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FROM THE PAP.IR3 OF YESTERDAY.

GL6BE.--sir Robert Peal, at the Lord Mayor's
dinner yesterday, asserted as amongst the objects of
the policy of his Cabinet, "to encourage the demand
for labour, and to extend the commercial prosperity
of the country." Somebody has defined a knave a
fool with a circumbendibus. Sir Robert Peel is a
free trader with a circumbendibus. It may be ques-
tioned whether the circumbendibus does not spoil

the free trader, as it does the fool. Your simple
natural fbol, like neighbour Flamborough, in
the Vicar of Wakefield, prospers, one might
almost say, by sheer virtue of his recog-
nised blockheadism. Everybody is disposed to
trust him in his dealings, as nobody thinks
him capable of craft. But your fool with a
circumbendibus circumvents himself, much more than
others. Nobody deals with him who can help it, for
all appreciate his talents for taking in. It may be
questioned, we say, whether the circumbendibus po-
licy is better in public than in private dealings. It is
a policy which can only indicate folly o;knavery,
either in the practitioner, or in those he has to manage,
or in both. If Sir R. Peel cannot open the foreign
corn trade by straightforward methods, his manifest
disposition to do so by a circumbendibus, shows how
insidious was his professed oppOsition to the Whig
measure, his professed championship of the Sliding
Scale. His sliding scale, as Lord Palmerston pro-
phesied, seems proving a slippery thing indeed. Sir
Robert Peel's manoeuvres, as regards the external
corn trade, remind us of nothing so much as the
underground engineering of the Rat of Dutch re-
nown, whose hole in a dyke let in the sea on a pro-
vince. Let Sir Robert Peel exult in his engineering
at City dinners !
Illa se jactet in aula Peelus.
Let him assert his claim to extending our commerce
with a circurnbendibus—which, to judge from the state
of things in the City, would seem to be rather a long
one. Let him be followed in his speech by the Ameri-
can Minister, whose Government is driving at revenue
by a circumbendibus, as Sir Robert at trade ; and
who contrive (Sir Robert Peel and President Tyler)
each to miss his object, precisely by the roundabout
direction which each takes to gain it. America, by
encouraging the importation of English fabrics at
lowered duties—England, by encouraging the impor-
tation of American grain and flour in like manner—
might progressively realise, the one the revenue, the
other the trade and abundance wanted. But Sir
Robert Peel has contrived that American grain shall
come in by a circumbendibus. Nothing that chal
lenges reciprocity—nothing that 'sets, up a standard of
sound commercial principle, and entitles our diplomacy
to claim the like application of those principles on the
part of agricultural America—nothing like this
is Sir Robert Peel's method of " extending
our commerce." Nothing, moreover, in the way of
revenue to this country does he seek to secure by a
fixed duty. That would frighten the clod-pole con-
stituents of the Circumbendibus Cabinet: What does
he try then ? Works a hole in the Canada and
United States frontiers—contrives a cranny to let in
corn from the United States, through the British

provinces—which corn will pay duty, not to John
Bull, but to Messrs. Hinckes, Baldwin, Lafontaine,
and Company, the viceroys over the Queen of Eng-
land's representative in the Canadas—fbr the defence
of which provinces John Bull has already decentish
bills to pay, and whose revenues (to be appropriated
by the said Hinckes, Baldwin, Lafontaine, and Com-
pany) he will farther have the satisfaction of swelling,
by paying the taxes levied by these gentlemen on the
grain which we shall get through their hands, from
America, by a circumbendibus.
STANDARD.—It may be worth the while to ,
follow the line opened by the Morning Chronicle yes-
terday, to the extent of again referring to the proceed-
ings of the Lord Mayor's Day. As our Contemporary
sagaciously anticipated would be the case, the Minis-
ters were not mobbed : they were, on the other hand,
received with courtesy and good-will. There was,
however, sufficient Mobbing of certain members of the
Common Council, to proveihat it was the presence of a
good feeling towards her Majesty's advisers, not the
absence of the mobbing faculty on the part of the
populace, which saved the Ministers from affronts. The
temper of an English crowd is never savage, but once or
twice yesterday the temper of the crowd was anything
but demure. Still Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues
were throughout the objects of respect. The reason of
this was fairly given by the Whig-Radical Lord Mayor
in proposing the health of her Majesty's Ministers
:
"Though he differed from them in politics, he
believed they had the interests of the country at

m bringing forward that very important measure
early in the session, in order to avail himself of the
great saving to be hereby effected in the public ex-
penditure, which would exceed 1,000,0001. annually.
'This last, however, is probably only a plausible con-
jecture, for it may safely be assumed, without any
information at all, that such a subject must occupy
the attention of any finance Minister, who is looking
around him for the means of a reduction of expendi-
ture, more particularly at the present time, when
the great abundance of unemployed capital
is pressing on the funds and producing a
great advance on them, which, under the in-
fluence of the new tax on property, few
persons had anticipated. With respect to the
practicability of the reduction, the majority of sound
opinions in the City is at this moment against it,
unless such a bonus were offered for the conversion as
would increase the eapitab.white it effected at most
but a s-nall reduction in the interest on the debt.

This, it is generally contended, would not be good
policy, as it is held almost universally to be the only
safe principle to adopt in the reduction of debt, that
the lower denomination of stock shall have risen either
to par, or so near it, that the holders of the higher de-
nomination of stock shall be willing to accept it with-
out any bonus. Our Three per Cents. have a consi-
derable rise to undergo before that point is attained,
and the very large amount (above 200,000,0001.) to
which the reduction is to apply must make a prudent
Minister pause before he exposes himself and the
country to the consequences of a failure, and the diffi-
culty of providing for the numerous dissentients who
would reject the conversion and require payment in
full. This they would be encouraged to do by the
recollection of what happened at the last conversion,
when the dissentients, in consequence of a fall in the
funds, which took place afterwards, derived a con-
siderable advantage from holding out. We have
heard one suggestion made on this subject which is
worth mentioning, because, though it removes the
final conversion to a distant time; it offers a very safe
mode of effecting it, and that is to give to each holder
Tofhrleoe per
oLTchernetes-.aanndd-aiioisa.lf
Longp Annuity. Whetherer Cents., 1001. in the
this is likely to meet the views of the Prime Minister
or not, it is impossible to say, but it is certain that the
greatest caution is requisite in the mode of bringing
forward any measure of conversion where the amount
of debt to be dealt with is so large, and when the po's-
sible consequences are considered of effecting the con-
version by the aid of new and large issues of money
upon such markets as those in proorcot
years to come. The panic of 1825, Which followed
the conversion of the preceding year, is distinctly
traceable to that cause, and has produced injuries
which, though removed from public notice, are still
felt among the trading part of the community.
POST.—Allusions continue to be made to a proba-
ble reduction of the New Three-and-a-Half
per Cent.
Annuities, and if the state of the markets be such as
to favour the project, it is to be hoped and believed
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not hesitate
to avail himself of so legitimate an opportunity of
lightening the public burdens. The conversion of
the funds in question into a Three per Cent. Stock
may, if accomplished, be attended with a saving to the
country, allowing for the trifling bonus that will most
likely form an element in the Right Hon. Gentle-
man s arrangement, of perhaps some three-quarters of
a million sterling. Such a saving in the present cir-
cumstances of her Majesty's
Treasury is most desir-
able, and it would be thought that no voice could be
reasonably raised against it ; but least of all the voices
of those who affect to feel for the iprivations of the
people. The Government broker has lately been' in
the market snaking investments in stock for account of
u
the savings banks. These investments have nothing
or peculiar about them. They are transac-
tions naturally arising out of the system of savings
banks, and such as may be expected to take place at
intervals from half year to half year, but, as a contem-
plated reduction in the interest of a portion of the
subject of conversation in
dneeybtchiracslebes, coocicnaesioan
is
taken by the Liberal
press to censure the Chancellor of the E 1 for
an xc sequer
an assumed participation, on his part, in the operations
of Mr. Mullins, which, after all, have been operations
publictheso
of moderate extent and of no extraordinary import-
ance. The abundance of money:iv alone a sufficient
solution of the cause of the late rise in Consols, with-
out an indulgence of idle suspicions of attempts being
made to carry up prices by artificial and unworthy
expedients ; while the state of the markets themselves,
and the easy position of the Bank, must naturally have
presented to Mr. Goulburn's mind a condition of
things not to be overlooked. The Bank was never
more free from pressure, and the prospect of a reverse
was never more remote than at the present moment.
The corn speculation, which had been for years in-
creasing in its gigantic proportions, has at length been
reduced to a more manageable limit, and may, for the
time to come, be readily dealt with. The exchanges
are at an elevation highly adapted to our financial pur-
poses, and it may be years before the Bank Directors
have at their command a stock of bullion so large as
that which they now hold, and with so little employ-
ment for it in the ordinary pursuits of commerce.
CHRONICLE.—The provincial journals perceive
the importance of the proceedintcs in the Canadian
Parliament, regarding the admission of American
wheat and flour into those colonies at a fixed duty of
three shillings per quarter, which we have of late spe-
cially alluded to under this head; and we may add
exclusively so, in reference to the metropolitan press.
That singularity of position is, of itself not worth
mentioning, were it not that the silence of the London
Ministerial prints upon the subject shows that they
look upon it as very dangerous ground to touch upon.
It is a question of vast national importance,
and in-
volves within itself essentially the principle of fixity
of duty. on the importation of foreign corn. The
Provincial Parliament passed a Bill to levy a fixed
duty of three shillings per quarter on American wheat
imported to Canada, on the expressed condition and
understanding that on their so doing, all wheat
transhipped from Canada to this country, whether
grown in Canada or not, should be admitted as Cana-
dian produce into British ports, and pay duty as such
accordingly. Of that fact there cannot be a doubt
or question raised; so that when the act of the Pro-
vincial Parliament takes effect the produce of the
great corn-growing States of America may all be
imported to England via Canada, under a duty of 3s.
per quarter paid in that colony, and under a further
maximum duty of Gs. per quarter when entered for
home consumption in England, making in all a maxi-
mum duty of Bs. per quarter when the average is
under 555. per quarter, and a duty of three shillings
and one shilling per quarter when the average reaches
58s. per quarter. This measure will take effect from
and after the sth of July next, when American wheat
will thus be admissible Into English ports, at a duty
of Bs. per quarter ; for that is the substantial meaning
of the operation of the law passed by the Provincial
Parliament of Canada in accordance with the sugges-
tions contained in Lord Stanley's dispatch of the 2d
of March last.

The namber of persons who travelled by railways in
the United Kingdom from the Ist of January to the
Ist of July, in 1841, was 8,901,916, and the gross
sum paid for their fares during that half-year was
1,10,546/, 15s. 4d.

The Guildhall, onWednesday, was more crowded than
usual. The hospitality of the Lord Mayor seemed to
outrun the accommodation afforded by the hall, great
as this is ; and at several tables parties were somewhat
inconveniently crowded.
The reception of her Majesty's Ministers, with the
exception of Sir R. Peel, was cold in the extreme.
We presume from the politics of the present Lord
Mayor that there was a preponderance of Liberals
present; and their conduct certainly bore a favourable
contrast to that displayed by those assembled on
former occasions, when the majority was the other
way. Nobody, this year, was guilty of the gross in-
decorum of hissing any one of her Majesty's Ministers ;
but from Lord Stanley to Mr. Under-Secretary Hope,
not a Member of the Government received a cheer on
announcement. As we said before, we except Sir R.
Peel, who was loudly and cordially greeted.
Any one who has ever attended at these festivals,
need not bo told that few of the speeches are heard
with any distinctness, and that the few who do suc-
ceed in rendering their sentences audible at some dis-
tance from the head table, purposely abstain from any
allusion to party topics. The character of the speeches
yesterday did not differ from that hitherto observed—
the grand staple of their composition was the veriest
common-place. We shall not weary our readers by
reporting what must be little else than a reprint of the
addresses delivered in former years ; but shall give
those points in the leading speeches, which we think
worthy of being noticed.
Amongst the guests were the following :—The
Foreign Ministers, the Duke of Buccleugh, the Mar-
quis of Downshire, Earl of Haddington, Earl of
Arundel, Lord W. Lennox, Lord J. Russell, Lord
Stanley, Viscount Lowther' Lord D. Stewart, Lord
Fitzgerald and Vesci, Lord Denman, and the Judges,
Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Sir E.
Knatchbull, Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Hon. C. P. Vil-
liers, Hon. W. Baring, Sir G. Clerk, Sir T. Fre-
mantle, Sir H. Meux, Sir J. Easthope, Sir F. Booth,
Sir C. Hunter, Sir P. Laurie, Mr. Hume, Sir J.
Hensler, Captain Hensler, the Sergeants, Sir T.
Wilde, Mr. J. Jervis, several of the Under Secreta-
ries oiState, Mr. Walter, the Aldermen, Recorder, &c.
The LORD MAYOR, in giving the first toast, " The
Queen," dwelt on the talent and energy exhibited by
the present Sovereign since she ascended the Throne
—qualities which were outshone only by her exalted
virtues.—(Cheers.) Then followed the toasts of
" Prince Albert," " The Queen Dowager," " The
Prince of Wales." In reference to the last, his Lord-
ship observed, that that day being "the anniversary of
the birth of the Prince of Wales would long be
memorable in the annals of the country.—(Loud
cheering followed this allusion.)
His Lottpstur next gave " The Army and Navy."
Colonel T. WOOD returned thanks, and acknow-
ledged,
on the part of the two services, the joint com-
pliment which had been paid them. He need not say
that they were ready, whenever their country called
on them, to do justice to any cause in which they
might be engaged, and to emulate the great deeds of
those who had gone before them.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Late Lord
Mayor," who was loudly cheered, and returned thanks
in a few words.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Health of
her Majesty's Ministers."—(Cheers.) Though he
differed from them in politics, he believed they had
the interests of the country at heart; and he unhe-
sitatingly stated his belief that there was no man to
whom her Majesty could with more safety entrust the
administration of affairs than to Sir Robert Peel.
Sir R. PEEL, on rising to return thanks, was loudly
cheered. Ho said : My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen—
It is my duty, on behalf of the Ministers of the
Crown, and on behalf of those Members of the Go-
vernment who have the happiness of being present
on this occasion, as well as those who have the mis-
fortune to be absent—to return you thanks for the
compliment you have just paid us. Our cordial ac-
knowledgments are due to you, my Lord Mayor,
for the manner in which you have proposed this
toast, and to the company for the manner in which
they have accepted it.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, al-
though I am addressing you as a Minister of the
Crown, and on behalf of Ministers of the Crown, and
although it is difficult to forget altogether the public
character with which I am invested, yet I assure you
there Is no man 'who fooln inure deeply than I do on
this dayand on this occasion, that there ought to be
a studious abstinence from every political subject
which may tend to excite the harshness of party con-
flict. Gentlemen, whatever may be our dif-
ferences of opinion on public subjects, and
however earnestly in the exercise of our right of free
discussion, we may contend for the maintenance Of
our own views, yet there is one feeling in which I am
sure we all here partake—it is one which in this hall
should predominate, and one which shall not cer-
tainly be weakened by me—l mean a feeling of pride
in the character and reputation of the City of London
—(Cheers)--of pride in its historical recollections—
of pride, above all, in its pre-eminence in point of popu-
lation, wealth, and commercial importance, over all
the cities of the civilised world.—(Loud cheers.)
Studiously adhering to the rule which prohibits an
indulgence in party politics on these occasions, the
Ministers of the Crown are here for the purpose of
giving their sanction to that happy oblivion of party
differences ; but we may yet be allowed to
promise our cordial co-operation with the mu-
nicipal and magisterial authorities of the City,
in every matter which concerns the interests of
the City.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, no man knows
better than I do the importance to the public interests
of such a co-operation. I have had proofs, within
the last few months, when the people of this city
were exposed to the danger of disturbance, that there
did prevail between the Municipal authorities of the
City and the Executive Government—between those
invested with magisterial authority and those re-
sponsible for the superintendence of police—an entire
forgetfulness of all party differences, and a warm and
earnest concert in devising the best means for guard-
ing against the evils that threatened the community,
which gr'atly bondutect to the prftervation of tran-
quillity.—(Cheers.) I feel confident, from the charac-
ter of your present Chief Magistrate—differing as I
do from him on many political subjects—that he will
imitate those who have preceded him, and that, when
the public interests require such a course, he will
cheerfully lay aside all party considerations. I feel
confident, also, that—no unimportant point—the cha-
racter of this City for hospitality and conviviality will
not be impaired while he holds the highest office
amongst you.—(Hear, and a laugh.) From the part
which the Lord Mayor has taken in Parliament on the
subject of the general consumption of the country, and
from the earnestness with which he brought his know-
ledge to bear on this topic, I feel the utmost confidence
in predicting that when he lays down his office the
character of the City, for the becoming virtue of
hospitality, will not have been tarnished in his hands.
--(Much laughter.) In returning thanks on the part
of her Majesty's Ministers, I hope I shall not, as the
head of the Government, be considered as trans-
gressing the rule I have already adverted to, if I as-
sure you that we are not unmindful of the obliga-
tions which office imposes. Many may differ from
us as to.the mode of effecting the objects we have in
view. Few can differ from us as to the propriety of
those objects. Our earnest wish is to cultivate the
relations of peace, and to extend its inestimable
blessings in every way consistent with the permanent
and comprehensive interests of the country.—(Cheers.)
The object of our policy is to maintain the lustre of
the British arms on every occasion on which an appeal
to them may be necessary. The object of our policy
is to encourage the demand for labour, and to extend
our commercial prosperity.—(Loud cheering.) The
object of our policy is Co maintain the public credit
and that character for public faith which no country
can lose without losing, also the main foundation of
its strength and stability. We shall consider it
amongst the most favourable indications of the result
of that policy if, in a city so intimately connected
with the manufaeiuring and commercial interests as
this is, we shall find its commerce to be in a flourish-
ing state. And with all sincerity I can assure you
that next to the approbation of our Sovereign, and
the approbation of our own consciences, we can re-
ceive no higher reward for our public services—there
can be no greater excitement in our exertions to pro-
mote the public interest, than the hope of attaining
and preserving the favourable opinion and confidence
of the City of London.—(The Right Hon. Baronet
sat down amid loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Foreign Mi-
nisters."
Mr. EYERETT returned thanks, but we are sorry-
to say was very indistinctly heard. He most rea-
dily admitted the importance of that great commercial
emporium, the City of London, whose prosperity was
felt throughout the civilised world. He heartily re-
sponded to the sentiment which the Right Honour-
able Gentlemen had delivered as to the necessity of
strengthening the good understanding which now
happily prevailed amongst the nations of the world;
and he might perhaps be permitted to express his gra-
tification At finding the questions which had arisen

between his own country and England recently settled
on a foundation equally honourable and beneficial
to both.
" The Duke of Buccleuch and the House of Peers"
MS the next toast.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The Members
of the House of Commons?' He should not dwell on
the merits of that assembly, as he was himself a Mem-
ber of it. He had on that occasion endeavoured to
bring many Members of it together of different poli-
tical opinions, but of unquestioned talents and public
integrity. his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell),
he was happy to say, was present—(Loud and con-
tinued c!ieer.)—and the Noble Lord on his right
(Lord Stanley) was equally entitled to be called on
as the representative of that assembly, of which they
were both such ornaments.—(Hear.) As his opinions
did not coincide with those of Lord Stanley, he thought
it but fair thathe should give that Noble Lord's health
in connexion wish the toast. He then gave " Lord
Stanley, and the Members of the House ot Commons."
Lord STANLEY said that on any occasion he should
feel some inconvenience in endeavouring to return
thanks for such an assembly as the House of Commons,
before an audience so numerous, so respectable, and
differing, probably, so widely in political opinion as
the present ; but the irksomeness of the task wail
greatly alleviated by the manner in which his Lord-
ship had introduced the toast. He was for some time
in doubt whether he was intended to be connected
with the compliment to the House of Commons, or
whether it was not meant that that honour should
be reserved for his Noble Friend the representative
of the City of London. And, after all, he doubted
whether his Lordship, in adhering to the prin-
ciple of strict impartiality, did . not intend that his
Noble Friend and himself should join in a sort of
oratorical duet in praise of the House of Commons.—
(Much laughter.) But this he would venture to say,
that although, perhaps, there had not been an entire
accordance of opinion between himself and his Noble
Friend, yet, with all sincerity, and from the bottom
of his heart, he could assert that none but political
differences existed between them, and that friendship
was never interrupted which he was always so proud
to enjoy.—(Cheers.) He held it to be one of the
highest boasts of their free Constitution, that a free
expression of individual opinion and of political dif-
ferences was held compatible with the most sincere
private respect.—(Cheers.) He trusted that whilst
the llouse of Commons promoted the general welfare
of the State, and truly represented its great and com-
plicated interests, the parties into which it was
divided would ever remember to give to their oppo-
nents the credit for sincerity and good intention that
each division claimed for itself. These were the sen-

timents of the people whom they represented, and he
was sure that that body faithfully reflected, in this
respect at least, the views of the constituency.
The LORD MAYOR next gave the Members for the
City of London.
After a short speech from Mr. Masterman, who was
very indistinctly heard,
Lord J. RUSSELL rose, and was received with seve-
ral rounds of cheering. He had a due sense of the
honour which devolved on him as representative of the
City of London, connected as that City was with the
history of our most ancient popular municipal insti-
tutions, and remarkable as it had ever been for the
enterprise of its citizens, and the..magnificence of its
establishments. They had heard that night from high
authority, the demands which the interests of the
country warranted the Government in enforcing. Let
him be permitted to say, that whenever the Crown
should think it necessary to appeal to the people,
there was no people that would respond to that call
with greater energy, greater virtue, or greater per-
severance.—(Cheers.) If it should be our unhappy
fate to be involved in the contests of war, no nation
could produce men from the naval and military ranks
more determined to uphold its honour. And if, as he
trusted, it should please Providence to bless us with
continued peace, there was no nation that could snatch
from us the rewards of its holy victories.—(Cheers.)
His Noble Friend had said that, though they differed
on political subjects, there had been no interruption to
their friendship. Ile begged to acknowledge and con-
firm the truth of that sentiment.—(Cheers). He

should always pursue that course in Public which his
duty pointed out, however painful on some occasions
a strict adherence to it might be; but he trusted that
the firm declaration of his opinions, could npvor ahat.e
or destroy those friendships which were the pride and
pleasure of his private life.—(Loud cheers.)
Sir R. PEEL then gave " The late Lady Mayoresss."
His late LORDSHIP returned thanks, and with great
naivete observed, that it would ill become a man to
praise his own wife.—(Laughter.) All he should say
was, let what she had done speak for her.
This short and pithy acknowledgment was received
with • much laughter, and the Lord Mayor soon
after retired.

CHRONOLOGY FOR THE YEAR

1842.

JANUARY 17.—Prince Albert laid the first stone of
the new Royal Exchange. Every one present greatly
admired the manner of the Prince, and the stone
itself was particularly struck by him. 26th.—A holi-
day at the Law Courts. Nothing doing, and nobody
done. _ _

FEBRUARY 3.—The Queen opened Parliament in
person with a Speech from the 'Throne showing her
readiness at all times to put in her spoke for the com-
mon wheel. 24th.—The Corn-law debate brought to
a close. The duty of eight shillings a quarter objected
to by a county Member, on the ground that Lit would
amount to thirty-two shillings a year.
MARcn 11.—Sir R. Peel made his financial state-
ment, and declared his intention of increasing the
duty on whiskey ; an announcement that had not the
effect of raising Irish spirits. 16th.—The day fixed
or the earthquake that was to have broken London
into little bits. It, however, broke nothing but its
appointment.
APRIL 4.—The House of Commons resolved itself
into a Committee of Ways and Means, when Sir R.
Peel's ways of getting, means were much objected
fto. lEt I.—Discussion in the H.iu3e of Lords on the
New Corn Bill, when the Duke of Buckingham
plainly intimated that the Premier deserved to be
turned out for having taken others in.

MAY 2.—Presentation of the Chartists' petition.
Its weight made a deep impression on the floor i
-- e
the House, but none on its Members. 12th.—The
Queen's bal masque. Several old ladies endeavoured
to conceal their years by appearing in the costumes
of
the middle age. 21st.-1 rince Albert sat for six
hours ours as Judge in the Stannaries Court, and
per-
formed the judicial office so well, that two things
were tried at once—the cause before him, and his
own patience.
JUNE 3.—Continuance of the Sugar Duties moved
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He contended
that though the tax was little in separate pounds of
moist, it amounted to a great deal in the lump.
4th.—Proclamation issued on the subject of certain
sovereigns discovered to be light. The new regula-
tion not to affect India, where the native princes are
all of a dark complexion. 13th.—The Queen made
her first trip by railway, and the Court expected to
adopt the fashion of trains. 23d.—A question put to
Sir R. Peel on the subject of the Nelson Monument,
the base of which had had not been proceeded with
for want of the capital. Several attempts made to
retard the public busin:ss by incessantly moving the
adjournment of the house, and bring the Premier to a
stand by perpetual motion.
JULY 2.—A letter exploded at the Post-office—a
proof of its being in a great: hurry to go off.
3d.—Attempt of the varlet Bean on the life of her
Majesty. It appeared that the little deformity was
given to sentiment, and that the hump on his back
weighed heavily on his mind. 7th.—Mr. Hume
moved for a return of the actual services of all flag-
officers, which was refused, *gm a fear that many of
them would turn out to be much below the standard.
He was denied similar information respecting general
officers since so many of them_ had not done anything
particular, and had never been in action except as d.T.-
fendants. 13th—Mr. Hume complained that at the
British Museum no children are admitted under
eight; and he declared that juvenile capacity for in-
struction was much under-eigltled.
AUGUST I.—Miss A. Kemble married to a Count,
and will, it is to be hoped, find her account in the
step taken.
'Tis a pity Miss Kemble retires so soon,
When money she makes to so pretty a tune.
sth.—Prince Albert shot ninety-six rabbits in the
Royal preserves: The animals, anxious fotr. the honour
of seeing the Prince, fell the unhappyc iras of a too
gentleman having
fatal curiosity. 6th.—A
i received
a newspaper sealed with the motto T
charged full postage on account of the information""meflies'" v''as
contained on the, wrapper. 25th. Trial of the vaga-
bond Bean, who was found to be one of a very in-
ferior kidney.
SEPTEMBER 1.--The Queen landed at Edinburgh_
—the tide having risen before the Provost was out of
bed. 3d—A return presented to Parliament of the con-
dition of the inmates of Greenwich Hospital,
I was found that there when it
were 36 pensioners who had 01117

NEW BANKRUPT ACT.
To-morrow the new Bankrupt Act will come into
operation. There are 94 provisions in the measure,
gathering into one the principles of the law, and re-
pealing all other 'Acts at variance with the present.
The alterations are of an extensive character, giving
protection to both debtor and creditor ; and whilst it
enforces on the former moderation in his transactions,
affords to the latter remedies which he has not hitherto
possessed. In future cases the bend of the petitioning
creditor to the Lord Chancellor is dispensed with and
which
they fiats must be forthwith sent to the Court to
they are directed, to be opened within three days, or
within fourteen days after the expiration of the time
allowed, by any creditor whose debt should amount
to the required sum, and on his proving the legal
,requisites. A single creditor of 501., two amount-
ling to 701., and three to 1001., are now in a situa-
tion to obtain fiats, and those whose debts are not
due can join in the applications. The denomina-
tion of traders is increased, including auctioneers
and apothecaries. By this Act a new feature in the
law is exhibited—namely, the power of a creditor to
summon a trader before a Commissioner after he has
made an affidavit of debt, and delivered his account.
If a trader should not appear, or on appearance refuse
to comply with the requisitions imposed, he may on
the 15th day after notice be declared a bankrupt and
dealt with accordingly, provided the fiat be issued
within two months of the filing of the affidavit. By
the 23d section it is declared that before notice, of
adjudication of a bankruptcy is published in the
London Gazette, or any warrant of seizure put into
force, the trader shall have five days' notice to show
cause to the Court against the validity of such adjudi-
cation. If at the expiration of the time allowed no
cause should be shown, then the bankruptcy to be in-
serted, or he may forego the time in order to facilitate
the proceedings. The bankrupt is
,to be protected
from arrest, and provided an examination should be
adjourned sine die, the Court may indorse his protec-
tion for any time not exceeding three months. There
are some stringent clauses for fraud, falsification of
books, and obtaining goods under false pretences, de-
claring the parties liable on either grounds guilty of
misdemeanor, and to transportation or imprisonment.. In
all cases, after Friday, the certificate is to be granted
by the Court, and allowed by the Court of Review.
Creditors are not to sign a certificate, nor is the same
to be granted unless the bankrupt has conducted him-
self as a fair and honest trader. It is enacted by the
38th section that the certificate is to be peremptorily
denied to traders, and if granted void, where it shall
be proved that a bankrupt has lost 201. in one day by
gaming, or 2001. in the preceding year of the fiat, or
2001. in stock jobbing, or has concealed books or pro-
perty. There is an amendment respecting allowances
to bankrupts ; none to be granted until a year after
the fiat, and then in the following manner : five per
cent., and not to exceed 400/., if 10s. in the pound be
paid; 7i per cent., and not exceeding 500/., provided
12s. 6d. be paid, and 10 per cent., and not exceeding
600/., if 15s. be paid. The other alterations relate to
the appointment of 12 Commissioners for the country,
and to the extension of the law into country districts,
for which districts 30 official assignees are to be ap-
pointed by the Lord Chancellor. The salaries are
fixed by the 76th section. 2,500/. to the Judge of the
Court.of Review, 2,0001. to the London Cl;rnnis_
sioners, and 1,800/. a year to the country Commis-
sioners. Power is given to grant compensation to
the Commissioners whose offices are abolished. New
rules are to be made to carry the Act into operation.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Nov. 5, 1842 :
Passengers .. •• • £735 7 6
Merchandise 566 13 11

£1,302 1 5

Corresponding week last year ...1,293 14 0
Darlington, Nov. 9. W. O'BRIEN, secretary.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind southerly, light and
cloudy.
DEAL, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W., strong breezes.—
Arrd. Wellington, New York. ld. Jane, Mauritius.
RAMSGATE, Nov. 9.—The Ilmare, Lieston, from
Cadiz to Borgo, which was brought in here on the
25th ult., a derelict, commenced discharging her cargo
to-day.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W., strong and
squally.—Arrd. Justine, London for Calcutta. Sld.
her Majesty's ship Thunderer, eastward.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9.—The Sterling, Hastie, from
Gloucester to Hamburgh, has put in here with loss
of fore Mast, having bean in contact with the Ma-
zealmouth yesterday.
Va' off Falmouth,
9.—Wind N W
.....tmourn, Nov. . ~ strong breeze.
—Arrd. Mazeppa, Gloucester for Sunderland, with
loss of bulwarks, stanchions, &c., having been in con-
tact with the Sterling, Hastie.
JERSEY, Nov. 6.—Sld. Broad Axe, New York.
BRISTOL, Nov. 9.—Arrd. Sovereign, Miramichi.
SHIELDS.—SId. Rambler, Pernambuco.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Hope,
M`Lachlan, Callao, sailed July 10.
Conic, Nov. 7.—Sid. Brankenmoor, Van Die.
men's Land.

ER-
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NN
aArvrAa CLUB,ve s
of personal o R R Eamdtzs
adventure are
considered the most entertaining generallyother S
press
produces, and those in which theheroesinogf our own
times are brought before us, cannot fail to interest the
most indifferent reader. From this cause there can
be no doubt of the attraction of a forthcoming publi-
cation under the title of " The Naval Club," by M.
H. Barker, Esq. (better known as " The Old Sailor,
author of " Tough Yarns," &c.), which, it is said,
will contain the most striking pictures of the peculiar
scenes and incidents which come under the observa-
tion of members of this popular branch of the United
Services. The author's experience as a delineator of
naval life, is a guarantee that his work will be a faith-
ful representation of our doings at sea ; and it has
been rumoured that his pages contain many highly
interesting particulars, not to be found elsewhere, of
the last war, and some of its chief actors, including,
among others, his late Majesty King William.
FRACAS AT ZANTE.—CORFU, OCT. 11.—On the
3d inst. a fracas. took place in Zante between the sol-
diers and inhabitants, which might have been attended
with most serious consequences. The facts in a few
words, and without exaggeration, are as follow
the barrack of St. Lucia, sear the Grand Sabionera,
is stationed the grenadier company of the 97th Regi-
ment. Four soldiers of this company, at about eight
P.M., entered a canteen, about fifty paces distant from
their quarters, and after having taken their wine de-
sired to retire without paying. The owner opposed
them, and one of the soldiers began to laugh,
and gave
a whistle. At, this signal almost all the company,
severely
of armed with sticks, rushed out, and a violent scene
ensued. Two Zantiots were severely
fewd
minutes,wounded
and b y
the
blows from the sticks ; one died
imminentina
the express left. Of the soldiers three
and the others
were threeaN%n.gee when
rer
woundedthe
contused. The police force arrived in time
badly
ler one in
thewas
tumult, which threatened to increase, and
bt
to stones, ou tehla state
in the head,
order was restored, according to our letters from
Zante. Several orders are said to have been given to
the troops, and to-night
leave this for rbintewiththtewoGeeyormsepar
nie
steam-frigateso
thef 4to
relieve the 9'th
, who will be brought to Corfu.
2 d w ill
-METROPOLITAN BURYING PL iCES —Mr. George
Alfred 'Walker, the surgeon, has commenced a series
of letters addressed to the Editor of the Morning
Herald, on the evils arising from the interment of the
dead in crowded towns. No man is better qualified
for such a task than Mr. Walker, since to his exer-
tions it unquestionably is owing that attention has of late
been prominently drawn to a question of so much public
importance. On this point a highly respectable pe-
riodical (the Provincial Medical Journal), after advert-
ing to the labours of the recent Parliamentary Corn-
' mittee, We cannot lay aside the question of
intramural sepulture for the present without 'render-
ing unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and ac-
knowledging the obligations which we owe to Mr. G.
A. Walker for the public spirit which he has evinced
during the whole of this delicate and:difficult inquiry
of
To Mr. Walker is due the meritfirst
having strongly
directed public attention to the evils arising from the
interment of bodies in towns ; through Mr. Walker's
zeal a great portion of the evidence given before the
Committee was obtained, and now that the inquiry has
been conducted to a satisfactory conclusion we trust
that some mark of public respect will be bestowed ou
the author of a measure from which the public must
reap such great and enduring advantages.

NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF
" THE TWO ADMIRALS," " THE PILOT," &c.
On the 21st inst., in 3 vols. post Bvo.
THE JACK o'l, ANTERN
(LE FEU FOLLET);
OR, THE PRIVATEER,
A Story of the Sea.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

NEW ROMANCE OF PERSIA, BY THE AUTHOR
OF " THE KUZZILLIASH," &c.
Now ready, in 3 vols., post 8,0.
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THE BUCHTIAREE ADVENTURER.
BJ. FRASER, Esq.
Richardßentley, New Burlington-street.
To be had at all the Libraries.

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HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING. NOV. 11,
Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST.
Alonso, Mr. Cooper; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr.
Vandenhoff; Antonio, Mr. J. vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C.
Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste-
phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff ; Ariel, Miss
Rainforth.
After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic
Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The
Ladies' Club," &cc., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker,
Mr. Walter Laey; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop,
Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper,
Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee.
Doers open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ;
First and Second Circles as., Secod Price .Is. 6d. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery is.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit-
low, at the Box-effiee, from Tell till Four, where Season
'Tickets may be had.
Private Boxes to be hail at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An-
drews. 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING. NOV. 11,
Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin-
al Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly,
WWright, Sterling, 'Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P.
Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c.
After which, a I\ ew Comic Burletta, called AN lONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss
Murray.
To he followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giabilei.
To eonclu,'• with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, NOV. it,
Will be presented an entirely New Nautical Drama, en-
titled THE UNION JACK ; or, the SAILOR an the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. 1. P.
Cooke, who will he supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville,
Suggs, Healop, Mrs. R. llonner, and the entire Company.
Now scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted.
After which, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS. Burl, Mr.
irloghes; Ellen Murray, Mrs. H. Vining.
To eonclude with the Comic Drama of MILITARY TAC-
TICS; er, THE LADY AND THE LANCER.
Plaees and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
tits Box-office, from eleven to four.

MOH ATEtt AT 1.01.11)014 BitIDGR THIS DAY.
Morning...—. 59 minutes after 7 1 Evening 35 minutes after 8.

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