The Sun. — London, England, 1837-11-03 00:00:00

privilege of the Aristocracy.—(Cheers.) That time, I re joice to say, has passed never to return.—(Cheers.) And though the people have not yet the management cf their own affairs—though the House of Commons fails to l-present fairly that great majority of the people whose House in mockery it is called—( [leer, hear, hcar)— though the reins of Government arc still in the cities ; in some a host of corrupt freemen turn the scale in favour of Toryism ; and in all, many, many trades men, honest Reformers, have suffered persecution from their custemers—( Hear, hear)—hare been run down and almost ruined by the exercise of undue i: fluence cn the part of the rich and the powerful. Even numbers are found not to he a protection.—(Hear, hear.) I could show you a long list of tradesmen elm have been deterred from voting according to their conscience, by aristocratic threats, even in the constituency which I have the honour to repreecnt.—(Hear.) If the electors of Westminster, with it constituency of many thousands, feel the necessity o f protection, and actually suffer injury for want of the Ballot, how much more urgent must he the want—how much keener the desire—in the small constituencies of a few hundreds, or in the scattered and more dependent con stituencies of the counties ?—(Cheers.) It is evident to all whc calmly consider the subject, that unless we have the Ballot speedily, the Reform Bill will become a dead letter— (Cheers)—observed, perhaps, in form, but violated in spi rit ; and that the House of Commons will represent the people almost as ill as before the Reform Bill passed. In slf-defence, then, let the present Ministers give this pro tection to the electoral body, which they, by the Refo7nt Bill, called into existence.—(Cheers.) Let them relinquish the vain attempt to conciliate the Tories—(Loud cheer ing)—let :hem take out of Tory hands the command of the army—(Cheers)—let them employ their power in the State, and their patronage in the Church, to weaken their ene mies, and to strengthen themselves—(Cheers) —let them give to the people a free Press and a system of National Education—(Loud cheers)—let them show a willingness to admit the people to a share in the selection of their re presentatives, and to make the House of Commons what it ought to be—(Cheers)—let them do this, and they may bid defiance to the Tories, and remain for many years the most powerful and the most popular Ministers that ever ruled this country.—(Long-continued cheering.) But, in order that Ministers may be enabled to do something for the people—the people, on their side, must zealously sup port the Ministers in all liberal measures. Though Go vernments can do much for the people, when acting in unison with them, the demand for Reforms must spring from the people, and must be enforced by the people.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever may happen in the approaching Par liament ; whether we are to have a Liberal, a Tory, or a coalition Ministry, the course of the people is clear, and should be unchanged. Their object is good and respon sible Government. Let them in all their public acts, and words, and thoughts, keep in view that great object. I have that faith in the intelligence and independence of the mass of the people, that I fee! certain they will at no distant period he triumphant over all the factious, or any coalitions of the aristocracy. (The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst long protracted cheering.) The CHAIRMAN—After the eloquent speeches which you have heard, alluding to every particular point of the great question of Reform, putting it into a variety of shapes and bearings, to come home to every man's bosom in intel ligible language, I do propose the health of her Majesty's Ministers as long as they study the interests of the people. —(Loud cheering.) And I will couple with it—what I be lieve is a very fair coupling—the Reformers of Westminster —that being the place where these Ministers hold their sittings. I give you Her Majesty's Ministers, as long as they study the interest of the Reformers of Great Britain." —(Loud cheers.) Mr. LEADER—I suppose, Gentlemen, you are just as much surprised at seeing me again, as I am at again rising ; but the Chairman informs me that it is absolutely necessary for me to make a reply to the toast just proposed, and which you have so well received. I believe that toast was " the health of the Reformers of Westminster, and her Majesty's Ministers." I prefer putting the Reformers of Westmin ster first, and her Majesty's Ministers next.—(Laughter.) For the health of the Reformers of Westminster I thank you most sincerely. As for her Majesty's Ministers, I have very little to do with them, and I think there is as little chance of my having as any man in the country ; for though I supported them in the last Parliament, and in every measure which you•may call liberal, yet on many oc casions, I am grieved to say it, I was compelled to separate from them. So long as they act liberally, I will support them most zealously--(Cheers)—but when the support of her Majesty's Ministers is on the one side, and the main tenance of a great principle is on the other, you may depend upon it I shall sacrifice her Majesty's Ministers to my prin ciples.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN should now give them the health of Mr. Rundle and the Reformers of Tavistock.—(Three times three, and one cheer more.) J. RUNDLE, Esq., M.P., was received with renewed. cheering. His friend, the Chairman, had called the bo yetigh- of Tavistock his (Mr. R.'s) own borough. He Could only say that he possessed no other bold over the Reformers of that borough than he obtained through his Reform principles.—(Cheers.) The young baronet (Sir Molesworth) though lost to the county of Corn wall, was not lost to the House of Commons ; a bright career was open to him, and he (Mr. R.) hoped that it would long continue so.—(Loud cheers.) As to his other Hon. Friend, he could speak of him as a most consistent, steady Reformer ; and for himself he could say that as there was no man in whose assistance and advice he placed more implicit reliance in the House of Commons, so there was no man whose absence from that House he should more feel than the Hon. Baronet's.—(Cheers.) But they must not suffer things to remain in this county as at pre sent.—(Loud cheers.) He hoped that this meeting would originate a spirit of resistance, which should place them in the next election in the proud situation which they occupied before the late election.—(Applause.) It had now become a question whether Reform should go on peaceably, or be dammed back, and resume such a force as should in its fu ture progress bear down all opposition. The question was possibly, Reform or Revolution—(Hear, hear)—for he be lieved that Reform could only be stopped by revolution, which every man, who. wished well for the peace of the country, would desire to see averted.—(Cheers.) With respect to the Ballot, he hoped that every elector would sign a petition its favour. The Tories must be kept out of power—(llear, hear)—because he believed that though the Whigs had not done all that they ought to do, still they had done something, and more than the Tories ever would have done. Izatufs of the Aristocracy—yet the people are becoming daily more and more conscious of their own power : they are waking to a sense of the injuries which aristocratic rule has inflicted upon them, and of the necessity of taking an active part in the management of their own concerns. They are rehir , measures by mutual instruction—by com bination—by frequent intercourse and communication of thought to assert and to enforce what they consider to be their undoubted rights.—(Cheers.) Among the best means for procuring for the people a proper controul over public aff tirs, are a free Press to disseminate as widely as possib'e the principles of good Government—(Cheers) —and fre quent public meetings in which the conduct cf public men may be examined, public measures considered, and the opi nion of the commu n ity f a i r ly elicited.—(Cheers.) I rejoice, therefore, in this opportunity of meeting a body of Cornish Reformers, and of discussing with them the present state and.prospects of political parties.—( Applause.) The two great parties of Reformers and Anti-reformers are appa rently very nearly balanced.—(Hear, hear.) The Reform party consists of the Ministry—the middle classes through out the country—the independent yeomen in the coun ties, and a vast majority of the people, comprising the labouring and productive classes. But there are many sections of this greet party, and there have been amongst them doubts and jealousies which prudence and straight forward conduct for the future will, I trust,.. dimi nish, if not entirely remove.—(Cheers.) The anti-reform party is composed of the majority of the Lords—( Hear) —of the parsons—(Hear, hear)—magistrates—tax-gather ers—pensioners—hangers on of all sorts—expectants of pay or public plunder of every degree—(Loud cheers) — the timid rich men, who foolishly imagine that the working classes wish to seize upon their property—the indolent and indifferent who will suffer anything for a quiet life—and the corrupt knaves who raise a cry of our " Glorious Con stitution and our venerable Church in danger," in order that the people may be diverted from inquiring into the abuses of the Constitution, and of the Church, and de luded into a belief that their own interests and rights and liberties are intimately connected with the maintenance of the said abuses or customs of the " good old times."— (Loud cheering.) While these pretended friends—these " tribunes of the poor"—(Laughter)—these Conservative Reformers are governing, plundering, and laughing at the mystified community—the Anti-Reformers—better known by their old and real name of Tories—having one great object in view, the recovery of their ancient and ill-used power over the people—(Cheers)—being admirably or ganised and all working together most zealously, have gained on the Liberal party in the recent elections, and now possess very nearly one half of the national representation— (Hear)—they threaten by numerous petitions to convert their minority into a majority, and unless the Liberal party be as active in petitioning against Tory returns, they will probably succeed.—(Hear, hear.) The Tories, thus fortified by a majority, however small, in the Commons, and by a great majority in the Lords, would of course rush like half-starved wolves upon the offices of Government.— (Cheers and laughter.) But they could not retain office long.—(Hear.) They, in their new character of Conser vative Reformers, have been recently setting an examplesof agitating—they have been agitating for the preservation of the venerable fabric of the Church, which no one wished taa,pull down.—(Cheers.) They have been agitating against "the domination over England, of O'Connell and the Irish— who far from wishing to domineer over England, ask only for justice in their own division of the country—(Tremen dons cheering, and cries of " Justice to Ireland")—they have been agitating for justice to the poor, whose worst enemies they have ever been.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Should they regain office, their good example will not be forgotten, they will then have agitation enough, and know at last what agitation means.--(Hear, bear.) In Great Britain there will be agitation for extended Suffrage— (Cheers)—for shorter Parliaments—(Cheers)—for the Bal lot, for all those reforms in Church and State which fair re presentation would ensure—(Cheers)--and in Ireland it will need a stranger word than agitation to describe the state of that unhappy country, should the Orange faction again become dominant.—(Loud cheers.) In the Colonies it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to uphold the old Tory system.—(Hear, hear.) The North American Colonies, already incited by years of misgovernment, and recently by insult, would not bear the strong measures of the Tories, and Would either separate in violence and hos tility from England—(Loud cheers)—or involve us in a doubtful, unprofitable, and disgraceful war.—(Hear, hear.) A Tory. Government could not stand long against the op position and the obstacles it would inevitably have to en counter ; but its mere establishment might cause much mischief and much misery.—( Hear.) Some men talk of a coalition Government—(Laughter)—between what are called the moderate men of the Whig and Tory parties. Now supposing that any men of the pre se nt Whi g p ar t y could be found base enough to desert all their former principles, and openly to coalesce with a portion of the Tories, those are great obstacles in the way of any Go vernment which they could jointly form.--( Hear, hear.) They would be heartily supported by none—(Cheers and laughter)—they would hate and suspect each other—and they would be hated and suspected by the people— ( Hear, hear)—and they would, probably, soon quarrel over the division of the spoil, and the sharing of power. Even from such a coalition this good effect would result, that it would at once distictly draw the line, between the aristocratic and the democratic parties—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and would show the people clearly how entirely, under the present system, they are at the mercy of the aristocracy, and would rouse them to cast off the yoke.— (Great cheering.) Of the two parties, however, as at pre sent composed, that one will probably gain the immediate victory which exhibits the greater share of activity, energy, and combination. Whether we are to succeed now or some years hence—whether the stream of Reform is to flow on peacefully in its course, or to be interrupted for a time till it acquire new strength—will depend upon the manner in which the Ministry and the people make use of the present opportunity, and mutually assist each ether.— (Cheers.) The Ministers, by a bold and straightforward policy, may secure themselves in office, and, confer much good on 'the community.--411ear, hear.) By acting on what they called a conciliatory policy—that is, conciliatory to the Tories—but on what the people nut of the House, and many of the Liberal party in the house, called a weak and vacillating policy—(Loud cheers, again and again renewed)—they injured themselves in the last Parliament ; and if they continuo to net on such a policy in the approaching Parliament, they will inevitably fall— not so much by tlw strength of their opponents, as by their own weakness.—(Continued cheering.) I have hopes that the Ministers will relinquish their conciliatory or weak po licy ; prudence and interest el,ke admonish them— (Cheers)—their best friends entreat them to take a holder course.—(Cheers.) My hopes of more decision and boldness in the Ministerial Councils have been raised by some recent occurrences : but chiefly by a speech lately delivered in the North by Lord Durham.—( Hear.) You have probably read that speech, and many of the numerous comments upon it. Now, amongst the comments, there are many which I think rather too severe upon Lord Dur ham from h's friends, and there are many conclusions drawn by his enemies, which I think they have no right to draw from the speech.—(Hear, hear.) However, I rejoin; in Lord Durham's speech, though in same points it does not go far enough for me, and though I fancy he would cell me ono of the " violent Raiiicals.l l —(Loud cheers and. laughter.) Lord Durham declares that be is now, as for merly, an advocate of Household Suffrage, Triennial Parlia ments, and the Ballot.—(Loud cheers, and a voice " That's what we want.") I rejoice at this public declaration from such a man at such a time ; n o t th at I agree w i th Lord Durham in all points, nor because it comes from that rare creature, a Liberal Peer—(Laughter)—but be cause, coming as it does from a man employed in a high and responsible situation by the present Government, it scents to confirm my hopes that the Ministers mean to act more boldly than in the last Parliament.—( Hear, and cheer ing.) Observe, too, that the portion of the periodical Press supposed to be hest informed on Ministerial intentions, ap plauds Lord Durha_m's'speecli, and urges :Ministers, in son-- . degre e , to follow his advice. It would perhan , s, , b e t oo much to expect pm,s that Ministers should at. once ado Lord D uchpolitical itt t p o rmciples- pt all the conaldtuencies our - -at • act upon them ; but P7...ist on one of Lord Durham's I), P d r 0 t r; t r., e s o Bel imiloeat.s_u7r7s:.=e chat is protection to the electors cheering.) It is difficult to ronjecture why ‘Ministenrs°l3euld persevere in refusing this protee; j o n _ t . Hear, I m o of them were strong ad vocates for the a" hear.) Lord lien had intro,, l ooeci it into thea; John Rus- Pill. — (:Ohr, hear.) Lord Melbournedraftof h his first Reform isa the house of Lords that the exer eiseef u l e m d s e e e lfhas stated the great curse of society in England. Have not the influence eie i s tors suffered enough for conscience sake ? Have they in suflieient l y clear language entreated the Government t 0 to relieve them ; have not the recent elections convinced r'vcry Reformer, at least, of the absolute necessity of the Vallot to ensure anything like fair, and unbiassed, and un bought representation ?—(Great cheering.) Look to the counties ; is there not a regular system of intimidation-- (Hoar, hear)—the landlords ruining their tenants in this world, and the parsons threatening to ruin them in the next —(Loud cheers and laughter)—if they dare to vote accord ing to their own conscientious opinions. Look to the small boroughs —some the property of individuals, and some in the hands of a few corrupt jobbers ; can the Members for v such places be called representatives of the people (Hear, and cheers.) Look even to the great towns and The CHAIRMAN now _stated that he s ho u ld t emporar il y resign the chair to Mr. Stephens, while a slight reward Was made to a zealous Reformer, so that it might be done in the name of the meeting. He would propose the health of the Committee who signed the requisition for this meeting. The toast was then given, and Mr. Stephens took the chair. Mr. STEPHENS having taken the chair, said—Gentle men, without meetings for consultation, we cannot get up petitions ; aril without petitions we cannot get a redress of our grievances. It was by petitions the Reform Bill it self was carried ; it was by petition that the emancipation of the slaves was rffected ; and I may lay that the greater part of those salutary: measures which have been enacted have been the fruits of the prayer of the people. Gentle men, is a proof of the importance of petitions, I will cite a single circumstance. When Mr. llarvey had introduced the subject of the necessity of a revision of the pensiou list, in an able speech, Lord John Russell rose and sail "as a proof that the people are satisfied with the penjon list although notice bath been given of the motion there arc but two petitions before the House, and these - contain but a very small number of signatures." Now, Gentlemen, I consider that this speaks volumes ;it she us that if we want anything, we must ask for it. And, Gentlemen, I am sure we should have been ungrateful had we not in some way perpetuated the exertions of Mr. Norway in defending the rights of the people.—Mr. Stephens then read the inscription on the cup, which was, on one side, as follows : PRESENTED To ON THE, ..30TH OCTDBh.R, 1837, WILLIAM KING NORWAY, E SQ . ) TIY TILE YEOMEN OF TRIGG% AND OTHER. FRIEND! nt , On the other sib: Wbte the words— Ay A MARK OF GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR HIS ZEAL AND ABILITY Rq PROMOTING THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY OF THE PEOPLE. Ad now, Sir (continued Mr. Stephens), I have the plea sure to present to you this cup, which you will please to accept with the kind regards of all present ; and I hope, when . you see it on any future occasion, you will possess the pleasing reflection, that you are a Reformer of the Hundred of Trigg. The cup was then presented to Mr. Norway, amid the most enthusiastic cheering. W. K. NonwAv, Esq., was loudly cheered on rising. He said—Gentlemen, you have made this the proudest day of my life—a day that I can never forget. You have taught me that I have not altogether wasted the spring time of my youth ; that I have not altogether thrown away the days that are passed ; but that I have been considered to have done some service to my fellow-men—to have been of some use to the great cause in which we have so long laboured to gether.—( Loud cheers.) Have I not then a right to be proud of this ? Aye, proud and grateful too. Proud that you have remembered all I have done well—grateful that you have forgotten all I have failed in doing.—(Cheers.) I believe, Gentlemen, that I was useful in first pressing upon you the necessity of your acting together in union—in first proposing the formation of parochial Committees—and in urging upon the yeonianry—if they were really and truly what they professed to be, the supporters of the gi eat cause of freedom—in urging upon them the neces sity of taking the guidance of that cause into their own hands. When we remember the first Parliament that, assembled THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1837. after the passing of the Reform Bill—the great and sub stantial power vested in Lord Grey—we cannot but re gret that he had not trusted more to the sympathies of the people—that he had not relied more on thi it r and insured their future support by looking only at what was right and just, instead of taking into conside ration merely what might be palatable to the aristocracy. He was so chary of his " order "—he was so full of con ciliation towards those who would not be conciliated—he was so afraid of shocking the prejudices of the Peers, and of compromising the interests of the aristocracy, that he sacrificed the rights of tha people. That was the rock on which he plit. Thus the first fruits of the Reform Bill were thrown away by the timidity of our leaders. The people had done their duty they had afforded their good and efficient support—but they quailed before the aristocracy, and quailing fell. The Whigs seem never to have learnt the doctrine that fearless leaders will make brave followers ; but foolishly expected that, although they themselves shrunk from the power of the aristocracy yet the people were to oppose themselves to that power, and boldly dare all the evils which that power could bring against them individually. Is it any wonder that the de pendant fat iner should give way to the threats of his land lord, when he sees the Ministry bow down to the House of Lords ? Is it matter of surprise that the tradesman should fear to offend his customer when he sees the leaders of the people tremble at the Aristocracy ? Why the very homage which these leaders pay to the Aristocracy, is almost justification for the use of coercion by an Aristocrat -is almost an excuse for a man's giving way to that cocr- There an, an old proverb which says " forwarned, ,orearmed." We have had the warning—we have had the warning in the most disastrous form that it could come upon us—in the loss of the services of the two Honourable Ba ronets who have this day honoured us with their company. Let not that warning be in vain ; but let us prepare our selves by being forwarned for the next fight. Let us look well to the causes which occasioned our late defeat, and we shall find that it is our power to remedy most of them. —(Cheers.) We cannot, it is true, prevent an Aristo cratic landlord from intimidating his tenants ; we cannot prevent the clerical and magisterial incubi from using their unconstitutional influences ; the Ballot alone can ren der these inoperative, and to the attainment of that measure our energies must first of all be directed.—(Cheers.) Let us shake off the numbing apathy that has been creep ing over too many of us. Let every man of us put his shoulder to the wheel, and not hang back with the excuse of " what can one do." One can. do everything, particu larly when, as with Cornishmen, that one is all.—(Loud cheers.) Put not your trust in Princes—hang not your faith upon the Magnates of the earil—they have feelings and interests and prejudices that are diametrically opposed to your interests. Trust only in your own bold hearts and honest hands, and work out your own political regenera tion.--(Loud cheers.) The choice lies between you. Exertion and success—apathy and degradation. A Cor nish proverb says, he who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. Mr. Norway sat down amidst thunders of applause. The CHAIRMAN—As your Chairman I give you the name of Mr. Edward Trelawney—(Loud cheering)—who fought the battles of Greece, and rescued her fame from her enemies. E. TRELAWNY, Esq said—l am not in Parliament, or even an elector, or resident amongst you ; I have no right to inflict upon you a long oration. It is enough for me to say that my political sentiments have ever been the same as those so ably advocated by your late high-minded represen tatives, Sir William Trelawny and Sir William Moles worth.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of" our legal advo cates at the late election with all the honours that they de serve."—(Three times three were given.) B. LYNE, Esq., in returning thanks, acknowledged his conviction now of the necessity of the Ballot.—(L9ud ap plause.) There was an individual in that room who had been subjected to the most cruel persecution by a parson and a county magistrate. Mr. Lyne here mentioned the case of Mr. Griggs, which will be found more fully de tailed in the speech of the latter gentleman, and concluded by calling upon the electors to make good their claim to Sir Hussey Vivian's support of the Ballot. The CHAIRMAN—Now, Gentlemen, to business. Will you, or will you not, form a County Club? As many of you as are favourable to that proposal, hold up your hands. —( A forest of hands immediately appeared in answer to the call.) It was then proposed, by a formal resolution, that the Society should be formed, and the Committee was named, the first meeting of which will take place next Monday morning at Bodmin. The CHAIRMAN—We ought to drink the health of an humble individual who has greatly suffered in the cause. I shall propose the health of Mr. Grigg.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. GRIGG said—l feel proud, Mr. Chairman, that you have drunk my health, I have acted right in the discharge of my duty, according to the dictates of my conscience. The circumstances which brought this persecution upon me, as mentioned by Mr. Lyne, was in the election of 183.5, when I stood up on behalf of Reform. Mr. Anstis pro posed Mr. Charles Buller, at Liskeard, and stated that the lion was roused, and England would now do its duty. Mr. Jope proposed Mr. Kekewich, and said " the lion was roused, and Mr. Anstis would find himself a mouse ; and and the mouse would be crushed." After both candidates had spoken, I replied te Mr. Jope, and told him, " that if Mr. Anstis would find himself a mouse, he (Mr. Jope) would find himself a rat and when the mouse was crushed and eaten, it would be time for the rat to trem ble."—(Loud laughter.) This called up his ire to a high degree. He stated also "that he had stumbled on a man of property," speaking of Mr. Kekewich. I replied " that that reminded me of the fable of the golden ass : you may load an ass with gold, and it is an ass still ; but the ability of the mind and the integrity of the heart were the principal qualifications for a Member of the House of Commons ; and that pounds, shillings and pence were the last ingredient in the composition of Parliamentary qualification." This excited his rage to the highest degree. Shortly after the election he seized the first opportunity of purchasing 13-19ths of my undivided estate, which I entered upon in Michaelmas 1832. He entered in the middle of the year, stocking with sheep, bullocks, and horses, and endea voured to thrust a drunken bailiff into the House.—(Cries of " Shame.") This continued for five weeks. During this time I offered to take, buy, or sell ; all were rejected, and lie advertised it to be let ; but when the circumstances of the case were known, no tenant could be fonnd, till about Michaelm a s a g ang o f gipsies came into the neighbourhood. He gave to them a local habitation and a name, planting them on the estate, and endeavouring to thrust them into the house, to prevent which I was obliged to keep the door shut day and night. The 4th of November was a memorable day to me. On returning from the parish vestry, I found them occupying the house, and when put out from there, they endeavoured to light a fire in the bedway between the W ad l e c geremoved ionn f -fi r i o iro m eu ste t l ? i e cfi r al e l e , laN t l e w n fan t angr i o n t en t c o sn, t hpfeleoeuftagrimal ploughs, barns and th e s t ac k s o f col n .—(ll car, h ear, an d s h ame. ) with a a t nhr farm-yd an imp!ements of husbandry : aad within thirty feet of the barn fiileci with straw. Cattle had been fed in the same place in the morning, and I considered it very providential that my whole property was not consumed by the de• vouring elernents.—(Hear, hear, hear, and cheers.) At Michaelmas last, he came with a sheriff's warrant, and thrust two or three into the house, when I was obliged to remove my wife and children to the first house I could pro cure. Oil Saturday morning I applied to Mr. Jope, senior, the vicar of the parish, to ark the reason of his aiding and abetting his son in persecuting me, when he threw himself into a rage and struck me, and said " My son bought it to punish you ; I assisted him, and I will assist him again ; and you may go and Publish it in the market-place at Lis keard, if you please." With his grey hairs and wrinkled cheek, I envy not the feelings of his heart ; and in spite of this persecution, I am determined to fight the battle of my country, let what may happen to be the consequences. [The recital of this case excited great indignation amongst the meeting, and Mr. Grigg was frequently interrupted by ex pressions of sympathy.] Several other speeches and toasts were afterwards given, when the party broke up. cion. The weather has now for a week been decidedly tempestuous ; during the greater part of which, the river has been in a highly swollen state. High winds, almost incessant rain, and heavy showers of hail, have rendered travelling cxtremely unpleasant. At half-past ten p.m., on Monday, two loud peals of thunder, preceded by vivid flashes of lightning, right over the city, gave a sudden alarm to the inhabitants; the rain descended in torrents imme diately aft r ; and, during the remainder of the night, vast sheets of lightning, at short intervals, continued to illuminate the atmosphere. The navigation upon the river, and along the coast, has not been without dangerous hazard; and hitherto there is no appearance of a change for the better. Fortunately the fields are everywhere cleared in the lower ward, and the whole crops have been housed or stacked in safety.—Scots Times. Bachelors accept all the pleasures of society, and support none of the expense. They dine out, and are not bound to give dinners in return. Instead of taking a box by the year, they buy an admission for life ; their carriage only holds two, and they are never obliged to set down a dowager. Weddings , christenings, fetes—nothi ng comes amiss to them. They are never called papa ; they are not regularly assailed with milliners', staymakers', and jewel lers' bills. We never see them ruining themselves in suits for conjugal rights—from them La Belle Mere is destitute of point, and they yawn at La Femme Jalouse. They aro never godfathers from reciprocity ; they sleep in peace during the best part of the morning, leave b a ll s w h en t h ey likcs o and invest money in the funds. LIW INTELLIGENCE• COURT OF CHANCERY—Nor. 2. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. COOPER. Sir \V. IloaNE moved in this matter to discharge two orders of the Vice-Chancellor ; the first refusing the rela tors leave to amend their information, by striking out the names of parties, and the second directing the inlOrmation itself to be taken off the file. The information had been filed in the name of the Attorney-General, at the instance of certain persons, eight of whom became relators, and its object was to procure a better administration of certain trust estates, left for the purposes of education in the Bo rough of Evesham. These estates have been managed by the Corporation and by trustees, and the bill was tiled against the new Corporation, against the trustees, and also against Lord Northwick, who is heir-at-law of the person who is entitled to the real estate. Mr. WAKEFIELD, for the Corporation of Evcsham, agreed in support of the orders of the Court below. The LoRD-CDANcELLott was of opinion that the order of the Vice Chancellor was perfectly right, and the appeal against it must be dismissed with costs. VICE- CHANCEL T OR' S CO URT.—Nor. 2. BECEFORD V. ANDERTON. Mr. KNIGHT, Queen's Counsel, moved on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Beeldord, that, notwithstanding an injunction granted on the sth of last July the defendant be ordered to deliver up to the said plaintiff the bills of lading of twelve hogsheads of sugar now in his possession, the property of plaintiff, or that it be referred to the Master to appoint a receiver to dispose of the sugar, and pay the net proceeds into Court. The plaintiff was purchaser of a❑ estate in the West Indies, and the contract stipulated that the crop up to a certain time should remain the property of the vendor, and after that time become the property of the purchaser. The twelve hogsheads in dispute were produced off the estate subsequent to the stipulated time. Mr. WIGRAxt, Queen's Counsel, for the defendant, had no objection to the sugar being sold, and the produce being paid into Court, but contended that his clients had a right to see them and obtain the commission. His HONOUR adjourned the further consideration of the case until this day. Some motions of course were granted, and the Court ad journed until ten o'clock this day. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 2. THE QUEEN V. SAMUEL GEORGE FORD. Sir W. FOLLETT applied on behalf of Sir Charles Clarke, Bart., for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against this defendant for writing a cer tain threatening letter to Sir C. Clarke. The imputations conveyed in this letter left him, especially as he was a mar ried man, with a large family, no other course but to make the present application to the Court. Sir C. Clarke was a very eminent medical man, and in May, 1836, he was con sulted at his house in Saville-row by a lady, who then de scribed herself as a married woman, but who, it subse quently appeared, was actually carrying on an illicit inter course with the defendant. Sir Charles Clarke attended her twice in June. In January, 1837, he was again con sulted by her, and attended her in that month, and in March, June, and July. He was in the habit of leaving town for some time in the course of every summer, and he always authorised some confidential medical friend to open his letters in his absence. In the present year he authorised Dr. Wilson to do so ; and while staying in Norfolk he re ceived from Dr. Wilson a letter, dated on the 17th of Oc tober, and written by the defendant, whose handwriting had been since identified. This letter the Learned Counsel read. It contained, in vulgar terms, an imputation that Sir C. Clarke had, by his conduct to the lady already referred to, abused the confidence placed in him as a medical man. The affidavit of Sir C. Clarke, in the most positive and circumstantial manner, denied this imputation, in which he declared there was not one syllable of truth. The COURT granted the rule. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 2. GRAY V. TITTMAN. Mr. Sergeant WILDE was instructed to apply to the Court on behalf of the defendant, Mr. Tittman, vestry clerk of the parish of Paddington, for permission to pay into Court the amount of a reward which had been offered by the Churchwardens of that parish for the apprehension of the notorious Greenacre, whose crimes have excited so much public indignation. It appeared that there were at present several claimants for the reward, and the defendant was of course anxious to render himself safe with regard to the payment. He apprehended that the proper mode of proceeding was to pay the money into Court, for the be nefit of the parties to whom the Court might ultimately decide it to be due. The COURT granted a rule Nisi. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 2. BRAY v. WEEKES. Mr. RICIIARDS moved for a prohibition to be directed to the Court of Conscience at Bristol. At the last registra tion the defendant had objected to the plaintiff's vote, in consequence of which the plaintiff attended to assert his right, when nobody appeared to impugn it. He accord• ingly summoned the defendant to recover two shillings and sixdence for the loss of his time, and the Commissioners of the Court of Conscience at Bristol had awarded payment of that sum. The Learned Counsel argued that, according to the Local Act, the Commissioners had no jurisdiction in the case. The COURT expressed a strong opinion that the Commis. sioucrs had exceeded their authority. The Court rose at three o'clock. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday Captain Remington, of the ship Posthuntus, brought to the justice-room the captain of a vessel lately wrecked, the mate, and four seamen, all of whom he had saved from perishing. Captain Remington, on the 23d of September last, in lat. 42. N. long. 62. W., experienced a very severe gale from the N.E , which vered to the E.S.E., and terminated in a complete hurricane, which threw them on their beam ends for sixteen hours, and in which they sustained consi derable loss. On the 24th they fell in with the brig Nova Scotia, of Liverpool, in Nova Scotia, whi,;ll had been up set in the hurricane of the preceding night. He had just gone below to take a little rest after his labours, and was waked up by the watch, who told him that there was a wreck close at hind. He immediately hoisted out his boat, to the great risk of the lives of the boat's crew, and saved the crew of the wreck, who would doubtless have perished if exposed without assistance for a couple more hours. Ever since he landed in London he had been obliged to support the poor men, for, to his great astonishment, he had found it impossible to excite any sympathy for them amongst the persons to whom he detailed the particulars of their calamity. The Lola') MAYOR had great confidence in the belief that the intelligence would reach the ears of some humane per sons, and that adequate means would be supplied to enable them to return home. HATTON GARDEN. Au elderly ►woman w is charged by an officer with begging. Ile stated that he saw the prisoner following some re spectably-dressed persons, and ask alms. Mr. LUNG committed her to the House of Correction and hard labour for fourteen days. Q UEEN-SQ UA RE. Three notorious young thieves, named Wilmore, Jarman, and Wood, were yesterday charged by a pork butcher, named Pareham, residing in the Broadway, Westminster, with having stolen three pork chops from his shop window yesterday morning. The prisoners said nothing in defence, and were committed to the House of Correction for four teen days' each. MARY L ER ONE. WOMEN AND WlNE.—Yesterday, a fashionably dressed young man, who gave his name and address Frederick Philip Hay, 2, Gloucester-place, New-road, and who is said to be the son of Colonel Hay, of the Guards, was charged before Mr. SHorr, under the following circum stances :—The defendant, having indulged rather freely in wine, was wending his way home along the New-road that morning, when be suddenly reeled into the shop of a fishmonger, and losing his equilibrium, fell on the floor as flat as any flounder on the premises. The fishmonger looked at his gills, and pronounced him " dead as a herrin," when he suddenly sprung up like a flying fish, and gave the worthy dealer in soles such a dab over the car, that he was convinced of his mistake. Police constable 27 D was called to take the supposed dead man into custody, when he re ceived a smart stroke over the nasll organ from the cane of the latter, who was with much difficulty lodged in the sta tion-house, where he tore a locket from his neck, and threw it on the floor. The defendant, who appeared scarcely to have recovered from his debauch, said that a quarrel which he had had with the lady he was living with, whom he allowed 41. a week, was the cause of all that bad happened, and in a moment of desperation he had dashed the locket, which contained her hair, on the ground. He was adjudged to pay 205., but not being prepared, he dispatched a letter to a Noble Lord, who occasionally officiates at this office, to borrow the money. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a woman of the name of Jones was placed at the bar before Messrs. CODD and GROVE, charged with hav ing assaulted Emma Chandler. The warrant was taken out by the complainant at Hicks's Hall, where, before the Grand Jury, she swore to the assault. Mr. CODD, having the warrant, was under the neces sity to hold her to bail. The officer said that there were several respectable friends of the defendant outside, who were ready to become her ba;l. UNIOLV-lIALL, Yesterday, Trillbm Lodge, a young man, of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. JEREMY, charged with stealing two bullocks, the property of Mr. Wilks, a farmer and grazier near Sittingbourne. Tile prisoner was fully committed for trial. In consequence of the gross inq)ositions practised towards English passengers on their landing at Boulogne sur-Mer, the Chamber of Commerce of that town has just issued a series of regulations iu all instances rendering uni- form, and in the mliority reducing, the terms and rates of impost relative to the shipping and landing of passengers, the use of the ladders, the carrying of luggage, and the shipping end landing of carri'ges and horses. For the landing of passsengors from packets at the jetty head the pilots arc now allowed If. 50e., or only line-fourth the previous charge, whilst nothing whatever is to he paid for the use of ladders when the packet comes up to the quay, and the same charges are made for carrying passengers to the shipping. Nothing is to be paid - for ;mall articles, such as canes, umbrellas, hat-boxes, &c., if they form part of the ordinary luggage of a family or traveller, and the charge of landing fur every other description of luggage is considerably reduced. For landing or shipping a four wheeled carriage the price is reduced to P2f. ; for a two wheeled carriage 6f. ; for a horse 6f. ; and a mule 3f. The above prices include all expenses from the hotel to the pacht, and vice v,--rsr; ; and wilst the regulations impress the minutest attention to travellers upon the people attend ing the ladders, and women employed in transporting the luggage, they are strictly forbidden to demand anything above the prices fixed, or to receive any gratuity. MONKEY LOVE.-At the new building erected br the monkies in the Jardin des Plants, a Paris paper says, " The visitors are highly amused with the marks of affec tion shown by a loving couple to each other, and to a baby ape, with which their union has been blessed. These dis plays arc particularly striking after a temporary separation of the papa from his consort and child. On being re-ad mitted he embraces his companion, takes up the marmotte, and bestows upon it a thousand caresses." During the fair which was held at Connel-ferry, about five miles from Oban, o❑ Friday last, the large boat left the north side rather overloaded with passengers and cattle. They had not proceeded far from the shore when the boat heeled to one side, and threw all on board into the sea. The utmost confusion prevailed for some time, and the little boat being loaded with passengers, and no other boat at hand, it was some time before th 3 small boat could be ready to receive the sufferers. They at last suc ceeded in saving 'ten men and one woman. Two young men of the names of M'Arthur and M'Pherson, natives of Bendenloch, were drowned, and also three cows. The bo dies of the young men were found, one in the evening, and the other next day.—Scotsman. THE FIFTH OF N VENIB E R.—The Dublin Even ing Post comments with just severity on those clergymen who have intimated their design of making this occasion an excuse for discharging their bigotry and preaching a crusade ,against their countrymen. Amongst other judi cious remarks, the following occur :—" The anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot is approaching. It falls, as our readers know, on Sunday next. We are not amongst those who affect to entertain any doubts of the historical fact. We believe that a desperate and diabolical attempt was made in the year 1605, to blow up the King, Queen, Princes, and both Houses of Parliament. We further believe the conspirators would have succeeded but for the sagacity of the King—the most curious compound of im• becility, cunning, learning, and credulity that ever existed. In short the Gunpowder Plot, in the beginning of James the First's reign, is as true as the Popish Plot in the reign of his grandson was false. This conspiracy, how ever, occurred two hundred and thirty-two years ago. It stands, and will always stand, as a great, as a surprising historical occurrence. It will always form one of the most interesting chapters of English history. But we should ' let it rest in the tomes of the historian. We should not disinter it from the pages of Hume or Lingard, any more than we should any horrible instances of .human depravity —as the feudal murder of James the' First's father—or the public murder of his mother, by Queen Elizabeth. Above all, its memory should not be revived—now nearly two centuries and a half after its occurrence—with a view to insult and outrage the present generation." On Monday last, the operative masons of this town struck for a rise of wages, and have published a handbill in justification of their conduct. Their wages through the summer were 40. per hour, and their employers intended that this rate should be adhered to during the winter. The men, however, demanded 4id. per hour, which not being granted, a strike was the consequence. The rate of wages offered is is. a week higher than their fellow workmen in Glasgow receive.—Greenock Advertiser. SUPERSTITION.—At the village of Aharan, near Junalee, the child of a goldsmith being ill, was supposed to be enchanted, and the parent haling resorted to the sup posed enchanter without avail, the child dying, threw the man into the fire in which the child's body was being con sumed, and the unfortunate wretch was burnt alive. The magistrates have arrested the parties, who arc to be tried for murder.—Asiatic Journal. Mr. Edward Swinder, farmer, near Langsett, had a stirk which fell ill on Sunday week. It appeared singularly affected, differing very much from the symptoms of any disease observed amongst cattle. It continued to get worse until Sunday evening, when it died. Mr. Swinder feeling astonished at so sudden a circumstance, was led to have the body opened, when he found in its windpipe a large snake three feet long. The reptile had its head close to the heart of the beast. It is conjectured that the snake had sprung into the mouth of the stirk whilst grazing in the pasture.—Sheffield Iris. GROWING A LEG OF MUTTON.--The following curious piece of information is extracted, verbatim ct lite ;wain, from a very rare volume, which bears the title of the " Loafman's Manual ; or, How to Make it Pay." "To grow a legge of sheep, or a sholder of sheep.—Mayliap there come to be baked mancy ledges or sholders of sheep, large or small, take them and place them in a row accord ing to size ; take and huye a vere small legge or sholder, and remove the one next in size, and place your legge sholder in the pan, then take and place the second one in the third pan, and so on, till sonic how, peradventure, you find the last, which is likely to be the largest, without a pan ; then take this largest legge or slinkier, and place it in a pin ef your o:vn, and make your men not touch tl.ercof, for it is your own mcic." A PARLIAMENT IN DUBLIN.—In 1759, ac cording to Plowden, when the first rumours of an intended union with Englund were propagated, the populace were in flamed to such a degree that " they assembled in a prodi gious multitude, broke into the House of Lords, insulted the Peers, seated an old woman on the throne, and searched for the journals, which, had they been found, would have been committed to the flames. They compelled the Members ef both Ilorr,as, whom they met in the streets, to t ke an oaths that they would never consent to such an anion, or give any vote contrary to the true interest of Irelarol. Di vers coaches belonging to obnoxious persons were destr , yed and the horses killed ; a gibbet was erode] for one gentle man in particular, who narrowly escaped the ungovernable fury of the mob. A body of horse and infantry was drawn out. The multitude, at night, d;spersed of itself. In the days of " Bell Geordie," when it was the fashion for our cis is dignitaries to wear gold cliains and cocked hats,two of our Bailies, the one an extensive seeds man and nursery gardener, the other an eminent uphol sterer and Wright, happened to meet on their way to the Council-clamber; and, while standing on the pavement in mutual converse, a tall and handsome young lady came gliding gently along. The decorous and sensitive city functionaries, fascinated by the graceful mien and exterior of the blooming fair one, instantly doffed their cocked hats ; when she, slightly bowing to the worthy authorities with one of her sweetest smiles, passed on. "My certie said the gardener, as he gazed after her, " she is a stately plant !" " Aye," quoth the upholsterer, replacing his offi cial hat on his sagacious p ate, " she is a noble piece of furniture."—Glasgow Paper. FOREIGN RAlLltonos.-The special land of the " mountain and the flood" has felt the influence of the uni versal desire for rapid locomotien. The Chamber of Com merce at Zurich held a meeting on the 4th ult. respecting the propriety of establishing a railway in Switzerland. It was unanimously agreed that the main line must be one leading from the Rhine to Italy, and that whatever matter should be first undertaken should be a portion of this prin cipal thoroughfare of the nation. A meeting was sum moned, for the oad of the month, of deputies from all the Cantons on the whole line, to consider the question. If this undertaking be ever accomplished, the famous road over the Simplon must hide its diminished head. Perhaps a few years may see the herd of travellers taking their way to Italy up the Rhine, and over or under St. Gothard. In Austria it is expected that next month will witness the opening of the railroad from Vienna to \Vagram, the scene of Napoleon's victory in 1808. The steam-carriages are already arrived, and some articles of particular splendour have been prepared for the use of the Court, on occasion of the opening. In Belgium, the works for the railroads are carried on with the usual activity. The road from Bruges to Ostend is expected to be ready by the Ist of May, 183 S ; and that fr om Gh en t to B ruges s till ear li e r, it is said in February. Eighteen locomotives arc alremly in action on the Belgian railroads, and three more are daily expected from Cockerill's works at Stetaing.---Raihvay Times. GAMBIA. Tl,e following is an extract of a private letter from the Gambia, which was received in town yesterday i,, -- • the Elu MM BATitsT, R I V ER GAMMA, SEPT. 17.---IJUrling period of fifioen }ears this place has no t been visited w ith s , tich heavy . and violent rains as we have of late experien eced. File frcshes have come down the river, the dykes hav burst, and the town has been completely inundated, l i so tat the poorer class; are, and have he , m for two mo nths, vl°g: kl°l 3 in many instances, up to their knees in water, and coo even on their bedsteads. Added to these unfortunate circura moot of July stances, the yellow fever has been reging since the comm meat particularly amongst the whites ; of whom, o ut of with su•Th violence that. its ravages have be 45 . residents, 17 have died—amon•rst than our Clr l " in:ssary, Parson, Socretuv, Collecto r's' wife. Colonial !,,tir ,,..;eon, his successor, and two officers of the Royal Corps ; besides four officers of a man-of-war *mid ttventy one white sailors ; and at this moment the trumpet 111. sounding the dead march of a young officer of the Royal Afriean Corps, who is about to be buried. Amongst th; mulattos but five have died, but the blacks are going' to f>< fast ; the average deaths, , as near as can be ricer r a ined, arc three daily. Several of our merchants are la England, others take trips to avoid the pestilence ;as o tha t business is at a complete stand still. Provisions re ex' Afoot ) m'ilingly scarce, and we have only received within these fey( day ou s a few barrels of flaw.; rice, the principal food a of the, natives, hardly to be found. Corn dble its value, anY then little to be obtained. The disease h as found its wa one whole up the river, and is destroying all befor e it ; town has been carried off by it, and a nother half de populated." A very important point was decided by Ja mcs pen, Esq., in the Justice of Peace Court , on ThursdaYe last. An action was brought before the Justices, under th Act sth and 6th William IV., cap. 1 9 , by John Wilsey, one of the crew of the brig Iris of this port, against the, owner, to compel payment of his wages. The iris hau the been on a voyage to Quebec ; and the grea t er part crew that went out with her having deserted in the country, the captain engaged Wilson, who had deserted from th e brig King Henry the Fourth of Glasgow, and five other seamen, to bring the vessel home. Mr. James Thin, e ri; agent for the owner, pled among other defences, that v! son being a deserter had forfeited all claim to voyage. Mr. Hugh Dempster, agent for the sea mcl" ' stated in reply, that the Act declaring this forfeiture, vit" the Act 4th George IV., cap. :25, had been repeale d " Y c i the Act sth and 6th William IV., cap: 19, sect. I, a n Mr. Kippen, the presiding Judge, decided accordinglYi—ii and the seaman having proved his case, was found ent' t ' e to his wages and expenses.—Greenock Advertiser. THE GABERLUNZIE MAN.—A country gentw; man, while standing lately at the bottom of his own ev en h u o : overlooking some labourers, was accosted by a beggar , sv is among other things, said.—" Do you think, Si r ' it ,i is worth while going any farther ; I haxe travelled fa r , " 1 i wages on 00 blessed day, am very tired, and if there be no use opt' a would rather not." " Why," said the other, "r b b a st better try ; but beggars are so common in this parish, t be we can't afford to be liberal to all." " Commo n, Sir, t „b ; sure ; and are not the crows common that eat the gr" and are not the sparrows, and many other birds, conaawn,; but still they all contrive to live, and sit down in s° l , /11 „ s way at the great table which a bountiful Providence has spread for all. And if sparrows, hedgehogs , an d t a i l ' and mice live, why not the beggar ?" Our fr iend I°°," astonished on hearing this speech, and then said ca en and mildly—handing a trifle at the same ti° l6- : You mistake, friend, I made no complaint on th e co trary, I only meant to tell you that, from the nunaber people that call, we cannot serve them all sometimes as i - I w n e d would like." " Oa, Sir, 'an your a jewel, and may "70 bless you, from the lowest bottom of an Irishman's " What! from Ireland, with a Scotch tong ue in Ye:a head." " To be sure I am, and what's the use of a denying his country ? But I do love Scotland , and 113 s.-0 there travelled in it now for 30 years. Over yonde r therre e's e many of us that we run in one another's way. l e have room, and, what's bitter still, whatever 'ive ge, t Hate and clane." " What do you mean by that ?"" ‘ 1 : Sir, in Ireland, they have good meal for the and bad meal for the beggars ; and then, Sir , there's tb! potato-basket, out of which they hand us three , four, °I half-a-dozen, just as they're inclined. Heavy work that, and not easy changing. But here it's either m oney or M i , s ney's wort ; pence that will pay a lodging, or meal as gonv the laird's, that will bring its price."—Dun fries Courier•,_ The Dumfries Courier of yesterday conveys tpe following account of the weather in that vicinity :--As Bards the elements a marked change has taken place 5 1 0C t e our last ; and it was exceedingly fortunate that the pail crop, with very trifling exceptions, was housed or Pit te before the season assumed a degree of rigour to w hich wn have been but little accustomed of late. The weather dial." of last week was to the full as varied as we ever knew the same space—wind, rain, frost, and snow. Criffel sod Queensberry made most spectators cold tolook at them , f we have no recollection of having seen the same depth snow on the Cumberland mountains so early in the seas° n : The Edinburgh heavy coach was detained on Saturday I ns ; an hour and a half beyond the proper t ime, in consequener, of a heavy fall of snow around Dalveen. and even tuned nearer to the metropolis itself. On Thursd a y the mind blew with hurricane violence, and on Friday the stn r ; was still so fierce and the waters troubled that the Mas t % of many vessels were afraid to put to sea. Of the Se°. steamers in Liverpool only one ventured out—the Sobel —b u t the waves were most turbulent, and her passage, s it together, one of the roughest that ever was mad ,s steamer bound for Ireland with military on board' Via' forced to put back to the Mersey ; and considerable at'_f mage was done by the smashing of boats, and collisioatio steamers, in the river Thames on Friday last. O n eed' same day the Nith was greatly flooded, and on that n r a t sion our townsman, Mr. Nicholson , while loading w° l3 f t, the Laghall Side, was surprised to see a buck o f the 1 3 ht low tribe, beautifully antlered and dappled, coming c'g , a a across the roaring current. Yesterday the 'weather again wild, %vet, and boisterous ; the Nith continued v. , t a t n'g" till dusk, and the wind howled so dismally late that we begin to fear for the safety of many a shit) sed. e( l bles , s It is many years since this country wa s w:th a harvest so abundant as that of the present Ye ar f Hay appears to be the only deficient crop, nor has mul e jd the aftermath or clover fog succeeded, as in the so ne t os it rises in patches, and not being fit for the obliged to be wintered off. Turnips, which were lla° s _d failure last year, arc a most excellent crop of all seats' peillay potatoes set in cuts or whole are most luxuriant. This,,,trs be attributed to the frost of last winter ; for Illa o , s es, previous the seed had too early-propagated sl oo's ° r which were obliged to be broken off, and the gerniini lidlp i, powers in a great measure destroyed. It is a great nets to find that, under a Whig Administration , the whole of the class of agricultu: al labourers are employed e t e', a wages. Their privations last winter were to every m a ster scythe t who had feeling one of deep regret. The duty Of 3 r, to his servant, and the duty of a servant to his rot e , ; ought to be reciprocal, neither taking an undue advattteseas the master taking no advantage of the times, nor the rer jg vant of a laxity of work. In every situation the lah° n _ his worthy of his hire, provided lie diligently attendi to sup' employment ; nor is there such a differenc e as may tel., nd a posed as regards the happiness of tho se who pion sow, and those who reap the profits of their Jabot' 11'0e/raven He; aid. • suP er' It appears that at Berlin there is an aneuen t 1,1 al° stition VIA the death of any Member of the Itoya• d the is preceded by an app tritiou, of what is there ca lle d IVeisse Pow, or White Lady ; and that that this h.%410ce of evil was lately seen in the old tower of the R o y al previous to the death of the Queen of Holland. A rid To hear and sec the nonsense that is talKuu e tha t written about a drain of bullion, one would suPP°s,,,,„iiish people ate it, and could not live without eating it. -" and Forciin Review. __I S II P LA T E D CORN — --- E ii. D I ° '-^ ated with Strong Silver Edges and Handles. —A Set o f Four yeas : Corner Dishes and Covers j are offered, complete, for Eight rr G c u oo y- Corner a set with richly ornamented Edges, handles, &0., Or 05. 1 , ' vas. The Handles take off COXov the set thus forin,ol )ishes when requited. T. IVORY'S,S working u mith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, Lond°""j ficp' sele e N.B. A variety of Second-hand Watch". may he price Two Guineas each, Warranted. BIRTHS. stO nd, On the ht inst., Mrs. of E of a son. ~ • rs. Edward Barron, 1310 00 ' On th e I s t i ns t., 11-5. J. Watson, of Southatupton-street, bury, o f a son. ughte' daughter• On the :29th ult., the lady of E. 11. Mley, of a da, _ dau ghte r On the Ist inst., at the Royal Mint, Mrs. Barton , or ' Essex-street, Mi O ss nt i h a e r , a 2. Matilda a s t , t L to iv n l e l :r z ilo f l O t t l h l , uet► to Be NV°. On tho Ist inst., at Christ's Church, Mary fifth the , or Blyth, of Burnham, Norfolk, to :Mary Anne, fifth cl,atih_teir. Lain C. illortlock, of Northwich-terrace, St. John 50t" ja3tlflp:;•:::cier.ancis Samuel Boeq ------__ hi r of AsOsisntatnhtc Commissary -Gene -lteißrEaraynctie:,r.Caroline Jan e, daug"-e johtolit On the 3lst ult., at Brent Cottage, Brentford, Willi3rmiarkseg„i F) 5 (1• , many years a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant. oi On the 31st ult., Miss Harriet Blackshaw A , late ." Piccadilly.na ViO' On the 30th nit., :wed three years and a half, Georgia f gr* both, daughter of " Osgood Banbury, j 00.9 Esq' ' Asijobter 0 On the Ist inst., at Stoke Newington, Ann, 00'y ° Barnett, of the Minories a ed 21. a 62 , or. At Hamburgh, on the ' l g st 1 Mr. John AndlY , 115 e . u t., merly of London. Sherwoou Lo o n f do: lidd P ie r s i lia nte .— d aFrirdidaPy,bvfolyfaemdceb,bei;ro:l,llßDO YOV-"e eilfint°l. 112, Strand, at The Sun a all and il l 1 0 12, v. r r