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_NI OWING- SUN „--- DISTRESSED PEOPLE OF FITIT,TAIL LIC FIELDS, AND • OTHER OBJECTS OF COMMISSERATION. h i re Lord M ayor stated yesterday at the Mansion tubllsee that he received 40 gu i neas f or th e Spit a lfi e ld s fir, ppti.., and five g u i neas f or th e Mansion ho use poor G` rem the Lord Bishop of Durham, and a ! note „benefit of the Spitalfields weavers, from Eliza It ga ve hi s Lordship peculiar gratification to the foll ow i ng communications on subjects de g,,h the warmest sympathies of the public:— I D , A V Lord—l regret much to have observed in the [ i g e rs of a few days since an advertisement inserted in eit elf of the ” Royal Free ITospital, Greville-strect," that mg the attention of the public to themelancholy fact, trinefrom the numerous claims upon its me funds, they had trine inad equate to the maintenance of its truly Chris .lPrinciple of re li e f, an d t h at one-huff of its beds were 7.Y front this cause kept vacant. w hy I cannot but think that the noble principle upon this Institution is founded, viz., that of affording 'mediate relief and advice to all the destitute sick, with 41.requiring any other recommendations than those of :, c :nes and destit u ti on , s h ou ld ensue the most liberal 1 , - PP°rt, and th at if its nature and objects were more ge -41.44 known, it wou ld soon b e restore d to i ts f u ll power .asef ulness. I hav e for a few years past been an annual sub aeriber its ito to funds, but its present limited means have 4 1 Med me to come forward with an extra mite 31, y„ eh I tru s t you will excuse my forwarding through C u, in th e h ope that some notice taken of it by your ti l lds hiP, while sitting as Chief Magistrate, may reach trlPublie through the press, and induce others to con ,to our Hospital so worthy of support. • " I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's very obedient servo? t, A ecemb er 11, 1841. A FRIEND IN NEED. gentleman who happened to be present when the h Mayor r ea d t h e a b ove commun i cat i on, state d t h at it w as a subs cr ib er to t h e a d m i ra bl e i nst i tut i on to w hi c h hurteoferred, and th at h e was i n d uce d to b ecome a contri hay. r ' even beyond his means, in consequence of of th h Personally witnessed the extraordinary exertions 14 medical philanthropists who administered to the ,met °t ' a ble cases, suddenly and unceremoniously intro- ed to the hospital ; and to the labours of the Com keitte, for the wider diffusion of its benefits. He recol a,,,(„l that these exertions commenced at the time when he -en lera and typhus fever so fatally abounded ; and lievediro that the good rendered to the destitute and it . t ,,,iess sick, during the dreadful visitation, by the In °a,ii," never could be forgotten. • "e Loan MAYOR said he should most gladly hand $ e the contribution to the Greville-street Hospital. to : k i ts, well acquainted with the benevolent peculiarity 1 1 , - „,"Leh the " Friend in Nced " alluded ; and he iedef,too, several membars of the Committee, who were la4 4 hrable in the cause. One observation he would tli e i ri t ,!e liberty of making on the subject. It had been I,7 ll tion of the Committee to get up a ball and con the ;,,..",the Guildh a ll for the benefit of the charity ; but fat ed dy offer of the Corporation to lend the Hall for th e ,Purpose was u l t i ma t e ly d ec li ne d, f rom th e ten ti n ension that the patronage was not suffi th, Q in •l great to insure a profit to correspond with ters—evltable expense. Now, he was aware that unm et "enevolent individuals objected to balls and con for reasons of their own, and he was convinced that 11 .st li to t heY heard of this appeal they would not be the N s i d ° Pen the h a nd o f c h ar ity, es p ec i a lly w h en they tlp o eted th at t h ere was scarcely an object waiting th • e ir compassion whose c o ndition would not mo ve R i ll of fli nt . hind e Other letter to which the Lord Mayor thought it y to advert was as follows : 4 /4 1 Y Lord —I b eg. l eave to f orward to you the small fund tea shillings for the Spitalfields weavers' relief e iN s i ail d humbly solicit that your Lordship will be gra fbr O r Pleased to use your kind interest and influence relifatillg a general fund raised towards the present e r : . of the most destitute poor in the United King kad 0 I once contributed a day's pay for the Russians, kod i t ! l ey for the relief of my distressed Irish brethren, the fee l i Ynow anything (after many years' service) of 3 lllor "ra and dispositions of British soldiers and 44. S ' do not hesitate to say, should the appeal 15 41111 e, that they will be found as ready t of elootribute their mites towards the relief h tore 7,__ ei t poor fellow-countrymen as they ever led,'e„ n to knock down an enemy where necessity 'or ,„loto ta do so in defence of their country. There /'otierrmit tne most earnestly and humbly to solicit Po et Lordship in behalf of the many thousand suffering s rti l (w ho are a t t h e present time suffering for want 4 tep s - Y etsY common n ecessar i es o f lif e ) t o t a k e suc h L ade h ead quarters, that an effort may be instantly t klto: , 1 ! 3 feel confident, if the proper steps were tlo r i7 l 'flat my fellow soldiers and sailors will set such a * 4 l / e xample to our country, as may convince the tlihstloat Great Britain is not a mere nominal laid of 44 1 41 %, but so in practice and reality. ambl e , with tun I 1 humble respect, your Lordship's most serva n t , "A BRITISH SOLDIER." ‘'nTINGINTELLIGENCE. Thep TATTERSALL'S—..YESTERDAY. YC 'Ster .e was very interest in the business transacted aftern - 1 e is it at all probable that any :l,l4-rlseri°„usly oony important nor Nvill be done on this side Fe- IT a t v e , r4 ll lhe f . e t w . bts made, however, served to show an 4 0 171 R back tila, Ch . tha ' m and Ballinkeele, each at, u "am, I ‘,ers at an improved quotation. Robert de toy Lord of Holderness, and Wiseacre, were If fife- fr 4 , h ti r, but the prices did not vary in an . essential -- ert l l — "lose last quoted, except in the instance of Na t e ls G o rham, against whom an advance of three i nh °tMe s e °oeeded in a solitary bet in fifties. .It wa ) s ea on Tourat Lord Bruce's Rostrum (the Rosalie colt sday last from the effects of an accident. TILE DERBY. 8 to 1 ap t Colonel Peel's lot , 8 to I agst Colonel Anson's Attila 1 1 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Verulain's Robert de Gorham--t. - 2 5 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t. 2 , 5 to 1 agst Mr. Maher's Ballinkeele 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt—taken 34 t o 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken and afterwards offered 4 0 to 1 agst LdWestminster'sWilliaindeFortibus—t 5° to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Phoenix 5 0 to 1 agst Mr. Ranishaw's Moss Trooper 16° to I agst Mr. Osborne's Master Thomas r n,, to it) asst Lord G. Bentinck's Felix—taken. tald', l , to 5 agst Chatham, for the Derby and St Leger, f at e naleine filly the Oaks, two being barred for the 400 taken "fie h e t ° 5 0 agst Attila, and 550 to 50 agst Chatham, in t. OAKS. t O 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion—taken l _ 1 to 1 agst M r. C . Wil son ' s Si s . to Y or k s hir e Lad 2 1 t° agst Mr. Bowes's Lass of Lonton—taken t er acen ;•.) tO 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Baleine filly— 1 5 t ° 1 agst C a pt a i n Gardnor's f a by Sheet Anchor, •tl/ t dam by Brutandorf—taken E --- RBYAIR. GURNEY'S ACCOUNT W ig notice was posted yesterday at 'ra t - O l f e di r anagers having submitted to us a settlement k '4t . t," ll rneY'a Epsom account, together with a balance 44t i4,..i l , w hich it appears that they have completely il t ilZti l l a L the e claims of all the creditors, we are of opi - Mantwers have faithfully and honourably Aetlthe tru:t which they undertook, under the -4 of the Stewards of the Jockey Club. " GEORGE ANSON, " BEDFORD, wob " GEORGE BYNG." `hT u rn Abbey, Dec. 11, 1841." efty Parties who paid their losses to the Managers, on he tnilpiertaking to settle with the creditors infull b 1 1 a nded ° ,,, f the Houghton Meeting, and who er‘v""eir money back, on the ground that this con ned rks not fulfilled, insist that this document was ob bc°llll an ex parte and incorrect statement of . the 'kills I ,' and that one of the principal creditors still re satisfied to a considerable amount. 44\'hOVERSFORD COURSING CLUB. Th e c h CHAMPION MEETING, DEC. 10. • The TllPion Cup (8 dogs) was won by Mr. H X t 4 h - Ajax, beati ng M r . A r k e ll's Wire. s-- A -., l4lo versford Stakes (8 dogs) were divided by v3lcy st Catch er (Pigeon), Arkell (Gift), Herbert 3e'aper), and Smith (Spring). „Alta TEA DUTCH MAIL. u. l ' — ' 3, km, 9.—We have letters from Batavia froi O us t last One of 21st August says :—Letters 1 4 L' u tl e , l l 4 , l baYa . and Bahia bring melancholy news that iilid I. l. r t ' o t ni m A er nl ch a a ti n ,r t d in a a in n Overyssel, Capt. G. Blom, to Batavia, was totally lost, he 444 1 .11 1a g o P i ssed the channel, and run on the rocks in t Th .' ' ,o mboch • the err%., e wa s a number of passengers on board, who with ;114,, d 'y escaped with difficulty. No part of the cargo ',, l ltai tt , - ;' tile crew having taken away onl some h 'erv e • The ship was plundered, notwithstanding; . 44 hin efiu rt to prevent it. The European inhabitants of t ,T4trded the shipwrecked persons every assistanl u l e St ZAQIIE, DEC. 10.—An account from Assen, of Ctoa' ll ,, - "st., says, that a market-boat from Peize to 411 th, L genT which left the former place at half-past four d 4,k morning, on the preceding day, was upset, r it ble t o 4bc 'ut an hour afterwards. Ten persons, not being -g” on deck in time, lost their lives. DUTCH FUNDS.—Ardirraitoan, Dzc. 10. Aetn a ) T. Money. Bill t in tt s o i , d r t :l 3 t s T 2 p )i er p c e e r a C t. en . t 99% 99 Dit to t S j vndic,4% per cent ...... .... ....... Co not ' l (att.), 3% per cent.: 7a% 7544 . . b it .. e.rcial Company, 4% per cent 155 15., % 1 . . -. 14 i!NS and 15 37) 5 per cent. ...... :. t it ., u 47, per cGnt. 9 % 9. % 11, "'lnge on Loneeia, One month l2 16 4 ii: Two months ,. 12 0 it.i Hamburgh, One month 35 81% ~, , ~, 111 . 4)1 41C11 Papers, MD:cm. o l n l t . he .. 35 5e34 2 0 .... qt9i 4 , . Ac ut.l.. lAN t UNDS—Baussins, DEC. 11. 2. , 41 ' it tU al Obt Loan, er Cent. )lip„ ~ °thin E ild'a 5 per Cent lOl4 Lb".l-Dan , Thirty Millions, 4 per Ceti!". , 1 , 1 --........... per Cent. 714 -- (1340) lOl% . 44 a n of City. 1 9 32,4 per Cent. .3 , Met Commerce, 4 yiper Cent Mani ' of Belgium, 5 per Cent ..... kflitlonalSeciety. ..... ...... Exchange on Londe), (stunt) ..--Brussels Papers, Dec. 11. Thirty.seven. I.IIR LATE el LORD MONSON.—We have re ed a letter from a friend at Reigate, in which he says, 1 already feel the loss of Lord Monson deeply. U_V s , dea t h of one hundred workmen were discharged d on his the Band Gatton is a complete blank." We . un understand 4i cki ` - ', l dY wages of these workmen (inch!ding :th: ) era, &c., employed in the extensive impros m 'emeni; . 100/ . Mansion) amounted to considerably mote than et tim _ and well may it be said that the stoppage of their . toicvLuYntent has left Gatton "a complete blank."—War 4dvertiser. '1 THE OXFORD CONTROVERSY. LETTER FROM LORD ASHLEY. " St. Giles' House, Dec. 11, 1841. " SIR—In the letter which I have had the honour of receiving from you---' to solicit my vote and interest in Mr. Williams's behalf,' you desire also, on the part of the Committee, a reply to their communication. " I hasten to furnish that reply. " The Rev. Isaac Williams has presented himself for the vacant chair of the Professor of Poetry. I have no doubt whatever that he possesses all those amiable qualities and high attainments which his supporters put forward as the ground of his election. Nor should I hesitate, as I replied to my friend 1)r. Pusey, to render him any private service that might lie within my power; but the Rev. Gentleman claims a public post, and seeks to be invested with public authority ; and it has be come, therefore, the duty of every one, who has a voice in the decision, to consider the' consequences of raising him to such an office. The Rev. Mr. Williams aspires to be a moral teacher ; the Professor of Poetry in a Christian University must impart to his writings and his lectures, frequently on secular, always on sacred, subjects those sentiments and principles which he believes to be essential to the propaga tion of the truth ; this we should expect of a layman ; we should demand it of a minister. The late accomplished and amiable Professor was animated by this spirit, and published, with the attraction of his respected name and the authority of his official station, sundry poems of ad mitted talent and disputed theology. "I am now summoned to consider whether a similar appointment would not confer a similar authority. "The venerable members of Trinity College have issued a disclaimer for Mr. Williams himself, and have deprecated, on the part of others, any attempt whatever to introduce, upon the occasion,'questions of theological controversy.' " With all the deference that is due from a lay man, I cannot believe myself at liberty to set aside these important considerations. I acknowledge the latitude of speculation that must be permitted to all the members of a common Church ; but there are limits, I maintain, which must not be over passed, at least without a solemn and indignant protest on the part of those who have both an opportunity and a right to give an opinion. "I have endeavoured, then, to ascertain the principles of Mr. Williams, and I have found that he is the author of the tract entitled ' Reserve in Communicating ReliL gious Knowledge.' " There is no power on earth that shall induce me to assist in elevating the writer of that paper to the station of a public teacher. I see very little difference between a man who promulgates false doctrine and him who suppresses the true. I cannot concur in the approval of a candidate whose writings are . in contravention of the inspired Apostle, and reverse his holy exultation that .he had not shunned to declare; to his readers, the whole counsel of God: ,I will not consent to give my support, -however humble, towaidS the recognition of exoteric and esoteric doctrines in the Church of England, to obscure the per spicuity of the Gospel by the philosophy of Paganism, and make the places set apart for the ministrations of the preacher, whose duties must mainly be among the poor, the wayfaring, and the simple, as mystic and incompre hensible as the grove of .Eleusis. " These, Sir, are my reasons for refuSing my vote to Mr. Williams ; and I hope I have given my answer as candidly as you have required it. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, " Roundel! Palmer, Esq. " ASHLEY." CHARTISMIN BILSTON. On Saturday morning, at about eleven o'clock, the Public-office of this town was surrounded by about five or six hundred working men, drenched to the skin, the rain having fallen in torrents, and the poor fellows un able to gain admittance. It appears a public meeting was called by the High Constable, in compliance with a requisition, signed by the Gentry, Clergy, Magistrates, &c., for the purpose of presenting a congratulatory ad dress to her Majesty and Prince Albert, on the late aus picious event of the birth of a young Prince ; eleven o'clock was the hour appointed. The HIGH CONSTABLE proposed the Rev. S. H. Fletcher to the chair, which was seconded by one of the great unwashed, a Mr. Baldwin, Magistrate and iron master, amidst great confusion. Mr. STIRAN moved as an amendment, that Mr. John Cadley, a working man, do take the chair, which was se conded by a respectable tradesman. The amendment was carried in the affirmative, amidst several rounds of cheers, waving of hats, and great applause. The divines, dogberries, lawyers, and iron-masters of this vast mining district, were confpunded ; they looked unutterable things, and seemed completely chop-fallen— it was a display of the unwashed and ignorant set in array against the mighty and intelligent ; and' least of all to be expected from what is termed the poor' and despised colliers, who risk their lives and toil hard for little or no remuneration, subject to every ii position that their Christian taskmasters think proper to impose in the shape of tommy and truck. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting by say ing,—Fellow- working men of Bilston, her Majesty ought to be proud of such subjects ; you have nobly done your duty by the good sense you have evinced by placing a working-man to preside over this meeting, in preference to a booby squire or a canting hypocritical parson. Mr. BALDWIN then took a paper out of his pocket for the purpose of intimidating the Chairman; when Mr. Magis trate was bOldly called to order. Mr. B. said, I am a Justice of the Peace; when the Chairman said, "I know it, and I am placed here to make you keep it, and not commit a breach of it," and then read the following proposition:— " Whilst we congratulate your Majesty on the late happy event, we cannot but acquaint your Majesty that thousands of virtuous and modest women; your Majes ty's subjects, are passing the like natural extremities on beds of straw, without even a pillow thereon to lay their heads—that starvation and misery are pervading the whole length and breadth of the land ; and we attribute this state of things to class legislation ; and in order to secure to the whole of your Majesty's subjects the blessings of plenty and good government, as well as to convince them of your kind disposition towards them, we entreat your Majesty to order the release of all Chartist prisoners, and to call to your councils such men as will make the document entitled `The People's Charter' the law of the land." The Rev. S. H. FLETCHER then read, -as an address, a leaf of flattering nonsense calling upon Divine Providence for a blessing upon her Majesty, the young heir, Prince Albert, the royal household, and all those who were entrusted with the education of the young Prince, when about thirty or forty kid-skin gloves were held up, but it was no go. A huge forest of blistered and unwashed hands were held up for Mr. Stiran's proposition, which was carried. Mr. STIRAN remarked that he did not believe her Ma jesty called for such filthy adulation, but he would call on Providence for a blessing for the starving millions that were lying in the hedges and streets, without a morsel of food to put in their hungry mouths, while her Majesty, and all belonging to her, had an over-abund a nt flow of every luxury. This was also unanimously carried. The meeting closed with three cheers for the Charter, and three cheers fur Feargus O'Connor.—Staffordsleire Examiner. MEMORIAL TO THE QUEEN, FROM THE WOMEN OF BOLTON. On Thursday morning George Thompson, Esq., the celebrated advocate of the oppressed, delivered a lecture on the nature of the Corn-laws, to an assembly of ladies, in the Town Hall, Little Bolton, preparatory to the adoption of a memorial to the Queen, supplicating her interference for the relief of her starving people. A. Heywood, Esq., occupied the chair ; and we observed present, Messrs. Darbishire, E. Ashworth, W. Naisby, Rev. W. Jones, Rev. William Fraser, and other gentle men. We refer with great pleasure to the memorial adopted on the occasion by the women of Bolton, which will be found in our advertising columns. The meeting, which was numerous and respectable, was addressed by the zealous and indefatigable philanthropist in a quiet, conversational style, which moved many of his fair audi tors even to tears. He described, with deep pathos, the scenes of deep wretchedness he had that morning wit nessed, during a round of visits he had made to the abodes of poverty in Bolton—old men and women, and young children literally starving ; families without beds, without clothes, without fire, and without food. The eloquent speaker went on to describe the spirit with which the women of Manchester had taken up the ques- tisn — ofmemorialising the Queen. They htid made it not a political but a humanity question. Ladies belong ing to families widely differing in their politics, were there acting cordially together as a sisterhood of charity, in the grand work of benevolence. The town had been divided into districts, and fifty ladies had each under taken the canvassing, either by themselves or their assistants, of one of these divisions, for the purpose of obtaining signatures to a memorial similar to that which he was about to propose for their adoption. The unfa vourable weather had not deterred these ladies from pur suing this labour of love. There they were, day after day, going about from door to door, collecting the signa tures of all classes of females, and witnessing in their rounds the most appalling evidences of that wide-spread misery, which their memorial prayed her Majesty to interfere in relieving. In urging the ladies before him _ _ to follow the example of theft. sisters at Manchester, he did not wish to go into an abstruse discussion of the Corn- L a w, though he agreed with the gentlemen around him, t hat the bread-tax tended to destroy trade, and to throw people out of eraployment,. as well as to make bread dear ; and he wished especially to impress it upon them, that the Corn - law was unjust. It was a law enacted by the rich landlords, for their own benefit, at the expense of the oppressed poor. But he would fix their attention chiefly on the awful amount of suffering around them, and then he believed they would be anxious to remove its auses, the chief of which he believed to be the Corn-law. He reminded them of the influence they . had exercised on the question of slavery, and declared his belief, that it required but the wom en of Britain to give the casting vote for the repeal of the bread-tax. Mr. Thompson having read the memorial —Mr. E. Ashworth,in propo sing its adoption, described a most affecting scene he had witnessed in Bolton a few days ago: it was the case of a sober family, who were obliged to p awn their last sheet, to save themselves from perishing of hunger. Alluding to the sentiments expressed by Mr. T i hompson. Mr. Ashworth (addressing the ladies) said, f apy one at tempted to deter them from this wor k b y calling it poli tical, they mi g ht d e p en d on it that person was political. —The Rev. Mr. Fraser alluded to the extraordinary .ex • dons of the women of Bolton in the anti -slavery question, when they obt a in e d u p war ds of 12,000 signatures to their petition. At the same time they gave a stimulus to Manchester, by their noble example. The women of Manchester expected on this occasion to reach eighty or a hundred thousand signatures. Let them emu late this zeal, and give an ex am pl e to ' other places in their turn. A. Committee of Ladies, to make the necessary arrange ments, having been formed, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up about one o'clock. Dolton Free Press. THI4I SUN, LONDON, ITESDAY, DECEMBER- 14, 1841. RENPREWSHIRE. COUNTY MEETING. (Abridged from the Paisley Adveitiser.) On Thursday a full meeting of the Noblemen, Gentle men ' Commission ers o f Supply, Just i ces o f t h e P eac e, and Magistrate s of towns in the County of Renfrew, was held in the County Hall, to consider the distressed state of the unemployed inhabitants, with the view of adopt ing such measures as might seem necessary for the alle viation of that distress. On the motion of W. M. ALEXANDER, Esq., of South bar, the Convener of the County, 'Sir William Napier, was called to the chair. Mr. BARR read the minutes of the meeting which took place in Glasgow on the Ist instant, for the purpose of devising measures for the relief of the unemployed operatives in Paisley. A letter from Dr. Bur v was read, addressed to the Convener, statin g th at he wished to attend the meeting, and would crave a hearing. Y. M. STRwART, Esq., M.P., would move that Dr. Burns should be h ear d , as the leader of the Deputation to London. Lord KELDURNE seconded the motion. Dr. Burns was then introduced, and gave a long ac count of the proce e di ngs of the Deputation in London. The CHAIRMAN here stated that be bad received a letter from Mr. Brewster, craving permission to present some petitions, and to make a few remarks in their support. The Bev. Mr. BAIRD, however, first rose, and said he came to Paisley nearly seventeen years ago, and dtig the first twelve, amidst all the painful depressions of trade in town, he was sure they could not have found one out of fifty wishing to emigrate. What was the case now ? Why, he did not believe they would find one mar. out of a hundred willing to stay at home. The affections of the peo ple were at last alienated from the land that gave them birth, although never was there a class of people more attached to their father-land than the people of Paisley. That attachment was now annihilated, and when such was the case, a community was not very far removed from a storm which ought to make them tremble. It has been well said, send six philosophers to a barren island of the sea, and in six days they will become cannibals, and try to eat one another. If time allowed, he would de clare himself an advocate for the rights of property. He did not believe any country was worth living in where the rights of property were not protected. But no class should be protected over the other. He would ask what was the poor men's rights of property ? What was the property of the trillions—the masses, which was firmly rooted, and which was the basis of the social pyramid ? It was their labour, and before humanity and in the eyes of God, that property was as much deserving pro tection as any kind of property in the land. After a few further observations, Mr. Baird: concluded by thanking tke meeting for the indulgence they had shown him. Mr. BREWSTER then rose and laid several petitions on the table, and requested leave t o rea d one o f th em an d make a few remarks, which was granted. He said the petition spoke for itself. All that it asked was a suffi ciency of food and clothing; and all he now asked of this respectable meeting, was, that they would consider the prayer of the petition. The other petitions were similar; they asked them to give them enough ; they were willing to work at such work as they could. With regard to the Barrhead petition, he believed there were numbers who refused the out-door labour of breaking stones in the depth of winter ; but this was in cases where they had no clothes. He did not wish to take up their time by referring to what had been said regarding the effect this would have upon the education and morality of the country, or what the remedies should be, and how applied. What he had in view was one object, and that was to give a sufficiency of aliment to the suffering opratives. And as to the allusion made to the rights of property. he held the opinion of some of the most celebrated moralists, which was this, that the rights of property were secondary to the rights of what was called extreme necessity. Now it was come to this state, that 13,000 human creatures were at present placed in a state of entire destitution. He hoped they would allow him to say it was neither right nor safe to allow so many perish ing creatures to remain without support. This was all they had to look to, excepting the miserable pittance of three- halfpence per day, for the support of their families. What was the duty of a man under these circumstances? If his life, or the lives of his family were in danger, ac cording to the authority, it was his duty to take the first food and clothing within his reach, even without the owner's permission.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") I am merely stating the opinion of Dr. Paley. CHAIRMAN—You are out of order, Mr. Brewster. Mr. BREWSTER—He was entirely at the indulgence of the meeting, and would now sit down by hoping that he had satisfactorily supported the unemployed operatives. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Esq., of Blythswood, stated that he had attended a meeting in Edinburgh of the Subscription Committee for the relief of the Paisley un employed operatives, at which it was recommended that a deputation consisting of the Convener of the county, Sir W. Napier, and the Provost of Paisley, should be sent to Edinburgh, to wait on the Lord Provost and Ma - gistrates, to solicit their patronage to promote subscrip tions for the relief of the deststute in this district. ' Ile made a motion to that effect. COI. MURE cordially seconded Mr. Campbell's motion, which was carried unanimously. The PROVOST said that the Magistrates and inhabi tants of Paisley must thank the gentlemen for their at tendance here to-day. The Magistrates were of opinion that a memorial should be transmitted to Government, stating in a plain and impartial manner the extent of the distress. The manufacturers had been looking for ward to a revival of trade, but from fresh failures which had taken place within the last twenty-four hours, they were afraid that their hopes would be blasted. He had been informed by some intelligent manufacturers, that a great Lumber of hands wouhl, be thrown out of employment. In these circumstances, he thought it was their duty to call on the Government, but he would not say what they sould do, to re lieve the distress. He thought, however, it had now become evident that private subscriptions would not meet the approaching destitution in this inclement season. It should be made known to the Queen, who was a mother herself, that in hundreds of instances wo men in childbed were without sufficient food to sustain life, or beds to lie upon. Ile, therefore, thought that no time should be lo s t i n representing' to Government the distressed condition of the inhabitants in this district. Great numbers of individuals had pawned nearly every article they had of bed and body clothes; in proof of which, he stated several cases of great destitution that had come under his own observation. Many of the land lords were not in a much better condition. It was a fact that the town was in that state at presen t, as if an A c t o f Parliament had been passed to compel landlords to build houses for the rec e p t i on of paupers. He concluded by proposing that a memorial should be transmitted to the Queen, and another to th e G overnment, w i t h a statement Then of all o t imparties, was agreed r dereadw to, o u , p and the the of the prevailing distress, f or t h e i r cons id era ti on . H e moved the appointment of a Committee, composed of me memorial. meeting separated. i s n o ie some y NEW ABSTINE NCE MOVEMENT.—We men tioned, a fortnight ag o , that a number of Corn-law re pealers entertained so me scruples of conscience about consumin g in ale a n d spirits the barley which might otherwise have been converted into food for famishing as establishingmultitudes. Snce then society, to discourage the vo l untary taxation thus incurred for movement t' has been made the benefit of the land owners ; and the following the object of which shall decla ration has received the signature of several active mem bers of the Manchest er Anti-Corn-law Association :--- " We, the undersigned, members of Anti-Corn-law As sociations, declare that we will not voluntarily tax our selves, for the benefit of the landowners, by the con sumption of the barley grown in great Britain and Ire laud which is malted for brewing or distillation, and that we will not give our aid to any Government opposed to free trade by paying the duties imposed on the im portation of foreign wines and spirits ; and we therefore pledge ourselves to abstain, until the repeal of tho Corn law, from the use of ale, porter, wine, and spirits." It is intended that, when one hundred persons whose example is likely to be influential shall have subscribed this de claration, they shall be called together by circular to take into consideration the means of promoting this self denying movement.—Manchester Times. TRAVELLING E XTRAORDINARY,,..—T wo wise acres, residents of Petersfield, were last weak neatly gulled himself a sailor. He s t a t e d to those greenhorns by a man calling tbathe had about seventy pounds prize money to receive, and that he had drawn ten pounds at Portsmouth to convey him and pay his expenses to London, but which he had unfortunately lost; the re mainder ho was to receive at Somerset Mouse imme diately on his arriving there, his papers for which he had forwarded to his sister at Ratcliffe-highway. Ile very generously offered the parties twenty pounds to convey him to London in some vehicle, which they did, and were to pay all travelling expenses. The money was tope paid immediately on their arrival in London. The party lived gloriously on the road, sparing no expense, but on arriving in London Jack made a sudden bolt, leaving his companions to travel back to Petersfield, and to bewail their unlucky fate in having to pay the piper out of their own pockets, instead of grasping twenty pounds for so slight a service re ndered.—Hampshire In dependent. THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND " THE LIGHT OF ALL NATIONS."—That very fidgetty personage, Dr. Blomfield, has, within a few days past, taken a step I which is almost beyond belief, and which we certainly should have been sceptical in crediting, had we not seen his Lordship's hand-writing on the subject. He has actually protested against the intended Goodwin Sands light-house being called " the Light of All Nations," on the ground that such appellation is one of the titles of our Saviour, and ought not to be " irreverently " applied to a lighthouse . In the beautifully exp ress i ve and figa rativelanguage of Holy Writ our Saviour is called " a door," "a fountain," " a lamb," &c. ; and yet, beca u se such is the case, will Dr. Blomfield s a y, t h at in speaking of the things signified by such nam es , we must seek for other terms ? Nay, to go to one of his own titles, reverend—is there not a text which, in reference to the Deity, says, " Holy and reverend is his name ?" Why, to be consistent, does not Dr. Blomfield cease to be a " reverend?" It the vagaries of the Bishop were pub lished, they . would form a most amusing volume. A melange might be compiled that would be infinitely more laughable than the " American B road Grins, " or old Joe Miller himsel f.—Sun d ay Ties. A FEMALE PREACHER. --Much curiosity was excited at the Wellington-road Chapel, on Sunday last, in consequence of it being announced that a Mrs. Elaw, a female of colour, from America, would preach two sermons in that place of worship. The place was much crowded on bath occasions, number s being unable to obtain admission. She sp eak s good En g li s h, an d d e . livered two excellent add resse s. — Manchest er Ti mes . We are informed that the Duke of Portland havin g resigned his office as Lord-Lieutenant or Custos Rotulorum of the county of Middlesex, the Marquis of Salisbury will be appointed iu his place. THE TOWER OF LONDON. (TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.) O grey-walled London Tower ! Symbol of thrall and power— Moated,•and bastioned, and curfew-belled— Had not fair Thames's flowings, And silver-winding goings, By thee been long enough dark-sentinelled ? Long, long enough O'er the great Saxon city and its crowd, Its merchant princes and its women proud, Had not thy feudal frown Flung its black shadow down ? O blood-dyed Tower ! Why rose no vengeful hour Wielding the People's axe or red-winged lightning, To rend in twain thy seats, Bastilles, and tow'rs, and tyrannous retreats ? Why rose not God's oppressed— God's people starving on the plains did stones— And all thy turrets with their fire-brands bright'ning Struck for their father's groans ? Told by no feudal drum, That hour delayed is come, Iron-crowned William, England's Norman King ! How to-and-fro cloth reel, Thy belfry-bell with its appalling peal ! How doth the fire-sheet spring, Its red Gomorrah-flames around thee flinging;— How doth the dread incendiarism spread, Hearsing in flames the crimson-slaughtered dead ; While the deep donjons to the topmost walls — The Kings in their bright halls— The charnels and their ghostly spectre-brood— Burn in that fiery shroud. 0, London Tower Sad-sailing down old Thames's dusky stream, While sleep-ward Evenir.g's heavy eyelids ached, O'er one who voyaged in a pensive dream, Thy scenes and deeds to dim remembrance waked: Thy fearful dramas—thy forlorn alarms— Thy altars worn away by prayer and tear— Men's agonies and sweats, and strifes of arms, Crowded his eye and ear. Dark-storied Tower ! At night's high noontide hour Grim jailors came and dressed a funeral block, Where in a hall obscure A child and woman, beautiful and pure, Knelt down imploring God, Fair as two angels praying. —Forward stepped, Armed with an axe, a headsman dark and dread, Bound he the eyes of that sweet child who wept Then cleft the bright-haired head. Stained Tower ! another night Locked in embraces bright On a white velvet bed serenely sleeping, With eyelids like closed lilies stayed from weeping, An infant King, with his young beauteous brother, Dreamed of their happiness, and home, and mother. A lamp above them shone : Two shadowy forms in funeral, folds of gloom Sprang towards the couch, and with the murd'rer's arm Sealed those young darlings' doom. • Tower, from thy fire-strewn wreck Infamous Gloucester, the Third Richard King, Seized blood-red from his nephew's hands his sway There, most seraphic lady, sweet Jane Grey Laid on the block her virginal white neck. But the fierce storm-fire, void of reverence Sweeping thine ar c h es like a fiery main, Spares not the very hall that once held France — Held kingly Jean. Proud Tower ! the smoke immense, Like sable draperies roll o'er thy rifts ; Thy front, uncrowned of its magnificence, Shows to the sun but nakedness and clefts Palace of ancient kings and golden reigns, What of thy pomp or royalty remains ? Old Tower ! now wrecked in dust, To utter ruin thrust, Thy cannons, and thy mortars thunder-voiced : Splendid as sun-rays, thy ten thousand arms ; Thy fasces, fusils, stores of war untold, Thy steeds caparisoned in steel and gold, Thy iron-vestured chiefs with sword and shield, Thy black-pluined Prince and war-gods of the field; But deaf oblivion in one common hole Ignobly tombs the whole. Titanic Tower! 'tis thus, Citadel ruling other Citadels!— Thine own annihilation truly knells The fall of thousand forts less glorious:— For, ever-flocking round thy sovereign feet— Bowed hosts of towers, o'er-shadowed by thy wings!— In the terrific flame That shook thy giant frame The people saw thy hoary-streaming head • Roll to the spot, where 'neath the keen-edged axe Thy captives' rolled and bled. IRISH HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1842: The following is the selected list of High Sheriffs for the ensuing year. In no case has the Government stepped out of the Judges' list : Antrim.—Andrew Henry Halliday, Esq., of Clifton, Belfast. Armagh.—James Caulfield. Esq., of Horkley, Armagh. Carlow.—Robert La Touche, Esq., Sackville-street Club, Dublin. Cavan.—James Warring, Esq., Newry. Clare.—William Fitzgerald, Esq., of Adelphi, Corofin. Cork.—Robert Delacour Beamish, Esq., of Castleview, Cork. Donegal.—Wybrants Olpherts, Esq., of Ballyconnell, Dunfannghy. Down.—Robert Ward, Esq., of Bangor Castle, Bangor. Dublin.—Arthur Crofton, Esq., of Roebuck Castle, Dublin. Fermanagh. —Viscount Loftus, Ely Lodge, Enniskillen. Galway.—Denis Daly, Esq., of Dunsandle, Loughrea. Kerry.—Arthur Lloyd Saunders, Esq., of Flesk, Kil larney. .Kildare.—The Marquis of Kildare, Carton, Maynooth. Kilkenny.—Robert Neville, Esq., of Marymount, Johnstown. King's County.—Thomas Bernard, Esq., of Castle Ber nard, Kinnitty. Leitrim.—Coote Mulloy, Esq., of Hughstown, Carrick on-Shannon. Limerick.—Michael Purnell, Esq., Cahirelly, Limerick. Londonderry, City and County.—Henry Richardson, Esq., of Somerset, Coleraine Longford.—The Hon. H. King Harman, of Newcastle Ballymahon. Louth. —Lord Viscount Jocelyn, Dundalk. Mayo.—Earl Altamont, of Westport House, Westport. Meath.—llenry Singleton, Esq , of Aclare, Ardee. Monaghan.--John Boyle Kernan, Esq., of Capers Lodge, Carrickmacross. Queen's County.—Edmond Staples, Esq., of Dunmore, Durrow. Roscommon.—Richard Irwin, Esq., of Rathmile, Tulsk. Sligo.--Richard Gethin, Esq., of Craig, Sligo. Tipperary.—Richard Wills Gason, Esq., of Richmond, Nenagh. Tyrone.—Joseph Goff, Esq., of Hallhouse, Dowton, Wiltshire. Waterford--Richard Charnley, Esq., of Saltstre Bridge, Cappoquin. Westmeath..—Captain Hercules Robinson, of Rossnead, Castletown-Delvin. Wexford.—Stephen Ram, Esq., of Ramsfort, Gorey. Wicklow.—Joseph Pratt Tynte, Esq., of Tynte Park, Dunlavin. COPY OF THE PATENT CREAT ING THE DUKE OF CORNWALL PRINCE OF WALES. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. To all Archbishops, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Vis counts, Bishops, B ar ons, B ar onet s , Knights, Justices, Provosts, Ministers, and all other our faithful subjects, greeting,— _ Know ye, that we have made and created, and by these our letters patent do make and create, our most dear Son, the Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland,) Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester ; and to the same, our most dear Son, the Prince of the the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have given and granted, and by this our present charter do give, grant, and confirm, the name, style, title, dignity, and honour of the same Principality and Earldom, and him, our said most dear Son, the Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as has been accustomed, we do ennoble and invest with the said Principality and Earldom, by girting him with a sword, by putting a coronet on his head, and a gold ring on his finger, and also by delivering a gold rod into his hand, that he may preside there, and may direct and defend those parts. To hold to him and his heirs Kings of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland for ever, wherefore we will, and strictly command for us, our heirs, and succes sors, that our said most dear Son, the Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland may have the name, style, title, state, dignity, and honour of the Principality of Wales and Earldom of Chester aforesaid, unto him and his heirs, Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britnin and Ireland, as is abovementioned. In witness whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster this Bth day of December, 1841. By the QUEEN herself, EDMUNDS. A SCULPTURED CORPS .—At Penshurst, in Kent, there is to be seen a strange little model of a corpse in a grave. All the circumstances of the scene are moulded with curious fidelity; the damp and slime of the dungeon; the worms crawling in and out of the putrifying carcass, the rats frisking and feeding upon it, are all horribly natural, and in tilt) midst of the fine pic tures among which it stands, the spectator's attention is often called away to it, although he is surrounded by subjects that are far more worth of remark. A correspondent, of conserable experience as a banker, informs us that from long connection with the border counties that were daily in the habit of receiving the notes of Messrs. Batson, Berry, and Co., in deposit, he cannot estimate their circulation at more than 20,000/. He adds that their business has been limited to Berwick for many years. We quite agree with him that if the English country banks would adopt the Scotch system of exchanging their notes weekly at their head offices and branches, it would create a more healthy circulation. MODESTY.—Madame de Geniis, says some body, reproved her librarian for placing books written by male and female authors upon the same shelf " Never do it," said she, " without placing a prayer book between thorn." CORN-LAWS. CITY, TWELVE o'cLocx.—The plan of the Ministry for the future regul a ti on o f the import of foreign corn has at length been suffered to transpire; and as it is supposed to have received the sanction of the leaders of the agricultural party, we may presume it will be adopted by them, when the Parliament assembles. The sliding scale is retained, but under a modified form, the duty fluctuating only to the extent of 145., the maximum being 18s. per quarter, and the minimum 4s. per quarter, rising or falling ls. for every fall or rise of one shilling in the average price of wheat ; the pivot being 545. per quarter or under, for the highest rate of duty and GBs., or over, for the lowest rate. The plan also embraces some wholesome regu lations for taking the weekly averages, with a view to remedy the trickery which is now practised by inter ested parties in making their returns of sales and prices. We need not say that we think a fixed duty would have been preferable to a sliding scale ; but after the violent hostility displayed against this proposal by the dominant party in Parliament we despair of seeing it carried at present. Therefore, we gladly accept this modification of the sliding scale as an instalment of what we claim. It is a very great improvement upon the old system. It will ensure a certain amount of revenue from corn, the average duty being 11s. per quarter, the mean between 4s. and 18s. ; it will reduce the temptation for forestalling, and also for making false returns ; it v ill ensure a more steady trade fur the article, regular sup plies, and less fluctuation in prices.— Globe. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR. BIRKBECK. Notwithstandirig the unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morning, as early aSTOWclockFlnsburisqt . i . ate . and the avenues leading thereto was literally crowded with respectably dressed persons anxious to obtain a view of the funeral of the late respected . President of the London Mechanics' Institution. It was originally arranged that the members of the Institution should accompany the funeral on foot, but owing to the wetness of the weather mourning coaches were provided for them, which took up their places on the west side of the square. At twenty-fire minutes past eleven o'clock, the procession, which was decidedly the most imposing sight we ever remember to have witnessed, moved towards the deceased's last rest- ing-place in the following order:—The hearse containing the body drawn by six horses, the coachman of the de ceased driving, was followed by five mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, containing the family and private friends of the deceased, fourteen mourning coaches, each drawn by two horses, containing members of the Mechanics' Institution, and fifteen private car riages ; amongst them was Lord Brougham's. The pro cession proceeded with the greatest order and regularity along the City-roatl, towards Paddington. Many females were observed to shed tears at the mournful spectacle. (ADDITIONAL PA RTICULA RS.) Besides Lord Brougham's carriage, the presence of which we mentioned above, we noticed the carriages of the Turkish Ambassador, Dr. Clutterbuck, Dr. Conquest, Mr. Aston Key (the surgeon), Mr. Bevan (the surgeon), Dr. Babington, Mr. L. Murray, Mr. Saner, and Mr. Page. Besides the members of the London Mechanics' Insti- tute, deputations in mourning coaches attended from the Aldersgate and other literary and scientific institutions. The hearse was driven by the coachman of the de ceased Dr. Birkbeck—a faithful servant, who had lived with him for upwards of eighteen years. The chief mourners were Mr. William and Mr. George Birkbeck . (the deceased's sons), Mr. Foster, and Mr. Lloyd. Amongst the friends of the family who attended we noticed Dr. Southwood Smith, Dr. Clutterbuck, Lord Nugent, Mr. Basil Montague, &c., &c. The hearse, notwithstanding the continuance of most unfa vourable weather, was accompanied the long distance to Kensall-green by a considerable number of persons on foot, who are, or have been, members of the Mechanics' Institution. It was there joined by others, and the body was followed to its last resting place by a very numerous cortege. The road up to the chapel within the grounds was lined by people standing in respectful silence, and amongst them we noticed a considerable number ofPoles. On reaching the chapel, which was filled with the mourners, the body was placed on a catafalque in the centre, and the funeral service, according to the Church of England, was impressively read by the officiating clergyman. By a mechanical contrivance, which is terribly hostile to devotional feelings, from making a harsh grating noise, the body was lowered into the vaults beneath, and placed in one of the little cupboards, into which the space is portioned out, and which, small though they be, are quite large enough for bins whose fame for goodness has spread over Europe. The family mourners went first to see their beloved father and friend in his last resting-place ; and then the whole of those who had followed him out of respect and gratitude also descended, and saw where for ever was laid, in soli tary stillness, that tongue which had poured out instruc tion for them, and that mild countenance which had, in the midst of large assemblies,'continually taught amenity and checked disorder—so having attended their friend and teacher to his final home in this world, their duties to him were achieved, and they retired with sorrowful hearts, yet neither ashamed nor despairing, asking one another when they should see another Birkbeck, and who could supply his place at the Mechanics' Institute ? To the MEMORY of DR. BIRKBECK. THE GOOD MAN'S GRAVE. The grave bath closed :--another settingtstu Ilath pass'd adown the dark horizon's shade. The star bath gone :—not so the light which made Its glory : that, still beaming, lives, and far Above the lordly range where death can mar, Bright'ning one track of earth, when darkness erst Did, brooding, spread her dusky wing accurst Breaking the mind witk her insidious war. And dear, dear shade, the oppress'd shall linger near That train of light :—their children by their side, And mourn thee as their truest friend and guide, And with their blessings blend the falling tear. Oh ! could each waning star bequeath such light, How little might we fear the mind-enthralling night. H. B. THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On reading your impartial Journal of the 9th inst. I find you have made some remarks respecting the subscriptions for the poor Spitalfields weavers, and in it you have stated, in reference to a munificent subscription of a Judge of the land, that a clergyman of the establish ment liberally subscribed 2001. Judge ye what I mean when I say, that instead of being of the establishment, he is of the denomination of Baptist Dissenters. The insertion of the above remarks, if worthy of your notice, will oblige yours, _ A CONSTANT READER. Norwich, 11th December, 1841. [We attributed the Munificent subscription to a Cler gyman, not to a Judgo.]—D. Sun. THE DISTRESSED SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS: .-",, Last Saturday night a numerous meeting. ,of the dis tressed Spitalfields weavers was held at the CrTyn and Anchor, Waterloo-town, Bethnal green, by adjOurnment from the previous Saturday, to receive the Report of the Deputation which waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of hearing from his Lordship his intentions as to the appropriation of the funds in his hands for the relief of the Spitalfields weavers. Mr. Boddington having, about ,nine o'clock, been ap pointed to preside, Mr. Fox, on the part of the COmmittee, said, that he and two of the Committee waited'. upon the Lord Mayor on Thursday last. The Committee were aware that a meeting had been held in the vestry room of the church, at which . meeting several clergymen of the district, and some gentlemen con nected with the Adelaide Society, attended. The Com mittee were informed that an intention was then ex pressed to devote the moneys raised (or the relief of the Spitalfields weavers to the support of all persons in dis tress, of whatever trade. The Committee resolved, in consequence, that a deputation should wait upon the Lord Mayor. The Deputation saw his Lordship at the Mansion-house, and his Lordship expressed his surprise that there should be an attempt to appropriate money in any other way than the donors intended. • They observed that they called to express their desire that the money should not be parted with by the Lord , Mayor, until a proper Committee had been appointed. His Lordship said, that such was his intention. While they were in conversation, Mr. Wenwood, from the Adelaide Committee, and Mr. Brydges, entered the room, when they stated what had been done at the ves try, and what were their intentions as to the-dispo sition of the funds. The Lord Mayor, having stated his objections, recommended the deputation to get up a dis trict meeting, when, if they had a responsible Chairman and an efficient Commitke, - ..who would apply the Wilds judiciously, he would then give . the money out of his hands. He stated that he had about 1,0001., but which, he observed, he knew was not near sufficient to supply their urgent necessities. The Committee had since waited on Mr. R. Hanbury, who had declared his wil lingness to become their Chairmrn at the district meet ing.—(Hear.) Mr. CLAISSE, the Secretary, said that he was happy to find they were in a course to obtain some assist ance for the starving Spitalfields weavers. It was now out of the hands of the Committee. —( Hear.) He as sured them that in the City, and at the West End, the best disposition was evinced on their behalf by all parties ,• and he believed that now that the opinion of the Lord Mayor was known, that many of the gentlemen who met at the church had fallen in with his views. The distress, he was sorry to say, was increasing to an alarming ex tent. Since their last meeting the Committee had had above 300 personal applications ; while the landlord of the Knave of Clubs, where the Committee meet, is called upon all day to know when the money will be distributed. A few days ago he saw Mr. Brutton, the vestry clerk, who stated that there were about 1,000 in the house, and 1,300 who receive out-door relief.—(Several eXclaimed, " Nearly 3,000 ;" 'and a weaver said that Barton, the relieving-officer, infornied him a few weeks ago that there were above 2,000 receiving out=door relief.) Mr. Fox said, that a fortnight ago th ere were 854 i n the house. ;Ire believed the out-door relief was a b out 3,000. Several weavers addressed the Chai r , a f ter which the Report was unanimously received ; when, t h an k s b eing pmed.to the Chairman, who replied, the Meeting broke up. The heart of the great man surrounded by po verty, and trammelled by dependence, is like an egg in a nest built among briars ; it must either curdle into bitterness, or, if it take life and mount, struggle through the thorns for ascent. PARTIAL SHOWERS.—A gentleman travelling in the West of England, scarcely had a fine day during his journey • one day, when at Davenport, h e sa id to t h e master of the hotel —" Raining again, I see."—" 0 (re plied mine host) it is only a partial shower."—" Egad (said the traveller), showers seem particularly partial to this part of the country." LITERATURE. THE FLORIST'S JOURNAL Contains some excellent advices for the cul ture of several delicate exotics, and possesses a coloured plate of an ornamental flower-bed, so grouped, by the Duchess of Bedford's gardener, as to give the greatest effect to the fbrms and colours of the flowers composing it. LONDON JOURNAL AND REPERTORY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MANUFACTURES. Among other patented improvements, Mr. Maughan, instead of the pole and cross-bar now employed in the construction of " curricles," advises the adoption of two pairs of shafts, creating thereby greater elegance of appearance and freedom of action to the vehicle. Woven wool or rope, covered with India-rubber, is pro posed under another patent as a substitute for corks. A series of patents for improvements in weaving -looms and .cotton-machines should be looked into by every master manufacturer and artisan. FINE ARTS, A PLAN OF THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON PORT NICHOLSON. Port of Larnbton Harbour, or Port Nicholson, New Zea land, comprehending about one.third of the water front age of the town of New Zealand, 6-c. Hultnundel. These are two showy delineations, published by the New Zealand Company, of the town they have partly founded, and intend to found, at Port Nicholson, New Zealand. The plan of the town looks on paper most magnificent; such re gular streets, noble quays and wharves—such splendid squares, canals, and basins, are quite ravishing. The view of the harbour undeceives us a little, for that shows us steep hills running almost to the water's edge, and leaving only a very small margin of ground adapted for culti vation between the hills and the sea, while there seems no creek, harbour, or river to break the continuous beach, and afford shelter or a conve nient landing-place to boats or small craft. The " Plan" shows a noble wharf, the " View," a beach on which the surf continually rolls. The latter is what now exists, the other is what the speculators hope to make it when they have tempted a large number of persons to go thi ther, and give the Company 20s. or 12s. per acre for the hills, which, in comparison with the land skirting the beach, sold at the same uni form sums, may be worth, perhaps, a penny an acre. The Wakefield scheme of colonization, indeed, seems admirably calculated to give an immense bonus to the first purchasers, and make every successive race of purchasers, or swarm of emigrants, contribute to swell the wealth of those who have the first choice. Both Plan and View, but particularly the Plan, seem well calculated by their pictorial charms to serve the purpose of the New Zealand Company. EXTRAORDINARY SENTENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-By inserting the following lines in your valuable journal you will oblige one who is an advocate of justice : A messeng er in the service of th e Post-o ffi ce was sentence d to be transported for life for steal ing one penny, and the remarks of my Lord Den man were enough to rouse the heart of any man who is a friend to humanity and fair justice. My Lord Denman, remarks in the first place, that the man is holding a most responsible situation, and it is necessary to punish him with the severest penalty the laws allowed; secondly, as the man bears a good character, he ought to be doubly punished. Therefore, a man having a bad character has a better chance, should he ever be brought before my Lord. Sir, would it not have been much wiser, at the same time, for his Lordship to have said, " Ought not this man to have been paid ac cording to the responsible situation he was hold ing?" It is my opinion that untiJ Government pays these hard-working classes of public servants better, they never will protect the public from losses over which they have no control. Hoping the Press will take up this poor man's case, and arouse the public feeling in his favour, I am, Sir, your obedient and very humble Servant, A LOVER OF .1 USTICE - - - -7--- , ---- THE " POST," or the PUSEYITES' FAST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The following extract from an Act of Par- liament willshow what our early Church reformers thought of superstitious fasting ; and perhaps it will be of very great service if you will keep at tention td the point by occasionally republishing it, whenever too great a stress is attempted to be made as to the efficacy of outward fasting. By the 35th Elizabeth, c. 7, s. 22, it shall not be lawful for any person to eat flesh upon any days now usually used as fish days, on pain of forfeiting twenty shillings, or one month's close imprisonment without bail. By section 39-40—" And because no manner of person shall misjudge of the intent of this statute, limiting orders to eat fish, and to for bear the eating of flesh, but that the same is purposely intended, and meant politically for the increase of fishermen and mariners, and repairing ofport townsand navigation, and not for any superstition to be maintained in the choice of meats it is enacted, that whosoever shall, by preaching, teaching, or open speech, notify, that any eating of fish, or forbearing of flesh, is of any necessity for the saving of the soul of man, or that it is the service, otherwise than as other politick laws are and be, then such persons shall be spreaders of false news, are and ought to be." Here stands a post— Who put it there ? A better man than you, Touch it if you dare. Ilfracombe, De c . 9, 1841. NO BIGOT. WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS.— Yesterday morning .a young man was taken to Guildhall Police Court, on a charge of stealing five quires and eighteen Weekly Dispatch Newspapers from out of a cart belonging to Mr. Edmonds, a newsman. Similar robberies are not unfrequent, but they are seldom com mitted to so large an extent at one time. In the present instance the prisoner was seen by Spring, a City police officer, coming away from the cart with two quires eighteen on his shoulder, which quantity was missing from the cart; three quires more were discovered to have been left by the prisoner just previously at a coffee house in Smithfield-bars. His case was ordered to stand over until the arrival of additional evidence. The pri soner was formerly in the employ of a news firm in the City. The Hon. H. R. Yorke, of Grantham, Lin colnshire, M.P., visited Paisley on Saturday last, to ac quaint himself by personal observation with the state of distress in Paisley, in order that he may be able to speak of it from practical knowledge when the subject of dis tress shall be brought before Parliament. The Hon. Mem ber showed much sympathy with the distressed families visited, and put his purse in requisition to relieve them. Paisley Advertiser. Died an the 24th ult., at Wigan, Miss Mary Aspull, aged 89. On searching the house, bags of money and notes were found to a large amount. Some of the parties interested were engaged throughout the day in counting the money; and in the evening a coach was sent for, and cash transmitted to the bank in the shape of 3,000 guineas, bank-notes, and a number of old coins, amounting, in the whole, to upwards of 5,0001. The old lady has also left four tenements and some land, which will perhaps realise another 1,0001. --Liverpool Mercury. The quantity of rain which is recorded as having fallen at the Gardens of the . Horticultural Society a Chiswick during the last month, was no less than 4'31 inches. The fluctuation of the barometer was conside rable, as on the 7th of November it was 30'391 inches whilst on the 30th it stood at 28.845.. There was an equally important variation in the state of the tempera _ ture, as on November 12, the thermometer stood a t 63 degrees Fahreinheit ; whilst on the 16th it stood but at 15 deg., being the difference of no less than 48 deg. INSPECTOR -GENERAL OF R AILWAy s consequ ence of the recent pro mo ti ons i n the army,. Sir Frederick Smith gives up the appopeisenettmorelft of Inspector a n impor tant ta r an com mandinmitsakingG en e ra a l t o c f ha l t t h a a il m w . ays T , haenndewassitz Ma jor-General Pasley, of the Royal known among engineers as Coloel PEasngt ie * G y neers, so well this announcement, although opposed to Sir Frederick on several points, and objecting altogether to the exist ence of the office he held, d we cannot do so without acknowledging that Sir Fre of his demeanour, and erick Smith, by the courtsey o w f it h h is w d h u o t m its ile ha ac by h i s bearing in the performance MARNOCH acquired the esteem of most of those Magazine. held o ffi cial communications. —Railway , the t a l ented a n d S d Edwards, S atur day last the parish of handso me pul pitmarnoceiilited and accompls h hed a minister of the gown, Purchased w b as • Rev. Mr. The gown p s r u e b s scri tio w ns t was presented to lions Edwards by Peter Findlater, Esq. Aberchirder. More money than was among his hearers. sufficient for the purpose was tendered ; and many per sons, desirous of subscribing, complained that they had never been offered an o pportunity of doing so.—Aber deen Herald. [This is the Rev. G' e ntleman whose set tlement in opposition to the non-intrusionists raised the Strathbogie hubbub. He ought to be thankful to Cand lish and Cunningham. He has g ot a good gown, a good living, and his name n ill go down to posterity with the famous song, that celebrated the "Castocks of Strathbogie.") COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Madame Ves tris, not satisfied with the crowds that throng to her house every night that Miss Kemble plays, laid a fresh bait for the public on Saturday night, in the shape of a new farce called The United Service. As it was all but irretrievably damned, and will probably never be played aga in, it may be deemed 'almost a work of supereroga tion to give any account of it. However, as the subject is a good one, and there are here and there a few smart things in the dialogue, the farce may, if cut down, pass , muster. MORNING SUN THUGGHEE. 'Fills iniquitous and inhuman practice is not limited to tho sphere only in which it is suspected to exist, but has its ramifications extensively displayed throughout the most obscure circles of society. It is as prevalent in the City of Palaces, under the very shadow of the Government-house, as it is in the Mofussil. The very public Ghauts of Calcutta are paraded by Thugs, and the mangees or boatswains of Paunchwises and dingoes are the disciples of Sivoo or Halee (the Goddess of Destruction, as received under the faith of the Hindoos). Instances have occurred where native seders have left Calcutta with large sums of money from houses of agency, for the captains of vessels stationed at Diamond•harbour and in Saugor-roads, which have never afterwards been heard of. The writer sustained the loss of his own soriar, in 1833, whilst proceeding from Calcutta to Tumbook. No traces of him could be discovered, and yet he was seen at Singapore, midway, in company with a party of min strels. In July, 1833, a boat laden with merchandise, accompanied by two chaprassees, was unaccountably lost in the Rhoop Narrain river, and in 1830 a party of pilgrims, consisting of 95 persons of both sexes, whilst crossing the Subunreeka river on their route to the great Temp!e of Juggernaut, were waylaid by Thugs, and precipitated into the stream. Six days afterwards the sands were strewed with human corpses, whilst the vul tures and dogs followed in the train of Thugghee. In 1830 the writer saw a huge camp of Thugs, who had pitched their caravan under a tope of mango trees, within a quarter of a mile of Mohammed Nugghur Patna. They were furnished with a very effective strength of bullocks and horses (of the Patna breed). They remained on the spot for upwards of five days, during which period several of the inhabitants were missed, and could not be accounted for. They passed onward toward Bulasore, after breaking up their camp • and within two day s a ft erwar d s a re p or t reac h e d the Magistrate of Bulasore that six human bodies had been discovered under a bridge crossing the high-road between the chowkee of Hudderpuddah and Bustorn. The marks of the lassee were apparent on the necks of the deceased. This band, it was upon inquiry learned, had struck out of the high road to Juggernaut, and had pursued a westerly direction, progressing either to Harriospore or Surebulpotl. r . There is scarcely a chowkee or village throughelit the south western districts of India that has not a corresponding agency with Thugs. It is extremely doubtful whether the very local or Mofussil thannas are not corrupted with Thuggism. The most effective way to put a decided stop to this abominable practice, would be for the Government to hold out a very heavy reward to persons who could and would furnish them with evidence sufficiently strong to bring any Thug to conviction. Let a scale of re wards be published in every tbannah throughout the country for the apprehension of Thugs, and mercenary motives would go a great way to unveil the present fea tures of a most barbarous and monstrous masonry. Tbugg hee, it is well known, is an evil that must eventually cure itself. The temptation of a r eward, upon conviction of Thugghee, would operate most powerfully in suppressing the crime. The mine must be laid within the camp and sprung ; any outward assaults or invasions upon it will prove ineffectual. Colonel Slcaman has done much towards putting down the dreadful practice, and it is to be hoped that Thugghee will very shortly hence be looked upon only as a thing that has been. CALVIN'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE:--A letter preserved in the archaeological collections of Grenus gives us a graphic picture of Calvin's personal appearance. "He resembles an old hermit of the The bald, emaciated by vigils and fasting, his cheeks colour less as that of a corpse ; but his brilliant eyes glow with an unearthly fire. His figure is slightly bowed ; the bones seem bursting through his skin ; but his step is ready, and his tread firm." FATAL ACCIDENT. -- Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a young man, of the name of Gif ford, in the employ of Mr. Chiswell, of Belmont-row, Wandsworth-road, was drowned in the river. He was carrying a sack of barley out of a vessel which was lying in the Thames close to Nine Elms, and while so engaged walking over a plank which extended across two barges, one of the boats suddenly shifted, and the plank fell into the water carrying with it the unfortunate youth, who was plunged to the bottom of the river by the weight of the sack. The body has not been dis covered. The following naval appointments are to take place : Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace, K C.B„ K.C.H., to succeed Admiral Sir Henry Digby, K.C.8., as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore ; Captain Sir Wat kin Owen Pell, Knt., to be Superintendent of Sheerness Dock-yard, vice Captain Sir John Hill, Knt., re-appointed to Deptford Victualling Department ; Captain the Hon. Jeceline Percy, C. 8., to be Superintendent of Plymouth Dock-yard, in the place of Vice Amiral Warren ; Cap tain Sir Francis Collier to be Superintendent of Pem broke Dockyard; and Rear-Admiral W. F. Wise, C. 8., is appointed to the Cape command, vice Sir Edward D. King. Our C9ntempaKaries have announced C apta i n Peter Fisher, as Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, but we believe , the appointment has not yet been filled up. Captain the Hon. Richard Dundas is also named as likely to obtain it.—Naval and Military Gazette. ILFRACOMBEe—At the Borough Court held on the 2d inst., presided over by Sir Bouchier Palk Wrey, Bart., attended by his steward, T. Knight, Esq., Robert William Dickinson, Esq., was unanimously elected Port reeve for the year ensuing. _ WIGTOWNSHIRE.—Whether it has been owing to the prospect of improving times, the superabundance of.unemployed capital, or the height to which politics ' have been carried, certain it is that more land has lately changed owners in Wigtownshire than for a century be fore. In this small county within the last two or three years, land to the amount of 314,0001. sterling has been purchased by the Earl of Stair, the late much-lamented James Blair,___Esq., of Penninghame, and Col. AUDowall, of Logan. Though it is to be feared that the greater part, if not the whole of these lands, will be settled under the fetters of entail, which in many cases is known to have acted as a decided barrier to improvement, it must be admitted that the Earl of Stair has, by judicious operations, entirely changed the face of the country at Garthland, one of his late purchases ; and though Wig townshire has not been surpassed by any county in Scot land for the rapidity of its agricultural improvements during the last twenty years, his Lordship has yet a wide field of enterprise remaining, not only on the large pur chases he has lately made. but on the extensive estates to which he has recently succeeded. In the neighbouring county of Ayr several sales of land have taken place, but by no means so extensive as in Wigtownshire.—Ayr Ob. THE MESSRS,. STRUTT.--The Messrs. Wit. Liam, George, and Joseph Strutt, of Derby, men of great wealth and acquirements, employ nearly the whole of the population of Belper and the neighbourhood, where their works, as cotton-spinners and manufacturers, are situated. To give higher taste to the work-people at Belper, Mr. John Strutt has formed a musical society, by selecting forty persons, or more, from his mills and workshops, making a band of instrumental performers and a choir of singers. These persons are regularly trained by masters, and taught to play and sing in the best manner. Whatever time is consumed in their studies, is reckoned in their working hours. On the night of a general muster you may see five or six of the forge men, in their leather aprons, blasting their terrific notes upon ophicleides and trombones. Soon after the commencement of this music -school it was found that the proficients were liable to be enticed away, and to com mence as teachers of music. To remedy this, the mem bers of the orchestra are bound to remain at the works oforroisleesvterna,ylevairdsi. theM rd.oSaktrantatnhdasbionxgeesnicoounstlayilriong thetrive in struments, struments, to fold and pack up, so that, with the addi tion of a pair of wheels, the whole forms a carriage ; and, with an omnibus for the performers, he occasionally moves the corps de musique to Derby, or the surrounding villages, where their services are required for charitable occasions. The liberality with which this musical esta blishment is SCPported, is as extraordinar as its novelty. hearwith t h h i e m kt who iest performers are treto of the th As an incentiVe 'td 'excellence, when he Y visits town, he occasionally takes h a lf• a -d ozen o f hi s c l e verest people and Friend s . A New O r l eans that there is in that paper state s, the opera and concerts, to Gardiner's Music city a hog with his 'ears set so far back that he can't hear himself squea k, except when lie is running back wards. A TOUCH or THE SUBL IME.—The clouds hung black and lowering-11c !I vio lently, and as a vivid fla sh of ru g nnin lg shot across the heavens, we discovered a fat ni like the devil lightning n der ripped away gger g across the watermelon patch ! have broken usually d ear y artments in the city have at tion of the undergrounbreeap. eet of water. This of course f The springun t sin he n gh t ibiloa Year, , d ae o d f a C g h r i e c a l t i e p e s t err this time from onebtotatnts to very great inconvenience. subjects the inhabitants which generally redunda nt isquite dry, presents- h eight months of the year through fi T o l i w e brook s their banksin th e; and appearance ther neigh bourhood,oferaarapid ntt many rr e p n l over flow at this time the shire Advertiser. proverb. symptom its of re sinhfieuence of living are the most common causesof this is s o r o e f l t i e e n ve but the a sys s te y affection. Solomon remarks—" A merry heart doeth of blood, causes an increased deposition of fat. G oo d in er . good like a medicine ; but a broken spirit drieth the b one s." " Laugh and grow fat," says the old moorC health.° a r n P d uNi g ea o ut o uc d rYe adds to t Sterne ra observes— his " l E ife v . e ” ry Itinmaielandminang to o lau t g b h e a life of ease in causing corpulency, Dr. Arbuthnot says —you may see an army of 40 , 000 soldiers, With out a t man among them, but I dare affirm, that with plenty of rest, 20 out of 40 shall grow fat." Whoever saw a fat post-boy?--- Winslow, in the Polytechnic Journal. DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—TaIk of Paisley, and the poverty of 'its unemployed population ! Most sin cerely do we sympathise with these people, and happy are we to observe the successful exertion s made to miti gate their sufferings. But we will venture to assert that there arc few districts in Ireland —we see that even the weavers and spinners of Ulster are experiencing the ge neral distress—in which the pressure of want is not much the mo re severely felt than in Paisle y, o r i n any o r part of Great Britain. As a sample of the real state °Mins, we are anxious to call attention to the following extract from the Kerry Examiner received this morning "Itis,we are s orry to say, a fact but too well known that extreme and gene ral distress prevails at this moment among the humble classes, both in town and country; owing princi pally to the late very unfavourable season, and the con sequent deficiency and deteriorated quality of every de scription of crops. This is particularly the case with re gard to potatoes and turf—the poor man's chief meow of sustaining existences—Dublin Evening Post. IP ee f. 0 03