The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-04 00:00:00

13 short. v 0 . 0 - 0 1 1 4 , In c prices Paii, m iddling q i : j oe has been on ,j u c hiefly y~ in n a o varial l°ll o and it hag on e darter, Itu d :oe• much the " to 555. fi ne so to 595. fin e to 51s. ir e 15 18 ' to 595. ~11 " ; y?.. to 495 , ' t o l e , to 3.55• t i lpe; l4 '; .to 9 35. fin e air s. . to 3 2 3 ' fine ci to one to . to to 0• r stoo .13d. Pe lpa to —s. P er 1-. o° te 458. 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JonN 6o ' th ee Jon . 01 4 b , .-s rol4e e strange t,, ,intingat . ,ol l; I. n o the° f e ta l exarninatioo_, ,ng CSCCPUgIh., ~~^= _ ~. )AY•) Trusses, ) 4 oto . I 6 .....I 10 quot Cd. 11v4 stn 54 5 .0? ..... -1 ..... ; I ;!I..;.a.ttirdaY; OCK. done tut , 's but i n rnricer • 1 the stet 1 week, 011 - of last we e . , , same ivee%P.. f 2,81 7 bg t' n•ro w• usiness doing sma ll week. o b e :ontinti e ( de , and tine icing. t bis• die sale et, vate con ° iv y trifling' Rea 15. nesv for brought 1 0, bought ig m; 3 been sold price Bs , The ar tit have bec, consetp ietitll, tlicic her o n the Th e )r d ' their ;In t 9O ,once ~-ent Y c se PrcAtA l 1:41 itiol', an d P a • to tlll 5 India Poc.io he former/ a t present o's'e t. under th tu 1, from Ss ' Alec.las t. C' e Ao. rlo ft , week has C C bce ll ter have g o old at t ics es giver , at per is n ot 6 ° ll l any plate m Hannburgo produce vc „i. :r; than P re ,;o. ly to that P , rn St. Pece r o rth tdt. , of frost. , bad get ad sailed ft ° vbi c number at a very 6111 1 remained lee )entry at lo •ty ski. The 00 expected. n, prices being apply. Quarterly aenced it a :ouneeted, , it. The C ,„ ° : l t wage of e last oak' .TS• STERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. At half-past eight last night, the Half-yearly Cie al lelecting of the Members of this Institution was . 41e1 in the nets Theatre of their premises, No. 47, ieester•square, Jos. CoNsTAxTINE CAhrt7, Esq. the Chai r . The , . • St Ci ;;;'taltare regretted that Mr. Drummond For' noL able to attend, i n consequence o f hi s ecces y absence froth town, Tilouss SNELsoN, Cs q., Secretary, read the note at had been received from Mr. - Drummond, stating, hat it would have given him great' pleasure to have it the meeting, had . it not been for his un lyoidahle absence.—The Secretary next read the tt ePort, which ution had c ' wasl • the short, and stated that the Insti -1„ advance °aerate., since last report was made,. ills ~ 'trot Progressively. On all former occasions , of ac commodation had been deplored; this ' l, ' , ' ,. ° ,i n r , vel ' i ence had now been removed by. the Society the, g , bec ome possessed of the premisei in which . 11 .4 '' ere assembled, and which seemed exceedingly ~.21 calculated for the purpose. The Society had re ,''.l a COnsiderahie accession of members lately, ,''. l the Committee felt h i eing the members ou tne •• s ect the In ighlY gratified in congratii- Itit ution, in every Point of pleasing •, ,,. l ) i t e o llout. The tilinutes• of the last Half-yearly General Meeting, rn for fittin g up ttolritained a resolution that it was expedient that the by the premises should be raised . p`abscription, and that hooks for that purpose should be ier -led forthwith, and that then the Meeting dissolve. , om the different items ref 'j:ilit)peared there was a balance in the hands of the and receipts i p i er k o e f e in fatou r of th e Institution. That the num ber le number of ladies' ' 94 a new 41em bers since last General Meeting was . _ numb er of rritickets of 2,sooconsisted embers 714 ; that the library . 61, and the total 25 IC "lam es ; that since the last G eneral Meeting b y e c ! ur es, on diflerent subjects, had been delivered attendi ng ; that the number of members ' n g the diffe r ent classes was as follow s : Tie French Cisse 1:38 Italian 46 Latin 44 • Mathematics 29 Alusie That a Botany ....................... dif fe great number of donations had been made . by si t i ( 4 ' l t individuals of monies, books, natural curio poin'it' &v. &c.: that scrutineers had been aP 41_1, sd, who had elected a Committee of Manage of ' . ,t, that eotwithstandieg the flourishing condition °j ac_l:e Institution, there were still purposes to be rnit:t as a museum, ,illcluiplished, that it might become yet more useful, tree confident] • olict d ProLare, enSociety would soon b e able to aPparatus &c. which the. Corn y trust e d the • furtherance, of which they din at large,l e the most zealou s exertions of the incifiliers twi while they held out to them the most flat ,._ 1!g e?cpectations of benefit to be derived from the -institution. A Mtn lt , etived, vl • Th e I S "tth floe, moved that the Report be re , was seconded and carried. luisition, si qualified, in -clt ' r attoc then said he had received a re tle,,e r , d Pe(' by forty Members duly the 34 daYeariy General Meeting, 4 alf- b °I ; t '""••" Please to take notice, that at the ono alter end , Y , of Deeeniber, a motion will be made t f vary law No 5 b y substitutingto be holden °' Tw o pee n -• 3 ou ds " • Ir. J A . • Committee, was Two Guineas Ole mover " -s o's, a Member of the . itlig he for to l e e of this r esolut ion. iof a ny o' and the _ro. other ignorance, till very two disadvantages, the one recently,was positio n (-I .positionl intended to be offered tiathepbe eaus,;• -Lie had anticipated no opposition, a e i s - h ` or a co nsiderable time past hehad entertained and had taken'-- t ° bring forward . such a i motion, opinion of every , - t a ascertaining the .1 th e tnealbe P rs portun ra i y Ily on the subject, who had 41);11e°tsyt 'Panimougsleyneconeurred with him in the pro ' ','„°, the r . I . don: He had, however, come oc eL4Bl;'"Y ill collisiones°t with members•who doubted its e r: e il -s 't,v and propriety, though the greater number At o ll °: those had ultimately fallen in with his views. pre ev ents, in bringing his motion forward on te froi n 4 t il h t occasion, lie trusted he would - have credit . N u - `ge Members that he would on no account in a tense any motion which he believed would have d e hear.) The i lty to injure the Institution.—(Hear,. forward leas•ve4oltition he had the honour to bring_ Ne Sgt by upwards of 70 members , • • though the cretar had said it was signed by 'lO a ta Y very properly by th Y eual e( ,that required ifi I being the number . 41 the of the Institution. Under these en- . 444'whether the resolution was passed or llot h e hog, brim led not to be considered presumptuous i•n ohi i ,„„g it 'forward.—(Applause.) The only two . - ere h contemplated would be made to it, -er e its e which be eh ,"expediency and non-necessity; to the 14 4 . at once briefly apply himself. If h ab etti ng vi, nt t 6 along with him in viewing the almost and necessity o f having a museum, a laboratory, a Biell libra r y, (Meeting that the current "Penei t -did ibrary, recollecting n almost, if not alto gttill. ure of last yearhad been he should be snresi e ' e l e c l°4 to the current receipt s , this ,triflin g Li the Meeting hesitated to advance would _ .7.... !JUT', yearly which 'aye th e "f a shilling half' cie s , to accom. , the Committee d. plish th e , 4 r •• of enabling I expen 1.. The iota ~ ture, withoute4altnie P ur p oses 'such as for `expenses, furniture, decoral Y extraneous unix( ' during th e t '° 4 B, and so on, amounted of, b past year ll° ti) - "Q 3 /. Is , the average number which 1_ embers was 5,50 .' . produced 1,178 1 ., w 'th 62/. r eee i ~ which made 1, 2 ~ so that there weed for Ladies' Tickets, difference be tiv__ e were but a few pounds of had been Small'cotne receipts and payments. ' There tber s_ outlay for books of 111/. 7s. which,toge o. _ n l i th . the expence that had been laid out on the pr :n ses, had far exceeded the income. It could not .. 6e doubted, ; di Ins opinion, that the Philosoplucal Apparatusl, for the Institution was necessary, acid Y,.,llich would require • advance of money. 'be Londone a considerable i ,„ University had voted no less a sun t 7t ll 10,000/, for this very ar ti c le, and he hoped 2'e,lVlembers of this Institution would follow so it'lli4el c Worthy an example, though, of course, not to li extent of thinking of raising 10,0001. for it.. " l ad h subscribed to this h st; heard of Members who 411ti ° 11 , but who never attended it; he could not thud, that ',g the patriotism Of those Members would tb;:"Tished by the Passing of this resolution, _nor ti -` toose who were in th e habit of attending to de- -e-ve instruction from the Institution would consider the extra. two shillings per annum too' much for in (?tasine the usefulness of the Society. Besides the last hair-year's payments being equal to the receipts, whil e the probable increase of receipts in their 1 711 iTtilid new Premises were to be looked for, it was not to be forgotten that there would have to be an additional outlay. T he taxes would be more, the expense of firing and lighti w ould be increased, and there would have to be paid addition to the unpaid Lecturers. It Would. bee an also necessary to additi I have .ona. newspapers i n , t h e R ea ding room. There would have to be repairs too of their exten sive premises, besides a osestc servant being - constantly kept. O n the cl alculation h e h a d b een a bl e to mak e , h e could " not ersuade himself that the total expen di ture would be p less than 1,421/. annually, nor could he calculate, when he looked at all the circumstances attending the Institution, upon a larger everage number of members . than 700, whose sub scriptions would amount to 1,4001. He knew there were members in the room who would tell him they a&ght calculate on hhving from 800 to 1,200 mem bers; but those Gentlemen were to be told, that if such a number subscribed, there would still have to be additional lectures, additional reading-rooms, and Nv° °" n : and . i S o it had 'always a p peared to:him, . that it hl be ex p e di en t to li m i t the number of sub scribers to SOO, but that be should not moot at pre ss nt ; however, from the best consideration he bad been able to give to the past, for his own part he could not calc u l ate on m or e th an a standing average number of es, • eO. When the institution was first founded—.when they had that attractive place, the King's Theatre, to assemble in—when they were countenaeced by illustrious 'visitors—e . aided by a powerful press, and supported by fashionable l ectures, they had never exceeded . 811 members; nben t i nydeuend e 4 i nto different pre-: mises, and when some little alterations took place; the number fell to 503; and he could not see . any reasonable ground for making a larger average calcu lation than lie _had done. It was to be expected that the number (Wring the winter quarters would be larger than that of the summer; and he trusted that he had said sufficient to secure the assent - of all the members to the resolution - he was now about to propose. A member had inquired whether it would not be prudent to pay off the • loan theY • had obtained, having a balance in hand,but the Committee thought it would be better at present not to part with the ready money they were .in 'possession of, lest they should fail short of being able to pay any demands that Might yet be made tipon them in respect of the pre mises, the whole of the expellees,. nut yet having been cleared. - Notwithstanding 70 had signed the resolution, in puffing it to the ililetfing; lie would not be content with its passing-by majority; if he saw ten bands held up against it, he Would rather withdraw it than have it passed, becauSe it might tend to produce a cabal and schism among the mem bers, which he was most anxious to avoid. He begged, to move the resolution in the words that had been read, that the amount of subscription Might be altered from two pounds to two guineas. Mr; TIJOIJ was sorry to oppose his friend's mu:. tion, but he had riot had the good fortune to have `been convinced either Of its- necessity or its expe diency. He thought it would have been better if they had done nothing on the present occasion, than as formerly have congratulated each other, on the success of their exertions and prosperity of the In 7fitution. It was astonishing that in spite of all the difficulties they had had to ,contend with, there had been a growing increase of the funds and benefits of the ; and it was rather extraordinary that they should have it intimated to them now, that they were not ini future to hope for that success which had hitherto attended the Society. Of course, if this meeting .decltled tlett the two guineas should be substitatedior the two pounds, lie for one, though he opposed it, should bow to that regulation, but he would much rather have it said that the Institution was able to reduce the subscrip tion to 11. 155., than that it were necessary to advance it a couple of shillings.(Applauee and disapprobation.) He thought he must have been misunderstood : he meant to eay, that the great recommendation of the Institution at the very first was considered to be the low s cale of expense attending it ; and lie was bound to think, that even if the subscription was less than two pounds, the usefulness of the Institution would be more generally diffused. He felt satisfied that no person could 'entertain a g reater desire fi , i d r perfectly the welfare of this Institution than Mt. Jackscn, but lac cou. not suppose that sufficient groiinde for this motion had be . .en made out. It was not that he (Mr. T.) objected to the motion obtjattedthtep So time sbuuptpohret for tm thee of it the for u ra l s d c . r p o h n e s , So ciety had r eceived had been equal to any sanguine expect tations, wad he could not but think the best thing to be done vas , to let well alone. He thought the fundamental rules of the Institution ought not to be broken in upon without a most cogent reason ; the breaking in of fundae mental rules had been the sole entire destruction of many excellent Institutions. It was not so much the two shil ling' that was an object, but the • public would say, the Members knew not at what amount their subscription was to be considered as permanently fixed. Neither did he think the duties of a Committee were ever so well dis charged, as when they were under the necessity of using every exertion to keep up their finances. (Laughter.) If .hereafter there 'should' appear to be a necessity for calling for further support from the Members he was sure that that a dditional support would have to exceed five per cent., and be was quite sure that if ever their necessity should be' laid in plain terms before the members, their exertions would not be wanted.—(Applause.)—Under these cir cumstances, he hoped the mover of the resolution would. see the necessity of withdrawing it. Mr. J. K. Mut. could not suppose that the mover of this resolution had made so long a speech without having previously well satisfied himself of the necessity of it, but he really had not been made a convert of Mr. Jack son's. The gentleman who spoke last opposed the motion. and yet he, did not entirely oppose it, but he (Mr. Hall) rose to oppose it in lota. It was the duty of. the mover of the resolution, 'in bringing for ward the motion, to have furnished the Members with a statement, showing most distinctly the absolute necessity of, increasin g the subscription. No such statemen t had been furnished, and therefore be thought the motion premature. • It was not from the novelty, . but.frour-the excellence of the Institution, and the magnificence of the premises, that the state of the Society was to be expected greatly to improve. , As to parting with the little balance they had in their hands, in paying off the loan, he would not recommend that.: he thought it advisable to retain that for a short time longer, lest they should have to apply it in removing the roof from the premises, in order to let those who flocked to the Institution get a glimpse of its proceedings. He knew that the excellent mover of the resolution had the interest of the Institution as much, or perhaps more, at heart than any other member ; and, had it not been for that persuasion, he would have said, " an enemy has done this." _(Applause and hissing.) A MEMBER expressed his decided objection to any alter ation being made in the laws of the Institution. It was perfectly competent for any individual member to in crease die funds as he thought proper.—(Applause and laughter.) Mr. PO"NCY supported the resolution. He was one of the original subscribers, and he felt an imperative call upon him to support both the resolution and the Institution to the utmost of his power. He did not believe any gentle man objected to the advance 'from the consideration of the single shilling half-yearly, but on account of its being something like an infringement of principle.—(Hear, hear. ) —He begged to remind those gentlemen that there were a calling great m any o f t h e mem b ers who did not expect to receive n any int erest t o th emse l ves but through society from the Institution ; and h e was quite sure that on reflection the Ptotththliecm i d never would c u o lpo nsi n de t r he that m t e h m ei b r e f r a s ith ro h r had lieisecn advance, broket considering the absolute necessity there was for increasing the means of its usefulness. There were many subscribers Who did not remember the exact day on which their sub scriptions were due, and who, if they did, could not take time to call at the Institution to pay it, and therefore the Committee had been under the necessity of appointing a collector, tcewhom they allowed sixpence in the pound for collecting the subscriptions, and therefore the member did not pay one pound clear into the exchequer of the insti tution. He believed, that since this Report was drawn out nearly eighty members had joined the institution ; but still though the institution was in a most flourishing state, t h ose who were acquainted with literature and the sciences m ust feel there were great gape, calling loudly to be filled up. He would rather take the oppo site course of Mr. Tigore's proposition, calling for the additional shilling now, get the laboratory, &e. put up, and th en l owe r tbe subscription to the original sum.—(Ap probation, and much confusion and disapprobation.) He was perfectly/certain that the disapprobation meant nothing personal ; lie considered that every member had a right to express his s en ti men ts on the opinio ns he was bringing for ward, and the expression of the meeting was only what lie should call the brotherhood of feeling on the part of those who had at least the interest of one common Institutioa.7.— (Great applause.) Mr. MORRIS felt the resolution was one of the utmost importance, and that it ought not hastily to be passed into a law. It would be an infringement on their standing rule, and that was a thing of a very ticklish nature.-- (Laughter.)—lf it should be necessary to increase the subscription, he agreed that the five per cent would not be sufficient." Raying got into the commodious premises they now occupied, and the Institution being placed on a prosperous footing, be thought it would be better to introduce no alteration or new regulation at pre sent. He thought it would be extremely ill advised to break through the original law, and the:gentleman who had just sat down though he was an original subscriber, bad pointed out no necessity for this new act. He admitted that the Institution might be improved .by a Laboratory, a Scientific Apparatus, an addition of splendour to their Library, and so on -• hut the support bad been so generously afforded hitherto, that he thought it would be better to continue dependant on that generosity. They, never had had members coming in so rapidly as -during the last three months, and under these circumstances, he thought the dis cussion of this payment ought to be deferred to that day twelve months,: when it would be seen whether it was necessary or not, that an additional subscription should be be called for. A Mantua wished to know w h e ther the gentleman who opposed Mr. Jackson's motion denied the facts be bad stated? Mr. Thou observed, it was impossible to answer this question, because the members had had no printed state ment of facts. Another Mzernxit begged to move, that the discussion of the motion might be deferred. Mr: :ROBINE (a French gentleman) had been a sub ecribsr it fecnine msaAß 4 , .4m *ref 91! oorma!' • only as a • new - member, but he did not think, though many had spoken, many of the gentlemen had touched the material point. Mr. Tijou had supposed that this advance of, two shillings ought not to. be levied, because there was a balance in band, but he considered that an untenable ground. The ex pences of the Institution would, no . .doubt, be increased. A great portion of the balance bad been occasioned by dona tions, and which \We 'Mt to be expected to he repeated yearly, and for his own part be thought on no ground could the advance of 2s. be opposed. Ile was surprised to hear some of the Members. of the . Comnittee, strenuously opins ing this Resolution, when in fact it came from one of them szlvea.—(taiighter.)-13e really thought it most laughable. (Continued laughter.)—lle thought the Committee ought not to have brought the. Resolution before the:gene body' of the Members, until they were sure their mo tion was quite correct.—(Applause continued.)—lle Was sure that every Member wished the usefulness of the,lo s ti_ tutiou to be increased, but some of them were so i»- consiAent as to oppose the only means by which that could be obtained. Ile could not consider the proposal as.an fringement of principle, and he hoped it would receive the sanction of the Meeting. Mr. READ, in explanation of Mr. Jackson's bringing forward the motion, begged to say, that the Resolution proceeded from a Member who was not a Committee man, but that Mr. Jackson had been solicited, the motion locat ing with his approbation, to bring it forward as if it had been his own. Ile "heartily wished the -Committee had had nothing to do with the bringing of it forward. Mr. JACKSON had not anticipated that the resolution would have met with such opposition as had been made to it, but he was wiling to withdraw it altogether, if the gentleman who bad seconded it would perMit him. The CHAIRMAN observed that experience showed eco, nomy and perseverance was the road to wealth, and be thought the Members ought to be.very grateful for the eco nomy and perseverance the Committee had so unremittingly 'evinced. There bad been a great demand for news papers and some other things"; and, notwithstand ing the handsome donations that had been made, there were yet several shelves empty, and it really appeared to him the meeting would do 'well to pass the resolution in the terms originally proposed. However, the members were the masters, and it was for them to express their sentiments. After a little confusion the CHAIRMAN put the amend went, that the subject should be considered that day twelve months. Upon the show of hands, be declared himself unable to say on which side the majority was. Mr. JacKsorr then declared-that he had been mistaken in the view be bad taken, and begged permission to with draw the resolution. The original resolution was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. GEO. BARCLAY proposed that the thanks of the Meeting should be given to the COmmittee, who had never slackened in their exertions. Another Member seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN teas• sure that every Member in the Theatre would most willingly concur in this motion, for he had had the honour of attending many of their meetingq, and never had he seen the affairs of a Committee letter manned. _ Yr. READ who was just about retiring from office in the Committee, was deputed in the/lame of the Committee, to return thanks to the Meeting for the honour they had {lone the Committee, in the approbation they had expressed of their conduct. They had previously read their thanks in the success that had attended their exertions, and the countenance they had received of some of the most scien tific men of the age. Though there had been some little diversity of opinion occasionally in the Committee, upon certain points, yet it was impossible that any twenty-live men could ever have been selected to manage any affair, who could have more unitedly gone heart and hand to work, in furthering the general objects of the Institution. The Meeting was then dissolved amidst great applause. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S..-DEC. 3, , -- The Derby field was increased yesterday by two colts of Lord Grosvenor's out of Finesse and Larissa, of which re port speaks in high terms ; they are likely to become good favourites. The other favourites bold the same places oc cupied by them last week. The odds were thus : DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 9 to 1 agst lion. E. Petre's The Colonel 9i to I agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt 11 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Druid 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen 20 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller 23 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Hampden colt • 25 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's , Brother to Defiance 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt 25 t 6 1 apt Sir J. Shelley's c. by Walton 25 to I agst Mr. Payne's c. byWalton 27 to 1 agst Lord Grosveoor'st.Einesss colt (taken) 30 to 1 agat Lord Groavener's Lnrissa colt 35 to 1 art Mr. Thornhill's Mariner OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Trampoline 11 to 1 'agst Duke of Grafton's Turquoise. 13 to 1 agst Colonel Udny's Lisette filly ST. LEGER. • 11 to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam 12 to agst Mr. W. Scott's Velocipede 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Colonel 22 to 1 agst Mr.. Watt's Miss Cranfield colt 30 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Sister to Memnon : 33 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Emmeline 33 to 1 apt Mr. Petre's Dclphine (late Mabby) 35 to I agst Mr. Petre's Stapleton An even bet of 10001. was made between Miss field and Sister to.Memnon. Cr an HUNTING APPOINTMENTS . FOR THE PAESENT *ERIC. The Vine Hounds, on Thursday, at New Barn Down Farm ; Saturday, at Pine Apple-10. The New Union Harriers (Suffolk), on Friday, at St. James's Park-11. • Mr. H. Villebois' Harriers, on Wednesday, at Piekenham ; Saturday, at Northwold Windmill-11. GRAND SHOOTING MATCH DECIDED. - On Friday afternoon a number of Gentlemen assembled at Mr. Sadd's, the Globe, Aberdeen-place, St. John's wood, to witness Mr. Arrowsmith's putting 200 shots in 12 penny pieces, at 12 shots. Several pigeon matches were disposed of; before Mr. Arrowsmith commenced ; the ground at that time was crowded, and bets to a con siderable amount were laid as to his completing the task ; however, the bets were five to four on Mr. Arrowsmith winning. Mr. Butler was appointed to throw up the penny pieces, the first of which Mr. Arrowsmith put in 90 shots; the second 21 ; the third 19 ; and the fourth above 100, leaving eight penny pieces to the good, and over-winning by 30. A Gentleman in the ground ordered Clayard to bring his best pigeon, and requested Mr. Ar rowsmith to stand near him ; four of the birds were missed by the Gentleman, but were brought down by Mr. Arrow smith, at the amazing distance of 50 yards. A Rev. Gentleman called at our office, this morning, and requested ua to insert the following :—" We arc informed, upon authority which we cannot question, that the story of the Bishop of CHESTER'S having interfered, directly or indirectly, with the amusements of a brother Prelate, is utterly destitute of truth." This morning, as Mr. CORBIN, a warehouse man residing in Watlingstreet, was crossing Cheapside, be was knocked down by the shaft of a cabriolet, and so seriously injured, that he was taken to his house in a state of insensibility. Mr. DAWSON, the surgeon, attended and bled him, but great fears are eatertained for his recovery. NATURAL DEA Ti{.—When RABELAIS was consultationlv it t o o t. the . b Y d s iLita:, was raisingcall Cone.eh:lis on,,Dheiasr death - bed, c a n t h ie b n l e d e 11 , , ,a, said e languid head, "let me die a natural death".—_.Elwin COMBINATION or TAILORS.—As a proof of the evils arising from combination of tradesmen; and the necessity of discountenancing a system so injurious to their own interests, a correspondent states, as a fact, that upwards of two'hurtdred and thirty tailors, attached to one H ouse o f Coll, are now destitute of employment, in con sequence of their adherence to the regulation of their body, which, amidst other im p rudent measures, prevents any member front working for a less sum than six shillings a day. About thirteen weeks ago; the members of this house mon thly subscriptions, ' (4s. 6d. a-head) call,hadfeteshe, s um of seven hundred pounds collec ted b y admission of fines, &c., and now, from allowing each person, refusing to work under price, the sum of seven ehilliugs a week, they have exhausted their treasury, and are in debt 14 poundi which has compelled them to lay on an additional tax of one shilling a week on persons in employment, and reduce the weekly allowance to men out of work to six shillings, out of which they tmot pay fa a quart of porter to be drank at tdatthe public house of call. The salary of the clerk, 41one, exceeds ci t g u ei o floiruniedtrteecilspaonuilmisstaati3o,enaar ; i T, at this house and nearly the sa me sum is required to defray the expences of committee men and delegates to meet those from the other houses in the city. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Flom a Second Edition of the 'DO/in _Evening Post of Saturdiy.) O'BRIEN, DILLON; Esq., in the Chair. .This day the Association rooms were crowded to excess. Mr. O'CONNELL, after reading .one of the nu 7 memos letters presented, took occasion to introduce a notice of the meeting held the day before pester clay, to consider the plan of a Ship Canal from Dub,. lin to Galway. After passing an eloquent eulogium ' on Lord Cloncurry, for his uniform' and steady pai• triotisai, he said that the meeting then held was on e of great importance; it was numerous and highly respectable ; and, it was of great consequence that the unanimous sentiments of such a .meeting were delivered on a subject which should, in a para 7 mount manner, engage the attention . of the Empire, namely, the prevailing misery of .the peasant pdpt lation 'in Ireland, and the dreadful consequences re sulting from the new but widely adopted system of depopulation carrying on through the country. He 'deprecated, in forcible terms, the Malthusian doc trines, and recurred to the moral excellencies of those unhappy and persecuted small tenants, of whom modern political economists would deprive Ireland by the absurd plan of Emigration. He men tioned a case which occurred this day in the Court of King's Bench, where a sub-tenant, under a middle,. man in the city of Dublin, refused to pay a large ar rear of rent, sheltering himselOunder the provisions of what he (Mr..0 1 C.) denominated the robbing Sub -tenantry Bill. M‘DERMOTT related a similar case which oc curred a few days ago in Galway, and took an elo quent awl argumentative review of the various quack remedies' lately prescribed for the distresses of the Country. Mr. SHEIL rose to move on his notice, concerning tharespectful address to the Dignitaries of the.Estai. lished Church, to request them to reduce their in.; come to Apostolic proportion, and give one-third of that income to the poor, and another to the re pairing of churches. He read a letter purporting to come from a friend of his in the country, which in the most brilliant and caustic strain of imagina tive composition, contrasted the splendour of the present Established Church Dignitaries with the Apostolic age of meekness, poverty, and simplicity; After It voluminous mass of letters were read, the Catholic Rent, for the last week, was announced to amount to one hundred and sixty-two pounds sterling, DUBLIN. From The Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.) COURT OF CHANCERY. Tip , . LORD CHANCELLOR-THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS. • The LORD CIIANCELUOR entered the Court about half-past eleven o'clock, and after taking his seat, Mr. SAURIN rose and said, he had two petitions to present to his Lordship on the subject of the ap pointment of Secretary to his Honour the Master of, the Rolls. One was from Mr.' Frederick Shaw , _ _ who had been appointed by the MttSter as his Secretary, praying that he might be permitted to act as Secretary to the Master of the Rolls, and be . allowed such emoluments as appertained to that office. Mr. Saudn.said that the Rolls Court wits a separate and independent Court, although belonging in some measure to the High Court of Chancery; that, as such, it had clearly a right to the appoint ment of its own officers. Numerous instances in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth, and from the 4th to the 41st of the late King; could be cited, to show clearly such independence ; he said the petitioner did not by any means wish or intend to animadvert on his Lordship's order made the 7th ult. by which he felt himself aggrieved, as' his Lordship had a precedent for such order, in one made to the same effect by Lord Chancellor Ponsonliy in the year 1806, but a reference to that ease would not invalidate thAelaims of the present Master of the Rolls to the right of appointing his own Secretary —a right which he advanced after several years of mature deliberation, and with the advice of several gentlemen of the Bar r learned in the law. • Mr. SAURIN then very briefly adduced some cases to prove the independence of the ROBS Court, and said, that it was intended_ merely to throw out those for --his - Lordship's future consideration ; the case should be submitted to him in private, on which he could form his opinion ; it was extremely desirable that it should not go , forth to the public, that any unpleasant . feelings 'existed in the .two Courts 'and more particularly in the present times, when ;here Was generally prevading a wish and an endeavour to degrade and bring into contempt those in high 'station. • He would not, until his Lordship% feelings on the present subject were in some way expressed, go farther into the case, but would submit it as it stood, to his Lordship's Judgment. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in coining to Ireland he had been told, and he believed rightly, that efforts were made to advance claims, which were not urged while his predecessor held \office, and to overturn arrangements which had existed during the continuance in office of his predecessor; that being convinced moreover of the right invested in him, he made the 'order alluded to of the- 1 7th November; and, in doing so, he would assure Mr. Saurin, it was not by any means with a view of prejudging the cause, as had been insinuated; that with respect to that part of Me. Saurin's argument respecting the wish existing in the persons alluded to by hiM, to degrade and bring into contempt those in high station, he had but one observation to make—that he who acted uprightly, whose conduct was open to investigation, and whose motives were freely and openly - laid before the public, who felt a consciousness of acting rightly to the best of his judgment, had nothing to fear from any man or class of men; such as .were alluded to by Mr. Saurin.— Spch were.his ,(the Lord Chancellor's) feelings, and thus he disposed of that part of the argument. ith respect to the order made by Lord Chancellor Pon sonby, he felt himself as competent as his successor to rescind that order if he deemed it of that :nature that it .ought to be rescinded, and should give the subject his consideration. Mr. Saurin had declared that be had given him but an outline of the case; now he (the Chancellor) wished it to be clearly un derstood that he was' ready now to enter fully into the subject, and should hear with patience the case fully discussed, and Would, therefore, without wish ing to inconvenience Mr. Saurin in any way, call on him to go on and produce his authorities, docu ments, and arguments; in the support of his case. Mr. SAURIN said, that he was not . prepared to proceed, as the various documents, &c. had notbee n gone through with sufficient care - asd minuteness, but the case should be submitte d to his Lordship. The CHANCELLOR said he was ready now or at any other time to proceed, and c alled on Mr.. fiuritt to appoint his own time. Mr. SAURIN said a few words, which could not be heard across the table distinctly, and put up his papers, bowed and sat down. The CHANCELLOR said," there is another petition, Mr. Saurin, in which it is stated, that in consequence of my order of the 7th of November, the public bu siness has been impeded; now it is highly import ant, if this allegation be true; that I should be shown how that order has interrupted the course of the public business, and I therefore call upon you to show instances in support of the allegation, which, if well founded, I will instantly rescind." Mr. SAURIN not having shown in what way the business was interrupted, The CHANCELLOR said, that he could not suffer it to go forth to the public that any order of his had in any way caused such an effect, and he repeated that if it had been shown to him that his order of the 7th November had tended to such a result,he would instantly rescind such order. On Monday he would give his opinion on this part of th e subject in ten words. Here the matter dropped. Viscount CLTEDEN entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of LANSDOWNE, and a large party,to dinner, uu Sunday r at his seat at Reehampton. MALTSTERS' ASSOCIATION. Yesterday, .a meeting of rnaltsters was btld at the Bull Inn, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the -necessity of forming a society for the protection of their interests. About thirty deputies attended from different parts of the kingdom. - Oust , Buows, tsq., of Norwich ; in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated, that the meeting was call ed in consequence of a former meeting which was held on the sth of November, at which it was re solied, that such a soelety be immediately formed, the objects of which should be in suppeirt the Go vernment in the full and fair collection of the ditties imposed .by Act of Parliament, and to obtain the amelioration of several oppressive clauses ; now only suspended. till the meeting of Parliament; that the resolutions . had been communicated to the leading maltsters throughout . the United Kingdom ; that letters had been received ill reply, approving or the object, and remitting money to carry the same into effect; and that they would come to London at the meeting of Parliament, to support any measures the society might deem proper to adopt at that pe;. riod. The Chairman observed, that they had met as honest maltsters, and to protect themselves and to prevent frauds,—that, as honest men, they could not compete with dishonest maltsters,—that as they paid annually 3,000,0001., it was not just they should be subject to the operation of obnoxious clauses contained in the recent Act of Parliament,—that they would undertake to prove before a: Committee of the House of Commons, the oppressive tendency of the Act.. Ho had no doubt but that the Legislature would erase it from the statute-hook. If the Government will listen to the suggestion of the deputies, they will point out how a duty may be laid upon barley, without any loss to the revenue, and give satisfaction to the maltsters. Lord Godcrich and Mr. Huskisson said that it was contemplated to lay an equal duty upon all malt, and Why should a distinction be made in brown malt ? The maltsters were the only manufacturers who were restricted from manufacturing their goods as they pleased.: He concluded by observing that he understood there was a pamphlet published in the shape of a letter, addressed to Lord Goderich upon the subject, which contained opinions that the maltsters disclaimed — (Cheer s ) —nor had the y the 1 slightest knowledge of the author.—(Cheers.) Mr. HERAPATH (of Bristol) then moved the fol lowing (among other) resolutions, which were seconded by Mr. BENTLY, and passed unanimously : That a Society, to be called the " Maltsters' Associa tion, be now formed of such maltsters u shall contribute their subscriptiOns, and conform to the rules and regulations about to be established. ' • That all the deputies present do form the managing committee (of whom five to be a quorum), until the end of 828, with power to add to their numbers from the .depu ies hereafter to be chosen by other parts of the -United Kingdom. • A desultory discussion arose as to the propriety Of allowing the deputies from all parts of the United Kingdom to form the Committee, and it was deemed more advisable that 'the Committee. should consist of the Deputies present ; and authority should be delegated to the provincial deputies, and that they could communicate by letter to save expence. A Gentle Man inquired if the laws for Ireland and Scotland were differeUt 2—Mr. Ford replied, that the laws were assimilated by the last Act. Another gentleman observed, that Mr. Carr, the solicitor to the Excise, stated to the deputation, that., Irish and Scotch maltsters went away perfectly sa tisfied ; and that he (Mr. Carr) was astonished that the English maltster was not equally pleased.— (Laughter.) Mr. Ford moved, that Mr. Crisp Brown he elect ed Chairman of the Society for the ensuing year, which was carried, and Mr. Ford was elected Secretary. A discussion took place as to the necessity of ap pointing a; President to the Society, when Mr. Bently observed, that he did not think it necessary to have any President, who was only requisite in a Bible Society. The Meeting then resolved into a Committee of the Society, to consider the bye-laws necessary. WINDSOR, DEC. 3.—Yesterday the Marquis de PALMaLLA, the Portuguese Ambassador, arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had an audience of his MAJtsr v. Earl DunLEy also arrived, and had a long audience; after which, the noble visitors partook of some refreshment, and left the Royal Lodge, on their return to town. This day his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE is expected to arrive at the Royal Lodge, on a viiit to his MAJESTY. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Earl of CARLISLE, Earl DUDLEY, Viscount GODERICII, Lord BEXLEY, Mr. HUSIEISSON, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Wri,u4, Mr. STURGRS BOURNE, Mr. CHAS. GRANT, and Mr. 'TIERNEY. The Ministers assembled at half-past three o'clock, and sat in deliberation till near six o'clock. " MR. HUSKISSON AND DESPATCH OF BustNass.—The Magdelaine, Captain Honcsox, with a cargo of fruit from Smyrna, arrived in Liverpool on Mon day evening, at six o'clock ; she complied with the quaran tine regulations required (by order in council) of vessels from the Levant with clean bills; the customs duty was paid on her cargo, it was landed, was regularly weighed by a landing waiter, was re-exported and was discharge.' in Dublin on Me following Wednesday morning, at eight o'clock. By this extraordinary despatch, the revenue (to whom every farthing due ulas paid) was benefited by a saving in the officers' time,—the merchant was benefited from the same cause, and by getting his fruit, which is of perishable nature, to the earliest possible market. Before the prudent mitigation, as circumstances demanded, made by Mr. flusalssox, of the odious quarantine restrictions —before the simplification, by Mr. 1-Insmssox, of the custom-house business—and before the use of steam-boats, the Magdelaine's fruit, after arrival in Liverpool, most probably would not have reached Dublin in less than 38 days, instead of 38 hours. —Liverpool Chronicle. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl and Countess of Erroll, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Norwich ; Doctor Ainslie, at his house in Dover street, from his seat in Lancashire ; John Dingwall, Eq. at his house in St. James's-street, from Kent ; Captain and Mrs. Bowles, in Grosvenor-street, from Brighton ; Thomas Yard, Esq. at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from St. James's-street, from Huntingdonshire; the Hon. Mr. Dundas, at ditto, from the t ; Sir Charles Lamb and Brighton; Mrs. Wadham Wyndham, at Jordan's lintel, street, from their scat in Sussex ; the Rey. Henry Palmer, tditto, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt, at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from Lady Montgomery, ,at the London Hotel, .Albemarle- Surrey ; Captain Wellesley .Hope, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Yorkshire; J. Hartled, Esq. at ditto, from Clifton; Lady Hazelrigg and Mrs. 'Richford, at Warne's Hotel, Conduit-street, from Leicestershire. ' . DEPARTURES."The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, for her seat, Hatfield ; Lord Viscount Dun. garvon, for Oxford ; Mr. John Angerstein, for Weeting Hall, iu Norfolk; Lady Banks, .for Overton Hall, Derby; Major Preston, for Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss North, for Bath ;. Colonel Simpson, for Chatham ; Mr. Alexander Baring, for the Grange, in Hampshire; Mri. and Miss F. Howard, for Bath ; Mrs. and Miss E. Greville, for Bath ; Major Hewett, for Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss Car ter, for Bath; Major Cooper, for Brighton; Captain F. Bramwell, for Manchester ; Lord Foley, from the Bur lington Hotel, to his seat in Worcestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, from ditto, for their scat in Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs.. Feilden and family, from ditto, for Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Phipps, from ditto, for Calne, Wilts ; Sir Wil liam Abdy, Bart., for Brighton ; the Hon.. William Bur. rell, to the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter's seat, at Roe hampton ; Sir Valiant Lumley,- Bart. from the Roval Hotel, St. 'James's -street, -on a tour ; Major-General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, from .the Brunswick Hotel,. Jermyn street, to Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Arbuthnot, from the London Hotel, to their seat in Barks ;!ii. Adeane, Esq. from ditto, to his seat in Cambridgeshire; Henry Dover, Esq. from ditto, on a tour; Mrs. and Miss Col lings, from the Bath Hotel, for Bath ; Captain Wang, from ditto, fur Cheltenham ; Mrs. Wart ender, from ditto, for Berks ; the Ma r quis of Lothi an , f or t h e D owa ger Lady Suffield's seat i n Norfolk; th e E ar l Cl anw illiam, from Warren's Hot e l, R egen t-st ree t, f or Norfo lk ; the Earl and Countess Gower, to the Mar qu i s o f St a fford's seat, West Hill, Surrey ; Captain Gilpin, f rom Warnis Hotel. CHANGES.—The E ar l o f Clare, at Bath, from . his seat in Ireland; the Duk e of Roland, from Belvoir Castle, to Derbyshire. BPIRIT PUBLIC JOURNALS. We may take the opportunity ( Attie arrival rec . a Lisbon mail, to announce that Don Miguel, the Infant and future Regent of Portugal , c ertainly . he here in the course of a for tni g ht. o n his way to Engla nd is to s p end a few days — He was to leave Vienna on the 29th ult., and • though a very few—at Paris. In this eountry, and iii this metropolis!, he will remain for about ten nays, • each of which will be distinguished by some fete —goats eeliihition or some spectacle— of a nature deereed best calculated to suit the Highness. Tha programme of his . emfiay tnasietieltso: a t m o u g s r e a n t i i his .Royal is already drawn up. He will spend some days at Wind- • sor with the King, and distinguished parties in vited to meet him ; he will dine with the Duke efyntst,heot cudriivoesristiyonosf, of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, and will be and entertained by the Austrian Ambassaanr, other members of the dip lomatic corp. His ought that a more exten had it not been th stay in England would have been prolon ded ged, absence from Portugal would have betrayed an indifference to the wants of his country, and given rise to a suspicion that he was not sufficiently impressed with the importance of the high functions to which he has ,heel called. The great object of his resirg through England,—which is to wed him to the new institutions of his brother, by ow ing him that he can only, as a Constitutional Prince, obtain that popularity among nations, and secure the respect of powerful Sovereigna-- will he accomplished .rather by the splendour of his reception than by the length of his visit. .T.n order to shet,a greater lustre tound.his move ments, and display. more. pronainently before his eyes the resources of - a-free - country, it - is ar ranged that he shall net land at Dover, but be provided with a ship of war to carry him up the Thames. The Allied Sovereigns, we have plea sure in announcing, have lent their cordial sup port to the policy of England and of Don Pedro on this occasion. From Petersburgh to Vienna and Paris, the same feeling of tonndenoe and desire of co-operation hare been manifested- The Allied Sovereigns—though at home no great friends of popular institutions—all admitted that England, having the greatest stake in the settlement of the Portuguese question, as being more intimately connected with Portugal by the ties of an ancient alliance, and the interests of an extensive commerce, was the best entitled to take the lead. They at the same time saw that, by following our policy, they sanctioned the only means of restoring tranquillity to a dis tracted country, and placing it again. on the road of political improvement. The French Govern ment, sacrificing its feelings of rivalry, has evinced its cordial concurrence with our views, by or dering the Marquis of Canellas, the Portuguese Rebel Chief, from Paris, during the visit of the Prince, lest, by obtaining an interview with his Royal Highness, he might succeed in throw ing a suspicion on the constitutional tenden cies of the new Regent, or, in bespeaking hii favour for the absolute .party, which,. as. the sworn supporter of the Charter, he is bound te .discourage. With respect to the rest of the exiled rebels, who abused the Infant's name by pretending to act under his authority and for his interests, nothing has yet been decided: It would be too much to expect, that, acting as they did on what they knew to be at one time the sentiments and pretensions of his Royal Highness, and supported as they were by the declared wishes of more than one 'branch of his family,—and that, too, at a time of great poli tical distraction, when a considerable portion of the nation thought they had the better cause, — they should be-finally and irretrievably banished f'rom their country. But by the present arrange ment, they will at any rate be prevented for some time from parading their antiquated pr so and slavish opinions i • ..ct 461 of the Charter, or exciting suspicion on the fidelity of its admi nistrator. As the return of his Royal Highness to direct the Government of Portugal, was from the beginning seen to be nearly inevitable, this mode of engaging him to support the new insti tutions, by detaching him from their mealier , — n i t il i t n he th f e a rn ce — of en h a is h c y ou h n in tr d y in an g d i o n f t E he ur s ope am * ; by imposing upon him the most solemn engiase mtoeinntasi league of guarantee . for his good faith, Austria, the model and champion, of absoltite govern ments, and England, the patronessand represen tative of constitutional freedom, was perhaps the best that could have been adopted ; and it is' a singular fact, that propositions for_ oarrying it into execution were on their way to Rio. - de Janeiro for the approval of Don Pedro, when the Emperor had, proprio mote, originated- a similar scheme by the decree of the 3d of 'July; • appointing his brother his lieutenant. As the Por tuguese frigate has already arrived at Plymouth, the Infant will be able, without delay, to embark afobrolLaistbhoenb,ewghileurieingit or rs expectedtowardsli e w the middle January, when the ordinary sittings of the Charn ill arrive of hers,must,by theCharter,alreadyhave commenced. There will thus be no necessity .for any extraordi nary convocation ; and as the Prince arrives with the confidence of the constitutional party. while the other is too weak, or perhaps may be too consistent, to attempt any th to e ls 7 ar a d r s qu h i i s s o F f 4x P c a e l l - : a Ministry,different authority, it is anticipated that Excel lency, l e l l c l y a , to w Whether lie hetak e m s vvi ay th sh h o hn w will begin his reign without shock or,disturbance. in tthhiengnear Regent e h n is t a o n n d e h t e im ad e, h a is na ne in w whom we have heard, depend on the disposition which stage of his political education , he singled out as an object of persecution. It cannot be stated, within the compass of a week or a month, at what precise time the Br' • itish army -will leave Portugal. As there can now be no apprehension of a renewed aggression on the'd side of Spy and as the Prince's return is likely to be the harbin ger of tranquillity and union to . Portugal, our troops may be expected to sails short time sub sequent to the arrival of his nerd Highness, only remaining so long after that event as to give him an opportunity, by the manner in which he treats them, of showing his disposition to British alliance, and preventing any suspicion by their abrupt departure that he was dissatisfied with their stay, or displeased with their original interference. At the same time it is confidently anticipated, that the French garrison will leave the neighbouring position •of Cadiz. Some scribes employed by the Portuguese rebel faction at Paris, seeing their factions baffled in then : hopes of exciting disturbances at home, hale published pamphlets, in which we find the m os t scurrilous abuse of England, and attempts to excite suspicion on the influence under which their late idol, and their present adversary, is ersary, acting. We shall afterwards recur to this topic. —Times. The public will naturall y look with an y • ee o f considerable a nxiety to intelli gence f • • from Spain, now that the consummatio n s o long and unsuc-