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I MIPORTA'ST TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO ART- UNIONS. IN consequence of numerous inquiries, the lCom mittee of the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC UNION of LONDON deem it right to state that the resolutions passed Itt the GENERAL MEETING of ARTISTS and others, held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Saturday Evening, the 17th i nn., had no reference whatever to this ASSOCIATION. „The attention of the public is particularly directed to the ; - , , I.OSPECTUS, to be bad of the Secretary at the ROYAL 4- OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, Regent-street. E XTENSION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ART-UNIONS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC UNION of LONDON will, on the 29th of this month, be prepared ‘O show to its Subscribers, and to the Public, some Specimens °f the FINISHED ETCHINGS illustrative of the" SONGS SHAKSPEA RE," and on the second or third week in Jan uary next, will present to each Subscriber of 20s. (a sum not more than half the price in the usual mode of this publication), t his Original Work complete, bound in an ornamental cover, Zonai„ EN LARGEDsting of Thirteen Etchirg+, on Ten Steel Plates, by the Members of the Etching Club, who have adopted an EN LARGED SCALE as compared with their admired Edition tro* Deserted Village." The COMMITTEE think it tight to call the particular attention of the Public to the Pros tloctus, •in the arrangement of the Prizes to be drawn on the WENTY. FIFTH DAY of APRIL next, and to other dis- Ilea advantages ; to be had of the Secretary of the ROYAL I 'OLYTECIINIC INSTITUTION, Regent-street, who re the Subscriptions. I)IHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.---The im . provements introduced in " Beard's" Process, render 'hose likenesses unerring reflections of face, figure, and dress. Portraits and G r oup s o f var i ous s i zes , i n F rames , C ases , Lockets, Brooches, and Rings, in an elegant style. Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street; 34, Parlia taent- t et ; and 85, King William-street, City. WATCHES by IVEBSTER AND SON, Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, c atablished 132 years, 3, Birchin-lane. The finest description of Watches at the lowest prices, consistent with maintaining that character for superiority of workmanship which has dis „tinguished their establishment dui ing so long a peri o d. Th e ,`'°4lpensated Duplex Watch, upon the principl e o f th e i r Chro "greeters, to which Government awarded the prizes three suc cessive years, combines perfect accuracy with the utmost ele gance, and is not surpassed by the Pocket Chronometer. We 1 / 4 (1 Son have devoted considerable time and attention to the m anufacture of the Patent Lever Watch, and considerably P aduced the price ; likewise the small Horizontal, for ladies. ley can offer a large selection of Second-hand Watches, at ,Itt above have the original cost. The utmost value allowed f or okl Watches, in exchange. The most experienced work- I len in the repairing department are employed on the premises, i for foreign and English manufacture. WEBSTER and SON, 3, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London. NOVELTY IN BOOTS. THE Improved NOISELESS and CREAKLESS ACCELLEROKEDO, CLERICAL, SURGICAL, I,nd LAW BOOTS and SHOES, patronised by his R o y a l ~`ligliness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, and the Conti "ntal Courts, and worn by the Nobility and Gentry, are ge erally acknowledged to be superior to any others hitherto in troduced. They are elaltic and comfortable : for tender feet they are a P,,_erfeet luxury, and for waltzing they are invaluable ; the roughest „ . 14 "oment feels like a soft carpet, and a person may walk double `" distance in those Boots than he can in any others ; they are ~4 t erproof, and a much tighter tit is insured ; they embrace ` t be qualities of each of the five Patented Boots, whilst they in 'cry respect supersede the whole of them. Manufactured by G. Benfield, 143, Leadenhall.street. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 8, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON. THE "GLORIOUS NEWS" from the East is everywhere bailed with delight and gratitude. In con 7quence of the highly important announcement of " Peace pith China," we take the earliest opportunity of making known t othe Public, that we have commenced selling all descriptions 14 TEA much cheaper. There is no longer any necessity for the public paying ex "bagant prices, in order to secure good Teas. The mono t'lY of price, like all other monopolies, is found to be based on Iliustice and elfishness. Every day's experience tends to I g'ow that the first cost of the finest Teas in China does not Z t irrant the extraordinary prices paid in this country. The ruthless of the importer is becoming better unde r stood, and tge profits, with the intelligent tradesman, like prejudiced with the better informed part of the public, are now l enerally giving way, and comparison in value made the test of kiference. The following are iiir present Prices , BLACK TEAS. s. d. 3 4 per lb. Oad ordinary Congou ,seful Congou, good quality , t 'ood Strong Congou, full flavour. 3 10 . i. t ")l3g Congou, blackish Leaf p!ne Congou, Pekoe Souchoug kind 'nest Congou, wiry blackish Leaf full rich b .Pekoe Souchong flavour 'ltest Lapsang Souchong ... 5 6 recommended ` GREEN TEAS. 'mon Twankay, or Hyson Skin 3 Bto 4s. 'inern Bloom 113 son 0 (60 d Hyson ti ood Imperial Gunpowder OPerfine Hyson, rich delicate flavour 5 8 recommended Ole Imperial Gunpowder... .. 6 0 recommended eilto Gunpowder, small silvery 1eaf....,,.,, 6 10 recommended tirtously fine Gunpowder 7 6 COFFEE. ~111 consequence of the New Tariff admitting the Productions ' roreign Growth, all descriptions of Coffee are materially h eaps,.. s. d. Very good Ceylon *Java, ofauperior quality Th e finest "Mountain-flavoured" Ceylon... „ 1 6 Very fine Laguayra and Jamaica „ 1 8 Pine “ Mountain" Jamaica, and very choice Mocha We recommend Families to pay One Shilling and Fourpence i'ft lb. for very good Coffee • One Shilling and Sixpence for I \Zeellent ; and One and Eightpence for as good as need be Mc. SIDNEY and HALL, Importers and Dealers, 8. Ludgate-hill, London. 1 , Per the convenience and security of Families living at a , 4 t 4 nce, we have Packages of 41b., 81b., and 161 b. in Tinfoil to quality Cani s t ers , may be sent in safety to any part, and quality of the 'lea p eserved. Parties taking an original ; 10 {. r Chest, of 401 b. or 801 b., allowed the full overweight Milted the trade. Jarnilies in the Country arc respectfully requested to trans their orders through the Post, accompanied with a Pest °BSee Order for payment. Address SIDNEY and HALL, `Ludgate -hill, London. IiANKRUPTCY IN lIIGII LIFE.—The Son of a Noble Lard having speculated largely in the late not orious mining affairs, has been declared a partner in the 'CO City House of M'Leod and Wright, of Bucklersbury, g halesal e W are ho us emen, whose stock has consequently b een a e iZed and sold by a decision of the Court of Chancery. to bROOKS and CO of the BOROUGH, were the first par ., th : called in on the occasion, and at once undertook the sale ; tis _ Whole of the Goods are, in consequence, being removed to 7,i , Warehouses in the Borough. of 'which amount of the Stock is 13,0001., the Drapery portion ( 1. 'which is now ready, and will be sold at ruinous prices, with ,tit reference to the cost, one of the Partners being present to -"action any reduction that may be made. EXTRAORDINARY LIST OF PRICES. s. d. K l nriterpanes, nearly 3 yards long, each ibask Moreens, for Curtains, per yard Ivy Blankets, 2 yards long, the pair ••• 4 6 C (Larger in proportion.) / 4 15( K1 Calico, ell-wide ' 24 yards for I..errocks's Long-cloths (usually 6d. ), 40 yards for Li nen Sheeting, double width, the pair 4 Perb Linen Sheetings, 3 yards wide, the pair lO 6 Li nen.,, Table-cloths, li yards square, each . 1 0 Yards square, superb Damask, each & Yards long splendid double Damask, each Yards long, a cloth suitable for the table of the bno bility, each D amask Fish Napkins, the dozen 3 6 b.ttrnask Dinner Napkins, yard square, the dozen 8 6 ,4 ird.Wide Welsh Flannels, for charities, per yard t.i.rne Duffell Cloaks for ditto, each 3 6 !nen Dusters, twilled with borders, the dozen ...... Li nen , s Towels, with fringe, the dozen for 2 3 Tl,Jfssia Round Towellings, 12 yards for Fine and Kitchen-cloths, 12 yards Nursery Diapers, 12 squares for .. Mask Table Covers, li yards square, (large in I,pro portion) y i ntifere Diapers, fine, per yard U nbleached Brown Holland, per yard .. Unbleached Table Cloths, 14 yards square, each 0 6 v i llen Crumb Cloths, 3 yards long, each 2 9 isUriture Dimities, a suerior article, er yard 0 Pile n t Covers, with Fringe all round, each 0 7 4 4 ,uslin3 for Curtains, in variety, 12 yards for... ..... 13 heeti ngs , Calicoes, extra stout, full 2 yards wide, LPer ya r d "kaback Towellings. 12 yards far nen Diapers, for Table Cloths, nearly 2 yards wide, 1 per yard ‘. 4 vg Lawns, the piece of 1 0 yards for r w ,n Handkerchiefs, fine quality , the dozen 4 i French Cambric Handkerchiefs , the dozen Irish Linens, a good quality, 26 yards for ... ......... s uperior for Shirting (West end price Is. 9d. ) A 26 yards for 4 box, curiously fine, for Collars, 12 yards for lB 0 Th e above ate the unprecedented prices at which the im irterise Drapery Stock is now selling off, at Brooks and Wight l'iek's extensive Warehouses, 106 fligh-street, Borough, oppo le the end o f U n ion-st r eet. The Sale commenced on Monday 15 0 PEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT RHEUMATISM, Trevor)U &c. 4 ,9Py of a Letter addressed by Holland, Esq., Surgeon, Varmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, the Editor of the " Times :" it " Sir,—l think it a duty I owe to the public to make known ,:tefficacy of a remedy which I met with accentally, and -41 (1 has been of such wonderful benefit to my id self. Some month s ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo- Zted and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender tesa of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con- Plied very much swollen and edematous, and I suffered dr eadfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which Pttended from the ancle to the leg, thigh, back, and to the ..trltta• Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and medical friends in the country could suggest, to no Ottreose, I set out for London with the intention of con ri,tlng Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea- By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, I tit) applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next larnin g I came down stairs without my crutches, and was tu lt ti walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am i4 "Qvi rapidly recovering. Having for many years ha an ex asive medical practice in the county of Stafford, I d know of Itl medicinal compound to possessing such wonderful efficacy. t adding rny testiony Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac tuated b y no o th er mo tive than gratitude to him, and a sincere 'desire to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf +eters. Po.sessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice gainst everything in the shape of quackery, I should be the 4 t, man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I know t 0 be nothing but a nefarious traffic and humbug. " I am, your obedient servant, " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. "Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. t P.S. At the various consultations held uppn my case, the 4 Neons and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of ° Pinion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter- I t l li nate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not 4 ( 1 the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application °' this extraordinary embrocat ion. —T. H." 111 6 justly-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious ~ my of the above afflictions) may be obtained of, or through - gIY respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or untry, at the Depot, corer of Wellington-street, Strand ; r from the Prepnetor, Mr, Fearer, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITU TION, Enrolled under Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies, For MUTUAL ASSURANCE of LIVES, ENDOWMENTS, and ANNUITIES. 13, Nicholas-lane, King William-street, London. DIRECTORS. C. P. Bousfield, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. John Feltharn, Esq. Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. R. Ingham, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. C. Lushiugton, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq. MEDICAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, 111.5. F. L. S. I Thomas Bevan, iI7.D. F.L. S. SOLICITORS.-Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. Members whose Renewal Premiums become due on the let January next are reminded that the same must be paid within Thirty Days from that time. Among the privileges to be derived by affecting assurances in this Institution, is that of Members being able to secure the benefit of their Policies to Nominees free of any charge. The Whole of the Profits are divided among the _Members ; the first division of which will be announced in January next. The Repart of the Directors to the Annual Meeting of the Membets, held on the 15th instant, may be had on application at the Office. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. London, December 23, 1842. E UROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY. No. 10, Chatham-place, Mackfriars, London. Established January, 1819. PRESIDENT-Sir JAMES RIVLIT CARNAC, Bart., Rook Cliff, Lymington. VICE-PRESIDENT.—GEORGE FORBES, Esq., 9, Fitzroy square. With Twelve Directors. Facilities are offered by this long-established Sossi4ty to suit the views and the means of every class ow insurers. ciiemiums are received yearly, half-yearly, or quar beidi—or upon an in creasing or decreasing scale. The insured for life participate Septennially in the profits realised. A liberal commission is allowed to solicitors and agents. DAVID FOGGO, Sec. N.B.—Agents are wanted in towns where none have yet been appointed. WESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Office, 49, Parliament-street, Westminster. DIRECTORS. HENRY EDGE WORTH BICKNELL, Esq. WILLIAM CABELL, Esq. THOMAS SOMERS COCKS, jun., Esq. GEORGE HENRY DREW, Esq. WILLIAM EVANS, Esq. WILLIAM FREEMAN, Esq. FRANCIS FULLER, Esq. JAMES HUNT, Esq. JOHN ARSCOTT LETHBRIDGE, Esq. EDMUND LUCAS, Esq. GEORGE HENRY POLLOCK, Esq. JOHN BAZLEY WHITE, Esq. J. CARTER WOOD, Esq. HENRY WRENCH, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. COCKS, BIDDULPH, and CO., Charing-cross. SOLICITORS. Messrs. BICKNELL and LETHBRIDGE, Abingdon-street, Westminster. Perfect security combined with moderate rates. The assurance of a CERTAIN BONUS. The allowance of HALF the ANNUAL PREMIUM to remain unpaid for SEVEN YEARS. and TEMPORARY LOANS to the ASSURED on available security. EDWARD T. RICHARDSON, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Errol Earl of Stair Earl of Courtown Earl Somers Earl Leven and Melville Lord Viscount Falkland Earl of Norbury Lord Elphinstosie Lord Belhaven and Stenton DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. H. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Charles Graham, Esq. Esq. F. C. M a i t l an d, Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As- J o h n Rit c hi e , Esq. sistant Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. SEC !LETA RY. —Patrick Macintyre, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commence ment in 1834. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Share holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added D. per Cent. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par ties who had insured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scales andonly a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the Insurance is for life. The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Company in March 1834, to the 31st December 1840, is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Years 10 Months £136 13 4 1,000 4 Years BO 0 0 1,000 3 Years 6O 0 0 1,000 1 Year Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 411, Berners-street, attends at the Office daily, about Half-past Two o'clock. SHEFFIELD PLA TE. hSSRS. HowroN an d CO ., Sil versm i t h s Ai_ and Jewellers, 36, LUDGATE-STREET, ST. PAUL'S, now offer to their Friends and the Public their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS, which they warrant to be the Manufacture of the first Sheffield Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising Waiters, Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Ice Pails, Coffee and Tea Sets, Kettles, Inkstands, Candlesticks, Cruet Frames, Cake Baskets, and every other article, useful and ornamental. Ten per Cent. allowed for Cash. A large Stock of Jewellery, Fancy Silver, and other arti cles, at prices well worthy the notice of visitors to, as well as residents in, London. GOLD IVATCHES, LONDON MADE. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, C orn hi l l , London, opposite ti. dank of England, submit for selection a very large STOCK o GOLD WATCHES, the whole of which are made and tiz.ished under the careful inspection of experienced workmel (.n their own premises, and each is war ranted for correct pet O. man ce . SC/..: FOR LADIES. Flne Vertical Watch, o . jewelled, in engine-turned gold cases and gold d . 11s, warranted ......... £lO 10 0 Fine Vertical Watches. jewelled, with double backed en g ine turner' gold cases and gold dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, with double-ha - ..,ked gold cases and gold dials, warranted ... SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, warranted gent detaehed Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six hots, seconds, double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold hunting cases for 31. 3s. each extra. N. B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. 17 17 0 No. 15,706. TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time f o r th e EARLY TRAINS an d TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Tizne for the AFTERNOON TRAIN, and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTA.RY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that _Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TBREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. TO NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN. AGENCY ()I- LAND STEWARD'S SITUATION WANTED.—A Gentleman of ability, integrity, and zeal, who has had the full and entire Management for many years of a large Establishment—who is at the head of his profes,ion— who is an active and prudent man of business—whose teAi monials are of a superior order—and who can command ample security—is in want. of an Appointment as above. Letters (pre-paid) addressed " Land Steward, ' earn of the Proprietors of the "London Journal of Commerce," London, will be forwarded to the Advertiser. WARD of • FAR December 24, 1842.-1 the 21st of December, 1842, bet DUKE, Knight, M.P., Alder Court, Old Bailey, for the el and other Ward Officers for the adjournment to this day, the n were as follow , RINGDON-WITHOUT At a WARDMOTE, holden on fore the NVorslii pful Sir JAMES rman of the Ward, at the New lect:on of Common Councilmen year'enmino., and continued by iumbers at the'elose of the poll TO MAGISTRATES, MAGISTRATES' CLERKS, SO. LICITORS, CLERKS 'l . O POOR-LAW UNIONS, Ste. This day is published, rice 6d. stamped, No. 51, Vol. VI., o f THEJUSTICE OF THE PEACE; Containing :—Summary of the Statutory Enactments of the last Session of Parliament held 5 and 6 Vict. 1842 ; with the cases (hitherto:published) decide I in the Courts at West minster in Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and Trinity Terms last, and at some of the Circuits : intended as a further supplement to the last edition of Burn,•-by J. And T. Chitty. Copyhold Commission. The Queen v. The Inhabitants of Rotherham — Poor Law—Order of Removal—Examination—Appeal—Cer tiorari—Practical Points—Business to be done, and matters to be attended to on or about this period. London : Henry Shaw, 137, Fetter-lane. should he deceived es to the fleeting nature of that depression. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, RITTLAND. whom we are thankful for their assistance thus far ; and now we come to discuss with those friends the justice or injustice of a bread-tax—of any bread-tax. —(Applause.) Now, we are a League associated together for the purpose of abolishing all taxation on bread.—(Applause.) That is our object, and that must not he misunderstood ; now is the time especially to avow it.—(Applause.) Now, is this operation of the ,Corn-laws clear t o th e percep ti on o f a ll ? And now I say again, we must have no bread-tax in this country ; but if a bread-tax is proposed by our opponents, they must he prepared to show that the whole of what they are going to raise will go into the Exchequer ; and when they show that, the far mers and the landlords would have to pay a tax at the mill or the oven, and there would then be no party in the country who would advocate a bread-tax. —(Loud applause.) .Now, upon this subject I should like to address a word or two to the men of the work ing classes that I see present here. I see a good many of the operatives in this room, and I beg to say a word to them on this subject.—(Hear.) The sliding scale is now abolished —virtually abolished ; you may say it has vanished ; everybody is against the prin ciple of the sliding scale now.—(Applause.) The next question is the question of a bread-tax. I have shown you that it would make very little difference to the merchant or the manufacturer. A ss. or 6s. duty would not prevent my friends who ship their goods abroad from always bringing home corn to sell, just as they now'do tea or sugar ; the tax to be paid upon it would be a tax chiefly paid by the working classes. --(Applause:) Well; now, is not this a question that the working classes should begin to talk over, and take a little interest in, in their own work shops? It is no use their standing aloof, and saying, " These Anti-Corn-law Leaguers are all humbugs— they are making no progress--they cannot do it." We are going to abolish the sliding scale.—(Applause.) And I now tell the working classes that it depends on them whether we get rid of the whole tax or not ; it depends on them ; it is their business.--(Applause.) And whenever I see working men at our meetings, whether in the Potteries, at Nottingham, or else where, I invariably tell them this; because I do n 't want to have it told to me by an d by that I have not let them into the secret. Now, the Anti-Corn-law League have had work enough to bring the monopo lists to the point which they are at; and, suppose now that they were to throw out a proposal for a ss. or 6s. fixed duty in the next session—and I believe that a great majority in the House of Commons would be very glad indeed, next session, to silence this agita tion by a ss. or 6s. fixed duty —suppose that this were proposed, are you sure that there are not a good many men among those who have given their hundreds, our merchants or capitalists, who, if they get what will suit them, will be very apt to go off to their mills and their counting-houses, and be content ?—(Hear, hear.) Is it not human nature ? Would you not do it your selves ?—(Hear, hear.) I ask any of the men in fustian jackets, if they would not do it themselves ? —(Applause.) Very well, then, what can you ex pect more of other men, fallible, interested, human creatures, than irou yourselves would perform ? But the League, the of the League, the men who have worked for four years in the League, are men who have taken up the question, and been sustained in the question throughout by their conviction of the inherent injustice of any bread-tax at all.—(Loud cheers.) And they will go on—(Applause)—and they'll go on upon that principle.—(Applause.) But councillors and leaders, like generals, must have fol lowers; they must have forces. And if a five or six shillings' fixed duty, is to carry off a lot of those fine troops who have been giving their hundreds, who is to help us to get the rest ?—(Applause.) Now, Ido say to the working classes of Manchester, particularly —take one thing for granted—the Anti-Corn-law agitation has just now the first place in public opinion. I don't say—l won't say it is more important than other questions ; but this I say, that no rational man who reads the newspapers, or who steps into the bar-room of a public-house, or who goes by a steam boat or a stage-coach—no man with a head on can deny for a moment that the Corn-law question is the engrossing question of public opinion, and that ques tion must be disposed of before any other great ques tion takes possession o f th e public mind.—(Applause.) Well, then, I say to the working men, " Look after this agitation, in which you are more deeply concerned than any body else ;" and to the working men of Man chester I say, "Join the Anti-Corn-la N League ; I believe the member's cards are a penny ; that is the entrance. money ; and when you come to our meetings it is Universal Suffrage."( Loud applause.) But, mind you, if the party in power, the party at the head of affairs, has the power—and it has had it so long— to keep us at bay, and actually maintain the sliding scale with all its enormities, and oppressive and inju rious as it is to the rich capitalists of the country, how in the world do you think a few men upon this plat form, with the aid of only a few working men, will be able to get the rest, if these rich men and capital ists are detached from us ? I say again, join the. League before that alteration comes ; you have Uni versal Suffrage ; and we won't let the League be dis solved till we get total and immediate repeal.—(Loud cheers.) Now, I say to the men in fustian jackets, tell all your mates in your worksh.z7s what I am telling you. But we must have conditions on your joining this League : we must hear nothing about classes and parties.—(Hear, hear.) My doctrine is, that you cannot carry any measure with the aid only of one class. They are deluding you, and want to practise upon you, who tell you that you can carry any great question by the power of your own class alone. We want all classes, and we have got them. —(Loud applause.) Have you not heard that two Noblemen—real Noblemen, men whose names will go down to posterity as Noblemen--have given yesterday 50/. each to the League fund ?—(Applause.) Have we not got the millionaires of the country, men like Mr. Strutt, of Derby, and Mr. Marshall, of Leeds ? (Applause.) Have we not got our rich merchants and our shopkeepers; and have we not got a majority of all those classes—aye, and of the working classes, too—with us ?—(Loud cheers.) Therefore, anybody who comes here must not conic with any class feel ings at all. If he wears a fustian jacket, he must not refuse to sit down with a Peer, if he is invited.— (Applause and laughter.) Now, something has been said about a certain party in this town or neighbour hood, or in the national Councils, that have been mis behaving themselves. My good friend Mr. Brotherton, here, has fought so long with the old party watch words of Whig and Tory ringing in his ears, he has arrayed himself so long under the banner on which, I believe, " Whig" was i nscribed, that by cannot help even now, at an Anti-Corn-law meeting, having a brush at the Tories. (— ,z.pp,ause and laughter.) Now I hope h e w ill come here every Thursday night ; and, if he does, we'll teach him that there is a new party sprung up in the country, a party that's going to upset all other parties.—(Loud applause.) Mind you, I say so. W e h ave worked to very little purp ose f or the last f ou r years' if we don't hold our own, now that we have got it, and get a great d ea l more, too. I , our par ty s hall upset a ll ex i st i ng parties, or s ay, . other parties shall merge in ours, and join us.—(Ap plause.)And the first of these parties, Whig or gory, that shall join the free trade party, and shall join ~t honestly and purely, will holdthyeearrseifnrsoionf power in this country in l ess than three this time.—(Applause.) But they must hold them as free traders ; we do not care what they do call them selves, if they act fairly to free trade ; and there really must not be a rag of monopoly left. I say they will be in power in three years; bile Anti-Corn law League will put them into power.—(Loud ap plause.) I cannot help, before we part, reiteratin,g my advice to the working-classes who may be pre sent, to go home to their own clubs, and parties, and let them f u lly un d erstan d exactly how this question stands. It is tottering, it is giving way, everywhere. I declare I can hardly answers the applications I get from all parts of the country, to visit them, from east, west, north, and south ; and if I could subdivide my self into fifty, I could employ every fraction of my self in visiting different parts of the country.—(Ap plause.) The country is so alive, so fairly boiling up, that I suspect it will boil over ere long, unless the monopolists give way.—(Loud and prolonged cheers.) Mr. Alderman BROOKS then moved a vote of thanks to the speakers, which was seconded by Mr. W. HARVEY, and unanimously passed. Mr. BAYLEY acknowledged the compliment, anO, the proceedings terminated at about half-past ten. SPEECH OF RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M.P., TO THE LEAGUE. Messrs. l3edford,Deputy 510 Obbard,Deputy 489 Williams Alessrs. Hodgson Rsrnard Harding Pearce 353 Charles Woollatt Ramshaw 338 Gresham ... 330 • Prendergast.. .. 292 ....... Ma.ncunsTun, FRIDAY MORNING.—Last night an other great meeting of the League was held in the Corn. Exchange, one of the chief inducements to at tend it being the presence of the Hon. Member for Stockport, who it was understood oxalic! deliver an address on the present advanced position and prospects of the movement. The CHARMAN, in opening the proceedings, said— It was a source of great gratification to state that the report they should have to make this evening was of the most satisfactory nature—(Hear, hear)—not merely on account of the pecuniary contributions en tered into in different towns, in aid of the great League fund, but that at some of the largest of the meetings in those towns a vote of unqualified approval had been passed of the proceedings of the League, and an ex pression of equally unqualified reliance for the conduct of the great question in future.—(Applause.) He had mentioned last week that two of their members were in London inviting the co-operation of the mer chants, traders, and other influential parties on this all-important subject. This week that deputation had been reinforced by It. H. Greg, Esq„ of Manchester, and Hamer Scansfield, Esq., of Leeds—(Applause)— ' and he had now the pleasure of being able to announce that an influential Committee had been formed in the city, over which Mr. Travers presided, and another had been formed at the west end, over which the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers presided.—(Applause.) Mr. BRINDLE, Secretary to the Association, re ported that the total number of registered members of the League, up to the present time was 11,225. Mr. BROTHERTON was received with loud cheers. We regret to have to omit almost all of his excellent speech. We give, however, an allusion to the late article on the League in the Quarterly :—" I really think that article has been a great deal more noticed than it deserves. I understand that part of it is of Manchester manufacture.—(Hear, hear.) This is not a party question ; I wish not to consider it as such ; but I am surprised there should be so much incon sistency as to find Manchester manufacturers engaged in fighting against their own interests and the claims of humanity and justice. We find that in 1815 the Tory manufacturers came forward to denounce the Corn-laws ; they then foresaw all the evils which have since resulted from it, and yet these are the men who will not now join with us in removing the law. And wh7 ? Because they want to serve a di r t y party interest. ' Elkins ..... ... 456 ITATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE A.sSIJIi- ANCE SOCIETY, 1.11 Burn Anderton Stokes Walker Taylor "'id Sidne ...... 427 I Wes Whereupon y the Alderman declared the election to have fallen on the first sixteen of the above-named gentlemen. Resolved, That all import and other duties, except for public revenue, are injurious to the commercial prosperity of the empire, hazardous to the merchants and capitalists, detrimental to the best interests of the manufacturers, and unjust, cruel, and oppressive to the working portions of the population. Resolved, That this Wardmote do, therefore, most earnestly request their repr esen t a ti ves , both Parliamentary and Muni cipal, to support the repeal of all protective laws and regula tions, as the only means of restoring the prosperity of this great manufacturing nation. Resolved, That the above resolutions be officially forwarded by our highly -esteemed Alderman, Sir James Duke, to our city and county representatives. It was moved and seconded, That it is the opinion of this Wardmote that part of the ample revenue of the Corporation ought to be applied in the easement of the Sewers and Consoli dated Rates, which press so heavily upon the citizens, and which may be readily accomplished by a more judicious and economi cal expenditure of these funds, The resolution on being put was negatived. FIFTH EMIGRANT SHIP. ALGOA BAY, CAPE OF GO9D HOPE, _AV clears ont on the 20th, and sails on the 25th of JANUA RY, the very fast-sailing first-class Ship, AVOCA, AI, burthen 450 tons, WILLIAM HOWEY, Commander, lying in the St. Katherine Docks. This fine vessel has very superior accommodation for Cabin, Intermediate, and Steerage Passengers, her height between decks above 6 feet, and carries an experienced surgeon. For Freight and Passage, apply t• Mr. J. S. CHRIST°. PHERS, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street. ROWLAND'S ODONTO; or, PEARL DENTIFRICE. 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Resolved,—That the best thanks of this Wardmote are due, and be hereby presented, to our late worthy representative, Mr. Deputy Ramshaw, for the long and able service that he has rendered to the Ward, and for the polite and gentlemanly conduct at all times evinced by him. Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this Wardmote are due, and are hereby given, to the Worshipful Sir James Duke, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair during the present Election, and for his punctual attention to his duties as Alderman of this Ward. JOHN PONTIFEX, Ward Clerk. 17 4 1ARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.—At a WARDMOTZ, holden before the Right Worshipful THOMAS KELLY, Esq., Alderman of the said Ward, on the 21st day of December, 1.512, and continued by adjourn. ment till the 23d inst., for the CHOICE of WARD OFFI CERS for the year ensuing, the following gentlemen, at the close of the poll, were declared duly elected to represent this Ward in the Court of Common Council, viz. :—Deputy West wood, Deputy Prichard, Messrs. Hayward, Eagleton, Wheel. tan, Holt, Ridley, Hartley, Bonsor, Ashurst, Taylor, Virtue, and Fisher. In consequence of Messrs. Rutter and M'Lauchlan having polled equal numbers they must be returned to the Court of Aldermen for their decision. Resolved unanimously—That the best thanks of this Ward mote are due, and are hereby 'presented, to the Right Wor shipful Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman, for his uniform kind ness and polite attention to every inhabitant of the Ward, for nis close attendance to his magisterial duties, and the impar tiality with which he temfers mercy with his judgments, and hit strict impartiality during- the present election ; and we trust that it may please Providence to give him renewed health a long time to preside over this Ward as its Alderman. Resolved unanimously,—That this Wardmote cannot but express its concern at the retirement of Mr. Thomas Emerson, late one of the Common Council for the last five years, and its best wishes for his improved health and length of days in his retirement. 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None are genuine unless the words " PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in WHITE letters on a RED ground, engraved in the Government Stamp, pasted round each box ; also the fac-simile of the signature of the Proprietors, T. RO BERTS and CO., Crane Court, Fleet-street, :London, on the directions. *,..* Sold in Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d.; and Family Packets at I Is ; by Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and Sutton, Bow Church-yard, London ; and by most respectable Veatirms throughout the kingdom. Testimonials of the extraordinary curative powers of Parr's Life Pills can be had of the Agents Resolved unanimously,---That the best thanks of this Ward mote be presented to the President, Treasurer, and Governors of Christ's Hospital, for their kindness in granting the use of their Hall for holding the Wardinote on the 21st instant. Resolved,—That our representatives, as trustees, are hereby requested and instructed to devise and adopt such measures as will secure to poor and . decayed citizens a decent maintenance out of our civic revenues, and to effect that object that a gene ral reduction of salaries shall take place, first among the highest officers of the Corporation • and that the money th us save d shall be appli e d t o the benefit of such poor citizens as may be elected by each Ward on St. Thomas's Day. That the above resolutions be signed by the Ward Clerk, and inserted in the usual papers. J. WARREN, Ward Clerk. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. ROBERT CURREY, Esq., Chairman. The Directors, Members, and friends of this Society WILL DINE TOGETHER, at the London Coffee House, I.nrigato_ hill, on THITRSDAY, the 29th of D.Teraber, 1842, at six o'clock precisely. Tickets, One Guinea. STEWARDS. Messrs. E. Baker, Messrs. C. Sympson, J. Capper, W. R. Spicer, J. D. Carter, J. Spicer, J. R. Cuffley, F. Starr, T. Dakeyne, J. Stokes, W. 111‘Culloch, G. Stockdale, T. Reid, J. Walsh, R. Ridley, R. Wilcoxon, T. Roberts, IV. Williams. Tickets may be had at the bar of the London Coffee House, of the Stewards, and of Mr. Jenkin Jones, Secretary, at the Office, Arthur-street West, London-bridge. By order of the Stewards, JENKIN JONES. TURKEY. DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PORTE AND THE CZAR. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30.—The Servian ques tion has at length assumed the gravity which the great interests involved therein must, independently of its intrinsic merits, obtain for it .in the public mind. Russia is now openly at issue upon it with the Porte, which very properly refuses to ma k e the slight es t concession. The tone adopted by the Cabinet of St., Peters burgh, or, rather, the Russian Emperor himself, who addressed an autograph letter to the Sultan on the subject, is overbearing and arrogant in the extreme. The late proceedings in Servia are characterised as re volutionary, and subversive of treaties —the authors of them brigands.. The Sultan is required to reverse his late decree in favour of Alexander and to recal the fugitive Prince Michael. The reply of the Porte was at once firm and dignified, denying that the Sultan could by any possibility have countenan ce d th e ceedings of brigands, declaring that nothing had taken place in contravention of treaties, or the privileges of the Se'rvian nation, and positively refusing to revoke the hatti sherif, which had confirmed its choice and free suffrages. Another note was presented from M. Bouteneiff, in which he expresses his regret at haidav to communicate so unfavourable an answer to !Le Emperor, and his hope that the Porte might be induced to reconsider and modify it. Prince Haut uol cherly had y es t er d ay ' an i nterv i ew w i t h the Turkish subject, , and th a t th e Ministers, a n d was to l d that t h ey h a d nothing what edveeterrmtointaitdidonorofretthreacstan wa retract n the übject immutable. Such is the present posture of the affair, and we are all waiting anxiously to see what will be the next step taken by Russia. Some talk of war as the imme diate consequence, though the general opinion is there will be no appeal to arms, if the objects of Russia can be equally advanced by an appeal to the European Powers. This again must depend on the degree of success she has met with in her attempts to mystify them by the most elaborate misrepresen tations of the matter, in the propagation of which she appears really to have retained the whole of the German press. So grossly false are the whole of these statements, that serious refutation is out of the question. The plots, the cruelties, and the persecutions that have been talked of are pure inven tions. The fact is, that no political and administra tive change in a Government was ever effected with less disorder or bloodshed ; and Servia is at this moment in a profound state of tranquillity, Prince Michael not having a partisan in the country, and the attempts of foreign emissaries having completely failed to produce a reaction. H o w far Russia may be borne out in her present interference by the treaty of Adrianople, or subsequent capitulations with the Porte, is altogether another question. Should, how ever, the Powers who may be called upon to arbitrate between them perceive that these diplomatic meshes have been contrived merely for the purpose of cir cumventing and gradually destroying the Ottoman Government, they will surely hesitate to ratify a claim whose execution may be fatal to it, even though it be " so specified in the bond." Advices from 'Belgrade' state that Prince Michael had refused to give up the decoration he had received from the Porte as the insignia of his rank, and which, as a matter of course, he should have returned upon his deposition.—Correspond en t of the Post. THE DUKE OF RUTLAND. (From the Leicester Journal.) Stanton 'Woodhouse, Dec '2O, 1842. We beg to draw the attention of our readers to the following most able and intelligent letter, received from his Grace the Duke of Rutland, in explanation of some observations which had fallen from him at the late agricultural dinner in this town, and which have been misconstrued by several of the leading London newspapers. Any comments of our own are entirely' unnecessary : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEICESTER JOURNAL. misrepresent a ti on o f part of one of mi SIR,-1. am anxious, thr oug h your i nstrumentality, the company a ssem bl e d a t t h e l ate anni versary of the Leicestershire Agricultural Society, which (unintentionally I am sure) has crept into some of the London newspapers (I will especially mention the Times, Ilforning Post, and Globe), and upon which whole pages of fictitious arguments and inferences have been based. Mr. COBDES, M.P., then came forward and was re ceived with loud cheering. He spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, the last time I had the pleasure of addressing the members of the League I thought we were lodged in very spacious quarters at the Picture Gallery, in Newall's-build ings. I have been absent but a fortnight, and I find that your - strength has so grown, and your members have so, increased, that you have ex p an d e d i nto t h e spa cious premises where Y now see, I think, double our usual numbers—(Cheers)—and I learn, moreover, that there is in the course of erection in this town, a build ing which is intended to hold 10,000 people under one roof, and which building you are preparing to fin about the 31st•of January.—(Applause.) Well, this is all symptomatic of great progress in Manchester ; but I am very happy to say that we are not making here so rapid progress in this cause as is going on in other parts of the kingdom. —(Ap plause) • We had already grown so near maturity, that there is not room in the course of nature that we should go on increasing, as they are now doing in the Potteries, in the midland counties, in Scotland, in th e south of England, and wherever I have gone, or in all quarters from which I have lately received communi cations.—(Applause) The cause everywhere is progressing gloriously ; it is advancing safely and steadily upon the only safe track, that of intelligent conviction.—(Applause.) A just cause never goes back when it has made progress in the right direction. Gentlemen, you have heard something of the munifi cent aid which we are receiving in different parts of the country to our great fund. Why, what better test could there be of the earnestness of the convictions of our countrymen, than when those convictions take the direction of their purses and their pockets ?—(Applause.) We are asked, shall we get our 50,000/. ? Why, Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in saying —if we could answer the de mands that are made upon us from all parts of the country, to pay them a visit, set them a going, and tell them how we are managing in these towns in collecting the funds—l have no hesitation in saying, if we could divide and subdivide ourselves into about a score persons instead of one, we might raise 200,0001. or 300,0001. as well as 50,0001.—(Applause) But as a good deal has been said by gentlemen here about a certain attack upon us, in seventy pages of a certain Review, I say let us give but one ,'answer to those seventy pages, which are intended to spoil our sub scription : we'll answer them with a 1,0001. for every page.—(Loud applause) And that is the only an swer I will ever condescend to gave to such attacks. Why, who are the parties that are attacking us, who are attacking the Anti-Corn-law League, and finding fault with our proceedings ? The very parties whom we are going to uproot.—(Cheers.) 'Why, it is not likely that they will be pleased with our doings. Show me a meeting, fairly and honestly assembled, in the face of England, that will pronounce anathemas against the Anti-Corn-law League. Let us hear, if you please, of the dissatisfaction of our constituencies with the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. When that is done, it will be time for us to answer. We are not going to answer the very parties that we want to affront. Why, when I get into the House of Commons again, I know what their tactics will be • there will be a great outcry a ga i ns t th e Anti-Corn-law League and its proceedings. Well, do you think I shall con descend to answer attacks coming from such quarters? If I do, I shall answer them thus—" It's all very well for you, Gentlemen, to quarrel with the Anti-Corn law League ; you have very good reason ; for unless you mend your votes, it i. 3 very likely that the Anti- Corn-law League will substitute better men for you at the next election."—(Loud applause.) Now, that is the business of the Anti-Corn-law League ; it is our business ; we're going to operate upon these worthy gentlemen, and I don't expect they will like 'us for our operations.—(Great applause.) No, no, don't let us be diverted ; it is one of ,the games of the enemy, and always has been, to try to lead us upon a wrong scent, to induce us to enter upon a defence of the Anti-Corn-law League, where our business is to attack them, and to upset them too.—(Cheers.) Well, Gentlemen, we have made progress everywhere; but there has one little incident occurred since I last had In alluding to the new corn-duties, I am reported to have said, that "I had several letters in my pos session written by intelligent farmers, and showing might be reduced b tl y ia s t o e nri ve e n si t l l i i l e lin p g re s s a en g t u m ar o t i v ii r fi : e , d scal e Now, what I did say, en t de d tooay, ssay, and what I firmly b or e , li a e t ve le l ast , was what understood by th e nu merous that company on int day assembled was, " that while the measures now in operation were in progress through Parliament, I had rt receive,. several letters from intelligent farmers, containing scales of duties of their own, each of which was several shillings a quarter under the former duties; which gave me the impression that the growers themselves were prepared for some alteration." This is widely different from " several shillings per quarter lower than the present modified scale." I prefer addressing this explanation to the press at (4' that press were as many leading p L r e e i s c e e n s t t e r o , becausen the o the ec a sio r n e , po a r s te l r v s el l county, who, no a d g ou ri b c t u , lt ‘ u v r il i l sts ha fr v o e m a a c ll le p a a r et r s ec o o f i le th et e l on of what I did say on the point alluded to. With regar d t o any intention on the part of the executi ve to reduce st ill further the duties which protect agricultural produce, said to have been ." ominous," I can only assert of which intention my misrepresented that I am as entirely ignorant. as expressions are I am utterly Agricultural Meeting was to give all the incredulous of it.. My object a t in formation which I have been able to collect, for the purpose of preventing .andof allaying any the Leicester unfounded alarms. I stated my inability . to . give an opinion as to the results of the new tariff in these early days of its operation, and I expressed an earnest h ope th a t the occupiers of land would continue to gi ve emp l oymen t and to afford protection and kindness to th e i r l a b ou rers, rather than make any change in the condition of the latter class, under circumstances of depression, which I had every reason to hope would p rove temporary and fleeting. To these sentiments I most conscien tiously adhere, and I am convinced that those, at least, who know me, will give me credit for an anxious disposition to share in all the difficulties which may Le brought unexpe,Aedly upon my tentintry, if 1 the pleasure of meetingyou, which I have observed with some regret—a little incident that may, perhaps, have come to your knowledge. I have seen a letter, published by Earl Fitzwilliam, in which he declares himself an advocate for a fixed duty on corn. Now, it is with very great regret that I see a nobleman whom I have always regarded as not only a free trader, but as one opposed to the principles of monopoly—it is, I say, with very sincere regret, th a t I see him publishing a letter containing such an opinion. But there is one cause why I think good will grow out of this. It has raised the controversy on the subject of a fixed duty with our own friends, and it must be entertained, and it must he carried on in an amicable spirit. New, I believe that Earl Fitzwilliam, when he is brought to a rigid consideration of this question, will see the injus tice of a fixed duty on corn; and when he sees the in justice of it, I have that opinion of his high moral principle, and his great moral courage, to believe that he will at once disavow the opinion.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if that tax upon corn is to be levied, it must b e levied for purposes of revenue; Earl Fitzwilliam dis tinctly says so. H Isis object is to lay a tax on corn for the purposes of revenue. Well, then, we c ome t o the question—how shall this tax on corn be levied so as to bring the whole amount of the produce of the tax into the Exchequer, and not allow any portion of it to go into the pockets of private individuals ? (Hear.) There is but one way, and that is by levy• ing the tax in the shape of an excise, at the mill, or at the oven, and allowing foreign imports to come in free, b taking it as an exc i se, an d not as a customs' duty.—(hear, hear.) Now, are we advocates of a bread-tax like that ? How do you think it would be collected ?—(llear, hear.) I'll tell you about what it would amount to. An eight-shilling fixed duty upon corn would amount to something very near a penny upon each quartern loaf. Well, now, don't you think the old women with their brooms would very soon get rid of that tax ?—(Ap plause and laughter.) Do you think the tax will ever be levied in that shape ? It has never been done in any Christian country yet, and I am sure it never will be done in England.—(Applause.) Well, now, see how we are advancing in the discussion. The sliding scale is now given up by all liberal and intelligent men. Then we come to this amicable controversy with our friends, with some of those excellent friends INCREASING MILDNESS OF TIIE SEASON. ---The warm, unhealthy, and unnatural weather ha s increased since our remarks on the subject last week. The result is, that many very extraordi:dary premature developments of the vegetable kingdom are becoming daily more visible. A correspondent informs us that in his garden may be seen several strawberry plants in full flower, filbert trees in bloom, the white meze reon in expanded blossom, many rows of peas and beans some inche s a b ove ground, `and that his neigh bour has an apple-tree with several bunches of blos som on it. -- Doncaster Gazette. 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A number of other parties, however, could not be brought to think that he met his death by , his own hands, under the mysterious circumstances that have appeared. Mr. Bailey said that, as the body had been recog • nised, he might now say, that the person missing ft...bre Liverpool had been found there. The first witness called was John Lynch. He s: id— I reside at Parnell-place. I have seen the body lying dead near the lime-kiln. His name was Alfred Lynch, and my son. He was engaged in ths ertinan2e Survey-office, Plicenix Park. To Captain Bailey— My son Joseph told me a razor had been taken out of Alfred's dressing-case, and nly daughter told me that he had torn a great many papers and memorandums. To Colonel Shaw—l searched his room, and could not find his razor or his comb. The papers being burned did not excite m,y suspicion. John Brennan, the dairyman, whose house is within about sixty yards of the kiln, deposed that be left home about a quarter-past six o'clock on Sunday morning to deliver milk in town. Saw Pat Tynan about four o'clock, at which hour witness called him from bed. Both proceeded to the cow-home to milk. Tynan often warms wash at the kiln, and might , have done so on Sunday morning. Witness had not a sick cow, but he had one that did not feed well. Heard no noise about the kiln. Left the house shortly after six, when Tynan was cutting potatoes. Returne4 from Dublin about eight o'clock, when he observed a crowd of people about the kiln, and first heard of the murder. Tynan is ake ry proper, well-con ducted boy. Saw marks on the wall, but did not see any spots of blood about the kiln. Thought that some person got over the wall after leaving the body in the kiln, and did not come through the door, that Tynan might not see him as he was going to warm the wash. Heard of no strangers or suspi cious characters being about the neighbourhood, nor heard of clothes being found. A person called on Tuesday night, and said he thought he knew the body, and that it was his brother. He sat down in witness's house, and seeing several boys seated round the table, he asked them were they going to gamble, if they were, he said lie would play for sixpence. 'Witness wondered at a man talking so lightly after acknow ledging the dead man to be his brother. He was smoking a pipe. It was the policeman that told wit ness the man acknowledged the deceased to be his brother. It was after that acknowledgment he asked to play cards, and appeared quite unconcerned. He was not drunk, but appeared as if he had drank some thing. That man had on a cap, and a velveteen shooting jacket. He came with a policeman and went away with one. About three-quarters of an hoar after a policeman said he would give his oath he was one of the persons he met in Blackberry-lane on Sun day morning. Constable Doohy was the man who said :that witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the person that was at his house on Tuesday night. Constable Doohy was called in and sworn. That man is one of those that I saw in Blackberry-lane, on Sunday morning, about half-past three o'clock. He was going towards Dublin, and near the Bloody Fields. He was in company witk two others. The person wore the collar of his coat up, as if to disguise his face. All of the three wore hats. That person wore a cloth frock coat and darkish trousers. He had nothing in his hands. He passed within a foot of me, and I looked very sharp at him, and so did he at me, and I thought he had something wild in his appear ance. Before they approached me, I put my hand behind on my staff, and kept my eye on him, deter mined, if they attacked me, to knock him down first, and deal with the other two afterwards. I stated in my last examination that one of the three men had large whiskers, but that neither of the other two had whiskers. I have an opinion that the middle man was the deceased. A Juror—lhve you any doubt that the man who was in the room just now is the same you met on Sunday morning ? Witness—l have no doubt what ever that he is the man. The moon was shining brightly at the time. Constable Daniel Molloy (E 127) examined—l ac companied a stranger from Rathmines to the lime kiln. I saw him at the station-house speaking: to the sergeant, who desired me t o go w i t h hi m to the kiln. The man objected to my going in plain clothes, and without my staff, and liwent and put on my uniform. When I got outside the door he said he was afraid the deceased was his brother, and that he was a " rum" sort of fellow ; that he was fond of smoking and throwing stones. That he was just the sort of man that would tie up his clothes and fling them into k river. I thought his conduct very extraordintzy under the circumstances. He told me there Was a lime-kiln at the back of his house, and that the de ceased said at one time, " If a man threw himself into the kiln nothing would ever be bi:,ard of him." He also stated that the deceased buroj his papers in the kitchen, and that his razor wa.Q. missing. He told me the deceased went to bed at nine o'clock on Saturday night, and that he might have got up early without being missed. He further said the de ceased took a dress body coat and a frock coat out with him ; that he was after receiving a quarter's or month's salary, out of which he gave his father 31. His father (he said) asked him where Alfred was, when he told him the office hours were changed, and that he would be kept out. After he saw the body, he ap peared very much confused; he laid h;s hands upon. it, and examined the head, and then said, " It is Al fred, my brother." In speaking to me afterwards, I asked him did he not speak of a razor, when he repEed that he was confused. He said he would tell the feiniip at home that it was a tailor that was killed. Ile said he would say this not to make his family uneasy. Witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the person of whom he spoke._ _ _ Hugh lsonagher (one of the constabulary)—l saw Mr. Joseph Lynch on Tuesday night, at Mr. Bren nan's dairy-house, near the lime-kiln. He c.arne with me to see the body, and on entering the place Le said he knew him to be his brother Alfred. He said h e killed himself. He knew he did. I asked him why he said so ? when he replied that he heard him say that if a man threw himself or. a lime-kiln it never would be known. I was a long time in his company, and took him from this to Rathfarnham station-house. lie said he was furthra pleased at his brother's acting as be did than enlisting in the army. Examination resumed_.. Mr. Lynch said his brother had been " surly and sulky," for some time previous to his death. He was not at all moved by the appear ance of the body. After we came out of the place where the body was, I took off my cap to make memo randums in my book, when he saw my pipe. He asked it from me, and taking it he began to smoke. I had suspicions I did not mention, but I felt it my duty to tell h the cit y enryi3iti poic iie l ,E e stgo.,destuan sub -in h s i p m in to ecto rcuosfdy. constabulary, deposed that Joseph Lynch was brought before him by the last witness, between twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning. H e sa id , " Oh , this is a bad business i" In the course of conversation, - which was like that stated by the constables, he said his brother asked him, " Were all the murderers taken (or de tected) ?"He replied, " N o; h e did not think' they were: If he (deceased) took a razor and cut his throat, and threw himself on a lime-kiln near the house, he would be consumed, and never recognised. Mr. Joseph Lynch appeared much affected at times ; he cried, and put his hand to his head, and at others he appeared quite indifferent. Other witnesses were examined.--The barest has been adjourned. SUPERSTITION AND KNAVERY.—At Sand-place, near Looe, about a fortnight since, two Gipsy women, styling themselves fortune-tellers, entered the house of William Pearce, who was at the time unwell, and labouring under the impression that he was be witched. After a correspondence between them and Mrs. Pearce, they offered to restore her husband to perfect health, by her raising all the money she -possibly could, which amounted to 161.45. 6d. The fortune tellers in question went through the necessary process for rendering the ill-wishes of the witch of no avail, and then pretending to lock the money up for three days and securing the key in their own possession, decamped, with the promise of returning at the appointed time. Shortly after their departure suspicion arose in the mind of a junior branch of the family, upon which the box was broken open, when to their great astonishment and dismay, instead of finding the 161. 4s. 6d., only 01 ,d. was left. The fugitives were immediately peasued by Mr. Whynhall, of Looe, ane. after a chase of eight miles he suc constable, eeeded in ee m i ng up w i t h th e d e linquents, as well as a Mull who had joined them. After a desperate struggle with the man, who is an exceedingly r,owerful fellow, he took from his person la 3s. 6d. The women amidst the conflict between Mr. Wynhall and the mrai made their escape. After the man had undergone an examination before the Rev. R. Buller, of Lanrrath, by whom he was committed :or trial, he subseqe.ently effected his escape from custody, and has never since been heard of. The money still re mains in the hands of Mr. Whynhall.—.Portsmouth Jou A HAWK IN PURSUIT OF ITSELF. —A few days ago, a harck, of an unusually large size, entered one of the rooms in the mansion of A. Faulds Esq., situ ate at B ank End, near B arns l ey . Th e bird made its ingress through a square of strong plated glass, wherein it is supposed to have seen its own shadow. It was taken up apparent l y lif e l ess from fright, by one of the maids who happened just at the moment to enter the room ; but soon recovering from the shock, it was permitted. again to take wing.--Doncaster Gaz