The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-18 00:00:00

coU LAL WINDSOR, THURSDA'k.—The Queen t On horseback soon after three o'clock this grembon, aceotn• ponied by Prince Albert of Saxe •Cottitrg, with a nume rous party, including Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Bareness Lehzen, Mife Quentin, Viscount Melbourne, Virscount 7r .. alkland, Earl of Surrey, Han. Colonel Grey, L ea wrath, Bar on Al ven Alfred Paget, Count Kalo '2:geben, and Sir George Quentin. Prince Ern est. of Saxe Coburg drove in the Park in a : con .pony-ph • The Marchioness of Tavistock, the Hon ! . • *• diss Pitt, and the H o n. Mi ss Paget, took an an 7.ng in an open carriage. The Hon. Miss Cocks also Alcove out in a pony-phaeton. `The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening expected to consist of Her Royal Highness the nuchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, Viscounts 111e1- bourne and Palmerston, Earl of Surrey, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Henry Wheatley, Hon. Mr. Cowper, Count Kalowrnth, Baron Aivensleben, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Pitt, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Falkland, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir Frederick Stodn, the Hon. Colonel Grey, Colonel Brown, and Major Stevenson of the Rifle Corps, stationed here. The Duchess of Kent and the two Princes of Saxe Cobourg returned to the Castle yesterday afternoon from town. Her Majesty, attended by most of the visitors at the Castle, took an equestrian airing in the Park yesterday afternoon. Her Koyal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard, came from her residence, Frogmore Lodge, to the Castle yesterday, and dined with her Majesty. Sir Henry Wheatley, and the Hon. Miss Pitt, arrived yesterday at the Castle, and joined the Royal Circle. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Puget, joined the evening party yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, came to Cambridge House at an early hour yesterday morn ing, from their residence at Kew. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr, and Baron Kuesebeck, left town on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, at his seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson are at present on a visit to Earl Fitzwilliam, at his magnificent scat, in Yorkshire. From thence they will go to Baby Castle, and afterwards to the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, on a visit. Lord Monteagle left town on Wednesday, for St. Leonard's. Despatches from Sir John Franklin, Lieutenant- Governor of Van Diemen's Land, were received yester day, at the Colonial Offiee. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGEN CE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Boorman, Dr. Clark, Miss Hudson, and Mr. Bergman, at the Brunswick House Hotel, Hanover square, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook, at ditto, from ditto ' • Lord Crew, Bar o n an d C ount E ns i dle, at ditto, fr om Newmarket ; Captain Ongley, at ditto ; Lady Lionel Smith and family at Eaton place, Eaton-square, from Tunbridge. wells ; the Rev. Edward Reed and family, in Berkeley -square, from Germany. DEPARTURES. Hon. D. Webster, General Henderson, Mr. M'lntosh, and Mr. Lownds, from the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover.. square, for Paris. s!tm2 F3Erasmasum ,„, remos ” UNIVEIthITY IN TELLIGPNCE. OXF' 0 bo_deeorto, ;cr. 17.—Thrs d a y a congregation was n for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred :-- BACHELLOR or DIVINITY. —Rev, Thomas Byrth, Mag. dalen Hall. The subjects of the exerci;es for the above degree were-- " Transubstantiation is contradicted by reason and Scripture. " The fathers havu 't o authority to determine matters of faith." MASTERS OF Mrs.—Horace Lewis Knight Bruce, Christ Che,re d ; Cornish,Robert Alexander, ditto ; John Robert 't':dent of ditto William Goodenough Penny, atud,ent. cif ditto ; William Charles Fyhes Webber. student r • Aito ; Marcus Richard Southwell, Exeter College, g"dtzrd compounder BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Jacob Youde, W. Hinde, Wad 114ffi College. The Junior Proctor will receive the names of under gra duates for responsions on Saturday next, from two to three o'clock; and on Monday, from three to half-past four o'clock. The Reader in Experimental Philosophy has issued a Notice for a course of lectures on mechanics, to begin on Wednesday, the 23d inst. The Boden Professor of Sanscit has announced a course of lectures, to commence Nov. 6, at two o'cicck. Tlt i —E QUEEN DOWAGER.-Her Majesty, on ... ':`'iatt Newnham Paddox, the seat of th e E ar l an d ( untess of Denbigh, will honour the Earl Howe with a Visit at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. r , The Marchioness Cornwallis and the Ladies ~"'Q r nyvallis, who have been residing at Leamington-Spa during the last two months, arrived in town on Monday. The Earl of Desart arrived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, at the close of the past week, from a cruise in his yacht in the Mediterranean, and on Tuesday sailed for Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Lady Charlotte Hill, Hon. Captain and Lady Mary Hood, Lord Edwin Hill, &c., have left town lor East hampstead Park, the family seat in Berks. Lord Ellenhorough, who, on leaving Sir Robert and Lady Peel's, came to town, has taken his departure for Soutliam House, his seat in Gloucestershire. Viscount Melgund, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Elliot left the Admiralty yesterday to join the family party, at Minto Castle, Roxburghshire. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch continue at Montague House. The Earl of Dalkeith is con siderably better since the arrival of the family in town, and is daily able to ride in the parks, in company with his brother, Lord Scott. Each youthful Lord rides a Shetland pony. Viscount and Viscountess Fitzharris are now visiting the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, at Chil fingbam Castle. Lord and Lady Willcughby de Broke are passing the autumn at their seat, Compton Verny, Warwick shire. His Lordship is to preside at the annual dinner of the South Warwickshire Conservative Association on the 22d inst., a t W e ll es b ourne. , Lord and Lady Stanley are still at Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby. In the course of next month the Noble Lord and Lady come to town. The Right Hon. J. W. Croker has been visiting Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor, Stafford shire. We hear front good authority that the intended visits of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the north are given up for this autumn. The coming of age of the Marquis of Kildare, heir of the Duke of Leinster, in the early part of March, is to be celebrated in a becoming style at Carton House, Maynooth. The Marquis arrived at Oxford University on Tuesday last to complete his studies. Count Potocki arrived at Mivart's Hotel late last evening, from Newmarket, in consequence of hav ing received an invitation from the Duke of Devonshire to meet their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Chatsworth. Th e Duke and Duchess of Montrose have left U eigraVe•SqUare, for Brighton,_ where they have made a rrange:nents to reside until December. His Excellency the Earl of Granville, accom• Partied by the Countess of Granville, Viscount Leveson, r k l •P., and the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, left •` - '( , vonshire House yesterday morning for Dover, where the party were to have slept last night, and this morn ing embark for Calais, en route to Paris, where his Ex cellency will resume his dipl oma ti c duties immediately on arrival. --- The Earl and Countess Brownlow and Lady Caroline Cust have left town for Devonshire. It is thought that the Earl and Countess will not go to Bel ton House until December. Mr. Gregory, one of the Revising Barristers for Middlesex, yesterday morning decided, after three hours ar gument, that the claimants on account of shares in the New River Company be struck off the list. The revi sion for the county of Middlesex is now completed. Vesuvius is still inwardly convulsed, and thick Cloud s of smoke cover the mountain-top, the vapour of which is so very prejudicial to the vines in the mime. diets neighbourhood that the Government has remitted the taxes of the growers. RICHES MAKE THEMSELVES WlNGS.—Mo ralists have said that no man ought to be connTatula ted till he is in the coffin. Tne Mechanics' Magazine sta te; in the biography of Mr. James, the projector of the railway system, that he was in 1812 worth 150,000/., and lived to lose it all. LEGACY.—The late Peter Bacon, Esq., stock broker, has left a legacy of the value of 24 , 0001 . to University College, London, payable at the death of his Widow, Lord Lyttl eton h as , as we ant i c i pate d , reea ap- Pointed Lord-Lieutenant of this county, in the room of Lord P °Lei, and on terms most honourable to the well known high and indep endent principles of this young W hig Nobleman, viz ., that he remains unshackled in big votes not only upon Parliamentary questions relative to our Church Establishment, but upon general political questions also.— Worcester Journal. A Barrister observed to a learned brother in Ccurt, that be thought hi s whiskers very unprofes sional,You are right," replied his friend, " a law yer cannot be too barefaced." .Sir Joh n B eauvoir has contradicted the report o f o intention-- to-come forward on the Liberal interest for East Norfolk. EVENING EDITION. '1 " , 444414::4t1: TOTNES ELECTORS'. ! We have seen A list published of the names of the teni.kiNtt, of the Duke of Somerset, who have teen served with notices to quit their holtlinLr!,, in consequence of their having voted rot Mi% Barry Baldwin, the candidate who 'opposed Mr. Blount, the Duke's son-in-law, at the late election for the Borough of Totnes, and we are given to under Land that this has been done in direct t Ointavention of a pledge given on the day of nomination by Mr. Blount ; and also by Mr. Thomas Michehnore, the Duke's agent, that the Duke of Somerset did not intend to interfere with his tenants' vtitn, but that • each elector was at liberty to exercise his suffrage on that occasion as he might choose, without being visited by any punishment. Now, much as we dis like the Conservative party, to which we believe Mr. Barry Baldwin belongs, we cannot, if the above facts be true (and we see no reason to doubt them), uphold such a system, as it involves a breach of faith which we cannot suppose even the Conser vative party would be guilty of. It is one thing to give them notice that proceedings would be taken against them if they dared to vote against the Duke'. nominee, and another to act as in this instance ; as in one case they would have had the " caveat eraptor" before their eyes, but in th e ot h er, i t i s in veigling a set o f poor innocent men to do acts which must tend to their certain ruin. .Setting party feelings aside, we contend for the principle, as it is obvious that if the pledges made on the part of the Noble Duke ate thus to be violated, there is an end to good faith ; and, more over, it is setting such art example that must natu rally tend to demoralise the lower orders of people. WEYHILL FAIR. About the usual number of sheep were penned at this fair on Thursday last, and the attendance of buyers was very numerous. Notwithstanding the pelting of the pitiless storm, busirltss Commenced with good spirit very early in the Inorning, and sales were speedily ef fected upon good terms. As the day advanced, thear dour for making purchases appeard to have abated, and for two or three hours very few transactions were ef fected. About noon, however, the spirit of the dealers appeared to be revived, and sales were again very easily effected, whilst the prices were as good as at the com mencement of the fair. We have understood from some of the farmers, that they expected to have ob tained more money for lambs ; but the prices got for other descriptions were equal to their most sanguine expectations. The whole were disposed of before the close of the day, and prices may be stated about as under : Down Ewes, 20s. to 4.55.'; Down Lambs, 183. to 355. ; very superior, 395. ; Wethers, 9.85. to 50s. ; Dorset Ewes, 40s. to 58s. A pen of Down Ewes, the pro perty of Mr. Budd, of Hatch Warren Farm, were ge nerally admired ; and a quantity of Lambs, from the farm of Mr. Sperring, of Chibolton, were also consi dered very superior. The Horse Fair was not so well supplied with the middling class of horses as on some former occasions, kit there certainly were more good hackneys and hun ters than last year. The prices were high for the better sorts. There was a larger quantity of Hops than for many years past ; but very little business was done until Monday, when most of the prime Farnhams were sold ; though very little business was done in the country rows. On Tuesday the middling qualities might be purchased at from 10s. to 15s. per cwt. less money than on the day preceding. The following may be stated as the pricks :—Farnham Hops from 51. ss. to 81. Bs. ; Country, from 41 103. to 71. ; and Kent and Sussex, from 31. 4s. to 41. 10s. The Cheese pitched was generally good ; the quan tity about an average ; and the prices as at recent fairs. THE MARCH OF TORYISM.-The Tories, never very popular in large towns, find themselves at home in the country, whither they have now taken wing, and where they meet, give public dinners, enlist recruits, review their troops, make speeches, and com placently point to the hour of victory--when to breathe a syllable against our Corn-laws, or other time-hallowed institutions, were death and treason. The columns of the country papers bear ample evidence of the rogues' march. With the stealthy, cunning, cat-like step that marks the tribe, the Conservatives are giving increased effect to agricultural meetings—meetings, for the most part, tinged with Toryism, while some few are avowedly Conservative as well as agricultural in their objects and constitution. These meetings of the farmers and " the farmers' friends" are general throughout the country, and it is plain that the landlords, while encouraging the growth of corn, are by no means indifferent to the pro motion of Conservatism. It is the trick of Toryism thus to strengthen their darling system—thus the To ries act, and thus they try to steal a march on the friends of liberty and good government. At the Surrey Quarter Sessions held at Kingston yesterday, Mr. W. E. Smith, a tradesman, carrying on an extensive business at Ripley, was indicted for refusing to serve the office of constable. He pleaded bad health and obstruction to business, but the Jury did not concur in the plea, and found him guilty. He was ordered to enter into his recognizances to appear and receive judg ment in case he should persist in refusing to serve the office. DESPERATE SUICIDE.—Last night a most determined act of suicide 'was committed by a gentle man in the Rifle Gallery, in Oakley -street, Lambeth. The deceased was left to himself for a short time, and the report of a pistol created no suspie:on, until a person went in and saw the person lying on the floor weltering in h]s blood, and quite dead. The body was conveyed to the bone-house of the church in the Waterloo-road. THE EGYPTIENNE AND SIRIUS.—The Times of yesterday, still seeking to depreciate a Gallant Officer, who is a political opponent, draws an unfavourable con trast for Admiral Fleming between the conduct of the Egyptienne and the Sirius in Sir R. Calder's action. It ought in honesty to have added, what James, the autho rity it quotes, mentions, that the Egyptienne had previ ously lost her mizen mast, and was necessarily in a dis abled state. It was to the credit of her commander that she kept the sea at all, and not to his discredit that his sbip was not as easily managed as the complete Sirius. ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES. —The following countries were named by the Phoeni cians, the greatest commercial people in the world. These names, in the Phoenician language signify some thing characteristic of the places which they designate. Europe signifies a country of white complexion—so named because the inhabitants there were of a lighter complexion than those of either Asia or Africa. Asia signifies between, or in the middle—from the fact that the geographers placed it between Europe and Africa. Africa signifies the land of corn, or ears. It was cele brated for its abundance of corn and all sorts of grain. Siberia signifies thirsty or dry, very characteristic of the country. Spain a country of rabbits or conies. This country was once so infested with these animals, that they sued Augustus for an army to destroy them. Italy, a country of pitch—from its yielding great quantities of black pitch. Calabria also—for the same reason. Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow-haired, as yellow hair characterized its first inhabitants. The English of Caledonia is a high hill. This was a rugged, moun tainous province in Scotland. Hibernia is utmost, or last habitation ; for beyond this, westward, the Phoeni cians never extended their voyages. Britain, the country of tin—as there were great quantities of lead and tin found on the adjacent islands. The Greeks called it Albion, which signifies, in the Phoenician tongue, either white or high mountains, from the whiteness of its shores, or the high rocks on the western coast. Corsica signifies a woody place. Sardinia stnifies the footstep of man, which it resembles. Syracuse signifies had savour, called so from the unwholesome marsh upon which it stood. Rhodes, serpents or dragons, which it produced in abundance. Sicily, the country of grapes. Scylla, the whirlpool of destruction. Charybdis, the holds of destruction. Etna signifies furnace, or dark, or smoky. The Times is at last driven to the poor expe dient of calling in low national jealousies to its aid against Admiral Fleming. " England leaps forward to rescue her palladium from disgrace ; she proclaims to the Scotch Board of Admiralty, You shall not job the sanctuary of my veteran seamen,'" &c. It is true, the Earl of Minto and Admiral Fleming are Scotch men ; but is it the first or the second time that a Scotchman has been at the head of the Board of Ad miralty ? Or is a sailor, because he happens to be a Scotchman, to be shut out from the honours and dis tinctions of the service ? Was not the late Lord Mel ville at the head of the Admirality ? And was not the present Earl of Melville also First Lord ? Of the many brave officers who fought and bled during the last war, were not many Scotchmen ? Was not Lord Duncan a Scotchman ? There will always be more Scotchmen in the navy, in proportion, than Englishmen, for this simple reason, that Scotland, having proportionably more coast than England, has also proportionably more ships, sailors, and fishermen. Lord Keith, Sir Alexander Cochrane, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Sir Robert Calder, Sir Richard Strachan, &C. &C., were Scotchmen, as is S:r Graham Moore, Sir P. C. H. Durham, Sir David Mike, &c. &c. What can the blockhead mean who penned this insult to our Scotch fellow -countrym en ? Are Scotchmen deficient in bravery, hardihood, or skill, that this libeller dares thus to insult thec th it e e m 7 ? h, oe me T o There e a os r n e o l the in y b jea evs l ei o er u wv s ie i :des andbet withw the etehr the tthtceeomnn contempt m i t v op e t s e xoi it merits.—Morning Chronicle. PARIS THEATRES. ---The following theatres are now open in Paris :--the Royal Academy of Mu sic, the Francais, the Opera Comique, the Renaissance, the Vaudeville, the Varietes, the Gymnase Drarnatiqu the Palais Royal, the Porte St. Martin, th e Gaite, the Circus, L'.Ambigu Comique, the Comte, the Folios, the Gymnase, and the Pantheon. DINNER TO THE RIGHT HON F. T. BARING, M.P. On Wedui!sday the cohAtrinentg of die R:ght Hon. T: Bering' entertained him at a dinner, at the Beneficial t . ..iodety's Hall, Kent-street, Portsea, to which were in vited a large number of the most active Reformers in the county and neighbourh oo d, D. Howard, E sq ., i n t h e OA Chair. There were present Sir G. 'F. Staunton, Lord George Lennox, ALP., Sir Raymond Jarvis, Ad miral Fleming (Port Admiral), Hon. Colonel Greville, Hon. Admiral D. P. Bouverie, Sir Thomas Raking, Bart, tdast.--" Her Majesty the Queen, and may her reign be happy and prosperous." Air—God Save the Queen, sung, verse and chorus, by the whole ooMpaoy; Toast—" The People ; tile source of all legitimate pm.ver%.4=-•-tteceived with great applause. Toast—" The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Cries of " in England.") Toast--" The Navy." Admiral FLEMING .then rose, amidst enthusiastic cheering, to return thanks for the honour done him by the manner in which the compliment had been paid to that service which he had the honour to command in this port. They had always been ready to support the hopes and wishes o':the people, but he hoped it would be a long time before they were called again into active service. He expressed himself as averse to war, which he considered as detrimental to the liberties of the subject, which he had all his life supported.—(Great cheering.) He much disliked war, he said, because it was the worst thing for the country, but not as many had insinuated by the obloquy thrown upon the present Government for the inefficient state of the Navy, as he knew from his own personal knowledge the Navy was never in a more efficient state, as regarded number of men, and quality, if not number of ships, than at the present time. He then concluded a very happy speech by returning thanks for the honour done to himself and the service. Toast—" The Army." Major TRAVERS said he had more than once stood before them in that room, but never under more em. barrasing circumstances than on that occasion, but he had been called on to respond to the toast of "the Army.' He certainly, he said, did it with that diffidence and modesty which was certainly peculiar to an Irishman. There were two officers present who had both seen considerably more service than he had done, and both stood in higher rank. His Friend at his right hand Lord George Lennox, M.P., had joined the staff of the Duke of Wellington quite early in the Peninsular war, and had certainly seen considerable service. Thu other gentleman he had taken the liberty to allude to was Colonel Greville, a distin guished member of the Royal Yacht Club, who, when he found the cause of liberty required his services, left his favourite amusements to aid the righteous cause. The two gentlemen being retired from the service, he felt the more called on to acknowledge the toast, which he would then do by returning thanks for the honour done to the service. Toast—" The Royal Marine Corps." Colonel MENZIES returned thanks in a neat speech, which he concluded by thanking the meeting for the manner in which they had received the toast, and said that when the services of the Royal Marine Corps may be needed he trusted they would not be found wanting. Toast—" Prosperity and Independence of the Bo roughar Portsmouth." Ile. W. LANG, having been repeatedly and loudly eeKed on, came forward. He could not say, on the present occasion, how much, or in what manner, he had been connected with the prosperity of the Borough of Portsmouth, but he thought he might be allowed to say, that when called on, he had always done his duty. He called on all parties present to unite in supporting the independence of the borough of Portsmouth. There were some who could give their ac tive exertions, and other., their purse. He hoped that the Reformers of Portsmouth, would, whatever difficul ties they might have to encounter, hold together, and that they would train up their children in the way they should go, and teach them their political morality. He should like to see them show such a respectable and bold front as they did then, although only a 3s. 6d. feed. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said he was about to propose to the notice of the meeting the Right Hon. F. T. Baring, their app o i n t e d guest , w h o had faith fully represented the borough of Portsmouth for a period of fourteen years. The Govermnentof the country had changed hands since Mr. Baring was first returned to Parliament, but hefted always been found the same. Whatever defects may be introduced into the Govern. ment, he had no doubt that the Right Hon. Gentle. man, now he was in the Cabinet, would always be anx ious and ready to remedy. He would now propose, " The Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, the faith ful represensative of the Borough of Portsmouth ;" which was received with immense cheering, and was continued for a considerable time. Mr. BAILING, after the applause had in some mea sure subsided, said, although he had often felt difficulty when he rose to address such a meeting as the pre sent, yet he never rose with so much difficulty as he felt in rising to do justice to the toast which they had now so rapturously received. The worthy Chair man had reminded them of the change that had taken place in the government of the country since he first had the honour of being returned as the Representa tive of this Borough. They were somewhat changed, both in the assembly, and in the person who was then addressing them. But he trusted there was one thing which still remained unchanged, which was the princi ple which actuated him when first he solicited their suffrages and support.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the support of civil and religious liberty had been the polar star by which he had been guided in his career through life. Many great measures had been brought forward, though some had not been carried through the Parliament. He said, though they were met that evening to celebrate his re-election to Parlia ment, he felt it was not the triumph of one individual, hut the triumph of those principles by which that large and respectable meeting had been always actuated.— ( Hear.) They had repeatedly fought together, and often under less prosperous circumstances than on the last occasion. At the same time, no contest having taken place during the election which they were then met to celebrate, they had been deprived of those scenes of bustle and excitement, and he thought perhaps he might say fun, which was the accompaniment of every contested election, but it must be the source of great pl easure t o every sincere Reformer. There certainly had been the appearance of opposi tion, sufficient indeed to show that their enemies would do all in their power to harm. They could not say they had nobody to put forward, as they had their man ready They could not say they had been taken by surprise, therefore you must walk over the course ; but they had their man ready, and so certain were they of being de feated, and that they had not the slightest chance of success, that they deemed it the wisest way to beat a retreat at starting. But there was another point : the Tory party would not allow their car.didate to retreat upon a bridge of gold, as it were, nor until he had been as well drubbed and cudgelled as one could well have anti c ip ate d . The Reformers certainly do owe gratitude to those Tories who so kindly did the dirty articlesrockko of n o t e n t the in to s support Reformers. rpo Paper t whicher . m Q ( u t a h rer theirie s r i w e v a t pa s aarr attackedparty y always ), ilin ar ticles well written —provokingly well written— and to think they should have come from that very paper which is supposed to be in the Tory secrets! He thought his opponent, the 'Doct o r had 11 certainly be en ill- use d , that they ;.(1 not allowed him to retreat with a flourish of trumpets, 'not having done anything for him, not even having invited him to a 3s. 6d. feed. Perhaps when they. did meet they would have something a little more aristocratic. It had been said that if an opposition had been started, there would not have been so much union among the Reformers is this borough, but he felt satis fied that he knew them better than to think there would have been any division. It was not in the hour of difficulty that they would fail, but they would then be incited to more active exertions. As far as he was concerned, he said, he should not at all have been afraid to have fought alongside of the most first-rate Tory they could have found. He consi dered he should be doing injustice to the memory of his late respected colleague, John Bonham Carter, Esq., if he did not say how much he missed that advice and sup port which he had always received from him. It was the first opportunity he bad had of expressing himself to them on the subject, and he hoped he might be permitted to mourn with them over the loss which they, as well as the Liberal cause in general had rustained by the death of their late truly worthy ,Representative. He craved the indulgence of the meeting for having intro duced the subje c t, b ut so much he could not help say ing. The election which l ast too k place, he said, though without opposition, had, f rom the different position which he held in the Councils of the Crown, much more interest to the country than any former. He knew that all professions of persons in office were always looked upon with suspicion, but lie might be allowed to say that he would hold his office, and fight for the principles which he professed with as much tenacity as if the situation was the only thing upon which his place in Parliament depended. The great subject of attack upon Lord Melbourne had been that ho dared to give to three Catholic Ministers situations in the Government. It certainly involved a great principle. If objections had been taken that they were not fit men, in point of talent and character, he should have taken no notice of it, knowing that any Go vernment which exercises patronage must be open to such attacks. But it was not against the men the objection was raised, but against their religious opi nions. He, would then mention the gentle Man who had received the important appointment "of Secretary to the Admiralty. He had some slight acquaintance with him as a colleague for four years, which had given him ample means for testifying to his qualifications ; and he did not hesitate to say, that in paint of talent and character the appointment of such a gentleman would do credit to any Govern ment. If there was one point more than another . "1"11 - 1414' SUN, LONDON, FiiIDAY, OCTOIP4'II 18 "-19 in his character, it was his impartiality. He had oh taioed the respect amid esteem' of all those with whom he had abted, and ijOOe Were more aMe to judge of the qualifications of a gentleman than those who wee in tinily connection with him. Are the people then, he would ask, ready to admit such a principle as this?—" I admit your talent; elidraeter, slid qUalifis.catPm for office/ bat then you are aCatholie,and thirst therefore go ahoiit iciut:builnW?" The next gentle4teti be would all to was Mr. Sheil. rcti Otte Who had nOi effiortniiity of listening to Mr. Sheil; as he had; eould do justice th# talent displaYed by him and he would ask, is he, because he is a Catholic, to be excliided from all the councils of the country?—("No, no.") Now, gd further back, to the good old Tory 'Times, in th e d ays o f George the, Third, when Mr. Gibbon sat as bee of th e Board of Trade— will any one say that the principlei were different ? But then, they say, that is a different case ; he was only an infidel. We have no objection to your putting in men of no religion at all, but we cannot think it right to put in a Catholic ; as if the fact of a Catholic being in the Board would upset sugar, cotton, hemp, and other et cetera.—(Cheers.) But there is one more gentleman to notice, if I were not trespassing on your time too much—Mr. Wyse. Only notice the extreme absurdity of the opposition : Mr. More O'Ferrall has been sitting as a member of the Treasury for some time past, and no t a wor d w as said against it, but last year h e i s removed from t h e T reasury to t h e Admiralty, where he is likely not to do harm, as he will not have one word to say. He mentioned this to show that it was on purpose to raise the old cry of "No Popery"—( Hear, hear)—of all others the most mischievous and silly that can be. raised. But having changed the laws, and thereby removed the disabilities, they now attempt to keep the Roman Catholics out of office by prescription, as it were. In words we admit we passed the law, but then we never intended to have it carried into effect. The question is of deep importance to the people of this country ; they must either attempt to repeal those laws (if they dare), or they must do that which he thought they were willing to do—carry the Bill into effect ; they must give it support not only in word but in practice. The Right Hon. Gentleman then entered into an able de fence of the Government of Llrd Norrnanby in Ireland, in the course of which he was repeatedly and enthusiastically cheered. He described his Lordship as having ensured the affections of the people of Ireland, as he was re spected by them all. He then said, having detained you so long, you must allow me to return my sincere thanks for the handsome manner in which you have received the toast. I see around me the well known faces of true and honest Reformers, and recognise the voices of my continued supporters ; still I would not take to myslf too much. The Liberal cause has succeeded ad mirably in your hands, and if I feel pleasure more than ever, it is because you have been so suc cessful, and I have been the favoured agent. lam indeed the creature of your own making, it is by your favour that I have the situation 1 now hold. It is from you I have imbibed the seeds, and have been able to fight so successfully.—(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst immense cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., one of the representatives of the bo rough of Portsmouth. Sir G. STAUNTON rose, and said he experienced the most gratifying thoughts, which he had not words to ex press, for the manner in which he had been received. This was the first time he had had an opportunity of addressing anything like a large meeting, since th memorable day, when, unsolicited— entirely unsolicited on his part—they sent for him to stand as one of the re presentatives of the borough of Portsmouth. They had, without reserve, and without any exertions of his own, placed unbounded confidence in him, by voting him a Member. He was not at all anxious to hold office—(Hear)—he had not that inducement before him, which his Right Hon. Colleague had ; he bad held office, and he might say held high office, abroad. The only ambition he now had, was that he might be allowed a seat in the House of Parliament ; and as a country gentleman he desired no greater reward for what labours he might bestow in doing his duty in Parliament, (which he hoped always to do), than to be able to travel into the country to meet such a number of his constituents as he had the pleasure then of seeing before him. By returning a Cabinet Minister for the Borough, they had done themselves great credit, and had also strengthened the hands of Government.--( Hear, and cheers.) He had no doubt they would see there was an additional assurance of the fidelity of the Ministry, when they saw his Hon. Colleague joining his fate with theirs. He considered the practice of representatives meeting their constituents, and giving them an outline of their con duct during the Session of Parliament, a very whole some one, and i,vereit not for occupying their time on the present occasion he would be very willing to enter into some review of his past conduct. He felt a little check in doing so when he considered the particular object of their meeting together. He could not help saying it was a good practice, and to show that he was the genuine representative of his constituents, he wished to touch upon two points, and would therefore solicit their indulgence for a short time. He then touched upon public education, and stated that he had the good fortune to be present at every division on Colonial Slavery.' He also stated that on every occa sion he had given his support in favour of Ireland. He had also interested himself in the Church -rate question. He was satisfied that the Church-rates, as at present instituted, are injurious both to the giver and receiver. —(Loud cheers and applause.) He was willing to join with all staunch Reformers in their endeavours to get them removed. He then delivered his opinions on the Education Scheme, and expressed himself as an advocate for having it placed under the management of the Clergy.—(Cries of " No, no.") He had great respect'for the opinions of the meeting ; but he must beg to differ from them in that respect. He was devotedly attached to the Church of England, of which he was a member, and he would defend her in every way in his power, but he would not exalt her at the sacrifice of any other interest. It would be grievous to say the Dissenter should not receive the same privileges as others. He gave Government great credit for bringing forward the question, but he could not approve of their having a Cabinet Board to take charge of the education of the people. He considered it should be a Board to consist of great and learned men—not a Board which we know from woful experience may be Liberal and Whig to-day and Tory to-morrow. He had great confidence in his Right Honourable Colleague, who, he thought, had quite enough on his shoulders, but he should not have equal confidence in the gentlemen who would fill the situation, if by any accident. the Tories should come into power. It should be a Board composed of learned and liberal men, not actuated by any political feeling. He then said he had been charged with having deceived his constituents when he met them last in that room, upon the subject of the Ballot, but he must certainly deny having done so. He had said he should see if the Billet was likely to remedy the evils complained of, and if so, he would certainly support it, but he reserved to himself the right of conscientiously considering the question. The people had a right to expect a remedy, He intended to go into Parliament free and unfettered, and he still expected to be so. He had given the subject every consideration in his po wer , and he had come to the conclusion that the experiment of the Ballot ought to be tried.—(lmmense cheering.) He ex pressed himself as having given a notice in Parliament on the subject, when he expected the Whigs Woeld sup , port him. He had not, he said, the egeegiona,felly to encounter both Whigs and Tories in ahelLHouse. He. knew the Tories to a man detested to abbortelnee plan. He never would, he said, 'give a .votn. thht h e - could not afterwards lay his head on his billow and s ay was, an honest vote ; he would not give one vote for the sake of popularity, nor for what he considered toba the' highest honour, viz. to b e returne d again ; ,as their presentative in Parliament. It s had been - said that he had broken faith with his constituents. ,He would ask, whether he had so done ?—(Cries NO, no.") • The CHAIRMAN then gave " Civil and. Religi o n s Li berty all over the world." Mr. BEST, of Body-green, then came forward to ac- knowledge the toast, and said he felt it a great honour to be so called on, not being in any way connected with the borough. In his opinion, he said, religious and civil liberty meant equality in religion—he spared the word toleration. He then made some very apposite re marks respecting the toleration to Catholics, to which body he belonged, and concluded a very interesting speech by thanking the meeting for the manner in which they had received him, and thanks to Mr. Baring for his support, as a Catholic, and for the manner in which he had been pieased to carry out his principles. Mr. M. SOLOMON then returned thanks on behalf of himself and others belonging to the same persuasion. The difference, he said, between the Catholics and the Jews was, that the former had their grievances re , moved, but the latter were still looking for redress. He considered it was useless for the Government to point out the way for other countries, when they did not move one step towards the improvements themselves, The Rev. J. E. GOOD , of Gosport, said ,— have b een ma d e b y Mr. Pre sident, I cannot allow the toast wghaicnh ohbasservjautsitonbeeonr l and reli g i ous lib erty and c anno t b e too itt d s i e u toh n et k iwni t on o aapd p l d a ce s icnt s eai odabniwl preceding away y orsi pg w tehh i at t ok h soe o efr u . sta. whichl o l f f mcereivi i nn sacredly guarded, nor too much extolled. Belonging, as I do, to the body of Protestant Dissenters, it would be unworthy the situation I hold among them were I not to advocate this great p r i nc i_l e. V Barren as the late Session of Parliament has been supposed to be in good works, yet it is matter of satisfaction that it af firmed this principle in the matter of the grant for pub lic education. True, the such of 3 0,000/. was small, and can do little to raise the people of this country to the level of many of the nations of Europe in the scale of general education—yet it is satisfactory to. every friend of truth and justice, th at i n d esp i te of the strenuous • efforts made t o prevent it, the right o f eve ry religious deno m i nat i on to have the superintendence of its own children has been fully re cognised and admitted. T, therefore, approve of the conduct of the Hon. Baronet, Sir George Staunton, in reference to his much-canvassed vote on this occasion. I felt, it is true, a momentary surprise when I read in 'the Suit newgPap'ci fife next daY the Obdrst he had taken. , But knowing the rton. Baronet's' political inte grity,. I said . audi a lt cranz parlern, If,, indeed, I could for one MoTent .imagine ith a t .the Hon. Batbtet meant to pander or a Moment to the prejudices of the party with whom on that oceasicfc he, was found t o ac t—if I L could suppose th a t t h e Hon. iVrAft meant to frown upon the modes of faith and forms of religioit ; 1 7ot his owa—if > 66014 / contrary to every other a c t o f hi s lif e , believe that h e inferid&l Vaosq the liberal principle upon which this grant was founded-='till', eb9ve all, if by that cdnise ihe Hon. Member bad paltered from "hecr trifling with the inifirists of his constituents and the country at large, and by iindcifing one vote against the other, try which was the toughett of the two. then I would be the first to withdraw my confidence; to proclaim to the world that I had been deceived. But the case la tick Sn -- the political integrity of the Hon. Baronet is above suspicion and I receive the clear and honest explanation be has now given as fiertectly satisfac tory. There are other topics blended with tills toast on which I might dwell if the time allowed. We hear much from certain parties of the doctrine of finality. Finality indeed; Why there is nothing final till after the Resurrection, " then cometh the end." The doc trine of finality is a most awful doctrine: Am Ito be told that the Reform Bill is final? Can it be so ? It was a great and glorious measure, and the Calflitty was thankful for its passing, but there are many of its pro visions that require great correction. There is the Re gistration Court, for instance # why it is nothing less than an annual nuisance, the source of all manner of bickerings, heartburnin g s, and every other evil against the pe ace an d good neigbourhood of society ; arid then the decisions, so contradictory and so uncertain. I feel deeply upon this point, because I belong to a class of her Majesty's subjects that never come out of these courts with their political life—put there by the kind ness of some Tory objector, there they are all immo lated. I refer to Protestant Dissenting Ministers. It was never the intention of the framers of the Reform Bill to take away the franchise from these gentlemen ; but now through the annual visits of the gentlemen learned in the law, it is most generally done. When indeed a liberal barrister comes along—a kind of rara avis in terra—we escape with our life for another year ; but these mercies are sure to be withdrawn by his suc cessor. I impute motives to no one—" Brutus is an honourable man —so they are all—all honourable men" —but Julius Caesar is ambitious, and be must die! These devout upholders of the British throne—these labourers in the field of moral culture—these promoters of the rights and liberties of her Majesty's subjects —these are men ambitious of retaining the votes they held before, the passing of the Reform, Bill, and they must politically die. I impute motives to no one. " Brutus is an honourable man"—but the Prote‘stant Dissenting Minister escapes not alive from the Registration Courts of those revising gentlemen, Can such a state of things continue ? Ought it to d o so ?. If the Administration—than to whom it is under no greater obligations for its support than to the Dis senting Ministers—shall refuse to do them justice in this matter, then the pressure from without may open their eyes and show them its necessity. On this point I speak strongly. We have no mitred heads nor lawn sleeves to uphold our rights in the Peers ; we must be content v ithout them ; but we must have justice. Finality, indeed ! Why the franchise must be extended far beyond its present li mits, before we can entertain such a notion. —(Hear, hear.) Look at the unrepresented towns and parishes in our land. There are gentlemen of sub stantial family, of considerable incomes, of educated minds, of benevolent and religious character, the pa trons of science, the promoters of all good works, who have a tear for sorrow, and a smile for joy, and a sove reign for charity ;* and yet, with .all these recom mendations, have no voice in the election of their Re presentatives in Parliament, unless they encumber themselves with a forty-shilling freehold, or descend to the servile trick of being a faggot voter, to give it at the biddin g of some Lord. And yet the honest, laborious, and worthy farmer, who, with all his good qualities, is, notwithstanding, dependent on the will of his superior, enjoys the privilege of the franchise. I complain not of this. The man who pays 501. a-year ought to have a vote in the election e f Members of Parliament, but to withhold it from those who are by circum stances infinite:y better instructed and qualified to exercise it, however this may suit the Chandos school, is a state of things that cannot be final. I will not tresspass upon the time of the meeting —another remark and I have done. From my appear ing here to-night I shall be complimented as a political Dissenter. If a gentleman of my station and profession shall once in seven years meet his friends to discuss points of vital importance to his religious privileges, then he is at once charged with the tremendous crime of being political. Ido most distinctly, yet courteously, return the compliment. Why there is not a public oc casion, from that of the triennial visitation of the Dioce san to the preaching of a club sermon in the obscure village —not a meeting of the gentry of a certain class of politics—whether it be a ploughing-match —or meet ing to improve the breed of horned cattle—but the poor unfortunate Dissenters come in for share of at tack and misrepresentation. To defend themselves, is, however, a crime. " Being defamed, we intreat." There are exceptions—noble exceptions —among their political opponents- , -and many both among the clergy and laity in this neighbourhood—wh o would dis dain such ungenerous attacks—but defamation and reproach, I regret to say, is most mournfully the rule. And what is our offence? It hath this extent and no more—we happen, if political at all—to be political on the wrong aide. If we could forego our principles and desert the standard of non conformity, we may be political to 'our hearts' content —the more the better. That which is now the most enormous sin would then become the most commend able virtue. But now, alas ! it is a crime to whis per even our loyalty to the throne, and our support of her Majesty's Ministers. Be it so. If to adhere to the principles of our ancestors, who built their chapels without Parliamentary grants, and who support them without parochial and compulsory rates ; if to tread in the steps of those noble-minded men, who brought Charles the Second from abroad, and put the crown upon that Monarch's head after its had been held in abeyance during the Commonwealth ; men who welcomed George I. to this country and es tablish the Brunswick dynasty in these realms ; if to offer congratulations and fervent prayers in behalf of our virtuous and beloved Queen—to uphold her Majesty's Ministers and join in the warns reception of the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer as long as he continues the liberal representative of liberal mea sures ;—if this be an offence, then I fear, in the face of all the solemn remonstrances and admonitions of our disinterested opponents—in the face of all the compli ments paid to our political nature, we shall continue serious offenders still.—(The speech was applauded throughout.) Mr. LANG said that having been requested by the Committee to give a toast which had reference to the great occasion that called them together, he had felt it his duty to comply ; he would state the toast to the meet ing, and would then claim their indulgence for a short time whilst he offered them a few observations, which he hoped would induce them to drink it with all the ho nours. The toast allotted to him was " Lord Mel bourne, her Majesty's Ministers, and progressive Re form." Up to a period in the late Session, when, in Consequence of the vote upon the Jamaica question, Lord Melbourne had been induced to declare that the Ministers had not had that support from some of those Who, upon other occasions had given it them, that the Ministry had resolved to tender their resignations, very faint .hopes had been indulged by those who, like the present =eating,' bad always advocated steady and pro good to be ac com pl is h e d. gressive iteform, of any - great -k should be recollected that the, excuse for doing no thing at the end of the late King's reign was, that. the Court was against them, and they coul4 not move. At the accession of her present Majesty brighter prospects seemed to open to us—the Court was notoriously with us. We were then met by those declarations of finality and intentional ascendancy of a particular interest, which overwhelmed us with dismay, and which, although many opportunities had offered, had never been satisfact or ily exp l a i ne d away. T he Ministry went on d o i ng littl e , an d apparent l y oar i ng little, up to the Jamaica Question ; and what took place then, and which had not inaptly been called " the battle of the Petticoats," was so recent as only to require from him, to say that the attempt to construct a Tory Ministry having failed, the Queen made an appeal to her old Ministers for support, which ended in the re appointment of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues. He had ventured to predict on a former occasion, from the altered tone of the Government, their adoption and carrying through the Postage Bill—their declaration that the Corn-laws and the Ballot should be made open questions—that another and a better spirit had been infused into the Government, which would in a short time declare themselves. The change of mea sures had been followed by a change of men, and when he looked at the men who had been i nv it e d t o take office, he considered it a great subject of congratulation, for though they had been well and much abused by the Tories, as might naturally have been expected, he found that there was not amongst them a Lord even by courtesy— but that they were all men of sterling honourable cha raster, and taken from the ranks of the people. It had been said by two Lords, whose apostacy from their former principles was a disgrace and s h ame to t h em, that the people must discard th e H ouse o f C ommons from their consideration, as being no longer capable of being of use, and must direct their attention and confi dence to the House of Lords, from whence for the future all good things m ust ar i se ; b ut he oiled upon that meeting to discard such insidious advice,,a.od still to adhere to those who were part and parcel of themselves. It was to . the p eo pl e, an d to those i mmediate l y ema nating from them, to whom they should direct their views, and be ready at all times to give them an effec tive and vigorous support, when they found the Com mons " going a h ea d" i n support o f the principles of peace, retrenchment, and progressive reform. A zreat deal bad been recently said in condemnation of the appointment of a Gallant Officer had that o d dfidil-otted them by becoming their guest, id the Governorship 64 Greehtvich Hospital ; instead of condemnation, for havirig on that °tension preferred a political' friend, he thought they deserved great Com mendation, and wbtst he regretted was, MA that they selected their friends f l or appointments, but that on too many occasions they overlooked their friends—(a very gross instarne of which he had heard of si.nee he had been in that ruorn)---and favoured their political' ene-• rides. He hoped that would no longer be the case, and the vigour that was now shown by the Admiralty he hoped, would be followed by the Treasury, and between t hen that they would be able so to squeeze the Horse Guards, that that Tory stronghold might be effectually cleansed from its impurities, and the control of the army be assumed by the Government, instead of being allowed to rest with the Tories, who would always remain their bitter and uncompromising enemies. If Sir Robert Peel, with so strong a support in the Commons, with the Lords at his beck and con trol, and the whole Tory host at his command, would not undertake the Government without the entire command of the Household, what right have our friends to expect that they can go smoothly forward, until they are determined so to exercise the patronage of the Government, that their supporters may beencouracred and their enemies dismayed. Th ere were two or three' subielte that he had intended to have adverted to, but they had just been so effectively handled by the gentle man who had immediately preceded him that it was not necessary for him to do so. He should conclude by thanking them for the patience with which they had heard him, and by proposing to them the healths of Lord Melbourne, her Alajesty's Ministers, and progres sive Reform. Mr. BILToN, the Vice-Chairman, then gave " Free Trade," and expressed his sentiments upon it, which gave rise to great confusion, which lasted some time. EDWARD CARTER, Esq., then gave the Right Hon. Admiral Elphinstone Fleming, and the Reformers of Scotland." After what had already passed on the sub ject, be considered it unnecessary to say more than that he believed the Reformers of Portsmouth had the greatest cause to complain of his appointment to Green wich, for by it they had lost a good, old, and tried Re former. The Right Hon. F. T. Baring gave " The Ladies," for which Sir 0. Staunton returned thanks in his usual pleasin manner. J. W. Willis, Esq. gave " Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.," which the Right Hon. Baronet duly acknowledged. The Meeting was kept up with spirit till a late hour, the distinguished visitors not leaving till after midnight, when the Chair was vacated, A large number then commenced enjoying themselves, Nhich they kept up till late in the morning. THE BEER TRADE. A Meeting of Brewers and Retailers of Beer of the Metropolis, took place yesterday at the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, to receive from the Committee of the Metropolitan New Publican's Protection Society a report of their proceed ings during the past year, particularly in defence of the trade in the last Session of Parliament, and a financial statement of the funds of the Society. The object of the Society, as appeared from the circular distributed among the persons present, " Is to protect the Beer-seller from the attacks of the powerful and interested opponents of a Free Trade in Beer, as well as to defend him in the lawful exercise of his busi ness from the many difficulties with which he has to con tend, particularly the vexatious annoyances by the com mon informer—to furnish information upon any point connected with the trade—and to secure his property from petty depredators. At four o'clock, the Chair was taken by Mr. KYN NERSLEY, who said he felt much pleasure in presiding over so respectable a meeting of his fellow tradesmen, and he only regretted that it was not more numerously attended. The object of the present meeting was to receive the Report of the Committee for the past year. When Lord Brougham, in the last Session, vauntingly promised to introduce a measure which would annihi late the Beer Trade, he (Mr. K.) on that occasion thought differently from others, and prognosticated that the attempts that were making to injure them would ultimately tend to their benefit. He trusted the Committee would be able to satisfy them that such had been the result.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He believed that attempt bad produced a good deal of information as to the real working of the trade in which they were all embarked ; it had enabled the Committee to refute the accusations and calumnies that had been heaped upon them, and to prove to the public that they were utterly unfounded. It was shown that the oppo sition which they had met with was that of opponents and parties interested, and the result has been that the Government took the matter up ; a Bill was introduced by Mr. Baring, the present Chancellor of the Exche quer, in lieu of the Bill proposed by Mr. Pakington, which received very general support in the House, and was ultimately carried with the sanction of Mr. Puking ton himself.—(Hear, hear.) He would now proceed to the business of the evening, the first portion of which was the election of officers in the room of those who re tired. Mr. DYKE was unanimously elected a Trustee in the room of one of the Trustees who had retired. Mr. Pangs Er. moved the re-election of Mr. Bishop as Secretary. Mr. O'KEEFE, in seconding the re-election of Mr. Bishop as Secretary, said, that Lord Brougham had had the audacity to say that beershop-keepers devoted their houses to the prostitution of their daughters.—(Cries of " Shame.") In answer to such a calumny he would state to Lord Brougham, and he hoped the statement would go forth to the world, that his Lordship's house was quite as likely to be a brothel as his (Mr. O'Keefe's).—(Cheers.) He would fearlessly assert that both his daughters, in point of morality, were the equals of the daughter of Lord Brougham, his Lady, or him self.—(Cheers.) 'The time was not far distant when the morality of the beer sellers and the licensed victuallers would be decided ; but in the meantime he might say that it was not in a beer-house that a certain Noble Marquis got drunk, when he drove through Piccadilly in the shameful state he did.—(Cheers.) Nor was it in a beer house that a Noble Lord had played at cards and cheated every body.—(Cheers.) It was his belief that scenes had taken place in the houses of licensed victual lers that would eclipse ten thousand times any thing that bad ever taken place in beer shops. He was glad that the Society, through its Secretary, had been able to defeat the machinations of Lord Brougham, and he therefore most gladly seconded his re-election.— (Cheers.) The question was then put by the Chairman, who de clared Mr. Bishop to be unanimously re-elected. Mr. BISHOP returned thanks. Nine Members of the Association were then elected to serve on the Committee, and one to serve the office of Auditor for the ensuing year. Mr. STALLWOOD was unanimously re-appointed Col lector for the year ensuing. A discussion arose as to the propriety of appointing an additional or assistant collector, which was eventually put an end to by the Secretary, Mr. Bishop, stating, that according to the rules of the Society, they could not appoint a se con d collector. The SECRETARY then read the Report, which, after commenting strongly on the conduct of Lord Brougham, stated the proceedings which the Committee had adopted to defeat the attack made on the beer-sellers in the last Session of Parliament. It then eulogised the late Chancellor of the Exchequer for his defence of their interests,,wild gave a summary.of the clauses of the Bill proposea to be introduced by him. It also eulo gized the condaCt of the' 'Marquis of Westminster— every' beer-seller ought to feel grateful to him for the pains he took in exposing the erroneous statements made by Lord Brougham, and putting the House of Lords in possession of the opinions entertained on'the beer question by the Noble and Learned Lord in 1833. The funds were now larger than at any former period, notwithstanding the extra expenses the Committee had been put to during the past year.—(Loud cheers.) The Committee congratulated the trade generally upon the principle laid down in the New Police Acts, wherein the beer houses were placed upon a footing with licensed houses, and it was their duty to do all in their power to extend those benefits to their friends in the country. On the motion of Mr. PENNERY, and seconded by Mr. CLARK, the report was received and adopted. The annual account of receipts and expenditure was then read by the Secretary, from which it appeared that a sum of nearly 4001. had been received in the course of the last year. Th e st a t eme nt was received with loud cheering, and on the motion of Mr. West, seconded by Mr. Cox, was received and adopted. fol lowing Mr. A resolution PT E n (o f : made Sess o ion of beer-house and the beer-sellers in the thne thepa measure t dictated Parliament can only be viewed Reigate,Tha S t h u e . r e a Y t ) ;ack mo a v ed those who equally discreditable to its aut 1 , by interest and pursued by pa l a r s tia a lit a that it was as its object was sought to carry it into effect, inasmuch r stor . e . all the ” evils of to take away competition, seconded the resolution, which was Mr. MARDEN the old system of monopoly and vn favouritism. carried unanimously. Mr. BISHOP moved the next resolution—" That the grateful thanks of this meeting and of every individual interested in or connected with the Beer Trade are eminently due, and are hereby giv en to t h ose of her Majesty's Ministers, and those Members of the Legislature whose discriminating and dis• interested conduct when the Beer question was before them prevented the Beer-laws from being andsaved the Beer T ra d e f rom con fi scat i on a He thou g ht th e meet i ng were b ound repealed, annihilation."ale d to adopt this resolution when they recollected thatseveral Alembers of Parliament had been threatened by the licensed victuallers with the loss of their seats if they supported the beer-sellers.—(Cheers.) He thought the conduct which had been pursued by the licensed vic tuallers towards the beer-sellers most unworthy of them, and he felt proud that notwithstanding their threats the EVENING EDITIO'N. t beer-sellers had had so many Members of Parliament to advocate th e i r cause , an d watc h t h e i r i nterests i n the 1 House of Co mmons . —(Ch eers .) Mr. HIGLE Y secon d e d t h e reso l ut i on w i t h very great pleasure. i The resolution was carr i e d w ith acc l ama ti on . Mr. H AWKINS move d , " Th at i n the op i n i on of No '4 meeting it is no less the duty than it is the interest of every individual connected with the trade, to continuo ‘. to make together, and lay unity and combined exertion preserve a ready means of protection and defence avail able whenever the trade is collectively or individually meowed or attacked. He hoped the Beer-sellers would continue united, for he was convinced that by union they would be able victoriously to defeat their opponents. Mr. LATHAM seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. It was then agreed that the foregoing resolutions should be published in the lending- Daily Papers. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. LOVETT, COLLINS, AND APDOWALL. FROM A CORRESPONDENT,) DUMFRIES, OCTOBER 14.—A IlumerOUS and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Dumfries and Maxwelltown was held in Mr. Dawson's large sale room, for the pur pose of addressing her Majesty on their behalf, and also sending the sufferers in the cause of liberty a letter of condolence, emulation, and thanks. The Chair was taken by Mr. Jose l ih Bryden. Mr. CHARTERIS DAWSON, writer, proposed the A ddress to her "Majesty. He stated that he was gratified in observing so numerous an attend ance. The meeting could only have one feeling ac tuating them in such a cause. Nobly had Lovett, Collins, and M'Dowall, come forward to advocate the rights of humanity—the right of co-equal re presentation to every man. This was their motto, and it was a just and noble one.—(Cheers.) Upon ' such a ground they could not fail, and having acted in an honest and straightforward manner, they had enlisted the feelings of the British nation in their favour.—(Cheers.) If the _Home Secretary ad vised their release—which he had the right and power to do—he would be respond ing to the feelings of tens of thou sands of just and honest-minded men. If he denied this boon—denied this act of justice— dictated by his conscience, and pandered to his in terest—he would tell him, that in the day of his power he had denied their just claims, and he would be remembered in the day of the people's nobility. _(.Cheers.} We can conscientiously say, that we have every reason to esteem those men, and in the words of the Latin poet he would say, cxegi Inonumentum7 eirer perennius—they have raised a monument to their memory more lasting than brass.—(Cheers.) Mr. kVA RDROPE seconded the address, ably showing the just tribute that was due to those per secuted men, the necessity that existed in calling loudly for their liberation ; and he trusted that every Association would demand their restoration to their families. The address was carried amid repeated cheers. Mr. KERB proposed a letter of condolence to those patriots, which was seconded by Mr. HAR RIS, and received the unanimous approbation of the meeting. ADDRESS. " Unto the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. " The Address of the Inhabitants of Dumfries and Alaxwelltown, in public meeting assembled, 14th October, 1839. " Humbly Showeth—That we, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, representing a population of upwards of 12,000 inhabitants, deeply impressed with the necessity of your Majesty having a con scientious regard for the rights and privileges of your people, do with submission approach your Majesty' s Throne, in behalf of Messrs. William Lovett, John Collins, and Peter Murray M'Dowall, now suffer ing in jail for having taken an active part in the present movement for the extension of the elective franchise to your Majesty's subjects. That these individuals have all along borne an unimpeachable and good moral character. That the right of pub lic meeting, the right of discussion, and petitioning for a redress of grievances and an amelioration of our condition, is the inherent and imprescriptible right of a British subject. We do conscientiously declare that in our judgment, the above-named indi viduals have only acted upon these fundamental principles and not otherwise. That the evidence against the prisoners was unsatisfactory and incon clusive, and we must submit, that a Jury of Scots men under their law, would not have convicted upon such evidence, and under such circumstances. If ever a case did exist, we must in litirnility tell your Majesty, that the present is'onerfori tlie'exercise of mercy, the brightest jewel Of your crei . wn. "We therefore, pray your Majestylo exercise your prerogative, and grant the above-mentioned indivi duals their liberation, and we will ever pray that your Majesty may long reign over a free, a loyal, and a happy people. " For and by order of the meeting; "JOSEPH BRYDEN. (Letter.) DUMFRIES, OCT. 14, 1839. ESTEEMED Suts,—We have observed ! the pro ceedings which hare been carried on by the Attor ney-General against you. Your creditable defences have insured our warmest approbation. 'The cause of justice and of right, we trust, will, ultimately prevail. It is the duty of every Scotsman to tender you his thanks for your justifiable and honourable bearing throughout your political career. We do most sincerely and honestly sympathise in your present distress, and beg to assure you ii is our intention to go on conquering and to conquer. The time will come when you will participate in the honours of a liberation. Your high characters have lost nothing by incarceration ; and so long as we possess the light of reason and a thinking mind, we will ever proclaim our admiration of that pa triotism and disregard of self-interest which has been set forth in the line of conduct you have hitherto pursued. I am, esteemed Sirs, yours in union, JOSEPH BRYDEN. To Messrs. Lovett, Collins, and M'Dowall. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of Foreign Sugars : London, OctOber 18,1839. The Gazelle of this evening will quote the Per Cwt. average price of British Plantation Mus-, covado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at " :3t 7 s. 1 I d, The actual quantity of Sugar sold on adefunt of the importers, in the week ending the 12th instant; accord ing to the returns made upon oath by the -West India Sugar Brokers, in conformity with the Act.oi Parlia ment, and on which quantity the above price is com puted, consisted of 1,898 hhds. 121 tierces, and 79- barrels ; and not of 2,100 hhds., as estimated in the market. We have to record a further deficiency in the de lirery of West India Sugar from the Docks'to the num. forward more freely, by her of 1,130 hhds. and tierces, as compared against the wienedkoolefeleB:Bof the labour ing ofitleiemcoarrrkeestp The West Indians are endeavouring to stimulate th e buyers in the circulating rumours —that the t o o nd co ing me i ng population throughout most of the plantations, especially those in Jamaica, will occasion a very short supply of sugar in 1840 ; at this season l as t year t h e same description of fallacious reports were put forth— they then lied the effect of raising the price of sugar several shillings per cwt. The most sanguine amongst t h e promoters of these statements, however, can scarcely e xpect that the public will be again duped into a credence of them, just at the moment too that the ne groes have given the most unqualified contradiction to the slanders heaped upon them by their employers—by making and shipping as much sugar from Jamaic., from the Ist of August, 1838, to the 31st of July, 1839, with the exception of 4,700 hhds., as they did in the previous year, a statement verified by the official docu ments received from that Island. No, if the West Indians desire to raise the market they must hit upon some new story—the old one will serve their turn no longer. . Foreign sugars raised by free labour, have since our last report, been heavy of sale, and must be quoted at 6d. to I s per cwt. lower. These are now 16s. per cwt. less than the average price of West Indian sugars. It is utterly impossible to suppose that an honest and liberal Administration will continue to permit, the public at large to be defrauded in the price of sugar as they have been, for the mere purpose of enriching the colonists. Free labour foreign sugar may conse quently be expected to be admitted to home consump tion upon equal terms with the West Indian in the course of the ensuing- year. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—A social con cert took place on Tuesday evening last, at the Barley mow, Upper Thames-street, for th e b ene fi t o f t h at n oblo-minded patriot W illiam Lovett. Several songs and recitations were given during the evening by Messrs. Sherman, Roake, Lancaster, and others.