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

TINCOLN AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.
, Subscribed Capital, 750,090/., in 15,000 Shares of 50/. each.

Depotlit, Si. pcx Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Charle. P. Grenfell, Esq., London.
Thomas Houldswortlt, Esq., M.P., London.
William Marshall, Esq., Penwortham,Hall, Preston.
Joseph Began, Esq., Liverpool.
Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse, Notts.
•
11. Houldsworth,Esq., Manchester.
Captain Laws, R.N., Manchester.
Leo Schuster, Esq., Manchester.
William Entwistle, Esq., London.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—Thomas L. Gooch, Esq.
BANKERS—.Messrs. Cunlitres and Brooks, London and Manchester.

• Soticrrons--Messrs. Brackenbery and Lewis, Manchester.
This Line, Of 54 nines in length, is intended to connect the great
productive agricultural district of Lincolnshire, and the towns of
Lincoln, Gainsborough and Doncaster, with Wakefield, the principal
corn and cattle market for the manufacturing population of Yorkshire
and Lancashire, and with the series of large and important towns
bordering upon the line of the Manchester and Leeds Railway through-
out its entire course. The country into which this line will extend
having never possessed the advantages ofrailway communication with
the chief market for -its produce, which has been thus compelled to
make use of a circuitous and tartly conveyance, this undertaking will
at once remove many of those difficulties with which the home-grown
corn of that neighbourhood has hitherto contended in maintaining its
ground, even in its own market, against the importation of foreign
grain ; at the same thno that it offers in return the means of rapid
and cheap carriage of coal, coke, stone, salt, and lime, more especially
of the two latter articles, to a very large extent, for agricultural pur-
poses, at a reduction of probably not less than 50 per cent. of their
present price. llr Wuls means a return cargo would be assured for all
vessels employed in the conveyance, of agricultural produce to Gains-
borough and Lincoln. '
As regards passenger traffic, a. considerable intercourse already
exists between the several towns on the proposed line, as well as
with Wakefield and the manufacturing districts, and there can-be
no doubt that a similar Increase to that which has always resulted
from an improved and rapid communication, may be justly antici-
pated. ;
These views being confined exclusively to the traffic peculiarly be'-
longing to the
,locality of this line, it is unnecessary to enter into spe-
culative considerations as to the probability of any- extension of the
Railway system in that important portion of the kingdom.
After a survey of the country through which the line passes, the
engineer has reported to the Committee that the works will be of easy
construction and inexpensive, and the gradients of a very favourable
character ; the latter is especially a matter of paramount importance
to-the economical working of the very large goods traffic that will
naturally flow upon this line. This object will be still further secured
by an arrangement with the Manchester and Leeds Company for
working this line in conjunction with their own, which will be a suf-
ficient guarantee that this important item of railway expenditure will
be reduced to a very moderate amount.
I more legitimate project cannot be contemplated than this, which
so intimately connects the productive industry of the farmer with the
constant anti growirig &Mend of a rapidly increasing manufacturing
population.
The depprit to be paid on the allotment of the Shares, and on the
production of the banker's receipt for the same, scrip will be delivered.
Applications for Shares may he made in the' annexed form ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Provisional Committee, No. 9, New
Palace-yard, Westminster :
To THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE LINCOLN AND WAKE-

FIELD RAILWAY COMPANY,

I request you will allot me Y shares in the proposed
Lincoln and Wakefield Railway, and I agree to take such shares as
may be alloted to me, and pay the deposit of the same, and execute
the Parliamentary contracts and the subscribers' agreements, when
.... •
required to do so. Name of Applicant

Description
Residence
Date of application
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No. 9, New Palace-yard, Westminster, Feb. 19, 1844

4 STURIAN MINING COMPANY
'Established in accordance with
THE COMMERCIAL CODE OF SPAIN.
CAPITAL, £300,000,
In 15,000 Shares of £2O each ; Spanish Reals 2,000; Treace; 500.
Deposit, £2 per Share.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GIDEON COLQUHOUN, Esq., Chairman.
SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, Bart., Deputy Chairman.
Benjamin Harding, Esq. - ' Julian Skrine, Esq.
Colonel Edward Stopford. Lieut.-Colonel Fitch.
John Knill, Esq. ' Henry Scale, Esq.
- (With power to add:to their number.)
CORRESFONDING DIRECTORS.
The Marquis de Gras do Preigno, M.C.D.
(President of the Pyrenean Canal Company).
Count Ernest De Causans, Paris.
• Baron Morat, Oviedo.
BA NEW.
• LONDON.—Messrs, Hankey and Co.
PAnis.---Aguirrevengoa, Son, and Urribarren.
Msnatn.—Marquis de Remiss.
- OTIRDO.—ROUSSCOUX and Company.
SANTANDER.—Juan de la Pedraja.
STANDING COUNSEL.—G. A. Toting, Esq., Lincoln's Inn.
Sotacrroas.—Messrs. Amory Sewell, & Moores, Throgmorton-street.
•• SECRETART.—John Chamtie, Esq.
This Company has been formed for the purpose of working several
extensive and valuable concessions of Coal, Iron Ore, and Other Mi-
nerals, situated in 'the prOTIIICe•nf Oviedo (Principality of the As-
turias), in the-North of• Spain, which have been acquired upon very
advantageous.terma,
The affairs of the Company to be-Superintended by a Board of Di-
rectors, wll6 will hold' their meetings in London.
The'constitution of the Company is that of an anonymous com-
pany (ampulla anonimrt), In, accordance with the 276th' Article of
the Commercial Code. By the 278th Article, the Shareholders are
only liable to the extent of their interest in the capital stock.
Prospectuses maybe obtained, and applications for shares will be
received at the solicitors, Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, No.
25, Throgmorton-strect. .

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N ° W TIO CCOXICTimiE!IVERS

PERSONS desirous of CONTRACTING with the BODY COR-
PORATE of the CITY and BOROUGH of NORWICH for the
DREDGING and. other WORKS (hereinafter mentioned) in and
upon the RIVERS WENSUM and YARE, in the said City and
the County of the same City, are requested to send Tenders for the
same, addressed to "The Chairman of the River Committee, Nor-
wich," to the care of the Town Clcr.k ; such: Tenders to be delivered
to the Town Clerk, or left at his Office at the Guildhall, Norwich, on
or before Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon of THURSDAY, the 21st day
of March next, viz. :
To dredge, and entirely remove and take away so much of the
soil and shoals from the bottom of the said rivers, for the whole extent
thereof, from the New Mills in the said city of Norwich, to a place
called Carrow Abbey Old Staith, as shall be necessary, so as to leave
a clear channtl (of the depth hereinafter mentioned), 28 feet wide,
from the New Mills to Sandling's Ferry ; a like Channel, 30 feet
wide, from Sandling's Ferry to the Foundry Bridge ; and a like
Channel, 45 feet wide, from the Foundry Bridge to Carrow Old
Staith aforesaid; the said Channels to be kept and maintained re-
spectively of a depth at all times of not less than 5 feet water
throughout, to be regulated by the guage-post at the New Mills, and
other water guages of the same level on the said river Wensum.
Also entirely to remove and take away all accumulations of soil -
entering the said River Wensum from the various Sewers (about 18
in number) communicating therewith.
Also, to cut yearly, in the months of July and August, or ono of
them, the weeds in the said rivers, from a certain Tower (near
Carrow-bridge), called the "Devil's Tower," to a place called the
Six-mile Staith (a distance of about six miles), and also in the branch
of the Yare called " Trowse Eye," to the usual distance up the said
Eye,--such cutting to be done in a manner not to impede the naviga-
tion 6f the rivers.
The Contract to bo for three years, from the 25th day of March
next. The Contractor to provide an efficient dredging-engine or ma-
chine, and all barges, boats, implements, tackle, and labour of every
description necessary for the performance of the works, and to enter
into a Contract, with two sufficient sureties, for the due perform-
ance of the same. A Specification of the Works, and other informa-
tion, be obtained, and Drafts of the Contract and Bond seen, on
application to Mr. J. R. Staff, Town Clerk, Norwich.
Tile Contractor 15 to bear one moiety of the expense of the Con-
si and Bond. By order,
JOHN B. STAFF,- Town Clerk.
Norwich, Feb. 23, 1844.

G/tEAT LEAGUE MEETING.
The Weekly Meetings of the League will in future be held on
the WEDNESDAY in place of the Thursday Evenings, as heretofore.
The next WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE will take
piece in COVENT-GARDEN TREA.TRE, on WEDNESDAY EVENING,
March 64

The Hon. CHARLES PELHAM VILLIERS, M.P., will take the
Chair at Seven, o'clock.

The meeting will be addressed by Dr. Bowring, M.l'., W. Ewart,
Esq., M.P., P. M. Collier, Esq., and W. J. Fox, Esq.
Cards of admission to the Stage and Upper Circles of Boxes may be
had on personal application at the Central Offices of the League,
67, Fleet-street, during Monday and Tuesday ; no application by
letter can be attended W.

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Box-door on the Queen's Side, in Hart-street.
The Cards of Registered Members only, will, as heretofore, admit to
the Pit and Galleries of the Theatre.

CONCERTS OF ANCIENT MUSIC,
NEW ROOMS, HANOVEI?,-SQUARE.
The Directors inform the Subscribers that the FIRST CONCERT
will take place on WEDNESDAY, March 13th.
The Subscribers are requested to send for their Tickets previous to
the Concerts commencing, to Lonsdale's Music Shop, 26, Old Bond-
street, where Subscriptions are received, and the Tickets (which are
now ready) paid for on delivery. A programme of the Regulations
may be had on application as above.

GENUINE OLD HAVANNAJI CIGARS 111
AK. GIFFORD, TOBACCONIST, &c., 121,
• HOLBORN-HILL, grateful for the patronage hitherto con-
ferred on him, respectfully announces he has constantly on Sale the
finest HAVANNAH CIGARS imported, viz.: Cabana's, Pillon's,
Pedro Acosta's, Woodville's, Silva's, Regalias, Kings, Queens, Prin-
eipes, and most other esteemed brands.
Also the real Government Manillas, Bengal Cheeroots, fine old
Cabas, and every description of genuine Tobacco and Snuff, carefully
,elected, and in the highest condition.
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desires to make stillmore generally known that his terms are advan-
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obtain " traly fine quality."

Post orders faithfully executed, on remittance, or approved re-
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HEINE BROTHER
daring A very snort flap
DIVIDENDS to their Cerresponde

tS, having REMITTED
IS very large amounts of MONEY
ents in Great Britain and Ireland;

DIVIDENDS OF
£9OO, £6OO to Manchester,
£7OO to East Retford, Notting-
hamshire,
£7OO to Colnc, Lancashire,
£7OO to Ryde, Isle of Wight,
£6OO to Cork,
£6OO to Bradford,
£6OO to Bideford,
£3OO, £3OO to Lisbellaw,

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Thursday a Court was held for the dispatch of
business.

Sir PETER LAURIE rose to call the attention of the
Court to the very awkward manner in which the names
of those brokers who retired from business were spoken
of in the advertisements in the newspapers. These gen-
tlemen, many of whom were possessed of great wealth,
were described in the public notices of retirement from
business as " discharged," so that many readers might
be led to suppose that they had actually run away.— (A
laugh and cries of " Hear.") He had heard many corn- 1
plain of the disagreeable suspicion to which the mode of
expression was calculated to give rise; and he wished to
know from the Town Clerk, by what authority such ad-
vertlsetnents were inserted, and why they were per-
severed in?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. R. L. JONES said he happened to know a gentle-
man who bad been a broker, and who now resided in the
Isle of Wight, with a fortune of 150,000 L, with the same
ungracious word " discharged" before his name.
The Town Clerk, having spoken to the Lord Mayor,
said the question was one which necessarily belonged to
the Court of Aldermen, but as his Lordship had directed
that an answer should be at once given, under the
existingcircumstances, he had only to say that the word
" discharged" was an official and technical word, used i
in strict conformity to the order of the Court of Alder-
men, and was by no means intended to convey any im-
putation whatever.
Sir P. LAURIE said his object was to get the ugly sus-
picion removed altogether by the press.
OBSTRUCTION TO THE NAVIGATION UNDER LONDON-
BRIDGE.
Mr. COPE represented that a very serious obstruction
to the navigation under one of the arches of London-
bridgeaurdwolosd, and he was anxious to
know, for the sake of the public, who were by such
nuisance subjected to danger, as well as to inconvenience,
whether the Navigation Committee had taken any mea-
sures for the removal of it?
Mr. Them (the Chairman of the Navigation Com-
mittee) said, the attention of the Committee had been
attracted to the obstruction, which had not been Coun-
tenanced by any of 'go.- authorities of the City. Ap-
plication had been made to the Committee by the body
who subsequently caused it to be made, but a refusal
was the consequence, as the inconvenience was at once.
foreseen. The body he alluded to persevered notwith-,
standing the objection. He could, however, assure the
Court, that the impediment would not be of long con-
tinuance.
The LORD MAYOR stated that the Navigation Com-
mittee had taken the matter into their most serious con-,
sideration, and had sent to him a copy of resolutions
to which they had agreed, to the effect that three of the
piers, close to the bridge, had been carried out much
further than was justified by the directions issued. 'He
only waited for the Report of the Water-bailiff to pro-
ceed at once to remedy the evil.—(Hear, hear.)
His LORDSHIP presented a letter from Mr. Pindar, the
grandson of Mr. Daniel Pindar, a former member of the
Court, requesting that he .might be allowed to take a
copy of the portrait of his grandfather, which had been'
presented to the Court by the family.
The COURT unanimously consented, upon the motion
of Sheriff Moon, to permit Mr. Pindar to take the copy
of the portrait in Guildhall.
Upon the motion of Mr. HICKS the report of the
Navigation Committee, recommending that Mr. Page be
allowed, upon the part of the Government, to havelaccess
to ancient plans of the River Thames, was unanimously
agreed to.

REGULATIONS FOR STEAMERS NEAR THE DOCKY4RDS OF
HER MAJESTY.
Mr. HICKS brought up a Report from the Land Com-
mittee: It stated that, by the direction of the Lord.
Mayor, there had been laid before them several commu-;
nications from the Lords of the Admiralty, wherein.
serious complaint was made that merchant steamers werei
in the habit of navigating the river at Woolwich inside
of the Goveriiment moorings (between them and the'
Dockyard), whereby great risk of danger arose from the
ignited particles from the funnels descending on the
wharfs, within the limits of the present Dockyard, where,
large quantities of combustible and inflammable materials
wore frequently deposited; that notice had been issued
to such steamers to desist from repeating such conduct
without avail; and the Committee therefore recomn
mended the adoption of a by-law inflicting a penalty of
101., upon every steam vessel which should approach
within 350 feet of her Majesty's Dockyard or arsenal.
The Report was agreed to unanimously, and the by-
law was passed.

THE CHARITY CALLED THE CITY KITCHEN.
Mr. BOWER brought up the Report of the Coal, Corn,
and Finance Committee, to which it was referred to
take into consideration the petition from the Associa-
tion for the Relief of the Poor of the City of London
and the parts adjacent, for pecuniary assistance in aid of
the funds. It stated, amongst many other facts, that
during the season ending 27th of March, 1843, the
Association delivered to poor applicants 30,290 bushels
of coals, and 424,0601b5. of potatoes; and during the
present season, to the 15th of-February, 12,237 bushels of
coals, and 171,3181b5. of pofitees; and, in consequence of
liberal donations of the Coiiit, and of several benevolent
parties, the price charged to the poor for 841bs. of the
best coals and 141bs. of the best potatoes, was reduced
last year from ninepence to the low charge of sixpence,
and the coals and potatoes were delivered to the poor
recipients who lived within the City free of all expense,
at their own habitations, which arrangement had proved
very beneficial, but caused great additional expense to the
Institution. That the receipts of the Association last
year amounted to 2,5571. 10s. 7d., and the expenditure
to 2,4011. 16s. Bd., and that there were at the bankers,
when the petition was presented, 1,0101., comprising
nearly all the subscriptions of the current year, of which
4551. had been since paid for coals and potatoes, and
much larger purchases of these articles must be made to
provide for the tickets issued for the poor, and for more
coming in. That the Association hoped to issue the
same number of tickets as last year, which would require
a further outlay of 7001. for coals, and 390/. for potatoes.
That the free delivery already cost 2181., and would in-
volve a further outlay,pf 230/., besides the expense of
printing and other expenses, in return for which several
sums, amounting together to 1,100/„ the Association ex-
pected by the sale of tickets to realise only about 4501.
The Report concluded with recommending the grant of
the sum of 200/.
A discussion took place which, on account of the con-
versational noise in the Court, it was impossible to hear
distinctly.
Mr. ANDERTON objected to the management of the
charity, by which the poor were deprived of a great deal
of the advantages intended and expected by the benevo-
lent contributors. He condemned the machinery by
which, he said, the poor were obliged to pay out of the
allowance a much larger per tentage than was received
by tradesmen for their goods ; and he advised a re-
modelling of the plan, for the purpose of extending the
charity, instead of permitting it to be swallowed up by
an injudicious expenditure.
Mr. Lorr said that no public charity could, it was
well known, be carried on without expense, and the City
kitchen was certainly regulated by a most active and
discriminating zeal for the benefit of the poor objects.
One of the leading features of the new arrangements
was the free delivery of the articles to the poor, and the
recipients were most grateful for a change which pro-
tected them from the plunder to which they had been
subjected from persons who deprived them of their money
and their tickets.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said the question, was, whether good
was done by the charity tantripount to the expense in-
curred. Now he was given to understand that by the
delay the poor experienced in waiting for nine penny-
worth of coals they were losers of sixpence.
Mr. Lorr declared that such a statement was part of
a system of calumny to which the charity had been ex-
posed for some time.
Mr. PEWTRESS thought that much good might be in-
troduced by a more ingenious system of management,
calculated to reduce the expenditure. The cost might,
he was of opinion, be reduced five per cent.
Deputy CORNET said the present cost was less than
five per cent. lie strongly commended the whole plan
upon which the charity was conducted, and argued that
any change would be a change for the worse.
The Report was then agreed to.
It was, after some discussion, referred to a Committee
to consider and report whether any, and what addition
should be made to the salary of Edward Bullock, Esq.,
in respect of his services in the Central Criminal Court.
After the transaction of some business of no public
interest, the Court adjourned.

MR. O'CORNELL.—EFFECTS OF THE TRIAL.—The
following address (says the Brighton Guardian) has been
handed round for signature in Chichester, a cathedral city,
be it remembered, in a part of England celebrated for its at-
tachment to Protestantism. It tends to show how much the
prosecution of Mr. O'Connell has exalted him in the estima-
tion of the people of England :—" To Daniel O'Connell, Esq. :
Sir—Permit us, undersigned inhabitants of the city of Chi-
chester, to express our admiration at the manly way in which
you have asserted the rights of your native country, and at
the rare union of patriotic zeal and Christian moderation dis-
played by you in the influence you have exercised over the
large masses of your fellow-subjects who have confided their
interests to your care. Without intending in the most distant
way to hint how far we may agree with or differ from you in
your political or religious opinions, we feel ourselves deeply
interested in the verdict just obtained against you, as we can-
not but think that if the interpretation put by your accusers
en what you have justly styled the cabalistic' word conspi-
racy should be confirmed, the liberties of Englishmen will be
as much endangered as they would have been had the doc-
trine of constructive treason, attempted to be established in
the year 1794 against Messrs. Hardy, Tooke, and others, by
the then Attorney-General, Sir John Scott, not been repu-
diated by an English jury : and we cannot but regret that an
Irish jury, havingli had such a bright example of real
patriotism and exilyd philanthropy before them, had not
possessed discernmtpl sufficient to follow it. Under what-
ever further difficulties in which your noble conduct may in-
volve you, you will have, we are fully aware, the best
support in the testimony of conscience ; but in addition,
we wish to assure you of our cordial sympathy and esteem."
Other towns in England will probably imitate this example.

FREE TRADE DINNER AT
SALISBURY.
THURSDAY, FEB. 29.—The leading gentlemen of the
ancient Company of Tailors, in this City, having kindly
'Rowed the friends of free trade their spacious hall for tins
occasion, a most elegant dinner was served up by a veteran
in the cause, named Sworn, of the Coach and Horses Inn,
who most nobly and manfully resisted intimidation at the two
last elections in this City, and, consequently, this worthy
host had, for a length of time, been solicited, by a large circle
of friends, to provide a dinner for them to mark the kind
feeling they entertained towards him for his exemplary con-
duct. Covers were laid for about seventy gentlemen, being
the full number the hall would contain ; but as soon as the
cloth was removed, it was agreed on that every recess of this
most curious and antique building should be filled. And
here it may be said that the first charter ever granted to this
(the Tailors') Company, was in the year 1272, in the
reign of Edward the First. The hall is most curi-
ously decorated with furniture of the oddest de-
scription, and over the fire-place, which is on the
ground, and of an unusual width, is suspended the Com-
pany's coat of arms, while on the right entrance stands Sir
Christopher, the giant of huge dimensions, which is usually
carried round the town on occasions of public rejoicings,
followed by a " Hab nob" or "Hob nob," serjeants at mace,
beadles, &c., in their old-accustomed liveries, with their other
paraphernalia, &c. We mention these particulars, because it
is referred to in the following speech of John Lambert, Esq.
The chair was taken by William Fawcett, Esq., a tenant
farmer of Earl Radnor, who was supported, on his left, by
Henry Cooper, N. V. Squarey, and C. Squarey, Esquires, and
on his right hand, by Mr. Lambert, the chairman of the
Salisbury branch of the National Anti-Corn-law League, &c.
The cloth being removed, the CHAIRMAN rase teysEpose
the health of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen ViCtorueme
may she never forget the free principles whiCh establiirfea
her on the Throne of this realm.—(Great cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of "'Prince
Albert, and the rest of •the Royal Family," which was also
tahly acknowledged. • -
The CHAIRMAN then observed, the toast lie now rose to
propose would, he was confident, be responded to by them all
with every delight and enthusiasm, for it was, in point
of fact, the principal toast of the evening, and that
toast was ".Prosperity to the cause of Free Trade !"—(The
most deafening cheers here prevailed for some time.) Con-
siderable opposition, added the Chairman, was made to it at
all hands ; but, great as that opposition was, it was his firm
belief that in two years more this great principle would be
triumphant.—<Cheers.) Yes, he believed that in two years
more that old-fa.shioned gentleman at the other end of. the
hall (the Giant) would be perambulating the streets of Sa-
lisbury once more to celebrate the victory over monopoly and
oppression.—(Reiterated cheering.)
Mr. C. SQuAuxv rose to propose." the health of Messrs.
Cobden, Moore,- and Bright, for their unceasing and indefa-
tigable labours and zeal in the glorious cause."
We need scarcely add that this toast was responded to'
with every demonstration of delight. ,
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " the health of Mr. Lam•
bert," which was similarly received.
J. LAMBERT, Esq., in rising to return thanks for the ho-
nour they had conferred on him, said, he begged to present
them his most cordial thanks. The present meeting was
exceedingly gratifying*to him, and he assured them that
every time he now met them impressed on him stronger feel-
ings ; and it produced increased pleasure, and, at the same
time, increased anxiety. It. increased 'his pleasure, be-
cause it was exceedingly gratifying to him to
know that he had discharged his duty to their entire
satisfaction, and that his conduct was calculated to advance
the cause which they were now celebrating.—(Cheers.) And
it produced increased anxiety, for he almost feared, taking
humanity into consideration, that he should not be able to
carry out those great principles incumbent on him—for they,
well knew the frailty of human nature, and how liable it was
to err, and hence he was afraid that he should one way or the'
other deviate from the path of rectitude. But he would be g
them to remember he had no wish to do so. And the
only thing which he feared was that the cause might suffer at
,his hands. Since they last met various circumstances had
arisen, but not in his opinion calculated to injure the cause
which they had espoused, and amongst others was the forma!
Lion of the Anti-Anti-Corn-law League Societies Salisbury,;
for one place, had used its efforts, poor and imbecile as theyl
were. 'The meeting no doubt recollected that the Assembly
Rooms was the place chosen for this hole and corner exhibi-,
tion, where certain gentlemen and a few hirelings congregated
to frustrate the honourable and praiseworthy efforts of tliej
National Anti Corn-law League, and to give the lie, if pos-
sible, to 'the assertions truly made' as to the great progress ot
League principles here, and that its supporters were but fecal
in number. It would be in their recollection, that about thi
time Lord Westminster subscribed the munificent sum o
500L—(Loud cheers)—while at the Assembly , Rooms
his ' friend Burden,- the chimney-sweeper, enrolled him
self a, memher of the. Anti-League Society, at this hole
and-corner meeting, and put his name down for nothing
—(Laughter and cheers.) By the bye, hehad a list of name
of all the subscribers at this meeting, and had made a carefu
estimate therefrom, and he,_ therefore, ascertained that Loa
Westminster had more money coming in in six weeks tha
all the Anti-LeagUe subscribers of Salisbury had in tvielv
months ; and so much for a lately gained preponderating in
flueece. i Now this grand demonstration at the Assembl
Rooms was not an open meeting, but tliat of a hole-and-come
character—(Hear)—where no Otte was allowed to proceed bu
persons favourable to their cause and reporters of the same
Consequently the inhabitants of Salisbury were ignorant o
their transactions, save Ps reported in their own papers
It was quite impossible for any one to know what their pro
gramme was, or what they intended to do—whether they
were going to give lectures or hold public meetings, to refut4
the doctrine of the League. No, all was kept secret, as the
meeting was, and the public left in profound ignorance of th
course they intended to pursue.—(Hear, hear.) Contrast
then the secret proceedings of these men with the open, fair;
and candid conduct of the National Anti-Corn- law League,
and any one could perceive which of the two had truth ant
justice on its side.—(Cheers.) As a triumph then, of League
principles, he would refer them to the late Bridgewater
meeting, where the League had plainly shown its ascen.
dancy.—(Loud cheers.) Now the Anti-League a
el
Salisbury, not being content with the proceedings her I
which he had described, went , down to Devizes, and len
their assistance to a meeting of a very similar character
And this also could not be designated a county meeting, fo
the Sheriff did not convene it ; and there alSo every person o
free trade principles was excluded, but their reporters wer
of course, allowed. Now the meeting here eonsistedof aver
few gentlemen—some nine or ten clergymen and a number o
voters, who were driven to the poll to record their votes fo
Mr. Campbell. So much for the Anti-League movements a
Salisbury. Now the Tories had been distributing afe
copies of a tract here ; but even in this instance they did no
follow the example of the Anti-Corn-law League, for th
League distributed their publications to one and all, withou
respect to party, with a view of convincing every one- tha
they had truth and justice on their side. Note so, howeve
with the Tories, who only furnished their owu party wit
them. The tract to which he alluded was the speech of
Mr. Day, of St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire, and that place ha
been frequently spoken of by Mr. Cobden as being the onit
place, where the League had been defeated, and the last platp
where persons had been burned for witchcraft.—(Laught4
and cheers.) This tract, however, contained a strange
medley of statements, and, among ' other assertion*
it was alleged that if England purchased corn of
other countries those countries would npot in exchange
take our manufactures. But if this opinion was generally en-
tertained or believed, why, he (Mr. Lambert) would ask, di
so many individuals of high and undoubted authority sub
scribe their five hundred pounds each ? What advanta
would it be to the manufacturers if they could not exten
their market? Mr. Hussey, M.P., in his speech, had bee
reported to express his fears, that if free trade took place
vast amount of gold would be drained from this country;
but they would be pleased. to remember, that . gold was ncit
' dug in Mr. Hussey 's garden nor in thelate Mr. Wyndham
park. Where was it got then and how ? Why, fro
abroad, and in exchange for manufacturing industry. W
there not what was called the rate of exchange to correct tlip
evil arising from a drainage of gold from this country? The '
would remember, that in the year 1842 there was a Ver -
large quantity of corn, two and a 'half millions of qu ' erprs i -
ported; and in that year there was a larger amount of liu -
lion in the Bank than in the year when the import of Ciorki
was the smallest. Mr. Lambert then refuted several a.ssei-
' dons relative to the rate of wages keeping pace with e
prices of corn, and in doing so pointed out, as an illu.stratio ,
the low wages (7s. per week) given at Shrewton to agiai l -
tlf
tural labourers. It must be evident, he added, that the pi*
of labour entirely depended on its demand. Taking, for in-
stance, domestic servants. Cooks, because they were scar ,
more especially good cooks, could obtain a higher rate f
wages than servants in any other capacity, and we e
'
consequently sure of employment. Now, it was loft
urged against the views of the League, what low wages t e
labourers in Prussia received, but could the labourers of t s
country be possibly worse oft' than they were at present ?
Let them read the' accounts published in the papers fro
time to time, and an answer was at once given. They h d
no doubt read the report' of the Covent-garden meetin ,
wherein it was stated by that patriotic and revered charact .
Mr. O'Connell—(Here a burst of popular feeling took p ,
1
which it is quite impossible to describe, and again and aga
the shouts of applause rent the ancient hall.) It was stated
by'this gentlemen (continued Mr. Lambert) that the laboareis
of Ireland get but the poor, scanty, and miserable pittanie
of 2s. 4d. per week--(Cries of " Shame l")—and yet this wits
the wages paid in an agricultural country, who were
blessed (?) with agricultural " protection."—(Laughten)
But quitting this unhappy country, to which'they need not,
for :scenes of wretchedness, and misery, and shame, ref*,
they need go no further than Dorsetshire ; for ho held in his
hand a letter written by the Rev. Mr. Osborne tc.: Lord
Ashley, which contained many instances of the most lament-
able character which existed in that country. And mostlamentable, he would repeat, was it to reflect that in almobt
their own immediate neighbourhood existed a population the
one-eighth part of whom were paupers. Mr. Osborne.states
the miserable habitations of the poor in various parts of the
country, and in one place he says, " The second divisidn
has the family of a Man and his wife, aged forty-five,
with seven children, from five to twenty-two years old, hav-
ing three bed-rooms, in one of which are six brothers and
sisters. One of the young women has lately been confined Of
a bastard child; the other has long been in a dangerous
state of health—(Hear, hear)—and in this room (not tqn
feet square) are two beds for two young women, age cl seven-
teen and twenty-two, and three youths, aged thirteen, fifteen,
and twenty ! In another room, the father,and mothq ; mid
in a third,_another daughter, diseased, and of such dirty
habits as to require a separate room." The author then
proceeds :—No. 3. " In the third cottage are two families, an
aged widow and a single woman, with bastard child-'—
an all, seventeen souls. In the first division' a widow,
aged forty-five, with four children, from ten to nineteen
years old, occupying two bed-rooins. In the second divi
sion a widow, aged thirty-Six, with eight children,. from five
to nineteen years -old, occupying three-bed-rooms and three
beds, in one of which are three youths, aged twelve, four-
teen, and seventeen. The aged widow occupies a small bed-
room, with fire-place; and the young woman with a bistard
child, in another bed-room without a fire-place." The author
then- speaks of similar scenes at Tarrant Hinton, which be-
longs to Mr. George Bankes, M.P.—(Hear, hear)—where
one. cottage is occupied "by the following persons;—"A
father, mother,- married • daughter 'and her husband, an
ipfant a bliAd , boy pf e!3cteen,. *Ad two . girls,
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