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true mode of rendering discussion useful, was to fillOW it to be free for all sides. Mr. TREVOR had a great horror of the licen i iousness of the Press. Sir F. BURDETT concurred with Mr. HUME, and advised him to move for the repeal of the Six Acts, but not till the Reform Bill was carried. Mr. O'CoNNELL followed in the same execm. tions of the Six Acts, and gave notice of a Bill to render evidence of truth admissible in libel eases. Mr. C. W. WYNNE and Sir R. PEEL thought :hat seditious and inflammatory publications ought to be promptly suppressed; and Mr. W. quoted one, containing a passage, " Down with Kings, Lords, and Priests." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the best repression was the good sense of the country. He had instituted no prosecution ex officio ; but in two or three cases he had referred questions to Grand Juries. Some peevish discussion arose between Sir R. PEEL and Mr. HUNT, whose second and third speeches were attempted to be coughed down. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the Mer chants of Canton, complaining of grievances im posed by the Chinese on our authorities. The propriety of establishing a resident embassy was discussed. Mr. C. GRANT moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the State of Trade, &c. &c. to the East Indies, which took place after a prolonged conversation between Messrs. WHIT MORE, ASTELL, WORTLEY, lIUME, NIAL COLS', NACDON A LD, ROBINSON, and FERGUSON. The Salaries of the Board of Controul were then objects of a desultory conversation. Mr. ALDERMAN WOOD brought in a Bill to prevent the spreading of Canine Madness. Mr. WEYLAND moved for leave to bring in a bill to prevent hiring being considered as settle ment, with a view to enable labourers to remove to fresh parishes without prejudice. This led to a discussion about the poor laws, and the causes of their abuses and inefficiency. Mr. HUNT thought that long residence ought to confer settlement; and he, and Mr. BEN ETT, and Mr. SADLER, defended the Poor Laws. Lord ALTHORP avowed that Ministers have no matured plan. Mr. PAGET, a new member, said that the assessments were so unequal as in some places to amount to a confiscation of the land, and lie advised a general poor tax instead of local rates. Mr. J.% ES objected to the cruel operation of Sturgess Bourne's Select Vestry Bill. Mr. HUME obtained the appointment of a Com mittee to enquire further in regard to the abuses of the'Ki N o's Printer, aad his privileges, charges, &c. Sir J. GRAIIAM did justice to the splendid liberality of Mr. MARSDEN, late Secretary to the Admiralty, who had given notice, that from this Midsummer he should decline to receive his retired pension of £1,500 per annum. This is a noble example ! Lord ALTHORP gave notice of his Game Laws' amendment Bill, a measure so desirable to the peace and morality of the country. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Console, which left off yesterday at 82 83 for the Account, opened at the same price, and con tinue at that quotation at present. Brazil Stock has gone down about 2 if per cent. Accounts have been received from Pernambuco, by a vessel in 50 days, that a revolution bad taken !lace there, and all business was suspended. It is also stated, that the Brazilian Government were in great want of money, and have been obliged to borrow money from the merchants to pay the troops. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—Arrived the Elenan, Bardwell, from Riga, with a green flag flying, and ordered off to Milford. Oak, from Riga, Agnes, Wood, from Revel, to wait for orders.— The quantity of British Plantation Sugar offering at present, is more than adequate to the demand, and the prices barely supported the sale ; this week amount to 1,100 hhds, but nothing doing in East India. The extent of business done this week in Cotton, reached 16,750 bags, but the market has been dull, and the prices of low qua lities of American and Brazil are again a shade lower. THREE O'CLOCK We have no account as yet of the arrival of the Dutch steamer, or have we any political news to the present hour. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 821 for the account, have taken a stand, and within a short period have im proved to 831, at present they are 831,—with very little doing at present. We hear that An Express has arrived from Paris, but nothing of its contents has as yet transpired. In the Foreign Market Brazil Stock was done as low as 50 ; it is now 511.—1 n other Foreign Securities little or nothing doing. The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, Miss Chavannes, Sir James 4aynett. and Colonel Keate, h o no ure d the pe rformance of Miss F. Kemble, as Juliet, on Monday evening, at Covent-Dadaw Theatre ' with her presence. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland honoured the grand entertainment gtvar by the Marquis and !Marchionessof Stafford, at Stafford House, with thdr pre. .ence last evening. The Princess Augusta has been indisposed dur ing the last few days with a cold. The Duchess of Olocester and the Princess Sophia visited Her Royal Highness yester ti,ry, at her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of Sussex visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Earl Grey, in Downing.atreet, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Durham, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Goderich, the Earl of Carlisle, the Chancellor of the Excise- Sit Janiti Graham, Lord Holland, Right Hon. Charles Grart, Lord John Ruud], the Duke of Richmond, ‘,11,1 Mr. Stanley. The Council sat in deliberation upwards of three tours. The Lord Chancellor arrived directly after the con. t!usion of the Council; his Lordship had an interview with £4l Grey. ITALY. The most affecting details have already been given in the STA R, of the condemnation and death of the Italian Patriot MsNorri. We, yesterday, had access, through private information, to the de tails of the charges against this patriot—the je suitical mode of accusing him—and the equally jesuitical judgment, the cruel execution, and the inspiring effect of similar arbitrary decisions. We recommend, in particular, the perusal of the fol lowing literal translation of an Atutro-Italian production : CASE OF MENOTTI. CONSIDERING, that the convicted is fully guilty of the atrocious facts imputed to him, over and above his own avowals, several times repeated in the course of the interroga. tories, before the military commissions, as well as before the ordinary tribunals; and also the avowals and declarations of his accomplices : CONSIDERING, that by law, and by these facts, there appears in his trial the palpable proof of his guilt, in the full extent of the crime imputed to him ; CONSIDERING, that the matter produced in the de fence, has the intention of gaining over the suffrages of the people, and consequently the extension of the crime for puted to him : an attempt altogether illusory, and not ad missible—since the law forbids all subjects from provoking disorders, and of plotting, tinder any pretest whatsoerer, and declares guilty every subject who commits such acts ; CONSIDERING, that besides these results from the trial, and from the writings of the accused, the exception of whielt he claims—and that his "ease" and "small book" wculd have established a proof that he would have effected thronghont Italy the destruction of monarchical government, raised ibs standard of liberty, and instituted a government entirely re publican : CONSIDERING, that inasmuch the administration of the laws, as by the proof of the facts, this plea is insidious, and not admissible—in fact, null and void • , L CostsiDeftino all this, the military commission has caw demned and DO condemn Clio AIENOTTI to the penalty Of the infamous death of the gobbet !—to be executed upon on of the bastions of the citadel ; sod to the confiscation of a 1 , his property.! ! DONE ; READ ; and PUBLISHED, the 9th Day of May 1831.—Signed by the COMMISSION'S', and by FERRARI, Chancellor. WE, FRANCIS, &C. &e —Having seen and examined the sentence pronounced, by the Extraordinary Military Commission, against Ciro blenotti, WE approrc of 181 and send it back to the President of the said Commission to be executed ! I SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TIMES...—It is very certain that the clause In the Reform Bill, requiring that the rent shall be paid not less frequently than by the half.year, In order to give a tenant the elective franchise in boroughs, does exist in the schedule of the bill now published, and has occasioned very general surprise: we presume that it was inserted In some degree to appease the apprehensions of those who dreaded the admission of too great a number of voters ; and next, probably, it might be thought, that a rent payable quarterly would be liable to admit, by chicane, weekly tenants also. The number of leases and other agreements between landlord and te nant, for even valuable tenements, in which a quarterly payment of rent is exacted, might not have been suspect. eh ; for, though a legislator ought to know a pent deal, he cannot be, or rather could not have been, a third party present upon every contract between landlord and tenant. The moat rational and easy way of getting rid of the clause is, to say nothing about the periods of payment ; hut, as in the case of votes for counties under the old law, to require a year's occupancy before the tenant shall be entitled toga vote. Tl!ere is an explanation also necessary on the relation between this and another clause, the 26th. In this, the 26th, it is said that commissioners shall an. l Ilex contiguous districts to boroughs containing fewer than three hundred houses rated at 101. annually; but Otis must mean rated at 101. and also liable to the con. dition of the other clause,—that of paying the rents by I nothing less than hale-yearly payments ; and if this be what is ! meant, how few bor,ogh.houscs toe liable to halt:yearly payments of rent only ? There is something in cLuse 16 of the schedule which we do not clearly understand. Copy.. holders, of 101. and upwards, are to have votes for counties ; leaseholders, of 101. annual rent on leases of 60 years; and leaseholders of 7 years, and 501. rent ; but what maths :he following paragraph in the clause? " Provided always, that such person so seized of holding shall be in the actual possession of such lands or tenements, or in the receipt, for his own use, of the rents and profits thereof front the person actually occupying the same." This proviso would seem to limit the whole clause, so far as affects leaseholders, to tile tenants of corporate bodice holding beneficial leases upon line and reserved rent, whose sub-lessees cannot vote, what ever be the value of their occupancy. Is this what is ! meant ? POsT.—Whatever may be the prevalent ideas upon the subject o; Reform, it is easy to foresee that the nation will sOOO be unanimously of our opinion as to the honesty and consistency of the Ministers, who, by means of that question Alone, have hitherto been enabled to maintain themselves in office, after proofs of incapacity, more than sufficient to dis credit and destroy ten sueessrive administrations. The Ml bisters, who adopted for the electioneering war-cry of them selves and their partisans, " The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bilr—the ministers, whose friends and sup pm ters its the House of Commons have to a man obtained seats in the House ofCommons by means of a pledge to vote fur ":the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill"_ the Ministers, who have said, and almost sworn, In endless repettion, that they would stand or fall by that measure, and never deviate I t the slightest degree from any of its leading principles —now, at this moment, stand openly confessed before the people of England in the character we have always assigned to them. They have laid upon the table of the House of Commons a Bill upon the subject of Reform, essentially different from that to which they have solemnly bound themselves to adhere—essentially inimical to the demo erotic principles, by proclaiming which they excited a popular ferment, which gained them many an electioneering triumph, calculated evidently and impudently for the single end of in. creasing permanently in the House of Commons the Arista crarical power oldie Whigs. The change to which we al. lude is that vilich withholds the franchise in cities and bo. roughs from those householders whose rent is payable more frequently than once in every half year—a change which does not of necessity t arrow the constituency, or improve the materials of which it is to he composed, but which does of necessity place the whole constituency of every city and bo rough completely in die power of the proprietors of houses. HERA LD.—A writer in a Sunday Paper has the modest assurance to address what he Is pleased to call " Half a dozen words to the King," but which, in fact, consist of a whole column of semiouising cant upon this notable text— viz. the " extreme difficulty" which his Majesty must have L giving the royal assent to the Reform Bill, "as respects the Coronation Oath." And to what part of the Coronation Oath do such of our readers, as have not seen this precious farrago, (mauler that the writer alludes I To that in which ' the Sovereign undertakes " to preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do appertain to them." It requires no ordinary stretch of invention and of imagination, we should think, to dis cover either how religion in the abstract, or our church establishment in particular, Is likely to be affected by the measures now in progress. The sly segue, however, who thus sees in the downfall of boroughmongerism the:ruin of the church, is probably either one of those clerical mayors, aldermen, or burgesses which, to the disgrace of our church estadishment, are found to exist, or else one of those many aspirants to church preferment—and that of the highest rank—to whom the road of Parliamentary inte. rest is to4tempting to be turned away from without a sigh. lire apprehend, however, that the real friends of the church establishment, whether lay or clerical, can have nothing to fear, but much to hope, from the conse. quanta of Parliamentary Reform. Nothing in the whole of our public irstitutions (not excepting even th r e anl d e ouse of Commons itself) calls more loudly for reformation than the church—not in its principles and doc trines—not in its ability or design to answer the important purposes of its Divine founder—but principally from the mode in which those purposes are defeated, by the singularfact, fact, that the drones of the establishment consume the honey, while the active bees scarcely partake, in too many instances, of enough to sustain existence; and which, with other ' abuses, it would not be at all difficult to trace to the very same source which has now united so large a ma jority of the people in calling for Parliamentary Reform. Fortunately the present heads of the Church (some of them at least), unlike the silly writer we allude to, have the wis. dons to see the necessity of Church reform ; the Archbishop of Canterbury himself, the Lord John Russell of the Church, having with his own hand brought in a Bill, or Bills, which in all probability will have the effect of taking sway some of those " rights and privileges" of abuse which the sapient writer in question would have us believe are guarded and I sanctified by his Majesty's Coronation Oath. FRANCIS. GAETANO GAMORA, Sec. of the Cabinet Catajo, May 21, 1831. Upon this extraordinary production, we have the following just comment in the Courrier Francais: " The sentence pronounced against the courageous patriot Ciro Menotti, is an example of atrocious cruelty—worthy only of the most barbarous ages, and of a tyrant only such as the Duke of Mode na, who recklessly approved of it, and warranted its execution by his signature ! The crime of Me notti was, that he set his face against despotism— he desired to break the chains with which Italy was fettered—he wished to give liberty to his country —and when driven to the last strong hold, he de fended his humble habitation from the satellites of a tyrant—and when his " case" and " small book" were torn from him by force—out of the sanctuary of domestic life—he was doomed by the same power to die upon the gibbet !! ! But we have not come to the climax of this atrocious affair. We know well that the Don Miguel of Italy thirsted for blood ; but the thing that amazes us, is, that In should have invoked upon his own head, that ven geance which he could have administered elsewhere. Menotti is not only here accused of conspiracy— fulfilled and accomplished ; but he is likewise ac cused of projects of massacre and assassination, which it never entered into his mind to com mit. Common plotters, armed with poignards, would have laid their vile hands upon all the ministers and faithful servants of the so vereign ; they would have made a carnage at the moment of revolt, and probably struck down a great number of innocent victims. Herein con sists the crime ascribed to Menotti by the Duke— the Duke, who knew well that the Italian patriots had well used their victory, with admirable gene sity—that not an individual of the partisans of the ruling powers (only for an instant beaten), was con demned by the conquerors —that he himself—the Duke—owed his life to the magnanimity of this same C:ro Menotti!!! The Duke devoted Me notti to the executioner—and calumniated himself in imprudently condemning him to death. Atro cious mockery of strength !—sullying at once, through the wiles and power of a tyrant, the blood of a patriot and the sword of crying justice ! This Prince—this Duke—who could not combat the Modonese insurrection—who fled before it—who, conscious of the hatred which the people bore to words him—who pusillanimously sought foreign aid MEMORIAL FROM NEWTOWNBARRY. to support his bloody and stupid government— The following important memorial has been pre who, having obtained that aid, returned, and erected sented by tl.o inhabitants of Newtownbarry to the scaffolds to punish patriots, whose hands were Lord Lieutenant. We also subjoin the reply of clear of all blood—the Chief of whom had granted Sir Williain Gossett, the Under Secretary : him his life—the next moment steeped his hands TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE HOST NOBLE THE MAE in blood—in the blood of that generous patriot, QUIS OF ANGLESEY, LIVID LIEUTENANT OF IRE LAND. whose name was irreproachable ! The Duke con- we, the undersigned, principal inhabitants of the town of demus him upon that burlesque of justice—a Judi- New:ownbarry, county of Wexford, beg leave humbly to lay vial investigation ! he makes it a crime before your Excellency a statement of deplorable facts, which against Menotti, that he ex occurred in this town on Saturday, the Pith of June ; with pressed himself to a view that your Exeellency may institute such an inveseiga. the effect that he would prefer coming to his boo as 'western best calculated to ascertain the whole truth, devoted end in any other way than by the and best satisfy the Ads of justice. Gibbet ! No expression of horror can be se- Three heifers, theproperty of Patrick Doyle, of Tombeick, in the pariah of Newtownbarry, having been impounded fur lected sufficiently strong to brand the cow- earczymn, tithe , °r a w that they m i g ht be age by duct, either of a prince or of a man, who ail- , a rescue was apprehended by me magistrates of the ministers such laws, in the name of justice. The town asd neighbourhood. Detachments of yeomanry, body of Menotti wee suspended from the gibbet ; amounting to about Ibo, together with 40 of the conambn. iary force, were ordered Into the town on the previous day. but hie name will shine brilliantly forth, amongst The Saturday on which they were to be sold happening to `those patriots of illustrious memory and renown, be market day, probably the crowd HAS increased on account who have been immolated to the glory of freeing of the expected sale. pound i nto , eaule , were, without any resistance , driven from the their country ; while the name of the ignoble prince, In e w ee ,. e e e d o to r s a t i ra tern i ts which we read at the foot of the preceding document c p into i t s u e e se p the nl c laim , mar ket-pl ace. t a h c e e. catt I shall be execrated in that history of the present times fare any sale took place, and it Is absolutely certain that y they which cannot be passed over, without the most I were not driven away by any force or intimidation whatever. severe scrutiny : and woe to him, in the present; o T i be cattl s e h ha t v i i n ng stetiye t d a , in weje fo a l m lowed m by is g t rea te t numbers march of intelligence, who misrepresents a fact ! p eo ple ins that the cattle g. had left the market:p a lace, fo r il a 4e i d )e trem iv , Honour—everlasting honour to the AGE !—wherein , sewinpanied by the police, half a mile on their way home, it the People who claim their liberty are so great— ,w : 1 the intention of bringing them back, which he accord. l the AGE in which Princes, who wish to wrest ' ,4 1 7 . e e s t ci ts ed be * I n he th c e at s t e m be e trio= the poun d, tain whichi Power from the People, has become so contempti- left the them, and 'cam! back ra to 3a th nl e ice as a gu ard over Me ; in which we have seen populations mowed , town, distant about a quarter of a mile, to fetch the yeo down with grape shot, by legitimate Kings —and rnan , r h y, that they might assist. The st :w y er eo e rnan diro ry w a n ed w gli m ce ue be h inl o d u r ti a n w s n up T n h ea e r th l e ic p e o fi u r n el , in which we have seen the people grant life —show clemency—and even generosity—towards the men ' visibly over the heads of the people, under the instruction of stained with their own blood. Where is the ' their officer, Captain King. The yeomanry, immediately honour—the patriotism of Princes—the clemency, afterwards, commenced a discharge, which lasted pethapa five minutes. The people seemed to tote dispersed home or the generosity—nay even the LA , where blood diately after the firing began. is spilt, or where starvation is prevailing I The number of persons actually dead is thirteen: or four- IRELAND. teen. The number of persons known to be badly wounded in the town and neighbourhood is twenty-three. The undersigned memorialist trust that the urgency of the occasion may excuse any informality in the present papa, and beg leave, with all dutiful humility, to suggest that no time be lost in sending down an agent to take depositior.• on the part of the crown. And your memorialists, as in duty bound, will ever pray. H. G. Chohnondely, J. Walsh, C.C. John French, P.P. Miles Doyle, James Curry, Edward Moore, Charles Ryan, John Kennedy, Darby Nowlan, Martin Murphy, James Murphy, Lewis Moore. Newtownbarry, June 19th, 1831. ANSWER.. Dublin, 20th June, 1831. Sta—The memorial addressed to the Lord Lieutenant by the principal inhabitants of Newtownbarry, has been laid bc'orc his Excellency. To say that he deeply deplores the very lamentable tran saction to which it relates, is but feebly to express his feel. ings on the occasion. His Excellency has the satisfaction to find that he has anticipated the request of the memorialists in sending Mr. Green, a King's counsel, and a confidential adviser of the Government, to investigate the particulars of this most un fortunate affair. llia Excellency feels confident that the Gentlemen who have signed the Memorial will use their best exertions to maintain that peace which appears to have been restorod, by softening, by every means in their power, the "verities which such an occurrence leaves behind it. _ _ I address this letter to you, sir, as your name is the first attached to the 3lemorial. 1 hare the honour to be, sir, your most obedeint servant, WI ILIA 1%1 GOSSET. H. G. Cholmondeley, Esq. NEWTOWNBARRY MASSACRE. By considerable exertions we have removed the possibility of the complaint being longer made that the public has not received sufficient information on the causes and progress of this inhuman out rage. The creditable efforts of an able and gene rous provincial press enable us to lay such a mass of evidence before the empire as completely to expose its origin and whole details. Hitherto the officer has been employed in hearing the witnesses for the yeomanry—those witnesses being them selves yeomen and policemen, and some of them persons whose hands are red with blood. Even chat evidence does, we think, in the mind of every honest man establish the enormous guilt of the yeomanry and Graham. But the evidence on the other side, which is indeed clear, consistent, and even in the main particulars, corrobororated by that of the accused themselves, throws as was natural a fuller light on this dreadful massacre. It is now established that the first shot was fired by the yeomanry—that the police fired and shot some of the peasantry—that Graham did give orders to fire—that no riot act was read—that the only pos sible justification for this massacre was the throw ing of some stones—and that previous to that, and in fact the cause of it, was the provokingly brutal conduct of the yeomenry, who " prodded" with their bayonets the crowd that pressed on them. The evidence of King, Dillon, and Bothwell (policemen), and of Doyle and Devereux, will be found worthy of particular attention. The account of the origin of this transaction given by Devereux seems to us to bear the plain features of truth. "One of the parishioners in the rear, whose person he knows, but whose name he is ignorant of, asked Capt. Gra ham to wait until Mr. Feltus's return; ttraham then de manded the cattle out; said he would cant them; that every yeoman and policeman had a ball cartridge In their piece; offer that a man of the name of John Doyle came up, who Is a son of Patric* Doyle, the owner of the cattle; he said to Capt. Graham, there is many a man here going to the mar. ket, there is many a man coating from market atter doing his business, and there is many a man hat coming to boy my cattle, unarmed, without anything but his hands ; diapers* your yeomanry, (says he), and I myself will drive the cattle to Newtownbarry ; the man (says he) who bids be yond the value foie thena,be may have them—if they go for the value I may buy them myself, and I'll redress myself by the law.' Capt. Graham said • Disperse ! (waving his sword) I'll cant them.' A man said to Captain Graham that it was beyond the auction time, and wait for Feltus. Stand back, you ruffian,' said Captain Graham, making a thrust of his sword at the man. The man then raised his hand at Capt. Graham, and said, How dare you make a dart of your sword at me? I have as good authority on this road as you, and I paid more for making it.' Captain King, a piece down in the road, said, Captain Graham, read the riot set. ' No,' says Captain G. • but I'll read the tight act.' Graham put his hand in his pocket, and pulled up a paper about an inch out of his pocket, and run it down again ; Graham de. mended the cattle out of the pound, waving his sword at the same time; the cattle were let out of the pound, and the polite took them into custody. To the best of his belief, six police marched before the cattle, six behind them, aol the remainder in the rear. As they advanced a little towards Newtownbarry, Captain Graham turned round the horse after them ; his own corps of yeomanry wheeled after him, and the other corps in the rank ; knows most of Graham's corps these 16 years; the people began to rush on out of curiosity, as de ponent believes, and the yeomanry punched them with their bayonents ; every man deponent saw at this time stabbed or struck with bayonets, raised his hand in a passion, and asked how dare they strike them with their bayonets ? and beard one man say, • do you mean to let my guts out, you rascal r After that he saw a stone thrown weakly from the people in the direction of the yeomanry ; after that, de. poneot saw the people rushing on the yeomanry, and they mixed with each other, and then saw two or three stones come from the people at the yeomanry ; then saw Captain Graham stoop his head down towards the pommel of his saddle and said ' fire!' When Graham said fire, a shot was let, and in an instaat after another shot ; deponent beard one of the commanders say,' fall into your ranks,' and then five or six shots were let after one another quite quick; altogether five or six shots were fired; he heard so many shots that if he had two pounds of powder in a rock they would not make a greater report ; they stopped for about a second, and then a great number of shots were fired ; then saw some moo shot and some men falling; saw the blood running from some of them ; cannot particularise any man by name who tired on that occasion ; cannot identify one man more than another that fired, the firing was so quick; did not see the wan who fired the first shot, nor the second. INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PRO PAGATION OF Tat; GOSPEL. IN FOREIGN PART& The Society held its anniveasary meeting yes terday, at Freem son's-hail, Great Queen-street. The Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair, supported by the Lord Mayor and the Bishops of Loudon, Winchester, Bangor, Quebec, Nova Sco tia, and some other bishops; Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Patteson, Lords Bexley and Barring ton, Sir James Malcolm, and many other distin guished individuals. The A RCIIBISHOP said there was no occasion for bins to state the cause of their assembling-- that was known to them all: he therefore should call on Mr. Hamilt n to read the report, wh:ch first gave an account of the progress of the esta blishment on the American t ontinent, particu!arly as to its successful effurte in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where the number of Missionaries sent by the Society had been considerably increased, and not less than eighty churches consecrated within five years, with an increase of attendance on these churches of not less than ten thousand persons, many of whom were emigrants. In Newfoundland the limitation of their means bad left much undone which might have been effected. The Bermudas had received assistance from Nova Scotia. In the schools of the former place there are now 700 attending, where five years since there were none. In the two provinces of Upper and IA wer Canada, at that period, there were only 10 clergymen, but now there are more than 70, am! in the same period 90 churches have been erect ed, principally by the people themselves ; the stimulus to effect these chances had been created by the exertions of this society. .1t Quebec a body of catechists bad been tr.Uu ed under the superintendence of the heads of the Church, and steps bad been taken for the promotion of Sunday-s: heels. It then stated the efforts made by the Bishop of Calcutta in forwarding the views of the society, and the suc cess which had attended them, by the increase of the college and promotion of missions to different parts of India. It alluded to the steps taken to carry into effect the Codrington trust. It then went into the state of its finances, by whic I it ap peared the expenditure was exceeding the income, and that at least 10,0001. will be required to fulfil the engagements already made. That in conse quence of the great call on its funds, they were compelled to sell out 70,0001. of their stock, and unless there was an increase in the funds, a failure must take place. That it was in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England that their proceedings were carried on ; and the report con cluded by calling on them for increased exertions in its support. The LORD Motion said he had been requested by the Committee to move the first resolution,— " That the report be read and printed, and circu lated amongst the members of the society,"—and he rose with pleasure to fulfil the request which had been imposed on him. He was glad to pro mote the prosperity of an undertaking, which has such a claim on them. It was one that was dear to his own heart, as he was sure it was to every member of the Church of England, and all that believed in the Gospel and the glad tidings which it was the object of this Society to propagate. From the report which had just been read there was one part he could almost find fault with, although he might be charged with presump tion, although had ho been similarly situated, he might have fallen into the same error ; but wheu he looked to that part where he heard that the funds are in a lamentable state; and that in the last seven years 70,0001. had been obliged to be sold out, he could not think that the members of the Church could allow things to remain in this state, and it need only be known for assistance to be given. There are thousands praising Gots who I had been led to hint through the means of this Society. And if there were any circumstance that called them more particularly to attend on this occasion, it was, that we now were threatened by the neighbourhood of a dreadful dis ease ; but be trusted that Goo, who had hitherto preserved us, would continue his protection. He thought, with the other precautions of Govern ment, a general fast ought not to be forgotten. But what were the ravages of that disease which we so much dreaded in comparison with that im morality which is assailing different parts of the globe, and even our own shores ? How often did we see here the blasphemer who dared to deny his GOD ? Surely we ought not to shut our eyes against the dangers with which we were surrounded. The Bishop of WINCHESTER seconded the re solution, which he felt double pleasure in doing, I seeing it proposed by the chief magistrate of Lon don, who had come forward to support the glo rious work of the salvation of souls; and he fish it the more, as he doubted not that the sentiments expressed were not only his, but those of the dif ferent classes of this great city. He then referred to the different points contained in the report, and said he felt with the Lord Mayor, that it seas only necessary to bring their case fairly before the Christian public in order for a remedy to be ap plied. On his Lordship sitting down, Mr. BUR RIDGE rose, and wished to address the meeting. The CHAIRMAN asked him whether he was a subscriber?—He said he was rot. It was moved, that no one should address the meeting without the consent of the Chairman. After a short time, and some opposition, he sat down. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS moved the next resolu tion—that the funds of the society were Dot equal to the expenditure, but rejoiced at the success of the society in our Colonies in the West Indies and North America. He stated, at great length, the excellent effects he had personally witnessed by the introduction of religious instruction in the colony over which he had presided. The Bishop of LLANDAFF seconded this resolu tion, and spoke for some time, when, on his con cluding, Mr. Burridge again rose, and persisted iu, speaking, on which there was a general cry of " Turn him out ;" this at length was effected, after which order was resumed. Mr. Justice PARK moved the naxt resolution. In the course of his observation he stated a second letter from his Majesty was about to be published towards assisting this society, and therefore he hoped every one would contribute to this laudable undertaking. The Bishop of LON DON rose, and said, that from the painful circumstance which had just taken place, he thought it right to say this meeting was eLit called for public discussion, but li,r the neces sary business of the society. Sir JOHN MALCOLM moved the next resolu tion, and at very great length stated, from his own ob,orvation, the great benefits derissik from the iatrodoctien of.reiigiou in the East Indies; spebte feelingly of the effects produced by tlio eurtions of the late Bishop Middleton, with whom he bed travelled, and of those prelates who had succeeded him. He also went into the subject of education as now introduced in India, and the effect of it amongst the natives. He was followed by Mr. Jut lice llaLLtnua- Tow, from Bombay. Lard BLXLEY moved the thinks of the meeting to the chairman, in which he rats seconded by Lord Barrington. _ . On the chairman acknowledging it, the meeting was diEsolvetl. Mr. BERRIDGE, who had again entered the room, here became very boisterous, and attempted by his vociferous behaviour, to force a tearing, which the companx.uou t .d not allow. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DEAFNESS. - Athens the t.umrtuse, testimonials of succeed that am to • be seen at the Medical instkoden. S, Phil "p street, Wogs.. too 'load, is the revolt cue of a highly respectable gawk man, who had keg latoured ender very severe &permit n of brariog, which bad beeo given ore( Si intorahlo by sr. Taal eminent medical gentlemen. The Noble Galley of hearing is so retrovere# as to ena►le hlan to distinguish• the slightest sounds. Sze,didrertlseneent in the best of this Papi. r. ml•momilMl 1 I h of en ne ry tle rd se ill ce Igb 'al so ad :E- :e - 50 th be 'u kin Ws