The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-29 00:00:00

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LONDON:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1840.

Though much has been written on the Corn-
laws, they have one bearing on the Ministry which
has not yet, we believe, been noticed. In obe-
dience to the demands of persons of property, the
Ministry have felt themselves constrained to insti-
tute a number of prosecutions, and to establish a
more rigid and extensive system of county police.
Such proceedings are as irksome to generous minds
as they are offensive to the mass of the community ;
and, we presume, they have been conceded by the
Whigs, and submitted to by the people, with equal
repugnance. One thing at least is certain, that the
conduct of the Government, in relation to preserv-
ing the peace of the country by prosecutions and
police regulations, however necessary, has been to
them a source of much unpopularity.

It is, however, quite certain, whatever might
have been the case in the rural districts—though we
have no doubt that prosperity and peace would have
smiled on them from the righteous abolition of the
starvation laws—that so much additional employ-
ment, and such a continued prosperity, would have
been shed over the manufacturing districts by the
abolition, that the discontent in the working classes,
and the dreadful apprehensions in their employers,
could not have had any existence, which have com-
pelled the Ministers to be the instruments for exe-
cuting a most unpopular work. Thus to the Corn-
laws may be traced much of the weakness and no
little of the instability of the Ministry. They have
had to execute the landlords' devilish and plunder-
ing system ; and its evil consequences have half
ruined them. Would it not, therefore, be prudent
in them to consider whether they will consent to be
any longer the servants and vassals of the landlords
in executing their enormous wickedness ? What-
ever may be Lord MELBOURNE'S crude and ill-
formed opinions on the vital subject of the sub-
sistence and employment of the people, it would
suffice to overturn the detestable system of plan-
d2r, which, sanctioned by law, is sapping the mo-
rality and the peace of society, were such of the
Ministers as are opposed to it, like honest, intelli-
gent, and upright men, to say at once that they
would no longer be the instruments for carrying
such an unrighteous law into execution. But one
secession from their ranks on such grounds—most
certainly two—would bring the Corn-laws to an end.

Mr. O'CONNELL, the Repealer, has been most
favourably received by the thousands of his coun-
trymen who congregate at Liverpool. We insert,
in another place, the resolutions they adopted,
merely to inform the Protestant public that even in
Lancashire, the head-quarters of the Orangemen
in England, there is no inconsiderable number of
Catholics and Repealsrs. Perhaps they may learn from
such a circumstance—fear being sometimes a useful
RAILWAYS VERSUS COACHES.—
In conse.
-loci Le - • of the opening of the London and Blackwall Rail. teacher—that patriotism, which ought to embrace
way, the old-established coaches upon this line of road, all the community, does not consist in short-sighted,
.and to the East and \Ve't India Docks, have been lite- /. •
-rally run off the road. Twenty-five horses and five coaches, obstinate self•will. Even Protestantism may be
the property of Mr. Robert Cambert, that have been work_ too exclusively pursued. The Protestant public,
at least the ultra part of it, has insisted on in-
log up. ,n this road, were yesterday sold at Dixon's Reposi-
tory, Barbican, and the horses being moc•tly young, and a 1 ,
ng and injuring the Catholics. It has " good sort," as they are termed, fetched good prices ; but
suiting
care-
the coaches, although sound, light, and in good condition, I fully patronised those Journals which have done
I both ; and now, when it finds that it is
exhibited a melancholy falling off in property of this de-
scription. The first coach that was put up for sale for i
scat rely safe in its own home from the enmity
some time found no bidders at any price; but at length five 1
has so provoked, it may begin to
guineas I was offered for it. The auctioneer said he was it
almost ashamed to take such a bidding—the iron work i doubt whether
upon the carriage alone was worth more money; but as ,it be good policy to make hatred of other
' members of the community—even though they be
his instructions were "to sell," he must obey them. The
coach was at length knock-d down at eight g iineas.
Three other coach; wereTh knocked down at slums etot ex- Catholics—the rule of their Protestant conduct.
seeding ten guinea!!
hae.fitth coach had on y jus
hco What effect that may have on their salvation, w
from the coachrnaker's
pair, and not done an; wo-king* undergone a thoroug re-, ,
' appreciate ; it certainly does e
cf trouble, it at length found'smce ; and after a good deal cannot .
... not add to
t urchacer at the sum of ,
fifteen guineas, a sum hardly saufficient to pay the coach- their. own well-being !n this world, and the well-
maker's bill.
i being of the community. If they had permitted

justice to be done to Ireland, Repeal would not
now be powerful in Dublin and Liverpool.

Sank of France 3190 ...3190 ...3175 ...3175
Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1065 ...1065 ...1065 ...1055
5,000 f. Sh
Belgian Bank
5 per Cents
31 cr Cents /19.,3.0 ... 60 30 ... 60
,25 ... 69 so
`pali,ll Ac'ive ;.n% ... ~.:. 254 ... ',.6
YortuNuese 3 per Cents,,ioag
Neapolitan• , —•-• I.:
Roman ...,,..w.b,,..5. ll'O ... 100 ... 100 ... 100

Mr. ADOLPHUS SLADE, who holds, we believe.
the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy, has just pub-
lished a volume of Travels in Germany and Rus•
sia, in which he devotes several pages to demon-
strate the necessity and the practicability of forti-
fying Constantinople. In the course of last year
Mr. SLADE, whose previous "Travels in the East"
are well known, revisited Constantinople, and after
a careful examination of the defensible points around
that city, agrees in opinion with Generals GUIL-
LEMINOT, HAPO, and ASTER, that it could be
rendered impregnable against any army that Russia
could bring against it. At an expense little ex-
ceeding a million sterling, Constantinople could be
put in a condition to set the threats of MEFIEMET
Au at defiance, and to prevent the passage of a
single Russian ship from the Black Sea to the
Mediterranean. We have not space, nor has the
public, we fear, patience, for the discussion of this
important question at the present moment ; but as
it is one of real interest to England no less than
to Turkey, we trust it will receive the due conside-
ration of the Government. It may reasonably be
supposed that the defenceless state of Vienna, Berlin,
and Madrid, materially contributed to the success
of the French arms in 1805, 1806, and 1808 ; and
also that if Paris had been fortified in 1814 the
Allies would have found it a more troublesome af •
fair to replace the Imperial Eagle by the Royal
Lilies on the towers of Notre Dame. The best
defences of a capital are the living ramparts formed
by the breasts of a gallant and united people ; but
seeing that Russia, at any time when the waters of
the Black Sea are unfrozen, requires only three
weeks to transport an army of 300,000 men to the
shores of the Bosphorus, it is surely important that
no means of defence against the possibility of such
a calamity should, be left untried. Let it never be
forgotten that Constantinople is the very key-stone
of the arch upon which reposes the existence of the
Ottoman empire. Remove it, and Turkey is as
much a thing of the past as the glories of Babylon
or the hanging gardens of Nineveh.

RAILWAY SHARES,
St. Germain
Versailles, R. B 457 60 ... 457 50 ... 457 ; . 4.53 50
L.B.
Orleans ..
.... 4"57_50 ... 467 5J ... 465 ... 405

A WARNING.—The neighbourhood of Islington was
yesterday alarmed by a man going through the street;
and calling out with a stentorian vniVe, " Great and
alarming accident on the Great Western Railway this
morning Here you have, for the small charge of a
halfpenny, a full, true, and particular account, from the
second edition of the Mornirg Post, of a MoSt dreadful
accident on the Great Western ltsilway, telling you
how the steam-engine blew up on the road to Windsor ;
the carriages were forced off the road, and seventeen
persons lost their lives. Here you have all the particu-
lars, &c." He was followtd by several other men
selling broadsides, but on purchasing one, it described not
an accident on the Great Western yesterday, but the
accident on the Eastern a week ago. There was no
such accident on the Great Western. As the Govern-
ment regulates everything, and as there is a spick-
and-span New Police Act, including Punch and
Judy, flying kites, and playing marbles, why, let
us ask, does the police allow men to go about
the streets spreading such alarming and lkilse reports,
injuring the property of the shareholders of the
Great Western, and terrifying
all those whose friends
might perchance have gone yesterday on that railway ?
If the police were not to undertake the task of shielding
the community from all sorts of nuisances and evils, we
should not call on it to put down the nuisance. On
this occasion, however, it was rather negligent, for no
policeman was seen in the neighbourhood at that time
or long afterwards. Our warning is directed to the
police therefore as well as to the public.
DOES AGRICULTURE OR MANUFACTURES MAKE
PAurEns ?—ls it from ignorance, or from a wilful de-
sire to deceive, that the herald yesterday stigmatized
our manufactures as having pauperised the people
We showed, two days ago, by irrefragible evidence,
that the paupers, in proportion to the population, are
nearly twice as numerous in the agricultural as in the
manufacturing districts. It remains to be added, how-
ever, that there is a constant influx into the manufac-
turing from the agricultural districts, by which the
latter are relieved from the superfluous hands, and that
one principal cause of the pauperism of the manufac-
turing districts, so far as it exists, is that influx, and
especially the influx of wretched paupers from agri-
cultural Ireland into our manufacturing towns.
THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAMER.—We understand
that this splendid vessel, with her powerful machinery,
will be shown to the public (gratis) during the whole of
to-day (Saturday), and on Sunday, at three o'clock, will
take her departure from Blackwall for New York.

There is very little news of interest in the Paris
Journals of Thursday. Private accounts had, how-
ever, reached the Government from London, that
the mediatorial exertions of his Majesty the King
of the BELGIANS had produced a state of things
capable of rendering the pacific settlement of the
Eastern question a matter of very little difficulty.
The belief in the pacific settlement of this ques-
tion, so far as relates to France and England, is
growing very general in Paris.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Ana. 29.—Wind this clay at noon, light
easterly airs and calms, with hairy weather,
DEAL, AUG. 28.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the Tropic,
from the West L.Uies ; Anna Victoria, Arocena, Tene-
rife. Sailed the outward bound.
LIVkRPOOL, AUG. 28 —Wind variable.—Arrived the
V.ritannia, from Sydney, New South Wales, sailed 29th
April, was struck by lightning on the 21st June, in lat.
45 S., long. 38 ; Helen, Anderson, Monte Video ; Sis-
ters, Ramsey, Nassau; Levant (packet), ditto; Olympia,
Grey, New Orleans ; M' Cleaves, Thompson, ditto ;
Lucy, Murphy, Mobile ; St. Fullan, Campbell, New-
foundland ; Magdaliva, Bone, ditto ; Martha, Frampton,
Africa, sailed from Fernando Po on the 18th of June ;
Peruvian, Borneo. Sailed the Jackson, Jackson, for Tri-
nidad ; Importer, M'Kawdy, Miramichi ; Harper, Mur-
phy, ditto ; Liverpool, Taylor, ditto. kThe Olympia,
Gray, from New Orleans arrived here, got in contact on
the 26th inst. off Kinsale with the Nova Sociedade, from
Lisbon to this port, the latter lost bowsprit, cutwater da-
maged, So., and made so much water that the crew got on
board the former, but at daylight perceiving their vessel
still afloat they returned to endeavour to get her into Cork.
The Monarch from hence, was totally lost on Torn
Shot's Point, Calabar River, on the 2nd of Juno, the
master, mate, and nine men drowned.
PORTSMOUTH, Ana. 28.—Calm and light airs.—Off
port, the Sultana, from Singapore, sailed April 8.
PORT Tat,noT, Atha. 27.--The Scipio, which was
aground on the bar, came cff this morning without damage.
SHIELDS, Ana. 27.—The Diana. Hutton, from Riga,
which was on shore at Briar Burn, has been got off, and
towed in here.

On the subject of the disgraceful employment of
the Government despatches to promote nefarious
jobbing on the Bourse, we find the following in
Thursday's Journals :
The Courtier Francais, in noticing the statement of
a Malta letter, that the return of Admiral Lalande has
been countermanded, says :—" We believe this state-
ment to be incorrect. Admiral Lalande is summoned
to Paris, the Ministry wishing to consult him. But it
does not appear that, at so critical a moment, any idea
has been entertained of dispensing with the services of
so skilful and experienced a seaman. Admiral Lalande is
to share with Admiral Hugon the command of the fleet
which is to be placed under the orders of Admiral Du-
perre. Admiral Hugon must be now at Smyrna, and
we may be easy as to the command of our naval forces
whilst in the hands of so distinguished an officer." The
Siecle says, " a person who is necessarily well-informed
assures us, that Vice-Admiral Lalande is arrived at
Toulon in the Jena."

The Toulonnais publishes a letter from Algiers, in
which it is said that the rumours of a general war have
strongly excited the population of Algiers. The Jewish
and native residents it represents as desirous of shaking
off the French yoke, and it attributes all sorts of cri-
minal intentions to the Maltese, who are upwards of
1,000 in Algiers alone. The Italians, it says, are gene-
rally attached to the French, but the Spaniards are
much divided. This letter concludes with the recom-
mendation to set aside the capitulation of 1830, by
which it says the Moors profit too much.
The Captain and crew of the City of Edinburgh
steamer were released from confinement at Paris on
Wednesday last.
Extract of a letter published in the Carlsruhe Ga-
zette, dated Vienna, 17th inst. :
is We arc informed that the mission of St. Aulaire
had not for its object, as had been stated, to prevail on
the powers to come back on the treaty of London, but
merely to invite them to direct the negotiations to be
resumed by their representativa. In this latter case,
the Ambassador of France is said to have been in-
structed to make certain concessions in favour of the
maintenance of the integrity of the Ottoman empire.
If we were to credit certain reports, France would no
longer support tie Viceroy in his pretensions to Syria,
but would insist, by way of compensating him, on his
being declared independent of the Porte. We men-
tion the'da reports, because they are the subject of con-
versation in our salons, and some persons appear to
consider them well founded."

The Mohawk, Crow, got on shore in the Roads, on the
25th inst., but came off the following tide without damage.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 C.K.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAT..--The only,
observation' we have to make,differing from our Circu-
lar of last week, are merely that the common qualities
of American, as well as Surat, command very extreme
rates, and Brazils are, if anything., rather lower. Tho
sales to-day are about 4,000 bales, with a very fair de-
mand. Speculators have taken 1,500 bales of American,
and exporters 600 American.

LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, AUG. 28.
Brighton and Gloucester
Chester and Birkenhead
New Shares 2O
Eastern Counties
Grand Junction
Great Western
Half Shares
London and Birmingham 321. Shares 47+ 46i
South Western

THE FUNDS.
Although there is very little doing, still the British
Market has a firm appearance.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 90i 1 for the Ac-
count, opened this morning at 901 ; Money, 891 k ;
Exchequer Bills 18 20 prem.; Bank Stock, 1681 9k ;
India Stock, 248 i 249 i.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off 24k
si, may be quoted at present rather better, 251 ; De-
terred, 11i 12k ; Portuguese, 341 ; Three per Cents.,
221 4 ; Colombian, 2,11
Two-and•a-Half per Cents., 511 2 ; Five per Cents.,
1014102. ; Mexican, 28i 29 ; Dutch
Shares—Great Western Railway, 24 26 premium ;
London and Brighton. 91 1 discount ; Blackwell, 1
discount ; Birmingham, 78 80 premium ; Southamp-
ton, 56 57 per share ; Croydon, 111 1 per share ;
Greenwich, 6i 7i per share ; Manchester and Binning-
barn, 1] 9 discount.

The Government expects the ratification of the
treaty of commerce with Holland, and, as soon as they
are received, it will acquaint the French merchants
with the terms ; they cannot be carried into effect till
after they shall have been approved of by the Chamber,
—Moniteur.
A despatch from Barcelona, dated the 22d, an-
nounces that the Queen had departed by sea for Valen-
cia that morning at ten o'clock. Barcelona remains in
a state of tranquillity. Senor Cabello, who had ac-
cepted the Department of the Interior, accompanies
the Queen.—Moniteur.
Pants, AUG. 27.—The Semaphore of Marseilles an-
nounces that Admiral Lalande, who was on his way to
France, has received at sea orders to resume his com-
mand. We believe this statement to be incorrect.
Admiral Lalande is summoned to Paris, where the
Ministers are going to consult with him. But it
does not appear that there has been any idea of
depriving the country, at so critical a moment, of the
services of so skilful and experienced a seaman. Ad-
miral Lalande is to shale with Admiral Hugon the com-
mand of the fleet, which will be under the orders of
Admiral Duperre. Admiral Hugon must be now at
Smyrna, and we may be easy now respecting the em-
ployment of our naval force, as long as it is in the hands
of so distinguished an officer.—Courrier Francais.
We find the following in the Capitole
We are assured that the preliminary investigation
of Boulogne will be ended on the 16th of September,
and that the discussion will commence immediately."
The Capitole says that Prince Louis Bonaparte de-
clares that the entire responsibility of the affair of Bou-
logne lies with him, and that those who accompanied him
in his enterprise were not informed of his object till they
were at sea, and could not recede.—Le Constitutionnel.
On the subject of the scandalous imputations di-
rected against M. Thiers, the 411e:sager and Moniteur
Parisien of Wednesday night contain, from authority of
course, the following:—
" The journal La Presse contains some odious in-
sinuations against some persons holding official situa-
tions, on the subject of the transactions which have
taken place on the Stock-exchange. We have but one
answer to give on the subject. The officers of justice
are investigating those transactions, and no limit will
be assigned to their inquiry. Those who are acquainted
with any facts connected with them have only to bring
them forward, and they will be examined, but those
who without addressing themselves to the persons ap-
pointed to inquire into those transactions shall continue
slanders in the public prints will merit the epithet of
calarrniaters." The Massager adds," The journal La
Presse of this day states that M. Dosne (M. Thiers'
father.in-law) had left Paris for Lille, in consequence
of some severe observations addressed to him by a
puty in M. Thiers' salea. We give to that
assertion
the 'Host unqualified contradiction, and •we defy that
journal to name the deputy to whom *it alluded."
La Presse, in reply to then;" M. Dosne' paragraphs, says, that
s departure for
'Lille cannot be denied," and
adds, " it is not author;,,ed to give the deputy's name
without his consent, but that it hopes he will himself
come forward and state that he votes with Ministers,
and sits on„ the left side of the Chamber, and is a
Magistrate.
It would be better for receivers-rreneral
" The words addressed by him to M.
tDo74tre:vaien(ein their departments than to compromise'
11,:itsters by conduct which creates suspicion.'" The
Presse concludes by asking the llfcssager whether
M. Dosne did not receive a large sum from a stock-
broker, on the last settling-day, being the profit arising
from speculating for a fall in the public funds.
The investigation respecting the fraudulent opera-
tions on the Bourse in the course of last week was
commenced on Wednesdtly by M. Boulloche, the Judge
of Instruction. Among; the witnesses examined were
M. Vandermarcq, the Syndic of the Change-agents,
and the Editor of the Gazette des nibunaux, who was
the first to denounce to public indignation the frauds
committed on that occasion.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Bristol and Exeter 5O ...... 28 ..... to 27i
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9O 163
London and South Western 3B;
North Midland, (New) -
JOINT STOCK B•NKS.
National of Ireland 174 l5l to 16

BOURSE. I
THURSDAY, Aug. 2i.
first Highest Lowest Last
Pri'.:e Price. Price. Price
French f. per Cents U•,I 113 co 112 10 ... 113 30
4 per Cents 1.„3 'l3 ... 103
3 ucr Cent 5........, 6O 80 25

HALFm-fr
morning
Tf r
oOmNE
Paris.
The private letters received this
are of a pacific nature, and state that the differences
which prevailed between this country and France, re-
specting the affairs of the East, have been amicably
settled.

The British Market has continued very steady dur-
ing the morning, with little doing, at 90i for the Ac-
count, and at present may be quoted rather lower,
90i for Account ; Money, 89i ; Exchequer Bills
611‘osse,; Portuguese,'
18 premium ; India Bonds, 4 discount ;
169 L
Bank Stock,
It is settling-day in the Shares, and Monday in the
Foreign Market. Spanish Active 251 ; Passive,
n,
24l
; Colombian,34 i; Three
241 p; e r
Brazilian, C ets
nothing
. 22
done ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51i ; Five
per Cents., 1021 ; Spanish Deferred, 12k,
Shares—Great Western, 88 ; London and Brighton,
251 ; South Western,

13LIRGLARY.—This morning information was
received at all the police-offices of a burglary and exten-
sive robbery on the premises of Mr. Bartram, pawnbroker,
26, Prinees's-street, St. Ann's, a few doors from the re.
sidence of the late Mr. Westwood. It is said that watches,
plate, and other
property to a great amount have been
carried off.

omfe rn„ to
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of Gentle-
men the Court of Examiners granted certificates
i.,atification on Thursday :—Spencer Thomson, Bur
SCIENCE
ton-on-Trent ; John Padden, Truro ,• Herbert John Gi-
raud, Faversham; John Jerrard. Castle Hedingham:;
Ralph Parsons Beardaham, Leeds.
tion may be thrown into the amusements of youth. Even
at that game which is called " Hop Scotch," or " Hop
if
the
the Beds," IN f
iSa
gP
60
offt T
a .--Much incidental instruc.
play-ground were stained with
an outline map of the counties of England, it would be
quite as agreeable to hop from Kent to Cornwall, and
thence toc,Cumberland, as from one space to another, in
appropriately originate in
idea,
stuhaaltutnhme ehaonpinsgwfioguuldre.vrAy wag observed, upon this
Kent.— The Smith-and-Dolier Copy Books.
DRUNK WITH A DIFFERENCE.—In an ac-
tion for libel (Tidy v. Wright), tried at Wells, on the
Western Circuit, Mr. Baron Maule, charging the jury,
observed--" The justification had said that the plaintiff'
was drunk and di,orderly : there was no evidence of his
having been disorderly, and he had not been more drunk
than other respectable persons might be." It appears
from this, that every respectable person is not required to
be altogether as sober as a judge. The Dublin lady,
who bore testimony in a Police Court to the character of
aNeswervyaon,tk,
pilots,tha
t she was ~a daeent drunken creature,"
might pass for a good witness at Wells.
" THE MISSING PILOTS.—We are happy to
learn that Washington Norris and John Thompson, the
and Adam and Thomas, apprentices,
supposed lost, have returned in safety to the city. In the
dense fog they lost their reckoning, and were picked up
by an eastern brig, the captain of which demanded pay for
taking them on board." The captains "down east" keep
4 sharp look out it seems,--American Paper.

SOMETY FOR PROMOTING PRAC-
TICAL DESIGN, AND DIFFUSING A KNOW-I,
LEDGE AND,LOVE OF THE ARTS AMONG
THE PEOPLE.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
On The.r•dny a meeting of the suhpeA-;bers to this
important Institution took place at the Great it,mits;
Leicester.-snuai.e; N. the Purpose of proceedirg in ge-
neral business, and electing the council and other officers
belonging to the Society. The chair, on the motion of
Mr. C. K. Nicholls, seconded by Mr. H. Clarke, was
talign ate iing o'clock, by Mr, :Steele;,
'the Chairman then read from the ballot paper the
names of the gentlemen elected to compose the new
council, consisting of Messrs. Ailes, Berry, Barber,
Crosl2,y, Mackersie, Tint, M.P., Smith, Nicholls, Clax-
ton, Clarke, Steele, Fogg°, Loft, and ()then.
After some discussion on general business, Mr. SA-
MUEL SSIITII moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman
for his able conduct in the chair;

Mr. SIEFLE, alter expressing in strong hit sense I
of gratitude for the high honour which had been paid
him, proceeded to say he should make a very infelicitous
commencement of his duty as a member of the Council,
were he to inflict on the gentlemen present a rhetorical
eulogy on the objects for which the Society had been
formed. Every gentleman whom he had the honour of
addressing had given proof that be was penetrated
by a conviction of their inestimable value ) they
required no words of his to it& this catiVidtiOh
more deeply in their hearts.—(Hear.) He should,
instead of this, come directly to something prac-
tical, to prove that he would keep his pledge not to be
an inactive member of such an admirable Institution.
There is, said Mr. Steele, at the opposite side of this
very square, the house and the observatory of the
greatest man who ever did honour, not merely to Eng-
land, but to human nature, Sir Isaac New ton.—(Great
cheering.) Fifteen years ago I wrote a public letter
from. ..my College in Cambridge, recommending to
England that a magnificent dome, like that of
Assisi, in Italy, thrown over the primitive Chapel
of St. Francis to protect it, should be reared over
the house and observatory in London of the writer
of the Principia and Optics, and the inventor of that
talisman " won from the void and formless infinite" of
intellectual being, the gorgeous talisman of the fluxional
calculus. Lord Monteagle, when Chancellor of the
Exchequer, presented one petition from me to Parlia-
ment, and Mr. Hume a second in a subsequent Session,
praying for the erection of this dome (putting the house
and observatory of course in the most perfect repair)
as an appropriate national monument to him of whom it
is with infinite justice engraved on the monumental
tablet in the sanctuary of England, Westminster Abbey,
" Sibi gratulentur mortales
Tale tantumque extitisse
liumani generic decus."
I published some lithograph pictures from my drawings
at the time ; and Sir Martin Archer Shee, one of our
Vice-Presidents, honoured me by giving me permission
to dedicate to him whatever new designs I publish
when I next bring the matter under the consideration of
Parliament. My excellent friend, Mr. Charles Kerry
Nicholls, presented from me to this institution a copy
of The Sure newspaper containing my petition long be-
fore I had the honour of being myself a member, and I
intended to read some passages for you now, but it can-
not be obtained from our library without some little
delay ; therefore 1 shall recite for you, from memory,
one passage, to which I desire to call your most earnest
attention. Mr. Steele here recited that exquisite pas-
sage from Lord Byron's " Childe Harold" :--
" There is given
Unto the things of earth which time bath bent
A spirit's feeling ;" &c.
And subsequently applied it to his purpose, by express-
ing confidence that the Observatory of .Newton would
de deemed to be an exception, and that it should not
" wait till ages were its dower," for its spiritualiza-
tion, for its " power and magic," and " spirit's feeling."
Mr. Steele concluded amidst marks of the strongest
applause of the Council, by expressing his confidence
of obtaining the fervid co-operation of the Society in
sustaining his petition when ie should next bring the
subject before the considereion of Parliament ; and it
was an interesting circumstance connected with this
subject, that it was in the house of Newton that the
very Society which he was addressing had its first esta-
blishment.

The Chair being taken by Mr. Dowling, the new
Coureil held its first sitting for the purpose of electing
a President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and
other officers connected with the Society.
Mr. Ewart, Esq., M.P., the late President, was
unanimously, and with the loudest acclamations and
expressions of gratitude for his great services to the Insti-
tution, re-elected President, several members exclaiming
that as long as he chose to retain the office there could
not be any rivalry.
The following gentlemen were then elected Vice-
Presidents for the year ensuing :—Sir Robert Peel,
Bart. ; Sir Martin A. Shee ; Thomas Wyse, Esq.,
M.P. ; Ashton Yates, Esq. ; Cornthwaite John Hector,
Esq., M.P.; Sir Denham Norreys, Bart., M.P. ;
Thomas Steele, Esq. ; Howard Elphinston, Esq.; C.
Lushington, Esq., M.P.

Mr. A. Crosby was unanimously re-elected Secretary.
This gentleman, who has always been indefatigable
in his exertions for the Society, briefly returned thanks.
After which, the meeting, which was numerously at-
tended, then separated.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN,

Plants, per dozen, per bundle,
Is. to Is. 6d. ; Onions, per sieve, 3s. to 33. 6i. ; Carrots,
per dozen, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; Currants, 4s. to 4s. 6d. ;
Peas, 3s. to 3s. 6d.; Green Gages, balf•sieve, as. to
3s. 6d. ; Pears, 2s. to 3s. ; Cucumbers, per brace, Is. to
4s. ; Lemons, per hundred, Bs. to 12s.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The demand for Poultry was very limited, the rupply
large, and prices unaltered. Eggs dull of sale at ss. 6d.
to 6s. per 120; Meat in large supply; the demand (with
the exception of Beef and Mutton) was to a fair extent,
and prices were as follow : —Lamb ss. 4d. to sd. 4d ;
Mutton 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2d.; Beef 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ;
Veal 3s. Bd. to ss. ; and Pork 3s. Bd. to 4s. Sd. per
atone of 81b.

WHITECHAPEL.
Trade good, and supply small. Prices advanced 4d. on
Lamb, Pork, and Venl. Beef and Mutton at former
rates. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to
4s. 2d. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to bs. 4d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to ss. ;
Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 83. Clover Hay, 4/, to 6/. 6s. ;
Do. Meadow, 3/. to 1. ; Straw, 1/. 134. to 11. 163.
TAOLOW MARKET.

Prices were firm foe. Y. Candle at 525. 6d. to 525. 9d.
on the spot, and .535. for arrival in the last three months.
The demand was good.

PRICE OF BREAD.
The trghes e of •he MA 00115 is II d for the 41b
Leaf. o,ccl Bre.ta nay be had at 81.

PRI,.,E) OF SEEDS
Per Cwt. Per Quarter.
i
No w Ergl sh Reo Clover...sos SCs St. Fein —s 5s .Os
Old Litt° Di"•o —s —s —s Rye G ass —s I`..s fd's
New Foreign Di,to —s 50s "iss r.icey Grass s—s —s
011 Di to Di to —s s—s 1,, i.seed, for fe di g ~.—s 48s 5 s
1•• ew White Clover 40s 5t 's II s Otto, for sowing ......—s CO 70s
Old Dirt, Ditto —s —s —a Ditto, for crush' g ....—s 42s 41 s
\ew 'lre oil —s his 345 H in
Old 1 itto a 17s 2, s Canary —s Os li:ss
Jr' foliurn - s :30s :ifs l'er B'..shel.
English Carraway —s 40s 50s White Must rd....!4s Od to Ills Or
Foreign:Au° —s 45s 4Ss Brown Ditto 15s 0,1 to 20, . c
Coriander —s 12s l&s,Tares