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.L ` SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS. Tisins.—llfr. Hume's motion on the expediency of withdrawing from the pestilential settlement of Sierra Leone, was seceded to so far as the appointment of a committee to inquire. One considers. tion only, as it seems to us, has hitherto prevailed with Parliament or Government to maintain an establishment so destructive of English life, and to that consideration we are willing to allow its full weight,—namely, the connection of these settlements on the ,:oast of Africa with the great system of policy (whether effec tual or not is another question) adopted by Great Britain for finally extinguishing the slave trade. That the trade still exists, is beyond dispute; but we are also of opinion, that our African colonies have tended at least to cripple, though cer. tainly not to crush, that barbarous and revolting traffic. The grounds presented in favour of a continuance of Sierra Leone and Fernando Po, as British colonies, were the following :- 1. The fact, that English functionaries—military and civil—have been much diminished in numbers of late years, and their places supplied by men of colour.-2. That the Right Hon. Secretary an. ticipates the day when the African settlements, now so gratuitously destructive of human life, will be wholly occupied by a free negro population,—a monument at once of the beneficent policy so long, and under such difficulties, pursued by England towards the Africans, and a substantial check upon those practices on the part of Christion nations, by which their own religion has been disgraced, ' and the progress of Africa towards knowledge and virtue so eaten sively and cruelly impeded. Citaoretexc.—ln England itself, we arc inclined to believe, from the information we have received from those who have the means of knowing the numbers of the Dissenters, that, admitting all who do not belong to any dissenting congregation to be Church of England men—a very liberal admission, as there are not a few who trouble neither church nor chapel with their presence—the Dis. sewers are the majority. Wherever, throughout the country, there is a village sufficiently populous to admit of a chapel, having a chance of being filled, there a Dissenting or a Methodist chapel is to be seen. In all the towns of above 6,000 inhabitants, the Dis senters and Methodists are unquestionably the majority; and any one who knows what a proportion of the inhabitants of England live in towns, may form some idea of the number of Dis. senters. One sect alone, the Independents, have in England above 2,200 congregations. The manufacturing population arc almost to a man Dissenters or Methodists. In several of the great counties the late Returns exhibit a majority of Dissenting Chapels; and, taking one with another, the Chapels are much larger (in point of net room) than churches. A Dissenting Clergyman cannot exist without a large audience. We were assured by a gentleman, whose especial business it had been for years to make himself acquainted with the state and numbers of the separatists, that adding the pro portion of children to those who belonged to the respective congre. gations, and including the Presbyterians in Scotland, the Separatists amounted to ten millions. Say, however, that in England alone they amount only to seven millions, that would be the half of the population. However, waving the question of num bers, as a matter of right, in all the colonies acquired since the Union between England and Scotland, at the common ex pence, and by the common exertions, it would be flagrant in instice to establish one of the churches exclusively. Canada is one of the colonies which has been acquired since the Union, and it is with respect to Canada that the complaint is made. In the old co lonies settled by Englishmen there will be less objection to establish the church of England. But where the natives of the three king. dims meet together on new ground, they should be considered as on a fint•ing of equality in point of religion. To attempt to establish the Church of England in the woods of Canada, amongst Presby terians, Catholics, and Methodists, is to make that church an ob ject of general hatred. At the same time there may be truth in what fell from Sir GEORGE Mußiur, namely, " that the settlers in the woods of Canada were but too prone, from their situation and society, to indulge in habits of religion bordering on what might be called superstition. He thought, therefore, that the labours of those who disseminated the principles of true is. ligion, could not be considered as wholly unnecessary to the well. being of the colony." But admitting that the Clergy of the Church of England are leas liable to the charge of disseminating gloomy and superstitious views of religion than the Clergy of most other Pro testant persuasions, those who go to the wilds of Canada to labour in good earnest in instructing the people, would be found, we fear, little less fanatical than their rivals. We are not alluding to the jobbers about the seats of Government, but the working Clergy. The sensible Church of England Clergy take care to keep out of the woods. They arc wise in their generation. The ground must be prepared and ready for the sickle before they make their appyarance. HELALD.—A Statesman should sometimes act upon that rule which Lord Bacon recommends to a Judge ; namely, to decide without giving a reason ter his decision, lest it mi g ht happen to be abed one. The Earl of Aberdeen had not the fear of this maxim before his eyes, when he announced to the House of Lords the un 6atisfactory termination of the negociations between the Govern ment and Prince Leopold relative to the sovereignty of Greece, and laid upon the table certain papers connected with that extraordinary affair. He has reflected too late upon the consequence of pre senting those papers, which let out a part of the secrets of diplomacy only to make it necessary, on the part of his op nonents, to call for others. The others he declines to produce ; but it is quite clear that he ought to have laid before Palle lient all the papers which could serve to explain the subject fn question, or none. By producing some he has established a pre. cedent against himself, and cannot, consistently, refuse any further documents requisite for the full and complete elucidation of this matter. Though the documents already presented to Parliament are .:xceedingly voluminous, and would make a greater show in a library than any history of Greece extant, not excepting lierodotus or Thucydides, yet they serve only to make the af tsir more perplexed and confused than if the unassisted imagi. nation had been left to its own conjectams. Rightly did the itlarquie of Londonderry state in his place, the other night, that • such was the contradiction contained in those papers, he would Jay any man to understand them without further explanation ; and if there were points inexplicable to him, h e h a d an un doubted tight to ask for further explanation." When Lord Aber leen laid the papers upon the table, he gave an implied pledge that :he house should, know every thing tending to clear up the transac tions to which they referred. By that pledge he was bound to let the douse into possession of" the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but :he truth." But as to the papers on the table, it is objected that they arc so unsatisfactory, as to put noble lords under the necessity of coming down to the house to ask questions respecting certain por tilos of them. It is objected also, that many of the statements con. tamed in them are garbled—others are ex- parte ;—and, therefore, to hare a proper and full knowledge of the whole affair, further informa tion is essential. Documents produced to parliament for the pur 7o•e of explaining any transaction, should be so clear and explicit not to require other documents to explain them, or, if they do, the other documents ought to be also produced. Lord Aberdeen prole‘tol himself ready to give all the intelligence which Parliament could require; and, indeed, if the part he has acted in these negotia tions be worthy of a British Statesman, or, in other words, if it be a manly, intelligent, and judicious part, be is bound, in duty to himself, and for the vindication of his own character, to lay before the House every paper which can, in the most remote degree, throw light upon this subject, and guide the public judgment to a cor ...et conclusion. We imagine that, if Lord Aberdeen relies for :vputation as a diplomatist mom the proofs of his competency manage the foreign relations of a great empire, which his wordy and minified documents on the Greek ques tion supply, he will not make it difficult for the future historian to ascertain how very little wisdom is requisite to make a great 1111- -. .tstir. We have, when alluding to this subject before, expressed .tar satisfaction that Prince Leopold had declined the throne which our Mihisters had erected out of the ruins of a portion of the em. pire Of our " ancient Ally," as a sort of trap for future wars, in whi.li England would have had to pay dearly for the gratification of Atm, uldling with the affairs of others. And it is in this point at stew that what is called the "settlement of Greece" be. :oases a question of great importance to the people of this Santry, as, indeed, every question must, which Is at all con. accred with the prospect of a future war. The decision of Prince -eopold makes it less likely that this country shall be involved in teallatt respecting the independence of Greece than if be bad .x.pt...1 the crown. It does not appear there is any member of our notni Family, or English subject, to whom it can now be offered; rlt.rsire we should think it a subject of rational alarm to a country incapable of going to war as England is, that Lord Londonderry a void wale in the House of Lords, without contradiction, that • Austria and Prussia were inimical to the late transactions relative • Greece, and that neither of these States approved of what had WI dune or was now going on.' Thus has Prince Leopold escaped • dangerous elevation, likely to be productive to himself and this %ratty, of most calamitous consequences. Mr. W . Martin, brother of the celebrated Jonathan ildivered two lectures, last week, at the sign of the White Jog, in Stonegate, on which he calls natural philosophy. His know. 4d ge of tile science on which he professes to lecture he ascribedto re +tlation from Heaven ; and a vision, u strange as the one which tilluenced his brother to burn the Cathedral, enlightened him it once as to the properties of wood, of which he gave some •try descriptions. We have said enough, we should top r t to , to excuse us from entering upon a syllabus of this phi :esoplier's farrago, which imparted about as much instruction in natural philosophy to those who listened to it, as a 'Mutton the art eight he expected to benclll the Field.ofileen of the British army, dere they assembled to hear it from the lips of that eminent tacit .an IViiistlin g Billy! Had the lecture ban merely a quis, the :equcnt interlardinss of the descriptions and cxylanatuns of Philo. wi.her Martin, with " this is the only true philosop/g." " I am e only philosopher to whom the knowlege of theme dings has been -t•en, yen, Etc. would have formed some capital hits at he egotism of Cobbett.--York Conran/. _~ THE CHURCH. An Ordination was held on Sunday, the 30th ult. by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Hereford, in the chapel of St. Mary's Col lege, Winchester, at which the following Gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders : DzAcows—Alesers. Henry Le Menurier, B.A. New College, Ox. ford ; Martin John Lloyd. B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; J. Pearson, B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford; R. Armitage, B.A.IVor. tester College, Oxford ; R. Bellamy, B.A. Pembroke College, Ox. ford; John Meredith, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; John Pun. ton, B.A. Trinity College, Oxford ; T. Parry, B.A. Wadham Cal. ledge, Oxford ; M. Jones, B.A. Jesus College, Oxford. Priests—Rev. Charles Awdry, LLB. New College, Oxford; Rev. Charles Wells, B.A. New College, Oxford ; Rev. Thomas I James Roche, B.A. Downing College, Cambridge. NAVAL INTIILLIGENcE. The Splendid, Lee, from Liverpool to New York, ran on shore on Burbo Bank on Tuesday morning, but was got off, and sup posed without damage. The Ninus, Gibbs, from Figueira to Newfoundland, was sent into St. Michael's on the 18th ult. by the blockading squadron off Terceira. The Tula, De Rama, from Cuba to Cadiz, f uun d tre d o ff F a y a l about the f.'2cl ult. Crew saved. The following arrivals have taken place :—Thr: General Brock, Service, from Odessa and Constantinople, and Newcastle, Hardy, from Alexandria, in Standgate Creek; Relianc e , L uc ki e , f rom Demerara, off D over; Hester, Haswell, from Palermo, at Pen zance ; Ann, Hutchinson, from Bahia, at Liverpool : Romulus, Auld, and Jean Haslie, Forsyth, from 31irainichi, in the Clyde; Hibernia, Rowe, from Barbadoes, and Albion, Isaac, from St. John's, at Cork; and Cupid, Hunter, from Riga, at Hull. Mat, June 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the West Indian, Simpson, from Jamaica ; and Rambler, Knight. from the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived from London, La Belle Antoine, Cuculla, for Santander. P011731017TH, JUNI 15.—Wind N.—Arrived his Majesty's brig Fairy, from Jamaica—sailed Ist May ; and Oratava, Smith, from Hamburgh. PLTMOUTU, Jura 15.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Blanche, for Halifax. Ltesaroot., Jots 15.—Sailed the Gipsey, Ilighat, for Bombay; Courier, Storr, for Lima ; St. Lucia, Rawlings, for St. Lucia ; sod C. Guest, for St. Peteraburgh. THE NEW TAXES-MEETING IN DUBLIN. Saturday last a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Inhabitants of St. Thomas's, assembled, pursuant to notice, at Purser's Hotel, Commercial Mart, Sackville-street, in order to take into consideration the proposed measures of taxation upon Ireland, as vitally &reefing the agricultural, mercantile, commercial, and charitable resources of the country. ROBERT RUSKELL, Esq. Churchwarden, was called to the Chair, and Mr. NEWELL was requested to act as Secretary. After reading the requisition ' Mr. NEWELL said, that gloomy as the subject was on which t h e y had assembled, and unpropitious as it was in its tendency, it was a cheering circumstance to see gentlemen of all parties coming forward resolutely, and giving their decided opposition to the imposition of the proposed taxes. The same spirit prevailed in the country, from Cork to Deny, from Sligo to St. George's Channel. He (Mr. Newell) was sorry that some person more adequate than himself was not then addressing the meeting; but he had a right to their attention ; he had been an inhabitant of that parish during the last 20 years, and had discharged the duties c f t h e responsible office, which the Chairman now filled, and on every occasion it was his most ardent desire to promote the interest of the pariah. He (Mr. N.) had ex erted himself to convene the present meeting, and had put together a series of resolutions, which he thought were adapted to the purpose. He would beg leave to move that a committee of five be appointed to revise them. The motion having been seconded, a committee was then named, which consisted of the following gentlemen ; Sheriff Hoyte, Messrs. Salmon, M'Donuell, Moore, and White. The Committee then retired, and in a few minutes returned with a series of spirited resolutions, which were moved and seconded re spectively by Messrs. Salmon, White, Lever, Bl'Donnell, Balfe, Cole, and Box. The meeting agreed to have the petition intrusted to Lord Farn. ham and Mr. George Moore, and that the other city and both the county members should be requested to support its prayer. Mr. R CSIELL having vacated the Chair, and SheritiHoyte being called thereto, the than.ca of the meeting were given to the Chair. man for the promptness with which he had attended to the wishes of the requisitionists in calling the meeting, and for his praiseworthy conduct In the chair, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Newell, for the anxiety which he evinced on every occasion when the welt are of the parish was concerned, after which the meeting separated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HEWS PROM THE EXPEDITION. Extract of a Report addressed to his Excellency the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, by Admiral Duperre. On board of the Provence, to leeward of Majorca, June 2. Afonseigneur—The fleet, which left the Bay of Toulon on the 25th of last month, just at the first setting in of a west-north resterly - .hid, was composed of seventy-five men of war. One of the divisions of the convoy which accompanied it amounted to fifty. tire ressels. The fleet was sailing in good order, when it was as. sailed during the night of the 27th by a very sharp gale, blowing E.S.E. off hlinorca and Majorca. I conducted it to the leeward of the islands, %there it found shelter. The weather had become fine again. After having re-assembled the army and the convoy, and pro. vided for the departure of the flotilla for disembarking the troops from the bay of Palma, where it was at anchor, I directed the fleet towards the coast of Algiers. On the evening of the next day (29th ult.) I came in full eight of it. The weather was fine, the wind blowing rather strong from the eastward. The fleet manceuvied, during the night, so as to be the next day (May 30) at a very short distance from the shore. At four o'clock in the morning (3thli ult.) we were to thenorth of CapeCaxine, at five or six leagues at the most; but the coast appeared cloudy, the horizon was low, thew ind increased gradually, every thing announced bad weather. The fleet tacked to the north, and sailed away from the coast, with the wind lying in the east sonth-east. Ido not think it had been descried from the land, on avount of the haziness of the weather. We found it impossible to sail in good order, in company with so many vessels of dif. ferent kinds and sizes, neither could we keep under the meridian of Algiers. The reserve, consisting of store ships and other res. eels of inferior sailing qualities, was tarried away to the leeward. The convoy, which I had taken care to keep several miles up to windward, maintained its position pretty well, but three days of a strong wind, blowing' E. S. E. obliged us to give up all hopes of coming again near the coast of Algiers. The only re s ource left was to join the reserve and the convoy in the Bay of Palma, and to shelter the fleet near the islands, in expectation of the return of fine weather, and the joining of the convoys. The convoy which left Toulon on the 27th, and was to join the army on the coast of Africa, was dispersed at its very tint setting out by a violent north easterly wind. I succeeded in joining several vessels begot ging to it to the convoy, which accompanies the army. Several others were directed towards Palma, by the light ships of the fleet, and the ge neral rendezvous will take place there. I flatter myself - that I shall succeed in this point, and in putting the army again in the way of resuming activ e o p erations . That cannot take long. I h a v e t a k e n measures to to Palma the flotilla which was to join me near Algiers. I have not had any news of it yet. but the weather has not been bad enough to give rise to any anxiety : it is composed of strong boats, capable of resisting the sea, as well as the wind which has blown lately. " Dlonseigneur,—l have found the elements contrary to my wishes ; I could only oppose human efforts to their supernatural strength. I have found, in my zeal and my attachment to the ser vice of the King, those efforts which have enabled me to prevent any accident, but could not prevent the actual delay of the pro jected expedition. The sanatory state of the army is good; the courage and spirit of the soldiers are the same as at the moment of our departure,— that is, excellent." On Thursday, while the workmen were employed in digging the foundation for the new spire about to be erected at the east end of the town-house of Haddington three feet below the surface of the old foundation, they discovered a quantity of bones, which, when collected together, were ascertained to be the remains of two full.grown persons. The teeth in one of the under jaws were quite entire, those of the other a good deal decayed the thigh bones were in a ood state of preservation. Close to the relics were found a leathern purse, drawn •at the mouth with a leathern thong, and 45 pieces of a silver coin of a gruat's value. These pieces of coin are broader than a shilling, and about one half of the thick ness, and must have been coined in the reign of Henry VIII. as will be seen by the following inscription which they bear : " Howie 8. Di Gr. Angi. sAranc," and on the reverse, the arms, with the motto, " Pori. Dev. Adiofore. Mews." It is 88 years mince the old spire was built, the foundation of which, as already stated, was three feet above the bed of gravel where the relics were found, and from that circumstance, and the age of the coin, it is conjectured that the individuals must have fallen during some incursion of the English, and were buried without being phtn. dered. MR. CAMPBELL, AND TEE EXILE OP ERIN. Mr. Thomas Campbell has tbe following letter to the EDITOR of a morning Paper--" am obliged to you for discrediting silly paragraph from the Sligo Observer, which is quoted in your piper of tmday. It charges me with having abstracted the manuscrip t of the Erik of Erin how the papers of the late Duke (you all him Marquis) of Buckingham. If my character did not repel this alum. ny, I could refute it by the fact, that I never in my life had access to any papers of either a Duke or a Marquis of Buckingham. I wrote the song of the Erik of Erin at Altona, and sent it off immediately from thence to London, where it was published by my friend Mr. Perry in the Morning Chronicle. iVith the evidence of my being the author of this little piece, I shall not trouble the world at present. Only if my Irish accuser has any proof that George Nugent Nugent Reynolds, Esq. ever affect,d to hove written the song, they will consult the credit of his memory by not blazoning the anecdote, for it' be asserted that the piece was his own. he assuredly told an untruth. lam inclined to believe however, that tle Sligo Ob.rrver's professed witnesses are not pre-emi nently blessed with good memories, for they offer to tes tify that they heard Ur. Reynolds, for years before his death, and prior to my publication of the song, repeat and sing it as his own. If the matter comes to a proof, I shall be able to prove that this is an utter impossibility, for I had scarcely composed the song when it was every where printed wich my name ; a nd it i s inconceivable that Mr. Reynolds could have the credit for years among his friends for a piece which those friends must have seen publicly claimed by myself. But tire whole charge is so absurd that I scarcely think the Sligo 01s. rver and his witnesses will renew it. If they do, they will only expose their folly." HAYMARKET THEATRE. KEAN played Richard 111. last night, and we suppose, although advertised for only six nights, that he will play as long as his list of parrs and their attractiveness will enable him. We rentembet to have seen him some seasons ago at the English Opera-house, while Covent-garden Theatre was temporarily closed, and we then cx. pressed ourselves much gratified with his performances in a smaller area ; his style of acting is peculiarly calculated for it, and he never had a voice to fill a much larger space. ill exerted him. :tell to the utmost last night, in order to produce a favourable impression, and in many points he succeeded; but we must say this, that he has been so long accustomed to adapt his acting. as far as he could do so, to a huge Winter Theatre, that some of his attempts at effect bore the appearance of exaggeration. We are not aware that he introduced a single variety in any of his scenes, and went through his task as if he played the part rather from habit than from feeling. Such must necessarily be the case after he has appeared in it so many hundred times.— The other characters were but moterately sustained, and from the smallness of the Company we perceived that some of the performers were obliged to double their parts : one Gentle man (with a fine cockney acceant with the omission of all the aspirates) was in one scene Sir Waller Tyrrell on the side of Richard, and in the next Sir William Brandon under the standard of Richmond. The scenery and dresses were not amiss, but we observed such a deficiency of weapons, that when Richmond ordered his men to draw their swords, only two or three made their from their scabbards. We would suggest also, that the King, in the tent scene, should be provided with - a lamp; or if they must be candles, that they should be wax, and not kitchen dips ten to the pound. These are defects easily amended, arising probably from the unfrequency of the performance of tragedy at this house. After the curtail fell, there was something like a general call for KEAN and he came forward in obedience to it, and thus bespake the audience: " LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—I 8M sure you are not aware of the fatigue any man must undergo who performs the principal part in this tragedy, or you would not require me to go through this farce after it. However, lam aware of your kind motives, and as an Englishman I appreciate it, and shall feel it here (laying his hand upon his breast) as long as there is pulsation in my heart. I, therefore, thank you heartily, but having concluded the part of Richard, I think, and you will perhaps think so to., that the best thing I can do is toga to bed." Much laughter and cheering followed, as if the audience meant to give Kzax a broad hint—that they wished him to follow his own advice. Had experience on this point not come so late, instead of talking of retiring from the wage, he might, perhaps, have trodden it for many years longer than, under present appearances, he is likely to do. KENSINGTON CHARITY SCHOOLS. Yesterday a grand dejevne was'given to the Nobility and Gentry, and the supporters of the above charity, at the King's Ar.ns Ta. Tern, Kensington, when a numerous and highly fashionable com. pany attended. The spacious room of the tavern was splendidly decorated, and every delicacy which the season could afford covered the various tables, which were tastefully laid out. ~".dis Royal Highness the Duk e of S ussex was prevemed taking the Chair by the indisposition of his Majesty, and it having been announced that Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P. would preside in the absence of his Royal Highness, much interest was excited, and long before the hour appointed for his arrival, the gardens adjacent to the tavern were tilled by elegantly-dressed ladies, who were amused by a band of music and dancing, &c. which were kept up with great spirit. At two o'clock Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mrs. and Bliss O'Connell and his son, entered the tavern amid great applause, the band playing.—. , See, the conquering hero comes," &c.. On taking the chair the rooom wa s imm e di a t e ly fill ed by com petty, who partook of a cold collation. The CHAIRMAN, in the course of the day, expatiated at great length on the merits of the Chatity, which it appears originated in the design of a disinterested clergyman, for the support of orphans of the Irish poor of the above district, and at present 02 boys end girls are supported, clothed, and educated by the charity. The children were conducted round the room, and their clean and healthy appearance excited the greatest delight and satisfaction to the company. The band played several delightful airs and tunes during the cc remony, and the party were exhilirated by Messrs. Nel‘on, Robin. son, Bryant, Sheriff, alai Webster, who sang some excellent glees, duetts, songs, &c. A subscription of between 731. and 001. was collected by the ladies who went round the room with the plates to solicit contributions. and after a most pleasing repast the fleeting separated, apparanly highly delighted with their work of charity. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Horticultural Society held their periodical meeting on Tues day, at their (heat Room, in Regent-street. Dr Henderson, the Vice President, was in the chair. Several valuable communications were read by the Secretary, and come Ladies of high rank were proposed to be elected Fellows of the Society. The shew of shrubs and flowers was brilliant, especially some seedlings, raised by Lord Curnarvon, in his gardens, at Ilighelere, from Ausiew Cocci/ea, and a Swbeseens, which were expressly impregnated by the pollen of Azaha Triamphans. Many of the seedlings, which are of remarkable beauty and very fragrant, have flowered at Highclere, this season, for the first time. There were also some pretty hybrids, from the same Nohleman's garden, intermediate he. tween Asaltu and Thododendron. Many beautiful vatieties of China and Ayrshire Roses of Chinese Peonies, of Penstemans. and Dtipines. Cherries and Strawberries of very extraordinary sire and flavour covered the table. The Secretary read, for the first time, communicated by the Council, and evidently the result of infinite labour, the ni w version of the Rye-haws for the Govern ment of the Society. in which it arrears all the objectionable clauses contained in the old edition are chrirdy removed, and a number of salutary and extreuely wise rlaos and regulations suggested in their stead. The whole of ti)o.e (genres are to be discussed and adopted hems& er, should they r.cove the approba. thin of the Fellows. NATIONAL COLONIZATION SOCIETY. A meeting of this Society was held yesterday. In the room used for the discussions of the tiorticultutnt Society. Antonia the per. tons assembled were several ladies. At two o'clock Mr. R. W. HORTON took the Chair. lie was supported by Mr. O'Brien, 31.1'. and 31r. Bulky, M.P. Mr. W. Smith, M.P. and Mr. O. R. DAWFOU M.P. came into the room during the afterno on , but WOO eterwarlls quitted it without taking any part in the discussion. Mr. Wzr.stoT HORTON, in taking the Chair, said that he had felt great pleasure In acceding ro the requisition of the committee of the society to preside at the meeting this day. Their object was one to which he had devoted many year. of st.olious attention, and which he confidently trusted would soon be carried into operation to the advantage both of the colonies anti of the country. The society who had called the meeting had their own views of the manner in which emigration was to be effected. In those views he did not con. cur, but the question now was, not the manner but the principle, lie thought nobody could deny ist emigration was necessary to relieve the people of this country from a part of that population for which no employment could be found at home. To prove this he would call their attention to some facts, for the accuracy of which he might safely vouch, for he had taken pains to have them verified. These were circumstances relating to the pariah of From, from which be had last night presented a petition to the House of Commons, pray. bag that the scheme of emigration might be carried into effect, and offering to bear the expenses of the emigration of their own poor. He wished here to observe, that he was not in favour of eompuhory emigration • but be thought he could convince the poor that it would be their interest to go into the colonies, where their employment was required, and in which they might greatly improve their condition by their own Industry, while they also be °edited the State. An emigration of capital was going on, why should there not be an emigration of labour? This society did not pretend to execute the scheme of emigration ; its object was to obtain information—to lay it before the public, and to induce the Government to undertake the executive past of the scheme.— If the Government refined, it would then become their duty to put it into effect. In the parish of Froine there WITI• 7,300 acres ; there were 14,000 people, who had formerly carried on a manufactory of blue cloth, but who, being reduced at the end the war, broke the machinery, which they imagined caust-.1 their distress; and the machinery not being renewed, the trade had gone to Huddersfield, and the people of Frolue were now suffering extensively from pauperism. How sould the econo mists get rid of that pauperism ? There were 2.500 persons as. sessed us pate payers ; 399 were generally chargeabie to the rates; and 557 were now receiving relief from them. Net one.atird of the aide-bodied labourers were employed; and the exrenvs of theme who sore employed were greater than the protluoe of their labour.— A suns of 21,0001. had been expended within the List three years tOr the charges of the poor. The pariah could spare two hundred and fifty labourers immediately, leaving then three hundred more than could be employed--a surplus that would be quite sufficient to meet all the demands for contingent labour. lie Mould now show, from the example of another place, what tan parish would gain if these two hundred and fifty labourers could be removed without exp.i:ce to them. Mr. Hodges, of the parish of New Beding ton, in Ken:, had stated to hint, that successive removals of the pauper, paupers of t hat parish hid taken place by means of funds borrowe. by the parisli, and repaid at an interest of 4 pet cent. and that ts.l • consequence was, the rates in that parish since the year 18;:i had been reduced from 2,987. to 1.9841. which was their amount for the present year; and that great reduction had been effected by an expenditure of 888. for the emigration of part of their poor. But, unfortunately, these men went to America, which they strengthened by their skill and industry, while they ought to have gone to our colonies, which were equally in want of them. The colonies, front wanting a population, were poor, and a burden to this country; while, with a good population, they might be a benefit. He differed in ninny speculative points from the members of this society ; but the promotion of human har pines' was their comniun object. That was not the place, nor the time, for discussing these differences ; and he trusted there would be but one common feeling of agreement upon the principles of the re solutions that were about to be proposed. Mr. O'Butzsr moved the Ent resolution, declaring that there ex isted an excess of labourers in proportion to the means of employ ment. Mr. BUCKLER seconded the resolution, and obaerved, that in the moral as in the physical world there was a point up to which the concentration of agents afforUed an increase of strength, but beyond that point it proved a disadvantage. With regard to human labourers considered as agents, it was his opinion that the countty had passed that point, and that the colonies had not reached it; and that con sequently a transfer of part of the labourers from the former to the latter must be beneficial to both. Mr. %VILLE., the Secretary of the Society for the Allotment of Land to the Poor, asked whether the Government had given either their tacit or their avowed support to this plan ? and was then pro ceeding to discuss the propriety of the principle of emigration, and to assert that was an alternative. besides expatriation and starvation, when he was interrupted by the Chairman, as being out of order. Mr. POWER said that the gentleman was clearly out of order. This Society did not wish to interfere with the plan of that which he represented, and which might proceed to-morrow with accele rated velocity. That case was bad when its supporters were obliged to give nicknames.—(hear.) It was not expatriation. but the vo. luntary emigration of a redundant class of labourers that was now recommended.—(hear, hear.) Mr. EDmoNns said he wished to ask the Chairman a question, the answer to which would have some bearing on the literary inte grity of the assembh.tl lumbers of the Colonization Society. Much had been said ~t the meeting, and lately in the press, about the lu minous discovet.is in political science published two or three months ago to the world in a pamphlet, under the especial sanction of the Colonization Soziety. Now the circumstances dwelt on most strongly in that pamphlet drat appeared in a work on Political Ecnomy, published by his brother three years ago. They ought, in justice, to have acknowledged the source o f th e i r o b servat i ons . Tile etting did not seem disposed to decide on this disputable point of literary political justice, and loud cries of " Question, question !" put an end to this interruption. Mr. Owsw (of Lanark) said that employment could not be ob tained here, in any way, for the numerous class of the labouring population of the country. Thoushnds of families were now starv ing, and employment ought to be found, if possible, for them here or elsewhere. He was proceeding to discuss the propriety of the mode of proceeding recommended by the Society, when he was inter rupted by the cries of " Question !" A long and very irregular disscussion, on the question whether this subject should now be debated, then eosued ; upon which Mr. C. BULLER said that he believed the rule today was in pursuance of the recommendation sometimes put forth by certain wise persons, to vote the Resolutions first and discuss them after wuds. This sally restored good humour, which had been somewhat on the wane during the discussion on the point of order, and the resolution was put and carried. Colonel ToaaEss proposed the second Resolution, which Rest,. lotion declared that there existed a great scarcity of labourers in the Colonies. He observed that one objection made to the plan of emi. gration vu, that the vacuum it produced would soon be tilled up, and that it would conttr but a temporuy benefit ; but surely that argument ought to have nu weight, for who was there that would acknowledge men ought not to etu a good action because they might be called on to repeat it, since they could not always destroy the cause of the evil they wished to remedy. Besides, he did not believe that population would always increase in a greater ratiothan capital and the means of employment. Mr. SCOTT, who held considerable property in New South Wales, seconded the resolution, and spoke of the great benefits that an increased population would confer on that colony. The resolution was carried. Mr. W. HAT r proposed the third resolution, which asserted that one of die moat important objects of political economy was the adoption of some sound practical measure of colonization, so as to remedy pauperism in Britain and supply the deinang for labour in the colonies. He commented on the three great principles of the Colonization Society, namely, the selection of the enngranis..—the concentration of them, and the sale of the waste lands, so as to secure a return for the first outlay. Mr. W. IiORTON objected to his being pledgiAl to these prin. ciplet. A long and irregular conversation was the consequence of this ob. jection, which was renewed at every opportunity ►y the right ho. nourable gentleman, and which was ultimately terminated by the universal acknowledgment that nu one at the meeting was bound by anything but by the terms of the resolutions themselves. Mr. STIRLING seconded the resolution,7and went at some length into a declaration of his decidcti concurrence with the three pinch. pies above stated, which, he said, were admirably developed in the pamphlet published by the Society on Ills subject, and which, it adopted, uould, he was sure, go far to secure the prosperity and hap piness both of this country and the colonies. A resolution, appointing* committee to frame a set of rules and regulations for the government of the Society, and to explain their •iews on the ►ubjtct to the public, was then passed, and the corn. mittee appointed. Other resolutions, relating to the mode of conducting the business of the Society were then agreed to ; and, after a vote o: thanks bad passed to the Chairman, the mezting separated. The weather up to this time, with the exception of a day or two, has hero yen unseasonable, the sun being seldom seen, alai cold bleak winds, and much wet, greatly preponderating ; the consequence is, that the coming crops are in a very backward state in this neighbourhood, though the wheat upon the good lands looks tolerably healthy. In many parts of Northumberland, in cold and expowel situations, the crops of both wheat and oats present a very thin and yellow appearance ; indeed, the oats, it is anticipated, will prove the most deficient crop experienced here for miny years. The hay crop promises to be very abundant. In Cumberland, the crops are said to look well, but much in want of warmth. la Ilerwirk. shire, the crops of every kind are stated to have a very promising appearance, with the exception of wine fields of oats, which have suffered greatly front the grub. In East Lothian, the present swim is regarded as one of the earliest and most abundant grass seasons em record ; and with s few exceptions, the wheat crop is in a thriving state, but the oats have suffered extensively from the slug and wire. worm. In Yorkshire, the crop of grass and corn, in heavy soils, are said to be suffering much for want of warmth and sunshine.—Trne Mercury. The paper duties of Ireland produced last year 22,7401. which was, of course, a falling off from the amount of the year preceding. The 22,7401. was col lected at an expense to the crown of 16,000/. and thus, to gain one shilling in the shape of paps duty, govern ment made the subject pay considerably more than taco shillings. There must obviously be enormous smug gling in the paper trade. If Mr. Goulburn understood the duties of his office, he would endeavour to prevent this ; that is, he would try adequately to collect the existing duties, before he resolved upon imposing new ones.—Morning Register.