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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1847.

to.the 30th of June, 1847. The directors also re-
commend that the surplus, after paying the dividends,
amounting to 5,268/. 6s. 7d., shall be added to the
Guarantee Fund, which will then amount to
60,444/. 15s. 10d. Notwithstanding the general re-
striction on trade, the business of the Bank has in-
creased, and has been of that legitimate character as
to afford the prospect of continued advancement."
It hence appears that the bank was in a flourishing
state only a few mouths ago, and there is:consequently
every reason to hope that its embarrassment will be
only of a temporary character. From the above re-
port we also learn, that the paid-up capital of the
company is 152,400!., and the number of shares is
consequently 30,480. The suspension of this bank
at the present time cannot fail of being produc-
tive of very serious inconvenience to this dis-
trict, though the great number and respectability
of the shareholders are amply sufficient to secure
the public from any ultimate loss, let the resources
of the bank be ever so deficient. We cannot, how-
ever, believe that the deficiency can be very great,
and we would fain indulge the hope that the bank
may soon be enabled to resume its payments. At
any rote, we trust some arrangement will speedily be
come to to cash their notes, as the consequences may
be very serious to many poor persons who happen to
be holders of them.—Newcastle Chronicle.

MESSRS. LITTLEDALE AND CO. SUCCESSFUL.—Tbe
express train from London has just arrived, bringing the
gratifying intelligence that the Bank of England have
agreed to assist Messrs. Littledale and Co. in their
present emergency. The reply to all inquiries was,
" They have granted all that was required." This
is very satisfactory, and will go far in esta-
blishing confidence. Those who were present
at the railway station, and saw the intense anxiety
depicted upon the countenances of the large num-
ber of gentlemen deeply interested in bank and mer-
cantile affairs of this town, who were anxiously waiting
the arrival of the train can only judge of the relief which
this news appeared to give them. It was rumoured that
the Bank of England had assisted the Messrs. Littledale
with a loan of Consols, which, at the close of the market
in London to-day, sold at 794, at which price it was un-
derstood the whole had been disposed of. Mr. Littledale
arrived by the train.—Liverpool Mercury.

THE LONDON GAZETTE,

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 20, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Adrien
Louis Cochelet, as Consul-General in London fur his
Majesty the King of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M.
Le Feuvre, as Consul at Southampton for his Majesty
the King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Hugh Keenan, as Consul at Dublin for the United States
of America.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 22.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Forster, from
the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Carter, who ex-
changes, dated Oct. 22.
14th Light Dragoons—Capt. Henry Edward Doherty
to be Major, by purchase, vice Ainslie, promoted ;
Lieutenant Arthur Scudamore to be Captain, by pur-
' chase, vice Doherty ; Cornet Herber: Edwards to be
Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Scudamore • William
D'Urban Blyth, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Edwards, Oct. 22.
Ist Regiment of Foot Ensign Hastings Fowler
Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawkins,
who retires ; James Aytoun, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Jones, Oct. 22.
6th Foot Lieutenant the Hon. Augustus George
Charles Chichester to be Adjutant, vice Dowker, who
resigns the Adjutancy only, Oct 22.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Leo Carter, from the 6th
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who
exchanges; Second Lieutenant Richard William Ald-
worth, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Harriott, who retires, Oct. 22, 1847.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Henry W-stropp to
be Captain, without purchase. vice Kirby, deceased;
Ensign Edward Browne Hart, from the 80th Foot, to
be lieutenant, vice Westropp, Aug. 5.
60th Foot—William Mure, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Aldwortb, promoted in the 7th
Foot, Oct. 22.
61st Foot—Captain James Campbell to be Major,
without purchase, vice Douglas, deceased, July 31;
Lieutenant WiLliana Alexander Dely, from the 21st
Foot to be Captain, vice Campbell; Oct. 22.
63d Foot—Captain Exham Schomberg Turner Swyny
to be Major, by purchase, vice Carew, who retires;
Lieutenant Stephen Francis Charles Annesley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Swyny; Ensign Samuel
Fairtlough to be Lieutenant, by purchase' vice Annes-
ley; Cecil Charles Pole, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Fairtlough, Oct. 22.
73d Foot—Ensign William Burnop to be Adjutant,
vice Bicknell, promoted. Oct. 22.
89th Foot—Ensign Butler Dunboyno Moore to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff, who retires ; John
Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore,
Oct. 22.
UNATTAcizED.-llajor Charles P. Hinslie, from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, Oct. 22.
MEMORANDUM. Major-General Charles Beckwith,
upon unattached pay, as a General Officer, has been
allowed to retire from the service by the sale of an un-
attached lieutenant-colonelcy, Oct. 22.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 19.

Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General John
Francis Birch, C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice
Sir S. T. Dickens, deceased.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 18.

Corps of Royal Marincs—Henry Bradley Roberts,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; James Shute, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant.
'TITHE COMMISSION-OFFICE, LONDON, OCT. 18.
The Tithe Commissioners for England cnd Wales
have appointed Henry Fleming, Esq., Barrister--at-
Law. to be an Assistant Tithe Commissioner for special
purposes ; and the said Henry Fleming was sworn in,
on the 22d day of October instant, befcre Sir E. V.
Williams, at his Chambers, Rolls'-garden, Chancery-
lane, according to the Act for the commutation of tithes
in England and Wales.
W HITEH.A,L4, OcT. 16.,.
The Lord Chaneelfor bas appointed Stephen Abbott
Notcutt, of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Pearson, nail manufacturer, Birmingham.
BANKRUPTS.

William Brasted, grocer, St. Alban's-streat, Lambeth,
to surrender Nov. 2, at two, and Dec. 3, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Knuckley, Wilming-
ton-street.
John Pink, architect, Westbourne- park-villas, Pad-
dington, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Old Jewry-chambers; Rhodes and Lane, Chan-
cery-lance._ _ _

James Yenables, jun., butcher, Tottenham-conrt-
road, Nov. 1, at two, and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court
of Baakruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman.
street; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
Samuel Stocks and Mortimer Lavater Tait, bleachers,
Manchester, Nuv. 6 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Fox, Finsbury circus, London; Worthington, Earle, and
Berry, Manchester.
James Iligginbottam Southam and George Southam,
cotton spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne, Nov. 4 and 25, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Spinks, Great James.
street, Bedford-row, London; Gartside, Ashton-under-
Lyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Nathaniel Elliott, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 2
and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Mayhew and Son,
Carey-street, London ; Helsel!, Middleton, Lancashire.
Isaac Williams, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Nov. 2, at
twelve, and Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Mer-
thyr T) dvil ; Livett, Bristol.

George Evans, carpenter, Bristol, Nov. 5 and Dec. 3,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acrainan,
official assignee, Bristol; Hinton, Bristol.
William Grills, rope manufacturer, Launceston, Corn-
wa-1, Nov. 2, at eleven, and Nov. 25, at one, at the
Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter;
Gurney sod Cowlard, Launceston; Bell, Steward, and
Lloyd, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Turner, Exeter.
John Marshall, corn dealer, Shipston-on-,1-)tour, Wor-
cestershire, Nov. 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Letts, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Motteram
and Knowles, Birmingham.
Jsaies Whitehead and Samuel Doyle, glovers, Boston,
Lincolnshire, Nov. 5 and 26, at one, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
Kabberry Kettlewell, jeweller, Leeds, Nov. 8, and
Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds district Court. Sudlow

. .
and Company, Chancery-lane, London ; Middleton,
Leeds.

public sale amounted to 3,184 bags, and 330 casks of
Mauritius; the demand was brisker for all kinds, and
the whole sold at an dvance on former rates of Is.

FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of
Foreign Sugar, but privately exporters and the home
trade appeared more inclined to do business, and the
parcels sold were at st'ff rates.
COCOA.—This afternoon there was not much dispo-
sition evinced to operate in Trinidad at a public sale of
329 bags, a part only sold, and at rather lower rates,
via , good dark red at 44s to 465, and good grey at 42s
to 435.

COFFEE.—Today only a limited business was con-
cluded privately in Native Ceylon, although good ordi-
nary was obtainable at 32s per cwt. At public sale 173
bags of Plantation were taken at 55s to 58s for middling
coloury being above the value. 16 casks Jamaica bought
in—fine fine ordinary 53s to 565, good ordinary 465, and
Triarge 298 to 30s, and which is above the value.
TEA.—The market has been in a dull state for all
descriptions of Black Tea this week ; merchants have
been desirous to realise, and plentifully supplying the
market, produced a further depression in the value. Al-
though the rates accepted for Congou have been
id to id under those that existed previously
for low and middling, id to Id for the better sorts,
still all kinds have been operated in with caution pri-
vately; the town and country trade, notwithstanding
the low rates that prevail, not purchasing more than
their immediate wants require. Souchong met with a
dull sale, and a fall in the value of ld has taken place
for fine, and f d for other sorts. Pouchong sells
slowly at 4d to 7d. The purchases made in all
kinds of Green have been limited, whilst a WI in the
value of Id to 2d has taken place for Hyson, and other
sorts can be obtained upon rather lower terms. Pekoe
Teas are little required, and can be had id to ld per lb
under former quotations. The public sales went off with
heaviness, and of the 12,145 offered, the small portion of
only 1,250 pkgs were sold.
RICE.—To-day the business concluded in East India
Rice privately was to a small extent only, and 1,307
bags in part sold at 6d per cwt decline
publie sales of 18 cases Penang
Nutmegs
in part sold at barely former rates.
sat
SPICE
s. auctionw— e Treo .odnal
only
only
the
20 casks Dutch lined, for export only, were all taken in
at 3s 3d for good bold, and at 2s 9d for middling. Of
Mace 3 cases Penang were sold at 2s lld to 3s Id for
middling to good midding, 38 chests Cassia Lignea
went at stiff rates. 923 bags Batavia Pepper were all
taken in at 2fd for good light greyish, but a little dusty,
which is the full value.

SPlRlTS.—Jarnaica Rum has sustained the former
value, and for home consumption the demand has been
good this week, 200 puns having been taken for this
purpose at 3s 10d to 4s for good quality, 33 to 36 per
cent over proof, and parcels of fine at 4s 2d to 4s 6d
per gallon. For East India the market is in a very dull
state, and is 7d to Is 9d is the value of proof with cer-
tificate, whilst the supply is on the increase. For Lee
ward Island prices keep on the decline, and the trade to
operate with much caution ; Is 9d to Is 10d is
the value of proof. Demerara is little wanted,
and prices have suffered a further depressien. Havan-
nah is dull of sale at Is 6d to is 7d for proof strenth.
The market for Brandy is in a very dull state, and a
further fall in the value has taken place ; large parcels
have been forced off for cash. Geneva has been only in
limited demand, and there is more desire to sell common
export sort at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and fine, fit for duty, 3s to
3s 4d per gallon. For British Corn Spirits and Gin the
demand is active, and former rates are well maintained.
INDIGO.—Today, during the progress of the sale, 47
chests have been withdrawn ; 937 chests have passed the
sale. The bu k of this quantity consisted of Madras
and Kurpahs, which were partly sold and partly taken
in at 4d to 5d discount on the last sale's pries. Pro-
prietors have bought in 237 chests, leaving 700 sold.
About 600 chests remain for sale on Monday.
COCHINEII.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little
attention, and 189 bags of Honduras silvers at auction
sold at a further fall of 2d to 3d, low to good went at
3s 9d to 4s 7d; 20 bags black sold at a similar decline,
viz., at 5a 7d to 6s 5d for middling to fine.
SALTPETRE,—Holders of rough are not disposed to
submit to any further reduction in the value, and they
have refrained from offering any at auction. Privately,
however, only a limited demand has been experienced
from exporters or the home trade. English refined is
only in limited demand, and there is a desire to sell at
32s 6d to 335. Nitrate of Soda has been in brisker de-
mand, and prices are higher.
On.s.—This af.ernoon at public sale 18 tuns Sperm
Oil sold at 811 to 821 for fine, 601 for low, and 821 for
good Headmatter. 34 tuns Southern 231 15s ti 251 for
middling to good. 14 tuns Hampbacs 241 15s to 264
32 tuns brown Seal taken in at 221 15s to 231.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales went off
heavily, and at easier rates : 248 casks Australian only
in part sold at 41s 6d to 445, very low 37s to 38s 6d.
150 casks Taganrog 42s 6d to 44s per cwt.

ARRIVAL AT MALTA OF
IBRAHIM PAC HA.
On the afternoon of the 13th of October the Caire
(French steam-packet, entered the quarantine har-
bour of Malta, with the Egyptian standard flying,
and soon after coming to an anchor it was ascertained
to have been hoisted in honour of his Highness Ibra-
him Pacha, the Generalissimo of the Egyptian army,
who, owing to ill-health, had, by his medical adviser,
Dr. Franc, been ordered a sea voyage, and so alarming
did his case appear, that although he only reached
Alexandria on the 7th at noon. weak and fatigued as he
was, he embarked ou board the Caire on the 9th, at
nine A M., and she took her departure at four P.M. on
the 10th, in lieu of her remaining until the usual
hour of seven A.M. on the 11th, an arrangement
which the French would have it believed was come
to out of regard to the precarious state of the illus•
trious traveller, though in reality done to secure the
passage money of his Highness and his suite of
fourteen individuals, who no doubt would have pre-
ferred the Peninsular and Oriental Company's noble
steam-ship the Hindostan (a far more desirable con-
veyance), had they been certain that the India mails
were so close at hand as to allow the latter to follow
so soon after the Caire.

From Alexandria it is stated that his Highness
suffers from a disarrangement of the digestive organs,
hut we learn that he had been troubled on board by
dysentery, which, though at first was very violent,
give up his intention of proceeding on-
has so much subsided, that his Highness has almost
and to *return, after receiving pra-
rweasrodlvsetdo
Ntoapiep
ticiue at Malta, to Alexandria.
The sudden departure of his Highness on the very
day of an annual eclipse of the sun, a phenomenon
always looked upon with awe by the astrologers of
Egypt, added to the unusual high rise of the Nile
on the t,vo days preceding, had given rise to inume-
rable predictions and forebodings, some of which are
of a very gloomy character.

SOCIETY ISLANDS SOUTH PA

CIFIC.

Letters have been received announcing the official
declaration of the independence of the Society (or
Leeward) Islands. The following is an extract from
a letter, dated Borabora, May 17:—
" I am happy to inform you that the people of Bora-
bora are at length assured of the independence of this
island, and of all Oa Leeward group.
" Her Britannic Majesty's ship Grampus, Captain
11. B. Martin, arrived here on the 4th of this month,
and she is still at anchor in the harbour.
"On Saturday, the 15th inst., the French steamer
Gassendi brought back the native adherents of the
French from Otaheite. They were allowed to land
in peace, and are now repairing to their respective
localities in the settlement to rebuild their houses.
" The steamer brought official documents from
Admiral Sir G. Seymour, conveying the final deci-
sion of the French and English Governments. Our
chief, Tapos, who accompanied Pomare to Otaheite,
is still there, but is expected to return shortly to his
own land. _ _

" I send annexed the copy of a letter written by
to chiefs to Captain Martin, on receiving,the above
documents, and his reply

" TO CAPTAIN MARTIN, OF ITER BRITANNIC
MAJESTY S SHIP GRAMPUS.
" Borabora, May 12.
" Peace be to you from the True God.
" This is what we have to say to you :—lt has
frequently been reported here that our lands will
become independent, and not be included in the Pro-
tectorate. With these reports we are much pleased,
rejoicing in the thought that we shall not be under
the Protectorate.
" We now think that if our independence is ob-
tained we shall be left to ourselves. And this is what
we wish—that Britain should protect us, our country,
our people, and our religion, that we may not in future
be troubled. We are afraid of any other powerful
kingdom, and on that account we desire you to come
and protect us for ever.'
" This letter was signed by the Regent on behalf of
Tapoa, and by all the principal chiefs.
" The following is the reply of Captain Martin :
" Britannic Majesty's ship Grampus.
" TO TERIIMAEVAVARUA, AND THE CHIEFS TEVIVI,
lIAAPOUA, TIANOA, TA HAETUA, PA MARE, HURIAI,
RAITABU, TEHUIARII, IRO, BUTOI.
" Borabora, May 14.

" Peace be to you.
" I have received your letter of the 12th of May,
and this is what I have to say to you in reply
" It gives me great satisfaction to relieve the
anxiety with which you have so long and so patiently
waited for the decision of the Governments of Eng -
land and France respecting the independence of Bora-
bora and the neighbouring islands.
" I am now able to communicate to you that your
complete independence will be acknowledged.
" In order that you may live in peace, you must
not concern yourselves with the affairs of Otaheite,
nor must you permit yourselves nor your people to
excite the Otaheitans to rebel against the Protectorate.
Thus you will, I trust, continue on friandly terms
with the French, as with other nations.
"‘ England will not forsake you. She will watch
with interest your improvement and progressive ad-
vance towards civilisation ; and the English Admiral
will send his ships to visit you as often as their other
duties will permit.
" In conclusion, I advise you to cultivate your
lands, to educate your children, and to strive by
honesty, industry, and sobriety, and by a steady ad-
herence to the religious truths which the missionaries

have taught you, to improve the moral and social
condition of yourselves and your people.
"' I am, your sincere friend,
" H. B MARTIN.'
_

"This letter, as might be expected, gave much
pleasure and satisfaction to the people, and has, I
hope, filled them with joy and gratitude,
"Those who went over to the French are again
the subjects of Tapoa, and will, we trust, in future
live in peace, and in the observance of tne laws of the
country. They all attended chrpel yestereay, with
their children, about 100 in number, and, perhaps, a
ninth or tenth of the whole population. After being
landed, the French authorities gave up all claim to
tne island."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
LAMBETH.

John Marion, a builder, who has been in custody
for some days, on a charge of being concerned with
an extensive gang of swindlers, was again placed at
the bar for further examination.

In addition to the evidence already given, the
managing clerk to Messrs. Neill and Co., patent
asphalte cloth manufacturers, in Bunhill-row, St.
Luke's, said that on the 30th of September last, the
prisoner gave an order for twenty pieces of patent
asphalte, and gave him a reference for his character
for respectability, &c., to Messrs. Thornton, Outrim,
and Co., of Essex-wharf, Fore-street, Limehouse, and
1, Great Winchester-street, City. He (witness)
called on those parties, who gave the prisoner an ex-
cellent character, and said that any business transac-
tion with him would be " all right " Feeling satis •
fled with this, the order was executed, but soon after
he (witness) discovered the prisoner's real character,
and he had not been able to get the amount of this
bill for the property.
Robert Tatton, a livery-stable keeper, at Chelsea,
deposed that about the Ist or 2d of the present month,
twenty pieces of asphalte were brought to his pre-
mises by order of the prisoner, who borrowed 3/. on
it; some days after these pieces were taken away, and
one of the prisoner's party succeeded in getting from
him 11/. on a cheque, on the banking. house of Her-
ries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, and signed
by J. Day, the same person by whose cheques the
prisoner had obtained several sums.

After some further proceedings,
The prisoner offered no defence, and was fully com-
mitted for trial on this charge, but was remanded on
others.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of
public business.
THE PICTURE PRESENTED BY THE KING OF THE
FRENCH TO THE CORPORATION.
The LORD MAYOR rose immediately after the
formation of the court, and saii—" I have the honour
to state to this court that mare received a letter from
the French Ambanador, conveying a request that I
would be pleased to present a picture from his Ma-
jesty the King of the French to the Corporation of
London. The picture is intended to commemorate a
most interesting event in the annals of the Corpora-
tion, and I trust that his Majesty's giftwill be cordially
received.—(Hear, hear.)
The following is a copy of the letter :
" Hertford House, Oct. 12, 1847.
" My Lord Mayor,—The picture of the presenta-
tion of the address of the Corporation of London to
his Majesty the King of the French, at Windsor
Castle (which from unforeseen circumstances has
been delayed until the present time) is now finished,
and I am directed by his Majesty to request you will
have the kindness to present it to the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council of the Corporation of
London.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord Mayor,
" Your Lordship's obedient servant,
" V. BROGLIE.
" To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor."
Upon the motion of Sir PETER LAURIE, who
brought up the report of the deputation, stating the
particulars of the presentation of the address, seconded
by Alderman Moon, it was
Resolved unanimously—That this Court tender
their acknowledgments to his Majesty the King of
the French, for the picture representing the presen-
tation of the address of the Corporation of London to
his Majesty, at Windsor Castle, on the 12th day of
October, 1844, upon the occasion of his visit to
Queen Victoria, which he has been pleased to present
to this City, in commemoration of that memorable
event, and which this Court recollect with feelings of
much gratification.
It was also resolved—That the Lord Mayor be
requested to communicate the resolution through the
French Ambassador to the King of the French.
THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO MR. BROOKE.
Sir PETER LAURIE rose for the purpose of propos-
that the freedom of the City be presented to His Ex-
cellency James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak. He thought
the Corporation would feel it an honour to do honour
to such a man, and he felt it a great distinction to
propose that mark of respect, while at the same time
he felt unequal to sketch the extraordinary merits of
the subject of his commendation. The Court were
too well acquainted with the points of Mr. Brooke's
life to render any detail necessary. The son of an
English gentleman, he early obtained a commission in
the East Indian army, and served with distinction in
the Burmese campaign where he was severely
wounded ; and it was after returning from that ser-
vice, and during a casual visit to China for health and
amusement, that he conceived the grand project
with regard to the Indian Archipelago, which he had
so gloriously effected. Seeking no aid from Govern
ment, he devoted his private fortune and all his ener•
gies to national purposes, and objects of Christian
benevolence. Some nine or ten years since an English
stranger landed on the coast of Borneo from his yacht,
with a crew of twelve men and six small guns, but he
landed with the olive branch, and not with the sword,
and he had founded a little kingdom of happy, and con-
tented, and peaceful subjects, who obeyed his wise and
prudent laws, and who loved him for the purity of
his motives, and the integrity of his manly character.
That English stranger had suppressed piracy in the
pathway of our commercial marine, protected the
oppressed, emancipated the slave, and civilised the
savage, and he had associated the name of our coun-
try with justice and humanity.—(Hear, hear.) The
importance of Mr. Brooke's services, in a commer-
cial view, was too evident to require remark, while
his zeal for the spread of our common faith was go-
verned by a discretion which promised an abundant
and glorious harvest. Could the Corporation ever
find a nobler example to reward than such a man ?
No selfish motive impelled him, no cruelty had tar-
nished his flag, no avarice had degraded his con-
quests. His ambition was to spread the blessings of
religion and civilization. llis labours were for the
happiness of a portion of the great families of man-
kind. Sir Peter Laurie felt that he ought not to
detain the Court, but it was impossible to speak of
such a man without enthusiasm. Few pages of our
history would sparkle more brightly than that which
recorded the peaceful triumphs of James Brooke, the
English Raja of Sarawak, and let the city of Lon-
don hasten to enrol among her freemen one Rho had
given freedom to so many, who did honour to our
common nature, and to whom he said from the bottom
of his heart, what every heart present would echo
back again, " God speed him."—(Hear.)
Sir P. LAURIE expressed an anxious wish that Mr.
Richard Taylor should second the motion.—(Hear).
Mr. TAYLOR said he considered it a very high com-
pliment to be called upon to second such a proposi-
tion. It was, he was happy to say, the distinguishing
characteristic of the Corporation of London to desire
upon all occasions to pay honour to the benefactors of
mankind, and whether they were to regard the
greatness of the undertaking of Mr. Brooke, the ex-
traordinary vigour with which it was prosecuted, or
its future consequences, they could not more honour-
ably to themselves bestow the fredom of the City upon
any individual.—(Hear, hear.) He was happy to
find that amongst the other advantages with which
the island of Borneo abounded the article of coal was
providentially discovered, so that the facilities of navi-
gation would be added to the enlightened labours of
Mr. Brooke in the progress of the nations in the arts
of civilization. The island was inhabited by two
races of people. The descendants of the aboriginal
inhabitants, and the Malays, who, before the arrival
of Mr. Brooke, held them in the bonds of slavery the
most intolerable. Mr. Brooke had interfered suc-
cessfully in abating that evil, in changing the cha-
racter of the Malays, and introducing the great
blessings of civilization and Christianity. Mr. Tay-
lor then stated that a friendly feeling existed between
Sarawak and the Dutch possessions in the island, and
anticipated the highest advantages from the spread of
education amongst the natives.
Sir J. DUKE said that in his younger days he had
been acquainted with those seas, and he had known
them to be infested by pirates. The enterprise of
Mr. Brooke had completely checked the crime of
piracy, and it was but just to make an addition to
the motion of Sir P. Laurie in allusion to that fact.
Mr. WIRE was rejoiced to find the Corporation,
who had been remarkable for complimenting warriors,
now glad to distinguish men who had engaged in the
work of civilization by the arts of peace.—(Hear.)
The motion was then carried unanimously, and
amidst acclamations, in the following form :
" That the freedom of this City, in a gold box, be
presented to James Brooke, Raja of Sarawak, in tes-
timony of the admiration of this Court of the cou-
rage, zeal, ability, discretion, and disinterestedness
displayed by him during his adventurous voyage to
the island of Borneo, and his residence there, and in
the peaceful establishment by him of order and good
governes nit at Sarawak, in that island, thereby pro-
moting civilization and increasing the safety of the
commerce of the world."
THE TOLISH EMIGRANTS.
A deputation from the Literary Association of the
Friends of Poland, composed of Lord Dudley Stuart,
M.P., Captain Townshend, R.N., W. Lloyd Birk•
beck, Esq., and Lieut. Charles Szuleziwski, secre-
tary, attended with the following petition :
" We once more approach this Honourable Court,
for the purpose of soliciting the renewal of a favour
which you have on many occasions generously
granted, and which you have never yet been known
to refuse.
" The difficulties that are at this moment expe-
rienced by almost every class of the community are
felt by none perhaps more severely than by those who
have been compelled to take refuge amongst us, de-
prived of every possession except the respect due to
their courage and unmerited misfortunes. It is for
the purpose of supplying assistance, for which exiles
cannot look from kindred or connexions, in a mode
which, we trust, will have no tendency to diminish
the funds destined for the relief of our suffering
fellow-countrymen, that we venture to make this
appeal to the benevolent and generous feelings by
which, as we well know, your councils are animated.
" We should be wanting in the duties we have un-
dertaken if we did not, on this occasion, recal to your
memory, that since we had the honour of appearing
before you the last relic of Polish nationality has
been annihiliated, through an act which, by no less
an authority than the voice of the Sovereign, has
been denounced as a manifest violation of a solemn
engagement entered into with England. The fate of
a city, once second to none in opulence and celebrity,
which, even to the last troubled days of its inde-
pendent existence, was the sanctuary of justice, of
learning, and the arts—in the midst of a land from
whence they had been banished by violence and op-
pression—cannot fail to awaken sympathy within
these walls, where the sacred cause of liberty and
national honour has ever found its most ardent, most
eloquent, and most incorruptible advocates.
We therefore humbly request that you will be
pleased to grant the use of your Guildhall, as on
former occasions, for the purpose of giving a ball, in
aid of the funds of the Literary Association of the
Friends of Poland."

Deputy PEACOCK moved that the prayer of the
petition be complied with.
Unanimously agreed to.
Lord DUDLEY STUART, M.P., then addressed the
Court in a speech of great feeling and eloquence.
The Committee of the Poles are, it is said, deter-
mined to make the forthcoming ball surpass, if pos-
sible, any former ball which has taken place in the
magnificent building.

EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.

Deputy ALLAN brought up what was designated a

most important report, relative to the intended ira
provements in the City of London, involving an ex-
pense of 300,0001. It was not read, but was ordered
to be printed, and a copy was ordered to be sent to
every member of the Court.