The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-23 00:00:00

i 0 3 of -,Y BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER RAILWAY. PORTSMOUTH EXTENSION. ? Z otice is hereby given that the Directors of the Brighton and 11 x : C hester Railway Company will ALLOT the SHARES in the it i s undertaking on F RI D A Y, the 27th inst., and that no applica -I°,l for Shares will be received alter Twelve o'clock in that day. By order, . FRED. OTLEY, Secretary. Dean-street, Tooley-street, Dec. 21, 1844. SHEFFIELD PLATE. A I ESSRS. HORTON and Co., Silversmiths and Jewellers, U, Ludgate street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at ins. to reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUIVE PLATED — .- 1 8 which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first ahodi 4 t' , 4l Houses, and are of the asset tasteful and modern designs, bPaaeing Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ise Pails, Cake L l ,Z. e t , , Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article 'RI , and ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept. 4 ., 4 large stock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Slices "q ether articles , t such prices as must be well worthy the notice "thelmislie ANSEL INN, "GEL -STREET, TWO DOORS FROM THE POST- OFFICE, SHEFFIELD. PA-MIMES, Professional, Comm-reial, an 4 tit Agr icultural Gentlemen, are respectfully informed that this old. ab lished and celebrated Commercial Inn and Family Hotel will .hcir ti7 be RE-OPENED for general purposes, by Mr. WILLIAM w 4 LKER, of the King's Arms, in this town. tt i li z i r t . tini A u L p KEß has for some time been engaged in tarnishing the above in a superior manner ; and it is his de. bi Pki hation that on its opening, it shall equal in comfort, corn. 4 : 64 with the most assiduous attention and economy, any corn. 1h 7 1 41 establishment in the kingdom. r'es are kept in the rooms daily. e h T . raa. ens. will be opened in a few weeks, of which notice will ~ .,!. 1 01 's Arms, Sheffield, Dec. 12, 1844. PCHEAP SELF.SNUFFING CANDLES. RICE'S PATENT CANDLES, which burn without snung, like t h• finest wax. aro now rtailed "thout the coun ffi try, at or under One Shilling per lb. e But 4, 4 bo taken to prevent any imitation being passed off u Itt,r a tent Candles; this attempt being made, and with too fro_ %15:t success, by none dealers, en account of the greater profit " the imitations The • Ar ~. a ade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and olmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, htIRGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES Jo i „..Wszehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London (to o . '" BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous im kiike4r' Mad. by many persons to impose a spurious article for their lee It incumbent on them to request tho attention of tho I tev:' l Purchasing what they conceive to bo the original to ob tU ,„" „ 'e Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene hp;,yksrance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un tklti ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following *lth °4l,- --Come are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but 4 44 °tit name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," klr r °tll tra " Burgiss's ; " and many more without address. John 1414 ,4 and Son, haring boon many years honoured with such dis -4lleMsd approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the Pitt eh . and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels provions to tir 41,2 1 what they conceive to be of their make, which they hops l'itront many disappointments. ketd NatNESAUCE, for general purposes, having given 4ntisfaction, ` continues to be prepared by them, and is recoils such - tarsal a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all Pfa u . L ' kolas. 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. P i lti t TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knifes and Forks, V l iulkik Covers &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, % t 1 NORTON- , FOLGATF,. I:staid:shed half a century. —.A. set nom!` 4 Per Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very Pia °r4 ansonted all over, 30s. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; Ja ia.traYs, 7s. 44. a Set, and upwards ; a Flys Quart London —ro nze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns ap to live gill rit y ;4 Ut of nix patent raised London made Dish Corers, las. 6d. ; stt Perialr ai ed, . Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d. let Taite-knives, ls. per dozen, Dessert, es. ; Carvers, 3s. id. TABLE. DEssEIT. doz. doz. pair. i; b , l ndeente liala.nce handle ..• • Itta. ed. 14s. 6s. 6d. M 4 ,,'%e1l handle largest and best • .... 6 .•••• • • • • • •• • • 20s. Od. 16s. Od. 7s. d. Watsn's Al bats Plate " I ' equal to 225. 6d. las. Od. Ss. 6d. C. Forks half the above price. 4 a t , . gilt 4 n • handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current t 0 1 . 4 1 ,1 ~P ubli thed, and families who regard economy and elegance, 1 1 15, "1 555 8 themselves of this useful book, which may be had sol 4 T. Post free, from the above address. 4 Psr, e ,,r 4 ntor of the celebrated Allude Plate, which la so rapidly °I Silver. 'as s "It) , TT 14, 11 ARAGON CAMPIIINE LAMPS.—The perfection of 00r,,,,P over the Testa haz been happily attained by the inven sol!ad 11 4 : Parallel Sat rings —a larger and a smaller forming a cone 4 i nkin 4 - , nia rg, of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of 44 41 1 t ' l e flame—thus consuming every particle of volatilized Oe fell free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, br., action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. th e ' warehouses , 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol -04,014, ~,,rtain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re. Par ()Is 0 . 4 , yr ( patterns , comprising Ormolu, China, Glass, and aaQ Fors o Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 215.; and the I.;,:asZPlsitratus applied to the Vesta for Gs. The spirit analysed t tria llier Aed by Dr. I:re, is delivered in screw trans by C. Wat `l irk 4 "• per gallon. 4 2. BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. t TRADE! FREE TRADE! ' b r* ~/ 4P ORTANTT ANNOUNCEMENT! eetati,',r•S specially informed that during the re-erection of " s olneni'" SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their th is only at 154, Minories. so tak e Public observe that we never are found And Up a theme on political ground; he 00 such allusion, of coarse, will be made following hints with regard to Free '1 rade." Dur Meaning need not be mistaken liav pr ; or we mean a •..Free Trade" wish E. MOSES anci noes. &Alm, long have we struggled to bring this about, And the thing Is eff•cted, beyond any doubt : To the east and the west our goods we send forth, And we send to the south, and we send to the north; Throughout the whole world (wheresoever it Ise) The trade of E. MOSES and SON has been" free." And still through the glorous efrorts they've made Shall the warehouse of Moses crown'd with " Free Trade." While the Public, un.ted, shad'` league" as in one establish .• Free Trade" with E. MOSES and SON. Vurrah for their noble achievements, hurrah ! Let the Cameo! their houses he sounded afar! het Fame shout it forth with a trumpeter's mouth, Yeah l e t and the west, and the north and the south 4eFree Trade is establish'd with MOSES and SON !" 1, 4 E4", L leork, entitled " THE COMMERCI AL PHENO• - "s" with full directions for Self Measurement on a lica sezill forwarded Poet free. , 6 ~ silo It READT MADE: : P s. d. ....... ..... •••••• ..... from 0 S 6 ~oe' terflelds ......... 0 10 6 is: d rinttons '; r "kel, Athol', Ps.ltoes, and every description of s' i Coat, hand some ly trimmed gt rit 'L Ll!iter COALS, in every style ....... Q tr. a s , 'r!ter Trousers 10 , lined C -b r....1r1 Ile ek 1 1 . 7t * "Old : ....... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ...... 1 0 opp 4hi0...011ar ...... . 0 1 t L Yvii ere asted Date »......... •. 1/ 2 6 ttal.,:: 4 lor Suits 0 17 6 es neatly braided NI Nth „ MADE TO MR•EUEE. Va. to r c . ‘ , 4 %. eats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 IS 0 o,i;est fzats in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 I I`o.a .e ed Wrappers . ..... .......... 0 17 6 htik,k:,.ts. Trousers S • V , tki n " t pitte 'th o, any pattern ....... ........... • 12 0 teas Trousers ts 4' 4 4 ,, t er .......... ......... uit (Indies, pattern ............ P r Oct e O 4. belt manufactured jib ', th o m 10' 4: beet manufaatured ..... ih„,` 6. l'7 4 r SOlit 1 7 1 S 6 I t° any =tent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the kths 4su. following prices:— , tti 44 ',, t es dm w coat, vest, and trousers... ...... .... .from IIA IP I'lls o4 ' , Jacket, vest, and trousers ......... .......... 0 15 aken a l „ A ST--.Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved ‘V.l'aes"ged, or the money returned. bs,7 l in s.` - ‘ 7 - E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail k .,_ers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi. h t mrri 4 7"o. A l gate, city, opposite the Church. itl4. 4 st • — •E• Moses and Son are obliged to guar the public 044.no,441nPosition, having learned that the untradessnanlike beta of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, then resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. i15,,,, e no connexion whatever with any other establishment, ep ih,„,ho desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to pievent r'Mite '" e nt, &o.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate 4 140, t ; Church. huziness transacted at t 'Establishment from sunset on \'k_. ull Sl i "set on Saturday. when business is resigned till twelve ° A VLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. t ronised by her Mafesty THE QUEEN," 'I, 4 C ts''' 41 SERT he Royal Family, and the set eral Sovereigns it; e,,i41 1 of Europe. t 'ear' s 'ilaG e gan' Fragrant , and Transparent Oil, in its preservative, 4474. I,`. p rese rv es ' aitifyine qualities, is unequalled over the whole t 4i pre'. and reproduces the hair, even at a late period of i ts v ent' it from falling off or turning grey ; restores grey hair h1,.11, col ur • Ire,s it from scurf and dandriff, and renders curly,' and glossy. Facts abundantly proved by innu b4irr s rtunenisls, which are open for inspection at the Pre. tl s e , 3 i t_ Preserves Its •irtues unimpaired by the change of a 544 2,... alike in use 'tom tho frigid to the trrrid zone—from 1.40 t• li bel of St. Petersburgh to these of Calcutta and the t (. 14 4t. /S Held lit , i re ", it is especially recommended as forming the basis m lee ch sif t ' 4t:o o 78., Family Bottles (equal to four small) 10s. 6d., and ii,,jprilit,,ze Each 21s genuine bottle has the words RO WLAND'S k i ktl t OIL engraved in two lines on the W apper ; and en taiet ~t h e Vifraoper nearly I,Fs 0 times, containing 29,599 letters. 1 . ." 1 Proprietnrs A. ROWL AND and SON, 20, Hatton. ° don, and by Chemists and Perfumers. All others are Fraudulent Counterfeits! ! 1 4 ,„.,;JOHI\? 4 ON N 'S T AMERICAN DN'I I .IN SOOTHING This efficacious Remedy has been in general use ‘3,), su a fiy;!. of l'hirty Years, and has preserved numerous Children th."JlEt from Convulsions arising from pinfull pentition . . As olrup is rubbed en the Gums, the Child will be relieved, shon. o..tending to t ilts Ni t , c6Ol O, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as produce the Teeth with ease; and so pleasant, hr h ., 4 14 ' , ld will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. Parents f i r :l'lll * ,,,,, ° erY particular to ask for JOHNSON 'S AMERICAN th t SYRUP, dto notice that the namei of Barclay and at'eci. -4tr ingdon-st n t London to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold ,qle, "1, are on the Sta m p ee affixed to ach Bottle. Price 'A. 9d. per atid never-failing effects of BL AIR'S GOUT 4 y :!snd b,IIIIEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of la t'IY urnatlsm, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled thr", b u t e of past or present times..: - •They not only give relief salt: ei where the patient has been driven nearly to madness seallti , o !atlng tortures of tois disease, but restore to perfect )Ca abct In conceivably s"ort space of ime. They are equally pvcertain in rheumatism, either chronic or acute, lumb , go, ahrity ;pi the heal or fare. and indeed for every rheumatic ~coa,l l ection ; in fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, kir l ..titice:e safety of this medicine that it has astonished all who tit, and there is scarcely a city, town, village in the Py contains many grateful evidences of its benign inthien e. Ea, LI case. selected from amorh, those with which the pro. ~een tivoured, is submitted to the public:— . To ma. ?ROUT, rZ), ERRAND. vth e ....../ h a Hurst, Sussex, Nov. 8, 1143. 1 11,i 14 , 1 sit u !! the pleasure to inform you that a • erson holding an ar G.o.4"eh, noticing in one of my bills that I was agent or rtu an ' and Rheumatic Pills, was induced to try them; he sent tad and oily taken them one day before he found wonder iireti th e e second day he was able to walk without his crutches, kclary oe.ltirth day was completely cured and able to perform his i c .ullation. Aft IC. this 4 as e e, ,„„_, he was general laid up every year for several ake n to s - v , iies and fomentations had been applied, and meth. !sop th onal ;,, te ne ymrpose. I have obtained p üblic aove statement from 'Nik►rt 7 , and " l ewi.nd have sent this for ption if ou think it ou, of shall be mo t happy at any time to satsil y any party . ascertaining its authenticity . — I am, Sir, your obedient . TOAS WYBORN, tht u b Y k,, bY all ° lnas Prout "19 St an d ,London and by his ap, int. r e „ peet , rtheUni ted A s k e snedicine vendors throughout or Bl a i r , - ,s• ~ c l. per box. 4o h .dre,, of 4 b?ut and Rheumatic Pills, and observe the name sa.ad,j , Fie lhomas Prout, 229, Strand, Lon.on," impressed '`'n•ns. "esnment Stamp a ffi xed to each box of the geou:ne LETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA. The UNION BANK of LONDON, as Agents for the I Bank of Western India, are authorised to ISSUE LETTERS of CREDIT for any moneys paid to them, to be repaid in rupees at the c urrent rate er exchange on the day of presentation at the if the Bank of Wes' ern India, in Bombay, Calcutta, and °I " h ". Sitnil. , r letters of credit may Me obtained at any of the branc hes of the National B , nk of Scotland, and of the Provincial /lank of Ireland. By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. union Bank of London, No. 8, Aloorgate-street. 7z ~ _- ~21 t, NO. 16.334. ,s 1 ~~ . • . 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I. / \ Twapar,...t... v..-,...-.........5.axxi1ia5t01iabie1ia1aiirw ffmr055ta. : a.. ..................20 , 12:2.112.9 , 7:-.Aruirs.strcK.7 . 7...-.. - .. , ..,...7.4, „... ~ ,;,,,,,,,,,,,„.;,.,.......,-..--,..,,.....,.....",.......=..,................,-.......,,. - LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S U DECEMBER - 23, 1844. PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Publisked EVERY MORNING at FIVE a cLocK , i n Ti me {or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g ht, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ........ • •- B ATHS and WASH-HOUSES for the LABOU RING CLASSES. C. Sayer, Esq 3 3 0 W. Stone, Esq lO 10 0 John Straith, Esq Lord J. Stuart 11. B. Smith, Esq. Joseph Tucker, Esq Messrs. W. J. Thompson and Son Messrs. Trueman and Cook Mrs. Tubbs H. Tritton, Esq. Henry Vaughan, Esq. R. E. Van Heythuysen Henry Vyner, Esq. Mrs. Ware It S. Westniacott J. and C. White and Co. The Lord Bishop of Winchester......., 5O 0 0 W. Walker, Esq. 1 0 Miss Wars Rev. H. G. Watkin5...,.... ... 5 0 0 Joshua Watson, Esq. Rev. W. Winthrop J. E Walker, Esq T. B. Wrightson, Ee J. Wickens, Esq. G. Whitbread, Esq. B. B. Williams, Esq l 1 0 Messrs. Willis and Percival Rev. I)' Wilson 2 2 • PRESIDENT. The BISHOP of LONDON. TRUSTERS. Sir WILLIAM' MAGNAY, Bart. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Eaq. ABEL SMITH Ede., M.P. ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, Eq. PUBLICATIONS. time as " the Pottinger treaty"—which opened to all the advantages of the trade with China all those empires and states which had had no previous com munication with China.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have now only to ask you for one favour. You all know that that same " hurrah" which is the signal of assault in battle, is the national note of welcome and congratulation to those of our countrymen whom we delight to honour; and if there are any deficiencies upon my part in expressing the feelings of any gen tleman in this room, I hope he will, by his own loud cheer, take care to supply my deficiencies.—(Loud cheers.) I give you, gentlemen, the health of Sir Henry Pottinger, with every honour that can attend it.—(Loud cheers.) The Right lion. Sir HENRY POT! INGER, in rising to reply, was received with the most enthusiastic ap plause. Gentlemen, said he, in addition to the imper fections under which I generally labour in addressing any persons in a public assembly, I have to crave your especial consideration for an extremely bad cold, , 'under which I am l a b our i ng. E ven if I had all the powers of eloquence that any person could be distin guished by, I assure you I feel utterly unable to tell you how deeply and how sincerely I thank you for your kindness towards me. I know not, indeed, how to say all that I ought to do, in answer to the manner in which my health has been proposed and drunk by you. When I was first appointed to China, the ap pointment was, I am proud to say, totally unsolicited. —(Loud cheers.) I had been in India from the time that I was a boy thirteen years of age. I came home to England; and I had very little intercourse with any of the'leading men in both or either parties ; in fact, I hardly knew any of them personally when I received an intimation from her Majesty's , Ministers, at the time, to the purpose that I should go out to China. Although my health was not quite established, I was ready and forward to do any service to my country ; and I embarked for China with the full intention of doing all that I could, in a full and anxious exertion, to carry out the instruc tions that I had received.--(Cheers.) Upon my ar rival in China, I need hardly tell you, things were in a very unpleasant and awkward state; but, through the valour of her Majesty's arms, and the distinguished services of her Majesty's navy, they soon came to have a better appearance. And as soon as that sort of persuasion induced the Chinese Government to listen to our terms, they were then ready to meet them more than half way, and to show that modera tion—which I am sure was best worthy of England, of which I am quite certain every person in this room would highly apporve. With that feeling, gentlemen, I undertook and I commenced that negotiation ; and I had the happiness to meet, as already I have in another public situation stated, in consultation, my esteemed friend, the High Commissioner Ke-ying. The treaty was made as you have seen it, though afterwards there remained what were to me difficulties, and most im portant matters to be settled, in the commercial ne gotiations. There, however, I met with assistance which I could hardly have promised myself. Some of the gentlemen attached to the former mission were quite competent to give me every information, and they undoubtedly did so. One of them, alas ! now no more, was peculiarly a person likely to be of use upon the occasion : I speak of Mr. Morrison.—(Hear, hear.) The other is a gentleman, with whom, I dare say, some of you are acquainted—if not from the first —Mr. Thom, a gentleman from Glasgow.—(Hear.) To these two gentlemen, I am glad to have this pub lic opportunity of saying, I was greatly indebted for all the information upon which the tariff and the commercial part of the negotiations were regulated. —(Hear, hear.) For you will all readily under stand, that my habits and pursuits were not of that nature perfectly to give me a sufficient in sight into this question myself. I, however, did not shrink from the responsibility; and, I need not say, that it rejoices and delights me to feel that I have not only your approbation ; but I rejoice to see, that I have the approbation, as it were of all England,—" I say " all England," for when I see her Majesty's present and late Minis ters each combining to say that they approve of what I have done ; when I see the City of London, the great tuwn of Liverpool, and the still greater town of Manchester, what am Ito believe? I cannot believe that any of you have thought it necessary to meet, for an it! y with , o the less thankful and grateful tor your kindness. Be lieve me that your good opinion and your approbation (and when I say yours I mean that of all my fellow countrymen) is the most cheering—the most heart cheering—reward that I can possibly have.—(Cheers.) To feel that I am at this moment encircled by a people—not only by a class of my fellow-subjects, not only in this room, but in this country, who deem that I have done them a service, is a reward beyond all expression on my side. I believe, as I have already, in another place, said, that the treaty combines all the advantages that a treaty with China ought to do. I have studied, I did study in making it, to prevent any feeling of jealousy upon the part of the Chinese; they met me more than half way, and I thought it was my duty, and I felt that it accorded with the greatness and the feelings of England, not to make it exclusive. I was, therefore, happy to take the step to which his - Worship, the Mayor, has alluded, and to recommend to the Chinese Government, with a full experience, to throw open the treaty with all the nations in the world.— (Cheers.) My own opinion of the treaty was, that it would take some time, at all events, to mature it self ; and there are one or two questions as to what returns China will make to us, that are to us of the most important nature. But if that difficulty can be got over, I trust as England can only benefit herself by benefiting China—and it will be in a great mea sure—(Cheers)—l believe I may say that the ad vantages of the treaty to England, and to all other manufacturing countries, will be almost unlimited.— (Cheers.) I calculate, from my own personal obser vation, that the immediate effect of the treaty will be, to bring us into direct contact with not less than 120 to 150 millions of people.—(Hear.) I speak of the seaboard ; and, my own firm belief is, that if we do not go too fast for the Chinese—if we allow them to see we have no object beyond kindness and commer cial intercourse—that we have no exclusive feelings— do not look to anything beyond a mere mercantile set tlement in their country, I do believe, that in the lapse of a very few years they will be as ready, or perhaps more so, to trade with us, as we are with any other country.—(Cheers.) I, upon another oc casion since I came to England, have spoken of the advantages which, in my opinion, appertain particu larly to Hong-Kong as a seat of commerce. I think still, and the more I reflect upon it—for I cannot say Hong-Kong was selected by me—but I again repeat, that if the two places were at my disposal to-morrow, I should prefer Hong-Kong. I am quite sure to have retained Chusan would not only be a heavy ex pense to Great Britain, but would bring us into con stant unpleasant discussion with the Chinese; for it is needless to deny, that, though they are quite obe dient to their own mandarins, yet with strangers they are extremely troublesome. I beg to repeat that lam most truly, and deeply, and affectionately sensible of your kindness, and before I sit down, I beg to return you, individually and collectively, my best thanks, and wishing you all happiness and prosperity in your several stations.—(lmmense cheering, and one cheer more.) JOHN MACVICAR, Esq., proposed " The Indian Army and Navy—especially that portion of it serving in China." emus:man FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. WILLIAM COTTON, Eaq , Chairman. (The Trustees ex Wilde.) ROBERT BOWIE, Bisq. Rev. W. W. CHAMPNEYS Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY ROBERT DICKSON, Esq., M.D. SAMUEL GURNEY, jun., Esq. WILLIAM H AWES, Esq. RICHARD JOHNSON, Esq. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Esq. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bad. JOSEPH S. LESCHER, Esq. WILLIAM LOBB, Esq., M.D. ROBERT OLDERSHAW, Esq. JOHN D. FOWLES, Esq. Viscount RANELAGH DAVID SALOMONS, Esq. Mr. Deputy STEVENS Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART JOSEPH TOYNBEE, Esq. DAVID WILLIASIS WIRE, Esq. GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Ng. The Subscriptions before advertised amounted to £4,041 13s. Her Majesty the Queen. £2OO 0 0 His Royal Highness Prince Albert lOO 0 0 Her Majesty the Queen Dowager 100 9 0 His Grace the Archbishop of Canterburyloll 0 0 The Lord Bishop of London lOO 0 • Earl of Eldon 2OO 0 0 Messrs. Baring Brothers 2OO 0 0 Messrs. N. M. ale Rothschild and Son 2OO 0 0 George Byng, Esq., M.P 105 0 • The Times Journal lO5 0 0 Marquis of Westminster Samuel Gurney, Esq 100 0 0 ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: — The Worshipful Company of Grocers £lOO • 0 East and West India Dock Company lOO 0 0 Bt. Katharine's Dock Company lOO 0 0 London Dock Company lOO • 0 Messrs. Allen and Anderson.. 6 5 0 Lord ♦shley J. Adams, jun., Esq., J. 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EXAMPLES. ~..4 , '' og 5 I 74 Lt ' • e t: ,1, 5 Fr miusa i - ,.. , Bonus Bonus ii a a. 5 ..1-?, !,. a e ' g added. Cash. &„, /i • i E:2 .-, , F, '...43. ,g. !a i A £s. 4. , £ s. d. £s.d. Z s. d.l 4s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 112 3 9 346 2 3 GO 10001 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 8 619 16 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 81 511 J 7 11 9 247 4 5 . I The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. Thia institution offers many Important and substantial advan tages As respect Dom _ A The assured kas, on all oceingions, the power to borrow, without ex pones or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances ibr terms of years aro granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Soo. ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION 12, Waterloo place, London, and 119, Princes.street, Edinburgh. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this ASSOCIATION to CHRIST MA S, 1844, will be payable at the Offices on and after the Ibth of January, 1845. The Transfer Books will be closed from the 24th Instant to the 10th proximo. By order of the Board, J. BUTLER WILLIAMS, Actuary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of tho Old Post office, London. DIEECTOR9. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN LABOUCHERE Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Ilenry Hulse Ilerens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjorihanks, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq.., M.P. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. Robert Milford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. - ----- AUDITORS. A. W. Roberto, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. A.CTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonas was declared In June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the sth of June, upon the premiums received en all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No.l, St. James's-street, corner of Pall Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, No. lA, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance an Lives, &e. Enrolled under the Acts of PATHSMeta relating to Friendly Societies. DIRECTORS. John Bra dbu ry, Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Fag. Joseph Janson, Esq. B es ra llit t f r h y e . t Ej t tousfield, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Thomas Castle. Esq • Samuel A. S. Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. Charles Lushington, Eeq, John Feltham, Esq John St. Bathe, Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D Samuel Smith, Esq. MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S, I Thomas Bevan, M.D., F.L.S. TREASURER..—Joseph Janson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. The following statement shows the progress of the Institution from the commencement, in Dec., l&15, to the 20th Nov. last : No. of ------ Years ending. Policies Annual In come Amount of C apital. issued, 20th Nov. 1836... ... 616 8,021 12 2 10,730 "" 3 0 1837 ... 435 14 ,600 0 0 31,592 10 5 1838 .09 ~ .. 19.934 19 4 46.855 010 1839 490 25,427 4 2 .. (4959 10 .. 1810 494 31,051 1 0 10 90 , 545 10 13 9 '' ' . 1841 • 357 36,357 1 4 114,993 '2 4 1842.... 3f4 3.9.360 9 7 139 806 1 7 ' 0. " 1.343 ‘ ,„„...., 701 44,219 17 0 1 6 7 ,079 11 2 ' tll 1844 722 55,037 9 2 202,16'2 1 9 PS ................... Isom., Total number The gratifying result of the valuation o f t h e l iabilities and assets of the Institution on the 2ith November, 1842 is exemplified in the fol lowing instances; exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which had been in existence from one to seven }eats : in Pre. Reduction Eq ual to a Rduction Tr l l i U ell ... or Poll. Age at , c „,,,, Amount Original cies In Com- ' - ' , Z s ": of Bonus. Premium, On the Ott , i per cent Exist- mence- aired. ence. ment. Bonus. ginal Pre mium of X Z d. x ---- d 7 . Years. Years. s. 2 . . vd. 7 59 1,000 163 11 •630027 17 2 41 7 33 2,000 177 10 0541820 11 6 a j I 52 2,000 227 19 09711 8 34 510 55 8 31 SOO 37 2 0 PI 17 6 42 5 32 5 51 1,000 91 34147 2 6 13 6 4 '2B 5 50 601 37 2 0 15 8 0 4I 9 26 4 42 500 r 8 19 0 17 12 1 313 3 20 4 28 1,001 48 14 024 3 4 4in 5 19% 3 46 801 37 80 31 1 8 8 418 1.4 3 25 2,000 69 60144 5 0 ti 1 4 10 1 15 15 M 2 63 1 3,1 0`) 140 15 0 224 15 0 2311 7 IN 2 2 6 I 500 II II 0111 10 0 I 2 g 1 91i 1 42 ,_ 1 2,001 - —26„140 ' 70 8 4 3 3 9 454 ... . _ . The next Division of Piofits will be made in November, 1647, MEMBERS WHOSE PREMIUMS BECOME DUE ON 1 HE Ist OF JANUARY NEXT. ARE REMINDED TH AT THE SAME MUST BE PAID WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THAT DATE. The Report of the Directors to the Ninth Annual Meeting of Members, held on the ltith instant, may be had on application at the Office. JOSEPH MARSH Secretary. in the courage of our men, which had ever been ex perienced at any period of British history. The toast was drunk with all the honours. s t country, sbfpol nleeeuisui Major-General b l yeoi dte i a rni nsyn j ytt o gohbp: r a fe ereo - ooe G thrrssnivae: e ttihntnoh n dorito e ecesub r t haul hate: ready yedpahn conviction tournuot i n‘tl rheNrav, those ssstuucnoeprtpei pstoret whichho THOMAS onorseruunvtodtnitffincht: teere:to A yesyi he bsaweni services n tearlpls u rdvoayaten T inir:dtgy l I tteuoh. sNatnolsaiOseaof, thank Int ktl hus:e i edte n y v what ever fgehdtpoh r etar asuar e nttoi d r ever they might be called upon to do so.—(Hear.) J. MACVICAII, Esq., then proposed " The Indian Army and Navy, especially that portion of it serving in China." Seeing a distinguished member of that army sitting at the right of the chair, he had great pleasure in referring to the toast. In China, that army distinguished themselves nobly and greatly. One instance occurred to him, that of Captain Simpson, who, with a few musketeers, was cut off from the main body of the army who were besieging Canton. During the heavy rain, their firelocks were unserviceable ; notwithstanding which, this distinguished officer, with a few native soldiers alone, mastered all the forces which China could bring against them. The name of Captain Boss, as connected with the most valuable surveys of the Straits of Malacca and the Indian Seas, would require no remark. No one more highly ap preciated the services of Sir Henry Pottinger than himself, and be begged to propose the toast.—(Drunk with three times three, and "one cheer more.") The MAYOR then said—The toast I have now to propose to you, gentlemen, is the health of our distin guished guest, Sir Henry Pottinger—(Loud cheers ; the whole company rising)—and I shall need, in offering the few remarks I am about to submit to you, all your consideration and kindness—(Hear)—for I have felt, I assure you, very considerable embarrass ment upon the present occasion. I know how the gen tlemen here assembled, and who have invited Sir Henry Pottinger, have felt towards me; I know how highly they have appreciated his services ; and I have felt that no common language and no common terms can express their feelings towards him—(Hear, hear) but in the short time that I have had the honour of a personal acquaintance with Sir Henry Pottinger, I have felt that it was due to him upon this occasion to use no observations or any terms that might be distasteful to himself. (Hear, hear.) I felt satisfied that you, in common w ith me, wish that nothing may be said that he cannot, at any future period of his visit to Manchester, recur to with any other feelings than those of satisfaction and pleasure. And although our distinguished guest has so long resided in the East, and has been accus tomed therefore to the inflated language of that coun try, I yet have believed, from the short period I have seen him, it would be unbecoming in me to speak of his services in anything like the hyperbolical lan guage of the East, and that I ought to address him, upon this occasion, in language that would be more consonant with his pure and severe taste, if I were to use such expressions as are more suited to our clime and country.—(Hear. hear.) It is not, there fore, my intention, in speaking of Sir Henry Pottin ger, or of the treaty which he has so successfully concluded, to repeat over again that which has been so much better said at the two assemblies of this de scription at which he has so recently been present; but it is my business, and my especial pleasure, to advert rather to the peculiar causes of satisfaction and content with which we, in this manufacturing district, have viewed that successful treaty, and that result of his able efforts.—(Loud cheers.) I shall not, therefore, take up your time with recounting the great advantages which will result to the empire at large, arid to the whole civilized world, from that treaty, norshall I occupy your time at a ll w ith en t er i ng into the question of the soundness of the great principles which it embodies ; nor shall I at all occupy your time by entering into any lengthened detail of the various duties, or of the scale of those duties, which have been, by his successful efforts and his successful arguments with the Chinese Commissioners, reduced to so low a rate.—(Cheers.) But I shall proceed at once to state the particular circumstances and feelings which induce us to thank him for the great benefits he has con ferred upon this manufacturing district, and which, I believe, we -shsltexperience for a long period'of years men, that the empire of China, which has been so extensively opened to you by the successful nego tiations of Sir Henry Pottinger—includes in every part—is equal to, I believe—eight hundred and forty millions of British statute acres, and comprises within that space a population which is now computed to amount to upwards of three hundred and forty millions of souls ; and it will then be easy for you, gentlemen, all of whom are accustomed to minute calculations, at once to determine what the degree of advantage will be to this manufacturing district by having a market of this extraordinary extent opened out to us.—(Loud cheers.) You will recollect, gentlemen, that the population of Great Britain amounts to twenty-seven millions of people ; and if we consider, for a single moment that twenty-seven millions of people have now the opportunity of free and equal trade with a population exceeding three hundred and fifty millions of people, the advantages must be almost wholly on our side.—(Loud cheers.) I heard an exclamation which proceeded from one of our country manufacturers upon the subject, which, I dare say, will convey some idea to the minds of gen tlemen present of the advantages which we are likely to derive from the extension of our intercourse with China. " Why," said the worthy manufacturer, "all the mills we now have will hardly make yarn to find them with night-caps and socks."—(Laughter.) Without, gentlemen, entertaining any very extrava gant notions upon the subject myself, or at all wish ing to excite any spirit of speculation from any re marks furnished, kslmay make upon the kindnessupon the present of my friend ent occasion, n I have been Mr. Macvicar, with a statement of the exports to China, during de years 1843 and 1844.—(Hear, hear.) The account is made up, Gentlemen, from the 30th No vember, which, I presume, was the period when the intelligence reached England, of the successful ter mination of Sir 11. Pottinger's labours ; therefore, the account commences with the 30th November, 1843, and is carried up to November, 1844. From NEW WORK BY MR. SERGEANT TALFOURD. Just published, In 2 vols. post Svo., price 18s. cloth, ACATION RAMBLES and THOUGHTS ; comprising the Recollections of Three Continental Tours, In the Vacations of 1841, 1842, and 1843. fly MU. SERGEANT TALFOURD. , in 2 v ols., Mrs. SHELLEY'S RAMBLES in GERMANY and ITALY. 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With out, and all Medicine Venders, In bottles at Is. 1)1d. or 2s, 9d each On Ist January, 1845, No. 1., Price Twopence, an Part T., in a stitched cover, containing Four Numbers, price Ninepence, of a PEOPLE'S EDITION of the L IFE of SIR WALTER SCOTT. By J. G. LOCKHART, Esq. To be completed in One Volume, uniform with the Waverley Novels, now in progress. It. Cadet], Edinburgh ; Houlston and Stoneman, London. that account I perceive, in 1843, that of plain cot ton piece goods there were shipped to China, from the ports of London, Liverpool, and Clyde 1,114,381 pieces ; and in the corresponding period—namely, fdt the year ending 30th November, 1844, the number of the same pieces of cotton shipped to China amounted to 2,250,795 pieces; making an advance, in that short space of time, of 1,102,414 pieces.—(Cheers.) It will not be necessary for me to occupy your time in stat ing the various descriptions of pieces of cotton goods which are mentioned in this return ; but, in order to enable you to judge of the increase of our exports, in that short period, to this extraordinary country, I may simply state to you that the value of all the fore going articles enumerated in this statement, amounted in 1843 to 1,468,115/. sterling, and that of the same descriptions in the year ending 30th November, 1844, amounted to 2,064,093/. ; showing an increase in the exports of this country to China, in a single year, of 595,9781.—(Great cheering.) The same gentleman has kindly furnished me with a schedule tariff of the duties upon the foreign trade with China, which came into operation on the 27th July, 1843, and also of the rates of duty previously levied. I find upon reference to this important document which it may be satisfactory to many of the gentlemen here pre sent to be informed is prepared for Mr. Court, of the Underwriters' Rooms in Liverpool: and the rates of duties are exhibited in two columns, first the previous duty, and secondly the present duty. The previous duty, as exhibited in this return, is not re duced either to sterling money or to dollars and cents, although that process of reduction is shown as applied to the present duty ; and I am sure you, gen tlemen, do not expect, from my previous habits of life, that I can at all pretend to reduce the Chinese taels, mace, candarines, and cash, into any thing you can understand upon the present occasion. I have just been reminded, through the kindness of my friend Mr. Macvicar, that the difference is simply this, that the previous duty has been reduced, by the successful negotiation of Sir Henry Pottinger, to one-fourth of their previous amount.—(Bear.) These are the grounds, and these are the prospects, gentlemen, which have been opened out to this manufacturing district by the successful efforts and the great talents of Sir Henry Pottinger.—(Cheers.) And lam quite per suaded that, for many years to come, our manufac turers will find, by the state of their balance-sheet at the end of every Christmas, they will have to return thanks' for the exertions of Sir Henry Pottinger.— (Cheers.) I know no other instance beOdea the pre sent, where a treaty of this magnitude has been con cluded, which has had not merely the approbation of his own countrymen, of every class and grade who have given any attention to the subject, but of all the nations in the world.—(Cheers.) He has softened down all those rival and hostile feelings upon this occasion which we should 411 haie wepted to haye seen perfectly rife, if he had not introduced that memorable treaty • which I hope will hereafter _become lin9w4 tO Captain EASTWICIC, in the name of the two ser ',ices, acknowledged the toast. RICHARD' BIRLEY, Esq., gave " Her Majesty's Ministers"—(Applause)—a toast which he was sure they would all drink with much pleasure, because they had been the parties who had continued Sir Henry Pottinger in his position to conduct the nego tiations with China. He regretted that none of the Ministers were present; but their sentiments were well known, both by the speech of Lord Aberdeen in London, and Lord Stanley in Liverpool, from which we might infer that that course of negotiation carried out by Sir Henry Pottinger in China, would be sup ported by the Ministry in this country. He did not wish to give to any of these proceedings a party cha racter; and he would only say, he believed they wished to promote the commerce of this country and the whole world, and there he would leave the subject. He congratulated the distinguished guest of the even ing, as a cotton manufacturer, not only for the ser vices rendered to us, but also to our workpeople in this district. He would appeal to all piresent, whether the announcement of the opening of tho marliets of China was not the calm of a goat improvement in this di:itFlpt ? From that period the improvement of this district, especially Stockport, where the building of a great number of dWPilinifs of the workpeople had been announced ; and, without detaining the company longer, he would only say that this district had greatly experienced the effect Qf Sir limy Pottinger neptiations ()hind. —(Cheers.) S}r tip ItT 111 4TIDACiElii proposed next, wileMttyqr 110 Corporation of Manchester," that honoured hosts. 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ALEXANDER KAY, E sq ., th e M ayor, pres id e d . A t his right sat the distinguished guest of the evening, the Right Hon. Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger ; K.C.8., ; Major-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., the general commanding the nort h ern dis;• trict ; Sir George Larpent ; John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.; Samuel Gregso n , Esq.; Colonel Mal colm ; D. L. Bur n , E sq.; Dr. Woosman ; John Mac vicar, Esq.; Archib a ld n estles, Esq., M . P . (P a i s l e y) ; Major Pottinger (a son of Sir Henry) ; R. Burgess, Esq. (a personal f r i en d of Sir Henry ) ; t h e R ev . Canon Parkins on , 8 . D .; Cap tain Eastwick. O n th e Ch a i rman ' s l e f t were Willi am Entwisle, E M.P sq., Captain Ormsby, and . ; John M'Gregor, Esq., of the Board of Trade ; James Loch, Esq., M.P. (the Wick burghs) ; Lieut.-Colonel White, of the 70th Foot ; Frederick Pottinger, Esq. (Sir Henry's brother); Colonel Brooke, of the Northern District Staff; Ro bert Stuart, Esq. ; Ch ar l es Turner, Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Ea s t I n di a and China Association ; the Rev. Canon Wray ; Major Foster, of the Royal En gineers ; Major Westenra, of the sth Dragoon Guards ; Dr. Bowring, M.P. ; and Robert Gladstone, Esq. The Vice-President of the evening was Richard Birley, Esq. At the foot of the other tables, as stewards, were M. Gladstone, Esq. ; John Potter, Esq. ; J. Harter, jun., Esq.; Thomas Burt, Esq. ; M. Ross, Esq. ; D. Broadhurst, Esq. ; and William Shore, Esq. Amongst the gentlemen present were, Messrs. Jas. Atherton, T. Bazley, jun., president of the Man chester Chamber of Commerce, Daniel Maude, Meyer, Reiss, Robert Barbour, IL H. Birley, 11. H. Birley, jun., Robert Birley, Henry Birley, Captain Spence, Messrs. Charles nindley, M.P., John Chippendall, Edward Loyd, Francis Pane, William Gibb, Captain Atherton, Messrs. William Peel, Corrie, John Brad shaw, Richard Kay, John Sharp, Peter Ainsworth, M.P., E. Joynson, Mavrocordato, J. W. Fraser, Robert Gill, J. Ferguson, Robert N. Philips, Thos. M'Connel, Daniel Grant, Robert Gardner, Henry M'Connel, William Fairbairn, Thomas Boothman, jun., J. E. Royle, Wood Gibson, E. M. Cooper, Louis Schwabe, Thomas Potter, William Brockle hurst, Edward Tootal, J. P. Westhead, Thomas Hilton, Alderman Brooks, J. Knowles, J. A. Arm strong, Peter Ormrod, George Nelson, James Ormrod, Captain Innes, of the Royal Artillery, Messrs. Critchley, Salis Schwabe, Alderman Watkins, Alderman Neild, Alderman Willert, Peter Greenall, M.P., Alderman Callender, Lewis Williams, Lodge, H. P. Wie, A. Gladstone, William Barter, George Armstrong, Richard Marsden, E. Langworthy, J. A. Turner, W. Turner, G. Garstang, Walter Stirling, Joseph Peel, A. Clarke, Thomas Barge, jun., Henry Newberry, Kelsall, T. Kelsall, Samuel Fletcher, John Woollam, Lillie, Alderman Bancroft, Sidney Potter, Captain Willis, &c. After the usual loyal toasts the MAYOR gave " The Army and Navy," in proposing which, he said, no Englishman could hear this toast without its bringing to his recollection from the time of Cressy to the crowning victory of Waterloo.—(Applause.) If we had reason to be proud of these actions, we had no less reason to be proud of those officers who had pro• duced those glorious actions which had ended in that celebrated treaty which our illustrious guest, Sir Henry Pottinger, had concluded. He confessed, when he saw in the public prints that the officers attached to that expedition, and leading it, had ventured to at tack an empire which numbered among its military forces 1,800,000 combatants, and that only with a force which at no period exceeded 9,000 men of all arms, land only 24 ships of war, two of which only were line-ofbattle ships, he thought we should all agree that never at any period was the honour of the British arms more brilliantly sustained. He had never felt any sort of apprehension as to any attacks upon us. He knew the stamina of Englishmen ; and, if ever the time should arrive, and he hoped it was far distant, that we might place the most implicit reliance sw~ ,~~~~~ ,~ '/, _~~~ nour of their attention to himself,—especially in re ference to this magnificent and distinguished enter tainment. —(Applause.) He most cordially and sin cerely drank health and happiness to the Corpora tion.--(Applause.) The MATOR returned thanks. After some other toasts, JOHN M`Geeeoe, Esq., of the B oar d o f T ra d e , gave, " The T own and Trade of Manchester, and the industry of the district ;" in doing which he spoke at some length, but was almost inaudible to the rem porters. He was understood to say that the toast of itself constituted a text, involving the gravest, as well as the most interesting, considerations for the study of the statesman, of the legislator, and of all who knew and cared for the well-being and the happiness of their fellow-men. All experience and all knowledge proved the fact, that the growth and prosperity of great cities had been accompanied by the prosperity of the sur rounding country, and the well-being of the inha bitants.---(Applause.) It would be idle and pre sumptuous in him to dilate on the fact, that the growth and progress of the several districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, particularly in the value of property, and in the consequent better employs ment and well-being of the people, which accompanied the rise and progress of this great town, and of the great industrious district of which it was the focus. If they would bear with him, he would offer a few observations on the condition of one or two countries, in which great industrious cities had flourished, but which had ceased to flourish. He then referred to the cities of Venice and Augsburg. A Vs netian Duke, whom he had the honour of knowing in 1838, inherited, from a long line of ancestors some of the finest lands on the banks of the Brenta, represen ted to him that the rents of those lands, during the prosperous trading days of the republic, enabled his ancestors to build the splendid palaces on the banks of the grand canal of Venice, and the large one near the Brenta, a few rooms of which only the noble owner had been able to keep habitable, in conss quence of the fall of Venice and the greatly de clined value of the lands which once supplied that city. On the banks of the Danube was once an imperial city and also a great entrepot r trade, and a seat of manufactures, the city of Augs burg. At that period, so greatly did the prosperity of Augsburg cause the increased value of property in Suabia, that the landlords built some of the most mag nificent palaces of the age in the imperial city. Po litical and other causes drove the trade and manufac tures from the city; and, on the departure of industry and trade, the populati on d ecrease d more rapidly than in any her city of th e em pi re .—(H ear, hear.) At present, unless it were by Prince Wallenstein, none of the great palaces were inhabited there by the de scendants of their ancient possessors. They had, from their accommodation, been converted by the Sovereigns of Bavaria into barracks and hospitals-- one of them into, as he was Informed, a madhouse, and one or two into posthouse inns. He did not allude to the historical fate of those cities as invidi ously prophetic of the fate of Manchester ; for the intelligence of the inhabitants of the latter and of its industrious district would provide long, and he hoped always, against the calamity of decline ; but he urged it with the view so happily exhibited this evening on doing honour to their highly distinguished guest, that deserving officer and public servant—that was the view of establishing goodwill, confidence, and harmony, for their mutual welfare and happiness, between the manufacturing and the rural districts of Lancashire and Cheshire.—(Cheers.) He said that the people of a great manufacturing town could not be otherwise than an intelligent people; the skill, the ingenuity, the knowledge necessary to invent and make their machinery, and to produce their manufac tures, and to know home and foreign markets, ren dered intelligence absolutely necessary to them. The institutions of Manchester proved that they were so. They wei e well known to be generous and charitable. He had had some experience in negotiating treaties, and he eulogised the treaty negotiated by Sir Henry Pottine, , er, and extolled the advantages of extending our commercial relations with all other countries ; and sat down, after proposing " The Town and Trade of Manchester, and the industry of the District." The toast having been drunk with all the honours, it was acknowledged by JOHN POTTER, Esq., who said, that, though he could have wished that the response had devolved on some one more able than himself, still he could not but feel he should be deficient in duty to the town, if he did not express his acknowledgments. When he knew that the toast was proposed by one who had rendered more services to the commercial statistics of this country than any man now living, he trusted in dulgence would be shown to him, and he h o p e d t h ey would not forget th e importance f the community in which they lived. When he knew that nothing was wanted but employment for the industry of the dis trict, he felt that the illustrious guest of the evening had conferred great honour upon them, and, through them, upon the manufacturing industry of the coun try. He trusted that the same liberality which had characterised Sir Henry Pottinger's treaty with the Chinese would characterise all our treaties with foreign countries.—(Applause.) " The Members of Parliament for the county and borough." WILSON PATTEN, Esq., M.P., acknowledged the toast, and said that for many years he had been so unconnected politically with this part of the country, that he felt the hono ur th e more . H e had recently expressed his sentiments towards their distinguished guest; and he should not have attended if he did not believe it would be gratifying to hi s manu f acturing constituents to unite in paying this compliment to him. The gratitude of the county of Lancaster was not limited to the great boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester, but was felt in every valley of the county. WILLIAM ENTWISLE, Esq., M.P., said it had but seldom fallen to his lot to meet so large an assemblage of all classes of political opinions in his native town, on an occasion of such unanimity as had distin guished the present meeting. He gladly availed himself of the opportunity to testify his admiration of the principles of the guest of the evening, and ho would do his utmost to forward the principles of the Pottinger treaty.—(Great applause.) That the ab• stract doctrines of free trade had been adopted in high quarters he considered as generally known ; and he would allude to an observation of Lord Stanley, in Liverpool, on that clause which includes all other nations in the same clause as ourselves; and his Lord ship had said no clause would tend more to improve our condition with the Chinese.—(Applause.) The company separated a few minutes after twelve o'clock. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Dec. 13.) Three hundred and fifty rank and file from this garri son and Templemore are to b e distributed at Castle Connell, O'Brien's Bridge, Cappaghmore, Newport, Toomevara, Borrisokane, Borrisoleigh, and Silvenntnes. Troops are ordered to occupy the following stations, viz.:-o'l3rien's Bridge, Newport, :Castl e C onne ll, B or . risokane, Moneygall, Silvermines, Cappaghmore, C lough jordn, and Bornsoleigh ; also Mohill and Ballinamore, county Leitrim, to assist the civil power in repressing disturbances at these stations. Colonel Pennefather shortly returns from Dublin, to command his gallant regiment, the 22d, again ordered on service in Sinde. lie is not yet perfectly recovered from his wounds. The isead-quarter division of the 67th under Colonel Bunbury, arrived this day in Dublin. Sir Edwary Blakeney has not yet filled up the vacancy on his staff of A.D. C., caused by the promotion of Cap tain Forester. The steam-vessel Rhadamanthus arrived at Kingstown from Liverpool, with the first division, five companies and a field officer, of the 67th Regiment. Strength as follows :-13 officers, 375 non-commissioned officer; drummers, and privates ; 24 women, 51 children, and proceeded by railway to Dublin, where they occupy Richmond barracks. Brevet Major Hooper's company, 69th, has relieved Captain 011alloran's company at Cashel. Royal Marine Artillery—Head quarters, Spike Ifaiand, Cove of Cork ; a detachment of two sergeants and seven gunners are under orders to embark, per steam-vessel, for the forts on the lower Shannon ; a similar detach ment of the same corps is ordered to join head quarters_ The Spanish Government offer to pay four per cent to the Anglo-Spanish legionary claimants, who hold °esti. ficates of service. The new barracks at Newport, South Wales, will not be taken up by the 75th until next spring. Captain Stewart, of the 92d, is appoiDted staff officer of pensioners of Roscommon. Lieut. Shakspear, 2d European Infantry, killed at the capture of Samaughur, in the Mahrattas, was Goa of Capt. Shakspoar, formerly of the 10th Hussars. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE RIVER.—On Friday afternoon, one of the coal porters in the employ of Mr. Stephen Davies, of Somerset Wharf, Bankside, slipped off the barge Mary Anne, and was drowned. It seems that, from the great pressure of business now consequent on the inclement weather, it has been found necessary to rig up the lights along shore, oommonly known as "devils," circular grates filled with burning coal. It was in shiP.. ing one of these that the unfortunate man lost hi!, lif e. g Mr. Guildersloav e , th e w h ar f clerk, made ev er y effort to ssve the unhappy man, but unavailingly, M r. D avie . hu handsomely ed ex w p id re o s w se an d d hi c s h d i e ld te re rm n. inat;:on of protidin for 4. THE IMPROVgAIRNTS IN WESTMINSTER. -- 04 F r id a y the long-talked of improvements which ure to be effected from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham i l tdace, were in reality commenced, several men being employed to pull down the houses on one side of Little Tothill-street. It is contemplated to remove those sinks of infamy--the Almonry, Orchard -street, Duck-lane—and to form one wide tn 4 spikcious street from the west door of West minster Abbey to the Buckingham Palace end of Pim lico. Orchard-street contains the remains of some of the oldest houses in Westminster, and a part of one of Oliver Cromwell's palaces still stands there. Sir James Graham left town on Saturday afternoon for Brighton, _