The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

NORNING SUN MO NEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS h ti CITY, FR IDAY E VENING. Te ghtness of money in the Stock Exchange to day, the rate of interest for loans on Stock being 5 per bycent., caused the funds to be rather repressed in the tendency they had previously manifested. Not *ttll4lltfly absolute flatness prevailed, but simply that ii!- alents Were . generally made on terms giving what is ,_;010-led;thi turn in favour of the buyers. For immediate 2818 fer Cen'aols realized 87f to 88, and for account 88* ZiPt.elosing steadily. Exchequer Bills were again at ..1 ,,' , 4 7 .; 1o;l2s. pretnium, and East India Bonds Is. to 3s. ~.1,1 4; 4 41. The N.ew Three-and .a-Half per Cents. were ''t tO 1 1 i, to sq• and the Th ree per Cent. Reduced Annuities .LIZ ~,,,. ye T i ,the wh o l e, t h e accounts from' Spain were looked "rya* rather more favourable, and the Active Stock VIP it little, being marked at th e range f rom 191 to Al ,* The othe r F ore i gn Securities were very dull. Bra - " .1 4tek was firmer at 511, Mexican continued heavy at ~; 1 ,-.1 4 1a Colombi a n at 19. Belgian Bonds rose to 1031, T._7 . Math Twb-und - i-Half per Cents. wer e 51k t o 31. ii.,,,tht,_Northern,Securities there were no transactions. -eatitalliyay Shares there was still but little demand, ir t i.. 4s 9ghton, Which have recently been so depreciated /21 *" 4 4; Market, value still " hung fire," being quoted N•Iltt0 7'3 &Count. Great Western New were 41 ; the . L hs, 31; Birmingham and London, 67 to 6 , _ ; the ~;.,„- -' ,P .; and' thet York and North Midland 28 ,a:•'_L.alimoot: tendon Joint-Stock Bank Shares were 2- ri- 3 -- e tn ot i t llll o. ; itrid:N ational Provincial Bank of England, 3,- x Theo Was a decline this afternoon in the Foreign Bit it neee. The precise cause remains to be elucidated. 12 : en Tims were taken at 25f. 70c. to 72f.; Amsterdam, p- A.lOl O ; Ant i ,erp, 12 3,1 to 1 ; Hamburgh, 13 101 to 94 ; , itiorti'l49-1, and Trieste, 9 50 to 52. - - (From The Sun of Last Night.) —The sales of t e rl'E ot "°° L COTTON MARKET, OCT,. 21. —The ~ . . hue beenWll to-day a taken by amount to 4,000 bales, 500 of 14 men .n.te6 • - • ne m, sto 7 speculators present. Prices arc—for ; 4- ernanis 7 1 to 81; Egyptians, 81 to ES urat; 3to 5 ' 8 actions at the Stod -'- *. SIT AR; MARKET, OCT. 21.—The trans- Thevo p'i E Exchange to-day have 20/ 2 00 : ei ri,;e, —Eastern Counties, 7i; Great been ll l ' i e ni st i e t r e i ( i i , 52 .m• "1- Cu n t ndon and Birmingham,Shar . es, land% 78 1d1 . arld es, 77i ; York and North Mid ...llANc w toark4 t STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 21.—Our 71,E8daYElitias evinced more firmness, without how eYer, l ea di ng to much business, Stock being less freely tere r.e.d. Manchester and Leeds, 56 to 561 ; Ditto guar t.e -6 .l lares ' 21. 18 . ; Manchester and Birmingham, 21 , : !,,!4, North Midland, 66; Ditto, Halt Shares, 32 to 32-.}. No4rnte. Liverpool letter received this morning at the f7h and South- American Coffce-house, states that reLryivveessel .1i ii own to have cleared in the United States .1., ._ 'Tool has arrived, a circumstance very remark .sol!, If not unprecedented. Consols opened firm at 87i 88 for Money ; and 881 remark for Account ; Excheuer Bills, los. to 12s. premium. i e ' t i . ! the Foreign M arketspanish Active Stock opened I, 4o;n i, iu t a - ep,seer cent. better, the quotation is now 19':: 2 0._ Five per Cents. arc 9 01- ; Ditto 'Threes, 1, -1- ,„ e rY little doing . 2 e P -41glish and 'Foreign Securities are not so firm f,87i43 in the early part of the - morning. Consols are now for s-onts Three per / 1 /I "eY ; and 88i for the Account ;,, 13,:n,!(• stedoeukc,ll,6s37 86i 4, Ditto Three-and-a-llalf, 96k g i loi ; India Bonds, 1 3 prem. ; and .r.; hequer Bills, I() 12 prem. )4,611),41118h Active Stock has receded to lOi ;Brazilian -- "Ans are git per Cents , 5? ; Dlexican, 23j- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half ti i. r'ltt:VitY little business doing in the Shares. The Market 74tiues Rat and heavy. London and Brighton are 37*; , Western, Fifths, 7i i ; London and Croydon, 111 .'„F,';e6' 'York and 'North Midland, 78. 18° , /I n a. * 873E88; Ditto. Account, 881 i ; Colombian, • ~k.i:; panish, 19 7 20. T • - td.di.„. have gone t a,OOO packages, brought forward tan''' off steady and without any altera csisit:dr7c;:irguesday's prices, the quantity actually pur -3,000 packages. tr i Ye Are accounts expected of a later date from the :tte States about Monday. 4 "eY i 3 scarce in the City. CLOSING PRICES. 11w. . BRITISH FUNDS. 44.4 Mock,. .......... ... 162 i India Stock ...... ...... •..243it ary l ' Cent Red. ......... 864 Ditto Bonds 4 r C ent Cons . 874 Ditto Old Annuities Per Cent Red ... ........ 96* Ditto New Annuities — h ., 3 i per Cent ...... 97' 'Ex. Bills, beer Cent.,,, . :.. a ! Ditto 5001 l3 pin 1,000/....2Ad 12 pm I.43tAnnuities to . X.. expire ! Ditto Small. ..• 13 pm *-4 11 ", 1 86 •...• . P l 2 5-16 Bink Stock for Acct — ,-31.7 1859 ...... 'lndia Stock for Acct — 1 .... 360., . ........... 12 9-16 Consols for Acct BB5 A dair' FOREIGN FUNDS. fig n - ' 14 4, 5 per cent.— Portuguese, 5 per cent. = k i t 5 per cent ...... 103 Ditto, New Ditto ent. Chi,...lattenCAnyhr"66 i,; / . .... i 514 Fi r u u st an n:s s p p e e r r e c ent C 01. 74 0 6 per cent...... 'Ditto, Metallic it 7nb 'en, 6 per cent... Spanish , l 5 per c ent 2oi 1 0 824. •••••...• ..... !Ditto, Deferred —f. _eloA. 6711:e1k 3 per c en t French, 5 per cent. kh z . k,l B;ts, 5 pe r cen t — 'Exchange —f. --c. ptu i te lp, 5 p er cen t.... 23 1 F renc h, 3 per cent —f. —c er_4 .,.. .0 Pet cent, 1825. IDutch, 2 1 per ce n t. ... 51h —0825, 6 per ct. !Ditto, 5 pe r cen t — SHARES •• 'Great Western Railway (65 paid) — Ditto New Shares (50 paid s.l* • ~. Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ~L e adon a n d B r i g h ton (50 pa id) 37 14 '')rulon and Bla c k wa ll Railway (25 paid)... :• - Ditto New Shares ( (aid) 2l 19s 2d Lido I Bir in ham (90) ......... ••• - n an, m g 157 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ••• 21i Ditto Thirds (32 paid) • ‘ . D itto New Sh ares ( 2 paid) . I I i . a ndon and Croydon Railway (Trunk) . c o V r tli and North Midland Railway t5O paid 1 78 li eltstel._"SE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.)_ . 1 :1itt,:`...% _. ..... CF.I2 8 [Gibraltar .... . 45 1 1444 sight ......... 12 5 [Leghorn ... ...... •• 25 90 Alit * , r a ...... ...2 U. 12 85 Genoa 31 rp .................. 12 7 Milan '4lllll ...... M. B. 13 14 Venice 39i th°44_ ........ .. . ,13 145 Naples h - 4.,_. a di,„, . ..... 1185 -.La A ," sight .., 25 60 Palermo, per ex 525 "1'4 ' 41 ' 3 ......... 25 85 ;Lisbon 525 I te k t e d ili s ...... ... .25 90 Oporto; 44 41 ,,au1i .... . .......... 25 90 i Rio Janeiro 27 ,Nteiz'On Maine..• 150 i Bahia Ile * ' 'Ill ') 3 Us ... 375 !Buenos Ayres . .1 41.•:...r. ~. ..... ._., 7 !New York, 21 days sight 4 4 6 55 ',. 1 504 1 t r , -- •• : et: ft. 3. M. 956 'Philadelphia .. ikirice.,tto ........ ... 958 ;PRICES OF BULLION , PER OZ, k C4414 . .... .............. 36 'Portugal Gold o £3 17 5 9 bot ............ .. ..... 365 Foreig n !_ Gold, bars ... 3 ....... . ...... v- Do, New )übloons 0 0 0 New Dollars:. 0 4 10 Silver in Bars 0 4 114 36 INgi- ............. 36 ~ .. .. .. ~, ........ ...... 36 1 . .c. P . TH E OR MAN'S C Independent.) CHURCH. ~, r i i f . (From the Wiltshire 40 A Ay e l)n daY, the 4th instant, a labouring i man,. named'NA.,n, a parishioner of Marden, in Las county, over him. A D'... Ide 4 6 3 7 the wheels of a waggon passing ° , 'Oer'''' le was dug in Marden churchyard, and o ej l e te t,), d , totritrgi.9u haade-for the funeral, which was attPrapte. the 14,.. A : place on the following Friday. Present P;irsons, attended, and, to the T s h u e rp C rise of all the corpse kJ :4 ' Pelnimptorily refused to suffer illicte _ eu,4,f_eltried into the church. The a . d widow the t._ --cu b. . • b o dy into he.). ed ifice Ina to admit the %K i s b , her friends supplicated him to ... c a o_t i i ,s - Che re b i lt in vain ; the door of the " Poor .51 I tor - , - ; i _ was closed against the unoffending lvere l i thid4 t bs . - poor man," his sorrowing relatives I ted to ' — '°,4 (1 11 '`' gnter and were contumelious y . poin Wookir-I Where, and where alone this Christian teacher to theta tlei'ntiekend to perform the service, denying h to 11 1°01 c u he tkrt of it which they have been t t .Ssry as being the: most important, The people, 'Nitini ki ii i . ?I' constitute Christian burial ! arry the duel • %Iv.. I, e i f : 7 4 ,,t this cruel conduct, refused bc! c it. On At h',11.1," ,rave, and . -.returned hoine with . ell4c",4ay_ Morning they took it again to the I.Z 4 e 4 t.4!,, 31 , r1:1 411 ' (ii,tain they were .0 attended l.efosed by adin t i l t ie . .: La. ,-- 4 41 ,,,. - - .th. e ft . gai Fl i t i urt.'! . l l l l . eY Tl v i e e l Curate attempted • 'ilk., tiliiit'• , 1 . sernce in the yard, but '.4 44.4 ‘ .44 1; 3'-wlivillinut listen to him ; a scene of co h n is fusrt - I . illiii.ellor‘ee. 4liedili"n te the th e e a Y rti l t o‘v quickly possible, as ered the coffin to its ll ' t°4 4i ves i the sense they entertained of his a c s on d d a uet t t• e hnirt at him and hooting him. On that five y per_ ',40n4cd,,,4s deserted, not more than four or . ___- , tN o * 7f, s, n. g to attend the service, and such is the im t'itl oika...._ lir C onduct of this successor of the Apostles has . i -.IIi• al . I !Cr for his partshi that petition, prayin„ .. oners, a - 1 . 4 4. .._, i .Un i l iL he , ~ r cll'e, , has been drawn up, and has rt. ittit.,, ‘,.l_,aignatures of nearly all of them. ,, o _ `qta -"t could be the Rev. Gentleman's reasons has 1l tiltusatraQrainr . conduct—fur cluing that which h at, rn itsed tb,,,,. Y 4a hien.‘tatiar, 4-t4)° of, his fl ock - "4 - 11 ' -s '., 4tr. he has thought it necessary .4 1,0 aefehee of his proceedings. Here it is ;_-_-__. •; ‘ " l 4i h,ilit PARISHIONERS OF MARI EN _ or • etir sa,C4a PARtstiIoNERS—I now think it right, I Ori v i i .. % land for my own, to inform you of the reasons to h Leh ofirsed to allow the body of Ralph Weston ~.!.. y—h^eu 'into church. Ait i)st t i l,_l ivent to speak to Ralph Weston notn Sunday, 44e, (eta tau, about other things, he th n the pred leave 1 ,,,ne nr of two persons decLred, that he woul es h ‘ t reh tl , o c° ining to church —that he thougtht neither itnly ( 1 - ,r parson necessary for a man's salvation -6e tut% e ' e nued and praised the Ranters who infest and c„ °ltr and on Sundays —and avowed hithself to th e ;tearer habituall and living an evil life —and on 1))1,,,,.",n1e rejected tl Y te' Church utterly. And lie, most .4,,, r PL r ly for himself, lived up to his words. lie con k), A.'requented the Ranters' meetings, in defiance of Ne t . 44t? Warnings and public preaching, and of the , -4 0; ,trne Church. %toil tt.-"konday evening, October 4th, I was told of his to theci,eident. I iinmediately said that I would ride up 1414,:15in to see him if 'there were any hope of life not ltit ni tti n.„9. But I was assured that he had died in ... K . , ' th at was true. 1 ",..,011 4 - t tu at he died without ever having repented in wl eke t i i„ me, or that I know to any ono else, of his , 4111,411/4i; purposes and life. eli-g„-•otore I resolved (and I am sure that I resolved talz,;"o7. Mends, such as yourselves may see are good) thao t 7, what the Chureh,thinks of lives so contrary . to e ark•4 4 4 l:!il, by refusing his body the privilege of being - Thi. „ . 41 4 c ut h l llto that church from which while alive he - • - 'q - . 1 .,_ se on - E l : 1 , 111 "i! off flow great a grief and trouble this . 4 ,_"Llutt tu,144 peen to ale, all who know me well, know. katoih,„_Y. have mercy on his soul can be desired by ~; .. , 0r 2 „.....-.- ((cat!y -a n b y . ~, • .7-7_,7l‘fre,cituttatefaithful clergyman and friend, ---'•: .!:IL':PARSONS, Curate of Mardea. : .'' • ichii i: . ' "'"'"--.5.__, , ,l'kr. turf!,.--in :his 46 Eli4t.ory •of. Manchester,' 7 . 4.rtt,Ctrlitt.. ' th-arr early period uf. the English history, ered dema t o Nrv: e f tbr assaultiug one of the lions in " iklishig Ild°11;7 0 `the4 priumplaolita hiug trea t' cord, - THE STILIKE AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. A meeting of the Delegates of the various Trades and Callings of London, took place last night, at the Craven Head, Drury-lane, " to take into consideration," as stated in the advertisement, " the present state of the masons employed at the new Houses of Parliament, and also to consider the conduct of a portion of the public Press relative to the above-named strike." At a quarter to nine o'clock the Chair was taken by JOHN WORTHINGTON, a mason, and at this time the room was crowded to suffocation. The CHAIRMAN said he accepted the office of their Chairman with great diffidence. lle was extremely gra tified to see so numerous an attendance, as it would de monstrate to all, and to their employers in particular, that the working classes were entitled to the protection that was due to them. The present meeting might be designated the collective wisdom of the Trades of Lon don. He would now read for them the circular calling the meeting, and would then introduce to them Arm strong Walton, a mason who would declare the cir cumstances connected with the late strike. ARMSTRONG WALTON then came forward. He said many of them must be aware of the circumstances connected with the late strike ; but as there were some also who were unacquainted with them, he would briefly state the reasons for the course they adopted, and leave the meet ing to judge whether they were justified in so doing or not. The conduct of the foreman, Mr. Allen, was so harsh, intolerant, and tyrannical, that it Has impossible to bear with him any longer. There were four distinct specific charges against Mr. Allen, and they had called on Messrs. Grisell and Peto, and on V Mr. Alen, to rebut them, and prove them false if they could, but they had refused to do so. The first was that of a young man who was desirous of going to Manchester to bury his mother. That was a duty, they all would admit, which devolved upon every man of paying the last tribute of respect to his deceased parent.—(Heat, hear.) He made application to Mr. Allen for a fortnight's leave, not three weeks, as had been stated by Messrs. Grisell and Pete in their letter in the Times.—(Hear, hear.) That was refused him, and he then asked for a week, that was re fused, Mr. Allen stating at the same time, that he might go down on one day and come up on the next. The young man had some affairs to settle in Manchester, and said it was impossible for him to be back in that time. Mr. Allen then said, in the most haughty and indignant manner, that he might take his chance of getting weak when he came back, but he w ou ld no t k ee p t h e job open for him or any other man. The men sympathised with him, and, after calling a meeting, advised him to go. He went accordingly, and at a subsequent meeting, it was agreed to represent to Mr. Allen that if the young man was discharged they would consider themselves dis charged. The man who acted as chairman at that meet ing, with others, was positively discharged for daring to call in question that arbitrary conduct.—(Loud climes.) The young man came back, and through their interfer ence he was allowed to go to work, but he was taken out of the shop and put to the worst sort of work, by way of punishment. The next charge was that of a man who had occasion to be absent two or three days. lie was sent for to see his wife, who was dying, and got permis sion from the under-foreman to do so. He stopped to bury his wife and returned in three days, but when he did, Mr. Allen turned round on him in a manner which no one could justify, and said " he might go and die with her, and be d—d."—(Cries of " Shame.") the next charge was that of a man who had his leg broken and was taken to the hospital. On his return he was not of course so nimble as before he met the accident, but he naturally expected some sympathy, but instead of that he was told in the most brutal manner that 6' he (lid not want any such d—d hobbling fellows there."—(Cries of 6 6 Shame.") Now, they were possessed of faculties and feelings perhaps as acute as Messrs. Grissell and Peto, and they could not sit down tamely and submit to these things.—(Hear, hear.) The next charge was that of a man who had been some days away from his work, and he could bear testimony to the cir cumstances himself as the man worked near him. His wife had been sick for ten months, he had been him self six months out of work, and living in the east end of the town, and having been for some time without the necessaries of life, he was in bad health, and had been obliged to sta = y away from illness. After the man had given him a fair explanation of the cause of his absence from illness, instead of being allowed to return to his work, he was told that be might go away as soon as ho liked, for they wanted nothing there but sound men. It was just the way in which coachmen used coach-horses, get as much as they could out of them and then send them adrift.—(Hear.) 'Try were prepared - to prove these charges against Mr. Allen, but, notwithstanding this, when the strike took place at the Monument at Charing-cross, and at the Woolwich Docks, Messrs. Grissell and Peto stated that if any one could prove that any of these acts had been committed by Allen he would be immediately discharged ; and when a deputation ac cordingly waited upon these gentlemen, instead of acting like gentlemen, and investigating their truth or false hood, they refused to entertain them at all, and told the deputation that they considered they lowered their dignity by giving them a hearing.—(Cheers and a laugh.) There was another subject which had been misrepre sented by the Press, namely, that of a man having been fined ss. fir what was called " chasing ;" but no such fine had ever been imposed. Messrs. Grissell and Peto had distinctly told the deputation of the masons that the conduct of Allen would be better in future, showing clearly that there had previously been tyranny and un fair play. Now he thought it most unfair to get a man of great physical strength, and urge him to do a certain quantity of work, and then to go round to all the men, many of whom had worked for years for the firm, and to tell them, " if you do not come up to this standard, you must be discharged."—(Hear, hear.) He believed there was not one man of common feeling who was acquainted with all the circumstances of the case, who would vindi cate the conduct of Allen.—(Hear, hear.) The Secretary, THOMAS CARTER, at the request of the Chairman, then read the corr es p on d ence t h at h a d taken place between the contractors and the masons. At their first interview, it appeared that Messrs. Grissell and Veto had consented to remedy some grievance of which the men hart complained, with regard to their tools and the supply of water ; and, on that occasion, the Se cretary stated that they had acknowledged that Allen had acted unjustifiably, and that his conduct would be better in future if the men would consent to return to their work, which they accordingly did. Every thing went on comfortably for about six weeks, when the same system of annoyance was renewed ; and another corres pondence took place on the subject. Having read all the letters, the Secretary added that a deputation having waited on Messrs. Grissell and Peto since the strike, they had distinctly stated that if any body could prove the charge against Allen, they would dismiss not only him. but the best foreman they ever had ; but when they went to substantiate these charges the contractors denied that they had over stated anything of the kind. In short, they denied every thing that wculd tell against themselves.—(Cheers.) Mr. M'DONALD said it was a new feature in their meetings to see reporters there, and he hoped that, as the report of that meeting would go forth to the public, the gentlemen of the Press would use him mildly, as he was one that could not boast of a very good educa tion.—(Laughter.) They had heard the correspondence mad with respect to the conduct of Allen, and it only remained for him (Mr. Meleonald) to again reiterate the justice of their strike, and to show the amount of oppo sition that was arrayed against them. They were all well aware that the strike then pending amongst the workmen lately employed on the Houses of Parliament had lasted six weeks, and during that time Messrs. Grissel and Peto had used every exertion to procure other men to fill their places. The man they had been trader had harshly abused his power. The men who had been under him were a must industrious portion of the com munity, and had always conducted themselves well, and never tailed to do their duty.—(Hear, hear.) That struggle was still pending, and would continue to be so, until that scourge of a man was removed. He (Mr. M‘Donald) would turn their attention to the opposition thrown against them to prevent the attainment of their abject, for which they were all so anxious. In the first place they were aware that the Press was against them. Mr. ANDERSON, of the British Queen—Not all. Mr. M'lloteeen said they could obtain inser tion in none of the papers of their statements. Further, a most powerful opposition had been made to them by the Government. It might not appear to them directly (aim the Government, but from various parties paid by the Government. The Commission of Woods end Fo rests were against them, and also the Admiralty Board. They had heard a letter read from Messrs. Grissel and Pete, stating that they would do anything to maintain Allen in his situation, and also to enforce a proper dis eipline amongst the men.—(Shame.) There had been a letter, signed " Sidney Herbert," purporting to come from the Lords of the Admiralty, to Messrs. Grissel and Peto, and allowing them further time to accomplish the buildings. They were aware that the path they had taken was dangerous and was beset with numerous policemen and many difficulties, but he believed that the m en working upon the new Houses of Parliament had steered clear of those difficulties.—(Cheers.) His (Mr. M‘Donald's) opinion was that if the trades of London lent them their sympathy, and if they themselves would act together and united, they would ultimately obtain the point sought in spite of the opposition ar ra y e d aga i ns t them.—(Cheers.) Mr. R. ANDERSON hoped that the meeting would make the cause their own and unite with their oppressed tellow men, and that a fellow feeling would run through out the length and breadth of the land, which would enable them to carry the object of their struggle, and if they were only combined they would be able to carry had had but live dissentient voces, thereforehe trusted that object. Out of the whole masons of Scotland they i . that the delegates then assem bled would warml y enter into their cause. They must accomplish their object. The strike had then continued six weeks, and amongst the workmen were men with families, and therefore wou l i i ( ei hoped that as the expense was great, liberalitye would be shown on the part of the other un ions ; and b say again, th a t this cause was the cause of them all. ' of the statements to him respecting the insertion 'rite CHAInMAN then read a letter t hat had been ad dressedof the workmen in several of the papers. A WORKMAN asked the Chairman to state what papers w ere app li e d to. The CHAIRMAN—That will come in order. Mr. A NDERSON, o f t h e B r i t i s h Q u een and Statesn h i iT i l l; then rose, an d suid, that perhaps they would excuse fur sa yi ng a few words with re spect to the statem ents relative t o t h e P ress. The whole of the Press bad been blamed, whereas only apart had refused to give inser tion to the documents of the workmen, necessary to ex plain the strike that had taken place. He was ono of the proprietors • o f t h e British Queen. an d h e a nd his partner_ had come there, and had brought a gentlemate to report their proceedings, and insert everything that. they could wish fur, in order that the public might judge for themselves whether the workuseu were right nr wrong. He would say that he 4ad beer. 09 ;age d in their tratlei unions for a umber of. years, 20 11' THE SUN, LQN . piication had been made to him to give an insertion to any document; had it been so he should have done as he had done several years ago, when he conducted the trades' newspaper. He had conducted the Morning Ad vertiser for 13 years, to which he did not then belong, and he had always evinced the greatest sympathy for the workmen, for he had been a workmen himself. His paper had never been applied to to give insertion to the documents. He had come there at considerable expense to his health, and had brought a gentleman to report their proceedings; and if the Secretary . would - only. furnish him with any document, their case should be fully given to the public on Monday morning.—(Hear, hear.) A WORKMAN asked Mr. Anderson if he would con tradict the statement which had appeared in the Weekly Dispatch relative to the ss. fine for chasing. • Mr. ANDERSON said he would do so if the Chairman would contradict it before him. Mr. RAY said that was not the immediate question before them, they must consider the object of the meet ing first. He had worked with Allen when he was a workman at Messrs. Cubitt's fo: nine years, and during that time he was a leading member of the trades' union, and threw up his situation on a similar occasion to the present ; but he had now got the robes of office on, and he had changed into la tyrant. He begged to propose the following resolution : " That this meeting fully justifies the proceedings of the masons who lately struck at the New Houses of Par liament, against the overbearing and tyrannical conduct of George Allen, and pledges itself to use its every ex ertion to procure them every necessary support." After a rather desultory conversation, the resolution, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. A discussion having arisen as to the cause and pro bable benefit to be derived from the workmen at Nel son's Monument, and at Woolwich, in the service of Messrs. Grissel and Peto, having also struck, Mr. B. ANDERSON emered into a lengthy statement of the case, and said that as Messrs. Grissel and Peto had done everything► against the workmen they could, they thought that all striking at once was more likely to bring the matter to a close. Mr. Busts then tnoved " that it was the opinion of.that meeting that the Masons' Society was justified in calling out the members from Woolwich and Nelson 3lonument, in consequence of the unjustifiable conduct of their employers." This having been seconded, the resolution was carried. A discussion then arose as to the delegates holding a public meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, and Mr. DuNsisic moved the fill owing resolution : " That no public meeting be held until the report of this night's proceedings be given to the respective societies returned to this meeting." After a very long desultory discussion, the resolution was put and carried, without a dissentient. After a short conversation, it was agreed upon that another meeting should be held in the -same place, on Wednesday next, in order to receive the answers from the various unions. Mr. TuomrsoN was about to enter into their com plaints respecting a portion of the Press, when' it was moved that as the evening had so far advanced the con sideration of the question had better be deferred till their next meeting, which motion having been put by the Chairman, and carried, the meeting adjourned at half past twelve o'clock. LITERATURE. OUTLINES OF BOTANY. Pointer, London, 1841. In this little volume we have the substance of six elementary Lectures on Botany which were delivered by the author, a gentleman named Graham, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. We have glanced our eye over the Lectures, and have been much struck with the skill and ingenuity with which Mr. Graham has contrived to sim plify, and render intelligible to the most ordi nary capacity, the general principles of the science. Those who desire to obtain a correct idea of the outlines of botany cannot do better than study this useful and unpretending volume with attention. KNIGHT'S STORE OF KNO WLEDGE. Knight, London, 1841. The present Part of this Miscellany contains two Essays--ore, on the National Debt and Funded System ; and the other on the Mineral Kingdom. Both are written in a very pains taking spirit, and with an obvious endeavour, on the part of the author, to render these subjects as little abstruse and as attractive as possible, in which he has, to a certain extent, succeeded. THIRD DUKE OF BEAUFORT.-There was formerly in the possession of Mr. Gimber, fishing tackle maker, London, who bequeathed it to his housekeeper, and which has become the property of a Mr. Lime, the following curious relic:—lt consists of a gold ring with an oval shield, representing an urn or lachrymatory, sur mounted by a weeping willow, and encircled with bril liants. The reverse contains a portion of the hair of the third Duke of Beaufort. On the inside of the hoop is engraved, " The enclosed hair was cut off the Duke of Beaufort's head after being interred 348 years." The following are further authentic particulars, extracted from a.document printed in the year 1775:—" Bury St. Edmund's. On the 20th of February, 1772, some la bourers employed in breaking np a part of the old Abbey Church, discovered a leaden coffin, which contained an embalmed body as perfect and entire as at the time of death ; the features and lineaments of the face were perfect, which was covered with a mask of the embalm ing materials ; the very colour of the eyes distinguish able, the hair of the head as brown, intermixed with some few grey ones ; the nails fast upon the fingers and toes as when living ; stature of the body about six feet, and genteelly formed. From the place of its''ititerment it was soon found, by an authentic manusgt the re mains of Thomas Beaufort, third son to , John de Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, by his third Duchess, Lady Cathe rine Swinford, relict of Sir Otho de Swinford, of Lin colnshire. He took the name of Beaufort from the place of his birth (a Castle of the Duke's in France. Ile was half brother to King Henry IV., created Duke of Exeter, and Knight of the Garter ; in 1410 Lord Chan cellor of England ; in 1412 High Ada'iral of England and Captain of Caais. He commanded the rear-guard of his nephew, King Henry V.'s army, at the great battle of Agincourt, on the 25th of October, 1415 ; and in 1422, upon the death of King Henry V.. was jointly with his brother Henry, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester, appointed by the Parliament to the Government, care, and education of the Royal infant, Henry VI. He (lied at East Greenwich 1427, in the sth year of King henry VI." We can affirm that the regiments employed on the fortifications of Paris execute, with repugnance, these fatiguing works. They especially complain of the little they are paid. They w ork ten hours, and get two sous for it. A soldier of the 17th Light assured us he had got but four sous for a week's work. Another sol dier asked aloud if the day's labour of a man was not worth more than two sous. Serious discontent has broken out at Mont Valerien. The soldiers work with great reluctance at the citadel, which all declare can never be of use against either Prussian or English. "Never fear," said a soldier, " we shall work as badly as we are paid ; and if want of zeal be not supplied by numbers, the fortifications won't be finished in sixty years." But the works of the immense citadel of Mount Valerien continue nevertheless ; and the wall has been commenced on a most colossal scale. The whole cir• cumference of the mountain will be taken in, and will contain arsenals, barracks, and powder magazines. The ramparts towards Paris have been the first commenced. Mont Valerien will form one of the • most formidable citadels in the world. It commands all the west of Paris, will command the Seine, and all communication of the capital with Normandy. Parisians may estimate, after the example of Pampeluna, the use to be made of citadels by a government animated by the ideas of the Journal des Debats.— Commerce. IGNORANCE IN THE VILLAGES ROUND LON' noN.—At an inquest held on Monday night before Mr. Higgs, Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Over thrown Cart, Lower Edmonton, on the body of a man named Patrick Oak, who was found drowned in a ditch near that house, seven witnesses were examined with re spect to the occurrence. Five out of the number when called on to sign their depositions were unable to write. The Coroner said it was most lamentable to witness such a want of education in that populous place, and thought that parents were much to blame in bringing their children up without giving them some instruction. A Juror said it was the same case in nearly all. the vil lages round London, very few of the working people being able to-write their names, although in most of the places there were free schools for the instruction of their children. THE ORCHARDS OF JERSEY.—The orchards in this island are very numerous and flourishing. They not only add much to the value of the land, but present an appearance of wooded luxuriance highly pleasing. The soil is evidently well adapted fey their growth, the trees being remarkable for their broad rich foliage, their healthful appearance, and the great abundance of small bearing wood they contain. The under boughs are also suffered to grow very low, so that no marks of the pruning hook are to be seen upon them. In some exposed situations the trees are so densely crowded that their branches are intermixed like a forest. Little secluded dales, and their sloping sides and irregular and waste-places, are here turned to good account by being literally covered with fruitful trees. The fences also in this island, which are mounds of earth four feet high, and of the same breadth, arc thickly studded with oak and elm trees, not so much for the usefulness of the timber as for the valuable shel ter they afThrd to the apple and other crops. Cyder is one of the principal exports of the island, upwards of 2,000 hogsheads being exported annually, though it is not of first-rate quality, being sweet and deficient in ~trength. This arises partly from the light nature of the soil, and parly from the soft qualities of the fruit. New sorts have of late years been introduced from De vonshire, and also from France and America. The Blenheim orange, first propagated by Mr. Fletcher, late of Aston, near Moreton-in-the-Mar,b, has found its way. thither. The price of the best cyder is about sixpence t ier gallon. LYNN.—Wheat sowing hereabouts, though it commenced this year somewhat later than usual, is no‘N progressing rapidly. In several fields the young plants of wheat are already up and showing themselves, and some farmers have completed wheat-sowing, or nearly The above observations apply principally to the up :ands of West Norfolk. In marsh-land the case is some what different, the great quantity, of rain %%licit has i w tely fallen having rendered the land unfit for working. The turnip crop appears to be doing extremely well, and ,he pastures and marshes, which have been fed through- Jut the summer, still continue to yield abundance of and t4o 170440$ Arc juxu:l2r.t..—Ca4i4c osrtior, • . •. PROCESS FOR PURIFYING WATER. Professor Clarke, of the University of Aberdeen, having bent his attention chiefly to this subjc t, is now submitting the results of his elaboration and study to the Londotfpublic, and on Thursday at two o'clock deli vered a lecture on this important subject at the theatre of the Polytechnic Institution in Regent-street. He proceeded to perform a.series of exp.:rim:A:as to elucidate the principle thus laid• down upon various specimens of filtered and unfiltered water, which were ranged in large glass receivers about the lecture room. These specimens consisted of Thames river water in its foulest state, as caused by the late flood. Tne others were specimens of tho Grand Junbtion, New River, West Middlesex, and Chelsea water companies, in the ready-filtered state in which they are supplied to the houses of the metropolis. On the table before the Lecturer were also specimens of water, undergoing purification by a boiling process, in bottles placed over small fire-lamps. Our readers have already been put is poisession of the new principles advocated by the Professor, in an account of aI. cture delivered by him at the London University, and reported in The Sun on October the Bth. The fir s t exper i ments, also, on the present occa swioente,rv,izaand thadtiseoefgiengfiuesg the infusing q u i c k-li me i n t o the i : npure sink in a residuum ; chalk, h ; t i e ! k s t , i e so g as ef to d ff c: r u e s u e t it sp to e as also the . c:mens of pure and impure Water by soap, these being in effect the same as exhibited on the preceding occa sion, need not be reiterated here. The experimeatal novelties, if they nay be so termed, on the present oc casion, only worked out, by a various method, the Lec turer's leading principle. Two bottles, the contents of which had been boiled the preceding day, were acted en' by •the Professor ; that specimen_ which had been submitted to the Lec turer's process had no -deposit, while the other, of ma purified water, had a thick deposit of powder at the bottom, was accompanied by a furred surface and in crustrations, furnishing a clear proof that the chlo rate of lime was altogethe r a far more powerful and efficient purifier than even a violent boiling process. This experiment, said the Lecturer, furnishes abun dant topics for application to the routine of our eve ry day life ; in the multitude of domestic purposes for which water is used, it is constantly, as exhibited by this experiment, in this fund and hurtful state. But the evil is most greatly apparent in the ease of our large manufactories. Professor Cl ar k e h ere i nv i ted , attenti in di m to a a me Lit r osfecdop,poeiriei had ' r ecent l y been atiule measuring a few inches a portion of a long pipe which cenve3ed, in a horizontal position, water of the same consistency as that supplied by the River Companies, into a boiler located in another part of the manufactory.' For a sr ace of time, not longer than six months, it had con tinued to serve this purpose, and at the end of that time presented its present appearance, it beinglocrus ted internally with a thick coating of about two inches in depth of solid chalk, ,very much resem bli ng indurated concre t e stone. Tne same effect, observed the Lecturer, which is here evidenced in the case of the pipe, is exactly :hat which is daily happening to those who heat their houses and rooms by hot wmer. This is managed by means of pipes, which gradualy obtain a lining of chalk, that prevents the heat from passing out, and defeats the intention of the plan. Agai r, in steamers for boiling, this incrustation of carbonate of lime is constantly occurring. In the case of tubes it is still worse ; oftentimes the action of the heat is alto gether restricted by these incrustations ; the tube then peels, it next forms itself into au oxide, its strength gra dually decreases, and at last it breaks. This is the most frequent cause of explosion in steam-boilerr. The most noticeable effects of the Professor's new process, as recapitulated by himself, were these—its power of softening water ; its removal of the deleterious chalk ; the taking away of the fur which unavoidably accumulates in the boiling process ; its de struction of all vegetable matter, and imectal life ; in addition to its clarifying and rendering almost perfectly omit to remark that the specimen of the P ro f essor ' s pure this fi rs t o f the elements of life. We must not purified water which was ranged on a stand with the filtered specimens of the different Companies, was ab solutely diaphanous, and purely crystalline and colour less, compared to those at its side, which were various of shade, end of a deep discoloured hue. Before concluding, Professor Clarke begged to call the attention of the many scientific gentlemen who were present, as well as the rest of his respectable audience to some remarks which had appeared in the .E.ratniner respecting his new process. The article which contained them bore the signature of M.D.," but he knew upon sufficient grounds that these strictures emanated from the pen of Dr. Paris. The Doctor in this article had assailed his pro cess ; but while he allowed that. the broad priqciple ad vocated by Professor Clarke was chemically correct, yet he complained that the very agent employed to correct the evil, namely, quicklime, •was, by the operation, unavoidably left in solution with what he of. fered as purified water, so that the remedy was actualy as injurious as the disease sonpose,l to be removed. Another stricture made by Dr. Paris was, that the muriacs, which form a component part, of some conse quence in water, were by this process un'ouched. In answer to this, Professor Claik• ts .. -d that the Doctor was bringing on him difficulties he had m vcr volun- teered to remove. lie bad offered to remove three fourths of the impurity, which he had eff..ctively done in the remove! of the :fk, and more than this he had never offered to do. Another stricture was, that it was impossible to tell the exact portion of chalk in any quan tity of water, so that it could not. be known exactly what quantity of lime to use ; whence it would arise that a quantity o f li me would always be left in our water. Also, observed the Doctor, the quality of water varies from sedion to season, or rither from day to day. To this allegation Professor Clarke replied, that the variation in t h e state o f wa ter mattered nothing ; that every c h ange i n i t was in every case easily ascertainable by chemical process, and that ten days in the 1 iboratory would clear the most diffi cult point ; nay, that there were processes by which the state of water could be found out in a quarter of an hour, or even ;4 h:le the water was running past your house. Professor Clarke finally made reference to a printed volume, which appeared to contain evidence given by Dr. Paris before a Committee of the House. The case cited was that of a family, all of whom had drank of certain water, and had become violently ill ; they ceased to drink of it, arid partook of other, and gradually thereupon recovered. Dr. Paris was asked whether filtration in this case would have rendered the water pure, to which he answered that he did not know. He was questioned as to whether he krew of any remedy to prevent the effects of bad water, to which he answered in the negative. In fact, said the Lecturer, this little bit of examination proved in ere Doctor no knowledge, but abundance of prejudice; and after this, he suggested V.at his audience might judge how far Dr. Paris was fitted to criticize or make strictures on his discovery. TH E NOTTINGHAM REFORMERS. The 29th anniversary of the triumph of Li!)eral opi nions in Nottingham, in 1812, was clebratei on Monday, at the White Swan, Nottingh,na. The din ner had hitherto taken place at the Duke of York, but the landlord having recently changed his politics, the Liberals changed the " venue." Th 3 room was tastefully decorated with flowers, and at tl , e back of the top table was the old 1812 flag, bearing the motto, " Ranclifre and Independence, and the glorious majo rity of 1812." The walk were also hung Ihith the por traits of Lord Rancliffe, Sir Jos. Birch, and Mr. T. Wakefield. The fast-named gentleman took the chair on the occasion. He was supported by Lord. Ran.- ebtfe ' Mr. J. R. Allen, Mr...J. Barb er , Ald. :. ,L eavers , Mr. H. Oldknov, Mr. R. Sand!, Mr..Carterright,.Mr. C. Leavers, and Mr. J. Wilccckson. • u. • The CHAIRMAN having given -" The- Queen,". with three times three ; .. The People," 'with three times three ; " Prince Albert - and the Princess Royal ;" " The Duke of. Sussex, and the r es t of the Royal Family," proposed " The twenty-ninth ' anniversary of the return of Lord Randle for Notting lhieaTe.d"—tha a (G t re t almostt cheering.) every e d 01 . their me e t; ngs s i nce he had attended, and at most of them h e h a d b a d the pleasure, es well as honour, of presiding, an d o f a one (Mr. W a k e f ie ld) be proposing the health of their esteemed guest.---cci m , m , ) Nor was it one that, to secure their regard, required any ne w argument , he • would tench rattier ask them tr drink it from old recollections, for it was more gratifying to find that they could entertain the same feeling towards their Noble Friend as in years gone by, and that he still advocated the same opinions.—([dear, Lear.) He merited their greatest appluuse, and it was a merit— for, after they had found a Nobleman I . ke Lord Ran cliffe, a large landowner, still the same ardent friend to the mass of the people as when they first succeeded in returning h i m, h e did say the highest merit was due to him,—(Cheers.) He wished he could say, and with truth, that the electors were not changed, and that they sal held the same opinions, and voted in the same manner, as in 1812. But the:, must ail know, and it was impossible but what they could fedi deeply, that there was not the same steady resolution and dc ternainatiOn to act freely now that there was thee. He concluded by giving " Lord Rancliffe—the stea.ly, ac tive, and consistent advocate of the people's rights." Lord RANCLIFFE returned thanks. " After," said his Lordship, " twentpaline years' mature considera tion—a virtue which at twenty one the Tories on niv coming forward did not give me credit for -1 am mond to find that I still hold the same sentiments, and t 4 see around me the same friends who gave me their hearty assistance in 1812. I .am ashamed to speak of myself so much, but it i is most sitisfactory to me, that after so great a P of tie- se the [ can still advoe . ate the same measures I formerly did —tne a sures which, if they had been carried out, would have rendered this Country bappy......(Hear, bear, hear.) The same mottoes which were then entolled -on my banners I now hen to toy heart --Free Trade, the Ballot, the Emancipation of the Blaclts, and I.Could have put Whites also at 'the battom— (H4uo.4od t h e other great reforms so roach , d qure p ON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1841. the partial carrying out of whiCh only, your worthy Chairman has told you, have done much good.—( Hear.) I never was one for pushing things forward--I knew a great thing could not be obtained all at once —not even by the renowned Sir Robert Peel or the Chartitts, and be it known I go nearly the whole length of the Char tists, if not the whole length.—(" Hear, hear," hone several), I have not a shilling in the world but what is in land, but I believe that ere long the whole of the great machine will come round again ; that one finding he cannot do without another, a general union will be cemented, and each try to lighten the other's burden." His Lordship in conclusion gave—" The independent electors of 1812, and also of 1841."—(Loud cheers.) The Vice-Chairman then gave his excellent song, " 0!" amid loud applause. Ho sung it as well as he had done for many years past. " The Members for the Town, Sr .1. Hobbouse and Sir G. Larrent."—(Cheers.) Lord R aNeurFFE, after passing a high encomium upon Mr. Wakefield, for his exertions in behalf of the town, as well as tle Liberal cause, gave " Tue health of the Chairman." The CHAIRMAN replied in a neat speech. In the course of the evening the fonowinz toasts were also given, and duly hofloured :—The Lord Lieu tenant el the County—Success to the Principles of Free Trade—The Liberty of the Press—Lord Den man, the upright Judge, and the enlightened advocate of a per•ecutei and injured Queen—The Town and Trade of Nottingham. INSPECTION OF THE PRESENT OF THE ROYAL NAVY. Orders have been sent by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to the Chief Surveyor-General of the Navy, and the Govermirs of Deptford, Woolwich, Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pem broke Dack•yards, to send in immediately to the Board of Admildty a correct statement of the present efficient state or sea-worthiness of all the ships within their re• spective dock-yards, after undergoing a careful survey as to their fitness for active service. It is the intention, it is confidently stated, of the Lords of the Admiralty to reduce a great many of our sm 11 line-Df-battle ships and 74-gun ships to 50- gun frigates, similar to the Dublin, Southampton, Pre sident, Vernon, Winchester, Vindictive, Warspite, &c., so as to compete with those of the United States of America, France, Austria, and Russia, which are ell of large dimensions. The greatest activity, therefore, pre vails in the naval depart ments;so that, in cave of a sud den emergency, they will be ready to fit out well ap proved ships for service. In consequence of the difficulty experienced in ob taining ale-bodied seamen for the ships ordered in com mission, the Lords of the Admiralty, wishing to hold out every inducement, have issued the following notice : " Admiralty, 0ct.21, 1841. " Slit—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that they have been pleased to rescind the regulations which prevented pen siorers from receiving their pensions when serving on board her Majesty's ships, and that all pensioners will in future, if fit for service, be allowed to receive their pensions with their pay.—l am, Sir, Your very obedient servant, " To Captain -- JOHN BARROW." SIR lIARCOURT LEES AGAIN. A letter from Sir Harcourt Lees to the Editor of the Dublin Evening Packet is published in that paper of Tuesday, relative to his predictions of the conspiracy in Paris to kill the French Princes, in which he says : " I have no hesitation in declaring that, several months before the late atrocious attempt was made by a vile assassin on the Royal Princes, I had the honour of addressing a letter to his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours (as I stated in a letter published in the Evening Packet), in which I informed him of the origin and nature, with the ultimate object, of the demoniac conspiracy existing in France, in close communication with a similar one in Great Britain and Ireland ; and I charged his Royal Highness to inform his enlightened and magnanimous father and his family to be careful and vigilant, for that attempts were intended to be made on their lives; that I had my information from a quar ter that never once had deceived me, and from the same mysterious source that had given me notice of the in tended assassination of our own young and innocent Sovereign, by the miscreant Oxford, seven days before the shot was fired at our venerated Queen. Early in the present year I had a long interview with the 'Un der Secretary of State, M. Maillac, at the Home office in Paris, during which I explained to that able Minister the nature of and the secret machinery, with the ex tended ramifications in and out of France, of the plot, and laid before him some of the important documents, which he requested I would permit him to show Louis Philippe, which, of course, I complied with. This able man was not long in acting on my information, for within forty-eight hours afterwards the police had secured a committee of villains , sitting in council, with their books and pipers ; and, for the important service I had ren dered (as he was pleased. to say) the King and the Go vernment, M. Maillac conveyed to me his Majesty's grateful thanks. " My own impression is, that the death of the entire of Louis Philippe's family. is contemplated, and also the destruction of our own Sovereign—the expected con sequence being a revolution in both countries. Such was the substance of the awful information I received from my secret correspondent on the 4th of June, 1840;and which I gave immediate intelligence of to an exalted iersonagelbut which, unfortunately, was unat tended to. " I take this opportunity of conveying to the Editor of the London Courier my, deep sense of his kindness at that very critical period, when I was engaged with M. Mane in endeavouring to save the life of the French Monarch and his family. I took the liherty of request ing he wouli nit publish any arrests that. might be male in Paris just then, as he seemed to have better and more rapidcontinental intelligence than any other journal in England, and I have hopes of being able to arrest, by privacy, a desperate villain, that I suspected was at the moment in Paris, and who I knew was deeply connected with the affair of the miscreant Oxford. Though I did not then succeed, I don't even yet despair of meet ing with him, and if I should be so fortunate, he will hardly escape from the grasp of your faithful friend, "'HARCOURT LEES." QUALITIES NECESSARY TO SUC- CESSFUL QUACKERY. Ignorance, impudence, and assurance, are the car dinal qualities which are indispensable to successful quackery ; and they are. qualities which are generally found in close alltance with each other. The man of education., or of a cultivated mind, will ❑ever make a successful empiric. Indications of science would, every now and then, be oozing out, which would prove fatal to his assumed character. Impudence and assurance are still more esstritial to successful quackery. If the charlatan were to betray the slightest symptoms of con fusion or embarrassment, either when a cadent is dying in his hands, or has already expired through the effects of his medicine or his treatment, he is manifestly in competent for the t,flice he has undertaken. His failure is a matter of moral certainty'. He must view all such oc currences as matters of course, and unblushingly affirm, the t the parties were in the last stage of dissolution, and on ti.e very verge of the grave, however little themselves or friends may have suspected it, before being placed under his care. If the quack be asked by any one the disease under which his patient labours, his impudence must come to his aid, and he must, protest, with all the confidence of an oraclu', that it is a particular malady, giving it some name or other, no matter Whether the terms emPloyed are to be found in Medical vocabularies or sot. In fict, it is generally the wisest and safest course UV invent some jargon . for the occasion ; only taking care that the words flow fluentlpfrom the mouth. The more strange and unintelligible indeed the terms made use of so much the better.—Lights and Shadows of London Life, by the Author of “The Great Metropolis.' SEIZURE FOR CHURCH-RATES. --Thursday afternoon a good deal of excitement prevailed at the auc tion-roorrs of Mr. Lloyd, auctioneer, Hatfield -street, tStanii . ord-street, in consequence of its being known that half a dozen mahogan3 framed chairs had been seized for Church-rates front the premises of Mr. Watts, of the firm of Watts and Dalton, potters, High-street, Lambeth, and which were in the catalogue for sale. The property taken was valued at 101., while the amount of rate was only V. ss. Upon Mr. Lloyd coming to the lot, which w'as ninety-one in the catalogue, several voices in the - rooms exclaimed, " The chairs have been seized for Church-rates • therefore, don't bid for them." This notice was responded to by loud cries of" shame," inter mixed with groans and hisses ; and then came a cry of " ISro Church-Oates ;" this lasted for some seconds, when a Mr. Hardincr, a grocer, made a bidding of a shilling for the lot. Amid great confusion a person from the broker who made the seizure stood up on the form, and offered a guinea, followed by a second bidding of two guineas. A gentleman of the name of Baker, who attended for the purpose of buying in the property, made an advance to 4/. 55., which Mr. Lloyd immedi ately aceLpted. The confusion still continued, when Mr. Lloyd said " There are no more Church- ra t e l ots, and therefore you can depart." This remark was re sponded to by hisses, and at the lower end of the room the altercation became so violent between some of the parties as to cause blows to be exchanged. The belli gerents were, however, speedily ejected, an d t h e peace of the room restored. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE WIDOW OF BEL THE COMPOSER. — On Thursday forenoon an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, the Coroner for Middlesex, at-the Shakspeare's Head, Shaknpeare's-walk, Shadwell, On the body of Mrs. Eliza, Bingham, aged 35, wife of a gentleman connected with the Customs, and widow of Bellini, the composer. Front the evidence it appeared that th deceased resided in Shakspeare's-w a lk, and en joyed the best 'of health, although labouring under a partial attack. of patmlysis on the right side. On Sunday evening, on 'her return froni church, she partook of a hearty supper, and then p repared to go to bed. .The servant began tb undress her, when she suddenly put her hand up to her head, e xc l a i m i ng, " Oh, what a dread ful paw in my head," and 'at the moment sank lifeless on do sofa. VG4O -- " Died by th e visit a ti on of God," INTERESTING CASE. In our publication of the Gth ult. it was simply stated, "Among the numerous interesting facts recorded in the census returns for Scotland, public attention is respectfully directed to the following note, under the head Kirkpatrick of Irongray Slept in a barn, a soldier's widow of a Highland regiment, whose husband and ten sons fell in battle.' " This note was entered in the official return, upon the testimony of others, by Mr. J. Carnochan, the schoolmaster of the parish, who had not then seen the old woman. But he obtained a personal interview on the Gth current ; and in the pre sence of two respectable witnesses (Mr. James Mont gomerie and his son, farmers, Peartree), compiled from her own lips a little narrative, which we would fain hope the Member for the Stewartry will kindly bring under the notice of the War-office, or some other department of Gove . rnment :—" Ann Fairlie, daughter of Richard Fairlie, blacksmith, Newcastle, was married, at the age of 15, to Alexander *Donald, pipe-major of the 42d Regiment. Immeliately after her marriage she went with her husband to the West Indies, where she had six sons, Was with Sir R. Abercrombie in Egypt, where her husband fell on the battle-field :at this time she had eight sons and one daughter. Returned home with the regiment, and was married again at Edinburgh to John Cunningham, rayrnaster-sergeant of the same regiment. Was at Dunkirk with the Duke of York, where one of her sons fell; was in Spain with Sir J. Moore, where three of her sons fell at Corunna ; was again in Spain with the Duke of Wellington, and at Waterloo, where two of her sons foil, and her husband was wounded ; another son died in France ; the hus band recovered of his wounds, but died of typhus fever after the regiment returned to England, Had one son and five daughters by her second husband. Another son fell in America (she thinks South America); her last son (pipe-major of the 42d) died near Manchester about 22 years ago. Since this last calamity befel her she has wandered about begging, chiefly in Dumfries shire and Galloway. Her daughters all died in foreign countries and at sea. She is now 8.5 years of age. I may add that she has travelled occasionally in this parish for more than 12 years, lodging always at the same houses, where she is not an unwelcome guest, and uni formly gives the same account of her travel's history.' Further, it appears that she is subject to attacks of nervous excitement, which is nothing wonderful ; and while narrating her adventures to me her eye kindled into heroism, or softened into melancholy, as she expa tiated on the triumphs of the tartans, or bewailed the fall of her husband and sons on the battle-field. She is a remarkable hale old w oman , an d k eeps h erse l f very clean and tidy. It appears that she had accompanied the 42d It"giment from her marriage until the death of her last son (the youngest by her first husband), but she talks chiefly of the places where her husband and sons fell, and seems to have but an imperfect recollec. tion of the other aehievements of the Black Watch.' "—DunVries courier. CUBA. IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE. Copy of a Letter addressed to J. H. Tredgold, Esq., Secretary to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Our valued correspondent in this island has sent us some highly important information in the following ' letter to the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Committee. Ilavannab, September 1, 1841. Sir—ln speaking of public opinion in a country where the iron hand of censorship restrains every form of expression to which the press can give atterance, will seem to an English reader to savour of absurdity. It iP, nevertheless, an undoubted fact, that within the last few months, under the administration of a Captain- General, who is far from being distinguished fur the lenity with which he administers his all but absolute authority, opinions abd sentiments, which have long been slumbering in the bosoms of our native population, have gradually assumed a palpable form ; and thanks to your kind assistance in giving publicity to my former lettets, and to the important documents which some of them contained, a great many of those who dis trusted their neighbours and hesitate] to avow their sentiments, have gradually acquired that degree of con fidence, or courage, which makes a man ashamed to dissemble his convictions. It was just about the time when our memorials came hack from London in a printed form that intelligence arrived also from Madrid, which has since leaked out through some friends to the cause in the public offices, that a demand had been made by the British Govern ment on that of Spain, for the immediate emancipation of all such slaves as had been introduced into this island since the date of the first of the existing treaties be tween the two Crowns. The Government of Madrid have so far evinced a disposition to yield to this new demand of the British Government, as to have re quired the Captain-General to procure and transmit to Madrid the necessary statistical information from the various corporations of the island, from the Magis trates and local functionaries, and even, it appears, from private individuals. This concession has been made at a moment peculiarly favourable for leading to important results. In the meantime, at least, it serves to strike the leading slave-dealers with dread, and to encourage the hearts of the friends of humanity. I do not mean to say that all those who hail the approach of the suppression of the African slave-trade are ani mated exclusively by sentiments of humanity. A large proportion of them, on the contrary, would be glad to maintain the practice of simple slavery, us they call it, for at least another generation. But there are very tem of the leading Creole proprietors of slaves who would not willingly, and even gladly, accede to a com promise, which a few months ago would in London have excited a smile of incredulity. This com promise would embrace the instant and effectual sup pression of all future importations of slaves, and cer tainly would not ask for more than a lifeboli possession of what they now call their property. A new feature has recently presented itself in the practice of the slave-trade in this part of the world. There being no longer any consul or agent of Portugal in the Spanish West Indies, the traders to the coast of Africa are unable to clear out their vessels under the Portuguese flag, and as the assumption of that of Spain is attended with several inconveniences, a con siderable number of these vessels, not less than seven or eight, have left this harbour within the last three months completely equipped for their criminal destina tion, without assuming any nationality, or being pro vided with a certificate of registry, or other papers to prove it. For several years the slave-traders had been accus tomed to rely more on the superior sailing qualities of their ships than on the means of forcible resistance to the' attempts of our cruisers to capture them. Of late, how ever, they appear to be returning to their cld system of numerous crews and powerful armaments. Before this letter reaches you, the English public will, doubtless, have heard of the destruction of the boats of one of our cruisers, in the attempt to cut out the brig Irene, a notorious slaver belonging to this port ; near the mouth of the river Gallines, on the coast of Africa ; and it is not improbable that this instance of successful resist ance will encourage these desperados in returning to the pugnacious system which they formerly pursued. One thing appears to be clear, however, that whether we arc to persevere in our fruitless endeavours to put down the slave-trade by force of arms,'or to trust for its extinction to were moral means, the system at pre sent pursued is eminently unworthy of the power of our nation on the one hand, and of the philanthropy of the age on the other. If the plan of physical force is to be persevered in, it ought surely to be made more effective than it • now is. Io the course of the present year, the visits of her Majesty's ships to the coast have, indeed, been few and far between. If they do occasionally touch at the Havanna!), it is merely in passing from one British settlement to another to obtain supplies of water and other necessaries. In fact, the responsibility which is thrown on a naval commander, in the event of the ultimate acquittal of his prize, has a strong tendency to damp his zeal in the discharge of this branch of hi s duties. lithe Courts of Mixed Commission ate to be main tained at the various stations where they now exist, and are even to be extended, as appears to be the intention of Government, judging from the recent treaty with Buenos Ayres,sou must pardon me for suggesting, that i t i s peculiarly your duty to watch over the selection of the individuals of which these tribunals are to consist. The Parliamentary papers make it clear that one at least of the British Judge; at Rio de Janeiro has been selected without any reference to his opinions or his practice on the subject of slave-holding ; and in some of my former letters, which I rejoice to find have met your approbation, it has become my painful duty to call your attention to the pro-slavery habits of more than one of the members or dependents of the Court at Havannah. But it is not enough that a man appointed to such a station should simply abstain from the commission of the crime he has been appointed to suppress. The true ground of his selection ought to be his eminent fitness - for the p os t to wh i ch he has been named, for it ce rtainly does not require any great powers of mind to per form the duties of a Commissary or Judge,or a Commiss io ner fire_ of arbitra.ion. It the uerson appointed is_ n t 'iy, , solved te devote hinisvlf to the suppression the of c s ash:, that resolution should go far to supply the wa nt 1 qunlifications. online tions have hitherto been the mere r Unhappily for the cause of humanit e y s , u t lt he o s f e present an opportun i ty pecul i ta ,l r v l o y f convenience. The present crisis, ho wever,_ avoureb great parties in the f abatement of such abuses. h other for the favour o ine pp f e e a r rs ti t l o e political state are bidding against a the people of England. question the sincerity of either,f the slave-trade. H the zeal for the suppression power, they wettld have been coin. Whigs remained in thees:tian to which they had placed I t is 2 no i p n a rtihoefir professedybusin es: to pefled, in defence of reference to sugar duties, to have themselves with ff rt for the effectual suppre ision of the made some i a n t er ed od t u o etiotiof slave grown sugar promote. On the other as the =advont of the Conservatives to power ap• 5 . 1 a . : e . 6 - 0 t r a d d i [ band, c re w: r t h e i i y is e bteea the lcalculated i , ~, . . . pear to be the 1 • 1 r r .. MORNING SUN Whir Government on this branch of the free-trade question,fthe times appear to the Cuba abolitionists to be singuLey favourable for spurring the existing almi nistration, whether %Vbig or Tory, to promote by all possible means, the accomplishment of the object wo have all so nearly at heart. Give us, they say, atl east good men and true in the Court of Mixed Cornmiss'on, if for no other reason, at least to prove that the English people, and the English Government, are heartily sin cere in their desire to carry out the a►owed principles of the existing treaties. A fat sinecure like that of the Commissary Judge, in one of the mos'', luxurious capitals in the world, may prove as convenient a sop for some Conservative seat bolder in the new Parlia ment, as it was a few years ago to the Radical Member for Tiverton. The political opinion of the Judges, are in my mind, of no importance at all, but it is of the very last importance, that they should not even be suspected of apathy or indifference on the very subject as to which they are naturally supposed, by the people among whom they reside, to represent not merely, the views of the British Government, but the opinions and sentiments of British abolitionists. If the Judges are suspected of indifference, you mny rest as sured, that the people and the Government who sent them will share in the same opinion, and that is a state of things which is exceedingly unfavourable to the pro nao'ion of that movement in favour of freedom which, in former letters, I have had the satisfaction to Le able to announce to you. Among our naval men, I find it currently reported, that the Romney, receiving ship, is about to be removed to Jamaica ; but I sincerely bore that this will prove to be a mistake, arising from the knawn anxiety repeatedly expressed by the Commissioners in the Parliamentary papers, to bring about an object, in which, if they were successful, they would without being aware of it, be going far to efface that sort of prestige which attaches not only to the Romney, but to the Court itself, of which they are members. I am, very respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. H. Tredgold, Esq. C. R. T. SERIOUS Loss.—A man named Denham at tended at Union Hall yesterday, for the purpose of giving information of his haying lost the sum of 1601. in Bank notes a few days ago in the neighbourhood of the Court. It appeared that the applicant, on going along the Southwark-bridge-road, dropped a roll of notes, amounting to the above sum, and which he had received a short time previously for the sale of a business in which he was engaged near the Town-hall. In the course of a short time after the notes were dropped they were picked up by a lad of weak intellect in the service. of Mr. Frankum, the hatter, of the Southwark bridge-road. The boy, on finding the money; and not knowing the value of the notes, took them to his master's warehouse and exhibited them to the men at work, saying how he had found them. One of the workmen, on see ing the notes entreated the finder to "whack" them, and the hint was no sootier thrown out than the boy• began to distribute the money, giving a '2O/. note to one, a 10/. to another, and so on, until he only left himself with one 101. note out of the whole sum. The persons to whom the money was thus divided desired the boy not to " split" on any account, but the circumstance having got wind, and Mr. Frankum being made aeguainteid with the facts, gave information at the station-house in South.; wark -bridge-road. Upon Sergeant Havel!, of the 'AI division, being apprised of what had had occurred, he succeeded in recovering upwards of 601. in notes, from the workmen to whom the money had been given as above described. There are, however, still two 501. notes missing out of the number, which have not, as yet been traced to the workmen, but it has since been as certained that the boy who found them had exhibited the roll of notes to some coal heavers at Bankside, in whose possession hopes are entertained that they will be found. ELOPEMENT IN HUMBLE LIFE.--LBSI Wed nesday a person, respectably attired in the garb of a Quaker, arrived by the two o'clock Liverpool train, and immediately ordered a " tly " of Mr. Clewlow, jun., of this town. The Quaker directed the driver (Mr. Clew low) to proceed to Eccicshall, and on arriving at that place to go on to the village of Ellenhall. When at the latter place, Mr. Clewlow was somewhat surprised at being ordered to drive to the door of a cottage, and by observ ing sundry symptoms of a love affair, for the Quaker was instantly recognised by a fair, and, as it appears, frail one. After remaining for about ten minutes (during which it turns out the preliminaries for the flight were all arranged), the chaise was ordered on to " The Wicket" public-house, where horse and man were well entertained at the expense of the broad-brimmed gallant. The chaise being once more in motion, had not pro ceeded far, when the driver was ordered to "pull up" and " take up" the identical female he had seen a short time before at the village. The loving pair were then driven on to the station here, and booked themselves for Birmingham the same evening. Next day brought an explanation of the mysterious business. An honest disciple of Vulcan, with rueful countenance, came in search of his wife, whom he had only taken " for better for worse" on the preceding Monday, thus having en joyed the sweets of matrimony for two whole days ! It appeari that the female received during the week two or three letters from Liverpool, where she had been recently living in service, and informed her loving husband that they were from a former lover, whose heart she had broken by rejecting his addresses. Being asked why she had been so cruel, she replied, "It was sll on account of a difference in religion, he being a Quaker ! " The young woman possesses, we understand, considerable personal attractions. The husband, who is an honest industrious man, is well known in this town. Ile has not received any tidings as to the whereabouts of the guilty pair.— Seifibrd Gazette. WOOTTON BASSETT.—On Wednesday last, tho 13th instant, the Right Thin. the Earl of Clarendon paid a visit to his estates at Wootton • Bassett. On that and the two following days 4. notwithstandin g the un favourable state of the weather, • th e . Noble Lord perso nally called on each of his tenants,!accompanied by his steward, Mr. John Hayward, and most kindly and courteously listened to their applications for alterations, repairs, &c. Never was a nobleman or gentleman received by his tenants with more enthusiastie pleasure, and when it is taken into consideration that his Lordship has adopted the allotment system for some time in the parish, and apportioned to the labourers nearly 120 acres of land, according to their families—thereby diffusing comfort to as many humble, grateful Englishmen, it is not sur prising that the latter spontaneously joined with the occupiers of farms in welcoming their noble landlord on his first visit to Wootton Bassett since his accession 'to the Clarendon titles and estates. His Lordship arrived by train at the station, about a quarter of a mile from the town, a little after one, and, on alighting from the carriage, was saluted with hearty cheers by abOut 200 persons, who escorted him to the Vicarage-house. On retiring with the Rev. Mr. Ripley, his Lordship gra ciously expressed the pleasure he felt on seeing his re spectable tenantry cheerful and happy. %VEYHILL FAIR.—The sheep fair was held on Saturday last. The morning proved remarkably tine, and sales commenced early. The number of sheep penned did not exceed 65,000, being much less than on many former years. The prices asked were high ; after the first two hours, therefore, the sales were not brisk ; and at the close some pens remained unsold. The prices may be fairly quoted as under :—Down ewes, from 265. to 4 ; a few as high as 48s. ; D own l am b s, from 20s. to 3 to 40s. ; two tooth w e th ers, from 34s to 435. There was a good show of h orses of all sorts. AlanY were sold on Saturday, and on M onday the larger two . 5 5:.. u p and three years old cart colts were purchased for the London trade. Fine hunters were ea ger l y sought after, and sold at high prices. The hop fair did not commence until Tuesday morning, and in eonsequenee of the inces sant rain very few persons were early in attendance.' Time or n on u w m t,h b ee e ni r of rat3is;lcal pockets lBpiin.intelii grounded ceo,u(;)lf triyi fielding ir was doi7l 2 4. , 7 out i , l itl e i i i .ogr t r l , l ,h e mi gerhs Farnhamilaiit.oc acted at the onset. Some small sales were made in the Farn ham row as high as 121. 1 9 5., but we did not hear of a single sale in the country row on Tuesday. Wednesday prices gav e way, and considerable business was Best Farahams from 91. to 101. 15s. Country hops 11 7° 1n - i - quan tity to 91. los. In the cheese fair, about an average eL ent, tity was pitched. The quality generally was excellent, ....... prices ; and the sales were pretty brisk at the following Best Somerset from 78s. to 84s. ; seconds 655. 7 to half coward, 50s. to 565, ; skim, 28s. to 54s— ' County Chronicle. from Lieut. done. THE CORN DOCTORS.--A lett er o _ . __ l. „ nn t r , on Morrison, R.N. appears in another prl" u agßern the subject of the recent conviction o Neiman , nrs tee worthy brand, under the Vagrant Act. It ealortheso designing Lieutenant has himself been the we m he a i y r to indueet ; h ' roguery mention that it is part of teed . er _ rea ll y extracted ... the corns o one that it is patients to believe that knaves, as he places implicit faith d olivine! every . a dozen, or but common sense must corne could contain ver the sub hardly likely a single nail,bristle, or h w • a i t ` osition. We twenty of the bits of _to keep tin . t he in ir P otend to deny stance is which is used 'a o not! ~ . that the culprit . lity of the conviction, may as well state to the legs A der the advice of With regal tratcs acte- un 11i:their skill ; the cheat. doubt,•ll . no wi ing to and they are conviction,th e M their legal adviser, Since the a ienceS• c ''' 'ng letter from ad abide the conseqt . ~,,A t the follow a l y have which it appears the " operators" gistrates we apprehend, the Magis in h ave been m"----nfe-iitaiful harvest :—" A lady at Notting.. f w roin tour of the provinces, in which they at Cheltenham, that have reap . i rin Magistrates begs to in b w h o have been before them, have ham impostors, d have committed their depreda rn ; the co hane an at Notting Nott , in p g ed ha : m kr , i_ _ been scale of plunder, having there a more extended. the Lions on called roots (but ont of the foot). The enormous Corns which never cam! whic i' 1 they oin the people at Nottingham, and the got t,. . is past belief, and the only reason they neighbourhood, exposed there, was, that no individuals liked to were not to expcse their own credulit ' N ' charged los. for each bit, that they c ome forward ).—i. °Ulf - G . - AN 11-BREAD-TAX COLLECT. --- Almighty ham, Oct. 18." Cheltenham Eamminer. God. we offer our buinbl, and earliest prayer in behalf of our t):.-4,,,:i country. Protect and bless and guide our Sovereign ; Overrule the deliberatiens of our Ministers, and may they unid the wants and re lieve the suffie.irgs of famiehing thousands, in as far as human in s t rumentality can avail, by the removal of all restrictions that impede the free interchange and uni versa l diffusion of .the- bounties and blessings of thy providence. near our cry in behalf of the widow and the fatherless, the needy' and distressed, and may tender-hearteducss and Christian love supplant in every bosom the unholy influences of selfish exclusive ness and temporary expediency. May the,. prayers of thy church, offered in the name cif our Mediator the Lord Jesus Christ, reach thy thrOne and p,Z9vailln thee, who art tLe Fath er o f t h e poor, thy viA: of P. 1 rim pd mercy, Alien, ~:, ; S:~fi