The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-26 00:00:00

EVI4INING EDITION. GRAVD BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDEIALL. The dn., for the ball and concert in aid of the funds , for the relief of the Polish refugees, i s fixed for Ihur-. s d ay , the I4th of November, and will he 1 .Iflost. splendid. The whole of the decoration's and illumm. Ar i ons, Lord which ar e t o h e most brilliant, at the Atlayor and Sheriffs' banquet to the 9th, are t 0 be retained for thi s occas i on , an d hi s R oya l here! the D u k e o f S ussex h as consente d to °ere! th e list of Patrons. By particular Tequest the Committee have al ' 4 0!ed it to be a fancy as well as a dress ball; it is, ther efores txpected that some of the dresses wornl at Egiintoun Tournament will be sported on the ' "r;,%itn, and add much to the effect. The tickets are—to admit one gentleman, 15s. ; (Imo, o ne lady, 10s. 6d. ; a double ticket to admit °ne lady anclone gentleman, 1/s. ls. : to he hail of any of the Stewards; at the Mansion-House ; the Offic e of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, St. James's-street ;or at the Hall-keepers% affite, Guildhall. Arrangements have been made for an abundant i ! at ipply of refreshments, which arc included in the Price. The number of tickets will be limited, in order not to unpleasantly crowd the Hall. It is, therefore, advisable to make early applications, for on the last occasion of the ball at the Guildhall Many were disappointed, although large premiums Were offered for tickets. The sufferings of the unfortun a t e P o l es mus t a t all tim es meet with sympathy in the breast of every Englishman, arising as they do from their heroic struggles for freedom. THE BROUGHAM MYSTERY. (From the Morning Post.) _ _ LORD BROUGHAM'S REPORTE'D DEATH. At a late hour last night we received the following communication from the gentlemen we despatched to 'Westmoreland on Monday evening last, when the mys terious rumor.r of Lord Brougham's death was first cir culated in the metropolis (From 'our own Reporter.) PENIIITII, THURSDAY EVENING. have just had the satisfaction of seeing Lord Brougham, who has returned to Brougham, after !lia excursion to the Lakes, as well in health and in as good spirits as his best friends could wish. The cause of the rumour which agitated London is Mill involved in mystery. Mr. Shafto, whom 1 have also seen, is certainly not the author of the report, and his name has been most wantonli used by some person. I forward you the following letter from Mr. Shafto, Which you will perceive completely exonerates him : " TO THE EDITOR OP TILE MORNING POST. " Brougham, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1839. Sir—ln reference to a letter which appeared in your Paper of the 23d inst., alluding to a letter giving an ac count of Lord Brougham's death, and signed with my acme, I beg to deny having written any such letter, or I ny letter at all, to Mr. Montgomery or any other person pith an account of Lord Brougham's death. " I remain, your obedient servant, " B. DUNCOMBE SHAFTO." The accident, as I mentioned before, was a very I frightful one, and might have been attended with most s erious consequences. The plunging of the horses has been described to me by an eye-witness as terrific, and if °no of the wheels of the carriage had not come off, I ? as to prevent the horses from running off with it, all t ila party would probably have been severely hurt. It is singular that Lord Brougham, fearing lest any false reports of the accident should be conveyed up to town, wrote to his family and some friends, telling them there had been an accident to the car riage, but warning them not to believe any idle rumours that might reach them. Mrs Shafto behaved With remarkable courage and presence of mind. The only mode in which the false report can be accounted for is, that it sprang from some person in Penrith who saw the carriage which was sent for return with Mr. and Mrs. Shafto and without Mr. Leader and Lord Brougham, wh r , wa lk e d h ome anot h er way, h av i ng pre ugly despatched e xp resses t o C ar li s l e an d P enr i t h r medical assistance for the driver. This circumstance 'tight have induced some person in Penrith to believe that Lord Brougham and Mr. Leader were injured. It is not the first time that Lord Brougham has been sailed on paper. During an illness at Lancaster, on the •eircuit, some years back, common rumour announced his Lordship's death, and it was bawled out by the fly ing.„ newsmen un d er t h e very w i n d ows o f L a d y Brougham, who, however, had proof by letter of later date of the falsehood of the intelligence. DEVONPO RT. DEVONPORT INDEPENDENT OFFICE, Thursday night, Half-past Eleven. Mr, Tuffnell, Private Secretary to Lord Minto, ar ti'ed at Elliott's Royal Hotel this evening. 13 At nine o'clock many o f th e e l ec t ors assem bl e d i n t h e all- Pto. where the Honourable G en tl eman was pre :7'l' to th em by C apt . F oote , R.N.. of Stonehouse, "5 cordially received. At the commencement of I<lr, Tuffnell's speech he stated that he had been ap pointed a L or d o f t h e T reasury . H e d ec l are d hi mse lf i n f avour of the Ballot and an alteration in the Corn-laws. A public meeting is called for to-morrow, Friday, the 25th, at which Mr. Tuffnell will attend, and reso lutions will be passed as to his being accepted or not It; a Representative, in the place of Sir E. Codrington. Tuffnell was accompanied by Captain Dundas, Clerk of the Ordnance. The Gallant Captain was loudly cheered. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. Pair supplies of all kinds, and Fruits very plentiful ; Pine Apples, 10s. 6d. to 21s. each; New Potatoes, Id. per lb.; French Beans, 4s. per 100 ; Peas, 4s, 6d. per sieve ; Spinach, 1 3. per sieve ; Cucumbers, 2s. 6d. per brace ; Apples, 4s. 6d. Per bushel ; Lemons, Bs. to 10s. per 100 ; Oranges, Bs. per WO; Turnips, 3d. per bunch; Brocoli, 4d. to Is, per bundle ; Carrots, 4d. per b unc h ; O n i ons , I s. 6d . per s i eve; Celery, 9d. t° Is* per bundle ; and Plauts, 9d. per dozen. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. Supplies goo d , d eman d d ull, and prices the same as last P o ted• Beef 2s Bd. t o 3 s . Bd. ; M ut t on 3s . 9d . to 3 s. 10d . ; ° Lamb Bd. to 4s. Bd.; Veal 3s. 6d, t o 4 s . ; Pork 3s. Bd. t p 4 s• &l. ; Geese 4s. 6d. to 6. 6d. ; Pigeons 4d. to 7d. each ; t o 2s. 6d. to as. 6d ; L e ve re t s Is. to 2s. ; Ducks Is. 6s. us. ; Pheasants 3s. to 4s. ; Partridges Is. 6d. to 3s. ; :-"uickens Is. 6d. to 25.;; Turkey poults 4s. to 7s. ; Rabbits 9d. to Is. 9d. ; Eggs 50. 6d. to 7s, 3d. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, and so was the eand. Prices stead. Turbot, 6s. to 20s. ; Cod, Is. 6d. d to m 13s. ; Good Salmony, Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s 6d. per pair ; Lob sters, 10d. to 3s. -Beef, 7d. to Bd. per lb. ; Mutton, 70. to Bid. per lb. ; Veal, Bd. t o 9d . ; and Pork, 7d. to 80. Vegetables as last quoted. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. Country meat in small supply, but town killed abundant. Beef, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton. 3s. 4d to 3s. 10d. ; Lamb, 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 3d. ; Pork. 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. CITY FISH MARKET. CFish cheaper, the supplies being good. Turbot. Eb. to 20s. ; od, 2s. to Bs. ; Salmon, Is. (id. to 2s. per lb. ; Oyster,, 12s. 0 40s. per bushel; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair; Whitings, 6d. to Is. , and Haddocks, ls. to 2s. 6d HAY MARKETS. good supply, and moderate demand; prices lower. Hay, aoadrus to 9,55. ; Clover, bOs. t o 115 s. ; S traw, 32 5. to 425. per II LOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) tb n EAL. OCT. 25.—Wind N. E., strong breezes.—Sailed P . arland, Tait, for Bombay ; Scou r E4d, F ra zer, As -3 Lt vraPoot., 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Frances, °, , l 'st.on, from Calcutta; Dumfriesshire, Gowar, Quebec. s s a i ifrd the A rg y ra , R ee d, f o r the Cape of Good Hope ; Ridley, Santa Martha ; • Grace Darling, ~ockat, St. Vincent • Wo;Astock, Austin, St. Thomas ; y or l t. , Wilson, Mobile; Olderondack, Huckstaff, New Balsrot- OC T . 2S•—• The John, Curling, bound to 1 York, which sa il e d h ence on t h e 4 t h i ns t an t, put Pl, s _ le _k to Kingroad yesterd a y, f rom l on . 20, l ea ky, an d with s " of main topmast and mainmast bead, &c. She will r r i e up to discharge. The Hamby, Allen, bound to bbadoes, which sailed hence on th e 22d i ns t an t, h as put i t, With l o ss o f anchor and cabl e . n h " htt OCT. 25.—The Orixa, Agar, a rr i ve d a t this t, from Canton, encountered a typhoon in the China 14712, on th e 30t h o f M a y—lost t o p masts, sa i ls, jibb oom, , c loarterboat, &c. _...„ tw .sTaucTivE FIRE. Last night, about • % -11 'e o'clock, the greater portion of Messrs. Low gad Pewtress's paper manufactory in Bermondsey Southwark, were consumed. The brigade tn- Ricca, as well as that of the West of England engines, 44 d firemen, were soon in attendance, but, in conse 'Pence of th e want o f water, only the latter was for a !Mein use and thus the destruction of property occa "fled. The firm are insured in the Licensed Victuallers' an d Pbcenix Fire Offices. h , METHOD ISM AN D CHARTISW—Amongst the argu ments which th e Methodists, we see, use to prove that the y aro the favoured and chosen people of God, is the Incre ase of their 'numbers, now said to be 1,115,932. a bu t such argumen t s f ro m prosperity will be found to tell MUC h against as for the Methodists. What , by th e s e 'lle rule, can they say for the Catholics of Ireland ? f What, f or the idolators of H i n d ostan an d Chi na ? What or M ohammedanism, which at one time prevailed ° :e i r nearly all Asia and a large part of Europe ' M eth Afric a ? What, by the same rule, will the waleethodists say of the Chartists who, springing up as it _ re last year, in less than a twelvemonth numbered "lore than a million members and frightened the rest t o ll the community. The Methodists have been exposed chi no particular persecution. Ridicule has been the fot ef weapon directed against them, but the whole ree of th e l aw h as b een turned against t h e Ch art i s t s . l leY have n o t stoo d t h e test o f t i me lik e th e Wes ' e j a_ea, 13 theit success, and the success of a hundred polit;cal and religious sects, makes the inference Methodists from their present success, that they I : .God's chosen and peculiar people, one of extreme COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.— Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, rode out in th.! at halt past three o'clock this afterno . n . tn . at'tended by Baroness Lebzen, Miss Quentin, Vis'zoilut Melbourne, Viscount Finkland, Count I . ,,olitn , tatli, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir F. Stovin, and Mr. George Anson. Lady Cateline 13arrington and the Hon. Mrs: Grey follows 4 the equestrian patty in a pony WiYaeton ; and Olt Dowager Lady Lyttleteis, lion. Miss Lyttleton, Hon. Miss,Lavinia L.yttletrm, and the Hun. Miss Paget, drove out in a carriage and four at the same time. The Onthess of Kent walked for some time to-day in tlik Slopes. The Hon. Miss Pitt, left the Castle yesterday ; Miss Paget remains. Lord Hill took his departure this morning. The Hon. Mrs. Grey has arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. The lion. Spencer Co, per .irs,l the Hon. Charles Gore are expected to-day at the Castle. The Roya ,Unner Party this evening is expected to consist of Kerr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highne,ses the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmer ston, Lady Lvttletou, the Hon. Miss Lyttleton, Hon. Miss Lavinia Lyttleton, Hon. Spencer Cowper, Hon. Charles Gore, Mr. G. E. Anson, Lady Charlotte Dun das, Hon. Miscs Cocks and Paget, Lady C. Barrington, Baroness Lehzen, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, Vis count Falkland, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Lord A. Paget, Hon. C. ,A. Murray, and Sir F. Stovin. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Princess Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's, and the Duchess of Gloucester.. Her Royal Highness re turned in the evening to her residence on Blackheath. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the Prin cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, are c xpected to leave the residence of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, this morning, on a visit to Earl Howe, at his seat, Gopsall, Leicestershire, where her Majesty the Queen Dowager is at present staying. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday to Hampstead in a carriage and four. Lord Hill returned to town yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. - - The Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education, had a meeting at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Council office. The Commander of the Forces and Mr. Powell had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at :he Home-office. Colonel Moberly, Secretary to the Post-office, and Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-stre:t. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Henry and Lady A; kwrigiit and family, at the London Hotel, Albemarie-street, from the Duke of De vonshire's seat, Chatsworth ; the Right lion. Sir Charles Grey, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Tynemouth ; Sir Rufane and Lady Anne Maria Donkin, from Killarney ; Major-General and Mrs. Hull ; Lord Caledon ; Sir John and Lady Williams; the Hon. Mr. Wellesley ; Lady Lucy Lowther ; Prince Esterhazv ; Lady Adelaide Web ber; the Solicitor-General, in Spring Gardens; Sir W. and Lady Follett, in Duke-street ; Lieut.-Col. Burdett, in the Albany ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Pechell; the Dowager Lady Clarendon. DEPARTURES. Lord Blayney, for Castle Blayney; the Dowager Lady Ellenborough and Hon. Miss Law, for Weymouth ; Ad miral Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton, for Leamington Spa ; Lord Saye and Sele, for ditto ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Burrell, from Craw'ey's Hotel, Albemarle. street, for War ickshire ; Henry Tuffuell, Esq., for De vonport ; Mr. and Mri. Wise, from their residence, Highfield House, Devonshire, for York House, Bath. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. OCT. 23d. 9 P.M.—The Sparrowhawk cutter, Edward Hencage, Esq., M.P., from Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Co- runna—light breezes S.S.E. 19th.—The Phebe cutter, Captain A. L. Corry, came into harbour to lay up. SAII.INGS. 18th, 4 r.m.—The Brilliant schooner, 393 tons, G. H. Ackers, Esq., for Southampton. _ __ - - - 24th, at noon.—The Gem cutter, J. N. Harvey, Esq., for Swanage. 24th.—The Sparrowbawk sailed to the eastward. She brought home Lord Worsley from Gibraltar, which place she left on the 2d inst., Lisbon on the 10th, and Corunna on the 18th. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. The cutters Ann, Forcstfly, Sparowhawk, Amulet, Ruby, and Matilda. The Menai brigantine, Lord Francis Egerton, M.P. was at Lisbon. Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., will sail from Cowes in a few days, in his cutter yacht Turquoise, for the Medi terranean. Nr. Neil's new schooner yacht Louisa, of 130 tons, will be launched from Mr. Joseph White's yard, at East Cowes, next week, and be fitted with all possible despatch for the Mediterranean. Captain Keane's new yawl yacht of 50 tons, will be ready for launching from the same yard, in about a month. Mr. White has also received instructions to build a cutter yacht of 100 tons, for the Hon. H. F. Walker ; Mr. Camper, a cutter yacht of 90 tons, for Mr. George Bentinck ; and Mr. M. Ratsey, a cuttc yacht of .50 tons, for Mr. Upton. EAST COWES, OCTOBER 25.—CHURCH-RATES.--A severe contest has taken place at our parish church of Wippingham during the last three days. On Tues day a Church-rate was moved, to which an amendment was proposed and carried by a considerable majority. The Churchwardens demanded a poll, which commenced on Wedneiday. It closed last night, the rate being carried by a majority of 31. It may be called rate the last, as care wilt be taken to prevent the possibility of any future one being carried. We hear Sir John Rennie has at last made his re port of the famed Newport River project. The pro bable exp ense h e puts d own at 19,0001 . ! i mprovements an Cowes harbour, 14,000/.1! The Committee have ordered it to be pointed, but we have not yet heard when the work is to commence. THE QUEEN DOWAGER—GOPSAL HALL, ATHERSTONE.—The Earl Howe arrived on Saturday last from the Earl and Countess of Denbigh's, to make the necessary preparations for the reception of her Ma jesty the Queen Do , a4er. The " Royal progress" from NunAam Maddox must have been particularly gratifying to the Queen, for in passing through the towns and villages the inhabitants welcomed the Royal party with loud acclamations. At Hinckley relays of horses were in readiness for the Royal carriages, which neceasarily caused a slight delay. The children of the public schools, upwards of 1,000 in number, assembled, and there could not have been less than .5,000 persons congregated to witness the Queen's passing through the town. As a mark of respect to the amiable and exem plary widow of our late revered King, the inhabitants had a triumphal arch erected across Castle-street ; the decorative part was remarkably well executed with laurels and flowers, and besides the imperial crown, and other devices, were the words " Welcome Adelaide." The Royal cortege when passing under the arch was loudly cheered, and the Queen bowed in acknowledg ment of the kind plaudits of the spectators. Her Ma jesty arrived here attended by the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse, the Countess of Denbigh, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, Sze , having been escorted by a troop of the Leicestershire yeomanry cavalry, of which fine martial corps Earl Howe is Colonel. . _ For several years past the present Duke of Ar gyll has resided in a very domesticated state at Arden capel Castle, near Hellingsburgh, some twenty miles from Glasgow. His Grace has long seceded from the representation of his county, since when he has taken no prominent part in the politics of the day. In prin ciple, however, the Duke of Argyle is a sound Conser vative, and, by not conceding his sentiments on the pass i n g of the Reform Bills, he drew down upon his head the resentment of the Radicals. On this occa sion some females waited on the now Duchess to ap prise her the Castle would be attacked, and to recom mend the family's retirement for a short period. When the circumstance was communicated to his Grace he rallied his servants, and hoisted the flag of defiance, which at once put an end to the threatened act of hos tility.—allorning Paper. The demise of the Earl of Kingston makes a vacancy in the Irish representative peerage. Lord l\luskerry will be a candidate for the honour of repre senting his Peers in Parliament.—Dublin Mail. MORTALITY AMONG THE NOBILITY.— Since the sth instant it has been our duty to record the deaths of the Dukes of Bedford and Argyle, Marchion ess of Salisbury, Earl of Kingston, Lord Trimlestoun, Dowager Lady Radstock, Viscountess Tamworth, Sir Samuel Warren, Sir John 1. Jones, Bart., Lady Hume Campbell, and the Hon. Wm. Irby. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, and Lady Charlotte Hill, arrived at their residence i❑ Hanover square, yesterday, from Easthampstead Park, Berks. Tne family intend to remain in town until Christmas. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, and Lady Louisa Fitzworris, intend to return to this country about the 20 h of next month, from Germany, and, after staying a few days in town, will go to Bo wood Park, the family seat, in Wilts, for th e winter. Lord J. Russell has taken a marine villa at the sequestered watering place of Bournemouth, near Poole. for six weeks, and was just on the eve of s ett i ng off for Dorsetshire when intelligence of the d eat h of his noble f.aer, the Duke of Bedford, reached him, and his departure was countermanded. NEW ZEALAND COLONIZATION 1 year for the upholding of our poor, and 5,000,0001. eiven to uphold an bbled bodied poor, Rifling to Work, j but.without employment, and kiesWifig that there are I thootatids and tens of ihniisandi ivith whom 1 am ac• tluainied, in a state of destitution in an interesting part of our country—l say it is marvellous to me that our Government—and I speak of no one Government more than another--bas never considered it to bee its duty, on it ertart national Scale, to promote emigration, and to lay the foundation of great Christian kingdoms in other parts of the world who might yet arise to rival us.— ( Cheers.) And what power has Britain for this pur . pose ? Do we not find her colonies all over the world ? Where will we look that we do not find a field for our surplus population ? Why should there be discontent and murmuring in our land, when on the face of the earth there is room for us all--when we can say " there need be no strife among us—go you to the left or to the right, dare is room for all of us."—(Cheers.) Look at Canada, with all its interminable forests, here and there green with lovely spots cultivated by kind hearted Highlanders.—(Cheers.) Look at Australasia! What a territory there —greater, I am told, than all Europe together—and still unpcopled. Look to that Archi pelago of beautiful islands which lie sleeping on the bosom of the great Pacific. There is such a land and such a climate as would employ all the surplus popula tion in the country, raise our commerce, and our wealth at the same time. What nation ever existed that could boast colonies so unparalleled as ours, Look again at the millions in India. Only a few years ago we got possession of a great nation in that part of the world, the very existence of which had hardly been heard of before ; the Burmese country.—(Cheers.) In fact, in all pens of the world our colonies were found, embracing about one-sixth of the population of the globe—the sun indeed never sets on the dominion of Great Britain.—(Cheers.) And why has Providence marvellously honoured us with such an extent of colony ? Can it be only to increase our commerce—to give us the spices of the East, to yield us a few more jewels and diamonds to the crown of cur well-beloved Sovereign ? No, certainly, a far higher honour is await ing our country. I believe that Britain is destined to be the grand instrument of enlightening all the nations of the world, and believing, as I do most honestly be lieve, that such an honour does await us, let the clouds darken around us more and more, and let gloomy minded men profess what they may, Britain, I believe, is destined to be still greater than she has been.= (Great cheering.) -My Lord, the occasion of our meeting here this night is singularly delightful. 'We are met to celebrate the sailing of the first ship from Scot land to the great island of New Zealand, which, as we are credibly informed, is equal to the whole of Great Britain in extent, and is vastly superior to it in capa bility, in climate, and in soil. And, oh, my Lord, cen turies after this, when we aod ours have passed into oblivion, the occasion of this meeting will, if history stands true, be an occasion of intense interest to genera tions yet unborn. Who can read the history of the sailing of the ships of Columbus to the New World without being thrilled with intenseintsr..s . ? And yet methinks that,in the future history of New Zealand, antiquarians a thousand years hencewill be found tracing their descent from Scotland and England ; and we may look to the time when people will pride themselves in being descended from High landers, and trace themselves up to another St. Columba, and talk of the college of New Zealand as we now do of the college of lona.—(Long-continued cheering.) I will not detain you by stating, what 1 trust no indivi dual here is disposed to combat, that the greatness of every nation and the happiness of every nation depends entirely on the moral and religious character of that nation.—(Cheers.) To what do we owe our unrivalled position among the nations of the earth? It needs not the researches of a great historian, like that now in my eye (Sluriff Alison), to tell us that it is because all our institutions, which are the envy and the wonder of the world, have been based on religious principle, and that to this cause we are to trace our greatness and prospe rity as a nation.—(Cheers,) That is the spring anti secret of our greatness as a people, and not only so, but it is the foundation of our happiness and our liber ties as a people. And while we talk of the great and good men that have passed away, we should re• member that to those devoted men of God does Britain owe mainly her civil liberty. You now have, in carry ing out a clergyman of the Church of Scotland to the new colony, shown not only Christian feeling as:Christian men but you have exhibited the wisdom and the common sense of British merchants, because I thoroughly believe that if any individual merchant here to night, may have no higher object than to make wealth by this specula tion, yet, even on that low ground, he could not have adopted a more wise or prudent plan than that of establishing the ordinances of religion among the people with whom you are going to associate.—(Cheers.) This is the only way to civilise them, to establish the security of property, to raise a barrier against violence—the only way by which you can get safely your goods into the country, and promote the intercourse that through time will take place between that coun ti y and the city in which we are now assent bled.—(Cheers.) But, taking higher ground than that—Oh ! is it not a delightful prospect, that front our own beloved city, we are sending forth a herald of the Gospel to that benighted shore—that we may look confidently forward to the day when the Sabbeth bell shall be beard in the land, and when that interesting people, of whom Dr. Logan spoke so highly, shall have the doctrinevof the cross preached to them in purity. —(Cheers.) Mr. M'Farlane, though the first, is only the predecessor of others who will follow, from time to time, from our shores, and by and by the Church of Scotland shall have in that distant land, more of little sisters and daughters planted —more churches—than she can number in the mother land.—(Cheers.) I be lieve your Committee never had a more difficult duty assigned them than that of finding a suitable clergyman for the colony of New Zealand. It is difficult to find a good clergyman for any p l ace.— (L aug h ter .) W e always think we have pl enty o f good young men, and we have plenty of good o ld men too— (L aug ht er )—b ut when we look for a young man to fill a particular place, it is a difficult matter, I assure you ; and were I asked to find a suitable man for St. Kilda, I declare I do not know a man that could fill the place but the worthy clergyman that is in it already. I had a conversa tion some time ago in the Trongate about this matter with a gentleman, when I stated the difficulty there was of finding a suitable person ; I said I was averse to send ing goods to a foreign market that did not take at home. _...(Laughter.) I said almost in despair that I never was asked a more difficult question. We have plenty of eloquent preachers, and men who do very well in this new church and the other ; but then there are things called common sense, and common prudence, and judg ment, and diffidence, and piety, and simplicity of inten tion--there is, in fact, a combination of qualities re quired for such a [lace as New Zealand, that I thought was not to be found in the market. A few days alter this I heard that trey respected friend Mr. M'Farlane had offered to go to New Zealand. I was delighted to hear this—l have a sincere love and affection for my friend, and I do say that it is a blessing to have got such a rnan.—(Cheers.) He then proposed the health of Mr. M•Farlane, which was drank with loud applause. The Reverend Mr. M'FARLANE returned thanks, and in conclusion, he proposed the Aborigines of New , Zealand, which was drank with all the honours, . Mr. BRIDGER, in proposing the health of Dr. E 7 ans, might state, as an instance of Dr. Evans's sagac;ty, and knowledge of the Scottish character, that some, years ago, when examined before a Committee of the ' Houk?. of Lords, in reference to the Colony of New Zealaryl, he had stated distinctly, in answer to a qUestian rut to him, that there could be - no doubt, - in 'the esterit-of a' Scottish Colony going to New Zealank . that' they - would take a minister of the Scottish Chureh along i, with them. This opiniOn of Dr. Evans theitita . 4"Oiat night seen verified. Mr. B. r e f erre d to liPth other gentlemen connected with the English - Colony, i n terms of high approbation, particularly Mr. Douglas Sinclair, heir to Sir George Sinclair, who,' with all the prospects of title, &c. in this country, was, never titeless, leaving it for the shores of New Zealand. After some reference to the immense capabilities - of' New Zealand, which he believed would yet turn out another Britain, Mr. B. concluded by proposing the toast, which was warmly responded to. The LORD PROVOST proposed the health of a gentle man well known to them all—not more distinguished as an historian and for the highest literary acquirements, than as an honourable and upright Judge —Sheriff Ali son.—(Great cheering.) Sheriff ALIsoN hail a toast to give of momentous in terest to the country, and of peculiar interest at the pre sent moment, when addressing an audience in the city of Glasgow—the toast was , " S hips, Colonies, and Commerce." Thirty - four y ears had ela psed on last Sun- day since the conquero r of Euro p e w as seated on the I heights c f Ulm, when h e beheld the c aptive armies of Germany pass before hi m, and when every eye turned with involuntary homage to the hero w ho had filled the world but the eagle eye of N a p o l eo n looked with be) and exclaimed, " Gentlemen , this is all w ell, but I must have t o n h d i s allrenown the tr i;u inphs that l a y b efore him, greater things than these ; I must have ships, colonies, and commerce."—(Cheers.) In the year after these 1 memorable words were spoken, yesterday thirty-four , 1 years ago, the empire of t h e seas was irre voca bly 1 taken from his grasp/ and the combined fleets of France and Spain, which had threatened the independence of the British empire, were conquered by the intrepidity of Nelson, and ships, colonies, and commerce remained in the hands of Britain.—(Cheers.) And at this day, after a lapse of thirty-four years, there remained only, of the great armament which had threatened the independence of our country, a few rid dled hulls to testify the magnitude of their defeat, and carry a tale of victory to future times. The Learned Sheriff then proceeded to show that upon ships, colo nies, and commerce depended the safety and glory of the British empire, and that upon her colonies must Britain depend for that commercial eminence which she had so long sustained. The Learned Sheriff then made the following statements, to exhibit the real character of our present position as a maritime state :—British shipping, in 1802, amounted 2,167,000 tons ; in 1833, it amounted to 2,800,000, so that in 36 yeais the ship ping had increased 28 per cent. In the same period the (Prom the Glasgow Argus of Thursday.) On Tuesday evening- a public dinner r a„, Trades' Ball by the Weft i.4,f ri6et i aiin Committee of the New Zraleld Land Company, purchasers of land, int.enzling colonists, merchants, and others interested in Ole colonization of New Zealand, to celebrate the de parture of the first Scottish colony from the Clyde. 'rho Chair was occupied by Lord Provost Dunlop ; and Alexander Johnston, E'sq , of Shieldhall, and Andrew 'ferment, Esq., acted as Croupiers. The company, whicn amounted to about 150, was composed of men of all parties. At the principal tables, besidca the Chair man and Croupiers, we observed Sheriff Alison, Mr. Wallace, M.P., Professor Nichol, Dean of Guild Brown, Deacon Convener Neill, Michael Rowan, Esq., Bathes Leadhetter and itolßttson, James Hutehinson, Esq., Jones Canipladl, Esq., Dr. M Leod, Dr. Burns of Paisley, Dr. M•Naughtam of Annan, Mr. M'Farlane, first Scottish mimsfur for New Zealand, &c. Dr. ,eod asked a blessing-, and Dr. Burns returned thanks. The LORD PROVOST having given, in succession, the Qeeen—Queen Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family —Army and Navy—both Houses of Parliament —craved a particular bumper for the next toast. Ile had great pleasure in proposing the 'widths of the Go vernor, the Deputy-Governor, and Directors of tile New Zealand Land Company. It is to those gentle men, observed his Lordship, we are mainly iedebtud for the effort now making to establish a British colony in New Zealand ; and when 1 mention the name of Lord Durham, as standing at the head of this Company, with the other gentlemen of character and distinction who go along with him, I am sure you will think that its affairs are in hands that will do them ample justice. This colony is about to be commenced in very favourable cir cumstances; and when we consider the advantages which the country possesses in respect of climate and fertility of soil—when we think of its many rivers and har bours, and its very favourable locality, I think we may fairly anti c ip ate t h at i n t h e course o f time it will become a flourishing colony, and one of the most desirable fields of emigration from this country.— ( Loud cheers.) Surely it is better that Great Britain should extend her empire by colonisation, than by conquest.—(Cheers.) Surely it is much more delidlit ful to see vessels leaving our shores, filled with emigrants and carrying along with them implements of husdandry, with a view to taking peaceful possession of countries hitherto unoccupied, or at least occupied by rude and barbarous savages, whose habits and customs are a bar ries to their improvement., as well as to the increase of their numbers.—(Cheers.) It is no objection in my mind to the colonisation system that America has as serted her independence of Britain ; that is a result which may fairly be expected to flow. We must expect that when a colony rises into great importance, and feels its distance from the mother country a disaiivan tage, that it should desire its independence ; and it is right that it should be independent. But, on the, other hand, it is desirable that the separation should be avoided as long as possible, as it must always be attended with painful circumstances. It should ever be our duty to take care that our colonies are well go verned, to secure the attachment of those who have emigrated from the mother country for as long a period as possible ; and, when the tune wines that it should be, let a separation take place in an ami cable spirit, and it will be found of advantage to both countries.—(Cheers.) Unfortunately, this was not the case in North America. A separation was there effected in a spirit of hostility ; but let us hope that spirit of hostility is fast dying away.---(Cheers.) The Americans are our brethren ; they are of the same stock with ourselves ; and why should we not live in amity and peace ?--(Cheering.) His Lordship then proposed—" Lord Durham, Governor ; Mr. Somes, Deputy Govermir ; and the Directors of the New Zea land Company." Drank with all the honours. Mr. JOHNSTON proposed as the next toast—" Logan, and the Scottish Colonists," and took occasion to pass a high eulogium upon the merits of the Doctor. He referred to the fact, that Dr. Logan was an expe tienced voyager to the South Sea Islands, and that he was entitled to receive from Government a grant of land in New South Wales on certain conditions, but that he had relinquished his monopoly, and resolved to go with the colony to New Zealand. From the expe rience which Dr. Logan had acquired, and from his intimate knowledge of mankind, they could well trust him with the situation Which he was appointed to hold. He trusted that the Scotch colonists would do honour to the place of their birth, and exhibit, in the distant land to which they were bound, that capacity of mind, that steadiness of purpose, and that kindness towards each other, and towards their fellow-creatures of every class, which was so characteristic of their countrymen. One thing he would most especially impress upon them was, that, in all their transactions with civilised and un civilised men, they should know only one principle, the principle of justice and conscientiousness.—(Cheers.) Ile had no fears for the Scottish colonists, but was con fident that, go where Scotsmen would, they would excel in intelligence, honesty, and uprightness of purpose. The health of Dr. Logan, and the Scottish colonists, was then drunk amid loud cheers. Dr. LOGAN returned thanks. We understood him to say that it was not very long since he had left the colony of New Zealand, of which he spoke in terms exceedingly favourable. Indeed but one opinion could be given upon that subject. The natives were the most splendid race of savages he ever saw, though he had been in almost every quarter of the globe. They were very capable of improvement, and excessively de sirous of learning the arts of Europeans. Nothing was wanting for their improvement but opportunity, and the progress they had made within the last few years was truly astonishing. One thing was much wanted among them—books ; and these they could not get in the number that was necessary—the only printer in the colony being an individual who confined himself to printing a few copies of extracts from the New Testament, a few Psalms, and the Church of England Prayer-book. The most valuable thing in the estimation of a native was one of those books, whether he was a Christian or not,, and this he might illustrate by a single anecdote. He was informed that, on one occasion a native travelled about 60 miles in a very wet day to ob tain a copy of a book. When he went to the person horn whom lie expected to obtain the book, the latter told him that he was wet, and in all likelihood hungry, and as it was now night, advised him to go to a neigh bouring hut, and repose himself till morning, when he would give him some books. In the morning, however, he was surprised to find the native lying at the door on the wet stones, wrapped up in his blanket, and on asking him why he had not gone to the hut during the night, his reply was, that he was afraid some other person would come and get the books before him.—(Great cheering.) Dr. Logan then told another anecdote illus trative of the sense of justice in the native New Zea landers, by which it appeared that, instead of resorting, as formerly would have been the case, to an exter minating war in consequence of a murder perpe trated by a native upon one of another tribe, the offender had been singled out, and capitally exe cuted for the offence. Doctor Logan then stated that he had seen a great many of the natives baptised, and though the ceremony itself was not more interest ing there than here, the scene afterwards was a great deal more impressive, from the attachment which they exhibited to each other, the elder Christians, one alter another, going up and embracing their new made brethren ; and even the strangers were induced to do the same. What rendered these scenes still more impres sive, was to see the tears starting from the eyes of all of them, more particularly the old chiefs. He had been present likewise at the anniversary of she Wesleyan Missionaries landing in the island, on which occasion they always celebrated the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. He saw 300 of them allowed to partake of that ordinance, and it certainly was a moving scene, par ticularly when he reflected on their former conduct, and thought of almost the whole of them, a few years ago, regaling themselves on the flesh of their fellow -creatures. —(Hear.) That the New Zealanders were capable of vast improvement, there could not be the shadow of a doubt, and be believed the time was not far distant when they would yet become our rivals, not only in the arts,. but in the sciences.—(Cheers.) After some explana tion in reference to his appointment as Surgeon-Super intendent of the Bengal Merchant, the Doctor said that, during the last few years, New Zealand and its natives had been his hobby, and he was glad to see so many influential persons taking such a leading part in the colonisation. In conclusion, he proposed the Chairman and the West of Scotland Committee. Drunk with all the honours. The LORD PROVOST returned thanks. They at one time thought of having an independent Company for Scotland, but after further consideration it was con sidered best to have one strong Company for the whole kingdom.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. APLEon then addressed the company. I am sure that amid all our difference s of opinion there is at least one standard around which we can rally with cordial patriotism and high enthusiasm, and that is our respect. for Great Britain—a land to which we all stand' indebted, and which has risen so high in the scale of national glory.—(Cheers.) And no marvel that it should be so ; for I believe that the sun of heaven has never risen on a land for which the Almighty has done so much as the land with which we are connected, and which, in spite of the evils that are in it, and all our follies, is a land reposing on the bosom o the sea, which has won to itself, under the direction of a gracious Providence, by the prowess of her arms and the wisdom of her Senate, a name that stands nnrivalled amid all the nations om the face of the earth—a land that has o ane a e n' ' l and pl ante d co l on i es t ill h er n fame has heard on every shore, h er fl eets seenlonr'e(:ery sea, and the commerce of the universe has poured into her rivers a n d h ar b ours. — (Ch eers co me, unacquainted with these matters, it does ap pear Great B r i ta i n, t h e first world,mari tleall with so mlny ships lying in o parts of the wor ld, contain ing millions of acres of the finest land, w ith a vas t sur plus population, burdened as we are' w i t h 7,000 , 0001. a tpi r ea d ale irna power estrange wit in n colonies in fact,t littE stiN, LONDoN, SATITItnAY, OCTOilEit 26 1b1). 1 • eXpOrti of England from 38,309,980/. to 101.890.0001. and the imports froth 213,t325,f)00!. to 61,268,000/. Now, he asked who had caused all the diiTerenee he tWdeti the ttto pstiods ? it had Veen eati.:ed by the other European stags, thOte who scion Might becothe our enemies. It appeared that from 182') to 1821 or trade with Russia had declined from .539 ships to 2(1; with Denmark from 57 to 16 ; with Norway from 168 to 15 ; and with weden from 123 to 66. In the same period Russian ships trading with l,nglirdi bed increased from 258 to 903 ; Danish from 44 to 624 ; Norwegian 558 to 785 ; and Swedish from 71 to 250. The ton ' nage to Canada in 1836 was 560,000 tons, and the ex ports 2,742,000/. The tonnage of British shipping from 1802 to 1836 had delined in Europe from 65 per cent. to 48 per cent. To America it had increased from 6to 9 per cent. To Canada it had increased from 18 to 26 per cent. To India from 3to 5 per cent. While the tonnage of England was continually declining in our intercourse with the Continental States it was conti nually increasing in our intercourse with our own colo nies. —(Cheers.) Here was the great and important truth illustrated, that it was in colonial enterprise that we found a counterpoise to all the antipathy and all the machinations of other States. These facts were the more valuable as they had occurred at a time when the commercial policy of this country bad been founded on libe ral, wise, and enlightened principles, when the English Government had thrown down the olive branch to the whole world, and endeavoured to carry out that system of reciprocity which common sense laid down a 3 the best prinLiplc of communication with all nations. He would give one other statement of facts, to show the case in a yet stronger light, as proving how much more our com merce depended on our own colonies than on foreign States :—ln 1836 our exports to Prussia were 160,000/-; to Germany, 4,433,0001 ; to Portugal, 1,085,000/. ; to France, 1,595,000/. ; to Russia, 1,743,000/. ; to Swe den, Norway, and Denmark, 284,0001. Now, they would see what a miserable driblet of our exports went to the Continent of Europe. From this dark, gloomy prospect, let them turn to one of a different descrip tion—to the trade with our own colonies, or those who were our own progeny. The exports to the United States in 1836 were 1 2,425,000/. ; to our British American colonies, 2,732,0001. ; to the %Vest Indies, 3,786,000/. ; and to the Australian colonies, 1,180,0001. When they contrasted these facts, they must be sensible that the source of British strength was to be found in her de pendencies. He could not here forbear quoting to them an extract from the elegant historian of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which seemed to have been written with something of that prophetic .foresight, which was the characteristic of genius. The Learned Sheriff having referred to the fact of our ancestors living in a savage state, and compared that with the enlightenment and knowledge that had supplanted the savage state, read the following quotation from Gibbon : —" The hostile tribes of the North, the barbarians of the land and sea, the Scots, the Picts, and the Saxons, spread themselves with rapid and irresistible fury, from the wall of Antonius to the shores of Kursk. Their southern neighbours have felt, and, perhaps, exagge rated the cruel depredations of the Scots arid Picts ; and a violent tribe of Caledonia, the Attacotti, the enemies and afterwards the soldiers of Valentinian, are accused by an eye-witness of delight ing in the taste of human flesh. When they hunted the woods for prey, it is said that they attacked the shep herd rather than his flock ; and that they culiously se lected the most delicate and brawny parts, which they prepared for their horrid repasts. If; in the neivh bourhood of the commercial and literary town of Glas gow, a race of cannibals has really existed, we may contemplate, in the opposite periods of Scottish history, the extremes of savage and civilised life. Such reflec tions tend to enlarge the circle of our ideas, and to en courage the pleasing hope, that New Zealand may pro duce in some future age the Hume of the southern he misphere." This was the reflection of the infidel his torian seventy years ago ; but what would have been his reflection if he had lived till now, and seen in this city the starting of the first colony from Scotland for New Zealand—to see the descendants of the cannibals of Scotland send forth a colony to reclaim the cannibals of New Zealand.—(Cheers and laughter.) In conclu sion, the Sheriff gave " Ships, Colonies, and Corn merce." Drank with all th e h onours . _ _ Mr. JAMES CAMPBELL, after some high compliments to Mr. Wallace of Kelly, for his efforts in behalf of Post-office Reform, and in bringing about the penny postage scheme, proposed the health of that gentleman, coupled with Post-office Reform.—(Drank with loud cheers.) Mr. WALLACE, in rising to return his very best thanks for the kind manner in which his health had been proposed, in conjunction with the great reform of penny postage, begged to asure the meeting that he was par ticularly proud of having his endeavours thus noticed in the city of Glasgow, with which he bad all his life been so intimately acepainted, and which, as the great empo rium of trade and commerce of the country, he considered as expressing the sentiments of the country at large. He had taken up the question of cheap postage from the con viction of its being eminently essential to the comforts, the happiness, and prosperity of the whole body of the people. Above all, he looked upon cheap postage as the mainspring of universal education in this and other coun tries, and on that ground he confessed he had laboured a , siduously. This was not a proper place for entering at any length on themany benefits lie had all along anticipated from cheap postage ; he, therefore, would show the deep interest taken by the people in this matter, by stating that he had reason to believe that more than two thousand proposals had been sent in to the . Lords of the Treasury, in competition for the best mode of using stamps in the collection of postage. Thus the intense interest taken by the people in the great mea sure he had been instrumental in carrying was demon strated beyond dispute. Before sitting down, he trusted this meeting would permit him' to allude to his much valued friend, Mr. Rowland Hill, the sole projector of penny postage. lam aware of the intentions so gene rally and properly entertained, of conferring a generous and lasting testimony of_ public gratitude on Mr. Row land Hill, and the public prints inform me, that my oan friends in certain quarters have mixed up my services with those of Mr. Hill. Now, my Lord Provost and Gentlemen, allow me earnestly to en treat you to separate us entirely. Pray bear in mind the high honour which has been conferred on me by this meeting of my countrymen, and let me remind you of the distinguished place I have held in the House of Commons, as Chairman of the Postage Committee, and as the person chosen to present the petitions of the people, in favour of Penny Postage, from the Land's End to John O'Groat's House—from Cape Clear to Port Patrick. Such, gentlemen, have been my rewards. They are rewards worthy of a Member of the Legisla ture who is anxious to serve his country to the best of his humble abilities ; and, therefore, I publicly disclaim, in the strongest terms, any right or title, and far less the wish, to interfere, in the slightest degree, with the pecuniary reward so justly due to my esteemed friend Mr. Rowland Hill. Mr. Wallace repeated his thanks to the meeting, and being called on to give a toast, pro ceeded to say—The toast I have been requested to give is very appropriate to this meeting, and involves views of the highest importance to the country at large. The toast is, " Lord John Russell and Colonial Reform." My belief is, that the Colonial department is in great need of reform, and that no other requires it more. For Lord John Russell as a public man, I have a high respect : yet I cannot conceal from myself the po ' si Goa he is placed in, by being at once the reader of the House of Common s , and the administrator of justice to th e colonies and dependencies of Great Britain. If tins"' meeting will for a moment reflect on the claims 'which,:as leader of the House of Commons, there must be, on the . mind ,and the time of Lord John Russell, - who; night after, night, during a long protracted Session, has`to contend with a political phalanx nearly equal in numbers to those who generally support him, has always to provide against the contingencies of opposition from the more Liberal section of the House, who frequently act upon his flank with an active guerilla warfare—how then can there be time to perform in a sufficient man ner the innumerable and increasing duties of the colonial department? As one who looks upon emigration as the great desideratum for the welfare and prosperity of this country, and who has ever supported its extension and improvement, I have felt it to be my duty to throw out these hints as to the system of colonial management, in order to induce this meeting, and others entertaining similar sentiments, to represent to Parliament the insufficiency of the present system, with the obtain ing one much more enlarged and extensive. The Colonial Office i s reporte d to b e i n a state of great confusion, owing to an accumulation of business be yond the powers of the officials employed therein, the great proportion of whom have not, like Lord J. Russell, to appear in Parliament, but have comparatively easy and irresponsible duties to perform. Again expressing my confidence in Lord John Russell as a faithful pub lic servant, I beg to propose the toast committed to my care, in the belief of reform in that department being essentially wanted to carry out a general plan of wise administration in the Colonies, and the extent of emi gration so essential to the future prosperity, and the trade and commerce of this country. Mr. Wallace then gave—" Lord John Russell, and Colonial Re form." Mr. CRAWFORD—My Lord Provost, we have drank the Navy—her Majesty's Navy—a toast which will al ways be received with enthusiasm in this co un t r y. S t ill, however strong the sentiment in favour of the British Navy, we may in these piping times of peace, when the fiery fight is heard no more, be permitted to inquire whether our ships of war may not be converted into ships of peace, and some of them at least, be honourably and usefully employed as emigration ships.—(Cheering.) This may be thought by some a startling proposition, and they may say that it would vulgarize the Navy, and undoubtedly it would if yo u were to cram —li tera lly to c ram—the emigrants into crazy and unseaworthy ships, to make no provision for their health, their comfort, or their safety on board during the voyage, and leave them to the tender mercies of a set of greedy shipowners who care nothing, except how they shall most cff ectua lly fleece the emigr an t s o f t h e i r h ar d- earne d savings, ga thered for many a l ong d a y, t o sen d te a m and their wives and families to th e coun t r y th e y have chosen for their , tfo'w infinitely more interesting a it'};;.tarfying such high destiniei, CS e ship of war in her Majesty's service at the present monieNt For, however interesi:-. p !! R s hip of war may be, when v1 . 04!-4 through the medititrl of *ll the great and glorious asio'ettians which belong to the naval history of Log"- /1.06, still what object is there at the pre sent fitly orr hoard of a ship of war to call forth the courage, excite the energies, or kindle the anikition or love of glory of our ieaiiien ? All on board is merely . routine—dull, cold ceremony-- - -- - nd even the hope of proiNotion does not depend upon super seamanship, professional will, err naval heroism.—( Cheers.) " Othel lo's occupation's gone.* War is a game which subjects ; are too wise for kings or queens to play at.—(Hear.) Colonization comes, however, in place of war. In the field of colonization the prize of true glory is now to be won, and in that field, the ardour of our youth, and the love of enterprise, and all the surplus energy of our country, which is bursting for the want of a proper vent, may find fit occupation ; and for my part, my Lord, I would rather a hundred times be the Captain of a noble emigrant ship than I would in these days be the com mander of a ship of war. Mr. Crawford concluded by giving" Captain Henery, officers and crew, of the Ben gal Merchant." Captain HENERY replied. As a sailor he was not entitled to enter upon the soil, climate, or statistics of New Zealand, which, comparatively speaking, were all humbug—(a laugh)—for though New Zealand were a paradise, it would still be a desert without the ladies— (Cheers)—in whose smiles and society the colonists would find more happiness than in anything else. Cap tain Henery concluded by giving " Mrs. Logan and the Ladies of the Colony." Mr. A. TENNANT said—My Lord I have to crave a bumper in honour of a gentleman whose services in our cause have been of a very substantial description, who, by his intelligence and zeal, has been the chief, I should almost say the sole instrument in calling forth our exertions in behalf of the object for which we are now assembled. I need scarcely say I allude to our friend, Mr. Crawford. Secretary to the Scottish Branch of the New Zealand Land Company. Let'us drink his health with all the honours. Mr. CRAWFORD thanked Mr. Tennant for the flatter ing notice he bad taken of his services as Secretary. Anything to be well done must be done voluntarily— and he could say that he entered on the performance of the duties of his situation quite con anzore. He felt proud, justly proud, of the share he had in calling the attention of his countrymen in the west of Scotland to the subject of New Zealand colonization, in forming the first Scotch colony, in planning its arrangements, and in bringing it to its present point of embarkation.—(Great cheers.) He regretted the merchants of Glasgow, more generally, had not as yet fully appreciated the mighty importance of the enterprise. He regretted they bad not conic forward at first and participated in those advan tages which the first bold adventurers had secured. Scotsmen wera always wise behind-hand. As a means of exciting the industry and supplying the wants of a people, he hoped to see a well-managed currency brought into wise and successful operation in New Zealand. Before sitting down he craved a bumper to the health of a gentleman whose absence to-night he much regretted. Mr. Lumsden was the first gentleman in Glasgow to whom he had broached the subject of New Zealand co lonization. Mr. Lumsden entered into it with his cha racteristic ardour, and he supported all the proceedings of the Company with his influence and ability. He felt grateful to Mr. Lumsden on many accounts, and the least thing he could do was to crave permission to pro pose his health, with all the honours, which was drunk accordingly. A number of other appropriate toasts were given, after which the meeting adjourned. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CAPTURE OF CONVICTS. MAY 28, 1829.—Captain Roach, of the Prince George Revenue cutter, we are informed, has again succeeded in capturing a number of convicts, who had escaped from Hobart Town. It appears they were seven in number, .and having stolen a large boat, they committed numerous depredations along the coast ; the Pelorus man-of: war, and the Eliza, armed Government Schooner were both sent in pursuit of them. The con victs reach Twofold Bay, where they passed themselves off as having come from Port Philip on a whaling voyage. Two of them engaged with Dr. Imlay, to whale at his station for the season, but Captain Roach spoiled their sport, suspecting from whence they came, he took them on board his cutter, and proceeded in search of the other five who:had visited Montagu Island, where they had set the bush on fire, and then proceeded to the Mamoi river. After a cruise of nine days, be succeeded in securing the runaways at the house of Mr. Hawden, the Magistrate, who had agreed to pur chase their boat of them, and was to send them to Sydney in the first small vessel that might offer, but which they no doubt intended should take them to some of the Islands to the eastward. They complained very loudly of Captain Roach's forcing them on board the cutter, but to no purpose ; he took them to Sydney, where six of them were immediately recognised as runaways ; they are stout athletic fellows, and appear to understand the management of a boat. HUN TING APPOINTMENTS. The Cheltenham staghounds will meet on Tuesday, at Ted dington Cross Hands—at half-past eleven. Mr. Giles's hounds Monday, at Mathon Park Coppice; Fri day, at Bishop's Froome Village. Mr. Candler's hounds Friday, at Old Hills. The Herefordshire hounds Tuesday, at Wormelow Tump ; Friday, at Bredwardine. The Nelmes foxhounds Tuesday, at Warley Barracks ; Saturday, at Stock—at ten. Mr. Mure's foxhounds Tuesday, at Cheveley Green—at half past ten. The Hambledon Hunt Wednesday, at Berry Lodge ; Friday, at tiollywell House—at half-past ten. Lord Portman's hounds Thursday, at Stock House—at half past ten. Mr. Bulteel's foxhounds Tuesday, at Fleet Western Lodge ; Friday, at Delamoor—at half-past ten. The B. V. H. Tuesday, at Milborne Port ; Friday, at Burton Common. The M.H. Tuesday, at Winfrith ; Friday, at Fodington yield. The Somerset subscription foxhounds Tuesday, at Crow combe Heathfield ; Saturday, at Dunster Park—at half-past ten. The Devan and Somerset staghounds Wednesday, at Hele bridge, near Dulverton—at ten. Mr. Cockburn's hounds Tuesday, at Prior's Park, near Hol man Clavel. The East Sussex hounds Thursday, at the Old Ship—at a quarter to ten. 'The Northumberland and North Durham hounds, Wednes day, at Etal ; Friday, at Pallinsburn; Saturday , at Kyloc.—at half-past ten. The Brookside harriers Thursday, at Telscombe Tye—at half-past ten. The Brighton harriers Wednesday, at the Race-course ; Friday, at the Dyke—at eleven. Mr. Meynell's hounds Thursday, at Bradley ; Saturday, at Blythbury—at half-past ten. Sir R. Sutton's hounds Tuesday, at Camby ; Wednesday, at Goltho ; Friday, at Gate Burton ; Saturday, at Midge Inn— at eleven. The Earl of Yarborough's hounds Wednesday, at Burnham ; Friday, at Croxby Village—at eleven. The Tickharn hounds Thursday, at Kingsdown Church—at half-past ten. Mr. Tudway's hounds Thursday, at Batcombe Lodge. Colonel G. Wyndham's hounds Wednesday, at Phillis Wood ; Friday, at 1-lambrook Common ; Saturday, at Trotton—at half-past eleven. The Inverness harriers Tuesday, at Eeraside. - - MALTA, OCT. 13.—Affairs become more and more complicated at Constantinople. The party headed by the Sultana Mother are favourable to the pretensions of Mehemet Ali, and the Pachas of the provinces, anticipating the eventual triumph of that party, are busy to make friends among them, and to secure pro tectors at Cairo. The Divan would fain urge the Sultan to continue his father's plans of reform, but the Divan requires the support of the Foreign Am- bassadors, who are divided among themselves. The present struggle is between the Sultana and the Divan ; and the Ambassadors, in consequence of their disunion, arc forced to observe a complete neutrality. In Egypt, on the contrary, there is one ruling mind which directs all, and which eventually will triumph over every opposing obstacle. If the Viceroy's terms are not soon acceded to, be assured that Ibra ham Pacha will march on Constantinople, despite the menaces of Russia. Here extensive preparations are making for the supply of Admiral Stopford's fleet, which is to winter in the Levant. The steam communication between St. Peters- I burg and Havre, just closed for the season, has proved a tnest fortunate speculation. The demand for all ob jects of French uxury and taste has been immense in Russia, and the steamers have been loaded every voyage out with silks, Parisian furniture, bronzes, or pendules. The Russian Government has taken advantage of the regular supply afforded by the English and French steamers to open an exhibition at St. Petersburg of all fabrics for the improvement of the taste of native ma nufacturers. Indeed, so much interest does the Empe ror take in the subject that the Minister is charged to receive every fortnight all native artisans who may apply to him for information. CASE OF MURDER AT PAISLEY.— Tues day morning, about four o'clock, intimation was brought to the Police-office by the watchman on the station, that a man had been found m urdered in St. James-street. Sergeant Russell of th e night es tablishment, proceeded • instantly to the spot, and discovered the deceased to be Alex. M'Fee, cabinet-maker, one of the workmen of Mr. Hunter, High-street. Besides a quantity of blood about the moutli, there were some slight marks of violence observable on the head ; and, after having the body conveyed to the Police-office, Sergeant Russell, w ith praiseworthy activity, got intimation of the tran ac tion conveyed to the sur g eon, D r. M‘Kinle and the ) apprehension of and then p roceede d to the of the parties in he hadei the s itnh commissionan ancustody, hue either hr of e the as cdPra an ;isfoour witnesses, four of occurrence Paisley h as created a great pri afterwards.n. Such sen sation, particularly as Alex. Nl‘F ee , was a sober,inof fensive man ; as a proof of which he has been thirty six years in the employment of Mr. Hunter..—Glasgow Chronicle. EVENING EDITION. SECOND EDITION. THE FUNDS.-(COS NG PRICES.) Bl:ri.' , lJ FUNDS /Sank Stock ..... 180 , Yndia St pelt . 247 g 1 ..r Cent. Red 3 ref Vent ( c is. 354 per Cele, Kril Ditto New Annuities New 3 ! , ,i per Cer..t - ' 9.it; ,'Ex. Bills, 1,0601....... 211 I di , New 5 ner Cent. — ! Ditto 50 , %.........,- 2 dls, Long Annuities to expit e Ditto 5001 — 2 pm • Jan. Sil f OM 1.‘)59 Jan Pt.) —.— ? India Stock for Act. — ?Co - mills for Act ...... ......., —. • FOREIGN k'UNDS Austrian, 5 per cent...-.. — Portuguese Bonds, sper cent 374 Belgian, 5 per cent.. ...... ......... Ditto, New Ditto )niazilian Bonds (Prussian, 5 per cent — litto9os• Ayres, 6 per cent -... i Russian Bonds, 5 per cent.... 111 Chilian, 6 per cent — !Ditto, Metallic. Colombian, 6 per cent — ISpanish. 5 per cent. 20U Ditto, 1824 131(:, !Ditto, Deferred Danish. 3 per cent 74 French, 5 per cent. —l. —C. Creel; Bonds, 18725, 5 per ct — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 2 per cent_........ -I. c.. Ditto, 6 per cent., 182' , ')2c4 I Dutch, :2% per cent.. 59.% ...ICO Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent l9 }Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Eastern Countios Railway North l‘hdland Railway SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Courier.) The education of' the people has ever been the grand object of the Protestant Church ; rather than leave the child without education they would consent to it in cases of difference of creed, without reference to religious instruction. And in this, they but follow the instinct of the Protestant religion. By education and the progress of knowledge among the people, the errors of the Romen Catholic faith were exposed. As the light of knowledge dispelled the darkness of religious superstition in former times, so it is felt that with the increase of knowledge the cause of true religion cannot but he promoted. By edu cation the Protestant Established Church has every thing to gain, and nothing to lose. In proportion to the ignorance of the people the Roman Catholic faith has the deeper root and the firmer hold. It is the very maxim of the Protestant Church to say, " Read, reflect, examine, and decide accordingly ;" on the contrary, it is the maxim of the Roman Catholic Church dogmati cally to lay down the ru e—" do not read, do not exa mine, but let your belief he determined by other men's will." In the former case, Education is the ally; in the lat..' ter, it is the opponent of its Church. If it be to the inte rest, therefore, that the people should be universally ediPe cated, to what better bands, as a matter of policy for , the advancement of the end, could their education he' entrusted than to the clergy of the Protestant Church ; whose interest it evidently is to spread knowledge among the people, that they may be the better able to. understand the merits of their creed, and be the more strongly imbued with the desire to uphold and , ex-- tend the influence of their Church. The Clergy of tfie Established Church ask that they may be permitted to take charge of the edvcation of the children of the p ler ; they say to the Government, do not throw difficulties in our way, but as the Protestant Govern ment of a Protestant State, afford to its Protestant Clergy all possible facilities for training the children of the poor in the religious faith which we all profess. (From the Globe.) The Standard having discovered !.hat a certain Char tist of the name of O'Brien, who suirered the unplea santness of being locked up for a night lately, which we regret, but which is an accident apt to happen to gentlemen who go about preaching 64't I all t pri vatees property and existing occupations an, trades are nuisances—except that of traders in the unstOmped papers, and National Conventions—employments which the laws have unhappily knocked up, and by so doieg (the above-named gentleman asserts) have deprived hint of the means of making at least a thousand a-year by mischief-making —the Slanderd, having discovered that the above-named personage, who has never made himself marked in any way but by undiscriminating frenzy against the whole order of society (a madness which we now find had a method in it, by his talk of a thousand a year)—is " a gentleman vastly Mr. O'Connell's superior in birth, education, and manners, and of a much more honourable character" —the Standard having dissovercd this—we do not know by what length of intimacy, or by what intuitive sym pathy of congenial souls, similar to that which linked it in affectionate friendship to that other physical-force gentle man it so greatly respected, Mr. R. Oastler—goes on to tell us that nothing like O'Connell's excesses can be im puted to Mr. O'Brien," and yet the Government, which prosecutes that gentleman, pampers and encourages the Irish traitor.":. . . . " Will Lord Melbourne cause Mr. O'Connell to be proseuted for his Mallow speech ? The que:ton must provoke a smile from every reader. Yet 'justice to Ireland' would demand that the same measure observed in dealing with Mr. O'Brien, or any other Chartist, should be employed towards Mr. O'Connell. Now we will an swer this question by another. Would a Peel Govern ment prosecute Mr. O'Connell for his Mallow speech, and for having affirmed (for that is the head and front of his offence in that speech) that the Lords are " a sworn confederacy against the tights and liberties of the Irish people," and that there is no hope for Ireland but (by inuendo) in national independence ? Would Lt. Peel Government prosecute Mr. O'Connell for these repeal doctrines ? If so, may we beg to ask why the Wel lington• Peel Government did not do eso -in 1820, when the same doctrines were uttered ; _antFwitenJthes Birmingham Union sprung up in England; , tindt-r"the . vigorous rule of Toryism ? Whys' wets' riffle these Irish doctrines put down then, if they slrcifilellidileita ? The Tory Government never took a now, to prevent their utterance. . • (From the Standard.) - - - It is a device, now somewhat of the stalest, that the Globe or (rather the Privy Council. Committee writing in the Globe), attempts to play off in its 'Yetterday's article on national education. It is of the following description :—First, constantly and obstinately persist in ascribing to your opponent sentiments which he does not hold ; which, on the contrary, he sedulously dis avows ; but which are odious in themselves, and therefore convenient to be attributed e to him. 'Plitn watch your opportunity, and when it is impossi ble to keep up the delusion any longer, contrive suddenly to discover, with affected delight and sur prise, that your opponent has seen the error of his ways—that he has been subdued at last by the force of your arguments, and admits that he has been all along in error, and is now compelled to succumb to truth. By this double device, you first keep up, as len.' ' as possible, a prejudice against your antagonist ; and then, when this can no further be maintained, you claim an important triumph over him. And this has been, and is now, the miserable device of the Globe and its assistants of the ministe rial press. How many hundreds of times hay Gilley deliberately asserted that " the Church dem: n led have the whole education of the people entrusted to her exclusive care," that " the Clergy insisted on grasping at the entire public grant for the purposes of education," and the like in every variety of phraseology ; every single writer who indulged in these deliberate misrepresentations well knowing -tinf oil that the clergy and the friends of the Church de manded, was, that things should be left as they were, and the public grant divided, as heretofore, between the National Society, for the Church, and the British and Foreign School Society, for theDiseen ters. At last, however, this falsehood is thoroughly, worn out, and the Bishop of Exeter has fairly given it the coup de grace. In an authoritative and with a voice which must be heard, his --Lordship denounces and extinguishes the slander. Feeth/itli the second part of the device comes into play, and al' though his Lordship says nothing which has said by Churchmen generally thoughout - th n . controversy, a cry is set up, wholly based upon the pre,- vious fiction—that the Bishop has been converted7that he sees the error he had fallen into , an d admits the f a;H r redness of the Ministerial principle. • `.l RURAL POLICE.--W e are informo - tilaf- iit Stowe-on-tae-Wold, which is in th e c entre of ti,cirelit 4 lb miles in diameter, and which , bas,for 'the' )4st., f e w years been deluged in crime, di - 0 . assistance . Of ( 4, London policemen had been obtained,,onet ve i n , a,, 1 short tioc the effects were almost miraculous... Sheep. 1 crime stealing was a m ost common offence, and now. the ". ; morals and habits of has entirely ceasod, only two offences of that de A p N i r aece are in told the grent.im having been n0r ,,,,,it:-.:d during the two last years,- scripti t o i n t stated that the 11Ingistettes in that neighbo h . L . 'l- ood-oavc the population of Stowe-on-the-Wold, p no r o " Ve n : t e h n i rha t s o t d a aken to, finding their usual mode of living cut off, have turned . their attention to industry as a means of honest members of soci et y. The . ' fa,:ility for living e more luxuriously which thieving offers ove: industry is so great . , that some strong preventive check is nece ssar y living to compel persons in remote places to habits of industry ; for otherwise th on Public Pro Pert . —C/ ey too often become ma."athicrs 0 ). tellenhom Examiner. FEELINGS INTENDED DUELLIST: I cannot describe my AN f feelings on my return home after having given the my challenge. b I shuddered at the idea of killing a fellow-being but, to tboesulp.e,akkilaledtrutb, l l f. shu i d , - dered more at the idea o powder and shot I had always a st7ron , aversion nyse ).. -oln my infancy : now that I had 'foolishly exposed m self tt. l oth, I absolutely sickened at the bare idea of them ; thought of the perilous predicament into which I had stupidly brought myself, and I trembled from head to foot. Never did my frame so shake before. Stand I could not ; sit or lie I could not. I tossed myself al ternately on my bed, and rose and staggered through my apartment. Oh the horrors of that night 1 A.. thousand times did I think of sending an apo ), ;gy • , i . opponent for having challenged him, and be i- g .- ,to my that nothing farther might be done in the businessg-in ; but then I knew if I did, I should for ever be held up to public ridicule as a coward. Death, bad as it is, would have I been nothi n g to this. I resolved, therefore, *hotcver should be the consequences, to meet Walks and It-wide:rill-Qs in the Weld e '...L0 my 4tit"'*ist.— f iterdlfiie, by the Author of ‘• The Great Metropolis:' . r-~ .