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In the course of the present Mouth will be published, The Third and concluding Volume of the SACRED HISTORY of the WORLD, philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By SHARON TURNER, Esq., F.S.A. and R.A.S.L. The Two previous Volumes may be had, price 28s. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. ROBINSON'S GREEK LEXICON BY BLOOMFIELD. Shortly will be published, in Bvo., A GREEK and ENGLISH LEXICON of the NEW TESTAMENT. By EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D. Late Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary, Andover, U. S. Edited by the Rev. S. T. BLOOMFIELD, D.D., F. S.A. " It is a book which ought to be in the hands of every theological student. Each article contains, so far as practicable, a reference to every passage of the New Testament, in which the word is found, so that in more than seven-eighths of the words the Lexicon is a complete Concordance. The difficult passages are more or less il lustrated; and the work, in some measure, supplies the place of a more extended commentary."—Congregational Magazine, March Ist, 1837. London : Longman and Co. HAMBURGH, FEB. 28, 1837. ALL those who may have to write to las are re quested to he particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, IN HAMBURGH ; but neither the denomination BANKERS, or LOTTERY CON TRACTORS, or MERCHANTS, nor any other, is required on the Address; and Letters directed HEINE BROTHERS, IN HAMBURGH, without any further remarks or description, will do for any Branch of our multifarious Business. We beg further to observe, that a Letter with one enclosure doubles the postage only, but several en closures would by far increase the same; thus 25/. 50/, or 1001., for instance, if remitted in one Bank of England Note would only cause double postage but 201. remitted in twii Ten-pound Notes, or Four Five-pound Notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is, therefore, most advisable for those having to remit money to Hamburgh to forward the amount, whenever possible, in One Note, or One Check, or one Bank Post Bill, &c. &e. The same is advisable on receiving Money from Hamburgh. Of course, large sums, amounting to some or many thousands may rather be remitted in Bills of Exchange. All those havin g to give any Orders for such Branches of our Business as must be executed early in MARCH are requested to lose no time in forwarding the same. • HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Four o'clock. !k A% ~~~r f~ Z,b,e LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1837. It is reported that a Telegraphic Dispatch has been received by the French Government, announcing that General SAARS7IELD had carried the positions of the Carlists. The partisans Of Don CARLOS cut a most miserable figure in the House of Commons last night. We may expect shortly to see them reduced to a single unit, Mr. GROVE PRICE. That distinguished noble man, but very obscure historian, Lord MA riorr, by whom the debate was opened, drew a marked dis tinction between the cause of despotism and that of the Pretender, and all the speakers who followed on the same side—with the single exception already made —followed his Lordship's example. The Tories were all eager to pitch Don CARLOS overboard—thus making it evident to the country that their sole object in mooting the question of Spain, is to embarrass the Government. How such a medley of contradictions and absurdities as Lord MAHON gave expression to could hate provoked a debate of some hours' duration, is really more than we' can well comprehend. "If Spain," said his Lordship at the commencement of his speech, " had been the powerful country she was 130 years ago, when the sun never ceased to shine on her conquests, and her dominions extended round the globe, there might have been some reason for interference, in order to preserve the balance of power in Europe. That alone warranted the War of the Succession in Spain 130 years ago ; but the case is very different, for Spain is now so low, that she can have no great weight in the balance of power in Europe." What ! leave Spain to perish, because she is not so powerful now as she was 130 years ago ? Withhold assistance from her• because she stands in need of it ? Here, indeed, is a statesman who would ve rify, in their most literal sense, the Words of the Gospel— " To him that hath shall be given, but from him that bath not shall be taken away, even that which he bath." But the inference every sane politician must draw from his Lordship's assumption of facts will be directly the reverse of the conclusion to which he has come. It is because Spain is not so powerful now as she was a century ago that England is bound to assist in restoring her to her pristine greatness and glory. It is because that she has now no weight in the Euro pean balance of power, that England manifests such praiseworthy anxiety to increase her in fluence, by improving her institutions and con solidating her strength. Lord MArroN declared that there could be no doubt about the justice and the expediency' of fulfilling the engagements en tered into on our part by the Quadruple Treaty, and this declaration was repeated in pretty nearly the.same words by Sir ROBERT PEEL, who added, that not only the letter but the spirit of that Treaty should be held sacred. Now what is the spirit of that Treaty ? What, in reality, is it that constitutes its essence and vitality ? Simply, that Great Britain and France will secure to Donna MARIA the Throne of Portugal, and to Donna ISABELLA 11. the throne of Spain. These clearly and distinctly are its objects, and when these objects are pronounced achieved by -tile high contracting Powers most interested in their adjustment, there is an end of the Treaty. In admitting that the Quadruple Treaty is binding upon the Go vernment of -this country, the Tories admit that it is the duty of Ministers to leave no means untried to crush the. Carlist rebellion in Spain. This fact is so obvious that it appears to us impossible to miscon ceive it. Now the object of Lord MA HON'S motion of last night, was to censure the Government for im perfectly carrying out the articles of the Treaty. It hiS Lordship had attacked Lord PALMERSTON for permitting Don C iIRLOS to carry on, for so long a period, a system of open and organized rebellion against a Crowned Head, recognized as the friend and ally of this country, there would be something like consistency in the Noble Lord's conduct. But what is the state of the question now ? In one breath the Tories declare that the quadruple Treaty ought to be 7 , I strictly fulfilled, and in the next they cry out against all hiterference in the affairs of the .Peninsula. Lord PALMERSTON'S vindication of the foreign polEcy of the Government was by far the best put forth by his Lordship since the opening of Parliament. He left the Tories without a word, for in point of fact Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech, from beginning to end, was a complete begging of the question. His Lordship well observed that it was the liberality of his policy that roused the ire of the To ries. They had admitted Don MIGUEL to be an Usurper, and they knew as well as he did that Don CARLOS was One ; and vet they supported both because they were despots. His Lordship is right so far ; but another great object of the Tories is to oust the Whig Cabinet. They care not what they do to effect this ; for, in fact, it is our Home rather than our Foreign policy that they desire to regulate. It has often been remarked that an injudicious friend is one of the worst of enemies. If this is true —if it is true that want of judgment disqualifies a man for performing the offices of friendship—it will not be denied that want of sincerity is at least an equal disqualification. It is from these two classes of friends —the injudicious and the insincere—that the danger of the Church of England arises. The former do not understand her real interests—the latter would readily sacrifice them to serve the purposes of faction. Were we called upon to point .out the Representatives of these two sections of Churchmen, we should name the present and the ci-devant members for the Uni versity of Oxford. The one is a good sample of ig norant bigotry, the other a first rate specimen of en lightened hypocrisy. Sir ROBERT INGLIS is for making the law for the payment of Church-rates more stringent, believing that the interests of a religion which addresses itself to the reason, the hearts, and the consciences of men, can be advanced by mo ney wrung from their reluctant hands—by a tax which is repugnant to the reason, oppressive to the conscience, and repulsive to the feelings of those on whom it is levied. He therefore on principle stands up for the continuance of Church-rates, cost what it may. We respect his honesty, while we lament his short-sightedness. Of him, however, there may be some hope—he is not beyond the reach of conviction —he may be bronght to a right way of thinking. Very different is the case with respect to Sir ROBERT PEEL. He is in the situation of the unfaithful servant who " knoweth his master's will and doeth it not." He has given sufficient proof that he perfectly under stands the true interests of the Church, and no less convincing evidence that he cares not a straw about them. The only way in which he looks at the Church-rate question is as it bears upon his own am bitious views. Its party merits alone come home to his frigid bosom. That he should not see the fu tility of the arguments for supporting the Church by a compulsory rate, it is impossible to believe ; neither would it be a compliment to his sagacity to suppose that he does not equally see the danger that impends over the Church, of which he would fain be considered the champion, from any delay in settling the question. Of the Right Hon. Baronet we do not presume to hope that we can make a convert exter nally—internal conversion he needs none ; but we would earnestly implore those Churchmen who really wish well to the Establishment, to consider the consequences of rejecting the present opportunity of terminating the unhappy differences which exist between it and the larger portion of the community. We would in the first place call the attention of such persons to the results likely to arise from the only other alternative that remains—namely, the continu ance of the present system. Will those who now com plain of the grievance of Church -rates, and whose very first attempt to obtain relief has assumed a character of such energy and determination, desist from the pursuit of their object should they be frustrated in the attainment of it at present ? Is there any shadow of reason for such a supposition ? Is such a derelic tion of what is so strongly felt to be a religious as well as political duty, in the least consistent with the known principles of human nature ? No sane person can say that it is. And let not the opponents of the aboli tion flatter themselves that they have to deal only with Dissenters, though they would find that no enviable or easy task. Not the least part of the danger in this case springs from the bosom of the Church herself. In all the great public meetings, where this subject has been agitated, Churchmen have taken a leading part, and throughout the community the same feeling prevails to a great extent—the feeling that it is un. righteous to make the Dissenter pay for the support of the worship of the Church of England. Well, the just relief prayed for is refused. What is the natural result? Why, as a matter of course, increased res9nt ment against the aggriever, and increased exertions on the part of the aggrieved. The conflict is only begun, or . rather beginning. In a single year, should it last so long, the ranks of the complainants will be swelled by num bers who are now looking on perhaps with indifference, while many of those within the Church, who wish to see her purged of this iniquity, disgusted with her anti-Christian spirit, will shake off the dust of their feet against her, and quit her community for ever. The unreflecting, thoroughgoing, Church-and-King man maw imagine that when there is a majority in favour of a con , tested Church-rate the Church gains a victory I Never was there a more mistaken notion. It is really happy for the Church to be beaten in'tlicse contests, for the fruits of victory are only the deepening of transient ir ritation into permanent, irreconcileable enmity, and an enlistment of the feelings of the multitude against a claim which their unsophisticated sense of right and wrong tells them is unjust, and oppressive. In another part of The Sun will be found a copy of a letter from Mr. BENJAMIN HALL, in answer to one sent to him by Mr. DOUGLAS, On the uhject of the representation of Marylebone. Mr. HALL'S letter deserves praise for its frankness, firmness, and modera tion of tone. He justly observes that lie comes forward upon the invitation of a large and respect able body of the electors, but adds, at the same time, that he will not persevere, if l.is perseverance is at all likely to sow dissensions among the Reformers in the borough. For our own parts, we strongly re commend Mr. HALL to persevere, for whatever a small knot of busy individuals may say to the con trary, there is no question that he is the popular, and, in the event of a dissolution, will be the successful, candidate. The Paris Papers of Thursday arc barren of all interest ing intelligence. They speculate, it is true, upon certain THE SUN, LONDON, SATTIRDAV, MARCH 11, 1537. changes in the Cabinet ; but the English Journals have taken the lead of them in this particular. We have already speculated enough upon this subject, and as we know quite as much about the matter as two-thirds of our Gallic con temporaries, we shall not trouble our readers with sur raises not a whit more probable than our own. There is no news of any moment from the north of Spain, and what there is in the shape of correspondence from Bayonne is totally unworthy of credit. A sample of this trash will be found annexed—it is the second to which we have given insertion, and we shall take care it be the last. Our first specimen of it was publ:shed yesterday ; .aad we need hardly observe, that such an atrocious libel on the British Legion could not have found its way into the co lumns of a French Ministerial Journal, if the writer was not aware that it would rather please than displease " that despicable politician—the accidental King of the FRENCH," as Mr. O'CONNELL styled his Most Christian Majesty in the House of Commons last night. The insincerity of the French Government is manifested in every possible way, as . far as regards co-operation with our brave countrymen in the North of Spain. _ . The latest accounts from the Spanish capital are of the '2Bth ult. The Cortes were engaged discussing the project of a law for the regulating liberty of the Press. The Go vcrament was reported to have exiled Brigadier LOPEZ to Valladolid, for having appointed NARVAEZ to repre sent him in Cuenca, while that General was himself under sentence of exilo, and therefore disqualified for such an ap, pointment. SPAIN. BAYONNE, 'Alum 4.—(Private correspondence. )—ln consequence of the abandonment of the line from Valcarlos to Painpeluna, the Carlists are masters of the valleys of Roncal, Salazar, and Aescua. The line of the frontiers of France, now occupied by the troops of Charles V., is augmented to double its former amount. His Majesty, Charles V., was still at Audoain on the 2d in the evening. The head-quarters of the Infant Dun Sebastian, the Captain General, were at Villanucba in the Borunda. _ _ . A letter from Bayonne of the 4th has the following pas sages :—" It is certain that the misunderstandings between the Queen's Generals have caused the famous combined at tack to miscarry ; the favourable opportunity is lost; Evans can do nothing without the wind and tide. His position is the more critical, as the contractors at St. Sebastian refuse to furnish any further supplies till they receive some payment on account. " The Carlist expedition intended for the Castilles will shortly commence its march ; it will be composed of consider able force. Saarsfield has committed an act of great imprudence in abandoning the line of Aregui, which is now occupied by the Carlists. The consequence is that the communications are interrupted. A letter from Madrid of 26th February says, " We have received melancholy news from Lerida. A column of 900 men, escorting a convoy between Cervera to Penadella, under the command of Col. Olivier, was suddenly attacked on Sa turday the 18th of this month, by several bands united under the command of Tristany. The Constitutionalists lost many men. The greater part of the soldiers took flight ; some were made prisoners." The Espagnol says on the subject—" If we may believe an account spread at Lerida by the fugitives themselves, Col. Olivier himself caused the rout. It is said that at the com mencement of the action the Colonel alighted from his horse and cried, " Don Carlos for ever," exhorting his soldiers to surrender, to which they replied by firing on him and sur rounding him. We do not know, therefore, how far these statements may be correct. At all events the Colonel deserves to be severely blamed for allowing himself to be surprised by the enemy. PARIS, MARCH B.—lt is announced that the law of Non revelation has been withdrawn this morning.—Gazette de France, March 8. PARIS, MARCH 8. —The Gazette de France says that it is announced that the law of Non-revelation is withdrawn this morning. What is certain is, that the report on this project of law is not in the Order of the Day of the Peers for to morrow, yet this law was presented nearly at the same time as the law of Disjunction.—Journal du Commerce, March 9. FRENCH FUNDS —PA ats, MARcn 9. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 107 f. Three per Cents. 79f. :15c. Bank Actions, 2,4101. Rente de Naples, 99f. sc. Homan rive per Cents., 10214. Brussels Bank, 1,410 f. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents.. 51. Portuguese Three per Cents., 31h. Spanish Actives, 26X. Spanish Passives, 7%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54. DISTRESS IN SCOTLAND. A meeting was held this day at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Very Rev. Doctor Macleod and Mr. Bowie, of the distress at present existing in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. At a few minutes past one the Lord Mayor came upon the platform, ac companied by the Deputation from Scotland, Mr. Stewart M'Kenzie, M.P., Sir A. Leith Hay, M. P., Mr. Hardy. M. P., Sir George Sinclair, M. P., Sir George Clerk, M. P., Mr. Robert Wallace, M. P. Mr. Oswald, M. P., Mr. R. Steuart , M. P., Alderman Copeland, M.P., Sir Charles Forbes, Al derman Pirie, Lord Teignmouth, T. Hardy, M. P., R. Mac leod, M.P., Captain Gordon, Hope Johnstone, M.P., A. Hastie, M.P., H. Balfour, M P., The Chisholm, M.P., Captain Sheppard, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Gillespie, Esq., and several of the first merchants of London. • The LORD MAYOR, in taking the Chair, said he felt greatly gratified that on the present occasion the use of the Mansion house would be conducive, to the fullest extent, to the objects of the meeting. He saw so large and respectable •n assem blage come forward to assist their fellow-subjects in the north of Scotland, that he was most happy to preside over it. He anticipated that the result would be such as to do honour to London and to those who took a part in their proceedings. He would not trespass further on their time, as Dr. Macleod would fully explain the objects of the meeting. Dr. MACLROD—I rise, my Lord, to lay before this great meeting some of the facts connected with the destitution which at present prevails in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and which, as has been well explained by yonr Lord ship, it is the object of this meeting to take into their consideration, with the view of adopting such measures for the alleviation thereof, as, in the prudent exercise of Christian benevolence shall be most likely to accomplish that end. I am most anxious to obtrude as shortly as possible upon your valuable time : an imperious sense of duty could alone embolden me to appear before you. I need scarce inform your Lordship and this company that I am a native of those distant but interesting localities to which I am about to refer. Their language was the first I lisped in infancy—it is the only one I profess to speak correctly ; it is endeared to me by many tender associations—it is in that language I have preached the Gospel for the last thirty years. But I know the accents of this mountain tongue are so different from those of the language spoken in this part of the kingdom, that I am feelingly alive to my own unfitness for addressing a London audience, and would most willingly shrink from the task, if I could ; but as our meeting is one for charitable purposes, I feel assured that due allow ances will be made, and I therefore proceed.—( Hear.) Before laying the appalling facts of the destitution which pre vails in the Highlands and Islands before the Meeting, I deem it necessary to offer a few preliminary remarks illustra tive of the peculiar circumstances and character of the popu lation to whose case I this day call your attention. The state of commercial refinement and social order to which you are accustomed in England has been so long established that it is difficult to form a distinct idea of the situation of things in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.—( Hear.) In these localities the progress of society has been very slow— little more than half a century has passed since that part of the kingdom was in a state similar to England before the Norman Conquest. True it is that the feudal system was abolished after the Rebellion of 1745 by Act of Parliament; but the state of society arising out of it, Acts of Parliament could not destroy, and to the state of society in feudal times is the excessive population of those districts in a great measure to be attributed.—( Hear.) At no distant period every person above the common rank depended entirely for his conse quence on the number and attachment of his followers and dependants. The grand object of every chieftain and gentle man was to secure a numerous train of followers. Rent was an object of secondary consideration; the great advantage of landed estates consisted in the means it afforded to the pro prietor of multiplying his followers.—(Bear, hear, hear.) It will bo heard with surprise by many in this meeting that the rental of all the chieftains and clans who were engaged in the Rebellion of 1745 excited great alarm in this great city, shook the very throne, and nearly subverted the Constitution of these powerful kingdoms, amounted only to about the sum of 12,0001. a year.—( Hear, hear.) The value of landed pro perty was in those days reckoned not "by the rent it produced, but by the men it could send to the field.—( Hear.) I doubt not, my Lord, you have heard the answer given by the Highland chieftain, and that at no distant period, when asked the value of his estate, replied that it could raise five hundred men. Under these circumstances it was natural for the pro prietor to reduce his farms to the smallest possible portions, into portions barely sufficient for the scant subsistence of the occupier.—( Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) Even the very tacksmen or leaseholders of larger portions, who were generally cadets of the family, and looked for provision for their sons in the military profcssicn, acted upon the same principle, anxious to merit the favour of their chief by the number of recruits they could bring to his standard. The grand object was to multiply the occupiers of the land, so that every spot was inhabited by as many as the produce of the land could subsist.—( Hear, hear.) The introduction of sheep farming into the Highlands formed a new era in the history of that country, and had the great Highland proprietors not been restrained from availing themselves of the pe cuniary temptations which the high offers of additional rent made by strangers from the South, and that from a prin ciple of affection to their people, the consequences to the overgrown population of those districts must lung- ago have been fearful in the extreme. The Chieftains remembered that these people had given them, not votes at an election, but their sons to fight with them, to secure their promotion in the army, and aggrandize their families in the world. It was evident, how ever, that the old system could not continue. Sheep farming was gradually introduced—a general emigration to America by the lower classes who could afford the expense, became com. mon ; but those who left their country were few, compared to the immense multitudes who either were not willing to emi grate, or had it not in their power. And I here can state, without fear of contradiction, that the sacrifices made by the Highland priaprietors of pecuniary interest, to attachment for their poor dependents is unrivalled in the history of our country—l could mention the names of islands and districts in the Highlands where more than twice the rent promised, but seldom paid, by the poor natives, were supported by the land lord for a period of years, out of a principle of attachment to their people, not knowing how to dispose of them, and un willing to cast them as beggars upon the world. This great population to which I refer, must have been reduced to a state of total indigence, had not the manufacture of kelp commenced and afforded them ample employment. Up to the year 1822 the manufacture of this article received the especial protection and encouragement of Government. Thousands and tens of thousands of poor Highlanders, includ ing men, women, and young people, were employed in this manufacture, and by their labour were enab:ecl to pay rent for their small possessions, and procure a supply of meal sufficient for their support during the summer months ; while the landlords in general derived two-thirds of their income from the manufacture and sale of this article. So com pletely was this manufacture viewed as fixed and .permanent, that during the war the Highland proprietors paid property tax on the income they derived from the kelp, in tile same manner as the proprietors of agricultural estates paid on the income they drew ; and the income from kelp being thus recognized as taxable, the proprietors were in duced to expend large sums in planting stones along the shores of their estates for the growth of sea ware, and a:sa to burden their estates in favour of the younger branches of their families, on the assumption that their in comes, with which they were dealing, were as stable and sure as the incomes of proprietors in the fair and fertile plains of England : and, alas instances are too common of the eldest sons of old and respectable families finding themselves (from incumbrances in favour of younger children) with out one farthing of income. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Since the year 1822, however, owing to various Legislati v e enactments, the price of kelp year after year declined, till now the price is so low as to preclude the manufacture of the kelp, as the sum it fetches at market is not sufficient to defray the expenses of manufacture. On every small estate in the High lands the manufacture has been entirely abandoned, and it has been only continued on some larger estates, to the great loss of the proprietors, so as to give employment to the poor population in their districts. But even on those great estates, the manufacture of kelp, it is now feared, must cease, as kelp is almost unsaleable at a price that can defray the expense. The measures of Government already referred to, while intended no doubt for the good of the nation at large, have brought misery and ruin, as was years ago contemplated, to many of the most populous disiricts of the Highlands and Islands. We could give instances of estates, the land rental of which amounts to 4,000/. a year, while in former years the kelp alone produced an income of 15,0001. or 16,0001. of gain to the proprietor, and that after liberally paying the inhabitants for their labour. The whole of the kelp income however has now almost vanished, and the proprietor finds himself reduced to his low rental of 4,0001. a year; and not only this, but he finds the population on his estate, of no fewer than 6,000 souls, the great majority of whom formerly derived their subsistence from the kelp-manufacture, and who now contribute nothing—(Cries of Hear, hear) —to his income, but on the contrary constitute the most grievous burden under which it suffers. And what is a proprietor so circumstanced to do with a population of such an appalling magnitude, from which he derives no benefit? It is easy to grant warrants of removal against three-fourths of these people in distant localities, but how are these to be put in force? We recollect the tumult and insurrection occasioned by the attempted forcible removal of about seventy families in the comparatively accessible counties of Ross and Sutherland, and what must be the consequence of a similar attempt to remove so many thousands from their native islands to go they know not whither ? The means of emigration they do not possess, and from their ignorance of the English language, they cannot now compete with the myriads of Irish labourers who flock for employment to the Lowlands of Scotland, from whence the Highlanders now find themselves almost entirely excluded, while most of the proprietors, denuded of two-thirds of their in come, are unable to provide for them—by employment at home or assisting them to emigrate.—( Loud cries of Hear, hear.) Another cause which I just glance at, but one of a most important nature, to which the unfortunate condi tion of the Highland population in ordinary years is to be at tributed, is the deficiency of the means of education and ig norance of the English language. Notwithstanding that there is a parochial school in every parish, and notwithstanding the philanthropic exertions of the various societies which labour in this field of benevolent enterprise, there arc still in the Highlands and islands upwards of 80,000 who cannot read either in Gaelic or English. I state this fact believing that a very effective and gradual removal of the redundant population would, in the course of time, be secured by educat ing the young and rising generation, and thus putting them on a footing with the labouring classes in the other districts of Scotland ; and education is now taking among them the com mon-sense principle of teaching them to read through the medium of their own language, and is succeeding beyond . all that could have been anticipated. English is fast advancing ; and the fact is indisputably proved, that if there were no higher object in view than the introduction of English, no more effec tual way could be taken than teaching them through the me dium of our tongue. Would the same plan, if adopted, improve Ireland? But although all these causes, and various others übich could be mentioned, contributed to impoverish the population to which the attention of this meeting is now draa n, it was not till the failure of the crop in 1635 that the destitution assumed a serious and most alarming aspect. The failure of the crop of that year left the po pulation in circumstances of a most distressing character ; their case was brought before the public in Scotland, and to a certain extent in this city. A considerable sum of money was raised, and supplies of meal gratuitously sent to alleviate their sufferings. Most of the Highland Proprie tors came liberally forward in aid of the poor sufferers ; and let it be carefully borne in mind that these sufferers were not in, general the tenantry, but an unemployed and unprofitable population, with which they would willingly part if they could, but are restrained by motives of humanity. But to come nearer to the object of our meeting. It pleased the Disposer of all Events to visit those districts, in the course of last harvest, with a season the most boisterous and inclement that has ever been experienced in the memory of man. The crops may be said to have failed almost entirely, so that a population amounting to about 160,000 souls, including the Orkney and Shetland isles, are suffering under a visitation of the most distressing c a l am ity. I n b r inging th e f a cts con nected with this destitution under your Lordship's notice, I scarcely know where to begin. The condition of one parish or locality may be taken as a fair criterion by which to judge of the condition of the entire population. The cha racter of the soil and climate in the districts is the same—the habits of the people, and the state of agriculture are alike; so that having accurately ascertained the precise ex tent of the destitution which prevails on one island or parish, we can, by the application of the golden rule, ascertain the state of all, and the extent of supply required. Throughout all the Western Islands, beginning with Colonsay and Jura, along the coasts of Argyle, Inverness, and Ross-shires, on to the remote isles of Orkney and Shetland, the misery extends. The population of these districts amounts to 160,000.—( Hear, hear.) There are many entire parishes in in these districts without meal, and having no more potatoes (their sole subsistence) than sufficient to keep the people in existence a few weeks, while a fearful proportion of them are without a peat (or turf) to burn, or an article of food to main tain life, except the miserable subsistence obtained from shell fish and sea-weed collected at low water—huddled together from want of blankets or bed-clothes, under a covering of dried ferns or rushes, and as a population, without seed either of potatoes or corn for the ensuing season. Heaven forbid, my Lord, that I should dare to make one statement which I do not believe to be true, and for which I cannot produce the au thority of men of character and worth. And if all the com munications which we have received were duly considered by this great meeting, the conviction could not fail to reach them that the poor population whose cause I advocate is such as in these realms has seldom been equalled in the character of the distress, or the extent to which it prevails. Every source has failed them—the kelp manufacture has failed them —the employment arising from harvest work in the South has failed them—the preparation of turf for fuel has failed them ; the herring fishing has failed them,—snug above all, the crops have miserably failed. In many places disease has attacked their flocks—the fields yield no meat, the " flocks are cut off from the fold, there is no herd in the stall." Yes, my Lord, many thousands are at this moment enduring the sternest privations that can fall to the lot of humanity— " The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of the mouth for thirst—the young children ask bread, but no man breaketh it unto them." Let these documents, however, speak for themselves, and I shall therefore, with your Lordship's permission, read a few extracts from the correspondence, (of which a supply will be left in the vestibule for distribution at the meeting disperse.—( Hear, and loud cheering.) [Dr. INl'Leod then read extracts from re ports and other communications received be the Committees in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, from clergymen and other gentlemen, an d th en procee d e d.] A n d now , m y L or d, having noticed some of the causes to which the destitution in the Highlands may be ascribed, and having read from these extracts to prove the extent of the destitution, I might now call the attention of the meeting to some of those measures which h ave b een sugges t e d f or permanently re medying the condition of that population, and preventing a recurrence of those evils to which they are at present exposed. But, my Lord, thi s i s ne i t h er t h e pl ace nor t h e t i me f or dis cussingmatte-s of politi ca l econom y. Th e con di t i on o f th e population and the neces s ity f or some great nat i ona l me asur e for ameliorating that condition, by emigration or otherwise, will be brought under the notice of the Government, and we doubt not, will meet with the attention which the subject merits. If emigration could be avoided, I would be the last man on earth to advocate it ; they are a valuable population, and to part with them if they could be profitably employed at home, wou ld b e part i ng w i t h so muc h of our national strength. Time was when the poor High_ lenders were averse to emigration, and that beyond all that language can possibly express.—( Hear.) No people love their native land with more enthusiastic attachment. Dear is the shade to which their souls conform, And dear the hill that lifts them to the storm ; And as a babe whom scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to her mother's breast; So the land torrent and the whirlwind roar, But bind them to their native country more. This love for home is still great as ever, but many cir cumstances have combined to induce them to avail them selves of any facility of emigration. The letters which reach them daily from their friends in America, the the progress of knowledge, the horror of destitution at home, and the impossibility of finding employment of any kind in their own country--tire change of times producing the destruc tion of that patriarchal tie which bound the poorest clansmen to hi, chief as a member of one family; all these circum stances, and many more that could be mentioned, have combined to reconcile their minds to emigration ; and if they must leave . their own lonely isles of the sea, and the sweet glens of their nativity, over which the Roman Eagle never hovered, they would prefer the woods and wilds of the New World, where the language, manners, and dress of their forefathers are preserved by thousands of their expa triated countrymen, to the dusky atmosphere of manufacturing towns, or even to the fertile plains of Old England her self.—( Cheers.) Laying aside, however, for the present the matter of emigration as an ulterior measure, permit rne, my Lord, to engage your deepest Christian sympathies and immediate exertion to arrest the progress of famine which has already commenced, and Will ere long reign through almost every part of the interesLing, country I have alluded to. It is not perhaps for me my Lord to speak to the character of the Highlanders ; but in advocating their cause I dare not suppress my opinion of the excelJence of their na ttn-al charactee—that character has at all times been elevated, if not moral. I boldly affirm that there is nut in his Majesty's dominions a people more peaceable, more honest, more loyal to their King and country.—( Loud cheers. ) Yes, my Lord, their very superstitions, gloomy as they are —their tales and their poetry, wild although they be—their pecularities and habits, despised as they may be by some people educated under a different state of society—all these circum stances have given to the Highlanders au elevation of sentiment and morals, an honest pride, and art independence of character, not to be met with in more advanced stages of national im provement, and since it is that at this moment there is not one soldier—not even one police officer required to keep these 160,000 people in order—no depredations arc committed. God grant that the sufferings under which they now groan do not tempt them to do that which dire necessity alone could drive them to do; for truly the extraordinary degree of privation and suffering to which their high spirit of independence and sound religious and moral principles have hitherto taught them to submit, is such as can scarcely be believed by persons living in more favoured portions of the Kingdom. lithe middling and lower classes of England were exposed for three days to the same sufferings under which this population are suffering the most dreadful convulsions would take place, and I trust to be forgiven for reminding your Lordship and this meeting that the Highlanders have some claim to the gratitude of the nation.--(Cheers.) From their heath covered mountains, multitudes of gallant men have sprung— men who in every country have taken their full share in the great struggle which terminated in the peace of Europe —( Hear, hear)—men who in every field and in every climate have covered themselves with glory—( Continued cheers)—who have given proof splendid and bright as any recorded in the proudest page of our history that the land they came from *as the land of the brave ! and should the day ever arrive, which God forbid, that Britain should let slip the furies of war, the leash of which is said to be in her hands, the de scendants of these braVe men are ready, as were their fathers before them, to die for their country.—( Hear.) But, alas, for the poor Highlander, the fire has now gone from his eye, and the vigour from his arm ! C ou ld I p l ace b e f ore your Lordship and this meeting, the groups of our countrymen in every diversity of destitution —the forms and countenances of these hardy men, accustomed to and able to withstand the wildest storm, but unable to withstand the wail of the enfeebled wife and children's cry for food, and none to give them— rushing from their cheerless hearth to the shelter of the rock, in a vain endeavour to still the throbbings of a parent's heart. Could I place before yon groups of men, women, and chil dren shivering under snow by the seaside, waiting the tardy receding of the wave to procure a scanty supply of shellfish or sea-weed; and after obtaining some supply, ascending an eminence to descry if may be, some smoke from a neighbour ing hut, gave promise of a fire to convert into something like human food this their only means of subsistence—if I could de scribe in suitable terms such scenes to this meeting, sure I am you would extend your liberality as God has given you the ability, and be thankful that roil have it in your power to do so. Pic ture to yourself, my Lord, what is solemnly vouched to us to be the fact, and what I believe in my conscience to be so. Two families had united to prepare at one fire some meal from the miserable crop of last year. The sheaves were dried for the burning of the straw, according to the custom of the country, and the women sat at the mill, (for the hand mills are still used to grind the corn) the iittle ones were sent to collect heath and brushwood for fuel, hope beamed in every eye, and joy once more was heard in the dwelling. ; the fire was kindled, and the cake was dressed upon the heated stone ; but no sooner was the hurriedly swallowed morsel de voured than one and all of this famishing group sickened ; for such was the quality of the grain that it was not only nauseous, but detrimental to life.—( Hear.) Hope fled this poor abode, and its inmates would probably have sunk under famine and disease, had not the Lord, in his providence, made their case known to a compassionate neigh bour. One other case, my Lord, and it is that of a poor woman in the village of Portree, Isle of Skye, who came with a group of famished neighbours to make their condition known to the clergyman. After the rest had told their tale of woe, in all that simplicity of which their own language is so susceptible, she, in the agony of despair rushed forward, but lifting her emaciated arm, could only say, " Look at that, and let it plead my cause—thirty-six hours I have not tasted food 1" One word, my Lord, and lam done—l address you under the highest and most honourable of all titles, that of Christians. He who went about doing good left us an ex ample to follow his steps, and are we now ready to follow Him, " Who, although he was rich, yet, for our sakes, became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich." He has said that " it is more blessed to give than to receive." He had said, " I was hungered and ye gave me meat, naked and ye clothed me ; forasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me." And now, my Lord, I have to apologize for the time I have occupied your Lordship and this meeting, and I most sincerely thank you for your kind indulgence.—( Cheers.) [We are reluctantly compelled, from want of room, to post pone the insertion of the interesting extracts which the Rev. Doctor introduced in his eloquent address.] Lord TEIGNMOUTII rose to propose the first Resolution, which was in fact an echo of the speech of the Rev. Gentleman who had just addressed the meeting. He could not suffer this resolution to pass in silence, as he thought some reasons ought to be stated to explain why it had been entrusted to him. He was sorry that the resolution had not been entrusted to an Englishman, and he could only account for its being en trusted to him from the knowledge he had of the intelligence and hospitality of the Highlander.—(Cheers.) The present meeting had come forward to uphold the cause of a noble and suffering people ; and if the Rev. Gentleman felt some diffidence in speaking in the praise of these people, he could assure the meeting he did not partake of any share of that dif fidence, except that he was fearful he should not be able to do them justice.—( Loud cheering.) It would be impossible to speak in too high terms of these people, to whom none could do justice but those who had travelled among them.—(Cheers.) They were dear to every reader of Ro mance and History—they were known as an upright, hospita ble, loyal, and religious people—they strictly observed that maxim which he wished many in this country did—" Fear God and honour the King."—(Loud cheers.) He thought that his Reverend Friend had taken a wise and judicious course in adverting to the many cases of distress which the' meeting was that day deploring. He had come forward, not merely to read a tale of distress, but to prove it. If the meet ing would allow him, he would endeavour to follow the course he had pursued, and would advert to cases which he had passed by. He was convinced that it was necessary to appeal to the understanding as well as to the hearts of Englishmen, and that unless they were satisfied that they were not contri buting to aggravate distress instead of alleviating it, their hands would not be open to the call of charity.—( Hear, hear.) There were five different accessory causes to the distress enumerated by his Rev. Friend, and which were re ferred to in a petition from Glasgow, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury. The principal one was the unpropitious seasons for the last two years; there was also the failure of kelp, of the herring fishery, and the cessation of the various modes of employment formerly open to them. But it appeared to him (Lord Teignmouth) that the principal cause was the infinite subdivision of tenures into which that country was sub divided. He complained that the Highland proprietors had gone on for a great number of years abstaining from that which circumstances had long rendered necessary—that of throwing these farms together, and disburdening themselves of an im mense and useless population. It was notorious that the mari time districts were the most neglected in that portion cf Scot land. He should now give them an abstract of the actual state of things in one of the islands in which the greatest amount of distress existed—he Meant the island of Skye. The Noble Lord here read a statement of the number of families who were in a state of destitution in that island. Emigration would produce no benefit to them , unless accom panied with a change of system. The Noble Lord here read extracts from a statement relating to emigration, which lie said he brought before them to show that they would not give their money on the present occasion, but in the firm hope that the landed proprietors—the clergymen, and others, whose duty it was, would come forward and take means to afford permanent relief. The present was but a temporary expedient from which no lasting benefit could be expected. It should be recollected that Scotland seldom sent forward a mission to seek the charity of their English fellow-countrymen.—( Cheers.) Since the year 1782 there was no such destitution as that which now existed, and he ( Lord Teignmoutb) who knew the facts of the case, believed that unless the necessity was very urgent, his Rev. Friend, Dr. Macleod, would not be required to abandon his public and parochial duties as Moderator of the Church of Scotland. It was not the first time he saw his Rev. Friend engaged on a mission of benevolence. The last time he saw him was on the coast of the Hebrides, diffusing :the blessings of edu cation among the poor people of that district —( Hear, hear.) He wss sure, in pleading the cause of the distressed poor of the Highlands, he would be equally successful as on the occasion to which he referred, and he was sure he that day added to the debt of obligation under which he had placed the people of Scotland. He was convinced they could hardly calculate the effects produced in the country by a timely interference for their relief. The effect would extend far be yond the limits of those distant regions, and add another link to the brilliant chain which bound together the two countries in indissoluble union. Ile hoped the last sentence of his Rev. Friend's eloquent ap peal would not be lost on the meeting, and that it would please God to open their hearts and hands on this great and auspici ous occasion. The Noble Lord concluded amidst cheers, by moving the following resolution : " It appears to this Meeting, from, the facts tow stated, that there is incontestible evidence that many parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are at present in circumstances of the most appalling destitution, in respect generally of food, and in particular districts, also, of fuel and clothing ; and that if an immediate supply be not provided, famine, to a most awful and unprecedented extent, with its usual accompaniments of disease, must, ere long, lay .va> those extensive and populous districts—that great exertions are, therefore, imperiously called for, in order to meet the extreme ur gency and necessity of the case." JAMES OSWALD, Esq., M. P., begged to second the resolution, without troubling the meetiog with any observations. The CHAIRMAN then rose to put the resolution to the meet ing, but was interrupted by an individual at the further end of the Hall, who cried out, " My Lord, my Lord, I want to say a few words."—(C r i es o f " Name, name," come forward and show yourself.) The individual then mounted the platform, and being asked by the Chairman to give his name, said " My name is Mr. Red man. I think the mcetjng is called for a benevolent purpose, and I heartily approve of the resolution which has just been spoken to ; but I do think this a fitting, opportunity to throw" out the hint to his Majesty's Government, that the citizens of London and the public are very supine upon a most im portant question, namely, the Corn Laws."---. Laughter.) Mr. Redman then resumed his former position. The CHA IRMAN having put the Resolution, it was carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman BROWN was most happy to be the medium of conveying a most liberal offer to the Committee. He was to communicate that two owners of smacks trading weekly to Scotland had offered to carry, free of freight, any quantity 0, food for the benevolent purpose of feediug the destitute.- - (Cheers.) He would say a very few words upon the sub ject, and that was merely to differ with the most eloquent Doctor who had addressed the meeting. He had said that all Lad failed the poor starved population whose cause he advocated. He ( Mr. Alderman Brown) would call to his remembrance that there was an all seeing Pro vidence above, who acted apparently harshly for his owl' wise purposes, and he had no doubt but it would b e found that he would give an instance of his power by the manner in which the appeal of the Reverend Doctor would be re sponded to by Englishmen. Ile then moved that a sub scription be immediately commenced for the purpose o f re lieving the distress, and that the bankers and various book sellers be requested to receive them, to be forwarded to the Committee of Edinburgh arid Glasgow. Mr. Alderman COPELAND seconded the resolution. See ing so many ladies present, he would call their attention to means of subscription that existed some time since ; namely', subscriptions of half-crowns and even fence. If their female friends would only solicit such subscriptions, they wo u ld be successful in an eminent degree.—( Cheers.) It would be his ardent endeavour to do all in his power to aid the object of the meeting. Au individual in the body of the meeting here proposed an ad dition to the resolution, that enactments should be made to secure the poor an income from the land they cultiettted. Dr. M‘LEon trusted that the individual would not press his amendment, as the subject was now under the considera tion of his Majesty's Government, with whom the deputa tion had been favoured with an interview, and were to have another on Monday. The deputation had the most entire confidence in the wisdom a n d b enevo l ence o f hi s Majesty's Government.—(Cheers.) The individual here said he would not press the matter further. The resolution was then put to the Meeting, and declared to be unanimously carried, by the Lord Mayor. Sir C. FORBES would not detain the meeting by any Ob servations at that late hour, but would merely express 11 1 cordial concurrenceln the objects of the meeting, and begg e u i to move the third resoluti on . Th e H on . B aronet h ere rea' the resolution, which was for the appointment of a Committe e to carry the objects of the meeting into effect. Mr. HARDY, M. P., seconded the resolution. The last time they had met in that Hall, it was for the purpose of raising a statue to commemorate the virtues of the Duke of Wellingt o e,' and they could not forget the valour which Scotchmen ha displayed upon these occasions—nor the memorable and flo a t : struggle of Waterlo o , w h en th e E mperor o f t h e F re nch beheld with horror and dismay the gallant and intrepid 0 0 e" duct of the Scotch G r eys.—(Ch eers .) H e h ope d t h e mee ting would not allow the descendants of these brave men to pine away in indigence, a nd i n want o f t h e or di nary necessar i e s 0 i life.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. NORTHOUSE begged to add a few words before this resolution passed, and from what he knew of the Scottish cha racter, that they would much rather leave their dear and na tive land than accept any d ona ti ons . P o li t i ca ll y , mora lly, ti ed usefully speaking, he was sure that a system of emigratioo would do more than anything else for carrying into effect the object of the meeting. He would, therefore, move that the Committee be requested to use all their endeavours with the Government to get such a system established. Dr. BROWN thought it would be bettor not to encumber the Committee with anything foreign to the relief of the dis tress which all acknowledged was so urgent. Mr. NORTLIOUSE withdrew the motion, and the Rcsoultiorir as originally drawn out, was passed unanimously. Mr. STWART M4KENZIE, M.P., the n move d a 'VOW o f thanks to the Lord Mayor, and confirmed the statements ma d '' as to the destitution that existed in the Highlands. Mr. Hoes JOHNSTONE, M. P. seconded the resolution. The resolution having been carried unanimously, a midst cheering, The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and announced that th e following subscriptions had been received The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria £5O Sir James Shaw 5O 0 Sir Peter Laurin lO 10 His Lordship stated he should use his best endeavour to iv crease the subscriptions. Dr. MACLEOD then stated that Sir Robert Peel had so b ' scribed 501. ROBERT STEUART, Esq., M. P., one of the Lords of t . b , e Treasury, moved a vot e o r th an k s to D r . M ac l eo d, M r . arid their colleagues, for having come up from Scotland this benevolent undertaking. The CiirsHotm seconded the motion, which was carried b acclamation. Dr. IVlAcuou returned thanks, and the meeting separated' THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, 7' WEL V E 0' CL 0 GK. We extract the following from the Buenos Ayres Papers r e ' ceived to Dec. 21 : " The Journal Universel of Nlontevidio of the 13th in i t . ' states that letters have been received fr o m the frontier of ' 11 "; cuarembo of the sth inst., announcing that two parties l ei° arc engaged in civil s t r if e i n th e B raz ili an P rov i nce of 'i t) Grande, seem to be alarmed about coming to action—or , plain English, that one is afraid of the other. " Cuir.t.—ln our last we noticed the news from Chili. t ?, 11 the 7th the Government of that Republic forwarded a conin 3 „"; nication to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in te,'' - u t that it had been for some time aware of a conspiracy ; a t it had not at first sufficient proof against the conspirators h a d such had been the case. The life of one of the Ministers ",, e been threatened ; it therefore became necessary to arrest t', assassin. The Government, in consequence, request that e , traordinary powers be granted it, till May 31 of the ensuing Y e3 Ai the day in which the Chambers commence their sitting. , a sitting of the Chambers of Senators in the city of Santig - o f on the 9th ult, a law was passed investing the Presideo t er o the Chilian Republic with the required extraordinary po%g until the 31st May. The highest price of doubloons ti nr , a te the week 122 dollars ; lowest, 116, 1 E. Highest price of '- of exchange upon England, 7dd. ; lowest, 71d." We have received New Brunswick papers to the sth al3• they have the following passages : ; tbe THE CIVIL LIST.—The debate which took place O a Legislative Council of this province on the 22d and 2 3 w h at the Civil List Bill, and the able arguments produced on tor occasion by those disinterested gentlemen who actuallY 5 00 ported the measure, we think must strike conviction int o it rY mind of Sir A. Campbell, that in opposing the Bill, colit A r tiv e to the express demand of his Sovereign, he has been the 'eot of a few designing individuals, who would sacrifice the b o p interests of the provinces. Several rumours are in circoP,ip as to the course which will be adopted by his Excellet? e) the present emergency." We have received a New Orleans Price Current, 0. tho 28th January : REmmtxs.—" Business transactions since our last hav e 'lto nerally been conducted on a limited scale, partly °wil e d, causes already mentioned, and which yet remain unrere e and in part the result of unfavourable weather." Pie r : " MoNEY MAIIKET.—The offering's at the Banks arc - than can be discounted, and there is no change, except t 'per, little more difficulty is met with in obtaining money Or paper. AC Ol Ireri l. ' EXCITANGE.—On London, 94- a 10i per cent. pl France, sf. 20c. to sf. 9 71 c." Jo' Consols were rather buoyant in the course of Yes tel. oo .l/ morning, but towa r d s th e a ft ernoon th e y receded a lit t t e lo t , closed at 901, sellers, for Money, and Nil A- for the Aec, ° ,, In Exchanges th e M ar k et was a s h a d e hi g her, an d quantity of business done. c lo se `: Consols opened thi s morn i ng a t th e quo t a ti o ns theY oo k' at-901 if for the Account—at present 901- ; Money, Exchequer Bills, 29 31 prem. ; India Bonds, 27 30 r Bank Stock shut ; India Stock shut. d or In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish A which closed at 25k, is improved, owing to theirioc:pop higher from Paris, aal may be quoted 25:1 to 25L; (-1 . 3 14 ' 44; Deferred, 11 ; Portuguese, 48/; Three per Lent' . 2 4l , e , Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents., 53;i; Columbia"' &Oo The express from Paris does not bring any news ° bat lib quence from the North of Spain. It is now reporte d t oe l .f combined attack on the Carlists was to take place ° eh cl e inst. If realiz e d, w e ma y ex p ec t a t e l eg r a phic despa t hour. , S ,„ HALF-PAST ONE 0' bee' During the whole of the morning, there has n ot t , feature in the British or foreign markets ' wor th noticiT; c o lo „ii Consols at one period were done at 90 2 - for the .'",„ 9';5 since which tl:ey have continued at 90 1 90i; I \ l°ne '2 s 901; Exchequer Bills, 31 ` , 9 prem. ; India Bonds, prem. ; .money is more easy for commercial affairs. 1 . Spanish Active improved to 25/ 26 ; Passive, 74 7, - ;el 3l . g b ferred, llk to ; Portuguese, 481 8 494- • Three f cr 31,!- 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5319' 015 Active at present 251 26. paci g r iis 6 A private letter, received by the express from the u—. 3 1 .1 morning, states that G e neral Saarsfield had carried t .jor , 01 positions ; and that he will be able to form General Evan s . THREE a e— LOC". Consols for the Account, 94 94. - - - f ARISTOCRACY.—III one country the c--iev.le-°„,.5. in strength, mutually afraid of oath other, have forine,," .1100%0 pacts and coalitions, and portioning out power, r 3 07, 1, ; 5; have arrogated to themselves privileges and imni" — , -'s el se ,lic erected themselves in separate bodies and distinc" „ ic ier have tyrannised in common over the people ; th e I) name of aristocracy, the state has been tormenteu sions of the wealthy and the great.— VolneY•