The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-30 00:00:00

{ sOUT!-IWARK ECTION. 1314\ INER TO CELEBRATE THE EL ELECTION OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH. Last eveninga dinner of the electors of the borough of So uthwark tool place at the Bridge-house Hotel, London- I r idge end, Southwark, t o ce l e b ra t e the return of Sir W. ~,loleswortb, B ar t., as M em b er o f P ar li ame nt for the borough. The chair was taken at six o'clock by Emanuel Cooper, Esq., at which time the spacious hall was filled, there being up wards of 300 present. On the right of the Chairman sat t he honoured guest of the evening, Sir W. Molesworth. In addition to the Chairman and the Honourable Baronet, we E s present D. Christie, Esq., M.P., Wm. Wilson, P' , Wm. Wansey, Esq., John Bouseley, Esq., Dr. Black, sr. Elliotson, Cartwright Ellis, Esq., Tar. Duppa, Mr. Lee s r. Mr. Herbert Sturmy, &c. &c. Mr. Bright, M.P., came in at a late period of the evening. , The din ner was serve d i n exce llent style by the worthy u ls„t, and c ompr i se d ever y d e li cac y o f th e season . yti the removal of the cloth, "Non nobis Domine" was "N by the b an d, com p ose d o f the following professionlal gentlemen :—Messrs. Ashton, G. Genge, J. Price, Grief), 4 rnish, and Beale. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the Queen. alik with three times three, and all the honours. ~,,l ii r—" God s a ve th e Queen." '" CHAIRMAN—" Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and '"e rest of theßoyal Family." Drunk with three times three t -- -" Hail to thee, Prince Albert." L e CHAIRMA N rose, amidst great cheers, to propose Z toast of the evening, their newly-elected Mem ilmti, Sir William Molesworth. He claimed their in to VA while he made a few brief remarks relative tf„,: it respeeted Member. He would call their attention to ',Points. Sir Wm. Molesworth was the well-known bee / 7 14 education. He was not an untried man, but had whi e h' ra il'ed by nine years' service in Parliament, during ad s , ,Period, on every occasion, he had proved himself the 41 80 i ,„? of this great measure in its broadest sense. He was ro a 7 isvour of an extension of the franchise, and felt desi tile 1 ;1 1 :al i t step by step political rights should be extended to be e a , ° l ie People.—( Hear.) On the subject . of the corn-laws U, a I s so decided—a subject that was pressing on the atteh le, no w : I ', e People of this country, but especially so on their kk, - ; t miacts in Ireland. On this point Sir W. Molesworth '"ri - r,, e ded the age, but he now saw that question 'VI) , • t u be had so long contended likely to experience an klgp cons ummation.—(Cheers.) Sir William Molesworth . 1 4 i ' l3 ok a liberal view of colonial policy. He was in favour ~,,, Ystem that would lead the colonies to depend on their ' l4 , 4 ,, erti ° llB , and teach them to help themselves. On the illk L e - o.n _of_civil and religious liberty his views were also 1,1, "ii• lie did not recognise what was called tolera tt. n•Ilt bid al re advocated the principle that every man should L 'id all ' himself freely and independently.—(Cheers.).. .11,..e les of voted in favour of the civil and religious pm 1- ileo t ts - of ti . ie conceded to all others the same peopl e . He . il(th e Eteeh and thought t which ur he e claimed for himself. in introducing the ii il h o t h th Zrtn y a o n ` h ha b f c . l a r gb a er. pl ' 14 ` 1 ; l e o s tig, e ' ll es t i.,. , of he Hon. Baronet was drunk amidst loud you-s.r %V I/ x ",‘lnued cheering. ue foli n ':;( ol .Eswortrx rose amidst loud cheers, and spoke k ,„ for ti,:"lng effect :—Gentlemen, I am much obliged to ;" ileseOsanner in which you have el,rank my health. I ,•,krit f6,..l:tiklebted to you and the liberal electors of South i''se, inV„ l i u e Proud position which I now hold. I owe, like 'jW3 of i n -li eerest thanks to those kind friends who, as mem -3•1 behai.. ro inmittee, exerted themselves so strenuously in l'h,' •i eve,i, • by, their untiring efforts a signal victory was 'lllts. , i , lo you and to them I return my heartfelt t ie kroa r st : Yon and to them lam truly grateful, and will l e Prin :"° Prove my gratitude by steadily acting up to P t iir esent eipl ~, eS, on account of which you selected me to tr, 54 p t • 4 401 1, in Parliament. Ido rejoice at the success of l' l iiied I— Pies ; for I believe them to be true, to be k t i kitv °l lJeason and experience, and to be in cr ti„, ja m ,'" the great and steady progress which 4,,'"ksti, - „v e an nations are making in knowledge and I tis hist 4 „ -- -(Lond cheers.) Every one that has studied k',,tttta 3 :„ . ! ) f mankind, must; be convinced that, during the Ole ,-.7_, especially during the latter half of it, the a s );,:,it W r s o 'ences have advanced more rapidly than in any ~ k,,,t 4of which history makes mention. In every de -1 ra rr i eci human knowledge careful investigations have le, ti ent on, and accurate observations have been recorded l!cired „and laborious men, who have watched, tested, and ~,,4,11 ‘ :i. e op_ erations of nature. ' By these means the old Ve w ;we been extended, and the foundations of nume k4ipie ;leg have been firmly laid. Thus, astronomy and tklal,?Bsi science have attained magnetism, g er et n i d em ed , u a l ud perf ,h ec em t a ii ie n : . „'lit. q ° ,flight, heat, electricity, roPuhitiren discovered. The sciences of vegetable u d - Oiluilosophy have been created. From these sciences i V th e lt arts have sprung, tending to increase the ro comfortess of :ie att.Well-being of the human race. T_t_ o ,,co ttt l,and sciences each of the great L t ro e pe p an fi r ations tole. I ,outed according to the special character of its 1..' Ft 011 ' 1 1 4 , s the Germans have been the boldest and Vl ' , i„•gmal thinkers. The French have surpassed all d ip,, tit.j.liPholding the 'positive laws of . the universe, and 0 have - excelled iinifet.lempreaerc,ticaeul application studyof k t ,:itt e, to the uses of daily kl/4:11t °t so much with the great and no h ble r.) obje . ct of Us ii her laws as of deriving benefit from . those laws • : lac overed 'W are pre-eminently a practical people. jIS-rr.9 bi:anch. of 'We industry,. in every occupation itkiled. Noires mechanical skill and ingenuity, we are un --Meer, hear.) In proof of this, I oint to the yr,tical discovery of modern times. I point to 4,lPlication which we first made of the mechanical of steam in the pr oduction of motion and •7.. e,, - , ▪ t 1 " ). I point to our ste am-en g ines, to our factories, it•ir lally to our railway s. We are now in the act of N g Zngland with railways. Though m an y of the of them for that purpose may be hasty and ill-judged —though ! I I them will fail, and the consequence will be pecuniary li kd a seas on of temporary distress, yet, at no distant railwaWill exist between every town of any import- Zit ti • k i l id will extend into every district possessing either I s t , or ag ricultural , - wealth; then journies, which n o t I s t , agorequired days to perform, will be accomplished , „4, P1 , and Great Britain will be like one vast city. The 1 l i. l: ' ‘, : , ,,,iits of its remote districts will be brought into con i,. 'eY will become better acquainted with each others' ir w ~ s opinions, , ed offspring of ignorance and seclusion, will be k ii , e u l ie owm el euvweateteboynteteirn ~ 4,away—(Cheers.) Knowledge will be more equally dif -5,,,1i0t, friiinetaetllloeueti.e w 'r ohruksin fore e te. eual not b being reduced to and, together - ed to ' the same degree in the e lately-discovered means . of rapid . '‘l enlightened ideern . g a livery,ge of mod vvith great social revolution in this cheep postage, they are the most tittles in diffusing Iriligmenting their in liberal principles increasing the power of the people, Gentlemen,be.control over the Government.—(Loud `o; dlave history proves that those communities 4taticileatisBone'BllB permanent in wealth and civilisation have ed the best means of external or internal phi the ehorepsre9 : 1 , 8 ..,f0r their' and pe h ri a t v y e . been mainly indebted to those k t .g cities What, I ask, in ancient times, of the Mediterranean with rich and fieu it la the Te parents of science and of art ? What k i te,, tit .„Middle ages the free and wealthy towns of the tt I° , ll h as ci ianube, and the Elbe ? What, in modern " s . b made England the centre of the commerce ttstiNt ka g lo b e e? I , and . answer, the facilities afforded by .) t„,by rivers for trade and intercourse.—(Hear, ct ,h ta d r . ', whatever facility sea or river may afford for l',,` N I Lotercourse, tenfold greater and more certain is that kINI Wa y. . y Not only in England, but in France, in t/,, bi ; ' and throughout the whole of E ope railroads are ti l :i 1 .11 , or about ur , . t. e to be formed. What will be their effect 1 r .% 'amerce and intercourse of nations? It is evident !Sti le ' railway co.npany, every railroad proprietor, will t 4: I,‘„Que!pest interest in augmenting traffic, and will 'killelitlniarY benefit from the extension of commerce ; 1 •4,-sk td 3', the finest possible trade will be the desire of all LieN t 'w.ith railways. And who, in these days, has not •,, tZtabl i ," l some railway or another ? The shares of the ,''sp;k atte shied lines are becoming, like the funds, the means Nler s Il tlY investing capital.—(Hear, hear.) Though N I ''t °ns at first obtain shares merely as a speculation, k t Nat h,.,1 A B i, l —.7 who will ultimately hold those shares t il 4 ""er them as property, in which their for -64k^..4- i t.. erMan . ently embarked.—Hear, hear.) They k 4 4:Y, e every community a most power i lo",zercising great influence over public opinion, t !klkki t u h a e t influence in favour of free trade.— (Cheers.) I t• i , N ot . extension of railways throughout this counry "tt t kw inent of Europe—l consider the daily augmenting 'I, ota„tgation of the rivers, the seas, and the ocean—as the L I D; t 4 Z: 44 1,,), fivers of universal free trade. It is the duty of this ile a rlch as I have already said is the first in the world ; , ta • ,Rep s affairs, to take the,lead, and to make the first L At,,t, tt , i t owards free trade. We are pre-eminently the ; 1 1 , t : i 'illf td a g People of Europe : we possess more capital, 41 s'll h Land laborious citizens than any other nation ; we , l 'kpt l ' ili ery ti ti t e. ine xhaustible means of producing cheaply and t "k4t p . to ez. a c i. ription of manufactured goods ; all that we ' I N I s. p e "snip our goods for the productions of other llitan..or this we possess every facility ; we have every N, tf,Q e, railroads by land, fleets of merchantmen on the in I La traversing the ocean. What more do we re 111.•°ite tlatr E .: /w ,er, permission to buy, abolition of pro klott , tree trade with the nations of the earth.— t fr i4 a lree t ,!• You have sent me to Parliament to ii,,.. (W il Nvi lk i o at le ; I will do so to the utmost of my power, tt ° ' l 41, chaos „Pe and belief that at no distant period our V th„ r owned with success. Everything indicates iti,,, Co ri . ' ell a ',,` ill mostpn on the subject of free trade ; re "Serl 74 - t :Lge is striking amongst the Members of I,kri4 o th e , , , l ve party in the House of Commons. A short ) p, theli.,Were aonost to a man opposed to free trade. h„-4.tY, t, , „_"' • arliament they constituted a great arid power t„.N j tv e l l l teres't . I Y cemented together, if not by principle, i,A44,'e sok' n . e oncealed under the semblance of principle; il gee, aaa f 'leatly strong to obstruct or defeat any liberal lid a t `,e o verthrow the existing Government. At the iia theteseeirtion, with the consent of their leader, they li l t, It, friend s ve s to the agricultural constituencies as the OE - ft , fre e , of the farmer, and declared themselves op- Sthat n 4 : a 'cle, and to any alteration of the corn-laws. 0 ''vori4 e ci rt reason, experience, and Sir Robert Peel, 44 i t s of a a , great and beneficial change in the m e tin' hear, large portion of the Conservative party. I,,ki4i R tn aa ') The more prudent, intelligent, and 'is t Poli cy ef amongst them, have supported the com iiiillica,l4(l sp e ,, , t he Prime Minister.—(Hear, hear.) By their ~ , i tie t tlytti. eg ti h r: - e -taeou(e:, doctrines in favour sof of that policy they have re protection, and are generally toy of raders. The rest of that party, composed I‘t In an e d 4 .stupidly hones devoted to their narrow kd Arli e ignorant of the signs of the times, together 111 4 . la their ne e d y . , I. I N t „ or disappointed adventurers, are now l i n ) , ~, of h ei nentations, and ridiculous by their com- It at i i kos e d ._g .deceived, deserted, and forlorn. As a ke ltio _to piee to tree trade, the Conservatives are disunited, I at ti '' of f ree e N t and politically defunct.—(Cheers.) The eitti "e pe ese „ r ade, and especially of free trade in food, N t s?r ry to .., moment o f urgent importance. It is now, ti 4 4 h i' th at say, but to o cer t a i n th a t th e h arves t i s de 111‘.414.ilired 1 1 3 11 many parts of England the crops have ti t 's tb Y a nd Y the weather, and are inferior both in tr q y r e p otato nnality.—(Hear, hear.) In addition to ':hl :lied, crops have, in very many places, en 'ob ill h The Consequence will be that, before long, kl lai e scare 4 to ll a any _ e, and I fun afraid that it will be difficult ocitin!tquence'ollsiderable supply of food from abroad ; for t4, hip t `' corn do m our corn-laws, the countries best fitted to o titki to raise not grow corn far our market, but only at tale Pti on • a q u antity sufficient for their own ordinary 15 .t asei at th e e , ro all s d it iti%llse, their inhabitants appears, unfortunately, at the present P . thlaently r are likewise deficient in those countries; , who have hardly corn enough . t 4 '(l-1 l ' ea, will have little to spare us, except at a high kt: ile a. e ar, hea r ) ht. , i ha rvest, • lam much afraid therefore, that be qo44t. his will cathe price of food will considerably aug %ve 4 and ma use great distress amongst our labouring gwe a shock to credit which would ' 4 ll ai t ti 'l e ora °,4atpdiaisiasitsrOrus effect at the present moment, when engaged in railway speculations, some kll i lat e t h e n 'very , t, l i tl rk pessu rlrstionable character. I cannot con tsskled. .I hop e th l at itY of these events without great y anticipations may prove un ktikWrieel_l' f b o li tui t d if ed they am, as I am afraid they are, but iz t, re or the , : e vit ii n a a n ll d so im on po h i j a cy ve of am ou p r le c o a r n n d . l u p w a s i nf . u I l ki 4 Y, h c ' w ever, Oo tell ,at nut will be that p e e g ri oo en d ce m wi ey ll eo n m o e t , b au e d th th ro u r a Zit t o l t flort some filed , ~,'eeal the be made in the next session of Parlia (rm..' the state - eorn-laws.—(Loud cheers.) So alarming, ''''intd, thaac of the crops, especially of the potato crops 6, cording to the Times of this morning, a I Cabinet Council 13 to be immediately held for the purpose of either opening the ports for the free admissio n of corn, or of summoning Parliament to consider the propriety of so doing. I trust this report is well founded. It would be a wise and prudent act on the part of the Government ; and be assured, if the ports be once opened, we will never permit them to be closed again.—(Hear, hear.) In my opinion, the extension of the commerce of this country should be at the present moment the great practical object of every British statesman. For this purpose not only should all protecting duties be abolished, but other means should be adopted to increase the number of our customers, and to create new markets for our goods.—[At this moment Mr. Bright, M.P., came into the room, having just arrived from Manchester by the seven o'clock train, and was received with loud and long continued cheers.)—lt is with this view that I have ever been in favour of emigration. It is with this object that I have always considered colonies to be of great value and importance to our country. Ido not value them as means of increasing our empire. Ido not consider them of importance because by them the extent of our dominions is enlarged, and the number of our sub j ects is igmentebd ; but I look upon them as communities planted for ihe purposes of trade, as bodies of our countrymen sent to dicta Ott regions to develop their resources, to reap their varied pn:clucti°ns, to exchange those productions for our manufactures, become prosperous and wealthy, and to aug ment her wealth bY,ommerce.—(Cheers. ) We have planted colonies in every portion' of the globe. Men of our r ver the vast northern continent rapidly spreading themselves am"' ish colonies of Central of America, are menacing the Lm• aviation the pro- America, and already grasp in their • ceoti . iry, the pre vinces of the south. During the last halt .' viously unknown lands of the southern hemisphe: e have bren invaded by Englishmen ; flourishing communities are .7 nng n i ing up in - Akustralasia ; emigrants are settled on the shores New Zealand ; and at no remote period an Anglo-Saxon people will rule as sovereigns throughout the islands of the Southern Seas. I cannot over-estimate the influence in our commerce of this fact, that some of the richest portions of the earth's surface are now being inhabited by men of our own race, who have carried along with them the arts and civilisation of Britain, who have runts, feelings, and interests similar to our own ; who will be ready and willing to purchase our goods, and who will create great and daily increasing markets for our manufactures. Whether they remain subjects of the British empire, or whether they become, like the United States, independent of us. in either case they will be equally the colonies, and equally useful to us. In their infancy, colonies require some care and protection from the parent country, but they soon reach that maturer age when they should be left to themselves, to their own self-government, and when all control over them should be merely nominal.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, England is indebted for the position which she now holds among the nations of the earth to her free institutions—to her ships, colonies, and commerce ; and by that means, with unfettered trade, she will long be able to maintain that position. Before I conclude, there is another question to which I must refer, not only on account of its intrinsic importance, but be cause its discussion formed a prominent feature in the late contest for this borough—l allude to the question of religions liberty and equality. To the opinions which I expressed on that subject, and to the approval which they received from yourselves, I was mainly indebted for the large majority by which I was elected.—(Cheers.) In my opinion, there is no principle of greater impertance to the peace and well- being of et than th a n that of religious equality'. There is nothing ; hi i -o closely marks the progress of a nation in know which - 'Civilisation than the degree of liberty which is ledge and „ etters of faith. No attempt to call a man to permitted in ni. ~ous belief—to blame, or even to praise account for his re , his convictions ; to force him, either by him for his conscientio to acknowledge any set of doe punishment or by rewarj i • wholly at variance with sound trines as true, is a proceeding' rea son, and with the spirit of the age. It is an of rttempt to return to the policy times tong gone by, when the Roman Catholic Church wag at the summit of its power, and endeavoured to put down eve,-v opinion of which it disapproved.—(Hear, hear.) In saying tbis, let me not be supposed to speak with want of reverence er of respect for the ancient Church of Rome, o r i n an y w ay tt; deny or undervalue the important services which in times lon • it rendered to the human race. It preserved, amongst barbarian invaders of th e Roman empire,re ancient civilisation and literature .—(Hear, t hear.)e remain sltformed oi the only bond of union between their etween their scattered and hostile communities. It taught their feudalchie fs that there was something nobler and better than brute force.— (Cheers.) It inculcated peace, cha • rlty, and equality amongst them. It was the civilising • principle of the dark and middle a es (Hear, hear.) All knowledge,all g were confined to the members of its hierarchy, and amongst them there were v able reasonersery many acute and profound thinkers, learned divines., illustrious statesmen, great moralists, and It aspired, however, to a dominion, not only over the of men. It did actions, orf but over the feelings and reason a moment reach this summit of power, and constituted a theocrac No one dared to think, to act, or to • dared to hold opinions in Opposition to its decrees- and the mightiest monarchs of Europe were at its feet. From that moment its power began to decline. The sovereigns of Europe resisted its temporal authority. With the progress of learning and investigation, with the discovery of the art of printing, and with the con sequentr facility of acquiring knowledge, the infallibility of the u ch of Rome in matters of science began to be doubted, • •• the borough of SOuthwark," and he hoped they would' take the :advice of Mr. Bright, and not only be electors of S nith work, but also become electors of East Surrey. Mr. WitsoN returned thanks, and proposed the health of the Committee of Sir William Molesworth, coupled witl the name of Mr. Vouseley. Mr. VOUSELEY returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Mr. Lee Stevens and the stewards of the days. Drunk with all the honours. Mr. STEVENS briefly returned thanks for the kind manner in which the name of himself and colleagues had been re• ceived. The CHAIRMAN proposed Mr. Herbert Stormy, their elec tion agent, in a briefly eulogistic speech. Mr. STuRMY briefly acknowledged the toast. The assembly shortly afterwards broke up. RELATIVE CLOSING P] RAILWAY SHAR. - IN Tale PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS I] SCOTLAND, AND IRELAN NAMES OF RAILWAYS, Aberdeen • ..... Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Ariaaagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down Birknhd.Lan. &Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (las ,at 7% dis.) Ditto Half Shares - . : Birminghm & Oxfrd.Jtme. Illekburn, and Preston.. Blekbarn, Darwn,& Bolin Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Beaton, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter...... Ditto New . ..... • • • • .. Bristol and Gloucester .. Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Calerlon. and Ayrsh. June Caloadon. & Dumbar. June. Caledonian ... • . ........ Ditto Extension • • • • .. Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares .... Ditto Half Shares •... Chester and Holyhead .. Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clitheroe Junction.— Clydesdale Junction ... Cork, Illackreic ik /Mane CEO alld isalif4Ril . t.. : Cock and icidarno Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal .• • • 04114te1'ellIT 4lld DPW', •• CoVePti7 sadliCiCe-ster• • I Comy4,ll ... . . Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • PhTet 11011, lleootea• *allileth DtrectMan.(Remington's) Direct Northern •• • •• • • Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, iselfast,l Ctgrfle Dublin 4114 progPeda• • • • end CialwaY Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . „ • Dundee and Perth • •• , • Durnam and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) Eastern Counties Do, New • • • • • It II It, Do. Peep. Ct., No. I Do. do. N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union ....... Ditto Extension • •• • Qdinbgh, coaa., and Pilnl• Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares ... Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Gnintop Do, 1'4.4 h for Cant„ Edinburgh 811 Northern Edinburgh an Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .... Eimisktiv.ll „ Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fitwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Ganikirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr....... Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenoelt . • Ditto New. • .• • • • Ditto Preforciace • ..... Glasgw,Dmfries, and Car. I ilsgw, K ilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction ......... Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths Grand Union Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield lit Stbrn & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension ...... Great Munster.. • • ...... Grt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western .......... l/itto Half Shares .... Ditto Fifths .......... Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. llurwleh • • ••••..• • • • • • lludrsfid & Man.R. &Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield hull and Gainsborough • . 11►11l and Selby .. ..... . its decrees in religion were questioned, and the Reformation commenced. The great principle of the Reformation was the right of private judgment and free inquiry. The Reformers protested against the authority of Rome; they contended that reason, that argument, not the will of Rome, should guide a man in his religious belief. And then for the first time in history the principle of religious liberty and equality was proclaimed. Alas, it was little attended to, or put into practice.—(Hear, hear.) It was soon lost sight of in the con flict of sects who demanded liberty to disagree with Rome, but refused a like liberty with regard to themselves. Each sect persecuted its neighbour with a fury more intense in proportion to the smallness of their doctrinal differences. Thus Calvinists persecuted Lutherans, and Lutherans Calvin• ists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Nonconformists, and every denomination of Dissent, were equally intolerant, equally per secuting, when they had the power, and equally forgetful of those principles of religions liberty and equality to which they owed their existence. These times, unfortunately, can not be said to be passed, though I trust they are fast passing away.—(Loud cheers.) The repeal of the Test and Corpora tion acts, the emancipation of the Roman Catholics, the majorities in the House of Commons in favour of the eman cipation of the Jews, the conduct of that House with regard to education in Ireland, and the establishment of universities in that country—all prove the progress of public opinion, and that the most important branch of the Legislature is favour able to religious liberty and equality. Much, however, still remains to be done to give practical effect to that prin ciple, and especially in the great matter of the education of the people. The want of a good system of national edu cation is the subject of great and well-merited reproach to our country. If any danger is to be apprehended from the progress of free institutions, and from the growing power of the people, that danger can only be averted by educating and instructing the masses.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, both the friends and the foes of the extension of popular rights ought to be equally anxious for a good system of national education. What has prevented it in this country ? What has defeated the efforts of the friends of education ? I answer, religious bigotry and intolerance, which have re quired that, in the education of the people, religious tenets should be inculcated, and we cannot agree what those tenets should be. The Church of England wishes that the people should be instructed in its own peculiar doctrines; so do the Roman Cathtlics ; so do the Dissenters. Thus a general system of education is rendered impossible. We ought to take example from a kindred people—from the in habitants of the New England States of America. In those States there is as great a variety of religious belief as in this country, yet there is one system of general education. In the State of Massachussets, with a population of only 750,000 inhabitants, 100,0001. are annually raised for the purpose of education. In one single city—Boston—the education. tax amounts to 30,0001. a-year—a sum equal to the whole of the Parliamentary grant for a similar purpose. Tha law ordains that every district containing fifty families should maintain . * school, Tor which the inhabitants are required to tax themselves. Perfect religious equality is preserved, for the law prohibits in those schools the use of any books cal culated to favour the tenets of any particular sect of Chris tians. What prevents our acting in a similar manner? I answer, bigotry, intolerance, and disregard of the principles of religious liberty and equality.—(Loud cheers.) I thank you for the patient manner in which you have listened to me. I have endeavoured briefly to explain to you what principles will guide my votes with regard to the most important ques tions of the day, and I trust that my conduct in Parliament will merit and receive your approval.—(The Hon. Baronet concluded amidst loud and continued cheering.) Mr. Ashton then sung a song, composed for the occasion by one of the stewards, which was received with great applause. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII rose, and said he had great pleasure in proposing a toast. It was the health of their worthy Chairman—a gentleman to whom he was under a great debt of gratitude for his exertions during the recent borough contest; coupled with which, he would propose the Liberal electors of the borough of Southwark. The toast was received with loud and general cheering, and drunk with all the honours. I)ttta quarter Shares.. Ditto tutlf Shares Inverness and Elgin •• •• isle of Jersey Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford .... Ditto Extension .. • • .. Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk ........ Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Loteester and Bedford ... Limerick 'and Waterford Limrck,Ennis,& Kn. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares•- Llverrl,Ormakrk.& Prstu London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds. Ditto Quarters ....... London and Blaekwall Lndn. Oxfd. & Chltnham. 1 L ondon and Brignton • •• . . D►tto Consolidr Eighths London and Croydon • • • • Ditto New. •• •• •• • • Do, Ckmrant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich . Do. Pref. or Privilege.. London and South Weil trn - Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares• Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .•• • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) . ...... London and Windsor— • • Lund'', Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine London.] erry & Enulskilln Lynn and Ely •... • • • • • • Lynn and Dereham .• • .• Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto ilalt Shares .... Date Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths • • • • • Mauch& r and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminghrn Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto "Sew Quarters . • • Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manehestr. Bolin, & Bury Mnehsti Buatn, & Matlk Han. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland ••••••. • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths .. 1. 4 o New •. • .2 Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Und Ut Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Ne west 1 & Daringtn June. Da. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen . . Newark and Sheffield . North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • . Not th fon . • • • • • • • • • • North Kent . •••• • • • • North Staffordshire •• • • North Eastern • • • • • • • . • • North Union (A) • • • • • • • • Ditto (B) • • • • • • • • North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares • • • • Net th Western • North Wales ..•...•••• Norwich and Brandon .. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " Free Trade, and its untiring advocates, the Anti Corn-law League." Mr. BRIGHT responded to the toast. He said—When he first received the invitation to attend the present dinner, his answer was that he could not attend, as the Council of the League had arranged to hold a great meeting on the same evening, and at the same hour, in the Manchester Free Trade Hall. A change in that arrangement had enabled him to attend this night; and he was, therefore, exceedingly glad to be present. The result of their election was mos, important and cheering to the cause of free trade. He was however, strongly of opinion that, wherever there was a large population and an extensive constituency, and where no large proprietor or small clique had power to exercise any undue influence, free trade principles would be sure to triumph, and Members be elected in agree ment with them. They had had three candidates seeking their suffrages, and yet not one of them had declared in favour of the protective system.—(Cheers.) Although the editor of the Standard had been pleased to say that no po pulation in the kingdom was so savage and heathenish as that of Southwark, he (Mr. Bright) viewed the abuse of such an editor, acting under the corrupt influences of monopoly, as only the writhings of defeat, and as proofs of the great progress of free trade principles.—(Cheers.) They were free traders in the borough of Southwark, though at the present time there was not so much credit in being so, as it was difficult to meet with any person who was not. —(Hear, hear.) People were now somewhat like what they were at the time of the triumph of negro emancipation. They declared then they had always been in favour of it, only they said they did not exactly agree with the course that was taken to obtain it.—(Cheers.) It was said that the Anti-Corn-law League had used hard language in denouncing the corn-law. He admitted it to be so, but it was not half hard enough, considering the diabolical character of that law, which brought famine to the doors of thousands, and was now about to press with the greatest severity on the people of the British islands. The Hon. Gentleman, after dwelling at some length on the injurious nature of the corn-laws, commented on the recent address of Lord Ashley as an evidence that the corn-laws were doomed, and pointed out the great progress the League had made in the recent county registrations. By the additional votes gained, he stated that North and South Lancashire, North and South Staffordshire, and Middlesex, were safe from the power of monopoly. He concluded by urging the electors of the borough of South wark to come forward and secure the county of Surrey to liberal principles and free trade. Glee—" Hail, smiling morn." The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " William Cooper Christie, Esq., M.P., and the education of the people." Mr. CHRISTIE returned thanks for the high honour done him. He expressed himself in favour of education in its broadest sense. He had advocated in Parliament the open ing of the national universities to all parties, without regard to civil disabilities—a course which had been advocated by the Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Molesworth) when there, where he (Mr. Christie) hereafter trusted he should receive the able assistance of their:Honourable Member.—(Loud cheers.) Sir WM. MOLESWORTH said he should be most happy to support the motion of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Christie) for a repeal of the tests enforced by the national universities. He had atoast to propose. It was, "[The Liberal electors of Ditt o New . • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Beivoir, & Grsuithm Nottingham and Boston.. Nutt., Et wsh. Val. & Mai. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester .. Oxford and Cambridge .. Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmouth Direct ...... Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • —.— Do. Pref. i per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby and Huntingdon Scottish Central .• . •• • • Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (Ne. 2). • Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln ... • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand Junc. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dxdl, & Bir 6hrwsbry & Trnt Val. Ua. Shrws, Ilerefd,&N. Wales Slamannan ... • • • • • • • • • • South Devon . • • • • • South Midland • • • • • • • . • • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (i55.331.65•8d.) „ 2 Do. (lee. 30/.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales.. • . • • • • • • • • Tears and Dove Valley Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath.. .. • .... West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow .... Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick & Dub Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfid, Pentairct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire........ Worcester and Tring.... Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland West Cornwall— West Yorkshire • Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Wilts, somrst, & Southam Yarmouth and Norwich.. Ditto New . • . • • ...... York and Carlisle . York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto Searbro' Branch Ditto Selby . ...... ... 21% ii p - PI ,50 87 35 2% ,; pl 26 9% -5 PI 156% a 4 1279% 6% 211 i 3 43iP Oct. 28. 6% 4 160 8% 125 11359 Ditto Extension .. .. • • Torksbit e &Glsgow Unn. i p 1 20s p 4s6dp 1 -1 p 4% 7% 1% 2% ..... 4%p 24s p 51 4356 p Mut* PIETER, Oar. 28. Sroaz ExcliaNGE.—The sales are—Exater and Crecliton, 6%—Exeter, NA Ptichsitti. Donn, Tilt SUN*, LONDON, THURSDAt MORiVING, OCTOBER 30, 1845. I .4—Exeter, Topsham. and Exmouth (Head's line), % Central Cornwall and Devon, % p.—South Wales, 5 4 Cornwall, VA—Bristol, New, 94. SHEFFIELD, Ocr. 28. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Derby and Gains borough, 2%—Grimsby and Sheffield, 1614—Manchester, IS tidland, and Great Grimsby, 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4 1 ,4—Wakefield and Harrogate, 3 3 / 4 . HULL, Ocr. 28. The demand for shares at low prices is very great to-day, an d far less disposition evinced by sellers to quit ; indeed the market is decidedly better. The sales were—Hull and Selby (10P per cent. guar.), 100—Ditto, Half Shares, 21—York and North Midland Extension, 25 1 4—Great Grimsby and Shef field, Quarter Shares, 4 3 4—North British (Dalkeith), 6 1 4 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 134—Axholme, s—fjam bridge and Lincoln, 4—Derby and Gamsborough, 2%-. -Dud ley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 3 1 4—East Lincolnshi re, 3% —Fleetwood, Preston, an d West Riding, 3 1 4,—Great, North and South Wales and Worcester, par.—Hull an?. Barns ley Junction, 21. 6s, p.—Leicester and Bedford, 21. 3s.—Lin coin and Wainfleet, Bs. 6d. p.—Liverpool and Leeds, 3% — London and York, s—London and Norwich Pdrect, 9s.— Nottingham and Gainsborough, 78. p.—Nottingham and Boston, 31. 13s. 9d.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 2%—South Midland, 6/. 3s. 3d—Wakefield and Bradfort'., 3%—Welsh Midland, 3. YORK, Ocit. 2& STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar lington, New (Brandling), 4N—North Britisl , ,, New, 4 1 ,4 Ditto, Carlisles, 3%--Yark and North Midlp.nd Extension, 23 1 ,4—Axholme, s—Coventry, Nuneaton, B'dtaingham, and Leicester, 2—Grand Union, 21 4 — Leicester_ and Bedford, 2% —Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle ;‘, unction, 4%—Lon don and York, s —Newcastle and Berwick, 14 1 h—North Kent and Direct Dover, 31 A — -Welsh Ylidlands, REMARKABL d INTERESTING ANT "':UARIAN DISCOVERY. LEWES, OCT. 28 —The usually quiet town of Lewes this day has been thr Jwn into considerable exc it emen t i n conse quence of a racist unexpected discovery in that part of the Priory grounds on which the workmen are engaged in the necessa2r excavations for the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings %Ikea a. In digging c l ose by, in fact amidst the ruins of the e j .d Priory, the 'workmen lit upon a hard substance, which, 9P. closer inspeetion, proved to be a leaden box, surrounded by a few square Caen stones. After clearing away the soil, it was carefully rem ove d, an d t urne d ou t to b e a cist, in which were human bone's. Further examination led to the still more important discovery that it contained the remains of Gundreda, daughter of William the Conqueror, the name Gundradu, as it is spelt, being cut in upon its lid. The size of the cist is about a yard in length, a foot in width, and nine inches in depth. The lid, sides, and ends, are in excellent preserva tion, but the bottom i s destroyed, an effect apparently pro duced by the bones, for where they laid there the lead is, as it were, corroded away. The lead is ornamented by being cast in beaded compartments of the lozenge form, five inches by three, and the lid fits on, or rather laps over the sides. Shortly after this curious and interesting relic had been found, the workmen lit upon a second cist, precisely similar in form, shape, character, and material; being, however, slightly longer. The bottom was eaten away in the same manner as that of its companion, and on the lid was inscribed the word—Willelm, with an abbreviation for the us, an old but usual way of writing Gulielmus. This our antiquarians readily interpret into the name of William de Warren, by this means esta blishing the fact that these cists contained the remains of Gundreda and her Lord, William de Warren, the first Earl of Warren and Surrey, aad founder of the monastery. An cient records prove that Gualreda died in 1085, and William de Warren in 1088, and that both were interred in the Chapter-house of Lewes Priory ; the latter being, as is stated, "buried in the Chapter-house, in a tomb adjoining that in which his Countess Gundred was laid." Since this morning two skeletons have been found, as also the remains of an ecclesiastic. The latter were laid in no coffin, but merely in a grave, the sides, ends, and top of which were formed of Caen stone, the bottom being strewed with coarse sea-gravel, two inches in depth. The figure was in the usual form, the hands being crossed o ver th e breast. The body h a d been buried in its clothes, shoes, &c., which were still, though greatly decomposed, perfectly dis tinguishable—the leather of the shoes especially so, while the cowl, drawn over the face, was also apparent. These discoveries have naturally excited the greatest curiosity, and crowds have been to visit these interesting relics throughout the day. The cists, with their contents, and the remains of the ecclesiastic, have been removed to the old entrance in Southover Church, where they will be for the present kept for public inspection.—Surrey Gazette. THE CORN TRADE. tFrom the Mark-lane Express.) The fine v,veather experienced during the past fortnight has in sorae measure allayed the uneasiness previously felt respecting, the fate of that portion of the crop so long exposed in the fic,ids, and within the last eight days harvest opera tions lui,ve again been resumed. That all the corn not secured previor is to the 13th of September must have been materially injure d by the almost constant wet weather which prevailed fr,orn that time till the termination of the first week in the present month, is greatly to be feared, and though the grain may, under the improved aspect of affairs, be carried in rather better order than appeared probable a fortnight ago, still it is much to be apprehended that the result of the har vest will prove even worse in the northern parts of the king dom, than is unfortunately the case in the southern districts. As yet, little can be known as to the extent of the deficiency in the more backward parts; but, judging from the almost universal complaints of the yield from those counties where a comparatively good return was expected, there is too much reason to conclude that the total growth of wheat will this year fall very far short of that of average seasons. The trade in the article has, nevertheless, lost some portion of the ani mation by which it has of late been characterized, not, we believe, from any change of opinion respecting the deficiency in the yield and quality of the crop, but owing to a somewhat economised consumption, in consequence of the very rapid and material rise which has already taken place in the value of bread stuffs. This is a perfectly natural state of affairs ; an advance of 15s. to 20s. per quarter in the space of a couple of months must, it may readily be conceived, cause many sellers to come forward, whilst parties having stocks on hand may be expected to feel a disposition to work them up pretty closely, before entering into fresh investments at so greatly enhanced rates. Nothing has, however, transpired to allow us to hope that the reports of the defective nature of the wheat crop have been in the slightest degree exaggerated; on the contrary, every day furnishes fresh evidence that the yield per acre, as well as the weight and quality, are to the full as inferior as was at any time anticipated would be the case. Relative to the failure of the potato crop, the complaints have also become more and more serious ; we are therefore inclined to think that the slight check which has this week been given to the upward movement in prices will prove only temporary, and are by no means inclined to alter in the slightest the substance of our previously expressed opinion regarding the probable range of the value of bread stuffs later in the year. At the same time we must remark that we deem it by no means unlikely that when farmers shall have finished the autumn sowing, and have leisure for threshing, the deliveries may, for a period, exceed the quan tity immediately required, and by this means they may cause a small decline in prices; but knowing that we can have no important supplies from abroad before late in the spring, we feel pretty certain that quotations of wheat will be higher in December and January next than they are at present. Considering the favourable opportunity which has been afforded by the fine weather of the last fortnight for pre- paring the land, the supplies from the growers have been rather larger than might have been anticipated, and at several of the leading provincial markets the quantity of wheat brought forward, has more than kept pace with the inquiry. Of spring corn on the other hand, the deliveries have been short, and an impetus having been given to the demand for all articles suitable for feeding, in consequence of the spread of the potato disease, barley and oats, as well as beans and peas, have commanded advanced rates in all parts of the kingdom. We observe from some of our Scotch letters that a new source of uneasiness has sprung up in that country, viz. the safety of the turnip crop. There are well authenticated re ports that this bulb has been attacked by worm to an extent threatening materially to de...act from the produce; but as these complaints apply only to a particular district, we trust the mischief will prove of a local character. The potato disorder, or murrain, as it is there termed, seems to be quite as serious in the north as in the south, and the excitement occasioned thereby had, by the latest advices, in no degree abated. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, all descriptions of grain were in active request. The value of wheat under went a further rise of 2s. per quarter. Barley was quoted ls. to 2s. higher than on that day week, and a similar enhance ment took place in prices of oats, beans and peas. The ad vices from Glasgow of the same date are of an equally ex citing character, and quotations are now higher in the northern than in the southern markets. From Ireland the letters confirm to the fullest extent the previous statement regarding the potato rot ; in many dis tricts which were supposed to have escaped, the disorder is reported to have shown itself; in addition to which, a further cause of uneasiness has arisen, owing to the manner in which the potatoes, apparently sound when dug, had afterwards gone off; this circumstance having given rise to a doubt whether the seemingly healthy portion of the crop would keep through the winter, holders of corn had refused to sell except at very high terms, and important as has been the re cent rise in prices in the English markets, the upward move ment on the other side of the Channel has more than kept pace with the advance here. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have amounted to 14,709 quarters up to this (Saturday) evening; a large proportion of the supply has gone direct to the millers, and the quantity exhibited at Mark-lane has been q tide moderate. On Wednesday the show of samples consisted of a few runs from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, mostly of ordinary quality; the millers were certainly less inclined to purchase than'in the beginning of the week, and some difficulty was experienced in effecting sales at Monday's quotations. On Friday, how ever, the trade again resumed a more healthy tone, and the little wheat offering was easily placed at former terms. Foreign free wheat has throughout the week been saleable in small quantities at previous prices. Bonded parcels have been a good deal inquired for, but the exorbitant demands of holders have tended to check business. On Friday there was scarcely any kind of red wheat offered below 545. to 555., and it was reported that 60s. per quarter had been offered for a very superior sample of Rostock. Dantzic, of which there is rather more than of other descriptions on the market, was also held very high, and really good qualities could not have been purchased lower than 58s. to 60s. per quarter. The duty fell a step on Thursday; the weekly average price for the kingdom, 58s. 3d., was not so high, however, as expected; the very inferior condition in which the new wheat continues to come to hand is abundantly proved by this return. At none of the leading consuming towns is good wheat obtainable at present much under 70s. per quarter; still the general weekly average of the kingdom but little exceeds 58s. per quarter. That the duty must sooner or later fall to a very low point is now deemed certain ; and with this pros pect there is little probability of any part of the bonded stocks being for some time entered for home consumption. The nominal top quotation of flour is now firmly fixed at 60s. per sack, and the bakers have paid the enhancement more readily than is usually the case. Ship flour has also been in good request, and has commanded very full terms. American in bond has found takers at 305., and Canadian free at 355. per barrel. The market has been sparingly supplied with barley, and having, in addition to a pretty active inquiry from the dis tillers and maltsters, experienced a speculative demand for this article, factors have been enabled to realize enhanced terms. The recent advance in the value of malt has been well supported, and from present appearances we deem a further rise by no means improbable. The arrivals of oats have fallen short materially of the weekly consumption, and the continued unfavourable ac counts from all quarters relative to potatoes, rendering an unusually large consumption of oatmearprobable, prices have run up very rapidly. The sales made on Wednesday were generally at le. per quarter over Monday's currency, and on Friday a further rise to fully the same extent was established. Fine corn brought 355. per quarter on the latter day, common new Irish sold at 305., and for foreign feed as much as 255. to 265. per quarter was paid in bond. Some very low returns from Wales caused the last general average to ba only 235. sd. per quarter; but there can be no doubt that the recent important rise in prices must soon in fluence the returns sufficiently to occasion a fall in the duty. Beans have come to hand sparingly, and the business done in the article has been at rates not previously obtainable. Peas have commarded prices nearly as high as those rea lised when the excitement caused by the export demand was at its height —say 555. to 575. for white boilers, 545. to 58s. for large blue, and 445. to 465. for maples. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The prospect of Great Britain being likely to require a supply of wheat, and the fact that the harvest has terminated so unfavourably in Holland and Belgium as to induce the re spective Governments of those countries to admit grain free, have, as may easily be conceived, caused prices in the Baltic to rise materially ; indeed, at many of the ports from which, if our wants should prove urgent, we must draw our supplies, quotations are actually higher than the prices of similar qua lities at Mark-lane. _ The latest accounts from Dantzic are of the 18th of Oc tober, and inform us that, though little or nothing had during the preceeding fortnight been brought for shipment to either England or Holland, about 1,500 lasts had changed hands on speculation, at very high terms. Really fine sam ples, the growth of 1842, had brought 565. to 575. ; mode rately good parcels of high—mixed 535. ; and inferior sorts from 475. to 50s. per quarter free on board. When to these rates we add freight, insurance, and other charges, it will be seen that, high as bonded wheat now is, fresh imports can not be profitably made unless the duty falls to a very low point. The supplies of wheat into Dantzic from the inte rior had been small ; the qualities of the new wheat is no longer so well spoken of as was the case immediately after harvest. The few lots received had, however, met a ready sale at terms quite equivalent to those at which old wheat had been sold. Rye is reported to have turned out a short c , -op in that neighbourhood, and fair parcels had brought equal to 348. per quarter for local consumption. At some of the lower Baltic ports supplies of new wheat had, by the latest accounts, begun to arrive,i, farmers having been induced to thrash early by the tempting prices. At Stettin, on the 18th instant, there were a good many parcels of new wheat offered, of capital quality, weighing from 621 b. to 631 b. per bushel. The finest lots had been sold without difficulty at 505., and new Uckermark, of 621 b. weight, at 49s per quarter, free on board. Of old the stocks were altogether exhrusted. The accounts from Rostock speak equally favourable re lative to the quality of the new wheat; but, as but little had been brought forward by the growers at the date of our last letters, the transactions had been trifling. At Hamburgh considerable excitement appears to have been caused by the continual advance in the English markets. Our advices thence are of Tuesday last ; all sorts of spring corn, pulse, and wheat, were then in lively request. Of the latter article several purchases had been made, it was said, on British account, at 51s. to 525. per quarter for good red upland wheat. At the principal Dutch and Belgian markets the value of wheat appears to have been well supported, notwithstanding the remission of the duties. _ _ From the Mediterranean the reports are quite as lively as those from the Baltic, and wheat as risen as rapidly in that quarter as in this country. Letters from Leghorn, of the 14th instant, inform us that rather important contracts had been closed there, partly on British account. For the finest sorts of Polish, Odessa, and Marianople, 425. per quarter had been paid, free on board ; and secondary sorts had brought equally high terms. Egyp tian beans had also been in request, and as much as 265. 4d. per quarter had been paid for fine new. The Earl of Donoughmore was installed Master of the Clonmel Masonic Lodge on Friday, and the Earl of Glengall was also initiated a member. HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS.--It is now the 6th day of October, and we have the authority of many respect able physicians for believing that there has not been a real genuine case of yellow fever in the city this season. It is now rendered nearly certain that we shall not have any. The weather has been rainy, cold, and disagreeable for two or three days, but yesterday it cleared off, leaving the at mosphere delightfully cool and bracing. The city is believed to be perfectly healthy, with the exception of light colds, and perhaps an occasional instance of ordinary fever. Ab sentees, whether acclimated or not, may hurry home as fast as they wish. The business season is opening under very fa• vourable prospects. The number of buildings erected during the summer and still going on is unusually great ; and yet. judging from appearances, the new dwelling-houses and stores will not supply the demand. Strangers are beginnin to rush into the city, so th a t we anticipate a lively g winter.— Tropic, Oct. 6. CONTINENTAL PRODUCE. The arrivals of provisions of various descriptions, from the different continental ports usually furnishing those articles, have within these three or four days been of an extensive, and in some instances, a novel nature. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Caledonia, from Hamburgh, brought, in addition to 24 oxen, 148 sieves of plums, 24 pack ages of horseradish, 10 casks of apples, a large quantity of butter, peas, potatoes, seeds, and vtirious other articles. This vessel has also brought 22 packages of fresh meat. This is a novelty, and we believe the first importation of meat in a fresh state from the continent for consumption in this country. The importation of dried hung beef from Hamburgh is car ried on to some extent, but the one under notice consisted of joints from fresh killed beasts, and with the exception of the very alight smell naturally arising from it being closely packed for two or three days, arrived in an exceedingly fresh and excellent condition. It was considered also to be of very good quality, and will, no doubt, answer fully the expec tations of the importers, and probably tend ultimately to the extensive importation of meat from abroad in a fresh state. We are given to understand, on the best au • thority, that the importation of live stock from the continent, and particularly from Holland, and which has during the present summer been carried on to a very considerable and much increased extent, has proved a most fortunate specula tion, and realizes a very handsome profit to the parties, who are .very limited in number, concerned in the trade. The Batavier, from Rotterdam, brought 61 oxen and cows, 54 sheep, 6 packages of poultry, 137 packages of walnuts, 53 packages of grapes, a large quantity of cheese, butter, seeds, and a variety of other Dutch produce. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Tourist, from Calais, brought 47 packages of walnuts and other articles; the Belgian vessel Antwerpen from Antwerp, 11 packages of smelts, &c.; the Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend, the large number of 61 packages of Belgian poultry, a quantity of eggs, butter, plants, and other produce. The Ocean, from Rotterdam, brought 203 sheep, 14 oxen, and 12 cows, two crates of live deer, another novel article of importation, and for Holland quite a feature, 17 packages of poultry, 30 of yeast, 30 bags of walnuts, 27 baskets of grapes, an extensive variety of butter, cheese, plants, seeds, flower-roots, and an extraor dinary large cargo of every other description of Dutch pro duce and manufacture. The Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh, had on board, besides several oxen, 60 packages of butter, 284 of peas and various kinds of edibles and o th er articles of food, he The Rainbow, from Havre, brought no fruit nor provisions of any description; but the City of Boulogne, from Boulogne, In-ought 100 skins of walnuts, 4 packages of poultry, and an extensive cargo of the descrip tions of French produce and manufactures generally brought to this country. No further particularly noticeable feature presents itself in these several importations, excepting that France, in the neighbourhood of Havre, has discontinued supplying us with any kind of fruit for the season, the present supplies, and especially of walnuts, being confined to the part of the country in the neighbourhood of Boulogne and Calais, and other parts bordering on Nor mandy. The walnuts from France are highly spoken of, while those brought from Holland cannot, it appears, be commended. In other respects, however, Holland has in disputably been of great service to us throughout the summer in the supply of every kind of fruit and provisions for con sumption by the inhabitants of the metropolis, and indeed most of the other large and populous towns throughout the kingdom. At all events we are indebted to our neighbours in a very great degree for the supply of nuts this season, our own crop being, in consequence of the damp weather which prevailed during the latter portion of the summer months, of a very scanty nature and indifferent quality. The cattle, with the exception of those by the Ocean, which were landed at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwall, and the whole of the fruit, &c., by the different vessels mentioned, excepting by the Boulogne, Calais, and Ostend boats, which discharge their cargoes at London-bridge-wharf, were landed at the St. Ka tharine's Steam-wharf, at which place, in consequence of the improved facilities for the purpose, they were landed and delivered to their several destinations without the least de triment or delay. FROM CAPE HATTIEN.—By the brig Eolus, Capt. Hillier, fifteen days from Cape Hayden, we learn that the Haytiens had taken the pilot boat Virginia, formerly of Hampton, Virg., but at the time of her capture she was under the Dominican flag; at the same time they burnt another schooner, both being in the harbour of Santiago. The schooner Commodore Warrington, of Philadelphia, was recently bought at the Cape by the Haytien Government, to be added to their naval force. The account of the battle between the Haytien and Dominicans at Matayaga is con firmed, but the loss on the part of the Haytien is said to be trivial—only two pieces of light artillery and a few prisoners, taken from a small skirmishing party.—New York Journal of Commerce. THE QUERN v. CLINTON.—At judges' chambers on Monday, Mr. Justice Platt, having gone over the facts of this case, said that it appeared to him very doubtful whether under the treaty a merchant committing forgery of a bill of exchange in the United States with the intention of providing for it at maturity, and coming over here aninw revertendi, and, therefore, not a fugi. five from justice, could be taken and given up to the American government. ' Being fugitive," meant being so at the time when the law was to be put in force. If so, then it would appeared that the word " committed" meant committed after the treaty. It seemed to him, therefore, that he could only order that this man be discharged.—The prisoner was accordingly dis charged. ROBBERIES AT THE ERECHTREIUM CLUB- HOUSE.— The proprietors of this establishment, No. 8, York-street, St. James's-square, having within the last few weeks missed several vo lumes of Withers's works, an examination of the library was deter mined upon, when it was discovered that no fewer than thirteen va luable books had been stolen. Each of the volumes was bound in red morocco and gilt. No suspicion is at present attached to any in dividual. _ FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRMINGHAM ON TUESDAY. —We regret to state that an accident occurred at Birmingham yesterday evening (Tuesday), which terminated in the death of Mr. Simmonds, the highly efficient and much-esteemed secretary of the Birmingham Insurance Company. It appears that yesterday of ternoon Mr. Simmonds, in company with Mr. Mills, a cabinet maker, residing in New-street, went out for the purpose, as is sup posed, of enjoying a ride,and that about seven o'clock in the even ing the carriage in which they were seated, and which was drawn by a spirited pony, was observed passing along Suffolk.street at a rapid race. When near the bottom of a hill in that street the car riage overturned, and the two gentlemen were precipitated into the middle of the road, where they lay until they were raised by parties who came up to their assistance. It was then found that Mr. Simmonds was quite insensible, and that Mr. Mills, although not so severely injured, was only able to state where he resided. A conveyance was procured, and the two gentlemen were at once conveyed to the residence of Mr. Mills. Surgical attendance was promptly rendered, but without the desired effect as far as re. garde Mr. Simmonds, who expired (it is presumed) shortly after the accident occurred. Up to this hour (10 P.M.) Mr. Mills re mains in a state of insensibility, but it is expected will ultimately recover. Owing to the hour at which the accident occurred, and the distance from the residence of the parties to the spot, we are unable to furnish our readers with an account of the origin of the accident BITING OFF A WOMAN'S FlNGER.—Arthur M'Gill, a. private in the 65th regiment, and servant in the employ of Captain Black, paymaster of that corps, was brought before the county ma gistrates at Rochester, on Monday, charged with assaulting and biting Harriet Scartifleid, the wife of a fisherman residing at Chatham. She stated that as she was passing through Watts-place, having a child in her arms, she saw the prisoner lying on the pavement with his hands bound, which some men had been compelled to do in con sequence of his riotous conduct. Ha bit her foot, and then jumping up he knocked down the constable and others who were attempting to secure him, and then also knocked her down, and seizing her hand, Virus it into his mouth, and bit off the top of her forefinger, which he took out of his mouth and threw at her. Her medical attendant had told her that he fears the must undergo amputation. Captain Black, who was present during the investigation, described as one of the mildest of men, except when he had been drinking. He said he had, when at Dublin about four months since, thrown him self into the Liffey, and, being a Catholic, had been to his priest, and promised not to drink again. We was fined 51., which his master paid for him ; and the magistrate ordered two sovereigns to be given to the poor woman Scartaileld. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their customary early morning walk in the pleasure grounds and the Home Park. In the afternoon her Majesty rode out in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, followed by a pony landau and four, in which were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Bedford, the Countess of Claren don, and the Countess Delawarr. Another carriage and four contained Lady Mary Sackville West, Lady Caroline Murray, and the Maids of Honour. The Hon. Colonel Grey and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries in Waiting, attended odhorse back. _ _ . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester rode out in a garden chair through the grounds of the Home Park, ac companied by Prince Albert, walking. The Royal Family were all taken their usual morning airings, and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales 'nd the Princess Royal were taken a drive in a piny phaeton jn afternoon. Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, and Sir Robert and Lady Peel, thool .eir departure from the Castle to-day. Lner party this evening will include her The royal a ichess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Royal Highness the L I : Dawson, Baroness de Speth, 474ki;9nel Sir George Couper, Mr. George E. Anson, and Major-General virtmyss. The band of the Grenadier Guards yla.s attepdgiipp dpr ing dinner. Her Majesty's private band 4terward# attended in the Castle. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted busineas yesterday at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived at their residence In Whitehall-gardens yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Dispatches for the Governor of the Mauritius were sent off yesterday evening f om the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales and New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET-TUESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 501. for three-yr-olds and upwards, A.F. —Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; Little Hampton, 4 yrs, Bst ; Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; I-am- not-aware, aged, 7st 101 b ; Alamode, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Duc-an-Durras, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Sister to John o' Gaunt, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ; Alice (b. b), 4 yrs, 7st 31b; Pergularia, 4 yrs, 7st; Longitude, 3 yrs, Est 91b; Kesheng, 3 yrs, Est 91b; Leopard, 3 yrs, Est 91b; Little John, 4 yrs, Est 71b ; Master Stepney, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs, Est 71b; Scarlet Runner, 3 yrs, sst 71b; Jet, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Subscription Plate of 50/., for two and three-yr- olds. .Y.C, —Energy, 3 yrs; Master Stepney, 3 yrs; Nell Cook, 2 yrs; Miss Love, 2 yrs ; Miranda, 2 yrs ; Blackbird, 2 yrs ; Ter rier, 2 yrs. weepstakes of 10 soya. each ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs :—My Old Hack, aged ; Khorassan, 5 yrs ; Doctor Hill, 4 yrs ; Devil to Pay, 4 yrs ; Skeleton, 4 yrs ; Alamode, 4 yrs ; The Attorney, 3 yrs ; Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs ; Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs. Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes.—Polka, Bst 61b ; Free Lance, 9st 31b; Futive, Bst llb : Green Pea , B st; Cha m o i s , Bst; Tugnet, Bst; Dexterous, 7st 121 b; Curiosity, 7st 101 b; Benevolence, 7st 91b ; Tell, 7st 91b ; Regalia, 7st 91b ; Cob' lingwood, 7st 91b ; Morocco, 7st 81b ; Mecca colt, 7st 61b ; cei 21erus, 7st 21b; Guzman, 7st 21b; Sister to Fickle Wild Rose, No Derby betting. NEW MATCHES. of Bedford's Oakley, 9st 71b, agst Mr. Thursday—Duke' G. H. Moore's Wolfdoj; 7st 71b. A.F. 200, h ft. Friday—Duke of Bedfo: d's Prologue, Bst 71b„ agst Mr. Meiklam's Grimston, Gst 71b. A.F. 100, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Black Cat, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 7st 71b. T.Y.C. 50. Lord Glasgow's Physslis, Bst, agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 7st 10Ib. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Saturday—Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst 51b, agst Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, Bst. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Mecca, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's. Emilia filly, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Either horse running in the Nursery Stake allowed Bibs. (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. SirJ. Hawley's Alamode, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (harden) 1 Mr. Wigratn's Kesheng, 3 yrs, 6st 9lb (carried 6st 111 b).. 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr, G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Mr. W. S, Standish's Little Hampton, 4 yrs, SM.—Colonel Peel's I-am not-aware, aged, 7st 101b—Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice (h b), 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Mr. John King's Sister to John o'Gaunt, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Count Bathyany's Pergularia, 4 yrs, 7st—Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, 3 yrs, Est 91b—Mr. Clifton's Little John, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Lord Exeter's Jet, 3 yrs, sst 71b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Little Hampton, 13 to 2 agst I-am not-aware, 7 to 1 agst Kesheng (taken), 7 to 1 agst Longitude, 8 to 1 agst Little John ( taken), 8 to 1 agst Pergularia.—Jet made play at a steady pace, followed by the Rockingham filly, I-am-not-aware, Alamode, Queen of the Gipsies, Little Hampton, with several others lying up. The front rank underwent but little change until the top of the hill; here Jet and the Rockingham filly gave way, and Little Hampton took up the running, Alamode waiting on him; at the cords the latter went up, headed Little Hampton in a few strides, and won cleverly by a length; Queen of the Gipsies a good third, and Little Hampton fourth. Match, 100, h ft. T. Y. C.—Mr. Payne's Collingwood, Bst 7lb (Nat), beat Lord G. Bentinck's Astern, 7st 101 b (W. Abdale).-11 to 10 on Collingwood. Won by a length. Subscription Plate of 501_; for two yrs old, Gst 71b; three, Bst I.olb. Mr. Shelley's Blackbird, 2 yrs (J. Prince) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Terrier, 2 yrs Mr. Clifton's Miss Love, 2 yrs 3 The following were not placed :—Mr. Coape's Energy, 3 yrs—Count Bathvany's Master Stepney, 3 yrs—Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook, 2 yrs—and Mr. Beresford's Miranda, 2 yrs. Betting-10 to 6 agst Miranda, sto 2 agst Terrier, 4to 1 agst Blackbird, and 6to 1 agst Miss Love. Blackbird and Terrier jumped off together, and ran almost head and head to the ropes, where Blackbird obtained a decided lead, im proved it, and won by a length ; Nell Cook a bad third. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for three yrs old, ist 71b ; four, Bst 21b ; five and upwards, Bst 71b. The winner to be sold for 150 soya., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 4 yrs (Sly) 1 Lord Miltown's Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Howe's Khorassan, 5 yrs 3 Mr. E. Dyson's Devil-to-Pay, 4 yrs The following were not placed :—Sir C. Monck's My Old Hack, aged—Lord Exeter's Dr. Hill, 4 yrs—Mr. Ford's The Attorney, 3 yrs—Mr. Langridge's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs. Betting-6 to 4 agst Khorassan, sto 2 agst Skeleton, and 6 to 1 agst any other.—Khorassan went off with a slight lead, attended by Devil-to-Pay and The Attorney, Colleen Bawn next, and in the rear (over -paced) Skeleton. The Attorney failed at the new ground, and Colleen Bawn moving to the front, carried the running on to the ropes ; here Skeleton caught the leading horses, ran with them half-way up, and won cleverly by a length. The Devil-to-Pay and Khorassan were well up at the finish. Match, 300, h ft. Cambridgeshire Course—Lord Strad broke's Idas, Bst 61b (Nat), beat Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland, Bst (H. Bell). Betting-3 to lon Idas. Won cleverly by three parts of a length. Match. 150,h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Prologue, 7st 81b, received forfeit from Mr. Carr's The Altered One, Bst 51b. The weather was again favourable, and the attendance fashionable, but not so numerous as on Tuesday. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, who is on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, was present, and took great interest in the sport. The following brood mares and foals, the property of Mr. Webber, were sold this morning:— Aquatic, covered by Erymus 34 Guineas Manacle, covered by Sir Francis 5l „ Red Tape, covered by Eryinus 7O „ Bay colt foal, by Euclid, out of Red Tape 7l „ Che c foal, by Redshank, out of Patronymic 4O „ Che f foal, by The Colonel, out of Ruse l7 Ches f foal, by Euclid, out of Parade 42 „ THE DERBY. Sting—tak. and aft. offered. betting.: Stakes of 25 soya. each, for 700 to 100 agt S. E. Russel No other Acceptances for the Nurser two yrs old, &c. : Polka, Bst 61b The Free Lance, Bst 31b Fugitive, Bst llb Chamois, Bst Green-pea, Bst Tugnet, Bst Dexterous, 7st 121 b Curiosity, 7st 101 b Benevolence 7st 91b Collingwood , 7st 91b NEW MATCHES. 'Tell, 7st 91b Regalia, 7st 91b Morocco, 7st 81b Mecca colt, 7st 61b Cerberus, 7st 21b Gusman, Tat 21b Sis. to Fickle Wild Rose, 7st F. by Retriever, out of Emilia, 6st 121 b. THURSDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9st 71b, against Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolf-dog, 7st 71b. A.F. 200, h ft. FSIDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bat 71b, against Mr. Meiklam's Grimston, Est 71b. A.F. 100, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Black Cat, Bst 71b, against Lord Glas gow's Miss Whip filly, 7st 71b. T.Y.C. 50. Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst, against Lord Exeter's Wee Pot, 7st 101 b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. SATURDAY. —Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst 51b, agst Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, Bst. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Lord Exeter's c, by Colwick, out of Mecca, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's f, by Retriever, out of Emilia, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Either horse running in the Nursery Stakes allowed albs. It is said to be her Majesty's intention to honcur Drury-lane The stre with her presence this evening, after the inau guration of Lincoln's Inn-hall. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, are still at the Doune of Rothiemurchus, in the Highlands, where her Grace is entertaining a select party. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House on Tue3day, from Walmer Castle, accompanied by Lord Charles Wel lesley. His Grace is expected to attend her ➢lajesty to the opening of Lincoln's Inu New Hall to-day. Lady Charles Wellesley has gone on a visit to the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint, at Chersholt Park, near Andover. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Hon. Mr. Under- Secretary George W. Hope, who were sent for express frem Scot land, in consequence of the alarming illness of Lard Montagu, have arrived in town. The answer to inquiries on Tuesday, in Hamilton place, was, that his Lordship had passed a goad night, but was much the same as on the preceding day. STEALING LETTERS OF ALLOTMENT.—Some days past suspicions have been entertained that an organised system exists for purloining letters of allotment, and that the principal parties concerned are some of the sub-officials of the Post-offi ce . A. few days ago, a letter was posted by the secretary or solicitor of the Northampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway, and addressed to C. Rawlings, Esq., Warwick-street, Pimlico, which fell into the hands ofone of the gang alluded to. Shortly after a notice was sent to Mr. Rawlings, informing him on what day the deed would be ready for signature. On inquiry at the offices of the Company, he was informed that the amount of the deposit had been paid into the banker's hands by the person who bad improperly obtained possession of the letter; and when he made his appearance for the purpose of signing the deed, he would be given into the custody of the police for fraud and forgery. DEATH Or LADY STRAFFORD.—The family of Lord Strafford have sustained another heavy bereavement by the demise of Lady Strafford, which took place on Sunday evening last, at the town residence Portman-square. Her Ladyship was daughter to Sir Walter James, Bart., being Lord Strafford's second wife. Our readers may recollect that Lady Agnes Byng, wife of the Right lien. G. B. Uyng, eldest son to his Lordship, died a short time since. ,ICES S ENGLAND, ~~Y THE POTATO MURRAIN. (From the Medical ence Ou t r o le t a n d e er da o n f l l a as g t ed w s e t e a k, te it of w t i h ll e b r. e ze r se e a m t emb rc e p red c , f h p ac c l; a ef ta ar e i We' enumerated with some care, EV Id not a little curiosity, 11 the learned opinions which haess been lavished upa i n. i t t h ic is a common-place subject, and, after discarding such . sub as we had no occasion for, came to the unpretending conclu sion that the potatoes are rott en 1 Whether the potatoes complained of be really rotten, as we we say, or in a " morbid states" as some other people say, has little to do with two questions naturally arising out of and circumstance, viz., are those potatoes fit to be eaten, a what are the poor to do wit] tout them? The former is espe cially a query for ourselves t so answer ; the latter rather be longs to 3linisters of State, poli _deal economists, and parish guardians. unfit t food, pota might toesinl pr as t a i l e m ir tb tacte ed it as sbaamdcori p riori. ion are totally for It is well known that vegetable matte rit i a state of ptuhteremseanscte, part ei in nutritive, commencing or confirmed, he ru or!ly . for . organs,nut rit e, a a but d even also e po aP ' a s .b o i ni eof irritating the t the system. wheat," as the farmers tes-na it, never bakes into spongy, ag i s m p e r n au ta t r id y sweet. The refermentati an • which bread undergoes substantial bread, but rein al* s " sad," soft, and nauseously seo w lisl he y n bk37,t,rinapainseystrpa,sditamispcaaltraado, an approach papnrclaawalhitcahthise. ,sasu_inccee..ed. eduwilth con dition. Either is unfit for foe id, and serious . mischiet often been known to follow it, ; u se. History . ls familiar s instances of epidemics conseq uei i t u p on eating the unsound mosta soun corn grown during wet an d c h y seasons. One of h figurative adventures in th e c i assi cal writings is amongst the earliest references to this we tl-k s 'own fact. The most . an cient plague mentioned by p re ( f ano authors occurred during the sovereignty of King At , ham. q ; it ,desolated Tin and was the occasion of the . I rgons uric e xk _sedition for ~ ob taining the Golden Fleece and . consail,'lng the o: . acle at Q s , - this. That plague is said to ha , se bees l occasional by the wrath of Ino, who, to revenge: hi ;rsel f on Nephele, proo:^•ed the pestilence of poisoning all_ th a grain which had been sown in the earth. It is not sieces nary to inform the classical reader that Nephele signifies a " cloud," and that hence, as an old scholastic observes, in this tradition of a universal ma lady is shadowed forth tb e vi tiation of grain by means of clouds, showers, and incle eneul . seasons, as well as in the same legend are detailed the terrible effects which grain so dis tempered is capable of prods cing. We learn from Proco pius lib. ii., cap. 22) that during the reign of Justi nian a fearful pestilence swept. through a vast portion of the Roman era Ore, and seemed to be referrible to no cause e -t, cept the use of unsound gri in. When Caesar besieged 7:flex seilles, a pestilence prevails d, and affected his whole gin ny , and Was supposed t o b e ow ing to a bad kind of farinaceou; food. "Panico enim cetera, atque hordeo corru pto, omnea (Scil Massiliences) alebantu:r," &c. (De Bello Civili., lib. ii. 22). In 1529 an epidemic disease sp rea d throughout Nor way, Denmark, Holland, and Flanders, and appeared at Ham burg, Bremen, Lubeck, Dantzic, and Cologne. In those dis tricts birds were frequently seen to fall dead from the trees, and were found to have small abscesses about them, espe cially under their wings, and Schiller (de Peste Britannica) attributed all these things to a moist cloudy state of the at mosphere long prevalent; but other more accurate observers referred them to the use of impoverished and rotten grain (Schenck. Obs., p. 764). The pestilential disease which ra vished Messina in 1554, so well described by G. Agrico's (apud Schenck., p. 764), seemed to be for the most part at tributable to the use of deteriorated farinacea. Forestus im putes the plague which appeared at Delft in the year "1557 to the eating of mouldy grain which had long been kept up by the merchants in a time of scarc i ty. At the saute time a similar disease pre vai l e d i n S pa i n; many died of it, and their bodies were found covered with purple spots. Coinci dent with this visitation was a rottenn, and mouldy state of the grain, the consequence of a cloudy and very wet summer (see De Thou's " Hi s t ory o f hi s own Times, " vol. 2.) Sir John Pringle remarks th a t h e h as b eard of dysenteric affections being frequent among the common people on the Continent, who chiefly live on grain, and that these affections are especi ally prevalent when the crops are found to have been injured by wet and cloudy we a th er . An epidemic fever, described by Silvias de la Boe, raged at Leyden in 1669, and was gene rally attributed to the unsound vegetable food. In 1690 the summer was very rainy and hot in Italy, and most of the crops were rotten or mildewed. In the year following, when this grain was eaten, a general and fatal epidemic prevailed (Webster on "Epidemic Diseases," vol. i,, p. 332). In 1693, the corn in various places was gathered in an unripe er rotten state, and; subsequently, those pl aces were v i sited by putrid fevers and dysentenes—wounds degenerated into ulcers, blis ters were followed by modifications (Webster, op. cit). In the description given by Gregorius Horstius of a fatal epidemic, the malady is chiefly attributed to the use of a bad farinaceous food. " Causes hujus affectus quod attinet, ex cegrotantium relatione ac i re li cet, quod externa cause cora muniter in alimento, ad nutriendum minus idoneo et impro • portionato, consistat dum pauperis rebus ad vitam necessariis destituti, panem impurum et male coctum longo tempo tem pore in summa famis urgentia, devorant," &c.—(Greg. Horst. op. vol. ii., lib. 8.) A similar report upon this epidemic is made by Sennertus in his chapter. " De febre maligno cum spasmo." In 1816, the crops in this country were seriously injured by the profuse rains which fell, and, subsequently, when the grain was made use of, dysentery and typhus fever became prevalent. In the following year, in consequence of the heavy rains which fell between the months of January and March, most of the crops in Bengal were vitiated ; and shortly after this, and seemingly as an effect of it, came the cholera. And the laborious train of investigation pursued by Dr. Tytler, renders it more than probable that fatal disease owed its eastern origin and progress mainly to the use of de teriorated grain, chiefly rice. (See Tytler on the Morbus Oryzeus, passim.) Dr. Tytler fed a healthy young goat with Ouse rice ; it caused a diminution of appetite, excessiva thirst, weakness, stupidity, watery eyes, and apparent suf fering. The animal died in forty-two hours from the com mencement of the experiment. the only morbid appearance of moment was an " erythematic inflammation," extending from the stomoch to the intestines. In several instances mentioned by Dr. Tytler, the effects of this rice upon the human subject were very serious. (Op. cit. p. 10.) Some very remarkable cases in proof of the bad effects of unsound grain taken as food are recorded in the Philosophical Trans actions, Nos. 83, 84, 85, and 98 ; and in Med. Museum, toms ii., p. 449. The particulars are briefly these ;—ln 1762, 3. Downing, his wife, and six children, residing at the village of Watisham, were seized with violent pains in the feet, legs, and thighs, the other parts not suffering materially. The affected limbs grew black, gangrenous, and fell off. The father, most triflingly attacked, was fortunate enough not to lose a limb. A child, four months old, died before any of the members separated. The mother, three girls, and 'two boys lost, collectively, seven legs and four feet. The Rev. Mr. Bones, minister of the parish, in answer to questions put by Dr. Baker, states that they made their bread, the summer before, of what is called clog wheat. The grain was da maged; it had been laid, gathered, and thrashed separately ; it was not mildewed or grown, but discoloured, and smaller than the rest. It made bad bread and worse puddings. We have not space to go further into detail, or we could give many more examples derived from history, and some from personal observation, of the baneful or fatal consequences which have followed the alimentary use of unsound grain. Er uno disco omnes—others of the farinacea, similarly dis eased or rotten, would be likely, if taken as food, to be pro ductive of equally bad effects. Hence, as we said at the outset, we might a priori assume that the present dete riorated potatoes would not only furnish little nutriment, but might be actually poisonous to those who partook of them. The assumption would be perfectly logical, and we should be as perfectly justified in making it, did we not prefer the a posteriori argument as being more in accordance with the matter-of-fact subject of w hi c h we are t r e a t i ng. And it le one not to be disregarded or trifled with ; calamitous conse quences may, and most likely will, follow the eating of these corrupted potatoes; already, indeed, they have begun the work of mischief; and it b e h oves th e pro f ess i on t o cons ider well the circumstances. What further we have to say upon these will be continued in our next article. THE MORMONS. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) Everybody will inquire for the causes of the exasperation which exists against the Mormon s , an d none o f the Western papers furnish an answer to the inquiry. We can see one feature in their mode of operation which is calculated to produce general opposition—it is their mixing their religion with politics. They combine upon their sec tarian affinities, and go to the polls as Mormons. They constitute a majority in the county, and so we see that Backenstoss, the sheriff, is a Mormcm. The judges of the local courts are also Mormons, and the laws are administered according to Mormon principles. As the Mormons adopt the notion, not peculiar to them, that theirs is the only tr u e c h urc h—th a t they are the saints, and all others the enemies of God—they come very readily to the same conclusion which Rome made fro these premi ses , that it is right to join with God in punishing His enemies; and that so, to lie to heretics, to cheat them, steal from and rob and even kill them, when the good of the Church would be promoted by it, was only doing God service. In Mormon courts it has been quite out of the question to get anything like justice in cases between the true Church and the Dissenters. A letter from a gentleman in the neighbourhood, whom we know, states the fol lowing incident :—" A farmer had a very fine horse. It was stolen, and taken into Nauvoo. The farmer hired a neighbour's horse, and went to Nauvoo in pursuit; Finding his horse, he appealed to the laws for redress. But, instead of haying his property restored, the Mormon court accused him of stealing the horse he rode, took it from him, fined him ten dollars for contempt of court because he dared to protest against this villany, and so sent him away." The same letter says that when the Mormons have wished to buy farms in their neighbourhood, they have stolen the pro perty of the owner, and even set fire to his buildings, and by vexations for which there was no redress, compelled hint to sell out on any terms which the Mormons chose to prescribe. Such a community would of course draw to itself the thieves and banditti of the country, and arouse the indigna tion of honest men. It is however not improbable that the Mormons are often misrepresented, and that their con duct is less flagrant than rumour proclaims it to be. In the West, among the pioneer settlements, there will now and then be combinations formed among villains to put down the laws. These combinations are too strong for indi viduals. At Vicksburg, for instance, any citizen, judge or sheriff, who dared to enforce the laws against them, only sounded the note of his own assassination. If there is a Government of any sort which authorises revolu tion, it is such an one as this. We do not say that the Mor mon fraternity is such a combination; though we are afraid it comes pretty near it. ADMISSION OF FOREIGN CORN, DUTY-FREE.-It will be seen on reference to cur intelligence from Ireland, that our correspondent communicates the important fact, that a Treasury order had been received at the Dublin Custom house, " for the admission of foreign corn duty.free on and after the Ist proximo." If this be the case, the Anti-Corn-law League nay be considered As having little more to do than to quit the stage, close their bazaars, and settle their accounts.—. Advertiser. COST OF THE SLAVE-TRADE SUPPRESSION.—The following is a table of the deaths from fever on board vessels employed on the coast of Africa during 1837-38, comprising eighteen months, being a very sickly period. Cases similar to the Eclair, of vessels losing more than half their crews, will be seen to be too common. There are more than double the number of men employed on the coast than there were at that time. If this epidemic equals the former, the mor tality will be fearful:— Officers Men Vessels' Names. died. died. Raven 4 ... 21 Bonetta ...... 5 ... 28 Buzzard. ol Forester phin D Fair Rosamond 1 ... 14 Viper Scout Waterwiteh Pylades Pelican 0 ... 4 ;Etna ... 25 Brisk Curlew 7 .. 30 Total Original deaths. No. of crew. 25 .• • 42 34 ~ 52 28 ... 52 30 ... 52 24 ... 52 Total 52 ... 285 —Hampshire Telegraph. t •• 13 , g . 1 ,.. - 48 .''"". "',, vaoll.rv,..\ .. 27 K A d ;. - r> 11 -" .. 4 44 ,p ^ ::, : < ',.'.;--,;--, 4,1,',N .. 19 C/2. 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