The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—How complete was the refutation of the unfounded charges, of the baseless calumnies, launched by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough against those manufacturers, will be seen by the straightforward, crushing speech of Mr. Cobden in his own and their defence, and by the more polished, but not less effective, address of Mr. Villiers; con firmed, as his ample repudiation of the accusations was, by a document which he read to the House, attested by seventy-two of the leading manufac turing houses, which, being members of the Anti- Corn-law League, had been comprehended in the sweeping though unsupported denunciations of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. All this may be seen in the report of the proceedings. But the mere reading of the speeches will not convey an ade quate idea of the effect they produced upon the House, and especially upon the person to whose indiscretion they were intended to furnish an antidote. The scene was truly graphic. The bold indignant tone and bearing of the two Honourable Members who had un dertaken to furnish the threatened refutation of the accusations—the internal writhings of the so lately furious assailant—evinced by the hands firmly clasped within each other, together 'with the twitchings of the face and quivering of lips, as the loudly-cheered effectively-forcible periods of his castigators fell, scorpion-armed, upon his ears, scathing his now humbled and abashed spirit —were observed by every one within the House. Those who had abetted the sufferer in his unfounded attacks upon a body of highly honourable and meritorious men, now shrunk back abashed, as though th e y felt that, as par takers of the crime, they were sharers in the punish ment. Those present in the House will not soon forget the moment when the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to order ; and thus stopped as it fell—interposing a shield between the bolt and its intended object—a sen tence already launched, the import of which was obvious. It would, if the speaker had been suffered to complete what it was manifestly his intention to convey, have been yet most decidedly expressive, of what no one now doubts, than even any . of the already strongly -conveyed terms of reprehensive contradic tion which had been previously applied to the gratui tous and injurious assertions of Mr. Ferrand ! The result will, we trust, be, that the llon. Member for Knaresborough—without abating one jot of the fear less advocacy of what he doubtless believes to be the wisest and best policy for the country, for an uncom promising adhesion to which he is emulous of being conspicuous in Parliament—will be henceforth in duced to distinguish between reckless, hardihood of assertion and the unbending dignity of truth. In time even the Honourable Member may endeavour to argue rather than to declaim ; and to seek, not the ephemeral plaudits of less venturous parti zans, but that solid and lasting satisfaction which is derived alone from a mind conscious of its own integrity, the possessor of which as sternly refuses to sell his voice as he would scorn to prostitute his vote, to the base purposes of mere party advancement ; convinced that a bad cause can not be long sustained by such props, and that a good one, as it needs not, so it refuses to accept of such support. - If Mr. Ferrand—however unlikely it may now be that so unpromising a subject should ever attain to so desirable a proficien^,y—be taught these, the first principles of real excellence in a public man, he will not regret that the lesson was enforced by the lash ; nor that abasement was, in him, the precursor of moral elevation. STANDARD.—The case of the late Sir Robert Kennedy affords another proof of the effect of the mi serable " economy" cry that has rung through the country for the last half century, ,and which has rendered -the service of the public the worst ser vice in which any man can engage. Here is the case of a gentleman who served ably in an office of great importance for thirty-eight years, without being able to make even a decent provision. for his surviving family, although that family consisted of only two daughters. We say nothing of the large sums of money that passed through Sir Robert Kennedy's hands, because, in the merit of mere honesty, he is happily not dis tinguished from tens of thousandS, and there are pro bably many clerks in the Bank of England through whose hands larger sums of money have passed with equal safety; but, from the nature of Sir Robert's duties, the fate °fannies, the successes ofa campaign, the honour of his country must have been frequently dependent upon his activity and discretion, and the witness best qualified to speak to his services, the Duke of Wellington, bears honourable testimony to the manlier in which he acquitted himself. Is it not then disgraceful that such a public benefa2tot should be so ill paid as to die a pauper ? There .is another hardship arising from this wretched under paying of the public servants, The paltry pittance by which the Legislature pretends to relieve the wants of meritorious persons generally is eaten up in discharging the - debt of the State to its se. - wants and their families. AVe shall not be sus pected of grudging the poor 1001. a year allowed to Sir Robert Kennedy's daughters. We sincerely lament that it has not been multiplied at least five fold, but we 'must contend that it is unjust to quarter these ladies upon the Pension LiSt. • Their claim is a claim of debt—equitably as .much a claim of debt as Lord Cottenham's claim for his pension ; and the State ought not to pay its debts out of what it pre, tends to give to merit and misfortune. COURIER.—That the effective and telling speech oF the Member for Knaresborough should have stung to the quick blatant Anti-Corn-law agitators—that the vigorous manner in which he not only re pelled the accusations hurled at the landed pro prietary of England, but carried the war into the heart of the enemy's camp, demolishing their outposts, and laying bare their sore points, should have carried confusion and dismay into their ranks, is what, a priori, might have been anticipated; and what last night's proceedino•S in the House of. Commons fully evince. Let it not supposed that we are friendly towards railing accusations or sweeping charges against any class of the community ; we always look upon such with suspicion, as being either false in spirit or exaggerated in fact. Good, virtuous, avid high-minded men are -found in every rank and calling of life, and it is therefore with pain we have observed the un scrupulous and reckless manner in which the pseud) advocates of one great interest hazard criininatary charges with. those of another. Yet of all men, those least entitled to complain - of the unfairness of making sweeping imputations against any portion of the community, are the Members of the Anti-Corn Law League, whose whole life—the Olject of whose whole existence has been to fling every kind of calumnious im2utation at what they call the landed interest and its supporters. It was all very fair to assail the gentry of England with every epithet which an imagination fruitful in foul in vectives could supply—it was all very fair for the members and lecturers of the League to exhaust their vocabularies of abuse against the advocates of protection—to denounce them as plunderers, and describe them as monsters of selfishness —all this, we repeat, was considered perfectly fair ; but When an Honourable Member, stung by these undeserved reproaches, proceeds to retort upon their nuthors—when he proceeds to unmask.- the knavery of the " truck system," or drag to light the causes of the decline of manufacturing prosperity, then, forsooth, these tender-hearted -creatures are shocked -at - the wickedness—unparliamentariness, of such a course ; they tremble—not for their own characters—oh, no ; but for the dignity of the House ! We, of course, have no means of ascertain ing what was the precise form of words in which Mr. Ferrand had clothed his charges of knavery and cruelty against the members of the 'League, but, unquestionably, we think, no one understood him to urge such charges against all the members of the League, much less against the great body of English manufacturers. He made specific charges against seine, and these, he repeats, he is prepared to substan tiate in every particular. What more does Mr. Cob den or Mr. Villiers require ? Mr. BCSFIELD FERRAND, M.P.—lt is perhaps not generally known that the father and grandfather of this scurrilous and vulgar slanderer of the manufactures were both cotton skinners! His grandfather was in partnership with a person of the n a me of Willett, under the fi r m o f B ras fi e ld an d ilhat, and they worked the Castlefield-mill, Bingley, now worked by Mr. Ellis. Mr. Ferrand's father, Mr. Currer llusfield, was also engaged in the same business, and actually had rooms in th e m ill an d li ve d ent i re l y there. Of course the airs of insolenee which this person assumes towards the manu facturers, and his scandalous imputations upon their characters, are virtually a sp urn i ng and spitting upon his own immediate ' ancestors. His quarrel with th e manufacturers arises out of his own dictatorial and overbearing temper, and his ungentle.. man-like manners, which have brought him into personal colli sion with nearly all his re s p ec t a bl e neighbours, several of whom are manufacturers of high character and Magistrates ; and helve his vulgar spite ag a i ns t t h e class which he vents with characteristic indecency in the House of Commons. If Mr. Ferrand's own character and conduct were to be assailed as he assails those of others, or even were represented with strict truth, a pretty picture would be drawn of him. We have reason to believe that his constituents at Knaresborough are heartily ashamed of the connexion, and are resolved never to renew it.—Leeds Mercury. It was with extreme pain that we learned that a gentleman holding a highly responsible situation in the office of the Paymaster of Civil Services, has disappeared. We see no benefit in the concealmentof the particulars of a matter which are, unhappily, the topic of discussion and regret in official cir cles. The gentleman alluded to is Mr. Perkins, one of the cashiers in the department above mentioned. Among other matters laid to his charge is this : that he procured a large anutrit of stamps from the Stamp-office, to the value, it is sai d, of 2,0091 , shi 41 stamps were intended for receipts for theme ney paid by him in his capacity of cashier, the custom being thatevery person so receiving should pay the price ofthe stamp necessary to cover the amount received. All these stamps have been expended, Mr. ,Perkinthas made no return of the amount, and that particular sum is also lost to the public. It is a curious eircurnstance,that Mr. Perkins had been, for a considerable Mime before his removal to the Paymaster's Office, a clerk in the clepartireut with Mr. Beaumont Smith, %., r wietY.— Observer. of Exchequer shr/ta..xsa,:ltirxir-pskrt ies were given on Saturday by 'Wharneliffe, "_rociadence in Whitehall Gardens, by Lord jamel,s.svav:oultvzon7street, by Lord Stanley in St. b"Y su Thos. Fremantle in Eaton-place. THE LANDLORDS AND THE POOR-LAW AMENDIMNTACT. (In continuation of a former article.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Thus the moral qualities of the mer chant, mechanic, and labourer, had received no check, but had sooner improved and advanced, during the season of prosperity created by the war; and notwithstanding the great debt we had incurred, in the support of our own armies, and navy ; and in subsidies for the support of fo reigners; its transitions, its • enterprize, and alarms, sooner called forth fresh energies; and after twenty-six years of peace, instead of being, as we are, in a state of despondency, debt, and heavy taxation, we might hare en joyed continued prosperity, and been materially relieved from the latter; since we had the ball in our hands, had we kept it in motion, and wisely, not relinquished its possession; bUt the moral and material condition of the landlo e rd having deteriorated, has prevented it. If the landlord had not speculated too lavishly upon war prices, and had not run into expensive and profligate habits; but had practised common prudence and thrift, all his schemes would have been profitable and successful ; and when prices were higher than ever known, large and princely fortunes might have been secured, which were wasted in prodigality and splendour; and even the tracts of poor land which were at this time forced into tillage at great expense, by the ap plication of highly improved husbandry, would have still continued profitable, and he might have fulfilled all his engagements : but the habits of the squires had become altered ; in consequence of which, confiscation, or mortgage of their property occurred, and poverty has been called upon to redeem it. It should not be lost sight of In comparing the state of the morals, of poverty, and wealth, that our achievements and victories, by sea and land, were the work of the former; how often has not the Duke confessed his infirmity as a General, and his incompetency to circumstances, over which his army triumphed with ease and alacrity ; in short, the Duke would have been no great man, but for his great army; not in . numbers, which were always defective, but in soul and love of country; of which,in him we have ever had but faint signs, and his Paisley sympathies will not aid to establish, or improve his humanity. Upon this theme, of the noble instances of honest, in domitable union and devotion by a nation hemmed in by a rapacious enemy; burying its intestine feuds; and which. won every battle, as if by the blow of a single arm ; upon such de votion in defence and love of country, we could' dwell with enthusiasm and admiration ; if that country was not Great Britain. The morality of poverty is largely drawn upon, and has always been faithfully answered. How must we speak of the morality of wealth? Let us throw a veil over it, lest poverty should be corrupted by, and imitate, its baseness ; and ingenuousness be. abashed. The struggles of =wealth, and its miseries, are against, and produced, by the poison administered to it, through the fags of vice, ava rice, and hypocrisy. The carrying of the Reform Bill, was a display of moral power une qualled ; nor should be forgotten the moral in fluence so recently exerted by the masses, on be half of the Dorchester labourers. But it is not lesirable that political causes and conditions of s')ciety, should often exist, to provoke such moral demonstrations; for, however tempered, they in this country have always hitherto been, by wis ;tom and judgment, they are to be regarded Is convulsions of the body politic, over which its healthful functions may lose their proper in itience. Thus the moral position of the landlord, and of the Corn-laws, in relation to poverty and la bour, and tg the - Poor-law Amendment Act, has been disregarded; but their fiscal and financial relations, have been freely dis cussed, and their relations to the rent ,flvner' and the merchant carefully appreciated. The boon given by the Poor-law Amendment Act to the landlords, .to the palpable robbery of poverty, is - perhaps larger than the Corn-laws, And comes under this category. The outcry, servilely raised against the Poor law, can have no merit, unless accompanied by a demand for freedom of commerce, and trade in corn, which would enunciate a moral, politic, and well understood - principle ; and if asserted, would neutraliz", if not remove, , many of its -errors.' Poverty would quickly discern that it has the greatest interest in the repeal of the Corn-laws, and restrictions On commerce, which would enlarge the sources of productive Bower, and give him more employment; and would treat with contempt the senseless outcry raised against the New Poor-law, which, although no doubt effected in bad faith to lirt), is, and was always intended, when properly enforced, to he a law for his benefit and protection; and if it gives privileges to the landlord, of which he has been robbed, it is in consequence of a tacit compact, well understood on his part, to con cede these points; and which, notwithstanding he cruelly and ironically rails against the New Poor-law, with the audacity of plunder and dishonesty, .he refuses with a grasp ing and monopolizing hold. In this, the land lord is treacherous, and his aim can only be to create a servile social war; since he enjoys an inevitable monopoly in the very nature of his property in land, without artificial laws, or pro tection ; as from its island boundary, in extent it becomes less and less, as population extends more and more.—Your obedient servant, A. RUSSIA. UKASE TO THE HOLIEST GOVERNING SYNOD. The Empress Catherine IL, of sacred memory, our most beloved grandmother, following the wise pre cepts laid down by our immortal ancestor the Empe ror Peter the Great, the founder of the present great ness of the empire intrusted by God to our rule, ob serving in the very beginning of her reign h ow littl e it behoved the clergy to he weaned by worldly ca res from their real a n d holy duties, and, considering that the management of extensive estates could only prove a burden to them, whilst it produced no advantage to their serfs, ordered such estates to be transferred to the direction and government of the Exchequer, pro vidiAg at the same time for the maintenance of the clergy regular salaries, according to a scale sanctioned by supreme authority. In the sequel, the western pro vinces have been re-annexed to our empire by the just dispensation of Divine Providence, in which, owing to peculiar temporary circumstances and insuperable ne cessity, the estates and immoveable property were left in the hands of the clergy until further inquiry into the sub ject. Now, however, when all vestiges of a foreign and temporary rule in that part of the country have totally disappeared,, when those provinces -have been again so closely and so inseparably reunited to Russia that, in the year just closed, it has been found of unavoida ble urgency to introduce laws uniform with these of the rest of our dominions ; when, lastly, merciful God, conferring innumerable blessings on our dear father land, has given us means to consolidate it and advance it to a higher stage of good government, it has ap peared meet to us to emancipate the clergy also in the western governments from avocations inconsistent with its calling. having, therefore, decided upon carry ing into effect in those provinces enactments intro duced for this ptirpose in other divisions of our empire by our great ancestors, we have, at the same time, de termined to give a fresh proof of our anxiety for the amelioration of the condition of the clergy. Where fore, having appointed additional provisions over and above the income of church property now to be transferred to the administration of the Exchequer, as well for the maintenance of the clergy as for the better organisation of establishments belonging to it, in order to raise and to secure to them an advanta geous existence for the future, we order as follows :- 1. All immoveable property heretofore belonging to the orthodox clergy in the western provinces shall henceforth be transferred, and remain under the ma nagement and direction of the Ministry of the Crown Lands, with the exeption of the property in the hands of the proper parochial secular clergy, which does not enter into the present composition of cathedral chapters. 2. Scales and regulations for dioceses, cathedral chapters, and monasteries, are to be drawn up ac cording to the wants of persons and establishments, and with due regard to the dignity of the first and the rank of the second, and submitted to our approbation. Hence, as the actual income from the church pro perty m the western division of our empire has been found insufficient for an easy and respectable mainte nance of the clergy and its establishments, we appoint for that purpose additional provisions, which shall be explained by corresponding orders given to our Mini ster of the Exchequer and the Crown Lands. (Signed, prppria menu) NICHOLAS. St. Petersburgh, Dec. 25, 1841. The following distinguished persons have travelled by the Brighton Railway during the last fortnight :—Baron and Lady Park, Lady Freemantle, Sir Thomas and Lady De Todford, Hon. Mr. and Miss Stanley, Sir Isaac Goldsmid, Captain Armstrong, Dr. Holland, Sir James and Lady Clarke, Lady Norbury, Colonel Bentinck, Lady Elizabeth Parsons, Captain Lucas, Duchess of Beaufort, Hon. Nlr. Melville, Sir George and Lady Cooper, Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Porches ter, Hon. Dudley Ward, Sir Walter and Lady Farneombe, Count and Countess Aulaine, Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Hesketh and Lady Fleetwood, Hon. Charles Murray, Sir Robert Peel. Hon. Mrs. Nlolyneux, Lord 3lountcharles, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, Lord Monson, Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Lord Rivers, Lady Clinton, Sir Horace and Miss Seymour, General Wellesley, Lady Jane Peel. Since the failure of the Tortnes Bank the woollen manufactory at Harbertonford has declined working, in conse quence of which a great number of persons are out of employ ment, and many families in that populous village are destitute of bread,—. !ratan gimes. 1 ' 111.; SUN, LOND COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL A Court was held at the instance of the Lord Mayor, on Saturday, in consequence of the death of Mr. Wood thorpe, the Town-clerk. His LORDSHIP stated that he had called together the members in order that a person might be appointed pro tem. to perform the duties of the office. Mr. WIRE, after expressing much regret at the death of the highly respectable and valuable Town-clerk, than whom a more efficient officer could nowheie be found, said that he had three resolutions to submit to the Court. The first was, that the Remembrancer, not being a candidate for the office, should be appointed to per form the duties until an election should take place. The second was, that it be referred to the Committee, Offi cers, and Clerk to examine and report relative to the duties and emoluments of the office, and also to report whether any and what alterations should take place in regard to the fees, &c. And the third was, that the Committee should inquire whether the office should ,not be made one of annual election. It was, he said, well known that the office of Town-clerk of the City of London was held by grant, and the holder could not be removed, and there had been occasions in which Town-clerks so situated had defied the powers of the corporations with which they had been connected. It was his object to alter so objec tionable a principle, and he, therefore, wished, that if the Committee were of opinion that the alteration would be legal and practicable, a bill should be brought in to effect the obiect.—(Hear, hear.) The first resolution, appointing Mr. Tyrrell, the Re membrancer, to act until the Town- clerk should be elected, was then unanimously agreed to. Mr. NORRIS moved the second resolution. Mr. ANDERTON rose to move an amendment, or rather an addition, to the resolution, to the effect that it would be advisable to unite the two offices of Town-clerk and City Solicitor. It was his anxious wish, that places under the Corporation, should be consolidated as much as possible. They had now a legal staff of-'considerrble strength and magnitude, and it was desirable, when places became vacant, and could be properly attended to by existing officers, the additional duties should be per formed by those whose business partook of the nature of that of the Town-clerk. He found, upon refer ence to the Report of the Municipal Commissioners, that the office of City Solicitor was comparatively of recent origin, and that the duties of that office, of the office of Clerk of the Peace, and several other offices, hadeen originally performed by the Town-clerk. Now, if the duties of City Solicitor and of Town-clerk could be per formed as well by one person as by two, he did not see what rational objection could be made to the union of those two offices. That a great reduction of the expense would result from the course he suggest:l, there could be no doubt. _However, he merely proposed it as a mat ter of inquiry before the Committee.--(Hear.) . Mr. HOLTleconded Mr. Anderton's amendment. Sir P. LAURIE was decidedly against the plan of unit ing the two offices. As a Magistrate he often found it necessary to consult the City Solicitor on legal matters of importance. How could the Town-clerk attend to ad vise' him as City Solicitor at the Mansion-house or Guild hall, when the City Solicitor was attending as Town clerk elsewhere ? A MEMBER asked how were the duties performed of late years ? Sir PETER LAURIE said that the active duties of the Town-clerk had been performed of late years by Mr. Firth. Mr. it TAYLOR said that if the matter was submmitted to the Committee they would very soon dispose .of it. It had been hund necessary to separate the offices of Comptroller of the Bridge-house estates from that of City . Solicitor, and after' the failure of the experiment of joining those two situations, he could not see how a more important place could be with any foundation or reason joined to that of City Solicitor. Mr. LAWRENCE denied that the experiment of join ing the two offices alluded to had failed. The City Soli citor of that day was unable to perform the duties in con sequence of the deplorable state of his health. The corporation were bound to do all they could to add office to office upon the occurrence of vacancies. The late Town clerk was a man of extraordinary talents, but he had done little or nothing iu the office .of late years. The whole of the business had been done by other parties. Now the City Solicitor would in consequence of the near approach of the termination of Vie labours of the London-bridge Committee, soon have a good deal of time upon his hands, and that time could not be better employed than in the performance of the duties of Town-clerk. • Mr. WIRE had no objection to have the question re ferred to the Committee. It happened, he said, that the duties of Town-clerk and City SoliCitor in many respects were closely assimilated. They were both expected to attend Committees, and meetings of Courts of Aldermen and Common Councilmen, and Conservancy, so that there could be no objection so far to merge the offices in one person. Under alll the circumstances he could have no objection to Mr. Anderton's addition or amendment. After a fen• words from Mr. Col'E and Mr. PEWTRERS, Mr, WILLIAIus said it appeared from all that had been said, that both Town-clerk and City Solicitor had little or nothing to do. The motion, with Mr. Anderton's addition, was then carried by a large majority. Mr. HARRIS then moved the last resolution—viz., that it also be referred to the Committee to consider a re port on the legality and power of the Court to elect a Town-clerk annually, and if deckled in the affirmative, to prepare a bill accordingly.—Agfeed to. OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the Common Council was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, to con sider what steps it would be desirable to take in refer: ence to the vacant office of Town-clerk. J. T. Norris, Esq., was called to the Chair. Mr. NORRIS said that the attendance of gentlemen at that meeting was not to be considered as pledging them to the support of any particular individual who might become a candidate. The meeting was convened rather fur the purpose of deliberation than action. He invited . every gentleman to the free expression of his opinion in order that steps might be taken to fill this most important office in the most' efficient manner.—(Hear.) Mr. WIRE considered it was the duty of Members of the Corporation to weigh well the importance of the si tuation vacant by the decease of the able and excellent gentleman who had recently filled it, before they pledged themselves to support any individual. For his own part he had no hesitation in saying that, however respectable other gentlemen might be who had offered themselves as candidates, he was of opinion that the present City . Solicitor, was the person pre-eminently qualified for the appomtment.—(Hear.) Mr. Deputy STEVENS felt it right to observe that he did not entirely approve of this meeting. He was of opinion that the Court of Common Council ought first to refer the question to a Committee, to fix the duties and the emoluments, and when they made a repeat if would be time enough to look out for a person to fill it. It was highly probable that some alterations might be made in the amount of salary, and if that were the case, the City Solicitor might suffer from the change. That officer was universally respected in the place he filled to the entire satisfaction of every Member of the Court, and merely because the office of Town-clerk was more elevated in rank than that which he already held, he thought it no sufficient reason for the change. Mr. CHARLES PEARSON being tailed upon, said he was obliged by the consideration which his friend Stevens had expressed for the welfare of himself and family, but he thought that as 47 summers had passed Over his head, he might be safely trusted not to sacrifice the pecuniary interest of his family in a romantic pursuit of honorary distinction.—(Hear, hear.) He was free to admit that he coveted the high distinction of filling the highest office in the greatest corporation in the world, but he did so only upon the presumption that it could be honourably obtained, and usefully applied.— (Hear, hear.) He felt highly flattered by the testimony borne to the manner in which be had conducted him self in the office he already filled.—(Hear.) hoped, however, that he might say without offence that some portion cithose labours which had obtained for him such complimentary notice had rather reference to the functions of Town-clerk than City Solicitor.—(Hear.) He had cheerfully rendered every assistance in his power during the illness of his friend the late Town-clerk, and whoever might be elected he should be proud to continue to make himself useful to the Corporatton in any capa city. If, however, the Court thought he could be usefully placed in a higher situation than that which he now held, it was a legitimate object of ambition.—(Hear.) He re quested the gentlemen present to act upon the principle recommended by their Chairman, and by Mr. Stevens, and to withhold their promises of support until they could ascertain with certainty what would be the future posi tion of the office.—(Hear.) Ile considered himself, like the gentlemen present, unpledged as to the future ; but there was one thing upon which every one might rely, that, if he should announce himself as a candidate, as re quested by his friends, he should consider himself bound in honour to continue to the end, and not to retire in favour of any other gentleman who might solicit their support.—(Hear.) Mr. JOHNSON and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the members then retired to the Council Chamber. ADVENTURES OF SIR HENRY MORGAN TIIE BUC CANEER, BY THE AUTHOR OF " RATTLIN TH E RxxrEst.'l This new work, from Mr. Howard's able and fertile pen, has the advantage of a meat happily chosen subject, combining the intense interest of historical truth with the popular attractions of fiction ; no wonder, therefore, that it should he, as it un doubtedly is, the best production of its taler ted writer. 'w here was, enquestionably, one of the most extraordinary per sons that ever lived in any country, and his adventures as extra ordinary as extraordinary as the character ef which they were the fruit. Sir Henry Morgan the Buccaneer, is a personage so litile known to the ordinary readers of English history that this book will not produce its due effect, unless it be expressly borne in mind that every leading incident related in it is strictly true. Some of these incidents are, indeed, of such a nature as to be much too strange and wonderful for reception in a work of fiction, without excing the incredulus odi, unless this were premised. But, being true, as a record of human action, cha racter, and passion, they are invaluable. —Naval and Military Gazette, PonTsmounr, FRIDAY.— Th e V indictive, 50, Cap tain J. T. Nicolas, with the flag of Rear-Admiral ;Sir Thomas Cochrane, was taken out of harbour yesterday afternoon, by the Driver and Stvx steam- hips. The steamers were lashed a l ongs id e o f her, an ctook her along very well until they got out to the Spit, where, as it was blowing •( fresh, th ere was a heavy swell, so that the weathermost steamer (the Driver) was compelled to cast ete, as she was injuring both her own and the Vindictive's side. No sooner had she cast off than the wind and tide took the Vindictive on the bow and 'dewed her round, so that she was nearly on shore on the Spit, and only prevented such a catas trophe by letting go her anchor, the remaining steam-ship, the Styx, being unable to control her. Many persons who witnessed the occurrence, believed she was on shore, and a re port to that effect was rapidly circulated believed through out the town, and caused a great sensation. Fortunately, how ever, this was not the case, and having got sail upon her, she slipped her cable, and ran for the most eastern part of Spit head, where she is now at anchor N, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1842 LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, March 5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. VINCENT. The information in this cause was filed against the defendant, as owner of certain property in Newbury, and the object of it was to have the lease of a house there in his possession cancelled. The corporation of Newbury, who were the plaintiffs, being trustees of the house in question, the rents of which were ap- Plicable to the service of the poor, granted in the year 1755 a ease of it for the term of 999 years to a man named Budd, at a yearly rent of 15/., he covenanting to lay out 150/. on it in improvements. The real intention of the lessors was to grant a term of 99 years, and the figures 999 were inserted in the lease by mistake. The defendant Vincent, in whom the house had now become vested, stated that considerable sums , had been expended in the improvement of the premises by the' ' person under whose title he now claimed, and refused to give up the lease. Mr. il'EmßEßTosr, who attended for the plaintiffs, stated that they proposed to let the defendant hold the lease till the year 1854, that was a period of 99 years from its date, and then that they should get possession of the premises. It was evident that by the defendant's acceding to that proposal jus tice would be done to all parties, as nothing could be more im probable than that' a lease would be granted on such conditions, as those alleged,' for so long a terns of years. Mr. KINDERSLEY, who appeared for the defendant, said he was not instructed to accept of the proposal made at the other end of the table; however, until his client could be consulted on the matter, he had no objection that the case should stand over for some time. 4F V V• aa It was then agreed, with the concurrence of the Court, that the case should be postponed for a week. SHERIFFS COURT, March 5. THE FAILURE OF THE BRIGHTON BANK. On Saturday an inquiry was directed to Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell, Mr. Commissioner Hobbs, and a special Jury, for the purpose of ascertaining in what sum the defendants were indebted to her Majesty. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF having explained to the Jury the nature of the duties they wer e called upon to perform, an affidavit was put in evidence on the part of the Crown, which was sworn before Lord Denman by Mr. John William Ferguson. The defendant stated that he was postmaster of Bright helmstone, in the county of Sussex, and that he had paid various sums, at different times, to Isaac Newton Wigney and Clement Wigney, of Brighthelmstone, bankers and co.part ners, for safe custody. That the monies so deposited by . him in their hands had been received by him as postmaster for Brighton, on account of her Majesty's Post-office revenue, for her Majesty's use, and had been unaccounted for by the said Isaac Newton Wigney and Clement Wigney ; and that it was in danger of being lost in consequence of the bank having stopped payment, unless some speedy measures were adopted to recover the same. The balance due by Messrs. Wigney to the Post-offiee was stated to be 7071. 4s. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and the Jury, without hesitation, found that Messrs. Wigney were justly and truly indebted to her Majesty in the full amount claimed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, March 5. IN RE JOHN:OSBORN. The insolvent was described as a horse-dealer, livery-stable keeper, and horse-agent on commission, carrying on business in Montague-place, Montague-square. His petition to be dis charged was supported by Mr. Nicholls and opposed by Mr. Cooke. In the year 1837 he was a bankrupt, when the sum of 4,6001. appeared due by him, and the amount of the dividend amongst his creditors was only 10d. in the pound; in two years afterwards he paned through this Court, owing the sum of 2,7631. 111. to his creditors, and now he made his second ap plication to be discharged, with a schedule showing debts due by him to the amount of upwards of 2,0001., and due to him of 1,500/., of which latter only 111. was good. Mr. COOKS said he ap t cared on behalf of two gentlemen named Stevens and Robertson, who had intrusted the insolvent with two horses to sell for them, and for which they 'never re ceived one penny. Mr. Stevens sent a valuable hofse on the condition that he should receive the-sum for which it was sold seven days after the sale was effected, but although his groom made repeated applications he was pnt off from day to day, until at length a writ was issued when the insolvent offered 201., which was refused. In the case of Mr. Robertson a horse had been sent on the recommendation of the Honourable Mr. Murray to be sold by the insolvent, and was bought as a charger for 100 guineas, not one penny of which was given to the owner. The name of the Hon. Mr. Murray was in• serted in the schedule, although he had nothing to do with the transaction, further than recommending Mr. Robertson to the insolvent. Several noblemen and other gentlemen had in trusted him. with horses for sale on commission, upon which small sums of money had been advanced previous to sale by a person named Dent, who carried on business as a linen-draper, in Crawford-street, on condition of being repaid upon the day of sale, with interest, at the rate of Is. for every pound advanced. Although many of those (gentlemen were treated in the same manner as his (Mr. Cooke's) clients, a feeling of delicacy prevented them appearing in opposition. However, his clients considered they would not be doing their duty towards the public if they did not come forward and expose a system which they con sidered to be little better than swindling, although they were well aware that by doing so they had not the slightest chance of getting any portion of their debt. Mr. Dent was examined at great length by Mr. COOKE,' and stated that he had known insolvent for many years, during which he had advanced him various sums of money, and a balance of 5511. 10s. now remained due. He had been in the habit of advancing sums of money: to gentlemen who sent horses to the insolvent's stables to be sold on commission, and received Is. for every pound so lent. When the insolvent be came a bankrupt in the year 1837, he (witness) was appointed assignee under the fiat. There were a great many transactions between them and several bills which came into his (insolvent's) hands in the way of business, were given to witness. Amongst these were one of Lieut.-Colonel Copeland's, another of Lord Huntingtower's, and a judgment which had been entered against Colonel Tint. Of Lord Huntingtower's bill he had never received a fraction, nor had he any expectation of ever being paid now. Mr. COOKE raid the insolvent's conduct amounted, so far as his clients was concerned, to a direct breach of trust. He had fraudulently applied the money to h's own purposes, which he had received on their account, and he also concealed certain books connected with his 1 usiness. He trusted, therefore, that the Court would consider it a case which required its strongest anima !version. Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS said there could be no doubt but the insolvent had withheld books connected with his trade from his creditors, and he should therefore adjourn the further hearing of the case generally, with four days' notice to the creditors. islands, the Bahamas, and British Guiana), from Malta, British possessions on the west coast of Africa, and from Mauritius, to any other place whatsoever ; and with certain exceptions, the Act is extended to voyages from the West Indies of less than three weeks' but not less than three days' duration, except as relates to the construction or thickness of the lower deck, the height between decks, the surgeon and me dicine chests, and the maintenance of passengers for 48 hours. Foreign vessels engaged in any voyages specified in the Act are to be subject to its provisions. The term " passengers" in the Act is not held to include cabin-passengers. SPEECH OF MR. G. THOMPSON, DELIVERED TO TEN THOUSAND OF THE OPERATIVES OF MANCHESTER, ON MONDAY EVENING. GEORGE THomrsoN, Esq., here came forward amidst loud cheers, and said :—Never did I at any time esteem it a higher privilege to lift up my voice in public than I do at this moment when called upon to address this vast and multitudinous assembly of the honest working men of Manchester. Before I pro ceed to speak to you on the subject of the Corn-laws let me say a word to inspire you with that confidence in my sincerity and my friendship which I deem it desirable above all things to possess. Ever since I have been an advocate of the rights of humanity, whether personal or political, I have been in the habit of carrying out just and righteous principles to their full and legitimate extent.—(Cheers.) I have never been afraid to follow wherever truth has led me. I have never claimed for myself the exercise of any. right or the enjoyment of any privilege which I was not willing to extend to every other human being. (Cheers.) In reference to political rights, I place my countrymen, whatever their condition or occupation, on a footing of equality with myself, and believe that an equal share in the government of public affairs is the right of every working man on every ground, whether moral, social, or political, and .that the con cession of that right is dictated by an enlightened love for the greatness, the stability, the peace and the prosperity of this great nation.—(Cheers.) Having now, in a sentence, made known to you my deliberate, deep-seated, and unalterable opinions on this, to you vitally-important point, I shall proceed to offer you first a few word's of encouragement, and then a few of wholesome counsel. As a man friendly to the object which lies so near your hearts, I congratulate you -upon the proud position which you now occupy, and on the majestic strides which your cause has made during the last few months.—(Cheers.)t Only let your object be a righteous one, your principles sound and equitable, and your measures pure and peaceful, and your success is certain. Your triumph is but a question of time, and you will accelerate that triumph in proportion as you cast aside every motive to dis cord and disunion, and present a solid and impene trable front to the common enemy of the just rights and interests of our countrymen.—(Applause.) I am thankful for what our enemies have done for us. A little while ago and we were distracted and divided; and the consequence was that on both sides we were weak and unable to contend with the powerful oli garchy that oppresses every class but its own. Some thing was wanting to bring us together, to knit our hearts and our hands in a common struggle. That which was wanted has been supplied by our foes, and there is now a prospect of a compact, impenetrable, honest, and indissoluble union between the middle and the working classes.—(Cheers.) I am candid enough to confess my honest belief that if the middle classes had gained their object two years ago, such is the selfishness of our nature and our disposition to rest satisfied when we have gained our own object, that those classes would have continued to regard with indifference, if not with distrust. the movement of the working classes for the attainment of their legitimate object.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But the middle classes find themselves, after all their efforts, disap pointed and defeated, and are now thoroughly con vinced that, unless a cordial union be forthwith effected between them and the industrious and unen franchised classes, the object for which they have laboured cannot 1:o achieved. The result Of the last election has completed their conversion. Sir Robert Peel found himself installed in office with a majority of ninety-one, and since the re-assembling of Parlia ment, owing to the recreancy of professed Liberals he is able to command a majority of 123 in favour of a monopoly of the people's bread. What is the conse quence ? The scales have fallen from the eye-balls of the middle-classes. Sir Robert Peel has anointed their eyes, and they now see clearly that the battle has to be fought out of doors. They now perceive that the House of Commons not only does not repre sent the people at large, but that it does not even represent themselves.—(Cheers.) They cry in vain for cheap bread, for the revival of trade and com merce, for the removal of those manacles which un just legislation has put upon the limbs of a nation's industry ; they see that all the great interests of the country are at the mercy of a landholding aristocracy, who, if they can succeed in driving the wedge between the middle and the working classes, can perpetuate their robbery and keep both classes in a state of sub jugation.--(Cheers.) They perceive, that like the people of ancient Greece, ruled over by thirty tyrants at Athens, they are the victims of thirty thousand titled and untitled landlords, who are determined to perpetuate their odious monopoly at the expense of all other portions of the community.—(Cheers.) They have therefore learnt to sympathise with you. They now enter into your sufferings and sorrows, and are fast coming to the opinion that those' who suffer together must work out their redemption together. --(Loud cheers.) But, my friends, you require that the terms of the compact be explicitly stated, and you are right in dosng so. The middle classes find they cannot do without you. You know full well that you cannot do without them. They say, labour with us for the revival of trade, for the abolition of monopo lies, for the establishment of free intercourse with all the nations of the earth. This they know would empty their warehouses; would raise the prices of their goods, would set their mills in motion, would increase their foreign trade, would bring customers to their shops, and you would doubtless be benefited in a pecuniary sense by the attainment of these just objects. But you also have objects peculiarly your • own, for which you have struggled through many years of obloquy, misrepresentation, neglect, and suf fering; and now is the time to strike an honest bar gain, to obtain a fair understanding, and to enter into a righteous compact, the fulfilment of which shall not only disenthral the genius of commercial enter prise and give bread to a starving people, but bring you within the pale of the British Constitution, and enable you henceforward to check the growth of every domestic spoiler who would rise up to crush your ener3ies or rob you of your rights.—(Loud cheers.) Had I the power as I have the will, I would speak into olitical being every man in this vast multitude who has arrived at years of thought and discretion.—(Tre mendous cheers.) I would give you a vote for the man who represents you ; I would protect you in the honest and independent exercise of your franchise, and abolish the unconstitutional Septennial Act, which gives men a lease for seven years to do wrong, and a premium to oppress and plunder the people.—(Great cheering.) I would bring public men before the people to account for their acts as often as public con venience would permit, that they might either be supported in a righteous course and prosecute it, or. be set aside to make room for more consistent repre sentatives of the people. But I possess no such power. Your cause, like ours, must advance by degrees ; but I agree with my friend Mr. Prentice, they must ad vance side by side, neither going before or following behind the other. The cause of freedom and the cause of food are one cause ; the righti of industry are only to be secured by giving to the children of indus try the power to assert and to defend those rights. Let us, therefore, in this common cause, enter into an indissoluble and everlasting compact. The advan tages will be mutual and the triumph will be complete. —(Cheers.) But then the question is, how - is this noble and patriotic end to be obtained ? Let me tell you. It is by the peaceful exercise of moral and in tellectual power. Political power is not necessary to the advancement of a political object. Politic,al ends are accomplished by moral means, and in the employ ment of those means you may take as honourable, as conspicuous, and as influential a share as any class in the community. I have never yet given a vote my self, simply because I have not yet seen the man in that part of the country where I had one whom I could consent to call my representative.—(Cheers.) I could give my vote neither to a cunning, time serving, place-hunting, whig lawyer, or to a war making under-secretary of state.—(Cheers.) But, though I have felt myself for conscience sake dis franchised, I trust I have not in consequence lived altogether to no purpose.—(Cheers.) I. have per ceived that there was yet a wide sphere of usefulness before me. Though I laid down .the weapons of party political warfare, I took up others of a far more pure and potent description. My trust for" victory is in the power of mind over mind ; of just opinions op posed to unjust ones ; of truth opposed to error ; of right opposed to might. I have ever seen clearly that when once the people were enlightened, conso lidated, and resolute, all obstacles to their freedom must give way, and they would stand emancipated by their own virtue and their own independent ener gies.—(Cheers.) You have been told to-night that it is probable that an emissary from the Government is amongst you. I am glad of it. Let him carry back a faithful report. Let him tell his employer that ten thousand men could come together, discuss their rights, determine upon their course of action, and then depart with the solemnity of persons who had congregated in a Christian temple for the worship of their Great Maker. Let him report the counsel I offer you, which is thi s : th a t a ll y our measu res be peaceful, loyal, and pure ; that you take no step which will injure a man, woman, or child, in the empire; that you hold person and property sacred ; that you are no friends to turbulence, or violence, or blood; . THE PASSENGERS ACT. The following is an abridgment of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioner s Bill, adapted by Lord Stanley, for the amendment and enlargement of the existing Passengers Act : The number of passengers t o b e carr i e d i n eac h vessel is limited. Vessels proceeding from the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands to any place out of Europe, not being within the Meditteranean sea, shall carry no more than one passenger for every two tons of the registered tonnar. In the lower deck or platform, ten clear superhcial feet are to be allowed for each passenger; or if the ship pass within the tropics, the voyage not being computed at more than twelve weeks, twelve feet are to be allowed ; at more than twelve weeks, fifteen feet. One passenger may be carried under the poop for every thirty passengers. The master incurs a penalty of 51. for every passenger in excess of the proper number. Every ship must have a lower deck or platform above, or level with the top of the lower beams, properly secured to them, and of an inch and a half in thickness. There must be a height of at least six feet between the upper and lower decks. There must be only two tiers of berths, the lower six inches from the deck. _ _ — X supply of not less than three quarts of water must be issued to each passenger per day, and seven pounds of bread-stuff per week ; of the latter, one third may consist of potatoes, reckoned at the rate of five pounds for one of bread -stuffs. No ship to be cleared out without having on board sufficient supplies of provisions and. water... The length of voyages is to be computed according to the following rule :—to North America, 10 weeks ; West Indies, 10 weeks ; Central or South America, 12 weeks ; West coast of Africa, 12 weeks ; Cape of Good Hope, or the Falkland Islands, 15 weeks ; Mauritius, 18 weeks • Western Australia, 20 wee k s; other Australian Colonies, 22 weeks ; New Zealand, 24 weeks. 1 Two children under 14 years of age to be reckoned . as one adult passenger. The emigration agent at the port which the vessel leaves, or, in the absence of such a functionary, the officers of the customs are to ex amine the provisions and water, as to quantity and quality, and•the allotment of space ; and to ascertain that there is an ample supply of water and stores for the crew of the ship or other persons on board, over and above what is provided for the passengers. The Commissioners of Customs or the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners to have the power to detain vessels until rendered sea-worthy. Every ship of 150, and under 250 tons must carry two boats ; under 500 tons three boats ; more than that four boats. Masters to carry two copies of the act, open to the perusal of passengers. With every ship carrying 100 passengers a medical practitioner is to sail ; in every ship carrying a smaller number medicines of sufficient amount and of a proper kind_to_be carried. Spirits are not to be laden on board by way of stores, except for the master and crew and cabin to any p assenger d ur i ng th e vo yage is absolutely pas sengers, or as medical comfo. - ts ; but the sale o f spir i ts pro hibited, under a penalty of not less than 501. nor more than 2001. Written rece i p t s for passage -money to an y p lace in North Am er i ca are to be given to steerage passe n gers, according t o a given form, under a penalty of 2/. Passage-b ro k ers contracting for passages to North America ar e to be licensed by justices thei petty or quarter session s o f th e i r di s t r ict ; and incur a penalty of 101. for every passage contracted without a licence. In case vessels are detained beyond the appointed day of departure, lodgings and rations are to be pro vided for each passenger, or he is to be allowed is. a day as Subsistence money. At the close of the voyage, persons a re to be entitled to remain on board for 48 hours after the arrival in port, and arc to be provided for in th e same manner as during the voyage ; " unless in the ulterior prosecution of her voyage, any such ship shall quit any such port or place within the said period of 48 hours." The 25th clause enumerates many of the foregoing regulations, to the breach of which special penalties have not been affixed, and enforces them under a pe. nalty of not less than 5/. nor more than 50/. Vessels not carrying more than twenty passengers, and ships in the service of the Admiralty or E as t India Company, ship s o f war, or transports, are ex- , empted from the operation of the Act. The Act is extended to the carriage of passen gers by sea from any of the British West Indies (in whith term are included the British West India that you love your Queen, and desire that when she hands the sceptre she has wielded to him who is the I heir apparent to her throne, that it is your deter mination, as far as you are concerned, that the sceptre 1 I shall neither be stained with human blood, nor be dewed by the tears of a solitary widow or ophan I made so by an act of yours.—(Cheers.) Let the emissary of Government tell his master that the power ' he has to dread is moral power ; that your weapons sire those of argument; that yours is the majesty of mind. This power, my friends, is a power which human governments cannot confine, cannot crush, cannot coerce, cannot annihilate. It cannot be im prisoned in a dungeon, it cannot be trampled down by soldiers, it cannot be burnt with fire, it cannot be destroyed on the gibbet.—(Loud cheers.) When the working men of this country shall assume this power, and appear in this aspect of sublimity, the day of their redemption is at hand ; the proud Minister of the day, like the Belshazzar of the Scriptures, shall see the handwriting on the wall ; his knees shall smite to gether ; he will be weighed in the balance, and found wanting ; and the vessels of the State which he has desecrated shall no longer be his ; his power shall be given to another, and that superstructure shall totter to its fall which has been based upon the degradation and ruin of the people.—(Great cheers.) Let Sir Robert Peel delight himself in the cheers of his majority of 123 ; let him utter big words and as sume the virtue of courage—he has no courage, but that which is kept over at the Horse Guards — (Laughter)—and sent for as it is wanted.—(Great laughter, and cheers.) Let the youthful Gladstone echo the empty vauntings of his hoary Gamaliel, his courage is of the like description. But it is all in vain if brought into the field against you,. if your weapons be ever that impalpable and ethereal quality to which I have referred. Yours is a cause which advances secretly and silently, like the sun which is now but a faint streak resting gracefully upon the horizon, but advances till in vertical strength and me ridian splendour it casts its light over the face of all the land.—(Cheers.) The power you may exert is like the genial influence of the spring on which we have entered, which, though unseen and unheard, either by night or by day, is working with resistless energy, and now that the snows and frosts of winter have passed away, is bringing up through the hard ened clod the green blades which shall soon be nur tured into the strong stalk, and by and by be crowned with the full ripe ear which the industrious husbandman shall gather into the garner: he has pre pared.—(Cheers.) I honestly confess I came hither to-night with trembling anxiety, but your conduct has dispelled my fears. I feel my heart encouraged in the people's cause. As I love you, I exhort you to be ever as you now are. Brand that man as your enemy who would counsel you or tempt you to vio lence. I wish you to be strong, but I wish that your strength should be in the the justice of your cause, in the virtue of your conduct, in the perfect peaceful ness of all your measures. You are mighty in the simplicity of your principles ; you are omnipotent in the strength of your arguments ; you are terrible in the peacefulness of your demeanour. While your conduct is that of intelligent and virtuous men, you will enlist on your side the ministers of religion—(A man cried out h ere " N o t th e b enc h o f Bi s hops," which created loud laughter)—the philanthropists of the country, and every other man of high principle and genuine patriotism. Your sufferings, combined with fortitude and forbearance, will plead trumpet tongued on your behalf, and men will admit, not only your right, but your fitness, for the suffrage, which you claim at their hands.—(A voice here cried out, What do you say to the Charter ? " I say it is a righteous instrument.—(Cheers.) I fear not the work ing men of this country. Fear them ! Why should I fear ? Have they not all power already? Do they not make the clothes I wear, the house in which I live ? Are they not the producers of the very food on which I subsist'? Do they not erect our ware houses, construct our machinery, guard our property, take care of our cash boxes, compose our army, and inan our ships of war ? And shall I not give to those who make me what I am, and upon whom I depend under God for everything I enjoy, the right of saying in a constitutional way by whom they shall be governed, and by Nv.hom they shall be taxed ?—(lm mense cheering.) No, my friends, I have no such fear. I would invest you with your rights now, but as I cannot do so I will labour with you shoulder to shoulder until you get them. I don't object to the terms you propose. I commend you for requiring what the scholars call the quid pro quo. They have an adage in Scotland which says "gi ll gaff makes good friends." It only means that the bargain should be an honest one ; that those'who ask should be ready to give. —(Cheers.) I am convinced that future in justice is only to be prevented by giving the people their rights and protecting them in those rights. The sliding scale, iniquitous as it is, is only one of a multitude of contrivances for injuring and plundering the people. It is only one of a warehouse-full of similarly ingenious cloy izes.—(Loud cheers.) I want to shut up the shop altogether and to send every false balance (as the Scriptures would call them) to rot, and have no scales but the scales of everlasting justice ; and no fixed duty but that of loving my neighbour as myself. —(Cheers.) I won't trust the Whigs ; I have seen something of them in years that are past, they've always conceded with a niggardly hand.—(Cheers.) They have had to be pushed over the dam.—(Laughter.) Their song has been— "Row brothers row The stream runs fast, The rapids are near, The daylight's past."—(Loud laughter) My opinion is, that, to use a vugar saying, it is but the toss up of a halfpenny between Whigs and Tories when they get into power.—(Cheers.) We want the power of the people to control both parties and all parties. Alike they love the loaves and fishes. Alike they are landlords, and love high rents. Their doctrine, as well as that of the Tories, is " bricks versus brains"— (Laughter)—broad acres versus the rights of industry. No, trust neither party ; tell the Whigs their power is gone, and that if they would henceforth be the leaders of the people they must recognise the people's rights, and aim at the possession of no power but that which the people gives them. And now I commend you, I exhort you, to persevere. Be thankful that your cause is in its present position. Give us the confidence we ask and accept of the help which we offer. Bury the hatchet of discord. Let us fight under one banner. From this day forth let us be comrades; then We need not fear Sir Robert Peers majority. Were it far greater than it. is, it would fly like chaff before .the wind, in presence of the people's majority. *United let us stand ; united let us 'fight ; united we must conquer:. And then we will not only rejoice in the possession of a cheap loaf and well paid industry, and extended commerce, and free trade, but in the possession of a power that shall perpetuate these blessings, and shall transmit them in a richer mea sure to those who shall come after us. We shall then get more than bread—we shall get understanding also. Then our present adversity will have had the effect of cementing us in bonds of affection and brotherhood. I look forward to another meeting, even larger than the present = not composed, as now, of the suffering, the unemployed, the starving, and the disfranchised; but of the happy, the remunerated, and the enfranchised classes of the community.— (Loud cheers.) And, my hope and prayer is, that when we shall unfurl to the free breeze the ag of our triumph, on which shall be inscribed, " Free trade and equal rights," that there may be upon that banner no stain of blood, and in our consciences no feeling of self-reproach, nor in our shout of victory the wailing of one unhappy being who has lost a friend, a father, or a husband in the struggle.— (Great cheers.) To every man of this immense mul titude, I say — Be just and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at Be thy country's, thy God's, and truth's ; Then, if thou fall'st, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Mr. Thompson retired amidst great cheering. The journals of Santander and Corunna confirm the observation of the Bayonne papers, that the whales have reappeared in the Bay of Biscay. The fisheries along the northern coast of Spain are stated to have been of late very productive of all kinds of fish ; and at Cadille,o in particular the fishermen got 15,000 f. worth of the vcsugo' in four hours, not many days since. INDIAN NAMES.—WeIsh names are somewhat re nowned for their " break-jaw" nature ; but they sink into perfeot insignifi cance i n that respect when compared with those in some of the Indian appeal causes, now ready for hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The following are specimens : Baboo Janekee Doss v. Brijrutton Doss; Baboo Deep Narain v. Lal Chutterput Singh ; Sheikh Imdad Ali v. Mussumat Kootby Begum ; Jecrajee and ethers v. Trimbukjee and Jago-jee. SUDDEN DEATIL—On Friday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and a resp,ctable jury, at the Holland Arms Tavern, adjoining Holland-house, Ken sington, on view of the body of Mr. William Johnson, aged 74 years, whose death occurred under the following sudden cir cumstances : —From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased gentleman, who was highly respected by all that knew him, was the tenant of Holland Farm, Kensington, and steward to the late Lord Holland, and was during his Lord ship's life a great favourite and constant cognpanion of his Lordship, having been at the same college together in youth. On the morning of his death he left his Isluse in his gig at ten o'clock to go to the Hon. Colonel Fox, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, and was at that time perfectly well and in excellent spirits, and as he returned home down the Addi on road, he was met by a friend, of whom, instead of giving the usual familiar recognition, he took no notice. On reaching home he was, as he said, very sick, and vomited. He was then put to bed, when hw said, " Thank God," but became almost immediately insensible, and died in an hour. Verdict—" Na• tural Death." THE TARIFF.—ANOTHER COMPROMISE.—We hear with pleasure from Washington, that another compromise is on foot in relation to the Tariff, and that in all probability Mr. Clay will move in the matter in the course o f a f ew d a y s . The plan is, to raise the duties which on June 1 next will be twenty per cent. on the existing law, to 30 per cent. Th'S, wi t h cash duties and home valuation, will no doubt prove adequate for revenue, and at the same time give a new impulse of con fidence to our manufacturers. Mr. Clay will probably make a great effort on this subject before he leaves the Senate.—. Philadelphia Enquirer. BRITIS 11 MUSEUM. to B vi y si t t h t e he re S tu r r i n ti s sh of m th o e se n u u m m f b r er om of j p B e 4 r o son t s o admittedlB4l, to view the general collections, there appcar to have been 319,374, exhibiting an increase of 53,366 since the change in 1838, but still being a lesser illmaber by 63,773 visitors than under the old system. VISITORS TO THE READING.-ROOM.—The ,'ember of these in 1841, for the purpose of study and research, was 69,303, showißg an increase of 67,353 persons in this department since 1810. The average number of books daily used by the public, is computed at 1,086; the average daily number of readers being 238, it ap pears that each of them consults nearly five printed books. MINERALOGICAL DEPARTMENT.—The Osseous remains from Dr. Mantell's collection, and other relics of osteology have greatly enriched this branch . ZOOLOGICAL D EPARTMENT.—Upwards of 16,238 specimens have been added this laSt year;. among those highly scarce and valuable, are the Anstralian collection of Mr. Gould ; and specimens of reptile s and shells from Port Essington, the Himalaya, And Colombia River. BOTANICAL BRANCH.--The considerable number of 7,485 species of plants, chiefly from the ASiati a and African regions have been added this last year. ANTIQUITIES AND COINS.--The Greek coins of Mr. Burgon and Mr. C. •R. Stewart, with others from a treasure found in Cuerdale, Lancashire, give a new addition to this department of 8,100 coins. PRINTS AND D RAWING this branch bar' been added 451 prints after Sharp, Reynolds, and Lawrence, with a great number of additional copies. after the old masters. The new silver cup or Niello work is also a rich addition: The total re ceipts from Christmas, 1840, to Christmas' 1841, amounted to 36,3211. 2s. 3d. ; and the total expen diture, during • the same period, to 32,2431. Os. 4 d ., leaving a surplus in hand of 4,0781. 2s. 11d. The estimated charge from Lady-day, 1842, to Lady .- day, 1843, amounts to 33,110/. ; but the amount of grant required for the service of 'that year is only 30,3361. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In the debates which have taken place in the House of Commons on the new scale for barley, nothing has been said on the extent to which the averages will be affected by the large London houses supplying themselves with country made malt. For instance, several of the Loudon houses have agents here, and in many other parts of Norfolk and Suffolk, who pur chase barley, and when malted, send it to London. If that barley was sent to London, instead of being converted into malt here, it would raise the average price from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per quarter. The freight of a quarter of barley from Yarmouth to London is about 25., and 3s. a score carriage from Norwich to Yarmouth, besides other expenses in London, he" fore it can reach the brewer's store-room. If you take into consideration the immense quantity of malt sent to London , you will find that it will make a serious difference in the barley averages.—l remain, Sir, yours, A MALS'J'ER• N,rwich, March 4, 1842. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING. BROUGHTON (SOUTH LANCASHIRE) MEETING.---"! Broughton Cup for 16 all aged dogs was won by Mr. Hough' ton's Gipsey—the Skipton Puppy Cup, by Mr. King's ny. -- the Craven Stakes by Mr. Slater's Stopper—the Consolatio n Stakes by Mr. Hardman's Spring—the Beaten Puppy Stakes by Mr. Bennett's Westinoreland. BURTON AG NES, Feb. 28 and March I.—The St. Leger Stakes were won by Dr. Cockcroft's Priam—the Derby Stakes by Mr. Nicholson 's Syntax—the Consolation Stakes by Sir H. Boycott's Blossom— and the Burton Agnes Stakes by Or' Cole's Crucifix. LYTHAM, FLEETWOOD, AND CLIFTON, Feb. 24, 25 , a nd 26.—The Great Clifton Cup (32 dogs)bwas won by Mr. Ala chett's Ribton, beating Mr. Williams's Priam—the Talbot Stakes (32 subs) were won by Mr. Pattison's Crafty, beating Mr. Machett's Malibran—and the Lytham Stakes (3 2 d o g e) by Mr. Scott's Fly, beating Mr. Hutchinson's Rubens. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA, NEWCASTLE, 1842. TUESDAY. - Nominations for the Tvro Stakes. C -- br f Emilius, out of Variation—Aristides; by Liverpool, out Twinkle—A British Yeoman— Erin Lad-.-Peggy—Winesour --- Nutwith—Little Binton—Ravensworth. WEDNESDAY.—Nominations for the Northumberland Plate -Cr uiskeen, aged— Zelmyra, 5 yrs—Fidhawn, 4 yrs--Pharul d ' 3 yrs—Dr. Caius, 5 yrs—the Youngun, b yrs—Hamlet, ned — ",... Beeswing, aged —Foxberry, 3 yrs—Calypso, 5 yrs— I s ' Bess, 5 yrs Iliona, 5 yrs Bellona, aged—Charles the Twelfth, 6 yrs Archanus 3 yrs Billfugham Lai c' 4 yrs—Thirsk, 4 yrs—The Squire, ' 4 yrs—Whistle 3 yrs Queen Bee, 5 yrs Mustapba Mule)", 4 yrs—Jack Sheppard, 4 yrs—Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs— 111 ,f s Trooper,3 yrs—All Fours, aged—c by Liverpool dam by 3 yrs—Gallipot, 5 yrs—The Shadow, aged—Hullos, 6 Yrs''' . 4 ,.- Marius, 4 yrs—Naworth, 5 yrs—Portrait, 4 yrs—Lanrestins, 4 yrs—Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs —Guitar, 4 yrs—Bro to HarEurb e i; . : , 4 yrs—Little Wonder, 5 yrs—Studley Royal, 4 yrs—Zob rn a aged—Usurper, 6 yrs—Phreon, 4 yrs—Potentate, aged—Re'Y Charley, 3 yrs Chantilly, 6 yrs—Combermere, 3 yrs-13130` Beck, 5 yrs—Meteor, 3 yrs—Galaor, 4 yrs—Skipton, 3 Yrs''' . - Roil c by Velocipede, out of Queen Bathsheba, 4 rs— O'More, 5 yrs—Extract, 3 yrs—Rhodasithe, yrs—Disclosure' 4 yrs —f by Bay Middleton out of Miss Fanny, 3 yrs—: Johnny, 5 yrs—The Artful Dodger, 3 yrs— Woldsman, 3 Y r- Binkie , —Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs—The Duke of Wellingto n 4 yrs —Lanercost, aged—Kingston, Robin 5 yrs—Syren, Y" —Melody h, 5 yrs--Lord of Holderness, 3 yrs—Baronet , 3 ) 1 1 —Pagan, 4 yrs—Jolly Tar, 4 yrs —Langer Filly (out 0% Mermaid), 3 yrs—Ermengardis, 4 yrs—Bounceaway, 4yrs--- Marshal Soult. 4 yrs—Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs—WW ward,6 yrs—Modesty, aged—Ada 5 yrs—the Recorder, 6 yrs- - Haslingion, 4 yrs—M. by Curtius, 5 yrs—Archer, 4 George aged St. Lawrence, 5 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—The Cur" , r` rier, 6 yrs—Miss Stilton, 4 yrs--Retriever, 6 yrs —Priscilis Tomboy, 3 yrs—Wardan, 5 yrs. Nominations for the Corporation Plate :—F idhawn, 4 The Young'un, 5 yrs—Pharold, 3,5 rs—Prior, 3 yrs-=The Maid of Auckland, 3 yrs—Guitar, 4 yrs—Christopher, 3 yrs., b c by Lion, nut of Hind, 3 yrs—c by Langer, d by Filho da Puts , 3 yrs—f by Voltaise, out of Proserpne, 4 yrs—f by Vol; sire , out of Wagtail, 3 yrs—Moss Trooper, 3 yrs—Mary &More , • 4 yrs—Eboracum, 3 yi a—Alice Hawthorn, 4 yn—c by Liver pool, out of Malt; of Avenel, 3 yrs—Cantata, aged---Con t ,t . nor., aged—Queen Bee, yrs—Arnagill, 4 yrs—Quilt Arnow, 4 yrs—Marius, 4 yrs—c by Liverpool, d by Filho, 3 yrs. .• THU RSD AY. —Nominations for the Gold Cup : —Cruisk eeo !, aged—Pharold, 3 yrs—Little Wonder, 5 yrs—Bees-wing , eg7 - —Thirsk. 4 yrs— ittle Wonder, 5 yrs —Alnstapha MuleY, yrs—Combermere, 3 yrs—Lanercost, aged—Dr. Caius, 5 Y rs —Middleham, 4 yrs—Jack Sheppard, 4 yrs—Galaor, 4 yrs - :: Calypso, 5 yrs—Moss Trooper, 3 yrs—Vulcan, 5 yrs—Bro t Garland, 3 yrs—Charles the Twelfth, 6 yrs—Provost, 6 Y" -- Skipton, 3 yrs—Retrieve, 6 yrs. CROXTON PARK, 1842. Nominations for Billesdt n Copton Stakes—Henley, 5 Y rg-- c by Napoleon, 4 yrs—f by Lambtonian, dam by Filho, 4 Euclid, 4 yrs—Man Friday, 4 yrs—Sister to Ferneleys ar t a Brother to Prizetlower. aged—Chance, 5 yrs—c by i a ' . Syntax, dam by Filho, 4 yrs. EGLINTON PARK, 1842. Handicap for the Stand Cup—Dr. Calm, 5 yrs, 12st St. Lawrence,s yrs, list 51b—Zohrab, 5 yrs, 12st—Potentate s aged, 1 Ist 121b—Neptune, 5 yrs, list 101b--Oswald, list 41b—Nubian, aged, list 41b — Charlie, aged, 11st—Th - c, Diamond, aged, 1 lit—Constantine, aged, l Ist—The Retur oe : aged, 10It 71b—Robinson, aged lOst 71b—Barrier, ag ei, lOst 31b—Hull Bank, 4 yrs, 9st 121b—Magic, 4 yrs, 9st Sib"' Archer, 4 yrs, 9st 4lb —and Clydesdale Lassie, 4 yrs, 9st. COVENTRY RACES, 1842. Acceptances for the 10 Sovs. Handicap—Miss Kitty Cock le ' aged, Bst 101b—Chantilly, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Moonbeam, 4 Y rs ' Bst—Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, Bst Whisperer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b" Hudibras, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b— Sister to Broadwath, 4 yrs, 7st 5 15 "" Rebecka, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Happy-go-Lucky,6st 51b. Acceptances fir the Si:ver Cup—Moonbeam, 4 yrs, Bst J O Rough Robin, 5 yrs, Bst 1 21b —The Knight, 6 yrs, Bst 5 11 P ". President, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Frank, 6 yrs, Bst Anvil, 4 Yr i s t ; 7st 121b—Rancour, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Esperenza, 4 yrs, Ist 10 —Traitress, 7st Sib—and Satan, 7st 81b. Very . recently a relieving officer of the Kilig_L o hte f bridge Union absconded with upwards of a hundred pou"'"' s s the poors' money. This is the second officer who has left th union in a similar way within the last few months.—os t Times. 0 THE ART OF SINKING.--A Provincial P ap e r th Alt cautions persons guilty of cruelty to the brute creation . o f evil-disposed persons in these parts, who are in the.habit or behaving with cruelty to unfortunate animals in their ear e ' ar e with which they come accidentally in contact, should be a w an e that, in addition to the eye of Providence that ever see s of notes their guilty deeds, they are under the inspecti' s o f Yewens, the active officer of the Society for Preventiou Cruelty to Animals." it GOLD WATCHES, LONDON-MAD E a; ' , T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, No. 47, Cornbill, 1 1 0 seven doors from Gracechurch-street, submits for selefi, of very large STOCK o f GOLD WATCHES, the let, the which are carefully examined by experienced workmen premises, and each is warranted for correct performance' SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned , 0 gold case', a n d go ld di a l s , warrante d k',lo - Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed a engine-turned gold eases an d go ld di a l s, war r an ted a Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, 0 14 1 4 warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-Backed gold cases, war- 13 1 3 • ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in , • six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 17 1 7 0 enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and 0 0 gold dials, warranted 2 lifig Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in g old bonl cases, for 31. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. On the 20th ult., at Nice, the lady of C. T. Vandeleur , Es li late Captain of the 34th Regiment, of Moyvella, GalalY , ° ,son and heir. On the 28th ult., in Woburn-square, the wi fe of 8.1.100. Esq., of a son. On the 3d inst., t Windsor, Ms. Judg a e,of a son- rs On the 3d inst., at Pinner-hill r , M iddlesex, the wife of Lx• Jackson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 3d inst., in Sloane-street, Mrs. H . Whittaker , °f a daughter. On the 3d inst., at the Node, near Welwyn , Mrs. Willis° Reid, of a son. On the 3d inst , in Hyde-park-street, the lady of Elliot NW" naghten, Esq., of a son. Ggp egs On the 4th inst., in Brighton, the wife of the Rev. Thackeray, Rect rof Hemingby, Lincolnshire , off ada~ MARRIED. D a vid On the Ist inst., in Bangor Church, county of Down,, any Cla ne St ew art Ker, Esq., 111. P., to the Hon. Anna Dorothea Biac'. wood, youngest daughter of Hans Lord Dufferin a_bo),°_ DIE. ,,, ,v 60111 Ot the 25th ult., at Ashb urne, D the Hon. L i on el ..-"' third brother of the Earl of Portarlington. ESTI sur- On the Ist inst., at Dorchester, 1-i. Plowman n, goon, R.N. -____,.....r_!l C *f London: Printed and Published by BILTIIDO No. 112, Strand, at Sun Office, No. 112, Strancl, the County of Middlesex, Monday, March 7, 042. tr e i on T a 1 3 *r su e his r sz t2, ; i In er ter ' to itnb 'ens 1` rtil k d e ba t i oi ° I tht at G diesel