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

LETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA. The UNION BANK of LONDON, as Agents for the Bank of Western India, are authorised to ISSUE LETTERS of CREDIT for.any moneys paid to them, to be repaid in rupees at the current rate of exchange on the day of presentation at the offices of the Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta, and C olombo. Similar letters of credit may be obtained at any of the branches of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial Zack of Ireland. By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRIMGROUR, Manager. Union Rank of London, No. 8, Moorgate.street. • BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER RAILWAY. PORTSMOUTH EXTENSION. • Notice is hereby given that the Directors of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Company will ALLOT the SHARES in the Above undertaking on FRIDAY, the 27th inst., and that no applica tion for Shares will be received alter Twelve o'clock en that day. By order, FRED. OTLEY, Secretary. 4, Dean.street, Tooley.street, Dec. 21, 1844. SHEFFIELD PLATE. MESSRS. MORTON and Co., Silversmiths sad Jewellers, 511, Ludgate.street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs, Everiagton't, offer to their Friends and the Public, at im. hi emel reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED ' , ODDS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first %lewd House., and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, c'emptising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ise Pails, Cake Xaskets, Coffee and Tea Sete, Candlesticks, and every other article Useful and ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept. A large stock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Silver "d ether articles, t such prices as vault be well worthy the notice of the publie ANGEL INN, ANGEL -STREET, TWO DOORS FROM THE POST. OFFICE, SHEFFIELD. PAMILIES, Professional, Commercial, and Agri , • cultural Gentlemen, are respectfully informed that this old. sz tpblishe4 and celebrated Commercial Inn and Family Hotel will s ... h ortly be REOPENED for general purposes, by Mr. WILLIAM W ALKER, of the King's Arms, in this town. Mr. WALKER has for some time been engaged in furnishing s" fitting up the above In a superior manner ; and 'it is his de. a ter mination that on its opening, it shall equal in comfort, corn. "'tied with the most assiduous attention and economy, any corn. Ittercial establishment in the kingdom. l'ires.are kept in the rooms daily. The house will be opened in a few weeks, of which notice wil b e even. Eine. A • CHEAP SELF-SNUFFING CANDLES. ?RICE'S PATENT CANDLES, which burn without snuffing, like the finest wax, are now retailed throughout the country, at or under One Shilling per lb. But "ire must be taken to prevent any imitation being passed off as • Pie Patent Candles; this attempt being made, and with too frt . ~.Mist 'lngress, by some dealers, en account of the greater Profit 'Pen the imitations. The Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and 4 2 , Belmont, Taunton, and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, "WA ea well. Iwo, •hefeld, Dee. )2, 1844. I• tURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES Warehouse, IG7, STRA 'SD, corner of the Snyo:•,•-steps, London • 4 011 N BURGESS and FON, being apprised of the numerous en deavoursZ rants by man s e p.trsoue to impose 2:turinns article for their feel it incu4.l,,,ut un them to re nest the attention of the p;:nAlf4:llg. - e;:ac they conceive co ise the original to ob. Irve the Same ;I .Victress eurrespond with the 4i)o , e. The gene- Tal Appearance of the spurious descriptions deeeire the un- Z a lfled add, for their detection, J. B. and So , ), suhmit tho following •.,; ; "„wins:—Soree are In appearance at Arct stela. '• the gennine," but t'inout name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," a nd others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John th Mess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis lthqled approbation, foel every sentiment of respect towards the '"uut, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to r i rc hasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope 1 1 Prevent many disappointments. ._ tn URGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such Z i at satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, cad is recoils • • " 4 EI as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all liirnatee. W arehouse. 107, STRAND, eornor of the Savoy steps, Louden. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. • Tit A TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, • Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BAREICAN. and or .4, NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set ti„,, Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very 1 ,'". , 7 ornamented all over, bOs. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; ea 74 a-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a FiTII Quart Leaden "ma /trona. Tea-urn Ms., with the newest patterns up to Ave giil tta Set of Six patent raisel London made Dish Covers, 18s. 6d. ; inl . Z.! perialr ai ed, . Set of Six. Elegant silver 'kw, 525. 6d. • °f lu x . ! err Take-Lima, Is. per alczeit, Dessert, Ss. ;. Carvers, 3e. id. Taste. Deesaly. Caivias. 4-111. doz. doz. pair. -andsome balling, handle ...• 16 4. 04. 14s. Od. 6s. 64. balance handle, largest and best bi k ' ld a•• •••••• • • • • • • • • 20e. 04. 16s. SQ. 7s. 64. ,4 _ , • with Wataen's Allsata Plate ▪ ‘ l 4a, equal to silver • . Forks half the above price. e• Vrataen'. handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current s" 0,1., 5 t published, and families who regard economy and elegance, Batts, Possess themselves of this usefu l book, which way be had aod post free, frora.the above address. I. inventor of the celebrated Allude Plate, which to so rapidly .Tedion Silver. 11 4k TICITT PARAGON CAMPIIINE LAMPS.—The perfection of 115 1 ;1.;•amPs over the Vesta free heel happily attained by the haven restr two parallel Sat rings --a larger and a smaller forming a cone sa t the Magi' of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of '4, 1 4, 11 flat the flame—thus consuming every particle of volatilized aas •it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, e.lfull action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. tat e, " atson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol eller " 111 contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re -0 c hi, and ts new patterns, comprising Ormolu, China, Glass, and rar • e, 14 Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 210 . ; and the att h apparatus applied to the Vesta for 6s. The spirit analysed _ s' i„" "flosended by Dr. tire, is delivered in screw cans by C. Wet e;rta, at 4s. per gallon. and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. rlttE TRADE! FREE TRADE! p u , IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT I jr. - , l4 osp" l ie are specially informed that during the re-erection of . '"4blj;h7..' and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their • t is only at 154, Minories. • the Let Public observe thAt w.e never are found !o take up a theme on political ground ; And no such allusion, of cebirse, will be made In the followin g hi n t s w ith regar d t o Free 1 redo." our meaning need not he mistaken by one— For we mean a •• Free Trade" with E. MOSES and SON. Long,,long have we struggled to bring this about, And the thing is eff" cted, beyond any doubt : , To the east and the west our goods we send forth, And we send to the south. and we send to the north; . Througboutrhe whole world (wheresoever it be) The trade of E. MOSES "and S 'N has been" free." And still through the glor otis efforts they've made Shall the warehouse of Moses b, crown'd with " Free Trade." While the Publ c, united, sha'l kague"as in one To establish " Free Trade" with E. MOSE'i and SON. • Hurrah! for their noble achievements, hurrah ! • .' Let the fame it their houses be sounded afar! . Let Fame shout it forth with a trumpeter's mouth, In the cast and the west, and the north and the south— • Yea, let the whole universe cry, as in one, " Free Trade is establtsh'd with MOSES and SON !" Pg,vr werk, entitled " THE COMMERCIAL PHENO. s'," with full rhp-ctions for ScHlMearureraent, ea applicas - ms Will be forwarded post free. . it 6.iilY MOM. £ s. d. ' ii lleul it Le - ,,:roglnnite .......... ..... from 0 2 6 .• U u `, threterfields Ditto Codringti ma •••* ..... ••••••• .......... 4_ l !erm'r lee, At: ols, Poltoes, and every cieseriFti Ai of t o _ Rua tent , handsomely trimmed .:: %,,,, .' Winter Coats. in every !kyle . • tent' " i nter Trousers, lined bi. t e ts, N e ., in 0 10 0 ip,.__! Coats, edged , &c 1 0 0 117. ditto ditto ........- ........ ....• .......... ..... e lli nt Collar V e 5 1...... ...".. kUble-lercitsted Ditto 4ye liussar Suits 0 17 6 "to T urile,,neatly braided ..........•• lkoal' n WADI T4l IirAtIVILZ. Wi i , t otha Croats. velvet Ilar and cuffs from 1 18 I k ii „ . 7 Coat. in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed 1 5 0 tliti7lweell Wrappers 0 17 It Au -"' ‘itto Trou.ers 0 8 0 h_ekskin limo ' 0 12 6 CZe,4kin Ditto, any pattern ....... ..... • 12 0 '.4. or Dress Trousers .............. ............ ...............„ ........ 1 6 0 Vfie: l4r6 eot... ... ................... .. .......... ............. ......... 0 7 0 th --et Ditto; in e7dless pattern , ‘148: Coat N c i ditto, best 111 anufse t u r ed . Ditto Coat ........ 1 15 0 toy - ,`„ t he best manufacturcd............ .......... - ..... . Ditto,nussar Suit 1 7 0 . krunic " Utni Nl to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the ' keip. c . • following prices:— - kAtits dress coat, vest, and trousers. from 1 16 j I i 1 ditto, j acket , and trousers from 018 0 f, : Pe itaivr.-- An article urchased or ordered, if not approved obt e hanged, or t h e money r p eturned. Vfe„, e tre—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail 4K -in Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi.. • C.:„..„C "dill% kidgate, City, opposite the Church. Na ~"„, am.—E. Moses sad lon are obliged to guar the public 1k51;,.. imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike he s - ",° o tl of being connected with there, or it's the same concern, rh,,,, — ,err resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. 404 ',, have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, ,Ointment, who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent OP rPourtment, Stc.) call or send to, 154, Minories , or 86, Aldgate tiorite the Church. ) 1 .1 No business transacted at t I Establishment from sunset on ' 44,;.2 till su poet on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve ItOWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. t'lli,,,,„atronised by her Majesty ." THE QUEEN'," H. ALBERT, the Royal Family, and the sets ral Sovereigns 'll,7 4 rri of Eurspe. tritr," Elegant, Fragrant, and Transparent Oil, in its preservative, , "ritOtie• and besutifyins qua'ities, is unequalled ever the whole It preserves and reproduces the hair, even at a late period of to 1, 1 , Prevents it ro falling off or turning grey ; restores e hair It Zriginal col f ur ; trees it from scurf and dandrif, an d r enders ki e ,". silky curly, and glossy. Facts abundantly proved by innu. bri4l3le testimonials which are open for inspection at the Pro- I nkt. °" ' It preserves ' Its virtues unimpaired by the change of and is alike in use 'rom tho frigid to the trTrid zone—from et,,,:litemblim of St. Petersburgls to those of Calcutta and the . • ' Te t t e . tAir. frlti it Is espeeially recommended as forming the basis oi Kftil tie,id of Hair!!! 4, lllzr e e 4 , 1 Family Bottles (equal to four small) 10s. ed., and , at t size 21s. MeA -5ti ,11 () ) 4 .--.Esch genuine bottle has the words RO WLAND'S 1, - ", - _sA It OIL engraved in two lines on the. Wiapper ; and on of the Wraoper nearly 1,5(0 times, conta ining :29,1.RS letters. foe by the P ro p r i e t ors A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton di, s-randon , and by Chemists and Perfumers. AU others are Fraudulent Counterfeits!! INFANT DENTITION. AI RS.JOHN SON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING AI u r , SYRUP. This efficacious Remedy has been in general use . *li tl r g ards of Thirty Years, and has preserved aumerous Children • I , o oi l h t n ,filkr, ing from Convulsions arising from painful Denti t ion. As as me Syrup is rubbed en the Gums, the Child will be relieved, • 7,ftle 4 ,„ Tn a cooled, and the in fl ammation reduced. It is as innocent as 'um tending to produce the Teeth with eau; and . so pleasant, sfi qua Child will refuse to let its Gums be rubbed O it. P arents is_ 3o ol , u he ver7 particular to ask for JOHNSON ' S A ME.IICAN aIiensSYRUP, and to notice that the names of Barclay and F arringdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold ' .7ottrve t ), are on the Stamp affixed to ach Bottle. Price 9s. 9d. per TLIE never-failin2 . effects of BLAIR'S GOUT o+pand RHEUMATIC. PILLS in curing every description of ' l l Rh eumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled th 4*maclitine of put or present times. they not only give relief hY the ir h ur. where the patient has been driven nearly to madness 'ortt,' , 'eru.iatiag tortures tin; disease, but rrsti , re to perfect 't,s4„., Ma n Ineonceivablv s art space of ime. They are equally /at ,;a certain in sheunatisro; either chronic or acute, lumb-go, 4 , l l loni i l i ft t.!n the ilea , or !vise, ana forevery rheumatic 1; n ; in fact, such has teen the r a pi dity, perfect tWrit, snfety of th s nitidcine that it has astonished a ll Wtlo • 0 1 4(14 ) and there is scarcely a city, town, ..r village in the . 4 11 . • it contain, many grateful evidences of its benign influen e. tig case. selected from amon, those with which the pro . Is submitted to the public:— ~.1 Pir TO Mi. TROUT, 229, STRAND. ss" Hurst, Sussex, Nov. 6, 1643. . elm • ye the pleasure to inform you that a • erson holding an Altuation noticing in one of my bills that I was agent for t ‘oi :70 otit and'Hheurnatic was induced to try them ; he sent ill 44 4. apil had oi.ly taken them one day befcr e . he found wonder fhe second day he was able w walk without his crutches, li rdir mr "'e fourth day was cempTetely cured and to perform his I re, Y occupation t 3 this he was general y laid up every year for several ?.?4taken attet leeches and fomentations had been applied, and meth ,o„ ‘ to no purpose. I have obtained the above statement from lorth„ -a, kterview, • adha.c sent this for publcation if you think it Yieifi ro 's atid shall be mot happy at arry time to sataify any . party 6, r, 4 4 3 01. as certaining its authenticity.— I am, Sir, your obedient h ..,. THOMAS WYBORN, Chemist. Vent b,,.thornait Prout, 229, Strand, London, and by hisappclnt ",gdoi,':"„respectable medicine vendors throughout the United Ask rrice vs. er box arid Blair., G P • la add ress out and Rheumatic Pill!, and observe the name 4 0 4 nt h n o , ' Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed ~dq L ' o vernment Stamp affixed to each bex of the genuine z-te-t_i' l - ,.--- _____ if., _ /,'"-- ti N . No.. 16.334 1111111(1111111#-- ----4 pli • • .i. ' - 1 :f , s t ,- , ' ~, e4 ; ;1' 1 i,i - . J. i '\:!''' =•:,'..- , -••'' ' pc IT :~ ~ ~ ~~~- ,---- t ...,,,,, ..„ . 44.1 7 ,. , ~., ._ , _ , _,' : ' '"- '''' ':', ~ r 3 If l ;" ‘' -1.1 . •• •.. '';--•!::. r-n ,c 1 -.. 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ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, Eiq. time as " the Pottinger treaty"--which opened to all the advantages of the trade with China all those empires and states which had had no previous com munication with China.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have now only to ask you for one favour. You all know that that same " hurrah" which is the signal of assault in battle, is the national note of welcome and congratulation to those of our countrymen whom we delight to honour; and if there are any deficiencies upon my part in expressing the feelings of any gen tleman in this room, I hope he will, by his own loud Cheer, take care to supply my deficiencies.—(Loud cheers.) I give you, gentlemen, the health of Sir Henry Pottinger, with every honour that can attend it.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Sir HEMEL!' POTTINGER, in rising to reply, was received with the most enthusiastic ap plause. Gentlemen, said he, in addition to the imper fections wider which I generally labour in addressing any persons in a public assembly, I have to crave your especial consideration for an extremely bad cold, under which I am labouring. Even if I had all the powers of eloquence that any person could be distin guished by, I assure you I feel utterly unable to tell you how deeply and how sincerely I thank you for your kindness towards me. I know not, indeed, how to say all that I ought to do, in answer to the manner in which my health has been proposed and drunk by you. When I was first appointed to China, the ap pointment was, I am proud to say, totally unsolicited. —(Loud cheers.) I had been in India from the time that I was a boy thirteen years of age. I came home to England ; and I had very little intercourse with any of the leading men in both or either parties • in fact, I hardly k new any of them personally when I received an intimation from her Majesty's Ministers, at the time, to the purpose that I should go out to China. Although my health was not quite established, I was ready and forward to do any service to my country ; and I embarked for China with the full intention of doing all that I could, in a full and anxious exertion, to carry out the instruc tions that I had received.—(Cheers.) Upon my ar rival in China, I need hardly tell you, things were in a very unpleasant a n d aw k war d state; but, through the valour of her Majesty's arms, and the distinguished services of her Majesty's navy, they soon came to have a better appearance. And as soon as that sort of persuasion induced the Chinese Government to listen to our terms, they were then ready to meet them more than half way, and to show that modera tion—which I am sure was best worthy of England, of which I am quite certain every person in this room would highly apporve. With that feeling, gentlemen, I undertook and I commenced that negotiation ; and I had the happiness to meet, as already I have in another public situation stated, in consultation, my esteemed friend, the High Commissioner Ke-ying. The treaty was made as you have seen it, though afterwards there remained what were to me difficulties, and most im portant matters to be settled, in the commercial ne gotiations. There, however, I met with assistance which I could hardly have promised myself. Some of the gentlemen attached to the former mission were quite competent to give me every information, and they undoubtedly did so. One of them, alas ! now no more, was peculiarly a person likely to he of use upon the occasion : I speak of Mr. Morrison.—(Hear, hear.) The other is a gentleman, with whom, I dare say, some of you are acquainted—if not from the first —Mr. Thom, a gentleman from Glasgow.—(Hear.) To these two gentlemen, I am glad to have this pub lic opportunity of saying, I was greatly indebted for all the information upon which the tariff and the commercial part of the negotiations were regulated. —(Hear, hear.) For you will all readily under stand, that my habits and pursuits were not of that nature perfectly to give me a sufficient in sight into this question myself*. I, however, did not shrink from the responsibility; and, I need not say, that it rejoices and delights me to feel that I have not only your approbation ; but I rejoice to see, that I have the approbation, as it were of all England,—" I say " all England," for when I see her Majesty's present and late Minis ters each combining to say that they approve of what I have done ; when I see thi City of London, the great town of Liverpool, and the still greater town of Manchester, what am Ito believe ? I canno t b e li eve that any of have thought it necessary to meet, and come forward, and to speak wholly without cause, for an humble individual like myself. I am not,however, the less thankful and grateful for your kindness. Be lieve me that your good opinionand your approbation (and when I say yours I. mean that of all my fellow countrymen) is the most cheering—the most heart cheering—reward that I can possibly have.—(Cheers.) To feel that lam at this moment encircled by a people—not only by a class of my fellow-subjects, not only in this room, but in this country, who deem that I have done them a service, is a reward beyond all expression on my side. I believe, as I have already, in another place, said, that the treaty combines all the advantages that a treaty with China ought to do. I have studied, I did study in making it, to prevent any feeling of jealousy upon the part of the Chinese; they met me more than half way, and I thought it was my duty, and I felt that it accorded with the greatness and the feelings of England, not to make it exclusive. I was, therefore, happy to take the step to which his Worship, the Mayor, has alluded, and to recommend to the Chinese Government, with a full experience, to throw open the treaty with all the nations in the world.— (Cheers.) My own opinion of the treaty was, that it would take some time, at all events, to mature it self; and there are one or two questions as to what returns China will make to us, that are to us of the most important nature. But if that difficulty can be got over, I trust as England can only benefit herself by benefiting China—and it will be in a great mea sure—(Cheers)—l believe I may say that the ad vantages of the treaty to England, and to all other manufacturing countries, will be almost unlimited.— in the courage of our men, which had ever been ex perienced at any period of British history. The toast was drunk with all the honours. Major-General Sir THostAS APtiutittsoT, in res ponding, said he could not sufficiently thank the as sembly for the honour which they had done to a pro fession to which he was proud to belong. He attri buted the honour done to the two services alluded to in the toast, to the conviction on the part of the gen tlemen present that those services were, as they had always been, ready to support the institutions of our country, or to support our country in any way what ever they might be called upon to do so.—(Hear.) J. MACVICAR, Esq., then proposed " The Indian Army and Navy, especially that portion of it serving in China." Seeing a distinguished member of that army sitting at the right of' the chair, he had great pleasure in referring to the toast. In China, that army distinguished themselves nobly and greatly. One instance occurred to him, that of Captain Simpson, who, with a few musketeers, WaS cut off from the main body of the army who were besieging Canton. During the heavy rain, their firelocks were unserviceable ; notwithstanding which, this distinguished officer, with a few native soldiers alone, mastered all the forces which China could bring'against them. The name of Captain Boss, as connected with the most valuable surveys of the Straits of Malacca and the Indian Seas, would require no remark. No one more highly ap preciated the services of Sir Henry Pottinger than himself, and he begged to propose the toast.—(Drunk with three times three, and "one cheer more.") The MA.voa then said—The toast I have now to propose to you, gentlemen, is the health of our distin guished guest, Sir Henry Pottinger—(Loud cheers ; the whole company rising)—and I shall need, in offering the few remarks I am about to submit to you, all your consideration and kindness—(Hear)—for I have felt, I assure you, very considerable embarrass ment upon the present occasion. I know how the gen tlemen here assembled, and who have invited Sir Henry Pottinger, have felt towards me; I know how highly they have appreciated his services ; and I have felt that no common language and no common terms can express their feelings towards him--(Hear, hear) but in the short time that I have had the honour of a personal acquaintance with Sir Henry Pottinger, I have felt that it was due to him upon this occasion to use no observations or any terms that might be distasteful to himself. (Hear, hear.) I felt satisfied that you, in c ommon with me, wish that nothing may be said that he cannot, at any future period of his visit to Manchester, recur to with any other feelings than those of satisfaction and pleasure. And although our distinguished guest has so long resided in the East, and has been accus tomed therefore to the inflated language of that coun try, I yet have believed, from the short period I have seen him, it would be unbecoming in me to speak of his services in anything like the hyperbolical lan guage of the East, and that I ought to address him, upon this occasion, in language that would be more consonant with his pure and severe taste, if I were to use such expressions as are more suited to our clime and country.—(Hear. hear.) It is not, there fore, my intention, in speaking of Sir Henry Pottin ger, or of the treaty which he has so successfully concluded, to repeat over again that which has been so much better said at the two assemblies of this de scription at which he has so recently been present ; but it is my business, and my especial pleasure, to advert rather to the peculiar causes of satisfaction and content with which we, in this manufacturing district, have viewed that successful treaty, and that result of his able efforts.—(Loud cheers.) I shall not, therefore, take up your time with recounting the great advantages which will result to the empire at large, and to the whole civilized world, from that treaty, norshall I occupyyour time at all with entering into the question of the soundness of the great principles which it embodies; nor shall I at all occupy your time by entering into any lengthened detail of the various duties, or of the scale of those duties, which have been, by his successful efforts and his successful arguments with the Chinese'Commissioners, reduced to so low a rate.—(Cheers.) But I shall proceed at once to state the particular circumstances and feelings which induce us to thank him for the great benefits he has con ferred upon this manufacturing district, and which, I believe, we shall experience for a long period - of years ,yet tc t come.-s--.(Cheers.) I may remind you; gentle men, Ahab. the: empire- of Chiba, which has been so extensively opened, to you _by the, successful nego tiations of Sir Henry Pottinger—includes in every part--is equal to, I believe—eight hundred and forty millions of Britigh statute acres, and comprises within that space a population which is now computed to amount to upwards of three hundred and forty millions of souls ; and it will then be easy for you, gentlemen, all of whom are accustomed to minute COMIIIITIE FOR GENERAI rnaroses. WILLIAM COTTON, Esq , Chairman. (The Trustees ex officio.) ROBERT BOWIE, Esq. Rev. W. W. CHAMPNEYS Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY ROBERT DICKSON, Esq., M.D. SAMUEL- GURNEY, jun., Esq. WILLIAM H Awn, req. 4 RICHARD JOHNSON, Esq. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Heq. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Batt. JOSEPH S. LRSCHER, Esq. WILLIAM LOBE, Esq., M.D. ROBERT OLDERSHAW, Esq. JOHN D. POWLES, Esq. • Viscount RANELAGH DAVID SALOMONS, Esq. Mr. Deputy STEVENS • • • Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART JOSEPH TOYNBEE, Esq. 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Add resse d to those suffering from the desstructive consequences of excessive indulgence, termi nating in mental and nervous debility, local or constitutional weak ness, indigestion, and consumption. Includi ng a compreheneive Dls sertation MARRIAGE. Illu•traten with Caves, Re. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Cuasulting Surgeons, London. May be had of the Authors, No. bO, Newman_street; Oxford street; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street; Noble, 119, Chancery-l ane; J . G ordon, 148, Leadenhall-street ; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, S ou th war k ; C. Vresterton, 15, Park-side, Knight. bridge ; Huett, 37, Princes street. Leicester-square, London ; T. Sowler, Courier Office, 4, St. Anna-square, Manche. ter; W. Howell, 75 Dale-street, Liverpool; W. Wood, 78 High-street, Birmingham; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Gruenside-street, Edinburgh; T. Price, 93, Dame-street, Dublin; and all Booksellers. " The best of all friends is the professional friend ; and in so shape tan he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in Lucas on Manly Health.' The author shows how' Manly Vigour, ' tern. porarily impaired, can be restore d . "—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from ten till two, and front five till eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, New. man-street, Oxford.street, Lond o n, an d country patients may be ruceesstkilly treated, on minutely describing their case, and inclosing he usual fee of 11. for advice. 75.:; lig Pi • It- 60;1000 I, I 5 'Wt ." ! 4 .1 I. di i 2 3 i 13 4 4 5 A ,s. 11 3 [ 9 16 1 7 11 The diyiston of profits is annual, and the next will be made In Di. *ember of the present year. This Institution offers many important and substantial advan tagee with respect both to Life Awuranoes and Deferred Annuities. Jim amour* hair, on all oceasleui, the power to borr)w, without ix. .pense or firfeitare of (he Policy, two-thirds Of the prealiitin paid, (se* table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the son version if his interesta to meet other conveniences or nice:atty. Assurances tbr terms of years ars granted 02 the lowest possible rates. P. FERGUSON CA.IfROUX. Sei. ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSUR•NCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION 12, Waterloo place, London. and 119, Princes.street, Edinburgh. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF, YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL STOCK of this ASSOCIATION to CHRIST MA S, 1844, will be payable at the Offices on and after the Itlth of January, 1 545. The Transfer Books will be closed from the 24th instant to the 10th proximo. By order of the Board, J. BUTLER WILLIAMS, Actuary. _ • GUARDIAN FIRE ♦NCE CO. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at office, I. DIRE, JAMES MORRIS JOHN L-kBOUCIIERE, Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. John Harvey, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Loch, Esq. AND LIFE ASSUR dPANT. the Entranoe of the Old Post Andon. :doss. S. Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tullech, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I George Stone, Esq. ACTUARY — Orffrith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared In June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made Up to Christmas 1633 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530.0001. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 6th of June, upon the premiums received en all Policiee which had been In force seven years at Christmas 1842, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of I'all Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. N ATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, No. 48, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance en Lives, kc. Enrolled under the Acta of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies. DIRECTORS. Charles Pritchett Bousfield, Esq.' Robert Ingham, Esq. John Bradbury. Esq. Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq Samuel A. S. Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq. John Feitham, Esq John St. Barbe,'Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. Samuel Smith, Esq. MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S, Thomas Bevan, M.D., F.L.S. TREASURER. --Joseph Janson, Esq. OLIC ITORS. Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. The following statement shows the progress of the Institution from the commencement, in Dec., 1835, to the 20th Nov. last Years ending. 'Annual Income No. of Policies issued. Amount of Capital. 20th Nov. 1836... • VII PI/ 1837 ► „ 1838 „ 1139 u u 18 41 ••• „ 1842...... ... „ 11 43. .... ....1 „ 1844......... 1 X a. d. 8,021 12 2 14,600 0 0 19,934 19 4 25,427 4 2 31,051 10 10 36,357 1 4 39,360 9 7 44,219 17 0 55,037 9 2 Total number .... The gratifying result 01 the Institution on the 2cl lowing instances: exhibi had been in existence froi .£ 3. d. 10,736 3 0 31,592 10 5 46,855 0 10 84,959 10 10 90,545 13 9 114,993 2 4 139 806 1 7 167,079 11 2 202,102 1 9 It the valuation of the liabilities and assets of 'th No►ember, 1842, is exemplified in the fol iting the profit assigned to Policies which •m one to seven dears . - - Reduction Reduction Poli- Age at su _ in Pre. cies in Com- '" Amount Original ;„. per cont. Equal to a Exist. mence- As.. of Bonus. Premium. cured, lieu of - ence. merit. r gins!v & Bonus. miuni... mium of • on the Oa -........._ —......._.................... ----........ —.....—... Years. Years , X 4 s. cl. Zs. . d. 7 59 1,000 163 11 0 t 33 002 s. 717 2 44 7 33 2,000 177 10 0 54 1 8 2) 11 6 39 6 52 2,000 227 19 0 19711 8345 10 n 5 6 31 500 37 20 19 6 42 5 33 5 51 1,000 91 3 0 47 17 2613 6 4 6 5 :30 609 37 2015 6 0 4I 2 26 4 42 SOO 171 19 01712 1 313 3 20 4 22 1,00 46 14 024 3 4 416 3 19 3 46 804 37 8131 18 8 418 10 Me 3 25 . 2 , 0 00 69 6044 5 0 614 11 154 2 63 3,1'09 140 15 0 224 15 02311 7 104 2 20 580 11 II 01110 0 12 6 . 91( 1 42 . 2,009 al 14 oi7o 8 4 33 9 44 Th. ~,.vtr.,.-:_,_ The next Division of Profits will be made in November, 1847. MEMBERS WHOSE PREMIUMS BECOME DUE ON THE let OF JANUARY NEXT, ARE REMINDED TH fT THE SAME MUST BE PAID WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THAT DATE. The Report of the Directors to the Ninth Annual Meeting of Members, held an the 16th instant, may be had on application at the Office. A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2s. 64. and free by post (in a sealed envelope), Price :is. fid., THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations on Marriage, , and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, aid sold at their Residence, 19, Boners street, OxforcLatreet ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Furki s , Compton- street , Soho; Noble, lOU, Chaneery-lane • ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; J. G or d on, 146, Leasienball-street, Len. don; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country. °mums or TRZ TRIOS. " We regard the work before us, "` The Silent Friend,' u a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of cow plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the !majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a lout o knew. We must, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our mind's, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim efpast folly, or stiffer. lag from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages." —Age and Argus. " The Authors of ' The Silent. Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a clam of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fall to recommend it to a careful perusal."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM or SyRIACUM is exelusivelfdirected for the mire of nervous and muscular debility, Impuissance, Ite. `Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors of whom may be had the " Sil en t Friend." The F ive Found C ases may be had as usual. • PER RY'S PU RIFYING SPECIFIC PALI are tbe most efitsctua , cure•for syphilis and secondary symptams in both sexes, price A . 9d. ~ 4s. 6c1., and I Is , per box. 4" • Consultation fee, if' by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is me eessary. • Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Serners-street Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and 011 Sundays from Ten till Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary ta effect *permanent cure December 18, 18 4. JOSEPH MARSH Secretary. INFLUENZA, COUGHS, AND C OLDS. . TMCO'S ESSENCE o f LINSEED. is the most efficacious remedy ever discovered for the relief of persoas suffer ing from Influenza ; the two Arst doses generally arrest the progress of this distressing complaint, and a little perseverance completely removes it. Children's Coughs, as well as recent ones in adults, will bo removed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and asthmatic persons, who previously had n ot b een able to lie down in bed, have received the sitm si o m it c b o en ,s efl E t ss froA z t c he uoseFoLf iNsEED, Sold by A. WILLOUGHBY and Co., 61, Itishopgate-street. With out, and all Medicine Venders, is bottles at le, ISd. er 9d eecb DINNER TO SIR H. POTTINGER, AT MANCHESTER. On Friday evening a dinner was given to Sir Henry Pottinger in the Town Hall, Manchester, which was attended by a great concourse of people, including not only the leading manufacturers of the town, but many from the neighbouring districts, anxious to pay a tribute of respect to the man who had taken such an active part in throwing open the trade with China, and benefiting the manufacturing classes. ALEXANDER KAY, Esq., the Mayor, presided. At his right sat the distinguished guest of the evening, the Right Hon. Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger ; K.C.8., ; Major-General Sir Thoinas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., the general commanding the northern dis trict; Sir George Larpent ; John 'Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P.; Samuel Gregson, Esq.; Colonel Mal ' colm ; D. L. Burn, Esq.; Dr. Woosman ; John Mac vicar, Esq.; Archibald Ilasties, Esq., M.P. (Paisley); Major Pottinger (a son of Sir Henry) ; R. Burgess, Esq. (a personal friend of Sir Henry) ; the Rev. Canon Parkinson, 8.D.; Captain Ormsby, and Cap tain Eastwick. On the Chairman's left were William Entwisle, Esq., M.P. ; J o h n M`G regor , E sq ., o f th e Board of Trade ; James Loch, Esq., M.P. (the 'Wick burghs) ; Lieut.-Colonel White, of the 70th Foot; Frederick Pottinger, Esq. (Sir Henry's brother); Colonel Brooke, of the Northern District Staff; Ro bert Stuart, Esq. ; Charles Turner, Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool East India and China Association; the Rev. Canon Wray ; Major Fester, of the Royal En gineers; Major Westenra, of the sth Dragoon Guards ; Dr. Bowring, M.P. ; and Robert Gladstone, Esq. The Vice-President of the evening was Richard Birley, Esq. At the foot of the other tables, as stewards, were M. Gl a d s t one , E sq . ; Joh n P o tt er, Esq. ; . Harter, jun., Esq.; Thomas Burt, Esq. ; M. Ross, Esq. ; D. Broadhurst, Esq. ; and William Shore, Esq. Amongst the gentlemen present were, Messrs. Jas. Athertm, T. Bazley, jun., president of the Man chester hamber of Commerce, Daniel Maude, Meyer, Reiss, Robert Barbour, H. 11. Birley, H. 11. Birley, jun., Robert Birley, Henry Birley, Captain Spence, Messrs. Charles Hindley, M.P., John Chippendall, Edward Loyd, Francis Fane, William Gibh, Captain Atherton, Messrs. William Peel, Corrie, John Brad shaw, Richard Kay, John Sharp, Peter Ainsworth, M.P., E. Joynson, Mavrocordato, J. W. Fraser, Robert Gill, J. Ferguson, Robert N. Philips, Thos. M'Connel, Daniel Grant, Robert Gardner, Henry M'Connel, William Fairbairn, Thomas Boothman, jun., J. E. Royle, Wood Gibson, E. M. Cooper, Louis Schwabe, Thomas Potter, William Brockle hurst, Edward Tootal, J. P. Westhead, Thomas Hilton, Alderman Brooks, J. Knowles, J. A. Arm strong, Peter Ormrod, George Nelson, James Ormrod, Captain Innes, of the Royal Artillery, Messrs. Critchley, Salis Schwabe, Alderman Watkins, Alderman Neild, Alderman Willert, Peter Greenall, M.P., Alderman Callendar, Lewis 'Williams, Lodge, H. P. Ree, A. Gladstone, William Harter, G eorge Armstrong, Richard Marsden, E. Langworthy, J. A. Turner, W. Turner, G. Garstang, Walter Stirling, Joseph Peel, A. Clarke, Thomas Barge, jun., Henry Newberry, Kelsall, T. Kelsall, Samuel Fletcher, John Woollam, Lillie, Alderman Bancroft, Sidney Potter, Captain 'Willis, &c. After the usual loyal toasts the MAYOR gave " The Army and Navy," in proposing which, he said, no Englishman could hear this toast without its bringing to his recollection from the time of Cressy to the crowning victory of Waterloo.—(Applause.) If we had reason to be proud of these actions, we had no less reason to be proud of those officers who had pro• duced those glorious actions which had ended in that celebrated treaty which our illustrious guest, Sir Henry Pottinger, had concluded. He confessed, when he saw in the public prints that the officers attached to that expedition, and leading it, had ventured to at tack an empire which numbered among its military forces 1,800,000 combatants, and that only with a force which at no period exceeded 9,000 men of all arms, and only 24 ships of war, two of which only were line-of- battle ships, he thought we should all agree that never at any period was the honour of the British arms more brilliantly sustained. He had never felt any sort of apprehension as to any attacks upon us. He knew the stamina of Englishmen ; and, if ever the time should arrive, and he hoped it was far distant, that we might place the most implicit reliance Calculations, at once to determine what the degree of advantage will be to this manufacturing district by having a market of this extraordinary extent opened out to us.—(Loud cheers.) You will recollect, gentlemen, that the population of Great Britain amounts to 'twenty-seven millions of people; and if we consider, for a single moment that twenty-seven millions of people have now the opportunity of free and equal trade with a population exceeding three hundred and fifty millions of people, the advantages must be almost wholly on our side.—(Loud cheers.) I heard an exclamation which proceeded from one of our country manufacturers upon the subject, which, I dare say, will convey some idea to the minds of gen tlemen present of the advantages which we are likely to derive from the extension of our intercourse with China. " Why," said the worthy manufacturer, "all the mills we now have will hardly make yarn to find them with night-caps and socks."—(Laughter.) Without, gentlemen, entertaining any very extrava gant notions upon the subject myself, or at all wish ing to excite any spirit of speculation from any re marks I may make upon the present occasion, I have been furnished, by the kindness of my friend Mr. Macvicar, with a statement of the exports to Chime, during the years 1843 and 1844.—(Hear, hear.) The account is made up, Gentlemen, from the 30th No vember, which, I presume, was the period when the intelligence reached England, of the successful ter mination of Sir H. Pottinger's labours ' • therefore, the account commences with th e 30th November, 1843, and is carried up to November, 1844. From that account I perceive, in 1843, that of plain cot ton piece goods there were shipped to China, from the ports of London, Liverpool, and Clyde 1,114,381 pieces; and in the corresponding period—namely, for the year ending 30th November, 1844, the number of the same pieces of cotton shipped to China amounted to 2,250,795 pieces; making an advance, in that short space of ti:ne, of 1,102,414 pieces.—(Cheers.) It will not be necessary for me to occupy your time in stat ing the various descriptions of pieces of cotton goods which are mentioned in this return ; but, in order to enable you to judge of the increase of our exports, in that short period, to this extraordinary country, I may simply state to you that the value of all the fore going articles enumerated in this statement, amounted in 1843 to 1,468,1151. sterling, and that of the same descriptions in the year ending 30th November, 1844, amounted to 2,064,093/. ; showing an increase in the exports of this country to China, in a single year, of 595,9781.—(Great cheering.) The same gentleman has kindly furnished me with a schedule tariff of the duties upon the foreign trade with China, which came into operation on the 27th July, 1843, and also of the rates of duty previously levied. I find upon reference to this important document which it may be satisfactory to many of the gentlemen here pre sent to be informed is prepared for Mr. Court, of the Underwriters' Rooms in Liverpool: and the rates of duties are exhibited in two columns, first the previous duty, and secondly the. present duty. The previous duty, as exhibited in this return, is not re duced either to sterling money or to dollars and cents, although that process of reduction is shown as applied to the present duty ; and I am sure you, gen tlemen, do not expect, from my previous habits of life, that I can at all pretend to reduce the Chinese taels, mace, .candarines, and cash, into any thing you can understand upon the present occasion. I have just been reminded, through the kindness of my friend Mr. Macvicar, that the difference is simply this, that the previous duty has been reduced, by the successful negotiation of Sir Henry Pottinger, to one-fourth of their previous amount.—(Hear.) These are the grounds, and these are the prospects, gentlemen, which have been opened out to this manufacturing district by the successful efforts and th e grea t t a l en t s o f Si r Henry Pottinger.—(Cheers.) And I am quite per suaded that, for many years to come, our tnanutac turers will find, by the state of their balance-sheet at the end of every Christmas, they will have to return thanks for the exertions of Sir Henry Pottinger.— (Cheers.) I know no other instance besides the pre sent, where a treaty of this magnitude has been con cluded, which has had not merely the approbation of his own countrymen, of every class and grade who have given any attention to the subject, but of all the nations in the world.—(Cheers.) He has softened down all those rival and hostile feelings upon this occasion which we should all have expected to have seen perfectly rife, if he had not introduced that memorable treaty which I hope will hereafter become known to all (Cheers.) I calculate, from my own personal obser vation, that the immediate effect of the treaty will be, to bring us into direct contact with not less than 120 to 150 millions of people.—(Hear.) I speak of the seaboard ; and, my own firm belief is, that if we do not go too fast for the Chinese—if we allow them to see we have no object beyond kindness and commer cial intercourse—that we have no exclusive feelings— do not look to anything beyond a mere mercantile set tlement in their country, I do believe, that in the lapse of a very few years they will be as ready, or perhaps more so, to trade with us, as we are with any other country.—(Cheers) I, upon another oc casion since I came to England, have spoken of the advantages which, in my opinion, appertain particu larly to Hong-Kong as a seat of commerce. I think still, and the more I reflect upon it—for I cannot say Honp -Kong was selected by me—but I again repeat, that if the two places were at my disposal to-morrow, I should prefer Hong-Kong. I am quite sure to have retained Chusan would not only be a heavy ex pense to Great Britain, but would bring us into con stant unpleasant discussion with the Chinese; for it is needle-s to deny, that, though they are quite obe dient to their own mandarins, yet with strangers they are extremely troublesome. I beg to repeat that lam most truly, and deeply, and affectionately sensible of your kindness, and before I sit down, I beg to return you, individually and collectively, my best thanks, and wishing you all happiness and prosperity in your several stations.—(lmmense cheering, and one cheer more.) JoHN M'acvican, Esq., proposed " The Indian Army and Navy—especially that portion of it serving in China." Captain EASTWICK, in the name of the two ser vices, acknowledged the toast. RICIIARD BIRLEY, Esq., gave " Her Majesty's Ministers"—(Applause)—a toast which he was sure they would all drink with much pleasure, because they had been the parties who had continued Sir Henry Pottinger in his position to conduct the nego tiations with China. He regretted that none of the Ministers were present; but their sentiments were well known, both by the speech of Lord Aberdeen in London, and Lord Stanley in Liverpool, from which we might infer that that course of negotiation carried out by Sir Henry Pottinger in China, would be sup ported by the Ministry in this country. He did not wish to give to any of these proceedings a party cha racter; and he would only say, he believed they wished to promote the commerce of this country and the whole world, and there he would leave the subject. He congratulated the distinguished guest of the even ing, as a cotton manufacturer, not only for the ser vices rendered to us, but also to our workpeople in this district. He would appeal to all present, whether the announcement of the opening of the markets of China was not the cause of a great improvement in this district. From that period the improvement of this district, especially Stockport, where the building of a great number of dwellings of the workpeople had been announced ; and, without detaining the company longer, he would only say that this district had greatly experienced the effect of Sir Henry Pottiner's negotiations in China.—(Cheers.) Sir HENRY POTTINGER proposed next, "The Mayor and Corporation of Manchester," their honoured hosts. It was difficult to explain how deeply he felt the ho. ro d. A ,346 'ti296 .9'447 (i 4 I ~1 J~~_f~) al z ~~ . tz .G 41 nour of their attention to himself,--especially in re ference to this magnificent and distinguished enter. tainment.—(Applause.) He most . cordially and sin cerely drank health and happiness to the Corpora tion.—(Applause.) The MATOR returned thanks. After some other toasts, JOHN M'GREGOR, Esq. , of the Board o f T ra d e , gave, " The Town and Trade of Manch es t er , an d tbe industry of the district ;" in doing which he spoke at some length, but was almost inaudible to the re porters. He was understood to say that the toast of itself constituted a text, involving the gravest, as well as the most interesting, considerations for the study of the statesman, of the legislator, and of all who knew and cared for the well-being and the happineis of their f fellow -men. All experience and all knowledge"proved the fact, that the growth and prosperity of great cities had been accompanied by the prosperity of the sur rounding country, and the well-being of the inha bitants.—(Applause.) It would be idle and pre sumptuous in him to dilate on the fact, that the growth and progress of the several districts of Lancashire and Cheshire, particularly in the value of property, and in the consequent better employ ment and well-being of the people, which accompanied the rise and progress of this great town, and of the great industrious district of which it was the focus. If they would bear with him, he would offer a fe w observations on the condition of one or two countries, in which great industrious cities had flourished, but which had ceased to ,flourish. He then referred to the cities of Venice and Augsburg. A Venitian Duke, whom he had the honour of knowing in 1838, inherited, from a long line of ancestors some of the finest lands on the banks of the Brenta, represen ted to him that the rents of those lands, during the prosperous trading days of the republic, enabled hie ancestors to build the splendid palaces on the banks of the grand canal of Venice, and the large one, a few rooms of which only the noble owner had been able to keep habitable. On the banks of the Danube was once an imperial city and also a great entrepot for trade, and a seat of manufactures, the city of Augs burg. At that period, so greatly did the prosperity of Augsburg cause the increased value of property in Suabia, that the landlords built some of the most mag nificent palaces of the age in the imperial city. Po litical and other causes drove the trade and manufac- tures from the city ; and, on the departure of industry and trade, the population decreased more rapidly than in any other city of the empire.—(Hear.) After wards 'Vallenstein inhabited one of those palaces, and two of them had since been converted into hospitals. —(Hear.) In conclusion, he gave " The town and trade of Manchester.—(Applause.) The toast having been drunk with all the honours, it was acknowledged by JOHN POTTER, Esq., who said, that, though he could have wished that the response had devolved on some one more able than himself, still he could not hut feel he should be deficient in duty to the town, if he did not express his acknowledgments. When he knew that the toast was proposed by one who had rendered more services to the commercial statistics of this country than any man now living, he trusted in dulgence would be shown to him, and he hoped they would not forget the importance f the community in which they lived. When he knew that nothing was wanted but employment for the industry of the disco trict, he felt that the illustrious Quest f the evenin had conferred grea t h onour upon t h ere , an d, through g them, upon the manufacturing industry of the col::" try. He trusted that the same liberality which had characterised Sir henry Pottinger's treaty with the Chinese would characterise all ,our treaties with foreign countries.—(Applause.) JAMES ASEINALL TURNER, Esq., next proposed " The Members of Parliament for the county and borough." WILSON PATTEN, Esq., M.P., acknowledged the toast, and said that for many years he had been so unconnected politically with this part of the country, that he felt the honour the more. He had recently expressed his sentiments towards their distinguished guest; and he should not have attended if he did not believe it would be gratifying to his manufacturing constituents to unite in paying this compliment to him. The gratitude of the county of Lancaster was not limited to the great boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester, but was felt in every valley of the county. WILLIAM ENTWISLE, Esq., M.P., said it had but seldom fallen to his lot to meet so large an assemblage of all classes of political opinions in his native town, on an occasion of such unanimity as had distin guished the present meeting. He gladly availed himself of the opportunity to testify his admiration of the principles of the guest of the evening, and he would do his utmost to forward the principles of the Pottinger treaty.—(Great applause.) That the ab - stract doctrines of free trade had been adopted in high quarters he considered as generally known ; and he would allude to an observation of Lord Stanley, in Liverpool, on that clause which includes all other nations in the same clause as ourselves ; and his Lord ship had said no clause would tend more to improve our condition with the Chinese.---(Applause.) The company separated a few minutes after twelve o'clock. ELECTION of COMMON COUNCIL• MN.-4SAT UEDA Y.) ' ST. THOMAS'S DAM: This, tfie day 'annually devoted Ack the election of Common Councilmen for the different wards of the City of London, passed in an unusually quiet manner. In the parish of _ _ WALBROOK, The LORD MAYOR, attended by his Civic suite, opened the proceedings, in the Charity-school room. The place was crowded with an anxiously curious audience, but this ward, contrary to expectation, formed no exception to the general quietness, the gentlemen who had repre sented the board during the past year having been re elected without opposition. / // ,~ .. FARIIINGDON WITHIN. A similar result emanated from the wardmote in this district, although Mr. Steill, of Paternoster-row, endea voured to get up an opposition by proposing himself as a candidate. The proceedings in the other wards, we believe, pre sented no feature of interest. In the following wards there was no contest :—Aldersgate, Basishaw, Bread street, Broad-street, Cheap, Cordwainers', Comhill, and Cripplegate. PORTSOKEN WARD. A wardmote was held at twe:vo o'clock to-day, before Francis Graham Moon, Esq., Alderman of the ward, at the Three Nuns Inn, Aldgate lligh-street, for the elec tion of Common Councilmen. After the transaction of some preliminary business, the former members were proposed for re-election, and in addition to them, William Scoones and George-Vile were proposed. The non-freemen having been ordered to retire, a show of hands was called for, aid • Alderman Moot.' declared the following gentletzen elected to the office of Common Councilmen of that ward:—Messrs. Wright, Christie, M'Kenzie, Parker, Judsutn, Hayward, Daidurd, and Killby.. A poll wa , t.ht,n demanded on the part of the tuisuc• cessful e.indidittea. The else! ion will not terminate for three days. MARRIED.—On Saturday, at St. John's Church, Richmond,by the Rev. Charles Proby, Canon of Windsor John Berney Petre, Esq., only son of Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Petre, of Westwick !1011, in the county of Norfolk, to . Caroline Susan, second daughter of the late Right Hon. James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie. Immediately after the ceremony, a large party of nobi lity and gentry, relations and friends of both parties, assembled at the house of the bride's mother, the Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, and partook of an elegant breakfast ; after which the happy pair set out for Stody Lodge, the seat of Caroline Dowager Lady Suffield. RESIGNATION OF THE VICAR OF BRADFORD.— The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, much to the astonishment of the public, has resigned the vicarage of Bradford. Dr. Scoresby is a High Church Evangelical. He has for years been on uncomfortable terms with several of his leading parishioners, in consequence of which one or'two new churches, built by individuals, have never been opened. As a man of science, Dr. Scoresby occupies a very respectable rank. He had formed a scheme for the division of the extensive parish of Bradford, and notice had been given of an application to Parliament next session for a Bill to authorise it. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are said not to approve of Dr. Scoresby's scheme, and hence it is supposed he has resigned the living. —Leeds Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon, one of the coal porters in the employ of Mr. Stephen Davies, of Somerset Wharf, Bankside, slipped off the barge Mary Anne, and was drowned. It seems that, from the great pressure of business now consequent on the inclement weather, it has been found necessary to rig up the lights along shore, commonly known as "devils," circular grates filled with burning coal. It was in shift ing one of these that the unfortunate man lost his life. Mr. Guildersleave, the wharf clerk, made every effort to save the unhappy man, but unavailingly. Mr. Davies has handsomely expressed his determination of providing for the bereave d widow and children. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER.-"--YeS terday the long-talked of improvements which are to be effected from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, were in reality commenced, several mon being employed to pull down the houses on one side of Little Tothill-street. It is contemplated to remove those sinks of infamy—the Almonry, Orchard-Greet, Duck-lane—and to form one wide and spacious street from the west door of West minster Abbey to the Buckingham Palace end of Pim lico. Orchard-street contains the remains of some of the oldest houses in Westminster, and a part of one of Oliver Cromwell s palaces still stands there. INCENDIARY FIRE REWARDS.—Yesterday a pro clamation was issued by her Majesty's Government, offering TOOL reward, in addition to a like sum of 1001. from Mr. Richard Eldridge, a timber-merchant, of Canal-walk, Southampton, for the apprehension and con viction of the parties who set fire to some timber-sheds belonging to Mr. Eldridge. on Wednesday night last. A strong suspicion is entertained, but unfortunately not sufficient to justify apprehending the suspected person. 71.4 0 tr