The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-22 00:00:00

No 16,620. LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING SUN, NOVEMBER 22, 1845.

3,000 k IMRE).
THE ROBBERY at ROGERS and CO.'s,

the BANKERS.
CAUTION.

The public are requested to pay attention to the numbers, and par-
ticularly the dates, of all 51., 101., 201., 301., 401., 50/., 1001., 2001.,
3001., 5001., and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes, dated 1844, or earlier,
that may be offered in payment ; and, before changing them, to com-
pare them with the lists of the Bank Notes stolen from Messrs. Ro-
gers and Co., and which have been advertised several times in the
daily and weekly papers. No notes of 1,000/., dated in 1844, are
now in circulation but those stolen.

Payment of all the notes is stopped, and it is particularly requested
that those parties who have obtained lists of the stolen notes will con-
tinue to preserve them for reference ; and also that those persons who
have not yet had lists will be pleased to send for them, by post or
otherwise, to any of the Banking-houses in London ; Messrs. Rogers
and Co., bankers, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, London ; Mr.
Francis Hobler, solicitor, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London;
M. Lawson, Esq., 10, Rue Royal, Paris ; John or Daniel Forrester,
Mansion-house, London ; or any of the Police• stations ; to Messrs'.
Blades and East, printers, Abchurch-lane, London; or to Deacon's
Coffee-house and Hotel, Walbrook, London.

LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TYNE RAILWAY.
The necessary inquiries into the responsibility of the numerous
Applicants for Shares in this undertaking are nearly concluded, and
a satisfactory Allotment will shortly issue.
WILLIAM WILKINSON, Secretary.
November 18, 1845.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION.
WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON RAILWAY.
The deeds of these Companies will lle for signatere at the follow-
ing places, viz.:—
Derby—At the Midland Hotel, on Monday, the 17th of November.
Leeds—Scarborough Hotel, Tuesday, 18th of liovembjr.
York—Black Swan, Weduesdry, ifth November..
Hull—The George Inn, Thursday, the 20th of November.
Worcester—At the Offices of Messrs. Hyde and Tyasbs, solicitors,
on Saturday, the 22d of November.
Bath—At the White Lion, on Monday, the 24th of November.
From Ten till Four each day.
WYNDHAM HARDING,
Secretary of the above-named Companies.
Euston Railway Station, Nov. 10, 1845.

THANES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION.
Notice is hereby given, that application is intended to be tnatte-to-
Parliament in the ensuing session, for an Act or Acts for making and
constructing an embankment upon or along the north aide of the
river Thames, between Whitehall-place, in the parish of Saint Mar-
tin's-in-the-Fields, in the city or liberties of Westminster, and Black-
friars-bridge, in the parish of Saint Ann's, Blackfriars, and Saint
Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, or one of them, in the city of London, er
some part or parts thereof, as will be shown on the plans hereinafter
mentioned, with a public drive or carriage road, and also a prome-
nade or pathway for foot passengers.
And also for the construction and maintenance of a railway on

the inner side thereof, to be supported on detached pillars or columns,

with all proper and necessary works and conveniences connected
therewith, which said railway is intended to commence at or near Hun-
gerford-market, in the parish of Saint Martin's-in-the-Fields, in the
said city or liberties of Westminster, and passing along or near the
said embankment to the termination thereof, and from thence,

through, over, or near to Chatham-place, Saint Anne's Wharf,
Fuddle-dock, Rutland-place, across Upper Thames-street, Ben-
net's-hill, Saint Peter's-hill, Lambeth-hill, Old Fish-street, Col-
lege-hill, Dowgate-hill, Bread-street-hill, Garlick-hill, Bush-lane,
Lawrence Pountney-lane, Cannon-street, King William-street,
Phi'pot-lane, Rood-lane, Mincing-lane, Mark-lane, London-street,
or some or one of them, and terminating either by a distinct
terminus, or by a junction with the London and Blackwell Railway,
in the parishes of Saint Katherine Coleman, Saint Katherine Croix,
and Saint Olave, Hart-street, in the city of London, or some or one
of them : All which said embankment, carriage-road, pathway,
railway, and other works, are intended to be made from, in, through,
or into the several parishes, tewnships, townlands, extra-parochial,
and other places following (that is to say) :—Saint Margaret, West-
minster, Saint Martin's-in-the-Fields, Saint Clement Danes, the pre-
cinct of the Savoy, Saint Mary-le-Strand, the Inner Temple, the
Middle Temple, precinct of Whitefriars, Saint Bridget, otherwise
Saint Brides, Bridewell, precinct of Saint Anne, Saint Annes Black-
friars, Saint Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, Saint Bennetts, Pants
Wharf, Saint Peters, Pauls Wharf, Saint Nicholas, Old Fish-street,
Saint Mary Somerset, Saint Mary Mounthaw, Saint Mary Magdalen,
Saint Nicholas, Cole Abbey, Saint Nicholas Olave, Saint Mildred's
Broad-street, Saint Michael Queenhithe, Holy Trinity the Less,
Saint James Garlick hithe, Saint Thomas the Apostle, Saint Mary
Aldermary, Saint Michael Paternoster Royal, Saint Martin Vintry,
Saint John the Baptist, Saint Antholin, Saint Mary 13uthaw, Saint
Swithin, London-stone, Saint Mary Abchurch, Saint Lawrence
Pountney, Allhallows the Great, Allhallows the Less, Saint Martins
Orgar, Saint Clements near Eastcheap, Saint Michael Crooked-lane,
Saint Nicolas Acor, Saint Edmund the King, Saint Leonard East-
cheap, Saint Benet Gracechurch, St. George Botolph-lane, Saint
Mary-at-Hill, Saint Andrew Hubbard, Saint Dionis Backchurch,
Saint Dunstan in the East, Saint Gabriel Fenchurch, Saint Margaret
Pattens, Allhallows Staining, Saint Katherine Coleman, Saint
Olave in Hart-street, Saint Katherine Cree, or some of them, in the
cities of London and Westminster, and county of Middlesex.
And also to make and construct two branch railways, the one
whereof commences from the before mentioned main railway, in the
parish of Saint James, Garlick 'lithe, at or near Garlick-hill and
the other thereof commences from the said main railway, in the
parish of Saint Michael, Paternoster Royal, and Saint Martin,
Yintry, at or near College-hill ; which brunch railways unite
in the parish of Saint James, Garllckhithe, and Saint Martin, Yin-
try, or one of them, at or near Thames-street, and pass over the
said river Thames, along or over Southwark-bridge, to or near
Tooley-street, in the parish of Saint Olaves, Southwark, In the
county of Surrey, and terminating either by a distinct terminus
there, or by a junction with one or more of the railways having
their terminus near London-bridge ; which said branch railways and
works will be made from, in, through, or into the several parishes,
townships, extra-parochial, and other places following ; that is to
say :—Saint Mary Aldermary, Saint Thomas Apostle, Saint Michael,
Paternoster Royal, Saint James, Garlickhitne, Holy Trinity the
Less, and Saint :Martin, Vintry, in the city of London ; and Saint
Saviour, Southwark, Saint Thomas, Southwark, Saint Olave's,
Southwark, and the Clink, or Bishop of Winchester's Liberty, in the
parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, in the county of Surrey.
Also for making two other branch railways, one whereof com-
mences en the before-mentioned main line, in the parish of Saint
Martin's Orgar, at or near Saint Martin's-lane, and the other, which
commences from the said main railway, in the palish of Saint
Bennet, Gracechurch-street, at or near the south-end ofGracechurch-
street, which branch railways unite in the parish of Saint Clement,
Eastcheap, at or near the junction of Arthur-street with King Wil-
liam-street, and pass over the said river Thames, by means of a
viaduct of ornamental construction, ever London-bridge, to or
near Tooley-street, in the parish of St. Olaves, Southwark, in the
county of Surrey, and terminating either by a distinct terminus
there, or by a junction with one or more of the railways having their
terminus near London-bridge, which said branch railways and works
will be made from, in, through, or into the sever al parishes, townships,
extra-parochial, and other places of Saint Leonardo Eastcheap, Saint
Michael Crooked-lane, Saint Margaret New Fish-street, Saint Mar-
tin's Orgar, Saint Clements near Eastcheap, St. Bennets, Graceehu rch-
street, Saint Magnus the Martyr, in the city of London; and Saint
Saviours, Saint Olaves, and Saint Thomas, Southwark, and the Clink,
or Bishop of Winchester's Liberty, in the county of Surrey.
And it is further proposed, in and by the said Act or Acts, to take
powers to deviate in the construction of all or any of the before.
mentioned works from the lines or situations thereof as laid down
on the plans to be deposited as hereinafter-mentioned to such ex-
tent as will be shown or defined on such plans, and to alter, widen,
divert, and remove all causeways, piles, stairs, herds, or landing-
places, and ether properties and rights on the bed er shore of the
said river Thames, or projecting from the banks thereof on the side
aforesaid between Whitehall-place and Blackfriars-bridge aforesaid,
and to construct others with all necessary approaches and conve-
niences, and to remove all mud and other banks on the bed or
shore of the said river, and to deepen and cleanse the same be-.
tween Whitehall-place and Blackfriars-bridge aforesaid, and to
alter, remove, make, or continue all necessary and proper
viaducts, roads, bridges, embankments, quays, basins, banks,
walls, locks, wharfs, sewers, culverts, drains, arches, landing-places,
tide-gates, piles, sluices, lock-gates, and other works and conveni-
ences, and to authorise the construction of stations, piers, stairs, and
landing-places by the side of or projecting from the said carriage-
road pathway, railways, and embankment for embarking and disem-
barking passengers, and also to incorporate a company for carrying
out the above-mentioned objects, with power to levy and collect tolls,
rates, and duties in respect of the use of the said carriage-road path-
way, railways, and embankment and works.
And also to enable the said company, so to be incorporated as
aforesaid, to purchase and take by compulsion or agreement, lands
and houses for the purposes afordsaid, and to take such portion of the
bed and shore of the said river Thames as shall be deemed nece.sary
for any of the purposes aforesaid, and to vary or extinguish all exist-
ing rights and privileges connected with such lands and houses and
other property, or which would in any way impede or interfere with
the objects aforesaid, or contemplated by the said Act or Acts, or any
of them, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is also intended to authorise the company, so to be incor-
porated as aforesaid, to amalgamate with any other company er
companies, whether existing or promoting any undertaking to be
submitted to Parliament in the ensuing session, or to agree with any
other company or companies as to the working or using of the rail-
way, or branch railways, and works before specified, or of any
other railway, by any such companies, and to authorise the amal-
gamated company to exercise all or any of the powers and authori-
ties before mentioned.

And it is further proposed, in and by the said Act or Acts, to em-
power the said company so to be incorporated as aforesaid, to enter
into all necessary agreements and contracts with the company •f
proprietors of Southwark-bridge, incorporated by an Act made and
passed in the 51st year of the reign of King George the Third, In-
tituleg "An Act for erecting a bridge over the river Thames, from
or near the Three Cranes, in the parishes of Saint James, Garlick-
hithe, and Saint Martin, Vintry, in the city of London, to the op-
posite bank of the said river, in the parish of Saint Saviour, in the
county of Surrey, and for making proper streets and avenues to
communicate therewith," for the purchase or lease of the said bridge
and works connected therewith, or any part or parts thereof, and
also to enable the said company of proprietors to sell and dispose of
or lease all their right, title, and interest in the said last-mentioned
bridge and works, or any part or parts thereof, to the said company,
so to bs incorporated as aforesaid, for such sum and upon such terms
and conditions as shall be mutually agreed on. _ _

And for such purposes it is intended to repeal or alter, amend,
enlarge, and extend the powers and provisions of the above-recited
Act and the several other Acts relating to the said bridge, passed in
53d, 56th, and 58th years of the same reign. and is the several ses-
sions of Parliament held in the first, fourth, fifth, and ninth years of
the reign of King George the Fourth.

And it is further proposed, in and by the said Act or Acts, to em-
power the said company to be so incorporated as aforesaid to enter
into all necessary agreements and contracts with the corporation of
the city of London, authorised and empowered under and by virtue
of an Act made•and passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late
MAiesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the rebuild-
ing of London-bridge, and for improving and making suitable ap-
proaches thereto," for the purchase or lease of the said bridge and
works connected therewith ; and also to enable the said corporation
to sell and dispose of, or lease the use of the same to the said com-
pany, for such sum and upon such terms and conditions as shall be
mutually agreed on, and for such purposes it is intended to repeal or
alter, amend, enlarge, and extend the powers and provisions of the
above-recited. Act and the several other Acts relating to London-
bridge and the approaches thereto, passed in the seventh and eighth,
the tenth and the eleventh years of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, and in the first and second, the second
and third, and the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her present
Majesty.
And it is flirther proposed in and by the sad Act or Acts to em-
power the said company to enter into all necessary agreements and
contracts with the company of proprietors incorporated under and
by virtue of an Act made and passed is the eleventh year of the
reign of his late ,Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act
to incorporate certain persons to be called the Hungerford-market
Company, forthe re-establishment of a market for the sale of fish,
poultry, and meat, and ether articles of general consumption and
use, and for other purposes ;". and • also with the company of pro-
prietors of the -Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Foot-bridge
Company, incorporated under and by virtue of an Act passed in
the session held in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of his late
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for building
a foot-hridge over the river Thames,•from Hungerford-market, in the
parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, in the county of Middlesex, to
the opposite shore, in the parish of Lambeth, in the county of
Surrey, and for making. suitable approaches thereto," for the pur-
chase or lease of the said market and bridge, and all the lands,
houses,• and works connected therewith respectively, and also to
enable the said companies and proprietors respectively to sell and
dispose of or lease the said market, bridge, and other property to
the said company, for such sum and upon inch terms and conditions
as shall be mutually agreed on ; and for such purposes it is intended
to repeal or alter, amend, enlarge, and extend the powers and pro-
visions of the above-recited Acts of the eleventh year of King George
the Fourth, and the sixth and seventh years of King William the
Fourth, and the several other acts relating to the said market and
bridge passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, and in the sixth, and eighth, and ninth years
of her present Majesty.
And notice is hereby flirther given, that plans and sections if the
said intended works, with a book or books of reference thereto, will,
on or before the 30th of November, in tke present year, be deposited
for public inspection, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Middlesex, at his office at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, in the
said county ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the city and liberties
of Westminster, at his office in Carlisle-street, Soho-square, in the
Said city and liberties ; and with the Clerk of the Peace fbr the
county of Surrey, At his 'office' in North-street, Lamb< th ; and with
the Clerk of the Peace for the city of London, at his office in the
Old Bailey, in the said city; and that ou or before the thirty-first
day of December next a copy of so much of the said plans, sections,
and books of reference as relates to the several parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial and other places, hereinbefore mentioned, from,
through, or into which the raid embankment, railway, branch rail-
way, and other works, will pass or be situate, will be deposited with
the parish clerk of each such parish, at the residence of such clerk.
Dated this 6th day of November, 1845.
BBIDGEB and MASON, 9, sKing-gardens, London, solicitors,

THE EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND
WEYMOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contradt and Sub-
scribers' Agreement will Lie for Signature on and after the under-
mentioned days and places; and parties not attending at any of the
undermentioned inns, must afterwards attend at the Offices of the
Company, 62, Moorgate-street, London, on or before the 30th of
November instant, or execute by power of attorney before that
time :
Birmingham—Monday, the 10th, from Eleven to Four, at the Hen
and Chickens.
Manchester—Wednesday, the 12th, from Eleven to Four, at the
Imperial.
Liverpool—Friday, the 14th, from Eleven to Four, at the Adelphi.
Glasgow—Monday and Tuesday, the 17th and 18th, from Eleven to
Four, at the Wellington.
Edinburgh—Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st, from Eleven
to Four, at the Regent.
Leeds—Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th, from Eleven to
Four, at the Royal.
Exeter—Thursday, the 27th, from Eleven to Four, at the New London.
(Signed) R. A. RIDDELL, Chairman.
FRANCIS CREW, Secretary. 1
Company's Offices, 62, Moorgate-street,
Nov. 4, 1845.

RAILROADS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
That the public may not be misled by the various statements
that have appeared in the public papers, and ix the pro-
spectus of the Isle of Wight Railway Company, I am
desired to state, that at a general meeting held at New-
port on the 26th of June last, resolutions were carried,
declaring the opinion of the meeting to be adverse to the introduc-
tion of railways into the island, and that a Committee of gentlemen
was, at the same time, appointed to watch the proceedings of the
railway projectors ; and I am further directed by the Committee
to state, that not only will the scheme be opposed by the most influ-
ential landed proprietors through whose estates the railways would
pass, but that it is also intended to offer a vigorous public opposition
to the project in Parliament, should a Bill be sought for.
C.W. ESTCOURT, Hon. Secretary to the Committee.
P.S. Another scheme having been preliminarily announced as the
Direct Ryde and Ventnor Railway, I am instructed by the Com-.
mittee to state that this latter will meet with the same decided
opposition as the former projects.

ITEWCASTLE-UPO.N-TYNE, EDIN-
BURGH, AND DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a MEETING of LANDOWNERS, held November 10, 1845, at
Belsay Castle Intl, the following resolutiou was adopted..-7--
---m We, the undersigned, landowners on and near the line of railway
I proposed to be made by a Company calling itself the Newcastle-on-
Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway, with a branch to
tiesharn, having considered the proposed line, and explained with Sir.
2 tonck, the Chairman of the Managing Committee of the said Railway
Ct tmpany, are of opinion that the proposed line of railway, both in
its main line and in its branch, will be beneficial both to the line
of country through which it will pass, and to our own estates, in af-.
foro'ing the shortest and easiest communication between Glasgow,
Edinburgh, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in opening out to use the
lime and other minerals which may be now lying unwrought in our
lands. We are of opinion, therefore, that the projectors of the pro-
posed line ought to have our consent and support, subject to such re-
servations in regard to all private and personal interest as is usual in
such cases."

Belsay Castle Inn, Nov. 10, 1845.
(Signed) John E. Swinburne. '
Chas. M. L. 31onck.
Thos. Anderson.
Thos. Atkinson llarle.

John Forster.
W. D. Dent.
P. G. Ellison (for Ralph Bates,
Esq).

IVEIVCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN-,
BURGH, and (DIRECT) GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Hexham.

Capital, 1,500,000/., In 75,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.)

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir Charles M. L. Monck, Bart., Belsay Castle, Northumberland
Saville C. H. Ogle, Esq., Kirkley-hall, Northumberland
William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland
Robert Charlton, Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland
Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland
Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland
Mr. Edw. Campion, Iron manufacturer, Hareshaw Ironworks, North-
umberland
Ralph Wm. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland
Mr. John Green, iron manufacturer, Ridsdale Ironworks, Northum-
berland
Mr. Wm. Grace, Saltwick, Northumberland
J. Haggerston, Esq. Reedsmouth, Northumberland
Nicholas Maughan, Esq. Newbrough-lodge, Northumberland
Charles Atticus Monck, Esq. Humshaugh, Northumberland
Thomas James, Esq., Otterburn Tower, Northumberland
Mr. W. R. Rayne, paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northumberland ,
Smith Stobart, Esq. banker, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
Captain Ti. Jobling, Newton-hall, Northumberland
Rev. Wm. Kell, rector of Corsenside, Northumberland
W. C. Trevelyan, jun. Esq. Topsham, Devon
Sir John Fife, Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
;dr. Wm. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Wm. Hunter, collier reviewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Alexander George Gray, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Captain John Kelly, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
T. C. Grauger, Esq. M.P. Durham
Andrew White, Esq;_Tunstal-lodge, Sunderland
Richard White, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland
A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill. house, Sunderland
Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland
Hugh Dixon, Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland
Thomas Bell, Esq. alkali manufactory, South Shields
Mr. Joshua Green, merchant, Gateshead
William Ilymers, Esq. J.P. Gateshead
Captain John Bentham, St. Mary's-place, York
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart., Grange, and Fountain-hall
C. Craigie Hackett, Esq. Lawhill
John Dick Lauder, Esq. jun. Grange and Fountain-hall
Andrew Wilkie, Esq. one of the magistrates of Edinburgh
William Girdwood, Esq. magistrate of Leith
Robert Laurie, Esq. merchant, Leith
John Anderson, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh
John Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark
Thomas Brownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow
William Bankier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow
James Wolfe Murray, Esq. St. Andrew's, Fife
(With power to add to their number),

YORK AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
The Managing Directors of the York and Lancaster Railway have
the satisfaction of announcing to their Shareholders that they have
purchased 116,0001. Three per Cent. Censols on behalf of the Com-
pany. The plans, and all necessary documents, will be ready to be
deposited in accordance with the standing orders, to enable the Com-
pany to go to Parliament the ensuing session.
13y order,
(Signed) HENRY WEBB, Chairman.
Palace-chambers, St. James's street, London,
_ Nov. 15, 1845.

rIOLLECTION OF RENTS, AND GENERAL
MANAGEMENT OF HOUSE PROPERTY. •

A respectable Estate Agent, in the City, takes the COLLECTION
of RENTS of every description, whether weekly or otherwise, at a
moderate per tentage, and pledges himself to produce the owners a
larger income therefrom than usually obtainable, and without any
trouble to themselves. '.
Address to P. C. ii., Post-office, 24, Cornhill.

UNICORN INN, ST. IVES, HUNTS.—The
Crown Inn, St. Ives, being closed, FRANCIS EARL begs
ho inform Coinmercial Gentlemen, his Friends, and the Public in
general, that he has fitted up the above old established Inn, with
greed beds and excellent stabling, for their accommodation, and hopes
by liberally providing. and strict attention in every department of the
business, to merit their patronage and support.
St. Ives, sth Ncetember. 1845.

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ECUADOR BONDHOLDERS.

Yesterday a meeting of the holders of Ecuador bonds (for-
merly Colombian) was held at two o'clock, at the London
Tavern, to consider the propriety of accepting an offer, made
by Colonel Wright, on behalf of the Government of Ecuador,
in liquidation of loans contracted in 1822 and 1824, when that
State formed, along with Venezuela and New Grenada, the
republic of Colombia.
Mr. Robinson was unanimously called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN opened the business by reading Col. Wright's
letter, containing the proposal which appeared in all the
Tuesday's papers. Having done so, the Hon. Gentleman
went into an explanation of the circumstances which had
led to the present meeting. The committee had received
the proposal from Colonel Wright, and in consequence they
had thought it the wisest course to call the bondholders
together to take their sense of the proposal. As a
means of understanding the capacity of the State of
Ecuador, Colonel Wright had supplied him with a state-
ment of the revenue and expenditure for several years.
The following is an abstract of the statement in question :
In 1839, revenue 1,007,480 dolls. ; expenditure 1,290,128
dolls. ; deficit 282,648 dolls. 1840, revenue 870,316 dolls. ;
expenditure 1,084,713 dolls. ; deficit 214,397 dolls. 1841,
revenue 772,042 dolls. ; expenditure 1,230,569 dolls. ; de-
ficit 458,527 dolls. 1842, revenue 703,369 dolls. ; expen-
diture 1,231,208 dolls. ; deficit 527,839 dolls. 1843, revenue
1,154,236 dolls. ; expenditure 1,218,043 dol. ; deficit 63,807 dol.
He was anxious, seeing that a great increase had taken place
in the revenue from 1842 to 1843, to know if there had been
a similar improvement in 1844. In order to learn this he
had written to Colonel Wright for information, but Le (the
Chairman) had not received any answer, arising, no doubt,
from that gentleman being out of town. Looking at the
proposal made in all its bearings, be was not disposed to ac-
cede to the terms. They were promised only a
sixth of their debt, though it appeared there was
no security for even that, the expenditure being greater
than the revenue. Beyond the one per cent. per annum
promised, there was no likelihood of inerease, unless they
could manage to send out from 5,000 to 25,000 persons as
emigrants, as they were promised 1 per cent. for every 5,000
persons sent out; but that proposal was not likely to be
realised, as there was a great objection to South America as a
field of emigration. But even were that practicable, which he
did not think it was, they would require at least 120,0001. as
a fund to carry that into effect. He left it in their hands to
deal with the proposition as they thought fit. He could
not, however, advise them to accept the terms; the sum was
so paltry that he was almost ashamed to name it to them.
Whether the rejection of the proposal would lead to better
terms, as had been stated by a writer in the Times the other
day, he could not say, as he was ignorant of the resources
and means at the disposal of Ecuador to merit its obli-
gation. _ _ _

After a brief discussion, in which the strongest feeling
was expressed against the proposal, a resolution was put and
carried, with but two dissentients, that it be rejected. It
was also agreed that the committee be empowered to take
measures to effect more favourable terms for the bondholders,
and that the assistance of the British Government be re-
quested to forward their negotiations.
The meeting then broke up.

The Brighton and Chichester Railway is to be
opened as far as Worthing on Monday next, General Pasley
baying inspected the line, and certified that it in a state for
traffic. The opening would have taken place last week, but
for the unfavourable state of the weather during the preceding
week.—Brighton Ga-ett4

OPENING OF THE PORTS.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—This morning, at 11 o'clock, a
very numerous meeting of the merchants, bankers, manufac-
turers, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the borough of
Manchester. was held in the large room of the Town-hall,
King-street, "for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of memorialising her Majesty's Government in fa-
vour of opening the ports for the free admission of grain and
all other kinds of provisions, to avert the calamity likely to
arise from the scarcity of food, owing to the failure of the po-
tato crop and the defective quality of the wheat harvest."
The meeting was convened by the Mayor, on the requisition
of upwards of 800 firms and individuals of station in the town.
Mr. W. B. Watkins, Mayor, presided, and on the platform we
observed Mr. Phillips, M.P.,Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Messrs.
Aldermen W. field, C. J. S. Walker, James Kershaw, John
Mason, J. Shuttleworth, P. F. Willert, A. Kay, E. Armitage,
and John Burd ; also Messrs. G. Wilson, T. Bazley, Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce; Absalom Watkin, J. B.
Smith, James M'Laren, Sidney Potter, Benjamin Pearson,
W. Bickham, W. Woodcock, Robert Gardner, J. Chadwick,
J. Watts, Rev. W. M'Kerrow, W. Gaskell, Joseph Greave,
Thomas Woollev, Samuel Lees, J. S. Grafton, Joseph Simp-
son, T. H. Williams, W. Morris, Thomas Hardbottle, and
others.
The MAYon said, that independent of the obiect of the
meeting, the respectability of the requisition would have
warranted him in calling such a meeting. They were met
to memorialise her Majesty's Government, and he hoped the
business would be transacted not only with good temper, but
with great spirit, and if there were any gentlemen present
who differed as to the objects of the meeting, he hoped they
would have a fair hearing. He would, without further
comment, call on Mr. R. 11. Greg to move the first resolu-
tion.

Mr. GREG then came forward, and observed, that if he had
been asked to sign such a requisition a month ago he would
not have consented to do so; but now that so alarming a
necessity had presented itself he did not hesitate to ask for the
opening of the ports. It was well known that there was a
failure of the wheat crop, and that the weather for gathering
it in was another source of scarcity. He had been in Scotland
last week, and in some of the most forward districts the wheat
crop had not been gathered. He regretted the further cala-
mity which arose from the failure of the potato crops, a de-
scription of sustenance which formed a large portion of the
food of the people of Ireland, Scotland, and the north of Eng-
land. When the extent of that disease became known, the
cry was raised " Open the ports," and that cry was re-echoed
by the press without regard to politics. Four Cabinet Councils
had been held, and he did not hesitate to say that nine-tenths of
the population were ready to see the result of those meet-
ings in the opening of the ports ; but from some cause which
he could not explain, no order was issued for the admission of
foreign grain. Some people said that the sadden opening of
the ports would have the effect of advancing the price of corn
in other markets, but this he believed to be a fallacy. He
was decidedly of opinion that the sliding-scale was one of the
greatest curses that ever afflicted this country. He concluded
by moving the following resolution :—" That the deficiency
of the harvest and the failure of the potato crop in many
parts of the United Kingdom have produced the utmost ap-
prehension among all classes of the community, and are cir-
cumstances imperatively requiring the immediate considera-
tion of her Majesty's Government."
Mr. J. HEYWOOD, in seconding the resolution, said that
the cultivation of the potato crop was one of the causes of
keeping on the corn-laws. As the price of grain advanced
the cultivation of the potato root progressed, and it was a
curious fact that a disease in that root should now come to
facilitate the repeal of the corn-laws. In England the disease
might not be so great, but in Scotland it was severely felt.
In Lanarkshire meetings had been held, at which statements
were made from which it appeared that at least one-half of
the crop was diseased. In Ireland the suffering created by
the disease was greater than in any other part of the king-
dom, owing to the fact that potatoes were the staple food of
the people of that country. After a few remarks on the dis-
puted territory in America, he concluded by seconding the
resolution, which was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. Alderman Kw moved the next resolution. He had
no desire to be considered an alarmist, but when he saw the
present, and contemplated the future state of this rot dis-
trict., he could not help urging the people of Manchester to
devise means to avert a calamity which must inevitably
ensue. If the ports be not opened, or some other measure
adopted, famine and great distress, he was sure, would over-
take the inhabitants of the manufacturing districts. He then
took a review of the difference of the prices of food, and con-
tended that, when food was cheap manufactures were
prosperous. They (the people of Manchester) were met for
the purpose of demanding from Her Majesty's Ministers the
opening of the ports, and he hoped every district in the
kingdom would make the same demand in terms not to be
misunderstood. He was no party roan; the time was come
when all names in politics should be forgotten, and the
Ministers told that the people were not to be allowed to
starve for the protection of sectional interests.—The
worthy Alderman then read lengthy extracts from a
work entitled Blanchester in 1844. We copy a few of the ex-
tracts :—" In Manchester, in March, 1844, there were 116
factories and other mills which had ceased working; 681
shops and offices had been closed, and 5,492 houses were un-
occupied. The value of mill buildings and machinery had
lessened fully one-half ; and five spinning mills, estimated
at 211,0001., only found buyers at the sum of 66,000/. The
butchers, grocers, and linendrapers declared that their daily
sales had decreased 40 per cent. A committee of relief,
formed for the distribution of clothing and bedding to the
poor, visited, in the course of the year 1840, 10,000 families,
containing 45,591 individuals, of whom 2,000 could not be
relieved for want of funds. The rooms and cellars occupied by
these unfortunate beings were entirely destitute of furniture.
Bricks and logs of wood were the substitutes for tables and
chairs. heaps ofehavings, litters of straw, defiled with all sorts
of impurities, served them for beds. Frequently several families
occupied different corners of the same chamber, and there
was no separation of the sexes, save the distance between the
beds of straw. It was found that a certain portion of the
town, consisting of No. 1 and part of No. 2 districts, con-
tained 2,000 families, numbering 8,866 persons, earning on
the average Is. 24d. only per head per week, being at the
rate of ss. 3id. only per week for each family. The
number of pawn-tickets possessed by these families was
22,417, and not 27,417. ; and, upon the articles thus
pawned, the amount of 2,7801. 14s. 4d. had been advancd."
" In Bolton, a town of 50,008 souls, 50 manufacturers em-
ployed ordinarily 8,124 workmen ; in 1842, 30 of these esta-
blishments were closed, or did not work more than four days
per week, and 5,061 hands were thus deprived wholly or in
part of the means of subsistence. Of 2,110 ironfounders and
mechanics, 785 had been thrown out of work, and the re-
mainder, viz., 1,325 of these men, who in 1836 had been
urged to make nine to twelve working days out of each week,
were reduced to four or five days per week. The other trades
had suffered the same reduction. In short, if to the de-
creased wages of the working classes, we add the augmented
price of provisions—the loss to these operatives must have
been at least 320,560/. per annum, or upwards of 1,000/. per
day. Public charity is powerless against such calamities as
these." Stockport and other manufacturing towns were in
the same condition. He concluded by moving the following
resolution :—" That the recollection of the calamities which
afflicted this district and the whole country during the period
of high prices of food, from 1838 to 1842, renders it impos-
sible to contemplate the recurrence of a similar state of suf-
fering without intense anxiety and alarm."
Mr. Alderman Wausisn seconded the resolution, and ob-
served that no time should be lost; they had waited seven
years and nothing had been done. Sir Robert Peel had not
grappled with any of the great questions which were neces-
sary for the improvement of the condition of the poor ; he
had conceded the whole question of the corn-laws, and he
was well aware of the injustice of the sliding•scale. It had
been said that he would repeal the corn-laws if he could,
but he (Alderman Walker) believed he could repeal them if
he ;Mould. He had not forgotten the advice which Sir R.
Peel had given to Lord John Russell ; he told bins if he could
not carry ni measures he ought to resign. Now, he (Alder-
man Walker) would suggest to the Minister to apply that
advice to himself, and if his colleagues stood in the way of
the repeal of the corn-laws, let him appeal to the country,
and see if the constituencies of England would not return to
Parliament such Members as would support him in this glo-
rious undertaking. He concluded by seconding the resolution.
Mr. Alderman NIELD, in supporting the resolution, said,
he respectfully submitted that the sliding• scale should slide
away, and never again be heard of in England. It was well
known that the protection afforded by that law had done
more to prevent the cultivation of the soil than any other
circumstance. In Lancashire, Cheshire, and many other
counties, the land was in a state of almost original nature,
which never could have been the case had it not been for the
protection of the sliding-scale. He concluded by calling on
Sir Robert Peel to comply with the prayer of that meeting,
in which he would be supported by the great majority of the
people.
Mr. A. Warrixs moved the third resolution, in a speech
of some length, in the course of which he stated, that Sir
Robert Peel had been bound down by the owners of the
soil, and it did appear to him one of the most extraordi-
nary cases of aberration of a noble mind. He could not
conceive why he allowed himself to be thus hound down,
knowing as he did that these very men hated him. lie
moved—" That the immediate opening of the ports for the
free admission of food, and the repeal, without delay, of
every law which restricts its importation, are measures ob-
viously required to prevent a serious revulsion in trade, and
consequent grievous suffering to the whole of our industrious
population.'
Mr. B. PEARSON seconded the resolution, and contended
that the people had let themselves too low in asking for a
repeal of tke corn-laws alone ; they ought to demand a
bounty on all corn imported into England for the next
thirty years as a compensation for the injury they had sus-
tained since the imposition of the corn-laws. Whilst they
were demanding a repeal of those laws they must take care
they do not split on the rock of a fixed duty, which would,
in his opinion, he more injurious than the present law, be-
cause it would delay their ultimate repeal. He regretted that
the Government bad taught the people, that however good
their cause was, it could only be obtained by clamour, and
therefore he urged the people to demand an immediate and
total repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried with acclamation.
Mr. T. BAZLEY, President of the Chamber of Commerce,
moved the next resolution ;—" That this meeting, therefore,
respectfully, but most earnestly, calls upon her Majesty's
Ministers to suspend immediately the operation of the Corn
Bill, and to submit to the Legislature, at an early day, a
measure for the entire abolition of all laws which restrict the
free supply of food." With cheap food they had seen pros-
perity in trade and manufactures, and with dear food a revul-
sion of that prosperity, and therefore he urged them to de-
mand the opening of the ports, and having procured that
object care should be taken never again to allow them to be
closed. The manufactures of England had scarcely recovered
from a depression of many years, when, by a failure of the
crops and consequent dearness of food, they were again to be
plunged into the same state. With cheap food and pros-
perity of trade the wages of the workmen had been advanced,
but with the prospect of bad trade and dear food before them,
a reduction of those wages must follow.
Mr. Alderman KERSHAW seconded the motion, and de-
clared that he would not have seconded the resolution had it
not contained a demand for a total repeal of the corn-laws.
he had not the nerve to contemplate the pending evils
without serious alarm. What has already been the conse-
quences? The state of the money market had been seri-
ously affected, ;and the price of manufactures had declined
within the last two months at least 10 per cent. He felt
that in calling on the Government to open the ports lie was
demanding a measure of humanity, and where were they to
look for such succour but from the paternal government of
the country. He did not wish to exaggerate the state of
the country, but he could not help calling the attention of the
meeting to the awful state of the country, more especially
the manufacturing districts, a few years ago, when its trade
was interfered with by the operation of the corn-laws. He
hoped the voice of every town in the kingdom would ring

PRICE, SD.

in the ears of her Majesty's Ministers, and on them would
lie the moral responsibility of the future state of the country
if they refusel to listen to the prayers of the people.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS, M.P., moved the adoption of a me-
morial to Sir R. Peel, and observed that the country had ar-
rived at a most important crisis. He concurred with every
opinion which had that day been expressed respecting the
pending scarcity of food, and could not help contemplating
with alarm the fearful result that may ensue if something was
not immediately done to avert the forthcoming evils. He
then read the following memorial
" TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P., FIRST
LORD OF THE TREASURY.
" The Memorial of the Menchants, Bankers, Manufacturers,
Traders, and others, Inhabitants of the Borough of Man-
chester, in Public Meeting assembled,
" Showeth,—That your memorialists have every reason to
believe that the produce of the grain harvest, just concluded,
is seriously deficient both in quantity and quality, and such
as to cause a continuance of high and advancing prices in the
staple articles of human food.

" That, in addition to this unfavourable circumstance, there
has occurred throughout a large portion of Great Britain, and
still more generally in Ireland, a failure in the potato crop,
by which the evil of a deficient grain harvest is certain to be
greatly aggravated.
" That your memorialists have a painful recollection of the
manifold calamities with which the country has been visited
on former occasions, when, owing to deficient harvests, the
pecuniary means of the labouring population have been ab-
sorbed in the purchase of food ; and they cannot contemplate
a continuance of the present high prices, and their probable
increase, without the most serious alarm.
"That yoar memorialists entertain the belief that, after
past and preselit experience of the frightful consequences of
a system of legislation, by which an industrious and skilful
people are prevented from supplying themselves with abun-
dance of food, no wise statesman will hesitate as to the pro-
priety and necessity of an immediate abolition of all restric-
tions upon the importation of foreign grain; and they are
most anxious to impress upon her Majesty's Ministers the
importance of an immediate attention to this subject.
" Your memorialists desire to express, in the strongest
manner, their deliberate and confirmed opinion that the cir-
cumstances of the coantry z:equire that the porta should forth-
with be opened for the free admission of all kinds of grain ;
and, further, that her Majesty's Ministers will consult the
true interests of all classes in this kingdom by submitting to
the Legislature, at the very earliest opportunity, a measure
for the entire removal of all laws by which any restriction is
placed on the supply of food.
" Your memorialists would, in conclusion, respectfully, but
most earnestly, remind you how heavy will be your individual
responsibility, if you now refuse to act in accordance with
those principles the truth of which you have so often ac-
knowledged, and by the full adoption of which, and by that
only, they believe the nation can be preserved from disaster
and calamity appalling to contemplate."
Although he was there as their representative, he might be
allowed to address a few words to them as an agriculturist.
He had for some time paid much attention to the state of the
crops, and he had no hesitation in saying that at least one-
half the potato crop in the locality in which he resided would
not be fit for human food. Now, if that was a fair picture of
the general state of the country, what was to become of the
population ; more especially the agricultural labourers, who
would• be compelled to consume the whole of their produce
before Christmas and left to starve in the spring? What will
be their condition in March next, when they come to sow
their crop for the coming year? That was a point not to be
overlooked, and he was sure Sir Robert Peel was not asleep
on those matters. The question then was, is Sir Robert Peel
to be made the tool of a section of the people, to the disad-
vantage of the millions who are starving?
Mr. JOSEPH BROTHERTON, M.P., seconded the adoption of
the memorial. He said he considered the objects of the meet-
ing to be good, and the means taken wise and politic. He
would ask, were they asking the Ministers for a favour or a
right ?—(" Right.") The landowners undertook to feed the
people, and they had not done so, and therefore the people
must now demand the privilege of feeding themselves. He
was of the same opinion as Mr. Walker, he believed Sir
Robert Peel could repeal the corn-laws, and he must be
made to know that the people demanded it as a right, and
were determined to have it.—(Applause.)
The memorial was carried with loud cheers, and Messrs.
Philips, Brotherton, Kay, and Greg appointed a deputation
to present it.
On the motion of Mr. Robert Gardner, seconded by Mr.
White, thanks were voted to the Mayor, and the proceedings
terminated about two o'clock.

At a meeting of the Town Council of Manchester, on
Wednesday, after the business on the notice paper had
been gone through,—
Mr. Councillor Suurrmworerm asked whether this was
not an adjourned quarterly meeting, and if so whether it was
not competent for a member of the Council to propose a mo-
tion of which notice had not been given?
The TOWN CLERK, after a short consultation with the
Mayor and ex-Mayor, said although their circular did not
state that this was an adjourned quarterly meeting as well
as special meeting, yet he had read the proceedings of the
last meeting at the commencement of the business, by which
the quarterly meeting was adjourned to this day, and whether
there had been a circular issued or not for special business,
the Council would have met to-day by that adjournment,
and he conceived therefore that it was competent for Mr.
Shuttleworth to move any motion, though notice of it had not
been previously given.
Mr. Councillor Smerrizwonm said he would rather
not have moved the resolution before him if any other
gentleman of whom he saw many more competent, would
do so; but if no one else rose to make such a motion he
must,—for he felt it to be a question of duty.—(Hear,
hear.) He moved a resolution calling upon her Majesty's
Ministers to open the ports, and declaring that the Council
would hold them responsible for the calamities that might
result to the country should they neglect to do so.—(Loud
applause.)
Mr. Councillor Paxxricx said, although he had not pre-
viously heard the terms of the resolution, he felt bound to
second it with all his heart.—(Applause.) He must confess
that he, along with a great number of the members of the
Council, had been guilty of signing a requisition to the Mayor
to call a meeting on this subject to-morrow (Thursday), and
not having taken the trouble to read the heading carefully,
he had thought that it was to call a meeting of the Town
Council ; however, it turned out that it was a requisition to
call a public town's meeting. And he was pleased to see
that it bore the names of all the aldermen, and nearly all the
councillors of the borough. This itself was a pretty strong
test of the opinion held upon the question by that Council.
Short as the notice was at which the motion was brought be-
fore them, he thought the opportunity a favourable one ;
there was no doubt the Minister would be obliged to do
something, and as he had himself declared in Parliament
that it was tie right of every man to buy in the cheapest
and sell in the dearest markets, they were only helping him
to carry into effect his own opinions. He understood that on
a late occasion, when the Mayor was invited to Tamworth,
Sir Robert Peel took every opportunity of showing in his
person the respect he paid to the town of Manchester,
and if he paid that respect to him (Mr. Watkins) as
Mayor of Manchester, it was to be hoped that he would
pay the same respect to a memorial from the town of
Manchester when it was signed by him as the Mayor of
Manchester.—( Hear, and applause.)
Mr. Marreixw Tommisort supported the motion, and said
he was happy to find that it pat the responsibility of neg-
lecting to comply with its object where it was said to rest by
a gentleman once a distinguished member of their body—Mr.
Alderman Cobden—upon the Ministers.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Alderman KAY, (late Mayor) said he did' not rise to
object to the motion, but he 'suggested that it would be un-
wise to affix responsibility where it did not exactly rest. Sir
Robert Peel and his colleagues could only open the ports with
the sanction of Parliament, and if they were to open them
during the recess, they would have to ask Parliament, upon
its assembling, for an Act of indemnity. He suggested that
a committee be appointed, who should retire from the i
Council, and put the resolution into such shape that it would
be
-less objectionable.

Ultimately, upon this suggestion, Mr. Alderman Neild,
Mr. ♦lderman Kay, Mr. Shuttleworth, Mr. Prentice, and
Mr. A. Heywood, were appointed a committee to retire, and
after an absence of about ten minutes they returned with
Mr. Shuttleworth's resolution slightly altered, and put in the
form of a memorial to Sir Robert Peel.
Mr. SHUTPLEWORTH said he thought at the time that he
and Mr. Alderman Kay were agreed on this subject, though
they expressed themselves differently and misunderstood each
other. Mr. Alderman Kay meant legal responsibility, and
le (Mr. Shuttleworth) moral responsibility. He had great
pleasure in moving the memorial, and that it be signed by.
the Mayor on behalf of the Town Council, and that the com-
mon seal of the Corporation be attached to it, and that it be
presented to Sir Robert Peel.—(Applause.) He felt that
after the sentiments he had expressed, Sir Robert Peel must
only be acting in accordance with his own wishes and con-
victions in acceding to the prayer of their memorial, for
though closely connected with the landlords, he had as clear
a perception of our commercial interests as any of them, and
he (Mr. Shuttleworth) had no doubt that he was preparing—
if net in the ordinary sense of the term, in one which might be
readily understood—to " turn another sod "—(Hear, hear,
and laughter)—and to enable them still to occupy that posi-
tion in the country which they ought and must occupy.
Mr. Alderman Loa' said he could not but look at the course
likely to be taken in the present emergency. with singular
apprehension ; for though, on looking over the files of the
newspapers for the last six months, he found that though
Lord Stanley had abstained from alluding to tke state of the
harvest, yet the Duke of Rutland (who was one of that class
who thought it right to enjoy the revenue from their estates,
without reference to the comforts of other classes), stated
at an agricultural meeting that the results of the harvest
had been satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Alder-
man Kay) thought that the Duke must have been sadly
misinformed, for in less than a fortnight after that statement
was followed by a report stating that the harvest in Ireland
was awfully deficient, and that the potato murrain was
almost universal.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He trusted
that this memorial, backed by the others which were flowing
in from all parts of the country, would have the effect sought,
and with that hope he cordially seconded it.
After a few words from -Mr. Tomlinson, the motion was
agreed to unanimously, and the Council separated.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
A special general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
was held en Wednesday in the Council-room at the Guild-
hall, to consider the propriety of addressing her Majesty's
Ministers on the subject of the corn. laws.
Mr. WILSON, alderman of the borough of Gateshead, and a
member of the well-known firm of Losh, Wilson, and Bell,
having been called upon to preside, in the absence of the Pre-
sident of the Chamber, briefly opened the business.
Mr. POLLARD, an extensive corn merchant, rose and said,
it. was not his intention to offer any remarks upon the sub-
ject, but simply to
propose a memorial which he had pre-
pared, and which he trusted would be adopted by the meet-
ing. The object of its prayer was, that the ports of the
United Kingdom might be opened for the free introduction
of foreign corn.
The memorial was read by the Secretary as follows
To THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, HART., ItIRST LORD
OF HER 'MAJESTY'S TREASURY.
The Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, at a special general meeting, convened for
that purpose,
" Showeth,—That )•our memorialists, believing that the
corn harvest in the Luited Kingdom has been defective, and
that the potato crop, particularly in Ireland, a failure, hasten
to entreat that you will be pleased to advise her Majesty in
Council to give an immediate sanction to the admission, duty
free, of foreign grain into all the ports of Great Britain and
Ireland, as the readiest means that can be adopted for not
only preventing the discomfort, but promoting the prospe-
rity, ancrtherel securing the contentment, of the people.
" And your memorialists will ever pray, &c."

Mr. W. H. nnocxErr, alderman of the bowngh of Gate& ~
head, seconded the adoption of the memorial.
-V4.
Mr. ARMSTRONG, an extensive corn-merchant, and a mem- •'..:'
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,___ii ber of the Newcastle Town Council, said if the motion had _
,P:' 41 been for a petition to Parliament for a revision or molincese ..$ * tion of the existing corn-laws, he should ltAq'. .eansperf; ' ' ready to have given it his support, but it ,' . 4.„,:', - ' r'":- that not the slightest ground existed for '' :titt"..' .;" .e. -.
sure which had been proposed. What ' - . ,-- ~ at ~, :41..'
of the country, which must be well know la, T. „ • on;
as a corn-merchant? He recollected that 'in the
year
1800, in this same month, when there was much less agita-
tion in the country about the admission of foreign corn than
at present, the price of wheat at Lynn, as appeared by an
old circular which he held in his hand, was 1365.- •
quarter, and rye 80s. a cluarter, or more than double die
price it was at present. No alarm existed then in respect
to a scarcity of food. In 1812 the average price of the
whole year of wheat was 1225., and still there was no alarm
about dearth or famine. Why, then, should such apprehen-
eions be entertained now ? He had stated in the council the
ether day, when this subject was under diecussion, that if
the duty were taken off, it would be compensated by the
additional price that would have to be paid to the foreigner,
and since then a circumstance had occurred, which proved
beyond all doubt the accuracy of that position. A house in
Konigsberg had written to a contractor here, desiring him to
sell 100 lasts of wheat. free on board there, at 50s. a quar-
ter. The house in Konigsberg, hearing of the great pro-
bability that the duty would be taken off in England, wrote
again a few days afterwards, in great haste, expressing their
hope the corn had not been sold, and desiring the factor to
put 10s. a quarter upon it. This circumstance alone proved
that if the duty were taken off, the difference would not go
to benefit the consumer in England, but to enrich the foreign
merchant. The very agitation of the question was produc-
tive of a great deal of needless alarm in the country. But it
was said the opening of-the ports would be the means of get-
ting the corn-laws done away entirely. He was against
doing them away entirely ; and he thought such a measure
would be perfectly ruinous to the agricultural interest of the
country. The country had never been without a corn-law
of one kind or other, and the great principle sought to be
established was, that the duty should vary inversely AS the
price of grain, which principle had never been so effectually,
carried out as under the existing law. Mr. Armstrong sup-
ported these views at some length, and concluded by declar-
ing his intention to oppose the motion.
Mr. S LOWERY, an extensive ship owner and timber mer-
chant, supported the motion, considering that wheat shotild
be put upon the same footing as flax, hemp, and other arti-
cles of importation, and then, when our ships went out to
foreign places, they could bring a return cargo of grain, if it
suited them, without reference to the duty. ln many parts
grain was the only article the foreign merchant had to offer,
and when the ship was prevented bringing that by the high
duty, she had to return empty, which was a serious inconve-
-1 nience and loss to the shipowner, as well as to the general
merchant. The abolition of the corn-laws would place the
trade upon a certain footing, now it was entirely of a specu-
lative character; and what was the cause of the present high
prises ? There was plenty of grain in the country, but the
holders of it were waiting till the duty got down, as they ex-
pected it would, to a shilling, when they would bring it into
the market in the hope of making more money than they
could by selling it at present. He approved of the resolution,
and trusted the Chamber would adopt it.
Mr. C. RAYste having recently discussed the subject at
some length in the Council, did not think it requisite to go
into any elaborate details on the present occasion. The
early history of the corn-laws, to which reference had been
made by Mr. Armstrong, clearly showed that the object the
promoters of them had in view was to make the price of corn
dear in this country, so as to enhance the value of the land,
and hence, at one period, a bounty was paid on exportation,
which was subsequently altered, as population and the de-
mand for food increased, to a duty on importation, the effect
of both measures being the same—that of affording protec-
tion, as it was termed, to native agriculture. The reason of
there being but little agitation against the corn-laws at the
periods referred to by Mr. Armstrong, was obvious. The
price of corn was so high that those laws became inoperative.
But when the pivot point was higher than it was at present,
the fluctuations were more violent, which showed that the
lower the pivot point was fixed, the more regular would
the price become, and if the duty were abolished altogether,
still greater steadiness would be the result. Mr. Rayne, after
illustrating these points, concluded by declaring his determi-
nation to support the motion.

The CHAIRMAN then put the motion to the meeting, when
it was carried on x chow of hands, only three being held up
against

Mr. N. HINDHAUGH, who did not vote on either side, mid
he was not a friend to the sliding scale, but be could not join
in the propriety of admitting foreign corn free of duty at th•
present moment.

The memorial was then signed by the Chairman on behalf
of the Chamber.
A requisition is in course of signature in the borough of
Gateshead to the Mayor, requesting him to convene a public
meeting of the inhabitants to take the subject into considera-
tion, with a view to memorializing the Privy Council in fa-
vour of the opening of the ports.

DESTRUCTION of the GLASGOW

CITY THEATRE BY FIRE.
Late last night, or rather early this morning, the above
splendid building, on the Public-green, with all its valuable
scenery, internal decorations, and other theatrical appur•
tenances, was entirely destroyed by fire, with the exception
of the walls, which still remain. The most providential,
and, at the same time, satisfactory consideration is, that the
fire occurred after the performance of the evening had closed.
'and when the audience had taken their departure to their
homes. Some idea, however, may be formed of the nearnesa
of the time between the theatre shutting for the night, and
the fire taking place, when we state that the gas lamps in
front were burning when the flames were first seen issuing
from the back part of the building. The tire on the whole
was one of the most formidable that has occurred in Glee-
.gow for many years, and created immense alarm all over
'the city. The internal part of the theatre being constructed,
almost entirely of wood and other inflammable mater;gas,
when the whole erection became enveloped, it formed i sight
at once fearful and sublime. It commenced precisely about
ten minutes past twelve o'clock ; and, although there was $
heavy fall of rain at the time, it had no effeot in diminishing
the awful grandeur of the scene to the beholder. The fire
raged, crackled, and burst forth with uncontrollable fury
from all parts of the house—at one time sending out myriads
of sparks over the east end of the town, and over the adjoin-
ing Adelphi Theatre—at another lighting up part of tlisi
buildings in Hutchison-town, with more than mi.:l-day
splendour, and anon sinking into furnace-like quietude, re-
lieved only by the clank of the fire. engines en(j in pre-
venting its spreading to the surrounding property. Indeed,
the prevention of further damage than the loss of the
theatre itself, from the commencement, appeared to
be the only judicious course left to the fire brigade, and it
was ably fbllowed out by Mr. Robertson, of the Glasgow
Police establishment, to whose activity and diligence in pity
Zing upon Mr. Miller's Adelphi Theatre may be ascrited this preservation of that extensive establishment. Adelphi
being composed altogether of wood ; this
of p
ind blewolicy was
h
the more advisable, as, for the first elf--hour, the w
the flames from the south in it! direction, and that of the se-
veral other buildings at the foot of Salt•market•street. The
heads of the different fire brigades—including Mr. Robertson
of the Glasgow, Captain Richardson of Gorbals, Mr. For-
syth, and the West of England, were on the spot
as quickly
as possible after an alarm had been raised, and did their
'best to check the ravages of the burning; but their best
intentions were unavailing towards preserving any of the pro-
perty in or about the City Theatre. We have not heard as
to the origin of the fire ; but we are sorry to learn that by the
misfortune nearly sixty persons will be deprived of employ-
ment, and that a large amount of their little property. such
as music and dresses, is entirely lost to them. The theatre
itself is valued at several thousand pounds, but Mr. Ander-
son, the proprietor (well known as the "Wizard of the
North"), we believe is fully insured in the York, West of
England, and Sun fire offices. At the hour we went to
press the engines were playing upon the smouldering ruins.—
Glasgow Chroniak.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.
NOTTINGHAM, THURSDAY, 10 O'CLOCK A.M.—Last night
,another fire, making the fourth within the short space of one
!calendar month, broke out in this neighbourhood, and I am
'sorry to say under circumstances warranting a strong con-
viction that incendiarism is extant in this part of the country.
During the day heavy rain had fallen, and at night, though
`occasionally fair, there was much rain, a circumstance quite
:unfavourable for the origination of a fire by a slight incident.
!Between 9 and 10 o'clock, a glare of light was seen in the
!horizon, for many miles around, in the direction of Beeston,
three miles from this town, and very soon afterwards I heard
!that a special messenger had arrived on horseback for
the engines, in consequence of a large stack-yard situated
in the centre of the above village being on fire, and the
stacks were burning with unabated fury. Oa riding to the
'spot I found two engines from Nottingham had ju4 arrived,
,and were in full play, but evidently useless as far as regarded
!12 out of 15 large stacks, consisting of wheat, barley, peas,
!beans, oats, hay, dills, and straw, which were one entire Mao
of fire and flame. Hundreds of people were lending &help-
ing hand, but difficulty was experienced for want of water.,
At half-past eight o'clock Mr. Joseph Walker, farmer, of
!Beeston, the owner of the stacks, walked by his stack-yard.'
land saw all safe; in ten minutes after a neighbour saw'
!flames bursting out of a dill stack, and gave an alarm, but
,in less than another quarter of an hour, eight or nine of the
stacks were all on fire, owing no doubt to a brisk west. wind
blowing at the time directly upon them. Portions of this
burning materials flew upon the cottages adjoining, and set
the thatch of two of them on fire, threatening deatruction
to the houses all around. By prompt measures this evil woe
averted; ladders being obtained, and wet blankets spread:
upon the burning thatch, on which water was thrown In fare
quantities. The removal of a bean stack was 01,0
footed, and a large hay and straw stack were saved by
'means of the engines, which, I ought to state, reached
Beeston
by a quarter past ten o'clock. The damage is
estimated at upwards of 1,0004, and of that sum only 4001.
has been insured in the Guardian-office. A general re-
port prevailed that this mischief must have been the work of
an incendiary, and though I did not venture an opinion re-
specting the 14 stacks destroyed by fire at
Bestwood-park,
only thirteen days ago, yet such is the mystery in which that
affair is involved, that great fears are now entertained that it
also was the diabolical act of sonic incendiary. Mr. Walker
occupies a farm in the parish of Beeston, consisting of 2011
acres of land, under Mr. Broughton, near Shiffnall, in Shrop-
shire, and is a very industrious steady man. There seemed
to be a general commiseration with him on his misfortune.
He considers from the stateof the weather, and no one having
been employed in the stack-yard that evening, that it is im-
possible the stacks, could have been accidentally set on fire.
A very tall person, attired in female dress, was said to have
been seen near the place a short time before the flames broke
out, and a suspicion arose that it must have been a man in
disguise who did the mischief. I made diligent inquiry to
ascertain the truth of this statement, but could not trace it
to any authentic source.

PROSPERITY OF TIIE COAL MINERS.—We learn,
with the most unfeigned pleasure, that the colliery popu-
lation in our neighbourhood is in a very prosperous con-
dition, all hands being employed and others in demand in
some quarters The hewers are earning from 31. to 4t pet
fortniglit.-7Vne Mercury.
CONFLICT RETWERIZ SMUGGLERS AND CUSTOM
OFFICERS.--A letter from St. Jean de Pied de Porte, of the
7th, says, " On Wednesday last acme goods were sent from
the Aldudes in charge of two bands of men, one Spanish, the
other French, who marched separately but in concert. pre-
ceded by four men, who acted as guides, and who had strict
orders to abandon the packages if they met any interrup-
tions on the road. The bands had reached the midst of the
great forest which separates the villages of Ei.gei from
Elizondo, in the Bastan, and the guides had just crossed a
torrent when four Spanish carabineros started from an am-
bush, and cried Halt!' The smugglers immediately threw
down their loads, recrossed the torrent, and scrambled up the
steep blnic on the right shore; the donaniers seeing them
escaping fired, and one of the guides, a fine young man, only
twenty-two, fell dead, a ball having pierced him through the
heart. The officers then picked up the packages and were
ascending the left bank, to proceed into the interior, when
they were surrounded by both bands, who, exasperated by
the loss of their comrade, overpowered them, and so cruelly
beat them, that it is said three are since dead. The Spanish
smugglers were by no means the least enraged against the
officers of their own nation."