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OTICE 1 14 E LONDON OFFlur; OF THE STAR PACK ET R EMOVED FROM LONDO N N-B PAII RIDGE WHARF, TO THE OLD SHADES PIER, ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE, 'ME PACKET LE-IVES EVERY MORNING AT NINE. It o B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage. Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. AORITis. INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. 43,, T hs GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the ‘ 1 ,.,. of BRITISH ARTISTS is open daily from Ten in the -"mit ttatu Five in the Evening. Admission, Is.; Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. P R ILHARMO.NIC SOCIETY.—The THIRD Rhe a CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, Rll be performed Haydn's. Symphony No. 10 ; Beethoven's in l'fi g „ ; Weber's Overture to Preciosa, and Mehul's Stratoniee ; ?I;t 4Q ",nt Concerto in B Minor (Violin), Sig. Camillo Sivori ; Spolir's kla - T rt ei QUintetto Madamei Duleken, and Messrs. Ribas, La 84111,‘.arrett, and Blimanu. Vocalists, Miss Rainforth, and Sig. 8141 1 '"i the Italian Oper,a, Paris.) 1;44 !_Tick , !.ts One Guinea each, and Double Tickets 1/. 10s., to be elsrs, Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street. SACRED lIXRMON.IC SOCIETY, EXETER T yr, • HALL. Ci •----EIVJW EVENING, April 26, will be performed BA SDEL'S ORATORIO, " DEBORAH." ritixerrAL VOCAL PERFORMERS, - ....Antoya, Miss Lucombe, Miss Dolby, Mr. H. Gear, Mr. W. Seguin, and Mr. Leffler. Tici l Choruswill Consist of above Five Hundred Performers. kW s et , . S S . each ; Reserved Seats, 55.; may be had of the princ i pal C haL s ., elll. -'s ;of Mr. Bowley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Mitchell, 39, b-e re ; and of Mr. Ries, 102, Strand, opposite Exeter Hall. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. 'orci,,, — - "b Performance (" THE DEATH OF ABEL," an Oratorio 11 th ed . •IT Mr.' G. PERRY). will take place on Friday, the • MUSIC OF AMERICA. 11,01 -Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the -POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 4 gt lt 7ll e Directors have enougeff. Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver 41/ 0 ,;r4 3 of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different u ,' 5 , The present subject is the MUSIC ef AMERICA, on Liesd a V, red , tesday, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock; and on LUG sday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock. The meat sub niw'cing the 2 i inst will be on the MUSIC of GER lt,Orro'.sf.Nll the other Lectures and Exhibitions as usual. LO_NG_- I ,I_SOLA ,"_/-IYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. .;4 - EW L i i .," - "It L YIEWS, including the OLD and NEW HOUSES of 7"AT, with the FIRE, &c., Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. A.TIO AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASKOR- ANCE SOCIETY, 2 6, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital .C. 500,000. The ra,,„' 111 1 3 0ivered by Act of Parliament. ti both in lea Oen, `""). 'MVO and varied advantages bestoNveo, by this InstitU cilla4h. .ufe to and deferred of premiums par tense Power to borrow two-thirds of without ex .'s ok, n , „ 81 ture—the great reduction of fates on short polietes-.-- salt """ or a t r e_ and converting policies so as beet to t o "'"' hiterest or necessity of the Veliey-holder during life, as well or a 'rme'd the full benefit to his fs:xtily at death, and annual division th. v 2 1114 1. Ave already been so well appreciated by the public, that r...:4l'.rietys great success a':nl growing prosperity enabled the' Di pi,'"'„l.B. ather General Meeting in May last, to add to each - policy mount; profit-scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the 'already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable ie nz ca is 'nay either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future La EXAMPLES. Entry. Policy, ,_ Q Annual Bonus Cask Prem. . No; R"ge• '..' ' Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. --.. Ign. X X s.d. £ s.d. X s.d. X s.d. la;ke••••• 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 65819 9 819 4 '''`...4,:::: ll 4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 t4 tr. y . -Another Bonus will be declared In the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. st and most varied provision for after-life hitherto_ offe:ciexdt— v.:l 12s. per . annum, paid from the age of twen y, at s y -01.'gl:s,be the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 4/1. 16s. 6d., si y va. ; lls, cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar, advantages at tlso: ti rftY - ftve, and sixty, through an increased anßual payment— Pre s ,,"" s re.S in Paym cases of t lent pre mature dat anytime, tw eath. and o = 4l2irds returned to re- F. FEFAUSON CAMROUX, Sec. Wl' , ILLIAn EP,SE IN WALKING. 78ADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, /'A I/ is indue. - d to g ave buket, LEA; R publicity to his much-admired PRE. int '49ILIT, Y ), in (so noted for extreme SO I. TN ESS and in consequence of the patronage he has received, ,t 4,1 ;fi l th"' Ad satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above Sr sanc - O , S, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining Mays wall ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles ready on sale. Established 50 years. ‘,. ••• : .„____N . 2_l3o, Strand, corner of Waterloabnclge, London. OuRGESS'S :NEW SAUCE, for general pur la*l,, Ti t Poses , having gained s uc h great approbation, and the demand 42iitinuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most u s _.`," 11 Y to effer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public it liberal p a t ronage of the same ; it s u tility a nd great conveni to,;: all climates have recommended i:, to the most distinguished lion I co nnections, who have all spoken highly in its recommends 'tat to is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint bottle families , families, a ll p oss ibl e car e has been resorted to, by each eatrag,Staled on the cork with their firm and address, as well ' l nttin e "'`' e k having their signature, without which it cannot be .1 4 ,.55i;.,„ -i strRGRESS and SON'S long-established and much-eiteemed s. "'e 11, - "'Z of ANCHOVIES - continues to be prepared by them after "aii7 e nianner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many ---j.:lll . _rse , 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London niEcalAN DRESSING CASE, the most , a tci Portable ever invented, being only the size of a pocket-book, sontainin nut. -- g one Pair Mechi's ivOry handled peculiar steel razors, 411 ai e ,.'_ s troP and comb, badger hair,shaving brush, his patent.ctas klitel?,oth brush, and a neat useful nail brush, price only 255.; the h a e s 4 late.,:.n hair brush and soap dish, 3,55. To military men, an triiiihi ti 'at or travelling companion, this invention is an invaluable sn '• An immense variety of other Dressing Cases, both for me" 2and Gentlemen either in fancy woods or leather, at all suit either the economical or luxurions.7An extensive stock t hz , l 7 , ting d esks, writing cases, work boxes, and bagatelle tables ; raetable cutlery supeib Papier .3lache articles, &c: Menu ' 1. 4, L eadenhall-street, four doors from Comhill. 4 TCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, Chro ). eter Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established ttsp ivt ilirtrb and ave e REMOVE to 74, CORNILL, 7k111 t4. si,''''Yttntages SON' of the h enablepremises will hem to bri n H g the ..1410,e sli ts their immediate inspection in the manufactu r ing t ',a4 l 2lt. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care, ,Ml4:ver prices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be t nat ed consisting, of Compensated Duplex and Lever Watches, i b etat onl 'e the variations of temperature, on the principle of their stk, e ,„ e t,ers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years 1 / 4 11 e8 0 1 L 2n; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for 1 - `ket 'he smallest and most elegant patterns; Marine and o@ine Chr onometers with long and accurate rates ; also a large se of Second-hal'id Chronometers and Watches, by the most % ,.'''.l)lo: l ,„,, ln akers, at half their original cost. Seperior workmen are Stell" - `` on the premises in the repairing department, carefullyand ' 4 kenZ; by workmen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watehes vo Vir . an - ", e xchange. Post letters will meet with immediate attention. dent,l) - ; So n's Publication, with the Equation of Time for 1844, post free, on the receipt of two stamps. ,p ilt ... N . O BEST MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION. 1: i1ON S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi *la knti t z tri _ Y recommended as a simple, but certain remegy, to all , , ''. ll'em Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Liver Com %l, they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting . old ti to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. I N c o 'n bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and l Is. each, by A. Willoughby 4 4 . 4,,,,;: late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without; and nearly •-•.:::::...__ucle Vendors. A.,., SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing ,ial., S ilversmiths 14, Cornhill London, o2posite the Bank of 41tv-kllubmit for Choice in their ' Plate rooms, many Patterns of %It een plc, ATED ty DISH nea COVERS viz. the set, , of Sheffield Manufacture, " to Twen Guis -- Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. 4. l4ted h . Size. £ s. d . Size. £ a 0 . D 1 Size. Cover, Vizi. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover , 20 in. 5 17 0 ` Cover, 18 in. 4 7 6 I Dish Cover, 16 in. 414 6 • Dish Covers, 16 in. 512 6 2 Dish Covers, 14 in. 6 6 0 T he Pe r set £l5 13 91 for en above have silv2r handles A paving the croat or coat of 1114:0,`45 Currer,t, illustrated bi ration r ,, Aative to the purchi l'44 tats. ? n, applicat oni, or will answer to a paid letter Per set and mountings, and silver shields Lrms. • Drawings, and containing every ..se of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be sent into the country, frea of ? E X C I V P I F NOR IMPOSITION. rli LIQUID HAIR DYE. .... __ CHINESE tpene thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using eXt an e r's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye Wich will effectually change, in a few minute red or re th 4 11' ,is h dark brown or black, and it can be provedsincontestigblyy Pey h„li the safest dye in its use that ever was prepared. Red or :r0i 1 b t ,7 4 ,, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, gm., are changed withbut 'ion ~;:t,"'Y simply using a comb we with the liquid ; one applica. It i rtt „ 4l Produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour f teet ed ilrts to the hair can never be discovered to have been e l. - ' itati o l dye• it being so perfectly natural, and neither t washin g , the u, 0 z„or anything will in the least fade or affect . p ue4 11 ;„ utiodreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own no IcireY. orewar new their Also, thousands of gentlemen uee n ,'". grey red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement, have 9U/b e anite dark from the use of SPENCER'S CHINESE LI. with eat ' , AIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their hair 13 " . botije and secresy in a few minutes. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and Ios. ;ob e g• net, „,ad. of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate :ell . b '' , .hitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn ionit i i -44, er, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand; Sanger, 150. Ox. stre et . r ee t A; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street; Atkinson, a 4, Old Bond.. gre eb , , , ewards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Connell, Camberwell stre,,! ~I, : ennaby, Brothers , 10, Westmoreland .buildin fp, Aldersgate ,,,Rirmi% r innigin, :30, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, l'erfi nn g e h rs arri u t d Srley, 40, George-street. Ilastings ; Country . ofLtr t s .i t 4 1 1 :art of the kliedn g ign in e rensclenordsmignaTieewninirtnanndneCvouosrt.pyaid.s t Ist erti a l le to ask for Spen y cer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. Litt on and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for exP°T ' aid observe that the Pioprietor's address is on the wrapper. rt,. _ , ___ •• , .11!; B EST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MdDICINE FOR OCCASIONAL USE.• H A MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH ti e „ _effectualy relieves the stomach and bowels by gen relaxa. w.lthout griping or prostration of strength. They re mo ve head. to thillektless, dizzitiess pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful d "nisch, promote' digestion, create appetite, relieve langour tiv ers e9ression of spirits ; while to those of a full habi t and fre e 01 1 ,2 who are continually su ff ering froui drowsiness, heavinefs, and toit ug in the head and cars, they offer advantages that will not fall tioA d a lLPrecjated. per twit and ay th - e . v Prout,229, Strand, London, Price Is. 14d• A sk endors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Iliro c , :for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HE A LTH, and observe the l let Address of ThomasProut,m), Strand. London," on the ment st ar , p . - - woRM DESTROYING t?:?-ir ZENGES have for fifty years held a distinguished rlnnlcand are still and increasingly patronised by the highe st _ we ir g m eo ' f espectabdity. and science, from a personal koo i t tY in their own families. a half the children born are c shed by ut off befor e the annual B attaining seven of Mortti, e3 th rs at af o as ne; in st a t: n ejmiitful source of this m^rtality is found toe;iii .n t o f " m o r % 'he stomach and bowels which produces the generation • th,l f e S ymptoms usually are loss of appetite, a paleness of colour of oiol'emaciated and irregular state of the bowels, attended w.it_h. th„ pain. They bring on ; they affect the groi!t , r_! l - A ".°4 , Y; and they prove fatal by v ending in a consumptiop,or decay. chin e certain restorer of Infantine Health, in this critical state, este e ,4f lv t?rm - Destroying Loze,gges" have long been known n_u. thi s mild and safe in their operation, suited to every stage et can t e Ma of life, and infallible in their effect, their excellence sue - --7' e fully testified to many fond and anxious mothers who have csfully had recourse to them. as 7ening Medicine in Spring and Summer, and_,s and „_ hildren, and for foulness of the Stomach no!_e' 2 l? ',enrvulsions, although Worms may not exist, it is allowed w t ,r,„_t_ 9 , every other. be adaTNti'S WORM-DESTROYING LOZENGES art pectliarly ',Zen and recommended for Exportation to the East and W.est Paired !ind warm climates generally, as their virtue rertains lunn- Sel bY tune R 7. Sd . n Packets at Is. 131c1., and boxes at 2s. 9d. each, by gr." 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PIE ~ tv,44,:,', yft,r41,. , 00 r ~, ,f , ! ,,:e.tte, t Rail- •'• ..0 m. --A.- - --- - 1 : --- ' • .• -..... No. 16,129. LONDON, THURSDAY N 9 APRIL 25, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITIO N ( Evenin g Sun) is Publishedzn Time f or the AFTERNOON TRAINS mid a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 24, 1844. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. GREENWICH ANTI-CORN LAW ing.) The Hon. Gentleman thert!- concluded, once more calling upon the meeting to co-operate with the League, to strengthen it by every mean s i n th e i r p ow er, and to On tribute as liberally as possible to its funds. On sitting down, the Honourable Gentleman was greeted with a perfect storm of cheering. . IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS. • DunuN, Aran. 23.—Up to four o'clock this day no further move was made by the Crown in the Court of Queen's Bench, in relation ;to the new trial motion. The affidavits of the town-clerks and their chief clerk, Mr. Magrath, filed yester day afternoon, furnish no answer to the specific charges put forward in the affidavits of the traversers and their agents — certainly not such an answer as would sustain the Attorney- Genera], in resisting the motion for a new trial. The town clerks and Mr. Magrath exculpate themselves ; but Mr. Ma grath admits that one sheet, containing the names of fifteen special jurors, thirteen of whom were Roman Catholics, had been " mislaid" by some of the clerks employed by him. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—(Tms DAL) The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, in the Conciliation Hall. At half-past one o'clock the chatr was taken by Nicholas Maher, Esq., M.P. for Tip- ASSOCIATION. A general meeting of this Associath,n took place yesterday, at the Lecture Hall, Greenwich, for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the National Anti-Corn-law League, to consist of Mr. Cobden, and Mr. R. R. IL Moore. The large hall was crowded to excess at au early hour, with a most respectable assemblage, a goodly proportion of which, we observed, consisted of ladies. The' deputation, accompanied by the President of the Society, Colonel S. Perronet Thomp son, who acted as Chairman on the occasion, entered the hall a few minutes after seven o'clock, and were received with the most vociferous cheers by the 1,200 persons assembled before them. Mr. Moore being detained at Covent-garden 'at the weekly meeting of the League, his place was supplied by Mr. George Thompson, who accompanied Mr. Cobden as his co • deputy. Admiras Dundas, M.P. for the borough, was also present. Mr. G. biompsox was then introduced, and was received with great cheering. There was no discussion respecting the abstract principle on which their agitation was based. That free trade was the doctrine of common sense was avowed by the President of the Board of Control, by Sir• Robert Peel, and by the Times. newspaper. The only diffetence arose upon the application of the principle. The League only asked that it should be impartially applied. They wanted to strike at once at the root of 'the tfee—to overthrow the monster monopolies which supported all others. It was not a ques tion for manufacturers, or labourers, or agriculturists alone. The interests of all classes were one, and protection was only protection to one party, and that was the unproductive class, living upon high. rents, . while the great productive masses wished to live upon what was the natural law—universal free trade. The League directed its attention, it was true, mainly to the abolition of the corn-laws; but the question had since taken a wider range, and comprehended every inter est in society. The Anti-corn-law movement was not! at variance with the other great movements which were now in progress. He was an enemy to all monopolies. The very same principle which led him to abhor this monopoly, led him also to abhor all political and ecclesiastical monopolies. — (Immense and prolonged cheering.) The corn-laws were the key -stone of the ,arch of monopoly, which fettered not only the industry, but also the consciences and the political freedom of men. The interests of mono - polists were all in common. But if they abolished the . great monopoly; there was no other which could not be easily assailed.—(Hear,. hear.) The corn-laws were radi cally unjust.. It must have been the law of God in placing men as we found them, in their infinite diversity of circum stances, that:theyt4R6ld stand_on the most unrestricted commercial relations with each other.—(Cheering.) It was melancholy that in such a country as this so many who were ready and able to toil should be destitute of the common necessaries of life, in a condition of physical destitution un paralleled in any other country in the world. Where God had been most bountiful man was most destitute—where man should command everything, he was in want of every thing.—(Cheers.) The League was not weak on any sub ordinate branches of this question. It had been discussed by the religious portion of the community on purely religious grounds, and their verdict had agreed with the verdict of the League. It had gone into the agricultural districts and forced the dumb to speak, and since they had so spoken out, the public had had an opportunity to estimate the profun dity of their intellects and the nature of their political economy.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wonder that the House of Commons had refused the Committees of Inquiry which had been frequently demanded. The re sult of the Import Duties Committee had taught them a lesson. That Committee • brought to light the extraordi nary and stupendous robbery which was annually inflicted upon this country. They were not likely soon to grant another such Committee ' • but the question was now fairly before the country. Much was owing to the Anti Corn-law League ; there was more than bread involved in this matter. Political science should know nothing of Parliamentary peddlings with the trades of men. The pretence on the part of the Government to exclude such articles as sugar on the plea that they were the produce of slave labour, .vas one of the most monstrous and hypocritical frauds of which a Legis lature was ever guilty. That was not the way to abolish slavery; free 'trade would necessarily overthrow the whole system of slavery, as slave labour could never successfully compete with free labour. The cry against admitting slave • grown sugar was raised by those who, a few years ago, were all slaveowners themselves; and who, while they held slaves of their own, refused to admit the produce of free countries, in order to continue the slave interests in the West Indies.— (Hear.) Mr. Thompson then adverted to the object of the meeting, and urged upon it to strengthen the hands of the League by co-operating with it in every way, and, above all, by contributing in a liberal manner to the fund which the exsensive operations of the League for the present year re quired for their successful fulfilment.—(Cheers.) He trusted they would transmute their cheers into the coin of the realm, and that their contributions would bear a good proportion to the importance and nationality of the question.—(Cheers.) EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 24, 1844. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COAMANY, do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER ,- BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on TdiSDAY, the 4th June at Three o'Clock, and OPENED AGAIN on TRIIRSDAN, the Ilth July ; and That the WAKtANTS for the DIVIDENDS on the said STOCK, payable on they ith July, 1844, under the 11th sec. of the Act 3d and 4th William I V ., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY having occurred in the Direction of your affairs by the lamented death of your valued Director, the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, I take the cal nest opportunity of soliciting the Favour of your votes and interest, at the Ballot consequent on that event. _ _ As soon as the meeting was constituted, The CHAIR3IAN came forward, and said that they were assembled _ that evening to receive a deputation from the League. He himself had had the honour of acting with that body in various parts of the country, and he would leave to the Deputation the' task of informing the meeting of the long and interesting histories of their suc cess in every district which they had visited, only urging them to make the fullest disclosures, in order that those there assembled might forni a judgment of how far they were acting with prudence in continuing their support to the League, and to the great cause which it advocated.---(Cheers.) All ranks and interests were then present, none wanted its representatives, to lead on the public against the unjust and partial system of legislation by which all were injured. Much attention would be paid in the other districts of the metropolis to the manner in which they would then receive the Deputation. From their approbation the League would . receive strength. It had gathered strength everywhere else. It had been _in ,Scotland, and its representatives present would tell them of its success in that quarter. They would all soon throughout the country be united for the abolititn of the corn-laws, under which every interest had more or less suf fered. He would now call on Mr. Cobden, the undaunted champion of free trade, who had at heart, together with his own interests, which every man had a right to pursue, their interests, and the interests of every body besides. The Chair man then sat down amid prolonged cheering. At this moment a person from the body of the meeting in • quired of the Chairman, if those who addressed the meeting would answer any questions which might be put to - them at its close? These questions would be defer ed till then, as he was opposed to interruptions during the progress of the re gular proceedings.—(Hisses and partial cheering.) The. CHAIRMAN said that he supposed that when those whom the meeting had invited to address them had finished, they would gladly hear any question from those whom they had invited, but it was entirely, as to the latter, a question of courtesy. The meeting was not under the smallest obligation to hear any question answered which they did not like. That was a matter which he would leave to the discretion of the assembly—pledging himself to act in strict accordance with whatever opinion they should express.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read a letter from Mr. Barnard, M.P. for the borough, apologising for his absence from the meeting, after which Admiral DUNDAS, his colleague, came forward, and was received with Tumultuous cheers. He was completely com mitted in the cause of free trade in corn, and so far was in perary. Mr. RAE read the minutes of the last day's proceedings. Mr. O'CONNELL, after handing in several subscriptions, announced 11. as the subscription of Anthony Burke, Esq., of Westpont, who said that he was a Protestant, and had always been imbued with a strong prejudice against him (Mr:O'Connell) 'but, from a consideration of the state of Ireland, he could no longer resist the impulse which he felt to become enrolled among the friends of legislative independence; at the same time that he fervently hoped they would bury in oblivion all the party and sectarian animosity which had set Irishmen against each other, and had produced the enslaved and destitute condition of their common country. He (Mr. O'Con nell) was sure that there would be no second opinion among the members of that Associa.ion as to the wish so properly expressed by Mr. Burke. If that wish were not realised it would not be their fault : others might persecute them, and rage fanatically against them, but there should be no per secution and animosity on their side.—(Cheers.): They preached thO ilOctrine of peace - and harmony among all sects and divisions of Irishmen; and it was that which they most ardently wished to see realised. In compliment to Mr. Burke, he would take that opportunity to refer to a sub ject suggested by his sentiments. He had seen, with great disgust, in the Weekly Register; a letter from Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, which contained au argument in favour of slavery. Mr. Staunton must not have been aware that that letter was already refuted; and imagining that it had been suppressed by the Association, he thought it, no doubt, a manly thing, and proof of his independence to give it to the world. It was not the - case that the Association had suppressed it. He besides Saw, with regret, that it appeared in the columns of the Pilot. He de nounced that letter. It came from Ohio, where there was no slavery ; and three persons who called themselves Irishmen volunteered in it to defend a system which did not at all exist in their state. One I o f those persons had the very un-Saxon name of Galagher. 1 He (Mr. O'Connell) wished he was in America, to put a wet finger on that name, and substitute for it some more appro priate one. They might, for instance, call him Pedrillo, which was the name of a famous blood-hound in Cuba, that used to slaughter as many as thirty slaves in a single day. They were asked whether they should not compassionate the cat° of the slaveholders as well as of the slaves? He (Mr. O'Connell) would ask whether their compassion was due to the 100,000 slaveowners, whose cause the writers of that letter. advocated; .or to the len who were made slaves of, btit who were the property of no other being than the eter nal, and mild, and all onerciful God?—(Hear, hear.) He blushed to belong to the same country with Pedrillo Ga lagher—he hoped that name should go beyond the At lantic, and be indelibly attached to him. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then alluded to the case of a young man named Brown, 'who 'had been lately sentenced to death in 'America, for having encouraged a negro woman to escape from slavery ; and he found with shame and ie gret, that the judge who passed that barbarous sentence bore the illustrious name of O'Neal. As they had a dis tinguished patriot of that name in the Association, they should write to America, to have the name of that bru tal judge changed from O'Neal to Pedrillo the second, or to O'Pedrillo.—(Laughter.) That man had the blasphemous audacity to introduce several texts of the Holy Scripture, and maxims of Gospel morality into his sang uinary- sentence, _ but he seemed to have been created a j udge only for the purpose of sentencing inno cent men to be butchered. He (Mr. O'Connell) was glad of the opportunity of admitting a Protestant gentleman into the Association to make these observations, and he referred to the glorious example always set by the Irish Members of the House of Commons in support of the abolition of slavery. It was, indeed, the Irish Members who turned the scale in its favour, after Mr. Pitt had contrived not to succeed iu carrying it out; and on that occasion the Irishmen of all parties were to be found on the same side, Colonel Conolly and Sir R. Bateson, and all the Members for the north of Ire land, voting with the Liberal Members in support of abolition. After some further observations, he concluded by moving the thanks of the Association to Mr. Burke. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Mr. O'NEILL withdrew his notice of motion, given on the last day of meeting, to the effect that any man who should move, at any time, for the dissolution of the Repeal Associa tion, to have his words taken down. Upon consultation with the Committee, he (Mr. O'Neill) thought there waslio neces sity for bringing the motion before the meeting.—(ll ear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said he approved highly of the course taken bxMr. O'Neill, and moved a vote of thanks to him for a stepst ek en' aid c kska l atftel at tS iv niZTPA n kfflilit'at through the country. Mr. S. O'BRIEN seconded this proposition, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. RAY read a letter from Mr. Fitzgerald upon the present state of Ireland, to whom Mr. O'Connell moved a vote of thanks, which was carried. Mr. S. O'BRIEN read a communication from a Mr. O'Far rall, of Dungannon, which contained a correspondence that had taken place between himself and the Irish Executive, in reference to certain outrages committed in that part of the country by the Orangemen. The answer received from the Castle was, that the people should appeal to the local magis • trates ; and Mr. O'Farrell, in his letter, said that there was no justice to be had from Orange magistrates for outrages com mitted by Orangemen, and lie hoped that the Repeal Asso ciation would take some measures to protect the people. Mr. O'Brien said he hoped that the Repealers in the north would do all they could to conciliate their Protestant brethren, for he believed that their co-operation was absolutely necessary for the success of their cause, and he would say to the Re peelers of the north, " suffer injury and wrong, and continue to hold out the hand of friendship to your Protestant neigh bours, and they cannot much longer continue to boestranged from you." Let the Protestants of Ireland come and join them hand in hand—let them declare, as they did before, that the Queen, and the Lords, and Commons of Ireland had alone the power to make laws for the Irish people, and they would soon see their country a great nation.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CoxxELL expressed his delight at what had fallen from Mr. O'Brien. He (Mr. O'Connell) knew a great deal about the property of the country and its forfeited estates, and if they were to be again reclaimed, whatever property himself and his brother possessed would be taken from them, for every perch of it had been forfeited, and that at rather a recent date.—(Hear, hear.) As to the idle apprehensions about the forfeited estates, none but fools could seriously entertain such notions. There was one thing in Mr. O'Far rail's letter which he could not accede to, and that was, the harsh epithets applied to Colonel Verner, and some other persons mentioned in his letter. He agreed with Mr. O'Brien that much should be borne on the part of the people, and every effort made to conciliate the Orangemen. As he was speaking of the north of Ireland, he would allude to the death of a most excellent man, who lived in the neighbourhood of Dungannon—he meant the Rev. Mr. Boyton, as honest and as upright an Irishman as ever lived—and he trusted that lie would be permitted to strew a flower upon the grave of a political opponent. Mr. Boyton, in 1837, made one of the best repeal speeches that ever was made, and he (Mr. O'Con nell) had reason to know that Mr. Bovton would have long since come forward to join the ranks of the repealers if he could have got a Protestant party sufficiently strong to sus tain him, and in any event, had he lived a little longer, he would have taken part in the struggle to make his country a nation again.—(Cheers.) It might be said of Mr. Boyton, as was said of Bishop Bedell, here lies the last of the Irish. —(Cheers.) If allowed to go to Parliament, he would move for copies of the correspondence referred to by Mr. O'Farrell, and if he could not go there, there would be an honest Tippe rary boy to take his place.L'-(Cheers.) Mr. STEELE moved a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Farrell, fhe writer of the communication, which was passed unanimously. Mr. J. REYNOLDS read the report of the Committee of the Repeal Association, appointed to inquire into the state of joint-stock banking in Ireland, and the effects of the Bank of Ireland monopoly upon the prosperity of the country. The document was of great length, and went on to show the ad vantages that Scotland received from the establishment of joint-stock banks, the want of banking accommodation amongst Irishmen, and the evil effects of the monopoly of the Bank of Ireland, which prevented the issue of notes, or the discounting of bills (except with notes of their own bank), within fifty miles of Dublin. Mr. DOHERTY brought up a report on the Municipal Bill for Ireland, introduced by Sir James Graham. It was one of those mock measures by which it was intended to deceive Ireland with the notion that her interests were consulted in the English Parliament, while, in reality, the advantages offered in the shape of assimilation to England were a mere illusion. Mr. O'CoNNELL spoke at some length upon the report brought forward by Mr. Doherty, and moved that it be printed and circulated, and copies of it sent to all the Irish and English Liberal Members. The amount of the rent for the week was 290/. I have the greatest satisfaction in being enabled to state that the kind promises of support given me by a very large majority of the Proprietors afford me the certain prospect of obtaining at the ensuing election the honourable position which I have so long sought at .your hanAs. I propose again to address you when the day of election is &Led by the Hon, Court, and have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, JOHN CLARMONT WHITEMAN. London Tavern, April 23, 1844. It is carneslly. requested that, with a view to the correct transmis sion of letters and proxy papers, any of Mr. Whiteman's supporters who may have changed their residences will kindly notify the same to him, or to his Committee, which sits daily at the pmadon Tavern, Bishopsgate:street. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. ,ADIES AND GENTLEUEN, VACANCY in the East India Direction having • L - 31., taken place by the lamented deceak of the lion. Hugh Lindsay, I beg to inform you that it is not my intention to offer myself as a Candidate on the present occasion, in opposition to my friend Mr. Whiteman. I confidently hope, however, by the kind exertions of my friends; and my own active canvass, to be in a position to present myself for your suffrages at an early future vacancy. have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, WILDIAM DENT, 11, King's Arms-yard, April 23, 1844 ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT AN .NIIITY FUND, for the Relief of Poor, Aged, and Infirm Freemasons, allowing the Annuitants to reside where they please. A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS and SUBSCRIBERS of this INSTITUTION will be holden, in con fortuity with the 13th Article of the Rules and Regulations, at Preemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 3d of May next, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely, to consider, and, if then deemed proper, to alter and amend the 6th, 33d, 39th, and 40th Articles of the said Rules and Regulations. WILLIAM FARNFIELD, Secretary, Grand Secretary's Office, Freemasons' Hall, London, April 22, 1844. N.B.—The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be holden at the same place, on FRIDAY, the 17th of May next, at Twelve o'Clock pre cisely, for General Business and for the Election of Twelve Annui tants. The Ballot to commence at One and close at Three o'Clock precisely. MO be SOLD, the NEXT PRESENTATION to a most desirable RECTORY, of between 3001. and 4001. per annum, situated in the county of Worcester. A Gentleman having a son designed for the Church will find this Living especially worthy of his attention. favour of the Le;gue.—(Hear, hear.) He was also in favour of a free trade in everything else.—(Renewed cheers.) He would have preferred that the League had declared them selves free-traders altogether, than have declared themselves the Anti-Corn-law League solely. As it was, however, they had worked uncommonly well, and had certainly done their duty, considering the interests in array against them. There was one•class of men opposed to them, however, and that was the landlords, who should be grateful to the League, for since the present agitation commenced the farmers had re doubled their exertions and skill.(Hear, hear.) For that alone the League deserved credit. The Gallant Admiral then went on to say that he considered the question involved in the agitation of the League as intimately connected with' the suffrage question.—(Hear, hear.) The suffrage was at present upon such a footing, that the Peers and great people throughout the country exercised all political power—a state of things which was as impolitic as it was unjust.—(Hear.) After dwelling at some length upon this point, and apolo gising for introducing matter which was not wholly relevant to the question before them, the Gallant Admiral concluded by assuring the meeting that he was always ready to give his support to Mr. Cobden and his coadjutors, both in the House of Commons and elsewhere. Mr. COBDEN then came forward. The assembly rose en masse, and a storm of shouts burst from every quarter of the spacious hall. The cheering was again and again renewed, and when it at length subsided, the Hon. Gentleman observed that he felt somewhat at a loss on entering the meeting as to how he should address them, or what he say, should believ- Apply to Messrs. Curtler and Holyoake, solicitors, Droitwich PUBLICATION S. LOUDON'S AGRICULTURE-NEW EDITION. Just published, sth Edition, with a New Supplement, one very thick vol., Bvo., with nearly 1,300 Woodcuts, 2/. 10s. cloth, AN ENCYCLOP/EDIA of AGRICULTURE By J. C. LOTJDON, F.L.G.Z., and H.S., &c Author of the " Encyclopaedia of Gardening," &c. The SUPPLEMENT, bringing down Improvements In the art of Field-Culture from 1831, to 1834 inclusive, comprising all the previous Supplements, and Illustrated with Sixty-live Engravings on Wood, may be had separately, price ss. By the same Author, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of GARDENING. 50s. 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They (the League) believed the corn-laws to be the key-stone of the arch of monopoly, and they had only to remove the key-stone, and the whole structure would fail. Therefore it was that the League kept the battering ram going against the key-stone of the arch. But they might say that they had no proof that the League was in earnest in wishing for free trade in everthing. The manufacturers had no protection which they did not want to get rid of. There were, it was true. laws on the statute-book enacting that cotton goods should not come into this country from abroad without paying a duty. But so was there also on the same statute-book a law, at one time, subjecting the impor tation of coals to Newcastle to a duty of 245. per ton.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) In neither case could such a law operate as a protection. The so-called protection on cot ton goods did not enable the manufacturer to sell his produc tion at a higher price at home than he could abroad. 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What the League wished was, that any taxes put at the Custom-house should be for the Queen's re venue alone, and not for the purpose of raising the price of corn sold by Sir Edward Knatchbull and others, that they might afford to pay their marriage settlements.—(Cheers and laughter.) The corn duties were never collected to increase the Queen's revenue. Their object was to raise the price of corn at home, in order that the owners of land might rent their land at a higher rate.—(Hear, hear.) In the House of Commons the monopolists had ceased to reply to the free traders upon the subject. The Ministers were afraid lest their supporters might commit them selves, and said to them, as the counsel said to his client, " You had better not say anything about the matter, lest you should commit . your selfta hands, purporting endanger to your be case." s n eL thee n Westpu t i n t Kent Protection Society. That society, judging from an analysis ife A st p o a i p ss e u r e h d a b d 3 b, of the names subscribed' to it, was composed of 13 labourers, 50 farmers, 50 agents, and 137 clergymen and landlords. — (Hear, hear, and laughter.) And yet all these called them selves agriculturists.—(Renewed laughter.) Now, land owners were no more agriculturists than shipowners were sailors. That society was for protection. It talked of the heavy taxes of this country in comparison with those of other countries. It forgot that the manufacturers paid far more . taxes than did the agriculturists. — (He ar, hear.) If the aggregate we paid a larger sum than other countries, it was because we had better means of paying. And as to labour, he denied that it was cheaper on the Continent than it *as here. In proportion to the work done, a man in England did more for a given quantity of food than any other man on the face of the earth.---(Hear, hear.) Their representative had just told them what the League had done for agriculture. This Kentish Society seemed apprehensive that the object of the League was to destroy agriculture. But he would say that more had been done during the last five years for agriculture in this country, than during any fifteen years before the organisa tion of the League, and if the mere alarm that they would have to come to free trade had done so much for the agri culture of the country, what might they not expect when it would be in actual operation ?—(Hear, hear.) A great deal has been said as to the effect which free trade would have upon wages. It would not tend to reduce wages. as had been alleged ; but the reverse, for not only in manufac tures, but also in agriculture, would it give rise to an in creased demand for labour, which was incompatible with a reduction of wages. ',They might behold that foreign countries would not take British manufactures in exchange for their corn ; but would the foreigner give his corn for nothing? He would . take their manufactures. There had yet been no al teration in the tariff to extend the foreign trade. Let them set the foreigner the example of free trade by abolishing duties upon corn, and that would be followed by the adop tion of free trade by the foreigner. They were told that the foreigner would only take gold for his corn ; but where would they get the gold with which to pay him? In countries where gold was produced; and all that they had to do, if the foreigner would not take their manufac tures, was to send these manufactures to those countries and bring back the gold to pay for the corn. So much for the question of corn. There :was another question equally important, that of sugar : the West India interests and the corn interests at home were leagued together to keep the people on short allowance in both these articles. They were now paying double what the foreigner had ;to pay for sugar in their own Custom-house. The foreigner might come to the Custom-house and purchase Brazilian sugar for one half the price which they had to give for sugar of the same quality.—(Shame, shame.) Nothing was more wholesome or nutritious than sugar, and they should not be restricted in the use of it. As to the cry against slave-grown sugar, thatwas a very dishonest plea. We had no objection to refine slave-grown sugar in bond, while the same prin ciple, which excluded it from our use, also excluded the sugar of free countries. 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A meeting of the friends of Mr. Oastler, and the subscribers to the fund for effecting his liberation, and purchasing for him an annuity, was held yesterday, at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street ; Lord Feversham in the chair. Mr. Oastler sat on his Lordship's right, and Mr. B. Fer rand, M.P. on his left. The Noble CHAIRMAN explained the reasons and objects of the Committee in calling the meeting. Large and liberal as were several of the subscriptions, they still fell very far short of what the Committee had expected, and they wished to lay the report of the receipts and expenditure before the public. The subscriptions , he was happy to ns of say, were n all shades of politics had contributed. His Lordship then read letters of apology for non-attendance from Lord or Kenyon, the Hon. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Rashleigh,' M.P. f East Cornwall, Sir Henry Fitzherbert, and Mr. Bailey. Mr. BAILEY, the Secretary, then read the report, which set forth that Mr. Oastler was sent to the Fleet Prison in 1839, where, after two months' confinement, he was attacked with severe illness, which endangered his life. It then recounted the efforts made toff ffect his release, which was only done finally by paying to the utmost farthing the debt of Mr. Thornton and costs. At a meeting convened in that room on the 7th of April, 1842, a subscription was opened, and by the exertions 6iwa of the com mittee and Mr. Atkinson, the secretary col lected. The debt and costs amounted to 3 00 ,171/. 15 . s s . The subscriptions in all were but 2,053/. Os. 11d., leaving a gro ss deficiency of 1,118/. 4s. 10d. Mr. WALTER moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. WILKINSON, and carried unanimously. Mr. B. ER M.P , moved the sec on d reso l u ti on . On therising, FH o ßn it N G Delttle m .aawas received with great cheering, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the 'Viscountess Barrington, Lady in Waiting, visited the Queen yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early welk yesterday, in the Royal Gardens o! Bucking ham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode olt orr ,borse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Eqt terry in Waiting. • The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday in the Royal-Gardens. The Royal dinner 'party- at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening, included his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Right Hon: Sir 'James and Lady Graham % and Mr.-George . Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Her Royal trighness the" Duchess 'of Cambridgear-. the the Dau ft chernessoo of n Gloucester, Gloucester,rived in town yesterday from Kew. Her Royal Ilig h -,. ness paid visits to her Majesty the Queen Dowager a at M tl a u r ch G l l ess onces re ug t te h u r rn .H ed H ou o to us se e l l e 'ana w. Tn . . Royal His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester Tuesday. The Governor of the Bank of England and the De— v.tit 'v -Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of' the • yesterday, at his o ffi cial residence in i Down i ne :- street. A de from the consumers of coals, appointed by a pub li c Put 0 f L i C il etina• at the Crown and Anchor Tavern . , Strand, on Tuessday, the 16th inst., consisting of Mr.. John Islasterman. a:X., Chairman, Mr. W. Bateman,, Mr. R. W. Barchard, Mr. Wm. Pontifex, Mr. Peter- Davey, jun., Mr. John Donkin, Mr. Charles Purls, Mr. Thomas Hawes, Mr. W. J. Denistoun, M.P., Mr. W. Christy, Mr. M. Forster, M.P., Mr. G. Lyall, M.P., Colonel Wood, M.P., Hon. H. - Liddell, M.P., Mr. W. ,M.P., and Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., had an interview w ith fir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Dowing -street. Lewin and Mr. Courtenay had an inter . Sir Gregs"rY view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Duke of :Vellington gave a dinner to the Cabinet g at Asleouse. Ministers yesterday evenin ' overnor o f th e settlement H on the Dispatches for the yes , : -rday evening from the Colo- Gambia were sent of nial-office. of the A deputation, including Mr. airisty, Mr. an. Cash, and Mr. Crofts had an interview with the Ch. Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of the W. Colonies hike- Colonies were received yesterday at the Colons16„1-offica.. which was kept up for several minutes. had kn 'ebwn M r ' ' man Oastler for years, and a more upright and horn::irable never existed. He had been tiled, and not found vrantin,—.. (Cheers.) Neglecting himself, he had vindicated' t he rieto of others—rights which had been too long neglected , T OO long had the Parliament been passing laws for protestin rich and the strong, whilst the poor, and the weak, and thd aged had been neglected. At length Michael Sadler stoo d forth in their defence, and with him stood Richard Oastler. — (Cheers.) Sadler failed; but, thank God, his mantle had fallen upon one who was fit to wear it. But there was a re ward which Richard Oastler had received that was more valuable to him than the support of the rich. He had the blessings of the poor—(Cheers)—and he was called by the white factory slaves their king—(Cheers)—and it was through his instrumentality that the House of Commons had at length declared its intention of legislating on Christian principles—principles which soon will triumph.—(Cheers.) The resolution was seconded by J. B. RYDER, Esq. He regretted that throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in those places where the factory system was in fullest force, the clergy, especially the Dissenting C.3f . rgv, , did not come for ward as they ought. Mr. Ryder having expatiated on the horrors of the factory system, he denothiced the most infa mous of all laws—he meant the infamoos New Poer-law.-- (Hear, hear.) Good God, what an inroad that was upon the laws. If a revolution were to take place to-morrow, that was the very thing to light the match. It w,as the very thing they could raise a revolution upon to-morrow:. The Chairman then called on Mr. OAbTLER. who was re ceived with immense applause. He had been the friend and associate of the late Michael Thomas Sadler fro, in his boyhood, and from him he had imbibed those principles which he had since carried out. By Sadler he had been inst ructed in the principles of the British Constitution, and by , him he was taught that if they were properly carried out, tl tey were cal culated to lead to the happiness ofall, not only to guard the rights of the poor, but of all. From him he lea.toed, also, to feel for the-oppressed. If ever there lived a nian whose heart yearned for the distresses of others, it leas Michael Sadler, and if lie were to detail the scenes he had witnessed in his company he would sear their hearts. Having eulogised Mr. Sadler Mr. Oastler proc ceded to say—lie looked upon the people of the country as one complete whole, and he considered that the freedom. and happiness, of each depended upon being restricted i'ro in trampling upon the rights of others ; and if ever this coq entry should' fall, it would fall in consequence of having for, saken those principles of the Constitution—those principles which our modern Legislators affect so much to despise. The .New Poor,- law was the very personation of all that he, opposed'. It was destructive of the rights of the poor, of the rights of the Church, and of the rights of the Crown itself. He would not say much at that time upon the subject of factory labour, but tell them two anecdotes. Last night he was in corn rny with a clergyman of the Established Church, who had Just come from Manchester. Whilst there he fell in with a po or factory woman, who told him she went to work every d ay at six o'clock, and worked until night. She had a child, which she could only suckle before going to her daily labour and after returning from it; and on Sunday she could do not king, and go nowhere, but sit at home and look at her ch Ild. The other anecdote was one in whieh he had himself been the interrogator. He had been in Manchester last Sun day, and he met two factory women ; one of them had a ch ild. She went to work every morning at half-past five, and returned at half-past ten at night. She went home during ti to day to dinner. When he asked her how she contrived to b suckle her child, she replied that it was only at those to mes she could do so ; that when she was a young mother 's he Timed to suffer ; but now the milk oozed from her breast stl ea sily that she was relieved; but her clothes used to be wettet I to her feet. Now, he would ask any medical man - erne ther such a system must not be destructive to the mother, as • well as ruinous to the offspring. Lord Feversham having left the drab . , and Mr. Fens and being called thereto, thanks were voted to Lord Fevershi and the meeting separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 24.. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice MAULE.) WILKINSON V.- LORD LICHFIELD. This was an action by the plaintiff to recover a sum t. 1,200 L, the amount of the defendant's promissory note, uncles ' the following circumstances :—The note in question came to the house of the plaintiff, through a lady of the name of Edmas, but it did not appear what consideration he gave for it. For the plaintiff, Mr. Leman, of the house of Leman and Urland, who had been his Lordship's solicitors, as well as a Mr. Lewis and his clerk, deposed to the genuineness of his Lordship's signature, and from the opportunities which tl iey had, they had no doubt of it. For the defendant, Colonel Anson, the brother of his Lord ship, was called, who most positively stated that the sites!. ture to the note, as well as the endorsements, were forgeries.. They had been schoolfellows together, and he could not be mistaken in the genuineness of his brother's signature. Hie evidence was corroborated by his Lordship's private secretary; as well as the inspector of franks at the General Post-office, . while his Lordship was Postmaster-General, and some other officials, who all pronounced the signature and endorsement to be forgeries; there could be no denial of their capability of judging, as they were in the daily habit of swing his signature to official documents. His LORDSHIP summed up the evidence. sit zreAt. len'gth , and told th _.l.l‘•J L uab L' ic Y " 4 . a r Y I .T ....11C , Llau -.....ween the balance of evidence. His Lordship ol:`- served that it would have been more satisfactory if the plain- I tiff had given some explanation how he became possessed of the note; however, on the witnesses which he produced no imputation could be cast upon their credibility and their ca pability of forming an opinion, still on the part of the defend ant, the witnesses called were of equal respectability, and above all suspicion ; therefore it would be for them to judge of the respective value of the evidence on both sides. The jury, after two hours' deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount of the note, with interest. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES. The following were sentenced to transportation for the terms set against their respective names, viz. : For Life—Captain W. Simpson, W. 11. Barber, J. Fletcher. For Fifteen Years—Martin Kelly, J. Barber, J. W. Sim mons, J. Burton, J. Edmonds. For Fourteen Years—W. Brown. For Ten Years—J. Grant, jun., J. Smith, J. Page, M. Green, T. Wright, W. Bristow, B. Smith, J. Williams, J. J. Ward, P. Ryan, W. Stropling, W. Gould, G. Barker, G. Bas sett, J. Grant, J. Wright, R. Frazer, J. 11. Ganmer, G. Pitt man, T. Collims, J. Childs. For Seven Years—Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw, Ellen Cal lighan, Emma Wills, Johanna Burns, S. Rose, S. Lumb, E. Robotham, G. Comerford, C. Freeman, J. Clark, J. Smith, T. Ksrr, T. Bullen, T. Wanklen, I'. Clark, C. Leaver, Ann Turner, I. Saunders, J. Smith, W. Hatch, J. Kebble, James Kebble, W. Brown, J. Brown. Imprisonment, with hard labour, in the Houses of Cor rection for the counties where the offences were committed : For Two Years—T. Wright, T. Francis, J. Riches, T. Francis, T. Lees, Georgiana Dorey, Lydia Saunders. For Eighteen Months—P. Wetzell. For Fifteen Months—T. Harrison. For One Year—E. Oliver, J. Birch, Elizabeth Watson, Ann Tillicloft, Ann Willey, Martha Lee, Harriet Smith, Jane Bunn, 11. Williams, jun., 'W. Muther, D. Truby, F. Rann, E. Stokes, J. B. Tyler, A. Young, T. Freeman, 11. Williams, S. Haggett, A. Young. For Nine: Months—George Pollard, G. E. Slade, 11. Gar. rett, T. Brown, G. Reeves, G. Slade, H. Garrett, T. Tyrell, J. R. Moore, T. B. Proctor, E. Proctor, T. Purdy. Six Months—Ellen Leary, T. Fewkes, G. Barnes, T. Regan, J. Williams, 11. Williams, F. Turner, J. Glanville, J. Rawlinson, W. llustwaite, R. Hustwaite, W. Sanders, Mary Williams, W. Shepherd, T. Sanders, W. Coyle, C. Thompson, W. 11. Hatten, F. Bennett, T. Potts, C. Indler, W. Cook, N. B. Proctor, J. Winter, T. Ridley, John Smith, R. Bye, T. Ormford, F. Fisher, T. Giddings, J. W. Banks, G. Adams, T. Lucas, R. Bingham, J. Phillips. Four Months—T. Holt, G. F. Norman, C. Reynolds, J. Jackson, W. Borden, Sarah Richardson, Sarah M'Maley, T. Richardson, Sarah Richardson, J. Daniels. Three Months—Mary Collins, Margaret Jones, Mary Kean, Mary Smith, Margaret Smith, W. Winyard, C. Roger son, G. Pomfrey, M. Gallighan, H. Moorcroft, IL Clark, J. French, G. White J. Jones, J. Warren, W. White, A. Boyle, G. Moore, M. Cubitt, E. Kelly, J. Dredale, J. Nicholson, S. Payne, J. Little, H. Stamford, Caroline Daley, C. Jones, G. Harper, J. Williams, G. Wilson, J. King, W. Clark, J. Mailer, J. Jackson, J. Bosley. Two Months—J. Bashford, Mary Ann Badden, Maria Lewis, Matilda Green, J. Heaver, T. Short, J. Pearce, W. Watts. The grand jury ignored the bills of indictment preferred against the following prisoners, and they were discharged : Margaret Bagwell, Harriet Odell, Susannah Birds, Eliza beth Johnson, Martha Johnson, Mary Ann Allen, Elizabeth Donovon, Elizabeth Bryant, J. Norris, J. Beer, J. Steven son, Elizabeth Smith, 11. Jones, T. Brown, J. Black, T. Townsend, H. Lawrence, J. Kennett, J. Dillon, and J. Cummins. Sentenced to Die—Mary Furley. OTHER ADJUDICATIONS. month, 12; imprisonment from three to twen . / Imprisonment for six weeks, 5 ; iraprisonmt en_otnfe'ordao3n,se, r jud . whipped, 3 ; enlarged on his recogr 10 ; traversed or adjourned, 4 ; acquitted,jscel gapireinvtasterely. spited, 12 ; confessed, 37. sitting, adjourned to Monday,the 6 1 f May next, when t o Mr. B ar on Alderson, and Mr. The Court, on its retiring fr om its u nprecedented prolix Lord Chief Justice D enman, Justice Coltman will preside. , e . _. l HOIt.BHA.II ELECTION. HousnAm, APRIL 24.—Everything with regale to. this election is at present in a state of the utmost un— certainty. The friends of Mr. Hurst say that there win 'be no opposition, and that his return, therefore, is cer tain, but other well-informed parties are of opinion that there is some good reason for the delay in issuing the writ, and that a Conservative candidate will come for ward, and some even go go far as to say that Mr. Thesiger is to be the man. Thc fact, that there Is no other vacancy than this borough, a d, consequently, no means for the Solicitor-General to get: l - z h u is a b b e i h n g al behalf , positive ti s v o e m i e s into Parliament, 9 subject. unless some Honourable Member should vacate his seat on his e y z e r knutuswtruenugptohnentlis this opinion, DUTCH PAPERS. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20.—This morning the ROY*: Family made their proposed excursion to Utrecht by the' iron railway. They left the Palace with their suite at eleven o'clock, and returned about three. We are as sured that his Majesty expressed his entire satisfaction. with the handsome manner in which the carriages are, fitted up, and with all the arrangements. Zaont.E, APRIL 19.—The steam-boats between di* town and Amsterdam will begin to ply on Tuesday, the 23d, and arrangements will be made to correspond with the arrivals of the trains, as well from Rotterdam and the Hague to Amsterdam, as from Amsterdam to the Hague and Rotterdam. The facilities -which these new arrangements will afford to travellers, who will be able to come in one ' day from Rotterdam, the Hague, Leyden, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and other places m North and South Holland, to Zrodle and Teve nte, in one day, and, by means of diligences, to go with all speed to Dronthe, Friesland, and Groningen, we 'nay hop e that trade and industry will derive great advantages from the increased intercourse between the several _places- AMSTERDAM, APRIL 22.—We learn that their Males, ties will leave this capital to-morrow morning, at ham- past nine o'clock, to return to the Hague. TURKEY.—The Constantinople mail of the 3d of April brings accounts of a violent pressing of soldiers, which the Porte had executed in the Turkish capital, in -which the wives of the men pressed made a riot, at tacked Mohamed Ali and Rim Pacha, and tore the clothes off their backs. _HORRIBLE MURDER and SITICZDE. _Between one and two in the afternoon of Monday last, the inhabitants of Belper, Derbyshire, were thrown into' a state of great excitement by the announcement that a me • • chanic named Yeomans, for some time past employed at. Messrs. Shutt's mills,_ hadi murdered his wife and afterwards: cut his own throat. Yeomans was a married man, somewhere turned fifty, and had a family, the eldest son being married. It appears that for some time past he and his wife have not lived happily together, the cause being a suspicion by the husband of his wife's infidelity. On Monday morning, however, Yeomans was obsClrved to pace about the street in a distracted mood. He went into the Red Lioa tap and asked for some gin, declaring that Would murder his wife. In the course of the morning arAl rttkucamu wiutauuu I and a common table-knife, and, having done so, went away. About half-past one o'clock the next-door neighbour heard L 1. knocking against the wall, and a terrific scream, and on troceeding to the door found that it was lo c ked. An alarm ,-as given, and a blacksmith opened the door, when a most rep, ,iting spectacle Presented itself. In one part of the lower room, her head resting upon a c h a i r , l ay t h e b o dy o f M rs . .welteringin blood, his throat dreadfully cut. On further inve... qtigation, it was f oun d th a t ne ith er p ar ty was h Y us eebnaian s' appa7ntly lifeless. About a yard from her lay her dead, and two surgeons were immediately called in ; but Yeomans gasped his last immediately afterward& The skull of the unfortunate roman was shockingly beaten with the poker, mil she died the following day, having remaived sense less during the interval. On the floor near to where the body of Yeomans' lay, a pocket-knife and a common table-knife, both covered with blood, were found. The supposition is, that after, es he thought, killing his wife, he cut his throat with the pen-knife blade, but not succeeding, he then used the table-knife. The members of the family were all absent at the time the deed was committed. A poor crippled boy had been sent out of the way by the frenzied father. During the afternoon and evening thousands of people coF— gregateiabout the house, and the greatest excitement stir prevails in the town. [led at lotner'i --./ FAMILY OF TILE LATE KING OF SWEDEN.—The Journal de la Somme publishes the following particulars. relative to the family of Bernadotte :—" Marie Anne Justine Bernadotte, granddaughter of one of the brothers of the late King of Sweden, who left 60,000,000 of per sonal property, married Jean Joseph Freng. From this, marriage sprung four children. This family has inha bited Abbeville for the last two years. The cousin of the King of Norway and Sweden exercises the most humble profession ; he mends crockery-ware, and gains his daily bread by travelling round the neighbouring villages. his poor family is in a most miserable condi tion : it inhabits for its palace a cabin excavated in the ground. The sole fortune of the grand-nephews of the King of Sweden consists in the produce of their labour or of public charity. A little girl of diminutive stature may be seen wandering through the streets, where she sings, in order to attract the attention of the passengers. Speak to her of the King, her cousin, and she will relate • his history. Ask her if sho would wish to be at the Court of the King, she replies. Five sous ! five sous ! Vanity of Vanities " The Duchess of Kent arrived at Boulogne on Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock. On the steamer, the Princess Alice, reaching the harbour, the British Con sul and the civic authorities of Boulogne went on board' to pay their respects to her Royal Highness. Sho;l3; afterwards the party landed, and set off for Par:is- 11 ' r ß e o s y c - l hP I a li r g i s h n e e n s I s v w e a d s n es t day sleep FALSE ALARM. — report A most preposterous roe to the effect that a conflict had tak en p lace ons ap peared in several of the Londo n papers tlsit afternoon. atM° n treuil, an would the Guards and the 44 th , quartered at Winchester, Sunday the that blood had been shed, numb ers that the taken unday b and. etweera hos pital, and concluding with the announcement a two was a trumpery qua rrel among little party of the two reg i men t s , more than four or five in number, at a 44th wero ordered to other q uarters. The fact is, there reg i men t s , not low house called the Cricketers, and word being sent to the barracks, piquets were ordered out, which, parading the streets and re-appearing several times, conveyed the impression of numbers. But there was no actual dis turbance, and the city was as quiet as it ever is with tfurnished dislike the by ne t r oops quartered in it. The gallant officers of both re giments are naturally indignant that suc h a monstrous . c in h v ie c v n o ti u o s n pe s r h s o o ul n, d w h h a o v oboeseens opresence of o is i the military.—Hampshire Advertiser. FREEMASONRY. — lnstallation of the Right Hon. the Earl Zetland as M. W. Grand Master of the United Ghia Lodge of England.— Yesterday the interesting ceremonial of installing the Grand Master took place in Freemasons Hall,. in the presence of many hundred Masters, Past-masters. and Wardens, among ber of provincial Grand Masters, and other Grand Officers.. Brother John Ramsbottom, M.P., and the Rev. W. Fallafield conducted the ceremonial. The scene was altogether most striking and effective. The Graud Master, kneeling at the altar, received the addresses, and took the obligation, amid the prayers of the brethren, who, at the conclusion, paid hina the high honour of masonry. The Grand Master then ap pointed the following Grand Officers :—Right Hon. Earl Howe, Deputy-Grand Master ; Hon. Ridley Colborne, M.P., and Thomas Smith, Esq., as Grand Wardens ; Brothers Peter Thompson and C. Balmier, Grand Deacons ; J. B. Webb. Grand Sword-bearer; and T. Cooke, Grand Organist. The other Grand Officers were not changed. The apointments gave evident satisfaction, more especially that off Earl Howe, which may be adduced in proof of the value and importance of Freemasonry, in thus enabling gentlemen of opposite poli tics to meet together on the broad basis of social principles. The grand festival was unusually well attended, and reflected great credit on the Grand Stewards for their liberality. The merits of the new Grand Organist, Brother Tom Cooke, and his vocal friends must not pass in silence ; the concert was delightful. HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—(From a Correspondent).— On passing through Leadenhall-market a night or two ago, my attention was drawn to somethin g movin g on a board in a poulterer's shop. Judge my horror in going close, and fi n ding it was a fowl completely plucked of its feathers, and apparently half dead, but still struggling hard. Two brutes were still engaged in plucking others, which they could scarcely hold, not giving them time to die. I endeavoured to dissuade them from such inhuman conduct, but only got the vilest abuse. The lion. Chas. Manners Sutton, eldest son c t Lord Canterbury, who has been suffering from a severe attack of gout at Paris, was better at the date of the last adyices. es ß te u rray s o fo r re T n i o l o E n, HousEs OF O re SKELETONpAFORILN,ADmEINNT._TiIyE workmen employed in the crypt of St. Stephen's Chapel, which was part of the Speaker's house for several years before the destruction of the old houses of Parliament by fire, and afterwards used, until recently, as one of the Committee rooms of Commons, found a human skeleton embedded in a mass of concrete about three feet from the floor of the crypt. It appeared to have been buried in the earth, as no vestiges of a coffin were found, the general belief of those who have visited the place being that the corpse never re ceived the rites of burial, and came there by un fair means, where it has no doubt lain for several cen turies. The skeleton appears to be that of a full grown young man ; the teeth are in an excellent state of pre servation, and many of the bones exhibit but slight Symptoms of decay. The circumstance is still further involved in mystery, from the fact that the most authen tic annals of the old Houses of Parliament contain no re cord of the crypt ever having been used for the purpose of burial; a circumstance which has excited considerable sensation in the vicinity. The bones were placed in a barrel and placed in one of the vaults of the new building. ROMSEY.—SAD ACCIDENT.—As James Bartlett, a man in the employ of Lord Palmerston, was employed on Monday last in sawing a limb from a tree, near his Lordship's house, he fell from a great height, and re ceived injuries so severe, that death ensued on Wednes day. The poor man has left a widow and nine children. BOOKSELLERS. In one volume, cloth gilt, MEMOIR S of ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON, Comedian. By GEORGE RAYMOND, Esq. With Illustrations on Steel, by George Cruikshank. " They are so nicely written, and compiled from such authentic sources, and give us so perfect a view of the character of our hero, that cannot fail to interest even the most superficial reader."—Chel tenham Journal. " A fund of amusing anecdote."—Oxford Herald. Also, 1. PEREGRINE PULTUNEY ; or, Life in India. 2. GASTON DE FOIX. 3. UNCLE SAM'S PECULIARITIES. By Uncle Sam. London : John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. THE ST. ANN'S SOCIETY. The annual dinner of this excellent Institution took place last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The company was larger than we remember it on former anniver saries, there being upwards of 250 gentlemen present. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., took the chair. His Lordship was supported by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Hervey, Mr. Commissioner Harris, the Rev. Dr. Croly, Mr. Alderman Johnson, and many of the moat influential merchants of the city of I.ondon. The cloth having been removed, the " Benedictus " was sung by the professional gentlemen present. The customary loyal and patriotic toasts were then given in succession, and duly honoured. " Prosperity to the St. Ann's Schools, and may the present recipients of its bounty prove its future supporters," was then given by the Noble CHAIRMAN, who, in his usual eloquent manner, expatiated on the benefits conferred by the Charity on a large and important class of the communitv—namely, the children of those who had seen better days. He appealed • -••4 • - the ciciety's bounty, who had been introduced into the room (in number 289, boys and girls), in furtherance of his rec,om ' mendation, and the appeal was responded to by prolonged and enthusiastic applause. One of the boys repeated an address laudatory of the efforts of the Noble Chairman in favour of the friendless offspring of that humble class of the community of whose rights he is considered the especial champion, which was greeted 'with much cheering. The children then left the room amidst the cordial appro bation of their assembled patrons. The health of the Noble Chairman was then proposed, and drunk with all the honours. Lord ASHLEY acknowledged the toast with much feeling. The able manner in which the present management have conducted the affairs of the Institntion is evident by its pre sent flourishing condition. But ten years ago it was 2,0001. in debt, and since that date the debt has been paid off, a new building has been erected, the number of children has been trebled, and upwards of 4,0001. funded. The sum subscribed was unusually large; amongst the names announced by Mr. Leeks, the active and efficient secretary, were many of the highest rank amongst the dignitaries of the Church, and the merchants and corporation of London. Her Majesty was at the head of the list. The services of the stewards of the day, and the officers of the Institution, were duly acknowledged; and the company, having warmly kept up the hilarity of the evening, separated at a late hour. SOCIETY FOR THE EMANCIPA TION OF INDUSTRY- On Tuesday evening a numerous meeting of the friends and supporters of this Institution was held at the offices of the Society, in Parliament -street, for the purpose of giving publicity to, and adopting steps to further the objects of the Society. Amongst the gentlemen present were several Members of the House of Commons. Mr. ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE was voted to the chair, and explained the nature of the meeting. The country was detached into various and singular classes, who each professed to have a remedy for the existing evils, but whose professed remedy was fallacious and fan ciful. It was ix the principles of that society alone that a remedy was to be found, and pamphlets and tracts had been published to explain them. It had, however, been ascertained that explaining them verbally was much more effective, and much more conducive to the interest of the society than by promulgating them through the medium of tracts. It was, therefore, their intention to hold weekly meetings in that place until the public were fully made acquainted with their objects. The princi ples they advocated were not new ; on the contrary, they were as old as Aristotle, Plato, and had been en tertained by all learned men from their day down to the present time. They merely assembled together to ex plain that the principles held in the time of Aristotle were worthy of every attention now. Previous to the year 1819 twenty millions were advanced annually towards reducing the National Debt, but since then not a single farthing had been paid. It was clear, then, the present monetary system of the country and standard value of gold was wrong, and they were determined to agitate until they obtained some reform, or were convinced their views were erroneous. Mr. LAMIE MURRAY followed with a series of re marks upon the injurious operation of the present system of currency, and laid down the principles of the Society as applicable to the circumstances of the country. He elucidated, with considerable power, the advantages that would accrue from a liberation of gold from the fixed rate of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce, and the allowance of a paper circulation, convertible at the market or commer cial price of that commodity. Mr. ATTWOOD, of Birmingham, advocated at some length the revival of the Bank of Restriction. He never heard of any objection being raised to it when in exist ence ; cer tainly it never was petitioned against by the peopl, while, to his certain knowledge, 360 petitions were, in 1819, presented to the House of Commons against the then proposed change. It was the means of carrying the country through a long and tedious war, and he had no hesitation in expressing his firm convic tion that, unless the Bank Restriction Act were again revived, to some extent,a revolution would ultimately be the fate of this country. Mr. Muntz, M.P., and several other gentlemen, also addressed the meeting at some length, advocating a free trade in gold, and an entire change in the monetary system ; and thanks having been accorded to the Chair man, the meeting was adjourned till this day week. rn [ADVERTISEMENT.] — COURT BEAUTIES.—Much has been said and written relative to the assemblage of female beauty celebrated under this title. 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