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WATERLOO, SOUTHWARK, and VAUX-
HALL BRIDGES.

ASPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the
PROPRIETORS of the DROITWICH PATENT SALT
COMPANY is hereby called, to be holden at the KING'S HEAD
TAVERN, in the POIILTRY, in the City of LONDON, on
THURSDAY, the 12th day of December, 1844, at Twelve of the
Clock at Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Special Report from
the Managing Partners, and considering and determining on the
propriety of applying, in the next Session of Parliament, for a Bill
to incorporate the said Company, or to enable them to sue and be
sued, is the name •f the Manager, or any Direetor or Proprietor,
or Officer thereof for the time being, and to grant other powers to
the said Company; and also to extend, alter, or amend the provi-
sions contained in the Deed of Settlement of the said Company,
bearing date the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-six, and in the Deed altering the provisions of the
Deed of Settlement of the said Company, bearing date the eighteenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
_ _

JAMES WATSON, grocer, Carlisle, Nov. 25, at
eleven, and Dec. 19, at two, at tie Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Wakley, official asdgnee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Mounsey, Carlisle ' • Gray, Staple Inn, London.
THOMAS DOWDING, brever, Chippenham, Nov.
29, and Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Leman, Bristol.
WILLIAM JONES, linendrsper, Usk, Monmouth-
shire, Nov. 29, at twelve, and Dec. 27, at one, at the
Bristol Court of Bankruptcy. Hutton, official assignee,
Bristol ; H. W. and W. C. Sore, Aldermanbury ; Haber-
field, Bristol.

MEETING for the REPEAL of the
DUTY ON COTTON WOOL.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.7-A special general meet-

Application will be renewed to Parliament next session for a
Bill for COMMUTING the TOLLS of these bridges, either by
means of a coal duty, a county or house rate, the Westminster-
bridge Estate, the Bridge.house Estates of the City of London, a
horse duty, public lotteries, the unclaimed dividends, or some other
sources of fund ;—Waterloo-bridge being situate within the pa.
rishes of Saint Clement Danes, Middlesex, and Saint Mary, Lam-
beth, Surrey; Southwark-bridge within those of Saint Martin
Vintry, London, Middlesex, and Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey;
and Vauxhall.bridge, within Saint John the Evangelist, West.
minster, Middlesex, and Saint Mary, Lambeth, aforesaid. Esti-
mates, names of owners, and other Parliamentary documents, with
duplicates, will be left with the clerks of the peace of such cities,
boroughs, and counties, on the 30th instant, and with said parish
clerks, the clerk of Parliaments, and at Private Bill-office, on the
31st December next; and I declare that no private pecuniary profit
or advantage is sought from such object, duties, rates, or sources of
fund. Dated 9th November, 1844.
HENRY COPE, jun., Solicitor.
Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll Association,
14, Agnes-place, Southwark.

ing of the members of the Chamber of Commerce and
Manufactures, was held in the large room of the offices
of that body, in this town, at eleven o'clock this morn-
ing, Mr. T. Bazley, in the chair, for the purpose of
takinglinto consideration the propriety of memorialising
the Government for the repeal of the duty on cotton
wool. About sixty of the most opulent and most influ-
ential gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood were
present, and amongst those who confined themselves to
voting for the several resolutions, and consequently did
not address the meeting, was Mr. R. Cobden, M.P.
The CHAIRMAN, having shortly stated the object of
the meeting, in calling which, he observed, the directors
had exercised sound discretion, proceeded to congratu-
late his auditory on the number of all parties exten-
sively engaged in the cotton trade, who had met there
in harmony, to take into consideration a question in
which a great national interest was involved—namely,
the tax on cotton-wool, which was a most oppressive
burden to the country and a bounty to their foreign
rivals. If, he said, a new material could be found by
which industry could be employed, and those engaged
in that employ might be raised from poverty to affluence,
the Legislature that would repress such advantage by
taxation would be thought highly reprehensible ; and
such was the fact with reference to the present impost.
He dwelt at some length on the vast importance of the
cotton trade, and showed the immense increase derived
from it by the revenue, by tracing the amount received
by the Customs in the port of Liverpool alone from
100,000/. to 4,000,0001., to which it had now reached,
but it had become stationary at that point, consequent
upon the excessive duties. He referred to the large
amount of skill and capital devoted to the promotion of
the cotton trade, from the inventions of Crompton to the
present time ; and, in illustration of the formidable
rivalry growing up in America, read the following com-
munication, which he had received from a gentleman on
the subject :
" The cotton manufacturers of the United States are
extending themselves in every direction. The same
spirit of enterprise that completed the work at Lowell
some twenty years ago, has found its way to the south
and the west. In the vicinity of St. Louis there is a
manufactory in process of erection • also one in the
neighbourhood of Tallahassee, Florida. In Arkansas
one of an extensive scale has been established ; and at
Natchez a cotton and wool factory is now in operation.
In South Carolina, several manufactories have been for
some time in the full tide of successful experiment. The
New England manufacturers are unusually active, and
will be through the season."
With respect to another part of the subject, he cited an
opinion to the effect—" That the goods we manufacture
are mostly similar in fabrics to those made by the Ame-
ricans, and intended for shipment to the same markets,
such as Brazil, Mexico, South America, and latterly
China. They consist of heavy plain domestics, stout
grey drillings, also dyed and bleached, grey and blue-
striped drillings, &c., all of which are made from coarse
yarn. The duty upon cotton-wool, such as we use,
amounts to eleven per cent. ; and, after being made into
goods, to five per cent. upon their value. The English
manufacturer is driven out of the market by sheer
necessity, to relinquish the field to the Americans." He
next said, that previous to the submission of any resolu-
tion on the subject, he would read the memorial which
had been prepared for the occasion ; and he proceeded
to the following effect :
" TO THE LORDS Oil? HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.
" The members of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce and Manufactures, in special general meeting as-
sembled, respectfully approach your Lordships upon a
subject of vital importance to the trade and commerce
carried on in the article of cotton.

JOHN COLVILLE and HUGH COLVILLE, mer-
chants, Liverpool, Nov. 28, and Dec. 27, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherw)od, Temple, London ;
Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool.
EDWIN COTTRILL, linen draper, Redditch, Wor-
cestershire Nov. 30, at twelve, and Dec. 24, at one, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee;
Jones, Sise-lane, London ; Mothram, Birmingham.

And for taking powers in the said Bill to enable the said Com-
pany to make, construct, and maintain, Reservoirs, Mains, Pipes,
Drains, Channels, and other Works and Conveniences, in, under,
or through certain Lands, and in, under, or through the several
Streets, Turnpike-roads, Roads, Lanes, and places in the several
Parishes, Chapelries, Townships, and Hamlets, and extra-parochial
or other places following (that is to say) :—Doddeshill, in the Li-
berties of Saint Mary Wilton, Saint Peter, Saint Andrew, and
Saint Nicholas, in the Borough of Droitwich, in the County of
Worcester; and Salwarpe, Martin Hussinghee, Hindlip, and
Chaines, in tke said County of Worcester, for the purpose of con.
ducting Brine from certain Brine Springs or Pits belonging to the
said Company, in the said Parishes of Doddeshill, in the Liberties
of Saint Mary Wilton, Saint Peter, Saint Andrew, and Saint
Nicholas, in the Borough of Droitwich, to or near a place called
" The Camp," in the said Parish of Chaines, in the said County of
Worcester; and also to take powers for the compulsory purchase
of houses, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, for the purpose of
enabling the said Company to execute the said Works, and to vary
or extinguish the rights and privileges connected therewith ; and
for the purpose of granting powers to the Managing Partners for
the time being of the said Company to carry out the resolutions and
agreements of such meeting. - -
Dated 15th November, 1844.
Signed by order of the Directors,
DAVID BUMSTED, Secretary.
_

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUE..
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNRILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts Inv on each
Policy efected on the Profit scale.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy; Basinghall-street.
E. Edwards, draper and hosier, City-road, St. Luke,
Dec. 6, at half-past one—T. Watson, victualler, Camo-
mile-street, City, at one—lL Tine, carpenter, Hertford,
Dec. 6, at half-past eleven—E. Iblmes, warehouseman,
King-street, Cheapside, Dec. 6, at twelve—J. Harman,
common brewer, Whitefriars, Dec. 6, at eleven—R. Hal-
ford and Co., bankers, Canterbury, Dec. 13, at eleven—
J. Goren, coachmaker, Orchard-street, Portman-square,
Dec. 10, at half-past one—W. Broome, linendraper, Ox-
ford-street, Dec. 6, at two.

In the Country..
D. Storm, builder, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Dec. 20,
at eleven, at tho Bristol District Court—J. Hawksley,
merchant, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Dec. 10, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court—J. H. Allen, timber
merchant, Porth Cawl, Newton Nottage, Glamorgan-
shire, Dec. 19, at one, at the Bristol District Court—G.
Grove, Wick, and Abson, millers, Gloucestershire, Dec.
13, at one, at the Bristol District Court—G. Robertson
and Co., ship chandlers, Liverpool, Dec. 11, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court-0. D. Ward, merchant,
Manchester, Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court—S. Price, machine maker, Blackburn, Lan-
cashire, Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—R. and R. D. Dunn, merchants, Wakefield,
Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Hill,
Uppingham, Rutlandshire, Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES.

86, Lower Thames.street.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

COTTISII WIDOWS' FUND
1.7 NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, LOTH-
BURY, and 6, HENRIETTA-STREET, COVENT.
GARDEN.

Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENE-
RAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this BANK will
be held at the Banking house of the Company, in Lothbury, on
MONDAY, the 16th day of December next, at Twelve for One
o'clock precisely, for the purpose of ELECTING TWO DIREC.
TORS in the room of E. S. Cayley, Esq., M.P., and Henry Barne-
wall, Esq. ; and the Directors further give notice, that Joseph Un.
derwood, Esq., and Henry Cornfoot, Esq., have announced their
intention of becoming Candidates. Dated Nov. 15, 1844.
By order of the Board,
(Signed) A. R. CUTBILL, Manager.

Dec. 4. T. Marsh, miller, St. Martin's-hill, Canterbury,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Dec. 4. E. Peters, brewer,
Godstone, Surrey, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Dec. 4.
T. H. Skelton, stationer, Southampton, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.—Dee. 10. IL Maslen, coal merchant, Croy-
don, at the Court of Bankruptcy.—Dec. 6. T. Turner,
grocer, Sheffield, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

The numerous ➢IEMBERS of this LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
are requested to notice that the non-participation plan of insurance,
sanctioned by the Special General Court, held on the 10th of Septem-
ber last, is now in operation, and that Tables of the New Rates may
be had on application being made at the head office, or any of the So-
ciety's agents.
Assurances for fixed and definite sums are now granted, without
any claim on the part of those in right of the Policies to participate
in the profits of the Institution.

The existing members of the Society are particularly requested to
keep in view that the profit to be derived from this class of assur-
ances is to be divided amongst those entitled to participate in the profits,
by being applied towards increasing the bonus additions upon their
Policies ; it is, therefore, the interest of each, in his own sphere, to
use his utmost endeavours to procure for this Society as many as-
surances of this new class as possible.
Accumulated fund invested upwards of 1,450,0001.

Annual revenue upwards of 220,0001.
Amount of capital sums insured since the commencement of this
Society nearly 6,501,0006. sterling.
The fourth periodical investigation takes place at 31st December,
1845.

Profits divisible septennially.
Amount paid under emerged Policies to the assured or their repre-
ientatives 600,0001.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
OFFICE IN LONDON, 7, PALL-MALL.

Edinburgh, October, 1844.

HUGH lUKEAN, Agent,

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
P'

ANY, 1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament (4 Vict., cap. 9.)
HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with.
out security) for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, paying interest thereon at the rate of Five per Cent. per
Annum, with the option of paying off the Principal at any time, or
having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the Policy
becomes a claim.

Policies may thus be erected at lower rates than are generally
required for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have
the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death
may happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which
would be chargei for assurances effected in the usual way.

Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.
Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 100/., for the Whole

Term of Life.

Half Premium for Seven
1 Years.

X s. d.
1 1 9
1 4 11
1 14 10
2 a
2 12 9
3 6 8

Whole Premaiura after
Seven Years.

£ s. d.
2 3 6

3 9
4 5 0
5 5 6
9 13 4

PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY CAPSULED.
Consumers of Brandy are respectfully informed, that
J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., will not be responsible for any Bottled
Brandy that is not protected against fraudulent substitution, by the
PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES, embossed with the words
" BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS." Sold
by the most respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants in Town and
Country, at :Is. 6d, per bottle, the bottle included.
Betts's Patent Brandy is used, in preference to Foreign, at Guy's,
St. George's, and the other prineipal Hospitals, &c., throughout the
kingdom. Attention is especially requested to the security afforded
by the Patent Metallic Capsules.
Country dealers are advertised in the provincial journals ; and lists
of London dealers may be obtained at the Distillery ; where quanti-
ties of not less than Twe Gallons may be supplied, in bulk, at 18s.
per Gallon; and in Bottles, cases and bottles included, at 20s. per
*felon. 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS.

CHWEPPE and Co., Wine-merchants, are now
►0 bottling PORTS of the highest character, at 305., 325., 345.,
and 365. per dozen, to which they respectfully invite the attention
of their friends and the public. Fine old crusted wines, from two to
eight years in bottle, at 425., 455., 485., 505., and 545. per dozen; very
superior Sherries, pale, brown, and gold coloured, from 305., 348.,
365., 405., and upwards; also a curious Amontillado Sherry at 50s.
A large stock of all description of wines constantly on hand, in-
cluding a rare selection of Hocks and Moselles, received direct from
their own agent on the Rhine.

J. S. and Co. beg respectfully to observe that their principle of
business is not to sell a low priced article at the expense of quality,
but to supply their friends with the finest wines that are imported,
at as low a price for cash as may be commensurate with a fair and mo-
derate profit.
Lists of wines and prices sent on application, and country orders
mmediately attended to on receiving a cash remittance or a re-
ference.—Office, 51, Berner's-street ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street,
Regent-street.

AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, NAVIGATION. THE
CHURCH. _ .

AB. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, 14,
Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, have finished a few
splendid Pieces of PLATE, suitable for presentation to Gentlemen
connected with either of the above pursuits or professions, to which
they invite the attention of Committees who are in search of valuable
testimonials for s, ,ch occasions.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The TRANSFORMATIONS of PROTEUS will be illustrated
by the PROTEOSCOPE, and continued daily in the Evenings, with
other novelties. The PHYSIOSCOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE,
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER,
DISSOLVING VIEWS, Dr. RYAN'S LECTURES on ACID POI-
SONS and their ANTIDOTES daily, and in the Evenings of Mon-
day, Wednesday, and Fridays. Professor BACHHOFFNER'6 varied
Lectures abound in interesting experiments.
Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price.
The revised CATALOGUE, with the addition of Three Hundred
Works of Art recently deposited in the Museum. Price is.

PUBLICATIONS.

CIIIMNEY-PIECE, CEILING, AND CORNICE IN BOSTON
MANOR-HOUSE, BRENTFORD.

THE BUILDER of THIS DAY, No. 93, con-
tains exquisite Engravings of the Chimney-piece and Ceiling
in the Great Chamber of Boston Manor-house, Brentford—Doings
and Undoings of Architectural Zealots—Cause of the late Accident at
Oldham—Ancient Rome and Modern London Contrasted—Architec-
tural Competitions—Mr. Valentine's Substitute for the Iron Rail—
List of New Patents ; Tenders, Notices of Contracts, and other Archi-
tectural News.

A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT
FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
Just published, price 25. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope),
Price 35. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifications.
By R. and L. PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners.
street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis,
Compton-street, Soho; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane; Hannay and
Co., 63, Oxford-street; J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, Lon.
don ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
" We regard the work before us,'' The Silent Friend,' as a
work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com-
plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of
the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know.
We must, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such
a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend,
but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer-
ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."
—Age and Argus.
" The Authors of The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly
conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to
those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot
fall to recommend it to a careful perusai."—Era.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRI ACUM is exclusively directed
for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, Impuissance, he.
Price 1 ls. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of
whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases
may be had as usual.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua
cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price 25. 9d.
4s. 6d., and. Ils, per box.
Consultation fee, if by letter, 14 A minute detail of cases is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at
their residence, 19, Rerners-street, Oxford-street, London, from
Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till
Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to eflimt apermanent cure

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 11, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Joel
W. White, as Consul at Liverpool for the United States
of America.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
THOMAS SHERWOOD, brick maker, Tilehurst,
Berkshire.

BANKRUPTS.
WILLIAM LUKE DORE, innkeper, Egham, Sur-
rey, to surrender, Nov. 22, at one, and Jan. 4, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Oliverson, Denby, and Lavie, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry.
CHARLES PARRY, furniture broker, Cleaver-street,
Kennington-road, Nov. 29, at half-past two, and Dec.
24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Rosser, Dyer's-
buildings, Holborn.
ISAAC ARGENT, victualler, Fleet-street, Nov. 22,
at half-past two, and Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bas-
inghall-street ; Cooke, King-street, Cheapside.
WILLIAM HIGGINS and THOMAS HIGGINS,
hosiers, Old Bond-street, Nov. 27, at bolf-past one, and
Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Thomas,
Lepard, and Williams, Cloak-lane.

WILLIAM NORWOOD, grocer, Kettering, Nor-
thamptonshire, Nov. 29, at one, and Jan. 10, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee,
Birehin-lane, Cornhill.

T. Hemingsley and Co., cut-nail manufacturers, Wol-
verhampton.—R. B. and J. Watson, share-brokers,Leeds
—C. Humphreys, and F. M. A. Dez Maurel, oil mer-
chants, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-Hill.—W. Scott and J.
Kearns, manufacturers, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
—J. Winder and J. Latham, attorneys at law, Chorley,
Lancashire.—J. Bray and R. Hobson, cloth manu-
facturers, Wolf-stones, Yorkshire.—J. Palmer and IV.
Tassel!, graziers, Penshurst, Kent.—J. Plant and P.
Gould, cotton merchants, Manchester.—W. R. Blake and
J. G. Guinness, jun., maltsters Bristol,—G. and J. Wild,
grocers, Oxford-street.—F. G. Moore and J. Hardwick°,
surgeons, Rotherham, Yorkshire.—M. and H. Platt, che-
mists, Chester.—J. Webster and W. Morton, coopers,
Liverpool.—A. Peel and Co., cloth-dressers, Leeds.—W.
S. Grey and Co., merchants, Bombay (so far as regards
T. C. Donald.)—W. Tickle and R. B. Clarke, brick-
makers, Appleton, Cheshire.—J. Dewy and C. Gawen,
cabinetmakers, Brighton.—J. Loft and W. Scoular,
sculptor, Dean-street, Soho.

" The vast number of artisans and labourers profitably
employed in the cotton trade—the extensive sunk and
floating capital embarked in it, together with the skill,
energy, and enterprise, by which it is conducted, estab-
lish for it a national interest and importance ; this
branch of our industry supplying more than half of all
the exported produce and manufactures of the United
Kingdom, as shown by the returns made to the House of
Commons, 15th February, 1844. That such a raw
material as cotton-wool, which is of necessity an exotic,
and which has become indispensable to the employment
and existence of multitudes of our workpeople, should
be subject to the imposition of an import tax, will pro-
bably hereafter be regarded as one of those delusions in
fiscal regulation which have retarded the progress of,
and been injurious to, the interests of our country. The
tax upon raw cotton has, however, been wisely depre-
cated by the most distinguished statesmen of modern
times, and promises from them of its ultimate extinction
are on record. there be a principle of economy which
1:11'"'` ~.....;.traceived, it is that which rp,ognisp!.
materials whereby the labouring classes may earn their
subsistence • and in conformity with this humane and just
principle, the duty on sheep's wool was abandoned in the
last session of Parliament, the duty upon flax having
been abandoned several years ago. And in all articles
of export it has been deemed so unjust to tax the mate-
rials contributing to their manufacture, that it has been
the general practice to grant drawbacks for the return
of duties exacted in their production as in the cases of
soap, salt, and starch ; and in the glass and other trades
the duties levied are always returned on exports : yet
in the article of raw cotton, about six-sevenths of the
manufactured produce of which are exported, there is
no return of the tax. Your Lordships need not be re-
minded that the treasury of our country will always de-
rive more benefit from the profitable employment of the
people at large, than from fiscal exactions upon the raw
materials on which their labour is expended.
" Your memorialists, being deeply imbued with the im-
policy and injustice of the tax upon cotton-wool, proceed
to call the attention of your Lordships to the following
facts and reasons, which they urge in now seeking the
repeal of this obnoxious tax. Though the cotton tax
upon even American and other foreign cottons appears
small, in being only 5-16ths of Id. per pound, it is in rea-
lity a heavy impost ; and when compared with the cost
of cotton in American ports, it will be found that this tax
alone now increases to the British cotton spinner the cost
of his raw material to the extent of 10 per cent; for at
the present time the price of middling cotton of the
class most largely in consumption is 3d. per pound in
New Orleans, 5-16ths thereon being exactly 10 percent.;
but the American spinner possesses the convenience of
contiguity to the markets of the cotton planters ; and in
freight by the difference in distance, in the saving of
time, and in other diminished charges, a further advan-
tage is secured to him of not less than 7-16ths per pound,
thus making the disadvantages of the British spinner, as
contrasted with the American, into 24 per cent., and
"which, upon all the American cotton used in Great Bri-
tain, will amount, according to last year's consumption,
to upwards of a million and a half sterling, clearly esta-
blishing advantages in competition against this country,
which neither ought to be, nor ever can be, permanently
sustained.

" Since the close of the great European war in 1815,
the tendency to enter into the pacific pursuits of trade
has been evident on the part of every civilised nation ;
but the extension of the cotton trade in the United
States of America is the most extraordinary, as the
spinners of that country are now consumers of cotton
to a greater extent than were the British in 1815: there-
fore this rapid progress has become evidence to which
your memorialists refer, that foreign competition may
possibly arise to a ruinous extent; and, as history shows
that trade driven from a country rarely returns, it plainly
behoves those who control the destinies of our land to
consider whether the very existence of the cotton trade in
it be not alarmingly endangered by retaining an oppres-
sive tax upon the raw material of so important and be-
neficial a trade. Foreign competition has, however,
already been increased by the free exportation of British
machinery ; and so formidable are the indications of in-
creased competition, with the very same implements
which are used in this country, that if there were no
other reason for the repeal of the cotton tax, this alone
would be sufficient to render it imperatively requisite.
" That the cotton tax operates unfavourably in re-
stricting the employment, and to some extent in diminish-
ing the wages, of the workpeople, may be assumed from
the exorbitant per centage which the duty bears upon
the labourers' wages. Upon the coarsest heavy yarns
produced the duty of five-sixteenths of id. upon Ame-
rican cotton amounts to fifty per cent. upon the producing
wages ; upon the labour employed in spinning yarns for
domestic goods the duty is from thirty to forty-five per
cent. upon the wages ; upon the yarns spun for printed
calicoes the duty amounts to twenty-five per cent. upon
the wages ; and for ordinary muslin upon the yarns
spun, the duty becomes only ten per cent. of the wages
of labour ; whilst upon the finest lace yarns, which are
produced in limited quantities, the fraction of duty upon
the wages of labour is almost inappreciable.

JOHN GEORGE BOURNE, builder, Battersea,
Nov. 22 and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermaubury ; Pain
and Fatherly, Great Marlborough-street.
JAMES FREDERICK BARWICK, wheelwright,
Old-street, dt. Luke's, Nov. 22, at one, and Jan. 7, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrance, Old Fish-street.
GORDON FORBES DAVIDSON, John-street,
Adelphi, Nov. 29, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street; Oliverson and Co., Old Jewry.
JOHN SEDMAN, colour-merchant, Queen-street,
Cheapside, Dec. 2, at eleven, and Dec. 24, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street ; Capes and Stuart, Ray-
mond-buildings, Gray's Inn.
THOMAS BOULTER, innkeeper, Cromer, Norfolk,
Dee. 22 and 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
E i‘N arils, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Brook:thank and Farn, Gray's Inn; Staff, Norwich.
ROBERT BARRY, lodging-house keeper, Worthing,
Nor. 20, at half-past ten, and Dec. 17, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Hillier and Co., Gray's Inn; Tribe and Son,
Worthing.
CALEB SOUL, grocer, Long-alley, Moorfields, Dec.
2, and 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed•
wards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ;
Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus.
WILLIAM COLLINSON, carpenter, East Butter-
wick, Lincolnshire, Nov. 28, and Dec. 17, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee,
Leeds ; Howlett, Earton in Lindsey ; Payne, Eddison,
and Seird, Leeds.

As in juxtaposition the tax upon raw cotton, when
compared with wages, is most grievous and oppressive
in the coarsest yarns spun, so that the consumption and
weaving of manufactured cotton goods, this tax presses
with the most unjust severity upon our own working
classes, and upon the least wealthy members of the
community.
" Your memorialists, therefore, submit to your Lord-
ships, that the tax upon: cotton-wool, whether it be
viewed on the broad principle of national interest and
justice, or as injurious to the well-being of important
sections of the community engaged in the cotton trade,
it will be found to be an impolitic, unwise, and suicidal
tax, and ought to be forthwith repealed; to promote which
your memorialists pray your Lordships' powerful aid."
The speakers on the occasion, besides the President,
were Mr. Ashton, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. Bright, &c.
The latter Hon. Member protested against the imposi-
tion or retention of any tax whatever, and said it was
their business to get the taxes off, leaving to the Minister
the duty of making up the revenue ! Mr. Bright had no
fears of competition in America; but, of course, wished
free trade, whether this was given him by Lord John
This or Sir Robert That.
Resolutions were agreed to at the meeting denouncing
all impositions on trade, and the meeting separated.

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

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
arrived at the Castle at ten minutes before seven
o'clock this evening from Burleigh, escorted by a de-
tachment of the Royal Horse Guards, under the com-
mand of Lord George Manners. The Royal party
travelled from town via Great Western Railway.
Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Liddell, Mr. Anson, Cols.
Arbuthnot and Wylde, followed in the royal suite.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received
in the Grand Hall by the Hon. Miss Paget, Earl of
Morton, Captairi Meynell, and Dr. Prwtorius.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of 'Wales and
the Princess Royal rode on their ponies this morning.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice was taken a
walk to-day on the Castle Terrace.

The Queen and Prince Albert arrived at the ter-
minus of the Great Western Railway, at Paddington,
at ten minutes before six o'clock yesterday evening,
in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers,
from the the terminus of the Birmingham Railway
in Euston-square.

Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting to the
Queen, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to
Prince Albert, followed in a carriage and four.
Lady Portman, the Hon. Georgiana Liddell,
the Lord Chamberlain, and Mr. George E. Anson,
followed in a third carriage and four.
Mr. Charles Russell, Chairman of the Great
Western Railway Company, accompanied by Mr.
Saunders, the superintendent, received the royal party
at the station.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their de-
parture directly afterwards, by a special train, for
Slough, on their return to Windsor Castle.
The Lord Chamberlain took leave of her Majesty
and his Royal Highness at the station. The re-
mainder of the Royal suite proceeded to Windsor
Castle.

THE QUEEN AT BURLEIGH.
On Thursday afternoon} after the royal party and
guests had lunched, the Queen paid a visit to the town
of Stamford, very much to the surprise as well as the
delight of the good people of the place, who had many
of them begun to give up the hope of seeing her Majesty
during her stay. At two o'clock in the afternoon the
Mayor received an official intimation from the Marquis
of Exeter, that it was her Majesty's gracious intention
to pass through the principal streets of the town soon
after three o'clock. In an incredibly short space of time
the whole place became a scene of great excitement,
crowds of people assembling in the streets, and thronging
the windows along the line through which her Majesty
was to pass ; the houses became decorated with ever-
greens and banners, as if by magic, and the whole place
presented a very gay and animated appearance. Ar-
rangements were at once made by the authorities for the
prevention of confusion, by the appointment of special
constables to keep the line in the streets. The carriages
left the mansion at a quarter to three. Her Majesty
and the Prince, together with Lord and Lady Exeter,
were in the first carriage ; and Sir Robert Peel, Lord
Delawarr, Lady Portman, and the Maid of Honour were
in the second. In a third were Lady Middleton and
Lady Sophia Cecil. The carriages were preceded by
two of Lord Exeter's servants in livery, and followed by
a considerable number of gentlemen on horseback, many
of them tenants of the Marquis, who formed a sort of
escort. The reception given to her Majesty in Stamford
was most enthusiastic—indeed, it could not have been
possible for the people to exhibit more warmly their
loyalty and affection. The cheers throughout her pro-
gress were deafening. Her Majesty appeared in excel-
lent health and spirits. She frequently laughed heartily
at the scamperings of the people.
The royal party proceeded down St. Martin's and
across the bridge (which, by the way, is so narrow as
almost to be a discredit to so large a town), until they
came opposite the Town-hall. Here a vast number of
people lined the street on either side, and the windows
were crowded with ladies. Passing through St. Mary's,
the carriages turned off to the left into High-street, and
on to the western entrance of the Infirmary. They
returned through St. Paul's-street, Ironmonger-street,
Broad-street, and Red Lion-square, and back again
through St. Martin's. Having reached the boundary of
the town, they went on to Wothorpe, a village a short
distance from Stamford, where there are some ruins of a
seat of the Burleigh family. Here the royal party
alighted for some time, and saw the Marquis of Exeter's
establishment of young horses, which her Majesty much
r admired. On their return to Burleigh, her Majesty and
the Prince inspected the Noble Marquis's stock of cattle,
. which were brought to the side of the road in the park
irrm*ucehri
andare ctohnesirderrinednetobntleth 4.aticramizid ttohetu.rleTighhe.
Prince They
had seen them in the morning. On their return from
Stamford her Majesty and the Prince each planted a
tree opposite the south side of the mansion. The Queen
planted an oak, and the Prince a lime tree. The
Queen's tree was planted near to a great lime, which
was planted by Queen Elizabeth, on the occasion of her
visit to Burleigh.

During theinorning the Prince had been oat shooting,
accompanied by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, the Mar-
quis of Granby, and the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. An-
son also accompanied the Prince, but neither he nor the
Marquis of Granby were among the sport:mem. The
Prince shot 45 pheasants, 56 hares, and 10 rabbits. Al-
together there were 275 head of game shot.
In the evening, before dinner, the Mayor of Stamford,
Lieutenant Haycock, R.N., presented the address from
the corporation and inhabitants of the town, which her
Majesty was pleased to accept most graciously. The
Mayor of Northampton, Mr. Barwell, who was among
the guests invited to the ball, came over early in the
evening with a present for the Prince of a pair of very
handsome Wellington boots, as a sample of the staple
manufacture of the town. They were left with Mr. An-
son, his Royal Highness having signified his wish to ac-
cept them. In the course of the evening Mr. Barwell
was presented to her Majesty by the Marquis of Exeter.
Her Majesty received Mr. Barwell very graciously; and
Prince Albert afterwards entered into conversation with
him for a few moments, during which he informed him
that her Majesty had received very great pleasure from
her reception at Northampton. It was also intimated to
Mr. Barwell that her Majesty would proceed through
Northampton at a walking pace on her return towards
Weedoa.
The dinner was ordered half an hour earlier than
usual, as there was to be a ball in the evening. Her
Majesty entered the dining-room at a quarter to eight
o'clock. The following formed the dinner party :—Her
Majesty, the Prince, and the royal suite ; the Marquis
and Marchioness of Exeter, Sir Robert Peel, the Marquis
of Salisbury, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Earl Delawarr and Lady Mary West, Lord
Burleigh, Viscount and Lady Hood, Lord Milton, Mr.
Fitzwilliam, Lord Brooke, Lord Lovaine, Lord Thomas
and Lady Sophia Cecil, Lord and Lady Charles Welles-
ley, Lord and Lady Lilford, Sir James Graham, Captain
and Mrs. Spencer, Mr. Pierrepont, Sir George Clerk, Sir
William and Lady Middleton, and the Rev. Mr. Atlay.
The usual toasts were given during dinner, and her
Majesty retired from the dining-hall at ten minutes
past nine.
The company invited to the ball began to arrive be-
fore nine o'clock. The invitations were very numerous,
including almost all the chief gentry of the neighbour-
hood. The following is a list of them:—
The Earl and Countess of Aboyne, Lord Cranley, Mr.
Cecil Turner, Mrs. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Cayley,
Lieutenant-General, Mrs., and the Misses Reynardson;
Dr. and Mrs. Hopkinson, Mr. Newell Twopenny, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Jackson, Miss Boulten, Captain Orme,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atlay and Miss Barnes, Mr. and
Lady Louisa Finch Hatton, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss
Plumpton Wilson, Mr. and Miss Jones, Mr. Monckton,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Brien, the Misses Atlay, Mrs.
Sowerby, Mr. and Mrs. T. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
lleathcote, Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Dr. and Mrs. Willis,
The Rev. Thomas Brown, Mr. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlaton, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Atly, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Jackson; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wingfield, and Mr.
John Wingfield; Mr. and Miss Thompson, Mr. Richard
Lucas, Mrs. and Miss Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. John Eagle-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. C. Swann, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ar-
nold, Mr. and Mrs. Ellicott, Mr. and Mrs. Worsley, Mr.
and Mrs. Grantham, Mr. Mills and Miss Mills, Mr. Yorke,
Dr., Mrs., and Miss Arnold; Colonel and Mrs. Hely Hut-
chinson, Mr. and Mrs. Fydell, Mr. John and Miss Tryon,
Mr. Heneage Finch, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, Mr., Ws.,
and Miss Bateman, the Misses Belgrave, Mr. and Mrs.
Hustwick, Mr. and Mrs. Deckor, Mr and Mrs. William
Stopford, Mr. and Mrs. Isted, Mr. J. and Mrs. Argils,
the Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliam, Sir Charles Knightley, Mr.
and Mrs. Watson, the Ladies Cast, Mr. and Mrs. Cost,
Lord and Lady Carrington, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chap-
lin, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ellice, General and Mrs.
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. P. Wilson, Lord George Gordon,
Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton, Sir Richard Sutton, and the
Messieurs Sutton, Miss Belgrave, Mr. and Mrs. Dacre,
Sir George and Lady Robinson, Mr. Eastwick, the
Misses Wake, Mr. George Stopford, Mr. Munro, Mr.
Cockayne Maunsell, Lady Isham and Mr. Isham, Mr.
Hopkinson, Captain Trollope, Mr. and Mrs. Heathcote,
Mr. and Mrs. Smythe, Mr. Smith, Mr. Adeo, Mr. Gill-
ham, Sir Robert Gunning, Mr. and Mrs. Mackworth
Dolben, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, the Misses Wingfield,
the Rev. J. Eastwick, Sir George and Lady Robinson,
Mr. Boultbee, Mrs. and Miss Eaton, Mr., Mrs., and Miss
Wing, Mr. Hungerford, Mr., Mrs., and Mr. Charles
llarrison, Mr. Bates, Sir John and Lady Palmer, and
Miss Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Hildyard, Mr. %V. E. Freke.:
A number of ladies and gentlemen received invitations
to the ball, but were prevented accepting them.
At a quarter past ten her Majesty came from her own
apartments to the ball-room, when she proceeded to a
seat or throne at the end of the room. The Prince sat
by the side of the Queen. The chairs were of blue and
silver, and were raised upon a dais about eight feet long.
The ball was opened by the Marquis of Exeter and