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Palace Filly Stakes of 100 sots. este!), h. ft., for colts ~three years old; Bst 71b tact). D. M. • " - "tike of ltuthm•l's Crenoline, Duke of Becleord's Com „1-e,fee, Lord Alb ema rl e ' s R o bi n ia, Lar'l Exeter's Mocha, egoPlotay, Lord Stradbroke's; Boarding School Miss. swe epstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft.; fur fillies, Bst 71b each. D. M. ~..s T f o rd Gla,sgow's hr f by Muley Moloch, dam by Ac -17"1-•,?sfr. Thor hill's Fxample, Lord Albemarle's 4° Pae,LO . Thorn hill's Exeter's, Metope, Duke of Bedford's Coin 'ntree, • rakes of 100 SOVI eash, h. ft.; for colt=,, Bst 91b, tful B it.slb; those by untrird stallions, &c., allowed 31 b, R.M. o ti 51b. tr i , 1441 1 c by. Velocipede., out of Amulet—Mr. ss . '"r4 l 4ll's f by Alb ema rl e , out of' Egeria, 51b—Mr. 4 4 E nt's Vattel, Lord Albemarle its c by Agrepble, out sitteralda, 31b. • uw,!epstakes of 100 sovs. each, for four years old. A.F. -;;;a11.11ou,' 7st 51b—Minotaur, ist—Frattlien, 6st 1 llb 1',`11.1965t 41b. 1 1 9 1 ,.first half of A. M., 150, h. ft.; Mr. Greville's t -31ogg, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's I 1" Middleton; out of Impertinence, 2 yrs, 6st 71b. ' i t te T.Y.C., 300, h. ft.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, ' l4 nni.agst Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, sst 51b. TUESDAY. tleen's . Plate of 100 guineas, for mares; four yrs, ; $ ll 4 five yrs, 9st 81b; six yrs and aged, 10st. R.C. ""stakes of 300 sovs. each, 100 ft., for four yrs old colts Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. B.C. ito . rdneMnd of Lingley—Minotaur—Fanntosh—Cother of 4 .!'ile,w Brighton- cby Reveller—c by Velvet, out he t r. • 7-o° oo Guineas Stakes, by subs. of 100 sm. each, „, for colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b, three yrs R. M, .A tson s Joe Lovell-s Mr. Bateson's Rhino—Duke li - t - ', / ,,f° lll 's Brush and Panther—Lord G. Bentinck's „el)evil-to-Pay, br c The Best Bower, b c The t r- ‘ Mogul —Mr. Coombe's Keeley—Mr. J. Day's The i4Buck—Lord Exeter's c by Beiram, out of Ama• n.by Refrain, out of Agnes, c Syivius, and c An -1)0,,r-14r. Ford's Chuck-farthing—Mr. Goodtuau's Dr. 1 , 4 1 1 4 ' 1 410re and Running Rein—Lord Orford's Arragon, e .V.Elis, out Of Julia—Mr. 06baldeston's Brother Peel's Zenobia—Lord W. Powlett's c by e „r n , POrentiary, out o f Alea—Mr. Payne's Vette). (Vat El t)--'-'36: Sadler's Johnny Broome—Mr. Thornhill's th! , § Mr. Wref o rd' s b c by Camel, out of Wadsiitre. „ at'Offea-roona Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs b ,,.."' en ita, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b, the prodUce of •qe.s.lhat never bred a Winner, the property of mem • of the Coffee-room at. Newmarket. A. F. tr-± 1131 2, Crosby Moch Ped Deer, Baveno, Voltri, m e t; . • s 1 , 4 srtutp (dead). t e ,,,,, t e11-R.M„ 200, h ft, Bst 71b each.--Lord Exeter's azst Mr. Greville's Jamaica. "Ib'o.o 4 r.Payne's Audrey, ir. sbaldeston's Escrick, Bst 7 st 131 b. , :00/ =. WEDNESDAY. ,_ fourold. Blb • five, lllb ; six and yrs ist ,Sat • :114 . 4 ,6•:- aged,'.9st 31b. -41) Sweepstakes * of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs Sts 01d,.&c. A.F. • I f t e Patakes of 10 sovs. each '; for three vrs old 7st ; four, Q l °lb• D.M. Winner to be sold 'for 1001., &c. 4; ' - ',,lv•ppstak es of 50 sovs. each, h ft. T. M.M. tti,„„' e ,l v;,aged 7st 41b—G o lden Rule, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—I -.llh aarare' aged, Est 121b--41yrcauian, 4 yrs, 6st •' • • r,h anna, 4 yrs, sst 41b. %at 200 h ft.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, , against Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 43t 71b. Ihi, 4 ` •• • THURBDAY. tw ee Plate of 100 guineas ; for Tour yrs old, 9st t wee five, lOst 71b; six and aged. 10st 121 b. R.C. . 3 ?stakes of.lo sovs. each, for three yrs colts, wi.`•:4loi.and fillies, Bst 41b. half of Ab`.. M. The I"• a a t t c be sold for.Bo sous., if demanded,_ e , &c. 6 1b saes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst r klld fillies, Bst 31b. eri i i ,_94Svieepstakes of 25 so'rs. each,. and 5 ft if de -7„,,`-`b)-ten o'clock 'before running, for three yrs, bY.e. 84,,t 9 8.70,10 sovs , each, for three yrs old ; colts 'Valid fillies,. Bst 41b. T.Y.C.• The winner to 7, b: e° for iso. sous., - if demanded, &c. ~•r"g• lEton 'Stakes of 100, sovs. each, h ft ; for colts, .Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. • Nr e 6 e 7.s!f Ifedford's Panther, Lord. Glasgow's bl fby 1 -41. ea re , out of Miss.:Whip ; Mr...Thornhill's Elemi, • 44415.,...,iiter's .Antenor , Colonel-Anson's- Muff, Lord Al -1,4„1- Candidoe, 'Lora Maidstone's Cockamaroo, '74 4 . i r ldinton'a Zanoni (dead). • ;49%,„„GUineas Stakes, by subs. of 10 sm. each, h ft, 1111 16ia., Bat.7lb each ; three yrs.olds. D.M. ty Albemarle's Robinia and Topoe, Colonel Anson's ilafriucess, Duke of B e df o rd's Liberia, Lord G. Ben t/v.7 j le re•l-go-with-my-Eye-out and All-round-my . f, _rd Chesterfield's The Bee—Captain Daintree s -Aledshank out of African's dam—Lord Exeter', :la tt g :cf. Cloak, ECOTIODIy, and Pergularia—Me. Good ':004 h - pr,..y. Camel, - tout of Minikin, and f, Venison, ` lsabella—Mr. Greville's Jamaica—Lord Maid ,of t'Peuce.A Mr. Newton's f, by Economist, out ,I r ici e tT e Fa,nehon—Lord. Orford's f, by Clearwell, out of Osbaldeston's f, by Saddler, darn by Par . Aita .. .e u t t Payne's Audrey—Colonel Peel's Zenobia. 1 .1 Slane, out of Sea-kales-Mr. W. Sadler's fbsrl r. Stradbroke's Bearding-school-Miss— : _ Example, and f, by Albemarle, out of li. • : 14 4 ' L td :41 4eDlarle's Winfarthing against Lord Exeter's 16 ! 4- ; 13. st 71b each ; A.F., 200, •-•14641 • FRIDAY. "). Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years Elw • old, & • eepstakes of 1,0 sovs. es,s e. t• 13 M. • :fistir,Ast 61b five, for three years old, 7st ; to be,sold for . 10 The Newmarket Stak7eiibofB4seo. six, and aged, 9st. D.M. Winner 0 soy& • ear-old oohs, Bst sovs. each, h ft, for three of Portland's ; and fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. tice "' 14 dram, out c b •Y Bay Middleton, out of Thebes, 'Exeter's p, or Tragedy —Mr. Coombe's Keeley Orrord's Arsa gon Crosby, and Economy—Lord r •-•Oubaldest or e: anu f by Clearwell out of Fidelity— • Lora mr . p, s _ . , by the Sadler, out of Miss Etty— . LiveroGoi o u t of F alconer—Duke of Bedford's c by Lord Albena rl r,incess Victoria—Mr.. Payne's VatU l !ersary....4 34i - on a it e a Candidate-31r. Batson's Anni othschild's c by Defence out of N r Gener a l Crlineral Y ates ' s Slanderer—Lord Stradbroke's r—Clonl ,Anson's Massens (dead). .. n it, DAL—Lord Glasgow's c by Vein . T 1441,, -;) Amulet, S s t 71b , agst Lord Chesterfield's , T 'nits. ...44WAi Excuastotts.-,--On Monday' last. several hundreds of holiday folks visited Dover y arid Tuesday b t he you th a l Railway,. the Company having given . tit 51. age to Dover and back on those days at half fares o . sn i l "dnesday, also, a special train was set apart t :zr;erey Passengers from Dover to. London and the back 1 / ,, e 1 , d eY, at half fares. This opportnnity of a cheap :;$4151•-ti'elapsatneod.t, however, been embraced by so many as we Various causes ins, be assigned for this; • t h e tom, principal one appears to have been that many the Bide 1; I.9ndeners considered one day too . short to see th g i d . ' 9l4 " of Dover ; and that many of the Doverians cet.ne li.; .the same time insufficient to see those o f h e ~tolitnetropolisi If we were to judge by analogy, w e b • say the atter premises were correct • for the rlghton Railway carried more than thousan ds. ._ il sy , ; ( i i c e l t 'l lett of rii h h o t h o d n ay folks the Dover railway did_thi s s , Company having allowed three day instead ofcon fining the ''Aes in " andreturning, going `, t ,_` there and back" to one day, I.,tero C ompany, —Dover Chronick. aa,was done 'llll Tit EE - AND-A-HALF PEE t a th take the CENTS.—Holders :e . amount of 8,000,000/. have concurred to to - t w k three Three. and - a-Quarter- per . Ce b nts a . r A t o n f nu th it e te ic s. 1) h -- comprises a s e venttet. p ati T on h al De t, or thereabout : 1. e. 10,000,000/. As the price c?f , the. Three -and-a-Half per Cents, of 1818 ii 3, i r t n t ll6 wa that the few remaining holders will lose hat.Pe s'ut less the half year's dividend to October next, by re . taiiig passive. Although we have on a previous occa ava.lonivavned the holders of the Three-and-a-Half p er oi ~,.,_ :to send in their adhesion, or they must take 10 . • '''eq, .fOr 100 L stock, it may be as well to state that their vition will he damaged to the extent mentioned, if they . ' ; riot' ssumt before Saturday next. Holders residing ..• !_',_iroa have an extended period allowed to them. - As re peets- the he. ut - P °lll of the Three-and-a-Half per Cthe.t:Anneities, in the °gnroass amo u nting t0240,000 . ,0001, ' ''l4 e nta or h h ollers of . - required to sty . nay , if ill -pl ea tnese we re , mentioned under tlisi with the Chancellor s offer), as .• the T reaory in an leid a fo r night since, d o not require d .to -settleieir claims. A word or two' ' d ifficulty, as under 100, I ,69,_i_t i _ , remaining 2,000,000/. , of- Three-and=a-Half per more place l b s e s • ir e • of 1818. ThOse who have dissented, as. well a' s Molde.rs wh _tzitivpaie taken, seeing the o have assented, must regret the course that the Three-and a-Half per -•obtain an averag e of about 3i ger cent. above !),.,!_i"• , The Directors of the Bank of England have taken "'eau+ to inform the holders of the 1818 Stock that they qpat assent, or they will be paid off at par, by st-nding iieunpiedeteefularst the numerous inquiries at the office of at) not ; CaSkler proving that there are still many who . )s f !_ understand their position.—Observer. ,fa.,-...tt9rAL PALACES G ARDENS , &t: —On' Saturday a yrliareentary return' was issued, showing the sums re °n"' Cd by the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests. .s.. account of each of the Royal palaces, gardens, parks, , 7c , f or rents, pasturage, sale of unserviceable-timber, 's!• - e,- ►for- .. the year 1 842-3. It appear; that 1,060/. 4s. 10d. :4, 4 1if , received from Hyde, St. James's, and the Green litdrr arke; of which sure 662 L Ios. was as rent of grass land at urage ; 70/. was paid for pasturage in Kensing `lll, rater ; 5411.155. sd. for the like in Regent's Park: 379/. 185. 6d. in Richmond 'Park ; 31L 14s. in Windsor • . . ) ,, T er.,_k, still 1 ,060/. 6s. Bcl. for the slime in Phcenix Park, "Win. Greenwich Park only produced in the y ear 6/. for . " I d rir bt.Pr,:ice. It a p pear i that 314/. 13s. was obt a i ne d f or ' 2c ;keys of the pl e a sure grounds in the Three Parks, and 3791. • tioni the same source in the Regent's Park. The return .., 8 the receipts since the Tear 1838. Prince Albert :-11,!Irclutsed o n b e h alf of the Crown, of the executors of t - , William the FOurth; Certain stock on the farms called the 4.11111!s-IsTerfiAr- and Flemish, and the Home Park Farm. ' 71 1.. IS Reyal--- H ighness paid in 1838, 2,402 L 15s. Gd.; in / 18 39, 2,729/ . 12s. 2d.•, in 1840, 2,6781. 9 s. B d .; in 1840-1. t Yrie sums a 3,320/. 165., 1,771 L 10s. Id., and '11•1,•42./. Ts,. Gu.; and-in 1842.3, the sum of 2,0001. The .?.(*. sosurchniad was the private property of the late , • •: I ',l- . h'e return' was moved for by Mr. Williams. ,-:,--,tj RIPOATUNATIII OCCUR/tEricv.—Ort Monday after- Went Atiiii: twolittle _boys, tempted by the fineness of the day, • , it.o play in a wood at a short distance from their re - 1-Antgum, in Pembrokeshire. They unfortu -- I ..;:lletly Mot pith a quantity of the roots of the hemlock, Of•tyllich iheyboth partook so freely, that en their re . .-.llltr.n home one of them fell down insensible; the other -,:t9ltrwent-to call assistance, which was procured, and the ..c T little fellow, after being conveyed to a neighbouring t ege, died in violent convulSions. . During the time r , . ,-;‘,1401,... othe,lad had atrayed off, and .being mis sed, . was : '' f a rid on the bank of a neighbouring river, quite dead.' '", stee quantily of theabove root is fatal, if, taken into ' 1:: 4/40h-7.- mid dimwit,: .. . ,.....c.•_. • ---, LTTERA TURE. BRITISH :INT) FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXXII!. To . yl9r; London, 1844. M Louis, Blanc's " History of Ten Years," which has created a conziderable stir in Pdris, and which we notice .some week; sine in Tic .S'Fbi, forms the sub ject Of a criticism in the, number before us, penned in a very unceremonious spirit, and treating the author as if he were no better than a political quack. The truth is, the reviewer is a warm admirer of the :piste milieu system of I.ouis Philippe, and, as M. Blanc is a staunch opponent of that system, which he boldly tells his readers has compromised the honour and the interests of France, and reduced her from a first-rate to a second-rate European power, of couiae there can be no very ardent sympathy between the • historian and his critic. M. 'Blanc's work, notwithstanding the severe censures of his reviewer, is really a very able production • and if it press somewhat hardly on the King of the French, the author alleges good grounds for his severity, and shows that Louis Phi lippe hasf one by one, abandoned almost every principle which he professed when called to the throne of the barricades. Though a skilful, energetic sovereign, and possessed of a sort of plain, practical John Bull like common sense, yet Louis Philippe is sadly de ficient in all the nobler and more generous elements of greatness. He has not an atom of mignanimit.Y, or loftiness of intellect about him, and in his domestic policy is far too much swayed by considerations of self: That he has kept France at peace with Europe for so many years is not a little to his credit ; but it must not be forgotten how he equivo cated on the subject of the non-intervention system of policy, which he maintained and violated just as• suited his purposes for the time being, nor 'with what cool indifference he abandoned un happy Poland to her fate, though he knew well that it was to the timely insurrection in that country that he was indebted for the safety of his monarchy, which would otherwise have been placed in imminent hazard by the avowed hostility of the Emperor of Russia. Alluding to the stability of the French Crown, the reviewer justly observes :—" The feel ings of unwavering allegiance and of ardent loyalty are both extinct in France ; the throne is supported by the bare but general conviction of its necessity. Louis Philippe has reigned with undoubted power and signal success, but that success has failed to re store the prestige of monarchy to his house, or to con centrate upon himself or his descendants the affections of the people." The " Bank Charter" is a sensible matter-of-fact article, in which the Currency Ques tion is discussed in a just and temperate spirit. In the notice of the late " Sir Charles Bell's Essays," justice is done to one of the soundest and most con vincing reasoners of his day. " Books for Children" contains some serviceable suggestions respecting the manner in which works intended solely for the in struction and amusement of the young, should be written. It mar seem an easy task for an adult author to adapt himself to the capacity of children ; ,but, in truth, there is nothing more difficult —nothing that requires so much nice taste and judgment. In the article on " Atmospheric - Railways," the reviewer expresses himself decidedly in favour of this grand experiment, remarking that no machine, depending on a moving principle, scarcely less costly , than coals, can pretend to vie with the beautiful simplicity of the atmospheric pressure. From the notice of "Wil liam Taylor, of Norwich," we quote the following sketch of the late Walter Whiter : " In Mr. Robberds' list of Taylor's associates we miss the name of Walter Whiter, the friend of Porson, the recluse etymologist of Hardingham, in Norfolk. Whiter's early life was passed in the most polished and intellectual circles of England and France; his last twenty years were those of an eremite. Although far from a water-drinker, he was an inveterate dipper, and his midwinter ablutions in a stream that bathed his garden would, fifteen centuries earlier, have procured him a niche in the ' Vita' Sanctorum.' His hermitage was not unvisited • it was a frequent resort of the accomplished John Ho okham Frere, and more than once attracted the steps of Canning. Punctually each morning, as the clock struck nine, Whiter's study-table groaned beneath the burden of dictionaries and glossaries, and the sheets of his Etymologicon Universale.' His three quarto volumes—which now, alas ! the book-stalls offer at the price of waste paper--Iwould, he used to aver, twenty years after his death, be the text-book of European phi lologists. But of the predicted period nearly two-thirds have passed, without producing a single convert to the new plan of wholly rejecting vowels as elements of words, and•of deriving man and all hie labials and aspi rates from the earth.' Etymology, and a fancy that death was frequently the crisis and not' the term of dis ease—a theory which he argued in an octavo volume,_ with most perverse ingenuity—were Whiter's crotchets. Rut his Specimen of a Commentary on Shakspeare' is a giber aureus, notwithstanding its hallucinations about the genuineness of Rowley and the honesty of Chatterton. Equal to Steevens in acuteness, in black-letter learning to Malone, and immeasurably superior to them both in his perception of the meaning and his sensibility to the metre of Shakspeare, Whiter well merited the appellation Dorceus, or the sharp-sighted, given him by the author of the Pursuits of Literature.' As much un published matter as would double the thin octavo of the Specimen' exists. we believe, among his manuscripts, and the representatives of Walter Whiter should re• publish the volume, with this additional commentary, as the only adequate record of its author's talents. In the solitude of Hardingham, Whiter's mornings were dividcd between eold-bathing, study, and lonely walks. A dress ing-gown, so often repaired as to admit an argument whether it were the original dressing-gown or not, a waistcoat of untanned calf-skin, capacious slippers or clouted shoon, were his morning attire. But in the evening, whether it were to be solitary or social, he dressed with anxious precision, as if the salons of Paris or the clubs of London were still within his reach. In London Whiter was a walking chronicle of every re markable site or scene eastward from Charing-cross. or within the liberties of Westminster and SouthWark. Knight's London' might have been written dowu from his lips. Abroad, among other strange Companions, he had been intimate with Collot d'HerboiS—but before Collot had developed his talent for the highest tragedy, -and Whiter always described him as the mildest of •nen.' As - a story-teller Whiter had few equals,—no superior hiS anecdotes were inexhaintible, his•dramatic powers were great, and his knowledge of life unusually varied." ARTHUR O'LEARY. 3 Volt Colburn, London, M O . We incline to consider this work if not the best, at least among the best, .that its author has yet put forth. The first four or five chapters are somewhat languid—as we mentioned at the time,'when they first appeared successively in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine —but afterwards ' the work greatly improves in interest; the action becomes more animated ; the incidents exhibit more vigour and novelty; and the characters, which are numerous, are consistently maintained to the close. In truth, Mr. Lever could scarcely pen a dull, insipid narra tive, even if he were to attempt it. Redeeming touches of vivacity, humour, and description would be sure to be peeping out every now and then ; and no efforts could repress those buoyant animal spirits in which, as a novelist, he abounds to overflowing. As a painter of battles, sieges, and . all the pomp and pageantry of war, he is on paper what Cooper is on canvas ; and as far surpasses Gleig and the writers of that sleepy, common-place school, as the meridian blaze of the . sun surpasses the feeble lustre of a rushlight. In his present work, Mr. Lever gives an account of the wan derings of Arthur O'Leary—a restless, mercurial, high-spirited Irishman—and of the numerous adven tures and vicissitudes that b-fel him in the course of his travels. This enables the author to introduce a `variety of sketches of out-of-the-way characters, such as those who are constantly on the tramp are apt to come in contact with ; and among others, he gives a portrait of a French veteran officer ; who was with Napoleon on the fatal day at Leipsic, which is drawn with much force and feeling, though it be little more than an outline. But decidedly the most stirring episode in the volumes, is the one entitled " O'Kelly's Story," which is full of the wildest adventures, bordering, however, it must be confessed, here and there, a little on the improbable. We quote O'Kelly's account of the capture by the French of a crazy . transport -ship, in which he was embarked with his regiment, on their . way to America : • " We were staggering along under light canvas, when the look-out-a-head announced a light on the weather: bnw ; it was evidently coming towards us, and scarce half a mile distant ; we had no more than time to hang out a lantern in the tops, and put up the helm, when a large ship, whose sides rose several feet above our own, swept by as, 'and so close that her yard-arms actually touched our rigging as she yawed over in the sea. A muttered thanksgiving for our escape, for such it was, broke from every lip ; and hardly was it uttered, when again a voice cried eut, 'here she comes to leeward,' and sure enough the dark shadow of a large mass moving at a speed far greater than ours passed uncler our lee, while a harsh summons was shouted out to know who we were, and whither bound. The • North umberland,' with troops, was the answer ; and before the words were well out, a banging noise was heard—' the ports of 'the stranger ship were fl ung o p e n, a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her entire length, and a r aking broadside was poured into_us. The old transport reeled over and trembled like a thing of life,—her shat tered sides and torn • bulwarks lPt in the water as she heeled to the shock, and, for an instant, as she bent be neath the storm, I thought she was settling, to go down by the head. I had little time, however, for thought :" one wild cheer broke from the attacking ship—its answer was the faint, sad cry of the weunded and dying on our deck. The next moment the grapples were thrown into us, and the vessel was boarded from stem - to stern. The noise of the cannonade, and the voices on deck, brought all our men from below, who came tum bling up the hatches, believing we had struck. Then began a scene, such as all I have ever wit nessed of carnage and slaughter cannot equal. The Frenchmen, for such they were, rushed down upon us as we stood defenceless and unar me d : a deadly roll of musketry swept our thick and trembling masses. The cutlass and the boarding-pike made fearful havoc among us, and an unresisted slaughter 'tore along our deck, till the heaps of dead and dying made the only' barrier for the few remaining. " A chance word in French, and a sign of masonry, rescued me from the fate of my comrades, and my only iajnry was a slight eabre-wouttd iu the fere-ern; which ?RE gV' - - y 21.11 N 3. ,PItT, TA IL received in wardin7 off a cut intended for mv bead The carnag. , lasted sarce, fifteen tn:Autes ; but in that time, of all the crew that maimed our craft—what between those who leaped overboard in wild despair, and those who fell beneath fire nal steel—scarce twenty remained, appallvd and trembling, the only Ones rescued frwn this horrible slaughter. A sudden c:y of she's sinking !' hunt from the strange ship, and in a moraent the Ercnchmen clambered up their bnlwarks, the grap ples were cast off, the dark mass darted onwards on her course, and we drifted away to leeward—a moving sepulchre ! As the clouds flew past, the moon shone out, and threw a pale sickl light on the scene of iilaughter, where the dead and dying lay in' indiscrinin nate heaps together—so frightful a spectacle never did eye rest upon I" . NOUVEAU MELANGE. Built', London, 1844. This is a useful elementary work, compiled with skill and method, and well adapted for beginners in the French language. The extracts from the works of the best French writers, which are given at the close of the volume, independently of the purity of their style, possess just the sort. of interest that is likely to attract the attention of the young reader, and the principal idiomatic expressions in vogue among our continental neighbours, have the advantage of an al phabetical .arrangement, and are explained in terse and lucid terms. The compiler of this serviceable school book is a French gentleman, named De la Voie. THE PROGRESSES OF HER MAJESTY. Wakeman, London, 1844. We have here, in one neat quarto volume, bound in blue cloth, an account of the various progresses of her Majesty and Prince Albert, last year, in France, Belgium, and 11.11am'. This account is drawn up in a most circumstantial manner, and is illustrated with a variety of appropriate embellish ments, the beet of which are those which pourtray the different incidents that took place during the Royal visit to Louis Philippe at the chateau d'Eu—the acci dent to the French Royal Family at Treport, the fete champetre in the forest of .t u, the preparations for the departure of the Queen, &c. WESTERN AFRICA. floultton and Stoneman. London, 1844. In this tersely and perspicuously-written little volume, we find a sketch, full of interest, of the his tory and present condition of the Christian missions in Western Africa, where our missionaries, it appears, have long been exerting themselves with uncommon ardour, but hitherto, unfortunately, with a success by no means commensurate with their zeal, so numerous and powerful are the obstacles which stand in the way of the,diffusion of the Gospel in this benighted quar ter of the world. Mr. East, however, offers some suggestions for the diminishing of these Obstacles, which are well worthy the serious consideration of thoAe who are taking an interest in the spiritual, as well as in the temporal welfare of the oppressed and despised African, inasmuch as they evidently proceed from one who is thoroughly conversant with the sub ject which he undertakes to dismiss. In addition to his curious and, we may add, painful, details respect ing the moral and religious state of the tens of thou- Ands of human beings who vegetate • —for they can scarcely he said to the vast districts of Western and Central Africa, our author furnishes us with a picture•of the horrors of slavery and the slave trade, which it is quite sickening to contemplate, so minutely and in such vivid, but, we fear, not exagge rated colours is the dreadful subject pourtrayed. - Not less painful is his account of the general condition of women in Western Africt—eSpecially those of the inferior classes—who are sold by their parents in marriage to the highest bidder, and treated by their demoralised husbands with the grossest and most wanton cruelty. Mr. East has judiciously condensed nearly all the striking facts bearing on the subject of the social state in Africa, which have been accumu lated by travellers and missionaries for years past; and the result is a volume abounding in useful—we wish we could add encouraging—information. We subjoin a passage or two as a specimen of the author's manner : " Africa is under the dominion of the most savage despotism. Even its free men are, in most cases, little more than the vassals of their rulers—and, in some, altogether at the disposal of their merciless tyranny. Africa is a land of slaves. Three individuals out of every four are slaves; and, in some places, not more than one in seventy are free. Africa trades, both within its own borders and with foreign nations, in the flesh and -blood of its own population, and is hourly bleeding under the infliction of this most inhuman traffic. Polygamy is universal in Africa. The great monopolise the female portion of the population—the inferior classes are left without any domestic associate—prostitution is legalised by public authority, to meet the exigency which this un just and wicked monopoly has created—and the blackest crimes, consequent upon such a state of things, are shamelessly committed. The condition of woman in Africa is most abject and degraded. Without a pro perty in herself, at any stage of her existence, she is sold by her parents in marriage to the highest bidder, from henceforth living only for the gratification of her tyran nical and capricious lord, who rules her as his slave, im posing upon her the most menial offices, and, in some in stances, deriving, in licentious indolence, his own sup port from the labour of -her hands. .In a word, as the social condition of Africa is the lowest and most wretched, so every crime which has polluted other parts of the heathen world, is perpetrated in' it. Nor is this picture much relieved by the view which has been taken of African agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. " The superstitions of Africa not only sanction and tend to perpetuate this • state of thing', but add a thousand-fold to the depth of her degradation and the amount of her calamity. Here Mohammedanism and Paganism divide the spoil. Islamism exists iu its worst of forms. For the sake of gaining an ascendancy, it associates itself with the superstition of Paganism ; and, with the exception of abolishing human sacrifices, so far from reforming any existing evil, it countenances and gives permanency to some of the most horrid features of African society.' TRIALS AT THE OLD BAILEY. We have devoted a considerable portion of our space to an account of the proceeding. at the Central Criminal. Court, in the case of Barber, Fletcher, and Dorey. Barber and Fletcher stood all the time, froM the recommencement of the trial at nine in the morn • ing, until its adjournment at half-past six in the evening; Mrs. Dorey, the female prisoner, was aO commodated with a chair. Only an occasional glimpse of her was got, as she held down her head the greater part of the time. The effects of confinement, and of the anguish of mind she has iuffered since her appre hension, were visibly depicted in her countenance. Her eye has lost its - fire,, and her spirits seem to have forsaken her. She sat pale and dejected the entire day. She.did not resemble the same person she was when first brought up at the Mansion,house. On her various examinations before the Lord Mayor, she wore a velvet bonnet and velvet shawl, with a boa round her neck ; yesterday she wore a plain cap, with a common looking light shawl thrown across her shoul ders. She is rather under the middle height, is some what stoutly made, and has a slight stoop about the shoulders. Her face, which - Ai naturally round and :full, has now an •altered appearance. She is much thinner, while her eyes are sunken, and her features strongly marked, She has the appearance of a woman about forty years of age. Barber, who stood in the left corner of the dock, is a fine gentlemanly looking man. He is rather above the middle size, but somewhat slender?) , made. Judging from his appearance, he is under, forty years of age. His face is of an angular form, and his fea tures are regular and pleasing. His hair is of a dark brown 'hue, and rather abundant. His "com plexion is somewhat dark, and his countenance indi cates the possession of excellent health. He wore a green coat, a grey coloured silk waistcoat, and black stock. He seemed to maintain throughout the most entire self-possession, and repeatedly took notes. Fletcher, who stood next to Barber, is evidently upwards of fifty years of age—probably fifty-four or fifty-five. Heys tall, and dresses more plainly than Barber. His face is of an oblong shape, and has a sinister expression. In this respect there could not .be a stronger contrast than is afforded by Fletcher and Barber. Like his fellow prisoner, Fletcher evinced great self-possession, and listened attentively to the speeches of counsel and ~the examination of witnesses. He rested his hands on the dofic a con siderable portion of the time. He was evidently less dejected than on any of the occasions on which he ap peared at the Mansion-house. His features are marked. The prominence of his eyebrows is sure to strike any person who sees him. His hair, which is slightly grey, is rather thin on his forehead, but, is otherwise unusually ample. The complexion of his 'countenance is sallow. This, however, may not be its natural hue, but may be the result of his confine. , ment for the last ten or , twelve weeks. — Observer. A MEXICAN' BUTCHER'S SHOP.--It is about the Size of a stall, the whole front being open to the street, with a fine game-cock tied by the leg, on the Sill. Suspended from the ceiling; and but two or three feet .from• the doorway, hangs the entire carcase of a beef' ; at.a short distance behind , is the counter ; arid in the rear of this again is . a row of kids and delicate mor sels, festooned with gilt . paper and yards .of sausages, hung in the most tasteful limes and curves. In the centre of this carnal show rests an image of the "Holy Virgin of Guadaloupe," under whose 'protection he thus places his larder and his " nu-tom." The 'most inte resting figure; however, in the picture is the butcher himself ; a sentimental . looking fellow, with black eyes, curling locks, and altogether a most captivating per sonage, barring a sort of oily lustre that polishes his skin.- I invariably find him lounging romantically over his saw and cleaver, strumming his guitar to half-a-dozen -housemaids, .who, doubtless, ar e at tracted to his steaks by his amorous staves. It is Tate to sec such a mixture of meat and music, What would "be said with us at home, to see the celebrated bones of Smith, in the Fulton Mar ket, mounted on his block, with a . blue ribbon about his neck, and a dozen damsels grouped around him, listen ing, with rapt air, to the pet morceai of the lait opera! Yet the suggestion might be useful , in these. days, when invention is taxed to the utmost for new modes of attraeting the peoplel -In Mexico,. at any• rate, it, is charaCteristic, and I have therefore noted it. —hiayer's ' Mexico, as it 'We. and If. ETHNOL . O(4-ICAL- SoCIETY. This Spelety met - last Wednesday ; Mr: Greenough, V.P. in the chair. Messrs. J. Fletcher, F. Lloyd, R. W. Rothman, Brown. •J. S. Bucicingharn, T. Page, 0. Jacky n, an 1 B. Vlliliamy were elected ni.-trAvrs. short paper on the natives of the Ilareuas was first read; n.nd then, the prin;.•;ioal sultjeCt for the ivening, "On the Biluchi Inhabiting Sinde in the lower rdley of the Indic{, and Cutehi, by Captain- Postmv," the author of " Penonal-ObF•ervations on Sinde." The inhabitants of the Marquesan Group, a cluster of small rocky islands with no extent of soil for culti vation, and a climate very enervating to white men, do not number more than 25,000 or 30,000. Yet, notwithstanding the enervating climate, . in physical conf?rmation, they will bear a comparison with any race belonging to the great human family. The women are peculiarly handsome both in form and features, and as the people generally live in the deep valleys, among forests of the bread fruit end cocoa nut, where there is a perpetual moisture, as well as a seclusion from the rays of the sun, their complexion is much fairer than that of the inhabit ants of any other grOup in the Pacific. -• The Mar quesans differ from the other nations of Polynesia in not showing • a tendency to corpulence ; their frames are slender, they are nimble and active •in their movements, their features are sharp, and the expression of their eyes is keen arid brilliant. Captain Pestans informs us, that the general term of Biluchi is applied to a race professing the Maho medan religion, whose country is hence called Bela christen, which may he described as the • whole of that mountainous and desert region stretching west ward of the Indus, from Cape Monze to the valley of Shawl, and of which Helat may be considered as the capital. This people thus form a connecting link, as it were, between the Persians and Afighan tribes be- yond and the mixed Raj put races who occupy the nortsern and north-western portion of Guzerat, in India. It may be conjectured, remarks Captain Pos tans, that the Biluchis are of au Arabain stock, and, in all probability, came to the neighbourhood of the Indus either shortly prior to, or at the period of, the first Mahomedan conquest eastward, under the Khali fat of Walid. Their own traditions vaguely ascribe their original listality Jo Sham or Damascus, though they have no date er record, - oral or, inscribed, to attest it. The true Bauch', or as he styles himself, proudly; the Usul (pure) Beluch of the desert, is decidedly a particulur and distinct class, and possesses peculiarities apart from his geographical pasition, which would appear to mark him as having considerable claim to an ori ginal offshoot from the Arabian family. The history of the Biluchi is. much involved in obscurity as their origin, until . a certain period, when they appear to have constituted themselves, with the Brahors, under Nasir Khan, about the middle of last century, an in dependent people; and Kelat became, if not the seat of regal power. at least of a powerful chieftainship, which the various tribes duly ackowledged and main tained by a complete system of feudalism. There are no less than fifty-eight distinct tribes' of Biluchis; branching from three great heads, the number of whom remains in doubt ; but those locited itnmedi• ately about the banks of the Indus, it has been pretty well ascertained, amount to 40,000 fighting men. In person they may ke considered as a fine race of men, and are decidedly handsome ; those living in the hotter climate of the plains have somewhat deteriorated from the unusually large size and muscular strength for Asiatics, peculiar" to the mountaineers, but they are still a portly people. Amongst all classes. corpu lence is considered a great mark of beauty, and is en couraged to a ridiculous extent. Nasir Khan, the late head of the Hyderabad family, though only in the very prime of life, and a strikingly handsome, fair complexioned man, was so unwieldy with obesity that it was with difficulty he could walk across his hall of audience; and on rising, or attempting to rise, from his seat, was obliged to be assisted by his courtiers. The Sindian Biluchis are of very dark complexion, with fine oval contours of countenance. acquiline nose, and large expressive eyes. Unliko Mabomedanegenerally, they cultivate the growth of the hair on the head, as well as the beard. With the Cutchi tribes the women hold . a .higher rank than in Sinde. They are admitted to. council, and in warfare share the dengers with their husbands and relations. On several occasions, Captain -Postans remarks, these heroines presented their own bodies as shields to protect their countrymen • from the fire of our troops. As a military man, Captain Postage considers " the Biluchi to be brave when occasion calls for the dis play of bravery, as late and many previous events have testified ; and when with his rude arms and total ignorance of any other principle than •that the best swordsinan and strongest man is the best soldier, he meets a disciplined force and falls at the muzzle of our guns or points of our bayonets, we must, in justice, pronounce him a warrior worthy of our steel." The language of the Biluchis is distinct from that of their immediate neighbours, and in sound as similates to bad Persian. lt, is not a written lans ' guage and is altogether . so barbarous - that the.Biluchi is said to have learnt it of his goats when he was a shepherd in the mountains. After this paper, which, from the able manner in which it was written, received the marked attention of the members present (upwards of one hundred), the. President announced the formation of an Ethnos logical Society at New York, which was communi cated in the following words, in a letter addressed to Dr. King, the founder and secretary of the London Ethnolo gical Society :—" I have had the honour of proposing your name to our Ethnological Society, and now send you a notice of your election as one of its members. As we shall soon publish a volume, I shall deer giving you a more particular account of our organization until that appears ; except that I will state the fact of the Society's enrolli ng some o f o ur ablest scholars among its members.. Of this number is. the-President, Mr. Gallatin, formerly Minister Plenipoteptiary to England from our Government, and known to American students as the author of a very valuable essay on the Ethnography of the Indian Languages of North America. Professor Robinson, the author of Travels in Palesti ne , and Mr. Schooleraft,. for merly of Detroit, are o ur Vice-Presidents." Some Isiluchi portraits, and a collection of beauti fully executed Persian and Indian draaiings by nativebles o fthe artists,s Society in Persia by the Baron de Bode, were, am ong ot h er no vel t ie s , lying upon the a BURNING OF A COTTON FACTORY AT HA.CRNEY.— On Saturday, at about hull- past twelve o'clock, a great deal of alarm and excitement was manifested' amongst the inhabitants of Hackney and its suburbs, by the cotton and wadding manufactory belonging to Mr. Duprey (of No. 60, Aldgate. and also No. 23, Norman street, • St. Luke's), situated in Weymouth -terrace, in the Hackney-road, being . discovered on fire. The factory stood by itself, in the rear of the houses in Weymouth-terrace; and was in extent between 56 and 60 feet in length, 30in depth, and about the same in height, the building, - haying formerly comprised three dwelling houses. There was a great quantity of machinery in different parts, which w as propelled by a ten-horSe ateam•engine on the basement of the factory, and at the outbreak Of the flames the works were in full operation. As regards the origin, it is impossible to form the slightest idea, for it appears the workmen were sud denly alarmed by a body of smoke issuing forth from one of the machine rooms, and before there was sufficient time to ascertain the cause,. the flames rote with extraordinary violence, ;and all were necessitated to effect an instant escape ; many, in fact, hid to leap out' of the first story . window. The alarm having been giVen to the police, immediate intelligence was sent off to the various.stations of the brigade in the east end of the metropolis, and in the City, but before any engines reached the - spot the fire bad burnt throughout the factory,,and was in . a vivid blaze from the lower floors and got into pl ay f rom a supp l y o f to the roof~ Qa the arrival of the first engine, whi c h was that of the parish of Hackney, it was conveyed up twolorse- engines of . the brigade, from Jeffr ey - square and Whitecross eennrtrtahnecpe,remis es. Soon after, street stations came , and were' subsequently followed ti water the near by eight other engines and about • forty firemen ; many of them were directly got into operation; the plugs of the East London and New River Compa nies- emitting en excellent supply of venter, but notwithstanding the, efficient exertions, of the fire &en, who were under the charge of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, the flames were not subdued until the factory 'and . its contents were all but burnt to the ground. On the ruins undergoing inspeation, the folly o r cat ering wood with sheets of. iron, to prevent the ex tension of fire, was 'fully exemplified. One of the prin cipal rooms on the ground floor had been lined with iron throughout, even the doors and ceiling included, yet,' strange to say, the damage here, though the fire com menced in another part of the factory, .was greater than in any other portion of the , ruins; '1 he loss is stated to be very heavy. • THE ARCIIBISUOP OF CANTERBURY'S STATE DIN. NERS.--.11 is understood that the Reverend Primate has. so far recovered ;in health and ,vigour as to be capable of presiding at the State dinners, Which will, consequently, be resumed this season. In order to expedite the completion of the two experimental.l2-gnn brigs, building at Chatham-yard, an order has been received for the men employed on them to work from six o'clock in the morning until dark at night.—Dover Chronicle. • CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE IN NATURAL HISTORY. — A few days ago a pine marten was discovered on one of the beautiful but solitary Wands which adorn Loch Maree. The animal could only have reached the spdt by swimming a very considerable dis tance, and it is thought that, as the sea mews and wild fowl , have ceased to resort to it during the, last two years, 'they must have done so in con sequence of the Fates having by some means im ported 'tt bad neighbour, in the form , of` , the 'pine marten, which, by continually - burrowing . after them in their holes &on! t o shore, and securing- many as his :victims, induce the birds generally. to forsake the' lo cality in which he had established his domain. Some . time previously a wild eat, and a number of young ones, were found on a little bush covered islet, on Loch Tolly, affording refuge,-but no supply of food whatever, so that the animal must have continuel swam very consider able distance to' supply itself an young at necessary in te4'vals with food.--Inverness Rerad, ~ , 'REA r FREE TRADE BANQUET . • LIVERPOOL, .FP2DI,Y, MIDNIGHT. 0a...3 of ths, greatut 'Eno Trade displ.ayz over witnessed i t tho tow= of Liv2zpool, tccl: Lt tho Amphi theatre, which was Elle by an i!eza.ntly-dros: - .ed company cf ladiee and gentlemen. The speakers were the Chairman (Thomas. 'Mornay, Esq., M.P. for Wolyerhampton), the non. Fox Mettle, William Es art, Esq., M.P., Richard Cob . . den, Esq., !LP., John Bright, Esti , M.P., Colonel Thompson,- and other gentlemen .To save the post, we are obliged to give only the principal points of the leading speakers. :The; proceedings did not terminate until near midnight, Tstoaras TtIORNELY, Esq., M.P., the. Chairman, on rising to open the proceedings of the evening, at seven o'clock,Was greeted with loud cheers. He said—Gentlemen, you will please to fill your glasses and drink to " The health of her Majesty the Queen, fir wheni we all entertain the highest honour rad regard!' (The.toast was then drank with musi eal honours, the band playing the national anthem.) s , The CiflaratAli'again .rose. and said—The sooner, Gentle men, we drink the health of. the Consort of her Majesty the Queen the better. You will please, therefore, to fill your glasses, and we will include in the toast " The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, s and the rest of the Royal Family." -(Loud cheers.) " The CHAIIII4N again rose and said—Gentlemen, our meet ing this evening is not upon any particular occasion, but :it has been thought desirable by many of our friends that Occa sional meetings should be held of the free tradeni of Liver pool, and if we have the good fortune, as we have this. even ing, to be honoured by the attendance of distinguished . strangers, of Right lion. and lion. Gentlemen. who hold a high place in their cotuitry's regard.—gentlemen of great ins telligenci and standing in the nation — and gentlemen who see the bearings el'the free trade question,. and come forward. before the public to ahoy their adherence ,to the grin ciples of free trade,—l. say if occasional.. meetings .like: this be held in a commercial commtuaity Liveipool,, great good must be the inevitable result .of such . meet ings.—(Loud cheers.) I have great pleasure in wanes sing the attendance of strangers, such as I have faintly des Scribed, at a meeting like this, because I want these gentle.: men to know, that although the voice of Liverpool, as now expressed in Parliament, is exercised on the . side of Mono poly, yet I desire these gentlemen, who stand before Parlia ment and before the world as free traders, should_ know that in this community there is a body . of enlightened intelligence which earnestly seeks the extension of commerco, and desires to enibrce on the Parliament the principles of free trade. To these strangers I appeal to the present meeting. How can it be otherwise that a community. like Liverpool, which has its agents in every part of the civilised world, and by their exertions in remote regions extend the commerce of Liverpool —how can it be otherwise but that those agents find all the intercourse they would establish in foreign countries 'is crippled and restricted, and in "some cases destroyed by our present restrictive .commercial system ? From the pro ceedingiin Parliament 1 turn with - the greatest satisfaction to the great advance which free trade principles have made in the public mind. Gentlemen, it is my great hope that the public mind is being impressed with the importance of these principles. I look back with great satisfaction upon the Committee that my Hon. Friend Mr. Ewart and I sat and served upon-.-the Import Duties' Committee—which brought to" light a great deal of the embarrassment under which the commerce and manufactures laboured, and which en lightened the public mind upon. stick - subjects. Gentlethen, you know how much:our respected friends Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright. have done. . And here. at my right hand is my Right Hon. Friendif I May take the liberty of so calling hins,born of one of the highest families in the land, and largely interested in. the . agriculture of the country, from the extensive estates of that farnily—here is the Right Hon. Gentleman, who has held an important office under the late Goternment has done us the honour. to meet us this day to express his 'decided opinions in favour of free trade:—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we .did expect that the Earl of Ducie would have done us the honour to attend'upon this occasion. I have here a letter whicii that Noble 'Earl has addressed to our worthy secretary, Mr. Rawling; in which - the Noble Earl expresses 134: regret at finding it impossible to undertake a journey to Liverpool .so .soon after attending the meeting at Bristol.' The toast I am about to propose .to you was, intended to have been given in the presence of the Earl Ducie: That Noble Lord, for the reasons I have mentioned, 'is not present, and I will, therefore, take the liberty, as it has been suggested to' me, of making an alteration in the toast. in order to introduce, instead of the name of the Earl Ducie, the name of a distinguished nobleman, almost a neighbour of ours, the Marquis of Westminster.—(Loud cheers.) If you Marquis then, we will drink the toast in this wav—" 'fhe Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl Ducie."—(Cheers.,) ' • The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I had hoped that one of the - best Members of 'the House of Common.% and one of the best . men out of the' House of Commons, world 'have been. here this evening to acknowledge the toast which I shall now, by your leave, propose to the meeting. My respected friend, Mr. Charles Villiers, had engaged to be here this evening.— (Cheers.) . On Monday last, there was a public meeting in Wolverhampton to promote the cause of free trade—a meet ing at which my respected colleague, Mr. Villiers, and I at tended, along with Mr. Gobden, Colonel Thompson, and Mr. Moore. Mr. Villiers had come down frOm London in a very indifferent state of health, and he remained in Wolverhamp ton a day or two, in the hope that he would recover suffi ciently to attend this meeting. This morning, however, Mr. Rawluts received the following letter from him :—.- " Birmingham. " Mr DEAR Sta,—lt is with great regret that I am com pelled to ftnego the pleasure ofjoining the free trade banquet: on Friday. I have been suffering from indisposition for three. weeks past, and it was not without considerable incon venience that I attended' a dinner on Monday at Wolver hampton, and it has so far postponed my recovery, as to pre-' dude the possibility of my attending the dinner in Liverpool.; Believe.me nothing el:.e would have prevented me from -keeping my engagement. - I have written to Mr. Thornelyto beg him to make my apologies to the Committee.—l remain, my dear Sir, very truly yours, " E. Rawlins, Esq." " C. P. VILLIERS." Now, I have.seen enough of Mr. Villiers' state of health to. know. it would have been extremely imprudent for him to attend this meeting this evening ; and I could not, as his friend, and as a friend to the cause of free trade, desire him to. come down to Liverpool at the risk of his health. Now, gentlemen, I beg to introduce to you, not for the first because he was a public man in Liverpool before I had the honour to fill any situation of the sort—(Hear)—l beg, I say, to introduce to you our. respected friend Mr. Ewart.—(Great cheering.) Aud, gentlemen, Mr. Ewart has been so obliging as to allOw the toast to stand in the way it is printed in the list. The Chairman concluded by saying, "And now, if you please, we will give three cheers for Mr. Villiers."—(Three tremendous cheers were then given for That distinguished gentleman.) - • EWAitT, ESQ., M.P, rose to resfiond, and was received with -loud - and long-continued cheers. , .When it subsided, hi said—Gentlemen •I -remember .that it is re= marked by a character in Shaspeare, ."that some men are born to honotirs, some men achieve honoUrs, and some have honours thrust upon them." In the last of these characters I appear before you this evening; but I hivie a peculiar plea sure in being present this night., being only; as it were; the shadow of my friend,..Mr. Villiers—the man• to whom we all owe so much, whether as a legislator or as a citizen.--.L (Hear, hear.) If, gentlemen, I am to be considered but as the shadow, you will recollect that the shadow proves . the substance true ; and, hoWever defective my reflective powers as a shadow may be,' they prove the increasing value. and lasting fame of my Hon. Friend Mr. Villiers.—(Cheers.) But I am called upon .to respond to this toast in another capacity, because it includes the free-trade Members of the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) Would you Could num ber, not only . a more zealous, but a more numerous band of supporters, in that HouseL--(Hear) 7 -for, unfortunately, whilst they command the .esteem of a great portion of the people of this country, their numbers are neither pro , portioned. to their cause, .nor, with the .exception of myself, their talents ; but they . are now, I believe, making considerable progress in the country. and the country will eventually carry them through, and ensure a final and effectual triumph to the principles of free trade.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I am called upon to re spond in behalf of those Members of the House of Commons who have - recorded their votes in favour of free trade, I turn round, and ask who they are? Many of them the most distinguished that ever graced the 'finals of any country. — (Year, hear.) And, amongst them, is .my Right Hon. Friend prt r roy right—your Chairman—one known . to you by local connexion, as well as by nationalselebrity—(Cheers) —and also those around me, whom I may truly call the epos tles of free trade—Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright—(Loud cheers) men, my. sense of whose services, I want words to express my approbation. I now see before me some of the real representatives of free trade in the House of Commons, but are there no latent and concealed free trade representa fives, who ought by proxy alas to thank you? Why, if pro fession is to be relied on, the Prime Minister of the present Government is a free trader; for to borroW an expression from a candidate for the City of London, he is "a free trailer in the abstraet."—(Herkr, hear.) If profession is to be relied on, the Right-llon. Secretary for the Home Department_ is a " free trader in the abstract."-,(Hear, hear.) If the. Right Hon President 'or the Board of. Trade • is to be measured, not by "the profession of his principles; • but by what he has published, he is •" a free trader in the abstract." These men only want moral courage to carry out their principles; and I must say, if. they would only come forward with some great and comprehensive mea sure,, such as a bold spirit like the elder Pitt, Lord Chatham, would have produced, they would carry with 'them all the . sympathy, as well as, support, of. the• present generation, and would command the gratitude of all posterity.—(Applause.) This I maintain and modestly profess, not only on behalf of the advocates of free trade generally, but also on behalf of the latent friends of free trade.—(Laud cheers.) But how stand. we in the House of Commons ? Not many years ago, meet ing with my Hon. Friends Mr. Cobden and Mr. Thornelf, in "Palace-Tard, near • the House of Commons, -I 'was called upon to declare by what means we could carry free trade in the senate of Great Britain ?. I took the liberty to ,state that you: could only be successful by the use of one lever, and that must be the mechanical power exerted with out—that nothing could be done till the country took up the cauea.--4Clieers.), .Has not that prediction been verified? Has not the country taken up, the cause, and has not its in iluence been felt, *even - withihthat almost impenetrable se nate,' the Corm:none House of Parliament ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We owe this to those friends of ours who have perambulated the country ; and what ever may be the effect .on the country, I can as sure you the effect within the, walls _of Earhament—those walls of tenfold brass—is but slight indeed. Conviction, reason, eloquence, must bring hothe the tru th, not o nl y , to the minds, but also to the feelings of the Members of that !louse, where not only a great portion of the capital, but also . of the intellect of the country, is to be found.—(Cheers.) But; gen tlemen, however mush I may respect the sincerity of those who luiuriate on.the verdant Treasury benches of the House of Commons, and howeVer much 1 may esteem the correctness of iheir vision, as into who see as far as other spelt can ifee,,yet I maintain, they ought not to be the judges of this question. They are in fact the advocates on one side, and as one-sided ad-. a nd one-eyed judges, they' will never have their vision completely restored until purged by the invigoratinn , i n fluence of the public mind — (Applause.) Thus I lo o k t t the-House of Commons, and see the Ministers convinced, but not changed. Thus they will remain until we have stirred up, not only the manufacturing interests, but the commercial and agricultural also. And here . ' turn round and look at the uperation. of the Anti-Corn law League—the Anti. Corn-law League: leas achieved this • -the. fare 1 : ;* - • g r P 4 t triumph. It bas 'broken done e• •.e amer,-th e adamantine • which bas . long separated thehas manufacturing and wall rural inhabitants- of this countz.. It s shown them that the interests of the rural, an the commercial, and the manufacturing classes are one.—(Lo u d -cheers ) To me it appears as plain as the noon-day sun,.that the r 9 i popu lation of this country iS not a whit lessinterested an tile tlt - manufacturing • in repealing laws which make 'Subsistence • dear, and retard employment.-z(llear.) The Anti...Corti-law League have gone amongst this mulation. They have appealed te"llt tamer*.4l4 TecabAl Udell t 1 W4=8114104 S IT /4 ~_' , ,' : ;Nvl. , -,.. ee l es?/1) i• - ilf-.--.- 1( -,,r,, , ; 4 4:1> cl IT;1'4;: - Vi 7e. ~ 4.1., , - •rY- ..-•‘------...,4lfTrirl.frrMv...""mr," rrr7 ,.p,„ ,rr. , ,r —, " „ ..tr.kt ~, 441 • 41 4 4 A. -. I leases -lir their. farms--they .hat, called uptafi g thera to ender Indiaposition. Hering the hen ..htig . ahefr -unfle4 -. he no longer serfs, but to demand that just portion of protec, man, ho.might also consider himself a Sort of -a ge ulaffar4, tion which the law ought net to deny to any Tan. They i and it therefore behoved him to look abeitit - Tit,sebee. one have not appeale•l in Vain : ter the tenants are now deter- , take the part.-(Cheers and laughter.) ilteeheggdstieW mined .that tilf.'y l•: ill have that protection of tong leasee poio a.. 3 a Substitute .his` resfiected - friend- Richard Cobden, which ie given by our t•eientls in Seethed, and which e oun d , L'sq.-(Great cheering; the whole company rising : ) ife policy denies_to no et-see-(;lcer,. hear.) .It is shown that , would only say, as theinSpeaker says, "The ayes have it.' • they are new protected by Iva which am on a- false basis. ! (Cheers and laughter.) In coeneatie.n. le if) , il , e Nati-Corn , - They have ;eche farther ;by ha,-e- shown that the agrieul- ' teee T.eagne, he begged to ptheess the _health of - niehert4 ' euriete 2:s egerse ca then 'the ,treentifeeteririg,populatioa.. Cele-lee; aere--(iTereet Cheering, firs cot upsn:e Agee) 4,11%4., They ha-es =ilea upon the, peas tat to vindicate' his riehte. - Iktr. Cele! tee-, eh riehte to reepotel to the tetetaytate 'iced% eta _ - rey have osked him whether it i:, to his. interest to lefec with :tutees rounds of ttioet. cuthu.shistic applause; Which 'it cheap hread, cheap :clothing; cheap butter, cheap bacon, I .seemed very - difficult to reetrain: Silence being otelitectetbe ' ' and other articles?-e(ileer e . hear) . They have asked him Hon.. Gentleman_ proceeded to spank 'nearly . -ii . fighwe ie.-ie . whether keeping up the prices - :et such articlee 13 not *en : Mr. Cl:teen:a e rie , Ladies end Geatlemen, fortunate : l , h •,&e - Mieli..3 iacitinbrance upon his rightel,e e (Loud cheers.) Th eiie • asapthe phrenologista tell me who have examined. i6y•beait- - t • tlemen have, by their exetaionsiu the diffusion of knewleaee have neither self-esteem nor the love .of appridsation, or veh on this subject, pro:lilted the most beneficial influence- , --dif- would spit me.-(Laughter and cheers.) If fe#et exceed fusing the light of truth ha intelligence even to -the hum- ingly that our friend Mr. Ween i. not here tcitituen het - blest cotiage its the cauritree--(Loud cheers.) Gentian:ken, thanks thr the honour You have done hitt; , lii We Ifteeseicee i we are united in one common - cause, involving the lute.., shall be sorry to letalie Oceasion.paits* of giving my'hurable • rests of the commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural( tribute to hie great worth and eistfulneSs t o. this.grtit cutlet... n population, against oe Predominant id controlling ire- j (Hear.) lie is not much aceuetemed to public eklideitionee terest-the unjust, tyranni c al,' • and oppressive • land- buts to those who have been. constantly and actively 'engaged • lords of this colintry.-(Cheers.) Let Me not •be •sup- iin this cause : fin' the last tive rears like myself, Mi.' Witsonai . • posed to speak 'of the whole Ma s a b u t of a c l ass d e t erm ined to me rits' are Isuewn and-well appreciitted.(l/eer.)e T „ have - rte. uphold monopoly, and at w a r w ith th e b es t inte res t s o f the h es it a ti o n in saying, that without his calm end'*e'el . jedv community. I have opposed- them -in Parliament, and. will meet, his clear sagacity, his great perseveriutheerind Ins continue to opposea-knowing inany of them ee ite an opines- . courage, which never knows what it is to :be, beater:a -if We sivc and tyro:tic:it cities of pereetre.----( hotel applause.) : Then.; had not had his power of 'combintitiOn, hii - eteggeleive mind, .. 1 look-around, and I eve intelligcuce on ttIC subject of free. to have guided ue in our operations; the•ettgue would not, _ trade--thanks to the exertie e s of th oee around ate--t r uacte halo been -*hat •it is - at the-I:new/it diiVe-e(Lellel chehre.)., : sally diffused from end of en of the country to • the et her., I' For ' myself-itmay be ' eaid of `,lilt . Wirsoo, : p. 5. .;. behold the darkne,a dispersed, and the bright beanie etemee applied to me--" Go, ant} he geeth ; coeue, : and'hehenetl,*;", : *lien splendour supplym e-- g its plac(l - feer.) (After -owie•f for lam always perfectly safe When I ant at iiis'disfaisilile e • further observations the 'Hon: Gentleman sat down sinieet cause lam st ire, if he lies made an engaZenenef4r tele; llalik.. loud applause.) . .. .• : ' . . . . . always to do good to the cause.--(Hear, hear:l '' T6ii liavir'• The Cuantai_kx-Oentleinee,ll am quite certain that I, spoken of th e League in connexion with his naine, . lt - is Iva speak the opinions efeVery individual in this ase.embly a hen j ware this' Week since the first number of the , ofgati'of tliie . ' I say,. that no circumstance Connected with our meeting this . League, the Anti-COI-et-law Circular; first 'appearedon - the - evening affords lig more sincereegretifteatien than theapre a l lath of April. Andit ii More than flee years since the . 1 1 14 t; settee of the Right Hon.' Fo'x Matile.-(Loud. cheers.) 0 1 7:,I great meeting wai held in Manchester, where the grt,' - .. Fox Maule, I need not tell „you, is' a. member ef one ef the) • movement of this agitation took its origin. During that tin.e..,',. most distinguished families in . Scotland:--(Cheer:..)- s Mr. we. have had considerable changes -in - the aspect.' dr Mettle belongs to a family of great landed property and., our cause. When we begat' our agitation, 'we,' had 'artafiae v .. wealth ; and yet he has the good sense to see that the prose' ',difficulties to encounter; but the greatest of all our ffresi fri parity of land-doee not, depend-wain, the restriction of trade, ties eviee that nobody would p.ay any attention -to-'what-tre e but, in fact, depends upon the removal of reetrie- : eaid, or take. the trouble ,to anewer. me Weavere literally - 70h' tious.-((rear cheering.) Gentlemen, Mr. Fox Natjle has creature' of contempt e and ie in the coureeeeCtiiiiiehlyead e , tilled Various offices in .the Goeerninent - of the country with voOaey Of this cause, we were a. little niore•boliter'ot% or, etee high credit to himself. lie is a gentleman of excellent talent,, our energies say, we swaggered toe niuch; itlaWli entity 4'' of exemplary private character, a most welcome guest among: More or leas th an the assumption of a degree - 6r ia l pd . rtail o the free trailers of Liverpool; and I ant, therefore . , proud to • which We'knew we had not in the' world, arid*thought.by .: introduce him to Your notice. (The health of Mr. Manic, was that means to draw a little attention.---(11aaa) - Well, Le then drank with great enthusiasm.). • . • . . - . dies and Gentlemen, we have arrived at that point now The Right lion. Fox Maili.x, M.P., rose amidAt the loudest . when `our enemy comes down froin hi-i 'lofty eminence, sud. . plaudits, and said-Mr. Chairman and- Gentlemen, the;Very no longer viewing its with scorn . and contempt, condescends flattering reception - Which you have been pleased to give to to take level ground with us and .contend with' 11.3 in this . this toast has almost rendered me incapable of uttering the great cause. Now we have Some forbearance" to stviii them. - few sentences which I feel called upon eo do, in returning you I -(Laughter.) - 'They are. young in agitation; and it the my thanks, for I entirely and cordially respond to the senti- should commit a few blunders, we must learn to ha with. Meta which this toast contains..-.-(Cheers,) , .With .no, other leniency upon them.-(Hear, hear.) - I recollect .ftei 'yeare prospects to look' to but those ; which emanate front land, I Itave elapsed, and they - are not aware ofe it-live 'Years. entirely concur in the view, that the interests of the : position since this greet controversy' began.-(Hear.) - ' What' which I may be called upon hereafter to occupy, cen only he wonder it we ehould see, that whilst we .have been making promoted to their utmost extent by unrestricted great progress-While we have been changing, altogether commercial intercourse with all the, world. -- (Tre- changing in the circumstances of our case-they havebeen. mendous cheering.) Gentlemen, I feel that in - ut- fast asleep, and they are unconscious of all these things ;. tering that sentiment I deserve .no credit, be, and they are now treating this cause precisely as they cause lam merely taking that course which I know is best aught to have treated it, and would have treated it, if they to promote my own personal and " selfish" ends-(Cheers)- had begen five Years ago. Theyteke our - arguments as wa . and lam surprised that those who are similarly situated with a ppli e d th em then, and they are now beginnihg to condemu myself have been so slow to view the matter in the same those argementieforgettingthe chan , e that has taken place in light that I do. What is it, gentlemen, if we; nherit l'andse- the circumstances of the day. I find them answering my if we are entitled to support ourrights, as y o u call them_ here speechtss that I made in 1840, and when I complained that -if at the satne time we are to be looked upon as an incubus we should not have corn cheaper if we had free trade. - They upon the face of the country? As a body, we always stand ' don't know • --hote should they know?-they have been fast in the way of improvement of the .commercial intercourse of as l ee p all the time-they do not know that wheat, run-up_ the world, and the improvements of the habits and position i n t h e spr i e g o f 1839 su dd e nl y to 80e. the quarter, and that of countrymen.-(Cheers.) According, to the mode in last Juneit was down to 745. the quarter-they do net know which society haS been ordered by Providence, men may be that all this has taken place-and, therefore, if they blunder born tostation-4hey may be born t o . tal e _th e y ma y take i n their arguments-it' they are out of time, out of tune, and to theiiiselves credit for the position in which they stand ; out of placelet us learn to look upon them with a lively.die but IwOuld remind theta of the words of the *tete:. . _. play of charity - , and forgive them.-(Cheers.) Then, gentle "Et genus et proavos, et quiz non fecimus ipsi, , men, I find many of them not very well inforMed on other - ' Via et nostra v0c0.".• • , . •• • mattetee• They donot seem to have had very eaten eive reati . nees load of reading from the works of au author whosat That is my motto, `gentlemen. I want' to be distinguished, s , not liy any nobility or title, - to which I May be called by the appear, among the list of invited guests, Thomas Car accideet of birth, but I wish to be - distinguished by the one, lyle(-Cheers) , --one of my friends, I say quoted him. The through tile, of doing as much good as I can to others.- next day we heard one of our opponents charging us with (Cheers.) And, gentlemen, in forwarding that object, I being infidels, and said we had been quoting a man who -wee think that those who are connected with land will do it best convicted . ' and imprisoned for blasphemy I . . They, ad delight do by forwarding amongst the agricultural population of this country correct and proper views of free trade.-(Hear.) i not read Thomas Carlyle it appears I I would delight to say that I can myself testify to the citizens of l vise them to dose for there is more of suggestive thought in Liverpool, and this assembly and mo a t r e spectable company, one p a g e of his books than in a volume of what they, are that amongst our agricultUral body in Scotland tree trade ordinarily accustomed to .read.--(llear, hear.) Again, our onnonents-some of them-are not very learned. -Meal - , principles are making rapid advances--(Loud cheers)- I and 1 say it without wishing to cast. any reflections upon my gear ) The other day one of the free trade ,newspapers in southern neighbours-1 say that they will make more ad- Hertfordshire, in a very able leading article' pon the A.hti vances with us in - the north than it is possible they will for League movement, alluded to the defection from the nicht some bins do with you in the south. You will ask me my cause of an old and very esteemed Nobleman there, LordDacre, reaset i . . 1 for this, sud I tell you it is that our tenantry are in a and he exclaimed n the familiar phrase, "Et tu, Brute?" more s independent, position.-(Cheers.) In our country our from his Lordship's - land shi ht - land The next day, a long letter camed p tenantry have leases.-(Cheers.) I am sorry to say that a steward, but an active opponent, denouncing the editor for great many of them have not much capital, but it has been calling Lord Deere a brute;-(Loud laughter.) I might frittered away, multiply these instances, showing that our opponents neither view; but the because they had been pursuing unsound they are independent, so ler, because of thei r are very good logicians nor yet very learned ; but I leases. That I consider one of the greatest safeguards which trill trouble you with only one more. It happened in the farmer can enjoy. We have another system that in 4 southern village where the clergyman of the' parish Presided at a public meeting. It was held our country- puts the tenant 'farmer out of all risk of P loss by changes, such as we hope to obtain by the abo- small parish, and some of our friends called_ it in " a a ittle go;" it was an Anti-League meeting, where about a lition of the corn-laws--I Mean a system of grain or corn hundred people were assembled. One of the leading persone rents.-(Hear, hear.) Then, gentlemeu, we have that which in it was the sexton.ln the course of the cl ge . man's I hope you will never have in this country , IN - 0 have an- speech he said we were a body of utilitarians. The er neXeelay other obstacle to agricultural improvement-we have.a stern and relentless climate sometimes to contend with ; and it is the sexton was busy spreading the report throughout the village that there was not a single churchman among me an, to put ourselves upon somewhat of a footing with yea in the for- he had heard the arsoa himselt say we were all Unita,- .the best means of managing our farms, and that we pay the south that we are obliged to study the utmost economy and. riausl-Laughter.) P , So you eee, when you take into the extent of the experience of ' account . 'o u r oppo 7 rents that we are enabled to pay in Scotland.-(Cheers.) . I. nents, the meant of their knowledge, and the - quality of trust, however, thatthe views:of free trade, not withstand-. their natural talents, you teu.et Make allowance.s for any little ing the progress they. have made, will yet make' blunders they may fell into.-Bear, hear.) I have seen it still further progress in my native and; because I am et ated the Other day-th . e . day before yesterday, I think-=in the quite sure that there is no system so bad as that which ages newspaper, that this League-thie" {;rent tact," ass they leads the farmers to consider themselves a distinct body J call it-is upon its trial, and that these Leaeu, ere, e few cetton front the rest. of ,the community. The fainters, as a body,, •resit and men of that stamp, who have been suddenly do not surely, mean, in this great country, to be a -distinct. i thrukt)nto notoriety, are upon a pinnacle, and in* dart"- race among themselves. Farmers' sons are not all farmers: gar of a great fall, Now, I do not think the League in their turn ; farmers' daughters are not all destined to wed, farmers' sonsa-(Cheers.) 'They must branch out into the' 9 the Leaguers are .upon their trial ; it is some t namely-monopoly. which -is upon . trial, • ()Sher sterns of society, and, among the rest,. the army. It,l tiling is .That the culprit on trial, the English public is the jury, 'ing else ' , is true you are told, ft is. culled frem the agricultural as well arid front the evidence which pours in front all nuartera, we as front the manufacturing districts ; but let lie look to the , kave . ao d_ii„ doubt that the verdict will he Gailtv.-(Louti nursery for our navy. Surely those who say that the agri eneeis.) err. e,obeenthen pointed out the , baneftil etfeees i f cultural interests: are those which ought to be mast fostered; the present system, in a way which made a great inapression. and to be - the most. prominent in the country, overe oa:he a_ . tidience, and, on taking his seat, was enthusiastically look the fact, that the great , glory of this country, the " wooden walls of old:England,' owes its greatness not to Cl • ered Bright, C, e Mr. Briolonel Thompson, and other speakers M the agriculiural race, but to the commercial marine of the country, which is supported' by , the .commerce which flows lowed, and the meeting broke up, evidently highly *delighted from foreign lands ?(Cheers,) - Gentlemen, the farniers,will with the eyening's entertainment. soon come to see, that without a thorough amalgamation with the .manufacturing classes, neither of them will at tain to that height of .prosperity to which, united, they ' may fairly aspire.-(Hear, hear.) It is commerce that has raised this country to the position which it now holds. Agri 'culture has been festered, in order to do that in the home markets which it has engaged, and which it has failed to do. Each by itself will fail, if it be attempted to support each in the position in which theystand, unless they agree now cordially - to amalgamate ; and y•ou.may depend upon it, that howeVerpresperoue they may be it this moment, that 'that prosperity is merely ephemeral, and that , a day of reckoning will come, when -we shall sink into one common abyss. Mr. Ewart eas just' Aided to you, that a foreigner, landing here, would naturally reckon upon.a great town like . 5 Liverpool as. the source from which free trade principles would emanate. „ When I landed, upon these magnificent 7 Dan. docks, and saw the flags of every different nation floating, 6 Durha. and the mercantile marine upon thein, I could not help saying 6 Edinburg. to myself, " Is it possible that , this great city, instead of being 7 Eastern Coe the beacon light of free trade,, should be one of the 6' Glasgow, Kilt, closest and restricted with respect to commerce d and see see the 6 Grand Junction little of any city in the world?" I look aroun i , 6 Glasgow and Gre knots of monopolist interests he various quarters. I s 6 Great North of Engh, I sievarious '7 Great Western timber *trembling on the other.;=-(Laughter.) . , sugar frightened: for its existence on the elle hand, and see the . interests all at-work, and I see them unitingtogether to sup 7 . . 29 Liverpool and. Manchester , port in the main the most abject of all monopolies--the mono- :30 London and Birmiegham .... poly of fool-(Hear.) But I trust the day is coming,. when , 11 :London and Blackwell public opinion, which, as history tells us, must sooner or later 6 London and Brighton w ill wipe away the stains which now exist upon our . 9 Landon and Croydon coPrmevialn.e4rcial statute-book. .It is truly impossible that those 11 LondOn and Greenwich who are engaged. in commerce in this community-those who 7 London and South Western - are the owners of capital, and those who can command the , '4 Manchester, Bolton and Bur wealth and resource.% of the land-it is truly imposeible 6 Manchester 'and Birrnirepe that they will sit quietly by-be their politics 6 Manchester, Leeds, ar called by what name • they please-and see market 6 IFlidland Counties after market stolen and - wrested from this country 6 Newcastle and r by our own foolish acts, and wretched legislation.-(Trenaene 7 Newcastle fie dous cheering.) I think I can trace-without pretending.to .' 6 North bl• . see further than my neighbours-1 think I can see a latent 5 North disposition in, certain querters a -1 think I can see certain • , . 2 PP' signs of the times, which convince me that. the, has of 8 ' foreign markets is coming somewhat home to the considers tion of the powers that be.-(liear.): When we see, our busy neighbour anxious-and I do not blame her for that -to take . advantage of every opening for her infantine 6 Taff Valejl • . . ~ . . commerce-when we see that busy neighbour nibbling at 7 Instet • • • ' the Brazils-a market which, if we were to. lose, (and et e . we might retain it with the utmost ease)-a market which, if we were to lose, there are many iu Liverpool will rue their. obstinacy-(Tremendous applause)-e-when we see that busy neighbour at work, it behoves us to put all our energies to work, anti it behoves the - people of this country to ringe-by•agitation if you please-111 the ears of the Go vernment of the day, that such things will not be sahniitted to.---(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is impossible for us to main tain foreign markets, unless we are prepared to give to foreign traders a reciprocity of trade. And after all, what is.the pure system, the plain system of commerce ? I ace it, geutlemen, stuck up with our mottoes there.:- " Commerce is barter." Call it by an)" ive any mine you . please-let writera mystify it, or i g cod; Other description of it-commerce is barter it u the h his neigh and every man ought to be entitled to barter with neighbour other bour that which he produces for that which his ) That is the produCes, without injury to himself (CI e•-nuatercial nation; and as. sure, the plain, simple policy o of taxation, to support t the administration thatf t o h r ecr e(. i i o which fth e is c r o eq u n u t i r., red i ! r i t d t h t f e o g i v a p y p 0 1. titution, it is indirect taxation the dignity of the Constitution, as is of justice, and other end:;w a hich are necessary for maintaining possiblewill' be ffi SU - and as little indirect ta i . great country Kil l soot. b e read y to afford . . that they would -re:use‘.l46induid ic. it e nt - withoutand this s y feeling of misplaced econonw.-f of Jealousy o f m y own Countrymen cheering.) Inv one, have no feeling • • t k il n e ei e v an g what extent rect taxation that was Over neces,sary to . ..maintain thedignity - 0 e the country-(Hear)e-h s t it it 9il a i t d 'yf ex e t : t ot bave it admitted that we were taxed, and that we Oayuld be bl d elm e -to use a homely' but rather expressive plirasir,to cut o our coat - ac cor di ng to our cloth.-(Cheers.) But, gent l emen, lam straying from the subject Only toast. The b' , . SU )ect of thetoast is purely in , reference tO the interests of agriculture - ' 'connected - with e . as the interests of commerce . lam glad - to find that we may reckon on many llamasof . . great landed proprietors who are connected with they' le' h di ak th' . tews le le .you an t e upon is sub ject. There are Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Radnor, who are veterans in this cause, --(Loud cheers.) We have the ' direct - testimony of the Marquis of Westminster, . Lord Spencer,.. Lord Kinnaird, and many 'other parties whose melee are familiar to you, and who are distinguished as men whose object it is to maintain themeelves,-,net upon any fleeting popularity of the day, but upon the sound optuion of their countrymen, which is the best - reward, let me tell you, that public men can possibly have.-(Loud cheering.) Gen tlemen,' I shall close with. ttlii,ob3ervation. I thank you for, the reception which I hive this day received from you. The ; hostiitible reception Which you have given me will ever be my greatest reward-no, not my , greatest rewarct r ,iny greatest reward will be to. liV,e.to see carried out the pin-. espies which we together • have. been advocating,, and to be permitted at all times to join you in your neble endeavours to break down monopoly, place this great country in her natural Position, and make her the mart of the world. . • The CHAIIt3tAN, in introducing the next toast, ". The Anti- Corri•law . League, and thanks to them for, their zealous and 'persevering endeavour, to . liberete British industry from the ; Bondage of monopoly," ,aid that the printed list stated that the toast would be responded to.by George 'Wilson, EN., but hi wail niAfortgiAte l 7 absent in Manchester, laboarip* RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the " s ums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the Month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and iner. chandise:— Total. d. Week - : ended Name of Railway. April ..- Arbroath and Forfar — 6 . 11irniingham and Derby Junction... 1,415 8 2 5 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,108' 12 ' 7 6 Brandling Junction 772 0 11 5 Chester and Birkenhead 650 18 9 9 Dublin and Kingstown. 7 Dundee and Arbroath 224 1 Si 6 Durham and Sunderland - 498 5 : 4 6 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,339 II . 10 7 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,293 . 6 Os 6' Glasgow, KilmarnOck, and Ayr 1,563 . 0 II 6 Glasgow and Greene& BBO 1 8 61Grand Junction 7,443 8 2 6 Great North of England 1,319 18 7 . 7 Great Western 29 Liirerpool and Manchester ' :30 London and Birmingham 11 .London and Blackwall .1,131 12 8 6 London and Brighton . 9 Landon and Croydon, 11 London and Greenwich 2,595 J 3 7 London and South Western .... ... '4 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 774 3 4 6 Manchester 'and Birmingham 3,086 5 1 6 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,094 13 . 9 6 Midland Counties ,?6 J G Newcastle and Carlisle 1,374 17 7 Newcastle and North Shields .352 15 5 6 North Midland - . ' 4,296 12 ; 0 5 North Union and Bolton and Preston 41184721 .: : 2 Paris and Orleans 4,51 Q 9 • .8 Paris and Rouen • 237 18 7 6 Preston and Wyre '6 Sheffield and Manchester ... . ..... . ... .•. 5 7 7 - 11 8 4,73 10 0 - 11 South Eastern - 886 12 G 6 Taff Vale] 731 9 8 . , 7 Ulster •-•••• . 6 York and North Midland . ........ • 1 . 622 1 t ) 5 , AND TESTIIVIONIAL H EDITOR OF THE SUN. • , TO THE to e a s t t li . consist r 1 9 t ,}o . • our edition 'of yesterday the SIR,—On reading. in ,' .. article respeernag d further M'• Hill's interest that you word. r., the public what the testimonial is • the testimonial to Mr. R. Ira I beg T IL O L -31 . R. " WL of, as Ern a ;• n r great t many of my neighbours would become subscribers, provided the money thus raised were given to Air. Hill, so that he can lay it out for his own benefit. The rumour of a piece of plate being intended to be purchased as a testimonial to Mr. Hill, prevent, many people from adding their names to the subscription list, and among them is the writer, who would gladly re mit you a guinea for Mr. um if he was assured that his well -Meant auggestion, or some similar plan, were to be carried into effect.--I an, Sir, A CONSTANT READER OF YOLII PAPER. Huddersfield, April 12, 1844. TO THE EDITOR OF THE •SUZY. Sta,—With reference to the late accident at the Joint Terminus of the Brighton, bover, and Croy don Railways, in the Kent-road, we consider it ne cessary shortly to state, that although we are the Contractors for the whole of the works at that station, our Firm was not concerned in the erection of. the Iron Roofing to which the accident occurred, nor were any of our workmen employed thereon. We shall be obliged by the insertion of this eapla nation.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, GRISSELL and PETO. Lambeth April 13. SOLICITOR.GENEHAL SiIIP,—:(FrOM ► A, uotTespou. dent. )—A - general impression prevails ill LituzioWe I nu that Mr. John Stuart, Q.C„ at the Chance r y bar, will have: the SolieitorAieneralship conferred upon ii a gentle. man of the most unassuming habits, of great experience end ability, and; by his courtesy and highly honourable principlo and conduct, is a favourite with the bar. VISIT off' THE DUCHESS OF KENT TO GERMAIcr...... Ills Serene Highness, the Prince of Leinengen who arrival at Windsor on Thursday . ev . enipg,,,v i ith, his iorilitionev :Piince Albert, having accorapallied the Prince' Consort froaa Ostend to. England in the, 'Priucess .Alice .Government s t ea mer, wll remain in this . country' upon a- to her Majesty for !bout a. fortnight. At the. 'end , Of the present month7liis .Serene Highness :will accompany •his illustrious mother, the ;Duchess of Kent, to the Continent, whet* her Royal Highness is expected to retnain-for about three weeks or a month. It is -stated -to be time intention:of her Royal 'Highness, upoa leasing England, to-proueeektO' , Paris, and thence to Germany, after a. brief : soputkin-ftlii Fcenth capital. .The Royal Duchess is expected: to ptir a - visit to her brother the King of the Belgtans;:darttli her aisseace from, England, returning v Mend, in o* of • i V