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Roll'. - -,- • V ;.4N -- _..._ f1ip....., ;5:::. , V' . 4._ •.. ~- ... ... 413,5,......f..1.111,1611,11.11991.C.T., .......5ta.........,-....”:-...,.................-.-- - - - - - ..„ , .. -.- .. • , ..-.. ... . . • . - ...-_, , _ - -• . . .. .. , - _ . - - . ~-~ ~i,Z ~~ ~~ 11" E AST INDIA ROUSE Jaziraav 12, - CO URT of DIRECTORS o f th e E AST INDIA. That th e rate CO MPANY do hereby g i ve notice, B ill of E xchange at whi c h they will receive C as h f or snr, ' 'engal and Madras will, from the present date and until fur ther notice, be Is. bd. the C ompany ' s Rupee; and for Bills on Bom haY, Is. Sid. the C ompany's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. E TTERS of CREDIT on INDIA. w ts Thy lONUN BANK of LONDON, as Agent for the ",,,TERNB A f IND I A,are authorised to ISSUE LETT7,I4 Z'AEDIT for any moneys paid to them, to be repaid in rupees t t eciurorfent rate of exchange on the day of presentat:on at the c olorribo the. Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta, and 4.p 44 „ b . Sirni lar letters o f credit may be obtained at any of the A ' or the Na tional Bank o f S cotland, and of the Provincial Ink of I reland. By order of the Directors, W. NV. SCRIM GEOUR, Manager. U nion B ank of London, No. 8, Moorgate.street. N,; 16,363 LONDON. SATURDAY MORNING SUN, JANUARY 25, 1845. PRICR sd. 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CAUTION. t . ?:he Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention '4 Nurnberg and Dates of all 51., 10/ , 201., 14,Q04. 200/., 300 /.,301., 401., 5(1/., ' OOl., and 1 ,000/. Bank of England Notes 4 ' l rosy he offered in payment ; and before changing them to Za r a: ine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank w._.r! which have been stolen from Messrs. Rogers and Co., Band tap ers en been advertised s uccessively in the Daily and Weekly P ttl,s,„Yrtnedeli.t,_ofall the stolen notes is stopped ; and it is particularly t o , . mat those parties who have obtained lists of the stolen ` el '"Ile ntinue to preserve them for reference ; arutloaslesnodthfoart those persons thprn, post have not yet had lists win be . e on; it . 7 sr or otherwise, to any of the Banki p n l g e - a h s o ed uses in Lon. iit,.„,," a• Rogers and Co. bankers Clement's-lane, Lombard. ii„i Loi.don ; Mr. Francis' Hobler, Solicitor, 26, Bucklers ii.str _r,Mansion IT litiplot UrBe, London ; — "se, Londo n ; John or Daniel Forrester, Man. ckurcilo.h:ritaeri, London' or to Messrs. to any of the Station - houses of the City or Blades and East, printers, Ab -_ __.... L SALE S b AUCTION 41:V E 11 81(p s r ____„....____ DP.O 4 -t• the SUM of 3,2781., PAYABLE on . the 41-F i l EAlt,, " a SENTLEMAN in his SIXTY-SEVENTH 1..,91.:(311GY' ROBINS . is 1,,T. -, ..1., by Au instructed to -I T. Janu,, ~,, CTION, at the Auction Mart, on TittinsnaY A ItEvEi t ' s ,"'. at Twelve, Three eeten the dea ( t)l:efto the PRINCIPAL SUM of 3,278/., pay_ Persons, or th it gentleman in his sixty-seventh year, , if enty.fi ve ye ( T. l e a bove s a ti r'l ar e r"Pective ages of twenty-six, twenty-6%e, and a n: , of them shall be then living. , -•,AItGED.: 44441 Y secured, and the cotHis.2:l)°.? ESTATES PRODUCING 437/. A YEAR . °f bublin.priodll4. Icklow; also on renewable leaseholds in the city staam n Th e st il . a Clear rental of 64!, a year, and also on 11 4 th e 4 of 2,489/.CONSOLS, _ '.. a neer ~, "ante of the Acco untant -General of the Court of wlth th e 4. Irei,„ lif Pan te "'-'• The Estates and Consols are also charged i7Ngehe f my a nt of Two Annuities,one of 1, for the d ba tt y -iiiztgekio-four, and one of 200/. for the life of a zyuan abunda.2l will immediately be perceived that there jil p. rticll 7 of security to satisfy all charges. ' eriny n.str a ra rnay be had of D. E. Columbine, Esq., solicitor, '1444. OM eet ; at the Auction Mart ; and at Mr. George ....,........v oes, Covent -garden. _____________ 4 C LEAR i „ HYDE -PARK. Epo N 4 "COME of 4 651. ss• PER ANNUM, BROOK flittl, I'IRST-RATE RESIDENCE in UPPER to SIR TERM it4ooltetills ItASE for the WHOLE T SECURED 11 it G E 4 4'(.1V(.358iNs is instructed by the to piAjtaloistrator of the late R. DEVERELL, NI; ao:LIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, on TB tooai t1"730, at Twelve o'clock, Es q . , u t to s s p i 1 1 o y character ,r3/41GIBLE and SECURE INVESTMENT of the first 14°Nehtloi; henti ng an oPportunity of rare occurrence for the ern capital num satisfactorily. It is secured upon N a tit UPP ER TE NOBLE TOWN MANSION, I. ' b ' RE, ' 4 4 the fb 'lt 00K-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUA a lt the 41444 4'th house from Park-lane, and partaking of rrntiting from 'csuaittio 'DIMEDATE PROXIMITY TO HYDE. PARK, ily ,1 eitabf. accerocnociation of ; sn erior order for a large fanz ie v,thin ishinent, with double carriage house, and six-stall stiaease, ta titoltrrtiolishe Thews at the rear. The residence is let upon and AT SA 14r,","...reli)isniPY, K.C.8., for the whole term, '" nheld ''e.ckit RENTAL OF 500/. AanyoErAigßi ‘,l which rtide! the Marquis of W estminster, by n ' s.l lease, at a Nindrenterr,;', an unexpired term of twenty-four years, L' Partiew4r. "IY 281 . A year, the lessee insuring. office of '-‘,. Cointh,..„ 'NY be had twenty-one days prior, at the Auction got, 4 ; 4 ., Es q., Solicitor, 4, Gray's Inn-square ;at the at i‘lr' George Robins's offices, Covent.garden. calle 014) p, ACH , tb uLICIES in the ROCK OFFICE for 1,5004 Ilt> 614 ADDITIONS THEREIN AMOUNTING to • GEOR r , 1,44,,114 StL t b ~-E ROBINS is instructed to po wet 'llB . at T y AUCTION at the Mart, on Ttiesnar °lsele, we ' v e, in Two Lots, by virtue of and under a letted TWo ~, llit Comp Ntly ea rs . "LICIESEACH, y, s since in that ol d.establishei and most flourish. ". 41 TH E ~, tku ni a Ni le . f .tOCK LIFE OFFICE ; 44,,,;44 t.ht 261:fr1 With the addition of 3391. 155., ef_ 4 he 'tlt;e•thre `oyeo/be, 18 24, on the life of a gentleman st et( % a p op _e; the annual Premium 531. 15s. ,11t,,,:?1°h the t ry for 15001., with the addition of 232/. 10. , t ie •,, PretaiO4isct labs, of December 1827 on the same life ; the .(Itttlent 8 Sd. A mor e i satisfactory opportunity for Itlvkit , Na l ., n.' taPital rarely offers, F1141.,,Z, soli eit ' o a r Y be had of Messrs. Roy, Blunt Johnstone, and GMeN, had of ; at the Mart ; and at Mr. George b 4011) ""t-irardAn '441_,PXY.114 LEASE ' • 'itett ili --...,11: 1,40-,:r.ROLD ESTATES, including EIGH — n T . ‘, tit I(,:tuate, pi.E.RTIES for INVESTMENT, adva . tol,,,,.,Loticing a clear Rental of 5001. a-year. b kv p > Au4kri% ROBINS is instructed to SELL tii ) , ! thro ~,110.4 e t 4 kty 1, ', at the Mart opposite the Bank, on Tues.. The Ny e ,. f ' , at TWelVe 0' 1 ' 'htLts by virtue, and DaPllttil'ttreiiii.f;iv.4AlluanAdEvrtiEtheoFu°litct iie a n s E o lig ig h D test o lim , it in price, L and LEASEHOLD 4r :lN. 14.‘Poipti teliyadvantageous and safe investment, the principal ' ne o l , t ROV t band all to permanent tenants, viz. : ill tif GROUND -RENT of 531, 12s. per annum, e I .V/ ' 3 kV i; 2 . U AULTs v::tst, cs pit . Nil:N.., and SPIRIT ESTABLISHMENT, .r,,„ a ' tesid,ne't REET, MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, 'tii 4t vl s, 0 1 _ e, eXtending over the gateway leading to 11,44 Not 01'..,e for the whole term, at only 60/. a•year, but 4, 1 tier 4 1 . 2 kir; annum. ttd, „ 'utes . , NORTH AUDLEY.STREET. ok eto,i, . With s , ttr k t l ng , uoPs substantially erected, and well.te. 4t:"'Jt4 11 % 7 , clear rent of 451. a year, being let for the llenti' 11/4/tE , t ,:lti tea akit„ R-sTREET, PORTMAN.SQUARE. ,yt,,thi aueht„44Lioßstetiene in this desirable part of London, i- "Jett 0 , r "Pec table tenant, at a low rent of 1351. I 4 3' to the small original ground rent of 61. 1,1,1)1tm p :Nip I Ye 1,01 ' GRRARD S '1, 4 at. hold 110 1 " 'RD. STREET, SOHO. tim 2 , e, very capacious, and much underlet, at sil, 'll4,4ilt'' PATHER 4 14 4 _ al,' co_ STONE-BUILDINGS, HOLBORN. A:4I,A ,_ z_tro r , bi ovenient Houses, producing a clear rent of 4 41,N°. 4 , 1„nl respectable tenants. 1 4,441,0 th, 4,1,1,111 A DIE- ROW, ISLINGTON. tl, htb No Premises, on lease, at 20/. a year. 'lthillyPilt4lOLD C c 'elt.ia,c, HOUSES at CHISWICK, ).4t,. ?it,,l ttProdt; ; „,,--c4,6 about 18/. a year. kti, 1, 10 4 VE 1/11,",. AL AMOUNTS TO ABOUT il kii 't it„' triey be ,"ED POUNDS A YEAR. t,,, , ' A tk . ,! INN 3 ,"41 twenty-one days prior to the sale of 1i,4400 biz:ll44ton, and Walton solicitors Lothbury ; ' an d at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Co- 11 „_---____ IItAL N; 'INV -- N.ATE6 ------- ------------- ko v tittleNtlit () RI , Dist; covEfts. e l F. l'elit r 1 ' 1 .14 c and SONS, Manufacturing hllli ko ii•p ( , ) ,r eh„,l eirnhill, London, opposite the Bank of I,4 l4. s l e'P w ° Dis e 4 In their PI N I uoc, Pty G COVErrate.rooms, many_ Patterns of ~. of Sheffield Manufacture, l liki, e Patt e " t eas the kin, Corer Si t , l ' , l set, viz. The Melon Pattern. nth '6 s vez' , 2 "iti 5 ,a d. Size.L. ov er +8 i n : VI 6 I , O. N. %It; i n. 4 7 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, '26 in. 517 0 q tt e lk.. 4 t .. S 1 ........2 i 2 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 0 11,,,1vi,,e here"""ElS —. I Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 6 1 1 '' N, :',, e! eil v h. 13 9 PIT . set ........ £6 17 6 4.,..,,,g p „ rrt„, r est. _ handled ---. _ 1. - 4 o , l a i ,) , iiiZ t, at o r ar ,, , u mountings, and silver shields 1\ Ili t e iN it e ,to th 4l ecl by p r e ' lit,,,tattien. oerPtizeh,se o n i Tge, snd containing every i e u r t :r t ,, h h e e c tfi o e u l n d tr P y lat f e r , ee maj f t 4k, to : Paid reitltlerhe sent et 14) F ' 4 n4 lso Pk•te,,. kltkr t i_ () --,--CAUFION b s lib" . att„,,,. .1 Perfun, • Ic t . 'lei it el ti."see,;`,. Olt, pri erB to her Majesty, 28, l i I N . 4 N . 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(and not " Price and tk_l4s4,,,Mtet, " -a Udule w '''. in 183 1), as the only means of 7 Otlig lets al,d orde re - , c° nduct of individuals who take 0,,1tte4-744.,,,,;e lutirre of „ pro.iteended for Price and Co., lay 11- t1 4 , 144)1 , 4l .'Y way ton e and Gosiiell," well knowing t t.444lvett Lim s z 1 " .. fleeted with that tiny iki ito, i , ci. t4t er g i,, ~:4 , _ AS SERV A NTS. ijett lic, , ti aoy 40.„_"Perior to any other, and in such ,*4,,,'.4%,. rkug k o Z e Pers are basely deceiving the 1 , ,, , ; , , e, ..+e I , - and ~ 4, C hia 1:th„ot . e ntlein e „ tiGies • Price and Co. respect.. ; l ily ,etlf,''i, bar n prote ttio wtQ l they purchase not to +41 4 ",.'n6 affi xed ._ n l abel, 11 - ore a design by Sir il 41,4r,:eentt;. rtl-ttz vet, „ " tt : with the signature of M red ink, and " 28" conspi 14yiN4b ..' l 'e the It 't 6 ). bt kl t IN), ~ lb, ttitti Lelt -c'seuue Agents for 0 . 1 ty e, tt,tto.Nt'a 4u a, ph4,l,lll,6araledl re ' serving and bean- K,,,u4,:L1(1)100 of Z:lk'tt4 44 0 k id _ er ikt.4? the use of her most gracious i t 'ot t tod tt l) EL 'et ected t," 4 " tl the Queen D owager, by es -11,1'14‘4 ley the , k(III X'S 7,l l A e i t ., tA ' re P at ent. Pric 4 t , 4 alo tt -a nctto k of ti;`ASSAR. OIL' e 5. 6d. 4.34,,,, IN, 4 2 . r t ac h ie„, itt.,,,,: Lords of the Treasury," for °‘ 11 47:trie ct l .,1 e p r C ee l s titand their Royal Highnesses ‘ i ' retd 11 . 1 1 _'orre ct i kbe Yal. &c., is also protected by tt t ti ' Rap t i, i ti l i l ee ,". in emboased medallions, 0 ° k e. I k.E 4 c' ~,,. to "nes4 Prince Albert. Price I'4 r,) - A i, 4CR O e b O‘z hl tatA I N's 01)0 • ' e et. Plea lls 'l'o .° ' e eotn Nrl3 - 1 1" 1, ... 11 - "t 4, , , Purif,,, wue e ,,, o_4 Dentifrice, DEL. .t, t ,;4, (1, 4 h o. it c h trt - ung, proiervinw as the most N ue ltNt "e l: l4 t I) °net " to the 11'. and embellishing the o 4 ~ ,t ,. 4 ~,,,:t I.!At, ~,,. y..i. Public." -..Court Gazette. ,t ,tki ti,,,. 4 1 but .. fs the last new fashionable e it t,), lu eti. "1111 Y combines "" u ugh the 1 t , i wi.. b 4, _ tb.s .ist, is net the least e otelie ct , Preceding4o'ci..c.o excellence of all ti ii LM 44 471, , ... 1 ua fragrance of the tt 11 . 1tin kit ' L l 4 trile boy I t , N )1,,v411141, t y po , --n gentleman, tt 4 im„. _ the uosur th, ‘ kt •J b off t i7 that / h av e of hie birth Ice '4, 4,1tt, Netotz's tr ay plu c k P ' aC etl trlith— k.th„ lit, ‘4l th ttr and co. i -.. k white rese,wrae'nehdt, a to pleasureinfo , q it; h 44 th 'Let hot: : e 6) N°vl st 11- T b n i e ,:,„. " 0 1 14 r i4 1, 14 elr ~t ro 9. tt f the Beas on IN 2 ‘ l , titt.,_ e kle4 4 .. "4 thlt d , I . ~,, 41 - ..ei e,., C't 4° ' "nig the th rec e six royal bornu -0,, ,i ,4%,0%i „.3 tt, __ y . Proinfeethss: tt l / 4 i., 4 it i eii , I) , trip riit , age eo ntaini ells , all orders Reins d'Albert, 0.,,,, 1 , kk e l th, o tv,, E, , k e or v:,nritu'e bouquets dng efiyilaall.e, and Princess i the is r l,p1 1 )p le , ;1I4:71, any Lof .ndon, be upon squired jYriedcairriage paid. 41, 1 ‘,1 k itt e kiN t : t e ri rt ,1 1 5 4.8 ° `l-li co tr ueet In observing each case and In, lo t , and iiii, t -irqtZ t „,.._ er e , ll s, for the sake J Lett:l 4 ol. tk t I ),,'`AVIN - 6 - `'. M tevn, and country, profit, are , i+ k v it o , 4 Z , ti ritt : Etyp opul A ux ußy. P. kt tii ''' N n " 0 trt A.G°N s urPass ~,,, 4„ . r,,, qlk, 0,,,, i _ ~t wi lt pro, _ , cis every soap ever 444 , 4417,)4, cp,44l.ltettio;l47 by e . ' G. ": the luxury of a 14 4,,,,,h 4 i 1,4 N kit 1 t huing oie it..rtc.se .Price and Co.'s = lli I hr ' (1 %. 11 end 441 " ri disagreeable and e : e kk. ' ' , ls . ( I bp Co., f.). 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FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. . _ - - Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. 6 d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of solitary indulgence, neglected syphilis symp toms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings; followed by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the removal of certain disqualiflcations. By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OX"ORD- STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton. street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. OPINIONS OF TUE PRESS. " We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus. " The authors of the ' Silent Friend' seem to be thoroughly con versant with the treatment of a class of complaints, which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to recommend to it a careful perusal."—Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRTACLTM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 33s ,by which I Is. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. . The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price 11s. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I la, per box, are the most, effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases 18 ne cessary. . . Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, at their re rideuce, 19, Berners-street, Oxford.ctreet, London, from 11 till 2, and 5 till 8. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One personal visit Is only ne cessary to effect a permanent cure. MECHI'S ELEGANCIES for PRESENTS and USE, manufactured on the Premises, 4, LEADENHALL STREET, near the India House, London, Wholesale, Retail, and for Export. Ladies and Gentlemen's Dressing-cases, in leather, wood, and papier mache, from 100 guineas down to 255. Writing desks, 25 guineas down to 12s. Work-boxes, 20 guineas to 10s. Ladies' Cabinet and Jewel-cases assorted ; Tea-caddies, the most elegant in the world, 121. to 6/. each, down to 7s. Gd. Ladies' papier mache Work-boxes, 10/. each down to 31. Netting-boxes, 38s. to 2 35. Card-boxes, 51. 55. to I Is. Set of Tea-trays, 20 guineas to 5/. Bottle-cases, 30s. each. Companions, 21. 10s. to 10s. Gd. each. Poll screens, 9/. the pair. Hand-screens, 50s. to 20s. the pair. Card racks, 40s. to 255. per pair. Note and Cake-baskets, 50s. to 20s. each. Bagatelle-tables, 101. 10s. to 3/. 10s. Leather Writing-cases, containing a complete Dressing Apparatus, 151. 10s. to 51. 10s. I'earl and Fancy Card-cases, 31. 10s. to 10s. each. Ivory Hair-brushes, 4/. to 21. 10s. per pair. Splendid Cases of Seven-day Razors, 10/. to 21. 10s. the set. Ivory-handle and other highly-finished Strops from 255. to 3s. each. Wharncliff Penknives, Sporting Knives, and fancy Scissors, 31. to ss. each. Splendid Case of Agate, Pearl, and Ivory Dessert-knives and Table-knives, from 421. to 41. 4s. the case. A rich variety of Plate, Bronze, Gilt, and Papier Mache and Table Ink stands, from 61. to 7s. 6d. each. The quality generally of Mead's Manufactures—the elegance of their display, and the rare combination of excellence and economy, with a Ye* ext4nsive choice of Stock—will amply repay the trouble of ♦isiting his Depot, 4, Leadenhall-street. DECLARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT, DEVON. IFIALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS. A SURE CURE FOR RAD LEGS. The following case has excited so much interest, that the Guardians of the parish of Brent, Devon, have considere 1 it their duty to sign their names to the accompanying important declaration : We, tae undersigned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Ro lins, one of our parishioners, commenced taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," he was literally covered with large running wounds (some of them so large that a person mig^ t have laid his fist in them); that before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement, and that by continuing them for some time, he got completely restored to health, after everything else had failed. He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking 6. Halse's Scorbutic Drops,' and had prescriptions from the most celebrate d p h y s icians in this country, without deriving the least benefit. " Halse's Scorbutic Drops," have co cpletely cured him, and he is now enabled to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish. From other cures also made in this part, we strongly recommend " Halse's Scorbutic Drops" to the notice of the public. Signed by John Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning, William Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy. June 21, 1943 The ,bove.mentioned Thomas Rolins was quite incapable of doing any kind of work whatever before he commenced taking those Drops. Some of his wounds were so large, that it was most awful to look at them, And the itching and pain of the wounds generally were most dreadful; indeed, the poor fellow could be heard screeching by passers by, both day and night, for sleep was entirely out of the ques tion. He was reduce ito mere skin and bone, and daily continued to get weaker, so that there wa, every probability of his speedy death. Read the following extract from the Nottingham Review":— "IMPURITY OF THE BA BLOO LEGSD THE CAUSE OF SCURVY, D , &c. It is really astonishing that so many persons should be content to be afflicted with scurvy, wounds in the legs, &c., when it is a well ascertained fact that Halse's Scorbutiz Drops' make the disease vanish like snow before the sun No one is better enabled to judge of the value of a medicine as to its effects on the bulk of the people than a vendor of the article ; And as vendors of this medicine we can conscientiously recommend it to our friends, for there is scarcely a day Passes but we hear some extraordinary accounts of it ; indeed, we have known parties who have tried other advertised medicines without the least success and yet on resorting to this preparation the now justly celebrated' Halse's Scorbutic Drops,' the disease has Yielded as if by magic. we again say, " Try 1 - 111se's Scorbutic Drops." Wh , ilesale Agents for London : Barclay and Son, Farringdon. street ; Hallett, 1:43, High Holborn ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 1 4 0 , Oxford-street; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and King, Napier-street, Hoxton. _ N.B. Be sure t o as k f o r " Halse's Scorbutic Drops." Price 2 s. pd, a mottle, and in Pint Bottles, containing nearly 81Z 2s. bottles for 11. The COMMITTEE of this RAILWAY are happy to announce that the Board of Trade have declared their intention to report to Parlia ment in favour of the undertaking, as well as of the Staines and Richmond Junction, and the Metropolitan Extension of the South Western Railway. Thus the Richmond Company will have access to an excellent terminus in the metropolis, and also derive a large additional amount of traffic from the line to Staines. Active negotiations are in progress with the landowners and hold ers of property en the line for the purchase of the ground necessary for the purposes of the railway; and in far the majority of cases a highly satisfactory prospect exists of the respective treaties being con cluded upon fair and amicable terms. By an agreement entered into with the Directors of the South- Western Company, the execution of the most expensive portion of th., line originally adopted by the Richmond will be transferred to the aforesaid Company ; who have also agreed to furnish the locomotives, carriages, and working plant of the railway. The terminus of the line will be that selected by the South-Western Company for their metropolitan extension, namely, a point situate in immediate proximity to the entrance of the litingertbrd Suspension Midge, o❑ the Surrey side. The easy nature of the works to be accomplished on their part of the line, which presents no features whatever that can occasion diffi culty or delay in their construction, has enabled the Committee to enter into arrangements, by which the completion of the whole line will ))e effected within the period of ten months after the Act shall have been obtained. RICHARD MEADE, Secretary. 3, Moorgate-street, January 24, 1845. GREATPARIS and LYONS RAILWAY. Capital 200,000,00 francs, or 8,000,0001., in Shares of 500 francs, or 201. each. Deposit, 50 francs, or 21. per Share. Influential Committees have been formed in Paris and London for the Great Paris and Lyons Railway. The names will be published on ratification of terms. In the meantime application for Shares may be made to Messrs. Parkes, Smith, and Co., solicitors, 12, Bedford-row ; or the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 63, Moorgate-street, In the printed form which may be had of any of the above puties. By order, WILW.kM IRWIN, Secretary. 63, Moor ate -street, January 23, 1845. 1140 OIAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. RAJ The SHRINE of the NATIVITY (with the much-admired change from Darkness to Light) is the subject just added to the New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. CHILD'S CHItOMATROPE, exhibiting extraordinary and beautiful effects. The PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Dr. RYAN'S Popular LECTURES daily, and en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Varied Lectures Morning and Evenings, by Professor BACHHOFFNER. Electrical effects produced by the comparative exhibition of the Two most powerful ELECTRICAL MACHINES in the World. SUB MARINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVER and DIVING-BELL. Models, &c., explained. The Music is conducted by T. Wallis, Mtis. Doc. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published. price Is. TO THE PUBLIC AND PATRONS OF THE WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE TAVERN, ISLINGTON. ItROUSE, at the commen cemen t o f a new • year, takes this opportunity of returning his grateful thanks to the Stewards and Committees of the numerous Societies who ho noured him with their patronage during the last year, and respectfully to solicit a continuation of their kind favours. He at the same time embraces the opportunity of calling the attention of his patrons and the public to the extensive alterations and improvements lately made in the tavern department—to the-central and rural situation—the sa lubrious air of the net4hbourhooth—to the superior conveniences and capabilities of the White Conduit House, for the accommodation of large or small Dinner Parties and Public Meetings; and likewise to the important advantage of a cheap conveyance by omnibus every five minutes to and from all parts of London, thus possessing the com bined advantages of a town and country tavern in one establishment. AGENCIES. -COUNTRY SHOPKEEPERS, and others are informed that the LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPAN Y are now filling up their Lists of AGENCIES for the Present Year, and persons seeking for a respectable addition to their business, by which many have derived, during the last 27 years, con siderable incomes, may apply to the Company, at their Warehouses, 2, LAURENCE POUNTNEY-lIILL, LONDON. FAIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. llelen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-striet. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce\to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only l is. per annum, and many during the last nineteea years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without ene shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. DENTAL SURGERY. 32, HAYMARKET, opposite Jennyn-street. MESSRS. MOSE LEY, SURGEON DENTISTS, acquaint their Patients of the Provinces that they may be consulted daily as usual, at their residence, 32, Hay market. Vacancies for one or two first-rate workmen. Likewise for an Articled Pupil. STOVES. WALKER'S PATENT PHCENIX STOVES require fuel but once a day ; are durable, econemicA, free from dust or danger of fire, and from explosive gases, are admirably adapted for Warming Churches, Chapels, Schools, Entrance Malls, Front or Work Shops, &c. From Three to Eighteen Guineas. Prospectuses and Testimonials may be had, gratis, at 302, Oxford street, near Bond-street, London ; or at 58, Oxford-street, Birming ham, at which places the Stoves may be seen constantly in use. FOMi AND DAMP AIR. lIARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, bcen preved an effectual Preservative awn the it effects r - .. 1 the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter season, are so pi evalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to renever hose who suffer front Difficllty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London; and sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gitio. - d, 104, and H. Burfield, 150, Strand ; Johnston, 115, Cornhil! Hallows Dri•ggist, 2, High-street, Is angton ; Hcudebourck, Druggist, Church street, Hackney; and by all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. Observe—None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay and Son"are on the Stamp affixed toeava Box. CHEAP SELF-SNUFFING CANDLES. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, which burn without snuffing, like the finest wax. are now retailed throughout the country, at •r under One Shilling per lb. But care must be taken to pre►ent any imitation being passed off as the Patent Candles; this attempt being made, and with too fre quent success, by some dealers, •n account of the greater profit upon the imitations. The Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price sod Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, ClerkenwelL GREAT AGGREGATE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LEAGUE. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY MORNING.—The mem bers of the League had their general annual meeting at the Free Trade Hall last night, and it was an over flowing and most enthusiastic gathering. A number of influential members of the Council from distant parts of the country (who had been summoned to at tend a preliminary meeting of their body at the Council-room in Market-street) were present, and on the platform, 'altogether, there were nearly 600 gen tlemen of wealth and influence, amongst whom we may mention as the most prominent, R. Cobden, Esq., M.P. for Stockport; J. Bright, Esq., M.P. for Dur ham ; W. Browne, Esq., merchant, Liverpool ; T. M. Gibson, Esq., M.P. for Manchester; L. Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool ; W. Biggs, Esq., Leicester ; R. H. Greg, Esq., Norcliffe Hall ; J. G. Marshall, Esq. ; J. E. Baines, jun., Esq., Leeds ; F. Schwann, Esq., and R. D. Jackson, Esq., Huddersfield ; Boden, Esq.; Derby ; E. Hollins, Esq., Stockport ; C. E. Rawlins, Esq., and J. T. Crook, Esq., Liverpool ; W. Hargreaves, Esq., Milnthorpe ; C. Potter, Esq., Darwen ; John and Robert Mather, Esqs., Liverpool; J. Wrigley, Esq., Bury; John Whittaker, Esq., Ashton; John Walker, Esq.. Bury; H. Ashworth, Esq., E. Ashworth, Esq., and J. Crook, Esq., Bolton ; John Brooks, Esq., magistrate ; John Bard, Esq.; Lawrence Rostorn, Esq. ; W. Harvey, Esq. ; T. Wool ley, Esq. ; Nicholas Heald, Esq. ; E. Armitage, Esq., magistrate ; J. Bright, Esq.; J. Brotherton, Esq., M.P. ; James Thomson, Esq., Wray, near Lancaster; J. B. Smith, Esq., magistrate ; C. J. S. Walker, Esq., magistrate; W. Arkroyd, Esq., Bury; and J. Midg ley, Esq., of Rochdale. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., Chairman of the Council, rose to open the proceedings about half-past seven o'clock, by calling upon Mr. Hickin to read the minutes of the last meeting, which, on the motion of Mr. Cobden, seconded by Mr. Clay, of Rastrick, were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Secretary to read the report of the Council and the treasurer's financial statement of accounts, of which the follow ing are copies : " The report which the Council have now to submit to their constituents extends over a period of fifteen months, from September 28, 1843, to the 31st December, 1844. " In the address presented at tho meeting in Covent • garden Theatre, September 28, 1 / 5 43, the Council ex plained the course of action it proposed for the future, and the distinguishing feature of this plan was the do termination to make the movement essentially an elec toral one. " To give effect to the extensive operations here pro posed, the Council having a full reliance on the zeal and co-operation of thei r coun t rymen, as k e d f or a contribu tion of one hundred th ousan d poun d s, a sum which, whilst it would furnish evidence of the increasing in fluence of free-trade:opinions, would be sufficient to meet the estimated expenditure of the League. " In conformity with this plan, the whole of England and Wales was divided into thirteen electoral districts. To each of these districts a competent agent was ap pointed by the Council, whose duty it was personally and repeatedly to visit each borough in his district, to pro mote and superintend the formation of local registra tion committees, and to give advice and render assistance in all matters relating to the registration, and, wherever practicable, to secure the appointment of an active local agent, having a knowledge of the law and practice of the revision courts. It was also his duty to make perio• dical returns of the state of each constituency, and of the means available for increasing the strength of the free-traders - on the register. " Under this arrangement 160 boroughs in England and Wales have been visited during the past year. The Council have obtained a mass of information which will enable th em to di rect their future efforts with greater efficiency, while the returns already in their possession show an undoubted gain in 112 of the boroughs thus acted upon, and in many of these the improvement on the register is such as to ensure the return of free traders in the place of monopolists, in the event of an election. " Simultaneously with these electoral movements, the communications between the Council of the League and every portion of the kingdom have, by means of corres pondence and deputation& been not only maintained, but greatly increased during the past year. More than 200 meetings, attended by a deputation from the Coun cil, have been held in England and Scotland since Octo ber, 1843. Of thew meetings, more than 150 have been held in Parliamentary boroughs, -and the increased num bers by which they have been in all cases attended, and the zeal and enthusiasm manifested, prove the extent and the depth of the public conviction in. favour of free trade. Besides these, the great meetings held in Covent garden Theatre, London, and in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, sh ow that tht'question has lost none of its hold on the public mind in the metropolis, or in this town, the birthplace of the League. " The lecturers of the Lague have visited and lee- turA in 36 out of 40 counties of England, and in nearly all the Welsh counties. The demand for this mode of instruction has been much greater than the Council have been able to supply, the desire for lecturers having been espE'cially manifested in the agricultural districts. " More than 2,000,000 - of stamped and other publica tions hare been distributed. In addition to these, there has been an average weekly publication of 20,000 copies of the League paper, 15,000 to subscribers to the League Fund, besides a sale of 5,000 copies weekly, amounting in 67 weeks to 1,340,000 copies, making the total distri bution of publications nearly 31 millions. " The correspondence, since the last report, has more than doubled, the number of letters received at the League offices in London and Manchester, being about 25,600, while the numbers dispatched from the two offices have been about 300,000. " Until recently, with the exception of Lancashire and Middlesex, the Council had not directed their attention to the county registration. To South Lancashire, having the data furnished by the late contested election, they proceeded at once to a thorough examination of the re gister, and the result of the last registration in this divi sion of the county was a gain of 1,750 votes to the free traders. In North Lancashire there was a gain of more than 500 votes, and in Middlesex an accession of strength was also secured. "Ifitherto the county registration has been almost en tirely neglected by the commercial, trading, and indus trious classes, and the Council resolved to invite their friends everywhere to acquire that political influence to which they are so justly entitled, by taking up their en franchisement for the counties. The appeal has been received and acted upon with a promptitude and an en thusiasm surpassing their most sanguine expectations. The Council have reason to believe that, within the last three months, a sufficient number of persons have pur chased freehold qualifications in North Cheshire, South Lancashire, and the West Riding of York, to secure to those important constituences a free-trade majority ; whilst a large addition to our ranks has been made in Middlesex, North Lancashire, and several other populous counties. " The Council view this as but the encouraging com mencement of a movement to which they will devote their primary attention during the ensuing year. The Government of this country is at present in the hands of a class, solely through the instrumentality of the Chan dos clause, which places the county representation at the mercy of the landlords, through the Totes of less than 200,000 tenants-at-will in England and Wales. From calculations carefully made, the Council are convinced that it will be practicable, in a short time, to induce such a number of the friends of free trade to purchase freehold qualifications, as will neutralise those dependent voters at the poll, and give to the intelligent middle and industrious clas es their due influence in the Government of this commercial country. " The Council have now entered upon the seventh year of their labours. Of the past they can speak with satisfaction. They have seen public opinion gradually, but surely becoming more and more settled in favour of free trade ; the public press, the organ of that opinion, uniti-Ig more earnestly and cordially with th e exert i ons of the League ; the Cabinet chosen by the monopolists, moving slowly it may be, but still moving on in the direction of free trade ; whilst, throughout the manu facturing districts, the return "of active and prosperous commerce has not only done nothing to abate the enthu siasm and determination of their friends, but has given them enlarged means of advancing the object they have so greatly at heart. "The League is emphatically the representation of the classes that live by industry ; it is an embodiment of the spirit and energy of trade which is struggling to be free; it seeks no private, no partial good, but the true and permanent interests of the whole people ; hitherto it has received a degree of support unknown to any other or ganisation in this country ; it has sought, by a faithful discharge of its duties, to deserve the confidence reposed in it : its success is to be seen wherever the opinion of the people is freely manifested, and its complete and not distant triumph is as certain as its determination is firm and its principles are impregnable. By order of the Council, " GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. " Manchester, Jan. 22, 1845." FINANCIAL REPORT.-4100,000 LEAGUE FUND, 1843-4. 1843. RECEIPTS. Sept. 9. To balance of cash in hand £2,476 10 Amount of subscriptions received to this date Interest allowed by bankers 797 13 £86,009 7 1845. -- Jan. 1. To balance of eash in hand £26,675 19 1844. DI SBURSEMENTS. Dec. 3L By registration and tract distri bution, including expenses in registra tion courts, wages of clerks, travelling expenses on registration business, and the distribution of about 2 ,000,000 tracts; by expense of meetings (more than 200 in number), including hire of rooms, erection of hustings, and all expenses connected with public meetings ; by printing and stationery, newspapers, re porting, &c. ; expenses of League news paper, including salaries of conductors, editors, and contributors, stamps, paper, and printing (the average circulation being, for the fifteen months, 20,000 copies per week, or 1,400,000 copies in the whole) ; -by deputation expenses, in cluding travelling expenses to attend meetings and Parliamentary elections in various parts of the United Kingdom ; by salaries and expenses of lecturers, including travelling expenses for lec tures delivered in 36 English and many Welsh counties, in all exceeding 600 lectures ; by grants to local free-trade committees for local expenses in regis tration, collecting of League fund, &c. ; by agents, salaries of clerks, and weekly wages ; by postage stamps for 300,000 letters, carriage, and postages; by furni ture and fixtures ; by local expenses ; by sundry office expenses, petty cash and incidental expenses, including re pairs and alterations ; by rent, taxes, and gas, including rent of Covent-garden lheatre, lioue , offices, &c., in London and ' Manchester 569:633753 197 Balance down 2 £86,009 7 3 Wlll. RAWSON, Treasurer. The announcement of the balance in hand of 26,67.5/. 19s. 9d. was received with loud and reiterated bursts of cheering. Mr. HICKIN, the Secretary, then read the minutes of the preliminary special general meeting of the Council, held that afternoon, at which the report and accounts above given having been read and approved, the fol lowing resolution was also passed :—" That this meeting of the General Council of the Anti-Corn-law League having received very full and detailed reports of the proceedings of the Executive Council in Man chester, expresses its perfect satisfaction with those proceedings, its warm gratitude for the patriotic, self denying, and most laborious exertions of the Council in the great cause of free trade, and requests them to continue their labours in directing the future ope rations of the League." The CIIA.IRNIAN said Mr. Baines would now move the report ; but before he did so, perhaps the meet ing would allow him to make one explanation with respect to the fund. When they first launched the address in which they asked from the country a con tribution of 100,0001., they had it in contemplation to raise a large portion of that amount by a bazaar, to be held in Covent-garden Theatre, but that bazaar had not yet been held.—(Hear.) The amount re ceive", therefore, was quite as much as they had an ticipated. They proposed still to hold the bazaar, and he had no doubt the amount then received would carry them far beyond the sum originally expected. —(Loud cheers.) EDWARD BAINES, Esq., jun., Leeds, then moved— " That the report of the proceedings of the General Council of the League, w hich has now bee n rea d , b e adopted and confir me d by the meeting. LAWRENCE HEYWORTII, Esq., of Liverpool, se• conded the resolution, which was carried with loud cheering. in a sn ee ring T. M.M. GinsoN, Esq., MY., then came f orwar d , an d m a i p B f h e t ne sa d y to a was received with g reat cheering. within perhaps he He s a id it h a d h severall :T in :en way by gentlemen i n the south of England how the Anti-Corn-law League was getting on.—(Hear, t period, hear.) There was a way of asking a question which beyond the mere words conveyed a very c l ear mean ing. The meaning of that question was, the idea, the fond notion, that had been invented in the south of England, that the League was retrograding. and some even had gone the length of saying that the League was extinct—(Hear, hear, and laughter)— nay, more, rumour had said that a subscription was even entered into to give a very large testimonial to a writer who was supposed to have been instrumental in bringing about a dissolution of the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Renewed - laughter.) He wished some of his southern friends could have been present at this great assemblage—(Loud cheers)—he thought when they heard of the large sums which had been sub scribed by the people of this country in support ofthe League, and the large balance of something like 27,0001. which 14 o w remained on hand to carry on the agitation--(Loud cheers)—that they would feel assured that the Anti-Corn-law League had escaped all the dangers of infancy, and was now established in mature and robust manhood, and that it would live until it had accomplished the object for which it was brought into existence —(Loud cheering) It had been predicted that the League could nut live, because repeal of the corn law was only a political cry. But it was no "cry."—(Hear, hear.) A cry was a different thing; it meant the watchword of a party, without any real intention of carrying the object into effect.—(Hear, hear.) It was a " cry" to talk of " our young Queen, and our old Constitution— (Laughter)—and " the wooden walls of old Eng land."—(Cheers.) These were political cries. But the distinction between the watchword or word of union of this great Association and those political cries was this, that the one was real, and the other was merely used as a means of binding men together in a sort of livery, which was known by the cry, as it were, which they uttered, though there was no real intention of carrying any political movement into effect.—(Cheers.) But this was not so in the Anti- Corn-law League. Politicians were beginning to find that something was really meant, and that this cry of free trade was not meant merely to bring po litical partisans into power, but was intended to place in the hands of the great body of the middle and working classes their full rights, which consisted in having the free use of their power, and the full enjoyment of the fruits of their industry.—(Cheers.) The reason they were wrong in predicting the fai lure of this movement when times were good was, that they never knew its reality, that they never understood as they ought that it was not a mere im pulse, but was based upon an intelligent conviction. —(Loud cheers.) It was not based upon the mere contingency of whether times were good or bad, but upon the immutable principles of justice, which would never change.—(Loud cheers.) They had placed before them by the League, a plain, intelli gible, broad, and clear idea, and what was this idea ? That merchants and manufacturers are something in the land, as well as landowners and farmers—(Loud cheers)—that commerce was as lawful and legitimate a pursuit, and as advan tageous to the country, as agriculture.—(Hear.) They now understood that commerce was as much a productive power as agriculture, and that the one produce was as much entitled to the protection of the Legislature as the other.—(Cheers.) They were too well informed upon this subject to render it necessary to argue as to the bearing of this question upon com merce. But with regard to the farmers :—The farmers were assembling together, and grumblers though they were reputed to be, their grumbling was somewhat more remarkable than usual. And he thought shey had good reason to grumble.—(Hear, hear.) No class of men had been worse treated. It was pretended that the Legislature had the benefit of farmers in view before they repealed the taxes upon land. It was said what a saving the farmer had had by the alteration consequent upon the New Peor-law ; "the poor-rate is much less than it used to be, the poor farmer will get a better return by his occupa tion."—(Hear, hear.) But all that the farmer saved in poor-rates went to rent.—(Cheers.) There never was a greater mistake than to suppose that the Legis lature, when proposing to benefit the farmer, was not really putting more money into the pockets of the landowners.—(Cheers.) The landowner was the object of favour; the farmer was merely held up as a mask to their intentions. Now they had said this in the League all along—it had been constantly stated that the corn-law was a question of rent— (Hear, hear)—that the corn-law was never in tended to compensate the farmer for the different charges pressing upon the land, for all these charges were calculated upon when the farmer took his land, and allowed for in the rent.—(Hear, hear.) As a proof that farmers themselves, compelled by the pressure of the times—having made their con tract for their present rents under the notion that prices would be higher than they now were—were beginning to speak out upon the question, he would take the liberty of reading them one or two remarks from the speeches of tenant-farmers, at a meeting which took place in Gloucester, and which appeared in the Times newspaper of Tuesday. If the tenants at-will dared speak out, there would be at the present moment a very general cry of indignation on their part at the way in which their credulity had been practised upon by the Legislature, and at the way they had been induced to rely upon their faithless patrons for protection —(Cheers.) The article was headed " The Farmers' Difficulties." It set out by remarking that the guests were rather fewer than usual. It said—" The room was as commodious, and the viands as abundant and inviting as on any former occasion, and the charge was the same—but the guests were wanting.—(Loud laughter.) About 30 persons only were present, and of those a number were landlords, and some belonged to the city." Mr. Watts, a tenant-farmer, volunteered an expla nation, and he said, "I am sorry that our club is continuing to fall off, and that the attendance at our meetings has been so small. But, gentlemen, I told you last year the reason of this, namely, the unwil lingness of many landlords to help their tenantry in these times of difficulty and distress." He then went on to say—"l am aware that many land surveyors will advise their employers not to grant leases. The reason is obvious ; instead of these men being called upon once in seven years, they perhaps will not be called upon to value the same farm more than once in twenty-one years.—(Laughter.) I hope the time is not far distant when every good farmer will be pro tected by a fair lease, and at such a rent as the prices of produce, permanently reduced as they undoubtedly are, will enable him to pay."—(Hear, hear.) So that it seemed, after all, when the farmer wanted relief, he did not look to rent. He knew there was a margin there that could be borrowed upon. They had been told—he dared say Mr. Cobden had been frequently told—" If you were to abolish rents altogether, the farmers could not afford to farm their lands under a re . - - peal of the corn• laws." They did not say so at this meet- Mg of which he was reading. They had not said a word about " special burdens " either. Here was not a word said about the poor-rate, nor about the seasons, nor about any other difficulties whatever.--(Cheers.) The only remark made by this tenant-farmer was, that he wanted a lease, and that he wanted it at a fair rent.—(Hear, hear.) And that was the whole ques tion. Now, what was it the farmers were afraid of at the present moment from a repeal of the corn laws ? Was it low prices ? Why, they had the low prices now; prices were low. They said they wanted a lowering of rent. But he asked them would they ever get that lowering of rent until the corn-law was abolished ?—(No, no.) Would there ever be a general adjustment of rent between the landlord and his tenant throughout the kingdom until there was a total abolition of protection ? Never. As a proof that he was not speaking without authority when he said this, what did Lord Liverpool say when the corn-law was passed ? He said—" If you do not pass this corn-law, there will be a general adjustment of rents between landlords and tenants all over the kingdom, and the farmer will start afresh upon a new basis."— (Applause.) That would be the state of things now if the corn-laws were repealed.—(Hear, hear.) The League proposed to do all in its power to accomplish what these farmers were asking for, and therefore he would say that the League was emphatically the farmer's friend. There never would be s more favourable time for repealing the corn-laws than this. We were often told by the present State physician, Sir Robert Peel, " Your proposition may be very reasonable in principle; but this is not the time."—(Laughter.) Now he defied them, if ever they meant to repeal the corn-laws, to point to any future time which could be more favourable. Prices were already moderate, there would be no change in the position of the far mer in that respect. Labourers were not now thrown out of employriient because prices were reduced, but there was growing up from various causes a greatly increased demand for labour.—(Hear.) But what a nonsensical argument it was about throwing labourers out of employment by the repeal of the corn-laws. Labourers could only be thrown out of employment, and he supposed they meant by the term thrown out of bread, by the land going out of cultivation. Now, he would take the most extreme case that could possibly be imagined, that of a great number of acres of land being thrown out of culti vation, and, as they said, a great number of labourers being thrown out of employment. Why, there would only be three labourers employed on one acre of land ; and did any human being who was fit to be at large mean to assert that these three men could not, by their own industry, live out of these 100 acres of land which it is alleged would be thrown out of cultivation, whether the coin-laws were rv. pealed or riot ?—(Loud cheers.) He held in his hand a book that had just been published in London, namely, a report of an association for " Promoting the relief of Destitution in the Metropolis, and for improving the condition of the Poor by means of parochial and district visiting, under the super intendence and direction of the Bishop and clergy." Now, this was a report of the Lord Bishop of London, and they were entitled to have a little ct nrersation with the Bishop of London on the corn-laws, not because he was a bishop, but b,?cathe as a legislator he was an assenting party to their existence. In this report he said, "In the course of this investigation it soon appeared, that whatever might he the severity of the immediate pres sure, a still greater and more alarming evil existed in its cause. It was found, on investigation, that the condition of the labouring classes in too many in stances exhibited a downward tendency, arising from pauperism. Whether this tendency might be ascribed to the competition in trade, the manifold interruptions to which so vast a traffic as that of Great Britain is unavoidably exposed, and the consequent fluctuations in wages and uncertainty of employment, or whether, in particular districts, it might be traced to circum stances affecting the immediate locality alone, the fact remained the same." Now, the Bishop said a more alarming evil existed in the cause of all these disasters. A very sensible remark.—(Applause and laughter.) Perhaps it might be thought wrong to say that the Bishop himself was a cause.—(Laughter.) But unless we were totally wrong in all our conclusions, the Bishop of London, by not testifying his disapprobation of the corn-laws in the House of Lords—unless we were completely deceived in all our notions of cheap food being a source of happiness to the community— he said that there was nothing so very extreme in the remark that the Bishop of London himself might be considered as one of the causes of the evils which he deplored.—(Loud cheers.) " Why," the Bishop might say, " prices are low now, what would you have ? The corn-l aws h ave not prevented you from having abundance of food ?" Yes, but the answer was that the corn-laws answered no purpose at all, unless it were to raise the price of food. It did effect that sometimes. and therefore by not opposing that law, as far as in him lay, the Bishop of London did all he could to keep up the price of corn.—(Cheers.) Surely it could never be necessary with the Church to discuss the question of whether plenty is an evil, or whether scarcity is a blessing. The very prayer so often referred to as used in our churches assumed that cheapness and plenty were blessings. He asked, therefore, why this body, with the Bishop at its head, did not come forward and help them to repeal the corn-laws ?—(Cheers.) Mr. Gib son went on to express his conviction that the day was not far distant when this law would be erased from the statute-book and consigned, as many other bar barisms have been before it, to everlasting oblivion. J. BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., was the next speaker, and was very cordially received. He said two things had struck him in connection with this subject; one was the certainty of the tendency of all corn-law legisla tion to plunder the industry of the country by creating an artificial famine, and thereby to enrich the great proprietors of the soil, and those who called themselves the nobility.—(Cheers.) The corn-law of 1815 aimed to fix wheat at 80s. a quarter, a famine price, which had only been attained in two years since, 1817 and 1818, which were years of distress, discontent, and menaced insurrection in all the densely-peopled districts of the kingdom. But the object of that law and its powers was to keep as near the famine price as it might be safe to go, even though some few were starved in the experiment. This law had no mercy in it, and its framers had none. It was not of its mercy that they were not now plunged into utter desolation, but a bene ficent power, far above the powers and potentates that sat in the halls of human legislation, bad baffled the in tentions of the framers of this law, and had given plenty and comfort to the millions of this kingdom.—(clear.) It should never be forgotten that this law was passed by military force alone. The 1.1( uses of Parliament were garrisoned for the purpose. The very police and military, who were sustained by taxes on the people, were employed to rivet on the necks of the people that which was once the mark of their servitude and the ienalty of their subjugation.—(Cheers.) It had never been consented to by the people ; and from its first enactment there had been a continual protest against its iniquity. The League was but the embodiment of a long-held opinion ; they but took up the question which their fathers had felt a deep interest in ; but they were now better organised, and, if possible, more resolved. This was a fitting time to ask what had the League done ? In 1839 they had raised a subscription of about 5,0001., which was then thought a very serious amount ; and one knowing man had promised to repeal the corn laws for about B,oool.—(Laughter.) In 1840 another subscription had been entered into—a guarantee fund for three years, to be paid by instalments. In 1841 there took place the memorable meeting of seven hundred ministers of reli g i on , w ho, w ith all the force and power which their character and calling could give, denounced the law as one violating every human right, and offensive in the sight of heaven.—(Hear, hear.) In 1842 the bazaar was held, which realised 10,0001., a greater amount than was ever before received from any bazaar, however great and noble were its patrons and patronesses.—(Loud cheers.) In 1843 they had raised a subscription of 50,0001., with the greatest ease.—(Cheers.) In 1844 the subscription of 100,0001. was asked for, of which 82,0001. or 83,0001. had been received, though one of the great means of its collection had not yet been employed. In 1845, not yet a month old, the free traders of Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and North Cheshire had, on the recommendation of the Council of the League, expended nearly a quarter of a million of money in qualifying as county voters.—(Cheers.) When, more than twelve months ago, a few despised manufacturers met and put down their names for upwards of 12,0001., the Times had called it " a great fact." He should like to know what description of fact was this—the investment of nearly 250,0001. to augment the free-trade register in the three counties he had named ?—(Loud cheers.) After this brief description of their progress, ho would ask, could this movement fail ?—(No, never.) Let the monopolists and the members of the Government answer this. It was a miserable delusion that the improvement in trade would stop this agitation ; it was now marching on with firmer and faster steps than ever.—(Hear, hear.) This movement had arisen from a deep con viction, which had become a faith, and that faith was strengthened by the experience of every year. From 1838 to 1842 the average price of wheat had been 645. Bd. per quarter; now it was 455., within 4d. of 20s. difference.—(Hear, hear). Supposiug that the people of this country consumed twenty millions of quarters annually, they were now saving twenty millions sterling a-year, an amount which the land lords had formerly absorbed from the industrious classes, without rendering for it one atom of good, or near so much food as they now gave at a lower prise —(Applause.) This twenty millions now circulated in a thousand channels, fertilizing every district of the country, drying up nothing but tears, and spread ing smiles and happiness around.—(Applause). It was said to be a good thing that the China market had been opened ; but how much better a thing was it that the English market had been opened. This alteration in the price of food was tantamount to the opening of markets half as extensive again as the whole of the British colonies, and equal in extent to the markets of Germany, Holland, France, Italy and the Italian islands, Russia, Belgium, and Brazil in 1842. —(Applause). The present prosperity enjoined on them to continue this agitation, and if it did not, agricultural misery imperatively demanded it. Thirty years protection had left 800,000 or 900,000 agricul tural labourers for the most part paupers, hopeless, and reckless. This was the very population who, it was said, supported the home trade and the revenue; and it was now found on inquiry that they bought almost no -clothing, and consumed few exciseable articles.—(Hear, hear.) The farmers were just about as helpless. Though 99 out of every 100 were against the game-law, they dared not meet to de nounce it in the face of their landlords. This was the battle of trade against lordly plunder, of honest industry against dishonest idleness. (Applause.) a A I l f u t e d r e d some c f o u n r c t l h u e s r i o o n b , s t e o r v t a h t e i o n i n s o , v t e h m e e l n i t o o n e t G h e e n L t l e e a m ep a n e for securing the county representation, and said that it would do wonders for the trade and commerce of the country. Looking back over the ground they had trod—over the dangers and perils they had challenged —there was enough to stimulate them for the future. _(Applause.) He felt that every step they took they trod on firmer and firmer ground —on every hand the foe was retreating. From the contents of the r from the support they had received that day frorn epe'rt from all he saw around va rious parts of the country, araidppfrroo e e y o, n r ,NtNah'aeflertoyeenrgstihi should to d ils i , in a g nd perils, and t h h o is au c g on u t r i e ic d toc th Namv a na t edrn t ftt h a s the end of per i p a e v t e na p p e e r a e c w e. ard sandac O r intfihcetehseenjoraotion of Mr. J. a ß ilu a dl ooas, seconded by Mr. ECEROYD, of Otley, the thanks of the meeting were voted to the four gentlemen who had delivered addresses, and the proceedings terminated, S* it Thomas and Lady Turton have left town for the Gantinent, on their wa r y to India, POLAR SEA EXPEDITIONS ANt POLAR. LAND JOITANEYS. These are two letters addressed t6"Sir John Barrovetir Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty, by Dr. King, a medieal officer in her Majesty's service, to whom we were indebted for former contributions on the same subject, published, respectively, in The Sun of Fe bruary 15, November 15 and 30, in the year 1836. The views therein hazarded on important geographical and physical features of the remote coasts which were the objects of British exploration, as proba ble, appear to have been largely confirmed by the results of the actual surveys subsequently executed ; a fact at once honourable to the sagacity and observation of oar author, and entitling any future speculations of his on similar topics, to an attentive reception by the public. To this extent the letters before us may claim similar commendation with the earlier papers above noticed ; but we could wish that in addressing Sir John Barrow a little more of the suariter in nwdo had been adopted. The first letter commences with " a careful digest of the services" performed in this line of geographical enterprise since 1818, when Sir John " first entered on that field of research." The author appears to us to speak disparagingly of the merits of Captain Sir George Back's most generous and remarkable voyage, and in subsequent passages to attach far more value and authority to Captain Sir John Ross's quarto, than we are apt to think it will ever corn mand with the public. There is little consideration shown for the highly irnportaet additions furnished by Sir Edward Parry to Polar hydrography. The merits of that ill-rewarded and most intelligent officer, the late Captain Lyon, are indeed casually adverted to ; but the great performance of the boat's crew dis patched under orders from Captain Beechey, R.N., along the shores of the Polar Sea to meet, if possible, the land expedition of Captain Franklin, advancing ,in an opposite direction from th e mouth f the Copper mine or, it might be, the Mackenzie River, is passed over in absolute silence. The " Blossom's boat" is blot ted out of this record. Yet wefully concur in many of. the important positions which the author takes up The various services in the attempts to " solve the pro blem of a North Polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," are thus smartly summed up " The Polar Sea Expeditions amount to ten, the Polar Land Journeys to three ; seven out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions may be briefly described :—Captain Lyon's expedition was modestly called by him ' an unsuccess ful attempt to reach Repulse Bay;' in the body of the narrative of Captain Back's expedition will be found the same tale which Captain Lyon told on his title-page ; Captain Ross returned, after four years' wintering, with out .advancing a step towards th e o bj ec t i n v i ew; Cap tain Parry failed in his attempt to reach the Polar Sea by Regent's Inlet, as well as Behring's Strait, to the Pole ; Captain Beechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is all ; and Captain Buchan was not so fortunate as Cap tain Beechey." Notwithstanding our regret that more courtesy and temper have not been demonstrated by the authOr to wards Sir J. Barrow, in parts of these letters, we must go all lengths with him in the just reflections involved in his argument, to show the original error of some of the Hon. Baronet's conclusions, and the characteristic tenacity with which that functionary persisted in such error. We can find room for the following ex tract only : " The great difficulty in the way of these various at tempts, all know, was ice, but no one, no t even t h e author of the ' Chronological History of Arctic Voyages,' has inquired where was it found, and where was it not found, and, therefore, where was it for the future to be avoided. That which forced itself, especially upon Sir Edward Parry's mind, was the fact of the ad herence of ice to those shores which had an eastern aspect, while those of an opposite character were free. I have tested this fact in connexion with the movements of the various Polar Sea Expeditions which have been set afloat since 1813, and I find that in every instance the difficulties arose from the same cause—the clinging to lands having an eastern aspect. It may be as well to mention them, for facts are always worth repeating. Sir Edward Parry, in his second expedition, made attempts for two successive summers, to penetrate the eastern entrance of the Fury and Hecla Strait, and failed ; and, in his third expedition, he lost the Fury while pushing his way along the eastern land of North Somerset. Sir John R4ss, in his second expedition, was four years advancing four miles along the same eastern land, and was at last obliged to abandon his vessel. Captain Lyon and Sir George Back made separately unsucces s f u l a tt em pt s t o reach Repulse Bay, which has an eastern aspect. " How, it may be inquired, is this general difficulty to be avoided? By doing, from experience, that which Baffin and Ross did from instinct, by taking the road, which is fairly open to us—the lands that have a western aspect. The difficulty then is clearly one of our owa seeking, and no longer presents an insurmountable bar rier to arctic research.' It is always a welcome labour to do homage to those matchless displays of British intrepidity, courage, and humanity, physical powers of endurance, anti moral fortitude, which were so nobly developed in the two overland expeditions of Sir John Franklin and his party, and the successful completion of the tr 4, verse from the shores of the Polar Sea to the eastern coasts of Behring's Straits, at the northern extremity of the Great Pacific Ocean, by a traveller whom our author justly eulogises as " great "—the prematurely deceased Mr. Simpson, with his gallant comrades of the North-West Company's memorable enterprise:— " And now let me call your attention to the other sett vice which has been at work upon this interesting guys. tion. I mean the Polar Land Journeys, those fruitful missions, but for which you would have been deprived of some one or another of your favourite Polar Sea Ex. peditions. A short survey of the Polar Land Journeys will afford a standard of comparison with the Polar See Expeditions, and develop the true position. The pub lication of the travels of Hearne, the fur trader, for which we are indebted to a Frenchman, demonstrated that the Polar Sea could be reached overland by way of Canada, and the success which attended the fltst Govern,. ment expedition, proved that the opinion which 'and been formed, was in every way correct. The distance bettybetween the Coppermine River and Point Turnagain, as Sir John Franklin named the point of his retrograde movement, was thus made known to us. A second ex pedition added the distance between the Mackenzie and the Coppermine, and as far westward of the Mackenzie as Foggy Island, which far suppassed in extent the pros perous voyage of Sir Edward Parry, in 11119 and 1810. A third expedition eclipsed all, and left to be surveyed but a small portion of the North American boundary of the Polar Sea ; in that portion, small as it is, rests the problem of three centuries. " Is not this sufficient encouragement to send a fourth? The fruits of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions will not ba lance with those" of the last of the three Polar Land Journeys ; and the harvest of the first and the least sue cessful of these interesting missions is greater than that which remains to be gathered, while in expenditure the three Land Journeys have certainly not cost more than two, if one, of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions. Even the little that has been done by the Polar Sea Expeditions is of doubtful character. Bank's Land, North Somerset, the North Georgian Group of Islands, and the boun daries of Barrow Strait are still problems ; they are the lesser puzzles which I have mentioned. It is not so with the labours of Franklin, Richardson, and Simpson ; the footing they made is permanent, while Croker'a Mountains have dissolved, and islands threaten to be continents, and continents islands, the natural cons e. quence of discovery in ships." The second letter is ingenious and acute ; 'but we have no more room for extracts. PEDESTRLANISM.—The celebrated pedestrians, Wil liam Jackson (the American Deer), of Norwich, and William Sheppard, of Birmingham, the competitors iu the late great running match for 2004, a hich was won by the former, have been backed again for 1004 to run five miles, the friends of Sheppard conceiving that hia powers of endurance and speed are equal, if not superior, to those of Jackson at a shorter distance. In the pre vious contest they were matched to run for an hour, but Sheppard broke down when within about four hundred yards of the tenth mile, and his adversary, continuing his course till the expiration of the hour, consequently won the match. Another great match is on the inpu t between Maxfield (alias the North Star), of Slough. Jackson, who defeated Sheppard, and John Davies, ♦ Welshman, for 1501. (501. aside), to run a mile on a turn pike-road ; the match to come off on the 11th of the en suing month. Sheppard offered to stake 704 to the 604, posted by each of the others, for permission to run its the match; but this, it is said, has been refused. , . PEDESTRIANIM .—A race between John Handley, his olnpotent is thrt; of Nottingham, and Thomas Needham, of Radford, a dis tance of three hundred yards, will come off next Monday week. This race will excite much interest, both part ies% being well-tried pedestrians. Although Handley t iss 112 i k ti o l e,,tionn,i 0n e 3. acquired a great name, as a long runner, and is tt- a i n i m , o t m he The sum tr. be run for is 20/. on each side ; 20/. of %;,.'nich were dept,. - f u a n v d o e u r ri t t l e ie ani vet o e n ra g n st T sited last Monday night.—On Moll t i ts ,-- y last, er . e asp°. for 104 between Pipes and QuF.t:rtern, two a Dille ra°. trians, came off on the ;verb , d amateur pedes. 3 -roa when the former won easily.—Nottin9ham Review . ' MILITARY INTELLIGEN CE.---C If ATHAY, JAN. 11.—.. This morning a detachment of the 11th Regiment of Foot, consisting of 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 44 rank and file, with 1 supernum erary, left th e i r head-quarters at the Artillery arraek s, Brompton, near Chatham, en route for Deptfo r d, , where they embark on board tke Mountstuart Elph . instone, convict ship, 611 tons buldea which vessel will drop down to Woolwich, to take in convicts for Van Dieman's Land. The detachment Which is to form a convict guard, is under the com u! of Major John Cassimir Harold and Ensign Minter (both of f icers are of the same corps). Seven women sad 15 children accompany the troops. There is a report te the garrison, that the remaining part of the 11th v(111 be sent out altogether to the colony, instead of being draughted out in detachments as convict-guards, as mare troops are required in that Wand. 74th. Four Company depot at this garrison will be removed to Canterbury it the early part of next month; and the Four Company depot of the 46th Regiment, now at Dublin, will arrive a this garrison to do garrison duty. THE GREAT BRITAIN.—This leviathan of the deer made another very successful trip down Channel ors Monday, as far as Ilfracombe. We understand that her speed was never less than 9} knots, and on her retort reached as high as 12k. T o - morrow (Thursday) t h e citizens of Bristol will have to bid a long, and (we s fe at 014 . a last farewell to this pride of their portt,ea , eynosure c:s, s he tar a trip to London, there to become the wondering eyes" previous to plying on her station b a . 1 Gazette. B t tweenLivezrol and Now York.— ru o