The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-10 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

win b• repeated a Grand Opera, In three acts, called MARITA NA.
('har'es the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Cmear De Bazan, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Phillips; Masitana, Miss
Romer ; '.nzarillo, Miss Poole.
After which, will be repeated a New Grand Ballet, called THE
DEVIL TO PAY, in which Mons. Bretin, Mdlle. Flora Fabbri, Mdlle.
Pahas (of ti.e Academie Royale, Paris), Mdlle. Louise, Mr. W. 11.
Payne, Mons. Delferier, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Wieland will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
3f. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
LAST WEEK BUT ONE.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENINQ.
PART I.
Overture, " Der Freischutz"—Weber.
Quadrille from Herold's Opera, " Zampa"—.Tullien.
Solo, Cornet-a-pistons, by Herr Koenig—Komig.
The Original Cellarins Valse and Mazurka—Jullien.
Symplmny, The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony in

-Beethoven.
dullien's Now Quadrille, The British Navy—Jnlllen.
PAigT li.
Opera, !' Robert Le Diable," Grand Selection, with Solos —Meyerbeer.
The Cambridge-house waltz—Kcenig.
Solo, Opheeleide, by M. Pros:er—Nadaud.
The Polka Quatirille—Jullien.
Stabot Mater " Cujus Animam," performed on the Cornet-a-Piston,

by Herr Forma—Rossini.
Tim Original Napolltaine ; or, Tarentolla des Salons—Jullien.
Commence at El ht precisely; terminate before Eleven.
l'romenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.
M. Jullien's Grand Ball Masque Is fixed to take place en Monday,
December 22.
The Audience pertion of the Theatre will, as before, be set apart
for Spectators. Prices of Admission for Spectators :—Dress Circles,
U.; Boxes, 38.; Galleries, 2s.

TUEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN
AUNT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farren ; Percy Sage, Mr. Hud-
son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Wilmot, Mrs.
Seymour.
Atler which, will be repeated an entirely New Fake, called THE
MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster;
Margaret, Mrs. Hurnby.
To be tbliowed by a New and Original Farce, ealled RAILWAY
RUBBLES. Gorman Hudson, Mr. Hudson, Ellen Seytoa, Miss
Seyton

To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING

WIII I,IA repeated TILE GREET BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years
Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker i Mrs. Yates,
and Mrs. litzwilliam will perform.
To be followed by TIMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma-
zourkaphohia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform.
To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a NeW:l;ia.ma; entitl d TI.IE VIOLET. Andre,
Mr. Wa!lack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby: Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray
Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling;
Blanche, Miss May.
To be tbllowed by A MAN WITHOUT A HEAD.
To which will be added THE BRIGAND.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTII

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON
THIS EVENING

Will he repeated a New Two Aet Comedy, entitled WHO TS SIM I`
rberaters by Messrs. J. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss
Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy.
Alter which, THB BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus,
Miss Kate Howard ; Mounts, Mr. G. Wild.
To be Wowed by TIDE RAILWAY %KING. Sara Stag, Mr. G.
Wild ; •ioEY Slop, Miss Kate Howard.
To conclude with BAMBOOZLING.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
THIS EVENING _ _

?ri consennence of the enthusiastic recepti,n of Mr. Gregory. in
Shylna, by a house overflowing in every part on each ropresenta.
tion, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE will be repeated, for the
last time, TIIIS EVENING. Shylock, Mr. Gregory; Bassan•o,
31r. Waldron ; rortis, Mrs. Percy.
After which, THE RENDEZVOUS. Lucretia, by a Toung Lady
(rupil of Mrs. J. Darcus).
Ts conclude with THE TILLAGE LAWYER.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
TROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BA,FTT.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS; er. Waroriok,
The King Maker. and the Battle of Barnet. Introducing original
and stupendons
The Arena of Equitation will display its countless attractions,
aided by the principal Eqnestrinns and magnificent Stud.
To conclude with THE BRIGAND OF ANCONA.

DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,

Mere Novelty--The WonderfUl Performances of the Infant Sappho,

the First Musical Genius of the Day.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA
Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Ileslop, Froderlrks,
Mrs. Vining, are! Miss Martin.
After which, HOLE IN THE WALL.
To be followed by the FORTY THIEVES. _ _

To cow:lade with CHARMING POLLY ; or, Lucky and Unlucky
Dal a. In which Messrs. Rogers, Hicks, Cowell, Fredericks, Mrs.
Vinieg, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Daly will perform.

THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, DEC. 10.
MER3IOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 44; Noon, 39
BAROMETER, 30.39.—W1ND W.N.W.; floe.

num WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIB DAY.
Morning . 21 minute,: after 11 I Evening .. 51 inlnutee after 11

disgrace would not have been cut on the English ad-
ministration of justice—what a heavy blow and deep dis-
couragement would not have been given to our efforts
for the abolition of the slave-trade—what danger might
not have been incurred in our relations with Brazil !
Aa it is, Mr. Baron PLATT'S judicial conduct cannot but
have lowered the character of our Judges in the estima-
tion of foreign powers.
The grounds on which the Judges have determined
that the conviction was illegal are understood to be
two. The convention• of 1826 with Brazil, which de-
clares Brazilians carrying on the slave-trade pirates is
not sufficient, in the opinion of the Judges, to give our
Courts power to punish them as pirates, there being no
law in Brazil making the carrying on of the slave-trade
piracy. The carrying on of the slave-trade is not
piracy by the law of nations; it cannot be made so, say
the Judges, by treaties. The Brazilian Executive can-
not supersede the Brazilian Legislature in the making of
laws; and until the Brazilian Legislature has passed an
Act making the carrying on of the slave-trade piracy,
we cannot legally punish them as such, notwithstanding
the convention with Brazil.
The other ground of reversal is, Chat the Felicidade
had no slaves on board when she was captured, and our
treaty with Brazil prescribes that no slave ship shall be
detained, " not having slaves actually On board;" that
the capture of the Felicidade being thus illegal, the cap-
ture of the Echo was illegal also, and that the prisoners
were thus justified in putting Mr. PALMER and his men
to death, no other means being sufficient to extricate
themselves from illegal custody.
We thus see what caution is necessary on the
part of British officers in carrying out powers,
given by treaties with foreign nations, for sup-
pression of the slave-trade. A failure arising from
an exceeding of our powers injures the cause which the
English nation has so greatly at heart, and for which the
English people have laboured and sacrificed so much.
The continued failure of the Brazilian Legislature
to pass an Act making carrying on the slave-trade
piracy, and thus give effect to the convention of 1826,
is a subject of far greater interest and importance. The
explanation of the conduct of the Brazilian Legislature
is our own conduct with regard to Brazilian sugar. They
will do nothing to further our objects while our com-
mercial legislation proscribes their staple article of
commerce. But this is a subject too large to enter upon
at the tail of an article. We shall shortly return to it.

On Monday we expressed our conviction, from what
had occurred at two agricultural meetings held last
week, as well as from the tone of journals which advo-
cate the claims of the landed interest, that the " farmers'
friends " were resolved to resist every alteration of
the corn-laws. Our anticipation has been completely con-
firmed by the proceedings which took place yesterday at the
annual meeting of the Agricultural Protection Society,
held at the Society's Rooms, Bond-street. The meeting
was not large, for, according to some accounts, it did not
exceed fifty members ; but that is not material, for many
of them were delegates from branch societies established
in the provinces, and the chair was taken by the
Duke of RICHMOND, regarded as the head of the party
resolved to resist to the last all further concessions to
the corn-law repealers. No other nobleman attended
except the Marquis of SALISBURY, though a communi-
cation was received from the Duke of BUCKINGHAM,
who simply stated that he was desirous of being present,
but was unavoidably prevented from attending. This,
we admit, looks a little ominous for the " protection"
advocates. For some time his Grace was the leader of
the party, and had obtained the endearing epithet of the
" Farmer's Friend :" be actually resigned his seat in the
PEEL Cabinet, because he would not hear of the sliding-
scale being touched, though ever so gently ; and great
expectations were entertained that when in opposition he
would have rallied his friends, and made a successful
stand with those who had placed Sir ROBERT PEEL at
the head of the Cabinet. From some cause or other,
however, all these expectations were grievously disap-
pointed ; his Grace evinced no vigour in the good
cause, and actually refrained from attending agricultural
meetings when he knew the backslidings of the Premier
would form the principal topic of discussion. He still
perseveres in the same plan, and the Duke of Bleu-
MOND, therefore, may expect little aid from his brother
of BUCKINGHAM. But the Noble President of the Pro-
tection Society is, like all his family, brave and un-
daunted, and will fight the battle to the last, though even
single-handed. "In your hands," said he, " and io the
hands of the Protection Societies of England,
at the present moment, are the weal and greatness
of the country. My opinions are unchanged.
I hope and trust that the report which we have heard
as to the intention of the Government to move a repeal
of the corn-law upon the first or second day of the next
session of Parliament is not a correct one. I cannot
believe that it is. I cannot believe that such perfidy
could enter the minds of any Government. I cannot
believe that it should. All I can say is, that if, unfor-
tunately, it has, I hope the House of Commons, the
members and representatives of the agricultural interest,
will throw it out. And if they do not, I look still to
the hereditary Peerage of England for maintaining
your interests." These sentiments were responded to with
loud cheers, and a petition to the Legislature was pro-
posed and adopted, calling upon them to uphold in
their integrity the present system of the corn-laws, or
appeal to the constituencies of the United Kingdom—in
other words, call upon her MAJESTY to dissolve the pre-
sent Parliament. The numerous free-trade meetings
held lately throughout the country have afforded well-
grounded hopes that the corn-laws cannot last another
session; but these hopie greatly strengthened by the
proceedings which taok place yesterday at this Anti-
League Society, and especially by the dubious language
in which some of the speakers expressed themselves.
They have no hopes in the Minister, and even doubt
the loyalty of those who were to unmake
him. Many of them have already yielded to
his gentle insinuations, and more desertions are
anticipated; indeed such is the spirit of disaffection,
that little confidence is placed in the decision of the
Commons, and the only hope is from a new Parliament.
This is a dismal prospect for the Protectionists in the
present excited state of the country, with such a power
ful Opposition pledged to total repeal, and with the we ll-
known sentiments of Sir R. PEEL in regard to the
principles of free trade. If the present Parliament,
returned for the purpose of resisting any change in the
corn-laws, cannot resist public opinion and the great
crisis brought about by the state of the crops, what
hopes can the Duke of RICHMOND have from an
appeal to the people, or what grounds can he
find for believing that a new Parliament would
be more powerful ? It cannot be doubted that a
vast number of Tories and Conservatives engaged in
trade are as anxious for a change as the Whigs or the
League, that many of them would vote for a repeal of the
corn-laws, and that in many boroughs, where at the ge-
neral election the Tory interest prevailed from antipathy
to the last Administration, free-traders would
be returned, and after a delay of some six months,
during which time trade and enterprise would be
paralysed, the great measure would be carried by a large
majority. The Duke of litcliatozim had therefore better
yield in season, and not encourage an agitation which
may lead to other " encroachments" on the landed
interest, besides the very harmless repeal of this useless
tax. His Grace knows well the sentiments of the Scotch I
farmers on the subject; he knows that the unsettled state
of the law-has driven many of them to the conclusion that
it can exist no longer with safety to agriculture, and
also that large numbers of the English tenantry are
coming round to the same opinions. Would it not,
therefore, be wise on the part of a nobleman, in other
respects so estimable, to give up his crochet and subm
with a good grace to imperious necessity ?

Madrid journals of the 2d have been received. From
all accounts the Government is gaining strength and
confidence every day ; the Opposition can make no
resistance, and the financial measures of Senor MON are
furnishing money for the payment of the troops--a cir-
cumstance greatly calculated to secure their fidelity.
NARVAEZ, having gained the confidence cf the army, has
now turned his attention to the journalists, and with
some of the income-tax, probably, has purchased in the
name of a friend (such is the report) the lieraldo, for
some time a renegade Opposition paper. The price is
42,000 piastres, and the ex-editors are also provided for.
The Funds improved on the 2d, the Three per Cents.
closing at 36* at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 24
1-16, at 60 days.

The accounts from Paris of the state of the stock
and-share-market on Monday are very favourable. The
settlement of accounts went off, not only without any
untoward event, but with a considerable advance. The
tendency to sell has completely disappeared, and the
tide runs strong in favour of investment at the present
low prices. During the last week the Three per Cents.
had advanced If. 30c., and the Fives 90c.; and in Rail-
way Shares the improvement is still more marked.
The political articles in the journals possess little inte-
rest. Those of the Opposition appear to have great diffi-
culty in finding reasons for attacking M. GUIZOT during
tie ensuing session. The Aational, the most violent of
Vie party, can find nothing to harp upon but the expedi-
t on to Madagascar, which, in the opinion of the writer,
s'iows that the Foreign Minister is prepared to sacrifice
the rights of France to please the English Ministry.
" An expedition," it says, " is organised, and will con-
sist of several frigates, with infantry on board, a►ad
some other vessels of minor force. But it is not less

certain that an expedition is also being prepared in
England, and everything seems to intimate that the two
Powers will act in concert. We had a presentiment of
th's new baseness. However, in present circumstances,
the question was so clear, the right of France so evident
and so incontestable, tl.at we allowed ourselves to
hope vaguely for a decision in conformity with
the interests of the country. England is allowed
to combat populations lying under the exclu-
sive sovereignty of France. She is allowed a right
which is a formal denial of her own. She is permitted
to appear at Madagascar on the same footing as we our-
selves, who are the masters of the whole island.
In a word, our title-deeds to a magnificent country are
torn up, simply for the purpose of adding a new conces-
sion to all those which the entente cordiale has already
cost us." The late dispatches from Algeria furnish
topics of discussion for the Opposition journals, and
those of the Government can make but a poor defence in
reply to facts about which there can be no dispute, In
a dispatch published in the Moniteur, General D'AR-
BOUVILLE describes the treacherous reception given to
his column by a Kabyle tribe,:near a place called Oued-
Bouilec-Badou, and the chastisement upon them, by
setting fire to 300 houses, and destroying the property
and all who defended them. Next day, the 25th of No-
vember, the same tribe, to the number of 3,000, at-
tacked him with the utmost spirit and bravery, and he
likewise pretty clearly avows that, after three hour,
of firing, and repeated bayonet charges, he was corn-
pelled to retreat. The rising in the province of
Constantin!) is considered of a serious character.
The Journal des Debuts, in adverting to the
movement of A BD. EL-KADER in the cirection
of Taguine says :—" This expedition of the EMIR, al-
though it has taken place beyond our line of frontier and
the territory called the Tell, is not the less detrimental
to our interests, inasmuch as it makes many tribes,
whose cavalry is strong, and who previously had either
submitted or were neutral. fall again under the EMIR'S
yoke. The EMIR has striven to cut off our commercial
relations with our allies of the Ksour, or fortified towns,
of El Aghouat and Ain Madhy. He must have de-
stroyed the fortifications which General MARCY had
raised on the road from Boghar to Taguine, in order to
serve as points d'appui to the Arab Douars entrusted
with the protection of the caravans from El Aghouat to
Medeah. ABD-fiL-KADE WS mere appearance in the dis-
trict of Tittery, the news of which will be sure to
spread afar, just as if he were approaching in person,
may give rise to insurrections, and revive such as have
just been crushed. General JUSSAS has been sent on to
Tenich-el-Had, in order to pursue the Emit ; but the
latter will nowhere wait for him, his plan being always
to avoid an encounter, and to harass us on all points by
means of an insurrection of the tribes."

The P~ esse writes in the strongest terms against the
ruinous policy pursued by BUGEAUD, and gives the fol-
lowing letter of a correspondent, dated Oran, Nov, 25, to
show that every day the new mode of warfare increases
in atrocity :

"We are here without any news from the army. The
Marshal has given the most peremptory orders to the Gene-
rals, and other officers in command of columns, to suffer
nothing relating to their operations to transpire, and to give
no account of them to any one but himself. All we know is,
that these commanders have orders to burn as many villages,
and cut off as many heads as possible. Thirteen villages have
been burnt in the environs of Tlemcen. General de Lamori-
ciere is at Mascara, and the Marshal in the country of the
Flittas. The communications between Oran and 'Tlemcen
are still interrupted, and all we learn from Tlemcen reaches us
through Djemma Ghazaouat, and we cannot tell when the
next convoy for Tlemcen will take its departure."
On Monday the Three per Cents closed at 82f. 15c. ex div.;
the New Loan at 811. 75c. ex div. ; the Five per Cents.,
118 f. 10e.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,172 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
970 f. ; Northerns, 7201. ; Havre, 745 f. ; Avignon, 895 f. ;
Vierzon, 655 f. ; Bordeaux, 6101. ; Boulogne, 502 f. 50c. ;
Troyes and Montereau, 4201.; Basle' 2401. 50c.; Fampoux,
490 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38 ; Spanish Domestic Debt,
344 ; ditto, Passives, 6%; New Deferred Stock, 16.
The following are the quotations for other lines:--
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 7f. 50c. premium;
ditto (Cabin), 61. 50c.; Union, 71. ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. •
ditto (Lapinsonniere), 4f. 50c.; Messageries, sf. ; Ardoin, 3f.
50c. ; Receveurs-Genereaux, 6f. ; Paris and Strasbourg ( Gan-
neron), If. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), lf. ; ditto (Bechet), lf. ;
Aymard, If. ; Tonrs and Nantes (Mackenzie), 6f.; Carette,
6f. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard), 61.; ditto (O'Neill), 4f. ; ditto
(Lefevre), 61.; Lyons and Avignon (Talalsot), If. ; ditto
(Lecointe), par; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), par; Bor-
deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espeleta), 11. 25e ;
Creil and St. Quentin, no quotation; the Lyons definitive
shares sold fur 70f. premium ; Strasburg ditto, 25f.; Nantes
ditto, 401.

MARSEILLES, Duc. 3.—Marseilles and Avignon, 825 f. ;
Boulogne, 495 f. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c. ; Orleans and Bordeaux,
528 f. 50e.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TILE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DE4. 9.
Anglo-Belgian Mauritius ...
Boulogne and Amiens.. 8 Namur and Liege —
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Tonlouse Orleans and Vierzon
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 9%
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. 13/4 Over Yssel ......
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris& Lyons (Laffitte)
'Ric Coast
Central of Spain .. — Ditto (Caloa's).... ...
Ceylon .
Demerara
Dendre Valley ... % Paris aid Rouen —
Dutch Rhenish ... ...... Paris and Strasburg
Dieppe & Paris Jnnct. (Ganneron's)
Dijon 4nd Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2
East Indian ...... ........ I% ' De. (Aynaard's) 2%
Fampeux & Hazebreuk Paris and St. Quentin —
Grt Northern of France Rotten and Havre...— —
Constituted 12% Royal North of Spain.
Do. Pepin le Halleur — Sambre and Menge ....
Great Paris and Lyons — Strasburg and Basle ...
Great Western Bengal Tearnay,Jurbise, Lan-
Great Western Canada 33/4 den, and Hasselt ...
Jamaica S Mid. Junction 21,E Tours and Nantes
Di. North Midland.— 1 (Mackeuzie's)
Do. Extension
Jersey — De. (O'Neill's)
Louvain and Jemappe.. Trinidad
Lvosis and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona 214
Limenabeurg
Madrid aid Valencia...

A rumour prevailed in the elubs last night, which we deem
t right to publish, as a good deal of credit was attached to
it. It is said that the Duke of Wellington refuses to support
any alteration in the corn-laws, and that in consequence of
the difficulty thus created Sir Robert Peel has determined to
resign. It is added, in confirmation of this statement, that
it was determined at the Cabinet Council, held on Moneay,
that Parliament should be again further prorogued, instead
of being summoned by proclamation for the dispatch of btu i •
ness.—Chronicle..[We attach little credit to this rumour.
The Duke of Wellington will not commit a second time a
blunder like that by which he gave such an impulse ti Par-
liamentary Reform, and obstinately refuse to support any
alteration in the corn-laws. Indeed, we have heard that he
has expressed himself without equivocation in a very dif-
ferent manner, and that he considers the corn-laws "doomed."
—En. Sun.]

PRIVY COUNCIL AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OP WIGHT.
—Sir Robert Peel and other Cabinet Ministers left town
at an early hour this morning for Osborne House, where
her Majesty will hold a Privy Council. The Ministers
were expected to return to town this evening. A spe.
cial train on the South- Western Railway conveyed the
Ministerial party from town.

GREAT PEDEBTRIAN FEAT.—On Tuesday the match
made for the celebrated runner Maxfield (alias the North
Star) came off near the North Star Inn, at Slough. Max-
field was backed for a !take of 501., to cover eleven miles of
road within one hoar from the time of starting, a feat (with
the exception of Jackson, the American Deer, who ran a
similar distance within an hour) almost unprecedented. The
betting odds were laid on time, and very large sums of money
were pending. At the start he went away at a rapid pace,
accomplishing the first mile under five minutes; the three
next miles were gone over at a similar rate, when ho relaxed
a little during the fifth mile, and had finally covered half the
distance in 29 minutes. He continued at his Herculean un-
dertaking, and won the match by minutes. The eleven
miles of ground was travelled over in 58 minutes and 45 se-
conds. The pedestrian at the termination seemed but little
distressed, considering the arduous undertaking he had ac-
complished.
THE CORN-LAWS.—Tun AMERICAN MINISTER.—
The Secretary of the Legation to the United States, Mr.
Ganesvoost llfelville, has written a letter to the Morning
Herald in reference to an article which appeared in that
journal on the Bth December, in which it is stated that the
American Minister has been charged with misinforming the
Times on the subject of the intentions of the British Cabinet
as to the corn-laws, for the purpose of sending out to the
United States fabricated news that might influence the deci-
sion of the tariff question. It appears that Mr. M`Lane left
London. for Paris on the 3d inst., but Mr. Melville, in the ab-
sence of Mr. M•Lane, without communication with him and
or his (Mr. Melville's) own responsibility, denies, explicitly,
fully, and without reserve, each and every imputation con-
tained in that article, and brands them with falsehood from
first to last.
AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The an-
nual meeting of the society took place yesterday afternoon at
the offices of the Institution, Old Bond-street, the Duke of
Richmond, President of the Society, in the chair. Mr. IV.
Miles, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Stafford O'Brien,
M.P., Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. -J. J. Allnatt, Mr. IV. Bennett,
Mr. R. Healy, Mr. T. Umbers, and several other gentlemen
addressed the meeting, urging the several districts and pa-
rishes of the United Kingdom to forward petitions to the Le-
gislature firmly to uphold the present system of the corn-
laws, and to resist to the utmost any attempt at further al-
teration. A petition to the above effect was then adopted.
Mr. Fisher Hobbs then proposed that the Duke of Richmond
be re-elected President of the Society for the ensuing year.
Mr. Turner seconded the motion, and it was carried nem. con.
The Duke of Richmond, in returning thanks, assured the
meeting that he would exert himself to the utmost during the
ensuing session to promote the objects of the society. The
Rev. Mr. Gwilt then moved that the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos be the Vice-President, the Duke of Norfolk,
the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Earl
of Itirborough, trustees of the society. The resolution
having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The cus-
tomary vote of thanks was then presented to the Duke of
Richmond. His Grace brieflyacknowledged the compliment,
and the meeting separated.
FALL Or A THEATRE AT BERWICK.—For tome
time past a company of itinerant players have been perform-
ing in Berwick, under the management of Mr. H. Wynn.
They had a place fitted up in the old shambles. Monday
evening being the manager's benefit the theatre was fuller
than usual, and owing to the temporary manner in which it
was fitted up the gallery gave way, and precipitated those
in it over into the pit. Some of the audience got themselves
bruised slightly, but fortunately no bones were broken..—
Kelso Chronicle

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