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London, England, 1821-09-21 00:00:00

to petition the KING and both Houses of Parliament
for a repeal of our Corn Laws, in so far as they are
concerned. It would be difficult to answer the argu-
ments on which they ground their claim for an ex-
emption from the general restriction, though, as the
importation price with respect to them is only sixty-
seven shillings, the alteration in the state of our mar-'
kets will soon probably relieve them from the em-
barrassment which suggested the measure Of peti-
particular time.—" The granaries of
tioning at this
our farmers, and the stores of our merchants," they
-say, " are now loaded with wheat, and no price
whatever can be obtained for this article which is of
a perishable nature, and diminishing in intrinsic value
daily," The addition to our stock which would be
made by the importation of these stores, will be
known by those who are acquainted with the re-
sources of the Canadas.
The Canadians, speaking of our Colonial Laws,
observe, " These statutes restrain us from trying to
obtain a market, and making our purchases all over
the world; they restrain foreigners from coming
here to purchase or sell, should they be so inclined ;
they oblige us to have our goods carried solely in
British ships; in short, they establish a monopoly of
our trade in favour of Great Britain ; they oblige us
to buy and sell there; and then, by the operation of
the Corn Laws, they enact,
.in effect, that we shall
not buy or sell at all."

Letters we:e received this morning, dated Odessa,
August 25. They state that everything was tranquil,
and that no fears were entertained of a war. The
re ort of the EMPEROR being expected there, is en-
tirely without foundation.

A Leeward Island Mail which arrived this fore-
noon, has brought news of a great battle having been
fought, the result of which was favourable to the
cause of the Patriots. No particulars have yet
transi;ired.

Every arrangement is making for his MAJESTY'S
leaving town on Monday next, on his visit to his
llanoverian dominions.
The room in Brecon Priory, the seat of the Mar-
quis CAMDEN, in which the KING slept on Thurs-
day night, on his way from Milford to London, is
called King Charles's Room, and which was occu•
pied by that Monarch, on his visit to Wales, nearly
two centuries ago.
In consequence of its having been suggested by se.
sera! Noblemen and Members of Parliament, who are
Members of the New Union Chas House, which is
forming on the plan of the United Service Club, that
the intcrded situation in Regent•street, near Hanover-
square, would be found very inconvenient by its dis-
tance from the Houses of Lords and Commons, an
arrangement has been e:itered into, by which the new
line of Pall-mall, near the Opera House, is fixed on,
and where a superb mansion is in a forward state for
the reception of the Members of the Club.
_ _ _

We understand that the vacancies of Police Ma-
gistrates which were occasioned by the death of Mr.
KEINAIRD, of the Thames Police Office, and the re-
signation of Sir ROBERT BAKER, Of Bow-street Of
have been filled ue by the appointment of Mr.
K BALLATINE and Mr. HALLS.

The new District Church at Kingswood, which is
the first erected under the provisions of the 38th and
59th George the Third, was consecrated a few days
ago by the Bishop of (;LOUCE.STER. It is calculated
to accommodate '2,000 persons.
Sandgate, on the coast of Kent, which is now be-
come a considerable village, had, a few years ago,
only three houses; and building ground there now
sells at fOur guineas per foot.
LEWES' SEPT. 18.—Elias Russell applied yesterday
for parochial relief, for himself, his wife, and five
children. He said he belonged to the parish of Ten-
terden, in Kent. In the month of May last the parish
advanced £6O for this family to embark for America,
where they arrived from London six weeks after.—
The man could get no work even in that land of milk
and honey. Labour, from his account, is worse there
than at home, for he states, he travelled many miles,
and could not meet with employ. He at length an
ill, and was taken into an hospital, and wheh reco-
vered, the Americans found the person who brought
them over, and ordered hint to employ and maintain
them two years, or take them again to England. He
acceded to the latter, and they were relanded in Eng-
land, at Portsmouth, last week, where they obtained
temporary relief, and were passed from thence to
their old habitation here. This is an additional in-
stance of the futility of such speculations on the part
ora parish. The sum here expended to get rid of a
iarthen, pro temporc, might have been a sufficiency,
Properly laid out in this country, for the whole
family for life.
THE LATE FIRE IN GRACECNURCH-STEEET.Be•
Sideahe two firemen and turncock, there was a fourth
man lost his life at the above calamitous fire, whose
warns was not known until yesterday ; his name was
George Ross, a journeyman carpenter ; he lived at
4 40, Parker-street, Drury-lane, where he bore a
good character. From his wife's statement, it ap-
pears, that he and she were at market, atter which
they went into a public-house, at a late hour, on Sa-
turday night week (the night the fire broke out); she,
vent home and left him in the public-house, since
'which hour she had not seen him: not coming home
that night, she feared he might have got into some
serape, and she made inquiry at differeot watch-
'"Uses; hearing no account of him, she inquired on
Monday at the different Police Offices, but without
success: she afterwards inquired at the various pri-
sons and hospitals, but her search proved ft uitless;
at length, from the circumstance of his being miss-
ing since the night of the tire, she began to suppose
.
flight be the person whose body was not owned.
in Inquest sat on the bodies, and they were buried
(n S"ndaY. The disconsolate woman repaired to
aide the necessary inquiry, and from the stockings
and some fragments of clothes, she was convinced
I were those of her unfortunate husband. It is
onjectuted th n he had accompat.ied the fire-engines
md was assisting the fitemen.