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MORNING EDITION, IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LOROS, JAN. 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR tcok his seat on the Wool aek at Five o'Clock. Earl SOMERS, late Viscount Eattior, took the anti s and his seat. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR read her Majesty': Answer to the Addreu, which wai ordered to be en tered on the Journals. The Duke of WELLINGTON would take the.t . o pportunity of sayi ng th at i t wou ld b e very d es irable if o.me mode w ere a d opte d of ma k' ng k nown t h e time when their Lordships would go up to her Majesty with t he Address. Had he known the time it would cer tainly have been his duty to have attended ; and he could say for s evera l ot h ers o f hi s N o bl e F r i en d s who 'ere ignorant of the time when the Address would be presented, that it was their intention to have been present.—(Hear, hear.) Viscount MELBOURNE rezrettcd that public notice bad not been given in the House ; but he thought 't had been generally understood that the Address W ould be rece i ve d at two o ' clock. He had g i ven pri vte notice to several Peers ; but In agreed with the Noble Duke, that it would be batter if the matter had b ee stated publicly. f The M arqu i s of NORMAN - 13Y presented a petition from Bu ry S t. Edmunds, praying for the relief of Dis sen iters from Ch urc h- rates an d t h e di sc h arge o f Mr. Battes. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. tic) 'be LORD CHANCELLOR had a communica ton to ma k e to their Lordships to which he wished a ' 5lO / their attention. He thought it his duty to have a communi ca ti on w ith Mr. Justice Bosan qUjt. the Chief J u d ge o f th e C e nt r al Criminal Court, atitae to certain proceedings whic'e. had taken place li , la that C ourt respecting a Member of their Lordships' use- In answer to th at communication he had e t -e4n a a letter from his Lordship, in which Le ate p ap , d an indictment had been found against the ° Cardigan at the last October sessions, i - '4Drtiously shooting at Mr. Harvey Tuckett, with k r etit to kill or d o hi m some gr i evous bodily harao N o id e k,dolpl te , who appeared as Counsel for the e re qp i t r f 4 erl, prayed that the recognizances might be Nobl e th e ensuing Sessions, on the ground that the wh ey , d, being a Peer, could not be tried in that Court, in or ' d (! n tiPa the recognizances . were ordered to be respited proper trib u `r tip have the indictment tried before a e f p nal, o r before the Lord High Steward of the House CI s• That he had further ascertained from the let ni the Arraigns, that similar orders had been made Th . . e sPit ing th e recogn i zances a t th e f o ll ow i ng Se s sions. th e eir Lf trdships having now a knowledge of the facts, sh o u l Ole Id perhaps think it right that the same course be• adopted as on all similar occasions, and he Lo nee d that the first step should be for their ° 8 " i 1 15 toappoint a Committee to inquire into the "urs f e ofproceedings that ought to he adopted. te ll o e d; °ll 9 fi .om the Journals of the House, that the unif,, apipointing such Committees was not always a a ', r a the majority of cases, these Committees were . th pined to• consist of all Peers who had attended during eXlsting Session ; ier cas had b re .erred tei„ L t° a Committeen other of Privilegees s, . it Eittier een course a P ealo ted, but he (the Lord Chancellor) ore t'llght the better course would be to adopt t Precedent, that the Committee should consist of all ~.°se peers present during the existing Session, as they Ol " I dd thus secure the attendance of a greater number Pefe.s. Alter a short pause, ebthe LORD CHANCELLOR as k e d if it wa s 'r Lo r d s hi ps ' pleasure that a Committee should , otl appoint e d , to cons i st o f a ll P eers w h o h a d of 'tiled during the Sessioo, to inquire into the practice ado the House upon the subject. This was the plan ta Pted in 174.6, and there was also another. precedent, in tn ° l 3 7 , to a p p l y to t h e Chi e f s o f t h e C ourts o f West -I)crster to a t ten d t h e H ouse upon t h e su bj ect, t h oug h baps that course would not. be necessary in the pre- C°t "se, as two of those Chiefs were Members of their rdships' House. Zlt was then agreed that the Committee should meet 11 .,,Manday next at two o'clock. ".„IHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Lo rd BROUGHAM, in presenting the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill for a first reading, stated that his te nlian w as t o a d opt t h e same course which was pur t tomtleed \e bb the Bill last ye a r, namely, that after it bad print e d, an d rea d as soon as possible a seco n d time, pcve th a t it be r e f e r re d t o a Select Committee. : Lord REDESDALE said a f ew wor d s, which were ne udible in the gallery. Th e was then read a first time, and or d ere d to e Printed. CHURCH INTRUSION (SCOTLAND). /\ e Earl of HADDINGTON wished to as k th e 'cb:c Vi scount at the head of her Majesty ' s Govern tllt. .a question, the importance of w hi ch to the north :prn Part of the United Kingdom must be his apology. question related to the unhappy dissensions which 4gitat.4 Scotla n d on the subject of Non-Intrusion. He v 'ished to. ask whether it was the intention of Ministers to i t / i th t). , se to Parliament any measure to allay the anieoosi- Pr e4 which exi sted, and to settle, as far as a Parliament ary ne nii oci_eviesrioienneto, beinguldsettle, the gut stion ? or wheth er t h e w ,, satisfied with the law as it s t oo d, determined to afford its full protection to those Were disposed to obey the law. 1., 43. ,ord MELBOURNE agreed with the Noble Earl b,„: t he importance o f the subject. The question had terv-ia most seriou s ly cons id ere d b y h er M a j esty ' s Minis eta. and they had not thought it necessary to propose .4„raeasure to alter the existing law. IN. tile E ar l o f HADDINGTON hoped that the 4,4sutl:le 'Viscount wou ld answer t h e l atter part of his 1 ' s lls as to w h et h er i t was t h e i ntention o f G overn - Lt to prot ec t t h ose w h o o b eye d t h e l aw ? of °r ° IN IELBOURNE said—Certainly, as a matter i n?ur s e . tI N h e lalarl of HADDINGTON said he would not ki t or,eair.chally with their Lordships,. if he did not state tk e ....lon that the question could be petaled without ,I,rieteraention of Parliament. t o e Earl of lIARDWICKE then put a question answer, n Melbourne, the import of which, and of the was totally inauible in the Gallery. 4t eir Lordships then d adjourned. Pr i E 0 USE OF COMMONS, J. 28. pt ) ,, e “ouse met to-day at one o'clock for the pur proceeding to Bu c ki ng h am hairs with the b el r ess to her Mjesty. The attendance of Mem ttZ,was very li m i te d , an d i t was not till twenty-five th ""Les to one that a House was made. There were Present• • Lord Brabazon, the N ov in various uniforms tl t 'and Mr:. G. Berkeley, the seconder of the Ad ker33 I'T r• Tuffnell. Mr. Busfield, Mr. Dottin, and Ada. Ptothero. There were also present Sir Charles 1 101: 11 ' Mr, M. O'Fcrral, Mr. Sandford, Mr. O'Con ()Mr. Sturt, &c., &c. ti t he House being made, the paragraph of her 4 lestu' , th eCh respecting the finance was read, and ' llll .l l e motion of Mr. E. J. Stanley, a Committee o Y was fixed for to-morrow. Speaker, accompan i e d b y a ll t h e M em b ers pre - Pr i :nen went up i n procession Co t h e P a l ace. ° House adjourned till to-morrow. COT, 'ItT OF COMMON COUNCIL. 1 7 , h t 4 in t ' s t 9 . r daY a Court was held for the despatch of Sh eriff f , ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. / VOllhl i , - "' "lIIES informed the Court that her Majesty birth of ' e t e h e e iveth e Address of the Corporation on the Princess Royal on . Wednesday next, at two 1: "1 11.71 k ' at Buckingham Palace, and that Prince Albert ti ° ,l -- 1 tece their Address immediately afterwards, A t B° that the Duchess of Kent would receive their the de ss after the presentation of the Addresses to Queen and Prince Albert.—(Hear, hear.) Ty. pi. erre d to a I\4"AU,LATIONS OF ELECTIONS IN THE 'That it r e f ' 'INDERTON gave notice of a motion," it be consideration the Ailralstent lor Committee to take into ,aopritty and necessity of presenting a petition_ eor,e P the to —ar an Act to amend the llth of George elections Viithi ca P. 18, entituled an Act for regulating . a the r —ity of London, and for preserving the peace, g t) t ) (1 ord er, that th e 8 ~ ' I and government of the said City, and - Quirt, t'l said (01'nnaittee do report their opinions to this P 0 tnrnittecv, ... :t1 th 'e appointment of members to serve upon kr vir H e • r, ta.z.s objected to be put upon any Committee. t i i Was as hawed of the acts of Committees and repu ated thena altogether. D e ••,'! p re PutY IiLACKETT said that as the gentleman ex tees?(.l and entertained so bad an opinion of Commit °f t a h t W es Int fair that he should witness the conduct e... ose wlic constituted them, that he should have a "arilete. - ingi of t h e c ght into their workings. Of the labours prine. onmaittees, the labours of Common Councilmen W ens iY consisted, and he trusted that when Mr. i,11) strongly he s 0 had experience in these Committees the opinion wehiart• NV Ett.s—lf expressed would be altered.—(Hear.) you elect me I shall not serve. of6e ever information I may require I can get from the Aof,the Corporation. Ni e r rs his ~ NDEnToN said that Mr. Wells had expressed tioriuctertnination to ferret out the rats of the Corpora the 40 d surely he could not refuse to avail himself of ' ° PPort • of thus unity examining 48 open to him. and inquiring which was AI A e xcused, thought stitiasr thought that Mr. Wells ought to be ieripefourrint autotic,nult was the duty of th e Members of that .'p t themselves in possession of every necessary , ,and he who refusid to avail himself of the a et2rtuntty was not fit to sit upon Committees. t :51r. TA Y was thought it would be advisable to ap• W roint I'll% Wells to Committees, and as other Members fjar, aPpointed, let him take the responsibility of blind , "Pg hirnself.--(Hear ) , Alr. A su „ ~ ' , . i with 4 CRS 1.--lne subject is not worth discuss;or. _ _ withdraw, my objection. Alr, Wells was then appointed. ....r. JEW S TO HOLD CORPORATE OFFICES. a • be ., 43 . 1 . • ASHURST gave notice that he should move for ' ' 4 ‘ 1 04 to Parliament to mak e Such alterations in the form of the declaration contained in the :Id George the 4th, and the Ist an. 3 2d of Victoria, as would enable Jews to hold Corporate cffices.—( Ihar.) ROYAL ASYLUM, PATRONISED BY TILE QUEEN, FOR DESTITUTE FEMALES. The Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Com mittee brought up the following interesting report on the reference to examine the allegations contained in the petition of the Committee of the Royal Asylum for the reception of Destitute Females, praying for pecuniary assistance :—" We have proceeded in the con sideration of the petition and have been attended by Mrs. Pirie, Mrs. Pearson, Miss Fry, Miss Shepherd, Mrs. Fry, and Mr. Charles Pearson, a deputation with Mr. Cooper, the honorary secretary, whom we severally heard, and it appearing that the Institution was esta blished in 1822, for the reception and reformation of young females who stand exposed to the fearful consequences of vice and ignorance, and par ticularly those who have been convicted at the Central Criminal Court, and imprisoned for first off , nces, for those discharged from service for dishonesty, but not prosecuted, as well as for the ignorant and destitute, who, although not guilty, arc incapable of obtaining their livelihood. The only property of the Instituiion is the asylum at Manor-house, Chelsea, which is held on lease for twenty-one years, at the low rent of 73/. per annum, upon which a considerable sum has been expended in fitting it up for the purposes of the Institu tion. The utmost economy seems to be adopted in the establishment, and most of the officers perform their duties gratuitously. The expense of carrying on the Society in 1839 amounted to 1,590/. 2s. 3d., including about 500/. expended in repairs of the building, &c., and the income arising from gifts, subscription!, and the sums received for the work done by the inmates amounted to about 1,323/., the latter item reaching nearly 300/., leaving a deficit of 2651. 2s. 3d. The Committee find that the building at Chelsea, which has been thoroughly repaired and conveniently adapted to its present uses, is arranged to contein about fifty in mates, and might, if the funds would permit, be en larged to accommodate double the number ; but a debt has already been contracted for the necessary repairs. It also appears that the Committee of the Sheriffs' fund have entered into an arrangement by which twenty female prisoners from the Central Criminal Court are to be constantly maintained and taught in the asylum, for winch 800/. per annum is to be paid out of the Sheriffs' fund towards the expenses of the establishment. Tile Committee having attentively considered the several circum stances connected with the Institution, and the im portance of sending timely assistance to a So ciety, having for its object such benevolent intenticeis, are unanimously of opinion that the sumo of 210/. be granted in aid of its funds." Mr. BOLT seconded the grant. Mr. WELLs objected to the grant. He did not see how the disposal of the money in such a way could benefit his felloic-citizens ; and he thought the Magda len quite sufficient for the purposes described. No doubt the Society, if they obtained this grant, would come in regularly for 300 guineas a y ear upon the Cor poration. Mr. LOTT supported the grant, and considered it highly honourable to the Corporation to originate as it did an institution of the kind. Mr. LAWRENCE thought that the Society was a hobby of the very charitable and excellent ladies who were labouring to bring it to perfection, and that seve ral public institutions had much stronger claims. Mr. PEWTRESS said that he was no enemy to im provements or charitable institutions, but he wished to call the attention of the Court to the principle upon which the Royal Asylum was established, and which was radically bad. It was stated that the house was open to those who were discharged from prisons, who arc convicted of crimes. Now he wished to know whether criminals were to be treated in a way su perior to that in which the guiltless were treated ? He looked upon such an institution as an imputation upon the law. The law provided for destitute per sons such as the report alluded, and the proper asylums for them were the union-houses. if these union-houses were to shelter the innocent poor, surely criminals ought not to be taken from the prisons to a more comfortable place of refuge. He meant to say that there was a legal receptacle for all such people, and that they ought not to be thus made a species of tax upon the citizens. There was another thing in societies of this sort to which he objected. These criminals were kept a limited time in the asylum, and again introduced to virtuous society. Now, if they happened not to be reclaimed, they would inevitably corrupt the virtuous and innocent. Mr. H. L. JONES said, that Mr. Powtress had used an odd argument in favour of his position against the grant, in stating that the union-houses were open to receive the unfortunate females discharged from prison after having been confined for criminal offences. So that he woti!d send these guilty persons straight from gaol into the union -houses, as if the poor had not enough to contend with there without being subjected to contamination from the inmates of a prison.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It was surely inure judicious and more humane to separate objects of the Society's compassion from those who were compelled from necessity to seek the alternative of the union-houses ; and if they are to be separated, where are they to go if not succoured by the henevo l'ence of those who thus stood forward to save them from in-etrievable ruin. —(Cheers.) Mr. CHRISTIE said that he was in the Committee whe.7 the grant was proposed, and the question there was whether the sum recommended should not be 5001. ____(llacr, hear.) For the sake of having unanimity in the Cou.-t, the smaller sum was agreed to. Mr.. RILL thought the class of charities to which the Society' belonged was one which had peculiar claims upon the heart of the Corporation. The unfortunate females the Charity contemplated must have a refuge some where, and .;f the poor were to be put into workhouses, in justice let them be kept at a distance from those who added crime to' poverty.—(Cheers.) Alderman TOOMAS WOOD never expected that there would be any hes;tation as to the grant. The institu tion s,vas loudly ca:led fur by the state of the gaols and the state of the public morals, and it was one to the as sistanco of which the Sherffs gave all their energies, and the great object of which was to reclaim effectually. . The grant of 2101. was then agreed to by a large maj,arity. . CITY IMPROVEMENTS. It V:as some time ego reported to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee, to consider whether it would be ad visa'ele to vote the sum of 2,000/. to the Commissioners of ._;ewers to make improvements, by widening New gale -street and Fetter-lane, end the Report was brought up, negativing the propriety of voting the sum. It was moved and seconded that the sum should be granted for the object described. A very long discussion took place, in which the very laudable zeal of the Inspector, for improvements of great use and ornament, mani fested itself. Mr. LAWRENCE objected to this new responsibility of the Commissioners, who never were willing to use it for any measures they thought proper to adopt. Mr. LOTT said that 'o long as the Court turned a deaf eite to the proposal of widening Watling-street, the great weenue to the Docks, the Custom-house, and all the lard e institutions at the east end of the town—so lone , as they disregarded the calamitous history of acci dente,. in that most dangerous thoroughfare—so long woula lie object to any other improvernent.—(Cheers.) If the Co rporation would take that into consideration, there was no improvement that he would not advocate. Mr. HA LL had every confidence in the Commis sioners of Sowers.—(Cheers.) And the Court could not do Ileac: than vote the money to them, and leave it to them to exercise their judgment, which had been frequent]y put to the teat before to the advantage of their fellow-ei'tizeos. The plan to be adopted would be to set back the houses in the narrowest parts of the two thorought, eres mentiono _ and he hoped to see Watling -street ~ videned with all possible expedition also.—(Cheers.) Mr, R. L. JoefEs ct . .;d not like to go blindfolded and without any definite plan.' to the work of improvement. The City expended 11,500/, in improvements, and he wished, as he had always worked with a defined plan, not. to see any deviation as to that principle. He could not. but call the attention of the Court, while on such a subject, to the disgra ccful clump of houses which stood between the Post-office and the glorious building of St. Paul's.—(Cheers.) Lf the Court would show a deter mination to use their best efforts to clear away the stupid and contemptiblee .obstructions to the full view of that in ejestic national reekiument, and go to Parliament and the. Government to foeward their object, their ap plication would be irresistiblc•—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Weeree was most decidedly in favour of the ad mirable and humane project of widening Fetter-lane, a locality which he knew to he so .dangerous that a child could scarcely leave the door of one of" the houses without running the ha z ird of being crushed to death.—( Hear.) Mr. EAGLE TON said that if the Court granted the sum, it would tee taken as an earnest of their good in. tentions by the ',while.— (Hear, hear.) Sir M. WOOD raid that he hoped to have pleasing in telligence to corn avenicate shortly to the Court on the subject of the propeted improvements, by removing the impediments between St. Paul's and the Post-cffice. He ha f been for some time seeking a conference with the Government, particeilarly with the Post-office de partroent, on the question of throwing open an exten sive F pace at the west end of Cheapside, and he had reason to expect that his object would be acceded to. He the eight it would be eligible to keep the 2,000/. al luded to on the present occasion, to add to the sum which rimy would be ready to grant on that occa sion, with Om assistance of Parliament. Mr. Peee,ocK said it had been intimated that the Commissioners of Sewers could tax the citizens to the extent of eighteen-pence in the pound to defray the ex penses of the proposed improvements. Now he would not consent to ar.,/ tax upon the citizens greater than 1 they already paid.--(Hear, hear.) He would rather take the cash out of the City Chamber to a much larger extent, and lower those' rates.—(Neer, hear.) Tb e grant of 2,0004, \was then voted to the C sioneers of Sewers for the object stated..--Adjourned. TB E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1541. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. ADDRESS FROM THE REFORMERS OF MA RYLEBONE TO THE ELECTORS OF WAL- SALL Yesterday a numerous meeting of the Electors of the borough of Marylebone, Members of the Borough of Marylshone Reform and Registration Association, tools place at the Association Rooms, Warren-street, roy-squarr, pursuant to the following requisition, signed by fitteen members of the Society To the Secre tary of the Borough of Marylebone Reform and Re gistration Association, We , the undersigned members, request you will convene a general meeting of the above Association, to consider the propriety of forwarding an address from this Association to the electors of Walsall, to incite them to perseverance in the struggle they are now making to return to Parliament a determined op ponent of the present iniquitous Corn laws." J. BAGSHAW, Esq. (late M.P. for Sudbury), Presi dent of the Association, occupied the chair ; and amongst the large and influential body of the Reformers present were—Joseph Irving, E3q., Professor Key, J. B. Bacon, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Kidd, George Houghton, Esq., J. T. Willmore, R. Nelms, Esq., Mejor Revell, Boddingeon, Esq., &c. &c. Mr. ALLEN, the secretary, having read the requisi tion he had received to convene the meeting, The CHAIRMAN observed that it was a matter of vast importance to all grades of Reformers, the great battle which was heir).- fought in the borough of Walsall in Staffordshire. It p was more especially so inasmuch as it was the battle of the bread-tax.—(Hear.) It was true that there were various opinions even amongst Re formers with respect to the continuance of the present Coral tws. S.,mc were for a fixed duty, others for a total repeal, but he believed there were few who were not desirous that some alteration should take place.— (Hear, hear.) The principle, however, upcn which the Corn-laws of this country were in future to be based, was not the object they had met to discuss—that was an after consideration. It was sufficient for them to know that the present Corn•laws were not only cruel but unjust, and that before an amendment in them could take place, they must first be repealed.— ( Hear, hear.) It was therefore identified with them as Reformers, that they should endeavour to se cure the return of such men as J. B. Smith, the candi date for Walsall, to the House of Commons, who was pledged to that repeal. The Hon. Gentleman pro ceeds(' to show the unfairness of the mode in which the averages were taken, and which enabled the wealthy holder of corn to keep back or dispose of that commo• dity as he pleased, according to the rise and fall of the market, which he could contrive at his own pleasure. He concluded by urging the meeting to pursue any dis cussion which might arise upon the question, with tem perance and kind feeling. Mr. HOUGHTON moved the first Resolution, to the effect—" That the Association having, amongst other objects, that of promoting the cause of general and local Reform, by all legal means, do present an Address to the Electors of the Borough of Walsall, congratula ting them 'on the noble efforts they are making to return a Member pledged to a Repeal of the Corn Laws." The present struggle at Walsall was a most important one, and he considered it not only within their province but to be the duty of every Reform Associa tion in England to lend their aid to the people of Vs'al sail, in order to secure the return of a gentleman pledged • to a repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Hear.) He agreed in the opinion of Mr. M'Gregor and other eminent men upon the subject, that if the Bread Tax were repealed or modified the import duties of this country, instead of being as at present ;21 millions, would begin creased to 1d millions sterling annually.—( Hear, hear.) The effect would be that employment would be efforded to every able-bodied man in the kingdom, and workhouses and union houses would be known merely as a name. A reduction of the import duties in this country would have the most beneficial effect. As a commercial men, he could state, that from the last advices dated the `filth of Septem ber, Muscovado sugar was to be obtained at 10 guilders the pecul, which was equal to 14s. per hun dred•we 'gilt. The freight for this would be 45., therefore, if the import duties were removed partially, it ns4;at be received in England at 21d, per pound instead of as at present id. or Bd.—(Hear, hear.) He would contend that the contest at Walsall between Mr. Smith and Mr. Gladstone was on the one hand for the good of the country, and on the other for the goad of no one else than to maintain oppression and his oen purse.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. STOGY in seconding the resolution, showed that, no doubt, the struggle going on in Walsall would be a hard fought battle, and if the effect of an address from that Association would only have the effect of gaining over one or two waverers to the right side, much good would be effected, as such a circum stance might perchance turn the scale of the election. Mr. CHAMBERS moored an amendment. Ile did so • reluctantly, as, although a Reformer, he was not a Corn-law Repealer ; and he had yet to learn that to be ' a goc,d Reformer he must identity himself with that principle. He denied that the Corn-law was the only abust under which the poorer classes laboured. If they wish that there should be a free trade in corn, why did not they also desire to see a free trade in manufactures? The agricultural pal t of the community was the greatest, the wealthiest, and the most important part of the community, and yet it was required that they should be sacrificed for the lesser portion.—(Cries of " No, no.") He would contend that the repeal of the Corn-laws would be the utter ruin of the agri cultural interest, and compel tire firmer to sell in the cheapest market and buy in the dearest. With regard to the two candidates for Walsall, in a political point of view, he should not hesitate a moment in l.is choics ; but upon die other principle he had some doubts as to which way he should vote. He concluded by moving an amendment, " That the Association did not feel justified in forwarding an address to the elec tors of any borough or county in support of any candi date favourable to a repeal of the Corn-l'iws, unless such candidate shall pledge himself to advocate in conjunc tion therewith the repeal of all laws imposing duties on the import of manufactured goods, and goods used for manufacture, thereby evincing that such candidates arc sincere advocates for free trade in all commodities." Professor KEY had not the slightest objection to the latter portion of the amendment, although he was op posed to the speech by which it was introduced, and would second it. The Learned Gentleman proceeded to show the beneficial iffects of a reduction of import duties in Austria and other countries, and denied that a repeal of the Corn-laws would ruin the agricultural interest. As a proof of this fact, he would call their attention to the splendid example set by the Duke of Somerset, Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr. Alcock, the present candidate for Surrey, and the Member for that borough, Sir Bea jamin Hall—all large landed proprietors, and all in fa vour of repeal of tile Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) The Corn-laws diminished the franchise. In Marylebone, instead of 11,000 or 1-2,000 electors, there ought to he 23,000, and all this was to be attributed to the cursed Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BACON was opposed both to the resolution and amendment, upon three grounds. In the first place, he denied that the electors of Walsall deserved the praise about to be bestowed upon them. Their conduct to Mr. Lyttelton was anything but praiseworthy, and by that conduct they had stultified themselves in such a manner as to render Mr. Gladstone the favourite can didate, and all the addresses in the world would not hinder his being the Member for Walsall.—(" No, no," and cheers.) With regard to the question of a repeal of the Corn-laws, he was of opinion that as at present they were grossly unjust, but the middle course was the true one ; and he agreed with Mr. Chambers that a total repeal would be a total ruin to the agricultural interest. He considered also that it was beyond the province of that Association to interfere with the elec tors of Walsall. The Rev. Mr. Kidd, Mr. Ivimey, and other gentle. men, addressed the meeting in support of the original motion, which, on being put, was carried with but four dissentients, amidst great applause. Professor KEY then moved, and Mr. HOUGHTON seconded, that the following address be presented to the Electors of Walsall, and transmitted forthwith, signed by the Chairman, to the Committee conducting Mr. J. 13. Smith's election : " TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF WALSALL. " Gentlemen, —Feeling, in common wish the Liberal interest of the whole kingdom, a lively concern in the result of the contest now going on for the representa tion of your independent borough, we cannot refrain from congratulating you on the noble position you have taken up, and your glorious determination to elect a gentleman who is so well qualified to promote the best interests of the country by his strenuous exertions, and able advocacy of a Repeal of the Corn-laws. A law destructive, in the first place, of the commercial and manufacturing economy of the country, but infinitely more disgusting for the inhumanity of its effects on the labouring and industrious classes. " Electors of Walsall, you are now called upon to strike the first blow against this unjust, this unholy tax, by the election of Mr. J. B. Smith. " Upon you all England has now fixed its eyes. Lct it be recorded in the history of this country that the borough which by its example led to the repeal of the bread-tax was Walsall." The motion, on being put, was carried all but unani mously, and a distinct Anti-Corn-law Association hav ing been established, thanks were passed to the Chair man, and the meeting separated. RENNET'S LECTURES.—Mr. G. Rinnet concluded a course of lectures at the Mechanics' In Ctn. tion, Chancery-lane, on Wednesday evening to one of the most crowded audiences we ever recollect seeing within is walls. The subject he discoursed upon was th e mora li ty of Shakspeare , and he certainly threw a very novel and pleasing light upon a number of the . charact ers crea t e d by our immortal bard. Ili „ observations were directed by good taste and sound judgment, and were calculated to improve, not only the minds, but the hearts of his auditors. lie was frequently interrupted by the strongest marks of rpsatobation. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S ADDRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM AT TAMWORTH. (From the Sinibrdshire Advertiser.) Our readers are aware that the RiOit Hon. Sir Ro bert Peel has come forward most liberally to assist in the c.:,tablishment of a library and reading-room for Tamworth and its neighbour hood. We understand that Sir Robert has given the munificent sum of 1001. towards the objLct, and has kindly accepted the office of President. The institution is founded on a compre hensive basis, without reference to rank or to political and rcligiousidistinctions. Sir Fraicis Lawley, Bart,, is the Chairman of the Managing Committee. Tile Committee of Management and the Book Com mittee having been appointed, a public meeting was held on Tuesday last, the 19th instant, at the Town-hall, Tamworth, the Right Hon. President hav ing consented to deliver on that day an address explana toryof the objects of the institution. The Twin hull was crowded on the occasion. Sir R. Peel was accompanied by Lady Peel and two sons. At one o'clock, Sir R. PEEL rose, an'l addressed the assembly as follows:—It has been usual, on the foundation of an in stitution similar to that which it is now proposed to establish in this town, to open the proceeding with an inaugural lecture or address, explanatory of the objects of the institution, and of the regulations on which it is proposed to conduct it ; and in conformity with that practice, and because I am sincerely desirous of faith fully discharging the functions which belong to the ap pointment to which I have been recently elected, I have willingly undertaken to perform a duty which is generally assigned to the office of President. I feel that I shall best perform that duty by attempting to explain to you, in very simple and very perspicuous language, the views of those who have taken a leading part in the establishment of this institution, and the advantages which we think it holds out to those who are willing to become members of it. I feel perfectly convinced that on such subjects as the extension of knowledge and intellectual improvement it would be vain to hope to diseover any novelty, either of argument or expression. I conceive that on such an occasion, and in such a meeting as this, any parade of learning would be an idle affectation ; and if I do add anything to the simple explanation of the objects of this institution, it will be to recal to your minds truths which are very obvious and very trite, but which do not, gene rally speaking, exercise a practical influence upon the conduct of men that corresponds with their obviousness and with their importance. It is proposed to establish a library and a reading-room, for the advantage of this town and neighbourhood—the reading-room to be open for certain hours of every day (with the exception of particular holidays and Sundays), under such regulations as the Committee of ma nagement shall determine. It is proposed that the library shall be open to all persons, and that they shall be permitted, under certain re gulations, to have books from the reading-room at their own houses, for the amusement and instruction of themselves and their families. We propose that the advantages of this institution shall be open to all per sons of all descriptions, without reference to political opinions or religious creed, who shall have attained the age of fourteen years. We propose that the institu tion shall be open to the female as well as the male portion of the population of this town and neighbour hood ; because we consider that we should have done great injustice to the well-educated and virtuous women of this town and neighbourhood, if we had sup posed that they were less capable than their husbands or their brothers of benefiting by the instruction which we hope to give, or if we had supposed that they were less interested in the cause of rational re creation and intellectual improvement. We pro pose, also, that they shall have equal power end equal influence in the management of this institu tion with others, being well assured that the iliflu once which a virtuous woman can hold (if it be neces sary to call it into action) will always be exercised in favour of whatever is sound and profitable in respect to knowledge, and whatever is decorous and exemplary in respect to conduct. It would he presumptuous in me to anticipate the decision of the Committee of Manage ment on many points which arc reserved for their con sideration ; but I do hope it may he possible hereafter, and at no distant period, to extend the advantages of this institution beyond those which are contemplated in the printed paper. I hope that it may be possible to make some arrangement, by which, at some hour of the day, not interfering with the hours set apart for reading, it may be possible for parents to take their children be low the age of fourteen, that they may benefit by tlce,..-ss to the maps or globes, or books of reference, which may be deposited in the library. , I hope, also, that we are laying the foundation of a great treasury of knowledge—of stores more various and more rich than those we at present con template. For instance, I am not too sanguine in hoping to live to see the day when it may be possible in this district, not deficient itself in mineral productions, and bordering upon a great division of England that is preg nant with iron and coal (the great incentives to human skill and industry), to form a collection of minerals most interesting to a mind inquisitive after knowledge, and facilitating the comprehension of such treatises as may be written, and such works as may be pub lished, on mineralogy and such kindred subjects. It I is proposed, also, if our funds will permit, to cause the l' delivery of plain and popular lectures (comprehensible by alt) on such subjects as astronomy, botany, I and-mineralogy--upon the recent improvements that I may have been made in the arts and manufacturesi— upon the application of scientific discoveries, and on the result of the experience of practical observers as to agriculture and to those various trades and occupations which chiefly engross the attention of this district of the country. These are not, I trust, over sanguine expec ' tations. I think the acquisition of knowledge has a great tcudency to multiply itself ; and if I can only persuade you to enter upon that delightful path, I am sanguine enough to believe that there will be open to I you gradual charms and temptations which will induce you to persevere.—(Applause.) The library that we shall form will, I trust, contain works not merely con nected with abstract science, but treatises coming home to the daily business and daily interests of those who are concerned in the pursuits of active industry. Now, let me take two departments of knowledge, on which I think most useful information might be deposited in a library of this kind. Let me first speak of works con nected with agricultural improvement, and let me make an earnest appeal to that most valuable and respectable class of society, I mean the farmers of this country, to whom we are so much) indebted for their general deport ment, whose respectability and success are intimately connected with the best interests of this country. I am perfectly prepared to hear from them that they receive with great distrust the advice of persons who are not practicaliy connected with farming. No one is more deeply satisfied than I am that it is much easier to talk of farming tha n t o f ar m. I am not surprised ' that they (the farmers) distrust the theories of specula tive farmers. I am not surprised that they listen with distrust to the result of experiments much more exten sive than their capital enables them to engage in. I consider those feelings to be perfectly rational and per fectly natural ; but, on the other hand, if the farmers of this neighbourhood (because they are practical farmers) think that their experience is all-sufficient —if they think that they have nothing to learn—if they think they can safely neglect the opportunities of acquir ing knowledge connected with their proper business, let me tell them that they labour under a greater and more dangerous delusion than the gentlemen who undertake to in - trust tbetn.—(Applause.) If you are satisfied with the limited experience that your own farm affords —if you really believe that the farming in your parti cularparish admits of no improvement—let me remind you that these were the impressions entertained 50 years since, and 100 years since, by practicalf armers, who then thought, I have no doubt, that tleere was nothing to be learned,and that there could be no advantage in attempt ing to benefit by the experience and experiments of others. Now, with respect to works on agriculture, which might be included in the library of this institution, let me ask any reasonable man, whatever might be his practical ex perience, whether he does not think it highly probable that advantages might be derived by his having access, on the payment of one shilling quarterly, to such in formation as may be deposited in this library R? Remarks Ploughing, by M r . James Smith.] Was i t p ossible there could be any harm o ta n in T ed iw i t n ot t ig re h ati i s ) e r s a o h n ,is a ig gri a c i ul i tu D re e , ep mention t ing —not in a farmer being forced to adept this system of farming—but in hearing what was the result of experh ments ? This little book was given to him (Sir It. Peel) by that eminent man, Dr. Buckland, the great geologist, on his return from Scotland, after having had an oppor- 1 tunity of witnessing the improvements on the farm of Mr. Smith. The Right Hon. Baronet, in alluding to a treatise he had lately received, " A Report on the Diseases to which the Wheat Plant is liable," ob served, that if the farmer told him that he had informa tion on the subject already, he would inform him that Professor Henslow, the Professor of Botany at Cam bridge, had stated, in reference to treatises written for a prize offered by the English Agricultural Society for the best essay on this subject, that it was evident to him (Professor Henslow) that the authors were ignorant of many facts well known to scientific men for many years, respecting the nature of those diseases, and the causes producing them ; and that in point of fact no one treatise was deemed deserving of the prize. It ap peared to him (Sir Robert Peel) that the farmer, whatever importance he might attach to practical expe rience, could not deny that a great nur eon be nefit from reading tre atises on t his and various other subjects—such derive laying er i e m theproper he mighte for properties o f t h at manure, an d theground, the a:by/ mica, time the liability of the volatile parts flying off into the atm°. sp'sere. It had been also suggested that popular lectures might become a subject of the greatest importtance, upon the simplest method of keeping account of profit and loss. i —(Applause.) Now, he was informed that nothing could be more imperfect than the accounts which were kept by a farmer of the daily outgoings of his farm and the profit returned from actual outlay. Nor could he doubt that if a farmer were instructed as to the most simple method of keeping such an account, and was suppli e d w ith a book containine the proper form, the greatest advantages might be derived from his hav ing the opportunity , of judgiog of such improvements as the one be (Sir It. Peel) had been referring to. But (said Sir It. Peel) these arc merely examples of the in formation which might be made easily accessible. Every newspaper teems with notices of publications, written upon popular principles, detailing all the recent discove ries in science and their connexion with improvements in arts and manufactures. Let me earnestly entreat you not to neglect the opportunity which we are now wiling to afford you. It will not be our fault ' if the ample page of knowledge, rich with the spoils of time, is not unrolled to you. You wilt not be able to say that " chill penury " has frozen " the genial current" of your aspirations for knowledge and distinction. We tell you that here is access for you to that information which may at the same time facili- ' tate your advance in your wordly occupations and lay the foundation for mental improvement.—(Applause.) Da not be deceived by the seeers that you hear against knowledge, which are uttered by men who want to depress you, and keep you depressed, to the level of their own contented ignorance. —(Renewed plaudits.) Do not believe that you have nut time (that is what you will hear) for rational recreation.—(Applause.) Now, believe me, that it is the idle man who wants time for everything.—(Laughter and applause.) The industrious man, the man who is persevering in les pursuits, is the man who knows the value of the economy of time, and can find leisure for rational recreation, as well as for his attention to his business.—(Continued applause.) Do not believe that the acquisition of knowledge, of such knowledge as we shall offer you, is inconsistent with the success of your worldly pursuits. Depend upon it, you cannot exercise and sharpen your intel lectual faculties in one branch of knowledge without becoming better men of business in consequence.— (Applause.) Depend also upon this, that there is a spirit of inquiry afloat, and that there is a degree of competition requiring the utmost mental activity and exertion. Every steam-boat, every railroad—all the facilities of intercourse—are operating as premiums upon skill and intelligence.—(Applause.) They are shortening the distance between the producer and the consumer. It is not safe for you to remain behindhand, for, depend upon it, if you are inferior in point of skill, in point of intelligence, in point of general knowledge, to the manufacturers and producers of other districts, those increased facilities of intercourse to which I have been referring will transfer the demand front you to others ; and you will be labouring under a fatal delusion if you place confidence in those sneers to which I have alluded, and if you believe that increased intelligence is incompatible with worldly success. On the contrary, I believe that society is now in the posi tion that increased intelligence and increased knowledge are absolutely essential to success in your worldly pur suits.—(Applause.) Again, do not believe that science is not a field which is perfectly open to you, whatever may be your occupations and conditions in life. I ask you to consider the names of those men who, at the present moment, or within your own memory, have acquired for themselves immortal lance by their eminence in the arts and sciences. I ask you to call to mind the names of Mr. Rennie, the great engineer, of Sir Humphry Davy, of Professor Faraday, of Sir Francis Chantry, of Mr. Wheatstone, the inventor of the electrical telegraphs, and of a hundred others I might name—to consider their first position in life, the diffi culties which they had to struggle with, and to search out in their early origin —not for the purpose of despis ine' it, but of admiring the m o re th e i n t erva l b e t ween their origin and the eminence to which they subse quently attained.—(Applause.) I have mace inquiry up on this subject, and I cannot help reading to you one or two of the answers I have received on the subject of eminent men of the present day who have raised them selves by having had the early opportunity of acquiring knowledge, and by the simple determination to over come every difficulty that poverty or a low condition night oppose, and to raise themselves from it.—( Ap pi fuse.) [The Right Hon. Baronet here read a letter, dated the sth of January, stating that Mr. Grainger, the great architect, who had rebuilt the town of New- castle-upon-Tyne, within a few years, in a style infi nitely superior to Regent-street, and whom he (the writer) met at the Duke of Northumberland's a short time since, began his career as a poor mason's boy carry ing a hod of mortar. In the interval between 1834 and 1838 he converted Newcastle front a black and thick clus ter of brick to a condition exceeding anything he (the writer) had seen, except in the hest parts of elinburgh. In a postscript to the letter it was also stated, that the late Mr. Harvey, who died at an early age, a Professor at Woolwich, published an excellent work on meteor ology ; he worked for many years as a carpenter in the dockyard at Plymouth, afterwards became a teacher of mathematics, and was advanced to the professorship above-mentioned. The Right Hon. Baronet observed that he had in his possession a letter from the writer of this treatise on meteorology to one of the most eminent men of the present day. That letter was indeed to his (Sir Robert Peel's) purpose, and he would not with hold from the meeting its contents. The author of it was cold in the grave, but it was a voice from tile grave, and entitled on that account to the highest autho rity. Sir Robert Peel here read the letter, dated the 31st of March, 1834, of which the following is the seibstance :—" In forwarding these papers for accept ance to men bred and educated at Oxford, he (Mr. llarvey) confessed he felt much diffidence and fear ; and nothing but the great and unexampled personal kindness he had experienced during the visits of the British Association, and the kind indulgence shown towards Him, could have got the better of those feelings. He would, therefore, be pleased to regard the work as the production of one blessed at that time with nothing like unbroken leisure, and all whose early days were lost amidst vulgar associates in a carpenter's workshop, and whose edu cation never reached beyond reading and writing. He wrote this in the fullness of those feelings which beat high, and which looked back with the most poignant re gret on the years that were spent in heartless labour, and without a friend to open to him a peth which might have led to academical distinction, and by con sequence to some higher and brighter prospects in the world." Why (said the Hon. Baron: t), if we should have some kindred spirit in this town that should be drawn from those heartless• associates, aryl, instead of spending his time among vulgar amusements, shfiuld have the means of procuring access to these treatises which this man wanted, and the absence of which he lamented, shall we not be tenfold repaid by the reflection that we have given such a man an opportunity of rescuing himself from such associations, and of enabling hint to walk in early life in a path that leads to virtuous fame.—( Ap plause.) But if you still want any additional proof that the heights of science are not closed to the hum blest amongst you, look around, I say, at this neigh bout hood. If you go to Lichfield, you sec the statue of Dr. Johnson. It you go to Handsworth, y ou see the statue of Mr. Watt. Look in this very town, and who is the man that is now engaged in exten sive works, for the purpose of bringing coal and lime under your immediate command ? Mr. Stephen son, the engineer. Mr. Stephenson, I am assured, worked for three years as a boy in the meanest capacity in a colliery at 'Newcastle. He saved 1001. by mending the watches of his fellow-workmen for half-a-crown a-piece ; ana he devoted that 100/. to provision for his indigent parents, and set out with a light heart end conscience for the purpose of accumulating more. The result has been that he presents a daily example of en couragement to our eyes, amid brought within our im mediate contemplation in this town. He presents an other example, where. from the lowest origin, merit has been able to raise itself to high eminence and great respect.—(Applause.) My appeal in my recent I observations has been addressed chiefly to you who compose the working classes, or to men engaged in the pursuits of active industry, to induce you to enrol yourselves as members of this institution. I now make an appeal to others in more prosperous circum stances, who probably have had an education which enables them fully to appreciate the advantages of knowledge, and who are enabled, if they will exer cise their power out of their effluent means, to spare what may be sufficient to insure the perfect sue- f cess of this Institution. I hope they will not be deterred from it by any belief that they are risking injurious consequences, either to the moral or religious character of the people, by giving them the opportunity of acquiring such knowledge, and such only, as that which we profess to give. For my self, I cannot believe that we shall be interfering with any legitimate object of human policy ; or that we shall be counteracting any of the purposes of that Almighty Being, who has entrusted us with faculties which dis tinguish us from the beasts that perish, and who will demand from us a severe account of the manner in which those faculties have been employed. I cannot think that we shall dissatisfy men with their lot, by proving to them that avenues of distinction are open to which merit alone (whatever be the lot and condition of smen) aan secure access and gain the prize. I cannot help thinking that by bringing together, in an institution of this kind, intelligent men of all classes and all condi tions in life, by uniting together, as we have united, in the Committee of this Institution, the gentleman of an- cient fancily and great landed possessions with the skilful mechanic and artificer of good character—l cannot help thinking that we are all establishing a bond of social connexion that will derive more than common strength from the pure motives that influence us, and from the cause inj which we are engaged.—(Applause.) I cannot help believing that we are hatenonizing the grada tions of society, and binding men together by a new bond, which, as I said before, will have more than ordinary strength on account of the object which unites us.— (Loud appleuse.) Nay, I am sanguine enough to be lieve that this very institution will efford the opporiueit: of honourable and appropriate reward to humble merit. In a society limited like this, small in point of numbers, it is very difficult to find any distinctions of an honour able nature ; but 1 must say, that I was forcibly struck on Saturday last by a distinction which was paid, and which 1 cannot help thinking must have a powerful ,ffeet in encouraging men to honourable conduct, and also to intellectual improvement. The subscribers to this institution on Saturday last were called upon to give their VOie3 in favour of those who should be placed upon the Committee of Management. There wa; one individual who united, without exception, every vote which was given. There being 67 votes to give, those votes were given (Si a single case only) unanimously in favour of one individual. I did think it was a remarkable and most honourable and encouraging compliment, on chancing to cast my eye on the voting papers, to find that every man (whatever was his condition) had delivered in a paper which contained the name of " James Simmons" —(Applause)—and I think you will agree with me, that that man must be dead to every impulse of honourable fame who did not envy the feelings of James Siminons,when, by time unanimous voice of every one entitled to vote, he was called upon to take his place on the Committee of Management of this institution.—(Applause.) I can_ not he:iere that there is any risk to religious impressions mud religious belief by opening the avenues to literary acquirements. I agree with the Bishop of London in the opinions which he has delivered upon that subject in the sermon which he preached on the opening of King's College. He expressed sentiments, in language worthy of the sentiments which it conveyed, and in which I for one cordially concur. (The Right Hon. Baronet here read an extract from the sermon alluded to, in which the Bisbnp of London observed, that there was nothing in the revealed will os God which limited and restrained the inquiries and conclusions of man in any branch of knowledge properly so called, or Iv hieh interfered with the freest exercise of his faculties ; but that the very constitution of man, which led him to in definite inquiry, and which was adapted to it, afforded a sufficient reason for believing that its Divine Author intended it for that purpose. The principle of Curiosity was almost the first which manifested itself in the human mind. The sagacity of the elephant, though it might differ in different individuals of the same species, and although by some it might be dif ferently exerted, was at all times a definite qua lity ; whereas the faculties of man were sharpened and strengthened by exerc i se , t h e capac i t i es of LIS mind were enlarged, and past experience was made the ground of future improvement. Under pro - - per limitations, they might join in the praises lavished upon philosophy and science, and go forth with their vo taries in the various paths of research by which the mind of man was enlightened and instructed. Such studies removed the veil which to the ignorant or care less observer obscured the traces of Gad's glory in the works of his hands.) That (said the Hon. Baronet) • I firmly believe. 1 never can think it possible . that a mind can be so constituted that, after being familiarized with the great truth of observing in every object of con templation that nature presents the manifest proofs of a Divine intelligence—if you range even from the or ganization of the meanest weed you trample upon, or of the insect that lives but for an hour, up to the mag nificatt structure of the heavens, and the still more wonderful phenomena of the soul, and reason, and conscience of man—l cannot believe that any man ac customed to such contemplations can retire from them with any other feelings than those of enlarged con ceptions of the Divine power, and greater reverence for the name of the Almighty Creator of the Universe. We believe, on the contrary, that the man accustomed to such contemplations will feel the moral dignity of his own nature exalted ; and, struck with awe by the Ma nifold proofs of infinite power and infinite w'isdom, will yield more ready and hearty assent—res, the as sent of the heart, and also of the mul.erstanding— to the pious exclamation, " Oh Lord, bow glorious are thy works ; thy thoughts are very deep. An un wise man cloth not consider, and a tool cloth not under stand."—( Applause.) It is the unwise man and the fool that form unworthy conceptions of the Divine nature and the Divine power. Far different were the impressions of those mighty spirits who have the most considered this, and have made the greatest (however imperfect) advances towards the understanding of it. These are the thoughts with which Sir Isaac Newton concludes his profound speculations into the material causes which produce, and into the laws which regu late the motion of the heavens ; he says, " This beau tiful system of sun, planets, and comets, can have its origin in no other way than by the purpose and com mand of an intehigent and powerful Being. He governs all thing-, not as the Sovereign of this world, but as the Lard of the Universe. He is not only God but Lord or Governor. kVe know him only by his pro perties and attributes—by the wise and admirable structure of things around us. We admire Him on ac count of his perf:ctions—we venerate and worship lion on account of Ilis government." These are the thoughts from which Sir Humphry Davy,: in his last illness, derived, according to his own ex pression, pleasure and consolation, when every other source of pleasure and consolation had failed him. He is speaking of the moral and intellectual qualities of the true scientific inquirer into natural philosophy. He says—" His mind should always be awake to devotional feeling ; and in contemplating the variety and beauty of the external world, and developing its scientific won ders, he will always refer to that Infinite Wisdom through whose beneficence he is permitted to enjoy knowledge. In becoming wiser he will become better ; he will rise at once in the scale of intellectual and moral existence ; his increased sagacity will be subservient to a more exalted faith ; and, in proportion as the veil becomes thinner through which he sees the causes of things, he will admire more the brightness of the Divine light by which they are rendered perceptible." That (said the Right Hon. Baronet) is my belief. My belief and hope are that an increased sagacity will administer to an exalted fame—that it will make men not merely believe in the cold doctrines of natural religion, but that it will so prepare and temper the spirit and understand• ing, that they will be better qualified to comprehend the great scheme of human redemption.—(Loud ap plause.) My firm belief is, that that superior sagacity which is most conversant with the course and constitu- tion of nature, which sees the wonderful preparations that arc made for the subsistence and enjoyment of the meanest animal, will be the first to believe that that Al mighty Being who has made such preparations for mere enjoyments has not left in neglect and indiffer ence the immortal soul of man. Knowing the difficul ties that attend every object which we can see, observ ing the gradual system of progression and change, and that one course of existence is made preparatory for another, 1 am sanguine enough to believe that that su perior sagacity will be the first to turn a deaf ear to objections and presumptions against revealed religion, will be the first to acknowledge the complete harmony of the Christian dispensation with all that reason, as sisted by revelation, tells us of the course and consti- tution of nature. These are serious and solemn sub jects, but 1 hope not unfitted for an occasion when we contemplate an institution of this nature.—(Applause.) They contain at least an exposition of my views and hopes with respect to the progress of knowledge, which alone could induce me to take a part in an esta blishment of this kind. I will now release you. I shall shortly leave you for the purpose of engaging in the scenes of warfare on the great arena of political conten tion; but if I can believe that before my departure I have laid the foundation stone of an edifice in which men of all political opinions and of all religious feelings may unite in the furtherance of knowledge without the asperities of party feeling—if I can entertain the hope that there will be the means afforded of useful occupa tion anil rational reereatioa—that men will prefer the pleasures of knowledge above the indulgence of sensual appetite—that there is a prospect of contributing to the intellectual and moral improvement of this town and neighbourhood, then I can safely say that I shall be repaid, with tenfold interest, for any time I have spent or any attention I have given to the formation of this institution. (The Right Hon. Baronet resumed his seat amidst loud and general plaudits.) Sir F. LAWLEY, Bart., then rose and said, that high and elevated as must have been their gratification in list ening to the speech they had just heard, he was quite sure they could not depart to their homes with any degree of satisfaction if they had not an opportu nity of expressing to Sir Robert Peel their heartfelt acknowledgments for that address—an address dis tieguished by so much kindness, good feeling, and friendship, but above all, by that deeply religious feel ing which he had instilled into all their hearts and minds upon the present interesting occasion.—(Ap plause.) lle now proposed to that meeting that they should all rise from their seats in token of thanks to Sir Robert Peel. The company simultaneously rose, and expressed their approbation amid loud and general applause. Sir ROBERT PEEL said he was deeply grateful for the very kind manner in which they had received his humble exertions. Every effort of his life should be directed towards the improvement, in every sense, of that town and neighbourhood, with the welfare of which his own interests were immediately connected, and which, from every circumstance of neighbourhood, residence, of early association, and intimacy of kind friends, commanded his warmest and most a &ctionate attachment. The meeting then broke up. LAUNCH AT SHEERNESS. —Wednesday fore noon the Royal dock-yard at Sheerness was crowded by persons to witness the launch of her Majesty's splendid steam-frigate Styx, which took place at high water. She was built under the direction of Mr. Atkins, the acting shipwright of the dock-yard. Her dimensions are.. Length between perpendiculars, 108 feet ; extreme breadth, 36 feet 2 inches; depth in hold, 21 feet; awl burden, 1,057 tons. Miss Hill; the daughter of Sir John Hill, Captain Superintendent of the dock-yard, the had cou t r h s e honour of christening the ve ssel, immedi ately after which the supporters were knoc ked awa y , and s he glided into the e waters of the Medway amidst loud cheers. of the afternoon she was hauled into the north dock to be c o ?") , e h r c_ c d followingand i out a for c o immediatei)).oi the service, paa r ; a p h in the ) Lords' address relati v e to the birth of the irincess Royal: We entreat your Majesty to accept our most sincere and fervent congratulations on the birth ) of a Princess, we ~ ,-g t o express our unfeigned j o y your this increase ando f ofour M the domestic felicity at Royal Consort." Jesty and your Majesty's MORNING EDITION. DUBLIN LAW INSTITUTE. 's A:re zakixa4ter.) -:...;;,,-;., ~,,,: : ,\. ....... • . --1 . (Abridged from Sauniers On Thursday last Thomas Wyse, EsizrgPcilair.:.-.1:`;T,;21, man of the Select Committee on Educe(' - 1' " -' ' .p.t:lr'ot. -'-' ,a , ,,.. ,, ,x 4,,,,. the Lords of the Treasury, was entertai _ ' , 'er: the Prin.:ipal and Professors of the llublirt - at their Hall, Queen's Inn Chambers, in ac s -;„ of the services rendered by their distinguis Ve,,fin4.Y..iiktioliq man in the a d vaneemeot o f sc i ence, an i the support of the objects for which this institution was founded. The guests were about 50 in namber, amongst whom were his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Arthur Moore, Sir Philip Crampton, Bart., Sir Henry Marsh, Bart., Sergeant Stock, Master Curry, the Second Reinembrancer, Mr. Commissioner Macao, Rabert Holmes, Esq., W. E. Hudson, Esq. ; Messrs. Gilmore, Major, Dickson, Brook, Hickson, Queen's Counsel ; Professor I.ll'Cullagh, Captain Larcome, Captain Kennedy, Surgeon Carmichael, several mem bers of the Bar, and other Fellows of the Society of the Institute. At se ei o e lt n uo o rp ' c k l . o us ctnrkde under r h t , e t hp:a, whose o t s y suep s e a fr t ai nn d lt o ee w n e sd i tean t nc o des a o sumptuous g re ra il m as , t, ogf high. The wiacs were of the rarest vintag es , and the champa gne an d c l aret secured the most marked and gen T e i r i a e l c ar ia p i r r ob w a a t s ion. occupied by the Principal, Tristram Kennedy, Esq., supported by Professors Napier, Hard ing, Molyneux, and Whiteside. After the usual toasts of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, &c , " the health of Mr. Wys:" was proposed, and received with cheers. Mr. Wiese then rose and said that he found the or dinary language of acknowledgment very inadequate indeed to the expression of his thanks for the high, lie might add, the most unusual and especial honour which had just been (lone him. He had not the advan tage to belong to their learned profession, though des tined for it in early life—he was not of them, though cordially and earnestly with them is all their ho nourable pursuits ; to many he was only known as a public man, recommended on'y by his public exertions in aid and advancement of ob jects dear, he well knew, to them both ; and yet this evening he found himself surrounded by the highest names on the bench and at the bar—by the elite of the sister professions—by men whose lives were ihe glory of their country and fame, the common pro perty cf all that was eminent for character and talent throughout the land. We all Mt proud of being their compatriots ; they were our boast in other countries ; to receive the sanction, the approbation, the thanks of such men as these was a reward and a triumph indeed. l'o no other unprofessional man had such a testimony, he believed, been vouchsafed ; it was un exampled, unattemptcd—a s singular as it was great. Nor was this the only cause of gratification ; the ground on which this dinner was given by hi m was one, of all others, he felt the m o st honourable. It was not the tribute of pars:emus to a partisan ; not even the cele bration of ore friendshias, or the pledge of new ; so far from this being the case, it had not one element, not one eenttement of a political or sectarian nature. We were of various creeds, of various politics, though in this instance of one party. Protestant rend Catholic, Conservative and Liberal, Whig and Tory, had come together as one body and spirit, to testify their unanimous and deep interest in an object not only common to all, but he might add, paramount to every otl er welch could engage the consideration of thinking and honest men —the intellectual and moral advancement of their coun try. 'Io participate in such a scene—to be in any way linked with it was a high gratification ; but to be thus placed by their partiality in the front of it was beyond his (Mr. Wyse's) acknowledgments. He had no other claims on their kindness than the deepest sense of the importance of National Education generally, but es pecially of those higher and leading branches which di rected or influenced others—than a strong desire to see perfected co that amplitude and power of which he be lieved it, susceptible, but which he should be pardoned for ihi.nking it had not }et attained, the highly influen tial profession of the bar, than a not less strong convic tion diet, amongst the means most indispensable to thieve such an end, early, wel I-ordered, well-digested legal education, under qualified teachers, in well constituted arid welhnianaged institutions, was amongst the first ; and that from what he knew both of the plan and the practice of the institution, in the midst of which he then had the honour of standing, he believed the Law Institute fully calculated to fu'fil these conditions, and destined to raise the legal charac ter of Ireland, high as it might be, to an eminence which it has not yet attained. As a branch, then, most important in that great system of general education, for all branches of which, in turn, he had endeavoured with feeble means, but he hoped not wholly fruitless results, to lahaur, ever since he had entered public life, he had for many a year, even previously to the suggestion in the report on education, most anxiously sought the establishment of a Law School for Ireland. He gave, not cheerfully only, but earnestly, cordially, and he would also say persever ingly, his aid, his efforts at least, whatever they might be, to the promotion of this important object.—( After some further observations on the same topics, the Ho nourable Gentleman contiriued)—Even the best amongst you, be his walk in after life whatever it may, must have felt sensible how much of labour, of time, of thought, might have been spared, had he bad good finger posts to direct him in his outset. How many have toiled through the swamps and morasses—through the brushwood and jungles of useless reading—for years, and not discovered till after much waste of time and exertion they had reached circuitously their destina tion, that there was a short, clear, and direct route to the same point which would have been an economy of all most valuable, to give it no other name, had they known it in time. Not only is it well to learn what we ought to know, but what we can afford not to know, and kna.v what we ought not to know. Nor are the public interests less to he considered ; they have a right to be protected against quackeries of all kinds, as far as positive institutions can protect them, in whatever profession it may be. Are there none in the legal, as well as in others ; no empiricism, no experimenters on the public as in coTore viii; no livers on the petty tricks of the day ; no i feeders on th e cre dulity of mankind ; no traffickers n unblushing impu dence and insolent pretension ; no audacious ignorance I and confident blindness coming into unmerited wealth on the follies and confidence of the community ? From much of this the public might undoubt edly be screened ; and if from any portion, however small, it is surely worth the while of those who have the guardianship of the public interest at heart to look to it. The Law Institute pro poses in a great degree to effect this ; it is the first attempt of the kind in the empire ; it is the most adapted to cur institutions ; for the short time it has been tried, it Iris proved eminently successful. The nature of our University organizetion presenting one body, analogous to the single philosophical faculty of foreign universities, renders such an appendage especially requisite. In other countries jurisprudence has a philosophy—is a science ,it occupies in all colle giate institutions the rank next to theology. Why only in this country—of all others interested in its progress and elevation—why should it be so long a mere art ? In too many cases a disjointed, and to the less welching, an apparently heterogeneous mass of Opinions, of prece dents contradicting precedents, of authorities, of techni calities. A law school in its true vocation should seek to systematize and philosophize —to elevate the art into a science, and this is the aim and end of the Law Institute. It should seek to bring the law more into contact with other sciences—to breathe their spirit into it, at the same time that it never forgets its original and charac teristic form and purpose. A lawyer is ever a better lawyer for being something more than a lawyer. the more objects of comparison, the juster his conclu sions, the wider his experience. The philosophic lawyer has a principle for all his practice. The teelaical lawyer often errs, even in his most tom , man practice, because he is always without a prin cple ; nor would the law only gain by such .a school ant the influences which sooner or later it would infallibly generate. From these slight beginnings, in sevoonusltdituptrieocneaeld l a eg se is iol of l i a o tion lipillo ot that the unity and simplicity of the present pl an should be disturbed by such adjuncts, but that from your s uch studies and instit u ti ons suited would gradually exampleto such taste taste for L ight windly experience have supplied tsb ( h ) eote u tlis r ye : aa i i i inti r : td i c 'E 'ri o%esi a ,.. i ' ' lk i i i ne t s : o;,,, i t a e l r r i c e l g r e e r : o l! e t ac t n il b e e o e f n fi r t s il t e those assembly,m s o al s f: sesound ordinary as professional description ; hut the under machinery of the department evinced how much injury, how many impediments arc thrown in the way by incompetent, ill-adapted, ill-acquired previous education. Our e a ci s al bsclGroeorlins,anand France, drafted from their but sent to ire diplomatists are not, sp • proviso their functions often from a course of life and study the most opposite to such objects. Our administrators arc not better ; indeed worse. Our ad ministrative organization itself requires general re view, if trot reform. It is the aggregate of successive departments, accidents of accidents, thrown up as the necessity of the moment requires, uniting func tions and duties often the must opposite. The officers of these departments, especially in the lower grades, have been chosen generally without examina tion, certainly without any special course of stndy. It is only wittein this last year that, in one department espe cially, . , such improvement, and with great success, has been introduced. Yet in all the countries of the Con ' tinent edmaristraf on has born as much a profession and a science as that of the law or medicine ; the man is adapted to his work ; the instrument to its end, and the work is done better, and in the end more truly and surely accomplished. But if no other profession is in more need of such aids than that of the Legislature, how small a portion of the historical, political, econo mical, and legal studies, which one would think ought 1 to home formed the indispensable elements of a legis lator's education, arc now touched on in the instruct ro. Jj . ra ble roe, ~ ; iio t, O f o ° ' 10 $t FM