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thr ee, hia°l ) ce ede he w al 8 o 1 1/ to [ear o°' E. ut3LI )9 3 0 111/ i a raect . . Clog tbB bav i l Act 0' ttar t°. 0(0 1 , 1 1 ya/ par ed el/4 i ° oreo ter 'o d ya t ~ e 9~ am p Bl ls te d • ed Y„ it Lini g o ) e a 0 . 1 , 0 1 r eo o re PI de l r * 110 3 I - a j 0 detic - io Jr- Or l i? . 0 re I 11 0 tS e se vie igo o t cr over' , r ¢r tl , EAST and WEST INDIA DOCKS. Notice is hereby given, that all Itagg.zge and Presents, &c., lYing at the Luggage Warehouse, East or West India Docks coded previous to the Ist January, 1849, will he sold for payment ' f c harges, unless the same shall be paid on or before the 15th No !leather next. Lists of the said Goods may be inspected at the uaggage Warchouse, Eastern or Western Dock. By order of the Court of Directors, GEORGE. COLLIN, Secretary. Nek House, No:8, Billlter•square, October 11, 1630. ....____ N OTICE 'is. hereby given, that PETER . INIANCHEE, of No. 129, Curtain-road, ia the county of Mid `,7,r-,, cabinet-maker, hath, by Indenture, bearing date the 21st day Whatul_el•tember, 1850; assigned over a ll hi s personal estate and e f fects , _ toever unto Augustine Belletti, of West India Dock-road, in the ! fl ai t ' l i e niitY, timber-merchant, Joh n F nrneaux, o f E ast I n di a - roa d, e•a ije said county, timber- merchant, and John Holmes, of Commer n'Cread, Phnlico, in the said county,. clerk to proprietor of saw s, for the equal benefit of such of the creditors of the said Peter 11, saw ills, as slial?esectite the said Indenture, or assent thereto in Writing,; Within tw o months from the date thereof, and that the sa i d 42Venture was duly executed by the said Peter Manchee, on the said tii i t , c l s ay or ..•iepternher last, and by each of the said trustees A ugus c, t Lelletti, John Furneaux, and John Holmes, on the 2lth day of ,c2te•alber last, indt. e presence of, and attested by the undersigned . lus Fleury Tayl , sr,.of No. 13, I !_ulitY of Aliddlesex, South-street, Finsbury-square, in the attorney -at-law ; and notice is hereby also g !en, that the same Indenture now lies at the office of the under fr.l.-nel, situate at No. 15, South-street, Finsbury-square aforesaid, 1t,, t1- '! in % ) ection . and execution of the creditors of the said Peter ' l caeo and that such of th em woo s h a ll neg l e ct to execute or as- Zuc to the same on or before the 21st day of November next, or wlthitt pleb limiter time, net exceedine, thirty days, a+ the said ll'ute,:s shall, by writin, under their respective hands and seals de tltr,,,, Will be excluded I rom all benefit limier the said Indenture. Jr. 'I. TAYLon, Solicitor to the Trustees, 15, Sculls-street, Finsbury-square. October 12, 1820. ORD'S ; WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, mvEurooL. D,,,,Ta1,„;s Rotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, i s'n , •• and other places of public cud commercial resort, is fitted up '2 ?rat-rate sty-le,, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as nt79o. English strangers, will be found everything that is d es i ra bl e. ie the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate ;t4 "ok • The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee otarnerelal Rowns, as well as Sitting and Bed R ooms , w ill li e hand .second to none in the kingdOm. The charges for servants are included In the Bill (except those ora) • stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Ch am b erma id, "a it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is tume tessary. Q.A.IIIE SEASON.—CitOSSE and BLACK jt,„ WELL, Turveyors in Ordinary, by appointment to her Ma '"Y, beg respectfi l lly to inform the nobility and zentry that they 7 oritinue to mantiraet, are the celebrated SOllO SAUCE, which wit! foun dliperior for eZ r ery description of game ; also their improved 4. or ' , Mee of re a l aorgona - ,Anchovies Dinmore's Essence of Shrimps, Soiled and fried fish, Royal Table Sauce, Sir Robert Peel's Sauce The general purposes, Anchovy - Paste, Strashnrg Potted Meats, kc. obtained of of thd above, together with their superior pickles. may be of all the principal sauce venders throughout the kingdom. IlanufactOry, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 1706. MEcurS DESKS, WORK-BOXES, and th at is mIEA-CIIESTS, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, cembine all 14heinlots,t4he:b and cheap, with the most approved patterns, invented in . a ntlfactured on his own premises, where may , be seen b rosi e richest specimens in the world of Papier Mache Goods, rich caruc,"B", D a gatelle-tables Ivory Chess-men and Chess-boards, an; dressing-toilet, Tablet: and, in fact, everything for the work-tabl.2. ` ss mg - toil ,, et displayed in a style of elegance not surpassed by any in this kin (=amen. - A -. - --gucal• Mechi is the sole and original inventor of the ta z "`e, Tooth- brushes,Ma ,, ic Strop and Paste, the Peculiar Steel portoarOhe ensiaioned Bagatell,,-tables, and various Improvements in n eskS and Dressing-cases combined. WEST? II A T OF TII E ND which Ntionpublic will naturally expect to w. re i c : e s i T ve E srie infor 11,. With reftrence to that OPENING at the .e , I. 6 l ong been a topic of interest with all classes ot soci 2. tossWl not be expected that the result of so vast a project should 11 wlthout comment. 1 • r, ire no speculation —an every-day undertaking—might re ,."ll‘ no such announcement. but an event like that in connexion l et Ie..IIIOSFS and SON'S WEST END BRANCH is of a caara., I too i mportant to escape cseecial notice, which notice the pre pr eters are fully prepared to bestow. The EIGIITII of OCTOBER and the days following that im , - Portantdate, have proved successful heyond exaggeration. All tee ,Warmast anticipations w'nteh the Proprietors indulged have been 4 ''''Dl'telY realised. The puls namely, te public has been lett opening, of C. but one opinion prevailing, that in the , of , l, () ,SPe'i and SON'S West End Branch Establishment, a DEslDle ,,Ttlaf has b , en unquestionably supplied. . The F.I(IIITii of OCTOBER, 1550, was regarded by all parties as i'? i mPertaut . conjuncture in the Trading transactions of tee tieruteri' locality ; and long before the Opening Day arrived. a . n et and anxious expectation were clearly reanifest. The pubne .'evrd their mann interests as intimately connected with this seem ,_ lateen; and y were the inquiries as to the probable commence ment of the business of the Establishment, while yet the premises I,ere unfinished. th at the Dayeei Opening a feeling of excitement prevailed similar' to lat attending the opening of some public edifice; and the Eighth tes,of Oct l ober pitzsed off as a d a y o f th e most triumphant success. The was launched amid the smil es o f an approving p ;ad 'rn M OSES and SON had more than sufficient to warrant ublic n them in eke conclusion that they had not taken a wrong step in embarkioe in t o necessary anesepueresut of laton. people around the N ew P remises (a con courseeywasitteeoent precedent in that locality), was an evident sign of the public feeling on the subject ; and the frequent cheers which burst from the multitude told plainly that the opening of E. MOSES and SON was hailed ao an advantageous improvement at that int.- Portant part of the growing metropolis. While the most encouraging proofs of public approbation were 'btervable out-of-do ors; whil e crow d s a l l day lone were pressing ro und the New Premises anxious to catch a glimpse of the elegant Winter Fashions arranged in the capa c i ous win d ows, the Establish ',lent in its interior was a scene of equal animation. TIIE SHOW-ROOMS alai the various departments were thronged •eltimvisitors Who gazed with mingled wonder and pleasure at the beautyr and accommodation of the arrangement of the premises. elegance body was satisfied, and but one opinion prevailed as to the .7t.egance Cl the various portions of the Estaulishment being subser vleat to the more essential purposes of public accommodation. Nor is thi s a l l. Had the numberless parties who visited the NEW BRANCH EST AB LISHM INT of E. MOSES and SON done no incidMore than pronounce their approbation of the premises, or their co ence with the Proprietors' views, E. MOSES and SON' would nave h ad wherewithal t o congratulate themselves. But time favour ot the public was evinced in a more sterling and tangible form. Vines The ORDER - BOOKS in the B ESPOKE DEPARTMENT told of suc cess which were highly encouraging to the rroprietors. e 'continual success . on of important orders for the WINTER AT TIRE of E. MO SES and SON, from persons of rank and Vi,uenee, disti ngu i shed the o pening and suc cee di ng d ay - o f t h e 41',W BRANCH ESTAP,LISTIMENT. e_TtlrEe READY-MADE DEPARTMENT was equally favoured, i ."," . ,_ f a rn au impulse arising from the novelty of the opening, but ati uin ...„, .fririn reliance in E. MOSES and SON'S principles, an . d f , rein the7,.T:oation created by an inspection of the elegant fashion. Sr , nate 7. u. The West E n d h as not displayed a trading scene so ani lha7es° b.usY—since it h as b een a peopled locality. -.ate - Pealing has proved altogether one of the most extraordinary in anytt ule . , trade, &MIA' the Proprietors appear to be indulging triu, e , ..', ',like extravagance of terms. it must be attributed to the It 4:,,n be event which cannot certainly be exaggerated. trig tr, top impossible for the Proprietors to represent their open bilit no gloveine colou 9 ye-4 t o : conve.. r.. The t Which attended th 7 lifficulty—the absolute imposslbi- It 0 0 , . en. openingadequate E i d w e a o o x f F t o h n e D e it - s t , r T a t o t r E o E m. n T a . r y result h trent the en eeility of making Stich ~ccel!Mains tor them to mate that ack e n r o v w e l s z . dgment whic I be i i ,„ 0 ":18 . a Matter of course, - .so justly dee No verb r ara ging facts above recorded. warm) could, in a due acknowledgment must appear any w .... a Manifestation of gratitude (however atelpitio%Y;. ktfliCa its an acknowledgment under circumstances so bitt 4 e it a : o llll43 Unable to tender due thanks M words, the Proprietors knre ade P POrtunity of showing their grateful feelings in a manner The ~. antageous to the public. lit e , j..linusands who have aided their New Branch Establishment ing-fr,`loPening, have had convincing proofs of the bene result cons'', a Purchase of E. MOSES and SON'S Attire. 1) 7 theV.neing Proofs have been afforded that the statements made Articles Proprietort areestablished beyond confutation. )1 v e . ,et WIN I , fashonable, durable, and ch . ealn h ' e t e: l l ;''en bought as advertised ' ; ' and ;hose equ:table principles t o raise eell , acted upon which cannot fail to benefit .the Public, and larg e. L. MOSES and SON in the estimation of the community at „ir f•ntinnißg and extending the advantages at their Branch E d s_- tle..ninent, E. MOSES and SON hope to make that acknov, e g i u t ‘ i. lw . kieb, in words, they arc unable to make. as " a (Ire, ~ n o often the case, that an opening stock is " got up" e ,, _ , and that the Public have, after a time, to regret and censure se_ ei7.... telling off." But experience with E. MOSES and SON,ineal any ai t r at D'lriminstbconvince every candid person that such is not . con= P ea le to the Present Proprietors, who make it their co Their enleavour so to act as to improve upon acquaintance. SIIE I'ARENI UOUsE, and their BRANCH HOUSES . in , t FIELD and BRADFORD, are proofs that one day's practice a !tot contradicted by tbat of another. . to ensure permanent support, they are ever resolved on acting hpnon permanent principles ; and this, they traA will gain them a to tl,nuance and increase of that support which distinguished the openamg of their New Branch Establishment at the West End of the Metropolis. The voucher whip the Public have ;;even of 'heir " good will" to thin Proprietor; will not be lost sight of. i e' NN l 'hile E. MOSES AND SON thank their supporters in the most hearty and respectful rilp annex, they are resolved to merit, by every essible means in their Pew a continuance of that aid which secured P for them so trium- Ahant a commencement. D. T Ord THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH Einryttii.AlUßlTY.—wriai 43 COLOURED ENGEAVINUS ON hattrpvni ne, 23. 6d., or bl ished, and may obo had French or English, in a Sealed lSta t e post-free, from the Author, for forty-two ' E.,,LP- PRESERVATION; a th e .eofedical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, arid on tpcialeret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma inTitY, the pl i ,..,aecludred at an early period of life, which debilitate reel al and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural wl)b)iiiete'r.luld exhaust the vital er.ergies of Manhood ; with Practical ons . on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, tropi c ., a!lsing from these causes, close study, or the influenee_o s f c limates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, tret ic :re, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from I do m .* With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating n a t:: eitpri a reiY, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive their stractures, uses, and functions, and the v arious 111 r, that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and BY SAMUEL LA'AIERT, M.D.. N bear TT, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDO it . b,_of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edln i"..ll, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member London Hospital Medical Society, acc. A ca z Work contains an accurate and complete account of the fe r i,"`" l nF ' and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It uliiii e"`'llately habitsa the unhappy victim of excessive ind - C:4lce vicious while suffering from their invariable con ,Lquences, Unwisely e n te r t a i ns a f ear o f a pplyi ng t o a q u a lified physi ` ,D 1 foe relief. Sh ame an d th e d rea d so f requen tl y , b u t erro att TauslY entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where , o ne it ao, procured.'MEET has taken the highest :"(41eal honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his diractiee for many Years is a guarantee for his professional experi . which has refere nce a l most solely to the treatment of t h ese s " ee s. VPublished hy the Author, and may ha had of Rent and Richards, aternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oaford-street; Starie, Tlchborne 11"raarket ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden .. -street, Lond on ; or, tree by post for torty-two stamps. front gas Author's ilesidenee. 37. Tke , 4terd-aenars If.ondon. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. O Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Esigravings on Steel. al PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA- X EditionPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ew post , e nlarged to 196 p ages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or THPost , direct trom the Establishment, 3a. 6d. in postage stamps, E SILENT F RIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive Indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox tord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger. 150, Oxford -street ; ti. Mlle, 23, Titchbonie-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden nall-street PART I. treats of the anatomy and ph ys i ology of the re -productive Or gans, and is Illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pau It. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generati ve Engravings. innaPacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory 4n, NAT 111. treat s o f th e diseases resulting from intection, e it her in o their Prim treatment This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured IlitZt twinge. Pear IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a aimple application, by whi c h th e d anger o f i n f ect i on is obviated. This noticeimpertant part of the Work should not escape the read er ' s Ps.a.r V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du wholeho causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE Cointsr. Rama or STRIACIIX is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11s. and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic Tamed:, for purifying the blood in cases ofd ection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of merculls. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying sp„i fic pills, 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and I Is. Per he; a certain remedy for gonorrhma, Meet, stricture, and chronic) inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A. minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Meta blisliment otily , by which the fee, IL. is saved. Messrs. Perry, Sargon!, aro in attendance daily at 19, Rerners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till TWO and Cy! tO;Light i on Sun taYo 4 ' 1 4E4 1 10n tfi One, 4 e ~;,. I, . ~. . , 4 ..... I ' 444 Akal , 6 1 1:1 , • - . •li.i•':-61r ---,' (, / 40 ' ...,:z..' . .., ..,Z e tel* o - , ___ __.; A I ' , AWL e •••• 7.--- ) ''''' 1 st I ''''' t ` i` .- ' l. • / An , '.' 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The following is extracted front the report, which is too 1 mgthy for publication:— During the past ye ar no claims have arisen from deaths in Englanf.. together 7001., and but two in Ireland.—one for 5001. and the other :or 25a —making which have been paid. This is far below the ex p ected in and is especially favourable, when It is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1.49, the and the 31st of May, 1850 was more than double the number Issued in the twelve months pr,lcedirnr. Propasals were made for 135 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 121, comp:* isi ng• 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 65. Sixteen Policies trsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 33. was received by the ,Company in the shape of premiums. Since the cOMmel LOClTitent Of the COMpftllV to the Ist of June last, assurances were e.Te , led to the extent of 110,072/. 120 6d., pro ducing in annual o,•erniums 3,732/. 1 Is. Gd. Of theSe 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9110/. 16s. 62., of which the annual premiums were 741/. is., leaving the, yearly income on'the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. 11d. Since last meeting' 'cans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001, but 1,1831. 11s. 10d. a sly was advanced. The Directors wend also highly gratified to report that within the last four months 11_ ;5. hail considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentle! n en of 'high 'standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and at ility in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sane ton and patronfre of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbin ih p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Porisis, Eveque de Langres, has alre ty within the last three months effected a con. - siderab'e amount of Intsiness, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immedi ri , ,e and Deferred. After various resol ntions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, :;ceretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. an average one, corn rises—if the quantity of money be decreased, prices fall.—(Hear.) A very bad or deficient harvest, is an exceptional case ; corn then rises to a famine price, from the scarce ness of the commodity, as, with a very abundant harvest, it falls from the plentifulness of the gifts of Providence.—(Hear.) How then do facts bear out this theory of common sense ? There have been two periods of great increase of money. One, in the time of Queen Elizsbeth, from the discovery of the Ame rican mines; the _ other when Mr. Pitt carried out the system of a paper currency. What was the effect of the increase of the circulating medium in Eliza beth's time ? From 1499 to 1560 the price of wheat was 10s. and 5-12ths - a • quarter ; from 1561 to 1601 wheat was 475. 5 1-31 a quarter.—(Hear.) What was the cause of this enormous rise ? " The discovery of the abundant mines in America," says Adam Smith, " seems to have been the sole cause of this diminution in the value of silver in proportion to that of corn. It is accounted for accordingly in the same manner by everybody ; and there has never been any dispute, either about the fact or • about the pause of it." Huw few things are there about which Adam Smith, or any other man, could say, and say truly, " there never has been any dispute !"—(Hear,) Look - .nextmext at the still greater increase of the circulating me dium which took place in Pitt's time. What was the state of the country in 1797—the period of the Bank Restriction Act? After a long and ex pensive struggle with our American colonies, and being at war with France, the gold and silver of the country was nearly all drained away. The Bank could no longer pay its notes in gold, and afford assistance to Government. Our gold and silver was exhausted: but were we therefore poor ? No, the real wealth—the land, the mines, the houses, the workshops of the world—rernained.—(Hear, bear.) Our ships covered the seas, bearing away the produce of our looms and mills, to exchange for the riches of every clime. And, above all, our country was full of men—(Cheers)—of an industrious, energetic, and persevering population—a bold Anglo - Saxon race, with stout hearts and willing hands, equal to all emer gencies, and prepared to encounter and overcome any difficulties. These constitute the real wealth of a ustion.—(Cheers.) And what did Pitt's measures do? Why they provided a representative for all this real wealth. A paper money which might distribute com modities—might enable men to exchange the produc tions of their industry, to buy and to sell, to pay rents, taxes, and debts—in a ,word, to discharge, as the bank notes did discharge, all the functions of money.—(Hear, hear.) Every sovereign we have in this country we have bought with our goods. So it was then ; while the paper money was circulated at home, our merchants were exchanging their goods for other commodities, and gold and silver among other 1 things abroad ; and this gold and silver were sold to Government, and with it our troops were paid and foreign powers subsidized.—(Hear.) Under this sys. tem the country flourished in spite of war, and all its attendant evils. I say "in spite of war." For I adopt the opinion of a man who has been a warrior from his youth up—the Duke of Wellington —in calling war " the greatest of all e v ils." — (Loud cheers.) Morally, socially, and politically, war is the most dreadful scourge which Providence has per mitted to visit the earth.—(Renewed cheering.) This country felt, and felt severely at times, the evils of war. The closing of ports and markets by French influence was an evil. The seizure of ten millions of property belonging to British merchants in the Baltic ports caused much distress. The refusal of the Arne cans to take our goods, of which seven millions an nually were sold in the States—inflicted much suffer ing on our manufacturing districts. Still we spent much in war—we lent large sums to Government— we paid heavy taxes—and the nation progressed and prospered.—(Hear, hear.) The reason of this was that an adequate and abundant circulating medium was provided. .In 1797, the hank notes in circula tion were 8,601,9641. ; in 1807, the circulation was 16,724,3681., or nearly double; in 1814, it was 28 ; 291,8321., or more than three times as much as in 1797.—(8ear, hear.) With this increase in money prices rose. The Committee of the House of Commons reported, in 1815, that the price of wheat in this country, on an average of five years, had never exceeded 501. a quarter. But the average price of wheat, from 1794 to 1820, was 87s. 10d. a quarter, from 1809 to 1820, 98s. 9d. a quarter. And observe there was no protection then.—(Hear.) We were then a corn importing- country, and land was constantly being brought into cultivation. Porter states that, from 1797 to 1 816 , no less than 1779 In- . closure Bills passed. We ha d also fewer mouths to feed. The population of Great Britain, according to Mr. M'Culloch was in 1801, 10,943,000—whi1e in 1848 it was 21,000,000.—(1Iear.) But it may be said that this was a " fictitious price"—that it was only a paper-money price. But in a highly taxed country like ours the price, to be remunerative, must be comparatively high ; for this reason—that the far mer and every producer, to get a remunerative price cught to be able to add the amount of taxation to the cost of production.—(Hear.) If you can produce any article at a cost represented by four, and an amount equal to two be added by taxation, your price must become six to make it remunerative.—(hear.) But high prices, as was before said, can only exist with an abundant circulating medium. The system of paper money in operation during the war supplied this abundant circulation, and therefore enabled the country to bear its heavy burdens, and to prosper in spite of them.—(Hear.) What happened when our e r iod nation's commenced rejoicings o i s s t c r a e r s c s e . — 1 y efforts were at last crowned w ith an universal p ov ell e c r e b ? efore T a h p e (Hear.) How was this brought about? Immedi ately after peace was proclaimed, the Bank was in formed that its notes must be paid in gold at a fixed price (viz., 31. 17s. 10id. an oz.) Accordingly the Bank proceeded forthwith to draw in its notes. The circulation, which, according to Mr. Loyd, was at its highest in 18 13 and 181 4, was di m i n i s h e d near ly one halftahne same.dl 1817. The coun t ry h an k ers we r e Prices d ec li ne d i mme di a t e ly —ruin followed. In March, 1815, th e C orn L a w forced e inc i tol 814 passed, which was to secure to the farmer 80s. a quarter for his wheat ; in the following December, the monthly average was 55,- 9d. a quarter, or 30 per cent. less than the law of March had fixed as a remunerative price.—(Hear, hear.) The distress of 1816 was terrific. This is the description of it given in January, 1817, by Mr. Tierney :—" Each succeed ing year since the war ended," said he, " has only made things worse ; the distress, at first confined prin cipally to our agriculture, has spread to every branch of trade and industry, and the national misery has reached a point wholly without a p re cedent sin ce the Norman Conquest." The people were a ghest, and asked the cause of all this. They were told by their rulers that it was the sudden transition from war to peace which was ruining the country I—(Hear, hear.) How was this distress removed? That q uestion was answered by the Bank directors in their evidence be fore the Committee of 1819 :—„ Was no t 1816," it was asked, " a period of very cons id e rable com m ercial " and agricultural distress?" " Very great indeed,' answered Mr. Harman. Did not that distress ren der it necessary to relieve the public by an increased iseue of bank-notes?" " Were no t the advances made in that year by the B an k to Government, a distress. you have great instrument of relieving the 'ful circulation ?" spoken of, by affording more Ple nty • 44 Yes ; inasmuch as they made nsoney plentiful." Money was made plentiful, and the distress ... vanished. —(Hear.) But Government persevered publicin urging on first change of cash payments. Peel made his of _ 1819 a opinion, and came out of the Committeee country bullionist. In January, 1819, t...(3 I ?: had fully Prince recovered from its prostration.had e Regent told Parliament that he . the " great estinh satisfaction in being a ble a nd that the trade, commerce, manufactures most flourishi ng of the country were in a - condition."—(dear, hear.) The averag e pr i ce of wheat for 1818 was 84s. a quarter ; agriculture was therefore also flourishing. The d 1 r .vnenlBuleBof than no loss the coun try, without a ne w tax, incre a ge 4.700,0001. Peel's Bill passed on July 2, 1819. The consquences of that tne asure .. sh a_ll be describ e d to you by Mr. Matthias Attwheu ,lh a speech de livered by him on June 8, 1830 ,(which contains, I venture to affirm, more statesinannee principles, more profound and sagacious views on moneta r y sc i ence than any speech delivered on this subject i n e i t h er of . that the Houses of Parliamen t) --m speech h e says , " That Act fell on the calm prosperity and labours of erous industry of th the people—on the presP and e *sorder, to destroy. All coun try—to confound, and di the calamities of 1816 w e re renewed. The blow was manufacturing population. first felt by the olti Without wages—without th employment—without e means of fron artificial subsistence ; suffering from famine in the midst of plenty—ignorantd tens of whence the blow came, by thousands an thousands, the manu facturing population prepared for resi • stance." j, e year, November of the same Parliam en t was called together again. The prince Regent thus : a dd resse d them. " 1 have observed," he made in said,. " w i t h great concern the attemp ts _ some of the manufacturing districts to tak.e advantagev of local e; ffection te distress to excite --sae ent of the countr insti tutions and governor . is now fully _ manifested utterly kingdom, and aiming, hostile to the constitution of this ..ng, not only 011tleel inatit • at the change of those p in stitutions which have hitherto constituted the pride and security of this country, but at the subversion of the rights of pro perty, and of all order in society." The Luddites at this time destroyed machinery, to which they attri buted their sufferings—riots broke out in Lancashire —the farmers suffered next—thousaands were en tirely ruined—(Hear)—wheat wont down to 645. a quarter—incendiary fires spread throughout - the rural districts.—(Hear.) The Habeas Corpus Act was suspended—and a special commission sent out to try, condemn, and execute the rioters and rick burners._ (Hear.) The distress continued; in 1820 wheat was sold at 53.3. 11d. a quarter, in 1821 at 46x.23, a quarter, and in 1822 at 38s. ld. 'a quarter.— (" True 1') Remember, there was no free trade then.—(Hear.) The agriculturists were told that their distress now arose from over production— (Hear and laughter)—Providence had been too bountiful, and their crops too good.—(Hear, hear.) Again money was made plentiful. Lord London derry's Small Note Act, allowing 11. and 21. notes, passed. By loans to Government, loans to the landed interest, loans on public works, money was forced into circulation. Pour millions were thus added to the circulation. The country revived. Mr. Tooke says that the circulating medium al together became 50 per cent. greater in 1825 than it had been in 1823. The King, in his speech, said, " There never was a period in the history of the coun try when all the great interests of society were, at the same time, in so flourishing a condition." Prices rose ; it became more profitable to the foreigner to take our gold than our goods ; and by the end of 1825 scarcely a sovereign was left in the Bank. The cir culation was therefore rapidly contracted, by the Bank withdrawing its issues, and in December, 1825, broke out the panic.—(Hear.) The blow foil first on the bankers. One-eighth part of the country banks in England, and six of the London banks, stopped payment. They were told that they deserved their ruin—it arose from over-speculation—(Hear)—'.hat over-speculation which, it it existed, Government had done everything in their power to encourage. The traders and manufacturers of the country speedily felt the ill effects of the panic of 1825. They were told that their sufferings arose from an over produc tion of commodities, They had worked too hard, risen too early, been too ingenious in increasing the produce of their industry.—(Hear and laughter.) Yet the poor in the manufacturing districts were starving, " with food in abundance staring them in the face," says Mr. Francis; and 200 families were officially declared to have among them only four blankets. The country continued to suffar.—(Hear, hear.) The agricultural distress of 1829 and 1830 was most extreme, and the House of Commons was assailed with petitions from all parts and from all interests, which even now cannot be read without shrinking from the details of the misery which they record. In 1832 occurred another panic, though less severe than that of 1825. The Reform Bill, which distress had driven the people to demand, brought no relief. In 1834 wheat was sold for 41s. 5(1 , in 1535 for 365. Bd., and in 1836 for 365. a quarter—stilt, no free trade, wheat being protected up to 70s. a quarter.—(Hear, hear.) In 1837 came a panic again, and in 1839 the Bank had to borrow 2i millions of specie from the Bank of France to escape bankruptcy.—(Hear hear.) Government, in 1843, propounded the doctrine, that indirect taxation had reached its limit. The Whigs went out, leaving a deficit, the effect of bad money-laws, of 10,072,6381., and Peel again came into office and imposed the in come-tax. In 1844 Peel introduced his Bank Char ter Bill, in doing which he said that "during the last 20 years four decisive proof- , , at four distinct periods, had been given, viz., in 1825, 1832, 1837, and 1839, that under the present system of currency the principle of convertibility is endangered." This was the condemnation of his Bill of 1819 by himself. He therefore proposed to take "effectual measures"—the matured wisdom of Bullionism—to prevent such evils recurring. Mr. Goulbourn called this measure " a perfect system."— (Hear, hear.) In October, 1847, came another dreadful panic, in which the Bank was only saved from stop ping payment by the interference of the Government. The late Lord Ashburton, therefore, justly called the Bid of 1844 " a great experiment which had signally failed."—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I have entered into these details to show to you the repeated proofs which we have had of the imperfection of our mone tary system ; to show how this country has been forced for the last thirty years to alternate between prosperity and distress, and to make it plain that, whenever we hare had an adequate circulating me dium, prices have risen to a remunerative level and we have enjoyed prosperity; and that whenever Peel's system has come into active operation, and the circu lation has been contracted, forced cheapness has re sulted, and distress, misery, and ruin have pervaded all classes.—(Hear, bear, and cheers.) But it were useless to point out these evils unless we could also point out their remedy. This can be done. The great evil of the present system is the fixed price of gold. The obligation on theßank to buy gold when it does not want it, and to sell it when there is a drain, causes the arbitrary expansions and contractions of the currency. With gold at its market price the country flourished during the war, and would again do so. Paper money, in which gold might rise and fall in price, and which should be a legal tender for all pecuniary obligations, might be provided in sufficient amount; and made perfectly secure. There are various ways in which this might be done. Pitt effected it by a ' Bank Restriction Act. I proposed a simple method some time since, which might, with ease and facility, be adopted, viz., to release the Bank from its obliga tion to buy gold when it had a certain sum, say four teen millions, of specie in its coffers, and also to re move the restriction of never issuing beyond the sum of fourteen millions on securities. In the event of a drain of gold, I would allow the Bank to o d n le w av o e u s ld th b e e country, imm ediat t e h ly e issue notes l beyond this limit, on secu rities, and i not only, as is now the case, on the go ld locked up n the issue de bank-notes.—(Hear.) But perh a p s no supplied by plan has commended itself , so generally as th e one p vo ar ia tm c e re n a t t . ed T in hus, proposed by Mr. Joh n Taylor , of London, a gentle man who has thoroughly mastered the question, and has the w c h i r e c n u l g a o t philosophically examined and elucidated it. He pro poses that a national paper money should be issued, of 11. notes and upwards, which issue should never exceed in a year the amount of the annua l t axa ti on . Thi s money paid away by Gover nmen t f or t h e sa l ar i es o f its officers, for the dividends, and for all expenses, would be a legal tender, and being receivable for taxes would never be either in excess, nor liable to depreciation. As the penny postage-stamps collect the whole revenue of the Post-office, so would this money collect the whole revenue of the nation.— (Hear.) The arrangement of this plan would be matter of detail, and presents no real difficulties. As to private banks and banking companies, I would in terfere as little as possible with them—only taking care to make their issues as secure as possible, that so the currency of the nation might be rendered per fectly safe as gold itself.—(Hear.) Thus with a paper-money system similar to that which we had during the war, but better—improved by all the sug gestions which experience and philosophy, can present —is it possible not to see that the prosperity and hap piness of this country might be increased to an extent scarcely yet contemplated.—(Hear.) We can tell how this currency would increase the nation's wealth It would replace a very expensive medium of exchange—gold, by a very cheap one —paper. The fifty or sixty millions of gold which are now supposed to be in circulation, and which are merely used as counters, would be then replaced by notes. Here at once would be a saving of more than two millions a year, by.convert ing this large amount of dead stock into active, pro ductive stock.—(Hear.) Suppose a farmer had been taught that it was necessary to use a golden plough shared worth 1,0001., and a man came to him and sa f l " I will make for you a ploughshare of lironwell .for 100 pence, which will do the work just as we. is plain that the farmer would bave• the difference . as active between 1,000/. and 100 pence to employ • ' improve his land, drain, capital.—(Hear.) He could manure, and what not, when he had substituted a cheap ploughshare for a dear one.—(Hear, hear . ) ll.—But we say that a re presentative paper currency would benefit the nation by rendering one circulating medium independent of the foreign exchanges. When gold flows into the country , the Bank increases its issues, for it is forced to buy gold at a fixed price with its paper. The rate of interest is lowered, and specu lation is forced upon the people from the difficulty of obtaining a profitable investment for capital. When gold goes out of the country, the Bank contracts its issues, for it is liab le to pay its notes in gold at 31. 17s. 101 d. an ounce. Hence money becomes exceed ingly scarce, interest rises enormously, prices fall, trade is paralysed, hoarding begins, panic ensues , and distress and ruin, as in 1825, 1832, 1837, 1839, and 1847, follow.—(Hear, htar.) Th e e ff ec t o f the i panic of 1825 s thus described by Sir James Graham in his " Corn . and Currency" :—" Commerce is stag nated, manufactures suspended; masters are without mon ey, and men without employment; and ruin and insurrection stalk throughout the land." " I be lieve," said Mr. Richard Cobden, in his evidence be fore a Committee of the House of Commons, " greater evils have been occasioned to the trade and manufac tures of the country in 1836 and 1837, and the sub sequent periods, by the fluctuations in the currency ; greater evils—pecuniary, social, and moral—than by the direct failures of all the banks of issue since they were first established in the country."—(Hear.) The Manchester Chamber of Commerce in 1836 declared that the loss on cotton, wool, silk, linen, and hard ware, amounted to forty millions through the Cur rency Laws. • In 1847, the loss to the country, as stated by Mr. Richard Spooner in the House of Commons, was upwards of 250 millions. These ruinous fluctuations and panics would be obviated under a well-regulated currency.—(Hear.) But the most important advantage of a representative paper currency is this—that we should obtain a cir culating medium capable of expansion, a money in which prices would be able to rise as taxes areim posed, so that taxes might be added to the cost of production, and a remunerative price be obtained. — (Hear.) And further, as our population increased, and our commodities increased also—in other words, as our buyers and sellers increased, and the things to be bought and sold increased—money, the me dium of exchange between man and man, might increase in due proportion. Peop'e some times ask me why the law which governs, or which ought to govern the currency, cannot he discovered ? It is discovered. " Supply end demand," I say, is the law of the currency. As men increase, more food is required, and more clothes are required ; and if left to itself the supply will increase with the de mand. So it is with money. Mske paper money as safe as you please—make it as safe and secure as gold itself, and this we can prove can be ,done—and then leave the trade in money free. Leave it to the genera!, the universal law of trade, viz., supply and clemend.—(Hear, hear.) I say, that experience fully justifies the expectations of an improved state of things resulting from an alteration of the currency laws. I say that the paper money system, which en abled this country to prosper in spite of war, would produce tenfold advantages in a time of peace.— (Hear.) Observe, Ido not say that paper money would do everything. I do not say, for instance, that it would enable a farmer to prosper without skill, labour, judgment, and a fair amount of capital. —(Hear.) Ido not say that it would supply the place of science and of knowledge in the direction of a man's energies. I know that under any financial system vice, improvidence, and ignorance will bear their pernicious fruits. Butl do say that it would secure to labour its just reward; that it would afford to every I man of integrity, talent, and energy a fair oppor tunity of improving his condition ; that it would pre vent the attempts which are made for raising the con dition of the people from being counteracted by the frequent recurrence of those periods of severe distress and privation in which their moral condition inevitably deteriorates.—(Cheers.) I say that the paper-money system, which enabled this country to lend to Go vernment 600 millions, would enable the country to pay off the debt, and thus cause a reduction of nearly thirty millions of taxes. I believe that this country might then advance to a greater height of happiness and prosperity than ever— that instead of disunion and we might see all classes flourishing, and contributing to each other's prosperity ; that the well-being of the poor would furnish the best secnrity for the possessions of the rich ; that men would learn to prize the insti tutions under which they lived happily ; and that England would become the instrument, in the hand of Providence, of civilizing, elevating, and christianizing the whole world.—(Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, I must apologize for taking so wide a range, as well as for intruding thus long on your attention.—(No, no, and cheers.) I thank you very sincerely for the patient and indulgent hearing which you have afforded me, and I commend this important sub ject to your examination and consideration. The statements I have made are open to investiga tion—l submit them to your inquiry. Quod dixi, dixi.—(Cheers.) Discussion is the best friend of truth.—(Cheers.) I wish the subject to be fairly ex amined into. We have no party, no class interest, to serve : " For each and for all, is our motto."— (Cheers.) To extend commercial enterprise—to re store to agriculture its just remuneration—to ensure to the rich the safe enjoyment of their abundance, and to the poor man the just reward of his labour—this is our object.—(Careers) I advocate the currency question, in a word, because I wish to promote the greatest possible happiness of the greatest possible number, with the least possible injury to the lsast possible number.—(Loud cheers) And the success of this great question is a matter only of time. Sooner or later, it will prevail. But we must all, in our day and generation, do our part : for the inscruta ble decrees of Providence ordain, that every great and good cause by which the happiness of our fellow creatures has to be promoted, must, under the blessing of heaven, be worked out by the persevering energy of man himself.—(Loud andgeneral applause.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The second resolution, proposed by a member of the association, and seconded by Mr. BRKKWELL, was as follows :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the farmers of Great Britain must look to an alteration of the laws of currency as one just means of relieving them from their present state of depression ; and they therefore direct the committee of the society to take steps for obtaining a revision of the present monetary system established by Peel's Bills of 1819 and 1844." Carried unanimously. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN moved, and Mr. HARRISON Se conded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Twells for his able and eloquent address. Mr. HARRISON observed that this was not the first time they had met in th a t room , an d that more than once, during their discussion on other topics, some of them had expressed their opinion that the existing currency system had a great deal to do with the pre sent position of th e f arme r. —(H e ar, hear.) For himself he did not think they would ever get their rents reduced to their proper level, until the currency-laws were reformed.—(Hear.) Mr. Harrison then rapidly gave a sketch of his own experience as to the extraordinary fluc tuations in the price of stock as well as produce, which had taken place concurrently with the various alterations in the Bank issues and restrictions of issue since 1819.20 ; but we are here compelled by want of space to conclude our report by stating that Mr. Harrison, after strongly repeating his conviction of the necessity of the Currency Returns Movement being vigorously pushed onward, said the question having thus been once formally mooted among them, he trusted it would not be allowed to drop.—(Hear, hear.) They must look on this as only a preliminary meeting. They must get further information; and they must discuss it again and again, to see whether they were right in their views or not, though they would not always be as fortunate as they had been that evening in securing the asdstance of so able an expositor,as Mr. Twells.—(Hear, hear.) Truth, how ever, was truth; truth and justice only had been ad vocated in that association ; and so long as their body held together, he believed they would be advocated there.—(Cheers.) Mr. TWELLS briefly replied, and added that it gave him great pleasure to visit so practical an association as that at Market Bosworth. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meet ing—the interest of which was kept up to the very last —separated about half-past six o'clock. THE LONDON \VATERMEN, LIGHTEREMEN, AND STEAM-BOATS. " Rare John Taylor, the water poet," in the days of James I. and Charles 1., with whose name I found most of the watermen familiar (at least they had heard of him), complained of the decay of his trade as a water man, inasmuch as in his latter days " every Gill Turn tripe, Mistress Tumkins, Madame Policot, my L a dy Trash, Froth the tapater, Bill the tailor, Lavender the broker, Whiff ,the tobacco seller, with their companion trolls, must be coached." Ile complained that wheeled conveyances ashore, although:they made "the casements shatter, tatter, and clatter," were preferred to boats, and were the ruin of the watermen; and it is somewhat remarkable that the watermen of our day complain of the same detriment from wheeled conveyances on the water. The census of 1841 gives the following result as to the number of those employed in boat work in the me tropolis:— Boat and bargemen, and women 2,516 lightermen 11 W ater men 1,654 5,673 The increase of the river ctean•boats from 1820 is evinced by the following table:— Years. No. of River Stennar.rs. No. of Voyagts. 1820 1830 1835 —Chronicle. THE DODDINGTON MURDER.—BRENTWOOD, WED NESDAY.—In accordance with the instructions of the magis trate, who opened a special court on Sunday for the purpose of hearing the charge of murder against Thomas Drory, the prisoner was brought up last evening before Mr. Leisher, ore f the county justices, and Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner, who also acts as clerk to the bench of magistrates. Mr. Leisher, hearing from Mr. Lewis that his investigation had been ad journed for the purpose of receiving some important facts in relation to the tragical occurrence, determined for the present on not clashing with the proceedings already commenced, as it night have the effect of impeding the ends of justice. The evidence of Superintendent Coulson as to the apprehension of the prisoner, the body of the deceased, and other details, were therefore taken, so as to justify . his detention, and the magistrate, after duly cautioning him, remanded him until after the sittings of the adjourned inquiry of the coroner. He appeared little concerned at the awful POW= in which be wa* placed. 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College Caps and Gowns, with every kind of Garment calculated for pleasure, duties, or exercise, and surf as are worn by Young Gentlemen at the Colleges and Great Put•lic Schools. These arc al ways ready to be met with at the Warerooms of IL J. lama D. NI COLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletot Patentees, and Manufacturers of Cloth, Regent-street (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, Cornhill. CAUTION.—Many have assumed the use of the word " PALETOT," but:Messrs. NICOLL are the Sole Patentees of the design and ma terial (in Winter or Summer Substances) employed in the manufac ture of this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of costume. CORN AND CURRENCY. THE MARIiET BoswoßTH FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. (From the Leicestershire Mercury.) As we briefly stated last week, the members of this association commencemed their autumn session by considering how " the currency affects the interests of the agriculturists of Great Britain." Mr. R. Smith, of Sutton Cheney, was in the chair. Mr. N. Gistsox moved the first resolution, as fol lows :—" That the question, of the currency is one which materially affects the agriculturists of Great Britain, and becomes indispensably necessary to be tlebsidered since the principles of free trade have been adopted." It might be asked, perhaps (said Mr. Gimeon), why the farmers should take up this question ? what had they to do with it—and did they understand it ? If they did not understand it, that was because they had not yet readied the ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) As to its n-ot affecting them, he would remark that the farmers eound, owing to the reduction in the price of agricultural produce, that they were paying 2/. for every V. they were receiv ing—(Hear)—and they all knew that our present cur rency system was based on the corn-law, which esti mated the average price of wheat at 80s. a quarter ; that was, no foreign corn should come into this country under 803. a quarter. He did not mean that the farmers received 80s. a quarter for their corn under that law—(Hear, hear)—but that they were supposed to be receiving 80s., and that their pay ments were based on that supposition.—(leer, hear.) They had now, however, to sell two quarters for that supposed price of one ; and that being the case, was it reasonable that the landed interest should be called upon to pay two pounds where be fore they only had to pay one.—(Hear, hear.) The other cley, as be wanted a new coat, he went into a tailor's shop to ask the price cf one—he was told 50s. He told the tradesman that money was a scarce com modity with farmers now; but that he would give him a quarter of corn for his coat.—(Laughter.) The tailor, however, said no; the principle of barter would not suit him ; and so (we understood) the bargain was not struck.—(Hear.) These remarks were very general, he was aware, and he refrained from going fur ther into the question as the Rev. Mr. Twells would shortl y address them at length:upon:the subject. But he (Mr. Gimson) would beg to remind the meeting that they had a mighty struggle before them, for which they must arm themselves well. They had justice on their side ; their arms must be the goosequill and discussion ; and, clothed in a panoply of hope, assu rance, and indomitable perseverance, he had no fear of the result.—(Cheers.) They had no corn-tax— they would have no bank-tax.—(Renewed cheers ) Mr. BURDERY briefly seconded the resolution ; after which the CUAInMAN said he had now the pleasure of calling upon the Rev. John Twells, of Perlethorpe, Nottinghamshire, to express his opinion upon the question now before the meeting. Mr. TWELLS then rose and spoke as follows :—ln venturing to appear amongst you, I must request your indulgence, both as a stranger and as one whose profession may appear to disqualify him, in some respects, for taking a part in the public discussion of the question which calls us together to-day. I can unaffectedly say, that nothing but an overwhelming sense of the importance of this ques tion to the country in general, and at this time more particularly to the agricultural interest, would have induced me, here or elsewhere, to have come forward as I am now doing.—(Hear.) Yes, gentlemen, it is a deeply -rooted conviction of many years' standing, founded on a deliberate and impartial consideration of this question, and an attentive observation of the facts of the case for the last thirty years, which has in duced numbers of thinking men—arguing from the experience of what has happened in this country, to abstract principles as to the causes of what they have witnessed—to devote their time and energies to this little-understood question : because we believe that the interests of all, rich and poor, manufacturers and agriculturists, are so deeply involved in it, that per manent prosperity can never (under any circum stances) be secured, till we have a thorough reform of the present monetary system, established by Peel's Bills of 1819 and 1844 —(Cheers.) The resolution which will be put from the chair for your adoption or rejection, declares" That the question of the currency is one which materially affects the agriculturists of Great Britain." And with respect to the importance of the question to the agriculturists, and all other classes, I beg to call your attention to the opinion of the late Sir Robert Peel in his speech of May 6, 1844, on the Bank Charter Bill. Speaking of his Currency Bill he says, " There is no contract, public or private, no engagement, national or indi vidual, which is unaffected by it. The enterprises of commerce, the profits of trade, the arrangements to he made in all the domestic relations of society, the wages of labour, the transactions of the highest amount, and of the lowest, the payment of the na tional debt, the provision for the national expendi ture on the one hand, and the command which the coin of the smallest denomination has over the neces saries of life on the other, are all affected by the deci sion to which we may come on that great question which lam about to submit to the consideration of the Committee." With this comprehensive and well expressed statement of Sir Robert Peel I entirely agree. Money is one half of every bargain made be tween man and man. In early times, all traffic was a matter of barter. Each man bartered the super fluity of what he possessed for that which he desired to possess. But it soon became requisite to have some thing for which all should be willing to exchange commodities. That something was called money. In different countries various commodities have been considered money, but the precious metals, as they are called, gold and silver, have, from their portabi lity and durability, been generally adopted for that purpose. One of the earliest instances on record of a precious metal being a medium of exchange is that of Abraham, with which you are all fa miliar. Abraham bought the field of Machpelah, of Ephron the Hittite, the son of Zohar, for four hundred sheckels of silver. This silver was " current with the merchant," but it was not coin. "Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver." The word shechelCoMn from the Hebrew shachal, to weigh. Calmet affirms that the Hebrews had no coined money till Antiochus Si detes, King of Syria, granted to Judas Maccabmus the privilege of coining money in Judaea. Now the valuel of any commodity —corn, for instance—would depend on two things : the supply and demand of corn, and the supply and demand of silver. And here you will, I think, begin to see clearly how the cur rency question affects your interests. The farmer is a manufacturer, so to speak, of corn and cattle. He takes the superfluity of his corn and cattle to market, and with them he buys money. He must possess himself of money, for money is the only legal tender for his rent, his taxes, and his debts. And hence the farmers seem to me to have been much mistaken as to their interests when they directed their attention solely to the laws which were made about corn, and entirely neglected to take into consideration the laws which were made about money.—(Hear.) They ought to have attended to the laws made about both. For their interests are as much affected by the laws made respecting what they buy, viz., money, as those made about what they sell, viz , corn. In 1826, Sir J. Graham, in his " Corn and Currency," said, " The value of money is in the inverse ratio of its quantity ; the supply of commodities remaining the same, in crease the quantity of money, prices rise; decrease the quantity of money, prices fall. Oa the other hand, the qu an tity of money remaining the same, increase to o u make a k bee the quantity of c om modities, prices fall; decrease the this should quantity of commodities, prices rise." 1 will endea vour well iudfepeorssstiebeled,.stilll adopt, then, because . Mill's illustration. Suppose there to be 100 loaves, and 100 shillings to exchange for them. Each loaf would command a shilling. The loaves remaining 100, increase the shillings to 200, and each loaf would command two shillings • decrease the number of shil lings to 50, and each loaf would then command only s ixpence. On the other hand, the number of shil lings remaining 100, increase the loaves to 200, and eac h shilling would command two loaves; decrease the loaves to 50, and it would then take two shillings to buy one loaf.--(Hear.) Here, then, is the common sense view of the currency questicn. If the quantity ' of money in circulation be increased, the harvest being LIFE POLICIES. " A trial of considers ble interest to Life Assurance Offices and the public was concluded 3*esterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held r.•.;oolicy for an assurance of 539/. in the Albion Company as security i b r an advance, the payment of which policy was now disputed by ; n , 3 Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact the assured party having beet a man of in temperate habits was c once aled from the office. The chief evidence turnel upon the quest is n as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and ti it: result was, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not. only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance of the action being brc vght by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies under the presen et system, and shows that the only mode by which absolute securit p can be obtained by the public must lie in the general adoption by A! tsurance Offices of the plan of protelting them selves in every case b 3 due inquiries before the grAntinvs , f cacti po licy, and of afterward 5 assuming the full responsibility of the com pleteness of such inqu dries by holding themselves precluded from raising any future qu cation. In the present cave two offices are found to he diametries By opposed in their opinions as to what can properly invalidate a Claim, and yet the public are expected to be able to guare themselv es agai:ist such contingences. qmilar cases have occurred before, a ad even if they were more rare, they would seriously injure the pr ygress of life assurance. The very principle upon which the busine is is founded is the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that pri; aclple is counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who would t e: the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—i Imes, July 11, 1850. HIE LONE CN INDISPUTABLE LIFE At POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LO:11BARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. :1. Campbell Renton, El 1,, M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Mallns, Esq., C . 1. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. 1' 1); lam Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. ' Tohn Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. .Totin Matthews, Esq. C. Oetavlus Parnell, Esq. William Adams, Esq. John Atlcins, Esq. Henry Ammitus Bevan,. ,"Esq. .T. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. Min Dangerileld, Esq. AUDITORS. rleorge Cuv.rning, Esi• William D. Starling, Es 1. Turner, Esq. David Henry Stone, Esq. Smcm. TART—David Alison, Esq. BANREits— , / :caws. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. PAW)) NGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Celina zght-terrace, Edgeware•road. Rev. James Sherhold le, A.M., Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-c r,3scent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq.„ Eastbourne-terrace, llyde-park, and Lin• coin's Inn-fields. Thomas .Tervis Antos, Ee York-street, Portman -square. George Y. Robson. Esq., f.astbourne-terrace, Byde-park, and New. square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. noghton, Esq. The POLICIES of thi s' C,ompany, being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and N e otiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the cast: of ordinary Policiu, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of th e Life cAs surance, the progress of tl tis Company has been rapid from mencement of its busines 3, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be forwarded, On application, to Solicito to whom Commission is allowed. AI. EXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. GRAND SALON DE D ANSE, ROYAL ADE L _TIDE GALLERY, STRAND. OPEN ;FOR THE SKASON. Lessee—Mr. Thomas Martlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great Russell-;street, Covent-garden Mr. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Banl in London, has re tained the valuable talent cif the leading Artists engared during the past season at Cremorne (3.r.rdens, including the following eminent Performers from I - Pr Maj,!sty's Theatre, the Itoyal Italian Opera, and the Philharmonic Conzerts : First Violins —Hayward, •Cohen, Bus's, 11. T. Seabrook, Van Hed- (leathern. Second Violins—Pelerin, 77. Jackson, Edwards, C. Griesbach. Tenors—Sapinski, J. Jack son. Violoncellos—Quinton, W. Y. Reed. Contra Basses—G. Taylor, W. Trantor, Guy, Stubgen. Flauto, J. Saynor. Piccolo—Meyer. Flageolet—J. Tyler. Oboe—J. Schott. Clarinetti —Park, G. Tyler. Bassoon—Montara. Cornets- a-P:stons—Humfreess, Cottrell. Horns— W. F. Youngman, W. Youngman. Trombont —Webster, Guiraud. Ophicleide—Mosca. Bass Drum—Harrison. Side Drum—Seymour. INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Overture, " Zampa" • . • • lierold. Polka, " Cremorne" • - • • Borini. Solo (Violin) Mr. Van lleddeghen. Valse, " liommage a Strauss". • • . Borini. Selection from LA SONYA MBULA • • .. Bellini. Ce nducted by BORINI. To the votaries of Thrpsiehore remarks on the excellence of Borini's Band, atter the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at Cremorne, would be supe 'gluons. Solos and Concerted Pi eves will be performed during the evening. Borini's Latest Comp. )Sitions—Tho Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to various popular Irish Mel odies, Gelop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of all Nations. The Grand Salon, Refr tshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone considerable alterations raid improvements. Doors open at Half-pa at Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. ROYAL POL YTECIEINIC INSTITUTION. Lecture on the B ailed Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated by his own compositions, every Evening (except Sa turday) at Eight o'clock .—Lecture on the Hydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Le.:ture on Chemistry by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., il lustrating the Ancient lflery Ordeal and the Handling of Red Hot Metals. —Model of Wcsto n's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work daily.—Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Na ture, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, eats ibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One e't lock.—Diver and Diving-bell, Sec., &c, Admissi , m, Is.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Elev en till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept t.aturday) from Say eat till Half- past Ten. A RGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL ST:REEL ST. JAMES'S. Licensed pursuant to Act: of Parliament of the 25th of King G. orge the Second. (Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-sqoare.) LAURENT'S CELEB RATED AND UNRIVALLED BAND ! Principal Cornet.a-Pistori, M. Boulcourt, from Pari , and Artiste Attache to M Strauss' Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, Fran duly As this elegant and popular resort of fa:hion is now duly LICENSED by ACT of PARLIAMENT, CONCERTS will be produced, in &MAD:xi to dancing. The new lessee pledges himself that nothing shall be wanting on his part to render this establishment worthy the distinguished patronage and support it has hitherto been honoured - with, and respectfully solicits a continuance of those favours, which it will ever be his study to deserve. Doors open every evening at Half-past Eight —Dancing to commence at Nine pre asely.—Admission, One Shilling. N.B. Particulars of the Concerts will shortly appear. youßLic INVITATION! In consequence of the extraordinary desire manifested on the part of the Public to view the Premises forming the West-end Branch Establishment of E. MOSES and SON, the Proprietors have adopted the expediency of Suspending Business One llour Earlier until Further Notice, and the Public are hereby informed that FREE ADMISSION will be' given from Seven o'clock until Nine to all parties desirous of viewing the interior of the Establishment. *** Branch Establishment, New Oxford-street. READING SAUCE FOR FISH, GAME, GRAVIES, RASHES, STEAKS, &c. TOIIN and CHARLES COCKS, the sole Prc prietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to caution. the Public against the daily frauds practised by many persons, who are otTering their spurious imitations as the Genuine Reading Sauce. This Sauce is patronlsed and recommended by most families in the kingdom, and for genoral use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fish Sauce Vendors. lie particular in asking for "COCK'S READING SAUCE," which is prepared only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manu factory, Duke-street , Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name—" J. and C. Cocas, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each Bottle : without this none are genuine. DR. CUL VERW EL L'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sher wood, 23, Pater noster - row ; Carvalho -147, Fleet-street; Ma - an, 39, Cornhin ;or direct from the anther, price Ouc Shilling each ; by post, E7g.JOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Ito nation. and rational Use of Time." CowTErr rs:—Ear l y Lining—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex- CTITS:OMI about the En virons of London—The Parks, Lanes, hills Forests, Fields, High -roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and RamVies—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Home —Music—The Drame.—On Eating - , Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES SKETCH:OF EDINBURGH, ace, Vol. 11. THE LANES OF KILLARNEY; REMLNTISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. h WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID . "That three seers years and ten o ur course may run." A popular review of almost every form (c ause and cure) of ner- F2uslY-debilitatcd heldth and enfeebled con stitution, that harasses the old ) young, besets the man of pleasure , b usiness, or study, and em age, with 'tables and rules for the diet and physical regu -1 ',Ron of every-day die. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—What improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." an S:c edia T : pilgrimage,ti:ei.fe'sAdl,eeaey,ef early from i le nf arri ane .a y g t e o s. old age. The advent of th Pazsims. Chastity and Its infringements. The casualties ol lieentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Paocatiormut—Laws and obligations of nature, society,. and rem neon regarding marriage, to b e o b serve d b y e ith e r sex. Time an choice, on both sides, az to a-e temperament, complexion , an d figure, to secure healthy oinprlng ' , ' will, the art of rearing them. Phyai cal defectiveness a n d i ts removal.' Sterility and its conversion. Cases, Sze. By R. J. CIILVERIVRLL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and. Forensic Referee in these matted. Reception hours daily till five. Evenbigsaeven till nine. 10 AnYll - P 1 80.• negiontitreet, ~~.`?-~`t=. ~: V G [PRICE SD. /~ SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH BRITISII RAILWAY. (From the Scotsman.) An accident occurred on the Haddington branch of the North British Railway on Monday evening, of a very serious character, though happily, and we may say, in the circumstances, miraculously unattended by loss of life. The train to which the casualty happened left Haddington at ten minutes to seven o clock, for Longniddry, there to join the through train from Berwick to Edinburgh. It was composed of three carriages, a truck, and the engine and tender. The truck was placed next the engine, followed by a third, then a first, and lastly by a second-class carriage. When about four miles distant from Haddington, at a point where there is a considerable incline, x sudden shock was felt by the passengers. As afterwards turned out, this m.ust have arisen from the breaking of the coupling between the tender and the truck, caused by the sudden starting of the engine off the rails. The engine, it appears, ran for a short distance alcng the side of the line, and then boiled down the em bankment (which at this place was only some two or three feet high), into a field of turnips on the farm of Laverocklaw—ploughing up the ground for about forty or fifty yards, and finally coming to a stop when it had imbedded itself to a depth equal to the height of the wheels. The driver kept his place on the engine during the whole time, but the stoker was suddenly swept off into the field by a piece of the telegraphic wire, which had been drawn out of its place by the funnel of the engine. The stoker was slightly injured about the head, but the engine -driver was unhurt. After the engine and tender had become discon nected from the train, the carriages aed truck ap pear to have proceeded for about twenty or thirty yards along the line. The third -class carriage then seems, from some cause or or other, to have fallen over on its side, when the coupling between it and the truck gave way—the latter, like the engine, being precipitated over the embankment into the field. The third-class carriage is supposed to have been driven forward for a short way upon its broadside, and ultimately, from the force of the other carriages, to have been made to perform a complete somerset, so that the bottom framework and wheels lay uppermost. Unlike the engine and truck, it did not go over the embankment, but lay smashed in pieces upon the side of the railway, with part of the first-class carriage, which had been turned completely round, resting upon it. During all this time the pea -1 sengers were jolted and huddled together in a fearful manner. This was particularly the case with those in the third-class carriage, whose escape amidst its almost total demolition for the sides and part of the roofing are said to have been torn off—is truly wonderful. So far as we can ascer tain, there were only twelve passengers in the train, and of these six are represented to have been in the third-class carriage, all of whom were more or less seriously injured. The passengers in the other car riages, we believe, escaped without injury. Not a moment was lost by the passengers in the first and second-class carriages, and by the guard, engine -driver, and stoker, in proceeding to the assist ance of the unfortunate individuals buried, so to speak, under the wreck of the third class carriage. After a good deal of exertion, they succeeded in ex tricating them all except an old woman, who was so firmly wedged in that she could not be got out, until what is called the "dumb-craft" had been applied to raise up the carriage. A servant from a neighbouring farm was, from the noise, early attracted to the spot, and kindly volun teered to ride for assistance to Haddington. On the information reaching Haddington in this way, a special train was immediately dispatched to the spot with Dr. Martine, who rendered all the aid in his power to the sufferers. He found four of them to be in such a dangerous condition as to render their in stant removal to Haddington a matter of absolute ne cessity. These parties were— Mungo Kerr, collector of the customs, &c., Mus selburgh, who has several severe scalp wounds, and some bruises about the back of the neck. He is still in a very precarious state. Mrs. Robertson, from Leith, who has a large wound on the forehead, and is very seriously bruised about the back and shoulders. Miss Henderson, who has a small wound on the forehead, and a severe sprain of the right ankle. Miss Rintoul, belonging to Edinburgh, who is bruised about the back, and has a cut on her head. The wounds received by the latter two are as cleanly done as if inflicted by a penknife ; but in the case of the other two they are broad and ragged. The two other parties injured were a man and a woman. They belonged respectively to Edinburgh and Porto bello, but their names we could not ascertain. Both went home in a special train with the other passen gers, although very much injured—the woman being considerably bruited aboui the back, and the man having a severe cut on the loin. The rail, at the place where the accident occurred, were displaced for a distance of upwards of a hundred yards, and some of them were broken, and others twisted together. Several of the chairs and sleepers were also removed out of their beds. Men were employed all night in clearing away the wreck of the accident, and in repairing the injury done to the line. The engine, which is reported not to have been much damaged, was only got out of the field about nine o'clock yesterday morning. The down line was put into a complete state of repair in the course of yesterday afternoon, and the trains passed along it as usual. We understand that the authorities have ordered a full investigation into the accident; and it is not im probable, from what we have heard, that some of the parties in charge of the train will be taken into custody. SMITHFIELD-MARKET. TO THE EDITOR or THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—l am sure that every one who considers the importance of the subject will appreciate the service which you are rendering to the public by admitting to your valuable columns a few words in defence of Smithfield-market. A question affecting the supply of food to the inhabitants of this great metropolis, assuredly deserves free discussion, and whilst you yourself have stated with force and ability the argu ments which may be urged on the one side, it speaks well for your candour and earnestness in the pursuit of the public good that you should publish also what is to be said on the other, so that the public may have the means of passing a fair and correct judgment upon the question, There is one point, which it strikes me, sir, you, in common with many who are opposing the plan of the Corporation, have overlooked, and which is still of the utmost importance in considering the matter; and that is, that no one in the Corpora tion or out of it is satisfied with Smithfield-market as it now stands, or is anxious to defend any of the evils to which it seems possible to apply a remedy. The space is to confined, and, as a consequence, great cruelty is unnecessarily inflicted on the animals which are there exposed for sale. This is admitted on all hands, and the Corporation propose to open an area amply sufficient. The existence of a thorough fare through the market-place is a double injury, the thoroughfare interfering with the market, the market obstructing the thoroughfare. It is proposed to con struct an enclosed market, and not only thus to re lieve the thoroughfares but greatly to enlarge and im prove them. The avenues to the present market place are confined and already overcrowded. It is proposed to construct the new City market on a site immediately adjacent to the "New Victoria-street," by which means a large part of the cattle traffic, that passing . north, would be entirely removed from the existing thoroughfares. Another large part, that passing south, would pass along one of the broadest and most convenient streets in the metropolis, Farringdonestreet ; the other avenues would be widened and improved to their utmost practical ex tent; and, in addition to this, the existence of a dead meat market, together with slaughtering houses for supply on the spot, will have the effect of preventing a considerable portion of the cattle from passing into the streets. It is thus seen that the proposed new market would very much obviate the objection of the passage of cattle through the streets. It may be urged, that it does not meet it entirely; but neither will any removal or alteration which is practicable. The report of the Royal Commission, embodying the result of every other inquiry into the matter, affirms that, take the market where you may, "it would be necessary that they should he driven through the streets. This admitted, I conceive that very little consideration would convince every man that any removal from a central site (that which, on the average, is the nearest to every other point), so far from remedying, or even alleviating the evil, must aggravate and add to it. Remove the market to any of the proposed spots on the north of the metropolis, and the vast numbers of cattle that pass to the southern metropolitan districts, and to the different railway stations on the south side of the river, must traverse the streets from one end to the ether, in creasing the nuisance in the metropolis itself, and ex tending it to the suburban districts, where those who wish to avoid the noise and disturbance incident to the trade of a great city have retired, and where the only class liable to danger and alarm from the pre sence cf tle cattle (females and children) are exclu sively to be found. are many o which demand'lemr mention, trespassed porTtanhecree o h f ut ti l e h u aa t- e m a ° l l r t ead; t res passed too much upon yo ur valubb e to pursue the matter Sh ou ld you, however, allow m h vja-e. cu ss them in the spirit w f u rther on a future occasi h op c , h l ans h E ou ng ld lis h h o m p a e n to lo d ve is s : AIRPLAY. that of October 16. COFFEE-SHOP noneEar.—A man named 'William Andrews was yesterday committed from Guildhall for two months, for stealing . three books from Mr. Worran coffee woo ou 1.1911)9m-hal. Id iron iay, t° orni 4 ocl i'l ade bil 114 BO' ... s'' , - ~ • . .• . e ....„ , =