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tent—we have not that very first and the foundation
of all liberty, the liberty to work freely and to enjoy
in security and unplundered the fruits of our own
labour.—(Applause.) And what is the most extra-
Jrdinary part of the business, we have been argued
into the belief that this very infraction of our liber-
ties was a benefit conferred upon us by a paternal and
protective Government. There can be no doubt that
multitudes of people in this country have believed that
the protective principle had something in it likely to
intrease national and individual bensifit ; and the
same belisif is in operation now to some extent. We
are not to suppose that the men who are in favour of
the corn-law are necessarily dishonest men. I believe
there are landlords so extraordinarily stupid as still
to believe the corn-law is beneficial to the land,
and not injurious to manufactures—(Applause)—
and it would be hard for me to assert that all the persons
in our town—and there a few of them, middle-class
men and manufacturers—who support this protective
system, are dishonest in their views. I believe many
of them are honest in what they do ; but I believe
they cannot be honest and intelligent if they support
a law so wicked and mischievous as this.—(Applause.)
But amongst the working classes this principle is
now held to a very great extent; and there are found
in all towns of the kingdom combinations to exclude
their own order from certain privileges, in certain
trades ; and there are many regulations which, how-
ever injurious to trade and to the employers of labour,
are more so to the labourers themselves. This I only
mention as a circumstanise arising from the very
same spirit, the very same mistake by which protte-
tive statutes; and enactments have crept into the code
of this and every other country.—(Applause.) I be-
lieve no man has ever yet been able to assign any
cause for the late period of depression but the recur-
rence of bad harvests, and the existence of a corn-law
preventing us from removing the evil effects of those
bad harvests.—(Applause. We have trade now com-
paratively prosperous ; for a period there has been a
better profit to manufacturers generally, and far more
employment and considerably better wages for the
workmen ; and I have no doubt whatever, if the shop-
keepers of this town were to meet together and com-
pare notes, they would find universally that, contrast-
ing their business now with what it was three years
ago, other circumstances being the same, their busi-
ness had greatly improved, and that they had fewer
debts in their books than they had at that period.
—(Applause) I was epeakinif the other day with
a gentleman who lives, or is often engaged in
pusiness, in a part of this town where he has the op-
portunity of seeing people passing to and from a large
establiiinnent for the sale of furniture; and he said
he had noticed, for soma months past, an amount of
business going on at that shop and warehouse which
he had not seen for years before. We all know that
three or four years ago the pawnbrokers were the
people who were (Ling all the business; in some
towns there was more poverty than the pawnbrokers
could live upon.—(l ioar, hear.) Now those things
which had gone to the sign of the three balls are gra-
dually making their way back again to the cottages
of the working people.—(Applause.) And when we
consiiler how much there is in all this, how much
there is in the impa.vement of trade of all that is im

and 1838, the commitments in England and Wales
averaged about 22,000; in 1839, 24,000; in 1840,
27,487; in 1841, 27,760; in 1842, 31,309; and 1843,
29,501 ; thus rising so long as the pressure existed,
and then diminishing; so that we were now becoming
a people among whom less crime was committed.
With these facts before them, how could any man
withstand this evidence, brought forward by persons
totally disinterested ? But beyond the preservation
of life, the diminution of crime, and the checking of
forced emigration, whew* game the !Feat effort now
making throughout the manufacturing districts to
ameliorate the physical condition of the working
classes—an effort which would have been altogether
impossible three years ago, when bankruptcy stared
almost every one in the face ? These facts only
proved that they had been right in the beginning,
right all along, and right in the end, and that conse-
quently they were sure to triumph.—(Applause.)
But it should be remembered how many had been
swept away by the storm of destitution which had
passed over them, how many children have been
doomed to ignorance by the necessities of their
parents at that period, how many men had been
driven into unwilling pauperism, broken down in
spirit, thus inflicting a wide-spreading evil on so-
ciety, as it infected their children and their chil-
dren's children.—(Hear.) The past five years heing
thus full of instruction—perhaps more so than any
five years heretofore—he thought the public of Roch-
dale would be readily persuaded to give their cordial
co-operation to all that the League might do. The
chairman had complimented, not flattered the inha-
bitants, and he hoped they would still go with the
League in future. Great wealth existed in this town :
they were much of one opinion as to free trade ; and
under these circumstances he could not but hope that
what they might do in future would eclipse the past.
—(Applause.) The woollen trade was once the chief
trade of this town, employing thousands, and yielding
great wealth to the manufacturers. How was it that
that trade had not extended, that no more flannels
were made here than were made twenty-five years
ago, and that the workmen in that trade were the
worst paid ? Assuredly from no other cause but our
blind restrictive legislation, by which our woollens
had been shut out of the American market. Had it
not been that another trade, cotton, had been intro-
duced here, which was almost entirely an export
trade, the town and district alone had been saved from
decay. The woollen manufactures were now almost
all going into the cotton trade. Why ? Not
because they liked it better, but there was
no field for them in their own trade, one-half
of which had been cut off by the American
tariff. And yet there were men in this town who
would not lift a finger to remove that tariff, and the
corn-law which caused it.—(Applause.) Contemptible
fellows ! Were all such as them the country would
soon be in a state of anarchy, were it not for those
who sought to lead the people into the right paths.
They had heard the direction about to be taken by
the League. They had been charged with sedition,
and with stimulating insurrection. Abandoning
everything which could countenance such a charge,
they would lay hold of that truly constitutional
weapon—the electoral franchise, and would lay claim
to the county representation—(hear, hear)—and if
there were any truth in the opinion they had formed
as to the prevalence of free-trade principles, the balk
of the middle and working classes would unite with
them.—(Applause.) He was delighted to hear shat
an outcry there would be in a low months when
they found the \Vest Riding of Yorkshire and
North Cheshire w( re wrested from the monopolists.
Squire after squire, noodle after noodle—(Laughter)
—would rise to protest against the unconstitutional
proceedings of the League, and would call on the
Secretary of State to interfere.—(hear, hear.) But
when those counties, the seats of the manufacturers,
were secured, and the system was extending to War-
wickshire and other large midland and southern
counties, the monopolists would take alarm, and
would surrender the question of free trade, in the
hope of preventing further progress in that direction;
but he hoped that, having once obtained possession
of a weapon so pow erful, they would continue to use
it, and that if there were any other right on which
the working classes had set their minds, they would
not rest satisfied till they obtained it by the sure con-
stitutional means.-- (Cheers.)
W. S. CRAWFORD, Esq, M.P. for the borough,
next addressed the meeting, and was received with
great and prolonged cheering.
GEORGE ASHWORTH, Esq., moved a vote of thanks
to the gentlemen who had addressed them ; which
was seconded by Mr. JOHN PETRIE, and carried by
acclamation.
The Cuantsfast acknowledged the compliment; and
Mr. BRIGHT having explained some arrangements
for enabling parties in Rochdale, so inclined, to be-
come purchasers of qualifications to vote for the
county, the meeting separated.

MR. WARBURTON'S NEW WORK.

Now ready, in 3 vols. small Svo., withiliiiMerous Illustrations, pries

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235., bound,
THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS ;
OR,

ROMANCE AND REALITIES OF EASTERN TRAVEL,
By ELIOT B. G. WARBURTON, Esq.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

REAL TURTLE SOUP.—The extravagant
cost, besides the difficulties arising out of the killing and
dressing of the live fishes, has cireumscribed the use of this most
nutricious and delicious Soup, whilst the quality has never reached
that perfeetion which it might have done, by reason of the bat-
poyerished and diseased state of the fishes from which it has been
made. So much SS is this the case, that there is hardly one Turtle
used in this eountry that would not be rejected in a West Indian
market. The causes of this are so obvious as not to need repetition
here.

GUNTER'S TURTLE, preserved under patent at Honduras, from
fish just taken in their native waters, obviates every difficulty that
has been known to operate against the general use of this flak, by its
incomparable superiority in fullness, firmness, and flavour of meat.
By the convenience of the 21b. package, which will keep fresh for any
length of time, and by the enormous reduction effected in the cost of
producing this soup, whilst it renders it as always in season. Bach
21b. tin is calculated to make soup for sixteen persons, at a cost not
exceeding 18e. to 20s.

There are attached for its preparation ; and the
public are invited to try whether every obstacle to the general con-
sumption of the finest Turtle Soup be not removed.
Wholesale Depot, St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, and Corbet-court,
Gracechurch-street. On retail with all oil and Italian warehousemen,
grocers, &c., in town and country.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE,
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 29,
Will be performed a New Grand Opera, In Three Acts, entitled
I'HE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Bonen! ;
Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline,
Miss Rainforth ; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts.
To conclude with the Grand Fairy Ballet of THE REVOLT OF
THE HAREM, In which Mdlle. Plunkett, Mdlle Clara Webster,
O'Bryan, Mrs. W. H. Payne, and Madame Guibilm will
"Vhar. e Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23,
Wiri be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG MEAETS. Colonel Rocket,
Mr. S rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe. s; Tom Coke,
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ;
The Countess of Fnn, pion, Mrs. W. Clifford; Lady Alice Hawthorn
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which, Mr. Charles Mathews' Bur'etta of HE WOULD
BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews; Dicky Darling,
Mr. Strickland; Becky Morgan, Mrs. Caulfield,
To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Bucieftne, entitled THE
THIMBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Bache, Sam Shindy,
Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Cliftb
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even-
ing), be. each. First Price—Boxes, ; Pit, 38. ; Gallery, 25.;
Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at N.iie o'Clock—ii Ss. ; Pit,
i 2s. ; Gallery, Is. • Upper Gallery, 6d. Uoors opened at Haltpast
Six, Pei formance commence at Seven.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Ar cher, at the Box.office,
from l'en till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23,
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled I'HE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGE& Court Henry de Beausoleil, Mr. Hudson ; Count
Vanille, Mr. Selby; The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste ;
Crequet, VI% Wright; Chechore Mr. 0. Smith.
After which will be repeated VICTOR! E; or, I'll Sleep on It.
Alexandre, Mr. Hudson • Michael, Mr. Saluy, Victorine, Mrs.
Yates • Elise, Mrs. Fitzwilliaia.

To Conclude with a New Eccentric Mythological Burlesque, called
TELEMACHUS; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss
Woolgar ; Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah,
Mr. Cowell.
Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter, 'Jr Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-orlite open from Eleven till Four. Private
Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STItE LT.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 23,
WI,I he repeated a New Comic Opera, entitled THE CASTLE
OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beamanoir,
Mr. Walton; Olivie-, Mr. Allen; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun.;
Richard, Mr. thine ; Reaaucl, Mr. Matlacks•; Ivon, Mr. Leffler;
Hermine, '
Helen Condell ; Gertrue, Mrs. Fosbroke.
To be followed by MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR.
To conclude with a New Grand Orieatll Ballet, called THE
ENCHANTED BELL. Azolin (an Hindoo Peasant), M. Roussett ;
Palmira (the Sultan's Daughter), Mille. Caroline Noumea; Naire
(her Friend), Mdlle Teresine; Ding Daog (the Genii of the Bell),
'Miss arshall
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden.
Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price at
Sine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 641
Private Boxes, Iwo Guineas ,nd One Guinea and a.Half ; Prosce-
nium Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half.
past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
l'hcatre.

portant to a country and a people, I think vv(181s11
not ind.ce lightly or 1111,1 isely in considering this
question to I eat this moment the most important that
can engage the re son of intelligent and reflectinz
nwn.—(Applause.) No-x, what is meant by improve-
ment in trade ? Most pyojAe think that it means that
nannufac`urers are gettinv n:ore profit. Well, it does
mean that, anti a great dual more ; it means that the
workpeople are better emphyed, and gating better
wages; it means that now and then a man who is an
°vet-looker in a factory or a workshop is finding the
means to set up for him:,elt; and that is one of the
finest things that can be f ,und in any country. It is
just one of thase thing; that are never found in the
agricultural districts; but it is found here every day.

HE ATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
Under the Management or Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, 23,
Will be performed a New Cemedietta,NOVEMßEß entitled WATCH A N D
WARD. The characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Kinloch, and A.
Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
To be followed by a New Farce, called A TRIP TO KISSINGEN
Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Kin o.h, Stanton, Collier, Yarnold,
Turner, Stoker, and Ke ley, Mrs. Wigan and Mrs. Keele.
Ater which, a New Farce, called. TO PERSONS ABOUT' TO
MA BR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Turner,
and Stoker, Miss Arden, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. W oolli4ge.
In the course of the Evening A DIVERTISSEMENT, in Iv% ich
ddlks. Louise laid Adele, of her Majesty's Theatre, will make their
appearance.
To conclude with THE SEVEN CASTLES OF THE PASS.ONS
With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal
Characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr. Gouriet, Mr.
'k raven, and Mr. Keeley; Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woolli Ise, Mrs
A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Ma .s James, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and
Mrs. Keeley.
PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcouy Boxes. 4r. ; Upper
dozes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the it tlcony Tier
holding eight persons), Teo Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
dozes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guir•en,
The Box- ace is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direct
i n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

But it means a great deal more than this.
Improvement in trade means that there is a saving in
human ; not that men are not cut off by the hand
of the executioner, or by the sword, but that they are
not cut off by the hand of famine—(Hear, hear)—
which is abaut the most ruthless, most relentless, and
most crud of all modes of disposing of the human
rare.—(Loud applause.) It may not have come within
your observation, but from the returns made by the
registrar- general, it ;,ppears that the mortality in the
district is very greatly diminished since the period
of high prices of ; and it has been observed in
France, as well as in this country, and I believe it
will be observed in all countries whets any accurate
statistical account is kept, that just about in propor-
tion as the price of the staple articles of human food
rises, just in that proportion the human animal sinks,
decays, dies, and ultimately must become extinct.—
(ilear, hear.) I have here an extract from the regis-
trar's report for the district which he calls the north
west division, and I'll read you the number of deaths
which were registered in 1840, when prices were very
high, w hen there was, great stagnation in trade,
and great distress, owing to the very high rate of
food, and the number registered in 1843. It is as
follows :

STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. ROBERTS.
THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 11,
Will be repeated DougLs Jerrold's NELL GWYNNE.
Gwynne, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Orange Moll, Mr. H. Hall.
After which, THE KNIGHT AND THE SPRITE, In which
H. Hall, Mrs. Walter Lacy, Mrs. Montgotnerie, Mrs. C. Pope,
and Miss Bromley will perform.
To conclude with THE NEW FOOTMAN. Bobby Breakwlndow,
Attwood.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Yirtbinson, FRIDAY.-111S Royal Highness Prince
Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of
Wurtemberg, and the Earl of Liverpool, and attended
by Lord Rivers, Mr. Anson, Baron de Alvensleben,
and Colonel Wylde, went to shoot in the royal pre-
serves this morning. The royal party returned to
the Castle about two o'clock.

1840. 1843.
Bolton
Bury 2,170
Rochdale
Preston 2,637
Blackburn
Wigan
Prescot 1,155
Manchester
Ashton 4,873

Great attuction every Evening—Squire Batty's Hounds meet This

E;eniig, at
ASTI, PY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. RATTY.
EVENING, NOVEMBER 23,
Will be repeatedTHlS a New Spectacle,O
entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed;
introducing unequalled Natimal Fetes. Real Fnx-chase on the Stage
and in the Circle by living Fos and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
by Mr. Batty of Mr Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
lipsorn Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship.
To conclufterpiece.
Acin and stagearisnade with agFavourite Aerisroadfoot.
Rox-officet opeg n from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding
;.y Mr. R. Smith daily.

Their Royal highnesses ihe Prince of Wales and
the Princess Alice were taken for an airing in the
pleasure•grounds to-day.
The Marquis of Granby arrived at the Castle to-day.
Her Royal Higlnless the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined
the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in
attendance at the Castle during dinner. Her Majesty's
private band afterwards attended, and performed the
remainder of the evening.

213,196 23,334
" Here is a difference, in the deaths, of 2,862 indi-
viduals in one year, in nine districts only of the one
hundred and fifteen comprised in the return. What
can be the cause of this ? A sufficient answer to us
;nay be found in the words of the worthy registrar
for Little Bolton—` that it is chiefly owing to the im-
proved condition of the working classes.' It is a
great and convincing f,:ct of the murderous effect of
the famine laws, and restrictions upon trade." But
this involves a consideration of much higher import-
ance than whether manufacturers get little or great
profit. Who are the individuals, those 2,862 indivi-
duals, whom this return proves to have fallen victims
to these laws ?—(llcar, hear.) Not the indivi-
duals who passed the law; not lords, not rich men,
not people in comfortable circumstances; they are of
a different order altogether—men whose only inhe-
ritance is the strength of their arm and the intelli-
gence of their head—the working class of this coun-
try.—(Loud applause.) Old men and old women,
who might have lived yearn Linger to watch the pro-
gress of their families, are eat off and hurried to the
grave by this law.—(Hear, hear.) Aye, and many a
poor unfortunate child, who came into existence
during that disastrous period, which might otherwise
have lived to have blessed its parents, has been taken
to its grave, even those parents blessing God that he
had removed it from the misery it was likely to
share. And these men, who talk about State policy,
and about expediency, and about the burdens upon
land, and mortgages to be paid, and marriage
settlements upon daughters—(Applause)—if it could
ever enter into their minds that horrors like these
were being perpetrated in every district of this
country, their inhuman law doing its working, and
doing it most faithfully, I ask you what must be the
character of those men if they could resist the fer-
vent call made upon them, by the united working
people of this country, for the abandonment of this
system, and the liberation of the industry of this
trampled and insulted nation ?—(Loud applause.)
Bat there is another point to which I would refer
you. The people of this country are of an order who
will not sink down and die without making an effort
to save themselves. It is said " the mighty camel
dies 'neath heaviest load ;" but man was not made
for an end so ignominious and contemptible as that.
—(Applause.) The people of this country will
.travel all earth before they will die of starvation in
their own country ; and, driven by excessive penury
to seek a refuge in foreign lands, they find that bread
under the Republican Government of America, which
their own paternal Government denies them at home.
—(Applause.) I have here a return of the number
of persons who have emigrated from this country
since 1838:--
1838
1839
1840
1841 .
1842 .
1843

DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
THIS 23,
Will he repeated a NewEVENING I ram , , entitIedNOVEMBER THE SEALED SEN-
TENCE, supported by Niessrs. Hughes, N. T. Hicks, Vale, Johnson,
Morrison, Mrs. R. Honner, Mes, Lewis, &c.
After which, the Farce of THE TWO GREGORIES.
To conclude with the New Drama, entitled DON C.2ESAR DE
BAZAN, supported by the entire Company.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
Alice, from Eleven to Four.

Their Royal llighnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at Kew on Thurs-
day evening from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, Sussex.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington,
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and Lord. Granville
Somerset. The Council sat upwards of three hours.
The Bishop of Carlisle had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel yesterday.
A deputation from the Scottish Central Railway,
consisting of the Marquis of Breadalbane, Mr.
Oliphant, of Condie ; the Lord Provost, and Mr. Reid,
city clerk of Perth; the Provost of Stirling, and
Mr. Galbraith, town clerk ; Mr. Locke, engineer ;
and Mr. Weems, Parliamentary agent, had an inter-
view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the
office of the Board of Trade.
Sir George Cockburn and the Hon. Sidney Her-
bert had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
A deputation from the Bolton, Wigan, aad Liver-
pool Railway, consisting of Mr. Brancher, Mr. Dar-
beshire (solicitor), Mr. Thomson (engineer), Mr.
Peace, and Mr. R. Ellicombe, had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday.
A deputation from the Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Hindle,
high sheriff of Lancashire ; Mr. John Hornby,
M.P. for Blackburn ; Mr. Greenway (Darwen), Mr.
William Henry Hornby (Blackburn), Mr. Kay (Tur-
ton Tower), Mr. Roxburgh (Entwistle), Mr. Shor-
rock (Darwen), accompanied by Mr. Cardwell, M.P.
for Clitheroe ; Mr. Vignoles, engineer in chief; and
Mr. Robinson, solicitor, had an interview yesterday
with the Earl of Dalhousie.
A deputation from the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway, including Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Langton, Mr.
George Loch, and Mr. Booth, had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday.
A deputation from the Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction Railway, consisting of Mr. Joseph Arm-
strong, chairman ; Mr. Joseph Brook, vice-chair-
man; Mr. Joseph Locke, engineer ; and Mr. James
C. Fenton, solicitor, had an interview with the Earl
of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
A deputation from the Great North of England
Railway Company, consisting of Mr. George H.
Wilkinson, the chairman ; and Mr. Edward Oxley,
the vice-chairman, had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, on the subject of their proposed
branch railway to Richmond, in the county of York.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THI S EVENSING, 23,
Will be repeated THE TRANGENOVEMBER INTRUDER, ha which
Messrs. Seaman, Higgie, Herbert, and Miss Vincent will perform.
After which, A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Lenisberg, Mr.
Higgie; Baroness, Mrs. W. West
To conclude with THE WANDERING JEW, In which Messrs.
Seaman, Dale, Higgie, and the Misses Harcourt will appear.
Private Family Boxes, £1 Is. Pd. and LI Ile. Pd.

THE WEATHER,.--SUN OFFICE, Nov. 23.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 43; Noon, 42.
BAROMETER" 30.2.—Wirm, E.
NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
rtezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
u,ually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
gurntng ... BS minutes after 0 I Evening ... 'minutes after lk

SECOND EDITION..

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDWY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 18,4.

in the Register as it has recently done—reforms
which, at the next election, will illuminate Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL'S mind in a very effectual manner, and go
far to convert a majority against the Corn-laws in the
House of Commons, into a majority in their favour.
Mr. COBDEN gave his Rochdale hearers some sound
advice on this important subject of the Registration.
" Hitherto," he said, " we have been an Anti-Corn-
law League instructing the people, and agitating
them about Free-trade ; now I really think we are
going to take my friend SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S busi-
ness out of his hands, and advocate an extension
of the suffrage. We want to persuade our fellow-
countrymen to buy the property that will qualify
them to vote ; and I most sincerely wish that every
,head of a family in this country was worth the money
necessary to buy that vote. But that is much easier
done than many people suppose. Another meridian
has dawned upon us within the last few months.
We pledged ourselves some time ago to contest the
boroughs and try what we could do to gain them ;
but it never occurred to us that we could win
counties in this country. And yet with 252 county
Members in the House, and not six of them voting
for Free-trade, it has occurred.to us that unless :we
can make some change there, we shall not be likely
to get a majority in that House. Now, I believe the
counties may be won in many instances, as I have be-
fore said, much easier than the little pocket boroughs."
If the League, following the advice given some years
since by Sir ROBERT PEEL to the Conservatives,
sticks to its present determination of fighting the
battles of Free-trade in the Registration Courts, we
cannot for a single instant permit ourselves to doubt
'of its success. It has a vast majority of the middle
classes in its favour, but unfortunately not a few
members of this class, however well disposed towards
the cause of Free-trade, are apt to be sluggish and
inactive in the discharge of their duties as electors,
and to neglect to qualify themselves at the proper
time and in the proper manner. Now, by the exer-
cise of a little tact and perseverance the League may
easily manage to rouse the dormant zeal of these
lethargic but well-intentioned folks, and will reap
the benefit of its exertions in a vast increase of the
numbers of its supporters at the next election

items in the statistics of his Lordship's speech (which,
on a balance of its arguments, really vindicated the
"Resolutions" it was delivered against). His Lordship
assumes the gold circulation of England to be
23,000,0001., exclusive of what is in the Bank. Take
this Bank store in round numbers at 14,000,0001.,
and Lord Mar.s.u.Lm's credulity must have exagge-
rated this enormous aggregate of 37,000,0001., we
venture to tell him, by nearly one-half. (We take
this amount of Bank bullion from last week's returns.
At another time we shall contrast the point it has
thus gradually decreased to with the maximum amount
of seventeen or eighteen millions which it touched at
the passing of the Bill of last session.) Lord MxLYILLE
' wisely, yet surely inconsistently with his own pre-
mises of satisfaction at the system of gold currency
now established in England, states that notwithstanding
the vast aggregate of our gold circulation, drains had
occurred upon the Bank of England, and might occur
again, which would again leave her coffers almost
empty.

"We may," continued is Lordship, " have drains
from short harvests—we may have drains from foreign
speculations, no matter whether wise or unwiso..people
come demanding money, and they will have it. We may
have drains for foreign wars and subsidies, and from
various causes, but the greatest danger is from short
harvests. It was the duty of a wise Government, then,
to see that the circulation of this kingdom was in such a
state, that when any emergency shall occur, we shall be
able to supply the deficiency caused by the outpouring
of the coin of the kingdom. He wished to know what
Scotland was to do in such a case ? Could she furnish
her quota ?"

Will his Lordship be so kind as to point out what
England " is to do in such a case ;" how she is to
furnish her quota ?" What golden currency that
ever yet existed in any empire of the ancient or
modern world, would suffice to answer the demands
which la domestic panic or a foreign war would in-
stantly produce for gold, in exchange for the millions,
multiplied by hundreds, not by scores, of British
securities represented in convertible paper ? How
does his Lordship suppose that the possible " de-
ficiency" he speaks of "isto be supplied ?" A case
occurs, no matter what, to create a run for gold.
The Bank, in contemplation of the probable extent it
may run to, contracts its issues ; and the security Sir
R. PEEL leaves to all the operations of the immense
mass of represented property, or property struggling
for development into capital, is the balanced amount
of convertible Bank paper, and of—in fact, for this is
the ultimate resolution of his bullion problem—Bank
bullion. The enterprise of mercantile speculation
animating the energy of ready capital, is to be brought
up certainly, though at some uncertain moment, when
its action shall have exceeded the limited revolutions
and obstructed movements of Sir ROBERT'S double-
balance-gold-and-paper engine. Talk of a "standard
of value !" He has only succeeded—and but too well
—in devising a standard of limitation.

The proceedings at a recent meeting of Road Trus•
ees, Commissioners of Supply, and Justices of the
Peace for the county of Edinburgh, convened for the
consideration, among other business, of Sir JAMES
GIBSON CRAIG'S " Resolutions" touching the Scotch
banking system, were of unusual interest and im-
portance. The "Resolutions," which have already
been before our readers, embodied the powerful case
of the people of Scotland against the extinction
f their one-pound, or small note circulation ; and
the not less powerful case of the Scottish banking in-
terest, against the introduction into that country of
the gold " standard of value," as it is called, which
Sir R. PEEL has been permitted to set up, by statute,
in this. The principal speakers at the Edinburgh
county meeting were the Viscount MELVILLE, the
Earl of ROSEBERY, the Lord DUNFERMLINE (for.
merly the Right Hon. Mr. ABERCROAIDY), and Sir
J. G. CRAIG. On the original motion for the adop-
tion of the report embodying the "Resolutions" in
question, Mr. TYTLER, of Woodhouselee, moved an
amendment that it was expedient for the meeting
to defer the expression of any opinion on the subjects
of their discussion until the intentions of her MA-
JESTY'S Ministers thereupon should have been made
known. Fifteen hands were held up against, and
fifteen in favour of the original motion ; which was
finally affirmed by the casting vote of the Chairman,
Sir Jousr Hors, Bart.
The various speeches delivered at the meeting
appear to have ranged over all the principal grounds
on which the general question of a currency, its na-
ture, relations, and management—must be considered;
although, of course, the chief topic enlarged upon
was the tendency of any proposition for depriving
Scotland of her present small bank-note circulation.
As some of those speeches involved the most frequent
and specious fallacies advocated by the bullionist dis-
ciples of Sir R. PEEL, whilst others were remarkable
for the perspicuity and force with which they illus-
trated the argument in favour of retaining—for
Scotland—her present paper currency—we venture
to crave attention for the remarks we propose to offer
upon them.
It will be recollected, that after a vast deal of re-
monstrance, agitation, and debate, at public and
other meetings throughout Scotland, and a memorable
pamphleteering warfare, in which Sir WALTER SCOTT
took an active and most useful lead, under the signa-
ture of " Malagrowther " —Scotland was rescued
from the operation of the general principles and the
particular measures that had been brought forward
by the present Sir R. PEEL in 1819 for the re•
organisati In of our monetary system. Again, when
Sir ROBERT submitted, in the course of last session,
what he calls "the complement" of his legislation in
1819, he was reluctantly compelled to postpone its
application to Scotland; for we will do him the jus-
tice to declare that he fairly and distinctly intimated
his purpose to bring her also within its scope in the
now ensuing year. 'We are, therefore, unable to see
the ground of Mr. TYTLER'S and Lord MELVILLE'S
hypothesis, that the intentions of the Premier on
this point are not yet sufficiently known. We warned
the banking interest, and the whole people of Scot-
land, at the time, when remarking on the fatal
supineness with which the parties who represented
them in Parliament, looked on at the visitation of the
Bank Charter Renewal Bill on the people of the
other portion of the United Kingdom—that their own
turn of suffering would, assuredly, come next, unless
they then, and at once, vigorously combined with
the English opponents of the measure in arresting its
further progress. We repeat, with regret, that,
generally speaking, the gentlemen connected with
Scotland held aloof. They saw that the Right Hon.
Baronet's "fire-raising"—in the legal phraseology of
their country—was about to consume the monetary
resources of England (and, eventually, of Ireland),
but they reflected that it was still a twelvemonth's
journey for this statutable conflagration from West-
minster to Edinburgh; so, on the night of the main
division, they went home quietly to their beds, some
of them without even the effort of contributing the
scanty buckets of their individual votes to the
miserable minority which represented the whole
force of extinction that could be brought even
to attempt to play upon the " devouring element "
—as the Bank Charter Bill might well be called
with reference to what it is, assuredly, even now
consuming. But we return to the Edinburgh county
meeting.
The speech of Lord MELVILLE, much as it is to be
commended for its general good sense and modera-
tion, will scarcely escape the censure of those who
may carefully peruse it. It was a trimming speech
the object of which seemed to be to avert, by post-
ponement, a collision between the principles of cur-
rency (to the general soundness of which he testified)
embodied in Sir GIBSON CRAIG'S "Resolutions," and
the incompatible, but inevitable, tendency of those
on which Sir ROBERT PEEL'S measures are based.
To talk of the country's not knowing what monetary
measures applicable to Scotland are in contempla-
tion of Government, is not to deal in earnest with the
fact, or with the question. It is but attempting a
compromise between present expediency—founded,
we fear, on some political prepossessions—and perma-
nent principles, that must affect the most vital inte-
rests of the empire. On the engrossing matter of the
small bank-notes, his Lordship said, "He was not in
the secrets of Government ;" yet "he did not hesitate
to say he did not believe they intended to meddle
with the subject ;" and yet, again, "at all events, he
did not think such a measure called for." Substantial
reasons, these, after the significant hint, too, of the
Premier, last session, for postponing the consideration
of the "Resolutions" upon which he was called to
vote! But his Lordship, on a great economic State
question, has the vision of a Cyclops. He has but one
eye to look through. He can see Scotland, only, as
she stands before him. Ilis bounded horizon does not
comprehend England. A bank-note currency, he
more
nr more
preferable ext e n ive
argues, "is a system to which the Scottish
people are accustomed." (Have not the
Eng-
Cliegshreebe?e)n
"Goldused it,mtoight b
ien
a far
solid ao
on the whole; but, so long as the people (of Scotland)
preferred this system (bank-notes) themselves, he
thought that Parliament would do very Wrong to
compel the abolition of one-pound bank notes"—
quoild Scotland. And wherefore not quad England ?
But lie approves of the gold standard for England--
whether because gold is more " solid " here, and the
people more "soft," than in the north, he does not tell
us. We must take leave to dispute some imporlsost

But we must postpone our further notice of the
Edinburgh county meeting till a future opportunity.

Madrid journals, of the 15th, announce the con-
viction and sentence on General PRIM and the other
prisoners. Previous accounts stated that the process
was brought to a conclusion on the evening of the
14th at nine o'clock, and that the Court was cleared.
The members, it appears, had no little difficulty in
agreeing on the judgment and sentence, for they sat
all night, and only a little before six in the morning
the sentence was pronounced. By this PRIM is con-
demned to six years' imprisonment in a fortress, but
was to retain his rank and decorations. His fellow-
prisoners had
.been condemned, some to two, and
others to three years' imprisonment, on similar
terms. The Supreme Military Tribunal was ulti-
mately to decide on the fate of the prisoners, and
point out the places of their imprisonment. The
discussions on the Reform Bill were continued, and
occasional amendments made, which, of course, were
rejected. The public take no interest whatever in
the affair.

The Bourse was closed on the 15th, being the feast
Of ST. EUGENIUS.

The Paris papers contain little interesting to the
English reader. The Moniteur officially announces
the convocation of the Chambers for Thursday, the
26th of December, as previously stated in The Sun.
The Journal des Debats has an article on electric
telegraphs, and urges the Government, as a matter
of economy as well as State convenience, to establish
them on all the new lines of railway. " The present
defective system," it says, " costs the State .500 francs
per mile, so that a vast saving might easily be
effected. The same journal contains a letter from
its Madrid correspondent, giving details of the pro-
ceedings which took place on the 14th, at the trial
of General PRIM ; but they add nothing to the
previous intelligence. The writer denounces the un-
fair mode of trial, and says " the precipitation with
which the affair has been proceeded with and judged,
the want of proper formality, and the indifference of
the public, have confirmed me in my first impression.
Judicial proceedings, above all, demand reform in
Spain. An oral defence, public examinations, more
respect for the judges, more liberty to the advocates,
are the most urgent and useful ameliorations?'
These papers contain no further particulars respecting
the movements of ZURBANO, and merely publish the
extract from the Phare de Bayonne, which has
already appeared in this journal. As far as can be
ascertained from the various accounts, the affair has
been much magnified, and probably will end in smoke,
The following are miscellaneous extracts:—
" A Berlin letter of the 15th states that the King °I
Prussia has accepted from the King of Hanover an invi-
tation to a grand hunt, which is to take place in the forest
of Gcerde.
We read in a German journal :
" A secret agitation is at work, and will soon explode,
in accordance with the plans prepared in Greece. Con-
siderable sums have been sent to the frontier provinces,
and as much as several hundred thousand drachmas have
been spoken of. In Epirus and Thessaly a considerable
sum of money has been collected. The reduction of the
Greek army favours this project, for many brave officers
have been thrown on their own resources, and they turn
their eyes to the frontiers of Turkey.'
‘• The Augsburg Gazette states that the Porte, after
having promised M. de Bourqueney to have the Domi-
nican convent at Mossul re-established, has sent word to
Sheriff Pacha to have the house rebuilt, such as it was,
that is, a storey and a half high, but to go no further.
The Porte has also formally forbidden the Rajas to pur-
chase the land round the Catholic churches whether at
Mossul or in other places, in order to give it afterwards to
the churches, as that would place it under the protection
of France. Such a measure,' remarks the above jour-
nal, is evidently hostile to the interests of Catholicism
in the East as well as to France. Mde Bourqueney took
his departure without having settled this difficulty.' "

THE BOURSE- THURSDAY, Nov. 21.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents•• •••• 119 50 .. 119 55 .. 119 45 119 55
Throe per Cents.— •• 82 90 .. 83 10 .• 82 90 .. 83 10
Bank of France . 3120 —3130 —3120 ..3130
Lafiltte Bank, I,ooof. SharesloBo ..1085 ..1080 ..1085
5,0001. Sharesso2s —BO3O ..5022 50 ..5030
Belgian Bank...—. •• •••• 625 .. 625 .. 615 .. 615
Belem' Fives, 1831.
1840 •••••••• 1031 1033 .. 1033 .. 1031
1842 •••••••• 1661 .. 1063 .. 1063 1063
Two-and•a-Half.... 61 65 .. 61 65 .. 61 65 .. 61 65
Spanish Passive: 6 .. 6 .. 6 .. 6
Portuguese Five per Cents— 531 54 .. 531 • • 54
Neapolitan .. 97 90 .. 98 15 .. 97 90 .. 98 15
Rosin ••..••••• 105 .. 105 .. 105 .. 105

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain ....... ..... 930 930 .. 930 .. 930
Versailles, R. 8... • • .....• 427 50 .• 430 .• 427 50 •• 430
L.B.•••• .• ...• • • 302 50 .. 310 .. 302 50 .. 308 75
Rouen .• ••••••••••• • •• •• •• 996 25 . 1000 .• 996 25 .. 998 75
Rouen to Havre.... 7BO .. 780 .. 780 .. 780
Orleans •
Strasburg to 8a1e."... •• •• 276 25 .. 276 25 .. 276 25 . 276 25
Avignon to Marseilles."... 875 .. 875 • 872 50 .. 872 50
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, DEc. 3.
St. Germain • • • 930 .. 930 .. 930 .. 930
Versailles, R. 8.. •• . .•• . • 430 .. 432 50 .. 427 50 .. 432 50
rL 8......••••... 302 50 .. 310 .. 301 25 .. 307 50
Rouen •
Rouen to Havre. •.••. • . • • 777 50 • • 778 75 • • 777 50 .. 778 75
Orleans •••••••••
Strasburg to Bale.• .• •• 276 25 .. 277 50 .. 276 25 .. 277 50
Avignon to Marseilles......; 872 50 .. 876 25 .. 870 .. 873 75

The high price of the funds naturally causes the
value of all eligible securities for the purpose of invest-
ment to fetch proportionably high sums. This fact was
fully exemplified last week at Mr. George Robins's sale
of ground-rents at Lisson-grove, which, being freehold,
may certainly be deemed the next best security to the
funds, but, when the expenses of transfer and other con-
tingencies be considered, cannot, in our opinion, be pro-
nounced equally eligible; yet Mr. Robins was enabled
to obtain thirty-one years' purchase, thus yielding a pur •
chaser less than 3 per cent.; for, although he becomes
entitled to a reversionary interest, yet, at the remote
period of 76 years, no calculation could at present be
made for this expected advantage. The ground-rents
amounted to 240/. a year, and sold for 7,500/. A re-
markable fact attends this sale—viz., one of the lots, the
Hope and Anchor public•house, which for 76 years pro-
duced simply a peppercorn, fetched 100 guineas ; this
stun during the period before any rent can be received
will, at compound interest, amount to the enormous
price of 4,6001., and certainly double the value of the
pr. oper ty.—A dyer tiser.

It gives us great pleasure to announce that her
Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch was safely delivered of
a daughter at Dalkeith Palace on Tuesday. This happy
event will be the occasion of much rejoicing throughout
the wide-spread domains of the Noble Duke, the young
stranger being the first daughter of the noble pair.—
Caledonian Mercury.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THR QUEEN V. JENKIN JONES.
The defendant in this case was brought up for judg-
ment. He had been a clerk in the Poor-law Commis-
sioners' office for several years. About twelve months
since he procured the appointment of secretary to an
insurance company, and through his recommendation a
person named Charles Boisson was taken upon trial at
the Poor-law Office, Boisson having given defendant 1501
for the situation. After the period of his trial was ex-
pired, the appointment of Charles Boisson was not
confirmed, whereupon he complained that he had been
defrauded by defendant. An investigation took place ;
a prosecution was ordered by the Government, and the
defendant pleaded guilty, and was now brought up for
judgment.
Several affidavits were put in and read, both on the
part of the prosecution and on the part of defendant.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to speak in aggra-
vation of punishment. The offence with which the de-
fendant was oharged was one of very grave importance.
This case was considered of such mischievous con-
sequence to the public that the late Attorney-General,
who had exercised his powers at least as mildly as any
of his predecessors, felt it his duty to file an ex officio
information, to which defendant had pleaded guilty.
There were no circumstances of mitigation in the case.
The defendant was in communication with a person
named Marshall, who was now dead. A person named
Boisson was anxious to get a Government situation of 80/.
a-year. Marshall offered to procure it for him for 200/.
Boisson, who was a needy man, offered 1001., and it -
eventually agreed that he should give 150/. Marsha,
then directed him to go to the Poor-law Commissioners
office, and ask for Mr. Jones, and say he had been sent
by Mr. Angus, who was connected with a morning
paper. He did so—the defendant took him into the
Poor-law office, and there could be no doubt but that
Jones thought he had interest sufficient to procure him
then a permanent appointment. Jones still continued a
short time in the office. Boisson had not been there a
fortnight before he was pressed for the money, and told
that he should lose his situation unless the money was
paid. Boisson, who was in great poverty, was com-
pelled to raise the money by borrowing it of a Mr.
Hutton, and paid that money over to Jones.
Shortly after Jones left, and on an acct
being called for of the names of the clerks to be returned
to the Treasury, the name of Boisson was found there.
The Commissioners inquired into the circumstances of
his appointment; Boisson was dismissed. He insisted
that the money should be returned, and the law officers
of the Crown ordered a prosecution. At that time Mar-
shall, who was included in the prosecution, was living,
and the defendant pleaded guilty ; and now that Mar-
shall was dead, the defendant, who, in Marshall's life-
time, had pleaded guilty, now came forward and in his
affidavit stated that Marshall alone had made the bar-
gain—that Marshall alone had received the benefit of the
money—and that Marshall had lent him (Jones) 100/.
This statement was clearly contrary to his plea of
guilty, and he called upon the Court to pass an exem-
plary sentence upon him.
Mr. JERVIS then addressed the Court in mitigation of
punishment, :and regretted that the Solicitor-General
should have thought it necessary to impute falsehood to
Jones. He had pleaded guilty, as he had stated, to the
Commissioners in the lifetime of Marshall, for the pur-
pose :of avoiding 'publicity, and he had during the
lifetime of Marshall made to the Commissioners an
ample statement of all the circumstances of the case.
He had repaid the money ; and he produced affi-
davits from persons high in authority in the office,
from which it appeared that during seven years he had
been a most useful servant to the public, and that his
quittiurthe office was considered a serious loss. That
publicity which ho so much dreaded had taken place.
He would lose the confidential situation he now held, and
he trusted the Court would consider that a sufficient
punishment for his offence.
Their Lordships having consulted together,
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS proceeded to pass the judg-
ment of the Court upon the defendant. The Court had
heard the arguments urged in mitigation, and they
would have been very glad if they could have con-
sidered this case as any other but of a very
serious nature. If he really had authority to
recommend, he abused the trust reposed in him,
and deprived the public of the benefit of compe-
tition, for his own personal advantage. If he had not
authority, and it appeared that he had not, then the
fraud was quite as great. If Marshall alone had been
the person who had made the corrupt bargain, and if
the defendant had nothing to do with it, then that
would have been an ample answer to the indictment.
But the fact of his pleading guilty during the life-
time of Marshall proved that Marshal was act-
ing merely as his agent. The Court regretted
to hear that there was a family and an aged
relative dependent upon his exertions, but it could be
matter of regret only. Under the circumstances, the
Court felt bound to pass a severe sentence upon him.
The sentence of the Court was, that he should be im-
prisoned in the Queen's Prison for one year.
The defendant was then removed in custody.
THE QUEEN V. BARNARD GREGORY.
Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD said that in this case his
Learned Friend who appeared for the defendant had
handed to him certain affidavits, which were anything
but satisfactory, and that therefore he should wish to
have them read.
The affidavits, having been handed in, were read by
the officer, The first was the affidavit of Mr. Lewis, the
attorney for the defendant, in which was set forth a
medical certificate as to the unsatisfactory state of the
defendant's health, signed by Dr. Ayre, Dr. Hume
Wetherhead, and Sir James Anderson. That cer-
tificate had been signed in the deponent's pre-
sence, but the physician had refused to make
an affidavit, :as being contrary to the usual custom
of the profession. The deponent stated that be held an
office on the Midland Circuit, to the duties of which he
should have to attend at the approaching assizes, and
that, therefore, he should not be enabled to prepare de-
ponent's defence to go to trial on the 29th. The affi-
davit of deponent himself was then read as to the state
'of his health. lie also prayed that judgment might be
postponed on the indictment to which he had pleaded
guilty, because on the trial of the other indictments facts
would come out which might materially influence the
judgment of the Court. In opposition to the application
there were read the affidavits of the Duke of Brunswick,
the prosecutor, and his attorney. The affidavit of the
latter stated that he had inquired of various medical men
who had visited defendant in Newgate, more particularly
of Mr. M'Murdo, the surgeon to the gaol, as to the state
of defendant's health, and that the reply was, that
although he was thinner, he was in as good a state of
health as when he was first committed to prison.
Mr. PLATT submitted to the Court that this was not
a case of conflicting testimony. On the one hand, they
had only the loose affidavit of an attorney, setting forth
that he had made inquiries of different persons ; while,
on the other, they had the formal certificate of
the medical men who had examined the defend-
ant. He took it that their Lordships would not
try an issue upon minute points as to the
state of this man's health, when he pleaded want of
health as a ground for postponement of the trial. If
there were any doubt upon the subject they would give
him the benefit of that doubt. It also appeared that by
the rules of the prison he was not permitted to have ac-
cess to his private papers, which were necessary for him
to prepare his defence, and that he was anxious to dis-
cover the address of persons who were material wit-
nesses. His attorney also, to whom he entrusted the
whole conduct of his defence, was an officer of the Mid-
land Circuit, and must depart to attend to the duties of
that circuit. He thought, therefore, that he had made
out a case which would induce their Lordships to post-
pone both the trial and its judgment. He was under
recognizances to appear to receive the judgment of the
Court, so that the only effect of granting the application
would be to postpone the trial so as to give him a fair
and legitimate opportunity for preparing his defence.
He, therefore, applied for the postponement of the judg-
ment until next term, and also for the postponement of
the trial.

he was indicted, but he stated in his affidavit that it lot!
.'! private property and was not a public thoroughfare. 6
.
also stated that in order to have an impartial trial 1,
would be necessary to have the case tried before a judge
of assizes.—Rule nisi granted.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY)
The Court was occupied the whole morning with 113 i
tions of distringas and others, relating to points of
practice.

ADMIRALTY—(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat at eleven o'clock this morning, for the
purpose of hearing cases of collision and salvage.

THE JANE-SALVAGE.
This was a proceeding instituted by the master sod,
crew of a brig called the Dolphin, against the owners,T
the Jane, which was a Newcastle vessel, bound, with
coals, to the port of London, for services rendered to her
while in distress at the mouth of the Channel.
It appeared by the affidavits of the salvors that the
observed the Jane aground and otherwise very n3o'
disabled, when they bore down as close to her as they
safely could without injury to their own ship, and then
hoisted out boats, and, by the assistance of the crew:
succeeded in getting the same off. The services rendered
extended over about seven hours, and the salvors con'
tended that if the wind had at all freshened, she must
have gone to pieces ; and they also stated that they
exposed themselves to great personal hardship and dal'
Igen The sum claimed as salvage was 1504
For the owners it was contended that the alleged se'
•
vices were not required, and that the vessel would bare
floated with the next tide.
Eventually 701. were awarded as salvage.

was BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goniaitax.) There were a few cases put down on the P&P" for
hearing, but none of them were of any interest.
IN RE EDWARD BOUCII.
The insolvent, a beerseller, applied for his interim
order, but was refused because he had distributed 11P
property unduly among his creditors.
The Hon. COMMISSIONER remarked that it ought to be
generally known, that the final order would be in sg
cases refused where the insolvent had paid one creditor
_
and left another unpaid. The law had laid down the
principal that the estate should be equally divided, ea"
was determined to see it so carried into effect.
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GUILDHALL.--(THIS DAY.)
A young man named Cooper was charged with os
saulting Sarah Berah Bernot, Jane Myers, and Emanuel
Solomons.

Miss Bernot said she lived at No. 9, Field-lane, and
• that the defendant was in the habit of passing her real:
, dente frequently. She bad been in the habit of ant4l
ing witness and Miss Myers for some time past without
any reasonable cause ; the consequence of which wet
that she was charged at this office a few days ago with On
saulting Miss Myers, when she was held to baiL About!,
o'clock last night she came into her shop and saidshewauteu
to fight Miss Myers. She told her that she would fight no
one there, and told her to go about her business. She
immediately laid hold of witness's sister by the head, alld
dragged her out into the street, where she grossly tt
saulted her. A man who was in company with the Ili
soner knocked witness on the shoulder with so mu°
violence, that she had had no sleep all night, and she be'
lieved it to be dislocated.
Mr. E. Solomons said he was at the last witness's sh°P
last night, and saw the defendant come in, and offer t 1;
fight Jane Myers, and witnessed the assault on gls
Bernot. Whilst endeavouring to part them, the defendant
scratched his face in several places, and a watch-guard
was stolen from his pocket.
Miss Myers said she was in great danger from the
threats and violence of the defendant.
The defendant said that Mr. Solomons knocked W
down.
Alderman HIIMPHERY said she must be bound over
in sureties to answer the charge at the sessions.
She was then locked up in default of bail.
The lad named Edwards, who was charged °,ll
Thursday with having nearly murdered a fellow-aPPre'i
tice during a trifling quarrel, was brought up on region
to-day. A certificate was handed to Alderman Hum"
phe ry, which stated that the boy was not yet out of
danger, and could not therefore attend. Edwards was
remanded till Saturday, when the lad, it is expeulew
will be called upon to attend.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
(THIS DAY.)

The vestry met to-day at the usual hour, eleven o'clock,
and several letters having been read, the clerk called the
attention of the vestry to a letter from the auditors,
answer to a communication made by the vestry t?'"
Saturday, Nov. 9. It will be rembered that on the day in
question, the clerk read a letter which had been inserted 1°
the Times newspaper, announcing a supposed intentlet.l
on the part of the vestry to abridge and mutilate 07
accounts of the auditors before their publication,!
and also a letter, in answer to that which he the clerk
had sent to the Times, and which stated that the vestry
had not made any such resolution as that which te.e,
auditors complained of, and on the same day the vest'''
sent a letter to the auditors disclaiming any such jute°.
tion, and expressing their (the vestry's) entire approhe
tion of the conduct of the clerk.
In the letters which the clerk read to the vestry 0"
day, the auditors expressed great pleasure at finding
that the opinions of the vestry were so entirely in se"
cordance with their own (the auditors). The auditors
also expressed great regret for the mistake they be'
fallen into, and for the publicity which had been given tcl
it in consequence.
Mr. RIDGWAY said that, in his opinion, the conduct of
the auditors had been very imprudent, that having
heard that the vestry had such an intention as to mutilate
their accounts, they ought, instead of writing to a news-
paper, to have written to the clerk of the vestry;
for by the manner in which they had acted they be'
caused a great public feeling of indignation against the
vestry. He thought, too, that certain members of the
vestry were much too willing to bring its affairs before
the public, and some influential person connected silt
the Times newspaper was very much in the habit of in-
serting articles in that paper which would be much better
left out.

Mr. JOSEPH suddenly rose and said that the affairs of
the vestry had been very much before the public for the..
last ten years, and that it could not but be expected that
they would remain so.
After some further conversation, the clerk read a letter
respecting a nuisance in the neighbourhood of All Saints
Church, which had been received from the churchwardens
this day. It appeared that for some time a certain house,
adjoining the Church had been inhabited by persons o`,
a most dissolute and abandoned character who bad been
frequently driven away, but as soon as one set of them
had been compelled to leave the house they sent anotbef
to take possession in their place. Lately a new door had
been made leading to the gallery of the Church,
would prove a great convenience to the parishioners, but
that this very door was exactly opposite to the house 11
question, and no one could pass it without being shocked
at the obscene conduct carried on there.
After much discussion it was decided that the vestry'
clerk be desired to write to the rate-payers of the said
house, and report thereon on next Saturday.

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD rose to reply, but was in-
terrupted by
Lord DENMAN, who said, I am disposed to think that
there has been no case made out which requires the
Court to do anything. If the medical men had made an
affidavit, that possibly might have afforded some ground
for asking for delay ; but they have abstained from
doing so. I wish that medical men should know that
their certificate is really nothing. If they wish to come
before the Court, they must come before it as other per-
sons do, on affidavit, and this they have not done in the
present case. What appears to me might be a satisfac-
tory arrangement, Brother Talfourd, if you are inclined
to accede to it, is, that the trial should be post-
poned, but that the judgment should not be postponed.
If persons conduct themselves in the manner in which
this defendant has conducted himself they cannot get rid
of the consequences of their conduct in this manner, but
must suffer the punishment which they have brought
upon themselves.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
40 to 1 agst Foig a-Bal-
lagh—t
40 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn
—taken
40 to 1 agst Pastoral—t
DE,

40 to 1 agst Ratan—t a.
40 to 1 agst Extempore--",
50 to 1 agst Morpeth—t ~
50 to 1 agst Portobello--"

10 to 1 agst Alarm
16 to 1 agst Kedger
20 to 1 agEt Cobweb c
25 to 1 agst Idas—t
25 to 1 agst Pam—t
25 to 1 agst Old England
28 to 1 agst The Rebecca c
30 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's
two

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—The prosecutor in this
caso leaves himself entirely in the hands of the Court.
It was then arranged that the defendant should be
brought up for judgment on Monday on the indictment
to which he had pleaded guilty, and that the trial of the
other indictment should be postponed until the sitting
after next term.
The Duke of flrunswick was in Court, and sat in the
Queen's Counsel seat, next to Mr. Sergeant Talfourd.

aBY.
33 to 1 agst Young Eclipse, t
33 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen
35 to Iragst Minikin c
35 to 1 agst Weatherbit
35 to 1 agst Laird o'Cockpen
35 to 1 agst Anti-Repealer
40 to 1 agst Connaught Ran'
ger

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF DOVER.
Mr. WHATELY applied for a mandamus directed to the
Mayor and Corporation of Dover commanding them to
insert the name of John Mills :on the burgess list of
the borough, he baying been rejected on the ground
that he had not paid certain poor rates. There were
several objections to the validity of these rates, though
if even the rates were good, he would contend that the
non-payment of them did not operate as a disqualifica-
tion. The: first objection to the rates was that the Town
Council did not order the overseer to make the rates.
The second objection was that the rate of 1842 was re-
trospective. There were various other objections be-
sides against the validity of the rate.—Rule granted.
The Learned Gentleman then said that there were
24 other cases of a similar description in which he was
instructed to move for rules.—Application granted.
Mr. PEACOCK said he was instructed to move for
15 rules of a similar nature.—Application granted.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind N. to N.E., fresh breeze
and cloudy.
DEAL, Nov. 22.—Wind N.N.E. to E.—Arrd. Sleer'
Olesin, Buenos Ayres, for Hamburgh ; Prince„Quebee•
Sld. Buteshire, Ichaboe ; Thomas King, Grenada.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. An'
thony, Batavia ; Glaphyra, St. Kitts ; Mediator, 10^
York. Off, Nautilus (transport), St. Helena.
HARWICH, Nov. 22.--The Pocohontas, Higgins, frciril,
Rotterdam to Liverpool, grounded on the Shipwso,7
Sand this morning, but was washed off on the flood, and
proceeded.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind S.S.E.,
Pilgrim, Rawlins, Calcutta ; Conway (steamer), Cartier;
von, with 730 packages of tea, ex Urgent, more or less
damaged. Sld. Zenobia and Triumfante, Havannsh%
May, Africa. The James (steamer), in crossing the
river to Birkenhead last night, ran foul of the Royalist,
from St. John's, New Brunswick, and was severely in,"
jured ; it is feared iome of her passengers were drowned'
The wreck that was fallen in with, 20th inst., by the
Achilles (steamer), was seen yesterday at midday be:
tween the Isle of Man and Liverpool, in tow of tw.4r
steam tugs, by the Admiral (steamer), arrived here.
the
others steam tug has been sent to the assistance of :
others : 700 packages tea, ex Urgent, have been lanctuu
on the beach, and two boats filled. The Erin go 13111 g
(steamer) was alongside the ship loading.
SHEERNESS, Nov. 18.—The Thomas, Price, of Sun'
derland, got ashore last night on the outer Skerryinn
Sound, and is expected to become a total wreck ; Crew
saved.
m
NORTH SUNDERLAND fro
, Nov. 21.—The Defiance, ds
Inverness to Sunderland, struck on the Fern
this morning, but was afterwards got off, and grounded
at the entrance of the harbour, where she remains.

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NEW LIFE-BOAT.—A life•bout, built of India/
wreck.
rubber and cork planking, has recently been constrd
under the direction of Lieutenant G. Walker,
ship_
which promises to be of great service in cases of subt
The objects to be attained are to combine lig.
ness with strength. so that the boat may be readily
launched, be able to resist the waves and collisions withe
rocks, and at the same time be incapable of sinking. Z-onst
former requisites are attained by constructing the u.nd
India rubber, which may be made into
of courses of planking, composed of ground cork -s&
any length and thickness, and the prevention from ._planks of almost
sink-
ing is attained by air-boxes placed under the Boil
The boat that has been constructed on this prineiPle4
thirty-four feet long, and eleven and a half wide from
tno
outside, and it is calculated to be capable of taking I.
persons at a time from a wreck in safety. With twentr
five persons on board it draws only fifteen inches °I. rf 4144".

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