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surprise a few years prior, by Duhesme. Since that
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No. 26, CC)RNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
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JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

he told them that as in every other profession of life,
whether it be the manufacturing or whether it be the
agricultural, capital, intelligence, and industry, care
reed the day.—(Hear, bear,,bear.) It was to these
three great elements of success that this country
owed its proud pre-eminence. It was to these ele-
ments that the English farmer would owe his success,
if success was hereafter to attend his exertions.—
(Hear, hear.) It was his firm and conscientious be-
lief that, whether in manufactures or in agriculture.
monopoly was an unsound principle.—(Cheers.) He
thought that when they relied upon their own intelli-
gence, skill, and industry, they relied upon something
positive and practicable, they relied upon something
unchanging and certain ; but when they relied upon
legislative protection, they relied upon what they had
found to be dependent upon party spirit and party
feeling—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—utterly unsound,
unworthy to be trusted. That was the_ bane of a
country's prosperity.—(" True.") He believed that
in the agriculture of this country lay one of the great
elements of our wealth and our power.—(Hear, hear.)
Long may it flourish ; long may we claim as great
a pre-eminence in the skill and energy of our far-
mers, as we have in the enterprise and success
of our merchants ; long may we claim for our-
selves that devotion to our duties in its pur-
suit as had marked our pursuits in other
careers ; and certain he was, that the privileges,
the high privileges which we enjoyed here of equal
laws and equal rights, the privileges which we en-
joyed in our superior means of education, would be
extended to the lowest labourer amongst them ; he
was persuaded that our capital, our intelligence, our
climate, and our industry, would not fail to secure to
us hereafter the same advantage, the same superiority
of position which, in armies and in wars, we proudly
claimed over the rest of the world.—(Cheers.) He
begged their pardon for intruding these remarks upon
their attention. He trusted that, not because they
had fallen from him, hut because the same sentiments
had fallen from the foremost friends of agriculture,
they would meet with attention hereafter, He thanked
them for the attention they had paid him, and for the
manner in which they had received his health. He
certainly reciprocated the feeling which Mr. Goring
had expressed. He heartily hoped that this would
not be their last meeting, and he could most truly as-
sure them that the interests of the English farmer, as
forming one link in our national prosperity, he should
ever be found to advocate.—(Cheers.)
Mr. C. GORING said he did not wish to enter into
a discussion with his friend Mr. Smith ; but still he
did hope that their county Members would support
the farmers in all the duties that were imposed upon
them, and he was sure they depended upon protection
to the farmer.--(Very partial cheering.)
The Noble Chairman shortly afterwards vacated the
chair, and the company separated.

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VI.
LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, illustrative
of her Personal History, with an Introduction, by AGNES
STRICKLAND. The Third Volume.

STEYNING AGRICULTURAL
DINNER.
On Monday the members of the Steyning Agri-
cultural Association held their annual fat stock show,
and afterwards dined together at the White Horse
Inn in that town. About 120 persons were present,
The Duce of Norfolk presided. The Earl of Arundel,
M.P., C. Goring, Esq., M.P., and John Abel Smith,
Esq., M.P., were also present. The vice-chair was
filled by Harry Dent Goring, Esq.
The usual routine business having been disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN, proposed "The Members for the
Rape of Bramber.'
The toast having been drunk,
C. GORING, Esq., M.P., said, in the name of Sir
Charles Burrell and himself, he thanked them for the
kind manner in which they had drunk his health.
He regretted that Sir Charles Burrell was not here,
but he was obliged to go to London on particular
business, and had desired him to make an apology.
He thanked them, more particularly on the present
occasion, for himself, as he was afraid it might be
supposed by some that he was not worthy of the
kind manner in which they had drunk his health,
for he knew that several of his friends, who had
pursued the same course that he had, had met
with severe animadversions in the newspapers
and other quarters. Avowing himself a friend
of agriculture, he might, at first sight, be
charged with inconsistency in supporting the mea-
sures lately passed, and which. certainly very much
affected present prices of stock, but in answer to that
he begged to remind them that it was highly neces-
sary, for the benefit of the producer, that the health
of the consumer should be vigorous and strong, and
considering the high price of bread, and the high
price and the gradually increasing price of stock; it
was highly necessary that some measure should be
passed to relieve the country; arid though in this, as
in all other cases, individual interests must suffer
temporary loss, still he hoped that in this case the
farmers would not be materially injured, but that they
would find from the gradual improvement, which he
trusted was even now taking place, and the state of
the market to-day led him to suppo3e it was raised to
that point even here, that the farmer would find that
the stability and regularity of the price would com-
pensate him for the loss which he sustained. But
should he be disappointed in the firm hope and ex-
pectation he had on this point, he felt that it would
be the landlords who would suffer, and who ought to
suffer.—(Loud cheers.) He would be the last man
to exact from his tenantry, more than he was confi-
dent the price of the produce of their land allowed
them to pay easily, and to prosper. There was another
subject which, perhaps, some agricultural friends of
his might deem him to have been wrong in, but it
was a subject of such a delicate nature, and on which
there was such:la diversity of opinion, that he would
not here touch upon it ; but if any agricultural friend
of his should wish to know his reasons for having
acted as he had done, it would give him the greatest
pleasure to call upon him ; or if such person would
do him the favour to call upon him at his house, he
doubted not but he should be able to give sufficient
reasons for the conduct he had pursued—he meant
with regard to the Corn-law.—(Hear, hear.) He
considered—hem—hem—that hem—(a long pause)—
in present circumstances, it would ill become him to
suggest to landlords what they ought to do, but still
he might be allowed to say, although he did not con-
sider that landlords should reduce their rents for this
temporary panic, which he took it to be, still he
did think they might do a great deal to relieve the
distress which the farmers certainly were labouring
under at this present time ; and perhaps he might
be allowed to suggest that the present distress should
not be suffered to fall upon the agricultural labourer,
but . that the landlord should assist his tenants
in finding work for them—(Hear, hear)—and he was
sure that in this part of the country, where there was
so much need of draining, that there could not be a
better season for such an undertaking. He was sure
he need not suggest to landlords that although he con-
sidered rents should not be lowered in a temporary
panic of this sort a bit more than he should raise
them if prices were high for a short time, still he did
think that landlords should allow their kinder feelings
to prevail, and that they should not be hard upon their
tenants, if they could not pay them up to the day.
He had endeavoured to avoid every thing which might
lead to a political discussion ; and if lie had said any
thing which could offend the feelings of any one pre-
sent in that room, he was very sorry for it. It gave
him great pleasure to be present at that meeting. He
cared not whether such meeting was on the occasion
of a lean stock or a fat stock show; he thought that
they were calculated to be beneficial to the labourer,
to agriculture, and to the country at large.
The Earl of ARUNDEL proposed the health of their
Vice-President of the day.
The toast having been drunk with cheers.
H. D. GORING, Esq., rose and said there was no
meeting which he had attended with greater pleasure
than this, which brought him into connection with
those to whom he was so greatly indebted, and to
whom he owed so much. Anything that he could do
during the remainder of his life, which might serve
them, he was sure he should ever be ready to do as
far as was in his power, whenever they might call
upon him. Allusions had been made to the circum-
stances in which they were placed, and as a landlord
he felt it right also to address them ; and, from the
position which he held, he could tell them all as
farmers that they must no longer depend upon legis-
lative protection. Let them all, as landlords and
farmers, stand shoulder to shoulder, and manfully
meet the crisis before them, He would tell them that,
no matter when, come it would, and come it must—
corn would be admitted free, and on legislative protec-
tion they could not depend.—(llear, hear.) But if
their landlords met them—if they themselves stood
firm in their own position—if they would cultivate
their land, and exert themselves, he could assure them
solemnly, from what he knew himself, there was no
land upon the Continent—no farmer upon the Conti-
nent—no capital upon the Continent, that ever could
compete with them.—(Cheers.) He told them this. He
knew it; he had been through the country, he had seen
what stock the foreigners" had, he knew how their
cultivation got on, and he could assure them (the
farmers of England) that such must and would be the
case. It was a struggle that was coming; but let it
be a struggle that they might meet altogether; and
when they did that, let not the landlords forget that
it was to those who cultivated the land under
them, that was mainly due all they had. They must
recollect that it was with the knowledge of the far-
mers that the land was cultivated; and it was the
sweat and the toil of the labourers that brought --
[The remainder of the sentence was lost in the cheers
of the meeting.] It had been said that this was a try-
ing time ; he knew it was a trying time for them all,
because they hardly knew how to meet the demands
of their labourers, many of them, on a Saturday
night ; but if the landlord would aid—if the landlord,
as they had been told, would stand back with his rent-
day—when, they knew that, he thought they might
take heart. And let him ask them, when the poor
man out of employ, after the dry summer that they
had had, and after the land now reeking with wet—if,
when he came to his poor cot, he could not go to the
fire to dry his clothes, what was to become of him
—what was to become of the labourers on whose toil
they so mainly depended.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the
health of the labourers of Sussex.

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directions.

NEW POOR-LAW,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
SIR—In an article of a late number ofyour valuable
_iournal, you give an aggravated illustration of the
working of the New Poor-law. As I am particularly
alluded to in that article, permit me to offer a few re-
marks which perhaps may throw some light on that
subject. In the first place the child is born without
eyes, and consequently must be perfectly blind through-
out life. It takes convulsions, and dies in conse-
quence ; a circumstance of frequent occurrence : but
in order to favour the objects and views of certain in-
dividuals, a Coroner's inquest must be held to ascer-
tain if the infant died of starvation ! Again, it is
stated, that John Hill's average earnings were for
some time not more than is. per • week. Admitting
that to be the case, for the first week of his wife's con-
finement, and 4s. 6d. for the fortnight previous, he
has had only himself to blame for not earning more.
Such is his indolence, that though he had work to go
to, at which others could earn from Bs. to 12s. per
week, yet he would sooner starve than work ; and
when asked by his employers, Messrs. Whatmuff,
why he had not gone for his work as usual, he re-
plied that " he thought they would be stopping some-
thing towards what he owed them." Thus, sooner
than pay an honest debt (which they did not then re-
quire),- he would leave his employment, and get a
precarious subsistence by assisting others. I grant
that Hill would not acknowledge this at the inquest;
but there is too much proof both of his indolence and
intemperance. Are such characters as these to be
supported by the hard-working and diligent perse-
verance and industry of our labouring population
(some of whom can scarcely procure sufficient bread
for their own families), without an investigation by
the proper authorities as to their being in distress ?
Such a state of things could never be intended by any
poor-laws, old or new, and such characters ought to
be punished. That the woman was in a state of des-
titution I do not deny. His well known habits
would afford the- presumption that she must be so;
yet, according to the New Poor-law, it was necessary
to visit her to ascertain the fact. It is true he called
on me, and stated his circumstances. I referred him
to our overseer, who sent him back to me.
Perhaps it may be necessary to state, that John
Hill resides in the hamlet of Harden, in the
parish of Bingley, in the Keighley Union ;
that Harden is about the same distance from
Bingley, where the relieving officer resides ;
and that it is front Wilsden about a mile and a half,
Wilsden being in the Bradford Union. I told him,
that as he was residing within the limits of the
Keighley Union, he ought to apply to Mr. Sutcliffe,
the relieving officer for the district in which he re-
sided ; which he did, and was requested by that officer
to attend the Keighley Board, of which W. B. Fer-
rand, Esq., M.P., is Chairman. This he also did, but
was not relieved. Why he subsequently applied to
Mr. Ferrand I do not know, unless it was from this
circumstance, that Hill knowing Mr. Ferrand to be
the Chairman of that Board, and living so near to
Mr. Ferrand's residence, Harden Grange, he went to
lay his case more particularly before him. Be that.
as':: may, Mr. Ferrand ultimately wrote to the Chair-
man of the Bradford Board, and stated Hill's case,
which was then attended to. The law explicitly states
that every pauper shall be relieved in the township in
which he resides ' • and Hill resided neither in the
township of Wilsden, nor in the Bradford Union.
Upon whom, then, I would ask, does the responsi-
bility of the case rest ? Certainly not on the shoulders
of the Guardians of Wilsden, nor on the Bradford
Board, but on the Guardians and officers of -tile
Keighley Union, of whom Mr. Ferrand was Chair-
man. And the intimation the Coroner gave at the
inquest on the child, which has been so often and so
forcibly alluded to, can only apply to them. Had I
taken upon myself to relieve Hill, I should have ex-
ceeded any powers vested in me by virtue of my
office. That we have not, as Guardians, at any time
or in any place, power to give relief, was forcibly
impressed on us, a few weeks previously, by Mr.
Mott, the Assistant Commissioner, whilst at Bradford.
Why the Press should so carefully avoid all allusion
either to Hill's indolent habits, or to his application to the
Keighley Board, which was the proper plAce for him
to be relieved at, Ido not know. This I do know,
that a strong attempt has been made to throw the
odium on those not at all culpable.

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DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—This day the usual half-yearly
meeting of the proprietors of Bank Stock was held in
the Bank,"the Governor in the chair. In announcing
the usual dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year
ending the 25th instant, the' Governor regretted he
had to state that in order to enable the bank to pay
the dividend it became necessary to draw on the
"rest" to the effect of 15,0001. ! This announcement
caused great consternation amongst the holders of
Bank Stock.
W
A NEW WAY TO RAIS.. THE Inv—We call •
the attention of our able contemporaries of the daily
press to a new and ingenious system of extortion
being practised by some
i
" Chevaliers d' up, and
Industre, most successfully, and to a
lately sprung
very considerable extent. A real or pretended claim
for a large amount is made against some company
that has been dissolved within the Statute of Limi-
tations, the names and addresses of all the share-
holders are obtained, and where threats of
legal proceedings have failed numerous actions
have been commenced. The demand, vary-
ing from 5001 to 2,000/., frightens the poor defend-
ant, who, rather than run the risk of an action,
(so undefined as the law respecting joint-stock com-
panies is, and so ignorant is the victim usually, as to
the proceedings of the company he has so unfortu-
nately taken a few shares in), compromises for 501. or
1001. Thus, by the assistance of an unprincipled at-
torney, an enormous sum may be raised. If, how-
ever, the defendant is determined not to be imposed
upon, and resists, the suit is most frequently aban-
doned. We give these hints to our friends now, be-
lieving that where any plaintiff has been proved to
have been guilty of this system of extortion, even if
he had a just claim, he would put himself out of court
byhis onirregularproceedings.—Railway Magazine. j

The VICE-CHAIRMAN proposed the health of John
Abel Smith, Esq.—(Cheers.)
J. A. SMITH, Esq., M.P., expressed his cordial and
sincere thanks for the kind manner in which they
had received him on this his first appearance among
them. When they had known him longer and better,
he might hope to receive from them some small por-
tion of that praise which Mr. Goring had bestowed
upon him. So much with regard to himself. Ile was
not going to take advantage of their kindness to
make a long speech, but he could not forbear from
saying some few words with respect to the circum-
stances in which they were placed, and the subject
which had called them all together that day. He
hoped it might strike them all, as it struck him, that
there was one great and important change pervading
the sentiments and the speeches, not only of those
who had addressed them that day, but of almost
every one who had addressed similar meetings during
this summer and autumn.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Goring
had told them that they could no longer rely ,on
legislative protection. It was not for him to say
whether he was right or wrong in that opinion, but
he was sure that Mr. Goring, and others that ex-
pressed the same opinion, were acting the kindest
and the truest part towards the farmers of
England, when they encouraged them rather
to rely on themselves than on any legislative protec-
tion.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was sure that Mr.
Goring spoke the words of truth and wisdom, when