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certainly
encioachnieut on time devoted by theme to the peldir, sod
ocragioning a very irksome discussion to them le their in-
dividual capacities.
The result of she inquiry was to aSeotee Mr. Deakin from
any participation ie the alleged treasectime. This deter-
seimatiois wee COMO to el a eery full Meeting of the Dosed,
by a reseletioes to that erect, which has is... beets cemsersord.
The Board consider their claim's on public support to be
too well established in sufer by lIK injurious imputediets
os their conduct in the•Stntenteist Winded to. They will net
incur soy further espeuse a team try enlarging ems their owe
merits. They dere cheerfully appeal to their part 'shown,
and on • steady adhevence hi the same principle, which bane
hitherto aetuased them they tenlldestly rest titelr,elaim so
fire continued good opision of she Subscribers awl of the
public at large.
That the above Resulusions be stewed by the Chairmen,
and published in all the Moraine sod F.veseing Papers.
(Signed) JAMES JACKS, Chairman.

THORP, 111• You.
A COMMON COUNCIL, hobbit in the CHAMBER of
the GUILDHALL .f the CITY 4 LONDON, on
MONDAY, the 30th day HP2I ;
RESOLVED,
riltiAT, upon the moot mature consideration of
the Doconsents sod Evidence addweed before the Coin-
snit lee of the lionour•ble She Hooaeuf Comiluseas, appoioled
iti•nife into the state of Loader. Bridge, II appeal to Ibis
Court that iu case the Singling* are, by commas attention,
kept in proper repair, the Foundation nod lloperstrmtlore of
the Bridge are w seem( that they *ill lost for swim
That the wily complaints made agates* the Bridge arise
'frost the obstruction it occasions to the Navigation of the
River, which world in a very great degree he remedied by
removiog she wheels and machistry belonging to the Water
Weeks, and opening the Water Way, ander the Arches, which
hive been damned we stopped in pursuance of the del •
Parliament of the lath of Gown. 11- sap. 40, H 09°
force to the water wheels. The cooseqseitee or effect of this
measure would be, to reduce the fell of water ender the
Bridge, so as materially to lessen the damper be lien and pro.
petty, °rear 1111 l ed by the present destructive mode of Ririe'
motive power ti. the water .heels.
That the doubtful and important quotation, whether the re-
noval of the dam, occasioned by the B. WO, would or world
sot cause such-an talus of water as to overflow nod seriously
injure the properly ou the banks of the River; and such
✓ifles as to render parte of the River, at stated periods, in
• great degree unnavigable, would thereby be decided by
actual and incontestable proof.
nisi it is is the highest degree expedient, in a work of such
immense meguituik, to proceed by !novelettes practical
experiment, and in care the removal of the wheels and sp-
rains.s belonging to the Water Works, and openiog the
Water Ways wider the Arches, shall hare so Injurious elect
on the Navigation, thee to convert two small Arches into
tram or fuer nets two, as may appear to be emissary or de-
sirable; sod which mode of 'Waning the Water Ways all
the witnesses who have been examined to this fact (except
one), deem amply sufficient for rendering the Navigation
safe and commodious.
That abould no practical detrinseet arise to the Navigation
from the above proceeding, it will be desirable to complete
the plan recommended by Mr. Deuce sod others, in the year
1814, I.y substituting four large fir eight of the present
small Arches, which will reduce the fall of water at London
Bridge from five fret to three inches only, and the expense
whereof is estimated at the seen of et,llool. ; brit if the ex-
pense .honld greatly exceed that amount, the Bridge House
Funds are folly adequate to discharge it.

That the erection of • New Bridge with an Arch, as re.
commended Iry the Surveyors, 14 feet 3 inches higher than
the present Centre Arch, and with an acclivity of 1 foot in '
2.5 (being steeper thee Ludgate-hill) would occasions rester
dmiger mod inconvenience to the transit over, than is now
sustained by the passage under the Bridge; and it is doe
opieiou of this Court that if • New Bridge were erected, i
the occlivil ahonid not be more thou 1 foot in 36, which,
with • Centre Arch of the height proposed, would occasion
the destruction of property at each tad of the Bridge to an
tonneaus amount.
That the expense of erecting a New Midge, as reams- I
mended by the Surveyors, including a temporary Woollen
Bridge (the possibility of constrecting which, contiguous to
the reseal Bridge, of sufficient strength to support the
traffic above, mad resist the positive of tie lee below, is ex-
tremely doubtful), and including the vales of houses to be
takes down, amorreots to nearly 900,0001.; but when it is
considered bow little estimates of this deseripflow are to be
depended upon, this Court esnnot bat eontemplate the
completion of such New Bridge and approaches, imeledieg
remoter-of expenses, at • sum very comeaderable beyond that
amount, sad if the proper acclivity of 1 fuot is 15 be made,
arid the eunrequoent approaches formed, the estimate cam
scarcely be calculsted.
'at the proceeds of the Bridge Noose Estates belles in-
'laciest to defray so large au expense, the imposition,
directly or indirectly, of taxes upon the public will be inevi-
table; bat those proceeds by proper rare sad miamagerment,
woeld, at au very distant period of time, be sufficient to
erect a New Bridge, with approaches, worthy of • great
tuition, and an Iprieuneat to the City of Leedom, who the
serious doubts slow estertained on the effect which the re-
nowal of the dani might have upon the isayieatio• shall
have beer removed by the practical experience which lb.
proposed alterations would afford.
That, sunder all the circumstances, this Court is confirmed
in its opinion, declared on the 12th of April last, that it is
more expedient to adopt the plan before detailed than to
erect a New Bridge.
'That this Court is anxious only to offer such reatonebk
oppooitiou to the erection of • New Bridge, as its duty to
the Crtirene of London may require; and beteg unwilling to
impede • full consideration of the subject to the ensuing
Session of Parliament, thou Court refers it to the Committee
for Letting site House Estates to cease the proper
notices to be given, end to take such ether steps, prepara-
tory to the execution of such a plan, us may finally be ap-
proved of, as may he necessary to comply with the Steadies
'Orders of Parliament.
That it he referred also to the said Committee for lotting
the Bridge /loose Estates to consider the measures necessity
to be taken for the permits of carrying the opinion of this
Court into effect at the enemies Session of Parliatnent, and
to report their opinion thereon to this Court.
so•tetreravniesose

GREAT NORFOLK ESTATE AND MANORS, WITH
A NOBLE MANSION,
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. WA K BF' ELI),
At Garrawates Coffer-house, 'Llessnr-Alley, Cenhila, ou
FRIDAY, the 10th of August, at Twelve o'Clock.
Lot I. f 11'FIE MANORS. or repuiril MA-
NORS, of BUCK ENMAM SIBTON, in
Cnistos, and TH ET FOR D-CU M- HA LW ICK, euteesd ink
over a large tract of country, together with a noble Mousiest
rolled BUCKENHA AI-HOUSE, situated is ss antic-of
Park of Ose Thousand Two Hundred sod Fifty Acre.,
'norther with sundry Farms, cousisting of Eight Thousand
Niue Hundred Acres, tendering this Lot TEN THOU-
SAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF
LAND; about eighty smiles from Loodua, sad eight flora
the Borough, Maize, and Market Town of Thetford, is
the C.ousties of Norfolk and lhaffolt..
This Lot forms owe of the forst Sporting Properties
in &Waled. The Park it Suety ornamented by old
Timber, sad large sheets of Water' %applied by Stream,
obit* run foe missy miles through the Estate. A Na.
vigable ('anal also rims from Thetford to Lynn, and a
Chslybeate Spiel( has been lately discovered at Thetford,
where • Pump-room in erected; and there is greet probe-
bility of vast valise being added to the property adjoining
the Too•' from this circumstance, at so very distant period.
Lot S. The A DYOWSON to the ALTERNATE PRE.
SENTATION to the UNITED RECTORY of LANG-
FORD-CUM.IGBURGIE
Lot 3. A FARM, is the Pariah of Ashill, near Walton,
Three Hundred sod Sewall! Ann ; in the occupatiou of
Rope Jerry, at a Reel of 454/.
Lot 4. A FARM, is the Pariah of *shill, Two Hundred
and Thirty-Eight Acres; is the occupation of hetes Toler.
let eta Lease for 3501. per Ammo.
Lot S. A FARM, in the Parishes of Adult and Dough-
too, let on Lease, with Lot 6, to Robert Miller and Sou,
being Four Hundred and Sixty.oue Acres, at 7651. per
annum.

Lot i. THREE CLOSES of LAND, Thirty .eight Acres,
comprised in the Lease with Lot S.
Lot 7. The MANORS of UPHALL, COLLARDS, and
GEARNES, is Ashill, with its Quit-rents, Fine*, Right.,
and Appartenaisets; renderiag the Owner NAPERER at
the KING's CORONATION.
To be viewed by Ticket. only, which may be had of Mr.
Wake*,id, Pall-mall; mod of Meyers. Few, Ashmore, and
HaglMO*, Solarifors, Coves. garden ; and Particulars had
of them, and of Mr. F.ilward Fowell, Thetford ; of Messrs.
Eunice sad Unawake, Solicitors, Norwich ; of John Bright.
wee, Esq Banker, Yarmosith; or Timothy Meknes, Esq.
Solicitoe, Rory St. Edmund's; of JohnFOrtlllllll. Eiiq. So-
licitor, Harlow ; d Thee. Hall, E.q, Solicitor, Ssfiiin
den; of Mr. %Wakefield, flowek-siireet, Ipswich; of Thomas
Gepp, E.j. Solicitor, or'/es.'.. Mean and Chalk, Chains.
font; St the Kutlaud Anesis,.Newesseket ; and at Garraway'a.

HOLM AGRICULTURAL MEETIAG.
This meeting of the poineipal agriculturists of
Cousberlrsid took 'dace on Thursday. the 26th
instant. On the dry initnediately preceding, Mr.
Curvet, was met, at Bubinill, by a considerable
number of Gentlemen, who accompanied him in
his excellent practical tour through the chief farms
of the district. The whole of Wednesday and the
greater part of Thursday were devoted to these pur-
poses, and it was not a little addition to the plea-
sure of the resew, that the *etcher was particu-
larly fine. About four;' ISt) Gentlemen rat down
to dinner, at Sksithurness, and the greatest enthu-
siasm was mentfested by all. The large room was
decorated v,•rr tastefully with various 'symbols of
Ceres and Flora, and completely tilled by the
company.
After dinner, the following Warts were drank in
sue cession :

" The King"—" The Queea" (applause.)—" The Duke
of Tort a•d the rest of the Royal Family"—" The Lord
Lieutenaat of the Couloir —" The Mitt Sheriff of the
County"—" the Members of the County."
Mr. CURWEN said, in rising to return thanks for
the honour done him, us one of their Members, he
would call their attention to what had passed *nice
their last meeting. Before saying any thing, how-
ever, on Parliamentary topic., he wished to pre-
mise that he should mention nothing but what they
all, as farmers, were interested in. He considered
the last Stamm, to have been one of the mo►t im-
portant to the agricultural interest that had ever oc-
curred. Viewing the great, he might say the waste-
ful expenditure of Government fur u series of years
—corisidering the ausexing strength they possessed
its continuing that expenditure,and how many there
were, even in the House of COOllllOllll, who were in-
terested in its coutinuaiice, was at taut • great, an
important act, to effect what had not had • per.
eedent for 90 years—the repeal of a tax ? But
this was not all: the tax that had beets repealed
was oue of a most peculiar nature—one that affect- '

that
petty economy so much talked of, and so Mete
effected, by Munster,, which consisted in lopping
riff the salaries and beggaring r few lower clerks,
while it lel t the larger ones alune—thiwe immense in-
to the servants, or rather slaves of the Ministry,
which, under the plea of high pricer, had been created,
but which, when prices were low, had never been
either r diced or noticed. It wits afro • pledge,
that a great efficient reduction of the rcettrhilous and
extravagant expenditure at home and abroad would
be made; and they might look to it as the coin-
menceuteot of r renovation of the country, which,
he trusted. would ulinnately prove our Laval
from the effects of the horrible system the Govern-
ment hail been so long pursuing : of the measures
that led to those effects, he should say nothing—
the evil was done—sod, like drowning mariners at
sea, they must not ask whose bail pilotage or im-
proper conduct reduced them to that state, but
endeavour, with heart and band, to Sire the vessel
of the country from perishiag—thwy must get out
of the scrapeas well as they cnuld—f Cheers. )—The
Government that had been most I r 1-111-11,KUISIIIrd lye
its extravagance of expenditure, must now change
the system—(ir contiutied by the Monarch, who
had an undoubted right to appoint his own ser-
vants)—and should it (lie meant by it the Minis-
ters) do so, be should support them, and he was
confident every holiest unpriladiCtOd MOO in the
country would du the same. No miller who or what
they were, if they did their duty to their King and
their country, they ought and they should be assist-
ed. Hitherto, however, they had given no Niglio of
returning reason and patriotism ; on the contrary,
not a word was said in the King's Speech respecting
agriculture, or about the measures likely to be
adopted to ameliorate the unparalleled distress un-
der which the farmer was labouring. He felt it
his duty to protest against this shameful inattention.
Ministers were either deceived, ignorant, or sonie-
thing ( Cheers.)— Petitions had been poured
in front various parts of Britain, praying for relief ;
and connected as he was by taste, pursuits, inte-
rest, and duty with the agriculturists, he was sorry
SO new lOW been sent to 1 from his constituents.
The benefits arising from them were incalculable;
although not perhaps immediate, they were cer-
trio—every one has its weight. He did not wish to
embarrass Government; fir from it; but he wished
that the unanimous opinions of honest men should
be heard and attended to.—( Cheers.)—Associa-
times had been formed in various parts to support
the farming interest, and several petitions had emu-
nsted from them ; hut while he highly approved of
their active and meritorious exertions, and he par-
ticularly referred to that Of which Mr. Webb (tall
was the Secretary, yet he was decidedly hostile to
any thing like dictation in the language or moll-
menu. Let the Freeholders of the different coun-
ties come forward voluntarily, and state in their
own words the sentiments of their own hearts—
The petitions had a great effect ; Ministers al-
lowed.
a Committee, composed, by the way, as
they generally are. of their own friends, as well'
as a few of the mercantile and trading. and
some of the county members. The labours
of this Committee were well known. Their Re-
port, though a very able production, took any
thing but a proper view of their case and their real
interests. In order to keep faith with the public
creditor, any attempt to open a free trade must be
ruinous to the agriculturists of this cavalry, front
the comparative lightneor of the taxes and.burtiens
horeseby the foreign grower and seller. A quarter
of wheat sells at Dantzic at 32r. but the. person
who purchases it in the Interior pays only 16s. hence
he gets cent. per cent., and cent. per cent. is made
by the person who brings it over here. Now howould
ask whether any grain can ever be sold in England, •
burdened as we are, at any thing like the prire?,-,-
Every farm would be deserted—agriculture most
perish. As it was, a failure of the crop for any
year Amid open the ports. and the consequence
would he that England would not get rid of the im-
mense influx in less thou five years. This would
be alike ruinous to all classes—the rich lands alone
would be cultivated— the population on the poor
lands would be thrown out of employment-0g
enormous increase of putiperism would ensue, and
the manufacturer who would have to bear his pro-
portion of it would find fewer customers for his
goods anti renewed demands for his money—he
would have to reduce the wages of his workmeri,
and the poor, in all professions. would be abso-
lutely stirred to death, or fed with the bread
of igoontimous dependance. None could be
benefited by the measure but the importer
and the carrier ; they alone might Immo. like
Vampyrea. for a lime, on the life-blood of all
other classes.--(Lord cheers.)—The agricul-
turist did not want high prices—God forbid !
but only such es would suable them to pay the by•
nett and hard-working labourer; be whoa by the
sweat of his brow, procures existence for himself
and comfort for his master, the wages he so dearly
end so justly rains; but if the prices continued as
they' then were, those wages must be reduced ; mud

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terest lie wishes fur it ; bread* it Makes all the
difference between his customers being pour and
rith—the more they got, by contirerce the tuOte
they Would buy of him, but agreeing to an spew-
ing of the ports for foreign emu would he fire
absolute, irrevocable destruction. One plso ;nu-
posed by the frirtult of agriculture was,. ellen
grain was 100 A. to open and keep open the joists ;
a steroid, to place • proteeliug dos>, on the ins-
prolamine, said opeuing them directly. Nino.
what this protecting duty ought to b.. was at
pease it the great Love of cootentitro. Swag Nord
lets shillings, others twenty shillingS, for bis pars
diet not Islirh to say he thought 40 shillings.ut toenail.«
the fbreign farmer would beton-idled at the espestsi
of our own. Every country, since the peace. hurl
been prornotinq its agriculture, and the conse-
quence war an inimenire surpliir bei•ond their ours
consumption wail left. There was tin demood on
the continent ; and what would be these condition
were the whole of this, tremendous supply pour;.
ed into Great Britain ?—the possibility of sdch a
circumstance was in itself truly horrible. He ki ew
this was a fine flume for the passions to be worked
upon. Many were desirous of having I free trade
in corn, because it would utimit of great, specula:.
tionv, slid hold out expectations of great profit.
These, therefore. as well as those who tired...woos
of convulsing the country, Make this • fine handle
for declamation. No demagogue is mare likely to
wets, an uuthinking mob. than by roaring nut—
" What ! touch the necessaries of Itfe--suake our
provisions dear—abominable!" Liverpool, Bristur,
Hull, and other places, have already joined in
the wild cry, and Ministers don't like to elitist
in a subject where so much feelion 1s lik.ly to
be excited—they get nothing but blows by de-
bating the matter, hence they will hove taoshino lip
do with it. To sinew the quantity that it i•
likely will be imported unless a sufficieirt penz
testing duty it adopted, he (Mr. C.) Would men-
tine the instance of a speculator who recently had
W vessel• loaded with outs in one tide, and 700,00 u
quarters in the course of one week. The vire-
colourr burnt his fingers ; and he (Mr. C.) was glad
of it. The country had lost upwards of a million
recently, by • trick played off by smile Liverpool
adventurers, who had gone to Carlisle, Cricker
mouth, Wigton, Ate, and bought corn or one half-
penny above the importation price. and by that
meats, opened the posts, arid poured its au ration of
grail.--He trusted they would be more ou their
guard fur the future, when prices were offered touch
larger than they ought to be. The principle of
Mr. Robinson's Bill for regulating the overfly... he
approved. On this subject lie had had many com-
munications both wish Mr. Robinson and the Go.
vernment, but from the various affairs they had to
attend to, it was kept and is now in a state of sus.
pease. More husinesa was done last Session than
had ever biles known since the exiateuce of Parlia-
ment, and thh Average Bill war, avec...nine, hung
up day by'rlay, hut no time could be found for pas.-
ing it. the time he sat upon the Agnew.
lurid Committee, he frequently represented to them
that he did not want to eirhatice the price of grain,
or to hear improperly upon the people. but in
take such measures us would at mica save the
agriculturist from beggary, and the country from
destruction, as nothing could be so ruinous to
the labouring classes, and in fact all other written'.
of the community, than the permitting an in•
flux of foreign corn. Respecting the Report of
that Committee there ought to have been a tuojcoa
rily against it ; us there were eight plumper. hostile
to it and eleven for it, but out of the litter two were
opposed to every word of it. Their only reason,
and it was a ludicrous one, for %spooning it was, a
fear they should have been 'thought idle.—
" Lord have mercy upon us!" they exclaimed,
"have we been sitting all this time aud done nothing:
let's vote for the Report at once ;" and so they did,
otherwise the country would not have been scan-
dalised by a supposition that eleven honest agn-
culturitts could have been friendly to such an in-
efficietit mistaken document. Nest Session, how_
ever, something would be done, provided Ire (NJ,.
Carweer) was etiolated by the efforts of one atin art.
If they did their duty in pasittotrutg, he would tio
his in presenting and representing ; but if be was
not backed, his opinion would only go as that of
an • individual. Suppose the 700 M.P.'s had no
communication or assistance whatever from t heir con-
atituenta. why, their acts would go for nothing. Au
old tl9nitatenul Mesobee had mid to him lest Ses-
sion, " Mr. Curios*, I have known you fives.upt-
twenty years, and ii the whole course of that
time you have done nolildisg but predict ruin." He
(Nlr. Curwen) answered, "It was very true, and he
sincerely writhed he might at last prove a false
prophet ;-but he was very much afraid that lie had
only been • mistake- as • - the ti.- of
attraction, and not
part of what you
before Eriglaird
Yet, irotwithstandir
confidently lot the

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