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No. 17,178.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SU N'
OCTOBER 14, 1847.

ISSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP of
MESSRS. HUNT and VALLEY, the Silk Mercers and
Linendrapers of the Edgeware-road. Public sale of their Stock,
amounting to 25,0001., to CO NiMENCE on MONDAY NEXT. OCtO-
- IS. For particulars see following advertisement.

THE Public is hereby informed that the Part-
nership hitherto existing between Messrs. HUNT and
WALLET was mutually DISSOLVED on the 20th ultimo, and by
virtue of a covenant in deed of Dissolution the whole of the Stock
must be converted into Cash immediately.
In order to carry out this determination, by disposing of so ex-
tensive a property, and to insure a speedy settlement of affairs, it
has been determined upon to offer the whole of the Stock held under
the partnership at from one-half to two-thirds of the cost prices.
This stock, selected from the principal depo s of British and
Foreign Manufacturers, embraces a magnificent aszemtlage of
Shawls, Silks, Lace, Ribbons, Fancy Goods, and every variety of
fashionable attire, besides an immense va:ue of every kind of House-
hold and Family Linen, Drapery, Foreign and Irish Damasks,
Blankets, Flannels, Quilts, &c., the principal part of the latter having
been at all times kept in the warerooms, will be found quite fresh,
and free from the slightest imperfection.

It is hardly requisite to state, that it is under no ordinary circum-
stances that the present sacrifices would be submitted to, the advan-
tages to be derived by the public have certainly never been excelled,
or rarely equalled ; and as the whole of the Stock will be most ad-
vantageou3ly arranged for inspection throughout the various rooms
of the Establishment, and every article legibly marked in plain
figures, Ladies will do well to embrace the earliest opportunity of
inspecting, if only for the information to be derived, as a guide to
making purchases in future. .

The superior character of merchandise vended by this establish-
ment being so generally well known throughout the n etropolis, and
so universally notorious for cheapness in the ordinary routine of
business, must, with the reduction before stated (viz., from one half
to two-thirds of the cost prices), be quite sufficient for the public to
form an opinion of the extreme reasonable prices that will be
marked upon the goods, and render it quite unnecessary to make
any quotations, as they could convey but A very imperfect idea of
the bargains which may be expected.

The iale will commence on MONDAY MORNING NEXT, at Ten
o'clock, and will be continued each day until Seven o'clock in the
evening.

51, 62%, 53, EDGWARE ROAD.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Founded A.D. 1815.
UPON the PRINCIPLE of MUTUAL CONTRIBUTION.
PRESIDENT.
The Right Hon. the EARL of ROSEBERY, K.T.
Average Amount of Insurances during the last Ten Years, upwards of

HALF A MILLION ANNUALLY. . .
Capital of the Society, arising from the Accumulation of the
Premiums, upwards of
ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED and FORTY THOUSAND

POUNDS.

Owing to the great amount of business done by this Society, to the
economy with which its affairs are conducted, to the careful selec-
tion of the lives, to the equity of the principles upon which it is based,
to the facilities afforded in the settlement of claims, and to other cir-
cumstances peculiar to itself, the members are entitled to look for the
greatest benefits which such an Institution can bestow, and it is
confidently believed that hitherto their expectations have not been
disappointed.

The declaration of Additions made at last period of Investiga-
tion, 31st December, 1845, showed that to the eldest Policies their
had been added, as a Bonus, more than 80 per cent. ott the original
Insurance, and to the later Policies in a corresponding ratio ; and
this independently of the current additions.

In the event of one of th• members, insured before the year 1820,
dying in the year 1852, after payment of the Premium of that year,
there would be paid 2061. ss. 6d. for each 1001. insured : the Bonus
♦ddition thus being greater than the original Insurance.
N.B. The Books of this society are annually closed on the 31st
December. All Policies passed before 31st December next, in the
event of their continuing in force for Jive years, will share in the
Profits of the current year.

JOIIN MACKENZIE, Manager.
WM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk.
Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square,
Edinburgh, October, 1847.
LONDON AGENCY—Offices, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, and 7,
Pall-mall West.

HUGH M'KEAN, Agent,

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PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY.
At an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS in PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY,
held in pursuance of advertisement at the London Tavern, on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th October, 1847 ;
WILLIAM WILSON, Esq., in the Chair;
A report prepared by the Directors having been read, the following
resolutions were passed unanimously :
1. That the Report of the Directors be received and adopted.
2. That out of the profits made to the present date, a Dividend of
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ap capital, be declared on the 31st December next, on the shares on
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shares standing in the name of Sir George Larpent, and the 1,825
shares standing in the name of Mr. Cockerel', referred to in the
Directors' Report, or such of theni on which the calls shall not be
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WM. WILSON, Chairman.

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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATITB INCAPA-
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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
en
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explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the
infection.
BY SAMUEL LA'MEET, M.D.,
3, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD•SQUIEB,
LONDON,
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TIIIINDER STORM IN ALTEINCHAM.-011 Friday
night last, about nine o'clock P.M., this neighbourhood
was visited by a storm, accompanied with several peals
L of thunder,
Paper.nder,—
nand most awfully vivid lightning. Ma-

denunciated. Whether that the Hon. Gentleman was
ignorant of the facts, or perfectly aware of them, he
had placed himself on the horns of a dilemma, from
which it would be difficult for him to remove himself.
To show the absurdity of our present position as re-
garded the currency he would take a few extracts
from the celebrated work of Alison, being a history
of the financial condition of Europe. It would be
found there that 20,000,000 of people required on an
average 40,000,0001. of currency to carry on the
operations of the commerce of the country. At pre-
sent we had 30,000,000 of population, who upon the
above calculation would require 60,000,0001. of cur-
rency. But instead of this we had 30,000,000 of people,
with only 40,000,0001. of circulation ; whereas it
ought to be 60,000,0001., according to the population
laid down, to enable the people to carry on efficiently
the commerce of the country at the present moment.
In the year 1818 the circulation was 48,000,0001. to
42,000,0001. of export trade. In the year 1844 it
was only 28,000,0001. circulation to our export of
130,000,0001. Now, if there were any truth in these
calculations, and they knew that they were taken
from the most authentic documents, the disparity
made it perfectly ridiculous to argue upon it. Since
they had bad the pleasure of meeting on the previous
occasion, the League had had a greater degree of
encouragement to proceed in their labours. The far
greater portion of the public press were in favour of
an alteration of the present system. Two or three
journals might probably be against them; but he
thought that the " leading journal" was only watching
for a favourable opportunity to come round to their
views. An article was lately published in that
journal, possessing, certainly, a considerable
amount of heavy wit, but including a vast
amount of ridicule, without any positive ar •
gument ;—and the idea immediately struck him
that the Times putting forth all its badinage showed
that their case must be bad. He remembered the
cautious notices which appeared in that journal of
the first meetings of the Anti-Corn-law League.—
(Hear.) He knew how they had treated the first
movements of almost every meeting in a popular
cause.—(Hear.) He believed, however, that to sup-
portinoo n
stihs et e
nctr
ts smteunscty
ultimately
mt haat te
yj o
tuurrnna Ir,
owu tdh oauntd beingi
-
port the principles of the Anti-Gold-law League. And
why ? Because he found that the Times newspaper
and Sir Robort Peel might be taken as an index to
society, inasmuch as there would not be any argu-
ment which they would advance, in respect to which
they would not at a subsequent period take up an
opiniona t
first
addi
vaomo ea tt re idc.a y oppositeeither
te or tt hhae tonone
whichor tthhee yother
declared themselves to be of such and such an opinion
he always prepared himself to find them advocating a
contrary opinion afterwards. If the Times journal
were in favour of the movement of this League,
he should despair of having their support for
any length of time; but as they were against
them, he did not despair of their aid hereafter.
For his own part he could not help feeling that if
the present monetary system was not altered, the
most terrible consequences might be expected. The
Bills which had been passed in the years 1819 and
1844 were based on injustice. If the monetary sys-
tem were not altered, our aristocracy would become
as nought, the landed gentry would be reduced, and
with their downfal must be expected the pauperisa•
tion of the nation. They knew that already many of
the largest landed proprietors—that many noblemen
had been obliged to flee the country ; and that their
property and estates were in the power of the bul-
lionists of the country. It might be right it should
be so in many cases, where the parties had disgraced
their position, and had not carried the great consti-
tutional principle of supporting those who lived on
their estates. It was right it should go forth to the
world that such men were incapable of taking care
of themselves. He did not wish to say anything
against the bullionists, because, if under legal sanc-
tion, and under a legalised system, they could in-
crease 1,0001. to 10,0004, no man could wonder at
their doing so. All men would act in the same way
be believed. These convulsions came at a period when
the commercial world was most prosperous. The
prosperity of the country, he maintained, depended on
an abundant and unfluctuating currency.

Mr. JONATHAN Dinscax next addressed the meet-
ing at great length. He commenced by reiterating
the objects which the League had in view. One of the
greatest illusions which prevailed in the country was
constantly propagated by a certain portion of the
public press, in the confusion which they fell into be-
tween the terms money and currency. They of the
League defined currency as not including the legal
tender, and they defined money to be the legal tender.
He who manufactured money manufactured the legal
tender. He, on the part of the League, contended
that the only authority to issue the legal tender, or to
make money, was vested in the Crown, with the sanc-
tion and .advice of Parliament ; the nation through
her representatives being parties to the legal tender
of the country ; and they considered that neither the
Parliament, nor the Parliament and the Queen united,
should be permitted to issue money at her Majesty's
caprice and discretion, but that a limit should be put
tot hat issue, and it appeared to them that the legalised
amount of the legal tender should consist of Exchequer
notes of the value of 11. and upwards ; that such notes
should be issued only with the consent of Parliament in
discharge of the current obligations of the State, to an
amount not exceeding, in the course of the year, the
annual taxation of the country which the Crown de-
mands of the people. They held it as a constitutional
principle that the Queen had no right to demand
taxes from her subjects in any other form. That
was the basis of taxation. The Sovereign had the right
to demand a portion of the produce of the labour of
the country, which was always available to the sub-
jects, and which, without inconvenience, they could
furnish. Such was the ancient practice until the
time of Henry I.; but when for his own conveni-
ence he changed the mode of taxation, he did not
increase the pressure by calling upon his subjects
to provide a foreign metal as a circulating medium.
He issued his own money by the granting of what
were called " Exchequer-bill tallies ;" and these tallies
for a period of six centuries continued to be the
sole instrument by which taxes were paid ; and
down to the year 1694, when the Bank of Eng-
land was established, England had obtained most
of her vast colonial empire, or at least the founda-
tion of that empire was laid, as well as of the present
constitution. If, then, a small kingdom could do all
this without an ounce of gold, how was it that, in the
present day, when this empire had obtained such a
magnitude that the sun never sets upon the dominions
of our Sovereign—how was it that now, in the
glorious maturity of strength, this country was unable
to proceed with a legal tender issued by the Crown—
that that tender should be, as it were valueless ? Here
(producing an old Exchequer tally)—here was one of
the instruments by which England rose to greatness.
There was one of the Exchequer tallies, which had
been used by -our ancestors for six centuries ! It was
only a piece of maple wood. The notches repre-
sented different sums. The tally was used to pay the
soldiers or the judges. The counterpart was kept
in the Exchequer, and those who held these tallies
were acquitted of taxation ; they were used as a
discharge to the sheriff, in the case of persons in
custody for debt. The speaker contended that it was
necessary to adopt a circulating medium which was
capable of expansion. They knew that, as the
population increased, streets were.widened and new
thoroughfares made, and the same principle applied
to the currency. Who but Sir Robert Peel would
think of selecting the rarest of metals in the world
as the basis of the means of the currency ? Sir Ro-
bert Peel told them he had restored the standard of
Queen Elizabeth ; but he had done no such thing.
But what would they think of reducing the roads in
the country to what they were in the time of Queen
Elizabeth, when Adam Smith told them that the
roads might be assimilated to money, inasmuch as by
the facilities of communication commerce was in-
creased ? As to the currency, the views of the League
had been misunderstood by the Economist, a weekly
paper,',who accused them of limiting themselves to
taxation money. They were not
.boi;ind to take
n
Rothschild's acceptance or Mr. Bang s acceptance
for 101., but they were bound to take money because
it was a legal tender. All the League said was that
if public opinion should incline to demand that
private
banks should give security in lands or in con-
sols, and that these notes, to certify their genuine-
ness, should bear a stamp, they (the League) had
no objection to that ; but their object was
con-
fined to obtaining the legal tender, which it
was desirable should be limited is amount to
that of the annual taxation of the country, so
that there could never be an excess of issue.
He contended that at the close of the war the pro-
perty classes ought to have redeemed the National
Debt—they ought to have adopted the continuance of
the property-tax, which yielded, at ten per cent.,
14,000,0001. of money. but, instead of doing so,
their first act was to abolish it under the plea that it
was only a war tax. Mr. Duncan then proceeded, at
great length, to refer to the effect which, to his mind,
had been produced by the restriction acts ; and, in
illustration of his arguments, read an immense mass
of statistics having reference to the operations of the
Bank of England, showing that Mr. Huskisson's
charge against the Bank of England of over-issues
was unfounded, inasmuch as they had never equalled,
by an immense per centage, the amount of Gsisernl

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ment securities lodged in their hands, The transac-
tions ranged from 1791 to 1797 in respect to the un-
funded debt, which was then thirteen millions, the
average amount of the Bank circulation being in the
proportion of 84 per cent. only. A variety of other
periods were quoted with the same object. Then
came the particulars taken at various dates of in-
creased taxation, and the amount of bank-notes in
circulation, &c. The remainder of the speech was a
general recapitulation of what had been stated at the
former meeting.
Mr. BELL next addressed the meeting. He denied
that it was the intention of the Anti-Gold-law League
to force upon the people of this country an incon-
vertible currency. It might be issued by the Crown,
and might be receivable in payment of taxes. What
they wished was a system of currency which would
enable persons who had property to convert it, if they
so desired, into the money of the realm. They had
been told that the present distress had arisen from
improvident speculation, and from parties having
traded not on capital but on credit. He had always
understood that the object of the Bank Charter Act
of Sir R. Peel was to prevent, as far as legislation
could, improvident speculation. If that were so, how
happened it that the supporters of the policy of Sir
Robert Peel came forward and told them that im-
provident speculation was the cause of the present
distress ? When it was asserted that our merchants
had traded on credit and not on capital, they had a
right to demand a definition of those terms. If
the definition which had been given of capital by Sir
R. Peel was sound—if gold alone was to be considered
as capital, then the whole commercial operations of
Great Britain would have to be restricted to some
60,000,0001.—the amount of gold coin in the country.
Without credit it was impossible for any state to rise
above barbarism. If they were to act in the spirit of
the legislation of Sir R. Peel, and say that no man
should engaged in trade unless he possessed capital
sufficient to meet actual and prospective claims, the
whole business of society would come to a stand-still.
—(Hear, hear.) He had a right to ask those who
denied that houses, and land, and manufactures, were
capital, by virtue of what influence it was that gold
was to be regarded as the only capital of the country?
—(Hear, hear.) He could tell those who waged war
against credit, that other kinds of property were as
much to be considered capital as gold, and that they
must consent to extend the privilege of legal tender
which at present pertained to that commodity.—
(Hear, hear). It had been said that the houses which
had failed were rotten houses—that was a harsh term
to use on such an occasion.—(Hear, hear.) No
later than May last Sir R. Peel asked Mr. New-
degate whether he wished, by repealing the Bank
Charter Act of 1844, to bring back the distresses
of 1835 and 1839—thus proving that Sir R. Peel
thought that the Bank Charter Act would prevent
the recurrence of such distresses, and confirming the
guarantee which he had formerly given to that
effect. If they were to assume that every com-
mercial establishment was rotten that could not meet
its engagements at the Mint price of gold, then
indeed they might say that all their commercial
establishments were rotten.—(Hear, hear.) He denied
that the League had any desire to rob creditors;
their desire was to compel creditors, in common with
all other classes, to bear their fair share of the
burden of national taxation.—(Hear, hear.) They
contended that the producers throughout Great
Britain were entitled to remunerating prices, and
that it was impossible for the industrious classes—so
long as Sir Robert Peel's Act existed—to enjoy re-
munerating prices. Variations had taken place in the
standard price of gold. In the reign of Elizabeth it
was 21. 13s. 11d. an ounce ; in the reign of Charles 11.
31. 14s. 2d., and before the close of the seventeenth
century it was 31. 17s. 100. an ounce. If, then,
gold was received at one period in payment of debts
and taxes, at the rate of 21. 15s. lid. an ounce, and
at another period at the rate of 31. 17s. 100. an
ounce, why, he asked. should not an ounce ofgold be
allowed to rise, relatively to taxation, to any amount
the industrial necessities of the country might require ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer told the Newcastle
deputation that they had confounded circulation with
capital. It was Sir Robert Peel and those who acted
with him who had committed that mistake; for they
bad assumed that promissory notes were capital. Mr.
Tooke in his able work had pointed out the error,
and had shown how improvident speculations might
be made without the use of a single bank note—by
the transfer of capital alone. They had been told
that railway speculation and the potato rot were the
principal causes of the distress. A former speaker
had shown that had it nut been for railroad specula-
tion millions would at the present moment have been
in the greatest distress, and would have been sup-
ported, in all probability, by means of the intolerable
poor-rate.—(Hear.) With regard to the failure of
the potato crop, the loss had been estimated at
20,000,0001. But how could they connect the loss of
commercial houses with that failure. Twelve months
ago Consols were 96. Within the last few days they
had been as low as 83. The loss to the fundholders
amounted to 80,000,0001. or 100,000,0001., and he
could not see how that could be attributed to the
failure of the potato crop, the loss arising from
which amounted to only 20,000,000/.—(Hear.) It
1 was under such circumstances as these that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had met the deputations
on the subject. The fact was Sir C. Wood was an
admirable hoper—he could hope against hope.—
(Hear, hear.) In May or September, his answer
would have been " the worst is past." If they were
to go to him to-morrow, his answer would be the
same, and if in the middle of December, he would
no doubt tell them, or any deputation from the City,
that they were all labouring under a delusion. In-
I deed, his conduct reminded him of a story he had
read in a Yankee newspaper. According to that
story, when Noah was about to construct the ark,
he stood greatly in need of labour, and applied to an
antediluvian giant, his neighbour, for assistance,
promising him a passage in the ark for his trouble.
The giant laughed at Noah, and refused. After-
wards, when sailing in the ark, Noah saw his old
friend on one of the highest peaks of Ararat, and
said to him, " Are you not sorry you did not
accept my offer ?"—(Hear.) The antediluvian—not
to be driven out of his opinion—answered " No ;
get along with your old rotten ark. I don't think,
after all, there's going to be much of a shower"—
(Laughter.) The antediluvian held to his opinion,
and suffered for it.—(Hear.) Sir C. Wood holds to
his opinion, but it is the industrious classes who
suffer.—(Hear.) He would conclude by denying
that the League confounded circulation with capital.
They denied that their present distresses were caused
by the potato rot and railroad speculation. They
denied that they had any desire to rob the creditor
or to palm on the country inconvertible currency.
They desired to see a system of currency established
under which property might be converted into money,
and money into property, and under which, above all
things, a fair day's work might be converted into a
fair day's wages.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN intimated that with reference to
future proceedings it had been thought advisable that
all questions should be given in writing with the
view of their being considered on some succceeding
evening. This would introduce harmony into their
discussions, and avoid much confusion. The busi-
ness of the meeting might now terminate, but there
was a gentleman present whom they might not see
again, and who wished shortly to address the meeting.
The gentleman (Mr. J. Wood) was an eminent
agriculturist in Sussex, and he hoped they would
listen to him.

Mr. Noon then addressed the meeting. He felt
that if some alteration was not made in the money
laws, food, instead of being cheap as promised by Sir
Robert Peel, would become dear, for so long as they
restricted the supply of money they would never be
able to keep down the price of food. In the present
year they had witnessed food commanding all other
commodities. It would always command whatever
money there might be in the country.—(Hear, hear.)
If they obtained their supplies of food from abroad
instead of from the labour of their own countrymen,
the diminution in the wealth of the country would be
great. The investment of capital in cultivating the
soil would cease to be profitable, land would be
thrown out of cultivation, and labourers would be re-
duced to the condition of paupers. No doubt it was
the opinion of some that all the land might be thrown
out of cultivation and that the labourers might be
employed in some other way than in the cultivation
of it.—(Hear, hear.) He had heard such an • opinion
stated, but he confessed he could not understand how
it could be carried out.---(Laughter.) lie felt that
if there was an issue of money to the extent proposed
by the League there would be a prospect of their
thriving. if the contrary 'took place, he feared the
distress that would ensue in the rural districts would
be enormous.

The CHAIRMAN hoped it would not go forth that
the League were opposed to the cultivation of the
soil. One of the principal grounds upon which they
advocated their system of currency was that it would
enable agriculturists to cultivate the soil to its fullest
extent. They were not partial free-traders. They
felt that free trade in food without free trade in gold
would ruin the country. After an appeal to the
meeting to come forward with pecuniary
.support to
the League, the Chairman declared the business of the
meeting at an end, and vacated the chair.
A call was got up for Mr. It. Owen, who had been