The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vitt lit eptitton.

" Who runs may read."

POREXGR.

On Tuesday afternoon the King of the French, accompanied
by General de Rtnigny, M. Fontaine, and two orderly
officers, visited St. Cloud, and walked for some time in the
park. His Majesty returned to the Tuileries to dinner. In
the evening their Majesties received the English Ambassador
and Lady Cowley, the Neapolitan Ambassador and the
Duchess de Serra Capriola, the Portuguese Minister, the
Prince de Wallerstein, Lord Brougham, and many other per-
sons of distinction.

It is said that the mediation of Great Britain has been ac-
cepted for the settlement of the difference between the King
of Sardinia and the Bey of Tunis.
Accounts from Berlin of the 3d state, that the Prussian
Government contemplates a treaty of commerce with Por-
tugal. The treaty with the United States will, it is sup-
posed, come into operation in July. It is drawn up in
English and German, and not in French, as has hitherto been
the case with treaties.

We learn from Cologne that the desire to invest capital in
the German railroads is so great that the applications for
shares of the intended road from Cologne to Creteld, for which
only/2,400;000 Prussian crowns' were required, amounted to
52,908,000 crowns; and for the road from Bonn to Coblentz,
for which three millions and a half were wanted, the applica-
tions amounted to eighteen millions.
The Municipal Council of Rheims voted, on the Bth inst.,
a credit of 1,500,000 f., to guarantee a minimum of interest
of 3 per cent. to a capital of 5,000,000 f., which was to be sub-
scribed in that town by the Company of the Strasburgh Rail-
road, passing through the valley of the Aisne, Soissons,
Rheims, St. Menehould, MOZ, &c.

. .
At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Lyons, on
the sth inst., to take into consideration the Bill for the rail-
road between Paris and Chalon, and the interests therein of
Lyons in particular, it came to a resolution to petition the
Chamber that the road should be continued to Lyons, either
by the State or by Companies, and that the two Bills should
be both presented and passed this session.
The Municipal Council of Metz has come' to a resolution
that it will grant an annual sum of 40,000 f., as a guarantee
for the payment of the interest on the capital to be embarked
in the proposed railroad between Metz and Sarrebruck.
The Lyons journals of Wednesday inform us that there
has been no fresh disturbance at Rive-de-Gier, but that the
miners who have turned out have not yet returned to their
work, although they have been offered their former wages.
They demand that a tariff shall be drawn up, and signed by
the owners of the mines.
LAW AND POLICE..
At Guildhall, Julia Regent, aged 17, a girl of the wandering
mendicant class, was charged with wilfully. breaking a pane
of glass, value 71. 55., in the shop-window at Mr. Boyle's, a
jeweller, No. 28, Cheapside, about eight o'clock the preceding
evening. Sir Peter Laurie asked the prisoner why she did
it ? She replied she wanted to go to prison. Sir Peter Laurie
-aid he would give her the full term of punishment, and com-
mitted her to hard labour for two months.
A slight-made, delicate-looking woman, named Jane
Thorpe, alias Hindle, apparently about 24 years of age; was
charged before Mr. Bingham, at Worship-street, with being
implicated in numerous robberies in dwelling-houses, ccitn-
tnitted by a man named William Hindle, an engineer; who
is now in custody on those charges. After hearing the evi-.
dance .of the policeman who arrested her, the magistrate
ordered her to be remanded, and brought "up again on Mon-
day fur re-examination with the other prisoner,
Edward Proctor, who had been apprehended some days
ince at an early hour in the morning in the seine bed with
his mother, by Sergeant Teackle, of the H.division of police,
on a charge of being concerned with his brothers and two
other persons in an extensive system of fraud and plunder,
was brought before Mr. Norton, at Lambeth-street, for final
examination. The other members of the gang had previously
been finally examined, and stood committed for trial. There
:are altogether upwards of thirty cases against the prisoners,
and the property which they obtained amounted to 7001. or
300/. Sergeant Teackle said that in all his experience he
had never had such difficulty in bringing forward witnesses.
Mr. Norton paid a merited compliment to the Sergeant for
the skill and activity he displayed in apprehending the
whole of the gang and bringing them to justice, and com-
mitted the whole of the prisoners for trial at the present session
of the Central Criminal Court.

COURT —PA.5R1011715.331.21.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert will take their departure
from Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace, on either
fuesday or Wednesday next. The period for the departure
of their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, for
the Continent, is not yet publicly known.
The Prince of Leiningen, who arrived at Windsor on
Thursday evening, with Prince Albert, having accompanied
the Prince Consort from Ostend to England, will remain in
this country, upon a visit to her Majesty, for about A fort-
night. .At. the end of the present month his Serene Highness
will accompany his illustrious mother, the Duchess of Kent,
to the Continent, where her Royal Highness is expected to
remain for about three -weeks.or a month.
The Archbishop of York will entertain his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, and the Noble Directors of the Con,
certs of Ancient Music, at dinner, on Wednesday next. in
Grosvenor-square, his Grace being Director for the evening.
Ile venerable Prelate has engaged Madame Caradori Allan,
Iliss Rainforth, Maclaine F. Lablache, Messrs, Nanvers,
ilawkins, Bradbury, &c.
The Duke and Duchess of Leinater, accompanied by Lady
Jane Fitzgerald and the Marquis- of Kildare, are expected
to leave Carton House, near Maynooth, the week after next,
nor Carlton-terrace, for the season.

The Earl and Countess of Vernlam and Lady Jane Grim-
Aon are expected to return to Grosvenor• square, on Monday,
from Earl Craven's, Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The
Noble Lord will entertain a large party, at Gorhambury,
;luring the approaching races.
Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester left Farrance's Hotel,
13elgrave-street, yesterday, for Malta.
.The Earl and countess of Rosebery, and the Ladies Prim-
rose, leave Warren Wood, on Monday next, for the Terrace,
_ _ _

The COuntess of Beauchamp has left Portman-square, for
13righton.

MARKET NE S.---(THIS DAY.)_
• COVENT-GA *N.
Although our market was heavily supplied with most
,irticles in season, the generai demand was active, and good
:;earances were effected on the following terms :—Potatoes
ona 2e. 9d to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, 2s to 3s 6d ; Cole •
'orts or Greens, 2s to 4s ; Turnips, is 6d to 2s 3d; and
i.,;!eks, 8d to 1s 2d per dozen bunches ; Spinach, 6d to 10d;
),pples, Is to 4s ; and Brocoli Sprouts, is to Is 6d per half
stv• ; Asparagus, 3s to ; French Beans, is 6d to 24 ;
()ranges, 8s to 15. ; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100; new
Litatoes, 4d to lid; Pico Apples, Os to 9s per lb; Spanish
onions, is 6d to ss; Beetroot, 6d to ls, and Parsnips, 6d
per dozen ; Horse-radish, 2e to 5s ;, Celery, 8d to 2. 3d ;
tihubarb, lid to is 6d; and Brocoli, 2s to 3s per bundle.

fr I"..** Gisltlit 4U YI .1.Z.6.1314,-.. Alta.
We had a good supply of fish, yet the demand was some-
shat active, as follows :—Fowls, is 6d to 4s 3d ; Chickens,
I s to 2s ; Ducks, is to '2s 3d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons,
4d to 10d; Turkeys, 5s to 8s; Rabbits, 3d to is 6d;
ind Hares, is 6d to 2s 6d each. Each kind of prime
meat was in steady request, at very full prices ; but other.
N..ise the demand was inactive.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ;
\tutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d
to 48 8d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.
NMWPORT.
Prime Beef, Mutton, an Lamb sold freely, other kinds of
'neat slowly at but little variation in prices. Beef from 2s 6d
to 3s 4d; Mutton, 26 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ;
Veal, 3s 441 to 41 8d ; and Pork 2s 6d to 4s 4d per Blbs.
BELLINGSGATM.
There was a steady demand for most kinds of fish at
full quotations. Turbots, 8s to 17. ; Cod-fish, is 6d to
Ss ' • Brill, 6d to 2s ; Halibut, 4s to 8s ; Haddocks, 2d
to 6d; Lobsters, 10d to 3s 3d; Whitings, Id to 3d; Crabs,
8d to 3s ; Scates, 10d to 3s ; Gurnets, 6d to Is; Plaice, 3d to
10d each ; Soles, 6d to 3s 6d per pair ; Eels, 4d to 10d per
lb; Flounders, is to la 4d per dozen; Oysters, 13s to 501
per bushel ; Red Herrings, 40s to 41s per barrel; Mackarel,
4d to 8d each.

WEIXTECHAPEL.
Most kinds of Meat were taken off steadily at full prices.
Beef, from 2s 4d to 34 6d ; Mutton, 28 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb,
5s Id to 6s 6d; Veal, 3e 4d to 46 8d; and Pork, 2s 4d to
43 2d per 81ba.

RIINGBZWO RD.
This market was but moderately supplied with all descrip,
tioni of produce, yet the general demand was heavy, at
prices about equal to those ruling in the other markets.

31BREAD. '
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis ars from
8d to Bid; of Household ditto, bid to lid per 41b loaf.

alas MAXZET.
Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers,
5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides; 4s 3d to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto,
4s to 4a 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per akin—Market
calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; short
ditto, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; lamb skins Is to 2s; and shearlings,
4d to 8d each.

MIT 11TARHE'X'S.
SiurrimELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ ' • use-
ful ditto, 31 3s to 3/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 lOs to
31 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to Si; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s
Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both Hay and
Straw met a dull sale at barely the above quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s to 3/ 53; useful
ditto, 31 6s to 31 13s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 41r
Clover Hay, 315 s to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/95 ; Wheat
straw, 1/ es to 11 12s per load. Supply but moderate
and trade dull.

WEITECTIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 163 to Si 5s ;
useful ditto, 31 6s to 31 10s ' • fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to
3/ 168; Clover Hay, 31 5s to Si ss; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/
8s; Wheat Straw, II 8s to I/ lOs per load. A good supply
and a heavy demand.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY.
We have fair arrivals of grain to this day's market.
The Wheat trade has been steady, at fully last week's
prices. Barley is taken, off to a moderate extent, on
much the same terms as we last noted, as also are Oats,
Shelling, and Beans.

Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel.
EXTRA.
Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent... Red...—. —to 5'7 64 t NNW.
55
Ditto ditto White... ••••• 6,1 56 56 Norfolk
Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red —55 52 6i
Ditto ditto Whi e.... 58 54 55
York ,hi,t
Ditto ditto White... 58 54 57
Foreigi.
—. •
Ditto ditto White... 56 66

Per guar.:7 imperial.
Barley, Norfolk and S,lff'olk — 33 30 31
Yorkahitt,
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Per qr. f 691 b. t• th hu.t:el.
Tlct Beans. Small ' n- a
31 35 32 33
Foreign. 3l 34 30 32
Oats, Vvtatu a ,c 1 rola d., •
lUtlaliPP lO :. to as.. Forrign to —d. Pc: S,cr. •
0000000 000000000 •• 000000000 :21. to 25 • per Lcad.
M.:t
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00000 25..0. t.'7l. Os. —I. Os, per L 3• t.

ERRATUM.—In our first leading article of yester-
day, in line 15 from the end, for the word " extortion" rend
" exertion."

THE SALMON FISHERY.—The good effects of the
Fisheries Association are daily becoming more and more
apparent ; the number of fish already taken far exceeds
the quantity captured within the whole season of a great
number of years. Nearly two hundred fish were cap-
tured (with nets) by the fishermen of Worcester and
Stourport, in the first open month • and of this number
all, with some trifling exceptions; were taken below and
within half a mile of the weir at Lineombe, the great ma-
jority of the fish having actually been netted in the short
artificial cutting between the weir and tiro old bed of
the riv©r below.-- Worm*" igunfa

THE WILLS FORGERIO'

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CRIMINAL COURT.—(TIIIO.-
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OLD COURT. .
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CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL Or'' .
FLETCHER, AND MRS. DOREY-' 44 °
The Judges—Baron Ghrney, Justice Williams, 'll'4o
Maule—took their seats'en the Bench precisely at tei.ifor
when the prisoners, William henry Barber, Josiiug!'
and Georgiana Dnrey, were placed at the bar. ' A Fr'
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said before his Learn:l3,l,e!
(Mr. Wilkins) proceeded to open the defence ell petit
in order to make the case for the prosecution at 'one
oreonl
he wished to put in some documents which he had 1181:1.00,
frequently to allude to and the signatures to eaeh''o,.,eptic9'
was necessary the jury should be satisfied were 1"0, 04
These were three documents from Doctors' Centizsbol
four from the Bank, and they were all signed by; a to 9
Stewart. These instruments having been banded
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examined by the jury,
Mr. WILKINs rose and said, he had the honour- tebestrond
before them on that occasion, as counsel for Mr. Bet 0 el
he did not use that word honour lightly, for despite,b btu
denunciations of the press, and all the calumnies I.
_As
been heaped upon him, he thanked God he had the c°,;001
knowing well his innocence, to state that he had the long
to appear there that day, as the advocate of Willixte_4o.
Barber. And if there was any drawback to that teimild 0
there was any depressing circumstance on his
that time, it arose from the consciousness .00
he deeply felt, of his inability to do 41111,„Jest1
.to Mr. Barber's. case and character. Never r,,,,,
had :the --honour of belonging to the profess!:- or
he enter upon a duty with so much fear. and so littledte;e
complacency. He trembled, not on account of 011,40 le _I
of him whom he had 'to defend, but of the obstsci e
the prosecutors had thought proper to throw ill 'til•eep,,
wos
Mr. Barber, in proving his innocence. He had to, Oil'
with the first forensic talent of the land, with see" '.,
that his heart sank within him, and this more es • fir
e
when once or twice when answers were given by
.as
nesses, he had heard expressions of applause; ' - mwr V
Baron Gunter—Surely not. I did not, bear
„a,
thing. ,;.,,e tr:A'
. Mr. WlLKlNS—Perhaps his Lordship did, net 1,4417,a OF
but lie (Mr. Wilkins) and his friend Mr. Jellied uniello
and, with every respect to the Bench, he should Sel it.
plause was must discreditable to•those Selitrittterta st !"4
had he nothing else to complainiof ? -11 e, had'- Mole Ofr.,
beginning of the case thr a separate trial, 'in4lhe
would not concede it, except at the instance -01:s bor.„
ney-General. Without running the risk of beinifs'' of
with adulation to one whom all the young merflnist
trii;
profession looked up to as . a father, 'he .1',1,01 . A
that there was no man whom he more. honouree no V
eminent man. But all his respect would not `info"sal4
doing his duty independently, and stating that bd I't it!A,
refused that request on grounds the most inconsistirli ,007
reason, and the most unfounded in truth, he,had- eve thee!,
1 His L?arned Friend had asserted it was necessary t°ibrtliAC
; ministration of justice they. should be triellogethee4he reli,
had all been working together. . But that w
lir cits ''..,4 0.3
reason why lie should hay,: had his request grantelnel,4l"
those with whose guilt it was tried to mix him os 9"
innocence have been best established. What Wtbisoieli/
step taken by Mr. Barber when made a prisonee\as te
office and taken to the Mansion House? Was it.e!n eiliai
for Fletcher? Did he not when asked by the'bo'",olo,l
if he had counsel, immediately reply that he to ctS
no counsel ; he wanted nothing but. evidegee.,, 7r 0 9,2
himself, and to 'that end he sent-for Fletcher- ~;;;;eIV,
end he
.had sought a separate trial now. and that 'foe,
been most unfairly refused. Did not these things;, 06
difficulties under. which Ma. Barber had ' lab° Or
who commenced life as a poor boy; and had woeked...lo:)
up to a respectable station in life, as .every industnTii
10
was sure to do, and who was now immured inlito(.4 1
the only consolation left to him, which ryas .i/Itstrj I
innocence. In order to complete the destruction of sa Kw., 1
there was arrayed against him not only all the lel.ft Odle' '
he bad spoken of, but evidence from almost ever!" P-:,.0 orti
kingdom ; and all his papers. and books, which ly„,,,idf•
sary to him, withheld from him. He asked not t'lt),
their pity, under these circumstances, but for their sjA te4
And, satisfied was he, that even with all theie difae.;ooP;i
should clearly and absolutely prove his client'Sti rirj
First, to call attention to the speech of • his. Lesul% .0_ Art i
the Attorney-General. First, he besought them to V 0,09 I
verdict according to the evidence, and he- (Mr' y,l
All 0 '7 ,
echoed that prayer. He must, however, first of .69 I
he had observed lately, and that with dismal, a triei 0. 1
dency on the part of the bench to dictate to uric*, .er to
produced consequences of the most injurious charle_..,' toe? ;
best interests of justice. He therefore besought the fie t
their verdict according to the evidence, and that 4,°11000r0
all that the witnesses had said was, that Stewart hie'oellad
to their knowledge. That was all they ventured tLet rill
Then came, the journey of Fletcher, in May, tku'- 9
low ; and on the 25th of June he went to Mr.fir- .11-n rAO
he had discovered that Stewart hada sister. Din,: eforrol
or Mr. Coxwell, or Mr. Hyatt, or any other of 06,0, 0
write to contradict this P - Not one of them did Ad
Attorney-General said about the same time Bernii Jot
Marlow. He (Mr. Wilkins) put into the witness. Sie
tie
hands a bill which he admitted he had drawn out. welt
sworn that Mr. Barber was at his house in May ('t.IIOFS
his own handwriting the bill was dated the 18tn,...,. 'epl
Now he (Mr. Wilkins) would prove that not fOr.1": 4,
May or June was Mr. Barber away from Londttlifitroe
would prove that on the 18th of October he wsli:foso
He would prove that in May or June Mr... Bather „S" !tie
casion to go down to Marlow and that in Q 001.7,0 7 0
business which called him there; and this journel.;;Oty
after he had written to Mr. Strode, after ke but 111 t
Mr. Coxvrell, and after Messrs. Pickering, the i ~. I I
expressed themselves dissatisfied with what. both, /300? ,
before them. But it was said he went-down int',4to,o i.
Clarence Peckham, Esq. But he, had given his :
in Nelson-square, and he had a clerk of the nana-e:,.010 ,
who, in his absence, might and would have o_,Ylits
letters ; and, therefore, had Mr. Barber' been •li gw.- i
he was taking about as direct a course Co have 11.a.aP.iifsot
out as man well could do. What did the veitnestlo),..'' (10.00 •
Barber? Did he not say he was coming up t0'.1179,
week? To be sure_ e did, and Mr. Barber asks7olt)llo
and have a bit of dinner with, him; ..ble did call' .--1,19 0
staring him in the face, wawa large brass plate, 004 A
words upon it, "Mr Barber, Solicitor."- Did it 001
reason that a clever, acute man like Mr. Barber iO.
"Yeris,
done so simple an act as this? - Why, it was well 04,1
there were many ,
men who made an honotirablsto ;0
mate livelihood by tracing out properties and 111'n.0,0
getting large rewards for their infolination ''ciellq
parties benefited by it.. To this- end secrecy, es.:Ye, titglii
the outset, was often not merely desirable, but soe-se it )(I
cessary. If this seeress, was observed at first, to
lowed up afterwards? Why, Mr. Barber had.writte ol
Strode, stating that there was a sister 'of Stesvert'r4
merely stating this, but demanding from him the,cted
wages due to her deceased brother. He wrote the 51".- Vd/
Coxwell—he declared the same to Messrs. Pickeriniko3,
he dared to have done this had he not himself htded
fact? Would lie have been stupid enough to 11'7,4
this had he not hiMself been convinced of the fec 1
of the evidence Which detailed all Fletcher's P'r t
:touched Mr. Barber in the slightest degree. Net 01 0,
statement of Griffin. Every document preps7,i; ii,
pared by the order of Fletcher, and Barber was
_A.'"" slllov
ei
it; and even when the other security was requirer,n i
not obtained for, or by, or at the instance of 13arr or
with all the energy which had been shown in this int
tion, he defied them to bring evidence to shove IttYi.oo ll,' ''..
between Fletcher and Barber—that ever Fletcher,' use .1.1,
with Mr. Barber, or passed the threshold of his.‘o°l3,oo,'
'Fletcher from 1838 to 1840 had been a client of olr;asiir
bringing to him business of such a character as n''' 0° tol
most valuab!e one, but a client only had he beell'n- IA
his legal agent had Mr. Barber become mixed liroeied,
matters, and it had all been carried on in thebt 02#0,
ordinary course. The very evidence now broil the II
was all taken from Mr. Barber's office. Therfs e a Iry
ments and papers-were—and there they were teunrel
his desk open like to others, and with- other Per,tero •
words " Stewart's affairs" endorSed in large 'e.' /0,1
them:- But nearly all these documents bad be el
and executed before ever Mr. Fletcher applied.toapertof
in the matter, and Mr. Barber on receiving the ric, 9'
ilti,i
they had all been correctly prepared. This cleer ;100, a
that Mr. Barber was the party imposed on, if imp 011)0'
been practised. But the Attorney-General hat'd se
that the certificates of baptism would have Inielerir, ' 1
ifthat was ignorant of Stewart's family and hist° 6 !
were the very words of the Learned- -AtWrr `lo'l/46 01, ,
Why, Mr. Barber was ignorant, wholly ifkinir°li
Stewart, his family, his history, ' or - his 1, 000 a.
he had been misled, as any other man--might of if 14 r
But did Mr. Barber conceal these certificates or de 06•0!
the papers? Not one. What did the murdereroe fro
had committed his dreadful-crime? Did he 11,°t. sitiLd,
instrument of his deadly work? To be sure.a.,n3arol To
was his first thought, his first effort.. Did' Itlx, ',.itittA,l
guilty Mr. Barber, conceal the evidence of hi5,,,,-130:4,
concealed nothing. The clever, the shrewd NneiVo
TthheeAretwtoernreeyth-Ge epnaeprearlshhaydintgruilnyhciaslloeffidchei7, conc et'i, e 0. A 1 .
open to '-eitliti '
tion of his clerks, of his clients, of every one why? •q
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office. Did this look like guilt or like innoceot 03affo
not those papers have been destroyed the wont. Or.Atic,
'answered their purposes had Mr. Barber been
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partner to a fraud? The words "Stewart's Aviu- fac'oseo
was endorsed in large letters upon them, and 015 10 Ai
was proof strong to the jtitt. of Mr. Barber;„'s tqes
Now, if 'Mr. Barber had bests a guilty party '7.10 'etc 1i
would he have gone with Miss Richards'. to " tilclo I
receive the stock? He was not required•to do °lefi
' ssd,o
no necessity that he should do so, and the-clev.'n, 1. r,,,,
nious Mr. Barber never would havetdone so litlGejitige 1
party conscious of wrong. But the AttorneY.,,,,. 'ft •#,.,/,
this lady was not Miss Richards. He (_.°:;;elocceyo,l
said she was. - There was assertion s_„trthe ;4 ,
tion, and the one was quite asgood *" • "10 1
.tve
They would remember that a day or two after te
~y ,
01; 0 A
Mr. Hill, the broker, sent for Mr. Barber, and °A, .... or
told him that he had paid him 3/. 2s. 9d..toonit,--etni 00
been engaged in a fraudulent transaction, whetti;sol4o of
he have pursued under these circumstances? 1.,,(1 00
have put his hand in his picket' immediately 70f 4 t 44
money? Undoubtedly he would. But illst_t-eil, l,
gave him Miss Stewart's address at Canahe.'", -stegrY4
him to go to her. If lie had gone he would.lP7alo, el
discovered, from the appearance of Miss Storitti.,;ole'rett
been imposed upon, and had unwittingly bOll ..-0,04 lII°
to a fraud. Why did Mr. Hill identify Bliss Ste of
40,,
Bank? Because he knew Mr. Barber to be, 1'.7, 00/0
man. And why did Mr. Barber identify neTreeteifil
same reason. Every man was the creature of c'h tr")„
~/
You would say that it .would be a f00h5".400,79'
• •,.e eoe se ~
any man to sign a paper without knowing 1. orig. A. if
the judges themselves frequently did so ; dePet le 0;0.1
and others, who they believed to be respect* stel.o7
worthy men. So Mr. Barber identified Mit; OrooSe
lieving her to be a respectable person—and rt-t".leils'oei
quently did the same thing.. Both acted in the,,,Piiir t 0
and their conduct was to be accounted. for I„
~All.u; bis. .Oa
He now came to a very important faet, wni'yi,a., ich,,as- . lte,
Friend the Attorney-General admitted, and
coon
11:1;01510
weigh with the jury. A large sum of nio incl.
from the Bank. Mr. Barber's property, ev_enAret .00,
furniture, had been sold since this charge Vr X''...:-0011' if r
and but for the assistance of a few friends lie "- ' 1":40011
had money to defend himself on this occaleon...ao_, dot
amount he had received on account of this 13;0590
30/. Was it likely, he would ask, that gr;.? lie t d'
have incurred such risk for so small an amount': Greo. i 0
this consideration was entitled to great weigh_ cierlt of tatrfti
had been laid on the application made to the ~ing 0..:,,,
in Scotland, to substitute Jane for Janet, it le''
the
.of
the letter that Janet in Scotland was Jane in,,,lletile O:
his part he did not know at that moreentee th°00;011
such was the fact. At the.close of his addr_otiee il Jo
Attorney-General expressed a wish that Rodeo4o%
done in this case. To that wish he (Mr. ‘'xs the e : '''‘
4:0
said, "Amen!" After some further Weer., the .„ .0,
Counsel proceeded to comment at length '''
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brought in support of the prosecution in 14., Dee ~ich, r
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en being examined, were found to exhibit in every respect a
Professionalrof appearance. Mr. Hill, the stock-broker, admitted.
Mr. Barber was a member of the same literary Society
Its himself. That Society was composed of persons of known
ability and integrity. Was character to have no influence
• I,IPOn their decision, or were literary men likely to be engaged
la a transaction of this nature ? 1 f Mr. Barber had suspected
that this was a forgery, would he have s•gued his own name
!_it. the Bank? Believing the person who called. herself Miss
Vewart to be Miss Stewart, he snapped his fingers at Messrs.
ekering, and acted upon her instruction a, When 30/. was all
lthat he was to have for his services, if he were a guilty man
be was certainly the maddest guilty man ever heard of. S'ould
behove paraded his name beibre the public for such a paltry
sum? In referring to Mr. Barbo.'s writing to Mr. Strode, he
that Barber gave his own ,inune, and I hat this reit-
. ba,,, tt 1-7.- iTh Ty probable that he should before have given the
%.4-br Peckham, as the inconsistency would probably have
'le en discovered by Mr. Strode, and woithl have excited sus-
, teion in hia mind. In commenting on the letter of Mr.
•siarber, in reply to that of Messrs. Pickering and Co:, he said
that if that letter failed to convince the jury of his innocence,
L°tbing which he could do would have that effect. If this do-
. telltrient did not prove innocence, he (Mr. Wilkins) was no
dge of human character. Ile made an application to
tears. Pickering and Co., for the payment of a small balance
believed
belief him identity, and he now made this claim in the firm
of it himself.- Was this the conduct of a man, who,
21 the meridian of existence, was exposing himself
2 the risk of ignominiouspunishment ? It Appeared
pat the legacy duty had not paid. It was very common
. ler attorneys to leave the duty unpaid for eighteen. months
Illtwo years, the Government not insisting on. earlier pay-
' tent. It not being paid in this instance showed that Barber
Za's needy man ; but had he been a guilty ne, it would not
a/e been left unpaid. This delay f payoment would of
I.4,ecessity provoke the inquiry which lie must be anxious to
It appeared that Griffin who, there could be no doubt,
"
t,. from M a guilty paDorerty '. had received 5/. from Mr. Fletcher and
...
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• JAstas—Mrs. Dorey's mother.
• • WrnkiNs thanked his friend tbr correcting him. No
r_t.ing would be further from his wish than to do anything to
Jare
7
h the case of that unfortunate woman, for whom,
~Ither innocent or guilty, he felt sincere pity.
had now gone through the hle of the evidence. He
thrdl
• not trouble them with many inure remarks. What,
/cos-the case against Mr. Barber ? Supposing they had
qtyb9
doubt respecting the testimony of Hyatt, there was not
tittle of evidence to show that Barber appeared in the
~ • Pnsaction until long after the bond was executed. Mr.
•,, Ocher was the parts, who took lodgings for Miss Stewart,
all agave all the directions, and who took the leading art in
till proceedings. If Mr. Barber did not visit Marlow
the October all the difficulty vanished. He had ex plained
•,difficulty arising from' the name "Peckham." He
21,;444 call witnesses who would prove that Mr. Barber was
ine,dinary character. His literary pursuits were altogether
,teyneistent with his being guilty of this charge. With a
rpind these pursuits would have no weight ; but to
4(hri,Wno knew how literary tastes rarified and ennobled the
Mt that would appear worthy of great consideration.ie
144
nther.appealed, however, to their sense of justice., bI
pity—he asked them not to be guided either y
nor by sympathv ; but he appealed simply to their
settee
, 01 justice. The noblest sacrifice which could
liteu,de was that of prejudice to truth. That sacri-
lion. he called upon them to make. In propor-
tL... -to the destitution and misery of the prisoner, he asked
111. to weigh well the considerations which he had ad-
)y,„l!-(1, • In the meridian of life, the prisoner was deserted
eoe from whom he had been accustomed to receive sym-
- til"Y and caresses. Mr. Barber looked to them alone for
;enaracter. There he stood, a withered man; but at their
acros he-felt confident justice would be done to hint, and this
:be some compensation to him for being deserted by
•Co nends. He trusted that.the jury would, by their ver-
ii!eeeue him from obloquy and disgrace.
• hcf. `Learned Counsel-spoke for about three hours and a
. • prisoaer Barber appeared to be deeply affected by
Their Lordships and the jury then retired for a few mi.
114teo, and on their return,
tieml,(.lßEAvEs applied to their Lordships for permission to
• hidiris defence of the prisoner Fletcher until Mr. Wilkins
dg?ne through the evidence which he intended to bring
• it Auld
of Barber, on the ground that until that period
• . he'ould be impossible for hint to understand in what position
Zes really placed.
tir Lordships declined to grant the:application.
)1:1_1% Gar:AvEs then rose to address the jury in defence of
when our reporter left.
•
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IrEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

TO THREE.
CITY,
The Cotton Market at QllT•lierpßoTolKßuhnadrs.
. lieVernent yesterday. Sales,
arket was not quite so r,o .1. , , 1.,'
rnaci
le:T. underwent
s no
Shareim -
• • . motive ' 'Stocks, but in thee 3',Tao,‘
, Chester and
fionr,s7:the light
therePtal no change. Caledonian were
: ie°-°W:3: h6e4d ; 71 :Manchester DublinandanCdasßheirl,ms4_:..lrm4i,
23;
Ediin4B4burg;lizita..tanierdnisGnalannsdd-
l.r,,,"llB) 3/. 2s. 6d. • Paris and Stras u L,
7,:ri ;114 ; South-Eastern New, :-)-.
..
"4 is the pay-day on the last Consol A.tcchitairi,oNisl-heiocirh wassa.
Settled yesterday, and, as far as we hear, if
have rallied
-•••tiSfactorily. Consols for Money and .1-
11'0111 100 i to 1005. Tke Commissionecr'so
Ihis rnorni g The New Three-and-a-Halfn I
Reduced Three
(lid,ernoctenptus.rchhaalre
' been
firm at 3i i to 44 per cent. abov
rCents. at 995 3; and Exchequer above par.
at 765. 745. prem.
•nknk Stock continues at 204
Funds have been very trial;
i_le variations in the Foreign
1 ..'ug to-day. Spanish Thtec Cents.;
DhuatNc•
he beenFiv pe r quoted
Cents,
and 4 ; the Five per Centsieart
ex Venezuelan,
fnle,k,
itfualilvl‘ft.Na•
at
'*:t and 154.
aIN i ; Mexioan at 355 ; and C26oombian,
at rfaenws a
hc tneydi
ni ng
eyr aSghea ramount
Ao'fithbudsi tifneeasre n th arse sbuel et
sn,
"'"nigha and Gloucester have recede( o i
but in value. North Midland has been sold at 10
ddiissccnoluinntt:
is at 7.
thou,a now 54 discount. 13olanos Mine. S
W`lti DeUtlonte, Unregistered, at 41; Santiagocr(ca Cuba at
'; And London and Westminster Bank at 25. BBITIOR FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Blatt stock (From the Official List)
aciOi
.3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
siN 3 per Cent. Consols, Annuities loo%x %
,03,4
% per CentAllteduced Annuities
104% 10:i% "4%
441, 3% Per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire Sties
Jan. 13C0..• ****** -
Ditto 30 years, Ex,sire
r 10th 359 c
Ditto' Years Expire j Oct.'ip,o3.
1122Z-I 8
Consols for Account sth
an.
10.114%
Ertelsequer BilLs,
IV.
1 WO/. INd.
74 pin.
4301
*** . ....................... - • ....... "..
74 pm.
Dltto S;;;11.11:: ..
" .
Pon Prn,-
li,
ti,i'll`rab'Ailnrl/30ND.S. ............. AT ONE O'C
IL4ONC 1
„i
Mexican 80nd,%7 Sp • cent'
Ditto for the Ac ' per
36
Ditch
Bondi c°eupn Cent 1810 96,4
Ditto ressivilonds: er
6Nti
13
~Ditto Deferred
Ditto Three per Cent.
It Dltto for the Account -•- ...... ---
' "34-0.14
entntela Bonds 2 per Cent...-.
,nbirto Deferred ' ..•
83f. '7sc.
F tench Rentes,3 ********* Cent*
25f 60c.
• Dutteehhans tisraYt.e.ents....... .... „.... ............
Ditto for the Account.
rkICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE RAILWAXII.
PEI Susan
94_
Ite,, Ihitham arid Gloucester ..... 100 ........ 93 ...... 024
‘-aiedonian .
Chester and Holyhead ............. . 5
5.
i? to
7 ,s 4 -
Ikblin and Caslicl.... '2
Z
tastern counties -
........
.2
......
12
'l4
..;
to
-
~.Ditto New Registered Bl. Cs. Fki. ...... 1404% A%
~,
"nilbUrgh and Glas ow . ... 50
, Ditto Registered g " 14;, -
Ditto__"resit Western .. .......... . ......... 75 -
Shares' .......
„, to -
Ditto Fifths ... ......... 12 ' l,%q
... to -
11,_srsoich (Brai.iii;;Zt'e ..
. 2 -
Bull and Seib
radonn and Birmingham. -
227 to -
-'l,lork and Brighton
44.4
to -
Lon4don and South Western 41%
Ma_ nchester and Birmingham ... 40
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 18 ...
tttooo :41
North British 2!,i
Co -
~Vorth Midland
..,,, .1., to -.
2.. ...• .-,v:. •••
She and Brandon
...
'netield and Manchester .. .....
...
tto•
......
4
x_Ditto shares
36 35%,.. to 96
-"uth Eastern and Dover ......
9% ...... to 10%
~ Ditto New
• to
50
intk and NorthiMklland
to -
~ ~,,
R.asnitt.. Tarboro'' Branch
~04
-tasbrg and Basle ......... ...... 14 -
_ JOINT stubsBANES.
-Aldan and Westminster 2O
per PRICESntco OsoFis IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 111g..92%
inree aencl.a Half Stock .. .
. lO2 •
Ditto Reduced
10'2 tg
. Ditto New, Is3o ...
94%
Vi per Cent Debentures
We
ank Stook
85
•
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
874
Ditto 4 per cent.- ...........
LAST PRICES OF SHARES. _
.
PAID. PER MUNE.
.
130
Dzuj,tblr:lki;:nntoisal:tuvelthnnAiddp'bLlZAßoT 5 .a
d
7 !
' brothede .. .. ••: . ~„ . . . . 55
- . Dublin and eas.hel ...... 2,,~
, rtlibernian Bank ...
taeotityitoinnil:ll4nßi,ri,kaittn7k.r....n..
........................................ .
.......................... 1275%
10
25
8%
18
Coplll3 r4ui 'si I ISI
d;t.:S.,,Matial7cMC;,:tomCmpopai nanin,yaYn y • 19°5
014 9B
50
50 so
MANCIIES JER-
pored4ll animated market to-day and
T— eics. EXCHANGE, APRIL su.
The following sales have been reported
. -12ristol and Gloucester 5 it • F astern Counties Regis-
Ziddttra4/ Lhancasterpricesl2.— welllVe
and Preston,o 38 i 39 1 •
41
3 ; South
~ in' I.`z 49k i ; Paris and liou,n, 3
East ° ' Manchester
. ey Junction, 31i •
"vlll' 351 • Sh gi fieldand
Rat% 1 , c e Manchester, Quarter 8/ i
.derafield Cons!, 21 4 '
. Caledonian, Si. 3s. 9d. ; find-
.
-_-__,.....___!..L.„....„..__,..„.„...g,..,„.....
LONDON
.1 AND BIRMINGIUM RAlLWAY.—Yester-
`_43' a numerous meeting of the Proprietors, Shareholders,
and Directors of the London and Birmingham Rahway Com-
PanY was held
0, at the grand terminus, Euaton-square, for two
oects--narnely, for the purpose of considering the draft of a
Cherl sow before Parliament, for making a railway from
, _ter to Holyhead, whereby it was intended to take power
tut
the Company to subscribe the suns of 1,000,000/, towards
the construction of the same, and to express approval or dis-
_otheaPProval of the Bill ; and also to consider the draft of an-
Iller Bill now before Parliament, for making a railway from
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway, at or near
Ini:4l„„_caster, to or near the city of Carlisle, and the raising of
,-,,ovu/. to -
carry it out.. 'George Carr Glynn, Esq., Chair-
. !lir of the Board of Directors took the chair. In opening
tvvfl business he touched first on the Holyhead scheme. Ie
• as
'.erY bled to announce that Government were fully in
: • • :Its favour; that by it an immense Irish traffic would be se-
- cure to the new 'harbour at Holyhead from the centre sot-
14)n of the C4ffipant at Dublin ; that the traffic list and the
4_4fhtate had been carefully oneg through, and all promised
tprofitable return to the London and Birmingham Comptui-Y-
Iviltaie
tnhmention that the line be made and the money be ranted
Put and Passed unanimously. The next subject
• 'els, the casterLanP and Carlisle line, which the CompallY had
equally
,112' sinepectations of ; and it was announced
..
by
- \-uairman that the Board of Directors had fully deter
tninnedprtoogrtalresse no further part in any Scotch lines proposed
. or i
'l' ho second proposition wits agreed to after a
at Mr. Pease, of Dalingtou,szpressed his pleasure
at %he last announcement. The naeeting then Separated.
..
-1- altSADNEstinc-sTatur.—That portion of Thread
fleedle-street, in the City, immediately in front of Mer-
chant Tailorsi-liall, is now reduced to a width of from
saying
and a half to six feet of Carriage-way, a boarding
.4.ving been tern six
erected for the inclosure of a
Pie in front of` the building, within which a number
?f. labourers are now employed in clearing away the rub-
carrilt'l3.leiB'f-l- When these improvements are completed the
willf course_, gain a large additional width of
age-tea.y, and the western end having been also
, ißf'widened by the concession of ten feet frontage by the
oPrietors of the Hall of Commerce, this important
• TfPllghfaro..n.ill soon .become far.. more a.danted for a
uireq aPpV4:.4 to the tc6,/ FoYal I;z4auge. -

GREA F
FREE TRADE BANQUET.

(EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.)

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT.

One of the greatest Free Trade displays ever witnessed in
the town of Liverpool, took place to-night at the Amphi-
theatre, which was filled by an elegantly-dressed company of
ladies and gentlemen. The speakers were the Chairman
(Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P. fur Wolverhampton), the
Hon. Fox Manic, William Ewart, Esq., M.P., Richard Cob • i
den, Esq., H.P., John Bright, Esq , M.P., Colonel Thompson,
and other gentlemen. To save the post, we are obliged to
give only the principal points of the leading speakers. The.
proceedings did not terminate until near midnight.
THOMAS TiionNELv, Esq., M.P., the Chairman, on risieg
to open the proceedings of the evening, at seven o'clock, was
greeted with loud cheers. He said—Gentlemen, you will 1
please to fill your glasses and drink to " The health of her
Majesty the Queen, fir whom we all entertain the highest
honour and regard." (The toast was then drank with musi-
cal honours, the band playing the national anthem.)
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—The sooner, Gentle-
men, we drink the health of the Consort of her Majesty the
Queen the better. You will please, therefore, to fill your
glasses, and we will include in thel toast " The Queen 1
Dowager, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family." '
—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—Gentlemen, our meet-
ing this evening is not upon any particular occasion, but it
has been thought desirable by many of our friends that occa-
sional meetings should be held of the free traders of Liver-.
pool, and if we have the good fortune, as we have this even-
ing, to be honoured by the attendance of distinguished
strangers, of Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen who hold a
high place in their country's regard—gentlemen of great in-
telligence and standing in the nation—and gentlemen who
see the bearings of the free trade question, and come forward
before the public to show their adherence to the prin-
ciples of free tradc,—l sac if occasional meetings like
this be held in a commercial community like Liverpool,
great good must be the inevitable result of such meet-
inge.—(Loud cheers.) I have great pleasure in witnes-
sing the attendance of strangers, such as I have faintly de-
scribed, at a meeting like this, because I want these gentle-
men to know, that although the voice of Liverpool, as now
expressed in Parliament, is exercised on the side of mono-
poly-, yet 1 desire these gentlemen, who stand before Parlia-
ment and before the world as free traders, should know that
iu this community there is a body of enlightened intelligence
which earnestly seeks the extension of commerce, and desires
to enforce on the Parliament the principles of free trade.
To these strangers I appeal to the present meeting. How
can it be otherwise that a community like Liverpool, which
has its agents in every part of the civilised world, and by their
exertions in remote regions extend the commerce of Liverpool
—how can it be otherwise but that those agents find all the
intercourse they would establish in foreign countries is
crippled and restricted, and in some cases destroyed by
our present restrictive commercial system ? From the pro-
ceedings in Parliament I turn with the greatest satisfaction
to the great advance which free trade principles have made
in the, public mind. Gentlemen, it is my great hope that the
public mind is being impressed with the importance of these
principles. I look back with great satisfaction upon the
Committee that my Hon. Friend Mr. Ewart and I sat and
served upon—the import Duties' Committee—which brought
to light a great deal of the enibarra.esment under which
the commerce and manufactures laboured, and which en-
lightened the public mind upon such subjects. Gentlemen,
von know how much our respected friends Mr. Cobden and
'r. Bright have done. And here at my right hand is my
Right Hon. Friend—if I may take the liberty of so calling
him,—born of one of the highest families in the land, and
largely interested in the agriculture of the country, from the
extensive estates of that family—here is the Right Hon.
Gentleman, who has held an important office under the late
Government has done us the honour to meet us this day to
express his decided opinions_ in favour of free trade.—(Loud
cheers.) Gentlemen, we did expect that the Earl of Ducie
would have done us the honour to attend upon this occasion.
I have here a letter which that Noble Earl has addressed to
our worthy secretary, Mr. Rawlins, in which the Noble Earl
expresses his regret at finding it impossible to undertake a
journey to Liverpool so soon after attending the meeting at
Bristol. The toast I am about to propose to you was,
intended to have been given in the presence of the Earl
Ducie. That Noble Lord, for the reasons I have mentioned,
is not present, and I will, therefore, take the liberty, as it has
been suggested to me, of making an alteration in the toast.
in order to introduce, instead of the name of the Earl Ducie,
the name of a distinguished nobleman, almost a neighbour
of ours, the Marquis of Westminster.—( Loud cheers.) If 7ou
please, then, we will drink the toast in this way—" The
Marquis of Westminster, and the Earl Ducie."—(Cheers.)
The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I had hoped that one of the
best Members of the House of Commons, and-one of the best
men out of the House of Commons, would have been here
this evening to acknowledge the toast which I shall now, by
your leave, propose to the meeting. My respected friend,
Mr. Charles Villiers, had engaged to be here this evening.—
(Cheers.) On Monday last, these was a public meeting in
Wolverhampton to promote the cause of free trade—a meet-
ing at which my respected colleague, Mr. 'Villiers, and I at-
tended, along with Mr. Cobden, Colonel Thompson, and Mr.
Moore. Mr. Villiers had come down from London in a very
indifferent state of health, and he remained in Wolverhamp-
ton a day or two, in the hope that he would recover suffi-
ciently to attend this meeting. This morning, however, Mr.
Rawlins received the following letter from him :
" Birmingham.
" MT DAR SIR,—It-is with great regret that I am com-
pelled to forego the pleasure of joining the free trade banquet
on Friday. I have been suffering from indisposition for three
weeks iast, and it was not without considerable incon-
venience that I attended a dinner on Monday at Wolver-
hampton, and it has so far postponed my recovery, as to pre-
clnde the possibility of my attending the dinner in Liverpool.
Believe me nothing eke would have prevented me from
keeping my engagement. I have written to Mr. Thornely to
beg him to make my apologies to the Committee.—l remain,
my dear Sir, very truly yours,
" E. Rawlins, :Esq.' " C. P. VILLIERS."
Now, I have seen enough of Mr. Villiers' state of health to
know it would have been -extremely imprudent for him to
attend this meeting this evening ; and I could not, as his
friend, and as a friend to the cause of free trade, desire him to
come down to Liverpool at the risk of his health. Now,
gentlemen, I beg to introduce to you, not for the first time—
because he was a public man in Liverpool before I had the
honour to fill any situation of the sort—(Hear )—I beg, I say,
to introduce to you our respected friend Mr. wart.—(Great
cheering.) And, gentlemen! Mr. Ewart has been so obliging
as to allow the toast to stand in the way it is printed in the
list. The Chairman concluded by saying, "And now, if you
please, we will give three cheers for Mr. Villiers."—(Three
tremendous cheers were then given for that distinguished
gentleman.)
EWART, Esq., M.P., rose to respond, and was
received with lo.ud and long-continued cheers. When it
subsided, he said—Gentlemen, I remember that it is re-
marked by a character in Shakspeare, " that some men are
born to honours, some men achieve honours, and some have
honours thrUst upon them." In the last of these characters
sure in being present this night, being only, as it were, the
I appear before you this evening ; but I have a peculiar plea-
shadow of my friend, Mr. Villiers—the man to whom we all
owe so much, whether as a legislator or as a citizen.—
(Hear, hear.) If, gentlemen, I am to be considered but
as the shadow, you will recollect that the shadow proves
the substance true ; and, however defective my reflective
powers as a shadow may be, they prove the increasing value
and lasting fame of my Hon. Friend Mr. Villiers.—(Cheers.)
But I am called upon to respond to this toast in another
capacity, because it includes the free-trade Members of the
House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) Would you could num-
ber, not only a more zealous, but a more numerous band of
supporters, in that House—(Hear)—for, unfortunately,
whilst they command the esteem of a great portion of the
people of this country, their numbers are neither pro-
portioned to their cause, nor, with the exception
of myself, their talents ; but they are now, I
believe, making considerable progress in the country,
and the country will eventually carry them through, and
ensure a final and effectual triumph to the principles of free
trade.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I sin called upon to re-
spond in behalf of those Members of the House of Commons
, who have recorded their votes in favour of free trade, I turn
round, and ask who they are? Many of them the most
distinguished that ever graced the annals of any country.—
(Hear, hear.) And, amongst them, is my Right Ron.
Friend on my right—your Chaimian—one known to Toll by
local connexion, as well as by national celebrity—(Cheers)
—and also those around me,whom I may truly call the epos
tles of free trade—Mr. Cobden and Mr. bright—(Loud
cheers)—men, my sense of whose services, I want words to
express my approbation. I now sec before me some of the
real representatives of free trade in the House of Commons,
but are there no laten't and concealed free trade representa-
tives, who onght by proxy also to thank you? Why, if pro-
fession is to be relied on, the Prime Minister of the present
Government is a free trader; for to borrow an expression
from a candidate for the City of London, he is " a free 'trader
in the abstract."—(Hear, hear.) If profession is to be relied
on, the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department is a
free trader in the abstract."—(Hear, hear.) If the
Right Hon President of the Board of Trade is to
he measured, not by the profession of his principles,
but by what he has published, he is " a free
trader in the abstract." These men only want moral courage
to carry out their principles ; and 1 must say, if they would
only come forward with some great and comprehensive mea-
sure, such as a bold spirit like the elder Pitt, Lord Chatham,
would have produced, they would carry with them all the
sympathy, as well as support, of the present generation, and
would command the gratitude of all posterity.—(Applause.)
This I maintain and modestly profess, not only on behalf of
the advocates of free trade generally, but also on behalf of the
latent friends of free trade.—(Loud cheers.) But how stand
we in the House of Commons ? Not many years ago, meet-
ing with my Hon. Friends Mr. Cobden anti Mr. Thornely,
in Palace-yard, near the House of Commons, I was
called upon to declare by what means we could carry free
trade in the senate of Great Britain? I took the liberty to
state that you could only be successful by the use of one
lever, and that must be the mechanical power exerted with-
out—that nothing could be done till the country took up the
cause.—(Cheers.) Has not that prediction been verified?
Has not the country taken up the cause, and has not its in-
fluence been felt, even within that almost impenetrable se-
nate, the Commons House of Parliament ?—(Hear, hear,
and cheers.) We owe- this to those friends of ours
who have perambulated the country' ; and what-
ever may be the effect on the country, I can as-
sure you the effect witnin the walls of Parliament—those
walls of tenfold brass--is but slight indeed. Conviction,
reason, eloquence, must bring home the truth, not only to the
minds, but also to the feelings of the Members of that House,
where not only a great portion of the capital, but also of the
intellect of the country is to be found.—(Cheers.) But, gen-
tlemen, however. much I may respect the sincerity of those
who luxuriate on the verdant Treasury benches of the House
of Commons, and however much I may esteem the correctness
of iheir vision, as men who see as far as other men can see, yet
r theypur e
d will
by
I maintain, they ought not to be the judges of this question.
They are in fact the advocates on one side, and as one-sided ad-
Ns:
ioaci ae
nt
never
invigorating
have
t h e their
escOmallpdleteenlye-eeya•
restored
e judges, dugnetsi,l
influence of the public mind —( purged
pp ause.) Thus I look to
the House of Commons, and see the Ministers
' c
not changed. Thus they will remain until INeii , but
havenced stirred
up, not only the manufacturing interests, but the commercial
and agricultural also. And here I turn round and lookornaercial
at the
operation of the Anti-Corn law League—the
Anti-
Corn-law League has achieved this great triumph. It
has broken down the false barrier—the d
which has long separated the amantine wall
rural inhabitants of this country. ltmanufacturing has shown them
that the interests of the
rural, and the commercial, and the
manufacturing classes are one.—(Loud cheers.) To me it
appears as plain as the noon-day
sun, that the rural
popu-
lation of this country is not a whit less interested than
n the
manufacturing in. repealing laws which make subsistence
dear, and retard employment.—(Hear.) The Anti-Corn-law
e
League have gone amongst this popilation. Theyhavetppealed
to thz touiat fill*Cliyess47oc,7„ge4 404 Qqato-umna4L4ag

leases for their farms—they have called upon them to
be no longer serfs, but to demand that just portion of protec-
tion which the law ought not to deny to any man. They
have not appealed in vain ; for the tenants are now deter-
mined that they will have that protection of long leases
svhich is given by our friends in Scotland, and which sound.
policy denies to no man.—(Hear, hear.) It is shown that
they are now protected by laws which are on a false basis.
They have gone further; they have shown-that the agricul-
turists are worse off than the manufacturing population.
They have called upon the peasant to vindicate his rights.
They have asked him whether it is to his interest to have
cheap bread, cheap clothing, cheap butter, cheap bacon,
and other articles?—(Hear, hear.) They have asked him
whether keeping up the prices of such articles is not an
iocumbrance upon his rights ?—(Loud cheers.) These gen-
tlemen have, by their exertions in the diffusion of knowledge
on this subject, produced the most beneficial influence—dif-
fusing the light of truth and intelligence even to the hum-
blest cottage in the country.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen,
we are united in sue common cause, involving the inte-
rests of the commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural
population, against one predominant and controlling in-
terest—the unjust, tyrannical, and oppressive land-
lords of this country.—(Cheers.) Let- me not be sup-
posed to speak of the whole mass, but of a class determined to
uphold monopoly, and at war with the best interests of the
community. I have opposed them in Parliament, and will
continue to oppose--;--knowing many of them—as an oppres-
sive and tyrannical class of persons.—(Loud applause.)'Then
I look around, and I see intelligence on the subject of free
trade—thanks to the exertions of those around me—univer-
sally diffused from one end of the country to the other. I
behold the darkness dispersed, and the bright beams of me-
ridian splendour supplying its place.—(Hear.) (After some
further observations the Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst
loud applause.)
The CHAllOLAN—Gentlemen, I am quite certain that I
speak the opinions of every individual in this assembly when
I Say, that no circumstance connected with our meeting this
evening affords us more sincere gratification than the pre-
sence of the Right Hon. Fox Maule.—(Loud cheers.) Mr.
Fox Maule, I need not tell you, is a member of one of the
most distinguished families in Scotland.—(Cheers.) Mr.
Maule belongs to a family of great landed property and
wealth ; and vet he has the good sense to see that the pros-
perity of land'does not depend upon the restriction of trade,
but, in fact, depends upon the removal of commercial restric-
tions.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, Mr. Fox Maule has
filled various offices in the Government of the country with
high credit to himself. He is a gentleman of excellent talent,
of exemplary private character, a most welcome guest among
the free traders of Liverpool, and I am, therefore, proud to
introduce him to :your notice. (The health of Mr. Maule was
then drank with great enthusiasm.)
The Right Hon. Fox MateE. M.P., rose amidst the loudest
plaudits, and said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, the very
flattering reception which you have been pleased to give to
this toast has almost rendered me incapable of uttering the
few sentences which I feel called upon to do, in returning you
my thanks, for I entirely and cordially respond to the senti-
ment which this toast contains.—(Cheers. ) With no other
prospects to look to but those which emanate from land, I
entirely concur in the view, that the interests of the position
which I may be called upon hereafter to occupy, can only be
promoted to their utmost extent by unrestricted
commercial intercourse with all the world. (Tre-
mendous cheering.) Gentlemen, I feel that in ut-
tering that sentiment I deserve no credit, be-
cause I am merely taking that course which I know is best
to promote my own personal and'" selfish" ends—(Cheers)—
and.l am surprised that those who are similarly situated with
myself have been so slow to view the matter in the same
light that I do. What is it, gentlemen, if we inherit lands—
if we are entitled to support our rights, as you call them here
—if at the same time we are to be looked upon as an incubus
upon the face of the country? As a body, we always stand
in the way of improvement of the commercial intercourse of
the world, and the improvements of the habits and position
of our countrymen.—(Cheers.) According to the mode in
which society has been ordered by Providence, men may be
born to station—they may be born to title—they may take
to themselves credit for the position in which they stand ;
but I would remind them of the words of the poet—
" Et genus et proavos, et quay non fecimus ipsi,
Vix et nostra voco." •
That is my motto, gentlemen. I want to be distinguished,
not by any nobility or title, to which I may be called by the
accident of birth, but I wish to be distinguished by the one,
through life, of doing as much good as I can to others.—
(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, in forwarding that object, I
think that those who are connected with land will do it best
by forwarding amongst the agricultural population of this
country correct and proper views of free trade.—(Hear.) I
delight to say that I can myself testify to the citizens of
Liverpool, and this assembly and most respectable company,
that amongst our agricultural body in Scotland free trade
principles are making rapid advances—(Loud cheers)—
and 1 say it without wishing to cast any reflections upon my
southern neighbours—l say that they will make more ad-
vances with us in the north than it is possible they will for
sonic time do with you in the south. You will ask me my
reason for this, and I tell you it is that our tenantry are in a
more:independent position.—(Cheers.) In our country our
tenantry have leases.—(Cheers.) I am sorry to say that a
great many of them have not much capital, but it has been
frittered away, because they have been pursuing unsound
views ; but they are independent, so far, because of their
lease,3. That I consider one of the greatest safeguards which
the farmer can enjoy. We have another system that in
our country puts the tenant-farmer out of all risk of
lo,s by changes, such as we hope to obtain by the abo-
lition of the corn-laws—l mean a system of grain or corn
rents.—(Hear, hear.) Then, gentlemen, we have that which
I hope you will never have in this country , we have an-
other obstacle to agricultural improvement—we have a stern
and relentless climate sometimes to contend with ; and it is
to put ourselves upon somewhat of a footing with you in the
south that we are obliged to study the utmost economy and
the best means of managing our farms, and that we pay the
rents that we are enabled to pay in Scotland.—(Cheers.) I
trust, however, that the views of free trade, notwithstand-
ing the progress they have made, will yet make
still further progress in my native
.fand ; because I am
quite sure that there is no system So bad as that which
leads the farmers to consider themselves a distinct body
from the rest of the community. The farmers, as a body,
do not surely mean, in this great country, to be a distinct
race among themselves. Farmers' eons are not all farmers
in their turn ; farmers' daughters are not all destined to wed
farmers' sons.—(Cheers.) They must branch out into the
other stems of society, and,- among the rest, the artny. It
is true you are told, it is culled from the agricultural as well
as from the manufacturing districts ; but let us look to the
nursery for our navy. Surely those who say that the agri-
cultural interests arc those which ought to be most fostered,
and to he the most prominent in .the country, over-
look the fact, that the great glory of this country, the
" wooden walls of old: England, owes. its greatness not to
the agricultural race, but to the commercial marine of the
country, which is supported by the commerce which flows
from foreign lands ?—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the farmers will
soon come to see, that without a thorough amalgamation
with the manufacturing classes, neither of them will at-
tain to that height of prosperity to which, united, they
may fairly aspire.—(Hear, hear.) It is commerce that has
raised this country to the position which it now holds. Agri-
culture has been fostered, in order to do that in the home
markets which it has engaged, and which it has failed to
do. Each by itself will fail, if it be attempted to support
each in the position in which they stand, unless they agree
now cordially to amalgamate ; and you may depend upon it,
that however prosperous they may be at this moment, that
that prosperity is merely ephemeral, and that a day of
reckoning will come, when we shall sink into one common
abyss. Mr. Ewart has just stated to you, that a foreigner,
landing here, would naturally reckon upon a great town like
Liverpool as the source from which free trade principles
would emanate. When I landed upon these magnificent
docks, and saw the flags of every different nation floating,
and the mercantile marine upon them, I could not help saying
to myself, " Is it possible that this great city, instead of being
the beacon light of free trade, should be one of the
closest and restricted with respect to commerce
little of any city in the world?" I look around, and see
knots of monopolist interests in various quartets. I see the
sugar frightened for its existence on the one band, and I see the
variousini nt iebr ee rs
tts r
ae bll a lti nwes,
rokn, a tnhde
10
see
he
ee rt„—h e (mL
na ungi
thi
nt egr .t)0 g
elt
hs eeer
sup-
port in the main the mostabject of all monopolies—Lthe mono-
poly of food.—(Hear.) But I trust the day is coming, when
public opinion, which, as history tells us, must sooner or later
book. It is truly impossible that those
cpornelynalielr, wipecial stat away
statute-book.
the stains which now exist upon our
who are engaged in commerce in this community—those who
are the owners of capital, and those who can command the
wealth and resources of the land—it truly impossible
that they will sit quietly by--be their poll bee
after market
mbayrkewt hasttelennamaendthewy, please—and
this
se
by our own foolish acts, and wretched legislation.—(Tremen-
douscmotainrktrye cheering.) I think I can trace—without pretending to
respteledaserro
see further than my neighbours—l think I can see alat
certain
disposition in certain quarters—l think I can see
signs of the times, which convince me that the loss of
foreign markets is coming somewhat home,to the considers
tion of the powers that bee—(lean): When we see our
busy neighbour anxious—and Ido not blame her for that
—to take advantage of every opening for her infantine
commerce—when we see that busy neighbour nibbling at
the Brazils—a market which, if we were to lose, (and
we might retain it with the utmost ease)—a market
which, if we were to lose, there are many in Liverpool will
rue their obstinacy—(Tremendous applause)—when we
see that busy neighbour at work, it behoves us to put all our
energies to work, and it behoves the people of this country
to ring—by agitation if you please—in the ears of the Go-
vernment of the day, that such things will not be submitted
to.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is impossible for us to main-
tain foreign markets, unless we are prepared to give to foreign
traders a reciprocity of trade. And after all, what is the
pure system, the plain system of commerce ? I see it,
gentlemen, stuck up with your mottoes there :
" Commerce is barter." Cal it by any other
name you please—let writers mystify it, or give any
other description of it—commerce is barter in the end ;
and every man ought to be entitled to barter with his neigh-
bour that which he produces for that which his neighbour
produces, without injury to himself.—(Cheers.) That is the
sure, the plain, simple policy of a commercial nation ; and as
for that which is required in the way of taxation, to support
the credit of the country, and to support the administration
of justice, and other endswhich are necessary for maintaining
the dignity of the Constitution, it is indirect taxation—
and as little indirect taxation as is possible will be suffi-
cient—and this great country will soon be ready to afford
it without any feeling of misplaced economy.—(Loud
cheering.) I, for one, have no feeling of jealousy
of my own countrymen that they would refuse indi-
rect taxation that was ever necessary to maintain the dignity
of the country—(Hear)—but at the same time we should
have it admitted that we should know to what extent we
were taxed, and that we should be enabled—to nse a homely
but rather expressive phrase—to cut our coat according to
our cloth.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I am straying from
the subject of my toast. The subject of the toast is purely in
reference to the interests of agriculture as connected with
the interests of commerce. lam glad to find that we may
reckon on many names of great-landed proprietors who are
connected with the views which you and I take upon this sub-
ject. There are Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Radnor, who are
veterans in this cause.—(Loud cheers.) We have the
direct testimony of the Marquis of Westminster, Lord
Spencer, Lord Kinnaird, and many other parties whose
names are familiar to. you, and who are distinguished as men
whose object it is to maintain themselves—net upon any
fleeting popularity of the day, but upon the sound opinion of
their countrymen, which is the best reward, let me tell you,
that public men can possibly have.—(Loud cheering.)
Gen-
tlemen, I shall close with this observation. I thank you for
the reception which I have this day received from you. The
hospitable reception which you have given mewill ever be
my greatest reward—no, not my greatest reward—my
greatest reward will be to live to see carried out the prin-
ciples which we together have been advocating, and to be
permitted at all times to join you in your noble endeavours
to break down monopoly, place this great country in her
natural position, and make her the mart of the world.

The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the next toast, " The Anti

Corn•law League, and thanks to them for their zealous and
persevering endeavours to liberate British industry from the
b. °adage of monopoly," said that the printe4 list stated that
the toast would be responded to by Ge;c4e Wition, Esq.,
hlt he wa§ ulig4tust.iy-OWZat Li*AZIAS