The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-05 00:00:00

OrgNING OF THE PORTS. MEETING IN SOUTHWARK. The CHAIRIIIAN (in continuation from our After- Edition of yesterday) said—For the evils re - .dtier; from the potato failure, the Ministry were responsible, for they had arisen under the operation of the corn-law they had devised. Under that law they had been promised that wheat should be had at an average of from 545. to 565. the quarter, whereas the price at present was 745. They were on the verge of a famine, while the Government were neglecting the in terests of the people, and while the grain which should have been applied to meet the impending danger, was being imported to Belgium and other places, because the importers could not pay a duty of 14s. on the original cost. We are a manufacturing and a commercial country, and we have not the means of raining sufficient produce for our own consumption ; the seasons are very uncertain, but that which we cannot raise ourselves we can send to other countries for, as they can raise what we require. With regard to the United States, there was a bad feel ing-existing between that country and this, which feel ing might be reduced by a commercial relation. If the Americans felt that they had a good customer for their produce, their feeling against us might be reduced. We were disputing with thereabout a territory that was worth nothing to either of us, and that dispute engen dered a warlike feeling, which existed chiefly in the valley of the Mississippi. Even supposing that there was a war, would not the Americans be glad to come to terms with the consumers of their produce? as when people traded together a kindly feeling was al ways engendered. lie would conclude by proposing the following resolution .—" That the failure of the I:atato crop in the United Kingdom generally, and particularly in Ireland, added to the great injury II me to the wheat crop before the completion of the late harvest, excite in us the most serious alarm of approach- Lag famine, and that in our opinion her Majesty's Minis ters are to be held responsible for the awful cense luences, first, because they were the authors of the pre ?-nt restrictive laws against the introduction of food, and secondly. because they have failed to adopt the necessary measures to avert so fearful a calamity." Mr. JOHN BOUSELEY said, that they bad heard Mr. Cooper and the resolution he had proposed. The corn question was one of great interest, and had been so freely discussed, that all the well-informed persons of the com munity were familiar with it. There was no second opinion about it. Ile had lived a long time in the bo rough of Southwark, and had many friends who dif differed with him in opinion, but they all agreed with him on one subject, viz., the repeal of the corn duties. He hoped the time was not far distant when the Conserva tive interest would listen to the wants of the millions, and take those measures that would alleviate them. Mr. WiLwears, a working man, said that the question before them was a very important one, and the reason that the repeal of the corn - laws had been agitated was because it would make bread cheap and increase manual labour and wages. lie did not know which he had most to complain of, the increase of prices of provisions or the decrease of wages. The question was whether the opening of the ports would not reduce the prices of raw materials. If so, that reduction would improve the condition of the working-man. Would it not also take the reins of government out of the hands of the landed proprietors, and place it in the hands of the manufactur ing class, who were better qualified to hold it?—(A Voice from the end of the room, " Yes, to be sure it would.") Ile begged that gentleman would not make a ise, there was plenty of talent in that room to put him drown, or correct him, if he was wrong.—(Hear, hear.) One gentleman who had spoken had said that the duty was a 14s. duty ; and it was necessary to know what reduction of prices the removal of that duty, by the opening of the ports, would cause. It would take lid. from the price of the four-pound loaf.— (I-lear, hear.) That was an object, but the question would arise, whether, when the corn came into the hands of a grasping manufacturer, he would not swailow up that lid. With regard to manual labour, had wo not enough of it ? Did we not see petitions daily coming from the matiufactufing districts praying that the women might be exempted from work, and allowed toremain at home ? But the manufacturers preferred female labour, and would not do so. The working classes were oppressed.—(A Voice, " Look at Lord Ashley and the butcher boy.") He did not care for Lord Ashley. lie did not pay him to speak there.—(Loud laughter.) He was a working man, who worked 18 hours per day, who had seven mouths to feed, and ho spoke for his own interest and the interests of his fellow-workmen, as they were inseparable. lie would like to see how the opening of the ports would benefit him. Provisions were being daily taken out of the country, and sold to supply the wants of foreign powers. lie would recommend that, instead of opening the ports, they should shut them, and keep in what food they had left.—(A tremendous storm of ytlls and hisses followed this remark, and it was some time before order was restored.) The CHAIRMAN hoped that they would allow the eaealser to proceed, or else put him down by fair argu .,e,nt, not by noise. Mr. WILLIAMS proceeded. At every meeting of this ;, , nd be had observed an attempt made to stifle inquiry. 'E.tey called out for fair treatment for themselves, and Net put down those who would propose the means of doing it. They cried out for liberty to express their ss ants, and yet would not allow them to be expressed. — (Cries of " Question, question.") The CHAIRMAN again interfered for silence. Mr. WILLIAMS again proceeded—We have to com :ain of the high price of food, and the low price of labour ; but the price of food was not so bad as the price of labour. The reason of that decrease was, because every man who had a little money and could buy t he raw material cheap, sets up as master manufactu rer,got their wives and children to work for them, and then, not finding a sale for the goods, they hawked them about and undersold them to their own loss and the injury of their trade. He knew a gentleman connected with the League, whose men were earning from 7s. to Bs. per day, but he slid that he could not give that : he intro duced a number of boys, and when, in consequence of their refusal to work, they were brought before a ma gistrate, he said, that the competition allowed would not enable him to pay high wages. He hoped the work ing classes would see their own interests, and exercise their own discretion. The speaker was then pro ceeding to make some statement against Lord Londonderry, but was put down by loud cries Lord Londonderry has given a largo amount of money to the League.—(Cries of " Sit down.') Is this the way to arrive at the truth of this great question ? Amidst hisses and roars the speaker went on to say, that the aristocracy, of whom he was not a paid sup porter in seeking their own interest, benefited the in terest of the working classes, but with merchants, whose god was their gold, these classes need not look to par ticipate in the good. Another burst of disapprobation called the chairman to his feet, who said that the speaker was certainly keeping pertinently to the point, but he ought to consider that after speaking so long, there were others in the meeting who wished to address them. A few more remarks on the illiberality of the working men at public meetings concluded what he had to say. Mr. TOWNSEND, a shoemaker, wished to make a few remarks in reply to the last speaker, who was a working man like himself. He thought working men at public meetings, the only opportunities they have of expressing their opinions, ought to know how to conduct them selves. It had been said that there would be a reduction o f five farthings on the 41b loaf, this certainly would be acceptable to every working man in Britain.— (From the former speaker, "It will go into the hands of the m anufacturers.") On that subject he had invariably found, that when prices rose, the English manufacturers had increased the workmen's wages—in the case of shoes a penny a pair more. Free trade between America and Britain would increase labour; there would be 15,000 pairs instead of 5,000, and surely that state of affairs is much to be desired. Free trade is progressing. Lord John Russell had given in his adherence to the system, and just to-day he had beard that Lord Lon donderry-shad renounced his former policy in favour of ii.—(Laughter.) Ile saw in to-day's Times that the ports were to be opened in January; by that time he trusted they would have more experience of Dr. Buck land's maxim — Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold, Pease pudding in the pot, Nine days old. --(Laughter.) Mr. FAIRCHILD, a working man, than addressed the I_2eeting. He said there was every prognostication of a r: mine ; and whom are they to blame ? The Minis t-r? No. The working men ? No. It is the will Providence ; and this meeting was held to ,nsider by what means they could avert the c 'ming danger. The ports ought to be opened. He 1 1 , ad never found that when food was cheap wages were I ,w. The contrary, according to his experience, had in : ariably been the true state of things. Let there be an outlet for the manufactures of the country by the repeal of the corn-laws, and the working-classes then may have corn to what quantity they wish, and besides the inter course would convert enemies, and those who threaten to become so, into friends. Is it not according to common sense that if there be but twenty men to do sixty men's work, they surely may have what price they choose for their labour? All here are in fear of famine. Why should it be so ? There are twenty millions of a cres i n t h e Mi ss i ss ippi uncu ltivated. He should rather say that, if there be demand, thirty mil lions may be brought under cultivation. The aristocracy have scouted and sneered at the working-classes. What have they denied them ? Political education—they have denied that. They must rouse themselves, and show the aristocracy there is knowledge and intellect among them—that they know their duty and their interest, and now is a time sp ecially calli ng f or energy. MT. APSLEY PELLAT said he would not throw the a p p l e of discord among them on the present occasion, • but raise his voice, with those with whom he might differ on ot h e r questions, against the further continuance of the taxes on food. Ile was for the fullest and most would therefore, ad ex- t e nsive freedom i n the interchange of com mo di t i es, espe cially in the art i c le of food. Some of th e spea k ers had s poken of bakers a nd blacksmiths, and he e dress them as a glassblower. He at'mitte that his, as well as other trades, might temporarily suffer from the importation of articles from foreign coun tries, but what would be the result ? It would stimu late the people of this country to greater ex ert i ons, and he had such confidence in the energy and skill of if t ool wor fair k ing men of England, that they w ere able, y play were given them, to compete successfully with the labourers of any portion of the globe. The Hon. Gen tleman, after referring to the condition of Jersey and Guernsey, as ,En illustration of the benefits arising from the absence of - the protective system, concluded by quot ing from a book, which the speaker said he highly re 'lined. It was from the book of Proverbs, and was as follows :—" He that withholds corn the people shall curse him ; but a blessing shall be on the head of him that shall sell it."—(Loud cheers.) - Joint ROBERTS, a working man, next addressed the meeting, and said that while he fully agreed in the necessity of repealing the corn-laws, still he cautioned TIT them against trusting too much to the members of the Anti-Corn• law League. Ire had watched them for some time, and he had great suspicion of their honesty and COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The first Court of Common Council for the present Mayoralty was held yesterday, and, as usual, was very fully attended. The Lord Mayor came in state, at t,rich-41 by the civic co, tege, and took the chair pre- good intentions. 'Mr. IkmenEwe, M.P., expressed himself delighted with the course the meeting had taken, as h . e thought none better calculated to discuss t he question of the corn-laws than working men, for they felt the pres sure arising from them. It was lamentable that while there was every evidence of a scarcity, there were great quantities of grain in warehouses being destroyed by rats, mice, and other ver min. He recollected about thirty years ago a circum stance that very forcibly illustrated the working of the corn-laws. There was a quantity of grain which he knew of, that after being imported, lay in bond seven years, at the end of which it was entirely destroyed ; it was altogether unfit for food.— (Loud cries of "Shame.") He believed that Sir Robert Peel was, as Mr. Wakley had said of him, made of squeezable material, and would be forced to yield on the question of the repeal of the tax on food. He (Mr. Humphery) had lately been in France for about six weeks, and he learned that Louis Philippe, the King of the French, was a perfect Liberal ; he was as much a free trader as Mr. Cobden, and would gladly consent to repeal all taxes on food, if the people of that country would consent to it. A previous speaker had said that America was not in a position to supply us with food. It might not be at the present moment ex actly in a position to grant them all they wanted, still they could grant them a considerable supply ; and even now it was introducing grain under the rose into Ca nada, for the purpose of importation into this country. By repealing the corn-laws, however, an impetus would be given to the growth of corn in the United States, by which there would be no danger of a future scarcity. Lord John Russell, be (Mr. Humphery) was glad to see, had declared for free trade, a measure which he (the speaker) had always advocated, though he had doubts of its con summation being so early realised as some thought. The Times newspaper had that morning stated that the Ministry intended proposing, early in January, a total repeal of the corn-laws. Ile was afraid it was only given on the authority of the Times, and would not be carried out in the way proposed. After dwelling at some further length, the Hon. Member concluded by expressing himself resolved by every means to assist in repealing the corn-laws. Mr. STRATTON spoke at some length against the reso lution, expressing fear that a repeal of the corn-laws would lead to the bringing back of the Whigs, a party which he despised. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet ing, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. LEE STEPHEN said that he had great pleasure in addressing that meeting. Before coming there he anti cipated a long discussion and an amicable one. The meeting had, contrary to all usual practice, been called at eleven for twelve, to allow the working men to be present, and all the gentlemen who worked with him in getting up the meeting had unanimously wished that the discussion should not be confined to any particular class, but that the working classes should be allowed the free expression of their feelings. There had been some inter ruption given to some speakers, and he begged to remark that they had not been causedlby the members of the Anti- Corn-law League, as had been remarked. He was no member of the League, but he did not abuse it, and he was sure that the interruptions given were given by the intelligent body of the working men, to express their disapprobation of the arguments of a few bf the crochetty speakers of their own class. It had been stated that America had not at this time food enough to be able to assist us in case of our being obliged to have recourse to her. But they should re member that a deficiency of the harvest was rarely felt until the next harvest was nearly ready for gathering, and if America could not assist us now, she could at an other time ; for they should remember that the harvests of their southern provinces preceded ours by two months. He would now read the resolution ; and he certainly feared that there would be some little difference of opinion about it. The second resolution was as fol lows:—" That a memorial be therefore addressed to Sir R. Peel, the First Lord of the Treasury, praying that he will immediately counsel her Majesty to issue an Order in Council for the admission, duty free, of every description of grain, and that he will further advise her Majesty promptly to convene Parliament for the purpose of receiving all restrictive laws upon the intro duction of food, and that the High Bailiff be requested to sign such memorial on behalf of this meeting, and forward the same immediately." The power Sir Robert Peel possessed could open the ports. Sir Robert Peel had a sort cf malleable con science, and could be made use of. Why should they not make him their instrument ? Why should they not obtain their wishes and wants by his instrumentality ? They would not have him to thank for what they gained; they would have to thank themselves, as it would be by their own exertions. He had said he was not a member of the League, but he would be proved to be so. It would be no disgrace to him to be so ; it would be an honour. He considered that the meeting ought to do honour to those men who had spent their time and trouble, not for their own interest, but for those of their fellow-men. They should do honour to Ebenezer Elliot, who, while working at his steel and iron, applied his mind to the formation of his " Corn-law-Rhymes." Let them to honour to Thompson—honour to Cob den, Villiers, and Bright, who had so nobly exerted themselves in a good cause.—(The most enthusiastic ap plause followed this proposal, and three cheers were given for Cobden.) Let them also do honour, but in a lesser degree, to Lord John Russell and Lord Morpeth who had joined the cause at a late hour.—(Laughter.) They sought to come in at the death—(Laughter)— and to exalt themselves by means of the League. Let them try to do without them, and work through Peel alone, and if he did not do their business for them, let them fall back upon Russell and Morpeth, who might, per haps, assist them in case of other sources failing. Mr. ELKINGTON came forward to second the resolu tion. He trusted it would be unnecessary for him to show that the corn-laws were an injury to the people. A late occasion in Southwark evinced this. In 1838 a vast amount of money was paid out for corn; the Bank men put the screw on this money, and much time had to elapse ere the country could regain its position. It has always been that when corn has been cheap wages have risen The recent prosperity of the country has been brought about by the manufacturing demands, despite of the corn-laws, and wages in consequence went up as high as 30 or 40 per cent. The meeting was called to urge the repeal of these laws ; and without adding more, lie would resume his seat, hoping they would be unanimous in seeking this object. Mr. HOWARD said he was compelled to oppose the resolution. He considered no good would come of me morialising the Cabinet. A vast number of petitions, memorials, and addresses, were presented last session, yet what attention had been given to them by the impe rious Minister ? None whatever. He objected going to the Treasury, bat in hand, begging for the measure to be granted, but he would go to the Queen at once, whcm he had no doubt would listen to the prayers and entrea ties of the people. He would move as an amendment to that part of the resolution, which recommended memo rialising the Ministry, that it be struck out, and sub stituting that the Queen be memorialised instead. Mr. ROBERTS seconded the resolution. Mr. WILSON replied, and said that if the amendment was agred to, then the memorial would have to go to the Home-office, and perhaps lie there for five or six weeks till it was convenient to present it. Were there a levee next week, then they might appoint a deputation, with their worthy High Bailiff at their head, to present it ; but this not being the case, then the course recom mended in the resolution was the best one. The HIGH Bampr stated that if they agreed to me morialise Sir Robert Peel, they would have an imme diate answer, which would not be obtained in the other case. cisely at one o'clock. His LORDSHIP, in a brief address, assured the members of the Court that during his year of office he should en deavour at all times to observe the strictest punctuality, and should ever be ready to receive their communi cations. Unanimously elected as he had been by his fellow-citizens to fill the high and honourable office of Chief Magistrate of this great and ancient City, he confi dently looked for assistance and support in the discharge of its responsible duties from every individual member of the Court. THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE. Mr. Alderman T. WOOD drew the attention of the Court to the minutes of the proceedings of the last Court with reference to the proposition for au increase of salary to the City Police Commissioner. The minutes stated that the motion for augmenting the salary was to refer the question to the Police Committee, and after that motion was disposed of they added a motion, " That the Court do adjourn," and it was adjourned ac cordi! gly. Then followed an entry, which was incon sistent with the terms of the original motion, and which would apparently show to a casual reader that other business had been disposed of after the Court had actually adjourned. This circumstance he (Alderman Wood) thought required some explanation. The TOWN CLERK said that the minutes were strictly accurate, and the entry at the end, to which the worthy Alderman had alluded, was merely a short statement of the substance of the original motion, for the purpose of informing the members of the Court of the division which took place upon it, and the result. Mr. Alderman T. WooD moved that the entry at the foot of the minutes be altered, in conformity with the terms of the original motion. This was, as we understood, agreed to, and the alteration made accordingly. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Deputy WATKINS, in rising to propose for the adoption of the Court a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, said it was not his intention to occupy much of the time of the Court, or to enter largely into the man ner in which the late Lord Mayor had performed his magisterial duties during his year of office. To the present Lord Mayor, to his brethren in the Court of Aldermen, and to the members of this Court, the impartiality and firmness with which the late Lord Mayor had discharged every portion of the duties of the high office he had so ably filled was well known, and it would be arrogant, therefore, in him (Mr. Deputy Wat kins) to attempt to expatiate upon the subject, especially as he could not but be aware that every member of this Court highly estimated the manner in which Mr. Alder man Gibbs had gone through his official year as Chief Magistrate of this ancient metropolitan City. It was with these feelings that he had framed a vote of thanks, which he should now move, and which, he trusted, would meet with the unanimous approbation of the Court.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy Watkins concluded by for mally moving the vote of thanks. Mr. D. W. WIRE rose, and said that he had naturally expected he should be called upon to second the motion which had just been made, and he did so with unfeigned pleasure, because he was . satisfied the decision of the Court upon it would fortify the prediction he had made at the commencement of Mr. Alderman Gibbs's year.of office, namely, that though that gentleman was not so well known to the members of the Court of Common Coun cil as he would be on his retirement from office, yet the more they became acquainted with his moral and social worth, the more they would view with approving admiration the manner in which he had dis- Mr. Alderman T. WOOD moved that the seals be not affixed until the opinion of counsel had been received on the case stated to them as to the right of the pre cedence of the Lord Mayor as President of the Royal Hospitals. Mr. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion. Mr. ASHURST moved, as an amendment, that the affixing of the seal be postponed. A prolonged and somewhat angry discussion arose, and terminated in the rejection of both the original motion and the amendment. Eventually the suggestion of the Recorder that the Court should, with the consent of the Lord Mayor, be adjourned to give time for the return of the opinion of counsel, was adopted, and the Lord Mayor, having fixed the adjourned Court to be held on Tuesday next, the Court rose at four o'clock. charged all the magisterial and other importan duties connected with the high station he had been called upon to fill.—(Hear, hear.) It was wholly unne cessary for him (Mr. Wire) to enlarge upon the punc tuality and impartiality with which the late Lord Mayor had presided over the discussions and decisions of this Court. The Court has never been kept waiting, nor did he wait to be summoned when there was business to be transacted, and it was something to urge in his favour, that when he retired from office he had entirely cleared the paper of business—(Hear, hear)—and there had been scarcely any question upon which his judgment had not been confirmed by the majority of the members present.—(Hear, hear.) As a magistrate, he (Mr. Wire) looked upon the late Lord Mayor as one of the very best who had ever occupied the civic chair.—(Loud applause.) Although not legally educated, his decisions had been replete with excellent judgment, and had ge nerally been afterwards affirmed by the Courts to which they had been referred.—(Hear, hear.) His dili gence and attention had never been surpassed, for during the whole year of office he had never been absent from the chair of justice at the Mansion-house on any one occasion.—(Applause.) Of the advantages which had accrued to the various charities which adorn the metro polis from the attendance upon them of the late Lord Mayor, all who were connected with those charities were unanimous in their concurrence in the fact. They admitted that not only had ho been most generous in his own contributions, but his exertions in their behalf had been most beneficial.—(Hear, hear.) Under such circumstances he (Mr. Wire) was truly delighted that this day had arrived, because he felt, as he had done at the commencement of his friend's career, that the ter mination of his year of office would bring to him addi tional honours, and would prove to the world and to his fellow-citizens that his character had been most un justly assailed.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Question, question.") He trustsd that an unanimous vote of this Court would tend to remove impressions—(Loud cries of "No, no" and considerable interruption, in the midst of which the sentence was lost.) Mr. Wire concluded by expressing his sincere hope that the conduct of the late Lord Mayor would be approved by those members of the Court who had came in contact with him, and that by their vote this day they would show that his conduct had been such as to entitle him to the admira tion and gratitude of his fellow-citizens.—(Applause.) The motion having been put to the Court by the RE CORDER, Mr. IL L. TAYLOR said he did not rise for the pur pose of opposing a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor—a vote to which be did not conceive there would be a dissentient voice raised—but he did present himself to the Court for the purpose of expressing his disappro bation of the indiscretion which some of the observations which had fallen from the seconder (Mr. Wire) had ex hibited.— (Hear, hear.) He gave Mr. Wire credit gene rally for great discretion—there was no man to whose opinion generally he paid more deference and attention, but when Mr. Wire stated that a vote of this Court would remove impressions which prevailed out of doors in the public mind, he (Mr. H. L. Taylor) very much doubted it. Ile believed that the impressions upon the public mind would remain the same—if not the same, still they would not be improved—and he (Mr. 11. L. Taylor) would not have it to go forth to the public that the Court of Common Council, by the vote proposed, did anything more than express their satisfaction of the manner in which the late Lord Mayor had fulfilled his magisterial duties during his civic year. If the motion contained a single syllable touching upon a tender point which he (Mr. H. L. Taylor) would not name, but which was well known to every member of the Court present, he, though a very humble member, should certainly have moved an amendment, and he believed there was not any independent member of the Court who would re fuse to support it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COPE rose to order. The speaker had declared that he would not name the subject to which ho adverted, and yet he was stating his conjectures as to what the Court would do if the subject he was entering upon was alluded to in the proposed vote of thanks. Surely the speaker was not justified in the course be was now taking. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR appealed to the sound sense and discretion of the Lord Mayor to say whether or not he was correct in the course he was taking. The LORD MAYOR—Aro you going to oppose or to move an amendment upon the vote of thanks which has been moved to the late Lord Mayor? Mr. H. L. TAYLOR replied in the negative, but added that he was confident the Lord Mayor was desirous of dealing out even-handed justice. He approved of the vote of thanks in the form in which it stood, but he could not allow the extraneous remarks of Mr. Wire to pass in silence. Mr. Dawsosf (amidst some confusion) observed, that as the vote of thanks did net contain one word in refe rence to the matter to which Mr. Taylor alluded, the observations of that gentleman were wholly irrelevant. —(Loud cries of " Question, Question.") The RECORDER then put the motion, and after taking a show of hands, declared it to be carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Deputy WATKINS, the vote of thanks was ordered to be ornamentally written upon vellum, signed by the Town Clerk, and framed and glazed, and presented to the late Lord Mayor. The vote was also ordered to be advertised in the usual morning and evening newspapers. Mr. Deputy WATKINS next moved that this Court, in token of its approbation of the conduct, character, and sc rvices of the Reverend Michael Gibbs, M.A., Chaplain to the late Lord Mayor, do request Mr. Chamberlain to present him with a purse of fifty guineas.—Agreed to nem. con. Mr. llzAnx suggested that the amendment should be withdrawn, and in addition to the memorial to Sir R. Peel, that one be also presented to her Majesty. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the re solution unnanimously carried. Mr. BEACON rose to propose that a memorial should be presented to her Majesty. It had been objected that the memorial just carried must go through Sir James Graham's hands, if it go at all. But is there no other mode of approaching her Majesty ? The gentleman proceeded to speak of the difficulty of reaching the Queen, and finally moved that a memorial be presented to her Majesty. The resolution being seconded, was put, and unani mously agreed to. A memorial, founded on the resolution, was then read and agreed to, when, after a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for his impartial conduct in the chair, the meet ing separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals-Madagascar, Weller, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 7, Mauritius, Sept. 27, Cape, Oct. 14. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope-Gloriana, Sept. 27, from London, and sailed Oct. 8 to Calcutta; Fife shire, 29th, from Angra Pequena ; Conway Castle, Kerr, from Liverpool; Trusty, 29th, from Angra Pequena ; Mal vina, 30th, from Simon's Bay ; Mary, Oct. 1, from Plumb- Pudding Island, and sailed sth to the West Coast; Isabella, , 3d, from Algoa Bay, and sailed Bth to Boston ; Frederick Huth, Toby, from London P • Tory from Lond on ; Madonna,' 4th, from London; Eliza Scott, from St. Helena; Angelina, from London; Sarah, sth, from Allao; Mogul, 7th, from Singapore; Pomona, from Angra Pequena ; Anna Maria, from Singapore; Curraghmore, from Calcutta: Apprentice, 9th, from London ; Joseph Albino, 10th, from London ; Plantagenet, 14th, from Bengal and Madras; City of Poonah, from Madras. Departures from Table Bay-Margaret, Sept. 26, to Ele phant Rock; British Sovereign, 27th, Fanny, 28, Richard .fount, 29th, to Mauritius; Frederick, 28th, to Batavia; Courier, to Liverpool; Ann, 29th, to Madras; Nutcut, Oct. 1, to Algoa Bay ; Ghika, to Crozets ; Gilbert Henderson, to Hobart Town; Jane, 2d, to River Plate; Hampton, 4th, to St. Helena and Liverpool ; Nereide, sth, to St. Helena and London; Thomas and William, sth, to Mauritius; Nancy, to Algoa Bay; La Petite Suzanne, Gth, to Bourbon; Washing ton, Bth, to Mauritius; William Wright, 9th, to London. Arrivals in Algoa Bay-Camden, Sept. 25, from Table Bay, and sailed 20th, to Quillimaine ; Gowrie, Oct. 2, from Table Bay; Daphne, from London. Departures from Algoa Bay-Richard, Oct. 1, for Mauri tius; Victoria Regina, for Ichaboe. Departures from Simon's Bay-Louisa Munro, Sept. 25th, to London ; Eleanor Sophie, 29th, to Aarhuis ; H. M. steamer Vulture, Oct. 5, to Mauritius; Albinia, to Rio. CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE, OP THE SHIP TORY. This individual, whose name is familiar to the whole kingdom, and by this time in many places beyond it, as being accused of fearful and appalli ng murders on the high seas, is a native of the palish of Dunnet,in the county of Caithness. He served his apprenticeship to h t e he b se ad a c li m b a oa n r d d otfhtehe Tory, George Si n clair, of Wick, and since resided when at home at Liverpool. He is married to a cousin of his own, who belongs to Orkney. His father was long an elder in the church and parish of Dunnet.—John o' Groat Journal. PIGEON FLYING.—On Monday a pigeon, belonging to Mr. Dalton, of Kennington, flew from Dover to London in One hoar and twenty-five minutes, SUN, LONDON, FRIDA'T EVEVING, DECEMBER"6S, 1845 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 lIERALD.—The Times yesterday announced that Parlia ment is to be assembled in the first week in January, and that the Royal Speech is to contain a recommendation to consider the corn-laws with a view to their repeal. We are not going to contradict this statement, because, while it is the easiest thing in the world to make such statements, it is impossible to contradict them by authority. If any Cabinet Minister, directly or indirectl y , informed the Times of the alleged purpose of the Cabinet, he was guilty of a scandalous violation of his oath as a Privy Councillor; and if the statement of the Times be utterly false, as we believe it to be, any Cabinet Minister authorising us to contradict it must equally violate his oath. Under these circumstances, we can only afford to our readers this amount of information, viz., that persons in the most intimate confidence of the Government know nothing whatever of any such design as that imputed to the Cabinet : of its extreme improbability, .on other grounds, readers themselves can judge. We, however, will assert nothing positively, for rash conjectural assertions may deceive as mischievously as wilful falsehoods; and if we an help it, we will never deceive. Meanwhile we may not conceal it, that the statement of the Times has obtained a degree of credit which, if permitted to extend, must lead to very serious consequences. STANDARD.—Our readers will forgive us reminding them that in every December of the last four years they have been assured of an immediate repeal of the corn-laws, without, as we can recollect, a single apology having followed the discovery that the assurance was an impudent falsehood. The practice is not an inconvenient one to the League and its friends. The promised submission of the Ministers works for a time as a condemnation of all their former policy, and a commendation of the wisdom and patriotism of their oppo nents, and when the bubble bursts, resentment is diverted from those who fabricated the falsehood to those whose firm ness disappoints expectation by proving it a falsehood. It is true that the habit of publishing period►cal untruths ought to prove injurious to the commercial interests of a public journal ; but does it ? Is character of the least value to a newspaper ? Whatever we may expect of the future — and we own our expectations are high in this re spect—we must acknowledge that a bad reputation does not impair the circulation of a public journal to the ex tent that it ought. The Dispatch is said to have the largest circulation among the weekly journals, the Times the largest among the daily journals, and so it will continue, until a strong effort 'of the whole of the honestly disposed part of the press shall raise it so far above contempt that men will be no ronger as indifferent to the moral character of the newspaper which they patronise as . to the moral character of the useful operator who empties a dust-bin. Our present business is, however, with the most recent announcement of the repeal of the corn-laws, thus given by the Times : "The decision of the Cabinet is no longer a secret. Par liament, it is confidently reported, is to be summoned for the first week in January ; and the Royal Speech will, it is added, recommend an immediate consideration of the corn -laws,pre paratory to their total repeal. Sir Robert Peel in the one House, and the Duke of Wellington in the other, will, we are told, be prepared to give immediate effect to the recommen dation thus conveyed. "An announcement of such immeasurable importance, and to the larger portion of the community so unspeakably gratifying, almost precludes the possibility of comment. No pen can keep pace with the reflections which must spon taneously crowd upon every thoughtful and sensitive mind. They who have long desired this change, and have long traced its manifold bearings on the welfare and happiness of the world, will in one moment see the realisation of that fair prospect, and will hardly endure to be informed of what they . already behold. The approaching event, therefore, which we this day communicate to our readers, must be left to speak for itself." The purpose of the Cabinet, as every one.is aware, can be known only through the violation of his oath by some of its members, a perjury certainly not less sordid or mischievous because relating to a matter of commerce upon which im mense gains may be obtained through early information, im mense losses sustained from the want of it. Now, having to choose between the belief that some Cabinet .Minister has violated his oath for the accommodation of the Times, or the belief that the Times has been at its old tri-dcs with an aspect to Mark-lane, we cannot help adopt ing the latter hypothesis, and disbelieving the whole story from beginning to end. But it may be asked, if the statement of the Times is untrue why not seek authority to contradiCt it? So we should if we knew how, but at present we cannot prepare a phrase in which respectfully to request a Privy C,eincillor to violate his oath. The an nouncement of the Times is, in fact, either a deliberate false hood, corruptly fabricated for some purpose of trade, or a guess, a mere " shot," as it is called in the universities and in schools, founded upon the loosest helps to conjecture. We do not dispute that the Times has many such helps ; its in fluence over inferior clerks and door porters in the public offices is, we are aware, very considerable; nay, we have a notion that it possesses the ear of one private secretary, though we believe but one. In this way the Times may worm out probabilities. For example, a clerk reports at Printing-house square (of course for a consideration) that certain papers not usually required until February are ordered to be ready in January. The inference is reasonably enough drawn that Parliament is to meet in January, and then it is added that these papers concern, inter alia, the Corn Returns—a less audacious builder than our Contemporary might raise upon such information, if such information has been obtained, an edifice as imposing as that which we have been contemplating. If the shot hits, the Times has the credit of early information ; if it misses, as it generally does, the falsehood is forgotten, and in either case the public is quite indifferent to the scandalous system of corruption and breach of trust by which the materials for guess-work are brought together. The Morning Chronicle Me ask its pardon for placing it in juxta-position with the mes) has also its announcement upon the subject of the corn-laws, as follows : THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON THE CORN LAWS. "We understand that the following letter has been re ceived by a zealous free-trader, who was induced to write to the Duke of Wellington, expressing his conviction that the corn-laws must be given up, and regretting that the Duke should stand in the way of Sir Robert Peel's repealing them. We do not vouch for the authenticity of the letter, but pub lish it as it is sent to us. If genuine, it is a remarkable do cument : Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. He has received his letter. " Mr. is pleased to say of the corn-laws that the game is up. Perhaps it is. Perhaps the Duke thinks so. But that is the Duke's business, and not Mr. —'s. " The Duke has long made it a rule to do his own busi ness, and leave other people to do theirs ; and never inter feres with other people, except to advise them to do the same. lle does not know how Mr. found it out; but it is quite true that he has told Sir R. Peel, it is not his busi ness or the Duke's to repeal the corn-laws, but Lord John Russell's and Mr. Cobden's. And whatever Mr. may be pleased to think, the Duke means to go on giving Sir Peel the same advice.' " The Morning Chronicle is quite right not to vouch for the authenticity of any letter received from " a zealous free trader ;" for there is nothing in which such persons trade inure freely than forgery and falsehood. However, we can not but wonder that our Coxtemporary could be imposed upon even to the extent of being made to doubt that the letter ascribed to the Duke of Wellington is an impudent fabrica tion. Such as it is, however, the article is just as trust ' worthy as the article of the Times ; and as the Chronicle de clines to vouch for it, neither so impudent nor so likely to do mischief to dupes as the Times' announcement, which. affirms, with all the gravity of "men of drab," an affirma tion of which the " men of drab " will make a very good thing, if they can only prevail upon extensive holders of grain to believe it. We do not believe one word of it. TIMES.—The surprise excited by the announcement in" the Times of yesterday on the subject of the corn-laws has been nowhere so intensely felt as in the offices of the " twin journals" which have been for some time under the delusion that they are the organs of the Government. It has been the monomania of these two melancholy prints to imagine that they possessed the confidence of the Treasury, and they have been babbling about the corn-laws to the very last under the erroneous impression that they would be the first to be apprised of any important resolution of the Cabinet. It was only yesterday that the morning half of these pre cicious Gemini indulged in a dreary drivel to prove that the corn-laws were " no failure," and that therefore the Premier ought not to be expected to abandon them. The aged gossip was not aware that the question on which she was exhausting her garrulity had been already virtually settled. Having been amused at the blundering ignorance of the Mrs. Gamp of the press, we looked with some curiosity to what she would say in the character of Mrs. Harris. The effect produced upon that female nobody is quite astound ing. She " don't believe a word of it," for she has heard nothing about it from Mrs. Gamp, who is the only authority for the opinions of Mrs. Harris. There is something very ridiculous in the position of these two journals, which, after doing all they could to win the favour of the Government, are not permitted even to have the credit of being the first to publish its intentions. The fact is, that the Cabinet naturally 'shrinks from the ridicule to which it would be exposed by accepting the in efficient services which the venerable twins are capable of affording it. Humbly and obsequiously have they been grind ing their organs under the windows of Downing-street, ready to play any tune that might be most pleasing to the Premier, but he has turned a deaf ear to their strains, and not even allowed his underlings an opportunity of throwing out an occasional morsel by way of encouragement. In vain have they looked imploringly up towards the garrets, or en ' treatingly down towards the kitchens ; not even the con • genial flunkies have been allowed to show compassion to these miserable mendicants. The vigilance of the master or the fidelity of tile servants has baffled the efforts of the per severing pair. They have not succeeded in getting hold of even a scrap of truth that they could turn to profit. The reason is obvious. The repeal of the corn-laws is a thing for statesmen to do, and not for old women to maunder about. • CHRONICLE.—The Times of yesterday startled its readers by announcing that it had received intimation of the result of the recent Cabinet Councils, and that that result AT nothing less than that Ministers had made up their minds to call Parliament together early in January, with a view of proposing the repeal of the corn• laws. It was added, that this might be regarded as the almost unanimous decision of the Cabinet, the exceptions being insignificant ; by which all the world understood that the Duke having given way, no one but Lord Stanley, and perhaps one or two others, were opposed to the general sense of their colleagues. We cannot wonder that the intelligence thus conveyed was re ceived with some incredulity. Many innocent people still believe that it is impossible i'or the present Ministry so com pletely to throw over the monopolists, who placed them in power. Many even who, on the contrary, regarded that re sult as certain, had never conceived that it could be brought about so soon. Rumour has for some time pointed rather to an opposite termination of the discussions of the Cabinet. Even so late as the day before yesterday, it was very generally and confidently asserted that Lord Aberdeen had resigned ; which, as he is understood to have been the most active partisan of free- trade in these discus sions, was naturally regarded as indicating that:his colleagues had determined on making a fight to maintain the corn-laws for another year. Everybody was, therefore, more or less startled at suddenly being informed, not me r e l y that things were taking a turn in the Cabinet towards free trade, but that a decision in favour of " total and immediate " repeal had actually been adopted, was to be acted upon in January, and was to be enforced in one House by Sir Robert Peel, and in the other by the Duke of Wellington. And some, too, were a little surprised and perplexed at the circumstance of this important change of policy on t he p art of Ministers being communicated to the world through the medium of the paper most personally and bitterly hostile to the greater number of them. On the other hand , it seemed inconceiv able that if the Times had not very good authority for its assertion, it should venture to tri fle with its readers on a question of such importance, and especially on one about which any misinformation must so materially affect commer cial transactions. It was a case , too , on which it seemed hardly possible for a paper to trust to any but the bestauthority. Com paring the probabilities of the case, it seemed to be the general impression that the story told by the Times was tru e in the main : that the details given might not have been yet determined on ; but that it was pretty well settled by the majority of the Cabinet that the corn-laws were to be mate rially Modified, if not, as was deemed more probable, repealed at once, and' effectually. We must say that the contradic tion in last night's Standard has the effect of a very strong corroboration of the Times. The Standard, after beginning with a few general remarks on newspaper lying, goes on to comment upon the difficulty of getting information from Ca binet Ministers with respect to the secrets of their delibera tions ; and then, after running into a grave refutation of 4 squib in the Chronicle, drops the article of the Times, with a mere assurance to its readers that it does not believe a word of it. But the article in the Times ,if not true, should have been contradicted on authority. Five words—" ‘Ve are u thorised to contradict," would have disposed of the whole falsehood--if falsehood it were. All the argumentation of the Standard will fail to produce this effect. In the first place, Cabinet Ministers, though they are sometimes scrupu lous about mentioning what has actually passed in Cabinet, do not think themselves restrained from stating the course which the Government moan to take on any question. If they meant to repeal the corn-laws, they would not scruple to conimunicate their policy wherever such com munications miert be deemed advisable ; and intentions talked of among their friends might very probably get re ported to the Times. The Standard says it cannot contra dict the Times, because it knows not how to approach a Ca binet Minister to ask him to violate his oath, by telling the intentions of the Cabinet. Depend upon it, if Ministers could with truth have contradicted the Times, they would have deemed it advisable to relieve the " agricultural mind " from the terrible agitation in which it will be tossed about for the next month ; and to spare themselves the obloquy to which they will be subjected on account of the intentions ascribed to them. And depend upon it that, had they desired to set the public right, they would have found some means of doing so without violating any oath, and would not have lost a single post in doing so. The Standard would have the greatest pleasure in giving an authoritative contradiction to the Times. Its not being allowed to do so goes a great way to prove the statement in question to be true. We must say, too, that our strongest reason for inclining to believe that there is much truth in the report is the opinion which we have long since formed, that a repeal of the corn-laws by the present Government was the result to which we are inevitably advancing. Oddly as the phrase may sound, we are convinced that the thing which Sir Robert Peel would do most to avoid is the necessity of breaking with the Liberal opinions of his countrymen. Throughout life, no doubt, he has been opposed to the Liberal party. His inclination has been to retard, but it has not been to prevent the progress of improvement. His great aim in life has, as he told us, been to acquire posthumous fame—to transmit his name to posterity in connexion with great measures and a great policy. Such fame as this he knows that he can never ac quire as the upholder of ancient abuses, and the champion of aristocratic injustice. He knows full well that it is only from the liberal opinion of his time that lie can acquire the claim on posterity which he hopes to establish. That opinion, therefore, it is that he really wishes to conciliate. His whole conduct, since he has been in office, shows that it is that opinion alone which he values. He braves it sometimes, he tries to trick it at others ; but embark in a career of systematic, avowed, and hopeless opposition to it is what be has never done, and never will do. All his past measures have been directed to staving off the moment in which he must either frankly adopt that course, with respect to free trade, which public opinion favours, or risk his future fame in un compromising resistance to the public feeling. How long he would have gone on without taking either side, giving hopes to both parties, and committing himself irrevocably to neither, there is no saying. But Lord John Russell's decla ration has put an end to his indecision. For though .it did not create the necessity, nor the general feeling, for free trade, that declaration has brought things to a crisis, in which every one must take his part definitively on the question of the eorn-laws. That letter put an end to all dive: ions in the Libe ral party, and rallied the whole body in one concentrated and vigorous opposition. It roused the Liberal feeling from one end of the country to the other ; it forced into the movement against the corn-laws even those whose party feelings would have kept them aloof from that struggle until the moment in which it was to be decided for ever. Sir Robert Peel must have seen that lie would now have to struggle against the whole force of the Liberal party, backed by an out-of-doors agitation, extending far beyond any one party. He must have felt that the moment was at length arrived in which lie must either lead a great movement of public opinion, or commit himself to the desperate defence of follies and iniquities over which it was clear that that public opinion would speedily triumph. In such a state of things we cannot doubt which side he would choose. And we cannot, therefore, hesitate to believe that his decision would be in accordance with the statement of the Times. Be this as it may, it makes no difference in the course which it is incumbent on the people to pursue. If the Ministry are still to be ranked among the upholders of monopoly, we must do our best to beat them ; and we shall beat them. If the news be true, and they undertake the' cause of free trade, they will want all our aid, and that aid we must give them, as cordially as we would give it to the best and earliest of our friends. Even with Ministers on our side, and with all the influence of the Duke and Sir Robert Peel, we shall have a fierce struggle to go through. Nothing but the moat une quivocal expression of the most determined popular will can bend the majority of the House of Lords. In order to over come that resistance we must throw aside every considera tion of party, and avail ourselves of every aid offered .to us fur the great end of ensuring subsistence and employment to the people, freedom to trade, stability to agricultural indus try, and relief to the great body of the people from the most insolent injustice by which any aristocracy, in the present day, has ventured to promote its selfish interests at the ex pense of the community. If Sir Robert Peel will give us the aid of his Ministerial influence, and lead us on to com bat in our own cause, we shall be rejoiced to fight under his guidance and name. We shall leave to a future day to vin dicate the just claims of' those to whom the victory of free trade is really due. POST.—Forty-one persons, who call themselves merchants and bankers of the city of London, have published a declara tion on the subject of the corn-laws. We should be over rating the importance of this paper if we regarded it as any thing else than:the declaration of a very:small, and (compara tively) a very insignificant portion of the bankers and merchants of London. We do not dispute, however, that several of the names appended to it are those of men of wealth and eminence ; they arc also, however, men of noto rious political bigotry—men for whose calm impartiality of judgment in any matter subject to the influence of political or party feeling, no person of good sense has the least respect. They assert that " supplies of foreign corn destined for the relief of the people of this country, have been excluded from our ports by the high duty which, under our present sliding scale, is the inevitable consequence of the defective quality of our own harvest." It is very little to the credit of British merchants to indulge in such mere rholomontade as this upon an important matter. What is the real meaning of such words as "destined for the relief of the . people of this country ?" Where is the proof of any distress for food among the people of this country? Is it prudent, or decent, or anything but most inconsistent with the discretion which ought to belong to British merchants, to come forward in this way, the retailers of vague rumours, as mischievous as vague, which even the common rules of mercantile information con tradict ? Why should these men assume a probability of scarcity, and need of relief, when the prices of corn in the markets indicate nothing of the kind ? It seems to us per fectly clear, from the evidence of positive facts, that these flirty-one persons—happily a very small and insignificant fraction of the mercantile body of London—are descending to the position of tools of a faction. For what is there in the circumstances of the present time to lead to such a decla ration more than at other times, when no such demonstra tion was made? What but the unusual stir of a busy, tur bulent faction, which thinks it may make an impression now, by urging matters of a far less pressing character than those of former years, when no such urgency was attempted? How can these forty-one persons justify to themselves the attempt to make all alarm now, when circumstances, as in dicated by the markets, are much more in favour of an ade quate supply of food than they were in former years, and when the duties on importation are very much lower than they were in those years ? And we must say that these forty-one persons, however well-informed they may be upon some branches of mercantile or monetary business, appear to be quite ignorant of the truth in regard to the foreign corn trade. It costs them little trouble, and it would seem very little thought, to put their names to a paper de claring that high import duties have of late excluded foreign corn from our ports, but in doing so they have only testified their ignorance of the subject upon which they express them selves so confidently. If they had taken the trouble to in quire among men acquainted with the business of importing corn, they would have learned that the only impediment to the acquisition of foreign corn for English use which has been felt this season, was the rumour that our ports were going to be opened for the receipt of foreign corn free of duty. So long as that rumour was believed on the Continent, it was naturally supposed that our necessity for supplies from abroad must be very great, and that we should be willing to pay a very high price rather than be without the supply. It, therefore, became difficult to buy fo reign corn except at a very large advance. But as soon as the rumour was discovered to be groundless, then foreign corn again became purchaseable at a considerably lower price, and was accordingly purchased for the British market. We must affirm, then, that the forty-one decla rants, however well informed they may be upon other matters, are exceedingly ignorant upon the subject of ac quiring foreign corn for the English market; or, if not ig norant, they are something worse—that is, they are wilful promulgators of that which is not true, fur the purpose of producing an excitement favourable to the views of a faction. The forty-one declarants use the hackneyed phrase of " tam pering with the food of the people," as applicable to those laws which have for their object the protection of British cultivation from undue foreign competition, and thus the se curing to the people a far larger supply from the English soil than they would have if no such protective law existed. The use of such language is, in our judgment, a further proof either that the declarants are unacquainted with the subject on which they presume to offer their opinion, or that they prefer serving the cause of a faction to serving the cause of truth. The protection of British cultivation is no more a tampering with the food of the people than the protection af forded by the police is a tampering with the liberty of the people. It ought not to be called tampering. It is an inter ference of the law in the people's behalf. It is a policy which has for its object the guardianship of these two things—the productive industry of a very large body of the working class, and of the whole nation, from that danger which would beset it if it were habitually dependent for a considerable portion of its s.ipply of food upon foreign kingdoms, whose governments might interdict; that supply from a policy of their own. A more gross and glaring instance of unbounded self-sufficiency, egregious vanity, and ridiculous prejudice than that afforded by the last paragraph of the "Declaration," we do not remember to have seen. Ilere it is : " We declare our deliberate conviction that no necessity can justify the Legislature in tampering with the food of the people, or impeding the free purchase of that article on which depends the existence of a large portion of the com munity ; that the removal, therefore, of all restrictions upon the import of articles of food is essential to the general prosperity, as well as to the social peace of this country ; that it is a measure dictated by all sound principles; con firmed by a long and fatal experience of the effects of an op posite course ; that it is demanded by the want and pressing necessities of the labouring classes; that it is sanctioned by the judgment of the educated part of the community ; that the present condition of the country renders it a measure of immediate necessity, the delay of which must inflict creel hardships on the labouring classes, must seriously interfere with all industrious pursuits, and by pertinaciously repudiat ing the obvious and natural means by which the sufferings attendant on a bad harvest might be alleviated, must create an universal feeling of dissatisfaction and dangerous to the peace of society and to the safety of the empire." Do these persons really mean to say that there is any re striction upon the freedom of purchasing foreign corn ? Surely there is none, more than upon the purchase of sugar, or French silks, or brandy. These people frame their declara tion as if it were against prohibition they were contendines There is no impediment save the payment of import el uutie r''; and that impediment applies to hundreds of art icl' s of mer chandise as well as corn. But the taking 'off the duties is " essential to the general prosperity and social pe a ce of the country." Do these forty-one persons think that they are qualified to dictate upon that matter? Do they suppose that the welfare of the agricultural popul a tion goes f o r nothing, and that social peace is altogether connected with the gratifying of their prejudices or the legislating for their interests? Are we to believe them, that the necessities of the labouring classes would be relieve 4 by a change of policy, which, if it should affect anything at all, must transfer ts; foreign labourers the production of that commodity which THE ROYAL HOSPITALS. Mr. Alderman WILSON said that he owed it to the Court and to himself, in consequence of what had taken place since the last meeting, to offer some explanation in reference to the anonymous attacks with which he had been assailed in one of the journals of the 7th November last. It was his habit in general never to answer anony mous attacks, but when those attacks were made upon his public conduct, and upon observations which he had addressed to the Court, he felt bound to allude to them. The letter to which he alluded, after making an imperti nent attack on the members of this Court who were Governors of the Royal Hospitals, charged him (Alder man Wilson) with a calumnious attack upon the Royal Hospitals, by stating that they ought to be brought under the cognizance of the Charity Commissioners. lie avowed having made use of these words, but he must add that ho had given his reasons for doing so—reasons hich had been suppressed in the garbled report which had gone forth to the public. Those reasons had been fortified by subsequent inquiries in the hospitals, and he now called upon the writer of the attack who, though adopting the signature of "Erasmus," was, he believed, a member of the Court, to come forward and avow him self, as he (Mr. Alderman Wilson) was ready to meet his assertions. Those assertions had been replied to by another anonymous writer, who adopted the name of "Senex" (as we understood), and who was, he had reason to suppose, also a member of the Court. "Senex," from the position he, had taken, was worthy to be so, but the writer, " Erasmus," if he had not the courage to come forward and avow himself, was undeserving a seat in that Court, and of the confidence of his fellow-citi zens.—(Hear, hear.) The subject was not taken up by any member of the Court, and the discussion consequently dropped. The TowN CLERK having read from the business paper the notification that certain hospital docquets for leases were to 1r 'waled, AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. In commenting upon those matters relative to the pro duce and cultivation of the soil, one great duty we have to perform this month is that of calmly considering the various communications which continue to reach us from nearly every part of the kingdom relative to the yield of the present year's grain crops, and the extent of the failure in the supply of that most valuable edible—the potato. The absence of statistical data of course renders it a matter of impossibility for us to determine what may be the actual falling off, yet we may observe that many statements—utterly at variance with facts—have been promulgated, without their authors appearing to have any particular ob ject in viow. Be this as it may, it is unquestionable that such statements, while they tend to embarrass and perplex many, are too frequently productive of serious inconvenience to the general community. Having our . selves had frequent opportunities of comparing the yield of this season's wheats, grown in particular localities, with those produced in other quarters, we are led to the conclusion, though, be it observed, we are quite con vinced the crop is beneath an average one—that the de ficiency is not so great as some parties have affirmed. On referring, however, to quality, we are prepared to allow the reports thereon to be correct ; indeed, nothing can more forcibly illustrate these remarks than the averages themselves, which not unfrequently form the most accurate result both of quantity and quality. Under these circumstances, we may be asked our opinion as to the future prospects of the wheat trade. This we most willingly give, knowing, as we do, that upon this point will rely the operations of the growers, so far as supply is concerned. In the first place, then, not withstanding the deficiencies to which we have just alluded (for we must not lose sight of the important fact that at this very moment we have what may be termed rather a large quantity of old wheat in the country), we cannot lead ourselves to believe that wheat will be selling at famine prices; but that they will continue steadily to advance for some time hence is, we think, placed beyond a doubt. Our reason for such a conclusion is, that con sumption is going on at a rate almost without a precedent, and which, of course, is chiefly produced by the labouring classes being in the enjoyment of adequate employment. One circumstance which would prevent famine prices is the almost certainty that at no distant day a sweeping change will be effected in the laws affecting the import of foreign corn; and another the immense supplies of flour which are almost daily entering our ports from the North American possessions, and which are brought into immediate consumption. Again, such high prices would have the natural effect of lowering the duties on foreign produce to a nominal sum ; hence the whole of the bonded stocks would become available for our markets. There are, we know, some persons who ridicule the idea of even additional importations having any effect upon prices here, informing us, as they do, that, from their limited quantities, it wonld be impossible for us to make up the deficiencies in the home yield. This is a short-sighted view to take:of this important subject. We are perfectly aware that the produce of wheat this year, in most of the large continental wheat countries, is smaller than for some past seasons, and besides which, the shipments thence to England—from the demand which has sprung up in other portions of the world—will be smaller than usual. But how stands the case in the United States and Canada, places which, in our judg ment, are likely at no distant day to bec me almost the granaries of the world ? Having received, per the last packet, a most important letter on this very point from Messrs. Wylie and Egana, of New Orleans, we are en abled to write in positive terms on the subject. These gentlemen inform us that the total produce of grain in the United States this year has exceeded 800,000,000 bushels, or an average of forty-one bushels to every human being of the entire population. If, therefore, we allow ten bushels a year for each of the entire po pulation, young and old, amounting now to about 20,000,000, we shall find a surplus of no less than 600,000,000 bushels. Supposing that one-half of that immense quantity be allowed for the feeding of cattle, &c., it is impossible not to come to the conclusion that the Americans, in the event of low duties here, will supply us with quite as much corn as wo can conveni ently take from them. We now come to the considera tion of the potato disease, as it is technically called. This, too, has suffered from overdrawn statements. Not that we are about to deny it is widely spread, or that the consumers will, in the long run, be com pelled to pay very high rates for them ; still we main tain that large quantities, grown on light soils, have been raised and pitted in good order. In this particular, therefore, we see no cause for becoming seriously alarmed at our future prospects. The questions to consider, in order to solve this important matter, are— What is the cause of the disease? Will all the diseased potatoes be entirely lost, without the s'i2htest benefit to the growers ? The whole of our readers are perfectly aware that nothing is so injurious to the potato as a wet season. The past having been one of the most unfavourable in this respect almost ever known, the crop, in many parts—especially that grown on the low and heavy lands has become tainted with rot. Hence the growers are acting wisely in giving them to their stall-fed and other animals, which are, we have every reason to know, thriving; well upon them. This, as a matter of course, must effect a great saving in the outlay for the purchase of other food, and be the means of using those potatoes which otherwise would have been wholly lost. Bearing upon the question of the future range in the value of wheat, we must not forget that the supply of all spring corn is good, and which may, in many instances, be used as partial substitutes for wheat. Having now explained our honest opinions upon the above topics, we must leave them in the hands of our subscribers, who will, we think, do well to read them with attention. The weather during the greater portion of the month has been extremely changeable, though fine, the time of year considered. Ploughing and sowing have pro gressed with a tolerable degree of rapidity, with the land in fine condition for the reception of the seed. Owing to the large available quantities of pabulum, the stock on most farms has fared extremely well ; yet we regret to state that a scarcity of sheep exists in many of our large agricultural districts. Our advices from Scotland and Ireland are to the ef fect, that a slight falling-off is observable in the supply and quality of the present year's wheat crops, but those of other grain are reported as tolerably good. The ship ments of most grain to the London market have been more extensive than was pretty generally expected, con sidering the alarming rumours afloat respecting the failure of the potato crop. In the course of the month the imports of live stock from abroad, into London and Hull, have been again extensive-761 oxen and cows, 1,533 sheep, 8 calves, and 40 pigs having arrived in the former, and 370 beasts, and 430 sheep in the latter port. With the exception of about 100 oxen from Hamburgh, the whole of the above imports have taken place from Rotterdam, in, for the most part, good condition.—Farmer's Magazine. MRS. CANDLER'S MURDER, AT YARMOUTII.-Al though Mrs. Dick's statement is full of improbabilities, it has caused much excitement in the town; and the Magistrates and Town Council have, during the past week, held private meetings for the purpose of determining the beat course to be pursued. On Monday last summonses were issued for a meeting of the magistrates; they met at three o'clock for the purpose of hearing Mr. Evans's opinion on the evidence of Mrs. Dick. Of course we cannot state precisely what was done at a meeting from which the public were excluded, but we believe that the meeting came to the determination of re questing the Mayor to call a meeting of Mayor's Assistants, to consider whether they would authorise the taking of a still higher legal opinion than Mr. Evans had given. We hear that this gentleman felt the case to be surrounded with so much difficulty as to advise the Council to avail themselves of the opinion and advice of the highest law officer in the king dom. We understand that the Town Clerk was instructed to prepare a case, and that the Mayor, who is now in London, will obtain the opinion during his stay there.—Bury Herald. REGENT'S CANAL AND NORTH METROPOLITAN.- A circular, of which the following is a copy, has been circu lated throughout the Regent's-park and the northern dis tricts of Marylebone :—" To the inhabitants of the Regent's park and neighbourhood—Proposed Railways in the Park— The inhabitants may not be aware that one of the nume rous railway schemes of the day is a project for converting the Regent's Canal, passing along . the side of the drive on the north side of the Regent's-park, into a railway. As this, if carried into effect, would most seriously depreciate the value of property in the park, be very dangerous to the public re sorting to the park, either riding, driving, or walking, from the numerous accidents that must occur by run-away horses, startled by the noise of frequent trains, and become a nuisance to a large body of the inhabitants, a memorial to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, urging them to refuse their consent to this interference with the comforts of the public and the rights of the inhabitants, has been pre pared at a preliminary meeting of Crown tenants, held at the residence of Sir Peter Laurie, on the 25th instant. You are earnestly requested to add your si g nature to those of y our neighbours. The memorial will be brought to you for this purpose in the course of a day o r two." —.Railway Herald. A GENUINE PHILANTHROPIST.—TheisIandof tßhoen Isle s o a f s s m k V e 11d and the veryrocky mai nlan spot oo foss, t of A p land, ec r and is well lying between known to mariners for the rugg ed and dangerous nature of its coast. There is a famous pl ace of refuge at its north. western extremity, called the " Buckle Harbour," of ver y difficult access, however, which , st ran g e to say, is easier entered at night than during the day. At the extremit y of thi s hyperborean solitude is the res idence of a poor old wid ow , whose lonely cottage is called " the lighthouse," from the fact that she uniformly . keeps a lamp burning in her window all the night. By keep.. ing this light and the entrance o Chet harbour open, a strange vessel may enter with the greate safety. During the silent watches of the night, the widow may be seen, like Norna of the Fitful Head, trimming her little lamp with oil, fearful that some frail bark may perish through her neglect; and for this she receives no manner of remu neration—it is pure and unmingled philanthropy. Th e poor woman's kindness does not rest even here, for she is unhappy until the benumbed and shivering mari ner comes ashore to share her little board, and recruit himself at her glowing and cheerful fire, and she can seldom be prevailed upon to acc ept of any reward. She h as saved more lives than Davy's belt, and thousands of pounds to the underwriters. This poor creature, in her younger days, witnessed her husband struggling with the waves, and swallowed up by the remorseless billows— " In sight of home smut friends that thronged to save." This circumstance seems to have prompted her present de voted and solitary life, in which her only enjoyment is doing good.—lnverness Courier. hitherto British labourers have produced , Would 1 1 / 1 5, 0r bankers and merchants think it f or their interest if ent customers entered into arrangements for the employm the capitalists of Hamburgh or Amste rdam, instead of coll; tinning to deal with them? We are surprised that en v/ 11 have bad some experience of business should put their signa" tures to such folly. But their views, they assure by us,are tioned the e p of communit." ve t i b l e modest ! What ducated do they art mean by the the " educa y ted part ? f il o community?" Perhaps the " enli g htened audiences' t, attend Covent- garden Theatre when the Anti -Corn " y . n 1 Leaguers perform on that stage. If they meant the thoug_la; ful and studious part of the community, let them try ltYni of the learned professions, and see wha t majority thaeY get to endorse their very modest appreciation of their olic. intellectual superiority. Certainly, if enormous self-stlitie ciency and inordinate presumption be qualities which enter men to respect and influence upon important public.t, to tions, these forty-one declarants have an undoubted rti;"". be listened to. But if this be not so,lwe can discover nodal either in the matter or in the manner of their declaral which should induce any man who loves his countrY 4 r, wishes well to its honest industry, to be affected otherrt. than by disgust in reading what they have put furstard public attention. SURREY SESSIONS. (Before Mr. PUCKLE and a full Bench of Magistrateirs. SHOPLIFTING DETECTED BY R EFLEC TION.--Yesterl ds Isabella Kidd, a well-dressed young female, the sy' e 01 mechanic employed at the factory of Messrs: MaudslaYwith Co., was arraigned on an indictment charging bf f sy of stealing a shawl of the value of 1/. 2s. 6d. the I: o3 rjsi a ct? Messrs, White and Greenwell, drapers, B:e., in the friars-road. . ind li r ' Mr. Girard held a brief for the prosecution , - Charnock defended the prisoner. last tb. From the evidence it appeared that on Saturday silted prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutors and rer io sd to be shown some shawls. A parcel of shawls were 1 ) , m . before her on the counter, but, after looking over th e . io . tha requested to be shown some more. While procu. ° :ato second parcel, the shopman perceived, by the reflectie,eros portion of the looking-glass, which is placed in di Poe parts of the shop, the prisoner draw a shawl off the c°_ ,lti ise so that it dropped into something which she had ~„0 0 _ a s& He however took her the shawls as if nothing had bad but at the same time communicated to Mr. Greenwell dy of the prisoner having stolen a shawl. The shopot sal sequently observed that one of the shawls which 0 00 brought to her was gone, upon which she replied it i o 0 00 1 impossible, but the shawl so missing was found per?Y o se 0 into the basket, and covered over by the shawl bo a the time. , h i t tt ° These facts were clearly proved by WHIM. E 1 , 18 "; ( 1 tbe shoprnan, and William Foster, the " h shop-eralker,', a ORO defence set up was, that the shawl ad accidentalllose from the counter into the prisoner's basket. Thi s, l l° t ie, was flatly denied by Elleby, the shopman, who 7,ol cti o l said he saw the prisoner deliberately draw the B '7 OS the counter while his back was turned to her, imuseso it, perhaps, never struck her he could observe her in the glass. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and eir The CHAIRMAN sentenced her to two months' 000"'"' finement at Brixton House of Correction. OBTAINING MONEY ON A WORTHLESS BabilOtbV, John Shaw Young, aged 28, and George Birkett,wetec , with obtaining five guineas by false pretences uP O ' l 4 O ,l O note, the alleged owners of which, as a banking POll. net been in existence for thirty-five years. Dir' ' , u l se s ; Peebles, the landlord of the Orange Tree public - 10 1 r Richmond, deposed that on the 28th of Septeloh er _ s e, prisoners came to his house, and having had refrol"4 amounting to ls. 4d. they sent the note in questioo;doi bar for change, and to have the amount of what all ".. A deducted. Witness did not like the note, and ss e l u ss in prisoner Young about it. Young then said he "„" ar ,r, and shoemaker at Brentford, that he took the ono r j , way of his business, and that it was as good as co Witness, however, declined changing it, on whit:' pot' soner Young sent his (Mr. Peebles's) servant o ut to st ell change for the note, and he got it of Mrs. Lyoe* tot Blue Anchor public-house. Ihe change was giT e „. /l or,t, prisoners, who paid their bill out of it ; but, havio,t, i sse,,, rable misgivings as to the transaction, Mr. Peeh'_7 OP" Mrs. Lynes for the note, and it being the genelli", of several gentlemen at his house that it was not * „, ..', one, he gave the prisoners into custody. 41. of thee, r was found upon the prisoner Young, who acknowr4 had given 10s. to Birkett, and ss. was also foat,; .Ai latter prisoner. The other parts of the case l' iy isfr, established, and it was satisfactorily shown that:ti.° sl ier firm of Messrs. Roble, Clarkson, and Knight, of o'"' .„, had not been in existence for five-and-thirty yea' s on Mr. CHARNOCK took an objection to the form biebT4 ment, for not setting out the precise pieces of coin le d si ese been obtained on the alleged fictitious documents on the Chairman as an authority upon the point. A i The COURT overruled the objection. all' r ig The jury ultimately found the prisoner Young. - Al oof Acquitted Birkett; and the Court sentenced toe '" ,tics' nine months' hard labour at Brixton House of Cor r Ai o,lo=====2:orroESo.soMM ....3r THE REQUISITION TO THE LORD MA Ir°11 :1;0 1 1 11 )/ following ar swer was received yesterday fre ga s sioo,4o Mayor by Mr. Ashurst, as the head of the dePu - re spiP',o waited upon his Lordship a few days since with Isoi, to convene a Court of Common Council for the porr - ssAsi* r pr dressing the Crown on the subject of opening t he i 5 5.0 9 0.0 "The Lord Mayor having had under his consi°7coord requisition for calling a meeting of the Court i tirj Council to consider the propriety of petitioning h er ,., per/ • t'elo d y Op to take all such means as she may constitu i A for throwing open the ports of the United . 1, -1, of # Great Britain and Ireland for the free importato,oooofoi, is desirous to acquaint the deputation he had the 4 0 receive, that although he differs in opinion with t°,,trts tionists, he will afford them an opportnnitv of disev' t ioltk subject at a Court which he will hold on ThursdaY, peo instant, at two o'clock precisely.-Mansion• hot' 1845." CONVICTS FOR BERMUDA.—One hundre!3 6 were taken down the river yesterday, in the WllO packet, from Milbank Penitentiary, and put on r a, nil Warrior convict hulk, opposite Woolwich dock/le:0 tde Barretto Junior is ready for their reception. no ciy Woolwich steam-packet took down one hundred S 0 the same day, and they were also put on board the with the others, being for the same destination. od 740 BETTS ' S PATENT BRANDY.—We UnderStlealra the Me .srs. Betts have not availed themselves of of t,:a advances in the price of raw spirit to increase thstio;:o "Patent Brandy," either in bulk or in capsuled h cl ss e,',:i that the public have still the advantage of purcbosTr,"sr in single bottles, at the usual rate. If, however, " 0 :4 quence of the state of the corn-market, and of o f „ s { plies, the price of spirits should still go higher--o", there is considerable apprehension-it may beeol ° o l * to obtain a Christmas stock at the present rates- obi e 4 fore, venture to remind our readers of the old pro tb d "good store is no sore." And, at the same timett do well to observe that the words ‘ Betts's Pa ss „ ten s 11 1 ' 7, Smithfield Bars," are embossed on the l i iii'''' d, apsules.-Liverpool Journal. g OF 0 DUNSTER. CASTLE ; A TALE OF ,°,, OOP REBELLION. BY J. T. HEWLETT, M A.-", .. - ``' s ; tbUe f ri ' Peter Priggins' and 'Parsons and Widows'''. ni te r t'' , Bull, "has established a reputation which `Du n ; - slie f will extend and confirm. The entire work has al i he ib Or of a master's band. The characters of Julian 1 3 , 3 C 010, PP de Mohun, Prudence Everard, Antony W r oc),, s u 4 014 historian of Oxford, introduced as a student 0 1 oh" ce ste 4 Graveboys and his man Jansen, Capt. HurstooDboiery the fanatical Puritans Brown and Priver, and a 'll others, are forcibly drawn, with that nice c1 . 17 1 › . which gives prominence and individuality ! ° .. he bl manners of the period are well preserved, and `' o siet,' incidents are not overlaid with historical a,e e , e s , - sto'e O e i death of Hampden is cleverly connected with l' es let if t helps to work out its denouement. Upon the i'','" t y 1 ,0 4 hesitatingly pronounce ' Dunster Castle' not 0 0 '00 4 Mr. Hewlett's novels, but among the best O f 0 3 of fi ction" r 01 1 [ADYERTISEMENT.]—The AtrapilatorY, :000. ° 01 Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for * ll O P o se does not require re-doing, but as the hair gr oats,ne fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tre all other dies. Ron and Sons can, with the grtt recommend the above dye as infallible, if dolt' it . 4 61- o,, i ' blishment • and ladies and gentlemen reqairnse r a sl'`, quested to bring a friend or servant with theta _ A I% se r 4; used, which will enable them to do it afteewe',iefV,i chance of failure. Several private apartment° . 4 0 1 Tr tirely to the above purpose, and some of their ' lO V; having used it, she effect produced can be at 0 0 ° ° , 3 , to PA think it necessary to add, that by attending Oriel,* , co structioas given with each bottle of dye, numo r°6l o , ' 0, succeeded equally well without coming t° tbe the s‘o Ross and Sous, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, j orti ' Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and alit si l l s1 0 ; 0 0 Parties attended at their own resideneeot " distance. iij til' A C isfi [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CURES OF FEA I " - 101 , 40 11 SORES IN MALTA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AT l ler 0 4 0 1 -Mrs. Duncan, whose husband is employed io " Dockyard at Malta, suffered for more than t O tA., l 4 ' ulcerous sores in her feet ; she formerly reside d g oo.' ;Ft was treated by the best practitioners there, frote, s ai .4 o l o o ever, she derived no benefit whatever, when, ° t ti eip, o w t o o five or six boxes and pots of Holloway's 1 115 I "s i tone#o perfect cure was effected. The truth a this, m o- frit ? notorious in Malta, that the editor of the 3 -f uh- s , color paper was induced to insert the particulars of !,„seo . paper of October 31, 1845. Sold by all drueenso. / es sor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand , Is' -- ss ---- ..es -------,----"-- . 00 4: 40 9' 4 ' MARRIED. . th e ' woo o oin n irii.g t .i l hie l i e e: 4th inst., at St. Marks, P e ntonvillth bj i .10 1r H. Sharwood, M.A., Vicar of Walsall, Sar, l l , l , e c t of v 0 1, jun., Esq., of Aldersgate-street, to Mary, "- Rev. W. H. Treutham, of Retford, Notts. 0.../P r, On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's, Marylebent,iroproOr Temple Parratt, of the 19th Foot, to 11 ,3 1 .11 0;;:k i ll' s d h a i ll r g: N t sh e oo r enr o 2: f hdß t ß h i.n e Nrsi l t ; a : i e ttioa. B tA . S :V tn. arden, Esq., of rir ` r DO T:e 111 0 1 ' Re O be n rt t Shoernsbtyh,eof2Wd inst.,ool Woolwich, e E f the Or , Suart, to Rosamond A' Anne, 1 dangl i l L e ! Lieutenant-Colonel -yeller, of mbridge-vre"" il hs gar.l7aldrnyes9l,:."l°lll:;vteriebo'f—til.l e lf e, , , , DIED tsi ll On the lst • ' • Devon , C a P 0 1, Mat at Stonehouse, K a I. , late 'l 2 l7 ol .7 p ' tt . I ti n . )1 agedle .: .a a t t t 6 h 3 N B I . t a i co d e : : a n i T ßa i : odCdreebsnju:Ye James 11 3 11 1 1 1 . 13: 111 j r P ll li d O il* E ll3 ''ieth Maud slay. OP 29th ' • 1 bridg e 0 4 auT v C.' 10 1. • tes 4 ult., Broom-hill, , near On the 29th ult ,at Park-place , PeckhalThAttigh if On the Ist inst.,. at Eaton-squar e, Lucy, "'" ii t, Bruce and Lady Chichester. On the Ist inst., at Luton, Essex, 3(o', Child of w O ey n is t n h d e , l E st ici i . nst, at Torquay, Lady Johns On On the 2d.. inst., at the British Mils" e fiiio third son of Si r F. Madden, Kat b On the V e iin s s o t . , in the Old Jew r y , S ar ah' e l J O Wright, ag d no YOV /16 40 .1r%f London : f Tinted ana Published by M11R—,,..nd,-- is l Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofiles, No. lit 0- tr aw er, Of the 4‘ , 0 ,. ' in the coun ty of giddies°, •- 5) 1845,„( * Ntity thin:len VAc 411goiron 1 c t c kidiclate to fbt Afte. i tany ye, Ib utteen 6c1, 001 In Y t % Veal to th, i .pkity, —44in g to th I hi Cur zo W IL] Po ri , is bu t u Li and 411 ILI• th „ into g o g o e4,l ' st anc e wit] Ity, ead] CADE neete 1 .411 • . , ,, p am • vi te " rs and Nt e44l cad c , (4 . 1 , 0 , to ; It b a a l'"?ut „ in NAti 4 01 14 ka he " I th r ktie usu fta fen of k ilt%) 6 1teres 44 . 1 Of the b b to_e4 I tth -'4l ` ~K`.~ 144 Q 1 b IR.I Ito i flu tt rieh "4B Q ui SOld • kto . th t b, Ri 44 44; C ort 6 1, r, 4 l Yite . T 4 41 44 r c 't tik v ?t l(r.4;111,•:Z %%4 ; 1 _ --__,:----- i vr BIRTHS. —4 41 On the 24th tilt., at Polmenna, Penzance , locil.P t he Cave, Esq., of a son. Jo lip ' On the 29th ult., Mrs. R. Aitchison, of t" land-street, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., the lady of T. W. Stone, 1.1 / 4 t y Is‘l den-road-villas, of a son. CIO .' O f On the Ist inst., at the Royal Hospital , to a e lt 4 of Dr. Maclachlan, of a son. On the 2d inst , the lady of D. Lewis, E S44 5 ep., marthenshire, of a son. S. 1 , • urs On the 2d inst., at Balham, Surrey, se f of a son. w if e a t hs On the 2d inst., at Woolwich, the Quarterman, of a daughter. , e i. t.fi. I