The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

LONDON, TUES DA Y, SEPTEMBER 22, 1r:40.

PROFESSOR LIEBIG'S NEW WORK.
Undertaken at the Request of the British Association.
This day is published, in 1 vol. Bvo. price 12s. cloth,
ORGANIC CREMISTTY in its APPLI-
CATIONS to AGRICULTURE and PHYSIO-
LOGY.

By Dr. JUSTUS I.IEBIG, F.R.S.
Professor of Chemistry in the University of Giessen.
Edited from the Manuscript of the Author, by LYON
PLAYFAIR, Ph. D.
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to University College, Upper Gower-street.

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
MR. J. N. ROBINSON will sell by
AUCTION, at the Crown •rooms, Portsmouth, the
RETAIL STOCK of a STATION ER and BOOKSELLER,
comprising a variety of articles, and many useful 'publications
in Voyages and Travels, Naval Works, Latin, French and
English Classics. The Sale will commence on Wednesday,
September 23, and continue the two followinr, days.
The Stationery articles will be sold the first day.
Catalogues of the Auctioneer, Broad-street, Portsmouth.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JULY 29, 1840.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice,
That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said
COMPANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street,
on WEDNEsna,c, the 23d September next, at Eleven o'clock
in the Forenoon.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1840.

THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,

That a PROPRIETOR' of EAST INDIA STOCK has
given notice, that at the Quarterly General Court of the said
Company, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-
street. on Al EDNESDAY the 23d instant, at Eleven o'Clock in
the Forenoon, he will call the Courts' attention to
" The grievances complained of in Petitions' dated the 3d
June and 31st August, 1839, transmitted to the Right Honour-
able the Governor of Madras, by 122 Heads of Families of Na-
tive Christians, Natives of the Province of Tinnevelly, and in
former Pe:itions presented to the Madras Government, and to
Collectors of the Province of Tinnevelly."
•

The said COURT of DIRECTORS do also give notice,
That another Proprietor has intimated his intention to sub-
mit the foll_ow•ing motion at the said Quarterly General Court,

viz.—
" That adverting to the unusually large disbu-sements made
from the Funds of the East India Company during the last two
years, amounting to the sum of 115,7J0/., and to the proceed-
ings of a former Court on this important subject, this Court is
of opinion that the Legislature could not have intended to in-
vest the Secret Committee, under the direction of the Presi-
dent. of the Board of Control, with the unconstitutional power
of disbursing such Funds to an unlimited extent, and that such
disbursements ought to be subject to the approval of the Court
of Directors.
" Tkis Court therefore recommends the Court of Directors
to adopt such measures as may be necessary to ascertain the
state of the law on this important question, with the view of
petitioning Parliament to define such power, and to place it
under constitutional control."
The said COURT of DIRECTORS do likewise give notice
That another Proprietor has intimated his intention to sub-
mit the following motion at the said Quarterly General Court,
viz.— . . .

" That this Court do take into consideration the communica-
tions of two Missionaries recently arrived from India, which
were made at the public meetings of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society, held in London on the days of the 4th and 18th of
May last, together with two letters which were addressed to
the Court of Directors in consequence by Mr. John Poynder,
one of the Proprietors of this Company, dated the 11th and
28th of May last, and also the official answer of the Secretary
to such letters, dated the 2d of June last."
The said COURT of DIRECTORS do likewise further
give notice,
That the same Proprietor has intimated his intention to sub-
mit the following motion at the said Quarterly General Court,
viz.—
" That there be laid before this Court a copy of the Order in
Council, or other act of the Indian Government, awarding (on
the abolition of the Pilgrim tax) to the Rajah of Khoordah,
or other,authority connected with the Temple of Juggernaut,
the surrk.of 50,000 rupees, or 5,0001. per annum for the future."
JAMES C. 111ELVILL , Secretary.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-
STREET,

Opposite the Pantheon, on the site of the Queen's Bazaar.
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, are most respect-
fully informed that this New and Elegant Theatre, named the
Princess's, by Special Permission of the Queen, previous to her
Majesty's accession to the Throne, and built expressly for
Music and Operas, will be opened for the first time on WED-
NESDAY, September 30, 1840, with
PROMENADE CONCERTS,
On an extensive and magnificent scale.

The Theatre has been completed from the designs, and
under the superintendance of T. M. Nelson, Esq., Architect.
The Decorations in the Renaissance style, have been exe-
cuted by Messrs. Crace and Son, of Wigmore-street.
The Pit has been boarded to form an extensive Saloon for
Promenades; a new ar.d splendid Orchestra has been erected
expressly for these psi forman,cs, and the Band will consist of
upwards of Sixty first-rate Instrumentalists, native and foreign,
selected from her Majesty's Theatre, the Philharmonic Con-
certs, the Royal Academy of Music, &c.
Leader, Mr. WILLY.
Second Leaders, Mr. DANDO, Mr. J. BANNISTER.
Conductor, Mr. TUTTON.
In addition to several talented Solo Perfirmers already
engaged, negotiations aro pending with various celebrated
Artistes.
Private boxes, accommodating from five to twelve persons,
and having a distinct entrance, staircase, and waiting-hall in
Castle-street, may be obtained on application to Mr. Mitchell,
Old Bond-street, who is appointed sole agent.
Prices of admission—to Le Promenade, Is. ;to the Dress
Circle, 2s.
Places may be taken at the Boa-office, at the entrance in
Oxford-street, on and after Monday the 28th September.

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COMMODORE NAPIER.

Her Majesty's ship at anchor off the town of
Beyrout, in Syria, August, 1840.
Mr DEAR
Your gallant old friend Commo-
dore Napier in the Powerful, with Ginges, Thunaerer,
and Edinburgh line of battle ships, Castor frigate and
Gorgon steamer, has opened the ball against Mehemet
Ali and the elite of his Egyptian army. The town of
Beyrout and camp of the army are under the muzzle of
his guns, and if he is provoked, the first would be a heap
of ruins in a lem minutts,—and the second, must be
quickly deserted. He has published a spirited ad-
dress to the inhabitants of he Mountains, calling on
them to shake off the yoke of the tyrant, and calling on the
Turkish soldiers to return to the allegiance of the Sultan.
He cuts off all their supplies from Alexandria or elsewhere
by detaining eve vessel laden with provisions or muni-
tions of war, releases their prisoners, and will not suffer
their reinforcements to land ; at the same time that the
town is supplying our ships with vegetables, milk, &c.,
and even fresh beef at his command.
How long Mehemet Ali will suffer this with 18 or 20
sail of the line, and nearly as many frigates, mostly ready
for sea in Alexandria, not four days' sail hence, and ge-
nerally a fair wind, remains to be seen. 'the Castor and
Gorgon are out, keeping a bright eye to windward to
give the Commodore the earliest information of their
approach, as it is the general opinion that Mehemet will
not suffer his army to be starved, or his province to be
disturbed, by so inferior a force. Give us a good breeze
and fair sea-room, we all fancy the Commodore will not
let them return to Alexandria unscathed.

One and all exclaim against our peace complements,
and it must be some satisfaction to the Gallant Captain
of the Thunderer to know that there is not an officer of
the squadron, from the Commodore downwards, who is
not precisely of his opinion, and grateful to him for his
endeavours to place us in our proper positaiaas as British
men of war. If they come (and why not ?) we must
expect at least four times our number.
We ought to be ab!e to use both broadsides, and ma-
occuvre our ships a% the same time. We all know that
the numerical strength of our crews will not admit of
doing so. That we have not any small arm men to
check theirs, that we have no sail trimmers but what
arc borrowed from the guns, and that to manoeuvre our
ships properly, and avail ourselves of the superiority of
our seamanship, we must abandon a great number of our
guns ! In short, that the want of a proper number of
men in each ship till reduce the 84 to the force of a
70, and the 74 to that of a GO gun-ship. We all firmly
believe, if we had our full complement of men, in the
event of action, victory and promotion would follow.
We all know that the C-minnodore will do as much as
man dare do ; and we all feel that the numerical weak-
ness of our crews must weigh with him and his brother
officers ; we all bitterly lament the continuance of such
a system, and call on our rulers to give us fair play, and
place us in the position of doing our duty under every
emergency, accordieg to the number of guns we carry.
I am, my dear

STEAM-BOAT CHALLENGE FOR

ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—My attention having been directed to the above
challenge, which appeared in your paper of the 17th
instant, I take the earliest opportunity of noticing it,
and shall feel obliged by your inserting my reply, and
anxiety to test te boasted merits of the ENTIRE
SCREW of Mr. Smith with iny patented improvements
in propelling by means of curved blades, or segments
of a screw, upon which plan I have been experiment-
in.. during the last two years.
'Mr. Smith knows perfectly well that there is no
paddle-wheel steamer in the kingdom of the exact
power, tonnage, and draught of water of the Archi-
medes, and consequently be tuns no risk of losing his
money ; but, to give him a chance of winning mine,
1 agree that a trial shall take place in the " OPEN SEA,"
over a distance of one hundred or five hundred miles
for the sum named by him, but UPON THIS PLAN, viz.
That the Archimedes shall be fitted with the " Entire
Screw or Worm," PATENTED BY Mr. Smith, and the
distance and time of performance noted by qualified
persons, and appointed by each party, the Archime-
des" doing the distance first- That the screw shall
then be removed, and the vessel fitted with my curved
blades or segments of a screw ; the expense of such al
teration, together with all the incidental charges conse-
quent on the trial, such as coals, wages of engineers,
&c., to be defrayed by me. The alteration to my me-
thod may be effected in a few hours, by merely taking
the screw from the shaft, and fitting the segments,
which are so contrived as to be easily adjusted to any
position cr angle required.
By this plan the merits of the two inventions would
he fairly tested, and the world would know whether
Mr. Smith had overcome at last all the drawbacks and
disadvantages which all Patentees of the " Archime-
dian screw " had been obliged to yield to, or for ever
have to contend with.

If Mr. Smith thinks my proposal one-sided, or likely
to throw a preponderating degree of risk and trouble on
his part, in proportion to mine, I will (provided he
complies with my proposition of the Archimedes making
the trials) sail him either of the before-named distances,
FIVE Hundred Guineas to Fowl, and thank him too.
N.B.—The trial to take place before the 15th Oct.
next.—l am, S:r, your obedient Servant,
JAMES LOWE, Patentee,
No. 38, late 27, Wellington-street,
Sept. 21, 15340. Blackfriars•road.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALDS-YESTERDAT.

The subscribers Were too much occupied with gettingt n
the outstanding balances on the St. Leger to devote
much attention to the Derby, in which, it will be seen
from the subjoined list, very little was done; it is only ne •
cessary to state that Coronation and the Margellina colt
were equal favourite. at 18 to 1 ouch ; Coronation was in
frequent demand. Offtlrs to hack Sir Hans at 25 to 1,
and Joachim at 30 to 1 ; 2
,000 to 50 and 300 to 100 wore
taken A-Jut Hawk's-eye, who was backed at Doncaster
f r several hundred pounds. The following were all the
horses we heard mentioned :

DERBY, 1841.
11r.
Ir. Witarwefici)ordso'so.),sl argeli na
Coronation—take 20 to 1
colt-20 toltaken
11 88
tot o agst
agst 1
22 to 1 apt Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans—take 25 to 1
25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim—take 30 to 1
25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lot—taken
30 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Versatility colt—taken
500 betted even that Scott wins either the Derby, Oaks, or
St. Leger.
500 even between Joachim and Versatility colt—taken
500 to 400 on Coronation agst Sir Hans—taken
DERBY, 1842.
10,000 to 100 agst gr. c. out of Manta, ,
10,000 to 100 c out of Little NI onder s dam
110,0%0
toto
100 ix
100 out
o9f
filly.
to Margrave
0
These bets were laid at Doncaster.

rememberedof
Ranedv.stDdlivine the
olden m,
relsNidliScTgEinßlHAaLm.—iltcAn,
there as the famous Dr. S--, had occasion to travel to
London frequently. On one of his journeys he arrived at
an inn, where he had formerly " put up ;" is wut was
in-
formed that the bed rooms were all occupied ;
and that,
with the exception of a bed in a double-bedded room there
was no accommodation. The Rev. Gentleman consented
to take this bed ; and, on retiring, was admonished by th
housekeeper to keep himself very quite as a lady occupiede
the other bed. The Doctor, nothing daunted, proceeded
to the room, and it being late in the night, silence reignd
throughout the inn. Suddenly a shout from the-
worthy
Divine alarmed the house—landlord, scullions, and all,
rushed half-naked to the scene. The shouting grew more
distinct—" The lady's deed,"—" The lady's deed," dis-
tractingly uttered by the Div„in...?_i was met by the jeering
response of the landlord— Who Vho the d..l would have
thought of putting you in the same room with ali • ving
one ?"—Provincial Paper.
TRIAL OF MA DAME LAFFARGE.—Madarne
Laffarge's trial was resumesduLmic.cthn 17t1, at the assizes of
Tulle, the accused being bh i ntly recovered to attend
the Court, into which she wasscconveyed in a chair. She
appeared dreadfully ill, but Via_.alm and collected. After
a short discussion betweln M orAi
. u.a, the last who ex-
amined the body, and M. ,
Dubois, who deposed in the 8 st
instance there was no arsenic, but who gave way to M.
. t the Advocate-General summed
Orfila's experimen , up the
Persisting in the
case for the proseeution, p act of accusation
nse uenc
against the prisoner. In consequence :Inn. eof her fatigue an ad-
journment took place to the_
profound
when her counsel,
M. Paillet, in the midst of
her defence. lie told the history of her life, and quoted
letters from the Marquis of Mornay,_cu Deputy of the Oise,
and son-in-law of Marsbai L Valence, from the Viscountess
Monies nice ; the Countess ,
yi hal en", mother-in-law of
Marshal Gerard ; from Marshal
Gerard himself, and other
letters from persons of distinction,
i to establish the morality
d conduct of N adame Laffarge from child-
and uniform goo 18th the sittini,
hood upwards. Oa the cs was left with M.
h, which
Paillet continuing his speee
some time. The Advocate-Generall would then reply on
the 19th, M. Bac would rep y again for
ay the prisoner, and
the President sum up on the 20th (Sund), on which day
the verdict was expected to be given.
COURT 4‘ TITTLE TATTLE."—During this
week a paragraph has appeared in several papers,
giving the details of some supposed misunderstand-
ing between the Lord Steward and the Lord ldHouseho, respecting
Cham-
berlain of the Royal " the issuing
of tickets for the admission_ of the public to the music
gallery." No tickets ever hav been issued for such a
place, and the whole paragraph is totally devoid of truth 1
Windsor Express.
The Rochdale Vicars ought in future to preach
in full regimentals. Those who gather in their harvest
with the sword, need not think shame to assume the
military garb. And a bayonet for diem, would be as good
as a crook any day.—
Leeds Times.

I ONE 1 MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(MONDAY EVENING.)

TlMES.—Private letteis from Lisbon mention a
great fear prevalent in ti.at city of an insurrection in
the Algarves, it being known that the Lisbon Revolu-
tionary Club had sent down twelve contos of rein
(nearly 3001.) to their agent. The hope of tranquillity
seemed to rest on the ships of war sent on the 1111 to
take the suspicious corps on board. The Finance Com-
mittee has submitted a project to the Cortes, in which
it is proposed that when sales of national property can-
not be raised at the present terms, which are about one-
third in cash, one-third in finales, and one-third in
paper money, the Commissioners shall accept of onc-
sixth cash, one-sixth titulos, one••thi.-d in paper
money, and the remaining one-third in bonds of thi,
internal or external funded debt or titulos which were
once admissible in payment of national property, and
are well known by the name of " blue papers." Cer-
tain contingencies would cause the admission of three-
fifths instead of one-third of these "blue papers." The
sales of national property during last June, July, and
August brought in about twenty-four contos per month
on an average, only a third of which would be payable
in bonds or titulos. Again, the price of the Three
per Cent. bonds being about 21 per cent., and of the
blue papers being 14 per cent., the purchasers would
naturally prefer the latter as an instrument of purchase,
and thus it is disadvantageous for the holders of bonds
to be classed with those of " blue papers."
Lord Howard de Walden has made some progress i■
the treaty of commerce between England and Portugal,
the latter conceding to the former the same privileges as
to the United States, on condition of favourable stipule-

tions on our side. Some desirable modifications in the
Customs tariffs have been submitted to, and the great
point of contention, which is a reduction in the duty
on Newfoundland fish. 7Vill, it is supposed, be waived
by M. Magalbaes. present duty, it is contended,
on the English side, amounts almost to a prohibition,
and no sath•factory reason can be assigned by the Mi-
nisters, since the Portuguese fisheries do not produce
enough for home consumption, and the fsh being
bad in quality, and badly cured, it cannot be sent
to a foreign market. The Chamber of Deputies,
wilite authorizing the Administration to modify the
tariffs, enjoins that no treaty shall be ratified with—
out the consent of the Legislature. The Confiana
Company Directors have written circulars to the civil
authorities of the Government in the provinces, offering
to obtain preferment for such of them as efEcaeiously
assist in the recovery of taxes mortgaged to the Com-
pany in preference to such as are due to the State.
There is besides a promised gratuity of from forty to
sixty moidorei. The Duke of Palmella is said to have
used every exertion to induce the Sztembrist Viscount
Sada Bandeira to join the Administration, but all his
efforts have proved fruitless. The Douro navigation
is in a very unsettled state. Tile Minister for the
Home Department is said to have consented, on the
proposal of several Deputies, that the treaty shall not
pass through the house this session, upon which the
Spanish Minister protested that he would demand his
passports if the sittings were closed viithout an approval
of the treaty. He has even applied to the King
for the fulfilment of his promise. Bills on England are
stated to be very scarce, and mercantile operations so
reduced that an exchange operation to the amount of
20,0001. can hardly be effected without causing an alte-
ration in the tales of 2 or more per cent.

POST.—The only important foreign intelligence re-
ceived this afternoon has been in a private letter re-
ceived by the Mediterranean mail from the Bombay
correspondent of the house of Cockerell and Co., to
the effect that an express had arrived from Calcutta,
with intelligence of the arrival of a part of the
English fleet off the coast of China, and the total
destruction of the forts of the Bocca Tigris. This
intelligence has been published in a third edition of
one of our Contemporaries, who is remarkable for his
early and very improbable news from the Chinese
empire, for on this occasion there are numerous
improbabilities surrounding the third edition of our
Contemporary—as that the portion of the fleet
so arrived on the Chinese coast should have
entered alone, and been as breathlessly in
haste to have all the glory of the destruction of the
forts of the Bocca Tigris ; that the steam-ship Enter-
prise shou d have returned to Calcutta with the intel-
ligence, although no such steam-ship was enumerated
in the preceding account of the fleet ; nor why a
steam-ship should have been dispatched to Calcutta
with intelligence of so little real importance as the de-
struction of the outside forts, which the Chinese never
were expected to be able to defend ; or, more than all,
why a private express should have been sent across the
jungle, for a distance of 1,100 miles from Calcutta to
130inbay. As tho market for -tea has bee■ attempted
to be influenced by this intelligence, it is proper to ob-
serve, that, however rrpectable may be the parties
who received this intell;”nce, there is little doubt that
it has been a lubrication in Bombay.

HERALD.—lncreasing confidence in the reality of
the :mission of Count Lara, has raised the spirits of the
holders of Spanish Stock. The fluctuations above al-
luded to are, at the same time, fully explained ; but
these fluctuations go more to prove its real value, that'
would dozens of pamphlets on the subject. Here are
certain laws founded upon principles of equity, and it
would be but fair, if the Spanish Government would
remember that their foreign creditors have naturally a
prejudice in favour of their own customs. When a
trader finds himself in embarrassed circumstances, as a
first step towards redeeming his credit, he calls his cre-
ditors together, lays before them a statement of his debts
and assets, and offers to divide among them the whole
that he possesses. The Spanish Government appear

to consider the opposite to be correct ; they raise the
revenue to the highest possible point, supply the de-
mands of the civil list, the court, &c., first, and then
apply the balance to the exigencies of the State, leaving
those who contributed 'the larger share to making
the kingdom whit it is, co.npletely in the back
ground. The principle of common honesty seetn3
to be perfectly misunderstood among them. Nut
only is the interest of the bonds, most solemnly
guaranteed, after a large sacrifice of principal, still
unpaid, but tim Treasury Bonds, granted under a still
more solemn contract, are merely regarded by them (at
perhaps their real value) as mere waste paper. If any
of our countrymen were to act thus, thousands would
immediately cry out against the atrocity of the proceed-
ing ; yet, with laws. framed upon justice, the English
bondholders, amenable to those laws, are by the in-
ertness of their Government deprived of their just
demands.

SUN.—The Continental advices being more favour-
al:lk., the funds were steady to-day. For present deli-
very Consols have been marked 88/ to 881, and for
time 88a to 881. Exchequer Bills have been steady at
63. to Bs. premium, and India Bonds at Bs. to ss. dis-
count. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought
98 to 97i, the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
97i to 97/ ex-div., and the Three per Cent. Annuities
88 ex-div., being all rather higher.
Although the state of affairs in Spain promises now
to become more settled, the Active Stock of that king-
dom did not assume a steady appearance, having been
quoted to-day at 241 to 23, or a fall of 1/ per cent. on
Saturday's value. A Pigeon express was supposed to
have brought some unfavourable news from Paris, as
the fall only occurred late this afternoon, or else a sale
was made by a Bear party for effect. At any rate the
fall was both sudden and unexpected, and some said
a failure had occurred, which latter version, we believe,
is the correct one. The accounts from Lisbon have led to
a decline in Portuguese Bonds, the New Five per Cents.
having been heavy to-day at 33/ to 328, and the Three
per Cents. at 221 to 22 ; Colombia i Bonds of 1824
have been at 22 to 211 ; Mexican of 1837 at 27 to
27/, and Brazilian at 78 to 781, being all rather lower.
Belgian Bonds were 661, for the Three per Cents. and
Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. rallied from 508 to
51i, owing to the incre:A,ed buoyancy of the Bourse at
Amsterdam.
The Share Market was rather animated to-day, and
prices generally ranged higher. Great Western 20 to
23, New 9 to 81 ; Birmingham 80 to 781, Manchester
and Leeds 23 to 24, and York and North Midland 161
premium. Brighton were 108, Greenwich New 31,
Blackwall2l, Eastern Counties 111, Birmingham and
Derby 30, Northern and Eastern 11, and South East-
ern 17 discount. Colonial Bank were at 12 premium.
Tea closed on 'Change at 2s. 5/d. to 2s. 41d. per lb.,
one month.

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CIIRIST S riOSPlTAL.—Yesterday being St.
Matthew's-day, the annual. orations were delivered accord-
ing to custom in the great hall of Christ's Hospital by the
senior scholars of the institution. The Lord Mayor and
the civic authorities, who generally attend on these occa-
sions, having previously heard Divine service, proceeded to
the hall shortly before two o'clock, by which time every
seat, except those reserved for his Lordship and his imme-
diate friends and attendants, was occupied. Perhaps on
no former occasion was the room so crowded with visitors.
A great majority of the company present were ladies. The
Lord Mayor having taken his seat, the Rev. Dr. Rice, the
head master of the school, directed the orations to com-
mence. The orations were all pronounced with consider-
able ability. At the conclusion of the orations the scho-
lars collected the usual largess from the company, who,
with the Lord Mayor, took their departure shortly after
three o'clock.
CHICHESTER.—The full-length portrait of his
Grace the Duke of Richmond, recently painted by Mr.
i Andrews, has been purchased by a subscription raised
among the inhabitants of tbis city and its neighbourhood
and is shortly to be placed in the new Corn Exchange,