The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-15 00:00:00

- - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank 214% 3 per Cent r-d. .91%143.6: 3 per Cent. Cons. ......««........5,? 1 r Sper Cent ............... 100 .Ditto Red lOO %I New W per Cent New 3 per Cent Bank Long Ann ui ti es to expire Jan. 5, 1860 ;16q 5-16 Oct. 10, 1650 Jan. 5, PR Jan. 5, 1860 April 5, 1890 ..»...».....» DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. fndia ............. . 9.52% Ditto BonOs 4 pm. South Sea Stoek ..........».»•' 103 Old Annnities New Ditto • 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... -- Exch. Bills, £l,l'l', 18 20 psn. Ditto lB 20 pm. Ditto Small .. ................ 18 20 pm. Ditto Commercial ...... pm. Ditto Adverti5ed............ paa. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account..„ Consols for Account 9111% Jan. 5, 1870 — Omnium ......„.. .... ...... „.. pm- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ` Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds I Ditto Account — Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds .... ..... ......„.• 85' Ditto Account Ditto Account ..„.. ............ i Ditto New Bonds 84 %%% Buenos Ayres Bonds ............ , Ditto Account FLY.; Ditto Account ....... ........... , Ditto, 3 per cent. 54%% 4 Chillian Bonds ........... ......... 'Prussian Bonds Ditto Account .................. — l Russian Bonds, 1K.2 Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, !Eat 23 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account 33. Ditto Account — Danish Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1834 493j. 50 1 4 Ditto Account Greek Bonds — ' French, 5 percent. —,. —c Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27% 1 — Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2% per cent. 55 t 5i Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account :.'l% 1 Ditto, 5 per cent EI 03 Neapolitan I Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Beimßan Imperial Mining Co. (issued at W. pm.) S;1 Ditto St. John del Rey 8 5% British Iron Camp:.ny ........ 5O 38 !4 Great Western Railway Company 5 1742 18 19 Brighton Railway Company Brighton (Gibbs') Railway 1 1 London and Gravesend Railway Company - - - London and Greenwich Railway Company, London and Southampton Railway Company North Midland Railway Company Danube and Mayne Ccmpany I%N 13l 10 94 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JANUARY 12. 3 per Cent. Consols ......... 91% Grand Canal Deb,. 6 per cent. 5714 Ditto Reduced - Ditto, 4 per cent 591:, 3% per Cent. 5t0ck....... ........ 95,c 3 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1£5099 1 4 City of Dublin Steam Co 3 1 4 per Cent:Debentures ...... 91% National Insurance Co - Bank Stock 212 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 79 Royal Canal Stock 37 Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal 5t0ck.........,,., , 23'4 per cent. - MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America 1 0 France 1 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Guern..Wersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg ...... .. 0 0 Mexico I 0 Carthagena...... (1 1 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 I Dublin 0 0 Jamaica ..—.„.. 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...—. 0 minutes after 0. I Evening 'R minutes after 0 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of THE BRONZE HORSE. _ _ Yang, Mr. Templeton ; Tsing Sing, Mr. H. Phillips ; Tchin Kao, Mr. Seguin ; Yanko, Mr. Duruset. Stella, Miss Forde; Lo Mangli, Miss Ft Healy; Toajin, Miss H arose; Peki, Miss Shirreff. - - - After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. Cardinal de Brogny, Mr. Warde ; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; The Grand Provost of Constance, Mr. Giubelei ; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. Seguin ; Eleazar, Mr. Vandenhoff. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Miss Forde. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, o whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 3s. sa. ; Second Price, 2s. Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, ls.—Upper Gallery, Is. ; Second Price, 6d, HAMBURG, JAN. 8, 1836. lIEINE BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS, beg to state that it will now be to) late for receiving TICKETS before the Three First Days of Drawing of the 67th HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY ; but Tickets warranted un drawn will sell between the third and fourth days at Ten Pounds. The largest Capital Prize cannot be drawn before the fourth day, as per Scheme. In February, on approach of the fourth day, the price will con. siderably advance, wherefore it is recommended to order in the c,:arse of this mnanth. Ea P.ATITM.—In the Letter signed " A SUI:ALTEMN OF THE. Pori OFFIC,E," in yesterday's, Stan, the -.Nord " Ireland" should have he; " Inland." NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. SUN OFFICE, JA.V. 15, 1836. Fro;n this day Advertisements will be received at THE SUN Office up to Two o'Clock, and in serted without any extra charge. The extraor dinary speed of our Machinery, which prints at the - 4-ate of One Hundred Sheets per Minute, enables us to delay going to Press much later than other Papers ; and this extension of time will, we trust, .le found occasionally very convenient for tho6e who may be delayed in getting Advertisements ready ,for the usual time of the Evening Papers going to Press. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Those who wish to .obtain the latest Parliamentary News, should give orders, without delay, to their respective News-agents, to insure SECOND EDI TIONS. OF THE SUN. A Second Edition will be given every Night during Parliament, containing the Debates in both Houses up to the Hour of Post ; and upon all extraordinary occasions, EXPRESS Editions will, as usual, be forwarded all over the Kingdom. The circulation of THE SUN has Lreatly increased during the last year, upwards of Iwo HUNDRED THOUSAND Copies having been sold more than during the previous year. 3 The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minntes past Three o' Clock. 4 1 1 1 1 g* Zile wAtn+ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1836. The anti-Catholic readers of the Times must, we think, have had their patience put to a rather severe trial during the last three or four days. Their reli gious bigotry has been for a long time inflamed, their political prejudices flattered, and their party selfishness gratified, by the most virulent abuse of the Irish Ca tholics. The fire was incessant, and was levelled equally against the system and its professors. It was in vain to urge that the Catholic religion is not the same now that it was in the dark ages—that the happiest effects had resulted in other countries from placing Ca tholics and Protestants on a footing of perfect equality, both in civil and religious matters—and that the Catholic was bound to his country by ties as strong, i and animated by a love of liberty as ardent and sincere as the Protestant. Such notions were scouted as little less than blasphemous, and those who advanced them denounced by the ." Leading Journal " as infidels, the enemies of social order, and the subverters of the Monarchy. The Catholic religion was declared to be, in its very nature, unchangeable, essentially hostile to civil liberty, and incapable of yielding honest support to Protestant institutions, or faithful allegiance to a Protestant Crown. The Orange faction was applauded and carressed for its insane at tempts to create disturbance, by setting the one part of the population against the other ; and those emis saries of discord, M'GHEE and O'SULLIVAN, were harked on in their diabolical crusade against peace and charity. To give due effect to their unholy purpose, old Peter Dens, who in his life time little dreamt of such celebrity, was dragged from the repose of a cen tury and a half, and made a handle for vilifying the re ligion professed by four-fifths of Europe, as if the whole Catholic community were to be answerable for the opinions of an obscure Flemish monk I There was no argument, in short, too ridiculous—no misrepresentation too gross—to be pressed into the service, provided the character of the Catholic religion and of its Ministers might thereby be blackened. Calutnniare fortiter adharebit aliquid, that ancient and excellent recipe for defamation, was in daily requi sition, and dispensed with a most bountiful hand. But what a change do we see within the last few days ? Not only has the storm subsided, but the wind has set in from the opposite point of the compass. We do, it is true, sometimes see such a change in the weather ; but nature, somehow or other, manages matters better than they do in Print ing-house-square. Her machinery is quite of a different description. She never has recourse to pal try tricks and shifts to conceal what she is about ; nor do we ever suspect her of any sinister purpose, even when her vicissitudes are most rapid. But we are digressing. On Saturday last there appeared in the Times a letter signed VIN DEX, as if from a correspondent, the writer of which is made to complain of the conduct of the High Church party in Ireland towards " the wealthier and better informed portion of the Irish Roman Ca tholics," who are rewarded for disowning Mr. O'CoN NELL'S politics, by having their religion reviled " in the most revolting and unchristianlerms." The way being thus prepared, another correspondent, a " HIGH CHURCH CLERGYMAN"' is introduced on the stage on Monday, to repel, in a good-natured tone, the charge brought by " VINDEX against his party, and the Times takes the opportunity to reconcile the comba tants, by showing in a lerigthened dissertation, how readily ‘rVINDEX " might fall into the mistake of confounding the High Church with the High Orange party (!)—which party it asserts is entirely political, though every one knows it embodies the whole fanatical scum of Protestantism in Ireland. But this is not all. It deprecates " the violence un wise, as we (the Times ! LI) have ever thought it, and unfeeling, of hot Orange partizans, against all Roman Catholics indiscriminately, against their doc trines—as if such doctrines were an infallible index of their dispositions as citizens—nay, against the very name of Roman Catholic." It then goes on to say that it heartily joins its "friend and correspondent, the HIGH CHURCH CLERGYMAN," in his con demnation of certain " unchristian practices." And what, do our readers suppose, are these " unchristian practices" which the Times condemns? Why, nothing else but " to aggravate and embitter political dissensions by religious excitement—to callmeetings in various parts of the country for the indulgence of controversial asperity by certain itinerant orators, or 'to breathe forth flames of polemical animosity through the medium of the Press." Was there ever effrontery equal to this— except what follows ?—" Our oten advice and con stant exhortation has been in every instance—and we appeal for the truth of this to our bitterest enemies— to let men's creeds alone. It is neither philosophy nor common sense, and least of all is it Christian charity, to quarrel with our fellow-creatures for what they believe." Whenever the Times appeals to its bitterest enemies for the truth of its assertions, we may be sure it is attempting to cram some gross falsehood down the throat of its readers ; and we may appeal to them whether the Father of Lies himself ever invented any thing— more false than this ? What is it, may we ask, against which this unprincipled journal has been railing most furiously of late, but the creed of the Catholics ? How often has •it in voked the power of the law, and even called for the enactment of new penal laws, to put this creed down ? No doubt it tries hard, in the article before us, to back out of the dilemma in which it has involved itself, by pretending that it demands the aid of the civil power only against the government of the Catholic Church. It would, in its singular liberality, allow men to [told their creed :unmolested as long as . it is confined to their own bosoms, but no longer. Having itself no conscience, it cannot understand how the consciences of others can be aggrieved by compulsory modes of Church government or religious worship ! In short it would concede the abstract right, and deny the practical exercise of it. But even this concession is but a few days old. How long is it since it poured forth the most violent and vulgar abuse against the tenets of the Catholics ? Confession and absolution are part and parcel of the Catholic religion, as much as baptism and the communion are. They are integral parts of the Catholic creed. No man can be a Catholic who does not believe in their efficacy and necessity. Have they never been made the subject of impious mockery or coarse ribaldry by the Times? And yet it dares to assert that its constant exhortation has been to let men's creeds alone ! What does this writer mean by Church government? The government of the Catholic Church is precisely that of his own. Does he object to bishops, priests and deacons ? Or is he offended at the stricter subordination of the different orders of the clergy to their superiors, and the greater energy which is communicated to the system by the order and regularity which prevail through its various branches ? This is a merit, not a blemish, and it might be well for other Churches to copy the example. If, indeed, the Catholic Minister had any other authority than a purely spiritual one over his flock—any other control - than that which is voluntarily surrendered to the religious instructor—if he could immure his parishioners in a gaol for not paying Church-rates, or march with a file of soldiers against them, and put them to death for refusing tithes—then, indeed, a Church go vernment, thus armed and supported, might justify an appeal to the strong arm of the law. Then it might be the duty of the State " to interfere, and of the in jured people, in self-defence, by all means of individual exertion, to resist the encroachment, and repel it." But it is worth while to look at the evidence which he inadvertently slips out against his theory, that Church government is the origin of all evil in Ireland. He recommends that " the gentry and better educated Roman Catholics throughout Ireland ought to be ac cepted, and treated, as hearty friends of the Monarchy and its institutions, of peace and law, and prosperity, and order." For what reason pray ? Hear ! because " as a general rule, not subject indeed to more than a very limited number of exceptions they are "equally free from sacerdotal despotism and from the odious and unhumanizing 0' C ONN EL L taint." And again, "We repeat it emphatically, that Catholic Emancipation,' as it is called, has bestowed this one important benefit both upon Protestant and Catholic. It has brought over from their condition of inevitable discontent and resentment against the State, the whole body of Roman Catholic noblemen and men of property, with scarcely an exception, and transformed them from at least passive connivers at disaffection into staunch friends and adherents of the constitutional monarchy, will ing to stake their earthly fortunes in defence of the empire, and in hostility to rebels." It appears then that the wealthier and better in formed part of the Irish Catholics—" the whole body of'Roman Catholic noblemen and men of property"— not only can be, but are, good and loyal subjects of a Protestant Sovereign. What then becomes of all the quibbling about Church government. Are they not under the same Church government as their poorer and more ignorant brethren of the same faith ? If you wish to with draw the latter from turbu lent courses, and from priestly influence, it is not by interfering in their r religious concerns that you will effect this. Y. on may pile statute upon statute against their for •m of Church government, you will be but the farther from your object. There is only one way by whic, h you can succeed—show them by deeds that you a re their friends—cease to oppress them—redress their grievances —educate them —to sum up all in one work do them justice. On Monday last a public dinner was given to Mr. G. R. PIIILLIPPS, at Nidd.erminster, by his consti tuents, on which occasioi t the Hon. Member recapitu lated his votes of the last Session ; and dwelt at some 1 ngth on the nature of the Irish Church Appropria tion Act, the discussion of which, it may be remem- ' bered, was attended with such dismal consequences to the Tamworth Administration. " What," asked Mr. PHILLIPPS, "was the objection to this great healing measure ? Why, as usual, its spoliation. And why so? Because it simply says, that after giving to every parish where there is a congregation, a pastor ; because it says, that after all wants on the score of religion are supplied, if there is any surplus revenue over and above, it shall be applied to the education of the peo ple. And this is what is called spoliation ; although, mark, every possible provision is previously made in the Bill for the religious instruction of the people ! Then, again, it is said, oh, but there is no surplus. Then, I ask, if there is not any surplus, why object to the Bill ?" This is a question more easily asked than answered ; for never was there a measure more rigidly equitable to all parties in its provisions, or more in accordance with the wisest maxims of State policy, than the Irish Appropriation Act. It in jures none, while it provides for the wants of all. Mr. PHILLIPPS supports it, for the very reason that he is a warm friend to the true interests of the Protestant Establishment in Ireland ; and because, also, he prefers order to anarchy, peace to blood-shed, reform to corruption. On the same principle, the Hon. Gentleman is a zealous partizan of Ministers. " Their watchword," says he, "is peace and prospe rity at home and abroad. They are advocates of safe and searching Reform ; and desirous, above all things, to do justice to Ireland ; and such being their policy and principles, I should consider myself a traitor to good government, if I did not give them my support." The principal inhabitants of. Texas have published a declaration of independence in the name of that State—a copy of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The reasons assigned in it for a sepa ration from the Mexican Federal Government, are sufficiently plausible ; but there is good cause for pre suming that the Chiefs have been urged to adopt such a course in consequence of underhand representations made to them by certain parties in the United States. It is well known that the Federalists of North Ame rica have long desired to add Texas to their territory ; and likewise that the Texeans themselves, who are for the most part emigrants, of the descendants of emi grants, from the United States, have strong sympathies with the people of North America. On the first re sistance of the Texeans to the authority of General SANTA ANNA, considerable bodies of North Ameri can subjects took up arms, and marched in defence of the insurgents ; and though the number is considerably abated, yet many young men continue to swell the ranks of a force which they regard as sacred to the - cause of human liberty. At present, it is impossible to say in what way this struggle will terminate ; but if hard pressed, the Texeans will be obliged, in self-defence, to throw themselves into the arms of the North American Federal Government. It is painful to have to observe that a very consi derable proportion of the South American population prove by their acts that they are ignorant of the first principles of Constitutional liberty. They mistake recklessness for freedom, will for justice, and self sufficiency for a warrant to oppose all sacrifices demanded by the ,general welfare. Their extreme jealousy prevents them from establishing a strong Go vernment, capable of resisting the shocks of incessant rebellion ; and the necessary consequence is that every local revolt threatens the States with another revolu tion. They appear not to knOw that the freest insti tutions demand a corresponding degree of energy and astringency in the Executivethat the Government of a'Republic requires twice the strength that *ill suffice in a Monarchy. 'Wherever the Government is weak, liberty degenerates into licentiousness, and the people become the slaves of a tyranny a thousand times more oppressive than the most cruel and enfeebling system of Monarchical despotism. The Paris Papers of Wednesday have just been received. Their arrival was delayed for several hours, in consequence of the stormy state of the . weather during the greater part of yesterday. The following are extracts from them : PARIS, JAN. I3.—A Ministerial Journal says :—" Some Journals speak of preparations making by M.Bris-le-Comte for his departure for the United States. That gentleman, it is true, is to go to Washington, to succeed M. Serrurier, as French Minister to the Union ; but he will not set out till the diplomatic relations between the two countries shall be re-established, that is to say, till the negotiations now continued under the mediation of England shall be termi nated." News from Madrid to the Bth in the evening has been received. The Chamber of Proceres was deliberating on the project of law relative to the National Guard. General Alava arrived on Friday at Bordeaux, where he was to rest himself some days before he set out for Paris. The Bayonne journals of the 9th announce that the Car lists recommenced hostilities against St. Sebastian on the 6th ; but the Sentinelle says, that on the 7th an order from Don Carlos to Sagastibelza, who commands the Carlist troops before St. Sebastian, caused the fire to cease, when the 36-pounder taken at Guetaria was going to be mounted. On the sth Don Carlos gave orders to the manufactories of arms at Eybar and Placentia to suspend the manufac ture of muskets. _ A letter from Athens of the 25th December, brought by the Surprise brig, which has just arrived at Toulon, says— " The Medea English steam-boat brought the King of Bavaria a few days ago ; all the foreign residents waited on him. A serious incident occurred on the reception of the di plomatic body. When the Charge d'Affaires of the Queen of Spain was presented to King Louis, his Majesty, turning to M. de Meig, his Minister, said, I believe that Bavaria has not yet recognized the Queen of Spain.' The Spanish resi dent precipitately withdrew, and refused to be present at the grand dinner which took place on the same day. It is even said that he has broken off all intercourse with Go vernment, and is preparing to demand his passports. " The bands, far from diminishing, daily increase. They have already penetrated, without opposition, into several considerable provincial towns. Their cries of The Con stitution for ever' disarm the inhabitants. The regular troops sent against them meet with little success. " I can assure you that the presence of King Louis has not produced all, the effect that was expected. The people s indeed, crowded about him when he arrived on the 7th, and some triumphal arches had been erected, for the people entertained some hopes. I need not tell you that they desire a Constitution. The King of Bavaria may have come with good intentions but he has doubtless been circumvented. The Russo-Bavarian party, which fills all the offices, is more haughty than ever, which sufficiently shews that no change will take place unless by violence. We are always on good terms with the Greeks. I can assure you that in case any event of consequence should happen, our influence on the Greek nation would be greater than that of any other Government. The French uniform is in favour here. -- --- -- " It is said the King . of Bavaria will set out for Munich by January 15. He has expressed a wish to visit Egina. The Medea waits for him, and also the Portland frigate, which the English Government has placed at his disposal."—Mes sager, Jan. 13. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE,..J . 00 A I N. 9 3 . 4 100 x, FOREIGN FUNDS. Bills. M oney. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. 9 Bse 98 Ditto ditto 3 per cent. 7 5% 7554 Ditto Bank Shares .... ....... . .........................1385 1333 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Anglo-Russian Loan 104% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —, _ Russian Inscription, - Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 83% Kw, Ditto, 3 per cent. 5 454 54 Dutch 23,, per Cents. 5 4% 54% Ditto 5 per Cents Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 73 7214 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents...—. Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 494 49 Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 96% pg,,i PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, J 1 1 ,1.8. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. lOl% 10114 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100 Exchange on London, three months 6 28%. —Prussian State Gazette. Jan. 9. DUTCH FUNDS—AmSnarasr, JAN. 12, Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. 5 5% 564 Loan (18.10) 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 103 103 , 4 9 5 11 :36 cent 79% , 80 1 4 i 4,1(, per cent 12 3% ' 1214 Commercial Company, Ditto (1832 and 1833) sj)er cent. 12 'A Syndic, 15e perper cent. 12 10% —.Dutch Papers, Jan. 13. Exchange on London, Twneomontl) months '^- V i t , ! , a*4llll THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1836 PLYMOUTH.-WEDNESDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DARING SMUGGLERS.—Tuesday night, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, three men belonging to the Pre ventive station, under the command of Lieutenant Pen nington, discovered about eighteen or twenty smugglers, conveying sixty-five tubs of contraband spirits in two carts, drawn by three horses—they were then crossing the public road, abo u t th ree miles from Plymouth. On the Pre ventive men endeavouring to seize the carts, a desperate engagement ensued between them and the smugglers, the latter bein g arme d with bludgeons ; the three men fired twelve rounds of ball amongst the smugglers, and then fought with their swords. The smugglers would not give up the carts, but made a desperate attack on the Pre ventive men, who, however, after some time, obliged them to decamp, leaving the carts behind them. One of the smugglers was run through the back with a sword, and several of them are supposed to have had their fingers cut off in their attempt to ward off the swords of the Preventive men. These swords were found to-day to be all over stained with blood ; so that the smugglers must have been severely wounded. How they escaped alive, after so many rounds of ball was fired into them, appears remarkable. None of them have as yet been apprehended, but are expected to be in a day or two. DOVER.-THURSDAY. TRIUMPH OF LIBERALISM. The recent unforeseen result of the election for Town Councillors in this borough, inspired the ever hungry and devouring Tories with a hope that an invasion of the rights of the people could be easily accomplished, by securing the return of thirty-five of the " right sort" as Commissioners of Pavement. Elated with the cheering idea of having a Tory Mayor—Tory Aldermen—Tory Town Clerk—Tory Town Crier, and all the other underlings formerly attached to the defunct Corporation, the " intellectual" party (as now designated) resorted to every device and stratagem in a fruitless attempt to foist upon the rate-payers men, some of whom are almost unknown in the town—others who are better known than trusted, and many so well known as to be wholly obnoxious. The drunken orgies of those Church and State men, as well as the pot-house, inflammatory pla cards which were so numerously circulated, might have had the effect of creating a species of revolution in this place, wore it not for the good sense and sound discretion of the Liberal party, who, knowing its own strength (in the ab sence of bribery, intimidation, and undue influence), relied upon a successful issue. The thirty-five Liberal candidates have been returned by a majority of 180. ROLLS COURT._(THIS DAY.) His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied the whole morning with consent causes and the part heard case of Seton v. Blunt. This is understood to be the last day his Honour will sit as Master of the Rolls. He will attend the King at Brighton to-morrow, together with the other Lords Com missioners, when they will deliver up the Seals, which will be returned by his Majesty to Sir C. Pepys as Lord Chan cellor. Mr. Bickersteth, it is understood, will attend the Council, be sworn in a Privy Councillor, and receive his appointment as Master of the Rolls. The Vice-Chancellor will not sit to-morrow, in conse quence of having to attend the Council at Brighton as one of the Lords Commissioners. It is supposed the new Lord Chancellor will take his seat on Monday. It is rumoured among the Bar that it is the intention of Mr. Wigram, in consequence of the elevation of Mr. Bicker steth, to practice in future. in the Rolls Court. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court took the Special paper, according to persons arranged, this morning. None of the cases argued were of the least public interest. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COHN EXCHANGE. There are this week moderate arrivals of all descriptions of Grain and Flour. The Wheat trade is firm at Monday's prices, and in a few instances rather more has been obtained. In other Grain, from the smallness of the quantities, rather higher prices have been realized. The Flour trade still remains dull at former terms. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English Oats. PoqnL 4AO Flour. 5,030 tacks Irish . Foreign SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply to this day's market was not great, - and the trade was dull, at the following PRICES PER STONE OF 81.13. TO SINK TUE OFFALS. , S. d. to s. d. . . . s. d. to sd. Inferior Beasts Second quality ditto.- 2 5 3 2 Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen 3lO 4 4 Co:ass-wooded ditto .... 3 4 310 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 R 5 0 Large Hogs . ......... ..... 210 310 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 6 Small Porkers 4 0 4 4 I S'ickling Calves eaeh'...l2 , 28 0 Quarter old Pigs . each, 10 0 14 0 SUPPLY, AS PER. CLERK ' S STATE3IENT. I Sheep. 4,010 Calves. I Pigs 241 250 Beasts. 11:39O DENHALL MARKETS !)y the Carcass. NEWGATE AND LEA. At per stone, 1., s. d. to s d. s d tos d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior midd1ing......,,.... 2 6 2 8 middling 2 8 3 0 ---- prime large ... ...... 3 0 3 2 prime '1 4 3 8 -- prime slim' ... ...... 3 4 3 6 Pork, large Veal 3 6 410 small 4 2 4 4 THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY)., CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the Dutch mail and ship letters from Canton and Bombay : and from the Cape of Good Hope of the 10th of November. A French mail has also arrived with the express from Paris. It states that notwithstanding the American Ques tion was deemed in a fair way of arrangement, Admiral Mackau is to leave Paris for Brest in a few days to proceed to the West Indies, to act as circumstances should require. French prices—Five per Cents, 109 f. 15c.; Three per Cents., 81f. 30c.; Spanish Active, 494 ; Passive, 16k. The Cape of Good Hope Papers received at the North and South American Coffee House have the following : " CAPE TOWN, Nov. 7.—By the latest intelligence re ceived from the frontier, we are gratified to learn that the general tranquillity has not been disturbed in any direction. The danger from without is past, and now the sufferings of the Colonists in that quarter will receive the undivided attention of Government and their friends." " AFFAIRS OF THE FRONTIERS.—On Tuesday last his Excellency the Governor quitted Graham's-town to return to the Cape, from whence he has been absent 9 months. No one ever filled so large a space in the esteem and affections of the Community as our present Governor. Many of the inhabitants of Graham's Town were anxious to mark their respect for his Excellency, by escorting him a part of the distance on his route ; but they were pre vented from having this gratification, in consequence of the silence with which his preparations for departure were con ducted. We are glad to say that the frontier continues comparatively tranquil. One or two instances of robbery have been committed, and two of the plunderers were a few days ago shot ; but in general our farmers have been unmolested. Still our affairs are by no means in a tran quil state . ; nor is it in human nature to sit down contented with absolute ruin staring you in the face, while the dis turbers of your peace, and plunderers of your property, are protected in the enjoyment of their ill-gotten booty ; but still we would entreat our fellow-colonists to bear their privations with temper and fortitude. They may be as sured the British Government will do them ample justice?' The New York Price Current of the 23d of December states, that contracts have been made for the immediate re -building of many of the stores destroyed by the late fire, and the works upon the foundations are already begun ; and before the arrival of the Spring, business will commence, and the merchants will be again located, and ready to serve their customers. FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the prices they closed at yesterday, WI for Money ; and 91k for the Account. Omnium, 44 premium ; Exchequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 4 5 ; Bank Stock, 214.1 ; India, 252 253. The prices in the Foreign Market are mueh the same as they closed at yesterday. This day being the settling of the Foreign Account, the chief business doing is paying and receiving the differences. Spanish Active, 49 -l c ; Portuguese, 83/ 84k ; 3 per cents., 534 544. HALF-PAST ONE. The general attention of the monied interest in the City is towards the approaching meeting of Parliament, and the re ported chang es going to take place in the A dministration. This, no do ubt, begins to operate on the various Funds, as the speculators at present are determined to enter into business to a great extent. Consols have been during the morning at 91k buyers for the Account, and 90; i f for Money ; at present they are \ 91k for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ; India Bonds, 4 6 ; Bank Stock, 214- ; India Stock, 2521: • In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is at 44 501 ; Portuguese, 84+ ; Three per Cents., 54 ; Colombian, 33 ; Mexican, 38k ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55k. We have no further arrivals. THREE 0' CL 0 CS. Consols for the Account. 911 I. A house at Liege was set on fire last week by a cat. Some armourers, when they went to breakfast, left a candle burning, which the animal ran away with into a loft filled with hay and corn. The hay soon caught fire, and the whole, with the roof of the house, was destroyed. It is rumoured that more than one vacancy is likely to take place in Westminster Flail, previous to the Spring Circuit. NORTH WEST PASSAGE A Public Meeting took place this day at the Literary Institution, Aldersgatc-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposition from Mr. Richard King, relative to a further survey of the Northern Coast of America, and the deciding the question of a North West Passage, which has been for the last three centuries a favourite project with this country. At half-past One o'clock the Secretary, Mr. King, inti mated to the meeting that a letter had been received from the Lord Mayor, regretting that severe indisposition would pre vent his taking the Chair as he had previously promised. He regretted this the more, as from the cordial manner in which the worthy Alderman had accepted the office, he was satisfied that nothing but what he had stated would have prevented his attendance. Under these circumstances the Committee had requested that another Gentleman would preside, and he beg ged to propose that John Walford, Esquire, do take the Chair. Mr. WALFORD would accept the honour with pleasure, and trusted the meeting would excuse any deficiencies which he might labour under. The Chairman then detailed the ob ject of the meeting, and hoped that at a time when the Russians were making such advances, a great nation like England would not allow them or any other power to have the honour of making this importrnt discovery. Mr. RICHARD KING having been called upon by the Chair man, read his proposition as follows : " Having served in the Arctic Land Service for a period of nearly three years, during a third of which time I was honoured with the command, I am induced to propose an expedition for the complete survey of the coast of the Polar Sea, from Point Turnagain, Eastward, and for determining the Isthmus of Boothia Felix. This proposition I have had the honour of laying before his Majesty's Government, to which I have riot received an official answer. I do hope, therefore, that the ap probation which I trust will be this day manifested towards my enterprize, will ultimately secure the sanction'of his Majesty's Ministers. Past experience makes me feel confident of success, and fix the period for its accomplishment at three years—the expense not exceeding 1,0001. By a recent discovery it is in the power of a great nation to perfect that which has been a favourite project with England for nearly three centuries. Let us not then, since the distance unexplored is by no means ex tensive, and the sum required for its ' completion so small, leave to others the perfecting of that of which we have borne most of the danger and expense. 'Suppose it proved of no commercial interest, (and this is far from being the case) let us hope, with the Editor of the Nautical Magazine, for Dec., 1833—", here are some men with British feeling, who would rue the hour when the flag of any other nation was hoisted on any hitherto unknown or inaccessible point or pin nacle of the wide world, where, had it not been checked or discouraged, the red cross of England might have waved tri umphantly, and borne testimony-to the gallantry and perseve rance of those who are her standard bearers." The expedition will consist of an officer and six men ; the men to be hired at Montreal in Lower Canada, and thus the expense of taking them from this country would not only be saved, but their pay up to the 20th of April, the period I hope to leave Canada for the interior. It is not a little gratifying to me, however, to be enabled to state that five of the men lately under my com mand have volunteered their services without remuneration. Having completed my crew, and obtained the necessary outfit, I should embark in a canoe, and proceed to Lake Winipeg to secure eight bags of provision necessary for the sea coast voyage, whence I should make direct for the Atabasca Lake. Here would begin a new survey for the purpose of ascer taining a shorter route to the great Fish River than by the Slave lake. This track is well known to the Chipewayan Indians,whose authority is much more to be depended upon than the public have hitherto been led to believe. The incorrectness of Indian report is not attributable to the natives themselves, so much as to the indiscreet manner in which they have been questioned. If they are allowed to tell their simple narratives—to mark out their rude charts with charcoal, and to place their own compass to the sun without molestation—there will appear a lake in one place, and a stream in another ; a tributary here, and portage there ; and as they proceed, conscious of their own importance, they will tender opinions upon the possibility or impossibility of the navigation. The uneducated Indian, however, is almost immediately questioned upon the various points of the compass. He is told. of the impossibility of such waters reaching such a place; and when this proves insufficient, he is cautioned upon the pro bability of having to prove their assertions. The unfortunate youth, with the accustomed impatience of a barbarian, finding his veracity doubted, and his knowledge suspected, designedly utters the most gross falsehoods, while the more aged and subtle, looking forward to a separation from family and friends, determines upon evasion, and thus frustrates your immediate plan, or mars your ulterior object. Convinced of the practicability of the route, and, from the shortness of the Summer in very high latitudes, aware of the impor tance of making a rapid march, to secure as much time as possible for the discovery of the coast, I shall take a guide, and as the chart, copied from one drawn by an Indian, now presented to the meeting, will show, pass from a bay of the Athabasca lake, by a chain of four lakes impeded by five short portages, to the Tayentry, a lake into which two rivers empty themselves. The discharge of the Tazennatory forms the Taynmadezza, which widening forms the Newsbethtory, and again narrowing is called the Newsbethdezza, which falls into the Slave Lake. The Indians do not pass far down the stream, but make a portage to a lake that is tributary to it. They then pass by a river, or rather a chain of lakes, which narrows for some distance, when they make a short portage to large Hares' Lake, whence a river of considerable size takes its rise. After having descended this river for some distance, by making a short portage they fall upon a stream that is tri butary to the Great Fish River, which runs into that river sufficiently low to avoid all the shallows, and many of the rapid parts. The large river (the Thleweedzza) which I have just mentioned, is said to run parallel with the Thleweechodezza, both of which fall into the sea so close to each other, that a fire can be teen from either. And what I think of importance, with respect to the New River, it having been reported as well wooded, and tlfe haunt of Moose Deer an animal only frequenting well-wooded ground. On the banks of the New River I should winter, as having several In the first place, as being the resort o f an an i ma l that migrates less ast ahtanndeaveerf the Chippeweya n advantag es. t d h e e e r r e s a e c onl y,h dpeople congregate in larg e numbers, as the Co pp er, and other In dians, and Inthdaianns the winter rein ter con sequently but rarely meet with those disasters so commo n to tribes that acknowledge a Chief , and keep in one body ; thirdly, as enabling me to take advantage of the breaking up of the first ice, which, in any situation like Fort Reliance, our last w intering-house, where lakes were before us, I could not. As early as possible the following Spring I should descend the Great Fish River to its mouth, in 67 deg. 7 min. N., and 94 deg. 40 min. W., and having ascended the inlet to the farthest point made by us, in lat. 68 deg. 13 min. 57 aec., and long. 98 deg. 58 min. 1 sec. W., make direct for Point Turnagain, and afterwards to the Eastward, to clear up the Point, now at issue, respecting the Isthmus of Boothia Felix. Whatever may be the issue of the attempt West ward, there is hardly a doubt but the long-agitated question of a North West Passage by Regent's Inlet will be set at rest for ever. And when by a reference to that chart it will be seen, one day's sail or two days labour, and another anxious night beyond the ground 1 have already passed over, may lead to the discovery of that passage which has been a favourite project with England for nearly three centuries, I do hope there will not be a dissenting voice tee the enterprise we have now met to consider. If successful, and of which not a doubt can be entertained, then will the country have to rejoice in the return of those men, who notwithstand ing the repeated failure — notw i t h standing the appalling nar rative of every voyager,.nothing daunted, rushed on to add to her glory, and probably her commercial interests." Mr. King, who had been listened to with marked attention, then sat down amid loud cheering. DR. HODGKIN was very sorry that it had not fallen into more able hands, the having to second the project of his friend. There was no one who had the cause more at heart than he had ; but there were many more able than he to do justice to the subject, and he felt very sorry it had not fallen into their hands. The question had often been asked, what was the use of sending those men to these inhospitable regions ? It has been frequently answered, and he would endeavour to state to the meeting his opinion on the subject. Many expo- ditions had gone out in former days—he wished not to cast any blame upon them ; they had been useful in paving the way for others. Far be it from him to say that they had failed for want of any skill or enterprise ; and his friend, and those who now proposed to go out, would have the benefit of all the experience gained in those former times—he would have the benefit of the knowledge gleaned by those who had gone before him. This was not a case of mere geographical interest, undertaken merely in order to enable a few more lines to be laid down in our charts : it was undertaken upon higher grounds. It was most desirable that we should know something of those regions through which it was necessary to pass, before coming to those shores which England hadalways been so very anxious to explore. There was another motive which weighed most strongly with him (Dr. H.)—that long tract of country was inha bited by the remains of a race of men whom Britons had been the means of dispossessing of their own land,—a race of men who had scarcely known whites except as their op pressors. He trusted that that state of things was now at an end, and he was certain that the individual who was anxious to go forward with this expedition would signalize himself by the utmost humanity, and with the most careful attention to the people. It might be asked was this the proper time for undertaking such an exp e diti on ? I n answer he would beg l eave t o remind the meeting that . besides his friend( Mr. King)there were six others who had already been out in these seas, who had expressed their willingness to go along with him. All present knew something of the diffi culties which had to be encountered; he saw a gentleman present, who from experience was well aware of the ex treme nature of these difficulties : therefore it was most im portant that the expedition should have the benefit of the experience and knowledge gained by these men. The very trees which would bewilder an inexperienced traveller were the very best guides to the experienced, and mark out, in the plainest manner, the points which they were moat anxious to gain. How important was it, then, that his friend should have the benefit of the experienee and knowledge of these six men who had voluntarily offered their services. Another reason which made it desirable that the expedition should be fitted out at the present time was, that relations had been entered into with some of the tribes, and it was most desirable and important that no time should be lost in order to get the benefit of the knowledge of the country which the natives had, and so extend our own knowledge. It might be asked why sup port this individual, when there are many others that might be selected equally com p e tent. He was not there, nor did he feel it incumbent upon him to disparage any one. The country was much indebted to all who had gone before ; but it was very desirable that the individual who went out should have experience, and that his friend Mr. King had that experience, be had proof in Captain Back's own hand writing it was in a letter written to Mr. King when the Captain was leaving him in command of the ex peditioe, and bore most unquestionable testimony to the character and zeal of Mr. King—the best proof of which was the manner in which he had brought home his companions in _ the expedition. It was very important also that a person should be employed who had not only talent, zeal and ability, but who was also possessed of physical powers. His friend was such a man—he had already sustained all the extreme cold and dangers of such an expedition. He had also given proof that his heart and soul were engaged in the expedition for exploring these countries ; for he looked for no pecuniary advantage, but had made the offer to go out at a considerable sacrifice to himself. He had also offered to serve in the expedition which had lately sailed in aid of the whale ships, beset in the ice, but unfortunately his offer had been received too late. Ano ther reason why he was best fitted for the expedition was, that he would be commander, medical officer, and naturalist. It might be supposed that he ought to be the last man to recommend such an union of offices, as conjoining the medical man with commander. It would be madness to undertake such an expedition without a medical man, for in such a cli mate it was most important that there should be one; but to send an individual to have the command, and another to have the care of the body, would be sending out the very elements of failure. When travelling through such inhospitable regions, it was very necessary to have the least quantity of luggage, which could only be done by the plan suggested.— ( Hear, hear.) His friend had also formed an acquain tance with many of the natives, which was a great advantage. He had devoted his talents to the study of natural history, and he ( Dr. H.) fully believed that his friend was quite com petent to make those surveys which would enable the con structors of maps to lay down the latitude and longitude of all the places explored. Another advantage which his friend ' offered was, that the amount required was comparatively small. He trusted that in a wealthy city like this there would be no difficulty in obtaining so small a sum, which wou ld b e we ll spent, if in this undertaking they did no more than clear the way for future expeditions. He evict not conceive that this large continent was to be a monopoly in the hands of any one—this was to be purely a philanthropic enterprise, and it should be discouraged by no one. His friend had no personal end in view—he (Dr. H.) had none; all that h. wanted to do was to urge the meeting to come forward and supply his friend with the means of undertaking this enterprise, and when he would return, crowned with suc cess, they would feel great satisfection in having done so. The worthy Doctor then moved a resolution to the effect, that the sum proposed for the expedition was small, and that it was expedient that a subscription should be entered into for the purpose Of enabling it to be fitted out. GORDON DUFF, Esq., said he rose to second the resolution which had just been moved by the scientific gentleman who had now addressed the meeting. If he had expressed his re luctance to put himself forward, how much mere must he ( M. D. ) feel diffidence. But he was urged forward by the consideration of the importance of the undertaking which he believed would be generally recognised not only by the Meeting but the public general.-_( Cheers.) It would perhaps be considered in trusive on his part if he expatiated on the importance of the undertaking after what had fallen from others, but he flattered himself that it was unnecessary to do so.---( Cheers. ) The next question was as to the fitness of the individual for the undertaking ? Now as to that he was perfectly satis fied of the capacity of Mr. King, otherwise he should not have come forward to second the resolution.—(Cheers.) He would be sorry, however, to wish the meeting to take Mr. King's fitness on his testimony alone, for he had that of seve. ral persons of eminence (that of Sir Astley Cooper) who stated his opinion of Mr. King's good sense and steady perseverance in any object he might undertake.—( Cheers.) Sir Astley wished him success in the undertaking, andin - his (Mr. Duff's) opinion, a more kind and flattering letter could not have been written. He had also a letter from Mr. Stewart, a gentleman well known as a traveller in North America, who was connected with the Hudson Bay Company—that gentle man wished Mr. King every success and had most hand somely put down his na me as a su b s criber for twenty guineas, for the purpose of promoting the object of the undertaking. Mr. Stuart, firmly expressing his opinion in the practi cability of accomplishing the object.—(Loud cheering.) Considering the education of M r . Ki ng, h e fancied there could no doubt remain in the breast of any person pre sent, as to his competency for the undertaking. It was a sin gular coincidence, that Mr. King had been educated at St. Paul's School, that the building in which the present meeting was held was the place where that school was first established, and that he (Mr. Duff) was educated there also. The wor thy Gentlemen then concluded by wishing Mr. King every success, and heartily seconding the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and declared it to be carried unanimously. SAMUEL HUNTER / CHRISTIE, ESQ., said th a t b e f ore t h e resolution passed, he wished to make a few remarks.—(Cries of " The resolution has passed.") The SECRETARY intimated to Mr. Christie that he would be at liberty to make any observations after the Resolution had been carried, with which he expressed himself satisfied. A GENTLEMAN moved that the t.hanks of the Meet allow Gentlementheir rwho nameshad kindly jc p no l g a n c s placed ion neimnt eminently en C tfi o l ymr first dueiinstance,tt Committee, t f h or e to the purpose of conducting the undertaking. S. H. CHRISTIE, Esq., seconded the resolution, conceiving that gentlemen who had come forward to support any national object deserved well 'of their country ; though he did not agree with the me e ti ng i n t h e manner of conductin g it, he ap proved heartily of the conduct o f th e individuals .who-had %NO handsomely come forward. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. CHRISTIE then again came forward.---In rising to make any remarks on the plan proposed to the meeting, he did so, under painful circumstances, for since he had come into the room, he had learned a fact he was not aware of—that Mr. King, whose son had proposed the plan that the Meeting had heard to day, was an old schoolfellow of his. He therefore begged it to be understood that in anything he might state in opposition to the plan, was stated by him from a sense o f p u bli c duty. The plan for the exploration of the northern coast of America, had for many years occupied the attention of the country ; and by the public, various expeditions had been fitted out ; it was quite unnecessary for him to say wh a t h a d b een done by Franklin, Parry, and Back. If he understood rightly, Mr. King was engaged under Captain Back, in the late expedition to explore the Northern Coast of America, or, more properly speaking, in the first instance, to take out assistance to Captain Ross, who was considered to be lost. When, however, it was as certained that Captain Ross had arrived, it was considered right by Captain Back to explore further the Northern coast. Mr. King had stated that he had been in command in America for three years. Mr. KING—No, only one-third of the time, from June to , September. I Mr. CHRISTIE said he must be labouring under a mitre take.—( Hear, hear.) He thought that before any sue' expedition was entertitned by private individuals, it would be well to ascertain whether Government were not disposed to patronise such expeditions ? He did not speak rith any authority on the point, but he believed Government were most anxious such expeditions should take place, but the great question was the expense of them. He was sure that many individuals of influence and science were most anxious that the very important question of settling the outline of the Northern coast should be decided. He was in possession of some observations made by Cap tain Back during the late expedition, (and it must be ac knowledged that the whole of the responsibility of that expedition rested with Captain Back), which observations were of a scientific character, and the public should wait to see those observations before any individual should be sent out on another expedition.—( Hear, hear.) Without any hostile feeling whatever towards Mr. King, he did not think he could avoid saying that Mr. King had forced. himself forward in opposition to Captain Back.—(Cries of " No.") He knew Capt. Back was anxious to complete the dis covery made by Sir J. Franklin, Dr. Richardson, and others. Captain Back he believed was willing to be employed in such an expedition, though he (Professor Christie) could not say precisely what sort of expedition Captain Back would fix on. With all deference to Mr. King, he thought, as Sir John Franklin, Dr. Richardson, Captain Back, and other gentlemen who had spent so many years in explor ing the country, the result of their observations ought to be well considered, before any expedition of the kind now pro posed was undertaken. Again he thought that Mr. King ought to have conferred, with the Geographical Society, many members of which were much interested on this subject, and able to give a decided opinion upon the practicability and advantages of such an expedition. Mr. King estimated tii.e cost at 10001. Now he proposed to spend the f.rst winter at the mouth of the new river, and then to proceed, for wards in the Summer. Mr. KING here observed to Professor Christie that by his plan he expected to save some hundred miles of ice, and to gain five months in time. Professor CHRISTIE.—Then von take it for granted that the 4 the Chippewa In Mr. KING— dioy me perfeedy correct in th e i r maps. Captain Back depended on the same, and you. will find them approved of in the Geographical transactions. Professor CHRISTIE remarked that he had had some conver sation with Capt. Back, who agreed with him that, from the nature of the continent there was some great outlet in a north easterly direction. A GENTLEMAN here rose, and suggested that these were points which ought rather to be left to the Committee of Management, than to be discussed in a meeting of this kind. As to the question of a preference to Captain Back, he was sure the meeting would not sanction any unjast spirit of ri valry. If the Government were inclined to send out an expe dition, of course Mr. King would be glad to unite with it, but if not he had acted very properly in making his. appeal to the public. The best way would be to refer this question entirely to the Committee, who could make the ne cessary enquiries. Mr. KING, in answer to some observations made by Mr. Christie, said that he was quite satisfied it was not the in tention of Captain Back to undertake another expedition. He was equally satisfied that an expedition of six individuals. acquainted with the country, would be much more efficient than a large party in a7place when provisions were scarce. The Rev. J. N. Barber, Dr. Hodgkin,' and Mr; Marsh; also answered th e objections of Mr. Christie, to the complete satisfaction of the meeting. Thanks w ere t h en voted' to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. M .11v • .tage-coaclnen in America, as in England, are an altered race o f men . A few years ago, Sir (said adr ivel near New York), DO coachman consid ere d himself qo,lified to drive a stage unless he was drunk, but there is u: v ast change now-a-daiS.".