The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-06 00:00:00

TRIAL BY JURY. FIFTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY DINNER TO COMME- AikkRATE THE ACQUITTAL OF HORNE TOOKE AND HARDY. Yesterday about one hundred gentlemen assembled at din ner at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, to com memorate the fifty-first anniversary of the acquittal of Home Tooke and Hardy. Dr. Bowring, M.P., presided. When the cloth was removed, The Cnarastv propo*d, as the first toast, " The Sove reignty of the People. In doing so, he said be proposed that toast first, because the multitude were not made for the monarchs, but the monarchs for the multitude. In proposing the health of " The Queen," he expressed a hope that the Sovereign who was placed at the summit of the Government of this great empire would cause her reign to be marked by a desire to consult the happiness of the com munity over which , she ruled. The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was " Trial by Jury." —(Cheers.) He would observe, in offering this toast to the assembly, that all experience had taught mankind that very often great events arose out of discouraging circumstances ; awl the history of man could point to as many results of great importance arising from light Causes, as could the his tory of philosophy for its most valuable discoveries.—(Hear, hear.) What the discovery of attraction and gravitation was in the world of matter, the importance of trial by.. jury was in the world of mind.—(Hear, hear.) It was the victory of political philosophy that gained for the peQple of this country that glorious pri vilege which they knew so well how to value, and which they would never surrender.—(Cheers.) The great institution of trial by jury was an invaluable boon to the people, and was so regarded by the enlightened portion of the community.—c Hear.) It was that battering-ram which protected individuals against tyrannical penal laws, and which eventually broke them down.—(Cheers.) With these observations, he begged to give them the inviolable privilege, of " Trial by Jury."—Drank with all the honours. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said he had now come to the great toast of day, the object of which was to bring back their recollections to bear upon the me mory of those great and immortal men who, in the dark days 'of dagger and persecution, had braved the storm, and were preptitid to suffer all the consequences of penal enactments in the great cause of public liberty.—(Cheers.) Removed as those whom he now saw around him were from the times in which those illustrious men lived, they could scarcely appre ciate the many hardships, vexations, and persecutions they underwent in their efforts to assert a great principle.—(Hear, hear.) But they endured all those because they were sup ported by pdblic opinion, and. with that, to back them they were prepared even to " walk through the valley of the shadow of death," rather than abandon the position they had taken.—(Cheers.) But the present age was beginning to do them justice ; the future would certainly do so, because time ever came to the aid of the grateful recollection of the ~virtuous and patriotic.—(Cheers.) In the present day there was no doubt on the public mind as to the positions which Sydney and Hampden should occupy . in the estimation of their country.—(Hear, hear.) Inquiries had been made as to whether Cromwell should have a statue ; but be the result of that what it might, no man could deny a statue to John Milton, for he was enshrined in the hearts of the people, and regarded as deserving of a place amongst the best of men, both by Parliament and by people. —(Cheers.) On the death of John Milton, a certain writer said that the fame of that great man had gone out like the snuff of a candle, and left no agreeable odour after it; but he (the Chairman) begged to say, that so far from the result verifying that assertion, that "candle" had illuminated the whole world, and the memory of it was held as sacred as that of a consecrated saint. He (the Chairman) had made those observations in order to show that the people of this country were not slow to consecrate the memory of the great who had passed away, and they looked with a deep and fervid intent upon those who still lived, and who had been associated with them.—(Hear, hear.) There were some few in that room who still well remembered the memorable day they had this eveningmet to commemorate, and who had taken a part Tit the proceedings then going forward ; and it would be the boast and the p rivilege of the youngest now in this 'room, to be able to dec lare, at a future day,;that though they had not the good fortune to live in the times of Hooke and 'Hardy, and those other illustrious men, they at least could say those who had mingled with them were not unknown to them; and that they hung with delight upon the accounts they had heard of the manner in which these great men bore up against adversity, had struggled with the waters which were about to overwhelm them, and had arisen from the ordeal invigorated and resolute. —(Cheers.) Such he trusted would be the conduct of the young men of the pre sent day at any moment when the liberties of the country should be imperilled, or tyrannical laws be attempted to be enforced. Lo cheers r ) Mr. Pannywascalfedlapon to speak to the next toast, which . was " The memory of the three juries who, in 1797, accquitted Hardy, Tooke, and Thelwell on a charge of high treason, and of Erskine and gibbn, the able and gratuitous counsel of the accused." In rising to propose the toast, he said he felt honoured by having been chosen for the performance of so agreeable a (Nay. - He had only been attending those meet ings for a few years, but he felt convinced that a more im portant public, duty he could not discharge, and he also felt gratified for the mannerin which he had always been received at them by those who now surrounded him.—(Hear, hear.) The toast entrusted to him to propose was one which might easily have fallen to the lot of some one more competent to do justice to its merits than he was. There might be some in that room to-night who still preserved a vivid recollection of all the painful circumstances attending those extraordinary trials—who had witnessed the anxious attention of those - three remarkable juries while they were addressed in the powerful and forcible eloquence of the Attorney-General of that day, who called the accused " those great State criminals."—(Hear hear.) The excitement in separable from all the circumstances attending these trials—the crowded and concerned audience by which the juries and the prisoners were surrounded—the excitement arising from the naturally intense anxiety that existed in the public mind to know what fate awaited men who were on trial for their lives—the excitement of the able counsel who defended the prisoners, and who denounced, as odious and infamous, that law which would jeopardise the lives of men by what was called " constructive treason"—(Cheers) —instead of having laws so plain that no man could mistake, and all might shun the breach of—(Cheers) —that state of excitement which even amongst the jury was so strong, that when the foreman came into Court to return his verdict, he mild scarce articulate it, and when he had done so, fainted away—an unprecedented circumstance—but thereby stamped that verdict as the result of a state of insecurity to the liber- ties of the people the memory of which should never die away—(Cheers)—the excitement attendant upon the fact that Erskine and Gibbs, the prisoners' counsel, had de fended them gratuitously, as if to say there never was a time when a lawyer could do anything for nothing.—(Laughter.) It was not even all these circumstances combined that made him look back with pleasure to the result of these trials, but it was the additional one, namely, the assertion of that great and eternal principle for which those men had risked all to uphold.—(Cheers.) Men of the present day were so much rbsorbed by other matters, and had given themselves so little trouble about this, that one would almost imagine the I• *dole lived under the very best form of government it was ,possible to have—(Laughter)--and he would venture to as sert that even the present Government had not yet deemed the consideration of this great principle of importance.— (Cheers.) However, he would beg to remind this meeting that if those assemblies were to be of any real value, they should net only express their approbation of the men whose memories they had met to commemorate, but they should also never lose sight of the necessity for upholding the principle those men fought for. Yes, there would be no use in their meeting there unless they were resolved to follow up the assertion of that principle, and to adopt the example of those great men who had fought for it so bravely, even unto the very threshold of martyrdom.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was then put from the chair, and hailed with all the honours and protracted applause. Mr. W. J. Fox was called upon to propose the next toast. He said he had been anticipated in a great deal he had intended t 9 say by Mr. Parry, in his very able speech. He concurred with bim that - if they meant to carry out their object, they should not only do honour to the men, but to the principle.—(Hear, hear.) The men were bound up with the principle ; and though the men whose memory they bad met that night to honour mere no longer living, yet there were young men rising up around them who, like Mr. Parry, stood as it were in the place of those who were gone, and had the same duty to perform.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Fox) was, not present at those trials during that event ful period, but lie remembered it well. He was living at Norwich at the time, and the news of the acquittal arrived is that Own on the day atteslit was made known in Lon• den. It was announced in one of the churches while a clergy man was in the act of delivering a discourse ; and it was bailed be a psalm of thanksgiving, that could not have been surpassed in the loftiest cathedral, or by the grandest aspi rations of consecrated eloquence.—(Cheers.) He remem bered well that at that time men who, in their own locality, were esteemed good and virtuous men, were regarded as seen of very different character at the seat of Government— as if the change of place changed their character; and they •were dragged from their homes and their beds without being permitted to put on their slices, as if there might be some• thing treasonable even in contact with those articles.— (Laughter.) Tooke, and those who were tried with him, were very near being hanged for saying that the Govern ment was corrupt ; and yet, in a little time after, the same bxly reformed themselves, and in a way, too, that most eorruptAbodies effect reformation.—(Cheers, and laughter.) The speaker next alluded to the discussions that had ap peared in the public prints about certain statues which were to be placed in the new Houses of Parliament; but he trukted that the time was coming when the people would have a Parliament that would not be held in any palace in which there should not be a statue erected to honest Tom lElRTdg.—(Loud- cheers.) He next adverted to a speech re poqed of Lord John Russell upon his receiving the liberty of Edinbuigh, and commented in a very humorous strain upon fits Lordship's expressions, to the effect that he was anxious to give the people extensive immunities, but that be wished to do it " constitutionally ;" but he (Mr.. F.) con tended that no extension of the people's privileges would be worth having while they were still compelled to submit to ecclesiastical tyranny, or be servile to a monarchy. He coneluded by proposing the toast, " Radical reform of all abuses, and a fair representation of the people of the British empire in Parliament,". which was drank with load applause. Mr. TAYLoit proposed the " Memory of the martyrs. who suffered in Scotland in 1794," which was drunk in solemn silence, and which was follo we d b y several other toasts, and the company separated, after having protracted their sitting to a late hour, and spent a very agreeable evening. DUTCH PAPERS. unfavourable, is AMSTERDAM', Nov. I.—We are happy to an nounce that the herring fishery, which was at first very raw so productive that there is no record Of so ' a t Scheveningen, in the month of October, as this ear. fewer than eleven vessels have arrived since the y 24th. No of October, bringing, in all, 647,000 herrings. THE HAGUE, Nov. 3. —Among the many measures adopted by the Government to procure from abroad a supply of pro visions to make up the deficiency in our crops, especially potatoes, is the following :—" His Excellency the Minister of the Colonies informs the merchants that, by the King's authority, orders have been given to the Governor-General of our East India possessions to encourage, by all possible means, the exportation of rice to the mother country, and to take care that during the year 1846 Dutch ships, the half of whose cargoes, at the least, consists of rice to be imported into the Netherlands, shall be admitted free into all the little ports of Java, to exempt them-Ist, from the payment of export duties on rice, or to cause it to be returned to them if thfiy have already paid it; 2d, from the import duty on the sacks for the rice ; and, 3d, from the anchorage, convoy, and harbour dues. The captains of ships are only bound to give security to the amount of their dues in order to insure the importation in the Netherlands.—Dutch Papers, Nov. 4. " TICEHURST.—TH E S EEM -TIME, nicking. is How over ; and the farmers are very busy in st PP , ng stacking the poles, carrying the bin s off the gardens, thrash ing, ploughing, and sowing wheat, for which operations the weather is highly auspleious. Where potato digging is going on, but very few sound bulbs are obtained ; and are selling 9 2 Bd. and }Od. per gallon in this locality. So scanty is the supply, we are at a loss to tell from whence our seed potatoes strei.to cane. Turnips are I. 6d. per bushel; flour is hi. bd. per gallon.--Dover Chronicle. LA W INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 5. THE JANE.-SALVAGE. This was an action brought by the writers, o -- ners, 'and crew of two smacks, named the Benevolence and the Friends' Goodwill, to obtain a reward for alleged salvage sereites rendered to the schooner Jane, of Rochester, which, oil her vovage to that port from Middleborough, with coals, on the 29 - th of May last, was off the entrance of the Swin, inthe Thames, and early in the morning of the 30th, the wind blowing hard from the N.E. by N., the weather densely thick, with heavy rain, grounded upon the East-flat of ( the Barrow-sand. She was descried by the two smacks, which came up to her assistance, and eventually the schoonef was got off the sand, and carried safely to Sheerness. The negotia tions which took place between the master and the asserted salvors were matter of dispute between the parties, and the subject of very contradictory affidavits, the parties who proceeded against the vessel contending that the schooner was, in fact, abandoned by the master and crew; the owners alleging that those parties; after their services had been declined, took advantage of the accidental absence of the master, the . jolly-boat having got adrift with the master in it, and obtained possession of her, employing expressions calculated to intimidate the crew, by inspiring them with the apprehension that the vessel would be lost. The ship was arrested for 250/ 1 the vessel, cargo, and freight being worth only 800/. Dr. LUSHINGTON was of opinion that the vessel had never been abandoned by the master and crew ; that the pretended salvors had taken possession of her without the slightest authority from the master • that the act approached as nearly as possible to an act of piracy as any case which had come before the consideration of the Court ; and that the claim had been supported by false swearing from the begin ning to the end. He pronounced against the claim, and con demned the pretended salvors in the costs. THE MARY ANN.—BorromßY. This was a suit by Messrs. Good and Rigg, the holders of a bottomry bond, against the brig Mary Ann, and against certain parties claiming to be mortgagees in possession of the ship, and also against other parties claiming under a charter-party. The owner of the ship had become bank rupt; the ship had been sold under a decree of this Court, and the proceeds amounting to 1,0841. 10s. 6d., had been brought into the registry, as well as the freight, 6701. 16s. 2d., making together 1,7551. 6s. 6d. Out of this sum wages had been paid to the amount of 3021. 3s. 4d., leaving a balance in the registry of 1,4531. 3s. 2d., subject to other claims for wages and pilotage. This amount was insufficient to dis charge the various liens upon it, consisting of the bot tomry bond, a charter-party, and a bond in vendition for 4501., executed at Yarmouth early in 1843, which had priority over the other liens. These conflicting claims in volved the case in some confusion; but the immediate ques tion resolved itself into that of the validity of the bottomry bond, which was given at Buenos Ayres, where the vessel sustained considerable damage, and the sum specified in the bond was incurred for repairs, namely, 6701., the interest stipulated in the bond being 25 per cent. In opposition to the bond, it 'was contended that Messrs. Dowse, at Buenos Ayres, to whom the bond had been given, had advanced the mony as consignees and agents of the owners or charterers, on the personal credit of the latter, without the contempla tion of a bottomrybond, which was an after-thought. The case was embarrassed not only by complicated accounts, but by the fact that in her long continuance abroad, from July, 1843, to September, 1844, the vessel performed some inter mediate voyages, which raised a question of bottomry law hitherto undecided—namely, whether the bond was valid when it covered disbursements in such intermediate voyages. Dr. ADDAnts and Dr. Cuwris were heard for the lond holders ; Dr. HAGGARD and Dr. HAItDDIG for the parties in terested in the proceeds. The reply stands over for to-morrow (this day.) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The following is a correct and complete list of the sentences passed upon the several prisoners at the recent sessions of the above Court. The following were sentenced to be transported beyond the seas for the periods to which their names are appended : For Twenty I ears—Richard Hodnott. For Fifteen Years—Solomon Lyons. Fourteen Years—Charles (regory Maynard, Daniel John Garrett. Ten Years—Henry Ticklow, Robert Collins, Elizabeth Riches, Walter King, Thomas Smith, 25, Alexander Ridge, George Britton, William Minchin, John Ward, John Davis, Anne Davis, William Jones, 17, John Williams, 24, John Jones, John Lee, alias Robert Dalton, Moses Isaacs, Mary Morris, William Maley, Thomas Fountain, and Catharine Allen. Seven Years—Joseph Nicholls, William Thompson, Edward Johnson, Mary Nokes, Cornelius Strong, Thomas White, Robert J. Jackson George Maskell, John Thomas Beale, Joseph Edge, William Henry Cousins, Robert Fitzpatrick, Robert Newman, Johi Terry, George Doughty, James Whiteman, Arthur Rowan Hamilton, John Sawyer, Samuel Axford, Benjamin Henry Holyoak, Samuel Stevens, John Wilkinson, alias William Chambers. The subjoined is a list of those prisoners who were ordered to be kept to hard labour : For Two Years—Richard Collins, John Johnston, and Thomas Lancaster. For Fifteen Months—James Uggus. For One Year—Joseph Coster, James Yelden, George Mill ward, Anne Chase, John Waite, William Surman, George Carter, Mary Anne Brennan, Elizabeth Thomas, Frank Fowler, James Bewes, John Williams, 18, John Hopkins, Mary Bowron, George William Reynolds, Henry Davis, 38, Samuel Williams, 27, John Turner, Edward Hodges, Joseph Cherry, John Rome, Henry Taylor, Jason Jonathan Rome, George Whintle, William Reynolds, Henry Marks, Francis McCarthy, Bridget Smith, alias Thomas, Benjamin Crusell, Henry Tarling. Jane Jury. For Nine Months—John Baily, Timothy Meegan, Alfred Duckett, James Reddington, alias Peddington, John Harri son, Matilda Palmer. For Six Months—William Powers, Henry Bradley, John White, James Cramond, Benjamin Brook, Charles Stubbing, ' Margaret Collins, Anne Fox, James Jeffreys, Thomas Mar shall, Alfred Carlile, RichardV Hibbert, Daniel M'Carty, James Murphy, John Williams 31, Joseph Jaques, Mary Anne Wilson , James Phillips, Thomas Field, Edward Spicer, Elizabeth Clements, Thomas Walton, John Jacobs, Raymond Emanual Enquitea, John Peyman, Hannah Collins, Cathe rine Barrett, Henry Lea, Thomas Brown, Caroline Evans, William Grandon, Anne Smith, 17, William Hall, John Dempsey, Michael Corbitt, James Robinson, Eliza Martin, Newman Long, Frederick Stanley, Edward C opping, William Baynes, William Parsons, Ellen Lewis, alias Edwards, alias Evens, and George Martin. For Four Months—John Ellis, James Young, John Smith, 32, Sarah Page, Edmund Rimmington, Edward Neely. Wil liam Pearce, James Knight, William Cousins, George Broad ley, Francis Gregory, William Ellis, Margaret Roberts. For Three Months—George Bell, Ellen Smith, 18, Wil liam Lacey, Edward Sampson, Eliza Voules, Elizabeth Lacey, Robert Burgess, James Davis, 28, John Furneux, William Barnes, George Smith, 16, Mary Walker, 12, Han nah Coford, Ellen Gearing, George Andrew Gill, Frances Brown, William Higgs, Daniel Deller, William Clark, 32, Thomas Macrow, Charles Gibson, John Brown, 18, Richard Bryan, Maria West, Thomas Higgins, Charles Jones, Thomas Mills, Charlotte Mackie, Edward Bowers,- Robert Berry, Richard Wetenhall, Ellen Connolly, and George Sydney Heath. A number of prisoners were also sentenced to different periods of imprisonment, varying from a month to one day, in Newgate. The bills against the following prisoners were ignored by the grand jury :—Henry Clark, William Duffin, Robert Barnett, Alfred Barnett, Elizabeth Long, Martha Barnes, Thomas Bridger, Anne Sinner, Christopher Harman, Thomas Mooney, William Jefferys. The following prisoners were acquitted by the petty jury: —Benjamin Hall, Jean Deemer, James Quested, Samuel Wyndham Jones, Lewis Simmons, Jane Spence, Thomas Mears, Robert Adlington, John Flint, Frederick Greenwood, William Tapson, Thomas Smith, 52, Frederick Webb, William Still, James Grant, Joseph Hempson, John Brown, alias Thomas Wheatley, William Brackenbury, Joseph Tebby, William Wright, Edmund Adolphus Hughes, Charlotte Body, Ann Sullivan, Maria Locke, Edwin Locke, James Locke, William Darling, John Guy, Elizabeth Fisher, Mary Gordon, Alexander Atkinson, Rebecca Coleman, James Larkin, Henry Stanton," Robert Ewings, Philip Ernst, Dennis McCarthy, Raphael Garcia, Sarah Hughes, Thomas Blackburn, Eliza beth Perry, James White, William Whitehouse, Edward Cramer, George Hughes, John Alfred Catton, Michael Kerrigan, John Snazetl, William Richardson, David Rowell, William Frith, Joseph Bryan, Owen Keefe, Mary Brown, 29, Elizabeth Woodcock, William Scott, Matthew Henry Chil lingworth, Daniel Williams, and Janet Stewart. The Court, at its rising, adjourned to Monday, Nov. 24. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. A delicate-looking youth, of 16, named Ford, alias William Rowe, and otherwise Caroline Foster, who appeared at the bar in the attire of a young lady, and sustained the character extremely well, was charged with decamping from his mas ter's service, with a gold watch, value 7L, two silver watches, value 5/., and 10/. in money. The evidence went to show that on the 28th ult. the pri soner was taken into the service of Mr. Webb, a silversmith in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, as an errand-boy. In two days afterwards he absconded with the abovementioned property, and a reward was offered for his apprehension, a description of the prisoner, as well as the stolen property, being given in the handbills. By this means a knowledge of the robbery was con veyed to Mr. Daniel Curran, a hatter, in the Black friars-road, who recollected having pawned one of the watches for 2/., at the solicitation of a young woman (as he supposed) who had been lodging, a few days in his house, as Miss Caroline Foster, a milliner, and who had taken a shop which she (id est he) was just about to open in that business. This circumstance induced him to appro priate a portion of some money entrusted to him by his new lodger to the redemption of the watch, which, on being shown to Mr. Webb, was immediately identitied as his property. Information was then given to the police, and the young lady-gentleman, busy in domestic arrangements, and sur rounded by articles of furniture and kitchen utensils (newly purchased to begin housekeeping with), was apprehended and taken to the station-house. He wore a black velvet bonnet, veil, and crimson shawl ; the falsity of a handsome display of black (ringlets being well concealed by a neat s emi-cap. He was speedily unmasked, and possession was taken of a trunk containing a quantity of feminine ap parel, including petticoats, habit-shirts, and a prodigious bustle ; a variety of dress caps, and a large feather. There were besides some articles of stock-in-trade, ap parently intended for the show - room department , and on his person were found the bills of the different tradesmen of whom the household goods had been purchased. Mr. Curran declared that he never for once suspected the prisoner of being a lad in woman's clothing, and it would also appear that neither the tradesmen nor the landlord of the shop had ever questioned his sex during his transactions with them. It further transpired that the prisoner, after absconding from his master, actually returned to the shop to make some slight purchase, and Mr, Webb was so struck with his resemblance to the lad who had robbed him, that lie' privately persuaded his wife to show him into a back apartment, for the purpose of eyeing him with a degree of minuteness which he feared would be considered indelicate on his part in the event of his suspicions being incorrect. This contrivance was carried out, but as Mrs. Webb avowed her once conviction dismissed t the h t o h boy customary too wpmeaarstqya been. civilities n. girl, he was at It was proved had shop of Mr. Delaney, a pa wn b ro k er , at GreenwPilce h d . ged at the The prisoner said nothing i n hi s d e f ence, and Mr. TWYFORD committed him for trial. THE SUN, LONDON. TTIURSDAY , EVEN_JNG, NOVEMBER 6, 1845. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. George Bonham, a pawnbroker, in Fligh-street, White chapel, was summoned before Mr. Broughton, to show cause why he refused to deliver up thirteen boxes of foreign silk, which had been stolen, of the value of 381., the property of Mr. Edward Hollander, of Haydon-square, Xinories, the London agent to a wholesale silk house in Paris. The complainant, a Belgian, stated, that on the 3d of May last he let some apartments in his house to a family of Ger mans, who produced the most respectable references, the husband representing thimielf as 4 doctor of medicine, and who continued to reside there until the' morning of the 9th of that Month, when they suddenly paid the amount of their rent and left. The abruptness of their departure was so sin, o ar th a t hiB Itispickma boom excited, and on searchinf his house he found that a drawer in his bed-room had been forced open, and that in addition to 9/. 16s. in gold and silver, his gold watch and chain, and a valuable diamond neck-pin had been carried off. On further search he dis covered that 13 boxes of silk in reels, and a large bundle of various-coloured silk in skeins, which was' of a very peculiar description, and had been purposely manufactured by the house in Paris of which he was the agent, for Messy. Crook, `of Pall-mall, but which not exactly answering pattern, had !been returned to him for sale, had been also stolen from a closet in his sitting-room, the door of which had been burst open. On discovering the robbery, he instantly lodged in formation of it at the police-station, with a full description of the articles so stolen, and hearing a few weeks since that the defendant was in possession of a portion of the stolen pro-. perty, he sought an interview with him, when the defendant acknowledged having purchased silk of that description, which he said had been brought to his house by a tall foreigner of respectable appearance, for 8/. odd, but averred that he had since sold it. The defendant then, upon being apprised that it was the produce of a robbery, offered to pro cure the restoration of the silk, if the' witness would reim burse him the sum he had paid fur it; but witness positively declined to do so, as it would compromise him in the eyes of the firms he dealt with, who would consider he was com pounding a felony. No clue had since been obtained to the retreat of the German family, by whom he suspected the robbery had been committed, and who he had since heard had gone to the Continent, and as his negotiation with the defendant had not resulted in the restoration of the stolen property or its value, he now sought these means of obtaining that end. Policeman 98 H proved that on the morning succeeding that on which the robbery had been committed he called at the defendant's shop, and apprising his shopman of the loss the complainant had sustained, gate a general description of the silk stolen, and a caution to stop it should it be presented fur sale. Mr. Raymond Durnford, a fringe manufacturer in Ald gate, said that he had been in the habit for some time past of dealing with the complainant, and that shortly before the robbery he had purchased of him 21b. of the silk which had been consigned to him as above stated. A few days after the robbery the complainant acquainted him with its perpetration, and a short time after that the defendant waited upon him with numerous boxes of silk, which he offered for sale. The close re-semblance which this silk bore to that which had been stolen instantly struck him, and he told the defendant so, but as the latter was a neighbour and a respectable tradesman, he did not detain the silk, and was satisfied with his leaving his card, which he afterwards handed to the complainant, Mr. Hollander, The witness upon being pressed by the magistrate said, that as he had not the silk offered him for sale by Mr. Bonham, to compare with a portion he new produced of that he had purchased of the complainant, forming part of the consignment the re mainder of which bad been stolen, he should not like posi tively to swear to their being identical, but the resemblance between the two was so striking as to be certainly somewhat remarkable. Mr. Humphreys, who attended for the defendant, con tended that no proof whatever had been adduced that the two silks—that purchased by the last witness and that sold by his client—were at all connected with each other. His client had had no more to do with the stolen silk than the magistrate had, and he thought it very hard upon Mr. Bonham to be brought to a police-court to answer such a charge. Mr. Bnoucarroir said, that in his opinion the defendant had no ground whatever for complaint. The complainant had been robbed of a very peculiar description of silk—he gave immediate notice of the robbery to the police—they lodged immediate information of it at the defendant's house, and yet, notwithstanding this, he unhesitatingly purchased silk of, at all events, an exactly similar description. As the witness, Mr. Durnford, could not swear to the identityof the silks, and the Act, which was of a somewhat penal nature, required that it should be proved the article was actually in the defendant's posses ' sion, which was positively denied, and not distinctly proved to be the case, he felt called upon, sitting there to administer the law as he found it, though it was of a bungling descrip tion, to dismiss the complaint. SOUTHWARK. Charles Gibbs, a young man in the employ of Mr. G. South, landlord of the Duchess of Kent public .house in the Kent-road, and Charles Phillips, a Jew clothes-dealer, were brought up for re-examination before Mr. Cottingham, charged with breaking into the above house, and stealing jewellery and clothes to a considerable amount. It appeared that Gibbs had been for some time in the com plainant's employ, and was discharged a short time since in consequence of being suspected of robbing the till of money. Shortly after his discharge the complainant's house was entered and robbed of considerable property, the perpetrators of which remained undiscovered until Saturday night last, when the house was again broken into, the thieves having effected an entrance through a window at the rear of the premises. On that occasion property to a large amount, consisting of jewellery, silks, and other articles, were taken from the landlord's bedroom, the drawers and cupboards in which were forced open and their contents ab stracted. Inquires respecting the robbery were immedi ately set oa foot, in the course of which it was ascertained that Gibbs was seen at the west-end of the town fashionably dressed, and wearing a profusion of jewellery articles, amongst which was a massive gold chain, which decorated the front of a black satin waistcoat worn by him. Upon this informa tion being received, a policeman was employed to look after Gibbs, who was eventually taken into custody with some of the complainant's jewellery in his possession, and when his lodgings were subsequently examined, other articles belong ing to his late employer, the produce of the recent burglary, were discovered, consisting of some diamond pins, several silk scarfs, and a crimson velvet waistcoat. The evidence tending to implicate the other prisoner was, that on the night of the robbery he was seen about the pre mises, and was also observed by a little girl to quit the house by a private door with a bundle, and that he had also been observed in the company of his fellow-prisoner. Mr. Childe, who attended on the part of the complainant, said that within a short period his client's house had been broken into and robbed three times; that it was strongly suspected other parties besides the accused were concerned, and on that account it was desirable that they should be re manded until further evidence was procured. The prisoners, who merely gave a simple denial to the charge, were then remanded. COURT OF COMMON COUNCM. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of the final list of business for the present Mayoralty. ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP TO THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. Mr. W. S. HALE, Chairman of the Committee of the Cit of London School, brought up the following report, whici was received with loud cheers : " TO THE RIGHT HONOURALE THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, IN CODDION COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Com mittee for managing the affairs of the City of London School, do certify, that having recently been honoured with a com munication from David Salomons, Esq., late Sheriff of this city, intimating his intention of investing in the pulidic funds a sum of money sufficient to establish and support a scholar ship or exhibition, of the value Of 501. per annum, for the benefit of pupils of the City of London School, we have thought it right to take the earliest opportunity of announc ing the same to this Honourable Court. And as the circum stances which have given rise to this distinguished act of liberality are of more than ordinary interest, we beg leave to submit to the Court the following very gratifying letter, which was addressed by Mr. Salomons to the Chairman of your Committe upon the subj ect, viz.:— " 4 Burrswood, Tonbridge-wells, Oct. 10, 1845. " Sir,—l have been long impressed with the desire to ma nifest to my fellow-citizens, by a lasting testimonial, my grateful recollection of the honour they conferred on me when, under new and peculiar circumstances, they elected me High Sheriff of their ancient city. The enlightened principle of religious toleration asserted by the Livery of the City of London on that occasion has since been gaining strength, until it received, in the last session of Parliament, an express and extended legislative sanction. It is to the diffusion of education that the preparation of the public mind for this peaceful triumph is to be ascribed ; and I Gan conceive no better mode of perpetuating my grateful ac knowledgments for so great a blessing, than by contributing to further the cause which, under the guidance of the Almighty' Disposer of events, has led to this great result. With this object I avail myself of the present opportunity to request you to announce to the Committee of the City of London School that it is my intention forthwith to present and to convey to the trustees of that excellent institution the sum of 1,666/.135. 4d., Three per Cent. Consols, for the pur pose of establishing an exhibition of 50/. per annum, open to members of every religious persuasion, towards providing a four years maintenance at either Oxford. Cambridge, or the London University, or University or King's College, in London, at the option of the student, limited, of course, to persons wholly or in part educated at the City of London School. " have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " W. S. Hale, Esq." "'DAVID SALOMONS. "We have the pleasure of further stating, that Mr. Salo mons, who, at the time of favouring us with the foregoing communication, was absent from London, immediately upon his return to town took the necessary steps for carrying his generous intentions into effect, and has accordingly in vested in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities the :sum of 1,666/. 135. 4d. stock, in the names of the Right lion. Michael Gibbs, Lord Mayor ; Anthony Brown, Esq., Chamberlain ; Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Chairman of your Committee ; and Mr. Thomas Brewer, Secretary of the School, as trustees, for the purpose above-mentioned. We therefore recommend that a proper deed for securing the due fulfilment of Mr. Salomon 's benevolent wishes should be forthwith prepared by the Comptroller of the Chamber of this city, at the expense of the corporation, in order to have, the City's seal attached thereto. " In submitting to this Honourable Court this additional instance of liberality towards the City of London. School, your Committee cannot help pointing out the peculiarly interest ing circumstances under which the present benefaction has been bestowed. The letter which Mr. Salomons has honoured us with furnishes so complete a record of the noble and ge nerous sentiments which have actuated him on this occasion, and so fully developes his kindly feeling towards all classes of his fellow-citizens, that we feel satisfied it will secure to wards him their lasting respect and gratitude. We should not, however, do jnstice to our own feelings if we omitted to avail ourselves of this opportunity to express our grateful acknowledgments for the important advantage which he has been pleased to confer upon the institution under our care, and our sincere wish that he . may long have the hap piness to witness the beneficial results of his liberality and kindness. " Under the conviction that this Hon. Court, as Governors of the City of London School, will entirely coincide with us in these sentiments, we beg to recommend that we should be empowered to cause a tablet, with an inscription com memorative of Mr. Salomon's gift, and also his armorial bearings, to be placed in a conspicuous part of the school at the expenses of this city, in like manner with the memorials already put up by the direction of this Hon. Court with re spect to other similar benefactions to the school."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN declared thatit was most agreeable to him to be the channel of communication in a case which reflected so much honour upon the feelings of Mr. Salomons, and was calculated to render so much benefit to the institution by stimulating others to follow this splendid example. The ex hibition thus offered was the 13th which had been presented since the formation of the school, and the appearances of in creasing prosperity were no longer equivocal. To the capital management of the school everything was, to a great extent, attributable. There were now 493 scholars, all of whom were receiving an education of the first order.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hale, and Mr. B. Taylor expressed much gratification at the report. The report was then agreed to with loud applause. Mr. HALE then moved that a vote of thanks be voted to Mr. p. Salomons, written upon vellum, emblazoned, and framed. Mr. WIRE seconded the motion, and said the City of Lon don School would rival, and soon, no doubt, surpass any other school in England. It had already received 13 exhi bitions, and he knew of a 14th which would shortly make its appearance.— (Cheers.) It was useless to say a word about the tolerant spirit which had manifested itself. There were to be seen the children of Jews and Christians equally running the race of honour, and equally industrious and equally rewarded.—(Cheers.) The nlOtictri was then unanimously agreed to. ciinisT's HOSPITAL AND TIM CORPORATION OF LONDON. Ahlermah WQOD I ousequeuce of the intimation that the question between the Court of Aldermen and the Gofer nors of Christ's Hospital had been referred to counsel, post poned the motions of which he had given notice. THE CITY POLICE COMMISSIONERSHIP. Mr. Wretz, after a speech in which be spoke in the highest terms of the merits and claims of the City Commissioner of Police, moved that it be referred to the Police Committee to consider the duties and services of that officer, and to re port their opinions as to the propriety of augmenting his pre sent salary. He was supported by several members. Mr. DE JERSEY contended that the Commissioner's present salary was sufficiently adapted to his services, and moved the previous question. Several members supported the latter view of the subject, and the amendment was ultimately carried. CENTRAL CITY TERMINUS. Mr. WIRE appeared with a petition, with an immense number of signatures attached, and said, that as ei-erybody knew to what it alluded, he should simpl_y move that ft be referred to the Imprdvement Gommittee. The number of the petitioners and their respectability were of the highest kind. _ _ This mention of the petition, which Mr. Wire did not de scribe in more words than we have used, was the signal for the display of much excitement. After a smart discussion, The LORD MAYOR said the Court can decide whether the presence of the petitioners may or may not be dispensed with. On the question being put the presence of the petitioners was dispensed with by a large majority. The petition, which was as follows, was then read : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, :ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. " The petition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers, and others, engaged in or connected with Trade and Commerce in the City of London, " Showeth ' —That we have heard it i s p ropose d t o con struct a great trunk line from Battle-bridge to Farringdon street, for the use of such of the Northern, North-Eastern, and North-Western Railroad Companies as shall be desirous of availing themselves of it, upon payment of such fair remu neration to the Company constructing the same as may be agreed between them. " We have heard that the Company promoting this great undertaking are desirous of purchasing from the Corporation of London, at its fair value, the site of Farringdon-market, which we are informed is so little needed for the purposes of a market, that the receipts from every source have not since its erection defrayed the costs of management and repair. " We understand that the Company propose to take the site of the naarket and other adjacent property, for the pur pose of establishing spacious and convenient stations for the accommodation of passengers only, for which the width of the street, its central situation, and the number of its outlets to all parts of the metropolis, appear, in the judgment of your petitioners, to render it eminently well suited. " We have further heard that the promoters of the plan pro pose that the site of Field-lane, Saffron-hill, West-street, Sharp's-alley, and other wretched localities to the north of Holborn-hill and Snow. hill on each side of the extended rail road, shall be used for the erection of temporary depots for merchandises and goods coming by railway from the manu facturing districts, and that goods and cattle arriving by rail shall be passed to their destination from those spots, without in any manner crowding the stations, or incommoding the passengers proceeding to or from the:terminus in Farringdon street. - 4 We believe that a project of this nature will largely con tribute to the public convenience and accommodation, and will be productive of great advantage to the trading interests of the City of London. " We do therefore most respectfully request that you will give to the promoters of this undertaking , the requisite fa cilities for establishing the terminus for passenger traffic in Farringdon-street. Mr. WIRE moved that the petition be referred to the Im provements Committee. After another discussion, in which Mr. Williams, Mr. De Jersey, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. W. Jones, Mr. Obbard, Mr. Lott, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Hall, Mr. Norris, and Mr. Lawrence took nart, the motion was put, and the petition was referred to the Committee upon a show of hands greatly in favour of the pro position of Mr. Wire. GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL. Mr. Deputy BROWN moved, that the use of the Guildhal on some day after the 9th of November be granted for a bal for the benefit of the ward schools of the City. The motion was unanimously agreed to. RAILWAY Dimucrons, SHAREHOLDERS, &C. Mr. Lorr rose to move the following :—" That no mem ber of this Court whp is a shareholder an, or director of, or solicitor, engineer, or architect, to any railway company, speculation, or undertaking, shall be eligible to sit or vote upon any committee, or to vote in this Court, whilst any matter affecting or concerning such railway shall be under the consideration of this Court or any of its committees." He with great regret found it necessary to bring forward such a motion, but he trusted the Court would have the good sense to maintain its purity, and he did not see how that could be done without th eadoption of the motion he took the liberty to make. Mr. L. TAYLOR seconded the motion. Alderman SIDNEY hoped the Court would reject such a motion, as a reflection upon its integrity and an offence to its understanding. They might as well think of stopping' the course of the Thames as stop those great tributaries to the Thames—the railroads. And if all who were in some way or other connected with railroads were to be excluded from the power to vote, there would be no such thing as a railway at all.--(Hear, hear.) Alderman IV'ism entertained quite a different opinion from that just expressed by Alderman Sidney, and said it would be most creditable in the Court to adopt the measure proposed by Mr. Lott, if it could be legally adopted. He hoped, at all events, that all the gentlemen who were in • terested in railways would have the modesty to retire when any questions affecting them came to the vote.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. L. JONES said the motion cast a stigma upon the Court. He called upon the members to look to the conduct of the Directors of the Bank in discussing its own charter in the House of Commons. Was it for a moment insinuated that they were not to vote on the questions most interesting to them? And was it in other cases objected that persons deeply interested in great speculations ought to be exempted from the privilege?—(Hear, hear.) He never held a rail road share, but he should be ashamed to attempt to prevent those who were shareholders from voting on the subject of introducing a railroad into the City. Mr. HALL said the subject was one one which ought to be discussed in a full Court, and suggested the adjournment of the discussion.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Mr. SELSON then, as daylight was disappearing and dinner hour was arrived, cried out " I move the adjournment of the Court."—( Loud cries of " Hear.") The Loin) MAYOR, upon putting the question, declared the Court to be adjourned. THE CORN-LAWS and RELATIONS WITH AMERICA: — - - Next in magnitude and public importance to that all absorbing topic of the day—how are we to avert a famine? —is the present position of our relations with the United States, whether we view them politically or commercially. We have often heard of foreign quarrels being encouraged for the purpose of diverting attention from domestic dissen sions ; but, in the present case, we fear that the well-founded apprehensions of calamities at home are excluding from due appreciation the dangers to which we are exposed abroad. We are led to believe, from information on which we are en -titled to rely, that, notwithstanding the importance of the " food question," which has occupied the deliberations and negotiations at Washing territory, has bee n a divided the opinions of the C a bi ne t i n their recent m tor ti i n n gs, reg t a h rd e i t s o ta t t h e e o o f rets. o o u n r ques tion scarcely less perplexing and embarrassing. Certain it is, from all we can glean of public opinion iu the states, and from all we can learn from private sources of the views of the Cabinet at Washington, and of their power to control public opinion, even were they disposed to do so, in order to effect a friendly settlement of this question—and it is with reluctance and sincere regret that we make the avowal — there appears at present scarcely a chance of such views being entertained in the pending negotiation at Washington as will or can meet the acceptance of an English Cabinet. Nor are our fears on this score lessened when we refer to the apparent precautionary preparations which the recent activity in the various Government dock-yards would indicate against apprehended danger; nor when we refer to the fact that' our cruizers stationed on the west .oast of South America have sailed to the north with sealeclorders. The approach of the meeting of Congress, when as a matter of course the President in his message will be under the ne cessity of declaring the views of his Government in regard to this •now exciting question, renders it a matter of necessity that our Ministers should be decided as to their policy.. How far Mr. Polk may, in his message to Congress, change the tone of his inauguration speech, we will not venture to say, but it is certain that the events which have since then oc curred in America have been such as rather to increase than subdue the popular appetite for " territory." It has seldom happened that an English Cabinet has been called upon to deliberate upon two questions of such vital importance to the country—famine, with all its social consequences, at home, and war, with commercial disruptions serious as could well be both in their nature and extent, abroad. We protest most earnestly that we are desirous to avoid creating unnecessary alarm, but seeing the danger, we feel that we should be most remiss in our d u t y to the public if we shrunk from following, the present evidences which are before us to conclusions which, sooner or later, appear inevi table, unless, something be done materially to alter the tone of public opinion in America with regard to its relations with this country. However far separated, at first sight, the two grave questions may lie which at present engross the attention of the repeated meetings of the Cabinet; a little - closer investigation will shoit that they are not only nearly allied in their origin, but that the difficulties in each case can be best met by the same course on the part of this country. Looking to America, it is highly instructive to observe the origin and growth of the popular excitement with regard to Oregon, and by whom such recklessness is displayed as to the con sequences w hi c h may . result to the peace of the two coun tries. No one, even in A m e r ica, pretends to cling to their asserted right to any portion of the Oregon territory from the intrinsic value which they attach to it as a possession ; on the contrary, the tenacity with which they adhere to those rights, and th e propensity which they evince to increase their pretensions, appear more dictated by a hostility to their rival joint occ u p an t s th an by any estimate of the value of the country. Thi s appears eve n more evident when we ob serve by whom-th ese f ee li ngs o f hostility are most evinced. It is exactly i n proport i on as parties are alienated from England, by an exclusion from a beneficial intercourse with us, that we find them intemperate and reckless as to the consequences of a quarrel with respect to Oregon. islt not the co tt on growers o f the eastern or southern states, nor the commercial classes in the middle and northern states, that we find heedless of the conse-. quences of these disputes. The intemperate tone which pre. veils on this vexatious question excites no less anxiety in New York, New Orleans, and Boston , t han it does in London , Liverpool, and Glasgow. Singular as it may appear, the meetings and violent resolutions in regard to Oregon are chiefly confined to the great a gricultural states of the Union; to the growers of wheat in the west. and of Indian corn in the south ; and to that large portion of the public and the press which are enli s t e d in those interests. Countries and commu nities which are bound together by mutual interests will not lightly hazard an interruption to their intercourse. The road to mutual concessions, and the adoption of any fair and rea sonable proposition f or th e se ttl e ment of disputes, are com paratively easy, wh ere it i s the interest o both par ties to avoid a quarrel. N ew O r leans would see its inter course cut off w ith N ew Y or k with 'less, ;regret than f it would that w ith Liverpool. Manchester and Glasgow, as far as their i n t erests are concerned, could view a bombard ment of New Y or k as l i ttle less injurious than that of any part of our own country. B u t our policy of protection to agriculture at h ome has cut off our communication with the large agricultural classes in America; and, we are now reap ing the bitter fruits cf that policy in the condition to which our prospects are reduced of the means by which the country is to be fed for the- next twelve months, while we have alienated from English sympathies that large class in the United States with which we should be most closely associated in mutual interests. The difficulties of the Oregon question in America, and of the " food question" in England, may well be considered in relation to each other in their origin, and more so to to the mew by which they can be most agccesefully surmounted. Sir Robert Peel should feel no small consola tion from the fact, that the two great evils which at present threaten the country, and which so much perplex his coun cils, can be best averted by one and the same policy. He need have no hesitation as to the course to pursue with regard to the one difficulty, lest it should aggravate the other ; there need be no fine balancing of so much good the one case against so much mischief in the "other. England, and Ireland in particular, are notoriously deficient of the neces sary supply of food to last till.next harvest. If we look round us everywhere, the United States is the only country from which any important supplies can be obtained. An opportunity, consistent with our urgent wants, presents itself to the Minister to gil*the corn-growers in America as deep an interest in the rtenance of peace a= the cotton-growers have now. It is a fact to which we are enabled to speak, that the chief difficulty which the Ame rican Government now feel, with regard to the policy which will be practicable in respect to the Oregon question, arises from the views taken by that very class whose interests in favour of an unbroken peace between the two countries, a common regard to our own present necessities should lead us to conciliate. Can any man seriously believe that any great party in America, who had a real interest in the continuance of the peace of the two countries, would interpose objections to any mode by which such an honourable adjustment could be effected of such a questions as that now pending between the two countries? But Sir Robert Peel must make up his mind, if he will allay fears at home, and dissipate the antipathies against us among the agricultural classes in America, to abandon for ever his long- cherished principle of a sliding-scale, which has ever proved especially harassing to the corn-growers in America, and which had, in many respects, the appearance of being especially directed against them. There never was an occa sion when a minister had it in his power to avert so much danger, present and future, by a single act, as Sir Robert Peel now has, by a repeal of those restrictions of our trade in grain which have endangered the best interests of this coun try equally at home and abroad.—Chronicle. THE CORN-LAWS. Whilst the public mind has been kept in a state of sus pense, the Ministerial Councils have been distracted with divisions as to the extent and remedies of the famine crisis, It has ever been so. The tenacity of human hope clings to, and the weakness of human reason parades, slight pretexts in the presence of impending calamities. It is not until the danger becomes too great to be resisted with success or con fronted with courage that the errors of a. rash confidence and the folly of a specious procrastination are confessed ; and then the immensity of the'crisis is put forward as an excuse for acts which were once justifiable on the score of prudence, but have finally become inevitable from necessity. It is no use for men, whether in the Cabinet or out of it, to disguise or to understate the magnitude of the impending danger. It is ne, use for them to argue that; became wheat is cheap in England, there is no chance of famine. here; or that the failure of the potato crop in Ireland cannot affect the corn markets in this country. The facts are known to every man who has had the will and op portunity for inquiry. Wheat is cheap. But what wheat? The very worst that is brought to market. Good wheat— the wheat which supplies the table of all middle-class fami lies—is already dear. What, then, may it be expected to be four, five, six, and ten months from this time? The juggle of the averages returns a fictitious price just now by con founding the good with the bad. The averages determine the duty, and the duty is such as to exclude a supply from abroad. Under any circumstances, therefore, it is reasonable to anticipate that before the period of another harvest arrives, the staple food of all classes will have become dear; that of the poorest and lowest, dear beyond the possibility of pur chase. But when we take into consideration the state of the continental markets—the deficient crops in France, Belgium, and Holland, and the prospective demands of those countries on the granaries of Europe—the case is complicated with new difficulties and new absurdi ties. It is not many weeks since a large quantity of corn was taken out of bond in England and shipped to foreign ports; let the present duty continue but a few weeks longer, and much of that which remains in bond will be exported to countries whose wants may not be greater, but whose wis dom is more provident than our own—who know the advan tage of laying in a store against a season of distress, and who know not the slippery virtues of the sliding-scale. We shall thus present to the eyes of the civilised world the sin gular spectacle of a nation voluntarily poor in the midst of great wealth, hoarding up stores which it forbears to touch, and starving itself for the good of its neighbours. However the philanthropy of such a country may be admired for its vastness and its novelty, yet mankind will question its sense of justice, especially when they remember that this tempo rary self-denial is to be compensated by a future extrava gance; and that though we abstain from buying when we might buy cheaply, we shall enter the markets when com petition has created dearness, and dearness has been followed by general distress. The guests in Lucian's ghost banquet passed each delicacy by in succession, because me mory and imagination taught them to expect that the latter viands would be daintier than the first. We have no such hope. We lose the opportunity that nature offers and pru dence should accept, with the certainty that it will not re turn. We are enamoured of scarcity for its own sake, and embrace the haggard nakedness of dearth with inexplicable fondness. And when at last we fly to our resources, it is to drain ourselves and famish our neighbours. But let the merit be given where it is due. To the finisher and per fecter of the sliding-scale be attributed this our virtue or our weakness. His measure and its working are easily described. Take his own elaborate eulogism, and insert one little word, expressive of negation. He told us that it would guarantee us against the perils of famine and the vicissitudes of prices ; that it would save us from alternations of un profitable redundance and pinching scarcity, and would fill our granaries with a perpetual plenty of corn that should be never too dear or too cheap. .Insert one little " not, " and the description is literally correct. All its merits are illustrated by the converse of the Premier's praise. It is now found—whether or no by men in office we cannot say—but by all others, that Providence is mightier than Prime Ministers; that it is poor sport gamb ling with harvests; that prices will not adjust themselves to Acts of Parliament or the exigencies of sellers; in a word, that a fluctuating duty adds embarrassment and uncertainty to speculations which must always be uncertain and con tingent. That men should hesitate before they believe in the approximation of danger is natural. That they should delay Or deprecate a change in their own measures, - and the work of their own hands, is natural also. But State necessity is more powerful than self-love or self-delusion. It works by signs and by wonders—by the popular voice,_ by the opera tions of nature, by the distress of nations. Let no man say that his work is' final—that his wisdom is paramount—that his counsels are for all time. It is not so. It never was, and never will be so. The great chain of events coils round and round us, imperceptible, inevitable, inextricable. Every movement of human will has its check ; every im pulse its deflection ; every principle its modification. Even the wisest statesmanship must in a great measure be an adop tion of expedients. That which is not the wisest must be their slave. But of all things that claim the name of states manship, that is the most foolish and fatuous which clings with doting tenderness to a denounced principle or a con demned practice, and which looks around with piteous mien and moistened eye for some pretext to abandon a theory which it can no longer keep with safety or honour. Be it so. A pretext is at hand—a twofold pretext— a prospective dearth in England, a present one in Ireland. The last carries its own warning with it. You who fear not the steady earnestness of the English people may dread the violence of an Irish popu lace. Ireland you pronounce to be your difficulty. Will you add to it? You say that in England there is no fear of famine; can you say the same of Ireland? Already that niggardly food which supports life to four millions of our fel low-subjects is doomed. Its duration is a thing to reckon by months. After that, Ireland will be dependent on your wisdom or your alms. Charity she depre cates with scorn. She demands leave to purchase food, and to get employment. You will not be rash enough to refuse her request. You will open the ports and admit, at any rate, maize and coarse grain. But on what principle can you rest there ? How will you reduce or abolish the duties on the staple food of one country with out doing the same to another ? Will you vote money to give employment to the Irish people ? It would be an act of munificent charity, if it were not (as it probably would be) perverted into a monstrous job. But remember, if you do this you will be taking away the money of the English people at a time when money will be scarce, and employment much rarer that it is now, to feed the Irish. Will this be just ? Do you think it will be tolerable ? No. A great opportunity has arrived—an opportunity, not (as our French Contemporaries say) for pauperising an aristocracy or de stroying a class, but for regulating the machinery of com merce, for preventing great uncertainties in the price of bread, and the great embarrassments which follow its scarcity. This is an age of low prices. Our prosperity is now found to be coincident with low prices. High prices interfere with trade and hamper industry. Sooner or later restrictive duties must be narrowed to their lowest limit. The people will gain by it ; and it would argue a great ignorance of human wants and human capabilities to imagine that those who are engaged in the tillage of the soil and the production of food have no higher charier, no more prevailing shield, than the parchment Acts of Parliamentary protection. That which enriches all besides cannot beggaralanded aristocracy. The present corn-laws are doomed. It is for the Premier to decide whether he will sign the warrant of their execution. Self-love, the tenderness of sponsorship, and a li nger i ng regard for the graces of consistency, may stay his hand. But his mercy wilt be suicidal. If he delays, others will be found ready to act for him. He will only gain the equivocal praise of having been unseasonably, and on one .point only, consistent. But there is much in " the look of the thing" with Premiers as well as prudes. And the most prudish of Premiers may hesitate before he condemns what he has sanctioned, and sanctionswhat he has strenuously denounced. If this be so, there is only one course for him to take—to ab stain from taking an open part in this important discussion— to leave to others the merit of settling the question—and to resign.— Times. MINING.-4 correspondent, upon whom we can depend, informs us that the lead mines in the neighbourhood of St. Teath are likely to become of great importance. Several new discoveries have lately been made, in which the veins of ore are rich both in silver and lead. Some few years ago Treburgett mine was worked there at a great profit; and the lodes now discovered are to the full as good in quality as those in Treburgett. On Wheal Trewennan the adventurers have decided on forthwith erecting a powerful steam-engine, which will put the mine in full work, and give great employ to the neighbourhood.— West Briton. WEYMOUTH.—Large quantities of herrings art now being caught here and on the neighbouring coasts. Cod fish are beginning to pay us a visit from the north, as usual at this period, and if the weather continues moderate, large quantities may be anticipated.—Somerset Couity_Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—B AD LEGS. AND WOUNDS OF ALL KINDS SPEEDILY CURED Blr HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—If these very valuable medicines be used toge ther, according to the directions given with theiii, there is no case, however obstinate, bad, or long-standing, but may be shortly cured by their surprising efficacy. Theusands of per sons, who had been patients of large hospitals, and under the care of the greatest surgeons of the day, without deriving the least benefit, as a last resource use Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which always cure them, and frequently in u little time as a cut finger would require when treated in the usual way.-- Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London.: POTATOES.—We have thought it our duty to insti tute rather a searching inquiry into the state of the potato crop in this part of the West Riding of Yorkshire ; and though that inquiry is at present incomplete, we are sorry to say that, as far as it has proceeded, it leads to a result less favourable than we had anticipated. In many places, even upon dry and sound land, the number of infected potatoes .amounts to at least 20 per cent. of the whole crop, and in some low and damp situations, to a much larger proportion. We are still pursuing our inquiries, and shall not fail to report their result. In the meantime, we may state, that the price of sound potatoes, for the weight of 481b5., has ad vanced in the Leeds market considerably this year, on a comparison with the last, the relative proportions being last .Sear ls., this year ls. 3d. As an indication of the appre• hension that is entertained, that a large part of the winter stock of potatoes will not keep till the approaching spring, it Lebe mentioned that many samples are offered in the Leeds market at 6d. or 7d. a weigh, which would last year We sold at 10d. or b.—Leeds Mercury. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH ' WEDNESDAY.—The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral J. R. Dacres. appointed to the command-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope, went out to Spithead to- day in tow of the Echo steamer ; the wind being dead against her, she did not unfurl her canvass. A very listingitished party of naval and military officers and their 'riends _went out in her, among them Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, Governor of this gar rison, and the Hen. Lady lakenham. The President will sail in a day or two to relieve the Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, whose period of service has expired. It is expected that the Juno, 26, Captain Blake, will sail at the same time, and try her rate of speed with the President as far as Rio. The Dasher steam surveying vessel, Commander Sherring ham, went out this morning to resume her survey of the Solent, &c. The Edinburgh, 72, was brought down from her moor ings into the basin this morning. Workmen are engaged in stripping her preparatory to her being converted into a block ship for this port. The Ajax, 72,havingbeen cut down and stripped, was taken out of dock into the harbour yesterday. She will be towed in a day. or two down to Cowes, where she will be fitted for a block-ship for this port under the direction of Mr. White, the eminent ship and yacht builder. The Scourge steam-bomb vessel shipped her mortar, and had it fitted yesterday. She then left the basin, and is now alongside the jetty shipping her tanks and other stores. It is intended to take her in a day or two to the back of the Wight for the purpose of tr 3 ing the effect of firing her mortar. Yesterday a party of Royal Artillery were exercised in gunnery on Southsea Castle in the presence of Colonel Bran dreth, commanding the Royal Engineers in this garrison. The shot practice was from long 24-pounders at a target at point blank range on the water. At the third or fourth shot the staff was shattered. The practice was admirable, and the men performed their various evolutions with much credit to themselves. The man who struck the staff was rewarded. The recoil of the guns was very great. A large quantity of new powder from Purfleet was placed in this fortress yester day, and in the magazine under the King's Bastion, for the service of the garrison. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander Macdonald, came up to Spithead from the eastward this evening at sunset. THE ECLAIR STEAM SLOOP. The following is a list of the men lost by this ill-fated vessel by disease, accident, and desertion : also those who have been dismissed and invalided, from the time she left England up to the 12th ult., from the ship's books :- The initials A.B. signify able seaman; 0.5., ordinary sea man ; R.M.A., Royal Marine Artillery; R.M., Royal Ma rine ; Q.M., qnartermaster. April 3. Robert Chip, R.M.A., was drowned near Plantain Island, whilst on boat service. - 23. William Mageary, A. 8., fever. - 24. Thomas Watson, 0.5., ditto. - 25. Michael Cory, 0.5., ditto. May 28. William Connor, stoker, ditto. - 29. William Forrest, R.4.A. ' ditto. June 4 James Fielden, captain of the forecastle, ditto. - 5. James Ward, 0.5., ditto. - 7. John Field, boy, ditto. - 11. Benjamin Hill, R.M., ditto. - 15. W. Mills, captain's clerk, ditto. July 7. William Startup, 0.5., ditto. - 27. Mr. Davison, passenger from the Albert, ditto. r - 27. William Moran, stoker, ditto. - 29. William Kirby, R.M.A., ditto. Aug. 4. William Wright, purser's steward, ditto. - 6. George Crossfield, A. 13., ditto. - 9. William Hardman, 0.5., ditto. - 9. William Kirk, R.M.A., ditto. - 14. William Rice, rope-maker, ditto. - 17. Henry Gauge, caulker, ditto. - 17. Elick Coe, A. 8., ditto. - 20, Richard Motton, boy, ditto. - 24. William Skinner, A. 8., ditto. - 28. William Gardiner, Q.M., ditto. - 28. Garratt Keeley, stoker, ditto. - 30. Patrick Connoly,, stoker, ditto, - 30. John Gibson, Q.M. Sept. 2. George Cahlin, R.M.A. - 2. Samuel Craunage, R.M. - 3. John Athorn, boy. - 3. William Brennan, captain's coxswain, fever. - 3. George Brown, 0.5., ditto. - 4. William Thomas Stoker, ditto. - 4. Mr. Symonds, naval cadet, ditto. - 4. Henry Harris, boy, ditto. - 5. Mr. Gorman, master's assistant, ditto. - 5. Thomas Davis, leading stoker, ditto. - 5. Mr. Hallett, purser, ditto. - 6. Richard Martin, R.M., ditto. - 6. James Dillon, boy, ditto. - 6. James Garatty, stoker, ditto. - 7. John Powers, A.B. ditto. - 7. John Warrick, mids hipman's steward, ditto. - 7. Michael Galaghar, A. 8., ditto. - 7. John Hancock, R.M.A., ditto. - 8. John Goodhugh, A. 8., ditto. - 9. Mr. Hartman, doctor's mate, ditto. - 10. Thomas King, captain's cook, ditto. - 10. Henry Shearman, R.M.A., ditto. - 10. William Claggett, stoker, ditto. - 13. Thomas Loyd, boy, ditto. - 13. William Penn, boy, ditto. - 15. Michael Sullivan, stoker, ditto. - 16. Captain Estcourt, R.N., ditto. - 17. Jam 6 Steel, A. 8., ditto. - 18. Dr. M'Clure, R.N., ditto. - 18. James Lark, R.M., ditto. - 19. John Long, boy, ditto. - 20. Nicholas Dillon, A. 8., ditto. - 21. Mr. Machonchv, surgeon, ditto. - 21. James Wills, ditto. - 21. James M‘Dermott, stoker, ditto. - 25. Charles Monk, stoker, ditto. - 26. Thomas Coleman, 0.5., ditto. - 26. John Culver, R. M.A., ditto. - 29. Hamilton Fudge, captain's steward, ditto. - 30. William Thorp, 0.5., ditto. Oct. 3. John Walsh, master-at-arms, ditto. - 3. Thomas Halls, R.M., ditto. - 3. Henry Langmead, blacksmith. ditto. - 6. William Henry Fitzgerald, sergeant, R.M.A., ditto. - 9. Mr. Bernard, R.N., surgeon, ditto. - 10. Mr. James Saunders, pilot, ditto. - 11. Mr. Isaacson, third lieutenant, R.N., ditto. LIST OF THOSE WHO RAN AWAY AT SIERRA LEONE. Charles Dunn, A.B. James Taylor, O.S. Henry Hill, A.B. Henry Fielderson, A.B. Thomas Foster, leading Richard Derrick, stoker. stoker. Thomas Williams, A.B. LIDED. I Thomas Smith, Sierra Leone. ARGED. William Newman, Sierra Leone. INVA: John Week, Shebar. DISCI" William Martin, Sierra Leone Henry Copeland, ditto. On board the Benbow, 14. WOOLWICH, Nov. s.—The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Mas ter-Commander S. B. Cook, is to convey his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Saxe Coburg to Lisbon. The Myrtle steam vessel left Woolwich for Southampton on Saturday, with a party of engine-fitters for Malta Yard. The men are ordered a passage in the mail steam-packet. The Diligence arrived at Portsmouth on Monday, and will sail in a day or two for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Cork. The Sindbad is loading for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Lizard steam-vessel is to be commissioned immedi ately, and the under-mentioned officers are appointed to her :—Lieutenant and Commander, H. M. Tylden ; Second Master, Mr. Edward Rowe; Clerk in Charge, Mr. Thomas Pidcock ; Engineers, Messrs. G. G. Bardin, J. M. 011 is, and Thomas Coles. The Fearless steam-vessel is also to be commissioned im mediately, and the under-mentioned officers are appointed to her :—Second Master and Commander, Mr. George Brock man ; Master's Assistant, Mr. Charles A. Scott ; Engineers, Messrs. Henry Chapman and Nicholas C. Chammings. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander W. Byrant, left Woolwich this morning, with a party of men and Mr. Stuart, dockyard pilot, to bring the Avenger steam-frigate down the river to try her engines. THE GAME-LAWS. At the last meeting of the Epsom Bench of Magistrates, the Earl of Limerick attended before Baron de Tessier and Captain Lempriere, .the presiding magistrates, to prefer, through his gamekeeper, a charge against two gentlemen, named William Gobling and Samuel Wilton, and a labourer, named John Tanner, of having unlawfully trespassed upon his preserves at Worcester Park, near Ewell, in pursuit of game. His Lordship's solicitor was present to support the complaint, and the two first•mentioned defendants were also provided with professional assistance. From the evidence of John Cole, one of the Noble Earl's gamekeepers, it appeared that on Monday, the 20th October, he was on duty, when he observed the defendants in one of the covers in pursuit of game, the two former having guns, and Tanner had a stick and was beating for same. He warned them off, but they refused to go, and said they had permission to stop there; but he told them he knew the contrary, and again warned them off. Mr. Wilton seemed inclined to go, but his compa nion would not ; and while they were in altercation, a hare was put up, and Mr. Gobling levelled his piece and fired, but missed, and he then discharged the other barrel, and killed the hare. Witness immediately ran and picked up the hare, but the defendant also laid hold of it, and struggled with him to get it away, calling upon his friend to assist him, and not to let the hare be taken away from him. Mr. Wilton, however, behaved very well, and did not interfere; and eventually the defendants gave their name and address, and were allowed to depart. Another keeper confirmed the testimony of Cole, and although both the witnesses were rigorously cross examined by the defendant's solicitor, nothing was elicited materially to alterthe facts as deposed to. In answer to the complainant, the defendant Wilton expressed his regret for what bad occurred, but he said it was quite true that they had received an invitation to come down and have a " day's shooting;" but he did not state who gave the invitation to them. He added, that he had gone to school with his Lordship, and if he' could have seen him on the day in question he should have made himself known to him, and have apologised for trespassing, and he had no doubt the affair would have been settled without any proceedings being taken. His Lordship, however, refused to see him. His Lordship said that, however much he might have been in c li ne d t o 'see Mr. Wilton, upon the whole of the circumstances being repre sented to him he felt it his duty to take the present step, and let the law take its course. The Magistrates, after a brief consultation, said they considered the offence hid been proved, and they therefore convicted all the parties, and Mr. Gobling, who had been the most violent, they adjudged to pay a fine of 5/., the full penalty; Mr. Wilton 2/., including costs; and Tanner, who appeared to be acting under the principal offenders, they ordered to pay a fine of one shilling only. The fines were paid, and the parties left the Court. ADVERTISEMENT. Deafness. 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly.—Acoustie Instrument, which can be sent to any part of the country by post.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a small piece et wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age, and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an extent that the most severe cases of deafness cannot be observed. Also, 'original Ear Cornett, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Lie. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo moos, Opticians, are net in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at 30, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel Can be sent in the country by post. HULL, OCT. 31.—1 t affords us sincere pleasure to have to announce that, at the meeting of the Town-Council yesterday, it, was resolved, upon the motion of Dr. Gordon, to petition our gracious Sovereign in Council to open the ports of the United Kingdom for the admission of every de scription of grain duty free. There was AO preTiOU3 Wake OY this uuttiQue—gull 'Ovation TO MARINERS AND THE MARITIME INTEREST' "Danish Consulate, Warnford-court, Nov. 5, 1840- " Sir,—.According to the Danish tariff; the cargoes of ves t ; sels which may put into port in consequence of average , t ta exempt from the payment of transit duty if they be export within a year. - I beg to acquaint you, fo4 the information v'rs parties interested, thati-hy virtue of his Majesty's, patent, dated the Bth ult., the cargoes of• vessels Which 1141 thus put into the port of Gluckstadt, and establish the ST; rage in the prescribed f o rm, may be sent to .Altona by tu A railway flee from the transit duty imposed by, the roY ordinance of the 22d January last. "I am, respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant , " FLETCHER WILSON, Danish Consul-Genera'" Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's!' late SMALL WAISTS.—It is astonishing that our lad le d persist in that ridiculous notion that a small waist is e s , must be beautiful. Why, many an Italian woman would %if for vexation if she possessed- such a Waist as some of ° ladies would acquire only by the longest.and painfullest P cess. I have sought the reason of this difference, and sea no other than that the Italians have their glorious s'": tuary continually before them, as models, and hence end s " . your to , assimilate themselves to them ; whereas, our fash io c abler have no models except those French stuffed figur es jj the windows of milliners' shops. Why, if an artist 5 10 `1, 0 presume to make a statue with the shape that seems r°,.„ o , regarded with us as the perfection of harmonious properl i w b ". he would be laughed out of the city. It is a standing ~° 0 jection against the taste of our women the world over, ap t , they will practically assert that a FreriCh 11 0 ": 1 t stards how they should be made better than nature hers" —Letters from India. In Queen Elizabeth's reign a proclamation O s e a issued, whereby all parsons vicars, and curates were enjoinio to " teach and declare unto the people, that they might, 11 10 safe and quiet consciences (after the common prayer), in ti of harvest, labour upon the holy and festival days, and A , the things which God had sent them : for if, by any groat; less scruples of conscience, they should abstain from i w°_„ l ing on those days, that they should grievously offend displease God if the grain were thereby lost or dim:W: r 0e - 67 - DEIegCULVERWELant Pocket Edition, price l O s., by post Is. • A R. L N MARID-P its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Untitness- 4 ":2 Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influe° infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical ence, Cases, &c. &c. Also Companion to the same, price Is., by post ls. CHASTITY ; 10 ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engralf ie These two interesting little volumes are not intended for i ty l ot ti discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the , a consideration of those who 'may be more legitimately and A l painfully interested. ..0 0 Sherwood, 23, Paternoster - row; Carvalho, 147, = vio Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from 1,1 "•jo' 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At h ome d a il y t i l l 2 ; Evenings, 110 FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. ) 3 5 ' Jut published, price 2s. 64., free by post (in a sealed envelop e] T HE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Vv ° r ie ro ro the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes ; and on " 1 ,0 , of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. effects of ce, &c., are folly pointed out: illustrate gravings ; andwe by observations on Marriage. By it. L. PERRY and Co. 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GOWLAND'S LOTION.—This and highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet ,4 1 nearly a century past maintained unrivalled reputation as a, remedy for all impurities. of the skin, together with the valutw"ois perties of a preserver and sustainer of the complexion of the do* genial nature, removing every trace of sallowness and discolo urs and promoting the transparency and brightness of the skin' , constitute the peculiar graces of a fine complexion. " Robt. Shaw, London," is in white letters on the Go've- ° 64 , ' • Stamp, without which none is genuine. Price 2s. 9d ; 59' Quarts 88. 6d. Sold by all Perfumers and Chemists. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HE A fr! The manifold advantages to the heads of families ..4 1 * possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resoi-ort with confidence, and used with success in cases of tomporarYi _ hv io „,, ness, occurring in families more or less every day, are so t" all, that no question can be raised of its importance to everf_;',. holder in the kingdom. From among numerous test:nod s. '" ollowing is resprztfully submitted : "To AH. THOMAS pHOUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. 1 0 " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester,-31arch 12 ' .he Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to yot! "" r f suit of my experience, after repeated trials, of FEAMPTON op pie OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the CO (009, many years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never," results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the sg, from redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience' 0? therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me• ong wanting,-of being able to recommend to families, sello e '`' er especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the rood , ' l as i ' valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take 0,0 to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of fi FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciat e ;,,'o, ° ,, " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM 5; 11 ; I t The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the ea ri ;, e o; commendations of the many thousands who have derived from their use, render any lengtheded comment necessary,; not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is l' a for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-k o 'o ll 4 , tendants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppressien ad er : s pir Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, ro' Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their 110 ,,,10 , effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; ~„I './ A , action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly ~rue and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced aPP e ,,jp , r,,, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good - cli will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the di re 4 accompanying each box. ql Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. I)id. per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throng"' Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and 0h ---g e ,oll‘ )' Name and Address of " Thomas Prod 229 Strand, London' 2 Government Stamp