The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Some partisans of the late prosecution of the Dublin paper called the Pilot, betray symptoms of uneasiness at the general disapprobation called forth by that attack upon a subordinate and feeble party, instead of one which was really far more noxious and deserving of punishment. It is said that Mr. O'Connell " could not have been identified as the writer." What ! was his signature forged ? or was his handwriting utterly unknown to the printer, proprietor, editor of the Pilot, his own newspaper, to Mr. Barrett him self, with whom O'Connell appears to have been in constant habits of correspondence ? Could not every one of these have been sub. pcenaed ? Is it seriously maintained that any doubt could have existed vas to the author of a letter bearing O'Connell's name, and avowed by him exultingly, as the expression of his own sentiments ? Still Ministers had the editor upon whom to fall back, and still they had in favour the obloquy and scorn which O'Connell must have incurred from defending himself at the expense and to the severe detriment of an innocent person,as completely as in their actual proceeding. If the Ministers did consider that any advantage was to be gained by throwing the charge of sel fish cowardice on Mr. O'Connell (which we understand to be one of their topics of exculpa tion) for sacrificing Barrett to his own security, would not that benefit have been more gained by extorting from him a direct and legal answer to the question whether he had or had not written and published the libel alluded to, than by putting the same question more indirectly in the shape of a prosecution of Barrett ? Speaking not merely for the interests of justice, but for those of the press itself, in this case, we are con cerned to see him trampled on as the proxy of a superior culprit ; we can find no better parallel for it than Air. Fag, in the play, who quietly takes a canine , from his master, and revenges himself by kicking the errand boy. There is nothing great in this, no thing manly ; there is nothing to discourage any ferocious libeller who can afford to bribe a poor dependent for standing in his shoes, and it de grades the press, by tempting mercenary pau pers and men of straw to make a vicious liveli hood of the surrender of their own persons and characters as a screen to those who hire them. Mr. Barrett, we understand, is a respectable man, but all substitutes are not equally respect able. As to disgracing O'Connell by this pro secution, see the triumphant insolence with which he bearded the Government, and then say who has the victory Times. Innumerable letters and pamphlets on the • corn law continue to pour in upon us daily, and few or none of them fail to enforce upon the public the practical evils of that disgrace to the English statute-book. Considering how active a principle is fear, it might appear strange that so little has been attempted by the landlord press towards upholding that enormity, at which the bulk of the nation murmurs : but, on the other hand, the established power of an existing usurpation. gives confidence to those who are presumed to profit by it, and leads them to re pose securely on their vested interest in the starvation of the people. How greatly were it to be desired that these visionary monopolists would listen to some voice less delusive than that of their own sordid prejudice, and that the kindly toast of the Holkham meetings could be extended beyond its mere bearing upon landlord ant te nant, and " Live and let live" become a device expressive of the relations between grower and consumer likewise. At the same time we must admit, that if the landed proprietors produce nothing, or next to nothing, by way of argu ment, on behalf of their own pernicious attempt at a monopoly of the supply of food, those who suffer under that visitation, and complain of it, have been unable, for a considerable period, to bring forward any very novel reasoning in oppo sition to it. The coin law has continued for so many years, and has long since afforded ma terials for ascertaining its operation under such varieties of season and of circumstance, that every important truth upon the subject has fixed itself in the minds of most intelligent and dis interested men ; nor, except where some violent selfish impulse exists, is there any greater chance of a difference of opinion upon the good or evil influence over the community of a tax on bread than on the truth of the first proposition in Euclid's elements. The landholders, on the assumption that their immediate interest is a matter for consideration paramount to that of the general welfare of the community, ask how, if another great fall take place in rents, shall they continue to pay the interest on their mortgages, and the sundry other charges which are !ivied upon landed property ? The answer is simply, on the part of the Legislature, " It is no affair of ours. Why dial you not live within your incomes? Why incur debts on the monstrous speculation that the country would pay the interest for you, in the guise of a tax on corn ?" But look for a moment at the facts of this important subject. We are told incessantly that the agricultural interest is in a declining and wretched state,—that the country gentlemen one and all are embarrassed,—that the farmers cannot afford decent wages to their labourers,—that of the latter some have their subsistence eked out from the poor-rates—and others, to an annually increasing amount, are thrown exclusively upon them, as helpless paupers. " But what is the cause of all this ?" a stranger will exclaim ; " is it not from want of some sort of assistance to domestic agriculture ? You ought to try a tax on foreign corn." Alas ! we have tried it. For 18 years we have been withing under the torment of that very panacea ; for 18 years we. have been dosed with that favourite nostrum of the landlords; whatever could be effected by protection,—whatever by prohibition,—whatever by the subsidiary quackery of bolstering up rents and wages from a fund which had been for centuries the rightful heritage of those who had neither wages, nor work, nor health, all these experiments have been put in vigorous action, and it will not do—something else must be attempted. The price of corn being higher than abroad, the price of manufacturing labour has of neces aity kept pace with it, and the foreign demand for British goods has been checked by the arti ficial rate of wages. Thus our domestic policy has conspired with foreign competition—our manufactures are met by new rivals every year— the non-pregressive state of our manufactures offers no market nor vent for an increasin g p o _ pulation, and the pressure of hands upon the means of employment, and of mouths upon that subsistence which ought to be earned by indus try, exhibits the most alarming prospect for hereafter. It is, indeed, manifest to all men who look at this question of corn laws through any but an interested, that is a deceitful, medium, that between a relaxation of those laws and the overthrow of all society in this country, there is no alternative. The corn law makers tell us that wheat is a manufacture, and ought, like other manufactures, to be protected. But the very principle on which they rest has become obsolete. ven Lord Liverpool had sense enough many years ago to declare that British manufactures had thriven, not by means of protection, but in wite of it. Our late course, accordingly, has been to retrace our former footsteps, and to promulgate freedom of trade as applicable to every article of human consumption but corn. Wheat, however, IriaThrf6lisly, to maintain the reverse is utterly ridiculous, wheat, we say, is a raw material. It is as much a raw material as coal, Or iron, or raw wool, or any other direct and natural production only enough manipulated to divest it of surrounding and encumbering matter. Will it he said that raw materials are fit sub jects of taxation in such a country and at such a time as this But it is urged by the landlords that much bad land would be thrown out of tillage by a removal of the corn law ; and was it not a thriftless and wild adventure, speaking of it as the collective act of a nation, to place any land under corn tillage which required a high bounty to keep it so ? We can imagine mea sures immediately conducive to self-defence which on that ground might be justified by statesmen, though repugnant to the principles of abstract commercial policy. But how does it serve the security of a nation to waste its re sources in the payment of an extravagant price for any essential article when the same article may be had on far easier terms from another source ? Is it wise to pay the cost of raising figs from thistles ?" Is it wise to till for scanty and uncertain wheat, when the same land might be planted for abundant and valuable timber, or sown for certain, sweet, and perennial pasturage ? The agriculturists tell us that we ought to have a " sure" supply of corn within ourselves, because in war we might be unable to obtain it from fo reign countries. Is not this absurd ? Has there ever, since Noah's ark rested on Mount Ararat, been in this world an universal dearth ? Has there ever been a conspiracy among kingdoms to reject the money of any one people in return for a supply of corn ? Holland has at no period within the three last centuries been able to feed herself. She does not prohibit foreign corn (she is not so foolish) ; and we believe we are well founded in alleging that she has never known a scarcity. The views which break upon us in illustration of the madness of these laws are almost infinite. It is impossible to condense them into one, nor into a dozen columns of a journal. But the complaint of the agricultu rists, that the rent of land would undergo a general and disastrous fall, when part of it now in corn should be applied to other objects, is on the face of it most delusive. The immense start which manufactures must take upon a reduction in the price of wheat would open a vast demand for land for other and most important uses. The increase of manufacturing produce and capital would flow out upon the soil in a variety of forms, all enhancing its marketable price or rent, and this without reference to the production of mere corn. This point is well and ably illus trated by the author of a book entitled " Eng land and America," a work where, amidst numerous extravagances and errors, some valu able truths are stated with singular ingenuity. We have not now time or space for quotations from that book, but hope very shortly to make room for them.—Times. The Shrewsbury Chronicle of Friday last contains a long report of the inquiry of the Municipal Corporation Commissioners into the Corporation of VV - enlock. We - have in this report a curious specimen of the sort of justice which is administered in corporations. The franchise of Wenlock has very extensive limits ; it includes, among other places, the manufac turing parish of Madeley, with 6,000 inhabi tants, who have long been desirous of a resident magistrate, but the corporation of Wenlock turned always a deaf ear to their request. Public attention was drawn some time ago to the mode of administering justice in Wenlock, in conse quence of a constable of the name of Walter having filled up a blank warrant of commitment with the names of two Bavarian broom girls, and conveyed them to Shrewsbury in the race week, in order to have a pleasant journey at the expense of the county. The inquiry, however, led to strange disclosures, in many other cases besides those of the broom girls. It appears that Francis Blithe Harris, Esq., and the Rev. M. Bates, magistrates of Wenlock, issued warrants for execution against the goods of individuals, bearing that they were granted on the oath of persons who were not sworn, and who did not even authorise any warrant to be applied for. Walter, the constable, managed the whole business. Precious administration of justice ! Of all conceivable nuisances, the corporations of England seem the chief'. How ever, the Justices of Wenlock will, no doubt, hear more of this matter. We regret that our limits have only allowed us to give a few extracts to-day from this singular report.—Morning Chronicle. COURT OF CHANCERY. SEALS. —Rehearings, Appeals, and Petitions before the LORD CHANCELLOR after Michaelmas Term, 1833. FIRST SEA L —Monday, Dec. 2 , 1; Tuesday, 3 , 1; Wednesday 4th ; Thursday, sth ; rehearing and appeals. SECOND SEAL—Friday, 6th ; Saturday, 7th ; Monday, 9th ; Tuesday, 10th ; rehearings and appeals. THIRD SEAL—Wednesday, 11th; Thursday, 12th; Friday, 13th ; Saturday, 14th ; rehearings and appeal.. FOURTH SEAL—Monday, 16th; Tuesday, 17th ; Wednesday, 18th ; Thursday, 19th ; rehearings and ap peals. FIFTH SEAL.—Friday, 20th; Saturday, 21st; petitions. SEALS.—PIeas, Demurrers, Exceptions, Further Direc tions, Causes, and Petitions, before the VICE •CHAN• CELLOR after Michaelmas Term, 1533. FIRST SEAL—Monday, Dec. 2d; Tuesday, 3d; Wed• nesday, 4th ; Thursday, sth ; pleas, demurrers, exceptions, ftutber directions, arid causes. SECOND SEA L. —Friday, 6th; Saturday, 7th; Monday, 9th ; Tuesday, 10th ; pleas, demurrers, exceptions, further directions, and causes. Titian SEAL—Wednesday, 11th ; Tbursdiy, 12.1) ; Friday, 13th ; Siturday, 14 h ; pleas, demurrers, excep tions, further directions, and causes. FOURTH SEAL.—Monday, 16th ; Tuesday, 17th ; Wednesday, 18th ; Thursday, 19th ; pleas, demurrers, exceptions, further directions, and causes. FIFTH SEAL—Friday, 20th ; Saturday, 21st ; peti tions. In the interval between the last day of Michaelmas Term and the First Seal the Vice Chancellor will sit at Lincoln's Inn to hear motions, Early last Sunday morning the farming pre mises of Robert Gamble, Esq., at Wortham, near Diss, were set on fire by an incendiary, by which wicked act four large sticks of wheat, barley, hay, and straw, were before day entirely consumed, with the other contents of the yard. Mr. Gamble is a magistrate of the county of Suffolk, and universally esteemed for the benevolence of his disposition and his unremitted charity to the poor and distressed of every rhscription. e fire was first disco vered by Mr. Brigham, who so recently sustained a loss by a similar conflagration at Wortham, as he was watch ing his own premises. The outbuildings were preserved by the assistance of the engines from Diss. Mr. Gamble at the time was confined to his bed by illness.—Norfolk Chronicle. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, Nov. 30. HOUSE AGENCY.-HARSH V. BARNES AND ANOTHER, This was an action to recover compensation for work and labour as a house-agent. The plaintiff was a person who carried on business in that cha racter ; the defendants were the executors of a Rev. Mr. Viall. That gentleman was the owner of a house in Brooke -street, and being desirous of dis posing of it he put it into the hands of a Mr. Rainy, a house-agent, for that purpose. It remained for a long time without being sold, when the plaintiff being applied to by a gentleman, Sir W. Montague, who was desirous of hiring such a house, sent down his clerk to the residence of Mr. Viall, and asked to know if he would let it. Mr. Viall was at first reluctant to do so, but said that if he could not sell it he should be glad to let it, although lie should much prefer getting rid of it altogether. The clerk then put into the hands of Mr. Viall a card of the plaintiff's, and said that that card contained the terms on which Mrs. Marsh transacted business. Mr. Viall kept the card and put it in his pocket. Some time afterwards Mrs. Marsh went down to Mr. Viall's house, spoke to him of the previous interview with the clerk, and put a card containing the terms of doing business into his hands, on which he said lie should be happy if he could let the house, told him of the advantageous offer of Sir William Mon tague, who would give 4001. a year for the house, and recommended him to let it to so good a tenant. Mr. Viall consented to let the house, as he found he could not sell it, but at first asked 4501. a year rent ; and the house was subsequently let by a Mr. Rainy to Sir W. Montague, though not at the rent mentioned - by Mr. Viall. Now it was part of the terms mentioned in the card that though the sale or letting might not be effected in that office, provided it was effected through the information obtained their commission must be paid, and the commission on letting an unfurnished house was stated to be five per cent. on two years' rent. Under these e'rcumstances, the house having been clearly let in consequence of the introduction of Sir William Montague to Mr. Rainy, the plaintiff claimed compensation for his trouble, and claimed it under the terms stated in the cards of business which had been given Mr. Viall, arid after receiving which he had consented to let the house to Sir William Montague. Sir J. SCARLETT for die defendants, said that Mrs. Marsh was the real plaintiff; she was the person who had transacted all the business, and who now claimed payment for a journey which she her self had been pleased to take. He remembered a story of an attorney who was said to have so sharp an eye to business that if he only looked at a man that man was happy to pay him ss. for a general release. It was the same with Mrs. Marsh; if she once came near any man with any one of her cards of business his best course would be at once to pay ss. for a general release. It was true that the de fendants had paid Si. into Court ; but that did not admit the contract. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 301.; calculating the amount thus : Five per cent. on the first year's rent, and 4 per cent. on the second year's rent. From this sum the sum of 51, paid was to be deducted, having the gross verdict 251. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 30. HEAD V. BANFIELD. In this case, which was not concluded on Satur day when our Reporter quitted the Court, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 10/. HOADLEY V. 3IACLAINE. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for a breach of contract. 'ln May, 1831, the defendant, Mr. Archibald Maclaine, had or dered the plaintiff, a coachmaker, to build a landau let for him, which was to cost 3301. Subsequently, in the next April, he countermanded this order, and directed a carriage to be built, but afterwards changed his mind for the third time, and ordered a landaulet to be built of peculiar elegance of construction and finishing. '['here was no agree ment made as to the price of the new carriage; but when it was finished, and the defendant was in formed that the extra charges brought the amount up to 4861, he refu , ed to take the carriage. The present action was in consequence brought. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 30. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT,-THE COURT OF COMMIS SIONERS V. THE COURT OF REVIEW. A Subdivision Court was held this day before Mr. Commissioner MERIVALE, Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE, and Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD, for the purpose of giving judgment in a case as to the construction of the Bankrupt Law, the result of which is to place the Court of Review and the Court of Commissioners in collision. The question before the Court was, whether an order made by the Court of Review for the admission of a claim made on the estate of Fox, a bankrupt, should be allowed to be entered on the proceedings. Mr. Commissioner NIERIYALE said the application to prove under the 56► h section of the Bankrupt Lam was the case they had now to decide. It had been recently decided by the Court of Review, in the case of ex parte Meyer in the matter of Sudall, " that a debt on a guarantee which had not become absolute before the bankruptcy is a debt proveable under the 56th section." The Court of Review appeared to have inclined to this view of the case in making the order for the entry of the claim. If this course were followed the effect would be to lock up the funds of the bankrupt's estate, and prevent their being distributed among the creditors during an in definite period, a consequence wholly at variance with the spirit of the Bankrupt Laws. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD could not concur in what appeared to have been the opinion of the Court of Review, directing the claim for 1,0001. to be entered; nor could he bring his mind to the belief that the Sheriffs could prove for the value of the goods. On the whole, he considered the debt of the Sheriffs not proveable, on the ground that there was no debt contracted when the fiat was issued upon a contingency within the meaning of the Acr. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Nov. 30. OLD COURT. STEALING LETTERS.—.Teremiah Barret, whose trial was riot concluded when our paper went to press on Saturday, was found guilty of larceny. THREATENING LETTERS —John William Harrie, a young man of prepossessing appearanc e , was in dicted for sending, on the 13th of November, a letter directed to Mr. Ford Hale, a tallow-chandler, resid ing in Cannon-street, City, threatening to burn and destroy his shop and hou,e. The prisoner, in his defence, denied all knowledge of the letter, and never saw anything of it until he read it in a newspaper two days after his committal to New gate. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. Edward Kearney was indicted for having aided and abetted William Haydon to forge and utter a check for 300/., in the name of his master, Mr. Davis, a newsman, on Messrs. Praed, the bankers. The prisoner was apprehended in July last with Haydon on board the Providence, bound for Ame rica, arid then in Cove Harbour, Cork. James Kelly, an Irish policeman, took them into custody, in consequence of ascertaining that they had given a waterman 14/. for putting them on board. Hay don had been convicted and sentenced to transporta tion for life. _ . Kelly, the policeman, asked the prisoner why he had given so much as 141. for being put on board, and why he had shaved off his whiskers. To which he replied, " Can't I do as I like with my own ?” Mr. C. PHILLIPS—SO said the Duke of New castle.--(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel asked Kelly to what regiment he belonged? Kelly—l am a constable in the civil service. Mr. PHILLIPS—What is that at your side ? Kelly—My bayonet. Mr. PHILLIPS—Turn round.—(A laugh.) What is that at your other side? Is it your cartoueh box ? Kelly—lt is my hand-cuff case.—(Laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—There, gentlemen ! There is an officer of the civil service of Ireland for you (All eyes were fixed upon Kelly, who had a most soldier-like appearance, and was thus accou tred :—A dark green frock, a la Rifle Brigade, but toned up to the throat, with Prussian collar, and confined at the waist by a broad black patent leather belt, with a shining brass plate in the centre, and his bayonet and handcuff-pouch attached ; a military cap, adorned with shining brasses, and crowned with a rifle tuft, black fringe epaulettes on the shoulders; gold lace on the cuffs ; military trousers, and all the other paraphernalia necessary to constitute the com plete equipment of a rifleman cap-a-pie.) The Learned JUDGE did not consider the evi dence sufficient, and the prisoner was acquitted. The Court would not order the restoration of the money to the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. DARING ROBBERY.—Thomas Jones, was brought up, charged with stealing a Dutch painting, of the value of two guineas and a half, the subject of which was Spaniels at Play, from the shop of Mr. Rickman, a picture dealer, residing at No. 34, Lit.- tle Queen-street. It is a singular fact, that Mr. Rickman had redeemed the same picture only a few days previ ously from a pawnbroker's shop, where it had been pledged after having been stolen from his shop on a former occasion. The prisoner was remanded in order that some inquiry might be made as to his charac!er, and that further evidence might be produced against him. HATTON-dARDEN: James Dilkes, a journeyman awl-blade-maker,was charged before Mr. LAING and Mr. ROGERS, by Mr. Collins, his master, with having left his work unfi nished, contrary to his contract. Mr. Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer and Co., of Hatton-garden, attended for the prisoner, and the case seemed to excite considerable interest amongst the trade. Mr. Collins a short time since met the prisoner and some other men at a public-house, and being in want of a few hands, he agreed to give them em ployment, conditionally that they would serve him in his business as an awl-blade-manufacturer for twelve months. They consented, and, agreeably to an old custom in Staffordshire, witness gave them a shilling each, in order to bind the contract. The prisoner came to his work and remained at it a few weeks when he quitted, leaving his work unfinished. Mr. LAING—The prisoner has been charged here before with a similar offence. I suppose that he is one of those combination society men. Two witnesses proved that the prisoner entered into the agreement voluntarily, and also stated that there were no combination societies in Staffordshire. The prisoner denied having made an agreement. Mr. LAING-I cautioned you the last time you were here. I decide that you did make an agree ment, and I shall commit you to prison for one month. Mr. Flower—What, Sir, upon such evidence Mr. LAING—He is committed for a month ; and if you are his legal adviser you can make him go to the Sessions and take their opinion upon the matter. Mr. Flower—l certainly mean to do so, as I shall appeal. Air. LAING (rising angrily from his seat) —I tell you, Sir, that I have decided in the case, and I will suffer no person to question or remark upon my decision. Mr. Flower—l say there is no substantial evi dence to show an agreement or breach of contract. Mr. LAING—I say again the case is decided, and appeal at the Quarter Sessions if you like. Here the subject dropped, and the prisoner was committed to the House of Correction •nd hard labour for one month. UNION BALL. MATRIMONIAL MISERIES.—Joseph Bailey, a printer and publisher, apparently labouring under very bad health, was brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with assaulting his wife. Mrs. Bailey, a well-looking young female, who exhibited a black eye, had been married to the de fendant but six months, and only six weeks had elapsed after the ceremony when he began to exer cise the horsewhip over her person. She had taken a warrant out against him some time ago, and he was held to bail, but owing to his promise of amend ment she continued to live with him. On Wed nesday last, however, when he came home at night, he found fault with the way in which the blankets and pillows were laid on the bed. Desirous of humouring her spouse she altered the bed-clothes, but nothing would please him, and when she told him so he got into a passion. He then ran towards his fiddle, and snatching it up was about to strike her, but upon sudden reflection he dropped the violin, saying, " I shan't split my music on so worth less a woman," arid taking the bow instead he struck her in the face, and gave her the black eye which was then visible. Defendant—l solemnly affirm that I did not strike her with the violence she wishes to make the Court believe. Look at us, your Worship, and that will enable you to judge whether a poor, infirm, sickly man, like me, is possessed of the power to get the upper hand of a young woman like Mrs. Bailey, whose hand is like a shoulder of mutton compared with mine. He added, I can assure your Worship I am ill-used by her. Mr. TRAILL—I recollect, Mr. Bailey, that you were before me on a previous occasion for horse whipping your wife. You are now here for giving her a black eye; such violence on your part must be restrained. The MAGISTRATE then asked Mrs. Bailey if her husband had raker► it into his head to be jealous of her guardian? Mts. Bailey replied in the affirmative, and said that since then he had also a feeling of jealousy against her guardian's clerk, a young man. She added, that ber husband accused her of supplying the clerk with money, a charge for which there was not the slightest grounds. Defendtint (sorrowfully)—l shall not enter here upon the subject of my wife's chastity. Although a husband only six months, I am heartily sick of the marriage state, and only wish the knot were untied again. The wife—lf that's your wish, it shall be soon gratified; Pll not live with you another day. Defendant—l am glad of it ; there is yet, then, some prospect of happiness in store for me. The wife here said she did not wish to hurt him; but, as he was of so violent a temper, she must insist that he be held to bail. She then left the office, and her husband, who became exceedingly ill, was detained until he procured the required sureties. On Wednesday evening a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Jeremiah Sparrow, of Channing's Hall Farm, at Tibbenhatn, near Long Stratton, w hi c h was with difficulty subdued, after consuming a hullo r k shed and other outbuildings. The live stork was provi dentially saved, and the fire was happily prevented from communicating to the stacks. There is hardly any quee thin of its being the work of an incendiary. —Norfolk Chronicle. The Gazette of Cologne of the 21st i ist. has the following The silk manufactories in the neigh bourhood of Cologne have, during the present month, re sumed great activity, as well as those of the dyers and printers; but on the other hand the cotton manufactories decline, from the high price of the raw material. Navi gation has been very animated during the last few mono hs ; 9S vessels have arrived at Cologne, from the Upper Rhine, and 366 from the Lower Rhine ; 159 lad( n vessels h ave taken their dep trture from Cologne, 81 for the Upper, and 78 for the Lower Rhine. The number of travellers arrived by the steam-boats has considerably in creased ; they are said to amount to 30,000. A new steam-boat company has been formed." REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. The following was omitted mistake in our Paper of Saturday: A meeting was held on Friday at the South American Coffee-house, for the purpose of effecting the repeal of the corn laws, by the formation of Anti-Corn Law Societies throughout the kingdom. The chair was taken by Mr. HAWES, 'M.P., for Lam beth. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the object of the meet ing. It was intended to institute an Anti-Corn Law Society, whose views would be to obtain and spread every possible information on the nature and effect of the present corn laws, in the hope that such knowledge would lead to their abolition by the easie►t and most satisfactory method. It would be necessary that the society should not he too large, as numerous assemblies were found in convenient ; but it was hoped that many similar small societies would be formed in imitation of the " London Anti-Corn Law Society, No. 1," both in London and other parts of the kingdom. One of the principal methods of diffusing information on the subject which it was in tended to adopt would be the dissemination of small tracts and pamphlets, and he trusted that the time was not far distant when their efforts to disabuse the people would be crowned with success. Mr. Btraclss observed that no discussion on the propriety of abolishing the corn laws was necessary, as the attend ance of every gentleman there present was prima facie evidence of his supporting the repeal, and they did not want opponents --(Hear, bear, and a laugh.) Resolutions were then passed, restricting the number of members of the London Anti Corn Law Society, No. I to 30, and appointing Mr. Hawes chairman, pre tempore, of the•Socieiy, Mr. Burgess deputy-chairman pro tem., and Mr. Wilson honorary secretary, pro tem. and it was resolved that these three gentlemen, with two others, should form the preliminary committee, who were to conduct the proceedings of the three first meetings of the Society. Subsequent resolutions declared that fresh and regulations, teased on what other societies might have determined upon, or what might be deemed expedient and necessary, should be submitted to the fourth meeting, to be then discussed and voted upon by ballot, when fresh officers might be elected; that every member should have his name enrolled on the books, and pay one guinea on entrance, and that the resolutions then passed should be printed, and copies given to every member and officers of other Anti-Corn Law Societies. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. A very clever summary of the arguments in favour of the corn laws, with the title of " Form of a Petition to the Upper House agiinst any alteration i❑ the Corn Lire," was laid on the table. The irony and terse humour which pervades the composition, must cut, like a two-edged sword, through the ranks of the advocates of the present system. MECHANICS' ASSOCIATION IN EDINBURGH FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. A meeting of tradesmen was held on Wednesday last, in the Old Burgher Alerting House, High-street, Edinburgh for the purpose of forming an association to assist in pro curing a repeal of the corn laws. Mr. Boyd, cabinet maker, in the Chair. Mr. W. Biadan, printer, remarked, that the injurious operation of the cern laws was too well known and felt to require description. It only remained to consider by what means the grievous and intolerable tax imposed upon an article of the first necessity could be got rid of. At one time the corn laws totally prevented the importation of foreign grain until the price of home grown wheat rose to 70s. per quarter. In 1827, a graduated scale of duties was introduced, which operated thus :—When the price of home-grown wheat was 608. per quarter, foreign wheat was admissable at a duty of 209.; for every Is. that the home article rose, the duty fell 3s. ; on the other hand, for every 19. the home grown wheat fell below 60s. the duty rose 2s. This law had produced no benefit to the consumer; none to the grower; much risk to the importer, from the fluctuation of duty; and considerable loss to the British shipowner. Mr. Biggar remarked, that the landed interest defended the continu ance of the monopoly, on the ground that a heavier hoiden of taxation was borne by them than by the community. This was not true ; and if it were, these burdens were only an equivalent for the monopoly they enjoyed, and no just cause of complaint until that monopoly should be re moved. if the price of grain in this country were reduced to the level of the Continent (as it would be by the aboli tion of the Corn Laws), the foreign artisan would be placed on an equal footing with themselves, and the supe rior skill of tbe British operative, aided by those vast powers of machinery which had hitherto acted against him, would enable British industry to command the market of the world. The foreign manufacturer would find it his interest to till the soil ; increased production would be caused by increased demand, and better employ ment and cheaper food would fall to the lot of tbe distressed and impoverished mechanic. It was said that we should thus be rendered dependant fur food upon nations with which we might be at war. Which were the corngrowing nations ? America, Poland, and Sweden, Who thought of war with America ? What would be the use of war with Sweden ? As to Poland, he trusted England was more likely to lift the sword for than against her. By a repeal of the corn lives the expense of victualling our army and navy would he lessened. By the renewed demand for labour which is sure to follow, one great burden on the land—the poor laws—would he much circumscribed. The benefit, in short, would he shared by all classes. By rendering the duty fixed, and reducing it at once from the present rate of 345. to 204., with a further annual reduction of 2s. or Ss., the prospect of a total repeal would be opened up, while time would be left to the farmer to redeem his con tract to Iris landlord, to the foreign grower to extend his cultivation, and the revenue would suffer no sudden and unprepared-for diminution. Mr. Biggar concluded his long and able speech, which was frequently interrupted by loud cheers, in these words :—" You cannot but have heard of the forming of Agricultural Associations throughout the country —nor can you be at a loss to guess their object. The landlords and farmers are banding themselves to re trio their privileges and profits. They are already in the field. Their influence with the Government and Legis lature is great ; in one branch it is supreme. What, then, is left for us, but to follow their example—to unite—and by unceasing exertion and untiring agitation, make up for our want of power and influence ? The cause is your own—it affects you in the closest manner. Much care, zeal, and discretion will be required, but the movement once made—the agitation once begun—similar associations will spring up in every quarter of tbe country ; and how ever difficult the task, however long the struggle, depend upon it, the Corn Laws must and will be repealed. I beg to move—' That it is the opinion of this meeting, that an association to assist in obtaining a repeal oc,,;,he corn laws be formed without delay.' "—(Continued cheering.) The resolution was carried.— Glasgow Argus. Mr. MAcAuLA.Y...—It is rumoured in the po litical circles in London, that the Honourable Member for Leeds, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Esq., is likely to receive the appointment, from the East India Directors, of a seat in the Council of the " Governor• General of India," in which Council the whole civil and military government of all the territories and revenues of India is vested by the Act of the last session of Parliament, for opening the trade and for the better government of India. In the 37th clause of this Act it is provided—" That there shall be five ordinary members of the Council, four of whom shall he from tune to time appointed by the said Court of Directors from amongst such persons as shall be, or shall have been, servants of the said Company ; and each of the said four ordinary members of Council shall, at the time of his appointment, have been in the ser vice of the said Company, for at least ten years ; and that the fifth ordinary member of the council shall from time to time he appointed from amongst persons who shall not be servants of ti.e said Company, by the said Court of Directors, subj et to the approbation of his Majesty, to be signified in writing by his royal sign manual, counter signed by the President of the said Board." If we rightly comprehend the matter, Mr. Macaulay, should the appointment take place, will be this " fifth member of Gomel'," the principal iduty of whose office, as a member of the Council of the Governor-General, will be to give instructions to, and communicate with, the " Indian law commissioners." If anything can reconcile the electors of Leeds to the less of a representative of so touch worth and talent as Mr. Macaulay, it will be the consideration that the in in of their first choice will in future, and in some degree through their instrumentality, be engaged in forming a code of laws not only for the benefit of 100,000,000 of people in the present age, but for secur ing the persons and the property of this large portion of the human race in future generations. A nobler object of ambirion it is nit possible to conceive, nor can higher or more important functions br, confided to a human being. Should Mr. Macaulay's appointment take place, there will, of course, be a vacancy in the rei.resentation of this borough. We se iteely need say that the electors of Leeds will again exercise their franchise in favour of some consistent friend of freedom and reform ; rind that no Tory, no friend of close corporations, rotten boroughs, and religious intolerance, would have any chance of obtaining their support.—Leeds Mercury. Wheat. Aberdtva ....., 135 45 Berwick...—. 1 l'.' o 35 Coldstream ...... 35 42 , upar ........... 1 fa 56 Dundee,...,,._ 'Lo 60 Elgin--- 4:' c , Inverness.-- 46 50 Kelso .....—..... 30 36 Kirkaldy...—.., 4R 61 Perth —.... 50 56 rt, s _ The size of the me. COUNTRY CORN MARKET DURING T.AST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans Per Quarter. 's.to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. 5. Carlisle 59 27 18 40 -- E-lexham 49 53 25 29 19 22 Nforpeth 37 47 25 28 15 21 30 34 Penrith 52 28 19 38 Sheffield 50 32 21 40 Winchester 4S 53 24 29 18 22 42 41 Per Bushel. is.d.s.d.s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Carmarthen...* 50 58 26 291 1 6 20 00 00 Cowbridge 16 6 7 0 2 9 4 0 2 6 3 0 5 6 6 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 180 89 46 50 30 34 50 53 Northallerton 70 93 36 46 33 40 56 6 0 8 0 86 40 4 8 3 0 34 60 67 Swansea 166 6 9 3 6 3 9 1 9 20 00 06 Warwick 90 11 0 3 0 4 6 2 0 33 56 60 • Per 8011. I Barnardcastle 0 15 6 80 S 6 5 0 60 10 80 Durham lO6 13 0! 7 0 801 4 6 66 7 90 Richmond 11 0 16 6 86 901 50 64 0 70 Stockton 111 6 12 3 9 6 10 0I 4 0 4 6 8 9 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Nov. 29. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suflblk...—s. 445. to 525. fine Ms. Lin. and Cam. —s. 445. to 51s. fine 535. ELI) CORN MARKET.-Nov. 29. irfolk and Suflblk -s. 445. to 525. fine Ms. in. and Cam. -s. 445. to 51s. fine 535. orkshire s. 435. to 50a. fine 525. -s. 50s. to 555. fine 61s. 1, Red -s. -s. to -s. fine - White s. s. to -s. nne -s. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire 3os. to 325. fine 335. Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 325. fine 335. - Foreign -s. to -s. fine -s. ' Beans, Old - New 15s. to 3145. fine 40s " Oats, Potato l9s. to 225. fine 235. - Poland -s. 18s. to 21s. fine 225. , - Friezland and Small -s. 17s. to 20s. fine 21s. - Mealing Od. to 1134 d. per Stone. Shelling 23s. to 26a. Od. per Load. " Malt 355. 395. fine 425. per Load. Rapeseed White. Foreigi SCOTCH MARKETS. Beaus. 'Oatmeal --. 24 28 14 20 I 21 94 17 20 12 15 18 24 26 .30 IC 19 13 14 190 .... -- , i ,-„, -- 26 31 18 ka r ..... ._. .... 30 33 20 25 30 :11 i ••••• ,•, 24 26 111 ..(3. 23 30 I —. -,.. 26 .:, . "!':.l 26 16 10 20 14 16 I 23 23 29 16 20 45 48 43 41 23 26 20 22 22 25 -- _3ure varies throughout the country. GH CORN - Kl'.—Nov. 27. Barley Usti. r MARK kinds of EDINBUR We had a large supply of all . ..rain to-day, and the sales were very heavy. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First 6.9s Od 32s Od 22s 8d 33s ed 33s 0 . 1 Second sBs Od 29s Od 20s Od 30s Od 30s Od Third— 46s Od 25s Od 17s 4d 26s Od 26s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 3.1d.t005.6d. Freshßutter,ll3.o3.9,l. to s. 10d. 0 3; 0 6 Salt Ditt0........... 0 8 010 Vealw. 0 6 0 8 Ditto, per CA t. 70 0 78 t/ Pork---- 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 1 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 3 0 OatStraw(kp'.) 6 6 7 0 Callow, cwt.... 35 0 37 0 Wheat Ditto..,, 5 6 6 0 Quartern Loaf 0 0 8 0 Barley Ditto 5 0 5 6 Potatoes, 1711 h. 0 5 0 0 Hay,perst.......o 8 0 9 EDINBURGH MEAL There was a good supply of and the sales were heavy, at last Per Sack of 28111 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 8 6 Barleymeal 1 5 0 F'e as meal I 5 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12s MARKET. —Nov. 26. Oatmeal at this day's market, week's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 1 6 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 I 6 Peasemeal .-2d. 145.-3 d. 16s.;—Peat 1206. GLASGOW CORN We have a fair arrivalsOF Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. a. d British, old 260t02g0 -- new Canada, free Irish Barley, per :3201b. English — 0 C Scottish 22 6 24 0 Irish 220 250 28 0 296 0 266 M A IIKET.—Noy. 27. rain, and prices are steady. Oats, per 2641 b. 8. d. s. it. Irish l3 0 to 1(1 British llO 17 0 Beans, per 2601 b. English -0-- Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b R3 0 14 0 Flour, per 2801 b 4O 0 43 0 CO RNWA LI MARKETS. TRußo—Wheat (average; 20s.Gd.—Barley, N. 9d.—Oats, Ba. Oil. ST AUSTELL—Wheat, —B. to 218.—Barley. N. to 108.—Oate, 74. to 83. 9d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 22s.—Barley, 93. to 103.—Oats, os. to Ss. ad.—Beef and Mutton, 51d. to 6d.—Pork, Od. to 3d.--• Butter, 12d. per lb. LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 19s. ad.—Barley, 93. ed.—Oats, 53. 3,l.—Beef, Gd. LTSKEA RD—Wheat, —s. to 208.1/I.—Barley, 103. Od.—Oats, - Os. to as. Gd. BonmlN—Wheat (average) 213.—Barley, 10s. Od.—Oats, 0 6d. HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. od.-13ar1ey, 103 Od. Sr. Cot.ume—Wheat, 20, to 2R—Barley, 9:4. to 10,—Beeto and Mutton, 50. to ed.—Veal, o,l.—Lamb, Od. MINING INTELLIGENCR Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 3,817 0 Average Produce ......—..---. , 7% 0 Quantity of fine Copper. 260 1 7 , Amount of Sale, 21.581/ 14s, fid.—AverageStandard, 1224 19s. v. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET• (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, Dec. a M. 0.- T. Peppin, wine -merchant, Fenchurch.buildings 2 at 11 I'. Riddell and Co., innkeepers, Stratford, Essex 0 12 W. M. Porter, merchant, Great Winchester-stroet H. J. Hogg, auctioneer, Portsea, Hampshire 2 II E. Cussell, sen., dealer in coals, Croydon W. H. Croggon, auctioneer, Bartholomew.lane W. Sant, coal-merchant, Adelphi-wharf S. Morse, grocer, Kingston-upon-Thames 1 1 DIVIDENDS. H J Ranger, linen-draper, Nework-upon-Trent at I: 2 J. D. Stainbank, grocer, Honiton, Devonshire It. and T. Coultnard, woollen-drapers, Crown-court, Fins- I bury %V. Caftan, sen. butcher, Rickmansworth S. Ca-tleden, baker, ThroelColts-street, Limehouse t J. Jones, linen. draper, New Bond-street On Tuesday last an inquest was taken be - , fore Mr. White, coroner, at Barrowhv, on the body of William Smith, whose death was occasioned by drinking beer out of a gourd, which his daughter-in-law brought from Bermuda. It appeared in evidence that this g ourtio which was found to be of the cucumber tribe, about the size of a pound pear, was brought over to this country about three years ago, and only on Saturday last to'. presented to the daughter of the deceased, as a matter of curiosity: she being told that those bulbs were sometims" used as bottles, gave it to her father, who filled it wit h beer, and took it with him to his work ; on Monday morning about ten o'clock, he sat down to lunch, anti drank of his beer twice, giving some to a fellow workman , William Bee, who drank it. Very soon afterwards they were both seized with violent vomitings; Smith WO much the worst, and becoming soon unable to work, was taken borne in a cart. Medical assistance was inatnediatelY procured, and every endeavour used which skill couili dictate to check the progress of the dysenteric syropton" under which the poor man laboured, but without th e desired effect; he died about one o'clock the following morning. His companion, it is hoped, is in a fair WO' of recover,. No blame whatever attached either to the daughter of the deceased or to his daughter-in-law, both of whom were equally unconscious of the effect likely CO be produced by an infusion of liquil into the fungus of inner coat of the gourd, which operated as a violent es' thartic beyond the power of medicine to cure.— Lincoln shire Chronicle. MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESS D'AIRANTES (MADANIE To NOT. )-Positively these gossippiug volumes have in them such a power of fascination, that the moment • we commence the perusal of any one of them, we c annot lay it down till it is finished. The Duchess is a charming writer; the woman—the Frenchwoman—appears it OW, page. She does nut write—she speal:,,r,4 w , voice. She does not descrilt , t , herself or othera, but Lb° comes into the room, leading them by the band. ,0 , 1 11 ' 1 stand before us in all the freshness of life end taiare, Th e scenes startle us as a reality. The sixth volume of d'e translation is now beore us. We shall be sorry :when the drama closes upon us; but all things have an -end."' New Monthly Magazine. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., Mrs. Anderson, Kennington lane, of 4 daughter. On the Ist inst., Mrs. Edkins, of Salisbury-square, ° f A daughter. On the 20th ult., at Harrow, the lady of the Rev. Dr. ley, of a son. ~11; On the 28th ult., at Chelsea, the lady of E. Gould, Esq., o' - daughter. On 30th ult., in Bloomsbury.square, Mrs. Wingfield, ° f daughter. 0 In the '29C ult., in 'arlton.gardens, Mrs. [enry Baring, ° f _ . twins. or On the ~?2d ult., in the rue de Castiglione, Paris, the 1 011 , r e, William Pigott, Esq., of Dußingham House, Cambridge of a (laughter. __.../.... ns°" ll MAIiiiIED. On the 30th ult., at West Hackney Church, Mr, 40 Glynes, of Cambridge-place, Hackney.road, second son :il W. Glynes, Esq., America.square, to Miss Elizabeth Safi. Richards, of D.*lston.terrace, only child of the late Joh n chnds, Esq. DIED. ° VC' On the 30th ult., aged 59, Mr. J. F. Sasse, of Ryder''"C Leicester square. P ee' On the Ist inst., aged (31, at his residence, D a rlington: ,ter' Vauxhall, Mr. John Daniel, late of King-street, West in ' On the `2Sth ult., aged 90, at his house, Fitzroy-stre et, roy-square, Paul Shewcraft, Esq., formerly of Bomb* el,' On the 30th ult., at Hammersmith, aged 3, Elizabctii lotte, second daughter of the Rev. Francis T. Attwootici vii3Coe' On the :Nth ult., at his fath er ' s res id ence, in BeclO r 0 f f l Russell-square, in his 3Sth year, George, youngest ranee Young, Esq. 1• 111 PaINTED AND PUDLI PHED HY MURDO YOUN' *I 61 :SCN OFFICE, 112, *raAND.! THE S NARES l tited Sub Olktely adC br to the tederiek' ' , rad, B r Railway C lbe amour lot more i h table t. "eeiert l' ett Sp i a t7.l t ...kip L a d' 41 0, gar T knife 11 _ t , Teal "dhert T' 4-4 C 659 w A el 201