The Sun. — London, England, 1835-11-19 00:00:00

;. q DIST~-.,°- respoc- Dovor ;oeiation tion. half-past opened n having !it grate upon the rest, so enabled mmittea Lapel, for Ls theirs. spectable lischarge and give :e d. He ng lately n conse- ation, and evening'• 'gree fac isters had torn from the hands and their y in their were net =v t to expel ;erferenee Ich a te- I,' ---- - hey would . 0 it on the, ) F. Their )It. . be aware ?' ich their lent they rnplain of .e insinua the proofs al suffered en turned Their knew that ebts upon the tyran berg from 1 who op iven away the half of Is for these gs,. be as a become a lapel ; for safe under ailed from rtions, for e nation ; At of any onferential done by sited con they know en they ex of the so re actuated l that their ) character " If you do y e a r igh , t , ion them• to all vvlio Ir. Stanley, ler meeting., ;h he had tssure them allowed, to at in what but in Ins work. He le Associa e he began 'hese things he came to character , ;ious rights, and office e privileges , d that they ;ranted and arty denied They el); IT pressed proof that be correct any shape, asperity-- to overturn !ared to be them every .o introduce at therefore inst us. if spew their But their Or them to le had that nd he must ow whether [e bad had n then the le was still Dress regret connected ,'en yet not r, he woula that very would be their cause. he expelled were sacri v tittle —b e could it power), If ering be ad" cl Scriptura l he was a iswiek Clot, • IPon by the should not is from au' • before the, w hich the. t # 11 Pobjeetat? e }r ,-, -. A - compiaine u 'of were calculated to produce. the b ' w what was as k e d f or i n re f erence to t h e congregation • ,Y elong e d t o was, t h at o ffi c i a l meet i ngs should have _the ';'ght of determining the amount of punishment to be in t,'eled on offenders. Now, that was positively denied by e Preachers. In the next place, those calling the meeting , 'nought that they had a right to interfere in any circurn titan e eS . connected with the body, whether it existed among heir oW n, or with th e i r ne i g hb ours . Thi s was d en i e d th em . sth ey next thought that the regulation referring to the trial ° , f Preachers, accor di ng t o th e arrangemen t o f 1795, should be acted upon, and that no Court of preachers I t h j:uld be constituted for the trial of a preacher.— k near, hear, hear.) They thought that the trustees, steWards, and leaders should be introduced into those meet 'tilgs, th a t t h e accuse d preac h ers s h ou ld h ave t h e advan :.ge of a co ur t so cons tit u t e d.—(Ch eers ) They also 'shed to be allowed to express their sentiments at their 9oarterly m eet i ngs , w i t h out b e i ng f e tt ere d—(Ch eers )— as ..° any rul e , l aw , or . regu l at i on w hi c h was t o b e b roug ht. 'uto exercise with reference to the body.—(Cheers.) This ralso denied th em . I n the next place, they thought bet the. Tished , heological Institution ought not to have ell establ without taking the sense of the ' n gregation. With respect to the expulsion of mem , ' l, it, had b ee n s a id by many of the preachers that. no aan had been improperly expelled. Mr. Taylor had told it l io so hi mse lf ; an d upon t h at statement b e i ng ma d e t o hi m '", i i r * King), he answered that he could not only prove that an ividu a l, but that many individuals had been expelled the ! a onecti on f or breaking no law of Christ, but merely break bhuman law.—(Cheers.) They had been expelled merely ecause they had perhaps attended a meeting like the pre °t, or bad been a party in calling one.—(Cries of t' h a l ne."), No such a system as that, he contended, ounbt I .:P's l .--(Cheers.) He would read to the meeting. sevc th 'asea of expulsion -He did not take those cases from - "e Chriitian Advocate, but if he had, he should not think th e w °rse of them.—(Cheers) Mr. King then read the pl s of several ministers and trustees that had been ex an4fited from chapels at Manchester, Liverpool, Warminster, 0 , 11 , et seYeral .other places. These were only samples of t a • h lbe coul., produce many more, but he woul not de- ow meeting with them. He would now pa d ss to his ese which would illustrate to a certain extent those he i i f „. L already read. He had had the misfortune, if that it l t he called—(Hear)—of falling under the displeasure i u Preachers. Now he would say, and be trusted in it that he had the response of his own mind, that as t h p e 'in beloved them, and would do all in his power to serve they W (Cheers)—but when they were pursuing the course to 3 ' er e now doing, he would be found the last man h e a id or support them.—(Cheers.) In saying this tkeliat be understood as having as strong an , bent to Methodism as be had at the first moment °ecturne associated with the Methodist body.— 14 - „ a still had as strong an attachment as ever for If e Todism, not as it is, but as it was.—(Great cheering.) b ecame connected with this Association, or rather with • 1 0 fr L endsibefore they formed themselves into an Association il l ta lsequence , o f the expulsions that had taken place. %:," naturally felt concerned about them, thinking the k o ' N act of th e preachers with reference to those expulsions 4, 4ll Warrantable and unjustifiable.—( Cheers.) Himself li e , his frie n d s w h om he saw around him thought it their i tl nuea duty to issue their first declarations. They then r?",,ed their friends with information of what took place. ki f ound a response of no insignificant number to our aP ation—(Cheers)— and he hesitated not to say, of t ; gli the preachers might state they thought ill 1 4 , 1 _ 4, that they saw there was truth and justice f,ige conce ss i ons which they asked for.—(Cheers.) His -4(I S and himself thought at first that they would not 44:tent themselves before the public in an associated form, ken,_ Possibility, an arrangement could be made with the 11. 4 ,"'11er, without resorting to such a course. An address th e prepared for the Conference, stating the complaints N'.had to make: The subject of the expulsion of persons (' ll Introduced to the Conference by Mr. Eckett. The hf„ •ence lasted three hours, and the preachers in the I "lent had not a leg to stand upon, with reference to the they now claimed to expel members.—(Cheers.) ' 1 s - own rules condemned them—for by those rules 1 :1 0 ; a !' provid e d - that no trustee, leader, or steward, 'ik" i 1 ,,, u be expelled from his place without a majority of the tbi s i,.oseetinr,.—(;Cheers.) The preachers only got over tlleg toying the rules had never been acknowledged . by pia ' ll ferenca.--(Shame.) After this the Conference keeit;,.° they could spare us another opportunity. they would 'vet never again upon other• points. This opportunity how the Minutes was given. The deputation waited patiently for filCmoutes of Conference, and when they appeared it was k' 4 "' that when any thing was said by the deputation that \Ce', 4 liked by the Conference they could- not hear them. Gteaeers and l a ughter.) They determined that the ba r he rs should have the power of expulsion, and that ke et P, r eaders might invalidate any thing done at a leader's ( eh e ' n g. - -(Shame.) . He was horror-struck at this.— / i4t t , Ps L) What were the leaders? Men appointed to Ik kria -4 °Vet' the souls of their fellow-creatures ; and yet with k lsr e . „ e nod horror he spoke it, they were to be left to the Plah„„'",°f four preachers.—(Great cheering.) He corn- N, t r of the manner of memorialising the Conference, as (:i„ 'eyed it to be anything but what it ought to . be.— s .) Now, he had no hesitation in saying, if two . 4 epe " Were yielded, the right of the official meeting,. with kti i i,,",eo to the expulsion of members and the sight to me k,,,q,-re the Conference upon all subjects, that the present thi; t ,gYrould never have taken place.—(Great cheering.) tl ity':' ° *ever, was denied them, and therefore it was that , i 've ry - PPealed to their Wesleyan brethren, determined at Point to try the strength of the thing.—(Much t t) Then - it was the present Association was ,40113 lated, and a meeting of its friends was called to !'l l , i 'Yliat had been done. For calling that meeting , I4 ta l - fi `` f allen under the wrath and displeasure of the super miraltj,a,nt preacher. That person called on him (Mr. King) It ' sn ed him to desist from the course he was pursuing. He ~ F hunbosomed his mind to him, and told him that 'lr e d e° ,old show that the preachers had the right from the ' 4 l °` God to act as they had done, in expelling worthy t ad ? r ight men, he would make all the apology he could, 11 ‘' " lll withdr aw himself altogether from the connec , i li t ;" had formed.—(Cheers.) To this he said as to p~lt is not necessary to go into that now— a,t:,'ter)-lut he thought he could, if there was time , (0 11 at th e preachers had the authority from Scripture. 1 :!' s of oh, oh!) He (Mr. King) denied that any ililtili"'lllority existed, and, in the absence of proof , he et n ot yield to it.—( Loud cheers.) He then said 0:1 1 til e Y had the' authority from other Churches , "e (Mr. King) s t re nuously denied ; and defied Gt, l aa to ne proof: (Her considerable confusion t 4ti, it s iconse r guen — ceofa e Mr. Day, who was in the l it er °l the chapel, insisting upon addressing the meeting. s / i, !der h a d b een res t ore d, M r . king procceded.)- 7 . etlriled th a t an y Ch urc h h a d such a power, except it k t ,,' e Catholic Church.—(Cheers.) After this, he was Rat ed fl ed bef ore a Leader's Meeting, his case was investi -1:1 he was found guilty of having called a meeting. kr• s great offenee—(Laughter)Mr.' Taylor, the k 'ad , cudent preacher, with the most apparent ease of sai d that I was no longer a member of the Methodist Sham e shame.) He was denied the sacrament, 111 (li ti ,,, t he_reliiious rights conferred upon them. Notwith ,t,'a, . this, he had continued to attend the chapel e 4 t `' a u'lday, 'and in spite of all, he still, and ever so, consider himself a Wesleyan Methodist. c , ci at '`'on now was what were the intentions of the i t : 1 4.10, 16 n ? They thought they had a right to concern to t f" in any case which concerned the body, accord he l e law of 1795. These were their rights, and they I:tertnined to obtain them, and then join the body ''.--(Cheerso ', `' 3 ', `" I, ETT then came forward. He said be thought it PY in opening that evening, to travel for a short dis- J same road as he had done at the former meet (hit 00 0 thought it was absolutely necessary to communi- Q, 1 e nation, through the Press, what Methodism was, feat It now is. Mr. Wesley, being the founder of the ',i',l l le, n .' ° ied absolute authority over both preachers and , 4 1 ) . ,, e t ressing the grievances of both. After the death h ` V esley, there had been no man to fill his place. \'.kl;i'''Y (in the body of the meeting)—The preachers 1)14 ee• 'tlqi i , ea USed s ome s li g ht co nfusion, as did the worthy 1 1 , 4 1 r, * throughout the night. at e tETT—Th a t was not the first time that it had Clolited to put him down by uproar of that sort, tote triad no eff ec t u p on hi m . Aft er M r . Wesley's death, • e,,,, 1 1 : 0 man to fill his place—in the nature of things C e -`(' be none—but shortly after that event the Con \lP4Sed such 'auth o rity. 81.1 bIn P, ^lc--Mr. Wesley gave it them. Ott "ETT—The interrupter did not understan.l the Which he presumed to speak. How could Mr. ) 1 ,,,Y?,_°, 1 ,,,e such authority without the consent of the So pro-ek-;lleers.) When men come forward . to interrupt 1 40 h p " ( bog's, they should take care to inform their tyhtti°tnadie question of the rights of men and Christians, i t ,,ehr s . h _ j eY Might do so Without hazarding ignorance.— a t er ;' n u, laughter.) Mr. Wesley could not give such I, , th ev -o the conf ere n ce ; h owe v e r, whether they had it or a ssumed th e p ower , an d e x e rc ised it, but people I'n'fest e d t h at they wou l d not su b m i t to suc h autlio ki‘Ntl,leti s ent remonstrances to the Conference year after a s were held for the purpose of abrogating such 4,:z and th e Conference were obliged, according to its lt,6lllents, to give up the greater part of its authority. Read such documents if you can produce tla m. h " ' E TT—For the information of the gentleman, wl:o t 'tit tl , l l o g t eri l l tlisiet, he would read the passage.—[Tl..e kk,' of t • t eman then read a long passage from the mi q, 0411 e ecnference of 1797, to show that such power 61 t ik u ,' n ' ll l). ] ---Then, according to that passage, whei e \ 44 :: - Powe r to rest now. Did it rest with-the Cor.- _ N itSAY, NOVEMBER 19, 15:3_, PRE SU, LONnON, D UOURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty s c . ;ll hold a P r i v y C ounc il to - morrow after noon at Brighton. A meeting in Committed Ottlid ;voids of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was held at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Council Office. It was attended by Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor, Lord Commissioner Bosanquet, Mr. Baron Parke, and the Right Hon. 'l'. Erskine. Their Lordships met at four o'clock. and sat an hour. Mr. Thomas Leverton Donaldson, Chairman of his Ma jesty's Commission of Sewers for Westminster and Middle sex,-and a Deputation, had an interview yesterday with the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in DoWning-street. Lord Hill had interviews yesterday with Viscount Mel bourne in Downing-street, and with. Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office. The Cabinet Ministers dined last evening with Viscoun Melbourne at his residence in South-street, . _ Noory Effendi, the Turkish Minister, and the Turkish Minister on a special mission, attended by their respective suites, inspected the manufactory of Messrs. Rundle and Bridge yesterday. The Queen has been graciously pleased to honour the Society of British Musicians with her patronage, and to exp:ess the pleasure her Majesty feels in the prosperity of the Institution. Mr. Wyon, of his Majesty's Mint, returned by the Liver pool steamer from Lisbon on Saturday last, having corn. pleb. d the portrait of the Queen of Portugal for tl.e coinage of ti at country, all the dies for which are to be prepared Here. • verence or the preachers ? No, said the minutes Of Con .erence of 1797—they gave up the poxer to the people. Mr. DAY—Only the greater part of it: 7 -(Laughter.) Mr. ECKETT—That was the way with many people—the further they went the worse they got into the mud. He was satisfied with the admission, that was what he wished to have proved, but being admitted he would pass on. .They would see that one of the particular things given up, was what they were now contending for, the power of expelling officers and members• being lodged in the hands of the people. It was so arranged that no one could be expelled without the con sent of the majority of a Leaders' Meeting. It migl.t be useful to show the meaning of the terms so often used. The Conference was composed of itinerant preachers, who were paid for their labour. The local preach .ers were men in business or trade, who attended their calling thrOughout the week, and on the Sundays gave up their time and talents gratuitously for the benefit of their brethren.—(Cheers.) Leaders were men selected to meet weekly with a certain part of the congregation to exhort and comfort them. Stewards were the Treasurers of the Society. Notwithstanding this document of 1797, the Preachers now denied that any power was parted with by the Conference ; but was it possible for any disinterested person calmly to examine the state of the question as it ex isted at that time without coming to the conviction that the Conference gave up that power to the people. In the minutes they were informed that the power was limited and regulated in 1794, y.t in 1796, there was great agitation, and that was followed by the Conference of 1797, when the agitation not having ceased, the power was given up to the official meetings, so that without the consent of a majority of that meeting, no one could be expelled. Then, again, in the printed rules of the Society, printed by the 'Conference printers, and circulated by them, it is stated that no leader or steward can be removed from his place but by the ma jority of a Leaders' Meeting.—( Cheers.) No one could be expelled by the sense of a meeting of men •who were ap po to watch over and comfort the souls of their brethren. Was that not the natural tribunal for the trial of offences, and which should award the punishment? Was it not better to be decided by the vote of a majority than by the mere caprice of a superintendent ?—(CheerS.) That was What Methodism was of old, as was witnessed by men then on the platform, who had been connected with the Society - for from forty to fifty years. It was only within the last few years they had found it said that that would not continue to be Methodism—it was within these few years that a Leaders' Meeting was dispos sessed of the power to determine who ought, and who not to be expelled. The law of the Conference now was that such should be the act of the superintendant alone. It should be borne in mind that this change bad not been effected all at once, but step by step had the preachers climbed that eminence from which ilia Association would most assuredly make them fall.—(Lbud cheerS.) It was in 1827 when the Leeds outrage was committed—When the Conference forced an organ on the Brunswick Chapel there, in spite of the remonstrances of the leaders and stewards, that they first began—that act alone separated several hun dreds of its most valuable members from the Connection, l i who were so to the present day. It was no wonder, then, that in various places the people should complain to the Conference ; but they disregarded them, *and refused to allow the official meetings to approach them even by peti tion, drowning their voices by their own tyranny.—(Hear.) He would now pass on from that part to what had taken place within the last two years, when it would he remem bered the Conference attempted to establish what it had since done—a Theological Institution. At this 'an emi nent preacher had been treated in the most unmerited Man ner by the Conference, and in consequence a number - of persons formed themselves together, to raise . the Methodist Connexion from ecclesiastical domination, and to assert that liberty by which Christ made them free.—Cheers.) Then, it was that the preachers buckled on their armour'in earnest, and prepared for a conflict 'they were determined to wage.—(Cheers.) Then it - wag that they asserted that those who associated theinselVes With that Institution should be ,expelled the Methodist con nexion, and then it was that a Mari of high character, emi nent abilities, great learning, and extensive usefulness, was severed by a proceeding totally unheard of, from that body. (Cries of " Shame.") Were such things to be endured ; were the real Methodists, when such things were passing before their eyes, when deelarations were made against the principles of truth ancrof juStice, tamely to submit, calmly lick the dust, andeoncede to those that rode over them (Great Cheering.) Never.—(lncreased cheering.) Such was the cause that had determined them to assert their rights. The Conference, in language not to bemisunder stood, had expressed its determination that their rights should not be conceded to them.—(Shame.) Thank God, however, meetings like the present would be paramount in their resistance to the power that had been exercised over them ; and ultimately it must and should be subdued.— (Great cheering.) The Conference were but mortals, like then - Bellies. The meeting had truth on its side ; they were prepared for a mighty war, and they had no doubt even the Conference itself would be made to submit.—Hear.) He would now draw the : attention of the meeting to the last public document that had been issued by the Methodist Conference, taking it. for granted that the .friends of Mo= thodism were never afraid or ashamed to see Methodisin as it was pourtrayed.—(Cheers.) In that document, they were informed that considerable bickerings existed in different parts of the Connection, and that the Conference, kindly taking into consideration these things—(Laughter)--bad done the best for . the Connection they • could.—(A laugh.) Now what bad the Conference done ? First as to the finances : they had, kind souls, said that it was right that those who had contributed the funds should have a share in the ad ministration of them.—(Laughter.) This was a hopeful beginning=--(Laughter)—and they said they should be glad to be relieved from the onerous duty of distributing the funds of the body. That concession, if such it could be called, related to the Contingent and Auxiliary Funds. The former arose from the col!ections in July, and the other from the contribution in the Classes made in the month of March, which amounted to many thousands a year. Now what had the Conference done as to the ad ministration of the funds ? Why they had agreed that they should be disbursed under the direction of a Committee, that Committee to consist of 22 members of this our own body, with 17 members of the Society—(Laughter)— twenty-two preachers; and seventeen lay members.— (Laughter.) This, it was said, was giving the people an effective share in the administration of the funds (Laughter.) Now, he thought it did not require much knowledge in arithmetic to know that 22 could out vote 17.—(Laughter.) But how were the 17 to be elected ? Why the Conference had so regulated it, that no person could become a member of the Committee of the Contingent Fund, unless he basked in their favour—Laughter)—for he must be a circuit steward, who should be nominated by the superintendent preacher.—(LaUghter.) Now there was something like generalship in that.—(lncreased laughter.) After that, it was provided' that the mixed committee should meet at the place where the Conference was to meet, one week before the meeting of the Con ference, and they were not to close their meetings till the close of the Conference.—(Great laughter.) So that probably before the close of the Conference, which sometimes lasted three weeks, the lay members who came fsom some distance might have returned to flair residences, and left the preachers to settle all important matters. — (Laughter.) So much with reference to the concessions respecting the finances. Who could be satisfied with such things ? It was disgusting and despicable in the highest de gree. He would now come to the minutes of COnfe rence with respect to the expulsion of members. Where was the • power of expulsion ? Was it in the hands of the Ministry alone, or the Church, or the representatives of the Church? Why, accord ing to the Minutes .of , the last. .Conference, :it was in the hands of the Preachers alone.—(Hear, hear.) He challenged a denial of the statement, for his proof was the Minutes of the Conference itself,—(Great cheering.) By the Minutes of the Conference the power of expulsion was left in the hands of the Superintendant Preacher. It was said that the laws of the Methodists were analogous to the laws of the country. He denied that the laws of the country provided certain punishments for certain offences, not so the laws of the Methodists ; they provided no spe cific punishment for the committal of any offence ; and yet such being the law, the Conference had placed the power of sentencing an individual to punishment, even to expulsion, in the hands of the superintendant preacher.- -(Shame.) Nay, they had even given him the power of expelling a person, who had been pronounced innocent at a Leaders' Meeting.—(lncreased cries of " Shame.") Was ever anything so monstrous heard of—was ever anything so unjust ?—(Cheers.) For the purpose of putting an end to such a state of things the present Association was formed.—(Here Mr. Day called out, " Your's is only. a vo'untary association.") It was so—(Cheers)—he glo ried that it was so—(lncreased cheers)—it was a volun tary Association, founded on that voluntary principle which would so brii4 down ecclesiastical despots.— (Tremendous cheering.) Methodism as it was, claimed for the preacher such absolute power ! ! Mr. DAY—Had they not the same power when you j&ned them? , Mr. ECKETT said certainly not.—(Great cheering.) For it was only at the Conference of last year that the altera tion was made in the minutes of the Conference, giving them that power. The fact was, that Mr. Day had shewn himself utterly ignorant of the constitution of Methodists. — Cheers.) . [Mr. Day here called out " Read the new law."; As he was willing to oblige all, he would do so. Mr. E. here read part of the Minutes of the Conference, from which it appeared that five preachers alone had the power o altering the opinion of the. Leaders' Committee.—( Here the greatest confusion prevailed, in consequence of Mr. Day again getting up, and expressing his determination to address the meeting.) When a little order had been restored, • Mr. DAY asked whether, when Mr. Wesley formed tilt FO iety In had not: supreme power to expel Any member Did l:e not delegate such power to the Conference ? Mr. ECKETT—They' had heard the questions put.by the leader a-the opposition.—(Laughter.) In aniwer,-he had to say, that Mr. Wesley did enjoy supreme authority over both preacher and people—he had stated so at the outset. But Mr. Wesley never did, for he .never could delegate such power to any one. Mr. Wesley, on the contrary, said these remarkable words—“' The people Will never sub mit, to any man as they have done to me." Mr. DAY-lip did not know that such, as you would arise.—(Laughter.) Mr. EcXETT-He did know that menn - like himself would arise; but he also knew that there would many arise who would be deeply imbued, with the feelings of religious freedom.--(Loud cheers.) Mr. DAY and his small knot of friends got up another in• terruption, which was only put an end to by the Chairman saying, if Mr. - .Day was not more peaceable, be must be removed. Mr. ECKETT was certain that the preachers would not be obliged to Mr. Day for his advoeacy—(Cheers)--it was a lost cause if they bad no better or more discreet advo cate. Mr. Day believed all that was said in. the Magazine —that was the very reason why it ought to be looked at with great caution. It was the preachers' own work, and written by themselves. Was, then, their own assertions to be held conclusive_?—(Laughter.) Had time per mitted he would have gone further into the exami nation of the right claimed by the preachers ; btit would content himself with observing that in the Methodist Magazine the preachers had advocated a claim to " a power of the keys"—that was worse than any Popish claim that was known.—(Cheers.) That would indeed be a most woeful power, if possessed by one man or any body of men. They had also had the mendacity to assert that , such power was claimed by Air, Wesley. How ignorant they were who made such an assertion, for in Mr. Wesley's time the Methodist Society was not a `Christian Church:?—(Cries of "No, no,') If that man had been acquainted with the history of Mr. Wesley, and the Methodists, he would have known that it was not till four Years after Mr. Wesley's death that the Sacraments were dispensed in their Chapels, and it was not a Church till they had such a power. -,. Up to Mr. Wesley's death he always advised his hearers to ,go to Church for the Sa crament.--(More opposition at the end of the chapel.) 'lle was pleased at such interruptions, for they made him bold, --they clove off that timidity which Was Delimit to him -(Laughter)—and then out came the whole truth of the Matter so far as he was concerned. When he became a Methodist, it. was considered the indisputable right of the official meeting to consider any matter con nected with Methodistical affairs. But now the preacher always presided,, and . whenever any subject displeasing to him was breached, he instantly said that it must be dropped ; and, if persisted ..in, he left the Chair, and so broke up the Meeting. And thus, in every way, the whole power and authOrity was in the hands of the,preach ers. Well, the Conference of 1835 was expected to make -some concessions—he thanked God that he had not had any such anticipations, for those.•who had, had been most cruelly deceived. What had they done ? Why, given power to the superintendant to call his own friends—the stewards appointed by himself—and ask them whether • there were any grievances to be redressed ; but, strange to say, these meetings were confined to three days out of the 365. Perhaps Mr. Day would be so good as to tell him the rea sin' of that.—(Great laughter.) air. DAY—If you will read the resolution, I think I can.—( Laughter.) Mr. ECKETT—Read the Resolution again. Mr. DAY—I suppose it is to prevent agitation before the Conference meets.—(Laughter.) Mr. ECKETT—I certainly think Mr. Day right. To prevent agitation, it is all to be concluded in the short space of three days.—(Great laughter.) Mr. PAY—Well n is - not :three days quite sufficient to argue a question ?—( Increased laught er .) Mr. EcKETY—If there were such opponents as Mr. Day, I should think it was not.—(Roars of laughtei.) After this questioning had ceased, Mr. ECKETT then p r oceeded with his argument. Who were to he the members of this extraordinary meeting, to be convened for the purpose of exercising the high privilege of being allowed to memoralizeth e Conference ? Why, first, the circuit steward, the leaders, and theilocal preachers —not. the whole of them, but those only who had been ten years uninterruptedly and continuously in office.--- - -(Great Cheering.) But there were subjects on which the . Con ference would not allow themselves to be...inetnorialiied. Now he had read all those subjects on which they would not alloiV themselves to. be memorialized, and he must confess, after doing so, he was - puziled to know on what. subject they, would allow themselves to be memorialized.-L(Laughter.) They were, only to be memorialized on subjects containing the effective principles of - Wesleyan Methodism. Perhaps Mr. Day would be so good as to say what that .was.— (Great laughter.) Mr. DAY—To do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.—(Great cheer:ng.) Mr. ECKETTi6uId adroit that, but had the Conferenee done justice • or loved mercy ? - .(Cries of " No, no," and much cheering.) Now, if Mr. Day would only go to the President of the Conference, Mr. R , 2ece, or to Mr. Bun ting, and obtain from them an undertaking, with their sig natures attached, that no person should, in any case, be expelled without a majority of a Leaders' meeting, he would undertake to say that all opposition should be withdrawn.—(Loud cheering.) He thought he had said enough to convince every person, who was not so un reasonable as Mr. Day, that they were only asking ju s tice, and that which they had a right to.—(Cheers.) It was the determination of the Association not to submit to such domination, and to bring their oppressors from their seats.—(Great cheering.) Had the Connection raised their voices in 1827, the agitation that was now going on would never have taken place.—(Great cheering.) The Methodist preachers had boasted that they had the power to sway the destinies of Britain, for as they were the inter mediate parties, they could turn the scale which way they chose. Was it to be allowed that Methodist Preachers should have the power of going into all parts of the mighty Empire of Britain, carrying their influence with them, for the purpose of ruling her destinies ? The destinies of Bri tain would never be submitted to the Methodist Preachers. --(Cheers) Let them leave their power where they ought to leave it, in the hands of Continental Despots.—(Cheers.) Let them net intfoduce a system of coercion into the Church of Christ.—(lncreased cheering.) Let them know that the Son had made us free.—(Great cheering.) Let them know that we acknowledge no absolute power but that of Christ.—(Great cheering.) That to His au thority we will bow—that we take His Word for our rule —that we will bind His precepts about our necks and our hearts. (Great and long continued cheering.) Let them prove to us that there is a duty to be performed end we will perform it.—(Loud cheers.) Let them prove that sacrifices arc to be made and we will make them—(Loud cheers)—but let them not think that Methodist societies are to become the slaves of ecclesias tical despots. We have met to-night to state what the do minations of the preachers are ; some have come forward and even hugged their chains, b u t we fling in the face of eccle siastical tyrants all .their threats of excommunication.— (Cheers.) We f!ar not the thunder-bolts of their vengeance, as we know they will fall harmlessly at our feet.—(Cheers.) We kurria at their threats, w e owe th em no ill w ill— we des're to have them as brothers in Christ, but we will be dealt tv:th as freemen, not as slaves.—(Cheers.) We want the pecuniary aid of the meeting to assist us, we want them to learn that the preachers can do wrong, and that the acts of . Conference of 1835 are a disgrace to the attributes of meicy.—(Great cheering.) We trust thatmeetings like the present will take place, not only over the whole of London, but the whole kingdom.—(Cheers.) We must turn night into day, and darkness into light, and when darkness is dis pelled, and light 'shines upon the Day—(Great laughter)— then we shall s:e• our way eloarly, and find that Methodist preachers would come back to the principle of Christianity, and would follow the law of Christ. The Press, the mighty Press, will take up our cause, and if it does it will rouse the feelings of Englishmen, and' an end will be put to Papal like domination within these realms,—(Tremendous cheer ing, which lasted for several minutes.) The CHAIRMAN informed the meeting that pecuniary assistance was wanted, and plates would be held at the door, when he trusted the friends of their objects would be liberal. The meeting was closed with a hymn and prayer at a quarter past ten o'clock, and separated quietly: By advices from Ancona we learn that . a disease resembling the cholera morbus had appeared in several towns of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. Several cases had occurred at Arione, near Ferrara. In order to tran quillize the people of Rome, the Pope bad caused a cordon sanitaire to be established on the Adriatic frontiers, and guarda costas upOn the coasts of the Adriatic. SIR JAMES D. HAY, BART.—Constderable sur prise is expressed in the military circles that no detailed notice has been taken of the recent court-martial on Sir J. D. Hay, Bart. We understand that that gentleman is taking all the necessary steps for bringing the matter before the highest authorities ; but studiously abstains from mak ing; through the medium of the press, any ex parte state ment which might he prejudicial to others. Wint..r is now commencing in earnest. The damp, foggy, disagreeable weather which so long prevailed, has been succeeded by a cloudless sky and a smart frost. The summits of the hills on the opposite side of the river arc a;dn covered with snow, and the amateurs of the winter s;:orts of skating and curling are ah eady looking fol . wor 1 to as early opportunity of enjoying the amusements of the ice. n?..4 Intelligencer. BRIGHTON.-WEDNESDAY. His Majesty, accompanied by Mddle. D'Eate, drove out this afternoon at the usual hour. The Queen, accompanied by Prince George, Prince Ernest, Earl and Countess' of Brownlow, Hon. Miss Mit chell, Lord de Lisle, Sir A. Barnard, and Sir C. Thornton, took exercise on horseback this morning on the Downs and along the Cliffs. His Majesty gave audience this morning to Colonel Wal ton, and Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Lewis Fitzgerald (who had the honour of Knighthood conferred upon him this day by the King). Viscount and Viscountess Beresford have received the King's commands to dine at the Palace this evening. The Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, Hon. H. Tumour, Lieut.-Col. Rolt, Captain Campbell, R.N., Colo nel and Mrs. Tonson, R.N., Colonel Sir Neil Douglas, and Sir J. Lamb, paid their respects to their Majesties this morning. Louisa Lucy, Countess of Winterton, gives her fr:st grand ball for the season early in December. On Monday evening there were about 200 of our leading fashionables present at the Master of the Ceremonies' Ball, including the officers of the two regiments stationed here. Dancing was continued with spirit till nearly three o'clock in the morning. . . . Mr. Balk is engaged to sing at a Concert which is to take place here in a week or two. Mr. S. Knowles and his pupil were again well received last night at the theatre by a full and fashionable house. A requisition is in course of signature to the High Con stable to convene a meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of incorporatinc , this town. The Turkish Ambassador is expected' in Brighton on Friday, to dine with their Majesties. Lord and Ladies Hartland left Brighton on Monday, in consequence of the indisposition of her Ladyship, otherwise they intended to remain till the first or second week in December. The family of the Marquis of Conyngliam arrived this afternoon. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount Sidmouth and the Hon. Misses Addington, at Butt's Hotel, Dover-street ' • B. Hales, Esq., at Symmons's Hotel, St. James ' s street , from his seat in Somersetshire ; Fleury Dawes,..Esq., at Cambridge-terraee, Regent's-park, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Dering, Grosvenor-place, from their seat, Ayott St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts ; Lord Forester ' at Melton Mowbray, from his seat , Willey Park , Salop ; Captain M'Doual, at Fenton's Hotel,! - St. James's street, from the North ; Edwarsl Protheroe, .jun., Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. an Mrs. Munro, in Brook -street, from Scotland; Captain Smith, R.N., at Raggett's Hotel, Dover. street, from Brighton ; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bailey, Bart., at the Pultency Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Jones, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour ; Miss Matthews, at ditto, from her scat in Dorset shire ; Captain and Mrs. Lygon, in Regent-street, from Brighten; Admiral Gosselin and family, at the Demers Hotel, Berners--street, from Brighton ; J. Deacon, Esq., at ditto, from Mablcdon Park, Kent; George Roebuck, Esq., at ditto, from Edinburgh • John Smallpiece, Esq., and family, from Guil ford ; Alfred Warlters, Esq., and Mr. and Miss Warlters, at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, from his scat, Gloucester. shire ; Major Mill, at ditto, from Scotland ; Captain Janes, at ditto, from France ; William Hayward, Esq., at ditto, from Dover. • DEPARTURES. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce, for Aylesbury; the Earl of Verulam, from Grosvenor-square, for ditto ; Sir Roger Greis ley, Bart., for his seat, Drakelow Hall, Staffordshire ; John Bentley, Esq., from FentOn's Hotel, St. Jamees-street, fur Manchester; Robert Lomax, Esq., for his seat in Lancashire ; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Seymour, fur Hampton Court ; Mr. and Mrs. Haywood and family, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, on - a tour ; Miss Cholniondley, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Leamington ; _Henry Bentinek, Esq., from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle. street, for Shoresby Park ; Captain Moore, from Ramgett's Hotel, Dover• street, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Page' and Miss Bishop, from Craw ley's Hotel, Albemarle -street, for Ely, Cambridgeshire; the Marquis d'Harcourt, from ditto, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. George Maxwell, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Liverpool ; J. P. Mayers, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; William Grasett, Esq., from ditto, for Ovenden, Seven Oaks ; C. N. Bayly, Esq., from ditto, for Hampton Court ; Gilbert Munroe, Esq. ' from ditto, for Brighton ; Mrs. Birch and Miss Birch, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, for Bath ; Miss Chauncey, from ditto, for Clieshunt ; G. F. Gower, Esq., and Mrs. Gower, from ditto, for Brighton ; T. Cooke, Esq., and Mri. Cooke, from ditto, for ditto ; Earl of Oxford, from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, for Herefordshire ; B. Aplin, Esq., and Mrs. Aplin. from ditto, for Banbury ; Rev. H. Way, from ditto, for the Rectory, Hanbury ; B. Way, Esq., from ditto, for Denham ; Captain Fitz- Holroyd Way and Mrs. Way, from ditto, for Shropshire ; J. G. Micklethwaite, Esq., and Miss Micklethwaite, from ditto, for his seat, Hampshire; Count D'Harcourt, from ditto,'on a tour; Mons. D'Avigny, from ditto, on a tour; .hmes Stewart, Esq., from ditto, for Jamaica ; Sir William and Lady Foulis, from Ingleby Manor, Yorkshire, for Lady Mary Ross's, Bonnington, Scotland. REAT. PROTESTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM. Yesterday, a very numerous and highly respectable meet ing of the Protestants of this town and neighbourhood was held in the large Townhall, for the purpose of affording to the Rev. Mr. M'Ghee and the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan an op portunity of expounding the doctrines inculcated by the Roman Catholic Clergy on the peasantry of Ireland, and of introducing- such facts and circumstances to the notice of the meeting as might induce them to adopt some plan for the amelioration of the condition of the Protestant Clergy of that country. The meeting was appointed for eleven o'clock, but long before that hour the whole of the immense building*, which is calculated to contain between four and five thousand per sons, was crammed almost to suffocation, including a very considerable proportion of elegantly-dressed ladies. The business of the day having been opened by a prayer, The Rev. Mr. MAnsu moved that Richard Spooner, Esq: do take the Chair—a proposition which was re c eived w ith. acclamation. The CHAIRMAN begged to express his most sincere and ardent thanks for the very high honour that had been con f2rred on him, in being called on to preside over one of the largest and most influential meetings that had ever been held in - the town of Birmingham—a meeting which had for its sole and only object the endeavour to impress on the minds of their fellow-countrymen the absolute necessity of putting a stop to the progress of that baneful influence at present exercised by the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ire land, and the adopting some remedy to relieve the wants and sufferings of the Protestant Ministers, who, it was well known, were labouring under great and accumulated hard ship. He was anxious to inform the assembly, that as the Townliall had been hired expressly . for the occasion by those gentlemen to whom the arranging the proceedings of the day had been entrusted, it had been determined that no indivi duals should be p erm itted t o address the meeting, with the exception of those Reverend Gentlemen who had honoured them with their presence ; and he trusted that all persons who had obtained tickets of admission would be good enough to conform to the rules and regulations contained in the advertisement. The Rev, M r . M'G nEr, i n a speec h w hi c h occu pi e d upwards of th r e e h ours , commence d by observing, that as neither himself nor those engaged with him entertained any feelings of hostility or ill-Will towards their Roman Catholic brethren, he entertained a hope that their proceedings would be characterised by a display of that truly chari table and Christian spirit befitting the subject they were about to discuss. The Rev. Gentleman then went into a very voluminous argument, for the purpose of showing that the system of religious instruction at present incul cated -by the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland was founded on the principles of Dens's Treatise on Theology, a work which had been approved of and sanctioned by the whole of the religious hierarchy of that country. The principles to which he referre:l - were, in the opinion of him f self and all other Protestant Ministers, decidedly at rianee, with the doctrines of Christianity, and Were calculated to lead to a total subversion of the entire Pro testant establishment. It had been alleged on various occasions, that himself and his Rev. colleague were actuated by a desire to foment the disturbances which at present agitated his unhappy country ; or that they were influenced by a desire of gain or reward of some kind or other, in the course which they had lately pursued on this subject. Such, be could assure the meeting, was not the fact. Their only object and their only wish was, to see their Roman Catholic fellow-countrymen emancipated from the tram mels of their Priesthood ; but such, he feared, would never be the case, so long as the leading members of the Catho lic persuasion were countenanced and caressed by the Go vernment of the day. The Rev. Gentleman concluded a very able and eloquent address, amid the most dealminil shouts of applause from all parts of the building. The Rev. Mr. O'SuLtAvAN addressed the meeting at consid Fable length in reply to certain statements that had been pUt forward by- the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, a Roman Catholic Priest, of Birmingham, in a sermon preached by him at Worcester, after which, The Earl of LORTON having moved the marke I thanks of the meeting to Mr. Spooner, for his very proper and dignified condnet in tho chair, the meeting separated. The Coant and Countess Stahremberg have returned to their apartments at Mivart's Hotel, from Brighton, whore, on Tuesday, they had the honour of dining with their Majesties. Lord Arthur Lennox has re-entere I on active ser vice, as Captain of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, and, with his newly married lady, daughter of Lady Char:ot:e Bury, has joined head-quarters at Edinburgh, Lord Albert Conyng7 , am din town yesteriay, from 'Wren's, Kent. The Marriage of Lord Gardner with the Hon. Frances, Hughes is said to be fixed for next spring. FUNERAL OF LORD MILTON.—The interment of this lamented young Nobleman was to take place on Tuesday in the cemetery of Wentworth church-yard, pre pared for the branches of the Wentworth family by the late Earl Fitzwilliam. The alarming illness lately prevailing at Wentworth House, we have the satisfaction of reporting, is fast passing away.—Sheffield Iris. ACCIDENT TO COUNT MATUSZEVICe—HiS EX•• cellency was out hunting at Chantilly in the preceding week, and, in attempting a leap, the horse fell and was seriously hurt, as also the Count, who was carried in a litter to the Hotel de Bristol, Place Vendome, Paris. Medical aid was called in, he was bled, and when the messenger left on Mon day he was out of danger. COUNT MATUSZEVIC'S BAGGAGE.—Aceounts have arrived from Naples with the particialars of the loss of the vessel on board of which his Excellency was supposed to have embarked. The accounts reached the Russian Em bassy on Tuesday night. It appears that the ship four.- dered, as we before stated, in the Bay of Naples. • His Ex. cellency has lost his magnificent service of plate, riven him by the Emperor of Russia, and man y other valuable testi monials ; also the splendid English carriages, which were. so long building in this country, together with his superb wardrobe. All on board have perished. MELTON' MOWBRAY.—MeIOR Mowbray has this year to boast of a greater number of sporting nobleme n an d gentlemen than has been known for several years on the first day of hunting ; among them were Lords R9keby, Seymour, Eglinton, and Macdonald ; Count Bathyany, Sir J. F. Johnstone, Bart. ; R. Erringtan, J. Errant, W. L. Gilmour, J. Campbell, Williams, Esquires. Lord Wil ton and family were expected daily, as well as Sir J. Mus grave, L. R. Stephens, N. Mahre, and J. Moore, Esquires. GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF IRELAND.—It is announced, with a flourish of trumpets, that Lord Roden is about returning to Ireland for the purpose, amongst other things, of holding a Grand Lodge. We see, too, that the Orange Journals are stuffed with notices of meetings of the different Lodges, in various places, particularly the Trinity College LOge, the Luther Lodge, &c. &c. ; that at these re-unions, Long Sam Sullivan, the brother of Murty, Judkin Butler, and Randy Plunkett have figured away. We have also heard of several furious harangues preached within the last month, one particularly, by a Mr. Lloyd, all glowing with the most " intense" Orange Loyalty. From some circumstances that have reached us, we suspect that a very strong effort will be made to involve the country in confusion. But we tell the faction they are watched and understood. " There's a chiel ailing them takin' notes." Verbunt sat.;---Dublin Evening Post. The Devizes election will take place on the 24th instant. Meetings of the most influential gentry and clergy of this town were held on Wednesday and in the last week at the Old Ship RoomS, to adopt measures for making collections on behalf of the distressed Clergy in Ireland. The Earl of Chichester, Lord Clanmorris, Sir P. Maitland, Sir T. Blomefield, Sir David Scott, Mr. L. Peel, &c. &c., were present. The Rev. Vicar presided, and C. Thornton, Esq., Secretary to the London Com mittee, stated, among other important facts, that the Lord Primate had recently enclosed him an order for 2001., as his contribution on behalf of the abovt object. The Rev. H. V. Elliott reported that he had received information from Ireland of the Most appallin g kind. In some p ar i s h es the daughters of Clergymen had neither shoes nor stock ings ; and in others the sons were actually obliged to till the land themselves to p:eservc their families from starvation. It should be mentioned, that application having been made, at the request of the gentlemen present, to the Bishop of London, his Lordship stated for their information that there were 15,001. now in the Treasurer's hands, as yet unappropriated.—Biigkton Guardian. My AUNT Pox -TYPOOL.—WC are requested to state that the new novel " Aly Aunt Pontypool," is now ready, and may be had of the publishers, Messrs. Saun ders and, Qtley, Conduit-street. ; at the Libraries ; and of . _ lie booksellers in town and country. Also the new edi ion of Mr. Jameson's " Characteristics of Women." THE PRESS AT BRUSSELS.-Two new daily Newspapers, to be called the Observer and Law Reporter, are about to be started in the Belgian capital. That will make the whole number of daily papers 15 in Bru.,sels, which is a greater number than is published in Paris. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.— Al return of the number of Stamps issued for all the London Newspapers, by or der of the House of Commons, on the motion of Yr C' as Buller, was pt inted sth October, 1835, in which official do cument Mr. Clement, the proprietor of the Observer, had used in one year (the 30 June, 1834 to the 30th of June, 1833,) for his two weekly journals only, nearly one mil lion of stamps, namely, 971,125, averaging 18,675 each Sunday. •Mr. Joseph Elms was on Thursday last served with a citation to appear in the Consistory Court, Exeter, on Friday next, to answer a charge preferred against him of brawling in the parish church of Stoke Damara. Mr. Elms, it appears, gave notice in the church of a meeting of vestry, and not being a churchwarden or overseer, it is to be tried whether any individual parishioner can legally give such notice in the church.—Western Luminary. In our Paper of the 17th, we stated that Sir John Conroy had a retiring pension of 8001. per annum, as a Commissioner of the late Colonial Board. We are now authorised to state, that it is not the case, as on the aboli tion of that Board, Sir John Conroy retired from it, with out receiving any pension or compensation whatsoever. DISTRESS OF THE IRISH CLERGY.—MEETING OF,CLERVY AT CAMBRIDGE.—On Thursday afternoon last a meeting of the Clergy of the diocese of Ely and University of Cambridge was held at the Eagle Hotel in that town, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting measures for the immediate relief of the distress of the Ir;ili clergy., The meeting was numerously attended, and the Master of Jesus (Dr. French) was called to the Chair. . Upwards of 400/. were subscribed in the room prior to the Chairman leaving the Chair. • FreqUent reference has been made by our contem poraries to a new and beautifully-illustrated work, published under the title of " The Book of Gems." We have exa mined carefully the plan and execution of this costly pro duction, and we do not hesitate to say, that a more feli citous idea than that of uniting the attractions of Poetry and Painting, by means of exquisitely-finished engravings, could not have suggested itself. Prolific as is the present age in embellished works, there can be no doubt that this sumptuous volume (which has been aptly called the plea sure-book of the year) will be admitted to he without a rival. Its appearance is most opportune, at this season, when every one feels the difficulty of selecting an appro priate object for a Christmas present or New Year's gift. It is said that the Government have it in contem plation to remove the Circuit Court of Justiciary from Perth to Dundee. This change will give general satisfac tion, and will effect a great saving of time and inconvenience to jurors and witnesses. The Colonization Commission for South Australia have been in the market as borrowers within these few days. By the Act of Parliament under which the new district referred to has been erected into a colony these commissioners are authorized to raise 200,000/. by the issue of Colonial-revenue Bonds, to defray the expenses of the colony until its•own revenue is sufficient for that purpose ; the sum raised to be charged, first, on the future produce of the revenue, and, in the event of its insufficiency, on the unsold land. A deposit of 20,000/. is also required to be placed in the hands of trustees appointed by the Crown, as a security that the colony may not become a charge upon the public purse. The sum raised, in the first instance, by the commissioners is only 30,000/., which they have bor rowed at par at 10 per cent. interest, with a condition of repayment at the end of 10 years. The parties who have advanced the money are ;to have the preference in any future sums that may be wanted, to an extent in the whole not exceeding 100,000/. One of the conditions prescribed - in the Act of Parliament to the commissioners is, that they shall not pay a higher rate on the money borrowed than 10 l per cent. interest, and it is thought extraordinary that they should have gone, in this bargain, to the full extent rel.. l mitted, as the security is. presumed to be a good one, and the money might therefore, with proper exert:ons, have been obtained at a much lower rate. They owe some explana tion on this subject, if not to the public, to the parties em barked with them in this undertaking. Extravagrot pre. miums were offered in the city for the bonds to be issued a* soon as the terms were known.-3forning Paper. SUFFOCATION BY BURNING CHARCOAL.,._LV;t Friday' evening, three men who were employetk, o destroy the rats in the brig George Gordon, went into Ihe hold for the purpose of renewing the charcoal fires. the had been burning all the day ; the first man, in tiv,, act of stoo;iinty to the fire-grate, inhaled a sufficient por'' ,on of carbonic acid to cause him to fall, in a state of ir.sen3ibility, into the heavy atmosphere of gas ; a second and a third, in an attempt to rescue the first shared a siniilar fate . . An ~farm was given, and in a few minutes tl:l e y were got out of the ship without further accident, and conveyed in an inanimate state to the No:thern Hospital.—Liverpool Standard. A woman of the name of Donaldson, residing in in the Tolbooth Wynd, died on Wednesday evt...iiir s , under circumstances that excite suspicion of her having lwen mu:- dered. From her dissipated habits, the neighbours have: for a long time been annoyed with qnarra% and disturb ances in the house between her husband cu r l her, and so frequent had these become, that little attention was paid to, them, further than the annoyance occasioned. On Tue s .- day last, however, one of the domestic broils assumed, a mare serious character, and called for the interference o 1" some of the neighbours, when the woman was found in a state that left little hope of her recovery, in consequence of severe injuries received. She lingered, as stated above, till Wednesday afternoon, on which evening the body was exa mined and a precognition held, which led to the apprehen sion of her husband, who has been fully committed. Do naldson is by trade a sailmaker, and has been long in Leith. —Scotsman. In making some alterations in the chapel of the Cazle of Lassaraz, in Switzerland, there were lately found, in a van't which had been walled up, 'our statues and a cenotaph in stone. Two of the statues represent females, and the other two armed knights. The cuirass of one of these is open, and t wo t oa d s are seen gnawing his sides ;• his sir is a'so up, and two more of the same reptiles are fas tened to his cheeks. The legendary history of this curious figure has not been discovered, but as the Castle of Lassa raz played a distinguished part ie. the wars of the country in the middle ages, and as there are numerous chronicles of those times in the library of Lusanne, it possibly may be found there. There is a full-length figure attached to the cenotaph, but the four above-mentioned evidently do not belong to it. They are all, however, of the 14th century, and were not originally placed where they have been found ; but were probably removed there for safety, during some ot, the convulsions of the country. RUSSIAN ,JUSTICE.-9t a time when incendiarism was .frequent in St. Petersburg!), a servant girl found in the street a letter in which a neighbour was threatened with having his house burned down that very night. She in stantly flew to the devoted family to give the alarm ; and after relating the story to her master, went to bed in it state of dreadful agitation. In the middle of a cold and stormy night, she was taken out of bed by the police, hav ing only time to snatch tip a petticoat and wrap it round her shoulders ; she was dragged to the office, and, without a word of examination, knouted severely ; and then thrust into prison, where she was kept for two days v.ithout food! Her crime was having warned the intended victims, instead of carrying the letter to tha police ; and, having been deli vered of a child only a day or two before, her death from exhaustion would, in all probability, have been the conse quence, had she not purchased front one of the men, for an eighty kopek piece, a small morsel of black bread.—Jour ney to St. Petersburgh and Moscow. GEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN GREAT BRITAIN. That the face of the glob has successively undergel,e total changes, at different remote epochs is now a fut beyond all dispute ; as also that, long anterior to the creation of man, this world was inhabited by races of animals to which no parallels are now to be found ; and those animals them selves only made their appearance after ..he lapse of ages, during which no warm-blooded creatures had an existence. It has been further remarked, by zoologists, Chat the ani mals which first appeared in these latitudes were analog:ous to such as now inhabit tropical regions exclusively ; and that it was only at a period immediately antecedent to the creation of the human race that species similar to those of the existing era began to appear in northern latitudes. Si milar peculiarities have been also found to mark the vep tation of corresponding periods. It won! 1 hardly be cre dited by persons unacquainted with the evidence upon which suck facts repose, that, in the most dreary and deso late northern regions of the present day, there once flou rished groves of tropical plants, of Conifertu, like the Nor folk Island and Araucarian pine::, of bananas, treferns, huge cacti, and palms ; that the marshes were iilled with rush likeoplants, 15 or 20 feet high ; the coverts with ferns la' 1 the undergrowth of a We , t Indian island ; and that the ve getation, thus inconceivably rich and luxe: lath, grew mnia,t. an atmosphere that would have been fatal . to the animal world. Yet nothing can well be mire certain than that such a description is tar from being cvercharged.—Linil icy mul Hatton's I basil Flora. A farce has happened at Rye during the last ,aeek. A respectable individual of Rye, who is confined ' a close atmosphere during six days of the week, took it in'o his head to wander one Suniay morning as for as the emrish of Ud:more;where he walked into the parish Church : but no seat being offered to him, he walked out again. So far the plot of the piece seems very simple ; het the incivility with, which the gentlema n referred to conceived he ha been treated rankled in his heart ; and instead of exela:ming, " Down, busy devil, down," he suffered his wounded pride to overpower his better and more Christian feeling's. The: conscstrnee was—awftd ! As soon as he arrived home, he seized his pen—" that mighty instrument of little men," —and disburthened his breast of " that foul and perilous stuff that weighed upon the heart," (being determined with ancient Pistol that '‘ All 11-11 should stir for this !") and ac ca: el the whole parish of being laggards in the " march of civili;v," whatever they n.ight be in that of intellect. Nay, Ile dared to do more,—not indeed to t&te up his " parable" against them, but to quote poetry against them, and he headed pararraph " When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise !" lfere was a crime !—" er;men l.: sae rnejestetis;" high treason against the powers of thlitnore ! and soon had he reason to repent his temerity. lingland has her St. George, Ireland her St. Patrick ; did lie think Ud:nore had no tutelar Saint ! If he did he was direfully initeaken. The cause of the insulted parish was taken up by " a good portly man nod a corpulent," like " honest Jack.". This gentleman, who is a Baron of Rye as a ell as a large farmer of Udimore, called the efferelec to a strict account. An action for libel - (libel !!!) wes talked of, and. the denoucincie of the piece is (as report states) that an apology is to be published in the s tme paper that admitted the offensive paragraph.—Brighton Guaraion. On Thursday last a woman about 55 vents of age, and cleanly attired, was placed in the dock et the public oliee,-ehlirged with having stolen some meat. In answer to a question by the officer, she stated her name to be Jane Daniels. Her appearance, however, did not attract any particular attention beyond that of a little surprise that a woman of her age, and seemingly so comfortable, should be in such a situation. Mr. Gem called for the prosecutor, on which Mr. Joseph Swinburn, butcher, came forward, and having been sworn, stated that on the day before, be tween one and two o'clock, he was standing in the middle of the street, opposite his shop in High-street, Deritend,.. talking to a friend, when the prisoner came up and stopped at his shop-door. He saw her take half a shoulder of mutton from the shop, put it into her basket, and walk away with it. He immediately folowe.l, an l having told her that she had got his property in her basket, she instantly took out the meat, and offered it to him, together with all the money she had about her, at the same time requesting him to let her go. This he refused doing, and had her con veyed to the prison in Deritend, where she was searched by Brownhill, the constable. Brownhill was next called, and. stated that he examined the prisoaer's basket, and found in it the half shoulder of mutton, together with several pieces of beef. The prisoner admitted to him that she had taken the mutton from Mr. Swinbtirn's shOp, but that she in tended to brin g it back. Up on thi s ev id ence s h e was com mitted to take her trial at the sessions, and was removed to the end of the dock where the other prisoner's were in custody. In about an hour aftewards, Mr. Suckling, soli citor, came into the office by accident, and on asking if anything particular was going on, was informed that there was not ; that only one commitment had taken place, and that was a woman named Jane Daniels. The name struck him, upon which he went over and looked at the prisoner,. when he recognized in Mrs. Daniels a very excellent client He immediately followed Mr. Ledsam, the magistrate, into the private room, and applied to have the prisoner ad mitted to bail. He said she was a very respectable, and he always considered a very religious woman i•Tnat he had. made a marriage settlement upon her amounting to 5,000/. ; and that no later than last week he had sold property for • her to the amount of 7,000/. If she was worth a penny, he believed her to be worth 10,000/. ; under these circum stances, he applied to bail her out. Mr. Ledsam said it Was a most extraordinary case, as the offence had been clearly proved await - let her. It was, however, a bailable offence, and he had no objection, if the other magistrateee b. Mr.. Lloyd Williams, was agreeable. Mr. Suckling said that he find applied to Mr. Williams, and that he had re.: ferred him to Mr. Ledsane She was then ordered to find 'it bail, one surety in 50/. and two others in 25/. each. Mr_ Suckling then left, and the pris oner has since been dis chargedon bail.—Birreinghaor Advertiser. Sl' , fJII/011