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~'- :h of St. f .• ; ~.~.--~~% - • ids e'', / ~~" .... f f J'; ~-..~ s _ !de. ' the TorY ,//4 EAST INDIA HOUSE, JA N. 24, 1889. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, in reference to their Advertisement of 10th April, 1836, that the demands upon the INDIAN GOVERNMENTS for FUNDS to be REMITTED in the ensuing year, 1839-40, by 'all modes, including the RE MITTANCE through CHINA, will be reduced to about TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jaw. 23, 1889. rir HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That the Finance and Home Committee will be ready on lir be fore WEDNESDAY, the 6th of February next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to RECEIVE TENDERS, sealed up, from such Persons as may be willing to supply the East India Company with COALS of the undermentioned descriptions, to be delivered at Alexandria screened, viz. WEST HARTLEY CARR'S HARTLEY LAAIBTON'S WALL'S END STEWART'S WALL'S END Or, IIETTON'S WALL'S END. The Tenders are to be made according to a Form which ms 3 be had upon application at the Marine Branch of the Se cre t ar y' s Of fice in the East India House, with Censlitions annexed, where the Tenders are to be left any time before Eleven o'clock in the Fore noon of the said 6th day of February next, after which hour no Tender will be received. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the BLACK SCRIP issued by the Company is no longer available, and it is requested that the same be EXCHANGED for RED SCRIP, which the Company will continue to issue to duly authorised parties until, and including, the Ist February next, but not afterwards. None but the Red Scrip will, after that date, confer any right or interest in the Company. ROSS and ASH, the Company's Agents, No. 6, Great Winchester -street, London. January 221, 1839. BIRMINGHAM and DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. TENDERS for LOANS. The DIRECTORS of the BIRMINGHAM and DERBY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared, under the Powers of their Act of Parliament, to receive TENDERS for the LOAN of MONEY, in sums not less than NU each, on interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum, for a term not less than three years. The Tenders are to express the sums, and the term of years for Which the same are proposed to be lent. The Tenders are to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Com pany's Offices, Waterloo-street, Birmingham ; or to Messrs. Lau rence, Cazeneve, and Co., Auction Mart, London. Dated this 2d day of January, 1839. By order, THOMAS KELL, Secretary. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, July 15, 1837. CALL for the FOURTH INSTALMENT of 31. per SHARE. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company have This Day made a CALL of 3/. Per SHARE in this undertaking, and the same is directed to be Paid en or before the 18th day of February nest, to either of the u ndermentioned Bankers, viz.:— London—Messrs. Smith, Payne,:and Smith, and Messrs. Hankey. Liverpool and Mancheste—Manhester and Liverpool District 'R ank, on account of Messrs. r Smith, c Payne, and Smith. B ‘ , o ll righton—Messrs. Wigney and Co., and Messrs. Hall, West, rel., and Hall. L ures—Messrs. Molineux and Co. C latgow—Glasgow Union Bank. b ublin—Provincial Bank of Ireland. • ceor P roprietors of Shares are therefore requested to pay the same -qing.iy. JOHN HARMAN. Chairman. London and Brighton Railway Office, Angel-court, Throgmorton•street, January 17, 1839. 70s —g• -24 i. —s 30s.- 3:3J. ?S. 30s. ?Ni. 30 , —s. 5 3.3!. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Horses as well as Carriages are now conveyed by the Rail way betwen Paddington and Maidenhead. In addition to the usual Trains to Maidenhead. calling at Slough, SHORT TRAINS will run daily (Sunday's excepted) TO WRIST DRAYTON, FROM WEST DRAYTON. Calling at Ealing and Hanwell, Calling at Hanwell and Ealing, *li past Nine o'clock, morning, " 1 ,4 before Eight o'clock, morning past One, afternoon, 1% before Eleven, ditto. past Four, evening. 4 before Three evening. past Eight, ditto. * k before Seven, ditto. Those marked " are the only short trains which run on Sundays. The fares by omnibuses are reduced to 6d. a yOtin,'" an's-fiel u '' to pieced 'n artially re" MattDesch On S u ' a to nsente um she ° en had Taver.l3; :e libertl e o her dr e p, her doh Y pa ss in ditch, , ars, durioe irtly undc if a Nad i ex amine ,'; .espeetaptio emoved GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Com pany will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Com pany's Office, Princes -street, in the City of London, on TUESDAY, the 12th February next, at Eleven o'clock, for the Election of Six Directors, in the place of the same number who will retire by ballot, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. WILLIAM U. SIMS, Chairman. BOBERT BRIGHT, Deputy Chairman. The Directors retiring by ballot are re-eligibl e un d er th e provi -7,°11, of the Act. il l "le TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED on Satu r d a y, „,, e _, 2 d February, and will not be RE-OPENED until after th e "‘, Half-yearly General Meeting, on thePsaid 12th of February. ~..Clause 123 provides that no person shall be entitled to vote as a ,°tY unless the instrument appointing him shall have been trans tted to one of the Secretaries of the Company at least five days before the Meeting. By order, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, / Secretaries. THOS. OSLER, Railway- o ffi ces , 2, P r inces-street, Bank, London, and Corn-street, Bristol, Jan., 1839. ce brie A the seel 3n " Wei d in , ports su t violence; l oving th e 011 0 / i ere otte,j little I,ACoro INS' h,f il l ' var iety and O bi es, siia°' TAFF VALE RAILWAY, from MERTHYR TYDVIL to the Port of CARDIFF. LOANS. The Prop r i e t ors o f this TENDERS Company FOß having resolved to take up on "ark the sum of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS, Which they are authorized by their Act to do, now that half their Capital is paid up, Notice is hereby given, that the Directors will receive proposals for the Loan of Money on Debentures, for a term of not less than fire years. Interest at 5 per cent. will be paid half yearly at Cardiff or in London. Proposols to be addressed to the undersigned at the Railway office, Cardiff; or to Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Solicitors, 10, Whitehall ; or London and Westminster Bank, London • or to the W est o f E ng l an d an d S outh Wales District Bank, Bristo l.' JOSEPH BALL, Secretary. 0 ;n9.£ B no fl tt in!' 1 0 0 11 I I , r a It 13ASTENNE BITUMEN COMPANY. This Company is prepared to undertake every description of WORK to which Bitumen is adapted, or to SELL the manu factured Mastic ready for use, with the necessary instructions for its application. Bitumen has been known and applied as a Cement for many cen turies, but recent discoveries, and the experience of new combina tions with the mineral tar, have incalculably enhanced its value for a great variety of purposes. The Directors request the attention of all persons interested in The construction of Railways, Bridges, and Docks, to the advan tages which they will derive from the use of their BITUMEN. As a Cement in binding arches it is incontestibly superior to any known substance, and, being impervious to damp, it is of equal utility for Pavings, Stations, Waiting Places, and where dryness and an uninterrupted equality of surface is so desirable. Speci mens of foot-pavement laid down by the Bastenne Company, may be seen opposite Northumberland House, Blackfriars-bridge, the ,Government Works at Woolwi c h, an d t h e R otunda of the Bank of England, where, contrasted with the best Yorkshire stone, the advantages will be found manifest. This Company have an exclusive right to the best and most pro ductive known mines of this valuable material—a value, the supe riority of which is tacitly admitted by the other Asphalte Corn fanies, Cl a rid g e' s , the Liverpool Seyssel, and the V a l d e T ravers, aving purchased supplies from the Bastenne Company in England, and the sales of the material on the Continent are to a large and rapidly increasing extent. The great desideratum in street-paving is a waterproof surface, with the mass so solid and compact as prevent friction at the bot tom, where experience has proved that the wear and tear is much greater when the squares or blocks are loosened. The Company feel assured they have accomplished this object in their experiment on the carriage -way in Oxford-str!et ; and they are also satisfied that it would prove the practicability of, in a great measure, reliev ing the public from the annoyance of mud in winter, and dust in summer were the loose materials not transferred from the stone paving and Macadamized roads in the vicinity. Specimens of Ornamental Pavement, suitable for Entrance Halls, Conservatories, &c. &c., can be seen at the Office of the Company, where a Scale of Prices, together with all necessary information re lative to the application of the material to all the various purposes, Thay be obtained. R. FOULERTON, Sec. I 28, Moorgate-street. y of tb es , ton, Ir i fo r ;u itable (10 or f° ll9 ,t talent, fr atchuoke street). wbray, tbe Tire, rjre• Alarchallt the WV of will° __--7' ‘ir. Alf rej to . go l Iroyd.„ n , rles St ° "r :ddaugh te ae. to Chi : C.A., Bee ember le' Native ei to Hall' o e f ;-, Esq., r. Tho r of id". udd-str eet by leis • BASTENNE BITUMEN COMPANY. The Shareholders are informed that Messrs. M. A. GOLD SMID, ROWAND RONALD, and MONTEFIORE, have been obliged to RESIGN their SEATS in the Direction of theCom >any ; the t w o f ormer i n consequence o f their intended residence abroad, and the latter from indispensable private engagements. The works of the Company have hitherto given the most perfect satisfaction to the management ; and no doubt is entertained of the a dvantages of Bitumen for all the purposes for which it has been rec ommended, nor of the ultimate success of the undertaking. 11 The , funds placed at the disposal of the Direction are su ffi cient for T he Purposes required, without any call upon the Shareholders. he sales of the Tar on the Continent are rapidly increasing, and t e 'crY effort continu es to be mad e by th e A gen t s o f th e Company extend the knowledge of its value, which there is no doubt will ultimately insure ample profits ; and the Directors feel the most perfect confidence in the successful application of the Bitumen to a great variey of purposes during the ensuing season. A Publi t c Meeting of the Shareholders will be held in the month of May, when the state of the Accounts will be submitted, and by which time Reports will be received of the success which has attended the various experiments made on the Government 'works, parochial and other paving, &c. By order of the Board, Offices, 28, Moorgate-street, J R. FOTON, Secretary. an. 24, 1 U B L 3E9.R nt- Co lonel gh, leat' reet, Cat' r 7, SaOil G en eral ° rge CreagP 44 A 75, the eldesl the Re'', Lennar‘;'. ali r i and L°. m. 3, of Ile Nu' BARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW DER, warranted not to wear the plate. It instantly clears tarnish and dirt, and magically produces a roost inimitable Polish upon Geld, Silver, Plated Goods, Brass, Tin, Copper; and makes British Plate, Zinc, a n d P ew t er , l oo k as White as the best Silver. Sold, wholesale and ret a il, a t H a ll e t an d C o. ' s B r i t i sh Plate Factory, 41, Ludgate -street. Bateman, Chemist to the Queen, Poole, Manchester. No. 8, Castle street, Leicester- Holbrook, 115, Grafton-street, square. Dublin. J. Chappell, 84, Lombard-street. Parkinson, Birmingham. Filson, 87, Fenchurch-street. Nettleship, Lincoln. Warren and Son, Carmarthen. Bloomfield, Poole, Dorset. Hall, Newport, isle of Wight. And at the Manufactory, 92, Fenchureh-street. AGENTS WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom. 11 . 11 —Plate cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish. the writer oAility tO the Tes t IN. Let nan being !llow-me n either of reedom of rofoundly L o pinion; i )edient t' ;ion comes ) rotestari tS them onlY ieve to b 3 name and thcr a dif' 'minded to rmitted . .d Par t : indeed , rily •otv thow ......... .6 1 .. 0 7 M 7 : 00 2 6 ........ 20 6 .. ;in. 6 ..... 2 2 0 ........ 21 WEE l '' Y ----- - s . to _o'. - - , -.., _ - , ... - , ...- _ t Se 34 , - , 35 , '''' .... - , -- 4t! - iS 33 , 4 - 6 -48 a. to 4 , 6; 9 7 , No. 14,473. PARTNERSHIP. AGENTLEMAN with from 5,0001. to 10,0001. may have an opportunity ofjoining an Old Established WINE and GENERAL COMMISSION HOUSE in the City, of high standing. From the experience of many years a profitable return may be relied on. The premises are admirably adapted for carry ing on a first-rate business. The most respectable references can be given, and the strictest secrecy may be relied on. None but Principals will be treated with. Apply to Mr. Meggy, Solicitor, 35, Crutched-friars. Letters to be post paid. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause LESLIE v. VERBEKE, the Creditors of HENRY CHARLES VERBEKE, late of Craven-street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, and of the Priory, Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Solicitor, who died on the 28th of September, 1537, are, forthwith, by their Solicitors, to come in and prove their Debts before ANDREW HENRY LYNCH, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. JAMES GOREN, Plaintiff's Solicitor, 29, South Molton street, Hanover-square. WEST KENT GAS-LIGHT, COAL, AND COKE COMPANY. 38, Harmer -street, Gravesend, January 21st, 1839. Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED until FRIDAY, the Bth of February, 1839, immediately after which the Directors will proceed to the Allotment. Applications for the remaining Shares may be made to (post paid), and Prospectuses obtained of, the Secretary, 38, Harmer street, Milton ; the Bankers, 135. Regent-street, London ; the Surrey, Kent, and Sussex Banking Company, 71. Lombard-street, London, Gravesend, and Rochester ; at No. 4, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; Mr. R. Cole, 11, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Mr. J. C. Couves, Post-office, Gravesend ; Mr. E. Clemitson, Denton Wharf, near Gravesend. By order of the BOard, WM. RD. CROGGON, Secretary. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON Capital 3,000,000/., in Shares of 501. each. Deposit 3/. per Share. DIRECTORS. Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman. Thomas Meux, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. A. Cockburn, Esq. George Webster, Esq. David Skaiffe, Esq. John Barnes, Esq. Benjamin Boyd, Esq. J. W. Sutherland, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq. W. M. Nurse, Esq. James Farquhar, Esq. Major-Gen. Archibali Robert- W. P. Craufurd, Esq. son, Hon. E.I.C.S. ! John Connell, Esq. This Bank is established on the principles of the Joint Stock Banks in Scotland, the complete success of which is demonstrated ny the following extract from the official Share List of 25th De cember, 1535, showing the state of Five Banks of this description, carrying on business in Edinburgh. . RANKS. Paid up Dividend. Original Paid Present Capital.' Share. tip. Value. Bank of Scotland £1,0 , 41,010 6 per cent. XL , 0 £lOO £193 0 Royal bank of Scotland 2,1,000 1 0 per cent. 1 , 0 101 161 0 British Linen Company (10,000 9 per cent. 100 109 240 I Commercial Bank of Scotland National Bank of Scot land 500,000 6 per sent. 100 10 16 8 P :id-up Capital X4,69 , ,ti0n Most of these Banks have besides paid large Bonuses to their Proprietary, and all of them have allowed Interest on Deposits. The remaining seventeen Joint-stock Banks in Scotland are in the same flourishing 'condition, and such, indeed, has been the pro gress of the system that of the many private Banks formerly carrying on business in Edinburgh only one exists at present. There are only three Joint Stock Banks in London, with a paid up capital of 1,000,0001., the Shares of all of which are at a high Premium. It is the intention of the Directors to allow interest on deposit accounts, under proper rules and regulations, which, with other details as to the transaction of business with the Bank, will be hereafter announced. As a sufficient capital has already been subscribed to enable the Directors to commence business immediately, they have resolved, in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found ao arise in other undertakings front an unrestricted application for shares, and to induce only those to apply who wish to become bona fide proprietors, will net entertain any application unless made in the printed forms provided by them for that purpose, and accom panied lily a payment of 2/. upon each share applied for, the Di rectors reserving to themselves at the time of appropriation the right to rejoin or comply with such application either in whole or in part; the money to be returned without deduction, if the appli. cation be rejected, and if accepted to be placed to the credit of the party in respect to the shares allotted to him. It is not in contemplation to sail up raore than 101. per share for the next two years. Deposits, in accordance with the printed forms, may be paid, and prospectuses obtained, as under : London—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Baffk-louildings. Liverpool—Liverpool Commercial Bank. Birmingham—Birmingham and Midland Bank. Edinlsurgh—National Bank of Scotland. Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland. Dundee—Eastern Bank of Scotland. Aberdeen—North of Scotland Lank. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. London, January, 1839. FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD INVESTMENT and RE VERSION. The ANGEL INN, at ISLINGTON. Houses in Parliament-street and Duke-street, Westminster, the Golden-lane Cemetery, &e.__ _ MESSRS. MURRAY, TATTERSALL, and MURRAY will SELL by AUCTION, in Lots, at Gar raway's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, early in the Spring, several very valuable FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES, viz., the ANGEL INN and Premises, and Five ex cellent Houses in Angel-place, Islington, producing together a rental of 900/. per annum. Important Leasehold Mansion, No. 44, Parliament-street, with back entry from Cannon-row, and occupied as Chambers. The Golden-lane Cemetery, with Sexton's House, Chapel, and extensive Vaultage, Dwelling-house in Golden-lane. The Bricklayers' Arms Wine and Spirit Establishment in White cross-street, Cooperage and Yard adjoining. Capital four-story House, No. 26, Duke-street, Westminster, opening from the third floor into St. James's. park. Leasehold House, No. 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Ground-rents of Houses in the London-road, Princes-street, Princes -court, Marsh -court, and Union-court, St. George's Fields, and of a Chapel and Houses in Prospect-place, Lambeth-road. Freehold, and small part Copyhold, Land, at Shoebury, near Southend, Essex. Convenient Shop and Dwelling-house, No. 21, Church-street, Woolwich, with large garden attached. Also the Reversion of 1,000/., payable at the death of the Right Hon. Baron Teynham, being part of a Fund standing in the names of Trustees. Printed particulars are in course of preparation, and may be had shortly, on application to Messrs. Macdougall and Upton, Solici tors, 44, Parliament-street ; at Garraway's ; and to Messrs. Mur ray, Tattersall, and Murray, Surveyors and Land Agents, 47, Par liament-street. fETT'S PATENT BRANDY.—To guard the Public against being misled by the numerous imitators of th. Pater.t Brandy, and to assure them of the utter futility of all attempts to rival that celebrated article, the Patentees need only state that the peculiarly wholesome properties of their Brandy— attested by many eminent Chemists, and frequently published since its introduction in lB29—are secured by Patent Right, which, in itself, forms a sufficient guarantee, if purchasers be careful to esta blish the identity of the article. The only Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street, where the Pa tent Brandy may be had, either pale or coloured, in quantities not less than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, for Cash on delivery. PUBLICATIONS On Thursday, 3 1, will be published, price 2s. 6d., AVINDICATIONofthe RIGHTSofBRITISH LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, and LABOURERS, against the CLAIMS of the COTTON CAPITALISTS to a FREE TRADE in CORN. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly. BY AUTHORITY. 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The whole being illustrated in an Appendix con taining numerous CASES and PLATES, showing some of the Morbid Appearances usually found as a consequence of Disease of the Prostate Gland. By FRANCIS BTJRDETT COURTENAY. Memb er of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, &c. Sold by T. Hill , Medical Bookseller, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket; Onwhyn, Catherine -street, Strand; Templemain, 14 Regent -street ; and all Booksellers in town or country' • / 1 , ti tai" . t , : ' Altti:Alt, 4'4 4. ..—.. • b ' '` rii: - .. re. 7-47.70. ., • .e'• - ;,-- . , --... t.,..., , :----- \, c : - '- jib' 0 9, •_rk _.,;6N - ce , "- 'f'; '7'7' 1 , , „ 1, lli , , ti-w• _,,, ,----- ,.---- ,-. _ - - - --- • i, // '''''' ÷. / 5 .,., 0 ,y _ l / 4 ... , ,' ,:s .....?...,\""'„ ' 40,.. ik ol. 0 i ~.... <•"7 ' Ans , ' A,,i> ..1. 4 , ...57 , - i ,---- -„,..„ * t , •.- 1 , -.' \ve,,, ~,i ittie. ,o ovap- iii,?? 01 1 i,„1., , k - L- ‘..-,.:/. 'Z' lli i/V'/ DI- ' *. , •:-.' 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P., the Deputation from Liverpool, the Mayor of Bolton, Bailie Johnston and Mr. Weir from Glasgow, the Mayor, Mr. Sat terthwaite, and Mr. Higgins, from Lancaster, the Mayor, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. B arnes , .and Mr. Pilot, of Leeds, Mr. Boult bee, Birmingham, the Hon. Mr. Murray, from Edinburgh, Messrs. Joseph and William Walker and R. Wynne, of Wolverhampton, the Mayor of Hull, Messrs. Coppock, Nil strop, and Hudson, of Stockport, Messrs. Barker and Ash croft, of Preston, Mr. Hearne, Wigan, Mr. Erskrigg, War rington,' and deputies from Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Blackburne, Halifax, Rochdale, Sheffield, &c., Doctor Bow ring, Mr. Wm. Ewart, Col. Thompson, Mr. Cobden, &c. &c. The. CHAIRMAN (J. B. Smith, Esq. ) said—Gentlemen, this is the most important meeting hitherto held—the meeting is to decide on future proceedings. We have no definite pro. posal to lay before you, but we have welt considered the sub ject, and have drawn up resolutions, which we wish to submit to your consideration. We shall be happy to receive the sug gestions and opinions of any Gentleman before they are finally adopted. We, therefore, invite discussion upon the most important move we have hitherto taken, in order that we may not commit any error. Mr. Cobden will read the resolutions for you, and submit them for your acceptance. Mr. COBDEN said it had been thought on the present occa sion that the chief plan should be unity of object and unity of action, and so that they should all act as one body in London. They proposed the formation of a Central Board in London, composed of Representatives from all the Associations in the Kingdom, acing there as one body, and pursuing the course to be suggested by these various bodies. Mr. Cobden then read the resolutions, which were subsequently adopted. They were aware that in Manchester at least they were all resolved to spend a little of their fortune, and not a little of their time, in getting rid of these monstrous laws.—(Cheers.) He did not mean to inflict a speech on them, nor would he wish that any other gentleman should detain them too long by discussions upon the principle which was recognised and admitted by all on the present occasion. He would scarcely take time to congratulate them on the proud position they had taken, and on the results of the meeting of yesterday, attended as it was by delegates from all the large towns of the kingdom, and so many Members of Parliament, who had taken an interest in the question.—( ticar, hear.) They were met for business, and as it was a matter of the first importance, he hoped they would proceed to it at once. The resolutions had been hastily drawn up, but still the general course of policy had been long settled in their minds. The phrases°. logy of the resolutions was, however, thrown out for considera tion, and he hoped they could have the advice and opinions of many of the gentlemen present in order to give due effi ciency to them, and enable them to be carried fully into effect. —( Cheers.) Mr. WEirt, of Glasgow, rose to give his unqualifi e d assen t to the re so l ut i ons , an d pledging himself on behalf of the Glasgow Association to abide by them. He did not speak without warrant, because Mr. Johnston and himself had re ceived the following instructions front the Glasgow Anti-Corn law Association : That Messrs. Johnston and Weir be instructed to endea vour to organize a plan at Manchester, with the Members of the Anti-Corn-law Association there, and the delegates from the other Associations who are to meet on the 23d instant, for collecting evidence from different parts of the country, and reporting it to a Central Committee or Board, whose duty it will be to arrange and classify it, and to instruct the various Associations as to the particular points they will be expected to adduce witnesses to prove." What was there pointed out, Glasgow had already in part done. They had drawn up a petition praying to he heard by counsel and witnesses at the bar of the House. They would take nothint , short of the total repeal o f th ose l aws . —(L ou d cheers.) They" had enough to do in their struggle with the landed interests, and they should not. by consenting to any fixed duty give the Government a,greater interest, by a hope of additio r nal revenue, in.,perpet wiring the restrictions on trade. By a! letter lately received from Glasgow he had learned that the petition had already received 40,000 signatures—( Great cheering)—and every person had attached also his address or place of residence.—( Hear, hear.) The petition had been sent into all the mills and factories, and had been freely and readily signed by the working people. They had not stopped there, but had appointed a Committee to whom was referred the duty of drawing up resolutions, and circulating informa tion for the purpose of procuring facts to lay before the House of Commons. These facts had been drawn up with all the care and caution with which a lawyer would prepare proofs of a case to be laid before a jury. He would add that to the same Committee was entrusted the duty of procuring and classify ing information from all the neighbouring districts, that it might be submitted to the Central Board for its further con sideration.--( Loud cheers.) The Glasgow people would go along with the other Associations throughout the country, and do whatever was agreed upon by the bcdy at large. They did not mean to stand out on their own particular views of action, but to do all in their power to promote unity and unanimity. The only condition they would make in giving that unqualified pledge was, that in all their transactions they should court publicity—( Hear, hear)—that they should insist on being heard, not before a Committee—but at the bar of the House ; that they should insist on their petitions being discussed: and the only other stipulation was, that they should go for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.--( Cheers.) The CHAIRM AN said he had received a letter from Aberdeen from the Anti-Corn-law Association there, enclosing a pe tition, the statements of which could be proved at the bar of the House of Commons, and praying to be allowed to do so. —( Hear, hear.) They regretted that they had not time to send a deputation to the dinner. Mr. A. PRENTICE, of the Manchester Times, gave an in stance of the inefficacy of the present mode of treating pe titions in the House of Common!, with regard to one forwarded from Manchester last Session, which had been, without any observation, thrust into the bag, and was never afterwards heard of. The CHAIRMAN suggested it might be as well to hear the sentiments of the various delegates before the resolutions were ai:opted. Mr. WEIR said he had forgot to state the amount of sub• scriptions that had been received in Glasgow. The sum of 5001., which it had been announced was received, was only for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the Asso ciation, and he had no doubt that a much larger amount would be received.—( Hear, hear.) He begged to move the first resolution, which was as follows: '• That at a meeting of delegates from the principal manu facturing and commercial towns of the kingdom, held at the York Hotel, in Manchester, on the 24th of January, 1839, to determine upon the course to be pursued for effecting the total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, it was resolved— That this meeting of representatives from all the great sections of our manufacturing and commercial population, so lemnly declare it to be their conviction that the prosperity of the great staples upon which their capital and industry are employed, are in imminent danger from the operation of the laws which interdict or interfere with the exchange of their productions for the corn and other produce of other nations, and thus check our trade, and artificially enhance the price of food in this country; and believing that the facts upon which this judgment is formed, are too little known, and of such national importance as to call for their disclosure before 3 the people's representat iv es , they earnestly recommend that petitions be immediately forwarded from all parts of the king dom, praying to be heard by counsel and evidence at the bar of the House of Commons in the approaching session of Par liament."—( Cheers.) Mr. BOULTBEE, from Birmingham, seconded the resolution, and stated his opinion, after 20 years' deliberate consideration of this question was, that there was nothing which embarrassed the country so much, and nothing which threw so many impe diments in the way of our com merce, as the Corn-laws.— (Hear.) The views he entertained on t hi s su bj ect diff ere d a good deal from the views of others, particularly in his own was that the l an dl o rd s them selves would be as much benefited by the repeal of the Corn laws as any other class of society,_( Cheers.) Two errors were fallen into by those who had not the means or the time to investi gate this subject--one was that the prohibition on the importa tion of wheat would raise its price ; the other that cheap provision was necessarily beneficial to the poor. The first position might be true, if the importation of wheat added to the supply, and no addition was made to the demand ; but if the very act of adding to t h e su pply also a dd ed to the demand, it came round to the same thing.—( Hear, hear.) Every instance for the last 200 years showed that whe n the importation had been prohibited, the price bad fallen. When it was free the price had risen. In 1683 the price of wheat was 458. 41 for an average of half a century. At that period, like the present, the landlords took it into their heads to endeavour to raise the price to 545. ; but the very measure they took to increase the price had the effect of reducing it to 365., and for very many years afterwards the average price was 365. instead of 455. 4d.—(Hear, hear, hear.) 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Colonel THOMPSON would take the liberty of suggesting an idea, which he did not flatter himself would be adopted, but really if it were left to his decision he should openly vote for demanding something like compensation in the shape of a bounty en the importation of foreign corn for a term of years. No man ever got all he asked for, therefore he would ring that principle in their ears for the sake of demanding of them a statement of the principles on which they opposed it. If any gentleman in Manchester thought that principle was just, and is aintainable, perhaps, he would give him the advantage of his local support.-4 Hear.) He wished every exertion to be made to enforce the right—he called it a right, the con stitutional right—of having observations made on their petitions in Parliament.—( Cheers.) A severer infringement on all that Englishmen have considered their rights was never made.—( Hear, hear.) When he had the honour of a scat in the House of Commons he took the pains to inquire the origin of this suppression of the right of petitioning, and he was in formed it had been arranged after midnight—but nobody knew by whom or when—that no further debate should take place on petitions.—( Laughter.) He once heard the Hon. Member for Middlesex (Mr. Htime) stopped, because he wanted to read a statement of the number of places from which he had petitions to present, and he was told he must "bring them up."—( Laughter.) It would not be diffi cult for a small number of resolute Members to put down this system.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He once took the liberty of telling the Speaker that he thought two minutes was a long time to speak on a petition, and the Speaker took that as an intimation that he did not intend to speak for two minutes ; so that he was always successful in saying something bitter on the petitions, and had the satisfaction of seeing it in the Newspaper the next day.—(Hear, hear, and laughter. ) Was there any assistance which he, not being a Member of the House of Commons, could render to the objects of the Association ? Perhaps - it" was a wild imagination, but it had often occurred to him, that he could af ford that assistance which an Attorney afforded to a Coun sel in getting up his brief.—(A laugh.) If lie could render any assistance, his time and attention were completely at their service..--( Cheers.) He had a son who was a bar rister (he would not go the length of saying he was a learned man), but he could assure them the services of both were en tirely at their command. He had received a letter from the Secretary of the Anti-Corn-law Association in London, and he ought to make some apology for the very little success that had attended their exertions in London. The fact was they were nobody, for they were not more than half-a-dozen —( Laughter)—but they were zealous in the cause.—(l-Tear, hear.) The Secretary in his letter stated that— "At a. meeting of y the Committee this evening, it was suggested that I should write to you, to request you to make offer of the services of the Association during the approach ing Session, to the delegates of the different local Anti- Corn law Societies whom you may meet at Manchester. " It was also determined—that I should address al lthe Pro vincial Associatiors already formed, requesting an account of their proceedings, as a first step to the opening a constant communication with them, if fcund to be hereafter deli.. rable."—( Hear, bear.) Silver and gold they had none, but if the apartments they held in London would be at all convenient to the delegates they were welcome to make what use they pleased of them.— ( Cheers.) The Hon. ERSKINE MURRAY merely rose to make a few ob servations with regard to this resolution, and to inform the meeting of the course which the people of Edinburgh had pursued with regard to these laws. There was no Anti.Corn law Association in Edinburgh, but, owing to the proceedings in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on a late occasion the feelings of the people of Edinburgh had been roused to no ordinary degree from the facts stated on that occasion— ( Hear, hear)—although they only commenced their proceed. ings on Thursday last, they held a meeting on Monday, at which 2,000 inhabitants of Edinburgh attended, and at that meeting they did not compromise the question. They did not advocate a fixed duty, but they advocated the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) He stood there interested not so much as a manufacturer as an agricul turist, and perhaps in the course of the evening, if there was time, he would take the liberty of stating what were the sen timents of the Scotch agriculturists with regard to the work ing of those laws.—( Hear, hear.) If intelligent witnesses were necessary in defence of their arguments, he would be able to muster a sufficient body;of intelligent Scotch agricultu rists to prove the iniquity of those laws.—( Hear, hear.) They had as yet had no time to form an Association, for on Monday night he had barely time after the meeting to get into the mail for Manchester. On his return he should express to the in habitants of Edinburgh the great and beneficial effects which, in his opinion, the meetings in Manchester would have gene rally throughout the country. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Gara said the observations many gentlemen present had to make were extremely important, and it would not be fair to suppress all discus,ion, which was of very great value at the present moment. He thought some latitude ought to he allowed to the deputies in commenting upon the resolutions before them. Mr. Wm.rustAv, of Liverpool, stated that the resolutions carried at the meeting lately held there, were carried by a ma jority of fifty to one.—(Cheers.) The amendment proposed, which required a sort of compromise, was negatived by an overwhelming majority. The Association had been formed, sod he could promise them the hearty co-operation of that body. Ile believed there was not the same unanimity on the subject in Liverpool as in Glasgow. In the former place it hail unfortunately been made a party question ; but he had no doubt that their petition would be most numerously and re spectably signed.--(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. W. concluded by moving the second resolution, which was as follows : " That, in order to secure unity and efficiency of action, this meeting recommends that a Central Board of Delegates be appointed by the several Corn-law Associations of the kingdom, to assemble in London at the opening of Parlia ment, to whom shall be entrusted, amongst other business, the duty of obtaining the services of such Members as may be in clined to urge'their cause with efficiency in Parliament; and, in the meantime, this:meeting impresses upon all those local bodies the necessity of immediately collecting and arranging their evidence, and placing it at the disposal of the Central Board. Those manufacturing and commercial towns not already possessing such societies, are earnestly recommended to form Anti- : Corn- Law Associations; and in case they re quire information or advice, they are invited to put themselves immediately in co rrespon d ence w i th the Manchester Associa tion, whose fundamental rule, prohibiting, the discussion of any party or political topics, is especially recommended for the adoption of all similar bodies elsewhere." The MAYOR of LEEDS seconded the resolution. The people of Leeds had not been backward in the good cause, A public meeting, at which about 8,000 people attended, had been held there on Tuesday week, and the petition, which was almost unanimously carried, had received upu ards of 15,000 signatures.— Loud cheers.) At that meeting the Chartists had attempted an amendment, but had utterly failed. It would be seen from that that the town of Leeds had done its duty. —( Applause. ) Mr. BOLTON, of Liverpool, said with respect to the sug gestion of seeking redress for past grievances, put forth by Colonel Thompson, that the meeting would, he thought, be happy to agree with him in granting a bill of indemnity for the past. Mr. Bolton then alluded to the opposition the advo cates of the reneal of the Corn-laws had experienced from the old Tory Corporation of Liverpool, but they would take care to instruct their representatives, Lord Sandon and Mr. Creswell, as to the necessity of not having their petitions thrust into the bag, but that they should be properly discussed in the House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. WALKER, of Wolverhampton, wished to offer a few re marks, as he would not have an opportunity of meeting them this evening. In his district they were peculiarly circum stanced, and it might be supposed favoured, for they bad the raw material of iron and coal under their feet, and if it was shown that with such advantages other nations had successfully competed with them in their manufactures, the fact would be of some importance.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. W.) was a wholesale ironmonger, purchasing from the manufacturer, and selling to the consumers in England, and in foreign countries, particularly South America and the United States. He had upon his books large orders for hardware, but he could not execute them, because he was undersold by the Belgians and Prussians.—( Hear, hear.) Six or eight mouths ago he had exported goods to Rio, he had orders from the same quar ter, for similar descriptions of goods, but a week ago he had received a letter, desiring him not to execute these orders, because the previous goods could not be sold without a loss, and the reason was, that owing to a little buoyancy ;n the trade at home they bad been compelled to pay about I2f per cent. advance upon what they had previously paid. The fact was, that when the price of goods was advanced the price of labour was advanced in England. The competition of the foreigner was such that the goods could not then be sold with out loss. It struck him that that fact was a conclusive an swer to those who said that the repeal of the Corn-laws was equivalent to a reduction of the wages of labour; the fact was, that the wages of labour had nothing to do with the Corn-laws. In the present case he could not execute the orders until the wages of the labourer had dropped so as to enable him to go into the for e i gn mar k et. — ( H ear , h ear .) He had received a letter from a gentleman who had resided for some time at Rio, and had recently arrived from thence, which he would take the liberty of reading to the meeting.—(Mr. Walker then read the following letter) : " Having resided in Rio de Janeiro, and been engaged in business there since the year 1810, and for the last seventeen years having been more particularly interested in the sale of hardware, I can of my own knowledge state that the compe tition of foreign nations—especially as regards hardware, of the Germans and Belgians—is rspidly increasing in a great variety of articles, a list of which I annex. In some of them, to which machinery cannot be applied in those manufactures, and the cost of which, consequently, in a great measure con. sists in the price of labour, we are already driven out of the market, and in many others the Germans and Belgians all every year gaining ground upon us. " List of articles of hardware in which the Germans and Belgians are successfully competing with us : Adzes, of all sorts Ilammers Awl blades Hinges Augurs Fish-hook knives Gilt beads Locks, of many sorts Beams Penknives - Bad-screws . Pocket knives Bolts, iron and brass Pruning knives Braces and bitty Sailor knives Brushes, of all sorts Shoe knives Chissels, of all sorts Spanish knives Combs Spear-point knives Compasses, iron Toy knives Corkscrews Iron nails, small sizes Files Needles Gauges Pistols, &c., &c. Guns He had also another letter from a Correspondent of his, from whom he requested information on the subject of the competi tion s f foreigners with respect to Sheffield goods, and he would read one extract : " I do not think I am replying to your letter in a manner that uin exactly meet your wishes. You want me to particularise the articles in which the continental manufacturers compete with or supersede us. They are competing with us in all de scriptions of hardware, except where ours are at starvation prices. (The articles are here enumerated.) I would, how ever, recommend you to some of the Birmingham merchants, who travel on the Continent, and who can, I have no doubt, supply you with the most correct information." ( Hear,) If these facts were correct, the meeting would, no doubt, agree with him that they were of some importance, because if, in the only branch in which it was expected they could necessarily compete with the foreigner, they were undersold, how much more evident must it be that the Manchester fabrics nsust be manufactured by them at a lower rate, the cost of the raw material being nearly the same to both parties. The best test the people of Wolverhampton could give them of their sincerity in opposing these odious Corn-laws, was to ask them to. look at the two Representa tives they had sent to Parliament as soon as they were en franchised—(Cheers)—Mr. Whitmore and Mr. Fryer, who had moved in the first Session after he was returned for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. With respect to the present Member, Mr. Villiers, he would say that notwithstanding the admiration entertained for his splendid abilities, if he was not the advocate of the total repeal of those laws he would stand no chance of being returned.—( Cheers.) Having said so much, it was almost unnecessary to add that they would have the zealous support of the people of Wolverhampton. They would meet on Tuesday on the subject, and be could fearlessly say that no compromise would be listened to. A suggestion had been thrown out, which they meant to act upon, namely, to send not only a petition from the borough of Wolverhampe ton, but sectional petitions —one from the working men, one from the master manufacturers, one from the merchants, one from the Anti-Corn-law Association, and thus keep pouring in a vast tide of petitions into the Ilouse of Commons— (Cheers)—and be was sure their two excellent Represents.. tives would not consent that they should be treated in the way that had been hitherto done. He would conclude by moving the following resolution : " That the agricultural proprietor, capitalist, and labourer, are benefited equally with the traders, by the creation and cir culation of the wealth of the country ; and this meeting ap peals to all those classes to co-operate for the removal of a monopoly which, by restricting the foreign commerce of the country, retards the increase of population, end restrains the growth of towns : thus depriving them of the manifold re sources to be derived from the augmenting numbers and wealth of the country." The MAYOR of LANCASTER seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A DELEGATE w ished to know what were the precise instruc tions to be giver, to the delegates to be elected to the Central Committee ? It was right that they should be pledged to the total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. PLINT, of Leeds, thought the repeal should be total, and also immediate, although practically it would be gradual. The proper precautions would, no doubt, be taken by the agri culturists abroad to prevent a great influx and sudden fall in the price of corn. He did not think, however, that they would procure delegates from Leeds, if the word " imme diate" was introduced. He thought the idea entertained by the Association there on that point erroneous, but it was important to avoid any expression which might break up and disunite the great mercantile interests of the country; when they had agreed to go for the "total'' repeal, he thought it would be inadvisable to add the word " immediate." The impression produced by Mr. Paulton's lectures in Leeds, had induced them at once to get up a public meeting, and an Anti.. Corn-law Association was immediately formed. About 3001. was subscribed, and they would largely increase that sum. They calculated upon getting up, in a fortnight, about thirty petitions, from Leeds and its vicinity, signed by from 300 to 500 persons each. He thought the formation of a Central Association in London, required very mature consideration. There were the financial arrangements which were also to be looked to. They might at once draw up a number of direc tions to the provincial Societies, pointing out the sort of infor mat on they required, and the form in which it should be sent in. as very great ignorance existed iu many quarters upon the subject. The sooner that was done, and the sooner a corres pondence was opened by them with every Society in the country, the better. He did not think the Central Committee in London, should be the head of the Association. He thought the Committee should be acting under the control of an Association, sitting in the country, and he should suggest Manchester as the best place for that purpose. He threw that out for the consideration of the meeting. Mr. BOULTBEE confirmed the observation of the Secretary of the Birmingham Association. He contended that they ought to go for the whole measure, and leave it to their op ponents to fritter down what concessions would be granted. It was understood further that no Member of Parliament should be called upon to advocate their cause who did not demand the total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. PEARSON was glad the principle had been well recog nised and established, because much valuable time had been lost on the question of slavery, which he had been deeply in terested in, by losing sight of it. In that case they should have demanded compensation for the negro instead of the planter. They actually ought to insist upon a bounty upon the importation of corn; but if the Government would at once, and for ever, abolish those obnoxious laws, they would give up their claim to compensation.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. RAWSON regretted very much to hear the statements made by Mr. Plint. He hoped there would be division in the Association on the subject. If they could not go in some shape together, they ought not, for the sake of a single town or province, to compromise their principles.—(Loud cheers.) He wished he could have an interview for halt' an hour with that gentleman, because he would be able to convince him of his error. He had great respect for his talent and ability, and that was why he was so much alarmed at the sentiments ex pressed by him.-_( Hear, hear.) Mr. PLINT said no one would go further on the subject than himself; and, in a letter addressed by him to the Leeds Mer cury, he had predicted the events of the last twelve months, from the statements and facts put forward by Colonel Thomp son and others.—( Hear, bear.) Mr. WYNNE was for "no surrender." He was for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Mr. MURRAY, on behalf of the landlords and tenantry of his district, hoped the word "immediate" would be added to the total repeal of the Corn laws.__.( Hear.) Mr. WEIR believed that the Corn- lawsgave the landlords only a dream of prosperity, and that the benefit that would accrue to them by the repeal of those laws, through the increased commerce and trade of the country, would be such as they had never yet derived.—( Hear, hear.) If the monster was at once struck down, both landlord and tenant would find im mediate and beneficial relief.—( Hear, bear.) Dr. BOWRINO observed that the immediate repeal would only introduce a gradual exchange on the Continent. The CHAIRMAN thought it was most important that sound principles should be, put before the public. At the Chamber of Commerce that course was pursued and the battle won— ( Hear, hear)—and he was glad to find that no meeting had been held since in the country that had not adopted the prin ciples laid down at the Chamber of Commerce.—(Hear.) It was then put, and carried unanimously, that the words " total and immediate repeal" should stand in the resolution. The MAY OR of BOLTON moved the next resolution, " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its deep sympathy with the personal privations of that great and valuable class of their own countrymen who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow, so many of whom are now suffering from hunger in the midst of boundless fields of em ployment, rendered unproductive solely by those unjust laws which prevent the exchange of the products of their industry for the food of other countries. So long as a plentiful supply of the first necessaries of life is denied by Acts of the British Legislature to the great body of the nation, so long will the Government and the country be justly exposed to all the evils resulting from the discontent of the people. With a view to avert so great a danger by an act of universal justice, this meeting pledges itself to a united, energetic, and persevering effort for the total and immediate repeal of all laws affecting the free importation of food ;" and expressed a strong opinion in favour of the principles on which this meeting was founded. The general feeling of the town was in favour of a total repeal, and they would never be able to get the co-operation of the remarkable ._( H that e an nothing people unless th e y stu c k to true principles, because, ignorant as the people were said to be,it wa but true principles would go down w s ith The Hon. Mr. MURRAY seconded the resolution, which was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously, hem The CHAIRMAN said the next point for their consideration was as to the period when it would be expedient for the Dele gates to assemble in London. He believed the general feeling was, that they ought to be in London on the sth of February next.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Peirce inquired what arrangements would be made with regard to pecuniary matters? The CHAIRMAN said that each town would pay the expense of its own Delegates, and that the general expenses would be shared alike. Mr. PUNT sugge t sted that Manchester should be the Cen tral Committee. Mr. COPPOCK, o f S toc k port, thought it would be better that those in London should be the leading body, because all their leaders would be in London.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EWART suggested that as the delegates would be a re• sponsible body they ought to have full powers to act as they thought best. He (Mr. Ewart) was now unemployed, not being in the House ; and if he could by any means be of the slightest use to them he should consider it a great honour to devote himself in the most zealous manner, in London, to any employment they might think proper to devolve upon him. Mr. VILLIERS, M.P., thought the question was what mo tion was to be brought before the House ? Was it a motion