The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-30 00:00:00

NEGRO :EMANCIPATION GREAT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM. On Thursday evening last a great public meeting was held on the above subject in the Town-hall, Birmingham, convened by the High BailifFpursuant to a requisition signed by 200 of the most respectable and influential inhabitants. The ball was crowded to excess, the side galleries and a small portion of the floor being principally occupied by ladies. The Chair was surrounded by a number of Clergymen, Dis senting Ministers of all denominations, gentlemen, and the higher class of merchants and tradesmen. The specific object of the meeting was to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the immediate abolition of the Apprenticeship System in the British Colonies. Soon after six o'clock the Chair was taken by the High Bailiff; W. SCIIOLFIELD, Esq., who, in opening the proceedings, said that it was contended that this subject was surrounded with difficulties in conse quence of the Act of 1834, by which it was said we had entered into a contract with the planters. He was not disposed to look upon it in this light, but more as an Act for regulating the course of public justice. It was pretty evident that the planters themselves did not treat it as a contract ; all their energies were exerted to prevent its passing into a law—the philanthropy of the country, however, proved too strong for them, and ever since the measure had become law, the planters had done all in their power to thwart its operation.—(Hear, hear.) The Emancipation Act was intended to relax the severities of slavery, and prepare its victims for their full liberty by a system of moral and reli. gious education. It appeared, however, that neither their physical nor moral condition was ameliorated, and under these circumstances he thought it was their duty to seek an immediate abolition of the appren. ticeship system.—(Cheers.) Captain C. R. Mooasoss read letters from Sir E. Wilmot, Bart., M.P. ; Villiers, Esq., M P. ; Sir Charles Douglas, M.P. ; W. S. Dugdale, Esq., M.P.; Barneby, Esq., M.P. e the Earl of Darling. ton, W. Williams, Esq., and other Members of Parliament, and gentle. men, regretting their inability to attend the meeting in consequence of prior engagements ; but most of them expressing themselves warmly in favour of the objects of the meeting. The Rev. E. HALL moved the first resolution. Meetings of this kind were extremely useful, for they created an action and re-action of soul with soul—they created a sympathy which bound man to man, citizen to citizen, and Christian to Christian, though mountains rose and oceans rolled between them. Under the Act of 1834 slavery in the British colonies was nominally in course of. abolition, but they were but too well aware that it was at present existing in all its hor rors. The various communications which they had had from'the West India islands two years ago, corroborated as they were by testimony almost daily received, went to establish the appalling fact, that in some respects it was even worse than before. The address of the Mar quis of Sligo himself to the Colonial Legislature broadly stated that fact, and Lord Mulgrave had also declared that so long as this system lasts there will be cruelty founded on caprice. In addition to this they had the testimony of Mr. Sturge, who had vi sited the islands for the purpose of witnessing the operation of the Act, backed as that testimony was by the fifteen missionaries alluded to by him in his narrative, raised by their sacred character above the reach of suspicion. All concurred in stating that the apprenticeship system, whether viewed as a measure of legislation or of morals, had miserably failed, and had scarcely a redeeming feature about it.— (Loud cries of " Hear," and cheers.) No slave could leave the estate on which he laboured without the risk of imprisonment ; they could not enter into the least hilarity without danger of punishment, nor could any of them complain to the magistrates with the least chance of having justice done to them. Under the lash of their merciless op pressors no distinction of age Or sex was Made.—(Cries of "Shame, shame.") Those of them who had not already perused the nar rative of James Williams, in which many of these atrocities were detailed, should lose no time in doing so. As a specimen, he would mention an act of cruelty inflicted by a magistrate of the name of Raw. linson, placed there to do public justice. This magistrate was on a visit to the master of Williams, and observing one of the female ser vants sulky and insolent as he termed it, he with his own hands hauled her to a dungeon, and taking her sucking babe from her arms, flung it on the ground before her.—(Loud cries of " Shame !") Now, he ap pealed to every parent present, what would be their feelings at having their offspring so served P Did they not shudder at the idea ? and yet 800,000 of their fellow-subjects, many of them fellow-Christians, were exposed to atrocities like this.—(Hear, hear.) If such things were suffered to exist, particularly after the grant of twenty millions of money, and, in addition, a large annual payment for stipendiary magis. trates, it would be a gross breach of the national honour, a disgrace to the country, and a blot—he had almost said an indelible one—upon the British name and history over the whole world.—(Loud cheers.) Joni: TURNER, Esq., seconded the ,resolution, which was as follows : That this meeting, regarding slavery under every form as repugnant to the law of God and the spirit of the British Constitution, destructive alike to the best interests of the master and to the happiness of the slave, is of opinion that every sound principle of religion, policy, and humanity demands its utter and immediate extinction." Mr. G. EDWARDS rose to support the resolution. He thought that the people of England had allowed themselves to be completely duped into the payment of twenty millions of money, for which they had had no equivalent whatever.—(Cheers.) The money had been taken not from the pockets of the rich, but from the pockets of the hard-working men of England, who had generously acquiesced, believing, as they were told, that it would effect the emancipation of the West Indian slaves. To say the very least of it, the Government had displayed the greatest want of foresight in this matter; but he believed it was an atrocious job, got up without regard to the interest of the slave or the bon sur of the country.—(Loud applause.) The money had been given to a set of fiends in human shape, whose just reward would have been something like the treatment they had so long inflicted on their slaves. They had it from Mr. Sturge, that the Act had done more harm than good.--(Hear, hear.) He had read the narrative of Williams. and it appeared that the planters were treating their poor slaves in the most inhuman manner, resolved to get all they could out of their blood and bones during the term of what was termed their apprenticeship, and then turn them out upon society as worthless; and it was for this that Englishmen had been robbed of twenty milliens of money.—(Hear.) The resolution was now put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Joseen STURGE, Esq., rose to move the next resolution, and was re ceived with much cheering. He said—Mention having been made during the evening of Antigua and Bermuda, where the slave eman. cipation had been complete, he would state that he had the opportunity of witnessing the effects which followed instant abolition, and they were of the most satisfactory character. The liberated negroes were most industrious and regular at their work—so much so, that on one estate which he visited, where about one hundred labourers were employed, the amount paid in wages for a month together did not vary 20s. per • week.—(Hear, hear.) On another estate the proprietor had netted, by the system of free labour, the sum of 5,0001., clear of all expenses, in twelve months.—(Hear, bear.) And the Speaker of the House of As sembly had assured him that he believed no man was to be found who would wish to return to the old system.—(Cheers.) The value of pro perty had greatly increased, as an instance of which he mentioned that whilst he was there an estate which under the old system was valued at 4001., was sold for 2,620/. lie had ascertained how the negroes them. selves liked it, for that indeed was his object ; and they all laughed at the idea of going back again under any circumstances.—(Cheers.) He was an early opponent of the apprenticeship system, and of the grant of twenty millions out of the pockets of Englishmen by way of compensa tion as it was called, considering that the negroes had inalienable rights of which no law could justly deprive them, and that uncompensated labour was an injustice which no law could make just.—(Cheers.) They had been grossly cheated and defrauded, for the negro had not got that for which the money had been paid. We are now put to the additional expense of one hundred stipendiary magistrates and a number of troops to keep up this system, and enforce it at the point of the bayonet.— (Shame.) Besides all this, they were subjected to other heavy payments in the shape of bounties and drawbacks, by which the merchant was enabled to export West India refined sugar, for instance, at 4d. per pound, which would cost the consumer in this country 10d. In St. Domingo, where there was free labour, coffee might be had for 425. per cwt., equal to that for which we paid in the slave colonies to the men who have received the twenty millions 925. per cwt. Taking into account this increased tax upon the British public, and coupling it with the cost contingent on the Apprenticeship Act, it had been computed that we were paying a tag of 4,000,0001. per annum.—(Hear.) How far the planters had acted in good faith in carrying into effect the provisions of the Im. perial Act, which Lord Stanley said they would de if we would consent to make the proposed loan of fifteen millions a grant of twenty millions, would be seen by reference to tine Marquis of Sligo's official address to the House of Assembly in February 1836, in which he enumerated a great number of subjects connected with the treatment of the negroes, in direct violation of the Act to which he had expressly called their at tention, but of which they had taken no notice. Among these was the flogging of females, which was still illegally carried on.—(Hear.) No thing in the Imperial Act was more strongly prohibited than: this abo. minable practice of flogging females, yet by an official return he held in his hand of the punishments inflicted upon the apprentices in the 22 months following the operation of the Act it appeared that out of a po pulation of 585,000 there had been 79,000 males and 54,000 females punished with 563,000 lashes, in addition to other inflictions.-- (Shame I.) This was the liberty for which they had paid twenty millions. Mr. Sturge here proceeded to relate some acts of barbarous cruelty committed whilst he was in the Islands, and then adverted to the nar rative of James Williams, which had now become an official document, fora Commission had been ordered to investigate the truth of the states xnents contained in that extraordinary production ; and by the last mail from Jamaica the Report of that Commission had been received, under date of the 21st of October last, and in which th e Commissioners say to the Governor, " In reporting upon the general results o f this ex. t e nded inquiry, it has become their duty to state, that the allegations of James Williams's narrative have received few and inconsiderable contradictions, whilst every material tact has been supported and cor roborated by an almost unbroken chain of convincing testimony."— (Hear, and cheering.) He (Mr. Sturge) had received, by the same mail, a private letter, which assured him, that not only were the state. ments of Williams fully borne out, but that the Commissioners had brought to light many unheard of atrocities. (Mr. Sturge here read some extracts from the narrative of Williams, which produced a great 'sensation in the meeting, and evidently excited feelings of the strongest indignation.) •He then continued—ln a conversation he had with the late Governor of Jamaica, the Marquis of Sligo, he had undestood him to say that he had sent home thirty cases of female flogging ; not knowing, however, whether he was at liberty to state the fact, he had written to the Marquis on the subject, and had recently re ceived his reply, in which he stated that he had sent home certainly above thirty cases of female flogging. In February of the present year be (Mr. Sturge) visited one of the gaols where these horrors were going on, and on inspection of the visiting magistrates' book he found that no magistrate had visited the place fur four months, the last visit being in 1836—(Hear, hear, hear)—and he mentioned as a fact that one of these visiting magistrates was found drunk in the streats.—(Hear and shame.) They might be aware that a deputation of gentlemen deeply interested in the welfare of the negroes had, lately waited on Lord Glenelg, urging upon the Government the necessity of the immediate abolition of the apprenticeship system ; and his Lord. ship had replied in writing that after two years-and-a-half of anxious and minute attention to the details of the subject, he was of opinion that the measure recommended " would have the effect of producing irritation, excitement, and disappointment throughout the West India , co l o nies, and would thereby present a serious obstacle to the success of the constant and unremitting endeavours of her Majesty's Government to secure to tine apprenticed population the enjoyment of the immediate rights to which they are legally entitled." The meeting would see from this that nothing was to be expected from Governm en t un l ess demanded by the people.—(Hear, hear.) Ha must confess that he regretted to see in a speech of Lord Brougham on this subject, a few days ago, that his Lordship stated that there was no doubt matters had been exagge. rated. Now all he could say was, that so far as he (Mr. Sturge) pas concer ned, such was not the fact-- (Loud and repeated cheering) although he knew be had been designated by interest e d part i es, both here and in the colonies, by no very measured epithets. It was his intention to write to Lord Brougham and challenge him to mention a single fact which he (Mr. Sturge) had ex .aggeratecl.—(Loud cheering) His Lordship, too, he thought, was a little misled in citing the increase of exports to the West India colonies since the passing of the Imperial Act as a proof of the physical improve ment of the negroes. Before this was proved, he should submit that it was . incumbent on his Lordship to ascertain whether the additional ex. ports were of articles consumed by the negroes or their masters.—(Loud cries of "hear, hear.") One of his correspondents stated that the gene rat opinion now-prevailing was, that the full emancipation of the slaves could not be protracted, without the greatest danger, beyond 1838 ; and that if it were, he believed that " Liberty or Death !" would be the motto of the negro population.— (Cheers.) There was one part of the :resolution to which he must allude, w here it depreciated the appoint anent cf a Parliamentary Cemmitt ee of Inquiry. Upon the face of it this would appear'as though they were afraid of the truth, which was, how ever, by no means the case. The fact was that these Committees were worse than useless. in the year 1835 one was appointed, some of the Members of which were deeply interested iu the present system ; arid after a long sitting they came to the conclusion, almost as a i i I i I ~~ 1 soli , . :i.1_,,, THE SUN, LON DON, SATITRDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1837. not enough, for they ballotted to see who should be first to dismiss all the single men who had been suffered to remain after the married men had been turned out, and the lot fell on Mr. Pierce, of Crampton court. lie actually did dismiss them; and he thanked God that, In return, he now had it not in his power to act in the same way.—(Loud cheers.) Then they knew that the poor married journeymen would be ;lad to come in at any price, and so they were. One of these unfortu nate beings, from the hardships he endured, die 4 immediately after re gaining some-employment, and an accusation of poisoning him was ins. Inediately got up against the journeymen. —(Hear, hear.) Twelve of the employers engaged in this combination, who had also caused infor mations for the alleged crime to be sworn to by a person named Burke, who was, consequently, lodged in gaol, would have sat upon the inquest but that the accused obtained professional assistance. The inquest was held, and the verdict of " died by the visitation of God" was returned. Whereas if those twelve employers had sat, a verdict of wilful murder would have been the inevitable consequence.— (Hear, hear.) They had heard much of the combination of the jour- neymen ; they had heard nothing of this serious combination of the employers. He then gave a list of eleven Catholic employers who em ployed from 50 to 150 men each from the year 1798 to the year 1814. None of these houses were in being new—(Hear, hear)—and yet there had been no combination among the journeymen.—(Hear, hear!) In their trade the employers could take as many apprentices as they liked. There never was a combination: amongst them. There never was vio. 'encnce amongst them.—(Hear, hear.) After a few further observations Mr, Gauly concluded. The resolution was then put from the chair, and carried unani. mously. Mr. Davis moved the next resolution, which declared that the trades. men of Dublin had read with deep regret a speech delivered by Mr. O'Connell at a meeting of the Trades Union on the 6th of November, in which he stated that combination forces the muter to give the im perfect artizan the same wages as the industrious one. They denied this assertion, and asserted without fear of contradiction, thal there was no combination for the purpose of violence among the regular tradesmen of Dublin. Mr. MURRAY seconded the resolution,which was passed unanimously. Mr. CNA ALES Gist& proposed the sixth resolution. Mr. RICHARDSON geconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. M`Ms.xus moved a resolution, reprobating the late outrages in Dublin. The resolution was seconded by Mr. DAVIS, and was carried unan mously. Mr. Cassnou., chandler, moved a resolution, disclaiming on the part of the tradesmen any connection with illegal combination. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Harms, and carried. Mr. Dot LE, house-painter, proposed the ninth resolution. Mr. FINDL&Y, copper-plate printer, rose to second it. He said that one of the great complaints made against trademen was that, owing to the combination amongst them, work was sent out of the country. It was the duty of those who asserted this to show that trade went to those places where no combination existed. Why did not Mr. O'Connell do this ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) There was no combination amongst the copper-plate printers, and yet those who had work in that way sent it out of the country- There was not one of the banks, with the ex ception of Ball and Co., who did not get their copper-plate engraving and printing done out of the country. A voice in the crowd—Sure the engraving of O'Connell's own bank, which he patronised and recommended, is not done out of the country ? The speaker replied that all was done in England (cries of " shame, shame ; sure it is not possible that those who are draining so much out of the country in the shape of profits, which go into the pockets of Englishmen, don't:leave even that much amongst Irishmen.") The speaker continued by saying that even the price of engraving and print.. ing the bank notes was not given as a return to Irishmen—they were all done at tie house of Perkins and Heath, in London.—(Hear, hear.) [A resolution was then passed for inserting their resolutions in several I. ish papers, and the True Sun, which they did not seem to be aware, had merged into your Journal.] CHRONOLOGY FOR THE YEAR 1837. JANUARY. 1. A fall of snow attended with frost, added to the great quantity that fell in the preceding week, which obstructed travelling. —. The Thames steamer, belonging to the Steam-Towing Company, took fire on the river in the morning, and to prevent the flames from destroying the whole of the vessel; she was scuttled ar,d sunk in shallow water. —. An awful earthquake at Palestine destroyed a great number of houses, and 3,000 persons perished. 2. A fire broke out in a house, No. 4, Chapel-street, May fair, which consumed the same, and unfortunately a servant girl aged 15 was burnt to death. —. An account from Spain announced the relief of Bilboa by Espartero. Some British marines and seamen assisted in forcing the Carlists to raise the siege, who left behind them in the works 25 pieces of cannon. Espartero entered Bilboa on Christmas.day. 3. One hundred pounds reward offered besides his Majesty's free pardon, and fifty pounds by the churchwardens and over seers of Paddington, to any person who would discover an d cause to be apprehended any person concerned in the murder of a female, name unknown, whose mangled remains were found on the 28th of December, at Paddington, about a mile from Oxford-street. 5. According to the official accounts of the revenue, there has been an increase on the year amounting to 2,576,9571., and on the quarter 16,2311. Great Reform meeting at Bath, and one also at Glasgow. 7. The kead of a woman found in the Regent's Canal, Mile-end, supposed to belong to the body of a female, whose mangled remains were found at Paddington, without the legs, on the 28th of last month. 8. The Mexico, from Liverpool, lost off New York, with 104 passengers on board, and all perished. 11. Installation of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Rector of Glas gow University. 13. Grand banquet given to Sir Robert Peel by the Uni versity of Glasgow. 16. Reform dinner at Birmingham. 17, A dense fog enveloped the metropolis at mid-day, during which it was as dark as the darkest night. In the City the street lamps were lighted for the safety of the passengers. 18. A West Kent Conservative dinner at Maidstone. Great Reform dinner at Leeds. 23. Great Middlesex Reform dinner given to Messrs. Bing and Hume in Drury-lane Theatre, Lord Russell in the Chair, at which there were nearly 2,000 persons present. 26. Great Protestant meeting in Dublin. 31. The Session of Parliament opened by Commission, and an Address voted to his Majesty, in answer to his Speech, in both Houses, without any amendment. The mortality this month, occasioned by an epidemic com plaint called the Influenza (from the effects of which few per sons escaped), was dreadful. The physicians and other me dical persons were much harrassed, finding it difficult to attend their patients. The undertakers could scarcely supply the demand for coffins, and one Sunday it was computed five hundred persons were interred within the bills of mortality in London and Westminster, including the parishes of Mary. lebone and St. Pancras. The epidemic raged also with grea violence on the Continent. FEBRUARY. 2. The legs of the murdered woman discovered at Padding on, found in a field near Cold-harbour-lane, Camberwell. 6. The Attorney-General brought in the Debtors and Cre ditors Bill, which was read a first time. The Royal Palace at Naples destroyed by fire. 7. Lord John Russell introduced the Irish Municipal Cor poration Bill in the House of Commons. The ex-King of Sweden, Gustayas, died at St. Gall. 10. A man, of the name of John Bryant, cut his son's throat, aged eleven years, with a razor, and that of his own, in his hectshaminw In a house in Buckingham-street, Sttend. -- the Wei of Lord de Roos, v. Cumming, far an allege(' libel, came on in the Ring's Bench, and after hearing several witnesses, was adjourned. 11. The adjourned trial resumed in the action De Roos v. Cumming. After a long investigation the Jury found for the de fendant. 14. The Report of the Committee on the Poor-laws Bill for Ireland agreed to, and the Bill brought into the House of Commons by Lord John Russell. 17. The Irish Corporation Bill read a second time without any discussion, and ordered to be committed on the 20th inst. 22. The House, after a long debate on the Irish Corpora tion Bill, divided on the motion for going into a Committee. Ayes, 328; noes, 242—majority, 86. M ARCH. 1. His Majesty came to town from Windsor, and held his first Levee this year at St. James's Palace. 3. Mr. Spring Rice, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pur suant to notice, proposed a resolution in a Committee of the whole House for substituting a plan for repairing of churches, without haring recourse to the Church -rates. After a long debate, the Chairman, Mr. r Dernal, reported progress, and it was ordered that the subject be resumed on the 10th. 5. St. James's-church, Westminster, after having been sh u t for some m o nth s , t o un d ergo a thorough repair in the interior, was re-opened. 6. Margaret Newman, aged 40, and Julia St. Clair New man, aged 19, both respectably allied, and having ample means, were convicted at the Old Bailey for various thefts, on two indictments, and sentenced to seven years' transporta tion on each, making 14 years. —. Mr. Grote brought forward his annual motion in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to elect Mem bers to serve in the Commons' House of Parliament by Ballot. On the question being put, after a long debate, the motion was rejected by a majority of 112, the ayes being 153, noes, 265. 10 and 11. General Evans defeated the Carlists on the heights of Hernani. 15. The Anglo-Spanish Army, under General Evans, de feated by the Carlists at Hernani. 16. General Evans compelled to retreat on St. Sebastian. 21. The premises of Mr. Spottiswoode, the printer, New street-square, Fleet-street, injured bX fire, and much property consumed. 22. The King held a Levee. —. A meeting at the British Coffee-house, Cockspar street, of Westminster electors, Mr. Fearon in the chair, passed resolutions disapproving of the political conduct of their representative,Sir Francis Burdett. 26. James Greenacre and Sarah Gale apprehended for the murder of Hannah Brown. 27. Mrs. Fitzherbert died at Brighton, aged 81. —. Mr. Vance, surgeon, Sackville-street, died from a fracture received in falling down stairs, after ♦isiting a patient. —. James Greenacre accused of the murder of Hannah Brown, whose mutilated remains were found near Paddington, being taken to Marylebone police-office, and remanded, at tempted to cut his throat in prison. 30. Mr. Campbell, an actor, shot dead through accident, while performing on the stage at Manchester. 31. The Mechanics' Institution at Liverpool destroyed by fire. APRIL. 3. This being the day appointed for the meeting of Parlia ment after the recess, the House of Commons adjourned at 4 o'clock, there not being sufficient Members present to consti tute a House. 4. Thomas Greensmith, living at Old Basford, near Not tingham, strangled four of his children, fearful that they should come to want. i. J. Greenacre and Sarah Gale charged with the murder of Hannah Brown; committed to Newgate. - The official account of the revenue for the quarter just ended, states the increase for the year to be 2,288,9291, the &arenas, in the quarter, 60,4091. 0. The seserable Bishop of Norwieh died. aged 93. At the Norwich Assizes John Smith, alias Day, John Varnham and George Timms (all abcut 26 years of age) were found guilty of the murder of Hannah Mansfield, on the first of January last, and received sentence of death. 7. In the House cf Commons, Major Pancourt moved for a Committee to inquire into the question of flogging in the army: The motion was rejected. Ayes, 72 ; noes, 167. majority, 95. 10. An extraordinary and heavy fall of snow. _ Lady dc Lisle, eldest daughter of his Majesty, died at Kensington Palace. 11. The House of Commons divided on the third reading of the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, which was opposed by Sir Robert Peel. Ayes, 302 ; against, 247 ; majority for Ministers, 55. 12. Greenacre found guilty of the murder of Hannah Brown, and Sarah Gale, for being an accessary after the fact, was found guilty. 13. James Greenacre sentenced to be hanged, and Sarah Gale to be transported for life. 24. Meeting of the electors of Westminster in Covent-gar den, to take into consideration the conduct of their represen tatives. The conduct of Sir Francis Burdett in not attending his duty in the House of Commons being disapproved, a reso tion was passed, that Mr. Leader, M. P. for Bridgewater, was a fit and proper person to represent Westminster in Parliament. 27. Sir Francis Burdett in a letter to the electors of West minster states his intention of resigning his seat, but would again offer himself a candidate for that City. MAY. 2. James Greenacre executed in the Old Bailey, in the pre sence of an immense number of spectators. 3. Sir George Sinclair moved for a new writ for a Member to serve in Parliament in the room of Sir Francis Burdett, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. 5. Lord Melbourne, in the House of Lords, moved that the Irish Corporation Bill be committed, to which the Duke of Wellington moved an Amendment that it should be postponed to the 9th June. After a lengthened debate the Amendment was carried by a majority of 77. 10. Nomination of candidates for Westminster, Sir F. Bur dett, Bart., and John Temple Leader, Esq., proposed. 11. he Westminster Election concluded. Sir Francis Burdett, 3,567 ; Mr. Leader, 3,052. Majority for Sir Fran cis, 515. The Coroner's inquest on Eliza Davis brought in a ver dict of " Malicious and wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Gen. Espartero having arrived on the 9th at St. Sebas tian, reviewed the troops on tle 11th. 12. The numbers officially announced at the hustings, Co vent-garden, of the votes and for whom given at the West minster Election, when Sir F. Burdett was declared by the High Sheriff Ely elected. 15. The " Monster, or Nassau Balloon" ascended the first time this season from Vauxhall gardens, with Mr. C. Green, Capt. Polhill, and four others, and landed at florley, in Sus sex, having travelled 25 miles in 23 minutes. 16. Bridgewater election ended. Mr. Broadwood, 279 ; Mr. Sheridan, 221 ; majority, 53. 17. General Evans captured Irun, The women suffered to depart, but, in despite of General Evans, the victors gave no quarter to the garrison, natural consequence, that the apprenticeship law ought not to be dib turbed.—(Hear, and laughter.) After some further remarks on this subject, Mr. Sturge concluded by calling upon the people in this country everywhere to exert themselves on this great and important question, assured if they did so the hydra-headed monster of slavery would soon cease to exist. He sat down amid loud applause, having first read the following resolution, which he moved :—" That this meeting, fully persuaded that the apprenticeship system now in operation in the British colonies has only changed the name of slavery, and that the Imperial Act by which that system was introduced has, notwithstanding the grant of 20,000,0004, entirely failed to accomplish its pro fessed object, asserts the right of the British Parliament to abolish the apprenticeship system without delay. And this meeting, con vinced, by the examples of Antigua and Bermuda, that slavery may at once be extinguished, not only without detriment, but with great ad vantage to the colonies, and fearing that the slaves may, under their accumulated wrongs, in some respects more aggravated than formerly, be goaded into desperation, deprecates the appointment of a Parlia mentary 'Committee of Inquiry as only calculated to defeat the ends of justice, hazard the peace of the colonies, and prolong the misery of the n egro." The Rev. Mr. BANKS, a Wesleyan minister, recently returned from the West Indies, seconded the resolution. He had been in the West Indies ten or eleven years, and had seen much of the horrors of slavery. He had narrowly watched the progress of the Imperial Act. When it first passed, some members of the Legislature of Antigua, conceiving it would only prove a burden to the colony, proposed to give the slaves in that island their entire freedom.—(Cheers.) He was in the island on the day that entire freedom was proclaimed, and it was quite impossible for him to describe the intense joy and gratitude felt and expressed by the poor slaves on that occasion. The fears of some persons were greatly excited for the result of that day, though most unnecessarily so, for there was not a single outrage or breach of the peace throughout the island. When exhorted to be peaceable, their simple reply was, there need be no fear, for surely, as they did not riot when slaves, they would not be so foolish as to do so when freemen.—(Loud cheers.) A slave who had by some means obtained his freedom some years previous, and who had left the island, and during his absence learned the art of printing, returned just before this time, with some property, and com menced a newspaper, of which he was both proprietor and editor. He was, however, brought to the very verge of ruin in consequence of his advoCacy of entire emancipation, and, 'at the recommendation of his friends, was induced to apply through him (Mr. Banks) to the Governor, for the office of superintendent of police. At first his Excellency could scarcely be brought to listen to the subject ; but at length, very much to the surprise of the white population, he appointed him to the office, and hastily swore him in, fearing there would be a great opposi tion and outcry against the appointment, and declaring it was the most desperate act he ever committed. He proved, however, a most invalu able officer. They had no doubt heard of the disturbances at St. Kitts. His Excellency, on hearing of the outbreak, went to the island, accom panied by the man of whom he spoke, and who almost unaided put an end to the disturbances.—(Cheers.) The fact was, he had so largely the confidence of the negroes that a word from him was of snore effect than a volley from the militia.—(Laughter and applause.) He con cluded by heartily seconding the resolution which was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. T. M. 111`Dos:gett moved, and the Rev. Trios MORGAN seconded the third resolution, which was as follows :—" That this meeting cannot resist the deep and very painful conviction that her Majesty's Ministers, and especially those connected with the Colonial Department,on whom devolved the task of securing the impartial fulfil. ment of the contract between the British people and the planters, have suffered the provisions of the Abolition Act, imperfect as they were, to be flagrantly violated, by sanctioning colonial laws and oppressive acts wholly at variance with such provisions, and by discharging the claims of the planters upon the compensation fund without securing the stipu lated consideration from them—thus adding to the wrongs of the slaves and pillaging the British nation." G. THOMPSON, Esq., supported the resolution. He was received with loud and long continued applause. They were assembled that night in the cause of liberty, and he who advocated liberty any where, advo. cated it every where.—(Cheers.) There must, however, be division of labour in matters of this kind. But if he was ever ready to drop the tear of sympathy for the accumulated and aggravated wrongs of the black man in our West India Islands, be:was not the less incapacitated to pour out his soul in behalf of the misery and wretchedness which met him in his own streets.—(lmmense cheering.) To slavery, wherever it cursed the soil, wherever it crushed the noble and free spirit of man, he was the determined foe.—(Cheers.) He liked the cry of "Justice!" To-day let them shout " Justice for Ireland!" to-morrow " Justice for the West Indies!" and let them strive which could shout loudest, and first make them hear in Downing-street.--(Cheers.) Mr. Thompson concluded a brilliant harangue, by a touching appeal to the women of England to ezert their influence with woman (the Queen) for woman. The cheering was continued for a considerable period after Mr. Thorp. son had resumed his seat. The motion was then put by the CHAIRMAN to the meeting, and carried amid loud applause. The remaining resolutions were moved and seconded in rapid sue. cession by the Low Bailiff; the Rev. J. A. James, Rev. T. M. M`Don nell, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Greene, &c., &c. A petition to both Houses of Parliament, and a memorial to the Queen, founded on the resolutions, were agreed to ; and Messrs. Att wood and Scolefield, the Memb , rs for the borough, who were upon the platform, severally pledged themselves to give to the cause every support in their power. The meeting did not break up until nearly 11 o'clock, IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MR. O'CONNELL ♦ND THE TRADES. DUBLIN, DEC. 27. A meeting of the Trades' Association of Dublin took place yester day tor the purpose of rebutting the charges brought against them by Mr. O'Connell and others, of having illegally combined to forward the interests of their body. The Chair was taken by Mr. P. O'Batax, a house-carpenter. Mr. O'Connell had been invited to attend, but from a sudden though slight indisposition, he was unable to be present. _ The CHAIRMAN said they did not meet to abuse Mr. O'Connell, but to set themsalves right with the public. They had once been among his truest and most attached friends ; but they could not promise to be so any longer, when they found their rights disregarded, their sufforings treated with scorn, and their support bartered like the injuries of the children of Manchester. He implored the meeting to be peaceable and attentive, for any riot or disturbance would only injure their good cause. Mr. FRENCH moved the first resolution, which declared that the proceedings would be conducted in an orderly manner, and that no in terruptions would be allowed. Mr. Watsii seconded the resolution, which passed with one dissen.. tient voice. Mr. ruosea then came forward, and said he had never before ad dressed a public meeting, but he thought every man with a heart in his breast should come forward to vindicate their body from the calumnies which had been uttered against it. by Mr. O'Connell. They all recol lected that Mr. O'Conne:l had publicly declared that the streets of the city had been dyed with the blood of their victims, and if they per mitted such a statement to remain uncontradicts d they would deserve to be considered a lawless band of ruffians, such as they had been repre. sented.—(Hear, and cheers.) There were, he was sorry to say, many employers in Dublin, who had made that speech the pretence of cutting down the wages of their workmen.—(Hear.) It was, then, their plain and positive duty to contradict the misrepresentation, Mr. Thorpe concluded by moving the second resolution. Mr. FITZPATRICK said that the tradesmen of Dublin had given a tone to Ireland Favourable to the administration of Lord Mulgrave, such be ing considered the proper policy by the leaders of the liberal party. It was the tradesmen, too, who had carried the elections. The CHAIRMAN said their proceedings were totally unnconnected with politics, and he would not sit in the chair if they were introduced. Mr. FITZPATRICK then concluded by seconding the resolution, which passed unanimously. Mr. CARROLL moved the next resolution. Mr. CARROLL, after moving the resolution, said that but nice trades had met Mr. O'Connell in Committee; whereas there were twenty-one trades present at that meeting,—(Hear, hear.) That demonstrated the true feelings of the body. Mr. CAVANAGH, in seconding the resolution, said—We have assem bled here to.day for the purpose of upholding the rights of the working classes, who are really the persons that support the nation and pay the taxes.--(Hear.) Wedid not come here to listen to eloquent speeches ; but I am prepared with a few facts that have reference to this resolu tion.—(Hear.) I declare that the charges made against us, so far as the trade with which I am connected is concerned, are false and un. founded, and I would not associate with any man that I knew to be concerned in the outrages that have been committed. I now declare for myself, and I am authorised to declare on behalf of the trade of st Well I am a member, that we would not identify ourselves with the proceedings of such persons.—(Hear.) We deny in the most positive terms the charges Preferred against us by Mr. O'Connell's anonymous informer ; and, in the next place, we declare that we are ready to meet Mr. O'Connell and the employers hand to hand, and foot to foot; and let us see if any respectable employer will come before us and denounce us. I know a gentleman who is 36 years an employer in the city of Dublin, and who ranks as a gentleman, and he declared his readiness to state before a Committee of the House of Commons, that the conduct of the tradesmen in his employment was proper on all oc. casions, and worthy of example.—(Hear, hear.) It is not to abuse Mr. O'Connell that we came here to-day—that is not our object. but we wish to disabuse the pubic mind. Mr. Cavanagh concluded by se conoing the resolution. The Resolution was put from the Chair and passed unanimously. Mr. M'Doivacm, after making some observations on O'Connell's speech, said he would read to the meeting Mr. O'Connell's opinion on combination delivered in writing in 1824, and they would judge whe ther or not he was consistent. It was given on the occasion of a turn out among the coachmakers :—" I have read with attention the diffe rent documents laid before me, and am of opinion that there is nothing illegal jn the intended publication of the que. rists, As the law now stands, tradesmen are allowed to combine, iu order to raise the price of labour, and nothing can be more just than that they should be so allowed. Labour is, in fact, the most sacred of all property, as it is the only property of the poor man. And the la bourer of every class has just, the same right to set his own price on his labour as a merchant has, to set a pri ce u p on hi s goo d s, or th e landed proprietor to .et a price upon his farms. But none of these persons have a right to compel others to deal with them for any of these articles, and accordingly it continues perfectly illegal to use any force, or violence, or any threats or menaces to compel any persons to employ any body or to put any person out of employment. " I have stated these general principles of the present law for the government and protection of the querists. But the only principle upon which my opinion is required, is the legality or illegality of their intended publications. And lam of opinion that these publications are perfectly legal. " DANIEL O'CONNELL. " Merrion-square, 15th Dec. 1824." This was Mr. O'Connell's written opinion, and what had induced Mtn to alter it he (Mr. 141`Denagh) could not conceive. The tradesmen had supported him (Mr. O'Connell) through nine years of agitation, during which time trade had not only not improved, hut it had been actually falling away and decreasing every day. —(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the next resolution. Mr. GANLY, a tailor, came forward to second the resolution. He said they had been accused of combination, and it had been asserted that they drove trade out of the city. This, on the part of hik trade, he t , o a tallyd e en nt ied erel , theentered rntoornin c jou b rne a y t m io e n. journeymen tailors, lnl794 from jn l u 79 rn 4etynien h o the present i os sent .a day had not week fixed as their wages by Parliament, and an employer who would give more was made liable to a fine of 1001., one half of which would be given to the informer. From 1800 to 1803 the masters, not withstanding this law, were necessitated—and they did it solely of their own accord —to raise the wages from 18s. to 1/. a week. In 1811 the price of provisions became so high, that the journeymen agreed to de. mand 1/. 6s. a week, and some generous employers were found who acceded to the demand; but another portion totally disregarded their claims, and offered a reward to any man who would prove that any em ployer gave his men more ihan 3s. a day. A man named Bowles came forward and proved that Mr. Jessop, of Exchequer-street, gave his men 45. 4d. a day ; and he was tined 1001. The men who offered this reward did not stop there; they formed themselves into a combination, and sub scribed large sumas, and the first resolution that they adopted was, that in the commencement of the vacation—which then was after Donny brook fair, though in the present time it was in July—they would turn out from their employment all the married men. The resolution was proposed by Cornelius Carr and seconded by M. Candy The one was then begging in London, and the other in Dublin without a home to shelter himself.—(Hear.), They were not content with acting up to the spirit of this resolution; they sent circulars through the whole country, and encouraged every runaway apprentice to come from their poor employers on the promise of being engaged in Dublin. This was 22. The debate on the Church -rates Bill adjourned at half prst one o'clock in the morning. 23. The House of Commons divided on receiving the Re port on the Church -rates Bill ; ayes, 287 ; noes, 282 ; ma i, rity for Ministers, 5. The announcement was received with cheers from the Opposition. The House adjourned to Thurs • day, Wednesday being the birthday of the Princess Victoria. 24. The coming of age of the Princess Victoria, celebrated throughout the country. 25. The Derby Stakes at Epsom won by Lord Berner's Phosphorus, ridden by G. Edwards; Lord Suffield's Caravan second, ridden by Pavis. The favourites disappointed all their backers. 26. Lord John Russell stated in the House of Commons that a Royal Proclamation would be appointed to inquire into the church-rates, and report thereon to the House on the subject. —. The Oaks Stakes at Epsom, won by Mr. Howlett's f. out of Miss Fanny. Mr. Davis's b. f. 2; Lord Exeter's b. f. 3, by Phaeton. —. Glasgow election: for Mr. Denistown, 3,050 ; Mr. Mon teith, 2,292; majority for the Liberal candidate, 758. 27. Three children murdered by their mother, Mrs. Colley, at Fenton, Staffordshire. —. Pitt's Dinner. 30. The Duke of Orleans married at Fontainbleau to He lena, Princess of Mecklenburg Schwerin. JUNE. 1. The Grand Junction Railroad between Birmingham and Liverpool opened. 2. Hippodrome race-course opened at Bayswater. 7. The boiler of the Union, Gainsborough steam-packet, exploded at Hull, 19 persons killed; 10 escaped being killed, but were seriously injured, some of them having had their limbs dislocated. 8. Unfavourable accounts received from Windsor of the state of his Majesty's health. James Johnson, a labourer, who resided within a few miles of Birmingham, murdered two of his children, and af terwards strangled himself in a fit of insanity. 9. A bulletin issued - at Windsor of the state of the King's health, who suffered from an affection of the chest ; and a difficulty of breathing ; but his Majesty was able to transact business. 10. A notice from the Lord Chamberlain's Office announced that the levee and drawing-room, intended to have been held this week, were postponed. 11. The bulletin states that his Majesty passed a tolerable night, and was rather better. Mr. Clune's houses, Nos. 17 and 18, silversmith and pawnbroker in Liquorporid-street, burnt down, and property to a large amount destroyed. 12. Bulletin of his Majesty's health states, " the King's dis ease continues the same, but his Majesty has acquired some strength, and continues to conduct public busines." Signed H. Halford, M. Tierney, W. H. Chambers, and D. Davis. 13. Bulletin.—His Majesty has had a good night, and con tinues in all respects the same as yesterday. —. General Evans arrived in Paris from Spain. 14. Bulletin.—Th e Kin, has passed another good night, and his Majesty appears rerreshed this morning. 14. A Metropolitan Conservative Festival. There was a large meeting and much confusion. 16. The following bulletin, signed by all the Physicians, issued :—" The King has had a good night. His Majesty is feeble, but his attention to business scarcely interrupted." 17. The King's Physicians' report states, " that the symp toms of his Majesty's health had undergone no material change." 18. Bulletin His Majesty's complaint is not worse, but his Majesty is more feeble." Prayers offered up in the churches before the Litany for his Majesty. 19. Bulletin :—" His Majesty continues very feeble, not withstanding he had some sleep in the night." The anniversary fete, in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo, celebrated at Apsley House, falling on a Sunday, celebrated-this day. 20. His Majesty William IV. expired at Windsor Castle at twelve minutes to two o'clock in the morning, in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Hereford, &c. A Council assembled at St. James's Palace, at which Queen Alexandrine Victoria was proclaimed, who presided at the Council. 21. Her Majesty Queen Victoria proclaimed with the cus tomary ceremony in Westminster and the City of London. 24. A public mourning commenced for his late Majesty this day. 30. The first Royal Assent of Queen Victoria, given by Commission, to the Bi r th s , M arr i ages , an d Deaths Bill, and several other Bills, in the House of Lords. The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward the Budget in the House of Commons, when it appeared that the balance of expenditure over the income was 608,5851. JULY. 1. A fire broke out in the firework tower in Vauxhall-gar dens, which it burnt to the ground, and destroyed 14 or 15 trees, which were burnt to their roots, and as many more injured. 2. The Lord Chancellor introduced in the House of Lords a Regency Bill, to provide for carrying on the Government, in case of a demise of the Crown, the heir-apparent (the King of Hanover) being in another country. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time. 5. Official statement published of the Revenue, from which it appeared that the increase on the year was 116,926/. ; the decrease on the quarter 865,3551. S. The remains of William IV. deposited in the Royal vault, St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 10. The Reform in Parliament Amendment Bill rejected in the House of Lotds--for, 36; against, 74. 13. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent removed from Kensington Palace to the New Palace, St. James's Park. 14. Her Majesty held a chapter of the Order of the Garter, at which Prince Leiningen was invested with the insignia of the Order. Her Majesty wore the mantle, collar, and star of the Order. 17. Her Majesty went in state to the House of Peers, and prorogued Parliament to the 10th of August. An extraordinary Gazette published, containing a pro clamation from the Queen announcing the dissolution of Par. liament. 18. The re-dppointment of Ministers by the Queen officially announced in the Gazette. 19. The Queen held her first Levee at St. James's-palace, which was very numerously attended. 21. Letters patent granted to T. W. Coke, Esq., of Holk ham, Norfolk, creating him Viscount Coke and Earl of Lei cester, of the United Kingdom. 22. Nomination of candidates for the City of London. —. In the borough of Southwark, Mr. Humphrey and Mr. D. W. Harvey were put in nomination, and also Mr. Richards, a late M. P. 24. Close of the City of London election. Wood, 6,517; Crawford, 6,071; Pattison, 6,070; Grote, 5,879; Palmer, 5,873. —. Southwark election. Humphery, 1,929 ; D. W. Harvey, 1,903 ; Richards, 840. _ _ —. Mr. Cocking, an artist, in attempting to descend with a parachute detached from Mr. Green's balloon, from mis management, fell with the parachute, near Lee Green, a short distance from Bromley, and died a short time after from the effects of his injuries. —. In the tower Hamlets no opposition to the late Mem bers, Mr. W. Clay and Dr. Lushington. 25. Marylebone election : close of the poll—Hall, 3,512 ; Whalley, 3,360 ; Lord Teignmouth, 2,862 ; Young, 764; Sir W. Horne, 662. —. Finsbury close of the poll : Wakley, 4,957 ; Dun combo, 4,895; Perceval, 2,470. —. Lambeth, close of the poll : Hawes, 2,934; D'Eyn court, 2,811 ; Baldwin, 1,694. —. Greenwich, final close : Attwood, 1,353 ; Barnard, 1,192; Napier, 1,153. 26. Westminster election, close of the poll : Leader, 3,793 : Evans, 3,715; Sir G. Murray, 2,620. —. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K. G., ap pointed by the Queen, Captain-General and Colonel of the Artidery Company. 27. Mr. Leader and Colonel Evans chaired round Covent pa-den and through several streets of Westminster. 28. A rush of water into Mr. Curwen Washington's mine in Cumberland caused the death of twenty-five men and two boys and twenty-eight horses. 31. Meeting of Middlesex freeholders at Brentford, being the day of th nomination of candidates to represent the county. The show of hands were declared to be in favour of Messrs. Wood and Pownall, on which a poll was demanded on the part of Messrs. Byng and Hume. - AUG UST. 2. The Queen gave a grand entertainment to several per sons of distinction at the new Palace. 3. Middlesex election. First day's poll—llyng, 3,V4 ; Home, 3,394; Wood, 3,620 ; Pownall, 3,437 ; t h e preceding statement not official. 4. Final close of the poll of the Middlesex election. Byng, 4,796 ; Wood, 4,582 ; Hume, 4,380 ; Pownall, 4,273 ; as officially announced. G. The Duchess of St. Alban's expired at her hduse, Strat ton-street, Piccadilly. 7. The final state of the poll declared officially by the Sheriff, at Brentford, after which Messrs. Byng, Wood, and Home, addressed the electors. According to the official returns of the East Cumber land election which excited so much interest throughout the country, the numbers declared hy the Sheriff, were as follow : for Major Aglionby, 2,294 ; for W. James, Esq., 2,124; for Sir James Graham, 1,605 ; consequently the two former (Re formers) were returned. 16. The Medway steamer took fire between Greenhithe and North-fleet, but from the prompt arrangements made the passengers all escaped without injury, except a Mr. Maurer, a German, and a young woman, who were drowned. 21 The water of the river made an irruption into the Thames Tunnel, but the fissure was so small, that the workmen retired without difficulty or danger. 24. A person named Courtney descended by a rope from the top to the bottom of Dover Cliff. 26. Ruislip, near Uxbridge visited by an awful lightning and thunder storm, which severely scorched Mrs. Bagnall and two children, and killed two young men. 26. The King and Queen of Belgium arrived at Windsor Castle on a visit to the Queen and the Duchess of Kent. SEPTEMBER. 4. The President of the United States delivered a Mes sage to Congress on the opening of the Seision, —. The Monarch Steam-vessel from Leith, burthen 1,200 tons, run down the Apollo steamer, it being dark. 5. Count Borowlaski, the celebrated Polish dwarf, died in his 98th year, at his cottage near Durham. 8. In consequence of a collision between two carriages on the Manchester and Birmingham Railroad, a female and child were killed, and several other persons severely wounded. 11. Parliament prorogued by Commission in the House of Lords to Monday, Oct. 2d. 15. A fire in t'-.e Strand, opposite Agar-street, by %hi: h two houses were destroyed, near Mr. Bevvley's, whose house was much injured in the rear, towards Off-Alley, aid Mr. Har ris unfortunately lost his life. 19. A grand dinner given to Sir F. Burdett by the Tories at Devizes. 22. The official notice published in the Gazette that Par liament would meet for the despatch of business on Wcdnesday the 15th of November. 27. The Coroner's Inquest on the body of a female drowned on the sinking of the Apollo, gave a verdict of a deodand of 500/. against the Monarch for running down the Apollo. 29. Alderman Cowan was unanimously chosen Lord Mayor for the year ensuing of the city of London. _ _ _ • OCTOBER. 2. Parliament prorogued by the Lord Chancellor, and the Commissioners appointed by her Majesty's Commission, in the House of Lords, to the 15th of November, then to meet for dispatch of business. 4. The Governor, John APDing, of the workhouse, Prest wich, murdered by a pauper named Joseph Donnery. 9. The steam-packet Thorne, from New York to Charles ton, sprung a leak, and foundered, by which ninety-fe pas sengersand others lost their lives. 13. Constantina takPn by tiie — French army in Africa by assault. The French General, Damremont, Go►ernor-Ge neral of the French possessions in Africa, killed. 31. General Association in Ireland dissolved on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, on th ,, ground that the meeting had every reliance that her Majesty's Government would do justice to Ireland. NOVEMBER. 1. The Albion schooner burned in Plymouth Sound ; the Captain's wife and child lost their lives while endeavouring to escape. _ _ 9. Her Majesty Queen Victoria honoured the Lord Mayor's Civic Banquet with her presence, attended by a grand pro cession from the New Palace to Guildhall, and was met at Temple-bar by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., who accom panied her Majesty to the Hall. At night the streets in the line through which the Queen passed were splendidly illu minated. The Queen was everywhere received with enthu siasm, and every mark of loyalty and respect. —. Election of Mayors and Aldermen of boroughs under the Municipal Corporation Act. 14. The Mercury, Gravesend steatner, run down a collier boat, by which unfortunate accident three lives were lost in Blackwall reach. —. Iriarte and others shot for being concerned in the in surrection at Pampeluna, when General Saarsfield was shot by the party. 15. The first Session of the first Parliament in the reign of Queen Victoria commenced. The Right Honourable James Abercromby re-elected Speaker without opposition. IS. Captain Goode, formerly of the 10th foot, put on his trial in the Queen's Bench, for insulting her Majesty, when the Jury returned a verdict, that he was of unsound mind. During the proceedings he repeatedly declared that he was John the Second, King of England. 20. The Queen went in State to the House of Lords, and and opened the Session of Parliament with a Speech from the Throne. In the House of Lords the Address was moved by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and seconded by Lord Portman, and unanimously carried without any amend ment. In the Commons an amendment was moved by Mr. Wakley, which was negatived by a large majority, the number for the amendment being 20; against, 509. 23. In the House of Commons the subject of the Civil List was brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who moved that certain papers relating thereto should be referred to a Select Committee of twenty-one members, which motion was agreed to. DINNER TO THE MEMBERS FOR DUBLIN. The Members for the City of Dublin, O'Connell and Hutton, and the Members of the County, Brabazon and Evans, arelto be entertained at a public dinner on the I I th of January, at the Theatre Royal, Holmsland ►treet. ♦N IRISII CORPORATOR, Alderman Archer, a Dublin Corporator, a few days ago brought a case of assault against a car.driver, but on investigation it was found that the Orange Alderman was the real assailant, and he was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, or to pay a fine of 11. and 11. costs. Yuu must recollect this person is a Magistrate of this city. GENERAL BROWNE. It is elated in some of the Dublin papers, that Gevoral Brov►ne, CM Commander of the Canadians, is a native of Dublin, vflus: festsserly edited a Sunday paper called the " Comet" and principal writer of a hu mourous and satrical attack on the Established Church, called the "Parson's Horn Book." He was expatriated for a free expression, in his journal, of his political opinions. TROOPS FOR CANADA. Orders have been issued to add to the strength of every regi ment stationed in the Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Bruns wick, 1 captain, 1 subaltern, and 100 rank and file, with a pro tionate number of non-commissioned officers ; and her Ma jesty's ships Hastings, Pique, and Inconstant have, we under stand, ° received instructions to immediately proceed to Cork, there to embark for Halifax the above-mentioned draughts, as also the service companies of the 93d Highlanders. It is also confidently rumoured that a brigade of Guards, and the 23d and 71st Regiments, are to be sent out to Canada in the spring, so as to increase our present strength by upwards of .5,000 men. All officers of regiments stationed there, who may be at pre sent on leave, have received orders to join without delay. A number of half-pay officers, of various ranks, have also re ceived orders to proceed immediately to Canada, for the pur pose of being attached to the different militia regiments, to assist in improving their discipline, &c. Many embark,by the next packet. SALE OF LONDON NEWSPAPERS NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 28.—At the Annual Sale of Papers in the Exchange Rooms to-day, The Sun fetched the highest price, on delivery the second day, as will be seen by the following statement:— The Sun £2 15 per Annum Globe Standard 2 2 Courier 2 0 ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Mr. Thomas Reeves, who must be known to many of our readers who visited the Isle of Wight last summer, as having opened an Inn on the top of Black Gang Chine, left that wild place on Wednesday evening, for Niton ; it soon after came on very thick and dark, and he was advised not to return home till morning, but he said he should be able to find his way without difficulty ; unfortunately, he missed the path, and fell over one of those tremendous cliffs, and, doubtless, met his death long before he reached the bottom, as his body was found on Thursday morning dreadfully torn by the stones which obstructed his passage down the dreadful precipice. The hull of the Norwegian brig Enigtheden, Capt. Hyger son, wrecked near this place on the morning of the 25th inst., was sold by auction on the 27th, and brought but 301. Her d th e r c o k w s o w e e l roes close out oe , d a e r n d t h s e h e had cliffs. parted Th at the stern The whole wh ole of fh h e r ; s e wa material,s that is, spars, anchors, chain-cables, ropes, sails, Sce. fetched but a trifling sum from the difficulty of securing it at this season of the year, and the destruction the waves had made in it; her sails were indeed reduced to strips of canvass. Two other vessels, a brig and a ship, were near meeting the same fate that night, but happily obtained sufficient offing to clear Bocken-end. It is to be lamented that no light-house is yet erected here ; the coast was not seen from this unfortunate vessel till she was on the rocks. The Light House on the Needles cliff is so high' that it is almost always capt in the weather that it is most wanted, and, of coarse, useless. The crew of the Enigheden, consisting of the captain, six men, and the owner's son, reached the shore by means of ropes. They have been clothed by William Day, Esq., the Swedish Consul, and will proceed to London on Saturday. She is the fifth vessel terechid here since the Clarendon. Black Gang Chine, Dee. 29. SPRING HILL. The Tory dinner to be given to the Member for the Island at Newport on the 10th inst. is likely to be numerously at tended, if we may judge from the immense trouble some gen tlemen take to dispose of the tickets ; their tenants and trades men must of course attend, and must pay for their tickets ; but others, not quite so much under the thumb, if they will bo bought with a dinner, are pressed to take a ticket free I gratis 11 for nothing 111 The Ballot would relieve all these poor devils. COWES. Dim 28..--ROTAL YA CRT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCIL Launched the Will o' the Wisp cutter, the property of Sir Robert Harland, Bart., having been lengthened in Ratsey yard ; she was no sooner off than the keel of a large cutter was laid down. Three other yachts for the Royal Yacht Squadron are also building there. T. P. Halsey, Esq., arrived in his yacht the Fanny at Gibraltar on the sth from Madeira, and sailed on the 15th for Algeirs, Alexandria, and Malta. She made her passage to aladeira in GI days. BRIGHTON, THURSDAY. The Bachelor's Ball going off so well, the Benedict s have ono on the Lapis. Lady Oswald, Madame Montefiore, and Baron Rothschild have cards out for dances. Last evening Lady Fitz- Wygram gave a ball and supper, at which Kirchner's full band attended. The company included Lady Caroline and Miss Dundas, Lady Ellenborough, and the Hon. Miss Law, Countess Somers and Earl Munster, Mr. and Lady Jane Peel, Earl and Countess of Rosse, Mr. and Lady Jane Knox, Countess of Newburgh, and Lady Do rothea Leslie, Ladies Katherine Stewart, Georgiana Fane, Grace Gore, Lilias Oswald, Harriet Lodge, Henry Paulet, Champagne, Des Voeux, Trollop, Freemantle, Wilmot, Tierney, Byam Martin, Dow, Floyd, &c. ; the Ho n . Mi stresses Greville, Cadell, Dawson, Mostyn, Lambton, Massey, and Thomas ; Misses Tilney Long, Wellesley, Baring, Lyster, Bushe, Otway Cave, Herbert, Beauclere, &c. ; Colonel Wild man and the officers of the Carabincers. ANADA AND THE REFORMERS OF EDIN BURGH.—At a preliminary meeting of a number of the Re formers of thi s c i ty, held in the Waterloo Hotel last night, W. D. Gillon, Esq , M. P., in the chair, it was moved by Mr. W. Tait, and seconded by Councillor Meudell, that a public meeting be called for an early day, for the purpose of petition ing the Legislature that the war with our Canadian fellow subjects be prosecuted no farther. Dr. Browne, seconded by Mr. R: W. Jamieson, moved for delay, until farther informa tion be obtained. After considerable discussion, the original motion was carried,—thirty-three voting for it, and twenty-one for the amendment. An early public meeting being thus re solved on, a Committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meting separated.—Edinburgh Courant. There has been much heavy play lately at the gaming-houses at the %Vest-end o f t h e town. At one esta blishment particularly the losses are said to have been very great, the proprietor having been minus some thousands, DECEMBER. 1. Lord John Russell obtained leave to bring in a Bill for establishing Poor-laws in Ireland, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 11th inst. —. A petition was presented against the return of the four sitting Members for the City of London, being chiefly directed against the return of Mr. Grote. —. Lord Brougham in the House of Lords declared him self an advocate for Voting by Ballot and an Extension of Suffrage. 2. A dense fog obstructed travelling for some mil es west ward, particularly of the metropolis. 4. A meeting of electors of Westminster, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, entered into resolutions deploring the declara tion of Lord John Russell in the House of Commons on bring ing in the Irish Poor-law Bill, that he did not intend to pro pose the Vote by Ballot or an Extension of Suffrage : General Evans presided. —. The trial of Messrs. Murphy and Douglas ended in the Queen's Bench, after lasting two days, when the Jury deli vered a verdict of guilty against both defendants of conspiring to prevent the levying of the Church-rates in the parish of St. Pancras; but acquitted them of the charge of riot and publish ing libellous hand-bills. 7. It was ascertained that twenty-seven individuals lost their Eves, and several others were severely injured, by an explosion the day before, in the Sprinerell Colliery, near Workington. 8. The Chancellor'of the Exchequer's motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the Pension List carried by a majo rity of 62. For the motion, 295 ; against, 233. The British Legion disbanded, serving in Spain. 10. A person arrested at Boulogne-sur-Mer, who dropped some papers at the Custom-house, from the contents of which he was suspected of being concerned in a conspiracy to take the life of the King of the French. Other arrests followed. 11. Viscount Melbourne delivered a Message from the Queen to the House of Peers, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer one to a similar effect to the House of Commons, recommehding that provision should be made for her beloved Mother, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, in addition to her present income, such as would be suitable to her proxi mity to the throne. A motion agreed to in the House of Commons for making provision out of the Civil List for the Queen, and that the sum of 385,0001. be granted to her Majesty for her sup port ; 1.000/. for servants, and 1,2.00/. for pensions. —. The Irish Poor Laws Bill read a second time and or dered to be printed. 12. In the Howe of Peers an Address was agreed to, thank ing the Quecn for her gracious communication ; and in the House of Commons a motion was agreed to, granting 8,0001. a year to be added to the present income of the Duchess of Kent, makin g in the whole 30,0001. p er annum. 13. Mr. Hume gave notice that he would bring forward a motion in February, in the House of Commons, to discontinue the allowance of 21,0001. per annum to Ernest, King of Hanover. —. A meeting of the householders of the Borough of Fins bury, was held at White Conduit-house, to express their dis approbation of the declaration of Lord John Russell, that it was not his intention to propose that the Reform in Parliament should he carried any further by proposing Vote by Ball o t, Universal Suff ra g e , &c. Mr. R oe buck in the Chair. 16. A public meeting took place at the, Thatched House Tavern, on the subject of the public having a free admission to the public monuments, not only in the metropolis, but through out the kingdom ; and also to the exhibition of pictures at the Royal Academy of Arts annually, adjoining the National Gallery, &c., when a Committee was appointed to report thereon. IS. A numerous meeting of the Reformers of the borough of Lambeth, took place at the Horns Tavern, Kennington ; Mr. Tenn in the chair ; resolutions were entered into to peti— tion the House of Commons for an Extension of the right of . Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, &c. Messrs. H awes an d D'Eyne court, - Members for the borough of Lambeth were present and addressed the meeting. 19. The Civil List Bill passed in the House of Commons, and was sent to the House of Lords, where it was read a first time. 20, A message was delivered from the Queen in the House of Lords that her Majesty approved of the Civil List Bill. —. The Civil List Bill was read a second time in the House of Peers, and was ordered to be committed. 21. The Civil L'st Bill was read a second time and com mitted, and was ordered to be read a third time next day. —. Lord Brougham entered on the journals of the House of Peers his protest against the Civil List Bill. —. The election of Common Councilmen for the different Wards commenced. 22. Viscount Melbourne stated in the House of Lords that, in consequence of the unfavourable intelligence from the Ca nadas (alluding to the defeat of the Queen's troops), he should propose that the Ilouse should adjourn to Monday, the 16th of' January, instead of the first of February, as was intended_ The same communication was made in the Commons, where) the intelligence from the Canadas caused a long discussion. 23. The Queen proceeded in State to the House of Loril s ts here her Majesty gave the Royal Assent to the Civil List Bill, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's Annuity 'Ain, and other Bills. Both Houses adjourned to the 16th Je.nuary 26. Her Majesty left town for Windsor, escorted by a party of Lancers. S. The resignation of Francis Const, Esq., Chairman of the NV& stminster Sessions, announced at the Sessions. g.. C. is in his 84th year, but enjoys all his faculties. —. A dreadful fire broke out at Davis's wharf, on the South bank of the Thames, opposite the Tower, which reached other premises, and some vessels in the river, and occasioned damage to a large amount. -. A meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Pam. eras entered into resolutions against the declaration of Lord John Russell, that the Reform in Parliament was v.ot to be carried further. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. ORDINATION AT BISIIOrTIIORPE.-0 11 Sunday last his Grace the Archbishop of York held an ordination at Bishopthorpe Chapel, when thirteen priests and twelve deacons were or dained, liming undergone he necessary examinations during the preceding week. Thnollowing at the names of the can dihtes PRIESTS. —B. Trapp, B. A., Clare Hall, Cambridge; T. C. Thompson, 111. A., Trinity, Cambridge; C. B. Reynard son, B. A , Trinity, Cambridge ; J. Whitley, B. A., Queen's, Cambridge • T. Edward s , B.A. ' St. John's, Cambridge ; P. Lewis, 8.A., University, O x f or d ; C. W. Robinson, 8.A., Emanuel, Cambridge ; J. llepworth Gresham, 8.A., St. John's, Cambridge ; H. Breilsford, B. A., Trinity, Dublin ; • E. W. Foottil, 8.A., Emanuel, Cambridge; T. C. Wilson, 13. A., Clare Hall, Cambridge; R. Easterby, student of Uni versity, Durham; E. Gilbert, literate. Dunco ni c c , a m B . b A ri . d.eA W . J r jc.es ' e 5„ 9.. ford R. . NSS."—Uttioll°l:l. A. Trinity, B. A. , IL A., Univer s ity, Oxford ; W. Metcalf e , B bridge; G. Scott, 13. A., Trinity, Cambridge; Allot 1, B. A., Clare Hall, Cambridge ; St. Georg e Kirll„, B. Christ's, Cambridge; T. P. Dodson, 8.A., St. Joi An * Can 1 : bridge ; 11. N. Burrows, B.A, Trinity, Catntni t i ; ( Moore, Queen's,"Cambridge; M. D. French, 8.4 .• nose, Oxford; P. Keeling, literate. 9 razes t j ~' ~ ~~ ' .~ '_ ) i: 1' , ', 1'