The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-10 00:00:00

No. 16,919. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING Sl7 Ny DECEMBER 10, 1846. PRICE SD.

NIST IL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
-11 ENTS.
AT CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET.
TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, DEC. at Eight o'clock,
Mr. WILSON will give
AN HOUR Wl' BURNS,
in which he will sing a umnber of the most admired Songs of Burns,
and recite the humorous poem of " Tam o' Shanter."
Pianoforte—Mr. LAND.
PART I.
AN HOUR Wl' BURNS.
Happy Friendship-0 whistle and I'll come to ye, my Lad—John
Anderson my jo—Duncan Gray—Highland Mary—My Spouse
Nancy—A Man's a Man for a' that.
PART 11.
MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.
Who'll hay Caller Herring ?—Come under my Plaidie— The First
Blast of the Trumpet—We're a' noddiii—The Reel of Tullochgorum.',

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one suppose that such a reward was regarded as a com-
pensation for all the hardships and dangers they had
incurred, or the wounds they might have received? No;
the gift was gratifying to them, because it showed them
that their services were known to and appreciated by their
country. So it was with the agricultural labourer. If he
gained a premium, he received the money; but he was far
more proud of the card recording the circumstance, which
he hung up over his cottage chimney-piece ; and, If any
person came to inquire the character of his daughters,
whom they wished to take into their service, he could
point to that card with honest exultation and say, " I
gained that reward from such a society for my good con-
duct as an agricultural labourer, and you will take my
daughter into your service because you know she has
been well and religiously educated."—(Hear, hear.) He
(the Duke of Richmond) was afraid he had detained
them too long upon this subject, but he felt deeply in-
terested in the welfare of the labourers of this country,
and no man would be more ready than he was to do any-
thing to ameliorate their conditioc.—(Cheers.)
The toast was then drank with three times three.
The " Health of Lord Edward Howard" was then
given, and his Lordship briefly returned thanks. Several
other toasts were subsequently proposed, and the chair-
man retired shortly before eight o'clock.
Several songs were sung during the evening by a party
of professional singers from Brighton, and on an inci-
dental allusion to " curry," in one of the songs, it pro-
voked a roar of laughter from the company.

MR. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY

AND THE COLCHESTER CONSTITUENCY.

In our last number we noticed a rumour which had
been abroad for some days, to the effect that Mr. D. W.
Harvey contemplated paying a visit to Colchester, for
the purpose of making inquiries into the state of the par-
liamentary registration : and, in doing so, we took
occasion to express our decided opinion that the electors
ough
Har-
vey's intention, as a portion of the constituency were
unwillingreceive another candidate so long_as a hope
t, a s early
to
of obtaining their old favourite remained. A singular
omission was, however, made by the printer, which gave
a meaning to our remarks very different from that we in-
tended to convey. The incorrect sentence stands thus—
" We do not, however, agree with some individuals who
assert that Harvey is the man for Colchester ; whereas
it ought to read, " We do not, however, agree with some
individuals who assert that Harvey is the only man for
Colchester." By the omission of the word only we were
placed in the situation of opponents to Mr. Harvey, when
on the contrary, we should probably be found on the
side of his warmest supporters were he to offer himself for
the representation of Colchester. We have been increas-
ingly anxious that the Liberal cause should receive no
damage from delay, which proved disastrous in 1841 ;
that the cry of " Harvey is coming," when there is no
probability that he will come, should not mislead the
electors by causing them to defer their efforts to procure
another man, until it is too late to introduce him with
any chance of success. It was this feeling which led us
to say last week, what we repeat now, that " Harvey is
not the only man for Colchester." However superior his
qualifications may be, there are, nevertheless, other gen-
tlemen, whose political principles are in accordance with
those of the Colchester Liberals, who would make hon-
ourable and efficient representatives. As the firm friends
of the Liberal cause in Colchester, we press upon the
constituency the importance of decision and immediate
effort. Let there be no dallying ; but promptitude;
union, and perseverance ; and there is reason to believe
that the result will be complete success. There is every
inducement to exertion at the present time ; no Govern-
ment, whether Whig or Tory, can adopt a non-progres•
sive policy ; domestic and foreign affairs both require
the aid of discerning and judicious minds ; and it ought
to be the concern of every constituency to select men of
enlightened judgments, who are determined not to go
forward merely, but to go forward in the best possible
manner. The Colchester Reformers are bound, we con-
ceive, to strain every nerve to secure the return of men
who are resolved to see with their own eyes, to hear with
their own ears, and to do nothing whatever that will not
have the direct or indirect tendency to benefit the country
at large.—lpswich Express.

CANADIAN WOMEN & WEATHER.
The Canadian girls as e most attractive. Brought out
young, and mixing largely in society, they are not deeply
read, but are exceedingly loveable, and possess an inde-
scribable charm of manner. Owing probably to the ex-
treme of heat and cold in Canada, beauty is there less
durable than in the mother country. Early matured, it
speedily fades. The fair Canadians make good use of
the interval, and find it abundantly long to play havoc
with the other sex. The English officers are particu-
larly susceptible of their fascinations, and many marry
in Canada; as do also a large proportion of the English
merchants who go over there. The style of dress of
these seductive damsels is simple, but tasteful. In win-
ter, of course, they are furred to the eyes, as a protection
from the piercing cold, which rivals that of Siberia.
Muffed and gauntletted, well packed in bear and buffalo
skins, they are driven about in sledges by their male
friends, who wear huge fir caps, flapped over the ears,
enormous blankets or buffalo coats, jackboots, moose-
skin mocassins, and other contrivances equally inelegant
and comfortable. The extreme dryness of the air ren-
ders the cold much more endurable than might be sup-
posed. The sun shines brightly, the atmosphere is crisp
and exhilarating ; there is rarely much wind. Under
these circumstances the thermometer may go down, as it
frequently does, to thirty or forty degrees below zero,with-
out any serious inconvenience or suffering being felt.
When a gales comes during the cold season, the effect is
very different. Mr. Elliot Warburton tells us of a certain
Sunday, " when the thermometer was at thirty degrees
below zero, and a high wind blew at the same time
The effect in many respects was not unlike that of in-
tense heat; the sky was very red about the setting sun,
and deep blue elsewhere: the earth and river were
covered with a thin haze, and the tin cross and spires
and the new snow, shone with unnatural brightness ;
dogs went mad from the cold and want of water ; metal
exposed to the air blistered the hand, as if it had come
out of a fire; no one went out of doors but from neces-
sity, and those who did, hurried al-cog with their fur-
gloved hands over their faces, as if to guard against an
atmosphere infected with the plague; for as the icy wind
touched the skin, it scorched it like a blaz,:. But such
a day as this occurs only once in many years."

DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 3.—The Directors of the Dutch
Railway Company have just published the monthly
statements for November, of the number of passengers
and the receipts in that month :
Passengers
Preceding statement
Received for passengers and goods FI. 39,412
Preceding receipts
The number of passengers by the Rhenish Railway
during the month of November was 224,666 ; passengers'
fares, 30,3581; received for goods, 10,20311.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. I.—We learn respecting the con-
cession of the railway from Amsterdam to Alkmaar and
the Helder, Ist, That the reports of the Ministers of the
Interior, Finance, and of War, are favourable, and that
some difficulties made by the war department had been
removed. It was hoped that an amicable arrangement
respecting the sum considered by the War Department,
as necessary for the fortifications, would shortly be ef-
fected by the mediation of the other two departments.
after which the undertaking, which is heartily desired
by the whole province, will be commenced. We learn
also that several applications have been made for
branches from this railway by the neighbouring and
principal towns of North Holland.
THE HAGUE, DEC. 2.—On Saturday last his Majesty
gave an audience of leave to Baron Bois le Comte,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
the King of the French to the Court of the Netherlands.
We learn that the King has presented to his Excellency
the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Oaken. M. D.
Bressiere, who succeeds Baron Bois le Comte, is ex-
pected here to-morrow.
The Batavia journals, received by the overland mail,
bring the following news :—Conformably to the treaty
between the Dutch Government and that of Koctie, the
only natural son of the late Sultan succeeds his father
by the title of Mohamed Adil Halipatoel Moeminie.
During the minority of the new Sultan, the Govern-
ment will be directed by a Council of Regency, consist-
ing of three persons, the choice of whom has been ap-
proved by the Governor-General of our Indian posses•
sions.

On the 15th of August, 1846, a dreadful fire re-
duced.to ashes, one of the finest and most populous Dessas
in the district of Mengel, in the residency of Remburg.
The rico in the residency of Cherbon has been very un-
favourable this year, in consequence of the ravages com-
mitted by insects. The situation of the farmers has been
severely affected by reason of this failure. The Govern-
ment has taken various measures in their favour, and
has given orders for the cultivation of other agricultural
products.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. s.—From the table of the receipts
of the ways and means of the first nine months of this
year, corresponding with that of the three preceding
years, it appears that there is an increase on some taxes
of 803,707 63f1., and a decrease on other taxes of
663,737 63f1. So that the total receipts for the first
nine months of this year exceeds that of the correspond-
ing period in 1843 by 140,056 90fl.
THE HAGUE, DEC. I.—Great preparations are being
made for the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day on
Sunday next.
Since our last account thirteen herring boats have
arrived at Scheveningen, with 11,043,000 herrings. The
prices have risen. Some of the owners have realised
considerable sums, and the fishing, which at the begin-
ning was unfavourable, has turned out very excellent.
Of the fleet, which consisted of fifty-three vessels, twenty-
seven are still absent.

yy
The official communication lately made to our Go-
vernment by that of Belgium, respecting the importa-
tion of fresh fish into Belgium, completely disproves
what was before alleged against the treaty in many
quarters. A fear was expressed that the maximum of
importation under favourable circumstances, would be
estceeded; now, however, the facts show how ground-
less this fear; was, since the maximum of importation
allowed amounting for the month of September to De-
cember, inclusive, of this year, were—
Dutch pounds.
Via Antwerp . 116,000
Ghent 16,500
Ostend 16,500
West Wezel
During the months of September and October, i. e.,
the half of the period granted, there were only im-
ported—
, Via Antwerp 39,039
Ghent nil.
Ostend nil.
West Wezet
That is only a fifteenth-part of what our Government
held out under ;more favourable circumstances. If
we further consider the results communicated by
the directors of the fisheries in their address of
thanks to the Ministers of Finance, the Interior, and
the Colonies, we must acknowledge with gratitude that
in this matter care has been taken to secure the interest
of the public in general, and of the national fisheries.
THE POLISH FRONTIERS, Nov. 20.—0 n the 10th of
January, next year, the Custom-houses between the
kingdom of Poland and the Russian empire will be abo-
lished, and the commerce between them be entirely free,
of which the most brilliant prospects are opened to the
manufacturers of Poland for the disposal of their goods
in the interior of Russia. The kingdom of Poland, esta-
blished by the Emperor Alexander, and sanctioned by
the European Powers in the Congress of Vienna, having
lost its Constitution in 1831 by an ukase of the Emperor
Nicholas, will be abolished at the Russian new year, and
converted into a government of Russia, for which all
the preparatory measures are already in progress.
BERLIN, Nov. 29—M. Von Kamptz has been com-
missioned to proceed immediately to Vienna, there to
regulate the commercial relations of Silesia in reference
to the incorporation of Cracow.
BERLIN, DEC. 2.—Lord Palmerston's protest, which
has been sent to our Cabinet and those of Vienna and
St. Petersburgh, against the incorporation of Cracow,
is said to be drawn, upon the whole, in very mild terms,
and to leave no apprehension of any breach. It re-
mains now to be seen how France will act in this affair,
in which it must protest alone.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEETING.

WEDN ESDAY.
Exning Field. First ties for the All-aged Stakes.
Highland Lassie beat Figaro—Maw-worm beat Spinster.
Omen beat Silesia—Miles beat Cloak.
`Nish-you•may-get-it beat Fortune Teller—Probity beat
Mischief.
Magic beat Farmer—Lucy Bertram beat Jericho.
First ties for the Puppy Stakes.
Daisy beat Clementina—Buonaparte beat Whiskey.
Thoresway Lass beat Farmer's Boy—Twilight beat Vesta.
The Exning Stakes for Puppies.
Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Mr. Vipan's Victory.
Mr. Foster's Molly beat Mr. Anstruther's Coiner.
Mr. Inskip's Idas beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola.
Mr. Parkingson's Stockton beat Capt. WYndham's Willa.
Mr. Vipan's Silesia beat Mr. Fyson's Fireaway.
Captain Wyndham's Wildfire beat Mr. Squire's Orange
Flower.

Mr. Gillett 's Gipsy Girl beat Mr. B. Smith's Knight
Marshall.
Mr. Dobede's Dolly beat Mr. Anstruther'a Crisis.
The Rutland Stakes.
Mr. B. Smith's Sam Slick beat Mr. Arabin's All's Luck.
Mr. R. Bagge's Treasure beat Mr. Dobede's Diana.
Mr. Foster's Fancy beat Mr. Nash's Crocus.
Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Squire's Oily Gammon.
The finest day's coursing ever witnessed on Esning Field;
all good trials, and the decisons most satisfactory.

HIGHWAY ATTACK.—On Saturday night last, about
nine o'clock, a man came to the Gloucester police-station
with his head tied up, and much bruised and bleeding,
from a very savage attack which had been made upon
him about three miles from this city on the Bristol-road.
He appeared to be an itinerant stationer, and had a
bundle of paper with him. His statement was, that
he was joined on the road by a young man apparently
not more than fifteen or sixteen years of age, who en-
tered into conversation with him, and walked in his
company for some distance. The man remarked, he
wanted to hasten to Gloucester to buy him a pair
of shoes, for he was almost barefoot. His com-
panion inquired what sort of shoes he intended to
buy, or how much he intended to give for them. The
man replied he could not afford to give much for
them as he had not much money. Soon afterwards
the young fellow, who was armed with a stout stick,
dropped a little behind, and struck the man three
tremendous blows on the head, and one on the left
hand, as the poor fellow held it up to defend his
head. Although almost stunned by the blows, he closed
upon his assailant, and in the course of a desperate
struggle, he bit off the fellow's nose, with the loss of
which important feature the juvenile highwayman made
off in an opposite direction to Gloucester. The man's
story was somewhat extraordinary certainly, but his
badly wounded head and hand plainly showed that he
had been engaged in an encounter of extreme violence.
Nothing more, however, has been heard of the robber,
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to his detection at present. If any youth in the neigh-
bourhood should be found without this necessary as well
as ornamental appendage to " the human face divine,"
it would be right he should be called upon to give a
good account of the missing member.—Gloucester
Journal.
A VESSEL DESTROYED BY SPONTANEOUS COM.
BUSTION.—On iSunday night a vessel, named the James,
Mr. M'Kenzie muter, was destroyed by fire off Shields
harbour under remarkable circumstances. She had
sailed from Shields on the previous Friday, with a cargo
of coals, but owing to the boisterous state of the wea-
ther was obliged to put back, and in attempting to re-
enter the harbour struck on the bar, and afterwards
drifted on to the Herd Sand, the crew having fortunately
been taken off. In a short ,time she was discovered to
be on fire, and although several pilot. boats put off to
render her assistance it was found impossible to extin-
guish the flames, which burnt with so much violence
that in less than an hour her hull and mast wore in a
body of fire, lighting up the coast and iron-bound rocks
of Tynemouth Castle with singular brilliancy. The
flames raged several hours, and the vessel was con-
sumed to the water's edge. The cause of the fire, there
is reason to believe, was spontaneous combustion of the
coals, the vessel having been noticed to be filled with a
gaseous matter a few hours prior to her destruction.
There was nothing else on board that was likely to have
occasioned the fire. She was a brig, and belonged to
Perth. Her loss will amount to several hundred pounds.

MALT-TAX REPEAL
ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of the central committee of this association,
which has for its object the total repeal of the malt-tax,
took place yesterday at the York Hotel, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars.

Mr. W. B. LAND, on taking the chair, announced that
various communications had been received from York-
shire, Hampshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Oxfordshire,
Nottinghamshire, and other counties, containing most
gratifying accounts of the progress of the principles of
:we iaonrfge feared that
thoaut
would state to the meeting another fact, which he was
ld
be opposed to them, were now most likely to go hand
theCs ue. Central associationt
wa 1 P d
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in hand with them in their struggle for a total re-
peal of the malt-tax.—(Loud cheers.) And so they
ought ; for no one could doubt that such a measure
was intimately connected with protection to agricul-
aire.—t Hear.)
Mr. CHEETHAM said, that as chairman of the Oakham
Protection Society, he attended a meeting of the Central
Society yesterday, in Bond-street, at which the question
of a repeal of the malt-tax was fully discussed—the dis-
cussion having arisen out of communications from Wor-
cestershire and East Kent, demanding to know whether
it was a question which local societies might entertain—
and from all that occurred, he felt convinced that the
members of the society generally were favourable tb it.
—(Cheers.) The Duke of Richmond, who presided,
and others, thought, however, that they ought not to
commit the society to a formal declaration upon the
subject until they ascertained the sentiments of the
local societies ; and resolutions were accordingly
adopted, calling upon those societies to declare whether
they were for or against a total repeal of the malt-tax,
and to communicate the same to the Central Society on
or before Tuesday, the 12th of January, when a meet-
ing of that body would be held to consider the point.
Ile rejoiced that it was so, because from his observation
of yesterday's meeting, he was satisfied that the vast
majority of the local societies would embrace the oppor-
tunity to be thus afforded them of using their most
strenuous exertions to obtain a repeal of the malt duty.
As to the county of Rutland, he had no doubt whatever
that he would have to attend in Bond-street on January
12, and declare the general feeling of the county
to be in favour of that measure. He would not
trouble the meeting with the reasons for repealing
the malt-tax. They were too well known. All they
had to consider, therefore, was the means to be used
for effecting their object. He might just remark,
however, that he had learned from a calico-printer
in Manchester, to whom he had written on the
subject, that the increase of consumption in the article
of printed calico since the repeal of the duty of 3icl. the
square yard, over and above what might be caused by
the increase of population, was absolutely enormous.
This was an important fact, because there was some
analogy between the manufacture of printed cotton and
that of malt. The consumption of glass had also greatly
increased since the duty had been removed. The manu-
facture of malt was just as essential as any other, and
ought to be equally free.—(Hear, hear.) They should
not, therefore, be satisfied with anything less than total
repeal; for if the duty was reduced even to 6d., it
would still carry with it all those vexatious and oppres-
sive restrictions which rendered the present duty so
objectionable.—(llear.)
In compliance with a request from the chair, several
gentlemen who had been deputed to visit particular dis-
tricts, reported the result of their mission, which they
stated to have been in all cases most favourable to the
repeal of the malt-tax—the only opposition they had
met with being from either Chartists or teetotallers,
while from the tenant-farmers, labourers, and towns-
people, they received a most hearty and encouraging sup-
port. The places reported of w ere Berkshire, by Mr.
Collyer, who said that as the aristocracy were not with
them they should depend entirely on the tenantry; East
Sussex, by Mr. Smith; Norfolk and Suffolk, by Mr.
C. H. Lattimore, who added that branch societies were
being established in those counties to aid the central one,
and that subscriptions were freely offered for the pur-
pose; other parts of those counties by Mr. Northhouse,
who expressed his gratification at finding the press of
England generally favourable to their object, and warmly
advocated the necessity first, and the great advantage
next, of giving to the labourer a wholesome beverage like
home-brewed beer, instead of the deleterious adulterated
stuff he was often supplied with from the beer-shops—
those nurseries of vice, and not unfrequently of poaching
and incendiarism; North Hampshire by Mr. lieriott,
who did not find a dissentient voice either to the object
of the association or subscriptions to support that
object; Nottinghamshire by Mr. Rowley, who had found
the local press generally disposed to favour the object of
the association, and thought that both landowners and
clergymen, if they were opposed to them, as alleged,
could not remain any longer inimical to the interests of
the farmer and labourer, whom a repeal of the malt-tax
would obviously serve. It was impossible that the heavy
labours of husbandry could be barne with advantage to
the proprietary unless those engaged in them received suffi-
cient nourishment either in the shape of beef or barley.
Mr. SMITZI (the treasurer) stated that the receipts to
the present day were 7131, which had been expended io
giving publicity to their proceedings, and in other mea-
sures which had been productive of much good. He
hoped that henceforth as hitherto their funds would be
adequate to their wants.
The CHAIRMAN did not altogether agree in the re-
mark that beer-shops were nurseries of vice. He con-
ceived that gin-shops were the worse of the two, and
that beer. shops, in some cases great nuisances, were in
many instances attended with great advantage. lie re
gretted, too, the remarks that had been made about the
aristocracy, particularly by Mr. Arkell, in Berkshir:.
It was better to leave them where they were, and for
that association strenuously to follow its own course.
Mr. ARKELL (of Wiltshire) wished to explain. What
he had maid was, that the tenant-farmers must look no
longer to the landlords or the clergy of the county, but
to themselves alone. They had sought aid long enough
from those above them, who, instead of affording it, had
only seduced and swindled them.—(Laughter.) He
should not find fault with the aristocracy if they kept their
proper places. He believed they were the better of
having three estates; but when he found the aristocracy
interfering to turn the tenant-farmer horn the legitimate
exercise of his constitutional right, he felt that he was
justified in complaining. Ile had received letters from
Members of Parliament and others of the same class,
telling him that this was not the proper time to seek for
a repeal of the malt-tax.—(A laugh.) If they waited for
seven years more they would be told just the same thing.
Mr. Neeld, the Member for Chippenham, stated at a
public meeting, held at Devizes, that the poor man ought
not to pay a duty on his beer; and yet, when he ad-
dressed a letter to that gentleman, requesting him, in
consequence of that declaration, to take the chair at their
meeting at Chippenham for a repeal of the malt-tax, his
reply was, that he would do no such thing, as the time
for seeking that measure bad not yet arrived.—(A laugh.)
There was, no doubt, a time for all things, and Members
of Parliament must not, therefore, forget that there was
a particular season out of seven at which the tenant-
farmers and other electors were their masters.—(Hear.)
It was said that the removal of the malt-tax would cause
an increase in the income-tax. Even so ; those who
possessed large incomes ought to be the last to quarrel
about a heavy tax.—(Hear.) As for the malt-tax, he
believed that 19 out of every 20 of the farmers of the
country would wish to see it repealed.—(Hear.)
Mr. HARVEY (secretary to the Harlestowe Club) cor-
roborated the remarks of the last speaker. He yester-
day attended a meeting of the Agricultural Association
at Bury St. Edmund's, at which the chairman, Mr. Wad-
dington, one of the landowners of the neighbourhood,
said that this was not the proper time for seeking the
removal of the duty on malt, as it would cause the im-
position of another tax, and that, therefore, it was only
taking out of one pocket to put into another. He (Mr.
Harvey) thought the inference good, but with this addi-
tion, that it would be taking from the wrong to put into
the right pocket.—(Hear.)
Mr. ELMAN (of Lewes) congratulated the association
upon the fact that the Duke of Richmond had unequivo-
cally declared himself, at the meeting yesterday, in
favour of the repeal of the malt duty ; but considered it
necessary, in order to give full effect to that declaration,
to collect the sentiments upon the subject of the tenant-
farmers throughout the kingdom. Their sentiments
would be known on the 12th of January. He was con-
fident they would be unanimously in favour of the mea
sure ; and if so, they could then, in the opinion of the
Noble Duke, assume such a position as would deter any
Government from refusing their prayer. His Grace had
also said, and he agreed with him, that nothing could
be worse than to attempt anything by agitation that
could be gained in a manner to command universal re-
spect. That associaton was now in such a train, not
only to command respect, but to attain such a force as
must result in complete success. The whole opposition
they had met with at King's Lynn was from the teetotal-
lers, whose object was to discourage drunkenness ; but
the way to do so was not by driving the labourer to the
public-house, but by allowing him to enjoy a nourishing
and wholesome beverage at home.
Mr. B. B. CABBELL, M.P. (who was warmly received)
said, that he had promised his constituency, on the oc-
casion of his election, to support any petition in favour
of the great object they had in view ; and he should
most heartily do so.—(Hear, hear.) Being questioned
upon the subject of free trade, he said at once, ‘• Let it
have a fair trial ;" and with that reply the querists were
satisfied. If he had been asked to explain, he was pre-
pared to have answered that by a fair:trial he meant a total
repeal of the malt-tax. He was prepared to have said
that if Sir R. Peel looked to his own honour or charac-
ter as the great minister of the greatest country in the
world, he would have included that measure in his re-
form of the tariff, instead of palming upon the country
as genuine that which he knew in his heart was false,
because wanting in that particular which could alone
have rendered it just and impartial.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. T. HODGSKIN, not a farmer, but a determined
free-trader, concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in re-
garding this as a question of free trade. Our trade with
foreign nations had been relieved, but the whole of the
home industry of the country was still very much op-
pressed by our odious system of excise laws. It could
not be doubted that at present there was in the public
mind a strong tendency to free trade and an equally
strong aversion to restrictions. But then this Associa-
tion was establishing itself solely for the removal of ore
of those restrictions—that upon the manufacture of malt;

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wnereasif they adopted the view of the Hon. Gentle
man who last addressed them, and placed the questio
upon the basis of free trade, they ought not, in his (M: r.
Hodgskin's) opinion, to confine themselves to that ques
Lion, but seek for the repeal of the duty on soap, and oC
all other restrictions which press upon the home industry
of the country. In consequence of the remark which,
fell from Mr. Cabbell he was led to suggest that if they
regarded the repeal of the malt tax as a free-trade mea-- -
sure, and wished its speedy success, they had placed
their association on too narrow a basis to obtain the--
support of the great body of the community, and must .:.;.':-Z.407!'
consequently fail.
Mr. LA.TTIMORE said, that making it part and parcel'
of the great food question would give it popularity,
enough. It was a measure which would benefit every
class, even the landed proprietors themselves, inasmuch
as it would lead to the better cultivation of land, and to,
the bettering the condition of the peasant.
Mr. NORTHOESE thought the question might very well
stand upon its own merits. It had the rare advantage or
uniting two adverse parties ; and was certainly due to'
the farmers of the country as a set-off to the experiment
under which they were now suffering.
The CHAIRMAN observed that, however valuable the
suggestion of Mr. Hoclgskin, and however willing any
gentleman there might be t) adopt it, it was not now in
their power to alter the object for which the society had
been established. Tl'e immediate question for the meet-
ing to consider was, whether it would be advisable to
continue sending deputations to different parts of the
kingdom.

Mr. ARKELL was of opinion that no more deputations
should b 3 sent out until invited by some respectable party
in the district to which they were to go : and after some
conversation it was moved by Dr. Lamb (of East Sussex),
seconded by Mr. Elman, and unanimously agreed to,
that the association should adopt no further active steps
until after the meeting of the 12th January. Thanks
being then voted to the chairman and the deputations,
the association adjourned to the 13th of January.

SPANISH AMERICAN BOND-
HOLDERS.

The following letters and documents, received to-day
by the chairman of the committee of Spanish American.
Bondholders, have been handed to us for publication. It
will be seen from the second letter that the uncertain-
ties regarding the last Mexican conversion have at
length been put to rest, and that the operation, as car..
ried out by Messrs*. Schneider and Co., is confirmed:—
FROM MANNING AND MACKINTOSH, MEXICO, TO G. R.
ROBINSON, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE Or
SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS, LONDON.
" MEXICO, OCT. 30, 1846.

"We were in due course favoured with your com-
munications of a e 20th of June, Ist and 31st of August,
and paid particular attention to their contents. We
have been incessant in our applications to the Mexican
Government about the restitution of the fifth of duties
belonging to the holders of Mexican Bonds involved in the
general suspension of all payments decreed by this Go-
vernment, but, owing to the disturbed state of the coun-
try, the blockade of its ports, and the imperative calls
for money upon an exhausted treasury, we have not
been able to get any satisfactory reply from the several
Ministers of Finance that have succeeded each other in
office within the last three months. Under these circum-
stances we made another attempt in applying by letter
(copy of which we enclose) to the present Minister,
Don Antonio Hare Tamariz: who has verbally pro-
mised to attend to the business, and return us a decision
by next packet.
" The unfortunate war with the United States is, in
our opinion, at present the chief cause of the difficulties
of the Mexican Government; and the worst of it is, that
it is difficult to assign a term to the hostilities between
the two countries.

Hoping to have it in our power to transmit you
further information by next steamer."

FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.

" MEXICO, OCT. 30, 1846.

" We have the honour to enclose a certified copy of
an official communication we have received from the
Mexican Government just at the moment of the closing
of the mail:—
" MINISTRY OF FINANCE.—SECTION L

" I have made known to his Excellency the General
charged with the Supreme Executive Power your note
of this date, in which, referring to the previous ones
which you have addressed to this Ministry, you desire
to know what is the resolution of the Supreme Govern-
ment with regard to the pending affair relative to the
conversion of the foreign debt; and his Exeellency com-
mands me to inform you, that having again examined
the matter with all the attention which its importance
demands, he has come to the conclusion that the opera-
tion is consummated, and that the Government cannot
now deliberate upon it, seeing that the conversion of the
debt has been actually made; and that for the same
reason it has been decreed that the corresponding orders
be issued for the payment of the first dividend, which is
to be made in London in the month of January, as well
as of the amount which you claim in your communica-
tion of the day before yesterday, ott account of the sus-
pension ordered on the 2d of May last, and the other
amounts relative to the affair, without prejudice to an
account of the whole operation being rendered to the
Sovereign General Congress, when it shall be assembled.
" ‘ I protest to you, gentlemen, the assurances of my
consideration and esteem. •

" God and liberty.

" < Mexico, Oct. 29. " 'TARO Y TAMARIZ.
" Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh:

" I, Ewen C. Mackintosh, her Britannic Majesty's
Consul in Mexico, do hereby certify unto all whom it
Both or may concern, that the foregoing is a true and
faithful copy of an original letter exhibited to me by,
Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, to whom, after com-
paring, I have returned it for the uses that they may
think proper, and in faith and testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of office in Mexico this
30th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1846.
" EWEN C. MACKINTOSH." '

In connexion with the above, it is understood that the
present mail brings no communication to Messrs.
Schneider and Co. regarding the removal of the agency,
and as a notice of suspension pending an inquiry into
the conversion is all that they have hitherto received
direct upon the subject, an inference is drawn by their
friends that the appointment may yet remain in their
hands.