The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-25 00:00:00

TIVIEN ING EDITION supply a)1 tbed brought to market, t t for several miles routa". 'Sheffield, the flour-mills are limiting short time. et, does s this mean but short commons for every poor me et in Sheffield—short commons for every man's wife aad children, as well as for himself ? What does this prove, but that our fatal commercial policy is at the present time working , its natural and necessary -results on distant markets, that, one by one, your foreign customers are dropping off—the mer chants around me, are seeing that orders dwindle away in their hands, till they are forced to dismiss deservirg and intelligent workmen, with whom it has been their pride to maintain a connection, during a long lite of useful industry ? Unless we can put a period to this unhappy and unwholesome state, of thin" ruin and de cay menace this most deserving and intelligent commu nity.(Cheers.) I have had pleasure in finding here our Chartist opponents, meet us, as they have ever done, gallantly in the field, and fought their opinions like'men. They are not the men to desert their own friends be cause they aye falling, but manfully, and honestly, and stoutly stretch out the hand of fellowship to those in distress. It matters not now on what minor points we may differ. There are certain great practical points on which we may honestly concur, and on which concur rence is . necessary to our safety.—(Cheers) You see what we have come to. I told you in my address, that I consider the Reform Bill to be on its trial, as much as the Ministry or the House of Commons. What ever we may come to, two years hence, - we must try first whether we have the power to carry good and useful measures with the machinery now at our disposal. If we have not that power, you will have an additional right to call upon these gen tlemen who represent the middle class, and who hold in their hands the elective power—you will have an addi tional right to call upon them to concur with you in , clemandieu such a change in our institutions, as may give thwer to carry good measures, whatever party 'Amy introduce them into the Legislature.—(Loud cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, Mr. Parkes said, very justly,—and I heard his observations with great plea surta—what credit could be given for good faith to the measures of the Ministers, after the absurd decla re:thin -which Lord Melbourne had made some time ago? My honourable Friend says, if Lord Melbourne were here he would g ive an ingenious answer. I believe he woul I be puzzled to give a good one.—(Laughter.) apprehend he could only tell you that he finds him self a wiser man this year than he was last, and that he is convinced it is necessary, seeing our diminished markets and the increase of financial incumbrances, to gevercome his original repugnance to those measures. Be has, however, given way entirely to the growing al.ecessities of the country ; and that, I apprehend, is 'the only reasonable explanation of Lcrd Melbourne's conduct. You have the conduct of the Government be fore you. It is that of men risking office and place, and all you are accustomed to consider valuable, by bringing forward a budget which has arrayed against them all the protected interests of this country. It is, therefore, the duty of those who may be called the unprotected interests, to rally round any parte , that brings forward such honest measures, and to give tit - el a support in their endeavours to tarry them. lam as little interested as any man can be iin the preponderance of any party in the - House of Com -eaons. I have nothing—l say it distinctly—to ask or seek, or hope, or wish, from any Government that may come in. Bat when I see good measures brought forward, I do not care what distrust of the Government I may have had before, I take the measures, if reason, and inquiry, and common sense tell me those measures are good honest measures, measures that may conduce to the wel -I%re of the people. I take the measures, caring nothing !Tor the man, if they do not stand honestly by them. — (Cheerer) Now, Gentlemen, as I went_ into that part of the subject largely yesterday, I do not intend to trouble yea to-night with statistics or figures of any kind. But I wish to introduce, on these husting,g, to the largest assembly he will ever get in Sheffield to listen to him, a eeesv Conservative candidate. The name, I suppose, by a misprint, appears as " William Sheppard ;" but, as a 'gentleman said below, the .right name must be " Jack Slieppanl."--(Laughter.) I'll tell you why.. This Jack Sheppard means to take your purse, if you put him into Parliament.—(Cheers.) I do not mean to say that he will do so by putting . a pistol to your head, but he means to do so by his votes in the House of Commons ; and, on my honour, if you can read English, he tells you so pretty plainly. In the first place, he says, " I avow myself a Conservative, in the spirit of true Conserva tism." You ought to know this William Sheppard belongs to that small Urquhart * party that I told you, yesterday, you might put into a lbandebox. lie is one of those Conservative gentlemen who etc about the country with Mr. Urquhart, and, not being liked at other places, haring tried Bewdley and trot succeeded, he comes to Sheffield, because anything is ~ e texl enough for Sheffield, you know. — (Cheers sad laughter.) He says, he " looks with intense anxiety at oar commercial relations ; but he insults your common :sense, by telling you, in a previous paragraph, that lie is ^' opposed to the budget of the day—that he is opposed to an alteration in the Corn-laws, unaccompanied by any nnndote for the destruction of vested rights." What vestal right can there possibly be in the Corn-laws ? It dates only from 1829. When we talk of vested rights, we mean something of long, ancient, and venerable exist- eine: whether it lime any basis of right or not. But in this law there is nothing ancient or venerable. It is but a mischievous Act of Parliament, ten years of age, and it may be repealed, and will be repealed, the moment ou command a. majority in the !louse of Commons. This anxiaus gentleman says, that " if placed in the proud pcaition of being elected one of your Members," _--" it will - be his constant aim to enlarge the sphere of war cr)nuwacial revenzes„ and to remove impediments, - whether fia)al errors or abuses, that enchain its powers." I la)!I the greatest legislative error in this country to be act that restricts the food of the British people — (Cheers) --and if he wishes to extend the sphere of in dustry, that must be the first to fall. I tell you that the unia who comet forward with these two ,paragraphs in one aidress, either does not know his own mind—has no clear idea of is hat he puts forth, or else he has the most ' complete contempt for your intelligence, and means de eignedly end wiltaliy to mislead you. . But I know the peeele O!Sheilield too well to suppose they will be misled far the trash in this paper.—(Loud cheering.) 'dint extending markets can you have, if you . shit: out the produce of three-fifths of the world from your own market ? What can the Govern ment do under such circumstanee.4? Go where you will —to GeFiiilany, to the United ate tes, to any part of tee world, and talk or their a:le:eine; duties—of extending their intercourse with Vale:at - el, and their first answer will be, " Look at home, Gentlemen. Practise what you preach. Look at your own Corn-laws. What have we to give you for your goods, if you will not allow us to send you the produce of our soil ?" Atid we refuse to do that, at the time when our people are stinted for tread—when in Manchester and Bolton, as I saw stated in the papers to-day, the children of the operatives are . following the carts of grain from the brewliouses, to pick up the few scattered grains for their subsistence.— (- Shame !" "Look to the Government for that.") Look v) the Gt,vernment 1 When have I ever vot©d for the Coro-laws ? Do not come to me with these abstract no tions again, to disturb the unanimous feeling of this meet ing. --;Cheers.) Look to practical things. If, with the present rua.thiaery, you cannot carry what is essential to the well-being of every industrious man, then look farther. But I say now that . I believe these changes can be tiade. We arc engaged in a great struggle with all the protected interests. If the unprotected are disor ganised—if they do.not choose to act well together—if th e y permit abstract opinions to separate thom—if they are divided among themselves, the protected interests will put their feet on your necks for seven years, and keep eon d o wn till you are steeped in poverty, and they in ../ volved with you in one common ruin. —(Cheers.) A Fe-reon inquired Mr. Ward's opinion about permit ting the export of the raw material of manufactures, such as steel ? Mr. Waun replied—You cannot put on prohibitions if y(),! claim free tr a d e with other countries. youreelves, You cannot have prohibitions in your own favour, and claim exemption from those in favour of others.y you can fair play, take off every unfair pressure, ltr slid my i n t e lli gent for , stand competition with any other country. and in the wor ld ; and I should be very much ashamed and industrious cou ntr y men, it e u not know that to be the fact- se paration of Chur c h an d " Will you vote for the. State ?" Mr. WARD—No. ny Favor:. asked if Mr. Ward would Tote for th e Rei4,-41,0f the Union with Ireland ? Mg . Waap replied he would not, he should as soon - think of voting for the separation of Scotland, or Wales, or Yorkshire. Mr. PARKER concurred in the answer. The CHAIRMAN then said , as it appeared no other. persons had questions to ask , he dec lared the meeting diwolved. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was moved by Mr, TunToN, and seconded by Mr. PARKER ; and after three cheers. f‘or Fre<:. Trade, and three cheers for Parker and Ward, the immense meeting quietly broke up. BERLIN, JUNE 13.—Our King, who, two or three years ago, derived so much benefit from the use of the waters of Marienbad, did not follow the advice of his physician to go there again last summer, because the pressure of business was so great at the commencement of his reign. This year he will refrain from visiting that place, though it was partly resolved that he should ge. The King will go this weeii. to Magdeburg, to be present at a ceremony which is to take place in the neighbour hood, in honour of the late Field-Marshal Gnetsenau, who was a Roman Catholic. His Majesty seems not yet to have come to any resolution respecting his visit to the Rhenish provinces this year. CITY ELECTION.--Tlke following placard was posted .at Guildhall yesterday :--" The Sheriffs of London do make proclamation that in obedience to her Majesty's writ for the electing four fit and discreet citi zens to serve for the City of London in the ensuing Par liament, to be holden in Westminster on Thursday the 19th day of August next, they the said Sheriff's will proceed to the said election at the Guildhall of the said City of London on Monday next, the 28th day of June instant, at eleven for twelve o'clock." A ROMANCE OF THE LAKES.—Most of us who belong, to the present generation must remember the extraordinary interest that was excited, some five and-twenty years ago, by the melancholy and romantic history of the celebrated Beauty of Buttermere, who was deluded into a mock marriage by that most gentlemanly staid distingue of scoundrels, the notorious James Hatfield, —the " Jack Sheppard" of the swell mob of his day. This singular Romance of the Lakes has, we understand, been taken as the leading subject of a novel, called " Jam es H atfield ' and the Beauty of Buttermere," the l i ficenes of which are laid exclusively among those beau tiful loca es Europe, by their connexion been rendered famous all over ..‘‘,..oraswoxch, Southey, with our three great poets, Ctoleridge. This alone must give considerable interest .the work, yarticularly as we understand the three illusotrtous bards just named are introdaced lea cling mom is Many of th e scenes. NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND WORKS OF ART. The following are the names of the Members on the Committee : Mr. Hume Sir De Lacy Evan 3 Mr. Goulbura Lord G ranville S merset Mr. Ewart Mr. E. J. Stanley NEI.. Mackinnon Mr. Henry Thom Is Hope Mr. Gaily Knight Mr. Slaney Mr. Thomas Duncombe Colonel Salwey Mr. Broadwood Mr. Milnes The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the pre sent state of the" National Monuments and Works of Art in Westminster Abbey, in St. Paul's Cathedral, and in other Public Edifices ; to consider the best means for their Protection, and for affording facilities to the. public for their inspection, as a means of moral and intellectual improvement of the people ; and who were empowered to report the minutes of the evidence taken before them to the House ;"—have considered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to a Report, of which the following Is an abstract : Your Committee, in proceeding to fulfil the duty com mitted to them by the House, have thought it advisable, in the first instance, to ascertain what facilities had lat terly been afforded to the free admission of the public to the several public institutions in the metropolis and the neighbourhood, and the effects which have resulted from them, have proceeded in the inquiry entrusted to them, and made considerable progress ; and; although prevented by the unexpected termination of the 'Session from completing their investigation, your Committee are desirous to lay before the House the evidence they have taken, and the Report thereon agreed to, referring gene rally to the evidence taken with respect to each Institu tion. BRITISH MUSEUM. At the British Museum, notwithstanding the fears of some of the principal officers, expressed before the Se lect Committee in 1835-6, the great experiment has been made of admitting the public on the annual holi days ; and the result has been very satisfactory. It ap pears from Sir Henry Ellis's evidence, that from 16,000 to upwards of 32,000 persons have passed through the rooms of that Institution in one day without any acci dent or mischief ; and, it is gratifying to report, that in the course of the three or four years that this liberal system has continued, not a single case has re -1 quired the interference of the police, although the dis placement from the old. and the re-arrangement of the collections in the new rooms, consequent to the re building of the premises, have been very unfavourable to the free passage of large numbers of visitors. The exclusion of children under eight years of age, though under the care of their parents, has caused consider able inconvenience and disappointment, and prevented many persons from visiting the Museum ; and that exclusion is more complained of, as children are ad mitted to Hampton Court Palace and to the National Gallery without any inconvenience. The days open to the public are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 1 from ten to five in winter, and until seven in summer ; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays the museum is visited by parties on private admission ;—it may be a question whether granting one or both of those slays to the public would, in any great degree, increase the trouble to the attendants, whilst, it would be a great convenience and advantage to the public, especially in avoiding the disappointment of visitors from the country. It is alsoa matter worthy of the consideration of the Trustees, whe ther there be any necessity to require visitors, when they proceed in parties to write their names in a book, whilst entering separately, they are not required so to do. Delay is the consequence of that rule, and no advantage whatever seems to be derived from it. Your Committee consider that it is most desirable that all obstables should be removed consistently with the safety of the collection. The evidence of Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Gray points out the want of that convenience for visitors which your Committee think ought to be afforded ; and they trust that it will be only necessary to call the atten tion of the Trustees to that subject. Your Committee call attention to the small number of visitors who enter the Museum between the hours of six and seven o'clock, and how far it may be advisable, consistent with public convenience, to close the admission at six o'clock. THE NATIONAL GALLERY Affords a still more gratifying instance of success from free admission. The public are admitted on four days a week ; viz., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, arid Thursday, from ten o'clock to five in winter, and to six in summer ; and men, women, and children are ad mitted without distinction. If Friday and Saturday he really required for the convenience of students, the only additional time that could be afforded would be on. Sunday, after the time of Divine Service. The numb2r of visitors has increased from 125,000 in 1837, to 397,649, in 1838, and in 1840 to upwards of 500,000. The greatest propriety has been observed in the de meanor of the visitors, and no instance of misconduct requiring the interference of the police authority , has occurred. Children of every ago have been admitted, with or without their parents ; and not one accident has occurred, or any inconvenience been experienced. It appears that the rooms in that Institution require ventilation ; and your Committee consider it only ne cessary to call the attention of the House to the Evi dence of Mr. Wildsmith en that subject. TOWER. Amongst the officers of the Tower of London some doubts existed, and reluctance was manifested to allow the admission of the public at the low charge of 6a. each ; but the most satisfactory proofs of the error of these doubts have been afforded by the trial made. The beha viour of the public generally has ;liven satisfaction to all parties. The annual number of visitors to the Armoury has risen from 10,200 in 1837, at 2s. fee each, to 40,000 in 1838, at ls.—to 84,000, in 1039, at 6d. ; and, in 1840, to 94,973, exclusive of 3,184 by orders from the officers, producing 2,3741. at 6d. each.. Official orders for free admission have now ceased. Your Committee are pleased to find that a desire for improving and increasing the collection of ancient ar moury at the Tower has been manifested since the great accession of visitors and the excitement of public in terest; and it is hoped that a more complete and his= torical arrangement will soon be adopted. The sum of 1,094/. of the receipts has been, in. the last year, applied by the Master-General of the Ordnance to the purchase of ancient armour, arms, shields, &c., adding, thereby, greatly to the value of the collection. By the rules laid down'by the Constable of the Tower, it is required that the visitors, after paying for their tickets at the entrance gate, on the west side of the Tower, shall assemble in a room appropriated for that purpose adjoining the Ar moury, and there they are sometimes detained a consider able time until a warier can accompany them. The time allowed to the visitors to examine the whole of the Ar moury does not exceed one hour, and often a less time is allowed by the warder on the circuit he makes. Your Committee desire to observe that at Hampton Court Palace and the National Gallery visitors are allowed to enter without any delay or impediment whatsoever; and at the British Museum also, with the exception of the time taken to write the name of one visitor in tray party, the public arc allowed to remain as long as they please to view the collection, and seats are also provided • in the Museum and National Gallery for visitors ; and no inconvenience has been found to arise From that tiulgence. Your Committee desire to eall the atention of the Rouse to the evidence of Mr. 11438, an artist, who expresses a strong opinion of the Inconvenience of the present hurried mode of exhibiting the Armoury ; and the evidence of Mr. Gnome, one of the warders, as to the deficiency of the number of warders for the etHcitnt service under the present system, deserves atttfition. TUE CROWN JEWELS IN TIM TOWER. The jewels are under the charge of her Majesty's Lord Chamberlain, and the heeper receives his orders from him. The exhibition of them, at a charge of 2s. each person, with is, fee to the warder accompanying the party, had been long continued. By returns before the Committee, it appears that in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, the numbers of visitors to the Jewel-house was between 6,000 and 7,00 in each year, producin g , at the fees stated, a grass amount of from 6551. to 692/,yenth.) . whilst in the year IS3B, when the admissied to Armoury was reduced on the Ist of Arr,y lii that year to Is. each, the number of visitors tO the Jewel-house in creased to 18,561, and the fees received amounted to 1,5941. 12s. Since the Ist January, 1841, an arrange= ment has been made by which Mr. Swift, the keepet, is to receive a yearly salary, paid out of the fees ; and the public ha ve b een a d m i tte d s i nce t hat d a t e a t 6d. eac h , without any additional charge for the warder. It will be seen by the return (see Appendix) before the Com mittee, that 8,115 newtons have visited the Jewelsho t tSe in th e mont h of April alone ; being a greater~ tram i than had visited it in either of the years 18b5, 1836, or 1837. is It House, tgilraattitfeens Lio t r l s y:r h r :i r Ot i tn a j ittee to state to the ;r d e rv et os ed e a o n f the whole expense of which esty's Treasury have e k ` e v e h p o in u g r an in d o t f he".l:owe r well suited fee the exhibiting the teNirn jewels : and satisfakion. money receive(l from vicsioeoutsß. lte &frayed out of the effected will tkeford gtvat and This building consists of 29 rooms,TP PALACE. This thus with its eollectitek of paintings, has been generously and li vithont b e e- ha, -- ig'e open, by her Majesty's command \ or any 116Aa%"StOs i t :x he' o '% Cl e o e c k k , in fr t o h m e te re n sti t i o c f ti o o u n r oofelnoeukmbinertsi,iefwiorntoifiv,e, summer, and on Sundays after two o'c l ock. thheenpurmo-. ber of visitors has also greatly increased, priety of their demeanour has fully warranatenA this comodation. It is pleasing also to observe lb t hoss ete .. attendants, who formerly received fees for admittance, express as much satisfac t ion at the change of syst em the public do, who paid them, formerly, not unfrequentalys with reluctance and complaint. To the better feelin g now produced must be ascribed the absence of any in jury to the pictures, such as is mentioned by Mr. Grundy., the keeper of the pictures, to have taken places short time before the free system was established. The number of visitors to the Palace in. 1839 was 116,000, and in 1840, 122,339, mostly of the working classes. The admission of the public on Sunday afternoons, some times to the number of 3,000 persons, and their exem plary conduct in the palace and gardens, is a peculiar and important feature. The state of the apartments — o f the turf, and of the unfenced flower beds in the garden, where such numbers spread about at will, is certainly a strong proof of the good disposition and improved con duct of the crowds which frequent it, and requires no other comment than a reference to the very small esta blishment of attendants. There is a notice put up in the garden in the following words :—" What is intended for public enjoyment the public are expected to protect;" and your Committee again call the attention of the House to the satisfactory result of placing confidence in the people. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. The attention of your Committee hag been directed to the Painted-hall and Chapel of Greenwich Hospital, which are exhibited on week-days from seven in the morning to sunset, and on Sunday afternoons after one o'clock, to the public, on payment of 3d. by each person for admission to each place. The Painted hall, decorated by Sir J. Thornhill, contains A collection THE SUN LONDON-. FRID ZY. JUNE 25 18 -ii of paintings consisting of representatit a; o! naval ac tions, and portraits of Admirals and naval men. some sculpture, and other objects, interesting t; the public, and chiefly to persons in the - navy service. Soldiers have been admitted to see the Hall free of charge for many years ; and, since th( Committee began their inquiry, the Lieutenant-Governor, by order dated 7th May, IS4I, has directed that seamen shall also in future be admitted free of charge,—a mea sure which your Committee highly approve of, The be haviour of the visitors is praised by the attendants. The annual number of visitors to the Painted-hall is on an average about 100,000, and produces about 1,3001. a-year. The money received for admission of visitors applied to the general funds of the hospital. Consider ing that all the pictures contained in the Painted-hall are the free gift of individuals, foreign as well as British, and that they contribute to illustrate the naval history of the country, and to perpetuate the momory of those dis tinguished officers who have been thought worthy of a place in this collection, your Committee strongly re commend that, for the gratification and instruction of the people, the Painted-hall should be opened to the public for some hours every day, free of charge, in the same manner as the National Gallery and Hampton Court _Palace, under such regulations as may be re- quisite. As it appears from the evidence that the admission of the public to the apartments, galleries, and gardens at Hampton Court, and also the Painted-hall at Green wich, on Sunday afternoon; is not attended with any in convenience or impropriety, the evidence of several witnesses tends to show that much advantage would be derived from similar opportunities being afforded, under ' proper regulations, at the British Museum and the Na tional Gallery, with beneficial results ; and your Com mittee concur in that opinion. From the above detail, it appears to your Committee that the use which has been made of the facilities thus afforded to the public, sufficiently proves the general disposition of the people to appreciate exhibitions of this nature, and to avail themselves of these means of in struction and innocent recreation. It affords, further, the most satisfactory evidence of . the safety with which works of art and other objects of curiosity may be thrown Open to public inspection. CATALOGUES. Your Committee refer to the evidence concerning ca. talogues, and are of opinion that, where the collections will allow it, cheap catalogues, divided into distinct por tions for each class or department, should be provided at our national collections, as a valuable mode of dissemi nating knowledge, and rendering those collections more generally' useful. It is also recommended, that a small tablet should be attached to each object in the collection; containing the name or subject ; and also, to works of art, the artist's name and the date. CATHEDRALS AND PUBLIC MONUMENTS. Your Committee do not apprehend that any danger to the monuments in Westminster Abbey or St. Paul's would result from giving to the public, under proper re gulations, the same freedom of admission to those cathe drals which is allowed in the case of the exhibitions r-ferred to. The Committee are aware that serious injury has in times past been done to the monuments in Westminster Abbey, but their inquiries lead them t o believe that those injuries have not been the result of any'evant of attention on the part of those who have ordinarily charge of the cathedral, still less of a mis chievous disposition on the part of the people at large; but have, for the most part, arisen from the necessity of erecting on certain public occasions galleries and rooms within the Abbey, and from want of due care or of power on the part of those engaged in the. • conduct of such extensive works, within a limited space, to protect so many objects of art from injury. That your Committee strongly deprecate any course which could create an impression that churches were at any time to be considered merely in the light of places for the exhibition of works of art. But it is their opi nion, that as by increased facilities of admission to the inspection of mere works of art, civilisation has been encouraged and public taste improved, so a more free admission to religious edifices, under proper regulation, may be male conducive not merely to the gratification of curiosity and the acquirement of historical knowledge, but to the growth and progress of religious impressions, by leading the mind of the spectator from the contem plation of the building to a consideration of the views with which, and the purposes for which, it was originally erected and is still maintained. Your Committee beg to refer to the evidence of John BHtton, the well-known author of " British Cathedrals," who, for forty-five years, has devoted his talents to the study of our national edi fices and monuments, as showing the improvement of the people, through the increased opportunities aTorded them of studying those subjects, and the confi dence which of late years has been placed in their dis cretion; his long and extensive experience in these mat ters have led him to the following conclusions : What is the result of your observations upon the con duct of the public generally in public places since you were in the habit of visiting them?—Considerably im proved, immensely improved ; you would scarcely sup pose it ; supposing I had been from my own country, at a distant part of the world, for the last fifty years, I should not have supposed it the same nation or class of people. Have you not seen the number so great as to be de nominated " mob," but yet conducting themselves with perfect decorum?—l have seen them crowding through the British Museum in immense masses, and have seen them in all instances orderly; nothing has occurred. in my.own experience, to the contrary; but I have seen them enisduct themselves with strict propriety and with laudable curiosity, and to be moving on in their re searches through the various rooms. What effects are produced en the minds of the poorer .classes, in your opinion, from the experience that you have had in meeting them in those (ecclesiastical) edi flees?—l have noticed, upon many occasions, a great number and variety of persons of the middling and lower classes visiting cathedrals; ekamiiiingdifferentparts of them, examining tiie monuments, passing through witri great order and decorum, and apparently going away highly satisfied and delighted; and the only draw. back that I hare seen or known upon_ :melt tefeeslette, has been the conduct and rather liebn charges de manded by the Vergers arid their servants. Your efonmoittee also refer to the evidence of Mr. Allan. Cunningham, the author of the " Lives of British Artists," and other works of general interest, on the lite portance of public exhibitions; anti the beneficial effects on the minds and manners of the working classes : You think that fregnent access to sculpture and other works of are is the best means of making the public care ful of them?—Decidedly; I think that question is Solved by the National Gallery being opened; you see 'a great number of poor mechanics there, sitting wondering and marvelling over those fine works, anti hating no other feeling but that of pleasure en; astonishment; they have no notion of destroying them; I was very much de- Itg_hyd to c.e them. 'Then it is your opinion that facility should be afforded by every possible means to collections et' meulpftfee and painting?—Unquestionably, midst proper protection. What class of rocllk do you say you have seen there? Men who rife usually called" mob;" but they cease to beeome mob-when they get a taste. You think that now they 'are more attentive? Dui dedly ; I saw no attempt to hurt anything; I saw a great deal of wonder and pleasure; there Were Whitt appeared to me to be slieenteleefs; frieeefis, and joiners. Do yon consider that there would be any danger to the monuments in Westminster Abbey if the public were admitted two or three hours a day, there being proper attendants in waiting- to observe and look after their con : duct ?—I think, under proper restrictions and regula tions, with a sensible and able and active man to take care of them, a man of sense and taste, that there would be no danger. The evidence of Mr. Edward Wedlake Brayley, the historian of Westminster Abbey, is also deserving of tun tentive consideration, Ile eNfregAna it strong opinion, that Weetaililetet Abbey and other religious edifices, and the Monuments of national interest which they contain, ought to be freely . seen by all classes, with as little impe diment and restriction as their safety reqedees; and states, in the following answers, what the advantages to the public would be: I.S it ytiilf opinion that they ought to be freely seen by all classes, with as little impediment and restriction as their safety requires?—Certainly, it is my opinion that it would be useful in many points. Willy ou state to the Committee the advantages that mut to_yon as likely to arise from their being freely eeeii/-That of causing an improved taste for art, gene rally, in the public; also, of conveying historical infor thation to those who, from the mere sight of them, might be induced to make inquiry as to their orighl laid intention. Several dl` ilia witlW:nes are of opinion that free admis sion, under proper regulations, tends to diminish the den: ger of injury to monuments and eqketi - ijns; and ki-. Brayley s ', Onion is Pleat ilpon that iiirl . t.. ' L 1 j`pur ilsils to the. AbbeY, , l44 T6U 04iied. 114 far opportunities hate been iiiroided td individuals, ad mitted as tikey higiii been upon the payment of money, *Ad to . i)itities moving about with a guide, if there was an inclination to pilfer any parts of the tombs?—Certainly, there have been considerable opportunities; bediese par ties of ten or twelve persons moving teent bile ehipel to another cannot be overlooked by Ofie, supposing they were disposed 0,061 and even the interference of the monument i'idiild conceal them from sight. Do yoti think that if a greater number were itelneittee to those monuments, there would be better protection b their being ove rlooked one by another? —l should ,thins it would be so; still I have not seen any disposition in 6tty part of the public to cause eleStructien 19 any of the mo numents: "feat Ceeiraittee have inquired into the state of the monitments in the Cathedral of St. Paul's and VA. West minster Abbey; and beg to refer generally td the evi denceeareencitedi distinguishedn b noblei.thatng , imf thereon, ean 3 should which b e a sh d o op w t s ed hoz;r r de ttir s e it se a t b vi le it it a l i t a , i b i e . been monumentsnecessary, thosen_ati era o s n n a n l raotk , Unkelits. The public y W y es o t t in es iet ef t p e p r Abbey rliaamgeens may be divided into public men by several classes; via, royal monuments, monuments to m of o w aa h m ic e h n h ts ai to - e subscription, and monuments to private individuals. Your Committee edifices, t; so a ni lso n But your Committee have contained therein the investigation of that ve not had time to follow out have wished, or which ar rangements may be ; its subject to the extent they could arare of importance opin l.on, thatw ou would chaveincreased e required. datten atten tion should be paid to the preservation of the ecclesias ticalSe Paul's and other o allow the larger portions of Westminster Abbey, and facn madea tdl Cathedrals tbhdy ß e y o t, h y e a l Cathedral entertainaatnhd e dr aal otherhoo authorities n thatu m e ntt to to be open freely to the Sundays, reconciling e pu r b a l l i s c throughoutdaily ,and may smaller ber o e r s admissionu i c i r r h u e eo d ; f te r t m e o c e e ttir o oi n en ti a, t n i ri a o i i t t i l d ier sufficient gu performance of religious services, and undisturbedea continue a portionssa with o l or t life reduced those,a dueeecl chapels, t eh h ea, o p u e g oi sr h , regard to the edifices, • ' Your Committee think it right to aid, that if tl4( treater freedom of admission to those churches s'ioule, cad, as it probably must, to an increase of the number ,f officers employel in their superintendence, the addi iorial expense ought to be defrayed from other fund, han those help wing to the Cathedrals. 16th June, 1841. SPANISH, BONDS. The readers of this Journal will recollect something about a decree issued five or six months since by the Spanish Government, declaratory of its intention to pay the bondholders a dividend of three per cent. oer annum on the overdue interest of the Active debt. From the Ist of July next ; as a provision for which the sum of 20,0001. was to be appropriated monthly of the national revenue. They will recollect also, it is to be hoped, the efforts made at the same time by one of our Government papers to give importance to that de cree by the insertion, from day to day, of statistical tables illustrative of the resources of Spain, her liabili ties, &c. They will, perhaps, in justice to ourselves, further recollect the care we took to disabuse the public mind upon the subject, by proving, beyond all doubt, that the decree—the " solemn decree"—of Gamboa and the statistics of the Morning Chronicle were not entitled to the smallest credit ; that both the one thing and the other was, in fact, a contemptible de lusion—the merest moonshine. We stated distinctly that the three per cent. per annum would not be forth coming, and our reasons for expressing ourselves with the confidence we ventured to do were numerous. We have for years past been vigilant observers of the finan cial exploits of the Spanish Government, and the result of our experience is this : we have come to the irre sistible conclusion that there is no deception, no trick, no manoeuvre, be it ever so heartless, to which, organised as it has been, it would not willingly have recourse, in order to get at the pockets of foreigners, those of the peo ple of this country more particularly, to whom many of its members are indebted for the asylum afforded them during the years of proscription to which they were sub ject from political and other causes. We took our stand, however, principally upon one practical point. We well knew that if the Spanish Government really in tended to return to the path of rectitude from which it has so long and grievously departed, a symptom of that change would be first made apparent in the remo val of the foul blot cast upon its credit by the infamous Trea sury bond affair of 1836. While the Exchequer paper of Spain, guaranteed by the express decrees of the Queen- Regent, the Cortes, the Finance Minister of the day, and the Ambassador in London, which was, moreover, intro duced to the British public under the auspices of a gentleman like Mr. Isaac Lyon Goldsmid—while this sacred engagement remained unfulfilled and un attended to, we knew to a certainty that Gamboa's three per cent. proposition would never be faithfully acted upon or adhered to. Had a rig been produced in the London and Paris markets and more paper been got into circulation, the grand object aimed at, one dividend might have been paid to secure ulterior advantages ; but the scheme broke down the moment it was concocted, and the puppet of Mendizabal, its author, was driven out of office in consequence. We a:re now on the eve of the day when payment should take place in virtue of the solemn pledge published all over Europe ; but where is the money for the purpose ? Why does not the Spanish Commission—why does not the agents; Messrs. Ricardo and Co:, advertise it in the Journals ? It really behoves the Legislature and the Government to take measures for putting an immediate stop to these decep tions. That the onus of such a duty should be thrown almost exclusively upon oursgla k es, and with the Minis terial Journalists acting again, r is, too, is unreasonable •, yet such is the case. Government and Parliament think it sufficient that the public should be left wholly to the protection of the press. To pay the interest of the Treasury bonds it scarcely requires 10,0001. per annum, and surely, if it were in tended to pay anything at all, the Spanish Government would think it politic to begin with the remittance of this bagatelle, seeing that the effect would be that of redeeming the honour of its Queen, the Cortes, the Prime Minister, and the Ambassador in London. But the Spa nish Government will do nothing of the kind without coercion, physical or moral. The sum wanted to pay the interest on the Treasury bonds has, to our certain knowledge, been tendered by a capitalist here, under mutually proper guarantees, and at the moderate rate of five per cent. interest. It has been tendered, but not accepted ; and why ? Because no' bonus would accrue to the Spanish Treasury—no commissions and pickings would be secured to individuals out of such an operation. Had it been in the power of Gamboa to pay three per cent. per annum regularly on twelve or fourteen millions of coupons, as his trumpery decree gave out, it was in his power to pay five per cent.. on the quarter of a million of Treasury bills, without assistance from anybody. We exposed the shuffle at once, and exposed it effectually. The Spanish Active Stock has now five-and-a-half years' interest due upon it, and its price in the London market is to-day 22, or 78 per cent. discount. There is no longer the excuse of Don Carlos and the civil war to plead in justification of a postponement of the payment by Spain of the just claims on her Treasury, as was the case two or three years back. The country is now in the enjoyment of general repose, yet the foreign creditor is farther off from getting his due than ever. . A most respectable party in the country addresses us on this matter as follows : " Of what value," he says, " are the bales of Active, Deferred, and Passives, to contain which the warehouses of Thames-street are scarcely sufficient, if our Treasury bonds are not now at length to be paid ! ! Was d'Aguilar, the Ambassador, authorised or not to issue them as he did, and, more, to advertise the payment of them ? Why does not Mr. Goldsmid, for his own sake, as well as for our satisfaction, publish every letter, with the whole of the instructions he received concerning the issue ? He ought Unquestionably to do so. It is too bad that nearly five years should have elapsed and not a fractional payment of interest be made on those securities which they (the bonds themselves) declare most solemnly, and in three different languages, to be payable, one-half iti ei,t ; the other _hi twelve months, and which an Am bassador announced positively for payment, both prin cipal and interest, on June 1, 1837." The Treasury bonds, when issued by Mr. Goldsmid, sold freely at 67 per cent. With 251. in interest due awn theni; they are now quoted at 24. They will not fetch the value of the interest alone ; and the least the Chairman can do at the next meeting of the sufferers will be to communicate the hint here thrown out by our distressed Correspondent. Let every letter and every in struction out - of which this cruel sacrifice of English ca pital has arisen be forthwith made public, and let, by all means, another memorial be drawn up, embodying the main fads of the ease, and despatched through General Alava and our Foreign Minister to Senor Supra and Roll. The Chronicle will perhaps strain a unint, and declare that in this case there is nothing to e9mplain of.—Post. SINGULAR VuNEitAt..—A farm of about 180 acres called Woolseys, near Alton bill, Great Easton, has for the last thirty years been in the occupation of Mr. Robert Justin, an the property of Thomas Kearsey, Esq., solicitor; formerly of Rishopsgate-street, but late of ilticklersbuty, London; and Carshalton, - Surrey. - ','his gentle hail, *hdl illtilettgli in sdme respects an eccentric person, has left behind him die chafaeief etif a kind hearted good landlord, and through life a rildat citarix table man, was Steward of the Courts of the Right Hon. Lord Roden. About twenty years ago he projected, for the purpose of tedeiVing his own remains, a rural cemetery on the above farm. In an arable et-1(4°913re containing eight acres; called Cross Field, about a gym' , ter of a mile to the ndith df Wdolseys, he caused a por tion to be parted oft, forty rods long from outside to outside of the ditches ; and four broad, thus Malting an exact acre: - This was formed into a long flower garden, having a row of otitis in a grass plot on either side. and a gravel walk up the centre froni end td end; exactly mid way in this garden was to be his last resting Place ; firsi a circle of yews were planted round the spdt intended for the grave, At the bout add Mot of thislit§t stiltidA a cfpfes§ tree, raised from seeds brought from Paris by 'Mr. fearSdy himself. He generally came to Woolseys at least once a year in the summer k and always toolf great delight and interest id icisiting this filial sPdt lit 4 BM gelected for his burial ; and in directing and suggesting alterations Add hill o.o6nienH td Be Made in it. Abthit five iears ftgo he Citified the 1;04 id lie Achill iiiiieli ii ifiifieo feet 46p; and bricked all round to the thickness of fourte6iiiimneof and also about two years ago he caused a second or outer circle or yews to be . oaotga. - The inner envie •,.,,e. trees have be'o 4 6tirddiiii to ,fed AM ttOlitod to overshadow the getiii6., Ana the whole Will compete ag. it urere ,thi t 4 ii= brageous mausoleum. Imitative, gethie arches lidie be . : gun to be fortwl,, and. Will; u. 4 the tie6s gidw; 86 Alit out froth the intert4initig biaalies df the yew. Mrt IfearseY died rather siiddenlYg.at his residence in Town on the 4th instant; and . ininiedtately afterwards the most a(q4 , 6 lien:int:es We t 6 tOidri; botli if lii widow and te nant, t'S fulfil to the tatei- iibili i+6.4 lindviil td h Ifis wish. It was his expressed wish, which wss Implicitly followed that no scarfs, hat-bands, or mourning gloves s iii h g on o l v d e b i e iti tt e se . d i(4 'quick Lh 6 6 C' h died Oet'igna #llB tkitila4ltuoiiil , iii4 Iliddkitino liiilt l6l C 2 , so unusual a spectacle in the Middle of it renidte And ldtte had a§Senibled td w#tte44 c ed as: e oni As many 6,§ tty . t "tun field of clover. Mr. Itearse was i .?±16111161' of tr Est4hlithed litireli; bilt it is ,lot lirldwil what did t e Oartionlar, tenets of the Minister wild Offrdiated at his burial: The, eight labdureis wild bdre hint td the Orate are; hi fr kliA *ill; id tieeit a tell lithidSditle retina:of; aria tO'd 'cif them in their ttitn. will watch his grave for a fortnight at least; t iii h .d e ll e , a r s O t u e r n . females a l t l h es e , - claS , he tdll6*ilig lamentable accident was reported td V4.TAT, AbGIOEN't ON TIIE itIVER.Tues-' the thatikes peace: A few minutes before the lathich of them, the Trafalgar, and when the Thames was eoVeivd with SteanierS• 2 hOtts ail 4 Udall graft, 4 skiff l Mitnitiing 11 , -s u i • - I nearly T hep sk o i fr tf eam w e llo i l n e e p o a n r t t ac y tthwriotwhna fisherman ' sintothedaolienll:yaarwd,a waterman , a t th who o ft was s Ca ro s v iz il O g d . and the water. boat went right under I , 6 dum b barge," a largeand a sailing. boat lying alongside of b each other, and some of the peo ple were als o carried y the current under them. The people in the boats near the spot rendered immediate as sistance and , pi cked up the watermanand ' six of his pas sengers ; but two others h disappeared, and were drowned. Jones, a waterman the pollee, states that ‘11;eo reported the eirounastanoe to it has, however, be only saw six persons picked up; one of e nascertained that seven were re covered, tiom and did not °l'lWas rally in a very exhausted wadi elapsed. until more than an hour had THE QUEEN AND CORN-LAWS-.-The cheers with which her Majesty waJi hailed on her return from the House of Lords on Tuesday were greatly increased as she reached Whitehall, but as her Majesty's 'carriage turned into the Horse Guards, loud cries were raised of Remember. the Corn-laivS ,Repeal the Q.orn4aws Those cries evidently -. reached the `Royal 'ear, IS her Majesty seemed to bow assent to the demand of her, long subjects, which drew fo r th removed geolamitioas. - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Canterbury Tories have had their rampant exultations of an easy triumph, by the return of their two choice representatives without contest, :hanged into the sad certainty of being doomed to en munter an opposition in the person of one whose very same is identified with stirring recollections of former .riumphs, and will now animate the Liberals of that city to the most strenuous exertions for his success. Mr. Twisden Hodges, the son of Mr. Hodges, the Mem ber for West Kent, has come forward as a candidate for the representation of Canterbury, avowedly as the antagonist of the Queen-defaming Bradshaw ; whose disgusting speech at the celebrated Canterbury Tory feast in October 1839, still lives in the memory of the loyal portion of the community, of whatever politics, as no less unmanly in its attack upon a young and inte resting female, than it was disloyal, as an insu lt to the Sovereign. Many of the Canterbury Tories—howbeit by no means squeamish in their taste as to the quality of political orations—are known to have expressed their disapprobation of Mr. Bradshaw's virulent and indecent attack upon her Majesty—on the ladies of her Court — and on her selected Consort ; and to have declared that they would not expose themselves to the odium of ap pearing to approve of such sentiments, by again voting for him as a candidate for the representation of their city in Parliament. Poor Jemmy trembled for his chance of continuing to write M.P. after his name, the very sound of which had become offensive in the loyalty, associated as it is, and must remain, with ears of his seditious effu sions. Mr. Bradshaw has, it is true, kept himself quiet in the House ; knowing that if he broke an inglorious silence there, some sentence of his Canterbury oration would be exhibited as a memorial, to shame him out of countenance ; or, at least, if shame in him has become extinct, to warn every man who desires to retain a place in public estimation as a loyal subject, from too close an association with him. The Canterbury Tories have, since the delivery of that oration, prudently foregone their accustomed orgies, lest a repetition of the villanous stuff, applauded by the " wine-warmed parsons "—and given with approving comments by the Tory press, should involve themselves and party in renewed embarrassments. These prudential methods of in ducing a desirable oblivion of Bradshaw's Canter bury oration, and of the applause with which it was hailed both by those who heard, and the Tory press which recorded it, have proved unavailing. STANDARD.—The truth must be told—we rejoice at the disgrace of Lord Plunket, and we rejoice the more that he falls by the act of his own accomplices and pupils. "'Tis sport to see the gunner hoist by his own petard." To suffer as Lord Plunket suffers, is the just retributive close of a political life like that of his Lord ship. The newspaper reports of the Noble Lord's leave taking say that he wept—actually wept. " Lc brazen tears fell from Lord Plunket's eves." If his Lordship Sept, they were the first tears he ever - shed. He did not weep for Robert Emmett — he did not weep at the sufferings of the amiable Judge Robert Johnson, dragged from his sick room in Dublin, which he had not left for years, to be tried at Westminster for a libel which he never wrote, but of which he was nevertheless convicted. He did not weep when he denounced vengeance against that gang, the Protestant clergy and gentry of his native country. .No ; his first tears were referred for his leave-taking place, the object of his passion and idolatry through life. We be lieve it, Lord Plunket could weep for himself. But though Lord Plunket has most justly fallen, they are not just who have cast him down, and their pretext is a falsehood. COURIER.—The cheap bread agitation, which has been got up by Ministers as their last chance for the re tention of office, promises to become as profitless to them as it is disgraceful. The barefaced desertion of their former opinions for the sake of regaining Radical de serters from their standard will have little effect as a re storative of lost popularity with the mass of the people, whilst it exposes them to the contempt of all their sober minded supporters. The free-trade political manoeuvre can only be of service to them with the Radical faction by showing their diminishing power to resist destruct ive changes, and that the " squeezeable materials," as Mr. Hume appropriately designates the holders of office, are still more compressible, and are ready to yield to any im pulse that will keep them in their places. As regards the working classes, among whom more particularly the new agitation was expected to work wonders, it has proved - a complete failure. It was no doubt antici pated that the cry of " cheap bread" would have raised a resistless power resembling that called into action by the Reform Bill agitation. The working classes have, however, grown wise by experience. The dis appointment of the delusive promises of golden times after obtaining " reform," has generated discontent, and distrust of the men whose promises have been so mise • rably- unfulfilled. The " schoolmaster" has also been abroad, and he has also taught other lessons besides those of levelling democracy. The artisans and labourers have learned to examine the prospective warnings of any plan proposed for their advantage ; they do not snatch recklessly at the bait of cheap bread, for they can detect the treacherous hook concealed beneath. Cheap ht.( ad, they are now aware, will be no boon unless they have the means of purchase ; and they see good cause to dread that it would be accompanied by a re duction of wages more than commensurate with the re duction in the price of food. They can extend their views to the state of the working classes in those coun tries where the much vaunted cheap loaf is to be had, and they find that instead of abundance and comfort the great masses of the population are dragging on exist ence in wretchedness and want ; the evils of destitution being increased by the tantalising sight of food without the power to buy, low as the money price may be INSTANCES OF LONGEVITY. (From the Polytechnic Journal.) In the " Philosophical Transactions" the singular case of Henry Jenkins is recorded.. This man died at at the very advanced age of 169. A few years before his death he appeared in a court of justice, and gave evi dence in a cause. The celebrated case of Thomas Parr, of Wennington, Shropshire, is also detailed in the same publication. He died in the year 1638, at the age of 152. 1)r. Harvey, who opened the body after death, states that he found it to be in a most perfect state. His death was caused by plethora, brought on by more luxurious living in London than he had been accustomed to in his na tive country, where his food was very plain and homely. Parr lived during the reigns of ten kings and queens, acid was buried in Westminster Abbey. He married a widow after lie was 120 years of age. He is said to have been a man of very different stamina from mankind in general. When he was 151 years of age, he was brought to London by Thomas Earl of Arundel, and car ried to Court. The king said to him, " You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men?" Parr replied, " I did penance when I was 100 years old." His chief rules for longevity were well known:—" Keep your head cool by temperance; your feet warm by exercise; rise early and go soon to bed; and if you are inclined to get fat, keep your eyes open and your mouth shut;" or, in other words, " be moderate in your sleep and diet." Maffeus, a Portuguese author, who wrote a history of the East Indies, mentions a man of the name of Numus de Cogria, a native of Bengal, who died in the year 1565, at the ahnost incredible age of 370 years. Maffeus represents him to have been a person of great simplicity and quite illiterate ; but of so reten ti-Yo as memory that he was a kind of living chronicle. relating distinctly and exactly what had happened within his knowledge in the compass of his very long life, together with all the circumstances attending it. had four new sets of teeth, and the colour of his hair acid heard had very frequently changed from black to grey, and from grey to black. He asserted that in the course of his life he had 700 wives, some of whom lifid died. and others he had put away. The first cen tury of his life was passed in idolatry, from which he was converted to Fiahonaetanism, which he continued to profess until his death. J. Jaeobs, a peasant on the estate of the Prince de ifeautremont, lived to the age of 120. He travelled at agB I'roin the Jura mountains to Versailles, to thank .tlitt OfitionAl Assembly for having released him from the feudal yoke, He was received by all the members standing and uncovered, was allowed a chair, ond to sit with his hat on. A collection was made for him art 1014 44 the members, which amounted to 5001 . The tables of longevity published for the year 1817, 2f the tessizrit empire, give the following results : " Ammo fi4gMl persons who died, all helonging to the Greek Church, awe appear to have been as fol lows ;.-1 above 140 years Of Ago, 1 above 135, 7 above 125 51 above 120, 83 ab ove 115, and 783 1,q0; 21 . Ave ? • 1139fe PA H • - lity in Prussia On the. siihject itivalti and nlbru.... i „ ildfirm/ (kedleittisohe Zeltung, 1805, that thirlrig Mlle years'i eolith:tie/wing January 1, 1820, and ending Decembe' 1837, the mortality in 12,626,379, being the average population of rfuesia dur inA that period, amounted to 6,653,167 ; of this number itYt€ol4 attrinfecl the age of from 80 to 85 years ; 67,754 that of frau' thi id Stl years and 31,516 attained the age beyond 90. Thus 248,3 Jg itidivklusis, or 3732 percent. I of the population, attained an age beyond 80, MALAN, JUNE 22.—A meeting of the junior bar Was held to-day, in the Admiralty Court, to express &if 4eittiffigrits with reference to the appointment of Sir 3,ohu Campbell as Lord Chancellor. Thomas Dickson C i t.P.l the father of of the bar, presided on the oc : eakon i liot one of the Queen's Counsel, either Whigs or Tories, tit t.ended and, on the contrary, they caused it to be known that they 0.17 cted to the object for which the meeting had been called, and wc;:id hold a counter h' 2 "A' lig if any of the resolutions which ::_bt)aldt.' be p4Ssed Were to 13d feggded as the opinion Pf the ' lir ' mit . tig o e f l i f nces, DicksOn kiggeited thitt; 'hide tbe - eiream t wOrad be desirable to adjdUrti leis not agr6i.l and tin dtiSita'Ct resolution C ;s76Z .statiner, in effect,. that Juttilfoitweii,iffes4 called. ; . ,::ns in England, so all judicial in Ireland. It was urged that merely was an insult ' offered to the bar, but that Sir John Campoeb, a com mon-law lawyer, was not able to fill the office, and they would therefore be , obliged to teach him the elements of practice before they could obey his decisions The second resolution excited more discussion, as it pro posed that an address should be presented to her the a jesty, calling upon her to protect the r o ig f a stranger, hts of Irish bar, and to cancel any appoinment should such be made. Tho more ardent speakers urged that such an address necessarily followed the previous resolution ; while others thought that an address in the terms proposed might seem to trench too much upon the discretion of the Queen. It was, however, ultimately arranged that a Committee should be appointed to pro pose an address, incorporating in it the first resolution, presented to the Secretary and which address should' h e 'of! Statb for the Hothe Department. T4e inner bar will Liobagy meet andiadOpt counter.,resoliitionS ; but before iiierdan do' soSir ,f. Campbell will have take rihis st4t. I 1c is expected in town this evening, and will preside ill t tipl,court of Chancery to m orrow (Wednesday). Fl r FPITT 0 1 4 1. A , ....;,-..._...:—.-----_._ COURT OF ALVEIOIII. .N. A CO irt, of Aldermen was held utt i • sr le "-' l ' - ''' l"- ` 1 °f Sheriffs. T HE QITEEN'..i PRESENCE :yr TTIV. I. A . 17.4 ;;II OF THE T RAFALGAR I The LORD MAYOR said he considen xl. it to be his dui to state to the i;oart the course wide": he had adopted upon being informed by the S ecre Var 9 to the 13oard of Admiralty, that it Was her Majesty's ii ness the launch of the Trafalgar at Wool Nieh• He made to inquiry whether t was the pleasure of , her MajestY witness the launch from the land or from the river, as it the Queen should determine upon vicwi. ,g it from the fixation to isri water, he would have proposed to attend her Ma jesty as Conservator of the Thames. Tin: answer l',o received was an assurance that her tion to go upon the :Liver. Having subsequently ''" 1 paragraph in some rbewspaper, something about a 1110 s e ' which it was said had been moored for her Molest)! a ear to the spot appointed for the launch, he again *O w ' Majesty haino !sir £0 whether any altoration had been made in thetyell ar ; rangemeuts. being most Anxious to do her Majestv possible honour upon the occasion. The answer.'" o: re: tha b ceived was, that the newspapers were in error, an a no impediment ought to be ~thrown in the way cif ad g ° public business, in the expecta tion that the Queen ivm upon the water.—(Hear, hear.) THE AP PROACHING ELECTIOI-: - FOR THE CITY OF L ilip°' The Lolly MAYOR informed Ake Court that he ' had re' ceived notice from the Sheriffs that in obedienc ? to t he Majesty ' s Writ, they had proclaim ?,d and app` ilted election for the City of London to -take place v i i,hin the Guildhvll on Monday, the 28th of June, at eleVeß far twelve o'clock. The Cotner was then cleared of btrange-,s, and af te , r some conversation it was, we were g iven t 3 understanrae determined to eave the wole of the arra-agemens of the le, the Sheriffs, without so m uch Oen a 514- gestion from the -Coint of Aldermen. Ti , a nominatiol will take place on Monday , t he electi I n on Tuesday', al the declaration on WedLesday. After the transaction .of p ublic ' tusiness re l a tive t o Ward Inquests and brokers the. Cou r t adjourned. . -- THE MARi(EI TS. CO,UNTRY MARK ETS. ---------- St" E. 56 Wheat. Barley. il* i 6,4 • _____............--..---,-- . ' ter Quarter. ) S. to S. \s.to s. S. to ' s. s. to s• Bath ilandtbrd .......- 52 t 2 31 32 23 % ; 4 ° Bridpo Chard rt .........- 55 62 • 251 32 22 201 0 S 42 Exeter - Gloucester :54 62 24 32 22 304 40 5 0 Guildford • 40 45 Nebury Rea w ding .- ' 541 74 26 36 20 30 40 44 Salisbury 4g.. ,.. -- Shcrborne 56 58 29 31 2t. 30 40 '2 1 40 Shepton Mallet 26 64. 30 34 24 27 OS L- 1 :39 Uxbridge , •-• 1 - - 3'7 43 2.1 28 - - 7, ... ""• Warminster , 46 65 26 31 25 27 , V 4 __ ..• Winchester ' 1 45 6(1 - - - -- - " , -- .. ieovil 54 60 24 3 2 :4 24 4:2 .0 LEE'LIB CORN MARKET. r 66 ,1 n do, ..e ~,,, 3 Wheat, Norfolk and SLUR:4lk, 601 h. - York. and Linco ^ l , . 601 b. oits. Barley, Norfolk and Surlb Vt --- Yorkshire and Linci•lnslitre - Grinding --•••••' 35, to 41 ' . :' Beans &Mb. ....... . 2 i ~ to i6s,. one flats, Potatoe -Mcaling, For. -d. to - d ~ -Eng. lid. to.ti ~0 , . ref i ;belling . , 28>. . "• DEVIZES COLIN MARKET. J. c 11 ' 0 Per Sack. s. el. s. d. Per Quar ter. 5 . nfP ' a iirstWheat... 32 0 t0 5 3 0 o . Ats ft! 0 22 .. „; 0 S e cond 29 6 31 s rte.tris (per sack)... 1. ',2 •I'' 0 Third - ... ' ; Barley 27 0 30 0 Broad tperga llon). . 0 . CII ELTEN II ADI lAA ItK E TS. al i'-sol Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.l Per lb. Wheat Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton ~..... ....... ....... 6 g Oats 7 0 86 1 8eef.......... ....... .. ......... ( I t ; i l 3 0 3 9 Veal ...... . ......... . ....... e, Beans. 5O 5 4 Pork ..................• . ... 7 . Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb ..... . ........... ..... Flay 4 0.55. to 51. 105. Od• per to , 16 CHELMSFORD M.,11.K ET. y. 3 V' 41 Wheat, White 6l co 03 Oats ........ ... ........ ... ..... :39 . 40 Red ............. s 0 4 1 B ar ley 29 35 W Lut e Chevalier ..... .34 Grinding 27 31 Dlu'aga° ••••.... CANTERBU HY MARK.LT. __. to - -4 Wheat, white......... 61s. to 703. -..... Old ~.......... 7; t o -4. J - red - 603. to 665..,.... Ok' ........-. --: t0 ...4 Barley, Malting..... 28s. to 325. ....... Or •nding.• --'• *,o • ~..s., Oats .... 255.--4• Beans --..------.. 34s to 365....... 01,1............• -' 4 4.0 • to ....11. Pease "n0v0... r www "• 335. to -s. V.... GreY-.•-••• • 3S 144 40 40 no 4 6 55 ..„, [ADVERTISEMENT__ a to Ladies travelling, or temporar. te a il y subjec ilow , any deviation of equable temperature, will fu ld ii ,ifiarY'' land's Kalydor a renovating and re ..rraf,hing ''"'", / ion , dispelling the cloud of langour from --,,he cogill'eeiovi• and immediately affording the pleasing s ensation . 11 ‘, 01 ing restored elasticity of the skin. Th I distrossi°,,,po unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions 31 : i e rap ies, promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. i iPo ts ,' L i' to its freckles, discolourations, and Sallowness, Yi e " - 6 a nd specific qualities, and are succeeded by a z transparency of the skin, giving rise to • the 10st P surable sensations. to e t ' • General Browne Clayton feels di tsirou s , 01 2, 5 press the comfort and advantage he has derived at J' s .2113 'e 3 " - r ., S. „ of 70 years, and.after two years' trial, from the use of 3165'' „olio.' file i n : v oilf MOOthaeS le,. B. Solomons' newly.invented Spectacles; their vi ,at Tully merit the patronage they hare recei ved of ale It° ,.',be et o „ e ; and so many individuals of high distinctio n, as wt Jt 36 0 ' d i i," - rous scientific and eminent medical practitiene • f r °s. 25th Feb, 1841.—Address, Addington Hall, La 3 ' , asl' ire. ,dosr , •., A the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen.waters, Her ts, t° t " - and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadill) ", ° P i r,; York Hotel, and 76, King William.stieet, City :-•"" - ` 4 , ) 1 ,0 10. having been deaf for many years, I was induced fro 0 rec' . t fl es ' A tion to try your Invisible Voice Conductors, and I I al" f„„ '3 111 sure to tell you that they enable me to hear persona c c g 4 O - at a place of worship most distinctly; and in conseq of , : ions advantage I have derived, I have recommended 000-1 1:(116 you, and their report is similar to mine, most favell":" e ff Spectacles and Hand-glass which you have sent me 'l re of ; 7 cellent, And suit my sight precisely, and surpass any kind I have ever tried; the transparency of whit ;Is is % that although have passed my 86th year, the 2.7 Al of 1 " t o es. - they enable me to read, &c., by ca ndle-light wit ti the great pole' 0, and comfort to myself — Gentlemen, I return •! o a TuY L ' o e ; o fJ0" and remain your obedicntservant, RENILY COWP!g 2 * -- ' ? " - 1839. dai s (ON RIVER TWEED.—Within these last ne o there were no less than 100 boxes of :z ilmon sli i , Pr t t he one of the steamers for London. In Junc o ; bei l l were nearly ls. 6d. per lb., but the take this they ar e 0 considerably greater than in June, L.B4o,riolY be a present only is. per lb. Probably this• increaseiver; th owing to the fish having now a free run of tile r )thisselooll. stake and bag nets not Laving been put NI PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and 6101°Loite factoring Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, Lou d!) , ITp0 0 ; , , Bank of England. The best wrought SIL\ r i' 3 ' l l,,, 1 6 % 1 '0 and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, is. .`2l. per ounc eeig", r , Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following a. ll het& - recommended, but the articles may ba had ligh ler " at the same price per ounce„,. „ 0 oz. a. Fiddle hatern. : King's rotten 7i. O. d oi. 4.. 1 ' 10 ° 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7210 15 0 lwrable Spoons 40 at / i s 4 It?. Dessert ditto 20 7 734 12 Dessert ditt o 26 74...1„ JO 12 Table Forks. 3) 721015 0 12 Tab c Forks 49 , 4... ' 4 13 „" 12 Dessert ditto2o 7 34 12 Dessertditto 4, 4 0 ` GravySpoonslo '. 2 3 1 114 2 ilravySp oons $l 4 4 , i I Soup Ladle...lo 7'2311 8 1 S sup Ladle. 410 , ' 2 N 4 Sauce ditto...lo 783 16 4S. uce 0tt0... 12 filt)• 6 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 10 t' 4 Sa . ' t S p oons (sts"'" y 4 1 Fish Slice "10 0 I h Slice ...... 12 Tea Spoons. 10 7S 3 IS 8112 Tea S oo no. 1 4 o va 1 Pair Sugar Tongs Ol5 J pair :Sugar Tong s pus t be N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Neerspapcc,,,,, by drawings, and containing every information NI a ppli cl : o purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, m ay be Lad, e 7in o . /91 Lion, or will be sent into the country, free to a paid letter. to T, 6 TABLE CANDLESTICKS, nest icil y . for durability, equal in appearance. Table 03 0 1 ,: nc hes• inches high, 7s. per pair ; 9 inches high, 95. ; 05 e a. per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings , 9 iq e `, 010 6 ' 0 1$ per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings the,o_,soo tre, 4s. each. The particular metal 81 vrh i Pv be olu great variety of other articles are made, eae silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues tifi-,streo" RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street , Ox' efl dposta), THE REPRESENTATION OF IPSWICH.—The people's candidates have got the start of the people's enemies. The Tories are in the van. The Reformers have stolen a march upon them, and they will get to the top of the poll first. The powerful appeal made to the free electors on Saturday night by Mr. Wason, has pro duced a great impression upon those who desire that Ipswich should share in the general prosperity the country is to enjoy from the wholesome measures of com mercial reform proposed by a Reform Ministry, and that it shall not be placed boyond the pale of representation. Mr. Wason has been true to the Liberal electors of Ipswich in the choice of a candidate, who is identified with the people. The Liberal electors of Ipswich car ried Municipal and Parliamentary Reform ; they can now carry commercial reform. The electors will make their choice. The Tory candidates are to make their entry into this town to-day, with, we presume, the cla mour of drums and trumpets. The Liberal electors will scorn such dumb show, as an insult to their common sense ; and they will treat their addresses as they would the hollow noise of their brazen trumpets. The electors will have to decide between Wason and Rennie, and Re form ; or Kelly and Herries, and Monopoly. Ipswich Express. DEATH FROM TAKING TOO MUCH OPIUM.— On Monday night an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, in the Board-room of King's College Hospital, respect ing the death of Mary Ryan, aged twenty-six. It ap peared that the deceased was a prostitute, and on Wed nesday night, having no home to go to, she was allowed to sleep in an empty room at 43, Clement's-lane. In the morning her hands and feet were much swollen from the cold, and the landlady put her in her own bed, where she slept till eleven o'clock. She then got up, and was in and out of the house till three, when she went out with her sister, and, having pledged her petticoat, bought some opium at Mr. Lovett's, in Clare-street, Clare-mar ket. It was about the size of a bean, and she broke it up, and, mixing it with some flour, made it into pills. She had several times before attempted suicide, by tak ing laudanum. She afterwards had her tea, but in the evening became very ill; her face and hands turned blue, and she was brought to the hospital in a cab, where she died almost instantly. She bought a pennyworth, and the sister said the piece was half as large as a walnut. Verdict—That t'ie deceased died from taking an ,over dose of opium, and that the shopman was much to blame is not using more caution. DEATH IN WHITECROSSSTREET PRISON. —Monday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, in Whitecross-street Prison, on Paul Bamfield, aged 45. Deceased was a master-sweeper in Somers town. Having occasion fin: a doctor, a Mr. Ainslie, of Seymour-street, was called in, whose bill amounted to 2/. 2s. 9d., the deceased having swept some chimneys in the doctor's house, claimed a set off, which the other re fused, and eventually summoned the deceased in the Court of Requests. The verdict was against him, and on his refusing to pay he was sentenced to 20 days' im prisonment in the above gaol. He became an inmate on the 9th inst., and continued very well until Saturday noon, when, on complaining of a violent cold, and a J'ellingo e f r o e n h e e of w laiisslegs, attended he to .by wasretnihoevseldirgtoeetihl,eainndfira a pr._ -'t He said that it w as a s light cold, m ~ ph a y r s y ;c s Tt over it. At t wo o ' c l oc k the fol and he should soon g . d gh much, and lowing mornins the deceas,: con ver . y was lying on his side, and at fon: o'clock he was found lying on his back a corpse. Verdict •—.." Natural Death." The deceased was a remarkably fat man, t ,2d weighed upwards of 19 stone ; and Mr. Ward, the priso3 sur goon, said that there were then in the prison three p.-3- soners who weighed upwards of 20 stone each. EXTRAORDINARY INGENUITY.—We ob served, a short time since, a very clever little piece of mechanism,--a model steam-engine—in a shop window opposite the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road East. Stimulated by the approbation bestowed on him by seve ral eminent practical engineers, who examined his first model, the inventor (a watch-maker) has attempted, and indeed succeeded in producing an engine of much smaller dimensions than the one previously noticed ; and in the sa =ne window may now be seen one of the most extraor -, productions of modern times, viz., a working dins', - -engine, the weight of which, including en ittorlei .-valves, fly wheel, stop-cock, feed ne? ViAlielf Web ) cetera, does not exceed three Vk 5.61 ' 14 6(3 L less •than the 16th of an 0 r e/ ,l4 *l l itg . : •ii.ted that the fly inch in niartioki• if MO been eale , - wheel makes upwdrds NW ovolutions " of Fran , . e are GOOD LIVING.--Th Viefroye, • said to have had the most luxurious imaginat on what were erroneously styled fast -day their cooks had such a reputation fo r their skill, that having served a Monseigneur d' Eglise was a pass porte to the kitchens of all lov ers of good g There en are people so profane as to in sinuate that eating. excellence at which the cooks arrived in dressing les diners maigres flourish ; but this , of cours e, must be looked on as a is one of the causes why Ca tholicism has continued to malicious hint of the enemies to that faith which thus proves itself less addicted to indulgence in the flesh than are its decryers.—Lady Blessington's Idler in France. VIENNAp JUNE 14.—Accounts from Modena --- tll _ v f yg, Count von I announced that the departure of . her 11 , 11jesty the Eni ss is put off till the 24th of this month. press ssador_ at. the Court of - dat The Sun Olbre , y Pry Alevieslg, die ' Austrian Amba._No. 112, Stran , FridaY, Jail e Tuscany, was at: Modena, and,se9Me4 to intend' to stay the county of Middlesex. there till her Majeity's departure... •; . • London:. Printed and Published by. litadneng o (ooya)hnn o nnaotlnfttt t w.hhit h lheeeH e .el l ß9 S t t eh h vi i n n js s at t .m . , , at Clayton Rectory, rea r ' l ' ll ' BI R IBS. - a a btA k , , ~,. -- er, e tai s tioc G ißf laaaarrdbsnyoeinteoty.f,,oHf.alid.auvgphotheerr., f o.,,r ef f ; elp t h e lady ° • f Lancashire , _as , 0- ltr On the W. G. Lumley, Esq., of a daughter. ol, park' l. l ii lin k ss e tt.. Y , , , a 6 it‘ l ip s r t s a.rk_ißoberto a ßegiment, d:sit).u o z f jeaoyill,na,ousfg.ord,. the the gent's-park, of a daughter. iCe ph unrv, On the 22d inst., at Knight's-place, ?en"- ' , o f o lady of J. W. Finch, Esq.. of a daughter. oesqle t " On the 22d inst., at Clapham, 31rs. Henry Che r° daughter. Ars' On the 23dinst., at Norfolk-street, Park -lane, ' eh m r O s. n 3 t f h a e nd 2 o 3 r d so in n s , t 0 . , f a a t Surbion Lodge, gine ° ' rrho Parnell, of a daughter. 0 .01 1 .„.„.... ," daughter. _------ 0 i t eit. MARRIED. • , by t° On the 22d hist., at Tickenhain, Somersetshre, , to Henry Milward, Mr. Edmund Gurney, of Clere a ' Toe. oLI eldest daughter,of Mr. W. Kiddell, of the former.l:ooo3,ot hi, On the 9th inst., at St. Peter's, Ludbnry, L' o ta lop Adjutant Wright, of the Royal Marines, to ,tr i g,, So ° daughter' of E. Stedman, Esq., Bellevue 1 10° ' - ' d itt Suffolk. On the 23d !wt., at Southampton , the 1 -, e v • vO ,ll, t 9 Rice, Rector of Soi;th Hill with Ca ll ington, Corn. I , - . e orY Beatrice, youngest dau t crliter of Rear-Admiral Dn oho Gr e r de o On the 22d inst., at Si.. Marylebone Churebl:oots, M`Kirdy, Esq., of Birkvood, Lanark• te" r 11. the daughter of the late Captain li,radshavv, 222aF02211.tdd'h Norfolk,ins t. On the 22d inst., at St. Georg.."s Church , ' e t,,,ve sol' Rev. Samuel Smith, M.A., Minim:Pr of thecalci.o%, church, to Ann Catherine, daughter of F. N• • ra D el l; of Camberwell. Willia, 0 ort On the 22d inst., at St. Mark's Kenningt 4ln d ara h ." 9 A third son of Mr. J. Rock, Tulse- hill, 1 0 ,i - 0- he se° 1 daughter of Mr. G. Barwise, Wandsworth-row, ; l i r , t ao 1 On the 22d inst., at Clapham Church, BOP' Oa r f' Son of Joseph Oldham, Esq., of Stamford-hi 11,,, .10°00:....... daub,. of John Barker, Esq., of Claphann --------" 1101 DI ED. de, o f the' On the 6th of May, at Jamaica, 0 11. „, pole; 4, Artillery, aged 49. t Bbr al ' 3l- ag e 111, On the 18th inst., in Weymouth-stree , sto ker, , solo On the 19th inst., in Foley-place, r. P; v o ato On the 20th inst., Harriet, the wife of 31r• John of Rumford, Essex. Captain Slade, nreeltoo, V. ill'l:solorabecestltt;:rai: ‘, „„.. ackenzie, Esq. On the 20th inst., in Montpelier-square, w o innier t , he z..3 2 q l . s , t o i f tts ß t. e , rb C ir a o th , e a r g ft i e of ° ell° Oleo/ the ° infant tl ihe ig iclosq ,Bedford4quere'• of K'og , 2.1(7,11.n5t0n, "lf° 31rs• - -I , 2 d 2d aug ,i h n t st ? . , 0 at f 8 8 . e v d e f r o r r o d y ?t E r s e , q ? . t, On the 22d inst., it, Grosvenor -place e , : balii R ap . ..5 the late John King, Esq ' aged 75 ' e t naot ' Ar 'e " % j '• T he!" On the 14th ult., in Jamaica, Li u n e 0. , the 0 . 3j ois• 4010, of the Royal Engineers, fourth so 1 jo gto o 9 f Mere Randolph, of HaAham, Herts. _ ~,,,0 , Lam ssi,, o ug h. On the 16th lost., at Radford v tit Sir l l ' o ' n ts. Hall, Cheshire, eldest daughter of . the sone co ,of Doddingi on-park, inthe ten, Bart. widow of the late Thomas Langf la l3 te ro° l ‘ e ' -41',2513!° THE HOUR AND THE MAN ARE COME ! (From the. British Queen.) It is not often that the cause, and the representa tion of the cause, are so well matched as in the pending contest in the City of London. The courage which has always led on Lord John Russell, let the difficulty be what it might, has not failed him in the present in stance. And how strongly does it contrast with the shuffling plausibilities, and more than diplomatic silence of his adversary Sir Robert Peel ? What the latter dares not do, Lord John does boldly and unequivocally. The one puts hiniself forward as the champion of the great unprotected interests of the people at large, and states fearlessly on what he rests his case. The other is the advocate of the great protected interests, but shrinks from the avowal of the grounds of his advocacy. ' As Mr. Ward has very happily stated, in his address to the electors of Sheffield,—the present is a strug gle for the real fruits of the Reform Act. De terred by the strength of the interests arrayed against them, the Government forebore to urge on I Parliament the full concession of the rights of the people. But when events offered them a reason and a justification, which even the anti-monopolists must feel the force of, they did not shrink, even in their day of I weakness, from fully avowing their policy and enforcing the necessity of yielding to it. It was to be expected that those classes whose self will has been fostered by their ascendancy in the State during half a century (and some, indeed, for centuries), would arise, and with one voice proclaim their dissatis faction with measures which would in some measure lower that ascendancy. We had expected even more energetic opposition to the Government measures ; but we are rejoiced to find that so many of the friends of the people, who have served them so long in their strugg les for political liberty, have been true to them in those for commercial freedom, in which a narrow self-interest might have dictated a different course. In fact the Li berals, as a body, have been true to the people's cause. On the other hand, the Tories, as a body, have been opposed to it. The mask has been thrown aside. The solemn pre tence, by which Sir Robert Peel has veiled the more earnest purposes of his party are, we will not say abandoned, but not used for the present, simply be cause the party are too conscious of its futility. Whe ther to damage his own advocacy or not we will not pretend to determine ; but Sir R. Peel's repudiation of the views of the anti-slavery party, which were the only ones that gave any moral sanction to the iniquitous re sistance of his party to the alteration of Sugar Duties, was a foretaste of the reckless presumption with which the Tory policy was henceforth to be enforced. The recent rejection of the Administration of Justice Bill was another. But all this is matter for the rejoicing of Liberals. We know our men ; and the people will soon know them too—unless, regardful in time of the consequences of bringing back the Tories to power upon an anti-free trade policy too, they shall resolve to give to Ministers a majority in the next Parliament, and to establish fur ever the principle of free trade. . We are glad that Lord John Russell has put the matter upon this plain issue. Never were people ad dressed on grounds so palpably accordant with their own interests ; and if they forego them, in order to place the Tories in power, and to defeat, perhaps, for half an age, the beneficent efforts of the Financial Ministers of Go vernment, then the people must be vastly in love with Toryism, and more fond of party conflict than of the substantial fruits of good legislation and good Govern ment. If this be so, it may still be worth the while of peace loving people to inquire what their friends the Tories will do with the Chartists. We have before us an ex cellent address by the Council of the Chartists at Bath, addressed to the Chartists of that city. In this document they recommend that Lord Duncan and Mr. Roebuck, the Liberal candidates, should be supported by the Chartists, on the ground of the excellent measures of the Govern ment, and of the prospects which these measures afford of more equitable legislation in future. In other places similar language and similar conduct are held by the Chartists; and though they express themselves distrustful of public men, they seem disposed to show themselves more reasonable and practicable, on account of the im provement in the policy of the Government. They naturally ask themselves—lf the Tories were to come into power, would they exhibit a policy like this? Now, is it of no consequence to give a reasonable turn to the. ways of thinking, and to the conduct of the great masses of ourpopulation ? to make them feel that they are governed in justice ? that if the coercive part of Go vernment be applied, it is accompanied by its- opposite ; that the men who rule are friends of the people, and attached by habit as well as by principle, and willing, by publicity and by free election, to render themselves amenable to popular control. The absurdest part of the pretensions of the Tories, and of the blindness of the Tory-Radicals, is, that the former claim credit for having been successful in defeat ing the good intentions of the Government, while the latter refuse credit and support to the Government, be cause they have not had strength to give effect to those intentions. Why, this is not a case for withdrawing confidence in the Government ; it is, on the contrary, a case for giving them more active and vigorous support. The men of business of London would say, that should be very cold language to use in regard to a banker or a merchant, of deserved credit, but by some sudden exigency put in jeopardy, that assistance and support should be withheld because the support was needed. But, in point of fact, the cause is our own, and we are net going to be so silly as to suffer our friends to be beaten, simply because they are weak, and to allow our enemies to take their places, because they are already too strong to do mischief. ~ ~ t +, 5 ,: t . 4 + 1 h. at fo th tti • B 711 Pi fe of gi ti, th 1 ti C 1 21 41 it It I I S m st lit • 1 .. I 1 1 1 1 ;