The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-03 00:00:00

CANADA GUARANTEED LOAN.
FINAL INSTALMENT.
Whereas b Treasury Chambers, December Ist, 1845. n
ntituled „ .A Y an Act passed in the 6th year of her Majesty's
treoligt
n,
toan
~ n Act fbr guaranteeing the payment of the
,luterdes,
Itals.,, 0,000/., to be raised by the proviece of Cana a ' her
en my loan ens Powered to guarantee tho payment of the interest
he r.! imn, to any amount, not exceeding 1;500 0001., which might
to omedssfor the service of the Province of Cana'da, under any Act
.„,,ua_ Pit ed by the Legislature of the said province, in the manner
lnundl :tithe conditions in the said Act mentioned :
eked' ere", 1/ an Act of the Legislature of the Province of
1000 a, intituled " An Act to authorise the raising, by way of
tamii_,oll'7o,7le,mkjowooo:iett,
.tltioe sum of 1
kit '', cornpletlon of certai bit kin Canada," her Ma-
,500,0001. sterling, for the construe
withi'-.,,rrow the guarantee aforesaid, the said
441t411...11iaa he. r'---itiestY has been pleased, by warrant, to appoint,,try
to borro; . snore of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea
time,
riboiettetotaolYtho,ieerrnhiosereosf, stuhcoh
gsnuiamspraosvinisicaoy
not
from time to
NI,. Inta ef 1,5 O,OOOL •
Jetty, 't° give notice, that the '1
ords Commissioners of Ma-
eodflnigirin the
the kmou4saY will be ready to dispose of debentures or bonds tkiWo ealdnt °f 4°,°001., and that tenders for the purchase theofo
Temorfroereseed to the Secretary the Treasury,
41N et the Tr ads Debentures" written on the outside, 11
will
in the
otttrzoo_ 4
_reasury, at any
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the f
sencienms boerro.p
time previously to Two o'clock
osegiwith th.e
wbe re-
k7 contained in the debentures, with the name atundb:dpdareidssfuorf
11° P I.
~ too ITY Mu be accepted
fko the
ads pin ue .
.. for any sum less than 5,00 e/.
1n..", de
t fro the said
h„-1 Januar , Wary, 1846, and will bear interes
of Jai 'eueemable at the expiration of twenty years,
oisitail, 1,4,411, is 46, until redeemed, at the rate of 4 permcent. per
1:1'alY ead 1.. e half/early at the Bank of England, on the let day
11,Q et day of January.
ep,- . , he Made out in sums of 5001. each.
kll'lttialettsiswii"b%CilegreaediYir,:trlel loa9netchekiP:hdpaw:lnl liebnet.pbnYralbnlsetaantt ,
day of >ecem e taknedßtatinekdoof
4141,_ ty..'Ld" Will be
, f the Governor and
'ettlert,i'wrerer of thelinaendk lour Englandrela'ned of any of the parties
1'4144Y t,,,,,11°_,1na she for that purpose, at the Treasury, t ohne
he, the T:o" Two (o'cloc, and previously to the orp.ening of
wi
iet t„,_la the h;ila Commissioners of her Majesty's I reasuryil
ithi 'teat ' a of the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank
a.; 'l, tket ' 44114 Paper,
-nr,.. f , Lordmi_ , containing the
should
pricejuatified in re-
s. sr tho 4,,_Pe would feel that they
lyre 4 tend"
,prin''entures, per cent.
hillia."', Wthen," b° all opened at the same time, when a list will
successively to the
; iettt.s-oiltid preference will be given
succeds if such te„-
la_eee T'14,,, in tb:: the Price in the sealed paper an
"thoi•"', ve tbm..„,— aggregate, exceed the amount of 60,000/.,the
1 -.enderi, - `'.(alt will be struck off the least advantageous kaill tei7 (4 witt.tilit
4aietiP tattui, tmlers, In respect to the premiumnpiererdcentht...
ancli I,lllet,4ag together to snore than the sum 'To lintie."l. 4 Will be divided in proportion to the amount of
kinsd;Wlii hi
4Peint4lHtiqvciP,to the art or parties whose tenders are aen-
N, hi eforeergounietsrtneoCltfor
to M attend at the Trelrr at an
the debentures.

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7nnron Steamers, " lIER MAJESTY" and
4"111:041.5,,N tone and 350 horse Tower.
es „ k., tuire leetwood, on the arrival of the trains that
th; trertith,cuitl'fdon, la 7.30., 8.45., or 10. A.Y. Passengers
h,4lterlethre'll. „Glasgow in London. Carriages taken by
-m %Calk tiller, re 4117 communication with the Isle of Man.
)tegiatlY IA had at 11, iiit. 'within's-lame ; or the
/td-il,cull, London ; or of the Agents, Kemp
Kean and Lament, Glasgow.

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ANCE ARM& socIETT.
conk/:l'U, LONDON.
4zoni. Capital A 500,000.
lVhytthi4St6.--wered by Act of Parliament.
tlll-14401lettotters Important and substantial advan-
Lk% 0p.,!1 to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
litbiLla). occusions the power to borr)w, without
litZ; the mo Policy two-thirds of the premium paid,
sf1;1 to oPtion of selecting benefits, and the conversion
„ itr%t other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
iyha 11,, tranted on the lowest possible rates.
h..11/4114%1114ti03 kid 4/IVISION OF PIiOFITV.
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Tit F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, s.e.
BRITISH INSURANCE
fir ham, comPANY.
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Stu Ole RL D, K.G., President.
1,N1,111;:•Q rul, an, Chairman of the London Board.
02iitit`httg'1.: Ipirector Vice-Chairman.
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17, Directors, and Managers,.who are all
..,twt_e obtained of the Secretary, Henry T.
'4k-buildings ; or of the Actuary, 10, Pall-

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144 a u 6 PECIAL ACT OF' PARLIAMENT,
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SstifiltatZ;l,, p-A•11,11 Alderman, Chairman.
4k. 4, Req., Deputy-Chairman.
ta-lii N. • John Ilumphery, Esq., Alderman,
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PRICE, SD.

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A. Ilums!trunn, En., M.P., who was received with loud
applause, said—The _circumstances whieh have this da
called us together are, indeed,—gtreh -as-not us I y,
but to require, from every influential community, a strong
expression of their sentiment with respect to the national
crisis in this matter; and, undoubtedly, in such a meeting as
this, the object which we have now before us is not only pe-
culiarly expedient, but especially important in a community
like Leith, which, for its connexion with the corn trade, as
well as the general commerce of the country, has material
advantages in point of information on the subject, as well as
material interests to press. I am very happy to have an
opportunity to attend you here to-day, and to express my
complete and entire concurrence in the sentiments which I
see so generally pervading the meeting.—(Applause.) I
venture to propose to this meeting, in anticipation of that—if
the folly of Government will force us to further measures of
agitation—a resolution which demands the removal of these
laws. The resolution is, " That the existing corn-laws are
at all times productive of evil, but are peculiarly so in the
present emergency of the country, by excluding the relief
which could be obtained from abroad; and that the continued
apathy of the Government, under present circumstances, is
highly reprehensible and full of danger to the people."—
(Applause.) I take it that the fate of the existing corn-
laws is doomed ; and I take it further to be clear that with
the present system the corn-law, and the whole system of
corn-laws will fall. The arguments for a free trade in corn
are now happily triumphant ; they are in themselves
so clear, that all except interested parties, or parties who
are still interested in the maintenance of a fixed duty,
are convinced of their truth. There is some plausibility in
the argument for a fixed duty—not, I think, a sound argu-
ment, however—but for the sliding-scale, all our experience
goes to show its inutility and disadvantage. I profess that
all the consideration I have been able to give the subject has
only satisfied me—and I believe satisfied all who are
open to conviction—that it is absolutely and entirely un-
tenable. The sliding-scale puts an end to all foreign growth
springmfiolre
iyi
no
tuetri
time, when
t, e aonf d 8
ufpo rp
lay?ny mark,who ewti
llexceptingsow
his
seed
edthien itm-
h e
when he is uncertain of a buyer in the harvest,
and when he may be left with corn in his hand, which is not
necessary for his own country, and which will not be allowed
into yours ?—(Hear, hear.) 'Those who supported the sliding-
scale refused the point of a fixed duty. They said a fixed
duty won't do; the only thing that would do, they said, was
a sliding-scale, and therefore they imposed a sliding-scale on
the country as an experiment. Well, they have got their
experiment made, and if they are now obliged to give it up,
as indefensible, as I am persuaded it is, these men cannot
fall back on the question of a fixed duty, but must join us in
the question of a free trade in corn.—(Hear, hear.) A great
defect in the sliding- scale is this, that it gives no en-
couragement at sll to, and, indeed, it quite prevented,
growth abroad to supply our market. Another gross defect
in it, and a most singular fallacy is, that a harvest should
only be deficient in point of quantity. It was said by the
proposers of the sliding-scale that their system was an ad-
mirable one. They said that whey the harvest was small
the prices rose, and that they rose in proportion to the small-
ness of the harvest. Well, when the prices rise; we open the
ports, say they ; a little at first, but afterwards to a greater
extent ; and this supply which we let in, in the extent to
which we open the ports, is exactly equivalent to the defi-
ciency in the quantity of the harvest, so that the people are
supplied as nearly as possible with their ordinary quantity of
food. Now, this sounds all very well ; but alas, who shall
tell me that the only difference in the harvest of one year
from another is the difference in quantity ? Is there no
such thing as a difference in quality ? Are we not now
suffering, and in a marked and signal manner, from the dif-
ference also of quality ? And if the quality of the harvest
be bad—just look at the absurdity of the statement of the
supporters of the sliding scale—if the quality of the harvest
be bad, the badness of the quality keeps down the price,
which the deficiency in the quantity should raise ;
and the sliding scale fails entirely.—(Hear, hear.)
But there was one great advantage promised by Sir R.
Peel to flow from the sliding-alale. It was his grand argument
when pressed for a fixed duty. He said that if they adopted
a fixed duty, they might depend on it that the law would
not stand the first season of want and scarcity which would
occur. They would be obliged to forego 4s. or ss. of fixed
duty, as the people would rise against it, and it should be
taken off, and the law would become ineffectual ; whereas a
sliding-scale would gradually open the ports, and there would
be no violent contest between the practice of trade and the
law of the country. Sir Robert held this to be a
conclusive argument. See, now, how Providence and the
necessities of the country will destroy everything that
beenseemed
for
hideidngb-seecalneyeheasre
plausibleyears
in
eaxt i
etfiernsnt.e.
ThTheesesl
mostthree
of prosperity, and it now happened that on the first oc-
casion on which it could be tried, in the first season
in which there was a deficiency, the sliding-scale has been
found defective ; and I don't believe that there is a
man in the community, excepting those parties who met in
Cabinet Council by themselves, who was not of opinion that
the sliding-scale must, like a fixed duty, give way before the
dangers which threatened the country, and that the ports,
without regard to this system of plausibilities and theoretical
argument, must be opened to let in food for the people. I
venture to think that you will accord in the sentiments I
have propounded, and, therefore, without detaining you
further, beg leave to propose the resolution entrusted to me.
—(Cheers.)
JAMES MILLER, Es 3., seconded the motion.
ROBERT PHILLIP, Esq., seconded by ARCHIBALD YOUNG,
Esq., moved that a memorial be sent to her Majesty's Minis-
ters, calling on them to give immediate directions for opening
the ports.
The meeting, which was most unanimous, then broke up,
after a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

SIR. R. PEEL and the LIVERPOOL

MEETING.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—The Liverpool Times publishes the
following reply from Sir R. Peel to the memorial agreed
upon at the meeting in the Amphitheatre, on the evening of
Friday last :

" Whitehall, Dec. 1,184.

" Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the
29th ult., accompanying a memorial of the inhabitants of Li-
verpool, in public meeting assembled, expressing their opi-
nion that measures ought to be forthwith adopted for pro-
viding for the immediate admission by law of all kinds of
food, duty free.
" I will not fail to communicate the memorial to her We-
iestv'a contitianti.t Fainethe

" William Brown, Esq."

"Your obedient Fervant,
" ROBERT PEEL

HORRIBLE MURDER in CLIFTON.
It appears that a woman named Bridget Barrett cohabited
with a man named Mannion, by whom she had a child. It
having lately come to her knowledge that he was about
being married to another woman. she being aware of his mode
of living, and some secrets connected, threatened to expose
and prosecute him if he did not marry her. In order to
quiet her, he held out some promise of marriage, and induced
her to sell a cow she had to pay the marriage expenses. He
enjoined on her the most strict secrecy, stating that he had
no money, and that his friends would be enraged with him
if they heard it. It was arranged that on a given night they
would be married, and that they should go the mainland on
that evening from the island they lived on, Errislannen, a
distance of a little more than half a mile, to Roundstone,
where the priest lived. Bridget Barrett, however, before
going to the mainland, told her sister the particulars, en-
joining her to keep the matter secret. The sister, however,
did not do so, but told a male acquaintance of her's all she
heard, and he being curious to see them off, hid himself.
behind a rock on the shore, and plainly saw Mannion,
with his brother-in-law, Thomas Cosgrave, and Bridget
Bassett, enter a boat together, and push off towards the
mainland. He remained there a considerable time awaiting
their return, but there were then only two men in the boat.
At this very time, on the opposite shore, there were a num-
ber of persons playing at cards. The door of the house they
were in being open, one of them remarked that he surely
had heard the scream of a woman crying out " Oh, my back
is broken 1" However, Bridget Barrett was nowhere to be
heard of. Suspicion having fallen on those parties, one of
them, Mannion, was sent to our county gaol a few days ago.
After a good deal of search and inquiry had been made the
body of a woman was washed ashore where the accused and
Bridget.J3arrett had previously got into the boat. The body
was at once recognised as that of Bridget Barrett, although
much disfigured, the hands and legs having been literally
torn off; it is thought they were tied together, and then tied
to an anchor, which is missing from one of the neighbour's,
boats. The place about it was dragged, and it is supposed
that the drag came in contact with the body, and tore it
away from the anchor. Much praise is due to Mr. Jones,
R.M., for the diligent exertions he made to discover the
perpetrators of this murder. On the body being found he
sent for Andrew Hosty, Esq., coroner, Tuam, who held an
inquest on the body, on the days of the 24th, 25th, 26th,
and 27th instant. The following is the verdict :—" We find
that the said Bridget Barrett was allured into a boat in the
harbour of Rosaenule, in the county of Galway, by James
Mannion and Thomas Cosgrave (Dominick), both of whom
wilfully murdered the said Bridget Barrett on the high seas,
in the 'bay of Roundstone, on the night of the 10th of Sep-
tember last."—Galway Indicator.

WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—Last night, at
eight o'clock, a highly influential meeting of the electors of
Westminster, members of the Westminster Reform Society,
was held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden,
" to take into consideration what measures shall be adopted
by the society, under the apprehended scarcity, of food."
lhere were genelemen present from the whole of the parishes.
Mr. Prout was appointed to the chair. After some discussion
Mr Austin stated that the country was in a most perilous
situation, as it was well known that such was the deficiency
of the wheat crop, that they had not a sufficiency of corn to
last till the harvest. Tie moved the following resolution :
" That in consequence of the failure of the recent crops of
corn and potatoes, a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Westminster be convened, to memorialize her Majesty, to
direct the immediate opening of the ports for the admission
of foreign grain free of duty, and to adopt such measures
was o as
the present crisis may seem to require." The resolutin
agreed to unanimously, and a numerous committee of All the
them whether a requisition should be prese ed
t to the High
parishes was formed to carry out the object,n it_ being left. to
Bailiff.
or A Slap BY FIRE.—On Tuesday
DESTRUCTION
the following letter was receives
the discovery of
the wreck of a burnt ship, ash on thongevonsh coast,
near Bideford On Saturday morning, about daybreak, a
corporal of the Mounted Coast Guard Service, attached to
the preventive station of Clovelly, while on the look out,
not
a ship on shore off Wellcombe. Having given the
necessary alarm, he proceeded to inspect it, when he found
she was withent masts and burned down to the water's-edge.
She appeared to be about four hundred tons burthen, laden
with timber, from evbich, it is presumed, she is from Ame-
rica. Mr. Staff, the thief officer of the Coast-guard station,
lost no time in adopting meoures to save her cargo, which
floated out of the wreck as the ijde rose. Nothing was found
the exception of the lower part of tht ull, being destoyed."
on board to lead to her identity, every portion of her, with
It is inure than probable that she is the same vessel that was
passed in flames on the 10th of last month by the Diamond,
of Exeter, and supposed to be the Abeona, of Yew Ross,
from Quebec. If she proves to be the tame, the creF have
been all sa'. ed.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TOITHE LADY OF LIEUTENANT
WAGICORN, R.N.—We regret to state that Mrs. Waghorn, the
lady of Lieutenant Waghorn, met with an accident last week,
by which she received a compound fracture of one of her legs.
The accident occurred on the way from her residence at Snod-
land to Strood in a four-wheeled carriage, driven by the
man-servant, when the horse sbyed at a donkey in the road,
and started off. The servant begged his mistress to keep her
seat, telling her he should be able to pull the horse up; but
she became alarmed, threw herself out, and thus unfortu-
nately her leg was fractured.
METRorOLITAN DRAPERS' ASSOCIATION.—Last
night a public meeting of assistants to drapers in the eastern
districts of London was held in the Theatre of the Eastern
Institution, Commercial-road-road ; g, Esq., in the
chair. The meeting was addressed by employers, clergymen,
and others favourable to the lessening of the hours of labour,
G. F. Youn
and to the. _Prop.rietr of ,nffording =assistants an oppor-
tunity of improving themselves mentally and morally.
Amongst the objects of the Drapers' association, the Secre-
tary stated that one was 04 ra, M gof box #p s capital Nat