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in my power to remove that inkury. The
Corn-law League have not to the :-fttisfaction,
of my mind proved that the agricultural in-
terest is an injury to the manufacturing interest,
and I believe.. they have not to your satisfaction
proved it. After adverting to the impolicy of altering
the timber and sugar duties, his 'Lordship said—There-
is another question of great impo.vtance, namely, the
Poor-laws, but if such men as Sir Robert Peel and Sir

James Graham, with their thunder-clap legislation, re-
quire time to mature their ideas on this subject, surely
then it will ill-become me to offer an opinion ; but
this I do believe that in many parto of England
the severity with which the law has been admi-
nistered, has not been from the incomistency of
of its enactments, so much as to the manner ece local le-
gislation. lam happy to find that some six or seven
enactments have already been added, but I do iiot remem-
ber their purport, but I think one is to extend out-door
relief ; at all events so far as I am concerned I will not
do anything that may tend to be an injury to the
w(,rking classes—(Cheers)—and for the honour pita
have conferred on me I return you my sincere thanks.
Three cheers were then given tor Lord Somerton,
M.P., and the meetinr, in the Guildhall separated.
His Worship`then advanced to the window, and threw
out some small silver Coin, for which a desperate strugglo
was made. Quantities of beer *ere given away, which
produced visible effects before the evening.
A public dinner took place the same day, at four, F.M.
His Worship top!: the Chair.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY.
A special and general meeting of the Proprietors of
the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, was held yes-
terday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, pur-
suant to advertisement, W. Crawsbay, Esq., in the chair.
The SECRETARY having read the notice of motion,
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting was called for
the purpose of disposing of a number of shares, which,
he was happy to state, was not great. They were only
forty-five in number, belonging to a widow whOse affairs
were in Chancery, and the warrant of the Proprietors
was required for their disposal. Her representatives re-
quested the Company to accept of a bill at three months
till the outstanding calls were made. There was no doubt,
the bill would be good, and-he would be happy if the bill
was accepted in payment.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution to the
effect that 335 shares be forfeited on which the 10th and
11th calls had not been paid.
Mr. Mekti ,segonded thw..resol,which peseta
witholit opposition.
The CHAIRMAN said it was required that the Share-
, holders should give the Directors an order for the sale
of shares. If any gentleman would propose that order
to the meeting, they (the Direct Ors) could at once act
under it. The resolution must be, " and we, the Share-
holders at this meeting, do now declare the Shares
named to be forfeited as under the act of Parliament,
and hereby authorise the Directors to proceed to sale."
It would require a very small number to be sold, and he
(the Chait man) hoped that they would be redeemed be-
fore that step was necessary, and if they were not it
would be only necessary to sell ten shares.
Mr. WEDCEWOOD proposed the resolution to the meet-
ing, which. was carried, having been seconded by Mr.
Bentley.

The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Bentley had given him an
account of the average returns since the opening of the
Railway, from which it appeared that in the first six
months the receipts were 3491. per week. The next
three months 680/. per week ; the next three months
9291. per week ; and the last three weeks the average
was 1,007/. per week.
In answer to a question from a Shareholder, •
The CHAIRMAN said that the Railway would be opened
as far as Shelbrook, if there were fourteen days of fine
weather, from that day.
The meeting was about to break up, when a note har-
ing been put into the hands of the CHAIRMAN, he said
he was happy to announce to the meeting that thirty
shares more would be withdrawn from the forfeiture.
The meeting then adjourned.

MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR 11. LE

FLEMING SENHOUSE,

This gallantiofficer was first employed in a naval ca-
pacity as the bearer of despatches from Lord 11.,ugh.
.‘ymour to the Admiralty, announcing the capture of
Surinam, in 1799, and in the month of January 1809, he
acted as an able assistant to Captain Philip Beaver at the
debarkation of the British army in Bay Robert, Marti-
nique. his promotion to the rank of Commander took
place in June 2, in ale latter year.
But it was in the year 1813 that he .most
signalized himself. In the month of July, Captain
Senhouse, along with Captain James Sanders, of thu
Junon, was stationed with the ship-sloop Martin, of 16.
carronades, 24-pounders, and 2 long nines, in Delatvare
Bay. On the 29th, about S a.m., she had the misfortune
,to run aground in the shallow water of Crow's Shoal,
1 while the Junon was away. The flotilla of American
gunboats and bleck-vesaels, to the amount of ten, at- ,
tacked her in this position. • Although Captain yen - ,
heuse despaired of saving his ship from so formidable
a force, he resolved to defend her to the last extremity-
The gun-boats began the fire, and the Martin returned:it with her earronades but finding they could not reach,
Captain Senhouse had the two nine-pounders trans-
ferred from her ports, one to the forecastle, 411,(1 the
other to the poop. For two hours all the Pit
of the American flotilla poured their fire illc4`
the Martin, and it was only the timely assistance
of gun-boats and men from the Junon that sl,„_
the gallant Martin from utter destruction. Herwet.",
gallant masts were shot away, three of her mene
gun_
mortally wounded, and four slightly —the
of Captain
boats had seven wounded. The bravery of
all praise.
Senhouse in this desperate affair was beyondf
rmidable, The force that attacked him was indeed
thereo
were two
con-
sidering that besides the two sloops,_
block-vessels
t Senhouse capture&
mounting long o flBl.opoo u tonsne
On the 30th of June, 1814, Cap •
of 6 guns, and 80,
the American privateer Snapdragon,
month he assisted
had been coasters.
men; and on the 11th of the.fonlo
Moose Island, in Pas-
ersa.ch, which I
samaquoddyßay. He returannn
announcing the successful re-
hoomf Me
with despatches from
ofo
utgl the
spoiruATrifeuxlal3n,dienrtackoienhgrapnoes,s.esseido.
past commission bore data
ialoguasinelt CI astine, in the province of
stilt Oct.
Maine.of
12, an
Isselxi4rp. expedition against
natal force employed on the hardy
enterprises struck from her lists, at
hen his process
From the abory.ehrents it will be seennetehdaetd. one
Th
was most
mbroa mveesntt c
lilf. ouro
flag now shrouds him, and the grave covers
the funeral
~
11 not be forgotten for many
him his valour ui a day by
' • en and fellow-officers.
his countrymen tn f British

DEAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and Invisible
Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at an advanced
age, and of old standing extreme deafness, to join in general
end when in the cavity of the ears, they
acotnaveprsation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker
üblie assembly ; they are the size cf a very small gold
iltgheplieeasce; perceptible nor more uncomfortable than
Fralvveinnngostahlizsl:mall piece of fine wool in its place ; they are composed
of a Metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs. S. and B.
Solomon! themselves ; and although they are so extremely small
yet hr
ey enable those. afflicted with extreme deafness, and
t are only slightly dull of hearing to hear in every
respect equal to those of most acute hearing. Messrs; .S. and
B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the
York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City. Newly-Invented
Spectacles, immediately they are placed before imperfect vision,
either by day or candlelight, that mist' and dullness whjeh
appears before the eyes is at once removed, every object becenting
clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective
eye sight be-
comes bright and brillant, and is brought to its yoathful, natural
.
and original state. Those valuable inventions have gained the
patronage of the Royal Family, and the unque:giad approbation of
above 400 of the prMcipal raembers of the medical Frof.ssion, and
nun:wons individuals of high distinction,
who have been greatly
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--,, A lbemark-street,Piceadilly, opposite
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cos rams of the sate !lame. • O.

lren-thus defeated, did they go to the Sovereign to re-
! sign their trust; and more especially after sending their'
Corn-law emissaries from John O'Groat's , Douse to
Penzance .? No, - they again assembled in Parliament,
and the very first measure that was brought for-
ward -in the House -they were defeated in by the
glorious majority of ninety-one.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Botnow, thank God,-we have en Administration of ho-
nest men, to whom we can look up with confidence, and
I ask you, does not that Administration consist of rank
and;. talent. united ? And - I say, that ' that - person. must
; , :ce evilly-disposed who would oppose the present Go-
ve,-nmen t. I will now direct your attention to the other
sideof the qtiestion. Has not that party split among
' themeelves into, almost 50 different creeds. You will find
1 there is . the Radical, the . moderate Whig, and those
1 , who would " go- the whole hog," . as it is termed„
I and create se torrent of anarchy which would have been
1 out of their .power otherwise to have stopped. But 1
' grieve to say, split as they are on most all points, yet
there is one paint which they are too well agreed on,
nemely, to place the Established Church in danger—.
(Hear, hear)—by severing its bonds with that of the
State. Gentlemen, great has been the danger of the
Established Church, for she has been attackd by the
Socialists, Dissenters, and Roman Catholics, and the 3
view her property as that of their own rightful pro-
perty, and would, no doubt, avail themselves of it.
' lif they could. There is another question theyfimake
the ground of attack--I mean the 'Corn-laws. Ido
• not mean to say that those laws are perfection, for
nu,' human laws ever were, but I believe the Corn-Jaws
are
.capablo of amendment. I should, for instance, say,
that tip." mode of taking the averages could be improved,
and whie,s subject will form a very serious question ant
the next St. 'SSIOII of Parliament. But this point is not,
the point of ottack. Lord John Russell's plan was to.
impose a fixes duty on foreign wheat of Ss. per
quarter, and h.' the very face of this their
greatest advocate, ,3PCulloch, proves by the average
of the last ten ;ears, that the duty during
that period was but ss. 9d. per quarter, and this fixed
duty then of Bs. is to procure what they call cheap
bread and opening of the ports.—(Cheers and laughter.)
But we .have lately seen the duty down to as as ls.
per quarter, and I would here ask, could we have got
wheat so cheap by Lord John Russelr:i plait ?
But. there is another questiOn of importance. anti
that is, how many millions of acres would be.
thrown out of cultivation, even according to the very
3 tatonent of Lord Brougham himself;7---(Chec,rs)--I,:Ud
Would not . agricultural labourers g44;also throwit,ont.
of employ ? In reply to this, they say thi4,7 the
manufactures would be - improved ; but, admitting
they were, is that any reason that the agriculturist;
should be ruined to benefit another clesa of per--
sons ?—(Cheers.) And they say that the fore:gn manu-
facturers would take our goods, but would they really
do so ? But do not misunderstand mo ; I vi uuld not
willingly inflict an injury on any one for the benefit of
myself. If the agricultural interes:. does an injury to
to the manufacturing interest, only convince me that' it
is right, and I will be the first person to do all that h.%