The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

GREAT AGGREGATE ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE LEAGUE.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY MORNING.—The mem-
bers of the League had their general annual meeting
at the Free Trade Hall last night, and it was an over-
flowing and most enthusiastic gathering. A number
of influential members of the Council from distant
parts of the country (who had been summoned to at-
tend a preliminary meeting of their body at the
Council-room in Market-street) were present, and on
the platform, 'altogether, there were nearly 600 gen-
tlemen of wealth and influence, amongst whom we
may mention as the most prominent, R. Cobden, Esq.,
M.P. for Stockport; J. Bright, Esq., M.P. for Dur-
ham ; W. Browne, Esq., merchant, Liverpool ; T. M.
Gibson, Esq., M.P. for Manchester; L. Heyworth,
Esq., Liverpool ; W. Biggs, Esq., Leicester ; R.
H. Greg, Esq., Norcliffe Hall ; J. G. Marshall,
Esq. ; J. E. Baines, jun., Esq., Leeds ; F. Schwann,
Esq., and R. D. Jackson, Esq., Huddersfield ;
Boden, Esq.; Derby ; E. Hollins, Esq., Stockport ; C.
E. Rawlins, Esq., and J. T. Crook, Esq., Liverpool ;
W. Hargreaves, Esq., Milnthorpe ; C. Potter, Esq.,
Darwen ; John and Robert Mather, Esqs., Liverpool;
J. Wrigley, Esq., Bury; John Whittaker, Esq.,
Ashton; John Walker, Esq.. Bury; H. Ashworth,
Esq., E. Ashworth, Esq., and J. Crook, Esq., Bolton ;
John Brooks, Esq., magistrate ; John Bard, Esq.;
Lawrence Rostorn, Esq. ; W. Harvey, Esq. ; T. Wool-
ley, Esq. ; Nicholas Heald, Esq. ; E. Armitage, Esq.,
magistrate ; J. Bright, Esq.; J. Brotherton, Esq.,
M.P. ; James Thomson, Esq., Wray, near Lancaster;
J. B. Smith, Esq., magistrate ; C. J. S. Walker, Esq.,
magistrate; W. Arkroyd, Esq., Bury; and J. Midg-
ley, Esq., of Rochdale.
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., Chairman of the Council,
rose to open the proceedings about half-past seven
o'clock, by calling upon Mr. Hickin to read the
minutes of the last meeting, which, on the motion of
Mr. Cobden, seconded by Mr. Clay, of Rastrick, were
confirmed.

The CHAIRMAN then called upon the Secretary to
read the report of the Council and the treasurer's
financial statement of accounts, of which the follow-
ing are copies :
" The report which the Council have now to submit to
their constituents extends over a period of fifteen months,
from September 28, 1843, to the 31st December, 1844.
" In the address presented at tho meeting in Covent •
garden Theatre, September 28, 1/543, the Council ex-
plained the course of action it proposed for the future,
and the distinguishing feature of this plan was the do-
termination to make the movement essentially an elec-
toral one.

" To give effect to the extensive operations here pro-
posed, the Council having a full reliance on the zeal and
co-operation of their countrymen, asked for a contribu-
tion of one hundred thousand pounds, a sum which,
whilst it would furnish evidence of the increasing in-
fluence of free-trade:opinions, would be sufficient to meet
the estimated expenditure of the League.
" In conformity with this plan, the whole of England
and Wales was divided into thirteen electoral districts.
To each of these districts a competent agent was ap-
pointed by the Council, whose duty it was personally and
repeatedly to visit each borough in his district, to pro-
mote and superintend the formation of local registra-
tion committees, and to give advice and render assistance
in all matters relating to the registration, and, wherever
practicable, to secure the appointment of an active local
agent, having a knowledge of the law and practice of the
revision courts. It was also his duty to make perio•
dical returns of the state of each constituency, and of
the means available for increasing the strength of the
free-traders-on the register.
" Under this arrangement 160 boroughs in England
and Wales have been visited during the past year.
The Council have obtained a mass of information which
will enable them to direct their future efforts with greater
efficiency, while the returns already in their possession
show an undoubted gain in 112 of the boroughs thus
acted upon, and in many of these the improvement on
the register is such as to ensure the return of free-
traders in the place of monopolists, in the event of an
election.

" Simultaneously with these electoral movements, the
communications between the Council of the League and
every portion of the kingdom have, by means of corres-
pondence and deputation& been not only maintained,

but greatly increased during the past year. More than
200 meetings, attended by a deputation from the Coun-
cil, have been held in England and Scotland since Octo-
ber, 1843. Of thew meetings, more than 150 have been
held in Parliamentary boroughs, -and the increased num-
bers by which they have been in all cases attended, and
the zeal and enthusiasm manifested, prove the extent
and the depth of the public conviction in. favour of free
trade. Besides these, the great meetings held in Covent-
garden Theatre, London, and in the Free Trade Hall,
Manchester, show that tht'question has lost none of
its hold on the public mind in the metropolis, or
in this town, the birthplace of the League.
" The lecturers of the Lague have visited and lee-
turA in 36 out of 40 counties of England, and in nearly
all the Welsh counties. The demand for this mode of
instruction has been much greater than the Council have
been able to supply, the desire for lecturers having been
espE'cially manifested in the agricultural districts.
" More than 2,000,000 -of stamped and other publica-
tions hare been distributed. In addition to these, there
has been an average weekly publication of 20,000 copies
of the League paper, 15,000 to subscribers to the League
Fund, besides a sale of 5,000 copies weekly, amounting
in 67 weeks to 1,340,000 copies, making the total distri-
bution of publications nearly 31 millions.
" The correspondence, since the last report, has more
than doubled, the number of letters received at the
League offices in London and Manchester, being about
25,600, while the numbers dispatched from the two
offices have been about 300,000.
" Until recently, with the exception of Lancashire and
Middlesex, the Council had not directed their attention
to the county registration. To South Lancashire, having
the data furnished by the late contested election, they
proceeded at once to a thorough examination of the re-
gister, and the result of the last registration in this divi-
sion of the county was a gain of 1,750 votes to the free-
traders. In North Lancashire there was a gain of more
than 500 votes, and in Middlesex an accession of strength
was also secured.

"Ifitherto the county registration has been almost en-
tirely neglected by the commercial, trading, and indus-
trious classes, and the Council resolved to invite their
friends everywhere to acquire that political influence to
which they are so justly entitled, by taking up their en-
franchisement for the counties. The appeal has been
received and acted upon with a promptitude and an en-
thusiasm surpassing their most sanguine expectations.
The Council have reason to believe that, within the last
three months, a sufficient number of persons have pur-
chased freehold qualifications in North Cheshire, South
Lancashire, and the West Riding of York, to secure to
those important constituences a free-trade majority ;
whilst a large addition to our ranks has been made in
Middlesex, North Lancashire, and several other populous
counties.

" The Council view this as but the encouraging com-
mencement of a movement to which they will devote
their primary attention during the ensuing year. The
Government of this country is at present in the hands of
a class, solely through the instrumentality of the Chan-
dos clause, which places the county representation at the
mercy of the landlords, through the Totes of less than
200,000 tenants-at-will in England and Wales. From
calculations carefully made, the Council are convinced
that it will be practicable, in a short time, to induce
such a number of the friends of free trade to purchase
freehold qualifications, as will neutralise those dependent
voters at the poll, and give to the intelligent middle and
industrious clas es their due influence in the Government
of this commercial country.
" The Council have now entered upon the seventh
year of their labours. Of the past they can speak with
satisfaction. They have seen public opinion gradually,
but surely becoming more and more settled in favour of
free trade ; the public press, the organ of that opinion,
uniti-Ig more earnestly and cordially with the exertions
of the League ; the Cabinet chosen by the monopolists,
moving slowly it may be, but still moving on in the
direction of free trade ; whilst, throughout the manu-
facturing districts, the return "of active and prosperous
commerce has not only done nothing to abate the enthu-
siasm and determination of their friends, but has given
them enlarged means of advancing the object they have
so greatly at heart.
"The League is emphatically the representation of the
classes that live by industry ; it is an embodiment of the
spirit and energy of trade which is struggling to be free;
it seeks no private, no partial good, but the true and
permanent interests of the whole people ; hitherto it has
received a degree of support unknown to any other or-
ganisation in this country ; it has sought, by a faithful
discharge of its duties, to deserve the confidence reposed
in it : its success is to be seen wherever the opinion of
the people is freely manifested, and its complete and not
distant triumph is as certain as its determination is firm
and its principles are impregnable.
By order of the Council,
" GEORGE WILSON, Chairman.
" Manchester, Jan. 22, 1845."

FINANCIAL REPORT.-4100,000 LEAGUE
FUND, 1843-4.

1843. RECEIPTS.
Sept. 9. To balance of cash in hand £2,476 10
Amount of subscriptions received to this
date
Interest allowed by bankers 797 13

£86,009 7

1845.
--
Jan. 1. To balance of eash in hand £26,675 19
1844. DISBURSEMENTS.
Dec. 3L By registration and tract distri-
bution, including expenses in registra-
tion courts, wages of clerks, travelling
expenses on registration business, and
the distribution of about 2,000,000 tracts;
by expense of meetings (more than 200
in number), including hire of rooms,
erection of hustings, and all expenses
connected with public meetings ; by
printing and stationery, newspapers, re-
porting, &c. ; expenses of League news-
paper, including salaries of conductors,
editors, and contributors, stamps, paper,
and printing (the average circulation
being, for the fifteen months, 20,000
copies per week, or 1,400,000 copies in
the whole) ; -by deputation expenses, in-
cluding travelling expenses to attend
meetings and Parliamentary elections in
various parts of the United Kingdom ;
by salaries and expenses of lecturers,
including travelling expenses for lec-
tures delivered in 36 English and many
Welsh counties, in all exceeding 600
lectures ; by grants to local free-trade
committees for local expenses in regis-
tration, collecting of League fund, &c. ;
by agents, salaries of clerks, and weekly
wages ; by postage stamps for 300,000
letters, carriage, and postages; by furni-
ture and fixtures ; by local expenses ;
by sundry office expenses, petty cash
and incidental expenses, including re-
pairs and alterations ; by rent, taxes,
and gas, including rent of Covent-garden
lheatre, lioue , offices, &c., in London
and' Manchester
569:633753
197
Balance down 2

£86,009 7 3
Wlll. RAWSON, Treasurer.
The announcement of the balance in hand of
26,67.5/. 19s. 9d. was received with loud and reiterated
bursts of cheering.
Mr. HICKIN, the Secretary, then read the minutes of
the preliminary special general meeting of the Council,
held that afternoon, at which the report and accounts
above given having been read and approved, the fol-
lowing resolution was also passed :—" That this
meeting of the General Council of the Anti-Corn-law
League having received very full and detailed reports
of the proceedings of the Executive Council in Man-
chester, expresses its perfect satisfaction with those
proceedings, its warm gratitude for the patriotic, self-
denying, and most laborious exertions of the Council
in the great cause of free trade, and requests them
to continue their labours in directing the future ope-
rations of the League."
The CIIA.IRNIAN said Mr. Baines would now move
the report ; but before he did so, perhaps the meet-
ing would allow him to make one explanation with
respect to the fund. When they first launched the
address in which they asked from the country a con-
tribution of 100,0001., they had it in contemplation
to raise a large portion of that amount by a bazaar,
to be held in Covent-garden Theatre, but that bazaar
had not yet been held.—(Hear.) The amount re-
ceive", therefore, was quite as much as they had an-
ticipated. They proposed still to hold the bazaar, and
he had no doubt the amount then received would
carry them far beyond the sum originally expected.
—(Loud cheers.)
EDWARD BAINES, Esq., jun., Leeds, then moved—
" That the report of the proceedings of the General
Council of the League, which has now been read, be
adopted and confirmed by the meeting.
LAWRENCE HEYWORTII, Esq., of Liverpool, se•
conded the resolution, which was carried with loud
cheering.

in a sneering
T. M.M.GinsoN, Esq., MY., then came forward, and
maipBfhetnesady to a
was received with great cheering.
within perhaps he
He said it had
h
severall:Tin:en
way by gentlemen in the south of England how the
Anti-Corn-law League was getting on.—(Hear,
t period,
hear.) There was a way of asking a question which
beyond the mere words conveyed a very clear mean-
ing. The meaning of that question was, the idea,
the fond notion, that had been invented in the south
of England, that the League was retrograding. and
some even had gone the length of saying that the
League was extinct—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—
nay, more, rumour had said that a subscription was

even entered into to give a very large testimonial to a
writer who was supposed to have been instrumental
in bringing about a dissolution of the Anti-Corn-law
League.—(Renewed-laughter.) He wished some of
his southern friends could have been present at this
great assemblage—(Loud cheers)—he thought when
they heard of the large sums which had been sub-
scribed by the people of this country in support ofthe
League, and the large balance of something like
27,0001. which 14 o w remained on hand to carry on
the agitation--(Loud cheers)—that they would feel
assured that the Anti-Corn-law League had escaped
all the dangers of infancy, and was now established
in mature and robust manhood, and that it would live
until it had accomplished the object for which it was
brought into existence —(Loud cheering) It had
been predicted that the League could nut live, because
repeal of the corn law was only a political cry.
But it was no "cry."—(Hear, hear.) A cry was a
different thing; it meant the watchword of a party,
without any real intention of carrying the object into
effect.—(Hear, hear.) It was a " cry" to talk of
" our young Queen, and our old Constitution—
(Laughter)—and " the wooden walls of old Eng-
land."—(Cheers.) These were political cries. But
the distinction between the watchword or word of
union of this great Association and those political
cries was this, that the one was real, and the other
was merely used as a means of binding men together
in a sort of livery, which was known by the cry, as it
were, which they uttered, though there was no real
intention of carrying any political movement into
effect.—(Cheers.) But this was not so in the Anti-
Corn-law League. Politicians were beginning to
find that something was really meant, and that this
cry of free trade was not meant merely to bring po-
litical partisans into power, but was intended to
place in the hands of the great body of the middle
and working classes their full rights, which consisted
in having the free use of their power, and the full
enjoyment of the fruits of their industry.—(Cheers.)
The reason they were wrong in predicting the fai-
lure of this movement when times were good was,
that they never knew its reality, that they never
understood as they ought that it was not a mere im-
pulse, but was based upon an intelligent conviction.
—(Loud cheers.) It was not based upon the mere
contingency of whether times were good or bad, but
upon the immutable principles of justice, which
would never change.—(Loud cheers.) They had
placed before them by the League, a plain, intelli-
gible, broad, and clear idea, and what was this
idea ? That merchants and manufacturers are
something in the land, as well as landowners
and farmers—(Loud cheers)—that commerce
was as lawful and legitimate a pursuit, and as advan-
tageous to the country, as agriculture.—(Hear.)
They now understood that commerce was as much a
productive power as agriculture, and that the one
produce was as much entitled to the protection of the
Legislature as the other.—(Cheers.) They were too
well informed upon this subject to render it necessary
to argue as to the bearing of this question upon com-
merce. But with regard to the farmers :—The
farmers were assembling together, and grumblers
though they were reputed to be, their grumbling was
somewhat more remarkable than usual. And he
thought shey had good reason to grumble.—(Hear,
hear.) No class of men had been worse treated. It
was pretended that the Legislature had the benefit
of farmers in view before they repealed the taxes upon
land. It was said what a saving the farmer had had
by the alteration consequent upon the New Peor-law ;
"the poor-rate is much less than it used to be, the
poor farmer will get a better return by his occupa-
tion."—(Hear, hear.) But all that the farmer saved
in poor-rates went to rent.—(Cheers.) There never
was a greater mistake than to suppose that the Legis-
lature, when proposing to benefit the farmer, was not
really putting more money into the pockets of the
landowners.—(Cheers.) The landowner was the
object of favour; the farmer was merely held up
as a mask to their intentions. Now they had said
this in the League all along—it had been constantly
stated that the corn-law was a question of rent—
(Hear, hear)—that the corn-law was never in-
tended to compensate the farmer for the
different charges pressing upon the land, for all
these charges were calculated upon when the farmer
took his land, and allowed for in the rent.—(Hear,
hear.) As a proof that farmers themselves, compelled
by the pressure of the times—having made their con-
tract for their present rents under the notion that
prices would be higher than they now were—were
beginning to speak out upon the question, he would
take the liberty of reading them one or two remarks
from the speeches of tenant-farmers, at a meeting
which took place in Gloucester, and which appeared
in the Times newspaper of Tuesday. If the tenants-
at-will dared speak out, there would be at the present
moment a very general cry of indignation on their
part at the way in which their credulity had been
practised upon by the Legislature, and at the way
they had been induced to rely upon their faithless
patrons for protection —(Cheers.) The article was
headed " The Farmers' Difficulties." It set out by
remarking that the guests were rather fewer than
usual. It said—" The room was as commodious, and
the viands as abundant and inviting as on any former
occasion, and the charge was the same—but the
guests were wanting.—(Loud laughter.) About
30 persons only were present, and of those a number
were landlords, and some belonged to the city."
Mr. Watts, a tenant-farmer, volunteered an expla-
nation, and he said, "I am sorry that our club is
continuing to fall off, and that the attendance at our
meetings has been so small. But, gentlemen, I told
you last year the reason of this, namely, the unwil-
lingness of many landlords to help their tenantry in
these times of difficulty and distress." He then went
on to say—"l am aware that many land surveyors
will advise their employers not to grant leases. The
reason is obvious ; instead of these men being called
upon once in seven years, they perhaps will not be
called upon to value the same farm more than once in
twenty-one years.—(Laughter.) I hope the time is
not far distant when every good farmer will be pro-
tected by a fair lease, and at such a rent as the prices
of produce, permanently reduced as they undoubtedly
are, will enable him to pay."—(Hear, hear.) So that
it seemed, after all, when the farmer wanted relief,
he did not look to rent. He knew there was a margin
there that could be borrowed upon. They had been
told—he dared say Mr. Cobden had been frequently
told—" If you were to abolish rents altogether, the
farmers could not afford to farm their lands under a re-
.

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peal of the corn• laws." They did not say so at this meet-
Mg of which he was reading. They had not said a word
about " special burdens " either. Here was not a
word said about the poor-rate, nor about the seasons,
nor about any other difficulties whatever.--(Cheers.)
The only remark made by this tenant-farmer was,
that he wanted a lease, and that he wanted it at a fair
rent.—(Hear, hear.) And that was the whole ques-
tion. Now, what was it the farmers were afraid of

at the present moment from a repeal of the corn laws ?
Was it low prices ? Why, they had the low prices
now; prices were low. They said they wanted a
lowering of rent. But he asked them would they
ever get that lowering of rent until the corn-law was
abolished ?—(No, no.) Would there ever be a
general adjustment of rent between the landlord and
his tenant throughout the kingdom until there was a

total abolition of protection ? Never. As a proof that
he was not speaking without authority when he said
this, what did Lord Liverpool say when the corn-law
was passed ? He said—" If you do not pass this
corn-law, there will be a general adjustment of rents
between landlords and tenants all over the kingdom,
and the farmer will start afresh upon a new basis."—
(Applause.) That would be the state of things now
if the corn-laws were repealed.—(Hear, hear.) The
League proposed to do all in its power to accomplish
what these farmers were asking for, and therefore he

would say that the League was emphatically the farmer's
friend. There never would be s more favourable

time for repealing the corn-laws than this. We were
often told by the present State physician, Sir Robert
Peel, " Your proposition may be very reasonable in
principle; but this is not the time."—(Laughter.)
Now he defied them, if ever they meant to repeal the
corn-laws, to point to any future time which could be
more favourable. Prices were already moderate,
there would be no change in the position of the far-
mer in that respect. Labourers were not now thrown

out of employriient because prices were reduced, but
there was growing up from various causes a greatly
increased demand for labour.—(Hear.) But what
a nonsensical argument it was about throwing
labourers out of employment by the repeal of the
corn-laws. Labourers could only be thrown out of
employment, and he supposed they meant by the
term thrown out of bread, by the land going out of
cultivation. Now, he would take the most extreme
case that could possibly be imagined, that of a great
number of acres of land being thrown out of culti-
vation, and, as they said, a great number of labourers
being thrown out of employment. Why, there
would only be three labourers employed on one acre
of land ; and did any human being who was fit to be
at large mean to assert that these three men could
not, by their own industry, live out of these 100
acres of land which it is alleged would be thrown
out of cultivation, whether the coin-laws were rv.

pealed or riot ?—(Loud cheers.) He held in his hand
a book that had just been published in London,
namely, a report of an association for " Promoting
the relief of Destitution in the Metropolis, and for
improving the condition of the Poor by means of
parochial and district visiting, under the super-
intendence and direction of the Bishop and
clergy." Now, this was a report of the Lord
Bishop of London, and they were entitled to have
a little ct nrersation with the Bishop of London on
the corn-laws, not because he was a bishop, but
b,?cathe as a legislator he was an assenting party to
their existence. In this report he said, "In the
course of this investigation it soon appeared, that
whatever might he the severity of the immediate pres-
sure, a still greater and more alarming evil existed in
its cause. It was found, on investigation, that the
condition of the labouring classes in too many in-
stances exhibited a downward tendency, arising from
pauperism. Whether this tendency might be ascribed
to the competition in trade, the manifold interruptions
to which so vast a traffic as that of Great Britain is
unavoidably exposed, and the consequent fluctuations
in wages and uncertainty of employment, or whether,
in particular districts, it might be traced to circum-
stances affecting the immediate locality alone, the fact
remained the same." Now, the Bishop said a more
alarming evil existed in the cause of all these disasters.
A very sensible remark.—(Applause and laughter.)
Perhaps it might be thought wrong to say that the
Bishop himself was a cause.—(Laughter.) But unless
we were totally wrong in all our conclusions, the
Bishop of London, by not testifying his disapprobation
of the corn-laws in the House of Lords—unless we
were completely deceived in all our notions of cheap
food being a source of happiness to the community—
he said that there was nothing so very extreme in the
remark that the Bishop of London himself might
be considered as one of the causes of the evils
which he deplored.—(Loud cheers.) " Why," the
Bishop might say, " prices are low now, what
would you have ? The corn-laws have not prevented
you from having abundance of food ?" Yes,
but the answer was that the corn-laws answered no
purpose at all, unless it were to raise the price of
food. It did effect that sometimes. and therefore by
not opposing that law, as far as in him lay, the Bishop
of London did all he could to keep up the price of
corn.—(Cheers.) Surely it could never be necessary
with the Church to discuss the question of whether
plenty is an evil, or whether scarcity is a blessing.
The very prayer so often referred to as used in our
churches assumed that cheapness and plenty were
blessings. He asked, therefore, why this body, with
the Bishop at its head, did not come forward and help
them to repeal the corn-laws ?—(Cheers.) Mr. Gib-
son went on to express his conviction that the day was
not far distant when this law would be erased from
the statute-book and consigned, as many other bar-
barisms have been before it, to everlasting oblivion.
J. BRIGHT, Esq., M.P., was the next speaker, and
was very cordially received. He said two things had
struck him in connection with this subject; one was
the certainty of the tendency of all corn-law legisla-
tion to plunder the industry of the country by creating
an artificial famine, and thereby to enrich the great
proprietors of the soil, and those who called themselves
the nobility.—(Cheers.) The corn-law of 1815
aimed to fix wheat at 80s. a quarter, a famine price,
which had only been attained in two years since, 1817
and 1818, which were years of distress, discontent,
and menaced insurrection in all the densely-peopled
districts of the kingdom. But the object of that law
and its powers was to keep as near the famine price as it
might be safe to go, even though some few were starved
in the experiment. This law had no mercy in it, and
its framers had none. It was not of its mercy that they
were not now plunged into utter desolation, but a bene-
ficent power, far above the powers and potentates that
sat in the halls of human legislation, bad baffled the in-
tentions of the framers of this law, and had given plenty
and comfort to the millions of this kingdom.—(clear.)
It should never be forgotten that this law was passed
by military force alone. The 1.1( uses of Parliament
were garrisoned for the purpose. The very police and
military, who were sustained by taxes on the people,
were employed to rivet on the necks of the people that
which was once the mark of their servitude and the

ienalty of their subjugation.—(Cheers.) It had never
been consented to by the people ; and from its first
enactment there had been a continual protest against its
iniquity. The League was but the embodiment of a
long-held opinion ; they but took up the question which
their fathers had felt a deep interest in ; but they were
now better organised, and, if possible, more resolved.
This was a fitting time to ask what had the League
done ? In 1839 they had raised a subscription of about
5,0001., which was then thought a very serious amount ;
and one knowing man had promised to repeal the corn-
laws for about B,oool.—(Laughter.) In 1840 another
subscription had been entered into—a guarantee fund
for three years, to be paid by instalments. In 1841
there took place the memorable meeting of seven
hundred ministers of religion, who, with all the force
and power which their character and calling could
give, denounced the law as one violating every
human right, and offensive in the sight of
heaven.—(Hear, hear.) In 1842 the bazaar was held,
which realised 10,0001., a greater amount than was
ever before received from any bazaar, however great
and noble were its patrons and patronesses.—(Loud
cheers.) In 1843 they had raised a subscription of
50,0001., with the greatest ease.—(Cheers.) In 1844
the subscription of 100,0001. was asked for, of which
82,0001. or 83,0001. had been received, though one of
the great means of its collection had not yet been
employed. In 1845, not yet a month old, the free-
traders of Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and North
Cheshire had, on the recommendation of the Council
of the League, expended nearly a quarter of a million
of money in qualifying as county voters.—(Cheers.)
When, more than twelve months ago, a few despised
manufacturers met and put down their names for
upwards of 12,0001., the Times had called it " a great
fact." He should like to know what description of
fact was this—the investment of nearly 250,0001. to
augment the free-trade register in the three counties
he had named ?—(Loud cheers.) After this brief
description of their progress, ho would ask, could this
movement fail ?—(No, never.) Let the monopolists
and the members of the Government answer this. It
was a miserable delusion that the improvement in
trade would stop this agitation ; it was now marching
on with firmer and faster steps than ever.—(Hear,
hear.) This movement had arisen from a deep con-
viction, which had become a faith, and that faith was
strengthened by the experience of every year. From
1838 to 1842 the average price of wheat had been
645. Bd. per quarter; now it was 455., within 4d. of
20s. difference.—(Hear, hear). Supposiug that the
people of this country consumed twenty millions of
quarters annually, they were now saving twenty
millions sterling a-year, an amount which the land-
lords had formerly absorbed from the industrious
classes, without rendering for it one atom of good, or
near so much food as they now gave at a lower prise
—(Applause.) This twenty millions now circulated
in a thousand channels, fertilizing every district of
the country, drying up nothing but tears, and spread-
ing smiles and happiness around.—(Applause). It
was said to be a good thing that the China market had
been opened ; but how much better a thing was it
that the English market had been opened. This
alteration in the price of food was tantamount to the
opening of markets half as extensive again as the whole
of the British colonies, and equal in extent to the
markets of Germany, Holland, France, Italy and the
Italian islands, Russia, Belgium, and Brazil in 1842.
—(Applause). The present prosperity enjoined on
them to continue this agitation, and if it did not,
agricultural misery imperatively demanded it. Thirty
years protection had left 800,000 or 900,000 agricul-
tural labourers for the most part paupers, hopeless,
and reckless. This was the very population who, it
was said, supported the home trade and the revenue;
and it was now found on inquiry that they bought
almost no -clothing, and consumed few exciseable
articles.—(Hear, hear.) The farmers were just
about as helpless. Though 99 out of every 100 were
against the game-law, they dared not meet to de-
nounce it in the face of their landlords. This was
the battle of trade against lordly plunder, of honest
industry against dishonest idleness. (Applause.)
aAI
lfut edre
dsomec founrctlhuesri
oonb, steor vt ahtei on
in so,
vtehme
elnito
one
tGh ee nLt leeamepa ne
for securing the county representation, and said that
it would do wonders for the trade and commerce of
the country. Looking back over the ground they had
trod—over the dangers and perils they had challenged
—there was enough to stimulate them for the future.
_(Applause.) He felt that every step they took they
trod on firmer and firmer ground—on every hand the
foe was retreating. From the contents of the r
from the support they had received that day frornepe'rt
from all he saw around
va-
rious parts of the country, araidppfrroo
eeyo,nr ,NtNah'aeflertoyeenrgstihi
should
todilsi,inagnd perils, and
thhoisaucgonutrieicdtoc thNamvanatedrntfttha
s
the end of
peripaevtenappeeraecwe.ard
sandacOr intfihcetehseenjoraotion of Mr. J. aßiluadlooas, seconded by
Mr. ECEROYD, of Otley, the thanks of the meeting
were voted to the four gentlemen who had delivered
addresses, and the proceedings terminated,
S*

it Thomas and Lady Turton have left town for
the Gantinent, on their wary to India,

POLAR SEA EXPEDITIONS ANt
POLAR. LAND JOITANEYS.
These are two letters addressed t6"Sir John Barrovetir
Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty, by Dr. King, a
medieal officer in her Majesty's service, to whom we
were indebted for former contributions on the same
subject, published, respectively, in The Sun of Fe-
bruary 15, November 15 and 30, in the year
1836. The views therein hazarded on important
geographical and physical features of the remote coasts
which were the objects of British exploration, as proba-
ble, appear to have been largely confirmed by the results
of the actual surveys subsequently executed ; a fact at
once honourable to the sagacity and observation of oar
author, and entitling any future speculations of his
on similar topics, to an attentive reception by the
public. To this extent the letters before us may
claim similar commendation with the earlier papers
above noticed ; but we could wish that in addressing
Sir John Barrow a little more of the suariter in nwdo
had been adopted. The first letter commences with
" a careful digest of the services" performed in this
line of geographical enterprise since 1818, when Sir
John " first entered on that field of research." The
author appears to us to speak disparagingly of
the merits of Captain Sir George Back's
most generous and remarkable voyage, and
in subsequent passages to attach far more
value and authority to Captain Sir John Ross's
quarto, than we are apt to think it will ever corn-
mand with the public. There is little consideration
shown for the highly irnportaet additions furnished
by Sir Edward Parry to Polar hydrography. The
merits of that ill-rewarded and most intelligent officer,
the late Captain Lyon, are indeed casually adverted
to ; but the great performance of the boat's crew dis-
patched under orders from Captain Beechey, R.N.,
along the shores of the Polar Sea to meet, if possible,
the land expedition of Captain Franklin, advancing
,in
an opposite direction from the mouth f the Copper-
mine or, it might be, the Mackenzie River, is passed
over in absolute silence. The " Blossom's boat" is blot-
ted out of this record. Yet wefully concur in many of.
the important positions which the author takes up
The various services in the attempts to " solve the pro-
blem of a North Polar passage between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans," are thus smartly summed up
" The Polar Sea Expeditions amount to ten, the Polar
Land Journeys to three ; seven out of the ten Polar Sea
Expeditions may be briefly described :—Captain Lyon's
expedition was modestly called by him ' an unsuccess-
ful attempt to reach Repulse Bay;' in the body of the
narrative of Captain Back's expedition will be found the
same tale which Captain Lyon told on his title-page ;
Captain Ross returned, after four years' wintering, with-
out
.advancing a step towards the object in view; Cap-
tain Parry failed in his attempt to reach the Polar Sea
by Regent's Inlet, as well as Behring's Strait, to the
Pole ; Captain Beechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is
all ; and Captain Buchan was not so fortunate as Cap-
tain Beechey."
Notwithstanding our regret that more courtesy and
temper have not been demonstrated by the authOr to-
wards Sir J. Barrow, in parts of these letters, we must
go all lengths with him in the just reflections involved in
his argument, to show the original error of some of
the Hon. Baronet's conclusions, and the characteristic
tenacity with which that functionary persisted in
such error. We can find room for the following ex-
tract only :
" The great difficulty in the way of these various at-
tempts, all know, was ice, but no one, not even the
author of the ' Chronological History of Arctic
Voyages,' has inquired where was it found, and where
was it not found, and, therefore, where was it for the
future to be avoided. That which forced itself, especially
upon Sir Edward Parry's mind, was the fact of the ad-
herence of ice to those shores which had an eastern
aspect, while those of an opposite character were free.
I have tested this fact in connexion with the movements
of the various Polar Sea Expeditions which have been
set afloat since 1813, and I find that in every instance
the difficulties arose from the same cause—the clinging
to lands having an eastern aspect. It may be as well to
mention them, for facts are always worth repeating. Sir
Edward Parry, in his second expedition, made attempts
for two successive summers, to penetrate the eastern
entrance of the Fury and Hecla Strait, and
failed ; and, in his third expedition, he lost the
Fury while pushing his way along the eastern land
of North Somerset. Sir John R4ss, in his second
expedition, was four years advancing four miles
along the same eastern land, and was at last obliged to
abandon his vessel. Captain Lyon and Sir George Back
made separately unsuccessful attempts to reach Repulse
Bay, which has an eastern aspect.
" How, it may be inquired, is this general difficulty to
be avoided? By doing, from experience, that which
Baffin and Ross did from instinct, by taking the road,
which is fairly open to us—the lands that have a western
aspect. The difficulty then is clearly one of our owa
seeking, and no longer presents an insurmountable bar-
rier to arctic research.'
It is always a welcome labour to do homage to
those matchless displays of British intrepidity, courage,
and humanity, physical powers of endurance, anti
moral fortitude, which were so nobly developed in the
two overland expeditions of Sir John Franklin and
his party, and the successful completion of the tr 4,
verse from the shores of the Polar Sea to the eastern
coasts of Behring's Straits, at the northern extremity
of the Great Pacific Ocean, by a traveller whom our
author justly eulogises as " great "—the prematurely
deceased Mr. Simpson, with his gallant comrades of
the North-West Company's memorable enterprise:—
" And now let me call your attention to the other sett
vice which has been at work upon this interesting guys.
tion. I mean the Polar Land Journeys, those fruitful
missions, but for which you would have been deprived
of some one or another of your favourite Polar Sea Ex.
peditions. A short survey of the Polar Land Journeys
will afford a standard of comparison with the Polar See
Expeditions, and develop the true position. The pub-
lication of the travels of Hearne, the fur trader, for
which we are indebted to a Frenchman, demonstrated
that the Polar Sea could be reached overland by way of
Canada, and the success which attended the fltst Govern,.
ment expedition, proved that the opinion which 'and
been formed, was in every way correct. The distance
bettybetween the Coppermine River and Point Turnagain, as
Sir John Franklin named the point of his retrograde
movement, was thus made known to us. A second ex-
pedition added the distance between the Mackenzie and
the Coppermine, and as far westward of the Mackenzie
as Foggy Island, which far suppassed in extent the pros-
perous voyage of Sir Edward Parry, in 11119 and 1810.
A third expedition eclipsed all, and left to be surveyed
but a small portion of the North American boundary
of the Polar Sea ; in that portion, small as it is, rests the
problem of three centuries.
" Is not this sufficient encouragement to send a fourth?
The fruits of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions will not ba-
lance with those" of the last of the three Polar Land
Journeys ; and the harvest of the first and the least sue-
cessful of these interesting missions is greater than that
which remains to be gathered, while in expenditure the
three Land Journeys have certainly not cost more than
two, if one, of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions. Even the
little that has been done by the Polar Sea Expeditions
is of doubtful character. Bank's Land, North Somerset,
the North Georgian Group of Islands, and the boun-
daries of Barrow Strait are still problems ; they are the
lesser puzzles which I have mentioned. It is not so
with the labours of Franklin, Richardson, and Simpson ;
the footing they made is permanent, while Croker'a
Mountains have dissolved, and islands threaten to be
continents, and continents islands, the natural cons e.
quence of discovery in ships."
The second letter is ingenious and acute ; 'but we
have no more room for extracts.

PEDESTRLANISM.—The celebrated pedestrians, Wil-
liam Jackson (the American Deer), of Norwich, and
William Sheppard, of Birmingham, the competitors iu
the late great running match for 2004, a hich was won
by the former, have been backed again for 1004 to run
five miles, the friends of Sheppard conceiving that hia
powers of endurance and speed are equal, if not superior,
to those of Jackson at a shorter distance. In the pre-
vious contest they were matched to run for an hour, but
Sheppard broke down when within about four hundred
yards of the tenth mile, and his adversary, continuing
his course till the expiration of the hour, consequently
won the match. Another great match is on the input
between Maxfield (alias the North Star), of Slough.
Jackson, who defeated Sheppard, and John Davies, ♦
Welshman, for 1501. (501. aside), to run a mile on a turn-
pike-road ; the match to come off on the 11th of the en-
suing month. Sheppard offered to stake 704 to the 604,
posted by each of the others, for permission to run its
the match; but this, it is said, has been refused.

, .
PEDESTRIANIM .—A race between John Handley,
his olnpotent is thrt;
of Nottingham, and Thomas Needham, of Radford, a dis-
tance of three hundred yards, will come off next Monday
week. This race will excite much interest, both parties%
being well-tried pedestrians. Although Handley tiss
112 iktiol e,,tionn,i 0n e
3.
acquired a great name, as a long runner, and is tt-ainim,
otmhe
The sum tr.
be run for is 20/. on each side ; 20/. of %;,.'nich were dept,.
-
fuanvdoeurrittleie
anivetoenragnstT
sited last Monday night.—On Molltits,--
y last, er.e asp°.
for 104 between Pipes and QuF.t:rtern, two a Dille
ra°.
trians, came off on the ;verb , d amateur pedes.
3 -roa when the former
won easily.—Nottin9ham Review . '
MILITARY INTELLIGEN CE.---C If ATHAY, JAN. 11.—..
This morning a detachment of
the 11th Regiment of
Foot, consisting of 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 44 rank
and file, with 1 supernumerary, left their head-quarters
at the Artillery arraek s, Brompton, near Chatham,
en route for Deptford,
, where they embark on board tke
Mountstuart Elph. instone, convict ship, 611 tons buldea
which vessel
will
drop down to Woolwich, to take in
convicts for Van Dieman's Land. The detachment
Which is to form a convict guard, is under the com u!
of Major John Cassimir Harold and Ensign Minter
(both officers are of the same corps). Seven women sad
15 children accompany the troops. There is a report te
the garrison, that the remaining part of the 11th v(111 be
sent out altogether to the colony, instead of being
draughted out in detachments as convict-guards, as mare
troops are required in that Wand. 74th. Four Company
depot at this garrison will be removed to Canterbury it
the early part of next month; and the Four Company
depot of the 46th Regiment, now at Dublin, will arrive a
this garrison to do garrison duty.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—This leviathan of the deer
made another very successful trip down Channel ors
Monday, as far as Ilfracombe. We understand that her
speed was never less than 9} knots, and on her retort
reached as high as 12k. To-morrow (Thursday) the
citizens of Bristol will have to bid a long, and (we
s feat
014.
a last farewell to this pride of their portt,ea,eynosure c:s, she
tar
a trip to London, there to become the
wondering eyes" previous to plying on her station ba.
1 Gazette.
B t
tweenLivezrol and Now York.— ru o

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 24.

13, Great Marlborough-street.
THE NELSON LETTERS and
DISPATCHES.
A SECOND EDITION of the FIRST 'VOLUME
Is now ready for delivery.
N.B. Vol. 11. will be published in February nest.
*4* Orders received by all Booksellers.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

rITERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 44 ; Noon, 44.
BAROMETER, 29.70.—W1ND, S.W.

NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
"Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers "Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
"Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

THEATRE
THIS ROT AL
NING
.13RUIVY-LANE,
EVE
Will be repeated a Grand Opera Soria, called THE DAUGHTER
ST. MARK. Lusignano,Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Corners Mr.
Barran! ; Moncenigo, Hr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W.
Karrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Poole
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequin-We, called
PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON
CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin. Mr.
Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ;
Columbine, Miss Carson.
The Boxoottice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

ERRATUM.—The Barometer marked 30.09 yesterday, not
30.9, as given in our Weather Table.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIB DAY.
Homing .« '1 minutes after 3 1 Evening 82 minutes after 3.

----;THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be iserformed a New and Original Comedy, In Five Acts,
called OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket
Strickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe,. Tom Coke
Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Marren;
The Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn,
Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious. Mr. J.
Bland; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P.
Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley.
To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC-
TORIAL TOUR 1N SWITZERLAND.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. 1. T. Ar cher, at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'Clock.

conclusion of the sitting a royal ordinance was read,
appointing General CONCHA military governor of
Catalonia, in place of the Baron DB MEIER.
The Three per Cents. closed at 32f for cash, and
34 at 60 days; the Fire per Cents. at 23i for cash,
and 23i at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest
at 7 for cash and at 60 days.

The Paris papers are almost entirely occupied with
the speeches of M. Tawas and M. GuizoT on the
address, and though there was much talk on both
sides, especially on the part of M. Tunes, no new
fact, idea, or principle was produced which could
make an impression on the public mind. The ex-
Minister spoke in his usual vivid and striking manner ;
he had prepared his cue well, arranged facts, and
drawn up accusations, but the sum and substance of
the speech have been blazoned forth already in all
the Opposition papers, and so repeatedly that even
the most eloquent orator could produce little effect
when he had no topics but the right of search, the
Morocco war, and the "eternal PRITCHARD," as he

is denominated by the National. Tznas was con-
fined, or rather chose to confine himself, to
these, and carefully kept all the horrors
inflicted on Spain entirely out of view, chiefly
because he could not charge GUIZOT in this part of
his foreign policy with having yielded to England.
The liberty of Spain was cast to the winds when party
interest came is the way. The only portion of TRIERS'
speech that had the semblance of novelty related to
the position of France in lespect to alliances with
other States, and he frankly admitted that under pre-
sent circumstances France was not only isolated, but
that she could not be otherwise, that she could form
no alliance with Russia, Austria, or Prussia, and that
compared with either of these England was preferable.
These are his words :—" Much at present is said of
continental alliances—you know my opinion on the
subject. Permit me to tell you that there is something
chimerical in alliances on the continent. Frankly, is

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under the Direction of Madams CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.)
a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some
Bells that FLanig an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck,
Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; Tubby.
Mr. Wilkin-
son ; Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart Mr. Paul Bedford ; Will FernM
Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby; Meggy Veck, Miss Mrs.
Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews.
After which will be repeated a New Farce, called THE COR-
PORAL'S WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the Bride, in which Messrs.
Lambert, Hudson, and Selby, and Miss Woolgar will perform.
To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas
Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the King
of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lons..
dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sarrters.
Prompter, Mr. °allot ; Principal Painter tdr. Pitt ; Leader of the
M Band, Mr. Mellon.—Box-ollice open from Eleven till Four. Private
Bones to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MONSEIIII,4EUR; or,
PARIS IN 1720. Monseigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr.
Oxberry; Rosanne. Mica Emma Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall.
To be followed by a new Divertissement. called THE IRI
W EDI)ING. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Roussot, Miss
Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rourset, Mr. Marshall, and Mr.
Gilbert.
To be succeeded by a New Comedietta, entitled THE WIDOW
BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs.
Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling.
After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather
Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS
MEN. Orindoff. Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry; Kelmar,
Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr. Cori, Golotz,Mr. Walton; Claudine,
Miss E. Stanley ; Katrina, Mrs. Fosbroke.
Dress Circle, Ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Fit, es.; Gallery, Is. Half. rice at
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle,2s. 6d.; Boxes, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 641
Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ,• Proses.
hium Boxes, Two Guineas and is-Half. Doors to be opened at Half-
past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock.
The Box-otfice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn.
Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the
Theatre.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden,
Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL

there any one possible for us at the present moment ?
it is for this reason that I am a partisan of peace—

THEATRE ROYAL LYCLUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
Under the
THIS Manaem
EVENING
of Mrs. KEELEY.
- - •

Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews,
Collier, Emery, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden,
Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOU7 TO
MAKR V. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker,
Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic
Pantomimlcal, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE
AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews;
Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ,
Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs
Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—Balcony ;Boxes. 4;.; Upper
Boxes, is.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, (id. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2.. ;
Upper Roses, Is. M.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ttalcony Tier
(holding eight persons). Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and it-HalL Private
BOW on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea.
The Box.otEcei s open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

GRAND JUVENILE FETES.
ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. BATTY.
Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX
HUNT; or, The Race-Hor.e and Life's Course of Man and Steed;
introducing unequalled Natiolial Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage
and in the Circle by living For and real Pack of Hounds, purchased
b 1 Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production.
.Epeom Races and other Sporting Features.
New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse.
nianship.
After which, a Brilliant Military Cavalcade. introdun Thirteen
Female E luestrians, entitled THE H UNG ARI AN BRIGADE;
or, kemale Cavalry.
To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime,
called HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the
Black Witch of Edmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine,
Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ,
Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells.
Acting and stage.rnanager Mr. W. D. Broadfoot
Box-office open from Eleven till live. Lessons in the Art Riding
by Mr. W. Smith daily.

DAVTDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
ocompliance with the wishes of numerous Families, the Pantomime
will be performed in the middle of the Evening.—Continuation of
the most brilliant Success ever known.
THIS' EVENING
Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End
of Crime. Principal Characters by Mr. Henry Corn (from the
Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoarier,
I ewis. Heston, and Seaman, Mrs. It Honner, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W.
Daly, and Miss Martin.
To be fol owed by an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called
POUNDS, sHILLINOS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN
L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corn; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
To conclude with THE Warr NURSE. Supported toy Messrs.
Neville, W. Smith, and Lewis, Miss Martin, &c.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
(Ace, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE
fatraordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Charity,"
and the New Comic Pantomime.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated MARIANNE; or, the Child of Charity. Sun.
ported by Mr. o.baldigton, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H.
Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E.
'ierrey, and Miss Treble:
After which, MONSEIGNEUR. Monseigneur, the French Jack
Sheppard, Miss Vincent. • -
To conclnde with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN HOT CODMine. 'HarLINS • or,lequin,L The ittle Old Woman and
the Demon of the Metal M. Chapipo; Clown,
Mr. Blanchard ; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney ; Columbine, Mdlle
Le Fite.

FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to submit a list of the EN-
GAGEMENTS, and an outline of the ARRANGEMENTS which
le has entered into for the ENSUING SEASON of FRENCH
PLAYS, which will commence on MONDAY EVENING. JAN.
27, and which, he trusts, will be deemed worthy the distinguished
Patrenage hitherto conferred upon his Theatre.
The Season will commence by the Engagement of Monsieur
Lafont (of the Theatre des Varietes!, his First Appearance at this
Theatre, for whose performance the popular Plays of " Le Che-
valier de Saint Georges," " Le Chevalier du Guet," " Pierre le
Rouge," " Requefinette," " Pere et File, &c , &C., &c., will be
produced. Mademoiselle Nathalie (ef the Theatre du Gymnase)
will also appear conjointly with Monsieur Lafont.
After whom, the eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre
(who has accepted an engagement for a limited number of Nights
only), and Mademoiselle Clarisse, will appear, until the close of the
Season at Easter. During the Engagement of Monsieur Frede-
rick Lemaitre, the popular Plays of " Don Casar de Baran," and
"Ruy Bias," by Victor Hugo, as originally performed by him with
so much success, will be produced ; as well as the last New Piece
cal' the Porte St. Martin, which now excites such extraordinary
interest in Paris, and in which M. Frederick has performed for
Ten consecutive Weeks, entitled " La Dame de Saint Tropez."
After Easter, the eminent Actress, Madame Albert (engaged
for a few nights only), will appear in the Two New Comedies of
the Theatre Francais, " Une Femme a Quarante Ans,'' and " Le
Mari a la Campagne." in addition to " Mathilde, ou la Jalouise ;"
and Marie, ou lee Trois Epochs;" with other favourite Pieces of
her repertoire ; and will be succeeded by the popular Comic Actor,
Monsieur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royale), who will make
his First Appearance in this Country.
The Engagement of Monsieur Ravel will be followed by those of
Mademoiselle Plessy, and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre
Frameaii, his First Appearance in this Country). It is intended, at
that period of the Season, to produce, under the superintendence
of Monsieur Cartigny, some of the finest Comedies of the French
Stage. In addition to which, Mr. Mitchell has the honour to
announce, that an entirely New Comedy will be proctored, written
expressly for the Company by the eminent French Author, Mon-
sieur Alexandre Dumas, who will be present in London to direct
the raise es scene of his New Composition.
The Favourite Actor, Monsieur Achard, is also engaged for a
few Nighps, and will appear in the last New Vaudeville of Le
flymnase, entitled " Babiole et Joblot," by Scribe, " Ywan le
Moujick," and other New Pieces, with the occasional Representa-
tion of some of the most popular Plays of that admired Actor's
repertoire.
The Season will terminate by the Engagement of Monsieur
Aal (of the Theatre du Vaudeville), who will have the honour
of rn
making his First Appearance at this Theatre, and during whose
Engagement the following Popular Plays, as originally performed
by Monsieur Arnal, will be produced :—" L'Homme Blase,"
" L'Hunsoriste," "Les Gants J.iune," " Passe Minuit," " Les
Cabinets Particulaire," " Renaudin de Caen," " Le Poltron,"
" La 3fansarde du Crime," " Le Bal du Grande Monde," &c., ate.
The Company for the Season will be carefully selected from the
Theatres of Paris, including M. Cartigny, H. Oudinot, M. De-
champes (of the Gymnase), M. Masquillier (of the Porte St.
Mortis), M. Lienard, M. Tourillon, M. Bizot, M. Bonnet, Mdlle.
Eliza Forgeot, Mdme. Croset, Mdlle. Mery, Mdlle. Chaplin, Mdlle.
Ozy (of the Varietes), Mdlle. Andrea (of the Porte St. Martin),
Mdlle. Hstelle (of the Palais Royale), Mettle. Bonval (of the Theatre
Yrancais), Mdlle. Valerie (of the Odeon), Mdlle. Lambert (of the
Varietes), &c., &c., &c.
Leader of the Orchestra, M. Burotte (for Twenty Years Second
Chef d'Orcliestre at the Theatse du Vaudeville) ; Directrice,
Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot ; Regisseur, M. Cloup.
The Subscription will be for Forty Representations, which will
take plAce on Mondays and Fridays; the Performances on Wed-
nesday Efanings will not be included in the Subscriptions, but Sub-
scribers will be allowed to exchange either the Monday or Friday
Evening for the Wednesday, when they may desire to do so, for
the accoraraodation of their other engagements, an arrangement
which, on former Seasons, has given such general satisfaction.
Application* for Season Boxes and Stalls to be addressed to Mr.
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams, I, St.
limes's-street and Messrs. Andrews and Ebers, Bond-street.

FA
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IVille
Cornelis, of Amsterdam, Reincke, master, from
Alicata, laden with But 'h_uor, whilst working out of port
rsst.werd.,aymmissminstag,yfsonrPeanr ttlicordam. the wind strong at
entrance, St. Anthony's lighthouse on the eastern
Poinheto,lictind after casting anchor,
which unfortunately did not
, she drove on the rocks,
arid, notwithstanding prompt assistance was rendered by
boas and men from the Dutch man-of-war steamer
Vesuvius, lying in the roads, boundto tand also
from the shore, she could not be got oft that tide, the
the west-
gitiot having
wind having then considerably freshenethdefrom
inird and' .N.W. ; in the meantime,
struck heavily, beat off her rudder and very
leaky, and little or no hopes existed of saving her,
though every means were resorted to •
s'he was' got o 8
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sudden, in a shift of wind at three A.M.,
the rocks, and speedily anchored in comparative safety.
The wind soon afterwards increased to a violent gale at.
N.N.W, ; at noon, however, the Vesuvius having got up
her steam, weighed anchor, ran down toleeward, speedily
took the galliot in tow, and in an hour succeeded in
Cringing her into the inner harbour. This is anothez
proof of the valuable aid which can be afforded by steam
power under circumstances of emergency, and where
sailing vessels can afford little or no assistance ' • whilst
to Captain Tullekoz, of the Vesuvius, it must be very
gratifying that his incidental visit t 9, this port enabled
him to render most opportune Oa timely aid to a vessel
of his own nation.

but not of peace at all price. Time will undoubtedly
change the condition and the feeling of certain powers ;
but at present there is not a single one of these alli-
ances which is possible. The longer war shall be kept
distant from us, the greater chance there is to find al-
liances on the continent of Europe. In all alliances
some sacrifices must be made. Thus, the first condi-
tion of an alliance with Russia would be the sacrifice
of our interest in the East. An alliance with Austria
would sanction for ever her rule over Italy; and that
with Prussia, the most probable of all hereafter, would
be to confine us for ever in the limits fixed by the
treaties of 1815 ; so that it is my conviction that
the solution of the great European questions—that of
the East, for instance, and the interest of our revolu-
tion—require an alliance with England ; and I may
add that the analogy of the two Governments will

prevent England from again forming a coalition
against us, as she did forty years back. The interest
of our African possessions also requires the Eng-
lish alliance ; for a war with England, without pro-
ducing the loss of that colony—far from it—would
considerable impede our intercourse with it. From
all this, I come to the conclusion that we ought not to
fling ourselves without conditions into the English
alliance ; but that still it merits being maturely and
seriously meditated on and weighed. How, then,
since I am in favour of this alliance, have I differed
from the present Cabinet ? In the manner of con-
ducting it—which is a most grave and important con-
sideration. The situation has become singularly
modified of late years, and in the following manner
—When you find in a country a party disposed to act
efficiently with you, as was the case with the Whig
party, then you may form an alliance with that coun-
try ; but when, in place of the Whigs, a Tery party
is found in England, that is, a party holding itself
on a certain reserve, and not wishing to act freely
with France, then I say that you ought not to
pledge yourself to that party, as you are new doing."
Now nothing can show more the miserable shifts to
which TIIIERS is driven to make out a case than the
latter part of the quotation alluding to the Whigs.
He would make an alliance with the Whigs, because
they are disposed to act efficiently with France, yet
the very orator himself was driven from office, be-
cause, if we are to believe his words, the 'Whigs
deceived him. The Whigs would not act efficiently
with France; and had he not been thrown aside by
his SOVEREIGN he and his friends, the Whigs,
would hare contrived in a month to bring
on a bloody war. The reply of M. Guizor was
a matter-of-fact speech, rebutting with precision and
effect the charge brought against him by his oppo-
nent, and towards the close, where alone he made
any attempt at eloquence, he produced far greater
effect on the Chamber than the attacking party. It
related to a delicate subject too—respect for England ;
but he brought it forward boldly and carried the
Chamber with him. He thus describes the KING'S
visit to England :
" France has often been at peace with England, but
behind their outward show of friendship there always
subsisted a jealous and hostile spirit of rivalry. The
prosperity, progress, and activity of one of the Govern-
ments was a source of annoyance to the other. But
this is no longer the case; fur both, acting in the pleni-
tude of their liberty, in place of being opposed as
formerly, are able to aid each other. Such was the pre-
sent opinion of the two Governments. There are then,
I say, two Governments in Europe who consider it their
duty to act towards each other in a particular way, and
act so ; they continually testify a mutual confidence in
each other's intentions and acts, and the care of their
gravest interests end neither in a rupture nor a coolness.
—(Hear, hear.) The result then of all that I have just
alluded to has been this : The King of the French went
to England.—( Murmurs on the Left.) This result is
not a conjectured one, but palpable and undoubted. It
has been said that we have hurried on matters to admit
of this visit. We precipitated nothing ; all was
resolved maturely and independently ; and when
nothing more existed to embarrass the two
Governments, the King went to London. The
propriety of this journey has certainly not been
contested by any person, and its political utility
cannot be impugned either. Although the personal inter
course between Sovereigns is not at present so impor-
tant as at other periods and under other forms of go-
vernment, yet certainly they have a certain influence on
the good accord of states and on the easy arrangement
of affairs. You know the result of this visit, you have
beheld the manifestations of the sentiments of the Queen
of England, of her husbrnd, of those of the whole coun-
try, towards the King and dynasty of July, towards
France herself, towards our policy of peace and libe-
ral Conservatism. Every one beheld this—Europe
witnessed it—and do you suppose that the spec-
tacle is without fruit ? that France was weakened
or humiliated by these incidents ? Ask where you
please in Europe, and I will, beforehand, agree to
accept the answer.—(Loud approbation.) But what
Europe witnessed and comprehended, France her-
self also understood. I saw the King's return to France
—I saw how he was everywhere welcomed—l saw a just
pride displayed at the consideration with which he was
greeted in England, and a just satisfaction at the re-
moval of all difficulties between the two States.—( A
fresh burst of approbation.) I shall only add one word
more on the question which has been alluded to so re-
peatedly in the course of oar discussion—l mean the
Right of Search. I do not wish to give my words an
extension beyond what facts will bear out. Ido not say
that this question is already settled, for the conviction of
England was that it was the only means of putting
down the slave trade, and you all know with
what honourable perseverance that question was
prosecuted in England. It was then necessary
to prove to England that other means might
be devised tc effect the desired object. This was an
immense step, and that step had been made by the nomi-
nation of the mixed Commission. Believe me, this Com-
mission is not appointed to elude the question—the names
of the persons appointed to compose it, taken as they are
from the most considerable of the two countries—will be
a proof of the contrary. Gentlemen, such is the position
ot' affairs at present, and there is a vast distance from
this lofty region to mere party struggles. Ia which of
the two will the Chamber place itself ? Will it side with
mere party squabbles, or will it take into account great
public interests ? Such is the question which the dis-
cussion will resolve. I have placed it before you in all
its truth. The Chamber must decide.—(Approbation.)"
With the exception of the Journal des Debats and
the Globe, not one paper does justice to the Minister's
Speech. They want a change, they call for variety,
and care not who comes in, if Guizor only goes out.
Even the Conservative Presse, though it cannot deny
great merit to the reply of the Foreign Minister, con-
demns his policy. That journal thus sums up the
debate :
" Three speeches occupied the sitting of the Chamber
of Deputies on Tuesday, which did not conclude until a
quarter to seven o'clock—one of M. de Peyramont, of
unmeasured length ; the second, of M. Thiers • and the
third, of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neither M.
Thiers nor M.Guizot had intended to speak on that occa-
sion, but having been attacked by M. de Peyramont with
the same vehemence as if he had been a culprit before the
Court of Assize, M. Thiers was compelled to ask leave to
speak. Tho impression produced by his speech, except the
part relative to the alliances, which appeared confused,
feeble, and embarrassed, was such, that although it was
near six o'clock, the Minister for Foreign Affairs would
not suffer the sitting to conclude without replying to the
attacks against his policy. It is impossible to place great

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1845.

talent at the service of a less worthy cause. M. Guizot
has seldom spoken better, and, nevertheless, it must be
admitted that he did not succeed in destoying the effect
produced by M. Thiers' speech. The Chamber re-
mained cold, and separated under the sad and profound
impression that, with more firmness, it would have been
easy to have obtained the expulson of Abd-el-Kader
from Morocco—ho who has been neither expelled nor
confined to the interior of the country—as well as the
formal disapprobation of the culpable conduct of the
missionary Pritchard, and the revision of the treaties of
1831 and 1833. It was only to have wished, in order to
have obtained those advantages."
On the following day more confidence in the stabi-
lity of the Ministry was evident on the Bourse, and
the Funds improvel The Three per Cents. closed at
85f. 20c., said the New Loan at 86f. 35c.
THE BOITIISE--WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22.
Tint Highest Lowest Lut
Pries. Price. Price. Price.
Trench FiveperCenti•• •••• 121 90 .. 122 .. 121 90 .. 122
Three per Cents." 33 10 .. 83 10 .• 85 .. 115 10
New Los= •• •••• •• 86 40 .. 86 45 .. 86 40 .. 86 41
Bank of France,,,.. 3262 50 -3265 ..3262 50 ..1265
Galin Bank. I.ooof. Sham 1095 ..1095 .. 1095 -1095
Belgian Bank. .......... ••. 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 635
Belgian Fives, 1840 •• • • • • 104% .. 104% • • 104% • • 104%
1842 •••••••• 1064 .. 10614 .. 10614 .. 10614
Spanish 4oThrees. •• 40 .. 403(, .. 40 .. 4011
Active •• .. •• • 3834 .. 39 .. 38% •.. 39
Passive.•• ... •• •. 7 .. 6% .. 7
New Deferred 16% 16% .. 16% •• 16%
Portuguese Five per Cents 5934 .. 59% .. 59% .. 59%
Neapolitan • •• • 98 80 .. 98 80 .• 98 80 .. 98 80
Ronan 10514 10534 1051 A .. 1054
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles. 498 75 .. 498 75 .. 497 50 .. 497 80
L. 8.• ••••••• • • • • 381 25 .. 381 25 381 25 .. 331 25
Rouen •• •• .• •• •• lO6O • 1060 -1057 50 -1057 50
Rouen to Havre" .. •• • • 825 • . 830 .. 825 .. 830
Orleans •• ••••• ....... .•...1132 50 ..1133 50 ..1125 ..1132 50
Strasburg to Bale •••• •• •••• 305 .. 308 75 .. 303 75 . 307 50
Avignon to Marseilles.• .• 927 80 . 930 .. 926 25 .. 933
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT. FEB 8.
Versailles, R. 8.•• .• •• • • •• 497 50 .. 500 .. 497 50 .. 500
L. 8.•• •• •• •• •• 380 .. 885 .. 380 .. 385
...... -1062 50 ..1062 10 ..1058 75 "1058 75
Rouen to Havro•••••••••••• 823 75 .. 832 50 .. 823 75 .. 832 50
Orleans • ........113250 ..1132 50 ..1125 -1126 25
Strasburg to Bale •• ••••• • •• 305 .. 310 .. 305 307 50
Avignon to Marseilles...... 930 .. 931 25 .. 928 75 .. 931 25

samples may be pl iced on the brokers' show boards at
the earliest possible period, and sales effected either by
private contract or by public auction. We are happy to
be able to state from an inqection of several sam-
ples of teas from Upper Assam, that a marked
improvement is observed in She manipulation of
the leaf. Some very fine samples of Sugar
have recently been received from the East Indies. In
fact, in almost all *Jades of Indian production, a rapid
stride in the right direction has been made recently. The
growth of linseed is in course of extension, and the late
arrivals have realised extremely good prices, indeed as
high as the most esteemed foreign samples.
The demand for Money has somewhat increased, the
payments upon Railway Shares becoming somewhat
onerous; still the value of the public securities is un-
commonly well supported. Consols for the Account
have been quoted at 1001, and for Money the same. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have touched 44
per cent. above par. Beak Stock for the Account, 2144;
India Stock, 2674; Exchc quer-bills, 60s. to 625. premium;
and the Three per Cents. Reduced ICO4.
A very few bargains have been made in the Foreign
Stocks to-day, attention being devoted much to Railway
Shares. Brasil Bonds have been sold at 88 ; P,-rtuguese
Converted at 601 and 60; Spanish at 28/ 4 ; the Three
per Cents. at 394 40 ; and the Dutch Tvvo-and-a Half
per Cents. at 63..
Again has there been a large amount of business
in the Railway Shares, end, strange as it may appear, a
few at advanced prices, especially in Birmingham and
Gloucev.er, in the London and York, and some of the
French lines. The British North American Bank Shares
have been done at 454 4 per share.
PRICE OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
om the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2131/ 213 214
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... 1 4
13/
S per Cent. Consols Anns lOOOO
New 34 per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 1-16%
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859
2186 15-16
India Stock 286
south Sea Stock _
99%
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account.
...
Consols for Account , ... 1004
India Stock 2871,4
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11,4 d.
1,000/.
5001
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Braoilian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 88
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted 6014 60
Ditto for the Account 6O tA
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 284
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto 3 per Cent 39%
Ditto for the Account
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dutch 21 per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Ditto, New...
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... T/41,4 to
Churnet Valley
Direct Northern 21,4 2 AN3% to
Dublin and Belfast Junction 21,Z2 5%%... to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. s_per Ct. No. 1. 35,4 l% to 1
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ely and Bedford
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Great North of England 100 149
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Harwich 1
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Brighton-- ..... 50
London and Greenwich ...... 12% ll
London and South Western.. 41r...... 78
Ditto, New
London and York ... ..... ...... 2 A...
Lynn and Ely
M ,hester and Birmingham 40 — to

THE EARL or AIORNINGTON.—We are happy in
being enabled to state that the health of this vener-
able nobleman has somewhat improved; the reply
given yesterday in Grosvenor-square was, " His
Lordship has passed a tolerable night, and is rather
better this morning." Several of the nobility and
gentry made early calls at the Noble Earl's.
THIS EARL or CARLISLE.—We regret to state that
the Earl of Carlisle is seriously indisposed. On in-
quiring at Carlisle House yesterday morning, we were
informed that his Lordship was something better.

.ancia,.. _
Ditto Quarters -
Midland 100 l2B 129... to 128
Ditto New
Newcastle and Berwick -
North British
Northern and Eastern 45
Ditto Scrip
Rugby.. _ _
11/ 14 .tO

Sheffield and Lincoln
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21.4 A%... to 4%
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...4814 49 to 48% 49 48
Ditto New
Ditto, New
Staines and Richmond........ 1
south Wales
York and North Midland
Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 70%
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Great Northern of France ... 4
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen...
Rouen and Havre
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American
31ANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 23.—The
business continues to be extensive without any material al-
teration in prices : .
Bristol and Gloucester 44
Eastern Counties ...
Great North of England, New Shares
Manchester and Birmingham 56
Ditto Quarter Shares , 6%
Midland Railway Consols 401. Shares
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington
Blackburn, Danven, and Bolton
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln
Churnet Valley 6l/2%14 61,4% 5-164% 6
Dublin and Belfast Junction 5%
Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal 4%
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction 3 5-16%
Leeds and West Riding Junction... 4 9-16 11..16%3A
London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby 2%
London and York
Lynn and Ely
Manchester, burn and Roseendale
Manchester and Buxton 2%
North British
Trent Valley 101,4
Boulogne and Amiens 5%
Great Northern of France 6
Peak Forest Canal
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS
Bank Stock ,.... 2131
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
~,
New 3M per Cent

Lone Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12%
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 12
Ditto 30 year', Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11%
India Stock
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities ......... 99
Bank Stock for Account 214%
Consols
India Stock for Account 2871,1
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 114 d 62 pm.
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds

Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 34%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto, Converted
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto, Account
Dutch, 21,4 per Cent .
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 100 paid
Ditto New Shares, 17% paid 26%
Bristol and Exeter, 70 paid 76%
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
CalJdonian, 5 paid
Pirect Northern, 214 paid. 21

.., 214
Eastern Counties, 25 paid...
Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 paid
Ditto Extension,2l/2 paid 5%
Great Western, 75 paid ... 172
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 99%
Harwich, 1 paid
Lancaster and Carlisle, 15 paid
London and Birmingham (Stock) ... ..
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2 paid 2B
London and Blackwall, 16%
London and Brighton, 50 paid 5216
London and Greenwich, 12% paid
London an :South Western, 41i paid —
Ditto New, 214 paid
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. paid ... 16
London and York. 21/ paid
Lynn au d Ely, 14 paid
Manchester and Birmingham, 40 paid ... 56
Midland, 100 paid ... 129
Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 100 paid... 94
Newrainte and Remick, 11/a paid ......... .. 10
North British, 71,1 E paid
Northern and Eastern, 45 paid 62
Rugby, 1 paid 2%
Shrews., Wolverh., Dudley, and Birm., 2i pd. 4
South Devon, 10 paid
South Wales, 21/2 paid
Trent Valley, 2 paid ll
Yarmouth and Norwich, 20 paid 284
York and North Midland, 50 paid
Ditto Half Shares, 25 paid
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid
Ditto Extension, 14 paid... .............. ....
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Paris and Lyons, 2 paid
Paris and Orleans, 20 paid
Rouen and Havre, 12 paid
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltat..... ......... _
Ditto, at sight l2 6 Leghorn .........,.... 31
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i Genoa ..... . ....... .. 26 10
Antw,— 26 10 Milan ; ..... ........... _
__ .

erp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altonl3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight.. 25 80
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles 26 5
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petereburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effee. fl. 3M. 10
Trieste, ditto • lO 1
Madrid 361
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36
Seville —

Venice .
Naples ..•...... ...... 39*
Palarilio, per oz . 118
Lisbon .. 53
Oporto • .......... 53
Rio Janeiro
Bahia . 24
Buenos Ayo.is
Newl'oik.L':dyssight
......
PRICY., 3 e ,suLtxor rER 3
Foreigr Z-*.:l, bars. £.3 17 9
Portnept' Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Do- .00n5..... u 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 911
Silver in bars. 0 4 1.

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A 7-4 :•01.441.°44'r' . lb I . •
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