The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-04 00:00:00

I fi s C WEDNESDA y '" 1 -' A-7,1.0 POLITICAL STATE grnnted by the Ccielt (-f (4u:en's Bevel!, tit the in- I ON TIIE OBSERVANCE OF THE . i,l'l 1 1 . 1 .1 : - .4".; ''. :"i. t'!:• t• or I\l , , Pitvid Sil ID •%,. m!iiny upoii Itlr. Mo:41 RUBRIC. ... ~. Nil •N: tr - f:I . ,• • ..' , V . ;•• '!"'. " ..'' •• .i7:q . , ,!. :,1“.1!.1.' i• • • ;'; I CE: ()F "HHU DIOCIE OF EXTE ,)1 - !.-ii , :;.VANCE OF VIP: RUBRIC Butni COMMON PRAYER.—By HENRY LOUD BISHOP OF EXETER. I- • - ii r a i. ll , l %Ct l ' i i !:llri; • i't 1.: :4" 1: . 1! I 5, • , ; t , i t :_e --)rr..zds of a M..awcur oe w . . 4 ,; ( '')•mrva t i ins on the state of society in ti - e•A empire. fro 'T i lm 'ea may he formed of his finess f,e'sue a ta4z. shert time it , & had to c11 , ..et. oeeeeala. .:;ttler a residence of a fortnight or three wet k. at 11:e tie Janeir o he proceeded to Curo• Paeto, the capital "° of the province o f Mi nas G e r ae s—and came ha ck ag a i n . V ea l , v idi , v i c i . Il e ac k now l e d ges h e met with the kindest treatment and the most hos recept ion e v ery ryw here, particularly at the hl uses ( t !' the farmers and Lientlemen in the country : every highly traveller that has made that journey speaks i l ghlY of the universal hospitality he experienced t r i ° l ll the inhabitants, ample compensating them for v ue want of inns and taverns. But not so Mr. Cha t:l'oes ; fur, out of gratitude, he says, " that the . Superior in the meanest pot-house in France is r °ll Perior to that afforded in the dvvellings of . the most 01?ctable and richest gentleman or farmer in razils!" bi b With more than an average share of the vanity of to. c ountrymen, he appears to consider France a : 4 ndartl of perfection as to manners and morals; reli tail and politics ; therefore, comparing everything Seenaw or h ear d i n B raz il s w ith w h a t h e was storned to see and hear in his own country, t urns all in the New World into ridicule, o r caricat ures a ll t h e i n h a bi tants, f rom t h e E mperor ` his th rone to t h e s l ave i n t h e street; nay, not even 1.. `e fair sex has escaped his calumnies and jeers. statesmen, senators, deputies, merchants, and shop tteers, are all tr. ated with equal contempt and ridi up:i by this young and hasty traveller, who, dia. terl, perhaps, in not finding at Rio a Palais 11 , 2 ; 4 2Pa or the Boulevards of Parts, and the class of e 'Yto be found there, condemns the reserve and Seclusioncio of the ladles of Brazil ; and, making no rlio i ",°nee for the heat of the climate, ridicules the irb ft u t 'lle they appear in in their own homes, as tir es : , Li ad liver seen a Frenchwoman in a neglige t v .+ ll forei gners w h o h ave hith er t o ex pl ore d the in le,"„;4l. of the vas t e mpir e o f, Brazils, or visited its •b l ' 4ll , have described the former as presenting the 47 4 t toognificent scenery in the world, and the latter tit .. . 4 ' 41111 1g the first cities in Europe, the productions t tC arts and sciences being as perfect in the one, otl w . °S e (4 . nature were grand and sublime in the t 4-", The inhabitants, likewise, have been pour tip' " aS conspicuous for their hospitality and attes t- • t° 'dirangers and foreigners respectably connected, feu furni s h e d w i t h t h e requ i s it e i n t ro d uc tio n; whil s t lirb l:roperor, th oug h y o u n g in years, displays all that sanity and complaisance consistent with the high u ci 'n he occupies, and fulfils all his moral, political, l 'eligious obligations with a zeal and ability that , do credit to more mature heads and hearts. fi sse ll 2 do Chavagnes, by his extravagant and outré hh i ,' 4°ll s, gross exaggerations, and perverse mis t * tuent s has astonished all France, and offended all If his object were to gain notoriety, he has I t o teded to th e u t mos t of his wishes; and though c'.add to his unenviable reputation as a writer, Qn t ttis perhaps necessary to expose his absurdities • ire h gl ,4 ring errors, to prevent the public from being the" upon, and that an antidote should accompany tC a Ying given a proof of his ingratitude, the Bra 1> press Press give the following specimens of his accu y ) veracit y , an d h uman it y : Rio was in November, 1842, that M. de C. visited Janeiro. He says the Emperor was then 20 tra of age, w h en , i n f ac t, h e w as only 16, having then declared competent at that age to assume eiph rei gns of government, although the age of f urther had b ee n prescribed by the constitution. f ozi : Trther a sser t s th a t the Ministry were dismissed V itli na ving saluted Mr. Ellis (our late negotiator) d es — a roll of th e drums; that there was not any one _thiog the name - of a statesman in all the empire ; t si itio they were entirely ignorant of what was e e in the provinces ; that the Government h o l t d raise no more loans, because the holders of e h i ll . d a found great difficulty in establishing their t i o l nla to the dividends; finally, that the consump m,lie (4. wine had f a llen off to that degree, that pi re al the imp or t a ti on i n 1841 consisted of 8,570,000 saire, in 1842 it amounted to only 4,650,000 pipes; lo at tributes th e deficiency to the Brazilians no ext n g e r 1. drinki ng F renc h or P ortuguese w i nes . Th e se be ac 4 are from his first number ; his second will are hereafter. hzvve to rcr i tu:st !ha tle y remit you to furnish Us viith conies of the pr'certs for Ihe twO receut Nye af,ote exec i s fe e Let , hen, with the 7e tures therseo. axl eliee of fte m notes of do Court of Aiti rrete reletieg thereto, We have the 1 - e.nour to be, Sir, your obedient humble •ers•ants, "GEORGE and CHARLES CORNER." Alderman Co ELAND said he ste uld feel satisfac. tion icy ruLdeting all the assistance the Court could legally reed -r to Mr. Moen, but he objected to allow the production of anv document without having the opinion of the Recorder whether the intelligence con tisieed in it might not be used es a means of entangling the Court in the que4ion which lay merely between Aldermen Moon and Mr. Salomons.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish that the Court should take up the cudgel in the case of Alderman Moon, as they had taken it up, most decidedly against his judgment, in that of Mr. Thomas Johnson. As Mr. Moon chose to battle it with Mr. Salomons, the two competitors ought to he allowed to settle it between themselves. He was willing to render both gentlemen all the aid the Court could, consistently with its own neutrality, afford ; but he had no idea of incurring 2,4001., or 2,500/ expense, the charge defrayed by them in the case he quoted, on any future occasion. Alderman Moon must take the distinction with all its costs and other itnperfections.—(Hear, hear.) Under all the serious and delicate circumstances of the case, he could not csnsent to grant the inspection of any of the papers connected with the matter without having the opinion of the law officers, at the same time that he felt most desirous to render every facility which such authority should consider advisable. Sir P. LAURIE said it would appear to be an im pression of Alderman Copeland that Alderman Moon applied for assistance in this case. Now, he should he happy that the Court would render every possible aid to that gentleman, and he should most willingly sup port any proposition to render him service in the pro ceedings in which he was engaged.—(Hear.) Alder , man Hughes had been in a condition simi'ar to that in which Mr. Moon was placed, but had been ousted. Mr. Moon had resolutely engaged in the contest. If he (Sir Peter Laurie) supposed that the consent of this Court to grant the inspection of the required do cuments would mix them up in the contest, he would not support the application ; hut no such consequence was involved in it.—(llear, hear.) Alderman Lucas said that he apprehended that the object of the solicitors of Alderman Moon was to ob tain copies of the precepts and the proceedings of the Court with respect to the election at the ward of Portsoken. He did not see what reasonable objection could be made to the application. As to the statement that the Court had nothing to do with the question, that was certainly an error. The Court bad to do with it, for they refused to swear in Mr. Saimnons, and issued a precept for another election, of which the re turn of Mr. Moon was the consequence.—(Hear.) Alderman WILSON said the application was a most reasonable one. He admitted that there was a differ ence between the case in which Mr. Thomas Johnson was a candidate and the present case. In the former case the Court was bound to pay all the expenses in curred by the contest, and they paid the expenses ac cordingly. The time was not yet arrived for deciding upon the merits of the present question as to the claims of Alderman Moon upon the more important sympathies of the Court ; but when that time should conic, he would most readily stand forward to support the application.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman T. WOOD stated that the application was merely for documents, the granting of which would no more commit the Court, than the inspection of the records of the Corporation by a member of the Livery would place the privileges of that body in jeopardy.—(Hear.) Alderman HUMPIIERY said he differed teto earl° from all who hail spoken on the subject. He ob jected to the principle of allowing Alderman Moon to defend the right which the Court had claimed to itself in refusing to swear in Mr. Salomons. The Court were committing Alderman Moon as he cer tainly ought not to be committed. They had thought proper to reject Mr. Salomons, and to issue another precept, calling on the inhabitants of the ward to make another election. The inhabitants thought proper to elect Mr. Moon unanimously, and the Court had approved of their choice. The Court then had a right, and was bound in justice and in honour to defend the precept which they had issued, and which led to the proceedings in which the person whose election they had recognised was involved.—(Hear.) Mr. Hughes had been in a different position. He had been sworn in upon the votes of a minority of the ward. Mr. Moon was sworn in upon the votes of a majority. The cases were thus essentially different. After adverting to his own case in the contest for Aldgate Ward, Alderman • Humphery asked whether, if Alderman Moon de fended his seat in that Court, and were ousted, they could lay their hands upon their consciences, and call upon him to pay the expenses of Mr. Salomons ? It was quite impossible that they could. How, then, could they lay their hands upon their consciences, and call upon him, if he fought for their rights, and ob tained the victory, to defray the expenses incurred by the efforts made in their cause ?—(Hear, hear.) The Court were then bound to defend themselves, and by their own law officers—not by men who felt no inte rest in the result. These were his sentiments, and he thought the Court ought immediately to act upon them, instead of allowing any individual to act in their vindication. Alderman Lucas said Alderman Humphery ought to remember that the quo warrant() was directed to Mr. Moon, who appeared to have taken the strictly proper course in giving his answer. That answer would necessarily state that he was approved by the Court of Aldermen by whom the precept had been issued. The Court might be called upon to show cause why they had issued a precept after Mr. Salo mons had been returned to them as elected.—(Hear.) The case was travelling on, and in his opinion Mr. Moon hasl no occasion to be uneasy at having it all to hirrielf.—(A laugh.) lie was an Alderman of London. The question was, whether the Court had done right or wrong in refusing to swear in Mr. Salomons?—(Hear, hear.) The RECORDER said the rule was a rule served upon Mr. Moon to show cause upon what authority he assumed to serve the office of Alderman for the ward of Portsoken. The parties were Mr. Salomons and Mr. Moon. The Court were not parties to the rule. If a mandamus were issued against them upon their refusal to swear in Mr. Salomons, it would be then for them to show that Mr. Salomons was not competent to serve. It was not necessary that they should put themselves into such a condition. To both parties he considered it would be advisable to give proper access to the accounts of the proceedings and the precepts, subject to the limitations which might be suggested by the law authorities of the Corporation. The COURT ultimately agreed to allow the soli citors of Alderman Moon to have access to the docu ments required, subject to the canditions mentioned by the Recorder., Mr. Salomons will, upon applica tion, receive similar facilities.—The Court adjourned. Bish.pstowe, Nov. 19. " end Dear Brethren,—l address you on. a suhkct of very deep interest to us all—tlse diversity of practice in the worship of Almighty God—which, in concurrence NNith other unhappy causes, has threatened to involve us in a state of painful, I had almost said perilous, disunion. " That the mischief has not been felt so strongly in this diocese as in some others, while it calls for our especial thankfulness to Almighty God, may, we hope, be ascribed in no small measure to warm and steady attachment to the Church on the part of the laity, and not less, I rejoice in thinking, to the gene ral soberness and discretion of you, the clergy. " But even here we are very far from being ex empt from the common evil. There are parishes in Devonshire, and still more in Cornwall, in which grave misunderstandings have arisen between the minister and the people, from causes for which neither he nor they have been primarily responsible. " Discussions of important principles in other parts of the Church, though they found among us no vehe ment partisans on either side, have led, in several in stances, to very painful results. While they have ex cited in many of the clergy a livelier sense of the re sponsibility imposed on them by their engagements to the Church, and have made them solicitous to follow out its requisitions to their full extent; they have at the same time indisposed the laity to the reception of any change, by exhibiting too many instances of the fatal consequences of change, introduced, as it has elsewhere been, by private individuals, whether from simple desire of novelty, or as part of a systematic attempt to bring back our Church nearer to the cor rupt usages from which it was reformed. " It was therefore actual experience of great, and pressing, and growing evils, which recently induced me to have recourse to the unusual, but strictly canonical, expedient of seeking the advice of those whose office and standing, and I may truly add whose high perional qualifications, pre-eminently fit them to form the Council of their Bishop. " Sixteen members of the General Chapter of the Cathedral of Exeter, together with the' Archdeacons of Totnes and Barnstaple (the Archdeacon of Corn wall being unfortunately absent through illness), met in the Chapter-room, and gave me the benefit of their united deliberations. Another distinguished pre- bendary (reluctantly detained by sickness) sent to us his judgment, founded on long experience in one of the most populous and impottant districts in Corn- " They were unanimous in deploring existing evils, and in apprehending greater, if some timely check be not applied. And, if they were not unanimous in ad vising what that check should be, this very want of unanimity gave to me the advantage of more fully hearing all that could be urged by able and expe rienced men on either side. After a discussion of three hours, more than two-thirds of the whole num bA- agreed in advising me, that the only proper, and, under God, the only effectual remedy, appeared to be, at once to restrain all undue change, and to look to the law as our sole guide. Of that "law, the law of the whole Church of England, including under that comprehensive term not the pastors and teachers alone, but the people also—that is, the State—of that law, one main and leading object, since the Reforma tion, has ever been to establish uniformity of public prayers, and administration of sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies.' .couR T OF ALDERMEN. l'usi n es e Z da Y a Court was held for the dispatch of THE CITY FREEDOM. T he Chamberl a i n ' s li s t o f ap pli ca tions to be made tp tj * fr om wholesale as well as retail dealers, con t:ed th e names o f severa l merc h an t s an d b a nkers of -- si l ence in the City.. The freedoms were granted. e T i Ze inquests of many of the wards made present r .01 numbers of persons carrying on wholesale iti‘mtail trades who had not taken up their freedoms. t er, presenting the non-freemen of . the ward of ht ii Within, the foreman said that he . and lj " ethren had been at great pains to obtain the xt , o f those of whom they had to complain, and he siic res sed a hope that the Court would not prosecute the retail dealers until the question with respect to ei wholesale dealers should be settled. v ar n d making the . presentment of the inquest of the 1)t ° f Parringdon Without, the foreman stated that tie a — C ° Persons who had been presented as wholesale b rs, not having taken up their freedom, one had Iv eh elected an inquest-man and refused, but after evt (I s consented to serve. That inquest-man, how declined putting his signature to the present siBn the non-freemen, upon the ground that by oiii .n g t he document he would be consenting to his obi• - ,,, e ,, en viction. The jury were, in such difficulty, tsi e le " to borrow an inquest-man from another dis- lek;1 to make, by his signature, the presentment V„ - j', The inquest trusted that the wholesale dealers retail' b e dealt with by the Court as well as the i ,V, dealers; that the most humble individuals n [l () ;7' not b e treated with less indulgence than the told elevated and that neither wealth nor poverty influence the decisions in any of the cases dlet to adjudication.—(Hear.) tlie 's e sev eral presentments were, so far as related to '°n-freemen, referred to the Chamberlain. r , THE BOROUGH COMPTER. ‘ , B 6 .111 411 WILSON brought up the report of the the 4l t i o nnittee appointed to take into consideration . the CPriety of dispensing with and discontinuing „ 'll -I°ll gh Compter altogether as a prison. r eport stated that the average expenditure for f t 4 11(1,0 seven years was 7911. 18s. 2d. per . annum, the that the. num ber of persons confined previously to t he bt assin g of the Act amounted to 133, and since Dval, 4L og of the Act to one only ; and that it ap d - Aet r t -1 0., th at notwithstanding the operation of the sal • bely,„'", er e were some purposes for which a gaol must tOittZ 4t ained in the borough of Southwark, the Com (ll3e-' were of opinion that the Compter could not be A.s,ltinued without the sanction of Parliament. 1- „ "Taa n CopELAND said that surely the Govern angt%';'3ll„.ld not put the City to the expense of bring- Pe n re to enable the City to get rid of an es• a tai s e t , - W oich every one must see was rendered wholly Nv oi4, 3sa rY by the Act of the Legislature itself, but so usi;iintroduce a clause giving power to get rid of .Alde r s an appendage.—(Hear, hear.) I l bse v erli nan WiLsoN agreed in the justness of the ' i abl r ,: au°„ll s just made, but said that the gaol wa s still terix;B6'l to receive risoners, and, until Parliament in- co .) it would be dangerous to remove or s- di 11 1 1 . 11 e it ' e report was then agreed to. Ali PnEsENTATION OF ADDRESSES. e einli,„ e ! rtna n WILSON brought up the report of the at m iiitt ee on the subject of presenting addresses. It th e V . t he Opinion of the Committee, that whenever her et il , r t should determine to present an address to th c , -a -l e stY, or any other royal personage, the whole atte nd met nbers of the Court should be summoned to tiot,. the p r esentation thereof in the usual manner, hey'lthstanding the Court of Common Council might 114 Lad°Pted the address of the Court, or agreed to i reas in similar terms. The report was agreed to without comment. Alder GLANDERED HORSES. Cou rt Ma n COPELAND called the attention of the ent, to the necessity of interposing its power to pre- In s 4 . 5 much as possible, the sale of glandered horses yeartnithfielcl Market, which had, particularly of late the r s i ' acquired a remarkable notoriety on account of iiis,2lll,crous instances in which diseased horses were of th ere. —(Hear, hear.) He could speak, R eant e testimony of a very respectable police-ser that .who cfficiated in the district of the market, bro vast numbers of glandered horses were daily „.,11Fht thither, and lie was convinced that the trezi.9\litgainreknettoofna veterinary surgeon to attend Smith market days was the only means by eoholud-0 dangerous an evil could be prevented. Ile kitt ee t'd b y moving that it be referred to the Com di„le •of General Purposes to report on the expe exa,j '3 .appointing a veterinary surgeon, for the s Insi.itracr.oetid marfkeht7ses alleged to be glandered, in said thaEOBGEt the necessity for such an appointment was eo hl y l .a.Y more obvious, and that in one day three o, ll P d a ints were made to him at Guildhall relative to Tic k horses in Smithfield Market. 1 ,7: 1 EubiTE S TED ELECTION OF PORTSOKEN WARD. ree e i e T OWN CLERK informed the Court that he had Wj f?llowing , v ed a letter from the solicitors of Alderman Moon, he Le tl, with the permission of the Court, he would read. are the essential points of the com . catio n : ci 10 0 . 4 k,s solicitors for Mr. Alderman Moon, we beg send yo, MR. WILSON'S MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS.—We are gratified to see this delightful vocalist once more among us. He has been received with the same enthu siasm as ever, the Music Hall being filled on Friday evening, both in the body and in the gallery ; and those who know the spacious dimensions of that hall will re quire no other test of the popularity of this singer. The selection on the above night consisted, with one or two : exceptions, of Scottish songs, agreeably varied by the humorous and pathetic. In this field Mr. Wilson stands alone in excellence ; his rich melodious voice, so flexible and so sustained, and his fine taste and cultivation, have enabled him to give that truth and simplicity to the Scottish airs, which are their charm. Saturday forenoon Mr. Wilson gave another entertainment in the Ilsipetoun Rooms, which were crowded by a highly fashionable au dience. We observe he appears again on the evening of Saturday next, in the Music Hall.—Caledonian Mercury. AFFAIRS or OTAHEITE.—We direct the attention of our readers to an interesting letter from Otaheite, from a gentleman resident in one of the Society Islands, which appears in another column, addressed to one of the respected ministers of this city, by whose kindness we have been enabled to give it publicity. It contains many details of the recent occurrences in those islands which have not hitherto reached Europe, and will be read with attention both in France and in this country.—Glasgow Argus.—[We have referred to the letter, and find that it contains no fresh intelligence, and is evidently written by one who cannot take an impartial view of the ques tion. The ' ' s t a tements of the missionaries in the Ota heite Islands ought to be received with great caution.— ED. Sun.] CAUTION TO DlSSENTERS.—Dissenters are CRU tioned how they insure their property in offices with the arti-les of which they have not made themselves ac quainted. A Dissenter lately insured in a London fire office,and had the misfortune to be burnt out. In the policy of insurance was a clause, that the minister and church wardens of the parish shall certify or declare that the fire has happened by -a single accident. Being a Dissen ter, and opposed to church rtes, and because the minister really does not know whether the fire took place by ac cident or design, the minister and church-wardens re fuse to make their declaration. Counsel have been con sulted on this clause, and it is said to be fatal to the goodness of the claim.—Lancaster Guardian. COMMERCIAL CURIOSITY. A gentleman near Aylesbury has in his possession a Bank of England note for sixpence, issued in the year 1700, cf which the fol lowing is an exact copy : No. 165. I promise to pay to T. Caddel or bearer, on demand, the surname of sixpence. —London, Bth day- of May, 1700. For the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, JOHN WAGE. The.sum 9f 50. guineas has been offered for this curiosity and rc•fused_—Aulesburu News. all a cony nc a raila esthinli a ure , obsolete usages not required by law, which are asso-_ elated in the minds of the people with the supersti tions and corruptions of Rome. • This letter will reach you , through your Deans Rural ; and I advise you to communicate together in your several deaneries; thus of yourselves you will on. most points come to an accordance. Should doubts arise, the Profane to the Book of Common Prayer, ' concerning the service of the Church,'-tells you how to act. ..You'are to have recourse to your liisnop, who, if he be in doubt himself, is '.to send to the Archbishop for the resolution thereof.' - • " I also advise that you make no deviation from the mode in which you may be now severally in the habit of performing Divine service, until there shall have been an opportunity of collating the different practices and propositions of the different deaneries. ." We may too, perhaps, be thus enabled to profit by the construction put on the rubrics in other dioceses, if any similar consideration of the matter meanwhile be had elsewhere. _ _ " One great advantage must arise from this delay, that it will enable us to make all' the change, which shall be found necessary, at once, and thus to avoid future change. " A very few months at the utmost will more than suffice to enable you to bring all questions to a deci sion. Should it be necessary for me to explain the grounds of the resolution of any of the doubts sub mitted to me, an opportunity will soon be afforded, if it please God that 1 have health and strength to hold my visitation in the next year, which it is my present intention to commence immediately after my ordina tion on Trinity Sunday. " There is one diversity; for the quieting and appeasing of which' I will now 'take order.' This I feel myself called upon to do, because, unhappily, the 'diversity' to which I refer is regarded by many of the people as exhibiting the badges of party, on one side, at least, if not on both. It cannot, there fore, too soon be settled. "I refer to the use of the surplice in preaching, a matter so inconsiderable, that it could not, of itself, excite any strong feeling in any reasonable man. But the more unimportant it is in itself, the more mani fest is the necessity of stripping it of that faCtitioui importance which is given to it by its being made the symbol of disunion. This can be done only by re quiring that there be no longer any diversity,' that all either use or disuse - the:- surplice when they preach. "If there were no law, one way or the other, there might be difficulty in deciding which to require. But the law,on due investigation, is clear ; however com plicated may be the inquiry which is necessary to as certain it. "That law ; beyond all question which can now arise, requires that the surplice be always used in the sermon, which is part of the communion service ; and as to all other times, whenever a sermon is part of the ministration of the parochial clergy, there is so little resison for question, that I resolve the doubt, by re quiring (as it was required in the dixese in which my own ministerial life was passed, the diocese of Durham, and there by the order of one of its most distinguished prelates, and of our most eminent ri tualists, Bishop Cosin) that the surplice be always used. " There remains one matter on which there is no rubrical direction, as it was not contemplated when the Book of Common Prayer was compiled :—I mean the sermon at the time of evening prayer. The power of the Bishop to order it rests on a modern statute, which does not control his discretion in ordering how it is to be introduced. I therefore direct (and Ido so with the express sanction of his Grace the Arch bishop), that, where there is a sermon in the evening , it be delivered after evening prayer, in the accustomed manner—that is; preceded by a collect (unless the bidding prayer be used), and the Lord's Prayer, and followed by the blessing. I hope it is unnecessary for me to add, that there must be no prayer of your own composing either before or after the sermon. " I conclude with entreating you to join with me in fervent prayer to Him who is the author of peace and lover of concord,' that He will accept and bless this our humble endeavour to promote peace and concord among us within his own house, and in his own immediate service.—l am, reverend and dear brethren, your affectionate friend and brother, " H. EXEI'ER. " This object, good in itself, becomes inestimable, when we look to the evils which it alone can prevent. But uniformity, it is manifest, can only be secured by laying down one rule. This the law has done. And, if process of time have introduced some relaxations in practice, issuing in the great evils we now deplore, it is a convincing proof that the true remedy for those evils must be sought in returning to a faithful obser vance of the Act of Uniformity. " That Act has, in truth, every claim a law can have on the dutiful and cordial obedience of Church men. Based on the soundest principles, recognizißg and declaring the liturgy itself to be purely spiritual in its origin, and applying temporal sanctions only to enforce the use of it, this illustrious statute bears on it the character of a solemn compact ; by which the Church, having provided for the nation a pure form of Christian worship, received for that form the assured protection and support of the Crown, and all the estates of the realm ; a statute which, for this very reason, is holden to be essential and fundamental,' and is so declared to be in the great Constitutional Act, the Act of Union between the realms of Eng land and Scotland. " Now, I do not say, that every departure from any minute direction of the Book of Common Prayer enshrined as it is in this fundamental law, deserves to b. stigmatised as a violation of the national compact; but I say, that the duty of strict obedience to it can not be too strongly felt by any—least of all, by the clergy. To this duty we pledged ourselves in our ordination vows. We renewed that pledge, as often as we undertook the cure of souls, or were otherwise admitted to serve in any office in the house of God To the strict fulfilment, therefore, of that duty, no faithful minister of God's Word will think it a hard ship that his Bishop should now recal him. He will rather, gladly recognise the fitness of recurring to it: at a time of general doubt and difficulty, as the one, the only rule, by which our practice in Public Prayer can be honestly or safely regulated. " And while a willing and hearty obedience is thus confidently anticipated from the clergy, can we ap prehend less randy acquiescence in the same course on the part of the laity ? Assuredly not—provided that we previously instruct them in the nature of the changes introduced, and of the reason for which they are introduced—not from love of change, but to pre vent change—to enable us, at length, to find a rest for ourselves amidst the uctuation of usages around us, and to find it in strict obedience to the law. " Need I add, that this very purpose of ensuring stability, as well as uniformity in our public worship, is the very end and object of the statute, as thus de clared in its preamble—' In regard that nothing con duceth more to the settling of the peace of this nation (which is desired of all good men), nor to the honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of Almighty God ; and to the intent that every person within this realm may certainly know the rule to which he is to conform in public worship, and admi nistration of the sacraments, and other rites and cere monies of the Church of England.' "For these reasons I scruple not to address you all in the language of most earnest entreaty—entreaty which I thankfully acknowledge, after the experience of fourteen years, you have never yet disregarded, but which I now put forth with far greater anxiety than I ever before testified—that you will all concur with me in discountenancing every attempt to divide us into parties, by rendering a steady, uniform, and peaceful obedience to the laws of the Church, espe cially in all that relates to the public worship of Almighty God, as enjoined in the Rubric of the Book of Common Prayer. If to this my earnest entreaty I add, as I am bound to add, the language of autho rity and order, you will, I am sure, see in it only the fuller sanction and support of your own desire to act in conformity with your own deep feeling of your duty. "I abstain at present from entering into details. Let me, however,'say that I advise a very cautious and forbearing tone in all that respects the duty of the laity, as laid down in the Rubric. For instance— you are bound to read at least one sentence of the offertory whenever the Communion service shall be read. But it is left to your discretion whether you should read more, in other words, whether you should enforce a collection. " Now, in every church in which the congregation in general is prepared to regard the collection as the exercise of a high Christian privilege—the privilege of offering to God—of giving to him of his own— there I advise that a collection be always made. But wherever the pervading tone and feeling is not yet of this high order, be patient; strive, but strive gently, and with prayer to God, to raise your people to a better mind ; and till they have attained to it, shock not their prejudices, irritate not their selfishness, it may be their worldly-mindedness. Only let them not deceive themselves ; let them see and feel that you ' seek not theirs, but them.' Tell them the truth in love, and leave the rest to God. " One further caution I would add, though I hope it is almost needless. " While I urge you to return to a full observance of the Rubric—falling short of your prescribed part in nothing—beware of exceeding it. The peculiar dangers of the times, as well as the prevailing tone of public opinion, call upon you most powerfully, as you would avoid being in the number of them through whom offences come,' to forbear all unnecessary inno vation, especially as I havk t recently had occasion to .e, that worst kind of innovation, the revival of " P.5..1 avail myself of this opportunity to suggest a different subject to you—that you apprise me, some time before my visitation, of any matters of moment in your several parishes which may" require special consideration when we meet." DISTRESSED NEEDLE-WOMEN. A public meeting of the Society for the Protection and Employment of Distressed Needle-women and for clothing the poor, was held on Monday afternoon!at Willis's Rooms, St. James's. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., presided. • There were several noblemen and gentlemen on the platform, and we observed many ladies of distinction in the body of the meeting. Mr. Roper (the Honorary Secretary) read the first annual report of the Committee, which stated— " That every precaution had been taken to avoid de creasing the funds unnecessarily ; and it can only re quire to be known the good that has been effected by such limited funds for the public to continue their sup port of this Institution. Although the Society had been established only nine months, the-Committee felt confi dent that the benefits of the charity would be extended, and the Society prove to be one of the most useful and philanthropic institutions in the metropolis. Since the establishment of the institution not one instance had occurred of work being detained by the persons em ployed ; thus exemplifying, that a fair price for work dose was the surest preventive of workpeople pawning goods entrusted to their care. Many of the class of females employed by this institution were persons who had moved in a superior sphere of society, and who were anxious to bide their miseries from the public eye. " The number of day workers reconfm-ended from the Institution, and engaged at wages not less than nine shillings per week, are Upholsterers • 95 Assistant dressmakers ......... • ..... 146 Shirtmakers ................................. 183 Staymakers ...................... . ......... . 27 Laeeworkers • lO9 Shoebinders . ... . ........... Stockmakcrs .... . .................... .. 47 Flowermakers 2B Needlewomen to private families .:.. . Cloakmakers —975 Showing that 975 females of good character have been recommended by the Institution since it was established , independently of those to whom work has been furnished. This number, however, is only about one-third of the applications that have been made to the Institution by respectable and unemployed f, males. The Committee only ask one third of the support for their own country women" that is so be nevo l ent l y b es t o wed upon foreign ers, who no doubt well d eserve the support that i s g iven them by a British nati on . Thi s &met w ill give full protection to the be nevo l ent f rom the rauds practised by what is termed th e " b egging -l e tt e r system,' as many females make it a p ract i ce, an d, i n d e ed, some a living , by calling upon the c h ar i ta bl e pith a long stateme nt of their wants. If they rea ll y are d eserv i n g, their miserie s will be removed by employment being given them by this Institution. " Amongst the work .people employed by the Society, and now earning 95. per' week, are a number of persons who were obliged to make shirts from 21d. to (seldom exceeding) ls. per shirt. But this payment was made by the person termed the middle-woman,' who, in fact, gets the best remuneration, for she takes a large quan tity of work from the shop or workhouse, and emplo3s as many hands as she can procure, who will work at the lowest price ; thus dealing out to those poor creatures work at a rate almost impossible for them to exist upon, and not exceeding 23. per week. . The rate of prices that have been paid by the Institution are from 2s. to 3s. 6d. per shirt. " It has been stated that the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association would be the means of assisting the unemployed needlewomen ; but there is a material dis tinction between the one society and the other, the des titute poor being generally persons reared up in humble life and accustomed to labour, whilst the sempstresses are in most instances daughters of parents who have moved in a different station of society, and who suffer the most acute privations in silence." The Secretary stated that the Committee had to ac knowledge the receipt of several contributions of goods to the Society, such as flannel, shirting, needles, sewing cotton, &c. It appeared that the cash received in do nations already amounted to nearly 5001., and that 336/. worth of needlework had been sent in to the Society, making a total of 7921., 5001. of which had been paid by the Society in the shape of wages. After defraying all necessary expenses there remained a balance in hand 'of nearly 4001. The following notification has been put forth by the Committee : "That all work sent to the Society shall be charged a ,he following prices, viz.:-- A trimmed shirt to 5 3 . d 6. A plain ditto A boy's ditto - 1 4to 2 0 A shift A night shift 1 3 to 2 6 A night jacket • 08to 2 0 Petticoats 0 6 to 2 6 Sheets, per pair Pillow •cases, per pair 0 6 to 1 0 Towels„ per dozen Dusters, ditto Canibric pocket handkerchiefs, ditto Common ditto, ditto 1 0 to 1 6 Table-cloths, each Neck-handkerchiefs, per dozen Napkins' per dozen Children's shifts Pinbefores - 0 4 to 1 0 Children's petticoats - 0 4to 1 0 Frocks _ _ Marking, per dozen 0 3 to 0 6 Hemming, per yard 0 04 to 0 I "No charge made for cotton or thread. Ail work to be washed and cut out before it is sent, and, if required, a pattern with it. An extra charge of 30 per shirt is math., if cut out at the office. " The work is done for ready money only, and no ar ticle allowed to be given out till p!tid for: The super intendent is empowered to receive 'the amount, and to efilie a meant if reauirad." MORNiri4l-1 DECEMBER 4, 1344. • The report basins , been read, The lion. WILLIAM CowrEn moved that it be re . eeived and adopted. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER seconded the motion. • The Noble CHAIRMAN said that, before he put the question to the ineeiins, ho wished to call their attention to the special object for wl - ich they were then assembled. it w ,edd. however, he unnecessary for him to enter into a set' eel, et of the circumstances which rendered the ex istence of such a society as the present necessary in so g , eat a metropolis as this. The destitution and distress which prevailed among the class who were employed in ne edl e work was too obvious to need any lengthened detail. It was impfssible to take up any one of the daily journals without seeing a record or the cruel and har rowing suffarings which that portion of our fellow-crea tures have endured. The report they had heard read showed, however, the great good that might be effected by such and similar institutions as this, and demonstrated that, by their energetic efThrts, it was in their power to ameliorate much of the stiff:-rings of those who were the immediate i‘bjscts of this Society ; but the more especial purpose for which this meeting had been called, was to stimulate . the charitable portion of the public to pros ide funds to meet the necessities of the coming win ter. This was a period of the year which pressed most heavily upon those suffering under destitution. They were upon the close of the old year, and at the beginning of the new ; and it did so happen that about this time there was almost invariably such a stagnation, to which they whom God had blessed with affluence were vary little alive, but to which those who lived upon their labour were most alive, and felt most acutely. This Society was founded for the purpose of carrying out a grand and unquestionable truth, that the labourer was worthy of his hire,—(Cheers:) He held in his hand a state ment of various suggestions of means by which that desirable end might be attained, but the Committee had rejected many of them on account of the difficulties that would attend their adoption. Some persons had .proposed taking a large building, and disposing of the goods fabricated by the needle- women employed by the Society. But this was considered likely to make the remedy worse than the evil, because it would interfere with the interest of the general trader. Again, it had been proposed by sonic that large houses should be erected, where the women should assemble and work • together, but to this there were many grave objections. In all the charity which they proposed to bestow, in all the advantages they took upon themselves to give, it was their object to do all that in them lay, to encourage that mainstay of the social system-- that institution of God himself—the domestic*—that system by which the woman might be kept at home; there to learn and exer cise the high and holy calling of a wife and a another. — (Cheers.) It was likewise the object of this Society to obtain for all those who might be employed by means of its funds, a remuneration of at least 9s. a week, with mo derate hours of work. Some persons had said the Society ought not to confine the amount of remuneration to 9s. It was by no means the wish of the Society to limit - it to that sum,:much less did he intend to affirm that 9s. was an adequate remuneration for a mother of a family ; but the object of the Society in putting the remuneration at that limit was to prevent a greater evil ; for the Committee felt ';that if they were to contribute more than that sum, they would, in many instances, be creating the evil they sought to remove, fur they would be possibly enabling a party to set up an establishment in which some Wretched girl, taken from the workhouse, Blight be made to undergo the very privations which that party was now herself enduring, and from which it was the object-of the Society to rescue her altogether. (Cheers.) Another object of the Institution was, to sup ply the poor with medical aid; and in that very little diffi culty would be found; for his experience had convinced him that medical men were ever ready to offer their services in the cause of elierity ; proving,:as he had always found, that their profession' was characterised by everything that was kind, generous, and self-denying.—(Cheers.) He Wished to advert briefly to 'an objection which had been 'urged against the Society by persons who had expe rienced disappointment, in nut having the objects of their recommendation assisted. Now it did sometimes happen that persons were sentto the Institution who were either aged or unskilful in their business. But, although .such persons were entitled to every charitable consideration, still .a committee in administering the contributions of a charitable fund must be guided, and act upon, certain specific rules. Now, this Society was specially founded for the purpose of giving aid to professional needle women, who had no other means of subsistence, and who were the only really- skilful workers in that business. In some instances work had been given persons who were inadequate to its performance, and the consequence had been that those who had sent the work were much dis satisfied'.with the mode of its execution. It was by no means the intention of the Institution to interfere with the trade in general, or with the shopkeepers in par -Ocular. The 'great wholesale dealers in many instances had given the Society their most effective support, and the Committee never thought of doing anything, directly or indirectly, that could do injury to such parties. It; however, injury should happen to fall upon other parties —upon those whose object it was to grind the very faces of the poor, - he did not think there was any one in that meeting who would feel the slightest compassion for their loss.—(Cheers.) But he was most anxious to impress upon the meeting that which he felt very deeply himself, namely, the great evils that were arising in all directions from that constant and unceasing effort on the part of every one, to get every single thing—he meant not the trifles of life, for theni the did not care, but every neces sary that could be done for them by a human being at the very minimum of remuneration—at the very smallest amount that would keep any mortal, being just within the limits of this side of the grave. Look at some of the cases where women have been ground down to the lowest amount of remuneration that could sustain human exist ence. He himself knew of an instance of a woman who had worked twenty hours a day, day after day, without in termission—(Hear)—but what was it that worked them down to this wretched condition ? First, there was the workhouse.--(Hear, hear.) Work was taken in at those places to a very great extent, to be performed by parties who were maintained at the public expense. These per sons often made shirts at a Id., and even sometimes at a id. apiece, and thus the public fund raised to relieve the poor was brought into competition with these wretched sempstresses, who were struggling to support themselves and their children, from the very houses that were held up as places of terror to them ; and yet those very - houses were made the_ instruments of their ruin. —(Hear, hear.) To put an end to this system was the first remedy to be applied. He did not mean to say that work ought not to be performed in workhouses ; but, if it were so, either let it be confined to supplying the wants of the inmates themselves, or else taken in at the market rate of re nauneratior, so that uo undue advantage should be given —not to the poor people themselves, who do work in those houses, but to the public, by the diminution of the rates—that advantage being purchased by the enor moto safferings'of those wretched creatures whose cause you are now met to support.—(Hear, hear.) The same argument which applied to workhouses would also apply to prisons, and the same remedy was equally applicable to both. He, in company with Alderman Farebrother and their worthy Secretary, had the honour of waiting upon Sir James Graham upon this subject, and that Right Hon. Baronet was pleased to express deep sym pathy with the suffi rings of the needle women, and pro mised he would du his best to abate the mischief arising from the causes which he (Lord Ashley) had been stat ing. Aye, but there was another description of place in which much mischief was done—he meant the schools of the m etropolis.—(llear, hear.) Work was taken in at the charity schools and done upon terms most inade quately remunerative. It had frequently happened that when applications were made at the house of this Society to know upon what terms work would be done, and when those terms have been stated at the lowest possible amount that it would give, he would not say an ade quate, but a decent remuneration, the parties had gone away, saying they could take their work to the schools and there have it done for next to nothing.—(Hear.) And this was what was called charity l—(Hear, hear.) Before he sat down he was happy to have it in his power to announce that her Gracious Majesty had permitted him to declare that she would con tribute to the funds of this Society to the amount of 50L—(Loud cheering.) He felt assured that meeting would express its hearty gratitude for the mu nificence and charity of their beloved Sovereign.— (Loud cheers.) Another illustrious lady, the Queen Dowager, had empowered him to add a stcond donation of 101.— (Cheers.) And, moreover, she had given them the pri vilege of enjoying her name as the patroness of this In stitution.— (Cheefp' . 3 He had also to announce that Prince Albert bad empowered him to say that he would be a contributor to the amount of 25L, and he, accompa nied his donation with the expression of sympathy and kindness for the objects of the Institution. He (Lord Ashley) hoped that these royal examples would stimu late the public, fur it was to the public, through this meeting, that they made their appeal, appealing, also, for assistance from the public press, which always showed itself forward and zealous in advocating the cause of the destitute and the oppressed. He did hope that these royal examples would stimulate all parties to come for ward and do something effectively for the relief of the present destitution that prevailed among so large a class of their fellow-creatures.—(Cheers.) It is hopeless (said his Lordship), nay, it is useless, to attempt any social or moral improvement of those classes so long as they re main in their present state of destitution and suffering. (Cheers.) Food and raiment are indispensable prelimi naries, and unless these demands of nature be supplied, it is vain, it is almost cruel, to talk of amelioration. — (Hear, hear.) Just consider what a multitude of women are concerned in this appeal. There are many mothers of families who are wholly unable to make provision for the proper discharge of any one of the maternal duties. Neither at home nor at school is there any possibility for their offspring to undergo any domestic or religious training. I have often said, and I do venture to say again, and I will say it even to satiety, that the women of a country are the chief sources of its virtue and of its vice, and that unless something be done to raise this class from their present state of destitution and disgrace, there will be very little hope for the prosperity of the British ernpire.—(Cheers.) When the Emperor Napo leon asked Madame Campen what he should do for the benefit of France, that excellent woman replied, " Train up for us a race of mothers." This is as true as holy writ, because it is derived from it ; and I do hope that from this day we shall be doing something effective towards that great consum mation, and that we shall not be content to say, " Be ye warmed, and be ye fed," but that if a brother or sister be naked, we shall at once be ready joyfully to acknowledge the relationship, and prove that we are the children of one common Father. The report was then received and adopted. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER observed, that as her Majesty the Queen Dowager had graciously conde scended to become the patron of this Institution, their ilobia friend in the chair was necessarily superseded. The first thing, therefore, they had to do was to request his Lordship to accept the office of vice-patron ; he ac cordingly moved that Lord Ashley be vice-patron of the Society. REDMAYNZ seconded the resolution, which was ]4r. unanimously adopted by the meeting. The Noble CHAIRMAN expressed his readiness to ac- BRITISH COLONY IN - cept the honour the meeting had conferred upon him. OF FRANCE The Hon. W. Cowl , Ea, M.P., then rose to move a re salution, pledging the meeting to use their utmost MARSEILLES, Nov. 28.—Lord Br friend Mr. Leader, Member for Westminster, arrive 4 1titiktfkallekititt endeavours to promote the interest of the Society, which had such strong claims upon the public support. No short time back at their delightful residence at Cannes. class of persons, in his opinion, was more entitled to Lord Brougham is busily engaged in the correction of commiseration than the needle-women—they were more the proof sheets of his great work on the French Revo lution. This work is very extensive apparently, anti susceptible to misery than persons belonging to the w lowest class, because they were generally persons of will be published on the return of the Noble Lord to better education reduced to a condition of destitution. London. He will leave his country seat in Provence so as to be present at the opening of Parliament. Mr. The competition among them was enormous. This was taken advantage of, and they were compelled to toil day Leader is engaged with his magniffcent bui l ding , the foundations of which are laid. This edifice , the plan of a,,d night fur a pittance that would hardly sustain life. The cruelty of their case was, that they did not receive which is on a scale of grandeur , magnificence , and the full amount paid by the trader for the labour be- ele g ance hitherto unheard of in the south of France, will stowed. A. middle-woman stepped in between the mas - probably be completed in a year , the work being 'for ter trader and the sempstress, and took the greater per - warded with all possible dispatch. tion of the mone actually paid for the labour. The General Harrison, the Marquis of Clanricerde , Col 3'Haddington, Sir Dunstan Lower, Sir Arthur Nelson, the object of this Society was to remedy this evil, by secur- Duchess of Bedford, &c., have severally visited the Noble ing to the person who actually gave the labour a fair proportion of the wages paid for it. The Society would Peer and his friend, who have suc ceeded in makin g Cannes a fashionable English colony. not at all interfere with the wholesale or retail trader ; Mr. Leader is frequently in our environs, with the in bat it might perhaps curtail the unjust gains of the in. termediate parties ; and possibly might supersede the tention, as he himself says, of purchasing largely in the " middle-women and middle-men" altogether. Those Delta of the fertile plain of Luval, situate near the fort set lands, of which he has lately become the proprietor. who gave a halfpenny and a penny for making a shirt, It would ; indeed, be difficult to fi nd a s p ot more cal must be making their fortunes out of the blood and sieews of their fellow-creatures. By restoring to the culated to arrest the attention of a ca p italist. Admirable climate, rare fertility, rivers, canals, ponds, forests, mpstresses that to which they were entitled, full and fair wages, the Society aimed to do justice rather than m eadows—everything, in short, fitted to w in the admira tion of an agriculturist is found united here with the to bestow alms. They were a friendless, helpless, and destitute class, and being near to the doors of the most beautiful scenery. Many English families have formed the project of wealthy, aid could be afforded them more promptly and building in the neighbourhood of the colony of Cannes. effectually than to those in remote regions, on whose behalf the thoughts and imaginations of the benevolent Lord Brougham does the honours in ma g nificent st y le. were oftentimes sought to be excited.—(Cheers.) JuLIEN JEFFREYS, Esq., seconded the resolution. Some politico-economical objections had been made to this Society. It was said that poverty must always abound, and that the real remedy was for the persons suffer ing to manage . not to multiply their numbers. But it should be borne in mind that women laboured under great disadvantages. They could form no union societies; they could hold no periodical meetings, to confer upon what affected their interests ; they had no strikes for wages ; and thus they were powerless as to effecting any remedy for the evils they suffered under. If the hours of labour of women were limited to ten a day, it was his belief that there would not be a sufficient number in the metropolis to supply the demand in the labour market. What was required, however, was to create such an extra demand for the labour of women, as should lessen the present lengthened hours of work, and in crease, by some amount, the present rate of wages. This he thought might be done by this Society, as it would afford temporary employment to the extra hands, leaving the rest to work moderate hours at full wages. It was astonishing how greatly one or two redundant hands affect the interests of a large number of workers. An excess of one in fifty would introduce a state of compe tition prejudicial to the whole body. The present Insti tution would remedy that evil, and therefore he cordially gave it his support. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. REDMAYNE moved the appointment of a Committee to administer the funds of the Society. lie considered it the duty of all who were in circumstances to do so, to stand by those who could not protect themselves, which was the case with the unhappy objects of this Institution. All parties were now studying to curtail the hours of business and labour, for not only were the warehouse men closing their establishments at one o'clock on Sa turday, but the carriers would not receive goods after three o'clock on that day. Women, however, could not combine to procure relaxations of that nature. He should like to see it:good strike:amongst the needlewomen, for he thought it would be productive of great benefit. It was said by some, that it was vain to undertake such objects as the present, because the evil was too deeply seated to be removed by any efforts that these societies could make ; but it was a suffi cient answer to say that, if they could not remove the whole mass of misery that existed, they would very much diminish its amount. As Christian men and women it was their duty to do something, and he was sure the ladies of England, when they sat by their fire sides and reflected upon the privations and sufferings of the numbers of femals who were compelled to ply the midnight needle, would feel a wish that they could put an end to all employment of so cruel a description, 1)r. PENPOLD seconded the resolution, and it was car ried unanimously. Letters were read from the Earls of Mountcashel and Hardwicke, the Bishop of Llandaff, and others, express ing regret for their unavoidable absence, and declaring their sympathy in the objects of the Society. A list of subscriptions was also read. Alderman FA.nEnnoTnEn said that as the business of the day was about to conclude, he was quite satisfied that the meeting would be unwilling to separate without offering to the noble Chairman their best thanks for his generous services, and for the courteous manner in which he had conducted himself in the chair. As President of the Society, he begged to say a few words upon the pur poses for which it was intended. He would not occupy the time or harrow the feelings of the meeting by nar rating the many cases of distress which had come before him as a magistrate ; but perhaps it was in consequence of some of those eases that the present Institution was founded. He never professed to thank, and he never should thank, an enlightened British public for contri buting their money for purposes of benevolence ; he rather congratulated them upon possessing the privilege of bestowing a portion of their superfluities upon needy and deserving objects. We were all dependent upon each other, from the highest to the lowest. The rich could not live without the middleman, nor the middleman without the poor person. It was our duty to give com fort to the afflicted, to wipe away the tear from the eye of the widowed mother, and to enable her to protect her children and to nurture them in kindness and affection, and with the benefit of her sound instruction and admo nition. lie moved the cordial thanks of the meeting to Lord Ashley for his able and judicious services, and for the courteous manner in which he had conducted himself in the chair. The Rev. JOSEPH BROWNE seconded the motion, and exhorted all present to remember, after they left that room, the resolution to which they had voluntarily come, to do all in their power to promote the purposes of the Society. Lord ASHLEY said Alderman Farebrother had laid down in such excellent and unanswerable terms the prin ciple that none are entitled to thanks for the perform ance of their duty, that he felt embarrassed how to re. ceive the thanks of the meeting for the slight trouble he had taken in this cause. lie did feel that very little thanks were due for the performance of a duty imposed upon us by the responsibility of our situation. If, in deed, we thought that we came into the world by chance, it would be all well and good ; but if we were placed here for an especial purpose, and if our existence was a gift which was to be accounted for, there certainly were little thanks due for the discharge of duties so impera tive. At the same time, he was not indifferent—far from it—to the thanks of his fellow-citizens. He con sidered it not only as an honour which ought to be highly prized, but as a resolution on the part of those who offered it to co-operate with him in his efforts for the general amelioration of the condition of mankind, and in that sense lie thanked the meeting heartily, and he should, with God's blessing, so long as he had the power, do all he could to remove some of the evils of bis fellow-creatures. The meeting then broke up. ------- - THE FIIII:NCH NAVY. The following article appears in the Quolidieans (a paper that supports the Bourbon dynasty), for the purpose of showing how France lost all her maritime power when she cast off the old race of kings. It is a curious document, and admits certain facts with re gard to the victories of the English navy, which Na poleon kept with the utmost care from public view : "Ws have already shown what the naval forces of France are in 1844. They are very much fallen off from what they were fifty years ago. Louis XVI , it is true, did not go to Windsor; he would have spurned the idea of uniting two rival nations by the puerile knot of a garter; but he forced the Britannic Plenipotentiaries to come to Paris and sign an act of renunciation of the 'finest jewel in the crown of George 111., viz., an entire continent. The French fleet on the Ist of October, 1792, reckoned 86 ships of the line, of which 39 be longed to Brest, 10 to Lorient, 13 to Rochefort, and 24 to Toulon. Three of these were of 120 guns ; five of 110 ; ten of 80 ; sixty-seven of 74 ; and one of sixty four guns. War broke out. The imperious tyranny of the Commissioners of the Convention, the timid heslta tions of some of the Admirals, Cie ill-conceived and un connected instructions sent from Paris, by men who knew nothing of navigation, and a concurrence of cir cumstances, subjected cur squadrons to great disasters, although the courage of our naval heroes never for ore.; moment failed. Our losses were enormous. It is pain ful to recal them, but it is the duty of history, and we, have before us official documents of them which ought not to be concealed, as being fecund in profitable lessons; experience thus dearly bought should ever be brought into use. In . . 793—we had thirteen ships of the line, and nine frigates taken or destroyed at Toulon, and five frigat,:s taken elsewhere. 794—Six ships taken or sunk ; eight frigates taken. .795—Five ships taken or burnt ; six frigates taken. [96—Seven frigates taken. 797—Three frigates taken. 798—Thirteen ships taken or destroyed (eleven at Aboukir) ; ten frigates taken, and two destroyed. 799—Six frigates taken. 800—Two ships and six frigates taken. 801—Two ships and ten frigates taken. 803—One ship and six frigates taken. 805—Fourteen ships taken or destroyed (Trafalgar) ; four frigates taken. 808—Six ships and one frigate forced to surrender at Cadiz ; two frigates taken. .Six ships and seven frigates destroyed, and seven frigates taken. .810—Eight frigates taken. 1811—Three frigates taken; two destroyed. 1812—One ship taken; two frigates destroyed. 1813—Two frigates taken. 1814—Seven frigates taken, 1815—One frigate taken. The losses of France during these twenty-three years amounted to 91 ships of the line and 177 frigates, com prising 11 ships and as many frigates wrecked, or burnt by accident. Out of 60 ships taken, 41 were added to the British navy; and out of 137 frigates taken, 108 had the same fate. These reverses on the oceanhow ever, did not prevent France from being triumphant on the Continent, and her victories on land compelled dif ferent nations to add their squadrons to hers, but her al lies were equally unfortunate. Their losses were— Ilolland-22 ships of the line, and 40 frigates. Spain-21 ships and 22 frigates. Denmark-20 ships and 10 frigates. And yet all these successes of Great Britain were purchased by her at a very easy rate. She had only seven ships of the line taken from her, viz. the Alexander, in 1794 ; the Censeur and Berwick, in 1795; the Leander, in 1798 ; the Hannibal and Swiftsure in 1801 ; and the Calcutta in 1805. She had also to record the capture of 12 of her frigates. One of these was by a deed the most glorious in our naval an nals. On 14th December, 1798, the Ambuscade was boarded and taken by our sloop the Bayonnaise, of very inferior force. The preponderance of the naval strength of Great Britain is further shown by the following state ment : At the end of 1794 she had 117 ships of the line, of which 85 were in commission. In 1802 she had 126 ships of the line, of which 104 were in commission. In 1809, 127 ships, of which 113 were in commission ; and in 1813, 124 ships, of which 102 were in commis sion. The totals of her effi ctive navy were, at tho-end of 1793, 411 vessels of war, measuring together 402,000 tons ; 135 of these were in commission. In 1798 she had 696, measuring 581,000 tons, and of these vessels 451 were in commission. In 1809 she had 1,061, measuring 858,000 tons, and 709 of these vessels were in commission ; and in 1813 she had 1,009 vessels of war, measuring together 870,000 tons ; 613 of these vessels were in commission. Thus in twenty years England, to insure to herself the absolute dominion of the seas, more than doubled the numbers of her naval force." 809 -' COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' PROTECTION SOCIETY: TO THE EDITOR OF. THE SUN. Sin,—Your insertion of the letters signed " A BQg.. man," " A Modern Commercial Traveller," " A Com mercial Traveller, but no Teetotaller," and the " Secre tary of the Commercial Travellers' Protection Society," (who, by-the-bye, seems ashamed to sign his name) in The Sun of Saturday last, demands the warmest thanks of every firm sending out commercial travellers, as it at once shows the great saving that may be effected in the present literal allowance for " travelling expenses," which is a very serious item in these days of severe com petition, and consequently diminished profits. The only extra charge those harpies, the landlords, oould make would be 6d. for dinner, and as the pint of " wine" and the glass of " ardent spirits" would cost 3s. 6d., there would be a clear saving of 21s. per week, which, with a house sending out four or five: travellers, would effcct a saving of some 200 or 300 pounds per an num—as I cannot fur a moment imagine such nice p:!ople as your Correspondents would appropriate a sum of money allowed them for the travelling expenses of the house to any other purpose. I therefore beg to express my thanks to you and your Correspondents for this valuable information, although I am fearful before we can realise any great benefit we must procure a set of travellers who require a chairman, treasurer, and secretary to protect them, and who con scientiously believe that taking' a pint of wine at dinner and a glass of grog at night constitutes a drunkard. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, A TRAVELLING 1 ARTNER. SIR JOHN SEALE, M.P. Our obituary records the death of Sir John Seale, Bart., the representative of Dartmouth. Sir John first entered Parliament, being then Colonel Scale, in 1832, and from the commencement till the close of his career, was a consistent liberal politician. lie took an active part in promoting corporation reform, and laboured as siduously in favour of free trade. For several sessions, beginning in 1838, he brought forward a measure to per mit the grinding of foreign corn in bond, and he had at length the pleasure of seeing his plan carried into exe cution. We have no recollection of his taking a pro minent part on any other question, but he attended well to his Parliamentary duties, and was rarely absent when a liberal question was to be supported, or an invasion of the public liberties defeated. Sir John was descended from a good family, which has been long settled in Devonshire, where it has consider able property and influence, and some church patronage. lie was Colonel of the South Devon Militia, and was created a baronet under Lord Melbourne's administra tion in 1838, an honour which his standing in his native county and his public services well deserved. In 1804, he married the daughter of Sir Paul Joddrel, and has left behind him a numerous family. At the time of his decease he was in his sixtieth year, and is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, born in 1806. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. — The exhib tion this year, it is believed, will exceed, both in the quantity as well as quality of the stock, that of any pre ceding one, and in order to afford facilities for such in crease, not only have the proprietors of the bazaar had removed an extensive stabling which formerly occupied the north-western corner of the grand marquee, but the entire of the spacious carriage department (only a small slip thereof being appropriated formerly) has been placed at the disposal of the Club. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Richmond, and Earl Spencer. have made entries as competitors in various descriptions of stock. HEALTH OF GENERAL NOTT.—During the past week the General has continued to gain strength, and he is now much better than he has been since his arrival in England. So satisfactory, indeed, is the state of the Gallant General's health that he may be said to be fast approaching convalesence. Lady Nott took carriage airings yesterday and to day, and it is gratifying to learn that her ladyship's health is improved.— Welshman. IMPERIAL PRESENTS.—We understand that at the close of the past week (Friday last) a great number of cases were landed at the Custom-house, having been brought from Cronstadt. They all contain presents from the Emperor of Russia, said to be of extraordinary value. There are no less than twenty packages for her 'Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Albert, four or five .of the cases, with their contents, weighing each above a ton. Sir N. Peel, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Duke of Buceleuch, have had also several large cases; the whole amounting to about thirty. We cannot Mate the precise nature of the lincerial gifts, but we hear that lase Queen has had forwarded some superb vs of great value, and some of the cases a re stated malachite to be valued at 10,0001. HOOTON HALL.—Sir W. Massey Stanley, Bert. s birthday, last week, was celebrated after the good old style of English hospitality, at his seat in Cheshire. Th e respected Baron et entertained nearly 1,000 of his tenantry in a spacious marquee erected purposely for the occasion. The school children were not forgotten, a handsome provision being laid out at the hall. On Wednesday Sir William gave a ball and supper, w hich concluded the three days' festivities. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Sm,—The cant and humbug of the present day ap pears making its entrance into the Commercial Room. There is no necessity ' that I can see, for chairman , se cretary, Ike. to the "Commercial Travellers' Protection Society." Let all who are of their way of thinking associate together, and not annoy the great portion of their fellow-travellers. As to the vicious system, blighting the prospects indulged in by a fond parent, those who cannot take care of themselves had better have their " anxious parent" with them. The fact is, it is to save money that this humbug is commenced. Houses who send out gentlemen to represent them, sup port them as gentlemen, and - whose. conduct deserves their confidence, are to be annoyed by f.‘ . modern com mercial men," who are generally sent out by third-rate houses, at a few shillings per day. The landlord is to furnish them, in some measure, at the expense of the liberal portion of the commercial body—and, lam proud to say, the greater number may be classed so—for your " teetotallers' are, from observation, " tremendous heavy feeders. I do, likewise, most distinctly deny the fact of " A Young Commercial," " that every one is compelled to drink his pint of wine ;" every day's experience proves the contrary. The Society spoken of appears to wish to ride is " first-class carriages," at " second class fares." Ido hope the rational and social comforts of the Commercial Room na:ty long continue. Let this now Society enjoy . its comforts and advantages, but nut by interfering with the present usages of the road.-1 re main, Sir, yours respectfully. ONE WHO CAN IJSE, AND NOT ABUSE, THE CONIFOR T 6 OF LIFE. Salisbury, Dec. 1, 1844. [We have received several other letters on the same subject, and among there , one from a Correspondent, who signs himself " Yu - oex, complaining of the.grtat space in the paper already devoted to the controversy, while, forgetting the point with which he sets out, he fills more than two large pages ‘Nith a disquisition on teetotalism. lie, therefore, cannot blame us ler omitting hiS letter ; but, indeed, enough has alteady appeared to satisfy both parties.—En. Sun.] ---, • - . FIRE OFF TOPPING'S WIIAuF.--Yesterday morning, about' half-past twelve o'clock, a very alarming' fire broke out in a schooner lying olf Topping's wharf. The land engines and firemen were soon in attendance 1 of thl A and 3 sections of the London establishment, as well as a party of the Thames police, and with the united exertions of those on board, though with the ut most difficulty, the fire was soon extinguished; not, how i ever until great damage was done to the cargo on board. S U. A. r"..` :,_ 143 \ ( ~..7„:„..,_,_.__-, - 11."14:74 : -.: ' ,- --71-10> P:fi _: ----"'?;.; ; 1e.1...t 4; ,. . , 1 7 . ) -A., -,..,-..1,4„.., istltc-sCtIVF-113 j :, lbers 'rots 'vO A : on . r t _ uoyt es 0 4 ad' i° had ArbiL e- HisboP keque.i 1114 3 1r. r, P,:, let AF a ei ,ovsn 4 co .101 0 _ , s ea' .0(le r ; 0 0; 0 , roil! e r 0 oofebeli° re 13f6 lis C° , b e Al° swot o ho); of