The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-20
London.
Correspondence Of the Hernld.l

Corn-Stdte Of Wahs-hish Repeal Election OF
I-ord Mayor Corn Laio LEAGUE american
Niofltp AGdrs on the Continent Movements OF
Espartero- Condition Of The Nobility, &C., &c.
My DEAR SIR
We are arrived at the end of another quarter, and
we shall find the ministerial organs which, in
town, are now confined to one published in the
morning, the other In the evening, the Herald and
Standard-wil in the course OF a day or two, be
Boosting Of the improvement of the revenue, exhi-
bited by the October quarter. The Improvement Of
trade consequent upon the necessity for keeping up
the ordinary temporary supply of articles Of
consumption the stocks of which are nearlyexhaust.
ed by the lapse of time will be main cause of this
apparent better state of things; butt will be mainly
attributable to the increase of customs, derived
from the immense quantity of foreign corn let loose
in every part of the kingdom recently, but at the
duty OF fourteen shiiings per quarter, and which,
on the day the duty came down, have heard, on
important authority too roughly estimated at near.
ly 7OO,0 O0
At Livepool, nearly all the American pork has
been bought up for export to the West Indies.
Prices remain firm. Sa.es to a moderate extent
have also taken place in bacon, hams and lard For
seal and cod oil the demand is rather limited -
Sales making in Carolina rice at 24s for first and
2ls for second quality. At Belfast it is fetching
higher prices viz: 26s to Sos per cwt. Montreal pot
ashes are fetching there 26s; New York do 27s;
pearl do 27s to 3Os per cwt American tar lbs to lbs
per Dbl.
A sample of good butter-396 casks, imported last
month, by the American ship Europe, from New
York-has been brought to the office of the Anti
Monopoly Association, Liverpool The DUTY on
foreign butter is SO exorbitant 24d per h. that these
1896 casks OF butter will be mixed with tar as may
be often seen on the dock 9uays for the purpose of
making it unfit for food. When thus spoiled it will
be allowed for use as grease for cart wheels, &c
at the low duty of one tarthing per pound.
The small navy provision contract has been taken
Messrs. Barnewe 81 Sons. and 6OOuerces Of pork
at f3 los l0d, by Messrs Allen Il Anderson This
is great falling of in prices as well as in quantity
for in September 1872 !6 600 tierces Of beef were
taken f5 8, lOd f5 II. 81, and $4,000 of pork
at G5 lSs Sd to E5 l9s Cd. The curing houses hav.
ing been prepared tor the diminished wants of the
government, which is said to have large supplies
STILL owing to the cessation Of the China war, and
the market is not expected to go lower. We are
looking for arrivals soon of American cured prov-
slons, OF better quality, and more adapted to the
English market. The fault has hitherto been, tina
the meat has not been firm enough, shrinking in the
boiling, owing TO want OF dry food in feeding the
animal. The cutting up also requires alteration, SO
that the eye may be pleased as well as the palate
The condition of Wales becomes worse rather
than better. The whole population is highly exas-
perated not only against turnpike impositions but
against rents, tithes, and poor rates. 1t is a mere
blinking of the matter 10 assert, as some of tho
newspapers do, that the only cause OF disturbance
Is the tolls on the roads. These are, it is true,
prominent cause and The feelings of the people first
manifested themselves in the destruction of the
gaies-but there were other and fer more important
causes that produced the general discomfort that
lists, and the most prominent OF these, in Ire
land is exorbtant rents; next tlthes, which reg
uated by an absurd system OF taking the average
price of grain on years. But another cause is the
absurd and most pernicious Poor Law.
The Irish agitation for Repeal attracts less aten-
ton, having lost much of its novelty. and fresh ex-
pedien,s are required to bolster up its popularity
The agator is assailng Amencan slavery land very
wroth that SO little funds come IN from The States
new way of selling bad book has been resort ed
TO from which should infer that it Is discount
and grows musty on the publishers shelves. At re.
cent meeting at the Corn Exchange, Mr.. OCala-
CHAN gave notice that at the next me citing he would
move that there be ordered number OF copies o.
the Liberaors Memoirs of Ireland, Native Saxon,
to be distributed rewards to such repeal warden,
in Ireland, England, and Scotland, as shall, during
the present repe year, have actually collected and
transmitted to the Association EGO OF course "the
rent" suffers for this and very decent speculation
1t will be for the publisher and the disintrested au
thor OF Memoirs of Ireland, Native and Saxon.
The fires in London continue to be OF frequeh
occurrence, averaging five day. l look on these
fires with great suspicion, as they scarcely be
accidental and OF so tquent occurrence On Thurs
day fire broke out on board the American shil
Toronto, Capt. r. Grswold which was on the eve
of sailing for New York, lying in st Kalherine'
| Docks, but was soon got under by cutting away
portion of the cook house in which the acciden
originated. The ship, however, had narrow es
| cape.
| The good citizens of London have been and ar,
still full Of civil and parliamentary elections The
election for Lord Mayor for the ensuing year hal
been decided. The present Mayor (Hlmphreys,,
was put in nomination again.the two candidates
| text in rotation were Aid. T. Wood and Aid. Mag
nay. The Livery and Corporation would not have
| the former, as some imputatons attach to his cha
racteI, tor having been concerned 10 some dlsre
putable humDug mining speculation. the sharehold
ers of which were completely swindled. Finding j
useless to contest the Office, he resigned, and TIT
present Lord Mayor, not wishing to incur the ex
Pense and fatigue OF another year in office, Aid
Magnay was chosen. There is a vacant alderman
gown TOR the ward of Crpplegate, for which MI
ChalIis will be returned without opposition.
The death OF Sir Matthew Wood, of Queen Care
ton of the city. The candidates on the other sid
are hardly yet fairly on the field, both parties ha
wing seemingly been undecided as to whom to no
inmate as candidate. The Tories first thought O
the plea0of i'll health, requistion was got up t,
Mr.. Th0s. Barring, who has consented to stand
| Such man connected with SO wealthy house
dong business with all parts OF the world, and tn,
son OF Lord Ashburton, IS eminenty fitted 10 repre-
sent great commercial city like London. To op
pose him the Liberals have brought forward MIR
James Pattlson, who has the influence of the anti
corn law league to back him. The election take
place in about ten days, but yet little interest
| manifested on the subject
The ami corn law league have recommended
their operations in favor OF free trade with renewed
vigour They held their first meeting OF
the 2sth at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden
which they have engaged Tor one night month an
ill Parliament meets. after which weekly meeting
will be regularly held The league has taken splen
did central Offices in Fleet street, where maguf
cent building has been fitted up, and where they
aow issue their Weekly Organ, which has been in
creased in size, and altered in name from the Anti
Bread Tax Circular to the League. They have
also branch offices at Charng Cross and Cheap
side.
1t may be OF importance to the members of the
Masonic body in your neighborhood TO inform then
that the Grand iLodge of England, which is, they
are aware, the great representative OF the grea
body OF that craft in this country has increased i'll
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