The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

MORNING SUN COURT CLItCLV - —LAK. The Que en h e ld a Court and Pn;.vy Cou nc il at half past one o'clock yesterday aftertrJon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court his Excellency Andrew Stevenson, En 'my Extraordinary, and Min ist er Plenipotentiary from 16 United States, had an a ui.ience of her Alajesty to take leare, and pre sente d a ' Letter from the President. His Excellency was introdu fed by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., her Maj . esty's Prin Forei g n Affairs cipal Secretary Df State for Sir Edward Sugden bar', zat audience of t h e Q ueen , to kiss hand "' b eing aPP ( '' .rated Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The Right Hon. Sir audience of tier Majristy, ..7ieoro-e Murray, G.C.8., had an s hands, on being ap pointed Master-Gr ,neral of the Ordnance. The P siY.Y Corincil was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Alb R of the Council krt; Lord Wh ar ncliffe, Lord President ; Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor; Sir obert Peel 'First Lord of the Treasury; Sir James t r y. i ha t m : , 8 ' Jcretary of State for the Home Department; the z'ari . of Liverpool, Lord Steward of the Household; the E a . : Jere • 1 Delawair, rd Chamberlain ; and the Earl of e• theyaster of the Bone. At, Council, Parliament was ordered to be further kror ogued from Thursday the 11th November unto 'u.:sday the 21st December. Cou the Hon. Willi am Bathurst was the Clerk of the ncil in Waiting. 11 4 et Her Majesty gave au di ences to S i r Robert Peel, Lord zlSir James Graham, and Earl Delawarr. 1 .. The Court Was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, --- ) ,°rd in Wah l" ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; it. * jiio t .Ror: G. _ . L• Dawson Darner, Comptroller of :-/thveailtiinttt.ehold ; and the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in ;mist! 14,)ajesty and Prince Albert, attended by the _Hon. Ae,,neiehlalitig:et and Anion, took an airing yesterday after- GAO °I)" net Tt barouehe. Lord Charles Wellesley and The ti, --° , l "e • tie Were in attendance . Albert ' . on horseback. ucless of Kent visited her Majesty and Prir.ce ' Her Il e - '' t ter day, at Buckingham Palace. bad su b, a ftestY and his Royal Highness Prince. Albert Moni er , A 'tecl to their in,spection yesterday by , Mr. J. m ajes t tr. t h e service of plate manufactured for his Prineh' 3 ' the i iing of Holland, which her MaicAty and the m r • very much admired. eve- a i tevenson, the American Minister, left town last St.Atesa.g.' t° embark in the Great West'Jrit, for the United ricei......ipate le% from the Des 1 • Governor of the Mauritius were 7.uyeiterdy at th C I' nial-office. ~..1 7. : 77..........e . .....0 , • LIT ERATURE.I . '-'lv-DON LIFE. 2 Vols. The rea S d a :derx and Otte London, 1841. en to arinvc :V . to is nut Y very fastidious will find the purpose of amusement in Za-. these vniuMes, which are full of anecdotes and osen rvatiot,s illustrative of many of the profes_- 1 . 10 a nd. trade s of London, strung together with fo r l i r , e . a 4 tact or ingenuity, but, nevertheles e s,. T 6 l On the whole a very arreeuble melang - fir''. -t chapter and- is devoted to I. Medical Quacks eii t Q hj u s a t c . k ery ; 7) ertile theme, and in the c.Jurse of his remarks ther e the author tells us that 'wh o I are at least one hu ndred medical quacks 07,,,..0 Aunty nothing of' the first principles of rnedi ti:'but who are at pre -Jew. living at the expense th e i ! P°el cets_, the health, and even the lives of nore credulous pJrtio n of the metropolitan corr ntiunit .. is no 4 . 3 ' He ad is that he is convinced there , o f two-lageration 'An the statement, that upwards ex,„ iniadred lhousand pounds are annually Zdoctors oil the quack medicines and quack I: s rs , of London r The " Higher and Lower bettere,B ) is a:_chsipter of which the least sai d d . the r em - for the author seems to be but in iffe .. 'loci 3rt,aect,ll,amt.ed with the habits of aristocratic, I-flut e s - 4 ;,.. His r emarks on " Dressmakers' Assi.si the 111 4Jowe'eer, deserve great praise, first,_ fo diBinse'ul as id interesting. nature of the facts they vole n - f s ... e ',an. 'tt secondly, for the kindly and bene thac;iPirit that pervades them. We are assure . d , ( lre's,,,`"%ittlatber of young girls employed' i i Of is--140nKing and millinery in London is upwards • Iv retri? - '''; anal that to the majority of these ililk.'n'''led) llel7,3lesg creatures air and exercise are eta! (rwilywhi'le to arimravate, if possible, the phy- toos`4 hardshit is of their condition, they are, M far g1itt 2 . 111 „ 141 3 7 ir :stances, subjected to irritating lan ' Floc; a nd. gross insult from those in whose em ittitliZellt. it is their lot to be. We subjoin our don d,," ' s tlrceount of the manner in which a Lon 'her t re! RI n akers assistant is com p e ll e d to pass The -Y "gete e ,,' 4111 11 Lour at which dressmakers' assistantseoin s; Ithioh, her labours, is seven in the morning, and that ktif i.,.,_,tbe' close for the day, is eleven-at. night. One st. N h ' 4 ` 4o : more elapses before they can retire to re 111 tk"order to be ready to resume their ilgedle at seven lis, .- 6 Morning, they must at least. get 61) by half - I:2" s t .4 11 0 .; The average amount of time, therefore, hill IstyiLsd them Forrest, does not exceed seven hours. f This es '• , -i'' abe. Obviously too little for delicate female ram At Itmetally at the critical time of life at which by far 1,. l i hest portion of these girls are apprenticed—even . 1 14 ?their labours light and of short duration during the th e' : ,,,Itut the very reverse is the painful fact : they ply tit h,.,qt'edle without a moment's intermission, save the 11 1.47 or thirty minutes allowed them for eating their . :114;1! froni the time they enter the work-room until Ikti'litZ7e quitted it for the night. Now, surely it needs 'ea t .,;'eal geniu s to tell us, that to poor young delicate Nu n ' 11 :e , t:nus worn out day after day for a succession o a t with fourteen or fifteen hours' unintermitting th ~vell hours' repose is not only inadequate to meet lh ' nuirements of nature, but must be attended with T , I iP ee est perils to the constitution. Nor ought I to t 16 ,1i etittli Mention of the fact, that the s little repo . s y e . tahle it.o „: 111 is deprived of its beneficial effects, D - ‘ 1 ta . k r4 ...II C e of from ten to twelve of their number A • - e°4lpelleol to sleep in one small confined bed-room. 1.-Cl / 3 /7)- . - -Lein .L.IBRAfiy of MODERN. AUTHORS 'til e Whittaker, Lond on , 1841 . rE itnumber of this Mis i cellany o , ‘ e . o_nt ;, a . ina . bi gt 13,1thlication of the third volume .1, t cl u e s l x " - teeritsr,``ltistory of the Reformation i i w t , I 4 1)p ea ; 'III tury," the two former already hav the' pen of a k t liti e ,"-" Ti translation is l ask `t - la! 1- named Kelly who i f : r il e : ll ex ccuted his history, the for with spirit and fidelity. As a t,,_ li lit 1,13,1 vell-known, and of established . repu “ %h i ' " ° ti 1 here and on the Continent and no tllt ibe more creditable to the aulhortha i t e t I. ll ' :T it; (-). rally moderate and impartial . tone lw i n_ ; )4 8 -- ,, 1)1 ' 4ted, while discussing a series of ii . i on .I*h t'ar - ii i , t i l .s on which it is difficult to write with 2, 4 ~_ , L It3' . tt h (Jr . i f i l-r . -b-t: Off 111; . Bohn,London, 1841. ''t n 11S translation of one of Schiller 's latest . ~ cl' -1( )st 1 51. c.:6 eartfully composed dramas,. we are - t q 4 l " . l ' tu i Mr. LoCke who tells us in his pref_at e T .. li! - t titi l v e : l as " soine , tirnes amplified, more tr a 'k lt:ik; (-undensed, the original ; 4 1) i ... r )" slisi f,:htly i d the sense, not from i - i n one or i t l i i v s o . t-I‘' 14-et„11-11),KCtlhael a e uthor, or, I f ; i lii..-- itafirovement, but solely from inability a least of all witch 1 1 .1 tr e eger4s_the 'precise meaning with more titan . 4, 1 th e t'tness." - This is taking more liberties ' ' aql eXt than is perhaps strictly allowable, _ l 4, ' Te r , • I ' l4 L .4 1 ' we (t ve aware that Coleridge's example Vey•4 „ in ... , d " d . of Schiller's Wallenstem may be get , h as pro -4 j i if ( nee ; but as M. Lodge ~.a.,e tr ttot , , n t d ; it.r,t, -crupulously accurate, at any , lur lii l3 iasp,P i s auti Poetical translation, are ufOri tal i . to take him severely to task fir his t tii , ti q al c ftnd heterodox notions et t 1 duties , - ato l a ::.r.,,....._,,.._ 4 2.71.8 L - 4-1 0' 67 A r 1-18.1 CAL WORLD. '-dtaningh ut London, 1841. 1 for the likl' art 1 41':'. 'lea') 'Weekly a llla.' gazine, dt•votec,. .1- ietl4. ,to inusical criticisms, anecdotes, nat. I t is a very Nt'.cki Sc.c., connect d with the art. skill and .4 Itai e e - . but little , ~.... 1, 4 41 4 i t ) Conducted wall . , except, pli . it.hit 3 sliothillg• worth knowing, of the week fr, tl l it t ., L the musical intelligence r )rt i ti 1,41)1. first ly i:ltroduced by , ~_, bright N.Ark P of . 1 • 1 we quote thch", 4, .k - ~, ` 4 itc i happy an original , article, t t 'llitt, --- ' e are IIeVCT so , a or our r , i 'kbll, , our pedafro,ruiPal trencher-cap / conjuror's 1 1), a,`, 1 nie.l , " ' cover_ Itln. `qv . 1,-cPp or our editorial . st.ktiyli.it, h e S t t4 l Pe to :hat more genial hetaod-bo ti t , it id 1 119 sage mig•ht well .yearn tq li r' I p e r) if only for its tintinnalailarydecloioraw tMl,l4l.he writer of this would certainlyapspe__ burrow t,,,,,,Q tli, a ge in a cap and bells. It would ednir. ' l 4l 44 ..ik.st appropriate covering for his Ab • " kti c ,, ' ) 41 k oi ,, - - -- . )4.,t1°, 4iitit - ti 10. " it tiv,.. 3 *RS Rppreherided in Limerickrenc° nt r o e n of rid t_l;e L' C4' ` 3 'Ai p N P d M Purnell, ' Poor. Ni,t4Wri ii, .".(119 —l ''' '' an r' dby the % ttl IA k n, I.n consequence of language . use ; an ...,... ,4,4,11Nitt aueenng of the Board of Guardians a' vvith'ld,%l t,/I`)rn'wll‘)lveiver, Was effected through the iik. 'ltt, .. ~* • • O'Brien 11. p., Mr. Furnelt having P .lPe r " the objectionable Passage of his speech.—Duo- A ' 1144 c;10,11.7 . British tr k e k 1 ,4 1 1 , ' IN 4 SEA SERPENT. tiA•r,,tlll„ -44 recentiv * -. v ' 3ry 4,. . , received a most-7uTrih(?eustaned_oeracm er y 141.,,,u11t10ti to its varieties of nature t) an t. (1,1 genusf lei lt t l i l l ' l . , wit,tZ‘ 6e.a serpent, bilongim; c h 'tei,, ir e b„ r!vitli some other specimens, , h as , , been su - 1, 3 4 .1 thi n J„t) 4eutenant Stokes, of her Alajest). rt ' ll ll4 "lid ,-""P;It'• This sea snak e is nearly six fee i s t,7 Ikr,:it as thick as a man's thigh. It is very 844 rtaitlely !, 11° ' 11 any specimens hitherto scribed,. and s , lii h) , 'Qa thickest and most weighty poisonous tat n. 'lay, ,t. thickest A „ f , few `vhi l'ltqk °P COACH COMPETITION.--A , h,. 4 J .R 4 6 ,, ltitleinan inquired of th e drive r ( h )f e at i q 1,-,, fr,,"_('llt.t.uged horses; and was On .. t It raptb y4,0*",1t,,1 inn on the'read between South a p a , T ) c i ii p i point of t town. I t ic' , l t ' ll' the price of the fare to the nex . w.t.i.n 1%., 11, ..)t, and 4t the hor n of a rival coach w , as ii ' 'lothit Wha t rapidly approaching% Coachee s answer o_ lar44Alt kt iut )(ll Plea'eanYt hi ng—a glass of grog— eta g fre t t r• Q 4.4. Arty up, Sir.S4lig6nry Journal. t 1, of ICinsella, one of the independent , c 2 a f,,, z , u Carlow, has been distra.ined by Colonel 412:"4)alitt PWards of (3131 ar-e r f rent, allowed to h_ is t,_e 1,3,.., •! o iler. , ‘lliq '''' . 03 ."--1,-/:11 1 oper. 41„k v . 11 Itak 04 PETIT SESSIONS. ---A poor Atili ell ‘T o k, ~ . 1 1, ti ~v ., ii Ginnivan was fined twopence and three 143 .:Nitti . ,,; 4 1 a charge of stealin,g• two grass sods. 1434. 'titz lt€ Ivhci Pronouneed 'this decition were 4 (..7,r4i t e N , d, IS. LoaLin,s, and Ai. C.8)741/111..-.. /VW"' ST. CLEMENTS DANES. A most unruly and turbulent meeting took place last night of the parishioners of Sr. Clements Danes, in the Vestry-room of that parish, the Rev.' Mr. Gurney, the Hector of the parish, presiding; The object of the meeting, whieh was most numerously attended, the Vestry-room being actually tratittned, was to elect a Vestry-Keeper. Two pee,sons only were candidates for the office, but the tiaction seemed to be considered a matter of 'a° small importance in the parish, and the feelings of the parishioners seemed to run high on the subject. Shortly after' the commence ment of the meeting, it was quite apparent that the pre ponderance of those present was in firrour of the candi date of the name of Norman, whose claims to the office were stated to be, " that he kept the ' George's' Tavern and Hotel, Strand; had been housekeeper and rate-payer nineteen year e, at rentals of upwards of 300/. per anuutn, and centribeted about 700/. towards the parochial rates ; that he is sixty years of age, a widower, with five daughters, three of whom are entirely dependent on him ; that he has lost in business considerable sums of money, the earnings of his younger days ; that he is now bodily afflicted and totally reduced in circumstances, and therefore seeks, through your kindness, to be placed in that situation which will relieve his state of mind, and save him and his family from destitution." The other candidate was Miss Marshall, who was the daughter of the late vestry-keeper. Mr. GODFREY, in opening the business of the meeting, adverted in rather severe terms t' some statements that had appeared in the Observer Newspaper, and deprecated the course that had been pursued by Mr. Dowling, the Editor of Beira Life in London. The two candidates were proposed amidst the greatest uproar and confusion, and several gentlemen who at tempted to address the meeting on behalf of the candi dates, met with a similar reception. After considerable tumult, a show of hands was taken, and declared to be greatly in favour of Mr. Norman. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Miss Marshall, which being agreed to, was ordered to take place on Monday and Tuesday next. Mr. BOWLING, in rising to propose a vote of thanks to the Rev. and Worthy Chairman, trusted that as he had been personally alluded to, he should be allowed to say a few words. lie had, in the course of the evening, been called the Editor of Bek'.c Life in London, and also a scribikr. He acknowledged both the soft impeachments. In the former character he trusted he could. not be accused of haring done anything injurious to the morals of the people—(Cheers)---and by that of a scribbler, which he had been for forty years, he had been enabled to bring up and educate a numerous family, with benefit to them, and, he hoped, with honour to himself.—(Great cheering.) As one of the Guardians of the parish, he had been always against the renewal of the office of vestry-keeper, cousidcring it an unneces sary burthea on the parish: The meeting, however, had determined that the office should be continued ; and, as they were to pay the piper, of course they had the right to say who should play the pipes. —(Great laughter.) . The vote of thanks having been seconded, and the Rev. and worthy Chairman having returned thanks, the meeting separated shortly before ten o'clock. The poll will be proceeded with on Monday and Tues day next. TOTAL DESTRUCTION cf DERBY TOWN-HALL. A melancholy duty devolves upon us, and we stop the press in order t , perform it. The noble pile erected in the Market-place is the year 1828. and which, we be lieve, cost somewh^re about 12,0001., is now in ruins, and the site whereon, yesterday, stood a building at once an ornament and an honour to the town, presents to the eye a scene of desolation. Some time after two o'clock this morning we were disturbed from our slumbers by the cry of fire, the ring ing of bells, the whirling of rattles, and the general din of voices as people rushed towards the scene of devasta tion. On arriving at the Market-place we found his Wor ship the Mayor, several Aldermen, and some trades men and mechanics, but at this time the number of people congregated was not great. The necessary steps were being taken to get the town engines in play, but this was attended with some difficulty, owing partly to a deficiency of water, partly to a want of buckets, and want of organisation on the part of those assembled. Post-horses were despatched for the I)arley engine, and Captain Finlayson (of the North Midland Railway) was in attendance with the Company's engine. By this time the concourse of people had be come very dense, and a better system of organisation had been arranged; but still the management was very defective, and the people appeared to be so paralyzed that the great majority of them stood :transfixed to the spot, gazing intensely on the volumes •of smoke and flames which were extending with fearful rapidity. Several of the engines were planted in front of the Hall, and others at the back, and they continued to play as long and as frequently , an they could obtain supplies of water, but without the slightest effect. About four o'clock the roof began to give way, and the flames were terrific. The sky, fur miles round, presented a lurid glare, and illuminated the faces of the vast assem blage. The crashing of glass, the falling of the beams and rafters, the loud hoarse cries of the enginemen for " water, water," and the shouts of the people as they echoed the command, combined to render the scene awfully interesting. Between four and five the wind veered to the North, and a tremendous snow storm came on. At this time the roof was rapidly falling in, and the body of the Hall (which had just been refitted and undergone considerable alterations at an expense of 5001. or 6001.) was soon enveloped in flames, which burst from the windows, both front and back, furiously, and defied all attempts to sub due them. The ceiling of the lofty lonic portico gave way, and the burning materials fell crashing upon the rusticated basement. The cry for " water" still re •sounded on every side, but, alas ! the supplies were nearly exhausted, and the fire had now got so com pletely a-head that all attempts to stop its progress were futile. The •Hall floor broke through, and the rooms on the ground-floor were next in full blaze, the entire building presenting to the eye one dense mass of flame. By six o'clock the fire became exhausted, and as daylight approached nothing but the bare walls were to be seen. -We regret to state that all the records have perished in the flames ; but the Chamberlain's account books, which were deposited in an iron safe, are preserved. The Revising Barristers' documents have also been de stroyed. The building was ensured to the amount of 5,0001. in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Assurance Office ; but this 'ill fall far short of the amount of the injury done, which R•e have heard computed at 10,0001. or 12,00 CL We are glad to state that the disaster, which it has been our unpleasant office to record, has been unattended with loss of life.—Derby Reporter of Thursday. Shenstone's precocious fondness for reading was so great, that to tisfy this craving for a fresh supply of books, his mother often wrapped up a piece of wood in the shape of a book, and put it under his pillow, to induce sleep for the night, and gain time to supply the little student's demands for the morrow. PAISLEY.--On Thursday night last, the greater part of thv Tiircad Factory, Gordoo's-lane, beionging to Messrs. Glen and Anderson, was destroyed by fire. The calamity throws about eighty persons out of employ rn,nt. The premises were insur:d in two offices—the one English, the other Scotch.—Ayr Observer. The Times says, " Lord Lyndhurst is the first Envitshman Is lin has received the seals three times from his Sovereign. Lord Lyndhurst is not an Englishman. He is an American, burn at Boston, where his sisters yet reside. 'His father, Copley, the painter, left Boston when the troubles commenced, and brought his family with him to Ent hind.—Cheltenham Examiner. NORWICH, OCT. 20.—A meeting is about to be held in St. Andrew's Hail, to take into consideration the existing distress. The distress in this city is dread ful, in consequence of the war price of provisions. It is now quite out of the power of many of the middling clus,es of society to obtain a sufficiency of food ; to say nothing of the miserable and destitute poor. An itinerant vender of playbills was run over on Monday evening, in the Strand. He was running by the side of a carriage, holding up his play-bills to the window, when his foot slipped, and he fell completely under the vehicle, and one of the hind-wheels passed over his body. The gentleman who was in the carriage, on being infixmed of the accident, gave his•foottnan a sovereign to give the poor boy, with strict directions to see him safely conducted to the hospital. Two TO ONS.—It appears that, by the census returns for the parish of Llangain, there are 117 males and 226 fetnah , s.— Weigh Paper. APPROACHING LAW CHANGES.—It iS Cur rently reported in the professional circles, that Lord Lyndhurst will relinquish the seals at the commence ment of January Term, and that Sir W. Follett, the Solicitor-General, will be his successor. In connexion with this arrangement, it is said that Lord .Abinger will at the same time vacate the Chiefship of the Exchequer, and that Sir F. Pollock . will be hi s successor t h ere i n. A large importation of game cocks from Bristol, have arrived to the Marquis of Waterford, Curvaghtnore. —Dublin Pest. DEATH FROM COLD.—Tuesday, the sth inst., was an extremely bad day in the Highlands, particularly in the range of the Grampians. On the morning_ of that day, a number of shearers , returning from the harvest in Strathmore, were overtaken by the thetrhuesto violencemiithewioldfstobne the south side of the Dee. wind and rain, and the den: d e I rale mist id which long,heichcoi• withoutered the hills, they last their way, and knoe•ing hills. ere Cold,they w wet, hegoing, a mattl-,dng fatigue,the almost trackless I gee, and we regret to se verely tried the stoutest of l say that o ne w oman, Isabel wife of Alexander Stewart, fell a victim to the i them 1 1 ; ; She travell e d on ,near the top of the a l ,), cy of the weather. u hin Firmont, NS hen beccitiiingutcb spirit, till luiteexhausted, she sunk tinder the cold and fatigue. Her daughter in company, did all they possibly could woman rilcy animate her, but all their efforts roved to strengthen and the otherrthen ;led then attempted to carry her along in hopes of reaching;them some human habitation ; and a man who was wit, c b a u r t ried the poor woman on his back for several miles,. perceiving her getting worse, and finding heuselt unable to proceed farther with her, he was obliged to put her down. One party then hastened to seek assist ance, while her daughter, and others, remained with the dying woman, to render all the assistance they could. They placed • part of their own clothes on her, but nothing they could do would warm or invigorate her perishing frame. It must have been a great trial to the poor girl to stand by and see her mother perishing with cold, and yet unable to render the least assistance. At last a horse and cart were brought to their assistance, but, ere then, nature was exhausted, and she had not been many minutes placed in the cart when the last feeble life g ave w ay, and sreptoms of animation were long gone ere they were able to reach home.— Scotch Pupa. THE SUN, LONDON, FItIDA NEW BEER TRADE, The Seventh . Annual den'eral Meeting of the Sub t:t.tribirs of the Metropolitan New Publican's Protection Society, and others connected with the above trade, was held yesterday at the London Mechanics' Institution, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Commit tee for the last 3 ear ; to determine the manner in which the sum voted for the Pension-fund should be appro priated ; and to elect officers for the ensuing year. The Chair was oken by Mr. Peary at hall-past four o'clock. He said, as it was their wish that he should preside over them he would do so, and he would not detain them longer than to say that he regretted that the meeting was not more numerous, and that they had not got a Chairman better qualified than himself. It was a general meeting, and it was the duty of every Member to attend it, as upon that occasion the Com mittee came before the members to justify their pro ceedings. He then ca led upon the Secretary to read the Report. Mr. BISHOP read the Report. It recapitulated the proceedings of lest year respecting the Beer-law Amendment Bill, by which the beersellers obtiined the privilege of keeping open their shops to a liter hour, and other important privileges, upon condition that the qualification for a license should be raised to 1.51. in London and other large towns, 1 I/. in other towns, and 81. in what were called the rural district. Searctly bad the Act come into operation when a new reading was put upon its clauses by the authorities of the Ex. cisc. The Committee, and those who conceded the qualification, understood that the 151., 11/., and 8/. re• spectively, was to be the fair annual value of the house and premises held by the applicant for a license, but the Excise authorities considered and contended that it was to be the rating value. Such a reading was never for a moment contemplated by the Committee. The Ex cise ultimately referred the quotient() the law officers of the Crown, and they were compelled to say that the questions left to the law officers were fairly put. On the 30th October, 1840, the Secretary was made ac quainted with the answer, and it was against the trade —they were of opinion that, the law made it imperative upon the Excise to take the rating value, and that the overseers had no right to consider in any way the an nual value. As it was certain that the Excise would act upon that opinion, and as it would destroy at least two-thirds of the existing houses, the Committee com municated with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A deputation bad an interview with the 11,ght Hon. Gen tleman, the Chairman of the Excise being present. They urged upon them the great detriment which such a reading of the Act would prove to the public, to the revenue, and to the beer trade, and that the clear un derstanding among all parties, while the Bill was going through Parliament, was, that the value should be the clear annual value of the house and premises, and not the rating value. Tee Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted that the literal carrying out of the Act would be attended with some inconvenience and diffi culty, but as to disturbing the law as it at present stood he would not be a party to it. He advised them to allow the law to take its course, in order that experience might enable them to see bow it would work, and to suggest the proper remedies. The Committee were consequently obliged to submit, but they complained that good faith had not been kept with them. Another question had arises between the trade and the Excise. Formerly when a beerseder let his house a license was granted as a matter of course, but the Excise autho• rities bed letter 4 declared that the license would not be granted until the name of his successor appeared on the tate-book. In consequence of the remonstrances addressed to them, however, they had subscquertly come to a different conclusion. The It-port then referred to the annual steam-boat excursion and dinner, ‘vi ich had contributed considerably to the funds of the So ciety. There had been only ten informe.tions against the Society in the course of the year, and out of these there had been but two convictions, in both of which trifling penalties had been inflicted. The Report com plained of the want of co-operation on the part of the country trade, and suggested the importance of unity, energy, and perseverance in carrying out the objects of the Society. • The statement of receipts end- expenditure for the past year, showing a sum of 2801. placed to the credit of the pension fund, and 1201. for the use of the Society, was then read by the Secretary. Mr. HOLLING moved the adoption of the Report, and Mr. S. FARRELL seconded it. The question was put and agreed to unanimously. The SECRETARY then called the attention of the meeting to the regulations which had been prepared by the Committee for the apportionment of the widows and orphans' fund. He would first real them for the meeting, and then they would be put by the Chairman seriatim. The Secretary then read the regulations as follows : " 1. Agreeably to the 33d Rule, the widows or the orphans of any beerseller are eligible to the benefits of the pension fund : provided that, prior to his death, the said beerseller was a member of the Society, and a contributor for not less than three successive years, to its funds. " 2. The amount payable to a widow, shall not, in any case, exceed ten pounds ; to an orphan, five pounds; but not more than ten pounds to any one latbily: " 3. No application from, or on account of, a widow or orphans, will be received after the Lippe of one year from the death of the me. - nber, nor if at the time of his death he was more than nine months in arrears. 4. Upon application to the Secretary, a blank form will (if all arrears are previously paid up), be di livered to the party applying ; which form is to be filled up agreeably to the directions thereon ; and when signed, and attested by the signatures and addresses of tour recommending subscribers (of whom not more than two can be on the Committee), it is to be returned to the Secretary, for the Committee. " 5. Should the party applying be in a state requiring irnrneliate assistance, a statement to that effect should accompany the applic:tion ; upon receipt of which the Committee may, at their first ensuing monthly meeting, vote such sum (not in any case exceeding .5/.) as may appear expedient. " 6. No application received after the last day of July, in any }ear, can be included in the list to be sub mitted to the general meeting in the October follow ing ; but it. will be entalad to be insert-A in the first list made out subsequently. " 7. Prior to the annual general meeting in October, a lint shall be made out by the Secre•ary of the appli cacts who have given the required notice ; and the names and addresses of the same shall be sent, at least seven days prior to the day on which the meeting-is to be held, to every member of the Snciet}, accompanied by or appended to a notice of the time and pl ice of raecVng ; so that, sh- , uld it be necessary to proceed to a bll'ot, the list of applicants so sent may serve as a voting or balloting paper. " 8. On the day oftba annual meeting, immediately after the Auditors' annual financial statement shall hare bean disposed of, the amount proposed to be appro priated to the widows and oThans, as recommended by the Committee, stall be stated by the Chairman, for the approval of the subscribers (but which sum shall not exceed one-eighth part of the total sum reported as due to the pension fund). After which, the list of applicants shall be read to the meeting by the Chair man (prior to the election of officers for the ensuing year). And if the amount so declared will allow ten pounds to each widow, aad five pounds to each orphan (but not exceeding t*.n pounds to any one family), the applicants shall each receive an order on the Treasurer for the amount, deducting any sum previously voted by the Committee, as per Rule 5 ; but if the number of applicants be too many to allow such apportionment, then a ballot slid' take place ; and the candidates ob taining the greatest number of votes, shall be declared the successful parties. The ballot to be limited to two hours, and to commence and close at the time fixed by the Committee in the notice or circular. "9. The parties who may be unsuccessful at any election will be at liberty to apply again, but not where a spcc!al objection shall hays been taken against such individual, and confirmed by a vote of the general meet ing. But no candidate will be put in the list more than three times." The first regulation having been put from the Chair , Mr. HAwiaNs moved the introduction of the words " provided the widow be in necessitous circumstancet." The amendment having been seconded by Mr. LATHAM, Mr. Bl3llo£ objected to the amendment, on the ground that the rules had been maturely considered by the Committee, and they considered that it would be an inquisitorial prying into the circumstances of each party applying. - - A - SUBSCRIBER called on the Secretary to read the 33a section of the enrolled rules of the S.,:ciety. Mr. 131stitoP then read the section alluded to, which provided for the object of the amendment. Mr. IlAwKnis pressed his amendment. That meet ing might alter any rule of the Society if it pleased. Mr. BISHOP Fuld he assured the meeting that they bad no such power. In order to obtain that power, a special meeting must be had. The CHAIRMAN said that a notice of such a meeting must be g;ven to every Subscriber. The original motion was put and carried. The 3d rule was put and carried. On the 4th rule having been proposed, Mr. Paosssft moved the inscition of the words that no member shall be qualified to give such a re commendation unless he be a subscriber to the Society hs," which w as cearietl. and 8, were th en paste d without oh. for se c or l : v i. e 7 m s 7 6t On the list rul being submit! el, Mr. WARD inuved that the words in the rule after general meeting" be erased, which amennment was carried. The rule as amended Ramthen put an d carr i e d . Th e CHAIRMAN then read the fo rm o f an application. There was but one apPeation to the Society at this mcctivg. The meeting then proceeded to tied, a new CoM talltLee ctltl*catitig Ur t;goe idto to c:tot Secretary and a Collector. Ihe meeting then adjourned. OCTOBER 22, 18-11. Slit R.OI3EItT PEEL'S SCHOOL. The mahae ° rni;int of Sir Robert. Peels's charity school at Tamwou thwould be a Matter iif little iiateTit to the public, b u t f or the illustration which it. has reeciitlt afforded o f t h e of the c eun t ry, and that of his clerical and other de pendents ;as pccuhar m ora lity of the Prime Minister well as of the purposes, political and op pressive, to which, in Tory hands, institutions, pro fessedly for charity and instruction, may be perverted. The subject was first brought before the public by the foliovring extract of a letter from Mr. Acland, the Anti-Corn-law lecturer " There is in Tamworth a grammar-school, founded by Sir Robert's father, for the gratuitous education ofthe children of th e i n h a bi tants so long as a Peel shall repre sent tho bor oug h ; and I am credibly informed that the master (Sava ge b y riarne, and, as it ehosthf seem, servile by nature) i n f orme d the boys a few awl singe that he had receiv e d a l etter from the Prime Minister, oeciering him to discharge the children of all those who had sinned the petition! The way being thus prepared, the relieving officer and his colleagues went round to the parents of the children to inquire' if they had signed that important document. And the public may believe that sonic disclaimers were the consequence." In consequence of this statement, the Standard published a letter to Sir Robert Peel from Mr. Savage, describing him as " the clergyman who has the general charge of Sir Robert Peel's school at Tamworth in the Right Honourable Baronet's absence, and the party re:erred to in the cslumny which he exposes." It will be observed that no question is raised about the mas tership the school. That the master's name is Sa vage is no pert of the charge. It is a circumstance which, whither correctly or incorrectly assumed, is al together incidental. The fact has since come out that there is another, or subordinate mestere under Mr. Savage's control ; that this other master has dismissed Beale boys ; that this other master has questioned one, at least, of the boys on the subject of the petition ; and that this ether master has been embroiled both with children and p arents relative to t h e C orn-law question. Knowing all this, which it is passing strange if his principal does not know also, Sir Robert Peel's clerical friend and agent writes thus for the benefit of the public : " I have been told that ono or more paragraphs, ori ginally in The Sun newspaper, hare been copied iuto the provincial papers, stating that I had dismissed from your school the boys whose parents had signed the petition lately sent from this town. I trouble you with this, to assure you that there is not the slightest shadow of an excuse for such a falsehood. No boy has been dis charged from your school, for any cause whatever, for many months, nor have I spoken to any of them on the subject of the petition. I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your faithful servant, "'Tamworth, Oct. 17.' "R. C. SAVAGE." The disgraceful equivocation of this seeming denial is like that of the two thieves in the fable ; the one did not steal the leg of mutton, and the other had not got it. A direct falsehood would have been more manly, and not lsss moral. And the lie which the writer palmed (for a few days) upon the public, goes beyond the occasion. Mr. Ackland had not stated that any boys had been actually dismissed. He had only imputed the threat, not the act. Why, then, does the Rev. R. C. Savage deny the dismissal ? Ap parently, because he knew (which Mr. Arland did not) that there had been an expulsion. He adds an accu sation, for the purpose of contradiction, to those which bad actually been made, not because it bad been falsely asserted, but because it had really occurred. We were going to say '` like master like man ;" but truly the man outdoes the master in superfluous equivocations. It may be inquired how we obtained the knowledge of these most discreditable facts. We bad them from no private source. They rest on no Anti Corn-law authority. We have not sent down a reporter to in vestigate. The Morning Post of yesterday, in the exuberance of i:s indiscreet zeal as the organ of the new Premier, publishes them under the voucher of its own " Correspondent." We shall give the whole of this curious statement.' After an introductory sentence or two, the writer begins with the impression that this professed charity has been prostituted to political pur poses in the borough " The school in question was founded and endowed by the late Sir Robert Peel about the year 1820, and from that period until the present time a number of boys, varying from sixty to eighty, have been clothed and fed upon the foundation. now far the charity has been used for the promotion of party political purposes will appear from the fact, that at. the present time, out of the seventy boys in the school, at least two-thirds of them are the children of Sir Robert's political opponents—that is, where the parents possess the franchise. The only qua lification which has ever been demanded or required by Sir Robert Peel is this, that the children be of indus trious habits anu good moral characters." Of the boys whose parents are voters, two-thirds are the children of persons opposed to Sir Robert Peel. We should like to know in what way these parents find it prudent to vote. Soon after the election, the Morn ing Post (" save ice from my friends," may Sir Robert exclaim) published the' curious fact, thataundry voters at Tamworth gave one of their votes to Sir Robert Peel, although they were opposed to him in politics. On that occasion we expressed a desire for some light upen the how and the why of so inconsistent a proce dure. The working of the•charity school may be taken in part explanation. It dispels a portion of the mystery. But to proceed— The Rev. R. Savage, as master of the school, and as the " party referred to" in the charge, flatly, though ungrammatically, denied the fact of any conversation with any of the boys " on the subject of the petition," The real " party referred to," viz., not Mr. Savage, but Mr. Tuffield, has been personally examined by the Correspondent of the Poet, es has also the boy with 'shorn he did t.llk "on the subject of the petition." The result is thus given " In perfect keeping with the inaccuracy of the state ment put forwa r d b y t h e O pposition pr i nts, i t s h ou ld b e observed that th oug h t h e Rev. 3,1 r. Savage possesses and exercises the ri g ht o f superintending- the affairs of the school, yet for twenty years the mastership has been vested in Mr. T. Tuftield, who has the entire control of the boys; and 1 have been assured by this respectable in dividual that the only allusion which was ever made to the subject of the petition within the walls of the school was a passing question proposed by him to one of his pupils, whether it was true that he had signed the docu ment alluded to. The boy, who does not appear more than ten years old, replied that he had done so, and fur ther stated that a brother, fourteen years of age, was the party that induced him. This I have had verified by the child himself, and therefore, however far it may go to ex pose the absurdity of that proceeding, it goes equally far to show the absurdity and acrimony of the Radical fac tion, who resort to such expedients for the promotion of their degraded purposes." Now, if Mr. Tuffitld has the " entire control" of the boys, why did Mr. Savage put himself tortvai d to make the assertion which Mr. Tuffiild could not make? Why did Mr. Tuffield look quietly on at the promulgation of what he knew to be false ? And why did Sir Robert Peel, to whom Mr. Savage's letter was addressed, allow his own name thus to serve as a voucher for what (in some points at least) he must have known to be a deception? We suppose the cate chism is taught in this school ; but who catechises the teachers and patron ? Quiz custodes custodiet Tie preceding extract only goes the length of prov ing conversaticn with one boy on the subject of the petition. The next and last complains of the insubor dination of " numbers of the boys." and connects that alleged insubordination, through the parents, with Mr. Adana, and consequently with Corn-laws and petition init.. It goes distinctly to the fact of a recent expul sion, thus completing the demolition of the Rev. IL C. Savage's epistle. it is in reference to an expulsion (which had not been asserted) that he replies emphati cally, " I trouble) you with this to assure you that there is not the slightest shadow of excuse for such a falsehood." Now hear the evidence of the Morning Post Correspondent : " I am credibly informed that Sirßobert Peel, withisis usual promptitude in the despatch of business, has Wit ten to the Rev. Mr. Savage, with a view to a full invests gation and exposure of the facts. In the. meantime lam in a position to assert that, until within the last few days, there has not been one boy expelled the school ; and the cases which hare more recently occurred arose entirely from the negligence and bad conduct of the pupils. There is, however, one fact which cannot be deplored too deeply. The harangues of Acland have produced in the minds of many of the lower classes a feeling of dis affection which, until now, was never experienced in the borough. This is more remarkable among the recipients of Sir Robert's bounty than any other class of people. So much is this the case, that numbers of the boys have within the last few weeks appeared to for ge t tne rela tionship in which they stand to their mast er , awl n il these cases have keen followed up by in so l ence on the part of the parents. Mr. Tull:101d assu res me that never during the whole period of his mastership has the spirit parents r i lein su ts ho s r e c e l m ina t s o io jno s s h ti o ry wi t s he its a e s i s f u t m o p s t u i c o l i i i, a and th e saying that, `lf Sir Robert turned them out, Acland woulcrstake them in.'" occasion, i s f u ll y At first the wr:tsr seems disposed to conn ec t t h e ex• pulsion (now confessed to have occurred, i n th e teet h of the Rev. R. C. Savage's denial) with oth er U b a d re conduct' than that of desiring cheap bread. B ut t h at proved Anti-Corn-law then-law petitioning teas The alleged " insolence" of the parent s i s id entified with all the cases. And the expression, "If Si r Ro bertthe turned them out," plainly implies the threat which constituted Mr. Acland's original charge. The party will, no doubt, continue to call him a liar ; but they should not have let out the secret that they began to do so because they knew that he was telling the truth. There is a little loophole through which it might be thought that the Rev. it: C. Savage could escape from the imputation of not &lying one solitary atom of truth in his letter. Thst little loophele %7e wili firs: stop up befor e leaving him to the shame he has earned. The Post Correspondent says that the expulsions took place " within the last jew days." The clergyman tells his patron that " no boy has been discharged front your school for en,, cause whatever for many months." Is it possible that the expulsions might have been prompted, decided upon, and carried into effect, in the i n t er i a l b etween the two l e tt ers ? Credat' Ju rictus ! for the clerg)nish dates on Sunday, and the Post Correspondent on Tuesday. Supp sss i ng, there fore, that the Rev. it, Savage broke the Sal). bath by punting bi 3 letter to Sir Robert Peel, as well as by cvtitirm Llssehnois, only Monday is left fur the time des-.2ribec2 " the as.t few days," and the " recently" of the whole work of capulsion, And then as eCen froth charity schools are not usually performed exterepOte, Oie Clergyman must have known that what he denied so per,!rtipterily on Sunday was about to be perpetrated on I\l3nday, and that it must become fact before his equivocating contradiction could bscomo public And here we le7.re tbo parties in this contemptible affair, from the highest of thetti ff; tilm lowest, to di side amongst themselves, as best they Clay ; their seve ral proportions of convicted disingenuousness. We congratulate the parents of the expelled children for contact with any of the eet is moral pollution. Those who may wish to know yet more of the thorough dirti nest; and falsification to which the borough in question is subjugated'; we refer to an article from the last num ber of tie Jlirtnclicsle titheit, headed "The Tamwortb Pe ti t iun."—Morning Chronic-it. THE UNEMPLOYED POOR. PUBLIC MEETING AT LEEDS. (Abridged from the Leeds Times.) On Saturday evening last a numerous meeting, con venel by placards issued by the Operatives' Enumera tion Committee, assembled in the Music Hall. The body of the meeting appeared fo Ise aisles:st entirely com posed of opt ratives, to the number of abotit 700. Ia the orchestra, however, we observed W. Aldan), juc,, E•q., M.P. ; J. G. Marshall, Esq. ; I'. 13. Peace, Esq. ; Detroem Lupton, Ecq. ; T. D. Luccock, Esq. ; the Rev. Thomas Scales ; Arthur Lupton, Esq. ; Al dermaa Batesoa ; James Greco, Esq. ; Dr. Smiles, and acme other genii trien. The meeting was entirely con ducted by the operatives ; it was under the presidency of an operative, and all the resolutions were proposed and seconded by operatives, with the exception of one, which was a vote of thanks to the Chairman. The meeting was of an exceedingly interesting character, and was conducted throughout with perfect decorum, and with complete unanimity of feeling, all the resolu tions being passed unanimously. Mr. JOHN SPEED, an operative, was unanimously elected Chairman. Atter taking the Chair, be rose and said—lf he had been alloyed to consult his own feel ings, he certainly would tiot have taken the position in which they had placed him. Yet he must confess that he received some encouragement from the consideration of the fact that however feeble and inefficient the advo cates might be, the cause is which they were met was one which must commend itself to every enlightened head and fiery generous heart. If he were asked for what purpose that meeting was called together, he would answer simply for the purpose of lit ing before them and the country the destitute condition in which thousands of their fellow-citizens were doomed to drag out a miserable existence. That want existed to a very alarming extent, was known to all persons, from the Queen on her throne to the humblest nrtizan, and he confessed to him it W 53 matter of regret, that as all political parties agreed as to the existence of the distress, there should be such a diversity of opi nion, not (rely as to its causes, but as to its cure.— (Heat, hear.) One aid that Backs had made too tree with their credit ; another that it was caused by gambling and over-speculating amongst the merchants and manufacturers ; another that it was attributable to the unfavourable operation of the Corn and Provision laws ; and another said it was entirely attributable to the narrow and contracted extent of the elective fran chise. But whether one or all of these causes com bined, had brought them to the present crisis, he was glad to say, and he hoped it would be distinctly under stood, that this was a problem they had not not to solve, that was a question they were not about to discuss. Teey had le, en told to "educate, educate, educate," and he acknowledged that: education was necessary ie order to teach them rightly to perform their duty to wards themselves, their,country, and their God ; but still whether they were instructed or not, employment was indispensible.—( Hear.) As far as he was able to judge, the great men of the country, who ought to be their protectors, seemed to consider the mass of the population as nothing but hewers of wood and drawers of water.---(Cheers.) But were he surrounded by the Members of both Houses of Parliament, be would say to them—My Lords and Gentlemen, although your brows may be adorned with coronets—although you may be clothed in firm linen and fare sumptuously every day—and although at night when you recline on your pillows of down you may he lulled to sleep by sounds of sweetest melody—yet when the curtain falls, as f ill it will, then will you be no worse, neither will you be any better, than the occupant of the mud walled cottage who has to toil from early dawn till dewy eve, and who is then compelled to rest his weary limbs on a pallet of straw.--(dear.) Do not the rich and ,the poor come I, from the same Creator? Are they not both cross ing the same octan of time ? Are they not ul i mately to be arraigned at the same bar—and will they not receive their destiny front the same Judge ? herefore it is we ask for justice, far and impartial justice ; we ask no more, and I fervei;tly hope the sun of that day will never arise, when we shall be satisfied with less.—(Loud cheers.) The Chairman concluded by requesting that every speaker would speak courte cushy, yet uncompromisingly, and by claiming the indul gence of the mediae towards the operatives who might address them. They would not expect a com pany of amateurs to tread the stage with the grace and dignity of old professed actors ; neither would they expect from a body of working men the same critical and grammatical accuracy and precision as they would from men who had spent their time in schools and col leges.—(Loud cheers.) He then called en the Secretary c to read the Report. The Report stated, that, though there might be some exaggerations of distress in particular instances, the Committee were confident that the number of families inadvertently and unavoidably omitted, would far more than counterbalance any exaggerations. The fol lowing extract from the Report gives an account of the manner in which the enumeration has been con ducted : " The Provisional Committee having issued circu lars, containing a condensed view of their projected operations to the operatives employed at the various factories, workshops, &c., found, from the prompt and cor dial response with which their solicitations for co-opera tion and support were met, that they would be justified in proceeding, without delay, in the prosecution of the inquiry. For this purpose they provided a suitable enumeration book for each of the wards, containing a series of columns, with printed designations, signifying the order is which the particulars were to be noted. They then selected twenty intelligent persons, good penmen, from amongst the unemployed operatives, two 1 of whom were assigned to each of the wards. They likewise employed Henry Hare, a competent parson, otherwise unemployed, to work out a correct analysis from al , . the books, and the Sub-Committee met every evening (Sabbath excepted) during the taking of the enumeration to investigate the progress and accuracy of the work." The following is a summary of the more detailed ac counts with respect to the condition of each ward of the town, contained in the Report : Gitosa A ?.10UNT.—Number of families, 4,752 ; num ber of persons, 19,236 ; number of employed, 3,780 ; number of unemployed, with those depending on them, 16,156; 'ti;tal weekly income, 937/. 191. Id. e aierage per head per week, 114 d. The Report concluded as follows:--• . . !' It is necessary to observe that the sum from which the gross average is taken, includes all the items derived by families included in the enumeration, whether , from the parochial board, charing, or other extraordinary resources. Were the Committee desirous of producing Sensation alone, they might possibly give a keener in tensity to the emotions which the above humiliating picture of the social condition of thousands of their fellow-citizens must have produced, by reciting nume rous cases of soul-harrowing privation communicated I by the enumerators. They w ill on l y state genera ll y, that in scores of instances the enumerators were obliged to write with the books placed oa their knees, in consequence of the absence of every article of fur niture that might be made available for resting the book upon ; and in many, very many instances, such was the manifest destitution, that little else than the damp wells which enclose them conttitute the only title to ' home' which the miserable inmates could claim. In conclu sion, your Committee beg leave to state that they have not caused the purlieus of the towns to be explored for the purpose of swelling the amount of destitution in the Report, as several confined places, notorious for their permanent misery, are not included in the enumeration. They, therefore, feel themselves warranted in declaring, notwithstanding the humiliating and painful reflections which the announcement may induce, that the foregoing Reports con'ain a faithful representation of the social condition of English artisans and their families in this borough." The reading of the Report caused a deep sensation in the meeting. The Secretary stated that they had not included in the Report those whose average income was more than 4s. a week. They had taken 4s. as a fair data or criterion. They thought that if an individual could live on 4s. a week, those who had more would be coin paratil ely comfortable. If they had made the maxi mum sum leas, the average sum per head for subsistence would have been 'less. If they had made it more, of course, the average sum per head would have been more also. They were anxious that it should be understood that the number stated as beirg unemployed, or as sub sisting on the stated income, were not all able bodied adults, but that that number included all who subsisted on the stated income of the family, whether men, women, or children. The two columns gave the gross number of individuals, 19,936, who were living on an average of I lid. per head per week, and this would give them some idea of the amount of destitution existing in the country.—(Cheers.) RAT I ' l-1 OM AS (an operative) proposed the first re solution. Ile observed that their object in meeting to gether was not to di s cuss either the merits or demerits of one party or another, but simply to lay before them a plain'and ueexageseteited statement of the deplorable arid appalling amount of destitution existing in the tows.—(l;iear, hear.) To his fellow-operative, was MORNING ft t 4 4. riat.-4 , - 44 , , L. . — :sheet, in order to ascertain the correctlief the ga,i6.,: i Ni justly due the praise of having originated and corn- se.and said, " Let ua just go over eve e2ase on this ‘n > did so, and so far from their. being over. pkted this moi.l. important enumeration.--(Cheers.) It would be well ir all the operatives throughout the :meats." Th ey kingdom would follow their example. It had been said etetecl lie must say in some cases families had be The :eases of distress --of extreme distress --that had by some parties, that the Report which had been read, ot erlooked, and cases had been omitted in order not beet was exaggerated, and that fs was impossible for so. great . present anything like exaggeration before the public, en amount of misery to exist in the town. He did, not wonder at this assertion, for truly the amount come under his notice that morning, he must a bad was so appalling, that it seemed almost increcliblie e harrowed up his very soul.—(Hear.) There was aa3' ne but when he knew, as he did, that the enumer Atom case which he would particularly mention. He had o and the t existed, iedividuals might satisfy t he mse l ves were strictly instructed to be extremely guartioil noted down the name and he was sure if any doubts and cautious in their accepttenee of evidence, as to the families visited had no interest to exaggerate their . the correctness of the statements. At the end, of statements, he must say he was fully persuaded that Brook -street, there was a sma l l cellar dwell the Report was as nearly correct as it was possible far ing, nine feet by twelve, into which they were reports of that kind to be. He would venture to say, introduced by the enumerator. The dwelling was there were scores of individuals present, who had for I so . considerably b eneat h t h e street, t h at only half of the the last three or four years not been more than h a alf winnow was above it. It was a d amp, di sagreeable, ill. employed, and whose earnin g s, when employed, were- lighted, ill-aired den.—(Hear, hear.) In that apart barely sufficient to supply themselves- and families meat they found three families, consisting of sixteen in• with the commonest necessaries of lire.—(bear, dividuals, nine who slept in it every night,--(Sensation.) i hear, And cries of " True.") It was impossible to f : There were f our a d u l ts an d twelve children. Six indi aform correct estimate of the amou n t of di s t r ess I viduals, constitutiu g one family, slept up on a li tter o f f oo tle the number of those who applied for pariet li straw, huddled together, not like human beings, not Even assistance t for there were hundreds of the work- l like animals, for their situation was not to be compared ing classes, end he was p rou d t o say it, w h o being , with the comfort of our dogs and horses in our stables. is the vigour of manhood, could , n o t soh for any- 1 —( Hear, hear.) Other four or five slept on a bed of' th i ng i n t h e s h a p e of relief, for wnich they could not l', shavings, and the remaining five slept on another miser. give no equivalent in retadn—(Loud cheers)—and who, a hie bed in the apartment. When they entered, the sooner than be dependent on the parish, would lie p t .or mother Wes weeping, her infant was on her knee down and de.—(Repeated cheers.) It would be well i n the last stage of a fatal disease, dying without any for teed country if more of this spirit existed amongst mei limit assistance.—(Sensation.) The family was en certain clitssee t whom he would not patricularize on that tire, y destitute, no means cf subsistence, no weekly occasion.—(Lorta cheers.) 'rile step talon by his fel- e arrange, no parish relief.—( Hear.) That was one in let"; operatives wrt.!l most i m p or t an t, an d h et trusted it s tance. He believed it was an extreme case, but he cbal would be highly useful'. In the first place it teould fur- longed investigation into the correctness of the statement. nish the two HOD. MCM6eI . I for the borough, one of tie hoped that persons would visit this house and afford whom he was happy and proud to see present on that the miserable inm a t es re li e f. Th ere were other caret occasion—(loud cheering)—with facts to show the Go- equally distressing ; w ith f ewer i n di v i duals certainly itt vernment of the country, that distress and destitution an, apartment, but e qua ll y di stresse d . The most dis• did exist, and that to an appalling extent:.—(Cheers.) , iressing Cases to his mind, were th ose w h ere t h ey f ound Sccendlv, it showed that the working classt4 were not individuals in a c l ean room, where the sheets seemed bliud to . the misery and destitution which su.-rounded clean, and an air of com f ort seemed to pervade the them. A spirit of inquiry had gone forth, and the' work- derelling. And y e t th ese persons were struggling with ing classes began to ask themselves why it was tg %t in destitution:—(Hear, h ear .) Th ere was pallid went in this country, saturated with wealth, and possessing t - uch tls"ir countenances, there was h unger t h ere, and there vast disease, b ecause want was the parent of disease.-- vast and increasing means of producing still root, 'h. thousands of the populadon should lack the means of (Hear, hear.) Th ese teen were straggling with iron subsistence.—(Hear, hear, andcheere.) There were few d ercumstance e , w i t h want an d famine. Several of them persons of any party, at the present day, who would sal, . i they would not ask for parish relief. They had assert that the present commercial and political system be , n a c cu s t ome d to l i ve on their own earnings, a n d was the best or worst that could be adopted. All wished .to do so s till.—(L ou d cheers.) Not only the parties were agreed that some change was necessary. poorer cle 'sses, not only th e tvor ki ng . c l asses, b ut the Tee great problem was, the nature and extent of that m iddl e c h is ,-s also, had a d eep interest i n the change. Some people told them that free trade would quest i on . h..' would refer t o th e grocers, who relieve them ; others aeserted that a low rate of duty were just now supplying an immense number of on corn and other article: of pr o vi s i on wou ld relieve the poor. Thew: sr: all grocers were failing and be them : while others as s toutly, and h e d a red say as coming bankrupts in large numbers. Many were not honestly, contended that th e so l e reme dy f or t h e distress able to pay their debts. These, again, acted on of the working climes WaS the obteining of the Chartar. middle class men in a Menem condition of life, cud he —(Loud and repeated c h eer i ng .) Te e var i ous plans could state, what most of theta perhops knew, that a brought forward to remedy the ceistieg state of things large number of the first class tradesmen had recently were sufficient proofs of the unsettled end deranged become bankrupts. Many of the teadeemen of Leeds state of society. It was quite plain to an observing were hi a most distressing condition.—'_Hear, h ear ,) and reflecting mind, that unless a remedy ewe applied, They had hope, and that was all.—(A voice in th e and that speedily, it would he too late.—(Herr, hear, meeting, " And very little of that.") 'Tae richer classes and cheers.) The manufacturers, in many instances, had also a deep interest iu this question ; and they were compelled to sell their goods for less than ehe ought to see that the working classes wens made cons cost of the raw material and production. Ali at- fortable, in order to preseree themselves.—(Hear, tempts either to Christianise or moralise the people hear.) No feet was better e.ttahlished than this, thitt of this country in their present deplorable condition e tisease originating in the homes of the poor, generally were futile and vain. How could they expect any one }m e nd its way into the dwellings of the rich. It tra to listen with benefit or with patience to their preach- ee n ee l about in the shape of fever, and induced disease inns, while the pangs of hunger were gnawing within o f eve ,- kind. Where there was want, also there them?—(Hear, hear.) Could they wonder at the in- wou ld be what they called crime. —(Hear, hear.) He crease of crime, when so many thousands of the popu- did } eve that those statements would go forth to the lation of this town alone bad no vi s ible means of sub- world, and indliee all classes to exert themselves to sistence whatever, and while there were individuals r em ove that awful distress which was now reducing our whose inferior propensities were unfortunately predo- population to a condition worse than that of the bretes minant, and whose education had been totally neg- which perish.—(Loud cheering.) lected ? Could any one, under such circumstances, D. LUPTON, Esq., and the Rev. T. Scwoes thew who knew anything of human nature, be surprised at briefly addressed the meeting. their infringement of the laws of society ? How many There were numerous shouts fer Mr. Marshall to ad thousands of their population were still almost as igno- dress them, and the Chairman said he bad a nets' put rant and uncivilized as the savage ? This was a fact into his hands stating that there was a desire to hear which reflected eternal disgrace on those who were so Mr. Marshall. well paid for it, but who so grossly neglected the J. G. Measneem Esq., came forward amidst loud proper education of the people.—(Loud cheers.) and repeated cheers, and briefly addressed the meeting. NVILLIA II NICHOLS (an operative) seconded the re- Hed said he came there expecting to be entirely a lie solution. He said that the working classes were alone t o ne r , and not to address them at all. He bad listened' competent to enter into an investigation of this kind. If to the whole of their proceedings with the deepest in- Sir Robort Peel were to doubt the correctness of the terest They appeared to him to be calculated to accom report, and to appoint persons of a higher class to exa- plish the great object they had in view, in the most effl mine it, did they think they could find a ll th e wretched cient manner they could possibly adopt. The body of h o v e ls, called the dwellings, the homes of the working the people had now taken it into their own hands to classes of Leeds ? He could tell them himself tl,at in inquire into their condition, with a view to ascertain canvassing in Holheck he had found places in which 1 ing the causes of their distress and the means of human beings lived, which he had passed many times relief. Ile hail heard at that meeting, so 'much before, thinking they were only places for pigs end of a disposition exhibited to 0111th - etc 'between all beasts.—(Shame, shame.) He dare venture his cha- classes of society friendly feelings, so much of a desire to meter on the correctness of the report, and from what throw aside unnecessary subjects of discord, end to in he had seen of the Committee, he felt sure that they duce all classes to assist in removing the appalling would court investigation. There were thousands of amount of distress now proved to exist amongst them, honest industrious working men, who felt ashamed, who that he hoped, with similar efforts in other tower, :hey felt too degraded, to come forward and declare the actual , would lead to the most benescial results.—(Cheere.) condition they were io.—(Hear. hear.) 1 Dr. SMILES moved a vote of thanks to the Chid:nal. ROBERT Drse moved the next resolution. who, he sail, was a honour to his class, for the able and The CHAIRMAN said that the Hon. Member who efficient manner in which he had discharged his duties. was present and the Rev. Thomas Scales had expressed T. C. PEASE, Esq., seconded the motion, which was a wish that some of the enumerators should speak, and passed unanimously and with loud cheers. simply relate what they had seen with their own eyes The meeting then separated at a little after ten o'clock. and heard with their oivn ears. lie should therefore The following are the principal resolutions agreed to call on Mr. Crowther, one of the enumerators. e That the appalling amount of distress which exists Mr. CROWTHER said that so much did the distress in the Borough at present renders it necessary that tnea exceed what he had expected, and so painful was his s ure s he immediately adopted for its alleviation, this duty as an enumerator, t hat he thought the first day , m ee ti ng feeling convinced that the intensity of the desti. he should give it up. Many that to ail appearance I t u ti o n will be aggravated by the set ethics of approach., might be thought to be comfortable, for they had i ng wint e r, and its amount increased by a probable de. good furnhure and were clean and neat both in them- I pression of trade." selves, and their houses, were yet destitute of food, and e That a deputation be authorised to wait upon the so unwilling to make their case known, that in some l oca l authorities, for the purpose of making a represene instances it was with difficulty that they could elicit ' tinu of the privation which so many of inhabitants a statement.—(Cheers.) And he had no doubt in his I are enduring. own mind that there were those who would still " That Great Britain is possessed of elements calce. continue to suffer on without ever mahing their lated to secure the nation's greatness, and its people's condition known to any one. Many appeared des. happiness : that notwithstanding these advantages, a east tituta of every comfort. Some had neither chair amount of destitution exists : that this destitution is nor table, nor anything worth the name of furniture, n o t confined to any particular class or localit, painfully and were almost naked. H e wou ld t a k e th ree cases as proving that disease pervades the whole bogy politic : a specimen, which he did not think the worst. They that while its ravages are appalling the stoutest hearts, must allow him to keep back names, as he knew the and fearful forebodings and alarm prevail, confusion, susceptibility of the poor. O ne man stated, that from wretchedness, and poverty-begotten crime, are left to Friday morning to Saturday night, neither he nor his riot in society, without an effort being made by the Go wife and family had tasted anything to eat. The verument to check their progress ; this meeting unani family consisted of five persons, one as infant at the row d y " so n e that an limbic address he presented to breast. The wife t ede her best p r i n t gown and th e Queen, praying her ,Majesty to convene the two pledged it to get something to eat. Oa Monday Howes of Parliament without delay, in order that mea• morning, being the day that the e n u me r a t ors ca ll e d, sures for t h e a ll ev i a ti o n of the prevailing distress may be she had just conic in, having been again to pledge a s p ee dily adopted." bed-quilt for two shillings, to get something more to e aid which they have . derived from the weekly p u bli ca - The Committee being convinced of the important eat. Sire showed them the tick e ts. H er h us b an d h a d I been upwards of thirty weeks out o f e mpl o y men t, hay- t i on of' the contributions, beg leave to s u b m it th at t h e ing only now and then a job of repairing a fire back or t h an k s of this meeting are due to the Editors of the setting an oven, or something of that kind. (The Northern Star and the Leeds Times, for their gratu speaker mentioned a number of similar painful instances itous kindness in giving publicity to the account'." of want and distress.) e Th a t this meeting expreises its' gratitude to Mr. Lewes Rarrnev neat addressed the meeting, and ; Ails n, M.P., by a vote of thanks, for the countenance eloquently described the greatness of England in her which he has given by his presence to the proceedings of commerce, her capabilities, and civilization ; and yet, this evening. Likewise to Mr. Beckett, M.P., for the he said, amidst all this greatness, in this town alone , courtesy and kindness he has observed in hi s comMuni thousands were living on Is. a week ; and thousands cation with the Committee." had no visible means of subsistence whatever.—(Hear, bear.) They were told nevertheless, by a number of the aristocracy, that. it only required industry on the ' part of the working classes to gain a competency. — (Hear, boar.) They would dash back with indignation the assertion to that iron-faced Duke who made rt.— (Loud cheers.) A former declaration, that the people should have no reform, compelled the Duke of Wel lington to encase himself in Apsley House, and fortify it like a castle, to protect himself from the people ; his new declaration, that the people should have no food, would again rouse their ire, anti they would again force him to withdraw from his position.— (Loud cheers.) He referred to the speech of Sir Robert Peel, at Glasgow, in which he said, that be hoped he should never see the tawdry emblems of revolution floating over the bulwarks of the Constitu tion. If, however, a powerful aristocracy continued to refuse to admit the majority of the people within the pale of the Constitution, and at the same time to tram ple upon and insult them, there was a possibility of the privileged few and the persecuted and insulted many coming into collision.—(Loud cheers.) It was the fer vent aspiration of every well-regulated mind, however, that these calamities might pass over without unseemly commotion. He thought the best advice that could be given was to assure her Majesty's Government that the poverty was of such a nature, and such intensity that it. would not brook delay, and for the purpose he thought the meeting would do well to mcmoralize the Queen in order that she might call together the two Houses of Parliament, in order that they might devise such measures as were calculated to afford relief to the people.—(Loud and repeated cheers.) Wm. ALDAM, Esq., M.P., on presenting himself was received with enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. He briefly addressed the meeting, and said he had come simply to li s t en , h e wante d to know the real condition of the working men in the town, and he would there , fore conclude by expressing his own individual thanks to the Committee, for the very laborious task they' Iced undertaken, a n d expressing his wishes that they would still continue th e i r labourer, and let them know the con dition of the town.—(Repeated cheers.) that meeting, as he thought. it much conductedinore this in quiryaddressed with so much ability, end so visited a as his name had been introduce o f th e enumere should continue to conduct it to ditsans'cuohnnevliunsgion. But his t • to bear testimony tore, he readily came forward every particular,— portion of the East Ward with one to the correctness of his report in . , , entire correctness of the re portdoubt as to the . it very possible that there (Loud cheers.) He had cortarthe expressed a be thought . . ; m i g h t have been to be undeceived in the exaggerations in some cases, Gal and et teenrw.ao: and the in company with Mr. t mi e st wein tw u hi n il i lt e nh r g a is tor v , ic h w o , had visited the houses that morning. In order to be as impartial as possible, they turned to the first page of the enumeration book, • L .l INCENDIARY FIIVN'EAR YoRK.—On Mote-eliel diy night last a most destructive and alarming tire took .1 0 ,4 place:on tho farmstead of 2dr. John Wilson, of Grimstota °A l ' e;mithr, which i s situated a short' distance from the { sage of Grimston, and about three,miles from York. ICci less than eighteen stacks were completely in flames ; . they consi s t e d o f fi ve wheat, four barley, four oat, and three straw stacks, one of beans and peas, one of hay The engine continued to play upon the burning pile until five o'clock On the following; afternoon) when that! fire was got under.. it. was immediately suspected t 1 this was the Wo r k o f a n i ncend i ary, and bills were rir. culated offering a reward o f 1000 f or hi s apprehens ion. Dnrine. Tuesday evening., suspicion fell upenclit?ersett namedThornas Shaekloton, a native of this . w' as Olken into custody by one Of the city pu , York. Courai,t. W ednesday the ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. collection h l e of the alli ed The ° e d 'ndivi winter quarters was complet , ne hun d r removal of all the animals at tl — iis °n mals in this collection, exeeedinf c r on, yesterday, duals, are in good health and co " bo on e bird. a em ir), the daily list of sick speciat 't°lnt:t'anding the inc . lemency mon quail, was reported, notwt w ell known, are In an ex of the season. The gardens, I :Sd morning, at two o'clock, posed position, and on Wed 3 l l 6 degree:. There were added into their toe thermometer stood at tion, a pair a hog deer and a on Wednesday to the c° lle tie Ear l „f D e rby, th e p res i_ cross Il e chimpanzees recently added t o dent. Only two the female entreat and gibbon alive,n fine health and viesteity. The the active are the gardens lost spring, has at y yours;; f v htilnu upwards of nine feet. taine7l o 1 . Instit • Mechanics Institution cost the collection are The Liverpoolcontains upwards of 3,300 members— less than threels'°tx) d a y schools-600 pupils in 15 or 16 the although s5O in,Pils in e _h e s so teachers regularly employed. in , classe. to 5 000/. a year library w i th 1,100 readers, and a daily ei;e.rih n „h oe ° salaries amount • rary o f -.000 volumes. tion of 200 volumes-- and public lectures twice a - N \• ee k - : attended by audiences varying from COO to 1,300. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.--.On Tuesday ni g ht l ast , a bout half-past seven tielock, a fire broke out in the stack-card of Mr. John Clarke, of Kirkly Hardwick.. near Mansfield, and, notwithstanding the most vigorous exertions, it could not be subdued, the whole of the extensive and valuable stacks of corn, twenty-nine in number, falling a prey to the consuming element. The amount of the damage is eetimated at between 2,000/. The f i r e i s attributed to incen and e,OOOl. Mr. Clarke i s insured in the Pluenix- No damage was d one to the house or buildings.. e d e i t t le r e i in to . about 1 ,000 /. ROYAL ARms.—A miens piece of oak carv ing has been discovered during the alterations at present being carried on in the 'Broad Chare, in this town, is She property of the Trinity House. It consists of the Royal Arms of England,. tenap. Charlet . T.,; with supporters, and the initials of that monarch, beautifully executed. The plaster with which it has been covered has preserved the e e wood been from and wh en t h e sma ll p i eces w hi c h restored, it is to be placed i n a consp i cuous p ar t of the abroken()fi in removing it from the wall are decay; Trinity Tyne Mercury. ''') - -_. 4, r}