The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-15 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. ......ilsri•— immimww, very object which the House of Commons has recommend ed, the formation of a strong and efficient Administration. , It is to the principle of disunion and jealousy that se object; to the supposed balance of coMeudiug interests in a Cabinet so measured out by preliminary stipulation. The times imperiously require en Administration united in principle, and strong in Inmost reliaote. sttchhope l l is presented to us by this p ro j ect, wliich appears to as equally new in practice, and objectionabl.: in principle. It tends, as we think, to establish within the Cabinet itself, a system of counteraction inconsistent with the posecation of any uniform and beneficial course of policy. We must, therefore, decline all participation in a Government con- 1 stituted on such principles, satisfied as we are. that a'cer-I tain loss of character, which must seise from it to ourselves I could be productive only of disunion and weakness in the administration of the public interests." This was the 1 , prophecy of Lord Grenville, and it has found in the Irish Councils a full and perfect vet ification.—(Load appl ause.) Mr. L. PLUNKaT replied to Mr. Sheil, in vindication of the blarquess Wellesley. and read s eeeee 1 ettracts from a speech delivered by Mr. Shell at the Corn Exchange, and contrasted his then sentiments with his present ones, and asked him after that, how could he talk of political incon sistency ? Mr. KILL? stated that the 'English Oovernment quite mistook the objects of the Association ; it was formed for the purpose of petitioning far the redress of national grievances, and was of the utmost conseque.ice to the country. Mr. Dwlteß said, lie would not again trepass on the Meeting, but fur the purpose of correcting the 'raiment of Mr. Kelly, 1. that the Association was formed for the dis cussion of national grievances." Such was not the fact. te was formed for the purpose of seeking ftr Catholic Eman cipation ; hut he was sorry to say, the Association in his opinion, had too often digressed from the object of their appointment, and indulged in the discussion of subjects not coming within their proper sphere. This he considered highly injurious to the cause. He should make no obsr r vations on Mr. Shell's flowery speech, delivered in the Corn Exchange; but considered the remarks which had been made upon the Administration quite unwarrent able, particularly with respect to the Marquess Wellesley and Mr. Plunkett, holi of whom he co. ceived to be most anxious to prom( to the welfare of their conn• try. The Marquess Wellesley had made his hest efforts to abolish party feuds and emblems, and would, in all Proba bility, have succeeded, were it not fur an ut.lucky concur rence of c ircumstances, over which he had no contruirl, and which, in some tuea-ure, frytrated his patriotic intentions. Mr. Dw)er concluded by urging the ewe, ssity of temp( r and moderation in the discussion of their disabilities. Mr. VaNigt, LYNCH coincided in f cling with the last speaker, and hopld they wuuld confine themselves to the objects for which they were appointed. Mr. D. Lvstcn being then called to the Cs.air, thanks were voted to Mr. Brown, and the Meeting adjourned. (TRODI TRU DUBLIN MOANING POST OF SIONDAT.) On Saturday evening. st haltpast seven o'clock, a su ciest number of Members not being assembled, Mr. R. O'Gorman (acting as Pro• Secretary,) retired ; but the Members then in attendance being anxious to have the gyration disposed of " as to changing the bour of meeting to half past three in the day, as before," resolved to wait some time longer, and at eight o'clock several members of the Association baying arrived, Anthony Brown, Esq. was called to the Chair. In the absence of Mr. O'Gorman, Mr. Kirwan was re • quested to act ss Secretary for the evening. Mr. Conway then addressed the Meeting, and said, that without further preface he would move the Resolution changing the hour of meeting to half past seven in the evening, be rescinded." The eligibility of their adopting his motion was too obvious to require any comment. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kelly. Mr. Shell said he did not coincide io the Propriety of Mr. Conway's motion, as be thought it rather premature, sufficient time not having elapsed since the change of bone to enable the Meeting to judge whether the evening of the day were the better time. As for the comment of the Press upon nightly meeting', be should utterly disregard them; the whole question for the consideration of the Meeting was, w hether they would have a better attendance of the Members in the evening than in the day. Mr. DIFFIK said, be was decidedly in favour of Mr. Conway's motion. lie thought the change of hour to the evening mostinjadicious, and bad he been present at the Meeting at which it was proposed. he should have opposed it. Geeerally speaking, in Iceland, the evening was not the best period for 'aim and temperate discussion. As to Mr. Shell's objection, that sufficient time bad not elapsed to enable the Meeting to form a judgment as to the change of hour, he answered that the public impression was de tidedly adverse to nightly meetings; and as to s• caring abetter attendance of member", the experience of this and last evening's meeting proved that the object was not an. swered. It was right to apprise Mr. Chief aat but for the very lendable desire Mr. Conway had of having tree question disposed of, and he might add, but for the ex pectation of Mr. Shift's presence. there would have been no Meeting that emits', as at half past seven there were only six members of the Association present, and Mr Shiel himself did not arrive till eight o'clock. Ile hoped, therefore, the bone would be changed as proposed by blr. Conway : Mr. KIBIFiN saw CO necessity for changinF the hour; be thought it was most inconsistent to be adopting resolutions one evening and rescinding them the rest. As to mem• hers being in s state of mental illusion io the cycling'. as alluded to by the last speaker. he saw no evidence of it; every member present seemed to him to be calm and col lected. He should vote against changing the hour. Mr. Coasts:ace ISl'Lovontto gait that he was quite in favour of Mr. Conway's motion ; if they had fallen into error is changing the hour, they ought not to persist in it; there was nothing inconsistent in rescinding a resolution too hastily adopted. The question b e i n g then p ut from C HARGE 010 • TRIASONABLI CON IPIRACT. the Chair, It was carried in the affirmative, and the time A considerable portion of some of the Monday Paris of to half past three in papers is ogeopied with statements of the f. cts of an affair the day. meeting accordingly changed which oas to come on before the Paris Courts of As-is ~ Mr. Addis, (an English Roman Cat holic) ho p ed that involving an alleged plot against the state. The indict. be should he allowed to make a few observations. He had ment is drawn up s'ain't seven intl . viduals, Wilo , o names arrived in Dublin within the last twenty-four hours. and are as fulloo s :—Jean Samuel Ssuquaire Soalighe, Gas. hastened at once to the Association, in order to protest pard Leveret, Charles Coudert, Jaccotes Mat Teti, Theo. against proceedings which he considered greatly prejorti- phille Balland, Franco se Chauret, and Caro ins Julie cial to the Catholic cause. That Assembly affected to Itioneeau Chauvet, the wife of the last. Laeovst, Corder', represent the people of Ireland. The Roman Catholics and Mathieu are ci.devant subaltern utfirers ; 'Salient is a did not sympathise with the Association. The most student of law; and Chauvet was a dyer at San our. The virulent invectives had been pronounced against Lord first, Saticitiaire Souligne, who ouchscribed as the soil Wellesley's Administration. The course pursued by the of the plot, had been tried similar charge in leading Members of the Association, was calculated to 1821, and acquitted. His trial is said only to have ex inflame, rather than to allay passion. lie was a devoted asperated his hatred to the Goverame it, and friend to Catholic Emaccipation, and would be ready, if be his acquittal to have furnished him with the or partunity doold promote the cause by the sacrifice, to lose his band, of contriving new plots for its overthrow. Aecording, •r even his head. en the approach of the Spaniels wry, and wit to the Perna h Mr. Sem said that the gentleman deserved great praise I armies were preparing to pass t. e Pyreo es, S'ou'igue is for the professed martyrdom. He bad made an oblation c h a rged with having, "in correspromence with the re. of his head, and of the value of the sacri fi ce he had fur volutionary Spaniard?. the Radicals of England. and the nished abundant evidence. He was only twenty four hours French Refugees at London." arranged Ita consiirsity for in Dublin. Such extensive opportunities of observation, o v erthrowing the Government of is caul try. 'I be ia assis'eti by snob high faculties, enabled him, no doubt, , di c tmeot then proceeds to connect the names of Mr. Bow, lo form a just estimate of the chara cter and p ur p oses of ! ring, and of the Portuguese • Ambassador at Paris, with' the Association. He was the unconscious echo of the most ! the intrigues of Souligne. At the moment of his rush irking inveterate enemies of the national cause. By whom was fur Lisbon, this Ambassador, it is said, was surpr;.-4 in the Association denounced? By the leagued opponents of pos s ession of ar icles written by the hand of S tri it • the Roman Catholic claims. By whom is the Association Sonligne. These writings, seized at Havre, paint Loci sustained? By the great body of the people of Ireland. I wither as incessantly occupie d with iulistansio., subset ip. ' The Gentleman has said that the A ssociation did not retire. tions, and even plans of campaigns. Nothing of this sent the country. It was true that they clawed no dele' I kind, however, is given in the indictment, wai Is, afmr gated authority. They were assembled upon a perfectly) declaring that it would be tedious to quite all the distinct principle from the former Beard, and did not claim I calumnies and infamous abuse heaped on the &ub ins in to be appointed representatives of the people. But at the these papers, satisfies itself with the quotation of eon,e un same time they were supported by the sympathies of six ' i mportan t passages for the purpose rod , eotly of glint millions of their fellowcreatures. The couve which they I prominence to the name of Mr. Bowrin e. sr c are atter bad pursued was applauded by the country. In that wards treated to some of the contents ot his corresponeence Assembly England might behold a faithful and undistorted I with Chauvet (who had been implicated in the affair of image of the national mind. It was the mirror of the IBe on account of the expedition of the conspirators pbblic feeling. Complaints had been made that language into bpoin, and of attempts made to distriuuteoacenuiary of too ardent a character had been employed. Were we I proclamations in France. After some further statements to ask for liberty as beggars ask for alms? Were we to respecting. the correspondence sad intrigues of the ac• take care that a tone should not be raised beyond a I cooed, the in dictment concludes by declaring that Suuligne timorous and supplicating whisper, and strive to impart an is accused of carrying arms against his country, and the artificial softness to the natural accent of complaint ? Were' rest as being his accomplices. we to heal oar wounds by licking them ? Once, indeed, None of the accused are apprehended, except Madame when we were chain-d to the earth by the unrelaxed severity Chauvet. They will, of course, be condemned, par con. of the Penal Code, it became us to kneel down—it was runtore . then even an indulgence to be allowed to supplicate—it PUNCH Fora os, Paris, Jan. 12.—Five per Cents. opened was even by an effort that Ireland heaved herself from the at 93f. 6(k.: domed, 94f. :soc. Bank Stock, 1,632 f. 50e. ground into the posture of entreaty. But now that her Neapolitan 5 per Cents, SO. Beate d'Espogne, 241. 'a x• bondage bad been partly, at least, removed, she could ' change ou Londou, one month, 25f. 45c. ; three ditto, stand in a nobler attitude. If she crouched at the feet of ' 2.er . 35c. her master, she would be spurned as she deserve t. 'l'hei 'f he following electioneering manoeuvre of the French English are a high minded people ; they will justly despise G ov ernment is mentioned in private letters : us. if we implore redress Wall mendicant servility. la A Deputy of the Liberal Party in the Chamber, about demanding the rights of freemen, we are not to employ the ten months back, sent, in a letter to one of his friends, a language of slaves. Mr. Shtil proposed to point transcript of a political squib or epigram, which was in out the benefits of the Association, which kept circulation at Paris. It did not escape the curiosity and the Catholic Question perpetually present to I penetra'ion of the Gentlemen of the Post Office. No the national mind, and vindicated the opinions which La d . 1 proceeding, however , w as instituted, and the matter been uttered is the discussions which h ad excited the sto was supposed to have been passed over as undeserv pandiary indignation of the literary hirelings .of the Ad• ing of notice. But now. ti e eve of the election, ministration. No personal blame had been imputed to the when the deputy was about to commence a canvas of his Members of the Irish Government in their individual capa• constituents, the affair of delinquent letter has bees city ; but we were well justified in asking whether, collec• revived, and the Deputy has received notice of trial for hay tively, they had conferred, or were likely to confer a benefit deg distributed a seditious libel. A sins far msomutre has upon the country. The Catholic Question had been cast been employed against the four Deputies of the Upper into utter abeyance. It had been sacrificed to their power Rhine—MM. La Fayette, (sun of the General). D'Augeo• less unanimity. In order that they might not quarrel soy, Koechlin, and Bignou, all Liberals. These Gentlemen among themselves, they bad agreed to suppress all mention thought proper to address a letter to their constituents on of the subject, before which all others vanished into the expulsion of M. Manuel. This letter passed wholly insignificance. This bad been confessed by a most re- unnoticed up to the present time, when proceedings have spactable Member of the Irish Government, Mr. Joy, been instituted agaiast the Deputies who conjointly signed who in his speech against the Orange Rioters, had it, as fur a libel. The proceedings cannot of course render stated in praise of Lord Wellesley. that since be had been the persous against whom they are directed incompetent to in office, the Catholic Question bad never been alluded to be r eturned as Deputies ; but they must evidently be mbar' by his Excellency. The Noble Marquess had never claimed ra,sed by a prosecution at such a moment, which is so much the orthodox ears if the Solicitor General, by the most gained by their opponents. remote reference to the great question by which the coun• try was distracted. Whit a picture of the Irish Councils It was worse than deplorable. He should not indulge any further comments ot his own upon the divisions of the Irish Government, hut appeal to an authority which the opponents of the Association would scarcely be disposed to question. It ass that of no less a person than Lora 4 ireoville. In 1812, after the death of Mr. Perceval, i t had heart proposed to biseLordship to compound a Cabinet, and what was Lord Orenville's answer? It was printed Ptlicially, and contained the -following words :—" lo this proposal we cutout secede, %Mout the 'sacrifice of the FOREIUN IN I'ELLitIENCE. BAYONN E INT ELLIUENCB. -....im...- flavoterce, Jan. 6.--We have received news from Madrid of the Ist of January with the Decrees issued by his Majesty for the organization of the Royal Ouard, and another reirive to South America, which orders every thing in that great country to be replaced in the situation it was previous to the 7,11 M4reb, 1820. We should think that in whatever situation the Smith American Colonies may be, tt can s:aacrly be expected tbat much iimwsw regard will be paid by thews to this decree, or that it wit, dispose them to return under the doMinion of Spain; 1. r. in fact, this decree says to them, " Root op the vines an olives which you have planted—destiov the remnufactor;e , which you have established, in spite of the taws and ordinances which forbid you to be cultivators or inatiotsr tuiers—aud, in order to protect the commerce and tit, miserable manufactures of the Peninsula, voo shall con tinue to receive, as in times past, a small pat of what i necessary to supply your most urgent trams. Ti.. se things shall be procured from fonrign co 1111 l lira, brought in vessels which shall first come to (,netts to ray the duties: you shall give in exchange your productions. and you will he the happiest people in the world, for von will have the happiness of treading that fertile soil, toil ut precious mines, which belonged to your ancestors— a soil which is not worked for the account of your Sore• reigns, but for the sole advantage of Europe, excepting Spain." • A disorder; which seems to he catching, has snail- nly attacked the Prelates, who are in Madrid. As soon as Or, order to repair to their respective dioceses was iutimated to them, they all Fovea to he governed by numerous certificates, signed by their physicians, that they are ill, and that it is impossible . for them to undertake the joutney. The Grand Inquisitor, .Bishop of Tatrassone, is the most seriously ill—the• Inquisition alone can cure him, and it is said he entettaiiis e o nsiderahle hopes. — The Royalists are much i/issatisti.-d, because tare French are embarking the ',finery at Oaditand Coranna. The discharges of persons (ruin all• the departments of the Ministry and the Administration ••eoniinue, mad ; especially such as manifested liberal opinions. Foitr Swiss soldiers have seen assassitiated at Chataarlin, by some Spanish soldiers. The return of troops from Spain is drawing to a close- The 12th and 29th regiments of the line arrived yester day, and have been reviewed by Luverdo ; the Ist and Mit will arrive to .!iy. ipop, if \ , i MAILS. •aa.. MIL ♦at. DUN. 1 ...Dahlia 0 I U... Holland 0 0....Waterf0rd..... 4 0 ...listubro 4 I —0 &Jersey.•..o o.... France I O.... Lisbon U 0 ...i9ender5.......0 0 ...Gottenberg I I 0....11a1ts ..0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 00400 E. I Ptak stock.. ...... 23 til India Stock '3 per CI.ReS SSIf I Oitto B .nd4... .. .. ...... 3 gr. et. Cons • 8114 ELnill.24l. j 67 38 pm. 31 per Ceut 4 per tents. . 101t1 --600/.... 37 6!4 pm. New Fours ... 1061 t t Smell . —694 pm loag Ann 22k 6.16 Lottery Tucketft. . 191. 194 1 up. 3 per Ct Con. for Acct.... S . 4 SO bSI at ---Iltatetisnam_ THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 144. Sri c[ EXCHANGE. 12 o'CLoca.--Consols °lmre 1 this morning at 881 to 89, at wl►ich price they Inv: remained, although one hundred thousand was sold in the eaili,r part of tl►e morning, at 891 to 1, for the next account. It is reported that Spanish Bonds have come loom . from Paris, natnely, 2:11, but as yet we Cannot place any confidence in the report, nor do ►ee kno►w that any express has arrived from France. Format; PUNDC—This being Settling thy for Spaniels Rends sad other Foreign Sec urities, most parties la the m market are busy adj-wing their accounts, Spanish ISinids opened at 241 1, since which they have lowered to 231, with a very heavy market. Old Spanish, 231 to 24--Colombian, 62 to (--New Austrian, 5 to 1, 41—Chili, 75( to 76 —New Russian, 901 to 91—Old, 891-1 1 oyals, 31. The Spaniel * , Decree, which we inserted In one paper of yesterday, and upon which we thought as had said all that it was requisite to say upon such a document, has g.ven rise to discussions in all the parrs; and some of them, not content with one article on the subject, have given this composition the honor of a double notice Tot Atomises, tot sententio," says the proverb, and never teas the proverb more verified than in the Newspapers upon the present ocaasion. The Courier declares the decree to be most important; the Times pronounces it the composition of a King of Bedlam; the Morning . Post declei es the policy that dictated it to be inscrutable, and talks of " the alarm with which some persons receive this Salutottean thunder of the Escurial," a passage we have no doubt, very sublime from its proximity to the obscure and ri diculous. The Morning Chronicle pronounces tlse decree to be" a tissue of nonsense"; and the Herald declares it " one of the most curious of the many strange st.te papers of the present day." If in the multitude of Counsellors there be wisdom, it is no less true, that in the multitude of Coansellors there is contradiction, and consequently folly. • ------- -- • But this state paper may be dispatched in a few word. —lt mans one of two things—lt is either a form.) as. sumption of sovereignty,te justify an intended subjugation of South America, er it is a mere emanation of that Kingly -fatnitg... a pride resembling midway, of which the history of sovereigns affords so many examples. Such for instance as our Kings styling themselves Kings of Fiance and defenders of theFaith—soch asLouis XVIII dating ti e first year of his restoration,as the 25 year of his reign; such as our martyrdom of King Charles, and the religious holiday of the restoration. These are all emanations of that Kingly spirit, which continues to assume ancient prerogatives and titles, after they have become ridiculous, soft to preserve the verbiage and shadow of sovereignty after the loss of the substance. However absurd may be the principle, or corrupt the practice of the elections of Deputies to the French Cham ber, it is pleasurable and prophetic of fatare good. to find that these elections cao recite any national feel'ng throughout that country. Before th e a reo l u ti,,D, t h e torpidity of the French people upon all subjects o po!iti• eel interest, eviticed their degraded state. Except in tie pride of victories,or in the boast of superior millinery, a national feelin WAS Uhh 'I st U .n •r,—and toolifics were exclusive!' c unwed to the precincts of the Court, mill in that correptel atut.iiitiera tit de• generated into the 1 wrest state of intrigu., tl,r proenress nr tl.e tnietre,s of the Kill being freveney the roil iister of the coucry. Ilea a public inter, at hi the affairs .1 the kingdom, and an anxi.-t , for whatever concerns he nazi r.al tvelfare,have evi e.eitt ly been I: enerated,3nd tics Men eNten.ively iliffuged 1 , 3 t tie estatAisbment of the Constitution in 1? 11. Ttie Frendi pipers are re g Atte with matter relatingto the gener It rt rtionn chid, are t,wv abrnt to commi one, and they eviive a .terree of x. itelient in the public wind, which, nit!' a qci4lc and ingenious pe. p!e the French, must ere long produce a change in the el..ction laws, which o:11 rthe re?resentation more e.inunted with the set es of tl e country. We are almost glad to see the eit!etnely corrupt preoices to wi.it h the French Administration his resorted in order to secure a return of their orn partlzins, for we m•,s• say of these manoeuvres of the French Government, xhat Hume has observed of the corruption of our o v.i fpgis. Lauri,: that bribery and corruption are of nvcessitv in the ratio of public lihetty ; and however paradoxical it may app .ar, it is unquestionably true, that bribery in this, ani in eery other country, will increase with the growth of public freedom, mill a community is brought to tha t stste of political perfection, in which elections by a system of ballot, are identified with the real opinions of the people In Russia, there is no bribery, nor was bribery k.owa in England till the rise of public freciom in the reign of Charles the Filst. At present there is no brib er y is A _merles, because the emolon ents of public offices ifroabl not repay the expense of bribery. But England and France are now the two sinks of this dest ructive vier. In France. the honours and profits of pAblic employments render political distinction an objeet of great rupility,witi:st electior s are just sufficiently free to render a resort to mule. rate hribery a necessaty expedient. A little elactinneering corruption in France, now divides the field with that court int r igue whicb, under ti,e old regime, abs oiled every thing within its vortex.—But in England, parl:amentary tinction,nr influence is almost the only read to political eminence, or to lurraive employment; and as the maple are sufficiently free to resist coercion or fraud, they nrur. ally exact fur tl.eir support, a price commensurate with the object which the purchaser has in view. Brit cry, there fore, in England is curried to a grc.ter height than it ever teas, tither in ancient or modern Kingdom..— . Doe only possible remedy for this evil is, the system of ballot rtitich shall eLable a man to vote without the chance of a discovery of bow he has voted-fur In t transaction of bribery there cm be no covfidence he' tweets the parties. But tl e great point to gain in a country enterging from slavery is that of putting publ:c opinion at all in contest with corruption; that desideratum gained, politest improvement, and eventually political perfec.ion, is infallibly the result. That point was gained for the English in the reign of Charles the First, anti se have now 14ilviinced to the era of appreciating the ballot system, the great 'at acre of every political abuse. Tu..t the point we speak of has he• n gained by Frame, an that the public feelings and opinion. have a place i n t h e political arena is evident, by the anxiety and sell of the French Press. on the saki It of th- elertions ADJOURNED 3IE ING OF TUE SILK WEAVEIts. _.,. On Tuesday eveniste the Adjosirne 1 Hee ing of the Journeymen Si k Wea• era. of or County of niddle•ev end Cities of London ;LA 11 place at tho Rod Lion, Phalli • t t, Sp; alaelda, for the purpose of rreeivine the Rep art of a Ciiiiiinit•re hppuiete.l (at a pre' cions tient al Alect.ne) io eKan.i•le revise, and corre ct, their preselit Ronk of P,ifes. Mr. Artisan took the Ch..i‘i en 1 Mr. Jaine, Funsiell mui...4 the fallowing resolutions , which were tinst.imously A l a td to: '` I. R-solved, TOr• in or l,•• t • rnab'e our Enployets to meet soy competition in the market, from any quarter, name to a Reduction in the P ice of our Lab .ur, in ahnon every branch of our Ira le. "4. 'Piet the I.ist of it-iiitc •d Prizes now read, and iirr• peel by our Comm;ti r. hi adopted. •.3. It•solveil. That the tmitosittee be einrow•red ro. •• e• duly to wait upon our cut; f o yers fur their 4,0pr0 wl of the s.. 4. That this 11-rtint oio adjourn until Thursday ey. n In • next, to receive :he report ot tit:4 application. o 4 5 . pn., t . mu. %twines tlimik• are flue to the Coin it ler for their exertions and la bours u p on the pre3rn: C 1%;.". 'flia••k• wer. art. , ‘• 1 .3 'maim' to the Chairman, al" Cr: Meeting broken a UMe before t voice. .1 t appoar. d ils.•l the fall of usgei thus agreed upon it from five to twenty per coo. in ttttt t cases, lint the re ( 4 ••••tion of wages on ribbon is by far tiie most cotililet• CABIN FT MAKERS' SICIETY. Al•mdsv, the Skil' Annivere•ry of the above S wirty was held at the Mitre Tavern, Aldeate, where a very numerous meeting a oo" it 4 inemberA, (34 more then lust year) a •mea.liled and P of a otwus dinner. The object of this society is t.i give employment to iuJustri,n , sed inlcenious mechanics. who have tur the most p er t br a - famili sto suppnr.— After the cloth was withdrawn wort the customary to St' had been drank, Mr. J. Smith a.inressed the meeting, anti adverted to the state of ti,- Society. The returns, lost yrur he said, smouuted to 21;•1Q0/, deducting therefrom kr: cosierials and I s bour,24,SoJ/. ; rent . taxes, priing.. salarie , , end ether tit il "expences. 1,194/1., leaving a surplus of 1101. Of tii-s surplus riu division could at present take p!,iee, o rising from the loss of 9di. sustaine d by the 110Ciet: tt nitwit the conduit of s •ale unprincipled men whi.;ii left 4n actual surphse of co 'lv shoot 121. He wide l Or - At yr. would not conclude withuu assu ring the compa n of th' 1•i-assnbe •oe't it th..oornent of their meet nor o ith• et the hoop that their next wunld be m ore p ros• i y pernos an I ecinelll cuovisial, 411. 1 .1 'a progressive io• err. ; of to tubia. I ~ ~A Co' whi wb a le hi r MI; ref on tl►e , ••7 Bth a% h heas %WI VIIll Fri red' di Pe sr..) bry Till Lis 1' the; dict and inter