The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-24 00:00:00

EVEN INCT EDITION.I REPEAL OF THE UNION. O'CONNELL AND SHARMAN CRAWFORD. The following letter appears in the Pilot of this evening :- 4. TO THE NATIONAL TRADES' POLITICAL UNION. " Derrynane Abbey, Oct. 18, 1839. . 1 ' Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?" 4 , Friends and Brothers,—You have anticipated my justification for not having published my second letter on Repeal' within the time I originally in tended. That justification is to be found in the expectation of Mr. Sharman Crawford's reply to your address to him. It was incumbent on me to wait for that reply. I expected that he would take one of two courses—either candidly admit that events had now convinced him of the necessity of Repeal,' or decidedly and manfully object to any alteration of the centralisation principle of the bad that Mr. Crawford, who was invited and urged to assist us, should now assail the honoured dead,' and suggest a damper on future exertion, by tra ducing the honest and useful efforts of the Pre cursors. " But these are, after all, the buckram and stay-tape' of the controversy. I introduce these topics into this letter in order to clear my way, and to continue my next publication to the only really important point—' the Repeal.' " Let us, in the meantime, conjure Mr. Crawford to reflect, that it was dissension, and jealousies, and utter want of combination, that struck our lovely and loved land from her station among the nations of the earth. There has been always an unhappy disposition prevalent to overvalue other countries, and the men of other lands, and to undervalue Ireland and Irishmen. But that fatal spirit is pas sing away, or at least is counteracted by the increas ing multitudes of persons devoted, heart and head, to the weal of Ireland—devoid of crotchets, and free from self-conceit, hut, with the true feeling of Irish m anliness and cordiality, resolved that their fatherland shall not suffer from the insulting oppres sion or the bigoted hostility of any other country on the face of the earth. " Courage and constancy in this struggle are alone necessary. The heart and soul of Ireland are with us. Our combination will be deliberate, peaceable, legal, and constitutionr.l. We are re fused justi ce —C raw f or d hi mse lf a d m i ts i t . Wh at pitiful puling is it to live only in order to entreat and implore, and crouch and endure ! No ; the Imperial Legislature not only refuses, but is actually organized and strengthened to refuse us justice. Poor and paltry is the creature who can bear this and know this, and not at least struggle for happy homes and altars free.' " My next letter will follow this with all conve nient speed. Others may desert Ireland and her cause ; but for me, her name and ' Repeal' are written on my heart. Her sufferings—the desertion of some of her sons—render her only more painfully dear to me— " More dear in thy gloom, in thy corrows and showers, Than the rest of the world in its sunniest hours.' " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE Union. " He has done neither ; he has thought fit to take a middle course ; he has altogether repudiated the Union as its exists in its present form and pies sure ; he has also repudiated its dissolution ; and having thus assailed ' Repealers' and ' Unionists,' he proposes a middle course, neither Repeal nor Union, but a se'l and speculative combination of both—a wheel within a wheel—neither white nor black—neither ' fish nor flesh, nor good red her ring.' " It seems to me that there is only one thing cer tain, and that is—that his plan is totally inapplica ble. It would content nobody. We Repealers deem that it would operate as a pure delusion. The Unionists would never consent to such a first step towards Repeal.; and whilst neither party consented to his device, there would be exceedingly few beside Mr. Crawford himself to advocate the practicability of such a plan. No human being would be found to agitate in favour of such a scheme. Your milk and water creates no excitement. It is an excellent compound for your good motherly patriots ; but it has in it none of the racy ingr e di en t s w hi c h excite the spirit-stirring, soul-moving animation for ' Fa therland and Liberty.' " Mr. Crawford's reply is, indeed, written with more than his usual clearness, and, what is better, with perfect courtesy. There is much force, though there is little of novelty, in the manner in which lie combines and and puts forward his objections. In every (From the Manchester Times.) answer to be given to these objections the same Universal Suffrage is usually defined, " the possession calmness of temper and civility of expression must of a vote by every male person who has attained the age be used. It would be exceedingly wrong, and of twenty-one, and is of sane mind and unconvicted of would, besides, give an immense advantage before crime." Here, then, in this scheme of representation, the public, if arguments employed by him in the ase four disqualifying circumstances. Females are ex tone and keeping of gentlemanly demeanour were eluded in a mass, although it would be difficult to show not met in a kindred spirit, and in the manner and any good reason why a w if e w h o su pp or t s her husband, a widow who supports her children, or an unmarried with the tact of polished society. woman who supports her parents (and there are thou " There is, however, an inherent and radical de- sands of such instances in this country, rich as it is in feet in his reasoning,—an incurable vice in his female industry and self-denying virtue), should not have logic. It is this—He sets out all possible and a vote, while the male dependant upon her labours has imaginable objections to the Repeal, without stating one. Males not having attained the age of twenty-one the advantages—without stating any of the almost are excluded, although it would be difficult to show any immeasurable and incalculable advantages which good reason why a young man of twenty, the supporter Ireland would derive from that Repeal. of his widowed mother and the protector of her trious, father less children, well educated, manly, sober, and indus " It is manifest that the fair and just wa y to should not have the preference to a man of sixty, treat the subject would be—first, to specify, with idle, dissolute, and deplorably ignorant. Derangement distinctness and candour, as many as possible of of mind is another of the disqualifications ; but of that the blessings which would accrue to Ireland from who is to be the judge ? Again, conviction of crime is the paternal care of a domestic Legislature ; second, to disqualify ; and thus a punishment is to be inflicted to specify, with equal distinctness, the evils, the beyond what the law awards, although the juvenile of oppressions, the insulting and contemptuous neglect fender, perhaps through the pressure of intolerable po of our affairs by the Imperial Legislature ; and when verty, the fruitful source of early crime, may have be these were completed, then, and not till then, come not only a useful, but a highly respectable member of society. Why, then, do Universal Suffrage men should the objections be brought forward. By that propose these restrictions upon the snffrage ? They can mode of proceeding the Irish people, for whom have no other reason than to secure, as far as restric alone we ought to write, would be able to compare tions can secure it, the possession by the voter of a all the advantages of ' Repeal' with its difficulties, masculine mind, a mature mind, an undiseased and an and calmly judge between the one class and the honest mind. The proposed restrictions prove that other. their term is a misnomer, for the qualities required, so " This course would lead to right thinking and far from being universal, are not possessed, even ac justly judging. The course taken by Mr. Craw- cording to their own estimate, by one-fourth of the ford tends to directly the contrary result. It is, in- po pu ati o n Household Suffrage carries exclusion still farther ; deed, the mode which has created and continued b ut with this difference to Universal Suffrage, that the the worst errors and heresies in religion—nay, in- persons excluded would be, in a very great number fidelity itself. It is the mode that perpetuates dis- of instances, better qualified for the discharge of an elec• sensions and criminal errors in politics, and makes tor's duties than a very great number who would be in partisan fury fill the place of calm patriotic zeal. eluded. Limitation to householders, while it would " I intend to take directly the opposite course include almost all the labourers in the agricultural to that adopted by Mr. Sharman Crawford. In counties, of whom probably not one-fourth can read and my second letter on the Repeal—a letter which write, would exclude thousands of well-informed, in- I d ustFious, skilful, and prudent workmen, who are in I intend to direct to George Bryan, Esq. M.P.— lodgings cohe in the manufacturing towns. It would include I will, first, demonstrate the evils, hopeless of re- \,e pea inedy, which spring from the present -form of 1e.....- i 5e...., },,... t c h .. ? . angst i torr ,A t ., and a t e st , :d a e . pendencittlative connexion between the two countries. re.... tion of the most intelligent artizans in•this or :ny other cond, the transcendent benefits which would arise country. It would include the improvident man who at to Ireland from a domestic legislature. Third, I twenty-one risks his own independence and the happiness will take up, seriatim, the six or seven specific ob- of his partner in life by becoming, ere he has made any jections adduced by Mr. Crawford to Repeal. I provision for the future, a h us b an d an d a h ouse k eeper ; while it would exclude the virtuously prudent person think Ido not at all exaggerate when I say I will who delayedarriage till he could, as far as human be able to scatter these objections into ' thin air,' foresight could, m ould secure a comfortable subsistence to his or to show clearly and fully that the facts he alludes wife without compelling her to go to the factory or the to are potential for Repeal, and; not against it. fields, and to his children without condemning them to I Fourth, I will point out the next steps to be taken early debilitating toil or the workhouse. It would to revive in the best and in the mode most con- include the man who keeps a lodging-house for thieves ciliatory to all classes of Irishmen the direct agita- or beggars, while it would exclude the enlightened mer tion for the Repeal. chant giving employment to hundreds of the industrious " I may be mistaken, yet I think I shall be able classes.ln both of these systems, then, there would be a to prove that we will derive from Mr. Crawford's great number of persons exclud e d f rom th e e l ec ti ve hostility to Repeal more advantages than we could franchise who are better qualified than a great number from his advocacy of that measure. I say this with- who would be included. We stop not to inquire whe out meaning him any disrespect, but as a mere ther either scheme of representation would be better matter of fact. There is no earthly institution, nor than that which was recognised by the Reform Bill ; any attempt to ameliorate human institutions, which for we write for those, who, like ourselves, are already may not be met by manifold objections. It is in- convinced that there must be a great extension of the herein in human nature that whatever man does , or proposes cannot be perfect, and must, therefore, be obnoxious to cavil and fault-finding. Mr. Craw- suffrage to ensure good Government, and peaceable submission to the laws of the country. We have men tioned the exclusions under both proposed plans of Reform, to bespeak from the advocates of Household ford is at the ' fault-finding' side; but he fairly Suffrage, and the advocates of universal Suffrage, the produces his objections, and gives us the opportu- fair and candid consideration of a scheme of repre nity of confuting real and not merely conjectural sentation which recognises no exclusion which the statements. We have a substantial enemy to en- former has not recognised, and which gets rid of the counter, and not a visionary foe. injurious exclusion, and the not less injurious inclusion " I will not anticipate my reply further than to which the latter sanction, while it would give to every say that the most plausible objections su ee. este d intelligent man who desires to hold th e e l e cti v e f r an c hi s e by Mr. Crawford are equally, if not more power- (andh ave t it) se t w he opportunity do not o desiretofe have i it, do t not his ai ning just fully, applicable to the British Constitution itself, s h are i n t h e election of representatives. asoh or even to the Union as it exists. Of this more The exclusion of all females and of every male under fully in my next letter. twenty-one years of age in the scheme of Universal Suf " For the present I have only farther to remark, frage ; the exclusion of all lodgers in the scheme el. that I think it was a singular specimen of bad taste Household Suffrage ; the exclusion of the man who in a to assail, in his reply to you, the ' General Asso- borough pays 91. 19s : of rent, while he who pays 101. is exclusion of 501 th is e i farmeraalud included d- wh oal lp a t T l so s 4 e9l .e zf ciation,' the 4 Anti-Tory Association,' and the includedren the rent while he who pays ' Precursor Association ;' all of which merited and elus i ons consideredinconnection with the extension of I obtained your support and co-operati o n. But there the suffrage which has already been obtained, and with was something worse than bad taste—there is a those farther extensions which are demanded, prove monstrous error of judgment in his condemnation. that, with the strong desire to extend the franchise, there Each of these bodies discharged its functions, and are an equally strong wish and determination to res t r i c t it to those who can exercise it for the good of the coin performed its mission, with not only perfect ho t Wepropose to unite these conflicting desires com munity. . ~ nesty, but with great success. The General Asso- by the adoption of a suffrage which, we think, with ciation kept up the spirit of the Irish people during the Grey-Anglesey tyranny, and succeeded in keep- realßeformers, will, afterdue consideration, be allowed • ' ' to satisfy both. ins ,_ in Parliament a phalanx of Irish Members W e t h ro w a s ide th e di squa lif ac ti on o f i nsane per sufficient to check the hostility of that Ministry sons, because all who are ascertained to be insane are towards Ireland. usually in confinement ; we throw aside th e disqualifi " The Anti-Tory Association was still more sue- cation of persons convicted of crime, becau s e a ll w h o cessful—in fact, it triumphantly carried the object have not endured the full punishment which the law for which it had been formed—namely, to displace has awarded them are in prison ; we contend not for the qualification of f e m a l e s, th o u g h th ere ma y b e goo d the Tory Administration, and to restore the Whit-Ts argumentsfor it, man chooses to hold the weaker to office. By its exertions the electors of Ireland vessel iin fo subjection we make no distinction between were so animated and organised as to have sent to th e heusebolder and the lodger, and none between the the House of Commons that overwhelming majo- 91. 19s. and the 10/. renter. We propose only two simple rity which finally succeded in overturning the Peel qualifications : Administration and restoring the Whig Minist r y. 1. A certain maturity of years. 2. A certain ascertained amount o f k now l e d ge . I am not now d e f en di n g the subsequent conduct of We need not stop . particularly to inquire, on the that Ministry. I ant o'nly showing, in reply to Mr. principles of h abstract h . justice, at what precise period a Crawford, that his accusation is unjust as it is iin pLrstohn ought of to eginto theexereise his political rights. politic, and that the Anti-Tory Association was not a failure, for "discharge twenty-one . law . recognizes his cape , but achieved its purposes, and gave • city _or the of social duties quite as important one other proof how i irres-stlle Irishmen can be to himself as the choice of a Parliamentary represen when they combine honestly, l numerously, legally, tative. We would raise no dispute on a point upon and peaceably. It is another encouragement to which ail classes of reformers are agreed. As affee aei persevere in the Re peal tatien ting those who are below that age, exclusion would 4, A s to th e PrecursorbSociety., it was instituted not be regarded as any invidious distinction. But as as an experiment to try whether, bconfining regards the degree of maturity of mind, b eyon d t h e ourselves to seeking an equalisation, y a realisation nof in nh f e f y r ) a tn n i.o ch n_ ise representation deems criterion i of age, which nearly every philosophical ape with England—that is, ' culator upon the theory of representation to we had any prospect of succeedine rhe Precu°rsorexist. ' some be necessary for the qualification of a voter, that most legitimate object. ' opinion may youse ofLordLsorodu obtaining honest difference . of speech Brougham,. in . his the people, ciety has made this experiment. It has demon- o- December Ist, 1537 on- the Education of strated that the prospects of justice from the I mpe- posed that, in addition to the persons who now vote for rial Parliament, instead of increasing are diminish- Members of Parliament there should be included in the ing, and indeed totally terminated. 'Why even Mr. list of voters for School Committees all who have received Crawford himself a dmits—first, that the I r i s h R e _ instruction in certain institutions, which he names ; form Bill is unjust ; secondly, that Ireland has and in one of the introductions to his collected speeches, published in 183 S, he proposes iu that those been refused justice by the Imperial Parliament ; and thirdly that Ireland, under the present circum- 'persons ~ a s o th allt a lsol n hav h e the right to vote we r members re speech to I re stances of her legislative connection, has no seen- ferred his Lordship en saty-e— -rity for just legislation. " The L e ei s l ature h as g i ven t h e r i g ht of choosing " These arc Mr. Crawford's own admissions ;., Members of Parliament to persons who possess a 10/. and is it nothing that the Precursor Society has household franchise, or a 40s. freehold. It has also reduced such a man as Mr. Crawford —a man who g y, , ,v i e o ri a a desires and candidly avows his desire that the Union t should continue to make such important, such , that all those all-important admissions, as I have just stated T. ' votingright to choose town-councillors to persons rated in any way. Of course my object is, persons who are rated at any amount ;whatever, shall, in the first for the school committe • place, enjoy the right of then I go farther. " Th e Pre cursor Society has, therefore, well ful- ' I hold that there can be no e. but . harm,. but every kind of filled its mission. Its work was done, and well benefit possible, in extending it in the direction lam done ; and, having been dissolved upon the princi- i about to describe. We want w , 4 1 1-informed persons ; i plc upon which it was instituted, it is a little too , we want persons of sober and industrious habits—men THE SU'N, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1839. whom we can safely trust—men who are not likely to be led away by their ignorance, or to be debauched by bribery and corruption, to which persons of dissipated habits, and who are not respectable in their life and conversation, so often yield. I propose, then, to take those men who have given a proof that they are of sober habits—that they are of industrious lives—that they are friends to education—that they have made efforts to educate themselves ; men who, to a certain extent, have profited by their successful efforts, and have already, to a certain extent, become educated men. " In the first place, I may, perhaps, be asked what test I have that these men are sufficiently educated ? and in the next place it may be inquired how, when I have proved the extent of their education, I propose to unite them with the particular locality in which the provisions of the Bill are to be put in force ? In reply to these questions, I beg to state, that in order to com bine the voters with the locality. I require 12 months residence. It is provided in the Bill that no person having the remainder of the qualification shall be at liberty to use it, unless he has also been resident in the parish or township for the full period of 12 "months. " These, then, are the persons who, independent of the rate-payers, will be admitted to the franchise. The Board will have the power of enrolling, by an act of its own, all Mechanics' Institutions, all Associations for Education, all Literary Societies for all classes, under certain restrictions and according to certain rules ; so that all persons who have, for a certain time, been mem bers of those most useful, most meritorious bodies—all persons who, for a certain time, have devoted themselves to the affair , of those societies and associations, and thus promoted tne education of °filers or improved their own, all those persons hr.ving passed a certain time in such courses, shall have a right to vote, each in the parish in which he resides, for the members of the school corn mittee. Igo a step further. I propose to extend this privilege to all persons, of whatever rank, who have been educated at either of the Universities, at the Inns of Chancery, at the Public Schools, or any schools what ever enrolled and connected with the board, and of all classes of the community whatever, be they high, middle, or low—l propose that all these persons, the time they have spent at school being taken as a guarantee that they are not ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, and dissolute persons, shall, after a year's residence, be admitted to the right of voting on the school affairs of the town, parish, or district in which a school committee shall be appointed." Lord Brougham's plan of parliamentary representa- tion is defective in point of simplicity. The system, as " settled" by Lord John Russell, is complicated enough, but the ex-Lord Chancellor would render it still more complicated. We have already, as qualifications :- 1. The name of Freemen in certain old boroughs. 2. The occupation of a 101. house in all boroughs. 3. In county voting the possession of 40s. a year free hold. 4. A certain amount of copyhold property. 5. The occupation of land or house to the amount of 504 a year. 6. The attainment of twenty-one years of age. In addition to these Lord Brougham proposes the right of voting should be extended to 7. Members of Mechanics' Institutions. 8. Members of Associations for Education. 9. Members of Literary Societies for all classes. 10. Members of all Education Societies for all classes. 11. Persons educated at the Universities. 12. Persons educated at the Inns of Court. 13. Persons educated at the Inns of Chancery. 14. Persons educated at the Public Schools. 13. Persons educated at any Schools enrolled and con nected with the proposed Educational Board. Whatever may be said of Lord Brougham's complex plan, it cannot be charged with the recognition of Lord John Russell's doctrine of final liMitations, for it opens siderable opposition in Mile-end they had confidence that in consequence of the strong feeling which pre vailed among the inhabitants, permission would not ultimately be withheld. The Directors had, in justice to themselves, thought it right to call the attention of the Proprietors to that subject, as it would account to them for any delay which may seem to have occurred in laying down the pipes. The knowledge of the great advantage to be derived from competition had given rise to such a powerful demonstration throughout the district in favour of the Company, that the Direc tors firmly believed that all impediments thrown in the way of its progress by men in office must ultimately be removed. Still the Directors would urge the Proprie tors to use all their personal and local interest by con vening public meetings, and using their influence with those with whom the power to give or withhold permis sion rests in the different parishes or boards to procure their consent. The Directors, as the Proprietors would perceive, in order to ensure expedition, had entered into large contracts. They had incurred that responsibility from a feeling of the importance of completing the works with all possible dispatch, and supported by the convic tion that the respectable and numerous Proprietors of the Company would willingly uphold them. Yesterday proved that the Directors had not miscalculated in the confidence they had reposed in the Proprietors, for though it was not till then that the first call was payable, more than two-thirds of the Proprietors had paid up the call on their respective shares. The Directors, in concluding their report, informed the Propretors that, notwithstanding many rumours to the contrary, they had greater confidence in the ultimate success of their undertaking than ever, and though they personally hold a very large proportion of the s hares, they do not at all regret the considerable i nves t men t th e y had thus made in the undertaking. They, however, would sug gest to the Proprietors, that while the number of shares at present held would, when the calls were all paid, be amply sufficient to put a very considerable portion of the district in supply, it was advisable that the number of Proprietors should be increased as much as possible, as by that means not only would a greater number of consumers be ensured, but likewise the number of calls on the shares held by the present Proprietors be de creased. They would, therefore, urge on the Proprie tors to use their influence in the disposal of shares. The Proprietors might depend upon the active exer tions of the Directors in forwarding the interests of the Company, and they had no doubt that the object which they, with their fellow Proprietors, were labouring to attain would soon be accomplished." The Report having been read, The CHAIRMAN said that was the time when any observations might be made by any of the Proprietors, as the Directors would be very glad to hear any re marks. On any point concerning the interests of the Company, the Directors would be most happy to afford all the information in their power. For his own part, although he was there as the organ of the Directors, he was also there as the organ of the meeting. As how ever none of his audience seemed inclined to offer any suggestion, they were bound to proceed with the busi ness before them, and therefore they should dispose of the Report. Mr. JACKSON said that so satisfied was he with theße port, that he was sure he only spoke the unanimous feel ing of the Company when he moved that it be received and entered on the minutes. Mr. YATES seconded the resolution, which, having been put by the Chairman to the meeting, was unani mously carried. Some discussion then took place with regard to a paragraph which appeared recently in the Weekly Dis patch with reference the Company, but it was ultimately decided that it was unnecessary to take any steps to prove the groundlessness and calumny of the statements it contained. The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Hodges, a gentleman who it was falsely stated had re tired from the Direction, expressing that gentleman's warmest confidence in the integrity of the Directors, and his satisfaction at the progress and prospects of the Company. The CHAIRMAN then observed that there was one matter of much importance, respecting which he wished to obtain the opinion of the Proprietors. They were aware that their proceedings had now gone on to that stage that any person wishing to become a shareholder may be required to pay 21. or 3/. at once. That may be an obstacle in the way of many, who would thereby be prevented from joining their Society. He wished therefore to obtain for the Directors the assent of the Proprietors to allowing that sum to be paid by instal ments, or that they should give, at their discretion, oc casionally a little time. The Directors did not wish to pursue such a course without the sanction of the Shareholders. Mr. MORRIS said that he certainly was of opinion that the Directors ought to exercise that discretionary power to which the Chairman had alluded. At all events, he hoped that no persons would leave the room under the impression that both Shareholders and Di rectors were not perfectly unanimous in their proceed ings.—(Cheers.) He entertained the utmost confidence in the honour and integrity of the Directors. He would more, therefore, that the Directors be authorised to give such time to the new Proprietors for the payment of the first and second instalments as they may think proper. This resolution having been seconded, was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Directors, and of confidence in them was then proposed by Mr. Morris, and having been seconded by Mr. Gowett, was unanimously carried. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks on the part of the Directors, and said that notwithstanding any paragraphs which may appear in newspapers, and any devices to which calumny may have recourse, the Directors would continue to promote, as far as their exertions could, the interests of the Shareholders, and by doing so they would at the same time promote the interest of the public. The proceedings then terminated. PUBLIC DINNER TO SIR It. M ROLFE, M.P. that country was a sufficient answer to his abusers.— ( Cheers.) Ministers had a difficult course to steer. On the one hand they were met by a formidable fac tion, which resisted them at every step ; on the other, they were urged by those who would have them proceed faster than it was possible in the present state of public opinion and public feeling for them to go on ; and it was the latter class of persons that, in their desire to go ' faster, actually prevented Ministers from going so fast as they would and could go if Reformers were more united. In the peculiar situation in which they were placed they pursued the medium course, which they con sidered best for the general interests of the people. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman sat down amidst loud and long-continued cheering. " Lord Minto, and the Navy"—acknowledged by Captain Morgan, R. N. " Lord Hill, and the Army," by Captain Pender. "E. 'W. Pendarves, Esq.," by Mr. Pendarves. " Sir Charles Lemon, and the Members of the Eastern Division," were then se verally drunk. On the health of Sir R. M. Rolfe being proposed from the Chair, and drank amidst reiterated cheering, Sir R. M. ROLFE again rose to acknowledge the compliment paid him in a manner so flattering to him. His present visit to the borough, he said, was not oc casioned by any sudden thought, or from any contem plated changes, but in pursuance of an intention which he had formed in the spring, and which he then men tioned to some of his worthy friends now present ; and when the deputation were in town, two or three months ago, he then repeated to them that intention. (The Learned Gentleman ridiculed the idea which some of the opposite party had given rise to, that the object of his visit was to prepare the way for a Radical suc cessor !) A great many loyal, patriotic, and other toasts fol lowed, and the whole terminated in a manner highly satisfactory and gratifying to all present. Sir Robert Rolfe and Mr. Pendarves left the room amidst great cheering. about nine o'clock, and immedi ately started in a post-chaise for Bodmin, the latter gentleman having to be present at the Sessions on the following day. Sir Robert proceeded for town. . - ,he door to all who choose to enter upon a declaration that they are what they are not. Orangemen and Rib bonmen ; Mr. Stowell's Protestants and Mr. O'Connell's Catholics ; Mr. Oastler's Poor-law men and Mr. Fear gus O'Connor's point-of-the-pike men ; Mr. W. Gar nett's operative-conservative men, and Mr. E. Dixon's no-police men ; all these, and all others who can afford to set conscience aside to serve their purposes, may, under his Lordship's plan, enrol themselves as voters, provided they only take the precaution to enrol them selves previously as members of come association which they themselves choose to call a " Mechanics' Institu tion" or an " Education Society," or a " Literary So ciety." The plan would, in short, give a vote to every man who is fraudulent enough to otain it under false pretences. We propose to sweep away a baker's dozen of those fifteen conditions of qualification, affording, as they do, a high temptation to dishonesty. There ought to be no narrower test of the capacity of the voter, after flaying arrived at his majority, than being able to read the proceedings of his representatives, and to exercise the right of petition by writing his own name. There will be an objection to both the extension and the limitation of the suffrage that would be the result of adopting this test of the capacity of the voter. Mere Whigs will say that the franchise would be held by too many ; and those who have had the words .. Universal Suffrage" so long upon their tongue that they believe there is some potent charm in them—some " open sesame" of the doors of full representation—will say that it would be held by too few. The test, however, ought to meet the views of the former at the period of its I adoption ; and of the latter when the system had been some time in operation. We verily believe that the extension of the suffrage to all above the age of twenty-one who can read and write, would, at the present moment, give a smaller con stituency than Household Suffrage would. Tens of thousands, we might almost say hundreds of thousands, of agricultural labourers who are householders can neither read nor write, and consequently would have no vote. Nay, more—thousands, perhaps tens of thou sands, who have 101. occupations in boroughs and forty shilling freeholds in counties, would, is the first in stance, be disfranchised. The sweeping away of the totally uninstructed would certainly be more than coun ter-balanced by the accession of the instructed ; but still the increase to the number of the voters would not be so great as to give any reasonable grounds of fear to the really sincere friends of progressive—even slowly progressive—reform. On the other hand the test would be exclusive of none who really valued the franchise ; for the desire for its possession would be the strongest motive for ac quiring the necessary qualification, and an hour's ap plication every evening for a few months would put any man of ordinary abilities in possession of it. Still, how ever, there would be many who would not make the effort. There are many so ignorant as to be perfectly contented in their ignorance, many who are so idle as to make no exertion, whatever may be the inducement, and many so besotted as willingly to forfeit their birthright rather than forego the gratification which a pot of beer affords them. The accessions, therefore, to the list of voters would be gradual ; but provision would be made for the ultimate admission of every industrious and in telligent man who desired to have a vote in the choice of representatives. Would the wildest Chartist ever an swer honestly if he said that this was not a sufficient extension of the suffrage ? COMMERCIAL GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY The friends of the Solicitor-General at Falmouth and Penryn, embracing the opportunity of his hasty visit to his constituents, invited the Honourable Gen tleman to a public dinner at the Royal Hotel, Falmouth, on Monday last. The notice of the dinner having been very brief, the company was not so large as it probably would have been had more time been allowed, but the important duties of his office required the return of the Solicitor-General to London. About fifty gentlemen of the two towns, Penryn and Falmouth, sat down to a very handsome dinner. James Cornish, Esq., presided, with his usual spirit and ability, and Francis Pender, Esq. was Croupier. E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq., one of the county Members, was present. Sir C. Lemon and Mr. Turner were also invited, but could not attend. 1 When the cloth was removed, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen," which was drunk with all due honours and great cheering. The band then struck up " God save the Queen." The next toast was " The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England."—Tune,'' British Grenadiers." " Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's , Ministers," was received with great applause. Sir R. M. Rota's then rose, and as the long-continued cheering subsided, said, that although he held but a very inferior office connected with the present Govern ment, he felt called upon, on behalf of his Noble Friend, Lord Melbourne, and those who were associated with him in the Government, to thank the company for the very flattering and cordial manner in which the toast had been received, and he was sure it would afford his Noble and Right Hon. Friend the highest satisfaction to learn that the manner in which they had conducted the affairs of the country was approved of by a company such as the present. They had been accused of having done nothing ; it was true that they had not done so much as they were desired to do, and it was inconceivable, except to those who, like himself and his Hon. Friend the Member for Cornwall, were witnesses of it, how much that they did was undone— how, after days and weeks and months of ;anxious toil in preparing and forwarding measures, their labours were negatived in another place, and their best efforts rendered unavailing. But notwithstanding this, was it true that nothing had been done ? Suppose it were proposed to undo all that had been done since the Libe: rals came into power, would there be nothing to undo ? To say nothing of numerous other measures, if they had only carried Municipal Reform, that of itself would have been a work of infinite consequence. Here, perhaps, its importance was not felt so strongly as in other places, where the abuses of the old system had for years and years been intolerable—in Liverpool, in York, and many other towns , a y e, and even in Penryn. Ministers were also accused of a want of en ergy i n not h av i ng adopted more rigorous measures to put down t h e Chartists. It was quite a mistake to suppose that Ministers had not all along been most anxious on that matter, or that they had for a moment allowed their attention to be diverted from it. It had b een hi s d uty to b e in daily conference with Lord John Russell, who watched their proceedings with the utmost anxiety,and was deterre d from ado p ti ng what might be t erme d more rigorous measures, by the assur ance which he felt that the thing would wear itself out, and that he might safely rely upon the sound English feeling and good sense of the people generally to put it down. Was be right or was he not ? Where were the 1 Chartists now?--Cheers.) They might be considered as extinct. Had the Tories been in power, he knew perfectly well that they would not have acted as the present Government had done. Oh no, we should have had the Manchester massacre re-enacted.--- 1 (Cheers.) Who does not remember what they did in 1819 ? They adopted a different course then. After their rigorous proceedings at Manchester they called Parliament together and passed the " S ix Acts" for abridging the liberty of the press, and the liberty of the subject.—(" Hear, hear," and ch eer i ng .) He then ma d e some r emarks on the ill-founded com plaints made against Lord Normanby's Government of Ireland, and asked what did it all amount to ? Why, that Bill Jones had been let out of prison too soon, and that Dick Smith had been kept in too long.— (Laughter.) The tranquil state in which he bad left THE LIFE OF A MEDICAL MAN.—There is not any career which so rapidly wears away the powers of life, because there is no other which requires a greater activity of body and mind. He has to bear the changes of the weather, continual fatigue, irregu larity in his meals, and broken rest ; to live in the midst of miasm and contagion ; if in the country, to t ra verse considerable distances on horseback, exposed to wind and storm, to brave all dangers to go to the relief of suffering humanity. A fearful truth for medical men has been established by the tables of mortality of Dr. Casper, published in the British Review—of a thousand members of the m e di ca l p ro f ess i on , six hundred died before their sixty-second year ; while of persons lead ing a quiet life, such as ag r iculturists or theologians, the mortality is only three hundred and forty-seven. If we take a hundred individuals of each of these classes, 43 theologians, 40 a gr i cu lt u rists, 35 clerks , an d 32 soldiers, will reach their seventieth year ; .of a hundred pro fessors of the h ea li ng art 24 only will attain that age ; they are like sign-posts to health ; they can show th e road to old age, but rarely tread it themselves. The half.yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of the above Company took place yesterday at the King's Arms Tavern, Mile-end-road. At half-past two o'clock the Chair was taken by James Goldie, Esq., who, the notice for convening the meeting having been read, called on the Solicitor (a gentleman of the firm of Brown, Marten, and Thomas, Mincing-lane) to read the Report, which set forth the following statements : " The Directors had convened that meeting in accord- I ance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, which provided that they should appoint some day in the month of October of every year, upon which th e proprietors should meet together and hold a half yearly general meeting. It might appear inexpedient to have convened the Proprietors so shortly after the special, general meeting, when the state of the affairs of the Company was disclosed to the Pro prietors, especially as the deed, notwithstanding the provision just alluded to, empowers the Direc tors to appoint some other time for holding it. The Directors, however, upon consideration had thought it better to convene the meeting as usual, feeling that the more frequently the affairs of the Company were exhi bited to the Proprietors the more satisfactory would it be to themselves as well as to the Proprietors, the Directors being also desirous to give the Proprietors every oppor tunity of inquiring as to the progress and prospects of the Company. The Directory had great satisfaction in stating that since they had last met contracts had been entered into for the roof of the retort-house, the gas holder, retorts, and beds, and the tank. With re ference to the contracts for the roof of the retort house, the gas-bolder, retorts, and beds, the several contractors were bound by their contracts to complete them within a given time. The tank had been com pleted. They had also contracted for a quantity of pipes, sufficient for the supply of a considerable dis ' trict, which the Directors expect will forthwith be upon the ground. The Directors had also entered into a contract for the erection of a substantial brick wall for the enclosure of the ground, which has nearly been com pleted. The Directors, on passing from the subject of the progress of the works, congratulated the Proprie tary on account of the very low sums at which all the contracts had been taken, and of the workmanlike and satisfactory manner in which they had been executed. The Directors had reason to believe that when the works should be completed they would be erected at a much less cost than any other works of a similar description in the metropolis, or in any other part of the kingdom. The greatest difficulties which the D:- rectors had to encounter, and which still presented themselves, arose from the hesitation of the authorities in several portions of the district with regard to per mitting the laying down of pipes. The Directors had made unceasing efforts to obtain the proper licences, and after much exertion they had succeded in obtaining permission from the Shadwell, Lituchouse, and Beth nal-green parishes, and though they had met with con- STATE OF GREECE. ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1839.—The difficulties in the way of agricultural improvements arise from two sources, the insecurity of property and the defective ad ministration of the laws. Property near the towns is divided into numberless lots. In the country, there is a great want of population. The wages of labour are very high, and the price of produce low. The want of markets is severely felt, for the expense of transport is enormous, and the agricultural taxes are collected in an oppressive manner. The division of land in the plain of Athens is carried so far, that a vast number of the lots are less than an acre. Of course they remain unenclosed, and thdir boundaries are liable to continual discussions, preten sions, and disputes. The present Government has con tributed to increase the insecurity arising from this cause by resuscitating questions already decided by the municipal authorities and prior governments. Thus the proprietors of these scattered morsels have a certain number of disputes on hand, but no certain quantity of land. I am intimately acquainted with one of the finest es tates in Attica, only fifteen miles from the capital. It consists of above 3,000 acres, with extensive woods, I water, and a fine soil ; yet it has only fourteen inhabi tants or three to a square mile. The wages of a common labourer are about two shillings a-day, and wheat is at 28s. a quarter. Few of the large estates in Attica are more populous than the one 1 cite. The great road from Athens to Negropont runs through the property ; and though King Otho arrived in Greece in February, 1833, and has travelled along it several times, it is not yet practicable for a cart. I might write a long memoir on the oppressive manner in which the taxes affecting agricultural industry are levied. I shall only give you a few examples. As the amount of the land-tax is paid in kind, and the payer is bound to transport the government share to the dis tance of six leagues, this proves a virtual prohibition on the cultivation of potatoes, turnips, cabbages, and beet root, by the Greek farmer. A Greek proprietor, who cuts timber on his own land to build his granary, pays 15 per cent. on its value, and if he send any of it by sea to the nearest town he pays 6 more. Thus Greek timber at :Athens pay 21 per cent. duty, while Austrian timber pays only an import duty of six per cent. !!! Lime and tiles made in the country are taxed in the same way. If a Greek at Marathon re ceives a few pounds of Hymettas honey by sea, he pays six per cent., and if he send to Athens his silk cocoons to be wound, he also pays the six per cent. You may think with Adam Smith, that " nothing seems necessary for the repeal of such regulations, but to convince the public (i. e. King Otho) of the futility of that system) e. the Bavarian), in consequence of which they have been established." But how can this be done ? These are the difficulties with which every man in Greece has to contend ; but should an unfortunate agri culturist incur the displeasure of the court, he will have many additional impediments to fight against. I shall illustrate these by narrating my own sufferings. _ My property has been seized to build a royal printing office, and the out-buildings of King Otho's new palace, and not one farthing of indemnity has been paid to me. The water of my irrigable land has been seized by the royal physician for the use of the royal botanic garden, and recovered with much difficulty and expense. The royal geometer is every day putting me to considerable expense by raising questions concerning boundaries, which he dare not carry to the tribunals, and will not settle amicably. The Royal Commissioner of Woods and Forests makes the law a source of oppression to me in the improvement of my property, and a source of impu nity to those who burn down hundreds of acres of timber on Mount Pentelicus. And all this is done apparently because I have asserted, and do assert, that the King of Greece would be better served by Greeks than by Bavarians. I feel lam entitled to draw the inference, as I find that the head of every one of the departments against which I have to complain is always a Bavarian. Something, I grant, may be allowed for their ignorance of the usages of a country in whose misfortunes they have had no share, and in whose prosperity they have no interest ; but still much will remain for political malice. The fact is, that no guarantee for property exists, ex cept in the sentiments of justice which animate the King of Greece. His Majesty unites the whole legis lative, executive, and administrative powers of Govern ment in his single person ; and his much talked of Bavarian Camarillo, or Privy Council, is composed of the most incapable and inexperienced public coun cillors any monarch ever had the misfortune to be surrouded by. I judge them by their acts, for Ido not know some of them even by sight ; when I used to be ad mitted to the honour of frequenting his Majesty's palace, they had not risen into notice. It is true there can be little doubt that King Otho's love of justice would se cure to his subjects their rights, if his Majesty had time to attend to all the business which the accumulation of ministerial, legislative, and royal duti es i m p oses upon him. That bing impossible, business gets sometimes four years in arrear. My land, occupied for a royal printing-office in 1835, is still unpaid for ; and unless a national assembly meets to relieve his Majesty from his legislative and administrative labours, and allows him to devote himself to his executive duties, this and many far more important matters are likely to remain unat tended to, even unto the Greek Kalends. Such being the present agricultural condition of the country, I cannot conceive that any man, foreigner or Greek, will find it either for his profit or his pleasure to devote his attention to the improvement of the soil, un- less he should be able to get himself naturalised in Bavaria. The road to Munich may conduct him to farms and flocks gratis, as it has an agricultural Baron near Athens, or it may lead him to a grant of land at Arakli,7the Bavarian colony ; but if he buy land with his own money, I have great doubts whether he will get bare justice—certainly not, if he is suspected of being the advocate of a national and responsible system of government. I say this, alas ! not in the spirit of satire, but as sad, sober truth. Still I do not despair of the future in Greece. I think that, with any administration not desperately bad, she might easily be rendered happy and prosperous ; and, with a representative legislature and a responsible ad ministration, she would soon remove the difficulties in the way of improvement which I have mentioned. King Otho will, doubtless, very soon be convinced of this. I hope, both for his own sake and for the sake of Greece, that there will be very little delay, for the political horizon of this new kingdom looks very murky at present.—Chronicle. ----- DUBLIN, MONDAY.—For the last few days a most favourable change has taken place, and there has not only been a cessation from rain, but there has been actually warmth and sunshine. This happy alteration will tell on the potatoes and oats, and the Malagrowthers and famine writers will, with the blessing of God, be disappointed in their heartless speculations.—Dublin Mail. CHINA TRADE To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Palmer ston, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, The Memorial cf the undersigned Merchants of the City of Bristol, Sheweth,--.That your Memorialists have been the sole importers of teas into the City of Bristol since the period that the trade to China was thrown open, in the year 1834, and during that time they have not been in any manner connected with :the opium trade : That from that period to the present they have imported cargoes in sixteen British ships, comprising a freight of 12,000 tons, and producing a revenue of about one million pounds sterling. That your Memorialists have heard with concern and alarm the present unprecedented state of our commer cial position with China, and deeply regret the preca rious tenure of our trade with that country. That since the abolition of the East India Company's trade at Canton by the Act 3 and 4 Wm. 111., cap. 93, there have been appointed Superintendants of the Bri tish trade with China, whose duties were to protect and promote the trade, and to control the conduct of British subjects in that distant empire. That the cost to this country of maintaining the said Superintendents, with their secretary, chaplain, sur geons, and interpreters, has during the existence of the free trade been about one hundred thousand pounds, whilst but little benefit has arisen from their presence in China, from the fact of the said Superintendants not being duly provided with the powers necessary to con trol British subjects, and from the more important fact that the said Superintendants have been scarcely recognised by the Chinese Government, and that they have been treated with marked contempt and indignity by two successive Viceroys of the province of Canton, and recently by the High Commissioner sent down to Canton by the Emperor of China, for the purpose of suppressing the opium trade. That since the opening of the trade, so long a period as from the month of September 1834, until February 1837, her Majesty's Superintendants were not permitted to remain at Canton, and that the few and feeble powers possessed by them were exercised at Macao, or at Lintin, the place of rendezvous of the opium ships. That your Memorialists are, however, almost uncon scious of any power, rule, or authority by which her Majesty's Superintendants have been guided, which either the Act of his late Majesty, or the Orders in Council ofthe dates of 9th December 1833, could confer. That they are equally unconscious of any power which the said Superintendants possessed, either to restrain the unruly amongst her Majesty's subjects in China, or to protect the injured from the aggressions of their feilow•countrymen, or of the Chinese ; and they know that her Majesty's Superintendants have never had invested in them an authority equal to that of Police Magistrates in England in cases of felony and misde meanor, whilst they have not possessed the means of ensuring British subjects and British property from the cruelty, arbitrary imposition, or plunder of the Chinese Government. That your Memorialists have heard that your Lord ship twice or thrice introduced a Bill into the Commons' House of Parliament, to form Courts of Civil and Cri minal Judicature and a Court of Admiralty in China ; but six years have now nearly passed, during which more than three thousand British subjects have an nually visited China, and have been living at Canton, Whampoa, Lintin, and Macao, or have been engaged in smuggling opium on the coast of China, unrestrained , by the laws of their country, and daily and hourly in ' immediate contact with the most peculiarly jealous peo ple on earth. That for many years past, the Tea Trade with China (which has annually brought a revenue to this country, by the heavy duties levied upon tea, to the amount of 3,000,0001. sterling) has been continually placed in immediate danger by the smuggling trade car ried on upon the coast, as well as by the pertinacious, corrupt, and overbearing conduct of the Canton Local Governmenr. That the Tea Trade has been especially jeopardized during the last three years by the numerous ships em ployed upon the coast of China in smnggling opium, and more seriously injured by the intrusion of various schooners and small craft into the Canton River, the owners and crews of which vessels have too frequently set all lay; s, obedience, and authority at defiance ; and it is believed by your Memorialists that much violence and bloodshed has taken place upon the said river. That your Memorialists submit that the smuggling opium into China has been sanctioned by the Legisla ture of Great Britain, inasmuch as the monopoly of the sale of opium was granted to the East India Company, upon their receiving a renewal of the Government of India, and because the opium sent to China for the purpose of being smuggled into that country has been openly sold by the Indian Government at the Presi dency of Calcutta, at periodical public sale, whilst at all the several Indian Presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, it has been regularly entered for expor tation to China, and passed through the Custom-houses there. That your Memorialists beg leave to refer your Lord ship to the Minutes of Evidence taken before both Houses of Parliament from the year 1829 to 1832 in clusive, in which the evils necessarily and unavoidably attendant upon the Opium Trade were fully made known. Your Memorialists also beg leave to submit to your Lordship that during the last twenty years the smug gling of opium in China has been most undisguisedly and openly connived at by the high Mandarins and Go vernment Officers of the Chinese Empire, and that the present and past Viceroys have partaken largely in the profits of the trade, with, it is believed, the secret per mission of the Imperial Cabinet at Pekin. That, notwithstanding these most extraordinary facts, a sudden and unexpected call was made in March last by an Imperial Commissioner upon the British and Fo reign merchants resident in Canton to deliver up, on pain of death, all the opium in their possession (whether their own property or the property of others consigned to them), and imprisonment and starvation were rigidly enforced by the very Mandarins who had themselves re ceived large sums of money in bribery for connivance at the trade, whilst a cargo of teas, shipped on board the Ingleborough, and paid for on your Memorialists, ac count, was detained, and all other trade suspended. That her Majesty's Superintendent, Captain Charles Elliot, of the Royal Navy, notwithstanding his acknow ledged Naval and Civil Rank, was also imprisoned, and his demand as an Officer of her Majesty to be liberated was rejected, and he was also threatened with death by public execution, in the event of property not being de livered up, which he could only demand in the name of her Majesty the Queen. That guards were placed around the residences of the merchants without distinction, and all communication between them and the shipping as well as the means of sustenance were cut off at the pleasure of the Chinese Government. That sundry shipping sent out by your Memorialists in the present year for the purpose of bringing home the next annual supply of Teas, is thrown out of em ployment in China, and is compelled to seek freight elsewhere, to the probable loss of the owners and the great prejudice of your 'Memorialists. That your Memorialists, desirous that the Tea Trade with China may not be lost to Great Britain, do there fore humbly request that your Lordship will urge upon her Majesty's Government most earnestly an imme diate consideration of their prayer for protection for the continuance of their legitimate trade, and to their ship ping and property, as well as to the lives of their Agents and other parties employed by them in China. And your Memorialists will ever pray, &c. ACRAMANS, BUSH, CASTLE, and CO. Bristol, Oct. 10, 1839. COPY OF REPLY. Foreign Office, Oct. 14, 1839. GENTLEMEN,—I am directed by Viscount Palmer ston to acknowledge the receipt of your Memorial dated the 10th instant, on the subject of the transactions which occurred at Canton in the spring of this year; and I am to acquaint you in reply that the matters to which you call his Lordship's attention are under the serious attention of her Majesty's Government. I am, Gentlemen, 'Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) J. BACKHOUSE. Messrs. Acramans, Bush, Castle, and Co. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were again quoted rather lower, and although a tolerable amount of Indigo Bills were offered for sale, they were not suf ficient to satisfy the demands of remitters ; however, the deficiency was supplied by Messrs, Rothschild and by Messrs. Baring and Co., who drew to some extent. It was remarked that the latter, who are understood to be actin.- for account of the Bank of England, have reduced the rates at which they are willing to supply drafts, both on Paris and Hamburg, from which it is supposed that the credit for two millions ster na?, opened by the Paris bankers in their favour some time ago, is now nearly exhausted ; and it is naturally asked, what will the Bank do next ? We hear from all parts of Europe that this step, although it has un doubtedly prove a convenience, and, to some extent, a safeguard to the Bank of England, has greatly lowered the credit and reputation of that establishment in the eyes of all foreigners, who are now inclined to estimate the Bank of England upon a par with the speculative American banks. This is much to be regretted, as it exercises a prejudicial effect upon the national credit at the same time. It is truly remarked in sonic of the communications from the Paris Bourse, that since this arrangement was concluded with the bankers there, three months ago, the value of the French Three per Centes has approximated fully four per cent. nearer to that of the English ; and they anticipate that, at no dis tant period, they will be equal in value to our's.—Even iqg Paper. A poor man dropped down dead at the head of Green -street, Calton, this forenoon. He was apparently in good health a few minutes before.—Ghsgow Chro nicle. EVENING EDIT*ION.__. CORN .AVERACAEs. GENERAL AVERAGE VP.ICES 'OF BRITISH CORN, For the Wect ended Oct. IS, P': s9 , Mk le up from the Returns cf the inspectors in the difterenC" CitiQS and Towns in Eng lan4 and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 6ss. 6d. 1 Oats I Barley 4ls. Od. Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE. AVER. tGES OF THE !IX WEEKS PRECEDI NG. Wheat oi's. Ild. Oats Barley 4os. 53. t. I I Rye DUTIItS ON FORT SIGN CORN. Whca' !Cs Sd. Oats Barley ls. 103. I Rye THE MARKETS. ( OAL ARKEL s, d Buddies' West Hartley 2O 0 Casrr's Hartley 2l 0 Felling Main Holy well Main 2l 6 Howard's Main l9 $ 1. - ...azcs Main l7 01 Polito)) Windsor 29 South Beaumont l9 T infield M00r,... t3 I. Wylam. 2O 9 Walls End Brown's l9 6 Walls End Gosforth 23 Walls End Hutton l3 1) Walls End Hotspur Monnt Moor l9 3 Walls End Newmarch 21 9 Walls End Perkins Walls End Belmont Walls Enciliraddyll'sHetton 23 9 Walls End Hetton 21 Il Ships arrived sines Valls'End Lyons ............... 22 6 VPIls End L.,:mbton .......... i 4 3 `.N. E. North Hetton Lyons. 22 6 Walls End Stewart's ......... 24 6 Walls End Adelaide' ........ . 24 0 Walls End Coundon. .......... 23 3 Walls End Clarence Hetton 22 0 W l lls End Gordon ........... 22 9 W. E.ltichardson's Hartley Id 0 Walls End South Durham... 23 3 Walls End Tees Tantield 1,1 0 Walls End Tees ............... 3 6 Walls End WestHetton ...... 23 Brampton Main ............... 18 Co wpen ......................... 13 0 Hartley ............................ 20 0 Howard's Netherton Main 17 9 Llangennech Coal ...... 6 W ails End Devonshire ...... =3 S Walls End Henderson ....... is a c last market-day, (I. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Pease. Beans. Per Quarter. B.ston tO F. 42 4 7 3g 44 44 46 - 13 44 34 44 S :39 43 39 44 40 40 41 41 43 _ J' ,s 4° .... ..... 4 - 4 4 2 Wheat. i Barley. Oats. S. to S. 50 C 5 s. to n. to s. :34 40 ! j lB 26 Brainti ee B ighton 164 76 44 47 26 29 Cambridge. Chichester 65 76 38 4-t 28 29 Du nmow Grantham 68 70 28 35 20 30 rimsbv Hailsham Hitch in 6l 70 34 46 24 32 Ipswich L-W6S 6B 43 22 c.:9 Lynn si 68 :6 44 24 30 Maidstone 6 ; 75 30 39 26 32 Norwich I 'etworth Roinford 5B 76 38 45 24 32 Sandwich 5B 77 28 32 17 28 Thetford Wkliech Witham 66 76 35 44 !":8 30 Yarmouth 6O 70 2:3 28 32 CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, white 70s. to 725. 705. to 7 4 5. red 675. to —s. 6Ss. to 7° ' Barley, Malting —s. to —s. Grinding.. -- 8 . Oats —s. to —s. Old* 265. to 325. Beans —s, to —s. Old. , 368. to 40s. Pease OW •WW to —s. to 375• CHELMSFORD MARKET. gt to 53 6 to 73 Oats 42 61 70 Pease, Gray ..................46 Barley Chevalier Grinding GUILDFORD MARKMEaT , zagan .......... 3 4 Wheat, Old (Per Load) 191. t o 201 . It s. —N ew' 161. to 211 ' 58. 445. Barley (Per Qr.) I Beans (Per (Jr.) ....... 4. to 44 Oats 2.•4 24 Rye 40 42 4 . 4 - 46 25 3 ' ) 38 42 34 40 35 44 40 50 42 44 - 46 35 12 38 - 45 _ - - 40 42 44 45 32 44 ji 90 - - 4-0 44 Wheat, White—, Red Grey Pease: 41s. to 41s. L. VERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Oct. a 1 2 3 ,0 d, WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. II ' Red lO 0 l e 0 -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx 0 Irish, White 9 6 "o 8 3 8 I 6 Red I 0 - 3 Foreign 4 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b Irish _ 4 0 0 0 Foreign 0 0 50 ( e ) 43 ° CABLES, 3ARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter." 0 5,' Scotch and Irish, pet 601bs Feeding 4 6 32 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 46 ° 98 0 Irish, Src 44 ;: 50 0 4 0 Foreign - 0 ~, 4 , PEASE, English, per Imp er i a l quarter 46 0 0 46 P o Foreign FLOUR, English, per 280% Irish 1 0 " OATMEAL, English and I r i s h, per 2 401bs .' ,l 0 48 0 RYE, INDIAN per Imperi CORN al qua ter 36 7 , pEt 480113. 7 0 0 a MALT, per Imperial quar t er HULL CORN MARKET. a s 705. .1 4 White (per Quarter) Red sss. 605 . 6 Foreign . ---° 5 4,, 645. “ 4 " Barley, Malting —s. --s• ""„„,. 3.2 5 , 340. Grinding ~i - ' . 27 5 , 308. Oats, British s ...4. Foreign (in bond) 3Ss 4 2 ' 4 445 " Beans 345. 3 6 5• 375. Pease, Grey —s. --g• 4. Blue and White Linseed 4 Cs 395. , 435. —s. 50s. 555, Flour (per sack) 22/, 211. 251. Ripeseed (per 10 quarters) Wheat, CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. Wheat Barley 4 9 6 6 Mutton Oats 3 3 5 0 Veal Beans Pease 5 9 6 6 Lamb Hay 2/. lOs. to 5/. Os. Od. per ton. d. to d. 6 8 6 , 156 ~ $ IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending OCT. ilk 2019 Wheat,per barrel 20 stone 397 Bere l6 stone From 24 0 14 0 To 42 0 16 0 0 16 0 _.., 0 18 0 A voq 41 9 16 43 Ti :g 0 I` 10 00 Barley 1,763 Oats l4 stone 0 Flour, per cwt.... 8 stone 825 Oatmeal 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 6,281 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Receipts of Flour, 1 Firsts-- I,743lseconds Sales of Do. 18,003 Triirds 12 0 15 0 125 0 28 0{ 26 4 Flour 65.. 4d• per sack. from 975. Od. to 9.95. 0.1. 265. 01. f ro m 14s. Od• to f ro m 10s. Od. t o 12s• Od. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf 10%.1. I Half Quartern sl)4d. CORK MARKETS.—Oct. ID, pa . Wheat (per C's , ,st.)lrs Od. to 38s. Od. Oats (per 14st.) ... 9s. Oa. to 173.0 e Barley (per 165t.)14 6 21 0 'Flour (per cwt )...16 0 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) Ids. Pd. to 16 , . 6d. _ „ Beef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, 4d, to Dd• Pork, 41d. to sd.—Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the CountrY First Quality BBs 7Bl. Second 6 Third 79 ............................. . Fourth Fifth 7O ............................•. :2,; 69. ............................ .v 17, Sixth CLONMELL MA RKETS.—Oct. 19. Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. New Butter BB oto 90 0 Hides (raw) .......... -- Oatmeal 12 0 12 3 Bacon Pigs. ........... 38 Rendered Lard 0 52 0 Heads 28 Per Bag. 32' 0 0 44 0 !Flour, Thirds 0 ... 0 42 01 Fourths 23 0 Per Barrel J 4 0 Rapeseed 20 0 0I B ar l ey 13 0 --- 0 Bere 8 4 10 0 Coals 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. A. ' 6. wheat,per barrel)3o?. Od . to 375 . 0d.113,et: (per lb. ...,--- Os. 0 Cd. to ~,, ~ oto ,„4 0 0 0 Flour, Second ----Household...-- Barley — 2O 0 '22 0 Oats 12 6 14 6 Flour (tier bag) 30 0 40 0 Butter(percwt.) 90 0 98 0 Bacon Pigs 33 0 313 0 Coals 1 0 1 2 Muttiin 0 5 n 0 Pork Veal 0 0 0 , ~ Fresh Butter 0 0 i - n Salt Ditto Potatoes (per st.) 0 2 0 - SPECTACLES UPON A NEW CONSTRUCTVI FOR IMPERFECT SIGHT.—The numerous and very it effects which have daily come under the notice of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Auriets ,:; the Royal Family, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccacl"',/' and 96, Cheapside, from the use of improper SP. e ;; tacks,. and being also incorrectly adapted to v ls t i i i - 0 by inexperienced persons, have tended to inju re W e r sight to an alarming extent. Messrs. Solomons , °— thirty years' extensive practice ' and experi e A tic : ( ; have invented spectacle lenses, which will be fount% surpass anything of the kind yet laid before the Pu l , o ; they not only preserve the sight, but, immediately t'"01. are placed before the imperfect ' vision, either by Aid is. candlelight, the sight bec o mes cool and pleasant, it! te , at once brought back to its natural and original and the most minute particle is seen with exact cl"tia`-r ness. The Messrs. Solomons' Voice Condue.tor, deaf persons, is not the least perceptible, and glYes, mediate relief. These new Inventions are patroinsel'6ea the Royal Family, and have the sanction and un9lllll ro. approbation of the principal members of the medic al Pdis fession. Testimonials fr om p erso ns of the highest. i,bt tinction are for inspection, who have had their 'f i o t most seriously injured, and who have derived the advantage from the Messrs. Solomons' new nvetatio No agents nor travellers are employed The brickmaking for this season is n ow °ver 'r cl eY there is a very small stock on hand, so much so th . et_ l : e d are asking from 355. to 40s. per thousand. The d,e; en . being considerable, and this being the usual time f or ' tis k. gaging hands to make for next season, the men be ing ld. snore per thousand, which, if they get !.. ; o re 3d. more than they got last season, having got :%"' this season than last.—Glasgow Post. THE CLASSIC PATTERN with S;gl.reijattsliefist; SPOONS and FORKS combine Novelty ness and Simplicity, and are little more expens,v_. t • old plain patterns which have been made for the last dor Y This pattern can be obtained only of - T. COX SAVORY, (c ool Silversmith, Jeweller, and W a t c h ma k er , 47, C °rnbill doors from G racee h urc h- s t ree t),.. BIRTHS. i W y lie, - A On the 17th i ns t., at B urton-crescen t, Mrs. ho e ' a son. he 134 On the 17th inst. at Mton-house Warwickshire, t of Charles M. Calde ' eott, Esq., of a da'ughter. i n gta , On the 19th inst., in Albion-road-terrace, Stoke Ne sr of Mrs. W. F. Sadler, of a son. IfiLlY On the 19th ins t., at lm-lodge, Highgate, the George Basevi, jun. Esq., oi a daughter. 11". On the 19th inst., at Spencer-place, North Br i x ton, f John Holloway, of a the lady ° On the 20th inst., at North-bank, Regen t's- p ark 'ter. Deputy Commissary-General Cumming, of a (laugh o f the On the 20th inst., at Salford, near Bath, the wife Rev. John Bazett Doveton, of a daughter. „ on of MARRIED. to Claude George Thornton, Esq., of Mardenlll4o,_, of a On the 16th inst., at Waltham, George Smith.lichlieigr-19., Agnes, youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry I tham-place, Berks. StsP e Y' to OcriartohleinleS,tyhoiunnstg.e,sattd'al'uognibitreidrgoef NtVheellisa,tl:l jro.hlsnlaocions, k;sq., _Gener al of St. Helena.bite Captain ai e (! oi ti n aa , c i,t 9 roe l s , set Present. trn.as Elizabeth S t. 11T a w r r y a l d b , o n e Church,iedst an g DIE D. idow ef tb ° hAlte2jr°orf the On the 19th inst., at Titchfield, Mrs. Covey, W• late Captain Covey, R.N., aged 85. of , h , Bev. On the 14th inst., at Lisbon, Louisa, the wife ' R o bert Farquharson , of Lan g ton, Dorset. U 0 gar °' On the 2 0 th in st., at the Manse of Erskine, the —111 e gare t Stewart, widow of the Rev. Andrew Stewart, ~ n i s ter of Erskine. Jae o g . If we , On the Pith inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Airs. _ ye of aged 83. On the 16 th i nst., at Paris, L ady Hume Campbell, w ife r t he Sir Hugh Hu me Cam p bell, of Alarchmont, Bart., M.P*1....... eounty of Berwick. :_•_-_-:::._-_.!---- - - --12 -_—”---------- = .,_,.......-- , v. - ....... • ' '.".-- . __ Tiis i - --- 0_ I London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y°''' P'ilio No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office No 112, Strand/ i n county of Middlesex.--Thursday, October' 24,..165,940 _....../...11