The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-19 00:00:00

e•--( far, o ßoars of l aug h ter, and great cheering.) So Theivever, the Gentleman, whoever he was, wrote well. c h such i,)o letterl.4a Gentlenian the n rea d f urt h er extracts from the m a tl n.e:etil:B :4ceeded. It certainly wa s no t not ifi e d t h at should b e held to-day ; he certainly saw no phea l -catio n ; b ut this individual, on the spirit of pro tete._ Jad ventured to predict that such would be its na kjog i,(Cbeers.) He was satisfied, however, notwithstand aree" the writer had said, that if he had nothing more to trivenPt from infidelity and sedition, he would not have 411 d citie s hitse lf any trouble about the matter.—(Cheers, fter, °f " Hear.") He was sorry that he should, how if eh have taken Church -rates into his consideration, because the Church rates were one of his defences, it was true that I,oB.PP.2tent meeting had congregated together for the pur iiidi'v,.;t Possible, of putting ern end to them, not only by their t e i a ,Ilaal exertions, but by their purse. This Gentleman bad to`tillue Dissenters that they were exceedingly ungrateful ti oe e .cerc, considering the kind toleration and protec ,_ which they bad enjoyed ' ; considering, perhaps,. that they. "re too • th e Frio, ign.orant to understand the figurative language of Tte let dlr oak that sheltered them.(Great cheering.) e was signed " No Bigot."—(Great laughter.) the , Writer had no doubt forgot that the toleration which th. "issen ters had en j oye d was not from the Church, but Constitut i on. —(Cheers.) It was u n d er th e oa k o f th e L oi nzstitution t o l eration was enjoyed by the Dissenters, who the looked t° the constitution as their own, and while they had I._ Protection of its arms they had no fear for the v:4Blstablisbment of that state of the Church, when there oth ne toler ation. —(Cheers.) The toleration given to (Cielr bissenters was the right to worship their God.-- seat e e i . e . ts .) If it was a crime to worship God by the Dis the, their own way, why then put them down ?—(Great teco r t d in •g); hut, if they had the right to worship their God tesf er 1 ,4' to their conscience, then they ought not to bein of the with, for any interference would be a usurpation the LPivint prerogative.—(Cheers.) It was said that th e f lstenters were fond of agitation ; why, what d w h a e s Irst ist 4e t ?--the party agitating were in possession, ri be Mad indeed, if he desired to be disturbed.— if 14 4 • t o , i n nebt, however, be improperly in possession, and rate s sooner soone r he was turned out the better. Church t hey Wer e an unjust possession--(Cheers)—and the sooner agel,„ w , ere done away with the better. The Ministers, ele.i te ;wh,.otn the resolution he was about to second, dis tioo all hostile feelings, were only the transient forma itiost"L' !bat middl e condition, out of which the Dissenters They w in g them b y wor ki ng t h em we l l.—(Great cheering.) woofe . nst just deal with his Majesty's Ministers as they mid rate, a strata of coal—bring them up from their dor ile,,-‘ate, in which they are useless, to activity.—(Cheers.) the4l4lequired a great display of national feeling to bring e io rrward.......(Cheers.) He could not be expected to they at e themselves willingly.--(Cheers.) But when too4Zre told by the nation that they must go on, they . of e h °e compelled to do so.—(Cheers.) . The question here Church rates was a question of mere justice. for an y t hing like ju s ti ce i n compe lli ng a man to pay he at . fer whi c h h e rece i ved no compensation ?—(Cheers.) shoul d as ask e d to pay for a building into which he mi g h t i _never enter, at the same time being told that he °ft °I 'M a place of his own, and might think himself well bei told% rig allowed to do so.--(Cheers.) He might be t hstt at , he must ay, but he must not afterwards be told p°litr al Was Justice. If the question was looked at as . a, question, was it to be said that his Majesty's Mi offielmaters and the Legislature were for ever performing the le,„1 chu rchwardens—were they to descend from the high ;` l, ° eY held in the Constitution to the office of collectors of 11 0 11 s e " ra tes Certainly not. He was sorry that the b ees of of which the Hon. Chairman was a member had Ch„ "Le o ften the arena o f strugg l es w i t h respect to the t eed (Cheers)— an d he must confess that he had often blo ts , a shamed o f the way in which th e H ouse o f Com tioewukl be en employed.—(Cheers.) Whether the ques tooe,i as consid ere d as a quest i on of justice, religion, or a th e ;;,,and enlightened policy, it was a question from which Maud and the Imperial Parliament should be re objeer**--(Cries of " Hear.") It was the duty of those who to „ - „'Lecl to the agitation of the question of Church -rates, etil,"PPort their own Church, and to leave the Dissenters, 000 e l e Y,alway s had done, to support themselves. H . e would e Ivh, 1 , 4 M by seconding the . resolution, and entreatindg breakt felL'ePrecated the agitation of Church -rates, an rat es from all those who did so, taking no Church isoot of their pockets. to t e Resoluti on was th en put f rom the Chair and carried - mioao u s Y . ttei d " HARVEY, Esq., ros e t o propose t h e 2 d resolution te e s " Much chee r i ng . B orn and educated a Dissenter, NO l) iiP,, ee _ re d upon the present o ccas i on a Di ssenter f rom (i t fr o / a nd conviction. It was with great pleasure, as well tio e . 111 a sense of duty, that he was present on the, occa tifyiz.at the same time, it would have been more gra reeet"i% to , hi m to have been a silent auditor of the 0r0e, e , ° ,7: Ulan to have taken any prominent part in its ` Q hf, ; 41 gs. He thought so the more because he felt upon as ° Pen many other public occasions, how difficult it le ,c h r a Man who enderiyoured to think for himself to be tres t i'l all occasions to adapt himself to those general in . i- Ny.rs, whose reerfgnition might be essential to unam kLstaiineepld not go so far as one of the speakers had done ' a dhs,P ' 4 °411 had been attemptedwhich the people of Eng tefo":„..,a,instrright to expect from aGovernment,the offspring ti` e 'e p ro aria the country. I think the measures they t me n posed, not as it was intimated . by the Rev. Gen h,at ars :woo bad addressed this meeting by Lord Althorp, ftetltii'lltya._suggested by the head of the present overn , W ee tiouse of Commons at the close of thesessicn. i 7Of o ~uesirable that they should understand, which he 5.' 44 11 8-e . 4 i . he could not do, what course they intended to oth, e b ' lor it would be far better that Church-rates remain gf:e vW: j th W . er . e, to be dealt with as the public indignation knew ore the that any half measure should be brought forward. id nb ",eY to tolerate the present system, were they to re n" at '"•Let under an apprehension that the Whig Govern oftlit'ght fall topieces about their ears, amidst the howl 'oet, t ue Stor na Qi ld th - • (Laughter.) Let that feeling pervade 1 ,, too f en the question would be placed upon a foun -11,4, at p a r t e 'est desireable, and much more . oppressive than it f ai lY s ent. The Church-rate as it now stood was vir ar an (41e • The decree of the popular will had gone _ sits (ley, thou g h h ere and th ere a s t ur dy churchwarden 1 ,,,y 84 tee of t h e Church might prevail, it could not Alanpos ve more th an one year, or at most two.—(Cheers.) th a t ~n-tQl ° . f . _ tlie Gove rnment was' to place the obnoxious rate gist th e tax . for ever. His friend Mr. Hume was afraid `V ali as , i _ 4l objectors would be the House . of Lords—he 'at "ne question—they would be delighted with it. ‘3f e sai d th e 11,04 410 p, organ of . th . e Church in the House tort / " 3 , to the proposition of Lord Althorp ? Sir th e "as 4 ,,, n alit, with all that caution and cunning for which a ct idt euti rem arkable, sa id, " D o I understand' that it is the °n of th e N o bl e L or d to transfer the Church-rates bar,to Consolidated Fund, but to make it a perpetual he iat of t 0 the land-tax?" Why every Peer, from t lal i at ite,."ewcastl e down—every Prelate, from the wily Lgt too titan Fulham —(Loud cheers)—down to the monk -1.4,1t4—g,a of Exeter—(Loud cheering)—would be de vil ` 4 o w l_a the change. They would receive the . proposition Ytle tt a , , , eeii ii at, because if they gave vent to their joy, to their t e laid f gs , they w ou ld b e a f ra id t h e peop l e m i g h t see the tieltThe °r t hem, but th e i r congra t u l a tions would be s In sA s Would n o t h ave i t charge d upon t h e consolidated 'IV' to f alt l eY knew that it was annually open to the scru -11,4ay wei4recteristic of his Hon. Friend Mr. Hum f e.— d ali t4 tts k new that 250,000/. charged upon that. him t ei allth t , l‘nquiry into the light-houses of . the . t his e L' l ~,t )." - a nd few would be the Sessions till it might his e - zi to the measure of economy which he 11 10 f a t , (Cries . of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) It the i t' et w hich ought to be well known, that though_ t.lie;"ost e.,Meeting were Dissenters, yet that . many . of lot het " t ails and honest Churchmen bid high in fur -411 "_hus ° 4 ' their object.—(Cheers.) It was all very well ° i t w ho ...tnen, Ministers of the Church, to say that th et e a 4 of t iZn n t i their shops, were against the tad odi eetmg—that was, in the same spirit as that b a re, cruder rc hi , who thought that all tenants who held te e `" , -(l the m the vit-13/4tabnglites.) were Conservatives, because y All honest Churchmenmust tO s d ke - ,, t n• Could any one of that class desirekept tliat aGd e etl e ** "" l3 wine and his minister should be kep up by tic relati:utribution levied upon his friends, his brethren,. tOp e ario 4 48 ? It was no essential part of their religion, it was ti e 'tie r% of theirs, but they were goaded on by . I toh; it 'ag o .i Wh ° were interested in the matter. If it wa . s t to e ;tl ek between the Dissenters and the Church, I A t hat o tr e °me a question of numbers, and it would be Ri ll 'era t "e Ministers of the Church would instruct all the theci 0 re s . th e Ple of istthe just demands of the Dissenters, on the ablest le ending by the Church.—(Cheers.) Some of s tih n ritt e4 u ert of the Established Church had spoken has eh of f avour of a system which would throw the tp 44l, ch eeri4 at, Church upon itself.—(Hear hear.) It ti e ofth e tnat though a majority was against them, 1 '4, 1° 1 8 n- 111 , 11 T of the Church leaders were in their favour. after geld .-hP'eased at the present and similar meetings that ,the sign was pleased particularly with that meeting 4 4 4 ‘aeo t i e "'ner in which the eloquent speech of the th ell .man decdh been received. He would stop a mo t 'el nd to say that he was proud to see the t oo rig forv, Preachers of the Dissenting body were now htoa+rjlill the cause. They had confined themselves les 'the 4 10 4 their meetings in Redcross-street, and with the passed there in secret conclave—he was glad to corning forward and meeting the case It t o 4 to the present day it was too much the i er atio Pra lse th V n''' h"` Persecution word 4 , toleration." What was o 41:(1 it but P ecution in disguise ?—(Loud cheers.) csh_ an of i t , became Poore subtle, according to 4kb, out. s. oPPonents. In former times those who now of tale I)lsledititerhis ;priwroaise of t o l erat i on manacled the fj they were contented to forego THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY . , OCTOBER 19, ISM their imperious duty, to declare it to be their deliberate and fixed judgment, that the Church Rate is a tax unjust to the Dissenter, since it compels him to support a religious system which his con science disapproves ; disgraceful to the Churchman, since it implies unwillingness to meet the expences of his own worship ; and impo litic in the Government, since it creates vexatious distinctions and discussion amongst citizens, and especially since the Legislature have conceded the principle in the case of Ireland. 3. That this Meeting do not ask for an alteration of the Rate— they demand its utter extinction. That it is not with them a ques tion of mode, nor a question of value, be it more or less, but that it is a question of principle. That they must regard any attempt, come from whence it may, to give the impost a less palpable and obtrusive character, by blending it with the general taxation of the country, as weak and futile in itself ; as an insult not only to their consciences, but to their understandings also ; and as calculated to throw difficulties in the way of the peaceful collection of the revenue. 4. That a Society be now formed, under the denomination of the Church Rate Abolition Society, for the purpose of using all constitutional means by peaceable but firm, consentaneous, and vigorous action, to effect the abolition of the unjust and vexatious impost of Church-rates; and that the following gentlemen bo the Committee of the Society, with power to add to their num ber : ' Besley, Robert Mills, J. Remington Bousfield, John Peachey, James Bateman, Henry Pewtress, Thomas Brown, Thomas Peek, Richard Challis, Thomas Pellatt, Apsley Conder, Josiah Powell, James Cooper, Emanuel Sparke, J. W. East, Joseph Smith, Edward Haddon, John Wire, David Johnson, William Wilson, Joshua Lee, Roger Wilson, Thomas 5. That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that a Ge neral Meeting of Delegates from local Societies, formed to effect the abolition of Church-rates, should be held in London previously to the opening of the next Session of Parliament. 6. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to Charles Lushington, Esq., M.P., for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. MYLNE and Mr. CRAIG.) NOTICES OF OBJECTIONS SENT BY TUE POST. Messrs. MYLNE and CRAIG this morning gave judgment in the case of Mr. Cook, of the Barbers' Company, and several other persons to whom notices of objection had been sent by the Post, which notices, according to the course adopted by the Post Office, could not reach the parties till after the 25th of August, the last day allowed by the Act of Parliament for giving notices of objections. Mr. MYLNE said that the sole question for the decision of the Court was, whether the service of a notice of objection by a party upon an elector of London, as a liveryman, was good, where the notice was put in the Post-office at so late an hour that it could not be delivered till after the 25th of August. Although he had himself no doubt upon the subject at the time, yet still, as the question appeared a rather important one, and one which he did not wish to decide has tily, he expressed a desire that it should be argued before his colleague and himself. Mr. Rowcroft in arguing the case, had contended that by analogy to the proceedings with respect to bills of exchange, the notice must be con sidered valid. He ( Mr. Mylne) could not go along with him in that argument, because it must be recollected that the course pursued with respect to giving notice of the dishonour of bills of exchange, was a usage long adopted in all commer cial transactions, while giving notice of objection to a person's vote, was the creature only of the Reform Bill.' Several cases in Delane's Revising Barristers' Reports had been referred to, hut upon looking into them attentively, he did not think they had any bearing upon the present question. Those cases deciding only that the letter-carrier must be con sidered as the agent of the party delivering the notice, and that if he delivered it within proper time it would do. The only case in his (Mx. Mylne's) opinion which touched upon the present question, was one decided by a Revising Barrister, to whose judgment every one must pay great de ference, Mr. Manning, at Newport. That was a decision not of transmission by the Post, but upon the construction of the 79th section of the Act :—" That whenever any notice is by this Act required to be given to the overseers of any parish or township, it shall be sufficient if such notice shall be delivered to any one of such overseers, or shall be left at his place of abode, or at his office or other place for transacting parochial business, or shall be sent by the Post." Mr. Manning decided there, though the last day for giving notice of objections was the 15th of August, that a notice put into the Post on that day, which turned out to be put in too late, to be delivered before the next morning, was a good notice. That, however, was a case of claim where no injury could be done by a laxity of construction of the Act. In the case, however, of objections, it was widely different. The Legislation had given large powers for objections to voters, and it had at the same time thought fit to guard the voter by prescribing a particular time within which the objec tions should be taken. The question was, whether that provi sion of the Act had been complied with; in his opinion it had not. Such being the case, and he (Mr. Mylne) considering it most important that in cases of objections the Act should be strictly adhered to, his judgment was, that all the objections should be overruled. He wished it to be distinctly understood that he gave no opinion whatever as to whether letters put into the Post was a sufficient service. Mr. CRAIG concurred with the opinion that had been ex pressed by his Learned Colleague. He thought, if even the analogy adopted in the case of bills of exchange applied, the notice would not be sufficient. (Before Mr. CRAIG.) The Learned Gentleman gave his judgment on the claim of Mr. Godfrey Goddard, a solicitor, who occupied part of a house in Wood -street, where he carried on his business. There was a warehouse on the ground floor, but Mr. Goddard was rated, and paid the taxes for the house, and had the full com mand of the street door key. Mr. Craig held that the " oc cupation" was a good one, and inserted the name on the Re gister. The overseer of the parish of St. Olave's appeared and handed in a paper, which he said was a list of those entitled to vote for property in the parish. Instead of its being headed as directed by the Act of Parliament, " A list of persons enti tled to vote," &c., it was " A list of claimants." Mr. Rowcroft cited the 44th section of the Reform Act, and contended that the objection he took to the reception of the list, as a list of voters, must prevail, according to the di rections of the Act, and that it must be rejected as a list of voters. If it was received as a list of claimants, then the parties must prove their claims. Mr. CRAIG said he observed that Mr. Rogers had objected to the names of three parties on the list, and, of course, had adopted it as the list of voters and not of claimants, for there was no need to object to any name on the claimants' list. Mr. Rogers, then, would not now repudiate it as the list of voters. Mr. Rowcroft said Mr. Rogers had objected to the names of three persons, before he discovered the mariner in which the list was headed. The moment he discovered the mistake which had been made, he ceased taking other objections. He might and ought to have taken objections to twenty-three other names. Mr. CRAIG looked at the notices of objections served by Mr. Rogers, and found them objections to persons on " the list of voters"—be thought it was clear by that that Mr. Rogers had treated the list 23 a list of voters, and was not now is a situation to repudiate it as such. There was a sub. sequent section to that quoted by Mr. Rowcroft, which left it in the discretion of the Revising Barrister to put aside any misnomer or other irregularity. Under that power he (Mr. Craig) would receive the list as the list of voters, notwith standing the irregularity, but he trusted that in future years the overseers would look more carefully to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, and comply with them. It would be the means of saving much time in the revision of the lists. The list was then received. that pleasure on condition that they the Dissenters took the toleration quietly, and allowed them to plunder their pockets without objection. Its creed and its exactions were still the same, and the meeting might be assused that until the whole Dissenting mind was impressed with the con viction that the civil power had no right to interfere at all in religious matters, they would never alter. Until the people were prepared to bring their representatives to the test, that there should be a series of well digested measures of Church reform, not merely an easement of the bishops from their legislative duties, but an entire separation of the Church from the State—(The remainder of the sentence was drowned in loud and continued cheering.) A patronized Church makes necessarily a persecuted people. The very term toleration was hateful ; the same power which tolerated them in going to their own places of worship could interdict them from going to those places. Until that was taken as the rule of conduct for their re presentatives, they never could obtain all that was justly their due. The entire separation of Church from State was the great principle for which they must contend, and the time was not far distant when it would be most fully obtained, and the unfettered liberty of conscience would be the result. The resolution he held in his hand affirmed three propositions, to which every one present must assent. The first affirmed that Church-rates and their continuance was unjust to the Dissenter. Could any one for a moment hesitate to agree to that proposition ? It goes on to state that they are disgraceful to the Church. Would any one deny that ?—(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) And would any one deny, with all their affection for the Govern ment, that it was impolitic in them that it should be continued?—(Hear.) Now, what was the course which ought to be taken by the people towards their representatives ? They were told to agitate, but who were to be agitated ? The Reform Bill affected the whole public mind—it brought the whole numerical energy of the public mind into play. Some of the public men, be must say, had not sufficiently attended to public mind and weal in some of the measures which had lately been passed. All the reform which had yet been effected had sprung from selfish motives. There was as much selfishness in the Commons as out of it. Let them look at the course that had been taken upon the question of the Irish Church. Did not the Government propose to take away 30 per cent. of the income of the Church ? There was no doubt that it ought to be taken away ; but what other than selfish motives could have induced them to propose that it should be put into the pockets of the landlords ? It should be paid into a fund, and be ap propriated to the amelioration of the moral condition of the people.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There were as many sel fish men in the House of Commons as in the House of Peers, notwithstanding what his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) might say to the contrary ; and he had no doubt that the plan would meet with a ready acceptation, which proposed to extend it to the Church of England. Even should it be proposed, as had been by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, that it should be 40 per cent., it would not be objected to.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He would not him self object to it, if, as it ought to be, it were applied to the poor-rate, for the moral education of the people. By such a course the entire people would be with them, and then it would be as difficult to resist them as to resist the swelling tide. The position of Members of Parliament would be this in the ensuing Session :—at the beginning of the Session it would be proposed that Church-rates should b e abo _ lished ; but it would be accompanied by another pro position, placing them either upon the consolidated fund or the land tax.—(Cries of " No, no, never.") It would be so accompanied, but if all were so enlightened as that meeting, all would cry " Never." But then his Hon. Friend Mr. Hume and others will say we must take it —it is all the Government can do.—(Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell is as honest as Lord Althorp. He would be quite willing to give up Woburn Abbey, to repeal the 37th Henry VIII., and restore all the vast properties that were then alienated from the poor; but he could never carry them. He said let the Church out of its own ample means supply all those funds necessary for its own maintenance, but will the Government propose that ? Most certainly not—be cause one of their great organs, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at the Limerick dinner, the other day, talked in the same strains as the Times with regard to the wants of the Dissenters. He wondered what they were aiming at. Had they not the Reform Bill, and what more did they want. They would have this gratification left, that they tri umphed because they merited it ; and if they failed, they would find consolation in their own breast.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. ATKINS, of Southampton, in seconding the resolution, felt it right to state his reasons for coming forward on the present occasion. He stood there not upon his own ground, but as the undeserved representative of a respectable body of intelligent Dissenters—( Hear, hear) — over whom he had the happiness as pastor to preside, and by whom he had been deputed to attend the meeting. He felt that the Dissenters would not solicit the assistance of enlightened Englishmen in vain, and the sentiments put forth at the present meeting would flow from the metropolis as the heart, to the remotest parts of the land. While much diversity of opinion prevailed among the body whom he represented, some thinking in the excess of their Christian charity, that they had not waited upon the kindness of the Legislature sufficiently long ; others, that objections should be directed to the present mode of exacting the rate ; and others suggesting that they should content themselves with pas sive resistance—although this diversity existed as to minor details, all were unanimous in the expression of their opinion that Church-rates were alike disgraceful to the Church, and injurious to the Dissenters.—(Cheers.) With that sentiment he (Rev. Mr. Atkins) fully concurred, and in one word he might say that it reversed the poetical maxim of charity, that "It blesses him that gives and him that takes," _ for it cursed both him - that gave and him that took it, inasmuch as its very principle was averse to and destructive of all the best feelings of charity and reli gion.—(Cheers.) He fully concurred in the sentiments that had been expressed, that the present meeting would give a tone to every subsequent meeting throughout the country, and they should, therefore, watch narrowly their proceedings—on the principle that any deleterious infu fusion communicated to the fountain at its source, will give colour and character to its remotest branches, so if there was anything in the conduct or character of the proceedings that day which was unworthy of upright men it would retard the progress of their cause and sully its purity. On that ground he felt it his duty to base his op position to church rates upon principle —not as related to the abstract payment of the rate itself—for if they did not take their stand upon the granitic substratum of principle, they would never stand clear to their consciences ; they would never stand clear to the community at large, or at that great audit, where, whether Churchman or Dissenter, they should all appear.—(Hear.) In making that statement be was giving the feelings of those whom he represented, and on the same principle he should reject the paltry boon of the Regium donum. —(Tremendous cheering.) No single argument could be brought against Church-rates that might not likewise be brought with equal success against the regium donum. If it were unfair and unjust to make the Dissenter pay for the Churchman, it was equally unfair to tax the Churdhunan for the Dissenter. There, were not less than 3,000 churches throughout England based upon the congregational principle, and from these a fund amply sufficient might be obtained to support those worn out servants in the cause of charity and mercy, instead of making them public objects of pity, and pensioners of the State.—(Loud cheers.) If only 101. was subscribed by each of these churches, it would produce a sum of 30,0001., which would be more than was derived from the region!, donum and enable them to reject that paltry grant altogether.— (Hear.) Upon the same principle they should object to the grant to Maynooth College, and he for one would maintain that the system of instruction at that college did not give the public a favourable specimen of the character of a Roman Catholic clergyman.—(Hear, hear.) There were another class of individuals among whom, in fairness, he should reckon himself, who, although Dissen ters, held pews and other Church property ; and he would candidly admit that so long as ho received a quid pro quo, he could not refuse to pay Church rates. But what he would do, and what he would recommend to others similarly circumstanced, was no longer to retain that advantage.—(Hear, hear.) That was the principle on which they should act, and then they would stand clear be fore the country.—(Hear, hear.) He made these re marks the more freely, because he saw presiding over them an individual who had raised himself above the dark narrow lines of sectarian prejudice ; and just in proportion as they estimated his character, and the sentiments repre sented by their Chairman, he would entreat of them to stand upon the ground of principle, and in accordance to the dictates of enlightened and conscientious minds, do as they would be done by.—(Loud cheering.) If they acted thus, they would soon see the abolition of Church-rates, and the people would sing the requiem of of what was no more. He begged to second the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. EWART, M.P. for Liverpool, in moving the next resolution, observed that whenever he attended a public meeting, he kept two objects in view —one was t• make their object as intelligible as possible ; an d t h e other was that in pursuing it they should all be united.—(Cheers.) It was, therefore, with some regret that he heard the senti ments of the Hon. Member for Southwark, by which it would appear that their unity of purpose should be in some slight degree sacrificed to more comprehensive views, which he (Mr. Ewart) agreed with. After some further observations by several Teakers, to • • tvho,c , elo q uence 1V1... have not Lu uo justice, the tncei ing adjourned. The following are the rest of the resolutions passed 2. That, under these circumstances, this meeting regard it as COURT CIRCULAR. The Princess Augusta has had a bilious attack, which has prevented her Royal Highness leaving her residence, Frogmore Lodge, for some time. Her Royal Highness is now much better. The Earl of Minto is on his way to town from Scotland. Mr. Craic , (of New Brunswick) transacted business yes terday at the Colonial-office. Viscount Palmerston is staying at Brocket-hall, Herts, on a visit to Viscount Melbourne. WINDSOR.-TUESDAY. Yesterday the King rode in the Park, accompanied by Lady Augusta Gordon. The Queen did not leave the Castle. This morning his Majesty drove over the Royal farms. In the afternoon their Majesties enjoyed their ac customed airing. His Majesty will not go to town to-mor row (Wednesday). Yesterday Colonel Taylor and Mr. Shiffner took their departure. The Duke of Argyll, on his journey from Scotland, paid a visit to their Majesties. In the evening Earl Howe arrived. His Lordship had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party, and took his de parture this morning. Colonels Lambert, Milman, Loftus, and their Ladies had the honour of dining with their Ma jesties yesterday evening. - - FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Rosslyn, at his house in Grosvenor-square, from Dover ; Sir Henry Parnell, at Farrance's Hotel, from Cobham Hall, Kent ; Mrs. and Miss Drake from their scat, Paul's Walden, Herts ; Sir J., Lady, and Miss Shelley, at Newmarket, from the Earl of Derby's seat in Lancashire; Lieut.-Colonel Fitzpatrick, in Waterloo-place, from the lonian Islands; Major and Mrs. Langley, in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, from Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Broughton, in Piccadilly, from Paris ; Major Hepburn, in Sackville-street, from Dublin ; Lieut. Harrington, R.N., at the Charing cross Hotel, from the Mediterranean ; Captain Anthony Rus sell, in Dover-street, from Paris; Captain Munro, in Picca dilly from Brussels ; Chevalier Lisboa and family at Marshall Thompson's Hotel ; J. Domville, Esq., Mrs. Domville, and family at ditto; Lady Austen at ditto; the Rev. Edward Cholmley Dering, Mrs. Dering, and family at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Bishop of Norwich and Archdeacon Bathurst for Nor. wich Palace; John Touchett, Esq., and the Misses Touchett, from Grove's Hotel, for Broom House, Manchester; Captain Pritchard for Dublin; Colonel and Mrs. Gordon for Bath; Major and Mrs. Vincent for Brighton; Captain Alexander Scott for Lisbon ' • Major and Mrs. Macpherson for Clifton ; Captain Walford for Plymouth ; Major Matthew Hale for Portsmouth ; Colonel and Mrs. Murray, for Brighton ; Capt. Watson, and Mrs. Watson, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel ; Miss Kelsall from ditto; T. Fcllowcs, Esq., from ditto. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING Monday Night. The three races decided this afternoon was won with such extreme case as to render any other observation superfluous. THE DERBY. fl to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton-✓taken 9 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—taken 13 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's colt out of Dervise dam—taken 15 to 1 agst Capt. Gardnor's Phantasima colt—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's two 16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Flare-up 20 to l agst Mr. Greville's Mango—take 25 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Miss Clifton colt—taken 4to 1 offered against Scott's stable, including all Lord Ches terfield's lot. Flare-up has been backed for very heavy sums. It is understood that Priam is purchased for the Americans. The weather is delightfully fine. The following have paid for the Prendergast Stakes :—Quick silver, Brother to Glaucus, Aline colt, Madeline. colt, Mervinia colt, Laocoon, and Claw. TUESDAY. Match, 50. T. Y. C.—Lord Exeter's c. by Shakspeare, out of Eva's dam, 7st. 71b., beat Lord Exeter's Candia, Bst. 51b., by a length. 6t04 on Candia. Fifty Pounds for two years old ; colts, Set. 41b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y. C. Mr. Wreford's Wintonian, by Camel S. Day 1 Mr. Newton's Fanchon 2 Lord Exeter's Gauntlet The following also started :—Lord Orford's b. c. by Perchance, or Grand Duke, out of Petulance ; Mr. Ellis's f. Miss Sophia (sister to Matilda) by Shakspeare, Colonel Peel's Sister to Zenana, Lord Suffield's Morison, by I'ranby, Mr. Sowerby's Virago, Lord Berners's br. c. by Oscar, out of Spotless, and Sir M. Wood's 1. by Langar, out of Isabel. Betting-5 to 2on Wintonian. Won cleverly by a length. Match, 50. T.Y.C.—Lord Egremont's Madeira, Bst. (Rogers), beat Lord Chesterfield's f. out of Ginnums's dam, 7st. 91b., by a neck. 2tol on Madeira. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 51b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. T.Y.C. The winner of the July Stakes to carry 71b. extra. 32 Subs. Colonel Peel's f. by Bedlamite, out of Garcia ..Pavis 1 Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne The following not placed :—Mr. Sowerby's Ruby, by Reveller; Lord Exeter's Corban, Lord Exeter's Champion, Mr. Cooper's f. by Bobadil, out of Lady Slipper ; Mr. Greville's Mango, Mr. Forth's f. by Bedlamite, out of Hatfield's dam ; and Lord Chester field's Venilia. Betting-5 to 2 agst Corban, 5 to 2 agst Lady Slipper, 6to 1 agst Garcia, and 7to 1 agst any other. Garcia won by a head. His Royal Highness the Prince Constantine Fre derick Peter of Oldenburg, who was lately on a tour in the United Kingdom, will receive the hand of his first cousin, the Duchess Amelia, early in the spring. The illustrious fianee is in her eighteenth year, and is the eldest daughter of the reigning Grand Duke of Oldenburg Holstein, by his first marriage with the Princess Adelaide of Bernbourg Schonenbourg, who died in the flower of her youth, three years after her marriage. His Grace the Duke of Portland has subscribed one thousand pounds to the Metropolitan Churches Fund. Extract of a letter from Malta of the 2d instant : " Prince Capua has arrived here with his bride. They have taken a palazzo for six months certain, and may, perhaps, make even a longer stay." The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and family are expected to arrive at Portsmouth, from Jamaica, in the Beividera frigate, Capt. Strong, C.B. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has increased the number of the extra aides-de-camp to nine ; the Hon. Captain Liddell, of the Scots Gusileer Euarils, brother of the Countess of Mulgrave, is first aide-de-camp to his Lordship. The Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley, M.P., has left Harrold Hall, and taken Teffont Manor House, near Sa lisbury, as his'future residence. The young Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., grandson of Lady Holland, who recently succeeded to the title and estates by the demise of his father, has just attained his majority, and is serving on board of one o f th e li ne o f battle ships in the Mediterranean as midshipm an ; the second son of the late Baronet is also in the navy, and on the West India station. LITERATURE.—The circumstance of Mr. Col burn's having re-commenced general publishing, has, we un derstand, induced two or three distinguished writers to re sume their pens, who had not otherwise intended to do so. Among the foremost of these is the author of " Vivian Grey," who, it will be recollected, originally led the way in the production of those brilliant pictures of life and man ners, which have thrown such a charm over works of fiction as to reader them an integral part of our standard litera ture. The now work he has now announced is called " Henrietta Temple, a Love Story I" This title alone, we suspect, would be sufficient, under any circumstances, to create considerable interest, but when the author's pecu liar qualifications are recollected—an imagination the most poetical and passionate, and an unusually keen knowledge of the human heart—we cannot doubt that Mr. Colburn will have good reason to congratulate himself on having in duced this highly gifted wriccr. t , ) iesnme his literar3 ctreer. Letters «•ere received yesterday from Lord Henry Fitzmaurice, dated Koningsberg, which forms part of the Russian territories. • • LONDON SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) This morning the General Quarter Sessions for the City and Suburbs of London commenced before the LORD MAYOR and other municipal authorities. The list contained only three cases of common assault, but there were bills of indictment filed several persons, and to exa mine which a grand jury was empanneled. The RECORDER congratulated the Grand Inquest upon the probability of their only being occupied for a very few hours, as there were only a few bills for misdemeanor and common ssault for their consideration. The citizens of London were indebted for this great diminution of labour to the establish ment of the Central Criminal Court. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-THIS DAY. Michael Hughes, aged 28, a discharged soldier, was in dicted for stealing two pair of trowsers and other articles, value 31. lOs., the property of Aaron Levi. The prosecutor, who described himself as a watchmaker and general salesman, deposed that he was at the White Hart pub lic-house, Chelsea, where he had gone with a large quantity of ready-made clothes, for the purpose of supplying the in valid soldiers who had been discharged at Chatham, after their return from foreign service. The soldiers had come up to town to make their purchases, and among others the pri soner, with whom prosecutor had previously had some deal ings at Chatham. The bundle of clothes was missed on the evening of the 14th October, and the following morning pro secutor met the prisoner with the bundle under his arm. He immediately seized him, and the prisoner knocked him down. The prisoner had previously purchased a watch from him, which he afterwards returned, and witness owed the prisoner a balance of 145., which he was to :take in clothes, but after wards declined to do. Matilda 'Abrahams, niece to the prosecutor, deposed that the prisoner came frequently into the room where the clothes were lying. He made a great noise because her uncle was not there to settle with him. After he went away the bundle was missed. Mr. JONES addressed the Jury for the prisoner. He had no witnesses to call, but the statement made by the prisoner to him was that ho purchased the clothes from a stranger at the public-house, and he would call upon the Jury to weigh one statement against the other, and if they had any reasonable doubt upon their minds, they would give the prisoner the be nefit of it. One very important fact was, that no person had seen the prisoner take the property. The CHAIRMAN observed, that one of the greatest doubts he had of the utility of giving counsel the power of addressing a Jury in cases of felony, arose from the very point now before the Court. If the proof of guilt was to rest upon the fact of the prisoner being seen take the property, nineteen rogues out of twenty would escape. It was no doubt the duty of an advocate to make whatever statement was likely to benefit his client ; and the feelings of Juries, and their anxiety to lean to the side of mercy, would too often perhaps induce them to place more importance upon such statements than they de served. The Jury would, however, bear in mind that it rested with the prisoner to prove how he had obtained the pro perty. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Learned Chairman sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. On the Grand Jury presenting the last bill which had been preferred before them to the. Court, The CHAIRMAN, addressing them, said, he regretted ex ceedingly that it was not in the power of this Court to dis charge them at present ; for by an ancient principle of the law, the Court of King's Bench was so constituted, and was of so high a nature; that no other Court was allowed to sit during the sitting of that Court. Now, as the next Session happened during Michaelmas Term, this Court had no power to create a new Session for that time. About forty years ago, in conse quence of the great inconvenience which arose to the suitors in general from keeping up the ancient principle, an Act was passed, which had the effect of continuing the jury both at Clerkenwell and at the Old Bailey. By the Central Criminal Act, the Judges there have the power of holding Sessions during the term ; the words of the Act being " that they may hold them at such times and places as they may think proper." But that Act did not apply to Clerkenwell, consequently this Court could not hold any new sessions in the month of No vember. He added that, at the same time, from the great increase of population in the county of Middlesex, and the in crease of crime from the accumulation of property, it became necessary that there should be at least twelve general gaol deliveries in the course of the year. They were unable to have those gaol deliveries in Clerkenwell without having one of them in Michaelmas Term ; and if this Court were to discharge the Grand Jury now, the consequence would be that no less than 120 prisoners now would be released, and probably by-and-by double that number, from the New Prison, who were waiting until the Grand Jury were discharged : he was sorry, therefore, from , the; coottiturifyo he act ~ ,z :111 tlit' Court u: King's Bench that he could not discharge them, although he sincerely hoped, if he had any power, before long to get rid of that foolish anomaly which (if accomplished) would give them the power of holding sessions here; but as it was he was under the necessity of compelling their attendance again in the month of November. He consequently requested them to adjourrn themselves until the 14th of next November. This, he said, was not the fault of this Court, and he sin cerely trusted that before long it would be altered. As it was, he thanked them for their present attendance; and he would take care that they should have due notice before them. They applied for an order to view the prisons, which the Chairman granted. The Grand Jury then retired. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) The following was yesterda} , received from the Agent to Lloyd's at Scilly, dated Oct. 15 " Since our communication of the 4th instant, our packet has been detained at Penzance by adverse winds and bad weather, and on the 11th our communication by a bye boat was forced back with a strong gale from the S. S. E. We are now sorry to inform you, for the information of the under writers, &c., of the loss of the schooner Minerva, of Bristol, Francis Hicks, late Master, from Gibraltar, laden with wool, bound to London, which vessel, on the night of Thursday, the 13th inst., struck on some of the most western rocks off these islands, and was instantly dashed to pieces ; one man, a fo reigner, is saved. The Master and all the remainder of the crew unfortunately perished. One bag of wool and the Cap tain's chest of clothes are all the articles saved, which are in our possession. " We are also sorry to state that yesterday the brig Experi ment, of and from Carbonear, Newfoundland, R. Bransfield, late Master, laden with oil and fish, bound to Poole, was brought into St. Mary's by three or four pilot boats, which fell in with her in the morning to the southward of the island, with loss of mainmast and foretopmast, with all the sails, rigging, &c., thereto belonging ; the said vessel having, on the evening of Wednesday last, the 12th inst., been struck by a heavy sea, whilst lying to, which threw her on her beam ends, when she instantly filled with water through the companion and fore hatch, or scuttle, by which means the Master and Mate, who were in the cabin, and four of the crew in the forecastle, were drowned. Three men were saved by getting on the foretop, the vessel having righted after the masts were carried away, and floated with her deck level with, or rather under water. She is now at St. Mary's pier, and the water having been got out of her this morning, the bodies of the Master, Mate, and seamen, have been found in the cabin and forecastle, and we shall get them buried here as soon as possible." VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, OCT. 18. The City of Hamburgh, Hart, from Hamburgh ; Dart, Block, Ostend; Auguste. Delahay, Gravelines; Pcrasto, Ja cuzza, Trieste ; John Barry, Robson, Bombay. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, OCT. 186 The Cherry, Partridge, for Hamburgh ; Despatch, Bailey, Cape Coast Castle; Steadfast, Smith, Amsterdam; Pink, Whitnall, jun., Dunkirk ; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais; Ri beiro, Jose de Forxa, Oporto; Columbine, Strannack, Ham burgh ; Lochiel, Spalding, Sierra Leone ; Palestine, Tims, Tobago. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, OCT. 18. The Tune, Ellis, for Terceira ; Lord Byron, Frestly, Lis bon; Ruby, James, Jamaica; Don Juan, Butler, Barbadoes; St. James, Sebor, New York ; Swallow, Adamson, St. Se bastian ; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais; Liverpoal, Simmons, Lisbon; Ramona, Bridge, Rotterdam; Columbine, Stran nack, Hamburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, OCT. 18. The Flora, Manning, for Harlingen; Mary Barry, Tucks bury, Hamburgh ; Cossack, Clarke, Grand Canary ; Fame, Dye Abbis; Margaretha, Saite, Norway. ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, OcT. 17. .... The Diana, Dall, from Cadiz ; Nora Creina, Harris, Li cata ; Brian Boru, Harrison, Manilla; Margarets, Henry, Terra Norva. ENTERED FOR LOADING, OCT. 17. The Agnes Primrose, Johnson, for St. Thomas's and St. Domingo; Emeline, Phelim, St. John's; Bally, Arfeum, Naples; Hannah, Clayton, Laguayra, &c. CLEARED OUTWARDS, OCT. 17. The Atlantic, for Stettin; Mary, Williamson, Trieste; Mars, New Orleans: Ellen Brooks, Lindsey, ditto ; Barton, Nigle, Barbadoes; Ann Dorothea, Nantes; Potomac, Smith, Alexandria; Angeline, Antwerp. SAILED. The Mars, Gilchrist, for New Orleans; Ceylon, Winch, New York; Barton, Arnoyl, Barbadoes; William, Phillips, Charleston. (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, OCT. 18.—Wind S.W., foggy.—The Childe Ha rold still remains in the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind S. to S.E., dense fog.— No arrivals or sailing!. FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind S.E. to E. S. E.—Sailed his Majesty's schooner Dolphin, for the coast of Africa; Skylark Packet, for the West Indies; Eliza Hadden, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and Cambden Packet, for Lisbon. Branch, Currie, for Teneriffe ; and Delme, Ramsey, for Malta. S TANGATE CREEK, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Essex, Lee, from Malaga. MARGATE, OCT. 18.—Arrived off port the Vivid, Butcher, from Zante. ISLE or WIGHT, OCT. 18.—Arrived off port the John and James, Dc la Rue, from Bahia ; and Warrensford, Campbell, from Berbice. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Arrived off port the Paragon, Curtis, from Matanzas ; and Echo, —, from Cuba. LONG HOPE, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Traveller, from Da vis' Straits, clean. PENTLAND FRITH, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Undaunted, from Davis' Straits, clean. ABERDEEN, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Hecla, from Davis' Straits, clean. The Thomas and Anna, from Newport to Exeter, was run down by the Rebecca, from Dublin, off St. Agnes, the 17th inst. Crew saved. The Mary Hay, of Lerwick, was stranded on Papas Island during the 4th inst. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY,TIYELYE O'CLOCK. We have received Quebec Papers to the 22d September. We extract the following : " TORONTO, SEPT. 13.—His Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor left this city yesterday on a tour, and we understand intends making a short stay. " KINGSTON, SEPT. 9.—A report is prevalent in town for the hundredth time, that the British Government are again taking into their serious consideration the project of re-unit ing the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. " Comparative staterr ent of the arrivals, &c. at the port of Quebec to the 18th September : Vessels. Tonnage. Settlers. 1836 1635 Difference 91 34,212 15,908 " LOWER PROVlNCES.—lntelligence, we are sorry to state, was received last evening from Pictou, that the Albion mines were again on fire, and that two of the workmen lost their lives. "CHARLOTTE TOWN, AUG. 30.—The estimated official value of goods imported into this port for the last quarter, is 38,9401. 4s. 1 id., and the exports at 20,4471. 17s. ld. ster ling ; the latter sum does not include the value of new ship ping sent to market." Consols opened this morning at the closing price of yester day, asi both for money and time, with little doing ; Exchequer Bills of 14-cl., 3 to 1 discount; Exchequer Bills of 2d., 2 to 3 prem. ; India Bonds, 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 205}; India Stock, 2551. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which closed at 19i, opened at 19i to 19.1 ; Passive, 41 5 ; Deferred 71 ; Portuguse closed at 49k, are at the same price ; 3 per Cents., 32 33 ; Colombian, 20i 24; Mexican, 20 21i; Dutch, per Cents., 54 52i. HALF-PAST ONE. On the arrival of the express from Paris, it was imme diately stated on 'Change that the French Spanish Active had got up to 25, owing to Mendizabal having dispatched to Paris, on learning that the funds could not be raised in that capital to pay the Spanish dividend, the sum of 250,0001. ; also a report prevails that Gomez had sustained a defeat. The above caused the Spanish Active in our market to get up, from 19i to 21i ; since which a reaction has taken places and they may be quoted at present 204 ; Passive, 5 : De ferred, 7i ; Portuguese, 494 50 ; Three per Cents., 331. Consols may be quoted 884 for Money ; 88k a for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 2 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, lid. par; Bank Stock, 205-j- ; India Bonds, 2551. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for th• Account &SA i. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH. Bank Stock 0i.5% 3 per Cent. lied. 8 7 1,4 3 per Cent. Cons BB4, 1y,,, per Cent. ::16 per Cent. Rest l)6 New *i per Cent ...... 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented — Long Annuities to expire Jas. 1860. 14% Oct. 1854) l4l -16 Jan. 18,C0 l4 13- 16 YOKEIGI Austrian, 5 per cent ...: , 02 — Belgian, 5 per:cent ..... «••••••• 1 . 7 , Br:ailian Bonds . ...... .....-•-•• Buenos Ayres, 6 per co' t .... .7, Chitin, 6 per cent. ............... zs.; A Colombian 6 per cent. ........ . Ditto, 1834 ........................ :21 V, Danish, 3 per cent —. Greek Bonds, 16:25.5 per cent M ex i can , b er cent._ 5 .. Ditto, t; per cent., 1812 .•••• .. 21 Peruvian , 13'25, 6 per cent. , is FUNDS. Omni am 0 5;1,4 India Stock Ditto 1 : 0 ru l t pm. Mtotb Sea Annuities i ties .... ......... 85% Ditto New Annuities ............ oc. Bills, Mon/ ...... 3 dis. Ditto 3 dis. Ditto 5001 ................ dis. Bank Stock for Opg,. „, .... „ ;mita Stock for Act. I .. Consols for Act. FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 49% Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bands, 5 per cent 106% Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto. Consolidated French, 5 per cent Exchange Ft cnch, 3 per cent iii. 75c. Dutch, di per cent _...... 52ui Ditto, 5 per cent SHA itES. Cheltenham and Gr eat W estern R a il way 1 Commercial Blackwall Railway Great Western Railway 31% London and Bri g h ton Railway (Stevenson %) London and Ill ackwall Railway ll4. 21 London and Bi rm i ngham R a il way 19% London and So u th ampton R a il wa y 1 London Grand Junction Railway 16 North Midland Railway l / 3,6 South Eastern and Dover Railway . No other vari a ti ons i n th e P r i ces of Shares since our One o'cloc k List. n old military officer died last week at Eu, iicar Dieppe, who had lived during six reigns : Louis XV., XVI., XVIII., Napoleon, Charles X., and Louis Philippe, had aeon two revolutions.- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURN.b;4.4S The Gazette of last night contains the announce-~' ment of a Commission under the Great Seal, appoint ing Charles Shaw Lefevre, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Rowan, and Edwin Chadwick, Esq., his Ma jesty's Commissioners for inquiring as to the best means of establishing an efficient constabulary force in the several counties of England and Wales. We believe this Commission will be supported by men of all parties, and we know that the Duke of Welling ton, for one, expressed his sanction of the object of it a long time since. We remember too that Sir Robert Peel observed in his place in the House of Commons, that a rural police had now become essentially neces sary in this country, which had outgrown the institu tions which at one time were sufficient for the preserva tion of order. Indeed the issue of such a Commis sion has been long demanded from all parts of the kingdom. The great increase of crime of late years gives rise to painful reflections ; but when we consider that, except in some of our great cities, there is nothing like a preventive police—no officer charged with the preservation of order—and that thieves and the other members of society are left to fight it out as they best can, it does surprise us that matters are not worse than they are. It may truly be said, that at the present moment there is almost an impunity for all thebut ic eia i heaviest crimes. crimes. The man who is wronged, es the rural districts, reflects that if he prosecute he exposes himself to the malice of the relations of the offender, and, at all events, that after a few months' imprisonment the party will again be at liberty to seek his revenge. There is at the same time, we admit, a great deal of wanton interference on the part of over-busy individuals with the harmless pleasures and occupations of the people, and an inno cent man runs often a great risk, of suffering from an inadvertent breach of some statute, from an injudicious exercise of magisterial discretion, a heavier punish, meat than the real criminal. But, upon the whole, society suffers most from the excessive im punity of the present day. There is no sys tematic action—no combined movement on the part of those who are intrusted with the preservation of order. Take Blackheath, for instance, which is in the four parishes of Greenwich, Lewisham, Charlton, and Lee : the metropolitan police only acts in one of these parishes, and a vagabond hops from one parish to another, and laughs at the consta ble. In England each parish is an independent re public, and it is not more difficult to get the Swiss fe deration to act together than a dozen English parishes. The theory, that every violation of the law affects some party, and that that party may be trusted with putting the law in force against the offender, is found, like a many other theories, unsupported by fact. There is . often no proportion between the injury received and the trouble and expense which must be incurred to bring the offender to justice. Besides, the party who is already a sufferer is called on to suffer still more in the way of sacrifice for the good of society. It is true of late years judges and magistrates have often awarded expenses to the prosecutor out of the County-rates. But even this is discretionary. And it often happens that one man who is anxious for a journey to the as size town prosecutes some trifling affair on the specula tion of obtaining payment of his travelling expenses ; while another man who dreads a journey conceals a heavy offence. It has been customary, too, of late years for parishes to undertake prosecutions in cases where the public feeling is deeply interested; but an opinion has been given that payments for such prosecutions out of the poor e rates are illegal. The expenses of coroner's inquests, too, have been declared illegal demands on the poor-rates. So that the Commission has not been issued till the necessity has become abundantly evi dent. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, who, as Chairman of the Committee for inquiring into the Administration of county-rates, has had abundant opportunities - for making himself acquainted with the subject for which this Commission is issued ; Colonel Rowan, who has from the first been at the head of the metropolitan po lice force—the best body of the kind in Europe, we may say in the whole world ; and Mr. Chadwick, the intelligent Secretary of the Poor-law Commissioners, arc well fitted for the inquiry intrusted to them. The Commission is to be quite gratuitous : so that on this occasion it .cannot be made a matter of reproach to the Government that their only object is to give places to their hungry followers. We have no doubt that these gentlemen will discharge ably and conscientiously the important task committed to them.—Alorn. Chron. If any proof were required that the House of Lords fulfilled a necessary duty in rejecting the several artful and fraudulent measures attempted to be imposed on it by the Government, a very plain one may be found in the history of the Whig endeavours to obtain for their adherents and dependents the exclusive management of all the corporate charities in England. The Whigs, finding it impossible to insure to the new Dissenting Corporations the patronage of the charities by the Cor poration Reform Bill, cunningly introduced a provision, according to which, unless Parliament should pass an Act for the regulation of the charities before a certain (lay, the Chancellor was empowered to take order for their due administration. This clause once assented to by the unsuspecting Conservatives, the real object of the Whigs being to throw the charities into the power of the Dissenters, and of their own party, the door was open to them to make this perfidious attempt. They had only to pursue such a course as would prevent the passing of any Act to regulate the charities. The chari ties would then devolve upon the Chancellor, who, it was conceived, would regard the Whig interests as superior to all considerations of justice, or the rules of the Court over which he presides, and would have no scruple in using a discretionary power to put out all the former trustees, or at least as many as would give to the new ones of his selection a decided majority in all the con cerns of the charities. It was conceived that the dis posal of the considerable revenues of the charitiestwaodudlid tmnal influence in the give to the Whip . P . end Dissenting party a great Parliamentary and local elec tions, and the unscrupulouuse s which they were eager perfectly we! , known. With these to make of it was views the Whig leaders in the lie' use of Commons, mention of the with their usual sly cunn in g , omitted all .! charitieS in the Corporation Amendment 1;1. 1 . 1 , for that Bill they intended to pass, its real object being tip cover some of the mistakes of the new corporations, and to seat them firmly in their ill-gotten places. The betel' Bill was therefore introduced with apparent negligence into the Commons, as a mere matter of course, and had. well nigh passed without much remark, until some of the- Conservative Members, detecting its real objects and manifesting some opposition, it was pushed through the House, in its later stages, with a shameless haste. How fairly and candidly this Bill was dealt with by the Peers, and how basely and faithlessly their gene rous treatment was repaid by the Whigs, shall be the subject o f f urt h er observation. Suffice it now to say, that the proceedings upon this Bill making it clear that some Bill must be introduced concerning the charities, the Whigs reluctantly, and at a later period of the session, caused a Bill to be brought in by one of theit underlings upon this important subject. This Bill wag obviously never meant to pass. The charities were effectively placed by it in the disposition of the Radical Mayor in almost every Corporation. The Conserva , tives, with much candour, endeavoured to amend the , Bill, suggesting that the only method of insuring an impartial administration of the charities, was to allow no advantage to either political party ; and their amend ments were directed to this end. Their amendments were refused, and this mockery of a 811 was sent up in the crude and immature state in which the Peers thought proper to reject it ; and who can blame them for the rejection of such an imposture ? This was exactly what the Whigs desired and intended. But it; would not have suited their purposes to have raised the cry of triumph. No ; they have ulterior views ; they had a further party advantage to obtain, at the e xpense of honesty and fair dealing. They unscru pulously turned about and abused the Peers for re jecting their Charity Bill. Conscious of the fraud they intended to perpetrate, they cried out shame and sin upon the Lords for the rejection of so admirable a measure, hugging themselves all the while at having gained their ends by its rejection. Now, whether they have gained their ends or not, it may be easily believed they have left no stone unturned to do so. The new Corporations are all set in motion—the Radicals and Dissenters of all shades and denominations chuckle at the success of th -, . N. __ ; ; ^ • ,