The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-26 00:00:00

LS D A If , / Brace " t t r; , se d of s ec : e r nterost es JAY•) sated P eri' rep Learned the r,utt O. l a st IP as N J, , !Cl t he Od ' ci j eer eir° q tr 6 07 , 0 e S i pe f 'll )0 1 4C 0 ' fo' , 6 t 0 1 ; 1 ' 0 vefl'i lo ge . 0 it o or o r are tif riP r io e r 3 ' f roi i ;E'e its a or fr° ° : o et , j ot' d te l vo tel A to ho in J Oiv /sll‘ • 55 m oifi e 0 1 id 19 1 1,r the fie 'ill', it, Of jigwoeithe.; 8 ( 1 W e;°(711. . 5 ...„,, MAIZE ---- C OR N. INDIAN We ea •r • • that Mr. . , (From the 11 , ew York Albion.) B. E s _ sett ,ve great satis f act i on in stating ill , s honber of Parliament for Winchester, gave in the t the on of Commons, that he should, early should be .e.itntlession, move that maize, or Indian corn, t free. notice al, itted into the ports of Great Britain introduction Tke taboo It w ould be affectation in us not to exp d re u ss y the gratifi tttiu4weeffe„.el on reading this notice. Isles, b eet , Indian corn into the British various have on a ;aye object with us and we occasionsadvocated 's of the Albion. these. it in the column Lord Ashburton, has long . the,f inhis?' we addressed a letter to the letter was 6Lein country, on the subject, and This pamphlet haussilleallY Published in a pamphlet. the st se a wide and general circulation, and conversation in . s , ar has been the subject of much n and poll laad tieima arnong many of the leading state h m e e pleasure of during ree e i si °f• the country. Wo had i nfort a t a T a letter of thanks from Lo a r l d se A But 4 'T which it 'contained. protective i tws eran innovation of this kind, upon theh much p op by for the hi s ' the kingdom has, and will m corn tariff S ee The agricultural protection e i e s t ts w , i a t lready sufil bs sY annoyed with the inroads made on the . mea d. r - e_s indeed, we ta re . bat Peel, Will, of course, resist this new la se ' t ,`, l4 t we are not without hopes—nay,Ss, are fullest confidence that when the merits up in the I N e n e s fu „llY known, and the question comes dvantages lili:„''' sdonimons for discussion—that of the those gen tlettc're be the of Mr. Escort, and 14t er ar 8° P l iPable as to disarm hostility. its a to have it 11 who v. business in favourable light, its tow the plan a. It should Tha t ts tages laid before the public durin fullest inves tissti e seherse will stand the test of the . if mein dl's ' 3 ' l We dO not for a moment doubt ; and - ' • we the recess. 114 e be eon , canen_ eyed to any Th at 4 " for the result. adopt Ir • the ~, t ha, „„ People of England will voluntarily suppose ; reasonable extent, Isn•iadss'!' as an article of food, we do not ; sir'std,:ssiindeed, will, in the,. first instance, be a coned hen the bilit,4l(irico,ksta,cle in the way of its successful . introduction crops ta/ e s forward to times of scarcity w 'estititi,.4l the nManufactur ingstate of he ides, whe bread is dssar and money scarce a • when in feed starv '4 Is t 'in ; when soup houses are opened to period does tssk n•niands--the when such a disastrous I towns are In ade cbtion' 1%1 " the Indinen properly valued. °Petedt° 50s5P houses, cornlet gits.'neektilts"sthe plate of mush or slice of for b it. Let apply mush e and pudding hns e e g s be t lt "" hors -•"111'grY, W'no will certainly form i s most ' a ttiti ott e In Mind Sat the maize in either ould be trsates sithluld Whols some, and palatable to h o ai!ti:tble i lt littlergar or molasses, w e ad r dition to these th`st'et one c:tZglnd—treacle. too, when sea fstilitse pl ate of rer fact be . pear tsst Ewe _ , n osh or slice of pudding,. tbe repealed ? be i et t at tht"lng. can, if the du a nd be sufficient w. 1411% toe cost of one halfpenny, a l ae keptl in view, wi h namely itscon ' siinfgany plit,i. Th ese ssatisfy the appetite d details, were iiii.. d it tTeets, with correspo v n erte _ d to. tN t t i t t le is kit 41334 Lin. phlet_bef_oread moderate that we would reco a ns: "umlat food only to be d Zltsably td,.!e,of this article. It is well known = _ d for mulch e :s, th e s ," l) Td for hogs and poultry ; ,is pre silleas„'"li 'al W. hen mixed with green ur- I ) ' es i 4 useful, If introduced and used for these p for isles no w, .. which is now employed kiss; and oats co the land to wheat, turnips, k i e highes gr adsc be appropriated of agricul- Tl;Prodseti'o the more valuable articles . this : Gls e tu i 3 a w st ri i .' One theory indeed b 1 . simply the islands of i sf 4- "'it '- °I snperficial surface in . ~ opus lea • • aln to s . 'ncreasin s , p d tile rs th is ther_sP oviile food for t , lseir t to use what lisn N s is f or it elore wise and expecuen . 8 importing sisrerei sn ‘ue better class of production , the lower ~,Nsper aconlitries , W hat may be considered jetstas sorktertiptes of food. to this sub sat t heuld "'tree °f Considerations attached be an qtaalde„,'et be overlooked. If there should maize in 14714W:t'd for elanillions of bushels of lf a dol• Its tltlthel w and Ird that quantity at ha t from 1J • ou• ' fele of export Nii noes l:institute an ar i of hitazlss, T Stales amounting to five millions . . ret ' probability, easitZle uni t ss . . l irtss for this would, in all in British tioti tori ritish s , goods of some sort, or nsac countald tivssaael in ' her case the tra _ s h e h . qt; and either of both 83 ita e s. Th tgltly conducive to the welfare 'York, Penn nes, i'ats sti e Jers ey, h; the Virginian, New of this effect !Iles:INN f or o-s farmer, would feel the commodities of cell '' h sold ' f the at r e q., , rs 0 great staple. . a crop for a lat st 3' th at , 'lnd abet that he was raising have as 'lo c e th at Nts al s t • for 't •he would . aidceah at hi .e , to pay i , d down to s s p: a bea, a Pr,ll Would not be cheapene uraging }sad ttsstatiess,et, hat would command an en . co would l eh" Ns -4tillg Piice. Such a consideration tries, a s s c wita r'e the eace between the two coun to Illet 1-e Pe`'lePhow mutually useful they are --------.l_____________ - - s r , 01 18 A SURVEYOR ZrAkAsot ll'ltAl 'WITH A RAILWAY serious t 44 f'l4el'-'NII.-sOn Friday afternoon last, () a nt b eight tilabtetli yo,e)lear the village of Appletoss, a ginbottom, a 1.:1.11.14i5ar5e),07, between Mr. William ilig m employ of the si,n ,1 1 , s e arid Lin eal his assistants, inthe e p York, and Itsoottcsetioe Isaeolia Extension, and Lincoln, that Big _ s e ttt la six s4ilway Company. lasses ears ttempted sos ta ii about his tants, a . . 11, forma eta i t , s nine others, Roebuck, whicn tt, 1, 8 a we township statept loner, 44 tai 'heir 1/qtrion of Sir W. iu. S h , Progwss the of by the watchers we' s i t sss Was opposed, however, at li which gave tt,. 4 4 e tY derio'Ue elflpiOy of Sir Wil . a , ar y t having 4 41 e ct thse" deterslifliet' the survey!ng p men who ob- Itsts;vrpel,Z. sllelinattderatatttke u ti p m o e n w th er e e likely to have le iNl t si 4 ,, a tt theitsi's_hat having obtained a reinforc t e r m ea ent, i th s but s srs erl s s others's% were obliged to.make a re and conveyed ssar e ,, Oe 41,_ _Were tak en into custody t defendants It c' ti to 4l ; _at i'o"l.l9oiving day (Saturda of having tk,'?ilt atlsserasi'ea uastle, under the charge Thomas Cart kt Qs, staethers. iogsther, and assaulted . it was shown w ns Y h ad h:a , ria armg the investigation Sir William's I:1 ellt h en d Med James Foster, one of Cart,- avi ad , at'Reronsl dd in the head, and se z4 )ea s 'eeeives Y w orm e head, as had also ', lb -of - a sev cut in the A der he at s• the de , ere Mr. n urged by is kl. a itii,,tendents. It was to s 'last ,e tailto.„. kilner }c a ving refused permissionde -cell; \lii .--) cora his estate, the ts t 'ets Asset, Pany to survey brought from N I : , er;q l L the aerp) had caused to be mber of per *wt. e th e ( n th e 5 unurhocd of Leeds, a nu able him to ti e es . sasses .leefendant formed a part, to en lireforespsti that M i te of Sir William. The magistrates,.,they , :it,''olaSta il sault had been proved, and tn eace for t: t ak e 8, hissaelligisinbottom over to kee,P - e y in the era tir Ths in the suna of 30/., and a sure_ ed to entes I ,N a ttl uwa Ns': Ther defendants were rest= keep the Peraee ;or lths. gnizances of 20/. each to Ik jlit OvAt Is the as salt', ssoneta COMLi * itted ` l 'at' ke ntlit' a at sigh t ,r•----A.. robbery was , - ", near tb,,,,it t, laile,, ()dock, this (Friday) ev b It appears „;;N ti,,,01t,,,, stone on the Mansfield road.at es the te e asatizeoantant, of Nottingham, had been . th e aret the 414 C ourt of Requests, and on returning, b,L4°to4Plitpti::, whiehesstone aboye mentiorsed, his horse oa fell n. 148 th,.oseatrasild been stretched across the_ r d f Mr Col k at ea t h wsi a eett P s .ng some unwasy travelles.. • and, the , s h , a gro., iderable distance from his horse, , s essOlusperus Was seized at the back of the neck ny a 'S gklis strt,lne, sst ,.!_ of the hedge bottom : another man 1, 4 / Ess ' a hiss ii;eeded to title his pockets of two soviet - l,S t ;‘ e 14,4,7. D i d Mid a quantity of silver.—Nottsso es sees, k 1 tt s has '"lnd that the Majesty's tors'et ea se e been for --s officers of her dhave 4 ta‘ 'il articled in tr r smne time past watching,. an t of it's -s s t ' e ls, co •acYlg.. a most Valuable consimen loat e ', ern nsistl4' of 300 gold watches, brooches, et' ~ Pas, i n , , kis ',N o s -g Portedhi to this country from Ger Ta na 3'_ e i , t ' At e r d hon., Ala, duty chargeable theron. They u_ yr ie, ita d mall se is.e to place since they were landed, se ft,is,s9vhess thpossted in the house of a dealer at the kieetS7lons 4407 Were seized by the officers. As furthes t d s ` s i e he t o .:a subject are now being made, it would it:jse, ss, a t the 4;l?n,haines, or enter into details, as it kt,biauAb t'''" the officers have in view. k viei .' Mee t; hl'ris tt ScnooLs A numerous and ,lat, nity, Wit' 4l the inh 13' . Kent-road and a4l, Vest a - qield at .a itants of the . the Old t l: wilt s iet) jatessay evehinthe:e tschool-ro.omse,f in 'lrl'' 4t11111t19 V4irel liewes ' l ' a q 11 • , t e .l .e , ea i e n ie t n he being ctair. On 1 , • • I l ; it Eciles the Chairman ' were W. D. Christie, ,Ith , • the ' 1 jr,i.arci_ , w ys _ _ stone, Esqs M.P.; W. Ewart. Esq., til:aas !rtit alas 7: -t,„sq, M.P. ; Rev. Messrs. G. Rose, H. ttiotz ebBerraotrnith. sse, The Chairman, after a few N l' \ e ll e" that ° _p. , said that the necessity for such s , a h ts le ad b,„ melt they had met to uphol was s,erthStlrl thsythe ciscumstance, that two millions ,iserlle, thee tnitions°'2Barld children were receiving education e s.nienser`" system ; while acerilin g to the popula -1.M.) e "ItS 04 should at le millions. I ` 4l , t vbi he 411Porta t . least have been three . eir e aas eh e s ri point in connexion with this sub- SA/11 s comas not see point it his duty to direct their Eaten ' a nee 14 the le t•f •' • • %14 ° I th e r as in enor in importance t® the is ssel it ,. that Woul d a mbers to be educated, and that was )11iii„,4 ate ethicat be required, to afford anything like ia t 4 ,_ hesit •" t 9 the people of this country, which s h e s ets sttia anon in asserting would, at least b one at tac h t l ;111414ti. °Pt. Igor could it be said that thisdeficiency J ittly d . those educated under the n ti 't on egree I system, ' ti k l , w eeneeysdclensated bs- the character of the i btlltit.Nellte delivered-I.e eir,htlie system. several other ad- D . " . of Tut e iT eet int tst'.,en separated. is ser Asart part of the ,',PtU or BUCCLEUCH.7-A :Ist4tacc, teiNaY at ChokeF,e I!.uccleuch's tradesmen dined *Tr, , s by s rs llthday sissre'masons"ravern, in honour Sf `SseseSt,Stuits, s s e" a. thatler presided, and was sap ttli 4 114. 1,11,-;ti'r,• C uff, Mr. Cohbett, Mr. Staunton, 'ai'44l w ith Nth . , % lwho officiated as vice-chairman), ktsitiaser etalsa.s.s% the bake and his Family," was eff rstke ninatn' The muse cal department was, as ~ Nt. .04 _ease aaiernent of Dir. department The evening he i t 'its ss l' ' n s'Y, and the dinner and wines were t r rth s e Jil l 0 i) 01, NT 41, ,; ), to . Seal 4B ViLLiras.—We happy to r ets S 4 40..10ur ed late last pare t in London , I plt, ti _ " I, e, the seatsof ' t rll'ig havingl ft Lo . a a, tau,„.iscoun i iers, e eS Ltd ss . much better as to give the fairest hopes of IS'testitrittl 13 Qhec a s% . g Date sss, eresford has declared his intention ithiiitlte fetiZ!•,9ll each of the three provincial colleges, ;'l Chesst"°ll of divinity schools for students of the i s, ass, (tsetse Frish paper. ;IS:lraq:tie au ? .last night eontai t wo 0 d in 1044 _ of t:itting LS r eys s Pot and arl sulk-4144s of tpittlral tor s ' ,duties Into allis . , and specimen ft, ' l ' ()I I of e duties st „Pers,,, . th e To, imposed by the A.ct for ',as t rth '4 cr0"414 th " e ` ° f British possessions - an d 4113, 4 tinions e Pr eneh. tO import • ' ' the I, ferti no:utiot of v,,Tiv such port into St. Helena, s e ' r es h contts, rant sn _a goods being the produce a N , to exs entry s asi , ex fro said island to s s es, „Port, sss, so.goods as they areasbettede to im et,sioess Ern tae WP`etlx e.y, into or from 111 •t .' jt e " n ri.jrx„v„ est 'Niles and Anserica r ases 3 a ti l ifo rs th th e „ 41 tis s , ro Ts 'eta to -'t 0 0r I a 4-41IPRS A ' fl, t o a s ti a w co ~ . • cConinuni- Or o s stela, °I Guardians mtmissioners was laid before the r N te.s eh l th e „ nor ._ .s. their last sitting, authorising lie,t„ tcy,4 _,froiii dis eased 'workhouse in extracting the iss`esei T4O Show7u4eq potatoes fr f 4 -, b,,, 14=roki "end the , ee o exense to any .4t_ 4 ..p,r 4 ei0.04,_,, In to the house forth at pm, iitti,l►oville Ni f) I , l ' -ii,:g • tliat,l44ce ' ‘ , 41 l''T 1,, j°i/tlll.l 4 4 ''''` .1), °L 1441.°041M3'., is desert/ E.- The village of slii.•)rt WlietcNiel. •.- isatabert _rg of mention as the I.t,t s, the v. alive was e ,,,._ _!l !Mel, the engineer of the ertZtse h'stsessions e s sinea,t . d at the College of Gisors, Il e hast 4 had" ..."' the vll es aim hoe, his favourite se ats , fie Idatie'iteaster att;a44orPenter, whose tools and h os t s he, luestly IN Greek, andT. for the youthful ens Is t `, 4 ,eli, ths tur the steseribed the is allotted holiday task. and f r .,' go fir tun e b sesvond_sr and delight wish I ,14 a , s , ent s ast ; s 7,n s t€,I.T fist), or, thkqu ay of o,,,stissehsPalad. e witezy, nu e team -engine Just 'sl;.ktai 0 ccaulutrlrazlae_Tan (he said to hint r utch raachiner; is ~_ ~. THE SUN, LONDO TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Gentlemen,—The present state of the country, in regard to its supply of food, cannot be viewed without apprehension. Forethpught and bold precaution may avert any serious ev,ils—indecision and procrastination may produce a state of suffering which it is frightful to contemplate: , • Three wee,lis ago it was generally expected that Par. liament would be immediately called together. The an nouncement that Ministers were prepared at that time to advise the Crown to summon Parliament, and to pro pose on their first meeting a suspension of the import duties on corn, would have caused orders at once to be sent to various ports of Europe and America for the purchase and transmission of grain for the consumption of the United Kingdom. An Order in Council dis persing with the law was neither necessary nor desir able. No party in Parliament would have made itself responsible for the obstruction of a measure so urgent and so beneficial. The Queen's Ministers have met, and separated, with- out affording us any promise of such seasonable relief. It becomes us, therefore, the Queen's subjects, to con• sider how we can best avert, or at all events mitigate, calamities of no ordinary magnitude. Two evils require your consideration. One of these is the disease in the potatoes, affecting very seriously parts of England and Scotland, and committing fearful ravages in Ireland. The extent of this evil has not yet been ascertained, and every week, indeed, tends either to revealunexpected disease, or to abate in some districts the alarm previously entertained. But there is one misfortune peculiar to the failure in this particular crop. The effect of a bad corn harvest is,lin the first place, to diminish the supply in the market, and to raise the price. Hence diminished consumption, and the privation of incipient scarcity, by which the whole stock is more equally distributed over the year, and the ultimate pressure is greatly mitigated. But the fear of the breaking out of this unknown disease in the potatoes induces the holders to hurry into the market, and thus we have at one and the same time rapid consumption and impending deficiency —scarcity of the article and cheapness of price. The ul timate suffering must thereby be rendered far more severe than it otherwise would be. The evil to whick I have adverted may be owing to an adverse season, to a mys terious disease in the potato, to want of science or of care in propogating the plant. In any of these cases Government is no more subject to blame for the failure of the potato crop, than it was entitled to credit for the plentiful corn harvests which we have lately enjoyed. Another evil, however, under which we are suffering, is the fruit of Ministerial counsel and Parliamen tary law. It is the direct consequence of an Act of Parliament, passed three years ago, on the recommendation of the present advisers of the Crown. By this la* grain of all kinds has been made subject to very high duties on importation. These du ties are so contrived that the worse the quality of the corn the higher is the duty ; so that when good wheat rises to 70s. a quarter the average price of all wheat is 575. or 585., and the duty 15s. or 14s. a quarter. Thus the corn barometer points to fair, while the ship is bending under a storm. This defect was pointed out many years ago by writers on the corn-laws, and was urged upon the atten tion of the House of Commons when the present Act was under consideration. But I confess that on the general subject my views have, in the course of twenty years, undergone a great alteration. I used to be of opinion :that corn was an exception to the general rules of political economy ; but observation and experience have convinced me that we ought:to abstain from . all interfence with the sup ply of food. IsTeithed ik Government, nor a Legislature can ever regulate the 'corn market with the beneficial effects which tliu entire freedom of sale and purchase are sure of themselves to proguce. I have for several years endeavoured to obtain a com promise on this subject. In 1839 I voted for a Com mittee of the whole-House, with the view of supporting the substittition of a moderate fixed duty for the sliding scale. In 1841 I announced the intention of the then Governmet of proposing a fixed duty of Bs. a quarter. In the past session I proposed the imposition of some lower duty. These propositions were successively re jected. The present First Lord Of the Treasury met them in 1839, 1840, and 1841 by eloquent panegyrics Of the existing system—the plenty it had caused, the rural happiness it had diffused. He met the propositions for diminished protection in the same way in which he had met the offer of securities for Protestant interests in 1817 and 1825—in the same way in which he met the proposal to allow Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham to send Members to Parliament in 1830. The result of resistance to qualified concessions must be the same in the present instance as in those I have mentioned. It is no Longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty. In 1841 the free-trade party would have agreed to a duty of Bs. a quarter on wheat, and after a lapse of years this duty might have been further re duced, and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a 'provision for its extinc• Lion within a short period, would but prolong a contest already sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is cleP..r that part, at least,' of the additional price goes to i'acrease rent, is a struggle:deeply injurious to an aristo cracy which (this quarrel once removed) is strong in property, strong in the construction of our Legislature, strong in opinion, strong in ancient associations, and the memory 9f immortal services. Let us, then, unite to put an end to a system which has been;proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. But if this end is to be achieved, it must be gained by the unequivocal expression of the public voice. It is not to be denied that many elections for cities and towns in 1841, and some in 1845, appear to favour the assertion that free trade is not popular with the great mass of the community. The Government appear to be waiting for some excuse to give up the present corn law. Let the people, by petition, by address, by remon strance, afford them the excuse they seek, Let the Ministry propose such a revision of the taxes as in their opinion may render the public burdens more just and more equal; led them add any other provisions which caution and even scrupulous forbearance may suggest; but let the removal of restrictions on the admission of the main articles of food and clothing used by the mass of the people be required, in plain terms, as useful to all great interests, and indispensable to the progress of the nation.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, J. RUSSELL. Edinburgh, Nov. 22, 1845. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs for the election of Members to serve in Parliament, in the manner thereiti ihen tioned, and for substituting other nrovKons for the like purposes :" I do hereby give notice, that it hath been certified to me in writing, under the hands of two Members serving in this present Parliament, that John Henry Loftus, commonly called Lord Viscount Loftus, late a Member serving in this present Parliament for the borough of Woodstock, is become a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of summons bath been issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to summon him to Parliament, and that I shall issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said borough, in the room of ,the said John Henry Loftus, commonly called Lord Viscount Loftus, now a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and to whom a writ of summons hath been issued as aforesaid, at the end of fourteen days after the in • sertion of this notice in the London Gazette. Given under my hand the 22d day of November, 1845, CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. Whereas by an Act, passed in the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 94, intituled "An Act for regulating the trade of the Isle of Man," we, being three of the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do hereby, in pur suance of the powers vested in us by the said Act, order and declare, that all or any articles legally im portable into the sle of Man, and not enumerated in the fable annexed to the said Act,' and upon which the duty of 151. per cent. is hereby imposed, shall and may, from and after the passing of the said before-mentioned Act, be im ported into the Isle of Man duty free, so long as this our or der, or any part thereof, affecting such articles shall continue in force • and 'we do further di rec t, th a t thi s o ur order be published in the London and Dublin Gazettes, in accordance with the provisions of the 3d section of the said Act. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Nov. 10, 1845. HENRY GOULBURN. • J. MILNES GASKELL. WILLIAM CRIP£S. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 22, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Cumming, as Consul in the island of St. Vincent for his Ma jesty the King of Prussia. _ - FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Finn, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Jerusalem. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 25. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. 0. Nicolls, from the 65th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Anthony Walshe, who reverts to his termer half-pay, Nov. 25. 10th Foot—Major C. L. Strickland to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Considine, deceased; Captain W. H. Goode to be Major, vice Strickland; Lieut. C. Dun bar, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Goode, Sept. 5. 12th Foot—T. Garner, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Crofton, appointed Adjutant, Nov. 25. 17th Foot—Lieutenant D. D. Wemyss, from the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Macan, who exchanges, Nov. 25. 18th Foot—Ensign W. B. Graham, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Dunbar, promoted in the 10th Foot, Sept. 6 ; F. Stanford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Graham, Nov. 25. _ _ _ 31st Foot-Ensign A. Pilkington to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bernard, appointed Adjutant, Sept 11; C. S. IsTott, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pilkington, Nov. 25; Lieut. W. Bernard to be Adjutant, vice Wilton, promoted in the 50th Foot, Sept. 11. 45th Foot—Captain H. Cooper to be Major, without pur chase, vice Butler, deceased; Lieut. J. I. Oakley to be Cap tain, vice Cooper; Ensign 8.. B. Johnstone to be Lieutenant, vice Oakley, Sept. 10 ; E. S. F. G. Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Johnstone, Nov. 25. 46th Foot—Lieutenant T. A. Macau, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wemyss, who exchanges, Nov. 25. 55th Foot—Brevet Colonel J. Fleming, from half-pay Un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel Sir J. H. Schoedde, K.C.8., who exchanges ; Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel C. Warren to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Fleming, who retires ; Brevet Major H. C. B. Daubeney to be Major, by purchase, vice Warren; LieutenaPt E. G. Daniell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Daubeney Ensign T. S. Lloyd to be . Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daniell; J. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vicei:Lloyd ; Nov. 25. ' 78th Foot—Lieutenant W. lE. Moncrieffe, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dowse, appointed to the 84th Foot, Nov. 25. 84th Foot—Lieutenant T. Dowse, from the 78th Foot, t be Lieutenant, vice Smith, appointed to the 92d Foot, Nov. 25. 92d Foot—Lieutenant M. M. Smith, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Moncrieffe, appointed to the 78th Foot, Nov. 2c. 95th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Dennis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Currie, who retires; Ensign H. G. Hayes to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Dennis ; H. Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hayes, Nov. 25. 96th Foot—Ensign R. F. W. Cumberland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Willson, who retires; J. V. O'Donnell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cumberland, N0v.25. Mumon.tripum.—The appointment of Lieut. A. S. Bolton, of the 21st Foot, to be Adjutant in the 31st Foot, and the promotion of Second Lieut. E. Clemison to be First Lieu tenant, in the 21st Foot in succepion, as stated in the Ga zette of the 24th of October, 1845, have been cancelled. The Christian names of Cornet Cooke, of 7th Light Dra goons, are William Ridley Charles. The names of the gentleman appointed to the 93d Foot are William Francis Augustus Eliott, not Elliott, as pre viously stated. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Michaelmas Term, in the 9th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Nov. 24, 1845. This Court will, on Tuesday, the 23d day of December next, hold a sitting, and will proceed to give judgment in certain of the matters standing over for the consideration of the Court. N. C. TINDAL. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 24, 1845. Days and Places appointed for holding the Special Commis sions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for the under-mentioned Places : County of York—Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Castle of York. City of York—On the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Sutcliffe, jun., spirit merchant, Halifax. BANKRUPTS. Charles Joseph Russel, scrivener, Ludlow, Shropshire, to surrender Dec. 11 and Jan. 7, at eleven, at he Birmingham District Court. Bittleston official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. William Lendon, sen., and William Lendon, jun., curriers, Dec. 9 and Jan. 6, at eeven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter. John Warren, surgeon dentist, George-street, Hanover square, Dec. 2, at twelve, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. William Cooke, innkeeper, Egham, Surrey, Dec. 5, at eleven, and Jan 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Buchanan, Walbrook-buildings, City. John Land Roper, linen-draper, High-street, Rochester, Dec. 2, at twelve, and Jan. 10, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street ; Badham, Houghton, and Co., Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn. _ _ _ Joseph Woodhams, plumber, High-Greet, Portland-town, Middlesex, Dec. 9, at two, and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street ; Chamberlayne, Great James-street, Bedford- row. Charles Wadhams, carpenter, Charlotte-street, Portland place, New-road, Dec. 5, at two, and Jan. 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Goren, South Molton- street, Oxford-street. George Little, corn chandler, South am pton-terrace, Camden town, Dec. 5, at one, and Jan. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Hardman, Bowling-green- street, Ken nington. John Evans, cheesemonger, High-street, Shoreditch, Dec. 3, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, icial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashley, Shore ditch. Richard More, coal merchant, Norwich, Dec. 2, at two, and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Jay, Buck lersbury. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 25.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a better desire manifested to purchase British Plantation Sugar, and merchants displayed more thinness ; a fair business was transacted in grocery and refining kinds, and the rates given were equal to those of Friday ; indeed in some cases 6d per Clrt advance was ob. tained. REFINED.—To day the home demand was attive for Re fined goods, and higher rates were bbtained : brown lumps according to quality 66s to 665; and Standard lumps 675. BondedOrttetted i 3 Walithd, and Wri,§ with diffietilty be had under 34s per cwt for first quality. MAnnrraus.—There has been little desire manifested to purchase this dettriptibli ii Sugar; The siliall pitteis sold privately were in some oases upon easier terms, None has been brought to public gale, Thefe figs again been no arrival, and the Ste& i 3 less than that of last year. EAST INDIA - - -This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 2,154 bags, were submitted to public competi tion, but a part oily at the fofnier *glue, FQItIsIGS.a..-`there has been no public sale this week, and by private treaty the quantity of all kinds of foreign on offer is still small. The purchases made by private treaty in yellow Havatituth have been extremely limited, still holders are reluctant to take lower rates. In white we have heard of no business having been done. Of Porto Rico only small parcels have been sold at the former value. In Cuba Mus covado little has been done, and 223 to 25s per cwt is the value. Brazil is not to be had upon lower terms. RICE.—To-day there was little desire evinced to purchase Bengal privately : two parcels amounting to 1,451 bags were offered at public sale, and a part only sold at a decline on former rates of 6d per cwt. Madras is little wanted and prices are not so firm. Of Java there is still little to be had, but it has been little called for. Cleaned Rice is held with firmness and is wanted. COFFEE.—To -day there was no public sale of any descrip tion of Coffee, and the market for all home trade kinds has a very firm appearance. Good ordinary pale Ceylon was not to be purchased privately under 50s per cwt. TEA.—There has been no public sale since this day week, but there is a fair quantity of Black and Green on offer by is s common 4dgo l d 0 d strong to tphrievartaetterseattayk.enConagre ratherouh a s underpurchased those withpreviously quoted,and clotidn,mbount mid s and l inga at 9 mid 13 blackish leaf is 5d to is 7d, fine is 8d to is 10d, and Pekoe flavour is 10d to 2 s 6 d. Pouchon g is not chea p er : Ikdshtolea l r lli g d o t o o d r a a t n e s d a t barely former but little has been done. The amount of business done in f T o w rm an er kay ra h te as s. beNenotwtoithastsannfdalilngexttehnet only,low the trade at eoperat with Hyson is to be purchased , caution. Gunpowder is dull of sale, Canton kind at Is 10d to 2s 6d, and Hyson sort 23 7d to 4s. Scented Orange Pekoe has beenpur sold chased with re freedom and prices are firmer. Young Hyson has been sold to a fair extent. The lower sorts of Congou are a little cheaper than last year, whilst the better are much the same as at that time. Twankay is a little cheaper than last season, and Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, are 5d to is per lb lower than at that time. SPICES.—This afternoon black Pepper met with attention ; at public sale 1,494 bags of Malabar were sold at rather lower rates, and went as follow, half heavy brown at 3d to 3:ld, half heavy rather greyish :id to 30, sea damaged 20 to 2.0, sweepings ; 1,0:2 bags of Venang were all bought in at 2dd for light earthy and dusty, and 24d for good light. Hors.—There has been only a moderate business trans acted since this day veekb but In tic value little variation has taken place. SPIMTS.—The unexpected announcement of a Government contract for 100,000 gallons of Rum has caused an extensive demand for Leeward Island, and an advance in prices has taken place. In Calcutta a good business has been done, and prices have risen. Demerara is wanted, and of low strengths several parcels have been sold at improved rates; strong sorts are fetehipg 38 3tl to 3s 6d. Holders of Jame lea choir firmness, and a fair business has been transacted, 29 to 37 per cent. proof has been selling at 3s 6d to 4s, and superior 4s 2d to 5s per gallon. 'rho business transacted in Brandy has been to a small ex tent only, and holders experience difficulty in getting former rates, Of Geneva several.parcels have been taken for exporta tion at 2s 3d to 2s 4d for eom, and fine for home consumption is fetching 2s 7d to 2s 10d. For English Corn Spirits the demand has been active at 10s 9d per gallon net cash, and a further advance is expected shortly. Malt Spirits, ac cording to quality, is worth 128 9d to 13s 6d. Gin has been extensively dealt in, 17 per cent. under proof at 9s 7d, and 22s under 9s 2d per gallon. Leeward Island Rum was much sought after and prices keep on the advance, sales having been made at 2s 3d to 2s 3id per gallon proof trengtb. Of Calcutta 400 hhds were sold by the Dobah Company at 2s 2d proof with certificate. Jamaica is held with firmness : 29 to 35 per cent over proof at 3s to 4s, and fine at 4s 2d to 4s 9d per gallon. WooL.—Prices keep up for all descriptions, but there has been only a limited business done—the consumption however, continues to be good, and fully as large as last season. SALITETRE.—To-day there was a brisk demand for Rough, and prices are on the ascendancy. At auction 301 bags of Calcutta went at 27s for good strong grey 51 per cent refraction, which was a rise on the rates of the last public sale of 6d per cwt. Many parcels were sold privately at 25s 6d to 27s 6d and fine 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. For English Refined the demand has been active at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt. The demand for Saltpetre is partially speculative. Nitrate of Soda is dull of sale at 14s to 15s per cwt, which is lower. INDlGo.—Holders of East India experience difficulty in getting •last sales rates for any descriptions; the home and export demand being extremely limited. In Spanish there has been scarcely any business done. Orts.—Palm has been only in limited demand, and prices on the decline. Cocoa Nut has been in excellent request, and an advance in value has occurred. Although Olive is to be had upon lower terms, still the home trade have operated with caution. Rape Seed Oil is still in good re quest, and the supply continuing small prices keep firm. For Linseed Oil further reduced rates are taken, the quantity produced being ►till very large. A further reduction having occurred in the value of Cod, buyers have been tempted to operate more freely. In Seal Oil a fair business was trans acted in consequence of rather lower prices being accepted. Of Southern some parcels have been taken by private treaty but it low rates. In Sperm a good business has been trans acted privately at firm rates. TALLOW.-Importers of Russian have been more inclined to sell on account of the large arrivals both here and at Liverpool, and they have submitted to a reduction on previous rates of 3d per cwt. Town Tallow has sold freely at 41s 6d to 42s nett cash. Other descriptions have met with less attention, and previous rates are barely sustained. The consumption of Tallow still far exceeds that of last year, and the stock is much less than it was at that time : in prices there is little difference. BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders in the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway was held yesterday, at the offices of Messrs. Routh, Austin-friars, for the purpose of considering the present state and position of their affairs. Mr. William Anderton, one of the Provisional Directors, was voted to the chair, and in opening the business of the meeting, remarked that they had met there for the purpose of having the affairs of the Company properly investigated. He was quite sure all of those present. intended to do that which they thought was right, and be need not tell them that he did so too. His name was before the public in connexion with this Company, and the public had a right to expect from him every explanation he could give of it. He told the promoters of the scheme when he was asked to join it, " If you mean to do that which is right with the public you may put my name down ; but if I afterwards find out that there is anything wrong in it, or any bubble attached to it, I shall be the first to expose you." He then had seventy-five shares allotted to him, upon which he paid 1571. 10s. When, therefore, he went to the office after he had paid his money, to give up the banker's receipt and sign the sub • scribers' deed and Parliamentary contract, he naturally enough expected that the scrip would be handed over to him. But no, it was not ; for after he had signed the two deeds without hesitation he was told that the scrip was not ready, and from that day to this he had been unable to obtain it. Subsequently, however, he ascertained that the Provi sional Directors had been disappointed with regard to the number of shares taken up, and they were investi gating the affairs of ,the Company with the view of dis solving it. He was then informed that the expenses would be about 2s. 6d., but certainly they would not exceed that sum ; but now he understood the amount would be 10s.'per share. He must, in justice to the committee, state that they disclaimed all knowledge of the transac tions on the Stock Exchange in the shares of the Company, and they believed all the shares sold had been bought in a bond fide manner. The amount which bad been paid upon deposit was 13,277/. 10s., and the liabilities of the Company were 6,500/. It was for the meeting to determine what steps they would adopt under existing circumstances. For his part he thought it would be better to have a committee of inquiry. From that time to the present moment he had not been at the office, and he really knew no more than what he had stated, except what he gleaned from a letter he had received, and which letter he believed was a circular. The folio% ing letter was then laid before the meeting:— " BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE POSITION OF THIS COMPANY. " Gentlemen,—The amount of paid-up deposits is 13,277/. 10s. The liabilities of the Company about 6,5001. " Assuming all the Directors and Provisional Committee to have paid their ratio of loss upon seventy-five shares, such ratio will be 10s. per sbare. Every Director who has been applied to has already made such payment; and when the remainder of the Provisional Committee have done so, it is recommended to dissolve the Company and return the de posits to the various parties who have paid them, minus the same deduction of lOs. per share. " We recommend that this Company (who will be in pos session of the surveys, &c., the expenses on which will have been paid for) be re-formd for the purpose of obtaining an Act in the session next after the ensuing one, when such de duction of 10s. per share will be credited to each shareholder who has paid it, in the event of his electing to join in the new company. " In th 6 event of the Provisional Committee unanimously following this course, they will be enabled to discharge every liability of the Company in a fair and equitable way as be tween themselves and the shareholders. " A case, embracing every point connected with the posi tion of this Company, has been submitted to some of the most eminent counsel of the day, whose recommendation is very strong in favour of an immediate payment of this contribu tion ; and as no final adjustment of the liabilities of the Com pany can be come to until it be made, the Provisional Com tnittee are earnestly requested to forward a cheque for 37/. 10s. to Mr. Frederick Penny, the secretary of the Company (crossed with the name of Messrs. Barnard and Co.), with the least possible delay. (Signed) " HENRY WEBB. " CHARLES HENAGE. " RICHARD HEAVISIDE." " Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Board on Wednes ;day, the 19th day of November, 1845, in pursuance of the Tforegoing report : " That in order to satisfy, on the fairest and most equita ble terms, the liabilities of this Company, each Director and member of the Provisional Committee, who has not paid his deposit, be called upon, under the strong recommendation of counsel in' consideration of their individual liability (while the affairs of the Company remain unsettled), to contribute the sum of 37/. 10s., being a deduction at the rate of 10s. per share on seventy-five shares, towards a final settlement of the liabilities of the Company, in order to enable the Directors to return to each shareholder his deposit, minus the same rate of deduction. And that in every case such amounts be con sidered as payments on account of future deposit to be re ceived in the event of the parties making the same being de sirous of hereafter joining the newly-constituted Company.' " , (By order of the Board.) " FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary. " Company's Offices, 34, Moorgate-street, Nov. 19." If this circular were responded to by every one of the Provisional Committee-men (it was stated there were 127), he thought there would not be much reason to complain.—(Hear, hear.) For himself ho sh9hld not, as one of the Provisional Committee, complain of the proposed course, provided all those who allowed their names to be advertised as Provisional Committee-men would come in and do as he had done, and he might say as he believed others, though he feared a very small number, had done.—(Hear, hear.) He felt it to be his duty to exert himself, in order to ascertain how the expenses spoken of in the circular had been incurred he said he felt it to be his duty to do so as his name had been put forth as one of the Provisional Committee. Mr. ROUTH said, that was the mode of proceeding he had intended to propose, giving the committee power to take what steps they thought expedient for in vestigating the affairs of the Company, and, if necessary, to take counsel's opinion upon the legality of the steps which had been taken by the provisional committee. Sir WM. WHITE apprehended that the committee had no right to deduct the 10s. at all. Mr. SIMPSON (solicitor) said he had applied to the Directors on the behalf of two gentlemen, Mr. Routh and his son, to know if they would return the deposits which those gentlemen had paid. Mr. Routh had paid his deposit, but had not signed the deed. He believed other gentlemen had both paid and signed. In his letter he applied for a copy of the deeds which had been sigisd by the Shareholders. In reply he received the follewir : " B - rieton and Cheltenham Direct Railway Company, 34, ?loorgate-street, 24th Nov., 1845. "Gentlemen,—l on instructed to send you the enclosed circular, of the 19th instant (the one read by the Chairman), in reply to the first paragraph of your letter of the 20th instant; likewise copies of the Parliamentary contract, and the subscribers' agreement, altiieugh the latter was not ap plied for. "In reference to the second paragraph of the same letter, I am desired to state that the Directors dischiii2, in the most f shares in unqualified terms, any knowledge of the purchase L. this Company in the market, either at a premium of in any way whatever. I am, Sir, " Messrs. Simpson and Cobb. " F. PENNY.° Mr. Ross said, from what he could learn of the pro ceedings of the committee, they were taking the advice of counsel, and endeavouring to ascertain bow they could legally spend the money which had been deposited in their hands instead of taking steps to secure the shareholders from loss. Such proceedings were highly discreditable to honourable men, and he for one would not consent to receive back his deposits minus the 10s. per share. Sir WILLIAM WRITE said the committee dis claimed all knowledge of the purchases which had lately been made in the shares of the Company. Now he happened to be a member of the " house," •and had sold some four hundred of the shares to the broker of the Company. They had now, however, come for ward and refused him the scrip, and he could not ratify the transaction. Messrs. Greg and Cunbridge, two of the acting com mittee, here entered the room, when the former con firmed the statement of the Chairman, that the commit tee, owing to the deposits not all being paid up, had determined to dissolve the Company. Each Director in tended to subscribe for 75 instead of 50 shares, and in a few days the books and accounts would be open for the inspection of all parties. Several of the shareholders warmly censured the con duct of the managing committee, and protested that before dissolving the Company they ought to have issued the scrip, and then called a meeting of the shareholders to agree to a dissolution. Mr. ROUTH said, in the Belfast and Enniskillen Rail way the managing committee returned all the deposits on finding that there was not a sufficient sum subscribed to enable them to go to Parliament clear of all de ductions, taking upon themselves all the expense which had been incurred, and it would redound more to the credit of their own managing com mittee if they were to follow this example. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Greg if he could tell how the 7,0001. liabilities had been incurred? Mr. GREG replied that it had nearly all been fairly and properly incurred. Indeed there was only one ac count that he objected to, and that was the account of the advertising agent. The CHAIRMAN asked bow much that amounted to? Mr. GREG replied that it amounted to 2,2001. The advertising agent had charged 25 per cent. to the Com pany, and it must be borne in mind that he received a large per ventage from the newspapers. There was a re tainer fee of 4001. which they were in hopes they should get back again. The CHAIRMAN asked if he could tell them the amount of the solicitors' bill? Mr. GREG replied that the solicitors gave up all their charges. Mr. HARRISON then moved the appointment of a com mittee of shareholders, with full power to take what steps they might deem necessary for the benefit of the share holders, which was seconded by Mr. ROUTH, and carried eizan imously. The committee was then nominated, and thanks nated. having voted to the Chairman , the meeting termi- We f WARLIKE PREPARATiZ YNO. ul has been privately en that a naval officer high in comi act n.Z.! We can state as a gaged in taking measurements of the ;Zee_ steamers under mail contract service with her Majesty'st-GOCTrfimlent, and w ith orders to report immediately to he o th e i r c apabilities for ca rr y in g guns of the largest calibre. The large steamers, forming the fleet of the West India Royal Mail Company ; also the vessels of Penin sular and Oriental Company, together with the Great Britain and Great Western, are said to have been quietly but officially inspected. A naval officer, well acquainted with the coast of America, has been summoned to London, to give information to the Admiralty. • §uch.a.combined force as these numerous and powerful ships would form, independent of .the regular steamers of war, would be one of the strongest ever seen on the ocean. The West India Company's ships alone are twelve in number, and of about 1,200 tons burden each.—Liverpool 2'imes, GREAT FREE-TRADE MEETING. REGISTRATION IN YORKSHIRE. A numerous and highly influential meeting assembled on Monday evening, at seven o'clock, in the great room of the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, for the purpose of consi dering the urgent importance of making renewed and more strenuous exertions for placing as many voters as possible, favourable to the cause of free trade, upon the register of the West Riding of Yorkshire. At an early hour the door leading to the hall was be sieged by crowds waiting for admittance ; and although admission could only be procured by ticket, for which Is. had to be paid, the large hall was filled almost to suffo cation for some time before the commencement of pro ceedings. At seven o'clock Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright took their seats upon the platform, and were received with the most enthusiastic cheers. Mr. Edward Smith, of Sheffield, was unanimously called to the chair ; and beside him we observed Richard Cobden, Eiq., M.P. ; John Bright, Esq., M.P. ; Dr. ThompsDn; Henry Wilkinson, Esq. ; W. fisher, Esq. ; Richard Solley, Esq.; Thomas Jessop, Esq.; Aldermen Turton and N. Hoole ; Charles Wilson, Esq.; I'. Nailor, Esq.; T. Roebuck, Esq.; and Edward Vickars, Esq. No inconsiderable portion of the audience consisted of ladies. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the evening, observed, that he hoped that it would not be long ere the people of this country would look with sur prise at the fact, that such a law as the corn-law ever existed on our statute-book. What was there ever to recommend it to their good opinions ? It had acted injuriously upon the agriculturists of the country, ruin ously to the manufacturers, and answered no other purpose than to serve as an excuse for enhancing the profits of the privileged classes, at the expense of the other orders of society. In order to secure these profits to the privileged classes, the rest of the community had to submit to a loss one hundred fold greater than the profits which were secured by it. Why was such a law allowed to con tinue ? Why was such an imposition still laid upon the people of this country ? Why, on the first whisperings of a famine, were the corn-laws not swept from the statute-book ?—(Hear.) Were they to be for ever ad mitting principles in the abstract, and not be guided by them in their practical conduct ?—(Hear, hear.) Had they yet to learn that the laws which they impugned were hurtful to all classes of the community ? Even cow " coming events" were casting " their shadows before," and the dread that there might be a scarcity of food had already deranged all their monetary operations. —(Hear, hear.) Let them look at the panic which was now existingin the Share-market, and see how this dread was also operating in raising the rate of interest ; and they well knew, from past experience, what must result from all this. When the rate of interest rose the banks in due time would become careful in respect to the ac commodation extended to their customers, and trade must necessarily suffer in all its departments. Had the people of this country yet to learn that dear food meant low wages, scarcity of employment, interruption to commerce generally, and depreciation of every species of property? These lessons they had already learnt to their cost, and they need not endure seven years more of suffering to fix them deeply in their minds. In respect to the question of the corn-laws, fallacy had been accumulated upon fallacy by the monopolists, and, for some time, with considerable effect. Now all these fallacies had been detected and exposed. What, for instance, had lately become of the cry of " Don't be dependent upon foreigners ?" They should and would be glad to be so dependent, if they could only find those on whom they could depend for a supply of food. Where, also, was now the cry about the peculiar bur dens upon land—those burdens which were invisible when they were moved for in Parliament ?—(Hear, hear.) Then was the outcry that, as the corn-laws were doomed and must be relinquished, time should be given to prepare the farmers for the change which was to be effected. But how much time should be given them ? How much time had already been given them ? The corn-laws were passed when he was quite young, and now that he was becoming grey he did not find that the list of farmers who appeared in the Gazette had in any degree lessened. There had been, in fact, no attempt at the preparation which was sought to be made if time were only given. The cry for time for preparation was another fallacy which like all the rest, had now entirely disappeared. All ' parties seemed now agreed upon principles, and all par ties were ready to admit that the right of the cause lay with the League. But they had relied too much upon people knowing what was right, under the presumption that when they knew what was right they would do what was right.—(Hear, hear.) They now ceased to rely upon the mere diffusion of information; they had given over talking, and were beginning to act.—(Hear, hear.) In entering upon the sphere o f action they were willing to throw themselves upon the highest authority. and none was more so than that of Sir Robert Peel, who said, "Register, register, register," and they would take up and act upon his words, and " register, register," too. The great battle had now to be fought in the registra tion courts ; for it was by perfectly constitutional means that they must break the fetters which surrounded them. —(Hear, hear.) It was by means strictly within the letter of the law that they soug - ht to meet their adver saries with the weapons which the,se adversaries had for merly wielded against them with sllncess. With these weapons they were now coming into the iislld. Indeed they had already used them with some success. What had been done last year through their instrumel7 - tality ? It was a good beginning that ; but they intend to do much better during the present year.— (Cheers.) They were daily becoming more dexterous in the use of that great weapon, the registry. Last year they had been disappointed at not adding more than 2,000 to the registry in Yorkshire, but the result of the cam paign upon which they were just entering would be of a very different stamp, inasmuch as they were now better aware of what they were about, and could use their weapons more adroitly, and, consequently, more to the purpose than before.—(Hear, hear.) Their friends (Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden) had come there to lay the sub ject of the registry before them. They would give the meeting most encouraging reports of what had been done in other places, and they would point out to the people of Sheffield how easy and practicable was the road to success. Let the people but carry out the sug gestions which would be thrown out during the course of proceedings that evening, and the day of reckoning with their spoilers and oppressors would not be far distant. Let them but work together, and with those who thought with them throughout the country, and he was certain that, at the dissolution of Parliament, many of those who were now occupying seats in the House of Commons would receive notice to quit, which they would be forced to observe—(Hear, hear.) It was to stimu • late their zeal in this matter, by showing them what had been done elsewhere, in reference to the registry, and by furnishing them with hints and obsorvations on which they should act, that their friends on his right and left had arrived amongst them ; and he trusted that the men of Sheffield would now show some of that cou rage, spirit, and energy, which enabled their ancestors to oppose such resistance to the Norman invader ; and that they would manifest some of that independence of pr Liciple and action which enabled Sheffield to stand bon oui 2 bIY at the head of the polling list of West Yorkshire at the last election.—(Hear, hear.) Had they lost P nything of their former spirit? Were principles once espOns . ed now less valuable in their sight? He believed not ; ana he augured much good from the spirit which seemed to pi.srvade the numerous respect able assemblage now before him. He would trouble them no more at present, but at once make way for Mr. Cobden, whom he now called upon to address them.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN, on coming forward, was received with loud and prolonged cheering. Silence being restored, he observed that there must be something peculiar in the present aspect of affairs to induce so large an assem blage as was then before him to meet together on that occasion. He did not know exactly whether the people of Sheffield were circumstanced as were those in Lanca shire at the present moment, who„bad just experienced a great reverse in their trade. It would not be unde sirable thatahey should know how their neighbours were going on, especially as it generally happened that, within six months of the time when the cotton trade suffered depression, the iron districts there and else where were sure to follow. Within the last six weeks they had suffered in Lancashire a more sudden and severe depression than had been sustained since the time of the peace. It was not a difficult matter to account for the sud denness of this depression. They had haa wheat harvest deficient in quality and in quantity in this country, and they had also the failure of the potato crop ; and these evils together caused a rise of at last 50 per cent. in the cost of their provisions. Every one before him, both the wholesale and retail dealer, understood what were the legitimate effects of a bad harvest. Everybody, there fore, was acting upon that knowledge, which, to no small extent, was owing to the preachings and teachings of the League. Everybody understood that the high p rice of food, which was the result of a bad harvest, caused a bad state of trade, and the wholesale and retail dealers, immediately that they saw the prospect of a bad harvest before them, ceased to buy large stocks of manufactured goods, lest by-and-by these stocks should be left unsale able on their hands.—(Hear, hear.) Eight or ten years ago, the principles on which they were now all were known only to a few. The re was then a bad state of trade, and many people were overthrown by the tempest of adversity which swe p t over the land, who after staggering on for two or three years, found themselves once more on their feet when the ordeal was over; but none of them ever thoug ht at that time of inquiring what it was that had injured them. But everybody now un derstood the whole matter, and he had the strongest hopes and the deep est conviction that within a twelve month's time the peop le of this country would apply that remedy to their present depressed circumstances, which their knowledge of the causes of the depression would enable them to apply.—(Hear, hear.) They were on the eve of a bad state of trade in Sheffield. Let them not believe that his object in coming there was to make trade bad. Let them hear what had h a pp ene d i n Lan cashire. If people paid 50 per cent. more for provisions than they paid before—that was to say, if a family earn ing but a guinea a week had to expend ss. or 6s. more than six weeks or two months ago,—they must neces sarily have less left to lay out in other commodities ; less to expend with the drap er , th e s h oema k er , the tailor, aye, and even with the ironmonger —(Hear) and if they had thus less to expend for them, there must then consequently be a diminished trade in the commo dities which these dealers had on hand. People's in comes did not rise to meet the advance in the price of food. That was an old delusion, which went down with people no longer.—(Hear, hear.) Working men now understood that a high price for provisions did not cause high wages, but, on the contrary, that high wages and a low price of food invariably accom p anied each other. Indeed, they might take it for granted that the very reverse of what the monopolists told them was the truth. If Lancashire and Yorkshire were depressed —even if therin Sheffield found in the meantime no visible or material falling off in their trade, they might depend upon it that their wholesale de alers,;when they sent their travellers and commercial ;gents into York shire and Lancashire, would have very nifferent accounts from them than those to which, for the last two or three years, they had been accustomed. The depression would, therefore, infallibly reach them in the end. In six months' time it would be:sure to overtake them.,They would then be in as bad a plight in Sheffield as their neighbours in Lancashire were in already. The time had come when the people of this country would no longer stand the continuance of the pre sent state of things. The other day a gentleman in Old ham, where a meeting similar to the present one was held, asked his friend (Mr. Bright) what resolutions they should propose, when Mr. Bright proposed that they should resolve " that they won't stand it any longer."—(Cheers and laughter.) If such were their resolution at every similar meeting, it would require no great power of divination to foresee the result. A bad harvest had, at last, come upon them, and in this country such an occurrence must necessarily be a great calamity. —(Hear, hear.) Were corn with us a regular article of commerce the evil would be much mitigated, and, he would venture to say, entirely counteracted. But the monopolists would not allow that corn should assume such a place in our commercial transactions. They kept no store of corn against the evil day, when a defi ciency came suddenly upon them, and when it did come it visited every interest with depression, caused pro perty, which was worth 50,0001., to drop down at once to 25,000/.. and forced the working people to resort to the union workhouses for that sustenance with which they could not supply themselves from having no employment.—(Hear, bear.) Such were the evils and convulsions superinduced by weir re strictive laws, which prohibited them from stor ing up corn against the day of want, and being prepared for the contingencies of a deficient har vest.—(Hear. hear.) Was it not a disgrace to them that, with all the resources which they possessed for commerce with the whole world, by restrictive laws, they should set at nought and nullify all the improve ments and all the discoveries of recent times, and having nullified all these, that the people of this country should be reduced, by being limited in the supply of their food to what could be raised upon their own soil, to the con dition of the Hottentot and the Red Indian?—(Hear, hear.) Such a state of things was a scandal to the country—a country which should, and might, be the store-house and granary of the world.—(Hear, hear.) It might, in fact, be the modern Egypt for meeting the deficiencies of other countries, instead of being unable, as it was at present, to make good its own.—(Hear, hear.) He was now speaking of the quantity of grain' which might be accumulated in this country, and kept here at a profit to the merchant when it was ultimately sold, provided there was no law in existence to prevent the storing up of corn. Wheat was a thing which could be kept for any length of time. Wheat, which had been produced three or four thousand years ago, was now growing in this country—wheat, which was perhaps part of' the identical stock which Joseph stored up for the famine in Egypt.—(Cheers and a laugh.) Although it might not be profitable to keep it so long as three or four thousand years, it was still a satisfaction to know that an article which formed the chief subsistence of the people should be thus indestructible.—(Hear, hear.) It was possible for wheat to be kept for three or four years, and with a good profit too to the merchant, if the trade were free. Suppose it were kept for three years instead of one year, it would not be any great charge against a casual deficiency which might occur in the fourth year. —(Hear, hear.) But how stood the case in the present year ?, It appeared that we were now in Dantaic offering 50s. to 60s. per quarter for wheat, which could have been obtained by us eight or nine months ago for from 28s. to 30s. What was the cause of that state of things ? It was that we kept in this country no stock on hand for the purpose of meeting the wants of our people in a year of casual deficiency. In fact, the avowed object of the corn-law was to prevent a free trade in corn, with a view to keep the corn shop in this country safe from any competition from the shop over the water.—(Loud cheers.) It was that cause alone which prevented us from having a sufficient stook of corn on hand sufficient for the purpose of enabling us to meet a casual deficiency. Why, it was a scandal to the country that such a state of things should be allowed to continue—(Cheers)—and he would not go down to the grave with a feeling that he had acted the part of a man if, with his present convictions, he did not constantly exert himself to oppose its continuance.— (Loud cheers.) Talk of the spirit of their ancestors who resisted William the Conqueror ! This was a worse state of things than any which he endeavoured to esta blish in the country. Yes, he (Mr. Cobden) was satisfied that William the Conqueror never declared that he would keep the people of England on short allowance.— (Hear, hear.) Nay, on the contrary, he was sure that one of the first professions with which he came forward after the conquest was, that he would give to the people , better food than that to which they had previously been accustomed.—(Hear, hear.) The men of the present day in England submitted to a more odious dynasty than that of William the Conqueror—they submitted to the " little loaf dynasty," by whom the collar was put around their necks, and tightening it so that they could not have enough of food.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) There never was a state of things in any country Well was worse than this—a system by which hucks ers were enabled to sell bread—aye, and bad bread too—(Hear, hear, and a laugh)—and to say to the people, we will oblige you to buy this bread alone, and we will not allow you to go to any other shop to purchase a supply of better bread.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) was the most cruel oppression that men ever submitted to ; nit the most cruel part of it was, that in a time of casual scarcity, such as this year, we were deprived by it of the advOntage of having the means of obtaining a sufficient stock f food. Who were liable for this state of things ? Distinctly they were liable who passed a law to prevent a free trade in foreign corn in this coun try.—(dear, hear.) Thz!t law alone was the cause of this want of means to supply the existing scarcity.— (Hear, hear.) If they took, for example, any other ' article which we imported from foreign countries. Let them look to cotton, which we principally import from North America. For the purposes of manufacture, tie less than 3,000 bales of cotton were required every day— Mr. BRIGHT—Five thousand. Mr. COBDEN—His friend Mr. Bright, who was better acquainted with the trade in raw cotton than he, said that it required 5,000 bales every day. Well, great as that demand was, the supply never failed.—(Hear, hear)—there never was a deficiency of cotton expe rienced since the peace—there never was, since that period, a mill stopped or a machine in danger of being starved for want of cotton to feed it.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We had at present eight months' provisions of cotton in Liverpool, whilst the new harvest of cotton was gathering, and almost gathered, in America, so that in all we might calculate on having at present twenty-ono months' or two years' supply of cotton. That was the case with respect to an important article of our consumption which was of foreign growth, but the trade in which was free. Then there was the article of tea, which we were allowed to lay in a stock of. Tea came. from a foreign land—from a country whose inhabitants or extent we scarcely had any acquaintance with—yet the supply of that article never fails, and we had at present a sufficient quantity in England for two years' consumption. Take indigo, which was another article of foreign production, but the trade in which was free ; and it would be seen that we were always enabled to have a sufficient stock of it in the country. In the same way all other articles of foreign growth, the trade in which was free ; and it will be found that our supplies of them did not fail ; whilst the case was different in the case of the articles which the foul finger of mono poly had touched, such as sugar and coffee, which were articles of great importance to our people. We could not get these in the same manner, but in all the articles of foreign produce the trade in which was free, such as indigo, spices, cotton, and tea, we had always from one to two years' supply in store. Well, what a predica meat the country had been brought into from the ope- Eation of that Jaw.—(Hear, hear.) What excellent hou.sekeepers they were who never looked to the state of their larder until it was almost empty, and allowed it to become in that condition before they inquired if there was a market open at which they could get any further supply.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was said that the potato crop had failed—so it had—but the failure of the potato crop ought not to have been such a calamity to a great country like England.—(Hear.) Why, the potato crop had failed for three years succesively in America, and it was thought so little of that in this coun try it had hardly been heard of, and wben heard of it was only through the means of scientific publications. Why had they heard so little about the failure of the potato crops in America for three successive years? Because no man, woman, or child, in America, was constrained to live on potatoes alone. If that were the case there, why, he would ask, was it, that in England four or five millions of people rejoiced on potatoes, as Dr. Marsham said, and he deserved nothing better to rejoice upon for such a speech?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Americans had an abundance of corn, and if we let them know that we wanted wheat or Indian corn, they were able to supply us with! it, and would willingly supply us with it, if they were informed that they could have in return our cutlery, and our manufactured cottons. —(Dear, hear.) If they could obtain those in return, we should soon obtain more corn from America than we could pay for. It was recorded in Holy Writ, that the son of the Patriarch laid up corn in Egypt, in order that a supply might be easily obtained in a time of scarcity, and when a time of scarcity arrived, his brothers went into Egypt to obtain from him a supply of corn. Why should we not, in a similar way, apply to our brother Jonathan, in America, for a supply, as we had no brother Joseph in Egypt ? (Laughter and cheers.) It was, he was quite sure, a great deal better to go to our:brother Jonathan for od, than to go to fight with him.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Cob den) did not like to hear of people's minds being fami liarised with the idea of fighting, for he conceived that it would be a great deal better to trade with him than to encourage the idea of going to war with him.—(Cheer.) Those states which produced cotton and tobacco, the F ticles which we consumed, had no desir e to go to war with us—(Hear)—and it was only within a few days that he read an account of a dinner at Charleston, in South Ca rolina, at which the health of the Queen was proposed, and received in the most enthusiastic manner, for that was one of the portions of the United States which produced those articles which we took from America.— (Hear, hear.) What were the portions of the states in ; which there was no desire to go to war with England? The • Atlantic cities, the State of Pennsylvania and Now England, .those which were connected with England by trade and commerce ; but in the states of the west, where wheat and Indian corn, and pork and beef, were produced, those articles in which we refused to trade with them, the warlike spirit towards this country was evinced.—(Hear, hear.) If we, however, took a different course from that which we at present adopted—if we took from states of the west their barrels of flour, and pork, and beef, and butter, they would like us SS well as the eoutherra states, inasmuch as people do nOt COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and rtince Albert left the Castle at half-past nine o'clock this morning for Osborne-house, Isle of Wight. iler Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, occupi , ,,,:t the first carriage. The Princess Mice, and Lfl,:iy Portman, Lady in Waiting, were in the next ca: riage and four. Lord Charles Wel lesley, Colonel - Bowles, and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, in the thi r d carriage and four. Her Majesty was escorted by a party of the 2d Regi ment of Life Guards, under the command of Lieutenant the Honourable Cornwallis Maude. The royal party were attended to their carriages by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon, Miss Devereux, Viscount Huwarden, Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe, Sir Henry Wheatley, and the Hon. ?And Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The royal party proceeded from the Castle to the Farn borough station of the South-Western Railway, en route to Osborne House. • His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, with the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, remain at the Castle. The Hon. Capt, Duncombe, Groom in Waiting, also remains. Lady Caroline Cocks, the lion. Miss Devereux, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr. G. E. Anson (for town), and Viscount Hawarden, took their departure from the Castle to-day. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon tit the Foreign -office. The Minis ters present wore Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Welling ton, Lord. Wharridiffe the Earl of Ab er d een , L or d Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, sh e Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord f t - iranville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, and the . a .,itht Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Council 'sat four hours. The Earl of Haddington has arrived in town. In our remarks yesterday on the Northern Luna tic Asylum, we inadvertently did injustice to some counties in Scotland where great exertions hate already been made to provide suitable places tot the reception and treatment of kinetics. In this rospect the county of Perth stands conspi cuous. Some twenty years ago A lunatic asylum was erected near the towil of Perth, which, whether for accommodation, or judicious arrangeinetA may be regarded as a perfect model, and does great credit to the' humanity and liberality of the inhabitants. ARRIVAL OF THE EAST INDIA MAILSP--SOUTH- Amrros, Nov. 2.s.—The Orient a l C ompany ' s s t eam - s hi p Oriental, Capt. Soy, arrived at Bh. 30m. this morning at the Motherbank from Alexandria, and landed the East India and other mails, which were sent up by the eleven o'clock train. She left Alexandria Nov. 9, Malta the 13th, and Gibraltar the 19th. The Oriental has a full • cargo and the following p_ a ssengers—namely, Major Wyslop, Captains Seymour, Kelley, Bethune, and Arthur Lieuq knants Morley, Andrews, Huey, an d Dare; Mr. Wes s op, I 'dr. Dent, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas, Mr. Stamford, Mr. Tavton, Mr. Wilkie, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, and five disabled sear nen. The passengers are expected to be re l ease d from quay, on Thursday. The folleiNin g , s hi ps were at Malta :—I LM.. ship Hibernia, Siren, Bloodhound, Spitfire, Sydenhamkll7.olc3llo, and Orien t al C°l4. P 4 DVO *Vim Iberia. . • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Poirrsmounr, TUESDAY.—The royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, was ordered to be in readiness this morning for the reception of her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal family, and was in waiting, steam up, and ready to " move on" before her Majesty ar rived, but her services were not accepted, the royal party having embarked in the Fairy, and proceeded to Cowes. The Dee, steam-transport, Master-Commander Driver, having had her machinery put to rights, embarked detach ments of Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery yester day, and left this morning for Pembroke, whence she will proceed to Cork. The Sparrow, Ketch (surveying vessel), Commander Otter, arrived yesterday from the coast of Scotland to refit. The Gipsey, tender, arrived this morning from Sheerness with stores, &c. Mr. Rettie's signal lights are ordered to be tried every night this week, on board the Undaunted, 44, up this har bour. The Thalia, 42, Captain Hope, will be ready to be paid off on Thursday. The Carysfort, 26, and the Scourge steam-sloop (bomb vessel) are expected to be put in commission daily. 'There are some prime hands in the Thalia willing to volunteer. The Harlequin, 16, is being expedited fur the pendant, and will be commissioned when ready. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—M. Nolloth (1838), to the Bittern ; A. Gor don (1836), A. F. Webster (1843), and A. S. Booth (1836), to the Endymion. Surgeon—B. Browning, M.D. (1828), to the Grampus. II Paymaster and Purser—J. F. Russell (1813), to the Grampus. CnATIIAaI, Nov. 25.—The Janus steam-sloop has again returned to her former moorings by the sheer hulk, opposite to the dockyard, having been towed up on Friday, the 21st instant, by the Wildfire steam-vessel, she having broken down at sea. This unfortunate vessel, it appears, left Coch ham-wood Reach at twelve o'clock at noon on Wednesday, the 18th instant, as reported for Portsmouth, whereas she was to take a cruise in the Channel, having on board Cap tain W. H. Shirreff, R.N., Captain Supenntendent of her Majesty's yard, accompanied by Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, the constructor of her engines, and manned by the seamen of the ordinary; and reached Sheerness in about two hours and a half, the paddle wheels revolving about thirteen times to the minute, and oil her arrival outside the river, touching the sea water, her pace betarne slackened, and it gradually decreased, and on her arrival near the Mouse her speed was so reduced that her wheels only made eleven revolutions in the minute, although she had a strong wind in her favour, and in attempting to turn her she drifted astern ; consequently it was found necessary to anchor her for the night, as it was rough, and blew a strong -gale. The next morning the engineers could not get the wheels to turn until noon, when they re volved about five times to the minute; and at which rate the engines continued working until eight o'clock at night. The next morning (Thursday), the -weather being fine, it was attempted to run the vessel over to the Downs, but it was found that, by using every exertion, she would not make head against the sea. Further trial was thertfore deemed useless, and the vessel was beat, up again for pheerness ; and on her arrival in the River water she returned to her former speed. On passing her Majesty's vessel Trafalgar, however, her engines broke down, and she was obliged to annhor for the night; and on Friday she was towed to this port. On raising her anchor it struck her bow, and made a hole in it. It is now clear that this vessel, according to her present con struction, will never go a-head, having now failed in a hun dred experiments, and having had all the reStitirceS of Chat ham-yard lavishly expended on her for the last year Without the least improvement. Her engine is stated to be very de fective. The rotary engine of this vessel, it appears, is fitted with four tubular boilers, equal in bulk and expenditure of fuel to 500-horse power boilers, and with engines estimated at 220-horse power, but withal, the boilers have never worked up to 60-horse power. The boilers are divided into two Sets, with a stokehole between them, which forms a hind of pan demonium, where the 'unfortunate firemen are scorched by six furnaces on each side of them, and by the cylinders full of steam above their heads, while their feet and ankles are immersed in hot water, and where they are deprived alike of air and light. It is stated that this machinery is not fitted with the appendages which experience has shown to be es sential to the safety of a steam-vessel, because they cannot be attached to a rotary engine without extraordinary compli cation. Yet, notwithstanding these omissions, it occupies 38 feet, fore and aft, and great part of the upper deck, while a perfect pair of engines of 220 horse-power, with tubular boilers, and every appendage for safety and convenience com plete, with ample airy stokehole, and free access to every part, would not occupy more than 34 feet. During all the expensive experiments on this unfortunate craft not the least improvement has been made. With wheels proportioned to her nominal power she would not make two miles an hour, and when sent to sea in this instance she did not make headway against a light sea,whereasanother vessel would have run full speed. The Janus, on going out, had only 40 tons of coals and 4 tons of water on board, She is now two feet lighter than she was during her first trips, and has one and a half streak of her copper painted black, to make her appear deep in the water. Her engines, since her arrival, are being taken to pieces. Yesterday it was discovered that a portion of the works of the interior cylinder was broken, and the whole of the bars were destroyed in this last trip, and are now being sent to the smithy of the yard to be made good. She is to have a new rudder, as the one she had proved to be useless. The Earl of Dundonald left here on Saturday, andreturned to London. OLYMPIC THtATIM. - - Miss Kate Howard has amply redeemed the pledge whieli she gob when she opened this theatre. Bhe has restored to it the high Character which it formerly held. By securing the services bf Mf. and Mrs. Walter Lacy she has completed her corps dramaliqtlt, ttird a company which, in addition to those talented artistes, numbers Amon its members James Browne, George Wild, Cock till, Binge, Miss L. Melville, and though last, not least in our esteem, the fair manageress herself, Miss Kate Howard, may, without vanity, arrogate to itself the title of the most complste vaudeville company In the metropolis. The new vaudeville Who is She? bids fair to become one of the most popular pieces ever produced. Who is Shet That is a question, reader, which, in fairness to the management, we must refuse to answer. Inquire at the Olympic, and we can promise you a fund of entertainment in your endeavour to discover who she is. Miss Kate Howard, as Captain Charlotte, mounts guard every night, and com mands the applause and laughter of a delighted audience, who after assisting, as our neighbours oufre.msr would phrase it, at the revels of the Boy Bacchus, pay homage to the Railway King, George—not Hudson, but Wild. What a glorious John Reevey personation is the Sam Stag of Wild. He is none of your petty larceny title stealers—he is no non-contributing F.R.S. —no unqualified Esquire ; he goes " the entire animal," and, usurping a kingdom at once, figures away among the members of a Provisional Railway Committee as his Majesty the King of Madagascar. He is a stag of the first head ; it is only after a glorious run that he is hunted down, and even then he stands at bay nobly, as a high-minded stag should do. All lovers of fun should attend the levee of the Railway King at the Olympic. NEWFOUNDLAND.--A fever of an alarming type has been raging since the middle of the summer in various parts of this bay, particularly on the north shore, where, in some of the settlements, the destruction of human life has been very considerable. From all we have been enabled to gather as to the origin of the disease it seems traceable to one of the Irish passenger-vessels that ar,rived in St. John's last spring. We have received some very stroq• communi cations upon the subject, and although we cannot ix; ex pected to enter into all the views and feelings of those whottl friends and relatives have been so prematurely cut off, yet we are free to confess that a o highly culpable degree of negligence has been manifested by the local authorities for many years past in reference to those vessels, which, in numerous instances, have been allowed to land their pas sengers without, we fear, the slightest inquiry or investi gation being made as to their health or otherwise. 'Within the last five or six years numbers of our population have been swept away by malignant fevers introduced in this manner, • and we are fully persuaded that a large proportion of the unfortunate mendicants who are now solely depend ent upon public charities for subsistence have been re duced to this extremity by personal or family afflictions, re sulting from the negligence of those whose business it has been to prevent, if possible, the introduction among us of much contagious disorders.—Harbour Grace Herald. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAIL wAY.—The inquest on the body of the policeman Stubbs, who died in consequence of injuries received in a collision caused by a pilot engine on the 20th of October, was com menced at Leeds on Monday, but adjourned for a weak in order to procure evidence. . gm