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1. , j i Is, HE following esteemed Novels and Romances have just T been published by A. K. NEWMAN and Co. London, and are to be had at all Libraries, and of all Booksellers Quar.ses Pace, a Romance, by Selina Davenport, 3 vols. 18s. CAMDMI, a Tale of the South, 3 vols. 161.6 d. Ciasesca, a Tale of our own Times, 3 vols. 16a. 6d. SAILOR Boy, by Rosalia St. Clair, 4 vols. 41 4s. PIRKIN W•RINICK, by Alexander Campbell, 5 vols. 161. 64. Sums, or Hindoo Converts, by Mrs. Mainwaring, 3 vols. 18.. Noe or Sy. AGATHA. a Romance of the 16th Century, 3 vols. 18s. Winn WOMAN or TN/ WRNAIIII. by Mr. Coate., 4 vols. Xi 41. Jzwisu Mamas, by the Author of Ambition, 4 vols. .£1 2s. CORI/4111'S Banns, by the Author of Bandit's Bride, 3 vols. 18.. MYSTIC EVART.. by Francis Lathom, 4 vols. Li 4s. Youtu OF EDWARD ELIA, 2 vols. 121. BILMONT'S DAUGHTER, by Miss M'Leod, 4 volt. 45. ~ _. ,1) ri\- i t -------- ..,_ : ,s;,-- ~.,,. dr) \ .... 4 , 4 0 ,...... 0. lI MIll ' A irDl 4 O . . as our Sornmetaten hue, every thing would have been quiet long ere this. _._ ...._. I ant very glad to ace the press so stronglyirecommet ding the system ef allotting land to such poor cottagen as haveno garthn ground attached Li their dwellings. I witness daily the good effects roducctl by such ii ct t.tem ; and I am confident that, If it became genetsl througlittut tl.o euuntry, one very peat cause of the distressing poverty and co , :septe.t.. immorality of the peasantry would be removed. A poor Iran, ..••l, half an acre of laed, feels certain that, with industry and good mat.a.. l , - F went, he m secure a sufficient stock of potatoes to serve hi• young , t•+. through the winter. This idea make s him feel happy and coetent,•l The extra ahour required keeps hint from wa•ting hi,. time in the It,' er eider shops, and. generally speaking, be becomes a moral, industri -11.1/1. well behaved man. If the landlord amid corsidzr these thinis, and let every cottage on his estate have its bit Of lat.d attached to it. hr would very shortly find that be was acting en the soultde‘t ptincipLat of • .dicy, as well as greatly to his own interest ; and if every Reactor or l'itear would but apportion a part of his glebe lards to tl.e same object, Ice would hear very few objections or remarks as to his tithes, hut would find himself surrounded by a loyal, industrious and affix tiorate people. Ali 'l. No. 13,652. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 10, 1830. PRICE 7D. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, has long been known throui moot efficacious Remedy fur or celebrated Embrocation, ghout the West of England, as the CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT HON. R. WILMOT NORTON AND A SELECT CLASS OF THE WILIIIIENS Of THE LONDON MECHANIC? ix. STITUTION. Rheumatism Rheumatic Gout Lumbago Pains in the Limbs and Numbness Sciatic and Paralytic Affections Tooth.ach and Face.ach Fresh Wounds or Cuts Burns and Scalds Spasms and Cramp Stiffness of the Joints or Neck Frozen Limbs, and Chilblains before they arc Sprains and Bruises I broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous disorder theQuinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. It is also an excellent Remedy for Whitlows, so common on the fingers of country people who are exposed to the cold ; and is confidently recommended to all who may suffer from any of these complaints. Observe that none can be Genuine unless the Stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of BARCLAY and Soxs, No. 95, Fleet Market, who have purchased the Property in this valuable article from the Executors of the Inventor, WILLIAM DREDOIL, late of Wish. ford, Wilts. Retail price Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per bottle. GORELY'S ITALIAN SOAP. THE variety of Soaps now advertised for use, and all of which lay claim to pre-eminence, would almost deter any one from intruding on the generous notice of the Public; as it must be ab surd and Insulting to their understanding, when a person produces an article for sale, however great may be his trouble and experience, to say that it possesses such wonderful qualities, that no other is worth notice. 1). GORILY (from Delcroix's), therefore, offers with much de. ference, his ITALIAN SOAP, entirely from Its purity, and the mild but useful ingredients of which it is composed. Italy has been long famed for its Naples and various other Soaps, as being the most bene ficial for all purposes of washing and clearing the skin ; but from the unpleasant smell, and the want of being properly amalgamated, they have been superceded by Soaps of far less utility, although pleasant in perfume. This objection, with much perseverance, I). GORILY has entirely obviated; and, in introducing his truly valuable hamar Soar, he can with confidence affirm, that it partakes of all the soften ing qualities, to render it agreeable; causing the Skin to be white and free from blemish; and, at the same time, imparting such a mild per. fume in its use, as cannot fail to merit a preference. Sold in Cakes, at Is. each, or 10s. 6d. per dozen, with his Name and Address, at his l'erfumery Warehouse, No. 91, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. CAUTION TO FAMILIES. THE immense demand for the undermentioned celebrated articles for the Toilet having occasioned some unprincipled shopkeepers to offer base imitations, when the genuine is asked for, Messrs. Price and Gowen, therefore, anxious to protect families and the public against Impositions, have, at a very great expense,affixed to the wrapper, on the outside of each genuine article, an Address Label, of extreme difficulty of execution, resembling a Government Stamp, having in its centre the words " 160, Regent-street, and ISt, Three King -court, Lombard-street," also underneath the signature of " Price and Gosnell," to counterfeit which is felony. The genuine can only be depended upon in London, at the Establishments of Messrs. Price and Gesnell, Perfumers to the Royal Family, 160, Regent. street, and 12. Three King -court, Lombard-street; and of their Agents in all the Cities and Towns of Europe. PRICE and GOSNELL'S MACASSAR OIL. For preventing baldness, and for imparting to the hair an imperishable quality and au undecaying youthfulness, there is nothing equal to, nor in any degree to be compared with, the genuine Macassar Oil, imported by Price and Gosnell, who have sold it pure and unadulterated for the last thirty years; and who, in fact, first introduced it to the notice of a iltirish Public. In Bottles at ss. 6d. 7s 6d. and tos. 6J. CAUTION. The high repute and extensive sale of Price and Gosnell's Macassar Oil have induced some unprincipled shopkeepers to offer base imits does, injurious to the hair, when the genuine is asked for. Messes. Price and Gana, sole Proprietors and importers of the Genuine Ma cassar Oil, for the growth of Hair, (which has been proved by the Import List, and sworn before the Lord Mayor,) respectfully solicit Ladies and Gentlemen, when they purchase, not to take any without the label en the outside of each bottle having affixed to it an address stamp, of extreme difficulty of execution, resembling a Government Staves, having in its centre the words " 160, Regent-street, and 12, Threi King-court, Lombard-street," also underneath the signature of " Price and Gosnell," to counterfeit which is felony. The Genuine can only be had in London, at 160, Regent-street, and 12, Three Meg -court, Lombard-street. But as a spurious article, In imitation of the genuine, which destroys, without the possibility of recovery, the roots of the hair, thereby producing baldness, head-ache, &c. is generally sold by petty hair-dressers and perfumers, purchasers should be particular in asking for Price and Gosnell's Macassar OM JOHNSTONE'S PATENT WINDSOR SOAP (prepared by his summon, Price and Gosnell) is delightfully fragrant and pleasant in ale. It possesses peculiar balsamic and emollient properties, ren dering the akin luxuriantly white, soft, and even ; counteracting the injurious effects produced . by intense solar heat, or cold winds. Price Is. 6d. or 2s. 6d per packet. PRICE and GOSNELL'S PATENT NAPLES CREAM ef fectually exterminates eruptions, tan, pimples, freckles, redness, and all cutaneous imperfections whatever; arrays the neck, hands, and arms, in matchless whiteness ; bestows on the complexion a juvenile bloom, renovates beauty when on the decline, and sustains It in pris tine splendour to the latest period of life. HER MAJESTY QUEEN ADELAIDE'S REFRESHING PERFUME, possessing a most delicate odour, refreshing and enliven ing when oppressed by heat, &c. and is universally admired. - PRICE and GOSNELL'S ESSENCE of ROSES, made from the finest Persian Otto of Roses, and more than triple the strength of what has long been known as Esprit or Extralt de Rose. It imparts to the handkerchief and fills the atmosphere of the largest room with the genuine fragrance of the admired rose perfume. Sold in bottles, price 59. 7s. 6d. and lOs. 6d. - PRICE and GOSNELL'S TREBLE DISTILLED LAVEN DER, or concentrated Essence of Lavender, six times the strength of the hest Lavender Water, and unsophisticated with the sickly admix ture of musk, ambergris, /cc. is particularly adapted for sick or crowded rooms, and recommended to the admirers of the genuine lavender perfume. It is distilled from lavender dowers, selected for their exceeding sweetness and aromatic properties, when those flowers are in their fullest vigour. In bottles.3.66d. ss. and 7s.bd. each. DR. VERDIGON'S VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER, composed of vegetables without the admixture of any mineral or per. nieious ingredient whatever, has so long been in general use, and an appendage to the fashionable toilet, that it is unnecessary to offer any fur ther recommendation in favour of it. In boxes, at 21.9 d. and 4a.6d. each. PRICE and GOSNELL'S MARKING INK, very superior to what is usually offered for sale, and recommended to the Heads of Fa• 'utiles, for the prevention of tbeft and Imposition. In bottles, at 2s. 6d. and Ss each. DR. VERDIGON'S ALSANA EXTRACT, for beautifying and preserving the Teeth and Gums, and fastening those teeth that are loose. DEVEItEAUX'S VEGETABLE DYE, for changing Red or Gray (lair, Eyebrows, and Whiskers, to beautiful shades of Brown or Black, which experience has proved to be the must effectual appllca nos ever offered for that purpose. In bottles at Ss PRICK and GOSNELL'S COLD CREAM, composed of mild emollient balsam, quite different to what is usually sold under a similar name. It stands unrivalled for- preventing the skin chapping, and' gives instant relief to the smarting pain occasioned by inclement wea ther, the use of Alkaline Soap, &saving, es any other causes it emits in use a most delightful perfume*: the Hates atc.• PRICE and GosNELL:,s real. OLD BROWN WINDSOR SOAP, prepared by a new process, is particularly mild, old, and coo cnical; it corrects every hardness, reknit, kc. of the skin, and makes it stir, whit e , an d even . The :kiln by its sonatas* application, will become perceptibly soft and clear, and the. sapheasees sensation derived (rum sudden chops of climate and apareel, ea . well aa • the harshness which it generally acquires from sea-bathing, will speedily be removed. Also their COCOA -NUT OIL, CAMPHOR, OTTO OF ROSE, and other celebrated SOAP& Messrs. PRICE and GOSNIILL, Pariesure ) too their Majesties. 100, Regan -street,. . Londe% respect/ rialarna the, Nobility, Gentry, and Residents of e Idvespool and, its Vicinity, that they have jest supplied Mr. Denson, Perfdmer, Bold-street, with an elegant Assortment of the above superior Articles, which having bear bog used by the first circles of Nobility and Gentr in the Metropolis have now become indispe os ibl e art i c l es FOR TH E TOILET. The following is an abstract of the Pamphlet to which we referred in I our leading article of yesterday : better from Twenty Members of the London Mechanics' Institution to the Right Hon. It. Wilmot Horton. London Mechanics' Institution, 29, Southampton-buildings, October, 1830. Sir,—We, the undersigned Members of the London Mechanics' Institution, have received the Reports of the Emigration Committees, as well as your various " Series on the Causes and Remedies of .Pau. perism," &c. which you transmitted to Dr. Birkbeck for the use of this Institution, and for which we beg to return you our best thanks. In pursuing the investigation of the causes of the pressing distress prevailing among the labouring classes, we are desirous of having your assistance, with a view to ascertain what are the most efficient and most practicable remedies alpdge of Immediate adoption. We understand that you would not be imligismsd to assist us in such investigation. We therefore respectfully lapse dist yen will Amur us with the advan. tart of your lang.soadnwsi applauds. to this Important subject, by pointing out portienlar pardon of it for our consideration, at occasional meetings to be appointed at your own convenience. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient hutirble Servants, James F. Blake, John Davis, R. A. Phelps, Charles J. Reader. Samuel Hough, John Nichols, Thomas Dakin, Thomas Smythe, J. Logan Grover, Thomas Holmes, Henry Howell, G. G. Ward, John Morris, Samuel Preston, Charles Lane, John Gregory, John Hemming, Henry Hetherington, P. W. Piggott, John M'Duif. To the Right Hon. R. Wilmot Horton. The Right Honourable R. Wilmot Horton's Answer to the preced ing Letter. Sudbrook Park, Petersham, October, 1830. Gentlemen,—ln answer to your letter, in which you request me to assist you in investigating the causes of the present distress among por tions of the labouring classes, I beg to assure you that I shall have the greatest satisfaction in affording you all the assistance in my power. I feel confident that I shall be able to impress upon your minds cer tain important and vital truths, universally affecttng the condition of those classes which depend mainly on the wages of labour for their well being ; such truths being equally applicable in countries, whether taxed or untaxed, or with or without fixed capital, operating In combination with labour. I hope also that 1 shall, by pointing out a very simple and practical system of analysis, not only enable you to detect many fallacies which are now prevalent, but facilitate the means of your detecting any falla cies of a similar nature which may in future be attempted. Ido not advert to fallacies dependant on mere moral reasoning. Although I may consider certain prevalent opinions of that nature as fallacious, I have not the presumpdon to put myself forward to attempt to work any change in your minds on such subjects. I advert to fallacies which are promulgated in direct defiance of positive testimony and arithmetical calculation, and which only require to be exposed, to compel the assent to their refutation of every reasonable and honest mind. The tenor of any explanation which I may give you would be just as applicable, if given to a select class of mechanics in the most democra. tical state of the American Union, as It is to yourselves, living under monarchical institutions. My opinions will not relate to forms of go vernment or to the policy of changes of institutions, but to mere matters of fact. -.— In the course of these inquiries I shall always state, in clear terms, the precise propositions which I am attempting to prove, upon each par denier branch of the subject under investigation. You are welcome to interrogate me, in the closest manner, upon each pro pos ition. When I have completely developed my opinions, and furnished you with the data upon which those opinions are formed, and after you have interro gated me sufficiently on the subject, so as to leave no point without as much explanation as I can give, I shall call upon you to expres your unqualified assent to each proposition separately, or your dissent at tended with explanation. 1 am also extremely desirous that you should draw up :a declaration among yourselves. expressive of your desire to pulses the truth, fide. pendently of its collateral effect on any opinions that you may entertain. I remain, Gentemen, Your faithful humble Servant, R. W. HORTON. Letter from the Members of the Class to the Right Hon. R. Wilmot Horton, in reply to the preceding. London Measnics' Institution, 29, Southampton Buildings, October 1830. Sir,—ln reference to your sugg estion, we, the Mernbers of the Class for investigating the causes and remedies of the pressing distress pre vailing among the labouring classes, have no hesitation in individually assuring you that we shall pursue the inquiry with the exclusive desire of arriving at the truth. We have the honour to be, Sir, Re. RESOLUTIONS AGIZILD TO lIT THE CLAIM London Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Thursday, November 18, 1890. The Members of a Class for studying, under the superintendence of the Right Hon. R. Wilmot Horton, that branch of the Science of Po litical Economy which comprehends an investigation of the circuits stances influencing the Kate of Wages, together with the causes of dis tress amongst those classes of society which depend exclusively upon labour for their subsistence, and the most efficient remedies for the evil (particularly with reference to the distress at present existing amongst the labouring classes in the United Kingdom), have examined the work entitled " Causes and Remedies of Pauperism," by the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton, the Reports of the Emigration Committees, with the evidence given before them, and other documents submitted to their inspection by that gentleman; and have also attentively listened to his illustrations of the subject, together with his replies to the numerous questions proposed to him by different Members of the Class at several successive interviews, during which he has minutely explained his own views of Emigration and Colonization, as efficient and practicable re medies for the privations of the labouring classes of the community ; and, after giving to the investigation all the attention which its im portance demanded, they have unanimously agreed, at a numerous meeting of the clans held here this evening, to the under-mentioned pro p4llone, sic I. That commodities in excess, as compared with the demand for tLem, are inevitably depreciated in value, if they are brought into the market for sale : and that labour when b ro ught into the market, so far partakes of the nature of commodities, that it is inevitably dgreciated in value whenever it is in excess, as compared with the demaW. 2. That there is an excess of the supply of labour, as compared with the demand for it, amongst many of the operative and labouring classes in the United Kingdom • andthat pauperism, degtadation, and suffering are the c.msequences of ;hat sate of things. 3. That, to remedy such evils, either more labour must be demand ed, or lees labour supplied ; and that, unless one or other of these conditions can be satisfied. the evil is without remedy. 4. That there do not appear to be any natural and unforced means of profitably increasing the demand for labour in the United Kingdom to such an extent as to absorb the existing redundancy of the supply of labour, end thereby afford an effectual remedy for the evil by the first of the alternatives proposed, viz. sor increase of demand for labour. 6. That for the purpose of remedying the evil by the second of those alternatives, via. the diminution of the supply of labour, emigration. upon an extended scale, to our colonial possessions, if regulated and assisted, and conducted upon those sound principles already acted upon, present* an immediate, certain, humane, and specific remedy for the evil in question, so fax as those who are totally suffering under it are concerned ; wit h the certainty that the remove] of the redundant labour erA could occasion no Injury to the labouring classes remaining at home, and the probability that the latter might be materially benefited by the measure. 6. That the humanity of the proposed measure's unquestionable, be. cause the voluntary location of industrieue•sed able.bediedlabothers on a fertile soil, and in a healthy elimete, in any of the colonies: is infi nitely preferable to the involuntary idleness, poverty, and degradation of the pauperized' labourers • of the UnitedEingdom • and presents, in • stri k ing. polar of view, the tannest betltuW elit4eietut v = . dents, and. happinem • so the one bud, . wit distitudon, • ; and misery on the other. Aul.iurthss,•tbsaitMNsts IlocalaMMhesente may induce some to prefer hopeless wretchedliese, for themselves and' theft posterity, on the spot - where they bappeli Iti slat, to die t i tio t y d r ie l mantel toesdiet and seeurisrld with& estlifer, nir reason for withholding frau adios- the' ("pert**, dresllllll4l l themselves of the snore beseficialalteramilvet .* That lOokfisg at the proposed remedy simply7' as a mea sure of national policy, it would be objectionable, unless it could be satisfactorily proved, that the total expense of re. moving the redundant labourers by emigration would be less than the expense which must inevitably be incurred for maintaining them at home at the cheapest possible rate. 8. That, were not this the case, the funds for the employment of labour, upon which the prosperity of the labouring classes so much de pends, would be dimini s h e d by th e application of the proposed renwdy. In reference, therefore, to national wealth, if the exper.‘e of emigration be less than the expense of home-maintenance, there would be a decided economy, instead of an apparent expense, in the application of national capital to the purposes of regulated and assisted emigration. 9. That we have examined the evidence which was taken upon the subject of home colonization before the Emigration Committees ; but a% the expense of that measure depends upon estimate and not upon ex perience, we have no correct data upon which to institute a precise cont. parison. We find, however, in page 28 of the 4th Series of the " Causes and Remedies of Pauperism," that the rate of relief granted in the hun dred of Redbornstoke, to an able-bodied pauper, or labourer, with wife and three children, is 10s. per week, or 261. per annum ; whereas the interest, at . 4 per cent. of the sum necessary, at the highest estimate, to effect the removal and colonisation of that labourer and his family in British North Ameria, via. 801. would only be 31. 4s. at the highest estinmk. Taking, therefore, both sums as perpetual annuities, the gain Iff colonisation would be 221. Itle. per annum ; but, supposing that an annual payment of 91. 17s. 3d. were to be made for ten years in liquidation of the capital debt of 801. (at the end of which patiod the debt would be wholly discharged), the gain would be 161. 2s. 9d. At Frome, where the expense of maintenance has actually been brought down to 161. per family, the gain, when taken upon a comparison of a perpetual annuity, would be 111. Ifis ; and when taken as compared with an instalment payment liquidating the debt in ten years, the gain, even at the low estimate of 151. would amount to 51.45. Od. 10. That the true test by which the relative condition of the operative and labouring clauses in two different countries may be accurately compared, is not to be found in a compara tive estimate of the degree of taxation in those two countries, nor of the quantity of money which the labourer may receive in each country during the year; but in the power of purchasing necessaries and comforts which the money-wages in each country actually give. 11. That no diminution of the taxes can permanently benefit any labouring class, while the number of labourers in that clam remains in excess, as compared with the demand for their labour because the competition among labourers to obtain employment will always have a tendency to reduce wages to the lowest point at which the labourers can subsist. 12. That, whenever a tax is remitted upon a commodity entering into the habitual consumption of the manual labourer, in consequence of which remission his wages become more valuable In exchange against such commodity, should the labour-market be decidedly overstocked at the period of such remission, it Is contrary to all theoretical reasor.ing in respect to the effects of competition in reducing price, and unsup. ported by experience, that the manual labourer should retain the benefit of the diminution of price ; in other words, that his wages should not fall, after a short time, in consequence of the unemployed labourer being willing to work for a rate of wages, minus the gain of the remitted tax. 13. That permanent redundancy of labouring population, producing such evils, could not exist in any country where there was an unlimited supply of unoccupied fertile land, within the reach of parties beginning to suffer from such redundancy. Consequently, if that unlimited sup. ply of fertile land is to be found in the Colonies, there need be no re. dundancy for the future in the United Kingdom, if the difficulty of the intervention of the sea can be overcome. 14. That in the first instance, a national effort ought to be made to remove the present accumulation, which is too large to be absorbed in the Colonies as mere labour (which It would have been had the emigrants been gradually poured in), but requires to be disposed ef in actuskloca. don and settlement. In the second instance, If means be adopted by which, for the future, the Colonies may themselves pay (for the purpose of supplying themselves with labour) the expense of the passage of emigrants from the mother country, the only impediment to that natural and spontaneous spread of labour, which would take place of itself but fur the intervention of the sea, will be effectually and per manantly removed. 18. T here are two different sorts of prejudicial ;consequences at. tributed to emigration by Its opponents, which are utterly incom patibk one with the other :—ooe party contending that the vacuum (as it is called) will be filled up, an.l all the evils of pauperism re-in traduced ; while the other maintains that there will be no labour forth comir.g, and that the rise of wages will entinguish profits. 16. That In reply to the first class of objectors, it may be stated, that if the debt incurred by the removal of paupers be paid of before fresh pauperism can, by the laws of nature, be reproduced as the direct or indirect consequence of emigration, the possibility of its ultimate re. production is no argument against the measure, because that reproduc• Lion will neither diminish the sum of actual happiness which will be created by the tneasure in the first instance, nor the actual saving effected by it. And again, that if reproduced at all, pauperism will not be reproduced in masses, hut slowly and progressively ; when it may be drained off without the possibility of accumulation. insfkad of its remaining, as it has done, a dead weight and expense to the country. 17.—That it may be urged, in answer to the second class of objectors, that machinery will always supply the want of any portion of emigrated labour, should such an inconvenience (which is very improbable) ever occur ; and that, in point of fact, at this moment, owing to the redundancy and consequent cheapness of la bour, machinery is absolutely kept back, both in manufactures and agriculture. 18.—That, for the preceding reasons , emigration, upon the princi ples laid down in the Reports and Evidence of the Emigration Corn. mittens, and in the Right lion. R. Wilmot Horton's work, entitled " Causes and Remedies of Pauperism," as a national measure of relief for able-bodied pauperism, descries the support of parliament and the country. NOTTINGHAM DEC. 7.—The disturbances so rrivalent in the south of the kingdom have at length approached ne :r to this town but the utmost vigilance and promptness is manifested, and it is thrrefore hoped any tumultuous proceedings will be checked in the bud. act or the incendiaries took place on Sunday morning List, at levly, Eaton, eight miles front Nottingham, on the premises of John C1i.1.3 berlayne Hopkins, &.q. where two stacks of wheat were consumed MI :;unday morning last. Every assistance was afforded, and al.liou::h barn contiguous caught fire twice, it sustained little Varioue r,:posis are in circulation, but they are more owing to the fevetish slam of the public mind titan any real circumstances Yesterday the 'dock • mg-makes at Loughborough (the staple trade of that town) struck roe wages. Considerable tumult was shown all the day, and it te•As deemed to send for two troops of the 3d Drat 4,..: Guards, station at our barracks ; but, this morning, lam happy to say, all was quiet, and the mo have done no mischief. l'att of the soldiers have been ordered home again. Two troop. of the yeomanry are out, so that every measure will instantly he re sorted to, should the slightest indication of a disenderly spiri: he perceived. 1111 1 iPazoti Hoai.—Ori•Tuesda night, shout eight o'clock, the inhabitants of Lewisham, Greenwi ch, and Deptford, were thrown into the most indescribable alarm, caused by an infamous hoax that wa. played off upon them by some unknown vagabond ; but ions expected, from some clue that has been obtained, he will be snot discovered.— About the time stated, a fellow, mounted on a gray horse, came gal loping into Greenwich, from wisham, and stated, as he proceeded, that some incendiaries bad set fire to a quantity of hay-ricks, and °tit:T. property, belonging to Mr. Richard Tyler, at Southend, and that they were then burning furiously. Numbers of persons flocked with ::11 speed from the places the fellow bad passed through to Southend, and the Deptford engine proceeded with rat -horses to the spot ; also a pa:ly of the new police, to protect the adjoining property. Mr. Tyler hap pened to be, at the moment the alarm was made in Greenwich, sitting i 3 the coffee-room of the Greyhound inn; and, upon the intelligence being made known to hlm,be rushed out of the house in a state of distraction ; and, having procured one of the horses belonging to Mr. Wheatley, the coach-proprietor, he galloped off towards his farm, fully capectit,f, to meet his total ruin. However, before he entered the village, he wet the engine returning, together with a vast concourse of persons. who had repaired to Southend in consequence of the ::farm, and was i:.. formed, to his indescribable joy and satisfaction, that his premises am! property were perfectly safe, and that the whole originated in a nt villainous hoax.—Upwards of 300 householders of Lewisham have et rolled themselves to serve as special cor.rahles for the protection of pro perty, and 4001. have already beer. sulscri ted to /ay the expenses. Extract from a letter elated °llford, Co. Doan, sth Dec. 1830. " Yesterday there was another large meeting of the populace at Shane's Hill. There could not have been less than 4,000 persons present, the greater number of whom were armed. The o s t ers ible o bj e ct whi c h t h e deluded people had in vices was to obtain a reduce on of rents, and an increase of labourers wages. Several of the ger.a.men of the neigh bourhood attended, and addressed the assemblage, pointing out to the people the folly of the course which they were puriung, and prom:sirs,:, that if they quietly dispersed, the grievarc:s of which they complained should be remedied. l'he appeal, however, had s.o effect, and the gentry were obliged to retire. The whole body then moved off through Gil. ford, to the residence of Henry Hamilton, Esq. Having had an interview with the above-named gentleman, they demanded a re duction of rents, and gave him a fortnight either to com ply or quit the county. They next proceeded to the residence of two Quakers, who had lowered their labourers' wages. :old gave them the same time to increase the wages again or to leave the country. Trice then returned to this village, and demanded a reduction of rents fron. Mr. Warburton, who possesses a small property here. Several cell, r gentlemen we also visited, and a limited time alltow,il them either 1., reduce their rents or quit the county. Several shops in this village were attacked, and bread. spirits, &c. taken. A continual firing of guns, &c. was kept up during Friday night A flag was also twisted. I and a fire was lighted during the night on a rock close to the place which was occupied by the people. " This meeting has created a violent sensation in this neighbour. hood ; and, I regret to add, that the spirit of'r. s:stance against landlords is fastencreaslng. A similar meet ng isalsr called on the Maze Coupe, and othem are projecting." LONDON 711 liteH A IN,TITJTION. IVednesday evening the seventh anniversary tr: the establishment of this institution wax celebrated by a public ng in the Nlechanies' Lecture Theatre. Southampton-buildings. The dlr.', was taken by Dr. Birkbeck, the Presitlent, who was aecompaMed by the Right lion. Wilmot Horton, John Cam liohhoese, Rsq .lI.P. the Right Hun. the Lord Mayor, Cul Jones, Dr. Lardn er , o f t h e L on d on University, Major. General Viney, &c. The PIEsIDIX r delivered an address explanatory of the progo as of m• changes' Institutions iu different parts of the kingdom ; in the course of which he presented voo prises of 101. eac h, w hi c h had been given t • the institution by Dr. Fellowes; one of which had been gained by Thes. Anderson, a journeyman millwright, for an improvement in the turning. lathe, by which it is rendered capable, through a ..lids-rest on thepr p elvic of the bevel, of turning with the greatest precision matinees of any required convexity or concavity; and the other to John Newcomb. a journeyman printer, for having prothmed " An Essay on the Theory and Application of Ply-wheels and Governors." After the presentation of these prises, several resolutions, deela•amry of the progress and present state of this and similar establishineuts, w. r . moved by Mr. Hobhouac, Dr. Lardner, and the Right Hon Wilmot Horton, who in the course of his speech, promised to the Institution a series of lectures on statistics and political economy, especially aff c'. ing the condition and interests of the operative anelabouring class a He stated at the same time, that these lectures should be...-as all the proceedings of the institution ought to be--eutirely free from personal politics. These observations of the right hon. gentleman were received with great applause by the meeting, which seemed to agree with the opinion that some efficient measures must he immediately adopted o remedy the urgent distress at present prevailing in this country. Indere, all the speakers dwelt on this topic, an I contended that want of intelli gence was one of the principal sources of the destruction to agricultural property. Many compliments and votes of thanks were passed, as is usual on such occasions, and the meeting-•a very numerous one, for there were upwards of 1,000 persons present—separated at a late hour. The following is a copy of a Petition which was mast numercualt signed by the principal inhabitants of Reading in the comes of a fex hours, on Tuesday last, and was presented to the House last night r— " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland it Parliament assembled. " The Petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of Reading, in the county of Bats, " Showeth—That your petitioners have observed with sincere plea. sure the introduction of a bill in the upper house of Parliament to ado. blish local courts. for the better and more speedy administration of jus tice throughout the country. "l'he law's delays' have long been pro. verbial ; but the difficulty and vexation and expense of procuring jts. rice have at last become so intolerable, that what was intended to br a remedy and a benefit, is in very many instances considered an evil and a nuisance ; for a large proportion of the community would rather submit to be wronged and defrauded than seek redress in the tedious, tor nous, and, in many instances, ruinous processes of law. Of all existing ahus.s. none call more loudly for speedy and effectual reform, than those which have grown up with, or crept into, our legal system, or law practiec, which ought not to shelter dishonesty, or defeat the ends of justice, but to be a tenor to evil-doers and the praise and protection of them he do well. " Your petitioners therefore hail a measure of law reform emanating from the luminous and comprehensive mind of a member of the legal profession, highly distinguished both in the Senate and in the Forum, and presented to the British Legislature by the Lord High Chan cellor-of England, and in a strain of powerful eloquence, convincing reasoning. and impressive wisdom, which reminded your petitioners of his illustrious . predecessor, who enforced needful alteration by pro. rioandog Time the (dell innovaton." There are many things oft e - -red' . which require to he 'establishing in their at, and a lea; vex prosecuting rights. s—What they bate ding that the Bill restive the sanction possible passed othtr ST.ITE OF THE COUNTRY. The alarmists and rumour-mongers of the Stock Exchange, and its purlieus, have been for this last day or two talking of the excessively gloomy appearance of things in Lancashire, and frightening all the old ladies out of their wits by anticipation of mobs, mischiefs, and dreadful disorders about to take place In that and the adjoining county. Unfortunately for these anticipators, hOweve.r, and fortu nately for the old ladies, the following appears to have been the only " coming event" which cast such a gloomy shadow before it; at all events the Manchester and Liverpool papers received last night make no mention of any other, nor do they seem to attach much import. once to this. ( Frost the Manchester Mercury.) A very numerous meeting of the labouring classes in Ashton-under- Lyne, and the neighbourhood, was held on Saturday last, it Dukin. field, to consider the propriety of accepting or rejecting the list of prices for spinning offered by the owners of factories in Ashton, Stalybridge, DukhiSeld, and Alossley. The meeting was held on a piece of vacant ground near the Buck Inn, which forms a sort of natural amphi theatre, in the centre of which a cart was placed, by way of hustings, on which the chairman and the speakers took their stations. After a very long discussion, in the course of which nine or ten persons deli. vexed their opinions (some of them in exceedingly violent and inflam matory language), it was resolved—we believe, unanimously—that the list proposed by the masters should be rejected, and that the men should all turn out at the end of the present week. Upwards of ten thousand persons are stated to have been present. Several tri-coloured flags were displayed on the occasion, and, after the proceedings had terminated, several pistols were discharged. Indeed, it is stated that a considerable number of the persons who attended the meeting were armed, some with firearms, and others with formidable bludgeons. No violence, however. was committed ; and the people separated quietly. We understand that several mills are already at a stand, the men having'gone to the meeting without the permission of their em ployers, who consequently refused to allow them to return to their work ycaterd..y morning. NEAR 11.ClIESTER DEC. 7.—Lars Wednesday night, tottween 11 Ond 12 o'clock, we vie4realkd'ont of our beds el a report that Swing's l mob was about paying oi ambit. When 1 got up 1 . heardthe mob war 'at ateriton.hill. near Witteanton. and thet of the formes elf - neighbourhood had gone to jo in o .them. Scfon after; 1 was tO that • Wleatftlbee at Reliable/ie.( 0 . . .. cir T gau tb he e i; c ri hi ni;lead r ef und lead:er7 nd was: Woe • rtneltdb, ugh • .abitalbift alli etstaitokies; Marcy . • when they found the Methodists, to a man, refused. the same spirit, at the car"- anion, and this many of the fanning Koor i n t h e A ieee di ass imitestorcu r the country, Irma lVin °M ' tn for the purpose of attacking' dinsidered with the view or.sesioving them, sod of estab that tha liteh had tleer i n Y ed th re e th r e i h "_,; stead ' s cheaper . krharter, an easier, a more convenient, itrilesSW), bat Sid been dispersed t ann sties; mode et Kinking a remedy toe.wroosa, and of pre 1 1, by the elleibdrag. and W_ l inint o n bane. Whaeybkr plettionerr want love is dump justica.—.i r a butith4i De wss banallat ~ and &prime it at tardy, and uncertain Heim tbpiewers - nearly _ollo..sii dm roads “esrmi‘sktziMb, haat* onnating 'di flake' itletiat kW were bmswom . ~4111 4g/indiction may taxi bseli Orbirti' i4ncrelagkoaharjootio andlillielt be as speedily as hire .latter trefoil;' big. a .liti4l"ealisat 'A te a l ain ihe'farmers refused to employ them. The , 4§ &aging, D.C. iscd. Had the Kentishmen acted with The petition has been signed by Illr. Monk and en imencement f the disturbances with them, a men o f t h e Deighheerhood.