The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-30 00:00:00

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among the Moabites—(Laughter)—and they sent to a man
a prophet, they sent money by the hands of their servants,
and brought him to come and curse the people. The pro-
phet consented, and came up on the agricultural ass—
(Laugliter)—but the genius of free trade, the guardian of
the people; met him in his course. He stood up to curse the
people in 1842 but lo! he turned and blessed them with the
tariff.--(Laughter.) The elders were wroth with him, but
bade him try again; he tried again, but when he looked on
the people in their camp, on their Cobdens and their Brights,
lo Ihe blessed them a second time. The Moabites were very
wroth with him, but hired him yet to curse the people, and
lo! he stood up and he blessed them altogether, and prophesied
bf their glory, how the Moabites should be destroyed, while
the people should grow and become great in the whole earth.
—(Cheers and laughter.) But for associated exertions, he
said, they would not have been there that night congratu-
lating themselves on the issue to which things had been
brought, nor would they have seen Sir Robert Peel come
down and cap:tulate as in the gate ; be had, like Lot
at the gate of Sodom, prayed unfortunately that
one small city might be spared him. But he (Mr.
Thompson) hoped for the sudden sweeping away of this
last vestige of these laws, if only they were so true to them-
selves as to seek this object by association.
The meeting was then addressed by Col. THOMPSON and
Mr. GIBBS, from Aylesbury.
Mr. SYDNEY SMITH then read the following estimate to
the meeting, in order to give them an idea of the work'ng
of that system which had been contrived :
Suppose a mechanic occupy a house of four rooms, tl e
rent being 7s. 6d. per week. Ile can purchase the lease for
65 Years for 105/. Ground rent, 40s. a year. Insurance.
45.6 d.. Parochial taxes, 2/. 12s.
Purchase 13A shares at 53 premium, proceeds £ll7 5 0
He pays entrance fees 0 5 0
Surveyor's ditto 1 1 0
Lease - - 6 0 0
Mortgage deed - 6 0 0
Purchase of lease - 105 0 0

..118 6 0 being a deficiency of 21s
Payments to the Sl:ociety monthly :
Subscription: los } 149 per share. • ltedem7,tion 4s. -
For' -34 shares, monthly payment SI 4 6
That is, for one year -
Ground rent -
Insurance
Taxes -

- 14 0 0
-2 0 0
-0 4 6
- 212 0

£l9 10
Fifty-• two weeks' rent, at 78. 6d. per week, is... 19 10 0

0 0 6

LORD METCALFE.
:It will be recollected that at a meeting of gentlemen con-
nected with the North American Colonies, held at the offices
of the North American Association, on Thursday, the 15th
instant, it was agreed to present an address to Lord Metcalfe
upon the occasion of his Lordship's retirement from the go-
vernorship of Canada. The address, a copy of which ap-
peared in our columns on the 16th instant, having been nu-
merously signed, was transmitted to Lord Metcalfe on Mon-
day last. The tollowing is a copy of his Lordship's acknow-
ledgment of the same:—
" To the Subscribers to the Address of the Merchants and
others connected with the British North American Pro..
vinces.

" Sirs,—l am deeply sensible of the honour conferred on
me by the sentiments which you entertain, and I beg you to
accept my warmest thanks for the kindness which.has in-
duced you to express them.
" Had it been possible, with reference to the htate of my
health, to perform efficiently the duties of Jr.'y late office, I
would gladly have devoted the retnaindP: of my life to the
welfare of Canada, and to the furtht:ance of those purposes
which you state to have been pr.imoted during my adminis-
tration of the Government of that province.
" The aggravation of tare malady with which I have been
long afflicted having' rendered the continued discharge of my
functions impracticable, I was under the necessity of solicik,
ing her Majesty's gracious permission to resign the trust cP,n-
ferred on me; but so long as I live I shall never ease to
feel an anxious desire for the prosperity of Canada, and a
grateful recollection of the loyalty and publi':; spir;t by which
the measures of my administration W° supported in that
country.
(Sig' "ea) " METCALFE.
"2, Manstield-street, Jan. 5?: 1846."

COI,TIt- T CIRCULAR.
The Queen Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin-
cess Royif,, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open
carries:eand four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buck-
.ey and Colonel Bouverie, were in attendance on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred and the Princess Alice, were taken their accustomed
airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham
Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended
by Baroness Ahlefeldt, returned to her residenoq at Kew on
Wednesday evening.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ara,:tssador, le Comma-
deur Marques Lesboa, Brazilian Iltister, and Count de Re-
ventlow, the Danish Minister, 'transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign Claim
The Governor of t
yesterday with ,• te Bank of England had an interview
ejir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the
Exch etre r
The
i:,cclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Com-
,ittee meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place.
The Commissioners present were—the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Dandaff,
the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey ,
and the Right Hon. John Nicholl.
The Vice-President of the Board of Trade had an inter-
view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
The whole of the Cabinet Ministers were present at the
dinner given by the Duke of Buccleuch, on Wednesday even-
ing, to settle the roll of Sheriffs for the present year, with
the exception of the Earl of Haddington and the Earl
of Ripon.