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London, England, 1839-03-13

POLITICAL

METROPOLITAN

SUMMARY.

The IVlorning Herald of this day observes, in reply to
Mr. Villiers' argument last night in the Commons, respect-
ing the wages of labour—" if there were no Corn-laws,
wages, when measured in wheat, would still be liable to
fluctuations of the most startling kind. What is true in re-
ference to wages, is true, let it be noted, in reference to
rents, and profits, and taxes, and money itself. All these
are in a state of perpetual fluctuation as to value, when
viewed in reference to the quantities of wheat into which
at different times, they are convertible. But when Mr.
Villiers proceeds to maintain that wages do not rise as the
price of food rises, he must be reminded that if his position
in this respect be true, then his charge against the Corn-
laws that they raise English wages above tne Continental
level of wages, at least as much as English wheat is higher
than Continental wheat—that charge, we say, must be
rejected as false."
The Times, speaking of last night's Debate in the
House of Commons, says, " The interest which ought
naturally to have attached to the discussion of so important
a subject as the Corn-laws, was wholly destroyed by the
pusillanimous part which the shabby Government have
taken in the matter. Mr. Villiers' opening, for a Com-
mittee of the whole House to consider the present laws,
was heard with calmness, but nilde little impression. Sir
G. Strickland succeeded in delivering himself, uninter-
rupted, to empty benches. Mr. Cayley, who led the van
of the opposite force, began with a like advantage of si-
lence. There was not, in truth, much of novelty or inte-
rest in the argument on either side 1"
In allusion to the Corn-law debate last night, the Morn-
ing Chronicle forcibly remarks as fob ows :—" To vote the
continuance of the Curn-laws is to vote the commencement
of a wide spread and enduring agitation, which must even-
tually be irresistible. All that has yet passed is only as
the overture of the drama. The manufacturing capitalist
will be worse goaded than he has yet been, by the in-
creasing difficulties of his position. The agricultural
labourer is beginning to open his eyes ; and the half-
penny-an-hour Irishman is not inaccessible to the
representation of his simplest rights and interests.
The lecturer is abroad, and his circuit is beyond that
of the schoolmaster. Even the least instructed can com-
prehend their right to exchange what their labour produces
for the largest supply of food that it will obtain. The
question is not one of complicated policy, but of obvious
justice. Such questions are fearful ground for an aristo-
cracy to take, on which to do battle with a people."
The Morning Advertiser says of Mr. Villiers' speech—
" If a single web of sophistry, however flimsy, or a single
particle of falsehood, however gross, remained to encumber
the question of the Corn- laws, it must have been utterly
frittered and swept away by the searching, statesmanlike,
and conclusive speech of Mr. Villiers, on introducing his
motion last night in the House of Commons."
London, England, 1839-03-13

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LONDON :
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1639.

In the House of Lords last night Viscount MEL-
BOURNE, in answer to a question put by the Earl of
GALLOWAY, stated that it was not the intention of
Government to propose a grant of money to provide
additional Church accommodation in Scotland, at which
the Noble Earl expressed his great sorrow.

Lord BROUGHAM made a short oration in praise of
MEHEMET ALI, whom he even held up as an example
to us. He stated that the SULTAN was making exten-
sive warlike preparations to attack MEFEMET ALI, and
he inquired what course Government intended to take
to preserve peace. Viscount MELBOURNE said it was
their desire to preserve peace, and he believed the pre-
parations reported of the SULTAN to be much exag-
gerated. Lord BROUGHAM thought the answer satis-
factory, and again eulogized MEHEMET ALL
The Earl of RIPON, in moving for the
correspondence between the Colonial Office in
1832, when it was under the Noble Earl and
Mr. MACKENZIE, took the opportunity of defending
himself from some severe strictures made by Sir F. HEAD
on the encouragement given by the Earl of RIPON to
Mr. MACKENZIE, who subsequently turned out to be a
traitor. The Noble Earl represented Mr. MACKENZIE
as a very shallow person, which was hardly judi-
cious, as he completely overreached the Noble Earl.
To be sure Mr. MACKENZIE might be very superior to
a Nobleman to whom the epithet of " Goosey" was ge-
nerally applied, and yet be a very shallow fellow ; but
the Earl of RIPON should not have called public atten-
tion to the superiority. No person will dream of accusing
the Noble Earl of having encouraged Mr. MACKENZIE in
his rebellion ; he did not even see Mr. MACKENZIE'S
drift. The papers were ordered, after an emphatic pro- 1
test by the Marquis of NORMANDY against the publica-
tion of official documents belonging to his department,
and then the House adjourned till Thursday.
In the Commons a great number of petitions were
presented for and against the Corn-laws.
Mr. HUME is positively on Monday to bring forward
his motion for abolishing the Lord Liautenantcy of Ire-
land.
London, England, 1839-03-13

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER
MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for
Assurance on Lives and Survivorships, for Granting Annuities,
Endowments to Children, and for the purchase of Re-
versionary and other Interests.

PATRON.
The Mort Noble the MARQUIS of WESTMINSTER.
IL V DIRECTORS.
',Tei aughanßarnewall, Esq. Thomas Huxley, Esq.
7 ry John Beare, Esq. Colonel Jourdain .
A(:l9Ph Bennett, Esq. Henry M. Kemsheai, Esq.
4Nor Wm. Bird Bleamire. Taverner John Miller, Esq.
,„.
Jos. Blunt, sen., Esq. Sir Harris Nicholas,K. C. M. G.
;I‘. Edwards Broughton, Esq. Captain Rattray, R.N.
i-av•cl Caldwell, Esq. P. Salomons, Esq.
LI. Chas. Moreton-Dyer, Esq. Admiral Shippard
"Illiarri Ewart, Esq. IPearson Thomson, Esq.

John Welstead, Esq., F. R. S.
David Salomons, Esq. TRUSTEES.
I Sir Harris Nicolas, K. C. M.G.
Taverner John Miller, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Sydney S. Bell, Esq. I Frederick W. Caldwell, Esq.
George Robinson, Esq.
PHYSICIANS.
A.
Todd Thompson, M.D. F. L. S., 3, Hinde-streel , Man-
, chester-square.
Robert Willis, M.D., 25, Dover-street.

SiItGENS.
Arthur Coeke, Esq., Holle -str et, Cavendish-square.
Joseph Freeman, Esq., Spring-gardens.
STANDING COUNSEL.
William Fraser, Esq., 10, King's Bench Walk, Temple.
EOLICIT•DS.
London, England, 1839-03-13

EVENING EDITION.

Aly chief reliance is up,:n the se; es possessed by RetOrfare
in the north of Devon. Among the landholders of the
county it is rather singular that we have nearly all the chief
Whigs residing in the north of Devon. The parsons and
the Tory squires are a great force, but hardly equal to the
others, and this fact it is that constitutes the chief doubt.
as to the result.
Mr. Buller will be proposed by the Hon. N. Fellowes,
and seconded by John Sillifant, jun., Esq., of Combe.,
The Tory candidate will be proposed by Mr. Fursdoe,
am told. It is now nine, A.M. The business will core'
mence at ten ; but as the mail leaves soon after that hour,
I cannot forward you any particulars by it. The morning
is exceedingly fine, and the town is all alive. The ree.ie-
rity of the houses are decorated with laurels, &c., and the
Reformers have decidedly the best of the show in the town,
London, England, 1839-03-13

WILSON, MAYOR.

ACOMMON COUNCIL, holden in the
Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on
TUESDAY, the 12th day of March, 1839,
Resolved, unanimously—That an humble Address and Pe-
tition be presented to her Majesty. the Queen, upon the Bill
now pending in Parliament for improving the Police in and
near the Metropolis. WOODTHORPE.

AN Old-established COMMERCIAL BUSI-
NESS in the CITY, as a Wholesale Spice, Dry
Salters, and General Dealers, and now in full trade, to be
DISPOSED OF, in consequence of the sudden decease of
one of the principals. An opportunity is presented to any one
desirous of succeeding to a wel-known firm of long standing,
and would suit any party either to continue the concern as at
present, or uniting it to the Grocery or Tea trades, or any
other established business to which a country connexion is
attached, or where the addition would be desirable.

Principals may apply personally to Mr. Allen Davis, Chat-
ham-place, Black friars-bridge.
London, England, 1839-03-13

NORTH DEVON ELECTION.

(PROM A CORRESFONDENT.
SOUTHMOLTON, MARCH 12.—The nomination for North
Devon takes place to day ; and having arrived at the scene
of action, I hasten to give you a few words on the coming
struggle. Mr. Buller, the Liberal candidate, has been
long in the field. He was called out by a requisition from
the Liberal party, on the retirement of the Hon. Newton
Fellowes, who kept the party in suspense up to the last
moment at the former election, before declaring his inten-
tion to retire ; so that the Reformers, relying upon him,
and having no time to organize, were constrained to let in
a Tory. 'They immediately sought about for a successor
to the Hon. Gentleman in the event of a vacancy, and
pitched on Mr. Buller, who was honoured by a most flat-
tering requisition, having it signed by more than one-half
of the registered electors. The Tories having obtained a
seat for Sir Thomas Acland, had effected a most perfect
system of organization in order to keep it; but they had no
second candidate to put up, in the event of a contest. The
recent appointment of Lord Ebrington to the Viceroyalty
of Ireland took them wholly by surprise; and although
they were without a man, yet their organization was suffi•
ciently perfect to enable them to hold the field, and stating
Mr. Buck's name on spec., they immediately disputed the
ground with the Reformers. Mr. Buck somewhat tardily
assented ; an address was put forth, and both parties went
at it in earnest. The canvas has been severe beyond all
precedent. Mr. Buller has had the whole machinery of
the Tories exerted against him ; and some slight division
(occasioned by Sir W. Molesworth's letter) among the
Reformers also to contend against. Mr. Buller is not yet
a Ballot man. This contest, I hope, will teach him that
he ought to be. If intimidation and coercion could have
done it, Devonshire has, in the contest fatal to Lord John
Russell, Mr. Bulteel, and the present, as far as it is gone,
given ample evidence. But though Mr. Buller is not yet
a Ballot man—and I use the word " yet" emphatically, for
I think he is rapidly on the road to that consummation de-
voutly to be wished—he is not, as Sir W. Molesvvorth
assumes, a FINALITY MAN." His standard, I should say,
is full moderate for the Reformers; but it is because he
has proved himself a PROGRESSIVE man that the Tories hate
him, and oppose him with greater virulence than they would
a more thorough-paced Reformer.
This prospect, I am glad to say, looks well, and I know
that there is much despondence in the Tory camp. Still
',either party can feel certain, and I am satisfied that the
returns on each side present a sufficient list of " doubtful "
electors, from whom no reply can be got to turn the election.
London, England, 1839-01-21

ANSWER.

The Great Western started at 3, r. m.; on the 27th, in a gale
from S. W., which commenced to blow here at noon, and by
the iVestern's log it fined down to strong winds, with a
heavy short sea up, at michtight ;" continuing much the same
(varied now and then by a squall) until noon on Sunday, when
it was " moderate from the S. a W." At 3. 30., P. M. heavy
rains, with increasing winds from 5.. W.., at 4, South, " At
7. 30., the wind veered to the S. R. Jo a squall, and from
thence to North in ten minutes ;" and it ~continued blowing;
hard but vsriable to the Nort2,ward, with oce,'Ponal Easts.ng,
until 4, a.m., on Monday—the ship, during these eight
hours, going about five and half knots, while previously, with
the wind dead on end or against her, she had bees; going
seven and seven and a half. This will give you an icLea of
the extent to which she was favoured by the wind. At 4, A.m.,
it settled in the N. W. to a regular gale, between which point
and S. W. (with only occasional and very short Changes of ara
hour or two's duration), it continued to blow what may be,
called a series of gales for fifteen days, 67 hours only of the
days passage make any mention of winds to the Eastward
of North or South, and one hour only (midnight, 12th No-
vember), " inclinable to calm!,' The hurricane experienced
a; re on October 28th and 29th, and which was equally fierce
with her, appears to have been a mere bagatelle to some of
the gales the Great Western afterwards e.ter,untered, particu-
larly- on the Ist, 2d, and 3d of November, and again on the
Bth and 9th. The good ship, in perfect order, without even a
ruck in her copper, is about to commence another series of
passages, and as our friends are most assiduous in looking
after our interests, you will confer a favour on the Company
by letting me be made aware of any reports that may reach
you, when you may rely upon hearing the truth from
Your obedient servant,
CHRISTOPHER CLAXTON,
London, England, 1839-01-21

LEICESTER.

In this case a mandamus was granted, during the last Term,
to the Select Vestry of St. Margaret's, Leicester, to make a
rate for the repairs of the church. To this mandamus a re-
turn was made, which Mr. Balguy now moved should be
quashed.

Mr. Justice PATTESON, after I airing a statement of the
f:cts, granted a rule nisi.

THE QUEEN V. 13ARRETT AND OTHERS.

Mr. LEE, on Saturday last, moved for a rule to show cause
why the defendants, who arc sale to Lave been concerned in
the Todmorden riots, should not be admitted to bail.
Mr. Justice PATTESON, this morning, granted the rule.
London, England, 1839-01-21

THE SECOND EDITION.

This day, in 3 vols. post Svo. bound, with Illustrations by George
Cruiksbank, price Twenty-five Shillings,
L IVER TWIS T.
By CHARLES DICKENS, Esq.,
Author of " The Pickwick Papers," &c.
" Oliver Twist' is undoubtedly the chef-d'ceuvre of ➢ir.
Dickens."—Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
*.* To be had of all Booksellers, and at all Libraries.

NOW ready, in one vol. post Bvo., with Ten Vignettes designed by
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square.
London, England, 1839-01-21

DIED

On the 20th inst., at Forest Gate, West Ham, Mrs. Hammer,
aged 75 years.
On the 27th of December last, in Grosvenor-street, Camber-
well, Mrs. Margaret Weddall, aged 85.
On the sth of March, aged 30, at sea, Mr. Joseph Gates, of the
schooner " Secret."

At Greenock, on the 12th inst., Mr. James Caird, anehorsmith
atd engineer.

At Whitby, Yorkshire, on the 15th inst., aged 37, Anne, the
wife of James Walker, Esq., and youngest daughter of the late
Thomas Fishburn, Esq.
On the 16th inst., at Mortimer Hill, Berks, Clementina, wife of
Joseph Moffatt Bond, Esq.
On the 16th inst., at Hylands, Essex, Peter Caesar Labouchere,
Esq., aged 68.
On the 17th inst., Charles, youngest son of Mr. Joseph Watson,
•
of Christopher-street, Finsbury-square, aged 31.
On the 17th inst.., Mrs. Watson, of Hunter-street, Brunsw•ick-
square, aged 64. . _

On -the 17th inst., Thomas Messenger, Esq., for some years
State Page to his Majesty George IV.
On the 16th inst., in Bloomsbury-square, Edmund Lodge, Esq.
K. R. , Clarenei eux K ing- of- Arms.
On the 15th inst., Mrs. Mary Gorst, Rodney-street, Penton-
ville.

London Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG •f Na.
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of Middlesex.—Monday, January 21, 1839.
London, England, 1839-01-21

PUBLICATIONS.

ANSARD'S DEBATES.—The Members of
both Houses, Libraries, Clubs, &c., are resne-etfully in-
formed that such arrangements have been made as will enable Mr.
Hansard to issue this work in WEEKLY PARTS; by which
means such progress will be insured as will make it a record of the
most recent debates, while it will, nevertheless, allow of the ut-
most care in the preparation of the reports.
Mr. Hansard is most glad to give to any Member the opportunity
of revising his speeches. _

32, PATERNOSTER-ROW.
London, England, 1839-01-21

U. STATES,

Average Annual Exports
during the five years 36,781,423 16,609,182 10,126,438
from 1820 to 1824
Average Annual Exports
during the five years 43,428,453 31,784,016 17,607,710
from 1832 to 1836

Increase in the English Exports, 18 per cent.
Do. „, French do. 91 „
... American do. 74 „

These facts abundantly prove that England is suffering►
from foreign competition, and that our foreign rivals in trade
and manufactures are gaining fast upon us in the race. Un-
der these circumstances is it not the extreme of folly for the
English Government to put a heavy weight upon our manu-
factures ?

Not only do our former customers in Europe now supply
themselves with manufactures : they are beginning to supply
our more distant customers also. If this should go on, what
will become of the immense foreign trade of England, amoun-
ting to from 40,000,0001. to 50,000,000/. sterling a year, and
employing 3 500,000 tons of shipping? And what will be-
come of the manufacturers, workmen, and sailors, who are
now supported by it ?
Mr. Al' Culloch estimates the quantity of all kinds of grain
annually, consumed in the United Kingdom at 52,000,000
quarters ; if this he correct, every shilling added to the price
of grain by the Corn-law is equivalent to a tax of 2,600,000/. ;
and, supposing that English grain of all kinds is raised in
price 7,. per quarter as the effect of the Corn-law, the total
pressure of the bread tax on the people of England is equal to
eighteen millions two hundred thousand pounds sterling a year 1
The same distinguished statistical writer is of opinion that only
about one-tenth of this amount, or 1,800,000/. goes as increased
rent to the landlords. The nation, therefore, pay 18,200,0001 to
yield the landlords 1,800,000/. ! Is not the bread tar, then, as
Wasteful as it is unjust and oppressive ?—Leeds Mercury.
London, England, 1839-01-21

No. 14,469.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN.
COMMERCIAL BOARDING HOUSE,
No. 12, CASTLE.STREET, HOLBORN, London, opposite
Pumival's Inn, in the heart of town, quiet, and respectable, and
closet, the leading thoroughfare for Omnibuses to all parts of
London every minute.
MRS. LEACH solicits the Patronage of Corn-
mercial Gentlemen, and other respectable Persons who
visit London on Business or otherwise, and assures them they will
find at this House domestic comfort combined with economy.
N.B.—Good Stabling near.

CASTLE HOTEL, TABIWORTH. ,
WEBB begs most respectfully to inform his
vffi • Friends and the Public in general, that his House is now
RE-OPENED. '

He also begs to say, since the calamitous misfortune which befel
him, the House has undergone a thorough Repair, and such irn..
yrovernents made that he trusts will give general satisfaction to
those friends who may kindly honour him with their commands.
Tamworth, January 2.

NEXT PRESENTATION-DEVON-FOR
SALE, to the RECTORY of JACOBSTOW, only four
miles from Oakhampton, and 20 from Exeter. The incumbent is
in his 50th year. The estimated income is 3001. per annum.
For further particulars application to be mado. to Mess. Few, Ha.
milton, and Few, Solicitors, Covent-garden, by letter, post paid.

puR SUANT to a Decree of the-High Court of
Chancery, made in a Cause GINGELL v. GINGELL,
the Creditors of WILLIAM HENRY GINGELL, of Hill-
street, Finsbury-square, in the parish of Saint Luke, Old-street,
in the County of Middlesex, Builder, who died on-ffie 13th day of
December, 1337, are, forthwith, by their Solicitors to come in and
prove their Debts before ANDREW HENRY LYNCH, Esq., one of
the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or in default thereof, they will
be excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
G. CLARK, Plaintiff's Solicitor,
64, Old Broad-street.
WIRE and CHILD, Defendant's Solicitors,
9, St. Swithin's-lane.

22d December, 1838.

!URSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
it Chancery, made in a Cause GINGELL v. GINGELL,
any person or persons claiming to be Next of Kin to WILLIAM
HENRY. GINGELL, of Hill-street, Finsbury-square, in the
parish of Saint Luke, Old-street, in the County of Middlesex,
Builder, who died on the 13th day of December, 1337, are, forth-
with, by their Solicitors, to come in and establish their Claims
before ANDREW HENRY LYNCH, Esq., one of the Masters of the
said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
lane, London, or in default thereof they will he excluded the benefit
of the said Decree.
G. CLARK, Plaintiff's Solicitor,
64, Old Broad-street.
WIRE and CHILD, Defendant's Solicitors,
9, St. Swithin's-lane.
22d December, 1838.
London, England, 1839-01-21

MR. COOPER'S NEW NOVEL.
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" A vivid picture of American manners, tastes, and opinions."—
Sunday Times.
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To be had at all the Libraries.
London, England, 1839-01-26

POST-OFFICE NEGLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 24. —The London bags for Manchester,
on Saturday t vv,ning, both letter and newspaper barls, a
good cart-load at least, were by some unaccountable negli-
gence forwarded to Preston, at which place rumour states
them to have arrived about ten o'clock on Sunday morning.
How the guard could have forgotten such a load on the sepa
ration of tire Preston and Manchester Trains at Park Side
seems astonishing. That the Preston Guard could receive
such an addition to his ordinary b igs is still more surprising,
at least without finding out his mistake. The public amaze-
ment, however, was not at its full height until tile letters and
papers arrived at half-past nine on Sunday evening, when it
was first apprised of their having been detained in that town
for nine or ten hours. The Preston postmaster will no doubt
plead in excuse, that after the arrival of the Manchester bags
by mistake, no railway trains left that town on Sundays till
evening. Well, but was there It!) post-chaise, no convey-
ance of any kind to be had ? This excuse, if made, can-
not and should not be allowed. The 1-',,stmaster-General
ought forthwith to investigate this most unaccountable piece
of neglect, and to visit with exemplary punishment parties
guilty of it.
London, England, 1839-01-26

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.
CAUTION.

J. T. BETTS and Co., for the protection of the Alia and
themselves, deem it expedient to stale, that their Only Establish-
ment for the Patemt Brandy is the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield
Bars, leading to St. John-street,
London, England, 1839-01-26

This day was puidished, price 10s. 6d. boards, Seventh Edition, :of
OOTE'S HISTORICAL TREATISE of a
SUIT at LAW, with Notes.

By GEORGE THO.►IA,S WHITE,. Esq.,
Barrister-at-Law.
London: Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane.

This day were published, in 1 vol. Bvo., le. Od.

LITHE COMPU'T'ATION TABLES, showing
A. the value of Tithe Rent-charges under every variation in the
Price of Corn.

By HENRY PYNE, Esq.
Of the Tithe Commission-office, London

Shaw and Son; Fetter-lane, Printers and Publishers of the
Books and Papers of the Tithe Commission (by Authority), and
Knight and Co., Ludgate-street.
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The PRACTICE of COUNTRY ATTORNIES and THEIR
AGENTS in the SUPERIOR COURTS of LAW at WEST-
MINSTER, with the Alteration made by the Act for the Aboli-
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Barrister-at-Law.

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preached at Bath,

By the Rev. JEROII MURCH,
Smallfield and Son, 69, Newgate-street.
London, England, 1839-01-26

LORD WESTERN ON THE CORN LAWS.
Now ready, price Is.,
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ESSENTIAL to the PROSPERITY of the EMPIRE.

By LORD WESTERN.
Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers.
Also,
I. LORD WESTERN'S PRACTICAL REMARKS on the
IMPROVEMENT of GRASS LANDS.
2. LORD WESTERN'S LETTER to EARL SPENCER
on IMPROVING the BREED of SHEEP.

Th's day was pubbst
Dedicated by express permission, and under the immediate Patro-
nage of her Majesty the Queen Dowager,
FINDENS' FEMALE PORTRAITS of the
COURT of QUEEN VICTORIA.

Part. V., containing
The Duchess of Roxburghe.
The Viscountess Canning.
The late Lady John Russell.

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CORN LAWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sir,—All classes appear to take an interest in the present
general movement throughout England on the Corn-laws.
Ten years ago I answered, sentence for sentence, " The
Catechism on the Corn-laws," thinking the view which the
author's work took cr.-cinema, and his argument fallacious,
viz.---that England's prosperity depended on other countries
for her wealth. Observation has convinced me that the
author was right, and that I was wrong in defending the prin-
ciple that England's wealth depended upon her own people.
Our country's prosperity is maintained by the ircreased means
of neighbouring countries to purchase our manufactured goods,
which, generally, are preferred to those manufactured in other
nations.

In 1836, when the farmer of this country sold his wheat at
at 40s. per quarter, he never had a more prosperous year ; for
the rest of his produce sold for high prices—and why? Be-
cause the artisans and manufacturers were enabled to purchase
at an advanced price the meat, wool, and barley of the farmer.
Thus I was convinced that wheat at a low price is not ruinous
to the farmer. Is it not rather remarkable that this year,
when bread is so high, meat is low in price, and that as the
one advances the other falls ? This is owing to the working
man not having the means to buy meat ; he lays out nearly
the whole of his earnings in bread. All this tells me that
bread at a high price is not to the advantage even of the Bri-
tish agriculturist. There is a difficulty, and it is this :—How
can the landed interest be prevailed upon to give up 11. per
quarter on 16,000,000 quarters, which may be called a cer-
tainty, for a benefit which is only prospective.—Yours, &c.
London, England, 1839-01-26

MONEY AND CITY NEWS.

(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.)
POST.—The negotiatinns supposed to be in progress in
the French capital, for the re-construction of the Ministry,
have been almost the only subject to which attention has been
directed in this part of the town to-day. At the Stock Ex-
change there seems to be still some hope of the return of M.
Thiers, notwithstanding that Marshal Soult was understood to
have been sent for to the Tuileries, and that it was generally
believed at Paris the latter was the individual to whom the di-
rection of public affairs would be again confided. The hope of
the stockholders of the re-accession of M. Thiers to the Cabi-
net is founded as we have already intimated, on the expectation
that a direct intervention for the settlement of the Spanish
yi.estion must prove the consequence.

TIMES —Some ncticc has already been directed to the
arrangements at the Post-office in respect to money orders,
which were shown to be inconvenient and neealessly strict.
The effect has been, it would seem, to induce the authorities of
that department, by a stretch of power better suited to Turkey
than to Great Britain or any free country, to increase, instead
of lessening, the inconvenience and the strictness complained
of. As this form of remittance is limited to 51. ss. in amount,
the protection required for a banker's order of ten times, or a
hundred times, that amount, might be thought sufficient, and
the Post-office orders pass with the simple endorsement of the
party in whose favour it was drawn. This was the course
suggested when this subject was first brought into notice, in
order to avoid the trouble of sending a person duly authorized
by the original party to receive the money at the General
Post-office. Instead of adopting this suggestion, the course
now taken is to compel the original party to attend in person,
and not to allow him on any account to receive it by deputy.
The following letter may serve to illustrate its mode of
operation
London, England, 1839-01-26

" Nocet empta dolore voluptas."—Hon.
greatest tIOR theameliorations of civilized life, we
it, are indebted to the modern division of attention and labour
the .
444. arious pursuits of society, and in none have its benefits been so
lii,f,,'rest as in the healing art. Early convinced of this great truth,
11.0,,',51t5. GOSS and Co., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons in
ce,-B,°ll. have for twenty.five years confined their attention to the suc._.
Incalule treatment of a few prevalent complaints, viz.,. the general and
,eoilities of both the sexes, whether arismgfrom.the solitary
.in-
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11,•;u?. residence in hot climates, excessive drinking, or any other baneful
ofr ?.ence; and fr, m their daily experience they can with confidence
Cf restoration of the debilitated to vigorous health. Married females
riai„,t.)';Fe and affectionate disposition, whose ss fondest hope" has been
pr,.`"lY deterred, may learn with consolation that perseverance in a
,It.ll,),edriirteetneclial course, will renovate general health, and remove hidden
)14'4‘i tits to maternal happiness.
n?iid:ous disorder, however inveterate, as also Gonorrhcee, Gleet,
tricttire may be removed without material teAraint in diet or
o,s. GOSS and Cp. are to he consulted every day at their resi-
Nen....,
_and Patients in tire remotest parts of the country can be treated
on transmitting their report, which will be immediately an-
teN;(,,__,.. their letters must minutely describe the case, and contain a
Dart nt,.. for Advice and Medicine, which can be forwarded to any
hues pie world, however distant. No difficulty can occur, as the Medi
he securely ricked, and carefully protected from observation.

. .
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FOUR DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.

By the packet-ship Mediator, Captain Clwmplin, from
London, we have London papers to Nov. 23, and by the
packet-ship George Washington, Captain Holdridg e, we have
London and Liverpool papers to Saturday, Nov. 24.• and by
the packet-ship Emerald. Captain Horne, from Hiwre, we
have French papers to Nov. 19.
(C:,rrespondence of the Courier and Inquirer.)
HG USE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON; JAN. 2.—As soon as the Journals were :ead
this morning, Mr. Adams moved to amend them, so as to
insert at length his motion of Monday last, to suspend tho
rule for the purpose of taking up the subject of Mr. Steven-
son's correspondence with Mr. O'Connell ; and also, that he
had presented to the House an incendiary letter which he had
received, threatening to assassinate him.
Mr. Lewis, of Alabama, objected to the proposed amend—
ment, as lie considered the letter nothing but a quiz. The.
same opinions were expressed by other Members.
Mr. Adams replied that he had not presented the letter
from any apprehension of personal danger, but because the
act was an outrage upon the rights and privileges of a Mem-
ber. Gentlemen might say murder was a quiz; treason was
a quiz; forgery was a quiz.
After a short informal conversation,. the question to amend
was put and lost.—Ayes, 70; Noes, 87.
London, England, 1839-01-26

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—1 n Harbour—The Britannia, 120,
flag-ship; Victory, 104, ordinary guard-ship; Excellent
~.sunricry-ship; Royal George yacht ; Messenger steam-trans-
port; Seaflower cutter; and tenders Fanny, Emerald, and
Gossamer.

In Basin—Not anything in commission.
In Dock—The Cracker cutter.
At Spithead—The Ganges, 84, and Daphne, 18, both for
ishon and the Mediterranean.

ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK.
On Tuesday, the 22d, the Quail cutter arrived from
Sheerness with the seamen gunners late of the Russell. The
Camelion, 10, put back to Spithead, with loss of jolly-boat;
and the Daphne, 18, went out of harbour.

On Wednesday, the 23d, the .Camelion, 10, sailed for
Plymouth and Lisbon, with the slave crew of the Diligente on
board, and supernumeraries for:the Admiral's disposal. Sailed
also the Quail cutter for Sheerness, with new raised men for
the Powerful and Cleopatra.
On Friday, the 25th, arrived the Seaflower cutter from
Bristol, with newly raised men.

This has been an exceedingly dull week here, and no move-
ment of any interest has taken place. The Commander-in-
Chief struck his flag on Sunday, and re- hoisted it on Tuesday
afternoon. His successor, it is now said, will be Admiral Sir
Peter Halkett, which, if true, Captain Trotter will continue
as Flag Captain. There appears to be no longer any doubt
respecting the loss of the revenuelcutters Diligence and Swift,
in the late gales, on the coast of Ireland ; should it unfortu-
nately prove so, as many as 70 lives have been thus lost.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The following resolution, presented by Pom.mittee ap-
pointed at a previous meeting on the subject of th e sale of
sterling bills, was unanimously adopted at the m'eting of the
2d inst., and ordered to be published in the Daily Pap 'rs
" Resolved—That dealers in English exchange :Ix re com-
mended to buy, sell, and quote the pound sterling irr federal
money.' ( Extract from the Minutes.)
" EDWARD A. B. GRAVES, Secretazy."

A FLEET OF PACKETS ARRIVED.-NINE DAYS LATER FROM

EUROPE.

Five packet-ships from Enrope have arrived since our last,.
viz., the .Enrope, Captain Marshall, from Liverpool. Nov. 12;
the Sheridan, Captain Depeyster, Liverpool. Nov. 14; the
Republic, Captain Williams, Liverpool ; Columbus, Captain
Cropper, Nov. 20; Francis 1., Pell, Havre, Nor. 8.
London, England, 1839-01-26

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At Carruchan, near Dumfries, on Thursday, the 17th inst , after
a short. illness, Mrs. Jane Maxwell, relict of the late Lieutenant-
Colonel George Maxwell, of Carruchan, and eldest daughter of the
late John Clark,. Esq., of Nunland.
On the 25th inst., at his late residence, Preston Lodge, Lark-
hall, Clapham, Mr. William Bradwell, in his 67th year.
On January 24th, at Bath, Christiana Cranstoun, the wife of
G. C. Tugwell, Esq., aged 31 ; and on the same day, Thomas
Cranstoun, and Charles, twin sons of the above.

On the 23d inst., at Eton College, Elizabeth, fourth daughte
of the late John Slingsby, Esq., of Windsor.
On the 23d inst., at Burford Lodge, Dorking, aged 75, Mrs.
Barclay, relict of the late George Barclay, Esq.
On the 23d inst., Henry Hill, Esq., of Regent-street, Piccrs
dilly, aged 57.
On the 23d inst., aged 57, Charlotte, the wife of John Richards,
Esq., of Devonshire-square.
On the 23d inst., Sir. Richard Ward, of Great Russell-street
Bloomsbury, aged 44.

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MARRIED.

On the Bth inst., at Allhallows, Bread-street, George Selby,
Esq., eldest son of George Selby, Esq., of St. John-street, to Ilas-
tha, youngest daughter of Thomas Wood, Esq.
At Easterhill, Lanarkshire, on the 22d iust., the Rev. J. Web-
ster, 8.A., of Trinity College, Oxon, to Elizabeth, eldest daugh—
ter of Robert Findlay, Esq.
On the 23d inst., at St. Peter's-within-the-Tower, John Blogg,
Esq., of Guildford-street, Russell-square, to Frances Jane, eldest
daughter of Amos Hodgson, Esq., of th• Ordnance Office.
On the 24th inst., at St. Mary-at-Hill, Henry Barnes, Esq., of
Faversham, son of James Barnes, Esq., of Boughton-under-Blean,
to Julia Esther, youngest daughter of the late Philip Les Vavas-
seur dit Durell, Esq., of St. Helier's, island of Jersey.
On the 24th inst., at the Church of St. George-the-Martyr,
Queen-square, Mr. Jonathan Barton. of Old Broad-street, to.
Mary, eldest daughter of James Berkley, Esq., of Harpur-street,
Bloomsbury.
London, England, 1839-03-14

Mr. GEORGE EVANS presented a petition from
Dublin, praying the Hausa not to sanction any measure
founded ❑pon the Report of the Commissioners on
Irish Railways.
Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from
Gloucester, praying the House to pass an Act for in-
closing waste lands in that county. The Hon. Mem-
ber also presented a petition from the hand-loom
weavers or Gloucester, praying for a tax_ upon all looms
where more than three were employed in one manufac-
tory.
London, England, 1839-03-14

LONDON :
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1d39.

We hat; again last night nothing but Corn, in Parlia-
ment, and the:l;h the subject becomes tedious, ; e are
scarcely sorry for it. A disease must make itse:f felt
before any active rns.'ans will be employed to et re it.
The nation will bye-anal,!,ve, out of mere weariness of
hearing the Corn-laws conti37.Yally discussed, ca:l out
lustily for their repeal.
The Lords did not sit.
In the Commons several petitions were presented,
including one by Mr. O'CONNELL, from a place in Ire-
bind, promising to hold to the Union with Enc,land,
provided Ireland reaped the full benefit of it.
The adjourned debate was resumed by Sir WILLIAM
M ot. ES WORTY who of course spoke against the Corn-laws.
and drew his arguments chiefly from the slow increase
or stationary condition of our exports. Sir WILLIAM
desired the entire removal of restrictions on trade, and
advocated the abolition of the Corn-laws because they
were amongst the most onerous restrictions now ex-
isting.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER contended, at considerable length,
that the agriculturist labourerd under considerable dis-
advantages, and had a right to protection. He re-
pudiated, he said, with indignation and scorn, Sir
GEORGE STRICKLAND'S remarks of the preceding even-
ing, but he and the agrieulturists will not find it so
easy to get Sir GEORGE'S words out of their consciences.
They will stick there ; they will be rivetted there
by the popular voice, and every day be more
and more firmly clinched. In his calculations
of the expense of growing various crops at
present, he made no attempt to estimate the influence
of the Corn-laws in raising the cost of everything that
is Ebro fight to market. If their influence could be mea-
sured, we have no doubt that the price at which they
enable the farmer to sell his produce does not compen-
sate him for the additional cost they occasion in raising
the crop. The Hon. Gentleman made a hit, as he
thought, by referring to the export of corn having been
recently forbidden in France, because the mob stopped it
at Rochefort : but the exports of food from Ireland
have
they might
these three years been stopped by the mob,
bey might be again stopped there, just as well as
d the mob at Rochefo t
Mr. GROTE
id showed 'conclusively that the wages of
lab"re; s dnot rise with the rise in the price of corn,
and
bcontrastingwithh
the condition of the labourer in
the latter part ote
fthe last century, when corn was
high priced,
r condition since 1833, when corn
was low priced, made it perfectly clear that Corn-laws
materially concern the
requires
that labourer, whose interest
tt
that they be