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SHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That the Finance and Home Committee Will be ready on or 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.:— WE - ST HARTLEY CARR'S HARTLEY LAMBTON'S WALL'S END STEWART'S WALL'S END WITH WHldli THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. Or, HETTON'S WALL'S END. The Tenders are to be made according to a Form which wi:3 be had upon application at the Marine Branch of the Secretar)'s Of fice i n th e East India House, with Conditions 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. N o. 14,472. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1839. PRICE sd. MELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE IN ANTI-CORN LAW MEETING. yielded no profit, and that unless there was some change he must leave the country, and go where he could manufacture his goads and ob tain some fair profit. If he did this, what was to become of the men formerly employed by him ?—(Hear, hear.) In the county of Lancashire alone, in the years 1833, 1833, and 1834, the manfacturers had expended, in buildings and machinery, three millions of money, employing nearly 100,000 men. If we were reduced to an agricultural country, what would there be to call for the labour of so many human beings within so small a space? For these reasons, he was of opinion that the Corn-laws had a most pernicious tendency; and he had, there fore, the greatest pleasure in proposing the following resolution : " That the prohibitory duties on the importation of corn operate to ex clude foreign competition, and have a strong tendency to force up the price of that commodity and the other necessaries of life, thereby en abling foreigners to compete with, and even supersede us, in the supply of manufactured goods, in the home as well as the foreign markets, not. withstanding our superior industry, science, and capital." Mr. THoMsoN, in seconding the resolution, said this was not a ques tion between a small number of men on one side, and a small number of men on the other. It was a question between thirty millions and thirty thousand—(Hear)—for the landholders were not above thirty thousand in number, and the population of the United Kingdom was near thirty millions. So that it eras really a question whether, for the emolument and advantage of one landholder, a thousand of his fellow-countrymen were to have a law raising the price of the first article of subsistence ? The resolution was put, and carried by acclamation. PUBLICATIONS. PLYMOUTH SOUND. JAMES C. MEL VILL, Secretary. THE CORN-LAWS.—Now ready, prise 35., AN AUTHENTIC REPORT of the PRO CEEDINGS of the MANCHESTER CHAMBER of COMMERCE on the CORN-LAWS; with Notes illustrative of the subject, and Observations Explanatory of the Position of some of the Members attending the Meetings. Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—0 n Tuesday afternoon, the 22d in stant, a party of three young gentlemen went out in a boat, for the purpose of shooting gulls in Plymouth Sound, attended by two boatmen, named Langmaid and Chapman. They were sailing under the cliffs in the neighbourhood of Booisand, and when off a point called the Withy Edge, a sudden squall of wind capsized the boat, and they were all plunged into the sea. No assistance was at hand, as the accident occurred up wards of a mile distant from the vends which were lying at anchor in the Sound, and four out of the five unhappily fell victims to the sudden calamity, and were drowned. The party consisted of Mr. Samuel Sparrow, the youngest son of Benjamin Sparrow, Esq., of Plymouth (drowned); his age was about seventeen ; two sons of Mr. Stewart, the su perintendent of the Breakwater—(one was drowned, the other clung to the bottom of the boat, and was taken up in a very exhausted state); the boatmen were both drowned. This disastrous event has cast a gloom over the whole town in which the families of the youthful sufferers have been long known, and highly respected ; and this feeling of sad excite ment will not be wondered at when we reflect upon the num ber of similar accidents which have occurred in mournful suc cession during the present winter. So great a loss of life, in one season, from the upsetting of boats, is entirely without pa renel in the history of the po-t. sale Ber- NEXT PR ESENTATION-D EVON-FOR SALE, to the RECTORY of JACOBSTOW, only four Miles from Oakhampton, and 20 from Exeter. The incumbent is In his 80th year. The estimated income is 300/. per annum. For further particulars application to be made to Mess. Few, Ha milton, and Few, Solicitors, Covent-garden, by letter, post paid. S to t Is 48:=. sold TEEKE'S Magnificent MEDALLION POR TRAIT of the QUEEN. Proofs Two Guineas before letters, and One Guinea after letters. The Prints to be presented gratis with the COURT GAZETTE of Saturday week are now ready, and may be had of the newsmen in the order of application as worked off the plate. Expensive Prints are presented every week, and may be had on Fridays for country parcels. Published at 343, Strand. Price 6d. Advertisements for the 2d of February, Is. per line, and none under 101. On Saturday, OBSERVATIONS in REPLY to a PAMPH LET by the Rev. RICHARD JONES, entitled" Re marks on the Manner in which TITHES should be assessed to the POOR RATE." _ _ puns The ook it to By WILLIAM BLAKE, Esq., F.R.S. John Murray, Albemarle-street. New Edition, improved, price Is. 6d., of CARPENTER'S ENGLISH SPELLING. lJ * Notice.—The only genuine and complete edition of Carpenter's Spelling is published by Alessrs. Longman and Co., and Messrs. Whittaker and Co. Any person selling any other edition than the above is liable to action at law ; and, on discovery, will immediately be proceeded against by the proprietors. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. ; and Whittaker and Co. acre, r Ib, s 3d sold MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION RAILWAY COMPANY. . Several other resolutions, of a similar nature, were also passed. A petition to both Houses of Parliament, praying for an immediate and total abolition of the Corn-laws, was agreed to; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman for his impartial conduct, the meeting sepa rated. BECK'S JURISPRUDENCE. )ut of ease. rags Os. sd• O 6 0 5 O 6 1 0 0 10 O 0 ras H ated. A ise of 'Oice undo ,rnhill, c that Spoons , after usual C. 0 s. ti• 0 5 0 2 R 7 a ) 7 6 117 6 1 2 6 4 16 0 2 21 1101 12' 1 3 0 VElt ;, and Pat reet). ap- either uired. 'pyerS, ady of ne, of Notice is hereby given that the BLACK SCRIP issued by the Company is no longer available, and it is requested that the same b.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, January 22d, 1839. No. 6, Great Winchester-street, London, LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. At a General Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on THURSDAY, January 17, 1839. JOHN HARMAN, Esq., in the Chair. Resolved—" That the report now read be received, entered on the minutes and printed, and a copy sent to each of the Proprietors. " That the declaration of forfeiture of 103 shares, viz.-28 shares, Nos. 28,811 to 28,838 ; 55 shares, Nos. 29,916 to 29,970 ; 20 shares, Nos. 9,508 to 9,527 ; under minute of the Board of Di rectors of the 6th day of September last be, and is hereby confirmed, and that the Directors do dispose of the said forfeited shares, pur suant to Act of Parliament. " That the following Directors, who went out of office according to the provisions of the Act, be, and they arc hereby re-elected ; G. R. Beauclerc, Esq.; J. L. Goldsmid, Esq. ; Major-Gen. Hodgs on ; Capt. Pringle; and John Shewell, Esq. " That the best thanks of this Meeting are justly due, and are hereby given, to the Chairman and Directors for their unwearied exertions for the interest of the Company. " That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Ras trick for his indefatigable exertions, and for his most satisfactory ex- Position of the state of the works. " JOIIN HARMAN, Chairman." London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, An g el-court, Throgmorton-street, 17th Jan:, 1839. THE METROPOLITAN BANK. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. Ira Forty Thousand Shares of Twenty-five Pounds each. Deposit 2/. 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. Major-General Henry Wyndham. Charles Pelham Villiers, Esq., M.P. John Ellis, Esq., M.P. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—The Right Honourable Thomas P. Courtenay. DEPUTY CHAIR3IAN—John Ellis, Esq., M.P. Henry_ Jelf Sharp, F.sq : Charles Waite, Esq. I t • W. S. Lutwidge, Esq. Edward Winslow, Esq. , 'Joseph Wooler, Esq. Vernon Abbot, Esq. Charles Francis, Esq. John Baines, Esq. T. C. Granger, Esq. , John Dangerfield, Esq. William Dacres Adams, Esq. With power to add to their number. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Murrays and Rymer, 59, Chancery - lane , London. Messrs. H o p e and Oliphant, 10, Rutland-square, Edinburgh. Applications for Shares (post paid) may be made to the Direc lers, at the offices of the Solicitors, of whom Prospectuses may be Deposits upon Shares allotted may be paid on account of the Trustees, as under : London—Messrs. Cockburn and Co., 4, Whitehall. Paris—Mes s rs. Laffitte, Blount, and Co. Carlisle--The Carlisle and Cumberland Bank. Gloucester—The County of Gloucester Bank. Workington—The Cumberland Union Bank. Derby—The Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company. Norwich—The East of England Bank. Nottingham—The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank. Bristol—The West of England and South Wales District Bank. Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company. Leeds—The Yorkshire District Bank and Branches. Stamford—The Stamford and Spalding Banking Company. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON. Capital 3,000,0001., in Shares of 501. each. Deposit 51. per Share. DIRECTORS. Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman. Thomas Meux, Esq. Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. A. Cockburn, Esq. George Webster, Esq. David Skaiffe, Esq. Jahn Barnes, Esq. Benjamin Boyd, Esq. 1, W. Sutherland, Esq. Peter Laurie , Esq. i'• M. Nurse, Esq. James Farquhar , Esq. I tior-Gen. Archibald Robert- W. P. Craufurd, Esq. s on, Hon. E.I. C. S. I John Connell , Esq. n T his, Bank is established on the principles of the Joint S tock l alKs in Scotland, the complete success of vihich is demonstrated by the following extract from the official Share List of 25th De lereber, Is3B, showing the state of Five Banks of this description, drying on business in Edinburgh. BANKS. Paid up Dividend. Orginal Paid Present took Capitll. Share.v up. Value. l t , ,af Scotland L 1,060,600 6 per t 7ent. £lOO £lOO £l93 i 0 t.‘ nt . Bank of Scotland 2,b00,C00 5-1 per cell!, Iko 100 2 ( 0 1 c ' 0 .1 611 Linen Company 600,000 8 per cent, 100 10) 240 tatnercial Bank of N a Bc ti sti ona a l nd ßank of Soot- 600,000 6 per cent. 500 100 176 0 land 500,000 6 per cent. 100 10 16 5 Pxid-up Capital £4,6041,000 ~.IVlost of these Banks have besides paid large Bonuses to their oprietary, 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 o f t h e system that of the many private Banks formerly carrying on business in Edinburgh only one exists at present. There are wily three Joint Stock Banks in London, with a p aid up capital 1,0 0 0,0001., the Shares of all of which are at a hi g h • • It is the intention of the Directors to allow interest on deposit "counts, under proper rules and regulations, which, with other details as to the transaction of business with the Bank, will be hereafter announced. ~.As a su ffi cient capital has already been subscribed to enable the 1-nrectors to commence business immediately, they have resolved, order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise In other undertakings from an unrestricted application for shares, and to i n d uce on ly th ose t o app l y w h o wish to become bona lido proprietors, will not entertain any application unless made 5 0 the printed forms provided by them for that purpose, and accom- Padied by a payment of 21. upon each share applied for, the Di rectors reserving to themselves at the time of appropriatio n the Tight t o reject 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 sharesallotted to him. It is not in contemplation to call up more than 10/. 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 Bank-buildings. Liverpool—Liverpool Commercial Bank. Birmingham—Birmingham and Midland Bank. Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland. Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland. Dundee—Eastern Bank of Scotland. Aberdeen—North of Scotland Bank. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. London, January, 1839. BARFIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW DER, warranted not to wear the plate. It instantly clears tarnish and dirt, and magically produces a most inimitable Polish upon Geld, Silver, Plated Goods, Brass, .Tin, Copper, and makes British Plate, Zinc, and Pewter, look as white as the best Silver. Sold, wholesale and retail, at llallet and Co.'s British Plate Factory, 41, Ludgate-street. Bateman, Chemist to the Queenßoole, Manchester. No. 8, Castle st ree t, Leice s ter-!Holbrook, 115, Grafton-street, square. I Dublin. J. Chappell, ,54, Lombard-street. Parkinson, Birmingham. Filson, 87, Fe uchurch-street. Nettleship, Lincoln. Warren and Son.. Carmarthen. Bloomfield, Poole, Dorset. Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight. And at the Manufactor AGENTS WANTED for N.B.—Plate cleaned with this Y, 92, Fenchurch-street. every Town in the Kingdom. powder will not again tarnish. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.—The ex traordinary patronage with which this favourite beverage has been honoured by the Nobility, the Me dical Profession, and b y an classes of the community, since its introduction in 1829, affords, of itself, sufficient evidence of its unequalled merits. To this triumphant success must be attributed the fact, that each sueseeding year has witnessed the birth and death of some new Brandy Ustablishment ; cabledinto life by jealousy of the success of the Patent Brandy, and d o omed to certain failure as a necessary ionsequenee ; being totally u cable to produce an article capable of sustaining a competition with it. The only E s t a bli s h men t o f J. Betts and Co. is th e Distiller y . ro . 7 , Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street, where the Patent Brandy may be had either pale or coloured, in quantities not l ess than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gal -11.2n, far Cash on delivery. ------------ GOUT. AN infallible remedy for this dreadful malady, in a Syrup, purely Vegetable, has been at length discovered by Monsieur PHIL. 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TREATISE ON STRIC TURE of the URETHRA ; wherein is recommended an Improved Mode of Treatment, its efficacy being irrefragably il lustrataby numerous highly interesting and important Cases, many of which had for years resisted all other means of cure, and were i n a few weeks completely removed by this powerful, safe, and effi cient remedy. By C. B. COURTRNAY, M.D. 42, Great Marlbereugh-street. Sold by T. Hill, Medical Bookseller, G rea t Wi n d m ill- s t ree t, Haymarket; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall -court ; On whvn, Catherine -street, Strand; Templeman, R egen t -stree t, Lon don' ; Barlow, Birmingham ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers in Town or Country. TO THE EDITOR 9F THE SUN. Plymouth, Jan. 22. SIR-I observe in The Sun of the 19th inst., a letter frcm a Bristol Correspondent, remarking upon tile superiority of that place as a point for transatlantic steam navigation, and endeavouring to depreciate the character of °tilor ports—Ply mouth among the rest. Now when a man steps forward as the author of statements likely to affect the interests either of persons or places, he ought to be very careful that those state ments are grounded upon well- established and indisputable facts, otherwise he exposes himself to the charge of wilful misrepresentation, not to say libel. He states, as a proof of the insecurity of Plymouth Sound, that when the Inconstant, frigate, arrived from Canada with Lord Durham, " no com munication could be had with the ship for three days." Upon what authority, I ask, does he make such an assertion, in the face of the fallowing facts:—lmmediately on the arrival of the Inconstant, a member of Lord Durham's suite landed with the despatches, and proceeded, without delay, to London. Soon after day-break, the Admiral sent off his tender to convey Lord Durham ashore ; but, owing to the heavy sea running, it was not thought advisable to remove the ladies of his Lordship's family, and the Earl preferred remaining on board with them, rather than land without them. The Admi ral's cutter remained in attendance nearly the whole day, cruis ing round the frigate, and the Harbour- master also visited her. The gale continued with increasing violence for three days, during which a daily communication was kept up, and his Lordship's despatches sent on board; and the merchants' boarding-gigs were in attendance on the other ships, in va rious parts of the Sound. It is really stepping somewhat be yond the line of fair and honest comparison when the charac ter of one harbour is condemned upon such evidence, far the purpose of upholding the claims of another. But, since the question has been raised, it may he well to mention one or two FACTS, by which the public may be assisted in forming a judg ment upon the important point as to the SAFEST and best port for steam communication with the Atlantic. Six of the largest class Irish steamers enter and leave Plymouth Harbour every week, one to and from Havre, one to the Islands, besides smaller coasting steamers. The large Government steam-ships are also continually coming to and leaving the port; and, with all this steam communication during a period of many years, there has never bean a single case of wreck or even serious in jury to any one steamer; whilst, if my recollection serves me, the Erin was lost some years since, with all hands, in the Bristol Channel, and soon after another of the large class Irish steamers (whose name I cannot recal) was wrecked upon the Sands, whilst proceeding from Cork to Bristol, when every soul on board also perished, This comparison tells somewhat more closely than tile Bristol version of the Incomstant. A safe anchorage at Kingroad is not the only point to be consi dered. The Catwater at Plymouth is equally sheltered and secure, and much nearer the town, Kingroad being several miles from the town of Bristol. But will your Bristol Cor respondent maintain that 60 miles of Channel navigation, with the iron-bound coast of Cornwall on the South, and dan gerous and too often fatal Sands on the North, is more safe and desirable for communication with the Atlantic than an open port like Plymouth, whose Breakwater is washed by the broad Atlantic itself? Yes, if Plymouth Sound was the only anchorage and shelter it possessed, as our Bristol friend seems to imagine he might argue so. But he never can have visited the port, or he unfairly misrepresents, if he would hide from public view the noble and capacious harbours of Catwater and Harnoaze immediately adjacent to the two towns, Plymouth and Devonport. I throw out these remarks in justification of the character of a port which I conceive has been unjustly attacked, but which, at the same time, I am willing to hope has been attacked more in ignorance than malice. EDMUND FRY. ROYAL SOCIETY OF HORTICUL- TURE AND AGRICULTURE. At the ordinary meeting, on Tuesday evening, Mr. Glenny, P. H. S., in the chair, Professor Johnson deliv,red a lecture on the orchidaceous plants, several beautiful specimens of which were on the table. These are, perhaps, without ex ception, the most remarkable and isolated group which the vegetable kingdom presents ; fur, unless in the possession of organs which are common to all flowering plants, they have no tokens of affinity with any other. They are, for the most part, herbaceous plants, very few only assuming a semi fructescent character ; and in the characters of their roots as well as flowers they differ from other varieties of plants. The obscurity that involves their functions, and the equivocal characters of the anthers and stigma is, and will probably long continue to be, an obstacle to the profuse production of varieties which has followed the efforts of cultivation in other tribes, and at the same time the daily importation of new species is calculated to check the desire of the culti vator to vary by his art those which he at present possesses—a cause which it is likely will operate for an indefinite period, so small is the portion of orchidaceous plants contained in the collections of this cruntry compared with those which actually exist throughout the world. Not more than 500 or 600 spe cies on the widest estimation have yet been seen in the living state in our part of the globe ; but it has been calculated that at the least 1,000 species more exist in the intertropical re gions. No natural order presents such numerous and diversi fied modifications in the flower, and the variations present such grotesque, imitative, and beautiful combinations of vegetable feature, that the most incurious eye could scarcely fail of being interested in beholding them. The popular names by which many of them are known, are founded upon fanciful resem blances to different animals, and in our native spe cies we have the bee, the spider, the frog, and the man orchis. What may be the object of nature in the remarkable deviations here presented it is diffi cult to conjecture ; but the Lecturer gave it as his opinion that they were destined to protect the pollen from the depre dations of insects, which collect that and other plants for food and other purposes. Some grin like monkeys, while others resemble enormous spiders, or some other ravenous in sect, with eyes fixed and claws extended to seize its daring de predator. The cultivation of these plants has, within a few years, been brought to a degree of systematic excellence which would at first appear to leave little room for improvement; but whoever grows them to any extent has continually to deplore the loss or gradual deterioration, of numerous species, under the treatment to which they are subjected. The Lecturer expressed himself on this point, that a very egregious error was committed by most collectors by submit ting them all to similar circumstances of cultivation, and that too little attention was paid to their geographical and physical conditions. Few natural orders have a wider distribution, as orchidea form a part of the scanty Flora of Lapland and Siberia, almost on the borders of the Frozen Ocean, and they contribute more espezially towards swelling the rich catalogue of tropical vegetation. Of those which derive their nutriment chiefly from the atmosphere, and some of which are capable of subsisting for weeks, and even months suspended from the ceiling of a chamber without any visible support, the most interesting is the Chinese air plant, so called from the use to which the Japanese and Chinese apply it in consequence of this pro perty and the fragrance and beauty of the flowers. The daily improvements of floriculture leave us not without hopes of ere long seeing some of those singular plants thus displaying their beauties in the drawing rooms of the wealthy and the study of the amateur in England. The principal economical use of this tribe is in one variety producing a saloop, a nutritious, and formerly a very popular beverage of the poorer classes of London. Vanilla is also the product of another species, and it may be remarked, that one characteristic of the tribe is the total absence of any deleterio us or poisonous principle. On 'Tuesday afternoon Mr. Crouch, a gentleman re siding in High -street, Marylebone, was about to show a friend the fast trotting qualities of a blood mare he had recently pur chased, and for that purpose went to the stables, Nottingham mews, New-road, where she was put in a gig; but Mr. C. and his friend had scarcely taken their seats when the animal took fright and started off at full speed; at the earner of the mews the wheel came in contact with a post, and by the con cussion both gentlemen were thrown out. The mare began plunging violently, sad at length having by breaking both shafts released herself from the chaise, ran off into Nottingham street, and was only stoppld by coming in contact with the iron railings of the area of No. 10 ; one of the spikes caught the collar, and in the animal's efforts to disengage herself, she broke ten of the rails completely in half. She was then about stepping forward, by which she would inevitably have fallen into the area, when assistance arriving she was extri cated. On examination it was found that both knees were broken, and that she was dreadfully lacerated by the spikes. Mr. Crouch sustained a dislocation of the shoulder and other severe injuries, but his friend escaped unhurt. Pursuant to requisitions very numerously and respectably signed by the parishioners of Clerkenwell, the Churchwardens convened a meeting last evening at the School-house in Amwell-street, to take into consi. deration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. The Senior Churchwarden, T. W. Cropley, was called to the Chair, and the Minutes of the last Vestry Meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said that this was, perhaps, the most important meet ine that had been held in that parish since the passing of the Reform Bill. The object of the meeting was to determine what course of pro. seeding should be adopted-to obtain that article of human subsistence which was essential to all.—(Cheers.) In discussing this important subject he trusted that they would enable him to preserve order, and to obtain for every gentleman who should address them an impartial hearing.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Gaccoav came forward to move the first resolution. He said that the subject of the resolution was in itself so fruitful, and came so nearly home to the hearts and bosoms of themselves and their families, that it was hardly possible for any person to speak upon it without saying some thing to the purpose. The resolution was to the following effect : " That the Corn.laws at the present time in existence are incompatible with the prosperity of trade, injurious to the artizan, and alike destruc tive of the best interests of the nation." This resolution required very little argument to recommend it; it was a simple matter-of-fact question whether bread should be cheap or dear.—(Cheers.) That the present Corn.laws were incompatible with the prosperity of the country there could be no doubt, because by the existing laws they offered a premium to the foreign artizan—they gave him a premium of 30 per cent. over the artizan of this country.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew and felt that the manufactures of this country were in a great degree the staple article and the strong staff on which we rested.— (Hear, hear.) It was very true that corn was very good to eat, and it was very good to produce it at home; but if it could be grown abroad better and cheaper than at home, he should like to know why they were not to have it from abroad.—(Hear, hear.) Every country had a peculiar prodttetion superior to others. England had never been a corn.growing country, but we had by other means, by our in dustry, talent, and exertions, established such a trade and such menu. factures, as enabled us to obtain all the products of the world. They might make England a flower-garden, and still have corn, wine, oil, silk, and all the necessaries, as well as the luxuries of life, in return for our labour.—(Hear, hear.) If then the present Corn-laws prevented that excellent end, if they prevented the people of this country from ob taining the ease and comforts of life, they must be bad.—(Hear, hear.) Who were those that thought otherwise ? The corn-growers, or rather the landowners.—(Hear, hear, and groans.) These persons, the landowners, were desirous of high rents; but the corn producers were anxious for even prices. —(Hear, hear.) Some years ago, when he was in business, he was connected with many farmers, and amongst the most Intelligent he found this opinion to exist, namely, that they wished corn cheaper, because they thought high prices were in the end injurious to themselves. They said that when there had been high prices for any particular period rents were raised, and then the farmer was placed in this situation, that if the high prices could not be maintained he was obliged to pay the increased rent out of his capital, until in the end he was driven to poverty. They felt that when prices were low their risk was little, they were called upon to pay little, and low prices answered their purpose.— (Hear, hear.) So far for the argument that these laws were of importance to the farmer. But the argument with the landlords was this, that if they were prevented from growing corn, and this country was left to depend on foreign grown corn, if a war took place where would we be ? He should like to know whether, under the worst of circumstances, corn could not be smuggled.—(Hear, hear.) There would always be plenty of foreigners glad to bring their corn, and to receive guineas in return. Oh, but it was said that these persons would insist upon hav ing gold. Well, let them and welcome. They could not eat gold, but they could produce manufactures and turn them into gold, and it was the greatest fallacy to suppose that it would be her injury to let gold go out of the country. If it went out it would come back again, and that quickly. It was as much an error to suppose that it would be an in. jury to have rents reduced.—(Hear, hear.) The landlord would be in a better situation. If rents were low, there would be a better chance of their being paid ; and again, if rents were reduced, he would receive for that reduced rent a larger quantity of the comforts of life. He would be placed in reality in a better situation. He was ashamed to have taken up their time so long, and a ould therefore conclude by moving the first resolution.—(Cheers.) Mr. WEST rose to second the resolution. There was not one whose heart entered more fully into this subject than his, and he, therefore, felt a most cordial delight in being called upon to second the resolution. He remembered when there were no such things as Corn-laws. He had been brought up a farmer in Suffolk, and knew something of agricul ture, and he remembered, when twelve years of age, going to market with a score of the best white wheat, which was sold at 2Ss. the quarter. He had since known it sold for five guineas the four bushels. He recol lected its progress, and the means by which high prices were produced, and he had felt their pernicious effects.— (Hear, hear.) In the manu facturing districts they had caused the most fearful injury to trade, and he was sure that if the great landed proprietors of this once flourishing country were allowed to continue the Corn-laws, the manufacturers would be compelled to sell their machinery, and to reside in foreign countries, or they would be compelled to bring foreign ma nufactures into this country, if they expected to sell them at a profit.— (Hear, hear.) It had been stated at a public meeting at Manchester, that foreign goods were at present obtained in this way, and that amongst other articles, stockings which were sold in this country at 30s. the dozen, were imported at 18s. 3d. the dozen. What was it that pro- duced this extraordinary anomaly ? Nothing but the Com-laws.— (Hear ) He recollected that in 1810 the duty was only 6d. the quarter wheat ; in 1804 it was 245. ; and he would ask what was the cause of this difference? It had been determined not to enter into politics, but it was scarcely possible to discuss this subject without going a little into polities.—(Hear, hear.) At that period we were engaged in an unfortunate and impolitic war—a war against public opinion, and for the suppression of public opinion. But when the peace of 1815 came, corn fell and land fell, but the landed proprietors and the clergy continued to exact war rents and war tithes. Nine millions were in this way annually taken out of the mouths of the people, and put into the pockets of the landlords and clergy. It was said that we could not grow corn enough to support the inhabitants of the country. Why, in 1815, there was such an abun dance of corn that we were obliged to export it. It was cheaper here than in any other country, and what consolation did Lord Liverpool give the farmers ? Why, he told them that two or three years of scar city would make all right again.—(Groans.) There was another thing he wished to draw the attention of the meeting to. In proportion as they broke up pasture land, and turned it into tillage, by so much they reduced the number of cattle, sheep, &c.; and by reducing the supply of meat, raised the price.—(Hear.) But what had been the result of the Corn-laws, even partially, to our manufacturers? In 1820 we exported 13,000,000 yards of woollen cloth to Russia, and in 1837 only 84,000. —(Hear) Russia told us, and very naturally, that if we did not take her corn, she would not take our cloth ; and accordingly she got our machinery and manufacturing labourers, and was now able to sup. ply herself. So with regard to Prussia. In 1820 we sent 5.500,000 yards of c'oth, and in 1837 not one yard; and again in 1820 we ex ported to Germany 201 million yards of cotton twist, and in 1837 only 17i million yards. But for the accursed Corn-laws, the ingenuity and industry of this country would have maintained its manufactures in all these markets. The foreigner had now got our machinery and our ma nufacturers to work it, and was beating us not only out of his own market, but out of our own —(Hear, hear.) If the people of this country did not show themselves alive to the importance of this ques. tion, if they did not nosy come forward and bestir themselves, the sun of England must set for ever.--(Cheers.) Mr. HICKS, in supporting the resolution, said he would advert to what might be called the political monopoly of the landed interests. Those interests possessed in fact the power of guiding any Ministry, and while that was the case, the manufacturing interests could expect nothing from the Legislature. There was a class of persons in this country not politically represented at all. He meant the agricultural labourers. Those who produced corn were the worst off of all con. nected with the agricultural interests. They had three earthly gods to worship—the landholder, the parson, and the magistrate.—( Hear, hear.) They had to bow before the first, to kneel before the second, and to tremble before the third.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They had not enough wages given them to subsist upon, therefore they were com pelled almost to do what their consciences forbad; and he (Mr. Hicks) had known farmers tell him of men whom they were aware con stantly robbed them, and whom, nevertheless they dared not either discharge or prosecute, because in either case the consequence would be that their support would be thrown on the poor.rates.— (Hear, hear.) It ought to be considered that the infernal Corn.laws had a tendency to discourage the growth of foreign corn. The foreign corn-grower could not afford to send his corn to this country to remain several years in bond—losing the return to their capital in the meantime.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, with the present system the fo reign corn-grower never could calculate with certainty the price which his corn would fetch here.—(Hear, hear.) After he embarked the corn, and before it reached this country, the panic might have risen or fallen con. siderably. A fixed duty would be much better than the present fluc tuating duties. But let not the agitation on the subject be divided, and thus Ministers be furnished with an excuse for neglecting the question. Let the public voice call unanimously and perseveringly for a total re. peal of these accursed laws.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Hicks went on to observe, that either at the latter end of the reign of George 11. or the beginning of George 111. there was a premium offered on the exportation of corn, and concluded by expressing his earliest hope that these laws, restricting its importation, which so impeded the prosperity of the country, would speedily be entirely repealed.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. erns/AL came forward to move the second resolution. He said that after the very able arguments that had been used on this subject, both in that room and elsewhere, he would not trespass at any length upon the time of the meeting; he would content himself with stating a few facts, illustrative of the pernicious effects of th e present system o f the Corn-laws; and he would the more willingly do this, because he was aware that a simple statement of facts often made a deep and lasting im pression, where argument would be of littl e or no avail.—(Hear, hear.) The statement he had to make related t o t h e i mportat i on of foreign manufactures. He could inform the meeting that recently there had been some consignments to this country which would have a powerful tendency to throw a great number of opera tives out of employ. There had been consignments of articles which had heretofore been almost solely manufactured in this country, and the importation of which must crush the manufacture of this country. Two vessels laden with buttons had arrived in this country ; the one in London, the other in Scotland, and it appeared that the importers were able to pay the import duty of 20 per cent. and make a good profit.— (Hear, hear.) Let any impartial mean look t o the effect of this. Here were at least 700 tons of buttons imported into this country. He should like to know what number of individuals would be thrown out of employment in consequence of this? How many of them would be thrown upon the poor-rates, and whom, consequently, they would have to suppott ?—(Elear, hear.) How did it happen that the foreigner was able to beat us in our own markets, paying so large an import duty at the same time? We were paying 1 1 id. for the quartern loaf, whilst the foreigner had it for 6d.—(Hear, hear.) The foreigner could very well afford to send his goods here because he got as much bread for 6s. as the English workman got for 12s. There was another article which was manufactured abroad, and which was now imported into this country; yielding a handsome profit to the importer, and throwing our own citizens out of empl oy. He alluded to furniture, such as chairs and tables, which were now imported largely into this country. What was this to be attributed to but the monopoly caused by the ope. rations of the Corn -laws, a Monopoly which enr i c h e d some t wen t y or thirty thousand landed proprietors, at the expense of the remaining millions of the people of this C ou ntry ! Was this to be an agricultural or a commercial country p We were at present a commercial coun try, and if were to become an agricultural country we should not have the means of supporting the population. We must import corn, and how were we to get it unless in exchange for our manufactures 1— (Hear, hear.) There had recently been demonstrations in the manufac turing districts that were of a very alarming character. A large Capitalist had declared that for three or four years his capital had SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Common Council of the City of London meet to day, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro priety of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Corn laws. A meeting for a similar purpose is to be also held this day in Greenwich. There can be no doubt that the resolutions which will be adopted will be substantially the same in both cases. Nor can there be a question that those resolutions will be in favour of an immediate and total repeal of laws which are at this moment producing such frightful effects among the working population of the country. To every anti-corn monopoiy meeting which is held at the present time, we attach a greater or less degree of importance ; but a meeting of the Common Council of the City of London, on such a subject, is one whose importance cannot be over estimated. The example thus set by that body will be sure to be followed by every municipal body through out the kingdom ; vt bile the conduct of the latter will, in its turn, operate as a stimulus to other associations of in dividuals in all the great towns in the country. There will thus be an universality of petitioning on the subject, which will inevitably ensure the speedy extinction of the most monstrous and iniquitous monopoly under which this land of monopolies has ever been doomed to suffer and groan. To other bodies of individuals in all parts of the kingdom we would say—lose no time in getting up your petitions. It is of the utmost importance that such peti tions be poured in on the Legislature immediately on its assembling, as in that case Ministers will have something tangible to appeal to, as a justification for bringing in any measure which they may have in contem plation for ridding the population of these realms of one of the greatest grievances of which the people of any country under heaven ever had to complain. Should the petitions sent into both Houses of Parliament by the time Ministers bring forward their measure be few in number, and from unimportant places, they (the Minis try) will be charged by the landed interest with introducing a measure ruinous to that interest, without having even the shadow of a justification of their conduct. It were of no use for Ministers, or the friends of Ministers, indig nantly to repudiate the imputation, and to affirm, that there is one loud and universal cry for the abolition of the Corn law monopoly ; their opponents and the country's oppres sors will have the effrontery to deny that any such feeling against the Bread Tax exists. A thing may be as clear as the light of day, yet if it cannot be proved by plain matters of fact, they will, provided their own interests be, as in this case affected, pertinaciously and unblushingly affirm the contrary. There will be this other great advantage atten dant on the transmission of numerous anti-corn-law petitions to Parliament, that the circumstance will have the effect of deciding many Members, who are at present wavering in their minds us to the course they ought to pursue on, the corn monopoly question. If they find that the peti tions against the Corn-laws are few or unimportant, they will, not hesitate, when Government bring forward their measure on the subject, to enlist themselves on the side of the landed interest, and uphold, to the utmost of their power, the tax on bread—a tax which has reduced some myriads of the poorer classes of the community to the very brink of starvation. lf, on the other hand, there ba a uni versal demonstration against the Corn-law monopoly, in the shape of strongly worded petitions, the waverers to whom we allude will at once range themselves on the Ministerial side, and prove the most zealous advocates of its extinction, either within or without the walls of Par liament.—Morning Advertiser. We recommend to attention two letters, one from Sir John Barrow, the other from Captain Hastings, of the Excellent. For Sir John Barrow, and for everything that comes from his pen, we feel the respect due to intellectual attainments, integrity of character, and length of service. We are bound to believe that in the present instance he did not consult with, nor receive orders from, Lord Minto, about the defence of his Lordship's naval administration. But if the worthy Secretary acted without authority in taking upon himself the vindication of Lord Minto, how does lie venture to tax with presumption," " impertinence,' and so forth, men so much his own superiors in professional knowledge, station, and independence, as the " Flag Offi cer," and Captain Craufurd, for acting as he himself did, without authority, in making known their sentiments on matters so deeply interesting to themselves and all other Englishmen ? The tone of contemptuous reprimand from a Secretary of the Admiralty, employed towards gallant offi cers for exercising their inherent rights, is, with all due con sideration for Sir John Barrow, intolerable. Captain Hastings is a distinguished officer, an eminent instructor in naval gunnery, and an estimable gentleman. With regard to the bored-out guns, which he so highly praises, we have heard at least a dozen of his brother officers express, as to their efficiency and safety, the precise apprehensions con tained in our yesterday's article. We unfeignedly rejoice to learn from Captain Hastings his opinion that such fears are groundless. A spirited letter from Lieut.-Colonel An gerstein is also worthy of attentive perusal.—. Timer. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES.—In the early part of the day the funds were de pressed, and a considerable sale of Consols for money reduced the quotation to 02f, but before the close of business they rallied to 92k, sellers for money, and buyers for account. The indications of a fall in India Stock yesterday were realised to day, and it fell to 254 k, at which it left off buyers. Bank Stock was 2021 to 3 ; Exchequer Bills, 653. to 675, ; India Bonds, 625. to 645. premium. In the Foreign Market Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. advanced to 55, but the Five per Cents. receded to 102 k tog ; which ,may be taken as a proo f t h at t h e reports o f a fi na l arrangement of the Belgian question had no real foundation. Belgian were 98i to 99. Spanish Actives, with the May coupons, were 18f to ; Portuguese were heavy, and slightly depressed, the Five per Cents. to 35 to k ; the Three per Cents. to 22 to I ; Brazilian were 77k to 8 ; Mexican, 24 to Is; Colombian, 28} to g. The Railway Market was neglected, and prices rather on the decline. London and Birmingham, 78 to 80 ; Grest Western, 11 to 12; North Midland, I to 1f premium. Manchester and Birmingham, ; and the extension line, 1 discount to par. Midland Counties, 16k to 15k; Northern and Eastern, 8f to 7i Croydon, 7 to 6} • Southampton old, Bto 7 ; Brighton, 38 to ; Blackwall, 1 tog discount. Accounts have been received by way of Havre from Rio Janeiro to the 25th of November. The exchange was in a very unsettled state. Business to a small extent had been done at the date at 28 . i. But little money was to be had. Coffee was in good demand, fetching high prices; large shipments were still making in the United States. The ex change was quoted 284 to 29 ; the Six per Cent. Stock, 78 ; Coffee, 3,6u0 to 4,300. The flagrant injustice of the proceedings of the French in Spanish America is operating to the prejudice of other coun tries in more respects than the inconveniences resulting from the stoppage of commercial intercourse. The Lima papers alluded to yesterday contain articles full of bitterness and even threats against British and American as well as French resi dents, and a feeling is thus aroused which may in its results prove a serious impediment to a friendly commerce in future, from the danger to all resident traders arising out of such a state of national exasperation. To France the damage of a tot4l suspension of dealings would be of small account, for the amount of goods exported or of capital really carried out and invested in those countries is altogether of very trifling consi deration. The weighty benefits derived by her do not consist in a fair exchange of commodities in a mercantile point of view but in the facilities afforded by Spanish America as a conve nient outlet for a mass of pauperism for which employment at home is either difficult to be obtained, or from the ques tionable character of the objects would be refused. Thus the exports of France consist to a greater extent of the refuse of the population in a state of misery and seeking bread than of products of the soil and manufactures ; she exports in fact more poverty than property. The thousands of poor thus transferred enter into direct competition with the lower classes of natives in various descriptions of labour, and in all the shopkceeping and retail trades ; with the profits of which, as th© French rarely colonise or settle, they return in due season, ~ , -L pi ef e , .-0 f .. ......,..._ ,,, x: ,- ' •-t:44.....- ....------:- -,.. , ....-: v.)".... ~:'- and oo ar enrich only their own country.-. Tnikit . 4o44ol : , will the French in every part of Spa' lab Arneitai_siiite t A . ' in Mexico and Peru, naturally rich terr °Hee, they , abltjateir swarm. The number in Mexico alone is ietalrestiblqpi j a \ a.r.. several thousands. It is hard upon the natirghlifithiticibuliteAs that they should be involved in the odium naturally arising from such astate of things in regard to the French, but it is infinitely more to be deprecated that, by the glaring oppressions, exact tions, and pretensions of the French Government, in the abuse of its power over weak States for the compulsory eon. cession of more special privileges in behalf of a class of adroit. turers such as described, other nations should be exposed to the resentments and retribution which ought to be confined to France alone. In Lima, as in Mexico, the foreigners resident are loudly accused of interfering in " the domestic dissensions" of the republic, and of taking sides in the civil war between the eon• tending parties. With respect to Peru, it is known that Santa Cruz is particularly protected by the French, and that he has even been decorated by the King of the French with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. It must be ob• served, however, that Santa Cruz is generally esteemed among all classes of foreigners in Peru. At Monte Video, as has been seen, a revolution was effected in the Government by the direct interference of the French agents and Admiral. They are known to have been active in promoting civil war and a change of the ruling party in Buenos Ayres. In Mexico they are accused of being in league with the party opposed to Bustamente, with a view to chpose the Govern ment, and it is known assisted the rebels at Tampico. It is sufficiently obvious that nothing can be more offensive to an independent nation than the uncalled-for intrusion of strangers in their intestine broils, and those who so meddle can and ought to have no claim upon their own Government for pro tection against the punishment justly incurred for the breach of the laws of the land in whieh they reside by permission. In a small pamphlet published at Lima, the question is pertinently put as to what would be thought of the Spanish Americans if they were to " interfere in the affairs of France, and decide whether Louis Philippe should be King, or Don Carlos King of Spain ?" From the tenor of this and other publications written in the same spirit of animosity, it may be feared that serious danger threatens the personal safety and property of all foreigners in Lima, from which nothing can so well save them as the speedy pacification of the country, and a moderation, which should be enforced, if necessary, by strong remon. strances, in the proceedings of the French. POST.—The Funds were depressed again to-day in both Markets. Consols left off at 921 to for Money, and 92i, buyers, for Account; Exchequer Bills were done at 655. to 675. prem. ; India Bonds at 625. to 645. prem. ; and Bank Stock, at 2021 to 3i. The late news from the East has had a very unfavourable effect on the value of India Stock. That ir.terest, which had been previously quoted 256 k to 7i, was done to-day at 2541 to 5, a proof that much is apprehended by the proprietors from the military operations about to be commenced by the Governor-General in Cabul. The Markets continue, however, to be kept altogether in a fe verish state by the suicidal efforts of the Corn-law agitators to break up the agricultural system of the country for the benefit of foreigners. It has not escaped the ob servation of prudent capitalists, that, as soon as the oc cupation of our peasantry shall have been taken from them, and with it, the means of existence for themselves and their families, should such a thing unfortunately occur, manufactur ing and other property will no longer be secure from the vio lence of the frame breaker and incendiary. The cotton-spin.. ners may be quite sure that so great an injury is not to be in flicted by them upon the rural population of England in favour of the Continental corn-grower without producing amore ca lamitous state of things than any we have yet experienced. Even those who have declared themselves in favour of a pro tecting duty of 20s. per quarter, or upwards, seem to have the greatest dread of the continued agitation of a question so deeply affecting the welfare of the whole mass of our labour ing poor, for it is impossible but that any suffering that may arise to the peasantry from the proposed change, must, in the end, be fully shared by the working manufacturers and those who are dependent upon them for their daily food. The advices received to-day by the Hamburg mail notice a decline in the value of gold in that market. The quantities lately exported from London to the Continental cities on spe culation, which have, as far as we can learn, greatly exceeded those shipped for corn purchases, will, at the present rates of insurance, most likely entail some loss on the parties engaged in the traffic, as it is hardly to be doubted that the re-action which has taken place in so influential a market as that of Ilamburg will be fullowed by a like change in other quarters ; and if this should prove to be the case, the Bank of England cannot expect to be relieved of their superfluous amount of treasure to anything like the extent that may have been antici plated. In the absence of an actual demand for the precious metals in the North of Europe, it is but reasonable to believe that much of their gold will 'be re-exported back to England as a medium of payment for our manufactures. While remit tances have to be made to this country, it is absurd to suppose that it will long be suffered to accumulate and lie idle in the coffers of those to whom it may have been consigned. CHRONICLE.—The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Saturday last consisted, according to the official returns, of 9,000 ounces of silver bars which were shipped to Calcutta; 1,930 ounces of gold bars forwarded to Rotterdam ; 2,000 ounces of gold coin, 1,500 ounces of which were sent to Calcutta, and 500 ounces to Boulogne ; and 427,929 ounces of silver coin, which were disposed of as follows :-300,000 ounces to Calais, 101,014 ounces to Calcutta, 8,000 ounces to Rotter dam, 6,500 ounces to Mogadore, 6,456 ounces to the West Indies, 3,459 ounces to Gibraltar, and 2,500 ounces to Ma deira. The only important feature in the above is the conti nued exportation of silver to France, but this arisen in a great measure from the difficulty of obtaining bills, and is also much increased, no doubt, by the carrying out of the plan by which several French houses were to obtain as sistance from the Bank of England. We have all along contended, contrary to the opinion of most of our content. poraries, that a crisis was at hand in Paris a very short time since, but the exertions which have been made by the banks of France and England have wholly averted the blow, which must have occasioned much uneasiness, if not embarrassment, to the commercial and monetary world. Many persons, in deed, express a doubt as to the statement in this article of the Bank of England having rendered assistance to French houses through their correspondents in London, but it is nevertheless a fact. Messrs. Rothschild (brothers) made application, and the advance to them by the Bank of England amounted to about 600,0001. It was unquestionably a good operation for the Bank, for it gave the Directors an opportunity of placing out a large amount of their unemployed stock of bullion on advantageous terms. It shows at the same time the strength of the firm of Messr s . R o th sc hild, an d muc h cre d it is due to that house for coming forward to render assistance at a time of need. The prices f C o A r i n o n A d l a a y r eht but a f s o r b eveenr very stationary fin e sam this mornin g g r e al t n t he every description a slight advance has, in most instances been obtained. The supplies of foreign wheat have been hitherto limited, and freights have risen so rapidly in cense vence of the unusual demand for shipping for sending out for foreign grain, that this circumstance is now dwelt upon by the factors as likely to have a considerable influence in maintaining the price of corn. During the last week in telligence has been received that the King of the Two Sicilies has consented to take off the prohibition lately laid upon the exportation of corn from the Neapolitan ports, and a duty is to be substituted instead of the total stop page of the trade; but the export duty when added to the rising charges for freight, is considered to be equal to the continuation of the prohibitory law. From Russia like wise there are accounts of an ukase by which the merchants are to be allowed to send out the corn for which orders had been received at the date of the ukase, and even the grain for those orders is to be lent from the Imperial granaries for a period of six months, but it is then to be returned in kind. There are few merchants at the Russian ports who will pro bably venture upon taking it for exportation on these terms. It is also considered probable, that following the issuing of this ukase will be another, prohibiting the further exportation of corn for which real orders had not previously arrived, and altogether the certainty of full supply from the south of IRussia becomes daily less. On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the King's Arms, Boughton -street, Clare-market, on t 11.3 body of Thomas Parke, aged six months. It appeared that the sister of deceased was sitting before the fire nursing him on Wednesday week last. There was a saucepan of water boiling on it, when, owing to the cinders giving way, the whole contents were thrown over the deceased, scalding him i:i a dreadful manner. Ile lingered in great agony until Sunday morning. Verdict—Accidental Death, with a recom mendation to the mother that she should provide a trivet for the prevention of such an occurrence in future. THE ORTON MURDER.—The story told by Little, of Lennox, the keeper of the public-house at Low flesket, having confessed to him that he was one of the persons engaged in the murder of the Orton carrier, turns out to have been a fabrication ; at least such it is in the opinion of the magis. trates, for on Monday last they discharged Lennox from cus tody, atid he is now once more at home. The officer made minute inquiries at Low liesket, and from what he learned there respecting the character of Little, coupled with the con clusion which he drew from a close consideration of all the circumstances of the case, his opinion, we understand, strongly inclined in favour of Lennox's innocence. Little did not make his appearance at two examinations which took place subse quently to that at Orton, although desired by the magistrates to attend. On Monday last, however, he was brought up by the officer, who was armed by the magistrates with a warrant for that purpose. One circumstance which must have tended materially to impress the magistrates with a conviction that Little's evidence was not to be relied upon, was his having stated, in his examination at Orton, that a conversation took place between him and Mr. Matthew A t ki nso n, a highly re spectable gentleman at Templesowerby, on the subject of Lennox, which in reality never occurred. What motive could have induced Little to fabricate his extraordinary story— whether a desire to obtain the reward of 1001. offered fur the person who may give evidence which wil l tend to t h e convic tion of the murderer, or a desire to gratify some feeling of re venge_he only can tell. Wills and S isson are still in cus tody, and we understand that importa nt evide n ce against them has been obtained through the instru n i e ntality of the Bow street officer, who has been at Kendal for t he last fortnight or three weeks, and whose exer tions have been indefatigable to dis cover the perpetrator of this borriblecrtme.—Carlisle Patriot. JUVENILE CRIME.—No fewer than seventeen persons were committed for trial from Hatton-garden police office on Monday on charges of petty felony. Of these fourteen were boys, whose ages varied from eleven to fifteen, and the greater part of whom wercrccognised as reputed thieves. de lutch Aber ugiit best le on i6s a mths ,a 1 at sale is 9a ilvers e has prices )cto- Id at )udes td on gs as 722 iolet dling ming . ditto 3 11d 15, 21 31 V S. 24 IP 40 0 32 0 .- 0 IS 6 6 ft b 4 S. L. er-at— Mrs. 'illiaai eorge Mon- Mott road. harles eldest )aniel unte, exam- rland, jun., ;eon. ifield, L S., [enry wife John tare-