The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-26 00:00:00

On Saturday afternoon last the agriculturists of the
southern division of Shropshire gave a dinner to their Re-
presentative, the Earl of Darlington, at the Castle Inn,
Bridgenorth, at which it was announced that the measures
proposed for the relief of the agricultural interest would be
alluded to and considered. At four o'clock his Lordship
Stout
entered the large room. Thomas Whit More, of Apley-
Hall,tridge, one of the greatest ironmasters in the county,
Esq., late Member Bridgenorth, and father of the
present Member, took the Chair. The Earl of Darling-
ton sat on his right hand, and Mr. Thomas Foster, of
on his left.
zas removed the CHAIRMAN gave the
After the cloth
usual loyal toasts ; after r:.
The Earl of DARLINGTON r?se, and said—Nothing was
farther from his intention than to enter into any general
consideration of political matters ; therefore he would come
to what, in point of fact, was the real subject of their
meeting that evening—the agricultural question. He as-
sured the meeting that, at the present time, he spoke from
authority, there was a most decided majority in the House
of Commons of friends to the protection of agriculture.—
(Near.) They would naturally ask why, if this were the
case, something had not been done for their relief ?
(Hear.) ti; would fairly state what, in his opinion, was
the only reason why this had not taken place, viz., that
although there was s decided majority for agricultural
protection, and although that majority was firmly united
against any competition of foreign corn, they were not
united as to what was the real cause of agricultural distress,
and still more were they disunited as to what were the
proper remedies for that distress.--(Hear.) Many dis-
tinct propositions had been brought forward in the House
of Commons, but from want of union amongst their
friends it had been impossible to carry any of them.
Now in considering what measures might be brought for-
ward to relieve the farmer from local burdens, which fell
peculiarly upon him, there was one above all others, and
that was the poor rate.—(Hear.) The pool' rate at pre-
sent at2ounted to somewhat like 6,000,0001. a year. The
way to do j,:stice to the farmer was to make it, not a parish
tax, as it now was, but a State tax.—(Cheers.) Then
every man, every interest, the manufacturing, the monied,
and all other interests, would contribute their share to that
which now fell almost wholly upon the farmer. Nothing
could be more absurd the assertion that this rate was
not paid by the farmer. He was perfectly aware that to a
certain extent it fell upon other interests, but all the other
interests combined did not pay more than one-sixth of
.the
whole, whilst the remaining five-sixths were paid by the
landed interest.—(Hear.) He was convinced that almost
all the causes of agricultural distress proceeded from the
existing state of the currency. It was, however a compli-
cated subject, one in which a great variety of opinions ex-
isted, and one on which it would be very difficult to effect
any alteration. At the same time necessity knew no law,
and it could not be denied that Mr. Peel's Bill of 1819 had
made a much greater change in the prospects of every in-
terest, especially the agricultural, than had ever been an-.
ticipated by the warmest promoters of it.—(Hear.) The
time had. indeed now arrived when every landlord and landed „
occupier in the country would be totally ruined unless
some alteration took place.--(Hear, hear.) That was the
state of the case at the present moment. His object had
been not to advert to general politit.sbut to set before them
the existing state of the agricultural interest, and to sug-
gest for their mature consideration those measures which,
in his opinion, were calculated to remedy the evil(cheers)
—and he would, in conclusion, assure them that, so long as
he continued a Member of the House of Commons, his
unabating, zealous, and individual attention should be given
to their service.
Several other toasts were afterwards drank, and the Noble
Earl and his friends then retired.

DUTCH PAPERS.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 22.

SECOND CHAMBER OF STATES-GENERAL.
His Majesty having been pleased to select M. Dyck-
meester for the office of President of the Second Chamber
for this session, that Gentleman took the chair, and ad-
dressed the assembly in a short speech. The President
appointed a committee to draw up an address in answer to
his Majesty's speech from the Throne.
A Royal Resolution was read, appointing Count W. F.
Von Reede to be President of the First Chamber during
the present sitting ; also three Royal Messages, with pro-
jects of law, and explanatory memorials containing modifi-
' cations of the third chapter of the first book—of the parts
of the second chapter not yet corrected, and of the whole
of the Communal Code.
His Excellency the Minister of Finance being introduced,
spoke as follows
NOBLE AND MIGHTY Loans—l have to lay before
you the laws for expenditure, and Ways and Means for
1836, and other legislative measures relative to the finan-
cial affairs of the State, and to the regular course of its im-
portant interests.
" We have to lament that since the spring no essential
change has taken place in our political situation ; that the
most solemn assurances of friendship and regard have not
succeeded in putting an end to a state of things as violently
produced as inconceivably prolonged ; but whatever may
await us, whatever fate may be reserved for us by the wise
'ati just Ruler of the Universe, we all—the whole Dutch
people, with their King—approach the future with courage
and patiebe ; and while, Re our fathers, we can submit to
the determinakl.ons of the Governor of the World, we, like
them, will never i:w our necks to the unjust power of men."
His Excellency the,: introduced eight projects of law re-
lathe to the finances of kingdom.
The first is the budget of the expenditure for the year
1836, the total amount of whit:: is 49,588,684 florins, of
which 20,814,895 florins for the interoz.t of the national debt ;
besides which it is proposed to allot 506,000 forms for ex-
traordinary expenses.
The second project of law contains the way: and means
for 1836. . Besides the ordinary revenues there are proposed
eight additional cents (Opecenten) on the land tax, 15 on
the personal tax (this is a reduction of ten on the present
tax), 25 on the licenses, 25 on the excise (with the excep-
tion of that on grinding corn), 25 on certain stamp duties.
The revenues are estimated at 49,606,165 florins, in
which is included a sum of three millions supplied by the

colonies.
The third project of law is for reducing the land tax, and
the taxes on manufactures, mills and warehouses.
The fourth project of law is for modifying some rept-
-Im:ions of the law of the 29th of March, 1833, on the per-
sonal tax.
The fifth is for granting certain exemptions from duties of
excise.
The sixth is the announced law for the promotion of the
interests of agriculture. A graduated scale of duties on the
importation of corn has been preferred to a fixed duty.
Butter, bread, beans, vetches, pease, groats, and cheese,
are to pay import, export, and transit duties on a scale cor-.
responding with those on co;-n.
The seventh is for providing for the full payment of
the interest of the national debt due on the 31st of De-
cember, 1835. •
The eighth relates to the redemption and repayment of
the debt for 1836.
There is every reason to hope that with the good ma-
nagement and increasing prosperity of the colovial posses-
sions the mother country will reap more and more the fruits
of the great sacrifices which it has so long and so. perseve-
ringly made for them.
In this sitting the sections were nominated, to which
these important projects of law were sent for examination.
The Chamber adjournbd indefinitely.
DU ICH FUN DS—A ma-map/of, OcT. 24.
Monty. Hills.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent.
Loan (030) 5 per cent.
A tiort :syndic, 4 per cent__
i
Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent. 7N w
Commercial Company, 4 per cnt
Ditto (11-32 and 1613) 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, O
T ne m
months
25
wo months 12 17K.
—Dutch Papers, Oct. 24.
I;1 LGIAN FUNDS.—Batissta.a, Ocrr. 24.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ,
nmoschild's Loan, Five per Cent
1111
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 100!4
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 130%
Batik of Belgium, Five per Cery llO
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 25.

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On Saturday an inquest was held in the Committee-
room of Bermondsey workhouse, on the body of Eleanor
Godfrey, a young woman 25 years of age, who was drowned
by the upsetting of a boat on the river. The deceased
had been recently married, and was vvithin a few days of her
confinement when she was unfortunately drowned. From
the evidence it appeared that, on the 12th instant, the de-
ceased went on board a vessel lying off Bermondsey-wall,
accompanied by a female acquaintance, where they remained
until eight o'clock at night. When the boat that was to •
take them ashore came alongside, the deceased, with four
others, got into it, and seated themselves. The last per-
son who was getting into the boat,_instead of entering call-
tiously. jumped from the gangway of the ship on the gun-
wale of the boat, when it immediately upset, and they were
all precipitated into the water. It was quite dank at the
time, and it was only a miracle that the whole of them were
not drowned. The deceased was not seen to rise to the
surface after the boat was upset ; and the other persons
were with difficulty saved from a watery grave. The de-
ceased's body was not found until, yesterday morning. A
verdict of '• Accidental Death" was returned. The man •
who occasioned the accident is gone to sea. .t
Such is the rage for building round the metropolis,
and the anxiety to get the walls up before the frost sets in,
that the brick-makers cannot supply their commodity fast
enough. In some places the bricks are seen delivering from
the stacks while burning—a literal proof that builders may
sometimes burn theirfingers."