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pate with other nations, could secure to us not only
our present position, hnt any extent of trade compatilPle
with the .prosperity of the Countey. it had been ailegea
that various interests would. be injured by any alteration
in the Corn-laws, but in his conscience he believed- that
no interest was susceptible of any injury except that of
the landlords, and even upon that subject he had Ulan.),
doubts.—(Hear, hear.) It had been attempted to im-
pose upon the minds of the tenants of England upon the
question, and to persuade them that their interest and
those of the landlords were mixed up together. The
landlords, howeVer, were altogether like the owners of
houses—they • looked to the largest rent they could
themselves obtain.—(Cries of " Hear; hear.") rHe re-
gretted they were not met that day by those who
advocated the present system, but he believed that Were
many weeks, perhaps not many days, they would have
an opportunity of seeing some of those gentlemen on the
hustings—(Hear)—and then let them ask their suf-
frages to go to' the House of Commons to retain • the
present system ,of Corn-laws.. He did not conceive
it possible that gentlemen who could look wisely et the
commercial interests of this country could maintain
that this system had not already too long Continued.
JAMES PArrisos, Esq., M.P., said he would not, de-
tain them long, as their patience must now be nearly
exhausted ; but he promised them that he would do his
duty to his constituents, and support the prayer of their
petition to the best of his power.—(Cheers.) .NoJudi-
vidual felt more keenly than he did on the subject.
So long as he recollected anything, he bad been a de-
cided opponent of the present Corn-laws,,and since lie
had represented them in Parliament, he had always voted
against them, and even in favour of their total repeal.—
(Loud cheers.) He believed that the • lower the
duty was, the better it would be for all
parties, and he would illustrate that by a remark.
of Earl Spencer's, who said that lie knew that the
agricultural interests required no protection, and more,
that they desired none, at least so far as he (Earl Spen-
cer) wit- concerned.--k Cheers.) It rested with them
to carry into effect the great changes proposed by Go-
vernment—a Change which did not Meet all his wishes,
but which he took us an inst: iment for something more
to come hereafter.—(Cheers.) The present was merely
the commencement of the eh: ages in the policy of the
country, and he only hoped hia countrymen would back
the views of the Government, and, by . sign'tg
the petition numerously, 'give it that effe..t in both
Houses of Parliament to which it was entitkd.(Hear.)
He would only add that the seed was sown ; it was . for
them to reap the cent. It, rested with them,to do their
duty, and let them not fear but that the corn 1%-ot:hi in
that case be, well housed, and that they would have
cheap bread and universal prosperity.—(Much cheering.)
Aldermanliir MarruEw WOOD then moved a vote
of thanks to the Lord Mayor, for his readiness in calling
the meeting, and for his impartiality in presiding over it.
Mr. GROTE came forward to second the motion. He
could recollect that in former times Lord Mayors
of London used often to make great objections
to call the citizens together, requiring that the
subjects for which meetings were called should
be conformable to their own opinions, before they
allowed theM to be held.—(Hear, hear.) Those times,
however, were now gone by, and the worthy gentleman
who at present filled the chair, had set a most laudable
example, by his readiness in calling them together, which
he hoped would in future be imitated. He rejoiced to
find the kindness and the obliging readiness of the Lord.
Mayor had been so well justified by the becoming con-
duct of every one present at the discussion of so import-
ant a subject.(Cheers.).
The vote of thanks was then put, and declared. by Sir
Matthew Wood to be carried unanimously amidst loud
cheers.
The LORD MAYOR then came forward, and said that
he felt under a great obligation to them for the hand-
some manner in which they had received the vote which
Sir M. Wood and Mr. Grote had been kind enough to pro-
pose. He had not had sufficient opportunities to address
them to induce him to hope that his voice could,be heard
at the further end of the hall. He, therefore, would:not
detain them longer than to thank them for their kindness
and to say that if, during his year of service, he could in
any manner benefit his country nothing could afford !urn
grea'er pleasure.
The meeting, having n 3 von three hearty cheers, and
one cheer more for Lord Johnßusse", quietly separated.

GREENWICH FAIR, the RIVER; &C.
The annual Whitsuntide fair commenced on Monday.
The same wonders, the same booths, shows, swings,
roundabouts, and gingerbread-stalls, which have forined
part of the fair for so many years, are there. Rik hard-
son's theatre, and Algar's dancing-booth, are in their
old situations. The people were vastly delietted with
the grand melo-drama and pantomime at the forwer
place, and the lovers of dancing at Algar's immense
booth, though not quite so graceful in their move-
ments as Taglioni and Cerito, displayed a good
deal of agility and perseverance in tripping, it
from morn to night, with the thermometer at
90 degrees. The Park and the fair were ex-
cessively crowded. Every
*year the visitors are more
numerous than the last, a circumstance which may, in a
great measure, be attributed to the curtailment of the
suburban fairs. It is impOssible to give anything like
an accurate account of the number of people, but there is
no doubt that more than 200,000 persons visited Green-
wich during the day. The trains on the railway were
running every quarter of an hour throughout the day,
and the number-of passengers who proceeded to Green-
wich by. this conveyance could not have been less than
20,000, and more were brought back. But the most
extraordinary scene was on the river. A great deal
has been said frlin time to time about the overcrowd-
ing of the steamers during -tik holidays, and the reck-
less cupidity of steam-boat proprietors, who, in defiance
of the public safety, and regardless of the comforts of
the passengers, cram their vessels in a very alarming
manner. yesterday the wharfs were besieged with
people, and steamer after steamer carried away the Lon-
doners by hundreds and thousands. Some vess,ls were
packed with 500 human beings, others with 1,000, and
a few of the larger ones with 1,400 and 1,500 passen-
gers. There were not less than forty steamers em-
ployed in carrying the holiday folks to and from Green-
wich, and as they proceeded up and down the river they
raised a tremendous swell ; the Thames was like a.
rough sea all day, and viewing the steamers from the
banks their appearance was terrific ; as the passengers
walked, or rather moved, from one side to the other the
steamers lurched, and frequently presented themselves
with one paddle-box in the water and the other out of
it. The heat was intolerable, and those standing on the
top of the steam-chest, or near the funnel, were half
broiled. The Royal Sovereign took down 1,400 person-
ages at one trip on Sunday, and yesterday those on board
at one time exceeded that number. The watermen,
whose boats used to be so much in requisition during the
Easter and Whitsuntide holidays, are no longer thought
of, and they looked idly on, bewailing the want of fares,
and pondering on the mighty powers of steam.

REPRESENTATION OF
MARYLEBONE.

A meeting, convened by the Marylebone Registration Asso-
ciation, was held on Monday night at Lawson's Rooms, Upper
GOwer-street, for the purpose of con.idering what candidates
ought to have the support of the Reformers of the borough at
the next election fur Members of Parliament. Mr. Bagshaw,
the President of the Association, was unanimously voted to the
Chair ; and immediately afterwards Commodore Sir Charles
Napier came into the room, and was as usual greeted with the
most enthusiastic and prolonged cheering, in which we observed
three electors present, avowedly belonging to the " Conserva-
tive" part}, joined with grt at. cordiality.
Mr. HOUGHTON, one of the churchwardens of St Pancras,
:moved, and Mr. STOCK seconded, a resolution pledging the
meeting to promote by all possible exertions, the election of
Sir Oenjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier, to represent this
borougt:. in the next Parliament.
The sei'eral speakers deprecated in strong terms the insidious
attempt which is being made to let in two Tories by dividing
the Liberal int:erest, under pretence of supporting a gentleman,
who kthey sin...d), however estimable in private life, had
not convinced any .large number of the electors of Mary!ebone,
that his political cons2stency is worthy of their confidence.
The resolution was eoried by acclamation, there being but
five hands held up against it by three Tories and two Chartists.
The majority was 167.

THE PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP.
SATURDAY.—This morning Mr. 'Macgregor Laird, the
managingdirecftroormormthesesrC.,.omtpanmery;orreceived the following
communication
pang's agents at Paris and Havre-de-Grace,,in reply and Cot., the om-
to a letter
requesting them to make inquiry whether a steam-ship be-
longing to the French navy was likely to he izuising in lat.
29 deg. 29 min , longitude 40 de., 28 *yin. on the 224 of
April, the Portuguese brig Conde. de Palma. whicb arrived
at Lisbon on the 6th inst., having reported to have seen a•very
large steamer proceeding under canvas only, in that latitude at
that date, and which might probably have been the missing
President : •••Paris, May 27, 1841.
Dear Sir,-1n compliance with your request, our .'fir.Emerson has obtained an interview with the Secretaire des
is the information
Mouvemens de la Marine, and the following
received :-4 The only steamer belonging to the French navy
that could be within or in the proximity of the tropic on the
22d of April is the Tonnerre, of 130-horse power and 600 tons.
The last news from this steamer is of the Ist of January, at
which time she was ling in the Plata. She is supposed to
have left there in March for i‘lartinique, where she would ob-
tain a supply of coals and continue her voyage
inform ed homeward. She
has not yet arrived in France; we shall of her
arrival, and be allowed to read the Journal du -.fiord to }mew
if on the 22d of April she was in longitude 40..28, latitude
29 29, according to the report of the Conde de Palma,. re-
cently arrived at Lisbon. We presume this is the re nom you
refer to. Should there be any other place, give us the:Aitude
and longitude.—We are, yours, very truly,
,‘ Macgregor Laird," &c. " ESIERSON and CO."
This morning. the Managing Director of the Company . ( Mr.
Laird) also received a letter, dated Friday, from their agent
at Liverpool, but it does not contain any, tidings of the r.
sidTenhte.report in a Cork paper of a bottle said to have been-
picked up at sea, and containing a letter written b .Mr. Power,
the
ocfetlheberaptredesidlernisti:
icsoalmteodigeatnh,er
mdintimbeelnietaveridly. Neither date,
expecting the
latitude, nor longitude is given.
_ _

Among those int erestea in the fate of the crew andpassengere
on board the President, and who called at the Company's
office in Billiter-court this afternoon, anxi•iusly inquiring if any
intelligence had been received respecting her, was the eldest
son of Mr. Power. Inquiries were also made on the part of his
Grace the Duke of Richmond (whose second son, Lord Fitzroy
Lennox, is a passenger), Mrs. Roberts, the wife of the Com-
mander. &c.
The President had three months' rations on board when she
left New York on the 11th of March; moreover, her cargo
partly consisted of a large quantity of flour.

SOUTHEND, MAY 30.--MELANCHOLY EVENT.
—A distrebsing case of death from drowning occurred here this
morning. A youth, son of Mr. Cabrow, who occupies a
holm on Grove-terrace, 17 years of age, accompanied by his
brother much younger than himself, went out in a boat for, the
purpose of bathing. It appears the boat drifted farther than
they. intended ; deceased got out in nine feet of water, and
being unable to swim sank almost instantly ' • the other youth
immediately mowed to shore, and assistanceilid not arrive until
some time had elapsed. Seven boats (in one ofrw the body,hichwa
i
the afflictid father) were employed in dragging fo
which they did not succeed n finding until" Upwards of two
hours after the acci4 when d eertrEe 'war Tot, fltilitt.
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