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M. 11111.1111101.....,
them to do this, that Louis Kossuth, he representa-
tive of the principles of freedom, might receive the
sympathy of that great corporation, the members of
which he could not imagine would for a single mo-
ment hesitate to bestow.—(Cbeers.) He would con.
chide with proposing, " That the Court do present
an address of congratulation to Louis Kossuth on
his liberation from captivity, on his arrival in this
country; and that the same be pres.ented in open
court."—(Loud cheers.)
The LORD Mason suggested that it was certainly
desirable for the Court to inquire, before the matter
proceeded further, whether there were any precedents
for the course proposed to be pursued by the mover of
the question.
Mr. GILPIN replied, that before he had taken any
ulterior steps in the case, he had desired to propose
that the freedom of the city of London should be pre-
sented to Louis Kossuth—(Hear)—but upon con-
sulting the law officers of the corporation, he had
found that that could not be.—(Hear.) A similar
vote to the one he had proposed had, however, been
voted to one of the American representatives some
time since, and that established a precedent.—(Hear.)
The Towel CLERK, upon being called upon, said
that he was not aware of that.
Mr. BLAKE was of opinion that the Court would be
acting rightly if they went upon the broad principle
of establishing a precedent, if no one should be found
to exist.--(Hear.)
Alderman WIRE stated, that there was a distinct
precedent already established, and that was in the
case of Espartero. It was with much pleasure that
he rose to second the motion. With Mr. Blake, he
was of opinion that they ought not, in such a case,
to wait for precedents.—(Hear, hear.) They ought
to select the broader view, and take upon them-
selves--supposing no precedent existed—the first
opportunity they had of establishing one. He
did not intend, upon that occasion, to tread upon
the debateable ground of Hungarian politics ;
but he thought it was fair for him to draw a parallel
between the days gone by, when Hungary sheltered
Englishmen, and fed them with her hospitality.
Kossuth was no rebel. His only aim had been to
serve his fatherland. He had no other aspirations.
This was the man who had been detained and per-
secuted ; but he had received the sympathy of
England and Englishmen, and through their in-
fluential interference he had obtained his liberty.--
(Cheers.) It was right for them, as the representa-
tives of a free people, to support and recognise men
who had laboured so hard in the cause of liberty, and
who, as Kossuth had done, had acted in accordance
with the law. They would do honour to themselves
by thus opposing despots and despotism, and he hoped
that that Court would not hesitate to manifest,
in un-
mistakeable terms, their sympathy for Kossuth in his
struggle for liberty and freedom.—(Cheers.) He
would not go into the question as to whether the
newspapers were right or wrong in what they had
represented. That was not the question before them.
It was for them, however, to remember, that Hun-
gary had a constitution, which had been violated by
a certain ruler there.—(Hear, hear.) This constitu-
tion the illustrious exile Kossuth had not sought to
violate ; but because he had stood up in defence of
that constitution he had been treated as a slave, and
thus subjected to the greatest ignominy. To the
best of his power, Kossuth had endeavoured to main.
tain the rights of his countrymen, and the great prin-
ciple of liberty all over the world. He (Mr. Alderman
Wire) therefore cheerfully supported the motion of
Mr. Gilpina—(Cheers.)
Mr. ANDERTON said that he much admired the
speech Mr. Gilpin had made upon that occasion ; and
he would also say that he (Mr. Anderton) fully
agreed with that gentleman with respect to what he
had said in relation to Hungary, Austria, and
Kossuth.—(Hear, bear.) Still it was a question with
him (Mr. Anderton) whether that Corporation ought
to receive Kossuth in the manner Mr. Gilpin pro-
posed. He (Mr. Anderton) would most cheerfully
have supported Mr. Gilpin's views had the question
been put to him in his private capacity simply ; but
he could not do so as a member of that Court. He
bad seen that day, in one of the morning journals,
the Times—(" Oh," and laughter)—that the Corpo-
ration of Southampton had refused to receive Kossuth
in their municipal character, but that they had una-
nimously agreed to give him a hearty welcome in their
individual capacities, and he thought the Corporation
of London ought not to go further.—(flear, hear,
and " Yes, yes.") If they set such an example,
other countries might adopt it, and much evil
might accrue.—(Laughter.) They might laugh—
he spoke from principle. Why, was it not most
probable that the parties who perambulated that
City upon the celebrated 10th of April considered
themselves perfectly right and perfectly justified in
proceeding as they did in advocating the "five points"
of the " Charter ?" They doubtless considered them-
selves as being the friends of liberty, and as such they
might feel, if this proposition was adopted, entitled to
the sympathy of foreign powers.—(Hear, hear, and
"No, no.") Other countries might do thesame. They
were at that moment at peace with the whole world,
and surely it was their duty to pause before they ad-
mitted the proposed principle in their corporate ca-
pacity. He should move the " previous question,"
but in doing so he hoped to be permitted to express
his regret that the question had been brought forward
in that Court at all. Had his friend Mr. Gilpin pro-
posed out of doors to get up a public meeting, he
(Mr. Gilpin) being in the chair, he would have at-
tended and evidenced to Mr. Gilpin and his friend
Kossuth, that he (Mr. Anderton) was a friend to
liberty, and to the illustrious exile whose presence in
this country was hourly expected. As it was, how-
ever, he had no alternative—for the reasons he had
stated--but that of moving the " previous question."
He had asked no one to second his 'amendment, but
having satisfied his conscience, which was by no means
a small one—(Laughter)—he would leave his amend.
meat in the hands of the Court to deal with as might
be deemed desirable.
Deputy CORNET seconded the amendment. He
WAS of opinion that the members of the Court had no
right to travel out of their corporate capacity by en-
tertaining Mr. Gilpin's motion. Nothing, in his
opinion, would tend more to accelerate the downfal
of the corporation than the adoption of such a course.
—(Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") They had
enemies enough already, and it was only by adhering
to their corporate duties that they could expect to
retain their privileges.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He
was the friend of freedom, but he must second the
amendment for the reasons he had then so briefly
stated.
Deputy STEVENS was in favour of the motion of
Mr. Gilpin. He had never heard more singular rea-
sons for objecting to the motion than Mr. Anderton
had put forward. That gentleman had objected to
the corporation having anything to do with this mat-
ter, while he did not object to support the question
in his individual capacity. That was to him (Deputy
Stevens) exceedingly strange.—(Hear, hear.) Was
it not the fact, that in a matter of that sort
it w their duty not to make an individual, but a collective
display ?—(Hear, hear.) " Oh, but," said another
gentleman, the seconder of the motion, "if we do
this as a corporation, we shall bring destruction upon
that corporation."—(Laughter.) Get their corpora.
tion destroyed for supporting liberty !—(Hear,
hear.) No, but this they would do, they would
acquire the admiratioa of the whole world and the
thanks of their fellow-citizens.—(Loud cheers.) The
corporation were inclined to do that which was right.
Latterly, at least, if not always, they had supported
the cause of liberty. Kossuth bad put his enemies to
the blush, his character had proved to be so high that
he bad won the designation of a patriot who had been
long striving to promote his country's good. Finding
this to be the case, measures were adopted for the
purpose of sending the illustrious man to the Sultan,
who kept him quiet until the noble exertions of other
powers caused him at length to be set at liberty.—
(Cheers.) He should support Mr. Gilpin's motion.
Mr. BENNOCH regretted exceedingly that any
amendment had been proposed upon such a subject as
the one before the Court. He had hoped that they
should have been perfectly unanimous upon such a
subject, so that potency might have been given to the
resolution. That Court had sympathised with Kos-
suth while he lay in a dungeon, how then could it be
said that they should be exceeding their powers
if they gave to that illustrious man the right baud
of fellowship upon his liberation ?—(llear, .
There was no admiration which
was too great hearin
)
expression, when in one man they found patriotism
bound in a sheet with purity—such a man must
entitle himself to the admiration of all who
knew the blessings and value institutions.
mof free
Kossuth was the Hungarian Crowell. Tru, unlike
Cromwell he had not succeeded
but why had be been
overcome, and how ? Not because he had excited
tumult, but because he had maintained the rights of
liberty.—(Hear.) By whom was he overcome ? By
foreign despots, in central and northern Europe, and
by whom he had been hunted from the face of the land
into the dungeon of persecution. If they were of
opinion that Kossuth had been a rebel,
the case would
have been different, and they might have seen reason
to pause before they entertained Mr. Gilpin's motion.
But it was not so ; Kossuth was no rebel, he was the
friend of liberty, and as such he deserved the recog-
nition of that great corporation upon his liberation
and arrival in the metropolis.--(Cheers ) ne should
ninon the motion.

The motion being about to be put,
Mr. BLAKE said, that before that was done he
would beg of his friend Mr. Anderton to withdraw
his motion. The court had memorialised the Secre-
tary of State for the liberation of Kossuth,. and he
s(eanT3ltThrrt.e.oßgAvvluaareiktpshetidiorthnaTN saasi d that hoped that upon that occasion they should
not evidence anything like inconsistency in dividing
upon the question. He did trust that, as Mr. Ander-
ton had given voice to his opinions, that he would con-
draw
s amendment.then hpeu tc couldd notca r
rdi
eods so,
by
ahne
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had moved the previous question on principle.
overwhelming majority ; indeed, but one hand only,
except those of the mover and seconder, was held up
for the amendment. A committee Was then appointed
to draw up the address.
THE NEW PRISON AT lIOLLOWAY.
Alderman WIRE then brought up a report from the
Prisons Committee for raising the sum of 02,7001. for
completing the works under
the contract of the new
prison at
tings for the Hosamelloway, and for Providing internal fit-
.
The motion having been duly seconded,
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR took exception to some of the
items, especially to one which made provision for
the erection of an organ in the prison chapel. He
moved that the report be referred back for recon-
sideration.
Seconded by Mr. BARKLY.
Alderman SIDNEY defended the report.
After long conversation the report was received,
there being but few dissentient voices.
Petitions were then disposed of, after which Mr.
Gilpin, Alderman Wire, Deputy Stevens, Mr. Blake,
and Illr. Bennoch returned into court with a
copy of the address they had prepared, which is to
be presented to Kossuth in open court. It. having
been approved of amidst the cheers of all present,
Mr. Gilpin obtained permission to inform the Lord
Mayor of the earliest day of Kossuth's arrival, when
his Lordship will fix a time for the presentation of the
address to the illustrious exile.
Shortly afterwards the Court was counted out

ABD-EL-KADER.
The following correspondence, which has recently
taken place between the President of the French
Republic and the Marquis of Londonderry on the
subject of Abd-el-Kader, appears in the Morning
Post :—.

(Coy.)
" Garropn Tower, Sept. 25, 1851.
"Sir,—l feel it a duty not to conceal from the public
and from Europe the sequel of my proceedings with
Prince Louis Napoleon in the great cause of humanity,
relating to the illustrious victim of the Chateau d'Am-
boise, pledged as I have been, from the first moment of
my interview with the Emir, to strain every nerve in my
humble power, and relax in no effort, to accelerate his
liberation. I hail now with delight the dawn of the day
that is to set him free. To your columns in the first
place, and to the English press, lam largely indebted
for aid in my undertaking; and I beg to offer here the
tribute of my grateful acknowledgments.
"In entering upon my difficult task, I felt no man in
the world like myself could appeal to the President of
the Republic, to reciprocate what I had accomplished
personally for himself, bad not an ill-starred shot at
Fontainebleau induced and caused a king to forego hie
royal word.
"I ought to state, in the course of this affair I have
been greatly assisted by a noble and distinguished per-
sonage in Paris, to whom I have sent a copy of my
letter of August the 25th. He requested leave to pub-
lish it in the French journals, and it may be known in
France prior to your doing me the favour of noticing it
in the Morning Post. I subjoin what he says:—
"' M. de la Guerronia , qui est notre plus grand
ecrivain polifique, 'lent de lire votre lettre, it desire la
publier dans son journal, Le Pays, dot Lamartine est
aussi le redacteur. Autortsez mei par le retour du cour-
tier. Voici ce qu'il dit de votre lettre :—" C'est aveo
emotion et bonheur que j'ai lu l'admirable lettre de
votre noble ami le Marquis de Londonderry; c'est un
chef d'oeuvre, ecrit avec la plume d'un homme d etat et
la pointe d'epee d'un chevalier. Cet appel d'un grand
cteur retentira dana le cceur do la France et de son
Gouvernement.'
" You will not, Sir, accuse me, I am sure, of quoting
the above from vanity; the advantage, in my object, of
such men and such authority as I feel I possess, enables
me to support any personal criticism or disapprobation.
" Prince Louis Napoleon's answer to me (which is
now alone sent to you) is so conclusive that it liberates
me from the firm resolution I had formed of publishing
all the documents and letters in my possession of the
Due d'Aumalu's and General Lamoriciere's, relative to
the capitulation of the Emir and his brothers. The
point being gained, the veil may be charitably drawn
over the delinquency of the past. My dispatch to the
President was official, and sent througn his Minister of
War ; his answer to me may, however, in some degree,
bear a private character, and therefore I have omitted,
in forwarding it to you, one or two paragraphs not ne-
cessary to the fact of the decision ho has arrived at. He
thinks the 6 honour of France engaged to the liberation
of the Emir,' and therefore be dEclares his belief that
sooner or later it will be accomplished. If I judge my
friend at all right, what his feeling heart has dared to
pronounce his courageous soul will dare to accomplish.
" I remain, Mr. Editor, your obedient servant,
' VANE LONDONDERRY."
(Copy.)
" The Tower of Garron, co. of Antrim, Ireland,
August 25, 1851.
" Mon Prince,—A considerable period hasnow elapsed
since I received your princely word, 'Le 29 Mars—
Qu'aujourd'hui memo mon nouvel ausbassadeur it Con-
stantinople eat charge par mot d'etudier cette question
(la mise en liberti d'Abd-el-liader'). Is it too much,
Sire, under our former relations, to solicit information
at your hands as to the progress of your Ambassador's
negotiations, and what has been, or is likely to be, tho
result?

" Mere phrases and words do not belong to Louis Na-
poleon, unless prosperity produces a different nature
from adversity. Your Chambers are about to be pro-
rogued, your splendid fetes to the Industry of all Na-
tions are past, there is surely now time to turn a thought
on the poor prisoner of Amboise. In the intoxicating
fairy lend of the Hotel de Ville, when hundreds and
thousands of souls poured the wide stream of flattery
and incense around you, did the thought never occur,
. Whore was Abd.el-Kader ?' In the splendid array of
the e.ite of the warlike and noble army of France, in
her Champ de Mars, amidst the enthusiastic cries of
' Viva Napoleon,' did no pang shoot across your
bosom, ' Where was Abd-el-Kader ?' In the delicious
groves of St. Cloud, surrounded by the Commissioners
of the Industry of all Nations, with flattery
of diplomatists, and ladies hanging on your smiles,
while the most conspicuous, from her temporary posi-
tion, hung upon your arm, did it never occur to you,
• Where is Abd-el-Kader ?' In these hours of glory
may I not demand of the nephew of the Emperor Napo-
leon (to-day the President of the Republic) whether it
may not be reserved for him, and him alone (if he follow
the instinct of his own frank and fearless nature), to
save the honour of France, by observing the capitulation
of the Emir?
" Can it be possible, mon Prince, that the miserable
warfare of the Kabyles, much less your own fears, that
the act of liberating Abd•el-Kader should arrest you in
the accomplishment of a just and meritorious action to
which your proclaimed opinion has committed you; and
not alone meritorious, but demanded at your hands by
those keen feelings of suspense, agony, and suffering,
which your own breast can better appreciate than any
other living man? Are such trifling qualms as I have
described to permit you entirely to lose the real point of
view of this generous and just question? The nephew
of Napoleon would, indeed, be an object of pity, if not
of condemnation, were he to be turned from the route of
clemency. and to be paralysed in his 'plus beau elan de
ginerosite
" Believe me, the opposition to the Emir's deliver-
ance, whether from your army, your Chambers, or your
Government, or even the loss of more of your brave
army in Algeria, can never hold a moment's comparison
with removing an historical and effaceable stain from
your h
country and the French name, with respect to
whic no remedy would exist. If Abdxel-Kader was to
die in Louis Napoleon's prison, there would be the blot
no waters of Lethe could ever wash out.
" If you now longer hesitate, who can pronounce if you
will remain with the power for this noble achievement?
Louis Philippe kept Louis Napoleon, notwithstandinghis princely parole, in durance vile. Louis Philippe
became an exile, and Louis Napoleon was raised to
govern Prance. Can Louis Napoleon imitate the scourge
under which he was himself striped, and can he range
his hitherto honourable name with that of aD'Anmale
or a Lanioric!ere in a treacherous and broken promise,
contrary to all the rules of war and of civilised nations?
" It is not, mon Prince, that I recapitulate all these
arguments to force your noble mind to the rectitude of
a proceeding which your declaration before Europe
substantiates in your own words even stronger than
mine; but it is for the object of demonstrating the
fatal consequences that may accrue to your own maa
nimity if further delays intervene or are permitted.tr!hehri his
Inform me, t.hthen,thwahratorhtans
ne-
gotiations with
mon Prince,
aLsatoVale t
affordingto do naenoi
resi-
dence
mattersthe
present
as Inform ntfau rtamhmembise
sgoaofattoihare:
position in which
negotia-
tion
tbheetwseneintatnerlanlfoArmupicmke,
,yoitiar
fact,
whence the delay in your resolves. What la your
present determination? For the love of Ileaven and
your own glorious name—
" • 'fake the instant way,
For Honour travels in a strait so narrow,
Where ono but goes abreast ; keep, then, the path.

. .
If you give way, .
Or hedge aide from the direct forthright,
Like to an entered tide they all rush by,
And leave you hindmost
Or, like a gallant horse fallen in first rank,
Lie there for pavement to the abject rear.'
li I6ti3 you may leave, under timid Tacillation and

•ul prejudices, to some inglorious successor to an.
10 power in France the crown of glorious sympathy
liberty to Abd-el-Rader, with which you might now
,ste your fair, and, I still believe, faultless brow.
.11 conclusion, mon Prince, I do not add (by way of
mmace to a soul like yours, who knows no fear) the
determination I have arrived at if this, my last appeal.
produces neither result nor positive data of hopes of suo•
cess, I shall immediately give to the public and to the
vsorld the coriespondence and letters, copies of which
are in my possession, of the Due d'Aumale and General
ins
the iHocieuse, as
of Lords.place I have pledged myself to do in my
"I would not wish to bear hardly on the Duo d'An-
male, who may requira pity and commisseration for
princely weakness, and who may have been in the
hands of others; but for General .Latnoricii:e, who
evieeNi to the worn (brave soldier as all declare him to
be) neither generosity nor good faith, in not securing to
himself (when ho was Minister of War) the deliveranee
of the man whom he had deceived and betrayed in the
capitulation with the Emir, I think and feel no public
exposition of the transaction can become too notorious.
Waiting with great anxiety, mon Prince, your answer
to this last appeal, I have the honour to be, over your
aincere friend,

" VANE LONDODERY.
"To the President of the French Republic,N
&o.R &c."
(Cop y.
ti)
" Elys4a Naonale, le 13 Sept., 1851.
" Mon cher Lord Londonderry,—J'ai regu votre lettre
du 25 Aout. Vous me rappelcz les infortunes de l'Emir
Abd-el-Bader, ce qui je trouve bien naturel; mais vous
me demandez si le pouvoir a change mon color! Vous
devez assez me connatre pour savoir que les honneurs a
mes yeux no sent qu'un fardeau, impuissant a eblouir
mon esprit ou it paralyser lea nobles dispositions demon
lime; lora done que je ne finis pas tout le bien que ja
disire, c'est Quo je no peux pas.
" Ides int4ntions n'ont pas change vis I via l'Emir;
j'ai trouve la Porte Ottoman© tres bien dispose a l'ao-
cueillir, mais j'ai trout 4 pour le„moment des obstacles
ties grands.

it "Le Ministrede la uerra a voir Abd•el- Kader,
y a geu de jonrs. Il l G 6te
'a trouve trei resigt6; lui a fait
comprendre qu'il fallait attendre encore, et it a tacb6
d'adoucir sa position par tons moyens possibles.
" Vous voyez, mon cher Lord, que je voile pule avec
franchise• je sail combien votre cceur est noble, vous
comprendrez ma position et les devoirs qu'ello m'impose.
" llecevez l'assurance demon intime et haute Name
of d'amitie.

" Loins NAPOLEON."

,E.E CUSTOM-HO USE AT DOTER.
Sir TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
of ,—Those of you readers who are in the habit
hear crossingth the Channel via Dover, will be glad to
Eastern Rail that eny
Company for the examination of
ew rooms provided by the South-
baggagea
cers were this
Custo morning taken possession of by
the offi of ms ; and that, from henceforth
the luggage of passengers will be conveyed direct to
expense effected.
the railway station, and a saving both of time and
The public should know that this accommodation
railwayauthorities with the
Customs, and that Dover
sheens bt
ieeenn
ea fff otrhdee dßbeya r tdh ee
f
has done all in her power to prevent it.
The reputation which Dover has earned for herself
among travellers is not particularly high. Placed
thought
respecttweitehllether p
to the Csohnetihnaesntof herself only,
in a position superior
and her cupidity would long ago have driven the
traveller from using her port, if the almost universal
dislike to a long voyage had not operated so strong in
her favour.
Nature has done much for her—she herself little
enough; and it has always been her principle to op-
pose all improvements tending to save the time and
money of travellers.
I need only refer to the numerous complaints
which used to appear in your columns to prove the
correctnesss of these assertions.
The extortions of her boatmen, the long bills of
the hotel. keepers, the charges for porterage, the con-
duct of the touters, the inconvenience and delay of
her Custom-house, have all from time to time been
complained of in the Times, and it was her position
alone which saved her from being avoided, rather
than chosen by the traveller.
She had the game, however, all to herself, and her
port was used simply because there was no other.
But things are changed now—Folkestone runs her
hard ; London beats her in point of economy; Rams-
gate, Brighton, Newhaven, &c., compete with her.
She should keep her eyes open, and look to herself;
she should move with the times, and "go ahead."
On the contrary, she is blind to her own interests—
fondly remembers the old days of sailing packets and
slow coaches, and would gladly retrograde some fifty
years, if she had the power to do so.
But, Sir, improvements have taken place, and are
taking place, in spite of her, and her port will very
shortly be as eligible for the traveller in all other re-
spects as it always must be in point of situation.
Thanks mainly to the publicity always given in
your columns to well-founded complaints, the extor-
tions of her boatment have been put a stop to; but
their services are seldom required, as passengers can
now walk on board from the Admiralty-pier at low
water. Her hotels are less expensive, the touters
more respectable, or kept in better order by the police.
Spacious and convenient premises at the railway
station have taken the place of the small and incon-
venient baggage-rooms at the Custom-house, and 300
packages of baggage are examined and cleared in
the time that would have been taken for 200 only a
year or two ago.
More than this : the officers of Customs are always
in attendance, and are ready to pass baggage imme-
diately on its arrival at any hour of the day or night. ,
It is also reported that the Treasury are about to
allow the examination of baggage to be made at the
railway terminus in London, by which arrangements
many a traveller will save the train—a matter of
importance to most people, but highly so to those
mercantile men who are desirous of proceeding direct
to Liverpool or Southampton to catch the packets
sailing from those places.
Small thanks are due to Dover for these improve-
merits. Many of them have been effected sorely
against her will. Her short-sighted poligy has al-
ways been, and still is, to detain travellers as long in possible, in order to get as much of their
her town as
cash as she can, and she opposes any measure likely to
have a contrary tendency by petitions to the Trea-
sury, and, if report speaks the truth, by the influ-
ence of some of her great men, who ought to have
known better.
What permit the examinationof baggage at night!
Neither suppers nor beds will be wanted. Examine
the baggage at the railway station. The shops of
Dover will be sacrificed. As one of the moving men
in this borough said to me a short time ago, on my
observing that by making Dover the most expeditious
and economical route the number of passengers pass-
ing through would be doubled, " would just as
scam not have them at all as let them slip through
our fingers in this way."
But they will not all " slip through" without be-
nefitting Dover. All are not travelling against time.
Many arrive fAtigued and sea-sick, and will be glad
to stay a night or longer if the hotel-keepers are
known to be moderate in their charges. Many will
remain for days rather than cross when the sea is
rough.
I feel convinced, Sir, that the true policy of Dover
is to exert herself and make her port in every respect
the most eligible for the traveller in the kingdom, and
that if she does so her interests will not suffer in any
way, for I believe that if peace and prosperity core
tinue we shall find that the intercourse between
Europe and this country will increase in a geometri-
cal rather than an arithmetical ratio.
There are, however,
still some improvements
wanting.
The licensed porters are slow in their work and
high in their charges; the rates should be reduced,
and some of the men should besuperannuated, and re-
placed by a more active set.
More convenient ladders should be provided, and
more light for dark nights. The cross wall leading
to the pier should be removed, and the old dry dock
thrown into the harbour, so that the packets may
land their passengers as near aspossible to therail way
terminus.
I have already trespassed too much on your vale.
e to add that, not-
able space, but you must allow m
withstanding all I have said, there are some men in
this town of liberal and enlightened opinions, who
would at any time prefer doing a public good at the
expense of the town to enriching the town to the de.
triment of the public.
ONE WHO HAS KNOWN DOVER FOR
MANY YEARS.

Dover, Sept. 29.

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