The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-31 00:00:00

S ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. EXETER HALL. Last • H arm night one of the periodical performances of the Sacred u sv °llk Society took place at Exeter-hall, which was, as subs ' on these occasions, filled by an immense concourse of the mb,t✓Pt, and their friends. The Oratorio was Israel in wha i t i One of the most sublime works of the immortal Handel, sa t . was given entire, or nearly so. The chorusses were soril t as they commonly are at these meetings, that is to say, is Were very effectively performed, while others fell into nftter confusion. " The Horse and his Rider," although called va g3t er , a4 ain, was, to our thinking, nearly in the latter predica sr4; While in the chorus, " The Blast of Thy Nostrils," the cf e t at ain , out of tune and out of time, of the immense mass of ,„„,- 'era& voices, was execrable. " Thy Right Hand" "as correctly and spiritedly sung, and the audience evinced their judgment by encoring it. The singers were Miss Birch, Miss F. Wyndham, Miss Jenkins, Messrs. Hobbs, Lciller, and Atkins. Mr. Leffler sang "He layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters," in a style peculiarly chaste and cor rect, and with good quality and power of voice. " The Lord is a mon of war," was sung by Messrs. L4llcr and Atkins, by the former remarkably well, and the later creditably enough. We did not think Miss Birch in this oratorio so suc cessfully as usual. Miss Wyndham sung with exquisite feel ''V. Mr. Perry was the leader, and Mr. Surman the con ductor. We may mention that the newly introduced brass bass instrument—adverted to by us a week or two since—was used in the chorusses, and had in many places a most splendid effect. It was played by the professor who has been engaged for some time in practising upon it, Mr. Standen; a member of the baud of the Coldstream Guards. THE MAILS.—The London morning mail now arrive s here at five instead of seven in the afternoon, and a general delivery takes place the same evening. The Aber deen mail is now also despatched at ten minutes before six, lustead of twenty minutes before eight, as before. The Edin burgh press have also to thank Sir Edward Lees for the rea diness with which he has complied with their request to give out newspapers, however late the mail may happen to be of arriving. There is another suggestion deserving the attention of the ll ost-office authorities, which we would take the liberty to o ffer. We understand that in several of the other large towns in Scotland considerable inconvenience is felt when the arrival or departure of the mails takes place during the night, owing to a deficiency of hends. It is very desirable, therefore, that in all such cases additional assistance should be afforded to the Postmasters, who are often much exhausted by the necessary attendance, especially in the winter season, when the arrival of the mails is very often exceedingly irregular.—Scotsman. On Tuesday morning, between eight and nine o'clock a labouring man, named James Findley, in passing along Little Gray's Inn-lane, slipped down, by treading on a slide el. the :pavement, and Cell with such violence on his right side, that he sustained a compound fracture of the thigh of a most dange rous description. The Bayaderes are stated by the Belgian Papers to have landed on the 25th instant at Antwerp, from the Soho "Wier. TO the ELECTORS of SOUTHWARK. GENTLF.MEN,-The time has arrived when I feel called upo:: to address you. Iduso at present under circumstances seem peculiarly to call for explanations—and upon this, uF, upon all other ocasions, I open myself to you syith -01.1:. VeSir Ye. When I accepted an appointment under Government, I do not pretend to have done so with reluctance. I have laboured f‘r well nigh a quarter of a century in the cause of political Ref,rm, and you could deserved) , distrust my sincerity if I p.a#i"esed to disdain the emoluments of office. I have no su,l! affectation. Ido not aspire to that sort of heroism. It v-o,dd be, in my opinion, a grievous miscooception to sup pose that no public man could ally himself with Government 1 bout disconnecting himself from. the people. 'My humble means of serving the public in Parliament have been pur e!lased at a great sacrifice of private fortuee. I do not lament It is a sacrifice whicli every roan must make, whose rn , i,icAt principles arc ef that kind which do not lead to ;Ilialstmial favour. I frankly confess that 800/. a-year, the income of the office to e inch l was appointed, would have been extremely an c,n;table to me, reduced as my financial strength has been by r,pt.aten election contests. When, however. I entered on the Oaties of the office to which Lord .John Russell was kindly pleased to appoint me, it war, by no means clear to me, that I was thereby disqualified from retaining my seat in Parlia ment. This was a point of leading consideration, and or, the approach of the Sessions I submitted the case for the opinion of (:ounsel, and have, within these few days, received the j,:int opinion of Sir William Follett and Mr. Austin, to the erfs•ct that the office I held came within the scope and in tendment of 1110 Statute of Anne, and disqualified me from sitting or voting in Parliament. I could not withhold from this opinion the weight which it deserved; I forthwith waited on Lord John Russ'cii, and resigned it, and with it all claim to s..lary during my temporary occupation of the office, that no que,tion might arise as to its havintT been to me an office Fofit. I did not surrender the office of Registrar, and the salary attached to it, from any impression that by holding it I should open myself to reproach. I hope Ido not, in your opinion, estimate my pretensions too highly, when I con sider myself as hgving earned the reward of office, without impugning my integrity in the ace. ptance of it. But desir ah•c to me as the official income might be—. 23 I have already admitted it would—there are vet fotrlings of a higher nature which I cannot relinquish. The ea circumstances in which hr.t. addition of income would have put me, was not without its weight in my deliberation, but it would not balance against the result which was to follow from it. I must have given up the high position in which I stand as your representative; I must have exchanged the p0. , ,t of honour in which you have placed me for the profits of office. I could not bring my mind to this. I could not cut asunder that political relation which links me to my constituents, and which I can never alvert to but with a feeling of pride and gratitude. No. If me humble talents have any value,. it is in the public direc tion in which you have placed them; and in that direction I em resolved to keep them. In giving up my office Ido not cost a•" longing, lingming look behind." Industry and per severance are, in themselves profitable qualities, and my purpose is to resume my profession ; if', in so doing, I can s;icceed in making my pecuniary as complete as my political independence, I shall be content. At all events, should I not succeed in attaining the one, I will never abandon the other. cannot conclude this address without availing myself of the opportunity it affords me of recording my public thanks to Lord John Russell, upon whose favour 1 had, assuredly, no political claim. lam sensible of the benefit intended me, and I am grateful for it. The ensuing session will be occupied by questions of deep interest. We are in a crisis which calls for all the wisdom and for all the energy of those who are at the helm. For myself, I shall continue—as I trust I have always done—in the line, not of a capricious but of a constitutional opposition to whatever measures may appear to me to be either unfavour able to the interests of the country, or inimical to the freedom of the people. I am, Gentlemen, your faithful friend and devoted servant, D. W. HARVEY. Raleigh House, Brixton-hill, Jan. 3u, 1839. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) Deal, J LN. 30.—Wind N.W., moderate—Arrived and remain, the Lusitania, Gibbons, from Oporto; Enterprise. Gibbs, Liverpool; Alert, White, ditto; Torn Bowling, Bordeaux. Came down from the River and sailed, the Toronto, Greswold, for New York ; Express, ➢fann, Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.N.W., blowing hard, in squalls, accompanied with rain and snow.— Arrived the Boadicea steam packet, Stevens, from Gibraltar—last from Falmouth ; Corsair, Greig, Cepha lonia—sailed the 13th Nov., Gibraltar 1 lth Jan. Sailed the Edward, Petit, for Cherborg. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind N. N. W. ; 30, N.N.E.—Arrived the Radical, Anderson, from Newport, for Newcastle, with cargo shifted. Sailed the Edward, Thompson, for London; Funchall, Porrell, ditto; Kate, M'Simon, ditto; Enterprize, Smart, Seinlin ; Sweed, Lawson, Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Wind N.N.W. to W., first part moderate, latter part strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Rambler, Gilbert, from Odessa ; Liberator, Angel, London. Sailed the Trois Arnie, Gil bert, for Antwerp ; Jane Cumming, Cumming, Ostend : Augustine, Letters, Rouen ; Ann, Bryant, ditto; Boadicea steam-packet, Stephens, Portsmouth. - - LIVERPOOL, JAN, 30.—Wind N.N.W.. fresh breezes.—Arrived the Nathaniel troopship, from Savannah; Flora, Vile; Leghorn ; Julia, Lisbon ; Mauriciar, Rochelle Abbey ; Bains, Limerick ; Jim Crow, Yarmouth ; Du, Grinder, London ; Stag, Glasgow ; Mermaid (steamer), W;:terford ; Falcon, Belfast. Off port Lancashire Lass, Smyrna. MARGATE, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Nile, Cowan Bordlair, for Sunder land, assisted in with loss of anchor and chain ; Emma, from Liverpool to Celohester, assisted in with rudder unshipped ; Union, Ostend ; Properous, Heason, Dieppe; Amilie, Gravelines. Off port Countess f Durham, Williams, Waterford, with loss of anchor and cable. RAMSGATE, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Nancy, from London ; Travel lers, Dunkirk, came in with foremast sprung, &e. DOTER, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Normanton, Hall, from Newcastle. BRISTOL, JAN. 30.—The Great Western (steamer), bound to New York, was off Ilfracombe, at eleven p.m, the evening of her departure, being sixty miles in five hours, against a strong wind and tide. ILFRACOMBE, JAN. 29.—A cask of porter, marked Thomas Pee, Car (MT, and four chairs, have been picked up near this port. WORKINGTON, JAN. 29.—The Mary, Brown, from Chepstow, which was on shore at the entrance of the harbour, has been hove off, and brought in here. SHOREHAM, JAN. 30.—The Sir Sidney Smith was driven on shore on Berthing Beach; after discharging her cargo, has been condemned. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.—The Buoy on the Manacles Rocks has been replaced. JERSEY, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Azores packet, from Ancona; Ostsee, Shellen, Dantzic ; Industrie, Jensen, Gothenburg. Sailed the Ravena, Benet, for Lisbon ; Unide, Charlestown. SCILLY, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Marie Therese, from Pontieux ; Pro.. gross, Pritchard, Cork ; Cadiz, Relay, Sunderland ; Selim, Williams, ditto; Princess Mary, Jenkins, ditto; Herald, ditto; Lord of the Isles, ditto ; Little John, Hayes, Youghall ; Sir John Byng, Perew, Cork ; Mary Reid, Hay, Sligo ; Anarabia, Cardiff ; Kate, ditto ; Amelia, Black Sea. Sailed the Kate, Cuthbertson, for Western Islands. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—The Beatrice, Wheeheld, sailed from Alex. andria for Liverpool 20th September, and from Malta 15th October, has not since been heard of. YARMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Thomas and Martha, Ransom, from Antwerp. LYMINGTON, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Liskeard, Thom, and City of Norwich, Thomas, from London, with damage, and loss of deck load. MILFORD, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Flora, Houghton, —; Brothers, Trewith, Llanelly, leaky, having struck on the Smalls, bound to Water. ford; Ardent, Peters, Bayonne, for Ross, leaky. ALDBOROUGH, JAN. 30.—Arrived off, William Wallis, Paul, Dantzic. KING'S Roan, JAN. 29.—Put back the Argus, for Jamaica. STARCROSS, JAN. 29.—Arrived William Churchwood, from Jamaica. DUBLIN, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Kate, Vedley, from Seville ; Hart, Fleden, Bordeaux. Si-dramas, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Veruacheling, Elvors, from Haden gen ; and Progress, Cross, from New Dieppe. Sailed the Fradrenes. landt, Eugerst, for Messina ; and Mary Bell, Brown, Constantinople. WATERFORD, JAN. 28.—Arri , M the Confidence, Angel, from Lon don ; Rose INl`Couran. Evans, ditto ; and Penelope Caffriere, CORK, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Favorite, Sell:, from London ; British Queen, Wood, St. John's, New Brunswick, with loss of bulwarks, having been in contact with a steamer ; and Arethesa, Furner, Cayenne. Sailed the Brothers, Poole, for St. John's, New Brunswick. The British Merchant, from Llanelly to Bombay, was spoken with 24th inst., 100 miles S.W. of Cape Clear. The Hotspur, Humphrey, from Rotterdam to London, was abandoned on the Oaster Bank 27th inst., with 10 feet water in her hold, having struck on Goree Bar—crew saved. On Tuesday morning, about eleven o'clock, the fol lowing accident occurred in the St. Katharine's Dock :—A journeyman carpenter, named George Clark, was engaged in fixing some machinery for a crane, at the upper part of the shaft of the F. warehouse, when, in jumping from the bar rels of the crane on to a temporary stage, which had not been properly secured, one of the cross pieces, by which the stage was made fast to the crane, gave way. and the whole came down with a loud crash, precipitating Clark to the bottom of the shaft, a height of about 70 feet. He fell upon the quay, and his arms and legs were broken and his skull fractured. The unfortunate man died instantly. His remains were con veyed, by the direction of Mr. Taylor, the superintendant of the dock police, to the nearest public house, where the body awaits a Coroner's inquest. Front inquiries we learn that Clark and his fellow-workmen, who narrowly escaped the same fate, had the :fixing of the stage, and were re peatedly cautioned by the foreman of the work to secure it in au efficient manner. THE PARIS JOCKEY CLUB.—This Club was established after the Revolution of 1830, by Lord Seymour and some other y oung men . Th e i r so l e object was, at that time, tointroduce into France English races, better horses, bets, and the habits of the turf. The Club consisted, at first, of a very few members, who occupied a humble apartment in the Rue du Helder. The Association gradually 'increased, and the Club is no w es t a bli s h e d i n fi ner a p ar tments. The Club consists of two hundred and fifty ordinary members, and of a certain number of foreign members, who are admitted for six months. On their introduction members pay 500 francs, and 250 francs annually. The foreign members pay 200 francs for the six months they are permitted to frequent the place. The apartments are most elegantly furnished. They are divided into two parts—one wh ere smo ki ng i s a llowed, and the other where it is excluded. Th e f ormer f ragra nt part consists of a billiard-room and two drawing-rooms, presenting the appearance of so many tabagies. Every d a y a t six and sev en o'clock two dinners are served up—one for twelvo, and the other for six persons. Those who pnt their names down first have places kept for them. These dinners are very good, the price being six francs, exclusive of wine. One may also dine a la Cartc, but these dinners are generally inferior to the others. THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.— The parties charged at Lambeth-street Office with having murdered a police constable named Barton, by !brewing hi m into the canal at Bromley, as alre ad y detailed . in The Sun, were yesterday discharged, there being no ev i dence to show that the deceased had met his death in any unfair way. rZight , and inner beck. real was the Sohn :ellor °us% nick. t the ening Irlton ;hire; the -osve er, at cough, from ; the treet, tote! Mau from can a from arshal ad, at from ; Lady 4ajor nt de Mr• tieton rarriet visit Dal , from from count New- L their Lady an, at De- visits nlith nwick .s, at lc, at ' the time, daily r,ndy ;icing the 1 . a te Hail, also , vails post. , ectcd Earl last, .n} al \..... A r LITERATURE. CIIILD. from Mr. )nial- were louse, ; Mr. ty, in 'aris ; et, for r last CERT. ►ing' ;woo ye a Earl Lana- ' a rk, ie in oill' ,use- e ill day this from for 'ung. fOr King even d at ench rinse waS re of i IAS rtbr fond rday ndia Idia, at at [ of a at ails :ere- the , s of rich rgh, Inie me, • MC- ;vve ifter g• or the San ;, at rve the ink erg Olt G OETTLE'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH A Longman. London, 1639. Two volumes of this singular collection of letters, which Passed bet ween Goethe in his old age, and one of his most enthusiasti c admirers—a young girl named Bettina Arnim have all icady been published, and, we fear, to a certain extent, fail ed, and we dare hardly promise this volume, Which is the • third, a more extensive circulation. No doubt there arc m any subtle and beautiful thoughts, anil much animated description in it ; but as a whole, it is of far too abstract a (Ammeter to suit the generality of English Tladers. Strange to say, the work is translated by the " l e individual arho wrote it originally in German ; and the Preface--or P reamble, as the fair authoress calls it— " Plains, in sentei ices awfully lengthy and involved, the ionculties which si Le experienced in the prosecution of her task of translation. But the chief fault we find with the l 'ork is th e ten d erux . y, w hi c h t h e wr i ter s h ows i n eve r y page , t 0 indulg e in cloudyrand fantastic metaphysical speculations, Which it' is impossible to controvert, for this very sufficing l ' e usen, that it is impossible to comprehend them. SHELLEY'S P'OETICAL WORKS. Var. I. Mcixon, London, 1839. It is . propose to completethis d edition 'of Shelley's UC IIM in four volumes, the first of which is now lying be t.ore us, and contition his well-known " Queen Mab," be fore and the " Revolt of Islam"—productions in „"leil passages of exquisite beauty may be found, but which "111, nevertheless, be a! ways caviare to the multitude, be e-ause th ey a ll equa ll y I a b our un d er one d e f ect — a wan t o f actives human i n te re st . We may admire, but we can : a l e * sympathise wit the creatures of Shelley's iinagi atml, for th ey are put tly sp i r i tua l essences , w ith the ex dePtloll, perhaps, of Ala stor, where the poet was, no doubt, a w ing his own portrait. The likeness of Shelley, pre fi'd to the present voltrine, is spirited and accurate. IRE'S•- -- DICTIONARY OF ARTS, 6^C. PART. Longs nan, London, 1839. va l .'''. wen-digested wort of an Encyclopaedic character, the : I ° ll 3 scientific essa , . , s in which are the productions of of; 11 ; 1 . 110 thorougly ti;iderand the complicated questions s i tiit n i leli th e y trea h t. The st wood-cuts are numerous, and 14 'IY engraved. PICTORIAL, DESCRIPTIVE, AND HISTORICAL. PART' I. Orr, London, 1839. br h e ;Wordsworth, one of the most eminent scholars of a b Utt Y, and well known to the publi c by his << Journal of wo 'riderice in Athens . and Attica."' is the editor of the baeipore us, which it proposer'i to publish in monthly before Parts, and of whielit this is the first. The i ia brought out, apparently without the slightest re vpiiL' to cost, i n s plendid style, a n d i s pr o fusely embellished g ti llood-cuts, and three of the most exquisite steel en sist:tlgs we have ever seen, The literary department con - c hiefly of geographicJ details. MAN,' lIE WA UGH. A r Bla,Ascot )d, Edinburgh, 1839. Woo_ °Publication, in one n ea t duodecimo volume, of a t ,, ina ". i written many y c a r s s i nc e, and which, by its own n fbrtel merits, unasF,lsted by the puffery of coteries, has tobi its way to 'pop u l ar ity. Al a n s ie Wauch is an au aodiraPhit•al skrA c h illustrative of humble life in Scotland ; to bear s the stump of truth and reality in every page. We q l ,' b een long familiar with the narrative, which we have ui ais admired for the simplicity of its style, which is collo -4,41' without b e i ng vu l gar , an d t h e qu i e t arc h ness o f the gre a t th a t pervades i t. The accompany i ng Ill ustrat i ons g r ,„, e clge Crui c k s h an k ex hibit G eorge ' s co mic powers to •-• 49vantage. THE BUBBLES OF CANADA. , wo , t . Bentley, London, 1839. nastii ' 4 ) whose besetting fault is that it has been too th e !tut together. The best chapter is the last, with Lo r d - P q ption of the passage wherein the author speaks of and Br ougham, against whom he seems to entertain strong unr easonable prejatices. IGNATIA. London, Hamilton, 1839. A collection of simple and unaffected poems, the majo elty of which— es p ec i a lly I gna ti a , w hi c h s t a nd s first in the °l4 rce—remind us of the melodious, though somewhat OVer- luxuriant, style c)f Mrs. Hemans. WILLEY AND RICHARDSON'S CON- On Tuesday night last a concert took place at the London Tav ern , Bishopsgate-street, for the benefit of the two clever Professors above narked. The room was nearly filled by a most respectable auditt.ey of gay citizens, with their families, the Lord Mayor P.ad Lady Mayoress, under whose immediate pa tronage the concert was announced, being also present. The aeleetion was creditable to the taste of the two benejiciaires, 14,*1 : t 0 -1 the well-going, or completeness of the several pieces r ~,,eAttnot speak in high terms. The orchestra was small in t 5,,, -- " 3o r, and, with an exception or two, not composed of the ti j; >, best materials, added to which, rehearsal, we apprehend, , t .,„" been wholly unthought of ; such vocal pieces and solos as ite - d te , 4 ,itled by the band were most inefficiently accompanied, It i:Qe overtures bad better have been altogether omitted. ar ose " robable this deficiency on the part of the orchestra nade Concerts, so many musicians being engaged at the Prome th had ' 4 eerts English Opera-house, where, we rejoice to hear, h taste of the public is enabling them to reap a plen ,4 afvest. 1 414 t ,%,,larrer on the present occasion, were Miss F. Wood zett! '"a! ) TC:111 i Miss Emma Cawthorn, Mr. James Ben -0116 and Mr. Pa m rry n : Miss Wyndham sang Donizetti's " Fatal 1,41:11;:::, in a duct (" Fiero incentro"—Rossini) with Mrs. the fir st 'lam, and in a quartet of Rossini, which terminated of the concert. In all she evinced her usual taste th ey : 4 ; figment. Mrs. Toulmin does not improve upon it ; tint 'B a want of finish in her performance, and the upper tl O O of her voice are thin and wiry, and not very well in 1, 0 The best of her attempts was Bishop's " Sad and m eat y Bird of Night," with an obligato flute accompani -40 t, beautifully played by Richardson. Miss Emma C rll/I,„riltde a most successful debut in " The Poet's Desire, " by , R omberg, and also sung Weber's " Lovely Arab Maid.' unepossesses a voice of fine quality, and evinces much good -4 144 ;. We ar e certa i n to h av e a further opportunity of re tptln,g upon this y oun g lady, for she is not likely, judging 111,11 the talent she possesses, to remain in obscurity. Mr. p a rte tt 6 h ave " Le Postilion" with great spirit ; and Mr. Te ghly amused the audience by the humorous style in blackandng " The Charming Woman" of the Hon. Mrs. to ii; His was the only encore—a great compliment, taste Parry, no doubt, but no great proof of the classical e on tithe city amateurs. The instrumental solos were a ;,, ce on the piano-forte, by a Miss Hammond (her first ap flet-,,'",ce); a solo on the violin, by Mr. Willey ; a fantasia, by 11 1:1 Mr. Richardson ; and a fantasia on the violoncello, aarl — ` ll4l eY• Miss Hammond's was a creditable attempt ; t er cif the other three we have not room to speak in the hi tn i e eulogy to which they are entitled. The leader was ‘` il laY, and Mr. H. Westrop officiated as conductor. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1839 ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETIN G°_. FINSBURY. Pursuant to a requisition, very numerously signed, calling upon the inhabitants of Finsbury to meet for the purpose of taking into consideration the Repeal of the Corn-laws, a meet ing was held last evening at the White Conduit House. The large room was completely crowded, and from several manifes tations of feeling that took place before the business of the meeting was commenced, it was evident that there was a large party present whose views went beyond the Repeal of the Corn-laws. About half-past six o'clock the principal requisi tionists entered the room, and took their places on the plat form. They were accompanied by the Members for the Bo rough, who were loudly cheered. Mr. BROMARD came forward, and moved that Mr. Richard Taylor take the Chair. This resolution, which was seconded by Mr. William May, was the signal for uproar, groans, and hisses, mixed with some cheering. There was then a loud cry for Mr. Rogers to take the Chair, which was received with great cheering. The question that Mr. Rogers take the Chair was put by Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., and was declared to be carried amidst immense cheering and confusion. Mr. ROGERS, who was in the body of the meeting, ascen ded the platform and took the chair. He said that he would endeavour to discharge the duty that had fallen upon him so unexpectedly, impartially. The object the meeting had in view was the repeal of the Corn-laws, and the question was as to the best mode of attaining that object.—( Cheers and con fusion.) He supposed that resolutions to this effect would be proposed by the parties who had originated the meeting— ( Groans)—and he would only say that if other persons in the meeting took a different view of the mode that ought to be pursued, he would assure each party, that as far as he could prevail, they should have a fair and patient hearing.— ( Loud cheers.) Mr. HEWETT ,was received with yells and cheers. He said le , had undertaken to propose the first resolution, although he a ,-s convinced there were many gentlemen present more com petent to do justice to it; however, he was satisfied that when they had an object in view in which they were all interested, they would sink all little differences when that great object was to be attained.—(Groans.) That the question they had met to discuss was of the greatest importance no man would deny, for no want, not the want of clothing, was so severely felt as the want of food.—( Hear, hear.) Next, like air we breathed, the food we took for sustenance was the prime article of hu man life. He trusted, at all events, that should there be pre vent any who would object to the resolution he had to propose, they would at least give credit for good intentions to those who proposed it.—(Uproar and hisses.) He trusted that they would believe that the resolution was proposed for the purpose of serving them.—( Cries of " No, no I") It was clear that the object of the meeting was for the purpose of protecting those with whom they were then associated, who had not the means of protecting themselves.—( Cheers, and great confu sion, with cries of " Give us Universal Suffrage r) To those around him the price of the loaf of bread was not of so much importance as to the men whom they employed, and they could, therefore, have no improper or unnecessary motive in the course they were pursuing.—(Great uproar.) The re solution was as follows :—" That the Corn-laws virtually prohibit the people of this country from dealing where they like for their food, and actually tax the whole community to em ich one class, is a clear and manifest violation of the first principles of good government, under which equal protection should be given to all ; that they raise the price of the first necessary of life, restrain the efforts of industry, increase the privation of the labouring classes, check the pro gress of national prosperity, and are in every way injurious to our best interests."—( Cheers.) This was a declaration of a plain matter of fact, and it was, therefore, not necessary to occupy much time in recommending it to their support. The object they had in view was to enable them to get rid of that unjust la.v which prevented them from getting their food at the best market in order to put a large sum into the pockets of the Aristocracy.--( Cheers.) He remembered reading that about a century ago the weaving of calicoes was prohibited in this country, lest it should interfere with woollens and cottons. The law was repealed, and eo far from the manu facture of these two articles diminishing, it had greatly in creased. There could be no justice in attempting to protect one class at the expense of the rest of the community.— ( Cheers.) The question, then, was, how to get rid of these Corn-laws.—(Great uproar, and cries of " Universal Suf frage.") He should have been glad to state his opinion on the question of the Suffrage, but that was not the question at present.—(Great uproar.) He had a strong desire to see the Suffrage extended, but they had no right to debate that sub ject upon the resolution he held in his hand.—(lmmense con fusion and uproar, during which • Mr. Hewett made many fruitless attempts to get a hearing. He at length sat down, merely moving the resolution.) Mr. R. TAYLOR rose, and the uproar having partially sub sided, said he was glad to see the people of England, after a considerable period of apathy, beginning to bestir themselves on a subject of the first importance. They bad found that it was necessary to take the business into their own hands.— ( Loud cheers.) They had expected to see the question of the repeal of the Corn-laws brought forward by a Liberal Ad ministration, and,they had ex t -ected that a Reformed Parlia ment would have taken it up ; but seeing that they had been disappointed, they were now about to take it into their own hands.—( Cheers.) He hoped they would not only take up the question of Corn-lairs, but every other question that inte rested the people.—(Cries of " Universal Suffrage.") In order to do business well, they must take one thing at a time. --(Cries of " No, no," and groans.) He was sure they all meant the same thing.--( Cheers and hisses. ) He was asto- Tdshed when he heard Lord John Russell announce that it was his intention, in the Reform of Parliaink nt, to give the landed interest a preponderance.—( Groans and hisses.) He never was more astounded than be was at that moment, and his confidence in the Whig Ministers was very much shaken.—( Cheers.) Equally little was he disposed to place reliance on the present 1-louse of Commons, when, in the last Session, the motion made by Mr. Clay on this subject had no more thins about thirty or forty supporters. It was time, then, for the people to take the subject into their own hands ; and lie would recommend them, whatever might be their opinions on other subjects, to lend their principal attention to the subject that called them together. —( Cheers, and cries of " No, no !" and great uproar, during which the Chairman appealed to the meeting to give Mr. Taylor a hearing. The appeal having produced some effect, Mr. Taylor continued.) There was one most material point to leo considered. The duty that was wrung from the people by means of the 'Corn-laws, instead of going into the national exchequer, went to enrich an Aristocracy, and to enable them to oppress the rest of the people.—( Cheers.) If these laws wept to the benefit of the country something might be said in support of them ; hut they were merely a means of extracting the last farthing from the poor and industrious workman, in order to give undue power to the Aristocracy. The tendency of these laws was to destroy national property ; for unless they could get food at the same price at which it was obtained in other countries, it was impossible fur the industry of this country to have a fair chance of competing with the foreigner. He could only say that with regard to that branch of trade in which he was engaged, much British capital was engaged in the same trade on the continent, to the great detriment of the work men and employers in this country. He need not enlarge on the monstrous nature of the Corn-laws; the only question was how they were to get redress. He should say that the people would be justified in endeavouring by ail means in their power to get rid of so monstrous a law—a law that would never have passed in a Legislature in which the people were fairly represented.—( Loud cheers.) He hoped that as they all meant the same thing, they would not allow slight differences of opinion to disturb or lessen the weight which their united voices would have in obtaining the repeal of those laws.—(Cheers and great uproar, during which Mr. Taylor seconded the resolution.) Mr. FARROW, a working man, came forward to address the meeting. They had been told that they outrht to sink all minor differences on the present occasion, but he hoped they would not forget the Universal Suffrage question.—( Loud cries of " Question," together with cheers and groans. ) The CHAIRMAN endeavoured to obtain silence. He begged to tell those persons who cried " question," that the question of the Suffrage was intimately connected with the Corn-laws. Loud cheers, and great confusion.) Mr. FARROW resumed. That the Corn-laws were oppres sive and unjust there could be no doubt, but what was the ob ject of those who sought to repeal them ?—( Great confusion.) How was it that those gentlemen, if they were sincere in their wishes to serve the working men, had never come forward to support Universal Suffrage ?—( Cheers.) That meeting was a mere subterfuge—a scheme of the Whigs.— ( Cheers, laugh ter, hisses, and great confusion.) Universal Suffrage once gained would not enable them to repeal the Corn-laws only, but all other bad laws.—(Cheers.) This was the question of the middle-men and the moneyed men; and he would recom mend the working men to let them fight their own battles.— ( Cheers and 'greens. ) Mr. CARLOW, a working man, said that that numerous meet ins was not to be humbugged by Corri-laws.—(Great cheer ing and confusion.) He wanted the repeal of the Corn laws, but he warted something else first.--(Cheers.) The agitation of Universal Suffrage had given birth to the Corn-law agitation. If, then, the Corn-law agitation were the child of the Universal Suffrage agitation, he would say, look after the interest of the parent first.—(Great cheering and uproar.) He was there to move an amendment to the resolution that had been proposed. The amendment was this :—" That this meeting, feeling acutely the injustice and oppression caused by the Corn-laws, and considering the powerful interests opposed to the abolition of those laws, is of opinion that we must first restore to the people their political rights, in order to effect the repeal of those laws, and this meeting, therefore, is further of opinion that the question of Universal Suffrage pre-eminently de mands the support of all real Reformers."—(lmmense cheer ing and uproar, which was with great difficulty, and after some time, partially put an end to by the Chairman.) Mr. Carlow proceeded : The question for the meeting win to pe tition for the repeal of the Corn-laws. After what they had heard of the nature of the present House of Commons, did they expect that they would repeal the Corn-laws?—(Cries of " Yes," " No," and uproar.) This question was only got up to bolster up the Whig Government.—( Cheers and hisses, and great confusion, during which some fellow threw a penny roll on the platform.) If the Corn-laws pressed FO hard upon the country, why not intrust the franchise to those upon whom they pressed most ?—( Cheers.) With these ob servations be would move the amendment. Mr. WATSON (also a working man) came forward to second the amendment. He believed that the present corrupt House of Commons would never repeal the Corn-laws. The great majority of that House were landowners, and how could they expect that those persons would give up a large portion of their incomes ? Some persons might think that the House of Commons was disinterested, but he did not think that the Members of that House were so disinterested as to cut the noses off their own faces.—( A laugh.) As to the House of Lords, they had been well described as an hospital of incu re.bles.—( A laugh.) Were they improved?—( Cries of " No, no.") He was afraid they had considerably deteriorated. The people, then, were determined to change the present system, let the consequences be what they might,—( Loud cheering.) How were they to effect that change ? They would get that change in the shortest and most peaceable mode, by showing their determination to have a Constitu tional share in the election of the House of Commons.— ( Loud cheering.) Let them not allow their attention to be for a moment attracted from the question of Universal Suffrage, as the only moral lever by which the State could regenerated.--(Great uproar.) They should endeavour to get the Corn-laws repealed, but they must get something else, or the repeal of those laws might be turned into an in strument of oppression. Above all, let them never be content with any plan that did not embrace the principle of Universal SATr,..e._( G reat c h eer i ng an d uproar. ) Mr. b FOSKETT sal'a that if the middle elas.ses wished to get rid of the C orn -l aws , t h ey must enter i nto a coa li t i on with the working men, and enable them to obtain their just rights. The political franchise, as well as the Corn-laws, existed but for the interest of a fraction of the community.—( Cheers.) If the middle men found the working classes honest, they would be able, morally as well as physically, to carry the great question of Uni versa l S u ff rage .—( Cheers.) Mr. HOLLOND said that if the amendment was agreed to Cie object of the meeting would be completely nullified.— ( Great uproar.) All parties admitted the question of the Corn-law sto be all important.—( Uproar. ) That meeting e as not convened for the purpose of considering the question of Universal Suffrege.—( Here the uproar was so great that the speaker cat compelled to sit down. ) Mr. HODGKIN then came forward and attempted to obtain a ',eating, but was for some time unsuccessful. When he pro ceeded, he slid that one of the preceding speakers had told the meeting that it was called to serve the purpose of the Whigs.—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") He begged leave positively to deny that such was the object. They met there to petition for the total repeal of the accursed Corn-laws. The best proof of the sincerity of their intentions was, that tl:e last re solution was in favour of a total and complete abolition of the Corn-laws. Now, it was well known that the Whigs had declared, by the mouth of Lord John Russell, that they were in favour of a moderate and fixed duty.— ( Cheers_ and hisses, with great confusion.) That meeting, Teen, was placed in direct opposition to the Whigs. Let them look to the example set by the great manufacturing towns.— ( A cry of " look to Birmingham.") He regretted to see what had taken place at Birmingham.—(Great uproar.) He did not see bow they could be accused of getting up that meeting to serve the Whigs.--(Continued uproar.) If those who moved the amendment pressed it forward, they would prevent the meeting carrying unanimously a question of which all approved.—( Confusion.) He could not admire the wisdom of those persons who had come there to prevent that unanimity, which, without them, would have prevailed.—(Great uproar, and cries of " Off, off 1") _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN having vainly attempted to obtain a further bearing for Mr. Hodgkin, Mr. ROEBUCK came forward, and was for several minutes unable to obtain a hearing. He said he had a few words to say upon the subject of the abolition of the Corn-laws, because he thought it was important to adopt every:possible means of get ting rid of them.—(" Sit down," " Go to Bath," and uproar.) They were all agreed that the Corn-laws were an evil, and that they must be got rid of if they wished to maintain the happiness, glory, and strength of the nation. The only question was, as to how that end was to be effected. The opponents of the Corn-laws might be said to be the industrious classes, who might be divided into two sections, those who had votes and those who had not votes. He would first address himself to those who had votes, and he would ask them how they expected to get rid of the evil? It was clear that the answer would be that by the union of the people they expected to be able to terrify the House of Commons. —( Hisses, cries of " No, no," " No Yankee tricks for us.") Well, then, to influence the House of Commons to repeal the laws. Did they expect that this mode would he effec tive.—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes.") Why this was not a party question ; it was a question of the Aristocracy, who would, whether Whips or Tories, unite against this question. Well, then, if this were so, this petitioning would turn out a failure, and the more eignal the failure the more complete would be the triumph of those who pre dicted it. Then the middle classes would see that the grass would grow in the manufacturing towns, and that something else must be done. What that something else was, it was not necessary to say; and although be was as ;anxious as anybody about the repeal of the Corn-laws, he was anxious about that something else. Let them test the good faith of the middle classes, and they would sec in their failure that the sole panacea for the evils that existed was tae getting a House of Commons that would really represent the people, and those who now opposed these resolutions and eetitions would have the satisfaction of enlisting on their side the very gentlemen who called themselves now their opponents. He therefore asked them as wise men, seeking their ends, fairly and honestly to allow the resolution to be carried.— ( Great uproar, and cries of " No.") Mr. Heweere begged to say one word in reply. He begged the meeting to follow the advice given by Mr. Roe buck.—(Great confusion, which continued until Mr. Hewett sat down.) The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution and the amend men, and put the latter to the show of hands, when the majo rity was declared to be in fevour of the amendment. [The show of hands was received with immense cheering and waving of hats, ; and on the suggestion of Mr. Carlow, three cheers were given for the men of Birmingham ] Mr. HEWETT then came forward and said we are beaten, and we submit.—(Great cheering.) Mr. HEWETT then proposed a vote of thanks to their inde pendent members, for their attendance there that evening. The resolution was passed with great applause. Mr. WARLEY came forward, and was greatly applauded. Ile said he considered it his duty to attend all public meet ings in the borough, when his constituents met to express their opinions on the laws of the realm. —( Cheers.) On this occasion they had a fair stand-up fight. The meeting Ras called for a certain purpose. A difference of opinion existed as to the means of its attainment ; but all wanted the repeal of the Corn-laws. Those who supported the amendment thought it the best course of proceeding. It was his duty to stato candidly his opinion on the course they had adopted. He had never concealed his political opinions, and he never would. If he were asked which was the best way, speedily and ef fectually to accomplish the object they had in view, he would say, by obtaining a reform of the House of Commons— ( Cheers)—because nothing could be expected from the pre sent House of Commons that was good.—( Great cheering.) He. had watched them for four sessions, and it was his convic tion that the strength, and power, and prosperity of this country must go to ruin, and the national energies become paralyzed, if the House of Commons were not reformed.— ( Cheers.) Talk of the present House of Commons repeal. ing the Corn-laws 1 they might just as well invite the moon to sleep with them.—( A laugh.) Suppose any one of them had six or eight diseases, and came to him, as a doctor to cure him, would the patient ask him to cure him of one disorder only ? Would he not call him an impostor, if he did not cure all his disorders if he could ?—( Cheers.) Would they go to the House of Commons and ask them to cure but one of their disorders ? Look at the conduct of that House on the question of grinding corn in bond. When the speculators in corn imported corn into this country, the duty was often so high, and the prices so low, that it was put into bonded warehouses till the price should rise and the duty fall—till the people should be starved enough. A Bill was brought in to allow corn in bond to be ground and ex ported in flour, but the landlords opposed it ; and what was the ground of their opposition? That the bran would be consumed in this country, and injure the landed interest. ( A laugh.) They were afraid it would be used to make mashes for horses that had colds.—( Great laughter.) On that ground the Bill was lost ; it was carried one night in the House of Commons, but down came the landlords the next night it was before the House, and rejected it two to one. The millions were sacrificed to the landlords. It was a delu sion to say the farmers were benefited by the Corn-laws.— ( Hear, hear.) He feared -all was not smooth amongst the people's friends in the House of Commons—he feared there was a traitor in the camp. He wanted ;to know what they were to think of a man who had often stood there fighting the battles of the country? He meant Mr. O'Connell. He feared the friends of the people would experience great difficulty in the House of Commons. He would ask Mr. O'Connell whee ther Ireland gained anything by his present course, in conse quence of which the Radicals were p owerless in the H o u s e ? When the Parliament met, one of the first th i ngs which they would be called on to consider would be, whether the Ministry meant to rely on the Reformers of England, on the great Ra dical party, or on a man who ha d declared t h at be was ready to bring an army over to England, to put down the Radicals. He believed a change of Administration and open enemies would be better than false friends.—( Cheers.) The great debt of the country was still increasing, and it would be a dis grace to themselves if they did n o t take some step to reduce it—the day might be distant , b ut th ey should not leave such a millstone on posterity.--(Cheers.) The b es t reme d y f or t h e i r grievances was to have the people represented in the House of Commons, and to that he should give his best support.— ( Cheers.) Mr. DoNeomee said he had on all occasions great pleasure in meeting his constituents. It had been stated that Minis ters had commenced the C orn-law agitation for Whig pur poses. If that were th e case, the y wo uld never repeat the experiment, for the people had carried the joke too far for them.—( Cheers and laughter.) If he were asked, had the Ministry anything to do with the agitation, as an honest man he must say he believed that they had. They bad many perplexing subjects before them at the meeting of Parlia ment; there was the Extension of the Suffrage, the New Poor law Bill, which in several places was resisted, the Church rate, which the Dissenters refused to pay, and their betrayal of their old friend, Lord Durham. They went on their knees to induce him to go to Canada, and then they betrayed him. Basely betrayed him.—( Cheers. ) From one end of the country to the other, the people were excited for the repeal of the Corn laws, and to appease it Lord John Russell comes with his bit of corn-plaster in the shape of a fixed,duty.—( Great laughter. ) It only remained for him to say, that he should always support h erhad wouldalwayse supportdone.—( Cheers.) A person in thethe Charter ? He had a l wa ys supported the Extension of the Suffrage, and would con tinue to do so.—( Cheers. ) Th an ks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting their rights wd asked,as he parated. ST. PANCRAS. (Concluded from The S un o f yester d ay .) Mr. Vinous, M. P., in submitting the second resolution for the consideration of the meeting, said he felt glad to see the interest that was manifested by a large portion of the meeting to support the object for which they bad assembled. He had always been the friend of the operatives, and had sacrificed every other object in support of their cause.—(Cheers and hisses.) He hoped that the merits of the resolution which he was about to submit would be calmly and dispassionately dis cussed—that personal prejudice would be expelled from the mind of every man who might express his views on a subject of such importance as that which was under the consideration of the meeting—(Cheers and hisses)—the object of which dee:ended the most prompt and energetic exertions of the people to obtain. The resolution was—" That the agri cultural interest is no more entitled to the exclusive protection it has obtained upon the rest of the commu nity—protection which selfishly guarded the privileges of the few, to the manifest injury of the many ; causing a limita tion of foreign commerce, and preventing fee exchange of our manufactures for corn. That these are the great existing censcs of the sufferings which fall on all classes of society, every member of which has a right to the fruits of his labour —and these he cannot enjoy unless allowed the fair inter change of the product of his labour for that of the labour of others." Could any individual present deny the truth of the statements in the resolution ?—(" Hear, hear," and cries of `• Give us Universal Suffrage.") The principle upo❑ which he considered that every man was entitled to the fruits of his labour was founded upon common justice—(Cheers) —and he was determined to carry out the object of the resolution to the best of his power for that reason. He had obtained every thing which he possessed from the produce of the land—but of what valise would his landed property be to him, if he had not the assistance of his fellow-countrymen to bring forth its produce ? Legislation for any particular class or interest ought to be deprecated by that portion of the community who had to work for their daily bread ; as the existing system of Corn-laws was di ;metrically opposed to their interests. They depressed the price of corn in years of abundance; to the in jury of the agricultural interest—they augmented high prices in years of average supply, and caused its advance to a famine price, and the supply of food to be placed in the hands of speculators in years of scarcity.—( Hear.) The eyes of the Ministry were open to the feelings of the country ; and nothing was wanting to obtain redress for evils, but the open and candid expression of the minds of the people, given in a temperate form.—(Cheers, hisses, and much confusion.) It was not by an overbearing deprecation of the acts of the Go vernment that relief under existing evils was to be obtained. But let the people come forward in a proper form and explain their grievances, and the Government could not then over whelm the voice of millions.—( Hear, cheers, and hisses.) He hoped that the meeting would therefore concur in the object of the resolution which he had proposed.—(Hear, and cries of " We must have the Suffrage first.") Mr. TAYLOR, in seconding the resolution, said the ques tion was, whether the people of this country thought it right louver to submit to the taxes which had been imposed on their food for the sole benefit and interests of 30,000 land holders? Whether they were willing to work for sixteen hours each day for that quantity of bread which they would be required to work only eight hours for in foreign countries? If they were not satisfied with their present situation, they were hound to come forward and seek for reformation of those laws which were a violation of the chief principles of com mercial legislation, and decidedly detrimental to the interests and prosperity of the community at large.—( Hear, hear, and cries of " We want the remedy!") It was clearly proved by the progress of the importation of foreign grain since the period at which the present Corn-laws had been enacted, that a sufficient quantity of grain had not been produced in Great Britain to supply its population ; and, consequently, any laws which restrict the supply of food, and cause frequent end excessive variation in its price, must be founded upon had principles—( Hear, hear)—and therefore injurious to all classes.—( Cheers.) England was 25 years before any other country in her manufactures, and had supplied foreign coun tries with them, but the moment the duty was put upon the natural produce of those countries we deprived them of their market, and held out an inducement to manufacture for themselves.—( Hear.) Factories were now established in America, Germany, and Russia, and England was becoming a second-rate country in her manufactures ; and if those re strictive duties had not been passed and enforced, she would have remained the sovereign of manufacturing countries.— ( Hear, hear.) If the people of England could afford to take the corn of foreign countries, the foreigner would be glad enough to be clad in England's broadcloths.— (Hear, hear.) After a few other observations he concluded by second ing the resolution, which, having been put, was carried by a large majority, amidst much confusion, from the opposition of the Chartists. Mr. STOCKS then proposed the following resolution : " That the cheap supply of food is one of the main sources of a people's welfare, and any interference with its cheapness places the strongest barrier against the increase of human en joyment, produces the bitter results of debasement, disaffec tion, and anarchy : disturbs the relations of all foreign coun tries with this; renders them opposed to the introduction of our manufactures; increases the value of our industry; and adds to the misery and distress already afflicting this country." Mr. CIIAMOTT seconded the resolution, which was carried. Other resolutions were then adopted to carry out the object or the meeting by a petition to both Houses of Parliament. Mr. SIMPSON said he had just received a letter from Sir Ben jamin Hall, in which he stated his regret that he was obliged to be absent upon other urgent business, but that he folly con curred in the object for which the meeting had been convened, end that he would advocate a total repeal of the Corn-laws in his place in Parliament. This announcement was received by three cheers for Sir Benjamin Hall, and three groans were afterwards given for Lord Teignmouth. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. Last night a special meeting of the Westminster Reform Society assembled in Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Co ♦ent-Garden, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the Legislature for the repeal of the Corn laws. General E vans attended, and Mr. Leader's letter, which appeared in our impression of yesterday was read. Mr. ROGERS having been appointed Chairman, a resolu tion declaring that it was expedient to petition for imme diate and total repeal of the most unjust tax upon bread was moved and seconded. Dr. WADE then said he was glad to see the middle classes holding out the right hand of fellowship to those who were poorer in the things of this world. It was ne cessary that it should be so for the well-being of society. He, however, could not agree to the resolution, because he thought it was useless to petition the House of Commons as it was at present constituted. He wished much for the re peal of the Bread -tax, bat he thought a Society holding such a high position as theirs should at once go to the root of the evil. They should not attack the Corn-lax s, but the evil which produced the Corn-laws. As society was now constituted, one class threw the burden of taxation from themselves, and so it went on till nearly the whole of the taxation rested upon the poor working class—the least able to bear it. There ought to he a general reduction of taxa tion in order to put the English workirg-man upon a level with his fellow upon the continent. When he was In France he found thit a labouring mason or builder could make as much money in the summer time as would keep him all the winter, without work ; that could not be done in this coun try, but it ought. The Repeal of the Corn-laws would be a mere sop in the pan ; it would not give the poor man either a dinner or a supper—it would afford him a mere trifle of relief; in fact, it would just enable him to starve on a little longer in his misery. The cry which had been got up for the Repeal of these laws was, in his opinion, nothing but a piece of elec tioneering trickery. It was raised in order to bolster up the Government; got up by them when they well knew, that when the question was brought before the House, it would be smothered by delays, and examinations, and Committees. It was not intended to take off the tax—it was a mere tub thrown out to amuse the whale—thrown out to prevent the working clascs from steadily pursuing their demand for their rights. Under the new system, he wished for neither Tithes, Corn laws, or any other impost to press upon any one class. He would have no one class monopolize or tyrannize over another. He wished for remedial measures—large remedial measures. which were necessary for the happiness and contentment of the people. Let them have those remedial measures, and then they would soon and for ever ge t r id o f t h e se laws and many others which were equally obnoxious. He would propose as an amendment, " That whilst we are of opinion, that the Corn -laws, which tax the consumer of bread one-third of the price of every loaf to enrich a wealthy faction, are un. just in principle, this meeting is fully convinced of the utter uselessness of appealing to Parliament for a repeal of those or any other unjust laws, until the whole people are represented, and the Parliament based upon the principles of the National Petition and the People's Charter. He saw by The Sunthat such an amendment had been carried in a large meeting at Birmingham, and he hoped they would do so also. Mr. SELLIS seconded the amendment. The petition would have no effect, as the excitement had been got up by the Le gislature for their own purposes. It was ridiculous to sup pose that the landlords would give up any part of their privi leges upon a mere petition. It was absurd to suppose it, and whenever the cry had served its purpose it would be allowed to die away. Mr. SMITII said his opinion had not been altered by any thing which had fallen from the mover and seconder of the amendment, and he would still vote for the original resolution. The amendment did not speak out plain ; by implication it said that when they had obtained Universal Suffrage they would get a repeal of the Corn-laws, but he did not see that they would be one bit nearer their object, supposing it to be got. No doubt, we would get all the town population with us by then ; the great mass of agriculturists, who were under the coritroul of the landlords, would be against them. He could not agree with his friends, that there was no use in petitioning the Legislature. Petitions had had a great effect when Parlia ment was more corrupt and not so amenable to the people, and surely they would not now lose their effect when the people had more power over the representation. It was said that this agitation was a Government measure, but where was the truth of the statement? He wished that it was. It was clear that it arose in the manufacturing districts, and from the manufacturing interests, which were being wholly de stroyed by the iniquitous tax. He considered the repeal of the tax would steady the markets,and that might prove a great advantage. He would take a boon from any party ;in no county were great reforms got at once. Let them get a re peal of these laws and then they would get more. He would vote for the original resolution. Mr. PROUT—These laws were a master grievance, and if the House of Commons would grant an abolition of the laws it would prove a great means of alleviating the immense distress which now existed among the working classes. He thoughtit was a fallacy to suppose that wages would fall with the price of provisions—he did not think they would ;at all events, he was quite sure they would neither fall so fast nor so far. lie thought it was very desirable to petition, for it was impossible for the House of Commons to neglect the people when in a. state of effervesence. The House was under the dominion of the people, and when they were agitated, as they were upon this question, they must pay attention to their petitions and. prayers. If the House of Commons shrunk from its duty—if . it refused to hear evidence at its bar, then he should go with Dr. Wade, that the remedy must be a reform in the represen tation. Still they ought to try the experiment—a few months would give them the result if it was against them ; then let them go in a mass for a change in the representation. Mi. TROTT had always thought an Extension of the Suffrage of great importance, as he had proved by his close attendance in the Registration Courts; but still he did not think it fair to meet the original resolution by such an amendment. It was: admitted by both the proposer and seconder of the amendment that the abolition of the Corn-laws was necessary for the sake of the working classes—why then interfere to prevent the Society from taking steps to get the abolition of so great a grievance? General EVANS hoped he might be allowed to say a few words. After eulogising the Report of the Society for the pest year, he said he had heard with great respect the obser vir.ions of Dr. Wade, and he had not the least doubt they en re sincere ; but he regretted that the worthy Doctor enter tained such opinions at the present moment, as from his ine fleet:cc lie would prevent many from joining the ranks of the Corn-law repealers. The subject was a most important one, but according to the amendment the people were to be deprived of their right of petitioning until Parliament bad reformed itself. L . they waited till Parliament purified itself, he was afraid none of them would see it ; it would be a long time indeed before Parliament would do anything of itself. It was only by petitioning the people could get anything. Parliament must be purified and obliged to do good for the people either by moral or physical means. Did the Rev. Doctor support the latter? Dr. WADE (emphatically)—No. General EVANS was very glad to hear the emphatic dis claimer of the Doctor; but how were the changes to be ef fected which he so much desired? According to the amend ment they were to be deprived of the moral means--:the right of petitioning—and he was quite sure the country g enerally were against the use of physical force. He hoped the worthy Doctor would employ his influence, and swell the ranks of those who were desirous of seeing those laws repealed. He would indeed be sorry if the amendment were carried, as it would afferd the enemies of all improvement—the Tories— another reason for saying how unfit the people were to have more power, as they were so blind to their own interest. - He trusted all would put their shoulders cordially to the wheel, and get all they could, even if it were only a modification of the laws it would bo better than as at present. That could not be called a theoretical improvement; they had now brought forward a st ictly practical grievance, and by perseverance they would get it removed. Even politically the abolition of the Corn -I,ws was necessary, for they only augmented the wealth of the higher classes, and reduced the poorer classes still lower. They were a tax given not to the nation, but to the wealthy class who least wanted it, and it was taken from the class who could least afford it. Dr. WADE, in reply, said be was glad the Gallant General had named physical force, as it gave him the means of de claring, that nothing was worth taking that required physical force, and that be would belong to no society which advo cated it. The moral force lie meant, was the awful and im posing silence of a whole people—the silence of utter hope lessness of good from Parliament, as at present constituted. The people, again, should take care at elections to send men . into the House who would tell it the reason of the silence of his constituents, and that they were determined not to petition till they were placed in their proper position. He still con sidered that the agitation was got up for the purpose of di verting attention from the earnest demand the masses were making for their rights. He would press his amendment. General EVANS said the worthy Doctor's argument went to tlis—That a man who was hungry should not accept a dinner to day unless be was promised one to-morrow and all the next week ; or, if a man was in want of a whole suit of clothes, and he was offered a coat, he must refuse it unless it was ac companied by vest and trowsers. The amendment was then put, but no other hands were held up but those of the mover and seconder. The original mo tion was then put and passed unanimously, of the two above-named. with the exception A petition for the total and immediate repeal of the ob noxious tax was then agreed to, and the meeting broke up. IRELAND. MURDER OF LORD NORBURY.—In an article on the recent assassina.: tion of Lord Norbury, the Dublin Evening Post declares its belief that the murderer will be discovered, although no clue has yet been found.. The Packet, as is its wont, indulges in some strong language on au atro. cious rumour, which that journal says the Pilot was the first to put into c; rculation, but which we thought the Mail had the bad priority of pub lishing. The equally atrocious and incredible rumour referred to im plicated the present Earl of Norbury in the murder of his own fattier I The Pilot, as well as the other party assailed, are well able to defend, themselves, and require not our humble aid in removing the feculent rubbish of the Orange print, from whose columns we proceed to extract the less offensive passages relative to the murder. The following is a sort of editio expurgata of the Packet's article:—" At a recent meeting in rthe Corn Exchange Mr. O'Connell, by way of strengthening the ca ,itmny, expressed his surprise that a dying declaration seas not taken f; om the late Earl by the Magistrates in attendance upon his death-bed. lie thinks it strange that the late Earl's declaration respecting the mur. d_,r and the assassin were not taken before his death; and he attempted to prop up the insinuation intended in that expression of surprise by saying— " There is anothar curious fact, that the spot where the assassin stood was marked with the impression of a neat and fashionable boot, instead of the iron-bound brogee of the Irish peasant, having nine nails on one side and eleven on the other." •• The fact that the Earl of Norbury is a Tory, or a Conservative, fully accounts for the rile, the perfidious, the atrocious charge brought against , . him by the hellish tyrant who presides over the destinies of, the bii - nisters of the Queen 'of great Britain. • Though we hasii‘ good reason to believe that the story of the " neat and finished boot" is a fabrication, a mere invention, it is right to ob serve, that nothing is more likely thaii that the place where the assassin stood when he fired, and the way by which he fled after the bloody deed, were subsequently visited to discover his Gaels, by persons who wore either neat boots or shoes, and very probably both. The ingenuity by which the track has been ascertained to be that of a boot, and not of a shoe, is well worthy of remark. It is said, and we believe truly, that the track of the assassin has been ascer tained, and that the Government have in their possession a deposition, wherein it is stated that the assassin wore odd shoes or boots, one of them shod with iron, and the other answering exactly to the description of an Irish peasant's brogue given by Mr. O'Connell, having " nine nails on one side, and eleven on the other." We are not without a hope that this description of the shoes, boots, or brogues of the assassin may lead to his discovery and apprehension. The family of Lord Norbury have deemed it prudent to repel the more than insinuation contained in the expression of surprise at a want of a dying declaration, by the publics-_ tion of the following statement, which is most satisfactory and conclusive: " Shortly after the arrival of Lord Charlevilte and Captain Fox, it seemed to them that some examination of his Lordship, either in the way of deposition or declaration, might be advisable. The answer re- ceived to this was, that his Lordship had really nothing to communicate —that he was totally ignorant of his assailant, although lie suspected one of his tenants—not having seen the person who fired the shot, nor being conscious of what had taken place until he felt himself wounded. " To this was added the opinion of the surgeon then in attendance —an opinion subsequently confirmed by the Surgeon-General—that the slightest exertion on the part of Lord Norbury, or any communication calculated to produce excitement, might be attended with sudden and fatal consequences, by producing internal haemorrhage. " CHARLEVILLE, J.P., King's County.. " BARRY FOX, J.P., King's County. " R. MUNSELL, Merrion-square, " (on behalf of the family.)" The Pilot, writing on the same subject, observes—" The murder it. self unfortunately remains still in total obscurity, and, so far as the Lords have done anything, is likely to remain so. One thing is certain, that If it resulted from a wide-spread conspiracy, the immense amount of the rewards must have long since caused the assassin to be detected. It is clear it must be an isolated crime. It is not, we are assured, one com mitted by country people. The people do believe it was some one in a grade at least unconnected with them. That is all the clue—for vague conjecture, torturing possibilities, has not, we are convinced, yet pointed to any one whom any rational person can suppose a party to it." TAE PRESS AND MR. O'CONNELL. The subjoined letter, addressed to " the Public," is published by the Dublin Evening Post : Morning Register Office, Jan. 27th, 1839. Several of my friends inform me that reports are in circulation, and disseminated with an industry which is evidently intended to assist in the endeavour ALREADY made (for the decree went forth to Ireland on Friday) to crush the Morning Register. It is due at least to truth that I should contradict these rumours, and I do it in the shortest way by the following statement :- 1. Ido not owe the smallest pecuniary obligation to Mr, O'Connell, and such newspaper prOperty as I am still allowed to possess I owe to my own character and resources. 2. I never received a grant or loan of 500/., or any other sum, from., the Catholic Rent, or from any other fund, public or private. 3. I never received from the Catholic Association any special pay. ments, though I rendered it special services, acknowledged by it in various resolutions. I was paid for its advertisements and the newspa pers it ordered, just Iv the Freeman's Journal or any other paper was. At the close of its career the balance in hand was, as Mr. O'Connell has truly stated, divided amongst its creditors. The payments were so many shillings in the pound, and I did not receive a dividend higher by one farthing than any other claimant. Finally, as to the Association, 1 was not in as good pecuniary circumstances when it closed as when it com menced its proceedings. 4. I have not sought for an Assistant Commissionership of Poor. laws. I hove been invited to accept one of these offices, and I DE. CLINED IT. 5. I am not the author, the suggester, the adviser, or the approver of any of the letters signed Peter Purcell, or any part of these letters. I regretted their publication, and would, if I could, have prevented it, though I have not felt myself warranted in denouncing the motives as well as the conduct of Mr. Purcell in reference to these letters. I hope my Brother Editors will do me the favour of copying this state. ment. MICHAEL STAUNTON. HAYNIARKET THEATRE.—This theatre was last night the scene of an " Amateur Soiree Dramatique ;" id est, in plain English, an amateur dramatic performance. The opera of Fra Diavolo was selected as the principal attraction ; the music was admirable, and the vocal portion was of a much better order than we could have expected. The part of Lo renzo in particular, we must remark, was excellently sung by a gentleman possessed of an uncommonly pleasing voice, and no slight knowledge of the art. One or two of his songs were encored. The approbation of the audience was loudly expressed at the fall of the curtain, and the opera was an. nounced for repetition. The farce of High Life below Stairs followed, and was very creditably performed. The theatre was well filled. POST-OFFICE DESPATCH.—Upwards of 15,000 letters were received by the Liverpool and London packets. The steamer Royal William brought 8,000, and the United States .5,500 from Liverpool, and the Wellington 1,500 from London, besides various other arrivals. These were all de spatched by the regular mails of the day.—Manchester Guardian.