The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

CORNING EDITION THE COBBETT DINNER. the anniversary dinner to commemorate the birth of Mr. William Cobbett,tiok place yesterday evening, at th ,e C rown and Anchor Tat ern, in the Strand. At six e n i ? o r r Oldham, a numerous party of gentle men sat down to diti and idm in ba M tn the absence of r. Fielden, the I\le ilr Mr. Gorge Rogers took the chair, ! a d in tbe course of th e even i ng rea l t h e f u llowing ht ter of apology from Mr. Fielden _ _ lebltt:ing, " Todmorden, March 5, 1841. '`Dear S:r,—l left London for here on Wednesday and I now find that I cannot be back in town 1 ,0 . take the ch a i r at are dinner to commemorate the of Mr. Cobbett, and I write to request you to get souse other gentlemen to take the chair on that occa• 81 ". It will be an important one, and time will show whether his predicti ons are no t on the eve of fulfilment p it h regard to the d own f a ll of " rag-money," and the c _?nsequence s t h at must follow i ts extinct i on . Th e ad vice he so feelingly and repeatedly gave to those in i h er in hi s own country, to avoid being destroyed b y s monster, by crushine it, although disregarded here, a 7 11 /wed by G enera l Jackson, and his successor, o Buren, in A mer i ca ; an d i t now appears t h ey h ave , t a fte Y rate, scotched th e sna ke, if not killed it, and have thereby inflicted on it a mortal stab. een e arrival in Manchester on Wednesday night, neard that news h a d b een rece i ve d i n Li ve rpool that s a y of theconfusi smashing of the American Bank., and the tate of i h n; and on the " rag-rooks" there were involved I could no t h e l p t hi n ki ng h ow M r . C o bb e tt, su he been alice, would have enjoyed the news, though D O 0 ue would have lamented more than himself the 'uteri right or e Will the inno c e n t th a t wo uld ensue. America herself, and secure her independence ; but h ow John Bull, with hi s d e bt s , t axes , " coarser food," cad coercion laws, will p ass th roug h the orde a l, no one n t ell ---We shall see. EVCIIiS will break down the 831te lu , if the people will be quiet.—l am, dear Sir, Your obedient servant, " JOHN FIELDEN." After the c l ot h h a d been removed, T• he CHAIRMAN rose, and said—The followers of __‘;obbett, although not so numerous as those who were se rolt ek e lng Place and power, and although not making so to t " noise in the w or ld as those whose business it was 41 E and not to think, whatever might be their un- PoPularit io oh . Y, no one could d e ny that they were consistent r i in kul, and that the p rogress o f e vents was rapidly fi e '°Ping the s o u n d ness o f th e C o bbett principles.— ' e ar, hea r .) E very year they met t h ey h a d f urt h er p i, 1) °Ior the truth of his doctrines. They saw the public :eels of the day giving a different solution to various loi ell i t t that arose. One party at' ributing them to the cle e '.Bkes of Lotd Palmerston—another to the impru ko-fe of Thiers—a third to the timidity of Guizot— tL" another to the ignorance of the Chinese—in fact, Ir/were attributed to every thing but the right one. Ana .1 it/ Cobbettite, who saw every thing clearlyr—dycee. v 4 lear ear)—he knew that all these things were p 'Y bygone causes, which Mr. Cobbett had la bad ured to prevent, and the consequences of which he Z foretold. The Cobbettite foresaw that the weak (Trtlf the c ountry was i ts d e b t — t h a t th e ex travagance e G overnment was daily adding to its amount for the tr it e r tr it e ro wn Purposes, and not for the public good. What and tel Thiers and Guizot, and the Americans to oh Chinese, and the native Indian Princes, p ro , vY and a tt empt t o over turn the apparent boet P i eri tY of England, but that they foresaw that the l toh• was about to burst, and that the great truth Prole bad bee n propoun d e d by P a ine was about to be i n thee: namely, that paper-money although strength a n d ch i l e :ginning, w as we a kness in the end ?—( Hear, for, e era.) That period the Cobbetite was looking a nd eve r y moment to ld hi m th a t it w as fast ap r.Oath: leg t Another month, or another year more the oei:," sB as nothing in the history of nations, and ' t res ult of postponing the evil a little longer, would h e i t : render more potent the resistance that would that I'L_°tieht against it. The Cobbetites saw clearly liate e t4e : French people were burning to revenge the eo ro i t ;:` Waterloo, and they saw that the time was fast eot ° t- " when th e b att l e was t o b e re f o ught. If it was be done with the consent of Louis Philippe, it se e lll e o done with ou t him. America had also got its 'fie cause cause of q uarre l, and felt the insults that had ana e ast upon it by England in bye -lone times. %d i !! Was also r ea dy t o take up arms against England, h ett ; s uen they would find, as their great apostle Cob ' teck:l d said, " The ship goieg to pieces upon the tha t Mr. Fi e ld en , i n hi s e xcellent letter, had said e h i ev ents would br ea k down the system, if the people % e t" but be quiet, but in the position in which co i e e Pe,°Ple were placed, be doubted if they el e Q °e kept quiet.—( Hear, hear.) Their public ce e Z et 'ers had gone on robbing the people, until cir ae,:aut.vs over which they bad no control would bring; Eunquiet revolution. It was melancholy to re ee, tha t' in a country where so much intellect existed 0 7 e a ug the common peop l e —i n a country which had li: s 2 le ed one of the most intellectual men that ever eve: o l' a nd who exhibited a distinterestedness which one to I_ lb tur united with great talent- -it was me b lancholy riteeet that the warnings of that great man had been tal ie . et ed• The C o bb et it es , at least, might say to them of e v 7. that th ey h a d ta k en no part i n th a t state tett tu ags--their consc i en ces were clear, and they s throughout anxious to effect such changes • Br t ld render suc h a revolution unnecessary. bro e e7 li eved a state of things was fast ap letei.te"ug when the people, who were now half teo s u , would be without food. They had a cur iae liable t o h e upset at any mo ment—they had an et r ,,g exp en di ture , w i t h a decreasing means of . ro t e " gl uing that expenditure. Their whole fiscal star 4 ( 4 getting i nto confus i on, an d th e qu estion would e mt v , tlY aris e w h at would such a state of things termi tee How w o uld it be when thousands were tern' rd to starvation under their highly artificial sys food,". Was it to be supposed that people, without ti oo eould be quiet ? Whatever their clispost eo 8 „ 'night be, the raging lion of hunger would say, ef eee l 'et and feed yourselvee—(Hear, hear.) These ti tok .._` le real elements of society into which it would ul litto-13' he resolved, and it was one which their Legis thee-,l,'auld do well t o re flect upon. If they did not, el e ; o 7,'lslet depend u p on it that it would ere long come co ore `ue to like a thi e f in the night, and involve the th an '''':l its a state of ruin blacker and more terrible elc e j: a s eY kid any conce pti on of. The Chairman con friehl by proposing the memory of their excellent tm Cobbett.—Drank in solemn silence. he had been entrusted with a toast 'der e e ne felt much pleasure in proposing "The tet e ' tuuse upright performance of their constitutional the'h 114 Preserved Mr. Cobbett from the doom which , e le[' i t le and perfidious Whigs had designed for him.' `ltto r e 11 ''.) That Jury had been chosen by . the then tilt oi i le 3 ' , General, who had been since dignified with usteL• e °, 4 4 Lord Chief Justice of England, and be had . care er s . D 1 St exertions to have his unfortunate victim in- Nee bed a prison from which be would never have men ~" t.. Thank God, however, some of these Jury attion,743d Rem to their oaths, and they had now c heap e t hem ' the Foreman of that Jury.—(Loud e ° ole 8 '„' • 'was well known to all of them, and they , e li on,;; ; et 'too ;highly ighl appreciate the noble determine here i'' n eed b him and five of his fellow Jurors to ad theoti°l t heir c eths, which he felt was not the case with to ton i c " S iR• lae believed they went there determined t heir " set Cobbett, but although they had brought tte e ; i ,vat ts and night caps and provisions, after litlitteration the excellmt constitution of theyis l-U u Mr, Vilkinson prevailed against them, and tl iee n " Way, --(Cheers.) When Mr. Cobbett was °Pin s pe bi th at one caseon they brought no evidence at all 7 . a_te t e (1 dear , hear.) It must have been a gra kr!• te" r e r-e eiion I o these men that they had snatched "l•ett fro m • n untimely grave. and had enabled Wl • °he e much benefit upon his countrymen. l ee r tee a rs a 1. 0 2 s t tel hot eat and independent minded r q: 11 them t England had nothing to fear. ,_ toast Mr. ' w as 4 rank with greet applause. I,posern iry wished the other five Jurymen were ee tariliee' an d he N vas sure they would appreciate the sire oo ent that ha i been paid them. Trial by Jury tooe great benefits conferred by the great and tee t h `'ng Allred m the country, and it had not been did h altered sine e. • establishment. To be sure they iu all ego the e t ,i c ': s ety of being tried by . their peers . Dee re l ie r ' because, if the poor were tried by their pn ntl ii ,, e ue3T would b as likely to come off without ge 4 • — via as _ „nly Lot c °• lt Cardigan.—( .t Hear and cheers.) tl ° l :• l l Plitie" e d u ` n u f lu nie the • peers in that case, but what he was, tI not tried by Nrtt P ee t a i c at the r poor i were knew the im of the at , trial o b rd Ju an gaarn.cl Theyknew the importance e u/di e e fun etions of the ' Jurymen who were to decide ac taoe4 to the evidence . Now he had been simple a n d t° suppose ea e w ee tat people meant what they said, to ' resolved to , observe the oath he had taken,. -I)4t d ecide aecordir g to the evidence. The indict cited tthatust Mr. Cob . b tt charged him with having in t bole he eZ_People t o v j o e i, .nce, and went through the . ivii t i h "ndar of crin tea, as having been stirred up by Creve r Mr. C tt. There was no evidence ( 1,`, / e bett, ° `,.lny such int, mtion on ti.e . part of Mr. p 7tior ip, LHe admitt ee l t i et the had written the pro odeee neut he deni esi d id inference, and they could ed H eat , evidence • to to substantiate the charge. thet it was fact, it would appear during the whole V` n -a , s , the 'A.ttorney.4 '...ienerel who was on his pr her d's -1113% Cobbett, lot he kept theAttorneyo liitZve the chat to t h e grin d A , .ne, and defied him . t tie or th 4r g e S he had made. .Now „ , that reminded h Ing o text ofHowl a 1111— I can do all Otlf 84 ith st a° re you ?—l'll bet you *-.O%V n • Paul. h e ce on You can ' t „ h a put down hake ,' oe e Pulpit ; but 7!, nt on " through the eL t heti e °U r Lord J e er e .) ier matter- won't " Oh," said he, itnotl ,sus kinrisv. bet. "—( Hear, and N0w,1141,1 that obbett's ' case ; f u P° l l th e " al 'Mr ' came off tri 40te (H *context, \CUL I‘,l - his , ear He had been, cr r e early Aa cheery. e t writings of 3 oath ser e ' ° bhett, that they s ,udh„ e „ sl eolat e d lir ' a be was , admire:ort:inc_Lea, t men wiser `° "r• Why to make all classes , o , he parson reo • wee As "Legacy toLabourers infer.an d "Legacy ed t o sieu veg h to glee a man 011 the alaer him a virtuous and a useful bet. of society. When he reflected on these things, he must say he did feel not a little pride at having rescued such a man from the fangs of the Whigs.—(Loud cheers.) Let them look at the change that had taken place in the system of persecution adopted by the Whigs towati; those who e-e unfortunate enough to get into their clutches. Formerly it was the law merely that a man should be ine,lreergt.?d, and thcre was an end of it ; but now there was a treadmill and soli tary confinement, and when remonstrances were made, it was denied by the Whigs that they had authorised it—it was the order of the Magistrates ; and then the Magistrates referred you back to tLe Se cretary of State from whom the orders had emanated ; and thus in the most shameless manner they bandied you about from one to the other, all endeavouring to avoid the responsibil ty. Why, he would a thousand times rather have the Tories, with all their open pro fessions of enmity, than such men.—(Loud cheers.) O❑ behalf of himself and the five jurymen he begged to return them his sincere thanks. Dr. WADE proposed " The labouring people, and may they st e2dily regain their franchise." However ' humble that cuss might be they resembled the great Creator, and were, next to him, most to be regarded, as to that class they were indebtel for all the bounties of Providence which they enjoyed. That class was now become an estate in the country, and they would prove themselves deserving of it. How had they lost the franchise ? Through the rascality of designing men— because in the days of Alfred they had the franchise, and it was only their numbers that compelled them to resort to the appointment of delegates. But if the system of representation was freely and fully carried out, every man would be fairly represented by the delegate he selected. He had attended a vast meeting of the Chartists the other day, and he was surprised to see so many of them tee-totallers. It, was a proof of the independence of that class, and it was one of the first steps towards the regaining of their franchise.— (Hear, hear,) As to the intelligence of the working classes, he need only refer them to the work that had been published by Lovett and Collins while in prison—a work of which their great master, Cobbett himself, would not have been ashamed.— (Hear, hear.) They had their independence and intelligence, and he would add to that their vast numbers. What had population done in America? Why, if the slaves went on increasing at their present rate, they would shortly enforce their independence and be slaves no longer. Such would be the case in their own country if the people were but true to them selves. There were many things the people ought to have which they had beer, deprived of. They had a right to commonage lands and to Church lands, which they no longer enjoyed.—(Hear, hear.) The Bishop of London mistook his point when he looked after the sewerage and the ventilation, and the drainage of the poor man's home, while he was excluded from his just rights.—( Hear, hear.) It was all very well to look after his health, but justice ought to be done in the first instance. It appeared •to him that the middle classes were as much oppressed and persecuted as the lower classes, and if they were but true to themselves, and joined the Chartists, they would soon attain their objects. He maintained that it was the duty and the interest of the middle classes to join the Chartists.— (Hear, hear.) If they did not, they might depend upon it they would eventually be crushed by the oppressors. His duty was to mediate and unite all parties rather than create dissension and division, and for these reasons he was anxious to avoid saying any thing offensive to any party. Again, look at the manner in which the Poor law was now administered to the unfortunate paupers. They separated these persons from their families during their lifetime, and then they were to be thrust into holes, like dogs, at the backs of their prisons.—( Hear, hear.) Talk of Sodom and Gomorrah !—why, he was astonished that the vengeance of heaven had not fallen upon that country for the manner in which the poor were treated. Talk of wars, and rumours of wars, with America and other places! why, they bad seen the judgment of Heaven fall upon countries which had not been guilty of half so much wickedness as their own. —(Hear, hear.) Dr. Wade concluded by proposing the toast, which was drunk with three times three. Mr. BUTLER proposed, " Our faithful friend, the Debt ; and may its weight, which is ever increasing, soon put an end to the plander and oppression of the poor." He complained of the system pursued by the aristocracy in promoting their own interests, and placing the great bulk of the burdens of the country upon the shoulders of the poor. Mr. Cobbett had pointed out the infamy of the, principle of the malt-tax, which, al• though it contributed only four and a-half millions to the Treasury, took at least thirteen millions out of the pockets of the labouring classes. The same might be said of the tax on tea and on sugar, on tobacco and snuff, and all the other indirect taxes. In fact, it was from the labouring classes that the whole bulk of the revenue of the country was collected. He recollected when the interest of the debt was only 16 millions, and now it was not less than three times that amount, while the condition of the people was still worse. Mr. Butler then referred to the opinions of Mr. Cobsctt on the subject of emigra tion, and read several extracts from his works on that point. After some further observations Mr. Butler concluded by proposing the toast, which was drank with due honour. Mr. CLEAVE then gave—" Health and a speedy re turn to their wives and families to all those expatriated or imprisoned, owing to their attempts to better the conoition of the working classes."—(Cheers.) He was rejoiced to find that the Cobbettites had not for gotten such a toast on the present occasion.—( Hear, hear.) He had lately seen the son of 'Williams, who had made a journey from Wales to London, merely to see the surgeon of the ship which had taken out his father and his companions, that he might gladden the hearts of their friends on his tour home wai ds, by repeating what he heard of their condition from the lips of the surgeoe.—(Hear, hear.) The last speaker, Mr. Butler, had referred to a petition to the House of Commons, but be believed they had little hope of redress in that quarter--that House was a re presentation of the feeling of the middle classes towards the Chartists, and be was surprised to find so hostile a feeling on the part of the middle classes towards their industrious brethren. They had seen the operation of that feeling in the discussions that had taken place within the last few days on the subject of the Poor-laws. Why, even the man upon whom Mr. Cobbett had built most in the House of Commons, Mr. Wakley, had expressed his satisfac tion that the Poorelaw Cotnmissioners were to be con tinued for five years longer.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cleave then referred to the dietary tables in the Poor law Unions, and denounced the system of half starva tion, which he contended was practised towards the un fortunate paupers. Mr. Cobbett was not mistaken when he hoped that good would result from the Re form Bill. He believed the error, if any, was one which would speedily be corrected, for the people's eyes were beginning to be opened, and they would soon take their affairs into their own hands, and when they did that they must succeed. If they were to obtain their rights, if they were to have Universal Suffrage, unmitigated and unrestricted, with the assistance of the middle classes, wed, but if the middle classes did not join them, they would obtain their rights without their assistance. The people of that country might be taunted with their want of union, or with their poverty, but he referred them to the rise and progress of the labourer's son, who had worked himself up from the plough to a seat in the House of Commons, and had obtained an influence which ha I made him the arbiter of many questions in that House.—( Hear, beer.) Ile regretted to see that they were deserted by the soils and the colleagues of Mr. Cobbett on the present occasion, but there were in that room enough and to spare to carry out the principles of that e. eat nese thratighout the length and breadth of the land.—( Hear, and cheers.) Mr. NEESOM had come there to add his 'need of praise to one who was the dread of all tyrants and op pressors, and who had stood forward to defend the rights of his countrynn 17. He (Mr. Neesom) had been the victim of the base and perfidious Whigs for merely attending a public meeting, and telling the people that they must have their political rights, or there would be no peace for England. Notwith,tand ing gagging Bills and oppression, he would repeat that assertion. Mr. Neesom then referred to the case of Mr. Frost, and complained of the cruelty with which he had been treated by the Whigs. Mr. CARPENTER, atter a few appropriate introductory observations, gave the toast of " The Pre •s, and may it speedily become honest." The health of the Chairman was afterwards given. Mr. Rogers briefly returned thanks, and the company separated shortly afterwards. DEPOT CIIANGES.—The General Command ing in Chief has ordered the undermentioned changes of stations of Regimental Depots to take place early in the ensuing summer. The Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty will arrange for the conveyance of the Depot Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, and of the Ist Battalion Ist Foot in the first ‘S ee k in May, and Depot 97th Foot as soon after as practicable. The remaining interchanges will take place as soon as tonnage shall be provided : —Depot Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade from Liverpool to Cork ; 38th Regiment from Cork to Liverpool; Ist Battalion Ist Re giment from Glasgow to Dublin ; 42d Regiment from Dublin to Glasgow; 97th from Cork to Chatham; 33d from Chatham to Cork ; 7th from Cork to Chatham ; 35th from Portsmouth to Dublin ; 32d from Dublin to Ports mouth; 82J, from Portsmouth to Dublin; 24th from Dub• lin to Plymouth ; 85th from Plymouth to Cork ; 59th from Cork to Jersey ; 46th from Jersey to Cork ; 48th from Cork to Guernsey; Bth from Guernsey to Cork. We understand that Mr. Wray, the Receiver- General of the Metropolitan Pol ce Foi cc, has entered into a contract with Mesrrs. Baker and Son for building a police court and station-home upon a piece of ground in Bagnigge belonging to tLe New River Company. The buildings will be erected at opposite ends of the ground, wi.h a gateway between them for the pris on van to drive into the area behind. The prisoner s, b y this arrangem en t, will be brought into the police cour t without being s een b y the public. The court is inteeded as a sub stltute for Hatton-earden Police Court. Sir Robert and Lady peel give a grand dinner next Wednesday, at their mansion in Whitehall-gardens. TB E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1841. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of businesF. THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE POOR IN THE CITY LOCALITIES. The Inquest of the Ward of Farringdon Within al)• peered at the bar with a preirntment, to which they implored the most attentive consideration of the Court. It was cis foilows : The Inquest of Farringdon Within in dispensing the annual bounty of the inhabitants of the Ward were led, to prevent any imposition on the funds committed to their care, personally to visit the poor at their own habi tations. In the performance of this task they became ac quaicted with a mass of heart-sickening misery and suf fering, of which they had never previously formed any thing like an idea, and at the existence of which they feel the most painful regret. All the relief that the Inquest could give was far from being adequate to sa tisfy the claims on their syrnp:.thy ; and so it must prove on all future occasions, unless a more systematic and permanent mode of giving raid' can be established than that which depends on the casual generosity of the prosperous inhabitants of tile Ward ; and with a view of bringing something of the kind into operation they deem it their duty to make the following pre- sentment : " The district to which the Inquest are most de sirous of drawing attention is situated in the parish of St. Martin, Ludgate-hill, and St. Ann, Blackfriars. It includes Holiday-yard, Ireland-yard, Glasshouse-yard, and a great many yards and courts adjoining ; and all those yards consist of buildings or houses which, with few exceptions, are in a state of decay, in a greater or lesser degree. It can scarcely be said that they possess any other accommodation than a roof—none that Christian feeling would assign for a fellow-creature —vet thew wretched places are let in tenements consisting of a single apartment, each for sums varying from 2s. 6(1. to 4s. weekly, a most enormous rent in proportion to the value of the property, especially when it is considered that the tenants are of the poorest of the poor. And the occupiers, who are mostly persons whose subsistence mainly depends on casual employ ment in the City, are compelled to pay this amount of rent; for, when through any misfortune any of these suffer their rent to go behind-hand for a few weeks, what little household furniture they may posseis is liable to be instantly wrested from them by a summary legal process, and too often they are treated by their landlords with a ruthless severity that people in better circumstances cannot conceive. Many of these houses are densely crowded, some of the rooms containing fa milies of six, seven, or eight persons, old and young ; and even this manner of living is rendered doubly un healthy by the buildings being dest:tute of drainage and sewers, and by th% consequent accumulation of filth in the vicinity, which, however cleanly disposed any one family may be, cannot easily be removed ; and also by a very scanty supply of water, as that very ne cessary article is only to be obtained for two hours on three days in the week, and then it must be fetched a consi derable distance from some of the houses, under &rcurn. stances of difficulty and annoyance. " From much conversation which the Inquest have had with many of the poor people, they are fully persuaded that most of their acute distress arises from their having such high rent demanded of them ; thus at times when they may be out of employment, or labouring under some other misfortunes, forcing them into a - state of despair and deplorable recklessness. By this species of property being let in the manner described, the rental of each house amounts to as much as 30/. or 601. per annum, according to the size, at which rate two or three y ears' rent amounts to the actual value of the property ; and after a strict investigation of all the cir cumstances bearing on the subject, the Inquest are of opinion that the loss to the landlords from bad tenants, or having the tenements occasionally vacant, does not average more than 51. per cent. on the gross rental, for the number of dwelling places used by the most indigent of the labouring classes being very inadequate to the demand for them, tenants of that description have little inducement to remove from any place into which they may have once entered. " It is not fit that such a state of things should continue in the opulent and renowned city of London. There is abundant reason why its remedy should be made the business of various classes of the community. The pl~il,nthropist will be moved to promote a remedy, by his kindly nature ; the faculty will acknowledge, that in such places contagious diseases often arise ; and the po litical economist will equally acknowledge that a worse infection, in the shape of vice, may have acquired a baneful influence that is utterly incompatible with the interests of society at large. " The Inquest have no intention to reproach the Cor porat;on with having evinced a culpable neglect of the domestic comforts of the poor ; but the fact cannot be denied, that the numerous improvements in the main thoroughfares of the Cit), and the embellishments of the same (within a few years past) have so diminished the number of the humbler class of dwellings, as to con stitute one cause of the evil of which the Inquest com plain ; and therefore they trust it cannot be thought unreasonable to solicit from the Corporation some effi- ment assistance for an amelioration of the grievance. There is still much labour which the poor are required to perform in the City, and it is of importance to those who may be employed, that they should dwell as near as possible to the place where their services are in re quisition, for if any one of them be not at hand when wanted, he will soon be supplanted by another : and it is this fear of any such consequences that causes them to submit to the inconveniences to which they are sub jected ; otherwise, for the sum which they pay for one dark unhealthy room, they could get a decent little house with a patch of garden ground attached, on the outskirts of the meteopolie. Under these circumstances the In quest earnestly hope that the Corporation will heartily sanction the plan they are about to suggest. " Having shown, as they trust they have, that a prin cipal cause of the distress arising from the poor having to pay nearly as much every Week for rent as in unfa vourable seasons they earn during the same space of time, the Inquest now propose their remedy. 14 is that the Corporation, in the course of the numerous improvements which they still contemplate carrying into effect, should, in available situations (say Farringdon Market), cause to be erected as an experiment several capacious houses contiguous to or adjoining to each other, to be called " the Working Man's Home," or by any other name that miOlt be deemed more appropriate, in which should be constructed rooms of a comfortable size, which might be let to the industrious poor in weekly sums, varying from Is. to Is. 3d. each, or, if the Corporation should consider it preferable, that twenty-four small houses should be erected, each to contain four rooms, the two lower to be let at Is. each per week, and the two upper ones at ls. 3d. per week, which, altogether, would amount to 4s. 6d. per week for each house. The In quest have ascertained from various inquiries they have made, that the cost of erecting one such small house in a neat substantial manner, with accommodations of a superior kind to any thing poor persons can procure, at the rent which they are at present compelled to pay, would be about 130/., or about 3,000/. for the twenty four. The gross amount of rent which these tene ments would return in one year, would be 280!., and allowing a diminution of one-seventh, or 40/. per annum for repairs and casualties in the occupancy, (and the probability is that the diminution on that account would be much less), 20/. for taxes, 28/. being a per cent ige of 10/. per cent., for remunerating the person employed in collecting the rents and lotting the premises, there would then remain as interest for the capital refunded the sum at least of 200/. per annum, which would be quite sufficient to repay the Corporation, who must, in this instance, be actuated by the purest principles of Christian benevolence. But in the event of the Cor poration, from prudential motives, declining to enter so extensively into the speculation, the Inquest propose that they should place a piece of Lind (say the vacant piece at the end of Farringdon-street} free from the charge of ground rent, for a certain term of years, at the disposal of suitable trustees, in order to enable a few philanthropists to make the experiment on tie same plan ; the parties in whose favour the land may be granted to give ample security t'aat no person who should join the speculation sho uld receive more interest for the money so invested than 5 per ceat., and that if the proceeds of the speculation should amount to m, re than this, it should he handed over to the Cor poration to recompense them for the use of the land ; and the Corporation to give security that when the pe riod for which the land might be granted should have expired, the buildings should continue to be directed to the same purposes for which they were respectively erected. On such terms as these the Inquest are al ready prepared to give the sum (one gentleman will advance the sum of 1,0000 towards effecting the object they have at heart—the amelioration of the domestic condition of the poor in general. They have not the slightest doubt that this plan would be emi nently successful ; on its beneficial effects being wit nessed, it would be adopted by many other Corpora tions and private philanthropists ; and in the course of a few years there would be manifest a richly gratifying neatness and cheerfulness in numerous localities where poverty in its most squalid and loathsome aspect has borne permanent sway. " BENJAMIN STEIL, Foreman." Sir MATTHEW WOOD said that the presentment was one of a most important nature, and required the utmost deliberation. He should therefore move, that it be referred to a Committee of the whole Court, for the examination of evidence on the subject.—( Hear.) Alderman COPELAND asked whether the Inquest had made representations upon the subject to the Board of Guardians ? Mr. STEIL replied that they had not. It was, how ever, their intention to apply to that Board, as well as to the Court of CommonlCouncil, for their co-operation. Alderman COPELAND asked whether the Inquest had conferred with the landlords of the tenements in the districts alluded to, with respect to the conditi on of the industrious po or occupying them ? Mr. STEIL said chat in one instance a landlord of several of the miserable tenements banded over to them ten shillings towards ameliorating the distress of the labouring poor, and the same landlord took special care to send his own tenants to participate in the bounty of the district to which he had contributed. Indeed the tenants were objects worthy of compassion, and the In quest felt it so keenly that they distributed amongst them 101.—a pound for every shilling which the charity of the lindlord had so liberal) , produced.—(A laugh.) Mr. STEIL was then about to address the Court, but the proposition of Sir Matthew Wood was at once adopted. THE FARRINGDON WITHOUT WARD ELECTION. The Court was then cleared of strangers, for the pur pose of discussing the appeal of Mr. Marriott, the late Common Councilman of the ward of Farringdon With out, against the return of Mr. Wells, on the ground of illogiblity. After a short deliberation the doors were opened, and The RECORDER announced that the election of Mr. Wells, as Common Councilman of the ward of Farring don Without, was confirmed. The announcement evidently occasioned much sur prise amongst both parties interested. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT GLASGOW. We copy from the Glasgow Papers the following ac counts of two meetings, he!d in that town, called for the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill : MEETING IN GLASGOW.—On Tuesday evening, the 2d instant, a public meeting was called, and held in the Justiciary Court Hall, Glasgow, by residenters in that city connected with Ireland, and principally of the Ro man Catholic persuasion, for the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill, and expressing their dissent from the measure proposed by Lord Stanley. The hall was crowded to suffocation, principally by Irishmen ; but, nevertheless, a very large body of the Chartist host contrived to wriggle themselves into the meeting. The Right Rev. Bishop Murdoch having been proposed as Chairman by the promoters of the meeting, Mr. Ross, the Chartist shoemaker, was nomi dated by his friends. Oa a division the Chartists were beaten by a large majority, and a scene of the most up roarious kind ensued, the Irishmen fairly bearing down the Chartists by their own weapons, and in the midst of the tumult several smart blows were struck, and it was with difficulty the Irishmen could be restrained from inflicting severe chastisement upon the spot. Indeed, the efforts of the superintendent and the police alone prevented a regular Donnybrook, in which the men and boys of the Charter must have come off second best. The business went on for a considerable time in dumb show, but eventually resolutions were carried, and a petition, founded on them, agreed to be transmitted to Parliament. The Chartist leaders, deeply mortified at their defeat in the Justiciary Court Hall, on Tuesday evening, re• solved, on the following day, to make an attempt to reconquer their tit'e to the championship by a second match, on Thursday evening, in the Bazaar, where they expected to be more powerfully supported by their backers than they had been on the night referred to, and hoped to regain some portion at least of the charac ter for " pluck" which they had so miserably lost on that occasion. Accordingly, the city was extensively pla carded, with intimations of the approaching meeting, the usual private means of securing a large gathering were resorted to, and circulars, as we have been in formed, widely scattered over the suburbs, and through the public works known to be devoted to the cause of the Charter. The placards announced that the object of the meeting was to denounce the Registration Bills both of LordMorpeth and Stanley, and to petition her Majesty to dismiss from her presence the Whig Ministry. True to the summons, a large body of Char tists were found surrounding the door of the Bazaar before seven o'clock, though the business was not to begin till eight ; and it soon became apparent that a large concourse of Irishmen had also as sembled to assert their particular views on the questions to be submitted for discussion. When the doors were opened, the crowd, which now amounted to several thousands, rushed eagerly into the place of meeting—at one end of which the leaders of the two parties were found seated on a platform erected for the purpose—and began at once a war of hooting and howling, which scarcely intermitted for even a single second during the whole of the proceedings that fol lowed. It was impossible to ascertain at first what the precise object of all the counter-howling and groaning could be, tbr no exclamation from either party could be heard amid the deafening tumult which filled every corner of the building. There seemed to be a general notion in the minds of both parties that there must be somebody or something on the opposite side they were bound in duty to groan down—who or what these were was of course little to the purpose—and most vigor ously did they put forth all the powers of annoyance with which nature had gifted them. At last, alter a vigorous effort on the part of the leaders, a momentary silence was obtained, when Mr. John Rogers, a very honest Chartist, and, by the way, a very respectable young man, announced that two gen tlemen were to sbesteminated to the rile:lie—vie_ Mr. George Ross, on the part of the Chartists, and Mr. Charles Bryson, on the part of their opponents. This intimation again let loose the vociferations of at least 4,000 throats, and the noise and confusion became more astounding than ever. Fully a quarter of an hour elapsed before it was possible to divide the meeting, which was ultimately found, by a large majority, to be in favour of Mr. Ross. Before this was ascertained, however, a pugilistic encounter came off at one side of the hall. From the platform it was impossible to tell how this originated, all that was seen were the fists of several persons vigorously pitched into each other, and the increased confusion which a recourse to physical force necessarily created amongst that portion of the multitude placed in their neighbourhood. A long line of police penetrated st once to the scene of action, and took four of the parties into custody. Some idea of the confusion which generally prevailed in the hall may be formed from the fact that, while this pugilistic scene was enacting at one side of the meeting, those placed at the other side, and even in the centre, appeared to be utterly uncon scious that any thing of the kind was going on. Mr. Ross having taken the chair, Mr. Bryson addressed a few words to the audience, expressing a hope that no friend of Ireland, or Chartist, would act a part unwor thy of himself in the cause he espoused. Both parties had the same object in view--their differences were as to the means of obtaining it, and though the Chartists had not behaved as they ought to have done, let the friends of Ireland show that they are Christians as well as patriots, and return good for evil. This admonition having been partially beard, the cheering, groaning, and yelling were resumed with even greater vehemence than before. The business was proceeded with,—the farce of moving and passing resolutions—not one word of which was heard by any living being but the movers themselves—if even by them—was gone through—the opposing parties cheering and groaning just in accordance with the signals which they ob served given by their leaders on the platform. When a Chartist spoke, he was cheered by his friends, and groaned, and hooted, and grinned at by his oppo nents ; when an Irishman spoke, the thing was reversed —and thus one continued round of the most tumultuous and outlandish noises prevailed to the very last. The Chartists (thanks to the pains they had taken to secure a gathering of their friends) had an evident majority : but the Irishmen showed themselves ready adepts in making use of the Chartists' own weapons, and com pletely prevented both their speeches and their resolu tions from being heard. Of this, of course, the Char tists can have no reason to complain, seeing it. was only following up the example they have so often them• selves given, and which they had so strikingly exhibited before the eyes of their Irish brethren at the late meet ing in the Justiciary Court Hall. We are always pained end even disguated, with these unreasoning exhibitions at public meetings ; hut.we must admit that, en this oc casion, we scarcely felt sorry to see the impracticable Chartists so effectually caught in their own snare ; we could not help thinking that a,few more such meetings— and we are mistaken if the Irish working men don't fol low up their advastage—might lead the Chartists to a little reflection, and the absurd conduct which they could not see in themselves, might, wheeennegxl;iibsiutm:deeinitottohesrasy, become in time so manifest as to be at last departed from altogether. It is needless to continue further de stherairtihoen porfoetheeedisncgesnew eantttECffis meeting in dumb show. We un derstand that r esolutions were passed against both the Irish Registration Bills now before Parliament—the this, huweve-, not principle of Universal Suffrage insisted upon—the Queen petitioned to dismiss the Ministry—waand vo t t h ed e at was all. proposed , Ofall meeting in the Justiciary Court Hall denounced as not a public single word was heard. Aa amendment in favour of down by a majority of the meeting, though they knew nothing whatever of its nature.. Having enacted this farce, there was a long series of cheering and groaning Household suffrage for the Charter--for Feargus O'Connor, the martyr— for Daniel O'Connell —for Scorpion Stanley—for the Ministry, &c: —after which the vast multitude quietly separated. The four men w h o were taken out of the meeting were on Friday placed at the bar of the Police Court. Their names and occupations were stated to be— James Railley, labourer ; Thomas Higgins, briekmaker ; John O'Neill, mason ; and Dan. 11I‘Ginnes, hawker. They were all charged with disorderly conduct at the meeting, ' and Higgins a nd M ` Gi nnes were further charged with assaulting Allan Pinkerton. The litter deposed, that after the vote for the Chairman was taken, and Mr. Ross was placed in the chair, the accused con tinued to call out in a disorderly manner, and when he checked them, Higgins, struck him. A number of that party then got about h ue , seized him by the hair, and threw Mal down and kicked him, leaving the wounds which he exhibited to the Court on his face and head. O'Neill and Higgins were fined each in one guinea ; and the case against the others was continued for fur ther consideration. On Saturday, M‘Ginnes was fined in a guinea and a half ; O'Neill not appearing, his pledge was forfeited. COMMERCIAL CODE-PUBLIC THE PRINCE OF MOSCOW MEETING (From the Liverpool Times.) In compliance with a requ;sitio❑ signed by about 100 of the bankers, merchants, brokers, shipowners, and others of this to%n, a public meeting called by the Mayor, was held at noon yesterday (Monday), in the Sessions-house, to take into consideration the restric tions and prohibitions of our Commercial Code. The piace was filed by a body of gentlemen, consisting of a considerable number of the Town Council, of mer- chants, and others, the requisitionists, and including persons of all shades of political opinion. The Mayor presided, and briefly introduced the busi ness of the meeting. Resolutions, of which the following are specimens and extract•, were unanimously car ried All laws tending to limit the field or impede the free lom of commerce, as prejudicial to the best inte rests of the people, impairing the friendly feelings which would lead to reciprocA concessions of great mutual advarta;e, are demoralizing, by the encouragement they held out to evasions of the obvious spirit of the laws. " The imposts on the raw materials of our manufac- tures, and on the nemeiaries of life, arc highly detri mental to the great interests of the country, and a se rious impediment to its progressive welfare. " This me sting does not hesitate to express its con fident opinion that an early and thorough revision of our Commercial Tariffs, with a view to the introduc tion of system and simplification, in which the existing code is so deficient, and having for its object a reduction in the duties on those articles which are essential to the necessities and comforts of the people, is impera tively called for. " That a petition be presented to the Commons' House of Parliament, praying for an immediate revision of the commercial tariff of the country." The Liverpool, Times does not supply us with the conclusion of the proceedings, and we can there fore only quote one or two passages as specimens of the spirit which animated the speeches. Mr. Thomas Ripley said—" The system of free trade could no longer be looked upon as a matter of theory. The country had already felt the benefit of it practically. In say ing this he alluded to the opening of the China trade, which took place about eight years ago, and if his memory served him right, it was shown in the docu ments which were laid before Parliament, that the East India Company's accounts, taken separately from their general trade, exh;bited a profit of some thing like 800,0001. on their tea trade for a series of years. At that time, the East In dia Company had no competitors in the Chinese mar ket ; but their system of trade was such that prices were generally very steady, and lower than they had since been. So far they had a decided advantage over other purchasers. When the market was thrown open, tea was supplied by the East India Company at 2s. per pound above what had since been got by the importer. The consumption during the monopoly was something like 32,000,00165., consequently the community gene rally paid 1,800,000/. more for 32,000,0001b5. of tea than is paid at the present moment. By the open ing of the China trade, therefore, it appeared that the people had been benefited to the extent of 1,900,000/., taking it for granted that the consumption of tea had been 38,000,0001b5. He believed, how ever, be was under the mark in this estimate." Mr. J. Acton said "he would call to their recollection, that among many things to which there was a great objection, there was none to which there was more than to the discriminating duties in favour of Ireland, which were thought necessary to nurse her infant ma nufactures. In consequence of the drawback allowed, many frauds were practised in the export of printed cali coes, which, after having been shipped outwards, were smuggled back to the great injury of the revenue. We had been told that if these discriminating duties were done away with, the Irish manufacturers must cease to work altogether. What was the fact ? In one year alter the discriminating duties had been abolished, printed calicoes from Ireland were sent to the Manchester markets, and this was continued down to the present mo ment, for some of the finest Irish prints were now sent to London, where the best articles were always required. Instead of looking to Flanders for the finest cambrics, it now imports our flax, and Belfast triumphs over all the world. He would call their attention to the most important article of timber. It would surely not be denied, that of all the inauufactures of Great Britain, the manufacture of ships was not one of the least im portant, and yet, would it be believed hereafter, t. at Great Britain, on the success of whose fleets depends the security of the country, not only does not encou rage, but positively discourages the nursery of these fleets, and that while we had an opportunity of build ing the best ships that the world could produce, rela tively in point of quality, the best materials are bur dened with a duty which almost destroyed the chance of competing with foreigners ? This was a subject with which he was familiar, and he could say that there was no timber so well calculated for the ribs of a ship as English oak, and the next best wood which could be got for the bottom of a vessel was rock ,elm, which was obtained, from Canada. But there were wanted ma terials for masts, spars, and planks, and we had to look to other parts of the world for these. But often, as many geatlemen in the timber trade well knew, they had fine Riga masts rotting in the yard, whilst they had ships bearing other's from North Ame rica. Riga was the best place for masts, Norway and Sweden for spars and planks, and if we could go to the various ports for the best wood used in the con struction of a ship, he would engage that they could not only build a better, but a cheaper vessel in Eng land, than could be built elsewhere. Was it not ex traordinary, that whilst the English were looking with jealousy at the progress which America was making in ship-building, our Government ,should refuse to give us the timber necessary to enable us to compete with them at a low price, aed pass a law which, though net a complete prohibition, at least burthens the timber teith an excessive duty in comparison with what Ame rica has to pay ? This was positively offering a bounty America to compete with England." GIVING. CONFEDERATION. The following is a copy of the speech intended to have been made by the Prince of Moscow, in the Chamber of Peers, on Saturday, on taking the oaths: "My Lords,—l should not be worthy of sitting in this Chamber if the honour of belonging to it could make me f:rget the sacred duties of filial pety, and desert the mission which the last words of my father have imposed upon me. " I declare, then, at this moment, so solemn and affecting for me, that whatever may be the obstacles which my at tempts to obtain the revision of my father's trial have met with till now, I do not abandon the hope of hearing some day, in this assembly, the decree annulling the iniquitous sentence passed on him. " The precedents of a reversal of political trials are frequent in history, and what process has ever presented greater grounds for the verdict to be set aside ? " But it is far from my intention to wish to fatigue, by my incessant claims, this distinguished magistracy, to which! hence forth belong. " I have faith in its justice and in the future. I shall know how to wait, for the hour of reparation will come; and it is to provoke it that the constant efforts of my whole life will be directed. " The Prince of MOSCOW, " Paris, March 6, " Peer of France." The copy of this speech, with letters addressed by the Prince to General Excelmans, M. Dupin (Marshal Ney's Counsel), and M. Odillon Barrot, and their replies, have been addressed by the Prince to all the Paris Papers of Sunday. The follow ing is a translation of the Princes letter to the three persons we have mentioned:— " Nantes, Feb. 1, 1841. " I have been promoted to the dignity of a Peer by a Royal ordonnance of the 19th of Novemler, 1831. " The Chamber of Deputies, at the sitting of the 13th, had just decided in favour of a motion for the purpose of provoking the annulment of an iniquitous judgment, of which my father had been victim. " The King, in deigning to elevate me to the Peerage, was repairing as much as depended upon him the consequences of a condemnation against which, when Duke of Orleans, he had uselessly contended in 1815 ; but his prerogative could not go farther ; for the reparation tobe complete, the Ministry and the Chamber must concur therein. " Circumstances se: coed favourable ; a petition was then addressed to the King hi Conned by my family, in order that a fresh trial of my father might take place. " But the Ministry rejected our petition, owing to con siderations emanating from forms of right, and yet no political prosecution ever presented more motives for revision. " Nevertheless, though refusing to acknowledge the prin ciples on which our petition was founded, the Ministry de clared, through the organ of the Keeper of the Seals, • that the convention of Paris protected Marshal Ney . . . that the Restoration, being chained down by a treaty, had violated the respect due to sworn faith. . . . The Marshal could not even be tried.' These are the precise words of the re port of the Minister of Justice in reply to the petition of my family. " The Government then maintained that the material an nulment of the sentence was superfluous ; that that mode of proceeding was not customary according to our Legislature. There was,' said he, more inexpediency in creating in the matter an inconvenient precedent, than utility in attacking a condemnation judged by opinion a long time ego.' " The popular manifestations, the unequivocal marks of sympathy bestowed on the memory and cause of Marshal Ney by the Chamber of Deputies, the declarations of the Ministry, ought to prove to my family that every attempt of a re-esta blishment was useless, and that there remained now nothing to be done. That was the substance of the objections which were opposed to me. " But I did not think, however. that I had yet exhausted every means of attaining more extended satisfaction. The Earl of Strafford's son did not take his seat in the House of Lords until after he had obtained the revocation of the judg ment which had unjustly condemned his father under the reign of Charles I. " Being less fortunate than he was in circumstances, and the state of our laws having less served my ends, 1 could net completely succeed in the fulfilment of a religious duty which I have prosecuted unceasingly, and by every means in my power, since 1831. " My efforts with the different Ministries who have succeeded each other during that space of time have always failed, be cause none of the Courts would entertain the complaint, ari=ing either from the vacuum of our code as to matters for revision, or also from the inexpediency, with respect to public tranquil lity, attending the calling to mind of certain reminiscences which passions would not fail to avail themselves of. What shall I say ? It is thus that lam contending for the last ten years. It does not enter my ideas to seek how far the obstacles that were always opposed to me were grounded and of a serious nature ; I shall limit myself to remind you that I found them insurmountable, and that my conscientious and persevering attempts, which were encouraged and led on by the Duke of Orleans, whose loyal sympathy and generous support were never wanting to me for an instant, were fruitless. " Yet, will not a day come when I must emerge from that political forbearance, to which the feeling of a filial duty has condemned me for such a length of time? " The important debate which is about to take place in the Chamber of Peers does not remind me that I have also other duties to fut.l. " Undoubtedly the revolution of July has reconstituted the Peerages. Circumstances, the laws of the epoch, have altered the nature, and modified or renewed the composition. It is true, also, that my reinstalment in the dignity of Peer five days after the solemn manifestation of the Chamber of Depu ties, and which seemed to be the consecration thereof, has, perhaps, contributed more than any other circumstance of that period to establish between the Peerage of 1815 and that of 1830 a clear line of demarcation. Yet,•at the moment of deciding and entering the Cham ber, I experience an unusual uneasiness, which you may un derstand; for the more sympathy and consolation the country has granted to my family under trying afflictions, the more must I defer to public opinion. How inconso'able should Ibe if my determination, which is inspired but from pure love to my country, was to be taken in a bad light, and to incur cen sure? Be kind enough, therefore, as I can reckon on your friendship, to give me your opinion in this matter, which is of such moment to me.-1 am, &c., Signed) " PRINCE OF MOSCOW." HEBREW FESTIVAL OF THANKS Monday being the anniversary of the Hebrew Festival called " l'urecm," in celebration of the relief which Mordecai's triumph over Haman procured for the Israelites in their cap tivity, under Ahasuerus, was dedicated by the Jews of Lon don as a day of thanksgiving for the safe return of Sir Moses Montefiore and his lady from their Syrian mission. It was at first intended that the thanks should be offered to the God of Israel, simultanemoly, in all the synagogues in England, but a Rabbinical law renders it necessary that the person for whose preservation a solemn service is ordained, shall himself be pre sent, and deposit with his own hand his offering upon the Ark. The synagr i 2ue selected upon this occasion was that of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, in Ilevis Marks. . The service commenced at three o'clock precisely, when the chapel was filled in every part, and contained about 1,200 of the most respectable members of the Jewish persuasion in London. The galleries were appropriated to ladies, and the female chil dren of tl.e schools in connection wth the Synagogue. Baron Rothschild, with his brothers and their families, Messrs. Mo cata, Goldsmid, Da Castro, Samuels, and their ladies, were also present. 'the high priest, Dr. lit rschel, although not officiating, attended as one of the congregation, and, in the course of the service, appeared to join with greatfervour in the re sponses, when the psalms selected for the day, and apps (prime alike to the anniversary and the particular festival of the day, had been chaunted by a choir of thirty, the most accomplished Hebrew vocalists that could be found among the tribe, to whom this partion of the sacred service is prescribed by the ecclesiastical law of the Jews. Sir Moses Montefiore, clothed in a surplice of white muslin, as a " sacrificer," and conducted by the Priest, approached the table in front of the Ark, and deposited thereon his offering, which as well as w e could calculate from the enumeration of the Priest, accounted to 105/., and the other offerings raised the sum to nearly 9001. As the Priest counted all the sums as they were oflered in Hebrew terms, it is difficult for a Reporter, poorly versed in the lan guage, to calculate the exact amount. It was announced, however, by the Levite in attendance, that the whole should be distri buted amongst the poor of the several congregations in London. The Rev. Mr. De Sola preached a sermon towards the conclusion of the ceremony, highly eulogizing the conduct of Sir Moses Montefiore and his companions, concluding vtith a prayer for the blessing of God upon Queen Victoria and her Consort, and upon her liberal and enlightened Ministers, to whom the Hebrew nation was particularly indebted. He prayed also for God's blessing to those Continental Powers who had befriended the Jews of Syria during the Syrian persecution, and congratulated his brethren that even the Sultan, who might now be recognized amongst the liberal Sovereigns of Europe, had placed the Jews in his dominions upon au equal footing, as to civil rights, with his other sub jects, and declared the calumn ies a g ainst them to be '`cruel lies." When the Rev. Gentleman concluded that part of his sermon which referred to her Majesty's Ministers, a large part of the congregation expressed very loudly the Hebrew word, which means something like "bravo,"is the latter word is used to express the acquiescence of an audience in the sentiments of a speaker. or their approbation of a well executed piece of music. In the latter sense the exclamation was frequently uttered at the conclusion of the several Psalms. But its literal meaning is strength, or continuance, and it seemed to be that, in that literal interpretation, the word was loudly anti fervently uttered by the congregation when God's blessing was invoked upon the Queen's Liberal Ministers. Sir Moses Montefiore (it should have been said) wept pas sionately when the personal services and risks of himse.f and his lady were alluded to in the prayers. THE POPE AND THE SWISS Schwytz, January 21, 1841." MR. BURKE ON CORN-LAWS. The Anti de la Constitution de Berne of the 4th publishes the text of the note which the nuncio of the Pope to the Hel vetic Confederation has addressed to the Vorort on the sub ject of the suppression of convents in the canton of Argau : " Gentlemen—The unfortunate events which have taken place in the Canton of Argau impose on me the duty of ad dressing myself to the Vorort. I will not dwell upon these events. The enlightened Statesmen composing the Vorort well know how to appreciate them according to the origin, causes, and effects, as wpll as circumstances, which have attended them. I am convinced that they appreciate them in as impartial a man ner as history will do, when temperance and reflection have re sumed the upper hand. As representative of the Pcpe, who as head of the Catholic Church is to watch over the preservation of foundations and institutions belonging to Catholicism, I hasten to fulfil a painful duty by protesting against the suppression of ( e i . convents in the Canton of Argau by order of the G to r n a o t f Council. As the retention of the convents in the de C j a 2 n of the Argau is formally and expressly guaranteed by t arti a rticle in federal compact, it is impossible to place t t liL ac cordance with the decree of suppression. f I to see in the latter the violation of the r_ n or a rticle 12 of the Council sought to evade the int i ent . i i n i nits decree that at the federal compact by stating previousfey er.inClsiseibGlerannottl againstcompact expressCaiito n madedel i b certainc,r a t i ot: That assertion, if it o ti f in A e r o g f au the guarantee in favour o , f , f , which are by no means in were really true, and projects on the i ~,,,o (ii t , i, , F i o tt v: that if Arp,au has had views s . n r e n se c i o r h n v e a r t , i n o d t n o , s l . ra guarantee to the convents and gicsnurfeedderzl compact, it cannot weaken and deliberations do not ale ays pre cattons. Negonationsireaties, aneocrorst,liapnpereessw i t t i l i i ? t .in but the treaties themselves, cede the conclusioii of pu blic right. It is thus that in the federal which form tthhee7th of August, 1515, which is the Helvetic right, and • and basis of its püblic acknowledgmentpre ceded of neutrality on the part of the ceded the signatures were affixed to the Treaty o f v• Powers whose , . tenna, constitutionc n inet n i neither Europe nor Switzerland have found, nor will ever find, a rese rvation for the Canton of Argau On the control-- , against the measure s of Article 12. . the Deputies of Argau signed unreservedly and without restriction, the federal compact in the same manner as the Deputies of the other cantons, and they swore to observe and exe cute it faithfully. The resolution of the 13th of January cannot be considered as a penal measure, for . States where power is divided, as hi the Canton of Argau, th i n Grand Council (the legislative power) has not the right to judge and punish the authors of crimes it • . , the judicial power. The tribunals, when called upon . ; is the business of . causes, will consult the laws and weigh ' everything impatronatlilj: without favour or affection will be set on fo according to the protectinb. , 4, l4ished by the le g i s l a ti on of all c ountries. The accu eir be heads, and if the former be foun t laws injll be found to punish them. The legal pen $ 3vill be enforced, but not a penalty which, ike the suppressibri, is pot and cannot be established by the penal code. The decree of 'suppression of the 13th January is but a legislative measure, and as such is rejected by the federal party. I regret to find myself in the painful necessity of making such observations ; but it is my duty. The Vorort will feel that in such a state of things I must exact in favour of the convents of Argau the maintenance and execution of the federal compact, and for that purpose I address myself to the authorities, who, by their position, are called upon the first to protect them. It may be hoped that the Grand Council of Argau, yielding to the councils of the Vorort, an d a ft er mature reflection, will withdraw the decree, which, it may be said, without offending anybody, has been adopted in a spirit of hostility--a decree which hurts all Catholic Switzerland, and evidently weakens the friendly relations between the cantons. "Accept, &c., Signed) " The Apostolical Nuncio, GEZZI, " Archbishop of Thebes." In the " Cavendish Debates," just published, there is a short, but striking, speech of Mr. Burke on the Corn-law. A Correspondent recommends , it as an ad mirable motto for the Anti-Corn-law Society. It seams a resolution was moved is February, 1770, to allow of the exportation of barley. Sir John Suttie, Member for Haddington, moved that barley and wheat flour be added. To this, Mr. Thomas Townahend, jun., objected, saying that for this amendment the Haus* was not ripe. In reply to him spoke Mr. Edmund Burke—ln my opinion, we are ripe for the question t , ll we are rotten. There is no such thing as the landed interest separate from the trading i n t eres t. What God has joined together, let no man separate. He who separates the interest of the con sumer from the interest of the grower starves this country. Turn your land into trade. Export, that you may keep your corn at home. Make things dear, that they may be cheap. These are all paradoxes ; but nevertLeless true. You are going upon particular, Local, narrow sentiments. You will have twenty bad harvests, if the Honourable Gentleman establishes his principle. The sixth part of the grain of England is in the ground. You will let nothing go out of the king dom but what you do not know what to do with. NORTH NORTNAMPTONSHIRE.—...We under stand that it is not Lord Maidstone's intention again to offer himself as a candidate for the rcpretentation at North Northamptonshire. Although, in conjunction with his constituent'', we sincerely regret to lose the services of a nobleman whose , spirit, energy, and talent, have so thc- roughly commended him to Cu': good opinion, yet we rc juic.: to know that the Consmative arrangements are quite completed, and that Augustus O'Brien, Esq., is fully pre pated to take the field,.. to connection with Mr. Mauntell. that a ell.tried and unflinching upholder of his country's VI e ►l, v.henever a dissolution takes place..—Northampton Herald. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH S. --A proof took place to-day at the Butt in the Royal Ar. senal of two 56-pounder guns, Monk's pattern, four 684 pounders, aad e ght 32-pounder guns. There were also tour proofs on dittlrent days last week, and the supply re. eently received for her Majesty's service has been consi. el( rsble, especially of Funs of large calibre. About ninety additional workmen vti,l next week be added to the num- I er ali eady emplo.red in her Majesty's Dock-yard here, and the greatest act vi'y prevails in every department of her NLjesty's ~ . ecrize at Woolwich. FIRE AT ASTLEY'S ANIPIIITHEATRE.—Mon day erecting, ab: ut twenty minutes before six, the inha b.taets of Sta-gate-street and the Westminster•road, were greatly alarmed by a report, which soon obta ned active c'reulation, that Astley's Amphitherre was on fire. Mr. Broadhurst, proprictar of the Croen Tavern, at th • corner of Stangate-street ; Mr. Johns, baker, and some other traecrmen, were called into the theatre by one of the grooms, a G,rman, named Yoek, and on their arrival went under the lit, when they discovered thet some of the beams were on fire. They found also that the gas was escapirg from a hole in ore of the pipes. They imme diately got some sacks, which 111.1 wetted and applied to the orifice, which soon extinguished the flame ; and having a plentiful supply of water, the filmes of the rafters were also got under before the arrival of the cigines and brigade of the London File Establishment. Our correspondent was informed that the fire arose from the following circumstance:—Ore of the grooms, known as Old Joe, was engaged in clearing away the rubbish under the pit, where some of the dressing-rooms are situated, and heving a light to assist him in his work, a slight explosion took pl ice, in comequence of an escape of gas; and it is a s,mewhat singular circumstance, that last season the persons engaged about the theatre felt convinced that there was an escape cf gas, but all their efforts to discover from whence it arose proved fruitless; but it was now found that the hole •in the pipe was covered with loose mortar and other rubbish, which on being removed by Old Joe, caused the ignition. Mr. Ducrow, the lessee, and his company, are at present petforming in the provinces, and the workmen are actively engaged in preparing this popu- lar place d entertainment previous to its orening at Easter. Doubtless, had the escape of gas occurred at night, or after the workmen and servants had left the establishment, the amp Lithe the a , ,d Vac surrounding buiidings would have teen destroyed. SIR ANDREW AGNEW.—Wc are glad to find that one of the Scotch Papers has at length had caurage to attack this public nuisance. England is well rid of him Since be was turned out of Parliament Mr. Plumptra mourted his hobby for a while, but bcth the horse and his read, r have disappeared. We are not aware that one pttition has been [resented in the course of the present Session f) what these midiling half-cracked persons call the better observance of the Sabbath. The Scotsman thus describes Sir Andrew's last :—The proceedings of the Commission of Assembly on Wednesday were very innccuoue. They passed a resolution, finding the Court of Session gui'ty of "an aggrevated encroachment" on the jurisdic tion cf . the Church in the ca=e of Manioc'', and expressing high admiration of the parishioner Tha pi us coacornh, Sir Andrew Agnew, was also allowed to sport his c. ude absurdities about Sabbath observance. There are probably fifty thousand persons In Scotland, male and female, who toe kept from church every Sunday, as grooms, coachmen, butlers, cooks, to the tapper and the move wealthy of the midula classes. The set vices of each of these accommodate one person cr family, and no me re. There are also perhaps about a hundred men employed as drivers, guard!, and stable boys, in connexion wi!li the Sunday mail., for all Scotland, whose services ate useful or necessary to a quarter cf a million of persons. Sir Andrew Agnew says not a word about the filly thousand persons whose religious instruction is sacrificed to individual gra.. tification, but he makes an immense outcry about the hun dred persons who are kept from church for the accommo dation of the whole country I To us this lucks very like w hat the Scripture calls straining at a gnat and S V allowing a camel. The running of the mails on Sunday gave no offence to S r Harry Moncricff and Dr. Thomson, but it rai es the pious herr( rs of Eir And, ew Agnew ! Out upon it I It is tl e cowardice of the middle and w cabby arises which enables a creature like tl is to assume the privilege of preseribirg to men of ten times his capacity what they Ought, cr ought not, to do on Sunday. FLEET OF STEAM IHIGATES.—On Thurs. day week the Clyde, the first of a line of st, amers built under contract with Government ,fir the Royal West Indian Steam Packet Company, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Robert Duncan and Co., Glas gow. - As she is by far the largest vessel ever built on the banks cf the Clyde, a very great deal cf anxiety was m anifested by thousands of our population as to the result of the launch. The Clyde is, unquestionably, the largest and finest steamer ever fitted out at this port, and sustains the far-famed fire taste for steam-ship building of Messrs. Duncan ,and Co. The vessel was christened by a daughter of Mr. Duncan. The engines, wh.clt ate of 500-horse power, from the works of Messrs. Caird and Co., are lying on the quay ready to be put on board, so that in a short time the sailing capabilities of the Clyde will be tested. The following are the dimensions of this vessel: Tons, about 1,840; 213 feet lee el and fore-rake ;37 feet and a few inches learn ; 225 feet ever all. She is considered by The Clyde judges to he equal to a 60-gun frigate. :it f equal dimensions j is the first (.f the fourteen frigates_ocr- the Royal Mail now in pr egress of construction f Steam Packet Company. perform, in time of peace, armed to and among the West India I et as war frigates when re with the heaviest ordnance, te a apurpose. Thus the country quire,' by Government fo a r nd th t w bil e it pays to the Mail will be doubly served ; th'eh_essye:n‘a'rilresee, 2 0 9 n f i rn d f a u e i llsliygpnaecd to annum fir the transport of mails. payment, tbe annual charges osier.._ will Gi thus c o p s es c ar p n o ‘ c wertul steam-fleet ia the world. it oof Companythewil diacrfgr 2. , y -t : O t , :: O ny 0 d 0 : m / h, are 50 0 sin ilar dimensions, having a ca.. Th e se vessels 5 00 tons each, with engines of about pacify of shout aggregate fleet fi v e hundred I 01 000 , avow consist o - , '' T tons p i o l a e A. n r. d .r 7 R l o E ' O h . olb a , horse , r:s ‘ r . e o e and amusing . pieces have been lately produced, Indiana and Charlemagne, and La 111-t:istrde du Crime. NV e setrce.y think, however, hors any Englishman can so far forget what is due to himself or his country as to attend the Ch ßr o o nt v 'c/ L e. oGNE theatre on a ny n ight that Delahourde plays. On Thursday she was taken ill dining the representation, the parts she acted cut without out, and Lucie do Lammermoor played •e. We have heard Damoreau, and eahonlet cri tique in out last Paper. The.season.y coi.firm thin v u is expiring, and cannot be surprised that when the town is dull, commerce at a stand, and confidencegone,that the theatre should share tie common fate.have felt ~ o ntoonne must during the last week the sad effects of permitting any of his performers to insult his best friends and patrons the EngliAL On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, there were not 50 persons in the boxes. A letter b y a fre q uenter of the t,leatre in another column expresses the general sentiments. None admired Delaheurde more than our. selves, but there is a point beyond which even our com plaisance cannot proceed. If the French, who patronise the theatre, have not more self-respect than they have dis played thi s w e ek, we cannot admire their conduct. —Bou lope Gazette. The Merstham tunnel, on the Brighton railroad, was opened on Saturday mornin, and the key -atone of that of Balcombe placed, in finishing the one whhtla was deemed impracticable. General Harrison wi be 68 years of age this day (Feb. 9). He has left Baltimore, and is now at New York Paper. Wast ington.— M r , and Airs. Wood, the eminent vocalists, came passengers in the George Washington, New York racket -ship, Captain Burrows. They went ashore at M i lford. —Liverpool Albion. SLAVE TRADE. 11a- We have just seen a private letter from the vanrialt, stating the arrival there of a slave-trader, prize to her Majesty's ship Itingdove, Captain Keith Stewart. This vessel, called the Jews Mara, with the alias of the Tres Hermanas, is represented as of not more than 23 tons burden, Spanish measurement, and yet to have had not less than the almost incredible number of two hundred and fifty-two slaves, besides a crew of twel% e men and three passengers, on beard at the time of she capture, which took place on the 29th of De cember last, about SC% ea miles from the Danish island of Santa Cruz. Through the exercise of distinguished humanity and care by Lieutmant Tarle tan and his prize crew, who brought this wretched vessel into the Havannah on the 9th of January, she had only lost eleven of the victims between the date of the capture and the time of her reaching the Spanish port. In the act of entering the harbour, the man who had exer cised the compound functions of master, owner, and supercargo, by name Vincente Morales, and by birth a Spaniard, made his escape from the prize by jumping overboard, but his papers had previously been taken from him, so that this circumstance would pro hal,ly not even c ruse any delay in her condemnation. It is not easy, by the way, to suppose any adequate mo tive on his part for incurring such a risk, since it would be contrary to all former precedent to imagine that the Spanish authorities, to whom he must have been de livered over in the ordinary course of proceeding, would have given themselves the trouble of subjecting him to any sort of punishment. Such is the boasted co operation of that proud and high-minded nation in the suppression of the slave-trade! 'rho letter referred to further states, that the Jesus Maria was fitted out in the Danish island of St. 'Thomas ; that she took in her human cargo at the It'o Zebra, about a degree to the south of Sierra Leone ; and that her destination was Ponce., in the island of Poi to Rice. In the temporary absence of her Majesty's Commissioners at the Savannah for the suppression of the Slave-trade, immediate measures are said t a have been taken by the Consul for the relief of the unhappy victims, most of whom were totally unable to stand or stretch their limbs for many hours after the time of arrival, in consequence of their extreme ema ciation. A further melancholy proof of the remissness shown in that part of the world in putting clown this diaboli cal traffic, is derived from the fact that this is the first instance of any slaver being carried into the Havannah for adjudication by the mixed Court at that place during the last two years.—Times. ROBBERY AND MURDER.—On Tuesday even ing last, Kirg, a carrier between Barnstaple acid Oke hampton, put a female passenger down at a place called Five Oaks, between Okehampten and Hatherleigh, hand ing her a bundle and bandbox from the cart, which she had brought with her. She then get over a stile to pro across some fields t 3 her home, and King went on his journey; he had, however, not gone fiv, before he heard c.ies of murder, and returning to the spot where he left his passenger, he met a man coming over a stile with a box and bundle, of the description of those he delivered to tl c woman. He asked him where be had gut the arti cle, and received for a reply " What odds that t) you ?" upon which he seized the man by the collar, charging him with the robbery, when he received a cut across the fingers from a large knife. A scat?, ensuel, when King threw the other man, and broke his leg. He subsequently found the unfortunate woman two fields off, with her head nearly severed from her body. The murderer was handed over t o th e proper authorities.— Western Luminary. A depwatiOn of the Tower Hamlets' Park Com mittee, introduced by Mr. Clay, M. P., consisting of M. G. Frederick Young ( Chairman), Mr. Fredetick Hodg son, M. P., Mr. Wm. Tooke, Rev. Wm. Stone, Mr. Ww. Baker, Mr. Jas. Scott Smith, and Mr. Frederic Young, jun. (Hots. Sec.), had an it tersiew with Lord Duncan non on Monday, at the office of Woods and F.or es boutts. to We hear that the Earl of R ossl y n retire from the commend of the 9tb, or Queen Own Lancers. MORNING -1, gft. F~ \ ~9 ~~ ----"' legi - w ill L by jJn aces of 3 atc d and wet, e ffi' (1 (1 gr. iagf wet