The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-21 00:00:00

Zi;' - t.:1 .1 ;:( \' 4 . C ..,,,x , ..4., \tot.,l 1 ,';-:--- if c ' 4 . awe beef' aft , riled to the commercial iyiachhiS 'hie 'usury laws had not existed .?—I think possibly there might. Do you see any objection to their repeal 2—De cidedly not. . . Upon the occasion of the renewal of t h e charter of the Bank of England, supposing Parliament shall renew it, can you, from your experience, suggest ra:ay alteration or modification of the system of banking under the Bank of England, as it - at present exists?--t am not prepared to offer any modification as far as regards the London busi ness, conceiving that the Bank of England as a bank of issue, in connection with the private bankers as banks of supply to the trade of London, forms a system which could not easily he improved. With regard to the country bu sines., there are two points which I think might perhaps be modified ; the first is the prevention which is now ex erci,ed by the Bank agrinst the joint-stock banks making their notes or bills under 50/. payable in London; the se cond is the line of sixty-five miles which has been drawn round London, preventing the establishment of any joint stock banks within that district; perhaps twenty or twenty-five miles might be sufficient to give the Bank of England the circulation of London completely, tvithotit interfering unnecessarily with oilier establishments. Do you conceive that by the conduct of the Bank of England, as far as you are able to ascertain, any great fluctuations have been produced in the value of money ? In the last three or four years I do not think there have been. The question refers to the time since the Bank- re striction was taken away in 1819?—These fluctuations have occurred occasionally. Do you consider that those fluctuations.bave been oc casioned by any want of discretion in the Mariagetnent of the affairs of the Bank ?—There has been occasionally an anxiety to increase the issues of Bank-notes, which proba bly may have promoted those fluctuations, with a,corres yowling desire existing on the part of the country bankers at the same time. Do you believe that the issues of the country bebkets are increased always when the issues of the Bank of Eng land are increased?—Not by any means necessarily; very often it acts in the other way. . Prom your observation should you say that, tibey the Bank of England have been endeavouring to contract their issues the country bankers have increased theirs am afraid that my evidence upon that point' mt . & he imper fect, because it only arises from what I hive seen in Lon don ; but I should say that about the middle of 1825 there certainly was a tendency to increase their issues upon the pirt of the county banks when the Bank was trying to decrease its circulation. _ _ _ Would the knowledge that the Bank of England were trying to decrease their circulation have any effect upon the conduct of the country bankers?—l do not thjok they regulate their operations by any expectation of what the Bank of England is about to do, or with any refe'rene'e to the exchanges which operate upon the Bank ; they depend necessarily very much upon the demand in the part'of the country where the hanks are situated. - At present the conduct of the Bank of England is en tirely under the control of the Directors ; do you think that it would be advisable in any way to put a check upon the entire discretion of the Directors ?1-I am not prepared to answer that question ; it is one to which I(have never turned my attention any further than to the consideration that the publication of the accounts might .syrye as a check ; but that has always appeared to me to be a matter of great difficulty, connected as they are With the bullion hell by the Bank of England. What accounts do you think could be published with safety by the Bank of Eneland?—All the accounts of, pro. fits and loss, if. Alley can be disconnected from the bullion accounts ; liutl am not prepared to say more upon that division of them, because I am not aware how they are•kept. Do you think that the publication of the•amount oitheir bullion could be safely made ?—I confess it ,is sohj,ct up oi which I should entertain considerable apprehension. Do yen think that if the Bank published an account of the bullion in their hands six months previous to the period of publication any danger would arise froth that ? That would be some diminution of the risk;esrtainly ; but I am not at all sure whether, even with that precaution, it would not have a tendency to create speculation upon a koowledge of the fact. ,!• • t • Do you apprehend that the general knntolNlgc.of the bankers in London does not lead them to make a tolerable estimate of whether the Bank is well supplied with bullion or not at the time?—l think the hankers have •an.oppor tunity of making a tolerably correct estima,te ‘ oCthefacts; but I think it is confined very much to the,biokers, Do you think the knowledge of what amount of bullion the Bank had six months previous wouldin - crease, to the bankers and persons concerned in the dealln . F or Money, very considerably their accurate knowledge of the amount of bullion at any particular period ?—I tic not think this is 'o much the question to which the bankers in London tarn their attention as to the immediate opration of the exchanges; fur, although the bankers are not directly atfucted by the exchanges, there has been ofiateivars an inclination upan the part of the private bankers to, regulate their operations, as far as they can, by, t 1 exchanges, knowing that they must eventually affect the amount of Bank-notes in circulation. Would you then, upon the whole, prefer that the Bank of England should act without any inure control than there is now upon the Direction ; or would you endea vour to put some further control upon it am not aware of the mode in which further control can be put upon It. May not there be demands upon the Bank •of ;England without any consideration of the rates of exchange?— Certainly ; political causes alone might create a, demand for gold. '—C:early, during: tlie.,neptiation For foreign purposes?. of foreign loans. You weie asked, on a former day, if you could state the comparative amount of notes which you paid durint the first six months of last year, and the saint period of this year ?-1 am prepared to say that during the six months of this year, compared with the — six months of 1831, there has been a considerable diiniritltitin'in the amount of country notes paid by us in London ; I should say it is full one-eighth less. To what do you attribute that?—There has been a-great slackness in trade all over the country; there has been less demand for money than there was in the former period, and as there has been less currency in the country so there has also been in London. You have stated that now and then you think there has hen an over-anxiety on the part of the ljank,toextend their issues ; can you suggest to the Cummittie any altered state of the banking system, as regards the Bank df Eng land, or any check -that could without incluivenience be pet upon the direction of the Bank of England, which worrle4 be likely practically to obviate those 000asionpl ex cesses ?—.lt seems to me almost impossible to vut any_check upon the Direction ; it is a point which must be left to the discretion of the Directors. Ido not conceive that there could be any superintendence of the Directors tvithout such a daily interference with their transactions as, would render it almost impracticable to carry on .htisiness. You do not think any number of charter - el 'bank., is suing paper in London, would be likely to make their issues mere judiciously or more temperately ?---4*T4,• I am not inclined to think that adding to the number would lessen the evil ; probably the contrary. Have you had occasion to observe tbat there has,t.teen an over-anxiety occasionally on the part of the Bank to di minish their issues ?—No ; there has been wpropir'anxiety very often manifested, and a necessary caution exercised, to keep down their issues at certain times, according to the fluctuations of the exchanges. What has been the effect ?—lt has caused occasionally a temporary pressure upon the money market; but within late years I do not recollect any particular evil that has been produced by the diminution of their Mats. • • Has that pressure upon the money market been accotn. partied by lowering the prices of commodities ?—I cannot remember any particular instance in which this diminu tion has brought about at the time any lowering of prices; the general Effect may have been subsequently- to lower prices, but probably other causes have aeteil with it to produce that ffect. • Then the circumstance of a diminution of Issues on the part of the Bank of England, not operating immediately upon the price of commodities, wotild "have pro duced no immediate effect upon the exchanges?-=Except that of rendering money more scarce in London, which of itself has an effect upon the exchanges, without immedi ately acting upon commodities. How does scarcity operate upon the exchanges ?—lt is done by anticipation of its effect upon prices ; it is not the actual tact that a certain large amount of banlc-notes is taken out of the money market on any patliculair, day, but it is the expectation on the minds nit the people thst from the course of the exchanges a diminution of the currency and a reduction of prices will eventually fol!otir; which prevents orders from going abrcad ; the effect is not pro duced by any immediate operation upon the prices of com modities, but rather by the anticipation-of the, probable onsequenees. With reference to that anxiety on the part of the Bank, to which you have referred, to increase their issues, how does it appear ?—I should more particularly allay to the transactions in 1824 and 1825• Through what channel did they make the issues to which yon object ; do you mean that they discounted hills too largely ?—I did not allude to that; the probability that the Bald: did not discount hills to any large amount, but the Directors issued their notes upon mortgage, and to Government through the dead weight ; but the proba bility is, that their actual discount of bills at that time was rather less than usual, as it follows that the more plentiful money is made the more will bills get into private hands. Do you find that an advance to Government always has the effect of increasing the amount of hank-notes in circu lation to the extent of that advance ?—Not always to the same extent. Is it not so, unless in some other mode a contraction takes place ? chat system of contraction has been touch more acted upon in the last three years than it was pre viously, by endeavouring to provide the means of con traction against the advance and issues which the Bank !nay find it necessary to make to the Government. I particularly allude to the advance which is made at the time of the payment of the dividends ; the Bank have lately always endeavoured to get its notes out as far they prudently could towards the close of the qaarter, by ad vance on loans repayable at the period when the money for the dividends is paid to the public. Has not some inconvenience been generally felt from the large sum required fur the payment of the dividends at four periods in the year ?—I am not aware of any incon venience; it has rendered money cheap at the time. Do you think that any practical convenience would arise from an arrangement by which a portion of the public stocks should have the dividends upon them payable at other periods intermediate between the sth of January and the sth of April ?—Such an arrangement would do that in a more direct way which is now done by the Bank by the plan before named, and therefore I should think it would be a convenient system. In your experience as a banker, alluding to the period before the Bank made this regulation, had not your house sometimes before the quarter-day been obliged to make sacrifices in order to raise money?—Very frequently. Now that necessity is entirely done away ?—Entirely. And the bankers are enabled to be as liberal a fortnight before quarter-day as at any other time ?—Just in the same degree. It is therefore a regulation highly beneficial to the public ?—lt is most beneficial. Does not the Bank by those means relieve those persons who otherwise would call upon the private bankers for as sistance ?—Yes, in part. They likewise, by relieving the circulation, generally enable the private bankers to do that with ease which they would otherwise have to do for their customers, at the cost probably of raising money at a high rate of interest. You have Said that the system of the Bank, and of banking generally, does not require any vi ry materi.l al. teration ; do you conceive that we are at any time safe from a recurrence of the events of 1525, when it is noto rious ►hat the Bank was very nearly drained of cash ?—I am not aware of the possibility of framing any check upon theyianagement of the Bank, so as to prevent alto• getter 'tbe chance of its recurrence; much must always depend.upoh ilremanagement of the Bank, as must be the case with oily other public bodies in whose hands the go vernment of the circulation remains. That is a danger you think necessai ily incident to the system of banking?—Yes. TO BE CONTINUED. MEMORANDUM. With reference to the action of the Bank prior to the year 1819, and subsequent to that period, the Governor begs to submit the following memo randum for the consideration of the Committee : The reports of the Committees of Parliament of 1797, 1810, and 1819, are before the public. Whatever faults were committed prior to those re spective periods, they were more the acts of the Government than the Bank, by forcing upon the latter Exchequer bills, in opposition to the repeated remonstrances of the Directors of the Bank. By the resolution of the House of Commons of 1819, the Bank were required, within four years, to pay off in gold the amount of their one.pound notes then in circulation (about 7,500,000); fur ther, to provide the coin for paying off the country small notes in 1825 (about 7 or 8,000,000 more); in addition to which the necessity was imposed of providing the requisite surplus bullion for insuring the convertibility of all their liabilities; which addi tion of bullion to their then stock could not he esti mated at less than 5,000,000, making, in the aggre gate, 20,000,000 of gold as necessary to be procured from foreign countries within the space of four years from 1819. That supply of gold could only be purchased by reduced prices of commodities, thesßank withdraw ing a given amount of securities in the first instance, the notes for which might be re-issued in paymentof the gold as imported. The low prices and general state of trade from 1819 to 1821, and the with drawal of the Bank's securities, enabled the Bask to cancel their small notes in the latter year; and in the following (1822), three years prior to the time fixed by Parliament, they were in a situation to furnish the gold for paying off the country small notes, when, without any communication with the Bank, the Government thought proper to authorize a continuance of the circulation of the country small notes until 1833. The consequence of that mea sure was to leave in the possession of the Bank an inordinate quantity of bullion (14,200,0001. in Ja nuary, 1824), and further to afford the power of ex tension to the country bankers' issues, which, it is believed, were greatly extended from 1823 to 1825. Notwithstanding that vacillation on the part of Government in 1822, and the events which fol lcmed, the Bank took no measures from January, 1822, to April, 1824, to increase their circulation; the increase at the latter period was forced from the Bank by the increased amount of bullion held in 1824 over that of 1822. CIRCULATION. April, 159.1 £13,800,000( April, 1894 19,300,000 January, 18'22 11,700,000 January, 1322 19,700,000 BULLION. Increase... ..... X 2,100,0001 Increase. ..... ...X1,600,000 being less by 500,000 than the increase of bullion. Between January 1822 and October 1824. the Bunk only invested in securities the amount of de posits which had accumulated in their possession during that period, viz. six millions and a half; they had in February preceding, in order to facilitate the reduction of the Four per Cents, engaged to pay off in October 1824 the dissentients, under a stipula tion that such advances should be repaid by quarterly payments from the Sinking Fund of 500,000/. each. This latter engagement was made when the Bank held an inordinate stock of bullion, and while the ex changes were in favour of the country; and it was not until 18th November 1824 that any direct evi dence was afforded to the contrary. In consequence of the advances made to pay the dissentients in October 1824. the issues of the B ink were increased in January 1825 to the extent of 1,300,0004, which advance was the only amount of increase of circulation with which the Bank can be charged, but which was ithtified by the Bank then holding an amount in bullion very near equal to out-third of its total liabilities. During 1825 the bullion exported from January to November extended to seven millions, and which of itself effected every degree of contraction through the Bank-notes and deposits which could be reason ably required or endured by the public. The incon• venienee filially sustained towards the close of that year arose entirely from the discredit of the private bankers' circulation, vr hich caused a demand upon !he Bank for coin to the extent of two millions arid a half. Whatever charges may be made against the Bank for investments in mortgage and dead weight dut ing► the period referred to, it is to be remarked that the advance of the first did not extend to more than half the surplus profit of the Bank, which in no way interested the public ; and further, that neither the amount advanced on mortgage, dead weight, or any other securities, exceeded the deposits which had accumulated from January 1822 to October 1824. It is further contended that there can be no mote eligible mode of investing a portion of the asse s ts t , held by the Bank than in an annuity, which is can- stantly upon the return ; the shorter the period of the annuity the more eligible for the Bank's object. Since 1826 no objection has been made against the management, except such as may have arisen from the establishment of branch banks. . Let the objects of those establishments be consi dered, as regards solidity and regulation of the paper money, upholding upon the spot the credit of the country banking and internal commercial in.erests, the opening of the London market rate of interest to the ountry capitalists, and, lastly, the increased An ACCOUNT of the Total Amount of Salaries, Morning Money, Gratuities, &c., paid to the Servants of the Bank in London, and at the Bank of England Branches, and of the Number of Persons to whom the said Amount was paid, for the Year end ing 29th February, 1832. 820 Clerks and Porters 39 Printers and Engravers i.£211,903 10 10 82 Clerks and Porters at the Branches 940 AYerage 2251. each. Amount of Pensions paid in the same period:- 193 Pensioners—Average 1611. each £31,243 18 1 SECON EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TUE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 22. ad Scots Fusilier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Captain the Hon. H. Montagu to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Fane, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. R. T. Rowley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Montagu; Second !Lieut. R. Moorsom, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rowley, Sept. 21. Id Regiment oi Foot—Lieut. J. B. Kingsbury to he Captain, without purchrse, vice Hughes, deceased; Ensign G. Bridge to be Lieutenaut, vice Kingsbury; Gent. Cadet J. C. Handfield, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Bridge, Sept. 21. Bth Foot, J. Hilton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Orme, who retires, Sept. 21. 170 i Font, Lieut. It.. Graham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jull, who retires; Ensign E. B. Owen to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Graham; C. Edwards, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Owen, Sept. 21. 21st Foot—Assistant-Surgon H. N. Holden, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bulteel, whose appointment has not taken place, Sept. 21._ _ . 37th . Fool—Lleut. F. Skelly to be Captain, by purchase, vice Burrell, who retires. Ensign W. Clay to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Skelly. P. F. Durham, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur. chase, viac Clay, Sept. 21. 39th Foot.—Gentleman Cadet H. A. Strachan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, wsthout purchase, vice Bowles, appointed to the Sat Foot, Dec. 21. 65thhoot.—Captain J. l'atience, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Edwards, who retires, Sept. 21, 70th Foot—Ensign I'. Moody to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Cork, who retires ; J. P. Costobadie, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mooey, Sem. 21. 83d Foot, Ensign the Hon. It. Clifford to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Bowles, deceased; Ensign F. W. Bowles, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clifford, Sept. 21. Rifle Brigade—A. Percy, Gent?. to be second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moorson, appointed to the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, Sept. 21. seem if) , to the Bank in the diminution of the risk arising from internal discredit. BANK OF ENGLAND. No. An AccouNT of the Total Amo by the Bank of England on th 1816 to 1831, inclusive. June I, 1816 . £23,372,800 1817 24,000,500 1818 26,342,50) 1819 21,1169,900 1820 18,711,900 1321 14,461,900 1822 12,169,200 1823 12,127,800 1824 11,5113,800 . I I. mut of all Exchequer Bills held le Ist of June in each year, from June 1, 1825 £12,913,000 1826 11,606,787 1827 10,099,743 1828 9,217,550 182.9 7,762,9,35 1830 8,918,726 1831 5,121,700 193 0 6,651,453 NCH IL •eceived rs 1828, 1 No. 14.—BRA An ACCOUNT of Commission re Banks, during the Year 1928. 1829. 1830. 1831. ---- ------ ---____ X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. Gloucester lB3 2 6 215 2 1 230 9 7 3 06 5 1 Manchester Swansea l5B 12 7 175 14 0 148 11 8 271 310 Birmingham 192 8 3 972 18 8 911 6 2 871 15 5 Liverpool. 165 15 1 293 15 5 324 12 10 1510 13 2 Bristol 227 19 7 240 18 0 357 9 5 801 19 1 Leeds 22 410 133 411 135 19 0 235 410 Exeter B5 7 8 119 16 6 140 7 8 179 0 0 Newcastle Hull lo'2 2 8 101 3 2 152 2 4 Norwich . 96 010 161 5 5 EXPENSES of t] XIX. ..ne BANK of ENGLAND, for the Year ending on the 29th of February, 1832. Dr. National Debt Department . 69,165 Bank Notes Banking Department 339,400 Salaries and Pensions — 218,003 House Expenses 39,187 Directors' Allowance B,OOO Rent 40,000 Expenses at Eleven Branches, arising from the Banking Department 5;702 Expenses attending the circulation of 2,500,0J0/. of Branch Bank of England Notes, at Eleven Branches 28,508 339.400 DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY, JOSEPH BLACKSTONE, jun., Gainstord.street, Horsly down, Southwark. lighterman. I , IIOM AS TA RDItENV, Lower Market-street, Carmarthen, chemist. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH LOCKER, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stattbrdshire, grocer. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD OSBORNE SMITH, Bucklersbury, merchant. ROBERT DENNIS, Westham, Essex, victualler. FREDERICK JAQUES, Kent.street, Lambeth-walk,grocer. JOHN HOLMES, Liverpool, wine-merchant. HENRY YOUNG, Southampton, builder. JOIIN lIENRY WOOLBERT, Southampton-row, Russell. square, jeweller. GEORGE SCOTT and JOSEPH TOMKINSON, Birming ham, stationers. WILLIAM SADLER, Clerkenwell, cheesemonger. JOHN SLOPER, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, shoe-maker. JONATHAN LANE, jun., Great Yarmouth, tailor. JOHN WALTON, Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, lime_ burner. THOMAS COBB, Calthorpe House, Norfolk, paper-maker. JEREMIAH FRY, Bath, currier. WILLIAM MASCORD, Oxford, grocer. DEATH OF SIR JOHN HONYWOOD, BART. —lt is our painful duty this week to record the (bath of the above highly respected Baronet, who expired at his seat, Evingtor., on Wednesday evening last. He was in the 45th }ear of his age, and succeeded to the title and estates of his father in 1807. Sir JOHN was the fifth in the line, the patent having been granted in 1660. His eldest son, the present Sir Jofix, will be of age in March seat. The worthy Baronet was highly respected by his numero6i tenantry and dependants. who always found in him a kind and liberal landlord.—Kentish Chronicle. The following communication, relating to the arrangements for the conveyance of the Hamburg mails, has been received from Sir Francis Freeling, by the Com mittee:— " General Post.oltice, Sept. 19. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lord, the Postmaster-Ge neral, to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee of the Society of Merchants trading to the continent, that his Grace has completed an arrangement according to which the Mails for Hamburg will be sent, by steam-vessels, twice each week during nine months of the year, and once during the re maining three months, which arrangements will commence with the Mail of Tuesday next. " I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " FRANCIS FREELING, Sec." " To John Hall, Esq." THE \VINE TRADE.—In consequence of the delay which has occurred in the abolition of the pri•age and butlerage of wine•duties (long a subject of complaint at this port), Mr. Ewa la addressed a letter to Mr. Srattic RICE, earnestly calling the attention of the Treasury to the subject. Mr. RICE has returned the following answer to Mr. EWAR.T'S letter : " Limerick, September 14, 1832. " MY DEAR Sta,—Your letter of the 7th has followed me here, and I have written to the Treasury, giving directions that immediate steps should be taken to give to your town and dis trict the benefit of the arrangements respecting the purchase of the prisage and butlerage of the Duchy of Lancaster. In deed I am at a loss to conceive why this was not done already. " Believe me, my dear Sir, yours, faithfully, " Wm Ewart, Esq." " T. SPRING RICE." —Liverpool Courier. A political association is forming at Paris to defend the press. Its objects are said to be-1. To en deavour to obtain the repeal of all taxes which are p lid by newspapers. 2. To repeal laws which impede the appear ance of journals. 3. To defend the newspapers attacked. 4. To pay their fines, when fined unjustly. And 5. To support the members of the press who may become poor, by pensions and other allowances. The death of the Right Hon. RICHARD RYDER, who expired on Tuesday last, at his seat, West brook Park, Herts, has occasioned a vacancy in the valuable sinecure of Registrar of the Consistory Court. The Right Hon. Gentleman started in life as the par ticipator of the political opinions of his elder brother, the Earl of Haenownv, and, under the Administration of Mr. PERCEVAL, was appointed to the high office of Secretary of State for the Home Department, which be resigned in 1809, when he was replaced by Viscount SthatouTo. Mr. RYDER, on the nomination of the ,-,ItiVEREOOL Ministry, was re-appointed a Lord of the 'Treasury, having first accepted that office in 1807, on the accession of the Duke of PORTLAND to the Premier ship. He was succeeded at the Treasury, in 1814, by Earl BATHURST, but did not finally retire from public life until the election of 1831, when he withdrew from the representation of Tiverton, for which borough he was re turned to nine Parliaments, as the nominee of Lord HA R ROWDY. ID the last return of the civil and military offices, there was no detailed account of the Ecclesiastical Courts, consequently the emcluments of the Registrarship if the Consistory Court do not appear in that, document, but it is supposed to be worth many thousands per Mr. CROMPTON arrived here on Monday, and has since, in sompany with Mr. RUSHTON, of Liver pool, and several of his friends here, been busily engaged in tusking himself known to the electors, without, how ever, soliciting their votes. He was invited to meet the curriers at the Green Man, in Lord-street, on Thursday evening, where he attended with a number of his friends. —Preston Chronicle. We understand that a requisition is about to be presented to Sir THOMAS BARING, Bart., soliciting him again to offer himself at the ensuing election for the northern division of this county. C. S. LErEvnr, Esq., has published an address, stating, that it is his intention to offer himself for the same division on the dissolution of the present Parliament. —Brighton Guardian. A grand fete and review of the East Kent Yeomanry will take place at Eastwell Paik, the seat of the Earl of WiricifirseA, in the beginning of next month. We understand it will commence on the 2d, and last seve ral days. The Dake of WELLINGTON will be present and review the troop•, of which the Earl of WINCIIILSEA i 9 commander. The Noble Duke has been sojourning for some days at Waliner Castle. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL iS Row the guest of Major General Sir EDWARD KERRISON, the Conser 'votive Member for Eye (schedule B), who is also enter taining Lady BOLINGYROKE, and the Hon. Mi.ses ST. JOHN, Sir WILLIAM and Lady MIDDLETON, and a large party of fashionables, at his seat, Brome Hall, in Suffolk. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—Wednesday last a meeting of the electors of this borough was held at the Lord Cathcart public-house, in the Hampstead-road, to hear a declaration of Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY'S politi cal sentiments, which gave universal satisfaction. It was then agreed upon having four Committees in the borough, to be called eastern, western, northern, and southern. Mr. WARDEN stated that Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY had had twelve local meetings in the borough, yet the whole ex pense, including printing, had not exceeded 51. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting dissolved. BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.—MR. WAKLEY. —Wednesday, a numerous meeting of the Members of the Clerkenwell Political Union was held at the Northumber land Arms Tavern, Clerkenwell Green. Mr. WHIFFLE was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. Gwnix, after passing an encomium upon thetalents of Mr. WARLEY, the editor of the Ballot, concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect, that that gentleman be requested, by the Members of the Clerkenwell Political Union, to offer himself as one of the candidates to represent the borough of Finsbury in the Reformed Parliament. Mr. INGALL se conded the proposition, which was carried nem. con. It was then agreed upon calling a general meeting of the electors of the borough on an early day, to adopt measures to secure the return of Mr. WAYLEY to Para anent fO2 that borough, and inviting Mr. WAKLEY to attend and de clare his political sentiments. Major LAWSON, who came home from Oporto on leave, in consequence of differences, as we are informed, with Colonel HonaEs, is about to return to Portugal, accompanied by a General Officer of considera ble experience, under whose command Count VILLA FLOR served during the war. Several hundred effective men, who have enrolled themselves under Don PEDRO, will go out with these gallant officers. A large frigate-built ship, the Wei/in/Von, pierced for 14 guns a side on her main deck, and in all capable of carrying 52 guns, is now fitting out fur Dan PEDRO. The greatest despatch is used to get her ready for sea, for which purpose no less than 140 workmen are thily employed in her equipment. QUICK PASSAGE.—I - lis Majesty's packet Thetis, Captain Towrivir, arrived from Dublin, yester day morning, in the unprecedented short time of 10 hours 45 minutes. The following gentlemen came passengers by her :—Admiral Sir J. 11. PIM, the Hon. Mr. FELL, family, and suite, &e.—Liverpool Courier. SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER 19.—The barque Cambston, has taken on hoard 180 convicts for New South Wales ; the guard consists of 29 men of the 21st Regiment (Royal North British Fusileera) ; Major Fara- WEATHER, Lieut. DUFF, and Assistant-Surgeon DAVID sox ; Superintendent, Dr. STERRIT. Letters have been received at Paris -from Alexandria, dated the 18th of July, which state that a to legraphic despitch had been received at that place, an nouncing the capture of the Turkish camp of Hama by the Egyptians. A letter from Brussels says King LIAM gets his cause defended in Belgium by the Orangeist Journals, which he par, and which earn their money well. He has just concluded a contract with a French paper, in order to have an advocate in the French metropolis also. He has purchased the Messager des Chambres for that purpose. He supplies it, if my information be correct, with 6,000 francs (2001.) monthly, and the director of the Messager sends one of its editors daily to_ M. FAGEL, the Dutch Ambassador at Paris, for orders. Another re port states the Journal des Desbats to be subsidized by the French Government, at the rate of 12,000 francs a month."—Brighton Gazette. A Court-Martial is ordered to assemble at Chatham Barracks, to try Captain BURCHF.LL, of the 3.1 Foot, on charges preferred by Assistant-Surgeon Warr- MARSH, of Chathatn Yard, for ungentlemanly and un officerlike conduct towards the latter, whilst Captain BURCHELL was on duty as Captain of the military guard in the dock-yard. On rooting up a tree lately in the woods of Boulazac, in Dordogne, which had been blown down by a storm, there were discovered 411 pieces of coin of the size of a 15 sous piece, heating on one side three flenr-d: - lye, with the date of 1612, or 1640, and the words " Double Tournois ;" on the other side was the effigy of Lours X 111.,, and the legend " Loos. XIII. R. de Fran. et Nava. V."—Paris Paper. When the Nassatnones, a people of Lybia, went to war, they had their breasts covered with ostrich hides, as some tribes of Arabs have at this day. Tile ca ravans of Nubia convey to Cairo quantities of the plucked skins of these birds, which form a very thick leather. Nothing of importance took place at the meet ing which took place yesterday for the erection of Reform Alms-house., after our Reporter left. Several resolutions favourable to their erection were put and carried. PORTRAIT OF MARC:RAVE, TIIE WINNER OF THE GREAT ST. LEG ER.—BELL'S Life in London and Sporting Chronicle of to-morrow will contain a faithful Portrait of " MARO RAVE," taken expressly for that paper, by Mr. HERRING, the celebrated animal painter, together with his pedigree and performances. Price of BILL'a Life in London Seven. pence. PAPER. MlLLS.—There are in Great Bri. tain about 550 paper mills, making paper to the amount of 2,500,0001. yearly. In France there are about 250 piper mills, mostly small. In the Austrian dominions there are about 300, and in Italy, 105, celebrated for the manufacture of card paper. In the Prussian dominions, there are 300 mills, delivering about 360,000 reams annu ally, value 120,000/. sterling. Saxony stakes 640,000 reams, but uses three times that quantity. In Hanover there are about 40 paper mills; in Russia there are 67; in Denmark they do not make ennugh for the consump tion ; in Sweden there are about 40 milk, but they also import from Holland.—Liverpool Courier. RAIL-ROAD To DOVER.-A company is about to be formed for the purpose of carrying this long talked-of project into effect. The prospectus, now circu-• listing in the City, states the plan of it to be as follows : A dock is to be made, for the accommodation of the steam vessels belonging to the Company, at Limehouse, frotn which dock the railway is to commence, and to be con tinued to a point nearly opposite but rather beyond Wool wich, where the railway on the Essex-side of the river will terminate. At this point steam-vessels, suitably built for the purpose, will receive the carriages, passengers, and their luggage, in the same order as they arrive,- . without the necessity of any of the travellers removing from their seats, and ferry them over to the opposite point, on the Kentish side of the river, where they will again be hooked on and placed upon a rail-road reaching to the Medway, where a second embarkation on board the steam-vessels will take place, and from the opposite hank of the Med way the railway is to be unintetrupted to Dover ; the distance t!) which place will be so much shortened by this line of communication as to render it capaVe of being per formed in three hours.--Kent Herald. ANDS. at each of the Branch 1829, 1830, 1831. annum. The Right Hon. Gentleman has left at , only laughter by his marriage with a 'laughter of Sir Jotni SKYNNER. Mrs. RYDER died in 1821. FALMOUTH ? SEPT. 18.—A King's Mes 9enger arrived here this morning, with despatches for the Marquis PALMELLA, after the receipt of which, at about 2 p.m., the Marquis, accompanied by Senhor Ilmtuozw, em barked on board his MAJESTY'S steamer Echo, and pro ceeded in her for Oporto. His MAJESTY'S steamer Afri can is expected to arrive here to-morrow from Lisbon and Oporto. Sir CHARLES MARSHALL left town yester day to embark for Ceylon, in order to resume his functions as Chief Justice of that Island. HOP INIARKET. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHWARK, SEP. 20, 1832.—1 n presenting our an nual circular to the Hop Trade we had hoped to have had the satisfaction of stating, that a large crop of a good qua lity had been grown, and that by this time the market would have been well supplied, and at reasonable prices. We have now to remark, that though the crop is not large, we believe it will amount to nearly a year's con. sumption, and that of the quality generally, we think well. In respect to prices, we confess ourselves to be (in common we believe with every class of persons connected with the trade, growers as well as dealers and consumers) much surprised. Several circums'ances have tended to assist the advocates for high prices, such as lateness of picking, the hop fairs following so immediately, before the market could be well supplied, some shipments of old hops to the continent, and the estimate of the extent of the crop having declined late in the season. The market, however, will soon be regularly supplied,when prices will find their pro per level. We annex the present currency. None of the very su perior, middle, or East Kent growths, have yet been of fered, and but very few bags. The duty is estimated at 135,0001. CURRENCY. C. S. New Kent Pockets per cwt. weight 120 to 160 Ditto Sussex ditto 120 to 140 Yearling Pockets Dittoßags BO to 120 Pocket Growth, 1830 75 to 100 Bags ditto, ditto 3O to 80 Bag and Pockets, growth 1826 and 1827 4O to 60 BUSH AND WERE. JOHN DOBSON AND CO. CRASTER HUMBLE. MUUN AND WYLD. WILLIAM MYERS. WILLIAM AND THOMAS OLDAKER. JOSEPH PRESTWICH AND CO. TIMOTHY RICHARDSON. WOODS, FIELD, AND WOOD. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The Betting Rooms were crowded this morning for some hours for the purpose of settling the bets on the Great St. Leger; and we are happy to say that, notwith standing the unpleasant occurrences that preceded the race, every thing has gone off smoothly ; indeed a more quiet settling has not been known ; there were no wrangles and not any defaulters. The balances, generally, were trifling, many having, for reasons that may be guessed, made, their books as square as possible to prevent acci ,dente. There are few heavy losers, and a still smaller number of winners, for Margrave's reported lameness last .week induced those who had backed him to hedge. The accident alluded to occurred in a trial in which he bit his leg and cut it, fortunately without doing serious mischief ; it was judged prudent to keep him in the stable for a day or two, and there is little doubt that his being thus kept short of work had a beneficial effect. He is a remarkably plain horse, with an ugly head, but has all the looks of one that can stand wear and tear, and is likely to prove an awk ward customer at Newmarket. In point of appearance Fang and Birdcatcher eclipsed all the field. The Fang party are stated to be heavy losers, and there is a report that Mr. Osbaldeston is in treaty for the whole of their horses. We should add that Fang completely disappointed the general expectation ; he was a long way behind Re tainer, and two-thirds of a distance from the winning horse at the finish. Mr. Gully, who had supported his horse throughout in a spirted and sportsmanlike manner, is a great winner. The pedigree of Margrave is as fol lows;—He was bred by Mr. Nowell of Underley, got by Aluley out of an Election mare, bred at Hampton Court Pal ►ce in 1815, her dam Fair Helen by Hambletonian-.- Helen by Delpini—Rosalind by Phenomenon. Margrave is in the Claret Stakes at Newmarket, and has been backed at even money against Lord Exeter's Beiram to a consider able amount. The racing to day was so entirely destitute of interest that a short account wilt suffice. Four-year-old Stakes of 5U goys. each, 20 ft., with 25 added by the Corporation. St. Leger Cuuise. Three Subscribers. Lord Cleveland's Liverpool, by Tramp, walked over. The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. it. Three-year old colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41h. Mile and a half. Five Subscribers. Mr. Houldsworth's Trident Walked over. The Selling Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 20 sovs. added for the first, and 10 for the second, by the Corporation. Three-year.olds, fiat. 121 b. ; four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 101 b. ; six and aged, 9st. The winner to be sold for 250 soya. if demanded, &c. St. Leger Course. Three Subscribers. Lord Sligo's b. c. Westport, by Langar, 3 yrs 1 Mr. Kerby's Dinah, 3 yrs Even betting. Westport made all the running, and won cleverly, ridden by Gray. The Corporation Plate of 701. for three years., Get. 71b. ; four, 75t. 91h. ; five, Bst. 81b.; six and aged, Bst. 101 b. Mares and geldin!2,s allowed 316. Two mile heats. Mr. Hunter's br. m. Volage, 5 yrs Mr. ltidsdale's Burgomaster, 3 yrs Mr. Kirby's Diana, 4 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Beagle, 5 yrs 2 3 dr sto 4 agst. Beagle and 6to 4 agst. Volage. First heat won rather cleverly. Second heat-2 to 1 age. Diana and 2to 1 agst. Burgomaster ; a fine race. Third beat -2tol on Volage, who won easy. Rode by .1. Day. A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was held this morning in the Club-house on matters connected with the races, when it was resolved that in future the Gold Cup should be free for any horse as formerly, and that it should be of the value of 100 gs., with 50 gs. in specie. Previously to the races the annual sale of Mr. Nowell's Underley stock took place; the day's sale was composed only of fillies, and realised the following prices YEA R LINOS. Gus. Bay Filly by Muley, out of Young Caprice, by Waxy, out of Caprice, by Walton, in the Oaks, 1834 sold for 120 Brown Filly by Muley, out of Longwaist's dam; in the Oaks, 1834. The biddings were very spirited for this filly, she being own sister to the winner of the Champagne • Stakes on Monday 5OO Brown Filly by Muley, darn by Dick Andrews, Mufti's darn, in the Oaks, 1834 Bay Filly by Longwaist, out of Johanna Southcote, the dam of Variation (an Oaks winner), in the Oaks, 1834 Bay Filly by Longwaist, out of Miss Witch, by Sorcerer, in the Oaks, 1834 4O The first three lots were purchased by Mr. John Day, for some gentlemen in Hampshire and Wiltshire; the fourth by Mr. Dilley ; and the other by Mr. Forth. Seven other lots were bought in. DONCASTER, THURSDAY MORNING. At a full meeting of Noblemen and Gentlemen last night, held at the betting rooms, Mr. Bond was called upon by the steward, Lord Uxbridge, to state who were the parties connected with him in the purchase of Ludlow, he having admitted that there was another party. Nothing, how ever, was elicited ft um him, and he left the room amidst groans and hisses. Messrs. Beardsworth, Wagstaff, and Richardson, were also examined, and entirely exculpated themselves from any dishonourable participation in the transaction. The discussion lasted about three hours, and leaves the mysterious fourth party in his concealment. BETTING ON THE GOLD CUP. 3 to 1 agst. Gallopade (taken), 4 to 1 agst. The Saddler, 4to 1 agst. Birmingham, 6 to 1 agst. Colwiek, 7 to 1 agst. Retainer. The held against two. SHREWSBURY RACES, SEPT. 19. Gold Cup ; thirteen subscribers, 10 sovP. each, with 50 added by the Racing Committee. Mr. Coles named Russell Mr. Wheeldon's Georgiovanni Mr. Mott's Clarion Eight started. Won by two lengths. The County Members' Plate of 60 sovs: was won by Mr. Giffard's Kalmia, in two beats, beating Belmont and Tartarina. GLOUCESTER RACES, SEPT. 16. The Gloucester Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 30 added, 10 ft., and only sif declared, &c. Two miles. (11 subs., 7 paid 10 ft. and I declared.) Mr. Canning named Changeling, 4 yrs. Mr. Thorne's Harry, 5 yrs. 0 Mr. Peel's Lely, 6 yrs .. 3 The Beaufort Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added from the Fund. Mile heats. (4. subs.) Mr. West's Truville, 5 yrs I 1 Mr. l'eel's Lucy, 3 yrs Mr. Thorne's Harry, 5 yrs 2 3 lish iNir. c i onu \NlL I. T Gen s e o ra N l , who has been a toperu,istheso r o oi fs n i td reithELig ivr WiLsoN. He served several years in the Columbian army ; and, in c onsequence of his bravery, was noticed by the Liberator BOLIVAR, who made hiin one of his aide de-camps. He was present with that great man in all the different actions, and remained with him in his lsAt mo ments. On his demise, Mr. WILSON returned to England from ill health. This morning, about nine o'clock, the body of a man was discovered floating. on the Thames, nearly opposite Cotton's Wharf, below London•bridge. Ile was picked up by GEORGE NORRIS, a waterman, and conveyed to the Magpie public•house, near Cotton's wharf. A silver watch was in his fob, 'nd a few shilings in silver were found in his pocket, but nothing that could lead to his identity ; but from his dress be appears to belong to the better description of sailors. TORQUAY.-DINNER TO LORD J. RUS- SELL. (Abridged from the Western Times.) TORQUAY, SEPT. S.—Torquay was this day a scene of triumph rarely ever before surpassed, in consequence of The anticipated visit of L( rd Jan Russell, to meet his friends and constituents in this district. At four the party sat down to an excellent dinner. Garrott, Esq. presided. Lord John Russell took the right of the Chairman, and Lord Ebrington the left. Amongst the company present were—Sir Godfrey Web ster, Stanley Cary, R. E. Welhy, St. Aubyn, Clarke, Clarke, Jun., Vivian, Aubrey, Bezzi, Cosserat, Atkins, Harris, Mayhew, Esqrs. ; Captain Devon and Lieutenant Read, R.N., Dr. Scully, and most of the respectable tradesmen and yeomen of the district. The cloth having been removed, " The King," " The Queen," " The Duke of Sussex, and the Royal Family," were drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The glorious triumph of Reform."—(Enthusiastic cheering.) The CHAIRMAN said—l show you the strenuous, the ardent, the indefatigable champion of the rights and liber ties of mankind—who secured the blessings of freedom for his fellow-men—and I ask your suffrages, feeling con fident that he himself has served his country with the best of nobilities.—(Cheers.) I cannot present him to you decorated as the Duke of Wellington was decorated; but I present him to you dressed in the lowly garb of science —I present him to you enwrapped in the eternal mantle of light and truth.—(Cheers.) The Chairman then con tinued his eloquent eulogy on the Noble Lord, contrasting his victories with those of the Duke of Wellington. He concluded by proposing " the health of Lord John Russell with three tunes three." The toast was drunk with thundering cheers. Lord JOHN RUSSELL returned thanks for the honour done him. There are questions that I might mention, and I will mention a few, on which the enlightened opi nions of this day are fully made up. Need I mention the attempt to mitigate the severity of the criminal laws, long ago set about by Sir Samuel Romilly—(Cheers),--hut which was so steadily opposed by those in political power ? Need I mention the crude state in which they have left the appalling question of slavery—(Hear,)—the little they have done in the long time in which they held the reins of power to prepare them for that which I trust is ultimately to be their lot and their portion 2.--(Cheers.) Need I re' call to you the years that have passed by, in which that education, and moral preparation for the enjoyment of civil privileges, or that which was likely to tend to that end, has been so little advanced, that it seems to have been en tirely slumbered over by those who might have made that which is now a question of vast difficulty a question of comparative ease ?—(Hear, hear.) There are other quer tions concerning the liberty—there are other questiool - concerning the prosperity and welfare of the country." need I mention that question which in this country cape' cially is anxiously and strongly felt—l mean the questioo of tithes?—(Enthusiastic cheering.) It is needless to, say that some measure ought now to be introduced--' that some adjustment ought to be made ; but let us re' collect that 1 am speaking of men who for the last fifty years have held in their own hands all the power and strength of this country, and who, seeing all these grie' vances, which the tithe system fostered, witnessed daY by day the complaints that were made by those who suf• fered by that system—witnessed day by day the grin vances of those who endured its evils—yet stood by concerned, yet stood by indifferent; and we are not told, till now that the Reform Bill of 1832 is passed, and they had at length walked out, that it occurs to them as a sort of sudden inspiration, that some measure ought to be attempted.-" , (Loud and continued cheering.) Gentlemen, there are other questions to which I need not allude at present , which those who held the reins of Government, if they, have not conceded, have at least made the appearance of conceding; but, if you reflect, you will find they were concessions made because they could he no longer with' held.—(Hear, hear.) And that which we asked for ar dently they granted with hesitation, and I believe with sort of modest surprise at their own liberality.—(Laugh' ter and cheers.) Gentlemen, I have but one or two more points to speak on. I should wish to carry the opinions' have hitherto professed into the new Parliament. At the same time, in effecting those changes which I think ne . cessary, I should wish to effect them with the greates t where there are so many various—l will not say conflict' , caution, because I am aware that in reforms of this kind'` ing interests—it requires the utmost deliberation b e fore those great questions which will come before the next Par' ment, respecting the Bank Charter, the East India Char . ter, the question of Slavery in the West Indies, with mad I and various other questions—l say it is with the greates t caution we ought to make up our minds whether, i n the first place, the change is to be effected, and, in the nea t place, in what way that change is tube effected.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, there is one point on which I wish to say word—namely, there is a part of the Reform Bill which was not introduced by the Ministry. I was not present at the division, but if I had been I should have voted - with Lord Althorp—l mean the question regarding the qualifi; cation of th e 501. a year rent e rs. My vi e ws w e r e —ma t that these persons were unfit to bold the elective franchi' e —far from it ; but I did think it was likely to put theca, in an em b arrass i ng s it ua ti on b e t ween th e i r o pi n i ons 3 0° , their l an dl or d s . —(Ch eers .) G en tl emen , th e o pi n ion o ', the Hou se o f C ommons u p on th a t, as u p on one or Wel other parts of the Bill—and one or two points of registrs', tion e s p ec i a lly, was diff eren t f ront th a t o f th e G over nmen t —the opinion of the House was at variance, but decide d that it ought to be allowed, and being allowed, I for 10 1 own part wish it may tend t o a dva n t age .—(Ch ee rs.) 13°, this I feel bound to say, that it does tend to raise a nothe r question, which I, for my own part, did not wish to te e .. raised. If th ose w h o h ave power as l an dl or d s exerc i s e " with discretion, I canno t thi n k b ut t h at t h e clause will tend, not to any em b arrassment , as I suppose d i t wo uld; but to the general advantage of the country.—(Cheer'l, But if it should happen oth e r w i se ,—if t h e l an dl or d s of tbt". country should presume upon their power, should presue upon their terrible position, to compel men who have eV tered into no such bargain to dispose of their votes as tne r i e servants of those landlords—l must tell them, and faio e i, tel them, that we shall resent it, and that other meue r if must follow.—(Loud and continued cheering.) I rnyo,; Gentlemen, am one of those who had always the gresn doubt and hesitation, and I may state that I have expeee' to the greatest opposition to adopt the vote by ballot. of opinion that that question never has been sufficitoP, t i c n o g n v t i h n e c e v d ot as e I baym ballot—yet, o n , :n o t y_o y w e n t ° n o r discussed,--that its inconveniences and evils ht, never been brought su ffi ciently before the eyes of the p thatnevnei entered i r i e s e n d n m o on li n g b a l y l y t a be m do a — p tter, and that no slight danger sel i l plc of this country ; but great as I apprehend those r a i conveniences should renounce ha come to this, that I must either adopt such a measure, " o that I must see the tenantry of 'England ranged at electi °P , contrary to the wishes and feelings of thenaselves---(f les „ i i v e n o m h e y s i t previousa t ion I opinions,s ld h a andve, d h o ea u r b ) t ,J should at once adopt the vote by ballot.—(Cheers.) t u for this reason, therefore, that I am glad I have bad t public opportunity of expressing this opin,on—if there any who have dared to pride themselves, moet two • runt inconsiderately, and as it appears m' at fooli.bly, 111 : ° 0 the power they can either make or show ; I warn I , lj agai,n another time, that they do not use this power seP i c j g , they have now by a sort of accident got into their be n .„,l for purposes which the Constitution cannot approve , 1- 0, no man of right feeling can sanction but ° ; • • that power tenderly and discreetly -1 mean using that . 0 y fluence which, as men of property, I have no hesitstreir in saying they ought to have--in consultation with t h tenants and connexions, such as men who ought chieflitio consult one another. But I warn them not to use g i l l , harsh or arbitrary power ; for, instead of regaininger stead of re-establishing that dominion which is fore ters gone by—it will lead to the entire, total, and eO rtl a overthrow of that influence which they ought legititns:pi, , to possess.—[The Noble Lord sat down amid cheer which lasted some minutes.] Mr. CLARKE, one of the Vice-Presidents, props'-oe " The 6,alth of Lord Ebrin. ' ton, and Prosperity t o c' Noble Ho use o f Fortescue." Drunk with continue d $ clamation. Lord EBRINGTON returned thanks at some length., ba t Signor Bv.zzt, an Italian Gentleman, in a bri e! very able speech, proposed the " health of Earl C l : e; g° It is needless to state, that the toast was drunk W it " e thusiastic approbation. Several other toasts were given connected - b objects of the Meeting, and received with great entho"" S , INSOLVENT DEBTORS.—A Petition P been forwarded to Lord MELBBOURNE, the S e creted of State for the Home Department, signed by uPw, n ar ; - , 0 - 11 200 persons confined fOr debt in Whitecross-street t - t be and now seeking to be discharged under the Act lotiropr Relief of Insolvent Debtors, praying that one of th e the missioners of the Court may be directed to c oatio u ' sittings during the - time of the intended vacation , t° tide on their respective ems. In a pew;in Allington church, Dorset, on t h e : 9th inst., were a great grandfather, great grandoWhet: grandfather, two grandmothers, three mothers, a ft e rt husband, two wives, two daughters, a grand•eaoPos• great grandson, grandson, and a son ; the who prised prised in five persons.