The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING SUN, DECEMBER 12, 1845.

No. 16,63 ti.

REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.
A MEETING of the ELECTORS of LONDON will be held
at the Guildhall, on MONDAY NEXT, December 15, at One
o'clock precisely, for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on
the subject of the existing corn-laws, in connexion with the prevail.
ing apprehension of a scarcity in the article of food.
The Right. Hon. the LORD MAYOR will preside.

NORFOLK RAILWAY.-GOODS TRAFFIC.
The Directors respectfully give notice to the public that the
goods trains are now running.
The Company undertake to forward all sorts of merchandise,
grain, cattle, &c., between Yarmouth, Norwich, Attleborough,
Thetford, Brandon, and London.
The classification of goods, and scale of rates, may be had on ap-
plication at the Secretary's office, London, and to the Superintendent
of the Norwich Station

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T 1 3 GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM-
SHIPS are appointed to leave the Custom House er Tower for—
HAMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday
and Saturday Morning.
ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Malls—from Blackwall Pier
—Every-Wednesday and Saturday at Tea, Morning.
.4.NrTVERP—From Blackwall Pier—The Soho every Thursday,
at Ten, Morning.
lIAVRE—From St. Katligtrine's Wharf—Dec. 14th, 20th, 25th
and 30th, at Eight, Morning.
From London Bridge -Wharf, for—
OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning.
BOULOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morning.
CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning.
HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, M.,rning.
YARMOUTH—Reduced Fares—Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day, at Six, Evening.
From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for—
EDINBURGH—Reduced Fares—Dec. 13th, oth, !4th, and 27th,
at Ten, Evening.
From Irongato Wharf, near the Tower, for—
NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Etch*. Evening.
BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Every Saturday, Dec. 13th, at Eleven,
Morning; 20th, at Three, Afternoon; 27th, at Ten, Morning.
DOVER and BOULOGNE—The Magician—Daily.
To secure Berths, for Freight and Bills containing hours of
departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37,
Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street.

RICHARD TILL, Secretary.

NEW POCKET MAGAZINE.

Guildhall-buildings, London

On the Ist of January will be published, price ad., with Illustrations,

TIIIISTOL AND ENGLISH. CHANNELS
CONNECTING RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaclon of an-
nouncin4 that the requisite notices of the intended application to
Parliament in the next session have been given, and the deposits of
Plans and Sections with the several Clerks of the Peace and the
Board of Trade, as required by the standing orders of Parliament,
have been duly made.
Applications for Shares may be made until the 27th instant, when
the lists will be closed for allotment.
ISAAC COOKE and SONA, Bristol,
BAXTER, ROSE, and NORTON, Solicitors.
3, Park-street, Westminster,
December 1, 1845.

- Number One of the
AL MANACK OF THE MONTH,
A REVIEW OFEVERYTBING AND EVERYBODY.

Edited by G Lll ERT ABBOTT BECK E T.
Among the principal contents of this new Monthly Publication
wi;l be found Notices of all the Principal Occurrences of the Month;
including Reviews of the Books of the Month—The Absurdity of the
Month—The Play or Opera of the Month—The Speech of the Month
—The Abuse of the Month—The Fashion of the Month—The Great
Event of the Month—The Talk of the Month—The Exhibition of the
Month, Sze. &e. &c.
Books, &c. for review, and contributions for the editor, may he
addressed to the " Punch" Office, No. 92, Fleet-street, where the
Almanack of the Month" will be published.

OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE,
AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Offices, 43, Moorgate-street.
THE MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Hubert de Burgh, Esq., Chairman.
Viscount Curzon, Deputy-Chairman.
Lord Albert Conyngham Deane John Hoare, Esq.
Lieut.-Col. Lothian Dickson John Lane, Esq.
Charles Collins, Esq. Malcolm Maclean, Esq.
Thomas Edwards. Esq. Richard Christopher Preston,Esq.
Frederick Win. Etheridge, Esq. I Richard Twiss, Esq.
A. W. Hillary, Esq.
The Committee of Management have deferred closing their Share
Lists until they were assured that the standing orders of Parliament
had been complied with. The Plans and Sections having been duly
deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the
Peace of the counties through which the line passes, they now give
notice that no application for Shares will be received after the 27th
instant, and until that period they will continue to be received at the
Offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; of the Solicitor, F. T.
Geld, Esq., Carlton-chambers, 8, Regent-street; and of the following
Brokers :—lt. 11. Wilkins, Esq., 4, Bank-chambers, London; Henry
Brendan Esq., Cashion-court, Old Broad-street, London.
R. MORTON CALEY, Secretary.

CADETS fir INDlA.—Every infurn ation con-
nected with OUTFITS for INDIA, particulars of Passage
by Ship and by the Overland route, detailed Lists of Outtl.s both for
Ladies and Gentlemen, wills the necessary variations for:officers,
writers, cadets, as.istant-surgeons, and others, may be had on ap-
plication to Mann. THRESIIER a-41 GLENNY, East India and
Col,:uial Outfitters, IS4, Strand, London, where all outfits are sup-
plied at the wholesale prices.

AVIES'S BEST MOULD CANDLES, 6d.
per lb., with the improved Wax Wicks ; Store Candles,
5d.; Male's Superb Composite, 934 d. ; Price's, 103. ; Ogleby's Bo-
tanic Wax, Is.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ;
Transparent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Genuine Sperm,
Is. Bd. ; Palmer's Metallic, 6;;z d. and Bd. ; Male's ILetallic, 7%d. ;
Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 5Ss. per 112Ibs; Mottled, 60s. and
6-is.; White Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet ; Palm, Is. 4d.; Old
Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Superfine
Sealing Wax, 4s. Gd. per lb.; Genuine Sperm Oil, 7s. Gd. per gallon
Ogleby's Patent Oil, equal to Sperm, 4s. 6d.; Solar, 3s. 6d.
For Cash, at I)AVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar-
tin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.)
The COURT of DIRECTOES hereby give notice, that a HALF-
YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum
on the Capital of the Bank, will be PAYABLE to the Proprietors of
Shares registered in this country, on and atter the sth of January
next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishops-
gate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four.
No Transfer can be made between the lilth instant and the sth
proximo, as the books must be closed daring that period.
By order of the Court,
G. DE B. ATTWOOD, Secretary.
7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec. 5, 1845.

TOR STOPPING DECATED TENTH.
Price 2e. 6d.

ST. MARYLEBONE, DECEMBER 6, 1845.
•
TO BRICKMAKERS, &c.
BREEZE.—The Vestrymen of this parish hereby give notice tbat
they will meet in the Vestry-room of the Court .house of the said
parish on SATURDAY, December 27, at Eleven o'clock in the fore-
noon, to receive TENDERS from persons willing to CONTRACT for
the BREEZE and ASHES of the said parish for ONE YEAR, from
the 31st day of January next. Payment of one quarter of the year's
contract-money must be made to the said Vestrymen at the signing
of the contract, and good security given that the re-nainder be con-
tinued to be paid one quarter in advance throughout the contract.
The parish is divided into five divisions, for the purpose of contracting
for the Breeze, particulars of which, with the form of the contract,
and printed tender, may be had of the surveyor, Mr. Robert Seace,
at the Court-house, from Twelve till One o'clock daily.
Tenders to be sealed; and no Tender will be received after Eleven
o'clock on the said 27th day of December.
By order of the Vestry,
C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk.
Contractor to pay six guineas, as expenses of contract and bond.

EAST DEREHAM .NORWICH
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management have the pleasure to inform the
shareholders and the public that they have concluded arrangements
for leasing the above railway to the Norfolk Company, at a rental of
41. per cent. per annum on the outlay, and an equal division of the
surplus profits.
The Plans and Sections relating to this undertaking have been
deposited at the Board of Trade, and with the several Clerks of the
Peace, in conformity with the standing orders of Parliament.
In order to comply with the standing orders of the House of Lords,
as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 11. already paid
should be increased to 21. 2s. It is also necessary that the scrip
should be called in and re-issued, and new Parliamentary deeds
executed.
The shareholders are, therefore, required to pay, on or before the
Ist day of January next the further sum of 1/. 2s. per share on the
shares respectively held by them, and for this purpose to deposit with
the Secretary, at the Company's offices, Norwich, the scrip now held
by them, together with an application for registry and exchange, in
the annexed form, on or before the 24th day of December instant.
The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to receive the
increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry
of the scrip, and on the production of the banker's receipt, and the
execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip certifi-
cates will be issued.
All scrip, in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the
necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the speci-
fied period, will he forfeited.

Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince. Albert, and
her Royal Highness She Duchess of Kent.
MR. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUM. for
stopping decayed Teeth, however large the' cavity. It is
placed in the tooth without any pressure or pain, and will remain
Arm i i the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary,
arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr.
Thomas's Succedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are
Inclosed. Price 2s. 6d.
Sold by Savory, 220, Regent. street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
'Sutler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ;
Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; And all medicine venders.
Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of teeth upon his new
system of self-adhesion, without springs er wire'. This method
does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful
operation whatever.'
Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Butters-street, Oxford-street.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
A Court of Common Council was held in the Guild-
hall yesterday, for the purpose, among other business, of
considering the propriety of petitioning her Majesty to
take all such means as she may constitutionally possess
for throwing open the ports of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland for the free importation of
food.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor took the chair at
two o'clock.
The minutes of the last Court having been read and
confirmed, and some business of an unimportant charac-
ter gone through,
The LORD MAYOR briefly explained why he had not
called the Court before the hour of two.
The requisition addressed to his Lordship was then
read.
Mr. D. WIRE then said that he rose on the present
oecesion with some anxiety, not because of any doubt as
to the proper course to be pursued, but simply because
of his inability to do justice to so great and so important
a subject. He knew that, in the course of the debate, he
would befollo wed by those whose talents and whose know.
ledge of the subject would entitle their opinion to great
weight, and he would therefore content himself %ith briefly
making one or two observations in support of the object
stated in the requisition. He held in his hand four dis-
tinct propositions, and he apprehended that to neither
of them would any considerable opposition be of-
fered. The first proposition was that this na-
tion was a great, a powerful, and a wealthy na-
tion ; but that, great, powerful, and wealthy
N EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN- as it was. a very great proportion of her Majesty's sub-
BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Hexham. jects in Ireland, and a great proportion of her subjects
Capital, 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. in England, in Scotland, and in Wales, had long been
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. reduced to teed upon potatoes. There could be no doubt
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.) that this proposition was a true one—there could be no
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir Charles M. L. Monck, Bart., Betsey Castle, Northumberland doubt that, though these three great elements of
Savile C. 11. Ogle. Esq., M.P., Kirkley-hall, Northumberland prosperity were in the country, a large proportion
William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland of its people were starving upon a potato diet.
Robert Charlton, Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland
Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland
Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland r IPHE CORN AND PtiOVISION TRADES the serious examination of every true and patriotic man,
Mr. Edw. Campion, iron manufacturer, Hareshaw Ironworks, North- The deficiency of the Harvest, the failure of the Potato Crop, for the purpose of seeing whether some remedy might
umberland and the consequent serious effects upon commercial and monetary
Ralph Wm. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland affairs, excite great apprehension. Under such circumstances, cor- not be found for such a state of things. When millions
Mr. John Green, iron manufacturer, Ridsdale Ironworks, Northum- rect information as to the produce of the harvest, the extent of the of their countrymen were reduced to a potato diet, it
berlas Id failure of the potato crop, the state of the markets, the stock of grain was surely time to examine into the cause. But there
Mr. Win. Grace, Saltwick, Northumberland on hand, on the continent of Europe, and in the United States, is of
J. Haggerston, Esq. Reedsmouth, Northumberland the highest importance. No trouble or expense is spared to furnish
was something beyond all this. There was the deteri-
Nicholas Manghan, Esq. Nesvbrough-lodge, Northumberland such information, which is brought down to the latest moment of oration of
going to press, in the M UM-LANE EXPRESS, winch has been for their moral and physical condition
Charles Atticus Monck, Esq. Humshaugh, Northumberland , consequent upon this state of things, and it became
Thomas James, Esq., Otterburn Tower, Northumberland many years the authority in the Corn and Provision Trades of Eng-
Mr. W. R. Rayne, paper manufacturer, Naughton, Northumberland land and in foreign countries. them to see if Parliament had not the power within
Smith Stobart, Esq. banker, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland Published every efenday in time for post, and may be had by order themselves of improving this condition of the country,
Captain R. Jobling, Newton-hall, Northumberland of all Booksellers, Newsmen, &c. and of giving the people a more wholesome and nutritious
Rev. Win. Kell, rector of Corsenside, Northumberland Office, 24, Yorfolk-street, Strand. Price 11. les. 4d. per annum. food than they at present possessed. Even in the
W. C. Trevelyan, jun. Esq. Topshane, Devon "RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS 1! I" more favoured parts of the country they would find
Sir John Fife, Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Prospectus of a Weekly Magazine, of good paper and type, with a that the moral and physical condition of the people had
Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-upon• Tyne green cover to each number, at about Twopence per week, to be
Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne been deteriorated, and he would only ask those who
called
Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne were in the smallest degree acquainted with
Mr. Wm. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne TrHE EUROPEAN WITNESS and ENSIGN
the agricultural districts to vouch for this. They were
Mr. Wm. Hunter, colliery reviewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne _IL FOR THE NATIONS ; as the foundation plan of a "Universal
Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Emancipation and Eastern Emigration Community " to aid poor worse fed than even the brutes.—(Hear, hear.)
Jews and Christians to emigrate to Asia and all the East, which, There could be no doubt, then, that this state of
Mr. Alexander George Gray, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Captain John Kelly, M.P. according to prophecy, will shortly be cleared of all usurpers ; for things called for inquiry, The next proposition
T. C. Granger, Esq. M.P. Durham the return of the twelve Tribes from their long exile to the land of
Andrew White, Esq. ATP. Sunderland their fathers; and the establishment of the " one fold under the one he held in his hand arose naturally from the former
Shepherd of Israel," as predicted of old. ones—namely, that a large proportion of their coun-
Richard White, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland
A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill. house, Sunderland The Magazine will contain the Gospel as proclaimed by the whole tremor were living upon potatoes, and this could not
Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland Prophets to Israel, with the increase of light by John the Baptist, be doubted, for - the - daily papers of all parties
Hugh Dixon. Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland until "the light of the moon shall be as the sun, and the light of the
had affirmed, for months past, that the potatoes now in
Thomas Bell, !egg. alkali manufactory, South Shields sun sevenfold !" God's Covenants and exceeding great and precious
Mr. Joshua Greene, merchant, Gateshead Promises will be weekly circulated. The doctrines, ordainances, Ireland would not afford food to the people of that
William Hymers, Esq. J.P. Gateshead and practice of the existing Churches, brought to the touchstone of country for a longer period than March next. It was
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart., Grange and Fountain-hall God's Church, originally established he the chosen city of Jerusalem, therefore their bounden duty to provide a remedy before
C. Craigie Hackett, Esq. Lawhill new to be restored. "For the ransomed of God shall return and
John Dick Lauder, Esq. jun. Grange and Fountain-hall come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy," &c., saith the that time. It seems to follow as a natural proposi-
Andrew Wilkie, Esq. one of the magistrates of Edinburgh Almighty 1! ! tion, that if there be a deficiency in the crops of
one country, there is a sufficient supply of food to be
William Girdwo el, Esq. magistrate of Leith The writer of this has travelled over seven nations during twenty-
Robert Laurie, Esq. merchant, Leith five years, with the above object in view ; has written fifty small
John Anderson, Esq. jun., merchant, Edinburgh works in prose, and two hundred In verse, now ready for " The Wit- obtained from another country, and that Providence
John Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark tress and Ensign." Also, corrected, the principal errors in an English takes care that the supply
of shall be
globe.abundant
My fur
Lord,the
Bible, and will send out a new version of Divine Revelations in the
y fapcatilthat there exists a scarcity of
Thomas Brownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow'
weekly numbers of the above, as soon as funds are procured. "The
Oet undeniable
lvnetrr y , and, therefore, It S a patriot, a l; hri S -
William Bankier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow
Sir John Trevelyan, Wallington, Northumberland gold and the silver are mine," saith the Mighty (hod of Jacob !1
James Wolfe Murray, Esq. St. Andrew's, Fife All communications of useful reports for the " Witness," donations,
Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Esq., Wallington, Northumberland subscriptions in advance for the Magazine, or money partners of tiara,
f thosephilanthropist,
iaws
William Oliver Rutherford, Esq., of Edgerton, sheriff of the county true Jews or Christians, who will advance from 300/. to 5001. each,
id•
foodt e ril a
i'ln and
this in
country
existencewhich throw an impediment in
of Roxburgh on interest, for three years, will please address" To the Editor of the
(With power to add to their number). Witness and Ensign, Post-office, Birmingham. the way of the introduction of corn into this country,
BANKERS. How sweet will be the day-dawn, when Judah's trumpet sounds, and deprive the poor labourer and the hard-toiling
London—Messrs. Glyn and Co. God's tribes to bring to Zion from earth's remotest bounds; mechanic of the ability to obtain the food necessary for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Northumberland and Durham District Bank. They'll fly like doves together Immanuel there to meet,
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—John Miller, Esq., C.E., Edinburgh. Themselves, and all their treasure, to offer at his feet 1!I existence. That this will be the case is evident unless
country be removed, or, in other words, that the corn-
Loc.'. ENGINEERS—Messrs. John and Benjamin Green. the protection that is afforded to food that grows in this
SOLICITORS. Elegant Pocket Edition, price Is., by post Is. 6d.
DR. CU LVE RWEL L ON MARRIAGE,
Mr. John Brown, and Messrs. Laws and Glynn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. abolished.—(Hear, hear.) My Lord Mayor,
Messrs. Prichard and Collette, 57, Lincoln's Inn-Holds, London. its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. laws be
LOCAL AGENTS. having said thus much, I shall content myself with mov-
" To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare.
Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws of ing the following resolutions, namely:-
1. " That g: eat, powerful, and wealthy as this nation
Mr. C. R. Sinclair, S.S.C., 11, South-bridge, Edinburgh
Messrs. J. and R. Gibson, Hexham Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence —oe
Mesers. Strang, Toile, and Keydon, writers, Glasgow infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Expert-
is, far the greatest portion of her Majesty's subjects
by
Mr. William Bin
Blackwood, Banker and Solicitor, Peebles ence, Cases, &c. &c.and a great portion of her Majesty's subjects
• al food to potatoes.
*p
Mr. Simon Scott, writer, Jedburgh Also Companion to the same, price Is., by post Is. 6d.
Mr. George Oliver, writer, Itawick CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings)•
f()rlrtehlettinrd,r.
in England, Scotland, and Wales, have long been reduced
Messrs. Curie and Erskine, writers, Melrose. These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive ~ r p rind
Messrs. Spottiswoode and Robertson, Great George-street, London. considerations of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps 2. That all classes, but especially the poor, have been,
SECRETARY—Mr. James Potts. painfully interested. and are, great sufferers from this result of the national
Offices of the Company, 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-non-Tyne. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ,
Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made to the sell- Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, ec°"rn) •
citors. and to the following brokers :—Messrs. Warburton and Co., 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9. 3. " That the blight which has now fallen upon that
Central Exchange, Market-street, Newcastleuoon-Tyne ; Messrs.
____________--- root has subjected the people to great anxiety and dis-
Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11, Birchin-lane, London ; Robert Allan, FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human tress, and to the danger of famine.
Esq., Messrs. Pillans and Home, and Anthony Shiels, Esq., Edin- Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
burgh ; Messrs. ISPEwin and Auld, Glasgow; Messrs. William Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sended envelope) 35.6 d. 4. " That their sufferines are attributable to errone-
e
Reynolds and Sons, and Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on (tus legislation, which, by excluding the importation of
f()odand
breustnrtiyctianngd
goodness of
Gsh,o)dt.s,, out from the
Liverpool; Messrs. Alsop and Son, Hull; Messrs. Beaumont
and Williamson, Leeds ; Messrs. Robertson and Bates, and the the Infirmities of the System n both sexesti.;
nand
Tohnethbeanlossl
the o
Messrs. Thomas Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Mr. J. It. Lane, ofe_enacts
refprouct.e powers, with means of re.stora •
illustrated by En- people
Birmingham ; Messrs. AValmsley, Woodhead, and Co.. Bradford ; ne
a ins os
-.
indulge-followedeeS; &
c., are fully pointed out. 5. " That this Court do present its earnest and anxious
Messrs. Low and Tunstal, Bristol; Messrs. Wm. Moore and Co.,observations on Marriage.
gr vlaygß.' ad L. PERRYY and Co. Consulting Surgeons, London. Prayer to the Queen that her Majesty will graciously
Huddersfield • Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester; Mr. W. Pollard, Lin-
' and Crossland, Sheffield ; Messrs. Hants Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence use
all the means which are in her Majesty's power to
eoln ; Messrs. Warburtonx . 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Mr. T. C. Maynard Durham • Messrs
well and Davis, I a nit ,i . , ,open the ports of this kingdom to the free importation of
. ' Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox• 4.4 11
Dills and Allason, and Mr. W. I. Barker, Sunderland; Mr. el m. od.
ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street • Purkiss Compton- '
Davison, Alnwick ; Mr. T. Glover, South Shields ; Mr. John Hurst,.
street, Soho • and all nooksellers. ' ' It is not ' my intention to offer any other observations at
Louth I Mr. Jos. Nelson, Settle ; Mr. John Lunn,ock, jun , Dundee ;.. - •
Mr. Jas. Ross, Perth t end Mr. Walker Thompso Berwick, We regard the work before us, the 'silent Friend,' as a work , present, but I will afterwards move a resolution, that,
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARI'S. embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, •
To the Provis • tonal Committee of the Newctuale-upon-Tyne, Edin- hitherto little understood, and passed ever by a minority of the me- moreover, it be presented to the Queen, praying her
burgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction Railway, with a Branch by dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We mn t
. Majesty to repeal the corn laws.
however confess that a perusal of this work has left suds a favoured; Mr. JOHNSON said that he rose to second the reso-
the North Tyne to Bonham.
Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot to me impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially lotion. This was a question respecting the abolition of re-
shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept
.. the wish every one who is the victim of act fell or sufferin from indis
the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that u
cre on, to profit lay the advice contained in its pages. and Argue.
P y' "—Age g strictive laws that had been argued over and over aeain
, •
same, and to pay
I Also undertake to execute the Par- The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed But, after all that had been said on the subject, all the
may be allotted to me ; and
liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of an- money that had been spent on the question, and all the
Name in full .. petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
Residence.. ••••. • • . - ..... ...... ....... escess, &c. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one• C 1 League, the objections
efforts the Ante- orn- aw same
Trade or Professions (if any) ••. • • • •..... e
tied
bottle for 335., .ner which Ils. are saved. The Ave-pound cases may were still offered, and he could not but be surprised to
Place of Business ••••••••.•• • • • • • • • " • • b The as
CONCENTRATEDusuaL think that now, in the year 1345, those same objections
DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy should still be made. There never was a question of greater
for searching out and
Address of Referee •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • " purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches .
on the head, face, importance. You find among those wno are opposed to
Date of Application ••..••••• • . • • " • • • • and body, ulcerations, and those painful
affections arising from' laws a
ALLOCATION OF SHARES. improper treatment or the effects of mercury, the abolition of the corn-class of objectors
removing secondary
The Committee of Management have now the satisfaction tosymptoms, and all eruptions of the skin
• Price who say there is no necessity for alteration.
11and
and
s. 33s. per bottle.
form the subscribers and the public that the Plans, Sections,
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., But was the commerce of this country of no import-
Books of Reference or this undertaking have been completed, and de-
and ils. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, Mason- since ? Without this were done away with, that
posited
in compliance with the standing orders of the two Hausa of
motion, &c., with
at hindrance to business. would be seriously . endangered, as was shown by
Parliameot, which will enable them to apply for an Act ins the en-
Consultation fee, If by letter,
suine session ; and as none of the ether lines projected to Hawick
Messrs. R. and L. Perryand 1,,.
_Minute detail of
consulted,cases necessary. age
'cultural countries having become manufac.
(including Gm London and Edinburgh Direct and Darlington and
usua', at 19, Iterners-street 0c" eUrge°lllllnay'd as
Halvick Junction Railway) have lodged their Plans and Sections
106 Duke-s eet, Liverpool,• , g nrd-etreet, London, ay.a. d at turing countries to a considerable extent. In
'e conformity with the Standing Orders, this Company is, therefore, ,very Thursday, Fridey, and Satureley ; answer to those who said there was no distress or
and at 10, St. Jo n-street, Deansgate, Manshester, on Mondays, danger of distress, he would call their attention to the
e• -- an! in a positions to ePtslY to Parliament in the ensuing Ses-
Tuesdays, and Wed ssea
ne ys.
the onie -to make a Railway by the reigletin ?lute tp gdin-
sion for powers .
burgh and Glasgow. -% uleasnre In stating that the result THE TWELFTH EDITION.
Just Pnbliehed, in it sealed eni•el.Ticeourse of rapid increase. The population of the British
The Committee have also mike. elle, pjece 21. se., end next free, on
-e 'e'er the objections whichielantle Was inereasing, at the rate of 1,100 souls daily, or
of their surveys is such as completely t 0.... receirot of a Post-oftiee Order for as. Ga,
-4 that they are
have been made to their lino in various quarters, a,— AI[ANLY HEALTH : a Popular to the extent of 380,000 per annum ; and these souls
.mad Inquiry into
confirmed in the opinion which they at first held, that the line .. the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with Instructions must be fed. Yet to teedthese it had
had bodies, which
be of easy formation, and that the tunnel through the Carter would es- •been lc lated that additional food mould be
sor its Complete
Fastoration. Addressed to those suffering fretsca u
not exceed one mile and a quarter in length. lee deorgestye consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in required, equal to the produce of two of
And they hereby give notice, that no Application for Shares will tue
nal and 11.Arl',Iut Debility, Local or constitutional Weakness. La-
be received after the 15th of December, and that the allotment will
digestion, the largest counties
in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.)
and COnSuellition• •4101t1Ing a comprenenseve Dissertation
be made as soon after that date as possible.
on MARRIAGE. Illustrated lattle lift.,lgli Sp By C. J LUCAS This one fact was quite sufficient to show the evil opera-
By order, Co.,onsulting Surgeons, London, t;oe, of any law that interfered with the free importation
CHARLES ATTICUS MONCK, Chairman. and Leo:, ,
_.e, i taints having reached us
on p that several person,: of foreign corn.—(Hear, hear.) He might be told that
JAMES POTTS, Secretary. CAU TION.
ork, entitled " Manly
Offices of the Company, 11, Eldon-square, %getting to purcltflss Health," have had
ds a frauslolent infringement of our copyright, pro- bread was not so dear in price
as 'it had been in former
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 3, 1845. placed in tneir flan
duced by illiterate a e : - .
itn di Itappasable men, and which, though bearing times, and that therefore there was no pressing danger.
At a MEETING of LANDOWNERS, held November 10, 1845, at of title, le utteetY yeiee'tetl; we deem it a duty,
a close resemblance But his objection was not so much as to what the price
Belsay Castle Inn, the following resolution was adopted :—to caution the pabile 4i; 014 tfe444 4 -' ' v
.. We, the undersigneel, landowners on and near the line of railway by way of protection,. es !fttff ' e ,-.,,F fßog Mialst he at presents but to the prineiple by
proposed to be made by a Company calling itself the Newcastle-on- ouch bass inn t
d lila -In nsof obtaining the above work, and not wislene to Which it . was ertificially raised. If a law
Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway, with a branch to Persons fes 1;slel the same, may, to insure secrecy, have to I existed which made the food of the people
ilexham, having; considered the proposed line, and explained with Mr. apply to a boo sel ef far
Monck, the Chairman of the Managing Committee of the said Railway ep lesing 35. e 1 , or Postage
direct irons. the Authors, by .. P •Stamps it ought
dearer than what to be, he main-
Company, are of opinion tha• the proposed line of railway, both in to that amount.
its main line and in its branch, will be beneficial both to the line May be had of the Au , thors No. 60, Newman-street, Oxfordastreet • tqined etleh a law ought not to exist— a law whieh
of country through which it will pass, and to our own estates, in af- and sold by Brittain, 11, al' ternoster-row ; Hannay and Co , 63' . ted Co the benetit"of a etass to the injury of the
. opera
fording the shortest and easiest communication between Glasgow, Oxfordsstreet ; Noble, 114, Chancery-Klane; J. Gordon, 146, Leaden-
King-street, Southwark, London
n taken to the de-
Edinburgh, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in ore nine out to use the hall-streets G, Mansell,
3, Ann's-square, Manchester; W. Howell, : mend made to the repeal of the corn laws, and in reply
lime and other minerals which may be now lying unwrought in our Sowler, Courier-office, 4, 4.".
woe' 78, Hig,hstreet, BirmingLam; to the apprehended scarcity, was, that there did not yet
lands. We are of opinion, therefore, that the projectors of the pro- 7.5, Dale-street, Liverpool ,W. _I .
~ ~.s,_, .
e-s ree , ' 14rgh T. Price, ' exist any deficiency of ft od in France, Spain, and other
line ought to have our consent avid support, subject to such re- 'W. and el. Robinson, 11, Greeootolleret . t f'•..,P' - 1 .
posed • d - s
servations in regard to all private and personal interests as is usual in , Dame-street, Dublin; and all B contmedtut colfnees, tl4 e'eeh )!laic=—that the aiBnger
' "The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no el.ape I •
such cases." .• . . crated. This'. • • •
i Lad been much, exagg objection, If worth
can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in ' Lucas
Belsay Castle Inn, Nov. 10, 1845. ted to this, e -
(Signed) Joha E. Swinburne. P. G. Ellison (for Ralph Bates, el Messenger.
en Manly Health:—The New Bell's Weee-Y _ , ! anything, only aesoun b. cause there is as yet
Chas. M. L. Monck. Esq.) Mesers. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted freea Ten all Two. and no famine or starvation, therefore we must wait till this
from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, N ) €O, New- .
Thos. Anderson. J. S. Ogle. ' ' fam'ne or etaryation is actually developed before we
Thos. Atkinson Haste. Thomas James. i man-street, Oxfordestreet, London, and country patients may '4e !, . ,
John Forster. f s' .
it. C. „wow, for self end •
the • successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing i admit any foreign Corp 4uFY gee. It had also hpen
W. D. Dent. DMUS DAdee the waifs* of 11. for advice. c‘inch insisted on that a reveal of tie protective duty on

TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—Every
description of solid and other LEATHER CASES, for carrying
samples or stock, made to erder. Solid Leather and other Portman-
teaus, Carpet Bags, Hat Cases, &c. &c., in great variety, always in
stock.
John Southgate and Son, manufacturers, 76, Watling-street, London„

METROPOLITAN RAIL WAYS JUNCTION
COMPANY.
The Committee of Management have decided to call a meeting of
the Sharholders of this Company for FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at
One o'clock precisely, at the Company's offices, 11, Clement's-lane,
Loin bard-street, for the purpose of laying before them a report of the
present state and prospects of this Corn pany, at which meeting they
are invited to attend.

EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman.

Norwich, Dec. 8, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE

J. T. CROFT, Chairman.
JOHN CHEESE, Secretary.
Dated this eleventh day of December, 1845.

THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAI LWAY.
CHAIRMAN—Thomas Dowglasse, Esq.
ENGINEER-IN-CHlTF—Samuel Charles Drees, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie arid Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
SEcitErsxv—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.
The Committee of Mana:ement have the satisfaction to announce
that, in compliance with the applications and suggestions of several
gentlemen of experience, they have instructed the several bankers
named in their Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the pre-
liminary deposits from this time until the 7th of January next, in
order that those parties to whom Shares in this Company have been
allotted may consult their own convenience by paying the first de-
posit at the present time, or paying the whole deposit on or before
the 7th of January next

By order of the Board,
Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary.
Moortata-chambers, Ifoorgate-street, Dec. 9, 1845.

corn would injure the agriculturists and the farmers ;
and by many this had been considered a conclusive ar-
gument. He would not, on the present occasion,
take up their time in exposing such a fal-
lacy. It had been so repeatedly knocked down
and depressed, that now it had rot the least basis
to stand upon.—(Hear, hear.) The farmers had been
completely gulled with this barefaced fallacy by their
pretended friends, and so lost sight of their true inte-
rests and that dependence which they should place in
their own resources. Comparing this country with
another European country, he found that the latter was
more heavily taxed than this --a country where the
labourers were better paid, whose climate was not so
good, where general advantages were much inferior, and
and yet one that managed to export a large amount of
agricultural produce to foreign countries.—(Cheers.)
The country to which he referred was Holland. In
looking at the statistical account of the British empire
published by an eminent writer and first-rate authority,
Mr.lll`Culloch, he found acompiete answer to Sir Henry
Halford, at a late agricultural meetieg, who declared
that the farmers were not able to do without
protection ; that they could not enter upon that
competition with the rest of the world which
the manufacturers of England at present had to do. In
that statistical account he found the following facts in
relation to this country and Holland, to which he had
referred:--in England the quantity of cultivated land
was 48,700,000 acres ; in Holland it was calcu-
lated at 5,500.000. The population of England was
upwards of 26 millions ; that of Holland was 2,900.000.
The proportion of population to each square mile was
England, 250 persons ; Holland, 240 persons ; show-
ing that in this respect the countries were nearly
equal. The climate of England was much superior to
that of Holland. No country could compare with this
in the luxuriance of its verdure, or in the general mild-

PRICE 5D._

district in Wales, in which he had a farm, the po-
tato crop on it was deteriorated to the extent of three-
fourth-, and yet he was no worse off than his neigh-
bours. They used a great amount of oatmeal in that
district, principally got from Ireland, and this article,
which a short time ago was 18s. a sack, was now 30s.—
(Hear, hear.) He thought something ought to be
done, and hence he cordially supported the original re •
solutions.
Mr. NORRIS objected to the amendment proposed. It
was a high and honourable privilege they possessed to
approach her Majesty as memorialists ; and there were
only two courses open to them then—namely, to avail
themselves of this privilege, or to adopt the amendment,
and petition the Legislature on this important subject.
He objected to the amendment, as it involved a proceed-
ing which was not in agreement with the usages and
p( culiar privileges of that Court. Nor did be thiek it
the proper course under existing circumstances. The
case of Holland had been referred to in a previous stage
of the debate, and what, he would ask, was the reason
of the prosperity of that country? Because they were
free-traders in corn, as well as in all other articles of
commi rce. A permanent scarcity of food had been the
effects of the corn-laws ever since their adoption ; and
with the increase of the population going forward, it be-
came a matter of necessity rot. them to do something to
provide food for the people.
Mr. WIRE said he should only occupy the time of the
Court for a very few minutes. He wished to make but
one or two observations on the speech made by his Hon.
Friend beside him (Mr. Lawrence, we believe). His Hon.
Friend first apologised for his desertion of his Former
opinions, and any gentleman had a perfect right to do so
either in private or in public.—(Laughter.) He (Mr.
\\'ire) was exceedingly glad to find that in this case the
change in his friend's opinions had been for the better,
for as before they had been for a fixed duty upon corn,
they were now for its total abolition.—(Laughter.)
His Hon. Friend was following the example set him not'
long ago by an illustrious individual, and he was glad to
find that that example was contagious, for it even took
Broad-street in its march, and had reached the heart and
head of its worthy representative, Mr. Deputy Corney,
who had seconded the motion for the abolition of the
corn-laws.—(Continued laughter.) It was his (Mr.
Wire's) intention very shortly to direct his Hon.
Friend's attention to one or two fallacies in his speech,
which, by the by, was not only for the corn-laws, but
against and beyond the corn laws.—(Laughter.) His
Hon. Friend had stated that his first proposition was
fallacious, as this was not a question of corn, but of com-
merce. Did the Hon. Member suppose that he could im-
pose this argument for a moment ? did he mean to
say that a question of food was not a question of wages?
—( dear, hear.) Did it make no difference to the work-
man, if by the abolition of these cruel laws he coull
get a greater quantity of food for a lesser price than at
present?—(Hear, hear.) It was not a question of wages
alone—it was a question of food also.—(Cheers.) But •
the Hon. Member had said that they must show how
better food could be had even were the corn-laws abo
lished. Why thus:—lf the corn-laws were abolished—if
all restrictions on the importation of food were done
away with, then Holland, Poland, Egypt, and America
would pour their grain into Britain, and take her manu-
factures in exchange. Did the Hon. Member not hear
the anecdote told of Mehemet Ali, the present Pacha of
Egypt ? When the imperfect condition of his muskets
was referred to, he said, " True, I know that English
muskets are better, but I have no money to purchase
them. If England should take my corn, then I shall be
enabled to take her muskets in exchange."—(Great
cheering.) And thus would both of these countries be
benefited. But another extraordinary argument of the
Hon. Gentleman's R as, that if food was cheap, the people
woold be idle. It was all very well to speak of the
delights of labour ; but what man would work
in a heated atmosphere for twelve hours, if ten
hours would be sufficient for his wants? Why
any man would be mad who should do otherwise. His
Hon. Friend had told them not to forget that he was an
advocate for a smaller fixed duty, and yet his friend had
moved the total repeal of those laws. Why, protection
resembled a nurse who denied her child the free air of
Heaven ; the poor thing, deprived of the necessary free-
dom, grew warped and stunted ; and so it was with pro-
tected commerce.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman
admitted that a large proportion of the Irish lived upon
potatoes, but he denied that the same thing held good in
England, Scotland, and Wales. He could assure the
Hon. Gentleman that if he had gone through the houses
of the poor in that metropolis, he would have found that
the majority of the poorer classes lived upon potatoes.
--(Hear, hear.) He would not detain them longer, but
he trusted that the original proposition would be carried.
The RECORDER then proceeded to read the original
resolution again.
Mr. LAWRENCE wished to make some observations on
the amendment.
The RECORDER said that the debate was closed, and
the amendment was then before the Court, and that he
could n +t speak upon it.
Mr. LAWRENCE said that it was only the day before
yesterday that the Lord Mayor bad ruled that he could
speak upon the amendment, under similar circumstances.
The LORD MAYOR said that the amendment had been
spoken upon, and could not be debated again.
The RECORDER said that the original question having
been di-cussed, and the amendment having been de-
bated on, the Lord Mayor was of opinion that at
that stage of the proceedings no further observations
could be listened to.
The amendment was then put, and negatived.
Mr. GADSDEN then said that the petition called on
the Queen to exercise her constitutional prerogative, and
cause such measures to be taken as would meet the exi-
gencies of the people.
A member rose to order.
Mr. GADSDEN said that be was simply going to move,
as an amendment, " That this Court is of opinion, that
it is inexpedient at this moment to interfere, either
by petition or otherwise, in this important question, in-
asmuch as it believes that the Ministry has been dissolved,
and that it would be proper in the present state of affairs
not to add to her Majesty's embarrassment, and that, there-
fore, the further discussion of the subject should be post-
poned." He proposed this amendment, as he believed
that Lord John Russell had it all his own way, and
it would not be too much to ask him to wait until Parlia-
ment assembled.—(Loud cries of " No, no.")
The amendment was then put, and negatived by a
large maj irity.
A Member then handed up another amendment, and
the Recorder was proceeding to read it, when
Another Member asked if any amendment could be
read by the Recorder until it had been properly proposed
and seconded.
Sir C. MARSHALL seconded the resolution.
The RECORDER then read it aloud. He moved " That
the Parliament of the United Kingdom should proceed
to establish a fixed and moderate duty."
The amendment, which excited great merriment in
the Court, was, after some little confusion and desultory
conversation, withdrawn.
The original resolutions were then put and carried by
an all but unanimous vote.
Mr. WIRE then moved " That a loyal and dutiful
address and petition be presented to her Majesty,
founded on the resolutions jnst agreed to, and
praying that her Majesty will use all the means
in her power to effect the opening of the ports for the
free importation of food."
The motion being seconded,
Mr. LAWRENCE moved as an amendment, to the effect
that it be mentioned in the address, " That on the
opening of Parliament, her Majesty be requested to re-
commend a fixed duty on corn of ss. per quarter."
Mr. PRIOR seconded the amendment, as one, which,
if adopted by the Court, would reflect great credit on it.
Mr. R. TAYLOR objected to their being called on to
support a principle which all parties in the state had
now repudiated.
The amendment on being put was negatived by an
immense majority, only two voting for it. The original
motion was then put and carried, with the same number
of dissentients.
Mr. WIRE then moved a resolution " That the address
to her Majesty be presented in the usual form," which
was also agreed to.
A deputation of five members was then appointed to
prepare the address, and immediately after they retired
to draw it up.
Upon their return, after an absence of ten minutes,
strangers were ordered to withdraw. During our ab-
sence, we understand the address was read and agreed
to, and the Court adjourned at a quarter past five o'clock.

ness of its climate ; whereas, the other country had a
severe winter. The rivers and canals were frozen
over the greater part of that season, and even
the Zuyder Zee was oftentimes under ice.
Now, _midi all these disadvantages,,Hollaud occupied
the position he had already shown, and yet the farmers
of this country were afraid of the removal of prohibition.
There was yet another fact in favour of England
in this comparison. In England the land-tax was only
1.200,000 L, .while the general taxation of the country
was 51,700,0001. per annum. This land-tax was only 2}
per cent. on the whole tax of the country, while the land in
Holland paid 25 per cent; and while the labourers' wages
in England were on the average is. 6d. per day, in Hol-
land they were ls. Bd. These were important facts on the
question underconsideration. A more powerful set of men
than our aristocracy does not exist in Europe or the world.
They were men who were looked to in consequence of
their high station, and yet he found them wealthy, great,
and powerful as they were, contending with the
poor artisan for a portion of his scanty meal. He
believed that Sir Robert Peel was favourable to
a repeal of the corn-laws, and would have given them
the benefit of the power he had possessed—for they
might have heard that he had resigned it ; but then
there was another power behind him, which crippled
him even in the great position he held. He alluded to
the power of voting by proxy, by which could be
placed in the hands of one man the power of
having a majority on any question he chose, and he
maintained that such a power ought not to be allowed.
He every day passed the Royal Exchange and saw the
splendid monument erected to the noble Duke. He saw
in its features the stern appearance of the warrior
—the stern appearance of the chief who had
led our armies to victory—(Hear, hear)—but he
could not help thinking that the artist had exe-
cuted his task too faithfully, and that he had copied
from the statesman the same stern inflexibility that
ought to belong only to the warrior. If men would
place themselves in false positions they must ex-
pect to subject themselves to inconvenience, and
have their conduct open to all sorts of anim
adversion. He felt that he had said enough, and
would conclude by seconding the resolution proposed by
Mr. Wire.
The RECORDER then read the resolution, and had just
called for a show of hands, when
Mr. LAWRENCE rose and said that he wished to say
a few words. They were aware that men were often led
by circumstances into errors in both thinking and acting,
and it was easy to put forth statements, but very difficult
to bring forward facts to support them. He was one
who thought an alteration in the corn-laws was requi-
site; but he did not quite agree in the view taken by
his friend.—(Hear.) He agreed with him to a cer-
tain extent in the statement that the greater portion
of the population of Ireland feed on potatoes, but he
would ask him the question, whether, if they did not
feed them on potatoes, they could give them anything
better ? They were too poor to afford food of a better
quality. Ireland was a more important country than
England with regard to corn, as more corn was exported
out of her to other countries than from England, while
they fed on potatoes. But would his friend show
that they were able to get better food while their wages
were as low as they were at present ? He was much
struck by the remark of an Irishman, at Coleraine, who
said that potatoes were eightpence per stone there, but
were only fourpence per stone at Tipperary.
and said also that they were not half so well off there,
although wages were the same. They might depend on
it that whenever food was cheap the people got idle and
unable to work.—(This remark was followed by uproar.)
The resolution would not answer the case that had been
put, that because the Irish had no potatoes, that, there-
fore, there should be a repeal of the corn-laws. The
population of England was not fed on pota-
toes, and as a proof of that he would
refer to what took place in the metropolis and the great
manufacturing towns. The people of England, he be-
lieved, were better fed than the people of any nation in
Europe. The question of disease in potatoes had nothing
to do with the corn-laws. That they ought to be
repealed was his opinion, but he believed the effect of
that would be to lower the price of wages.— (Cries of
" No.") He asserted that such would be the case. It
might be said that corn was an exception to all
other matters connected with commerce; he did not seelthe
effect of that argument; be thought it would be, in some
measure, unwise to do away with the import duties
altogether. He thought, if the corn-laws were re-
pealed, a new law should be introduced, fixing a duty of
ss. The remedy of opening the ports could only stave
off the evil.—(Hear, hear.) He asserted again that there
should be a ss. duty on corn.—(Laughter.) He only
asked for fair play in the discussion. His friend, the
mover of the resolution, had said, that if the Court agreed
with him, which be had no doubt it would, he should move
another motion; he had no doubt it would so. He did
not think the resolution met the case fairly, and he
thought his friend in bringing it forward had
been most deficient in his argument he had
never known him more so in his life. The
first proposition held that this country was great,
powerful, and wealthy, but that a large proportion of
the inhabitants were reduced to a potato diet. He
denied the fact.—(Hear, hear.) He challenged his
friend Mr. Wire to the proof.—(Hear, hear.) If
he had brought such proof, he (Mr. Lawrence)
would at once submit, but in the absence of
all proof he would not submit to the dogma
of his friend Mr. Wire.— ((bar, hear.) The fact
that the Irish were fed upon potatoes had nothing to do
with the corn-laws whatever. It had to do with wages
and nothing more.—(Hear, hear.) And he trusted that
the railways now in progress in Ireland would remedy,
in part, the evil. He considered that evil was in part
caused by absentee landlords. But what was the fact?
Why, the people of this country consumed
more animal food and wheaten bread than any
other people in the world. (Hear, hear.)
It was stated that there was a deal of suffering in con-
sequence of this national economy. He did not know
what the term meant. Was the national practice meant
by the phrase ? But be found, also, that this suffering
was attributed .to erroneous legislation, in excluding
the importation of food, restricting the extension of
commerce, and shutting out from the people the good-
ness of God. He denied this position. He denied the
fact.—(Shouts of laughter.) Instead of restricting
commerce by arbitrary laws, Great Britain bas been
liberal above all the countries of the earth in her mer-
cantile usages. He believed that as regarded the
threatened famine, more was said on the subject than
was true. He understood that they were dealing with this
question in a commercial view, but he could not see what
commerce had to do with the failure of the potato crop.
It would be too idle to reply to what bad been said in
support of their views by those who maintained the en-
tire abolition of all restrictive duty. Why, every man
stood aghast to know how this could be effected with
a due regard to meeting the exigencies of the
state. Was not clothing as much a necessary
as food?—(No, no.) Now he conceived that those who
differed from him would be very glad to resign
one half of their food for decent clothing. The
question for them to consider was, whether,
under the existing state of thing., they could
affect the objects some gentlemen seemed so anxious to
carry out? If they abolished all those protection laws as
they proposed to do, they would act unjustly, and
I destroy those interests that had grown up under them,
and which, he maintained, deserved to be supported.
He would conclude by proposing this amendment, " That
, 1 a petition be presented to her Majesty,:praying that the
i corn-laws should be abolished."
Mr. PRENDERGAST considered it would be better not
to press the amendment.
The amendment being seconded, was read.
The RECORDER, after a short discussion upon a point
of order, decided that the amendment proposed by Mr.
Lawrence was in order,
Mr. CORNET thought they had better withhold their
clamour on this subject, and leave it in better hands.
Mr. STEVENS thought that the present was the proper
time for the Court to adopt the motion that had been
brought forward. The deficiency of food in the country
called upon the Court to do so. He trusted that the
Court would agree to a memorial to her Majesty, pray-
ing her to take into her consideration the situation of
the country, and support those measures that would
allow free access to food into this country before famine
LOO pltsee,--(11( ar, hear.) He had supported a motion
for the repeal of the corn-laws for years, and he would
support it now.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. JONES had always been an advocate for a
fixed duty, instead of the slidieg-sca.le.—(flear, hear.)
He believed that the corn-laws were a subject
on which every man might fairly differ. He knew
40mething of the failure of the potato crop. In a

OPENING OF THE PORTS.
ST. ➢iARTIN'S IN-TEIE-YIELDS' VESTRY
MEETING.

drawn, co,
He quoted
similar to
once with,
chided by
We,
in vestry
that noth.
with the fc.._ ,ir-
chase of the articles-Oil:Which depend the existence of
a large portion of the community. That the removal of
all restrictions on the article of food is expedient to the
general prosperity and peace of the country, is
a measure dictated by all sound principles,
confirmed by -a long and fatal experience of the
effect of an opposite course ; that it is demanded
by the wants and pressing necessities of the labouring
classes ; that it is sanctioned by the judgment of the edu-
cated part of the community ; that the present condition
of the country renders it a measure of immediate neces-
sity, the delay of which must inflict much hardship on
the working classes, and seriously interfere with all in-
dustrious pursuits by which the suffering attendant on a
bad harvest might be obviated."
This was seconded by Mr. MURRAY.
Mr. STAUNTON said he thought that the mover of
such a resolution, so worded, was bound to give them
some data on which the assertions in it are grounded be-
fore they could be expected to pass it. The resolution,
he thought, was too strong. The Ministers were respon-
sible for the condition of the people. that they do not
w ant food—as much responsible for this as that there
should be pounds, shillings, and pence in the Each( r;
and were the state of the country such as the resolution
represents it they would have done some. thing before this,
He remembered a time when the use of food in any
unnecessary way was prohibited; now at the present
moment they were in the habit of using flour in many
ways not necessary for their support, in puddings and
pies for example, and would not the Government, did it
consider that necessary, prohibit the use of it in that
way? He thought the failure of the wheat crop had
been unnecessarily overstated. He would take the
Times Commissioner in Ireland for his authority, a
gentleman whose ability and opportunity would weigh
with them; and he begged to say that in his reports he
could find no such :statement of failure borne out. As
for the potatoes, be would just remind them that Mr.
Cobbett, a great man on many paints, had deprecated
the introduction of that fruit into England. The reso-
lution, he said, might suit some who were moving with
the Anti-Corn-law League. The abolition of these laws
would work for the immense advantage of the chief sup-
porters of the League, who happened to be in the corn-
market, and to have vast quantities on hand. These
men had endeavoured to coerce the Ministers, but he
did not think it was a subject on which Ministers ought
to be forced. He could not, therefore, agree with the
resolution just moved.
Mr. HATCHARD said the condition of the country had
weighed with him in adopting the conrse he took. The
failure in the potato crop could not be questioned, nor
could that of the wheat crop. Both together must
severely affect the poor, so that the country requires the
measure by necessity. Mr. Hatchard then spoke of
having heard of incendiary fires in Bedfordshire, and
that a gentleman he had seen very lately was
afraid to leave home on account of them, and
said that till that time he had been always
averse to a repeal of the corn-laws. The Anti-Corn-
law League appeared to him to be made up of persons,
merchants and manufacturers, whose interests were to
be served by the object which the League proposed to
attain. There might be some who had the same opinions,
who might therefore not be inclined to adopt the original
resolution ; he therefore moved as an amendment :
" That the removal of all restrictions on the articles of
food is expedient to the general prosperity and peace of
the country ; it is a measure dictated by all sound prin-
ciples, confirmed by a long and fatal experience of the
effects of an opposite course ; and that it is demanded by
the wants and pressing necessities of the labouring
classes."

Mr. R. HALL seconded the amendment.
Mr. STAUNTON expressed his disapprobation of this
also.

Mr. POUNCEY said he did not think there was a per-
son there who was prepared to go so far.—(This ,was
denied by several at once.) In continuation, he said they
must not be misled by the state of the markets. In the
potato market, for example, many were pressed to go
in with their potatoes, and to sell at what price they could
get, lest in a short time, out of all their stored potatoes,
they might not have any fit to be brought. It had
been said that the tone of the resolution had been some-
thing like coercion of the Ministers ; in a free country
he did not expect to hear of that, much less that the free
expression of opinion should be named coercion. But
for that they would obtain nothing ; bat for that Minis-
ters would dare to continue the corn-laws to the mani-
fest injury of the country. At this time it behoved them
not to stand back ; if they would use their power with
mast effect, now was the opportunity. When the column
is tottering, a touch will overbalance it. Be it that the
corn-laws might be removed but temporarily, they had
received the authority of Sir Robert Peel, within the last
two years, that once off they could never be put on again.
These laws once destroyed, the monopolists who profited
by them, having lost their source of gain would join for
the destruction of all monopoly whatever.
Mr. PAINTON just begged to state for their informa-
tion, that having been in the potatomarket this morning,
he had seen a large cargo of York potatoes, and that the
owner of them, after endeavouring to find a sound
potatoe, could only get three. The price of them in the
York market is at present V., and it would very goon
rise to 164 per ton,
Mr. WEST, in order to lay before the meeting a
few of those data on which the resolution rested,
quoted very largely from an article which appeared some it,
time ago in the Liverpool Times. He then quoted from
a printed circular a statement of the condition of the
crops in the various foreign countries. Russia has a
sufficiency, but it is very doubtful if there be anything to
spare. Poland, an insufficient crop. In Pomerania
the crops were very moderate. The Duchy of Posen
but middling. In Hungary very bad, and in Bohemia
and Austria very defective. Comparing the prices paid
at present with those paid last year, the country pays
400,0001. a week, and 20,000,000/. annually more for
wheat than it paid last year. Those who opposed the
repeal of the corn-laws, he said, were not the ancient
aristocracy, but the modern aristocracy, who gaznblo
away their income, and think the people should pay for
their imprudence. He remembered the time well when
these laws were imposed, when a mob crowded
down the Strand, with the cry of " bread or blood;'
assailed the bakers' shops as they passed, brought out
the loaves, and having fixed them on poles paraded them
down to the Parliament House. But how were they
received there? By the bayonets, through which the
Members had to go, in order to pass these laws.
Several gentlemen here pressed their amendments to
the original resolution on the attention of the meeting ;
but after not a little debate on order, the amendment
, proposed by Mr. Hatcherd was put to the meeting, and.
' carried against the original resolution almost unani-
mously.
Mr. GoVER rose to move a resolution, deploring the
state of the country, advising the abolition of taxes on
food, but, on the consideration that the country would
•be left to the evils of machinery, deprecating the repeal
of the corn-laws. This speaker on getting up, told the
(meeting that he would not be put down but by
violence. -After his lucubrations on machinery,
" a pair of hand-power," the corn-laws, and
the injury which the working man would sustain from
the extension of commerce, he sat down, and was fol-
_ _

lowed by Mr. Gover, jun., who was equally tenacious of
his liberty and privilege to address the meeting, however
unwilling they might be to hear him. After many in-
terruptions, and much confusion, the gentleman sat
down, and the meeting, having appointed some of the
requisitionists to draw up a memorial to her Majesty,
separated.

FREE TRADE MEETING AT
DERBY.

: A numerous, respectable, and enthusiastic meeting of
free traders was held on Tuesday, in the hall of tke
Mechanics' Institution, Derby, for the purpose of for-
warding the forty shilling qualification movement, and
advancing the cause of free trade generally. Upwards
of 2,000 persons were present.
The chair having been taken by W. Evans, EEq., M.P.
for North Derbyshire, the proceedings :commenced by
reading two letters, one from Lord Duncannon, and the
other from Mr. Cavendish, M.P. The writers expressed
their regret at their inability to be present at the meet-
ing, but both expressed their good wishes for its success,
and their adhesion to the principles in support of which
it was held.

Mr. ConDEN in an eloquent speech urged on the meet-
ing the paramount necessity of attending to the registration
for the purcose of getting rid of the corn-laws, against
which the feeling of the country was unanimous. No
one had courage to give them a character, although they
were passed for what was called the protection of the
English people. But not only did the people not dare
to praise the corn laws, but, making them a kind of
political Jack Shepherd—(Laughter)—if any body lost
money by the fall of scrip, or the decline in the value of
shares, why the corn-laws were at mice blamed.
Mr. Moss, the late Mayor of Derby, proposed a reso-
lution, pledging the meeting to forward the qualification
movement for South Derbyshire, which, being seconded
by Mr. WEBB, a tenant farmer, was carried by accla-
mation.
Mr. STRUTT, M.P., in an eloquent speech, moved
a vote of thanks to Messrs. Cobden and Bright, which
was carried by acclamation ; and Mr. Cobden having
acknowledged the compliment, thanks were voted to the
the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

A special meeting of the parishioners and ratepayers
in this parish was held yesterday morning, at ten, in
the Vestry-room, in compliance with a numerously-
signed requisition, to take into consideration the pre-
sent state of the country, and to memorialise her Ma-
jesty to open the ports for the free importation of foreign
corn forthwith.
Mr. PUGH, one of the churchwardens, having been
called to the chair, said he had called the meeting in
consequence of the requisition which had been sent him,
numerously and respectably signed. He had done so
with pleasure, as he was always glad to meet the wishes
and to further the views of the parishioners, and in the
chair would be happy to further the object of the meeting
in every way he could.
Mr. R. STANHOPE IVlLicus, who rose to
.move the
first resolution, said he was glad that
.a meeting had at
length been called.
.Westminster, which. . used to lead
on these great questions, had been anticipated every-
wheremeetings having the, same object in view as
by
had brought them t..-)gether. let, they had just come
in at the nick. of time, when their efforts would most
The Ministers, he had. heard, had resigned, be-
cause of division in the. Cabinet ; whether it were so or
net was very immaterial to them as convened on that
occasion ; the
.object of the meeting was that which
must occupy their attention. The impoverished state
of the country was the cause which brought them to-
gether; their object must be to devise measures of
alleviation. Such a crisis as the present compelled
him to compare the state of his fellow•
countrymen with that of the West India slaves, which
httd so largely occupied their thoughts in times bygone ;
and he must say it was difficult to discover which was the
preferable condition—that of the white slave or that of
the black. Their endeavour must be to effect the abo-
lition of the corn-laws, and these, but temporarily with-

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—GLASGOW, TUESDAY.—
At a meeting of the town-council, held this day, it was
unanimously resolved to present the freedom of the city to
Lord John Russell. We believe, if it suits his Lordship's
convenience, that the presentation will take place on Friday,
and most probably in the city hall. Our great meeting for
the total and immediate abolition of the corn-laws takes
place on the day previous, and it would add certainly greatly
to the interest of the meeting if his Lordship's engagements
would allow him to attend.
COLONEL MADERLT'S STUD.—AII the Post• office
horses look thinner and thinner. We have ascertained that
this is in consequence of the dreadful hard work they had to
go through during the many weeks Fleet-street was closed.
The number of additional streets imposed upon them have
broken the strongest frames. The Holborn circuit knocked
them up completely. Three of the weakest fell martyrs to
the steepness of the hill, whilst one old horse, who had been
twenty years in the service of St. Martin's-le-Grand, is re-
duced to such a skeleton that every time he passes a black.-
doll shop, he shivers violently all over, as his eye catches the
announcement. " Best price given for old bones." His rider
is closely watched, as it is strongly suspected the temptation
will eventually be too much fir him, and that he will back
his emaciated steed into the shop some fine foggy day, and
sell him over the counter for what he will fetch. We are
glad to state, however, that three wisps o
a pail of gruel rave been ordered to be added Vie eaky-
rations of the whole stud, till each unfo -At
gained a little flesh.—Punch.k`
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mid not, in the nature of things, be reimposed,
d, from the times of Charles 11., a presentimeni
that he had expressed—that a bad law, being
idrawn, could not be put on again. lle (ion
....„471
• moving the following resolution --
the inhabitants of tit. Martin's-in-th ields
assembled, declare our deliberate onvictiot
ling can justify the Legislalure'm tampering
food of the people, or-imFding the free pur

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Ting EVENING

Will be repeated a Grand Opora, In three acts, called MARITANA.
Charles tha &i cored, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cxsar De Bazan, Mr. W.
Uartison ; Don Jose de Santarem. Mr. H. Phillips; Maritana, Miss
Reiner; ~n7arillo, Miss Poole.
After which, will he repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE
DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Millie. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle.
Dabas (of the Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. H.
Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Ilovrell, and Mr. Wieland will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
M. JULE lEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
LAST WEEK BUT ONE.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
PART I.
Overture, La Barcarole—Auber.
Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"—Julllell.
Solo, Oboe, by M. Barret—Barret.
The Original Valse, A Deux-tens—Jullien.
Symphony in A—Beethoven.
Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien.
PAST 11.
Opera, " La Sonnambula," Grand Selections, with Soles—Bellini.
Talse, Fleur-de- Marie—Barrret.
Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case.
The Polka Quadrille—Jallien.
Solo, Ophecleide, by M. Pros7er—Roch Albert.
The Pest-horn Galop--K,enig.
Commence at Eight precisely; terminals before Eleven.
Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. Gd.
M..Tullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday,
Dec:•mher 22.

The Att.iienceportion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart
for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators:—Dress Circles,
Bs.; Bores, 35.; Galleries, 2s.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN
AtiNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Fairer' ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud-
son; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs.
Seymour.
. .

:After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE
MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster;
Margaret, Mrs. Hamby.

To be followed by a New and Original Farce, called RAILWAY
CU FAMES. Gorman Hadson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Soyton, Miss
Seyton.

To conclude with I CABINET QUESTION.

TIIEAT2E ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Ti 111 EVENING

W1:1 by repeAted TIE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years
Messr'. Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby,
; 'Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will

ibrm.
To he fellowel by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma-
rourkai:llobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, 3lis►
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, perform.

To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STitEET.
THIS EVENING

1%11 be repeated a New Drama, enGtiad TME VIOLET. Andre,
Mr. WaHack; Trenquct, Mr. Granby : Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ;
Marehloness d'Oryi:le, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling;
131:mehe, Miss May.
To conclude with a New brand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE
A'Q T

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,.
LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON.
THIS EVENING

V'l he repeated a New TwO Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE
rharaeters by !.Tessr4. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Misr
gamiltoa, and Mrs.. Walter Lacy.
whieb, THE Itt )YHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus,
Mks Kate Howard ; Mounts, Mr. G. Wild.
To be followed by TIP,: ItAILWkY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G.
Wil.:1; *ally Slop, Miss Kate Howard.
To conclude with BAMBOOZLING.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will 1;7_.. performe I OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Gregory; lag,o, Mr.
WaLimn ; Desdemona. Percy.
To c,,uelude with 'Mi.: REVIEW. Caleb Quotem, Mr. Whitaker,
Private Boxes, Stalls, BCc., to he takun of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-
street ; and ;t the Box-office, from Ten till Four each day.

A,TLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIII.:ArRE OF ARTS.
PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed TIIE. LAST OF THE BAItOMS; or, Warwick,
The Kin;, Maker, and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original
and stupendous effects.
The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions,
aided by the principal Equestrians and magnificent Stud.
To conclude whit THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA.

dials are busy packing up the papers, and leaving a
clear board for the New Administration.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 11.
TnEn3IOIIETXR, Lowest, 34; Highest, 48; Noon, 45.

BAROMETER, 30.

WIND, N.W., fresh; morning, rainy: afternoon, fine.

T.l(Ffr WATER, AT LO\DON-BRIDC,4• THIS DAY.
horning .. 41 minutes af..er 0 Evening .. 3 minutes after 1.

The Ministry of Sir ROBERT PEEL has resigned !
The country at large may be startled by a circum-
stance so unexpected, but such is the fact. On Wednes-
day morning the majority of the Cabinet, compris •
inietheDuke of WELLINGTON, the Duke of BuccLencif,
Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir J. GRAHAM, the Earl of
ABERDEEN, Lord STANLEY, Mr. GOULBURN, the Earl
of LINCOLN, and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT—in all, nine
out of twelve or thirteen composing the entire Cabinet,
proceeded by special train to Southampton, and
were conveyed by the royal steamer Fairy to the
Isle of Wight. At a Court held at Osborne
House they tendered their resignation to her
MAJESTY, which was graciously accepted ! Here is
a sudden and abrupt termination of the Conservative
Cabinet I and that, too, at the very moment they
were supposed, and even demi-officially announced,
to have become the converted organs of free-trade
policy in all its ramified bearings !
It were idle to speculate on the cause of this un-
looked for disruption of a Cabinet whose whole
career has been that of fighting under false
or astumel colours. But one circumstance
is rather significant. It might have been ob-
served that the Duke of WELLINGTON did not at-
tend the Cabinet Council held on Monday, after the
return of Sir ROBERT PEEL from Osborne
House on that day. The Dual; had made up
his mind for better for worse, and left
the Cabinet to take its course. It sat only an hour,
and during that eventful hour had decided on re-
signing the Government. That decision was, of
course, conveyed to the Duke of WELLINGTON ;
who, prompt to his duty, accompanied the
doleful train to Osborne House to resign,
what he had often asserted he did not possess,
his Ministerial office. The Duke held no direct Mi-
nisterial office, but shared responsibility with his col-
leagues. As Commander-in-Chief the Field-Marshal
is no Minister, but only commands the army, respon-
sible to the Crown and the Parliament. But,
in his ministerial capacity as a Cabinet Minister, he
wielded more negative power perhaps than Sir R.
PEEL himself, from the fact that he held the majo-
rity of the House of Lords in his pocket ! This cir-
cumstance alone was quit- enough, without the
doubtful aid of hesitating friends, to have decided Sir
IL PEEL on resigning an office which had become
is thankless as it was irksome. But he has re-
igned in a good and a righteous cause, and his re-
ward will be in accordance with his merits.

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The PIEL Cabinet, then, has come to its end. It
has evidently died hard. It was imagined last week
that the disease, which has proved fatal, had yielded to
skilful treatment, and that the patient would make_, a
new start with greater vigour than ever. But the dis-
ease is said to have returned with increased strength ;
and we have now to record the decease of the old lady,
of whom, wishing, at so melancholy a moment, to say
all the good that can be said of her, we are free to
confess that if her course has been tricky and tortuous,
her tricks have been tricks to the few and benefits to
the many, and that in her last moments her better
feelings are supposed to have been strenuously directed
to a trick greater than any of her tricks, which v, ould
more than ever have exasperated her immediate
friends, but for which all honest men would have
blessed her.

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Some say that the Duke of WELLINGTON had
yielded to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S desire to settle the
corn-law question, and has since revoked his consent;
others that he had never yielded. Be this as it may,
it is understood that the Duke of WELLINGTON'S op-
position has caused the resignation of Sir R. PEEL, and
the break-up of the Cabinet.

LONDON; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1845.

RESIGNATION

We like to take a favourable view of men's con-
duct, and would fain hope that the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON has been resisting, not the repeal of the
corn-laws, but the repeal of the corn-laws by the
Cabinet which set itself up to stand by them. Well-
authenticated rumour has ascrib.d to the Duke
the expression of opinions which would show him
to be quite aware that the corn-laws cannot longer
stand ; but his high honour may shrink from being
himself the man to do the deed. He may feel that
the great influence which he wields in the House of

ME MINISTRY.

FURTHER

Lords may be even more powerfully used, in support
of others proposing the measure, than if it could be
said that he has apostatized and abused the trust re-
posed in him to preserve political power. A change,
within so short a period as four years, from the high
protection doctrines, which gained the implicit confi-

PROROGATION

OF
PA RLIAMENT.

The following appeared in our Third Edition of

Last Night :

Immediately upon the refusal of the Duke of

IVELLINGroN, on Friday last, to carry out what he
had agreed to do—narnply, to propose a repeal of the
corn lx.r.'s in the House of Lords--it became apparent

that resignation of office by Sir ROBERT
P 1 Er, must follow. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was

recommended to be sent for, and a messenger was

dispatched on Saturday last to command his at-

The PEEL Ministry being now extinct, a few re-
marks respecting their character may not be unin-
-eresting to the public on the solemn occasion, and
certainly a body, with a few exceptions we admit, less
distinguished for ability, either as statesmen or ora-
tors, could hardly be selected, without ridicule, for
the government of a great country. Sir ROBERT
PEEL has been the life and soul of the Cabinet from
its birth to its death ; he has maintained throughout
a civic despotism of the most decided character,
discharging refractory members, shutting the mouths
of the indiscreet and passionate, assuming the work
of others , unfit for their peculiar depart-
'ments, and in all respects acting, not as
the nominal head of a Cabinet, like Lords LIVER•
POOL and MELBOURNE, but as the prime mover
and the principal agent in every change that has
taken place during the four years that the motley
We have but little addition to make to the in- crew have existed. The new tariff was his, so was
taigence contained in our Third Edition of last the Maynooth Bill, and the Irish Colleges Bill, and
evening. Lord JOHN RUSSELL having undertaken the abolition of Customs duty on four hundred arti-
the ta.k of forming a new Administration, is proceed- Iles of foreign production ;—every measure, in fact,
was his, and he made no scruple of assuming the fig with all dispateh in making h's arrangements.
LIA P.ALIIERSTON has been sent for, and will h
tugwholer h r nt o
merit or demerit
the Duke
of any Bill carried
quickly arrive in London. To him the Forein.. Of iv
fiE firmness,
g
littleeneed be said.me His character S, or
office will be confided. rather obstinacy, is known to all. He is justly ce-
Lori NORMAND y, in all probability, takes the lebrated for his military deeds, and has thereby
o
lirn-office.
raised himself to the very first rank among
Lord G REY the Colonial-office. the great commanders of the age, but, as a
Air. 13AR ING resumes the Chancellorship of the politician, he has never acquired any honour
Exchequer, whatever except by carrying measures which he long
obstinately opposed, and by one remarkably short,
Lord MOP PETH may possibly go to Ireland (where pithy speech, which decided every waverer on the
his popularity would render him en admirable Lord- great question of Parliamentary Reform. If we ex-
Lientenent). cept Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Lord STANLEY, and
Lord COTTENII AM resumes the Chancellorship Lord LYNDHURST, there is not another member of the
of Eugkricl. Cabinet who approaches even to mediocrity. LYND
HURST is pliable and fit for any purpose; Lord
Lord CAM PB ELL the Chancellorship of Ireland.
STANLEY is as obstinate as WELLINGTON, and possesses
Sir THOMAS WILDE and Mr. JERVIS will be
great abilities, but they are of a kind not fitted for
Attorney and Solicitor-Generals, active service. He disdains to yield to remonstrance
Lord 2:IINTO takes the Admiralty. or listen to advice ; he is confident of his power, and
Sir JOHN HOBEIOUSE, Mr. CHARLES BUL- will make it felt even at the risk of endan-
LEI?, Mr. lIAIVES, Sir GEORGE GREY, and gering hisi
net of which he happens to be a member.
ment. usefulness, and bringing reproach
"Alr. TUFNELL, will form parts of the Govern- °n
h
ne
anys
Cab
turned out a complete fa;lure in every depart-
ment allotted to him, and, whether as Secretary for
Sir C. NAPIER and Admiral DUNDAS are to join Ireland or Secretary for the Colonies, hag done incel-
the Admiralty Board.
culable mischief to his colleagues. His obstinacy, and
Such are the 04 di ts of the day. possibly sel4bness, also in supporting the enormities
'W
of the Irish Church, broke up one Cabinet, and after-
e believe that Sir R. PEEL feels delighted at his
e.cerione from the trammels of office, and from the
Ltizagreeables of the last twelve months. All theoffi:
wards rendered him the most unpopular !9eFfAtT of
the PEEL GOSTMUIPt in the est4P4tl99 of Cev!i4
• millions of Catholics. 3tatutii
His „... '4 IPT t.l-f4 Will

lence of farmers' friends in 1841, to the measures of
the Anti-Corn-law League is a change, the sincerity
n)f which cannot be warranted by less than the sacri-
fice of Downing-street.
As to the steps which may be taken by her MA-
JESTY, in consequence of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S resigna-

tendanee nt Osborne House.

tion, a short time will disclose them, and in the mean-
while we might safely leave it to our readers to con-
jecture Sir ROBERT'S successor. The nation, of
course, looks to the statesman who has lately come
forth with a boldness suited to the crisis, renouncing
.111 personal, party, and class considerations, and man-
fully avowing past errors—who, if he had been the
man to come forward at this or any other time to suit
a purpose of his own would not have so long held out
against the dissatisfaction—against even risk of
estrangement, of his party, and whom opponents and
friends alike concur in pronouncing worthy of the
::fltue of RUSSELL. Of his two otherwise likely com-
petitors, the 'tdvance of years has probably rendered
Lord MELBOURNE Utif'allal to the toils and cares of
Premiership, and death has robbed us of Lord
SPENCER. But, whoever may be the Minister, it is
enough for us to feel assured that the corn-laws are
doomed.

Ills arrval there was

expected yeEterday, and Sir ROBERT PEEL expected
to lave n:et him. Sir ROBERT, however, returned last
night without having seen Lord JOHN. This morn-