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MANCHESTER, AuGtisr 3.- The general opinion here now is, that the crisis of the present embarrassments of the manufacturing interests In this country is user. Within the last few days, two factories have recommenced operations, and others are expected shortly to follow their example. I t ii now generally believed that the meeting of the inhabitants, which was so generally spoken of during the last few weeks, will not take place. The result of an applicationtwhich was this day made to the Churchwardens win, in all proba ility, be the last at tempt to get up such a meeting. Mr. J. Potter and Mr. IL- Potter N aked this morning upon the Churchwardens with the Requisition. Since that period the number of signatures to it has increased to • 125. the names attached to it are principally manufacturers and uadesrnen, and include some respectable persons. ju about an hour after the Deputation called upon the Churchwardens, the following answer was sent to the latter : Churchwardens' Office, August 3, 1826. Germaarsar—The objects contained in the requisition (so nume rously and respectably signed) presented to us this day, not being on parochial business, we consider it out of our province to call a Meeting of the Leypayers of the town, and therefore respectfully beg leave to doellneito—We have the honour to be, Gentietuey. YOU!' humble servants, (Signed) RICH AIM CLOG G. JAMES OUG HTO 1% Churchwardens. ROBERT TKBBUTT, To John Potter and Richard Potter, Esqrs. BARNSTAPLE, AUGUST 3. ROBBERY AT CASTLE HILL, THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HON. EARL FORTESCUE. Though the crime of felony possesses an equal degree of moral turpitude, under whatever circumstances it may be committed, yet, when practised on the benevo lent and the good, it assumes a complexion of peculiar depravity, and such is the character of the robbery corn: /flitted on the truly noble and benevolent family at Castle Hill, the patrons and benefactors of the neigh bourhood. Two plumbers from London, of the :lames of .Robert Barker and John Battlet, and a painter of this town, called Michael Skinner, who had been employed in the alterations and improvements making at the above Mansion, contrived to purloin, from time to time, quantities of lead which had been taken from off the roof; and conveyed it in small portions in their tool bags to their lodgings, where they had secreted it, till they had amassed a quan tity amounting to upwards of twenty-five cwt. when they came to this town, and engaged a carrier to go by night, with a cart and two horses, and brought it hither at an early hour in the morning; and sold it to a respect. able plumber in this town, to whom no blame is at-. tached, he having given the full value for ir, and it being brought to him in a stage cart, by which he had before been in the habit of having old lead brought to his warehouse. By a singular circumstance, this nefarious transaction was brought to light. A chandler, whose shop is in the yard where the cart, laden with this ' , lead, stopped, observing this unusual circumstance of its coming home at the unseasonable hour of three in the morning, was induced' by curiosity to notice its con tents, and entertaining a suspicion that all was not right, he enquired of the carrier from whence he brought it, and on learning that it came from the neighbourhood of Castle Hill, he communicated his suspicions to the person who had become the purchaser, and who, with the informant, instantly proceeded to Castle Hill, to give information of the circumstance to his Lordship.— The plumbers were immediately identified as being the persons who sold the lead, and the constables were sent for, who took them into custody. Clae of them attempted to make his escape, and actually ran off for near a mile, and would probably have effected his purpose, had he not been, pursued by' a person on horseback; when Overtaken, he presented an open razor, and with dread ful imprecations vowed .destruction to any one whu', should attempt to secure him. He; however, was soon' seized and handcuffed, and led trick to Castle Hill, from whence the three offenders were on Friday com mitted to Exeter gaol, to take their trial. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. BODKIN. Aua. I. Thomas Stone was indicted for making a signal to a smuggling vessel off Cawsand Bay, on the night of the ‘29tifoof March. The charge was clearly proved by the Preventive Service men, who saw the prisoner giving an intimation," as the legislative phrase is, to a small boat which was out in the Bay on the night in question ; and which, when afterwards seized, was found to con tain several casks of gin and brandy. The 41 intimation" consisted in the causing of several sparks, it was.be, tieved, merely by Hint and steel, but which one of the witnesses said might have been sem at the distance of half a mile. The prisoner did not deny the charge, nor would he admit that he had been guilty of any crime. He requested that his having been some months in con finement would be taken into consideration.—He was found Guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment and bard labour for three calendar months. trillium More was indicted for stealing a mare, the property of John Hooper, on the 27th of May last. • The Jury acquitted the prisoner. WILLS V. HITCIIfNS. This was an action to recover damages for the loss sustained by the plaintiff in the seduction of his daughter by the defendant, and consequently in the loss of her service. The plaintiff is a small farmer, having several sons and daughters. The defendant is a tallow chandler at,. St. Austell, in which town the plaintiff's daughter recently carried on the business of a milliner with one of her sisters, paying occasional visits at her father's. The legal case was clearly proved by the daughter, Elizabeth Wells, apparently about 30 years of age; and although it was embellished by an able address . from Mr. Erskine, for the plaiaiiff, and by another from Mr. sergeant Wilde, for the defendant, it was ',cry bare of any circumstance of aggravation, or of any one fact which could give it any interest. The former was indeed noticed by the Learned Judge in his charge to the Jury. There was no witness but the daughter her. ; and front her statement it, of course, appeared t' at Vie def. ndant had not prevailed until he had promised marriage. She could give no date to the first ect of intercourse between herself and the defendant, th , ,ugh she was very specific as to the last, which she fixed to the 4th of June, 1825. It was certainly, she admitted, a long time since the first act took place, tit ~r gh she could give no clue whatever to the date.— I he paces were fixed upon with some tolerable certainty, ter rii.vy were the fields round the town of Sr. Austell ; rn uire of which the defendant succeeded in his object, Atter having given (as the witness declared) a solemn promise of marriage. No interruption took place as to' these exclusions- in the fields of St. Austell until she .became pregnant; she informed the defendant of this, and never saw him afterwards. The Jury rimmed a verdict for the plaintiff,with Eighty Pounds cla!Lages, at which .the Learned Judge himself shewed some sur prise ; fur he asked them if they said Eighty Pounds? They re -14 Ive. they did ; and this vercct was of course recorded. CARLISLE, AvousT 3. ARMSTRONG V. JOIIDAN.-7SLANDER AGAINST AN AT. TOIINET. Mr. Jos:Es opened the pleadings. The declaration stated, that this was an action against the defendant for slander, in 'be month of April last. The defendant put in no justification. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the plaintiff's case to the Jury, and said that Mr. Armstrong, the plaintiff, was an Attorney of great respectability, who had formerly lived in, and indeed was a native of, Carlisle, but had removed to Liverpool, where he had a good ptac'ice. The defendant was a grocer in the town, and, it would appear, had a somewhat loose and slanderous tongue, which he was inclined to exercise in vituperating his late townsman, and for which he was now about to be brought to account. The slander was this. He said, at the King's Arms Inn, to a person named Irving, with whom he was in conversation, that " Armstrong (the plaintiff) was a villainous scoundrel, and a blond sucking petty fogging Attorney, and had robbed Eked. Beaumont of 71." which was understood as alluding to some action at law, conducted by the plaintiff, in which Mr. Beaumont • was a party. The Learned Counsel called a witness to prove his case. Mr. Scam.evr addressed the Jury for the defendant. Mr. Baron Hum.ocx said, he was of opinion that the words " petty fogging Attorney" were certainly action able, and the platraiff was entitled to a verdict. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Shilling. Betty Scott was indicted, on the Coroner's Inqoisition, and on the finding of the Grand Jury, for the wilful murder of her female bastard child. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. CO6RTRNAY opened the case to the Jury. It was one of the usual description, and it appeared that the tosfortunate woman at the bar had become pregnant, and was taken before the Magistrates in order that an affiliation might issue; however, she solemnly denied her pregnancy, and the parish did .not further inquire into the matter until the 2d or 3d bf June last, when the sudden decrea e of the size of her person attracted the neighbours' notice, and they having seen her and her mother employed about a heap of ashes, suspected something was wrong, made a search, and. found a female child with various wounds about the head. She was consequently apprehended, and the child was ex amined by some surgeons, who were not decidedly of opinion that the child lived after its birth, and said the wounds in the head might have been produced by other causes than violence, consequently the Jury acquitted her of the murder, but found her guilty of the misde meanor in concealing the birth of the infant, which, for nearly two hundred years, till the year 1803, was made punishable by death. Mr. Justice Pau sentenced ber to six months' imprisonment to hard labour in the House of Correction. NAIDSTONE,Auavn S. John Peek, alias George Watson, described in the calendar as a merchant, who pleaded Guilty yesterday to four several indictments, charging him with having forged and uttered, in this county, tour different bills of exchange, purporting to be respectively drawn by certain foreign houses, and accepted and endorsed by trading firms of this country, having, beeirhumanely allowed by the Learned Judge time to consider until this . rnorning, whether he would abide by Ills plea, or retract it, and take the chances of a trial, was, at the sitting of the Court, placed at the bar, wheii - Mr. ADOLPHUS stated, on his behalf, that since-yes terday some friends of the prisoner had arriveE •iit the town;_and having advised him, in so serious - 1 case, to stand an investigation of the various chirieat againit him, he now respectfully claimed the liberty, ornyailing himself of the indulgence which the Learne4 . .loilge had so tenderly allowed him permission to-seek s &he•should be so minded. The prisoner now -wished to withdraw his plea of " guilty," and take his trial on the plea of " not guilty." Mr. Anonaws and Mr. BIIIODUCL, Counsel for the prosecution, said, they had no resistance to offer to the prisoner's'request ; but owing to the absence of witnesses, it was ordered that..the trial should stand over until the next Winter Assizes. Robert Renton, a person of most respectable appear. ance, was placed at the bar for the purpose of being arraigned on the Coroner's inquisition, charging him with feloniously killing and slaying Robert Renton ' the younger, his son, a child of tender years, by striking him on the head with a leather strap, armed with a buckle, at Bromley, in July last. A Bill of Indictment had been preferred against him for the same homicide, but it was ignored by the Grand Jury. Before he was put to pleat to the inquisition, a conference took place be tween Mr. Adolphus for the Crown, and the Learned Judge, as to the sufficiency of the record. It seemed that the Inquisition omitted to state any venue, .either 'in the margin or in the body of the record, and conse qoently, the Learned Judge being of opinion that this was a fatal objection, directed the inquisition to be quashed. There was another objection to the inquisi tion, which would also have been fatal, namely. as to the mode by which the death of the child was stated to have been . occasioned. The prisoner, who appeared to be broken down by inward anguish 1 1 and remorse, bowed respectfully to the Court, and was immediately restored to liberty. Accounts from Madrid state, that the • Cletgy have made a proposition to the King of SPAIN, to raise an army for him of 40,000 men, and to pay them, provided the KING will give them permission to appoint their own Officers. This was refused by his MAJESTY. It was also reported at Madrid that the Kinn is on the eve of issuing a Manifesto, she particulars of which have not transpired: Dispatches were sent, off yesterday from the Secre tary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs to the British Minister at Paris, and also at Gottenburgh. . - EARL OF WINCHRLSRA.—His Lordship was in his 74th year. His titles were—Rarl of WRICIULSILA, KG. Viscount 31rtorrons, Baron Fixot, of Daventry, and Baronet ; Lord Lieu- tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Rutland. His Lord ship held the different offices of Lord of the Bedehamber and Groom of the Stole to the late Kuta, for nearly thirty years, and wrs Comptroller of the Windsor garish:haunt till the decease of his Musser. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House for the determination of the following question, viz. " That this Court confirm the Resolution of the Court of Mery ton of the stb July, whereby the Commander and Owners of the ship Royal George are fully acquitted from all imputation of neglect or misconduct in respect to the loss of that ship." At six o'clock,the glasses were closed and delivered to the scru tineen, who reported the question to be decided In the allirmstive. The Shareholders of the Cornwall and Devon Mining Association Company held a meeting at their offices, Lombard•street, yesterday. None but Shareholders were permitted to attend, as it was strictly a pirate meetin i g. Yesterday an elderly woman named Granlow was found dead on the floor of her apartment in Little Galway-street, Et. Luke's. Her husband, a baker„was some time ago transported, since which she lutsgbeen in the habit of immoderate drinking, and float- the position in which she was fou nd, it is supposed she had fallen from her chair in a sl ate of intoxication, and was suffocated. • BIRMINGHAM MEMORIAL. BIRMINGHAM, Aeovsz 3. To the Manufacturers of t i e Town of Birmingham, who signed the Memorial to his Majesty's Governstmt, dated July 13, 1826. GENTLEMEN—We think it proper to report to you .• that at the instance of some of the principal Manufac turers of the Town, who signed the Memorial, we pro ceeded to London for the purpose of presenting it to his Majesty's Governnient, and of answering any questions relative to the sta•e of the TJwn, which Ministers might think proper to ask. Upon our arrival in Under, we addressed a note to the E arl of Liverpool, requesting the honour of an interview, for the purpose of presenting the Memorial, and his Lordship appointed Friday last, at one o'clock. We were received with great courtesy by his Lordship, in company with Mr. Secretary Peel, the Chancellor of the Eschequer, and the Puesident of the Bsard of T: ade.---These Ministers perused the Me morial with great attention, and made many inquiries respecting tie state of trade i n the town, and the c au s e s of the gene l distress, which they appeared to think arose in a great .degree from overtradinff a . We ventured to represent the impo s .ib i li t y o f this, because during the last year, to which the charge applied, all our manu factures were carried of by absolute consumption, quite as fast as they could be produced; whereas now, in the present year, almost all our manufactures are made for Stxk, notwithstanding the workmen ate very generally placed upon half work or less. We further ventured to state, in answer to some ques tions put to us, that in our humble opinion, and in that of many of the principal inhabitant's of Bir mingham, t'ie distress proceeded chiefly from the con traction of the circulating medium, and could not be remedied without providing an ample and secure cur rency, adequate to meet the obligations and immense engagements of the countrr. The increase of our population, the amount of our Poor Levies, the management of the Poor, and a variety of matters relating to our Workhouse, and Parochial Regulations, were specific objects of inquiry, with re ference to the statements contained in the Memorial, and upon each of sham we gave the fullest information. After an hour's conversation upon these important subjects, our interview was terminated by an expression of the strongest assurance from the Earl of. Liverpool, that the facts contained in the Memorial should have the most serious consideration of his Majesty's Government. We could hive wished that nothing bad been made public respecting our proceedings until the publication of this report; but we find that some unjustifiable re marks have found their way into the public papers, one of which it may be, proper to notice. In Aria's Birmingham Gazette of yesterday, an article appears (which we are persuaded never proceeded from its respectable Editor) in which it is asserted, that , g a number of the principal inhabitants, deeply interested in the manufacturing and commercial prosperity of the town,declined countenancing the Measure, on the express ground that the allegations contained in the Memorial were not borne out by fact." As this representation may be construed into a denial of the facts stated, we think it proper to mention, that out of upwards of one hun dred of the principal manufacturErs of the town to whom the Memorial was presented, not more than eight or ten declined signing it. Of these, not one individual denied the general correctness of Me facts stated. Oue or two expressed their full concurrence, but stated, that owing to some peculiar circumstances, their own trades had not fallen off to the extent represented. Two or three others concurred in the whole statement—but ex pressed their opinion, that the Chambee of Commerce ought2to hive taken up the subject; and three or four others represented that the subject ought to have been brought forward at a Town's Meeting. The Gentlemen with whom we acted, as well as our. selves, were of opinion that the Chamber of Commerce was . not the most proper body to take up the subject, because the Chairman and Deputy Chair man, and many of the most influential Members, are Bankers, who are irritated and injured by the measures of Government, and whose interests might by some be supposed to be too much compromised by those measures to allow grerr disinterested interference. With regard to a Town's 'Meeting, also, it was thought to be advisable to make a private representation to Government in the first in stance, which might, perhaps, obviate the necessity of a public measure of that kind, during a period of so much excitement and distress. Under these impressions, the Memorial has been signed by Manufacturers only, who can have no other interest than that of the country at large, who have the responsibility of employing the mechanics and artizans ; and who are, of course, better acquainted with their sufferings and privations than either Bankers or Merchants can be. We cannot but regret, that the sufferings and priva tions of these meritorious and unfortunate classes of men should have been treated rather lightly in the Paper above alluded to, because nothiug so soothes and consoles a distressed population as the - knowledge that their distresses are known and appreciated by their more affluent neighbours. We think it proper to make one other remark. We have been informed, from good authority, that some in dividual in this town has had the meanness to write to a Member of the Administration, for the purpose of misrepresenting the statements made in the Memorial, and of disparaging our humble exertions in making known the real situation of the town, in a qua, ter from whence alone relief can be expected. We have, how ever, the satisfaction of assuring you, that this unworthy conduct has had no effect; for we had every reason to be satisfied with the reception which we experienced from his Majesty's Ministers, and with the kind and anxious attention which they paid to our representations. We insert below a copy of the Memorial, and of the signatures attached. which, with the exception-of the Gentlemen' bove alluded to, and of a few others who are absent from Birmingham, are gene rally those of the most respectable manufacturers of the town. We are, Gentlemen, your most obedient servants, CLIARLE.SJONES, BENJAMIN HAULEY, THOMAS CLUTTON SALT. Birmingham, August 1,1826. __ _ _ We, the undersigned Manufacturers of the town of Birmingham, think it our duty to make kniwn to hit Majesty's Government the following statement of facts: lat. For the last six months we have experienced a great, con tinual, and progressive falling off in the demand fur our manufac tures, anti an increasing difficulty in obtaining payment of our debts due front even the most responsible houses. 2d. That in order to meet this state of trade, we have been corn pelled to dismiss great numbers of our workmen, and have generally placed the remainder of them upon four, three, and even two days' work per week. 3d.: That notwithstanding these distressing reductions in the em ployinent of our wot kmen, we find that the diminished demand for our manufactures requires still further lacrifices ;st hat we are keeping open our manufactories at a great and positive loss, and many of us apprehend that it wilt be necessary for us to close them altogether ualessb is Majesty's Ministers can devise some measures for our relief. 4tit That some of us, whose names ate hereto affixed, have heel, rganufacterers in this town from fortrto fifty years, and tbat during ST. °LAVE. HART-STREET. . • tilU esenifil period we never experienced difficulties of a character so NeiversafaniLoverwhelming u those insvlsich aftyeilred • Sth. We also think It our duty to - represent, that, hitherto, some subsistence has been obtained by the working classes from their past savings, and the sale of clothes and furniture; but that we,contem plate with great alarm the rapid exhaustion of these means, and the longer continuarkee of so great a population out of employment. Birmingham, July 13, 1S 6. Thursday a Deputation from the Woollen Manufac turers of.Frome waited upon Mr. Secretary Peer., and stated that in consequence of the introduction of new machinery, a large portion of the population oftlaat town was thrown out of employment, and starving. They prayed that the use of the machinery might be pre vented. He informed them that he could render no as sistance, and could give no aid in preventing the use of the new machinery. The Deputation waited. on Mr. HUNT, by whose advice they called at the Foreign Office, but Mr. Secretary CANNING was engaged, and they could not obtain an interview. They then placed their papers in Mr. HUNT'S lands, and requested him to apply to Mr. Secretary CANNING in their Wulf, which he promised to do. An adjourned Special General Vestry of the inhabi tants of the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, was held on Thursday last, to consiJer and adopt measuresrespecting the Report and other documents, laid before the Vestry on the 6th of July last. The Rector, the Rev. Dr. °way, again took possessioll of the Chair, and urged them not to delay. it was very warm weather, hat without warm weather it was ge -1 nerally hot enough in that Vestry--(Loaghter). ' Mr. YOUNGER said he had felt excessive pain- io ob serving the bald and indelicate assumption of the Rector in t +king the Chair, patticularly as it led to angry dis cus&on, and by the frequept improper interruption of Dr. Owen, the free discussion of the parishioners was impeded. He felt it his duty to submit a motion on that subject; and, after taking a shott review of the Report of the Committee, he concluded by moving a Resolution to the effect that it was highly improper and indelicate for Dr. Owen to preside at a Wavy converted to discuss the performance of his clerical duties, and was in direct opposition to the remonstrances of the parishioners, who solely submitted to it because he as sumed the Chair by authority of law. Dr. °wax—Tile law is the best authority by which I take the Chair, and we do not meet here to consider my clerical duti es . A long pro and con discussion ensued, in which the Parishioners accused their Rector of cold-heartedneia towards their interests, and unchristian conduct as their Pastor ; all which the Rev. Doctor treated with great indifference, declaring that ‘, he was a perfect stoic hi these things." Several Resolutions. no way complimentary to the Chairman, having been disposed of, Mr. YouNoea moved, and Mr.Rosursort seconded, a Resolution, which was carried unanimously, that the Bishop being aware of all the circumstances, had agreed that the stipend for Botolph's, Bishopsgate (of which the Bishop of Chester was Rector), should govern the stipend for the future incumbents of this parish ; and other Resolutions were unanimously passed to the effect, that the stipend for Bishopsgate waspuch less comparatively than the 1,2001. per annum offered for the future incumbents of this parish, which offer the Bishop had .rejected ; and that they deeply regretted that their case had not excited the sympathy of the Bishop, who had made mistatements in the House of Lords, and had not returned any answer to the letter sent by the Committee, on the 6th of May last, to his Lordship on that subjects Another Resolution was passed, strongly recommending the inhabitants to con tinue bringing their case before Parliament, praying that their sufferings might be relieved. Thanks were also voted to the Marquis of Lansdown and Mr. Cal craft, for their able and judicious support of the petitions of the inhabitants. Dr. Owxx—Go on, Gentlemen—l am like the auctioneer, I shall want some wine and water. Thanks were also voted to Mr. T. Saunders, the Solicitor of the Committee, for the able, 'Mous, and experienced professional as. sistance afforded by him. Mr. SA UNDERS, in acknowledging the handsome cow. pliment paid him, said he hoped to live to see the day of the complete and final extinction of the oppressive claim of 2s. 9d. in the pound for tithe. He was a friend of the Church of England, and thought that its honour and security would be best consulted by the amelioration of so obnoxious an impost.—(Applause.) Other Resolutions were then passed, relative to the advowson of the parish. Dr. Owns—Have you done now? Mr. YOVNGER.—No, Sir; 1 hold in my hand a Re. solution, that this Vestry learns, with deep .regret and alarm, that the Rector has advised resistance to. the pa rish rate's, and that he will not himself pay the poor's rate, in regard to his enormous tithes ; and that, in con sequence of such conduct, the Churchwardens and Overseers have not funds to pay the poor, or provide for the necessary expenses of the parish. Dr. Owae—l know I have sanctioned the rates, but we ail know bow those things art done. I did not particularly look into • it then. Mr. Rstatos—Then, having acted so improperly yourself, though I believe the rates are correct, it is shameful in you to tin. puce improper motives to others, and your conduct; as Chairman, as highly cenaurabk. Mr. lisact.aisa—l think so too—(Cheers.) Dr. Owen—What! am I to sit here and hear myself charged, without answering ? I will always fearlessly meet you; and, thank GOO, that after having been here for forty years, my parishioners can only say their Rector looks tolerably well. Parishioner—Yes, you may look tolerably well; nobody else would have had the nerve to look so well. You are a rare fellow ! v -Dr. o;vae—Well, have you done? Mr. Howatt.— I move that - the Resoliations •be advertised, printed,and circulated, and a oopy sett to the Bishop of London, at the discretion of the Committee. I mention discretion, Doctor, because we are so impoverished by your conduct that we cannot go to much expence.—This Resolution was carried unanimously, and the Vestry adjourned. A letter from Trieste, written on the 6th ult. says 6, There are still sad divisions among the Greek Leaders, but I am happy to say that the ship-owners are cordially disposed to co operate with Lord COCHRANE: t Saturday afternoon it was discovered that the eaten• sive moors in the vicinity of Sheffield had by some means taken fire, and from the dryness of the ground, it was immediately in a state of ignition, and it was calculated that on Monday night there must have been 1500 acres of land burnt, and burning ! That evening the scene was awfully grand—even terrific in its ap pearance. The thunder was heard in loud and continued peals, the lightning was seen in vivid and repeattd !ladles, darting across the firmament the rain de wended in torrents, and the ground for miles was in flame! The origin of the fire has been ta aced to the following the llow moor ingcirctuo gather mstanc bil circumstance. Su n day uenidiealy, when seeer a manalier, lighted sw lit e e n d t on his pipe with a lens. After smoking, he threw the heated refuse from his pipe on the ground, which being d i such a parched state, is supposed to have ignited. ~.. , . • 4 i 1 ; 11 ; le Matti, period we never experieneml difficulties of a character E teiversalansLoverwhelmlng as those lnwhich we W PIMP in". 0 g d • rfp :th. We also think It our duty to - represent, that, hitherto, some sistence has been obtained by the working classes from their past i • ills, and the sale of cloth e an d f urn i ture; but that we,contem- t :e with great alarm the rapid exhaustion of tbese means, and the i i rer continuance of so great a population out of employment. lirmingbam, July 13, 1e46. Thursday a Deputation from the Woollen Manufac- ers of.Frome waited upon Mr. Secretary Pent, and fed that in consequence of the introduction of new , chinery, a large portion of the population ofthat town 5 thrown out of employment, and starving. They ' I yed that the use of the machinery might be pre- ited. He informed them that he could render no as- ante, and could give no aid in preventing the use of new machinery. The Deputation waited. on Mr. s i NT, by whose advice they called at the Foreign ice, but Mr. Secretary CANNING was engaged, and y could not obtain an interview. They then placed it papers in Mr. HUNT'S hands, and requested him apply to Mr. Secretary CANNING ill their Wulf, ich he promised to do. , t. . . I . .. , ST. ()LAVE, 1 - IART-STREET. ---as--. , I.n adjourned Special General Vestry of the inhabi- ts of the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, was held on 4 1.. t arsday last, to consiJer and adopt m easuresres p ect i ng ( I Report and other documents, laid before the Vestry the 6th of July last. , ['he Rector, the Rev. Dr. Owaw, again took possession he Chair, and urged them not to delay. it was very 1 rm weather, bat without warm weather it was ge - a , ally hot enough in that Vestry--(Laaskter). , 4 dr. YOUNGER said he had felt excessive pairs io ob- i I! a 4 ring the bald and indelicate assumption of the Rector , iking the Chair, particularly as it led to angry dis- 1 it s;on, and by the frequept improper interruption of I ', Owen, the free discussion of the parishioners was ceded. He felt it his duty to submit a motion on , . t subject ; and, after taking a s ho r t rev i ew o f t h e I sort of the Committee, he concluded by moving a i olution to the effect that it was highly improper and ' 1 elicate for Dr. Owen to preside at a Vestry converted ti liscuss the performance of his cle r ical d ut i es , an d 1 rin direct opposition to the remonstrances of the ! , ishioners, who solely submitted to it be cause h e as - 1 , . i , sed the Chair by authority of law. L i Ir. Owitx— The law is the best authority by whi c h I t a k e t h e Ir, and we do not meet here to consider my clerical duti es . ; 1 4 . Ciong pro and con discussion ensued, in which the " . ishioners accused their Rector of cold-he a ried ne i a r ards their interests, and unchristian conduct as their I ; i I for ; all which the Rev. Doctor treated with great . ifference, declaring that ‘, he was a perfect stoic In ~ . se things." 1 :veral Resolutions. no way complimentary to the Chairman, t$ og been disposed of, t+' - dr. Younoza moved, and Mr.Rositason seconded, a . h . ,olution, which was carried unanimously, that the 'top being aware of all the circumstances, had agreed I ! . • t the stipend for S , . Botolph's, Bishopsgate (of ch the Bishop of Chester was Rector), should ern the stipend for the future incumbents of this . ii ish ; and other Resolutions were unanimously pas s ed , i he effect, that the stipend for Bishopsgate was,much 1, I comparatively than the 1,2001. per annum offered .. the future incumbents of this parish, which offer Bishop had .rejected ; and that they deeply regretted t their case had not excited the sympathy of the hop, who had made misratements in the House of ~ •ds, and had not returned any answer to the letter t by the Committee, on the 6th of May last, to his dship oh that subject: Another Resolution. was sed, strongly recommending the inhabitants to Con.. le bringing their case before Parliament, praying . , t their sufferings might be relieved. Thanks were i 0 voted to the Marquis of Lansdown and Mr. Cal- ft, for their able and judicious support of the petitions he inhabitants. , ; Ir. Owxx—Go on, Gentlemen—l am hike the auctioneer, I shall ! 1 • t some wine and water. hanks were also voted to Mr. T. Saunders, the Solicitor of the Imittee, for the able sealeus, and experienced professional as. nce afforded by Mull Ir. SAUNDERS, in acknowledging the handsome corn., nent paid him, said he hoped to live to see the day he complete and final extinction of the oppressive as of 2s. 9d. in the pound for tithe. He was a friend i i he Church of England, and thought that its honour . , security would be best consulted by the amelioration ' • . D obnoxious an impost.—(Applause.) li ' •