The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-14 00:00:00

2 rattly passes through the gate which he has no occasion, except in • financial experiment, to nee. The keeper of the north gate, delighted with a gratuitous customer, allows him to pass at a reduced rate, and furnishes him with a ticket, with which he turns round and passes through the indignant south gate without discussing in any way the rate of the tolls. After a few journeys per formed on this principle, the keeper of the south gate discovers that he may as well receive the dimini she d tolls as his neighbour, and a compromise is effected at the expense of - the superior lessee, or of the public. Another mode by which the reduction of tolls can be enforced is by making use of circuitous routes along the untolled highways, or as they are called in Scotland, statute-labour roads. The toll-keeper, as in the other cases which we have suggested, finds that it is better to receive a part of the legal toll, than to lose the whole for the sake of putting the recusant traveller to an inconvenience. It was an attempt, by the erection of side-bars, to put a stop to this method of evading the payment of tolls, which first excited the hostility of REBECCA against the Welch trustees. The hill-farmers, who, in dislike to parting with money, resemble the Scotch, thought that if they chose to dispense with the use of the turnpike-roads, they could not fairly be asked for tolls. It seems that in Fife and Kinross the option of using the highways is still generally open to those who are willing to travel by inferior and cir cuitous roads. Whether the power is actually exercised, or whether it is applied as a mode of com pelling the collectors to submit to reduced scales of payment, the loss to the public is equally evident. It appears then that under a system of taxation by toils, there is, first, a large necessary and legitimate deduction to be made for the risks and expenses of collection. In the next place there are three unlaw ful but not less voracious claimants to be provided with pickings out of the public funds : the lessees by secrecy and combination, the collectors by the facility of fraud, and individual travellers by ingenious con trivances to evade payment, all diminish the sum which ought to be received by the public or their trustees. In addition to the pecuniary loss, the utility of the roads to the public is greatly diminished, by making it the interest of every person to use them as little as possible. Taxation, varying inversely as the self denial and economy of the tax-payer, is always an impediment to consumption and to enjoyment. It would be better that every one should use the roads as often as he finds it convenient, and that he should pay, not according to his actual use, but either accord ing to his means or according to his assumed fre quency of making use of the roads. Mr. PAGAN proposes that those who use the roads should be made to pay for them by a rate on horses. Others may think that a taxation according to the means of the taxpayer would be more equitable. On • future occasion we shall probably investigate this subject. For the present oar object has been to open the way for a change, by showing the inconvenience of the present system. We may be certain that when a class, professional or political, takes the initiative in reforming its own abuses, there is some effective, though perhaps an avowed. power, in action. And to no class is this more applicable than the English lawyers. As a body, they ore strenuous upholders of existing insti tutions, and, with a large majority of them, the abuses and anomalies by which institutions often become surreunded are cherished as fondly as the instltutione themselves. This might have been called the distinctive characteristic of the profession down to the retirement of Lord ELDON. It is true that many distinguished exceptions have occurred, bat still the prevailing tone of mind amongst our lawyers has been that of unreasoning conservation. When, therefore, we find the lawyers originating a " Society for promoting the Amendment of the Law," we may be sure that there is some new force at work, or some old one acting with additional vigour. 'this force will be found to be the progress of industrial ideas— the development of the power of the middle classes. The first great attempt to improve the law was Sir Roemer PEEL'S consolidation and amendment of the criminal law—an attempt nearly contemporaneous with the first steps towards the amelioration of our commercial code. Both indicated the decline of aris tocratic, and the advance of industrial, influence. Since that period there has been a constant change going on in the law. In the law of bankruptcy and insolvency, in the law of property, in the procedures of the courts of law and equity, the alterations have been such as to render each and all of those branches something totally different to their former state ; and all such alterations have been so far in the right direction, that they have been intended to meet the convenience of the public. Most of these changes, however, merely removed evils so glaring, that, when plainly stated, they could not be defended. For instance : real property has been made liable to the simple contract debts of a deceased landholder ; a somewhat more rational limit has been put to the period within which the title to land may be litigated ; deeds accompanied by certain formalities have been substituted for the ficti tious suits called " fines and recoveries" as. con veyances of peculiar interests in landed property, and many others which will at once occur to the profes sional reader. Bat such alterations had the aspect of patchwork legislation a leak was stopped here, and a particular grievance abolished there, yet the main body and principle of the law remained in a great degree unchanged. In 1814, political events and social progress had induced the application of the test of utility to some of our laws which were supported by the most pow erful influences, and some of our more intelligent lawyers felt the time was come when the same test must be applied to the general body of our law. This led to the formation of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, to which we have referred. We have now before us the four annual reports made by the society, and thereby we propose briefly to trace the progress of opinion in favour of amend ment of the law which has been made amongst the professional class. The first report in June, 1811, when the society bad been only a few months in existence, states, " that from the profession the society has met with far greater encouragement than was ever anticipated." The plan of action adopted by the society is one not ill-fitted for inquiry ; the members are divided into committees on various branches of the law, and each committee reports from time to time to the society at large, when the report is considered, discussed, and referred back to the com mittee. or adopted and published as the report of the society. Of course, these reporfs would be framed by a comparatively few of the members, and generally by men not much distinguished as successful practi tioners ; but still if the more eminent members of the , profession be induced to give their countenance and occasional assistance,tbe reports will fairly enough re present the opinions of the profession. And taking that to be the fact, these reports possess considerable interest. The second annual report (June, le-15) gives evidence of a growing interest in the objects of the society. The members had greatly increased, and the recruits had come from both the senior and junior ranks of the law. This report says " The impres sions we have to produce are of slow growth, requiring much time for their maturity, yet more for the ascertaining of their true value," and indicates that the "institution is calculated to facilitate the labours of the legislature." The " parliamentary committee " had made a report on the establishment of a board for revising bills presented to parliament, and which the fragmentary character of our past legislation seems to require. It must, however, be remembered, that much of our partial and sometimes inconsistent changes arises from the aversion entertained by the I legislature to large and thorough changes anerevi sio ns thelaw. No care in framing bills can meet this evil ; it is inherent in the temporising system which has hitherto prevailed in parliament. Amongst other recommendations of the society recorded in this report were the provisions of two bills "to facilitate the conveyance of real property and the granting of leases," and " for super-eding the necessity of assign ing outstanding terms," then pending in parliament, and which in • later report are stated to have become law, and to be acting beneficially. Now this abolition of outstanding terms is the mere removal of an absurdity, productive of great expense, in in vestigating the title to land, and of no earthly use to the owner ; its abolition, though useful, is a small matter for a society professing such large aims. Another subject of more importance is also mentioned in the second report as having been referred to the committee on the law of property, via.: " Whether it be possible or expedient to adopt the machinery of the public funds to the transfer of real property." The committee seems to have re- THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EYEING, OCTOBER 14, 1847. ceased joy ts ear heart te occupy ourselves with such • pro. jest, sad we me not alarmed at the grave difficulties which unfortunately checked our redeemers, when they under took this task. We gave to • most honourable special coo missies the charge of drawing up a series of r which, in maintaining intact the rights of the h:r al yano ti = the sovereignty, determine the rights and duties of the new communal representation and administration of Rome. Them regulations having been carefully examined by us, and found fully satisfactory, we have, by oar swiss ',morn), and by our supreme authority, ordained and do ordain what follows. Here follow the articles, which are 76 in number. They declare that all representation and all jurisdic tion, whether administrative, judicial, or baronial of the Roman magistracy, which have been in vigour till now, shall be abolished. Rome, and all the agio Romano, arc to be represented and administered, like other districts of the state, by a deliberative council and an administrative magistracy. The council is to be composed of 100 members, of whom 64 are to be landowners, 32 bankers, merchants, or members of liberal professions, or colleges, or scientific, literary, or artistic institutions, and four are to represent the clergy and the charitable establishments. The nomination of the municipal councillors is to be made for the first time by the sovereign ; afterwards by the council itself, by thirds every two years, or according to the new laws which are to be published on the general organisation of municipal councils in the states of the holy see. The municipal magistracy, which is to be called the senate of Rome, is to be composed of a senator and eight conservators. The privileges and duties of the council and the magistracy are to be the same as those of the other towns of the state. The 61st article enacts that the municipality shall keep the registers of births, mar riages, and deaths, whatever may be the religion of the persons registered. This article is considered a very liberal one. The Piedmonlese Gazette, under the date of Leg horn the 6th, says that on the firth a numerous throng of people went tumultuously through the streets of the town, vociferating" Long live Corsini ! Liberty for ever ! Death to all Germans—to the King of Naples —to Baldasseroni!" These seditious cries were re peated before the palace of the governor, adding to them the cry of" Down with the Sproni !" The civic guard, disposed in various patrols, had infinite trouble in dispersing the mob ; on the 6th it was feared that the scenes of the preceding day might be renewed ; and it was impossible to foresee what may be the result should that be the case. MADRID, OCT. 7. The rich capitalist Seriola was sent fo; between one and two this morning to make his appearance before the council of ministers. The motive of his being sumo oned from Lis bed at that extraordinary hour is net known. 3lony suppose that he has been called upon to furnish the sum for which Salamanca's connivance at the fall of the late ministry is suspected to have been bought. The question of Salamanca's innocence or guilt in this matter remains as strongly canvassed and as much a matter of impenetrable mystery as ever. The Correo is calkd upon to furnish :- planation', stupidly enough, because it must beobvieus that Salamanca would let his Correa shift for itself, as soon as he had dropt out of his place. The Correo indeed cuts the most absurd figure, having not a word to say about the evens which, of course, absorb every other paper. It is said that Serrano is be made prince and grander of Spain. The Progresista popes have begun attacking him furiously, and promise to keep up the fire. Certainly a ranker instance of apostasy, a more tortuous specimen of intrigue, than that of which the favourite has been guilty, it would be difficult to find in the annals of any country. Beyond a doubt he has strained his ii,lluence over the Queen danger ously to effect this change. Although the Queen has no personal objection against Narvaez, she entertains the deep est sense of the unworthy manner in which she was sacri ficed on the occasion of her marriage, and has, in constqm nee, anything but friendly dispositions towards the Fiench court Escosura and Salamanca had sn interview with the Queen, to take leave of her Majesty, on Tuesday night. When they said they hoped their successors would serve her with equal fidelity, the Queen answered Mi Crow que non (I fear nut) This I heard from a person who knows Escosura intimately The Condon de Montijo is made Camariera. Oluzage is returned. AUSTRIA.—TRIESTE, OCT. 3.—A NEW LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN ALEXANDIUA AND TRIESTE.—A new steamer, called L'ltalie, has just been launched in this port ; it is destined to ply between Alexandria and Trieste, and to carry the India mail. Another steamer, called the Germanie, is nearly ready . for launching, and will be put on the same line. This service of steom•houta would have been ready some time since, had not a delay occurred in the arrival of the engines from England. The overland mail will probably come rid Trieste in the first month of 1848. PRUSSIA—BERLIN, Oct. B.—M. de Savigny has been named President of the Council of State, keeping at the same time the poet which he already occupied. BAVARIA.—MuNicn, OCT. 6.—The first sitting of the present session of the upper chamber of the diet was signalised by an accident well worth relating. When the verification took place of the titles of the Baron de Reissach, the new Archbishop of Munich and Freimingen, the Prince of Wrede protested against his nomination, pretending that this prelate, had been educated at a German college at Rome, belonged to the Society of Jesus, the members of which, according to our now existing laws, are excluded from all public employments. The president replied that the chamber had no right to interfere in this question, as M. de Reissach, named Archbishop of Munich and Freiasingen by the Pope, had taken before the King the oath of allegiance prescribed by the constitution, and that he ' consequently was a member of the chamber. As no reclamation was mode against this observation, the president ordered M. de Reissach to be introduced ; hut, at the very moment when the new member was about to take his seat, the Prince of Wrede reiterated his protestation, which he directed to M. de Reissach himself. The prelate replied, that though he had been educated in the German College, at Rome, he never had belonged to the Society of Jesus; that he was well acquainted with the laws of his country; and that, had he been a Jesuit, he would not have been base enough to accept a charge the laws of the land would not have allowed him to fulfil. The Prince de Wrede declared himself satisfied with this declaration, and the chamber proceeded to the order of the day. ea two reviews eesseloas. Mr. Langhans said that his mew wee w Bated haled& ," and those words appeared on a ham plate 'pea We deer. He wee well known u de signated in the Ile. The Revising Barrister allowed the vote, and wells. ants. lea similar case, that of William Ro binson, licensed victualler, of 26, Castle-street, Mr. Brown objected on the ground that the christian name inserted was "George." The Barrister said that under the 40th siction of the act, he had the power to correct the error. The objection woe ace irdingly disallowed. Newman Lapstord, of No. 135, Fetter-lane, was objected to by Mr. Brown. It appeared that he occupied four rooms on the second and third floor, the landlord occupying the ground and first doors. There were two front entrances, one leading to a shop used by the landlord, and a private street entrance, used by Lapeford, and of which he had the key. A back entrance, seldom used, was common to both.—Mr. Brown contended that the landlord must be held to he the occupant ' , of the premises ; while Mr. Smith argued that t he c ase was similar to that of the ions of court, in which it hod been settled that one entrance to the street-door was sufficient, if combined with a command over the premises. The name was retained, though the revising barrister said he could not admit the justice of Mr. Smith's comparison. Several ob jections were disallowed in the parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, and cote were awarded, to the great dissatisfaction of the agents. Mr. M'Christie expreesed hie determination to award costs in every case of frivolous objection.—During the revision of this parish, Mr. Ledger, one of the liberal agents, complained that some of the lists of this parish had not been prepared in alphabetical order, and urged that the neglect of the overseers ought to be vis ited with a line.—Mr. M , Christie said that the inaccuracies in the list had caused the disfranchisement of several persons who would other wise have been entitled to vote; and he ordered that the overseers should be fined 31.—1 n the parish of St. Sepulchre, James Brown chilled as the occupant of a shop, 30, Long lane, for which he paid Ss. 3d. a week. The claimant had been placed on the rate-book for the rate struck in Oct. last, and the name of the previous occupant had been inserted in all the subsequent rate-books. The claim was necessarily die allowed, and the barrister inflicted on the overseers a fine of 31. The result of the day's revision was as follows Liberal claims, allowed. 5 ; disallowed, 41. Conservative, allowed, 0; disallowed, 0. Liberal objections, sustained, 11 ; 21. Conservative, sustained, 74; failed, 40. Objections by both parties, sustained, 11 ; failed, 0. To-day will he taken the objrctiens in the parish of St. Bride, the remainder of Farringdon Without (south), the kl Odle and Inner Temple, Allhallows, Lombard-street, and Allhallows, Steyning. MIDDLESEX.—The revising barrister (Mr. Shad well) was occupied yesterday in revising the lists for the parishes of St. John, Hampstead; St. Mary, Ilornsey, and Willesden ; the court being held at Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead. The objections in the Hampstead list (which were devoid of interest) having been disputed of, the vestry clerk applied to the barrister to insert the names of a num ber of claimants of whose qualification he was satisfied, and who had claimed in due time, but whose claims having been retained by the overseer had act been inserted in the list of new claimants prepared by him (the vestry clerk).—The Barrister Does not the 38th section of the Registration Act provide for that?—Mr. W. James, jun. : The 37th sec tion It is that refers to county voters, and provide that not withstanding the omission, the barrister may insert the names of claimants under such circumstances, provided it is proved to his satisfaction that the parties povessed a qualifi cation entitling them to be on the register on the last day of July last.—The Barrister But these parties must have known their names were omitted, and should have attended to support their claims—The Vestry Clerk: They have had no notice of the omission, and the overseers are prepared to state that they believe the claims are good. —Mr. Payne : Have you given notice to the parties that their names are not inserted in the list of new claimants, and that they must attend to prove their qualification, al though no objection has been served.—The Vestry Clerk : No.—The Barrister : I think that might have been done.— Mr. Payne The parties should have hail the opportunity of proving their qualification.—The Barrister : But if they don't attend to support their claims, I cannot insert their names.—The Vestry Clerk : There is no doubt raised as to the qualification, and the parties arc entirely innocent as to the omission : it would be hard, therefore, that tl.ey should Buffer.—The Barrister : As the parties are not here, it ap pears to me that the matter is not before the court.—The Vestry Clerk But we appear for the parties. The qualifii cation in most of the cares the overseer can speak to —The Barriste r : Can you prove that the claims arc in the handwriting of the parties ? Mr. James, having examined the claims, said, " In the cam of one of the claimants, Mr. Perry, I can prove the hand- writing; I know this is his signature.—The Barri-ter: Did you see . him write it ?—Mr. James: No, but I know his handwriting well, having often seen hull write.—The Bar , Hater : That will not do.—Mr. James: I apprehend, sir, that in giving evidence of handwriting it is not necessary for the witness to have seen the party sign the particular docu ment; it is sufficient to meek to the knowledge generally.— The Barrister: In my opinion it is. In the case of 11. Ca vendish (another claimant), when was the claim re. cuived I— The Overseer. I cannot state the day ; but nreceived none of the claims after the 20th of July. —The Barrister: But the claim is not good in itself. The qualification is not sufficiently described. The claim must be disallowed.—The Vestry Clerk : I am sorry you decide on striking out the name, sir, for I can prove the qualification; and here is the overseer prepared to swear that the claim was delivered in due time.—The Barrister : I see the party claims as occupying tenant. What rent does he pay ?—The Vestry Clerk: I know it is more than 501. a year.—The Barrister : Well, can you swear that that is his signature (pointing to the signature on the claim) ?—The Vestry Clerk : It is the claim we received.—The Barrister : That won't do. I cannot allow the claim—Several other claims were dis al lowed ou the same ground, the absence of proof of handwriting. The claim of the Rev. Mr. Kelly, which was one of the same batch, was ad mitted, the handwriting and qualification being proved.— The Barrister: In this case of Perry, do you (to Mr. Robert son, of Hampstead) know his handwriting ? —Mr. Robert son: Yes; I live next door to him. I have often seen him write, and I know the signature to the claim to be his. I also know that he has the qualification.—The Barrister: The claim is dated the 20th July ; when did the overseer receive it f—The Overseer : I cannot speak to the exact day, but I received no claim later than the 20th July.—Mr. Payne : Mr. Perry claims as occupying tenant; do you know what rent he pays ?—Mr. Robertson : It is either fifty guineas or 551.—The Barrister And you say you know the hand writing, Mr. James?—Mr. James: I do. The Bar rister Have you ever seen him write.—Mr. James: I have, often.—The Barrister : Is the signature to the claim his ? Mr. James: I believe it to be so.—The claim was then allowed. In another case, in which the vestry clerk offered to prove the qualification, the claim was disallowed for want of proof of the handwriting of the party, the overseer admitting that he bad filled up the claim and signed it by order or the claimant.—To-day the list for the Uxbridge polling district will be taken at the White Horse, Uxbridge, at 12 o'clock. ported thereon to the society, but that is all. This has long been in use on the continent of Europe and in America,and there is nothing. to prevent its adoption here but the lingering feudalism of our landowners. With that sentiment we doubt whether the society has energy enough to conflict. However, the next, the third annual report, indicates somewhat more breadth of purpose. Then it had been " joined by many members of both houses of parliament, and by many other gentlemen belonging to the mercantile and other classes of the community . This was undoubtedly an infusion of useful blood, for though the technical knowledge required to amend the law may be brought by lawyers, the extent and completeness of the amend ments will mainly depend upon " the mercantile and other classes." We may mention as a I good omen of its usefulness, that the great middle-class leader, Mr. Cosines, has joined the society. This report says " the profes sion should exert themselves in every possible way to cheapen and simplify the necessary dealings between man and man connected with real pro , perty." Let the society really carry out the prin. ciples involved in that proposition, and itwill do good service. Their first step should be to investigate the operation of the law of settlement and entails. Dare they touch it ? The answer Yes or No is the test of their utility. In this report we hear no more of "adapting the machinery of the funds" to the transfer of real property; but we find a report in favour of a " general registry of deeds." On these subjects there is rather more of beating about the bush of a griev ance, than that direct effort to dislodge it which befits earnest reformers. The society seems to claim the Lords' report on the burthens on land " as some proof of the benefit which already attended the diffusion of our reports and proceedings." On the validity of that claim we can offer no opinion. Nor is it of much consequence ; for though the Lords commiV tees, and the reports of the society, will undoubtedly smooth the way for more earnest law reformers, we do not look for much vigorous action from either quarter, except until external pressure. The last, the fourth report, shows that the society is growing in numbers, and contains some declamatory phrases which indicate no great desire for rapid progress. It recapitulates some of the topics of the former report. The chief new matter is, that the committee on the law of property had " presented a report on the pro priety of establishing a general map of the lands of England and Wales, and on the materials now in ex istence for making such a map." This is a ne cessary portion of the means of simplifying aneapening the title to, and transfer of, land. We are glad to have the authority of the society for the fact, " that lawyers are now taking larger views of professional protection ; they find that in most instances the public interest is their own ; and in the few cases of exception, or supposed exception, they feel that a class interest cannot be permitted to stand in the way of social progress." That is well; but it is not the class interest of the lawyers which, in the present temper of the public mind, is likely to stand in the way of social progress, but the class interest of the owners of land. Will the society ven ture to beard that class interest? Our Paris letters of Tuesday say that the cabinet crisis at Madrid formed the almost exclusive topic of conversation in all political circles in the French capital. The ministerial party talks of the thing as the result of the profound and well calculated policy of the cabinet of the Tuileries. The public is, however, too well instructed as to the real nature of the move ment to be thus imposed upon, and the opposition 1 journals do not fail to expose the intrigue in its true colours. The statement given by some of the Paris journals that Queen Christina had left for Madrid is not true. The Queen-Dowager was still at her hotel in Paris on Tuesday. The Madrid mails, with the journals and correspon dence of the 7th, have arrived, but bring little intelli gence of interest, in addition to what we hate already given. Parties were still breathless with the aston ishment produced by the catastrophe of the 4th. It is not strictly true that the administrative and other measures of reform enacted by royal ordonnauce, under the late cabinet, are annulled. The royal de r cree only suspends their execution until they shall have been sanctioned by the Cortes. The partisans of the fallen cabinet, and the progresistas generally, de clare that the recent coop d'(tat has been brought about by French money; that by such means gross calumnies have outraged the ears of the Queen, con veyed by the bribed officials of the court. Nothing can exceed the indignation produced by the base ter giversation of General Serrano, who, according to the Clamor Public°, is to be rewarded by being nomi nated a prince, and raised to the rank of a grandee of Spain. General Narvaez had a reception on the 7th for the corps diplmnatique, but we have no reports as to the personages who attended. Our correspondent's letter is given below. The &deices which arrive from the kingdom of the Two Sicilies are as puzzling to a conscientious jour nalist as the anticipation of the movements of the ministries fabricated in the ante-chambers of the Escurial. Tho dominions of King Ferdinand have been for some time, so far as respects the regular and legitimate transmission of intelligence, hermetically' sealed. Political news is a prohibited article in the tariff of Naples. Its importation and exportation are equally forbidden. As a necessary consequence, an article at this moment so mach in demand has become the staple of the smuggler, from whom alone we have hitherto derived our ordinary supplies, subject of course to the usual amount of adulteration and fraud. Now and then, when it suits the purpose of his Majesty, a special order is given to the Dogana to allow such articles of the kind to pass to certain favoured individuals. The sympathy of the organs of the cabinet of the Tuileries for governments such as that of Naples gives them peculiar claims for favours of this kind, and we find, accordingly, from time to time, intelligence in the columns of the Jour nal des Debaes, which can neither be obtained else where or verified by , other testimony. That journal announced, on Tuesday, with a tone of more than usual exultation, the reception of a letter from Naples, dated the 2Rth ult., in which it placed the most entire confidence, containing the intelligence that the insur rection which had broken out in several places, had never assumed an importance which could give serious disquietude to the government, and that the chief of the insurgents, the celebrated Romeo, had surrendered himself to the royal troops. "At present," continues the Dbots, " the insurrection is subdued, and the go vernment of the King is everywhere strong, every where master of the situation. All the points where there could be ground for apprehension, are occupied by imposing forces; and moveable columns, as is usual every year at the same epoch, overrun the provinces. But this is not the whole truth, nor the best of the truth. We are certainly informed that King Ferdi nand is not insensible either to the deplorable catas trophes which for several years have on different oc casions disturbed the tranquillity of his dominions, or to the glorious movement which Pius IX. has im pressed equally on the governments and the people of the Peninsula. We have, in fine, reason to know that if on the one hand he has vigorously repressed the in surrection, he has on the other perceived the necessity of making for the future concessions to liberal opinions, and that he has promised after the victory to exercise towards the conquered the noblest prero gative of royalty—clemency." Such is the substance of the confidential letter which has been allowed to reach the Journal des he bats, but which is at variance with all the reports hitherto received, whether by Germany or Marseilles. Letters from Rome of the 2nd bring the intelligence of a man proprio of PiuslX.to organise the municipal council and senate of Rome. The capital will thus acquire the benefit of municipal institutions, aid the control of the registers of the civil state will be trans ferred from ecclesiastical to civil authorities. The following is the man proprio which has just been published : When divine providence called us to govern the church and the state, our pa•ernal cares were directed to such of the populations so submitted to the pontifical government, and especially to this celebrated capital, their eldest sister, to which it is sweet to us to devote our labours and watching,. We feel obliged to have a special care for this illus trious city, beeline we unite to the power of sovereign that of Bishop of Rome, at which our heart rejoices. And if it be sweet to us to extend our affectionate solicitude over all our dear subjecta, we are still more happy to manifest it to the Romans, whom we have continually before our eyes, and who do not cease to give, with extraordinary constancy, new and excellent proofs of their filial respect to our mend person. What was especially imported(, and what we think most be a subject of public joy, was to restore to this deer city its ancient splendour of communal representation, by according to it a deliberative council, a body of magistrates charged to cause its deliberations to he executed, and reve nuts proportioned to the charges which it has to sustain. It Cbt Court. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning, accompanied by the Duke of Holstein, Prince William of Holstein, Count do Reventlow, and Viscount Palmerston. His Royal Highness was attended by Col. Seymour. Baron ltehausen and Count Revel are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Holstein Blacksburg, Prince William of Holstein, Count de Reventlow, Baron de Rehausen. Count do Revel, the Body in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord E. Howard, Sir Stratford and Body Canning, Miu L. Dawson Dowser, and Sir G. Cooper. Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Max quis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey. Earl Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Camp bell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. H. Lsbouchere, and the Right Hon. 'l'. B. Macaulay, were present at the cabinet dinner given by the Earl of Auckland yesterday (not on Tuesday), at his official residence, in the Admiralty. Mr. Brooke, rajah of Sarawak, had an interview with Earl Grey on Tuesday. Mr. Brooke had an interview with Lord John Russell, at his official residence, in Down ing -street. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt had a meeting, yesterday, at the Treasury. The Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the governor of the Bank of England, and the deputy-governor, were present. Mr. Higham, secretary and comptrolkr general, was in attendance. Madame Van do Weyer gave birth to a daughter yesterday, at the family mansion, in Portland-piece- The Metropolitan Sanitary Commission held a meeting at Gwydyr House yesterday. The commissioners present were Lord Robert Grosvenor, Edwin Chadwick, Esq., Professor Owen, Dr. Southward Smith, and Lambert Jones, Esq , with their secretary, Henry Austin, Esq. A deputation from the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, consist ing of Thomas Row, Wilson Frame, W. A. 5, Westoby, Thomas Broadbent, Francis Einem, and Alexander George Gray, directors ; with Mr. Wilson, the secretary, and Messrs. Edward Bennett and Parson, solicitors to the company, had en interview with the Commissioners of Railways at Whitehall, yesterday. Captain George Smith, R.N. ' attended at the Board of Trade, yesterday, to explain his invention for making any boat a life-boat when required. It consists of self-in flating tubes of trifling weight, into which valuable property and document+ may be placed and kept dry. The Caine principle was also shown to be applicable as a life-prescrver for the person. _ _ _ - • The Bishop of Sodor and Man had an interview with Sir G. Grcy yesterday at the flome•office.—Mr. Graves 2.laedonnell, G Aeracr of the Gambia had on interview with Earl Gr yesterlay.—Sir Donald Campbell and Sir Edmund Dead bad 01.1 interviews with his lordship yesterday at the Colonial-otlice.—Mr. Christie had an interview yesterday with Lord J. Rum:ll. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OY LOSIx/S.—The court commenced yester day with the revision of the list for St. Andrew's, Holborn. Several claims were disallowed, on the ground or the non-pay ment of rates. Frederick Langbam,orlo, 13attlett'a.buildinge, was objected to by Mr. Smith on the ground that there was no such perssn. the name being " Samuel Frederick Lang boat." A similar objectim had been nude and disallowed ANTI-GOLD-LAW LEAGUE. A public meeting was held lest evoking et the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of giving an exposition of the views of the supporters of the Anti- Gold-Law League. Mr. F. DENSOCII, the chairman, said, the members of the league had resolved not to discontinue their efforts till the law which they opposed was abolished. Since their last meeting, about a fortnight ago, three or four millions more of bad debts had been declared in the City. Such a state of things must be terrible to all, especially to the industrious classes, upon whom the great burden always fell. The country was never more prosperous, looking at the amount of orders in the manufacturers' hands, the price of provisions, and other things ; the only obstacle was, that bills of ex change were not discountable in Lombard-street, because it was said there was a want of gold. But why should the value of all other property be made dependent on the value of gold i Had gold been allowed to take its market value. according to the laws of supply and demand, and had it risen to 41. 17s. lOd. the ounce, additional notes would have been issued by the bank, and no deficiency in the circulation would have been experienced. The circulating medium ought to be one which bad no disposition to become I hoarded and secreted, as gold did. The distress in a panic arose, not so much from scarcity, as from the clew listing medium being hoarded. (Hear, hear.) Gold being of limited quantity, and having a positive value as a metal, ought to be allowed to pass from hand to heed at its market value, and not to have a permanent fictitious value im- pressod upon it. Some persons attributed the distress to over-production, and supposed that a cessation of labour would bring the remedy. But how were the millions who were thrown out of employment to be supported? Besides, the idea of producing too much corn, or too many goods of any description, was absurd in itself. The same objectors complained of the want of industry in Ireland; thus attri buting the distress of England to too much industry, and that of Ireland to too little. Under the present system, when gold was plentiful at the bank, an unlualtky stimulus was given to production ; the demand for gold was increased in the manufacturing districts ; and, the moment it began to, flow out of the bank, a stop was suddenly put to the activity. With a circulating medium properly regulated, no such to could take place. Ile regretted that the merchants of London were apparently so apathetic; but the apathy was only apparent ; he learnt from Liverpool that the merchants feared to get up a meeting on this subject, lest it should be supposed they were in difficulties. But, at such a moment, this delicacy ought to be flung to the winds ; for every move now was a move downwards. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had declared that solvent houses had no difficulty in obtaining discounts. The very day on which that statement was made, most unexceptionable paper had been rejected, for instance, that of Brown, Shipley, and Co., of Liverpool, by the largest bill brokers in the world, solely on the ground that they had not the money. (Hear, hear.) Either Sir Chas. Wood knew of this state of thiege, or he ' did net ; if not, be was u,dit for ths situation he held ; if he did know it, the remark was a heartless arid cruel one, end calculated to destroy all s confidence in him as a public man. The statistics given in Altson's " History of Europe" proved that our circulation, instead of increasing with the wants of tho country, was positively smaller than it was years ago. ' (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced that so many portions of the public preen supported this movement; and he doubted not that the Times would soon come round to their views, for ho invariably found that that paper changed its tone on all public questions. (Laughter.) Many might recollect the courteous notice it took of the first meetings of the Anti-Corn-law Leapt,. (Hear, hear.) He was astonished that our monied men tad ever consented t) bind them , selves so completely by the views of Sir H. Peel on the sub ject; unless they took a different course, nothing but ruin would await them, and they might look for the confiscation of their property. Ile blamed not the bullionist, in this. crisis ; lie had only done his beet to take advantage of a bad law. This was no question between theorists as to paper, and theorists as to gold; it was a question afficting the whole population, whose very existence was dependent on a plentiful circulating medium. Mr. J. DUNCAN said it was his duty to expound the principles on which this league was founded. A great dein sion was constantly propagated through the press by con founding money with currency. Money was a legal tender currency was not so; therefore, it was an abuse of terms to say that any one could manufacture money ; all they could do was to manufacture currency. The league held that the crown only ought to have the power, with the sanction of , parliament, of loaning money—not at caprice or discretion, ' but coacurreutly with the amount of annual taxation. Strictly speaking, the Queen had no riitht to demand taxes in any other form than in British commodities, as portions of the produce of the people's labour; and in thiA form hid the taxes actually been paid until the reign of Henry 1., when the exchequer tallies were introduced, and eon -1 tinned in use fur six centuries, down to 1694. Under this system, therefore, was laid the foundation of our stu pendous empire. How was it, then, that with a gold Cur reny, England was unable to support her population ?—The speaker then exhibited one of the old exchequer tallies, and explained their use as a circulating medium. With the in crease of traffic, he observed, it was found necessary to widen streets and roads ; but who, save Sir It. Peel, would have thought of selecting the scarcest commodity in the world as the basis of our circulating medium ? The circula tion was likened by Adam Smith to a road; and if it were not sufficient for our business transactions every one must see what would be the result. (Hear.) As to currency, the league held that it would be safe, under certain securities fixed by the state, to allow private bankers and others to make issues. The national debt was to be paid by some class or other—it ought to have been paid out of property, not out of labour. (Hear.) The propertied class ought to have redeemed the debt alter the cleat of the war; and if they would do this, the league would abandon its views, as in thav case the gold and the paper pound would be at par. But in an indebted nation, w here the interest of the debt was always paid out of its internal resources, it might be supposed that a depreciation in value would result from any extension of the legal tender. Supposing that the paper note were depreciated it would only be so in proportion to the indebtedness of the na tion • and it should be remembered that whoever pur chased government securities clothed themselves with government responsibilities. (Hear.) Reference was made to the fact of a pound-note and seven or eight shihinps, having been paid for a guinea after the passing of the Bank Suspension Act, and this was celled depreciation, though the fact was, it was a rise in the price of gold concurrently with a rise in the price of all other commodi ties. (Hear.) The speaker then referred to the proceed ings of the Bank since 1792, and showed that down to 1819 the circulation of notes had been constantly below the un funded debt, hearing to it an eve rige proportion of 57 per cent. Hence the charge of Mr. Huskisson against the Bank, of unduly increasing its iseues at this time, was wholly un founded ' • on the other band, there had been a re,vular de crease. The Bank had never issued notes up to the amount of the Exchequer Bills deposited with it by government ; but, on the other hand, had compelled government to the exercise of economy. The Bank had the power of refusing advances to the government. This humiliating state of things might he obviated by adopting the views of the league, and allowing the government to issue their own money; and another advantage would be that men who were solvent in material property need not rush into the market, or wind up their affairs, owing to the difficulty of getting their paper discounted. This led to the clos ing of mills and the cessation of labour ; end now it was proposed to clove the railways, whereby 2,100,000 people would be de priced of support, and an addition of 2.5,000,0001. would be made to the rite rates, or a sum equ d to the interest of the national debt. (Hear, hear.) So much was now said about gold that one would suppose fields could net be ploughed, or houses built, without gold. In refutation of this, let any one look at Scotland, anti see what bad been done there by paper. (Hear, bear.) Ou the other hand, Ireland was totally prostrated for want of a proper banking system. Her inhabitants were condemned to per petual idleness, and then blamed and punished for it. An Irishman could not be expected to put forth much industrial energy fur a remuneration of 41d. a day. (Hear, hear.) Another advantage which would flow from the adoption of the League's sieves was the decrees • of absenteeism ; for when the absentees were paid in paper money, the value of which might be said to be deprecated, that depreciation would only be au equivalent for such a person's share of the na tional burden, and, in fact, what he would have to pay if the taxes were levied directly on property. (Hear, hear.) Not only Scotland, but our American colonies, had b een im• proved under a paper currency; and he firmly believed that, if such a system were adopted here, tliere would not be a pauper in the country, except the in corrigibly idle or dissolute. (Cheers ) Great things might be done with nothing; for a piece of paper was Comparatively valueless. The market-place of Guernsey, now producing 400/ a year to the inhabitants, had been built by an issue of 4,000 one-pound notes, on the credit of the entire state, which circulated for ten years, and were then called in and cancelled. This was an matinee of what people might do by depending on themselves Instead of going to any bank to borrow monied crutches. (Applause.) Why should not our railways be constructed by issuing railway notes, applying the first fares in cancelling the notes ? By this means a railway from London to Edinburgh might be constructed without costing any human being a farthing. (Hear, hear.) This country had obtained a free uade en commodities , ; but without ei free trade in the medium of ex change—gold—our native industry would be dear vyed. A foreigner, who hod not to contend with the disadvantages of our system of taxation, would be able to undersell the native producer ; but if our home manufacturers were allowed to pay taxes in the taxation currency, they could meet this competition, as the foreigner wovareceive a less quantity of gold than before for his commodity. Our present system was like the handicapping of horses in a race ; and the result would bets break the hack of John Bull. He believed that all the nations of antiquity heel been ruined by their mone tary systems; and he was firmly convinced that the same fate awaited Great Britain if the law of Sir Robert Peel were upheld. (Hear, hear.) The adoption of the principles of the 1.• ague would conduce to the utmost prosperity of all; and their extension to all the countries of Europe, as well as our own, would have the effect of render ing gold comparatively a drug, or useful only for purposes of oreament. The perpetual recurrence of wire proved the unsouudness of our system, and must force public reflection on it. The remedy proposed was most simple—to allow the crown its ancient privilege of coining and imuing its own money. (Applause.) A (jeer/AMAX asked if it was intended that the proposed exchequer.bills should bear interest ? Mr. DCSICAN said, certainly not ; for it was a perfect fame to compel Englishmen to pay interest to Englishmen, and could only result in injury to the working claws. (Hear.) Mr. sett said the League did not want to force oa the country an inconvertible currency; the cne proposed would be issue,: by the Queen in payment of her debts, and received back in payment of taxes. The present currency might, in fact, be called inconvertible ; for it could not be maintained that under it the products of industry could readily be can vented into currency. Men who had large masses of pro , perty could not do so; and even the Bank of England, with its thirty-seven millions of liabUities, had now but eight millions of bullion. On the principle which refused the paper of the best houses, the Bank itself might be said to be insolvent. (Hear.) A leading journal had attributed the distress to merchants having traded more on credit than . on capital. But the act of 1841 had professed to prevent mi -1 provident speculation ; shy then should this charge he made by its supporters ? Was it not odd that those who professed to foster commerce spoke against credit? (Hear, bear.) If capital was the only sound basis of trade, the trading opera aril tope amount of gold d s of the th co ec u o n u tL ought ry y —uy t s o b b o e ut lini .sty But the taxation itself, which people were bound to psy in gold , would absorb nearly this Bum; hence the recipients of the taxes were almost the only capitalists, according to this view. Without credit, a sate could scarcely emerge from barbarism, and its concomitant, a state of barter. An in fluential paper had blamed the promoters of railways be cause, when they undertook their engagements, they did not actually possess the amount of capital necessary to complete their undertakings. What, then, was to be said of a farmer taking a long lease, or a manufacturer setting up a mill ? Must these parties be possessed of capital to meet all their ' prospective engagements for years to come? Rather, was it not their object to become possessed of THAI, to coin their industry and productions into capital ? (Hear, h. ar.) The fact of gold being the only legal tender in this country gave it a fictitious value, superadded to its intrinsic value as a commodity. This was, in fact, a species of credit ; and, if credit was to he denounced in reference to other commodi ties, let the principle be extended to gold also. By the pre sent arrangement, when every other commodity was falling in value, gold was rising ; and this gave an additional ad vantage to the bullionism over the owners of other commodi ties. If war was to he waged upon credit, and the owners of houses, manufactures, and other goods, were to be told that their property was not capital, let the owners of gold be treated in the same way, and let the article be divested of the character which gave it so much credit. (Hear.) It had been harshly said that the great commercial houses which had succumbed to the pressure were rotten houses. What, then, might be said of the Bank of England, or the government itself, if they were called on to-morrow to re deem their obligations in gold at the Mint price? (Hear.) If houses which could not do this were rotten, then our whole commercial system seas rotten. It was most unjust to say that the principles of the league, if adopted, would go to rob creditors ; on the other hand, they would only compel creditors to bear their share of the national burdens, which now pressed unequally on the producing classes. Under the monetary sy.tem which Mr. Pitt adopted in 1797—n0t very dissimilar to the one advocated by the League—producrishad obtained at least remunerative prices; but now, with an increase of taxation of 40 or .10 millions a year, the producing classes were compelled to pay this addi tional amount, with reduced prices fur their goods. (Hear.) Since the time of Elizabeth, there had been a gradual in crease in the value of gold, owing to the increased amount of silver brought into the country, whereby a growing dearness of gold was produced. Why ought not the same effect to have resulted from an increases' amount of production and taxation ; and why should not an ounce of gold he allowed to represent a greater sum than 3!. 17e. 104 d. ? (Hear.) Sir Charles Wood had accused the deputation or confounding circulation with capital. This was the very mistake which Sir It. Peel and his supporters had fallen into in passing the Bank Charter Act; they had supposed that they could cheek improvident speculations by . decreasing the issue of bank notes. But Mr. Tooke had incontrovertibly shown that im provident speculations might exist without the intervention of a single note. The Newcastle deputation had not masked for capital, but merely for the liberty of using the capital they had ; how absurd, then, to accuse them of confounding capital with circulation! (Hear.) Railway speculation had been blamed for the distress; but where should we be if the industrious poor had not this means of support when so many others were failing—when our exports of every commodity but gold were thens a i. (Hear.) Some had blamed the potato rot for the the utmost value of the potatoes destroyed was X tit and consequently the amount of mischief from that tame could not be more. But, by the recent fall in Cattalo, ti t , holders of tke public securities had suffered to the extent of between 80 and 90 millions ; and how could this be explained by the potato rot ? The speaker then noticed an article is ; opposition to their views which had sppesred in the El - miner of last week, and replied to its arguments. It wee the opinion of most commercial men that, in December next, the distress would be much more fearful than at present ; big Sir C. Wood--who, whatever his faults were, was an eseelleet hoper, for with him the worst wax always past—would, doubtless then assure them that the distresa had completely vanished. (Laughter.) In conclusion, he said the object of the League was to establish • system under which a fair day's work could always be exchanged fur a fair day's wages. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said this was the order of proceedi n g which they proposed. They wished question' to be Dr , posed, in writing, with the names of the proposers ; tbepe question' would be considered, and answers given to th en to some of the addresses to be delivered at the fames meeting. In this way, order would be preserved, the track of their pr.neiples would be tested, and if there were eit , errors they would be sure to be exploded. (Hear.) Mr. J. %Visor), who was introduced as an eminent seri. culturiat from Sussex, said he was convinced that, by th e adoption of the principles now advocated, the land of this country would be prevented from going out of cultivation, a result which must ensue if the present system was per.. vered in, to the utter ruin of the agricultural inter, at. The CHAIRMAN said this movement could not be carried on without pecuniary support. Ile hoped those interested would come forward with subacriptions—Bank of England notes would do for the present. (Laughter.) Mr. Robert Owen wished to address the meeting, but the Chairman declared it dissolved, and left the chair. A little confueion ensued, when some one proposed that Mr. Loyd Jones should take the chair. This being dune— Mr. OWEN said he regretted that the chairman had vacated his seat, as he had come, not to Oppose, but to support the league. In 1819 he had made a report whitb wan further than anything that had been said here. As an eld merchant, manufacturer, political economist, and friend to all classes, he knew that the making of gold the legal tender was the rause of all this country's difficulties. Olean hear.) The producing power of the coantry having ie. creased. fifty-told, a like increve ought to have taken place in the circulation. Had the increasing productive power been properly understood and directed there would have been no poverty in this country. ( liesr.) The gee. tlomen who had spoken had said nothing of the qualities indispensable in a circulating medium—that it should in. crease and diminish with tbe increase and dimioutten of westlth, and should be unchanged in value. Gold fulfilled neither of these conditions. (Beer, hear.) The nation ought to be the sole banking company of the empire; and the national notes should be secured by the whale property of the empire, than which no greater security was possible. (llcar.) The circulation might then be made to inrrtme or diminish with the increase or diminution of wealth; sad its value would be unchanged. It was a delusion to sup pose that there was a farthing less of capital in the country now than before the pressure commenced : and the existence of such a state of things proved ignorance on the part orate merchants and men of business. Forty sear; ago, when he was in bueinees, a scarcity of silver having occurred, he ironed half-crown and five -shilling notes, signed by Linea( and secretary, which circulated readily in the place; is fact, he hod difficulty in getting them all in again. Meat) Celt d the pimple of this country tinier-hind their real pale Lion, they must suffer from the exi.titig monetary system. After a few remarks from Me. Just, the meeting sepa rated at half-past 10 o'clock. CONDEMN.ITION OF TIIE MIDDLESEX SES' , TON4 ROUNE.—Some time ago the county survey 5.% were ordered, by a unanimous vote of the court of county naimmutes, to tuke the necorsary measures for nuking a presentation respecting the sessions-house to the grand jury ; and in the course of yesterday the latter body presented that the ses sions-house is insufficient as acourtofjustiee. The magiiitrstn who have been in the habit of attending the sessims have been unremitting in their endeavours to obtain a new court house, and they, as well ea the learned assistant judge, hare repeatedly denounced the present building as being ging* of any actommodation for either the occupants of the bench, counsel, jurors, or witnesses; and the cells underarath, is which the prisoners are at present confined, pending their trials, have been characterised as absolutely unfit for the reception of human beings. Mr. Serjesnt Ma= co:.gratulated the grand jury upon the presentment they had made, and expressed the pleuure he felt on seeing a first step taken towards the demolition of what he coaridend an abomination to the county. It is understood that at. rangemsnts for attaining the object for which the mum meat was obtained will be made as soon as possible.. LONDON UNIVERSITY.—The winter session iris opened yesterday, in the presence of a crowded such, nee, by an introductory lecture from Mr. Newman, the professor st Latin at the university. The learned lecturer and the other professore were matt heartily greeted by the students as they succe , sively made their appearance in the lecture hall. II; matter of the discourse related to the importance of idea tion and of its tendency per se, and without the necessity of subscription to set formularies or religious tests, to make Imes moral and religious. It would be impossible for us ia this necessarily brief notice, to give a circumstantial analysis of the various topic+ by which the lecturer enforced and illus. tented his argument. Setting out from the Bimini aphorism that " Knowledge is power," he showed that morality increased with intellectual develop merit, and that wherever the intellect was allowed the greatest freedom for the exercise of its powers, acre the growth of a healthy morality and manly virtue was most luxuriant. But in order to advance, knowledge mint be diffused. It must not be circumscribed and confined to few, for whero there was artif4rial appropriation something wrong might always he inferred. The greensl condemna tion of slavery by the public opinion of modern Europe, and its reprobation as opposed to the first principles of society, although it was sanctioned by the most enlightened infirm of antiquity, and was nowhere condemned by revelatien, was a signal proof of the moral tendency of a free develop Intent of the intellectual faculties. The liberal conduct of England in stipulating fur the free admission of all nations to the ports of Europe, and of the Emperor of Russia, ix obtaining the same privilege from Turkey with respect to the pining° of the Dardanelles, were the result of that enlightenment which pervaded Europe. But one of in grandest results was that it tended to reconcile good men towards each other, to make them tolerant of etch others' opinions, to draw closer the bonds of smut' between adverse nations, and to connect into one whole the mattered members of the human family. When Wine became more enlightened, and understood that they were MO tually dependent, that each had an interest in the prosperity of each and of all, wars would become a moral impossibility." and the Baconian maxim, that " kno w le d g e is p ow m might be supplanted by another, that "knowledge 11 We have only to add to this imperfect sketch of the India; idea of the lecture, that it was seized in its entire eremite hension and unfolded in a precise, vigorous, and book] style, which alternately engaged the marked attention, sr diew forth the applause, of the audience. ABOLITION Or SUNDAY TRADING. Yesterday evening a meeting of parishioters was held at the infant. school-room, Three Colts-lane, Limehouse, fir the purr of adoring a petition to parliament, in co-operation eith other metropolitan parishes, against Sunday trading.—Mr. Hayman and a deputation attended on behalf of the Asses tion of the Parochial Authorities of the Metropolis. The Itev. Mr. Reclines, curate of the pariah, was called to the chair, and the following resolutions were carrierlt-, The in the opinion of the meeting there exists no real necessity for Sunday trading, and that the majority of tradesmen themselves are most anxious to be relieved from its coat , nuance." " That a committee be formed in this poi*, consisting of the parochial authorities and other inhahatots. to co-operate with other metropolitan parishes, to prepare a bill for abolishing unnecessary Sunday trading."—Mr. Ilan OHM stated that it was intended to confine the bI! to Me selling of articles, and to impose penalties on a person sell ing. The scale would be—for the first offence, si. for* second, from Ss. to 20s. ; and the third offence, from Ns to 40s. ; and after that, for every separate act of selling. Its. Several interviews had been obtained with the Seereum of State, for the purpose of determining what trades 'lima be excepted from the imposition of penalties . It was the opines of the Secretary of State that the selling of fruit might he permitted in the interval of the hours of divine service. This will, therefore, be allowed to the shopkeepers. and to . pcor. people in the streets. Bakers and barbers will be permeat e to pursue their avocations, as they are rot sets of whip The great study of the framer' of the bill has been to tall It as liberal a measure ss possible. A petition was StlbaV rdl i adopted. Thanks were then voted to the rev. chairman and the meeting separated. SOCIETY FOR TILE PROTECTION OP YOUNG FEMALES. — . Yesterday evening a meeting of salscribers and othemye terested in promoting the objects of the above iestit o was held at the o ffi ce, in the Moira Chambers, Demmer, lane, Gresham-street, City. The report of the proceed in g s, ' the society, which was established in 1815 for the protection of young females under 15 years of age, lltattd, that are were now in the asylum at Tottenham , 72 young ton n , e .;' who are fed, clothed, educated, and fitted for reslorr,rte. servitude. Daring the past year 82 were remised. ot 12 were restored to their friends and sent to service. ss have been received since the establishme nt was foundrl• The society, during that period, had caused the supper of 195 houses of ill fame in various parts of London, IN . u 7,. thei same e l i as . t .tru fe e rn .t o .i n t it ; nearly cl,.,l : 50 more The hu7ieubee. ,roe w wait modate 30 additional inmates: upwa rds of 20 are no ing, want of funds preventing their admission. Thanks sore voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated' of PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. —A concertos' the members of this society was held hat night at th eir ro rooms u, in Bloomsbury-square. The meeting was a wnuemaet, one, and amongst the chief objects of attraction er . pump on a new principle; a powerful microsoop.ei i by a press, by Knight, for Ornb•USed Printing n ew sick a O variety of coloured impressions, including • Il stamped envelope ; and a new farm of glass for a R i al r r: On the latter subject Mr. Leslie made some use tending to show how the gas might be e conotnised, m 4 . ref the light and heat regulated, by means of this sa vention. CHARING-CROSS 1109PITAL.—TuenektY he R oo ftr il oo , a meeting of the governors and committee of t pital was held in the board-room of the institution , is Strand, Charing-cross. The report for the plstrPnin et t ;o7 that the number of is-patients had begs 302 ; " t l i e gem 3,564 ; addition to which, 37 leases o f accidents and of emergency had been received: It wiz to be regret no troun tM notwithstanding the utrpeet care in the expend% resources were too limited for the full exercise of is operations, they standing greatly in need of migrate am. Dui bee tots of t 181 cow.