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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

LIONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.
Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at
the BANK, in Lothbury, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of March
next, at One o'clock precisely, to DECLARE a DIVIDEND, and
for other purposes.
At this Meeting Three Directors, viz., P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.;
Frederick Burmester, Esq., and henry Harvey, Esq., retire by rota-
tion, but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly.
By order of the Board,
JAMES W. GILBERT, General Manager.
Lothbnry, Jan. 22, 1844.
The Books will be closed to prepare for the Dividend from the 19th
of February to the 10th March.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
POPULAR LECTURES in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoff-
ner, and ether Lecturers, illustrated by Apparatus of the most valu-
able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA-
CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight
in the Evenings) • .LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, &c., &c.
MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN-
ERY in MOTION, DIVER working under water, and the DIVING-
BELL, &c. &c.

Admission, Is.; Schools. Half-price.
Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction may be had
If the Secretary.

ZS, having REMITTED
le very large amounts of MONEY
ents in Great Britain and Ireland ;
DIVIDENDS OF
, £9OO, £6OO to Manchester,
£7OO to East Retitord, Notting-
, hamshire,
£7OO to Colne, Lancashire,
£7OO to Ryde, Isle of Wight.
£6OO to Cork.
£6OO to Bradford,
• £6OO to Bideford,
£3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw, Ennis-

IT- EINE BROTHE
during a very snort tim
DIVIDENDS to their Correspond(
DIVIDENDS OF
£25,000, £lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000,
£3,600 to London,
£3,600, £BOO, £7OO to Edinburgh,
£3,600 no Dublin,
£3,600 to Beverley,
£3,600 to Halifax, ^
£1,200 to Porthleaven Harbour,
£9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to Li-
verpool.
£9OO to Hull,
£9OO to to Neweastle-upou-Tyne,
They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain
LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TWEN-
TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, GUARANTEED by the
GOVERNMENT.
This distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than
£20,900 upon One Share.
Owing to the great number of. Money Dividends contained in this
improved and unrivalled Distribution,
EVERY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTY-ONE
MONEY DIVIDENDS, and
EVERY HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CHANCE of TWENTY-
ONE IR his FAVOR to ONE (ONLY ONE) AGAINST HIM,
as to the receipt of a Money Dividend.
Price of One Share, Li ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 ;
Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares,
£7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nine Shares, £9 ; Ten Shares, £lO.
Direct for Shares, WITHOUT DELAY, to
HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
14.* The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had GRATIS
upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.
January 1, 1844.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and
18, Chancery-lane, London.
The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company ;
The obligation to pay the sum assured although the debt for which
the policy was taken may have been paid before the claim arises ;
Whole-world policies not confined to the limits of Europe ;
Option of half-premium payment for the first seven years.
These form a combination of advantages which can be obtained
only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the hill benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested ; and this bonus, aceording to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums.

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE.

25, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
• Capital, £500,000.
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed Tables; by
which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the Assured to
permanent health.
INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives, the amount
varying with the particular 'disease.
Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at Equitable
Rates.

HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at most
other offices.

Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Suicides,
Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the date of the
Policy should death ensue from any of these causes.
F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary.

AUSTRALASIAN, C
RAL LIFE ASSURANC
126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of
Capital 200,000/.,
DIREC

OLONIAL, and GENE-
AZ and ANNUITY COMPANY,
Cornhill.
in 2,000 Shares.
'TOPS.

Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhotm, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
BANKEas—Union Bank of London.
COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated bY,Royal

• Charter, 1833), No: 2, Moorgate-street.
Sommoas—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Co.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
SECRETARY—EdWard Ryley, Esq.

ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually
favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the
assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is
charged as a debt against the follcy, tables for the assurance of a
sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in
particular, who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.

R ItIAT LEAGUE MEETING.
The Weekly Meetings of the League will in future be held on
the WEDNESDAY in place of the Thursday Evenings, as heretofore.
h e next WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will take
place in COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, pn WEDNESDAY EVENING
March 6.
The Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS, M.P., will take the
Chair at Seven o'clock.
The meeting will, be addressed by Dr. Bowring, M.P., John Tem-
ple Leader, Esq., M.P., P. M. Collier, Esq., and W. J. Fox, Esq.
The Entrance to the Dress Circle will, in future, be at the Private-
Dox-door on the Queen's Side, in Hart-street.
The Cards of Registered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to
the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre.

TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAIN-
MENTS.
At the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE.
On next WEDNESDAY Evening, the 6th of March, Mr. TEMPLETON
will give his highly Popular Selection from the Great National Poet,
entitled " THE BEAUTIES O,F BURNS," as first introduced by
him with unprecedented éclat on the 25th of January, the Anniver-
sary of the Poet's birth.

Tickets and Programmes to be had at the principal Music shops
and at the Music Hall, Store-street. Reserved seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back
seats, 25.; Boxes to contain Six, 15s. ; to contain Eight, H.

To commence at Eight o'Clock.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS.
THE CATHEDRAL HOTEL and TAVERN,
48, St. Paul's Churchyard, and 50, Old Change, one door from
Cheapside, being most central and cheerfully situate, has superior ac-
commodation at moderate charges. Soup, Fish, and Joints ready from
One to Seven o'clock. Dinner off the joint, ls. Gd. ; with soup, fish, or
entrees, &c., 2s. Very choice old Wines and Spirits, and the cele-
brated Punch. Rooms for pilvate parties, Hot and Cold Baths, well-
aired Beds, &c. Reid and Co.'s splendid Stout, and Bass and Co.'s
Pale India Ale.

CAVIZA, DOMECQ, and other SHERRIES,
of first-rate shippers.—The following unprecedented terms, for
GENUINE WINES, are quoted only for cash on delivery, which
win be foundfrarn 15 to-20 per cent. under usual credit prices :
Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275., 305., 365., 425., 485., 50s. ;
Ports, from the wood, 265., 305., 345. ; crusted, in bottles, from 3Gs.
upwards; ditto, very choice, highly flavoured,-from five to ten years
old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 335., 405., 70s. ; Champagne, sparkl-
ing and creaming, 485., 605., 725. ; Hocks and Moselles, 405., 505..
605., 70s. ; Marsala, 235., 265. ; and all other wines equally mode-
rate, in quantities not less than one dozen. ltelivered free in London.
All country orders, accompanied with a remittance, or a reference
for payment, will meet with immediate attention from J. SCHWEPPE
and CO., 51, Beruers-street, London, importers of German Seltzer
Water, in quarts and pints.

PATENT ELECTRO PLATED and GILT
ARTICLES in every variety, at the Establishments of the

tatentees,

ELKINOTON and CO.,

WEST-END-22, REGENT-STREET, corner of Jermyn-street ;

YV
CITY-45, MOORGATE-STREET.
The Patent Electro processes being extensively adopted under their
license, the Patentees beg to state that they confine their monufac-
tare to goods of a superior and warranted quality only, which in-
variably bear their mark, "E. and Co:, under a crown."—Old articles
re-plated and gilt.

SUPERIOR CANDLES.
DAVIES'S CANDLES, Sid. per lb.; Wax
Candles, Is. 2d. ; fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Composite, Is. ; extra
fine Wax-wick Moulds, 7d.; 'transparent Wax, 2s. ; genuine Sperm,
25.; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and blis. per
1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ; Windsor, Is, 4d. per packet ; Palm,
Is. 4d. ; old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 25.; Camphor, 2s. ;
Almond, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb. ; genuine
Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon; Solar Oil, 35. 6d. For cash. At DAVIES'S
old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New
Slaughter's Coffee-house.

BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AITSTRIA.—WiII take place Irrevocably on

the 16th of March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful
ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
from 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
the Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for M. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
201. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red. .

Apply, Without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters may be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellclose-square.

UURSUANT -to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in Two several Causes,
EDWARDS against DODD, and EDWARDS against BOSANQUET,
the CREDITORS of ELIZABETH HOUGHTON, late of Hill-street,
Berkeley-square, in the county of Middlesex, spinster, (who died in
the month of January, 1823,) are, on or before the 15th day of April
next, to come in and prove their Debts before Sir GIFFIN WILSON,
one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in South-
ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in default thereof,
they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
WILLIAMSON and HILL, 4, Verularn-buildings, Gray's Inn.

HEIR-AT-LAW and NEXT of KIN of ELIZABETH HOUGHTON
and NANNY EDWARDS.
PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in the causes of EDWARDS
against DODD, and EDWARDS against BOSANQUET, all persons
claiming to be the HEIR or HEIRS-AT-LAW and NEXT of KIN of
ELIZABETH HOUGHTON, spinster, who died in the month of Ja-
nuary, 1823, living at the time of her death, or to be such Heir or
Heirs-at-Law at the present time, or the personal representative or
'representatives of any deceased Next of Kin ; and all persons claim-
ing to be the HEIR or HEIRS-AT-LAW of NANNY EDWARDS
(wife of Humphrey Edwards), who died in the month of September,
1837, are, on or before the 15th day of April, 1844, to come in and
make out their claims and prove their kindred before Sir GIFFIN
WILSON, the Master of the said-Court, at his Chambers, in South-
ampton •buildffigs, Chancery-lane, London ; or in default thereof they.
will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
The above-named Elizabeth Houghton was the daughter of Richard
Houghton, of the pariah of St. Botolph Without, Aidgate, in the City
of London, carpenter, who died in the year 1764, and of Margaret his
wife, and grand-daughter of James Houghton, of Kirkham, near
Preston, in the county of Lancaster, butcher, and at the time of her
death resided in Hill-street, Berkeley-square.
The above-named Nanny Edwards was the sister of the said Eliza-
beth lloughton, and for several years previous to her death resided at
*Enfield, in the county of Middlesex, where she died.—Dated the 4th
day of March, 1844.
WILLIAMSON and HILL, 4, Verulam-buildings, Gray's [nn.

JOHN M'LARTY, at present, and for two
19 months past, residing at No. 68, Ratcliffe-highway, in the pa-
rish of Saint George-in-the-East, and county of Middlesex, and being
a licensed retailer of beer, and lodging-house keeper, and for
two years previous residing at No. 4, Ratcliffe-street, in the
said parish of Saint George-in-the-East, Middlesex, and being
a lodging-house keeper, do hereby give notice, that I in-
tend to present a petition to the Cqurt of Bankruptcy, Basing-
hall-street, London, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate,
and effects, and to be protected from all process upon making a MR
disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my
just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time
when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to' be adver-
tised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one
month, at the least, after the date hereof; as witness nay hand, this
26th day • February, in the year of our Lord, 1844.
JOHN M'LARTY.
Witness, Henry R. Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street,
Newington, Surrey.

lIWILLIAM HOLE, at present, and for
, four months past, residing at >To. 9, Makla-hill West, in the
parish of Paddington, and county of ladlesex, and for twelve months
previously residing at Grove House, Stanwell, in the parish of Stan-
well, and county of Middlesex, and being of no profession, trade, or
calling, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying to be
examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be pro
tected ftom all process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ;
and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the
said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette
and the Morning Sun newspaper one month at the least after the date
hereof ; as witness my hand this let day of March, in the year of our
Lord, 1844. - WILLIAM HOLE.

Witness, H. T. Roberts, 2, Bride-court, Fleet-street, attorney for
the said William Hole.

JOHN QUARRELL, at present, and for
j four months past, residing at No. 3, Napier-street, New
North-road, in the parish of Roston, and county of Middlesex, and
being a clerk of the works to the Commissioners of. Sewers for the
Holborn and Finsbury district, previously, and for six' months then
past, residing at No. 95, Shaftesbury-street, New North-road, the
parishof lloxton, and county of Middlesex, and being a clerk, as
aforesaid, and formerly of No. 2, Montevideo-place, Kentish Town, in
the parish of St. Pancras, and county of Middlesex, and being also a
clerk, as aforesaid, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a pe-
tition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying
to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be
protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful
debts; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the
matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the
LOndon Gazette and in the Sun newspaper one month at the least
after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this 29th day ofFebruary,

in the year of our Lord, 1844. JOHN QUARRELL.
Witness, John Chisholme, 3, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, Insolvent's
attorney.

WHEREAS, a PETITION of JAMES
CLAYTON, of No. 9, White Hart-street, Kenning-
ton, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county
of Surrey, cooper and brewer, out of business, having been
filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order
for protection from process having been given to the
said James Clayton, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament
passed in the Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign
of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent
Debtors," the said James Clayton is hereby required to appear
In Court, before Joshua Evans, Esquire, the Commissioner
acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 27th day of
March instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at
the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the pur-
pose of being then and there examined touching his debts, estate, and
effects, and to be fttrther dealt with according to the provisions of the
said Act. All persons indebted to the said James Clayton, or that have
any of his effects, are not to pay and deliver the same but to Mr.
George Lackington, the official assignee, nominated in that behalf by
the Commissioner acting in the matter of4he said petition.
W. ATKINSON', Court of Bankruptcy.

WHNEIRciEioALLSs; ofaIvePETITIONe
KOefnsallS-grAeMen UinEthLe
parish of Saint Luke, Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, excavator,
having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order
for protection from process having been given to the said Samuel
Nicholls, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the
Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her present
Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Reliefof Insolvent Debtors,"the said
Samuel Nicholls is hereby required to appear in Court before Joshua
Evans, Esquire, the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said
petition, on the 27th day of March instant, at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon precisely, at the-Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street,
London, for the purpose of being then and there examined touching
his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according
to the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the said
Samuel Nicholls, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or de-
liver the same but to Mr. P. Johnson, the official assignee, nominated
in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said
petition. W. ATKINSON, Court of Bankruptcy.

WTHEREAS, a PETITION of ROBERT
HENSON, of No. 43, Bedford-street, Strand, in the
county of Middlesex, dealer in fancy ornaments, having
been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order
for protection from process having been given to the said Robert
Henson, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in
the Parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of
her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent
Debtors," the said Robert Henson is hereby required to appear
in Court, before Sir C. F. Williams, the Commissioner
acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 11 th day of March
instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of
Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the purpose of being then
and there examined touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be
further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All
persons indebted to the said Robert Benson, or that have any
of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same 'but to Mr. W.
Turquand, the official assignee, nominated in that behalf by the
Commissioner acting in the matter of the said petition.

JOHN WRIGHT,

ARSON IN LINCOLNSHIRE.-A young man named
J. Kidd, aged eighteen, a brush-maker, on tramp from Shef-
field, has been committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the
approaching assizes, charged, on his own confession, with
having set fire to a barley stack at Binbrook, the property of
Robert Johnson, Esq., on the 16th of December, in company
with two others, in revenge for having been refused relief by
the servants when they were begging.

EMANCIPATION OF INDUSTRY
. SOCIETY. • . •
A preliminary meeting' of a number of influential
gentlemen connected with the above Society, who have
already taken offices at. 22, Parliament-street, wan held
on Saturday last, at the British Coffee-house,' Cock-
spur-street, for the purpose 'of extending its operations.
The Chair was taken; at twe o'clock, by Joshua Schole-
field, Esq., M.P. In the course of the proceedings the
meeting was addressed at some length by the Chair-
man; John Taylor, ESq.: ; Robert Wallace, Esq,, M.P. ;
T. Laurie Murray, Esq.; Charles Enderby, Esq.; A.
Spottiswoode, Esq._; Esq.; E. Capps, Esq.;
E. Body; Esq.; -and several others. - -
Mr.' SCROLgFIELD, in opening the proceedings of the
meeting, 'said that he should follow his usual custom, and
say but little; yet, on the present occasion, he must ob-
serve that, besides giving his hearty concurrence to the
object and proceedings. of the Society, he ,felt assured
that the timefor carryina out its principles was most op-
portune and well-advised.° The pretended prosperity-of
the country was all fallacions, and unless some great
change was effected, the dark side of the picture would
very soon be shown, and he therefore trusted that a
speedy success- would attend this Seciety,. which provided
the only effectual remedy for the evil, -
Mr. TAYLOR; in moving the adoption of the resolu-
tions, expressed his regret that the gentleman was not
present by whom they had been originally drawn up, as
he could have done more justice to the subject. With
reference to the first resolution, he thought it important
that the public should know how grievous the effect was
of thai changp of currency which was made in 1819 on
the_' poorest of. the' productive classes. Mr. Pitt, in
1797, could not raise the annual taxation, levied chiefly
in duties on commodities, above twenty millions a year,
in a gold currency, or in paper convertible into gold at
a fixed price ; but as soon as he set free the paper
currency, and left it to be convertible into gold at its
market price, the springs of industry were restored to
action, and in the next year taxes were raised to the
amount of thirty millions, which were afterwards in-
creased to more than fifty millions. In the middle of
that twenty years, from 1809 to 1829, when they were
made to produce fifty-three millions, a Bill was passed,
which caused all these taxes to become payable in that
fixed gold value, which was impossible to be borne in
1797, with a taxation of less than twenty millions a year.
This Act (of 1819) had deeply depressed the working-
classes, and filled our poor-houses and gaols with un-
happy creatures who must beg or steal for a subsistence.
Some persons may doubt the truth of this statement, and
ask how the poor producer can be affected by our heavy
taxation, since if he has lower wages given him, the
prices of the necessaries of life are reduced in an equal
proportion..,? They do not consider that payments may
be made in hind as well as in money. If the employers
of the poor are called on for more taxes than they
can afford to pay, or are able to recover by in-
creased prices from the wealthy as consumers, they
will turn round on their workpeople, and force them to
work more hours for less wages, and so produce a greater
quantity of goods than before at no increase of cost.
Thus the poor pay that excess of taxation which their
employers are unable to meet. A difference of only 2s.
per week in the wages of six millions of people makes a
difference to them of thirty millions a year in their earn-
ings; and it is notorious that wages since the year 1819
have been reduced to a greater extent than this. The
remedy is to be found in a return to that system of paper
money, improved in principle, under which this enor-
mous amount of taxation had been permitted to grow up.
The remedy would be pointed out in the resolutions,
which he would now beg to read, and propose for adop-
tion by the meeting.—[The resolutions will be found in
our advertising columns.]
Mr. WALLACE, M.P., in seconding the motion, said
that he had formerly joined a Society, established for
similar objects, in 1833, and which was supported by 150
Members of the House of Commons. That Society, he
conceived, did not sufficiently grapple with the subject
of the currency, and its exertions consequently relaxed.
He was glad, however, that at last some definite and
fixed principles had been advanced by this Society, and
he felt confidence in the result of its exertions. He
would observe, that though the objects of this Society
precluded any consideration of merely party politics,
and, from the course of events, the abolition of the corn-
laws might be considered to be of that character, yet he
could not help saying that he, had strong opinions on the
abolition of the corn-laws, but that if any mischief was

likely to arise by the carrying out of that measure, the
exertions of this Society were calculated to enlighten the
public on points on which information was greatly
needed, and that the accomplishment of its object would
altogether avert the evils which many apprehended from
extinguishing the protection of home-grown corn. The
Government, he thought, were determined to have one
bank of issue for the three kingdoms, and it was impor-
tant that the moment should be seized upon, while the
topic of the monetary system was necessarily engross-
ing much of public interest. He felt convinced
that discussion would at this time do good ; and
that, amidst the various remedies proposed for
averting the acknowledged evils of the present-
system, it would tend to fix public atten-
tion on the most prevalent and injurious of them
all; and he hoped the activity of the promoters and
other members of the Society would conduce to blend-
ing
for theh e
benefit
exertionsof of all parties in one common effort,
the suffering industry of the country.
The attempt to conduct the business of the country with
a currency of a metallic standard was evidently futile.
The production of gold might have increased ; for,
though the South 'American mines had been less ener-
getically worked of late, yet the returns of the Russian
mines had largely increased, and the amount of bullion
.in the vaults of the Bank of England was now, he
believed, greater than it had ever been ; but what was
the trade and the industry of the country the better for
it? Nothing, absolutely nothing ; and he firmly be-
lieved that, until the ,currency of the country was put
upon a better basis, there would be no prevention of the
fluctuations to which the commercial world was daily,
and most injuriously subject. Mr. Wallace was glad to
see that this Society avoided the evil of that party to
which he had formerly belonged. The former Society
had avoided everything like a declaration of positive
principle, and had consequently become like a rope of
sand ; but, in the proceedings of this Society, and in
the resolutions now submitted to this meeting, such
principles were clearly laid down and positively defined,
and he would say that, in seconding the adoption of these
resolutions,' he most cordially concurred in all that they
advanced. _ _

Mr. LAMIE MURRAY stated that, having been con-
nected with the Society formed in 1833, to which Mr.
Wallace had referred, he was able to confirm what had
fallen from that Hon. Gentleman. That Society, which
numbered among its members a large proportion of the
Members of both Houses of Parliament, had failed in
consequence of not adopting a fled principle. Too
much deference was paid to the opinions and scruples of
some influential parties, with the hope of obtaining their
Parliamentary support and carrying the measure they
recommended. For his own part he had never had con-
fidence in any attempt to move Parliament until the
Members had been acted upon through their constitu-
encies, and he had often urged the adoption of such
measures as would have enabled the Society then foimed

to fall back upon the people, and those who were suffer-
ing under the effects of the evil complained of. His opi-
nion was in favour of placing the principles of the So-
ciety in their true light before the public, but especially
with distinctness before those by whom they were op-
posed. He did not wish to be mixed up with those who
advocated an irresponsible paper remedy, or be misre-
presented as wishing to depreciate the value of money
by any arbitrary measures. Mr. Murray wished it to
be known that the Society stated it as broadly
and, as firmly as possible, that a fixed price
of gold, as the basis of a monetary system,
was wrong in principle, and unjust to the entire mass of
producers, whether labourers or capitalists. Such a
system was beneficial only to those who enjoyed such
fixed incomes as were incapable of improvement, and
whose selfish interests were promoted by the existence of
those low prices which gave them a greater command
over the labour of others. The sooner the discussion of
this matter came on—and the more the terms of it were
defined and limited the better—the sooner would the
public become acquainted with the relative merits of the
principles of these who advocated an exclusively me-
tallic standard as the base of our currency, and of those
who preferred the exchange of a responsible paper cur-
rency convertible into gold at the market value of the
precious metal, the sooner would the proper remedies be
applied to the evils of our present system ; a system
which he did not hesitate to say inevitably occasioned
incessant fluctuations in the commercial world, in-

juriously depreciated all the products of industry, and
inflicted ruin and destitution on its unfortunate victims.

Mr. ENDERBY stated that the apparent abundance of
the precious metals at this time in England, the United
States of America, France, and other countries, was not

owing to any increase in the produce of the mines, nei-
ther was he of opinion that any nation was impoverished
or suffering from having parted with them, but that the
'apparent abundance (for he contended that gold and
silver were only considered abundant when they were
collected in large quantities for sale) arose from the re-
served fund of the productive classes, from their savings
set apart for periods of adversity, which period he
stated had overtaken them, and they had experienced
extreme sufferings and privations. He observed that it
had been a common practice for the labouring classes of
all nations to put aside (in coin) a portion of their hard
earned wages, when they could afford to do so; but stern
necessity had for a long period reversed this order of
things, and it was from this source the precious metals
had been obtained. He instanced two cases of the sort as
having recently been brought under his immediate con-
sideration—the one a mechanic, the other a labourer ;
both these men were seeking employment, the former
had expended the last of eleven sovereigns, which he had
been able to save while in work ; the latter had not only
expended seven sovereigns which, under similar circum-
stances, he had collected, but was in debt, and had
Pawned some of his clothing. , Mr. Enderby attributed
the existing distress to the course the Bank of England
were compelled to puxsue in 1837 for the purpose of re-

taming the gold in their coffers ; he argued that periods
of, prosperity are periods when the: precious metals are
being-withdrawn from the Bank, and are becOming the
private property of the labouring community, not merely
of the population of England but of the world ; and he
mentioned a recent case of a number of the natives of
of India having returned-to their hoines; from the Mau-
ritiui, where they 'had been engaged to work for a
certain period (which had expired), bringing with
them small fortunes in dollars. He added that it was
utterly impossible for the nation to enjoy any lengthened
prosperity under the. existing monetary system, for the
measures of the Bank must, of necessity be opposed to
the wants of the community. If, he observed, employ-
ment were found for all classes of labourers in England
and Ireland, at remunerating wages, the amount in gold
and silver that' would be absolutely required to pay
wages on Saturdays, throughout the kingdom, would be
more than the,Bank could supply especially if the la-
bourers, as heretofore, saVed. -coin; neither would the
Bank suffer so much gold to be withdrawn, as to afford
any reasonable expectation of extended amelioration to
the community at large. Mr. Enderby concluded by re-
marking, that undef the existing monetary system it was
impossible to " Emancipate Industry."
Mr. BODY observed, that he must notice an objection
which had been started in consequence of a misappre-
hension of the principles of this Society—he meant the
supposition that this Society advocated two prices for the
same article, when in fact such was not the case. All
that this Society contended for in the regulation of the
commercial portion-of the currency, was that paper is-
sued by private or joint-stock banks Amalie conver--,
tible in gold at the market value, insteafreNtrthe fixed
price of 31 17s. 10A-d. per oz. The effect of doing this
would certainly be apparently to make two prices, by
protecting the home producer in securing to him the
taxation value of his article in paper, but leaving it to
be exported at its rate in gold, the common medium of
exchange between the countries of the world. The ob
jection of all who entertained this view fell to the ground
before the knowledge of those who were acquainted with
the duplicate quality of the circulation in many places
abroad, and particularly with the sterling and currency
ratios of the West India islands; and apart from all other
reasons, this was a sufficient inducement to him to sup-
port this Society.
Several other gentlemen concurred in the views here
expressed, and the resolutions were unanimously
adopted.

THE PRO-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS.
Yesterday evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern, a
meeting, in pursuance of a requisition, of some indivi-
duals calling themselves the " National Anti-League
Association,' was held at half-past six o'clock, at which
hour Sir Richard Joddrell took the chair, Perhaps by
the insertion of an extract from their prospectus, we
could more graphically lay before the public the policy,
the logic, and the liberality of those who convened the
meeting. Before doing so, however, we must remark,
that although the " great" room was not filled, yet a
more heterogenous and discordant meeting it has never
been our lot to witness. The following is the extract to
which we have alluded :
" THE NATIONAL ANTI-LEAGUE ASSOCIATION.
" The efforts now being made throughout the kingdom, in
opposition to the League faction, are not only most laudable,
but may be regarded as an indication of the injury, which is
at all times to be apprehended from the machinations of weak
and designing demagogues ; but however great and generous
those exertions may be, they can effect but little real advan-
tage in the absence of a point of general concentration and
succour in the metropolis. The interests of the several
branches of national industry, now in operation, are so pro-
videntially interwoven, that any measure which _injures the
one, must inevitably paralyse the other. The repeal of the
corn-laws embraces the whole system of free trade, and the
interests of all classes are .alike involved in the mischievous
agitation of the Anti-Corn-Law League. It is true, that the
agriculture of the country is the grand object of attack by the
League, but their power and numbers are derived chiefly from
the delusions which they have unscrupulously imposed on
manufeeturing classes of the community. Their fallacies
would not only destroy the agricultural, but the trading and
industrial interests of the kingdom :—the removal of protec-
tive duties would inflict certain misery on the agriculturist,
the tradesman, and the operative.
" The provincial Anti-League Societies consist, almost ex-
clusively, of the agricultural classes, and their exertions are
confined to their respective localities ; while the manufactur-
ing and trading districts are effectively occupied by the
League. It is, therefore, intended that The National
Corn-law Association for the Protection of Agriculture'
shall extend its sphere of operations, by concentrating the
opposition of all classes so as to form a complete antagonist
body to that dangerous conclave—The League."
After a short address from the CHAIRMAN,

Mr. SILEIMD rose to move the first resolution. It
was to the following effect,—That it was the opinion of
the meeting that, at the present moment, great distress
pervaded the working classes of the United Kingdom,
and that the removal of any one of the protective duties
on foreign produce would tend materially to increase that
distress and involve the British empire in ruin. In sup-
port of the principles involved in the resolution he said
no person could doubt the right of every man to have the
means of proper living, and that they had resources in
their own bosoms quite sufficient to make them com-
fortable.—(Laughter.) He next said, in allusion to
Mr. Fielden, that it was the intention and purpose
of the manufacturers to sacrifice the interests and
happiness of the community to their own cupidity;
and, in proof, he said that Mr. Marshall, of Leeds, had
worked a number of children to such a degree that they
were taken to a tank of water, and their heads dipped in
it, in order that they might be refreshed, and again go
to work. Messrs. Deacon Hume, Bowring, and Villiers,
wanted to bring the wages down to the same level as they
were upon the Continent. He threw down the gauntlet
to any one of the League, and hoped they would come
forward and meet him in public discussion.---(Mingled
cheers, laughter, and hisses.) He asked them all to
come forward and show that the League should no longer
go on in its successful career of robbing and plundering
the working classes.—(Laughter.) He called upon the
aristocracy and the landed interest to come forward and
protect labour from the attacks of the Corn-law League,
or they would not long gaze on the battlements of their
ancestors.—(Laughter.) The speaker, amidst much
laughter, made some indefinite allusion to Jugurtha, and
concluded (in obedience to a hint from some person on
the platform) by stating that he—(himself—not Jugurs-
th ti)—was
a Spitalfield's weaver, and daring any person
to come forward and controvert his assertion.

At this moment a scene most indescribably ludicrous
took place. 'An individual, habited in an ostler's dress,
took up the gauntlet, and after touching a lock of hair
on the front of his forehead as a mark of respect to the
Chairman, claimed, as well as we could understand from
the noise and confusion which prevailed, to be heard.
He was, however, eventually compelled to retire, and
make way for—.
A person, whose name was stated to be Mr. Bun.-
ROWES, a delegate from the London Union of the
Spitalfields' weavers, and who seconded the resolution,
after which

An. individual, who described hiinself as a journey-
man baker, rose to support it. In attempting to do so
he again threw down the gauntlet to the League. He
was sure that the repeal of the corn-laws vs,ould injure
four classes of persons—(Cries of " No, no")—and would
tend to injure and destroy a most industrious, intelli-
gent, and truly benevolent class of _men, he meant the
journeymen-millers.—(Shouts of laughter.) He knew
that the American corn came here in the shape of flour,
in barrels.. And (said the speaker), I am, sure of this,
for I have been in Yankee town.—(Renewed laughter.)
He then entered into some details on his present pecu-
niary emoluments, as compared with what they had keen
when he was (to use his own phraseology) "-a-doing
so many many more batches" during the week. He
next passed from this subject to propose the second re-
solution, which was to the effect that the meeting de-
nounced the attempt of the Anti-Corn-law League to
excite the feelings of the agricultural classes, and calling
upon the agricultural classes to unite against that dan-
gerous conclave the League.
Mr. MAILLARD, after
abusing in set terms the League,
its supporters, and the whole manufacturing interest,
seconded this resolution.

Mr. RIIFFIE RIDLEY, a person well known as a
Chartist orator, particularly during the excitement which
pervaded London some time ago, when disturbance per •
vaded the provinces, here rose, when a scene of in-
describable confusion took place. His party, which was
very numerous, rose en masse, cheering and waving hats,
while those who favoured the objects of the meeting,
and those in favour of the Anti-Corn-lavi League, who
also mustered very strongly, were equally vociforous.
When order was somewhat restored, he was calling upon
the people not to be led away by either of the two antago-
nistic parties—the Anti-Corn-law League, or those who
were formed to oppose them, because both parties
were trying to sacrifice their (the people's) lives
at-the shrine of their own interests. He asked could
not both parties be called base, bloody, and brutal ?
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They might be called Whig
Chartists, or Tory Chartists, but they were there as men,
and determined to denounce hypocrisy, and to tell both
parties, face to face, that the working classes would stop
short of nothing except their political redemption.—
(Cheers.) Such being his opinion, he should move as
an amendment upon the last resolution, That while this
meeting is of opinion that the line of policy adopted by
the Anti-Corn-law League is erroneous and injurious
without a complete renovation of the Legislative system,
yet they are also of opinion that every system of agita-
tion which has not for its end the attainment of the
People's Charter is equally erroneous and injurious in
policy, and unworthy to occupy the attention of this
meeting or of the public generally. With respect to the
Anti-Corn-law League,' and the new Association calling
itself the Anti-League Association, he should advise the
people to leave them to the fate of the Kilkenny cats,
and they would'tear each other to pieces in a very short
time.
Mr. M‘GRATrr. seconded the amendment, which ap-
peared to have a vast number of supporters in the room,
although no official declaration was made from the
Chair, as to whether it was passed or not.
Here another scene of indescribable confusion again
arose, owing to a number of persons claiming their right
L to address the meeting from the platform, which be-.

came densely thronged, and a long time intervened be.
fore any person could be heard,
A great many other pers ost of whom were well
known as Chartist orators, endcavoured to speak, when
the Chairman, amidst,, the greatest uproar, decided that
Mr. Mainte was entitled to be heard. •

This gentleman, who was most conspicuous at the seve-
ral meetings on Clerkenwell-green,, Islingtontgreen, and
other places, when the police had orders to disperse them,
then rose to propose the next resolution, and after vitu-
perating the Anti-Corn-law Leugue and its objects in the
bitterest terms, amidst stormy symptoms of disapproba-
tion and cries of " Do you call yourself a Chartist ?"
said the purport of the resolution was that a repeal of the
corn-laws would be most injurious to all the industrious
classes of the United Kingdom.
At this moment Mr. WHEELER, another Chartist, said
—We have had quite enough of discussion to answer any
beneficial object, and I therefore move that the Chair-
man do now leave the chair:—(Groans and confusion.)
• Mr. FORD, a gentleman of similar political views, se-
conded the proposition, but what he said could be only
guessed by his pantomime.
Another scene of confusion here ensued, which quite
rivalled the 0. P. rows in the good old theatrical days,
amidst which the Chairman, evidently with but little
reluctance, Made his exit.

Mr. WHEELER then, amidst roars of laughter, pro-
posed, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, of which: not
the slightest notice seemed to be taken by the meeting,
some of: :wtoin had congregated themselves into little
imoi'lle what might be- seen on a Sunday in Smith-
Clerken well-green, for the purpose of hearing
e learned pundit expound his particular views
of politics, as they amused themselves by cheering for
Feargus O'Connor and the Charter ; but by far the
greater number had gone away long before the last reso-
lution was put.
Although in the programme four resolutions were an-
nounced to be put to the meeting, only three were pro-
posed. We should have stated at first, that we could
not notice one person on the platform whose name, if
mentioned, would be familiar to our readers.
The meeting broke up shortly after ten o'clock, in the
same confusion that marked it during the evening.