The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-31 00:00:00

GR EAT LEAGUE MEETING THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. Rsxt WEEKLY MEETING of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN ' AN LEAGUE will be held in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, CH THURSDAY EVENING NEST, February 1. - The meeting will be addressed by General Sir De Lacy Evans, 'Colonel T. I'eyronnet Thompson, John Bright, Esq., Mr., and others. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair precisely at Seven o'clock. Cards of admission to the stage and boxes may be had on applica tion, after Monday next, at the Central Offices of the League, No. 67, Fleet -street. The Cards of Registered Members of the League will, as heretofore, admit to the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre. THE TRESS. AGENTLEMAN (1i some Literary Attainments, who has been accuF,'..omed during several years to perform the duties of a REPORTER, and SUB-EDITOR, is desirous of entering Into a new engagemr.A. Being well acquainted with the principal ''Ramages of the Couthaent (where he has already resided), he would bat object to act US Foreign Correspondent or Reporter. Address to J. IL, 49, Gloucester-street, Queen -square, Bloomsbury. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR -2...2`CR SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. CsAltai - £.500,000. Empowered by Act Parliament. At thr, First Annual Division of Profits in May, 1843, Policies of a ye Psfirs' standing in this Society became entitled to a bonus 55 ai - er: 4 o,_ I;per cent. on the Premiums paid. EXAMPLES: try Polley. , e. s . Annual Bonus 1 Cash Prem. -- "'loo. '''' Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. .........._ 1 X £ a. d. .£ s. d. £ s. d. £ e. d. 183 7 ..... 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1 1 138.,..... 114, 56 3,000 175 16 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9'7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. lIIMEDLATE ANNUITY FOR EVERY 11UNDRED POUNDS SUNK. • Annuity. I Annuity. Age 40 £6 4 21Age 70 £l4 2 2 50 7 . 9 0 75 60 ............. 914 3 FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSUR RANCE OFFICE, Jew. 31, 1844. _Notice is hereby given that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL - 4 EETING of PROPRIETORS will be held at the Office of this So eietY, No. 10, Fleet-street, London, on TIIVIODAY, the 15th February bext, for the purpose of ELECTING an AUDITOR In the room of Charles Austin, Esq., Q.C., who has been chosen a Director. The Chair will be taken at One.o'clock precisely. By order of the Board, T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary. AGIJS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY " 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT If PARLIAMENT, . saucl 6 Will. IV. c." 6. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James CBl's, Esq. 'William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Ald. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq. John Humphery, Etq., Alder - Lewis Pocock, Esq. man, MA), CossuLTING AcyuA sty—Professor Hall, of King's College. I,systcsArs—Dr. jeaffreson 2, Finsbury-square. 4111 Rqttsw—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the Assured lave, the security of the Company's income of nearly £60,000 per an num , y ear ly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of previum are reduced to the lowest scale com patible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, tbeeby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder 1 . 1 immediate asd certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred st•;,d fretuently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Protts. AIeUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £100• Age. I Fe One Year. I For Seven Years.' Whole Term. 8 £Ol9 I £lll 10 8127 2 0 7 0 1 6 9 2 14 10 1 1 19 10 4 0 11 4 317 0 6 010 20 #AI7 30 1 1 40 1 5 50 , 1 14 60 i 3 2 Une-tird of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 p er tent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, c osy be paid off at any time without notice. In Aturances for Advances of Honey, as security for debts ?r as aprovision for a family, when the least present outlay desi l ble, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus °Swill be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Th Medical Officers, attend daily at a quarter before Two dam;. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. IN RE HARMAN'S BANKRUPTCY. Zitant Modern Household Fwiture, Fixtures, Plate, Linen, China, ed Glass, Library of Books, Pictures, Handsome Carriages, and or:r Superior Horses. ~/MESSRS. ADAM MURRAY and SONS, are instructed by the Assignees to:SELL by AUCTION, on the ;elitism, No. 63, Chester-square Pimlico, on Thursday, February 8, Eleven for Twelve precisely, ' all the genuine and very superior IOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Fixtures, and Effects; comprising 'lfeutiful Spanish mahogany sideboard and dining tables, chimney end Pier glasses of large dimensions, two splendid cabinet secre :sires in ebony and rosewood, elaborately finished ; richly carved rosewood 100, card, and pier tables, and drawing-room chairs, 141 of the best make ; sofas, settees, and ottomans, covered in hand unit blue tabaret, and curtains to match ; rich cut-glass lustres, 'ad turquois opal lamps, mounted in lsrass work, highly chased ; e - Pleces of fine workmanship. Brussels carpets, various articles °I 'vertu, china, and glass, 600 ounces of plate, shell pattern, and an f i iSottinent of splendid plated articles ; a horizon tal g rand pianoforte . Stodart, four-post, tent, and French bedsteads , bedding of all cheval and dressing glasses, wardrobes, toilet tables, wash nand stands, and chests of drawers, 600 volumes of books, large rases, work boxes s,nd writing desks, in rosewood and mahogany, kitchen utensils, Sze. ; a handsome modern chariot a nd a one-horse Phaeton, a pair of superior bay carriage horses and a beautiful bay !un g horse, neat plated harness, and other effects. May be viewed ;'" 1,3 day prior to the sale ; and catalogues had of William Pennell, cp., official assignee, 31, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rickards and solicitors, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Messrs. Tooke, solidi ij,°. 39 , Bedford-row; at the place of sale; and o f Messrs. Adam and Sons, 47, Parliament -street. SIGHT AND HEARING. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TE LESCOPES, OPERA-GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS, for RELIEF of DEAFNESS, /tre. Patronised by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Roy al tg'n are h T t ri‘s the Princess Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess y the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duches s of Bedford, and their Graces the ArclibiFhoto of Canter bury, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Argyii, Marlborough, and Manchester. Marquises of Londonderry and Thomond. Earls of Albem ar l e , Eaglctown, Shaftesbury, Tankerville, Powis, Bradford, Wicklow, Vert'laro, Harrowby, Buckingham, Meath, Somers, Ox ford, Lisburne, and Ferrers. Bishops of Exeter, Blandford, Lin coln, Cerk, Elphin, and Kildare. Generals Sir Edward Paget, Sir Evan Lloyd, Frederic Maister, Clayton, Galway, Grosvenor, Mor rison, Dyott, Robertson, and Mackenzie. Major-Generals Sir H. Elphinstone, P. Fyers, D. M`Leod, Hamilton, and \Vemyss. Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir IL Barton, Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Hay. Admirals Sir George Cockburn, Sir George Munday, Sir G. Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir A Gold, and Ross. Messrs. S. and C. SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, 39, Albernarle.street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, have in. dented Spectacle Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power_ i mmediately these newly invented Spectacle; Lenses are placed before extremely imperfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes are at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, vision becomes rrescrved and strengthened, and very aged people are enabled to troploy their sight at the most minute occupation, and can see with t hese Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor will they re quire the frequent changes to further helps, as the Spectacles now common use, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state; those objects being accomplished is a matter of much de e-Per consequence than can'be imagined. All kinds of newly invented INVISIBLE ACOUSTIC IN STRUMENTS, which enable individuals at an advanced age, and of fo rty and fifty years' standing of extreme deafness., instantly to join i^ general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low 'Peaker at church, theatre, &c. It pours the conversation into the e ars to such an extent that in most severe cases deafness cannot be cos eryed. Also the most powerful newly invented ACHROMATIC "ERA-GLASSES, which are invaluable on the race - course , as well as at the theatre, &c. The Telescopes fir the waistcoat ocket possess extraordinary great powers for shooting and sea t) UrPoses and with stands for astronomical observations, with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy. The wets are so great over all others, and the L enses so bri g ht and brilliant that the most minute objects, at an extraordinar y (Bs fa"; are brought completely under the ey es. S p ortsmen, tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Single and Compound MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation of the blood of a Fly and a Flea can be seem flowing in great 'crea m , CAtrrioN.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a Person of the same Name in their immediate Neighbourhood, nor in any p a rt of the countr y . ~, • 0 prevent mistakes, be Cautious, and Observe, only to be had at Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposit" the York Hotel. MJULLIEN'S CONCERTS. ___• .. ... I Cl.Jullien's Concerts" have caus'd a great stir, And most folks applaud them, without a demur. With success most abundant these Concerts have met, ,And, doubtless, th , zir loss will be felt with regret ; nut stop, gentle reader, We'd have you to know, That we have " Our Concerts"—decidedly so ! " Mad am Fame," with the " trumpet" is heard far around ; " Herr Koenig." himself, can't produce such a sound. And then there's " Miss Muse," with her " musical lyre," Whos e exquisite " melody" all must admire. The " strains" of this lady (if wrong, we beg pardon), Ar e more than a rival for all " Covent-garden." And as for the " ring" of the " silve r " and " g old," It yields you such " music" as cannot be told. la, " discords" the MOSES' are ne v er involv'd— ,yr, if they have " discords," they're quickly " resolv'd." v ilhe wonderful business of MOSES and SON • " Orgae•iZed so that it can't be out-done. We a c t i n " sweet concert" in all our vast sales, the strictest of " harmony" ever prevails. w• hi'e things are " arrang d" on a plan such as t hat, We'r e sure that our bus'ness will never " B(c) Flat." May it ever " 13(e) Sharp," through the name we have got, And that's but a " Natural" wish—is it not ? Bat why s h ou ld we " harp" on this " string" any m ore ? e can only " repeat" what we've utter'd before. a-et, the p u bli c , themselves, in the kingdom arou nd, Mme and prove that our merits ar e not a mere " sound." Oar trade, they will find, when they v i s i t our p lace, Is built on a firm and a permanent" bas(s)e." And now for the " k e y-uote"—(and then we are done.) Came and " Treble" your favours with MOSES and SON d ! T ai • READY MADE. Bea £ s. d. 'onts, velvet collar and cuffs,lined throughout, from 0 9 0 Chesterfield, velvet collars and cuffs, do. from 0 10 6 ~dringtons, Peltos, York Wrappers, &c., handsomely tri mmed from 0 15 0 Anrn Winter Trousers, lined from 0 4 6 V Pattern, doeskin, do from 0 9 0 üblebreasted Winter Vests Dre ss Coats, edged Frock di tt0...... from 1 4 0 Winter MADE TO MEASURE. Coats of the most approved make and mate 13rial,4uble tmillrimmeed Tweed d in the Wrap most fas ers,hiolined nable fromstyle 0 18 0 1 5 0 p ... tr ousers of the n ewes t f a bric Or airs Three P • W iner ... er Waistcoats, in endless variety of material and vitt er n .from 0 8 6 Dress Coats. from 1 12 0 b niest manufacture mourng to an y extent can be had at five minutes' notice at the following prices:— ; Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 0 '7,y,s ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0 B. Any article p urc h ase d or or d ere d, if not approved of, 'lean B ged, or the money returned. CA CAUTION. _};. Muses and Son regret being obliged to guard the Public against imposition, as they learn that the nntrades- Manlike falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the !,u - le concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for Thov I.nr , " no wh:.! , ever with soy Ch , A .'"nlry, should call or send to 154, Minories, to guard against appointment, &c. 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""' , , z' • ~ -.__ , \, ,/- - ...„ J... , *„... jj, ~.,.....:,... t ' - ' .. 4' - , Ht ' '' ~:: - ) - '• `, /4. ---, ' , ' No 16 , 0=1%. LONDON, WEDNESDAY v E . , ; , N ANUARY 31 , 1844. KT. • PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Time for t h e EARLY TRAMP'S and TOWN DEL;VERY a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published tn Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION a t SEVEN olciLocK, fi,r p O,sT containing PARLMMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. _~_.. _ . , THE STATE OF THE STREET< The state of the City thoroughfares, and the offer of t))* patentee of the new street sweepingi-machine to cleanse one of the six divisions, came on for discussion before the Com missioners of Sewers at Guildhall Yesterday, Alderman Gibbs in the chair. The question stood` adjourned from the 23d instant; in order to allow Mr. Gore, the contractor, an op portunity of coming to terms with the patentee. The proposi tion made by Mr. Whitworth ' the inventor, was to release Mr. Gore from the payment of gOO/. for the ire of machine% (which the latter had entirely thrown out of use), and for that amount to take on himself the south-western district of the City, including Ludgate-hill and fleet-street, for the purpose of showing what might be done with the machines when properly worked. Thus the matter stood when the parties were called before the Court yesterday. Mr. Gore was attended by his legal adviser, and in answer to the Chairman, said that he had considered the matter, and was prepared to carryout his original tender,_ to cleanse the streets by manual labour for 1,200/. less than the sum he was then receiving under the tender which obliged him to employ the machines. The Chairman called Mr. Gore's attention to the offer of Mr. Whitworth, and suggested that by giving up the south-west district to that gentleman he would get rid of one fifth of his duty without suffering any pecuniary loss. Mr. Gore expressed his unwillingness to relinquish any portion of the contract. If the Commissioners approved of it, he had no objection to work the machines himself in the south-west district, cleansing the Other part of the City by manual labour. Mr. It. L Jones remarked on the absurdity of Mr. Gore's desiring to revert to life original contract to cleanse the City for 3,4001., when the Commissioners were willing to pay the full amount of 4,600/., if he would allow the pa tentee to work the machines in the south-west district. Mr. Gore repeated his determination not to allow the pa tentee to cleanse the district in question. His reputation as a contractor would suffer by doing so, and rather than give up any portion he would work the whole at it taieri tice. Mr. Prior thought, as Mr. Gore had refused so reasonable a proposition, the Commissioners ought to put an end to his contract. He had no doubt of their power to do so on giving seven ilays' notice. He should be glad to know the opinion of thek solicitor on this point. The question was one of the highest importance and called for prompt interference. A messenger wai then, dis patched for Mr. Tyrrell, but that gentleman heinghtol home, Mr. Deputy Pewtress moved that the opinion of the ..' ,o licitc'r, as to the terms of Mr. Gore's agreement should he take: , and reported next Tuesday, preparatory to rescinding the t, tract, in the event of that gentlemen persisting in his presel.'t determination. At the close of the proceedings the patentee remarked, that as the character of his machines had suffered from the manner in which they had been worked in the city, - he was most anxious that their capabilities should be fairly tested. Several members of the Court observed, that they come to a determination to have the City better cleansed and if Mr. Gore persisted in his refusal to allow the proposed experiment by the patentee, the Commissioners would cleanse the streets themselves, and debit Mr. Gore with the cost. The Court, after some other unimportant business, broke up. If should be mentioned that. Mr. Gore was accompanied by several other contractors, and the most perfect understanding appeared. to exist between them. PETITION TO THE QUEEN • The Lord Mayor of Dublin has received the following' letter from Sir James Graham : " Whitehall, 25th January, 1844. "Mv Lord Mayor,—l have received her Majesty's commandg to notify to you, that the Queen will receive the address of" the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dublin, at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, the 2d of February. " It will be my duty to make known to your Lordship on your arrival in London the precise hour which her Majesty may please to appoint for receiving the address.—l have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor, your faithful servant, " J. G. GRAHAM. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin." In consequence of the foregoing intimation, the Corpora- . . tion held a ineeting on Monday, a which it was proposed by Alderman Roe, that the Lord Mayor should not wait upon her Majesty, but that a letter should be written to the Il t ime Secretary requesting him to present the address. This rie' was generally dissented from, and it was strongly put to the ex-Lord Mayor that he should not refuse to present the address in person. Alderman Roe, however, refused to ac— company his successor, and accordingly a deputation of the members of the Town-council was formed, which is to pro ceed to London forthwith. ARRIVAL OF THE PENINSULAR MAIL—SOUTH- AmmoN, JAN. 30.—The Little Liverpool arrived here at three o'clock, P.M., having the Gibraltar and Pe ninsular mails. Her dates are, Gibraltar, Jan. 20 ; Cadiz, 21; Lisbon, 24; and Vigo, 26. The Liverpool had seven passengers and a full cargo of fruit. GADDESBY MURDER.—After another private, but brief, examination this morning, Mr. Messenger was once more discharged. The opinion gains ground that Timson (who is in gaol to take his trial for felony) " knows BOMC thing."—Leicesfer Mercury. LIVERPOOL—The friends of civil and religious liberty will hold a public meeting, on Wednesday next, in the Music-hall, for the purpose of declaring their sentiments on the coarse pursued by the Tory Government in certain of the preliminary preparations for the State Trials now pend ing in Dublin.—Liverpool Albion. Buckingham Palace is undergoing some extensive alterations and improvements, particularly in the wing ap propriated for the use of the Royal nursery. GENERAL DUFF GREEN AT HOME.—At Washing ton Duff Green is quite busy with the President and Cabinet. He is organising measures and collecting capital for the establishment of a daily newspaper in New York. It will be a free trade Calhoun paper, and will also be an organ of the Anti-Corn-law League of England.—New York Paper. DEATH OF MAJOR MACKENZIE, FODDERTY.—It 18 with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Major Mackenzie. The Major was an eminent agriculturist, and may be said to have introduced the modern scientific system of culture into Ross-shire, and the first who applied lime to the soiL The Major had been ailing some months, and died in his 75th year. He was universally respected for his honesty and benevolence, and his death is greatly de plored.—Rose-shire Adrertiser. THE NELSON STATUE FINISHED.—At length the statue of the Hero of the Nile is visible from his exalted po sition in Trafalgar-square, apparently completed as it is " to go down to' posterity," as well as stand the criticism and in spection of the present age. It is, undoubtedly, much im proved from the alterations and " clippings" it has under gone, the coil of rope, on one side, being much diminished, and the left hand tail of the coat being likewise lessened, so as to remedv the curious effect produced by its previous -form. Rapid progress is now being made in the completion of the square, which being nearly paved, looks very advan tageously. The displeasing and unsightly boarding will, consequently, be soon removed, as also the clever and curious scaffolding, that at present surrounds the column, and pre sents such a striking specimen of ingenuity. Lady Oakeley died at Hastings on Friday last, in her 42d year. Her Ladyship was second daughter of the late Lord Charles Murray Aynsley, son of the fourth Dnke of Athol, and married, the sth of June, 1826, the Rev. Sir Herbert Oakeley, Bart., Archdeacon of Colchester, and Dean of Barking. NEW ZEALAND THEATRICALS.-011 the 31st of July last the first stone of a theatre, called the " Victoria," was laid at Port Nicholson, by Mr. Alderman Lyon, who made rather an eloquent speech on the occasion, remarking that the spot on which the theatre was to stand was but a desert three years ago. By a playbill which is iu London, headed " Royal Victoria Theatre, Manners-street, Te Aro," it appears that this theatre was opened for the second time on the 16th of September. This is quick work, but probably the theatre is constructed of light materials. The bill, how ever, states that it is lighted with gas. DUTY ON TOBACCO.—A memorial has been ad dressed to Sir Robert Peel by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, praying for a reduction of the duty on tobacco, and stating the advantage which would accrue, both to the revenue and to commerce, by such a measure. Tables are given to show the increase of consumption during the imposition of a low duty, and that to such a degree as to render the source of revenue more productive. Thus, coffee in 1801, at 13.7 d. per lb., yielded 77,651/. ; in 1821, nt Is. per lb., 379,650/. ; and in 1841, at 6d. per lb., 710,524/. Tobacco in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yielded 3,164,673/., and in 1841, at 3s. per lb., 3,314,215/. This difference of duty has not, however, been sufficient to reduce materially the profits of the smug gler, who is still able to sell his tobacco at 2s. 9d. per lb., which is 3d. less than the duty alone. In 1798 Ireland con sumed 8,000,0001b5. of tobacco, and she now consumes 3,000,0001b5. lees, with more than double the population. During the period of extensive consumption the duty was Bd. per lb., whereas now it is 3s. In England and Scotland was consumed, in proportion to the population, only half the quantity of tobacco consumed in Ireland, the duty in this island being ls. 7d. However, on account of smuggling, the quantity' of tobacco on which duty is paid does not give even an approximation to the actual amount of consumption, and the memorialists declare that in their belief the actual consumption was 53,711,8561b5., instead of 22,094,7721b5., the quantity on which the duty was levied. These statements are followed by a prayer fur the reduction of the duty on tobacco to Is. per lb. We understand that the Worcester and Birming ham Canal Company mean to make a very considerable re duction in their rate of tonnage, on and after Thursday next, Feb. 1 ; and most of our readers are no doubt aware that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company have also resolved on adopting a similar step at the same period. These measures will, in some degree, enable the port of Gloucester to keep pace with the increasing competition of other places; and the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Com pany will do well to re-consider the advance which they made in the rates of tonnage in the canal last year, a course which, as we predicted at the time, has operated most, pre judicially to the interests oldie port. —Gloucester Chronicle. A VETERAN.—Died on Monday last, at Moor Housesolear Masham, Mr. George Wharton, late of Laver ton,near - Kirkby Malzeard, at the patriarchal age of 114. Until within the last two or three years this old man re tained his mental and physical faculties in an . eS.traordinary way; anffever showed a disposition to conceA his age from inquirers. The length of his pilgTimage, however, has, from his narrative of circuni4tiiiittes which occurred in his youth, been pretty well ascertained. He reulfinhered, when a lad, being present with his mother at the s _npening of one of the firStSMsialeyan chapels in London, when -he; Johis,Nes ley preach the opening sermon. At the last Whitsuntide fair at Kirkby Malzeard he dined with the ancient order of the Golden Fleece, when he appeared in excellent health and spirits.— liokshire Gazette. DESPERATE REMEDY FOR A DESPERATE Disfstat. —They tell a good story . of Dr. Rand. He was called on to visit a hypochondria patient, who fancied she had swallowed a mouse. On entering the room the lady ex claimed, " Dear doctor ! ~ lam glad to see you-1 am in such distress—such pain I . • Oh, doctor, I have swallowed a mouse!" "Swallowed—nonsense," replied the doctor, in his mild and pleasant manner. "Oh, no, doctor," sal the patient, "it is not nonsense—it is a mouse—a live mouse.— he ran down my throat when I was asleep, with my mouth open, and I feel him now, creeping about my stomach, and trying to gnaw out. Oh, doctor, do prescribe something quick, or I shall die." " Prescribe," said lie, " yes, I will prescribe something that will cure you in a minute." "What -Is. It - doctor, what is it ?—l'll take anything you order." . , Veil, then, my dear madam, swallow a cat—if that don't C ' you, nothing will." %, HE WEamEn.—Last evening there was asudden fan of the barometer, which was followed by a severe storm of wind and snow. Towards the morning it blew a hurri cane, and in the course of the day a good deal of snow has fallen, but, as the temperature is above freezing, it soon dis appears. The sky is much ovsrcast, with the appearance of severe weather. AN IRISH DEFENCE.—A man name d Jeremiah urt, on O'Leary was charged at Worship-street _2)li: fl e d co on be i n g ? Saturday with robbing his land lord of 6 6 l ee s. r to the charge, e asked if he had anything to say 2 12 a word, your honour; arld,,4's mu ch has been said as it is . ' replied, with a penitential shrugiojil;lionepTnhiootntidaors,gre‘a4tTdhaeleditihoiol. Folke stone viaduct and a single rail has been re sortedillieple, embankment. near the Folke e up and down trains as far to for the present, for the Anotldieura as Sapwood. s h i a P s taken . ~~ ADYERMEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, m orn i ng , Noon, ai4d Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. EASE IN WALKING. TM. BADDILEY, of 130, STRAND, is in duced to give publicity to his much-admired,PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manu facturing the above into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive as sortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Esta blished 50 years. No. 130 Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. ALBION HOTEL, HASTINGS, SUSSEX. TO BE LET, the above well known HOTE L, which is beautifully situated facing the sea, and ,his an excellent family connection. Stabling, coach-houses, and tap adjacent. For particulars apply to Mr. Gardner, 17, Hatton•garden, London, or to Mrs. Emery, Albion Hotel, Marine Parade, Hastings. • OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION LAU an increase of POWERFUL and BRILLIANT EFFECTS in ELECTRICITY are exhibited by ARM STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. A new field is opened for investigating, on a magnified scale, a variety of objects in ART, SCIENCE, and NATURAL HISTORY, by means of LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, showing also an extraordinary OPTICAL ILLUSION. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. A List of the POPULAR LECTURES whieh will be delivered during the Week is suspended in the Hall of Manufacturei. Hello way's original CRAYON DRAWINGS from RAPHAEL'S CARTOONS, numerous MODELS in MOTION, DIVER and DIVING BELL. Conductor of the Band, T. Wallis, Mus. Doc. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. NASSAU STATE LOAN of 2,60 0 , 000 Florins. To be re-imbursed with Dividends Of 50,000f15., 40,000f15., 30,000f15., 25,000f15., &c. Grand Public Distribution on Ist FEBRUARY NEST, at WIESBADEN. Official bulletins thereof immediately for warded to every Shareholder abroad. Price of the Shares, 10s. ; Eleven for 5/. ; Twenty-three for 10/. ; and Forty-eight for 201. sterling, payable by Post office orders or remittances. Apply for full particulars, without delay, to A. JACOBS and CO., bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine. To save pestages, all lettera addressed to Messrs. Jacobs and Co., 34, Wellclose-square, London, will be promptly for warded. SOILED .LINENS.—The SAMPLE LINENS of those celebrated makers Knox and Co., for Irish linens, and Beverage and Co for table linens, have been contracted for by BROOKS and WIGHTWICK, in the Borough. These linens are soiled only by showing to the trade as samples ; they are specimens of the best made by these celebrated manufacturers, and are now being sold at half the price of the same goods when clean. Splendid damask table cloths, three yards long, 7s. 6d. each ; two yards square, each 2s. 9d. ; five yards long superb damask cloths, suitable for the table of the nobility, 20s. each ; fish napkins, 2s. 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In addition to the above conveniences, the Subscribers will 'mire the use of an EXCELLENT LIBRARY on COMMER CIAL SUBJECTS. The Establishment will be conducted by the Proprietor, un der the superintendence of a Board of Subscribers. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM. Persons residing in London, or within 12 miles... 1/. 1 ls. 6d. Persons residing at a greater distance London, September 1, 1843. The BOARD of SUPERINTENDENCE of the " HALL of -COMMERCE" take leave to draw your attention to this Institution. It has been built and established at a very great cost, by a ingle individual, for the convenience of the Commercial Com munity 6f the City of London, with a degree of public spirit worthy the metropolis of the world. The subscription is now placed on so moderate a scale as to he no object of consideration, in proportion to the conveniences offered, which are set forth in the above Prospectus ; and the Board are of opinion, that without interfering with any of the existing establishments appropriated to specific branches of ,rade, these conveniences may be found available by a very large body of persons in the City of London—by parties visiting London occasionally on mercantile affairs—and by gentlemen from the Continent and other foreign ports. GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman. JOHN CATTLEY, Deputy Chairman. N.B. A Coffee-room is now open for the accommodation of the Eubscribers. T HE HASTINGS, RYE, and TENTERDEN RAILWAY. (From the South Eastern, at Headeorn). The Provisional Committe e have the satisfaction to state that they.have entered into an arrang , stnent with the Directors of the South Eastern Company, subject to the approbation of their Pro prietots, by which that Compa•iy will engage at any time within five years from its opening to take a lease of the Hastings line for 21 years, at such a rent ", ts s h a ll guarantee to t h e P ropr i etors 4 per cent. per annum or, the- cost of its etna struction to the ex tent of the estimate, wi!, : h a moiety the Proprietors of this under of the net surplus profits beyond the rental, thus giving to taking the opportrnity of w or ki ng th e contemp l a t e d li ne them selves fur five years, with the option, should it be deemed more advantagemus at any time within that period, of requiring the South F.estern Company to take a lease for 21 years, at a rental securir g to the Proprietors a certain fair return for their ca pital c nth a proportion of the surplus benefits likely to arise from union management and a consequent reduction of expenses. Kwer will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest, at 41, per cent. per annum, on Deposits and paid-up Calls. Applications for Shares, to be made on or before the sth of February, at the office of the Company, No. 2, Copthall buildings ; or to Messrs. Amory Sewell, and Moores, Throg morton-street, London; Mr. Fowle, Mint-street, Rye; Mr. Shewell, 25, Tokenhouse-vard, London; Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool; ; and Mr. John Duncuft, Manchester. 2, Copthall-buildings, Throginorton-street. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corro s i ve and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver supplanted by the introduction of .a new and, perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NOR TON FOLG ATE, aided by a Orson of science in the amalga mation of metals, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article ever yet offered : poasessing all the rich ness of Silver in appearince—with all its durability and hardness —with its perfect sweetness in use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedmetals is entirely extracted—resisting all acids—may be cleaned as Silver, and is manufactured into every article for the Table and Side board. Fiddle. Threaded. King's. _ Table Spoons and Forks, per doz. 16s. 6d. 30s. Od. 35s — od Dessert do., per doz .... 12 6 25 0 28 0 Tea Spoons, per d0z....... ...... ... 5 6 12 6 13 6 Sugar Tongs each Salt and Mustard Spoons each .: 6 0 13 6 13 6 \ Corarnnnion Services, &c. Fruit Dessert Knives of Watson's new Albata Plate, with French Forks and ivory handles, £2 ss. per set of 24 pieces; ditto with carved ivory handles, or with Albata Plato handles and blades, Albert pattern, £2 10s. per set of 24 pieces. C. Watson begs the Public will understand that this meta •s peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Cold, than his metal is from all others ; on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he receives, he is convinced that nothing can pre vent its becoming an article of universal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance, should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had gratis, and post free from the above address. Papsr Tea Trays-355. the set of three. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Thomas Payne and George Andrews, two jour neymen printers, working at a printing-office in Little Moor fields, were charged before Sir James Duke with wantonly breaking two squares of glass, value four shillings each, in the warehouse of Mr. Pope, the tea-dealer, on the Pavement, Moorfields. . . Mark Bull, a City policeman, stated that complaint was made to him last week that several windows had recently , been broken in the evening at the rear of Mr. Pope's pre mises and those of a neighbour. He desired them to endea vour to find and preserve the stones, and having obtained one with which a pane of glass was broken on Thursday night, he called at several houses on the opposite side of the street, and at the printing-office the stone was recognised by the master, who said that on Thursday night there were only the apprentice and two journeymen on the premises. He asked for the bov, and told him he should take him into cus tody. The boy begged him not to do that, and said he would confess everything. In consequence of the statement made by the boy, he took the two prisoners into custody. Arthur Brown, the apprentice, was sworn as a witness, and stated that he saw the prisoners each fling a stone last week, and heard the glass break: They did it for fun. Sir J. Dula: said it was a gross case of misconduct, and he should fine each of them 21. under the Sewer Act, and in de fault of payment commit them to Bridowell for one month.— They were removed to Bridewell. George Thomas Adams, a Custom-house agent, residing in Jamaica-row, Commercial-road, East, was charged with pawning a gold brooch, hair guard-chain, and some silver lace. William Brown, clerk to Messrs. Cockburn and Co., mer chants, Old Broad-street, stated that the prisoner was em ployed as a Custom-house agent to clear some goods from India, and some trinkets being missed he was questioned about them, and confessed he had pledged them. He was given into the custody of Inspector Hodgson, but on account of his confession Messrs. Cockburn begged to recommend him to mercy. Sir J. DUKE adjudged him to forfeit the value of the goods, and to pay a fine of 21.—The prisoner paid the amount, and was liberated. BOW-STREET. Yesterday 'Mr. 'Peacock, solicitor to the General Post office, attended before Mr. Jardine to prosecute one of the General Post letter-carriers, on a charge of stealing a letter, containing a sovereign , and l/. Scotch bank-note, ich had been entrusted to him to deliver in the ordinary course of his duty. The prisoner, who was about thirty-five years of age, gave his name Frost, and his residence No. 26, Goswell-street, Goswell-road. The fact was clearly proved, and he was committed. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Daniel Hurry, the driver of the hackney ca briolet, 996, was charged on a summons by Master Spencer George Walsh, the son of the Rev. George Walsh, of Wil mington-square, with having grossly assaulted him. It appeared, from the evidence of Master 'Walsh, that on Sunday evening week, being desired by his father to pro cure him a cab, he went to the stand near Coldbath-fields prison, and hailed the second vehicle in the rank, its cleanly appearance having engaged his preference ; but the defend ant, who was the driver of the cab standing first in the rank, insisted that the complainant should have his vehicle, and after assailing him with abusive language, struck him a vio lent blow, and then knocked off his hat in the mud. Mr. COMBE sentenced him to pay a fine of ss. for the as sault, together with 4s. costs. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Jaxa Dembriehl, assiuning to be Count Dem bricki, and his wife, and a Mr. Louis Sosiwwshi, were charged with having c mnutted an annoyance by ringing at the bell of the house of Lady Coutts Trotter, in iirosvenor-square. who call themselves Polish refugees, but who are disowned by the Association, have who were extremely well dressed, and been long known as persosi and gentry gentry with beg, petitions, trudin g d u e l f:: l l a t containing fabricated . claims to compassion. ihe eldest de fendant Dembricki, is reported to have no claim whatever to the title of Count. William Best, butler to Lady Trotter, said some time ago he had, at the request of her Ladyship, come to th is Court, and made known t h e f act of the two defendants, man and wife, having sent ma petition for money to her Ladyship, the statements in which petition there was good reason to be lieve were fabricated. Since that period the defendants had taken every means in their power of annoying him. Yester day morning they had rung the bell, when he went to the door, they asked to see Lady Trotter, or Sir Dudley Coutts Lindsay. Witness told them he knew they were impostors, and then Sosnowski began swearing at him, upon which he shut the door. On relating what had occurred, he was ad vised to pursue them and give them into custody. He went out for that purpose, but on being seen b y Sosnowski, that person threatened him with his umbrella if he atten9ted to o follow them. Witness, however, did follow , and, in Hy Park, meeting with a policeman, he gave them into custody. Complainant believed that the part ies ran g the bell that morning to annoy him, because of the part he had taken in exposing their impositions. Mr. :MALTBY, after some consideration, said the case was one which he could not deal with. lie must, therefore, order the parties to be discharged, MARYLEBONE. • Yesterday William Harswood was placed at the bar, before Mr. Rawliuson, for final examination, upon the charge of having attempted to murder his son Arthur. aged 16, by striking bins on the head with a fire-shovel. The appearance of the poor lad excited the commissera tion and sympathy of all present ; his head was bound round with a handkerchief, which concealed from view nu merous wounds, and upon his face were several contusions ; his eyes and nose were also much disfigured, and lie was so extremely weak as to be scarcely able to stand. The worthy Magistrate therefore ordered for him a chair, in which he sat close to the Bench. The evidence now given, coupled with that before ad duced, went to show that on Sunday, the 14th instant, some words took place between the prisoner and his son Arthur ; and that in the afternoon of the same day one took up the poker and the other the tongs, but no injury was inflicted, either by father or son , w ith the implements named. In the evening, Arthur, who had been out for a few hours, returned home, and, sitting on a stool, fell asleep, with his head resting upon a chair, when the prisoner, while he (Arthur) was thus lying, caught up the tire-shovel, and struck him with it repeatedly on the head, with such force, that the shovel was much bent by the blows. A scuffle had pre viously occurred, in the course of which Arthur struck the prisoner, who said he would have redress for it. The police were called in, and on the ir arrival they found Arthur in a state of insensibility, an d completely smothered in blood. All that could be gathered from what fell from him prior to his being taken to the hospital, were the words, "Father - asleep." The prisoner stands committed for trial, but will be brought up again this day, when the whole of the depositions will be read over. Ellen Turner. a very well-dressed young woman, was placed at the bar charged with having stolen property of different descriptions to a considerable amount, belonging to leer mistress, - Mrs. Harriet Bennet, 23, Portman-place, Edg ware-road. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Bennett that the prisoner had been in her service about three months, and that having missed a cloak, she questioned her respecting it, when she at first denied all knowledge as to where it was, but subsequently said that she had lent it. Her box was searched, and in it were found a pair of gold ear-rings, thir teen handkerchiefs, and other articles, all of which Mrs. Bennett identified as her own. The prisoner was remanded.till Tuesday next. A young man, named Witham Green, was placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, for re-eamination, charged on suspicion of having been concerned 11 plundering the shop of Mr. William Evans, a boot !Ind shoe-maker, in an extensive , I,,i n ss s . at '25, Pa m ddirton-street, near this court. 'lice prisoner wa3 coini!nittl on a . clitzrge of stealing a pair of lady's boots, but he will be again brought up, when it is expecled the robbery of a large amount of property will be traced to him. Complete Suffragists. All that is wanted to insure the speedy triumph of the cause is, that it be kept constantly and prominently before the public. The hint, we arc sure, will not be lost on those for whom it is intended. A word to the wise is enough. There is no danger of our being misunderstood. From Mr. Thomas Den eombe, Mr. Sharman Crawford, and several other Mem bers of the Commons, we expect—an expectation which is shared by the public —great things in the way of keeping the question of Complete Suffrage continually before the House. We know the subject is unpleasant to the great majority of our legislators; but we are not to be deterred from our purpose by that consideration. They must be made to hear many unpleasant truths— they must be made to listen t.. many discussions wh;ch may grate in their ear. , . It is hgli time they were taught the lesson, that it was nut to please theniselves„ but to attend to the complaints, and redress the griev ances of the people, that they were sent to St. Stephen's. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The Greenwich Railway meeting, as was ex pected, proved a very stormy atiair, although the topics dis cussed were the same as have been frequently brought before the public. It appears, by some oversight at the last meet ing,lhe contract with the Brighton Company for reduced tollage was not confirmed by the general body of share holders, and hence to-day arose a debate as to the expedi ency of doing so, which occasioned a contrary feeling among certain parties, who desire to see the maximum rate enforced. The majority of the meeting took a different view, which ended in the confirmation of this agreement, and the passing Of a resolution expressing willingness on the part of the Com pany to submit to a similar reduction in the case of the South- Eastern and Croydon lines, provided it was uuderstood that these Companies would do all in their power to facilitate and conduct traffic to the London-bridge station. So ha portant is this point considered, that the Greenwich Com pany have determined only to- afford assistance to the Croy don Company in the coming contest for the Epsom branch, on the condition of a spirit of co-operation to work out this desirable end. No dividend was declared, in consequence of the deficiency of profit to pay one, which default introduced the question of the right of the preference shareholders to receive their five per cent. in a form likely to give some employment to the lawyers. It is contended on the one side that the preference shareholders have only a lien on the profits of the Company, and not as a mortgage debt. a lien on the capital ; and hence it is argued that they can only be paid out of the • profits, and not, as some of the shareholders insinuated, out of capital, as seemed by the appearance of the accounts. It was admitted that on this view of the case the question might subse quently arise whether, if the profits of the one half-year failed to satisfy these claims; the deficiency would not be an accumulating debt against future profits. On the other side it was stated that theAireference shareholders are paid out of the profits after deducting the usual expenses • but, as it ap peared the wish of the shareholders to have die point settled at once by reference to the highest legal authorities, the Directors did not oppose the motion, with the view of being corrected or set right with the public, and for future guidance in making up the accounts of the Company, and determining the actual position of the preference shareholders a cons mitte of legal gentlemen were appointed to draw out a case to be submitted to the Attorney-General and Solicitor- General, two representing preference shareholders, and two original shareholders, so that the interests of both classes of pro_prietors may be fairly set forth. SUN.—The funds closed much the same as in the morning Consols being 974 to 4 both for Money and time. India Stock touched 2774, and all the other securities remained the same as in the morning. The Spanish Active Bonds were a little better than at ten o'clock, being 234. Mexican declined to 334, but in Buenos Ayres there was a further advance to 334 to 4. Portuguese Converted again touched 474. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 38, Bristol and Exeter 11, Eastern Counties New 13, Brighton 34, Blackwall 104 to 4, Manchester and Birmingham 4 to 4-, and South Eastern 14 discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow 9to 10, Great Western 364, Birmingham 144, ditto New Thirds 40, Manchester and Leeds 40, South Western 354 to 36A, Newcastle and Dar lington 16, Rouen and Havre 54, South Eastern Scrip 114 to 12, and York and North Midland (Scarborough Branch) 17 premium. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 44, Provincial Bank of Ireland 16, and Union Bank of Australia 2 premium. The rates of exchange upon several of the continental cities were to-day slightly better. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam _ CF. 12 6 !Gibraltar ......... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 6i Antwerp :25 95 Hamburgh III.B. 13 15 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseitles Bout cleaux 25 95 Frankfort on ;Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 36k Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. 9. 351 956 Trieste, ditto Madrid .. Leghorn ... .... 30 80 Genoa `2s 95 Milan Venire Naples Palermo, per oz 114 isbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER 02 Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Cadiz 361 Bilbao . . 36 Barcelona Seville . ....• --- Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 94 Silver in Bars 0 4 1I i CAPTAIN PECHELL, R.N., M.P., ON THE CORN-LAWS. (Abridged from the Brighton Guardian.) On Saturday last Captain Pechell had his annual audit and rent dinner at the Horse and Groom Inn, Patching Pond. After the cloth had been removed, and the usual loyal toasts were disposed of, Captain Pechell rose and said—lt now falls to my duty, presiding over this company, to propose to you what I con sider to be the toast of the evening, which is " The health of the tenants and friends of mine who have done me the ho nour to be present on this occasion." Upon these occasions it has always been my custom either to congratulate you or to condole with you upon the result of your several under takings. Last year we had a thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest ; and this year it has been represented, and by per sons who really ought to know better, that the farmers would be well rewarded for their exertions by the abundance and excellence of their crops. Now, residing among you, as I do, I have made it my business to inquire, and I cannot congratulate you upon the result of your labours last year. —(" Certainly not.") You are told that your distress, which means, that you have not remunerating prices, is owing to certain causes ; and the first person who figures as having stated the causes of your not having remunerating prices is the Prime Minister himself. I was present when he told the Members of the House of Commons that he acknowledged there was great distress in the agricultural districts, that that distress was in part owing to his law and in part owing to the abundance of the harvest.—(oll.) So putting these two things together, we see that the law of Sir Robert Peel, with the abundance of the harvest, have brought about the ruin of the farmer.—(Hear.) There are other parties who have as cribed the distress to the present law and to the rents—par ties whom I call the intelligent portion of the community. They state that with high rents and low prices they find their capital dwindling away. These opinions have been stated by very eminent farmers in different parts of the country, who have declared that with declining prices and without protection, they and their families will soon be brought to ruin.—(" That is right, Sir.") Another party has declared the cause of the distress, fur distress is universally acknow ledged—the landlords of the country have declared, and they are now raising the country from one end to the other, in or , der to persuade you, the tenants, that your distress is owing to the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. They de clare that it is to the Anti-Corn-law League that the present distress in agriculture is attributable. Now it is all very well to say that the landlord's and the tenant's interest are inse parable. We have heard it said lately at all the agricultural meetings, that we row in the same boat, and that—how very affectionate—we are to sink or swim together. lint. I say it is not honest, it is not fair, to say this is a tenant's question, and that you are to be brought into collision with the Anti-Corn-law League upon a subject with which, in my opinion, you have nothing at all to do.—(Hear, hear.) A law was passed, altering the duties on the importation of corn, which law was supported by the landlords. You, find fault with that law, you consider that you are injured by it, you attribute the falling-off in your receipts and in your pro- Fits to the operation of that law, and you boldly say that that law has injured yen. But the landlords tell you it is not that law Which has injured you; and - they - draw your atten tion away entirely from the subject, and ask you to go to a meeting to battle with the Anti-Corn-law League, when the question which is to be proposed there has no more to do with you than it has with the Archbishop of Canterbury, except so far as lie is a landowner.—(H ear.) Now, that is my opi nion as to one of the causes of the present distress. There are two antagonist principles. There are some farmers whose names figure in the public prints as having attributed the present distress to the new law; the landlords attribute it to the Anti-Corn-law League. Now, it is very right that. you should understand what that protection means: They also call out for protection. It does certainly appear to me that " protection to the tenant " is, in other words, " protectioii to the rent of the landlord."—(Hear.) Though the interest of the tenant goes in a great degree along with that of the land lord, still it is not for you to fight the battle of the landlord for high prices, to keep up high rents. You have seen that these high prices, which have been ,promised to you by the several Acts of Parliament, have not made your foi tunes. You cannot find a farmer in this country who has retired from business with a fortune and a provision for his family. Show me any other trade, a grocer or a miller, in which this is so. In every ether business, except farming, men have laid something by for their family. Here we have been since the close of the war, in 1815, with the landlords always call ing out for protection, and still there has been agricultural distress. All you ask for, or ought to ask for, is steady prices, that you may know exactly what you are about. At present no man knows how he stands. Your interests have beer!, most deeply affected and your landlords call upon you to)?fi with them in calling for protection and for the of the Anti-Corn-law League. They say that their-eititte's are no longer saleable, that property is depreciated, and that the stability of our institutions is affected by the machina tions of the Anti-Corn-law League. Nay, lam not sure that they have not attributed the blight and the smut and the grub of Mr. 011iver's wheat to it.—(Loud laughter.) 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Yesterday Geo rielFliker, JOsWizMoines, Henry Turner, James Ayres, John Bush, and James Seabrooke, six well dressed boys whose ages varied from 13 to 16 years, were finally examined before Mr. Bingham, charged with having assaulted and wounded Mr. Charles Grills, a tea-dealer, living in Sherwood-place, Bethnal-green. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of Wed nesday, the 17th instant, as the brother of the prosecutor, a boy 14 years of ago, was engaged in cleaning the outside of the shop window, he was suddenly. surrounded and assailed by the prisoners, one of whom snatched a handkerchief out of his hand and ran away with it. On observing their conduct the prosecutor came out of the shop, and endeavoured to re cover the handkerchief, upon which the prisoners simu.- taneously attacked him, and after striking him several times about the head and face they dragged him to the ground, and continued beating him until he became insensible. He was rescued from further violence by some of his neighbours, who found him bleedin g profusely from the ears; nose, and mouth, and carried him home apparently lifeless. . In their defence the prisoners, who displayed throughout the most unbecoming levity, admitted that they were all present on the occasion ; but • each of them endeavoured to exonerate himself at the expense of the others. Mr. BINGHAM said that it was far too serious a case for summary adjudication, and he should therefore commit the prisoners for trial at the ensuing Clerkenwell sessions. CHARITY.—The Magistrate announced the receipt of 21. as a donation to the poor-box, from L.N. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Alexander Deirken, a herculean-built German, was brought before Mr. Henry, and charged with committing a desperate assault upon the person of William Frederick Bathbone, a countryman of his. From the evidence it appeared that the parties were fellow workman, and that, having a dispute, the prisoner struck the complainant with a poker, and inflicted three severe . wounds on his head. Mr. HENRY, after remarking upon the violence of the de fendant, convicted him in the full penalty of 5/., or t*o months' imprisonment. The prisoner, having paid the money, was discharged. UNION-HALL. Yesterday William Holder, a respectable-looking man, tra veller and collector, in the employment of Messrs. Flockton and Co., the tar and turpentine distillers of Bermondsey, was brought before Mr. Traill, charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of the firm. Edward Symonds stated that he was cashier in the above firm, and that the prisoner had been in their employ for the last twelve months, as collector, and that it was his duty to have paid over all sums of money he received for his em ployer on the day following that on which he received them. The witness added, that of late it was discovered that tb e prisoner had collected various sums of money of the cus= tourers, which he had not accounted for, and on subsequent inquiries, it was ascertained that he had converted them to his own purposes. These facts were proved, and the prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was Committed. - Thomas Sparkes, shopman to a pawnbroker in the New cut, Lambeth. was charged with stealing 40/., the property of his employer. It appeared that the prisoner had been discharged from his situation in the month of October, but was still in the habit of calling occasionally to see some of the inmates. On Monday evening, the 22d instant, he called at the com plainant's house, and shortly after his departure it was found that a bag containing 401., in gold and silver, and deposited in a drawer up stairs, had been emptied of its contents. The prisoner being suspected, he was subsequently taken into custody at Folkestone, and a portion of the stolen money found in his possession, together with a watch belonging to his employer.—He was committed. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TlMES..—Everybody is looking forward with anxiety to the Queen's speech, and thinking that it must neces sarily contain an explicit declaration of Ministerial in tentions. For our own parts, we are inclined to believe that the forthcoming speech from the Throne will dis appoint public curiosity, just as mach as many of its predecessors have done. Looking, indeed, to the as pect of the times—the partially developed plans of public men and parties, and especially to the habitual caution of the Premier—we are much dispcsed to think that in dications of his future policy will be especially avoided in the Queen's speech. Advantage will doubtless be taken of the unexampled peace—and the prospect of continued peace—by which our foreign relations are now happily distinguished. The sentiments of Louis Philippe towards England may be gracefully recipro cated towards France, in Queen Victoria's ad- dress to an English Parliament. Nor will her Ma jesty's Ministers fail to express their grateful thanks for the blessings of an increasing revenue and a re viving trade. These are tangible benefits, which a na tion fuels more quickly, and acknowledges more readily, than the fruits of the most profound speculative legisla tion. Of Ireland we apprehend that little will be said ; silence on the subject of its evils and their remedies will be justified by the prosecutions which are pending and the commission which is sitting. Nor will our ex. pectations be disappointed if, after all, there is not one syllable about the corn-law. This silence may be ex plained by the caution of the Minister, the previous in activity of the agriculturists, and the divisions among the diffarent advocates of free trade. But though there be no mention of th.se topics in the Queen's Speech, we do not doubt but that the Queen's Ministry will speak out in response to the pressure of the Opposition. There will be no excuse for silence or for ambiguity afforded either by the moderation of their foes or the complais ance of their friends ; and we have seen no indication of solicitude to conciliate the former, or to play into the hands of the latter. ADVERTISER.—It is confidently reported that Mr. Roebuck means to move an amendment to the address. We hope the report will prove correct. It will be strange indeed if her Majesty's speech be so satisfactory to the country as to cut away all ground. for amend ment ; and it will be a grave reflection on the patriotism of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons if, in the event of sn amendment being needed, there should be none to undertake the performance of so important a duty. Rather than have such an important duty left undone, we would willingly accept the services of even Mr. Roebuck. We have not heard the precise nature of the rumoured amendment ; but we are informed it re lates to the inexpediency of any longer upholding the Church Establishment in Ireland. We hope our in formation is correct. A more popular amendment could not be moved. The Church of England, " as by law established," is one of the monster evils of Ireland. It is the daily source of infinite mischief. The idea of the religion of 400,000 being made the es tablished religion of a country in which there is a popu lation of 8,000,000, is one of those things which con found all refltcting men by the very perfection of their audacity. It is not merely that sixteen Catholics are compe'led to pay for the support of the religion of one Protestant; but that these Catholics are forced to sub mit to the gratuitous insults which are daily offered to themelves and their religion by this one Protestant, he possessing all the power and importance which invariably belong to those who have the law on their side. All who have reflected on the state of Ireland, must have been struck with the prominen part which the Established clergy have played in the drama of that country's wrongs. We are satisfied that , the extinction of the Church of England, as an Established Church in Ireland, would go far to tran quillise that unhappy country. It is the eye-sore to nineteen-twentieths of the population; for the Presby terians of Ulster, and the Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyan Methodists scattered throughout the other provinces, are now beginning to regard the Episcopal Establishment in Ireland with quite as much aversion as the Roman Catholics themselves. Its destruction would, therefore, give the greatest satisfaction to the people of that country = to all in it with the exception of the small minority whose clergy live by the plunder of the large majority. The Minister who will have the sense of jus tice and the moral courage to bring in a measure for laying the Irish Church in the dust, will thereby make himself the most popular Minister whom modern times have produced. Will Sir Robert Peel earn that dis tinction? Is he the man whom the emergency in Irish affairs requires ? We shall see. In the mean time, it is to be hoped that no squeamish delicacy—no false no tions of respect for the Sovereign, will prevent any Libe ral Member from giving his most hearty and strenuous support to the rumoured amendment of Mr. Roebuck. It will have been observed, from an advertisement which has repeatedly appeared in our paper, that a tea meetin of those in favour of Complete Suffrage is to take p#ce this evening in the Crown and Anchor. The attendance, we have no doubt, will be numerous : as little doubt is there that the intellectual entertainment will be of no common order. The meeting, it is ex pected, will be graced by the attendance of several of the most distinguished of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons. Such meetings do good. They bring the friends of the principles for whose promotion the meetings take place, into close and kindly contact, and create a feeling of cordiality which enables them afterwards to act more harmoniously together. The Complete Suffrage cause is making some, though com paratively silent progress. I ts p rinci p les are steadil y making their way in all parts of the land. They are penetrating the remotest corners of the kingdom. We aro confident the meeting of to - nig ht will give a new and sen sible impetus to the cause. The time is well chosen: it is the eve of the day on which the Legislature re-assembles. It is, moreover, a time in which past disappointments in all other quarters whence the people had looked for help, have driven large masses of our countrymen who were strongly opposed to extensive changes in the suffrage, to the conclusion, that nothing but a completeness of the suffrage, approximating to universal, will successfully cope with the evils of the country. There cannot be a doubt that the session of Parliament which commences to-morrow, Will witness great political changes. We are not so sanguine as to anticipate that any very great accession of new adherents to the Complete Suffrage movement will be made within the walls of Parliament; but we do expect that there will be large reinforcements to the ranks of the CoMplete Suffragists out of doors, through the • proceedings which will take place in connexion with the question on the floor of the House of Commons. The more the subject is mooted, the more it will gain—the more it is agitated, and the more the claims of the movement party are canvassed, the greater will be the progress of the I ~'