The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-23 00:00:00

thi ee ohjec is I - had in view—Household Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Triennial Parliaments—and though I should ever he ready to declare that attachme n t in my pl a ce in Parlia ment, I never could, and never would, as 1 stated in my letter to Mr,' Bowlby, force them dogmatically on the consi deration of the Government or the country.—(Cheers.) These are not afterthoughts brought forward for the purpose of qualifying opitlions formerly expressed.—(Cheers.) They • ate the itlentiCal words and expressions which I used in . 1831, • • And which Are recorded in print.W by should I qualify My npi• - Omit?: I 1111%1 , Ni:object to gain by doing so. I rekat t 6 you said ,it• Glasgow*, that I '`could not receive the-highest' ioitiotarc triss.psople'or my Sovi , reign hate . it in their power to LeitOvv, tlitwo,vrre to be obtained by the abandonment or -compromiie of ititympinion I ever entertained.--41enmense • cheering.) • 'int while I declare this to you, I will state, • that howeverunchangeable my attachment to those princi plea may be, if, on a division, this meeting were to decide against me on an'y or every one of them, I would not press them on your consideration, any more than I would p ress them upon the consideration of the people before they were prepared to receive them—because, if I have read history right, when great changes in the polity of States have mis carried, it has been when those who proposed them have en deavoured to force their doctrines on the people before they were ripe to receive them ; whereas the true and wise Reformer—he who prepares the ground, sows the seed, awl affords time for its ripening —when the season for reaping the harvest arrives, will have the proud satisfaction of having attained an object of the highest importance to his country; without having forced it against the feelings and convictions of his countrymen.—(Great cheering.) Such have been, and always will be, my principles. Such has been, and always will be, my course of conduct. While I live, depend upon it I will never lose sight of those measures which I think best calculated to promote the ho nour and the interests of the country ; but, at the same time, I will never refuse to give the freest scope to the ar guments and feelings of thoie even who differ from me in opinion. —(Continued cheering.) There is another sub ject on which I think it necessary not to be misunder stood ; and to which I shall advert, because my name has been - ennnected with it in my absence, under the presump tion that 1 should be favourable to it. Now, to what is milled an organic change of time House of Lords, I am de cidedly opposed.—(Hear, hear.) In the first place, what is proposed - to be done is a perfect absurdity. What is the defect in the constituency of the House of Lords for which it is proposed to make it elective? It is because it is not in harMony with the house of Commons. How will you Correct this ? By election ? If by a higher rate of consti . iuency than'that which elects_the House of Commons, the House of Lords would become more Tory than it is. If by a lower, you would raise the House of Lords higher in the scale of liberality than the Commons. And if by the same constituency that elects the House of Commons, you would liave it exposed to the same influences and feelings , which in the House of Commons, too frequently pro duce mere personal and local feelings, in contradistinc ton to the general interests of the country. An elec tive House of Lords is an absurdity and a moral im possibility. If you come to the question whether or not there should be a second House of Assembly, that is a very._ different matter ; but as it has not been yet mooted I need not discuss it now.—(Hear, hear.) But while you have a House of Lords, I do say that the material= for making it elective are not to be, and cannot ba, found in this country. Therefore, say, I cannot consent toShaate_ my name connected with any such opinions.— (Hear, hear.) Having ;aid so much in reference to that letter, I will only add, that my opinions are unchanged.— (Cheers.) I see no reason to alter them. If I have seen any reason to change, it has been such as would strengthen rather than impair them.—(Much cheering.) For see ja;hat,,,lies happened since I declared them at Glasgow in laffaa ,The English Corporation Bill has been passed, in which. household suffrage has been established as the quali fication for voting. The Town-councils are elected, not by 1.0/. occupiers, but householders, who react upon the Pa rliamentary constituency ; and if they can be entrusted with the Municipal franchise, I think they might be fairly en truited with the election of Members of Parliament.— (Loud cheers.) With regard to the Ballot, I stated in 1834 that it was advisable. Now every day's experience adds to the number of its supporters. The last election has increased them a hundred fold. What do I rnean by the Ballot? Ido not mean exactly the wooden box, which . 111 so great a matter of difficulty to Mr. Liddell that he can * understand it.—( Laughter.) I do not mean merely aheAcix letters that spell Ballot. I mean independence to the, voter.--(Great cheering.) The opponents of the Ballot declare that they, too, are anxious to give independence to the- voter, but unfortunately deny him the only means of securing it. If any other mode of effecting this object can he foued, I shall, for one, be most ready to adopt it. My wish would be, were I a Member of Parliament, that I abould he elected by the true and conscientious opi nions of my constituents, and not by force and intimi dation.—(Cheers.) I fear I am almost wearying you by the length at which lam addressing you.—(No, no.) But as it is the first, and I fear it may be for many year. your I ist opportunity of hearing the opinions and feelings of the individual you have done the honour of electing the patron - of your society, 1 will, if you will allow me, conclude the observiitions I have made to you by a few remarks on the general state of affairs in this country.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear"); for this is a very important moment, when every man should lend his aid to the elucidation of those questions, and the solution of those diffieulties, which are prejudicial to the great cause we have at heart. I allude no re particularly to time outcry which has been raised in other counties, if not in this, during the late elections—l mean the ciy of" No Popery"—and I wish, if you will gibe me your patience for a fru' moments, at once to gripple with that question.—(Cheers.) It has been made the means, by the Tory newspapers, time Tory parsons, and the 1 ory squire archy, of influencing a great number of voters, and of pro ducing immense alarm to the old and infirm and superan nuaind of both :;exec.—( Loud laughter.) Now, what do they mean by fear of Popery ? Is it fear of the Pope him self ? We' all know that the poor old gentleman who lives at Rome has no influence or power himself, that with the Austrians at Milan, the French at Ahona, and the cholera at his own gates, he has enough to occupy all his attention ; and there is no man living who does not know that but for the assistance of the AUstrums he could not govern his own States.—( Hear.) We also know that, in reference to the most bigoted, or it may be the most re ligious country in the world, Spain—he has not had influ ence enough to protect the church property from confisca tion and sale. What right then, has any man to say that anything is to he feared from any authority the Pope can exercise in this country It is a farce and an absurdity trinai will be scouted by every man of education and intelli gesier.—(Clesers.) Is there any fear of the Catholic priests? We bear of no conversions. For one Catholic chapel be ing built, we bear of 300 or 400 or 1,000 chapels and meet ing houses springing tip in all directions. But if no danger is to be apprehended from the pauper head of the church of Rome to the princely establishment of this country, rich in the possession of its weath in lands and mines—as we know so well in this county—(A laugh and cheers) — it may be said there is danger train the Catholics them selves. Why, who oppnsss church rates ? (Cheers.) Not the Catholics ; there are no Catholics in vestries. It is not the Catholics who attack clerical -non-residence, time ainrcuri4n of deans and chapters, and the abuses of the establishment, but Protestants—Protestant Houses of Par liament.—even Protestant bishops, according to a very clever ond learned friend of mine—the Rev. Sidney Smith—have dealt most unmercifully with the property of the establish ment. —(A laugh ) If there be anything to endanger the safety of the Church, 1 deny that it. will spring from the Catholitts hul a in truth, there is no danger, except to the :ibli4CS I have referred to. I assert that, purged of these defects, which are lamented by the best . and wisest of its dignitaries, time Church of England must ever retain its hold on the affeetioris,. and, hest supply time spiritual wants of the people of England. As for the- Catholics of Eng land—and I speak it in .the presence of my excellent Catholic friend, Mr. Withanis'of Lartington, who is a type and emblem of them all—l are ashamed of time abseil-. r,tv in which they suffer themselves to remain. It' , would almost induce me to believe that they refrain from coming , forward in the affairs of public life from a feeling of pride, were I not satisfied that having no selfish object to at tain, they are content, while enjoying the protection of the laws, to live in peace and quiet, and even in obscurity. —(Cheers.) I have travelled over most parts of the Con tinent, even the most despotic, but I never heard of a man's religion being inquired about. Aye, even in Russia-L-which has been much libelled, and of which Englishmen know too little—do you think the Emperor of Russia would sulfa r himself to be deprived of the service of a rmlomis at.' able minister, because he was a Protettant or a Ca ehehe ? Private life and moral character may be inquired into, but rali t sious opinions never.—(Cheers.) And ,now I will come to a point that is well deserving of your most serious considenttion. The English Catholics are small in number, and may be safely made the scape-goat of the calumnies of time party to whom I allude. But when yotit look at Ireland the case is very different, and becomes very.: dsngerous.—(lmmense, cheering.) There you find severe millions of Catholics to one million of Protestants ; and -}, believe I exceed their number when I say they amount to a million.—(Hear) The Catholics, notwithstanding cen turies of Tnry krsecution, have grown up in wealth, in - - destry„ .and., edu4tiori.—.( Hear, hear.) They are seven shiiiiiinets.oLeinr-fAlow-subjects.--(Cheers.) They are not part and parcel of the I.lg S c heers) —but gilt FZritish empire.—(Renewed cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I trill ask you what you will do with them ? You cannot • exterminate them—you cannot, as was once recommended, pat Ireland under water if yoU wished it. How are we to *, deal with them ? Now, only mark the tendency, the vitable consequence of the Tory policy. The Tories tell us—and this is the ground-work on which they seek to oLtain your confidence—the Tories tell us s —and the columns of their newspapers, the Times, the Standard, and ethers, throughout the country, are filled to satiety writ the dangers of Popery and the machinations of the Catho lics, not against monarchy only, but against the lives and prof er.ics of all Protestants. If this be true, the fact must be an insuperable bar against their resuming the reins cf power over this-united emplre.7-(Loud cries of Hear," and cheers.) :Of England and Wides—by what :arts we may guess--they may become the rulers.--of Sent ' hind I think they cannot be l bet of the united king ,lote of Great Britain and Ireland they never can be the Ministers.---s-(lmmense cheering,) I should like to know whether the Tories think our young Sovereign will extract from her crown one of the most brilliant jewels in her dia dem, for the sake of obtaining the services of a Tory Mi nistry.—(Great cheering.) I question whether even Ernest, Kir s s of Hanover—(Expressions of di s lik e )—G ran d Mas ser o f the Orangemen as he is—( Hear, hear)—would con sent thus to dismember the British empire.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) But, fortunately, Providence has blessed us with a true British Queen, who loves and protects all classes of her subjects, whether Protestant or Catholic Churchmen or Dissenters, and who scorns to be the soVe reign of a faction, or the ruler of a sectien of her empire. —(Great cheering.) But see what a dilemma the Tories would be placed in. If what they say be true, the same Gazette that announced their acee sion to office must con tain a declaration of war against Ireland, and a sentence of outlawry on seven millions of the Irish. —(Loud cheers.) If it be not true—if the superseded and cracked toseie of alarm has been sounded, only to enable them to creep into power—( Hear, hear)—what can you think of the conduct, what can you think of the hypocrisy, of those who have excited fears which they know to be groundless, and endeavour to set one part of the empire against the other, for the unhallowed purpose of scrambling into place ?—( Loud cheers.) I have perhaps argued this question at too much length for you, but it is the great question of the day, and must he boldly met. The dilemma in which the Tories are placed must be constantly kept be fore them. If what they state be true, they must, if they return to power, commence a war of extermination against the people of Ireland. As Mr. Liddell says—(Derisive cheers)--they must maintain their position by shedding blood with the sword ; or they must plead guilty to the charge of raising a cry unfounded, in fact, for party and electioneering purposes.—(Cheers.) But I trust this will never be the case. lam not one of those who despond over the present state of things.—(Great cheering.) Iler Majesty's Ministers have not so larg e a majority as when I had the honour of being a membr of the Government. It was then 150 ; it is now only 45 or 40. But the times are altered. A large majority is not so necessary, pro vided it is composed of respectable and influential men, and provided the measures of the Government are marked by wisdom and energy ; above all things, if they never compromise those great principles for which they were called into action.—(Loud cheers.) My confidence in Lord Melbourne is such that I believe you may safely trust him.—(Renewed cheers.) I speak independently. I am in the service of the Crown, but I am not a Member of the Government. I know nothing of their councils. All I know is in connection with my office as ambassador to Russia. I look only to their public proceedings and at the character of their heads, and I shall not be much dis appointed if you do not, in the ensuing session of Parlia ment, see them pursue a course that will secure to them the respect, the esteem, and confidence of all classes of Re formers, be their opinions what they may.—(Tremendous cheers.) As for myself, I will never support any. Govern ment which has not this object in view. My object is to con tribute to the steady progress of needful reforms, and the timely amelioration of our national institutions. To this our steady and constant attention ought to be directed. I will not say " Nil actum reputans, si quit superesset agen dum." I will not say that nothing has been done while aught remains to do ; but I do say that the success which has attended our former efforts should encourage us to proceed in the same direction, that the good we have done should inspire us to do more.—(Loud cheers.) If I were disposed to urge anything more than . another, it would be the establishment of a system of national instruction for the people ; for without a fair and liberal education, neither those who are above nor those who are below you in worldly station can rightly understand or fitly discharge their poll. tical duties.—(Great cheering.) I should apologise to you for the great length at which I have addressed you. I have given way to these outpourings of my heart before you, because I know that there is no part of England where a greater community of feeling subsists between myself anal those whom I address than in the county of Durham.— (Cheers.) We have fought and struggled together in the hour of adversity—we have enjoyed prosperity together ; and now, when a few clouds darken the horizon, it is time for us to meet together, not to repine over temporary re verses, but. to join heart and hand in declaring that though our enemies may reproach us with weakness we will never permit them to deprive us of the rights and privileges won by ourselves and our ancestors—that Whether we exercise these in instituting such societies as that whose establish ment we are met to celebrate, or in supporting, by the elec tive franchise, those great principles of Government which we expected to see carried out by the Reform Bill, we will unite, as we have united this day—that we will merge all minor considerations in one great and paramount object, our country's good—that we are ready to sacrifice health, and case, and comfort for this end—and that we will not confine ourselves to the enthusiastic expressiol of our opinions, but that we are determined to act with firmness and vigour, and to place upon an imperishable foundation those great and glorious liberties which the best 'and wisest of our Statesmen have secured to us if we choose to enjoy them. (The Noble Lord sat down amidst tumul tuous and prolonged plaudits from every part of the room.) Mr. HUTT, in giving " Her Majesty's Ministers," said he was sure the toast would he received with the same satisfaction lie felt in proposing it. He 'could cordially drink the healths of the Ministry, trusting they would be endowed with wisdom and firmness to take advantage of the improved situation in which they were now placed in the favonr of the Sovereign, to give the people the full advantages of the Reform Bill, He felt persuaded that few of those who heard him could have observed the late elec tions without. feeling that the Tories had discovered a means of working the Reform Bill which was likely to prove no less effectual for their purposes than the old system. By means of the tenants-at-will in counties and the old freemen in the towns, they had nearly obtained an equal footing with the Reformers in the House of Commons. He honestly be lieved that the heart of the country was with the latter ; but he saw no means of obtaining a fair representation of the people without extending to voters that independence to which the Noble Lord had alluded.—(Loud cheers.) fic, for one, dreaded the return of the Tories to power, because he thought it could not happsn without placing the institutions of the country in peril.—( Hear, hear.) if ae were not to witness the revival of the scenes of 1831, and have one of the best and wisest communities that ever existed again placid in danger of subversion, he trusted Ministers would unite with the people in achieving inde pendence for the voter.—(Cheers.) If the people, in 1831, wrested the great charter of our liberties from the Tories in the plenitude of their power, they would not now suffer the Oligarchy to deprive them of the fruits of their victory, Those who lila(' not been awed by the lion would not tamely fall victims to the wolf.—(Cheers.) Sir HEDWORTH WILLTAMSON, on rising to propose Earl Grey," was received with three times three. He said they would be liable to a charge of the greatest ingra titude if they omitted to drink with every mark of respect and affection the health of that. nobleman, who had done more for the cause of Reform than any living Statesman. He did not believe that there was any " reaction" in the country. The Tories were always strong , but they were kept down by the u nan i m ity. energy , an d determination of the Reformers.--(Cheers.) He only hoped that they would hereafter be animated by the unanimity they had dis played in support of Lord Grey ; and though they no longer bad the uncompromising character and talent of that illustrious statesman in the government, yet that his successors would persevere in carrying out the principles he had maintained.—(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Mr. Hedworth Lambton, the only Liberal Member for North Durham." The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Lord DDRIISII returned thanks on behalf of Mr. Lamb ton. Having said so much already only on the subject of his brother's connection with them, he would only add that he was, not in words only, their most devoted servant.- -( Cheers.) They had only to point out the mode in which he could serve them, and, whether in the ranks or at their Bead, they would find him equally ready to obey them.— ( Cheers.) With respect to his conduct in the House of COmmons, be might appeal to all who had seen 6iur there as to the vat with which he applied himself to his duties, As far as his health and personal inclinations went he had nn desire for a Parliamentary life ; but so long as he con tinued their representative he would feel himself bound to de rote his best attention to the furtherance of those in terests which were equally Iris own and theirs.—(Cheers.) 01. MILLS proposed " The health of Nir Wm. Chay to'r. —(Great applause.) Sir, WM. CHAYTOR returned thanks. Loki Ma'am proposed" The health of the Chairman," and paid a hi g h an d we ll-d eserve d com pli men t to him far the great services he had recently rendered to the cause of Reform in the county.—(Tho 4.Dast was drunk with hearty and prolonged cheers.) The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. The health of Sir H. Williamson was drunk with three times three, and Sir Hedworth returned thanks in a short speech. Mr. HUTTON CII4YTO4, in propossing " The Members for the Southern Disision," alluded to the charge that had been made against Mr. Bawes of interfering with Lis te. nant-y, and said that although the accusation had been re futed, and he might add, withdrawn, he was still anxious to bear his testimony to its utter want of foundation. Mr. BOWES said the kind manner in which they had been pleased to receive the toast was doubly grateful to him, as it showed they npproed of the political opinions of that constituent) , which returned his Ilan, Colleague and hinitell to Parlianwnt, Had not his lion, Friend, Mr, Chuytnr adverted to his conduct to his tenantry, he should not have troubled them with any allusions to a subject th.tt merely .refitted to so hitn,ble an ititlividttal as himself. Hal ing some, interest in this division, he thought it his duty to assist as far as lay in his poWet the liloetal cause. By so doing it seemed he had incurred the high 'displea sure of Mr. Liddell.--s-(Laughter.) That. gentleman bad made a statement in this town which he ( Mr. Bowes) had felt it his duty to tell him was not founded in rect.— ( Hear, hear.) With regard to the tenants he was said to have coerced, he was glad to find, from the manner in which they had received the observations of Mr. Chaytor on that subject, that the company disbelieved the charge— (Cheers)—and lie had the proud gratification of knowing, from the communications lie had since received, that his tenantry did not think they bad been treated improperly. He concluded by proposing a bumper to " Lord Mulgrave and justice to Ireland."—(Cheers.) Mr. MILLS gave " The Cause of Cis it and Religious Liberty." • Lord DURHAM requested permission of the Chairman to propose a toast which he felt the greatest pleasure and gratification in giving. It was the health of a gentleman upon whose judgment, discretion, and honour he had, in circumstances of the greatest delicacy, placed the fullest reliance, and who, by pursuing a consistent line of public conduct, had entitled himself to the confidence of his fel low-citizens.—(Cheers.) He had the additional merit of being the son of an old and valued inhabitant of that city I—one of the best and most honourable men—who had left it to his son to convey to his posterity the good name be had earned by a long life of professional exer tion, distinguished for the honour and probity of his con duct, and by his stedfast adherence to his political principles. In gratitude for his individual act of friendship towards himself, and as a mark of approbation of his public con duct, he begged to propose that they should drink " The health of Mr. Harland.' The toast was drunk with three times three. Mr. HARLAND expressed his grateful acknowledgments for the flittering manner in which his health had been pro posed and drunk, and the pleasure he felt its . being present on an occasion so likely to further the cause of Reform, and to obtain the ends of good government. Mr. RUSSELL BOWLBY proposed " The health of the Liberal Representative of the Borough of Sunderland." Mr. WHITE returned thanks. Dr. HEADLAM proposed " The Liberal Constituencies of the two Divisions, and of the City and Boroughs of the County of Durham." Mr. BALD, of Stockton, returned thanks for the elector of South Durham. Mr. GRANGER proposed "The Liberal Members of the House of Commons." Mr. GRANGER, in the absence of Colonel Beckwith, who had left the room, was about to propose " The health of Mr. Hutt and the Liberal electors of Hull ;" but, at his Lordship's request, he yielded the toast to Lord DURHAM, who said that, under ordinary circum stances, he should have felt great reluctance in interferieg to prevent his Hon. Friend from giving a toast to which he was sure he would have done great justice ; but he did feel that, in consideration of his honourable connection with the town of Hull, he had a right, more than any other individual, to request permission from the Chairman to propose the present toast. He had had the honour of of being proposed to the Crown as High Steward of the borough of Hull ; and he felt most highly flattered by the distinction that had been conferred upon him by those who knety nothing of him privately, and must have been influ enced solely by his public character.—(Cheers.) Thus connected with Hull, he regarded it as a matter of duty to propose the health of one who had won for himself the af fections and confidence of those whom he must for the pre sent call his late constituents. He said his late constitu ents ; but he trusted a short time would reinstate him in that situation from which he had been excluded by his own honourable adherence to the principles he professed. His Lordship said he had long had opportunities of knowing and admiring the great and useful qualifications of Mr. Hutt. He had seen him devoting himself to the discharge of his duties with a zeal and ability hardly to be matched, and realizing by hi; assiduity, talents, and knowledge of bu kinesa more than any man he knew, his notions of what a Mem ber of Parliament for a large, industrious, and enterprising constituency ought to be. He had lost his seat by the foulest arts of bribery and intimidation, but he (Lord D.) had no doubt many weeks would not elapse before they saw him re stored to his situation as Representative of Hull. Before he sat down the Noble Earl begged to say oue word in ac knowledgment of the attendance to-day in support of the great cause in which they were embarked. In his whole experience of the county of Durhath, he had never wit rie,sed a more gratifying meeting. Persons representing the interests of all classes in the county were present ; and the events of the day could not leave a shadow of doubt as to the result of their exertions. One thing only did he regret, and lie be g ged to suggest to hi s H on . F r i en d the Ch a i rman and the Ceatnittee, that at their next anniversary meeting, whether it should embrace both Divisions of the county, or be confined to the Northern alone, they should make ar rangements for extending the communion of feelings, wishes, and interests, by inducing the attendance of all who were enrolled as members of the society, whatever might be their station in life.—(Cheers.) He wished to bring together the forty-shilling freeholder and the elector of 40,000/. a year, and to produce upon the minds of all, by the speeches they would hear delivered, a knowledge of the wants, wishes. and duties of each other. The ruling principle of his life had been to bring within the pale of the Constitution all who were entitled to its - protection, and to bestow its privi leges on all who proved themselves, by their . education, in dustry, and intelligence, worthy of the enjoyment of so great a boon.—(Great cheering.) To that object lie should continue to devote himself; and he did not think he could better prove it than by rising to propose the health of a gentleman who had been the faithful and consistent repre sentative of those classes to whom he more particularly re- ferret The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. HUTT returned thanks for the compliment paid him by coupling his health with that of a body whom he was proud once to have called his constituents, comprising - , as the analysis of the poll-book showed they did, a large ma,o rity of men of educati9n and property.—(Cheers.) Whene ver Reformers wet at the social board the Liberal electors of Hull deserved to be held in off, ctionate remembrance. They would read the proceedings of this,day with the deepest interest and the greatest gratification. 'they would not pass over without the warmest feeling of interest and satisfaction the speeches of the Noble Lord ; and they would thank him for the very kind manner in which he had referred to them. lie trusted that the Reformers of North Durham would, ere long, have an opportunity of meeting again in that room, to celebrate their restoration to their former pre-eminence amongst the Liberal constituencies of the empire.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Vice-President." Mr. RAMSAY returned thanks. Mr. BOWES proposed " The Countess of Durban' and the Ladies of the County." Lord Duttuast returned thanks in an animated aid elo quent speech. The list of toasts having been gone through, the Chair man quitted the chair. Lord Durham was loudly cheered on retiring ; and the company immediately broke up. SPEECH OF THE REV. MR. STARK, OF FOltßk S, at the GREAT REFORM MEET.NG, held at INVERNESS, on the 12th Inst. (From the Inverness Courier.) The Rev. Mr. STARK rose to propose the next toast, and spoke nearly as follows :—The toast I am instructed to propose involves an approval of the policy of her Majesty's Ministers in regard to Ireland. It has been well observed by our excellent Chairman that they ground their claim to our confidence on their being reforming - Ministers, and this meeting considers them well entitled to this confi denno,(Cheers.) Perhaps there never was a Ministry more misrepresented and reproached, but I hope that their regard for the good of their country will determine them to persevere against all the calutnniea of those who wish to drive them from their offices, and that her gracious Ma jesty, in addition to all her other excellent qualities, is too good a reformer to part with them until she can find as ' good men and honest reformers to supply their place.— (Cheers.) They may not have done all the good that sanguine reformers anticipated•—they have not been able to accomplish all the improvements which they themselves desired, and endeavoured to carry Into effect, They have had to struggle with extraordinary difficulties ; and they ale not omnipotent—they have been supported only by a small majority iu the one House of Parliament, and opposed by a great majority in the other; and the Court, for a considerable time previous to the auspleious aommence itonetnholfist,th:f v oui,tros present reign, might, I believe, be fairly placed so that the wonder is, not that they have done little ? but that they have heart Idde to do anything in currying the Reform Rill into its legitimate effects, in the ,correction of abuses and the extension of g ood and cheap government over the country. And yet, Gentlemen, they have done a great deal ; they have reduced the expenditure of the noverement seven millions annually ; and part of that reduction has been effeeted by lewering their own salaries—a thitg which filled the Tories with THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY, OCTOBER 23, 1837. amazement and horror. The whole reduction has taken place too on an expenditure of twenty-one millions, so that it is a reduction of one•third. There are twenty-eight millions of tl.e expenditure of the country which cannot be reduced without breaking faith with the public creditor for this sum goes to pay the interest of the immense load of debt contracted chiefly by Tory administrations, Tllcy have abolished the East India monopoly, and thrown (.11:n the trade to (Thine 1 and ; (indenter., vou all expert. once the benefit nf this, as you have your tea from 80 to .1(t) per cent, cheaper-'you can putt:hate its good tea for 4;4, dd. a pound as you could fur Os. Od. under the Tory Go vevntnent, They have put an end to Metier) , in the British Colonies ; or at least, have pasted a Measure which in the course of three years will entirely emancipate about 800,000 of our feLow beings from a state of the deepest degradation and most cruel bondage, and elevate them to the rank of free-born subjects.—(Great cheering.) And can any man deny that this is the removal of a load of guilt from the British nation ? The Reform Ministry, Gentlemen, have granted liberal municipal institutions of Scotland, and nearly the same to England, and removed a number of the irksome, degrading, and iniquitous restric tions upon liberty of conscience by which the English Dis senters were oppressed ; so that they can now marry and baptize their children, and bury their dead, in a manner which accords with ther own views of religious duty. They have mitigated the severity of the criminal laws to such a degree, that instead of from 50 to 60 public executions which took place every year under the domination of the Tories, so that it was quite a common thing, on passing New-rbate, to see six o r e i g ht h uman b e i ngs hang ing by the neck nt the same time—which was a genuine exhibition of the spirit of Toryism ; it wants nothing hut power to evince its cruely, and knows of no means of preventing evil but severity—so great is the im provement, that under the present administration the num ber of executions in London has been reduced to six, to four, and sometimes two in a year : and crime, instead of increasing, has diminished. There has been not a little Tory vaunting, Gentlemen, about Sir R. Peel's consolida tion and improvement of the law ; but all the mercy he in troduced into it was to raise a larceny or petty theft, which involved the punishment of death, from forty shillings to five pounds. This was the utmost extent of his clemency as a legislator; five pounds was'the entire value which he was able to set on the life of a human being. These, Gen tlemen, are but a few of the measures of improvement which have been introduced by the Reforming Ministry in the course of five or six years ; and of nothing ism I more certain than that if the Tories had been able to retain their hold of the reins of government, they would not have done as much good in five or six hundred years—(Cheers)—nay, that they would not to the end of the world make one single concession to the public freedom, and public happiness, and the rights of conscience, unless it was extorted from them by the public cry—that is, by the dread of losing their places.—(Cheers.) But perhaps a Tory may ask, was it not the Wellington-Peel Ministry that abolished the Test and Corporation . Acts, and passed the measure of Catholic Emancipation ? Yes, it was the Wellington-Peel Ministry which passed these measures ; but how ? was it from choice ? was it upon principle? was it as measures of justice to the parties concerned ? When Lord John Russell brought forward the motion for the repeal of the Test Acts, did Peel agree to it ?—did he offer to grant the smallest con cession ?—did he propose to move one inch on the way to concession ? No indeed ; the motion was opposed by the whole strength of the Cabinet ; and it was only when car ried by a respectable majority against him that he yielded, because he could not help it. And in regard to the Catho lic Relief Bill, he expressly declared that his opinions were unchanged—that he was in principle as strongly opposed to it as ever, but that the state of parties in the country had arrived at such a crisis that it was impossible for the go vernment to go on without the settlement of the question. It was on the principle of expediency, not of justice, that he submitted to it ; and even this semblance of concession to the rights of conscience, instead of raising his popularity, has nearly wrecked his fame among a host of his followers. I observed, on entering Exeter Hall about four months ago, large placards exhibited, calling on all good Protestants to come forward without delay, and sign a petition for the re peal of ?he Catholic Emancipation - Bill. And, if lam not misinformed, there are some in Inverness; who have been trying to get up similar petitions ; but they may save them selves the trouble : for it would be quite as wise, and as hopeful, and far less malignant, to get up petitions to Par liament to pass an Act that the majestic river which flows through this town should henceforth reverse its course, and run from the Moray Frith into Loch Ness.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, the Ministry have done much in promoting the cause of reform, and of civil and religious li berty ; and there are some excellent measures which they have proposed, but which they have not yet been able to carry into effect. Of this description, in my humble opinion, is the plan for the abolition of Church-rates in England in troduced last session. I really think that it cannot but be painful to the feelings of every honourable mind connected with the Establishment to compel Dissenters, who cheer fully support their own religion, to pay for the maintenance of their triodes of worsh i p—for the repair of their churches and parsonages, for tuning and playing their organs, buy ing the bread and wine for their communion, and ever greens for adorning their churches at Christmas, and a variety of similar purposes. And I do not see how it is possible to reconcile this with the fundamental principle of Christian morality—" Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.". Would a member of the Church of Englrnd be willing that Dissen s , tors should have the power of assessing him for the support, of their religion ? Could anything be fairer, or more likely to give satisfaction to all parties, than the plan pro., posed by Government ? The obnoxious impost was to be entirely abolished, and its place supplied by no new tax, but by the creation of a fund which does not at present exist, and can never exist but by an Act of the Legisla ture. Such, however, was the opposition raised against the measure by the Tories, for the purpose of etnbarassing the Ministry, that the church-rate impost still continues, and the unavoidable consequence is that the country is filled with the keenest religious animosities —Vestry meetings are scenes of fierce contention ; in many instances, by a large majority they postpone the rate for twelve months ; in some instances, the' rate is carried by one or two of a majority ; ani in others, the Church wardens have pro ceeded to impose a rate, after the Vestry meeting has re fused it, which will lead to expensive and protracted liti gation. And is this a state t of things favourable to the interests of the Established Church, or to the interests of true religion, or to the peace and prosperity of the com munity ? And yet Sir R. Peel boasts of his regard to the rights of conscience and the principles of civil liberty. In his speech on the day of the declaration of his success as a candidate for the representation of Tatnworth, be asserted that he had used no means of coercion towards any of his tenants ; end he proved this by asking an individual in the crowd, " Did I coerce you, Peter ?" Peter replied, " No, Sir, you did not." And thus Sir Robert holds the point fully established by the same kind of proof by which a man was acquitted who was brought before a Justice of the Peace for stealing a spade. The judge asked the accuser what evidence he had to produce of the truth of the charge, who replied, " 'I- have two witnesses here who will swear that they saw him steal it." He then demanded of the accused what defence he had to make, who replied," I can bring twelve men who will swear that they did not see me steal it." On which the judge pro nounced it a very clear case of twelve against two, and dis missed the complaint.—(Cheers anti laughter.) Sir Robert in his speech, at the dinner given to him alter his election, asserted that feelings connected with religious opinions were altogether excluded from his electioneering contest, and that lie could number among his strenuous supporters Dissenters of every name. He added, moreover, that " whilst he sup ported the Established Church, he had no wish to estab lish invidious distinctions between any classes of her Ma jesty's subjects, or to obtain for the members of the Established Church any civil superiority over Dissenters." This is a very fair profession, and, in my opinion, a very necessary one, for there can be little doubt that the time has passed away when any portion of the Bri. tish community will submit to be degraded on account of their religion—will tamely suffer injustice f rom th e i r f; flow men, because they make conscience of their duty to God. But how, in the name of wonder are we to reconcile Sir Robert's profession with his practice ? Is not the op position which he has hitherto made, antreontinues to make to the extension of liberal municipal institutions to the Irish an invidious distinction of one class of her Majesty's subjects from another- on account of religion ? Is it not a strenuous endeavour to obtain for the members of the Irish prelatic church rt high deg ree of civil sup er i or i ty over the dissenters? Whilst such institutions have been granted to Scotland snd England, is not the very reason which he assigns for withholding them from Ireland, that the Catho lics are more numerous than the Episcopalians, so that the dices in the cities and towns would fall into the hands of the Catholics, and be turned to the injury of the Esta blished Church ? Is not this putting the Irish establish ment in the very tient of the battle? Is not its exist ence made the reason why the inhabitants of Ireland are to be subjected to this degradation and disadvan tage, why they are not fit t o p art i c i pate i n the civil privi leges of their fellow subjects of Scotland and England? Can any thing be more likely to endanger the safety of the Irish Established Chureh ? A n d hesitate not to say, that if this ground of opposition to the Govern ment measure be valid—if there really be anything in the ponstitntioll of the Irish flPirch whi c h ;Ando is the way of c i v il liberty, in so f ar it i s not a Christian church, but a Tory institution ; for nothing is more certain than that the author of Christianity designed his religion to be un iveral i and framed his Church s o as not to i nter f ere w i t h t h e civ i l priyileges of the inhabitant s o f any part o f the world. It is the fundamental principle of morality—it is immutable ' justice, to give to all their due, and what are we to think o€ of a church which cannot afford to do this without ex ' posing herself to danger?—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, there is no branch of the policy of her M‘ij. sty's Ministers which is more virtually opposed by the Toi ies, and in regard to which greater misrepresentation prevails tliirn the National System of Education in Ireland, Now, it is the distinctire character of this system that its (Avail ! tars a rc open to all classes of the community—it giro 00 supet'iority to owl rr!llgiuus ticnornirlatiun over ant o t ,r, Ott much had 1 hoard of the irreligious, anJ popish character of this plan of education, asserted by those who ought to assert nothing but the truth, and Who ought to know that it is the truth before they assert it, that I actually procured copies of the different books lips pointed by the National Board to be used in the schools, and after carefully examining them, I declare it to be my solemn conviction, that the education supported by. the government in Ireland is more imbued with Christianity— contains a larger proportion of the religion and morality of the Bible, and of the reading of the Scripture, than the parochial school education of Scotland. - This of course, gentlemen, is merely my opinion, and you may attach what value to it you please ; but you have it in your power to judge for yourselves at the expense of a few shillings ; and if any of you entertain any doubts as to the excellence of this education, I would entreat you to satisfy yourselves by procuring copies of the books anti portions of the Scrip tures, and regulations of the schools, and I have not the smallest, doubt hut you will be astonished at the state ments which from time to time are put forth on this sub ject. I shall just read you a sentence from one of these statements, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, at the anniversary meeting of the Hibernian Society :—" I solemnly avow that the prevailing opinion of the Irish clergy is, that they would actually prefer the barbarism of utter ignorance— rather have no education at all for the peasantry, than the insidious and pernicious system of the National Board." Gentlemen, you all know that this system of education which these Reverend Gentlemen, who love the darkness and hate the light, declare to be worse than the barbarism of utter ignorance, was introduced by Lord Stanley, and that during the short period when Sir Robert Peel was last in office, and which I hope is the last time that ever he will be in office—(lmmense cheering)—he announced his determination to increase the grant from the National Treasury for extending this pernicious system of educa tion ; and although there were from thirty to forty ministers of the Church of Scotland present at the great Tory ga thering in Glasgow in January last, every one of them try ing who should render the most p ro f oun d h omage to Si r Robert, not one of them moved a lip against the Irish Edu cation. Yet, I believe, gentlemen, many Tories are ho nestly opposed to it on account of its liberality, because it makes no invidious distinctions between any classes of her Majesty's subjects on account of religion, but is equally accessible to Churchman and Dissenter, to Catholic and Protestant. It is a religious, a Christian, but not a secta rian education—it is thoroughly pervaded by the spirit of Christianity, but contains nothing of the spirit of party. It is not committed to the management of any particular denomination, and in my opinion it is deeply to be la mented that ever this was the case with the education of any country. A Reverend gentleman belonging to the Church of Scotland lately declared that he had always been a Whig till the present Ministry came into power, but that education without creed had settled him. But whose creed would he wish to have combined with the education of the country ? The creed of the Episcopalian ? No. Of the Catholic ? Oh, no. Of the Wesleyan Methodist ? Of the Baptist? Of the Independent ? No indeed. Whose creed then ? His own—certainly. But has not every other man in the nation just as good a right to have his creed United with the education of the country ? What gives .to ,any man a title to impose his creed upon the children of another man whose creed is different ? If the creed of one part of the community is to be combined with education, it is impossible it can be a national education. And is it not obviously unjust to apply the national fund to which all the members of the community contribute, to the exclusive education of a particular sect ? Perhaps the parochial education of Scotland is 'as inoffensive as any system of education that ever was connected with a parti cular creed, and committed to the exclusive superinten dence of a particular denomination. But what is it? A national education ? No such thing. By the returns made to an order of the House of Commons, which have been lately published, it appears that there are only about 64,000 of the youth of Scotland attending the parochial schools, whereas the whole number attending education in Scotland is between two and three hundred thousand. But, gentlemen, notwithstanding all the misrepresentations of the policy of the Ministry in regard to Ireland, and all the injustice done to Ireland by the efforts of the Tories, to prevent the progress of. civil and religious improvement in the country, it is a fact that peace has been preserved, and outrage, and violence, and bloodshed, which so fear fully prevailed under Tory administration, have in a great measure disappeared. It is established by the concurring testimony of the Criminal Judges, that the amount and magnitude of crime have greatly diminished, so that in many parts of the country they do not exceed that of Eng land. I therefore beg leave to propose the National Board of Education. (The Rev. Gentleman sat down amidst great cheering.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21.—The Messenger steam trans port, arrived at this fort from Warren Point, Ireland, on Tuesday last, having made the voyage in fifty-four hours, bringing the depot of the 89th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Basden, 8.8. The Rover (steamer), which conveyed the depot from Warren Point, encountered a complete hurricane off Belfast Lough, and for several hours was in imminent danger. This depot landed the same afternoon at Gosport, and marched into Forton Bar racks. Their appearance was very soldier-Eke, and we un derstand they are in the best order. A draft, consisting of five officers and 100 men, have been selected to join the service companies. The Conway, 28, arrived at Madras on the 15th ofJune, and was about to proceed from thence to New South Wales. The civil war in the Burmese empire had termi nated quietly in the deposition of the Sovereign whose right it was to reign ; and the usurper had been careful that po injury was done to the British interests. The Champion, 18, arrived at Quebec from Halifax on the 12th of September. lier Majesty's sloop Harlequin, Commander Erskine, and Orestes, Commander Newell, were at Gibraltar on the 4th instant. Rear-Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, C. 8., hoisted his flag (red at the mizen) on board the Excellent, in this har bour, on Tuesday ; he struck it again on Wednesday, and went on leave. The Donegal, 78, to which Sir John's flag will he transferred on her arrival, will proceed here in a few days from Plymouth, and shortly after sailed for Lisboa. She is complete and fully manned. OPORTO, OCT. 10.—The Jane, Conacher, bound to London, in passing the Bar, on the 7th inst., went on shore in the Cabadillo, and there being no chanee of saving the vessel, immediate assistance was rendered from her Majesty's ships Scylla, Savage, and Canielion, by which the greater part of her cargo has been landed. Rear-Admiral Ross has taken up his residence in this town, preparatory to huisting his flag in the President. The Edinburgh, 74, has bent sails, and will proceed to Spithead in a few days. The Hyacinth, 18, Commander Warren, went out of harbour on Monday, and will proceed, in a few days, to the East Indies. Tint Gossamer, tender, Caine in from Pembroke on Wed nesday, and the Messenger steamer sailed on Thursday for Plymouth. In the Harbour.—The Britannia, Victory, Edinburgh, Melville, Excellent, President, Tyne, Royal George, Thunder, Jupiter. At Spitheial.—The Hyacinth, At the Motherbank.—The Simon Taylor and Vcre West Intliamen. A ppointments. —Captain Courtrney Boyle, to the Cal liope (at Sheerness) ; Lieutenant Erasmus Ommanney, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir John Ommanney ; Mr. John Urquhart, Surgeon to the Excellent, vice Mr. W. Price ; Mr. Alexander Thompson, to be Master and Pilot of the - Victory ; Mr. Robert Mason, Purser, to the Scout ; Mr. E. W. Lang, Mate, to the Imogene ; Mr. G. Hitchins, Volunteer First Class, to the President ; Mr. W. Shute, Gunner of the Caledonia, is appointed Gunner of the First Class to the Portsmouth Ordinary ; Mr. Earl, Carpenter of the Portsmouth Ordinary, to the Ordinary at Plymouth. ROYAL MARINES. Messrs. Searle (son of Captain Searle, Royal Murines),Drury. (son of Commander Drury), and *Cullum (son of Lieut.-Colonel M'Callum, to be Second. Lieutenants. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of S axony , attended by Barons Von Gersdorff and Rcitenstein, and Countess Dobriskiska, landed .here last evening, from the Emerald tender (after making a tour of the Isle of Wight, visiting ;Shanklin, Carisbrooke Castle, &c., whether this distinguished party proceeded from Bath and South ampton), And was received by a guard of ho nour, f urn i shed by the second battalion of the Rifle Brigade, which was drawn up before the Fountain Hotel, where the Princess repaired, taking thp arm or the Lie u t enant- G overnor, who rnpt her Royal" Highness on landing. The Princess and suite dined and . slept at the Fogatain Hotel, and this morning, at nine o'clock, proceeded to the Dock-yard. On her Royal Illghtuiss stepping into the carriage, a royal salnte was fired from the Platform Battery, and a guard of hononr presented arms, the band playing " God save the Queen i" the hells also rang a merry peal. After the distinguished party had inspected every branch of the Dock yard - establishment, they viite.l the Royal George Pc j i then the Britannia •(flag-ship), which received ber I t(1 „ Highness with a royal salute, nod paid the same esreP" , m-nt on her . returning to shore. Her RlYel afterwards visited the Victualiing E stA bli,h m ont4 at WO: 011, and then proceeded to the retilenco orthu G.,:tnot in - Chief in the Dock-ynrd, where Ott: partook' of d tt )ln v: tuuu3 dcicitnr, an d then returnzd to the Fo u ntain it . um F!eutt ilto, the 1'6 110114k a r ,d,r another 5A.1 1 .;!. No Ow t l Ol,l 1!,‘ht;t111 Fri!{ g k latd U 1 hontntr, tot* 61' departul'e nriOtutb i t. )l W ave of the Queen, nod Natty emba r k at eVtr. tcr native. Country. tier Royal Highness etipt..ossed hr" e ' highly pleased with her visit..--tittsitpshirc Telegraph., (prom the Devoaport ladependent.) PLYMOUTH, OCT 21.—The brigantine Forester, 'Lieut. Rosenberg, will go into the Sound on Monday, and sail in a few days for the coast of Africa. The Invincible, 74, was warped from her moorings " Tuesday alongside the sheer bulk, to have her masts fa" g out, which being d one , s h e was warpe d to her moerius the fblloWing day. The Swail lighter, sailed on Tuesday with stores for.Ft mourh. The C ame l, li g h ter , sa il e d on W e d n esday . Wit u stores for Liverpool. The Cleopatra, 26, was at Callao, June 11 ; Harrier, 1 8 P at Arica, May 30 ; Orestes, 18, at Gibraltar, Sept. 27 1 Actteon,2B, l e f t C a ll ao for Valparaiso, June 16 ; 114 "' 10, arrived at 111,0ta from Tunis, Sept. 23 ; Pembroke, 74, arrived at Lisbon, from Cork, October 4. Ships in Dock.—'rhunderer, Endymion, Resistsecet Hamadryad, and Lancaster. At the Jetties.—Clarence, Canopus, Talbot, E'V irt Lily, and Spitfire steamer. In Hamoaze.—R o y a l Adelaid e , San Josef, Cro codile ' Favorite, Forester, Spitfire steamer, Falmouth lighter, " d Swale lighter. In Barnpool.—Alligator.. In the Sound.—Donegal and Pique. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Intelligencer of Saturday.) 410 TRADE or LEEDS.—Th e b us i ness transacte d 10 ' Leeds cloth h a ll s on S atur d ay and Tuesday last was not g 0 extensive as it h as b een our pleasure to report for ssill e weeks past. Th e sa l es o f finished goods in the warche ases have suff ere d a corresponding diminution ; but the Ina° a, factorieS are generally pretty well employed. BRADFORD MARKET.—The demand for goods on Thurs day e es day was pretty muc h t h e same as on the Thursday preC ing, but th e sa l es o f yarn were not so extensive, and h declined a trifl e . I n t h e woo l market there was not nUlreCd business do ne , an d t h oug h the stock on hand is consideVt„ to be comp a r a ti ve l y li g h t i t i s deemed to be fully e', iv the demand. P r i ces are not so firm es of late, particular in super and half bred hog wools. ;L IlEcKmoNnwncE.—Th e blanket mar k e t i s not qu ite i s brisk as it h as b een f or some time past, yet the mar ket so ` moderately a tt en d e d , an d as cold weather approac h e s h v n t to he e demand may con ti nue regular for some time. '7 ted scarcely seems doing for the American market, or exP ee " to be done this year. • HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, on Tuesday was not qui te :: brisk as it h as b een during the last m on th or five we e but the d e p ress i on did not produce any considerable elf° on the prices offered. HALIFAX, OCT. 14.--We have rather more business d' ing here this week than last. No alteration in prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—W O cannot re port al improv emen t i n t hi s mar k et since our last ; sales of woo of all sorts h ave b een to a very limited extent, an d P ric es have still rather a tendency downwards. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Ocr. 2 , 1 14 5 The week's i m p or t i s 908 b a l es ; the stock previously was 2 7 °' ne .. bales. The sales this week are 22,570, of which :1,500 are On , %he culation, and 500 for export, leaving a stock of cotton now ' n r i e d port of 256,983, which is 8,898 bales more than at the same P e , b ig last year, the stock of American being 11,705 bales less than at ' cr y period last year. In the early part of the week we had a I te j animated demand for cotton, the sales on Monday being eati t t e a at fully 8,000 bags, and an advance was obtained in the co ln— t he qualities of American, of %d. to Md. per lb. On Tuesday Manchester market was very flat, and, in consequence, the do n : inb , since then h as mater i a ll y fallen off, our market yesterday clu the rather tamely, b u t w i t h on l y a moderate supply offering at bat quotations of Friday l as t. B a bi as and Maranhams have bee n , jet , little inquired f or , an d are h eavy of sale, particularly the latter, Noe, %d. to Md. p er lb. l ower. I n Pernams considerable sales bav been effected without change in price. Egyptians have been 4; better demand, an d are sa l ea b le, but without improvement. Snr-a. are very heavy of sale, and the common qualities hrve declined ,13 per lb. The particulars of speculation this week, are 2,500 Arn e rican, and of export 300 American and 200 Surat. d. d. 130 Sea Islands l3 to 23 Stained ditto 0 .- 0 6,630 Upland s 5 7* 2,450 Mobile, &c. 54 8 8,440 New Orleans 5 —.9 660 Egyptians Bi —l3 1,450 Pernams, .f t 94 660 Bahian 310 Maranhams 8* —9* Sawginned 64 7 The market remains without eh steady, but a dull feeling general! 2,500 bales d. 0 Demeraras ...• 0 t° 0 - Peruvians 0 -- 300 Laguayras s t— A 1,140 Sur a t s Bengals ... 0 -- - Carthagenas O- 0 --: Manilla 0 --- 0 West India...., 0 -- 0 100 Rarbadoes Smyrna 0 range from y es t er d ay . Prices ,r. i --- 1 Y prevails. The sales amount to Bales. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1836 Forwarded to the country unsold this year Same in 1836 Increase of import this year compared with the same date last year Increase of stock Decrease of quantity taken for consumption 24,9 Decrease of quantity taken for export omparative View of the Imp or t s and Exports of Cotton into end 4t h from th e w h o l e Ki ngdom, from the Ist of January t o the 1 , inst., an d o f th e I mports and Exports for the same period ,_ t year : Into the Kingdom this year. American Ba g South American 4,7 36 West Indie s , D emerara, &c. l, East Indie s Egypt, &c. •••• 000000 1 3 3 7 0 7: 1 56 : 04 Total of all descriptions ~ Same peril lft last year. Bags- American .. 702,482 South Am er i can West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies ..4 157,533 Egypt, &c. 25,099-1,021,1'2 Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year ............................. Exports in l t 5,37. American, 47,420; Brazil, 4,171 ; East India, 62, ()52 ; West India, Other kinds, —. Total in 1837 ............... Same pe r i o d last year.......,..'........ ......... ..... Stock. 25,9 83 112,97 1 82,50 Oct. 20, 1537 ............... Same time, 1836 ................. ,253, 700 248,700 •neery We regret to state that another attempt at 1- , diaris m was, made at H a l ste d early on Tuesday nw rl'l e About tw o o'clock, as some waggo ners were plu sing f tT r olo premi ses o f M r. Yeldham, about a quarter of a mile itch the to wn , th ey observed flames issuing from under the th 'g r . of a barn by the roadside. They immediately a larmed 50 ,.. Yeldh am , w h o, w i th the assistance of the waggoners, _4O ceeded in extinguishing the fire before any material daw was done.—Chelmsford Chronicle. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND F- silver Plated on „ Im p s. Steel 13Iades. Z s o Plain Ivory handl es, s il ver ferrules, per dozen pair.. -C3 3 y 9 0 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 3 01 " ill l is Plain pearl handles, silyir ferrules, per dozen pair... 44 0 I`2 0 Carved pearl handles, e ver ferrules, per dozen pair 5 1 ! 1 (,! 14 14 King's pattern or Que n's pattervi. snver hanAles LS 16 - - T: COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, Lon_d . o , n r *- 0 1,tei N.B. A Pa m phl et containing a list of the prices of Sil%t I ; iii to Plated Goods, W a t c h es, Clocks, &c., may be had grab', °r , forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 13th i nst., at Worlington Hall, Suffolk, Lady mal Hewett, of a son . On the IDth i nst., the wife. of E. Partington, E sq ., of Ebul street, of a daughter. „ f i e orf On the 18th i nst., at Weston-super-Mare, the lady 01 Davis's, Esq., of a son. On the 20th i nst., the wife of the Rev. W. J. H a ll, of Amen court, St Paul f 's, o a son, still-born. On the 181.11 inst , the wife of Mr. Wm. Pratt, of Sloane-siren , Chelsea, a a son. W. second_ daughter of the 19th inst. c I a , 'GB of Is, On .. ) „ . a T t ~ . .s t .y P m a e u s l 'sE , 1:all' o s f -pond, MARRIED. Hitchcock, Esq., of Highbury-park, to Elizabeth I I , Nort • On the 19th inst ., ' Es y ., INT villa' . ~ at All Saints', Dorchester, John e s q., der, Esq., M. to Eden Harriet, eldest daughter of W. C. Callow , D., of the 6th or Enniskillen D JanTaier On the 19th inst t S J ra:goons. 11 Wrn• boll ~ a t. ames s ClerkensTe , Allen, eldest son of J. Allen, ' 11' e to Eli" Esq., of Somersets IT , Ant, ,second daughter of W. Jones, Esq., of Islington. Eur";_aprark '71.8T::::: On the 21st u lt., i n Glouee p ste i r E -p p la . ce, New-road , a g ed ' ... ; 63 J anie Parlett, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Kemp-town, Bright o n, aged f our Yl e t r rS i t eight month s , Ri c h ar d S aun d ers , y o ungest child of th e 5 George Francis Hampson, Bart. Hutto ' n ..41. ' On the 16th inst., Harriett, wife of J. H. D' Arc y of Aldburgh-hall, Yorkshire. k a'Yed gi% On the 19th inst., in Cambridge-street, Hyde-1 )21.- ' ' years and nine months, Catherine, child of A. Easton, E.striii,is- On the 18th inst., Elizabeth, widow of Dr. Davies, ‘) 1 • C. terrace, G Dover-road, rt3. o On the 2d reat of June, at Kamptee, Madras Presidency., -, a r ßer . J- O. Backhonso, 15th Native Infantry, seventh son of the . B. Backbouse, M.A, Rector of Deal. I Can'- the 17th inst., Mr. Henry Curtis, of th e Albany-03i' berwell, aged 27 _........• London : Printed an d P u bli s h e d by MIJRDO ° c oal 112, Strand, at Th e S un Office, No. 112, Strand of 31idti1esex,—Mondo r , O c tober 23, R , g. in the