The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-24 00:00:00

EWS R. 3, the reeep us two day` her WAS a )mpanied by ;C, Generals several other. it Majest ies ,t the guests the General ;It the Count vial family at after their _ e " l ays: — ,g Th in the rll 4O lerboure on! at two, the iton at four. that General ere, to whoa e, have ciao ccounts state. French n Toulon to lowing 0 0 ; lave deferrea the Augsburf axe serious], ;e in A state on the Blacic of engineer! xe insutlieienv is passage , 95 7tillery to to the the nuer n, and 2,000 Is. e the follow' of the Found' 1 the children e them unde r ight of OW rt of Chants* ;ht to Lyon s ' their nurses, arting to ° lle .areentable °amen, were at the en a of G erm any 4 7 P capital em'. (about fiftl 3ientific C°°- hat there sr! 'orty res that them' where 13, 0 o f 18 se 9 9°ol who nitions , ount, for 1 9°, ,ed the jos t/ in as tending 1"- leor g e T i res: c 1 of LiPI: br's imp 53, was - ass , the Pill; s emploi e ; Lyne ' Ivh° f o lly to cow' l ong bee° m: s r , at a salary reed to.Bele, iddlesez cola: The calehall f whom It ° ., rec. with o i s . hour, for th e me ll4 ‘ commit re the Co in contrabstill rrey gro cer, uutt • O He wa o r i a nother or s' hard lob ° , H or ne bit C$ my Soupde rio the Mous i rkshire Grey titute pers;a Ler master ha aof t o c i t ( c o , brought Than, W r i t . r named l ' c) c a rt. it sr, tried in t P e , 11 the old no, carts, wbicv farmers rt, the c01v,7, ourney. l Long , we o e f a the house__ n t Barley-010 now IY O g, p• 3Llllding 41 4 5 ...1 4 same Te o . ci ll y rievOn s b yv he Cubs', 1 10 oner, *oo.,"ipt d with s i e, of the offe,,,er he chief ow or trial. jet. 'er and g isi ghi was br °ll i .vied awing d e se _ oy to St. 11611 C! up frolal3o,lllr. e in the I/ 10 3 negleCti l tiob rrant on ill y m o , agistrato parish Oi l lother rife 4s. a.,„, a e. of Mr. .J te a ao t was cool eO . robbed ko' smart loolc1:1 his poo 6e • c e 0 uld not V , 0 0. SW e hl - . 0 and barge of Wands‘ ; • to dispoe a. ig able otair no ur t a t visit 0 0; >tainforo t e the oTeolob4l the Uciu r e t ee; he comp? o so 31arqui g Louse to 0 0 7,1 not the d the obto meckle Aft° the with the ' , teal w" -- rito lead '0 Toni, jes_A sees '; i ishe" dieting messes' t ea" left pre' ave eir Graf to o es led /is got' us ou i . 0 for the ems' tb io a for_ ibl eo et detel'of 0 0, spos W .0 0 t o ani e lY 13 A 0 rtic e i bt• ev ec pi Melsle oi 7004!: m e ltoo • 0 bv 100( 16 ' the C' l l t iola his 1 4 0 *Arta inil4 ll l ; ror q 0 The ;:,), O A • r are vyo a vocow:vir n Seli pib yoef rd ' 111(1 00 4 ' Noble , e f % ogle o re ofa j f nans ° 060 o f r e I 'o ied n he o f f lolls hoe ° 1 Ilg" het t be u of i-clof for a pest ° the )1. th e t fro'ool' Cour' e ;off `' sa Or -**- g 0 31 sobs' e o ring ~.....,,.... _ ...`..w... teruesda y eveni ,e friend s and su ng n LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL supporter s of D. S a l omon ., E sq ., di ne d , nearly thr ee h un d re d gen tl em e n , to gether ogeth er L ondon ',pen the i nv i tat i on of that gentleman, at the SHOW. e ! retnr3 ~avern, to celebrate the efforts made by the (Abridged from the Liverpool Courier of Wednesday.) principle f t he ward of Portsoken to carry out the great . Yesterday the annual exhibition of stock and im civic ofti __° civil and religious liberty, in connexion with plements took place at the usual locality, at the back eio n a " fi s; by returning a member of the Jewish reli- of Roscommon-street. The exhibition, as a whole, City of London. Many rp ope,r S t peron to be an alderman of the was considered the most satisfactory of any that has D e r °4 "etQl the or he most influential persons 'jet oceurre lin the annals of the society, for, gentleinneca'i" _ e s , nt on the the trade and. commerce of the City were although not so extensive in the aggregate, by any several , and amongst the company were means, as some that have preceded it, yet in all essen- Mr. Salomon • en professie g the same religious faith as tial particulars it has been pronounced by competent Th e c 4 ' judges to be the best as indicative of the general disco (...nservatire must, in Dublin having been at a count for some time prosperity of the association, and of devotion to its -- "-te to rim •past, a great effort is about being . Peat In • it up ag th, v premium, and with this view more immediate objects, of any that have yet taken th e 2 , 0 _ meeting of the Conservative electors is to held on place. 811:4November nes t. The day was one of the finest we have witnessed for lantnd Cousins, lab ourer, Pathhead, tried before the a long time past, and the attendance was such as might 11°43 3 ssaul a Jury' on the 12th of August last, for a se- have been expected from a combination of salubrious i mprisonine t n t t ipo n a fe , nale, and sentenced to four months' weather, and the evident desire to impart the greatest Net', on the ,made his escape from the New Prison, ecl a t to such a gathering. Almost all the noblemen Play ed in e. , foren oon of Thursday last. He was em- and gentlemen whose names we have commented on Perso n "fleeting rubbish in front of the prison, and the Coil • In c harge had in our account of the dinner were present,and took Cousins but by the • - gone inside For another to relieve a very lively interest in the proceedings, not only as en tni nut tune. he returned, being away about ab o „ t 8 . tS , the prisener had made his escape. He is regards the immediate affairs of the society, but as tro users feet hi height, and wore a pair of moleskin respects the individual circumstances connected with and a brow this display. h c et. We are happy to be enabled to state that the ef u l. bition of stock, though not by any means s 2. we could desire, was yet so large as to corrob'drate the oninion originally expressed—namely, flat this locality would bear away the palm in e_;„ y competition throughout the country. The betils were first-rate. The cows also were of exccilent quality and condition. The pigs and sheep were generally above the average de scription, The show of implements was not very numerous, nor did we observe any very material im provements beyond those we witnessed last season. A dinner took place in the evening, at which Lord Stanley presided. He was surrounded by a nume rous group of agriculturists and some manufacturers. After the usual loyal toasts, Lord STANLEY gave the principal toast of the evening—" Prosperity to the Liverpool Agricultural Association." I feel it unne cessary (said his Lordship), to express the satisfaction I feel at seeing myself surrounded by so numerous and respectable an assemblage, gathered together to do honour to the institution the anniversary of which we are engaged in celebrating, and also, I would fain hope, to bear, by their presence, their testimony to the merits of this and similar institutions, in pro moting the important objects they are designed to serve. These objects are of a two-fold charac ter, not only important as they tend to increase the facilities and to increase the cheapness of cultivating the soil of this country and rendering it more adequate to meet the daily increasing wants of a rapidly augmenting population, by the applica tion of improved science and art to the limited sur face of the earth over which we have command, but still snore important in their bearing upon our social relations, bringing together all classes of the commu nity—(Hear.)—landlords, tenants, of a higher and lower class, and even the labouring classes, also, and combined, as lam happy to see them on this and similar occasions, in this locality, with representa tives of the great manufacturing, mercantile, and trading classes.—(Cheers.) In every quarter of the kingdom we find, within the last few years, societies similar to this have been springing up, and agricul ture is partaking of the great movement which has been pervading all the industrial branches of this country. Farmers are finding out that it is neces sary for them, with a view to their own interests, to take a very diff eren t course f rom t h at w hi c h was fol lowed by their grandfathers and great grandfathers.— (Hear.) In these days no man is allowed to stand still. Improvement must go on. And if I look at our own immediate neighbourhood, and compare the position in which we stand, defective as we still are, and having much to learn and much to improve in— yet whether I look at the farmer's stock, his mode of cultivation, or his desire for improvement and amelioration, and compare the state of things now with what it was when, fourteen years ago, I first had the honour of occupying the chair of this society, I hope I am not assuming too much when I say, that to the constant meetings and constant intercourse carried on between different classes by means of this society, much of that improvement is to be traced which no man with an eye in his head can deny has taken place, and which is most gratifying to those whose interests, like mine, are bound up with the welfare of the agri culture of this district.—(Hear, and cheers.) Even within the last few years, within a much shorter time than that which I have named, within the last four or five years, I see strides which, small as they may be compared with what might be done, are gigantic when compared with what was done before. I think it is not more than four or five years ago, that at a meet ing of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, I first noticed as a novelty of a singular character a new manure known as guano, and recommended to the agri culturists of England.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If I am not misinformed, from this single port of Liverpool there have gone out, within this single year, no less than 150 vessels, chartered expressly for the purpose of importing this, then unknown, manure for the improvement of the agri culture of the country. It is not alone, however, in matters like this that we see the usefulness of these societies. I look for much more extended and per manent improvement from their operation. Every where I see old, useless fences disappearing, fields en larging, improved modes of cultivation adopted ; and I see going on with immense rapidity that which I must again and again impress upon you who are connected with the land is the basis of all improvement—deep and thorough drainage of the land; and not here alone, but throughout all England, I see most remarkably, as any one, indeed, may do, even though whirled through the country at the railway speed at which we are now carried, what an extent of improvement has been effected in this respect. Every one is struck with the appearance of preparation for future exertions, which are, at the same time, the token of well de served success. Some of the old farmers of this country —I mean the real old class—(A. laugh)—shrug their shoulders and say, " What is the need of all this stir about improvement, and making the land grow so much more ?" By the bye, it is not so much making it grow more as making it grow different crops— making it grow wheat instead of weeds.—(Hear, hear.) But some say, " What is the use of all this ? It is not a question for the farmer. We shall only have our rents increased the more productive land is. Such an argument, allow me to say, is the very climax of absurdity. To use a very homely phrase, it is "cutting off one's own nose to spite one's face." " Why should I undertake an improvement because my landlord will benefit by it ?" appears to me a very inconclusive and absurd argument. lam not here to dispute the fact, that every improvement in value, every addition by science to the productive power of the land, everything which adds to its fertility, must, in the long run, be an advantage to those in whom the fee-simple is vested. But the question is, at the same time, that if it is an advantage to the landlord, is it not also an advantage to the farmer who occupies the land, and makes his livelihood out of it ? I ask no man to undertake an improvement if his own good sense does not lead him to do it. I ask no man to apply any improved mode of cultivation if it does not appear that his own individual advantage would be promoted by so doing. But when farmers argue, that because at the expiration of their tenancy their rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt improve ments, I must say they take a very short-sighted view of their own interests, and must think their landlords very great fools and blockheads. They must go on the presumption that although he sees his land might be made more productive, he will be satisfied, for the purpose of seeing his own rents low, to allow a slovenly tenant to go on in his slovenly courses.—(Hear, hear.) The landlord would be as short-sighted as the tenant, if he could take such a view as this. But again I say I want the tenant not to undertake any improvement that will not repay him, capital, interest, and profit, during his occu pation of the land.—(Loud cheers.) This brings me to another question—as to the degree to which it is desirable or important that the practice should prevail of holding lands by lease. I speak, I know, in the presence of a Noble Friend of mine, and every man who knows him is aware that there is not a kinder or a better landlord, or a warmer friend to his tenants and neighbours, than my Noble Friend on my left, the Earl of Sefton.—(Much applause, the N oble Earl rising and bowing to his Lordship and the company.) I know also it is not my Noble Friend's practice to let his farms on lease. The great majority of his tenants are tenants from year to year, with such entire and perfect confidence in the honour and integrity of their landlord, that I do not believe that the fact of their having no lease operates dis advantageously in any individual case. But this I say, and as one connected with the land I feel myself bound to say it, that a landlord has no right to expect any great and permanent improvement of his )and by the tenant, unless that tenant be secured the repay ment of his outlay, not by the personal character or honour of his landlord, but by a security which no casualties can interfere with—the security granted him by the terms of a lease for years.—(Applause.) I do not speak of a lease for lives. In my expe rience, with some exceptions, wherever I have found fields badly cultivated, and buildings dilapidated, I have found that the property is held under a life lease. —(Laughter, and much applause.) I speak of a tenant who is prepared to join his capital, and to go hand in hand with his landlord, in the improvement of the farm. The greater the improvement you t exl pec , the greater ought to be the lease you g ive. consider it unjust, if you call for i m provement, not to give to the tenant the moral certainty that the im provement during the he effects shall repay him course of his lease for the expense he incurs. — (Hear.) But, gentlemen, I am not speaking now except that of which I am practically conve rsant with, and given proofs of my adherence i ton practice. I allude especially to that which, again I repeat, is the basis of all improvement, and es pecially in this country -- the thorough draining COUILT CIRCULAR. IV - Alb "'s°R, - WED! . ESDAY.—The Queen and Prince p ;:teitrookß otheirval at ;customed walk thik afternoon in the slop„ . 1 lighnesses the Prince of Wales, rince Alfrea, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice ere taken their usual airing in the course of ay. v , i _he Earl find Con otess of Westmoreland arrived • he Castle in the is lernoon, on a visit to her Ma- Jesty. ~,h i ler Royal liigiine ss the Duchess of Kent, Lady ;,J; arlotte Dundas , the Countess Wratislaw, and ,%°loriel Knollys, j o in ad the royal dinner circle at the ‘dessfle this evening Th e band of the . ., 4 3cots Fusilier Guards were in at tendan II ce during di Baler. the 7 majesty's p performed band afterwards attended at k.,astle and the remainder of the ev en i nK. , The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town Y s e n sterd ay , irr e , vie. _ 3 : The morning from his seat, Beechworth House, Rig ht Hon. Gentleman had an inter ; with Sir Jam es Graham. zilieleitivtoderputation, ew isisting of Messrs. Leadbetter, toii .r , and Banna ae, the chairman, engineer, and . of the GI asgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle tab or " a s r, on the m thject of that railway ; a depu dV consisting of Messrs. Learmouth, Miller, annatv ne °F th e E.- , a th chairman, engineer, and solicitor chnbu r h and Glasgow Railway Company, " t he g on the sub'Subject of ti .e proposed branch to Stirling, and itaii"e ject of ti e Caledonian and Scottish Central q1 4 : 113 ' , tS eomp ?ting li.aes to the Edinburgh and putpw Railway, and its. proposed branches; a de ,,kyrr from the Glasgow Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Poied b ail waY Company., on the subject of their pro boeh; ranches t o Rarrhead, Mauchline, and Cum- AGylasrvaliValliiddeupjuAstz:,4,oiT, from the Edinburgh and Paisley, Kilmarnock, and I tth i ne e i t rdn:anr a oeul i f i h l . v al a rr Y baod C u c er l , ni I-, a n y, on the subject of a proposed wi th „connect tiles, 3 railways, and also communicating e - f Glasgow, had an interview with of Dalb of isie yesterday, at the office of the New • I gharn, Secretary and Comptroller to the e h D e b t, 1 and 88.,1°ners far the Reduction of the National al iee CaPtAinthe E Rxc aider°, d intervews ithth z eswen or ;Exchequer h y a esterday, i at his offi cia e l ce ofa Dow n i ng -street. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,. 1,4.0 e mllrEß OCT7OBESRt TUESDAY. each, h ft, M ke E s L Lary Chane l ige a Course. E o T f lN lo G sovs. e,„, , with 50 add ed. Grosvenor %„, 13 °Yd' Th D" Billy, 3 yrs (Hon. , s e Dow _ 2 %Fi• -el:anco's Brenda. aged 3 S. Erskine) 1 P t . Bigge nd Catharina, 5 yrs A fine race with two. Th e D ee Stand Hravlicap of 20 soya, each, saves his stake. elared, with 50 lidded; Ttn. the second lO ft, if de iies quarters of a mile. . hostyn'a Alamede, 3 yrs , k r. rCing's Yarrow, 3 yrs, 4st 71b 3 ki t . Flintoff's The Bib e, 3 yrs 4 sst 101 b (Duf110) 2 1 ' meson's Huth' bras, 6 yrs . Won easy. Ihe Itur dle Stake s 4 5 sovs, each, and 25 added. Heats, kr b the 'Grosvenor Course. ~ 3 1 1 14,;,,,obinsotes Wasp, aged ......... (Hopwooal 1 2 dr ki,' zalford's Pickveick, aged 2 3 dr -. nr• Scott's HesliDgton, 6 yrs TUESDA . Two others were distanced. y SE T TING AT 'MANCHESTER F KEs —6 411411 th IRE ; STASES.-6 . —2O to 1 --1.0 to 1 "sil 1 re-16 to 1 agst Evenu to 1 bgst The agst The Cure-1 Newcourt-25 to son oigh ; a-ballagh 30 to 1 agst 1 08 „ 1 '1)---25 to 1 agst The P 4.--and Discord. 1) 4 3 0 to 1 ~, 11,,t.10 to 1 agst Alarm— er* 1 Newsmoner— to t 4., °to 1 agst B edger -25 to 1 agst Connaught 18 to 1 agst Cobweb ger. han — agst Re becca colt— and 30 to 1 agst 13t p l , t ,, , 'RD CRA.MTION COURSING MEETING. l'he Great W 4 TUESDAY. Mr . G western Cup, value 320L,f0r Honesty ; Lord, Go r d on ,s Logic beat Mr. Hitchcock's aose r4,9;linton's Agstation beat Mr. Palmer's Puppies of 1843. Jim-along- Graham's son 3T ; kr. Role' 'aglioni beat Mr. Parkinson's Samp tc Mr. Lawr ence's Linchpin beat Mr. A. ick's 4,,,lugher ; Alr. en Linchpin Belvidere beat Mr. meYrmel; Irp!tPrY ; Mr. 11,41ge's Top beat Mr. Bowles's Rruru Mr. tii4F,ovvles's Feathers beat Mr. Naish's Cowsp i p e ; ; ivir. h ake '' 3 Transit beat Capt, Daintree's Kentish r kiri4;s,ll.l(:;l3',cca beat Mr. Agg's Henbane ; Mr. F. Par- Nvio,'-',4:1 -.lrate beat Mr. Dobede's Deptford ; Nyi ht- Mr. g n ~ h a :, 8 Wild Roe beat Mr. Branker's Nave ; Capt. Wr S h 'm a. 8 Weberza beat Mr. Tyson's Filagree ; Mr. Foley'sr. ttalvfnanbcruYa beat Mr. Goodlake's Princess Royal ; -.8 tgalite beat Sir G. Quentin's Lucy Locket. M The Fite be a t d e la Mere Cup of 320 sovs )4 . 15" . • txvall's Wild Rose beat Mr. French's r _Falvey; . kits,°"ec,cle's bispatch beat Mr. Long's Ceres ; m..;_rar Se:l4; sandiark beat Mr. Naith's Cruiskeen ; Mr B. . Cirah e „, B Pabn beat Mr. W. Etwall's Witchery . M kr. l i r 8 Wily So beat Capt. Wyndham's Witchcraft; hcraft; kr. I.;,Ws Benevolence beat Mr. Foley's l'arle is°o's ~errand beat Mr. Rake's Ruma ; m • Br?c_a r de F ! lter'4!"'s Pioneer beat Air. French's Fog ; Mr....Brun earti ) v hirlwind beat Mr. Dohede's Davie Dean., ; ..D .r r . . G. 08c1113stheott beat Mr. Hitchcock's Mignionet; !!La. li4e . ‘B,°ll'B Rumphrey Clinker beat Mr. Gordon's ki tir. 11'11% Palroers Palestine beat Mr. Hole's Vampire; „ agg ,aagße's reveller beat Mr. Fowles's Fly ; Mr. 1- •"eil -e - Thorn t M Bowles's Brocade ; Mr. Agg's .r, be„,a_ ir. 41 . 1 otz,,buq‘ beat Long's Sam Slick ; Capt.. Daintree's 1 Etwall's Em p r ess IT ueat Mr. Jones's Perseverance , _Mr. Good- Aupre beat eat Mr. Clowes's Countess ; 3 S r• 83 Sir G. Quent kni,_ ----,__---- in's Vesper. „,lii,iiet ha,:thrioAr.oiLLlTY in the METROPOLIS upgolisaresbtohweinrgesults of ” A Table of Mortality 1 9th oili,es registe;ed in the tlh'ireeekNumenbdeinrgofSaptueradthays,frthilt 11 the fiet°be, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office egistrer-General .s.. CAUS ES OF BEATS. Weekly Total. Average 01 Five Yeass briernie,tnd • bsease s of . able Contagious Diseases 226 178 ~isea,_ "%enable or uncertain seat B5 111 1 . ) 4 e ...'" of table B • 133 157 ~ a.s e4 0 , ,e rai, Nerves, and Senses ties • ' toe Lungs, and other Organs of biB piration... .. 246 281 l aease B z . —e .4eart and 8100d -vessels 35 21 tsOrgans°'oftlbe. Stomach, Liver, and other iseA. location 66 69 hr,,s of the k• d 8 6 b. u ' r th, b . i "Ys' &c 1 gP.. - i seases of the Uterus, &c. ll 10 bia:::'e 4 Of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 °lc ir "°f. the Skin, &c 121 ) . vi t . _ r Natural Decay 63 71 26 L ' AUse s a„: Privation, or Intemperance ••• 89 1 94 2 3 (l aths f t " eined... .................. bktrk. ore all cams" .'° Fi r [ THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED uNDzis THE ABOVE READS. Weekly Average Total. of Five Years. 147 ConsiUMption .................... 133 34 ,Searlatina .... 81 79 l'nellnlOllia ... ...... .. ...........74 35 Dropsy •• • . .. ............ ..• 22 33 lifypooKiunsg Cough ........... . . ... .. 3 1: 31 ......... - ....... 15 Snlall Pox ...... .. ............... 35 20 b isease of the Heart ......... 32 Measles ... .... 21 28 18 Apoplexy ....... ... •••• ••• 25 9 Diseases of the Brain„ .... .... 10 I)4rrhea.. ....... - ........ ..... 8 12 Sudden Deaths .............. ... 4 15 DISTRICTS. West ............... 145 138 Xorth ....................... 140 171 ............... 188 Central ...... . . .......... 185 East .. . ........ ..... ..... 180 207 ................ South .. .......................... 245 242 Total .... - - ______...................• rjeps -:"-ONNIRE NATIONAL FRANCAIS The num or the have already issued of this critical dictionary h Fren language are sufficient to found upon e4l t he d e' not o finchent that, when comple . te . d, it will form am Y a most valuable work, as comprising all the new . te rN acknowledged words introduced lately into the French i lot t , e, but the of the critical and analytical /t e eS qau the other most esteemed dictionaries. M. it acherelle, Ane, the author, has evidently bestowed on leeat labour and attention, as well as talent ; and his jikfiestY the Ring of the French never showed greater wosraent than when he took this great national literary 1, 1 ''',..,l:ltuler his immediate patronage. The publishers, t4l it ; ino, Rue des Fosses du Temple a Paris, and j a i l 803.3 j:h. aand A. Ber and Co., of Blenheim -street, in every reason to be satisfied with the sue , 1 this undertakin ~t iie g• his p; -"sTER.—The Lord Bishop of the diocese held emtaton,- 4 ~-y visitation of the clergy aad lay officers of the clrai.e'tai church on Tuesday se'nnight, in the Cathe lbuseyieted the .serraon, oee ki ; 'ltleh Pomp and ceremon was observed on the PreiLeir• The very Rev. theyDe (Dr. Chandler) and did not forget to attack the Q sectlon of the church for its h eresy,—Brighton 144rdiati, . . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1844 of the soil. And I repeat what I have already said on a former occasion in this room, that there is no investment in the world in which a landlord can so safely, so usefully, or so profitably invest his capital, as in the improvement of his own farm, by money sunk in draining, on security of the land which be longs to himself.—(Hear, and cheers.) I think I give you a tolerably practical proof of my conviction on this point when 1 say—and I say it not for the purpose of boasting of what has been done, but of encouraging others to follow the example, when I say, that on my father's property in this neighbour hood there has been laid down at his expense, and charging five per cent. interest to the tenants, which I believe they most gladly and willingly acknowledge they have over and over again received the benefit of—in this last year we have laid down in deep draining somewhere about three hundred miles of drains, at an expense of between 5,0001. and 6,0001., and I think employed about a million and a-half of draining tiles. By the arrangement I recomme: ;or this purpose both parties are benefit,-1,:; receives an ample return his the landlord for outlay. I be lieve, on the why' con gratulate I am in a position to con .," ou on the present state of this society. I 11 ° - ,,e the period of its depression is already passed. Undoubtedly it has been subject to some vicissitudes, and experienced some losses; and two or three years ago, it became involved in debts from which some ex ertions were necessary to relieve it. I have the satis faction of saying that these are paid off; and although that object has been effected by a reduction of some of the premiums, and thereby, in some degree, the sphere of the society's usefulness has been curtailed, yet we have every reasonable prospect of the income of the society equalling its expenditure. With these observations, and thanking you for the patience with which you have listened to the remarks of one very little competent to address you on such subjects, I beg of you to join me, as I feel you will do cordially and heartily, in drinking " Prosperity and success to the Liverpool Agricultural Society." The Earl of SEFTON proposed the health of the " Earl of Derby," with three times three. The call was most readily responded to, and the toast drunk. Lord STANLEY returned thanks, and after some other toasts and speeches, the meeting broke up. WEST SURREY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM. GODALMING, WEDNESDAY.—The annual meeting of this association took place to-day, at the Red Lion, Godalming. J. M. Molyneux, Esq., took the chair. There were also present Mr. Trotter, M.P., Mr. Mangles, M.P., Messrs. Dr u m mon d, L eac h, C urr i e , Lieut. Wood, R.N., the Rev. Mr. Boys, and a num ber of other gentlemen of the neighbourhood; and nearly 200 of the principal farmers belonging to this division of the county. The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Lord-Lieute nant and Magistracy of the county." Mr. DRUMMOND, in returning thanks, said, that at present a great deal of talk was made about giving scientific information to farmers, but he must confess that he did not place much faith in it ; and, in his opinion, the only important question for the farmers was how to make a dunghill.—(A. laugh.) Genuine philosophers had devoted their attention to instruct ing farmers in their business, and a number of ways were found out how they were to improve their land, but they forgot altogether where the money was to I come from. The farmers had no money to spare, and it was useless to tell them to lay out 1001., unless they could, at the same time, show how they were to get the money back. In his opinion, these universal remedies were of no use whatever; and he was satis fied there was a limit to the productiveness of the soil beyond which it was useless for them to attempt to proceed ; and that this limit they had almost, if not quite arrived at, and, consequently, all: their expendi ture in guano, and the other new-fashioned measures that had of late been introduced, would be entirely thrown away. G. T. NicnoLson, Esq., proposed the healths of the "Members for that division of the County," and in the course of his address he said that he hoped, before long, the large quantities of waste land that existed in Surrey would be made use of, and that it would be made a means of employing the labouring popu lation. He agreed with Mr. Drummond that they ought not to rely upon one general specific, but still he could not think that there was a limit to the pro • ductiveness of the earth, or if there was, that they had yet arrived near to it. He must admit that the present condition of the agricultural population was calculated to give great pain and uneasiness. Every day it happened to him that men of good character— men of strong sinews, willing and anxious to work, came and implored him to give them employment, and he was unable to find it for them. He fit deeply for them, and he considered it to be his duty, and that of every man, to endeavour to do away with such a distressing state of things.—(Hear, hear.) Much, in his opinion, would be done by improvements in agriculture, which would cause a demand for labour ; and as associations of this description tended to effect that object, he had great pleasure in sup porting them, and he trusted that some means would speedily be devised to rescue agriculture from its present depressed condition, and to improve the con dition of the labouring classes. He concluded by proposing the healths of the Members. icir. TROTTER, in returning thanks, apologised for the absence of Mr. Denison, who had been in very bad health, and who was at present in Yorkshire ; but he had desired him (Mr. Trotter) to express his regret that he was unable to be among them. As for himself, they had heard him so often that he really felt unable to say anything new to them, and he would only assure them that he felt a pride in sup porting, by every means in his power, the agricul tural interest ; and he trusted that meetings of this kind would go on and flourish, and that each suc ceeding year there would be a better understanding between landlords, tenants, and labourers.—(Hear, hear.) Some portions of the press had attempted to cast a slur upon these meetings, and had attempted to insinuate that the promoters of them were actuated by unworthy and selfish objects, but he would say, in answer, let them look at the meetings in Surrey, and the results that had arisen from them, and say whe ther they were sincere. —(Cheers.) He did not con sider that the proceedings of these associations should be merely theoretical. They ought to be practical ; and he considered it was the duty of the landlords to assist the farmers in their attempts at improvement, and that landlords and tenants should go hand in hand together.—(Cheers.) He was deeply anxious to improve the condition of the labourer. He believed the English labourer to be naturally grateful and kind-hearted, and if he was properly treated, he would exert himself for his em ployer. For his own part, he respected as much as any man the honest agricultural labourer, and all who knew him were aware that he would pay as much attention to the complaint of the poor labourer, and speak to him with as much pleasure, as he would to a lord, and that no one would do more than himself to endeavour to make him a happier and a better man. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " John Leach, Esq., of Lee."—(Cheers.) Mr. LEACH, who is a very aged man, in rising to return thanks, was loudly cheered. After some pre liminary observations, he expressed his opinion that it was the duty of every one to endeavour to rescue the agricultural interest from its present depressed condi tion, as every one who had the means which they had of knowing the condition of the poor of England, must feel that they were in a most distressed and miserable state, from which it was the duty of every man to endeavour to relieve them. He admitted that it was difficult to say what should be done, but still they should endea vour to do something. He could not himself be cer tain to live beyond a single day, but he did think that some of those around him would live to see the pea • santry of this country restored to that condition which entitled them to be considered the pride and boast of England.—(Hear, hear.) He was afraid that the labourers had not the same feelings at the present time that they had formerly, and he would relate one fact that had come under his own observa tion, bearing upon this point. One of his own labourers, named Jonathan Chilton, had brought up a family of ten children without any parochial relief. He was, however, attacked by a serious illness, and the doctor's bill came to 201. The man came to him and told him he did not know how he should ever pay the amount. He told him, in reply, that he thought the parish ought to pay it, and the answer that he re ceived was, that he would not receive one farthing from the parish. Upon this he (Mr. Leach) went to Lord Middleton, his neighbour, and several other gentlemen, and mentioned the circum stances, and they all willingly subscribed, and before he got home he found he had not only money enough to pay the poor man's bill, but had also a balance to give him ; and he assured them he felt great pleasure in rendering this assistance to an honest, worthy labourer. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the Healths of the Judges of the Ploughing, Messrs. Giles, Taylor, and Turner," and he said that from the general excellence of the ploughing they must have had very great dfi ficulty in making their award. Mr. GILES returned thanks. hc aunTAdhe CHAIRMAN, ploughmenAoNve,rhat ovng them weremat the eesomedifferent here introduced, appropriate p r iz and esoe mw ahr the h they were entitled. Mr. C. DAVISON next proposed the " Health of Col. Sumner, and success to the Surrey Union foxhounds. " C o u f aain then gave th e "H ea lth o f th e tenant farmersfr ni errhimself,Sur r e h y e , " was ed well ld aware that, o being e difficulties ffit e e u n l a t n i e t - e they had to contend with. They had in many parts of that county especially a very poor soil, very small farms, and verylittle money in their pockets.—(H ear , and a laugh.) S t ill , however, they had good land. : lords; and although he must admit that at present they were in a desponding state, yet he did not despair, and he believed that with the assistance of the landlords they might still struggle sueeessfulle with the difficulties they had td encounter. They had reason to be proud of their county, for it was well known that in Mark-larie some descriptions df Surrey wheat fetched higher prices than any other that was grown in the kingdom. He had no doubt that very great good yet remained to be done, and that draining, if extensively carried out, with the co operation of the landlord, would alone gd d great way svi them behalf of to find employ ment f or the labouring population. He b e e l gg e s e d to remember thpo th or at m th a e n, w ad winter was v r ( a iti p r id t ly o approaching, and he begged them all to ex e rt them find him employment, and keep him from the union workhouse. lie regretted to observe the tone of de spondency that appeared tz, prevail, but he trusted that by i:~cverance the agricultural interest would be enabled to better its condition.—(Cheers.) Mr. MANGLES, M.P., next rose, and proposed the "Health of the Agricultural Labourers,"and he assured the meeting that he spoke sincerely when he expressed his opinion that this might be considered the toast of the evening. He felt great difficulty in addressing the meeting upon the subject to which ho had in tended to allude, viz., the allotment system ; not merely on account of the difference of opinion that prevailed respecting it, but that in the course of the evening he had been alluded to, and represented as having made it his particular study. He could not say that he had done this, but he had no hesitation in stating that it was a subject of great interest to him, as connected with the welfare of the agricultural labourer. He did feel that the owed a deep debt of gratitude to the agricultural labourer—a debt of which only a very small portion had been dis charged, and of which much remained unpaid.— (Hear.) When he visited this class in their cot tages, and saw their miserable condition, and the privations they end ure d , wh i le surrounded by persons enjoying every comfort and luxury, he must say that he could not help honouring their honesty, their in tegrity, and their forbearance. He thought the time was come when they ought not to be satisfied with mere professions in their behalf, and giving them re wards, and expressing sympathy for their condition, but that some practical exertions should be made to benefit their condition. He was sure they would allow that their noble neighbour, Lord John Russell, had never said a truer word than when he stated that, looking at the increase of the wealth and luxuries of the country, without looking into the causes of the result, it was impossible to deny that the agricultural labourer had not advanced in physical comforts in proportion with the rest of the community. He was not one of those who considered that the insti tutions of olden times were necessarily better than the present ; and he did not mean to sug gest that the labourer was any worse off now than he was formerly, but certainly his condition had not improved in the same proportion as the other classes of the community. He agreed with Mr. Drummond that it was not likely that one general remedy should succeed, but he did think that means might be devised by which the sufferings and priva tions of the agricultural labourer might be alleviated, and his condition improved. He would not go into the various subjects that had been mentioned as likely to effect this, but should confine himself to one mat ter—the allotment system, by which, if fully carried out, he believed the condition of the agricultural population would be very much improved. At the same time he wished it to be understood that it was his opinion the system should be carried out judi ciously, and with the concurrence of the higher classes. He would not give the labourer enough of land to make him independent of the wages of labour, but the latter should always be considered as the principal, and the allotment merely as a resource to fall back upon when overtaken by sickness, or being out of work ; and he begged it to be distinctly understood that he did not at all desire to increase the farmer's field for the demand of labour. He must, at the same time, observe, that there never was a system which had more obtained the general sanction of all classes, and he did not be lieve that the allotment system had failed in any one instance where it had been tried, whether in York shire, Sussex, or this county, where it had been car ried out very extensively by Colonel Sumner, who spoke in the most favourable manner of the result. He held.in his hand the details of some most surpris ing crops that had been grown by the labourers. These documents had been furnished him by Mr. Drummond, and he must say, that they appeared en tirely to refute his own argument—that there was a limit to the power of the production of the soil. There could be very little doubt that the system would have the effect of improving the physical condition of the labourer. At present, he was not suffi ciently fed, and they all knew that, if a man was under-fed, he could not work.— (Hear, hear.) He knew of one case where a labourer had been doing the intense work and exer tion of mowing upon bread and water, and he put it to them whether such a state of things ought to con tinue. He thought there could be very little doubt that giving a small portion of land to a labourer very much tended to improve his moral condition, and he knew several cases where desperate poachers, and even suspected highway robbers, had been reclaimed by being put in possession of a portion of land on which they could occupy themselves, and be induced to feel that they had some stake in society. This being the case, Jae did entreat them not to submit to the taunts that were thrown upon them, and to show that it was not true, as was asserted by a portion of the daily press, that the agriculturists said everything and did nothing. Let them commence a plan for in troducing the allotment system into every parish of the county, and he was sure that if they put their shoulders to the wheel the task would be effected. He should propose that a committee be formed for the purpose of establishing the allotment system throughout the county, and he should be happy to give both his time and his money in further ance of the object. He suggested that commu nications should be opened with the clergymen of every parish, with a view to ascertain the extent of land that would be available for the purposes of the , allotments, and th a t th e tenants an d t h e pro prietors' be requested to co-operate with the committee in carriiing out their views. The Hon. Member con cluded by stating that he would render all the assist ance in his power to carry out the allotment system fully throughout the county. Mr. DRUMMOND begged permission to be allowed to say a few words in answer to what had been stated by the Hon. Member. He had tried the allotment system twenty-five years, and therefore ought to know something about it. He allowed his labourers to have as much land as they could cultivate with their own spade, and although certainly it had been the means of giving them some additional comforts, yet in his opinion it had produced no public good or benefit whatever. lie was at the same time, however, quite ready to lend his assistance to Mr. Mangles in his endeavour to carry out the experiment on a more extended scale. In his opinion the great difficulty they had to con tend with was improvident marriages among the la bouring population ; and he did not believe that in France, or in any other country in the world, the labourer contracted a marriage as he did in England, without having any means to provide for either his wife or his family. lie knew of a case recently where a boy of 19 married a girl of 16, on the Wed nesday ; he had but ten shillings, which were spent on the Thursday and Friday, a n d on the Saturday they both went into the union workhouse, to be passed to their several parishes. The healths of the Mayor of Godalming, and of Messrs. Rand and Marshall, the Secretaries of the Association, were then proposed and responded to, after which the meeting broke up. NORTH AND SOUTH WALE! BANIE.-•-We under stand that a branch of this banking company is about to be opened at Birkenhead, land having already been pur chased for the erection of a bank. Another banking company, also in connexion with the Liverpool, is about to open a branch in this improving township.—Chester Courant. ....SUICIDE Of AN OLD SPORTSMAN.-01 1 Monday night an inquest was held before Mr. C. J. Carttar, at the Tiger's Head Inn, Lee, next Lewish am , K ent, upon the body of Charles Morton, aged 76, who was found dead, hanging from a rafter in a barn belonging to a gentleman named Russell, residing at Lee. It appears that the deceased was formerly huntsman to the Earl of Derby, and that subsequently he kept the Derby Arms Inn, Croydon, the Magpie Inn, on Hounsl ow -h ea th, and latterly was landlord of the Leaping Bar, Black friars-road, where be was robbed by his housekeeper of a considerable sum of money, since which he had in volved himself in a lawsuit, which ended in his ruin. Of late he had become very eccentric and strange in his man ner. The following evidence was adduced :—Richard Charles Mullett, auctioneer, of No. 8, Blackfriars-road, deposed that he knew the deceased as an innkeeper for a great many years ; had seen him frequently of late, and observed that he had become singularly strange in his manners. Rosa Howard, of Camden Cottage, Lee, deposed that she was walking with her aunt, and on passing the barn she observed the deceased suspended by a halter, with his knees nearly to the ground. It was about one o'clock on Saturday. She was exceedingly frightened, and gave information of the circumstance. John Covill, hurdle-maker, Lee, deposed that he was called by last witness, and cut the deceased down ; he was a powerful man, of about eighteen stone weight. Mr. Mullet was recalled, and said that deceased had lost a great sum of money in the public-house trade ; he had since become strangely eccentric. During the last year and a half he had been amply supplied by Mrs. Tattersall with pecu niary means, &c. That lady having died, his circum stances got worse. Deceased had written a letter to the party with whom he was at law, threatening to destroy himself. He was, however, by no means in want. Be dealt in hors es an d hounds. Mr. Tattersall, since his wife's death, had assisted and served him much. The landlord of the Tiger is a son of the deceased. Tbis being the whole of the evidence, the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased destroyed himself while labouring under a fit of tempo rary derangement." SIR JAMES GRAHAM'S MEDICAL REFORM BILL. TO TIIE zniran oF THIS eL 7 I I II Sin,—The question of medical reform is one of interest }} not merely to the medical profession ] but to the public at large. It is ofthegreatetAimpottante tb society that skilful medical aid should be easily acces sible to all classes. Many complaints are made that the proposed Meastite Janies Graliani Will tend tO give greater encouragement to quackery in medicine, and that the excluding of all but registered practi tioners from public offices, is not a sufficient protec tion, inasmuch as the wide field of private practice is left open to the fraud and cunning of daring impos tors. The necessity of restraining unqualified parties from tampering with the health of the community is insisted on. It is suggested that a fitting remedy would be found in a process of summary conviction before a bench of magistrates. But, however plausible such a proceeding may at first appear, a little consideration w ill s h ow th a t th e task of putting down quackery by legal enactment is impracticable. Such. is the anxiety which every invalid feels to purchase at any cost the blessing of health, that when all remedial agents have been em ployed by skilful hands without avail, as a last re source he is willing to embrace any scheme—to adopt any nostrum which promises some alleviation of his malady. The patient is the dupe of his own credulity ; and hence in every age the province of physic has been overrun with impostors. You may prohibit the sale of patent medicines, un less the composition of the same has been made known to competent authorities, and approved of by them. You may drag every unqualified practitioner into court under whose hands a patient may have died. You may compel every druggist in the kingdom to become a registered member of a college, that he may not be guilty of prescribing in ignorance across the counter. But you cannot stop here. You must have an in quisitor in every family, for unqualified parents will dose their children ; and the family medicine chest, with its store of calomel and jalap, be placed under strict surveillance. Even then it is to be feared some will be found weak enough to try the cold water cure, the hunger and thirst systems, or it may be to resort to the disciples of Mesmer. But happily for the professors of medicine, they have stronger claims to public support than that of possessing the exclusive privilege to practice in these realms. Their high attainments, which have placed them in the foremost rank of scientific men through out Europe, are the best evidence of their fitness for the important trust confided to them. Let the education of medical men be rendered as complete as possible. Give them every facility for acquiring an intimate knowledge of disease in all its varied forms ; submit every candidate to a most searching examination; and by that means you will induce the public to place that confidence in their skill and superior knowledge, which will prove their best protection against the aggression of igno rant quacks. To incumber the noble science of medicine with penal enactments, is a degrading pro position, which its votaries should not stoop to enter tain for a moment. It cannot suppress the trade in quackery; it cannot elevate the profession in the eyes of the public.—Yours, truly, A LEECH. York, Oct. 21. THE POOR MAN'S CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - _ Sia,—l am not generally in the habit of reading noreia tomargJes, but I hare lately been induced to read one of each class ; the first a novel by Mrs. Trollope, entitled " The Vicar of 'Wrexhlll ;" the second a romance by the Rev. W. G. Ward, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, rightly named, " An Ideal Church." I have made several extracts from pages 420, 421, 422, and 426, which are at your ser vice for publication, should you deem them worthy of notice, on the principle that no reasonable ma n would hesitate to stoop to pick a sovereign out of a gutter.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. Ilfracombe, Oct. 22. A PROTESTANT. " It has been so generally professed of late years, that a Christian society is bound to be a Poor Man's Church,' and that it is the high and peculiar preroga tive of the Church to alleviate the misery of the humble and oppressed, that the task seems incumbent on me—however ungracious—of estimating th• praises heaped on the English system by this standard. Let me ask, then, while all the frightful and accumulated mass of misery which now oppresses our land was gradually, during the last sixty years, growing to head, where was the voice of the National Church heard drawing attention to its growth ? That the civil Government, who are obliged to cope, day by day, with present and passing emergencies, should not have had the leisure or the thought to take a de liberate and far-seeing view of our social condition, this is hardly a matter-of blame : but where was the Poor Man's Church ?' How is it conceivable that she can, at that time, have really thought or eared for the poor, without becoming cognisant of the fatal disease in progress, and loudly proclaiming its exist ence to the country and to the world ? What other appellation than that of grossly and miserably corrupt can we give to a system under which such monstrous neglect was so much as possible ? Well—at length, through no agency of hers, the attention of the whole nation has been called, in some insufficient measure to the perils under which we lie; all honour to Lord Ashley, and his precursors and coadjutors in the noble task ! Has the English Church at least exhibited the grace of humiliation and repentance ? Has the blush of shame been visible on our cheek ? Have her ministers sorrowfully and contritely confessed their sinful and unpardonable dereliction of duty, and taken on themselves bitter shame, as fact after fact was brought to light ?—facts which it was their bounden duty long since to have dragged into the face of day, and which place in still stronger colours the godless ness and depravity of vast portions of her flock. In credible as it might have appeared, the very con ception would seem never to have occurred to them : with unruffled brow and complacent voice they have still repeated their insane watchwords, ' pure and aposto lical,' holy arid venerable' Church, and have dared to speak of the corruptions of other Christian bodies, when they should rather have been in lowly and penitential abasement, mourning those of their own. By what process of effrontery can we bring ourselves so much as to breathe the name of the 'Poor Man's Church' in connexion with our system, if we are compelled to acknowledge that nothing like this has been the case ? For more than ten years the great principle has been echoed from mouth to mouth, that our Church is no creature of the . State, that she derives her duties and her privileges from a far Higher and more August Authority. Has the zeal displayed for this principle been only caused by our desire of having something to say which shall close the mouth of Roman Catholic and Dissenter? Or, if not so, how is it that we have failed to see, that the more triumphantly we vindi cate this great truth, the more plainly we publish our own shame ? For if it be directly by God, and not by the State, that the poor are committed to our charge, no supineness or neglect of our civil gover nors can do ought but even aggravate our own guilt, in that we did not compensate for their slackness and insensibility, by a double measure of zeal and watch fulness. When members of a Church, which has thus basely betrayed her trust, find it difficult to conceive that some among their brethren can, without the most serious moral delinquency, abhor and denounce the system under which such betrayal was possible; when they accuse us of violence, eccentricity, and paradox, because we cannot consider a Church pure which neither bears witness against wealth, nor pro tects poverty, I can only say, that our hatred of the existing system cannot more offend them than their toleration, nay, admiration of it, perplexes and asto nishes us. "To be lukewarm, to be insensible of her own cor ruptions, to be loud in her own praise, are the notes given in Scripture of that Church, which our blessed Lord will spue out of his mauth.'—(Rev. iii., 16, 17.) What is His judgment of our Church's practical system ?—a system under which she tolerates almost every variety of condemned and branded heresy ; and under which her authorities seem really offended and disgusted at only one class of opinions, those which speak of her present condition as corrupt and almost apostate. The closest approximation to denial of our Lord is permitted without protest, much more, with out condemnation ; but an imputation on HERSELF she eannotforgive." ILLEGAL DETENTION OF THE BRITISH CUTTER HERON. GIBRALTAR, OCT. 12.---Mr. Hay, her Majesty's Consul-General at Tangiers, has officially intimated, in a letter dated the Bth, from Ceuta, where he had accompanied, in the Spanish steamer Andaluz, Mr. Beramendi, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires and Consul- General, that in the terms of the late treaty between Spain and Morocco, the Spanish lines, which extend to several miles beyond Ceuta, and which, previous to 1837, had been occupied by Spain for such a length of time, have again been established. The Governor of Ceuta, Don Antonio Ordonez, with the Sheick of the district of Augers, as well as Mr. Hay and Mr. Beramendi, were present on the occasion. The very marked attention and politeness of the Governor are spoken of in high terms, and the fine appearance and martial bearing of the Spanish military, employed in the re-occupation of the lines (which was effected without any untoward popular demonstration) would have done credit to the best drilled troops in Europe. The case of the Heron, British cutter, formerly possessed by the Hon. Captain Ponsonby, which came here the day before yesterday, after her liberation from Almeria, is the last among many instances of the galling surveillance, illegal detention, and, to use no harsher term, unjust confiscati on o f cargo prac ti se d on our regular traders, and it can therefore be a matter of little surprise if, in the protection of our commerce, accidents occur similar to what befel the Spanish war-schooner last week, more particularly when, as in that instance, the aggression was com mitted with such barefaced audacity under the very guns of the batteries. The Heron sailed from this port on the sth of last month, with a general cargo, and her papers regularly made out for Algiers • when on the 9th, about 30 t o 40 miles south of Carthagena, she was chased and searched by a vessel of the Spanish coast-guard, which, after some hesitation and delay, ultimately conveyed her to Almeria, where her cargo was landed, and placed in the Government store. On the circumstance being communicated to the owners here, and formal application made by them in the proper quarter, the Warspite, which was about to proceed to Barcelona and Malta, received instructions to call at Almeria to demand her liberation ; but the authorities there anticipating, it is conjectured, the unwelcome visit, released her the day before the War spite arrived, and she only reached this the day before yesterday (the 10th), of course with the loss of her cargo, which, before it is given up, will entail legal and other expenses, equal, it may be, to the value of the seizure. A company of 68 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners arrived here yesterday by the Royal Tar steamer ; and Captain Gordon's company (the 6th), which has been stationed in this garrison since 1837, being now relieved, will embark for England by the same vessel to-morrow. The inspection of the different regiments in the garrison by his Excellency the Governor, which had lasted during the greater part of the week, terminated to-day with that of the 79th Highlanders. Although the hour was early a considerable assemblage of spec tators was on the ground, and among strangers of all different nations, not a few of our fair countrywomen appeared to grace with their presence the inspection of this highly-disciplined crack corps. The general ap pearance of the regiment was picturesque in the ex treme, and the fine bearing of the men, who are all young, as well as the faultless precision of their varied evolutions, excited a general and almost enthusiastic admiration. The military display of the day termi nated with artillery practice from the saluting bat tery, on the Almeida, when three rounds of shot and two of shell were fired from 25 guns, at a buoy placed at a considerable distance out in the bay. Although the buoy was not actually destroyed, so very correct was i its with was the firing, that had any place, almost every shot would have told small vessel occupied effect. The Gazette of Tuesday night contains a Treasury Warrant, dated the IBth instant, directing that, on and after the sth of next mont h, B ritish and Colonial news papers'will be taken in packet-boat to Venezuela, in South America, free of postage ; but if in private ship, they will be subjected to a charge of Id. each. A similar permission is granted to Venezuelan newspapers brought to England or the British colonies. MONDAY'S HOLIDAY.—THE BAN/O.—At a meet ing of the Committee of Bankers, held on Monday last, A. W. Robarts, Esq. in the chair, it was resolved,— " That from the unavoidable obstruction to business which must necessarily take place on Monday, Oct. 28, the day appointed by the Queen for attending the open ing of the Royal Exchange, it will be desirable, in con currence with the Bank of England, to close the several banking-houses at twelve that day. The Committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of such regulation." SCOTCH BANKMG. The understood intention of the head of de Gem , vernment to Interfere, by means of a legislative mea sure, with the currency a n d b an ki ng system in Scotland, has excited a feeling of apprehension as and as strong as when a similar attempt was made eighteen years ago, the overthrow of which was chiefly attributable to the caustic letters of Malachi Malagrowther, the nom de guerre assumed by Sir Walter Scott. Meetings have been held, and remonstrances carried with unanimity, in every part • of the kingdom. A considerable number of the most influential counties—Edinburgh, Lanark, Perth, Forfar, Aberdeen, Moray, Inverness, Caith ness, &c., have already taken up the 'sub ject, and passed resolutions condemnatory of the threatened interference. Town Councils, Cham- bers of Commerce, and other public bodies, have also recorded their disapproval of the Government propo sition ; so that we may venture to hope the Premier will see the wisdom of withdrawing his intention, in the face of such overwhelming manifestations of re sistance. No Ministry, however strong, can with safety provoke the hostility of a whole nation ; even were the question one of far less importance than the abolition or alteration of a Ilong-cherished system, the working of which has been found by the ex perience of nearly two centuries to be unexception able and satisfactory, adapted to the habits of the people, and conducive to the prosperity of the country. The arguments against the proposed change, stated from the press and the platform, are so cogent, so - convincing, that we presume to think, when deli berately considered, their force must appear irre sistible. The dangers and disadvantages of tampering with our currency, and the proposal to do away with the circulation of one-pound notes, were clearly and powerfully set forth in the series of resolutions passed by the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow about a month ago, as well as in those submitted by Sir Jas. Gibson Craig to the county of Edinburgh, and more recently by the Merchant Company at their meeting yesterday. At a similar meeting of merchants and manufacturers in Dundee on the 15th instant, one of the speakers gave a luminous explanation of the posi tion of the currency question as affecting the various interests of the country, and pointed out the ruinous consequences which must result to those inte rests, by meddling with a system which had so effectually answered the purposes of commerce. The over-issue of notes in Scotland is guarded against by the checks which have been established by the system of exchanges ; and were bankers to be re stricted In the issue of their notes, as is the case in England, the facilities now afforded by cash credits and discounts must be limited or withdrawn, and A fatal injury would thus be inflicted upon the whole industrial economy of society. The question does not affect banking interests alone ; it is mixed up indis solubly with every department of public business. It applies equally to the agricultural, the manufacturing, the commercial, and shipping interests. The entire trade of the country would be effected by it, and all this without conferring a single benefit on any in terest or any class whatever. Would it be prudent, then, in the Government to urge their measure in the teeth of such palpable mischief, such unanimous re monstrance ?—Edinburgh Advertiser (Tory paperl - 'HE THIRD PART OF MR. BURKE'S DICTIONARY OF THE LANDED GENTRY has just appeared, and carries the subject down to letter R, inclusive. One more Part will, consequently, complete this great national under taking, which will comprise the vastest store of genealo gical and historical information ever contained in a single work. Almost every distinguished actor, in public as in private life, is recorded in its pages ; and the details it affords of the antiquity and eminence of the families of our country gentleiten go far to prove their superiority to the much vaunted Noblesse of the Continent. The present Pita is replete with much cu rious matter regarding the Sefts and Clans of Scot land and Ireland, and the information and anecdote connected with the English iGenealqies is equally inte resting. Among the latter are the ancient he:alb:Ps of Main waring, Manley, Manse], Markham, Marsham, Martin, Massie, Massingberd, Master, Matthew, Maude, Main sell, Maxwell, Meyrell, Meyrick, Milbank, Milnes, Mit• ford, Morewood, Morgan, Morris, Mosley, Mundy, Myaors, Mytton, Neale, Nevile, Newdegate, Leaper Newton, Northey, Nowell, Okeover, Orde, Orlebar, Or merod, Owen, Parke, Packington, Palmer, Parker, Parry, Partridge, Wilson Patten, Peirse, Pendarves, Penn, Pennant, Peter, Phelips, Phillips, Pigott, Plow den Plumptre, Pochin, Chandos Pole, Peley„ Pol whele, Ponsonby, Popham Portal, ,Powell, YOwys, Pratt, Price, Pye, Radclyffe, Rashleigh, Riddell, Rogers, Rokeby, Rolleston, Roundell, &c., &c. QuorriNG —ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND. —On Wed nesday the return match between two English and two Scottish players, for 1001. a-side, came off at Shrews bury. The day being fine, there was a great gathering of the " fancy,' the match having excited considerable interest in the sporting world. After a contest, which at no time could be characterised as keen, owing to the marked superiority of Messrs. Dunlop, Pollockshaws, and Turnbull, Parkhead, the Scottish players—the re sult was as follows:—Scotland, 61; England, 33; majo rity for Scotland, 28.—Scotch Paper. EXTRA ORDINARY AND DANGEROUS FEAT.—SatUIb• day evening, about four o'clock, a large crowd of persons were collected in Sackville-street, in consequence of see ing two young men standing on the top of Nelson's Pillar. One of them, a fine young fellow, about sixteen or seventeen years of age, began to ascend the figure, and after " tugging away" for some time, he succeeded in getting on the " capstan" which is placed behind the colossal statue of the great naval hero ; from this position it was not very hard to ascend the . figure itself, which the lad accomplished, and having looked round him for a moment, he seated himself with the greatest apparent complacency on the head of the figure, where he continued several minutes waving • his cap. He then raised himself and stood on the head of the figure, first on both and then on one foot, in which perilous situation he remained several minutes, whilst the most painful anxiety existed amongst the observers for his safety. Having descended, his companion, who appeared somewhat his senior in • years, and who was dressed in a frock coat, went through a similar evolution •, and then both ascended the figure together, and taking hold of each other's hand, they stood, with one leg (each) for a con siderable time on the granite head of the immortal Nelson. It was blowing a very strong breeze, and it was painful to witness the dangerous position of the youths at this moment; but they descended without any accident, and on coming into the street they were loudly cheered. They refused to give their names—nor would they say if the feat was done for a wager, which is sup posed to be the case.—Dublin Freeman. Captain Barclay's annual sale of pure short-horn bull calves and other stock came off on Tuesday at Ury, and was, as on former occasions, attended by a large as semblage of agriculturists from all parts of the country. The captain's stock even surpassed its former high cha racter, and was much admired by the judges present. The prices obtained for the bull calves (of which the fol lowing is a list) showed that it had lost nothing in public estimation X. s. I. Mr. Lyall, Drumelune 36 15 2. Mr. Craighead, Perwinnes 3B 17 3. Mr. A. Wilkie, Ormiston Mains, near Edinburgh 34 13 4. Mr. Moir, Tartie 36 15 5. Mr. Gow, Raith, Fifeshire G. Mr. J. Miller,Ballumbie, Forfarshire 24 • 3 . Mr. J. Gladstone, of Fasque 8. Mr. Watt, Rannieston,'Ellon 2l 0 9. Mr. Garland, Cairnton 21 .0 10. Mr. Walker, Fortlethen 25 4 11. Mr. Scott, AChath (very young) There was considerable competition for the polled cows, which had been served by a short-horn bull. Prices varied according to size, age, and condition ; but we ob served that some of them brought upwards of 18/. A sumptuous lunch was laid out for parties as they arrived in the forenoon ; and after the sale the captain enter tained his friends to dinner in his usual hospitable man ner.—Caledonian Mercury. THE MEDICAL BlLL.:—Yesterday, in pursuance of a resolution passed at the aggregate meeting of the me dical profession, held at Exeter Hall on the 29th ult., a deputation of the medical practitioners of the metropolis attended at Apothecaries' Hall, for the purpose of hold ing a conference with the Master and Court of Assist ants of the Company. The Master and Court stated, they had given this subject their best and undivided .at tention, and, in the course of a few days, would again - address the profession, and explain the plan of medical reform which they would recommend. This plan was conceived in the most liberal spirit, and conceded the principle of self-government to its licentiate, for which the deputation were such strenuous advocates. The de putation at considerable length urged the necessity of protection against illegal practice by summary convic tion, and that the welfare of the public, as Well as of the profession, demanded it. They also submittd the o im perative necessity which existed for the establishment nera I racti a college of medicine and surgery for g c ti o o n n s e t r i twe chlotsheemparnoiffoesldsionne.quijeTinstsfuannddaemuteinlizt preally conference, the utisos prin ciple, and even in many t o u t n h a e n r l in d l e i t t ty ail . p s re e v o a n i s l i e d d e . red Fu in rth th e e r o a u p r p n e e a ( l. l until the consideration Court. rt w s a li s ou a l dj d ST. FAITH'S FAIR.—At our great and annual fair, e d ra ec ti l o a n ra o t f io t n he ol !i t u h e e stio on T hursday last, the show of Scots was not so large as l as t year, but the quality and condition were very supe rior; and all the beasts came up free from the epidemic, doing great credit to the different drovers. The number of buyers present during the day was smaller than has been known for several years, and they all acted with the greatest caution, being determined, if possible, to se cure themselves a good profit for winter grazing. Many of the beasts required not more than two months' keep • to make them fit for the butchers, but the top figure did not exceed ss. per stone; the more general were 4s. to 4s. 6d. The business done was limited, and the prices obtained anything but satisfactory or profitable to the breeders and dealers. There was a great falling off in the short-horn and other horned cattle. Many lots were very inferior, and remained quite unnoticed; those half fat made from 4s. to 4s. 6d. per stone, with great diffi culty to find purchasers. There were about five score Ilerefords, which exchang e d h an d s , t h e pr i ce f or w hi c h, like that for numbers of the horned beasts, was terrible. The salesmen and dealers exerted every nerve to obtain. more money, but without effect ; and although the day closed so badly, we still hope the worst is over, and sin cerely wish the buyers well paid, and better spirits for the next coming fair. In the horse fair scarcely a good animal could be found, and middling ones are at a discount, there being no demand for them. There was a little racing, but no money stirring worth mentioning. —Norfolk Chronicle. A NEW LIFE BOAT. - - In the last number of the Glasgow Engineers, Magazine a design for an iron life-boat is given. The magazine gives diagrams in plan, elevation, and sec tion of the boat, w hi c h i s t wen t y -f our feet long, eight feet broad, and three to three-and-a-half feet deep. It weighs about a ton, and has buoyancy of nearly 15,0001b5. It is capable of carrying seventy persons, without sinking. This is its extreme burden, but it can seat forty passengers with ease, and a greater number on emergencies. The estimated cost is 601. The design, we understand, is by Mr. Thomas Cal him, Leith. After explaining the diagrams, the editor of the magazine says : " There cannot be much doubt that a boat of this construction would be decidedly superior to the wooden boats in cases of accident at sea. Few, in deed, of those at present carried by steam-vessels would be of any positive use were they required to save the lives of passengers and crew in a rough sea. Even when circumstances have been favourable, we have had the melancholy experience of their utter in efficiency. No sooner have they been lowered into the water, than they have been swamped in the un avoidable confusion which almost invariably attends catastrophes at sea, on occasions where the vessel is to be abandoned. A result of this fatal kind could• not possibly happen with a boat of the construction proposed ; for, as already stated, although it should be completely filled with water, it would be still capable of sustaining seventy persons, and it might be made to have even greater buoyancy in proportion to its length and breadth, and weight of material. Boats of this description will, indeed, be somewhat more expensive in respect of first cost than those commonly carried, but their manifest superiority and usefulness in cases of emergency ought, undoubtedly, to outweigh all the little pecuniary differences which can possibly be set up in objection. It is a demand of humanity, and one which we hope to see legally enforced among the first conditions in the code of regulations which Parliament may be expected to frame next session upon the report of the Shipwreck Committee." The principle upon which the boats are proposed to be constructed is, that as large a quantity of air should be enclosed in air-tight compartments as will suffice to buoy up the boat itself, and as many per sons as could go into or cling around it. The sides, ends, and thwarts, are all appropriated to this pur pose ; and, for first-class steamers, the compartments will measure — On the two sides 9B feet. On the two ends l2O feet. And on the thwarts 273 And as each foot of air has a buoyancy in sea water of 6141b5., it follows that the enclosed spaces would have a buoyancy equal to 17,5401 b., from which has to be deducted the weight of the boat, which is calcu lated at a ton, but say 21 cwt. or 2,3521 b., leaving a free buoyancy of 15,1881 b., or equal to the entire weight of one hundred persons, averaging 1501 b. each, and this although the open spaces were full of water ; but were that the case, with such a burden, the boat would be quite unmanageable; the number, therefore, is stated to be seventy, and that is as many as could possibly be crowded into her. CONFUCIUS AND THE MUSICAL GOVERNOR. In the same year, Ke-kang-tsee, one of the Minis ters of the King of Loo, wrote to Confucius to invite him to return ,into his native country; he sent him money for the expenses of his journey, and added con siderable presents of every description, to induce him to yield to his request. Confucius did not want any reward for doing what he was required. He had al ready for some time formed the design of leaving the kingdom of Wei, where he felt himself to be useless ; he took advantage, therefore, of the good-will of the Minister of the King of his native country, and set off on his return. On the road there was a considerable town, then named Ou-Ching, the care of which was entrusted to one of his disciples, named Tsee-yeou. As he ap proached the city he was surprised to hear the sound of the great instruments, and the notes of the music appropriated to the solemn ceremonies. lie turned towards his disciples, and said to them, laughing, " To kill a chicken you do not want the same knife that is used in slaying an ox." Tsee-yeou, who had come to meet Confucius, imme diately understood what Confucius alluded to, and, without being disconcerted, immediately replied, " Master, I have not forgotton the lessons which you have given me, and I have endeavoured to turn them to account. You have taught us that there is no man incapable of acquiring wisdom ; and that one of the ways of acquiring it is, the study of the grand music and the grand ceremonies, because it is, in studying the grand music and the grand ceremonies, that we learn to regulate our own hearts according to the dictates of sound reason, and to conduct ourselves to wards our fellow-creatures according to the rules of that universal charity which teaches us to love all men in general, and every one in particular. The inhabitants of the little town which is under my go vernment are men ; I endeavour to lead them to wis dom by the path which you have pointed out to us." " I am perfectly satisfied with what you say," said Confucius, " it was without reflection, and for the amusement of the moment, that I said that you should not use the same knife to kill a chicken as an ox. I approve of your conduct; continue to conduct yourself in the same manner, and rely upon my approbation."—Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio. THE STONE IN THE NEW HOUSES Or PARLIA MENT.—The Bolsover quarries, from which the stone for the new Houses of Parliament is procured, and se veral others that have been recently opened in the neighbourhood, contain about twelve feet of workable stone, in numerous bands from eight inches to two feet thick. This stone is of a light yellowish lemon colour. Its chemical composition consists of 51 per cent. of cll.- bonate of lime, 40 per cent. of carbonate, ofmagnesp, and more than 3i per cent. of silica. Its specific gravity is 2'316, or considerably greater than that of limestone. This admirable stone is not expensive, being cheaper than Portland stone, and worked as easil y but, it does not seem to have been much used at a distance from B o l s over, except in slabs for paving.. Its qualitie s of d ura bility are well tested in Southwell Church, Notting hamshire, a building of the tenth century, and in ad mirable condition. In this church the Norman portions, built of stone similar to that of Bolsover Moor, are throughout in a perfect state, and the mouldings and carved enrichments arc as sharp as when first executed. —The Builder.