The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

EVEN ING SUN n °w before us. On a social winter evening, in a 1411.1ighted drawing-room, here may be found c . ert a i u and abundant recreation, amid the pauses the dance, when conversation has begun to 1 , 44 ig, or th e senses h ave had their fill of music. r uin time to time, as leisure and opportunity P : rin ity we may be tempted t o r e t urn t o th e Psideratio n of this graceful collection of Me 41lions, STETWANO, „This is a fancy -portrait of one of the charac theB ja Shakspere's play of the Tempest—viz., if drunken sailor, Stcphano, who is consoling itt 'self for his shipwreck by a dram ; and is re- Ppented just at the moment when he has got bottle to his mouth, and is exclaiming, s „" ell, here's my comfort!" The scene is the t j a "shore of the enc h an t e d i s l an d, a l ong whi c h vre s trewed portions of th e cargo of the doomed u es se], wh ose - masts are visible rove water, close liderneath the projecting point of a range of st'itY, perpendicular cliffs, against which she has ' i l licit and foundered. The scene is cleverly de thdleated; but it is the figure of Stephauo that is tilte red eeming feature of the picture. The ar tists (illr. Melling) has hit off Shakspere's no and of this character with singular exactness ieli eity. He has thrown au admirable ex be-ssion of tipsy gravity into his rough, weather unaten countenance ; and given such a glorious i n i s st te tdiaess to his gait, that there can be no a- 1 11' 14 g the particular stage of intoxication at a s ; ,'I he has arrived. His very cap looks drunk, hi s ' i ' l g°es streaming loosely away at the back of th e , ett d„; and there is an evident indecision in to 1 ,; -44 act of his legs, which seem half inclined tu re " u . u nt) heels upwards, into the air. The pic 4ushib coloured lithograph, and is so ingeni be a t t l carefully executed, that it might easily both is -s 'aKen for an oil-painting. The tints are of t b " r oad and vivid ; and the deep, clear, green ha s r .e , s ea, in particular, which the hushed storm of - ' 4B ed to agitate, will remind the spectator pi,,, t le Of Claude's richly-coloured sea-shore w e The present attempt by Mr. Melting is, iu llnderstand, the first that has yet been made a d 'rl,glalld to lithograph in colours ; and as it is wili cid edly successful one, we feel convinced i t "t be the l. • `, LITERATURE. - PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. In th . C. Knight, London, 1842. Lav e „ I s Part, which is the Thirty-ninth, we P oeta l e conclusion of Shakspere's Mi no r Six t h B „.' to which are added a Postscript t o th e Pt°lurne, referring to Mr. Collier's forth pietnng editi on of Shakspere, and a second Sup _real ellt arY Noti ce to the Roman pl a y s o f th e , ramatist. The Part is embellished with P °P°riate engravings. 3101 VALDi. A TALE. Moxon, 1842. ;:e autho r of this tale, Washington Allston, it t ul erican artist tells us that he has allowed bei° l ie by him in manuscript since 1822. It %d u g's to th e R a d cl i ffe and Monk Lewis school, Peatewod u ld have been very popular had it ap ac, b efore the Waverley Novels. The scene kiic lue tal e i s laid in Italy, the hero is a painter, site t he story of course includes the usual requi- A B tO such t a l es, love, jealousy, murder, and un forn,ing remorse. Th a t th e E ng li s h reader may th e ' an idea of h ow hi g hl y t hi s ta l e i s pr i zed in th e n f a , t , i ve city of the author, Boston, w e quo t e vvhiz ow ing extract from a criticism u p on it, terti a ppears in a copy of the Boston Daily Ad froin cold Patriot, receiv e d by th e l ast arr i va l b y a f Lu e „, United States. It is written evidently , and in the first person hen:— lish ed I first heard that Washington Allston bad pub si a n original tale, I felt and expressed regret. So an . ci ate , lofty a reputation in art should not b . e asso the L '! with mediocrity in literature ; and anything but mgliest success must seem failure compared with the ta.clard he has himself erected. But we have read the and mediocrity and failure are still as remote from , 15 name as befor e he wrote. And more ; for we have . oW evidence that in literature and in morals he lives in Pure an atmosphere as he does in art. " Monaldi" is Zialdwork of genius. There are touches of description which come only from its author ; and skill and taste in th ri gnage which it is surprising that a man who has used 11113tncil so much more than the pen should possess. i' v ".Y should such a tale have been allowed to slumber or near twenty years in a portfolio ? And now it comes. inly lone ? Why are are n o t th ose n i g h ts, which, we qt a "tar, are so often lengthened into the morning, employed Il ualetimes in pictures like this, which all readers may Noy, instead of being consecrated to those which only t f ‘h' prosperous gentlemen and their friends can indulge 44 the luxury of ? How few of those who see with ad o--ea the paintings, are capable of seeing in them the ral el evat i on w i th which they are conceived and which ole ' are intended to communicate. The language of the is intelligible to all. Is not the lesson needed ? Are ef t multitudes s acr ifi c i ng li fe va i nly, in a selfish pursuit 4 fam e of whi c h art or literature is the means, whose o. is . te nce would b e saved to themselves and the commu , if th ey could be convinced that he only can succeed, tie loves his art for his art's sake ? 4 iiRATIONAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE OF COMMON PRAYER OF THE cu ußcti OF ENGLAND, 6-c, 6-c. 6-c. This Charles Wheatly,' M.A., 6-c. London : Tegg• ittill,lS is a new and cheap edit . ion . of a most t.,1',4h1e vvork, a standard publication among Det; e ,, t f l ts of Divinity. It is considered b y Cora 'l.:‘ Judges as the first and most corupsruehen ita th'ereittiSe of our national Liturgy, And long gral oralp:lrattio religion holds its place, as . an . inte- Ntl i the British Constitution, it will be 1 ,,. 11 %1 ( ;,, e ct ` l 4 s a clear exposition of her rituals . and 'Th 4t Ile 'toeoee.monies. We consider that it can _,l'ot'4rititt',,,,whe,,wile.el3473.cxitr.peulated at the present mo uoetri-' t( ) rd Tractarians are .endea ish complexion to the es tuhil le k s °r tl e a R°m h of England, and to ne ce ' B, l th e ie Church d e .• s Sarily e principle that the Sacraments a„strous ~f• °tiler grace. a l n ay d man who is Scriptural hal h° : - Ity;,f k t r e w t ing the y E a v lu e e ry 130 oC e „ 1 :. t forth, - iularies which that Church c' o r u ll oht to study " Wheatly u 's t Pore -'s:e°,lllltion Prayer" with attention. B t . i, nr e i n r :, e ,milY is it encumbent on candidates `"Q j°ll- -"'"On, not only to be acquainted with t to (Ate r of . her, eial religious services, bi . i oriZalaine Loth care the history of their l alent s ' ~ll,u,d‘ trace the various improve Period 4.Ll'ell have taken place at different ern, th e It i 8 quite indispensable that tht sys itoow le ord er a , and the spirit of our Liturgy be tui ri i ri and alp ' by those who serve and .n this ster at th t fl —e altar. In order to accomplis rkeii.(thjec" l e work under notice affords every IveilltY) nor coulds "d we recommend any other s: , ;I N Calculated to give a clear elucidation of it Ch ti r , a l Parts and divisions. We consider . the l /c t i e " of England as the most scriptural e i , Obal Church in the world, and therefore we , 11,,,,.. r or. ..ut too highly estimate all her established te..!litilaries. And we are convinced that if as 4tors would study, i ti l , (l ,k of Common Prnavalli.,:'nprejudiced way, the it, Q,,,tY Wheatly's retrial:l,S and examine atten ketY would think and speak comments upon eak of it more favour they than they have hitherto (Line. We have tiv t ' t e.ry little on the merits of this most instru . c I'Neonnnentary, feeling that any panegyric t ,& COLIN add nothing to the exalted characo hcq ~Lnch it has already acquired. But we dif w e der that our time has been ill employednu 14t: ` 4 ke this opportunity of apprisingouarwor_ WhieTilireaders of the re-appearance of k PPr o > Os for many years, obtained the cordial )t s() h, 41 (41 of the heads of the Church,. and been is Prii- -4 4 . 1-11 1 service to the clergy in general. eu t i o n j''s at Oxford, and the typographical exe "s infinite credit to the publisher. TNy, MUSIC; -vb0,44-I,7VRE OF. PLAYING THEPI p A R N IN O . - .11 - P 4 % UPON PHILOSOPHIC AL ql.leB ' t he S 1 :I Ye Change.A ii IP- - —3, dis la d in Four Positions, and ther A to 0 - Syßtent applicable . ail ic e ,, s a _•, , e and . . IJQ„." Tinpreltended and executed. Form ' Y na C ombinattons, Major or Mino e r d , u b n ytvejrs.a F. Works ' - nd , -nel ey 4 h variety of useful ''' . -. Ce 41 r , 2 Ut Or of a 1; k r '',lce 1r ,rent is certainly a clever man, but_ 10r t ,:,, .eitt rliany other clever men, he bath un .n Plav-"atelY a crotchet. His crotchet is that b i 1 4s t T,C I A The piano-forte, the thumb should c tel it ~i'l• consecutive notes, and the pre cis„workfatexer. cis under review, consists of a series o ITiit,l" object of which is to introduce this it ' . Illa y be called the system of thumbing 1,\,,,t opposition to the system of fingerin g 10 readily admit that notliing could be more 'sur . t i teachers Of b -lan the prejudice entertained by bittli;one times against the use of the humb. Itild at prejudice has long since been exp t loded,. h tt the prescnt day there is not a teacher of ...11 Y Pr It i ii etensions to science who would hesitate 44k.eeting his pupil to use the thumb, even in vi qo Ing the black keys, whenever it can be lilvae..,without awkwardness. While, therefore, we t4;:-,,ttlii .lityt,t) Mr. Danneley great praise for his in we cannot but entertain a doubt as to Av.- Practical utility of this portion of his labours. At,Lhave, however, great satisfaction in being 4 iic - to bestow our unqualified approbation on 1 , )th tr a m Part of Mr. Danneley's work. His plan 4 posing the lessons into all the different Iti l ,!. is admirable, and although some difficulty h,,sf Pelhaps be experienced by junior pupils at th, t e Yet aPPlication and practice will overcome th ' a nd they will be amply repaid for the pains the' have taken by the rapid progress which rs y will find themselves enabled - to make in ..0,,, ''-euence as they advance in their studies. l he N k • . th e Tor theconiparned with directions for i ro use of " ocular time monitor." A me noille of Mr. Daaneloy's invention, which seems quite as well calculated to answer the pur pose for which it is invented as any other metro nome, and which, being much cheaper than those at present in use, is therefore in that respect better. A metronome is an instrument of in estimable value to the student who has attained to some degree of musical proficiency, but it is a dangerous instrument fora mere pupil. The beginner who uses a metronome is apt to trust for time exclusively to the eye, and to neglect the ear, the consequence of which is that when called upon to perform without a metro nome the unhappy wight is placed in a situation similar to that of the boy, who having learnt to swim with corks found himself once upon a time in deep water without them. LAYS OF THE PALACE. Monro and May, London, 1842. These are very agreeable melodies, and quite within the compass of the most limited voice, as they seldom rise above the octave. The song in E flat, " My Leonore," will afford the singer the most display. We cannot say much on the score of originality; as we played each song we were strongly reminded of some old favourite—for in stance, the first part of the duet " Music at Night Fall," is very like " Gentle Zitella," and we were strongly reminded of a few bars from that pleasing song of Barnett's " The Guests were bidden," on commencing the last duet. The accompaniments are well under the bands and written in a scientific and effective manner. The " Lays" form a thin quarto volume, got up with considerable neatness and elegance; they are dedicated, by express permission, to Prince Albert; and are embellished with several pictu resque plates, illustrative of the subjects of the different melodies. THE SIEGE OF BOLTON. TO TAE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have been at the siege of Bolton; for nothing but some such cause sue^gests itself as adequate to the phenomena. And is it not a siege ? not carried on perhaps by an enemy with in gun-shot, but by one working on a wider radius, and making his blockade by sea upon the means of life. Many sights it has been my chance to see, and I think I know what is the minimum of help with which 'horse, ass; dog, hog, or monkey can sus tain existence, and where it must go out fbr want of the appliances and means of living. But any thing like the squalid misery, the slow, mouldy, putrefying death by which the weak and the feeble of the working classes are perishing here, it never befell my eyes to behold, nor my ima gination to conceive. And the creatures seem to have no idea of resisting, or even of repining. They sit down with Oriental submission, as if it was God and not the landlords that was laying his hand upon them. And when their honour able representative in parliament gave descrip tion to their sufferings, " liar" was the best word applied to him by the organs of the tyranny. Did you ever set eyes on a pennyworth of mut ton? Come here, and you shall see how rations are served out under the landlords' state of siege. It might bait a rat-trap; though a well-fed rat would hardly risk leis personalities for such a pittance. Pennyworths of mutton, and half-penny worths ofbread cut off the loaf, arc what the shop keepers in Bolton deal out to the inhabitants of their Jerusalem. I saw a woman come for one half-penny worth of bread, which was to be the dinner of herself and children twain ; and when I reflected that of this transparent slice, the other half was gone to buy the landlords' sack, asto nishment possessed me at the endurance of that bearing ass the public, and the extent to which ignorance and divisions will prop the rich man's robbery. I saw another mother of a family, who said she had not tasted meat for many months; and on one of the children being sent off to the butcher's for some of that strange luxury, she was disco vered making efforts to intercept the messenger. Her anxiety was to instruct the boy to bring back nothing but one pennyworth of bacon; there was a to-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, for which she had conceived the idea of spinning out existence by means of the remainder of the fund. If you are curious in human misery, if you are anxious to know what a shabby tyranny can bring the rank and file to suffer, come at your leisure to the " leaguer" of Bolton, and see what the people sleep upon, if they do sleep. Chopped dirt, the sweepings of a hen-house mingled with a proportion of sparrows' nests to show that men had heard of straw, would be the best represen tatives of what they huddle upon in corners and call it resting. And all this because Sir Having- Greedy votes in the House of Commons for clos ing honest trade as the means of doubling his rents. I have not heard of any women in Bolton eat ing a child. They do not look eatable. Disease, either active or in waiting, is in their faces and in their limbs. A decent hyaena would not take the trouble of " enticing them into the woods and there devouring them." And this is what the English and their families have come to, to keep their aristocracy in coach horses. The Minister meanwhile and his associates, are racking their tender " hearts" to find a re medy. As in O'Connell's celebrated story of the horse, " Will they try corn?" They will try anything, except allow the sufferers to keep themselves; for that would interfere with the plans of those, who being rich already, use their riches as the means of doubling them by confis cation of the poor man's bread. There is danger in these schemes. Already people of all kinds are parodying the sentiment of the Italians, " Ad ogni uomo puzzica questo barbaro dominio ;" which may be translated for English use, " Neither man nor woman will endure this dynasty of clod-hoppers." It wants nothing but for the privates of the regiment to know what hurts them, and to get rid (as they are doing fast) of the various false lights thrown out to induce them to run in every direction that will preserve the evil ; and a quicker end than pleasant, may be put to mischiefs, which nobody would remove by an earlier application of the prudential virtues. __ _ Yours, very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Bolton, Jan. 7, 184'2. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 12th of October, 1841, to the 4th of January, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation .......Z16,632,000 Securities £22,680,900 Deposits 7,948.000 Bullion £24,560,000 Downing-street, !an. 6, 16 £27,459,000 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked to-day in the Home Park and Slopes, both in the forenoon and afternoon. The Earl of Lincoln took his departure from the Castle this morning. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, and the Hon. Mrs. Bouverie, will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner Circle at the Castle this evening. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal ll)ghness tho Princess Royal are in excellent health. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Beaudesert, Staffordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Anglesey, on Thursday morning, on a visit to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, at her residence, Sue jury Hall. His Royal Highness took his deparo%ce from Sudbury Hall for town at six o'clock v 'sterday morn ing, and arrived at the Eustor..-.7,,,,juare terminus of the Birmingham Railway a t 't ‘ nree o'clock yesterday after noon. His R.oy t ' l . Highness immediately proceeded to Cambridge ;louse, and in the afternoon visited her ROY Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Glouces .LerHouse. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived in town yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and in the evening returned to Kew. Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday afternoon from a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe, Bucks. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing.. street. The Right lion. Sir Charles Grey had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Haddington arrived at his residence in the Admiralty yesterday evening, from Brighton. Sir James Graham arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at his seat, Stowe, Bucks. Lord Wharneliffe arrived in town yesterday evening, from his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. About half-past twelve o'clock this day the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields was the scene of great excitement, from a poor maniac, who lives with an aged mother in an attic in Sheffield-street, endeavouring to throw herself from the roof of the house. An indi vidual passing saw her strugglini , with the old woman at the top window, when he rushed up stairs, but, before he could get to the attic, she had broken away from her mother, and ran along the leads of the house, towards Lincoln's Inn-fields. He followed and seized her, when a dreadful struggle ensued. Madness nerved her with extraordinary power ; and the roof and gutters being one sheet of ice, it is probable that both would have been precipitated into the street, but for the timely arrival of two policemen of the F. division, when she was with some difficulty secured and removed to the station-house, after getting some restoratives. _ ti THE SUN , LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1842. ner—what were the names of the medical men— and the names of the Coroner's Jury ? The de ceased was burnt to death, or, which is the same thing, death, after the lapse of a week, from the original injury, was caused by the burning. By the statement of the Packet it is sought to be in sinuated that it was an accidental burning. But the verdict of the Jury is simply "accidental death." We demand the Coroner's notes taken at the inquest—the testimony of the witnesses ex amined—the Coroner's charge to the Jury—the exact finding, and the names of the Jurors. For their honour and their character, the me dical men must come forward. They are mixed up in the transaction ; for it is left to be in ferred that it is partly on their testimony the Jury came to the finding of accidental death. These gentlemen, of course, were called - in to define the mode in which the burning produced death. They can say w h e th er or not the clothes of the deceased were smeared with oil of turpen pine. The brother and sister of the idiot should also be brought fbrward, to testify to the cir cumstwice.. But, above all, Mr. Magan—in whose house, or houses, as the Packet has it, the homicide took place—should be called upon to relate every thing within his cognizance relative to the death of the idiot. He owes this relation to society and to himself. , The Packet may have done with the subject; for hush, it seems, is the word., But, we repeat it, it is too late to play this game. The Lord Lieutenant must not be allowed to wrap himself up in dignified silence. As the chief executive officer in the country, as well as the administra tor of our affairs, he will be called upon, when Parliament assembles—if it be not done before— for such official explanations as his Government may. have received upon the subject.. Lord De Grey cannot but know this, little else as he may know, that if the alleged murder—attended with the atrocities which even the Packet_does not dare to deny—had been perpetrated. by a gang of scurvy Irishmen—by the canaille, as the elegant and gentleman-like Packet would call his fellow creatures—the miscreants would be hunted (and they deserve it), we will not say to the death, but to condign punishment. There would he no hushing up the affair—that the Lord Lieutenant, if he has the power of thinking at all, must know full well. It was the Tory Chancellor, Lord Redesdale's aphorism—and it was perfectly true, until the Whigs came into power—that there was one law in Ireland for the rich, and another for the poor. People. will speedily begin to think that the old system, denounced by the old Tory Chancellor, may come into full force once more, if some effective steps be not taken in the premises. THE BURNING ALIVE AN IRISH MANIAC. [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the strong expressions used in the following article, which has been communicated to us by a Corre spondent. Were the assumed facts true, no lan guage could be too strong to express our horror of so dreadful a crime ; but to believe them with out further evidence is impossible. Still a ter rible mystery hangs over the death of the poor maniac, which it is the duty of the Irish Govern ment to clear up. Appended to the article of our respected Correspondent are the latest ac counts on the subject which have appeared in the Dublin papers.—En. Sun.] We lately adverted to - the atrocious mur der of a poor idiot in Ireland, by a party of in carnate demons, described in the newspapers as English military gentlemen, arid we again advert to it because we have not heard that the Irish Government has yet taken any marked steps to bring the fiendish criminals to justice. There was a time, indeed, when to have tarred, feathered, and roasted a poor Irish peasant, was a recreation of which officers of any rank in Ireland were rarely denied the indulgence by the authorities at the Castle; but we tell Lords DE GREY and ELIOT that such times are for ever past, and that were Ireland passively to submit to the unpunished perpetration of such an inhuman crime as we have recorded in our columns, the justly roused vengeance of England and Scotland would pursue and overtake the criminals. This is an outrage which must not be hushed up. In the sacred names of justice, of humanity, and of our country's honour, we de mand the fullest investigation into all the parti culars of this horrid murder. We insist, more over, upon the fullest publicity being given to them. What are the alleged facts ? A poor idiot, upon whose soul Heaven never reflected the light of reason, and therefore an object of commiseration to his poor countrymen, is seized by a number of demons usurping the designa tion of men—of gentlemen forsooth I—and wear ing the costume of British officers, and by them steeped in turpentine and oil, set on fire, and actually burned to death ! Such is the account published in the Dublin papers—in journals every morning to be found at the break fast tables of the VICEROY and Irish Se cretary. Yes, in the nineteenth century, in the heart of a Christian country, and un der the boasted civilized and civilizing sway of a Tory Administration, wretches calling them selves gentlemen, and wearing the QUEEN'S livery, roasted to death a poor idiot, and, as the local journals tell us, with quite a conviction on their part that not a hair of their heads would suffer for it. Now, indeed, we can fully under stand the O'CONNELL cry for equal justice. In England no man can flog a donkey with impu nity- ; in Ireland a scarlet coat purchases a sort of tacit permission to burn to death a fellow-creature. But this must not be. The flames which en veloped the limbs, and drank the blood of this poor idiot, ascended to the Throne of Gon, cry ing aloud for vengeance upon his murderers. The Government is bound to prosecute the in quiry with the utmost diligence. Reports are circulated that the criminals, by the distri bution of money, have withheld witnesses from attendance at the inquest, so that the verdict of that tribunal over the ashes of the murdered man is universally denounced in Ireland as a mockery. As the charar:ter of the military is mixed up with this appalling crime, and as the officers chiefly accused are said. to be Englishmen, we call upon the British army to hasten to wipe this stain from its honour by co-operating with the Government in drag ging into the lurid light of everlasting infamy the cowardly perpetrators of so foul a murder. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Jan. 5.) With respect to the terrible outrage said to have been committed in the King's County, at the house of a gentleman, and by certain Eng lish officers, by means of which it is alleged that an idiot-boy lost his life under circumstances of appalling and revolting barbarity, it appears that a Coroner's jury was legally assembled— that the body was viewed by the members of the inquest—that medical practitioners were examined as to the cause of the death of the de ceased, and that a unanimous verdict was re turned, declaring that the boy had " died by the visitation of God." We are quite confident that the Monitor, in the columns of which this dreadful story first originated, will do justice to our common nature and our common coun try, by fully contradicting so horrible and dread ful a statement as that it put forward—namely, that any set of gentlemen, or of human beings, could be found capable of anointing the body of a poor simpleton and idiot with oil of turpentine —of setting fire to the inflammable matter, and burning the wretched victim to death—and this for amusement !! Indeed, we think that so deep and so unpopular a sensation has the occurrence produced, that it would be Well if the law officers of the Crown—who by the way are, in conjunc tion with the Government, charged by the fac tious press with screening the alleged delinquents from punishment —to call upon the Coroner for his notes of the trial and finding, and publish the report—not in their own vindication from a charge so foul, but for the satisfaction of the public, and the credit of the country. (From the Dublin Pilot of Jan. 5.) The Government organ of last night has the following confirmation of the accounts that have already appeared of the Philipstown tragedy, which has been fittingly described as the most brutal and inhuman murder on record : An inquest was held so far back as the 19th ultimo, by the Coroner of that district and a re spectable jury, numbering 21 bonds et legales homines, on the body of a person named Flana gan, who died on the preceding day in conse quence of extensive injuries, by fire, received on the 11th of said, month, in two houses of Wilhaill Magan, Esq.. near Philipstown. After uamining several witnesses, and amongst thern the brother and sister of the deceased, with t co medical gentlemen of the Philipstowa dispen sary, who attended Flanagan during his illness, the jury unanimously returned & verdict or " Ac cidental Death." (From the Dublin Evening Post of Jan. 6.) This article shall be confined to the foul mur.; der said to have been committed at Philipstown, and to which we have already twice called the public attention. It was only on Saturday last that we first noticed it, expressing, in the part of the paper where the detail was given, on the authority of a contemporary —very truly— our disbelief at the time, of the fiendish atrocity of the parties who perpetrated the murder. Sub-. statement se ciuent i n q w u a i s ry, not h oowYeevrertZetdisLiead we the d n usth s a ( t ) ex pressed oursel';''§ in a short paragraph on the same `...coling. That we had not been made, or had not made ourselves previously ac quainted with the fact, arose from the of such hor credulity subsequently at the recitalindis position of crime-hunting, and of our natural forin fittbuel G circumstance, and o v e granted, m i e nt t w s o u u ch a r n c 's e e . v s s e a n ß r t i e l h y s i a d b d e e s t n k ‘ f e v o n e r m p t l o e a d o c k e o , would take prompt measures for the apprehen sion of the murderer, or murderers, if there were more than one, and placing them safely for trial in the felons' gaol of the County where the foul deed was committed. The reader, therefore, may judge of our surprise when we learnt from the Evening Mail of Monday—speaking evi dently about the matter on authority—that Go vernment had received no account at all of the matter up to Saturday night lasti Upon this fact we tkprtssed no little surprise in our last. The murder ) We new i t kir the first time, Was committed, nit the 11th ult.; the victim of the hellish 'Crime died, we are told, on the 19th, and the Mail of the tAd inSt. tells us, that the Government ktitW nothing of the facts on the Ist of the present Month: 1 ; 114 is a m ost extraordinary statement=antliVtll might we ask has Lord De th'e abdicated his function—has Lord Eliot been writing tigniarelegi 01 Oquire Lucas fashioning his face befoite a looking-glass, into the most approved lineaments Of wisdom ? A murder is Committed forty--seV'eli fillies from town, and twenty days at ie'ast have passed over before the C4overnMent ever heard a word upon th e subject. Vigilant and active AdrifiniStration! We are told by the Pwitet in thiers Latin, that an inquest was held on the body of a per son, named Flanagan (the idiot boy), on the 19th ult.—that he had died of extensive injuries by fire, received on the 1 lth preceding, in two houses of W. Magan, Esq., near Philipstown. And we are informed, moreover, that the Jury consisted of twenty-one competent persons. It is added, that the brother and sister of the de ceased and two medical men were examined, and that there was an unanimous verdict of aceidepf tal death. New, we must first inquire, who was the Corg, ~~ STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. 7.—The demand for foreign wool this week has been steady, but without any very great improvement having taken place in the trade. Prices remain firm. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. 7.—The sales of English wool this week have not been extensive. Prices are without any alteration from the quotations of last week. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, JAN. 7.—The demand for all kinds of long wool continues limited. Upon the whole there is rather more inquiry last week, and prices are firm, but not improved.—Clothing and Blanket wools are without alteration, either in demand or price. TRADE OF LEEDS.—II has generally happened in former seasons, that at the commencement of a new year, there has been some improvement in the demand for goods. This is, however, far from being the case at present. The markets both on Saturday and Tuesday were as dull as the few weeks previous, and with very little prospect of any material improvement. The stocks of goods are very low, but there is no inducement for the manufacturers to increase their operations, as it is impossible to get remunerating prices in the present state of the demand. Business is very dull in the ware houses, both buyers and sellers being engaged in taking stock.—Leeds Mercury. BRADFORD WOOL MARKET, JAN. 6.--Since our last report we cannot learn that any material change has taken place either in demand or prices. '1 he deep stapled wether fleeces, and matching continue most in request. Colonial wools are still much neglected both in combing and clothing sorts. Yarn—The inquiries for Yarns are rather on the increase, and perhaps on the whole quite as much done as for several weeks past, but without any improvement in prices. Piece—We had a very numerous attendance at our first new market in the year, which is usually of a rather animated character. To-day has not been so much so as we could have wished, nor are the purchases made extensive, being in a great measure confined to fancy goods.—Bradford Observer. There is little alteration since our last. Four or five houses connected with this market have failed within the last few days; but we believe the debts here Are,not heavy. The demand for shipping goods is over for the spring, and we understand the manufacturers are pro ceeding very cautiously. Prices remain the same. — Leicestershire Mercury. ANOTHER SLIP ON THE LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, only a few minutes after the train which left Tooley street at eight o'clock had passed the Newcross station, much alarm was created by another most extensive slip of the cutting on the southern side, near a place called Finch's-bridge, and immediately contiguous to, or ra ther a continuation of, the slip which took place a short time since. The quantity of earth which fell was im mense, and covered the rails on both sides for a distance of 140 feet, and to a depth of nine feet. It is very for tunate that this accident occurred after the passing of the train, or the effects might have proved as serious as that which so recently took place on the Great Western. There has been, however, as it is understood, a care ful watching of this spot for these last two months, in consequence of several flakes of earth having fallen at various times, from which a slip w as anticipated, though not of so a l arm i ng a character as it has proved. A communication was instantly forwarded to Mr. Gregory, the resident engineer, who lost no time in repairing to the spot, and was shortly followed by Mr. Wilkinson, the Chairman, and Mr. Cubitt, the Consulting Engineer of the Company ; no less than 600 men were set to work, and with the aid of a quantity of earth waggons every exertion was made in en deavouring to remove the soil to a place near New cross. In the course of the day the number of men was increased to 1,000, and a platform was erected, which is to be covered with an awning, and is for the pur pose of conveying the passengers over the slip to the trains, which will be on that part of • the line free from obstruction ; the effect of this will be to prevent the closing of the line, and enable the seve ral passengers to proceed on their journey without being detained longer than ten minutes. Gullies are being formed, but it will be impossible to have the line pro perly cleared for upwards of a month. The soil is of a very pervious nature, composed of strata of blue clay, gravel, shells, ochre, &c., and it is supposed that the re cent numerous alternations of wet and dry, frost and snow, have tended to destroy the adhesion of these various substances. EXCHEQUER BILLS.---One of the most curious circumstances in Parliamentary history, is the committal • of Charles Dunctimb, Esq., ALP., an opulent banker, as clone prisoner to the Tower, charged with making false tildOrSetnelllll Ott Exchequer bills, January, 25, 1697. On the 29th, being in, his apothecary and his b h r i s o u g guilt , ht in a f n o d r s W e a i z s . ex pelled the t e h s e ta l e l , ou a s i e id . p A nsw ß d i , ll a w fte ai r . brother were permitted to see him, when he confessed ur e e x great. Opposition, 138 against 103. This Bill being sent to the Lords, they desired a conference with the Com mons, and not being satisfied, though he had acknow ledged the facts, they discharged him from the Tower. On March 31st following, the Commons recommitted him. We do not find in the Journals of the House of Com mons, that anythin g farther was done. ..Duneumb," says Clarendon, " was a judicious man, but very haughty, and apt to raise enemies against himself."' - '7 HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA.— We learn from a source on which unquestionable reli ance can be placed, that the arrival of his Majesty the King of Prussia may not be expected before the 20th instant, and as that potentate is the especial guest of her Majesty, Buckingham Palace and Windsor ,Castle will be the abodes of that Sovereign during his Majesty's visit in this country. On his Majesty landing at Woolwich he will be escorted by a troop of the Royal Horse Guards to Buckingham Palace, where apartments are already or dered for the reception . of his Majesty and Suite. His Excellency Chevalier Bunsen has, in consequerwe of his Royal Master's visit, taken the elegant mansion of Lord Stuart de Rothesay on Carlton House-terrace, the same which Count Stroganoff, the Ambassador Extraordinary f rom Russia, engaged during the Coronation of her intends giving Ma jesty in 1838. His Excell enc y aeries of .iumptuous entertainments in honour of the King of 1 Prussia's visit, DEATH bP THE GOVERNOR OP THE MIM- I TARY KNIGHTS OF WlNDSOR.—Yestervitty morning Lieut.-Coldnel 'Moths Basset; had filled the ap pointmetit of Gorettiot of the "ilifoty Knights of Windsor during a period of about 20 y egts4 endred at the Governor's residence, in the Lower Ward, at the advattted oft rit.ll6 yetifg. The deceased, who had been suffering froiti hitliSposition fa a long time previous to his deathi itas late of the fit!' (Northumberl an d) Regi ment of AA: fie Nil son great service, havin g per formed an ddtite pail. during the American war in 1788. In the yeOr Ii ii he tiecompanied the late Duke of York in the unfortunate expedition in Holland, where he landed on the 27th of August in that year, and was engaged in the actions fiitiOt ott the 10th and 19th of the following Septeither i ati7Dl oil the ad and 6th of October. He afterwatds piteeeded to Gibraltar with his regiment, where he temaihed for a considerable time. He was much respected by his military brethren at Windsor, and be died deeply lamented by a large circl e of friends. A' fire, supposed to be caused by an incen diary, which destroyed the house and premises of Jackson, Esq., at Orpington, Kent, occurred yesterday. The premises were insured. SpUTHAMPTOiI,—TIiere is no foundation whatever for the report whiph has been circulated, and whip appeared, we believe, originally in the G/e4e news paper, of a barbarous murder having been perpetrated on young woman, who was coming to a situation in , this neighbourhood.— Wiltshire independent. IMPORTANT MEETING OF WOOL- LEN MANUFACTURERS AT BATH. On Wednesday last an important meeting of the ma nufacturers of the Counties of Gloucester, Wilts, and Somerset, took place at the White Hart Hotel, Bath, at twelve o'clock, to take into consideration the effect of the present Corn-laws on the foreign and home trade in the woollen manufacture in the above counties ; and to take such proceedings thereon, either by memorial to the Go vernment, or petitions to the Legislature, as the Meeting may think desirable. Pushurs, of Melksham, was unanimously called to the Chair. Amongst the gentlemen present were the following manufacturers connected with the three coun ties : — Somersetshire--I\tr. - William Gee, Freshford ; Mr. Wood, Frome ; Mr. Brittain, ditto; Mr. Houston, ditto; Mr. Brown, Chard. Gloucestershire--Mr. Charles Stan ton, Stroud; Mr. N. S. Marling. Stanley-mill; Mr. C. Hooper, Eastington ; Mr. T. Marling, Ebley ; Mr. S. Mar ling, ditto; Mr. Dutton, Wootton-under-Edge; Mr. Long, jun., Charfield; Mr. Smith, near Stroud. Wiltshire— Mr. J. L. Phillips, Melksham; Mr. S. Salter, Trow bridge; Mr. J. Gouldsmith, ditto ; Mr. John Stancomb, ditto; .Mr. J. H. Webb, ditto; Mr. Martravers, West bury; Mr. N. Overbury, ditto; Mr. B. Overbury, ditto; Mr. E. Edmonds, jun., Bradford; Mr. Thomas Spack man, ditto; Mr. Smith, Melkshans. The CHAIRMAN proceded to say that the meeting had assembled for the purpose of taking into consideration the effect of the existing Corn-laws upon the foreign and home trade of the woollen manufacturers of Gloucester shire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire. He was an advo cate of free intercourse with foreign nations ; and he believed that there was an expansive principle in free trade of which it was impossible fully to estimate the importance. He remembered that about twenty years ago he and his brother manufacturers met in the room in which they were now assembled to petition against the imposition of a duty of 6d.- per lb. on foreign wool. The agriculturists at that time thought that, unless that duty were imposed, they would not be able to obtain a fair price for their wool. They snc ceeded in Parliament, and the duty was imposed. What effect had the imposition of the duty on foreign wool upon the price of English wool ? It went down from about ls. to 6d., and at that price it remained until the duty on foreign wool was removed.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst the duty was in existence, the consumption of foreign wool amounted to about nine millions of pounds per annum, whilst lass year, with free importation, the consumption was no less than fifty-nine millions. During the continuance of the duty, the price of English wool was sixpence ; and he would now state what had been its price since that duty had been removed. It had been from one shilling or fourteenpence up to eighteenpence, but never less than one shilling.—(Applause.) This afforded a striking proof of the expansive principle of free trade. He might mention one fact to show the in fluence which the Corn and Provision-laws exercised upon the manufactures of the country. A gentleman who was now present, Mr. Salter, happening to be in Kent last winter, was surprised to observe that large quantities of English wool were constantly being carried down to the coast, and upon inquiry he ascertained that the wool was consigned to French manufacturers, who came into the giarket and paid the grower twopence per pound more than the English manufacturer could afford to give.— (Hear.) Now, the English manufacturers had not the smallest objection to the exportation of wool, provided they were allowed to import corn.—(Great applause.) The people of the country had the happiness to possess political liberty, and he hoped the time would soon come when they would also be in the enjoyment of commer -cial freedom.-4 Applause.) At present their hands were tied, and they were shut out from many of the most important markets of the world. The Americans would willingly have paid the debt they owed us in corn, but they were prevented by the sliding, or, as he thought it ought rather to be called the slippery, scale. He con eluded by calling upon the meeting to give an impartial hearing to all who might address them. Mr. E. EDWARDS, jun., of Bradford, moved the first resolution : " Resolved, 1. That this meeting feels deeply con vinced that the increasing depression of commerce, and the rapid decline of the woollen trade in the counties of Gloucester, Wilts, and Somerset, are fearfully destroy ing capital, neutralizing skill, and pauperizing the work ing classes of society, thereby spreading distress and discontent throughout the manufacturing districts of the above counties." From " facts," gathered from the immediate locality in which I reside, I hesitate not for one moment in recom mending this resolution for your adoption. The decline of the woollen trade, the destruction of capital, and the distress of the labouring classes in this district, are of so dire a nature, as will, I am sure, awaken alarm in the minds of every one. The cry of distress has arisen from every quarter of the land.—(Hear, hear)—but none can show a more rapid decline than Bradford. The town of Bradford contains, by the census of 1841, 8,309 inha bitants ; being an increase of ten per cent. on the popu lation of 1831, and about twenty per cent. on 1821. The decrease of the manufacture of broad cloth, which is the staple commodity of this town, is of a nature that is almost beyond belief. In the year 1820, or thereabouts. nineteen manufacturers carried on busi ness there, producing in the aggregate 620 pieces of broad cloth per week ; the town was, at that period, in a happy and prosperous state—l means as regards the labouring population—every family had employment, - and their wages were good ; 15s. per week was- the usual price of a man's labour, whilst weavers and other artisans earned still higher wages. The contrast now is of such a nature as is fearful to contemplate, and such as I almost hesitate to declare. The manufacturers have diminished to two in number, and the quantity produced to 100 pieces, or one-sixth of the quantity made twenty years ago.----(llear, hear.) Of the nineteen manufacturers who then flourished, nine, or one-half, have failed, five have declined business from want of success, one has merged into another establish ment, and two only at present exist, whose united pro duce is scarce 100 pieces.—(Hear, hear.) This change has not been the effect of any sudden convulsion : it has been slow and gradual, one after the other have dropped away. In the year 1838, when I had occasion to refer to the quantity then manufactured, I found it to be 144 pieces ; since then another reduction has occurred, which brings it to less than 100 pieces. I need scarcely add, that depreciation in the value of property of every de scription, except land, has suffered in a like propor tion. I will mention one or two instances : a factory and premises, let twenty years ago for 1,2001. per annum, is now rented at 3001. per annum ; another property of the same kind, which was let on lease of twenty-one years, at 3501. per annum, on which 2,000/. has since been expended, making, say 4501. per annum, is now partially occupied at 601. per annum ; the other part having been for years unoccupied.— (Hear, hear.) I addressed two letters to gentlemen who are large owners of cottage property, requesting to be furnished with a return of the rentals of ten cottages in 1820 and 1840; the first return showed the ten cottages in 1820 produced a net rental of 90.'. 18s. ; in 1840 a net rental of 201, per annum ; the second, 60/. to 12/. Every - description of ailisanship and mechanics has decreased in a similar way. Do if there has been a decrease or cessation in the man;: factures of the town of Bradford, and a depreciation in the value of pro perty, I now come to a subjm; which has neither decreased nor diminished, which, Lo uze language of e some notoriety, has increased, is increasing, a,: i ought to be diminished—l allude to the crying distresz of its labouring population. The numbers have irterc.ased, as I before stated, some twenty per cent. since 1821, ant: ten per cent. since 1831 ; but their means of subsistence have diminished in a ratio which baffles my powers of calculation; I will, however, give yon the result of cer tain inquiries I have made on the subject. In the dis trict of the parish of Bradford, which contains 8,309 inhabitants, there are 462 looms; of these 316 are entirely out of work, 135 partly in work, and eleven are in full • , work ; you can easily calculate, if 3 1 6 looms are - out of work, how many individuals in the other branches of manufactures are out of employ : my own calculation is, that 1,082 individuals are represented by the 316 looms, who are wholly without the means of obtaining a livelihood, save the scanty pittance of parochial relief ; but scanty as that pittance is, it is magnificence and luxury compared with what many of the inhabitants of this unfurtunate town have to subsist on. I have made a strict investigation and analysis of the quantity of meat and bread consumed by the said population, 8,309. I have been as minute as possible, and can pledge myself that it is more accurate than statistical tables generally are, and have been subjected to the revision of the most competent persons, and this is the result :—ln the 13 weeks from October 1, to December 31, 1841, the ave rage weekly consumption of the 8,309, was 9,497 lbs. of meat, and 9,437 quartern loaves ; now out of this popu lation there are 6,0001b5., consumed by 2,490 persons, 4091bs are also consumed in the union workhouse per week, making 6,4091b5. to be deducted from the9,497lbs of meat killed, and leaving 3,0881b5. for the consump tion of 5,909 persons, which amounts to Boz. sdr. per head per week ; the bread and flour consumed during the same period amount to 9,437 quartern loaves per week, or 790 z. per head per week. I have made this calculation to compare with the dietary of the Union workhouse, and if England has rung with-alarm at the severity of the new Poor-law, what will be said when we compare the magnitude of the provisions of the new Poor'law with that of the subsistence of the labouring poor out of the house ? The dietary of the Bradford Union is 13340 z. meat per week ; the labouring popula tion of Bradford are *loomed to Boz. sdr., or say about 1340 z. The dietary of the Bradford Union allows 112 oz, to the able-bodied pauper within the walls of a workhoute, as the minimum that can support nature ; the commerce and the agriculture of this noble land doom its labourer to 790 z., being as nearly as possible two thirds of the allowance to the person who was heretofere deemed too wretched when he had to seek for relief from the parish officer. In the year 1820, the quantity of Meat and bread consumed in this place was four times as much as at present, which, with the less population existing at that period, makes as nearly as possible five times as much per head to each individual.—(Hear.) - Mr. SAMUEL S. MARLING, of Stroud, in seconding the resolution, said, without detaining the meeting with any observations of a general character, he would at once proceed to lay before them some information which he had collected respecting the state of the neighbourhood in which he resided —namely, Stroud. Before doing so, however, perhaps he might be excused for stating one fact connected with the imposition of the duty of Gd. per pound on foreign wool, to which the Chairman had ad verted. In consequence of the imposition of that duty wool accumulated in Germany to a great extent, until at length, being unable to find any vent for it, the Germans were compelled to become manufacturers themselves, and that was the origin of the woollen manufactures of Ger where cloth was now ma de which many and Belgium , used formerly to be supplied from the valleys of Glou cestershire.—(Applause.) Mr. Marling then communi cated the following statistical information respecting the L manufacturing Condition of the county of Gloucester : I In CHALFORP, since 1831, there has been a decrease in the number of occupied mills of twelve. 'STROUD (including Chalford and Painswick) showed a decrease of thirty-seven. ULEY of four-fifths, having only one mill at work. WorroN—a decrease of nine. DuasLEv.—A decrease of mills at work. " The number of looms employed in the six parishes of ['ley, King Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Stonehouse Rand wick, and Stroud, obtained by actual survey showed a decrease of 653 power-looms during the last ten years. In the county of Gloucester, in the same space of time, a decrease of 1,667. , " Of the number of yards of cloth made in the county ~f• Gloucester during the last ten years the decrease was 825,342. " The number of manufacturers in the county of Glou cester have decreased from 80 to 42. " The number who have failed since 1831 is 50. " Average of the estimated reduction in the purchase of articles of grocery and plain apparel by the manufac turing operatives, supplied by the shopkeepers, 40 per cent. during the past five years." He begged pardon for having entered into such dry .letails ; but he thought facts of this description were important,—(Hear.) He held in his hand a specimen of a stripe made in Germany for the China market. Compar ing the article with our own manufacture, the latter cer tainly appeared superior, but not so much so as to induce a preference to be given to it if the price was much higher. The German article could be sold for from 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d., whilst the English ono could not be sold for less than from 4s. 9d. to ss.—(Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he hoped the manufacturers would never give up the agitation of the question until the Corn-laws should be altogether removed from the statute-b oo k. H e considered that the agriculturists would be as much benefited as the manufacturers by the repeal of the Corn laws, and in corroboration of that opinion he begged to read an extract from a letter which he had received from an agriculturist, Mr. Smith, of Uley, which was as follows : " Uley, Dec. 31, 1841. " In reply to your letter of the 27th inst., making in quiries relative to the trade of Uley, I beg to state that upwards of 1,000 persons have moved off since the de cline of the woollen trade here, some to the Canadas and some to Australia, but chiefly to the United States of America, so that house property is scarcely worth hav-• ing at the price of conveyance. , I know an instance where a person built some very substantial houses since 1820, which cost'hini upwards of 1,100/., and this year has been obliged to give them up to the mortgagee for 2001. on them, and he is now receiving parochial relief. " A considerable number of cottages were built by persons employed in the manufactures, who had saved a little money, but nearly the whole of them have been given up to creditors. I have lately heard of eleven cot tages having been sold, with one half acre of land, for 1201. " I could multiply instances of this sort, but these will suffice as samples of this sort of property in our parish. `• The number of mills employed in the woollen trade in our parish as under:—ln 1831, five ; in 1841, one: " Comparative value of mills, in 1831, 42,000/. ; in 1841, 3,200/. " Gross rental of employed mills, in 1831, 2,9701. ; in 1841, 701. " Estimated number of looms employed, in 1831, 410 ; in 1841, 12. " The amount in the pound paid for poor•rates as under:—ln 1836, ss. 10d. in the pound on the valuation; in 1837, Bs. 4d. ditto ; in 1838, 10s. 10d. ditto ; in 1839, 12s. 6d. ditto ; in 1840, 14s. 2d. ditto ; in 1841, 15s. sd. ditto. " The loss of trade here appears to have carried away all the spirit and energy of the people, so that little is thought of but how they can get their daily bread. " I am almost as dependent on agriculture as on trade ; but I see that if we get good prices for our cheese, we shall be compelled to pay it back in poor rates. " SAMUEL SMITH." Mr. MATRAVERS said that before the resolution was put to the meeting, he wished to communicate the fol lowing information respecting the state of the population of Westbury :—" The population of Westbury is partly agricultural and partly manufacturing. The manufac turing part have been much helped, owing to many having allotment land ; but with this kid they are suf fering the greatest privations of comfort. Although comparatively few have applied for parochial relief, a few statistical accounts will confirm this. The average money earned by many respectable weavers having only one loom,has been only five to six shillings per week. In the parish the unemployed looms are 354. No power-looms. The pawnbroker's shop is full. He says he has twice as many articles as he had five or six years ago, and the poor cannot redeem, nor can he sell them. His business is at a stand with the poor, as they have pledged all that they have to pawn ; but the class above them are now taking their places. A respectable shopkeeper, who depended mostly on the poor for cus tom, says his trade is not half what it was when bread was low, say 1836." Col. Goa LANGTON, M.P., said he had always been opposed to these laws. It might not be known to some present that he was the Member of the House of Commons who, in 1815, opposed the motion for . the Speaker leaving the Chair, in order that those abomin able laws might be taken into consideration. Many great landowners came to him and begged him not to divide the House upon that occasion ; but he persisted in doing so, and he had a minority of only thirteen—just a baker's dozen—to support him.—(Laughter and ap plause.) He avowed himself to be a member of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association. He would be proud to present the petition of the meeting, as he had been requested to do. If, unfortunately, it should be found impossible to effect the total repeal of the Corn laws, he would then support Lord J. Russell's proposition for a fixed duty of Bs.—(Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said, before the resolution was put, that respecting Melksham many looms have been cut up, and the timber used for other purposes. The master manufacturers have been reduced in this parish from eighteen to two in the last 30 years. There are no power-looms. Census-1831, 4.722; 1841, 5.244. Emi gration to America and Jamaica has lately taken place to a small extent." The resolution was then put, and agreed to una nimously. Mr. N. OVERBURY, of Westbury, said it was his duty , to propose the second resolution:—" That this meeting is fully persuaded that the evils it deplores are principally, if not entirely, occasioned by partial legislation founded on principles of protection, and more especially by the un just and oppressive effect of the Corn and Provision-laws." In Germany, Prussia, and Italy, full two-thirds of the revenue is collected from the land.—(Hear.) It should be borne in mind that the land of Great Britain has enormously increased in value within the last 50 years, for on a calculation of the rental of 100 parishes in Scot land, it was found the rental of 1771 was 287,8241., whilst in 1841 it was 744,273/. Another advantage pos sessa by the landed interest is the horse tax, for although the duty on agricultural horses in 1814 pro duced a revenue of 828,4551., yet in 1822, in consequence of the low price of wheat, averaging 445. 7d. per quarter, the complaints of the farmers were so great that it was totally abolished. I might name other cases, but I should occupy too much of your time. I will now go to the effects of these laws, to which I mainly attri bute the appalling distress you have had set before you. I will now come to the competition of foreign manufac turers, who have become formidable rivals to us in foreign markets, under the fostering care of our Corn and Pro vision-laws ; for I cannot trace their cheaper productions to any other cause than the lower cost of food. W e h ave certainly the advantage over them in our mines of coal and iron, as well as in machinery, capital, and industry ; but, against all these advantages, what has been the re sui,; ? You have heard of the distress and absolutely alai singly diminished production of our manufacturers, you hav - ,? heard of the depreciation of mill property, and loss of capii.: l , and yet the woollen manufacture on the Continent is in it most flourishing condition. France, which, a few years ago, imported scarcely any wool from Germany, . during the past year imported 'no less than from 50,000 to 60,000 cwt. ; and in Prussia Proper there was used, of their own and the neighbouring growths, no less a quantity than 24 mil , lion pounds, being snore than what is imported to Eng land from the whole of Europe. There were in Prussia woollen looms, in 1825, 22,139 ; 1834, 31,759 ; 1837, 39,7911 ; being an increase in the first nine years of .5 per cent. per annnm, and in the last three years of no less than 84 per cent. The Prussian exports, reckoned in lbs., were, in 1831, 8,316,972, and in 1841, no less than 13,246,777, being an increase of nearly 45 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) The trade of Belgium has also increased in nearly a similar proportion, while,accord ing to the statement of Mr.Aldernian Bateson, of Leeds, our exports of woollens, which in 1824 were 56e,317 pieces, were minced in 1840 to 258,962 pieces. At the same time we are largely exporting the means of manufacture in the shape of coal, iron, and ma chinery. Coals: 1822, 284,576 tens; 1835, 736,080 tons; 1839, 1,431,861 tons. Iron : 1822, 59,571 tons; 1835, 140,060 Ions; 1838, 192,211 tons ; 1839-1840, 246,583 tons. Machinery : 1831, 92,7151.; 1838, 627,4301.; Jan. 5, 1841, 593,0641. The small diminution in the latter case was owing to an alteration of the law which allowed the exportation of some articles prohibited before, and to the extensive practice of smuggling small articles of machinery. You have heard the allusion made by the Chairman to the exportation of English wool ; I will, therefore, give you the quantity ; from a very small amount in 1824, when the duty of Gd. per lb. was taken off, it rose in 1840 to the enormous amount of 4,810,387 lbs., and remember, that this was raw ma terial, without a particle of labour being put upon it. I think I need not urge you to enter your solemn pro test against these unrighteous laws, by giving a full, hearty, and unanimous support to the resolution I have been called on to propose.—(Cheers.) Mr. C. STAUNTON, of Stroud, seconded the resolution. The resolution was then carried all but unanimously, only two hands being held up against it. Mr. C. HOOPER, of Eastington, said that the past year had been one of great depression to the manufac turing interest, and every person connected with it must have had his feelings powerfully operated upon by the distress of the Operatives. During the time he had carried on business in the parish in which he resided, he had seen four-fifths of the principal manufacturers go out of the trade, and generally speaking, insolvent. In the fiat three months of the past year he received 300 ap plications from operatives seeking employment, not one of wbich he was able to comply with. Matters had long been going on from bad to worse. During the last 15 years ' he ha seen mill property depreciated to the extent of 50 or 60 per cent. ; whilst wages had been reduced about 50 per cent. Owing to the competition amongst unem ployed operatives at the present moment, manufacturers might, if so disposed, still further reduce wages. He had no doubt he could himself save 1,5001. a year upon the amount which he at present paid in wages ; but he would not do so.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded with moving the following resolution : " That all restrictive and prohibitory duties interfering with the free interchange of commodities, and not levied solely for the purposes of revenue, are in principle erro;- neous' and unjust, and in their . effects ultimately preju dicial to all classes of the community. That this meeting , therefore claims as a right the repioval of all protective .1) EVENING SU duties on the importation of corn and pro the same time is willing and desirous that , tended for the protection of British manufa be repealed, and that the just, wise, and pen, pies of free trade should govern the entire co_ legislation of the empire." Mr. SAMUEL SALTER, of Trowbridge, seconded th e solution. —The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. J. STANcomnE, of Trowbridge, moved the follow ing resolution :—" That this meeting painfully feels that the time is come when an effort must be made to save the trade with which it stands connected from impending ruin; and therefore, pledges itself to use all lawful and. constitutional means to obtain the repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, and a fair and equitable adjustment of our commercial code." Though the distress existing in Trowbridge was not so great as that which prevailed in the neighbouring town of Bradford, it was neverthe less very considerable. He concluded with moving— " That petitions, founded on the above resolutions, he presented to the Houses of Lords and Commons, and that the must Honourable the Marquis of Lansdowne be requested to present the petition to the House of Lords, and that Col. Gore Langton be requested to present the petition to the House of Commons." Mr. L. Wool), of Frome, seconded the resolution, and made some statements respecting Frome, which showed it to have been one of the most flourishing towns in the kingdom, but it was now fast declining. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. J. li. WEBB, of Trowbridge, said he was anxious to propose a resolution, in addition to those alreLdy adopted by the meeting. Ile then moved a resolution, which directed the attention of the Government to the distressed state of the woollen trade in the west of Eng land, and suggesting the propriety of making such an alteration in the existing Corn-laws as would prevent the speculators of Mark-lane tampering with the ave rages, but deprecating the granting of any protection to the manufacturing interest, which would be injurious to the agriculturist ; and finally expressing an opinion that the imposition of any additional burden upon agricul ture would prove most detrimental to the manufacturing interest. Mr. W. GEE begged leave to second this resolution. The CHAIRMAN said that, before he put the resolution to the meeting, he considered it necessary to observe the resolutions already adopted called for no protection for the manufacturing interest. The resolution was then put and negatived, only three hands being raised in its favour. Mr. T: MARTIN, of Stroud, moved the next resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Baowx, of Chard, and una nimously agreed to. Mr. STAUNTON, M.P., for Stroud, said he had wit nessed the proceedings of the meeting with great plea sure, and would be happy to support the prayer of the petition. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meet ing then broke up. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW MISCELLANY.— The encouragers of periodical literature will be glad to hear that Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth, author of " The Tower of London," "Old Saint Paul's," and other highly popular works, is about to publish a Magazine of his own, in which, besides contributions from the most emi nent living writers, he will publish a new Romance from his own pen, entitled " The Miser's Daughter." The scene of this story is the Metropolis as it existed in the days of Ilogarth—the most ch a r ac t er i s ti c , st i rr i ng, an d various of all modern periods, either in costume, manners, or the remarkable characters then moving about town. Of the pictorial illustrations of this Romance it is suffi cient to say, that they will be designed and produced on steel, in his best manner, and on a larger scale than usual, by Mr. George Cruikshank, who will further enrich the pages of this new Magazine' by numerous woodcuts. Having discontinued the " Omnibus" as a monthly pub lication, the distinguished artist, who merits the appella tion of the modern Hogarth, will devote his powers in their greatest energy to Ainsworth's Magazine. Yesterday morning, shortly before one o'clock, as a respectably-attired man, apparently about fifty years of age, was coming out of Providence-row, St. George's-in-the-East, which is a nest for pros titutes and other characters of the very worst descrip tion, he was observed by Bench, a police-sergeant on duty near the spot, suddenly to stagger and fall heavily on the pavement. Ile immediately went to his assist ance, and found him lifeless. The body was subsequently removed to St. George's Church, and in the course of yesterday afternoon he was identified by a female living in Providence-row as a person named Fore, living at a place called Melton, in Shropshire. Mr. Baker, the Coroner, has deemed sufficient suspicion attaching to the case to order a post mortem examination of the body prior to holding an inquest. We understand that Mr. Peel, an uncle of Sir Robert Peel s, died very suddenly at Exmouth, in De vonshire, on Wednesday, having fallen from his chair in a fit of apoplexy while sitting at table with his son. The deceased gentleman was possessed of immense wealth and is said to have died intestate. The divi dends accruing on his funded property for the past half year amount to upwards of 30,0001, which were received I yesterday by power of attorney, and it is rumoured that he has left upwards of two millions of money. THE INCENDIARY FIRE AT PANFIELD HALL FARM.—A man named Samuel Richardson, has been apprehended for setting fire to the farm property at Panfield Hall, Essex. He was taken on Tuesday last, at his own cottage. Whilst on his way from Panfield to Braintree, he told Rowlett, one of the constables, that he ell'ected his diabolical purpose with a brimstone match, which he lighted from a tobacco pipe. Ile was com mitted for trial at the Quarter Sessions, where he yes terday pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 15 years transportation.—ChelmsArd Chronicle. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.—Yes terday the half-yearly meeting of the trustees, gover nors, and donors of this charity, which is instituted for the support of the decayed members of the trade, their widows, and orphans, was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, to receive the report of the Governors for the past year, and for the general business of the Asylum, Mr. W. Adams Larby in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed, Mr. Jones read the report. The Governors congratulated the meeting upon the increasing prosperity of the charity. One hun dred and thirty new subscribers were admitted, and the receipts for the past year, including 2,014/. Bs. for sub- . scriptions, amounted to 2,5541. Bs. 11d. and the expendi • ture, including 615/, paid to the inmates, 2031. repaid to Messrs. Barclay and Co., and a purchase of stock, nearly reached the same amount. The Governors continued the weekly payments of 7s. to couples, and of 6s. to single inmates, of whom 74 were in receipt of those sums. There were 101 houses inhabited in the Asylum, and only two vacancies occurred. The report in conclusion stated that the Board of Management had petitioned her Majesty for an act of incorporation, that their petition had been referred to the Privy Council, and that they were certain of obtaining it. The report having been adopted, the officers for the ensuing year were elected. After which, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. An inquest, adjourned from Friday, the 31st ult., on the body of a man, name unknown, about thirty years of age, terminated last evening at the Feathers, Temple-street, Whitefriars, before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner. The evidence proved that the body of de ceased was found floating in the river off the Temple gardens, by a waterman, on Thursday week last. The Coroner adjourned the inquiry in hopes that the publicity given to the case, and the exertions of the constable, would be the means of discovering deceased's name, and the manner in which he became drowned. There being no further evidence to lay before the jury last evening, the inquest was adjourned for a fortnight. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—An inquiry was gone into yesterday, before Wm. Carter, Esq., the Coro ner for Surrey, at the Swallow Galley, Rotherhithe, on the body of William Morley, a line lad, aged 11 years. George Clarkson stated that the deceased had leave to go into the hold of a ship building by Mr. Hawkes, of Rotherhithe, for the purpose of collecting the stray chips. Witness went down with him, as soon as Mr. Hawkes's permission had been obtained, and he soon tilled his bag. him,lle b h u en t fi iv n e d n i t n g uthe it sil shook ladder, ve ry e witness (c larkson ) let his bag fall intentionally, as an excuse to get back. As backwards, and pitched upon r o d u t th t e o b p o t t i t t o 1 1 1 i s o tfooth foot en c la n dd t e h r e h d e ec ob k: deceased lie rea f ill his whens s ervedoon instantly the i head in the hold, and struck with tremendous violence on some timber lying there. The soles of his shoes were nearly off, and that possibly caused the accident. The witness was but a yard from where the deceased fell, and narrowly escaped being killed. The deceaSed had fallen at least 19 feet, and did not live above two minutes. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Primroses have already made their appearance in the hedge-rows in the grounds of Mr. W. Rookes, Hearitreee• road, near this city.—Sherborne Journal. __,•••....___ .-- A heavy - fall of snow . took place yesterday to the south of London, and in parts of the Weald of Kent it was lying more than a foot deep. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'SociEry,The forty-second annual meeting of the members of the above Society took place on Thursday at their offices, No. 73, Basinghall-street. Sir Chapman Marshall was called to the chair. From the report it appeared that the number of claimants relieved by the Society from its commence ment was 377 members, :t2B widows, 392 children, and 53 orphans; total, 1,150, to whom the sum of 68.9791. Os. 4d. had been paid. On the Ist of October, 1841, there remained on the fund 59 members, 111 widows, 28 children, and three orphans, making a total of 201. The receipts in subscriptions, donations, the interest on stock, and other items, amounted to 2,230/. 13s. ; and the dis bursements in relief to claimants and the general ex penses Odic Society left a balance with the bankers of 50/. 2s. 10d. The meeting then proceeded with the ap pointment of officers; when the following were elected : —President, Sir Chapman Marshall ; Vice-Presidents, + Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. William Thomp son, M.P. ; Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman ; Sir William Henry Poland ; Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman ; Mr. Wit- Liam Taylor Copeland, Alderman ; ._Mr. Charles Face brother, Alderman, and eight others. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. -. Her Majesty being anxious that the poor of Windsor should participate in the coming festivities of the loyal Christening, has been graciously pleased to com mand that the sum of 350/. be paid into the hand s of the churchwardens, to be distributed on that important day in food and clothing. The inhabitants of the town have al ready subscribed upwards of 2001. for time like purpose, which sum they expect will at. least he diimilded before the closing of the subscription list. The u-en will also give 50/. to the poor of Old W indsor. ' DEATH OF MR. COBHAM. —Mr. Cobham, r o i r el be Mr.eem December, from the well-known perfi mm er, died on Monday la s t. Ile was much respected by his brm.mtherac2to9rtAs. B 1 a T y dhse, arrivedßo y al at Malta Yacht schooneron the h blessing. , • .s 1 •1' 7 1"-'ki-':X- 4r clq -0 1 >" ' - 0 4 r, 6 %-;" - . 1 , Cd4 • o~ 3