The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-23 00:00:00

tent—we have not that very first and the foundation of all liberty, the liberty to work freely and to enjoy in security and unplundered the fruits of our own labour.—(Applause.) And what is the most extra ordinary part of the business, we have been argued into the belief that this very infraction of our liber ties was a benefit conferred upon us by a paternal and protective Government. There can be no doubt that multitudes of people in this country have believed that the protective principle had something in it likely to increase national and individual benefit ; and the same belief is in operation now to some extent. We are not to suppose that the men who are in favour of the corn-law are necessarily dishonest men. I believe there are landlords so extraordinarily stupid as still to believe the corn-law is beneficial to the land, and not injurious to manufactures—(Applause)— and it would be hard for me to assert that all the persons in our town—and there a few of them, middle-class men and manufacturers—who support this protective system, are dishonest in their views. I believe many of them are honest in what they do ; but I believe they cannot be honest and intelligent if they support a law so wicked and mischievous as this.—(Applause.) But amongst the working classes this principle is now held to a very great extent; and there are found in all towns of the kingdom combinations to exclude their own order from certain privileges, in certain trades ; and there are many regulations which, how ever injurious to trade and to the employers of labour, are more so to the labourers themselves. This I only mention as a circumatarca arising from the very same spirit, the very same mistake by which protec tive statutes and enactments have crept into the code of this and every other country.—(Applause.) I be- lieve no man has ever yet been able to assign any cause for the late period of depression but the recur rence o(bad harvests, and the existence of a corn-law preventing us from removing the evil effects of those bad harvests.—(Applause. We have trade now com paratively Posperous; for a period there has been a better profit to manufacturers generally, and far more employment and considerably better wages for the workmen and I have no doubt whatever, if the shop keepers of this town were to meet together and com pare notes, they would find universally that, contrast ing their business now with what it was three years ago, other circumstances being the same, their busi ness had greatly improved, and that they had fewer debts in their books than they had at that period. —(Applause) I was speaking the other day with a gentleman who lives, or is often engaged in pusiness, in a part of this town where he has the op portunity of seeing people passing to and from a large establiihment for the sale of furniture; and he said he had noticed, for suites months past, an amount of business going on at that shop and warehouse which he hall not seen for years before. We all know that three or four years ago the pawnbrokers were the people who were doing all the business ; in some towns there was more poverty than the pawnbrokers could live upon.—(liear, hear.) Now those things which bed gone to the sign of the three halls are gra dually making their way back again to the cottages of the working people.--(Applause.) And when we consider how much there is in all this, how much there is in the improvement of trade of all that is im portant to a cuintry and a people, I think we shsll not judge light!y or unwisely in considering this (oration to he at this moment the most important that, can eng.!ie the renl:on or intelligent and reflecting ) men.—(Applaus.) No N, whet is meant by ire prove ru. ent in trade ? :;-ople think that it means that manufacturers are gett. more profit. Wei!, it does mean CIO, and a gre!lt dc al more •; it m caes that the vorkpoor,le are hettor r.n,pl-yetk and gating better witg,s; it means that now and then a man v.ho is an over - looker in a factorycr a "vk OrliSh fp is finding the means to set up for him,-oh; and that is one of the finest things that can ha fund in any country. It is just one of those things that are never found in the agricultural districts ; but it, is found here every day. —(I - lean.) But it means a great deal more than this. Improvement in trade means that there is a saving in human lire; not that men are not cut off by the hand of the executioner, or by the sword, but that they are not cut off' by the band of famine—(flcar, hear)- - t vhich is about the most ruthless, most relentless, and morzt cruel of all modes of disposing of the human race.—(Loud applause.) It may not have come within your observation, htt from the returns made by the registrar•general, T3Fc[trs that the mortality in the ifistrict is very gre::i - iy diminished since the period cf high prices of v. heat ; and it has been observed in Frvice, as well as in this country, and I believe it will ►.• e observed in all countries where any accurate statistical account is kept, that just about in propor tion as the price of the staple articles of human food rises, just in that proportion the human animal sinks, decays, dies, and ultimately must become extinct.— (Hear, hear.) I have here an extract from the regis trar's report for the district which he calls the north west division, and I'll read you the number of death! , which were registered in 1840, when prices were very high, when there was great stagnation in trade, and great distress, owing to the very high rate of :food, and the number registered in 1843. It is as ;follows : 1840. 1843. Bolton Bury 2,170 Rochdale Preston 9,637 Blackburn Wigan 9 ,144 Prescot 1,155 Manchester Ashton . 4,873 26,196 23,334 " Tien :s a difference, in the deaths, of 2,862 indi viduals in one year, in nine districts only of the one hundred and fifteen comprised in the return. What can be the cause of this A sufficient answer to us may be found in the words of the worthy registrar slur Little Bolton—` that it is chiefly owing to the im proved condition of the working classes.' It is a great and convincing fact of the murderous effect of the famine laws, and restrictions upon trade." But this involves a consideration of much higher import ance than whether manufacturers get little or great profit. Who are the individuals, those 2,862 indivi aivale, whom this return proves to have fallen victims to these laws ?—(Hear, hear.) Not the indivi duals who passed the law; not lords, not rich men, rot people in comfortable circumstances; they are of a different order altogether—men whose only inhe ritance is the strength of their arrn and the intelli gence of their head—the working class of this coun try.—(Loud applause.) Old men and old women, ssvho might have lived years longer to watch the pro ress of their families, are cut off and hurried to the g • ra st by this law.—(hear, hear.) Aye, and many a poor unfortunate child, who came into existence during that disastrods period, which might otherwise have lived to have blessed its parents, has been taken to its grave, even those parents blessing God that he bad removed it from the misery it was likely to share. And these men, who ttlk about State policy, and about expediency, and about the burdens upon land, and mortgages to be paid, and marriage settlements upon daughters—(Applause)—if it could ever enter into their minds that horrors like these were being perpetrated in every district of this country, their inhuman law doing its working, and doing it most faithfully, I ask you what must be the character of those men if they could resist the fer vent call made upon them, by the united working people of this country, for the abandonment of this system, and the liberation of the industry of this trampled and :insulted nation ?—(Loud applause.) But there is another point to which I would refer you. The people of this country are of an order who will not sink down and die without making an effort to save themselves. It is said " the mighty camel dies 'neath heaviest load ;" but man was not made for an end so ignominious and contemptible as that. --(Applause.) The people of this country will ,travel all earth before they will die of starvation in their own country ; and, driven by excessive penury to seek a refuge in foreign lands, they find that bread under the Republican Government of America, which their own paternal Government denies them at home. --(Applause.) I have here a return of the number o f persons who have emigrated from this country since 1838:- 1838 ........... • 1839 ....... .. • 1840 1841 1842 1843 33,222 65,207 90,743 118,502 128,344 57,212 Total How does it happen that all these facts come together and corroborate each other ? They are not picked out of returns prepared and got up by the members of .the Anti-Corn-law League, but from rt,turns fur nished by Government.—(Applause.) Arguments are as plentiful as blackberries in the season ; you may go to any district, agricultural or trianufacturin: 4 , and I declare it is impssible to fix on any point, or get hold of any statistks but what will conduct to the same conclusion ; they all condemn this infamous law.--(Applause.) The llon. Gentleman referred to 'f3e circumstances under winch these emigrants left, a n observed that it was not like the sons of aristocrats goicx- to make the grsnd tour ; they tore thomselves away titan associations as strong as any men felt, and for whg-i That th-nitel,es their ehi:dre-a .obtain a . - nahttenance He had seen an emigrant ship leaving the dock at Liverpooi, all weeping on hoard, anti the it friends onshore equally at taLitrr thei:lnst leave of them. it was often reMarked that E n oi t thmen who had gone to America s l'o bitterly of their own emintry ; but when it waA remembered I;that they had been I . ,,rced away by the Government, glr ,l saw the very whcitt for which they pi ne d I ce k e ,, 4 up in bond in Liverpool, could it be wo n . ,3 re d That they kit W:; ~l and with a maledicti on in their n. •cnth!., t0 ,, 5e , 1; in;' iivi under a mere just r`7l , CL't to erinx, in 1826-7, Governmern, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1844. and 1838, the commitments in England and Wales averaged about 22,000; in 1839, 24,000; in 1840, 27,487 ; in 1841, 27,760; in 1842, 31,309 ; and 1843, 29,501 ; thus rising so long as the pressure existed, and then diminishing ; so that we were now becoming a people among whom less crime was committed. With these facts before them, how could any man withstand this evidence, brought forward by persons totally disinterested ? But beyond the preservation of life, the diminution of crime, and the checking of forced emigration, whence came the great effort now making throughout the manufacturing districts to ameliorate the physical condition of the working classes—an effort which would have been altogether impossible three years ago, when bankruptcy stared almost every one in the face? These facts only proved that they had been right in the beginning, right all along, and right in the end, and that conse quently they were sure to triumph.—(Applause.) But it should be remembered how many had been swept away by the storm of destitution which had passed over them, how many children have been doomed to ignorance by the necessities of their parents at that period, how many men had been driven into unwilling pauperism, broken down in spirit, thus inflicting a wide-spreading evil on so ciety, as it infected their children and their chil dren's children.—(Hear.) The past five years heing thus full of instruction—perhaps more so than any five years heretofore—he thought the public of Roch dale would be readily persuaded to give their cordial co-operation to all that the League might do. The chairman had complimented, not flattered the inha bitants, and he hoped they would still go with the League in future. Great wealth existed in this town : they were much of one opinion as to free trade ; and under these circumstances he could not but hope that what they might do in future would eclipse the past. —(Applause.) The woollen trade was once the chief trade of this town, employing thousands, and yielding great wealth to the manufacturers. How was it that that trade had not extended, that no more flannels were made here than were made twenty-five years ago, and that the workmen in that trade were the worst paid? Assuredly from no other cause but our blind restrictive legislation, by which our woollens had been shut out of the American market. Had it not been that another trade, cotton, had been intro duced here, which was almost entirely an export trade, the town and district alone had been saved from decay. The woollen manufactures were now almost all going into the cotton trade. Why ? Not because they liked it better, but there was no field for them in their own trade, one-half of which had teen cut off by the American tariff. And yet there were men in this town who would not lift a finger to remove that tariff, and the corn-law which caused it.—(Applause.) Contemptible fellows I Were all such as them the country would soon be in a state of anarchy, were it not for those who sought to lead the people into the right paths. They had heard the direction about to be taken by the League. They had been charged with sedition, and with stimulating insurrection. Abandoning everything which could countenance such a charge, they would lay hold of that truly constitutional weapon—the electoral franchise, and would lay claim to the county representation—(Hear, bear)—and if there were any truth in the opinion they had formed as to the prevalence of free-trade principle, the bulk of the middle and working classes would unite with theni.—(Applause.) He was delighted to hear that an outcry there would be in a few months when they found the West Riding of Yorkshire and North Cheshire were wrested from the monopolists. Squire after squire, noodle after noodle—(Laughter) —would rise to protest against the unconstitutional proceedings of the League, and would call on the Secretary of State to interfere.—(Hear, hear.) But when those counties, the seats of the manufacturers, were secured, and the system was extending to War wickshire and other large midland and southern counties, the monopolists would take alarm, and would surrender the question of free trade, in the hope of preventing further progress in that direction; but he hoped that, having once obtained possession of a weapon so pcmerful, they would continue to use it, and that if there were any other right on which the working classes had set their minds, they would not rest satisfied till they obtained it by the sure con stitutional means.—(Cheers.) W. S. CRAWFORD, Esq., M.P. for the borough, next addressed the meeting, and was received with great and prolonged cheering. GEORGE ASHWORTH, Esq., moved a vote of thanks to the gentlemen who had addressed them ; which was seconded by Mr. JOHN PETRIE, and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment; and Mr. BRIGHT having explained some arrangements for enabling parties in Rochdale, so inclined, to be come purchasers of qualifications to vote for the county, the meeting separated. MR. WARBURTON'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, pries 255., bound, T HE CRESCENT' AND THE CROSS ; OR, ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL. By ELIOT B. G. WARBURTON, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. REAL TURTLE SOUP.—The extravagant cost, besides the difficulties arising out of the killing and dressing of the live fishes, has circumscribed the use of this most nutricious and delicious soup, whilst the quality has never reached that perfection which it might have done, by reason of the im poverished and diseased state of the fishes from which it has been made. So much so is this the case, that there is hardly one Turtle used in this country that would not be rejected in a West Indian market. The causes of this are so obvious as not to need repetition here. GUNTER'S TURTLE, preserved under patent at Honduras, from fish just taken in their native waters, obviates every difficulty that has been known to operate against the general use of this fish, by its incomparable superiority in fullness, firmness, and flavour of meat. By the convenience of the 21b. package, which will keep fresh for any length of time, and by the enormous reduction effected in the cost of producing this soup, whilst it renders it as always la season. Each 21b. tin is calculated to make soup for sixteen persons, at a cost not exceeding 18s. to 20s. There are ample instructions attached for its preparation; and the public are invited to try whether every obstacle to the general con sumption of the finest Turtle Soup be not removed. *Wholesale Depot, st. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, and Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street. On retail with all oil and Italian warehousemen, grocers, &c., in town and country. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be performed a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, entitled THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Devilahoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies Miss Betts. To conclude with the Grand Fairy Ballet of THE REVOLT OF THE HAREM, in which Mdlle. Plunkett, Mdlle. Clara Webster, Mdlle. O'Bryan, Mrs. W. Id. Payne, and Madame Guibilei will ap r r. e Box-offiee is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG YEA RTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. S rlckland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe' ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; The Countess of I rirrpion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthori, Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, Mr, Charles Mathews' Burletta of HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews; Dicky Darling, Mr. Strickland; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Caulfield. To oonclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE THIMBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstone, Sam Shindy, Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Cliffbrd. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retun ed the whole of the Even ing), ss. each. First Price—Boxes, . e . ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. • Upper Gallery , Is. Second Price at N,iie o'Clock—Boxes, Ss. - 2e. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Doors opened at Halt ; past Six, Performance commence at Seven. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Ar cher, at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be repeated a New Dram; entitled I'HE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Court Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count Vanilla, Mr. Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ; Crequet, %Ir. Wright; Chechore, Mr. 0. Smith. After which will be repeated VICTORI NE; or, I'll Sleep on It. Alexandre, Mr. Hudson ; Michael, Mr. Seby, Victerine, Mrs. Yates; Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliain. To c'oncludo with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright ; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford ; Dinah, Mr. Cowell. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr Pitt ; Loader of the Rand, Mr. Mellon. — Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxed to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Ur. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBEIT 23, Will tie repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C Horn Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. klattacks; Ivon, Mr. Leffler; Hemline, Mdlle. Helen Conde!! ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To conclude with a New Grand Orieratil Ballet, called THE ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), Al. Roussett ; Talinira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Boussett; Naire (her Friend), Mdlle. Teresine; Ding Doug (the Genii of the Bell), 'Miss Marshall. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Bachinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL _Clete, Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 9.5. ; Gallery, Is. Half-price at Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 28. C.d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce- AitlM Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half- Kist Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. The Box-oliice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham. Private Boxes and Free Admissloas for the Season to be had at the theatre. HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPEkiA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be performed a New Comedietta, entitled WATCH A ND WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A. Wigan; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSIN GEN Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin och, Stanton, Collier, Yamold, Turner, Stoker, and Kegley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT' TO MARRY. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner, and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woolliage. In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in wl ich %Wiles. Louise and Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their appearance. To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASSIONS With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal Charac:ers by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr. raven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woolli ige, lire A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mr .1 James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES - OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes, 4a.; Upper dozes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2g. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the liAlcony Tier voiding eight persons), Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Iler (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a_Half. Private dozes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guireo, The Box.dilice is open from Ten to Flour o'Clock, under the direct i -, n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER es, Will be repeated DougLs Jerrold's NELL GWYMNE. Gwynne, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Orange Moll Mr. H. Hall. After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, In which Mr. H. Hall, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Montgomerie, Mrs. C. Pope, and Miss Bromley will perform. To conclude with THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwindow, Mr. Attwood. Great attraction every Evening— quire Batty's Hounds meet This Eieni lig, at ASTLFY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Home and Life's Course of Man and Steed; introducing unequalled Natimal Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage and in the Circle by living Fo: and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Featuree. New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Favourite Afterpiece. Acting and stage manager, Mr. W. IJ.Broadfoot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding Mr. R. Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will he repeated a New 1 )rama, entitled THE SEALED SEN TENCE, supported by Messrs. Hughes, N. T, Hicks, Vale, Johnson, Morrison, Mrs. R. Bonner, Mrs. Lewis, &c. After which, the Farce of THE TWO GREGORIES. To conclude with the New Drama, entitled DON CESAR DE BAZAN, supported by the entire Company. Places and P r ivate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, Will be repented THE STRANGE INTRUDER, in which Messrs. Seaman, Higgie, Herbert, and Miss Vincent will perform. After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Lonisberg, Mr. Higgie; Baroness, Mrs. W. West. To conclude with THE WANDERING JEW, in which Messrs. Seaman, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear. Private family Boxes, £1 is. Od. and XI ils. (3d. THE WEATHER—Sim OFFICE, Nov. 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 43; Noon, 42 BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND, E. Vora.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the reezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is mually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning ... 38 minutes after 0 1 Evening ... 0 minutes after k in the Register as it has recently done—reforms which, at the next election, will illuminate Sir Ro- BERT PEEL'S mind in a very effectual manner, and go far to convert a majority against the Corn-laws in the House of Commons, into a majority in their favour. Mr. COBDEN gave his Rochdale hearers some sound advice on this important subject of the Registration. " Hitherto," he said, " we have been an Anti-Corn law League instructing the people, • and agitating them about Free-trade ; now I really think we are going to take my friend SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S busi ness out of his hands, and advocate an extension of the suffrage. We want to persuade our fellow countrymen to. buy the property that will qualify them to vote ; and I most sincerely wish that every head of a family in this country was worth the money necessary to buy that vote. But that is much easier done than many people suppose. Another meridian has dawned upon us within the last few months. I W e pledged ourselves some time ago to contest the boroughs and try what we could do to gain them ; but it never occurred to us that we could win counties in this country. And yet with 252 county Members in the House, and not six of them voting for Free-trade, it has occurred' to us that unless:we can make some change there, we shall not be likely to get a majority in that House. Now, I believe the counties may be won in many instances, as I have be fore said, much easier than the little pocket boroughs." If the League, following the advice given some years since by Sir ROBERT PEEL to the Conservatives, sticks to its present determination of fighting the battles of Free-trade in the Registration Courts, we cannot for a single instant permit ourselves to doubt of its success. It has a vast majority of the middle classes in its favour, but unfortunately not a few members of this class, however well disposed towards the cause of Free-trade, are apt to be sluggish and inactive in the discharge of their duties as electors, and to neglect to qualify themselves at the proper time and in the proper manner. Now, by the exer cise of a little tact and perseverance the League may easily manage to rouse the dormant zeal of these lethargic but well-intentioned folks, and will reap the benefit of its exertions in a vast increase of the numbers of its supporters at the next election. The proceedings at a recent meeting of Road Trus tees, Commissioners of Supply, and Justices of the Peace for the county of Edinburgh, convened for the consideration, among other business, of Sir JAMES GIBSON CRAIG'S " Resolutions" touching the Scotch banking system, were of unusual interest and im portance. The "Resolutions," which have already been before our readers, embodied the powerful case of the people of Scotland against the extinction of their one-pound, or small note circulation ; and the not less powerful case of the Scottish banking in terest, against the introduction into that country of the gold " standard of value," as it is called, which Sir R. PEEL has been permitted to set up, by statute, in this. The principal speakers at the Edinburgh county meeting were the Viscount MELVILLE, the Earl of ROSEBERY, the Lord DUNFERMLINE (for. merly the Right Hon. Mr. ABERCROMBY), and Sir J. G. CRAIG. On the original motion for the adop tion of the report embodying the " Resolutions" in question, Mr. TYTLER, of Woodhouselee, moved an amendment that it was expedient for the meeting to defer the expression of any opinion on the subjects of their discussion until the intentions of her MA JESTY'S Ministers thereupon should have been made known. Fifteen hands were held up against, and fifteen in favour of the original motion ; which was finally affirmed by the casting vote of the Chairman, Sir JOHN HOPE, Bart. The various speeches delivered at the meeting appear to have ranged over all the principal grounds on which the general question of a currency, its na ture, relations, and management—must be considered ; although, of course, the chief topic enlarged upon was the tendency of any proposition for depriving Scotland of her present small bank-note circulation. As some of those speeches involved the most frequent and specious fallacies advocated by the bullionist dis ciples of Sir R. PEEL, whilst others were remarkable for the perspicuity and force with which they illus trated the argument in favour of retaining—for Scotland—her present paper currency—we venture to crave attention for the remarks we propose to offer upon them. It will be recollected, that after a vast deal of re• monstrance, agitation, and debate, at public and other meetings throughout Scotland, and a memorable pamphleteering warfare, in which Sir WALTER SCOTT took an active and most useful lead, under the signa ture of " Alalagrowther " Scotland was rescued from the operation of the general principles and the particular measures that had been brought forward by the present Sir It. PEEL in 1819 for the re• organisation of our monetary system. Again, when Sir ROBERT submitted, in the course of last session, what he calls "the complement" of his legislation in 1819, he wens reluctantly compelled to postpone its application to Scotland; for we will do him the jus tice to declare that he fairly and distinctly intimated his purpose to bring her also within its scope in the now ensuing year. We are, therefore, unable to see the ground of Mr. TYTLER'S and Lord MELVILLE'S hypothesis, that the intentions of the Premier on this point are not yet sufficiently known. We warned the banking interest, and the whole people of Scot land, at the time, when remarking on the fatal supineness with which the parties who represented them in Parliament, looked on at the visitation of the Bank Charter Renewal Bill on the people of the other portion of the United Kingdom—that their own turn of suffering would, assuredly, come next, unless they then, and at once, vigorously combined with the English opponents of the measure in arresting its further progress. We repeat, with regret, that, generally speaking, the gentlemen connected with Scotland held aloof. They saw that the Right Hon. -raisianbout to consume the monetary g"--in the legal phrase o logy of country—wastßhaerironet'sfire resources of England (and, eventually, of Ireland), but they reflected that it was still a twelvemonth's journey for this statutable conflagration from West minster to Edinburgh ; so, on the night of the main division, they went home quietly to their beds, some of them without even the effort of contributing the scanty buckets of their individual votes to the miserable minority which represented the whole force of extinction that could be brought even to attempt to play upon the " devouring element " —as the Bank Charter Bill might well be called with reference to what it is, assuredly, even now consuming. But we return to the Edinburgh county meeting. The speech of Lord MELVILLE, much as it is to be commended for its general good sense and modera tion, will scarcely escape the censure of those who may carefully peruse it. It was a trimming speech the object of which .seemed to be to avert, by post ponement, a collision between the principles of cur rency (to the general soundness of which he testified) embodied in Sir GIBSON CRAIG'S "Resolutions," and the incompatible, but inevitable, tendency of those on which Sir ROBERT PEEL'S measures are based. To talk of the country's not knowing what monetary measures applicable to Scotland are in contempla tion of Government, is not to deal in earnest with the fact, or with the question. It is, but attempting a compromise between present expediency—founded, we fear, on some political prepossessions—and perma nent principles, that must affect the most vital inte- ' rests of the empire. On the engrossing matter of the small bank-notes, his Lordship said, " He was not in 1 the secrets of Government ;" yet " he did not hesitate to say he did not believe they intended to meddle with the subject ;" and yet, again, "at all events, he did not think such a measure called for." Substantial reasons, these, after the significant hint, too, of the Premier, last session, for postponing the consideration of the "Resolutions" upon which he was called to vote ! But his Lordship, on a great economic State question, hag the vision of a Cyclops. He has but one eye to look through. He can see Scotland, only, as she stands before him. His bounded horizon does not comprehend England. A bank-note currency, he argues, " is a system to which the Scottish people are accustomed." (Have not the Eng lish bieen used to it, in a far more extensive degree ?) " Gold might be more solid and preferable on the whole; but, so long as the people (of Scotland) preferred this system (bank-notes) themselves, he thought that Parliament would do very wrong to compel the abolition of one-pound bank notes"— I I qw,id Scotland. And wherefore not quoad England ? But he approves of the gold standard for England— NA, hither because gold is more " solid " here, and the pople more "soft," than in the north, he does not tell We must take leave to dispute some important items in the statistics of his Lordship's speech (which, on a balance of its arguments, really vindicated the " Resolutions" it was delivered against). His Lordship assumes the gold circulation of England to be 23,000,0001., exclusive of what is in the Bank. Take this Bank store in round numbers at 14,000,0001., and Lord MELVILLE'S credulity must have exagge rated this enormous aggregate of 37,000,0001., we venture to tell him, by nearly one-half. (We take this amount of Bank bullion from last week's returns. At another time we shall contrast the point it has thus gradually decreased to with the maximum amount of seventeen or eighteen millions which it touched at the passing of the Bill of last session.) Lord MELVILLE wisely, yet surely inconsistently with his own pre mises of satisfaction at the system of gold currency now established in England, states that notwithstanding the vast aggregate of our gold circulation, drains had occurred upon the Bank of England, and might occur again, which would again leave her coffers almost empty. " We may," continued his Lordship, " have drains from short harvests—we may have drains from foreign speculations, no matter whether wise or unwise—people come demanding money, and they will have it. We may have drains for foreign wars and subsidies, and from various causes, but the greatest danger is from short harvests. It was the duty of a wise Government, then, to see that the circulation of this kingdom was in such a state, that when any emergency shall occur, we shall be able to supply the deficiency caused by the outpouring of the coin of the kingdom. He wished to know what Scotland was to do in such a case ? Could she furnish her quota ?" Will his Lordship be so kind as to point out what England " is to do in such a case ;" how she is to furnish her quota ?" What golden currency that ever yet existed in any empire of the ancient or modern world, would suffice to answer the demands which !a domestic panic or a foreign war would in stantly produce for gold, in exchange for the millions, multiplied by hundreds, not by scores, of British securities represented in convertible paper ? How does his Lordship suppose that the possible " de ficiency" he speaks of "isto be supplied ?" A case occurs, no matter what, to create a run for gold. The Bank, in contemplation of the probable extent it may run to, contracts its issues; and the security Sir R. PEEL leaves to all the operations of the immense mass of represented property, or property struggling for development into capital, is the balanced amount of convertible Bank paper, and of—in fact, for this is the ultimate resolution of his bullion problem—Bank bullion. The enterprise of mercantile speculation animating the energy of ready capital, is to be brought up certainly, though at some uncertain moment, when its action shall have exceeded the limited revolutions and obstructed movements of Sir ROBERT'S double balance-gold-and-paper engine. Talk of a " standard of value 1" He has only succeeded—and but too well —in devising a standard of limitation. But we must postpone our further notice of the Edinburgh county meeting till a future opportunity. Madrid journals, of the 15th, announce the con viction and sentence on General PRIM and the other prisoners. Previous accounts stated that the process was brought to a conclusion on the evening of the 14th at nine o'clock, and that the Court was cleared. The members, it appears, had no little difficulty in agreeing on the judgment and sentence, for they sat all night, and only a little before six in the morning the sentence was pronounced. By this PRIM is con demned to six years' imprisonment in a fortress, but was to retain his rank and decorations. His fellow prisoners had been condemned, some to two, and others to three years' imprisonment, on similar terms. The Supreme Military Tribunal was ulti mately to decide on the fate of the prisoners, and point out the places of their imprisonment. The discussions on the Reform Bill were continued, and occasional amendments made, which, of course, were rejected. The public take no interest whatever in the affair. The Bourse was closed on the 15th, being the feast Of ST. EUGENIUS. The Paris papers contain little interesting to the English reader. The Moniteur officially announces the convocation of the Chambers for Thursday, the 26th of December, as previously stated in The Sun. The Journal des Debats has an article on electric telegraphs, and urges the Government, as a matter of economy as well as State convenience, to establish them on all the new lines of railway. " The present defective system," it says, " costs the State 500 francs per mile, so that a vast saving might easily be effected. The same journal contains a letter from its Madrid correspondent, giving details of the pro ceedings which took place on the 14th, at the trial of General PRIM ; but they add nothing to the previous intelligence. The writer denounces the un fair mode of trial, and says " the precipitation with which the affair has been proceeded with and judged, the want of proper formality, and the indifference of the public, have confirmed me in my first impression. Judicial proceedings, above all, demand reform in Spain. An oral defence, public examinations, more respect for the judges, more liberty to the advocates, are the most urgent and useful ameliorations." These papers contain no further particulars respecting the movements of ZURBANO, and merely publish the extract from the Phare de Bayonne, which has already appeared in this journal. As far as can be ascertained from the various accounts, the affair has been much magnified, and probably will end in smoke. The following are miscellaneous extracts:— " A Berlin letter of the 15th states that the King o Prussia has accepted from the King of Hanover an invi. tation to a grand hunt, which is to take place in the forest of Gcerde. We read in a German journal : " A secret agitation is at work, and will soon explode, in accordance with the plans prepared in Greece. Con siderable sums have been sent to the frontier provinces, and as much as sever al hundred thousand drachmas have been spoken of. In Epirus and Thessaly a considerable sum of money has been collected. The reduction of the Greek army favours this project, for many brave officers have been thrown on their own resources, and they turn their eyes to the frontiers of Turkey.' The Augsburg Gazette states that the Porte, after having promised M. de Bourqueney to have the Domi nican convent at Mossul re-established, has sent word to Sheriff Pacha to have the house rebuilt, such as it was, that is, a storey and a half high, but to go no further. The Porte has also formally forbidden the Rajas to pur chase the land round the Catholic churches whether at Mossul or in other places, in order to give it afterwards to the churches, as that would place it under the protection of France. Such a measure,' remarks the above jour ❑al, is evidently hostile to the interests of Catholicism in the East as well as to France. Mde Bourqueney took his departure without having settled this difficulty.' " THE BOURSE- 7 TmuasDAy, Nov. 21. THIS DAY'S NEWS. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY, (Sittings in Banco.) TAI QUEEN V. JENKIN JONES. The defendant in this case was brought up for judg ment. He had been a clerk in the Poor-law Commis sioners' office for several years. About twelve months since he procured the appointment of secretary to an insurance company, and through his recommendation a person named Charles Boisson was taken upon trial at the Poor-law Office, Boisson having given defendant 1501. for the situation. After the period of his trial was ex pired, the appointment of Charles Boisson was not confirmed, whereupon he complained that he had been defrauded by defendant. An investigation took place ; a prosecution was ordered by the Government, and the defendant pleaded guilty, and was now brought up for judgment. Several affidavits were put in and read, both on the part of the prosecution and on the part of defendant. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to speak in aggra vation of punishment. The offence with which the de fendant was oharged was one of very grave importance. This case was considered of such mischievous con sequence to the public that the late Attorney-General, who had exercised his powers at least as mildly as any of his predecessors, felt it his duty to file an ex officio information, to which defendant had pleaded guilty. There were no circumstances of mitigation in the case. The defendant was in communication with a person named Marshall, who was now dead. A person named Boisson was anxious to get a Government situation of 801. a-year. Marshall offered to procure it for him for 2001. Boisson, who was a needy man, offered 1001, and it was eventually agreed that he should give 150/. Marshall then directed him to go to the Poor-law Commissioners' office, and ask for Mr. Jones, and say he had been sent by Mr. Angus, who was connected with a morning paper. He did so—the defendant took him into the Poor-law office, and there could be no doubt but that Jones thought he had interest sufficient to procure him then a permanent appointment. Jones still continued a short time in the office. Boisson had not been there a fortnight before he was pressed for the money, and told that he should lose his situation unless the money was paid. Boisson, who was in great poverty, was com pelled to raise the money by borrowing it of a Mr. Hutton, and paid that money over to Jones. Shortly after Jones left, and on an account being called for of the names of the clerks to be returned to the Treasury, the name of Boisson was found there. The Commissioners inquired into the circumstances of his appointment ; Boisson was dismissed. He insisted that the money should be returned, and the law officers of the Crown ordered a prosecution. At that time Mar shall, who was included in the prosecution, was living, and the defendant pleaded guilty ; and now that Mar shall was dead, the defendant, who, in Marshall's life time, had pleaded guilty, now came forward and in his affidavit stated that Marshall alone had made the bar gain—that Marshall alone had received the benefit of the money—and that Marshall had lent him (Jones) 1001. This statement was clearly contrary to his plea of guilty, and he called upon the Court to pass an exem plary sentence upon him. Mr. JEavis then addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment, :and regretted that the Solicitor-General should have thought it necessary to impute falsehood to Jones. He had pleaded guilty, as he had stated, to the Commissioners in the lifetime of Marshall, for the pur pose :of avoiding !publicity, and he had during the lifetime of Marshall made to the Commissioners an ample statement of all the circumstances of the case. He had repaid the money ; and he produced affi davits from persons high in authority in the office, from which it appeared that during seven years he had been a most useful servant to the public, and that his quitting the office was considered a serious loss. That publicity which he so much dreaded had taken place. He would lose the confidential situation he now held, and he trusted the Court would consider that a sufficient punishment for his offence. Their Lordships having consulted together, Mr. Justice WILLIAMS proceeded to pass the judg ment of the Court upon the defendant. The Court had heard the arguments urged in mitigation, and they would have been very glad if they could have con sidered this case as any other but of a very serious nature. If he really had authority to recommend, he abused the trust reposed in him, and deprived the public of the benefit of compe tition, for his own personal advantage. If he had not authority, and it appeared that he had not, then the fraud was quite as great. If Marshall alone had been the person who had made the corrupt bargain, and if the defendant had nothing to do with it, then that would have been an ample answer to the indictment. But the fact of his pleading guilty during the life time of Marshall proved that Marshal was act ing merely as his agent. The Court regretted to hear that there was a family and an aged relative dependent upon his exertions, but it could be matter of regret only. Under the circumstances, the Court felt bound to pass a severe sentence upon him. The sentence of the Court was, that he should be im prisoned in the Queen's Prison for one year. The defendant was then removed in custody. THE QUEEN V. BARNARD GREGORY. Mr. Serjeant TALYOURD said that in this case his Learned Friend who appeared for the defendant had handed to him certain affidavits, which were anything but satisfactory, and that therefore he should wish to have them read. The affidavits, having been handed in, were read by the officer, The first was the affidavit of Mr. Lewis, the attorney for the defendant, in which was set forth a medical certificate as to the unsatisfactory state of the defendant's health, signed by Dr. Ay - re, Dr. Hume Wetherhead, and Sir James Anderson. That cer tificate had been signed in the deponent's pre sence, but the physician had refused to make an affidavit, :as being contrary to the usual custom of the profession. The deponent stated that he held an office on the Midland Circuit, to the duties of which he should have to attend at the approaching assizes, and that, therefore, he should not be enabled to prepare de ponent's defence to go to trial on the 29th. The affi davit of deponent himself was then read as to the state of his health. He also prayed that judgment might be postponed on the indictment to which he had pleaded guilty, because on the trial of the other indictments facts would come out which might materially influence the judgment of the Court. In opposition to the application there were read the affidavits of the Duke of Brunswick, the prosecutor, and his attorney. The affidavit of the latter stated that he had inquired of various medical men who had visited defendant in Newgate, more particularly of Mr. M`Murdo, the surgeon to the gaol, as to the state of defendant's heklth, and that the reply was, that although he was thinner, he was in as good a state of health as when he was first committed to prison. Mr. PLATT submitted to the Court that this was not a case of conflicting testimony. On the one hand, they had only the loose affidavit of an attorney, setting forth that he had made inquiries of different persons ; while, on the other, they had the formal certificate of the medical men who had examined the defend ant. Ho took it that their Lordships would not try an issue upon minute points as to the state of this man's health, when he pleaded want of health as a ground for postponement of the trial. If there were any doubt upon the subject they would give him the benefit of that doubt. It also appeared that by the rules of the prison he was not permitted to have ac cess to his private papers, which were necessary for him to prepare his defence, and that he was anxious to dis cover the address of persons who were material wit nesses. His attorney also, to whom he entrusted the whole conduct of his defence, was an officer of the Mid land Circuit, and must depart to attend to the duties of that circuit. He thought, therefore, that he had made out a case which would induce their Lordships to post pone both the trial and its judgment. He was under recognizances to appear to receive the judgment of the Court, so that the only effect of granting the application would be to postpone the trial so as to give him a fair and legitimate opportunity for preparing his defence. He, therefore, applied for the postponement of the judg ment until next term, and also for the postponement of the trial. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD rose to reply, but was in terrupted by Lord DENMAN, who said, I am disposed to think that there has been no case made out which requires the Court to do anything. If the medical men had made an affidavit, that possibly might have afforded some ground for asking for delay ; but they have abstained from doing so. I wish that medical men should know that their certificate is really nothing. If they wish to come before the Court, they must come before it as other per sons do, on affidavit, and this they have not done in the present case. What appears to me might be a satisfac tory arrangement, Brother Talfourd, if you are inclined to accede to it, is, that the trial should be post poned, but that the judgment should not be postponed. If persons conduct themselves in the manner in which this defendant has conducted himself they cannot get rid of the consequences of their conduct in this manner, but must suffer the punishment which they have brought upon themselves. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—The prosecutor in this case leaves himself entirely in the hands of the Court. It was then arranged that the defendant should be brought up for judgment on Monday on the indictment to which he had pleaded guilty, and that the trial of the other indictment should be postponed until the sitting after next term. The Duke of Brunswick was in Court, and sat in the Queen's Counsel seat, next to Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF DOVER. Mr. WHATELY applied for a mandamus directed to the Mayor and Corporation of Dover commanding them to insert the name of John Mills :on the burgess list of the borough, he having been rejected on the ground that he had not paid certain poor rates. There were several objections to the validity of these rates, though if even the rates were good, he would contend that the non-payment of them (lid not operate as a disqualifica tion. The first objection to the rates was that the Town Council did not order the overseer to make the rates. The second objection was that the rate of 1842 was re trospective. There were various other objections be sides against the validity of the rate.—Rule granted. The Learned Gentleman then said that there were 24 other cases of a similar description in which he was instructed to move for rules.—Application granted. Mr. PEACOCK said he was instructed to move for 15 rules of a similar nature.—Application granted. 46- ' ' "' . ;I, ... • ';,! 2) ' Far 7 - 1 1 / 4 ' . 4 „- `1!4• 11 111, 7, 41 • 3" . a332W • SECOND EDITION: COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, and the Earl of Liverpool, and attended by Lord Rivers, Mr. Anson, Baron de Alvensleben, and Colonel Wylde, went to shoot in the royal pre serves this morning. The royal party returned to the Castle about two o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken for an airing in the pleasure-grounds to-day. The Marquis of Granby arrived at the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attendance at the Castle during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the remainder of the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at Kew on Thurs day evening from a visit to the Duke and Du c he ss of Norfolk, atAkundel Castle, Sussex. A Cabinet 011iauncil was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Council sat upwards of three hours. The Bishop of Carlisle had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. A deputation from the Scottish Central Railway, consisting of the Marquis of Breadalbane, Mr. Oliphant, of Condie ; the Lord Provost, and Mr. Reid, city clerk of Perth ; the Provost of Stirling, and Mr. Galbraith, town clerk ; Mr. Locke, engineer ; and Mr. Weems, Parliamentary agent, had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir George Cockburn and the Hon. Sidney Her bert had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Bolton, Wigan, and Liver pool Railway, consisting of Mr. Brancher, Mr. Dar beshire (solicitor), Mr. Thomson (engineer), Mr. Peace, and Mr. R. Ellicombe, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. A deputation from the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Hindle, high sheriff of Lancashire ; Mr. John Hornby, M.P. for Blackburn ; Mr. Greenway (Darwen), Mr. William Henry Hornby (Blackburn), Mr. Kay (Tur ton Tower), Mr. Roxburgh (Entwistle), Mr. Shor rock (Darwen), accompanied by Mr. Cardwell, M.P. for Clitheroe ; Mr. Vignoles, engineer in chief; and Mr. Robinson, solicitor, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie. A deputation from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, including Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Langton, Mr. George Loch, and Mr. Booth, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday. A deputation from the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway, consisting of Mr. Joseph Arm strong, chairman ; Mr. Joseph Brook, vice-chair man; Mr. Joseph Locke, engineer ; and Mr. James C. Fenton, solicitor, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Great North of England Railway Company, consisting of Mr. George H. Wilkinson, the chairman ; and Mr. Edward Oxley, the vice-chairman, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, on the subject of th e i r propose d branch railway to Richmond, in the county of York. THE VALUE OF PstorsizTy.—The small return now obtained for money on solid security was made manifest last week at the Auction Mart, on the occasion of Mr. George Robins having to sell freehold ground -rents amounting to 2401. a year. A reversionary interest was appended to this sale, at the expiration of 77 years, but this reversion, at such a distant period, was worth no thing, and yet the ground-rents averaged more than 31 }ears' purchase ; and a peppercorn rent fur 77 years, (when the fee simple will be possessed), of' the Hope and Anchor public-home, estimated at 1001. a-year, actually produced 100 guineas. The interest upon this sum, with the compound inter, st for 77 years, will amount to 4,600/. which is consequently the enormous value the pepper corn produced.—Morning Post. THE RAILWAY RIOTS IN LEICESTERSHIRE. — Several examinations of parties concerned in the riots col:sequoia upon ihe sLesupt of the railway surveyors to get upon Lord borough's property, have taken place heft re the county magistrates. In same cases the par ties have been held to bail for assaults; in others the magistrates have re fas. dto grant warrants. On Monday upwards of 200 special constables were sworn in for twenty-one days, and paced in various parts of Staple ford Park, and there are also several in the neighbour ing villages, headed by some of the Leicester county police force; they keep watch in parties of about twenty, and are relieved every eight hours. It was stated at Melton on Wednesday that the surveys had re-com t4ri=e,sti on the Oalasan Canal towing path, and as r A p e e t a r t, s t to he i :L rna r cd ! ,o (4 , t i e t f is wa. i.l y o r t e s t c h r o ‘ u 'e g d h t t o public Lord by the a cis cling the railway agentsserfsrosawll Itarborough or his venture again upon ' t. first Highest Lowest Pries. film. Price. Price. French Eve per Cents•—• •• 119 50 .. 119 55 .. 119 45 .. 119 55 Three per Cents.•. •• 82 90 .. 83 10 .. 82 90 .. 83 10 Bank of France 3120 ..3130 —3120 —3130 Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. SharesloBo ..1085 ..1080 ..1085 5,000 f. Sharesso2s .. 5030 —5022 50 .. 5030 Belgian Bank ..• • •• • 625 .. 625 .. 615 .. 615 Belgian Fives, 1831. 1840 • . lO3l .. 1031 .. 1031 .. 1031 1842 ........ 1061 .. 1061 1061 .. 1061 Two-and-a-Half 6l 65 .. 61 65 .. 61 65 .. 61 65 Spanish Passive: 6 .. 6 .. 6 .. 6 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 531 .. 54 .. 531 • • b 4 Neapolitan .. • • . .97 90 .. 98 15 .. 97 90 .. 98 15 Roman • • • •• 105 .. 105 .. 105 RAILWAY SHIRES. St. Germain Versailles, R.B.— •••••••••• 427 60 .. 430 •• 427 50 .. 430 L.B .. . • 302 50 .. 310 .. 302 50 .. 308 75 Ronen— ..............•• 996 25 . 1000 .. 996 25 .. 998 75 Rouen to Havre•••• Orleans .• .•.. ..10IS 75 ..1025 ..10111 75 ..1025 Strasburg to Bale —.—•• 276 25 .. 276 25 .. 276 25 . 276 25 Avignon to Marseilles...—. 875 .. 875 . 872 50 .. 872 50 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, Dcc. 3. St. Germain • •• • • 930 •• 930 .. 930 .. 930 Versailles, R.B. 1L.8... . ..... 302 50 .. 310 .• 301 25 .• 307 50 Rouen ..........•••• —••— 997 60 ..1005 .. 997 50 ..1003 75 Rouen to Havre••••...•.... 777 50 .. 778 75 .. 777 50 .. 778 75 Orleans• _......1017 50 —1027 50 ..1017 50 ..1027 50 Strasburg to Bale— .. •..... 276 25 .. 277 50 .. 276 25 .. 277 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. ..:872 50 .. $76 25 .. 870 .. 878 75 The high price of the funds naturally causes the value of all eligible securities for the purpose of invest ment to fetch proportionably high sums. This fact was fully exemplified last week at Mr. George Robins's sale of ground-rents at Lisson-grove, which, being freehold, may certainly be deemed the next best security to the funds, but, when the expenses of transfer and other con tingencies be considered, cannot, in our opinion, be pro nounced equally eligible; yet Mr. Robins was enabled to obtain thirty-one years' purchase, thus yielding a pur chaser less than 3 per cent.; for, although he becomes entitled to a reversionary interest, yet, at the remote period of 76 years, no calculation could at present be made for this expected advantage. The ground-rents Amounted to 240/. a year, and sold for 7,5001. A re markable fact attends this sale—viz., one of the lots, the Hope and Anchor public-house, which for 76 years pro duced simply a peppercorn, fetched 100 guineas ; this sum during the period before any rent can be received will, at compound interest, amount to the enormous price of 4,6001., and certainly double the value of the property.—Advertiser. It gives us great pleasure to announce that her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch was safely delivered of daughter at Dalkeith Palace on Tuesday. This happy ;vent will be the occasion of much rejoicing throughout the wide-spread domains of the Noble Duke, the young stranger being the first daughter of the noble pair.— Caledotian Mercury. THE QUEEN v. WHITTAKER. Mr. COWLING moved for a certiorari to remove the judgment against the defendant. This was an indict ment for a violation of a local Act of Parliament, the -11th of Geo. the 4th sec. 39, which required that no Street should be made in Manchester of less width than eight yards. It appeared that the defendant in this case made court of only six yards_in width, and for this he was indicted, but he stated in his affidavit that it W 5 private property and was not a public thoroughfare. It also stated that in order to have an impartial trial it would be necessary to have the case tried before a judge of assizes.—Rule nisi granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole morning with mo: tions of distringas and others, relating to points 0 1 practice. ADMIRALTY-(THIS DAY.) The Court sat at eleven o'clock this morning, for the purpose of hearing cases of collision and salvage. _ THE JANE-SALVAGE. This was a proceeding instituted by the master and crew of a brig called the Dolphin, against the owners of the Jane, which was a Newcastle vessel, bound, wit h coals, to the port of London, for services rendered to her while in distress at the mouth of the Ch anne l. _ _ It appeared by the affidavits of the salvors that the,' observed the Jane aground and otherwise very Muc h disabled, when they bore down as close to her as they safely could without injury to their own ship, and then hoisted out boats, and, by the assistance of the creivt succeeded in getting the same off. The services rendered extended over about seven hours, and the salvors con' tended that if the wind had at all freshened, she mus t have gone to pieces ; and they also stated that they exposed themselves to great personal hardship and dair igen The sum claimed as salvage was 150/. For the owners it was contended that the alleged ser' vices were not required, and that the vessel would hale floated with the next tide. Eventually 70/. were awarded as salvage. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Gom.Burer.) There were a few cases put down on the paper for hearing, but none of them were of any interest. •1~ LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1844. Another great meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League took place on Wednesday night, in the New Hall, at Rochdale. The organs of monopoly must be grievously perplexed by this additional proof of the vitality of the League, for according to their accounts it was in a state of fearful decrepitude full three months since, and there was not the slightest probability of its ever again disturbing the slumber of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, or giving occasion for any further manifestations of eloquence on the part of Mr. BANKES, whose description of his Dorsetshire Arcadia caused, it may be remembered, a very considerable sensation in the House of Commons last session, if not by its matter-of-fact accuracy, at any rate by the brilliant inventive genius by which it was characterised. The Post, the Standard, and the Herald, having already pronounced the Anti-Corn law League to be all but in articulo mortis, and Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT engaged in busy pre parations for officiating as chief mourners at its funeral, it must be a great act of presumption in this contumacious Confederacy now to come publicly for ward and de c l are , th at so far from being in ill-health, it never was in a more thriving condition in its life, and as for dyin g , it never had the slightest intention of giving up the ghost ! We remember a remark ably robust 'and vigorous gentleman, with a f ace lik e a full-moon, and a chest like that of llercules in the Elgin marbles, and who never in his life knew what it was to have a headache, modestly observing in reply to some common-place interogatory of a friend, that, thank GOD, he enjoyed excellent health, though he looked delicate; and so may the League reply ;—it enjoys excellent health, though it boobs delicate—at least in the estimation of our Tory Contemporaries, who never will be persuaded but that it must very shortly go off in a galloping consumption. Those, however, whose judgment is not wholly eclipsed by their pre judices, take a very different view of the case, and consider that at the present moment the Anti- Corn-law League exercises a greater moral influence over the public mind than _it has done at any time since its first establishment. Were it not so, we should not find it effecting such searching reforms IN RE EDWARD BOUCR. The insolvent, a beerseller, applied for his interi? order, but was refused because he had distributed 10 property unduly among his creditors. The Hon. COMMISSIONER remarked that it ought to be generally known, that the fi na l or d er wou ld b e in I °' cases refused where the insol ven t h a d pa id one creditor and left another unpaid. The law had laid down all principal that the estate should be equally divided, to" he was determined to see it so carried into effect. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) A young man named Cooper was charged with 1 saulting Sarah Berah Bernot, J ane M yers, and Email' Solomons. Miss Bernot said she lived at No. 9, Field-lane, and that the defendant was in the habit of passing h e r rear dente frequently. She had been in the habit of annoy' ing witness and Miss Myers for some time past withoa l any reasonable cause ; the consequence of which Wn' that she was charged at this office a few days ago with its: saulting Miss Myers, wh en s h e was h e ld to b a i L A b o utl o'clock last night she came into her shop and saidshewante' to fight Miss Myers. She told her that she would fight 11 ,. ° one there, and told h er t o go a b out h er b us i ness. SI immediately laid hold of w it ness ' s s i ster b y the hea d, on dragged her out into the street, where she grossly asp saulted her. A man who was in company with the Pr i ; soner knocked witness on th e s h ou ld er w i th so o ne violence, that she had had no sleep all night, and she b e. lieved it to be dislocated. Mr. E. Solomons said he was at the last witness's sb i l last night, and saw the defendant come in, and offer t I) , fight Jane Myers, and wit nesse d th e assault on Nii% Bernot. Whilst endeavouring to part them, the defendt scratched his face in several pl aces , an d a watch-gusi" was stolen from his pocket. Miss Myers said she was in great danger from the threats and violence of the defendant. The defendant said that Mr. Solomons knocked h er down. Alderman HUMPHERY said she must be bound oire r in sureties to answer the charge at the sessions. She was then locked up in default of baiL The lad named Edwards, who was charged On Thursday with having n e a r ly mur d ere d a fellow - ap n tice during a trifling quarre l, was b rought up on remit°, to-day. A certificate w as h an d e d to Alderman 11°d phe ry, which stated th a t th e b oy was not yet ou t danger, and could not th ere f ore atten d . Edwards 1: remanded till Saturday, w h en t h e l ad, it i s expe ' will be called upon to attend. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. (THIS DAY.) The vestry met to-day at the usual hour, eleven o'cln e , / ‘,: and several letters having been rea d, th e c l er k ca ll e d t'c attention of the vestry to a letter from the auditors , I ; answer to a communication made by the vest*? Saturday, Nov. 9. It will be rembered that on the day la question, the clerk read alett er w hi c h h a d b een i nse rtec! l n the Times newspaper, announcing a supposed intent l ; e on the part of the vestry to abridge and mutilate accounts of the auditors before their publicatli and also a letter, in answer to th a t w hi c h h e t he C' had sent to the Times, and whi c h s t ate d t h at t h e le l; had not made any such resolution as that which tv , auditors complained of, and on th e same d ay the Yes 1 ; 1 , sent a letter to the auditors di sc l a i m i ng any such ant e tion, and expressing their (th e ves t r y' s ) e ntire s pprohs tion of the conduct of the clerk. In the letters which the clerk read to the vestry to' day, the auditors expressed great pleasure at fiat that the opinions of the vestry were so entirely in,.; cordance with their own (th e au di tors ). The atituty;,„ ac also expressed great re gre t f or t h e m i stake the y b fallen into, and for the publicity which had been given l ° it in consequence. Mr. RIDGWAY said that, in his opinion, the conduct ef o . the auditors had been v er y i mpru d ent , that havi li t ; heard that the vestry had such an intention as to pantile, their accounts, they ought, in s t ea d o f wr iti ng to a new s t he caused to have written t o th e c l er k o f the vestry for by the manner in w hi c h th e y h a d acte d they -tbe caused a great public feeling of indignation against ." vestry. He thought, too, that cer t a i n mem b e rs of 4 0 vestry were much too willing to b r i ng it s a ff a irs hel t h the public, and some influential p erson conn ected *, ti:„. the Times newspaper was ver y muc h i n th e h a bit of t- r serting articles in that paper whi c h wou ld b e m uch bell e left out. affairs 01 Mr. JOSEPH suddenly rose and sa id th a t th e he the vestry had been very mu c h b e f ore th e pu blic fo r ehA t last ten years, and that it cou ld no t b u t b e ex p e cted '- they would remain so. After some further convers a ti on , th e c l er k re ad a , 43 0 respecting a nuisance in th e ne i g hb our h oo d o f All Church, which had been received from the churchwa n t se this day. It appear e d th a t f or some t i me a certain ' l° of adjoining the Church had been inhabited by pe rsoes a most dissolute and abandoned character, who had , bet frequently driven away, b u t as soon as one set 01"tber had been compelled to lea ve th e h ouse t h ey sen t an' b ol to take possession in their place. Lately a new &Ohio been made leading to th e ga ll ery o f t h e Ch urc h, * I bu t would prove a great convenience to the parishioners , e that this very door was exactly o pp os it e to the 11 01 ,,,, 5 ued question, and no one could p ass it w i t h out b e i n g 912 "" at the obscene conduct carried on there. After much discussion it was decided that the 145 00 411 ci clerk be desired to write to the rate-payers of th e house, and report thereon on next Saturday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE* (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER--FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Foig a-Bal- 40 to 1 agst Ratan ---t e t lagh—t 40 to 1 agst ExteinP° r t 40 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 50 to 1 agst MorPet' uo .. ,l —taken 50 to 1 agst Portob e 40 to 1 agst Pastoral—t DE. 10 to 1 agst Alarm 16 to 1 agst Kedger 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c 25 to 1 agst Idas—t 25 to 1 agst Pam—t 25 to 1 agst Old England 28 to 1 agst The Rebecca c 30 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's two 33 to 1 agst Young 33 to 1 agst Fitz-Alle n 35 to 1 / a gst 35 to 1 agst Weatherbiu 35 to 1 agst Laird o'Cockli)er 35 to 1 agst Anti-Ben 40 to 1 agst Connaugh" — ger LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS p*, 1 ; 16 LONDON, Nov. 23. Wind N. to N.E., fresh ""- and cloudy. go er, DEAL, Nov. 22.—Wind N.N.E. to E.—Arrci,''pbec• Olesin, Buenos Ayres, f o r H am b urg h ; Prinee,o 4l/- Sid. Buteshire, Ichaboe ; Thomas King, Grenais7, AO' PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind seff thony, Batavia ; Glaphyra, St. Kitts ; Mediator, York. Off, Nautilus (transport), St. Helena. fro o s , HARWICH, Nov. 22.—The Pocohontas, Higg,i n r ; % i vsel Rotterdam to Liverpool, gro u nded on the '"_ A ir aeu Sand this morning, but w as was h e d o ff on the flov"' proceeded. Ar ra. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind S.S.E., light.;: r oar Pilgrim, Rawlins, Calcutta ; Conway (steamer) , ki ll or less ' von, with 730 packages of t ea , ex Urgent, re° re op e a l° damaged. Sld. Zenobi a an d T r i um fante, Hat ''e th May, Africa. The Jam e s (steamer), c ross , l ist' river to Birkenhead l as t night, ran foul of the ov er iii 7o, from St. John's, New Brunswick, and was jured ; it is feared iome of her passengers were ci r g y the The wreck that was fallen in with, 20th inet' ci dor be' n Achilles (steamer), was seen yesterday at 1131 o f tween the Isle of Man and Liverpool, i n tow - re. v steam tugs, by the Admiral (steamer), arrived h e o f tin third steam tug has been sent to the assistance io deo others : 700 packages tea, ex Urgent, have heel' 0 4 1 on the beach, and two boats filled. The Erin go (steamer) was alongside the ship loading. o f Sil l ; er SHEERNESS, Nov. 18.—The Thomas, Pri ce ' inii s '" derland, got ashore last ni g ht on the outer eretf Sound, and is expected to become a total wreca saved. Aance fr ° ,l o 4 NORTH SUNDERLAND, Nov. 21.—The Fern ground Inverness to Sund e rland, struck on the this morning, but was afterwards got off, an d g ris . at the entrance of the harbour, where she relnaz - -----------.... built f L ai d NEW LIFE-BOAT.—A life •bout, bLIA•- ° 41 -00 rubber and cork planking, has recently been coo- , z. jvi,, which promises to be of great service iu wa lker, ~.s tii p e under the direction of Lieutenant G. cases. n or o jigbe wreck.. The objects to be attained are to cot,' 0 01 ness with strength. so that the boat 1114 ) 1 . •ons The launched, be able to resist the waves and c0Y1 1 ., 0 ,.. Th e rocks,. and at the same time be incapable of sl. ll '" t g o boil; of courses of planking, composed of former requisites are attained by CO nstructlAork ar°` g rotw i, 6 s ' o f a lW° s , India rubber, which may be made into Pis i : ll from 6 . 13) any length and thickness and the preventiq in ing is attained by air-b Oxes placed under ripstilple 1: The boat that has been constructed on tins .K, from toho thirty-four feet long, and eleven and a 101. 1 ta king i ff , outside, and it is calculated to be capable of tvi°l'.l., persons at a time from a wreck in safety.. " o f flgt• — cbe o five persons on board it draws only fifteen In ;