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LONDON, FRIDAY !CORNING SUN JANUARY 2, 1846 PRICE SD.
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LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
COMPANY. ANNE SOCIETY,
Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of 26, coiontri:L. LONDO)1,
this Company, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishops- Capital-£600,000.
gate-street, on MONDAY, the sth of January, 1646, at One Empowered by Act of Parliament.
o'clock precisely, to Icy before the Proprietors the terms of the This institution otf-rs Important and stastantlal advan-
amalgamation which has been agreed to with the Yorkshire and tages with respect both cc Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
Glasgow Union Lailway Company, and the general state of this The ass trod has, on all occasions, the power to horror, without ea-
Company. By order of the Committee of Management, pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street. of hi interests to meet- other convenisnces or necessity. Assurances
fir terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
HARWICH RAILWAY and PIER COM-
PANY (with Branches to Thorpe le Soken and Airesford)

DIVISION OF PROFIT:.
The s sccess and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the litrectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from Zikl to 75 per cent. on the prenalunis paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES<

MANAGING COMMITEEE.
Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart., M.P., Chairman.
Martin Stutely, Esq. Charles Sturgeon, Esq.
It. Borman Fisher, Esq. • James R. Croft, Esq.
William Downes, Esq. John G. Wilson, Esq.
EamixEsa—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Thomas Jones Mawe, Esq.
Colchester—William Salmon Cooper, Esq.

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5 1 added. Cash. ro I° w
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. .
The Committee beg to announce that it is their intention to pro-
ceed to Parliament in the ensuing cession, and that the etandiag
orders to the present time have in all respects been fully complied
with.

The share list will close on the sth day of January next, previously
to which forms may be had and applications will be received, accom-
panied by references to a banker, or person of known responsibility,
addressed to the solicitors in London or Colchester, or to the brokers
already advertised.

A £ ri d. 1837 £l9l 13 51.E87 13 51X13 17 1
GO NOS 74 3 4 11838 165 13 t 74 13 10 11 B 6
1111884309 183: 103
061
416 1134
43 9 410

14395 11 1
346 23
296 13 1
247 4

Te division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

By order,
4, New Bridge-street, Dec. 23, 1845.

T. PRICE, Secretary.

F. FERGUSON CAMROI7X. See.

THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.

The Committee of Management beg to announce that, in compliance
with the applications and suggestions of several gentlemen of expe
rience, they have instructed the several bankers named in their
Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the preliminary deposits
from this time until the 7th of January next, in order that those
parties to whom Shares in this Company have been allotted may con
suit their own convenience, by paying theflrst deposit at the present
time, or paying the whole deposit on or before the 7th of January
next.

By order of the Board,
- • Z. HUBBERSTT, Seoretary.
Ifoorgate-chambers, Dfoorgate-street, Dec. 19, 1845.

NORTHERN and SOUTHERN
CONNECTING RAILWAY.

The Committee of 3fanagement have much pleasure In announcing
to the Subscribers that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference,
have been duly deposited at the Parliament-office of the House of
Lords, and at the Private Bill office of the House of Crnmons, and
also with the various Parish Clerks, in compliance with the standing
orders of both Houses of Parliament. The notices have been served
upon the respective owners, lessees, and occupiers, throughout the in-
tended line and deviation. The traffic has also been taken by an
experienced statist, with the most satisfactory result, and the mea-
sure will be carried before Parliament in the ensuing session.
W. JENKINS, Secretary.
71, King William-street, Dec. 31, 1845.

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY
11,.* CALL FOR SECOND INST kLMENT OF 21. 10s. PER
SHARE, ON 251. - HAREA, MAKING 51. PAID.
The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at
a meeting held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of
rarliament, for an instal•nent of 21. 10s. per Share on 25/. shares,
notice Is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on
or before the 20th day of January next, to any of the undermen-
tioned bankers, the said sum of 21. lOs on each of their respective
251 Shares, viz :
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.; at the Great Western
Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City.
Bristol—Messsrs. Harford, and Co. ; Messrs. Baillie, Ames,
and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and
South Wales District Bank.
Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool.
Cheltenham—The t ;minty of Gloucester Bank.
Reading—Messrs. I. and C. Simonds and Ce.
By order of the Board of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 4, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWA T.
CALL FOR ELEVENTH INSTALMENT OF 51. PER
SHARE, ON 1001. 4HARES, MAKING M/ PAID.

The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a
meeting held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of Par-
liament, for an instalment of 51. per share on 1001. shares, Notice
is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on or before
the th day of.Tanuary next, to any of the under-mentioned bankers,
the .aid sum of 5/. on each of their respective 1001. shares, viz :
London —Messrs. Gl• n, Halifax, Mills, and Co. ; at the Great
Western hallway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City.
Bristol —Messrs. Miles, ['afford, and Co. ; Messrs. Bailie, Ames,
and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and
South Wales District Bank.
Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool.
Cheltenham—The Co.,nty of Gloucester Bank.

Reading—Messrs. I. and C. Simonds and Co.
By order of the Board of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 4, 1845.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU
RANCE SOCIETY.

26, Cornhill, London, December 29, 1845.
Notice is hereby given that the half-yearly interest, at the rate of
five per cent per annum on the capital stock of this Society, due on
the 31st instant, will become payable on the 10th day of January
next, and Proprietors may receive the same at this office on that or
any subsequent day between the hours of eleven and three o'clock.
By order of the Co Irt of Directors,
F. FERGUSON CAIVIRO'UX, Secretary.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
ROYAL EXCLIA...NGE, LONDON. •
(Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.)
FIRE INSURANCES.
NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Pre-
miums falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th day of
January next.

LIFE INSURANCES.
Two-thirds of the Profit on the Company's Life business, since De-
cember, 1841, will be apportioned, periodically, among Policies for
Life, without involving the assured in any risk of partnership.
The Company has returned to the position in the Royal Exchange,
which it had occupied in the former building from 1720 till its de-
struction by fire in 1838.

Branch Office, 29, PALL-MALL.
THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Governor.
WILLIAM SAMPSON, Esq., Sub-Governor.
The Hon. J. T. LESLIE MELVILLE, Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Chas. John Manning, Esq.
George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edw. Howley Palmer, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
William T. Hibbert, Esq. William Sultan, Esq.
Lamielot Holland, Esq. Robert Thorley. Esq.
Sir George Larpent, Bart. Henry Warre, Esq.
John Chr. Lochner, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Sir J. Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
ALEXR. GREEN, Secretary.

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DELICATE AFFAIR.—A circumstance of a very
distressing nature has occurred in this city, and will ere long
meet the public eye, A few days ago the daughter of a
highly respectable citizen, who is connected with a public
establishment in this city, was married to a gentleman, a
native of Galway, and after the ceremony proceeded with
him to France; but the previous marriage of the gentleman
with a lady, by whom he has children, transpired after their
departure, and the unhappy parents of the deluded girl have
been obliged to resort to the laws to punish the offender and
vindicate their respectability. For this purpose a warrant
has been issued for his apprehension, and police-constables
followed him to France. The informations were sworn in
the College-street, Police-office, but their precise contents,
and all the circumstances attendant upon this most heart-
rending case, must for the present remain unrevealed.—
Saunder's News Letter.

BANKRUPTCY.—The following statistics of bank-
ruptcy may prove interesting :—The total number of bank-
ruptcies that have occurred in and up to a late period of
the just expired year is, it appears, 1,028, and on an ana-
lysis of the trade or calling of the individuals composing
that number, it appears that there were 7 apothecories, 1
attorney, 9 auctioneers, 7 bakers, 5 beersellers, 18 book-
sellers, 21 boot and shoemakers, 14 brewers, 11 bricklayers
and masons, 3 brickmakers, 18 brokers, 33 builders, 19 but-
chers, 15 cabinet-makers, 4 calico and stuff printers, 10 car-
penters, 1 carpet-manufacturer, 7 carriers and carmen, 3
carvers and gilders, 8 cattle•dealers, 7 cheeseifiongers, 21
chemists and druggists, 2 clothiers, 2 cloth-manufac-
turers, 1 cloth-merchant, 3 coachmakers, 3 coach and
omnibus proprietors, 19 coal-merchants, 18 commission-
agents, 2 contractors of roads, railways, and gas, 1 cook
and confectioner, 15 corn-merchants and dealers, 6 cotton-
manufacturers, 2 cotton-spinners, 12 carriers, 3 cutlers, 4
dairymen, 5 dealers, 33 drapers, 11 dyers, 3 earthenware
dealers, 3 eating and coffee-house-keepers, 9 engineers,
1 engraver, 8 farmers, 4 farriers, 4 fellmongers, 2 fish-
mongers, 2 fruiterers, 6 glass-merchants, 59 grocers, 6
hatters, 11 hosiers, 44 innkeepers, 8 ironfounders, 14 iron-
mongers, 2 jewellers, 2 lacemen, 3 leathersellers, 1 lime-
burner, 18 linendrapers, 1 livery-stable-keeper, 1 lodging-
house-keeper, 7 machinists, 5 maltsellers, 2 market-gardeners,
4 mercers, 40 merchants, 4 milliners, 8 millers, 6. money-
scriveners, 5 ma,ical-instrument-makers, 8 oil and colourmen,
5 painters, 4 paperhangers, 6 paper-makers, 1 pawnbroker,
20 plumbers and glaziers, 8 printers, 2 print and tuu-ic-sel-
lers, 8 provision-dealers, 2 saddlers, 1 sailcloth-manufacturer,
3 slii pb r
3 ok
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th 4,
shipovfners 3 shipwrights, 4 silk-manufac-
turers,l soap-maker, 9 stationers, 6 surgeons and
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dentists,bm
- tallowehandlers, 11 tea-dealers, 5 tim-
-mcconists, 3 trimming.makers, 9 up-
holsterers, 63 victuallers, 12 warehouninen, 8 watch and
erer ct Gan tailors,ts, 2 t 4
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clock-makers, 4 wharfingers, 5 wheelwrights, 36 wine and
spiritoollen-manufacturers.
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r worsted-spinner,
and 57 of various occupations.

PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE.
MEETING AT COICHESTER.
Yesterday the second of-a series " agricultural meet-
ines in favour of " proteetion,i' ;In be held in the county
of Sussex, took place in the Coin Exchange, at which
nearly 2,000 persons were present, !tlt the great majority
of them were,agricultural labourers, who were influenced
to attend.
The Hon. and Rev. L. liA.ReotrßT presided, and, in
o! ening t
an
eptrio_neaeteidoinnagls: condemned the Anti-Corn-law
league and the course pursded by its members, as uncon-
stitutional,and most injurious to the best
interests of the working people of this country, whether
agricultural or manufacturing labourers, the object being
to r duce wages for the profit of masters. It was there-
fore necessary that all who wished their industry to be
protected should unite, particularly those who were em-
ployed and interested in agriculture. If they did unite
hew
Ministry
Secretary
longcreyd rt
ehadaiti
oneither
r!en
reins of
powereong present Il oru
unless
sotthhee;
did full justice to the agricultural body.—(Cheers,)
The
for absence,
among which was one from thwtarl of March, M.P. ; it
might, indeed, be called an essay, in which his Lordship
argued at considerable length against the repeal of the
corn-laws.
Mr. PRIME (a magistrate) proposed the first resolu-
tion. He said that there never•was a time that agricul-
turists should bestir themielves more than at present,
seeing that the head of the Whig party had declared
himself in favour of free trade, and that the head of
the party in power seemed disposed to follow that ex-
ample. He believed, that unless the agriculturists were
firm, they would be sacrificed in the next session of
Parliament to the Anti-Corn-law League.—(Cheers and
hisses.) The history of this country, from the time of
Edward IV. downward, showed that it had ever been
the policy of its Governneent toemeteet its home agri.
cultural..sa zudeveby sleaMsetileteit'lfie itsitiorttee
lion of foreign corn ; and those persons who were for
the unrestricted insportatiem of foreign corn were advo-
cates of an untried system, which our ancestors, in their
wisdom, never would adopt, but whose policy in this
matter had raised this country to a height of wealth and
prosperity never surpassed, if equalled, by any nation
of the world.—(Hear, hear.) The state of Germany
and _France showed what was the effect of a low price of
bread—low wages. There. no tithe nor poor-rate was
paid ; consequently, were the corn-laws repealed, wages
here must gradually come down to the same level, not
only for agricultural, but for manufacturing employment.
That eminent statesman who had represented that
borough (Mr. Huskisson) once expressed great doubt
whether it would be politic to make this nation depend-
ent on foreigners for the first necessary of life. In
times of scarcity unfriendly nations might stop the
supplies, and reduce us to a state of famine, or very little
short of it ; and the evil would be greatly aggravated in
time of war. No more time, then, was to be lost ; they
should be up and doing. But, whatever demonstration
might be made in that or other counties, the main bat-
tle must be fought on the floor of the House of Com-
mons, and he advised them to take care that their repre-
sentatives went prepared to do their duty.—(Cheers and
laughter.) He was hostile in general to exacting
pledges, but under existing circumstances to demand a
pledge upon this subject was not only excusable, but
absolutely requisite. They must ask their repi esenta-
lives, " Will you maintain protection in its present posi-
tion, or will you yield step after step, until all is
given up, though you would recoil at the idea of giving
it up in a lump ?" There was still a powerful phalanx
left in the House of Commons ; and if the agriculturists
would stand firm and advise their representatives to do
the same, no doubt they would come out of the struggle
prosperous and victorious.—(Cries of "No, no," and
cheers.) He concluded by moving—
" That the unprecedented position in which the owners and
occupiers of land, and also labourers and others interested in
the welfare of the country, are placed at the present moment,
imperatively demands the most serious consideration, and,
threatened as we are with the repeal of the corn-laws, it be-
hoves us to come forward and prevent so awful a calamity."
Mr. STereeee seconded the resolution, which the
Chairman put and declared to be carried unanimously.
There was nevertheless a strong adverse party present,
but they did not seem to think it worth while formally
to oppose the res•ilutions.
Capt. PI ertecTore proposed the second resolution :
" That this meeting will strenuously endeavour by every
constitutional means in its power to secure at the next ge-•
neral election, and when any vacancy for a representative in
Parliament may occur, the return of Members of Parliament
who are well known to be friendly to agriculture and the
landed interests of the country, and who will offer an inde-
pendent and unflinching opposition to any measures calcu-
lated to diminish the present amount of protection for do-,
mestic industry."
He was happy to say that.the popular clamour for free-
trade did not prevail in the county of Sussex, as it
did in some of the manufacturing districts. The cul
tivators of the soil—the British farmers—had been de-
nounced as wicked and un-Christian-like and grasping
monopolists.—(A voice—" So they are." Confusion.)
They had been teld that the landlords and farmers had
been withholding from the Female the food wheals Pro-
vidence intended for them.—(Cries of " True, true,"
followed by cheers.) They were not monopolists. (A
cry, " They are," and uproar.) The manufacturers who
had amassed wealth, and the money-lenders, were the
monopolists. The men who speculated in corn, and
bought it up to sell at their own price, were monopolists;
not the farmer, nor the landowner. They were obliged
to pay rent, poor-rates, and tithes. (A voice, Take off
the tithes, then;" hisses, and cheers.) And they were
often compelled to sell at any price they could get; they
were no monopolists. Could they show him a farmer
who had made his fortune? No. (Cries of "Thousands,
thousands!") No; he was an animal unknown.—(Laugh
ter and cheers.) Were there such an one, Dr. Buckland
would soon be down and geologize him; see what
stratum he was made of, and send him up to the British
Museum in a glass case.—(Roars of laughter.) The
farmer, too, paid more than the manufacturer. Who paid
for their religion, and provided for the sick and poor?
The farmer and the landowner.—(A voice, " Who keeps
the farmer?") The farmer was subject to every vicissi-
tude of weather, and when he spent his capital and labour
could not foretel what return he was to have, whereas the
manufacturer and the artisan could. Therefore the farmer
should be protected. Would they like to see the
farmer and his men put to eat rye-bread and boiled
beans, and live upon only 4d. a day?—(Cries of " Curry
powder!" and fiance laughter.) The farmer's prosperity
must be identical with their own. Rally round him,
then, my dear fellows (said the gallant Captain), as you
ever have done in the hour of need. Do not listen to
his calumniators, who are seeking to deprive him of the
means of paying your wages. Remember, you are part
and parcel uf the fatherland which gave you birth.
Mr. UPTON seconded the resolution, which was put by
the Chairman, who pronounced it " carried unani-
mously," although a very few hands were held up, the
great mass of the meeting not voting.
Mr. J. BARTON moved the third resolution, which de-
clared that the existing protection to agriculture ought
e be maintained, because it would prevent the ruin of
s of tradesmen, labourers, artisans, and others,
mainly dependent fur support on the agricultural interest
of the country.
Mr. E. WYATT seconded the motion, which was dis-
posed of like the preceding.
On the mot on of Mr. W. NEWLAND, seconded by Mr.
H. Dutee, petitions to her Ma/jesty, and the House of
Lords, to be presented by the Duke of Richmond, and
one to the House of Commons, to be presented by the
Earl of March, were adopted.
The Duke of RICHMOND, who was received with
mingled cheers and hisses, and cries of " Salmon !
salmon!" said—Gentlemen, a bad cold will prevent me
from trespassing long upon your attention; but I may,
I hope, be permitted to say, that it will give me the
greatest gratification to present at the foot of the throne
the petition signed by so large and influential a body of
the clergy, the owners and the occupiers of land, and
the labourers of my native county.—(Cries of " Bravo!"
and cheers.) A handbill has been put into my hand—
(Hear, and a laugh)—some few moments since signed
by " One of the Million," and it calls upon thelabourers
here present to sign a petition for free trade, and not
mind what the Duke tells them.—(Great laughter.)
Now, gentlemen, I will go at once to that question, and
I ask you whether you are more likely to believe in an
anonymous signature of " One of the Million" than the
individual who now stands before you, who has long
ak
Inwonwyns yfoeul
t, wt who has
edee rpeessitd ed amongst you,
youro , and
welfare?—
e ifwhoare
?Is
_a s
(Cheers.) I am happy to see amongst the honest
labourers here assembled so many of those friends whom,
as the chairman of a society for the encouragement
of labourers, I have had the pleasure of meeting at
dinner, and of giving prizes to for their honest and
meritorious conduct.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it has been
said by some that we ought not at the present moment
to move, because first we ought to wait till we hear what
the plan of Sir R. Peel is. My opinion upon that is, if
we wait unti! then it will be too late; it will be like shut-
ting the door after the steed is stolen.—(Hear, hear.)
We know that Sir R. Peel does intend to get rid of pro-
tection; whether graduallyeor not we know nut, but we
know that he is going to do it.--(Hear, and cheers.)
And why do we know it? I must call your attention to
the facts of this case. Some fortnight or three weeks
ago, after Lord J. Russell, the leader of the Whig party,
proclaimed his anxiety to join the League, what does
Sir R. Peel do? Because cue or two members of his
and that upon
office thes
hustings, and every opinion expressed by them during
Cabinet will not
hvoiorlaotaeigneavehriys polinedege:
h
their whole lives,
to be filled up by the Queen, who sends for Lord
i
J. Russell, who would have been able to form a Cabinet
had it not been for disagreem nt among some of his
friends. Well, then, what did Sir R. Peel do? He gave
up the reins of government to the party who be knew
would carry the immediate repeal of the corn-lawss_
(Cheers, and cries of "No, no. ') Well, then, I would
say, I wish rather that he had done it himself.—
(" Ay, so he will,") Well, then, if a man can be
guilty of such treachery, for Heaven's sake let him
come forward and avow it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
What war it that he wanted at that moment? The repeal
of the corn-laws. But he could not carry it, and therefore
he threw up the Government, that it might come into the
) Tnat is conduct,
ihna nmdys
no fpiLn (iinrnd, J.
wßourstsheyll.o—f
a Csthaeteerssinan.—(Cries of " No,
no,' and cheers.) In this handbill—(" Read, read,")--
it is said, "Sign for free trade, you will have more
work, better pay, and better living.' Nsov. if you leok at
the countries where corn is cheap they will show you

I" An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse."
(Cheers and laughter.) They had that in Sir R. Peel,
and the sooner they got rid of him and those that sup-
ported him the better.—(Cheers.) He was at a loss to
know where Sir Robert Peel would take his seat in the
House next session. The Radicals would have nothing
to do with him. Cobden had said at the Covent-garden
Parliament lately that no man of respectability and
honour ought to speak to such a man. The Premier's
own friends were disgusted with him. He (Lord W.
Lennox) was in London during the Ministerial inter-
regnum, and he could assure the meeting that a Conser-
vative would be immediately recognised by the long face
he pulled.—(A laugh.) " The greatest political scoun-
drel that ever existed," was a mild term to some that
he heard applied to Sir R. Peel.—(Laughter, and cries
of "Oh, oh 1") He thought they must have him on
the floor of the House ; ar.d he recommended the agri-
culturists to send up an empty sack marked " English
Agriculture," and tell Sir Robert to bolster himself up
with full sacks from foreign ports. In conclusion, he
would read to the meeting some lines written by a late
president of an agricultural society, Sir John Sinclair :
" Let this be held the farmer's creed,—
For stock seek out the choicest breed,
In peace and plenty let them feed.
Your lands sown with the choicest seed ;
Let it not dung nor dressing need ;
Enclose and drain it with all speed,
And you will soon be rich indeed."
—(Great laughter.) To those lines he had added a few
others :

" Turn out Sir Robert with all speed.
(Cheers and laughter.)
His Cabinet from free trade weed.
Don't trust to him—a broken reed,
Who's faithless both in word and deed.
Protection seek, and thus agreed,
The farmers may be rich indeed."
(Cheers and laughter, during which a voice added—
" The worst of verses 1 ever zeed."
and another—
" The worst of readers I ever heard read.")
As the Noble Duke quoted a part only of the hand-
bill which seemed to give him so much offence, it may
be as well to give the whole of it:—
" Labourers of Sussex,—A glorious power is this day put
into your hands by your masters, who think by the show
your numbers will make to keep up rents and 'high prices,
and consequently keep you poor. Don't sign their papers,
but, instead, petition for a free trade in everything, which
will give you—whatever the Duke may tell you to the con-
trary—more work, better pay, and better living. You kncw
you want this, and, having the example of strength shown
you, try for it. Free trade, I say, and no curry powder.
" ONE OF THE MILLION."
A man who had been employed to distribute copies of
this handbill amongst the crowd was seized by a person
named Pasco near the door of the Corn-Exchange,
roughly handled, and kicked out; hut it i said that the
matter will not end there, as the friends of the bill-dis-
tributor, who, it appears, made no noise, nor interfered
with the proceedings, are determined that proper pro-
ceedings shall be taken to bring the perpetrator of the
assault to justice.
On the motion of the Duke of Richmond, a vote of
thanks was presented to the Chairman for his services.
This was followed by three cheers for the Duke of Rich-
mond, in which was intermingled an unwelcome alloy of
hisses and groans ; and to Sir R. Peel was paid the ugly
compliment of three groans by the landlords and their
smock-frocked followers. So pleasant an exhibition,
however, could not be allowed to close by those who gotalmost
it up without the addition with which many other
equally ridiculous affairs terminate--a display of _
fire-
works. Two of the lowest ruffians ineChpilco_hyeesdtebry one
ee
00
ff
them known at Petworth—had been m
the Duke's political dirty-work-men, the aforesaid Pasco,
to bring in and parade before the hustings, just as the
acopy
proceedings were about to end, of the Times
nphhe m
displayent, and
of criedthe
newspaper, at which the Dukes toadies on the platform
looked with ill-disguiseds,lEo
"Takebroad
it away ! Down with it r
sheet would have been little understood by the majority
of the multitude had it not been for some strips of paper
pasted thereor, upon which strips was printed its title,
)
" The Tunes," in large capitale. Upon the name being
generally recognised so many complimentary cheers
were given that the chawbacons who surrounded the
frarnevvorlc to whicl. it was fastened looked inquiringly
at their fu,glernen and paymasters on the hustings for
the signal which should direct the next part of the
performance. This was soon telegraphed, and the paper
was instantaneously set on lire and consumed, the Noble
hike and his friends f, asting their eyes in silence on the
flame, which spared the frame-work, or gallows, as it
was termed, to which the paper had been affixed ; a
ghastly symbol of the fate which may attend those who
follow up this public and authoritative lesson in incen-
diarism. The landowners and occupiers, one would
think,had already experienced enough of the consequence
of their labourers learning the use of pocket lucifer- I
matches without the further instruction and encourage-
ment afforded to them by this glaring act of folly. We have
good authority for stating that the majority of the citi-
ztris of Chichester regard this as a most contemptible
proceeding, and the meeting itself as an insult, as the
Duke of Richmond and his friends well know that they
do not agree with their opinions on the corn-law, but
particularly because a large number of agricultural
labourers were hired to attend the meeting, and to cheer
and bawl at command. Some of them were all:Avoid the

i what will come to you. In those countries, as you have
been told already, the labourers are worse off than la-
bourers in any other part of the world; they are worse
fed, clothed, and housed. Some time since an Irish la-
bourer came to London, and with his only sixpence went
to purchase some eggs. The shopkeeper gave him
four. " Why," exclaimed he, " I could have a dozen for
that money in the county of Mayo." " Then," asked
the shopman, why did you not stay there ?" " Why,"
said the Irishman, " because I could not get the 6d. to
purchase the eggs with."—(Loud laughter, and cries of
"That's new, where did he get the 6d. then?") Now,
you will observe, that is exactly what, in my humble
opinion,,will be the case of the labourers of England,
and more particularly of the agricultural labourers.
Gentlemen, you know well, for many of yeti were em-
ployed upon our poorer soils in this neighbourhood,
that it is impossible for us to keep that land in
cultivation, if we get only 9/. a load for our
wheat. But that land would be thrown out of
cultivation ; and I would ask auy labourer here
a hether the most distressing situation in which he could
be placed could be worse than this—that when you are
ready to maintain by the sweat of your brow your wives
and children, you would be answered thus, " man,
I am sorry for you, but no work can I give you, be-
cause I cannot afford to employ you." Would you not
then be in the same situation as the Irish labourer ?
What is the use of bread at 6d. a loaf if you have not
the 6d. to buy it with ?—(Hear, hear.) I am one of
those who have ever expressed views of the deepest com-
enisseration for the labourers of this country ; and there-
fore, I ask you, gentlemen, to come forward and support
those whom you know to be your firmest and fastest
Friends.—(" Cheers" at command.) I ask you not to
compromise this great question, because if we once seek
to compromise it we get rid .f the principle altogether.
I ask you also to remember that in the event of war with
foreign eolintr",-if we gr6w neitiliter nittelt,wheet-
as is necessary for the consumption of our own people,
whether France, Germany, Russia, or Poland, will not
be able to defeat us, not on the plains of Blenheim and
Waterloo, nor in the actions of Trafalgar and the Nile,
but in the task of providing food for our people ? Gentle-
men, I can only tell you that in presentingyour petition I
shall be happy to express to her Majesty the deep value
I entertain for the yeomanry and labourers of England,
and to assure her of my deep sense that the public opinion
is very different from the bought and popular clamour
which has been excited in some of the manufacturing
districts.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you as well as I have
interests to protect and support. I ask you all to make
a pull, a long pull, a strong pull, and a pall altogether.
(Cheers, and some ironical cries.) And, then I ask,
have the respectable inhabitants of this county made that
pull in vain ?—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I thank you for
your attention. I wish I had strength to say more,
but I can assure you, for one, that I am determined
to pursue that straightforward and honest path which,
whenever strayed from, must end in ruin and desola-
tion.—(Cheers.)
Lord W. LENNOX said that he could vouch for one
thing—that their representative, the Earl of March,
would have great pleasure in presenting their petition to
the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) He wished
some of the Leaguers were present —(A Voice—" Oh,
you would be frightened," and laughter.) He wished
the Leaguers had been present to hear the sentiments
that day uttered in that room.—(" Oh, you would run
away.") The Leaguers talked of free trade, which
meant only low wages to the labourer, and the taking of
money out of the pockets of the agriculturists to put into
the pockets of the manufacturers. The sentiments
uttered by the Leaguers were calculated only to
bring anarchy and confusion, to set the labourer
against the farmer, and the farmer against the occu-
pier of land, and the occupier against the owner
and landlord ; so that in the general scramble
the Leaguers might come in for a share of the profits.
—(Cheers and hisses.) Those Leaguers, too, were
very abusive. What, said Cobden ?—(Cries of " Ay,
that's the man.") Yes, that was the man.—(Cheers
and laughter.) Cobden said, "If you landlords will as-
sent to the repeal of the corn-laws, and to have all your
lands thrown out of cultivation, then we will not ask
you to disgorge all your ill-gotten gains." Why, where
was the farmer who had any such gains ? There was
no such person in the world.—(Laughter and cheers.)
The manufacturers pretended to sympathise with the
agricultural labourers in respect to what they were
pleased to term their distressed condition ; but did
they think that by throwing those labourers out of
employment they would improve their condition ?
Had those who heard him ever read the accounts
given before Parliamentary Committees of the cruel
manner in which young children were treated in facto-
ries ? He himself once saw the late Mr. Sadler produce,
in the House of Commons, a sort of knout or stick, to
which a thong of leather was fastened, with which the
poor little creatures were beaten when they fell asleep
from over-fatigue ; and yet these manufacturers were
the persons upon whose tender mercies they were now
called on to rely. lie considered Sir R. Peel had for-
feited his word, and violated the pledge he gave when
he went into power under the banners on which was in-
scribed, " Protection to Agriculture." In the words of
the poet :

full holiday and their day's pay, and others an extra
shilling. As they were about to leave the hall they were-
called upon, as " gentlemen," not to go away without
signing, or putting their mark rather, to the petitions ;
and it was curious to hear Some of them remark, " Well,
I be obliged to sign this, but I doan't know what be vor,
I doan't." Perhaps the Duke of Richmond's electioneer-
ing man, who was so busy upon this occasion, did not
properly explain the matter.

MEETING AT AYLESBURY.
AYLESBURY, DEC. 31.—The annual general meeting
of the Royal Bucks Agricultural Association took place
this afternoon, at the George Inn, Aylesbury. The at-
tendance of tenant-farmers and landholders of the county
was very considerable, the meeting being presided over
by his Grace the Duke of Buckingham.
Among the gentlemen present who took part in the
proceeding, were the Hon. Captain Fitzmaurice, M.P.,
Mr. R. K. Clayton, M.P., Major-General Sir James
Watson, Captain Dean, Captain Anderson, Colonel
Watson, the Rev. E. E. Gray, the Rev. J. Rose, B.D.
Letters having been read from Mr. C. J. Dupre, M.P.,
and Mr. C. Tower, M.P., regretting their absence, but
expressing their deteimination to resist any alteration
in the present existing corn- laws, to the injury of the
agricultural interest,
The Duke of BUCKIXGRAM said, that having trans-
acted the routine business of the day, he should not be
opinion on
fatigue upon tthheern quebs-
y
entering into detail upon the merits of a question upon
doing his duty if he did not offer a few observations on
what should be the course for them to pursue at the pre-
sent inomenteus crisis, and on the present position in
which the agricultural interest of this country stood.—
(Hear.) He had, on so many occasions, expressed to
tt
iheee of m and
thet heeer
corn-laws, country
aw a,
thatat h
largee
which his opinions had for so long a period been knows'.
He, ma would simply state.that4oSe °pluton?. still reskipegr
unchanged.—(Cheers.) ft" musk' be admitia on all
hands that the present was a momentous crisis in the
wouldhs
affairs of the nation, and it might be necessary, before
long, for the agriculturists of the country to take steps
for the protection of that interest which had so long
been enjoyed, and which, as a body, they so much
deserved.—(Hear.) They were all aware that there bad
recently been a great division in her Majesty's Cabinet,
that it had keen broken up, that another had been at-
tempted to be formed by the opponents of Sir R. Peel's
Government, and that it had failed, and it was equally
notorious that the Ministry of Sir R. Peel had, with some
alteration, been reconstructed —(Hear.) Upon what
grounds the first Government of Sir R. Peel was broken
up, and upon what principles its opponents were allowed
to make an attempt to form a Ministry, and attempt to
come again into power, he begged to say he was as much
in the dark as they were.—(Hear.) He knew nothing
about it but by common rumour, and rumour ascribed it
to a division upon that important, and to all present, in-
teresting question—the corn-laws.—(Hear.) A rumour
that the Prime Minister had declared in favour of a re-
peal, or such an alteration, as would materially affect
their interests, had gone abroad, and he would say that
even as a rumour the matter was worthy their serious
consideration, and might render it necessary not only
for the agricultural interest to watch most narrowly the
proceedings of her Majesty's Ministry, but, as he had
before said, to take some steps for their own pro-
tection and the protection of the country generally.—
(Cheers.) For his own part he did not wish to con-
ceal from them his opinion that the agricultural body
b this country had the power, if they pleased, to crush
and to defeat any attempt that might be made to repeal
the corn-laws.—(Hear.) He said this, knowing well
what power the agricultural population of England did
possess, and he said so as being identified and closely
connected with that particular interest.—(Hear.) He
again
said that he was aware of the power they had if
they knew how to use it.—(Cheers.) The way in which
they ought to take up that important question was, its
the national point of view, affecting deeply the interests
of all, both high and low.—(Hear.) He again denied,
as he had done on former occasions, that the repeal of
the corn.laws would benefit the poorer classes of the
community in this country.—(Cheers.) He looked at
this question truly in a national point of view, and be
could not view but with dismay the privations and the
trouble likely to be inflicted on the country should the
corn-laws be repealed.—(Hear.) All of them were
aware of what art, science, and industry had done to
advance the agriculture, and consequent prosperity of the
country ; but if the corn-laws were repealed, their re-
sources in this respect would become crippled, and what,
he would ask, would be the result if a sar was to take
place ? By what means, then, were these resources to
he brought to bear if the corn-laws were repealed,
and all the bad lands thrown out of cultivation ?
(Hear, hear.) Re (the Noble Duke) was not fond of
vituperation, nor would he ever lend himself to pr.
sonal abuse ; but.he would ask, what had been the con-
duct of those who, by the aid of the agricultural inte-
rest, had been placed in power? It had been to fly in
the faces of those who gave them that poser. The
Whigs were at least consistent, but not so the Conser-
vative party sent in by the voice of the agricultural
population. He (the Duke of Buckingham) would pub-
licly declare his conviction that, if the corn-laws were
repealed, such a proceeding would sound the death..
knell of the independence and prosperity of the coun-
try.—(Loud cries of " !fear, hear.') If it was true
that Sir R. Peel's Administration had the design of re-
pealing the corn-laws, he could only say that he could
not see upon what principle of fairness or honesty to the
agricultural interest who placed them in power they
could have in bringing forward such a scheme.—(Hear.)
Ile could understand it coming from the Opposition, and
could accord to them that they had honestly and fairly
adhered to their principles; but if it be the case with
Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, that they had agreed
to become the instruments for a repeal of the corn-
laws, and thereby destroy the agricultural interest of
the country, he was then prepared to say that they
were acting in the very teeth of those by whom
they had been supported, and whom they were bound
to protect.—(Hear, hear.) These were his °pi.
nions, but he was desirous of waiting for confirmation
until the meeting of Parliament, when they would
he able to know what the real intentions of the Ministry
were with reference to this important question.—(Hear.)
If he found that what had been rumoured was in re-
ality the case, then he was prepared to tell them that
they were not only acting in direct opposition to their
declaration which placed them in power, but in direct
opposition to the wishes of the farmer and the good
opinion of the agricultural portion of the country.—
(Hear.) He was glad that the farmers were coming
forward in every part of the country as they should, and
they would not be doing their duty in Buckinghamshire
if they did not also come forward. After some further
remarks the Noble Duke resumed his seat amidst loud
cheering.
The Hon. Captain Frrzatartnice, M.P., rose to pro-
pose the first resolution. He agreed with tha Noble
Duke in the chair that the agricultural interest had
the power, if they had the will, to see that the pro-
mises made by the Conservative Administration were
kept, not only in the letter, but in the spirit. The
superiority of the English farmer over the farmers of
any other country was attributable to our protective
system; and in a corresponding degree as that system
became relaxed foreign nations increased their duties,
and thus the evil told doubly against us. After a long
ad ress, in whi -h the Hon. and Gallant Captain charged
the Anti •Corn-law League, as professed admirers of the
Reform Bill, with carrying out, on a gigantic scale, in
the counties, that same system of venality which they
had deprecated in the old rotten boroughs, he concluded
by moving a resolution to the effect:—
ant conduct of
" That, looking with suspicion at the
its them to unite
exptoreisnst:drfehries withecor-
dial r.
agriculturists of their danger, and to _
made
to
repeal the
in resisting any attempt wbiah may be
Ministers, the meeting considers it tocabf
existing corn-laws."
M.P. .17.ic forh might
Aylesbury,
made
a de
Mr. W. JEbrzNas seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Sir JAMES WATSON moved Cie second retoluti( n :
IP duty to warn the
" That local petitions be prepared in every parish in the
county, to the Queen and both Houses of Parliament, pray-
ing
the present protection to agriculture would be resisted."
lithr.act any attempt
Mr. JoaN STONE seconded this resolution.
dial approbation of the course pursued by the • 1
agricu -
tural body, declared his opinion
still unchanged on the
necessity of the existing
corn aws, and a determination
to resist the Ministry to any attempt to destroy protec-
tion to agriculture.
About 200 gentlemen subsequently sat down to a din-
ner, presided over by his Grace the Duke of Bucking.
ham, and the proceedings terminated.

HERS.
A large and influential meeting of the noblemen and
gentlemen forming this society, as well as of the tenant.
farmers interested in the agriculture prosperity of Hert-
fordshire, was held on Wednesday in the Town-hall of St.
Albans, for the purpose of considering what steps should
be taken in the present extraordinary crisis.
The Noble the Marquis of Salisbury was called to the
chair.

The platform was densely crowded with the
principal landholders of the county, and there
might be some five hundred respectable farmers
in the body of the hall, among the former we observed:—
The Marquis of Salisbury. K G., in the chair ; Earl of
Essex, Lord Dacre, Hon. G. D. Ryder, M.P.; Sir A.
J. Dalrymple, Bart , Sir Minto Farquhar, Bart., Colonel
Calvert, W. Gambier, Esq., C. T. Chinnery, Esq., A.
Prior, Esq.. C. E. Grover, E&q., R. Clutterbuck, Esq.,
R v. T. Sykes, S. Sandars, Esq., J. F. Mason, Esq., J.
Davis, Esq., J. Lawrence, Esq., R. S. Bassi], Esq., J.
Brunton, Esq., H. H. Oddie, Esq., Rev. F. Mure Hul-
sey, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., F. P. Delete Ratcliffe, Rev.
M. R. South well, Mr. Orriman, Mr. Oakley. J. S. Story,
Esq., Mr. Maydwell, T. H. N. Hvathcote, Esq., C. Hie-
lips. Esq., N. Hibbert, Esq., Hon. and Rev. W. Capel,
J. Curling, Esq., Baron Dimsdale, C. J. Dimsdale, Esq.,
Sir A. P. Cooper, W. R. Baker, Esq., F. Vandermeulen,
Esq., W. Smith, Esq., W. Herbert Woodhouse, Esq,.
;Rev. Dr. Bowen, J. Kinder, Esq., H. 11. Burette% Esq.,
J. M. Gilbertson, Esq., Mr. Gough, Mr. Passingliatr,
Rev. E. Cring, R. Dering, Esq., 'l'. P. Halsey, Esq., C.
B. Drake Garrard, Esq., Rev. W. Wade, C. G. Thor,n-
t,n, Esq , R. W. Gaussen, Esq., T. Kemble, Esq., f.
Kinder, Esq., &c. &c.
'll2, notice calling the society together having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, in pursuance o• the
notice which has been sent to you, we have assembled
here to-day, and it devolves upon me to state, as briefly
as I possibly can, tbo motives which actuated the cow-