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e-- - LOADON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. The Anniversary Meeting of this Society, instituted for the o bo s bnient of Schools, and the circulation of the Holy Scrip_ n oes in Ireland, was held yesterday at the Freemasons ' Tavern, 00 , Queen -street, Liocolu'a lan- fields. Ae an early hour the spacious Hall was cr ow d e d, c hi e fly w i t h agan oy dressed females, and on the platform, set a p art for the orj e ees and the Committee, we distinguished the Earl of Gos jsj, the Earl of 'tacks-moire, Lord !safest', Lord Gambier, Sir lion. E. Stanley, M.P., Right Honourable Sir R ase , Six T. Bering, Honourable C. Shore, Honourable B. trod, the SHY. Dr. Trench, Mr. Smin Rice M.P., the Rev. Mr. visig.aod many Irish Gentleman of distinct ion. r pm the motion of the Earl of Goseoito, In the absence of the pan ,/ Gioucester, the Patron of the Society, the Right Honour. dy Lind GAxulEa was called to the Chair. flit LORDSHIP opened the busiseas of the day by expressing h , regret at the absence of the Illustrious Patron of the Society, o i e e regret was still greater when be considered who it was that 0 4 seen called upon to attempt $ till up the office, which his goal Highness would have Wed SO much better and more ad posgroasly. The Chairman them referred to a letter which had b p s received from the Right Hommosble Lord Bexley, expressing p i r egret that his attendance at ae Astoieersary Society Meeting, ! h u e could met hapegagemeal, proeunied him from having the setts. onion of atte=owesent ifinardngiof the London Hibernian OcietY• _ the Choisman Wily adverted to the objects o gopeatittes eft the deelety. Vs said it was a universally-ad. siop i bolo abli alma of the Irish people was degraded in o dy mil modal in spiritual information. !teas the endea nesr d skis eashay-to raise the Irish from this derailed state ; and defeat* sesseeNdldent that much might be done by the applies. somedi,, which, if received in a becoming spirit, would , ' ,wee delt biels laws all evils, supply their wants, and raise them for Ana PAM medltion. The remedy to 'which he alluded aorrdill (hear) • which was calculated to enlighten the Mods of the igassont. and to teach them those things which it is NOM they shoaddl know. It was his fervent prayer that the omit= cl the limisty might be attended with beneficial effects. IYs enpury Irmo road the Annual Report of the Society's enrations, table lilt mast favourably received. The Report having been resd— fiord LILT ORD MO* move the first Resolution. Having peo pled this Resolution, he should have considered that his duty sae discharged, but that from transactions which occurred during oe last year he felt himself personally identified with the cause of tat Society. At the last anniversary meeting he had pledged him. self to stand forward in the spirit of peace as the champion of the Society. Since then a systematic opposition had been offered to the Society's operations, and he (Lord Lilfonl) now felt himself bound s e gued forward and redeem his pledge, by the re-assertion of those l e o :s il l:les upon which the Society are successfully acting. The Hibernian Society had no peculiar tenets, no favourite doctrines to promulgate. It desired the co-operation of all to (stem' to the Irish people the full benefit of that which was the on ly foundation of divine truth, the aired word of God. The osiety bad met with difficulties. There were difficulties without and within. There were difficulties in Ireland which he should other forget than remember. though it was not always easy to pre serve patience as opposition increased, uor to practise that charity witch we teach. let it was neceosary. not only that the principles of the Society should be laudable, and its established practice pod, but even that the language of its friends should be mode rate. Wherever violence or intemperance may have been used, that was no the place for it. This was not the place for remind rsion or religious controversy ; "'TA he prayed those who should 's uet him to bear in mind, that the stream of our charity ought to to be corrupted by such an infusion. the Rev. J. W. Co Nif INOHam (Vicar of 'farrow) seconded the first Resolution. He could only account for being called tool to tale a part in the business of the day, because he resided is a district remote from the scenes of contest in which the Society vat involved, and was therefore expected to deliver his sentiments dispassionately, and with some degree of impartiality. Ireland vac admitted on all hands to be in a most anomalous condition. It waa on the borders of civilization without being civilized—it we in the centre of political light without being irradiated—and a came in contact with the purest form of religien, without par. taking of its spirit. The evils which oppressed the Sister Island Wild loudly for the interference of the people of England. Yet it had been said, "Let Ireland alone—let this agitated ship float spon the stormy ocean, and it will right itself." Nothing could be MOH preposterous. If the mass was inert, it might be allowed to =tin untouched.but whilst it was impregnated with its own vicious principles it must be attended to: we may le; alone the silent lake not the rapid river. But it was said that political enactments wield be found sufficient to regenerate Ireland ; but every man of niectien must see that Acts of Parliament could not touch the core ef the disease which affected Ireland. There was another plan f reform laid down : it was said we must educate the people of lte and : give them lectures in mechanics and elecricity, and weights cad measures. ' This was the way, in the opinion of some mons, in which we might regenerate the people of Ireland. Al . .er some further observations, the Reverend Gentleman pro. railed as follows'—Divine Providence has now presented us with re exact specific for the calamities of Ireland. She lies before us Ike the miserable sinner dying on the road-side, and when the Almighty places 11l our hand, that medium which can restore her a health, and cause her to rise up a useful, active, and vigorous ember, 'hell we refrain from administering it. (Hear, hear.) 101 l on you as men—as men of feeling—to rescue Ireland (ruin hr miens—poor, _prostrate, and miserable Ireland. (Great /*use.) My Lord, if there were wanting an additional motive tr our exertion, it is that this country has been in part the cause of Ireland's wretched situation ; as men of conscience therefore out bound to assist her, and seek to wipe out from our national cunt er that blot which centuries of misgovemn • it have left ):hind. To effect this, you are merely called on for a paltry sub itiption. Arm us then with your xubecription, and with jay sill it go forth to rescue Ireland from her thraldom. (Applauss. , — Lord Gosroan proposed the second Resolution. It was a vote thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, whose peonage the Society lout beneficially and extensively experienced. II was unnecessary to enlarge upon the peculiar claims of his thace ta their gratitude, as they all felt that to his support and encourage r-eat their success was mainly attributable. His Lordship me taled by moving that the cordial and respectful thanks of the Sating be presented to his Royal Higneas the Duke of Olouces le, Earl of Connaught, for his very effective patronage of this In. *aim. The lion. C. SHORE, in sect g this Resolution, was glad of the opp ertunity it presented to him of stating his attachment to the menet; principles of this Institution. It was an extravagant or eethurastic attachment he entertained towards it, but his calm and deliberate reflection convinced hint of its many and useful advan tages Charges the moat unfounded had been made against the Sonety. These charges, lie was glad to find from the Report, had been vi hshd vn or altogether abandoned. Ile should notice one. horeve-, which had been still preferred against it—it was that of pas:iytisen. The only persons against whom that charge was pre ferred were not regular members of the Society, but it egular agent., who wandered about the country and attached themselves *it: and even in these instances it was alleged that the Roman Catholics tempted and provoked them to the discussions. But it was proposed to make the Roman Catholics readers of the Scrip. bah which office they refused to accept. It they did so, they might have an opportunity of inculcating their own doctrine, and be would be glad to see the Protestant and the Catholic feaster placed ride, and thus carry, as it were. a two-edged sword into the widest wastes of ignorance and the strongest holds of superstition. (A p *toe) lie was satisfied that the result of a general reading of 'he Sroptur a would be to effect s reformation in the religion of the ▪ , ple of I e and, and to induce them to become members of that fa th shies he professed. ( applause, and slight laughter.) lie perceived th some Roman Catholics were present, but they ought roi,ott his for stating his conscientious opinions thus boldly, dna it he were, by any unworthy compromise, to conceal it. Rise, Mir.) Ile concluded by assuring the fleeting that, if again appoist,d a member of their Commi:tee, he should earnestly con : .rat to discharge his duty to the Society. Tbe lion. ST L E, 51. P. in proposing the third Resolution, congratulated the Society on their successful exertions during the rK year. lie was induced to pledge himself to the support of this ! sooty, from a consideration of the tuslancholy and degrades! ig afflance of the •oeople of Inland, and from a conviction that the Sacred Scripture was the best book to enlighten them. He saw in tie formation of this Society, a light breaking in upon that oohs's- py country—he saw it gradually advance and increase as it ad vanced in brilliancy—a brilliancy that shone brighter by a contrast with the darkness that had preceded it. (Applause.) Amid the Political jars and dissensions of Ireland, ft was well to encourage the circulation of a book which taught charity, which encouraged ten to love one another, which made no distinctions, and the pre cepts of which were preached by " the Shepherd" who knew but " on e tick." (Hear, hear). In the furiherance of this great object they ought to keep out of view all prejudice and passion, and allies: arising from differences of opinion. As he who aimed at a oak, calc.dating the force of the air and the other resistances he aid to encounter, was obliged to elevate his aim above die level of the object, so it was nelessary for them, in the great moral object at which they aimed, to raise themselves above the passions that sur round, d them, and even the passions that might actuate themselves one they not resolved to client themselves of them. They should bear in nind the admirable instruction of the Divine Master whose tnpel they ought to disseminate, and whose beautiful lesson in the la•Tisg e of the poet it would become them to adopt.-- " He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more a king, Which every wise and virtuous man attains, And who attains but all aspires to rule, Cities of men or headstrong multitudes, Subjects himself to anarchy within Or lawless passion in him which he serves ; But to guide nations In the way of truth By sawing doctrine, and from error lead To know, and knowing God aright Is yet more kingly ; this attracts the soul, lioYeellS time inner man—the nobler part." lAnalaase). Such were the feelings by which they should be dtd in the proomotion of the great design they had in view. It , ertTer widely others may differ from them, yet were they bound Vend them with forbearance and kindness. He (Mr. S.) was "P"ed to admit the Roman Catholics to the privileges of the Constitution viola they sought ; but there admission would not roe twreger jera ep t e o pe o pl e o f Ireland ; for he could not admit, tro' Istiiacd espediency was a stronger motive of action than tell boat na h• (Neat, hear). Ile was happy to be able to inform arc ' 4 l by a letter which he had only received that morning V" "lima, that much of the opposition that had been given by ,Itotilalt Catholics to the Socie t y had cessed—his correspondent tt''''‘ nisi he bill only egerience of oppoollitan iq tWO ifoltances . T .~ _.. _ .. ~_ • • • these inaMiameiectured In Tlpperaressaam list had long siuce t and thenteePfd hid also recently MIN& on the Roman Ca. Clergymen liewming acquainted with the real principles of institution. (Ilear,'heara He (Mr. 8.) PM hales, further Mate that throughout the 'Stole district of Tipperary, theatuund lathe principles of the Society wer e a d m it t ed,eind there trete nee or three instance* of pentevering oppositipn. Thh was as satisfactory as opposition had formerly been most violent there. (Hear, hear). The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following Resolution : " That the grateful acknowledgements of this meeting be re turned to the Most Noble the President, to the Right Reverend, Right Honourable, and others the Vice-Presidents, for their con tinued sanction : to the Treasurer, Secretaries, and Committee, for their exertions." Archdeacon Tnexest seconded the resolution. He was "bred and born" in Ireland, and he was even a Connaug ht man; (a laugh ;) and connect e d as h e was b y t h e Ministy wi th that part of Ireland which, in the hour of need, had most wanted, and whose wants and weaknesses were relieved by this country, he could not consent to give a silent suffrage on this occasion. (Hese, hear.) The ignorance of the people had been a principal cause of their misery, and this Society had greatly contnbuted to diminish that misery by dispelling ignorance, and, by the best mode, the light ' of the Gospel. It was with pleasure he would assure them that This countrymen heaped benedictions on their heads for the advantages they derived front them, and of which they were fully sensible and deeply grateful. He was desirous of saying a ward upon the sub ject Of education ; he understood there was a Commission ap pointed to inquire into the state of education in Ireland, and that they were shortly about to make a report to Government. He had strong reason to apprehend that in that report it was recommended that the Scriptures should be excluded from the schools, and that by some wretched and contracted compromise it was proposed to substitute some other book in its stead. (Hear, hear, hear.) Ile stated this to induce them not to relax one iota in their Aims, but to continue them with increased earnestness. Their effort was a noble one ; it was the emancipation of the human mind from ignorance, (Hear, hear.) No political right, no political advan tage was of equal importune with this ; and as he was upon the subject of right., he would admit that every member of a governs ment had a right to enjoy all the blessings and advantages of its constitution; but he might forfeit that right, and the question would then arise, when would be the proper time to restore it to him. He (Archdeacon Trench) would say that time would be when he was emancipated from ignorance ; then and not until then would he be qualified to receive the benefit of political emancipa tion. (Hear. i lie was glad to see so large an assembly as the present supposing this excellent Institution, and he could assure them that there was many a g,nreful heart that day offering up a prayer to Heaven for ahesuccess of their exertions that day. (Hear, ear.) The Treasurer here read the accounts of last year. The follow. lowing is a list of the subscriptions : Z. s. d. The Subscriptions and Contributions of the last year amount to - - . 1099 4 2 Auxiliary Contributions - - . 44112 16 4 Ditto in Ireland - - • 2252 2 6 Legacies . - Collecting Boxes . . 22 13 II Collection Sermon . - - 30 4 10 He also stated that the Society last year had expended 1.5001. more than received, and that their receipts this year presented an ' increase of 6001. upon the receipts of la s t ye ar . The annual expen diturew.us 111,3461. 3.. The Earl if lioeesevaiar, in proposing the next Resolution, had only to congratulate the Society upon the progress they lisd made, and to express his entire approbation of their principles. As to the charge of proselytism that had been made against this Soeie y—if it was a proselytism from error to truth, it was a de sirable change, and one that ought, in his opinion, to be one that did not furnish a ground of reasonable complaint, His Lordship concluded by moving— " That this Meeting gratefully acknowledges the goodness of Almighty God in overruling the recent opposition in Ireland, so as to excite a more general and earnest desire for the perusal of the Sacred Scriptures, and feel indispensably bound, by every con. sideration, to return their most respectful thanks to the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society, fur their kind and muni ficent donation of 30,000 Testaments and 3,000 Bibles during the past year." The lion. BAPTIST Note. seconded the Resolution. In speak. ing of the experience he had of the progress of the Society in Ire land, he would as much as possible restrain leis feelings, and refrain from any expression of harshness, of the opposition which he had there encountered, and found to prevail to the principles of this , Society. He would, however, speak as he felt, for en honest mind was a fearless one. (Hear, hear.) It was a matter of regret and surprise to him to find, notwithstanding the great advantages de. rived from this Society in Ireland, that there were not 900 sub scribers to it in that country. In furthering the interests of the In stitution in Ireland, he had to complain of the interference of men not connected with time Societe, of great political sagacity and acu men certainly, but whose interference appeared to Mini to be for the promotion of political schemes. Until lately, the only sort of ir. sutution known in Ireland was what was known by the name of " I I edgc-schoolt" They were formed under no regular system; the master could not be said to have any control in them; and he had the authority of Mr. S. Rice and Mr. O'Driacoll, for saying, that books of the most pernicious moral tendency was to be found in them. The Roman Catholics complained of the Lela! laws, and said that they prevented the progress of education. He co adenined those laws as much as any person ; but the laws affect ing education bad been repealed fur the last thirty years. Besides, it app -Reed in the evidence before the Committee of the House of Common. (and this was an answer to the complaint of poverty made b) tie Roman Catholics), that the principal part of the pro p sty in toe counties of Kilkenny and Waterford was in the hand. of Raman Cathofies, and where their Bishops had the power of se curing the funds of a v want living, as appeared also in the evi dence before the Committee; and when the clergy and people of Ireland could find it convenient to subscribe 1,4001. to a society torroed for a political purpose, the plea of poverty foe not educat ing the people, came with a very bad grace front them. Many of the Roman Catholic clergy discharged their duties, be believed. with exemplary propriety ; but their opposition to the circulation of the Scriptures was to hint unaccountable on any reasonable ground. lie knew that there was dew upon the most marshy ground-- that rain fell upon the water—that anow-cled Alps were tinged with snow—but such a waste of nature was not so great as would be the waste of grace, if the reading of the Scriptures was to be con fined to a privileged few, and under the superintendenceof a priest. He appealed to those who knew what are called stations in Ire land. at which the congregation were to be seen laughing and in dulging in various sports, both before and after Divine Service. Those who knew Ireland must be aware that adequate religious instruction could not ante through such means. Those who know the cold-heartedness which enlightened Christians have felt on son.e occasions, when attending divine service. may imagine the degree of devotion which a poor Irish peasant feels, upon hearing the prayers of his Church repeated in the Latin language. (Hear, hear.) It was said there was sometimes an exposition of the Epistle and Gospel, and also an exposition of the Church Catechism. This practice, he understood, only prevailed in town and not in the country. He did not know in what proportion the exposition of the Gospel, and the exposition of the Catechiam was made, but ire thought it was not too much to say that in mine cases ' out of ten it was the Catechism was expounded, and in one case out of ten the Goipel. Ile would ask, was this a state of things which the Christian principles and sympathies of England could allow to go on ? The Society acted on facts--facts which could not be controverted, and which the Meeting was bound to hear, be cause those whom he addressed could not admit circumstances to exist, which they could not bear to hear. Ile now came to the op position which attended the efforts of the Society. The opposition did not arise from the suspicion of proselytism, but because the Bible w is the basis of the Society's operations. At a meeting,iii Waterford, they were told that the Bible led to anarchy and crime, and that it ought to be protested against. Tne opposition to the London Hibernian Society was the result of combination and system, and he should not withhold front the Meeting that it re quired all the efforts of the friends of the Society in this country to put down the bad spirit which prevailed. If it was not met by energy and determination in this country, the opposition would go to a greater extent and daily become more powerful. At the same time, he should inform the fleeting, that though they were not aided by this country, there were in England good men who were determined to go forward, even though they sealed the testimony with their blood. Aided by this country, these good men could effect wuch, and he had no doubt, that even the liberal Roman Catholics, disgusted by the vehement opposition which had been offered, would at length concur in the system pursued by the ',na tion Hibernian Society, and assist to promote a system of educa tion, at once 'alighted, Christian, innocent, and harmless. The Rev. Mr. Pore, of Cork, was called upon by the Chairman to move the Fifth Resolution. As he came forward towards the front of the platform, Mr. LawLESS rose at a distant end of the Hall, and attempted to address the Chair. Amidst cries of " Order," the CHAISM•fr rose and said, we cannot hear any person from that quarter of the Hall, and we can only hear those Gentlemen who are connected with the Societe. Mr. Law LESS stood for wine minutes upon one of the benches, apparently resolved to obtain a hearing ; but after two or three in. effectual efforts sat down. The Rev. Mr. Port then came forward, and spoke as follows : Though I might, my Cord, perhaps with some degree of justice, plead indisposition and my youth as an excuse for not presenting myself to your Lordship's notice, and to that of such an assembly as now tit:ermine! me; yet, being an Irishman, I feel that I should be shrinking front the discharge of re duty, did I refuse to lend my humble assistance on an occasion like the prevent. Before I read the resolution which I hold in my hand, your Lordship will permit me to say, that while I trust I may 'peat with the fearlessness of a man, I hope that I may be enabled at the seme time to deliver my sennments with the meekness of a Christian. (Mr. Pope here read the resolution.) The object of this resolution evidently is to eta sin pecuniary assistance fur the Society. I stand then, me Lord, at your bar to when Mel to the funds of the London Hibernian School Society, and as every pleader should have grounds upon which he rests his case, I lung permission to trespass for a short time upon your Lordship's attention, a nd t h at o f t hi s preseneassem bly, by adducing a few reasons why I conceive the present appeal to ho well founded. In the first place, we beg to observe, that a judicious system of education is fitted to improve the temporal condition. While on the one hand, we do not assert that all the evils which desolate Ireland, are attributable to ignorance, nor on the ocher, that the communication of this Institution will prove a panacea to all her woes; yet we are soberly convinced that a wail. organised plan of education should occupy a very praininent station in any system of moral machinery devised for national ameliora tion, It is superlium fin we if) equark, that ceweativa cspee:de the mind, anti impacts an idea of comfort o ond # spirit of honours able self-support and independence, that will nrd, stiffer the man who possess" them to lie degraded in a elate of abjeet,PauPeriam. Some of the erihatlffeli afflict Ireland arise Cram disunion : asso. Nations and prejudices calculated to break the bonda,of amity and iixid'afellolshilk are cherished,. The education for early life of the rising generation of different desoisinatioos and parties, under the same roof, in the same elementary books; MM., aboie all, in the knowledge of the same Sacred'Volutue. Is surely cal culated to soften thom prejudices, andat tfie same time to deMerit those bonds whit* ought so unite man to man. Rut it is not milady on the ground of, an `Education Society being fitted to ainelimate the temporal circumstances of those who participate in its bentdits, that we solicit asaistante. Alan is not to be viewed solely Man Inhabitants etc thematent world—be is but • pilgrim here,jeunity ing is eternity. - We ask, is lie by nature qualified for an entrance upon the world of spirits Scripture informs us, and observation corroborates tbetestnoby, that by nature 'PP is a _Mensprolort being ' Vene t a the curse of God's violated lap, that hfs affections are estranged from their • rightful Soverein—bie moral denitititioa diseised and ritieted. We claim their so operation* in circulating a volume atriong the adult and youthful portion of the cummunity, which announces peace and ,pitrdon,, rich, free, and complete, through the atoning blood o f Catiary, which proclaims reconciliation throligh the mediatorial sacrifice of the great Redeemer ; that contains truths,: which, when believed under the agency o f the Divine 'Spirit, renovates Man, and restores him, in some little measum ; to* that mate of moral resemblance to his Creator in which he vas - originally formed. The next ground upon which 1 would rest my solicitation is, the adapation,of'the London Hibernian Society's system so the circumstances of Ireland. I will not dwell upon this particular ;• the Society's sever"! Reports contain, in det a il, the principles upon , which the Institution acts, I will merely observe, that the plan cloptcdiby the Society is opt mere theory ; it is the fruit of practical experiment, and years of trial have denionstramd its efficacy. The rest reason why 'I would crave assistance is, the increasing demand fur Schools and Scripture readers ; to this particular the Resolution adverts. I can bear testimony to the readiness with which instruction fur their chihlrep is embraced by the peasantry. And, allow me to remark, that that readiness continues notwithstanding the opposition. Might I here be permitted to state a fact or two, in order to show that the diacussiuns which recently took place in Ireland were attended with beneficial results. In the first plum, there was au increase, I be lieve, of over 6,000 copies of the Scriptures in the issue from the Hibernian Bible Society's repository for the lad year. There was an increase of 6,000 for the whole year, while for the last quarter, ending December, there was an increase of 3,000 above the pre ceding quarter. The discussion commenced, I think, in Septem ber, and continued, with some intervals, till about the 18th of No vember. From die coincidence or the discussions, the increase in the issues of the Sacred Scriptures, and the demand for the inspired volume in the towns in which the discussions took place, may we not fairly infer that that issue was mainly owing to the spirit of in quiry which the discussions excited. Another fact which I beg to mention is, that subsequently to a discussion twenty poor Roman Catholics met together, to debate whether they ought to read the Scriptures. They decided the question in the affirmative. After another discussion, nearly, if no: fully two hundred Roman Catholics attended a lecture on the Scriptures, and conducted themselves with the utmost decorum and propriety, and evinced the greatest attention. But in special reference to the anxiety of the pearantry to obtain instruction for their children, I beg to state two anecdotes. lam aware that these anecdotes will tell against the Roman Catholic priesthood; at the same time, though I differ lulu cal,' from them, I .in willing to bear my tes timony to the zeal and unwearied exertion which they display in the prosecution of their professional labours. A poor woman who had been in the habit of sending her children to a school in which the Scriptures were read, was vatted by her Priest. Ile laid her under a solemn obligation to discontinue sending her children. The poor woman was much distressed, and she actually sent a message to a lady connected with the school, stating that though she herself could not send her children, she entreated the lady to said and insist upon their going. The children of another woman were observed to absent themselves from the school which they had been in the habit of attending ; the mother was visited ; she stated that she had been deprived of the rites of her church. Lord GOSPOND here rose. He did not conceive that it would be advantageous to the interests of the Society to prolong the line of discussion adopted by the Rev. Gentleman. arhatever difference there may be on particular subjects, he thought the Society should soar above them, and only think of the principles upon which they acted. He (Lord Gafford) did not admire the system of making statements which the individuals concerned in were not present to reply to. He did not think the line of artminent pursued by the Rev. Gentleman was cilculated to promote the objects of the So dety. Mr. Pore resumed, and raid: Bowing to the suggestion of the Noble Lord, I shall not proceed ex a c t ly in the same strain. I beg leave briefly to notice a point or two more—the advanced period of the day, and a knowledge of the gentlemen who are to follow me require brevity. I would ground our claims upon the necessity which exists for such a Society , as that whose cause we are advocat ing. I say that it is impossible that the Roman Catholic Priest hood, from their numerous avocations, and from the extent of their pOsheg, could supply instruction to all the youth of their respective tiweka. I rest not this remark neon mere observation, but upon a letter adilsessed by the Rev. Mr. Doyle, Parish Priest of Bray, county Wlthiew, to the Roman Catholic Associa , ion, requesting a supply iftass:s and books, and founding his application upon his own ability, arising from his professional engagements, to Supply in. struction to all his charge. I may add, that were the Roman Ca. tholic Priesthood able to communicate instruction to any individual member of the flocks—viewing the instruction in the light of the Reve!ation with which we have been blessed, I cannot avoid consi derirg it as opposed to Scriptural truth. And therefore I would crave Scriptural education for my countrymen. Lastly, my Lord, I would remind the present assembly of the debt which this country owes to Ireland. Six centuries have the two countries b een united. I will connect but one remark with this statement: look at the state in which Ireland is. But I forget that I plead in the presence of Britons. Whence the need of fervour and warmth in the pre. thence of those who, when Ireland's temporal necessities demanded relief, generously and munificently came forward, and drove famine from her shores ? I will merely say, that bounty, splendid and well-titued and necessary as it was, has passed away like the niorn. ing cloud or the early dew. The effects of the London Hibernian Society and of similar institutions are not limited by time. When this world shall have passed away, the glorious results of the labours of this Institution will, we trust, under the Divine blessing, be dis played in many a glorified spirit encircling the everlasting throne, anti singing Hallelujahs to God and to the Lamb ta r ever an d ever . The Reverend Gentleman concluded amidst repeated cheers. The Rev. Mr. HOWICS, seconded the fifth Resolution. lie de. fended the Society against the charge of proselytism. The only instrument now was the Bible, and if this be proselytism, he hoped all men would be proselytes. lie hoped that doleful day would never come when scriptural education should be withheld from Ireland. (Hear.) W. C. WILSON, Esq. M.P. proposed the sixth Resolution. It was to the following effect:— ,e That the warmest thanksof this Meeting be presented to those Clergymen and other Ministers, who have, during the past year, preached on behalf of this Society ; to the various congregations who have contributed to its funds, and to the several Auxiliary and other Institutions in Scotland, England, and Ireland, by whose exertions its objects have been so essentially promoted. The Rev. E. lavisto, in seconding this Resolution, could not express the agony he felt at the interruption of his Reverend Waller, who had been detailing the interesting facts to the Society which fell within the scope of his observation in Ireland. He had been waging a spiritual warfare there, and he came to give an ac caunt of what be had witnessed, when he was put down and inter rupted by those rules and regulations which prevail in political assemblies, but which ought not to have been introduced there. If such regulations were to prevail he, far one, would retire in silence, and preach the word of God, and opholdlithe glory of the Gospel of God in that place in which lie would not fear interruption—in which the King upon the throne dare not interrupt him. ( Muek applause.l This Society rests upon a rock—that rock was the': Scriptures: and if they changed or teeandoled the sound tbuodi. tion on which they stood they would not fix unon o le so secure and certain. The Roman Catholics had been sp kain of; but they had to fear not so much from the Ru.nan Catholics as they had front their own indifference arid apathy, and hesitation to execute the sacred commission of Christ, which has been entrusted to them. They should uphold the Church, maintain the prin ciples they professed, and in which they believed, and not permit the melees upon any occasion to abstain maintaining its doctrines. The dissemination of the Gospel was the moat effectual way of bringing about the moral regeneration of a people. To it Caledonia, bleak Caledonia, owed the morality of its people, and their dependence upon their own industry, and their independence of others; and she was now anxious to extend the blessings which she enjoyed to the sister island, and greatly would she rejoice to see " Green Erin" enjoy the same spiritual efflorence that she possessed, and was proud in the poseeesion of. He was desirous of making these few observations in seconding this Reso. lotion ; he did not know what risk he ran in making them, but he knew what risk he should encounter if lie did not make them. (Applause. ) A complimentary vote of thanks to the Chairman (Lord Gann. bier) was then nioved by Lard BAH/lASI, seconded by Sir T. Banta', His Lordship briefly returned thanks; after which the meeting broke up at nearly tire o'clock. Mr. O'Gorman, Secretary to the Roman Catholics of Ireland, Mr. Kirwan, and several Roman Catholic gentlemen, were present, bet were prevented by the rule of the Society from speaking. Mr. O'Gorman, in the course of the business of the meeting, emphati cally protested against " the unfairness of aspersing the religion of the people of Ireland, without affording them an opportunity of vindication." COMDIN•TION—OUTRAGE--There have been, parti cularly in Dublin, several outrages committed by the dif ferent classes of artizans. Late as the Session is, we ap prehend that Parliament will be induced, before its close, to pass some very vigorous measure to put down this dread ful evil—an evil as demoralizing to the workmen themselves, as it is injurious to the employers. As to the acts of ruffian outrage which have recently been committed in Dublin, there is no excuse for them. We are only surprised that the Police have not adopted means to bring the perpetrators to justice. There is none that will pity them ; but, what is worse, they will be the means of inflicting a most severe penal law upon the sober and industrious pan of their own 4otly.ft—Dubliti Erenirty Port. -TO THE EDITOR OF TILE BRITISH PRP-SW. Sta,—Having read with considerable interest the ex tracts glee's In the British Press from the Austrian•Citte chess:, and utiabk to procure it from the want of knowing by whit Proper title to inquire for it, if you could infohn•ane where a copy of it is to be obtained, you would really oblige, sir, Yours, &c. • • Chapter ogee House, 7th May. - • The pemAlet to which our correspondent alludes is entitled, " Doveri del Suthliti verso it lore alonarca per istruzlone ed eser ehio di lettujia polls eieconda Claaw Belle Scuole elernentari." It was printed by adihority ,at Milan, at the Imperial and Royal Press. The copy in our possession was brought from Italy by a friend, and there is perhaps not another in this country. • Out cot. respondent, however, is welcdme to inspect the original for his sa tisfaction at our office.—En. Bina% Pa. . • WEST INDIA CD.VPAA'I". .• No. 111. r .• . . ,TO THE ,EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. .SlisWe now arrive at that part of this subject 'Which excites the deepest solicitude, pot only in the leSialeture but in the com muhity at large. It iv that of the welfare of the negroes, which universally clams paramount consideration. This is therefom the theme uniformly employed by the Anti-Slavery Society, to praetlae on the credulity of the public, well'finowing that to enlist the feel ings 'ln controversial warfare, is to secure victory. Even on the present occasion, where the hostility of its leade' to the proposed company springs purely out of their fears, lest it should inter fere-with a scheme of their own, they know well that the much *Mlee! -raise of benevolence will be the surest deltaic for their de sign. Consistently with this object, they have setabout illustrating . the'novel arguerfeqt, that theprosperity of the master is injurious to his slave. His valiti belt* enhanced, they say, the obstasies to his obtaining his manumi s sion are increased. One cannot but be struck with the wonderful discrepancy between these arguments and those in the former employ of the same party. Let us turn to the writinsptand the speeches of the Abolitionists, and what topic shall wt there find most strenuously enfofced ? Why, it is the aggrava tinn of the lot of the slate, from his liability to belong to sonic dis tressed• planter, without the power nommen, by 'abeam io this country similarly circumstanced, otchan g in g his eitiroyer ; and thus his destiny being inseparable from that of his muster, no ills tress can reach the one which does not involve the other. Sush have been the arguments unsmilingly reiterated by the opponents of the colonial systern. Mr. ATllberforce, in his speech In 1708, ie particularly emphatic .epon tb:s point. The Edinburgh /leviers , . Mr. Stephen, Mr. Macauley, Indeed all the writes of the Anti- Slavery Sxiety, dwell oh it aethe strain best calculated to mese the public sympathy. Mr. Brodghain, too, ever since fur political convenience Ise stooped to become an apostate f r dm hi s f ormer principles, has steadily relied on it as his surest bait for parliamen tary applause. Now, in proportion to our belief in the sincerity of these individuals, must be our expectation that they would be the readiest supporters of a measure directly calculated to remedy the evil they have so zealously condemned. But no—this line of con duct does not suit their purpose—it is one thing to declaim about benevolence, sod quite another to promote the real welfare of the colonies. It was plausible enough to depict in moving language, i the miseries which befel the negro from his master's pecuniary wants, when the object was merely that of declamatory effect; but in the name of common consistency, if not of candour, let not those who thus agreed wheel round the moment a remedy is offered, and exclaim " Oh ! we conjure you, pay no regard to our former wets. meet: I Do not believe the tales of woe we told you. We wandered then in the regions of romance, and exercised our powers of fancy to excite your sympathy. But all that was delusion ; we are now in tamest." They continue; " You are quite mistaken if you credulously suppose, that when a planter is able to provide his negroes with comforts, the latter cares fdr such enjoyment. The interests of the masters is directly opposite to that of the slave. This is the true and most approved theory. Once more we assure ' you we are now in earnest ; and as a conclusive proof of our sin cerity, we have to state. that this new Company will provide for the temporary embarrassments of the colonists; it will thus remove the existing distress, and fully answer the purpose for which it was intended. By this measure prosperity may again shed its blessings over the hated West Indies. Sugar will continue to arrive front thence to this country, and then farewell fur ever to the brilliant prospects we cherished of ruining our fellow-subjects in the West, and of enriching ourselves at their expense, by our importas Lions of East India sugar." There is some lute in this, I acknow ledge; and it is a pity such amiable motives should clash with principles formerly avowed. I feel that I have little chance of mak ing converts of opponents, the governing motive of whose conduct is so much more cogent than any argument I can offer. But as it is believed that the great majority of the nation are unbiased, and as in the contradictory publications of the Anti-Colonial party it is impossible to discriminate between truth and error, I shall give sonic illustration of the manner in whicn the negro is affected by his master's prosperity. It has been shown in a former letter, that a considerable portion of the capital required to carry on sugar cultivation is sunk in the work and plantation buildings. There is no species of agri cultural employment in' this country where the amount of fixed capital is at all to be compared to that in a West India plantation. The erection of the boiling and curing houses, the steam.engine, with all the various mechanical contrivances to abridge or facilitate the labour of the negro, absorb a vast sum of money, owing to which. as has been before stated, a planter may really possess considerable property, may have the means of giving satisfactory security, and yet find great difficulty in meeting the running expenses of the estate. In this predicament the negroes must unavoidably suffer mrny privations. The expense of feeding and clothing them is the prin cipal object for which circulating capital, or what is equivalent, good credit, is required. A deficiency in this particular must ob viously greatly affect the supplies allowed to the negroes; and I can front experience affirm, that there is no circumstance which so much grieves the planter, or which tends so strongly to exasperate hint against the inveterate hostility of a party in this country, as the melancholy reflection, that though he possesses the means of giving ample security, he cannot command the temporary means of indulging his negroes with the comforts he would wish, but must consent to their participation in his own distresses. A mere state ment of the large amount sunk in fixed capital will sufficiently prove the advantage, or rather the necessity, of having approved credit to provide for these contingencies. l'roni this vital aid to il'est India planting none of the parties concerned derive more ad vantage than the negroes; and claiming as they do a conspicuous share in the question, on the grounds of humanity, this most ope rate powerfully in favour of the project I am contending for. It is unaccountably conceived by some, that when accumulated distress presses on a planter, finally overwhelming him with ruin, and occasioning the breaking up of the estate, then the irksome and laborious cultivation of sugar will be diminished and the negro greatly benefited. Nothing can poisibly be more erroneous. It is generally the small proprietors who are most embarrassed, and though it is perfectly true that if they can get no relief from their difficulties, their estates must eventually be sold ; yet, wheti that event happens, the condition of the negroe s i s ver y p oss ibl y deterio rated. What becomes of these when the estate of a mined proprietor is broken tip? Are they not not necessarily sold to same other , proprie tor, and do we not in this event witness that evils:which forms, beyond all comparison, the most touching feature of West India slavery ? %%lien these sales occur, then indeed may be beheld the affecting scene of the negroes forced from their homes, and torn front every tie endeared to them by long association. 'Whatever may be said by the pseudo-philanthropists of this country to the contrary, the pain they feel at this separation from their old master forms no inconsiderable portion of their regret, and is an unanswerable refu tation to the charge of cruelty, so extensively imputed to the Colonies, as well as a proof cf the advantage to spring front raising in this country a credit which shall avert such an evil for the future. It is further to be observed, that theosh an estate be broken up, and the negroes brought to sale, it by no means follows that they will thenceforward he employed in is different species of cultivation. As has been stated, they will be purchased by sonic large proprietor; and the cultivation is univessally . regulated by the same impulse as iu England—that is to say, it will be that which is most profitable. Nothing can be more preposterous than the continued admonitions from this country as to what ought, and what ought not, to be cultivated in the West Indies. A Norfolk farmer would smile should some theorist inform him that he ought to grow barley in place of wheat, or vice versa. Where is the the difference as affects the colonists ? Whatever ignorant men may , fancy, our fellow-subjews abroad are fully competent to judge of their own business ; and so long as sugar is the general staple of the West Indies, the public may rely that no natter what number of estates are brought to sale, sugar planting will rill form the principle employment of the negroes. Having thus shown that, so far as concerns the immediate wel fare of the negro, his interest its fully identified with that of the proprietor, I shall now proceed to reply to the argument, that re. motely the contrary is the case, as it MUM be more difficult for him to obtain his manumission. At first view the position has consi derable plausibility. As we scarcely ever sufficiently keep in mind that the word value is but a relative term, we are liable to many mistakes, unless we clearly understand the principles ow which die estimate is made. The same distinction between nominal std real value applies to slavery we to other branches of political economy. This part of time subject, front which the most important conclu sion may be drawn, has perhaps never yet been sufficiently laid before the public. When even a colonist hears of a slave selling one day fur ISW., and shortly after for 1001., he concludes there is great fluctuation in the value of labour, and that as 11001. is aloft sum than 'SOL, the slave would be less time in accumulating funds to purchase his mantnuitoion. This is not only •superflcial, but it is a very erroneous view of the case. It is only the nominal, the exchangeable value, as regards the relations with extraneous countries, that has varied—the real di ff iculty to the slave to procure nfrenchisement continues in both eaves precisely the same. To illustrate this point more particularly, let it be supposed that a slave is worth 150/., and that after the labour of the day for his insister is over lie enjoys one hour to work for his own private emolument; any then, that luring abundance of land, and work ing site hour per day, be can raise such articles as in the lapse of five years will sell fur latit. and procure his freedom. Now the proposition which I maintain is simply, that if the value' the slave be reduced to 100 f., the causes which led to thee/eduction will so affect the price of any commodities I. may raise, as to still require his labour of one hoar per dew for five years to procure 1001., his estimated value. If this can be clearly established, it is apparent that it annihilates, at one blow, the views of the Anti. Slavery Society regarding manumission. It is first necessary to consider that the cost of a slave in the British colonies is naturally determined by the returns of his labour having an exchangeable raise is foreign MantriCll. The Prim of tae date:tat articles of 2s. 2s. W. 3s. . 4t. - Ss. Is. - 71. 81. . - . colonial produce must in genera be so regatare4 m to add re - 's pec ti eelr corresponding profile of deck. This is Ma* its per manent effect. Occasionally many menstlette will mats. At presses, tcli xample, coffee is relatively alfieding er Ohm cultivation, but It is plain this dose ke 101 dest es= Rill be a regular tendency to lie IMO P olh allytal l egs* tibn, the thing must' n h finelefj remedy Reda 'ls 41 Ibis' OW Wished, that t h e p r i ces o f all exportable eeireeeditisa meet Mee a certain relevancy to each other; and as lurk ir lII* swim Mope of the colonies, it exerciseirnuch the greatest it Ueleses le dam mining theextent of the culture of the Other ailblise of edesiel produce. Independent, however, of this circa we hem le tith eo pcloa rt ieyt t nm ie tcyen e id r its t no h .t e dhie n leit i er o sua r m e ffp, i ii; t rdi n ym po ottt r hh. t es a p n ocos t point i o n f t as regards the the ibatti also de t erm i n e s th. co'e o(evesy other sin d( pro. lstr ifY; dection. Every proprietor of negroes oseddell Wlet set- Tl g tr h y " o t r ietlim e , egeta L bles in ki th: b ra:, i t . mai .. may be induced to embark in that business. But a little reflection must show that he could not permanently obtain melt priest foe these articles of local consumption as would give him greater P ro fit front hit negroes th an if emPloyed in ra ising sugar. There are abundance of ether proprietors on the alert, who would eagelij seize i n any opportunity that offend to obtain l arger pro fi ts; conalseti. lion would thu s b e create d ; and if a half or two-thirds of a dollar were the fair daily hire of a labourer on i sugar estate, "at a similar tate must be regulated the returns of a negro employed in raising vegetables. With regard to the hbolir of the free-man,' the rends is still the same. They are in such small numbers, ithd subsistence is so easily procured, that competition does not Obit at in this country. They therefoh uniformly obtain the curtedt rate foe any article they raise, totally independent Of the cost of rib pmdudion. Similarly affected are the slaved generally who labour for them. selves by the indtilgence of their nuestens They must raise ar. tides of mere local consumption, and it 'is from the sale of these that they enjoy the opportunity of accurhulating property. The prices then of th e you try and vegetables' raised by these slaves in after houts is thus determined by the cost of raising these same articles, as if' a proprietor were to follow that cultivation as his ,IS !sines'. They cannot at all events be higher, which is all that is n e ?sway to he countered. Now, returns of labour employed In its sing articles of local consumption are regulated by that employed in cultivating articles of exchangeable value. On the high or law rate of these articles of exchangeable value depends the cost of the ' slave. It it therefore abundantly clear that if Le dolt price of sugar depresses the:cost of the slave frem VW to 106:, in all equal ratio must be the fall of poultry and vegetables ; and the slave has therefore precisely as much ditfctilty in earning the latter Sum •as in more prosperous times it would have cost him to realise the former. It should moreover be carefully recollected how many more are the aPpormnies which present themselves to make 'money, when every thing is in a noun/thing state, compared to a period of general distress. The West Indies differ not in this respect from this country ; and as no person would maintain that the difficulties of employers of workmen at home would benefit the latter, how the negroes are to derive advantage front the embarrassments of the latter, it is difficult to discover. I have examined he poiot as to their immediate comforts as well as their future prospects.• 'I have some expectations that the disinterested inquirer will admit, that their welfare is at all times indissolubly connected with that of the planters, and that en the grounds of humanity the establishment of the West India Company is in a striking degree useful, expedient, and commertlable. May 4. . INDEX. - • , - • , THE PAWNEROKICR3 AND THE EQUITAIBLE LOAN BANK. TO THE EDITORTHtTE BRITISH PRESS. • Sta.—ln a very milk and triter kind of work,.apst liefore the public a short time ago by the Pawnbrokers, ita a " Reply" to some statements made by the Equitable Loan Company, I find the following very humble apology fpr their silence theretofore. " Conscious." say they, " that the Mutation of a counter is a poor preparation for literary controversy, they have shrunk from the perpetual attacks of their opponents, not so much from the effect of any strength in their arguments, as horn the apprehension that mean expressions and ungrammatical phrases might afford to wit,their adversaries a b attery of in addition no those of calumny and detraction whi c h t h ey h ave a l ready set up. ' Notwithetending this anticipation of immediate battle from their opponents, their " little book" would have been suffered to share the fate of all such productions, had not the authors, despairing of their powers of impressing the public against the Equitable Loan Company, called to their aid the talents of a certain Sunday Editor, not re meltable for any very delicate reserve in his mode of attacking all whom choice or " necessity" teethe him to oppose. This gentle man has brought his " battery of wit (to use the words of his employers the eawnbrokers), in addition to those of Calumny and detraction," to bear upon the Company, in the belief, that if the former failed, he had every chance a succeeding by means cf the latter In both he has been disappointed. In a little work just published, entitled, " Allqratii as of the necessity of an Equitable Loan Bank, &c., with root thereof se acted from Evidence taken before a C ni nittee of the House of Lords," the article in support of the Pawnbrokers, *high appeared in the John lull, has been most minutely examined; the solitary " extract" of evidence which it gives moved to be a direct mien_ presentation of facts; and the conclusion drawfi by the writer from that extract most completely refuted. As the calumny has had a very extensive circulation, through the active exertions of the Pawnbrokers; and as it might produce a very unfair impression if left uncontratlictad„ I beg, through the medium of your excellent Journal, to submit the following extract* from the work in question to the publtc. After pointing out the absurdity of mime of the Jahn Bull', ob jections, the author of the "'Allegations" inserts at length the extract from the evidence,, as introduced by the Editor. " As we prefer facts to arguments, we will take the evidence of one of the witnesses before the Committee of the (louse of Corn. mons, which we think explains pretty Clearly the truth of the statements made in those letters which appear in the papers in support of the projected Company, touching the immense and un just profits of Pawnbrokers:— " ' James Basset, a Pawnbroker, examined. " ' You were desired to produce here to-day some statements ? Yes. " ` Re so good as to state, or read from the paper the statement yon have collected ?—I have taken from our day-book one month, and I have averliged that by the year. " • Read the statement ? Pledges under Is. - 20161 I a. - 3744 Is. 6d. - 3744 - 6760 THE BRITISH PRESS. Mii 18s. and 195., that is 11. 1596 From 11. to It. 4s. 56$ 11. ob. 576 From 11. 51. to 1/. 95. . 21G 1/. 10s. - 51;2 From 11. 10s. to 11. 131. 144 11. Ik. - 2111 21. and 21. 2*. - 612 From 2/. 2s. to 21. 191. GU Prom 21. 19s. to SI. 19s. 1. to 41.195. 144 - 120 9s. . - - 1152 1 51. . . 10s. - .. - 3456 From Si. to 61. - 12s. - - - 1 '1752 From 6!. including 71. 14s. - - - 489 7/. including M. and 91. 96 .- . - WO 10/. - . - 132 16a. - - - 176 And above that, so near as pos 17e. - - - 336 Bible, about 541 in the course of 18e. - - - 216 a year. " ' What month of the year have you selected ?—The month of s t y : • Can you state the expenses and profits of the business for Stay year?—For the hat tire years. • • State to the Committee the result of that statement 7—There has been lent, from July 1819 to 1823, 108,441!. 14s. 6d., and de livered 104.5564 171. - . Pledges returned back to the owners?—Yes; the interest has been 8,378/. Is. for the last five years. The tickets also for the Are years 474/. Oa. tlid.; the capital 71,9111. lie. On the sum of 34,5561. 17s. received, the profit, 8,9791. Is., that is, 8/. th. and lair a farthing per cent. upon total amount lent doting the year. On the consolidated capital employed to produce that interest, it is at the rate of IV. 6s. 24d. and 1-lodt of a farthing per cent. gross profits, from which all expenses are to be deducted. II" The net profit is what you have before expressed, M. 2s. and half a farthing per cent. ?—Yes, having taken off fiye per cent. as Interest on the money, our gross profits are 7/. 63. 20., from which all expenses arc to be 4educted, for house-rent, taxes, and so forth'." The Author then proceeds—" This is the famous extract upon which the Pawnbtokers and their friends mainly rely, and from which their able defender in the Jo/,t Bali draws the logical cud. elusion, that • the boon offered to the poor by the Equitable Loan Hank Company is the loan of money at eight per cent. instead of about seven and one-third, at which the Pawnbrokers now in fact land ie." Now we assert, without the slightest halliard of contradiction, tor we shall prove it to demonstration, that a more barefaced trick to mislead a pohlic body engaged in an important inquiry war never before attempted, than *as practised by this same atatemunt a Mr. Basset. The first objection to it is, that though the data on which it pro ceeds include only a period of four years, they are argued upon as if ' they extruded over a period of live years, and the interest and profits in four years being extended over live, appear one filth less , i ts they really are. The witness says there has been lent front July 1819 to 1823 such a sun). Here are only four years spoken of, and it is clear, he could not mean five, because five year* front July 1319 had not expired at the time he was giving his evidence ' (which was on the 10th of June, 1824). Besides, the witness talks ' Illf a meolidated capital of 71,911!. to produce the interest and profit In illoactibod, in ti .e years. If this were so, the average capital ter use yore( that period must be about 14,6022 ; but this WIN not I Ia p. 169 (of the printe I evidence) he says that it was " . nearly 71,911/. as he has de.- ,:ge r. a rl: lrr pitil li r for l. o ( n o e f y 4 e .h a os r, e fo b rl i n in a esa nswer th e to wit a n ri e n i es s t w io u n as ePe eth in a g it e ac ve t. rl t y he l ecribull. We must, therefore, take the 8,3761. he speaks of as Me 38 6, , e 00t1 yea, 1.; wasid lf this were w e e m re interest of the capital tor four years, and not for five. But evert .o, fac oun t. t h en the d th n e o co t consolidated capital for this will not be a fair statement of the fact. According to his own is, from July 1819 od in that time 3,81141. 17s. 0.1. On the goods redeemed there socrued a profit of utte sho icil w mos inf t , olos th th er .e4 e ll w i.n as ioul4 l s e: 6 d t o i t n .. la t u h n e d,s fou r r . yeah i7ws .. en t earederm h: ba a difference of 11.378/., but there still remained a balance of "Weiss sold, or un. redeemed, to the amount of 3J1841. 17s. Gal., Wilett, added to tho • ... &metro 12s. and 14s. tberi ruay be same Us., b are se earn I have shads Meta 145.'.". ! T. oirt 'NS arts sx_ E ►~