The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

NEWS ton. a 1 family arrile4 aen Christina bas veil of Ministers; o the marriag e rson who, actor a to take suc h ification presi Queen-Mother Is fin, the leader O 6 t the Governin" Palmerston, Pr e ; len, paid a 11 ' 11 4 with him on ,t ,°, it is intendeo. 1; Lordship lecoration of tbs . Dresden on tio d an ordonnsl i c e , Lions of trades o; n is now fre e t , n any of the 1' ) necessary. , Nothole . at the Stock E a t rn the hall, ee s )m the portico; lime-trees on tb There courteorig nt them with the orders to Nit , !ustomed traio• ed to murder h j i s at the Cent ?en years' trans' 'ed court, connettt r giving a ma n . .,,, te perfectly sov,i_ robberies, an imself. osed at the 0 1 5 recently rec,,eir,.e inclosed. IP, h a l ves were anks it was w/ been stolen. t h e =milted to e nearly c utting A . with a bre°"' of street-keeper -.4 G, were b° 11 " 0 Etrles Thwaites' n , arrow, va lue 4 to v -- rers belougi o g, h e the use of the trustees , but the 2. lll g;if njustice of tu t° eompensatioo with the Roya l n Palace to - m or , rvice at Windl; 'd a select P ar hursday eveni.tfe, Id Lady Co lvi y Sale, and .°" tPllonald. 'emit staying urned to W e i l: eeks at the re Hon. Miss oho iady Wenlock, [ miss Hop. 11 1 i Tuesday Il e : re Llington will gt ; d , accompan,,x O Ina Lords o' o' 0 ans's Hote + A fr g it end the itui r '•ib ble Marquis beth Hope at bse rid to be a de having — djo night at the his return t he )ng others to [(Rise. "Vir h their son, -fling at Swall° he Earl at Pre, and the I• , , Dalmeney ? t i t s ) remain till evening ath tbe t He i 3 a to . the Dorset J• ley Agrinult Ursl be This being ' l , O ren for all 5° ,0, but pigs c110:0"4 ompetitors , to the field sin' ularly were large c -Tyne and )11°. yers of the t°4 ll ,i the town s eP pt lark, Inca rob e e , ilanimouslYtt r et, Joseph Bec'-or, road s urvei vas paid by i f o r :ompensation n over 1:1 0 ' n j otrustee," a view of e lt 'r it to the lable a• employing ;o p [ring depress' pS Peek the busi, ll Sessions to )revailed vvl ba of tickets for a bee , is said had d o , and his frild iia LordshiP t h e the fact ist of h the issuing of ie di s tributio n !, as been eot ire o 3'. hange and°, b y cos awarde a Mayoress , , 11 . 13 ; nber three so,. will receivel, ve'; .kets have , of f c ling , thus soo. o il n mamo,i Con t he m°-,mbers of tee, dam C o mesi t L in additilise lmen, have ef on haveaccon s; and w e 0 en w ell det e r o , trded to the of foundat 9°ll to en from tirae,_.t manifested ttni;`, ave been io bo s. Those W s e Alansion-ben.„, ample th ei ;ll; 7 lP Lt his Lorapl.„ discarded veil ich he has bf pg it. On ce ll l l ,io lole of the e• re , t course t o ens to apP.Y e of th e remai n y ng the se ate rs ), and nu r° • la, it food, e vvincie o en most - old y a poor the f crossing lea and kiw c five the rata of ,_ A g at the pierb7, n directed to s Hospita l, ,wo po!i cel f n e to was taKe n w - A it at i on , to a ' jot' be his ()P in t o e was ea not v t ,t it the accli. ck this nio.rl:: the Jubl ieu e ., lot to r off a P; efo re u ck her u c to sho re un derne - erof th re scue r, form st erj/ he. ed to bres I p e rsons 'r e , we_G di ) , to uer t he Yawl on icle. 10 le share pre at i T s i s i e• r"e )spheric COURT CIRCULAR. ► W INDsou FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert too k s equestrian exercise in the riding-school for \ Vile time this morning, attended by Major-Generz.l w e mYss and Colonel Bouverie, the Equerries in iting. The Hon. Harriet Paget and the Hon. Georgiana Addle arrived yesterday at the Castle, and have sue ,e,eeded th e H on. Mi sses M ur ray and Kerr as the Alaids o f H onour i n W a i t i ng on the Queen. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham arrived this afternoon at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The unfavourable state of the weather during the 'a3' prevented the Royal Family from taking their accustomed airings. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Thorburn with a sit ting to-day. The Prince of Wales also sat to Mr. Thorb urn• Her R oya l Hi g h ness th e Duchess of Kent, Lady charlotteA Dunda.:, and the Countess Wratisla,w, Gill join the royal dinner circle at the Castle to-day. licr Majesty's private band will perform in the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Duches s o f an d th e H e reditary Grand Duke and , -) ..uches s of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron 4 nesebeck, left Kew yesterday morning, to honour t he Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury with a v 'sit, at their seat, Tottenham Park, Marlborough, Wilts. ell Sir R o b er t P ee l arr i ve d a t his residence in White -,.9-gardens on Thursday evening, from his seat, 1-irayton Manor, Staffordshire. Sir Henry Pottinger an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet Yesterday. A deputati on from the Cambridge and Lincoln _ 4L an Way, consisting of Mr. H. Barnett, Chairman, the Mayor of Ca m bridge (R. M. Fawcett, Esq.), Mr. George Furber (Cambridge), Mr. Thomas Webster _(§tandi ng C ounse l), M r . G. W. Buck (Engineer), ?r. H ump h rys (S o li c i tor ), an d Mr. Walmsley (Par • 'arnentary Agent), had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Sir James Graham left town yesterday afternoon tin a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. in A deput a ti on f rom the Grand Junction Railway, c luding Mr. Robertson Gladstone and Captain u b li sh, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of a. l housie at the Board of Trade. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister , trans ,"Led business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Ellenborough entertained a select p a rty at dinner at Farrance's Hotel on Thursday fn'ing. Amongst the company were Lord and i N '" l , 3' Colville, Lord Brougham, Sir Robert and Lady 4 4 , 1 e and Mr. Sturt, Sir George Murray , and Sir "n M'Donald. deputation from the Severn Commission, Mr. ti a luißton, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., Mr. J. W. Lea, Air. Water, Solicitor ; from the Staffordshire and ° reestershire Canal Company, Lord Hatherton an d 1, Mr. Harden, had an interview with the Earl of yesterday., OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. s PREPAR A.TIONS IN THE CITY. 14 7 1 8 the d ay approac h es f or the above interesting cere y the preparations are rapidly advancing to coin then. The noble building itself—the sashes having tesowatixlv.inserted and tbe squares of glass polished—has the interesting appearance, and, notwithstand thig,Ze, very unfavourable weather yesterday, attracted ta Cugtiout the day a vast number of spectators, parti bearly Cornhill. The chimes of the clock, by Mr. I,at, were again tried several times during the day. b u s clock itself will be in full operation this day or -,ond ay. The barriers by the Mansion-house, King William, 7 0 %bard, N ew ate and other streets, were in the course ,eerection yesterday, a nd all are expected to be corn ted in the course of this day. i n The fronts of several public as well as private 8 build lat are being cleansed and beautified, and at all us es of business in the line of procession, where the d r° l 4l arms a re di s pl a yed, the latter have been regilt and dec orated. At the Bank the seats erected on the roof are covered at.to the top, as well as the east, north, and west sides, ~ith stout weather boarding. At the Mansion-house ;lie step s at either end leading to the baleony beneath t " porti co h ave b een covere d with flooring boards, so as t 0 continue the esplanade of the balcony, and upon which 1 711 be erecte d seats, to be covered with scarlet cloth, and Whole decorated with beautiful draperies in the style (i f th e Duke of Devonshire's splendid pavilion, which , A 4 ts erected in Piccadilly at the time of her M a j est y 's --Pnation. The seats at the Mansion - house and Bank command the best external views of the gorgeous tletatry throughout the line. The next best will be pmt ran g e of seats on the south side and east end of the s:L ult il ! Cathedral, and the places for standing beneath led,"uPortico. seat, f leklent of the vast increase of announcements of shop 4) be let, exhibited in the windows, several of the and' i window s have been removed, the goods taken out, tov er n ea til e.ir place ranges of seats have been fixed up, and a ," with crimson, purple, and other coloured cloths, hibi te u d several houses designs for illumination were ex- OFFICIAL NOTICES. malresterday the following notices, issued by the Lord at 11 ` 11. ' and printed in large characters , were exhibited , 1 ti,e principal entrances into the City : the st Order b the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, that ht v reets and thoroughfares in the line of procession t e en Temple-bar and Leadenhall - street namely , t r . shv ° Psgate.street, Gracechurch-street, Cornhill, Foul- C heapside, St. Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate-hill, th: Fl eet -street, will be closed from seven o'clock in not morning of Monday, the 28th of October, and will of th e e saagiain,re-opened until six o'clock in the evening .4 r , utay. October 24, 1844. " MEREWETHER." " SMITHFIELD MARKET. " NOTICE TO DROVERS AND OTHERS. gm',bat nt,Biackfriars-bri cattle of any descrip tion through will be allowed to t 8 OVerdge, or any of the Te r etts or thoroughfares in the line of procession from isev l nlale-ba r to the New Exchange, between the hours of °'elock in the morning and six o'clock in the even enZr'and that th e route for cattle leaving Smith field * est :et be Smithfield-bars aPd St. John's-street for the r n and northern districts ; Long-lane, Barbican, t,ttat:ellstreet into Sun-street, to L?unsditeh, for the to xe „ ru knd southern districts. The police . have orders these directions carried out. By order of the Lord Mayor, " S. R. GOGDMAN, clerk." 40 followi ng police order was issued this morning: — 4n -ULA.TIO NS FOR PREVENTING OBSTRUCTIONS OF , 1 : 1 E THOROUGHFARES, TO BE OBSERVED ON OCTO 4, i 'Ert 28 110 11 ' h ° Carriage of any description, nor person on titro L ' acit, will be allowed to remain in the streets h e ill,gh which the royal procession passes, until after •"„ l aiesty's return. `• No carriage of any description will be permitted the into into the streets of the line of the procession after o ur of nine o'clock in the morning, except as fol ctvs, viz. p t i t t Pirst. The carriages of the family of the Royal ahe Y+ the Cabinet Ministers, and the Officers of State, 4. precede the procession, may pass at any hour. the qek:cond. C ompany h av i ng tickets for admission to al u Yal Exch ange , w ill b e permitted to pass until ten Cli a " 3 ' The company having tickets for the Royal Ex - %tree n veg, e, and wi s hi ng t o f o ll ow in the royal procession, e admitt e d th roug h the barrier in St. James's ail t h ' "showing their tickets to the police, and a place a a "' e assigned for their carriages to draw up in St. p as . :es's-str ee t, until the royal procession shall have tie" into Pall-mall, after which such carriages will and u o w those of the Anibassadors and Foreign Ministers, thev have her Majesty's Ministers, in the order in which ' 4 aye sucessively drawn up. ti on ' The police have orders to prevent all obstruc ,ro: of the thoroughfares, in the viciruty of the line of 1 ; 0 et e a t s A ion, and not to allow ' carts, carriages, or waggons :..),o,44o.in)nthesuforenoon• until after the return of ale royal • " RICHARD MAYNE, `` Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Police-office, Whitehall-place, Oct. 26, 1844." Sow T. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS. I,eilThe folling notice has been issued by the paro ltllasauthoritie-s of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the ioLl" St. M art i n ' s-in-the-Fields Vestry-office, Oct. 24. ake noti ce t h at b arr i ers will be erected i n t h e f o l. j" , a ng streets, in this parish, on the occasion of her o ,J e s,tY's proc ee di ng i nto the C i ty, to open t h e N e w At Exchange, on the 28th instant:— " OPEN BARRIERS. Th e St . j ---aymarket, in conjunction with the parish of :.p"nes, at the north-west corner of Suffolk-place. lliers-street, at Duke-street. mei:ILL Martin's-place, at the north corner of the Church „, Spri ng-gardens, at the crossing, east end of New- , - b oinid arwick-st ree t, across t h e same, at the par i s h W ary. " " CLOSED BARRIERS. Dors et - place, at St. Martin's-street. "ding William -street, at the west end. Adelaide -street, at the north end. Agar-street, at the north end. "" Bedf or d -street, at Maiden-lane. South ampton -street, at the parish boundary. ..."Eu r l e i gh-street, at the north end, in conjunction with the parish of St. Clement's Danes. "Exeter -street, near the Strand. " Adam -street, Adelphi, at the cor n er o f J o h n - s t ree t. ho: Buckin gham-street, at Duke-str ee t. streteer's-yard, at the back front of the Strand 11( : us e: urharn-street, at the back f ron t o f t h e S tran d s. ," The ( : ) pen barriers will b e c l ose d a t n i ne o ' c l oc k i n Tor open until a ft er h er M a j esty ' s return, a ll other ;arri e will be c l ose d at s i x o ' c l oc k i n t h e morn i ng, and 0 1 —E " so an y until after her Majesty's return. No vehi c le descripti on , or horses, will be allowed to remain any of the streets or places within the barriers, in the line of her Majesty's progress to open the new Royal Exchange, on Monday, the 28th inst. " By order of the Paving Committee, " A. BURSTALL, Surveyor." POST-OFFICE REGULATION FOR MONDAY NEXT. The following notice was issued last evening by com mand of her Majesty's Postmaster-General :—" General Post-office, October 25, 1844.—Notice to the public. — The several departments of the General Post-office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, except the inland and foreign, the ship letter, and the London district Post-offices, will be closed for business after twelve o'clock at noon on Monday next, the 28th inst., on the occasion of her Ma jesty's visit to the City, to open the Royal Exchange. The offices, above excepted, will remain open for the receipt and dispatch of letters as usual. The Money Order Office will be open from ten o'olock until twelve o'clock at noon, for the payment and issue of money orders." OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF THE STATE PROCESSION. The procession is to leave Buckingham Palace at a quarter to eleven o'clock. The route is along the Park, through the iron gates by the German Chapel, into Pull man, along Pall-mall, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Church yard, Cheapside, to the Royal Exchange. Detachment of Life Guards. _ _ Her Ma j esty ' s Carriages, each drawn by six horses. Two Grooms The first Carriage, Two Grooms walking. drawn by six bays, walking. Conveys Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber, Exon of the Yeoman of the Guard, Page of Honour in Waiting. Two Grooms The second Carriage, Two Grooms walking. drawn by six bays, walking. Conveys Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert (Lord Geo. Lennox), Groom in Waiting (the Hon. Captain Duncombe), Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert (Capt. F. Seymour), Silver Stick. Two Grooms The third Carriage, walking. draws by six bays, Conveys Two Grooms walking. Lord in Waiting (Lord 13yron), Treasurer of the Household (Earl Jermyn), Vice-Chamberlain (Lord Ernest Bruce), Comptroller of the Household (the Right Honourable Colonel Dawson Darner). Two Grooms The fourth Carriage, walking. drawn by six bays, Conveys, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert (the Marquis of Exeter), Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (the Earl of Be verley), Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lord Forester), Master of the Buck Hounds (the Earl of Rosslyn). Two Grooms The fifth Carriage Two Grooms walking. drawn by six bays, walking. Conveys, Maid of Honour (the Honourable Lucy Kerr), Bedchamber Woman, Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk), Gold Stick. Two Grooms walking. Two Grooms walking. The sixth Carriage, Two Grooms drawn by six blacks, walking. Conveys, Lady of the Bedchamber (Lady Portman), Maid of Honour in Waiting (the Honourable Miss A. Murray), _ Lord Steward (the Earl of Liverpool), Lord Chamberlain (Earl Delawarr). Yeomen of the Guard. Twelve Footmen, four and four. Four Grooms THE STATE COACII, Four Grooms walking. Drawn by eight cream- walking. coloured horses, Attended by a Yeoman of the Guard at each wheel, and two footmen at each door, conveying THE QUEEN, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, The Mistress of the Robes (the Duchess of Buccleuch), The Master of the Horse (the Earl of Jersey). Escort of Life Guards. The carriages of the Ambassdors and Foreign Minis ters are to assemble at the lower end of St. James's street, to be in readiness, at half-past ten o'clock, to fall into the line immediately after the Queen's procession. The carriages of the Cabinet Ministers will form in like manner, and be ready at the same time, to fall into the line immediately after those of the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers. The general direction of the procession is under the orders of Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk Marshal ; Major-General Wemyss, Equerry to the Queen ; and Lieut.-Col3nel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Albert. On the arrival of the state procession at Temple-bar, and after the due reception of the Sovereign by the Lord Mayor, the order of the procession will be altered by the accession of the Civic cavalcade (the order of which pro cession was inserted in our journal yesterday). The Lord Mayor and the authorities of the city of London, with their officers, taking place in the royal cortege immediately after the sixth royal carriage, and the Yeoman of the Guard, as seen in the above official programme. The following is a list of the present Masters of the twelve principal Companies of the city of London, in the order of their precedency, invited by the Gresham Committee, at Mercer's Hall, to the opening of the New Royal Exchange by Queen Victoria, on Monday, the 28th of October, 1844 :- 1. Mercer's Company, incorporated 1393, George Aston, Esq., Master. 2. Grocers' Do., incorporated 1345, Cornelius Paine, Esq., Do. 3. Drapers' Do., incorporated 1439, Thomas Walker, Esq., Do. 4. Fishmongers' Do., incorporated 1384, William Wan sey, Esq., Do. 5. Goldsmiths' Do., incorporated 1327, Henry Blan chard, Esq , Do. 6. Skinners' Do., incorporated 1327, John Locke, Esq., Do. 7. Merchant Tailors' Do., incorporated 1466, William Gilpin, Esq., Do. 8. Haberdashers' Do., incorporated 1447, James Law Jones, Esq., Do. 9. Salters' Do., incorporated 1558, J. Fisher, Esq., Do. 10. Ironmongers' Do., incorporated 1464, John Birkett, Esq., Do. 11. Vintners' Do., incorporated 1437, L. D. Jacquier, Esq., Do. 12. Clothworkers' Do., incorporated 1482, Edward Gregory, Esq., Do. Inscriptions on the exterior of the Royal Exchange:— " The Earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof." " Anno Elizabethm R. XIII. Conditum—Anno Victorke R. VIII. Restauratum." Fortun a My. Honor Deo. Dne Dirige Nos I Prosperity to my House. THE ROYAL PROCESSION. very judicious alteration has been made in her Majesty's route on Monday next. Instead of going from Pall , mo to Pall-mall East, as stated in the bills, the Royal In3eession will pass down Cockspur ', rillar along the Strand. street in front of Nelson All THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE that an has invented, or nature can supply, will be called into requisition to grace the fair actresses on this national event. It is on such occasions of festivity that the vir tues and singularly happy properties of those auxiliaries of personal beauty, Rowland's Kalydor, Rowland's Ma cassar Oil, and Rowland's Odonto, shine pre,ereinent in their power ; while the white and swan-like neck, the rich luxuriant tress, and the pearly set of teeth form ad mirable trophies of their inestimable qualities ! The august patronage conceded by our gracious Queen, and the several Sovereigns of Europe, together with the beauties which adorn the circles of princely and regal magnificence ; and the confirmation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative renovating specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and given them a celebrity unparalleled. They have proved the theme of.the poet ; they are celebreted in the periodical litera ture of the whole civilised world ; the lays of Byron, and the voice of the universal press, have proclaimed the in comparable virtues of the " Oil Macassar," and of its a ccompanying preparations. The Wymondham and Dereham Railroad Company has purchased the property of the late Thomas Smith, Esq., and lately occupied by Colonel Oakes, at Dereham, for their terminus, and certainly a most advantageous situation for the purpose, being nearly in the centre of the town. We understand the buildings are to be com menced immediately ; arrangements are being entered into for the purchase of the land for the entire line, and the Company anticipate having it nearly completed by the time the Act is sanctioned. Surveyors are actively engaged in taking their levels and observations for bringing their lines of rails into Dereham, from Lynn, Wells, and other places ; if all the lines are carried out now cof.templated, Dereham must forma junction of some importaace.—Nor wick Mercury. A country Correspondent informs us that an ex press with dispatches from Sir Robert Peel arrived at Powis Castle, the seat of Earl 1 4 0wis, between two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning ; that another express from the same high quarter arrived at Powis Castle at six o'clock on Wednesday evening ; and that a reply to both expresses was immediately dispatched to London by the Noble Earl. The quidnuncs in the country are represented to be lull of conjectures as to the sub t ject- is mat t e r of this correspo ndence ; but the general belief that the Lord-Lieutenantcy of Ireland has been offered to Earl Powis.— Times. The Marquis of Hertford has contributed 2001. to the building fund of the new institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind of Ulster. CORONER'S INQUEST AT THE ETON UNION WORE, HOUSE.—SLOITGII, FRIDAY.— The inquiry . into the cause of the death of an illegitimate male child, belong ing to Martha Hitch, before Mr. ChFsley, one . of the Coroners for the county of Berks, which was adjourned on Wednesday last, was resumed at two o'clock this afternoon, in the hoard-room at the workhouse. Mr. Rigby, the gentle man deceased lived as cook ; Ar, Rigby, solicitor ; Mr. whos i e house the rnot . her of the w „;ch . lasted , Maurice Swabey, one of the county mapstrates ; the chaplain of the union, Dr. Dodswor:!! !. and some of the guardians, were present during the inquiry, nearly four hours. he jury returned a ver d . ict o, " Died from natural caTuses, and that no blame is to be attached to any one." The Berlin journals state that Lord Palmea longrston, previous to leaving that capital for Dresden, paid visit to Ai. de Cornelius, and conferred with him on the subject of the fresco paintings with which it is intended . to adorn the new Parliament Houses , his Lordship being one of the committee for directing the decoration of that edifice. Lord Palmerston was to leave Dresden on the Nth for Vienna, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 26 LITERATURE. DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW ROYAL -- EXCHANGE. E. Wilson, London, 1844. This neat and cheap little volume is brought out just at the fitting season, when public attention is fixed on the imposing ceremony of the opening of the New Royal Exchange, under the auspices of her Majesty, which, as every one knows, is to take place on Monday next. Mr. Wilson, the compiler of this work, has not only given us a circumstantial account of the Exchange as it at present exists, but has added an historical notice of all the former edifices, written with evident care and attention as to facts, together with a brief Memoir of Sir Thomas Gresham, the well-known founder of the original Exchange in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The volume is embel lished with several appropriate illustrations, and con tains a great deal of curious historical and anecdotical matter within a small compass. GREAT ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE MEETING AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, FRIVAY MORNING.—The League opened their winter campaign of agitation in Manches ter by one of the most crowded meetings in the Great Free Trade Hall which has ever yet been assembled in that building. The admission was by ticket, and so great was the number of applications, and the anxiety manifested to be present, that not a place was to be had, except for the few seats reserved, after Wednesday noon. Among the principal persons present were—Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. for Stockport ; John Bright, Esq , M.P. fur Durham ; Thomas Bazley, jun., Esq.; William Evans, Esq. ; Thomas Woolley, Esq.; Sa.nuel Lee, Esq. ; Peter Seville, Esq. (Oldham) ; Samuel Eveleigh, Esq. ; Edward Shaweross, Esq.; Joseph Brotherton, jun., Esq. ; J. Atkinson, Esq. ; R. Nicholson, Esq. ; J. Whitlow, Esq.; D. Ainsworth, Esq.; C. J. S. Walker, Esq,; W. It. Callender, Esq.; T. Chadwick, Esq.; Wil liam Morris, Esq.; J. Charlton, Esq.; William Shuttle worth, Esq.; Higgins, Esq.; T. Whitworth, Esq.; William Lockett, Esq. (Mayor of Salford); J. T. Crook, Esq. (of Liverpool); P. Walker, Esq. (Patricroft);. W. Walker, Esq. (London); Charles Cobden, Esq., W. Raw son, Esq., A. Prentice, Esq., Thomas Bright, Esq., Jacob Bright, Esq., jun., R. Malley, Esq. (Mottram); R. R. Moore, Esq., William Rowland, Esq., J. B. Scott, Esq., T. Woodcock, Esq., John Shuttleworth, Esq., W. Sale, Esq., John Shawcross, Esq. (Gorton) ; Alderman Armitage, Esq., F. A. Atkinson, Esq. Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright entered the hall, accom panied by the members of the Committee of the League, who had arrived precisely at the time the meeting had been advertised to commence (half -past seven o'clock), and were received with great and prolonged cheering. George Wilson, Esq., took the chair, and called upon Ilickin, secretary to the League, to read the minutes of the last meeting in London ; and these minutes were then, on the motion of Alderman Callendar, seconded by Alderman C. J. S. Walker, approved by the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then said—Ladies and Gentleman, if there should happen to be any strong monopolist here this evening, I would ask him if he believes the rumours circulated by his party as to the death of the League.— (Laughter and applause.) I would ask him to look at this meeting, and judge for himself how far it is worth his while to place any reliance on the veracity ofa party. instrumental in circulating reports to which this immense gathering gives such a triumphant and practical refuta tion.—(Loud applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, after a comparatively " still" public life of the League for some ten weeks past, we resume our meetings here this even• ing; and it will be my duty to give you some informa tion as to what has been the occupation of the League during the last ten weeks, in order that you may inform yourselves and judge for yourselves, u hether, at this particular season of the y ear, there could have been an y other business in which t he y could en g a g e, so likel y to contribute to the success of the cause of free trade, as that in which they have been occupied.—(Applause.) Some months ago we made no secret of a resolution to which the Council of the League had then come, to in stitute a searching inquiry into the condition of the re sister of nearly 140 boroughs of the country ; and we were compelled to do this from the knowledge that some one should do it, and that no other body existed, whose funds, whose agents, whose correspondence, and informa tion in every other respect, entitled them to do this so fully as the League.—(Hear, hear.) And although we have heard that the League have undertaken to do many things for which they have deserved the censure of their opponents, I have never heard it said of them that they had undertaken anything in which they have manifested a deficiency of energy in the business, and that energy, I will undertake to say, has never been shown to greater advantage than in the present regis tration.—(Applause.) The moment we announced our intention, a cry was set up as to the unconstitutional proceedings of the League.—(Laughter). " Oh "it is ,aid, " Look here ! here is the League going to pry into every one of those snug little properties that have escaped schedule A. What business has the League to inquire into those little family jointures of men, who, as Byron de scribes them, were only born to hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn; —(Applause and laughter.) They were greatly offended at this interference; some threats ned to resign—some of them thought it was of no use to have a Parliament if these things were not to be put an end to, or to have an Attorney-General, or to have law, or anything else.—(Laughter and applause.) Now, what is this interference of the League alter all ? The League is a great, a national body; it has its ramifica tions in every district of the country, and its registered members in every district. It may have its head-guars ters in Manchester or London, or elsewhere, but still it is the recognised organ of free trade in the country, and, as such, it has its agents in every part of the country. Well, what then? The members of the League aro the agents of the League for that district, and, as such, have a right to interest themselves and interfere in the repres sentation of those districts; and we say that we interfere by correspondence and otherwise in perfect good-will and fairness in those districts, and upon these letters and information we determine what steps we shall take in that locality where we are requested to interfere; and in no other case.—(Hear, hear.) What is the nature of this interference? We want to make the honest voter an independent and free voter.—(Bear, hear.) We in terfere, not to bribe or corrupt, but to enable the honest voter to drive away the corruptor and briber from his premises. We interfere to show him that the vote is his, and to be given for the best interests of himself and fellow-countryman, and not to be used by any man for the advancement of his own purposes. Well, gentlemen, we are here to-night to give some account of these last ten weeks' work in the registration in different parts of the country—not merely here, but in the country gene rally, though more especially in these districts, which were the birth-place of the League,—(Applause.) And first, as to the boroughs of South Lancashire. Well, we all know the position of the boroughs in South Lan cashire at the last general election. The boroughs re turned at that election twelve free traders and ten monopolists. There were seven boroughs which re turned free traders (or a free trader), and five which returned monopolists (or a monopolist). There were two boroughs which returned one and one ; and of the other boroughs there was one which re turned a free trader (who has become a monopolist), and another which returned a free trader, who was tins seated on petition ; but the Members for each side of the question are 12 and 10, as I have already stated, Well, over and above these we have four county Mem? bers, making fourteen monopolists to twelve free traders for the county and boroughs together ; and I am sure no man in this room, knowing the state of feeling, but will say it is high time such a condition of things was put an end to.—(Hear, hear.) Well, then, I hold in my hand a list, showing the result of the attempts made to purge the register in the boroughs ; and in the first place I would draw your attention to this fact, that in four of the boroughs returning seven free traders the monopolists have neve r s h own their face in the registrar don courts—a pretty fair proof that the change of opi nion, and the attention of the free traders to the regis tration has induced them to look with no expectation to the likelihood of altering the state of things in those bo roughs.—(Applanse,) Now, those boroughs are—Man niPnrgesttwono Members), Salford (returning (returning two Members), and c o h n e e st 3, e i r eni ( h re e t r u; Oldham (returning two Members) ; in all these boroughs on the recent revision, the alteration has been op she side of the free 4'aders, and the monopolists have not s t) wn tthhcrierefahceerso. fughs eces.—(Applause.) l t a e u r shedg freeT lse traders it w d e e r h e a veet, the in ad dition,t election, in which he gain on the registration this time has been so considerable as to place the Members of the boronghs out of danger. These are Ashton, Bolton, and Rochdale.—(Hear, tear.) You have, then, seven bo roughs in this county, returning ten Members to Parlia ment, in each of which there is not the slightest possi bility of a monopolist being returned to Parliament, provided a general election took place upon the present register.—(Loud applause.) Then wo have two bo roughs which return one and one ; and I blush to name as tie first that of Dolton, whiph returned at the last election two free traders, but the only man who has thought proper to change his opinions on this question ap h d as a th la e u gh.) Well, the misfortune to re turnagai n s to t its Parliament.—(Bear, ther ure gain there is 5 7 . Th e re g is t e r was fully as good last year as at the last election, and there is no doubt that, a to e w a u t. lf o lle e l e t r o , n at another election the burgesses of that borough will amply retrieve the mistake of the last election, and re turn two good free traders.—(Great applause.) The next place is Wigan ; and this was the only loss we have had ; we have gained, in 13 cases out of 14 ; we have had a loss there of two votes, and we give them the full benefit of it.--(Laughter and applause.) We have next Clitheroe, which was represented at the last election by a free trader, but who was unseated on petition. The state of the borough on this revision is such as to render the return of a free trader safe there—at least our infor mation leads us to this belief, and we have the informa tion upon good authority. Then we have the borough of Lancaster, which returns two monopolists ; the gain on the revision there is greater than to cover the majo rity by which the highest of the monopolist candidates was returned at the last election.—(Hear, hear.) The borough of Lancaster may be considered, with exertion, safe, should an election take place on this register.— (Applause.) We next come to Blackburn, which res turns two monopolists to Parliament. The highest of the monopolist candidates there at the last election had not a majority of more than half of what we have gained this year, and the borough of Blackburn may be added this year to the gain. At Warrington the gain on the revision is 32 votes. Our friends there believe it qui:e sufficient to change the representative for a free trader at the next election.—(Applause.) I have now shown that we shall have a gain if an election takes place on this register in the case pf Bolton, two in the case of Lancaster, two in the ease o Blackburn, and one in the case of Warrington ; and we come lastly to the borough of Liverpool. I wish I could report of' the borough of LiYer p ool as of the others. but I am ha, 'Veen to spy, such'ia not the case,' that there has 'Veen a gain on behalf of ihe free tradersof 45 ever their oppo nonta,—(Loud applause)—and that that dose 4 ,epeuted will be sufficient to change the representation of that town.—(llear.) Well, now we come to the county. We all know the position of South Lancashire. On the one hand you have evidence of the greatest a mount, I may nount, _ ca. say the gigantic amotu it, of 'energy, of industry, of pi - tat, and wealth ever seen i and, "on the other, You have a landed proprietary es:fh a territory . almost unknown in any other county. At i e last election, the firstc9n te,t on free trade principles, we a ll know the trifling majority which gained the victor et of the monopolist :can didate. It has been no secret the e- the work of registra tion a tion has been going on ever sit , ce that time. T monoplists placarded the walls im, nediately the conte h st e st was over, inviting their friends to c a nae and claim on the register, and the League gas o, tee them due ndn elves ready to put their house in order, and hold then against another election—(Applause)— It hey have cisnot done so, it is fur the best of all reasons, they could not.—(Hear, hear.) Well, the first re:ik. from the monopolists of what we We Te doing was an index to what would be the result, fol 7 they began tel cry out against the shameful number oA . objections made by the free traders.—(Laughter.) We admit there were 1 a great number, and why? We took the register, and every one knows that it was in a most shameful state. The properties giving qualifications were described in the most vague manner. We took the reghtrationin our hands, and with the greatest anxiety to place it in the best possible state, we induced 2,600 of our friends to reclaim, in order that they might give, as they were bound to do, the best and fairest description they could of the property for which they claimed to vote. (Hear, hear.) Then we objected to our opponents, finding they had not done so, on that ground; and Y am sure no man here will feel sympathy for men wishing to remain on the register with a wrong description, while they had it in their power to amend that description.—(Hear, hear.) We had not the means of striking od f these voters if they attended before the barristers ; but we considered ourselves justified, in order that we might have the de scriptions corrected and given in accordance with the law. Most of you are probably aware of the result of the last election for South Lancashire. There were 14,544 votes given for the two candidates together— being for Entwisle 7,571, and for Brown 6,973, and leav ing a majority for Entwisle of 596. On the objections against those 7,571 voters who polled for Entwisle, we struck off 878 at the revision.—(Loud and repeated rounds of applause.) And of the 6,973 who voted for Brown, our opponents have struck off 422; we striking off upwards of two to their one, and having a majority or gain on the objections over them of 456, and within 142 of the whole majority by which Mr. Brown was defeated at the late contest.—(Load applause.) Then, again, at this revision, there were 4,982 new claims ; of these the free traders made 3,141, and established 2,B2l—(Loud applause)—being a failure of only 320 of the whole of the claims made. So much for the reports propagated, week after week, that the free traders were filling the registers with spurious claims The number of claims made by the monopolists was 1,841, of which they established I,3s7—being a failure in 484 cases, and giving us a majority on the claims of 1,464 votes.—(Cheers.) Well, then there are 109 new claims, belonging , to parties whose opinions we have not yet had time to ascertain; but we willgive the monopolists the whole of these, and wo shall still have a gain on this revision, taking claims and objections together, of 1,751 votes.—(Great and prolonged cheering.) Now, it is quite right that we should see in what districts this great gain has been accomplished. In the first place, in the polling district of Ashton, we have 40 of the 1,751 ; in Bolton, 142 ; in the district of Bury, 75 ; in that of Wigan, 11 ; in that of Ormskirk. 17 ; in that of Old ham, 102—(Applause)—in that of Newton, 106—(Bravo) —in that of Rochdale, 233—(Applause)—at Liverpool, 490—(Applause)—and in the district of.Maneliester, 704, —(Loud cheers.) This makes a total of 1,920, from which deduct the 169 unascertained ones, and that leaves us a gain of 1,761. Then take from these 1,920 the 598 majority of Eutwisle at the last election, and the 169 unascertained, n eking altogether 767, and we have a working majority upon this register of 1,153 votes. — (Loud cheers.) An analysis of the new register, there fore, shows of old electors (free traders), 6,551 ; new electors (free traders), 2,821 ; total free traders on the register, 9,372. Of the old electors, b. ing monopolists, 6,093 ; ditto, new electors, 1,357; neutrals, 169; leaving a total of 8,219, or .a working majority, as already stated, of 1,153. (Applause.) And now, gentlemen, we come to the Northern Division. We have not done much there, but we have done something ; we have obtained a gain there upon the revision, with comparatively little exertion, of 533,—(Applause ) The result has been, then, to give us a gain of 533 votes for North Lancashire; to give us two seats for South Lancasaire—(Cheers)— and to leave the monopolists three seats in the boroughs, or five out of the whole 20 Members for the entire county; and I think you will agree with me that there never was, in the history of registration, so complete sweep of a county as this has been.—(Loud cheers.) I have also in my hand a list of returns for 70 out of the 140 boroughs over which the League has exercised some in fluence, and of these there are 68 in which there has been a clear gain upon the registration—in some a great gain ; but less or more in all.—(Applause.) Well, now we will leave these results to speak for themselves. They are here before the country. Our opponents may gather from them whether the League has been dead or slum bering, and they will, accordingly, derive what consola tion they may from them,—(.A.pplause.) We have con centrated our energies on these points. We thought it was where, for the season, our efforts were most re quired ; and although I may say we have done much, I believe the League is but yet in its infancy, and that in opening up this field of labour, it is occupying ground not before occupied, and to which the exertions before made afford no parallel.—(Loud cheers.) I now beg leave to call upon Mr.Cobden to address the meeting, RlcitAtin Esq„ M.P., then came forward. After much cheering the Hon. Gentleman said—Mr, Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen, I congratulate you upon this magnificent meeting. I was thinking as I sat there, that probably there never had been so many per sons assembled under a roof in England or in lJpropc as we have at this great League meeting ; and the occasion and circumstances under which we meet afford the most encouraging symptoms—{hear)—encouraging, inasmuch as they prove that it is from no transient motive that you have joined together in this great cause—(Hear)—that it is not from the pressure of distress, temporary dis- tress, that you have banded yourselves together—that the cause of free trade is, in your minds, something more than a remedy for present evils—that you look at it, under all circumstances, as a great and absorbing truth, and that your minds crave for it with an hitch lectual and moral craving which has made it almost a part of the religion of your souls.— (Hear, hear, and ap, plause.) I venture to say that this meeting, held under these circumstances, with no pressure or excitement to call you together, will have more weight, more effect, upon public opinion than a score of those assemblies we used to hold when we were drivers together, as It were, under the pressure of local and temporary distress.— (Cries of "Hear, hear.") And quiet as have been those statisical statements that you have heard from our chairman, I venture to say they will strike more terror into the ranks of the monopolists than the loudest demonstrations, or the most brilliant declama tion with which we have tried to interest you.—(Cheers.) Upon the subject of this registration there is one thought that occurred to me as our chairman was giving you an account of the proceedings in the county revi sion. It is this—that the counties are more vulnerable than the small pocket boroughs, if we can rouse the free traders of the country into a systematic effort, such as we have exercised in the case of South Lancashire.,-- (Hear, hear.) In many of the small boroughs there is no increase in the numbers ; there is no extension of houses ; the whole property belongs to a neighbouring noble, and you can no more touch the votes which he holds through the property than you can touch the balance in his banker's hands.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Now, the county constituency may be increased indefinitely. It requires a qualification of 40s, a year in a freehold property to give a man a vote for a county. I think our landlords made a great mistake when they retained the 40s. freehold qualification ; and mark my words, it is a rod in pickle for them.—(A laugh and cheers.) I should not be surprised if it does for us what it did for Catholic Emancipation, and what it did for the Reform Bill—give us the means of carrying free trade and if it should, the landlords will ; very likely, try to serve us as they did the 40s. freeholders ha Ireland when we have done the work.—(Hear, bear, and Oh, oh.) The 40s. franchise for the county was established Ave or six centuries ago. At that time a man, in the constitu tional phraseology of the time, was deemed to be a " yeoman," and entitled to political rights, provided he had 405. a year clear to spend. That was at that time a subsistence for a man, probably it was equal to the rental of 100 acres of !arid, What is it now ? With the vast diffasion of wealth among the middle classes, which then did not exist, and among a large portion lam happy to say in this district of the superior elms of operatives too, that 40s. franchise is become merely nominal, and is within the reach of every man who has the spirit to acquire it.—(Cheers.) I say, then, in every city where there is a large town population, as in Lancashire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, South Staffordshire, North Cheshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and many other counties I could name—in fact, every county bordering upon the sea-coast or . having manufactures in it, may be won, and easily won, if the people can be roused to a sys tematic effort to qualify themselves for the vote in the way in which the South Lancashire people have reached to this qualification. We find counties can be won by that means and no other. It is the custom, sometimes, for many to put their savings into the savings'-bank. I be lieve there are fourteen or fifteen millions, or more, so deposited. I would not say a word to lessen the eonfi. deuce in that security, but I say there is no investment so secure as the freehold of the earth ; it is the only in vestment that gives a vote along with the property. — (Hear, hear.) We come, then, to this—it costs a man nothing to have a vote for the county.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He buys his property-601. for a cottage is given-801 or 401. in many of the neighbouring towns will do it ; he has then the interest of his money, he has the property to sell when he wants it, and he has his vote in the bargaln.—(Loud cheers and cries of " Hear.") Sometimes a parent, wishing to teach a son to be eco nomical and saving, gives him a set of nest eggs in a savings' bank; I say to such a parent, " Make your son, at twenty-one years, a freeholder ; it is an act of duty, for you make him thereby an independent freeman, put it in his power to defend himself and hie children from political oppression—(Loud cheers)—and you make that man; with 601., an equal in the polling booth to Mr. Scarisbrook with his eleven miles in extent of territory, or to Mr. Egerton."—(Renewed eheers.) This must be done. In order to be upon the next year's register, it requires only that you should be in possession of a free hold before the 31st of next January.—(Hear, hear.) We shall probably be told that " this is very indiscreq— what is the use of coming out in public and aunouneing, such a plan as this, when your enemies can tube t a n d a v t a , tage of it as well as you l" that our opponents, the meonjOlpyottsst answer take ad irom de s ar, hear.) In the first rage of it as well as a e ss convition or prejudice o p i lt o i n ce op v o c i l: , o wunreseftherr capacity for inquiry, or their sympathies, have been blunted by already possessing an undue share of wealth.—(Hear, hear.) In the next place, if they wish to urge upon others of a rank below them to qualify for a vote, they cannot trust thou with the use of the vote when they have got it. —(llcar, anfl cheers.) But apart from that, I would answer those FINE ARTS. DRAWINGS FROM THE PRIZE CARTOONS. We visited, a day or two since, the drawings made by the Messrs. Linnell, from the eleven cartoons to which prizes were awarded by the Commissioners of the Fine Arts, previously to the public exhibition last year in Westminster hall. These drawings which, as Might be expected, are on a considerably reduced scale, have been executed under the auspices of Messrs. Longman and Co., and are remarkable for their strict accuracy as copies,. and the exquisite finish that dis tinguishes them. The outline, expression, and general effect of the original designs, have all been most care fully preserved; and indeed the drawings have received the warm approbation of all the artists to whose inspection they have been submitted. As most of our readers are, no doubt, acquainted with the originals, which were publicly exhibited last year for several weeks, we shall content ourselves with ob serving that they will find no cause for disappointment in the copies. In particular, Parris's graceful design of " Joseph of Arimathea converting the Britons," has been executed with singular spirit and elegance, especially as regards the upright figure of the preacher, which blends ease with dignity in no ordinary degree. Watts's picture of " Caractacus led through the streets of Rome"—a favourite subject with modern artists—exhibits not less excellence. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have just read with disgust the regulation of the Lord Mayor, which excludes people walking in the streets of the City after nine o'clock on Monday. Every one seems to think it must be a hoax. In fact, that was the first impression on my mind. It seems the act, of either a tyrant or a madman, to shut up the streets of London after nine o'clock. Let me beg of you, Sir, to exert your beneficial influence to endea vour to prevent this evil. Your constant reader, Lombard-street, Oct 25, 1844. JANUS. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. OCT. 23. Ann cutter, Hon. William Hare, from Ly ming ton. 24. Ganymede cutter, I. 11. W. P. Smyth Pigott, Esq., Plymouth and Torquay. SAI LING S. - OCT. 21. Xarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, for Ply mouth. 22. Kestrel ketch, Commodore Earl of Yarborough, Cowes harbour, to lay up. 23. Jack o'Lantern schooner, Earl of Orkney, ditto. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Flirt, Gem. Cutters—Phantom, Ann, Ganymede, Turquoise, Ariadne, Noran, and Nautilus yawl. Report says that her Majesty proposes visiting us again this season, and the 24th of November is men tioned as the day appointed. We have no great faith in this report, but we know that workmen are employed on Osborne House, and it is hardly probable that if her Majesty intended giving it up on the Ist of May, that this would be the case, or that the orders would have been given to fill the ice-house, or to lay down perma nent moorings for the royal yacht in Cowes roadstead. The cause of the late dreadful accident at Portsmouth was doubtless some of the wadding left on fire in the breach of the gun. A correspondent, who is in the woollen trade, informs us that there is a quantity of cotton in all low-priced flannels, and the cotton so intro duced was the cause of this and numerous other dreadful accidents. STEAM V. TIME.—THE QUICKEST TRANSIT YET KNOWN.—A gentleman left London last Friday morning by the ten o'clock train for Fleetwood, where he joined the Royal Consort steam-ship. Leaving that place at half-past eight o'clock in the evening, ho arrived next morning at Ardrossan at half-past eight o'clock (twelve hours), where he left per special train, and was in Glas gow by ten o'clock A.M., thus accomplishing the distacce of 400 miles in twenty-four hours.—Ayr Observer. WEST RIDING REGISTRATION.—The registration for the West Riding has closed with a gain of 40 for the Reformers.—Leeds Times. PRICE OF COAL.—We were yesterday informed, that owing to a strike for wages by the colliers of Staf fordshire, coal has increased Is. per ton.--Leamington Courier. It is generally expected that the Earl of Glasgow will be appointed to the situation of Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, vacant by the death of Mr. Speirs. STATE or TRADE.— The Leicester trade still re mains dull for the season, though a further demand be fore orders close for Christmas is expected. Spinners are flatter, and orders fall off; in wools not much doing, and no change in prices.—Leicester Journal. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY.--A rail way from Waterford to Limerick, via Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Caher, and Tipperary, has been brought for ward under most powerful patronage, and with a list of local Directors more influential than we have seen for a long time. The engineer is Mr. Vignoles, with whom lies the honour of having been the first to construct a railway in Ireland. The length is about 70 miles, and so easy is the country, that it is believed the works will cost only 10,0001. a mile, The capital is 750,000/., in 501. shares, with a deposit of 21. los. A return of at least six per cent. is anticipated. The promoters in their prospectus very properly repudiate the newly-revived quackery of paying interest on calls. —Railway Record. The _Provisional Committee of the London and Norwich Direct Railway met at Bury St. Edmund's last Thursday, to apportion the 35,000 shares for this under taking, on which occasion there were applications for upwards of 60,000 shares.—Norwich Mercury. THE RUMOURED ROYAL VISIT TO BURGHLEY.— For these two years past it has been repeatedly stated from Burghley that Queen Victoria was on the point of visiting the Marquis of Exeter, This story Is now renewed ; end it is added that great preparations are making at Burghley House for the reception of her Majesty, who is expected on the 4th of next month. It is even said that so large a retinue is expected with her Majesty, that it is necessary to fit up the house of the late Edward Brown, Esq., in Stamford (which, after his death, was purchased by the Marquis of Bx9ter), in order to accommodate some of the guests.—Stumford Mercury. We are happy to be enabled to state that, on the occasion of the queen's visit to the City, on Monday, her Majesty will lay aside her mourning, and appear in a full court dress of white. Full count dresses will also be adopted by the ladies who have received invitations to attend, and we learn that a great variety of gorgeous costumes are already in preparation. At this dull season of the y ear, Ker Majesty's determination on this point is calculated to give an important impetus to trade. —Court Journal. The boats employed in the herring fishery are doing much better than they were last year. The quantity of herrings shipped to the London market on one day last week, from Yarmouth and Lowestoft, amounted to the enormous quantity of 91 lasts.—Suffolk Chronicle. ExPt.OSON AT THE WESTMINSTER GAS WORKS, Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, the workpeople and others employed upon the promises of the Equitable Gas Company, Horseferry -road, Westminster, were thrown into a state of considerable alarm, in consequence of a terrific explosion which suddenly took place m one of the principal rooms adjoining the gasometer. Willia m Godwin, who had charge of that department, was found lying upon Isis back, in a state of insensibility, and his face and head So much disfigured with burns and scorph ings as almost to defy identification. He was promptly removed to *Westminster Hospital, awl hopes are given of his speedy recovery. TgaRTPLH FLOOD.—Never in the recollection of the oldest man living in the neighbourhood was the river of Ayle, above Westport, so swollen as it was last week, occasioned by the late continued heavy fall of rain. In the immediate vicinity of the beautifully pic turesque and truly magnificent subterraveous passage, extending from behind the church at Ayle to Bally burke, a distance of about two miles, the mountain flood had risen to a height of more than 8t feet from the ordi nary level of the river, carrying everything before it ; turf; hay, oats, and even cabins, have been swept away by the mighty torrent. The men labouring in the fields which cover this Subterraneous water-course describe the noise of the moving torrent embowelled in the earth beneath them as the booming of many cannons, or re sembling the sound of the loudest thunder.—Castlebar Telegraph. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY FARES IMPROVED.—We had the great pleasure last week of announcing a considerable reduction in the fares charged to passengers on this line of railway, namely, from t's., as., and 3s. 6d., to 65., 45., and 2s. 6d., with the addition of one-third class train from Liverpool in the morning, to return in the even ing, to take effect from to-morrow week, Saturday, November 2d. In these concessions to the claims of the public we have an instalment, for which we are truly thankful ; but we have not had time dnring this great Birkenhead week to inquire into scrersl particulars of deep interest to the community, and which Shall have our best attention next week.—Liverpool Mercury. 14e)*T SilocKiriG.—The Pottsville (Pa) journa l gives the following horrid prticulars of the finding of the bout of 5 young German, in the bushes near the canal tit tort Plinton, on frvesday last. The body "was found in a state of nudity, partially eaieri by hogs. His clothes, a blue frock coat, linen pants, and vest, lay at aide. He arrived at Port Clinton in a line boat, a few days be fore, and being without means to indulge his propensity for drink, it is supposed he was attacked with a fit, and died where he was found. The remnant of his remains were gathered in a box aridlouried at the spot where they were found.—Vcio York Morniny Ctruricr,Oct. 844. „.... .e.s - r t this ------------- til—it is m: ch too ~.„----,:-,.... ~ public appeal _,..,, Nle who eaviieS ' the enem y's and sa y — ” " YOU col t will i lot put salt upon.. 'eee a,tail w i se a bird. They have i... - i ,." tic r work long ago , the ittridliv. --Meer, hear.) What h.as been the cendue _ °Ms si the coun try and th ey have the Italic INC lll °" ft worst_t of the s . ? \Vhy . they i e . -egaged in multiply ing voters upon their estates, making their farmers take their sons, brothers, nephews to the re gister—making them qualify as many as th e rent of tied land will Cover; they have been making their land a kind of political capital ever since the passing of the Reform Dill.—(Cheers and a laugh.) You have then a new ground open to you which has never yet been entered upon, and from which I expect—in the curse of not more than three years from this time— ti,a,:- every county, if we persevere as we have in Soue'a Laeleasil.' re, possessing a large town population, may carry free tel"tders as their representatives to Parliament. ev, gentlemen, with just these prelimi going' to notice a common objection --(Cheers.) lei,: nary a t i, s. e l as i two or three months, that the made'.roni:a'srkdsu,rilngw League had been very quiet of late—that we have been . doing nothing.- - (Hear.) q Many people have said to me, " When are you gong out into the Ugric:o4lN districts again ? I think they will be quite ripe for you now, for most of your predictions have; fallen true, and the farmers will come and listen."—(Hear.) bay answer has been, " We are better employed at present at home, and the landlords aro doing our work very well for US at their agricultural meetings."—(Loud laughter and cheers.) What have been the features of the agricultural meetings we have heard of in the last two months ? There is one very striking circumstance, that from the Duke of Buckingham downwards every president of an agricul tural association has always begun the proceedings of the day by saying, " We must not introduce political topics in the discussions of this association."—(Hear, hear.) That means, " it is not convenient to us, the political landlords, to talk about the corn-laws just now to the farmers!!"—(Cheers) —and so they talk of evertbing else but the corn-laws, and a very pretty business they make of their discussions.—(A laugh.) We hear In every ease in which I have read their reports of the deplorable state of the agricultural labourers. Now, I beg to premise, from my own personal observation and much inquiry, that the agricultural labourers, as a class, are better off now than they were when corn was 70s. the quarter, in 1839 and 1040.—(Hear, hear.) 1r watched the pootelaw returns during those years, when we had such deep dis tress in this district, and I found that able-bodied pau perism was Increasing faster in the porn-growing coun ties of Sussex and Kent than they were in these mann facturlng districts. When we celled together the con ference of ministers from all parts of the country, the accounts they brought from the rural villages were as heartsrending as anything we had ever known in these manufacturing districts.—:(llear.) You did not hear the clamorous cry from the agricultural districts then, be cause they were drowned in the ceneentrated cry 'from these populous regions; but they were suffering as much as you were suffering.—(Hear.) And now, when in this district employment and comparative prosperity have re turned upon us, we hear of the state of the agricultural labourers, which has been always bad, always at the lowest leyel of wretchedness, only because you have ceased to occupy the public mind with your complaints and your distresses.—(Hear, hear.) But if what they tell us is true, that the agricultural labourers are so dis tressed, what becomes of their plea in the House of Com mons, that the corn-law was passed and kept up for the benefit of the agricultural labourers ?—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") After what I have heard from these gentlemen, the squirearchy in the House of Commons, I should have expected that they ought to have been the last upon the institution of agricultural associations to complein of distress, and of the dangers impending over them in the future, to have said, " I have 4 nostrum in my pocket that will quite prevent distress among agri cultural labourers. Have we not got the corn-law ? Did we not pass it upon the pretence of remedying the distress of the agricultural labourers ? Here it is. We have the sliding scale, and depend uon it our agricultu ral labourers have nothing to fear,'---(Hear.) But in stead of that, in no instanee do they ever allude to the corn-law, as either a cause of employment or as a means of remedying the evil.—(Hear, hear.) They never al lude to any Act of Parliament of the kind at all; and they seek wide and far for some other remedy for their distresses.—(Hear, hear.) What are their remedies ? One of the latest declared is allotments of land. To hear the outcry that wfil have from the leaders of the country, glorifying themselves with the idea of giving a patch of land to the labourer, you would have thought they had resolved all at once to make a present of a little slice of their estates to the labourers around them—(Hear, hear) —but what does it amount to ? It is proposed that each cottage should have a garden attached to it ! The ge neral advice is, I see, that it should be not more than half an acre, and some are recommending it to be a quarter of an acre in extent ! It amounts to this, that the landlords, benevolent souls, are ping to allow the peasantry that live upon their land to have a garden to their cottages.—(Hear, hear.) Why, there was a law passed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, ordaining that no cottage should be built in this country without a gar den being attached to it.—(Hear.) I do not believe that law has ever been repealed to this day • and the landlords, after violating the law are now taking credit to themselves, and glorifying each other, that they are going to allow their labourers to have a garden to their cottages.—(Hear.) Now what is the mode in which these gentlemen go to work to benefit the agricultural labourers ? They call them together for a ploughing match, then they bring them into the room una give them a glass of wine, and they vivo a" reward" of thirty shillings to the wall who h:is ploughed the best l Then they inquire who has served twenty-five years in the same place, and perhaps they condezcend to give him thirty shillings as a reward for good conduct.— (Hear.) Then the farmers. The farmers who sit at the table have their names read over, and pri=es are awarded to one for successfully cultivating turnips, to an other for having produced a good fat ox, and to another for having accumulated the greatest quantity of fat upon a pig.—(Laughter.) And this is the way in which agri culture is to be improved !—(Hear.) What should you think if a similar plan were adopted to protect you In your business ?—(I ear.) Let us suppose that a number of monopolists came down once a year—once a year mind you—for the lesson is only given once a year, and then only about two hours and a half long—that they held a meeting, in which they would have a spinning match or a weaving match.— (Hear,) And after they had been into some Flo mill to see this spinning and weaving match, they sat down to dinner and Job Hay. greaves or Frank Smith is brought in, stroking his head down all the while as he comes berm the squirearchy— (Laughter)—and making bis very best bow, to receive from the chairman thirty shillings as a reward fox having been the best spinner and the best weaver.—(Hear, and laughter.) And this being disposed of, imagine next the manufacturer getting t prize of 51 for the best piece of fustian.--(Cheers.) And another, ditto, ditto, for the best yard-wide calico.—(Laughter.) Then imagine a shopkeeper rising from his seat at the table, while the chairman puts on a grave face, and addressing him in complimentary terms, presents him with 5/., for having kept during the pant year his shop floor and his counters in the cleanest state.—(Shouts of laughter.) Then they call up a manufacturer, and he has an award of 51., be cause the inspectors had found his mill to be in the best working condition.—(A laugh.) Then the merchant rises up, awl gets his reward of 51, for having been found by the inspectors to have kept his books in the best order by double entry.—(Renewed laughter.) You laugh at all this, and well you may. You cannot help it. Where is the difference between the absurdity, the mockery, of bringing up men in round frocks to a dinner table and giving them thirty shillings because they have ploughed well, or hoed well„'or harrowed well ; bringing up farmers to give them prizes for having the cleanest field of Swedish turnips, or for having managed their farm in the best way ? Whero is the difference, I ask, between offering these rewards and the giving out here of sncli rewards as I have just now alluded to ?—(Hear, hear.) Let us suppose, if you can keep your counte nances, that such a state of things existed here, and what must he the concomitant order of things ?—(Hear, hear.) It would argue, in the first place, that the pro prietors who were so treated were an abject and a ser vile class.—(Hear, hear.) It would argue that the trader who could condescend to be treated so, would himself be little better than a slave.—(Cheers.) And if you needed such stimulants as these to make you carry on your business as you ought to do, how do you think you would be found in the race of industry as compared with other countries, where they were not quite so childish as to be fondled and dandled by a body of Members of Parliament ?—(Hear, hear.) Why, there would not be a country on the face of the world that you could compete with—that is evident. You would, like them, be going to these same Parliamentary men who were your nurses, in order that they might pass an Act of Parliament to protect you in your trade.—(Hear, hear.) But the landlords themselves, they do not give themselves praises, but they hold up their conduct as something deserving of reward, of public admiration, because they can come forward and tell us that they make the most of their land forsooth.—(Hear, hear.) I was reading just now, in this morning's paper, a report of Lord Stanley's speech at the Agri cultural Society's meeting on Tuesday, which by the magic power of steam has been carried to London, and brought back to us here in Manchester, in two days.— (Hear.) Lord Stanley tells us what must be done with land. He says ;—" And I repeat what I have already said on a former occasion in this room, that there is no investment in the world in which a landlord can so safely, so usefully, or so profitably invest his capital, as in the improvement of his own farm, by money sunk in draining, on security of the land which belongs to him self."—(Hear, and cheers.) Well, what does this amount to ? That it is the interest of the landlord to make the most of his land.—(Hear, and a laugh.) And he goes on to say, and he takes some little credit to himself and to his father for what had been done with his land here in Lancashire. He says :—" In this last year we havelaid down in deep draining somewhere abou t threes,hu dred miles of drains, at an expense of betwee.nll. 0001 and 6,000/. ; and, I think, emplyed about a mi a half of draining tiles."—(Hear.) I believe my friend Mr, Bright her (Cheers)who has been building a mill has during the same ti m e been laying down about a million and a half of bricks in erecting it—(Laughter and cheers) —but you would be astonished, would you not, and I am sure the squirearchy would be rather if Mr. Bright were to get up hero and talk of puzzled, that as something for which he might glorify himself, having first of all declared it was the most profitable in vestment any man could make.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) By the way, I wish my Mend here would calculate how much duty his million and a half of bricks pay to the government, which duty my Lord Stanley and his fellow landlords have managed to exempt drain in; tiles from.—(Hear, and applause.) Now, gentle men, I do not want to sa y anyt hi ng rude or uncivil, and I will not apply my remarks personally to Lord Stanley, but I IN ill say this, that the whole course of the conduct of these gentlemen in their eNhibitions—the landlords— when tiwy parade to the world what they condescend to dO with their land, is just a gratuitous ?loco "e, i mpert i_ - ilea" to t 4 rest of t 4 CQuur7.7,,y.—(Lou'd cheers.) _....... _________________ What do we care what they do with their reasoni3l e T s u.7,—hdyowuni;eoete rushes."—(Cheers.) make sh.tild the be f i(Hear)—whethe r they put down draining tiles or not ? .your t l ila ll t i' y l e o a i n i s t a l in , y a i i t y s i s grow this, no' i starving n o g ' It is a gross humbug, to use no milder term—(Much cheering) —on • the part of those who come forward at the agricultural :meetings, to glorify themselves about the mode in which they choose to dispose of their private property— .(Great l aug ht er .) There is a gross delusion lurking under it.—(Hear.) It is intended to make us believe that we are indebted to them, and must wait until they choose to supply us with our food—that it is something, like a condescension, or at least an act of favour on, their part, that they give us their food in exchange for our manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what is the reason that the land has not been improved before ? Lord Stanley tells us here when these great improve ments began, and mark what he says :—" Even within the last tew years—within a much shorter time than that which I have named—within the last four or five years—l see strides which, small as they may be, com pared with what might be done, are gigantic, when corn-- pared with what was d one before." What was " doze taore" ? What has been done " within the last fe.,,r or five years" i Lord Stanley takes credit for agri'zultural associations, Why, what hare they been dowg ? U p to within the last year when did they condescend to talk about the Qom-laws ? From one end of the kingdom to the ether any were nothing but political clubs, for the purpose of drawing the poor tenant-farmers together, in order that they might be drilled by the land-agent, to be made subservient at a future voting day ; and the whole talk of these agricultural associations was, not about im proving the land, but maintaining protection to British a O- riculture.—(Clners.) And now what can these agri cultural associations do for agriculture ? They meet once a year ; they generally have a man in the chair who begins, as Lord Stanley does, by admitting bla practical ignorance of the subject upon w hi c h h e is r:""ing to dilate ; and the chairman is generally the man who occupies three-fourths of the time of the me - ..ting by his speech.—(Hear, hear.) I have watelra the proceed ings of these associations, and I haw: observed they have had all sorts of people exceDt farmers in the chair— (Hear, hear)—and upcw one occasion, in a part of Mid dlesex, I observe t.hi late Attorney-General, the present Chief Baron Pollock, was in the chair as president ; and I must do him the justice to say (for he is a most candid and excellent man) that he began his opening address by declaring he did not know anything concerning what they had met about.—(Loud laughter.) What have these associations done for agriculture ? They assemble, men together once a year ; they bring prize cattle to be exhibited ; they bring agricultural implements to be exa mined. Are improvements only to be sought for once a year in agriculture P—(Cheers.) Would that do for umaufactures ?—(Hear, hear.) Only think of a com mercial meeting once a year to see what our neighbours are doing ; whether there was any new machinery in vented ; or which of the hands bad discovered some new process in calico printing ! Would that once a year go down, with the chance merely of finding something of that sort ? Could not the farmers see wh....t superior farming there was to be seen by riding eat every day in the week to look over their neighbours' hedges ? Could they not learn where the best breeds of cattle were to be had from the advertiseraonts of those who had them to sell ? And could they not get the best agricultural im plements by writing for them any day by the penny post, whether they were to be found in Manchester, London, or Ipswich ?—(Hear.) The thing is a farce ; and when my Lord Stanley takes credit to these agricultural asso ciations for having improved agriculture during the last five years, I say it is not due to those agricultural associations, but to the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Great. applause.) It is owing to that that the agriculturists and the landowners have been roused from their lethar gic sleep.—(Cheers.) They are buckling on their ar mour to meet the coming competition, which competi tion will do for them what nothing else will do, and what it has done for manufactures—it will make the agricultu rists of this country capable of competing with the far mers of any part of the world.—(lmmense applause.) They give up the whole case when they talk in this way.—(Hear.) When they tell us what the land m i g h t do, and what it ought to do, which they admit it has not done, they plead guilty to all we have ever alleged against them and their system of corn-laws.—(Hear.) I 1 ask this—Can they bring a Member of Parliament, a hand mei theorist, into Manchester, with his books in , can he suggest a single improvement in any of our pro cesses of manufacture, whether they are connected with mechanical or chemical science ? No.—(Cheers.) I went the other day into several establishments with one of the most eminent French chemists, a man renowned in Europe ; he had nothing to say on visiting the dye works or the print works of this neighbourhood, but to express his unqualified admiration of the perfection to which they had brought the arts among us.—(Cheers.) Can they come here and say, as they say of themselves in connextion with their industry, " you ought to pro duce three times as much as you produce from your ma chinery, for it is already done in other places which we can name to you ?"—( Hear.) No ! But what do they say of their own land ? I have heard Mr. Ogilvy, wbo was engaged by Mr. Brooke, of Mere, and other land lords of this and the neighbouring county, as superin tendent of their estates, declare—and he is willing to go before a Committee of the House of Commons to prove it—that Cheshire, if properly cultivated, is capable of producing three times as much as it now produces from its surface, and he is willing the statement should be made public upon his authority, and there is no higher authority in the kingdom.—(Cheers.) I say, whatever improvement has been made in this respect, it is t 3 the Anti-Corn-law League we are indebted for it, and more —the most bigotted of our opponents have made the ad mission. Whilst they abhor the League. and detest its principles, they have made the admission—" at all events," they say, " you have done good, and are doing good to agriculture." I passed last year, about this time, over to Knutsford, where I held a public meeting close to the gates of Mr. Egerton, of Tatton. As I went from the railway station across to Knutsford, I rode at least five or six miles through the estate of that large proprietor, and I saw the land was in the same state as I believe it was at the time of the Conquest, and growing just about as plentiful a supply of rushes as of grass. — (Hear, hear.) It so happened that upon the day I was addressing the meeting upon the race-course at Knuts ford, Mr. Egerton, of Marne was paying a visit to Man chester, to preside at thie Manchester Agricultural As sociation—(Hear, hear)—and I took the opportunity of saying, in the course of my remarks, that I thought a gentleman who had such an extent of territory as he had, might be better employed in exterminating his rushes, and setting a better example to his neighbours at home, than in travelling to Manchester to preach up improvements in agriculture.—(Hear, hear.) The other day I met a gentleman who happened lately to be at Knutsford, and he told me, that, whilst sitting at the inn, there came in a number of neighbouring farmers, whose conversation turned upon agriculture. In the course of their conversation, one of them remarked, " What a deal of draining has been going on here since Cobden was hero blackguarding him about the rushes !"—(Cheers.) We have, indeed, given them a fillip ; we have stirred them up a little. But, gentlemen, if mere alarm of the approach of free trade has done so much for agriculture, what will free trade in corn itself do for it t —(Cheers.) " Why," they say, "we should be an exporting country if we only grew as much as e r e ma y grow." I have no objection to it if, besides feeding the whole of the people as they ought to be frea— no short commons !—(Cheers)-- if besides feeding 'them well, they could send four or five millions et,', quarters of corn abroad, and bring us back tea n;id sugar, and such like matters in addition. We shall then have no reason to complain of the British. agriculturist.—(Hear.) But we do complain that, whilst they stop our supplies from other countries, under pretence of benefitting agriculture, they at the same time come before us at these meetings of our own, and plead guilty to our charge that, under this system of protection, they are not making the most of their land.—(llear, hear.) I speak my unfeigned conviction—and we have the very best agriculturists with us in that conviction—men like Lord Ducie, and others, who are agriculturists by profession—when I say I believe there is no interest in this country that would receive so much benefit from the repeal of the corn-laws as the farmer-tenant interest in this country.—(Cheers.) And I believe, when the future historian comes to write the history of agriculture, he will have to state, "In such a year there was a stringent corn-law passed, for the protection of agriculture. From that time, agricul ture slumbered in Engiand, and it was not until, by the aid of the Anti-Corn-law League, that the corn-law was utterly abolished, that agriculture sprung to its full vigour and existence in England, and became what it now is, like her manufactures, unrivalled in the world." —(Loud cheers.) It is a gloomy and most discoura*g thought that, whilst this s 3 stem of corn-laws ieterea tively starves the people in the manufacturing districts, and then ruins the farmers, that it really in the end con fers no permanent benefit upon any class.—(Hear, hear.) I told you in the beginning I did not believe the agri cultural labourer was now so badly off as he was when corn was 70s. a quarter, but I will tell you where dirs+ tress in the agricultural districts is now. It is among the tenant-farmers themselves.—(Hear, been) They are paying rent with wheat at 455. a quarter, which they have bargained for at the calculation of wheat being 56!., and in many cases 60s. the quarter. It is owing ae g r to this discrepancy in the prices that the tenant-farmers discharging now their labourers, paying rent out of capital ; is the real d una ble to theyemoyand distress now existing the agricul. tural districts. This s t ate of thin g s will not continue them—and areem— .theirs either o r in the agricultural districts. What is tne l language n here gag w hich drops from these landlords at some of their meeting s ? It is, " We shall not ver y likel y h ave higher prices for corn this year ; we must wait for better times ; we will give you back ten per cent. this u year." No permanent reduction, and why ? Because they know that by the certain operation of this system, in less than five years from this time, this wheel of for tune, or rather misfortune, will go round again ; you will be at the bottom, and the farmer at the t o p, an will have wheat again at 70s. or 80s. a quarter, giving thus a pretended prosperity among the farmers. As sure as you have had this revolution before, so sure will you have it again. There is nothing in Sir Robert Peel's corn-law to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters. The law is as complete a bar to legitimate trade in corn as the old law was. I speak in the pre sence of merchants shipping to every quarter of the globe, men who bring back the produce of every quarter of the globe, and I put it to them whether, with this sliding scale, they dare to order from a foreign country a single cargo of wheat in exchange for the manufac tures which they sell ? This being the case— and it is the whole case—you are not stimulating other countries, to provide for your future wants, you are laying ter no store here, or stores abroad, and there will be a es e . currence of the disasters we have passed throe g t,— (After some further observations, the Hon. resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheteme r .sent man le ars PRIGHT, M.P., then stepped frorwardamidst mot enthusiastic cheering, au4, wrie:o it had subsided, he spoke as follows; —W hen I en.l.CrQd tl#s room to-day, and cast my eyes over the vast nleeting, 'I was led to make