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EVENING EDITION Bill, and saying that ha had not the slightest de•ire of then intruding the subject upon the House, provided he should have an opportunity of doing so on a future ocea nion. He was also unwilling to do so in the absence cf a Learned Serjeant who ha d paid great attention to th e subject, and as it was o ne of great importance he hoped that no technical rule would be interposed to prevent its being properly diseusve I. Lord J. RUSSELL said he agreed in what his Hon. Friend had said on the importance of the subject. He should be vary sorry that it should come on at a late hour, or when the Speaker was in the chair, when it could not be brought forward with any good effect. He was quite ready, and was desirous, when it was brought forward, that it should be fairly discussed. Mr. WAKLEY was understood to say, that such being the understanding of the House, he should defer the sub ject, but he hoped he should have a full attendance when he brought it forward. The House then went into Committee. On clause 6 being propose 3, Mr. W. ATTWOOD, in the absence of Mr. J. Jones, moved, after the words " any general rule," to insert the words " except rules, orders, and regulations relating to relief or maintenance of the poor." Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed that the rules should be entered on the minutes of the Commissioners, and they would then appear before Parliament, as a mat tcr of course. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Oa clause 7 being proposed, Mr. TOWNLEY PARKER sa'd that be wished to :rove a prcvlso to the clause, but, in order to do so, it ould be necessary for him, in the first instance, to move t'-,o discussion of certain words in the clause. His opinion was, that sufficient publicity was not given in the various ur.i.mts to the orders and regulations of the Poor-law Com missioners: There were many unions in which the rules aqd regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners did not meet the public eye, and were unknown even to the board vi guardians, but were shut up in the drawers of the c!crks of the union. It was his intention td move this ad dition to the clause—" Provided always, and be it enacted, that the Commissioners shall be required to publish every order, ru'e, or regulation, which the said Commissioners gtll issue after the passing of this Act, before the same shall come into operation in any union at least twice in the *Ric newspapers circulated within the locality of the said union." That would be a wholesome regulation, if adropterl ; and therefore in order that that proviso might be added, he begged to move the omission of certain words in the clause. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it would not be advisable that the rules should be published in the newspapers. It would be very inconvenient to do so, and would be very ex pensive. - Colonel SIBTHORP was surprised that the Noble Lord shoul I objcct on the ground of expense. He re gretted to say that there was a great deal of expense use lessly inflic ed on the ccuntry—the salaries of the Noble Lord and Hon. Gentlemen opposite, for instance. ( Laughter.) Ho theught it would be satisfactory that publicity should be given to the orders cf the Commis nieners, and he knew of no better channel through which it could be mad 3 than the county newspaper. Mr. FOX MA ULF: thought the clause was one en tirely of a humane nature. Suppose it should be desirable to relax a stringent rule by leaving out the words now pro posed to be left out, they would be deprived of all power cf relsx'ng the rule : and, if the advertisement in the county papers were insiste I on, such ri:l3xation could not tllce place for fourteen d sys. After a few words from Mr. T. EGERTON and Mr. ORINSDITCII, Mr. T. PARKER withdrew his motion for the omis sion of the words. The clause was then agreei to, with some verbal amendments, Mr. T. Parker having intimated his inten tion r.f moving the proviso on the bringing up the clause. On the next clause, regulating eerzain proceedings in prcscentionF, being proposed. Lc.rl G. SOMERSET thought that in criminal pro c rdingi the 1. huse might Le fund productive of incon venieace. ATTORNEY-GENE RALdefended the clausc. Mr. GORING and Mr. GRINISDITCH objected to that part ( f the clause which appl'ca to criminal pre c:eiings. The SOLICrTOR-GENER AL 'defended the clause. Lord G, SOMEUSET sa'd he should take the sense of ti:e Howe upon the omission of the words to which he objrc:ed. Sir C. GREY supported the clause. After some further discussion, strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee d;vided, when there appeare 1-7 - For the clime For the amendment IYlajozity On our return to the gallery we found Lord G. SOMERSET obj cting to that part of the clause which impose] costs upon the parties for disobeying the orders of the Commissioners. He thought there sliould be some proviso with regard to the publicity of th?se , orders in the first instance. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the e ought to be a discretion left in tne Court as to cost-. Sir G. GREY thought the ii:troduction or the words if it thall seem fit," where the Court was empowered to ev,ard costs, would be the hest way of meeting the objee- Cal of tho Noble Lord opposit". Mr. J. JONES paipfea to add in line sixteen after :Ito word coEte, the words ‘• in any ci.il case." The Hen. ":"ocher stkt2d itr.t his object in moving that amendment that the prcv:tion might not apply to criminal case?. General JOHNSON sail he did not think that civil ca-c; werc clit,!inguishable from criminal one?. %Ir. J. JONES tboti'ht that aey were clearly distill guisbahle, nryi he would, therefore, press the amendment. After so no discussion, is which L r 1 Granvil!e Somer_ eftc,. the Attorref-General, Mr. Darby, and otior Hop. •osr.bcrs took par, the Houso divideJ, when there favour of the nrreadmcn Against it- cgr-'inst the arneadTeit —24 On clause 9 boing proimscd a dc9ultory corvr-a!,iur, respe2t to its postporetivnt, took plice t,e , wcun , Cu.2tain PeAell, Mr, W. Duncornhe, al(' Lord Jahn whcn it1..! , 11-ThiTell said that t'e part of the chute which he peroosod to strike out (lid ri( t apply to the Gil- Len uoions„ It was a part that iniolved a most important titeition, je 3 rd J. RUSSELL wished to tell the Hon. Gze-itle men Ik.at they could net postpone a pert of a cUuse—tbe elaeso should be postpoeei or none. 7,:r. GORING would propose the postponement cf the cf eiu till :dee. Ess , e,-. It was i;nportant to know the tierio to which it. weule be postponed. Mr. GO ULB URN : - ,uggestea ti c te some day ' fixed for the postpueerneet the clause,, iii order tisee Hue. Ne:ubcra might he prepared Li- the discusisiori to which the sehjcet might give rise. Lord .1. RUSSELL tsi I that the chose would be dis custed in its reguler order. Whet: the House got through the Bite Le imagined they would t .ko up the postponed claeses in weir order. if the discussion on the presei.t Ls "'" l3 ' , WOUN ceme on late in the eveni! g, he thought he wored gve notice of its Leing adjourned to the swecei.'- lee . ; day. In reply to so.ee obi-ere:Aim; rr.en Mr. W. DUls , tOr4I3E, Lo‘.l J. RUSSELL said that if the all should not Le glne through by Fr. olay night, he I not rrea to go on t , i':z , the remainder of it till after Easter. fhe clate:e 17...5 then postponed. On clause 10 being proposed, ,eQu e r 3 t l . o nel WOOD mc v e d th e i nsert i on o f t h e word, " In eiet vvhi,u county lunatic asvleres have beca ienseed ter the reee o f p ion pauper linaPier." Mr. e s "S o v y fThlieted to the clause, on the ground cif its celfouldite s . clicols for the p .or with lunatic asy lums. it was ve ryi c pertant that Emetic asylums should be estah iThed t rnt r.a-ts of the country ; but, in. steed of teixile- up ill ' , a separate 13111 should containie T e w h eye:rliv e e tsi po wers for the purpose int; educed, of C3t: iblishing them. be kapt quite separate. woque:Cons, however, should Lo JOHN RUSSELL said the rola for introdue r.l :ii precision was the Very incifi : - ieut:7 l :t n e i.o f the l aw %%ill respect to such asylums. There % placed in workhouses w u ll o o wwoeurlednhotavpe norov objection t on w e sup.a gustts e persons meet.: cal attendance. pot t a Big which would improve the present system, and wi this view the Noble L o r d said he would neeve i that tlee words " insane or" be Omitted. Lord ASHLEY thought the subject of great import_ aece. There bail been gloat defects under the o f prese nt stem. Much had been done in the rerghb metropolis to remove the. evils , House would wcld direct had u prevailed, end he hoped. the Noble Lord and t he their attention to the subject, with a view to extend these behefits to al 1 puts of the country. Mr. E. BULLER said there was a large class cf per sons who we're very ill provided for. Ha trusted that some provision ver.iuld be soon made for their benefit. Lord G.'riANVILLE SOMERSET hoped that Bill would shr ,rtly be iteroduced ; and that the Noble Lord weed not. forget his promise. The. 'omission was then agreed to. eh.. B. WOOD moved in line 4, after the word "fit," to ad " with the consent of a majority of each board of gueeelians of such unions." 7 ,...0rd JOHN RUSSELL objected to the amendment, a: id was of opinion that the proviso which he had intro (-uced would be sufficient to prevent any abuse of the Fi e wee. given by the clause. Mr. HODGES supported the amendment. Mr. GROTE wished it was true that the guardians of the poor took proper care of the education of the children. He not wi the w d ishet or werekhouse uspossible for th em to d o so. They could poor pari s h, w h en t h ere were in a L e t twenty cr thirty children, procure for them such train ir,;. as prnvided, for instance, in the normal school at - fee mece d. He hoped the House would do nothing to modify the el.euse or to render it ineffective. Believing thet the object. of the clause was to secure the best possible training fur ;,super children, he hoped it wo u ld h e agreed to without r.ny substantial alteration. Mr. GRAHAM thought that the arguments drawn from the school at Norwood, in which the children of the metropolitan poor were received, could not apply tothe a'ztleultural districts, with which he was best acq ua i nted, He thought that the effect of the clause as it stood would be most injurious. He felt the greatest difficulty in con senting to a compulsory power of removing the chiHrea from their own parish to distant schools, in which ihey would be separated for years, if not for ever, from all local Leaments and assrciations. He felt the greatfst cbjec teunto the p roposed arrangement, but he did not intend to enforce his views by tkil understood) by oub t ti .e or (as we Toti ng 31:0; the s amendment. Mr. HAWES said there were 50,000 children scattered about in the neighbousrhocood of the etropolis without any xneaßs of education. in establishment of th?. school at Norwood numerous applicationstbweob }ad been made to ob tain the services of children fore could procure no employment. The children in thaet establishment readily found respectable persons to take chargeOf them. The Hon. ' Member complained that no a.-2equate provision had been made for the education cf pauper children. Colonel WOOD said that if the Hon. Gentleman's statement was correct, the Poor-law Commissioners had been very neglectful cf their duty. A very large sum of money had been expended for that purpose.—( Hoar, hear. ) He thought that if they collected tee childrea in gee_ numbers in rural districts, they would break up connexions which would be extremely useful to them in after life. He thought the provision would have a very prmicious tendency, and, he would, therefore, give it his best oppo sition. Sir H. VIVIAN said, from all be knew of the rural districts, he was of opinion that the clause would operate very beneficially. In the uoion of wh'es he was chair man he had seen a partial application of the principle, and the result of his experience was that it was highly advan tageous to the poor. Lord STANLEY said the motion of the Hon. Mem ber f'sn. Southwark was to require the consent of the guardians to the institution of certain establishments. As the clause originally stood, it included the infirm, the in sane, and the infant. The word infirm bad been ex plained not to mean the aged, and the word insane had been struck out. The word infant only were left to be considered. His Hon. Friend behind him had very justly stated, that under this system connexions of great importance in their after life would be broken up. His Hon. Friend, however, had omitted to notice another objection, namely, that it was compulsory. The advan tage derived from education, however great, was counter balancei by the circumstance that the children's natural affections were not cultivated. Ho willingly admitted the statement of the Hon. Gentleman as to the effect which had been produced upon the children at Norwood. He would give to the Commissioners power to deal with chil dren who had no parents or natural protectors, but he would not consent to an indiscriminate application of such a principle. Helcould never agree that illegitimate chil dren had an equal claim upon the State with the children of virtuous parents, who had been unavoidably reduced to poverty. His Hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock had given notice of a clause providing that a clergyman of the Church of England should be attached to these schools. They were about to place these children under the pro t.:ction of the State, and it was right that they should be educated in the religion of the State.--( Hear, hear.) God forbid that be should object to receiving the chilli-en of Dissenters into those schools, or to allowing thorn to receive all the benefits of the system; but he contended that all the children should be placed under the control of a minister of the Establithed Church. With these rest' ic lions and alterations, he should support the dune. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, whatever amendments ha might be disposed to introduce, he could not allow that when - paupers asked to be maintained at the public ex pence, that they would refuse to the State the power of giving them a good and religious education. Ha was borne out in this determination by the condition of the poor at the time they had been taken into unions. —( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then read a statement of the former condition of the poor in the Isle of Thanet and in the Union of Chale. The poor had no right to refuse to the State the power of making them Christians. He could not see how it was possible reasonably to obj ct to that view. The objection that the children were taken from their parent , , and had no opportunity of cultivating natural ties, was a very plausible objection; but he thought the sccicty which the children met with in such places was not such as would be likely to improve the morals of the children.—(Hoer, hear.) With respect to the motion of the lion. Member for Kilmarnock, he (Lord J. Russell) would think it an advantage that a clergyman should be established. But an objection had already been raised on account of tl:e burdens imposed by the erection of chapels in connection with the workhouses. Wherever there was a board c.f guardians composed partly of Dissentr,r3, any additional burdens would meet with graat cpposi'ion. He oral not, therefore, agree to that proposition, notwith withstanding the benefit which it rn . ght be the means of conferring. Mr. (i 0 ULBU tiN vs-Pied to know whether any plan could he adopted by means of which, in small distli,:t4, clergymen could he allowed to attend to the children ia the workhouses. Lfrd J. RUSSELL was understood to object to any such plan. Mr. COL QUHOUN agreed that central echools would be a source of great benefit, but it appeare I from the Reports of the Commissioners, that Dr. Kay had given his testimony in favour of placing the children under the superintendence of a clergyman of the Church cf England. Mr. SL A NE Y rose amidst loud cries of " Oh." He said there could be no doubt of the immense importance of the subject. These children were and would be often the offspring of guilt and crime; yet no fault attrurhed to them, therefore, even if it was a question of expense, it was their duty to incur it. But he would be able to prave that by being liberal in their eduction, they would, in fact, be saving the money of the nation, for those poor infants who ware in darkness, would be brought to light, and prevented from cos - ing the country expense for their punishment as criminals. In unions there were not enotro of children to provide a good achoolmas!er—the guardians would not go to the expense. Besides, in the union workhouse, there was an impossibility ot giving them that industrial education which would make them such servants as masters and mistresses desired to have. In proof of the old system having been a fsinire, in the unions of Norfolk and Suffolk, the cost of giving premiums along with these poor chiAren was 40 00r/., and the masters were of a low character and de scription, who, ia place cf taking them with t i itention of taldag care of them, their only object was to get qui,. of tli , rn as soon as possible is order t 3 enjoy the prcn.i.mi. Even then, on the score of economy, they ought t t adopt the new system, far the children had been so much im proved in both morals and bodi!y health, that nus'ers and miitressei were anxious now to take the no at thi!teen 3eirs of age without any premium —( Loud cries of " Divide.") Sir R. PEEL after rendieg th very int resting Report on the trbi,ing of pauper ehiltiten, had con e to the ci,iaion that by corg , og sting children io large numberr, they took the only means of affording the m a g. n)i l and tre - ful vducation.—( Carers.) At the same time he was of opinion that, as they would make the children the children of the Sta•e, w ahile the State had a Sti.t.! reli gion, they wer:) bound to chord the children a religious education according to tie principles adored by the Sta'e. —(lf:sr, hear.) Too cvi fence of Dr. Ks r, as ne l l the injunctions given to the Chaplain at Norwood, fully pr vcd the recessity of giving children a religious Auca ti in 'f they wanted their education to prove of any use to ti en. Still these were the gnieral principles—there were and might be many cases where great injury might e done, and gross violation of filial aff,x!i3n be done by a strict adherence to the geacral rule. Take the case of a man, his wife arid children being thrown out of work by some sudden derangement of trade. Suppose it to be only temvartry—say a week or two, or a month even—if they claimed the right t) take the children of able-bodied poor, hat an interruption of scholastic dtei, a would take Once if the wa - ,tor did not know but 100 of them might e!akto away in so shore a ti:ne. Yet ware they to deprive the: e c iniren of 3.11 eduction? Surely not; then they must have a double systern.—( Hear, hear.) lie thougl t or pLans, or the children of consicts, ought to be adopted apt the children of the Stain. But he was not prepared to say that bezauic a woman might have been seduced and had a child, which might be the only solace she had—he was not quite prepared to ray that ehiidren under such 6. coma stances should be forcibly taken to district schools He should wish to know what was the probable number of ch ldren that would he thus educated, end, considering the expenselho country had been pat to in erecting union svcrkhoussr, he hoped the Commissioners would net press too hardly the erection of these schools. The education in the workhouses was not so bad now as it had been re present •d. Out of 32 union , , 23 had sent the cliddren either to natio:n.l schools or endowed schools; so that the:e acre only nine left who had to provide education. These, however, were merely difficulties in the working of the plan ; Let he was satisfied th it, if they cou ld erect schools to be under the superintendence of chaplains of the Church of England, they would be effecting agreat good, and the clause should bare his cordial support. - Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thlught the amendment of !Ira Hen. Member for Southwa, k would be a useful check on ail cackr,cy to incur u.elksi expense on the part of the Cornmission , :rs, and he should support it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL suggested that the c'iscussi3n on the amendment proposed by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough should be taken before the division. Mr; LANG DALE hoped he had misunderstood what h o itd th f e allen from the Right Hon. Baronet, that the children poor, being children of the State, shocH all be edu catedmvointtemtehleaSotaftereligion. butHe had no . objection . to the of parental superintendence, t aki ng a child i gal:d without chaplains, he did object to the nt w en il d o ence m , ave baeueyn regard d ive t d o the religion gious instructilets party, of its friends, and of the rel;- forcin it, i n °it might previously have received, the State spitereligion, of its former principles, to become a awful propositio If this w ere th e case i t was t h e most a ever mat e • not bring himself to be l ieve In Parliament, and he could Right Hon. Gentleman i that he had understood the adopted at NJrwood. li ti' t t n l Y- This principle was not had gone and instructed ehildreewn Catholic clergymen who Hon. Member for Kilmarnock m:annttat school. If the lion that the chaplain should have the general the term instrue- tendenco of the school, 1., ; -c might not perhapseneral auperin_ but if it were meant to give the chaplain object to . the exclu sive right to giving religious instruction to thechildren, whether they wen,' Roman Catholics or rs issenteri, to that he would give his most decided opposition. Sir ROBERT PEEL had before said that if the p a .; rents objected to the children being sent to thcae schools to that objection they ought to defer.—(Hear.) He had always held that they had no right to force the religion o f the State upon a child if the natural guardians, the parents, objected to it ; and if a Roman Catholic father, or Roman Catholic parents, objected to have his or their children educated in the doctrines of the Established Church, that objection ought to bo scrupulously deferred to.—( Hear, hear.) He had been speaking of the children of con victs ; when he had been misunderstood by the lion. Gen tleman he had been speaking on the subject generally, and had not, perhaps, sufficiently guarded himself. He always had contended that whenever the natural guardians of a child objected to its being instructed in the religion of the State that objection ought scrupulously to be deferred to. They had no right to force on any child a religion objected to by its parenta.—( Cheers.) Mr. LANGDALE was rejoiced to bear the explana tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, From his known tole rant principles, he had thought that ho must have mis understood What had previously fallen from him. mr. MUNTZ said that the Right Hon. Baronet h a d not said whether c hildr en , so s it ua t e d as b e h a d d escr ib e d , were to have any religious instruction in their own faith, or whether they were to be deprived of it altogether. Strangers were ordered to withd raw, then divided-- For the amendment Against it Majority.,,, - On our re-admission to th e gallery we found 64 Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET on his legs pro posing his amendment that in clause 10, line 5, after the words " infant poor" there should be inserted the words " who shall he orphans, or who shall be deserted by their parents, or whose parents or guardians shall be assenting thereto." _ _ GRAND ANTI-CORN-LAW TEA PARTY AT HUDDERSFIELD. (Abridged from the Leeds Times.) On Thursday last, a great Anti-Cern-Law Tea Party took place at Huddersfield in the Philosophical Hall. About 500 persons sat down to ta. A great number of ladies graced the scene, which was exceedingly elegant and animated. The guests were accommodated at a crass table on a raised platform, and immediately behind them was raised a handsome triumphal arch, of painted marble, and divergirg on each d the arch was inscribed side m i o n u t n e t t e n d e b s y i dthe wings. Royal u s n , the following Scripture quotations r—" He that with holdeth corn, the people shall curse him."—Prov. 9, 26. On one side was inscribed " Rob not the poor because he is poor."—Ptov. 22, 22; and on the other, " The bread of tire needy is his life."--Eccles. 24, 27. A little behind this arch was elevated a round tablet, inscribed, " The 335 Electors of Walsall." An excellent band of music played several lively airs while the company were partaking tea. W. Brook, Esq., occupied the Clair, The CHAIRMAN, on rising, was received with loud and I F prolonged cheering. He said the situation which they had called upon him to fill was one which, when they considered the object they had in view, any man might justly be proud politics._( . of.—( Hear, hear.) That object was one which, he re joiced to say, could not , by any possibility, resolve itself intoe o a f questionfa ( Hear, hear.) It was o than any question which_ could agitate the political world—it was a question of whether the people of this country, who are proverbially a nr greater of p i a m rt y y nr manufacturing people, should continue to be so or not.— ( Cheers.) Whether they regarded the structure of that portion of the earth which they occupied—the great ele ments of lime, iron, and coal ; or whether they regarded the physical structure of its component parts, all combined to constitute this country, and the people of it, to he ma nufacturers to the greatest extent which the human mind could imagine.—( Hear.) He must be allowed, in the first place, to express the high gratification he felt at seeing that assemblage honoured by the presence of so manyladies.— ( Cheers.) It was a happy omen when the ladies undertook any cause, for success was ever the triumphant issue. _(Cheers.) It was also a source of great pleasure to him, to witness the number of operatives at this meeting. —(Hear, hear.) He would her of them never to forget that what affected the master affected the man, that their interests were an indissolubly united together as it was pos sible for any two classes of society to be ; that they were sailing in the same boa', and rho wave that swamped the one would inevitably sink the other.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Their presence showed to the meeting, and to the country at large, that they were not insensible and in different spectators to what was going on, and that they were capable of thinking as well as acting.—( Cheers.) He regarded the Corn-laws as the greatest curse that ever afflicted a country like England, and failing in their efforts to get rid of them there was nothing to look forward to hut ultimate ruin both to the commercial and manufacturing population.—( Hear, hoar.) He bad no hesitation is say ing that on the question of the Corn-laws, ignorance the most profound and unaccountable abounded both in the humbler and higher walks of life, and whilst he had no immediate hope, either by lecturing or re monstrances', of getting anything from the land owners, his advice to them was—petition, and never let them cease petitioning, until they got all they wanted; for petitioning, after all, was the only constitu tional mode of getting rid of any national grievance.— ( Hear, hear.) But they would never petition with cif et until they made knorledge as univ real amongst the mass of the people, as it was now unfottunately aid lamentably deficient.—( Hear, hear.) Let knowledge spread, and then John Bull, arising in his majesty, would tell the Le gislature that he had leng enough been shackled by cruel and oppressive laws, which injured the rich and poor alike, and that if they could not make up their minds to emanei. pate him from that degree of thraldom, he would do it for them.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Let the meeting not misunderstand him. He (Mr. Brook) was not an a Ivo crate of physical force. _(Hear, hear.) He was a great advocate for moral fore-, and if their cause could not I e gained by its own intrinsic merits and its justice, he would abandon it that very moment.—(The Chairman resumed his seat amidst much cheering. ) W. R. C. STANSFIELD, Esq., Si. P., was received with repeated cheering, and adciressieg them as Ladies and Gentlemen, said that he ought to apologise for his ahserce from his duty at the House of Commons, ai h which he can occupied, when their summons to attend that meeting reached him, but he thought the importance of the subject about which they were assembled, would enable him to justify himself in his conscience and to them for that temporary absence.—(Hear.) It was very true, as their worthy Chairman had told them, that his existence and support in life depended on the produce of the sod, he had inherited from his ancestor?, but he hoped that interest would never induce him for a moment to act un justly towards others, by being a party in placing restric tions upon; the necessaries of life. —( Cheers.) In his humble opinion, from what they saw daily passing in the stream the impolicy of the present restrictions was almost a self-evident proposition. Was it to be said, that when the county of York had abundance, and the county of Lan caster was deficient, they were to be prevrnte i by re trie rions from supplying each others' wants ?—( Hear, hear. ) That when England had a deficient harvest, Ireland was trot to send of its super-abundance here, and that they should be proliit - A of from taking the beer tit cl the surplus produce of Germany, of France, and cf America?—(dear, hear.) It had been considered that a free trade in corn would place them in a position of dependence upon teen enemies, inconsistent with the dignity and character of the country. Hence it was said they must raise corn fu r tim-nsel,cs. How was it to be done? That corn could only be produced at an extra cost, they must throw their labour away upon unproductive soi's, and they thus checked the great stimulus of commerce, and they checked the in tercourse betwixt country and country, which formed the basis of n large manufacturing community.—( Ilear, hear. ) It was one greet fallacy of their opponents that cheap corn would make cheap wages; aid the applica ion of this principle ha ii been the means cf dividing the two - greet masses of the community—the masters and the operatives. Ho congratulated them on the forma tion of an Operative Corn-law Asseciation in Huddersfield. By the dearness of provisions, the labourer was obliged to force his young children to work for subsistence; the young mind, before receiving those sound sentiment; inapt tote i by educatien, and which were necessary to f urrn the ne tiouel character, saes seat uneducated, unformed, unpro temed, into the world. The market of labour was thus broke down, the roaster had three bends where he only wanted two, and he said I can only afford to give you the same price fur the three as I could for the two, met ther fore I must divide it amongst you. They knew that pre tection ruined the silk trade— they knew that protection ruined the glove trade—and he was fully Convinced that Protection had ruined the fanners,_Hesr, hear ) Leave him tar his own resource, make him adopt the most ecene • mic rl mode of bringing his goods to market, and see whe ther instead of considering, as in 1829, 80s , he will not then coni-ter 50; or 60s. a fair remunerating price. With a favourable harvest he produced more than was required —the demand was not equal to the extra quamity thrown into the market, and he was hest down by the very cause he expected to Le the source of his osperity, and so much so, that in flue year 1835 or 1836, ern fell from the bare produce so unnaturally fostsimi by the protection of the Corr-laws to a price of 395. per quarter. Hear, hear.) Them flocturations could not he beneficial to the farmer, hose cat itch was ievested in land. The Cern-laws were only part and parcel of a system ; Hero were restrictions in other articles of food of all kinds. The reseal might not be carried this year, or next year, hut he thought ere long they would he able to rest from their labours, with the. consolation cf having fought the good fight and conque el, —( Repeated cheering.) Mr. E. BAINES. jun., came forward amidst enthusiastic cheering, to move the first resolution. There were many questions, he said, which plain common sense, and a heart in its right plscre conducted directly to the same conclu sion as the m -st enlightened philosophy ; and he believed the question of the Corn-laws to be emilently one of them, for Wain common sense told them that a man Ita. I a ri eht to obtain his necessary food wherever, by honest labour, he could get the mast of it, and the best and the most profound political philosophers bad most clearly established the point that it was for the interest of the nation tint Go vernment should leave their subjects to the sure gui lance and instinct of self. interest, in supplying their wants and directing their industry.--( Hear, hear.) He would trust to the truth of these principles for the establishment of perfect freedom of trade in every country on the face of the globe. But he was prepared to show that Eng land, more especially, was interested in the utmost possible freedom of trade, and more particularly in the article of human food.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He thought that all her disadvantages, and all her advantages, both natural and acquired, combined to mako her so. Let them consider, first, her disadvantages. They Lad a limited territory, compared with the immense population which was to be supported within it. They had a soil of moderate fertility compared with the soil of many other countries, so that they were not capable of growing corn and many other agricultural productions so advantageously as those which were produced in warmer climates.— ( Cr:es of " Hear.") They laboured, also, under a weight of national debt, which, inasmuch as it pressed on all kinds of industry alike, rendered it the more oncurnhent not to impose any unnecessary burthens on industry, and more especially that no law should exist which pressed directl y on the springs of human life. _(Hear, hear.) Another of their disadvantages consisted in what might be termed the political position of Eng land with respect to her colonies, which, being diffused over the face of the whole globe, ren dered her more exposed to collision with other countries than many of her neighbours who did not possess colonies to the same extent. But then the natural and acquired advantages of this country equally pointed out England as a country in which the true policy is to make perfect freedom of trade. Hor exhaustless mines of coal and iron, the happily situated sec-ports of the country, the facilities of internal communication, the physical and moral qualities of the people, her insular situation, which exempted her from the danger of innovation, and protected those great manufacturing establishments which, in other countries, were so often broken up by the scourge of war —all these circumstances p o inted out Englan d net onl y a s the workshop of Eu ro pe, but of the world, and as an ex ample to all other nations of the importance of perfect freedom of intercourse. Hear, hear.) Another eircum_ freedom of which pointed out most clearly tha t p erfect of trade was the true policy of England, was the as. cendaney she had acquired on the seas--all ascendancy which, at the present time, was as proud as_ at any former time—( Hear, hear) —and which gave them the assurance that whatever trade they might carry on, they had the power to protect it.—( Hear, bear.), Another there other and a most important advantage was, t h a t in E was an immense body of disciplir.eJ manufacturing opera tins, trained in every minute sub - d ivision of labour, to the highest point of perfection and skill, for making all those articles of manufacture, which wore sent to the re molest corners of the earth, and by which alone they could produce (for they bad not agricultural produce to enable them to do it), every production of every clime under the sun, and bring them all to adorn and enrich this island of the ocean. Another circumstance which he considered of great weight, in pointing out her trade to be her true THE SUN, LONDON, TURMAY, MARCH 30, 1641 policy, and especially in corn, was the great arnouot of capital wide]] this country possessed in making England the granary of the world—a depot for foreign corn, so that they could both supply thamselvee, and be the means of supplying other countries that might be labouring under scarcity or dearth.— ( Hear, hear.) But it has been Intl mat d to them by their Honourable Re;‘resentative that there were some, and he ( Mr. Baines) was sorry to say a large class (though it would scarcely be believed, if the fact were not known to he notorious), who imagined that if the people of England depended, in any degree, upon foreigners for the supply of food, it would be in their power to starve them when they pleased; Sir James Graham was excessively troubled with this apprehension. —(Laughter.) Now hit (Mr. Baines's) fir st observation on this point was, that we are already, in a degree, de pendent on foreigners for a supply of faod, aced he should like to know what would have been their position if they had not gone to foreign markets for their supply for the last three years?—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") They could not dispense with the aid of the foreigner. They could not build a wall of brass round the island to keep out foreign food, if they would do so.—(Hear, hear.) But then it is said that war might cut us off from the supply of food. Now one of the most delightful, oae of the most im portant fruits of free trade was, that it tended to destroy that horrible aed impious scourge to the world—war.— (Cheers.) It tended to bind together the nations of the earth in the strong bonds of mutual interest, and, ther fore, would prevent them going to war, even if pre pared. But even if the war did arise, lie (Mr. Baines) should be ashamed if Sir James Graham, who had filled the situation of First Lord of the Admiralty, should tall him or the people of this country that England, whose fleets covered the ocean, need fear being cut off from sup plies of whatever was necessary for the population.— ( Hear, hear, hear, and prolonged cheers.) He repeated he should be much ashamed to believe in the possibility of any such thing. Every man they could meet in the street exhibited about him a hundred illustrations of the all-commanding power of demand to bring supply even front the most distant quarter. He owed his hat to the beever of Labrador, his coat to the sheep of Saxony or of New Holland, his shirt to the flax growers of Russia, his stockings to the cotton planters of the Mississippi, his handkerchiefs to the silk worms cf Italy and China, his shoes to the oxen of Buenos Ayres, his wa'ch to the mines of Mexico or Peru.—( Hr ar, hear.) He breakfasted daily on the produce of China, sweetened by the sugar of the Indies ; his dinner was furnished either with substan tial food or its accessaries from the furthest East and West : the timber of his house 'came from the forests of Russia or of Canada; his furniture from Honduras or Brazil ; in short, the stores of the whole world were poured through innumerable streams, to cicthe, feed, and adorn the very labourers of England. —(Cheers.) Now, all these things were paid for by the manufactures of this country; and as long as we can afford to pay for them, surely they would be able to obtain all that they required. But manufactures alone were the means with which they had to pay, and if they destroyed manufactures they snip ped the main-spring of their national prosperity and great ness.—(Cheers.) Mr. Baines moved the first resolution, and resumed his seat amidst prolonged ehearing. " That this meeting, disclaiming any party political ob jects, declares that it aims exclusively at the total and im mediate repeal of the Corn-laws—re object which it pledges its best efforts to obtain by every Constitutional means." J. T. CLAY, Esq , of Rastrick, seconded the resolu lutior, which, together with all the ether resolutions, was passed unanimously. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, Esq., of Liverpool, said he hoped they would look on this question—not merely as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, but as a matter of justice. All these restrictions on food were founded on the principle of violating the law of God—" Thou shalt not steal !"—( Hear, and laughter.) He begged them to leok at the awful consequences of this tax in Bolton, where he had recently been, and where there were 1,300 cottages, where, in consequence of the Corn-law restric tions on cue commerce having suspended the prosperity of our trade, and from ittahilizy to obtain work to gain a livelihood—( Hear, tear)—lei bread being dear, the poor occupants a these cottages one after ariGther were obi gerl—after heving rendered their homes desolate, by pawning and selling every article they pesseised, to leave their abodes. Could they suppose that these wretched men could arrive at such a pitch of destitution without death committing havoc among them?—( Hear, hccr.) Ner was Belton a solitary instance. The very best men in sociof, the working bees, were driven by their harsh restriction from amongst them and obliged to emigrate. It was not bread alone that was thus restricted. What if he told them of thousands of cattle slaughtered annually on the plains of Buenos Ayres, whose carcases were left to rot there.—(Hear, hear.) Thus the people of England were allowed to die of famine, while these cattle might be transported into our island, and sold for 2d. or 3d. per pound.—( Hear.) England had arrived at a crisis, and unless she stretched forth her hand and put forth the clergies of her soul, she was sunk as a nation. Mr. Heywood concluded by moving the resolution, and sat down amid loud cheers. " That as indifference to the repeal of the Corn-laws must arise mainly frem ignorance of their mischievous operation, it is the bounden duty cf (very person present to expose generally, and especially to the working classes, this chief cause of deficient em ploy neat, le.v wages, dear bread, and consequent poverty and suffering. M-. Rewsoer, of Manchester, seconded the resolution. Mr. T. PUNT, of Leeds, moved the third resolution, which was as f e llo w s That this meeting, considerine the strong epinions expressed by the leading men of all poli:ic tl pertiee upon the desii ableriess and necessity of an i nmediate niteration in the import duties of the kingdom, kel greatly encouraged thereby to persevere in all consti tutional effirts te obtain the tool and immediate repeal of the existing Corn-laver, the is:Tolley and injustice of which lees every day's experience more and more demonstrates." He n-.i . ;ht be allowed to express the great pleasure which he felt, that public at'ention was drawn so strongly to the import duties of this kingdom, and a general opinion prevailed among rrerca:itile men of all shades of politics, that their ta - iff must be materially altered and improved. ilea-.) At the same time, he must also be al lowed to express his fears that there was a c.trotie class of persons ale) would be quit- ready to alter the to itr, but by whoa, the main question would he shi-ked and era led, and until that great act of injusii-e, that disgrace to the stattve book, that act of legalised robbery of the mass of the people— the Corn-laws—were ext ta,guished, all other reforms in their tariff would fa 1 to se cure the well-being of the whole cernmunity.— ( Hear, hear, hen-.) He for one was most anxiou; that they should not, its their anxiety with regard to those alterations, overlook or fneget that which was most itn portant of all.—( Hear, hear.) He would ask any intelli gent person, hew it was possible for wager to he higher when corn was dear ? What was implied by corn being dear, but that it was scarce ? Could they divide teelve parts out of ten, for that was really the philosophy of the matter ? If they could do so, then he would tell them how a high rite of wages could exist pith the high p:iee of food.—( Hear, hear.) The proposition was toe stupid aed absurd to be cntertsio.'d for a moment. How ss e e they to determine Cie !ate of wages, in the first in stance? By the quantity of proitice. In proportion as a community were successful in all the arts of produc thee, whether agricultural or manufacturing, in that voy proportion that community would have high war;e3, because the amount to distribute among them woul' .1 be large. —(Hear.) They had been told that free trale existed, and corn lowered, wages would fait. He should like to know how wages would fall if co nmodities mete increased.—( Hear.) If they had corn lo.er, it was on the supposition that it was more abundant relative'y to the mass f the population, and for this si aip l c reatwx, that they would not produce corn by a large expenditure of capital and labour, but by a smaller amount. The fewer the number of pereoes employed in the culfvation of feed, the greater the amount of comfort to the masses, because it left a greater number of persons in the produc tion of manufactures. Thus they would perceive at once the stupid fallacy, that if a repeal of the C orn -l aws produced a fall in the price of food, wages would tall also. —(Hear, bear.) Most serially, hew ever, did he subscribe to the doctrine that if the Core-laws existed much longer wages inevitably must fall.— (Cries of " Hear, he ar.") The latter speaker lead aduded to the inct eoe of manufacturing skill on the Coini nent ; and he ( Mr. Plint) had learned some f-cts within the last few days that would probably surprise some of them. They were elicited before a Committee now sitting in L o ndon_( Hear, hear)—and it came out that in Belgium and France, they could make machinery equally perfect with the best made in this country; and if to-morrow the Government of this country were to threw down the 1 tve which prohibits the exportation of machinery, they would not take a s ingle machine more.—( Hear.) In all the points of industry, skill, subdivision of labour, enterprise, and ingenuity, the nations of the Continent were rapidly overtaking them. What must follow ? A fall in the rate of wages, because as the profits of the manufacturers could not be reduced beyond what they now were, the difference must come out of the wages of the labourer. He entirely coincided in the observation which bad fallen from Mr. Baines as to the wisdom and benevolence of free trade ; and although indications bad been given of late that the nations of Europe were disp ose d on very insufficient grounds to go to war, and although their brethren across the Atlantic had shown a very cell siderable hastiness of spirit and temper, yet it was nut because these nations did not see the benefit of free trade, but because England had failed, in consequence of her restricted system, to link the nations together so that they could not go to war.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.) If these laws had been broken long ago, the connection be tween this country and America would have been so close, that we could not go to war.—(Hear, hear.) This was one ground of their hostility. If a system of free trade were established, security would be given against war, and then the people both at home and abroad would be come what they ought . to be—th e b ret h ren o f one great, united, and happy family.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. SCHWANN seconded the resolution. Mr. MORRIS ; of Halifax, moved the next resolution, which was as follows:—" That considering the immense influence of the press on the formation of public opinion, and the impossibility that a bad lam can long continue in defiance of enlightened public sentiment, this tnee.ing tendrrs its hearty thanks to those writers who honestly, consistently, and zealously, expose the wickedness of the bread tax." Mr. Alderman COEDEN was received with repe;tnl cheering, and said—ft had been his good fo. tune to at tend many meetings on the subject of the Cern-laws, but he might say with perfect candour he had never at:eadcd one he had witnessed with so much satisfaction as the pre sent. He had never seen one so largely favoured c‘i•h the presence, and encouraged by the smiles of the fairest and purest portion of the creation, nor had he ever known this great and comprehensive question treated in a manner mere able or exhaustive, than it had been that night. It might be fairly said that there was no other great politi cal grievance which could so long have engaged the atten. tier, of such an audience, and on which the strictures of such speakers could have been listened to, without a single op pone2t to give life and vivacity . to the discussion o so great, comprehensive, and pressing a question as that which had so long engaged their attention and their talents that night. They had heard the laws of God yin. Lord J. RUSSELL did rot object to the amendment. The amendment was pgreNl to. Several verbal amendments were made in the clause. lir. BRUGES proposed that in clause 10, page 5, line 39, after the word aforesaid" to insert the following : " Provided also that such prirc'pal sum or sums to be raised fur the purpose of pro‘ii‘ilg any such building or buildings as afcresaid, and all interest thereon, shall be raised by a special poor-rate to be made on the several parishes or unions, so united, as afore said; and that it shall be lawful for every te nant from year to year, paying such special rate, to deduct and detain out of the rent payable to his or her landlord, fa the premises in respect of which such special rate is payable, the full amount of such spacial rate so paid in respect cf the same premise?, and every such tenant shall be and is hereby acquitted and discharged of and from the payment of so much rent as such special ra'e so paid as aforesaid shall amount to." Mr. LAW HODGES hoped the House would agree to the amendment, and that his Hon. Friend would press it to a division. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said th t the amendment would go to put the entire rate upon the landlords. He would suggest that the amendment should be so framed as to subject the landlords to only half the rate. The suggestion of the Noble Lord was then agreed to. After a few words from Mr. COLQUHOUN and Lord J. RUSSELL, on the subject of a proposei amendment by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Colquboun), the House re sumed. The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. In anse er to a question from an HON. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not mean to prove the precedence of the Bill before the other orders of the day on to-morrow (this evening) after half-past eight o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND.) Mr. PIGOT moved for leave to bring in a Bill to make further provision in relation to certain Officers in the Court of Chancery in Ireland. Colonel I'ERCEVAL would oppose the introduction of the Bill, if it were intended to press the second reading before Easter. It ought to be printed and circulated in Ireland, before it was pressed forward through the House. Sir ROBERT INGLIS objected to the Bill being brought in in the present state of the House. Mr. PIG OT would not pledge himself not to move the second reading until after Easter, but if on the motion for the second reading it should be desired to postpone the discussion, he should not object to the postponement. Colonel PERCE VAL on that understanding would not oppose the motion. Leave was then given to In ing in the Bill. Mr. BARRY i3AL D WIN moved for " a Return spe cifying the names of all the guardians elected under the Poet-law Act, of the several unions which have been esta blished under the said Act, up to the present time ; ti.e years in xhich they were elected ; and stating the pro fession, trade, or calling (if any) of such guardians re spectively." Sir R. INGLIS wished to know what could be the ob ject of such returns. Mr. B. BALDWIN wishel to show that the guardians were so re.specttble that they did not ncod the superintend ence of the Commissiobers. Mr. HAWES could not see how the return would fur nish any information on the subject. Mr. FOX MAULE did not oppose the motion, be cause ho was anxi,us to furnish every inform.itioa relative to the Poor-law. The motion was agreed to. Col-nel SIBTHO RP moved for returns relative to the cases of Rebecca Mcore, deceased, and of the child of Peter Riclies, also dece.aied, in the Poole Union. The case was one of great cruelty and ought t) be known. FOX MA UL E oppjsed the motion. The case was at present under inquiry, and until thole inquiries were termialted, he could not consent to the production cf the papers. Colonel SIBTHORP was about to cn:cr iato a state ment is support of his motion, when Aa Hols. • AlEtunEa moved that the House be coun!cd and, there not being 40 Alembzrs present, the House ad. journed at a Quarter pst One o'Clock. THE CONVICT MISTER. (From the Shrewsbury Chronicle cf Friday.) A few circumstances connected with this extraordinary case have come to our knowledge subsequent to the con viction of the prisoner.. The Learned Judge who pre sided on this occasion bal scarcely reached his lodgingci, ere be was waited upon by the prosecutor, Mr. Mack reth, who, with a feeling most honourable to his heert, was anLious, if possible, to obtain a mitigation of the sentence. He acc,_irditigly handed in his card ; but it was returned, t;i h an intimation from his Lordship, that under the circumstances be did nit feel justifiA i i grant ing an interview. On Wednesday mcraing Mr. Mackreth addressed a letter to his Lordship, of which the folbwing a copy _ _ Talbot hotel, Shi ewsbury, 24th March, 1841. "My Lcrd—l hope your Lordship will pardon the libery I have taken by addressirg you in regard to the unhappy wan (Josiah Mister) wbo now lies under sentence of death in the gaol cf this town. And although lam seti-fied thht the verdict of the Jury was a just and tnae one, yes, my Lord, 1 am promplei by my faaings, sod a Ch-htian charity, which trachea us to love all men, and to do good to t'lese that persecute us,' most humbly t:, supplicate your Lordship to incline mercifully to my prayer ; and, if it i.l,ase you, to rniOga!e the sentence of the unfortunab prisoner, by spring h:s life. lam much in ! elined to beg your cle.nency f)r C:e following reasons : —V - .at as it ha . h pleased Gad to spare my life, and to restore me to a state of health equally as good as though no acvi dent had ever befallen me; for the sake cf the pri;onet's youth, his respectable connections, and the 'tope that his pre sent alitctions may be the means of reforming his conduct, and biducc him to spend the in.maining portion of his life as a Carist•an in the s'gi - .t of GA, with a grateful fading to his Maker, and the country whose laws he has offern'..e For these reasons I humbly supplicate your Lordship, that you would he I.lease I to proLng the life cf the prisoner, by allowing him to l'vo until such time as God may, in the ( - Trier of nature, summon him to cppear at the judg ment throne of Cl rist. Most rcpcetfully I subscribe my seF, your Lordship's very oheiient and hurn'ule servant, " W. M. MACKRETIL" No answer has yet been received ; but from ii.forma tion we have ottaire t, we believe it is the intention of the Learned Judge to the law take its course; he being of opinion that the eriaw, in a moral sense, was equi valent to murder. We now advert to the prisoner. On his return to gaol he was placed in the condemned cell, and a person was as usual placed to watch hi.n night and day. Every attention, con_ sist..nt with the strict discherge of Lis duty, he n exe:ci! , ed by Mr. Dawson, tine Governor; and the Chaplain, tl - e 11,..v. D. Whinstene, has been unread. g i , hid endeavours to prepare him for the fa'c which awaits i Oa Wedre,d4y morning he was iron pursu-mr to the gaol regu'ations ; he was visited by the High Sinn iff, to whom he as;c:ted Lit innt;cence, and earnestly seheited his intci c:ssion fur mercy. This, a; may be supposed, tea;. promised as far as the hoe. gentleman could ex, rt his in filter:cc, but no hope was held out. During the day he continued tolcr<illa firm ; and yesterday morning he sent far his s(dicit ,r, Mr. Jones, and at ilF.t time appeared c rally depie;sed. lie s ill persisted in his innoccric..., and suggested that a petition should be addressed to the S.cretary of State for a cornmut,ti m of the extreme pc rtaty. We understand that petition was last night de si) Itchel to the Marquis cf Normanby. The gale al impresFion, an impression founded, we ',d e an principally on the well known sere i'y of Jaa Judge bWre whom he wat tried, appears to Le, that these p..ti ions will avail the prisoner nothing, and that the er.trerne sentence of the law will be carried into execution on the morning of this day week. The scaffalding for the front of the gaol is being put in order, as, happily for the cause both of justice and humanity, the machinery of the hangman has so long fallen into desuetude, in this as well as in moat other rural districts, that it requires some time to give it the fatal facility of operation it was wont to possess when the use and abuse of crialaal punishments were less well understood than at present. An idle rumour was afloat in the early part of yesterday that the pri soner had made a full confession of his guilt. To the high sheriff, to his solicitor, the jailer, the chaplain, and to every one who has yet been permitted to fists him, we bel'eve, he continues to assert his innocence, but he has not hitherto attempted to explain away any of the more than suspicious circumstances connecting him with the transaction of the 20th of August, as developed during the trial. The Hereford Times says that twelve months ago a re port appeared in its columns of a flashing case at Leo minster, in whic'a tbii Josiah Mister enacted the principal character. Mr. Thomas Woodling, saddler, charged Mist2r with stealing from his dwelling-house near l y 20 1 . in cash notes. Mister took his trial for the offence at our spring assizes of last year, and was a cqu i tte d i n conse quence of Wooding failing in Court to identify the notes. About a fortnight ago Mister wrote to our informant at Leominster, stating that he should bring an action against him and the Editor of the Hereford Times for defamation of chat aster I taut relative named Cheshire, who We understand that the late John Holt, Esq., who died on the 20th inst., at his residence, Bispham Hall, near Wigan , worth ha hag thus mills,e qt a t h e p d oo a r ll hip farmerestates re residing a n g d dis tant ere s has fin i al s l ofla T Pr h ole T rt e y of its jam. t o h o u o b s t unexpectedly e_t e m d ly a n b e e li c e s o t m e r e tbe Guardian.ow n e r states that the will of Mme. de Feu been declared null and void, on account nsali( o y, and consequently that her property, one Lf which will whom Mine. de 0,000,000 r., will be divided ifito thirds, F g e o to the father and mother of the niece which amounts y their here ncl s t e h i. e o t. ,, Ft_ e, and ue Rhobcre,s consequently,intended at be her reel. 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Immediately these improved Spectacle Lenses are by principal members of the medical profession ; are placed before extreme imperfect vision, it is at once brought back to Its natural and original state, every object becomes clear and dis tinct, and the most minute particle is seen, either by day or candle. light, with ease and distinctness. Their Voice Conductor, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is not the least perceptible, nor more uncomfortable, than having a piece of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with exact distinctness.-39, Albemarle-street, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Bank.—No con. nexion with persons of the same name, dicetd through the works of nature that night. They had it ably told them by Mr. 3sinee and others that night, how dependent a certain (4183 of the community choke to he on the different climes and conntries of the world That was an acknowledgmeut of the law of God in the law of nature. From the knowledge of the law of God as evinced in the works of nature, he would appeal to the ministers of the Gospel, who took for their guide the revealed will of God, whether they did net find in that great book as strong a sanction for free food as could be f And in the book of nature. Ile was himself a Churchman, aid he could not understand how a minister of the Church could read the prayer of plenty and cheapness, and yet sanction this law, which, as Mr. Plat had observed, was a law of robieery.—( Cheers.) He had looked through the records of their prisons—the records of their infirmaries—and the records of their poor-houses and there found that just as food became scarce and dear, just in such proportion were the fever cases multiplied in their fever hospitals; just in the same proportion were the criminals multiplied in their prisons, and just in the same proportion did pau peri-m develope itself in their poor-housee.—(Loud cheers.) Nay, he had taken a list of the riot; and dikturbancee, and consequent bloodshed, and expense of the military and the police during the last thirty years in Lancashire, and he had taken, at the same time time, a list of the prices of corn fur the like period, and he found that the list of the average prices of corn in this coun try, was an excellent and invariable barometer of the bloodshed, tumult, and disorder, that happened during that time.—(Cheers.) It was not only on this ground be called on Christian ministers who cared to see the welfare and happiness of the community, but he had remarked another symptom spreading from the sarre gangrene. He had observed that not merely did incen diaries desolate the country, teaching men to revolt, in stilling the license of rebellion into men's minds, but that demagogues of another kind, infidel demagogue', in variably made their appearance at the same tiine.— (Cheere.) Socialism is a fungus that had spread since the price of corn rose to 755. per quarter. Ile would an swer for it that in Lancashire, in 1835, no Socialism was heard of, and no anrehensions were entertained by the clergy that such a heresy should have spread over the land. It had been entirely the produce of the tormenting dis tress that had happened since that period, which taught men when they were hungered to look to any direction for present solace and comfort.—( Hear, hear.) On these grounds he called on Christian ministers to come and help them. They required no pledge. Theirs was a simple cause, true and just in itself ; they required no man to give up an iota of his religious or politi cal opinions, to join in this great work.—(Heir, hear.) Nay more, he would appeal to the working classes, as there might be some suspicion that their object was to divot them from other political guestiens ; but in the Anti- Corn League it was a fundamental rule that the mention of political or party questions should not be al lpwed.,—( Cheers.) Therefore, whether they acre Church men or Dissenters, Whigs, Tories, Radicals, or Chartists, they were equally entitled to join in this great contest, and it was one in which they were all equally interested in the result.—( Cheers ) lie would not enter into detail on the subject of the Corn-laws, but would only ask every men to come and examine this great question, and especi ally he invited the ladies and the ministers of the Gospel, for whenever be found those two united in any cause, as they were on the great slavery question, he was sure, as they never smiled but on a just cause, that it must succeed.-- (Hear,hear.) He would say in conclusion, as others had mentioned the grounds on which they took up this great question, lie might say, he took it up entirely on the same principles as ethe rs had taken up the greet ques tion of s'avery, for he could not, for the life of him, dis cover the difference betwixt kidnapping a man and com pelling him to work, and robbing a man of the produce of labour.—( Hear, hear.) (Mr. Cobden sat down amidst loud and repeated cheers.) " That the thanks of this meeting are eFeci lly due to those ministers of the gospel who by their appearance here to-day, declare their sym pathy with, and approval ef, the great purpose of the meeting." Mr. SWAN seconded the resolution. Mr. WARREN, of Manchester, moved the following re solution :—" That this n-:eeting strongly urges the Anti- Corn-law 'Associations in this town and neighbourhood forthwith to prepare for signature peitions th both Houses of Parliament, praying for the tot,l and immeliate repeal of the existing Corn-laws." Mr. BATIIO seconded the resolution. Mr. KILNER moved the following resolution :—" That the thanks of this meeting are due to W. R. C StanE field, EN., M. P., for the boroug!', for his courteous readi ness in accepting the inv tati,n to this meeting." W. R. C. STANSFIELD, Esq., moved that—" That the thanks cf this meeing are due to the ladies who have evinced their sympathy in tint patriotic and benevolent enterprise by their prevenco on this occasion, and more especially to those of them who have taken part in the preparatory arrangements, and have presided at the tea tab:e3," which waa seconded and carried by acclamation. Mr. JOSEPH WEBB moved, —" That the thanks of this meeting are due to those gentlemen from a distance till° have kindly honoured it with their presence." Mr. W. WRIGLEY seconded the resolution. The meeting then separated about half-past 11 o'clock, the m3st pertcct harmony having prevailed during the whole time. WEST LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders of the West London Railway Company was yesterday held at the Company's offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, for the purpose of rescinding a resolution come to at the meeting held in Octsber last, relative to the issuing of new shares, and of considering a proposi inn of the Directors to raise 40.0001. by issuing 20.000 deferred shares of 20/. each t at 2/., for tl.e purpose of completing one line of rails to the Kensing ton canal. The meeting was adverti:ed to take place at one precisely, but it was considerably after the hour before the Directors entered the room. This circumstance created c msiderable dissatisfaction among the Proprietors assembled. M'. MORGAN, the Deputy-Chairman, having taken the chair, apalegised fot having detained the Proprietors, and hoped they would calmly consider the propositions to be laid before them. Tho SECRETARY then read the notice convening the meeting, and also the report of the Dii eetors, wiish stated that they had endeavoured in various ways to raise money in meet-dance with t! - e resolution of the Proprie tors on the 7th of Oetober, 1810, but had found it it to do so under existing citeumstacces. They con sidered that the best course to be pursued would be to bring a portion of their present line into operation as soon as possible, and they therefore proposed to lay a single lire of rails from the Grew] Junction canal to Kensirg ton canal basin. To do this a sum of 40,000/. would be sequired, which they proposed to raise by the issue of 20,000 row 20/. shares, to be divided rateably among the present Proprietors at 21. Fee share; and if any of the Proprietors refused the offer, then the remainder of the Proptietors to have. the option of taking them ; and should the whole not be disposed of, then the remainder to be offered to the public. Such shares to be paid for in the fullowing maener :—A first instalment of 10s. at the time cf the allotment, and other instalments of 10s. each on the 15th of July, 12th of Oetob' r, and 15th of January. Thu Company had entered into an asrangement with the principal c , editors to let their claims stand over for twelve months. Mr. LOCKE V.iSbed to know the amount of the claims on the Company. He considered it better to abandon the concern altogether, or sell it to some other Company, than to swamp it by the issue of the 20,000 shares. Mr. DUNCOMBE, the solicitor to the Company, rose for the purpose of moving resolutions to carry out the recorn ineadations of the Report. Something must he done to take the concern out of its present situation. The road at present was unfinished, and consequently useless, and teiless some'hing were done to complete it before a long time had elapsed, the Proprietors would take back the land at their own price. He considered that by the pro position of the Directors, the great sources of traffic would be touched, tamely, the Gtand Junction Canal and Abe Keen :gton Canal, and two great sources of profit would be opened. The cost of the completion of the single tine had been estimated at 32,000/. There were several small debts, amounting to about 1,000/ which it was a !fume to leave unpaid ; but 40,0001 would accomplish it all, and the Directors con sidered that they had proposed to the Proprietors the best mode of raising it. The other claims on the Company, including the Solicitor's bill and the Directors' salaries, amounted to 9,773/. 1 le. ld. These claimants hied agreed to wait for their claims, so that the 40,000/. would be en abled to be entirely devoted to purposes specified. There were a second class of claimants,:whose claims amounted to 1,6541., who bad also agreed to wait, leaving only 721/. 16s. 9d. to be paid out of the 40,000/. The only made, as it struck him, to raise that money, was that which had been proposed by the Directors, and which had been adopted with success by several other Companies. It was, in fact, merely making an addition to their capital from themselves, as he did not believe a single share would find its way to the public. Mr. WHITE wished to know if the bonds were included in his statement of the delt'. The CHAIRMAN said not, as there were questions de pending between the Kensington Canal Company and the R9•ilroad Company. Mr. WHITE held mortgege bonds to the amount of 1,5001., and protested agiiins — t those claims being conaPro: miied by his taking part in the present proceedings. He intended to move three amendments, for he had never heard more fallacious representations than those made by the gentleman who had just sat down. The plan which he should propose might be carried into effect for 10,0001. It was for a single line of rails for horse tree. Lion to the Uxbridge road. That would embrace the Grand June:ion Canal and the Birmingham Railway, and might be carried int ) effect entirely on their own grounds. The cast of a locomotive railway would be enormous. He would pass over the point for the present. He was happy to hear that the crediti,r; had consented to grant them time. He did not think that anything could be done with the Great Western Railway until they showed that Company they were independent of them. On the 23d Jatiutry last the Greet Western Company had taken up their rails and placed others of a new construction, which would preclude any connection with them. They had taken away the rails, and merely made a little notch in those which they had laid down in their place. The plan which he propn;e:l would open a communication from the Paddington Wh a rf with a populous . and increasing dis trict, and would enable that er trict to be sup_ plied with coal from the wharf at 25 ; . . a ton. H e had no objection w h a t e ver to carryieg on the works to th e nsi , igton C ana l if th e y would pay the Canal Pr o p r ' etors all that was due to them, and raise the . 40,000 t, but th a t they would not be able t.) do according to th e pl an of the Directors. The inevitable consequence of adopting the Directors' suggestions would be that the shares would fall and in a very 1 ttle time those 21. shares w ou ld b e at 10. s: The land they possessci was daily increasing i n value; land in that neighbourb:!od had hem sold for 1,15 0 / . an acre. They would sacrifice all the value of their land by doing what it was proposed they should do. They bad never been informed what the profit w ou ld b e w h en t h ey came to work, and the Directors should have laid before EVENING EDITlO lsr!--; d b 3 t'sem the calculations to show that the line CO2:1 worked profitably after the 40,0001. should have W .ll "„ o f per.ded. They had no information on th at snbject , n o r Knowing, as he did, the enormous cost of loecen "to t r action, he thought the Proprietors ought not to eacee co, the plan of the Directors in the absence of this most portant information. He objected to the whole plan ,. „ . .d c. pt in so file as it reverted to its original characteelP„,. gave up all continuations. The great expense in continuing the road:from the Uxbridge -road to the Kea', sington Canal ; they would have to build two heavy ee& at an enormous cost, in addition to other great CsPe n i fs s the whole of which would be avoided by his plan ot. a so t of rails for horse traction, and the cheapest moving r o d known, to terminate at the Uxbridge Mad. They crest,,„"); have the trade of the new town now in process of s there, and that would enable them to keep` th e ' lan cer in spite of the insidious effects of the Great parry, and there would bo no difficulty in raising 1 Os, to carry it into effect. He had laid papers before the ...00 mittee showing how this might be effected, WhiC, b b e bad bad had not since been returned to him, and to which or even been denied access. He moved as an arnendiele b e e rather, sexing Mr. Duncombe's resolution had net, p d. seconded, as a substantive motion, that the meeting et r ic pr journed to the sth of April next, and so on from " le w d week, until the proprietors shall be made fully iecl us "" with all the circumstances of the case. 01 4. Westereosig, Mr. SHEFHERD seconded the proposition for len be ment. He had not heard Mr. White's plan before , "Lare thought it well worthy of investigation. The t hr "„ - e or had not shown anything like ground sufficient in CUPP: go - g et the proposition. The cost of locomotive engine ° "d s ea be enormous, and the necessity far them woulti be away Kith by adopting Mr. White's plan. the Mr. DUNCOMBE did not consider the completion A line to the Uxbridge-read would be of any a" . t n , t o 3 ol ll They must go on to the Kensington Canal, and ths. -- not be done for less than 40,000/. the Mr. WHITE said that the line could be completed ty. g Uxbridge-read on their own land, and would be a °1 ; of the line so far. It would not preclude them from Ca; le tinuing the line when it might be thought advisab? oies it could be worked by horse traction at the rate of twil /1;0d an hour. The cost of the bridges alone whic h they we,o, have to erect between the rexeridge-road and the ot'' sington Canal would be 700/. In answer to a question from a PROPRIETOR, the Mr. DUNCOMBR stated that the plan pro posca bPyr. Directors had been approved of by the engin e r 5 Stephenson, who had estimated 32,0001. as the cost of the construction. ni . tbi lire A PROFRIEToR asked how it was proposed to ty- -1/ when it should be completed. „ Mr. DUNCOMBE said there was no chance of doing oaf good with it as it was, or of the Great Wea.e' n other Company touching it until it was in a atate worked. When that should be the ease, they could eit. let it to some other Company, or, failing that, tvol themselves. 41, e D'rect°l Mr. GARDENER characterised the plan of as a project for swamping all the old Proprietor°, to could not afford to purchase the new shares ; and il e a, to line should be completed, they would want more einti'l $ pay the debts, or the line would be sold to pay the° was throwing away money. led 11l The CHAIRMAN said if some plan were ne t adoP land would e seized by te lndovvnes. Mr. M. b AITARLAND, h on a behalf e of the lcj'Mgnachiltlefs. shareholders, supported the proposition for delay. f'.. e b fc• was desirous of knowing the position they stoo d in gard to the Island Farm E. Mr. DUNCOMBE said they state had always looked to tbstabie; tate as a great source of profit, but they had heel „ 11° eat to complete their payment of the purchase rneyeirg'vele had bad legal proceedings taken against th em to cos iree; restoration of the land. It consisted of 75 ac res leer hold land with a frontage throughout to Wood-lailen'a ing from Wormwood Scrubs to Shepherd's 1 305b, teos w full of brick earth. They would be w illi n g to eel' it they get their price; and, to give the Prot:010; 0 40 ides of its increased value, the former owner ha' l , f fog to let them have what they had used for the nothing if they would restore him the remainder. Ie answer to Lord KENSINGTON, tbS s Mr. BIDDER stated, on behalf of Mr. Stephenel bat the line could be laid down as proposed for 32,0°"' that Mr. Stephenson gave no opinion whaever h .- A t ao profitable results of such plan. He considerele ter benefit would arise from the continuation to the us"briell road. With regard to the alteration made by lit e ,ri ln Western Company, they had done all that wa s neeeP— , enable the Company to cross their line. he dN Mr. NV FARLAND thought the Island Farm should posed of by public competition. Mr. DUNCOMBE then proposed his resolution o f sti amendment to Mr. White's proposition for de la°. The amendment was seconded by Mr. Alexa rider• With` The resolutions of the last meeting were rescinded " out a division. 0 , beilt On the resolution for issuing 20,000 new she — put as an amendment, tbe l in. Mr. RIGBY said he would sooner consent t o brie sold as it stood by public auction. te e ; Lord KENSINGTON said if such a proposition - F tertained he would bring his action of ejectm ent ago° Company directing. 610 A PROPRIETOR said there was no fear of the thar being taken. There was one wealthy would take up more than were likely to be left. body Mr. WHITE said that it came out that the boof poorer Proprietors were to be sacrificed to o ne , d r eg s, individual. He was astonished at the Noble Lord when he had four tiers of that Noble „lib ° (Mr. White's) possession, urging him to set ferri t ''ger undertaking in the first instance. He had 0 150 1 . d 1 ? : sington Canal bond, for which he had given 105L.:0.11hiCP which, the Noble Lord's sigcature was attached , 611 " the Comeany now refused to pay. t be"; The CHAIRMAN rose to order. They could ne t ,ben p into that question. They had better at once de cl the question before them. The Proprietors then divided, when there apPe% For Mr. Duncombe's motion ............. ..... 1 3 Against it . ............................... Majority against issuing new shares ••••• s'osis e Messrs. Mite and M'Farlsnd also held several Uctl. against the amendment, which, hovever, were n ot 0":00° Proprietor r The original motion was then put, and, acteiroc words frcm Sir John Scott Lillie, it was arrange d t meeting should stand adjourned to Monday next., Of t ' Thanks having been voted to the Chahenare tu° ing separated at Half-past Four. NAVAL IN TE LLIGENC* - - (From the Devonport Telegraph- ) , 4 0 1 '4 PLYMOUTH', MAncit Cernwallis,74,ll.-siopea to be masted on Monday next, and will be eor° ll ljllisl in a day or two, for the tl)g of Lear-Admiral Sir A doirw Parker, by Captain Peter Richards. The Itca r ' .- ,i I r it The will proceed over lend. rumour of the appoi fitment of Vic Aug' -r 0 0 ' Charles Adam, to the Medi.erranean commact;d• sti i i t i f tinues. The galant Admiral has left the Adinirs Chatham, to inspect the Asia's ship's companY• I ,o o ,t h ' The Camel lighter Failed on Wednesday f or t e with a detachment of the !lei Re;irnent, to re',;„:10 10 ' tachmcnt of the 65th depot, doing duty at .11".- of Castle. ieP A survc.y has been held on Lieut.-Colonel aunt this division of Royal Mariner, and he is declar service. r s from The Quail lighter arrived on Friday with ido-e Sheerness. a t o so, Tie crew f the Meteor steam-vesse', transferte 4 dog Avon stettner, were p.il on Friday, and gran lci leave of absce. • Sf l P l3 Remaining- en in Hamoaze—Caledonia, San .10fer,i to e Carron and Avon steam-vessels ; Diligence, na va port ; and Quail lighter. In the &AI id—lmpregnable and Bellcisle- t' (From the Plymouth Independent) e Her Majesty's ship Tweed, 20, will call at Od ibis from Spithead, on her way to the West Indies. ,el. 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