - Drank with immense ap plans?, and the music Playing..." See the Conquering Hero comes." The Chair next gave " the Viee-Presideht of Co lTo rri h e b n i ae next t d o a lt s l t e , n which was g i e v ‘ e ` n C b o y m c e e l v v er .. lornbia," and immediately aft erwar d s " the Republics of Co -' may the ag smiling ewr L .aa i.b i, zt s y t other Republics of South A merica of wisdom consolidate the triumphs gained by constancy and 'va lonr." Tune, " Tyrolke air." .The CmAritiwasi now rose anti said, d. " Mr. Vice-P res id ent, I rise with peculiar satisfac tion, to 'propose to this Corripany, as a toast, his Majesty's Ministers, and thanks to them for recognizing the Independ e'n'ce of the South A mer i can Republici.' I rejoice in this, Sir, purse, and three times t h ree, the because I'am pers ua d e d , that whatever promotes the freedom end prOsperßy of oth er countries, must tend to auFmen t t h e zloty and happiness o f ou r own Drank with astounded ap . sir ke home." $, m. CLARK, Vice-President; rose, and proposed the music playing `` Britons, health of "Mr. HUR TAD°, the Colombian Minister to this country." The next toast,—" the mining and agricultural Associations Mexico and South America," was given by M. PLUMMER, Esq., second Vice-President. Mr. POWLES then rose, and spoke nearly as follows:—" Gentlemen, thelbast which has just been given, is very much connected with one which I have obtained the Chairman's permission to propose to you. There can be no doubt of the capability of the under takings to which that toast referred, to draw forth, in the most useful manner, the resources of the countries which are the scene of their operations; and, in their degree, to advance the prosperity of this. But it must be obvious to every one, how much the attainment of these desirable results depends upon the manner in which those, to whom the conduct of them abroad is confided, shall discharge the trust reposed in theme It has happened, that a native of this town has been intrusted with the chief management of one of the earliest and most ex tensive of these undertakings. Taking with him the principles lie had imbibed here; bringing into exercise a talent, an ener. gy, and a discretion rarely combined in one individual, he has proceeded in the discharge of the important duties corn mitted to him in a manner, which I am proud to have an op portunity of acknowledging, in the presence of so many ter whom both that gentleman and his family have long been known. Gentlemen, I beg to propose to you the health of the son of our venerable and excellent Recorder, Mr. Williamson." Drank with gi'eat applause. R. WatsrEas, Esq. rose, and gave the health of " General Miller, and the rest of our brave country men who have fought and bled for the liberty of the new world. The next toast, which was given by the Chairman, was, "The commerce and manufactures of the United Kingdom." C. J. BIGGE, Esq. rose and said, that having per Mission from the Chair to propose a toast, lie should venture to present himself to the notice of the company. After having drank the Republics of Colombia and Mexico, he trusted he might be allowed to mention another Republic— the Republic of Greece--(Ar .plause).—The Greeks had made, a nd were s till ma ki ng tle most glorious exertions to free themselves from the most barba rous tyranny that had ever been exercised over any portion of the Christian world. And yet, what had been the conduct of this country ? A perfect neutrality—a perfect indifference to the affairs of Greece. England, which had been considered the patron of liberty, had done nothing whatever to support the cause of a renowned and gallant people. He proposed " In-- dependence and freedom to the Greeks," which was drank witle rapturous applause. Mr. POWLES rose, and observed; he must take the liberty of s li g htly correc ti ng w h at h a d b een so e l oquent l y ' stated by the gentleman who had just addressed the company:, It was a fact, perfectly well known, that the armies and navies'. of Greece were at present paid by English money ; and, for his , own part, he could not imagine it possible for the capital of this country to be employed in a manner more honourable to the people—(Applause.) -Mr. E. HURRY now rose, and said—the toast which I have obtained the . Chairman's permission to propose to you, is one, in which, as may well be supposed, I feel no ordinary share of interest. A native of this neighbourhood, attached to it by the recollection of earliest connexions and friendships—by the uni form kindness and indulgence which I have ever experienced from its inhabitants, in every variety of circumstances--and lastly, by this flattering though undeserved mark of their ap probation and partiality—it is with unfeigned warmth and: sincerity that I beg leave to propose—" Prosperity to the port: and trade of Newcastle and its neighbourhood." Drank witls great applause, the band playing " The keel-row," in their best style.—Mr. BOYD rose and gave—" May the relations now forming between the old and new world tend to the advance ment and happiness of both." This was followed by—" Sue-. cess to the progress of education in Mexico, and South Anis-, rica"—given by Mr. Thomas Clarke.—Alr. E. Hourly rose, and said---" The Chairman has permitted me to propose a health, which I doubt not this company will receive with sa tisfaction. When I consider, that so many of those who sur round me can recollect the character and virtues of the father of the gentleman in question,—that all of you can appreciate his own talents and usefulness,—and participate in the hope which his son has just afforded us of seeing the same estimable qualities continued in him,—l confidently anticipate that you will cordially join in drinking the health of Charles William. Bigge,.Esq."--(Great applause.) illy. Bigge having left the room, C. I. Bigge, Esq. made his acknowledgments for the honour done to his father, in a: remarkably neat and somewhat eloquent speech.] Mr. POWLES rose, and said—l ate about to propose to you a toast, without the permission of the Chairman ; but I trust shall have his excuse for it—when I say, that it is to express how mach I am indebted to him for the kind, friendly, anti delicate manner in which he -proposed to this company the health of my friend and myself. It is not, for me, Gentle men, in his presence, and to you, to whom lie has been for so many years known, to expatiate upon those qualities which have placed this gentleman so high in the esteem of all who know him. He is the happiest and the richest man who pos sesses most of the esteem and regard of his neighbours. Of wealth of that sort your Chairman is a large possesor. Long may he live to enjoy it ! I propose to you " the health of James bosh, Esq."—(Great applause, and drank with thre e times three.)—Mr. Lost rose, and returned thanks in a pecu liarly felicitous manner. The next toast was introduced in nearly the following words, by the worthy _Chairman " I ant anxious to propose to you the health of a gentleman whose presence-would have given pleasure to us all • and I should the more have rejoiced t o see hi m , as he would have witnessed the manner in which the praises of his son, so clear ly and eloquently expressed by m y f r i en d, Mr. Fowles, were received by this numerous company." When I add that this Gentleman has for many years con ferred the most essential benefits upon this town and neigh bourbood, by his kind and friendly disposition,—his profound knowledge of his profession, and his high and unblemished in tegrity—it is scarcely necessary to name, my excellent friend, the '• Recorder of Newcastle." Drank with long continued plaudits. The next toasts were " the Lord Lieutenant ;". and the Bishop of Durham and the Clergy of the Diocese." For the latter, the Rev. Henry D. Griffiths returned thanks. "'fhe Members for Newcastle" haying been drank,--- 31 r - POWLES again rose and expressed himself in nearly the follow ing terms :—" Gentlemen, I am anxious to propose to your notice a tribute to the merits of an Institution.; peculiarly inte resting to the country at large, and to a maratime neighbour hood in particular. It was long matter of surprise and regret to many _persons, that ou the extensive coasts of our island.; rib systematic arrangement for the preservation of life and property from the evils of shipwreck, had ever been adopted. Many have been the acts of charity and kindness, which the occurrence of this calamity had cogtinually called forth ; but it-hp, notwith'r standing; . too frequently happened, °that for want of a seguitirlf organized system, for rendering.the requisite aid and succour , in the moment of need, many valeable lives have perished- - and that, in other cases, those who -have risked their Ow" lives, in saving, or endeavouring to save 'those of Qther 9 , have found no recompence for their exertions, but is the satisfaction of having performed a good action. The institution which has.beenestablislied in London, within the last twelvemonth, for remedying these evils, has received no where more efficient co-operation than it hasin this neighbour hood. 1 propose, therefore, with great sincerity,—" Pw: verity to the shipwreck society of Newcastle." Drank with great applause. Mr..E. llonitsr rose, and said—.l beg leave, Sir, to propose the health of one of your Vice-Presidents. 1, Sir, am bound to this gentleman by the ties of relationship," of friendshiPr and Of services rendered in time of need ; but these are pO .- sonal considerations, and riot the ground on which I offer this toast to your notice : it is, as a man forward in pro soot' ing the publi c goo d, an d in particular, I would say, as the leading promoter of that mast interesting society which npy friend Mr. Fowles has just adverted to, that I propose health of " William,Clarke, Esq."—(Mr. C. had quitted he room, just before thetoast was given; it was drank with get!, applause)—After a f u ll flowing bumper to" The Coal Trad,er 111 r. Powles rose and observed—Your Chairman ha,s.ooce nW rc ' given mepermission to intrude myself' upon you —a permissiork of which 1 avail myself with great satisfaction, o .propose :*, (l you the health of an individual known to every one here pier sent,—who, during a long career of honourable and inde 4li ` gable exertion, has pot less securely fixed himself in the VI: session of other advantages, than in the unlimited enjoymen t of the respect,. the regard,und esteem, of all with whom hC hAe had intercourse. In that indi v id ua l I have found, it; . 4 „ ' times, a firm, constant, and sincer e f r i en d ; with this s /obi ° ,variation in the current of his friendship, that he awned -ca reserve the largest display of kindness--the most .marked exl o - 1- bition of his regard, for seasons of' difficulty And trial. men, I .propcse to you the health of Matthew Flummery 1 .:;" 1 ' —Drank with the very greatest applause. Mr. Pt.o mME it rose, and made his acknowledgrrkentS inneßf and concise terms: he o b serve d, that. if he, indeqd, had an y claim to the very flattering compliM e n t w i t h whi c h h e h a d ju s t been honoured . ; it waiild be his delight toahew, by hii future, conduct, thia that claini was not diminiihed.,--(Great applausT4 Some very fine singing gratified; at intervals, the ears of ti' t coinpaily ; the rites of Bacetins; it May be sUpposed, were n9 f . neglected; in shOrt, th e evenindevoted to the puipo 4 hospitality and conviviality—glid g— ed away im perceptibly is Manner the most agreeable and satisfactory. The writer of t i l. l l , article has, in his time; witnessed many of the grand gala u' i s ners in this town and elservhere ; and he takes upon him to 9 , 7 1 —without the rear of contradiction--that, upon no occasios , "t he ever behold a fete, where allpartook so largely and Si' tin% videdly of the spirit Of enjoyment. More might be said--,_it ee ;: , unnecessary. The memory of' this day willlong be cherisn i a l on account of the pleasing and interesting associations which it is so immediately connected.' Printed and. Published for the PnOPUIETORs, at the Sub;' OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. C.kitswAris!