The Sun. — London, England, 1821-06-08 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. ON THE PAST AND PRESENT CIRCIMISTANCES OF THIS COUNTRY, WITH A - VIEW TO THE RELIEF OF AGRICULTURIfj MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. (Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.) It does not appear to have been sutrtciently considered, that when the rate of exchange - , in othei words,• when the market-price abroad of the pound sterling falls, and the foreign purchaser :of British manufactures can, therefore, purchase at a lower price, a Bill of Exchange; payable in 'London, for the purpose Of sending the same to .•England to pay for British manufactures, these goods become cheaper to him, to the extent in the fart per pound sterling in the rate of exchange: the lower the exchange; the cheaper to him the goods; consecnientiy, the greater the encourage ment to their consumption, and the better will :they enter into competition with foreign manu factures. In 1813, for example ; when on account of •the payments of England to the Continent being iTreater than her receipts, the exchange with Ham tour;ti fluctuated bet..Veen twenty-six and thirty shillings per pound English. It cost the foreigner so many Flemish sliiilings to buy a Bill of F.:xithange for one pound sterling to remit to • England to pay for English goods. But had the exchange-been at par, it would haYe cost him ra ttier more ;than thirty-four Flemish shillings to purchase the Bill in England constituting. a dif ference of between 13 -and .23 per cent. deducted from the cost in England of the manufactures ptir- Chased. . Had, however, ample quantities of gold • - coin been hi circulation at the time in England, the payments of England to the Continent had been balanied by exporting the gold coin ; and the exchange would not have fallen to become any, material deduction from the cost of British raanu fac tures. 'This, we humbly conceive, is an important con slderation, on account of the essential difference in the circumstances of this country regarding the extension of manufactures : they have, beside, lost the internal war derriand. In former times, when the exchanges were low, they were against England, because we were ; principally an agri cultural country.. To posSess the precious me tals ;. to buy foreign productions the cheaper by means of them ; were objects of greater import ance than selling our goods to foreign countries. While France manufactured from 15 to 20,per Cent. cheaper than England, she commanded the foreign - markets. The sacrifices which were made by the Me thuen Treaty were considered as nothing corn pared with its chief object, the procuring gold and silver. The term " against England" meant • not only-against the importation- of the precious • metals, but against the interests of England. We have now itotenly departed from being essential- Ay agricultural, ..but . have become, so essentially commercial, that not only t 4 number of banks and' bankers render gold coins less-necessary, but the cheapness and perfection of' our manufactures, and the intelligence, extension, - and increased ca 7 pital of our merchants and manufacturers can prOOtre:thepreciouslmetals from all countrieseby the exportation of our goods : and as we annually sell to foreiou countries a Considerable amount of goods more than We consume of their productions, in our conception the term " against" has been converted actually into in'favour of 'some of the best interests of. England, ill proportion as the rower rates of Foreign Exchange encourage the :exportation and foreign consumption of Brhish ,m;anufactures. And whatever evils .may have • been assumed to attend the absence.of gold coins in the last twenty years, the - low rates of ex change, made lower by.their absence, more than eoy other circumstance, encburaged the consump tion of British manufacture and Colonial produce frOrn time to time in foreign countries. After the gold coins Were exported,, the whole expellees' of . England on the continent were in this manner the export of Manufacture "and produce, the-Only remaining Means by which they could be ,paid., In labouring to detect the imperfec tions of Bank-notes, instead of admitting their L'*Fly advantages, this circumstance has been undervalued, if, not unobserved by many persons. Secondly. is a succession of bad harvests im possible ? Suppose this country be visited, liy ,several short crops of corn ; suppose the market : price .riFe.s and 'remains long above the importa-- tipa price ; suppose the quantity of foreign corn „imported he greater, than ever ; does not all ex perience , preve that, the . gold coin would be the immediate means of. paying for the corn ? In such case the Bank of ; I:ogland is. expected to withdraw an amount of Bank 7 nates from circula iiKi, 44 order, as it is assuened, - to keep down the rqiiiet; price of gold. : :But, in such case, the ot,;l, posecnot,of money in, ciroulationwill sod - tlenly ire diminished, both to the amount of the gold -con, exported and. -to the. amount of the. .Itienk-noes SO wititd:awn. Can the trade and ingeeetTy of the c_ouetry,..he e expected to ,sustain • szich a. sh9c . ,l-; F l ven without had harvests 'the exenange m fall to- produCe' inconvenience to a certain 'degree by actitlg on Such . priaciples. Anatil;!r alteration ie - our erceeetances.wili bp thise. If ths substitution of god fore paper . be carried to the extrione e itisObvions'that the profits of the piopri-etors of more than _Pipe-hundred and fifty chartered;andconntry 'hanks, their clerks and dependants, will, be considefabl3' 'diminished ; and 41)W tv to conSunie- domestic. corn- modities, -support industry, and) pay taxes. ,If they, for twenty - years, have gained • the 'profits upon- circulating twenty or the jr millions, or ail ) ; .amount of , notes.in iieu of gold coins, it has heen a' national 'advantage, The ,- s'nbtraction of the profit will forth another diminutina Of national • come - and of :internal trade. The profits too were•not . like the gains. of ordinary.trade,: . which come ont.of_ the pockets-of the Consume' rs ; the persons pay s infiinterest for loans . of money coma ,*posed..oryiNe e paid no more than 'th n ey - wovlci ha-ye naile , for Money composed of gold coin; . After coils be substituted for notes they *will . pay at least as.much' interest as before; but as • loan's or money may be then less practicalale, they can lie no gainers by the change, • We must not therefore he.disappointed should it appear,.mere= Jy asap . WofiCind - loss, whatever other advan tages may be accomplished by the change, that it will not add to the . prOspeiity of the country. The thirty millions of capital which were dis engaged from the unproductive function of sup porting the Gold Currency, to be devoted eves Since to all the -activity and reiterated produc tiveness of capital for the support of trade and ►ndustry, may again be consigned to inactiveun profitableness, should public opinion require a similar, if not greater amount of coin in circula tion. While England made an inestimable dis coVcry in political science, that the distribution Of the produce of the land, and the industry of one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations, together with its immense financial transactions, could, amid surrounding difficulties, be success fully and uninterruptedly carried on without the intervention of Gold Coin, merely on public and private credit, on account of her insular si tuation; the-perfection of her public institutions; and the commercial habits of the people ; France had to sustain the dead weight of a circulation of coin, absorbing a capital in utter linprOclu6- tiveness, equal, as is supposed, to more than one hundred millions sterling : while her political economists, looking on with astonishment, said, " If France could support in credit the paper " circulation which . England enjoyed, France " would become the most powerful nation upon 4 4 earth." It is tree, almost every good has some atten dant evil. We might well avoid over-rating the possible evils ; but can we adequately appreciate the importance, at the time, of the bold contri vance of the. great mind which conceived it, or the matchless energy and the undaunted courage, which, as it were, in an instant threw a safe and ample pas Sage over an unexpected and unfathom able abyss That suddenly appeared to arrest the course of national defence, even of preservation, and in which all Religion, Laws, and' Liberty had probably been precipitated and utterly lost, but for the incomparable powers of that highly gifted mind ? [To be continuedi NATIONAL SOCIETY. The Annual General Meeting of this Society, for -the Education of the Poor in the Prin ciples of the Established Church, was held yesterday at the Central School, .Baldwites- Gardens, Gray's Inn-lane. His Grace the Arch bishop of CANTERBIIit'; took the chair at one o'clock, and was surrounded by a numeroUs body of bishops ; nobility, and gentry ; amoni , whom we recognised the Archbishop of York, Bishops of Chester, Gioncester, Llandaff, Saint Asaph. Bangor, and Lincoln, Mr. Justice Pare, Lord Kenyon, Sir James Lanham, Baronet, Sir It. Peel, Bally, M.P., Mr. NVilberforce, Doctors Bell and Watson,. and several others of the highest respectability. His Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury having opened the busi ness in a short speech, the Secretary, _Doctor Walmsly, read the Report; which stated, amongst a variety of gratifying facts, that a legacy had been bequeathed to the Society in the last year, by Jaines Hayes, Esq. of 5,0001.; from which the greatest advantages had resulted to the inte rests of the Institution; as its funds were pre viously much deteriorated by the expences at tending the erection -of additional SchoolS and incidental disbursements: In the list of sub scriptions were several very munificent dona tions, and the names of many eminent persons. The RepOrt Was received with considerable ap plause. His Grace. the Archbishop of Canter bury said, that after hearing the Report; the Meeting must feel satisfied as to the results of the Society's labours during the last ten years. His Grace, in an elaborateind eloquent speech, pout trayed the advantages of educating the lower classes of society,•as a means of protecting them against the vices and teinptations incident to their condition-of life, and of enabling them to counteract the • efforts of artful -and designing men. Mr. Justice PARK said, it would -be ab surd to conceive .that there would be no crime where there was education ; but - speaking from personal experience, he asserted that of those . who had been tried before him, the majority were individuals who had not received the bene fit of early, religious instruction. The Honour able Judge concluded an eloquent speech by proposing the thanks of the meeting to the. Archbishop of Canterbury, which was- second k-1 by Mr. Wilberforce, , and carried with much applause. Ilis Grace shortly expressed his sense of • the honour. Lord Kenyon,- in . a high eulogium on the character and merits of the Rev. Dr. Walmsly,- proposed_ a vote of thanks to that Gentleman for his exertions, which was unani mously carried, and he returned his a cknoW:- ledgments. A vote ,of thanks to Dr. Bell was .also carried, - as were several other resolutions; •aad some eloquent speeches were made by seVe ral Gentlemen. Avery large sum was collected in support of the funds of the Institution. - Tug Aamy.---The 2.d regiment of Dragoon Guards, commanded by Col. KEARNEY, arrived hcre on Friday (Ist inst.) from Ireland, on their rou t e for "Manchester.--( Liv . erpool Ad erliser.) • The 2d Regiment of Life Guards received their marching orders yesterday. 'They. are to leave town on Thursday next for. Windsor, to relieve the Royal Blues on that - dUty ; when the Royal Blues will leave on the same_ day.for Lon don, 4nd take possession of the new barracks.in the Regent's Park. The Officers of the 4th Light Dragoons, quar tered at the' Cavalry 'Barret: l .v, at Canterbury, gave an-elegant ((dm/a, on Monday last, to a party of the neighbourin Gentry ; after .s Lich the company danced for some time to the r:T,i- Mentalniusic. THE LORD BISHOP OF MEATII.—We are 'gra tified in• announcing the•yestoration to health of this inestimable and. venerable Prelate, and that his Lordship will shortly be enabled to resume the arduous 'duties Of the diocese.—(Jiibernian Journal,) , The Grand Jury sitt;ngat tin Old Dailey last night returned a true bill againkt the proprietors of " Thejohn Ball" Sunday paper, ',for a libel. A true bill was also, found against [ Jane Carlile, for the Rke offence, • THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS ; .1102 C 8, (MORNING POST.] We have received New. Providence Papers to the 15th of April. The account they give of the state of the Colony is nbt very promising, as a great part of the soil of the Bahamas is much taustecl, and in several instances planters have disposed of their Slaves, Whilst others are remov ing- to more propitious' situations. It has been mentioned that Crab Island (one of the Virgin Islands), about twenty miles long, and - four or five broad, holds out greater advantages for those who are seeking an asylum ; but it yet remains in doubt to whose territory that Esland belongs, as, from its prokimity to Porto Rico, the Spaniards have a claim to it. Ms Excellency Lewis Grant, Governor of the Bahamas, opened the LegiSlature on the (23d March, in a speech ; in which his Ex cellency recommended to the consideration of the tWo House's. ' a Bill for the Registry,of Slaves, throughout the Bahamas, such as he hoped would be beneficial to the Colony; and meet the wishes of Government ; but the misunderstanding which has prevailed in the Colony for some time is not yet set at rest ; and-his. Excellency, on proroguing thetwo houses on the 6th of April, lamented the failure of the Registry Bill, and made some re marks upon the disagreement in other Colonies, where he Said, ". We have seen the pacific over tures met on the threshold." . - • [THE TIMES.] With respect to the 6,0001. per annum now to be added to the Duke of Clarence's income, we are of opinion that it would be unbecoming a na tion to act with any retributive petulance. If the 6,0001. are necessary, the previous rejection of them is no sufficient ground for now withhold ing them when applied for : indeed, the applica tion itself is a sufficient proof of penitence. [BRITISH PRESS.] • It will, we, think, be unnecessary for us to argue upon the general principle, that in uphold ing the dignity and splendour of the Loyal Family are deeply involved the best and most Valued interests Of the State. It requires no very abstruse knowledge of the workings of the human mind to ascertain how powerful is the effect pro , duced by external appearances upon the great mass of man - Lind, and how necessary are the gifts of fortune to justify, in the minds of the million, the respectful observances that are due to high birth and elevated rank. We are aware that in touching upon this topic we arm against us a host of philosophic precepts ; but without ,-denying - the-truth of the general maxims of the schools, we mast feel how inapplicable they are to the Ordinary airairs of common life, more espe cially in a counkry where the principles of our Political -institutions recognise, as their firMeSt support, the gradations of rank, and where the increase of wealth and the progress of luxury have given an Osolute value to the artificial dis tinctions of their own creation. 11IORNING CHRONICLE.] One unsurmountable objection to an Association like that in question (CONSTITUTIONAL Asso- CIATION), is, that it is incompatible with a fair and impartial administration of justice. If im proper writings are published and vended—to proceed against the publishers and venders by objectionable means is not a course, surely, which any wise or good man would recommend with a view to put a stop to the evil. We shall even for a moment suppose this Association to be as free from party motives as it is notoriously the reverse. What security has a man put upon his trial by it, that some of its long list of anonymous subscribers are not on his Jury ? But the_ union of Prosecutor and Judge in the same person is repugnant to every notion of English justice. And 'why, we would ,ask, are these un-English practices now resorted to ? have we not public prosecutors, responsible officers, who are, specially charged with the su perintendeffee of the Press ? Have these men failed to dis t :barge their duty in a proper manner, or are they too few in number? Th,is has never been stated. But allowing the conduct of the public prosecutors to have been negligent, or that thry are too few in_ number, it does not surely follow that the evil ought •to be remedied by means direoly at va - riance with every principle of justice. Let an accusation be brought forward agaimt Line Attorney and Solielior-Genend, or let es.siitants-in,suflit:lent number be given to them. [Nr - w We need hardly notice the brutal article in The - yestoday, relating to the Hono rary. Assistant Secretary of the Constitutional Association. 'Every pferson with the feelings of a :Tian anil'aGentlernan, Must have turned froth it inAliggnst,- 1,.)..t.•e, Unmanly, and Cruel hut what had it to do with the merits or de .Melits of tho,..A.:ssocltion?--•True it is, that Mr.:Sharp,.ia ,Gentlethau of most respeetable cOnnexibn,ii i 'brother - to-the late BOroughreeve of I Mauchester„was fo i rmprly in trade ; that he had -realized' a considerable, fortune bat that he lost the greater part of it, 'in those vicis situdes of conimerce, whiCh have occasioned the: ruin of so many eminent Houses. True it is, that this Gentleman has given his very valuable services to the Constitutional Association . ; 'but the Worthless Editor of The T/mes know's hiin litill.iadced, if he .thinks that any cowardly, as•'. sassin-like'attacks', those of yesterday, Will intjthidate, 'or deter him trom his duty, as an honest: man, and .0: loyal subject. • It would be easy !for the friends - of M. Sharp to retort on the _writer . of : the article in. question. They Might allude to circumstances, not yet out of recollection in 'the family- history "of . that per son, which ought ,to Impose on him the " Mo dest stillness'? that he recommends to others; lint pity , for 'the, .unoffenliing Themhe.rs of his family, -and unwillingness to violate the sanctity of the tomb,•forbid .vengeance so easy and so effectual, One thing; must not be passed over. Sir. Sharp did undoubtedly starch forward to Vitt; dicate the Magistrates of Cheshire and Lan cashire from the infamous calumnies heaped upon them in The Times. He stated, on undeniable authority, plain, distinct, and unanswerable truths ; he convicted The Times of gr.Dss, wilful, and wicked falsehood, in relation to the lamen table occurrences of the 16th of August, 1819. Hence the enmity of that most unprincipled jour= nal against i\lr. Sharp ! PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. Having a right, on account of the well-known origin of TnE SUN, to consider it as the. Chief PITT JOURNAL of the Country, we feel it to be our duty to give all possible celebrity to the annual Festivals in honour of our departed States man, and we therefore insert with pleasure the fol lowing article from that respectable paper, The Leeds Intelligencer, of the 4th inst.:--- LEEDS PITT CLUB. The Anniversary of this Society was celebrated on Monday last, at the Music-hall :. JOHN Hanr)Y, Esq., the Recorder, in the Chair. The dinner and wines, provided by Mr. Mose ley, were of the first order, and every arrangement was made which could add to the enjoyments of the evening. The band of the tith regiMent was stationed in the gallery, and Mr.. Har. graVe of Pontefract, together with a number 'of other profss sional vocalists, appeared in the orchestra, and performed seve ral excellent songs and glees. • As soon as the cloth was drawn, and' Non nobis Domine" had been sung by the choristers, The PaEsimixT addressed the meeting. In rising to pro pose a toast which uniformly took theprecedence, he shoUld not have prefaced it with a single observation, baddt not been for the injustice and indignity with which the subject of it had.been treated. The sovereign of a free country like this, who had the best security for his Throne in the hearts and - affection - S - of his ',capita nest feel 'Most sensibly the attempts which had been him in ' • '• • • mane to betray Lieu • estimation. Every one of• them could bear witness'to the industry with which his character had been assailed by every-species of slander-that the most malig nant calumny could suggest. It was quite ithpossible to believe the Sovereign could be, in a. situation to give personal offence; no headaild front of his offending was, that he is a King— (Applausa.)—That was his offence ; and for that they strove by all means to degrade and vilify him. He knew no old fa - shiened virtue more characteristic of Englishmen than their loyalty; and hewas convinced that td oSe he was then addressing Would scorn to - name the name of King, on an occasion like this, without feelings of affection for him ;—not of mereabStraet attachment to the Throne itself, but to - the nian'who finis it.—(Conti nued applause.)--He made this observation because he. had - re- Marked, that all the loyalty and patriotism which had been congregated in the Egyptian Hall under the auspices of the Lord Mayor, had received. this toast with sullen silence ; whilst the name of another royal personage, whose proper station was that insignificanee into winch she was fast smiting, had been hailed with tumultuous applause. He was' not - afraid of their offering such an indignity their monarch ; but he wished to bring to their recollection, that he was that sovereign, who, though nursed in.the -very school of Mr. Pitt's opponents, had, at a crisis when - I;ngland expected, but scarcely dared hope for it, .paid the most deliberate homage to the principles. of that great roan. They all recollected- the period when ,he entered upon the functions which devolved upon him from the infirmi ties of his venerable father, and the restrictions under which be was placed by a Pitt Administration ; but no sooner was he at liberty, than he took those men to his confidence and conti nued them in his councils. .He knew of no. trait in history so attractive as that of our Fifth Henry, who honoured. with his esteem Chief Justice Gascoigne, by whom he Shad •been com mitted to prison, when Prince of Wales, for his irregularities. But. George the Fourth had done more. - lle had not, like Henry, 4 4 (1: to combat with the consciousness of his own mis. eimduct, and to trace to it thoassrestrictions, which seemed to iMpute to him a disposition to act in a manner inconsistent with filial piety and decorum ; but in, spite of all this, he sa crificed his personal feelings to public. duty,. convinced hat the polio, of - Pitt was the policy of England.(Applause.)—On the altar of his country he offered up his. early prejudices, and the consequence was, that England. was England still.(Shouts of applause.)-- , He was now about to take uPon him (though various means had been tried to delay the ceremony), the im perial crown of those realms ; and there ,was riot a man there whose heart did not respond to the. wish! " may he who wears the crown immortal long guard him s !"—(Plaudits.). "The Eings"—(four times four.) Song—" God save the King."---:.Mr. Hargrave ; accompa nied by the band, and choruased by the company. The PRESIDENT regretted lie could not propose a name in the place of-that excellent feMale who for more than half a eens tury shared the throne of those realms, and dignified it by 'her exansple. But if he did regret, it was not because he conceived it - any injustice to the woman who here the title now. He should therefore give, . • " Tne Duke of York,"--,(3 times 3 .) Glee—" Hail Stai of Brunswick." " The Duke of Clarende, and the other branches of the-Royal family."—(3 times 3.) Air—" Ruh Britannia." . Glee.—" When order' in .his ?and cornrnenc'd." In proposing the next, toast, the PittsincT said, , the praise of ,Mr. Pitt had so often kindled an eloquence to which he couid not aspire, that he should not haVe oared a' single Observation, had henbt been convinced that whatever were the demerits of the speaker, they would be forgotten in his soul 7 insphing the Me. .And . yet the praise of Mr. Pitt might inspire the most stambicring tongue—it was the praise of wificloin, energy,' disin terestednsi, devotedness to his country, in short,, of true pa triotism • He was aware this opinion was not universal nor would it have been so, had he been really entitled to the tvpel lation Which had been given to him of "beaven-born" minister. Those who were 'cast into the shade by. the splendour of his mighty talents, would still have carped, at his measures and policy. The assertion that he had plunged the country unne cessarily into war, had been often made and repeated, notwith standing the flagrant facts' which contradict it. No alternative was left him but -_a recourse to arms, and the resolution and firm -ness with Which he met the crisis were what excited their a& miration, and 'induced - them to poUr out 'libations to his me • mory on that day. Which gave tO England its greatest states man, and. to all future Ministers so iliti,;trious an example: The Chairman, after some farther observations ; gtVe. " The Immortal Memory of the late light Hon. AVM Pitt." C 6 times ; - Glee—" Pitt's illustrious name." • ". Our glorious Constitution in Church and State." 'Britons strike home:" The CriArnm.AN prefaced the next toast with sonic well merited eulogiums upon . the noble president of the club, the Earl•of-fiarewood. "•Ii there be a patriot in this country, said ttr. Hardy,):the.president of this chili : is one,—faking the word pa.triot, in its legitimate and sober accentation, as descriptive of a man ardently alive to thinj.afF,:f'Aing the honour and in terest Of his country, and deterimned by every saerifice - to Sup port them. I. arn.not a convert to those opinions, Which would confile the merits of ,patriotism exclusively t !! the opponents of Goverment; the man, who, from .pure and conscientious mo tives, supports the measures of those in power, is as . miieh en- - titled :to that appellation as he, who, froof the same conscien tious Motives, oppwies them." Our noble President, the Earl of Ilarewood.."—(3. times 34.; • " The Navy and Army."--(3 time 3.) .Song,—" Rule Britannia."—Mr. Ilargrave. This we's sung in such a Superior style, that the last verse was rapturously .encored. The :Hong , : of Brunswick, and. may they never forget the prinnipks tilt placed them on the Throne of these Realms, and alw,,ys r:.,rnerebr thosa"tbatlent their). there:et The CR Aln MAN observed; that wise and able measures were Of little avail, without a Skilful and vigorous arm to execute them ; and that arm Britain,had found in the Duke of Wel lington. That General was at once the sword and the spear of his c, - lintry. lie knew how to song .-r his enemies b}l delays, c.s the rapidity of a march, or the impetttosity ornis With such a leader, and with such fJllowsets, as Ile (:;orne of 'whom he now saw around him), " Nought shall make us rue, If England to herself do. prove but true." cc the Duke ot7l4'''l:llington."—(3 times 3.) . . „ . "Se tlo. Conglitrinf.;• Hvro comes." - ' ". The. glorious inernory of those who have Lilen in the sal., vice of their country." Glee.—" Peace to the souls of the Heroes." The CII AI II MAN" introduced the next toast, with a highly hu mourous speech, which etcited much laughter and a?) pause from the conTany. 13c observed, he was then to propose a sct or who, n one half of what was said of them were true, they nu believe to be utterly incapable of directing their conduct by the dictates of common sense.—They were accused of. conducting themselves so weakly or wickedly, 116 to endanger the trp,-.6 lily l tolly to destroy the prosperity of the country. Titis ac c made , 'not 'only by the toi:: - -rag and bobtail of Inti-ruinistoriJ scribblers, from the authors of many caged' pamphlets; to the writers on dead Walls ; but on an autnortty 'no leas grave and oracular than that bf men appose superior political wisdom entitled- them to theapnellation of " all the Talents," The. men, whom, he was about to • pr se as a toast, were, he believed, denominated by these i)Ll•sens " An the Blocks ;" this probably was ly Way of a Rowland for their Oliver; for the 7 latter did give the Talents an Oliver, and to do them justice, they had indisputably made the most of him:— The worthy Chairman then made some very appropriate allu s!onS tti the different Charges brought by " All the Talents " against the Administration ; and concluded byfliving Song— " His Maiesty's " The Death of Abercrombie."-=-Mr. Hargrave. " The Protestant 'Ascendancy." " Lord Eldon." " May the winciple§ of Mr. Pitt ever animate the CouneilS of Great Britain:" I " The Mayor of Leeds."—(3. times 3.) _ . Glee--" The City Feast." " Mr. Stuart Wortley, the worthy anti inclipendent represen tative of this county." • " The Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom."—(3 times 3.), " The Vicar of Leeds."—Gi times 3). The VICAR, in returning thanks, begged leave to-recommend the ConstitutionahAssociation to the support of the Pitt-Clubs. This Society, he observed, was, in its principles, constitutional; and. had fir its object to bring to jttstice the seditious libcllist and caricaturist--The Reverend Gentleman observed, he •had himself been at the office of the Association ; and had had an .opportunity of seeing some of those caricatures. Although J 4 or 15 of the worst description were selected from-them for the inspection of Counsel,' yet what remained. were of ,the most abominable cast. It was for those persons who professed to be attached - to Pitt principles, to support this society. " Colonel Lloyd."—(3 times 3.) • " The Vicar of-Wakefield, and the neighbouring Clergymen who have. honoured us with their comp a ny." The Vicar of Wakefield returned thanks. " Our worthy President, Mr. Hardy."—(With 3 times 3.) " The Viee-Presidents." Alderman HALL, returned thanks.—ln the course- of -his speech, the Worthy Alderman alluded to the Constitutional Association, in the following terms These, sir,arenot times to relax any of the bonds which give firmness to the Constitue tion, or to reed any, vows which we have plighted in its de fence. view, with . pleasure, anadditional guard, in the Asso ciation to which the worthy Vicarhas called pun- attention. I am inclined to think well of this Association, because I per ceive that it is already a terror to the vile caricaturists of royalty, - and to the whole herd of blasphemous and seditious editors ; ;' well it may, for their whole craft is endannered, and they eanno longer pursue their abominable work, with tat impunity. which, to the scandal of ail good subjects, has too long attended them. • e I think no worse of it, because, as a lieentious daily Newspaper infbrihs me, it is encouraged by the whole bench of Bishops ; and it - has risen in my estimation since ,it was honoured with the sneers of an arch-radical senator,'at a tavern dinner ; but it conies chiefly recommended to me by the speech in Parliament ; of the Queen's Attorney-General ;- and Ido trust that the of fences which it is designed to check, alas ! too numerous to hf . meet with due visitation from the law officers of the Crown, will ' r not escape the hundred eyes of this Constitutional :urns. As Members ourselves of a Constitutional Society, it •betannes us < , to give this our support." - . The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the h ea lth o f Si r J o h n Nu gent and the 6th Regiment, complimented them f o r -do z soldier-like and orderly conduct during the time they - have been in Leeds, which, he said, was due to thins from the Command ing (Weer to the lowest individual. " general Sir John Nugent, and the 6th Regiment ; and God bless them wherever they go." (3 times 3.) . Captain Thomson returned thanks. Air—" Ye Warwickshire Lads." • • " The Wakefield Litotes." • Mr. Naylor returned thanks. " Colonel Hardy, and the Leeds Volunteers."—(3 times 3.) Colonel Hardy returned thanks. ..• Glee—" Lik's a bumper." • " The-Lover of the Leeds Volunteers." , - " Lord Grantham and the Yorkshire Hussars." (3 times 3.) Captain William Beckett retarned thanks. " The Vice President, Dr. hunter," • Dr. Hunter returned thanks. - • Music.—" ScotS cause o'er the border." " The land we live in ; and may those . who' don't like it, leave it. • The CHAIR MAN left the Chair 'about ten o'clock ; and was succeeded by LE Pxoli DoasoN, Esq. . The compally did not separate till a lat.: hour. DREADFUL A CCIDENT.—The ,S'aiopian Jourprt says, " At an early hour on Tuesday morning a part of the southern wall of the Theatre at Shrewsbury gave .waf, and Calling on the roof of an adjoining house / forced a part of it down to the kitchen floor, below- the level of the sirel• Unfortunately a labourin ,, man, named Davies, with his wife and two Andrei' (one of them seven years old; the other an infant at the breast) slept in a bed in ,the garret, immediately under the dislocated mass, which forced them, together with a quantity.of. large stones, timber, the bed, ,Stc.&c.down to the kitchen, where they were bared the'heap of fallen materials. Four other children of the same man lay in a bed in another part of the room, and providentially were unhurt. the roont• underneath, 1 1 .1 r. Jofies; a -milkman, his wife, and their niece, oe :cupieo two beds, which were situated out of the direction taken by the mass the'youn4 woman, however, received some serious cuts and Mr:Jones and his wife,on being roused by the breaking Of the floors, &c. got out orbed, °and with difficulty escaped. The timber was re moved as promptly !as possible ; but E. DaVie s was found a corpse ; and the body of his wife was "quite cold When taken up; it is presumed she must have died at the instant of the fall ; their son, opened his eyes 'when; taken from the rubbish, but' died- immediately: the infant vo- . ; miraculously preserved, having fallen throng!' three stories of the house, and at the same time being overwhelmed by the whole heap of- mate' rials, yet was nearly unhurt, althost under its hapless mother, two. spars having met over it, and protected it froM the falling rubbish: TV_ remaining children were taken into the house/ Mr. ‘Vatton, a printer, who liv e s opposite, .an' by whom Davies, had for several years been eel' ployed as a newsman. The Sanie morning a i l Inquest was-held at the. IVbite Lion, on t4t' on the bodies of the per!-;ons when a verdict was returned of " Accidenta l .Death ; deedand 205." - Yesterday the Charity Children, male and fe: amounting to near nine thousand, educat; be volimtary subscription in the_ different paril schools in the Metropolis and the onviron. Pry: ceeded, ztccoKding to annual custom. to St. Paul' Ca thetkitl to hear .Divine Service.' . broAe The Mariluess of Dc. , 247.:GAL's carriage down last night, opposit e th e st a t u e, at Char -1 Cross, ia conveying 'Mr. Ctric,ifirci; to the.lloos' of 'Coninn - ;n . s, between tw e lve and on e o'cla ci. The lion. Gentleman happily escaped .unhurt. MARRIED. . • Mt At St. Martin's church, Wm. Du Bois, Esq., to Miss Li n clituqiiter of M. Lin , lo, Esq., of Stoke Newington. ()n the sth inst , - Mr. John Ed vans, of.ithid-str ect. to 1 -1 i ,, 1- hetil, wiilew of 'Cap J.3`.,;3 Mr. Jonathan Lambert, of l'ocor''"*- . • On the 4th inst., at Henlev,in-Thames Eleanor IlarP younguit Jaughter of the late iJoi. Gabriel Harper-, 1. -:"' 3l. " ll ''' fl Con2pan) : ' serViee. 11: csterday, the 7th inst. in his 74th year, Wm. Esq., Champion hill, Surrey. . In illarch last, in the island of St. Christopher, George era keley. descendant of the Str , tton liin of BerkeLy, randfather, Ma , t7ice. Berkeley, mar Il in 3';';_lfl of the island of Nevis, and thence this bra.lwil b. c.true fndivris. LONDON : Prinv‘d by J. E. CiII?.STA IRS, of No. ff). Orinorni-street, Oucen-s.quare ; and publ.khcd • SUItIPPS, of N'O. 7, S , auth ;11olton-st , Tet, OFFICE, No 112, Strand; where Any ortrrists:-.4r.:Nfrti% ORDF.Its, 1. - 2:Tr cS"./..:; (p.ast-pairOrtust be adarm'srscd..)