The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-14 00:00:00

.// ; A, , ,;;polik • • .. • , ~. rri L'A tti.: A • • '• L'. • • - • s • j s t ' „ r , • //`; A rn o c . ,y l • - • . . 041,:t - • tT.r!:4,. ! " a .4, TV. I " • , 1; * , " - . 4116111, 3 * t:;"*" •... . Irai• '16.4 ea" "r "•‘-* extinguish their debt, and the It fourth le,' l ation to utions fort flings of No. 16,327. LONDON, SATURDAY IVICORNIING SUN 9 DECEMBER 14, 1844. PRICE sd. THE COURT o EAST INDIA f DIRE HOUSE, TORS DEC 11, 1844. of the EAST '1 1 , 4t a _INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, Quarter, propr ietor of East India Stock has postponed, until the n th 'Y Gcneral Court of the said Company, appointed to be held itutaitiar House, in Leadcnhall . street, on WhIINESDAY, the 18th „ the Motion of which he had previously given notice, via. : lit fi at the Dispatch o f L or d Auckland of the 17th November, hi 0 , .1 which his Lordship rejected the proposed plan of the Ben. 4.ooo7ertiment, and recommended the annual money. payment of th e t the Temple ot Jug recommendation Directors assented by their gernaut Dispatch (to of the which 2d June, 1840), be h i : re d by the Court of Proprietors on motion for abrogating taipb,-"eY-payment, upon the ground of no,original pledge or *n u,. - "ertt having ever been given for the same by or on behalf of bil 13 anY, as erroneously alleged by Lord Auckland in his et'lt&ht a P ro'frietor has postponed until the said Quarterly general H rt a . the following notices, viz. : . tit T hat he w ill call the attent i on of the Propr i etors to th e treat .. India ' his - Majesty the King of Delhi by the Government of and Of th. b at he will call the attention of the Proprietors to the state Pkt e - "I ke in the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra, and to the O f the Caols in all the Presidencies of India." g JAMES C. MELVILL , Secretary. ‘i 44 AT NORTIIERN RAILWAY of PRANCE. ik hereloy given, that NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS IIiCkRES in this u n d er t a ki ng earl be received after SATURDAY, 4t1 % In t 7 1, ant, h l' ziaseeetus, containing the Terms of the Subscription, will with each Letter of Allotment. 74, 1er et' the English Members of tho Provisional Committee, SQ, ED. AIME. 'wt Willlarn.street, City, Dec. 10, 1844. - Ak S and BOULOGNE RAILWAY. Mtpy • ( MISR PROPRIETORS in the above undertaking, de. !it' C r , taking Shares in the GREAT NORTHERN L ° kr `‘ t of FRANCE must make their application to the the i vt-'„y of the English Section of the Provisional Committee of - . °l.t heni Railway, at 62, King William-street, London 's er before SATURDAY NEXT, the 14th instant. 111 C°wlniiittee cannot pledge themselves to make allotments in ' And h° duc tis'ls no application will be entertained without b ee n ef the receipts of the Amiens and Boulogne Railway. 10, I a 44. t 4BI ERN COUN -riE S RAILWAY Roti Ike e°COMPANY. is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET. the 1 . , th e PROPRIETORS of this COMP ANI will be held at the O t - I : l4° T , Tavern, Bishopsgate.street, London, on Trreasnar, t lsel l f da y of January next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon pre- Il l'e4 ' h . „ 4 the purpose of receiving from the Directors a Report Nate t , - , S ubject of the further Lines of Railway or Branches pro b• -° ,, n e made by this Company, and of the Lines proposed to be °tec t ,. l ether parties affecting this Railway ; and for the purpose t he i o , ld , e ting such Report, and of adopting such measures in relit. %el i 0 a matters thereof, and to the capital necessary to be pro. 19 t e , Pert of the said , 6rst.mentioned Lines, or any of them, - " e k Meeting shall appear expedient. HENRY BOSANQUET, Chairman. Ott ers T HEODORE W. RATHBONE, Deputy Chairman. ~J .London Terminus, Dec. 12, 1844. 1 1 1S hlki lliON and CHICHESTER RAILWAY o ev • COMPANY. P45 - I RISIENT OF TIME FIXED FOR INSPECTION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Digthe TO CONTRACTORS. ]?)(EC.ectors of this Railway will receive TENDERS for the t Ssak tjTl ON of the WORKS necessary for the completion of ola of the Railway from Shoreham to Chichester, being a i4. 1. 4 ,., 0f about twenty-two miles and one half, to be tendered for b ora, " "Palate CONTRACTS, including the whole of the earth 41 set,'.! °, large bridge across the River Adur, at Shoreham, a across the River Arun, near Littlehampton, all the !t), 4 4. ,, id it e ' upon the line of railway, the whole of the permanent , 4 114, r -s ' all ether works, of every description whatsoever, so as to t he Railway complete In all its parts, except the station late-keepers' houses, and ether houses of that descrip titai,,Thleh will hereafter be let in a separate contract. The plan s, . read' drawings specifications, and the draft of the contract, will ,k for inspeCtion at the Chambers of John U. Rastrick, Esq., bh: ' 4 Ch arin East, en and after the Itith day of December, 4 • °hilted forrns cr e ° f " tenders may be had, and no others will be Z d e ed b. to. er,et, 'rectors will meet at their O ffi ce, in Dean-street , Tooley '4o6 en T uesday, the 31st day of December next, at Half-pa . st ti a v a , o'clock at noon, to receive the tenders, previous to which etp 4rt " i ° tenders must be delivered there, and the parties tend ering, . it eltir, es d ui/ authorised, must be in attendance at the time of „ -ht. , whose tenders are accepted will be required to enter fit t .„7", with two secur ities, for the due performance of their 14 tht-t:h.dand the nam es o f th e p r oposed sureties are to be specified 'as h _ tr. Directors will not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender. 2 37 order of the Board, FRED. OTLEY, Sec. I " t en and Chichester Railway-office, 4, Dean-street, 404 Y -street, London, Nov. 27, 1844. COAT AND TILE STORM. th: he p ublic IMTO RT A N . T ANNOpNC a E , ) , IF ii ia . T . ! ay, Monday, December 9, elp, th eritr ance. 76e, specially dt iniflolraed th closed, preparatory to the pulling I‘l, Plet t „ re. erection ga of e lF7at portion •f the premises. Until the which, the Public will be admitted at the entrance, A • e h }° at ':met together one day Th. w ile intentions—si we have heard say, The`.l.tirtles had l o n g b een a t o dds, till at length An . 7 s e erltilled en having atrial of strength. 4 fat;;T ire was flx'd upon—namely, the . wearer-- Th.., „Ils decision, for what could be fairer / gut th.'"fin" in a furiatis manner began, ttor k ,!' e l'.button'd Coat'' stood his ground like a man. Arki .treated the collar exceedingly tough, d at the pocket, the skirt and the cuff; tut the pied to tear op e n the seams of the back, 'ne " gallant Coat" never yielded a crack, 11 4 . th, ;nu" tried to drench his , oppon e en o t r Lit w h e r r a e ffi v s ain ; Cglavitilt4l.lteririrti°s"...'iSoyaetri"jerroudrl'Ttorwet it, with v a a l l augh, " Don't you wish you may get( the '' ," after this WWI observ'd to give in, „ 'arer.e,Pire seeing the garment would win, ber e t 'Pee,h which deserves to be read -7l yo u, terrible b.„ - Word for word , what the gentleman said: a , er):t a t ttl, an s.i d he," has been won h k i s to Mt SES and SON. RutlTU' I rm,' in the bursts ot his wrath, _ Ahditfos-„te eain'd, were you made of a different cloth , th„ - laS and SON are not to be done, vs4th r ‘L is the reason the fight has been won. 't hat th egard t o Inyself. I can cettainly see Si n , ce e contest your', a had is e a lesson for me. rro,„/"I manage to keep such a furious storm Chilling, or any huw harming my form, A ii ,les.4y'd that I'll do as I ever hare done— A Purchase all clothing of MOSES and SON. jj't!i k entitled " THE COMMERCIAL PHENO '''t.lcirth. full directions for Self-Measurement, on applica , Will he forwarded poet free. READY MARL I S. d. ditto r aril ion is from 0 11 6 " 1 4 "e`terG Id Ito ri !, e 019 6 Oa •••••••• 00000000000000 tr ni ,n r g keT 0 00 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 00 - Pt:1t . 0e ... ; and every description of t N , .4! Coat, handsomely i.' trimmed Fitt•.,?hter Coats. In every style 6 b Zn 9 n k t i tr Trousers, lined 10 0 il' a ek,j: 44 . edged k .. . ................«.« S .......... ***** ........... 1 3 9 bo ti poll s v .... .... 1 9 /e ii h _ ri l o ttted Ditto . .. " 2 6 to runi c Suits 9 17 6 ii e. neatly braided Yx, Qoth MAWS TO MEASURE. Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 IS N' l to T " a t', in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 II ttc ) eeed 'Wrappers 0 17 6 t!tit s iik,',l t °. Trousers 0 8 t 3 4' s esla r i" t pitto t„.t. o r n2tie, any pattern ..... »...." .................. ••••••••• vlith rs Lest Trousers N i tter L i v t Ve y Trousers • 7 14, 4 Cu m t° . an emi!ess pattern ...... di1 1 '•......... .................................................. nitro c 0 4 . -. ast manufactured .... . . ............. kg Hu- • .......... ...... ........ ....... ........... .7 rul a r Suit 1 '1 0 - t c , o .. .............................. t `WY extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the %▪ I t aut, following prices:— I ei4,o,..dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 el It, !Na t ,' Jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0 ‘ ,ta,.'eha h ,."__:—.A.ny article purchased or ordered, if net approved Wp,7, s - .7,, or the money returned. kleZri 17) . c - ea XIOSE6 an d SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail ▪ esi,' , liat e rai Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154. Mi. Aldgate City apposit the Church. "`h• t;' ' 1 ,, - Zea Moses ' and ' Son ars e obliged to guar the public i• s.OtejJollition, having learned that the untradesmanlike et b efog connected with them, or it's the same concern, , - •orteol te many instances, and for obvious reasons. t llak t Litee t b ,,n• connexion vihatever with any other establishment, " n o desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent e.) call Sr send to, 154, %notice, or 8 6. Aldgate, h i t h CnUrch. 'tl,4 telUneas transacted at t sEstablishment from sunset on '''Niet on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve I'll,l t , POST.OFFICE.—CAUTION. 4' and CO., perfumers to her Majesty, 28, t,!l, ti,:bard.street (late Price and Gosnell's, and formerly % 1 „: 1 4ry ;; t S, Price, and Co's.), by the recommendation ?Gibe Se. tob„ 'id erit, sk t he Post-o ffi ce, beg to " impress upon their Corr.e -4,1 ' t ", e necessity of precision in the address of all letters in. 61 4 . 4 11'.. r t " L ezn," thus—" Price and Co." (and not " Price and it) 'tin t , t hat firm ceased to exist in 1831), 1114 the only means of 1 a nd r e „ - "lngt the fraudulent conduct of individuals who take I: 11 J t ;; li n letters and orders intended for Price and Co., by il. t hey - , ' " l nt the firm of " Price and Gosnell," well knowing to'hah' t er were in any way connected with that firm OT .tRWISE THAN AS SERVANTS. ( 1.„,"-'s Perfumery is so superior to any other, and in such 1 . 41 1 - " 4 4-" land, that many shopkeepers are basely deceiving the tak: 41t,,tselling'• urious imitations. Price and Co. respect. NV IIT . 44 I' art adio s and Gentlemen when they purchase not to ey ! 41 4 C ic le without the protection label, fro the signature of -41 >itLombard street , " in red ink, and " 26" censpi. " 11 centre. Ip r lCe andt e ci- are the solo Wholesale Agents for DELCROIX'S KA LYDON, th e -4 netic, surpass i ng a ll ot h ers f or p rese r v ing and be.int htl4,ttokr;:Y th. cer nPlexionU een, and her Majesty e Queen Dowager, by es. re h . and protected by letters patent. Price 4s. 6d. t hs r est y D ELCROIX'S MACASSAR. OIL, Ilse 0 , niter the sanction of the " Lords of the Treasury," for th e Prin t : be r Inost gracious Majesty and their Royal Highnesses lel'ltt k ,. 4 , f Wales, the Princess Royal, &c., is also protected by Vet "7-executed, correct likenesses, in embossed medallions, "ty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Price I 1 wt 44 DELCROIX'S ODONTO. izot b ' ,-,, %nate to recom end, from experience. DEL- I , 41, ",,ONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most t h n ' e ate of purifying, preserving, a nd embellishing the I.aeian.:l,GUhla, hitherto oared to the Publ ic.". Court Gazette. ijete,,,f" Bo uquet Duke of York is the ia last new fashionable tp N'it eti t he season 1844 ; but though the . , last is net the least ~,,1 rODal ho ' : is it happily combines the preceding excellence of all 'lll veuquets with the delicate and delicious fragrance of the atess rose, I Let him who is a true born gentleman, 4 , n d stands upon the honour o f hi s bi r th 4r he suppose that I have pleaded truth.- 7 letsr, .. t erla off this briar pluck a white rose with t m ha e' ve pleasure tik_etferit... Delcrolx and Co., 158, New Bond-stree, beg f.! ilih ki t thle their last bouquet of the season, to inform 1 ; 1 ' th i4r '.7 ant their Patrons that, slum! . the and recess all orders n the six royal bou prZ for 04:%iluttee.cadeau'.' of atchase bouquets de containing Reine, d'A lbert, ....,, 1 i t e. e ti e , r 'dill a i l el. Duke , corn o p f ri l s , i o n t e , k Princesse Royale, and Princesse carriage paid. t r 4 14, 4 1 t e forwarded to any part of the c ountry,.. v . ng t.,'t t he tetiaine 414 attentio on, n is requires' in obser ca i t t3' 4; ) 45 , Xew Bond - street , Lond be upon each se and by I t ) tl , . 4 ~ wo rthless counterfeits, for the sake of profit, are D r and Hairdressers in town and country. 14' 4 1Ck SHAVING A LUXURY. iced'l44 ter Ind CO.'s RYPOPHAGON surpasses every soap ever i t s 114„, °having. One trial will prove that the . luxury of , a WCst l ' h St a n t" be enioyed only by those who use Price and Co. a a -, Which d shaving (hitherto disagreeable and 11‘ Pass PlOasa, t ren renders , 14 4, 6111, 3 , Pri and aad a C as o y. 2B, Lornbard.stroet (late Price and 1 1 ; as):4..nd veld by Delcr . Oix arid Co., 155, New Bond-street, ''''k —. e lse ja Lend • Si.d per pot, Is. per square, 4 , es fo r b. on, price . t tsv:', 4 hit , ~.''. 6 5 la. lid. and 2.. ed. er tl % 'der ~,frlee Will have pleasure in presentingany w br o o m th ay hik ~ '.l square of the Rypophageo gratuitously,h 'Not 414 tninottz Di 2 .awat Montpenwi .use, 48, Lombard. rich was c iv J r veal „, at tho CO [erect. forth tie ng for 4 ed prov, fr. RICA ese ntation d Lord 0 1, 1 nks harp e, ;ed, the Al SG. G. .1 1 34n1 81, ,t. 23; 11 ; Liverpogi, r :an, Aron , Cer" ldon; A de4: ' nd saile d . , 6 f rando ll° 4) , CaWI r te * )aboe; boe; la r o ,,ti Boston; ,y mouth; ‘l, ot „ 3d 22d t°'il„ Siagsr„:o !' from P"f 4 ?d, from 13f ; from Je b e l ,4 23d to 04 bisry St. n Ichsbo.,. Linea, 19c ;1 19 11 prep, .1 I. .bert, SO ID 1 3 ° l- " ' ec. 1 1, 1 " 4 mmiseiove, wriosti o l d oy'o Ind 1 71 ) s l' well till el, ound trsi; most Ow" BAps , volr• ENC' AT. ,st Agricul'' a ogf st st Coo— ke 11 to I -take I° ti t s 20 to 1 d o ffi' -t. toe; et' -tako s o° , Off' ) ger et. r and tb m e I° l a y f t: e l a tten, 4 l ‘4 WAS In lice )0k t 1 st ating; ` d the ° f oe° t ter of: w h tat o ,i urn ouwiici, one P boo' d o ubt , , 11; for 11 ° 411 t , Wit° EAT , to lencletho,r 710 t ter e ! to t'Peor n or 4 01 )u oD ng' l u be t „ , iSted ) 4 ll 'a si ls : o Ve,; he' Oh l queore t iuo 3l 00 tV. X her of r rer 3 0 0 1 , t - e r ,ery i °P a ude"/ .0* of A n s r r eorgi b. i t fig Or' inelt , r e l d r ub Ic ig"„ths, boo", 00 0 lb° eo fr ,lid lll Of „d „ ), THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIYERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAJNA and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, coVaining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON wp to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. T HE ROBBERY at Alvsars. ROGERS and CO.'S, the Bankers, R ICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION RAILWAY. A paragraph having appeared in some of the Railway journals, and copied into the, Morning Papers, to the effect that the plans, &c., of the projected Richmond Railway were not lodged with the Board of Trade till after the 30th November last, the Committee beg to state to their Subscribers and the Public that there is no foundation whatever for the above statement with regard to this railway. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, of the projected Line, were duly prepared and deposited, in a very perfect state, within the period required by, and in compliance with, the stand. ing orders of Parliament. The Committee avail themselves of this opportunity to correct an erroneous impression which prevails that any shares remain still to be appropriated, the whole of the capital required having been long since subscribed for, and the deposits paid upon the same. By order, (Signed) RICHARD MEADE, Secretary. 3, Moorgate,street, Dec. 134 h, 1844. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. MUSIC OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. Mr. C. E. HORN will recommence his Lectures on the above sub ject on Tuesday evening, the 17th inst., at Half-past Eight o'clock, and will continue them on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings. The first subject will be the MUSIC of ENGLAND, with Vocal and In strumental Illustrations, Dr. RYAN'S LECTURES are delivered at a Quarter past Three daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine. Professor BACH HOFFNER'S Lectures daily. The I'ROTEOSCOI'E, PHYSIOSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. . . Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published price la. FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time A to spare are apprised that'Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l ie. per annum, and many during the last ninetcea years hare realised con siderable incomes by the agency without •ne shilling let or loss. Application to be made (If by letter post-paid) as above. GENERAL TOM THUMB. The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURE will return to London and hold his PUBLIC LEVEES at the Gallery, in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, commencing Monday, December 23, and continuing through the holidays, after which he leaves for the Continent. The General has been visiting the principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufac. tured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoleon, and Court dress. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling. The General's new and elegant carriage, drawn by two of the smallest ponies in the country, with coachman and footman in splendid liveries, will pass through the principal streets daily. N.B. Visitors will find the Suffolk-street Gallery far superior to the rooms formerly occupied by the General at the Egyptian Hall, access easy, and the rooms well warmed and beautifully lighted with gas. TUE FINEST WAX AND SPERMACETI CANDLES.—Those who burn these are respectfully recommended to make one trial whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, at one-third of the cost, do not burn better. They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care can be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. trict Court—J. Parker, coach builder, Manchester, Jan. 10, at one, at the Manchester District Court—J. White head, common brewer, Ainsworth, Lancashire, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. J. Gar nett, bankers, Nantwich, Cheshire, Jan. 15, at half-past twelve, nt the Liverpool District Court—T. Todd, cotton dealer, Manchester, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. H. Deacon, coal merchant, Waterloo--oad, Jan. 4 F. Cock, painter, Lambeth -walk, Jan. 4—W. Walker, hatter, Birmingham, Jan. 6—J. Garratt, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 6—J. Whitehead, brewer, Ains worth, Lancashire. Jan. 16—C. Alderton, tailor, Brigh ton, Jan. 3—G. Croxton, glass dealer, Manchester, Jan. 3—G. T. F. Johnson, chemist, Norwich, Jan. 3-11. Brady, brush manufacturer, Hull, Jan. B. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. W. Jackson and J. Smith, dealers in waterproof fabrics, Manchester—D. Barker and W. Cotton, corn dealers, Dorset-place, Pall-mall East—S. and H. Gale, Judd-place West, St. Pancras—J. Millard and G. Dow ding, maltsters, Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire—L. Un derwood and W. Hall, fishmongers, Adam-street West, Bryanstone-square—ll. J. Garrett and F. B. Walter, eating-house keepers, Shoe-lane—S. King and J. Tuck, ironmongers, Bath —A. Lewis, Eh. Lewis, M. Lewis, and E. Lewis, milliners, Cardigan—J. Cartwright, T. Appleton, and P. Cort, bleachers, Turton, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Cartwright)—W. Gould and F. W. Nichols, carriers, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire—R. C. Dangar, 11. Bowden, and N. 'Marshall, porter merchants, Plymouth (so tar as regards R. C. Dangar)—W. Tyde man and J. Morgn, coal merchants, Chelmsford-- R. Childs and J. Baker, tailors ; Queen Ann-street, Caven dish•square—R. Beaumont, F. Kennedy, and. W. Binks, stockbrokers, Bradford, Yorkshire—B. Brooking and 11. Bate, surgeons, Bow-street, Covent-garden—Wm. Stirling, W. Stirling, and J. Beckton, cotton spinners, Manchester—H. Gledhill, J. Gledhill, W. Scott, and J. Holliday, coal merchants, Adwalton, Yorkshire--T. Harrison and G. East, glass manufacturers, Birmingham. easily broken upon a feather bed, than a steel anvil." And never was the principle of the great philosopher illustrated more faithfully or more successfully applied, than by Sir Henry Pottinger ; he prepared the softest conditions to serve as the basis of his pacific negotiation, and upon those soft conditions he shattered into fragments that obdurate barrier which had from the creation separated China from the world—almost literally " toto penitas divisa orbe." We freely concede to Sir H. Pottinger all the praise of this great, this inappreciable achievement; and in conceding it we do not feel that we do the least wrong to the Government under which he acted. To put fit men into fitting offices, and having put them there, to repose unbounded confidence in them, is the one secret of success in all the affairs of life, great and small ; the master's eye may be useful to keep the labourer from idleness, or to restrain the cashier from dishonesty ; but in the details of complicated affairs, the master's eye, the master's opinions, the master's interference can do nothing but mischief, for this plain reason, that the party who conducts the details must of necessity know more about them than any one else can. The more highly, therefore, we esteem the services of Sir Henry Pottinger, the more highly must we speak of the wisdom that left him free to the exercise of his own powerful talents. There is, is this respect, the reverse of an opposition of in terests between Sir Henry and her Majesty's Mi nisters. We cannot admire the wisdom with which the confidence of the Government has been employed and repaid, without as much admiring the wisdom with which it was reposed. Nor let this latter wisdom be lightly prized. We are, happily, rich in examples of sagacity and fidelity in the public service, but instances of the courage and self-denial which embrace the risk of loss, or embrace any other serious responsibility, in reliance upon the sagacity and fidelity of others —rare, in all the concerns of life, are most rare in political affairs. It is impossible to read the dispatches of Lord Nelson or the Duke of Wel lington, or any of the multitudinous correspondences published in Parliamentary reports, without a painful sense of the extent to which the public service has always suffered by the imperfect confidence which all the Governments before the present, have generally reposed in public servants. This, we repeat it, must be the effect of cowardice or self conceit, or, in the case of governments, of a habit de rived from the constant indulgence of these weaknesses by former governments. It is not the least of the merits of Sir Robert Peel's Government if it has boldly broken through this wretched habit in allcases, as it certainly has; and with what splendid success we see in the cases of China and Canada. having thus hastily alluded to the difficulties to be encountered in opening the Chinese empire, and to the innocency and even generosity of the means employed, we need not expend a word in allusion to the boundless advantages obtained by a free pacific communication with three hundred and fifty millions of men, previously as much estranged from us as if they occupied another planet. These advantages will not be felt perhaps for a few years to a groat extent, but they are vast beyond the power of imagination to conceive. • not be able to do so in Canada, and that American flour would be smuggled in there.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIBN thought that nothing but unmixed good would follow from every member of the Society speaking out his sentiments. They were all agreed as to the necessity of protecting agriculture; but of course there must be various opinions as to the means by which it could be best afforded, and the ex tent to which it should go. Looking at the spirit which characterised the proposition which had been put forward that day, and at the concord which pre vailed, he could not but rejoice, and give his unqua lified support to this cause.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. F. WOODWARD, Mr. NEWDEGATE said he was glad the tenant farmers had spoken out as they had done, but he, as a landlord, would say for himself, that he most deeply deplored the wretched condition of the tenant farmers. The spirit and activity which the landlords manifested in the different societies to which they belonged, showed that they were not indifferent to the condition of the tenant-farmers. With regard to the allusion which had been made to the Anti-Corn law League, he saw that Mr. Villiers had said its ghost would haunt them, but it was like the ghost in Hamlet, who worked underground ; for he knew that they were secretly corrupting the constituencies of the kingdom.—(Cheers.) Mr. MILES said that he knew the tenant-farmers were enduring the utmost possible distress, and he only wished that they had had more support from the agriculturists when the Canada Corn Bill was passing through Parlianient. 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GLOBE.—In the speech of Lord Aberdeen, delivered at the banquet given by the merchants of London to and in honour of Sir Henry Pottinger, his Lordship remarked that " the meeting possessed nothing of a political character." To a certain extent this was true. But, though the occasion was not decidedly " political," the re miniscences to which it gives rise are emphatically so. It leads the public mind back to the debates in Parliament on the Chinese war; it calls up the House of Commons Ames when Sir James Graham brought forward his motion in condemnation of the Whig Ministers for having un dertaken it ; and expatiated on the injustice and the impolicy of the Chinese expedition ; it reminds us of the pious and humane Mr. Gladstone's expression, that the poisoning of the water-tanks by the natives was a thing quite "of course." Who that heard and read these things could anticipate such an event as that of Wednes day. evening ? The Ministers—who as Opposition leaders condemned the Chinese war, as fraught with the elements of folly 'and crime—assemble with the members of the Administration they assailed on this very question, to confer honour on the Envoy who was commissioned by the Government they had long sought to destroy, and endeavoured to effect its destruction for directing the war to be commenced. We find these very men paying compliments to the Government they then assailed, as well as to the Envoy they • had selected—in fact, bearing testimony against themselves, by the praises which, through their colleague, Lord Aber deen, they consented to lavish upon Lord Pal merston, and his Chinese policy ! In acknow ledging the graceful compliments paid to him by the Noble Lord, his successor at the Foreign office, Lord Palmerston gave a gentle hint, which the company appreciated, and loudly cheered :—" We have assembled here for a common purpose—men of all shades of politics are met—members of the Cabinet which began the expedition, and members of the Ca binet which succeeded it, and which, though differing from their predecessors on many other essential points, yet felt it their duty, when clothed with the respon sibility of office, to continue the operations in China which were in progress when they came into power." —(Cheers.) It is well for them, and for the country, that they did "continue" those operations. They might have abruptly terminated the war. Acting upon their ex pressed and faction-inspired denunciations of the Chinese war. They might have withdrawn the troops, and boasted of their consistency. They knew better than to do so. They persisted in the course which they had condemned in their predecessors ; and reaped where they had not sown. The improvement in trade, for which the present Government takes credit to itself, is, to a considerable extent, the result of the openings which China presents for British manufactures —openings for which the country is indebted to the policy which was condemned by the members of the now approving Go vernment when in opposition. The large sum paid by the Chinese under the treaty of peace concluded between the two countries, as a compensation to Great Britain for the expenses of the war—this large contribution toward supplying the deficiency in the Exchequer, and to the surplus revenue of which Sir Robert Peel boasts as the fruit of his financial skill, is the pro duct of the policy which the present Government con demned, affected to deplore, and sought to counteract. " Clothed with the responsibility of office," their eyes became enlightened as to what was required to main tain the honour and advance the interests of the country; and " they continued the operations in China," which they had, with unanimity and earnestness, condemned. Thus it is. In Parliament and outside its walls—in the measures they propose, and in the speeches they deliver t w h l e i eyn employexpounding en addressor d r dr ess ing defending public b them—in jcme eti t n he gs language economical or festive, the present Ministers are com pelled to justify the policy of the Government they ob• strutted, and eventually upset. STANDARD.—We owe an apology for having ne glected to direct attention, yesterday, to the remarkable and most gratifying scene on the preceding evening at Merchant Tailors' Hall—the entertainment given to Sir Henry Pottinger, by the principal merchants of London. This brief delay has given to most of our morning Con temporaries an advantage over us, but an advantage com pensated by the opportunity we have of considering their opinions. It is a very old observation, that to the acqui sition of lasting fame two things are necessary, great talents and good fortune. Sir H. Pottinger has been abundantly favoured with both, and he has employed both in the manner best fitted to establish his own renown, and to promote the honour, prosperity, and happiness of his country. and through her to promote the advancement of the human race. It was not an ex aggeration that the Chairman employed when he com pared the opening of the Chinese empire to the commerce and social interests of Europe, with the achievements of Vasco di Gama and Christopher Co lumbus. Whether we regard the difficulty of the task, the innocency of the means by which it has been accomplished, or the probable benefit to mankind, we must place the adoption of the Chinese empire into the family of civilised nations far before the opening of the maritime passage to India, or the discovery of the western world. In the intercourse of mankind, moral obstacles are always harder to surmount than obstacles that are merely physical. The passage from London to New York, or, indeed, to the Antipodes—New Zealand and Australasia—is much more certain and secure, upon the average of years, than that across the narrow isthmus which separates the Mediterranean from the Red Sea. In less than three centuries civilisation has tamed what was the vast desert of North America, from the Floridas to Detroit, but in ten times three centuries civilisation has mad little progress iu the abode of the Arabs. The case of China itself, however, so long courted by civilised nations, and so long inaccessible, is the most remarkable example of the repulsive force of purely moral difficulties. When we boast, too, of the innocency of the means by which China has been thrown open, we must not be understood as justifying the origin of the war which has led to so happy a result, or even to the unsurpassed skill and gal lantry with which that war was conducted. We may consistently deplore the original quarrel, we may dismiss all feeling as to the mode in which the war was con ducted, except admiration for the skill, gallantry, and, above all, humanity, of our soldiers and sailors ; and yet exult with unalloyed triumph in the good which wisdom has drawn out of what, was at first perhaps evil. We must not be supposed to detract from the merits of our brave sailors and soldiers— they discharged the duty assigned to them as British sailors and solders always disoharge their duty, and as no other sailors or soldiers can ; they ac complished what no other men in the world could accom plish. Far be it from us to detract from their claim upon the admiration of their country, but truth requires us to say, that their victory was followed by a victory still more important, in the use made of their glorious suc cesses. It is at the end of their services that the proudest triumph of the British name commences. 'rho war tdhoeub whole th le e almostsam e might have been continued along , endless coast of China, with, n) brilliant success that characterised the last campaign, but without any other useful consequence, and continued for ever, were it not for the wisdom of the man who saw and seized the proper moment to ter minate it, and used the means best calculated to termi nate it to the benefit of his country and his species. ` A flint tipie," says Lord Bacon, "is found to be more RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-At the special meeting of the Grand Junction Company, held here to-day, the chair was taken by JonN Moss, Esq., who addressed the meeting nearly as follows :—Before desiring Captain Huish to read the Directors' report to you, I will beg leave to occupy a few moments of your time ; first, for the purpose of stating that the London and Birmingham Board having, since this meeting was called, proposed an interview between deputations from their Board and ours, that meeting took place yesterday ; and although we are not in a condition to report to you that anything has been done, yet, in conformity with their suggestion, it is our intention to propose to you an adjournment of this meeting till the 30th instant, without (unless required by you) entering at all upon the second important subject on which we called you together. I trust that you will agree with us that, as matters now stand, any discussion would be inex pedient. Having said thus much on behalf of the Board, I desire to avail myself of this, the first convenient opportunity, of making one or two remarks on a matter concerning me personally. You are all, doubtless, aware of the statement made by the Chairman of the London and Birmingham Company, at their late meeting, as to a correspondence between him and myself, and of the published resolutions of our Board thereupon, and of the London and Bir mingham Board's reply, which his just appeared. It appears by that reply " that the London and Bir ming Directors are content to leave the question where it now stands." And, under these circum stances, I am sure the Grand Junction may be con tent also, and I am greatly rejoiced to be able thus summarily to dispose, I hope for ever, of so painful a matter. The only thing remaining for me is to ex press my regret at the construction put by Mr. Glyn on my letters, that I was indisposed to admitl that . I had received a letter from him on the 19th ofgLiniisl, unless he would consent to have our private corre spondence published; in this he certainly misunder stood me. In answer to his request of the 9th of November, when he enclosed me a copy of his note of the 19th of August, I wrote by return of post in the following words : " I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant. " Certainly I should in all cases be not only ready, but most anxious to correct an erroneous impression caused to the prejudice or the annoyance of yourself, or any other gentleman, by any act to which I had been a party ; but, after reading your letter and its enclosures, I must candidly say that they leave me nothing to explain, ap.d that I am, after a perusal of the-m, more and more satisfied of the perfect accuracy of our published statement. " Though I cannot now doubt that I received this note, I cannot lay my hands on it ; and I do not at all wonder at this, because it appears that it was a private note, marked private,' and you had before hand formally apprised me that no such notes were to be considered as from your Board, or even from you as Chairman ; its contents, therefore, and even the fact of its receipt, had escaped my recollection." And I added : " You are at liberty to publish this correspondence, and all the rest, from beginning to end, both official and private ; for you cannot be more anxious than I am to have everything connected with this case, and all the others, fully known and sifted." And again, in the very last letter I wrote him— namely, on the 25th of November—l endeavoured to ' make more plain my reasons for declining to make the mere dry admission that I had received a par ticular letter, by saying : " I cannot be a party to contradict the published statement of the Grand Junction Directors, the truth of that statement remaining to this hour untouched ; and the question not being at all whether a letter of a particular date was ever received by us, but whether a letter of a particular purport." I will only add that I regret that Mr. Glyn misun derstood these letters, for I admit that he was entitled to have it made clear that he had written to me a letter on the day he said he had, if he thought that material under the circumstances, and it was always my intention (however our differences with his Board might have stood at this meeting) to have availed myself of this public opportunity of stating that he had done himself, as well as me, injustice, by supposing that I was unwilling to admit that he had so written. I can safely say, for myself and my bro ther Directors, that we have been most desirous to be on the best possible terms with the London and Bir mingham Directors, and particularly with the Chair man, knowing the importance it is to both our con cerns. I sincerely trust nothing has occurred to prevent us being so hereafter. I would say more did I not feel that the two Boards and the Proprietors must wish to see what has passed buried in oblivion. These being my sincere feelings, you will not expect me to take up your time by any lengthened remarks upon the London and Birmingham's construction of our July agreement ; but I am unwilling, occupying the posi tion I have the honour to occupy, to allow any oppor tunity to pass without expressing my most entire and unqualified dissent from such a construction of such an agreement. I am not sorry, however, for the opportunity afforded , me by this, I may truly say, forced expression of my feelings, of referring to an instance in which the view I conceived it my duty to take of an agreement entered into for " mutual de fence" has left me for a long time back under the imputation of a want of foresight in not purchasing for the Grand Junction Company the Chester and Birkenhead Railway—an imputation which has re cently been often repeated to my prejudice, and which, on that account, I am sure you will excuse my taking this opportunity of trying to remove. Now, what are the facts ? The Grand Junction Company entered, some years ago, into an agreement with the Liverpool and Manchester Company, involving stipu lations for mutual defence, and for the promotion of each other's fair interests. The Chester and Birken head Railway was more than once offered to me on very low terms, such as made me feel anxious to pur chase it. I considered such a purchase, without the consent of the Liverpool and Manchester Company, would be inconsistent with the spirit, if not the let ter, of our agreement with them. They declined to consent even to our using the line, feeling that the result would be the abstraction of traffic which other wise would pass over the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ; and, therefore, I gave up all idea of the negotiation, and have had ever since to bear the blame of not making, when I had an opportunity, a good arrangement for the Grand Junction Company. I will now ask Captain Iluish to read the Directors report as to the important arrangement with the Li verpool and Manchester Company. Mr. Moss was much applauded at the conclusion of his address. Captain Huisit then read the report of the Direc tors, which was to the effect, that "They had recently concluded a conditional agree ment with the Directors of the Liverpool and Man chester Company for an amalgamation of the tinder takings. A joint Committee of the two Boards was appointed to consider the terms of the amalgamation, and they came to a decision which received the unanimous opproval of both Boards. The re h c eL a i t v e e d w r n po e ol and Manchester Company having already 401. shares this year, to iguish Grand Junction Company having issued new 121. 10s. shares, to meet their subscription to the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, it has been arranged that each holder of a Grand Junction 1001. share, or other stock equivalent in amount, shall have a new 251. share, and that being done, that the whole shall be consoli dated on equal terms in one capital stock (instead of shares) under clauses in the Bill for which, with the, concurrence of the trustees, the Directors intended to apply in the ensuing session of Parliament. The Proprietors were probably aware that the Liver pool and Manchester Company have already agreed on terms for the amalgamation of the North Union Rail way, including the Bolton and Preston line, with their undertaking; and the Directors had no hesitation in stating their opinion, that, by the union of the varied interests now about to be combined, important ad vantages would be secured. The necessity for ob taining increased accommodation in Liverpool, with out being dependent on another company, had long pressed seriously on the attention of the Board, and it had become desirable to shorten the distance to Bir mingham, by avoiding the bend round by Newton. The first of these objects will he secured without the necessity for a further destruction of expensive pro perty, by the formation of a new line for a traffic that may be accommodated by the existing one ; and the attainment of the second will now be facilitated by the united exertions and influence of the companies." The report concluded by stating that the various pre liminary measures had been taken to obtain legisla tive sanction to the branch lines to Shrewsbury and the Potteries, and the line from Stafford, through the Trent Valley, to Rugby. Mr. Moss then proposed a resolution, confirming the preliminary agreement between the companies, and authorising the Directors to apply for an Act of amalgamation. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, the Deputy Chair man of the Board, seconded it; and it was carried unanimously. Mr. LEWIN MozLEir then addressed the meeting, congratulating the Company on the settlement of dif ferences. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then pro posed by Mr. E. Mozley, who remarked on the high character and integrity of Mr. Glyn, Chairman of the London and Birmingham board. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said he quite concurred with Mr. Mozley, that nothing could be further from the intention of the Grand Junction Board than to cast the slightest reflection on Mr. Glyn's personal honour.—(Hear, hear.) The depu tations had met the day before, and, without stating with certainty what the result would be, he enter tained a sincere hope that they should be able to bring the differences to an end; at all events, he should do the best .he could to bring about a satis factory termination.—(Hear, and cheers.) He could not omit the opportunity to state that to the activity of Mr. Mozley, in bringing about the meeting, the Directors were very much indebted. It was due to both the Mr. Mozleys to say that they had been very serviceable in allaying Mr. Glyn's feelings.—(Hear.) It was here stated by Captain Huish that some 360 Proprietors had as yet neglected to arrange about their new eighth shares, and that they had better not delay it any longer, for that they were subject to forfeiture. The CHAIRMAN expressed an opinion that such shares had better be sold on the Ist of January, and accounted for to the Proprietors. The meeting, which was a highly satisfacivty one, then dispersed. DINNER TO SIR H. POTTINGER IN BELFAST. We notice that the Mayor has called a town meet ing for to-morrow, upon a most respectable requisi tion, for the purpose of inviting Sir Henry Pottinger to a public entertainment, upon the occasion of his expected visit to this country, and to this, his native town. We almost think that this tribute of respect to the most eminent living character connected with Belfast has been too long delayed. It would not have seemed unbecoming if the merchants of this town had been the first to honour a diplomatist who accomplished a task that had baffled the skill of all former nego tiators with the Chinese empire, and had opened the trade and commerce of one-third of the world to the mereantile classes of Europe and America. Sir Henry Pottinger has, indeed, succeeded in breaking down the greatest Chinese wall—which, formed by the prejudices of that peculiar people, pro mised to be more lasting than the granite bulwark of their territories, and which was certainly more effectual in resisting the progress of civilisation than the material erection in opposing the arms of in vaders. There are good reasons to anticipate, from the success of his negotiations, the gradual intro duction of European habits and European teachers amongst the Chinese people. It is not easy to foresee the commercial results that may follow to Eastern Asia from the increased activity of this most industrious and numerous race; while political consequences of great importance will undoubtedly follow their more intimate connexion with Europeans ; and we may hope that the oppor tunities secured from our possession of Hong-Kong, for instructing the native Chinese in the truth of the Christian religion, will not he long neglected. It is a singular fact that the Commander of the Forces in the expedition against the Chinese, Sir H. Gough—who is now Commander of the Forces in India—is, like Sir Henry Pottinger—and, we believe, his successor also, on the Chinese station—an Irish man. The distinguished part that Irish officers have borne in our Eastern Empire is the best answer that can be afforded to that party who are perpetually complaining of the neglect of Irish merit. Without referring to the Marquis of Wellesley, and the con queror of Seringapatam, we might mention that Lord Keane, the commander of the first Affghan expedition, and the late Sir William Macnaghten, were both Irishmen ; while, amongst the principal negotiators from the British Government with China, Lord Macartney, like Sir Henry Pottinger, was a native of this neighbourhood.—Banner of Ulster. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. A meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society took place yesterday, at Old Bond-street. There were about forty persons present. Besides the .2\ oble Chairman, the Duke of Richmond, and the Duke of Cleveland, we noticed, amongst others, Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Mr. P. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Stafford O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Allix, M.P., Mr. Blackstone, M.P., Mr. Colvile, M.P., Mr. W. H. Beresford, M.P., Mr. Hodgson Barrow, Mr. Emery, &c. his Grace the Duke of RICHMOND, on taking the chair, said, that as this was the general meeting of the Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture, the Committee of the Society, being anxious to see as many members of the local societies as could conve niently attend, present, in order that they might circu late amongst the local societies what they had been doing, the main business of the day would be the report of the Committee to whom the Society had confided the management of its affairs, and he would therefore call on Mr. Miles to read the report. Mr. MILES, M.P., then read the report, which stated what the Society had been doing since the close of the last session of Parliament. They had circulated 30,000 copies of the address which had been put forth at the close of the last session of Par liament, which was considered to be satisfactory. The friends of protection to British agriculture in Parliament had watched over those measures which came under the consideration of the Legislature during the last session, and more particularly to the subject of the repeal of the wool duties, and to the Bank Charter Bill. The former Bill they considered to be favourable to the British agriculturist, and all the modifications made respecting the country banks in the latter Bill had been favourable to the agriculturists. The report went on to say that British agriculture had every thing to hope, and nothing to fear from, the most minute inquiry—that the Anti-Corn-law League had ceased to send about their itinerant lecturers, and were now become a registration club, a ground where the regulations of the Protection Society would pre vent them from opposing them. The report went on to say that it was believed large importations of flour had taken place under the Canada Corn Bill, and that an inquiry should take place upon that subject, which would be brought under consideration at the next general meeting, which would be held on the 14th January. Mr. EMERY proposed the adoption of the report, which, being seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. ALNATT said that he did not wish to interrupt the harmony of the meeting, but before it broke up he wished to say a few words on the present state of the British farmer. He thought that this Society, and the other societies, ought to be more energetic, and meet the Anti-Corn-law League, wherever they went, to counteract the impression which their fallacies and sophistries were producing. He thought they ought to procure clever men to re but their arguments at every point.—(Hear.) He would give a challenge to the League to meet and discuss the matter in the town of Manchester, where they had more friends than they expected. He was an agriculturist himself, and he stood there re presenting the opinions of a great number of farmers. He would say, as such, that the poorer farmers were in a most wretched condition, and they could not be in such a condition without bringing down ruin on the agricultural labourer. He would propose, in order to remedy such a state of things, that their case should be brought before Parliament, with a view to alter the laws which brought about such a state of things. If the tenant-farmers had that spirit which he knew them to possess, those laws would and should be altered.—(Cheers.) Sir H. Peel had declared in the House of Commons that they were come to that point at which they must depend on themselves ; but the result of his measure showed that total ruin would fall on the agriculturists of England if Parliament perse vered in such a course.—(Cheers.) He thought that the landlords should make themselves better ac quainted with the condition of the tenant-farmers, and, if they, knew their distress, he was sure they would not allow such ruinous measures to be adopted. Mr. BENNETT said there was one part of the report to which he could not give his assent—he meant that portion of it in which it was said that agriculture had everything to hope and nothing to fear. He was of opinion that protection to British agriculture was necessary for the British farmer. He feared that further protection was not to be expected under the present circumstances of the country ; but he thought that the working of the Canadian Bill should be in quired into.—(Hear, hear.) He begged of Noble Dukes and Noble Lords to consider how the burdens on the land were to be paid if the farmers did not obtain a remunerating price for their produce. Either better prices must be maintained to enable the farmer to pay the burden on land, or taxation must be more equitably distributed. He was sure that where he paid 15s. the manufacturer did not pay ss. —(Hear, hear.) He did not wish that they should appear disunited, but he wished that the words of the report to which he alluded should be struck out. The Noble CHAIRMAN said that he was sure the landlords of England generally felt most deeply the condition of the agriculturists, not only on account of the good feeling which they had for the tenantry of the country, but because their interests were one and the same.—(Hear, hear.) if the small farmer of 100 acres broke down, the farmer of 500 acres would soon follow; and when that took' place, he should like to know how long the landlords would subsist? He was glad that Mr. Bennett and Mr. Alnatt had spoken out their sentiments as they did, for he was an advocate for every man speaking out his opi nions. —(Hear, hear.) But if Mr. Bennett had read the paragraph in the report to which he referred, he would find that what was said was that British agriculture had everything to hope and nothing to fear from inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the Canada Corn Bill, if he found upon in quiry that it would be conducive to the interests of British agriculture to have it repealed, he would make a motion to that effect. But he would not make any pledge till after a full and deliberate in quiry into the subject. He and his Noble Friend near him had opposed that Bill at every stage, for he was afraid, that when they could not prevent frauds taking place in their own Custom-house, they would .Tust published, in Two Thousand Pa g es, royal Bvo., price 305., The POST - OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1545. 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The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche, lint., and Thomas Cubitt, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners forinquiring into the causes of the falling of a cotton-mill, at Oldham, and as to the failure of a part of the prison, at North Leach. %VAR-OFFICE, DEc. 13. 15th Light Dragoons—sergeant-Major W. Doyle, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hoare, promoted, Dec. 13. 9th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Sir T. Arbuth not, 1i.C.8., from 52d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.- General Sir John Cameron, K.C.8., deceased, Dec. 7. , 48th Foot—Assistant-Staff-Surgeon D. Dyce to be Surgeon, vice Edward }Myer, who retires upon half pay, Dec. 13.: 52d Foot—Major-General Sir E. Gibbs, K.C.8., from the 68th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Arbuthnot, appointed to the 9th Foot ; the lion. E. G. Curzon to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Read, who retires, Dec. 13. 55th Foot—Lieut. 11. 11. Warren to be Paymaster, vice Daniell, deceased. 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George Harrold, merchant, Birmingham, Dec. 24, and Jan. 21, at half -past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Veiny, official assignee ; Ryland, Birmingham. Thomas Beresford, boat owner, Lincoln, Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Galworthy and Co., Cooke's court, London ; Andrew, Lincoln ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Samuel Parsons, paper-hanger, Manchester, Dec. 24, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Edge and Parker, Manchester; Mawe, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. DIVIDENDS. J. W. Braddick, tanner, Bristol, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—W. Walker, dealer, Wetness, Lancashire, Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis- THE MATHEW TESTIMONIAL. We said in our last that the testimonial was a job. We are now able to prove our words. The amount collected was 2,118/. ; the expenses were 968/. Bs.; and the balance now on hand is 1,1501. The whole concern has been wound up, the accounts audited, and the names of auditors, secretary, and chairman ap pended. There is no mistake about the thing—the expenses for collecting in or keeping a sum little over 2,0001. amounted to a sum little less than 1,0001.! This was being economical with a vengeance. This was to he the enduring testimonial, that was to last till the day of judgment, a monument of a people's gratitude to a great benefactor I Endu ring ! only think of it I—an enduring testimonial ! If half of the whole endured but two years, in how many years would the whole be dissolved ? Here is a sum to work for the Committee of the testimonial, which in future must be designated the " Dissolving Testimonial." That was a valuable Committee—a Committee to be remembered with pleasure, awl to be again sought for when a national benefactor is to be complimented, or a flagrant job created. Is it not a job? To our mind, it is one of the vilest upon record. It is a culpable, shameless squandering of the public funds—an unjust wasting of money properly belonging to an individual. And yet, we saw it somewhere insinuated that Fathew Mathew was culpable in not placing his affairs, and his difficulties, even himself, at the disposal of a Committee—the "Dissolving Testimonial" Com mittee, of course. If Father Mathew did so, we should write him down demented—mad as a March hare. If the nation bestowed 10,000/. upon Father Mathew, the Committee would melt down half that sum in the collection. That would be delightful. Suppose a sum of 7,000/.—the amount of Father Ma thew's liabilities—were collected, that that sum were the limit of the funds subscribed by the nation, and that no more could be, by any possibility, collected— suppose also that this 7,0001. were entrusted to the dissolving Committee, what then would be the result ? Simply this, that Father Mathew would have an "en during testimonial " of his blind confidence, by pre serving intact half his liabilities, as a kind of refresh ing mill-stone hanging round his neck, soothing his leisure hours, and giving him strength and courage and enthusiasm for the consummation of his great work. Oh, it is a shame not to let all the funds pass through the melting furnace of the dissolving Com mittee !—Cork Examiner. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIR JOHN RENNIE'S.—Mr. Payne, City Coroner, held an inquest last night, at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Wm. Wrenn , aged 24, a labourer. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was engaged on Monday week last, as a labourer at the factory of Sir John Rennie, in Holland-street, Blackfriars-road. On Friday last he, with other men, was employed to lime-wash the ceiling of the new workshop, standing for that purpose on a scaf fold. To reach the scaffold a plank was placed from that to a flight of stairs, the end on the scaffold being two feet higher than the stairs, and nailed to the scaffold. The de ceased, whilst in the act of going up the plank in a stooping posture, pulled the nails out at the scaffold end, and fell with the plank a depth of 15 feet on to some bricks. He was much cut about the face, and was removed to the hos pital, where he died on Monday. The friends objecting to a p o st inortenz examination , th e actual cause of death could not be ascertained. Verdict—" Accidental death." FIRE AT LIMEHOUSE.—ShortIy before one o'clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out upon the long line of building in the occupation of Messrs. Chessor and Co., coopers, &c., in Shoulder-of-Mutton-alley, Limehouse, near to Downton's-wharf. The fire progressed most rapidly, the stock being of the most inflammable cha racter, consisting of a vast number of barrels, staves, hoops, &c. 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