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.1t MORNING SLTN. TO MERCHANTS. 1/17 ANTED. immediately. a RESPECT ABLE WHOLESALE HOUSE in London, whose entincetion is among-the Linen-drapers of the Country. to re ct ive Consignments of IRISH and SCOTCH LINENS. .No Advances required until the goods are actually sold. Two se entities will be required, and none need apply whose commer cial standing in the City is not first-rate. Address (post paid) J. W.. care of Theodore Jones, Esq.. consulting accountant, 24, City-road, London, which will receive an early attention. None but principals will be It.,t , reated with. eL. RITISH IRON COMPANY. 1 ‘B ~, A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the London Tavern on TwuftsnAv Next, the 26th inst., at Twelve, to consider and determine the following Resolution : " That the British Iron Company be dissolved; at which the attendance of every Proprietor is earnestly requested who is desirous to put an end to his losses and liabilities. THE GENEItAL STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY'S splendid anti powerful Fir3t-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to SAIL from off the Custom Hoene, for HAM BURG, ROTTERDAM, and OSTEND—every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. ANTWERP and HAVRE—every Thursday Morning. From Rtown's Wharf Poplar, !or EDINBURGH —eves"' Saturday, and every alternate Wed besday Evening—To-morrow and Saturday. From Downe's Wharf, for '.NEWCASTLE—every Wednesday and Saturday Evening Ei4ht. SUNDERLAND—every Tuesday Evening, at Seven. From London Bridge Wharf, for _ CALAlS—every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. BOULOGNE—every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. YARMOUTH—every Saturday Evening, at Sit. IPSWlCH—every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Eight. RAMSGATE—DaiIy. 'at Nine Morning. GRAVESEND—DaiIy, at Twelve Noon. Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Twice per week. To secure Berths, and for all info-mation, apply at the Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street ; and 37, Re gent-circus. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, lu Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on THURSDAY, the 26th Au- Gust, at Twelve 0 - Clock, or the general purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. ROBERT BRIGHT, Deputy-Chairman. Clause 12.3 provides that no person shall be entitled to vote a proxy unless the instrument appointing him shall have been transmitted to one of the Secretaries of the Company at least five days before the meeting.—By Order, CHARLES A. SAUNDERS I- Secretaries. THOMAS OSLER, Railway Offices, 2, Princes-street, Bank, London ; Railway Station, Bristol. • SAFETY ROTATION RAILWAY COM PANY. The Directors invite public attention to this highly important INIPROVEMENT in the CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, whereby the advantage of equal speed with those in ordinary use will be found to be combined with dimi nished expenditure to proprietors, and perfect security to tra vellers from danger to life or property. An experimental test of the efficiency of this valuable invention is about to be im -snediately made by laying down a line of sufficient dimensions for the purpose, / Application for shares, on which a deposit of IL only will be te2uited, may be made at the Office, 1, Wallbrook•buildings, willbre models and drawings may be examined and prospectuses obtained. THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3 , CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN. DIRECTORS. Alexander Anderson, .TanJohnson,Esq.,Alderman d'llu Atkins, Esq Kennett Kingsford, Esq. James Bidden, Esq, John M'Guffie, Esq. captain F. Brandreth John Maclean Lee, Esq. v ice-Admiral Robert Honyman J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. Benjamin Ifill, Esq. Alexander Robertson, Esq. , vames Hartley, Esq. Managirg Director. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. SECRETARY.—F. Edgell, Esq. _ _ IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS have been introduced 'llto LIFE ASSURANCE PRACTICE by this COMPANY. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT ' 4 11 LE, unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misre- Presentation. The Board of Directors satisfy themselves upon the va 'gals questions proposed before they . enter into contracts of In, trance, and frame their policies in such terms as to pre .,lda all future questions as to their validity, and thus ren gee them indisputable and negotiable aocuments of future debt against the Company. Parties may be assured either upon the participating or non articipating plan ; the assured are relieved of all responsi- Oity, and the participating class is entitled to the whole of the Profits upon that branch of the business. Table to Assure £lOO, with addition of profits : Age 35. Age 40. Age 45. Age 50. Age 55. " I '4 2 7 £2 15 101 £3 5 0 I £3 15 5 I 1:•1 10 7 I £5 13 8 Persons interested in the lives of nominees or debtors may, for a trifling e xtra premium, be relieved from the risk of their olieies being forfeited by the parties going to foreign eoun tria . °NE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN PAID for SEVEN YEARS, Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa tnily Provisions than any other plan which has been sug gested. Credit 'fab'e to Assure .£lOO Payable at Death. 4 fie I Acre 25. I Age 30. I Age 40. Age 45, Age 50. i) I S 0 £lo £1 3 71 £lll 51 1 L 1 16 61 1 E 2 3 9 j usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents, "nu le Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated Lr their reports. ITALIAN ALABASTER, BL ACK MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS. —An Extensive Assortment of the above is Manufactured and Imported by James Tennant, 149, Strand, consisting of Groups, Single Figures, In laid Mosaic Table', Candlesticks, Vases, Obelisks, Ink stands, Pen-trays, Watch-stand.:, Parer -weights, &c., for the Drawing-room, Library, or Dining-room. A Great Variety of SHELLS, MINERALS, and GEOLOGICAL SPEC can also be had, either in single Specimens, or care- Tlly arranged in Collections for Beginners, from Two to wellty Guineas eaeh,—by J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to ", Majesty , 149, STRAND, LONDON. SUPERIOR CANDLES. I)AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax , Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; Cocoa Nut, ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 7d. ; Transparent 2 41 , 2s. Od. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. Od. ; Genuine Wax, 3 d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; hlottled, Os. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm. ls. 4d. per pac. k °t; Old brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ' • Rose, 2s. Od. : Cam tlor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ; Perm Oil, 9s. (ki. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 8 For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, t• Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House. 0 SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAIN N. and OTHERS Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the / jig Patronage ef his late Majesty, h.r Royal Highness the tlehess of Kent, apd the Lords of the Treasury, is universally t ' o mmen4led by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis- Ners incident to the Eyes and Head. DEDICATED TO DR. ELLIOTSON. This day, with Two Lithographic Plates, 12s. cloth boards, FACTS in MESMERISM • with Reasons for a dispassionate Inquiry into it. By the Rev. CHAUNCY HARE TOWNSHEND, late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Calculated to " bring it (Mesmerism) under the formal con ditions of the recognised sciences ; putting a period to three quarters of a century of speculative assertion and speculative denial."—Monthly Magazine. _ SIGHT RESTORED!-NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! Rq the mast simple, .delightful, and fragrant Compound! Its m o d e o f application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou sand cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex ,,,,.71'5e. yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary duce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com rt4ns have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned 154 t. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most C bast*, Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic ant*, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated erbaceous Compound, known as " Grimstone's Eye Snuff," 1 r Its efficacy in removing . all diseases incident to the Eyes and o !ad. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R.S. See J. B. Lachfield, Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews ealls national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The Lite Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend G rim e stone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the !.Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters °E Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of the first respectability. It-raet from the Second Edition of " Grimstone's Weather Almanack." 7. Skinner's Almshouses, Mile End, Jan. 26, 1840. Stn,—l think it my incumbent duty to return you my grate tid acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " Eye gruff." You must understand, Sir, that I have for the last t sf k r or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head and mess of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my 69th L e k') that it was the decay of Nature, and was advised by a ''.end, who said so much in its favour, and the extraordinary lirtues of your invention, I was induced to give it a trial, and arn happy to say that the great and sianal b ene fi t 1 have de lived from the use of four of your 2s. 4d, canisters has enabled head aside m s ectacles, has given me great relief in my convinced of its benign virtues, t h at aud I feel so thoroughly 111 . Y T gratitude shall ever be evin ced in recommendin g it to may hereafter meet suffering with those afflictions. 1 awl, Sir, your much obliges and grateful servant, ANN COLE. 4, To W. Grimstone, Esq., 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, Copy of a Letter dated Leeds, July 4, our 1834. St ft,--I have received great benefit from y Eye Snuff. have been a ffl icted ten years with Cataract, and was given 11 P by the Medical Men, but was recommended to use your Snuff, which completely cured me in a few weeks. You may Choke use of my name, if it will do you any good. Excuse Illy writing. Yours, ever faithfully, Harper -street, Leeds. PETER SANDERSON. To Mr. Wm. Grimstone, 39, Broad -street, Bloomsbury. Last Testimony, Feb. 10, 1840. Observe the Caution.—W. GEMSTONE iv the sole into sentor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of 1 - I , ,lrbs is sold in canisters, at Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 46., Bs., and 15s. fid. 4 ,, t0 : 1 , by the Proprietor, W. Grimstone, at W. Broad-street , ' lo oinsbury, and can be obtained in all the prit.cipal towns and titles. A liberal allowance to shippers, ownees, eaptanis, and ! Illendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. Thi celebr a t e d S nu f f shipped to all quarters of the globe, anti retains its benign "talities in every climate. All Snuffs ant, Cigars shipped on t shortest notice. RUPTURES. IVS7RAY'S IMPROVED TRUSSES, pro individual - Peirly adapted to the anatomical construction of the ngle, ss. 6(1., 75., and 10s. 6d. ; double, 10s. 6d., 153 ., and 21s. each. Laced Stockings and Bandages for Va tle"e Veins. Ladies' Umbilical Belts, Bandages, &c. for all sur ß i cal purposes. ,WRAY'S IMPROVED SUSPENSORY BANDAGES, surerior workmanship, and made of the beat materials ; ap proved of and recommended by the late Mr. Abernethy for their_ e xcellent adaptation ; patronized by the Members of t h e Alelton Mowbray Hunt, and the Subscribers to Tattersall's , and should be worn by all sportsmen, gentlemen hunting, walking, suffering from disease, relaxation, local de bility, gc best Jean, Is. 6d. ; knitted or wove Silk, 2s. 6d. ; viith f ron t s , 3 s 6d. ; India Dimit", with real China net Silk Purses and elastic Springs, 7s. 6d. May be bad direct rl4 from the inventor M. 0. WRAY, 118, 116 ra-hill, a n d 344, Strand, one door ' ft nn Catherine-street. Just published, price 3s. ; or by'post, free, 3s. 6d., ON the DEBILITIES of the GENERA• TIVE SYSTEM in MAN and WOMAN; the Causes that produce a Premature Decay of the' Reproductive Powers in both ; and the Means of their perfect Restoration. To which are added, Practical Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, and other Diseases peculiar to the Organs of Generation in both Sexes. By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS. Sold by Baillere, 219, Regent-street; Onwhyn, Catherine street, Strand ; and all Booksellers in town and country. In a sealed Envelope.—This day is published, APRACTICAL and POPULAR TREA iTISE, adapted and written expressly for the USE of the NON-MEDICAL READER, pointing out a successful and never-failing mode of effectually Curing those dire Dis eases depicted in the works of Drs. Tissot, Solomon, Jordan, Goss, and others. By WILLIAM HENRY CASTLE, Surgeon. Illustrated with Cases. This little work is not only distinguished but contra-distin guished from all others which have preceded it, its pages being exclusively devoted to the curative department. and hence it may be justly hailed as a great national desideratum. It con tains above one hundred choice recipes, adapted to v ar i ous stages of the complaint, which is divided into three distinct heads and progressive stages of treatment, viz.: -Ist, The cleansing, or detergent ; 2dly, The strengthening, or tonic ; and lastly, The aiterative, or purifying. Into these three grand divisions, theory suggested, and long experience has demon strated, the curative plan ought and must, be divided. The treatment. of this disease has, for obvious reasons, been hitherto confined to some cordial balm, occult tincture, or talis manic drops, which act merely as a dram.-a temporary stimu lus, procured at the expense of the patient's future welfare. The invalid suffering sander mental depression and decay, impotence, and a host of peculiar and inveterate infirmities, comprehended under . nervous debility, will find this Pocket Manual written expressly for his use, and adapted to his va rious wants. London : Published by Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street and may be had of all booksellers. Price ss. By post free, ss. 6d. Just published, the Seventh Edition, price 3s. , and rent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., TANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by BaiHere, Medical Bookseller to the Royal College of Surgeons, 219, Regent street ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, Condon ; Guest. Bir mingham ; Sowler, 4, St. Arm's-square, Manchester ; PEilip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier street, Dublin; Duncan,ll4, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. This Work, a Seventh Edition of which is now presented to the public, ten thousand copies have been exhausted since its first appearance, has been very much improved and enlarged by the addition of a more extended and clear detail of general principles, as also by the insertion of several new and highly in teresting cases. The book, as has been already stated, is the result of very ample and daily increasing experience in a class of diseases, which, for some unaccountable reason, have been either alto.tether overlooked, or treated almost with indiffer ence, by the ordinary medical practitioner. The proverbial and well known rapacity of unqualified practitioners, who traffic on the health and credulity of patients, has been en couraged and aroused by this supineness, on the part of the regular surgeon. In order to obviate the pernicious effects sure to result from the practices of such pretenders, the authors have fur a considerable time devoted themselves ex clusively to a certain class of diseases ; cf th e necessi t y o f so doing, they were further convinced by feeling that tact in in vestigating the latent sources of many diseasea, which arise from certain secret praetices, can only be acquired by an ex clusive and undivided attention to this department of medical practice. The numberless instances daily occurring, whersin affections of the lungs, putting on all the outer appearances of consumption, which: however, when traced to their source. are found to result from certain baneful practices, fully proves that the principle of the division of labour, is nowhere more applicable than in medical practice. We feel no hesitation in saying that there is no member of soci, ty by a hom the book will not be found useful, whether such person hold the relation of a Parent, a Preceptor, or a Clergyman. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child n pini g away, and fast approaching to a p remature grave, in conse quence of some disease, which, for want of careful investiga tion of its real cause, has been set down to the score of con sumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tahes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth much more frequently than it is at all suspecte d . The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds (temporarily at least), the rela tion and res p o nsibility of a parent, will, . assistedby pe i n investigating work, Le di recte. .l and very much analdetecting the too o f ten con cealed practices so often introduced into schools, wh ere b y t h e health and ultimately the lives of his p u p il s are sure to be corn promised, unless the evil be arrested in proper time. H e w ill here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judg e , when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the real causes of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to cl - eck the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the two-fold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the d's astrous consequences which are sure to follow from them if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence, 7, Frith -street, Soho-square, London. Country Patients are requested to be as minnte as possible in the detail of their eases—as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, general habits of living, and occupation in life of the p: rty ; the communication must be accompanied by the usual I onsaltation Fee of 11 ,, without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; awl in all cases, the most inviohble secrecy may be relied on. No 15,276 NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. t.',. CORNHILL. Czpital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parlament. Kt RECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Ellioteon, 51. D., F.R.S. 1 John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. - Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph-Thompson, Esq. A U DITO a S. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACTUARY-W. S. B. Weolhouse, Esq., F. it. A. S SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Oznman ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the printinles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by th . Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Polity of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term . FOR LIFE. A. B. Age. Without With For One For Five Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only --- E. s. d. s. d. d. E. s. d. 20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6 30 2 4 4 2 9 3 0 19 6 1 0 0 40 2 18 8 3 5 3 1 3 10 1 5 0 50 4 4 2 i 4 13 6 , 1 13, o 1 16 6 60 613 6 I 7 8 4 ( 3 0 0 3 9 6 Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES T)EPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively' developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, nit only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option. at the age of 65 Annuity for remainder of life £47 16 6 Cash Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 0 or a 0 at death. also taken Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be with similar advantages. _ . 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. N.B. Policies, as collateral money.security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, (See Tables A. and B. ), with option of con tinuance for Life at the usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in 1 vol., 12m0., price 10s., cloth, uniform with MrThomas Carlyle's Works, VSSAYS. By R. W. EMERSON, of .1 Concord Massachusetts, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle. James Fraser, 215, Regent-street, London. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. THE CREAM OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. In One Pocket Volume, with Sixty Cuts, price 3s. cloth, THE CREAM of SCIENTIFIC KNOW LEDGE; A Note Book of General Information, so brief and pithy, yet clear and easy, that an hour's perusal may supply a Stock of Useful Intelligence on almost every suhject. A New Edition, greatly enlarged 137 the Rev. G. N. Wright. London :—Printed for Thomas fegg, No. 73, Cheapside; and sold by all other Booksellers. THE POST CAPTAIN.--TENTH EDITION. 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'l y v zIT H ,, !..\ , ~., 0 4i , ....:-.. _..:;- , ..... D A•01T 4, .„„'.: 9 ...-: s V i G , ~, 9 ... ,-- -/ -, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1841. -ISL NTEREST,ING EXCURSION TO SHEERNESS and the SHIPS of WAR at the MORE, by special Permission of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Admiralty, and for the BENEFIT of the INFANT, un expectedly born on board the Star steamer, on the 19th of July, who, with her parents, will be present. That most ele gant, spacious, and best-sailing Grav esen d s t eam - vesse l, Th e' Star, Capt do Jo.iah I lollingham, will leave the Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at . Twelve o'clock, on Thursday, Aug. 26th, 1841, and proceed to Sheerness, with written permission to in s;.ect the Camperdown, 120 guns ( Admiral Sir EdwardDigby, Commander) ; the Trafalgar, 120 guns, and all the other vessels of war. ANTI-CORN-LA W CONFERENCE. CLOSE OP THE PROCEEDINGS. _MANCHESTER, AUGUST 21. As it was understood the proceedings of the Confer ence would close this day, the number of clergymen in attendance was not so numerous as on previous meetings. The interest evinced by the public on the important dis closures made by the different clerzymen seemed by no means to have abated. The portion of the hall set apart for strangers was more crowded than ever. About half-past nine o'clock the Rev. Tnom.te SPEN CER, of Hinton Charter House, near Bath, the President of the day, took th e Ch a i r . H e sa id t h ere was one thing on taking the Chair that - he regretted, and that was, that if the Church of England was to be represented in this Conference, it ought to be represented by the Archbishop of Dublin, who was a very zealous Corn law repealer. He knew there was not a man in England who had clearer views on this subject. - That excellent man said, that, if they were in conversation with any one, and wanted to know if he were an honest and intel ligent person with whom they conversed, introduce the subject of the Corn-laws. however, this Conference had acted so well, and had got so'much respect, that it would not be the last Conference, unless the Corn-laws were repealed. If they did not wish to see a Conference in London—if they did not wish to see every minister attended by three or fan- of his congregation—if they did not wish t o see E xeter -h a ll filled 'by 5,000 people—they must repeal the Corn-laws. He wished the young men of M a n c h es t er , t h e Y oung M en ' s Anti monopoly Association, could spare money to go up at the same time ; for he was sorry to say there was a gin drinking public opi n i on t h at wante d to th row out Lord John Russell. And the licensed victuallers also wished , to throw him out, because he wanted to restrict them ; and they cared. more about..sellist4.mg dri,Ttle than .for -the liberties of the people. He would like to draw,a little public opinion from here, that when her Majesty went to Parliament she might go wafted on. the breeze of free trade. And let the Lords spiritual, who did not think it too secular to attend to politics in the House of Lords, though they thought it very secular to meet on the Corn-laws, consider these things.—(Hear, hear.) If these young men went to London, and li ne d th e ap proaches to Parliament, instead -of the idle mob who went for mere curiosity ; if they had a few of the young suffering men of Manchester there to call out, "No Corn-laws,". he thought the present Session Would see the Corn-laws destroyed. However, whether the young men of Manchester would go up or not, they, the Mi nisters of religion, would pledge themselves to answer the first call. The Rev. J. W. MASSIF said it was considered desir able to make a small addition to the Committee. to wind up the affairs of the Conference ; that two gentlemen should be put upon it from. Scotland ; and that the va rious Chairmen of Conference should also be added to it. He moved " That the following names be added to the ExeCutive Cominittee already appointed respec tive Chairmen, viz., The Rev. T. Adkins, the Rev. Wm. Chaplin, the Rev. Dr. Cox, and the Rev. T. Spencer ; with Dr. Vaughan, of London ; the R e v. J a m es Robert son, of Edinburgh ; and the Rev. Alex. Harvey, of Glasgow. The Rev. W T st. M‘Krtrlow seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. The Rev. Mr. Hone, of Stalybridge, said that, after all that had been said of distress in various districts, yet still there Were, in the northern districts near Manches ter, 200,000 souls for whom no one had yet spoken, the great majority- of whom were with us in opinion on the Corn-laws. He mentioned some individual eases of a diAressing• nature, in which hunger, sickness, and penury made the misery most poignant. The Rev. PETER GUNN, Catholic parish priest of Eastern Temple, county Fermanagh, said he came to tender the Conkence the moral energies and determina tion of 3,000 people in Ireland against that inhuman law, which destroyed thousands for want of food. If the Irish people knew the Conference as well as he did, who had not set foot in England till Monday last, they would unite heart and hand. He trusted that the end of this beginning would be, that England and Ireland would know each other better on the subject of the Corn-laws. When Mr. Spencer, last night, at the tea party, said that there were Roman Catholic priests attending this Con ference, it was received with a burst of cheering ; for which he returned his most cordi a l' !hanks. A - hired scribe had recommended to the incoming Government to seize all the Catholic priests of Irelond, and transport them ; but the scribe little knew that those who at tempted to carry this into effect must climb to the task over the corses of seven millions of the people of Ire land. As to Ireland, that oppressed country, with high rents, heavy taxes, and tithe to pay, there was poverty in every valley ; the people were so naked and miser able, that perhaps one-fourth stayed at home, though taught the it duty by their church to attend divine wor ship, because of their rags. The Rev. G. HAnnis. Independent minister of Ring ,D404,4,J1 ant , ana 04611'0f MrAllodtmcve-trialre: a few statements as t o the'C - ondition' he poor in his neighbourhool. It was remarkable that, during Con ference, not a single communication or statement had been made as to the state of the people in the great corn-growing counties of Norfolk, Essex, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Dorset, and Hants. He thought might be shown, that the agricultural labourers in some of these counties were suffering greatly. The other side of Southampton the labourers did not work twelve hours a day, and got wood and turf cheap from the New Forest. A few of the farmers allowed their labourers to purchase wheat at 6d. per bushel less than the market price, - Potatoes they were allowed to grow in the far mer ' s fi e ld s at 4d. per r oo d. O ne clergyman told him that the farm men who took care of the horses got 9s. a week. The average w rage ag 7 s v o le un r t e of B l 3 7 ; ges was not more than 75.; the com but, as e a r s ag eo there f aNiveasye- Deduct ingodrukcitn winter, 7s. w ou ld be the- ing 3/. 10A. for rent of their cottage and garden, would leave 181. 10s. or 6 s . a week to the labourer ; and, if six persons in family, t h at was not quite 2d. per head. These were the wages throughout the whole agricultural district in which he lived. He would ask the Chairman what provision would be i made . for any communication that might be sent hereafter from the country ? - The Rev. 'WILLIAM APKEEnow said that many had been received froin agricultural districts, of which a digest should be made. The CHAIRMAN said, gentlemen were about to speak from those very districts, and he would call upon • The Rev. Mr. GOODE, of Gosport, Hants, who said that he had given a statement yesterday as to the state of the poor in Hants. He was commanded by Admiral Bouverie, Governor of the Dock-yard at Portsmouth, to express his cordial sympathy with the object of this Con ference, as also Sir George Staunton's, and a farmer's, who said, " Tell the Conference, though I am a farmer, I would give 1,0001. myself if I could repeal the Corn laws."—(Great applause.) [At this period Thomas Gisborne, Esq., late M.P., entered the room, and was in vited upon the pla,formi The Rev. Mr. MORGAN, of Chichester, Sussex, said, the mechanics of Chichester, if they had constant em ployment, would be satisfied with their wages, but they were without work during f our mon th s every year, and suffered much, being above seeking parochial pay. The - 'labourers' wages were 2s. to . 2s. 6d. 'a day ; but they were out of work ,five or six months of the year, and were supported by the parish and private charity. The most respectable agricultural labourers around Chichester and Western Sussex, two thirds being in constant employment, got 11s. to 12s. a week, but notwithstanding this they were much distresed in consequence of the high price of corn ; for, although their wages had been raised one-sixth, they had to pay more than double for their bread.—(Hear, hear.) Since the Poor-law they had lost their "head-money " (an allowance in proportion to the number of children.) The labourer could not buy meat or bacon, and lived much on bread and potatoes. The Rev. M. A. GARvEY, Independent Minister of London, who had been sent, and his expenses paid by his - people, said—he thought they ought to adjourn the Conference to London, or, if not, their acts would not have the same effect on the country generally. Mr. WKERROW said there had been no motion as to the adjournment to London. It was a subject which 're• quired serious and calm deliberation in Committee. Mr. MASSIE announced that there were four resolu tions—one Concerns the Magistracy ' • another the do mestic hospitality which the Ministers had received; an other regards the Ministers of Conference, as to what the Committee suggests would be expedient for them to do ; and another concerned the Manchester Ministers . ; another, the'roost important, he believed, was that the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, with a liberality that had never said " no" to anything of expense relating to this Conference, were about to present an address to the Conference, which was to be closed by au address from Mr. George Thompson. The Rev. W. G U ILES, Baptist Minister, of Liverpool (amidst cries of " Spoke"), said he contended that if those cultivating bad arable land would convert it into pasture, they would do well. Next week 1,100 hands of a Lane oand this week Co., w , from Kerr Stockport, bend co. thrown outl In of Liverpool,work 60,000 persons were barely ex: sting in dark, d amp ce ll ars. The Rev. Mr. MASSIE moved, and the Re v . M r. APKEnitow seconded, a resolution, calling upon Gis borne, late M.P. for Carlow, to address the m ee ti ng, The CHAIRMAN put the question, and it WAS carried unanimously. Mr. GISBORNE declared it was alleged that the Corn laws were necessary for the protection of the farmer. Upon that point he had a personal quarrel with those laws ; because they did not protect him. lie happened to be a large farmer, and occupied 500 acres at the pre sent moment. The Corn laws were made in order tcl enable the farmers of Lincolnshire and Esn x gpw corn for the supply of the British pPckplp- A 1) .1 . 4 o f from 50s. to 70 s . was neOefltißry tila!eptit . poe bit he could not grow . porn at S. 01 70s. I . lip tg 4 t . tempt to so in North perhys_hire Le r u i ne d, Now, he wnottxl to know why the principle of protection should be applied to the fanners of Lincolnshire and Essex, and withheld from those of N or th D er b y ? why should the former be raised up to a thawing Wi t , whil s t the latter were left just below Zero ?—(Apr.ause.) That very circumstance proved that the principle Nyij gw,cl for nothing ; for it was not applicable sat the‘ agriculturists of this coiiiitm O we p r e e ra d t e i li e g -ltahweyAhsesaorcdiatiuorn t a il t ii ß m ra e d e f ti ozi, v‘ H •ho e The Rev : W-APILE bc?;lM, of Air e d a l e C o ll ege, near v Braq.ford i Le 'came ther e as t h e d e l egate from the h A t n e dt Anti-Corn hoernn had seen a good deal of the operatives in Bradford, and a short time ago he went into the cellar of one of them who had emigrated from the agricultural districts a few years • ago when trade was bad. The clutn:4-e from a bracing good air to the unwholesome air of a cellar affect ed their health. Five of them were dependent upon the labour of one child -at a factory,. and one day he ;ound that that girl had to return to her Work without any dinner.—(Hear, hear). lie could state many other fa, is of the same kind. • This - was not merely a poor man'.4 question for the skill and capital of their employers was as necessary 'to them as their industry. He moved " That this Conference, without wishing to recommend the exercise of any authority that the constitution dues not give or prescribe any course to be pursued by the members of it, after its dissolution ; yet this Conference consider that considerable efficiency may be given to its proceedings, if, in their several localities, they avail themselves of the press, and by congregational petitions to both Houses of Parliament." The Rev. Mr. SOLLY, of Yeovil, seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. The Rev. Mr. JONES, a Welsh Calvanist minister of Wrexham, said that nothing had . been said about the mining interest. In consequence of the depression of the iron trade, there were in the town of Wrexhami hun dreds of miners who were out of work, and who would. starve but for the exertions of the benevolent: A Short time ago, 750 colliers came all at once to the Board of Guardians at Wrexham. There was great alarm, and sol diers were sent for; but the men were quite peaceable; all they wanted they said was work. The Board of Guar dians could do nothing for them, except a little relief temporarily ; and about 250 of them were admitted into the workhouse. Great distress prevailed, and it was the general opinion that it was owing to the Corn-laws. The Roy., Mr. SMITH, one of the tutors of Rotheram College, moved, " That the heartfelt thanks of this Con, lereneehe returned to The gentlemen with whcm it origi nated, and by whom its preliminary arrangements were executed; and also to the numerous friends in Man chester and its . neighbourhood for their hospitality."' The Rev. WILLIAM AULD, of Greenock, seconded the resolution ; and The motion then passed ; and The Rev. Mr. MAssrE said, perhaps it might be pro per that the originators of the' Conference should ac knowledge the compliment which had been paid them. He and his brother, Mr. M•Kerrow, had, in some mea sure, the responsibility of the parentage—(Applause) and they should defer making an attempt at a suitable acknowledge . ment until, the afternoon. The CHAIRMAN then adjourned the Conference to half-past four. AFTERNOON SITTING. The members assembled at the usual hour in the af ternoon. The uall was, if possible, more crowded than at any former sitting. The Rev. Thomas Spencer in the Chair. A motion was then made and agreed to for the adrnis sion of a deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League, to which reference had been made in the early part of the day. • The Deputation th en entere d t h e h a ll , h ea d e d b y S i r Thomas Potter, with whom was Richard Cobden, 'Esq., M.P., William Rawson, Esq., G. Wilson, Esq.. and Messrs. Kershaw, C. J. S. Walker, Elkanah Armitage, J. Bailey, jun., A. Prentice, William Bickham, with George Thompson, Esq., and other gentlemen connected with the League. They were received with loud and reiterated applause. Mr. Ald. COBDEN then read the following address : " To the Christian Ministers of all denominations in Conference assembled, for the consideration of the laws restricting the food of the people, the Address of the Executive Council of the Anti-Corn-law league in Manchester. " REVEREND SIRS—We beg respectfully to tender you our earnest and grateful thanks for the zealous and truly Christian services which you have rendered to the cause of suffering humanity, and to express our acknowledg ments for the sanction which your dignified proceedings have giVen to our past labours, and from which we shall derive increased encouragement and a new stimulus to our future efforts. " The religious world will regard the acts of your Conference as a noble illustration of the true spirit of a Christian ministry, whose benign influence can never be more consistently exerted than when vindicating the cause - of the poor and destitute. " We highly appreciate the minute and startling array of evidence brought by you from all parts of the empire, and proving on such unimpeachable testimony the physi cal and moral degradation of great numbers of the people, as well in the agricultural as in the manufacturing coun • ties. You have thus made it manifest that, during the long continuance of extreme scarcity and dearness of provisions • consequent upon unwise and unjust legisla tion', the condition of the labouring classes has rapidly deteriorated—that the demand for labour has declined— that wages (notwithstanding the assertion of the mono polists to the contrary) have materially decreased—and that.„frAim timr.o. 7 :o9,tweo r ,swatititticlos. .4)P epur incinstrients 'fellow-countrymen have been cruelly and needlessly sub jected to all the evils cf misery, disease, and premature death. " Sympathising with you in the still augmenting dis tress of our poorer brethren, and fortified by the facts with which your testimony has supplied us, we shall continue to advocate, and with renewed energy, the abo lition of these impious laws, which, by limiting the fund of the people, and restricting the demand for labour, have been the main source of the manifold ills now af flicting the community. " Whilst giving expression to our grateful thanks of the inestimable value of your present labours, permit us to beseech your continued efforts in furtherance of the righteous and philanthropic work in which, as Christian ministers, you have engaged. " We would earnestly entreat you, in your respective spheres of usefulness, individually to use the influence of your sacred calling in awakening the public mind to the national importance of this great question. " We rely on the moral weight of your example ; we trust much to the efficacy of your pulpit exhortations ; we feel that to your supplications at the throne of the the Most High the poor and wretched may yet look with humble hope, and in the Christian confidence that jus tice, so long denied, will at last be rendered them ; and resting with firm reliance on your pious and patriotic ef forts, we look forward with well-grounded assurance to the early and triumphant issue of a struggle on which depends the happiness or misery of millions of our fellow creatures, and the prosperity or irretrievable ruin of our beloved country." Mr. Cobden, on concluding the address, was greeted with loud cheering. A motion that the address be received, and entered upon the minutes of the Conference, was then made and agreed to. Mr. G. THOMPSON having been called upon to deliver a valedictory address to the. Conference, came forward amidst loud and long-continued cheering. He said—Mr. President, ministers of the Conference, and ladies -and gentlemen, in the whole course of my life I never felt a stronger desire to acquit myself worthily than I do upon this interesting and solemn occasion. I have to address to you some remarks suited to the close of those impor tant and all-absorbing proceedings, in which you have now for four days been engaged. But I, unhappily, labour under a consciousness of inability equal to the intensity , of my desire. The hour for argument and deliberation is past ; and it. is my duty to re view the transactions in which you have been en gaged, and to express my opinion of the probable influ ence which those transations will exert upon the issue of the momentous struggle in which the friends of the poor are engaged with the powerful monopolists of the hown ties of our Creator.—(Loud cheers.) Your assembly has been one unprecedented in its character and unexampled in its numbers.—(Hear, hear.) But these are nut the most gratifying characteristics of this Conference. The sublime spectacle has, for the first time in the annals of the world, been presented of seven hundred ministers of religion, of widely varying theological opinions, 04453H1. bling together not only without discord, contention, and animosity, but with a degree of brotherly love, and the most delicate courtesy and consideration, one towards an other. Your Conference has been distinguished by catho licity without compromise ; by a stern maintenance of the cardinal principles of our Christian morality, withOot the slightest abatement of your attachment to thwie pe culiarities by which, as sects an 4 rPlialou4 parties, you are known.—(Cheers,) The talent that has been exhi bited has been of the highest order ; the principles you have proclaimed have been of the loftiest and purest kind. Sir, I consider the holding of this Conference to ho one of the most seasonable and happy events 1404 e4mld possibly occur in the present trying pri4l4 of our coun try's affairs.(Hear, hear.) 'lie conduct of the cause in which you are now Ctigaged. has hitherto been chiefly. in the bands of men engaged altogether in secular affairs, or under the influence of cold and calculating political economists, whO have little to do with the discussion or application of thoSe great principles which lie at the foundation of public moraliv and national prosperity. Long and errneci' ay nave the friends of the poor desired to see l , of the country enlisted in religious feeling cau to which ou now, I rejoice to pledged. se y To bring about are a consummation devoutly to be wished, some five weeks no it ;cas resolved by a few humble individuals, without name, or influence, or note, to issue a circular calling upon ministers of religion of every denomination to assemble iu this town, for the purpose of considering, in the fear of God, the subject of the laws restricting the supply pf food to the community. I can bear wit ness that that circ u l ar was penne d w i th a trembling hand, and isStiQd ‘Nith a faltering heart.—(hear, hear.) Not only Nve4.e. p i a extraordinary means employed to eoe.t to the summons, but those usually re §QUO to were, in this instance, almost wholly dispensed with. Yet, I will not say in obedience to that call, but rather liay that, prompted by a feeling of humanity, in spired by s the genius of the gospel, and touched with pity for the miseries of those armed them, a noble army of seven hundred men—have kit their homes and the altars at which they minister, and have come up to the belp of the Lord—to the help of the Lord against the mighty. —(Hear, hear, and applause.) Oh, Sir, when those who MT PONY WPolo l ed kiad ablest bereft of hope shall hear calls, of poverty of this your glorious meeting, they will take courage, and look up, and believe that the day of their deliverance - draws nigh. Gentlemen of the Corn-law League now present in this Conference, I con gratulate you from my inmost soul upon the position of that cause in which you have so long meritoriously struggled; Sir, the bearings of this great question have in the most PRICE 5d able manner been unfolded during the progress of your deliberations. The question has been linked by the most obvious and indissoluble ties to all the interests of huma nity, and all.the hopes of our country and the world. A missionary has come to you from the other side of the Alleghany mountains. Shall this ambassador of peace and plenty_ return to tell the r tenants of the western wilds that the laW which defaces our statute book is irrever sable. What is the language of the n a ti ons aroun d us ? The other d a y a friend to our cause and a friend to mankind—the estimable Joseph Sturge—(Cheers)—un dertook a mission to his anti-slavery brethren of America, not, however, without leaving behind him his munifi cent contributions to our cause, and his heart s best wishes for our success.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) On touching the trans-Atlantic strand he was told by the press ofNew York to return to the land from whence he came ; and, before he undertook to counsel the peo ple of the United States to do justice to the manacled slave of Virginia, to bring to a sense of justice those who are grinding the faces of the poor at home, and by their cruel laws making abject slaves of those who other wise would be loyal, independent, and grateful labour ers in the promotion of their country's prosperity.— (Cheers.) Such is the well-merited taunt of proud Republican, slave-holding America.—(Hear, hear.) Take another instance. A Gallant Commodore whom the people of Manchester have delighted to honour in the hall in which we meet, undertook to school the bearded Pacha of Egypt on the subject of his restrictive policy. What was the answer of Mehemet Ali ? " First, let England, the huge monopolist, abolish her own Corii-laws."—(Deafening cheers.) And what, Sir, is the withering rebuke which polished France administers ?--(l.lear, hear.) Speaking through one one of her most popOlar organs, the National, she says, " Britain ! rase from your shield the lordly lion, 4110, 14 4-: in its place a starving operative, supplicating in vain flir the bread of life.”--(llenewed and long-continued cheering.) A word now with regard to the purposes which have been answered by this Convention, in addition to the important 'developments to which I have already referred. Who can calculate the good that has been done by the gathering together of seven hundred men, whose hearts have been made one in` the cause of humanity, and who have mutually animated and informed each other ? Opinions have been settled which before were unstable ; - resolutions have been formed which before were incipient and unex pressed. A position has been taken previously doubtful and undetermined. Men have cOmmi tted themselves collec tively and irrevocably to a cause of which they were be fore isolated, unknown, and perhaps uninfluential friends —a cause branded as secular and selfish by those who are themselves the most worldly and exclusive of man kind, has received the solemn imprimatur of an assembly composed altogether of men whose profession and practice is religious. And in addition to the presence of those who are here we have received pledges of con currence and co-operation from a still larger number— (Hear, hear)—who have been prevented by ac c id en t a l circumstances f rom giving their personal attendance. Again, Sir, the calling of this Conference has originated throughout the country a discussion of the merits of this question more general and more useful than any that has before taken place. It has set all heads think ing. and all pens writing on the subject ; and above all, .it has urged that class of the community to bestow at tention upon the subject who had previously considered it either beyond the limit of their legitimate cognizance, or inconsistent with their religious character.—(Hear, hear.) This Conference has answered another high and holy purpose. It has shown that there is an intimate connection between the abolition of the laws that have been brought under our notice, and the spread of that religion _whose ministers are here assembled. The elo quent speaker here, at great length, adduced the innu merable texts of Scripture which go to show that the Creator, instead of allowing scantiness or re stricted food to men, expresses himself in every page of the Bible as a Being who delights in over whelming them with plenty. Again resuming his sub ject, Mr. Thompson continued :—I have myself, in perusing the vast number of letters that have passed through my hands, as your Honorary Secre tary, been affected by the frequent assurances given by ministers of the Gospel in agricultural districts that they are. firmly persuaded themselves, and that in their views they are supported by the convictions of the members of their congregations who are engaged in agricultural pursuits, of the justice and necessity of a re peal of the present Corn-laws ; but they at the same time lament their inability to give an open and avowed assistance to the cause in which we are engaged, because of the bondage in which they are held to the proprietors of the soil, who exercise an arbitrary and despotic control over the condition of the occupiers and tillers of the land. The fact has been made abundantly apparent, that though the consciences of hundreds of thousands of the agri cultural . population are with us, their votes have been directed against us in consequence of their abject de pendence upon those those will can at any time dist)%., •sgs,a-fltatn- - of s*tins of theii subsistence.—(iiear,. hear.) Sir, the fact must not be disguised. The farmers of our country arc under the relentless domination of the titled ana untitled lords of the soil, who not only claim the fee-simple of the broad acres they possess, but the votes of those who are their tenants at will. Freedom of election in the counties of England there is none. The horned cattle in the stall are not i . l a tt t condition of more a bj ec t su b m i ss i on than are class known by the name of the " bold and independent yeomanry of England."—(Hear and cheers.) Out of a multitude of letters bearing upon this point, I will rea d you one. The names that are mentioned, I must, for reasons which will be obvious, conceal the writer is a Minister, in connection with the church of Scotland, of ficiating in a certain part of England.—(Hear.) " I have received your circular, very kindly inviting me to a meeting of Ministers and others, to be held in Manchester . on Tuesday, the 17th current, to take into consideration the laws respecting the monopoly in food ; and, in answer, I beg respectfully to assure you that you have my best wishes, and the best wishes of thousands in this district, but as my congregation is chiefly composed of -- farmers, it would be mad ness in me, nay, it would completely destroy my useful ness as a Minister, to take any open part in the repeal of these laws or at your meeting, All I can do, there fore, is to send you my best wishes. Nor are you to, I suppose from this, that the farmers here are against you. Hundreds of them, and these, too, the largest and most intelligent, are your decided friends, but they dare not show it, or they may lave the district. They must all do as the excuse both of minister and people, that as the public cannot and will not protect them, therefore they cannot reasonably be expected to secrifice all their own private interests for its weal. In these circumstances we dare not countenance you openly, but you have our best wishes, and should you ever come this way agitating the subject—and this, I think, I shall be inclined to do— (Loud cheers)—we will do you all the good we can. More, at present, wo cannot do, with safety to ourselves and families. Trusting, therefore, that you will take, courage, and be as successful in this as you were in the slave agitation question. I am, my de l azfir iSnitra,teyr7.can,6crecietnerdtui.lol., 44 with the • Church " ':lt Esg. Y€your efficient a id , and the bless ing of ‘N you ser ve , we shall be as successful in 9gieet e God gentlemen, Thompson, this as we were in that sacred cause to which reference is here made, ..(Loud cheers.) The yeomanry of Eng land mutt ha emancipated from the thraldom of a tyran nietil iwntl-holding aristocracy. —(Very loud cheers.) I said it remained to be seen what influence your Confer ence would exert upon those who sit in high places. You hP.re had your Parliament. —(Loud cheers.) It was glorious sight to witness, on the first day of your as sembling, more than ale number of those who constitute the Con malls of Great Britain.—(Cheers.) Yes, this self oleeted Parliament of England's best and purest minds --the representatives of weeping and famishing misery —the friends of starving attenuated operatives—the pas tors of impoverished congregations. Would that the destinies of this question had been committed to your hands for final situdication.—(Loud cheers.) I thi n k it might have been, with quite as good a chance of a Viee and equitable decision, as that with which it is likely to meet in another place.--(Very loud cheering.) I think the suffrages by which you have been re turned to this Parliament are quite as extensive and independent as those of many honourable Members. I think the means which have been taken • t ottirll you are quite as pure an d unexceptionable as those resorted . to in many of the constituencies of the empire.—(Laughter.) I think you are quite as n and almost as wise in 14.4terstanding, s a p s ec e t i a t h b l e e r in th c e all hereditarying or electedlaw makers of . the land, And I think that yo lk Nvo question upon prince-lea tad have settled this ea (Atha as sound and as t t' as those who •• pa rto lc House dre likely to guide the decisions of either r .. 7,. .earliament.—(Loud cheers.) But though you ...re denied any legislative power, of this be sure, that no opinion which will be advanced elsewhere will have half the weight with the community of that which you have expressed in Jour deliberate and solemnly -attested documents. And I will venture to say that the Statesmen of the land, and those at their head,. whether meditating upon the state of things and the signs of the times at Brocket Hall or Drayton Manor, will regard with an inten sity of interest which cannot be exaggerated the transactions in which you have.been engaged, and the conclusions at which you have arrived.—(Cheers.) God grant that your decisions may produce their rightful influence, and turn the scale in favour of justice to a starving population.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) One word with regard to practical measures, and I have done. From this time forth you must be the ministers and missionaries of truth upon the great question which has brought you together.—(Hear, hear.) You must be constant, in season and out of season, in the work of enlightening, purifying, and directing the minds of all who are around you.—(Hear, hear.) You must be prepared to attend another Conference, and to that Con ference you must come accompanied by the laity.—(Hear, hear.) Pastor and people must appear together.— (Loud cheers.) The next circular that goes forth must be, not with the authority of twenty-six ministers in Manchester, but of seven hundred assembled in open Conference in this town.—(Renewed cheers.) And, Sir, if twenty-six. men, making their appeal to their brethren, could convene such an aseembly as that which we have witnes.seds what may we not expect when seven hundred shall send forth the rallying cry, and muster the armies of Israel to this holy war ?—(Hear, hear, ///, ;?' MORNING SUN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As the words I used at the Blackwall Meeting seem to be viewed erroneously, I desire it to be expressly understood, that I did not mean, to convey an impression or to insinuate that money - was expended among Members of Parliament, for I know of no such circumstance; but that I had no doubt a great deal of money was laid out for expenses incurred in soliciting Members to support or oppose the passing of Railway Bills, as was suggested by the question proposed to me at the meeting.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Southwark, Aug. 21. JOHN HUMPHERY UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Auo. 21.—The Lord Bishop of the Di.oees e has instituted the Rev, William Tattersall, of Tri n i ty College, to the rectory of Howe, with Little Poringland, in the county of 1161.161 k. The Rev, Dr. Hook, late student of Christ Church, has been appointed by his Grace the Archbishop of York a eanon in York Nliuster. The Lord Bishop a Winchester has pre sen t e d t h e Rev. William D. Veitch of Balliol C o ll ege, to the rectory of St. Thomas, Whicl:ester. The Aiar,teis of Bath has presented the Rev. Villiam Dyer to the perpetual curacy of Baer, in the county of itts. - .e Society for Propagating the Gospel has appointed the Rev. Arthur L. Irwin to the station of principal of the Seminary at Madras. The following prebends or canonries in the Cathedral Church of Sarum have been conferred by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury:—That of Stratton, on the Venerable Arch deacon Buckle, Rector of Upway ; of Yatminster Se cunda, on the Rev. G. P. Lowther, Rector of Orcheston St. George ; of Wilsford and Woodford, on the Rev. G. A. Denison, Vicar of Broad Windsor ; of Chute and Chessenbury, on the Rev. F. W. Fowle, Rector of Ailing ton ; of Bishopstone, on the Rev. William Danscv, Rec tor of Donhead, St. Andrew ; and of Teynton Regis on the Rev. Robtrt Moore, Rector of Wimborne St. Giles, with Wimborne All Saints annexed. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending August 16, 1841: Passengers Merchandize Darlington, Aug. 18. 1,451 19 7 D. O'BRIEN, Secretary. DEPARTURE OF THE STEAD[-SHIP Bar- TANNIA.—LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.--The Britannia steam ship, Captain Clelland, sailed yesterday about noon, for Halifax and Boston, with her Majesty's mails for Canada and the United States. The Britannia took out one of the largest mails ever shipped at this port, and about one hundred and twenty passengers. She appeared in fine trim, and left the ri ver w i t h a f a i r w i n d, an d will, no doubt, make one of her usually short trips across the Atlantic. BEVERLEY. —The weather in this pert con tinues very changeable, and a great quantity of rain falls. At tllo soonest the harvest win not commence generally for a fortnight or three weeks. Corn rises every market day, and seconds dour is already 3s. per stone. The people, even in this agricultural dis trict, are unanimous in favour of repeal. Hunger is a sharp thorn, and hundreds are feeling its sad effects. Bread is higher, but wages are lower. Numbers daily perambulate the streets in search of emplor nen t. When will this sad state o f thi ngs b e altered ? The onion obtains—not until we have a revolution. FRANCE AND THE FORTE.—We have reason to know that the fleet now fitting out at Constantinople is intended to act against the Bey of Tunis, with whom the Porte has just ground for complaint. We have also reason to believe that the French Government is not disposed to favour the object of this ex pedition, and that the fleet now at Toulon is destined for that part of the African coast. The grand question in this state of affairs is, how far will the British Government interfere to prevent France meddling between the Porte and its vassal I—Morning Herald. THE EYES.—Optical improvements to enable persons at an advanced age to read with ease and discriminate ob jects with perfect distinctness.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomon., 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street , City ; th e i r long extensive practice has ena. bled them to invent Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction, of the greatest transparent refractive power, which have gained universal approbation. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged imper fect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youtls ful, natural, and original state. The valuable advantages derived from this invention is, that these lenses are constructed on a princi. ple that persons can see with them of a much less magnifying power Allan those now iu common use; nor will they require the frequent changes that oth er s p ec t ac l es gen e r ally do ; th e y are also adapted to• imperfect vision to the greatest nicety; they are found to preserves and strengthen the most weak and defective sight. Their invisible perative Voice Conductor for deaf persons is not the least percepti ble, nor more uncomfor table than having apiece of 14001 in its place; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme case s of d eaf. ness. Those valuable inventions have also ga i ned the patronage of Family and the unqualified a p probation of above 400 ot. pal members of the medi ca l profession.—No connexion, t t h h e e . pt n i uy n with persons of the same name. 39, Albemarle -street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76. King William -street ,City. • ear.) Why, Sir, we may expect to see a gathering of seven thousand men clothed in the panoply of justice who will not•bow the knee to the -Baal of a cruel mo nopoly, but fight until they vanquish the monster that is preying on the vitals of the country.—(Loud chheers.) There is another element of society, the purest and best, which must be brought into action. Sir, we must enlist in this cause of holy domestic charity the women of G rent Britain.—(Tremendous cheers.) Seven hundred and fifty thousand of the maids and matrons of this country car ried their petition to the footstool of a maiden Queen in behalf of the manacled slaves of our colonies.--(Hear.) Let this reverend assembly speak the word, and I believe that double the number will lay a petition at the feet of our beloved Monarch, now a wife and a mother. He prayed that the Almighty would pour out his bles sing on every one who was, and had been, assembled in that place. Like an American Indian, who at a large meeting said he could not shake hands with all present, he (the Chairman) would declare from the spot where he stood, he shook hands with them all at once, and he now declared the Conference dissolved.—(Applause.) Votes of thanks were then passed to the Chairman, to the Ministers of Manchester, for convening the Coffer ence, and the Honorary Secretaries, which closed thn proceedings of the Convocation. DERBY LIBERAL OPERATIVn ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday evening a large and respectable meet. in' of this Association was held at the Mechanics Lecture Hall. It was at first determined to hold the meeting at the Old Assembly Room, but such was the great interest excited, that, although the tickets could only be had from one person, who was appointed to deliver them, and to take the names of the appli cant, by four o'clock on Tuesday 800 tickets had been called for ; consequently it was found necessary to take a larger room for the meeting, and, we declare, that SOO of the nation's hereditary Peers could not have conducted themselves more orderly, nor have gone through the business, for which they were culled together, in a more business-like manner. The unani mity and good feeling which was manifested by this great and influential assembly of honest and unflinch ing Reformers, raleets the highest credit. on the opera, fives of Derby ; they are Convinced thtlt ".,union is strength," and that by banding them Selves together-- for mutual intercourse, and for the Impute tirereby of raining sound political knowledge. upon every subject that affects the well-being of the whole family of man (but more especially with regard to that great and important question, the repeal of the " Monopoly laws," that is now agitating the kingdom from one end to the other), they can more effectually assist by their concentrated and united efforts, in furthering those referms which confer the greatest happiness on the greatest number. We will, however, let the As sociation speak for itself, and therefore give tho " Declaration," which was unanimously adopted at the meeting, which, we are convinced, will satisfy every true Reformer, and which shows that the Asso ciation is based on a sound foundation. Let all party differences then be laid aside, and let all who call themselves Reformers, enrol themselves as members of the Derby Liberal Operative Association. The Com mittee, and other officers for the year, were elected, and the Declaration and Rules adopted. It is intended immediately to take a room for the accommodation ot the members, which will be open every evening (except Sunday), and supplied with the best daily and weekly papers, and periodicals, of which (also when and where application may be made for tickets of admission) due notice will be given. The following declaration of the Association 11. as just appeared : "The experience of the last few months must have convinced the friends .of liberty (if any ftrzther proofs were wanting,) that the triumph of their common prin eples can only be secured by united and energetic efforts, greater union, and a better understanding amongst the various classes of Reformers, (agreed as they are in the end at which they all aim, though di vided in opinion, as to the means by which it may be most speedily attained) would probably have placed. the country in a very different position from that which it now occupies, viz. the immediate prospect of a Tory . Administration, in the midst of commercial distress, frightfully aggravated, if not wholly caused by laws which the leaders of that party stand pledged to support. But union, energy, and perseverance, may redeem the advantages we have lost. In the people resides all sub stantial poWer, and that power they can cause to be felt by the Government, whether their voice be legally re cognized or not. Let the people, then, in every possible way take their own interests under their own special care. In proportion as sound political knowledge is dif fused through the great body of the people, the Legisla ture will be compelled to pursue those measures whichk consult, not the interests of the few, but the well-being of the many—the rights'and interests of the whole. " The deep conviction of these truths has given rise to the Derby Liberal Operative Association. It is, there fore, the general purpose of this Association to promote;amongst its members sound political knowledge, and by bringing their common principles and united energies to to attain bear u b pon one point, t o g i ve e ff ect to their exertior,; y all legal and constitutional means, surli re forms in Church and State, as may conduce to U great est happiness of the greatest number. i..nd seeing that it is only by securing the exe'reise of those rights already established that we can hope to obtain those still withheld„,' be one of the iramt4inte objects 0f.,5(44,tz co,er -Alto--reg cre- tfi iertry-e Wtictet llo..tnugh, and County Electors, and th e doetion of peddle eiii - cers ; a duty w hi c h invulves the interests of all, and sore especially demands the attention of the non - e t "..ctors who very justly look, upon the Liberal elP:Aors as their trustees, and the parties on whom 0- „, ey fullpoliticPl.r ts. must mainly rely in obtaining th e i r S. • gh _awl, are the principles on which we unite, and the objects to which we stand pledged in the name of liberty, as men and British citizens, always remembering, that ' the condition on which God has given liberty to map, is eternal vigilance, which condition if he break, servi tude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt. "—Derby Reporter, August 19, 1841. The Band will consist of 12 Professional Gentlemen. BIIITSCHKA LANDAU, light and airy having all the advantages of a Britschka or Barouches and working about half their draught to horses, TO BE SOLD. May be seen at 43, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square. --- CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT, PANTECHNICON, near BELG it AVE SQUARE.—The Nobility and Gentry are respectfully requested to inspect the largest Stock of New and Second hand CARRIAGES on SALE in the WORLD, particularly CHARIOTS, BROUGHAMS, and PHAETONS. Ele gance, Fashion, and durability have been the study of the builders. Carriages and Harness received for safe keeping. The Building is considered fire-proof, and is effectually pre served from damp. FURNITURE SALE DEPARTMENT. PANTECHNICON, BELGRAVE SQUAR E. —The largest and best selected Stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhi bited for Sale, is always to be found in this Establishment, the quality of which is warranted of the best description, and every article plainly marked at the Manufacturer's lowest price. Goods carefully packed and forwarded to any part of the world. Houses of the first class furnished throughout at a few days' notice. PATENT LEVER WATCHES. RORTON and CO., WATCHiTAICErtg, &c., No. 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's (opposite Everington and Co.'s), offer to their Friends and the public their celebrated PATENT LEVER WATCHES, capped and jewelled in four holes, double bottom silver case•, maintaining power, &c.. at Six Guineas, and with 3 / 4 plate Eight •3uineas, of workmanship of the highest class of excellence, equal to those charged 25 per cent. higher. Gentlemen's Levers, in gold cases, Fourteen Guineas and upwards; Ladies', with 1- , o!d dial, at Twelve Guineas and Fourteen 'Guineas. Good new Silver Verge Watches at 525. 6d. A warranty with every watch for twelve months. N.B.—An immense Stock of Jewellery and Fancy Goods at 25 to 30 per cent. below the usual London charges., IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Aug. 23. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Two o'Clock, and the swearing-in of. Peers was then proceeded with. Among those who took the oaths and; subscribed the Parliamentary roll we observed The Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Spen cer, the Earl of Ilarrowby, Earl Stanhope, Lord Kenyon, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Montford, Lord Maryborough, the Earl of Limerick, Lord Ashburton, Lord Hawarden, Lord Portman, the Duke of Bu cc l eug h, t h e E ar l o f Selk i rk, the Archbishp of Canterbury, the Bishop of Litchfield, the Marquis of Bute, Earl Brownlow, the Earl of Had dington, the Duke of Somerset, the Marquis of South ampton, the Earl of Orkney, the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis Northampton, Lord Talbot, the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Exmouth, Earl Caw dor, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Rolle, Lord Foley, the Marquis of Anglesea, &c., &c. Sir Henry Parnell, now Baron Congleton, was in troduced by Lords Methuen and Vivian, preceded by the Black Rod, the Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshal, and Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, as Lord Great Chamberlain, and took the oaths and his seat. Sir John Campbell, now Baron Campbell, of St. An drew's, in the county of Fife, was introduced by Lords Camoys and Vivian, with the same formalities, and took the oaths and his seat. There were several ladies present, to witness the ceremony. The number of Peers sworn, up to the adjournment of the House this day, is about 200. At Four o'Clock their Lordships adjourned till to-mor row at Two o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter past one o'clock, when the swearing in of Members was pro ceeded with. Amongst those sworn we noticed the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Dr. Lefroy, Mr. Plumptre, Captain A'Court, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Pringle, Mr. R. Clive, Mr. H. Baring, Sir A. Seymour, Sir John Johnstone, Captain Pechel, Sir William Follett, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Lord C. Hamilton, Sir George Grey, Mr. Tuffnell, Mr. E. Ellice, Sir R. Bateson, Lord Emlyn, Sir W. Rae, Mr. Ellice,- Mr. V. St uar t, M r . P ower , Mr. M. O'Connell, Mr. Howard, Mr,- Hawkes, Mr. Mangles, the•O"Oitmor Don, the Hon. William Brown, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Oswald, Mr. HaStie, Colonel Connolly, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. M. Phillips, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, Mr. E. Fellowes, Mr. Tancred, r. W. W. Wynne, Mr. D. 0. Dyce Sombre, Mr. R. V. Smith, Mr. R. Ramsay, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Cobden, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. Horseman, Mr. B. Smith, Lord C our t enn y, Sir James Duke, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. B. Wood, Mr. Rumbold, Mr. Irvine, and Sir J. Tyrrel. The House adjourned shortly after Four o'Clock, till Twelve o'Clock to-morrow. THE QUEEN AND THE TORIES. There are two points as to which the Tories appear to labour under great misapprehension—First, they seem to forget that by force of the Royal prerogative it appertains to the Sovereign clone to select and appoint the :Members of the Administration. This point was grudgingly con ceded by Sir H. Peel in his late speech at Tamworth ; but his friends of the Tory press do not readily allow it although it is a fundamental article of our Constitution. The second point to which I allude is this—that if her Majesty should be driven by adverse votes of the House of Commons to the hard necessity of appointing a Tory Administration, she is not under any obligation to admit the members of it to her society, or to see them ' at all, except on occasions when official business shall require the sacrifice of her feelings. Some persons say that every Minister should possess the confidence of his Sovereign. I will not argue against this position, but beg leave to observe, that it is stated in the 4th volume of Adolphus's History, just published (p. 30). that King George 111. declared that the Coalition Administration of Lord North and Mr. Fox did not possess his confidence. However, be that as it may, I contend that the point cannot be pushed to a greater extent than this, that a Minister is entitled to recommend those acts to his So vereign for which he is constitutionally responsible : but he is not entitled to prescribe to her the domestic esta blishment she is to keep, or the society she is to enjoy. Were it otherwise, our beloved Queen would be no better than a slave in her own dominions, although by the Constitution she has a third of the legislative, and the whole of the executive, power confided to her. Let us hope that the aristocratical oligarchy of the country will pay due attention to these observations. They may be sure that the people of England will not permit her Majesty, who has shown so strong a regard for those civil and religious liberties of the country which the house of Brunswick was brought here to protect, to be insulted or trampled upon. I hope the time will never arrive when it may become necessary to raise the cry of—" To your tents, 0 Israel !" again in this island ; but if such a necessity were to arise, it would be entirely attributable to the domineering attempts of the few to coerce and control the many, who, as the oligarchs think, are born for no other purpose than to contribute to the indulgence of their luxury and profigacy.—Correspondent of an Even ing . Paper. The Constitutionnel says :—" The Danae fri gate has arrived at St. Petersburgh, where a look• out for her has been kept up for several days. •As soon as she was descried in the offing, all the Russian ships were dressed and fired salutes. The frigate, im mediately on coming in, was visited by the officers of the Russian navy, who afterwards received those of the Danae on board their own ships, with the utmost cor diality. The Emperor gave orders that the French should be treated during their stay at St. Petersburgh with every mark of consideration. No French ship of war has appeared in the Baltic since January, 1828, when a frigate was sent for M. de la Ferronays. ' WONDERFUL TRAVELLING..—We are inform ed that a distance of 57 miles has been travelled on the common road, in a Bath chair, by electro-magnetic power, in one hour and a half. And further, that the applier comes over daily from St. Albans to the Bank of England in the said chair in half an hour, at an ex pense of sixpence. The model of an electromag netic engine, which has been exhibiting at the Adelaide Gallery for some time, is an instance of ingenious mechanic arrangement, whereby contact is broken and renewed, the poles reversed, &c. ; and from its performances .gave great promise of practical powers on a larger scale. The battery employed is the nitric acid, or . Grove's battery. Of the invention that has done the great feat, and established the successful application of this wonderful agent, we know little more than its success. We hear that the increase of power is due to the discovery of a new combination of elements; that this is the secret of the moving - pwer ; and that the battery is to be the subject of a patent.—Literary Gazette, Aug. 21. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. —The following notice wasyesterday posted in the Court on Saturday, and it may be advisable that creditors who require their di vidends should make an early application to the Ac• count Int-General if their cases are " urgent," or else they must remain without their little modicums for the next two months : " Lord Chancellor. " Friday, Aug. 20, 1811. " In Bankruptcy. I do order that the books of the Accountant in Bank ruptcy be closed from the 21st day of August to the 4th day of October next, and that during that time no draft for any effects shall be signed and delivered out, nor any purchase, sale, or transfer, of any stocks, securities, or effects, be made by the said Accountant in Bankruptcy, for or on account of any bankrupt's estate; provided that the said Accountant be at liberty to sign orders or checks for dividends in such cases u m4y appear urgent," /. =AI ed. orb sorb