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BREAD-STREET WARD.—At a COURT of
WARDMOTE, holden at Cordwainers' Hall, within
the said Ward, on WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of December,
1812, before the Right. Honourable JOHN HUMPHERY,
Esq., M.P., Lord Mayor (in consequence of the illness of
John Lamson, Esq., Alderman of this Ward), fur the choice of
Ward Officers for the year ensuing,
It was resolved unanimously—
" That it having been represented to theWardmote, that
vseav,seinral
trersforenesmuen forneon7hcetierdvout•e L AldermenitithisWard of thishaveb vee\ancrd an:
this7ardmote reprobate most strongly such proceeding when
no vacancy or resignation had occurred, nor is likely to occur,
at present; and whenever such period shall arrive (which they
sincerely hope may be very far distant) the freemen of this
Ward feel thernsaves capable of se!ecting an Alderman, with-
out the interference of persons unconnected with the Ward,
and they declare they will oppose any improper interference as
to the chOice they may hereafter make.
" That the Especial Thanks of this Vardmote be presented to
the Worshipful John Lainson, Esq., Alderman of this Ward, for
the zeal, ability, and integrity displayed by him in discharging the
arduous duties of a Magistrate of this great City ; for the
ready access he has uniformly afforded to the inhabitants, and
for his polite attention to them at all times; and this Ward-
mote, deeply sympathising with him under the severe illness
which has prevented hint from presiding at the annual election,
this day, earnestly and anxiously hope for his fpeedy and per-
manent restoration to health.
" That the above resolution be fairly transcribed, signed by
the Ward Clerk, and by him transmitted to Mr. Alderman
Lainson.

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The following curious article is taken from the
Globe, a Paris paper, patronised by M. Guizot
-A French Vessel, the Universe], endeavouring to
enter the Channel, was run athwart, during the
night of the 6th December, by an English cutter or
frigate, sailing west. As there was but a gentle
-breeze and the sea calm, the two ships separated
without injury, and each continued its route: Who
would believe that the Journal du Havre sees in this
case one of the consequences of the 'right of search, in -
asmuch as it says, that " the English commander con-
tinued his route, without even asking the Universel, if
it was in want of anything, which proceeds from the
insolent and brutal habits contracted by the English
navy, in visiting our ships on the coast of Africa!"
Another of our captains complains, we forget in
i n
du the
Havre pas ition
denounced of those vessels which journal, of having'been visited on the coast of
Labrador, where he was in English seas, and per-
haps
latlyas
employing
hyitnghe
Journal
foreigners in their fishing boats, or offering at
the St. Pierre and Miquelon Custom-house the
produce of foreign fishing, in order to obtain the
first price exclusively reserved- for the French
fishery: What is more natural than the visit of
an English cruiser to a French ship found in that
latitude ? Yesterday it was the Constitutionnel
who was astonished that a French ship at anchor,
under the cannon of an English fort, had been visited
by the Custom-house `officers 'placed there to that
effect ! To-day it is "worse and Worse ;we have
the Patrie exclaiming, " China is now going to
open her ports to Europe. Immense resources
now present themselves for your commerce. Will
you not' see that the treaties of 1831 and 1833 do
not monopolise these openings to the benefit of
:British trade ? Demand, then, but demand with the
energy worthy of France, ;hat -these treaties be
abolished ; for (attend to this) so long as these treaties
exist; not one of your ships will be able to reach
China before undergoing a visit from your English
friends:" Really, the rid ht of search will send us into
second childhood, and will end by giving us up,.to the
laughter of other nations. ll= can one seriously dis-
cuss so important a question with journals whiCh treat
of inch absurdities as 'above cited? They make us
fancy they are playing a comedy, or have sold them-
selves to England,.who has charged them- •to,kill the
right of search with an instrument known to be very
effective in France---ridicule.

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" That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote are due, and
are hereby presented t 6 the Right Hon. John Humphery,
Esq., AI. P., Lord Mayor, for his Lordship's polite attention
to the inhabitants of this Ward, and impartial conduct in the
chair this day.
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ALDERSGATE WARD.-At a Wardmote
held at the General Dispensary, Aldersgate-street, on
Wednesday, the 21st day of December, 1842, by virtue of a
precept from the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, before
Sir Peter Laurie, Knight and Alderman, for the Election of
Ward Officers for the year ensuing—.
Resolved—

RETZSCH'S FAUST.
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FUN FOR CHRISTMAS.
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likely to be permanently valued and read.'
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of amusement."—Atlas.

First—That this Wardmote, having examined the Resole-
tiows of the Court of Common council of the Bth inst., Cannot
but regret, that while that Court so strongly expresses its ab-
horrence of bad laws, it should make no effort to reform some
of the abuses under its own immediate control, which, in the
deliberate opinion of this Wardmote, are inflicting a much
deeper wound to the commerce of the Metropolis, and a wound
mere keenly felt by the merchants, than the laws which are so
indignantly denounced.
Second—That this Wardmote earnestly recommend the
Court of Com.vion Council to apply themselves diligently to
the revision of all their laws and regulations which affect the
commerce of the Port of London, and to make such reforms in
them as may be necessary to meet the altered state of the
country, so that the enterprising merchant may no longer be
driven to take his ship to other ports, and pay the expenses of
railway transit for his goods, rather than be subject to the
delay and annoyance of the present Corporation regulations.
Third—That the expenses of the Corporation, in every de-
partment, are monstrous—that especially the law expenses of
the Corporation require the pruning-knife economy-thatthe mode in which these expenses are incurred is loose and un-
business-like, and ought to be subject to some other check
than that which the Common Council have provided
Fourth—That the best thanks of this Wardmote are due,
and are hereby given, to Sir Peter Laurie, Knight and Alder-
man, for his zealous and constant attention to his Magisterial
and corporate duties—for his liberal contributions to the
charities of this City, and for his uniform courtesy to the in-
habitants of this Ward.

Fifth—That the thanks of this Wardmote are given to
Messrs. Lerkin, Godson, Stacy, Norris, Wood, Mottram, Dc
Jersey, and James Smith, Common Councilmen of this Ward,
for their duties during the past year.
Sixth—That these Resolutions, signed by the Ward Clerk,
be inserted in the Times, Chronicle, Morning Advertiser, and
Sun Newspapers. T. G. POSTAN, Ward Clerk.

JOHN SIIACKELL, at present, and for
I 9 Twelve Months past, residing at No. 4. Beauvoir-
crescent, in the parish of Hackney, and county of Middlesex,
and icing an Attorney's Clerk and Accountant, do hereby give
notice, that I intend to present a Petition to the Court of
Bankruptcy, Basinghall.street, praying to be examined touch-
ing my debts, estate, and effects ; and to be-protected from all
process, upon making a full diselosure and surrender of such
estate and effects, for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and
I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of
the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the
London Gazette, and in the Morning Sun Newspaper, one
month, at the least, after the date hereof. As witness my
hand, this Nineteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JOHN SHACKELL.
Witness—JOHN J. SPILLER,
6, Hounder's-wall-court, Lothbury.

THOMAS PRESTON, at present, and for
I 9 Twelve Months past residing at No. 1, Lower George-
street, Sloane square, in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, and
County of Middlesex, and being a Civil Engineer, do hereby
give notice, that I intend to present a Petition to the Court of
Bankruptcy, London, praying to be examined touching my
debts, estate, and effects ; and to be protected from all process,
upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and
effects, for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby
further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said
Petition shall be heard, is to be advertised in the London Ga-
zette, and in the Morning Sun newspaper, one month, at least,
after the date hereof. As Witness my hand this Seventeenth
day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-two. THOMAS PRESTON.
Witness—EDWAßD SPENCER,
11, Bruns w ick-parade, Pentonville,
Attorney to the said Thomas Preston.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Last evening, at six o'clock, an inquest was held
at the Brown Bear public-house, Knightsbridge,
before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, on
view of the body of Mr. Matthias Waldhen, late in-
spector of pavements of the united parishes of St.
Andrew's, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr.
James Knight, chief boatman at the receiving-
house of the Royal Humane Society, in Hyde-park,
stated that about half-past five on Tuesday evening
an alarm was given at the receiving-house that a man
had thrown himself into the Serpentine river, over
the iron railing at the eastern extremity (the spot
where the late Lord Rivers fell in by accident, and
perished, about ten years ago), and witness directly
got out the boat and proceeded to the spot pointed
out, where, after dragging for about ten minutes, the
body of the deceased was brought up ; life was quite
extinct, he having been under water, as is supposed,
about twenty minutes ; he was, however, placed in a
warm bath, and attended by Dr. Woolley, the So-
ciety's surgeon, who persevered for upwards of an
hour and a half in applying the usual means of pro-
ducing resuscitation. His purse and money, and
other property, were found about his person. The
depth of water where the body was found is about
eleven feet.,

A nephew of -the deceased stated that the deceased
had been labouring under a nervous depression for the
last two years, arising from the death of one of his
daughters ; he had also a son abroad, of whom he had
not received intelligence lately.—Verdict, " Tempo-
rary Insanity."

MRS. TROLLOPE AND TUE NEW POOR •LA4.—E very
one to whom the New Poor-law forms a matter of
consideration will be interested to know that Mrs.
Trollope, who so successfully directed attention to the
Factory System by her work entitled "Michael Arm-
strong," intends commencing .the New Year with a
new production in Shilling Monthly Parts called
" Jessie Phillips," of which the existing Poor-law fur-
nishes the theme. The following is an extract from
the prospectus :—" The object the author has had in
view in the composition of, this work has been to call
the attention of her readers to the absolute necessity
of some alteration in the Law which at present regu-
lates the maintenance
.and management of the poor.
Her own conviction of its tyranny and injustice, of the
impracticability of enforcing its provisions with uni-
formity, and of the cruel hardships which are inflicted
on the poor by the attempt to enforce them, is strong,
and she conscientiously believes well-founded. She
is also deeply impressed with the general impolicy
and evil tendency of that system of administrative
centralization, which seems of late to have been creep-
ing into the practice of our Government. Above all,
the author is anxious to declare her detestation of the
newly broached doctrine that the poor have no right
to .a sufficiency of necessary food to sustain the life
which God has given them ; and she hopes. and be-
lieves that there, are still abundantly enough English
hearts to join with her in scouting this doctrine as
unchristian." ,

COURT . CIRCULAR.
• WINDSOR, WEDNEsDAy.---The Queen and Prince
♦lbert have. enjoyed the mild and fine weather to-day,
and took malking.exercise, both in the morning., and
again in the afternoon. .

her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has been
taken an airing to-day.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing in the forenoon, accompanied by the Duke of
Wellingtonf and attended by Sir Edward Bowater.
The Royal party, on leaving the Castle, went to Sand-
pit-gate.
Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent and
Lady Fanny Howard, and Lady and the Hon. Miss
Montague, will join the Royal dinner circle at the
Castle this evening. The Royal dinner party is also
expected-to include the Duke of 'Wellington, the Earl
of Liverpool, the Lady in Waiting, the two. Maids of
Honour, the Marquis of Ormonde, Captain Meynell,
the Equerry in Waiting. on her Majesty, and the
Equerry in Waiting on. his Royal Highness.

The Russian Minister transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co-
lonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales.
Lord and Lady Mahon have arrived' at, Hatfield
House, Herts, on a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury,
and were expected to leave llatfield vesterday, for
Oakley Park, near Eye, the seat of Sir 'Edward Ker-
rison.

The Danish Minister transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign-office.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick, Hereditary
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, left the resi-
dence of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, at Kew, at ten o'clock on
Tuesday night for town, and embarked in a steam-
packet for Hamburgh, -on his return to Strelitz.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In your paper of Monday, there is a letter
signed " A Corn grower," and headed, " Protection
to Farmers! ! ! " to which I beg leave to call your at-
tention.

The new Royal Exchange st,ands in three parishes,
and the Bank in five, St. Michael's and St. Bartholo-
mew's included. The Bank, in the most handsome
manner, gives one hundred pounds to the parish offi-
cers of each of those five parishes; to be distributed on
Christmas-eve among the poor.

First, as regards his calculations :—He assumes the
average produce to be three bushels of wheat to an
acre, and the price to be 6s. Bd. the bushel, producing
a sum of 20s. for the average produce of the acre. He
then proceeds to demand such a price in bad years as
shall always make up to him this average amount of
20s. Nothing is said about the years in which the
produce is above the average., The profit which has
been in years past, when leases were existing, as I
have heard, sufficient in one year to purchase the fee-
simple of the land, he very quietly puts in, his pocket,
and leaves the consumer to pay the loss.
Secondly, his reason for demanding to be thus re-
munerated is, " that (otherwise) he shall not be able
to pay the landlord his rent," concluding, I presum*,
that, as a matter of course, the frequently half-starved
consumer was coolly to submit to be taxed to the
tune of 20s. a bushel, according to your correspondent,
to enable this said landlord to live in luxury, and sup- 1
port a wasteful, or (which is too often the case) pro-
fligate expenditure. The alternative of " lowering the
rent" is not even hinted at.

These corn-growErs, it seems, are but poor reason-
ers, and place the reasoning powers of the public on a
level with their own, or they would not venture on
the publication of such letters as these.
It is strange, too, that the farmer, who gains nothing
by these high prices, should wish for them ; but there
is an esprit de corps, a spirit of "caste" or class, which
has a most powerful influence over the weak-minded.
Thus the landlord and the fanner both gain their live-
lihood from the land, ergo, both resemble each other.
Item, the landlord is rich and influential. He calls
himself an agriculturist ; the farmer, by being also an
agriculturist, is, ergo (shining with a borrowed
light), of a rich and influential caste and mighty proud
of the connexion. Such is the spirit
of " class," that
even his interest (which is clearly to have low rents
and low prices) is totally forgotten, and, except ac-
tually on rent-day, can never see that their interests
are not in all cases identical.
A SUBSCRIBER TO YOUR IMPARTIAL AND TRULY
ENLIGIITENED JOURNAL.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night an accident,
which was subsequently attended with fatal results,
occurred to James Neale, 17 years of age, a post-boy
in the employ of the Post-office. It appears that the
unfortunate lad was on the road to Bromley, his dis-
trict, and had proceeded as far as the Walworth-road,
when his horse suddenly shied, and plunging violently,
threw him on to the road. He did not then appear
much injured, but having remounted, continued his
journey as far as the Yost-office at Dulwich, when he
became so ill that he could go no farther. Mr. Rae,
a neighbouring surgeon, was called in, who recom-
mended his removal to Guy's Hospital, at which in-
stitution he received every attention from Processor
Damper and Mr. Cocks, surgeon, but' their attentions
were in vain, as the deceased expired yesterday after-
noon at four o'clock.

CHRISTMAS Box.—Bell's Life in London, two
sheets for Fivepence, Sunday, Dec. 25. Gratuitous_
Supplement, important Chronologies for 1842, of
Racing, Aquatic, Pedestrian, Fistic, and. other events;
.the Grand Aquatic Excursion; Fig
the Giant and the Slasher; Bungaree
htsand n t the
ePlgienetky
two great fights. The Giant Fight brought to a con-
clusion ; the Steam being up, "Father Thames"
sheered off at eight A.M, from London-bridge yes-
terday, with about 400 sporting coves, to the
scene of action ; the Hope Point, below Gravesend.
As usual, Bell's Life in London of Cliristmas-day
will be the faithful oracle of both contests— namely,
Freeman and Perry, Bungaree and M'Ginty. Bell's
Life of December 25 will publish a gratuitous Sup-
plement of twenty folio columns, with blank space
for marginal. notes, invaluable as,a table of reference.
Copies of Bell's Life of the 11th and 18th of Decem-
ber can be had at 170, Strand, till the Ist of January.
,
Price of the whole Fivepence only.—Office 170 Strand.
,
LORD BYRON'S NURSE.—Mrs. Bye, who died on
Friday week, from injuries she received by the acci-
dent on the Birmingham Railway, was -a. person of
more importance than was at first thought; she was,
before her marriage, Mary Gray, .who succeeded her
sister, and became the second nurse. of Lord Byron,
."gaining,", says Mr. Moore, "an influence over his
mind against which he rarely rebelled," though his
inether,,had no influence over him.--Manehester Paper
The General Steam Navigation Coinpny's power-
ful steam' ship, James Watts Captain Gibbs,
arrived off the Tower yesterday, after a fine passage
0122 hours fronlliavre. _

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THE CORN BILL.

The o,:iireisionana them isery caused --1;', the ob-
nox"ous till of' 1815, and that which succeeded it in
1828, now drawing, we may hope, to a close, it may be
interesting to our readers to know some particulars
of the violent opposition made to it throughout tbe
country, when the landlords,. in their ignorance, first
proposed a tax OH the great necessary of life. The
introduction into Parliament of a Bill t 9 prohibit the
importation of corn, except when it had reached a
price considered by the great body of consumers ex-
orbitant, roused the indignation of the working
classes. The internal tranqUillity of the country,
owing to this circumstance, had been for some time
disturbed, though not to a degree affecting the public
peace. One by one, however, the country towns, in
which the agriculturists were the severest sufferers,
grew violent on the "grain-question." These were
the heavy heat drops which preceded the thunder-
shower. Nearer and nearer the disturbances ap.
proached -the metropolis, till scenes of riot ensued,
which were put down, not by policemen or mili-
tary, but by the arrival of Bonaparte in France.
The night preceding the first riots, hundreds of peti-
tions had been laid on the table of the House denoting
the public feeling. Southwark sent 7,650 signatures ;
Salford, 19,000; Nottingham, 7,800; . Manchester,
54,000; London, represented by Sir William Curtis,
with the autograph of every merchant, hanker, and
trader of note in the metropolis, signed -40,000 ;
Leeds, Pontefraa, and a score of other boroughs, and
numbering their thousands, in an equal manner
evidenced the general feeling. The subsequent events
we thus describe :
About the usual hour of the meeting of Parliament
on the 6th of March, dense groups had begunto as-
semble in different parts from George-streetfo Abing-
don-street, all declaiming against the. Corn Bill, and vio-
lently inveighing against such of-the-Members as had
been most active in support of it. Friendly or un-
friendly to the Bill, the Members were pointed out as
they arrived,-with " that is Lord Grenville—that Lord
Stanhope—that the Chancellor of the Exchequer."
Hooting or applause followed each announcement.
Meanwhile loud shouts of "No Corn ..Bill" raised
without the House, could be distinctly heard within
it. For some time clamour alone was manifested :
this, however, soon gave way to acts.
Carriages. now began to .be stopped, and Members
were forced to walk through the hissing and hooting.
The constables were found insufficient for the preser-
vation of order. Many Members were placed in con-
siderable danger. The Attorney-qeneral and Mr.
Croker were assailed like miscreants. Sir; Robert
Heron. had the skirts of his coat torn off, and was
"shored about-by the mob likC a shuttlecoek between
two battledores." Sir Frederick Flood -was carried
above .100 Yards on the shoulders of the ineb,•:(ilike
mackerel .frOm Billingsgate market, and he Ameied
they mcaht„ to quarter him.". -:Finally, a military
force surrounded the House, by which alone the tu-
mults were suppressed.
Driven from this scene, the populace, now "swelled
into thousands, repaked to other park of the town,
and early on the ensuing morning proceeded to Lord
Eldon's in Bedford-square. • The •iron.railings before
the door were wrenched up, and used as weapons to
force ati entrance. The, glaSs was broken, the furni-
ture destroyed; the military at. the Museum, 'were
sent for,' but,
,the mischief was complete beffire'they
or the 'Guards arrived.-- Mr, ,:Robin,sou's house was
next attacked in Burlington-street. -This•gentleinan
had introdeced the Corn Regulation Bill: The
shutters 'Were demolished; the door Split in twain, the
valuable "pictures cut in pieces, and trampled in the
street- Lord Darnley's; in Berkeleyssquare-ssMr.
Yorke's, in Bruton-street—Mr. Wellesley l'uleS, in
Saville •row—were all the object Of littack and da-
mage. The Earl, of Pembreke'S carriage _Was,hr4en
to pieces on his return 'frofn-The Lords. • of
Lord.Ellenborough was surroundedhy the moh,.and
the assault began. His Lordship presented. himself
at the door, and demanded the cause of the outrage on
his dwelling.
_"No Corn Bill," was the reply..'llis
Lordship then addressed them in a few words-.
effect was happy; and, Cheering his Lordship, the
mob departed. .

Sucliwas the result of the first day's riot; the se-
cond was more disastrous. The parade of Guards and
foot-soldiers alone restrained the mob. shets Were
fired; and one man pierced through the head. Port-
man-square, Ilarley-street, Portland-place,-Wimpo. le-
, street, and Finsbury-square, were successively the ob-
jects of attacic. On the third day, the work ofAevas-
tation was again resumed. Lord .Castlercagles houst
was attacked, but the arrival of :the inilitary saved it
from complete destruction. The dOors of Mr. Pon-
sonby's house were battered with bullets. Opposite
the house of Sir Joseph Banks the people asseitiMed,
crying out, " Bread, bread," and demanding ands-
sion. When Sir Joseph was first, apprised of the
quality of his iisithrs, he desired his servants to admit
them, but they had already fo:.ce,l ti.emselres ii
through the doors and window. In a few minutes the
parlour was.demolished, and boies of valuable papers
scattered in the street. On the ninth the east and
west end had almost grown quiet. London was..now
environed with troops on all Sides.
Lord Castlereagh, of course, in the debates which
followed upon these riots, conSidered the proinoters
and actors in them only in the light of "ignorant
and unfortunate persons." The Chancellor of the
Exchequer was still more caustic. "As to the
petitions," said this gentleman, " which hare 'been
presented, no Member of the House felt more disposed
to listen to them than he did; but at the same"time
he apprehended they were not to consider- the
opinions of furred-gowns and gold chains, ns authori-
tative on a subject like the present.: It would become
those Magistrates to open their Egyptian Hall again,
to call together their thousands and tens of thousands
of petitioners, to tell them that they had upon their
information petitioned ParliaMent without ant's- just
cause, to-confess that their arithmetic was false, that
their arguments were unsound, that their conclusions

were erroneous, and that they had better re-consider
the subject well before they petitioned again, or—not
petition at all."
But spite of the " hear, hear," with which a
crowded Commons, with its Ministerial benches, fol-
lowed up these valiant sentiments—spite of the sar-
casm launched at the civic gownsrnen, and the " ig-
norant thousands," impatient of taxation—spite of the
scorn attempted to be cast by these " sitters in high
places" upon the attempts of the peoPle who'were no
longer to be oppressed by these corn edicts, the col-
lective spirit of the nation, however it might be re-
pulsed by class-legislation, has broktin forth anew, and
carried with it not only a Tory Government, but the
very men who regarded the Corn .law as their only
salvation. From all quarters we learn that the land-
lords look not to protection, but to industry and im-
provement in agriculture, and admit that the ignorant
people in 1815 were better political economists than
those who treated them as " hewers of wood and
drawers of water."

* These expressions were made use of by the Hon.
Member in the House, in describing matters afterwards
in debate.

Lord Stanley's agent, Mr. Bolton, an excellent man,
and an Englishman, has just received a most violent
threatening notice, and is obliged to have two police-
men to protect him. He resides at Ballykisteen
House, near the town of Tipperary. This is the way
in which the agrarian code evinces its discrimination
between a good and a bad landlord.— Dublin• MaiL
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW AND THE LEAGUE.—It
is said that the stupid farrago of abuse which the
Quarterly Review has lately issued against the League,
was collected by an agent at Manchester, who was
employed for that purpose by a certain legal gentle-
man sent a few months back to that neighbourhood.
after the collection of local . slander and abuse had
been made, it was licked into shape, cooked,.tuld pre-
pared by that ex-;Tory functionary, Mr. Cumberland,
some years ago described as a talking potatoe. The
great value, then, of united labour has been not inac-
curately described by the Past. When the article first
appeared, that journal, caught by its attractive head-
ing, published a considerable portion of it, proinising
its readers that the whole of the invaluable production
should appear in its columns. The day before yes-
terday, however, it informed them that it did not
mean to carry its design into - execution, be-
cause the bulk of the article consisted ef extracts
from the journals, many of .which had. before ap-
peared in that paper. tile worthy at Manchester,
therefore, and the worthy at London, have only
brought together a heap of the idle tales, which were
coined for the party journals, which were' probably
cried down the moment they were uttered, and which
are so bad that the Post is now ashamed' of them.
The character of the article in the Quart-841m thus
been fixed by the unwilling censure of the Post.
THE GATHERING OF TILE LEAGUII!---GREAT
AGGREGATE MEETINGS OF TIER LEAGUE, AND BAN'?
QUETS, ON MONDAYi JANUARY 30, 1843, AND FOI.•
LOWING DAYS.—The above meetings of the Leagne
will commence on Monday, the '3oth January,-and be
continued till Friday, the 4th February, in 'the fol-
lowing order :—On Monday, at twelve o'clock pre-
cisely, the election of Chairmen and Committees will
take place. •On Monday evening, at six o'clock, an
aggreg,ate.meeting will be held in the Pavilion; Peter-
-street, when the report of the progress of the great
League Fund will be entered into.=On TtieSday, the
meeting will be specially directed to the consideration
of the Corn-laws as affecting the'agrieulturairelasses.
—On Wednesday, to their effects upon manufactures
and commerce.—On Wednesday evening,. a great
banquet will be given in the Pavilion, Peter-street.
—On Thursday morning, the meeting will specially
consider the effect of the Co'rn-laws oh the physical,
moral, and religioui condition of the people.—On
Thursday
evening, a' second great banquet will take
place in Peter-street.—On Friday, the ,concluding
meeting will be held, when the reports-Of the Com-
mittees will be presented for confirmatlQPfluid reso-
lutions as to • the 'future course of proceeding will be
resolved upon.—Anti-Bread-tax ircuktr... ,

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