The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-27 00:00:00

r.0...•• , '' ,°° PORI' value to -t chargo Customs' Dtage, to', va l u e of fights Lod titandad . )urse into nd indeed )g to ses ription d ; MA" ne PO III discbarr ipos, aoi and °ell. slated 0 t a a boo 'on ' e 011. i e shore' ry of i b s e 4 the be T ilt COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SCA'. ' 13 , -- 1 have recently spe,-A a few days in Man chester, havirq,; visited that to-An partly on business, and pertl e th at . I might see anything :hat was worth !" i ng • it. During this visit I nave. been greatly interested with many things pointed out to me, and particularly with the wonderful manufactories, and with tbe skill and energy with which they are carried °ll - But, however strange it may seem, I have ar rived at the conclusion, that the most remarkable sight in Alanchester is to be found in the offices of the great free trade association, or as it is more corn tnonly called, the Anti-Corn-law League. The gentleman at whose house I was staying is a me mber of that Association, and pretty regularly attend s the meetings of the Council, and knowing that fro m a recent thorough examination of the ques tion of tree trade, I had become a convert to its doc trii-4,1, he introduced me to some of its prominent Illembers, and I spent some portion of almost every - ( 1 . 14t Y in their society, at the Council room of the I need not describe the offices of the League fur ther than to say, that they are situate in Market strevt, of within 100 yards of the Exchaege, and consist z extensive an d commo di ous a p artmen t s , fitt e d u p ' A l l a manne r su it a bl e t o th e i mpor t ance o f t h e wor k f or which they are engaged. That which struck me as , most notabl e a b ou t th e w h o l e place, is the regu larity and f requency o f the meetings f the Council, 4 , 11 (1 the e ffi c i ent and b us i ness lik e manner i n w hi ch its affairs are transacted. th The first ti me I wen t w ith my f r i en d an d h os t t o e League i 6 offices, was on a 'Monday- morning ;it wag a little after ten o'clock. Mr. Wilson, the Chair -111, an of th e C ounc il h a d a l rea d y t a k en t h e c h a i r . Th e i eer etary of th e L eague , M r . Hi c ki n , was u p on hi s : I ' h and, and on each side of the long table sat seve -44 gPntlem en , w h o were mem b ers o f th e C ounc il. I ,- Tas intr o d uce d to most o f t h em. M r. C o bd en was there ; Mr. W oo ll ey an d M r . L ees , b o th o f w h om are , a nufactur ers; Mr. Rawson, a gentleman formerly frthe Nottingham trade, but now I believe retired ti c ` tn ,b . usiness, and who is treasurer of the League; th r • lilekham, who is a calico-printer; Mr. Prentice, ° Proprietor and editor of the Manchester Times, a pa p e r which has long laboured zealously in the cause; a ", Mr. J o h n B roo k s , a l so an ex t ens i ve ca li co - pr i nter th.`i merchant, and one or two others whose names at is moment I don't remember. On the desk be agentshe chai rman we r e a number o f l e tters from and friends of the League in various Pert ! of the kingdom, which were read aloud t° ,.,. me Council, and the needful replies were t, 4 77 - t e )e e d upon and noted down by the secretary, l e t t attended to during the day. Many of these tine e rs had re f erence t o th e pr ogress o f the registra eu, different boroughs, and some requested a t o r i l s lof free-trade tracts ; others applied for lecturers for sent into certain districts, or contained reports rtie et r progress from lecturers who were holding k e ,; n gs in distant parts of the country. Of the last /41;1°4dii , one I remember was from Wiltshire, and 4le cti the Council of the particulars of some as sup n g‘ recently held in that county. I need not CP .e You that I felt deeply interested in these pro to ,„' n gs, and that I gladly acccepted an invitation p i g " I ne again the folloaing day. Tuesday is the ttnneipal market-day in Manchester, and is also an t i t day at the offices of the League. At ten e r if tl , Mr. Nilson was again in his place, and most 'e gentlemen I have before named were there. k a w some who were not present on the Monday, (;sing whom were Mr. liazle,y, of the firm of laliitdner and Bazley, through whose fine spinning who ',was politely - shown ; and Mr. J. B. Smith, I was informed, contested the borough of alsall in the year 1841, and is represented to be a gentlema n o f great experience in all matters of trade, ofd„ in questions of political economy. The letters tee the day were aga i n read, an d the repl i es d i ctated to fr se cretary. Du r i ng th e mornin g , ma ny g entl emen te c irn the neighbouring towns called in and united in Henry pro ceedings. Several were pointed out tome :—Mr. Is 4 Ashw or th, f rom B o lton ; Mr. Whitehead, from le a wtenet a ll ; Mr. Bright, M.P., from Rochdale ; Mr. 01) ert Munn, from Ba.cup ; Mr. Whittaker, from and oseveral others, came in and stayed for —e time. After the regular business was trans f,4„—eBll, t ed, there was a good deal of conversation various matters connected with the progress on t he free-trade cause, but turning chiefly pi the recent registration results, and the to "perceiv I eedings for attending to it in future. It is easy e The important such meetings as this must become. gentlemenwho called in were in some presentati degree re vea from the towns from which they came, and report s o f w h at was d o i ng in the dif ferent • localiti es would doubtless stimulate each other to contin ue d exertions tbt ! ,, learned that, besides the daily morning meeting of till .k:ouncil, whi c h b egan at ten and generally lasted ail eve past ele ven or twelve o ' clock, there was also f ur ,l e ning meetin g at fi ve o ' c l oc k , w hi c h was often discussion and arrangement of some points left whi [_,,tor furth er cons id erat i on from the morning, and woad Partook also of a social character. On this tep, (1 4 aY evening the meeting was to receive further • °I th r ` a On the registration for the southern division county of Lancaster. Tea was served in the Q --tleil- rnom. The most active members of the p ee - „ t,n eil were present, and many whose engagements of te e m ed their regular attendance in the early part and th "ay. The London morning papers were in, d nri Air contents formed the subject of conversation lae e n t ea. The abuse of the Herald, or some fal tio;'i of the Post, afforded amusement, whilst satisfac. la y i n w as expressed that the independent press was A hen g bare the s u ff er i ngs o f th e agricultural labourers. and e t six o'clock th e c h a i r ma n resume d hi s p l ace , tistr et . sines i commenced. The result of the l a t e re the 1 4 ' 0 in South Lancashire, I had learned from fre,,.' t nn lie papers, had been greatly in favour of the s ocgri- dera, and this meeting was to tak e s t e p s f or Frirla K the position th e y h a d ga i ne d. T ues d ay an d Wii so Y evenings were set apar t f or t hi s . purpose. M r. vineri b riefly stated what had been done at the pre- S ince r ti ilgs, and requested 'reports of their progress ha e th last m e t. - One gentleman stated that he tien t n ames of fi ve p ersons to give in for qualifies,- el s° 'r South Lancashire, three of whom would the •%I na lifY for North Cheshire, and two for in tk e st Ridi ng o f Y or k s hi re. Another h an d e d a ue n ames of five Young men empl o yed anxious large whol esa l e ware h ouse , w h o were oth er to .qualify for South Lancashire. An and th rive in the names of himself, his brother, hUieh er " of his sons, for South Lancashire. A large by t , of names were thus handed in, and entered the •" a 'ecreta • - add r rY in a book kept for the purpose, with .ori g h t ess and occupation of the parties. Mr. Vies d(7laspresent at this meeting, and reported what Nth in Rochdale, from which it appeared that hopes of , . 0 qualify for the county, that they had Inajuret making a large increase to their present large report °ll the register. One striking part of his tinny of t,kthat many of the best paid and most intel ,Tns to ohn working-men were making great exer- Zoasieg. freehold a county qualification, and were pur- Vn° l d cottages with such funds as theyl t ain qu .: 1 1 1 1 many were saving, with a view to l a t l leetin g the: 'cations. Mr. Cobden informed the rc ady b een a deputation from the Council had 2.li4ety,r also in the West Riding, to have interviews Ir^:rteotautey tfraders, to confer with them on the im eXufketurei?, enlisting the suffrages of the merchants, voliti shopk eepers, an d working men in the 'oil int.,mnet now be resolutely carried on wh ose „o,:"tlated monopolist proprietors of the brigwg rui n u r po "eY, if not counteracted, would shortly themselves and the country. If it ot e li r e e , ilee essar n t end a fily, come to that, they must have an ate. jeotriparloiptirtieerteoasrtsstruggle between the towns and the • vver Portably whose legislation every truly der n t thi s meetin had suffered so deeply. truinthe Council-room was most un- , g t _ e manifested s ded, and a spirit and determination 4,.'9eed, what has such as I have rarely seen. And, Shir e i s most im already been done in South Lanca portant and decisive, and would seem be have (Veiled airly e . a W ay by which the monopolists can litf or ° ra PPled with. often heard "ming to Manchester I had, of course, ti on , eard of the League, and I had read some par lett,:ears of its mansdgements and organisation in a th e - , °n ce Publish e Jecn o f in the Morning Chronicle, from titian a stranger who had visited its head -10.11.?_11 surprised me. ers but what have seen has nevertheless very The members of the Council, was names have . been mentioned, attend, I s hn t old, ahnost i _ fli ng fo _ s.x nvar.iably every day. Every at his rda ys the week Mr. Wilson constant Post, and several other members are his dercompanions in his labours, and no one. is tle n e. e r egular in his atteance than Mr. Cobden en ""ng the Parliametnnteaerdnrecess, except when he is an laged in holdin g etshrotughout the country ; twel e Alr ' Bright, who resides miles distant, is generally a present three times Rochdale, ten or let7. ee k. Like other persons living et a distance from C, an ehester, I had heard of few of the Manchester 141.1410, excepting as Chairman, and at a ,Fsohden and Mr. Br.i I ht l , lso w n ho had both spoken g, at which I present, in the town in that reside, but I found out whilst in Manchester i f . ther e were others, and not a few, whose services, V i tant to sustain thethe 1\ 1(4 so much before public, are to the full as iin wthht,.t)k.,l_low.!_labour position of the League as the of those gentlemen. And it is ie,,"7 distinguishing feature of this movement, and elevates. it in my view above almost ever ' Lnat the eclat of public meetings and public y ane e - ar e Is en not needed US a stim u l us t o t h ose who PUlei gaged in it. The men whose names ee e never hear of, and who are stra ' ng t e i rs el l to ti ew4 . the most assiduous readers of the and te s Pa ci P e e v ra o , ,_a , re at least as untiring in their labours wet to the cause as those to whom its ser- ' rius 017 N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING vice has given prominence and position in society. And 1 may also remark on the singular harmony which h.is prevailed amongst them. My friend, who has been more or less with them now fur five or six years, told me, that during the whole of I+l4 peliod he had never kno‘s n anything approaching to a serious difference of opinion, and from his account, and from what I saw, they- appear to have one heart, and a truly great heart it is, and to permit nothing to interfere with the object before them. .1 have been induced to ask for the insertion of this letter in your columns, in the hope that it may meet the eyes of the free -traders throughout the kingdom. If in half the towns of Great Britain a committee could be formed whose members could work zealously in unison with the Council in Manchester, what great things might be done! A few intelligent and active men might meet and take tea together in an evening, discuss their progress and prospects, organise a sys tem against which no wrong couldlong be maintained, and gather round them an influence which would speedily accomplish the deliverance of their country from the evils which an ignorant and very selfish policy is daily inflicting upon it. Why should not Glasgow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Plymouth, and the metropolitan boroughs adopt this plan, whisk has proved so successful in Manchester ? Are there not some good, some reel men in each of these populous places who are ready for the work which the eountry is looking for at their hand; ? From what I have seen in Manchester lam satisfied the foolish system of the monopolists has nearly run its course. The best of causes is in the hands of men who seem never to be weary, to whom a feeling of hopelessness is un known, and whose disinterested labours are destined, I feel assured, to work a great and peaceful revolution is this country. I hope this letter may not be too long for your space, and be on that account rejected ; it contains only a very meagre .sketch of the impressions left on my mind by my visit to Manchester, but I shall take it as a great favour if it be placed before the readers of your widely 7 circulated journal.—l am, yours, Sze., A TRAVELLER. November 18,1844. IRELAND, THE LATE STATE PROSECUTION. D . numN, Nov. 24.-1 t is probable that there will b e ye 4 notiler motion in the Court of Queen's Bench respect the late State prosecution. A , yeefi- two since, upon the application of Sir Coke tan o"Logh!en, as con nsel on the part of Mr. O'Co ti. e Court made an order that Mr. Bourne, the clerk of the Crown, should vacate the recog niza aces of the ti•aversers, filed in the Crown-office, and enter a discharge upon them. It is a necessary part of this order that the officer should endorse upon the re cord the fact that the judgment of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench had been set aside by the House of Lords. From some cause or other the clerk of the Crew n has not, up to this time, made the requisite end.ox cement upon the record, and it is understood that le is determined not to make it. This seems very strange, but nevertheless is as we have stated. Under Wese circumstances, the agents of the late tra versers have no alternative but another application to the Court, for an order to the officer, directing him to comply' with the previous order for the vacating of the recogn;zances and the completion of the record, by the inset Lion of the fact that the judgment of the Court of Que en's Bench had been quashed by the House of Lords.. The Irish representative Prelates for the Parlia mentary session of 1845, are the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Meath, Kildare, anJ Cashel. se . ..c a larg - e familito deplore his loss ; whilst the boy, who could not swim, was providentially saved by the timely assistance of one of the boats of her Majesty's sloop Scout. The Apollo only left Cork on the 2d of this month, and as friends and relations must naturally be anxious to learn the fate of all on board, to allay the appre hensions of any relatives of the survivors we consider it to he our duty to subjoin a list of those who have perished. List of the drowned :—Sergeant Grittun ; Gun ners Leaver, Bossey, and Latter, of the Royal Artil lery; Sergeant Kenevan, of the 97th Regiment: Mary Ann Coyle, servant to Captain M4Quarrie, of the 42d; and the boatman, John Ferro. TiIE WELLINGTON STATUE AT GLASGOW . . On Thursday night, Mr. A. Stevenson Dalglish was entertained at public dinner, by the subscribers to the Wellington statue, recently erected in Glas gow, and others, "who were desirous to testify to that.gentleman the deep sense hich they entertain of the valuable services he has ^rendered to the city and the west of Scotland, by the untiring zeal, ability, perseverance, and courtesy, which he all along displayed as Convener of the Committee of Sub scribers, and which so greatly contributed to bring the undertaking to a successful completion." The dinner took :place in the Trades' Hall, and was at tended by fully three hundred gentlemen, who may be said to have comprised the very elite of our com munity. The Earl of Glasgow filled the chair, sup ported on the right by Mr. Dalglish, the guest of the evening, the Rev. Dr. M'Leod, Sir James Camp bell, Air. Lockhart, M.P., &c., &c. Sergeant Gritton, who leaves a wife and five chil dren, had been at a former period stationed in this garrison, .where, besides having raised himself to the rank he held by his exemplary conduct and zealous performance of duty, he was universally respected and beloved by all who knew him, and we may imagine what must have been the feelings of his•unhappy wife, who, on the eve of accompanying him to Corfu, was waiting his arrival on the quay, when the first in telligence which reached her was brought by the boat which had conveyed on board of the Apollo the inanimate body of her husband. What augments our sympathy in this particular case is the circumstance of her being near the period of her confinement. A subscription has been opened here for the bereaved family, and we sincerely hope that a generous public at home will respond to an appeal in behalf of the widow and fatherless children. Although the master of the Danish galliot is to be blamed for not having kept a better look out, the accident is chiefly attributed to the patron of the small boat, in having obstinately persisted to cross the hawse of the larger vessel, which as well as his own was close hauled on the wind. His own untimely end has dearly paid the penalty of this act of rashness. As independent of the body of Sergeant Gritton, , which was picked up shortly after the accident, yes terday two and to-day three of the bodies have been found, that of the unfortunate woman, Mary Ann Coyle, is now the only one missing, but from the exertions that are still making it is hoped that it will also be recovered. • A difference of opinion having arisen between the Coroner and the military authorities, as to which is the competent tribunal to investigate the circum stances of the accident, no verdict has yet been made public. This melancholy event, which every day since has caused the repetition of the mournful duty of convey ing to their last resting-place the remains of the un fortunate sufferers, accompanied with all the affecting and imposing ceremony of military burial, has tended to throw a gloom over the place, and speaking loudly a solemn warning to all, impressively reminds us of the uncertainty of human life. • On the 12th the Swedish frigate Josephine, Capt. C. H. Ulner, arrived here and came to an anchor, having been 26 days on the voyage from Copenhagen. On the day following the French brig of war Cygne, Captain Heureux, weighed anchor, and sailed from this to the westward. The following are the vessels of war which are still here : Her Majesty's sloop Scout, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond; her Majesty's brig Savage, Captain Bowker; her Majesty's troop-ship Apollo, Captain M‘Lean ; the Danish brig of war Mercurius, Captain Christmas; the Danish war-steamer Hekla, Captain Mourier ; the Swedish frigate Josephine, Captain C. H. Ulner; the Swedish corvette Carlskrona, Captain Runth ; the Swedish schooner L'Aigle, Lieutenant Begg, commander; the Norwegian corvette Nordst jernen, Captain Konow. From the above it will he seen that Sweden, Nor way, and Denmark have at this moment six vessels of war in our bay, and as their presence here is con sidered necessary, from the pending negotiations be tween Morocco and these countries, their stay may be indefinitely prolonged if they wait till a final arrange ment is concluded. The tribute, or protection douceur, or whatever other name diplomacy may give to this unreasonable exaction of Morocco from nations with which she has little or no intercourse, has hitherto been regularly paid by Sweden, amounting to 20,000 dollars annually, but since the accession to the throne of King Oscar, the Government have come to the decided resolution that, excepting the amount due for the last year, which they agree to pay, not one dollar more shall go out of the public purse for this purpose. The amount annually paid by Denmark has been 25,000 dollars, of which two years are at present due, and, on the same conditions as Sweden, the Government of Denmark have some to the determination that the POSTAL TREATY BET WEEN BEL- GIUM AND ENGLAND. 13aussELs, Nov. 24.—The Post•office treaty be tween England and Belgium was signed in London on the 19th of October. The ratifications were ex changed in London on the 19th of November. The Moniteur publishes this day the treaty at length. The following are the chief clauses : " Art. 4. The exchange of the international corre spondence will take place at Dover and Ostend. The British Post-office will continue to convey in its packets the dispatches, four times a week, according to the terms of the treaty of October, 1834. The departures from Ostend to Dover will take place on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; the departures from Dover every Tuesday, Wednes day, } riday, and Saturday. "Art. 4. However, the Belgian Government will be at liberty to establish a service of packets to convey letters, dispatches, and travellers Letween both the ports above-mentioned twice a week, or daily ; and the Belgian Government reserves expressly to itself to enter into an agreement with the British Govern ment, in order to be freed from the obligation of paying to that Government the annual sum of 1,0001. sterling, which was stipulated in the treaty of October, 1834. After the usual' loyal 'toasts, the Noble Chairman said—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I now rise to propose the next toast—the health of our worthy friend and honoured and respected guest, Mr. Dal glish.—(Applause, which lasted for several minutes.) Gentlemen, though the especial purpose of our meet ing this evening is to express our high approbation of the conduct of Mr. Dalglish, as the Convener of the Committee of the Wellington Statue, and to offer him a mark of our respect and gratitude for the great ex ertions he has made during its progress, and until its completion—(Hear, hear) —though this, I say, is the avowed object of our meeting, I think we may be fairly permitted somewhat to exceed the prescribed limit and take'a more general view of a character, which the more it is examined the more it will be found worthy of our respect and admiration. Gentlemen, as Convener of the Committee of the Wellington Statue, Mr. Dalglish had an arduous task imposed upon him ; and no man could possess more eminently those qualities necessary for bringing that task to an efficient termination. The difficulties he had to contend with were numerous, and at times vexatious ; but he met them firmly, tem perately, and with a conciliation and courtesy well calculated to disarm opposition. lie never permitted any adverse circumstance to discourage him in car rying out the object he had in view—the comple-' tion of that statue, and its erection in the most fa vourable site. That has been accomplished, and though delay has occurred, which was inevitable and unforseen, it was, we know, the re s ult p ure ly o f ac cident, and still it has been erected in a shorter time than is usually necessary for the completion of works of this description. I beg, therefore, to propose the health of Mr. Dalglish, our honoured guest, and from the feelings you have already displayed, I know you will receive it in the manner it so well deserves. (fhe toast was drank with the most perfect enthusiasm, the cheering lasting several minutes.) Mr. DALGusiz returned thanks. " Art. 7. The packets employed by both Govern ments to convey dispatches between Dover and Ostend to be received and considered in both ports as men of-war, and to be free from all tonnage, harbour, and shipping duties. " Art. 9. The above packets to be allowed to carry passengers, with their luggage, horses, and carriages, but they will not be permitted to take goods on freight. " Art. 15. Persons sending letters either from Bel gium to Great Britain and British possessions, or from Great Britain and British possessions to Bel gium, to be at liberty to send the same without pay ing the postage, or to pay it in advance if they think proper, however the postage be paid for the whole distance. " Art. 16. Letters charged may be sent between the two countries, and as far as possible in transit to every country of which both offices are intermediaries. "Art. 19. Letters paid or unpaid to be charged with a postage duty of a shilling for every simple letter s . this postage to be increased according to the weight of letters on the scale established in both countries. " Art. 29. Newspapers sent from Great Britain to persons living in Belgium to be delivered free of postage to the Belgian office, and to be charged in Belgium with a postage of five centimes (ad.). " Belgian newspapers, directed to persons in Eng land, to be delivered free of postage to the British Post-office, and to pay in England only fire centimes. " Art. 30. The postage for periodicals, published in Belgium or in Great Britain, to be paid in advance, viz., in Belgium five centimes for every printed sheet uner thirty square decimetres ; and in England one penny for every work under two ounces, sixpence for every work above two ounces and not exceeding three; eightpence for every work above three ounces and under four; and for every ounce above four and under sixteen, twopence more. " The present treaty to be put in execution on the Ist of December, 1844." Colonel MURE, of Caldwell, proposed the health of the author of that monument to our greatest military hero, which now occupied such a prominent place in the centre of the city. There must be many present who were more able to speak on this subject than himself; but he could, at all events, claim the merit of impartiality. It would be false delicacy to pass over the circumstances attending the selection of the Baron Marochetti, the distinguished artist of the monument ; for it was well known that it had been the subject of great t ditTerence of opinion, of contro versy, and of much bitterness amongst the inhabitants of this city. The Committee must have been strictly impartial in asking him to propose this toast, for he had not been a member of the Wellington Statue Committee—he had not taken any part in the controversy; although he had been in favour of the general principle supported by those who op posed the Baron Marochetti's selection, on the ground that they should prefer native artists, for na• five works of art. But he would freely say, that whatever difference of opinion there might have existed, as to the propriety of the Baron's selection, there , could be no difference of opinion as to the practical results of that selection. He felt convinced that there was no man of taste, or no man who was in the habit of looking to the work; of art similar to that in front of the Exchange, who would not coin cide with the opinion of the Chairman, when he stated that it would bear comparison with the greatest works of the kind in Europe.— (Great applause.) He might be permitted to offer one or two criticisms on the statue, and, in doing so, they would all ow hi m to remind them that there was no such thing as per fection in human works ; and even though, by the dispensation of Providence, such a thing as perfectie . n . in a work of art was at tained, it would just be the more difficult to bring any person to say that it was perfect: He was afraid that, in proportion to the completeness and ex cellence of a work of art, the more was it exposed to the rigour of petty criticism; and just from the sim ple consideration, that where a work had two or three obvious defects, they were palpable to every one, and every one was gratified at being able to detect them. But when a work was so complete that it afforded no broad defects for the animadversions of the critics, then they considered it their duty to find fault with every petty portion of it. He had frequently ex perienced the truth of this in reference to the statue by Marochetti. The first time he walked up the street to survey it, he was assured there was nothing wrong but a little about the tail; then when he looked to the front, he was told there was some thing peculiar about the head. Then some other body would say that they had no fault with the head or the tail, but there was something not quite correct about the quarters. For himself, he had to say that these objections were vague ; but, as a whole, that the statue was a most magnificent work, and this was the highest eulogium he could offer to this splendid effort of the artist, the Baron Marochetti Colonel Mure then briefly traced the personal history of the noble sculptor—concluding by stating that the Baron en joyed the advantage of combining much of the chaste ness and delicacy of the Italian school with the spirit and vivacity of the French. The toast was drunk with great applause. Professor HILL, in a neat speech, proposed " The health .of Sheriff' Alison, and the Committee of Sub scribers to the Wellington Testimonial." Sheriff ALIsoN, in his own name, and in the name of the other gentlemen associated with him in the Committee, returned thanks for the honour which had been done them. FATAL EFFECTS OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO MEDDLE WITH ARDENT SPIRITS.—On last Friday an occurrence illustrative of the above took place in this city, and one which should convey a strong and im pressive admonition to all those who are in charge of young persons. A woman who resides near Globe-lane, and who had been taking care of a fine little boy, whose parents are supposed to be dead, was tippling with a neighbour. On going from home, with that indifference and recklessness which ever attend intemperate habits, she left a decanter of spirits, within reach of the child already mentioned. He, probably, having been accus tomed to those "little sips which those immediately in charge of children often administer to them with such fatal effect, raised the vessel to his mouth, swallowed a portion of the spirits, and immediately went out to play. The effects were, however, soon apparent, for the poor little fellow began to stagger about the streets, and was going towards the river, below Parliament-brid g e. Some sailors perceiving the child's motions suspected he was intoxicated, and went up to him ; they soon dis covered the truth, and also where the child lived, and had him conveyed home immediately. The woman in charge of him, being greatly alarmed at his appearance, for the little fellow began to foam at the mouth, had him taken to the South Infirmary, where medical aid was at once obtained, but it was too late, and about an hour or so after his admission death put a period to bis suffer ings.—Cork Southern Reporter. We wish to call the attention of spinners to a sys tem which is now carrying en, in the north of Ireland, calculated to injure the fair trader, and, in the end, to rob the millowner. Certain parties, representing them• selves extensive manufacturers, are in the habit of pur chasing yarns largely at the mills, paying part in cash, and getting the remainder on credit. It has been ascer tained, to a certainty, that these parties afterwards sell these yarns to manufacturers, on terms much lower than they originally purchased them for. It is easy to under stand what the result will be.—Northeina Whig. Mu. MACREADY.—The baggage and effects of this gentleman, containing a considerable portion of the splendid dresses worn by him in his dramatic delinea tions, and which he took with him in his professional tour to the United States, have arrived in the St. Katha rine's Docks, by the ship Quebec, from New York, and this eminent actor personally attended, their examina tion by the Customs officers on Monday afternoon, and went through the usual forms of declaration, &c., re quired for their delivery as British returned private effects, duty free. Some of the dresses are exceedingly handsome. The majority of the company engaged by Mr. Mitchell for the ensuing English performances in Paris left town on Sunday morning for that capital, and Mr. Macready intended to take his departure at the same time hail he not been detained m order to obtain posses sion of his baggage. He was to leave for the French capital on Monday by the Dover Railway, to make the nee cessary preparations for the completion of the arrange ments for the performance of English plays at the Opera Italien, which commence on Monday next. The Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Harrowby, Earl Talbot, Earl of Dartmouth, Earl of Bradford, Viscount Sandon, the Hon. Colonel Howard, Sir J. and Lady Yarde Butler, and Mr. E. Buller, M.P., have con tributed largely to the fund for the erection of a new district church at Forsbrook and the adjacent village of Blythe Marie, Staffordshire, the church accommodation of that densely populated district in the Potteries being sadly deficient. HARROW SCHOOL.—The election for the Head Mastership of Harrow School, which will be vacant at Christmas, takes place early in December, and the testi monials of the candidates are to be sent in on the 7th of the month. The choice rests with the six governors of the school, but, in the event of the numbers being even, the Archbishop of Canterbury has the casting vote. A subscription has been set on foot among the old Harrow men for the purpose of rebuilding the Head Master's boarding-house, which was destroyed by fire a few years buck. It is proposed that the architecture of the new boarding-house should correspond with that of the school, chapel, and private house of the Head Master but that " The Hall ' should be rebuilt precisely as it stood in Lord Byron's time. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, whilst Mr. G. Littlewood, lamp-contractor, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, was driving a horse in a chaise cart along Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, towards the Green, the horse, a vicious animal, suddenly took fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity. On descending the hill on the west-side of the Sessions-house the horse fell and rolled over. The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the cart, and his head came with great force against the kerb -stone. Constable G 102 ran to his assistance, and found that Mr. Littlewood's skull was entirely knocked in. He was conveyed in a state of insensibility to a sur geon's near the spot, who seeing his hopeless state di rected his removal to St. Bartholomew's, whither he was conveyedfri in a ca b, an d a f ter rece i v i ng e very attention Mrim thehousesur l g e e f o t n, a ez i p f i e r da acid t fam i l y. b l - s t He waselo•en. Littlewood has about forty. Various other toasts were given. In all fully 300 were present at the festival, and the meeting separated a little after eleven o'clock. TROTTING MATCH sou TBN POUND/ ASIDE. — Monday the trotting race between Mr. George's grey gelding and Mr. Chatwin's brown mare came off near Thornton-heath, Croydon. The terms of the match were, that the horses should be ridden a fair trot ten miles, and the first horse in to bo the winner ; and should either gallop to be immediately pulled in and turned. There were a good sprinkle of " sporting nobs" present; and money to some tune was speculated, the mare the favourite. Two miles of road was mea sured over which the match was to be contested, and the horses mounted by light weights were rode to the start ing place, and the signal given ; they went away at a slashing pace, and performed one mile in three minutes and fourteen seconds, the second mile was turned, both being in equal position, and concluded four miles (the mare thirty yards in advance) in fourteen minutes and forty-five seconds ; they completed six miles in twenty two minutes, the mare retaining the lead of fifty yards, and at the conclusion of eight miles the mare was forty yards in advance, having performed that distance in twenty-nine and a-half minutes ; they were pulled in and greened, and in one minute remounted and resumed the match, the mare breaking out into a gallop ; she was quietly pulled in and compelled to retrace her steps ; this gave the gelding an opprtunity of making a good lead, which his jockey readily availed himself of, and succeeded in coming in the winner by 150 yards. The ten miles of road was trotted over in thirty-six minutes and forty-five seconds. Neither horses appeared the slightest disttessed at the termination of the race. " OLD MICHAEL BOWEN, OF NEATH."--An old man, well known at Neath, both by high and low, under the above designation, died in th e course of the past week. ubie4i .isi, geuo•ing employ ed aslaetrtrearnlyds:andd oing other Jo b s , H e was in pumpin g wa t er f or r a remarkably early riser to his very last illness, being in the habit of calling up servants at three or four o'clock in the morning, if requested to do so. T hough blind from his ; whilebirth,hehciosurledcntrilacvnetliotno andeve power of ry nook and corner of discrimi nating sounds were so good, that he has been known to regognise the voices of persons whom he had not met with for fifteen or twenty years.—Cambrian. present payment must be considered in full of all claims on this score for the future as well as for the past. From the dilatory character of Barbary di plomacy, it must be impossible to predict when a final adjustment may take place, but it is anticipated that the intervention of England and France will ulti mately bring about the desired arrangement. Be that as it may—whether success or failure attends the endeavours of the mediating pary—one thing is cer tain, that Sweden, Nor way, an d D enma rk are firmly resolved to pay no more tribute, even should the con sequences force them to establish cruises off the coast of Morocco, for the protection of their commerce. COMPULSORY EMIGRATION.--A curious circum stance occurred a few days si nce to Dr. Blarney, of Uni versity Collage Hospital. Some domestic differences induced him to make up his mind to go abroad, and without consideration he repaired to the docks, where he made an arrangement with the captain of a ship about to sail to Sydney, to accompany him in the capacity of surgeon. Two days 'before the vessel left Dr. Blarney repented his hastily formed determination, and having made up his mind not to leave England, he paid a visit to the captain for the purpose of acquainting him with his determination. The captain seemed amazed at this alteration in his plans, and feeling convinced that dur ing the short time that would elapse before his departure he would be unable to provide himself with another sur geon, he induced Dr. Blarney to go on board. Having secured him in the ship, the captain politely informed him that he intended compelling him to visit Sydney, in conformity with the agreement entered into between them, and a day or two after the ship, with the repen tant Doctor on board, set sail for Australia. Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery has, within the last few days, undergone an important improvement, by which its rare and costly treasures of art will be ren dered available to their noble owner at all hours. An apparatus for lighting the apartment with gas having been erected, two large pendant lamps on the principle of the bude light have just been introduced, one at either end of the gallery. These afford an illuminating power so ample as to exhibit the pictures to considerable ad vantage, bringing out the brighter colours with much force and brilliancy, and though of course not at all comparable to the pure light of day, yet infinitely supe rior to any system of artificial illumination heretofore employed. The effect would probably have been further improved had it been practicable to have commanded the same volume of light equally dispersed from one rather than from two sources of illumination, as the cross lights interfere occasionally with each other, and throw a con fused glare upon objects viewed across them, an effect which, were all the rays to emanate from a common centre, would possibly not occur.—Cheltenham Looker-on. A STRINGS POST•OFFICE PARCEL.—A few weeks ago, a person in a village a few miles west of Paisley committed a serious assault upon a man in his own house ; he was in consequence sent for by the Pra curator-Fiscal, in order to be examined before a ma gistrate. This being done, it was thought expedient to commit him for further examination, and, for his better security, he was ordered to be sent to Paisley prison. With this view, he was manacled, and put into a coach, along with a sheriff-officer. Another officer was seated on the box beside the driver, and off they went. By and by they came to the village whence they set out, and having stopped for some necessary purpose, in a few minutes again started, and sped on their way. In about half-an-hour they came to the Paisley toll-bar, where, of course, they stopped, and where they were made aware, for the first time, that the coach-dour was open, and the prisoner off. This information effectually roused the officer in charge, who had fallen into a nap on the way. lie made all diligent search for his lost one, but to no purpose. In the course of two days, however, he received by post a packet of some size and weight, in him that his lata prisoner was well and at liberty, and moreover wished to prove himself an honest man, by returning to the officer the property he had entrusted to his keeping, namely, a massive pair of iron handcuffs. This, it was stated, "he might have by paying the postage, which amounted to only 2s. Bd. (Thug etv NationaL CHINESE GRANITS.—At 'a meeting of the Highway Board, on Thursday, an offer was made to sell the Com missioners a quantity of Chinese granite, at 65. per square yard, being about half the price generally paid. The granite is of very superior quality, and is of lighter colour than is found in this country. The specimen sent to the Commissioners has been nicely squared by the Celestials, and it appears to have formed a portion of some building.—Liverpeol paper. SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED 1 STRIKE OF THE BARKING , SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 16.—Again this week the painful FISHERMEN. duty devoir FROM ME !MENIN X; PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. sonus to re'.:ord another distressing No fewer than sixty fishing smacks, belonging to ' GLOBE.—We are glad to see the standard of re accident, which happened in th e forenoon of Wed- Backing, in Essex, are at this moment lying in the volt raised in the Church itself against the prie s tly nesday last (the 13 t h) , by the sinking of d boat in 'Ri ver , a little below 'Woolwich, their crews h av i ng p re t ens i ons o f H enry of Exeter, and his congenial the hay. , brouo-ht them home f rom sea , an d struc k wor k . As curates, and agai ns t th e "h o l y i nnovat i ons " of the The troop-ship Apollo, which arrived here on Mon- th e Barking fishery has l ong b een one o f t h e pr i n - P ee l of the Church, Charles James isho of London. day last (the 11th), as ment i one d i n our sh i pp i ng li st, cipal sources of supply to the Billingsgate market, a The standard ofr evo lt may b e conside ß red rather a fierce brought out detachments of men for all th e regiments few particulars respecting its present condition, and phrase. But, after all, it is only revolt against revolt— in this gal rison, and, besides others for Malta, had one the alleged causes of the strike, may not be unaccept- revolt against individual or clique caprice, setting on board of Artillery destined for the companies of able to our readers. The total number of smacks itself up as the authorative organ of English Church- Captains Stow and Gosling, at Corfu. i belonging to Barking, though nominally sailin g from manship. Now, very unfortunately, English Church- As the boats of the Apollo were not exclusively l i the port of London, is ab ou t one h un d red and sixty. manship has no organ just at present. Every used to effect the di sem b ar k at i on of the troops, many , These are wet-bottomed vessels, generally of from English Churchman, "high" or "low," is "thrown on from the quay were also employed f o r this purpose, fifty to sixty tons, and carrying each three men be- his own resources," and compelled to choose his own when, early that forenoon, one of the latter, conveying sides the captain, and about the same number of ap- ground. The charge of irreverence to authorised in on shore ten men, the greater part of which belonged . prentices. Their p r i nc ip a l fi s hi ng grounds are off terpreters of orthodox doctrine or discipline must to the Artillery, f or th e purpose of procuring a few ' the coast of Holland, and during the cod season come with a very indifferent grace indeed from the necessaries for the voyage, and with a female servant, in the North Sea and about the Orkney Islands. original Church agitators. The sometime editors of the boatman, and a boy, making in all a company of In the summer and autumn it is not unusual Froude's " Remains," or of the British Critic—such thirteen in the boat, it was unfortunately run down for many of them to work out of Harwich, Gracchi of th e Ch urc h as M r . N ewman or M r. Ward by a Danish g a lli e t w hi c h h ad j ust arr i ve d f rom Lowestoff, or Yarmouth, or th e eastern coast. —are the last men in the world to be listened to in Malaga, and was proceedin g to its anchorage-ground, The kind of fish they are employed in tatching complaint of the sacerdotal sedition, Bishop Phillpotts and, melancholy to relate, six only out of the number varies with the season and locality ; it is mostly cod, doing the honours of his diocese to the suspended were rescued from a watery grave. sole, haddock, or plaice. A smack's cargo commonly Saint who had given name to Puseyism, Bishop The owner of the boat, although an expert swim- contains more than one o f th ese var i et i es. The dura- Bloinfield settin+ as id e all - , ..c1e.' 'ical - mer, has perished, an d l e f t - .. tion of the voyages is also subject to a corresponding variation from the same circumstances. Where seve ral smacks are the property of a single owner, or of two or three in the same family, they are generally worked in fleets of from fifteen to thirty sail, each smack in its turn bringing to market the fish caught by the whole fleet. In this way a large fleet is en abled to keep up a regular and constant supply; thus a fair average of the market is secured, and the time of absence from home rendered less variable and un certain. Frequently, however, the smacks only come up the river as far as Gravesend, and having dis charged their cargo of fish into the hatch-boats that ply between that place and the L on d on mar k e t, t h ey take •in fresh provision and return to sea. "s'.ll. _ails is called making a " Gravesend voyage," It tends to keep the men longer from their homes and families ; but effects a great saving of time to the owners. Formerly these Gravesend voyages were not so com mon as they are at present ; and the men generally found means to get home on the average once a month. But to meet the increased competition that the supply of fish by railway has introduced, the owners have made them more frequent, till the usual time of absence has increased to:six or eight weeks, and often more. One extensive proprietor, the owner of about fifty vessels, has also, for the last year, employed a very fast-sailing cutter to carry provisions to his smacks, and those of th e numerous sma ll owners w h o are his dependents, and to bring their fish back to' meet the boats at Gravesend. By this means, the crews of more than half the smacks belonging to the place have been kept out at sea for periods of from three to six months. This lengthened absence from home and its comforts the working fishermen have long felt to be a great privation, their stays on shore being always much shorter than those of other sea men. The middle class of owners, thinking probably that a partial return to the old system would place them on a more equal footing with the extensive proprietor above referred to, lent a favourable ear to their complaints, and, with their concurrence, the crews of seventy vessels have struck, and re turned home. The other owners have, it is said, promised to take an additional hand in each vessel, to prevent any being thrown out of berth should the men's demands not be acceded to. The apprentices, of whom more than two hundred are already on shore, will, of course, be thrown upon their masters' hands. The demands of the men are for increased wages and shorter voyages. Their present rate of wages is— men fourteen shillings a week, and mates sixteen. They want this to be advanced two shillings in each case, and the time of absence to be limited to one month. The majority of the owners seem inclined to grant them this, but others are averse to all con cession. The general opinion, however, is, that "the owners must give in." The reasons assigned are, that this is the most profitable part of the year, that "all hands" are in the strike, and that the men of other places are not suited to the particular kind of fishery in which the inhabitants of Barking are en gaged. One thing is certain, that if the strike con tinues long the loss to large owners will be very great. Those who continue at sea will obtain high prices for such fish as they can bring to market, though it is doubtful whether this advantage will be more than overbalanced by their participation in the general loss. . ecclesiasti, usage (which, as the Rev. Henry Raikes, Chancellor of Chester, most justly observes, "in ecclesiastical matters is but another term for law")—these " holy innovator-3," we say—betraying, moreover, in all their innovations a degree of ignorance of the law of the land, and the law of the Church, all but incon ceivable in undeniably acute and officially elevated men, speaking from a seat of authority—have begun that process of unsettling men's minds, which never yet ended in favour of implicit obedience to the power that provoked it. It is ♦ery strange that it should not have been felt, in those days of inquiry, that unreasoned deference can only be paid to pre scriptive—habitual—claims on it. Men will readily Akr take for granted that there is some reason at the foundation of any practice, which comes recom mended to them by the fact that it has subsisted from century to century. And some reason, for the most part, there is. It is the crudest of all proceed ings --and that which has most usually been objected to hasty Reformers—to ascribe nothing of weight to usage, and everything to some fancied fitness. Wise men would have begun for instance, in the great gown-or-surplice question, by supposing the vesture obnoxious to their zeal innocent, till it was proved guilty. They would not have ridden off on some nonsensical hobby of the sermon being part . of the communion; they would have traced the poor gown back, and would have discovered its real and original conformity to the whole system of Protestant worship, Accordingly the decent and primitive gown (we, of course, spe a k as P ro t estants ) would not have been discarded by a prelate professing not to be ashamed of the name of Protestant, whatever might have happened to it at the hands of the Puseyite Bishop Phillpotts. And, we imagine, even that pole mical prelate, with all his fine instinct of discord, would have hesitated to indulge it (in the matter of burials) in defiance of the law of the land—if he had happened to know that law a little better, before he talked about it. In this state of things, and with this incredible levity in some high places, every Church man must feel the fate of the Church possibly de pendent on him. Whether, or not, there are " ten riFhtcous men " in the city, may fix its doom. hether, or not, there are sufficient numbers of clergymen not drunk with a dream of power— to retain the general confidence of the laity in something like sane spiritual guidance--is the question which every clergyman's conduct and lan guage go so far to answer. There can be no scruple about speaking out, when the modern monkery speaks out so loudly. There can be no scruple about dis senting from bishops, when the modern monkery insults them, and they truckle to it in meed of insult. Any one who requires proof of this is referred to Mr. Ward's " Ideal of a Christian Church"— and with regard to the truckling which has followed all this insult, on the part of some prelates—what are these " holy innovations" (never thought of before) but concessions to this modern monkery ? What are they but concessions, and most blunder ing ones, to the spirit which now avows its entire unity with Rome—while, most prepos terously—though accepting " the whole cycle of Boman doctrine" —denouncing every exercise of pri vate judgment in matters of faith as a sin —declaring his Holiness " head bishop on earth," and his dogma tic decrees infallible—declaring our Church " vitally" and utterly "corrupt"—and declaring elsewhere, that Churches thus corrupt are not Churches at all—the modern monkery of Oxford clings neverthelesslike sombre and stifling ivy —to the Church of its fellow ships—the Church of its coterie-influence—its tea and " relics." The modern monks believe Rome in all things—except when Rome tells them they must join her. In this ridiculous and self-stultified position let them by all means rest. We would not make a martyr of a single man (we beg pardon,. monk) of them. We would let them go on reviling for wiser and far better men than themselves, and enumerating amongst the signs of saintship the harbouring of vermin. But we would not let them dictate charges to Prelates, and ce remonies to Protestants. We would let them call us heretics to their hearts' content, but not palm on us their heresy. We would let them anathematise all private judgment, but not substitute theirs for ours. For, in fact, to private judgment the appeal is made, after all, on both sides. The Newman and Ward party, indeed, would dethrone reason from all judg ment on faith. But they are compelled to restore Reason ad interim, to supply arguments why they themselves stay out of Rome. It is universally received in the Roman communion, that no salvation is to be obtained out of it—and that nothing but " invincible ignorance" can be pleaded for any yet within its pale. Mr. IV. , rd declare - that he 100k3 to Rome f ar. deci,:es gat he loea3 for instruc tion and model, and exults in adding that numbers, like himself, are possessed with the whole cycle of Roman doctrine. But this doctrine—the keystone of the arch (for it is this which stamps Catholic authority) this, the most imperative in " the whole cycle of Roman doctrine"— these Ox ford heretics boggle at. And why ? Because all other Roman doctrines are good weapons of attack and aspersion on Protestantism. But this one doctrine demands the sacrifice of station and influence by themselves. We ascribe no motives of sordid in terest to this very curious party. But it is clear, beyond all mistake, that they feel consistency would consign them to insignificance. We hope an ener getic (not exclusive or persecuting) reaction of Pro testant independence amongst clergy and laity (which is surely as justifiable as insurrection against Protestantism) will do just the same business for them—consign them, namely, to that insignificance to which some remnant of common sense withholds them, as yet, from consigning themselves. STAN DARD.—" The Viscount Abrantes, we believe, is still in London." Upon this short and somewhat doubtful text the Morning Chronicle hangs an argument of more than a column long to prove that some important change in the sugar duties. some change much more important than that proposed by the Whigs and rejected by Parlia ment in 1841, may be looked for at th e h a nds of Sir Robert Peel. We assure our readers that the Morning Chronicle has no other datum what ever to support this extravagant expectation, but its own belief that " the Viscount Abrantes" (the Brazilian envoy) "is still in London." Now, dis missing the uncertainty in the case, and taking it for granted the Viscount Abrantes is still in London, we must dispute the necessity of our Contemporary's in ference. The Viscount Abrantes is, like every foreign gentleman and every foreign minister with whose country we are at peace (now happily the case in reference to the whole world) at liberty to remain in London as long as it shall seem plea sant to him ; and if he came here with the peremptory and extravagant propositions that have been. ascribed to his Government, his lin gering here is a proof, in addition to many others, that his propositions have been, as they ought to be, firmly rejected, and that he waits a modification of them from his own Government. Shopkeepers per fectly well understand from the hesitating retire ment of a customer who has in vain attempted to cheapen an article, that he will, in the end, come back and purchase it. The customer as well knows that the shopkeeper who follows him into the street will, ultimately, accept his price. It is just the same thing in diplomacy. The party that shows an anxiety to keep the nego tiations open as long as possible, is the party that knows he must give way at last. If the Brazilian Government had not in fact had so much common sense a. to see before the failure of their negotiations with France (of which, by the way, the Morning Chronicle says nothing) that this is their situation, why was the Viscount Abrantes sent here ? The ultimatum of England was obtained from Mr. Ellis— why then send a special envoy, if there was no new proposition to offer ? It may be, that the Brazilian Government may, like others whom the League and its journals have cheated, have been for a moment puffed up with an inordinate notion of the importance of the Brazil trade to the European nations, to France as well as to England, and may, during this delusion, have miscalculated its power, or rather forgotten its utter inability to excl u d e uropean goods. A few minutes' conversation of its representative with the better informed and more . prudent Ministers of England and of France would soon expose the true state et. the case, and apprise the Brazilian Govern ment, that highly as it may think of itself and of_ the commerce of the country which it g overns, the first rate and most commercial nations of Europe are not yet quite prepared essenticalythtothce one hange o t r h o e b ir ta r n h t o h le e commercial policy, to con other, more especially as the whole commerce of th e Brazils, such as it is, may be obtained upon much cheaper terms--obtained without the cost of any sacrifice, save the loss of its revenues to the Govern ment of Rio, This, no 40414 the tir 1 ,t,...-.1, 4 1 , 4 -,; , i :~ '~. 1 1) : 1 1 dency of the report which the Viscount Abrantes has :> made to his superiors, and it is awaiting the modified propositions which such a report must suggest, that " the Viscount Abrantes we believe is still in Eng land." The Morning Chronicle "engages for it that the Viscount's demands are of a Sibylline character, and have not been diminished by so long an armistice." Upon what does our Contemporary found this very rash engagement? The Sibyl did not linger still in Rome; but, though she returned, she took her answer and departed ; she did not stop to " higgle and haggle,' if we may use the Parliamentary dialect. Again, there has been no armistice, except the expiring treaty is to be regarded as such. It may be that the Brazilian Government will be so silly (though we do not expeet it to be so), as to make more extrava gant demands, because the less extravagant are refused, in order to get in a higher style out of the affair, just as Mr. O'Connell prefers the more obvious impossibi lity, repeal, to the less obvious impossibility, fede ralism. "In for a penny, in for a pound," accord ing to the proverb. When people resolve to claim what they know they Rill not get, there is dignity and grandeur in insisting upon something very grea t. The fact is, that our Contemporary's article is from first to last mere moonshine; an abuse of time, type, and the patience of readers, of which we cannot rea sonably complain, seeing that we have nearly filled column in replying to it ; fur which we ask pardon. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 25, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to appr.,%t• of Mr. Jan Ross, as Consul at Malta fur the Grand Duke of Mack. lenburgh-Suhwerin. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West itidir.g of Yorkshire, and of the City and County of the City of York. Second` West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet J. Brooke to be Lieutenant, vice G. H. Brooke, resigned ; J. T. Armitage, Gent., to be C, met, vice J. Brooke, promoted. Nov. 1. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeo manry Cavalry—Lieutenant J. T. Wharton to be Captain, vice T. Fairfax, resigned ; Lieutenant F. H. Wood to be Captain, vice H. S. Thompson, resigned ; Cornet W. B. Ferrand to be Lieutenant. vice J. T. Wharton, promoted ; Cornet A. Brown to be Lieutpnitit, vice F. 11. Wood, promoted ; the Honourable G. F. S. R. Viscount Goderich to be Cornet, vice W. B. Ferrand, promoted, Nov. 2. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Michaelmas Term.—Eighth Victoria. - November 25, 1844. This Court will sit, at a quarter-past nine o'clock in the morning, on Wednesday the 4th day of December next, and will give judgment in cases then pending is the new trial, special, and Crown papers. BY THE COURT. IN THE EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. Michaelmas Term.—Eighth Victoria. Monday, Nov. 25, 1844. This Court will, on Tuesday, the 10th day of Decem ber next, at ten in the morning, hold a sitting, for the purpose of giving judgment in cases pending in the new trial and special papers, and also to give judgment in all motions for rules nisi for new trials, or otherwise, in which judgment has not yet been given. BY THE COURT. Read in open Court, Nov. 25, 1844, Sarni. Dare, Master. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BURGESS, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, "to surrender Nov. 29, at half-past one, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Wilde, Rees. Humphrey, and Wild; College hill, Lender. JAMES JOHNSON, apothecary, North-place, Gray's Inn-lane, Dec. 10, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lindsay and Mason, Cateaton-street. JOHN FREDERICK FIGGE, merchant, Punster court, Mincing-lane, Dec. 5, at one, and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chamfers ; Nicholson and Parker, Throg morton-street. JAMES TOMLIN, ship-broker, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, Dec. 4, at two, and Jan. 10, at twelve, it the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Desborough and Younv, Size-1. ne. BARTHOLOMEW VANDERPLANK, warehouse man, Love-lane, City, Dec. 5 and Jan. 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ViThitmore, official assignee, Basingball-street ; James, Basin g h a ll- s tree t . WILLIAM CLARKE, builder, Sheffield, Dec. 10 and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, Official assignee, Leeds ; Moss, Cloak-lane, London ; Blackburn, Leeds. • JOHN lIUMBLE, chemist, Ossett, Yorkshire, Dec. 10 and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Feanae, official assignee, Leeds I Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Wavell, Halifax ; Courte. nay, Leeds. PETER JOSEPII MEUGENS, broker, Dunstcr court, Mincing-lane, City, Dec. 11 and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward s , official assi g n ee , Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Nicholson and Parker, Throgmorton- street. JOHN COOPER WHITE, draper, Canterbury, Dee. 11 end Jan. 7f at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abohurch-lane ; Solo, Alderinanbary. WILLIAM COX, general dealer, Crown-street, S.ho, Dec. 5 and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Pain and Hathcrley, Basinghall• street. JAMES lIASELDEN, cotton spinner, Bolton-le- Moors. Dec. 10 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Alilne, and Morris, -Temple, London ; Winder and Broadbent, Bolton. JOHN HALL, cowkeeper, Wailsend, Dec. 5, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Wilson, Sunderland ; Bell, Brudrick, and Bell, Bow•churchvard, London. ELEANOR ROBINSON and WILLIAM ROBIN SON, bakers, Swinford, Leicestershire, Dec. 6, at twelve, and Jan. 10, at half-past twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming. ham ; Mash, Lutterworth ; Smith, Bedford-row, Lon don ; Motteram, Birmingham. JOHN BROWN, painter, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Dec. 11 and 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Har rison and Smith, Birmingham ; Jackson, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London. ROBERT WATT, merchant, Lime-street., City, Dec. 19, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Sharpe, Vernlam-buildings. CHARLES HENRY HAMBLETON, licensed vic tualler, Northampton-street, Bethnal-green, Dec. 11, and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Mahon and Trollope, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn. JOHN QUINCEY HARRIS, hat-manufacturer, Winchester-place, Southwark, Dec. 8, at eleven, and Jan. 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Parker, Lincoln's Inn-fields. GEORGE STEPHEN, scrivener, Skinner's-plaeo, Sise-lane, City, Dec. 5, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Cox, Sise lane. NOTICE OF PETITION. J. Musson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. W. Rowley, baker, Bermondsey New-road, Dec. 12, at half-past twelve, at the, Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee. J. W. Vaughan, draper's-assistant, Conduit -street, Bond-street, Dec. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. Palmer, butcher, Bermondsey•street, Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. B. Ansell, clerk, Times-wharf, Grosvenor-basin, Pim lico, Dec. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. I. Barker, potato-salesman, Red Lion-court, Spital fields, Dec. 12, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. R. Alexander, licensed victualler, Chatham, Dec. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. G. Boden, hair-dresser, Derby, Dec. 21, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. F. Tato, batter, Brudenell-street, Hoxton, Dec. 7, at half past twelve, at the C our t o f B an k ruptcy . F o ll ett, official assignee. C. G. King, Ladbroke-place, Notting-hill, Dee. 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. J. Smitbers, fishmonger, Mill, Pond -street, Ber mondsey, Dec. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. G. Gosling, tea-dealer, Bungay, Dec. 5, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, T. Tribe, lieutenant, R.N., Beresford-terrace, Wal worth, Dec. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. A. Routledge, tobacconist, Common-hard, Portsea. Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, L. A. L. Baron Calfapietra, Kenton -street, Bruns wick-square, Dec. 12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. T. Baker, tailor, Ipswich, Dec. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. 11. Hulbert, fellmonger, Minto-street, Bermondsey, Dec. 12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. twelve, n a s t on li , al o f fficial -past prezwichF,ouDetet,c, official ci a a t u t . l e t k t s h eY e' C g o r u r e e t o g r f c ß e a n r k r G u eleven, asaigncc J. P a t a e t r s t o h n c; b c r o o u k r e t r , of G r ß e e a n n k w r i u c p h , te D y. e c . J l O l h , assignee. 11. C Smith, clerk, Woolwicb, Dec. 10, at twelve. 4 4 the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,\BNorffiyancekioamrlubapest„csiyipz.nmeep.elll4 c a a t r. p t e h n e t e c r . 0 u H r i t g o h f officialat J. half-pastlV assignee.o ' eleven, 3r dge H. Draper, watch-escapem en t ma k er, Brunswick, place, Barnsbury-road, Islington, Dec. 11, at half-post two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official a s sik'nee• G, K. Drury, carpenter, Farmborougb, Somersehhire, Dec. 17, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, T. Hands, butcher, Pontypool, Monmouthahirt. Dee, 10, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Iluttop,, official assignee. C. Wood, attorney-at-law, Manchester, Doc. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee. WI ilitrdiri hatter, Rochdale, Dec. 10, at twelve, at the \ NOVEMBER 27, 1344. CHURCH-RATES.-ANOTHER VICTIM. Devoutly indeed should all sound-hearted Church men pray, that the Church might be saved from its friends. Our readers recollect the proceedings which took place a few years ago at Leicester and other places, in consequence of a conscientious objection which several Non-Conformists held to church-rates. Another recusant has been victimised to the bigotry of a clique of devouts, who choose to re-establish some of the worst practices of the Inquisition, and promote the cause of Christ by penalties and dungeons. We have not time to enter upon the whole parti culars this week. A few of the facts, however, we will briefly state. _ _ _ A milk;eller, named Wragg, who for sixteen years has been a consistent member of a Baptist church, and who has a wife and four small children, objected, with others, on conscientious grounds, to a church rate levied in St. Werbugh's parish. A " small and secret junto" (to quote from the letter of Mr. Guwthorn, inserted elsewhere) directed the Church wardens to cite Wragg. into the Spiritual Court of Doctor's Commons, where expenses have been run up against him to the amount of 231.! Further steps have yet to be taken, the result of which will be the ruin of the poor man and his family, and, in all pro. bability, the incarceration of his person in a dungeon, since, we understand, he is determined not to pay. We shall have more to say on this subject next week—and probably for many a week to come— meanwhile, we have to congratulate the clergyman who is reported to have taken part in these proceed ings on the Christian spirit which the act displays. How strikingly in accordance with the precepts of Scripture is an iniquitous proceeding like this! What an unction the godly man must lay to his soul when appealing to the God of lore and mercy for an approving testimony to the correctness of his princi ples !—Derby Reporter. TUB SIGNS or Lomnoa.—lt is not a hundred years since a great part of London was disfigured by signs suspended from almost every house in which any busi ness was carried on. By degrees the metropolis was cleared of these incumbrances, many of which projected from the houses, and completely spoiled the appearance of some of the best streets. To a very late period the signs of inns and public-houses in country towns and villages stretched across the public roads, but with the progress of taste and improvement, nearly all these remnants of vulgar display have vanished, It is, how ever, melancholy to observe that a kind of reaction has for some time commenced in the metropolis. The smal lest trader must be distinguished by his name and occu pation being displayed in the largest letters. Not satis fled with enlarging the letters of the alphabet, all manner of companies, dispensaries, infirmaries, and societies, are now occupied in covering the whole front of the tene ments they occupy with huge boards or plaster entabla tures, announcing to the public the peculiarmerits of their institution, or the wondrous cures they have achieved, or hope to achieve, at the expense of the public. Surely such institutions, if really meritorious, would at tract public • attention without so much outside show. It savours very much of quackery, and should operate as a caution to the public. It is like" the sellings off at 20 per cent. under prime cost," " the great sacrifice for ready money," and the numerous attempts on public credulity that have met with the fullest explanations in the exposures that have recently taken place in the Bank ruptcy Court. We have lately been infested by an extraordinary number of vagrants, many of whom care not what out rage they commit, in order that they may be sent to the House of Correction. The fact is too notorious to be denied, from whatever cause it may spring. On Wed nesday the magistrates were occupied a considerable time in adjudicating upon vagrancy cases, and private hear ings of a similar nature are occuring almost daily. In some instances the offer of liberation, upon condition of leaving the town, has been immediately rejected, and the longest term of imprisonment allotted the accused con sidered as a boon. During the past week a man and his wife, who had just escaped from " durance vile " (?), were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for begging about Leamington streets. The man took a stone from his pocket, on being appre hended, and deliberately threw it at the window of Mr. Newby, chemist, High-street, breaking a pane of glass valued at 21. The woman broke two panes in the win dow of Mr. Cranmer, whitesmith. These offences arose, in both instances, from a refusal of relief. On Tuesday night no loss than six vagrants tore up all their clothes (excepting only their nearer garment, and in some in stances even this was partialiy mutilated) into pieces about three inches square, and in this plight were ac tually arraigned before the magistrates the following morning. They were all sentenced to one month's im prisonment, with hard labour. Money and refreshments, we are informed, have on some occasions been offered to induce the offenders to leave the town, but without avail ; they seem determined to " winter " in the House of Correction. It is probable the subject will be intro duced at the ensuing sessions, with a view of remedying the evil.— Warwick Advertiser. _ _ •,•-••-• • • • _ COITENT•GARDUN THIATRB—The orchestral An tinous Jullien had an immense audience on Monday upon the strength of the announcement that Sivori would play his amusing variations on the " Cameral de Venne." Such a vast assemblage of people, we believe, was never before congregated within the walls of the theatre. The " promenade" was so much crowded that movement was impossible ; and the boxes and galleries were equally well filled. Sivori was;received with great applause, and his grotesque variations—never before played by him more perfectly or humorously—were encored by a hurri cane of voices. There will be a Cabinet Council on Thursday, at which all the Mini:tore are expected to be present. 0 6 j l e 1 1 r 0 i ,.... .~`