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FVENIN-i- SUN.

amount of duty levied since the present law, has been fix
operation, up to January_ 5, 1840, according to Mr..
M'Culloch's excellent pamphlet, has been.per quarter
ss. 9d. on Wheat, ss. on barley, and 6s. I Id. on oats. The
whole of the money thus levied must have been paid by
the consumers, without any distinction of classes, ex-
actly in proportion to the quantity consumed. - If, there-
fore, the relative numerical proportions, between the'
agricultural and the other classes, be laid down with
tolerable accuracy by Mr. M Queen; the consumption by
agriculturists and those directly depending on them will
be, of wheat and barley, five-eighths, and of oats four-
fifths, of the whole quantity consumed. The total
amount levied upon those three kinds of grain, in the
period before stated, has been 4,451,2001. This suns
must have been paid by the consumers in the following
proportions, and the fact clearly illustrates the sort of
protection that has been afforded to the agricultural
classes by the present Corn-law :
By Trades and By the Agricul-
- tural Classes.
Wheat and wheat flour X 1,093,044 £1,821,740
Barley 184,812 308,020
Oats 208,716 834,864

£1,486,572

£2,064,624

The value of wheat, barley, and oats, required for seed
in ordinary years will amount to upwards of 12,850,000/. ;
and oats consumed in keeping, feeding, rearing,
and fattening stock, will amount to upwards of
28,000,0001. ; making the total value, including the
quantity consumed as food, of the wheat, barley, and
oats, directly consumed by agriculturists, their labourers,
and dependants, to exceed 71,216,0001. a year, whilst
the annual consumption of all the other classes united
does not amount to 31,600,000/.* This estimate is
based upon data supplied by Mr. M'Queen's work, en-
titled " The Statistics of the British Empire," and cal-
culated upon eight returns. I need not remind you,- my.
Lord, „that land which will not yield eight returns upon
the qiantity of seed
.per acre, as before specified, cannot
remunerate the agriculturist for its cultivation under
white, or grain crops. In such a case it is the business'
of the landowner—a very different person from the 'agri-
culturist—to determine whether, by an outlay of money
in permanent improvements, it can be brought up to, or
about that standard of production ; and if it can, whe-
ther the rent will cover the interest of the outlay. That
is a question solely for the consideration of the land-
owner. It is the land-occupier, or the agriculturist's
province to consider whether the land is of such a quality,
and in such a condition, as to justify him in calculating
upon having such returns as will compensate Min for its
cultivation at such rent as may be agreed upon. Per-
manent improvements, and improved cultivation, as far
as the respective interests of the landlord and tenant, are
very different things. • The landowner and .the land-oc-
cupier, as such, have _interest in common. Free, un-
shackled trade in corn ,is a stimulus indispensable to the
prosperity of agriculture. Restrictive Corn-laws may
afford temporary benefit to the needy and unprincipled
portion of the landed proprietors, but they must be
viewed with repugnance by every honest landed pro-
prietor, as being highly detrimental to the true interest
of agriculture, and as being directly calculated to de-
grade and to oppress the indutsrious hard-working mil-
lions, composing all the productive classes throughout
the empire.
I am, my Lord, your obedient servant,
Q. 0. ROBERTS.
Castle Hill, Bangor, July 19, 1841.
• See " Faats for Farmers," page 25.

CORN-LAW THOUGHTS.
BY AN ENGLISHWOMAN.
A lady who formerly favoured us with some
communications under the signature of English
Joan, has collected and published a number of
her letters on the" Corn-laws in a
paciphlet. She
thus appreciates the character of the I-louse of
Commons and its Tory leaders in a lettee, iyhich
we have not before seen :
" We are concerned to say that the House of Repre-
sentatives, once the pride and trust of the nation, is
fallen from its high estate ; all honourable persons are
disgusted to find bribery practised at elections, to a most
corrupt extent, large sums wickedly wasted, neither
punish-
blessed to the giver or receiver, meriting severe
ment and everlasting exclusion from your Zonourable
House. What a deplorable state of things, when' Eng-
lish gentlemdn make a practice of seducing with m 0717
a poor man from his duty to his country and to himself.
There are also many persons totally unfitted by nature
forlegislators, shifting sands, useless sons of confusion,
like Lord Stanley, who for a trifle will change sides body
and mind, ' and that which he proved false before, prove
true again.' A lawgiver must not lack wisdom or con-
sistency. Can the vaunted Sir Robert reach the proper
standard ?—the ' man of plausihilities ' a Will-with-the-
wisp, who never shines but to mislead—he who loves to
progress by indirect means only, and can no mere pursue
a straightforward course than the poor crab on the beach;
Sir Robert would have made an excellent lawyer to de-. •
fend bad causes with a thousand specious crafty wiles--
a fine leader of the Tories, indeed, proving a low tone of
thought among them. We hope, trust, believe, the glo-,
rious era fast advances when moral worth will be on the
ascendant, when our rulers must act upon the sole prin-
ciple of governing the people fairly,- justly, wisely ; by'
no other means can they for the future obtain the confi-
dence, esteem, and love of the governed."
To the Bishops she puts these pertinent ques-
tions :
" Has any Bishop ever given 9: vote in favour of the
Slave Trade, or stood aloof from its discussion ? if so,
he has quite mistaken his path, and been stumbling in
utter darkness. Since inebriety is the parent of crime,--
has every Bishop fostered, countenanced, and cared for
those checks to vice, Temperance Societies? the most re-
markable phenomenon of our day, springing from the
people themselves,—long may they flourish! Have the
Bishops loved on all occasions to solicit truth from her
concealment? for she is still so little satisfied with our
doings that she continues to inhabit her ancient deep re-
treat, to the great detriment of the whole human race ;
would that we could see her bright diamond eyes con-
stantly in the midst of us, and that we might be virtuous
enough to listen to her pure teachings, and wise enough
to yield obedience to her heavenly laws. Do the Bishops
and their clergy faithfully oppose themselves to the hor-
rid vice of bribery at elections? do they, by every means,
instruct and communicate such knowledge to the poor as
would raise them above such degradatiou, though tempt-
ed and misled by the rich and well educated, who un-
derstand the laws but viciously, and unscrupulously vio-
late them. Since good and equal government is favour-
able to the morality and most essential to the happiness
of the people, do the Bishops, " in season and out of
season," try to induce their compeers to do justice, to
love mercy, and to walk humbly ? or do they calmly and
resignedly view the present turmoil, and suffer rank
noxious weeds to overshadow, choke, and destroy the germ
of every wholesome plant in the political field ? have the
Bishops, as ministers of religion, been exemplars for the
i nation, studiously anxious that all their words and ac-
tions should be found in harmonious accord with that
most perfect moral code bequeathed to us for our sure
guide by the ' auth9r and finisher of our faith ?' Have
princely donations, from princely incomes, been un-
sparingly given for charity and for the service of the
Church to build and repair ? If any Bishop votes in
favour of the Corn-laws we shall esteem him one of the
proximate causes of all the poor may suffer next winter.
A very reprehensible dereliction from duty in a minister
of the gospel. The sufferings of the poor are no fiction,
but a sad and mournful reality ; yet ' the least of one of
these ' is equal in the estimation of the Creator with the
wearer of a mitre, lawn sleeves, and a silk apron. Since
so much wretchedness is proved to exist, and to have
long existed, surely it is not too much to expect that the
Bishops and the clergy will close the carnal eye and open
wide a more heavenward orb.
We are rejoiced to find the women taking an
active part in the good strugnie, and that they
have adopted just sentiments which they express..
like the lady in forcible language. " English
Joan" will have amongst reflecting females many
mitators. -TT

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TO TEE EDITOR OF T.l'r SUN.
atahemdiuscthrepssleoasfe3dlrst.oGfilneds
and
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through the unexpected death of her in band ; is Id T
take the liberty to inform you, that, in conseqUenCe Ci
that statement, the family have been visited by the 50+
cretary of the Accident nelief Society, and food will be
given to the destitute family in proportion to the funds. _
Thus you have done much good ; and I trust that you
willr;ontinue thus to promote the cause of real humanity,
and-oblige, Sir, your's, truly,
July 21, 1841. A SUBSCRIBER.
._

A GIANT BALLOON.—Last evening our
townspeople were entertained with the sight of, as. the
bills termed it, " a giant man balloon," which was sent
up from London by. Mr. Green, some time since, and
subsequently came into the possession of our resident
firework-maker, ballooner, &c. Mr. stonestreet. The
monster was inflated in the area of the Town-hall, and.
when his spacious skin began to fill he exhibited the
most ridiculous figure imaginable—his 'immense trunk
rolling from side to side, as if impatient to disengage
itself from its fastenings. At length, all being resAy,
and a pilot having previously been started to show him
his course, the giant was set free, and up he mounted,
inclining rather backward, his head lolling on one side,
his arms swinging about, and having to all intents and
purposes the aspect of a jolly fellow who was no tee-
totaller, or who, if he were, had most indubitably broken
his pledge.
His apparently affected twistings and turn-
ings raised shouts of laughter from the immense crowd
assembled to witness his departure. But his flight was
destined to be a short one—from some defect in one of
his legs the gas rapidly escaped, and before he had soared
half a mile he made a most graceful and gentle descent,
feet foremost, and might easily have been fancied some
fab;,ll deity of old condescending to visit this lower
persons were
world. At a moderate computation 5,000 p
assembled ,'n the occasion.---Maidstrme Journ
THE SuN.ELoWER: ADVANTAGES ARISING
spondent of the Mark-
Fllo3i ITS CULTIVATION.--
ti,At,ttlAue
lane Express state, will produce gas-
of the sun-flower Cliclia. h
t labour, one-fourth the Cost,
csoiAl
nonbustaii•ned from the seed
light at " one-fourth the
to obtain a corresponding
and in half the time necessary
; with the additional and
supply or quantum from
c
decided ads anti eof being wholly free from any nauseous
g
ht far
surpassing in bril-
effluvia or smell, affording a
al,gand emitting leas heat by
Haney that obtained from co, H
d f bl
• than coal gas.' e cons ers pre en. e
100 degrees
` foreign oil for culinary and domestic purposes,
to any
and recommends the cultivation of the flower as a means
of Affording a profitable employment to the increasing
population of the British empire.
ABSENCE OF MIND.--A
man in Lowell, in
attempting to hang himself, forgot to put the rope round
his neck, and jumped off the barrel into a mud-bige. Hs
did not discover his mistate until he sitenitted told**.

EVENING SUN.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business.
Mr. Charles Pearson came to the table, to be admitted
ono of the attorneys of the Mayor's Court.
Sir P. LAURIE asked if there was any precedent for
the City Solicitor holding, the two appointments ?
Mr. PEARSON said in ancient times the City Solicitor
was an attorney of the Mayor's Court. For many years
it had been otherwise, and the inconvenience had been
frequently experienced, from the City Solicitor being
debarred from practising in the Local Courts of the City,
which might with propriety be called his own Courts.
Alderman T. WooD said that the object of the Court,
in appointing Mr. Pearson, was to endeavour to effect
reforms in the City Courts, which were rendered indis-
pensable by the alterations of times and circumstances.
The Corporation had been prevented from accomplishing
this by the fact, that all the offices were held as pur-
chased places, until the decease of the late Mr. Williams,
♦without having alienated his office, restored the appoint-
ment to the Corporation.
Sir P. LAURIE said he entirely concurred in the ap-
pointment of Mr. Pearson, as he found there were pre-
cedents for the City Solicitor holding the office. He was
glad that his question had elicited that explanation.
THE PIER AT BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.

Sir P. LAURIE said that he considered it necessary to
call the attention of the Court to the dangerous condi-
tion of the temporary pier at Blackfriars-bridge, at which
a late accident occurred, which nearly proved fatal.—
(Hear, hear.) He understood that the inqUest Jury of
the county. of Middlesex had presented the subject to
the Court of Conservancy, and he wished to know whether
any thing had been done to remedy the evil complained of.
The LORD MAYOR said that the question had been re-
ferred to the City Solicitor, who had instructions to ap-
ply to the parties particularly interested to make the
necessary arrangements to abate what was certainly justly
considered a very great nuisance.
• The CITY SOLICITOR said that numerous representa-
tions had been made of the pier, to which the worthy
Alderman alluded, both as an obstruction to the naviga-
tion and highly dangerous for the embarkation of steam-
boat passengers. Apresentment to that eff had been
made ; but it was informal, and could nolvbe put in
force. If the Lord Mayor would summon a Court of
Conservancy for London the Jury might, upon Inspection,
condemn the pier as a dangerous nuisance and an ob-
struction to the navigation, and the Water Bailiff would
be authorised, levi manu, to abate the nuisance ; or, if
the Court of Aldermen thought proper to direct an in-
dictment to be preferred against the parties who had
erected it, he would at the next Central Criminal Court
take the requisite proceedings. A Court of Conser-
vancy for the City of London had not been held
since the mayoralty of' Alderman Thorpe ; but
the powers of the Court were in full force. The
Navigation Committee had directed measures to be taken
to render more effective the jurisdiction of those import-
ant Courts, by a vigorous and impartial exercise of the
extensive powers they possessed. Application had been
made to Captain Bullock and other able men acquainted
with the tidal course of the river, to lay down, in concert
with the officers of the Port and Navigation Committees,
a line of demarcation, showing the point beyond which
encroachments of any kind should be strictly forbidden.
As soon as this survey could be completed, the extensive
powers of the Conservators of the river would be put in
motion. to abate all the nuisances which, of late years,
had grown up on the banks of the river, both above and
below London-bridge, to the serious detriment of the na-
ligation. Except by some general measure of this
kind, it was impossible to put down the evils com-
plained of.—(Hear, hear.) Juries and Magistrates
would not convict in isolated cases, when it was alleged
that other nuisances equally dangerous and injurious
were permitted to continue, whether with the sanction of
the Conservators ;or in defiance of their authority. At
Greenwich, a short time since, informations laid by the
City against a pier which was reported to be dangerous,
were defeated, and the Corporation were charged with
an improper interference with the watermen's pier ;
while others, it was said, were allowed to continue,
though equally injurious to the free navigation of the
river.—(Hear.)
Alderman FAREBROTHER said that there was an Act
of Parliament for improving the river Thames westward
of Lendon-bridge, and over the river to the east of Lon-
don-bridge the Lord Mayor had unquestionable power.
But in case of danger no delay ought under any circum-
stances to take place. He had, when Lord Mayor, being
convinced of the necessity of an immediate interference
in a case in which a dangerous obstruction took place in
the river Thames, directed, without consulting any one,
that the most determined course should be adopted
to remove the source of annoyance and peril at
once, and the removal accordingly took place with all
possible expedition.—(Hear, hear.) He should, if ne-
cessary, move that the Lord Mayor do call a Jury of the
City of London to inquire into the state of the river at
Blaekfriars-bridge.
Sir P. LAURIE said that Mr. Walker, the engineer,
had suggested the placing of a pier at the Westminster
side of Blackfriars Bridge, as a much more eligible
site. He had also heard it suggested that a pier should
be raised in the river, as was the case at Southwark-
bridge, in such a manner as to obviate the necessity of
incommoding either side of the street leading to the
water.--(llear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR said that he should order a Jury
for the city and county of London to be summoned for
Thursday, the 12th of August, to enquire into the state
of the pier at 131ackfriar's-bridge.—(Hear,)
The probability is, we understand, that a pier will ba
crested at the Bridewell side of Blaokfriar's Bridge.

DINNER. TO ALDERMAN FARN-

COMB.

On Monday the I9th inst. the electors of the ward of
Bassishaw had the pleasure of giving a welcome dinner to
the newly elected Alderman of the ward, Thomas Farn-
comb, Esq.. one of the present Sheriffs. Thomas Wadd,
Esq., an old and much esteemed. inhabitant presided,
supported byAlderman Farneomb and Mr. Sheriff Gibbs,
Mr. SeL,•ondary Potter, Deputy Frisby, and the whole of
the Common Conned ; the deputy chairs were filled by
Mr. Undorsheriff James and Mr. Drew Wood. After
the Queen and the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman ex-
pressed the delight he felt in proposing the health of
Mr. Alderman Farncomb, who had been elected almost
(he might say from the retiring of the other gen-
tleman candidates for the aldermanic gown) by the
unanimous voice of the electors. The known re-
pectability of that 'gentleman,— his aptitude to
business, which had been shown by the manner in which
he had filled the important office of Sheriff—his urbanity
of manners, and general sterling worth, was a guarantee
for his being an excellent Alderman. The toast was
received with great enthusiasm, and was replied to by
the worthy Alderman with much feeling. He expressed
the delight he experienced in the reception he had met
with, much beyond his most sanguine expectations, and
he had pleasure in saying that those gentlemen who (lid
not pronnse him support met him in the kindest manner,
anti had since treated him with the most gentlemanly
feeling. lie assured the gentlethen present that it would
be the study of his life to protect the interest of the
ward, which he hoped for the future would be considered
as one family ;- he would act as an independent Magis-
trate of the great City of London ought to act, for the
ge-ieral benefit of the City, supporting its rights and
privileges, and administering justice to all with the
greatest impartiality.
The health of Sheriff Gibbs was proposed, and ac-
knowledged by the. worthy Sheriff, who expressed the
groat pleasure he had experienced in acting with the
worthy Alderman (Farncomb), to whom he had felt great
_pleasure in siving some little assistance ; and would
warrant for his performing the duties of the office with
• satisfaction to his constituents.
The healths of the Rev. Lecturer, Mr.Povah, and the De-
puty Chairman, were proposed and heartily responded to
and acknmvledged.
The entertainment which was given by Mr. Baily at
Mason's Hall, was of the most magnificent description ;
every delicacy the season could afford was given, with
the choicest wines; and the meeting were further de-
lighted by the vocal assistance of Messrs. Ransford,
Turner, I oung, and Bradbury.
LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY.
TUESDAY, JULY 20.—The papers read at this meeting
were, Ist. On the Perforation of Non-Conducting Sub-
stances, by the mechanical action of the electric fluid,
t o.nod aEthfe
by Andrew Crosse, Esq., Mem. Elec. so,
'Sects of Vegetable Points on Free Electi: 2 • hte ti
ici a
position they thus occupy in the economy
of on,
b Mr. Pine,
of Maidstone. 3d. An Account of Expe-
y
riments undertaken to Investigate the Nature and
Chanel; cif' Colour of Bodies by Heat, and their Con-
ditetin
P •Power, by Thomas Pol!ock, Esq., Mem.
g
leute.::,.)Soc. 4th. On the Method of Restoring
--=to Weakened Magnets their Primitive Strength,
by Muncke (translation). sth. Results of Ex-
Teriments made with a Groves' Battery, by Professor
De la Rive (translation). 6th. Monthly Register, for June
• 1841, of the Electrical State of the Atmosphere Lin
re-
lation to its Metereological Phenomena, by W. 11,
-Weekes, Esq. • It would be fruitless to attempt giving,
within our limits, an abstract of all these .interesting.
communications Llet it suffice to mention the general_
features, and to direct our readers to the proceedings of
the Society for further information.
The first paper teaches the possibility of drilling even
diamonds by the agency of electricity. The second
describes the little noticed, but extraordinary, functions
of the leaves of plants. The third is a bold, but pos-
sible attempt to -generalise the imponderable agents of
nature. The fourth contains a very sensible mode of
preserving and restoring magnetic power, and is well
worthy the notice of those who possess magnetic ma-
chines. The fifth contains further confirmation of cer-
. tain experiments on the electric flow ; and some inte-
resting theoretical observations on its rotation with a
magnet. The sixth is the Monthly Register, the elec-
trical data of which are obtained with the extensive ap-
paratus erected over the town of Sandwich.

CHANGES IN AMERICA.—Thirty years ago
the " Genesee country " was considered by a Yankee as
almost the extreme boundary of the hardiest enterprise.
,But now the " far west " is at a much greater distance on
the one side, than the oldest east on the other. What
was then a tedious, uncomfortable, six weeks' journey,
is now performed with case and comfort in three days ;
and when they get railroads and steam-carriages, it can
be effected in less than one. The time may come when
• the Yankee shall breakfast at New York, dine at Buffalo,
sup at Detroit, and get to Green Bay early enough for
parade the next morning.
There was rather a curious arrival at Paris the
other day by one of the coaches from Boulogne—that of
some English masons and bricklayers, who have been
engaged to work upon the fortifications of Paris. The
French must think the English are not much alarmed at
the threats of M. Thiers, when they see them selling
horses for the French cavalry, which no other State would
furnish, and find that workmen are to be had from Eng-
land to assist in putting up the works which, according
. to.
as M.
ion Thiers, are to serve not merely as a defence against
Inv, but as the means of enabling the French to
cam( war into the territories of their neighbours.
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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS Or YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—The Herald this morning indulges its
gossiping propensities by giving publication to one of
the many .programmes of the Cabinet to-be-formed,
which have for several days amused the saunterers of
the Tory club-rooms. As every scheme of this descrip-
tion is merely conjectural, it is obvious that an examina-
tion of .the adaptation of the individuals for the posts as-
signed them, would not only be premature, but absurd.
When the official announcement appears, we shall do our
duty to the public, by exhibiting their peculiar claims,
individually and collectively, to the nation's confidence.
In this attempt we shall be materially assisted by quo-
tations from the columns of the very journals which are
now most eloquent in praise of the proximate Premier
and his supposed colleagues. The _Herald, the Stand-
ard, the Times, with a long train of minor authorities,
have placed upon record their deliberate judgment of
the personal and political merits of Sir R. Peel and
his associates. The fulsome laudations of their princi-
ples and talents, in which they now indulge, may be as
worthless as the condemnation they recently pronounced.
They will, however, serve to show the integrity of the
Tory organs ; and exemplify the boasted unanimity of
the party which is to bear down opposition by the
strength which is derived from perfect agreement on all
questions of state policy ! As, however, there can be
no doubt that Sir R. Peel will ocoupy a prominent post
in the Government—whether that of Premier, is more
than doubtful—we may safely exhibit the estimate in
which he is held by his evidently reluctant supporters ;
and ask, if these do not conceal that their adoption of
him as their leader is constrained, and not cordial,
whether those who are avowedly opposed to his policy
and rule are not more than justified in protesting against
and resisting both ?
COURIER.—Some doubts have prevailed till now re-
specting the Speakership, when there ought to be none.
We are not unwilling to acknowledge that Mr. Shaw
Lefevre agreeably disappointed our expectations by the
respectable manner in which, a strong party-man as he
is, he fulfilled the duties of that station in the late Par-
liament. But there are not wanting many Members in the
Conservative ranks equally able, more versed even in par-
liamentary lore, and better entitled by opinions to preside
over an assembly to the majority of which the political
principles of Mr. Lefevre are distasteful. Let him rest
content ; he is only too fortunate in having been allowed
again to misrepresent South Hampshire. Sir Eardley
Wilmot, Bart., the Conservative Member for North War-
wickshire, it is now confidently stated, will be the Speaker
of the new Parliament. The re-election of Mr. Shaw
Lefevre was never for an instant thought of by the
Conservatives, who are quite aware that any such step
would be taken as a proof of weakness and disunion in
their party. So soon as Mr. Goulburn had decided to
accept the Home Department, it was arranged that Sir
Eardley Wilmot should be elected to the Speakership.
The Conservative leader is just as likely to second the
Address to be moved by Lord John Russell as to consent
to the re-election of Mr. Lefevre, the Radical Member
for South Hants.

STANDARD.—As nothing more has been learned of
the single remaining election (that for Wexford county),
the account of returns must stand as yesterday—viz ,
according to the Ministerial calculation, a majority
of eighty—as we calculate, a majority of more than ninety
for the Conservative party. The difference between these
calculations is of little moment as regards the main re-
sult, and it is easily accounted for. The Ministerial cal-
culation claims as belonging to the Whig-Radical party
all who have ever voted with that party during the last
year or two—claims also all who, not having been in
the last Parliament, received Whig-Radical support
upon tie hustings. Experience, however, proves the fal•
lacy of such calculation. There always have been men
in Parliament who, from conscientious or other motives,
support a Ministry as long as it possesses the confidence
of the Sovereign, and of an independent majority in
Parliament, even while they occasionally oppose Mi-
nisterial measures. The effect of the Reform Bill, and
perhaps the heated temper of parties in our time,
may cause the number of such men to be less than for-
merly ; but the difference between the majorities upon
the Irish Registration Bill and Lord Sandon's
resolution on one side, and the decisive vote of want
of confidence on the other, prove that some of them,
even to the number of twenty or thirty, were to be
found in the last House of Commons ; we think that
the late election in Great Britain, which, notwithstand-
ing the benevolent efforts of the Ministers, presented
on the whole lees of acrimony than almost any elec-
tions we can remember, must have increased the num-
ber. As to the Irish elections, they indeed supply no
recruits to the excessively moderate or neutral section ;
but beside the gain of eight already secured to the
Conservative party, there must be a large gleaning to be
obtained by petitions. It is impossible that the returns
from Cork county, Kerry, Clare, Longford, Louth,
and Tipperary, can be permitted to stand. These
returns have been made by the most daring and the
most atrocious violence. We have already mentioned,
on the authority of the Cork Constitution, seventeen
inquests, held in the single county of Tipperary ;
and we see by a proclamation in the official Gazette
of Dublin, that at Clare the Conservative candidate
was grievously assaulted in his own person, and one of
his friends actually murdered by his side. Similar scenes
occurred at Longford, and all the other places we have
named. At Louth 57 electors made oath that they dared
not, without extreme peril of their lives, even approach
the county town. Now it cannot be pretended that fair
elections, or. any elections, have been made where such
terror prevailed.

WEXFORD ELECTION.
MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK.
SECOND DAY'S POLL.

Power
Hatton
Morgan
Hall

-562
510
476

LATEST BETTING AT MAN-

CHESTER.

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.

The attendance was gild this morning, but no busi-
ness of importance done. The betting seemed to pass
over very well.
GOODWOOD.—For the Stakes, 9 to 2 taken on the
field. The same odds offered on the Cup field. As
nearly as we could glean, at a late hour, the prices ran
thus :

THE GOODWOOD STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius
10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Henri Qnatre—taken
11 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Exit—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Isabella

THE GOODWOOD CUP.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Greatorex'3 Pocahontas
5 to 1 agst Duke of Orleans' Nautilus
9 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles XII.
14 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Maroon

DONCASTER CUP.
500 to 400 offered on the field
9 to 2 agst Van Amburg—taken

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER.—The failure of the eminent banking-
house of Geymuller and Co., of Vienna, intelligence of
which reached this town by the Hamburgh mail on Mon-
day evening, produced a decidedly unfavourable effect
upon our yarn market yesterday ; the German buyers
generally suspending their operations until the effect
of this unexpected and extensive failure is better ascer
tained. The amount of business done was conse-
quently very small ; and rather lower prices were, in
many instances, submitted to. The demand for manu-
factured goods was also extremely limited, and the
business done in printing cloth was generally at rather
lower rates. We think it right to state, in the reference
to the engagements of the banking-house of Daintry,
Ryle, and Co., which appeared in the Guardian of Wed-
nesday last, that there was an inaccuracy of expression
which was calculated to mislead the reader. The lia-
bilities of the Manchester firm are upwards of half a
million (in fact about 600,0001.), but a large portion of
these is owing to the London bankers ; and the amount
which will eventually fall upon Manchester and its neigh-
bourhood is comparatively small.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 17.
We have had a brisk market for flannels to-day, and
many have been sold ; but there has been no advance in
Price. There has been also a change in the wool market ;
the sellers have generally asked an advanced price, but
the manufacturerers have been very unwilling to comply
with their demand.

ATROCIOUS MURDER.--A dreadful murder
has just been discovered between Hethersett and Wy-
kreleion_dh,aman, in Norfolk. A poor girl, whose name is not
in the
knife which
neighz.oturday last, was assaulted by a young man
com"nraon,
odnvsho was weeding in a field by Wymondham
shourhood. She resisted, and he took a
her through thie.P°cr
effected his pu Carried about her person, and having
cut her throat ; he then dragged
at night she was TuriTskst° a pond. Not returning home
boead, and a search being made for
her on Sunday, the
picion had fallen on they was found in the pond ; sus-
and a coroner's inquest
adjoining eld on the body, which had
Zsinhg man, he was apprehended,
t°t
to Norwich Castle on the
44irubarn on Monday. The
been removed to an
I murder" against him.
HJueryhasfoubleiedn aftilvieyrdi committedc
coroner's warrant.
The
Rev.wara James Hamilton, M.A , Vicar of
r
Great Baddow, in Essex, has been instituted
urr to the Rec-
tory. of Beddington, in the county of s
the death of the Rev. John Bromfield Fermis who held
.'
vacant by
that living for the long period of 59 years. ,
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland has
granted a site of land in the village of Shilbottle for us
Wesleyan Methodist chapel, with the stone requisite fur
the building.—Durharn Advertiser.
ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK COMPANY..--,The
half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company
was held on Tuesday, at the Dock-house, Tower-hill, the De_
' pat -Chairman in the chair. The result of the business cu-
rled on during the six months ending the 30th June, was, under
all circumstances, highly satisfactory, and quite as favourable
as could have been anticipated, inasmuch as the increase in the
arrivals of shipping, compared with the returns of the corre-
sponding period of 1840, amounted to forty-five vessels, arid
9,562 tons. The great decrease was as regarded Spain,
the decline being seven vessels, but whose united tonnage
was only 992 tons. The chief increase in the arrivals, dur-
ing the past six months, had been from South America.
The proprietors had the more reason to be satisfied with the
general result of the business of their docks, inasmuch as taking
the returns for the whole port of London, there was shown to
be a decrease of 191 ships and 13,048 tons, which fell, how-
ever, entirely upon foreign vessels, for the British vessels en-
tered had increased in number by 73 or 23,250 tons, during
the months ending the sth July, 1841, as compared with the
corresponding period of last year. Taking the port of London
altogether, the arrivals in the six months ending the sth July,
were 1,910 British vessels of 397,000 tons, and 730 foreign of
41,700 tons, or altogether 2,640 ships of 506,700 tons.