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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1841.

PRICE 5d

FROGMORE LODGE.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

tentation, and cote:tautly to expatiate upon the embar-
rassments which their owl' gross faults and unpardonable
follies have thrown in the way of the future Government
of the country, is a sublime of impudence to which it re-
quirod the wing of a modern Whig-Radical to soar.
TIM ES.—An Irish rebellion, be it threatened frotn
what quarter it may—be it. kindled by foreign emissarie;
or by Riband conspirators, or by impudent, cowardly,
cunning agitators—be it hatched'in the turbulent Corn-
Exchange or preached front the altar of peace—must be
pnt doWn, just as a Chartist rebellion must be, by the
strung arms of the law. Minister standing in a mino-
rity. or even in a very small majority, of the House of
Commons, would tie doubt have felt a difficulty in
aecomplishing this result, because. the means yvould
have been
.uenied, or but scantily and, ineffectually af-
forded. to him. But, a Minister-trusted by both Houses
of Parlhonent has the means of conquering such "ditii-
,..lllll,•"'onvitit4-;.ining the
diz!lif‘ of till, 4 i'mt—im 11,• 11,khie ,(1.•

made by the Crown with the
-
l't-f-tsn.ky.—Arrangenients having been
Princess Sophia (to whom
the mansion 811(1 grounds at :Frogmore reverted upon the
.
death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Augusta)
fttr the possession of- this valuable_ property,
'
alt
and improvements upon an extensive scale have been
de-
termined
upon, to take place forthwith..
This property deseended to the Princess Sophia as
the eldest unmarried sister of the Princess. Augusta;
agreeably to an Act of Picrilament which was passed pre-
viously: to the decease of Qiieen Charlotte, ;by the provi-
sions of whiclk it will pass to the Crown upon the death
of the Princess Sophia, her Royal Highness bein::, the
only existing unmarried daughter of .the late Queen
Charlotte:
A portion of the grounds (which include upwards of
:300 acros), extending. towards Old Windsor, consisting
of .20 acres, are • to. be imMediately appropriated to
kitchen gardens, for the s pply of vt tables
.and fruit
to the Royal Palaces; and as soon ot,; thes,-!, are
co e-
ple ted, the "Maistricht-gv rdens, in the Ironic-park, alit
be entirely done away
with, and the, ground they now
occupy thrown into the park. The Royal Kitchen gar-
dens at Cumberland and Cranborne Lodges, in the:Great
Park, will also be dispensed with. At the former lodge.
the only portion of the gardens which will be preserved
will be the splendid and enormous grape vine—the most
prolific and eXtensive in the kingdom, if not in the
world. A short time since it was thinned of upwards of
17,000 bunches,•in order to leave room for the remainder
to grow and ripen.
The only portion of Cranborne-lodge (in which the
Reconcilement- of the lamented Princess Charlotte took
place) now remaining is the tower, occupied by one of
the park-keepers.
• A brick wall twelve feet high, • and nearly 2,000 yards
in length, to extend.completely round the gardens, has
just been contracted by the Woods and Forests, to be
erected.hy,Mr, well-known extensive rnii-
roBd contractor), OriTie best stoit bricks, and to leave a
feather-edge York coping, with four cart entrances.
A handsome-terrace, with a wall in front, 800 feet
long, will -,be constructed within the gardens (for the
promenade of the Royal Family), - extending nearly the
length of one side, with sei Rights- of stone steps
leading from the gardens.
The entrance-lodge for the porter will be built of the
bgst gauged red bricks, in the Elizabethan style of archi-
tecture, through the gates of which will be the principal
communication with the mansion. _

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TilLl DAY

. CLIRONICLE.—Our recent remarks on Sir Robert
Peel have-been described as outpourings of rage, malig-
nity, and we know not what diabolical divositions.
And yet; what have we said of him that the organs •of
his own party have not said before, and that, too, within
a very few months or ra,eks, or even days If we have
noticed the fact that he is most thoroughly destitute of
that personal attachment which has been uSuaily.exeited
by a political leader,. so said the Morning Poet, very
lately. If we have noted aught ill hiM of narroV:.
and selfish, it has o:•.ly been a coincidence with the Bri-
tish Critic, which resolves his whole character and po-
licy•into a hollow selfism. If the sacrifice of principle
to expediency, in his tactics, have turned Our censure,
we could have cited the Quarterly Review for the fact,
With or without its indications of bitterness in the,
proßeb. Had we •been disposed to •terni him a la )0.
to the " Protestant" cause, as a -savtge

calls itself, there -lead been -previous Heothi,
shtune arid if VVEI -had warned him that not an
in England was Rely to he influenced by his int
an important political topic ; or had invited -him to play
the " golden card " of adopting the free trade measures
of his opponents in the teeth of the profession; that
have just won him his landlords' • majority, we should
only have copied from the Times. We do not make
these allusions for the sake of precedent or authority.
Let what we have written be tried by its own truth and
consistency. But • charges against us of spite anti
malignity are rather curious from any such quarters.
We. " attack " Sir Robert Peel. Why, everybody at-
tacks Sir Robert Peel. Every section of his . own party
has, in turn, complained of the political dishonesty, the
trickiness, the superficiality, the unreliability, of his
political character. They say nothing about suelkquali-
ties just now, because he is quite necessary to their
prospects. But our mouths are not therefore stopped.
W4thifnrirsPrf,utalignity towendaldna than
_thetusitiv,es
porchanee with not half so much as some of them ; we
say out now the truth which they think and know at
all times. Moreover, we have our own reasons tin- not
allowing the sayings and doing of Sir Robert Peel at
this juncture to pass uncommented, and those reasons
are at the service of the public. Sir Robert Peel aspires
to be Prime Minister of this Empire, against the known
desire of the Sovereign. is not this a challenge for a
rigid scrutiny into hispretensions ? Has he the States-
manlike genius that is required to excuse such an ambi-
tion ? If ever man possessedit, George Canning was
that man. Nor was Canning an unacceptable servant.to
his Sovereign. And yet then, Sir Robert Peel
acted on the principle that the comparatively ple-
beian station of Canning nullified the claims of
his genius to command. Canning wore no coronet,
and. Canning was in favour of Catholic Emancipa-
tion ! Such were the tests without which Sir
Robert Peel held genius as nothing. We do not apply
them to himself ; we do not ask him to be a noble or a
Canning ; but of his speeches,. character and policy,
we do ask that which shall warrant his .forcing him-
self, or being forced upon a reluctant Sovereign, wi,h
whom rests, constitutionally, the choice of her own Mi-
nisters. We look in vain for any semblance of an excuse.
We trust the insolent attempt will even yet be baffled.
Sir Robert Peel has defeated the introduction of mea-
sures that promised both to alleviate the public bur-
dens and to increase the public revenue. This, again, is
a challenge to scrutinize his own policy, for the sake of
Which he has obstructed so great a good. And where is
it ? Where shall we find it, for the scrutiny thus dar-
ing!y invited ? It only exists in negatives, and these very
negatives so ambiguous and equivocal, that his own par-
tisanS are recommending him to adopt, at once, the policy
of his opponents. He has successfully resisted even
the proposition for the discussion of measures for un-
taxing the common necessaries of- life ; and when his
substitute is inquired for, lie deems it enough to say
that he will wait, and only produce the prescription
after he has taken the fee. There can be no ." attack"
upon such conduct in a pretended statesman. Vitu-
peration has no terms in its vocabulary so bitter as the
bare facts. •

Ivrti as agaiii6l r‘irrigii it 1611
:?itid. alai there et. middle coorit. to which none:t.t.
the iliregeintr twpotieott: aphh, that the tigitators.
luting how they- can :iehiere the wt./in/um of ,„;,,,.:hier h,
the State with t 1.
iNinintara of danger. to theutselves, may
continue to exciteand encourage disturbances, yet avoid the
responsibility and• danger of bringing those disturbances
to' head. We answer, that for this middle state of
things the remedy must be found, or framed, in the
law. The agitarors themnse'lves, the ringleaders, 'whe-
ther in or out of holy orders; must be punished—
punished in . a way which shall give efficacy to the
example. If the language which they hold to their
countrymen be a violation of the existing lair, and
liable to the penalties of sedition, let the existing law
be straightway applied, and the penalties firmly enforced.

emditors

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS•

FROM THE MOICSINO yArEas OF TITIS I)AY

. the subjuet.of joint-stock basil: s we
maydd veil to the projected -" Stock-Exchange Bank,"
ticed the other day. A Correspondent, who is interested in
the welfare of that Institution, conceives that it implies
an extraordinnry degree of ignorance in Stock-Exchange
business not to perceive from its very title (for there are
yet no other data) the manifest utility. of the scheme.
Untbrtimatelv this ignorance is participated in by all the
leading members >f the Stoel:-Exchange, Who are utterly
at a loss to percale the purpose of a new bank " to take
in stoek and sluves." An explanation is offered by the
same Correspondent, which does not, however, contribute
much towards the clearing up of the mystee4y. It seems
that the object of the Stock Eichinge Bank is to protect
the " Bull"- froth having his stock ihrown upon the
market, so as to depreciate its value, and deprive the
!` Bear " of the very " unfair advantage " which he
now has over the " Bull." If the " Bear" really
had an advantage over the " Bull," such an explanation
would be at least intelligible, but those who
are aware of the
.operations of the Stock-Ex-
change know that the reverse is the case. If the
" Bull," on a " Bull account," has to sacrifice stock, or
pay a heavy continuation, the "Bear,"-on a "Bear ac-
count," if he is not prepared with stock to deliver, has. to
procure it at the best price he can, and is just as liable to
be obliged to sacrifice his money as the speculator for
the rise is tor sacrifice his stock; only there is this differ-
ence between them, that a very great scarcity of stock
is snore frequent than a very great tightness of money,
and that therefore it is generally more easy to obtain
money upon stock than stock upon money. To illustrate
this it is only necessary to refer to a well-known case
which occurred in the City some years ago, when a
gentleman of high connexions, and subsequently a Peer.
applied to a leading capitalist for an appropriation of.
shares in an Insurance Company now of high eminence,
and, assuming that be would have an appropriation, sold
them at a price which; if he had had them to deliver,
would have brought bins a profit of 101. per share. The
capitalist, however, learning the transaction into which
the applicant had prematurely entered, and perceiving
that he (the applicant) could not procure the shares
in the market for the settlement of his account, refused
to appropriate him any shares, so that be was finally
compelled to purchase them in the Market at a premium
of 22/., Which canzed him to sacrifice 121. instead of gain-
ing 101. per share. Such an incident could not have
happened to a' purchaser for time, as money was more
easily to be obtained than shares. Thus the " Bull"
really has the best position, and an institution to give
him additional advantages, by keeping up the price of.
stock, would lead to unfairness instead of preventing it.
It will be perceived that the explanation is not at all cal-
culated to enlighten the public, who will probably have
a clearer insight into the nature of the concern from the
fact that the appropriation letters are now dealt in at the
New Stock Exchange in Throgmorton-street. Another
Correspondent *rites that these letters to be had at,
the rate of Id. or 4d. per share ; but this statement is
to be received with caution, as there were some reports •
that they are sold. for 3d., and evenfor as Much-0.5.6d.

----
A gravelled road will be made from Froinnore-house
to the gardens, for the accommodation of bher Majesty
to proceed to the terrace and gardens, each side of which
will be planted with flowers, shrubs, and evergreens.
A high oak fence has been contracted to be built, up-
wards of 1,000 yards in length, by Mr. Marshall, of
Godalming; and the old boundary wall, to the extent of
900 feet in length, abutting on the high-road leading
from Frogmore to Old Windsor, is to be considerably
heightened.
The beautiful conservatory in the Great Park, erected
by George IV. at the Cottage, is to be taken down, and
placed in the new gardens.
The contract at present entered into will amount to
about 11,0001. or 12,0001. The final completion of the
various alterations and improvements will cost about
20,0001.

Extensive repairs and embellishments will immediately
be proceeded with in the interior of the mansion, to ren-
der it fitting for the occupation of • her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, and for the occasional visits of her
Majesty, which will be frequent from its contiguity to
the Castle.

During the lifetime of Queen Charlotte Frogmore-
lodge was used by her Majesty as a nursery for the
younger branches of the Royal Family, and there is
little doubt that a portion of the house is intended to be
appropriated by her present Majesty to a similar pur-
pose, under the inspection of her Majesty's illustrious
parent, the Duchess of Kent. •

CHESTER REGATTA.
(From the Liverpool Times.)

On Thursday last the regatta came-off at Chester, and
the fineness of the morning gave earnest of a delightful
pastime to the lovers of aquatic sports. By previous
arrangements, the principal places of business were all
closed by noon ; and soon after the steam of our popula-
tion were seen wending their way to the banks of the
Dee, on the tiptoe of expectation. Long before the
commencement of the races, the shores of the river were
pretty well lined with spectators, who had come forth to
enjoy the beautiful spectacle, and with it the pleasures of
a sunshine holiday. The fine band of the 68th regiment
were on the green sward, nearly opposite St. John's
Church ; and on the same spot were tents and booths, of
various descriptions, some, grotesque and Wild, whilst
others were of a higher: order of rural architecture. • •
The Members' Plate was the most exciting of all the
races, and a very splendid race it was. The crews in
the respective boats seemed eager for the signal to start,
and when the competitors- had- arranged' their boats in
the manner prescribes by Mr. Green, every man gave
ear attentive for the sound of the pistol ; when the crews
all bent to their oars, and away they scudded to the
goal. No flagging here—all applied to the oar with
unabated zeal ; the watchword was courage, and higher
metal was never shown ; the Liverpool and Dublin men
pulled manfully, and after a noble struggle, Perhaps un-
exampled as to the trim of the boats and crews in the
Dee ; the pistol was fired over the head of the Princess
Royal, and awarded victory to the Cestrians. It was
gained by three lengths. Shouts then rent the air—
commendations were passed on the skill and prowess of
the crews—and congratulations to the victors, who now
bore away the palm.
The Dublin men conducted themselves in a manner
befitting the occasion ; they 'acknowledged their defeat,
and admitted the distance was enough ; they endured it
all cheerfully, and dined with the Costrian 'Club, at the
Spread of the Hop Pole, displaying the wonted cheer-
fulness of the sons of? Erin. We must not omit to
state, that the Liverpool and Chester men were trained—
the former by .T. Ripping, of London ; the latter by R.
Coombes, of London ; both well-known trainers in
their beautiful art.

HERALD.—Manchester will be invaded on the 17th
inst. by two hundred and eighty dissenting ministers,
who, after having captured the beds, and billeted them-
selves on tl e board of its inhabitants, are to meet and
mingle their "sweet yokes" in a Conference on the
Corn-laws. That the object of this politico-religious
synod is to ameliorate the condition of the working-
people we utterly disbelieve ; its real design is to add
another link to the chain which alone binds together and
supports political dissent. The decadence of that , dis-
Sent is only to be prevented by its connexion with Whig-
Radical
• and Republican agitation. " Church-rates,"
" freedom of conscience," and the "martyrdom " of cob-
blers, have ceased to be sufficiently exciting topics ; and
they are new •to be laid aside for the more inflammatory
subjects of " cheap bread " and "full employment."
dissenting teachers are the Swiss of
,the
hood; they'exist only by controversy ; they are the off,
spring of perversity and heterodoxy ; in discord and dis-
putation alone do they " move, breathe, and have their
being."
• " For pleas of right let statesmen vex their heal,
Disputes their business, and their guerdon bread ;
And, with the sworded Switzer, they can say,
The best of causes is the best of pay., '
That any actual mischief will result from this confe-
rence of clerical agitators we do not assert ; but the
time and the place of this factious conference are exceed-
ingly well chosen for mischief. These reverend persons
have resolved to assemble in a town crowded to over-
flow with a teeming population, at all times very un-
manageable, but most excitable when reduced, by causes
which we have lately explained, to short work and wages.
The employers of this population have, for their own ad-
vantage, induced it to attribute all its temporal suffering
and privation to the Corn-laws. Now throughout this
population there has at all times run a strange fanati-
cal sense of religion ; its worst outbreaks against autho-
rity have all been connected with some unjustifiable dog-
mas previously extracted from, or based on some misin-
terpreted or perverted passage of Scripture. The radi-
calism of 1819 and the Chartism of 1839 were equally
attempted to he justified by texts and quotations from the
sacred writings. Some of the leaders of both periods
and both factions were preachers and teachers. The
speakerS at all the public meetings and festivals of the
manufacturing operatives garnish their revolutionary ora-
tions by scraps from both Testaments; the flags and banners
that adorn their processions and assemblies are inscribed
with mottoes taken from the same holy 'sources. There
is no religious sect, however extravagant, no religious
opinions, however wild and visionary, but will gain some
adherents and followers and apostles in the district of
Manchester. Day by day new schemes of religion, new
articles of faith, titers appear and are adopted; the dress
I that signalized the followers of Joanna Southeote is still
to be seen in this neighbourhood, and the coming of the
j Shiloh is yet expected by a few in its vicinity.
ADVERTISER.—If any opinion may be formed of
the purposed policy of Sir Robert Peel, from the lucid
intimations of the Tory press, the proximate Premier is
certainly preparing a very. " pretty dish to lay. before
the Queen."rhe chief ingredient in the proposed
Ministerial mess is to be Church ascendancy in its infi-
nite variety of abuses.- " If," saith the Times, " the
Conservatives do not faithfully, steadily, and courageously
adhere to the Church, vindicate her rights, and assert
her liberties, they will soon have reason to regret
that they have assumed at all. They may depend
upon it, that the confidence of the Church is the
real :Jecret of their power, and that the reaction by
which they have been borne back to ascendancy has been
essentially her work." Assuming the accuracy of- this
assertion, on the faith of the faithless Times,. the (pies•
tiOn which naturally presents itself is, " Arc we or are
we not to have a Church Government whole
merit of the alleged reaction • is here attributed to the
Church, and in ref irn for her services she claims a (Elva
ascendancy in the national councils. Not in England
only, but throughout all the dependencies of the British
empire is the Church to reign paramount, and in this, ::a
the Times intimates, is to be shown the grand " differ-
ence between Whigs and Conservative Not cads
where Eilglaud has eattherity, but w here- even Tt•

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ADVERTISEE...L-A glance at the state and prospects '
of the cotton. trade, at a tune. when so much depression
exists in this j important staple of consumption, may be
of interest, not only to those trading in the article itself,
but also to every one connected with the piece goods
manufacture. We have only to look at statistical facts,
and w
e shall then at once be in a situation to judge of
the effect of our system of commercial restriction, and
of the danger we incur of seeing our trade cut off or
lopped down with the United States, as well as with the
Brazils, and others of our best customers. The imports
of cotton into the United Kingdoui this year, to the Ist
instant, amounted to :)56,620 bales, against 1,194,330
bales, during the same period of 1840. The stock on hand
is reckoned to he 746,620 bales, while in August last,
although the receipts had been so large, it was not higher
than 595,440 bales, making a decrease of 238,000 bales
in the arrivals, and yet an augmentation of 150,000
bales in the stock. This points naturally to a dimi-
nished consumption, and upon reference to the returns
we find this decline to' have been from 787,900 bales
during the first seven months of 1840, to 626,110 bales
during the corresponding period this year. The United
States appear to have suffered most by the decay of our
manufacturing industry, for there has been an increased
consumption of cotton in our East India possessions.
With the certainty of average crops in .America, or that
even should they not prove an average, they will produce
inure than we want, it is not to be wondered at that the
market for the staple should wear so heavy an appear-
ance. There were symptoms of improvement, it is true,
about a month ago, but these have proved evanescent,
and bound up as is the very life and soul of the trade
with the prosperity of . our export commerce, we
scarcely see what hope there 'is of its assuming for a
long tune a healthy state of -activity. Unfortunately
the evil does not rest here, for it • ever grows while
it exists. - Thus, our inability to become better, or
even such good, customers as formerly to the American
growers, deprives them in turn of the power to take s 6
large a quantity as usual of our manufactures ; and our
anti-foreign policy, our undue preference • of colonial
trade, leaves us no other outlet to make good that we
lose, since the inability to serve our own possessions is
quite as great under the present system as is that to (10
good to foreign customers. One evident result of this,
beyond all dispute, must be, to drive those who cannot
afford to purchase our goods with cash, to look at home
for the means of obtaining them, and thus begins the '
necessity, or, which soon follows, the 'taste for mann-
facturing. All these are such well-understood facts, and
are so bruited about and openly discussed at the present
moment among parties of every shade of politics, that
we are almost weary of even alluding to them ; but, in
spite of the ungracious task, we cannot refrain front
noting the daily evidence around us of the thorough
rottenness or inefficacy of our commercial tariff.
CIIIZONICLE.—The continuedTii:teili:
I‘.tlwhichs.
it fellf
tl;t l last.
night and during the day -has produced considerable
heaviness in the _English Funds.
rise to-day in Mark-lane of about 2s. per
Foreign
4111
on Foreign and English wheat. The
changes yesterday evinced a decidedly unfivorleirlgabille%l-.
pea, and as there isjat, present a very liut‘ited stock of
Vort4,:se. ,vbeat in (WI; e,eeter, ittrq., i
iriii,i7"l:l.",,iljtjlye t:hli'clitilYi:,i:111,1:,:1,:e:.1„ii:t::,;(1:1thal,..,•‘l,::',:u::'.ll::iilli'dni:as
t.j:i:iit..itt'.');e::lllll::lSre::j;el?:ll;t:(.;:',,trrae‘,ll"i':°li.hslis'n:''icliv:lo..ell:ra.';:l;
accordingl)(vond the truth. Ae all
putlition may not be ~,a1111:11:
I eveni,t, and uncle:. nub
million of guar-
_fi - to recent advises
1 ts.nntitu:Ctit:til'elnit.(,rt'he price of
50s. and 575. i:p(elt:rrolgottutotarortl:,er. fine wheats had risen to
bullion in the Bank of
lw,,hnge4lat,ndat
is 5,000,0001.,
rt,"\lvd'ou. oldnecosint i2l,lsi°olol,oqouola.r,tleerasviaogf
only 2,5000,0001. on 1
ahnont precisely
had on hand
in November, 1839,
the‘l,lainelliitendibuilnantleieusßtahneky coffers, bein,e;:
bya4rtulpetelly7akndwa:
within six weeks of bankruptcy, that
was barely avoided
aopp,oool. loan, obtainedi f
the Bank of Prarce 'there-
fore,cannot look . for the
be onidiceuelared to be
s to be,
a bed.of- r 'The Bank parlour cacnonione,
and'the que
what are they .to do to°s"' • tosntorm ? They
result-roln
France- The fortific‘atiltem
same
the
fromcuocienni
the Bank of
ais)fsispaari
are mobey, and even if they
had it to lend, it is doubt-
ful whether there is the will to do so, :ill things consi-
dered. • assistance
requires all their
It is said, however, that considerable supplies of
Specie are expected from South America, but they, of
course, will consist • chiefly of. silver, and even if they
should amount to all 'thing very considerable, are not
y
1 likely to remain very lee, in this country. The Direc-
tors, Iheretbre, cannot pace much reliance on having
theircoffers replenished from that quarter, and the only
course remaining for them is. to operate on the Money
. •
Market by sales of stock.
POST.—We have frequently drawn attention to the
injurious, and, in too many eases, ruinous effects of the
extension of credit consequent upon the introduction of
Joint-Stockl3anlis. In doing so we have not attacked the
prmc
• ipc l•, but the mode in which many of these institu-
tions have been first concocted, and the manner in which
they have subsequently been carried on. The security
of the public who deposit their wealth or hard earnings,
in the case of well-conducted Joint-Stock Banks,is,prima
' facie, greater where the capital on which the credit
• of the establistinint stands. is known, and periodi-
cally lilted, than when it rests on report merely, or
Nnioctare, But capital is not the only foundation
on which confidence should be made to rest. The
characters of the parties to whom its administration,
is confided, not for.probity alone, but for experience
also, their position in society placing them 4b.cove the
suspicion of employing it for their inclivisbAl advantage,
should constitute even more than e-apital its claim to
public support. The larger, tile capital in the hands of

A FACT IN FAVOUR OF THE BALLOT.—
Let the opponents of protection to the voter—let those
shilly-shallyers.who think " the time has not yet come"
for the application of the Ballot—read and ponder" the
following startling
and significant truth. The Duke of
Northumberland has four hundred tenants-at-will pos-
sessing votes in North Northumberland, and the poll-
books show that out of these four hundred the number
who voted in favour of Lord Howie]; amounted precisely
to two !—not two hundrei, but two single individuals.
To add one word by way
of showing the full meaning
of this fact would be superfluous—to proceed to argue
from it would only weaken its force. No man in his
senses would venture to say that there is to be found in
broad Britain a rural parish, or a street of a town, con-
taining 400 inhabitants, 398 of whom are, to a man, of
one mind in politics, or in almost anything else regard-
ing which there can be more than one opinion ; and,
no honest man will attempt to avoid the inference that
not some, but many out of these 398 of the Duke's
tenants must have been coerced to vote against their
wishes and convictions. It may be addZsl that those who
possess the best means of !brining au opinion on the sub-
ject-4'mm acquaintanceship, local residence, and being
engaged in the late canvass—estimate that (plumpers
and splits together) 350 out of the 400 were desirous,
were eager, to vote for Lord 1-lowick ; and of these, all
but two suffered their independence to be trampled down
by the 'myriridens of the Castle ! High honour to the
Two !—the brave and honst two ! The Lord of Alt-
wick Castle ought to be prouder of numbering among his
tenacts these two, who, like men and Englishmen 'with-
stood his tyranny, and defended and preserved their
rights, than of, the hundret& of serfs )rho suffered him
rob them of their freedom, their honesty, and their self.
respect.—Berir irk Advertiser.
THE LIVERY OE LONDON FOR 1811-2.
The following statement exhibit 3 the number of Livery-
uten in the Company,
(as also the ttlgit;yreogfalte.o. ntiumber who »t++ qualified
u„ snclt
to vote for Monbers of Parliament to represent the said
City :—Armourers and braziers, 73 ; apotheutriee, 56 ;
barbers, 116. ; bakers, 225 ; basketmakers, 6 ; black-
smiths, 94 ; bowyers, 47 ; brewers, 45 ; brodereurs, 28 ;
butchers, 163 ; carpenters, 111 ; clockmakers, 99 ;
clothworkers, 123 ; coach and harness makers, 66 ;
combmakers, 15; cordwainers, 97 ; coopers, 239 ; cooks,
136 ; curriers, 98 ; cutlers, 91 ; distillers, 38 ; drapers,
282 ; dyers, 117 ; fanmakers, 19 ; farriers, 80 • felt-
mongers, 83 ; fishmongers, 287 ; &tellers, 18 ; franie-
work knitters, 44 ; fruiterers, 41 ; founders, 70 ; glass
sellers, 58 ; girdlcrs, 78 ; glaziers, 57 ; glovers, 119 ;
goldsmiths, 151 ; gold and silver wire-drawers, 40 ;
gun-makers, 29 ; haberdashers, 368 ; innholders,, 307 ;
ironmongers, 79 ; joiners, 116 ; leathersellers, 106 ;
loriners, 234 ; playing card makers, 68 ; merchant
tailors, 236 ; mercers, 77 ; masons, 42 ; musicians, 79 ;
needlemakers, 332 ; pattenmakers, 115 ; painter stain-
ers-, 111 ; pewterers, 64 ; plasterers, 26 ; plumbe:s, 50 ;
poulterer-, -28 ; saddlers, 60 ; . salters, 131 ; scriveners,
35 ; shipwrights, 91 ; silk throwsters, 7 ; skinners, 125 ;
spectacle makers, 81 ; stationers,. 381 ; tallow-chandlers,
117 ; tinplate-workers, 53 ; turners, 63 ; tylers and
plasterers, 108 ; vintners, 282 ; upholsterers,. 86 ; wax
chandlers, 68 ; weavers, 86 ; tit lfeelwrights, 117 ;
17.—Total, 7,782. N.B. A great number of citi-
zens have taken up their livery during the-present year.
PROOF OF THE DISTRESS OF THE WORKING
CLAssEs.—We lately gave a statement of the deliveries
of raw sugar in this port from the Ist of January to the
24th of July, by which it will be perceived that the West
per cwt ; Mauritius,
in
d 8,992 bags. In the
.
India amounted, in 1841, to 39,301 hhds. and trcs., cur-
rent price 365. oid. per cwt. ; 2
1840, to 57,340 lihds.
andlB4trle,s2.
East India' here is not much difference, arising from its
being extensively used to reduce the quality of West
,o4,l77bag's
current
agt price; in 1840, 57 s. in
56
India. The consumption of sugar therefore, is, in round
numbers, one-third lesS, with a fall in price of one-third,
which can only be' accounted for by the diminished
people to consume
means of the
it, from high prices of
of life and want of employment.—
Liverpool Times.
CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN
-UNION RAILWAY.—Contracts have been taken, and in
some instances the works have been Commenced, fov
carrying on this line from its present terminus at Ciren-
cester towards Stroud and Gloucester.

ftupnee, is the Chui,:b 1, (~:erc I+, I,,.,,,lytising und.iter-
“•enting ita.l, or its ,i.tpp,rt be immediately with-
drawn f.:•om thr. Ministr, which it is lIONV its boast to
have raised into authority. Such are the terms on which
the compact is to subsist between " the Church of Eng-
land and a Conservative Government." It will not be
enough to carry on a war of extermination against Dis-
sent in England and Popery in Ireland, but the Moslem
and the Hindoo are to be coerced to participate in the
enjoyments of Church extension and Church intolerance.
Such are the crusades recommended•b:, the Times.

POST.—The opponents of Sir Robert Peel take a
malignant delight in numbering up the difficulties with
which he will have to contend, if the Government should
be placed in his hands, and those of hie political friends.
We do not deny that the difficulties tote contended with
are very formidable, and enough to cast anxiety -upon
the mind of the ablest director of public. affairs.- 13ut
we must bear in mind that it is the reckless mismanage-
ment of the present Ministers which has called these
difficulties into existence ; and however clouded- 'the
prospects of the country may be, it is at least some con-
solation that the blunderers who have brought us into
this position have now virtually received their dismissal -
from a disgusted and indignant public. When we say
this we do not desire to be understood as laying; down
the general rile that all national embarrassment and'
national' misfortune should be laid to the account of !he
Govermlient. On the contrary, we believe that the power
and influence of political government over those matters
which constitute the prosperity or adversity of the mass of
are generally in no slight degree exagge-
the people,
rated. Much may indeed be done by political govern-
ment, but much more is beiond its reach ; and in pro-
portion as government is of that kind which men are apt
inconsiderately to call "free," the actual power of politi-
cal government over the destinies of the people is les-
sened. But with regard to existing national difficulties,
they may almost all be distinctly traced toneglect, misma-
nagement, and absolute desertion of duty on the part of
those who were entrusted with the government. The
Ministers have palpably betrayed the trust reposed in
them, and of all the effronterT which
p9r§Pp,
to act I.lwT t` P°Pt!laC prinqip p§!l 114ve owe oxhibites .
tho vel'y grossest and most unpardonable is that
of the adherents of the present beaten Administration,
when they use as-weapons .of attack upon the Conserva-
tives, the difficulties which threaten the country. It is a
• common thing for men covertly to take advantage of their
own wrong ; but to do so with shameless and brazen os-

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ING SUN.

. .
the designing or inexperienced in business, the greater
will be " the extent of the mischief resulting from the
employment of it. Of this we have already before us
but too many instances. Where Joint-Stock Banks hive
been properly organised, they have done good, and we
have uniformly spoken encouragingly of those that have
afforded prove of their being of the number. Our pro-
vince has, however, been that of attending more particu-
larly to the injurious working of the system. Well con-
ducted 'banks need no pointing out, -except occasion-
ally, perhaps, as examples worthy of imitation ; but
the exposure of fraud and deception, wherever they
are known to form the basis of, or to be practised in
the management of a bank, we hold to be most important
to persons interested in it, as well as to the community
at large. Fault has been frequently found with the
Press by the Shareholders in Companies of all descrip-
tions for the freedom with which it has criticised their
proceedings, as tending to depreciate their shares in the
market ; and they are careful, whenever they have the
misfortune to find themselves partners in a questionable
concern, to abstain at public meetings from all interroga-
tion calculated to expose its weaker points. This feehng
of solicitude for the nominal value of their property con-
tributes more than anything else to the growth and con-
tinuance of abuses, and leads to an eventual loss winch,
by the exercise of a less timid policy from the first,
'night." be avoided.
1-1E1:411,1).--The meeting and proceedings of the
Marylebone Joint Stock 13ank held yesterda7 have been
the tot lie of !.reneral conversation and astonishment in the
OR. :wxtio.. was held for the per)ose of di! -
:,obite..; oil of vours,! declaring- it, ifidTiVelle.
Ut.1•••
Due to the WeAminster Bank

.4.125,0t4)
' 5,000

ToLal
The assets in band, and available at

. £30,000
11,000

To be made good
Towards the liquidation of which balanee there were
assets not exactly so tangible in the shape of payments
or instalments on shares £17,000
Doubtful debt, including that of the managing
Director, 16,0001..

2,3,0pCk

„• • ,
The story of the rise and fall of this bank lies witlun
a brief compass of words, and would seem to be a sort of
one-act winding-up farce to the grander first five-act
tragedy pieces of the Joint Stock drama as performed on
the Norwich and Manchester boards with thundering ef-
fect.. .The Marvlebone concern boasts some fire or six
years of a green old age, and started into existence with
'to-n*IKM egpintl—on the. prsspec tits.
But from the prospectus the mighty capital travelled no
farther,- as Mr. llannav, the managing director, found to
his dismay, as he dolefully told the tale, for when specially
retained and brought express from Scotland "to wont. a
capital of :300;0001.,” he was saluted on arrival with a beg-
garly account of a till with only 6,000/. of capi talstock depo-
sited. To work however the Company went, with so much
the more vigour because of the money vacuum. They up-
pear to have discounted to the right and the !eft with per..
severing prodigality and the most impartial ignorance
er accommodation of all corners and customers, for sines:,
the period of his connection with the bank, Mr. Han-
nay told the meeting that " no fewer than three of the,
Directors had become insolvent, and no fewer than ninety
of the customers." Mr. Hannay hiinself confessed .to
having overdrawn his own account by about 16,0001.,
for which he had deposited security to the amount of
2,C00/. only, and that in the shape of bank scrip which
was unsaleable and valueless then, and must now be
worse than nil. It is fair to add that he proposes a
second mortgage, by way of additional cover on estates
in Scotland valued at 55,0001., but ridden over by a first
mortgage of 41,0004, which it may be feared will leave
but a sorry remanet for clearing off his debt to the Com-
pany. it would be a waste of time to dwell further upon
such a joint-stock banking burlesque as exhibited by
such exposures and such a belance sheet of brazen bank-
ruptcy.
SUN.—The Market for the English Securities was very
depressed to-day, and there was more disposition to effect
sales. Consols for immediate transfer were reduced
from 891 to 894 to 4, closing at the intermediate value
of 89t. For Account the quotations were 89i to the
last bargain being at 89i. Bank Stock was as low as
167} ; and South Sea Stock was marked 98g. Exchequer
Bills were 14s. to 16s. premium ; India Bonds, 6s. to Bs.
premium ; and -the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
98/4 to +.
The feature in the Foreign Market was a decline.
again in Spanish Bonds, in consequence of sales effected
by the parties who, in the Stock Exchange, go under the
denomination of the " Pigeon-men," these affecting- to re-
gard the state of affairs in Spain in an unfavourable light.
The Active Spanish Stock was flat at 19:4 for money, but
touchedlW4l fur account ; Portuguese Oki Five per Cents.
were at 57, and Colombian Bonds at 20 to 194 ; Danish
brought 79, and Dutch Two-and• u-Half per Cents.
51'i to 52.
The sales in the Share Market were not extensive,
but, nevertheless, the quotations gave way wherever they
were attempted. Great Western were at 17 ; the. New
at 6 ; the Fifths at 4 to 44 ; London and Birmingham,
Quarter, at 17 ; the New at 21i ; and the South
Western at 13t to 12 4 premium ; Brighton were 6if to
7•A- ; Blackwell 10, and South Eastern 90} to 20+ dis-
count. Union Bank of London ShareS. were 4 discount,