The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

cou-kry C Saturday her itoval tie Dueness of Bent, attended by Lativ Charlotte Dandas and Sir ,G,_eurge Couper, went to Canford House on a. visit to le Queen Dowager Her Royal Highness proceeded by the - railway from Farnborough to Southampton. Air, Moore, Advocate-General of the Swan River netnent, had an interview with Lord Stanley on oaturday, at the Colonial-office. Count Re ven tl ow, th e D an i s h Mini. , ter, transacted t u 'lnVss at th e o ffi ce o f th e Board of Trade on Sa turday. ITr.'John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an int erview with the Chancel:or of the Exchequer on "turdaY, at his official residence in Downing-street. ."'sPatches f rom th e G ov ernor of the West India ofteh.ies were received on Saturday, at the Colonial. worth notice.—(He r, hear.) He had that day seen I the architect, who declared that he could erect a gra nite column which would be an ornament to the parish. Ile hoped the Vestry would confirm the motion, and that, as sincere Reformers, they would be able to point to this monument as a beacon of those principles with pride ; that it would, in after ages, remain a monu• Rent to tell the recreants who passed by that they once held similar opinions to those men it honoured, and become a lasting sting to them to the very end of time.—(Loud cheers, amidst which the Hon. Gentle man sat down.) Mr. KIRBY (a barrister) would defy Mr. Hume, or any other member of the Vestry, to point his finger to any single clause of the local Acts of Parliament, under which it was constituted, to give it a political tendency. The Hon. Gentlemen had offered no argu ment whatever to show that such was the case.— (Hear, hear.) It was proposed that the designs should be laid on that table for the choice of the Vestry. If that was done, the Vestry would identify itself with the whole affair, and would become responsible and amenable for all the acts of the Committee. q „' DRURY-LANE THEATRE. thin e Comedy of Love for Love, was revived at theatre on Saturday with complete success. broad is Play, which is excellent in its kind, is rather too d; . for the present day, and has therefore been ju '4l°usly stripped of the more objectionable passages. ei ,°, 'characters were in general well sustained, espe 84"Y br the female performers. Mrs. Nisbet repre to , t i,"lrs. Frail, and Mrs. Stirling Mrs. Foresight, i i ,`;'! admiration of the audience. The acting was 11:7„.atid chaste, and of the purest comic character. Keeley, as Prue acquitted herself in her usual hicellent style, and was not surpassed even by her husband, who represented the Sailor Ben, Ik e n x ; e i l t i ed ea, in: .a x s tinguishable laughter. Miss Faucit, perfectly lady-like, but her acting as deficient in the airiness which is inseparably a w i ated with the heroine of Congreve's comedy ; wh• I t seemed too grave for the circumstances by )41 !° 1 1 the creature of the poet's fancy is surrounded. tot:Anderson's Valentine was a more correct per atl4l2l,ee than he generally exhibits, though we can pro uell) remarking that it might be considerably im- Pla v ve4 ' if he would remember the time in which the % a fi l Was written, and the peculiar character of the frio l ° ,.. r. The scene in which he feigns madness and ti le % 'ns to death the scrivener and his father, when wit w ant him to sign away his estate, was given wa great effect. Scandal, as performed by Phelps, wi l l t he chief character of the piece--an eminence to k ea c i .:: it was raised by his good acting—and only this;, , : t ° it Was Compton's Foresight, a part in which se nt lital actor reminded some old playgoers pre "` the best days of poor Munden. The dresses scenerya a were unexceptionable — no cost, indeed, r s to have b een spared in getting up a piece once to t ii t favourite litwh the public, and which promises ong a favourite. POTTER said it was through the political move ments of parochial bodies that the principles of libe rality had advanced during the last ten years—(Hear, hear)—while the strongest bar to improvement in every shape was the old select system prior to that period in power. If that Vestry were about to erect a monument to William Pitt or Lord Castlereagh, the Times would call them worthy representatives, and excellent and in telligent men ; but because they were about to honour Inen of far more intrinsic value, they were designated by the very worst epithets that could be found in the English vocabulary.—(Hear, hear.) The fear of the Attorney-General had been held before their eyes. All he (Mr. Potter) could say was, that he was pre pared to take his share of the responsibility in the erection of this tribute to men who deserved equally of their country with Russell, Hampden, or Sidney, and who were as honest and sincere as any other men in power at the present day. Mr. ANDERSON said if he believed these men bore the slightest comparison to the Hampdens, Russells, and Sidneys alluded to, he would support the motion. But, believing the contrary, he could not give his vote for conferring on them such an honour.—(Cheers.) Mr. GOMM, throughout his reply, was assailed with hisses. He said Pitt and Castlereagh had been re ferred to. It could not be said they were transported felons.—(Confusion.) Mr. HARDUTT—No ; but they ought to have been. Mr. Gomm concluded by again calling on the Ves try not to commit themselves by doing the illegal act proposed, and declared he was determined to do his duty, be the result what it might.—(oh, and laughter.) The question was now put, and the non-confirma tion declared to be negatived. A division was de manded, when there appeared— For the confirmation For non-confirmation .. 8 M SCOTCH REFORMERS OF 1 14 / , , 1793-4. It ...ECISION Or THE MARYLEBONE VESTR Y TO "r4Vr TILE MONUMENTAL COLUMN IN THE REGENT .- Cla cvs. ' lV Q era n ,, S a turday the Marylebone Vestry were occup ied or no : h ours discussing the propriety of confirming Sat ur 2m l firming the minute passed on the preceding ?ti ent an granting a site for the erection of a monu -41:1 col umn to t h e memory o f the Scotch Be te the Regent-circus, "f 1 793-4, Muir and others, on the north side On Saturday the Committee of Aldermen whom Atr._ Oxford-street. Alderman Thomas Wood requested to investigate the Lowe having been called to the Chair, charges brought against him by certain parties, as h,*int G° l %tai moved for the non-confirmation of the sembled at the Guildhall. 4 4- He cared not for the abuse which had been There were thirteen Aldermen present, and Alder * k upon him during the debate on the previous man Brown, the senior Alderman present, was, upon ta o ee n 'by gentlemen who were the supporters of this the motion of Sir Peter Laurie, seconded by Alder lia4 li pental affair. The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) man Farebrother, unanimously appointed to the Chair. oth e laboured to show that these men—Muir and Some desultory conversation took place upon the sh ei l . lswere of precisely the same opinions as Fox, forms by which the Committee were to be regulated. hi s 'lan, and Lord Grey, but he had failed to prove Alderman BROWN said it struck him that the ryosition. IVoold he venture to stand up in his most advisable course that could be adopted was, iko ,e in that Vestryand assert that Lord Grey, Fox, that Alderman Thomas Wood should lay down a Suffrage and were the advocates of Universal statement in writing detailing the various charges, th and Annual Parliaments ? He called upon referred to in his request for investigation by his hem oard to pause before they did an act which was brother Aldermen, particularizing any which might Inei , inasmuch as they were not a political, but have been brought into a Court of Law or Equity, thi e Y a parochial body.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") If and the consequence. The Committee were, it was ea ;' not hear his (Mr. Gomm's) warning, he to be perfectly understood, as had been intimated on a o f th upon the Vestry to listen to the warning voice former o cca sion, no t brin g in g an y char g es themselves, and e leading journal of Europe.—(Loud laughter, and would, he was convinced, act with the utmost tore cri es ot k, " Oh, oh.") Mr. Gomm here proceeded impartiality in a case of so serious a nature to one of uf tha-d , Lhe following extract from the leading article their own body. He had come , to the Committee with ~,,'„l " nes of Thursday : the hope that Alderman Thomas Wood would show ,w e will venture to say that no functionaries in . that there was no foundation for the charge to which of rand ever before contemplated so insolent a breach allusion had been made ; but he considered it to be t ,b r ! l at as this—to give away land belonging to the absolutely necessary that the Committee should have üblic, tic ..lic: a portion of the greatest thoroughfare in the a distinct statement in writing.—(Hear, hear.) Since '' 4611 metropolis, of which they are trustees the Court had granted the Committee of Inquiry he otb, for t_ ... 4 . 1 0 . he purpose of superintendence and repair had thought much upon the subject. The importance Mr. Joseph llandof the situation in which hejustplaced 11 give this away to Hume °- ' l s, as a site for a monument to certain added to the serious nature of the duty he had to per (ij• victed and transported felons , w hose crime form. The p resent would, he thou g ht, be more of a as i titate their only title to distinction ! At the p reliminar y meetin g for the future p roceedin g s than BLik" expense, the Marylebone Vestry proposes to anything else. They would proceed gradually and ti °Y 'the principle of anarchy and confusion , revolu- tem p eratel y , and nothin g would be said of the p ast. o f t il iand bloodshed, and conspiracy, for the subversion A lderman T. Wood had referred to certain char g es it.,: laws, by a laudatory memorial in the Regent- which had been made against him ; but upon the jour ‘6l.4.est.(, Cries of ' False, false !" Hear, hear,' and nals of the Court there was no record of the kind to be tad r ay 9. The honours of Nelson, and Wellington, found, except what was comprehended in the subject Vest ry tr ia -- ;,"'g, are to be shared by Palmer and Muir. now before the Committee. The Alderman had called . o v estrylre i sently expect to hear of the St. Prancras for a Committee of the Court. ,'lrraln .- D . -- L °e icin up the approach to the London and Alderman T. WOOD denied that he had called for rai' -0 •""n R g ailway, with a colossal statue of Tom a Committee. He left it to the Court to decide upon image or of the Whitechapel Vestry sticking the their own plan of inquiry. medi a °f u° lll l Thorogood, in congenial brass, im- Alderman BROWN said the Court had, upon being t ry beelo - v - e - Y la a te T y v e the altar of their parish church. called upon, granted the request, and the Committee spoken freely of what we conceive to be had a right to call upon Alderman T. 'Wood to repre jaclec Use s of the Court of Chancery ; but really, when sent what the charges were to which their attention toto h e „ n cies like these are attempted, we have reason was to be called. He (Alderman Brown) had thankful that there exists such a jurisdiction. The sketched a resolution which, had he not been in the is , z , In habitants of Marylebone ought to know that it Chair, he would have submitted to the Committee. initten:te any of them to apply to that Court for an Perhaps some other member would propose it. It eie ug et '" against the proposed erection in Regent- was as follows :—" That Mr. Alderman T. Wood be Jun e °r any similar nuisance and that such an in- requested to furnish the Town Clerk, on or before the a Veri°ll would be speedily and certainly obtained at 31st day of December, 1842, with a statement in triad moderate expense. If no such application is writing, for the purpose of the same being laid before tai , "t will b ecome the duty of the Attorney - Ge ne- this Committee, detailing the several charges referred ro f the Bo ar d o f Woods and Forests, to inter - to in his re q uest for investigation, made to the Court re • and the Lwe trust that Government will look well to of Aldermen on the 3d inst., distinguishing in such *ii i ii l lses which haVe inspired these sedition-mongers statement which, if any, of such charges bath or have ulterk,nt the idea that they had the power to put this public been brought under the consideration of any of her 44, e ( - 14 11 P on the laws of their Country." Majesty's Courts of Law or Equity, and the mode had st - r r i Gomm) knew that many gentlemen present (whether by motion or otherwise) of bringing the call e d 'lug reaso ns f o r not liking Ch an cery, and he same before, and t h e result of the investi g ation on_er ' " tin- r 7-4 them to tak e warning lest the Attorney - thereof by , a n y such Court."—(Hear.) al , . 11 ,1n ants matter, did not lead them into it. Sir PETER LAURIE said he highly approved of the non -Confirmation Air. H having been seconded, resolution, and felt much pleasure in seconding it. In th e m u mE, ALP., said, that from a report he saw Alderman WILSON stated that he attended the Com cour rl'er of Sunday last, he found that in the mittee greatly against his own wishes, and not a little man se h o t he oliservations of Mr. Gomm, that gentle- to his inconvenience, having made his arrangements applied to these u nfortunate men to whom for taking his family to the country. Saturday was " ,I,_ orTluent wa - ..proposed to be erected, the terms definitively fixed, but his brethren would not allow h a t blatelb.:ll;thb'ei r : P P a Revolutionists," and other epithets him to go. He was told the honour of the Court de inapplicabil. In support of those terms he manded his attendance, that his own personal honour I.Q l, 4 m orrs )henleeading ty— t. referred to the nines which he was pleased to required it, and that it was due to Alderman Thomas journal 7 of Europe. Now he (Mr. Wood that he should not absent himself on such an "rh e ed not attempt to impress upon the Vestry occasion. He replied that he was neither prosecutor The utte rly wis , unworthy of credit such a source was. nor accuser. He had stated on Midsummer-day that p olie :°le doctrine set up by Mr. Gomm, and that certain charges had been made against a member a tics :f_ of the press which opposed this measure, was of the Court, who had moved for a Committee of in of ~ ;l e e of falsehoods from beginning to end.-(Cries ' quiry, which was refused. He could then have at ari") i t Vestry- was utt er ly false that the parish or tended the Committee. He stated from whence the n Aislarylebone were about to do any such thing charges came, and they might have been in nstioerc3e:tith monument themselves, or to grant a por- quired into without delay, and their truth or falsehood p urpose. which monument len did not belong to them for such a ascertained. He was anxious to abstain from allusion V °t for They were merely asked to assign a certain to the past, but as he had taken a prominent part, and expense tothe erection of this monument, without any might say with Alderman T. Wood, that his charac -BtElllee th the parish whatever.—(Hear.) In every ill- ter had been traduced for so doing, he could not times rough life he (Mr. H.) had found that a lack of come to a vote upon the matter without alluding to a vi Tnt brou g h t a lot o f a b use, an d it was that the observations made by Alderman T. Wood upon Nrc,,, t had induced the attack upon himself and the his conduct, in addressing the Livery on Michaelmas ' li,l'in the Times and other journals.—(Cries of day. The present was the first opportunity he had of rsiti o r h ' hear;') He did not blame the Times for the replying to these observations. v b.. G. O - ,,,1t had taken, but, in justice, he thought that Alderman COPELAND rose to order. He hoped Al "clea 4' 4 , 1 ought also to have quoted the leading ar- derman Wilson would adhere to the suggestion of the 13 ;00 1 tUe Chronicle upon the subject, which were Chairman. Alderman Wood had moved for the Com - ttlat mor e,,i, constitutional, and a complete antidote to mittee, and it was but fair to hear what were his illN ve — the former journal.—(Cheers.) He hoped, wishes. He (Alderman Copeland) had determined 1447 1 '1 the V es t ry were not to be swayed from not to attend the Comm i ttee or take an y p art in the The at l t l :Y as Reformers by this or t hat man, or b y p roceedin g s, but, like Alderman Wilson, he had been ftiear.) ell of any portion of the public press.— told that his presence was indispensable. He came to 'Poe:in.. that -- gross error had been fallen into in sup- know what the charges were which Alderman Wood : Polrtic the Iv inuV P o a f tr t y h • that great parish was not wished to have investigated. 'Lhe administration ft b 'cl.Y. It was not the fact. The whole of Alderman WILSON said he would, if it were the e of parish of Marylebone was wish of the Committee, abstain from any remark upon the coon Political as the State and Administration of the past ; but, if it were intended by the resolution ..._ e u r t e v s estry t i r ,`r_linry. ( Ix lweforntlzi returned as -- kLAear, hear) The whole character of that the Court should confine itself strictly to what was that those who were returned to it Alderman T. Wood might desire with regard to the the advoc a tes o f full and efficient Talacre Iron Company—if they were merely to read lxlch t (H ear, and cheers.) Let them refer the affidavits and decide upon them, without taking ist ro 0 the years 1831 and 1832. It was the the opportunity of inquiring further and examining 'trs. I l e for, and the attainment o . f,ref . orm in the Ves- witnesses —he for one would be no party to the in .l.....inmegitgthat parish, that was mainly instrumental in quiry, but would withdraw from the Committee. He parish w that day. g the A a . about the Reform Bill, notwithstandinunderstood Alderman T. Wood to have asked for the • .__nlnifyi n Pres s of $ slanders put forth against them by the Committee in consequence of certain charges brought The present constitution of the against him, that he might have an . opportunity of ikt ed to as founded upon politics They were associ- clearing himself. If he. were sincere in his statement, ~ tie % I , , conduct its affairs upor . tbe principle - of re- the ' inquiry would not avail him unless it were carried In g and : ev ert , .._ , remedyi ng every abuse, and therefore out to the fullest extent 1) 0 1 4 1417 of the Vestry was political, and must be Alderman T. Woo]) said he wished for the most the Vest (Hear.) With thi s f ac t before them, were rigid in but he could not see why he should be our trY acting out of the strict line of duty in (It log called upon to specify charges which he came to an reform under o nd the mat ili at day Voted at th•er men who were the pioneers of that saver. He had already answered, by affidavits, certain which they, as a body, sat, acted, and statements made to his prejudice; and he had dam ?—(No, no.) Their crime had been menta - (Ire v, ?,c°lY of holding similar opinions with Lord no foundation for any of the accusations brought r matter which went to show that there was lihnseif, hutagainst two or three years before their persecu- Alderman FAREBROTHER said he had received a trophi e e would not, upon this topic, fur- printed hook, containing charges of a very grave na i.ecord the Vestry. ilistory had placed on ture aainst Alderman T. Wood. He did not know •a o , x ,„ what these men reall v were. With regard to from whom it it had the ~, oen se 1 .,_., . W as being incurred by tile Vestry, that assertion and who could equal' , names of those who made the charges, ' H umes \ i 3 untrue. The money was in his (Mr. be made resonsible It might be necessary to bring lu iTin... 2 ( ! minds, to defray the eritire cost of the co. forward testimony .. support of the documentary ',7B wer e d , i tlear, hear.) These two points being an. matter. in suppo • v estry tt ley came to the question of the power of the - A MEmnmt havin observed that a barrister had If they. 1 7 grant the contemplated site for the erection. ' put into his hands an g a t . against Alderman T. the in'att had not the power by law, there was an end of Wood, ccusa ion 1,-„, .er. Tie_(..llr. Hume) would contend that the Alderman BROWN , , try h.. 3 the deprecated the accumulation of to the l s. "u . power to erect ornamental buildings idle tales; nothing should be entertained but what , a , , parish.—(H ear , "7 'Ur hear, and No.) The autho- regularly before came the Committee. . Clorw, bacl cited to tie contrary was not i Alderman T N T. S99D declared that he lia4 a doca• Majority, finally determining to place the column in the Regent-circus 33 The Vestry then separated. ALDERMAN THOMAS WOOD AND THE TALACRE MINE. the., of • ta 'be , trs, his , . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1841 k. meat in his possession which completely contradicted the statement alluded to. After some further observations from several of the Aldermen, who strongly supported the principle of the most strict inquiry, and from Alderman I'. Wood, ho said that he was at all times ready to prove that his conduct was blameless, the motion read by the Chairman was agreed to unanimously, and it was de termined that the Town Clerk should summon the members four days after Alderman Thomas Wood shall have sent in his written statement of the charges against him, and his answers. The Committee then broke up. Loftus Tottenham Wigram, Esq., Q. C., appointed Counsel to the East India ompany, is the son of the late Sir Robert Wigram, Bart., Member for Wex ford at the Union, and brother to the Right Hon. Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and Sir Robert Fitz Wy gram, Bart., late M.P. SALISBURY, Nov. 16, 1842.—STRANGE DOINGS OF THE TORY TOWN COUNCIL.-011 Monday, appointed for the election of Mayor, the Town Council elected Dr. William Corbin Finch, keeper of a lunatic asylum here (late of Hammersmith), Mayor, when he declined the office. The Town Council then elected Mr. James Cove, dealer in seeds, as Mayor, and he not declaring his intention as to serving or otherwise, the Council adjourned. To-day it appears that the Council have annulled their election of Mr. Cove, and allowed the Doctor to take on himself the office, although he had previously refused and another Mayor had been elected in his place. The burgesses are about to take steps to try the legality of the Doctor's appointment. The fine for refusing to serve the office is 1001., and the Borough Fund, by this juggle, loses the Doctor's fine.—( From a Correspondent.) Lord Ranelagh, Lord Somerton, M.P., and Mr. Cochrane, M.P., were to leave Paris, say our pri vate letters, on Thursday, for Bourges, on a visit to Don Carlos, whose continued confinement in France is rousing even diplomatic indignation. The detention of Don Carlos, the Princess of Beira his wife, and the Prince of Austrias his eldest son, is really disgraceful, while Queen Christina is suffered to go at large, actively intriguing to upset Espartero's Regency. The Carlists, it is well known, have long ceased to conspire, and there does not exist the slightest grounds to keep a branch of the Bourbons prisoners in France after three years' captivity.—Post. FALL or A HOUSE.—Yesterday evening, about 7 o'clock, a large new house, nearly finished, at the corner of Charles-street, Bayswater-road, the property of Mr. Taylor, of Marlborough-Cottage, Westbourne terrace, fell down with a dreadful crash, the roof carry ing everything before it, and so completely rendering the whole a ruin, that only a small part of the walls remain standing. Fortunately no lives were lost, as the workmen engaged on the interior had quitted work for the evening about a quarter of an hour before the building fell. Thelate Sir George Walker was equally distinguished for bravery in India and in the Peninsula, particularly at Badajos, where he led the forlorn hope. He held the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, which was given to him by William IV. in a most flattering manner. It was, we believe, as follows :—Sir George, having accompanied a bro ther to Court, whom he presented, was desired by the King to kiss hands also. " I shall be proud of the honour," replied Sir George; "but I should not have presumed to do so again without a cause, unless your Majesty had ordered me." " Cause ! cause !', ob served the good-humoured Monarch, "you have cause. I know your affairs better than you do your self. So kneel down at once." Of course Sir George obeyed ; and on returning home found himself ap pointed Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital. ACCIDENT TO LORD HATHERTON.—WE regret to state that an accident lately happened to this Noble Lord which might have been attended with serious consequences. His Lordship was struck a little above the eye with a shot from the gun of John Mott., Esq., of Lichfield. Considerable haemorrhage ensued, and the shot has not been found ; but we are happy to state that the eye has escaped injury, and that the wound is better.—Sta f ford Examiner. A few days since the wife of a poor man, named Biddle, occupying lodgings at No. 66, Essex-street, Hoxton Old Town, was safely delivered of three fine children—a girl and two boys. Both mother and children are going on exceedingly well. The father is in his 50th year, and the mother in her 30th. SUPPOSED VOLUNTARY STARVATION.-011 Satur day, while Mr. Baker, the Coroner, was attending an inquest at the Black Horse, in the Kingsland road, on the body of a young man, named William Butcher, who was respectably connected, and which was adjourned without the examination of witnesses, at the request of the father, in order to have a post-mortem examination of the body, Waller, the summoning officer, applied for an investigat;on into the circumstances connected with the death of a per.. son of the name of William S. Jones, formerly an excise-officer, whose death is reported to have taken place as subsequently detailed. On Thursday after noon he engaged an apartment at No. 4, Eagle street, City-road. The same night he went to bed early. As he had not been seen in the course of the following morning, the landlady gave informa tion to the Robert-street station-house (N division), when Sergeant Dubois sent a policeman. He got into the room by a ladder, which was raised to the window of the first floor, on entering which he found Jones apparently asleep in bed. He awoke him; upon which Jones remarked that he had not been long in bed, though he had been there nearly twenty hours. It was then supposed that he had been in a state of somnambulism. He was seen on Sunday by the landlady, but he made no complaint. He was never seen to eat anything in the house. Last Tuesday afternoon, as he had not been seen for several hours, the door was broken open by a policeman, who discovered him in a very ex hausted state. He obtained the assistance of Mr. Coward, the divisional surgeon, who stated that he was dying for want of necessaries. He immediately administered to his necessities, but without being able to restore him, and he gradually sunk, and died on Thursday. From papers found in his possession, the police were enabled to ascertain his relatives, who were found to be most respectable, and who instantly called at the above residence. It appears that he was a widower. About four years ago his wife died, by whom he was left a considerable sum of money, the greater part of which, it is believed, has been got rid of by him ; on which account, it is thought, that he was latterly in great difficulty. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Dover Castle, Hampstead, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of Frederick Augustus Rey nolds, Esq., aged 60, who resided at Willow-cottage, Hampstead-heath. Thomas John Allan, who had been butler to the deceased for several years, said, on Wednesday morning, at hall-past eight o'clock, he knocked at the door of his master's bed-room, but re ceived no answer ; he went again at nine o'clock, and found the door locked ; this being an extraordinary circumstance, witness forced it open, and he then saw the deceased hanging by a cord to a nail in the wall. Though dead and cold, witness sent for a surgeon, who promptly attended, and said his services would be useless. The deceased, who was formerly of a cheerful disposition, lost his wife about five years ago, and had since been in ill health, and much depressed in spirits ; he laboured under the delusion that persons were sitting in an adjoining room talking about him, that men would come in the night, with pistols, and threaten to shoot him, and that there was poison in his food. Owing to this latter impression he would sometimes ab stain from eating for several days. He on one oc casion got out in his night-shirt and walked on the parapet, and he would have been dashed to pieces had it not been for the police. He frequently complained of pains in his head and looked wild, but being of a mild disposition, he was considered harmless. On Tuesday night he said he felt better, and thought he should get over it. He was formerly a merchant of eminence in the City, but he had retired some yearS ; he kept his carriage, and was in no pecuniary difficul ties. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—On Saturday morning, about five o'clock, a Dunstable white straw bonnet, under which was a pair of white whiskers, with a pink flower, was found tied to the side, by the banks of the Canal which passes by Bow-common, and near it, on the ground, was a rich black silk scarf, with a fringe attached. Rolfe, lock-keeper of the Ben Johnson lock, being informed of the circumstance, immediately dragged the canal near the spot, when he found the body of a female, who was elegantly dressed, and who was taken to the Gun-maker's Arms, Bow-common. In her bosom was a letter addressed to Mr.Benneston, No. 23, Seymour-street, Euston-square, with a signa ture supposed to be " Rahere," in which she states that she 'had committed suicide, and requests that her fate might be advertised in the London journals, so that her husband, who is residing in Lyons,in France, may become aware of it. She appears to be a French woman, and about 30 years of age. She is about the middle height, and rather stout. She had on a black silk shawl and red silk scarf, an Orleans gown, green colour, two flannel and two white petticoats, a pair of stays padded at the breast, a chemise, a pair of white stockings, which were marked with the letter " V," and a new pair of cloth laced boots, galoshed. The inquest has been appointed by Mr. Baker, the Co roner, for Tuesday afternoon. On Saturday, a fire broke out in the naphtha manu factory of Mr. Teepe, at Bow, and owing to the in flammatory nature of the spirit, the premises were in a very short time destroyed. Several engines arrived about ten o'clock from the metropolis, but their as sistance was not required, in consequence of the rapid destruction of the property. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a leakage in the funnel of the gas-still, and which, having communicated with the fire of the furnace, produced the immediate conflagra tion of the whole of the naphtha in the retort, amount ing to about thirty gallons. Fortunately there was no au in the wore at the tlialc. GREAT FREE-TRADE FESTIVAL. _LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING. Last night :the members and friends of the Anti- MonopolyAssc'elation of thi s t own, i n pursua nce o f uncement, held th e i r gran d meeting in h iphitheatre, c ommenc i ng w ith refresh mentse previous ßoy a a l n n Ano in tea an d coffee, which were succeeded by ad mirableby-a numb er o f gen tl emen , distin guished, addresses in other !Arts of the kingdom, as well as in oura d o vcause of fre e trade. Placards h before been p os t e d, a nnoun cing that, some‘n town, days i n t h amongst other speakers, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., and JosephM.P., wou ld be present and this, coupled Eeq., ; the further announcement of the names of other favourites of this and other places, excited much interest in the minds of the Reformers of "the good old town." The tickets of admission, to the better parts of the house, were consequently much in requisition, particularly during the last two days, and even yesterday morning had become at a premium, purchasable only from a few private indi viduals, the number, equal to the accommodation of the house (upwards of 3,000) having previously been disposed of by the 'Committee. Unluckily, owing to circumstances which were ex plained by the Chairman (as will appear), neither Mr. O'Connell nor Mr. Hume were present. It appeared that both were detained by events which they could not control, and that the Committee, from the communications of assent which they had received from each, were justified in issuing the placards, so far as a belief, amounting to almost certainty, in the ar rival of the distant parties, gave authority to their de cision. The meeting, nevertheless, was most animated and interesting, there being a number of eloquent speakers on the stage ; and the enthusiasm with which the sentiments uttered were received by a crowded auditory, sufficiently showed that there is yet a strong " backbone" of reform in the town, and that a slight impulse is alone required to bring the whole body into energetic action. The house was simply but suitably decorated and fitted for the occasion. At the back of the stage, and in the centre, was fixed a motto in transparency, being an extract from a recent speech of the Premier, as follows : SIR ROBERT PEEL'S DECLARATION IN FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE. " It is a Principle admitted by all, that We should BUY in the CHEAPEST MARKET and sell in the DEAREST. " —See Speech, May 10, 1842. On the right of the stage, behind, was a large blue silk flag of the Anti-Monopoly Association—device, Britannia and the Lion guarding the Reform Bill, and inscribed below, " Instituted January, 1842." On the left was a blue flag of equal size, with the Liverpool arms and motto. The tables for the tea party were ranged in paral lel lines across the stage and the pit, about ten in number, and calculated to accommodate from 400 to 500 persons. Similar refreshments were provided for those in the boxes, in the saloon, and ante-rooms attached to that department of the building. About 1,000 tickets in all were, we . learn, issued for tea ; but, including the galleries, a ,inuch greater number were present, the theatre, which will hold between 2,000 and 3,000, being filled in every part, not ex cepting many of the passages. A musical band was stationed in front of the central gallery, and played several airs in the early part of the evening. Amongst the company we observed the following gentlemen :—W. Rathbone, Esq. (announced as Chair man) ; Messrs. J. S. Buckingham, J. Bright, C. Holland, John Smith, Richard Shiel, W. B. Hodg son, Vincent Higgins, Lawrence Ronaldworth, J. P. J. A. Picton, Joseph Cook,c. Rawlins,Alexander J .I‘P Blackburn,C lel l an,V. T. Caine, J. —, W p a i T j jun., Thos. Rae, Hornby, 11. C. Langton, J. Wilson, Alderman Bully, Urquhart rle, e n r Henry B o , Boot , h h , o m — a s Haig, R obe n j. Ai ian E s William Fawcett, J. Cooper, J. C. Snowball, Thomas Blackburn, James Harvey, ju n., John Yates , John Eastwood, Thomas Yates, Thoma s Wo olwright , John Yates, sen., Thos. Jevons, Elliso n Har vey , R. R. R. r s v Moore, and Thos. Robinson (la te Tor y Member for ll Great George's Ward) ; the Rev. J. B. Stanner, the Rev. P. Wilcock ; Colonel Williams, &c. The three boxes on each side of the stage, as well as the managers' boxes, were filled almost exclusively by ladies. A number of others were also interspersed throughout the pit and centre boxes, and the house throughout presented a very a nimated and gay ap pearance. The business of taking tea and coffee, with the ac companiment of cakes, bun loaf, &c., was concluded about seven o'clock. WILLIAM RATIIBONE, Esq. (the Chairman), rose to open the proceedings, and was received by immense and prolonged cheering, c l app i ng o f hands, waving of handkerchiefs, &c. Addressing the assemblage as his " fellow sufferers" (for such he m ight, he said, pro perly call them), he acknowledged the high compliment paid to him. The situation which he occupied that , night was an arduous one, and he felt that he could not adequately perform his duties without their cor dial co-operation. He requested that all would take their places, and be seated, so that those behind them might have an opportunity of hearing the proceedings as well as themselves. He had never yet appealed to a meeting of his countrymen in vain, and he felt as sured that their innate gallantry would induce them to preserve order ; and that they would acknow ' ledge in the ladies amongst them a police, to whom they would render a proper and willing obedience.— ; (Loud cheers, during which many gentlemen who had before stood up, took their seats.) He should endeavour, in the little he had to address them, to make himself heard by all. They might naturally ask, in the first place, why he appeared in the honourable position in which he there stood, and not a better and more competent person. He could not but state in reply, that if they could not get all they wanted, they must take all they could obtain. They must in fact be contented with his endeavours on this occasion, and he would do his best to meet their wishes. He then stated that he had several letterslto read, which would account for the absence of some of their warmest and most distinguished friends. The first was a letter from the Earl of Sef ton, who stated that he cordially agreed with the principles of the Society, but he had given up attend ing public meetings, and must content himself with promoting the progress of free trade by his heartfelt wishes ; adding in a postscript, that - he would be happy . to enrol his name and record his adhesion to the principles of the Association. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to state that he must now trouble the meeting with a rather longish letter and correspondence, accounting for the announce ment of Mr. O'Connell's presence, and the absence of that gentleman from the meeting—a circumstance rhich they had all to regret. —(1Ie then read two letters, one from Mr. O'Connell and another from his son, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, from which it appeared that Mr. O'Connell was to leave Dublin on the 17th, and would be in Liverpool by the 18th.)—The Society (continued the speaker) were thus justified in announcing that Mr. O'C onnell wou ld b e presen t that evening. With respect to Mr. Hume, it was enough to state, he doubted not, that he had been un able to do so from an unforeseen domestic calamity. Bills stating that neither the one nor the other gentle men would be in attendance, were that day posted in the town, with an intimation that those who looked to them alone (and not to the cause generally, and its other supporters) might, on application, receive back their money. A placard was also put up in the Exchange News-room to the same effect ; but though it was paid for, a certain party, in a spirit that did him little credit, thought proper to pull it down.—Cries of " Shame !" and " Name !") No ; he hoped he should be excused in naming him. He hoped that he would see the impropriety of his conduct, and not be so far forgetful of what was due to his character and to the public, as again to commit a li ke breach of decorum. The question before the meeting was one of the great est importance to those around him, and to the com munity at large. He rejoiced that the feelings of a great portion of the community accorded in this re spect with his own. He had never seen so large and respectable an assemblage as that before him. He rejoiced, also, to see so many of their fair townswomen present; but his gratification was, nevertheless, min gled with regret, when he reflected that had such as semblages met together with equal enthusiasm years ago, their present efforts would have been uncalled for, as they would have effectually averted the evils that now pressed upon them, and threatened them with even greater calamities. The truth was, that the effects of iniquitous legislation were at length felt by all classes of the community, and that all had found the necessity , of bestirring themselves to ob tain a remedy. It was, however, better late than never; and if they continued to act on the principle of doing unto others as they wished to be done by,in fine, to abide by the common principle o f • their cause j us t ice, cause must be triumphant.—(Loud h c eers.) As he considered it the duty of a chairman rather to conduct the business of a meeting than to occupy its time with lengthened remarks ; and as, moreover, ;there were a number of gentleinen more competent than himself to elucidate the objects they all had i n view, he would now introduce to them Mr. Buckingham —a gentle man whose travels and researches, both abroad and at home, together with his ardour in the cause of all just reforms, entitled his opinions to the highest respect. The cheers of that assembly sufficiently evinced the high estimation in which they held hi m , and ren dered it unnecessary for him (the Chairman) to say any thing further in that gentleman's behalf, —(Cheers.) thlitgs Su DucauciaLut , EN.) Commenced by saying that amid the great varietS , of scenes which it - had been his lot to visit in every quarter of the globe, he could call to mind none more magnificent than that which he saw before him.—(Hear.) The object for which they were met, the relief of suffering humanity, the city in which they were assembled, the second commercial emporium in the globe, the character and complexion of the individuals composing the meet ing, the most respectable and intelligent persons of the community—these, happily mingled too with sympathy for the poor, and a desire to relieve their ' sufferings, and a wish to dry up their tears, anda deter- ' mination to arrest the progress of the evil which was now overwhelming the land—gave to this meeting a . solemnity, a sanctity, and a holiness, which no temple upon the earth which ever had existed, or which ever would exist, let it be built where it might, and be occupied by whom it might, could excel.—(Loud cheers.) This question, indeed, was one as sacred as Christianity itself, since Christianity was proclaimed to men in order to teach them to love one another, to have good will towards each other; and that must necessarily be hostile to love which kept bread from the hungry ; that must be destructive of good will which saw the sufferer, and yet held out no helping hand to his relief.—(Loud cheers.) He said this was the cause of suffering humanity.— (Hear.) The great peculiarity of the day in which we lived was, that all classes, from the lordly pos sessor of hundreds of thousands of acres, down to the labourer who lived by his daily toil, complained of the badness of the times.—(Hear.) All said, and it would be found the universal answer if you appealed to them upon the subject, that they were worse off now than they were ever before. There must be a cause for this universal evil. One cause was this—the population of the country, continually increasing, had, at length out grown the limits necessary to supply them with food. Imagine a family of ten individuals occupying a square of a hundred acres, which yields to the whole of the ten an abundance of food. rmagine an adjoin ing estate of the same extent and description, on which there is also a family of ten persons. By and bye the ten of one family intermarry with the ten of the other; they knew the geometrical ratio in which the population increased, that ten times ten be came a hundred. Suppose them, however, to have two offspring each ; in that case, the land not increasing, but the mouths to be fed continually augment ing, either new processes must be discovered to make the land yield more food, or the parties themselves have a diminished allowance of food, or else they must suffer. This process goes on for years, and the meeting would readily perceive that the power of multiplica tion in the population being greater than the power of multiplication in the produce of food, they must of necessity go beyond these two spots, and either bring new land into cultivation which had not been culti vated before, or they must eat each other.—(Hear, hear.) Our population had, then, arrived at present at that state. England did not yield more than six teen millions of quarters of wheat, which constituted the chief food of the English population ; and there were twenty-eight millions ,of persons in this king dom who ought to be able to earn bread in sufficient quan tities for themselves and families, and because the • supply from this country was insufficient they must I have it from others or perish. This, then, was one cause of the present distress . (Ifear, hear.) He 1 asked them whether legislation which impeded our trade—whether it arose in the House of Lords, or in the House of Commons he cared not—was less offensive, less unjust, or less insulting than if the impediments had come from other hands ?—(Great cheering.) He held, on the contrary, that it was more so, because the . Legislature, whether the Members held their seats for ever, as the hereditary branch did, or sat by virtue of election, as the other branch did, all acknowledged, I publicly, and on the hustings, that the people were the legitimate source of all power, and that from the Queen herself, down to the lowest among them, all ex isted only by the sufferance of the majority of th e nation? Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, of Rochdale, next addressed the meeting, and his appearance was the signal for hearty and unanimous cheering. He said he might commence in saying that he had never before seen so magnifi cent an assembly as the present.—(Loud cheers.) As a member of the Anti-Corn-law League, it gave him special pleasure to see that meeting ; but as a citizen of our common country, he rejoiced far more to behold such an assembly in Liverpool, because it was so strong an intimation of the growing feeling upon the subject of free trade—which was becoming so intense in every part of the country, that we could not dispair of entire and very speedy success.—(Cheers.) At a meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League, some two or three weeks ago, he felt it his duty to make some observations with regard to some portion ( judging fromthe appearance of the meeting he should say a very small portion) of the inhabitants of Liverpool. It was in taking a view of the state of the representation of this country ; and he alluded to the extraordinary fact, that Liverpool should return to the senate of this country men whose principal claim upon the electors was that they went to support a system which had crippled trade—to make a little trade— and, considering the great source of the prosperity of the borough which they represent, to the serious ' loss of property of the citizens. He had had forwarded to him some extracts from some of the newspapers in this town, which supported the monopoly party, in which extracts there were some curious notices. He had said that shipowners stood in the relation of carriers. This newspaper said he had sneered at them as carriers, as if carriers were not as respectable and honourable men in their station of life as those who " tore up rags, mixed them up with devil's dust, and sold them in the shape of calico."—(Hear and laughter.) He did not sneer at them as carriers ; but it was a simple fact, that if shipowners were carriers from one land to another, and from one con tinent to another, it followed very clearly that if there was an extension of trade, by which we under stood that there would be a larger quantity of goods produced, to be carried across the ocean, that these shipowners must receive some benefit from this extension of commerce.—(Hear.) But, said this organ of monopoly, these men "would not mind having this extension of trade if they could be assured that their ships could carry all the goods."—(Loud laughter and cheers.) They would help us to destroy one great monopoly, if we would but grant them another great monopoly.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) Why was it they did not carry all our goods? Why, for the simple reason that other persons had ships too, and' they must live. If they had not supported so long the Canada monopoly, by which they had bad and expansive ships, and the corn monopoly, by which they expensively provisioned them, then they would have had as good ships, sail as cheaply, and take goods at as low a freight, and upon as good terms as any shipowners in any other country; then, whatever goods there were to be carried, they would, at least, have had their fair share of them.—(Hear.) Liverpool, unfortunately, was connected with mouo poly ; therefore it was not to be wondered at, that there should be some people here who were in favour of the perpetuation of this greatest of all Monopolies. —(Hear.) Nothing could be more certain than this, that the sugar monopoly was doomed suddenly to fall. The Anti-Corn-law League had taken their stand on the right place ; they had attacked the corn monopoly first, which was the key-stone of the arch, and they might rely upon it, that, if that monopoly were once overturned, the farmer and landlord would soon find out that theyhad no special interest in maintaining the West India and Canadian monopolies.—(Cheers.) Why did the farmers return the men they did ? Not because they had any favour or bias whatever, but be cause they believed that a certain political party was identified with protection, which protection they be lieved to be essential to their interests ; and without considering any other question, they voted for that man who said he would support corn monopoly.— (Hear.) Let that monopoly be once abolished which was now fostered, and we should find these men as anxious for the abolition of all monopolies as we our selves were; instead of having them as opponents, we should have them among our warmest friends ; and the next time they came to express their opinion at the hustings, instead of being driven up there as usual like cattle, to vote for the Squire, they would vote for any one else whatever.—(Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN here rose. and was received with most enthusiastic cheering, which was again and again re peated. When silence had been restored he spoke to the following effeet :—IIe said Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, if I should feel, i.. r ordinary cir cumstances, some embarrassment in addressing you, it has not been a little increased by the kind manner in which my Hon. Friend has :Introduced me, and the way in which you received me; coupled with the fact that much of what I intended to say has been antici pated by those who have spoken before me, and that I am unwilling to indulge in repetitions. I have heard on this occasion an expression of satisfaction, which I must be allowed to repeat, that we meet here in the presence of ladies this evening. Now, as an old agitator on the question of free trade, and the Corn-laws in particular, I have laid it down as a maxim, that no town or borou g h can be con sidered to be sound and safe in the true faith until the ladies join the gentlemen in demon strations at the tea table.—(Loud cheers.) My friends have thought it necessary to go out of their way to justify the ladies in appearing on this occasion. Why, every one knows that whether the ladies take sides or not in public, they take sides in private.—(Great laughter.) I have heard an old electioneering campaigner say, in a contested election, that for every man that was publicly canvassing there were two ladies canvassing secretly on one side or the other.—(Cheers and laughter.) But on the Corn law and the Bread-tax in particular, I hold that the ladies are following their duties, their household duties —in agitating for the cheap loaf.—(Cheers.) Even if they were not called upon by the claims of huma nity and charity so to do, there is another ground upon which the ladies have an ancient and hereditary title to become agitators for the poor, of which many i of them may not be aware. The very is derived from the Salon, name of " Lady" qiginally ironing "bread divider"—" bread distributor."—(Hear.) The word drrived, as I have said, from the Saxon, has taken its origin from the custom of the Danes, in ancient times, among our Saxon ancestry, who assisted their brethren. That was the origin of the name " Lady." Surely you would not be so untrue to the name as to forget your poorer brethren, now when the question is agi tated—whether the poor shall have a cheap or a dear loaf?—(Hear, hear.) But the effects of these mono polies in sugar and corn are brought home, not only to the rich, but, i n di m i n i s hi ngt h e demand for labour, they affect the poor sezipstresses just as much as the weaver at his loom, or the spinner at his jenny. Looking at the London papers we see that a meeting was called to make known the injustice practised on a deserving body of females in the metropolis, who are engaged all day for the sum of sixpence. Five hundred of them in Shoreditch are engaged in making shirts for the sailors, for which they get ld. each. You may have noticed that the case drew from the Magistrate and the bench a severe censure on the parties who paid this monstrous and miserable reward for labour. Well ! but those who answer us when we agitate for free trade in food, let them answer us now, how is it that those poor females are getting only sixpence a day for 12 hours' labour in toiling at their needle ? There is no machi nery there.—(Hear.) We have not yet managed to spin or weave shirts.—(Hear, and a laugh.) How do they answer that ? Why to hear the advocates of the Corn-laws in reference to the wages of labour, you would fancy there was something inherent in the Corn-laws that while they were maintained wages would be main tained; but when these sempstresses make their case known, what is the redress we have from the whining phi lanthropists ? Why, the very parties who are up holding monopoly denounce the people that employ them, and call them " Jew slop-dealers," and say they ought to give better wages ; and so the only re medy those poor people have from the upholders of the present system is not an Act of Parliament, nor to go to the Duke of Buckingham—they are handed over to the tender :mercies of their employers, who, we are told at the same time, are " hard hearted Jew slop-dealers."—(Great laughter.) Well, now, six pence a day for making shirts !—three shillings a week ! ! Ladies and Gentlemen, you are here in sup port of the Anti-Monopoly Association. You deal in bread. How much do you think these poor people pay to the Duke of Buckingham, the Glad stones, and others.—(Hear, hear.) Let us calculate, if you please. How much do these lordly bread-taxers condescend to take from the hard earnings of these sempstresses ? They have 3s. a-week. They must eat fourteen-pence worth of bread, for they get little else. You, gentlemen of monopoly, will give us three pence for the Duke of Buking, ham on that article. —(Hear.) They must have half-a-pound of sugar, on which there is a penny for the monopolists. Well, there is coffee, meat, and all these things they tax. Everything they eat and drink is taxed. 'Why, it is not less than sixpence out of the three shillings for the benefit of the lordly bread-taxer.—(Hear, hear.) When I get up in the House of Commons and ask them to pass a law, which I do in mere irony, remind you— (Hear, hear)— to expose the iniquity of their system —(Cheers)—when I get up and ask them to pass a law to regulate the wages of labour for those people before they regulate the price of their food, they tell me they have not the power to do it, and point me to the re cords of the House to show that they have not the power to regulate wages. And yet the House hands over to the Duke of Buckingham—l said Mr. Glad stone also; I did not allude to him personally, but I say any man who benefits by the corn and sugar laws. —(Hear)--the House of Commons, composed of such men, pass a law to give to them an artificial and enhanced price for their merchandise, at the same time that they acknowledge that they have not the power to regulate wages.—(Hear and cheers.) Well ! I say, is not this the case with your suffering fellow-country women ? They come singly cut, without any modifica tion of machinery or anything else, with an appeal that ought to be irresistable ; and does not what I have men tioned above justify the ladies of Liverpool—ladies either of fashion or rank, for I despise that fashion that would frown on such patriotism as theirs—(Hear) — does it not justify and call on you to come forward and use that influence you possess, which you are always using on one side or the other, and which I wish to be greater and greater still in a cause such as I have been describing ?—(Cheers.) Besides the ladies who are here, I see there is a portion .of another section of the commnnity—l mean the working classes. I see them in the distance. I have been looking at your papers the other day, and I saw some account of a meeting here which was held by the ship-carpenters, complaining of distress in trade, and one of their resolu tions say that they will not allow any more of humbug in religion or politics in their trade.—(Great cheers) Now, I do not understand how religion can interfere with ship-building at all. But this I can understand, that there may be parties who have come to the ship builders, and in the name of religion—like wolves in sheeps' clothing—have dared to use the ship-builders, not for purposes of religion, but for secular aggrand isement, and for the obtainment of temporal power and ascendancy.—(Hear.) I cannot perceive what party politics can have to do with ship-building, But I can understand how a certain political party may set up to be the exclusive benefactors of a cer tain class of men, whether they wield the mallet, or the shuttle, and claim them as their confederates, with a promise that they shall attain beneficial ends by the partnership. Well ! they had that partnership; and now, in the month of Novem ber, we see the stock taking on the part of the ship-builders, and a very dismal kind of balance sheet it seemsfto be.—(Great laughter.) They have declared thatjhey dissolve partnership from this heur. I am not surprised at that. My only astonishment is that men who have raised enough to wield a mallet and chisel should not have more brains than to have entered into such an unholly alliance.—(Loud cheers.) Did they ever read the fable of the giant and the dwarf that went a fighting together— how the dwarf lost a leg, an arm, and an eye, and afterwards found out that he had been carrying on a losing game, and declared a dissolution of partner ship with the giant ?—(Laughter.) Well, but I perceive that some of your ship-builders here have gone to work, to mend their trade, a little after the fashion of their betters. I find they have been de claring that other men should not work, and threat ening them to confine themselves to their own localities. Now, that is just the design of the Duke of Buckingham. They want to send away all who were not born here. But the ship-builders at Whitby, Portsmouth, and other places are just as bad as they are. We will suppose they all sent away their men, and what the better will they be after that ?—(Hear, hear.) But it seems the most ac tive of the monopolists—the leaders, Buckingham and Richmond—have been brought up before Mr. Rushton ; and I certainly read thespeech of Mr. Rushton, which surprised me, and I think he will be fortunate if he es capes the notice of the Attorney-General for sedition. —(Great laughter.) Why, he declared it is rank tyranny and despotism to turn away a man from his labour in the market where he can dispose of it ! He has declared that the Magistrates of Liverpool will send to gaol for three months any body they detect prevent ing the people from selling their labour to advan tage. Now, I think they will have a goodly set of culprits at their bar before long, if they carry out their threat.—(Laughter.) From what I have seen of the vigorous manner of your worthy Magistrate, I should like) nothing better than to see the monopo lists—Buckingham at their head—placed before him to answer before the Magistrates of Liverpool for an offence against the Act of George the Fourth, chapter the second or the fourth. I think it is, but, at all events, the Magistrates would tell all about it, and I would desire nothing better than to hear Bucking ham and the rest enter into their defence, not for hav ing gone and thrown men out of their work in the docks, but when he was told by your Borough Ma gistrate that he had to answer for having thrown out of work some thousands of riggers and ropers, for having oppressed the whole of the manufacturing districts, and for breaking down the sempstresses— I should like to see your sugar and corn mono polists answer for having done r"bl th t is o , t tr e whi m c o h nt t h h s e ship-carpenters were made , imprisonment.—(l-lear, hear.) Well, DOA must say thel hope ship-carpent ers some of on the wrong scent.are here who will hear me. thm are They want better trade. They want employ ment. wa y ges. How is that to be goltl. Thill ey want t goodellihem. B bringing more ships to Liverpool, and giving more trade for them when they come. You have ships 'here, it is _time, 1 under stand there are 70,000 tons of shipping in the docks, worm-eaten and rotting, looking for freight. There may, to be sure, be work for the shipwrights . when the bottoms are eaten away by the worms—(Great laughter)—but what are they to do in the mean time ? They want more trade and how are . they to get it ? By not sending men to Parliament to vote for the timber and sugar duties, and for other things of which they want most.—(Hear.) Now suppose the monopolists, your own Members included, were to carry outtheir principles a little fur ther. Suppose they pass a law to cut off Liverpool from the Cheshire coast. We will suppose they pass a law for that, and it would be just as natural as to cut you off from intercourse with Canada. Does not the humblest ship-carpenter see that if you cut off the trade with Cheshire you would put a stop to the trade in steam-boats, and those people must be thrown out of work ; whereas, between the passing of a law to cut you off from the other side of , the Mersey, and the passing of a law to cut you off from America, there is this difference, that you are doing ten thousand times more prospective injury than by shutting yourselves out from the coast of Cheshire.--(Hear.) I am very -carpenter s h ave come to t h e ofthaltoothkeinsbi looking P at the questi on , i n d epen d e nt glad resolution to find of party politics, and not be used by any plausible politicians who want to carry their ends by the cry of monopoly. There will be little chance for good go ' vernment or good trade unless the people who have the electoral franchise will look to their duties ' spective of the two great political parties.—(Hear, and cheers.) They must not ask whether a man is a Whig or a Tory, but whether he will vote for measures that will benefit them and the rest of the community, and if he will, no matter whether he be a Tory or a Whig, vote for him, and if he be a Whig, and w ill not, then reject him.—(Renewed cheers.) And just now I heard from my friend in the chair, that we had som e p resent who do not usually attend. I think he said they were gentlemen of a particular party. I never mention the names of parties at Anti-Corn-law meetings. I hop e every free-trader will banish from his vocabulary the names of the old parties by which the country has been so long pestered.—(Hear.) But we are told that some i are here for the purpose of obtaining information— t o hear what is said. IVell ! what can be the objection urged that they can desire to hear answered against the principle of free trade that they have not heard expounded by Mr. Buckingham, in so able a manner that it would be useless to attempt to add to his ar guments. I will tell you the answer advanced in their own coteries—that is, the honest one of which they make use. I will tell you their difficulties. They say you will throw the agricultural labourers out of em ployment if you bring in foreign corn,—and if you give employment t o th e peop l e i n t h e manu f actur i ng districts, they tell you it will also throw out of em ployment tbe l a b ourers i n t h e agr i cultural districts. . e are told by the Duke of Buckingham, be cause they put forward the labourers' cause at all times as that likely to win the sympathies of the public. But have we not proofs to th e contrary ? What said the late Lord Leicester ? "We must have no Corn law."—(Hear.) What says the Earl of Spencer, Lord Duck, Mr. Smith of Deanston, who combines with his other talents the talents of a manufacturer of ma chinery? What says Mr. Greg, who has mcre land in his possession than many of the monopolists ? lie has been to Scotland, and what says he ? Why, that if England were cultivated as the Lothians are cultivated, that produce in Lancashire and Cheshire would be three-foldgreater than it is at present, and that the pro duce in England generally would be doubled.—(ll ear.) This is borne out by the Report of the Committee of 1836. • If you were to improve agriculture and raise this double quantity, you must call into activity $ i greater amount of labour. You must call n increased . i labour to give vitality to capital ; therefore is beg gng the whole question.—(Hear.) After a few observations from Mr. MOORE, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. THE RECENT LAW APPOINT- MENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six—The insertion in The Sun of the following copy of a letter, sent this day to the Editor of the Times, will oblige your obedient servant, Nov. 18, 1842. COTTENHAM. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sir—My attention having been directed to a pas sage in the Times of the llth instant, in which it is stated that Martin West was generally considered to have been recommended by no less a person than Lord Cottenham,' I feel called upon to declare (in justice to all parties, but more especially to Mr. West) that what is so stated to be generally under stood,' has no foundation in fact; and that I had not, directly or indirectly, any communication whatever with any member of the Government with respect to any of the legal appointments. Trusting to your readiness to give publicity to this my unqualified con tradiction of the fact assumed, " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Nov. 18, 1842. " COTTENHAM." JOURNEYMEN DYERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Seeing an article in your paper of the 11th inst. upon health, copied from the Lancet, referring to the number of hours of confinement the working classes are subject to, allow me to offer a few remarks upon the state of slavery of journeymen dyers, whose hours are from six in the morning till eight ? at night, during which time they are more or less liable to the following causes of impairing health, viz. dense steam, draughts, respiring noxious gases ; one half hour at work in a room of intense heat, the next in a part of the dye-house of extreme cold ; and, even in the very depth of winter, without shoes or stockings, sluicing in cold water for hours. At eight o'clock they leave off, or perhaps, to suit the master's convenience, work till ten or twelve, for which they receive 4d. per hour. Now, in this state of things, has a man time even to improve his intellectual knowledge ? for on the Sa turday, when a man wants to get home to arrange his small domestic affairs, he is still in yoke for the same time ; so he is, from necessity, obliged oftimes to defer till the Sunday morning what, in fact, ought to have been done on the Saturday. Is it, then, to be wondered that the Sabbath is not kept more holy, when here is one great evil to remedy ? What is the use of the beautiful and salubrious Parks to this class of slaves ? Let any person gaze on nine-tenths of the journeymen dyers, and they will there see a slovenly, haggard, worn-out class of beings. I could say a great deal more, but fearing I have trespassed too much upon your valuable time and columns, allow me to subscribe myself yours respect fully, A JOURNEYMAN DYER. FIRST-RATE PIGEON. SHOOTING.—(From a Pigeon Shooting Correspondent.)—A very interesting match took place at Cambridge the other day between Mr. Thomas Tarrant, of that town, and a Mr. Gannon, of the Oxford University, to kill the greatest number out of 50 birds each, at 21 yards distance, for 501. a side, the birds to fall within 100 yards of the trap. The coolness and skill of the contending parties were highly spoken of; and a deal of money was wagered on them by their respective backers. The match came off in a field near Barnwell, and the crowds that assembled of " town and gown " to witness the affair were immense. Mr. Charles Waggstaff of Cambridge, and Mr. Jackson, of London, were appointed umpires, and Captain Doria referee. Mr. Gannon, shortly pre• : vious to the match, offered to back himself at 601. to 501., and was taken by Mr. Dan Pate, a celebrated character in the sporting world of Cambridge. There were other bets of a larger amount between junior members of both Universities. Nothing could exceed the excitement, especially during the first part of the match. The firing was alternate, and Tarrant having first shot, brought down his bird within a cou ple of yards of the trap. His friends, who were in an ecstacy at having " first blood," backed him at 6 to 4, and were accommodated. Nusquant luta fides, how ever, for Tom missed his fourth, seventh, twelfth, seventeenth, twenty-second, thirty-first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh, and forty-second birds; whilst his adversary's eleventh, twenty-fifth and forty-first got away. Mr. Gannon, therefore, won by eight birds in forty-three shots, to the great surprise of the Cam bridge folks, who seemed rather annoyed at being let into the secret of their champion's inferiority to any pigeon -shooter in England, and doubly so when the astounding fact was declared to them, after the match, that on a recent occasion the gentleman who had just drawn them for more than a trifle, killed 195 out of 200 birds. THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY.—The entertainment at Ashburnham House this evening to his Imperial High ness the Archduke Frederick of Austria is to be on a scale of unusual elegance. All the members of the corps diplomatigue, and above one hundred of the nobility now in town, have been invited to meet his Imperial Highness. FIRE AT ROTHERIIITIIE.—ShortIy before eleven o'clock last night a fire of a very calamitous character was discovered raging in the lower part of the pre mises belonging to Mr. Smith, situate at No. 36, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, within a few doors of Paradise Tavern. A policeman immediately raised an alarm, and with ()Teat difficulty awoke the in mates from their slumbers to a sense of their danger, when a pitiable sight presented itself; most of the inmates had to rush through the flames almost in a state of nudity ; but, unfortunately, a young female of the name of Shea, in the excite ment of the moment, threw herself from the , sh m o 'i r th t second floor window, and, falling upon her back, in e a n l g l in in e e - r st e a o t i l b o l n y s received such violent bruises, that her life is de spaired of. A messenger having been in the interim li g enc dispatchedeof the to theoutbre ak, variousperiod int several engines belonging to the London Brigade, West of England fire-office, and the diffe rent were on the spot, but some considera ble parishes, time elapsed before they could be got into op erati on, owing to the great scarcity of water. The la was moored along the side of large floating engine the river, and set to work, which being done a great body of water was poured upon the fire, but owing to the ravages it had made in the interior, the fi re any portion of Mr. Smith' s fi remen were unable to save premises ; finding that it would be useless to endeavour to save those, Messrs. Braidwood and Connorton, the superintendents of the two bodies, directed the men to endeavour to save the adjoining premises, which was, owing to indefatigable exertions on their p ar t, partially accomplished. About half -past 12 o'clock the fire had burnt itself out. knowledge, Dr. John son , w h en i n th e f u llness of years and said, I nevertake up a " newspaper with out finding something I should have deemed it a loss not to have seen ; never without deriving from it in struction and amusement." A meeting was held on Friday for the purpose of remonstrating against the terms which the Portu guese Government tenders for the arrangement of the loan of 1836, now amounting, with dividends accrued, to about 700,0001. sterling. Sir Isaac Lyon Gold smid has in his interest 550,0001. of the sum, as the portion held by himself and his personal friends and connections, and he is in a condition, th ere f ore , t o deal with ihe proposition in -his own way. He re mains fi r m in his determination to have his money. Mr. Thornton and a few others were at the meeting, but they could make no impression in opposition to Sir Isaac, who seems to have no idea of * making any sacrifice in the business. The Thornton party pro posed a public meeting to consider the plan of settle ment offered by Sir Isaac, but th ey were defeated:, PoBt. 4y. el- la ng 10- 41 15:115iD iit r.+- [l~ 4 10/ 50 93 Ei#