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thought the time would arrive when the proposed transit
sheds would be turned into warehouses.
Mr. AIKIN thought that if Mr. Shell and Mr. Yates had
had looked to the words " reasonable opposition," expressed
in the report of the committee, they would have been saved
the trouble of making speeches. Was it to be supposed that
that council would stay their bill in consequence of any un-
just opposition on the part of any portion of the warehouse
owners ? There was no doubt that let the council resolve on
whatever course it would, some persons would be dissatisfied;
and it was impossible to have all satisfied. He had given up
several points for the purposes of conciliation and also for
the purpose of disarming hostility, and he believed that i
they went to parliament, based on the present recommenda-
tions (recommendations which were contained originally in
Lord Sandon's letter) they would disarm opposition,. but he
also believed that delay would entail disgrace. Mr. Hornby's
motion was indefinite, because, according to its tenor, if the
report failed in bringing about conciliation, or if, in flue, any
warehouse proprietor was not conciliated, then the whole
thing was to be opened up again ! The present course, was
far preferable. They were now prepared by a large majority
to adopt the course suggested by Lord Sandon, and which
reflected great honour upon his lordship, who was now fol-
lowing in the steps of the great Husk isson. As the commit-
tee, therefore, had followed up Lord Sandon's recommenda-
tion, he begged to move " that the report be adopted."
Mr. ROBINSON agreed with Mr. Aikin's motion, and
hoped Mr. Shell would be induced to withdraw his amend-
ment, as delay would only have the effect of raising up ima-
ginary opposition.
Mr. CASE could not agree to either the motion or the
amendment. (A laugh.) He disagreed from the motion,
because it was totally unnecessary, inasmuch as the report
recommended a reference to the committee, who were to
report to the council, and then for the council to discuss and
determine on the report as made by the committee. lie
disagreed from the amendment, because it proposed to refer
the whole subject to the next council, which would take place
before the committee could have made any report whatever.
It was, therefore, different from the report of the special
committee appointed upon this subject, to which the council
were much indebted, and the object of which was, to carry
conciliation completely into effect. He agreed to the motion
just made by Mr. Aikin for the adoption of the report. For
what was the adoption of the report? The adoption of the
report meant the adoption of the general principle of the
measure, subject to a discussion in the committee, and sub-
ject to a discussion in the council afterwards, wherein All
matters in the bill would be taken into consideration. It
would he competent for any one to open a discussion on the
subject in the council; and he believed many of the clauses
of the ,bill would have to be altered in consequence of the
suggestions of the committee.
Mr. ATKIN said they only pledged themselves at present
to the principle, and then the matters of detail would be
under the supervision of the Finance Committee. The
principle being conceded, he thought there would be no oc-
casion to bring that question before the council ;gain.
Mr. H. Hongilit said he had no Objection to withdraw
his motion in favour of Mr. Aikin's. _ . .

Mr. BIRKETT then rose for the purpose of showing that
the committee had not adopted the recommendations con-
tained in Lord Sandon's letter, as alleged by Mr. Aikin ;
but was interrupted by
The MAYOR, who commenced to recapitulate Lord San-
don's recommendations, in the course of which Mr. Birkett
resumed his seat. At the close there were several calls for
Mr. Birkett to proceed.
Mr. BIRKETT said that he had three times attempted to
address the mayor, but was as often interrupted. He con-
sidered it extremely unfair, but he would not attempt to ad-
dress him a fourth time.
Mr. H. LAWRENCE suggested that there be an end to the
discussion. . . .

Mr. SIDAL said, as it appeared to be the general opinion
that the report should be adopted, he would not divide the
council on his amendment.
Mr. YATir.s said, that if the warehouse owners should not
have any unfair advantage in parliament, he would consent
to withdraw Mr. Sheil's amendment, he having been its se-
conder.—Withdrawn accordingly.
The report was then declared to have been unanimously
adopted, and the council adjourned at a quarter after twelve
o'clock.

-lER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO PARLIAMENT TO
OPEN THE SESSION.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
It is a practice so congenial to the feelings of the whig
party to make the personal popularity of their Sovereign
cover their own notorious want of favour with the public,
that I was anxious to be able to inform you, from personal
observation, of the exact degree of merit which Lord Mel-
bourne's administration was fairly entitled to claim, on the
score of the favourable reception accorded to her Majesty on
this occasion by her subjects. If ever there was a time when
the appearance in public of the monarch was likely to excite
in a more than usual degree the affectionate congratulations
of her people, one would naturally imagine that on this occa-
sion such congratulations might have been fully calculated
upon. Since her last public appearance her Majesty had
presented to the nation an heir to the throne ; and upon so
youug and so lovely a mother, could a body of English men
and women be found callous enough to visit the sins of her
advisers, or to manifest towards her any feelings but those of
kindly sympathy and loyal devotion? The natural supposi-
tion *as, undoubtedly, that none such could be found ; and
those who are in the habit of jumping to conclusions antici-
pated (as the ministerial organs have represented the fact)
that the royal progress from the palace to Westminster would
be " a triumphant ovation."
A description of the procession (which you will have from
the ordinary sources) I will not trouble you with, but proceed
to describe the expression of public opinion which it attracted.
In the park the company was very numerous, the entire dis-
tance, from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards, being
lined on both sides of the procession, by people apparently of
the middle and lower classes, a great portion being females.
During the progress of her Majesty, the most decorous order
was observed by the anxious gazers ; but except on one occa-
sion, when first leaving the palace, there was scarcely any
manifestation of popular feeling which could, by a stretch of
the ordinary use of language, he termed enthusiasm. In
Downing-street and Parliament-street the same concourse of
people lined both sides of the road, and most of the shops and
windows were crowded with well-dressed females ; but beyond
the waving of white pocket handkerchiefs, and an occasional
feeble attempt to get up a cheer, no feeling be) uad that of
ordinary curiosity was manifested. An evident apathy ap-
peared to pervade the entire assemblage,
The prevailing sentiment, I'venture to -14, felt towards
her Majesty in the minds of her subjects present, was that of
affectionate pity. Throughout the whole of her progress she
was evidently suffering from an exertion, to which her present
strength was manifestly unequal. Her features were very
pale, and marked by an agitation of manner which it is said
is unusual in her to display; and by some observers it was
thought that disappointment, caused by the evident coldness
with which her greetings were received on the part of her
subjects, contributed to increase the anxious expression of
her countenance. Her winning smile and deeply-interesting
manner would have disarmed any hostility, however deep-
rooted, could such a feeling exist towards her ; but even these
failed in converting pity and admiration into enthusiasm.
Beyond the ordinary number of mere sightseers, I believe
that nine-tenths of the crowd assembled would gladly have
forgone the pleasure of seeing the person of their Sovereign,
and have preferred that the session should be opened, and the
royal speech read, by commission, rather than that her Ma-
jesty should be dragged from her domestic privacy, and ex-
posed, within so short a period after her
ss accouchement, and
on
in her sent evident state of weakne, to the fatigue c-
sequentpre upon this pageant.
Some public demonstration, however, was desired in favour
of the Melbourne incapables ; and her Majesty was willing
to make the-sacrifice of personal comfort to strengthen her
ministers. I doubt much, however, and lam not singular
in doubting, whether the result has answered ministerial
expectations. The members of the ministry themselves, I
may remark, very prudently abstained from making any very
prominent display of their own persons on their way to both
houses.

STRANGE ADVENTU
FRAUD .RE-SUPPOSED CASE 0

Public attention has been much attracted to the suspicious
circumstances of the loss of the Dryad. A somewhat similar
otiiansaction has recently come to light, and been the subject
much conversation in Liverpool. Some few months since
vessel called the Active sailed from Liverpool for Lisbon,
laaden with British manufactures. A letter was subsequently
received from some place in Spain, from the captain, stating
her total loss. In due course he presented himself in Lisbon,
prepared the necessary documents, and forwarded a minute
account of the circumstances to the parties who had shipped
the goods. The usual claims were of course made on the
underwriters, and duly honoured. Letters, however, have
just been received, stating that a Hamburgese vessel bad
arrived at Madeira, and had offered for sale goods which had
been
taken from the Activa. Some merchants in Madeira
'
recognising the mark of the Lisbon house to whom the goods
belonged, called for the interference of the consul, and by his
exertions the Lisbon owners were made aware of the facts.
The account given by the Hamburger was, that having fallen
in with the Activa abandoned by her crew, they had taken
out the goods to make her navigable, and had sent her into
the island of St. Thomas. On the other hand it was sworn,
in the papers sent home by the captain of the Active, that she
had been seen to go down after she was abandoned !
Whatever may be the real history of the transaction, one
fact is certain, that the risks and losses incurred by British
merchants from the incapacity, cowardice, or roguery of such
people as the crew of the Active, are wholly due to the apathy
with which our government permits foreign powers to cripple
our mercantile marine by capricious fiscal enactments. For
instance, merchants at Liverpool are virtually compelled to
ship goods for Portugal in Portuguese bottoms, because our
grateful allies impose an additional 15 per cent. on British
goods imported in British bottoms ! Such matters as these
are quite beneath the consideration or notice of the diplo-
matic dignitaries of the foreign-office.

Since the above was in type, we have received the Morning
Post, and in the Lisbon letter we find the following allusion
to this transaction. It will demand a searching investigation.
By the Portuguese schooner Funchal, arrived here in six
days from Madeira, it is related that a Danish barque had
appeared there with a quantity of Manchester piece goods,
which were attempted to be sold by the captain, who, how-
ever, from a want of knowledge of the custom. house regu-
lations, had not made proper manifests, so that the property
was seized under the custom-house law, and the captain fined
some £6OO. It appears that the Dane had met at sea the
Portuguese brig Activa, dismasted and abandoned, from
which he had taken the goods in question to lighten the ves-
sel, upon which he shipped his mate and some five men,
sending her on to St. Thomas ! If such are the facts, the
Dane appears to have been disposed to appropriate the whole
cargo, and will probably get himself into unpleasant
difli-
culties ; whilst, had he gone honestly to work, the salvage
must have been very great, as the cargo was estimated at
£15,000 value.

FEMALE POACFIER.T.An
.offender answering this descrip-
tion, was, about two o ciock in the morning of Sunday, the
10th instant, caught following her vocation on the game pre-
serves of I. B. S. Morritt, Esq., of Rokeby Park, in the
north riding of this county. The female alluded to, is house-
keeper to a person named Hodgson, residing in Barnard
Castle. The fruits of this fair one's early rising, is said to
have been a plentiful supply of hares, which were found in
her possession, carefullywrapped up in an under garment
which she had (notwithstanding the inclemency of the season)
stripped off for the purpose. The matter has been investi-
gated before the magistrates, and the gallant fair committed
to the House of Corree:tion,,at N.orthallerton, for three ca-
lendar months.—Halilax Guardian.

MR. OASTLER.—At a meeting of the friends of Mr.
Oasticr, held at thw house of Mr. James Wade, New Inn, on
Thursday week, the following resolution was moved by Mr.
Auty, and seconded by Mr. Ilustler :—" That it is the opi-
nion of this meeting tbat our warmest thanks are due and are
hereby given to that great and good 'flan, Richard Oastler,
for his indefatigable
exertions on behalf of the poor, op-
pressed factory slave; his unabating labours in defence of
the ill-used handloorn weavers ; and his stern and unflinch-
ing opposition to the New Poor Law Amendment Act (falsely
so called) ; and while we lament the influence which has in-
duced Mr. Thornhill to cast his old steward into prison (af-
ter having faithfully and efficiently served him for 18 years,)
they trust thst He who has all hearts in his hand will soften
the heart of Mr. Thornhill. In the meantime we hereby
pledge ourselves to promote his interest by every possible
means that lays in our power, ' We are happy to add that
Mr. Oastler's " Fleet Papers" are looked for with interest
by a numerous body of his friends in this town.—Haltfar
• Guardian.